The Long Ryders - I Had a Dream

This was The Long Ryders' first music video, shot somewhere in Los Angeles in March of 1985, just before their first UK and Continent tour. The majority of screen time involves an unfortunate plot that could be described as "a bored 80s yuppie Bobby Kennedy chasing a yuppie Stevie Nicks around dreamland." Ignore the questionable content, just listen to those guitars!

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[BookerBird66]

I saw these guys when they opened for the Alarm back in 86.They blew everyone away with their set. This song sticks out in my mind because this one had everyone, including the nay sayers, on their feet. They drew out the guitar jam at the end like it was their last moment here on earth and they were going out with a bang. God bless the Long Ryders.

[Steve Fulton]

The lead guitar on this song might have single-handedly got me through the 80's

[mrwolf1964]

Longryders

[mrwolf1964]

This band changed my life, without doubt the best live act thats ever been, i saw these play JBs in dudley england in about 85/86; and it still gives me goosbumps thinkin how good they wer, god bless the longeyders

[voltrules]

That sounds completely reasonable to me.

[chuckschilling]

One thing that made the 'Ryders stand out is that both Sid and Stephen were equally comfortable playing rhythm or lead parts. In fact, both are essentially playing rhythm parts in this song - Sid's conjuring Roger McGuinn and Stephen playing a supremely dirty fuzzfest with a short solo over the top at the end. Very simple, yet incredibly innovative and fresh.

[APublicDomain]

The Paisley Underground movement - remarkable guitar sounds on this track & in general for this group

The Smiths were bridled with this genre for a while out in LA & The 3 O'clock appear to have had more than a passing influence on The Stone Roses - perhaps a little odd; Detroit & Chicago can easily be associated with Manchester - Los Angeles would seem a bit of a stretch, particularly in the 1980's

[16bigmetal]

The front cover of their "Best Of" album has a shot from this video.

[harybosco]

"long time no blow dry...what can i say" best ever

[PliskinLee]

Remind me of the Byrds.