10,000 Maniacs. Paris, France. 9/17/87

10,000 Maniacs. La Ciglae; Paris, France. Elektra Promo video raw footage. Pro Shot. 9/17/87. Plus extra.

[@andreafox4099]

I saw a number of 10,000 Maniacs concerts in 1987, including this one. 😊 I remember being in the front row and I am trying to catch myself in the audience shots. I met the band afterwards and Natalie told me the fact I knew the words to every song made her feel she had an ally. Such amazing memories. ❤

[@jjsmith8231]

Going through most of my life with depression since college. When I heard "Like the Weather" it hit me so hard, Natalie captured the state of depression perfectly in this song. Helped me understand my condition better and that she knew how I felt.

[@johndistaso6353]

She’s always had a way of doing that. It’s why we respect her to this day.

[@6828Lu]

I could listen to Rob Buck play the guitar all day long. So glad I was able to see them live a few times in the 80s. Simply magnificent music.

[@Gnomebe]

One of a kind style.

[@ripleyable]

Sweet Jesus she is beautiful.

[@mjhetzer]

I saw this tour in Raleigh, NC. They completely won me over, and now I remember why. Rob Buck's playing is even better than on the albums. He manages both lead and rhythm with complete control. I remember thinking that Natalie''s antics were distracting at first, but by the end of the show I was in love. The magic of those two together - her voice and his guitar sensibilites - was something truly special.

[@TexMexGenX]

How could you not?

[@FloridaLife743]

Were we really that young back then? Flashback. Timeless. ❤

[@JulioBatista66]

By far my most favorite female vocalist

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

I agree she's up there with Cher , Chrissy Hyde and Stevie nicks

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

Every time she sings she tells a story ❤😊

[@danielsweimler2358]

The renditions of Scorpio rising and gunshy at the end of this show are so pristine and powerful, the band is really achieving brilliance at the end of an actualized, locked-in set. Jerry so solid, I’ve enjoyed this footage for the cameraman’s sense of his focus and drive on the material. Buck always so controlled onstage, makes me smile.

[@3ld919]

I met Natalie & the band after a show in Seattle for this tour. What I remember most about it was just is how incredibly stunning she was up close, how shy yet personable she was and how some guy asked her for a hug and she politely declined and offered to shake his hand. I wasn't that guy, but I'm thinking were he not declined, I would have been next in line. Ahh, what I wouldn't give to be 17 again & crushing on Natalie.

[@uofm4life735]

I've been crushing on Natalie since about "85" and have not stopped.

[@MaySecond07]

Some people are "Non Huggers. Natalie definitely is.

[@davidgeorge000]

One of the greatest albums ever written. Pure magic. Amazing.

[@bobmerc3312]

Rest in peace Robert Buck.

[@uofm4life735]

God I love Natalie Merchant😍. Wish I could go back in time to the beginning of the maniacs and see Natalie blossom again.

[@MMcG25]

They were so great live back in the day. Rest in peace Robert Buck.

[@underock4]

They were amazing live...saw them twice in Edinburgh, Scotland @'89. Blew me away.

[@ryanmcfarren4816]

1. Hey Jack Kerouac 0:38 2. A Campfire Song 3:55 3. Don't Talk 7:01 4. City of Angels 11:39 5. Like The Weather 16:13 6. Blind Faith 19:56 7. Gun Shy 25:06 8. What's The Matter Here 29:10 9. Scorpio Rising 33:59 Arsenio Hall Show - October 1989 Eat For Two 37:48 Poison In The Well 41:39 Letterman Trouble Me 45:01

[@johngonzalez624]

Thank you! You read my mind!

[@rokop1]

Amazing concert. Natalie, omg. Buck is amazing.

[@michaelcottle6270]

"Blind Faith" is actually called "Planned Obsolescence"

[@kensellers4082]

I’m going to see them perform next month at The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. It will be very interesting to hear and compare them to when I saw them perform at the old Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ, way back in 1987.

[@TexMexGenX]

Thank You. 🤘😎🎊

[@user-uv6rm7si5q]

This is the best I've seen. Top song delivered. Wow

[@liverust5]

Awesome, I used to watch some of this concert on my VHS before their was ever a KZbin. Maniacs at their peak!

[@tconnolly3159]

I came to the Maniacs very late in 93. I've lived a life with few regrets but I wish I could go back in time and see 10000 Maniacs live in 1987. Thanks so much for posting. What an incredible show.

[@keithbate9405]

they were awesome between 1987/89. the absolute zenith of the band

[@Wizardofgosz]

Had an opportunity in 1989 and like an idiot, I didn't go.

[@guernica69]

Natalie Merchant, I love you

[@noproblem2big337]

absolutely fantastic, 1987 was when 10KMs shot into fame, and 'in my tribe' their finest album

[@glyph241]

Copy, 🎯👃🏽🎯

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

One of my all-time favorites. Produced by the great Peter Asher!

[@tednorberto3086]

COVID-19 forced me back in time to appreciate the music that is still awesome back there. Like driving away and looking back at the place you really LIVED.

[@katielawrence5420]

I love 10,000 Maniacs.

[@johnsone9396]

Just like green eggs and ham if you never heard them. Maniacs forever! Epic performance, thanks for the post.

[@chrisedwards3562]

Finally a real live version of Scorpio Rising!

[@MMcG25]

Chris Edwards yes! My favorite of theirs by far - especially live!!!

[@johndistaso6353]

That version is absolutely breathtaking.

[@pablofr74]

I miss them so much ....

[@kethry25]

Wow. Blind Faith took me by surprise - it was one great performance by the whole band! Robert Buck played his signature guitar style in perfection. Needless to say Natalie was awesome.

[@daflotsam]

Agreed. A favorite.

[@10KMTV]

The song is actually called Planned Obsolescence.

[@NovaSpec]

@@10KMTV The song actually has 2 different versions compared to the release on Hope Chest.

[@lyonslaforet]

One of my friends attended this gig and he told me that 10 000 Maniacs were opening for X that night. Such a strange pair but an efficient one!

[@jbt6007]

Thank you for this! The Arsenio and Letterman video is incredible -- shows what a talented band 10,000 Maniacs were. Natalie a living angel.......

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

Well if I was born in 72' instead of 82' I would taken 2 or 3 yrs and followed them like people followed Grateful Dead and Dave Matthews Band. Her voice is just that amazing

[@lilas1959]

Thank you so much for this.

[@66andymac]

Thanks so much Wesley! Amazing to see this.

[@imeldabye7209]

Thanks so much for posting this. It has given me so much pleasure

[@leslieclark6040]

Thank you for posting these wonderful shows- what a treat!

[@jjsmith8231]

This is one of the best 10,000 Maniacs concerts I've seen, thanks so much for posting!

[@etahenry3377]

Brilliant. Thanks

[@flaviotorres6466]

Gracias por poder ver esto..... Que fácil parece todo cuando se juntan verdaderos músicos a crear arte... Buck, Merchant.... Maravilla

[@raphaelweb9677]

WTMH is a brutal song, made all the more so by her emotional performance of it.

[@kensellers4082]

It’s really amazing that Ms.Merchant can write so eloquently about such difficult topics as spousal abuse, poverty, pollution, child abuse, unwanted pregnancy and depression, and, yet, we all can sit at home or drive in our cars, listening to her and her band mates and experience such joy. It really is a tribute to this incredibly-talented group of musical performers.

[@AlGritzmacher]

Some classic Natalie twirling in there!

[@pepper1188]

Yeah that was her thing, maybe because she was so tiny or something. I know she's still doing it as a grandma today

[@vogeltje]

I saw her live last year still did this :)

[@rbl4641]

This is a fantastic concert!! Young Natalie in her prime- loved them then, and still love them...i see this has beenup a long time, but thnx!

[@marcoscaram2396]

Queria muito agradecer este momento e este Show Maravilhoso postado !!! é incrível !!! Sorte e força sempre e que tudo de certo para todos nós ( I really wanted to thank this moment and this Wonderful Show posted !!! it's amazing !!! Luck and strength always and everything is right for all of us )

[@outtathyme5679]

Deceptively ferocious band

[@10tubular]

absolutely magnificent

[@patkalinawan3109]

Love 💗 listening to their great great music 🎵

[@johndistaso6353]

Thanks for posting this classic.

[@johndistaso6353]

2 years later, still magnificent.

[@johndistaso6353]

Nat on fire Scorpio

[@neil2385]

was in love with her for years. I still am

[@timoconnor8520]

Yeah, get in line there, kiddo. Me too!

[@sydneycarton9973]

The first concert 10,000 maniacs i went to was during the In My Tribe tour, 87 or 88. They did the full set, a lot of the songs at the beginning of this video and from that album. The band came back for 2 encore songs. Then Natalie came out by herself, sat at the piano, played and sang Verdi Cries. No accompaniment other than the piano she was playing. Unbelievably beautiful.

[@kensellers4082]

I saw the 10,000 Maniacs in concert at around the same time. They were superb in concert. Unfortunately, there was a large group of teenaged girls at the concert, wearing those same long dresses that Natalie Merchant often wore on stage, and they kept shouting, “Natalie! Natalie!” throughout the show. Finally, with Ms. Merchant performing “Verdi Cries,” at the end of the concert, these young girls would not shut-up and Ms Merchant just got up from her piano, saying, “This place is a zoo,” and walked off the stage in disgust. The young girls just kept on shouting, seemingly oblivious to Ms. Merchant’s understandable anger.

[@sydneycarton9973]

@@kensellers4082 Sorry that happened. There were always a lot of people yelling ''WE LOVE YOU NATALIE!', but not disturbing the performance. I had great seats for the first concert I was at, a friend was in advertising sales for Time Warner in Houston, and we had seats 5 or 6 rows from the stage, in the center. When she started Verdi Cries the audience told each other to shut up. I remember that performance like it happened yesterday.

[@kensellers4082]

@@sydneycarton9973 Sydney, Wow, that’s great that you had such terrific seats to see the band up close. It’s funny, but when I saw them here in NJ in 1988, Natalie Merchant obviously was the sole singer and she was the only member of the band to address the audience; the other guys in the band essentially remained silent during the entire concert. I saw the 10,000 Maniacs last week at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ and they were, once again, superb in concert. And, we got to hear new guitarist Jeff Erickson sing lead on a song and bass guitarist Steven Gustafson had everyone laughing with his great wit. Mary Ramsey, the new singer and violinist, was outstanding as was Jeff Erickson, the late, great Robert Buck’s guitar successor. After the show, several members of the band came out into the lobby to meet their fans. Steven Gustafson was gracious enough to autograph the live cd I purchased after the show. I held his drink for him while he autographed the cd! Steven thanked me for being a fan of theirs for forty years now. And, Dennis Drew remembered performing at the old Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ way back in 1988, when I first saw them with my fiancee. The members of this great band are as friendly and outgoing as they are superb musical performers. I hope they keep performing and recording new albums for many years to come. PS The 10,000 Maniacs rightfully belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I don’t know what’s taking so long forJan Wenner to admit this great American group into the R&R HOF?

[@paulkerrigan4051]

Thanks for posting this, friend. This was the band’s peak, in my opinion. Saw them in Manchester, UK on this tour.

[@xavierbonhomme7273]

For sure it was . Nathalie had her good reasons to go solo , but despite high recognition of her talent , she never had the public success in solo than what they had with the band . And considering that the band seriously faded away without her , we will never how big they could have been if they had not separated .

[@toiletresin]

Stumbled upon this on its 33rd birthday (9/17/2020), one day before my 35th. Happy birthday to myself!

[@richardtknees]

Great video.

[@muckyou8]

Best version of "don't talk"...we miss Robert Buck!

[@artyfingers4488]

+Travis Williams I miss 10,000 Maniacs, the tribute band who've been using the name since Natalie left are not and never will be the Maniacs, and with Rob Buck sadly gone forever there can never be any reunion of any kind. Sometimes the best things are short lived.

[@brbadge]

+Arty Fingers That was a good band.So is the current one.

[@artyfingers4488]

+Brbadge We'll agree to disagree, I can't stand them, and they should really have chosen a new name.

[@rodrigobuitron]

It's just a different band

[@johnsone9396]

No doubt.

[@dionisioavile6441]

Excelente, mi cantante favorita. Bravo natalie!!!!!!

[@EmilieRising144K]

Wow I was 13 this is just about when I was introduced to them what a blessing that day was

[@daflotsam]

Before buying the CDs, a friend lent me a tape that had BMZ on one side and IMT on the other. That was around '89. Pretty much wore that tape out.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Hey Jack Kerouac is such an incredible song. There seems to be an international conspiracy to keep the great Rob Buck's actual guitar part unknown. Can't find it ANYWHERE. Or even the right chords. Some indecipherable alternate tuning too. Bless you Rob Buck, RIP.

[@Gnomebe]

One of a kind guitar style.

[@sochegeorge7962]

I have the songbook somewhere - i will look it out when i get a chance. Anything for a fellow "Maniac"

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@sochegeorge7962 Thank you! But do you think it will be accurate? Buck used mysterious alternate tunings that he invented. Any versions I've come across are never correct.

[@sochegeorge7962]

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse You tell me buddy Intro: Eb6th omit 3rd (xx1,3,1,x), Bbsus2 (x,1,3,3,1,1), Fsus4(x,x,3,3,1,1) (F) Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your moth(Fsus4)er and the (Am7) tears she cried, they were cried for none (Bbsus2) other than her (F) little boy lost in our little world that hat(Fsus4)ed and that da (Am7) red to drag him down, her little boy (Bbsus2) courageous. who (Bb) chose his words from mouths of (C) babes got lost in the wood. (Bb) Hip flask slinging madman, (C) steaming cafe flirts. (Bb) they all spoke through you. (F) Hey Jack, now for the tricky (Fsus4) part, when you (Am7) were the brightest star, who were the shad (Bb2) ows? Of the (F) San Francisco beat boys you were the (Fsus4) favourite. Now they (Am7) sit and rattle their bones and think of their (Bbsus2) blood stoned days. You (Bb) chose your words from mouths of (C) babes got lost in the wood. The hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts, (Bb) in Chinatown howling at ni (C) ght. (F), (C) (F), (C) (F) (Eb6th omit 3rd) (Bb sus2) Read the Official In My Tribe Songbook at the Internet Archive - its free to join (and legitimate) archive.org/details/texts?tab=collection&query=10%2C000+maniacs

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@sochegeorge7962 Thank you for this!!

[@syd989]

Natalie is so cute as you try to figure out what she is saying...

[@binary]

this version of Planned Obsolescence is FIRE.

[@andradeswagner]

Muito bom.

[@Wizardofgosz]

The mix on the Arsenio clip is really fantastic.

[@bazd]

Seen her in Scotland the other night November 5th 2023. It was amazing talented lassy.

[@MrDLOC11]

This is from that Electra package tour with X and The Call. This was in support of the brilliant In My Tribe album, so the songs were fresh & so was Natalie's haircut, which previously had been waist- length. Also the loss of John Lombardo changed the dynamics of the band for the positive, with Natalie front & center as lead singer leader. They were on the brink of the long overdue commercial breakthrough, and sounding great. 🖤💜🤎❤️🖤💜🤎❤️

[@kensellers4082]

I believe that John Lombardo is now back with the group.

[@miguelfernandocastrocamarg4962]

Natalie...,you're my love...!!!

[@g.shumway5925]

I was six-years old in Mount Vernon, Ohio, when this performance took place. It would have been nice if someone had offered to fly me out to Paris that night...

[@prosperlost4046]

Watch for the powerful renditions of "Planned Obsolescence" and the aforementioned "Scorpio Rising" and stick around for bonus material after the 37 minute mark!

[@ronaldmadrid9929]

I asked Natalie if I could join the 10,000 Maniacs. She said they're full.

[@StottMikel]

Twirl girl, twirl!

[@alessandrovich]

Какая умница Натали. Вчера, сегодня. Паула Коул, Долорес О Риордан, Шинейд О Коннор...Аланис Мориссет. Где сейчас подобные исполнительницы? Нет. И уже не будет

[@underock4]

Imo, one of the few great recordings of the the Maniacs, in their prime...Scorpio Rising is magnificent, sweaty armpits and all... amaze me now...they did and still do.

[@lifeafterlife8417]

They never reached the kind of success that they should have. They didn't get much radio airplay because radio thought they were too "alternative" which was unfair. Natalie used to refer to herself as a folk singer. But you heard groups like Blondie and REM who had a similar sound on radio all the time. The name "10,000 Maniacs " didn't help. They were always a favorite of mine.

[@SDune]

Sweet 😊

[@jude999]

She looks better dancing in a long flowing address. This album began their pop phase. You know its the end when a band gets back up singers.

[@daflotsam]

BTW, also enjoyed the commercials in the end.

[@Grithron2]

Re the Planned Obsolescence solo - atonal runs with a portamento effect, over a "tribal" drum pattern - for a moment Robert Buck sounds like his namesake Mr Smith. (Which is probably inevitable, they already had two songs with John Mckay-esque guitar parts).

[@counterpuncher01]

her tone is so pitch perfectl...easily so!

[@keithbate9405]

IMO the period 87/89 was was the best period of 10,000 Maniacs . "in my tribe " their best album, and "Blind'Man's Zoo" not far behind

[@michaelcottle6270]

Prefer the Wishing Chair to Blind Man's Zoo - saw all three tours and the Wishing chair tour with John Lombardo & Robert Buck on guitar was incendiary - all the really great early stuff "My Mother the War", "Daktari", & "The Colonial Wing". Mind blowing...

[@keithbate9405]

@@michaelcottle6270 I was also into 10,000 Maniacs from the very beginning " Human Conflict No 5" in the early 1980's. saw them live numerous times in both the 1980's and 1990's. I like everything they did but I think "in my tribe" is their masterpiece jam packed full of coruscating songs like "the painted Desert", "Gun shy" and " Verdi cries " But its all good stuff . The wishing chair is very good too. ps did you see Lombardo with Mary Ramsey when they were "John and Mary" ? "the weedkillers daughter " is a wonderful album eg "clouds of reason ", brilliant track In my opinion John and Mary's music was far better than the music they did when John and Mary became part of 10,000 Maniacs after Natalie M left. always loved watching Natalie twirl and skip around the stage in her youth. So charming !

[@johnsone9396]

Wesley can you share the background on how you came to love the Maniacs? I would love to know. I went to SUNY@ Fredonia, and my buddy from Silver Creek,NY turned me on to them thanks!

[@Devsfan202]

Love the 80's commercials after Letterman at the end. Oh, and Natalie and Rob Buck 10k too :)

[@Lee-vb4vh]

Great video 🎉 is this channel from 10,000 Maniac's videographer or a their official archive history ? Thanks

[@g.shumway5925]

All this talk of great songs off of their albums...let's not forget "Photograph" off of the "Born to Choose" compilation album...I think that's officially billed as R.E.M. and Natalie.

[@tednorberto3086]

Aahhh, my internet wife. love ya.

[@cavern25]

I love Blind Faith...such a great tune. It sounds like Talking Heads (one of my favorite bands of all time!)

[@binary]

also called Planned Obsolescence.

[@NovaSpec]

Best version of Like The Weather. No contest

[@petpb15kyou49]

Love this version of Blind Faith

[@petpb15kyou49]

I mean planned obsolescence

[@fernandofresi8842]

Natalie Merchant fantastic

[@jamesrivera9331]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@williamlarkin1503]

I've heard some pretty wild sounds out of a guitar before but not those kind of sound that's pretty badass

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Yes, Buck was totally original and unique!

[@rodrigobuitron]

Amazing, the Maniacs at their best, how much I miss them. Does anyone have the alternate lyrics of the version of "Planned Obsolescence" played in this show??

[@rodrigobuitron]

I meant to miss the Merchant/Buck maniacs, those times will never come back

[@artyfingers4488]

+Bob Cooper You must mean the karaoke tribute band who use the name 10,000 Maniacs.!

[@brbadge]

+Arty Fingers Hardly.They are excellent.

[@artyfingers4488]

+Brbadge They are crap, and they are not 10,000 Maniacs, never will be, never could be without Rob Buck and Natalie.

[@rosskstar]

You're wrong. Without their contributions the Maniacs wouldn't have been the same. In fact if Natalie came out with her solo stuff first, i dare say she'd hardly scratch the charts. They call it a band for a reason.

[@captainnice9698]

Natalie looks SO young here. I think she was 22 or 23, looks even younger

[@njdave2007]

I was just looking that up. born October 1963 so she was just about to turn 24 in 9/1987

[@cisplatinus1828]

She is a babylon demigod

[@PRpoplarave]

Yee

[@msfiuza1]

Quem são os 5 idiotas que dão deslike aqui? Natalie Merchant perfeita no auge de uma banda única. Maravilhoso show

[@agramsci]

Who is on the drums?

[@flying99271]

Met Jerry and the rest minus natalie late 1990s.... Mississippi Nights STL. late 1990s. Very friendly people.

[@flying99271]

Owen... yes rob was still there. I have his autograph from the show. Mary was lead.

[@junglejim99]

Nat's a babe

[@NickHarman]

Interesting, the drummer still wearing the wig. One thing I notice now is how the bass does much more work than I noticed at the time.

[@kensellers4082]

William Shatner should follow Jerome Augustyniak’s example and lose that squirrel on the top of his head.

[@gormstormproductions3705]

Wesley! I’ll show you my VHS copy cover art of this concert if you show me yours.

[@seattlerinis8249]

A lot of charisma Natalie Merchant had.. Still has I guess.. The music was pop but muscular. The attitude of the band was very anti-punk but the music still had some of that energy. And Natalie was woke before woke. So for me, it's nice to hear a song or two but then snap back to the current day. The MTV unplugged show is a good contrast to this one. It's a great show and Natalie was in great form, professional to a tee but so clearly looking forward to life after 10k maniacs.

[@rojocordova]

Super sexy sound!!

[@Jim1971a]

What kind of accent does she have? I can't quite put my finger on it.

[@capndavey1]

Jim1971a she's from up state New York Jamestown

[@badbadkingjohn]

listening to her tonight from the MTV Unplugged album I asked myself the same question; almost an inflection?

[@agramsci]

Affected.

[@lifeafterlife8417]

Her style when she sang. The first half of her career she was very nervous and anxious in the spotlight. You could tell she was nervous in interviews because she would sometimes talk with that accent.

[@jtb1649]

this is a band that never got its due. saw them in the 80's when they were great. as they were getting better it didn't help her husband cheated on her and she left the band. the end.

[@lifeafterlife8417]

She didn't get married until long after she left the band, around 2000. She left the band after being pressured for a couple of years to do so. She wanted to have more control on the creative end of things.

[@innovacionydesarrollo919]

Minute 16:01 the only moment in all the Natalie career that I see her legs.

[@fuzzynutkila1]

Her Letterman performance of Wonder had her in a short dress. Just above the knee . Very sexy!

[@df5295]

Check out the MTV unplugged performance.

[@pepper1188]

She's like five feet tall...

[@lifeafterlife8417]

She wore a red mini on Leno and they performed "Candy Everyone Wants". Was 1993 right before she left the band.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

Drummer looks like a youong McCartney. She could've played baseball. she could have been a fighter pilot.

[@rohanquayle2645]

Sunshine makers 1930s

[@rohanquayle2645]

The sunshine makers cartoons

[@rohanquayle2645]

Cartoon sunshine makers