Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Live on KEXP)

[@JessyTeddles]

robert smith is an amazing songwriter. this here is proof, the song still holds up under a completely different sound.

[@zootv1746]

No way miles out destroyed it !

[@eldoabrahamson]

Uhhhh...no. This version doesn't hold anything but a massive turd.

[@CurrieNerd]

@@eldoabrahamson Robert Smith has changed the way he plays it live, on the back of Dino Jr's version. He's a big fan.

[@clacclackerson3678]

@@zootv1746 Couldn't agree more, it's an abomination!

[@jacktangent]

@@eldoabrahamson J apologizes for melting your face off with his soloing.

[@crowkangi]

the sound of that bass......I could live in that sound

[@themountaingoat21]

Was thinking of selling ,my Ricky bass, not now!

[@stevedalberg8465]

I swear he is playing 1 string and having to mute the other 3 because how hard he plays... It's mindblowing

[@Brinta3]

@@stevedalberg8465 He’s also playing chords in parts of the song.

[@markreyes7454]

Same here, lololol!❤

[@DonaldAndrews-l5i]

not for long

[@klausshultz8147]

The only three piece band to have twelve eyes.

[@galek75]

4-eyed gang where you at????

[@atom_jack]

hate to break it to ya but check out pet symmetry from Chicago illinois

[@zanderbear2487]

@@atom_jack Chicago always has the best bands

[@reddiver7293]

ba dum BUMP!

[@TheDustyPanther]

dat bass tone

[@marshalllaw8842]

good ole Lou

[@rickbrust7928]

Mr. Barlow and the low end

[@BogotaLineman]

Nothing beats the sound of a Ric getting wailed on

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Lou is a seriously underated player. He does a Lemmy but tighter, playing bass and rhythm at the same time, very tricky with a track like this which has such an important bass riff AND rhythm guitar line. In a trio it gives them the foundation to allow J to do his thing, and J is a considerably better and more esoteric gutarist than the late great Wurzel.

[@bait3027]

As a Cure AND Dinosaur Jr fan, this was a dream come true!

[@ozkey1558]

This song is how I originally got into Dinosaur Jr. When I was in my teens someone left a cassette single (😂) of this in my Ford Festiva. I don't know who it belonged to but it got me hooked on J Mascis so god bless 'em. 💚

[@pabbicool]

One could say this is just like heaven

[@nnsph2]

Just like a dream??

[@bait3027]

@@nnsph2 Just like a dream

[@retro_alex]

This has been covered by them forever ago

[@tyrusty1999]

brb gonna buy a jazzmaster real quick

[@codeblue8922]

I literally did just that! No joke, this video was substantially “instrumental” (see what I did there) in my decision to purchase my Jazzmaster a few months ago! One of the best decisions I’ve ever made, I highly recommend!

[@ralph1013]

got an American professional jazzmaster, had to finance it but worth asf it’s beautiful and plays and sounds amazing

[@FateBringsMe2U]

If only rickenbacker's were that easy to find

[@Bellocks1]

Way behind the times here, but Harley Benton sell a great Jazzmaster copy @ Thomann.de Save yourself some cash.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I think that's the same one he had in 1991 The Year Punk Broke

[@corchadorc]

That bass tone is sick.

[@valicia666]

45 yrs old and i need this song in my life more than i needed it the first time DJr covered it when i was in high school. Thank you.

[@stugixer57]

I’ve been a Cure fan since the very early days, if you going to do a cover version give it a totally different vibe or don’t bother, Dinosaur Jr nailed it.

[@lslewis]

Good point. I feel like there are two kinds of people--those that expect it to sound identical or better than the original, and those like yourself. I often think it should be a fresh take on the original if you're gonna cover it. Otherwise, why cover it, right?

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

I have seen both versions. I believe that mimicking an artist is flattering and not necessarily a bad thing. Having said that, I agree the song should somehow be your own version. Perfect example: 311's cover of "love song."

[@lslewis]

@@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures Yep…good point, as well

[@xx-ug9hn]

Also, my #1 rule is a cover can't be slower than the original

[@vnys]

I agree, have you heard The Cure’s version of Purple Haze? Same thing, they make it a Cure song.

[@JDHAYES75]

Dinosaur Jr. is starting look more like Dinosaur Sr..

[@rebeccawarner8968]

Jason Hayes Last time I heard that joke I fell off my dinosaur

[@eoinmoran4755]

Jason Hayes lmao

[@ramirogarcia9960]

I like em better this way

[@michaelmoore5640]

Stfu Lame

[@tim322]

Next

[@irishstew2133]

This man saved guitar solos for me. I don’t hate them anymore. Thanks lil dinos

[@Atlas_Mohler]

They’ve always been good, j just does it right

[@beemaster666]

Omg I'm the same way.

[@kaiserped]

Heard this band from radio in 90's. Now 20 years later they still keep going.

[@machinenvy]

Coolness. I stopped listening to music in general about seven years ago because nothing out there struck a chord with me. Now I have a reason to listen again. Thanks for the heads up! :)

[@experimentalsoundrecordings]

This is my favorite cover of it. I ended up with the vinyl for free sent from SST back when I had a music zine and Greg asked me to review it. One side is etched in the vinyl with various sketches of insects and junk. When they played this live at Small Planet my ears rang for days and It could barely speak from singing along. Best show ever.

[@FabianRWhite]

What a voice, so iconic and idiosyncratic. Whenever I come back to Dinosaur Jr. that feeling his voice evoked in me when I first hear them comes back. Not sure about the screams though.

[@oscarhughes4610]

I love this song everytime I hear it it makes me think about my girl shes my bestfriend and I'm glad i got to spend the last 10 years with her

[@bassage13]

Been with mine for 24 years.

[@stefanberger8895]

Great band covering great band. So many memories. Where have good times gone to?

[@teslagirl1]

The good times are in the river of memory, the soil of tomorrow, the air of today. Breathe them in. They haven't gone anywhere.

[@captainmadandthemusketeers2424]

give them to the next. keep what you need

[@georgepereira8887]

They’re still here, Stefan! In ten years, you’ll say that about these days. :)

[@jcdc1824]

@@teslagirl1 nicely worded and a fine outlook. But in the spring of 2020, we be breathing through masks trying to avoid teargas, pepper spray and COVID-19. (The Cure and Dino Jr. are helpful).

[@teslagirl1]

@@jcdc1824 Both fine remedies. Add Roy Orbison and the Cranberries to that, tho.

[@ansonwright989]

I still have their SST RECORDS catalog and poster hanging up on my wall. Along with a cassette from 88 of there previously released singles. These men are the wizards of college radio and punk rock.

[@Boggleforever]

This is cool because you know that 99% of the bands that KEXP has these days are heavily influenced by Dinosaur Jr. Loud jazzmasters with lackadaisical vocals

[@vasiliygudron6065]

🥾👀

[@landoanacordian5381]

Yeaa so Awsome thank you the singer of a band called Gravel gave me tape back 1993 and it was a dinosaur Junior mixtape I spread it around and it was a soundtrack to our lives . I love this band Ryt on

[@rustyshackelford934]

Mascis is so criminally underrated as a guitarist. He’s so fucking good. The solos on, Get Me, are some of the most beautiful and emotional solos I’ve ever heard.

[@SoSo-li6dn]

cant sing for shiit tho

[@brotherchunkymusic950]

and THIS is how you cover a song !!

[@henriqueyoh]

no

[@MIMIEUXMIMIEUXMIMIEUX]

@@henriqueyoh Yes

[@DIGITAL7Media]

oh man...you should check out GWAR to Kansas's Carry On Your Way.

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

you've got it backwards. the Cure covered this song. anyone who says otherwise is delusional or living in some type of alternate universe

[@allansalazar3981]

Vintage Lazer XD

[@jacksonpage1580]

Murph always counts in slower than the actual tempo

[@mikeycsq]

Better than most drummers rushing the beat

[@McDoinky]

I prefer a slow drummer to a fast drummer

[@fallenearthguy1894]

What a great rendition of this classic tune. J can make any song his own.

[@shannondavis3338]

Both versions are good, but if you were a skater in the early 90's you'll know the Dinosaur Jr version. 👍

[@cau6659]

Yes!!! The good times

[@saulibus1]

If you were a skater in 90s you would know the album ‘boys don’t cry’

[@datsoon9236]

​@@saulibus1 sounds about right. Or possibly "Disintagration"

[@Zerojimm]

I'm proud to be from the same state as these guys.

[@giovanniq7283]

I found out J lives in the same town as the college I go to it blew my mind

[@jonminer2186]

Focking love this cover I have to blast it every time!!!!

[@DaveDrumsOK]

Love the way Murph starts with headphones on and totally manages to lose them at some point.

[@AndySabola11]

J Mascis's guitar solos are face melting.

[@nickguyone]

Lou's scream at the end had me rolling haha

[@jacksonpage1580]

Lmao it sounds like he stubbed his toe or something

[@axelbergstrom3644]

Black metal

[@Xbrayan777X]

You mean henry rollins!

[@gabeanzek3148]

They used to be a hardcore band with Lou singing

[@sunshaped]

It's so weird to hear this cover without the abrupt ending like on record.

[@tobiastolls126]

i always wondered why they made the choice to have it end like that

[@UncleBooty]

@@tobiastolls126 apparently it’s because they ran out of tape

[@tobiastolls126]

@@UncleBooty thanks

[@BlueeyesofSkye]

Good lord this kills, and I’m just stumbling on this now. Their new record is a masterpiece. Henry!👊🏻🤙🏻

[@ANOK541]

Lou strums but is hitting single notes with precision but loose like a caboose

[@MrPieman00]

Im so confused is he playing chords or actually playing single notes

[@phildanus6962]

@@MrPieman00 Yes.

[@Blaze850]

He's doing a little bit of both, but he's mostly playing single notes by muting three of the strings with his left hand so he can hit the individual notes as loudly as possible.

[@mikequinlivan8842]

@@phildanus6962 I know I am a few months late, but that response was epic. 🤣

[@jlong-ov5dz]

@@MrPieman00 both for sure

[@luisg6404]

Two of my favorite bands in one shot.

[@pyed1]

Simple, so complex, just everything, what a brilliant noise. Some in live always brilliant. Love from UK

[@Aaron_Alonso]

The bass tone in this is actually so good.

[@timu9087]

GOOD COVER I LOVE THE CURE AND BECAUSE OF THIS I LOVE DINOSAUR JUR TOO LOVE FROM ARMENIA

[@niknissinen5499]

D Jr are awesome - and that bass playing is beyond words!

[@xsadsappysuckr6710]

I love watching Lou play bass!

[@craigschaffer828]

I'm in love with this...must have been asleep for years that i have not seen this before.

[@synergenik]

Still awesome J, Lou & Merv! proper dinosaurs now but still rock like raptors!

[@FastFranchise]

This is Absolutely Beautiful! Dinosaur Jr has been my Fav 25 years now

[@washingmachine009]

i've loved the way that their version of this song ends so abruptly. it freaks me out bit. its so cool

[@merdefilms3837]

i got goosebumps while listening to this, what an amazing band!

[@explanationmark_]

amazing cover, loved seeing the camera pan round to Henry Rollins at the end there too all of a sudden haha

[@WhoIsRokky]

Im pretty sure the cure did a cover of this

[@galactic6495]

they basically did, robert smith said that the way they play it live is inspired by dinosaur jr's version

[@sabertoothrobot]

This is amazing on many levels. This isn't a one-off: Dinosaur Jr. released their cover of this incredible song in 1989 - and when I heard it on Steve Aldrich's Clambake radio show on WLAV... it got me into both Dinosaur Jr. and The Cure.

[@seanmiland]

I HAVE THE 45 STILL

[@georgepedone8506]

Super group along with the Melvins !,,, super

[@MindlessTurtle]

Wow, that makes me wanna learn BASS. That was sick. Great song.

[@hairocandia7408]

No puedo creer cómo es que algunas personas le hayan dando el dedo abajo a este gran cover.

[@tros_725]

en serio? yo pensaba que la gente prefería el version de Dinosaur Jr mas del version del The Cure

[@garypettigrew1938]

Such a unique and amazing take on Robert’s iconic song

[@WaywardAce]

Lou has found the fountain of youth ..... he hasn't aged in 20 years.

[@Foolmossad]

This is "Just Like Heaven" from Dinosaur Jr. -Robert Smith❤ RESPECT

[@jpm9628]

The Rick tone holds it all together. Lightning in the bong.

[@linus7106]

still loving this in 2020

[@Ana.Ng143]

GOD I LOVE THIS BAND

[@keysersoze6854]

my cousin and i bullshitted our way backstage at a perth gig(west australia) on the beyond tour, got a pic with jay and hung out with merv for a bit. stoked!!

[@thejunks3597]

Still got it after all these years

[@dddgmap9672]

such an amazing cover, love y'all!!

[@StarvingSound]

Wow. You are years behind. But better late than never. Not saying they're my favorite but that they've been around forever.

[@ianheyman2682]

Such an amazing cover

[@BirdBrain0815]

Still amazing ... this made my day :D There's nobody in the world who can so artfully pretend not to know how to play a guitar

[@atomicfrylock]

this will never get old

[@TheDustyPanther]

Damn I could listen to Lou Barlow play bass all day.

[@5150show]

Incredible

[@mead-wf1xu]

And this is how you cover a song. I still prefer The Cure's but still very cool.

[@commonbirdsband]

Greatest band of all time.

[@waukschun]

Best cover ever.

[@Quagmire1771]

This is so beautiful 🥺God i love this! If you aren't familiar with both bands, you wouldn't understand.

[@e.g.5806]

i was there. amazing.

[@rs9688]

Love it !! Awesome !! Great cover !!

[@dokkholiday]

YO !!!!!!!! LOL

[@SRone45]

J and Robert should make an album together.

[@MegaSlick75]

Added this to a couple mix tapes In my day.

[@alextorres7655]

I love the ever so slightly changed the melody of the song and made it their own

[@harscomcharibo]

I remember how this song goes: Car horns - Black screen: Rudy Johnson in cursive font, VHS tracking flickers- Nose Manual - One Foot - (Cross the street) - Ollie upt the kerb then up the stairs - Front Board shuv back down - FS 180 from the roof over the stairs - Manual up the bank - Nose manual down the bank - Tailslide to fakie a doubleset ledge - FS blunt to fakie nose manual dodgy tik-tak out that would be Illegal now but cool then - Blunt mayday on TIGHT brick bank - BIIG fs 360 over that schoolyard hip - Melon - Late Shuv over a bin - *Show me how you do that trick....

[@swivelhips586]

OMG that Bass is so badass fierce sounding!

[@Ssargent888]

That guitar tone is fucking brilliant

[@arendkamp4297]

Great cover !!!!

[@FabianSalomonsson]

Going to see them tomorrow, can't wait!

[@heggy_69]

Can you still hear?

[@AldebaranHikari777]

The Best Cover !!

[@micshaz]

THIS is skate punk, and this is be the best thing ever man

[@chrisbredesen]

Thank you guys for this.

[@derekhodge2289]

They did it again! I thought I would get the full version this time

[@AlexLiskovich]

Absolutely glorious!

[@011redruM110]

The original's impossible to beat- but this is such a great and joyous version!

[@ericgenty4977]

J'adore !!!!!

[@occupant123]

J Mascis melted my face one time and I kinda liked it

[@justclark7470]

Great guitar, and great cover

[@kevinreay1510]

What a SUPER TIGHT band. Awesome.

[@rickrose5377]

"The mediocre artist borrows. The great artist steals." --T.S. Eliot

[@gannidema8745]

Awesome rendition!!!

[@wigs2u]

Fecking brilliant!

[@NotALizardPerson81]

Easily the worst Just Like Heaven cover I've heard and I FUCKING LOVE IT! What a riot.

[@6runge]

I just love Dinosaur Senior they are so Grunge just like my people love you dudes

[@junosounds]

Henry Rollins is sitting there just chillin, pimpin

[@DrTotz]

Friggin awesome. Love it. ^_^

[@carlottafun1]

Awesome. LOVE LOVE Dinosaur Jr:))

[@Spidynom-]

HENRY ROLLINS HEAR JUST LIKE HEAVEN OF DINOSAUR JR!!!!!!!!!!

[@leemiera84]

this song is just like heaven....literally