Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (Official Music Video)

REMASTERED IN HD!
Music video by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians performing What I Am. (C) 1988 Geffen Records
#EdieBrickell #WhatIAm #Remastered

[@ManyBothansDied]

WHO'S STILL HERE WITH ME IN 2025?

[@eddiehurley5639]

Barely but present...

[@SU3D3]

#never-left

[@Its_me-Im_you]

I'll be hanging here till my times up - then I'll be back for it or with it

[@frankrappa4765]

Here

[@David-i8j9u]

Song was great

[@CrocPit]

This is such a beautiful song. Weirdly, I go through phases of listening to it obsessively and then forgetting it exists completely. I'm always struck by how fresh it sounds though, even now

[@DillonMorton-b7x]

Similar for me too. I have been listening to this this week, several times at least.

[@trudiekramar8358]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 0:30 0:31

[@bculver7621]

Omg I do the same thing! That’s too weird

[@WhoGitDaBiscuit]

Same.👍

[@patrickrancourt4782]

Too weirdoz like puke shit grungy hippies Seattle soundz crappyttude woke's this 4 minutes of disaster MAGA 2-25-2025

[@carlmontney7916]

RIP Brad Houser. Your fretless bass work on this tune is awesome.

[@youtubeuser206]

I can see the frets on his bass tho

[@JamesWilsonMD]

​@@youtubeuser206This is a music video, it's not live 😂

[@tatax85]

the sound is of a fretlees bass guitar @@youtubeuser206

[@tubesteak9000]

@@youtubeuser206 lol wrong

[@stephanieredden8861]

I didn't know he died. Yes, rest in Peace.

[@cbsteffen]

This song probably was ahead of its time. I think it sounds more like a song from the 1990s would usually sound to me!

[@corpr8dystopia778]

Way ahead of its time

[@Erfedwe]

I had the good fortune to see Edie open for the Grateful Dead in July 1990. It is hard to believe that it has been almost 34 years.

[@kalevala29]

Ohh, that sounds good. I would've gone. Funny thing is, though, we used to make fun of these lyrics. We thought they were stupid. LOL.

[@bobblebardsley]

**insert old lady from Titanic meme** 😜

[@Mk101T]

@@kalevala29 Well they were / are . The song writers decided saying something was not necessary .

[@Marco-717]

You're old.

[@Erfedwe]

@@Marco-717 you're not wrong.

[@amjan]

Even the video looks like it was made in 1993. Everything in this was ahead of its time!

[@Handy.capper]

I know what u mean. U know what I mean

[@stefan2005stefan]

Yes cos it was before it's time.

[@djkramnik1]

I thought the same thing. "1993". After watching a youtube short that had this listed as a top 40 hit from 88

[@JasonPhillips-sv9ih]

There is nothing special about this or the video. It’s the same hippie nonsense 😂😂 Nothing is new under the sun

[@stefan2005stefan]

@@JasonPhillips-sv9ih i bet u smoke cigarettes ?

[@joannemaskall937]

As a 50 yr old, this song song just took me back to my Teenage years. Thanks so much xx

[@nr1NPC]

I couldnt stand this song lol. Sounds so stupid

[@ericgenestvideoclips]

@@nr1NPC really?

[@73kimura]

Oh yeah, just happened to listen it on the radio and had to find out who this was by. Couldn´t believe it was this old. My teenage years, too! great song, great lyrics!

[@Brascofarian]

@@ericgenestvideoclips I think the lyrics are dumb but they work poetically. It doesn't surprise me to hear someone say it's stupid.

[@MahiCaissie]

!q

[@tomstur119]

that camera angles, fades, edits and footage quality is what I remember mid 90's music videos like.

[@suzancollier9518]

Ummm...still can't believe this song is already 35 yrs old. Time flies.

[@pepperoni468]

Damn has more time than my life xd... do you like horses?

[@krausewitz6786]

Put another way: this song was closer to Elvis' heyday than we are to 1988. Now THAT is scary.....

[@linalicious415]

It's super timeless..im 28 & my mom had me at 20...she rocked out to this in the late 90s & early 2000s❤...now i do too!

[@pechondelgado]

This is the most 90's sounding 80's song of all time.

[@aidahoe2946]

Ahead of its time

[@christopherwebb3517]

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division was the most 80s sounding 70s song of all time.

[@ANTAlex-pe9li]

a lot Of REMs songs songs as well

[@mbatchelor]

@@christopherwebb3517 Cars by Gary Numan and M's Pop Muzik are right up there too... All three New Wave pioneers...

[@Michael_______]

*Phil Collins*

[@j3nny3lf]

I don't know WHY Edie Brickell wasn't a bigger star. Seriously, so much talent.

[@iamjadedhobo]

She married Paul Simon, and that was that :(

[@jacobgreen6939]

What about the band?

[@jgeorge393]

Maybe because no one knows what she means

[@TimmyTickle]

@@jacobgreen6939 They married Art Garfunkel lol

[@rbartlett5711]

Blame Paul Simon

[@TheJoeMB]

Still in shock that this song is from 1988 and not 1995.

[@TRaxonem]

Same

[@n.f.7342]

Emma Bunton did a cover in 1999

[@senzanome2912]

​@@n.f.7342 ..... and really shouldn't have bothered!

[@hasbucket]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@marianadamelio]

WHAT!? I THOUGHT IT WAS A 90S SONG

[@muffs55mercury61]

She took this classic to #7 in Feb, 1989 and it still is a classic 35 years later.

[@DanielHill-y6p]

Yes I remember because a Hip-Hop group called the Brand Nubians sampled it and it made me buy the cassette. A classic indeed. Circle is still something that opens my eyes when I hear her lyrical artistry. She should take a bow

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@DanielHill-y6p Music does many positive things to us.

[@mcclift9451]

This song was a regular on 120 minutes on MTV,late nite Saturday nites

[@mpaloutz]

My senior year of high school. We had the best music. 😊

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@mpaloutz It's what memories are made of.

[@robertgill448]

76 years old here. That voice in 1988 was sexxxxyyyyy. It took the song for me to purchase here album shooting rubber bands at the stars. Was totally different but smooth. Glad someone posted it out here today. Thank you.

[@LiamGoodison]

album worth a spin then?

[@1metalmickey]

Me too

[@Darrenski]

I only know 2 tracks off it but i remember it was a big thing at the time. Both tunes i know, this and circle are certainly both great tunes​@LiamGoodison

[@delshoemaker7616]

shes so smoking hot!

[@robertozanconi1360]

73 years old here. I still this song, and THAT guitar solo is incredible!

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

This song reminds me of a better time; of being young, full of energy and a bright future ahead.

[@Atom_Stone]

Amen

[@johngritjohngrit140]

Bright future ahead? Never to old to camp out and look for gold.

[@kevinfinnegan310]

Keep that feeling

[@DB-xm1oe]

...then life happened and reality sunk in.

[@MrJones-918]

Come on Gen X ! Get off the Geritol. Better days are ahead. Speak for yourself but I’m not going quietly into that dark night. I’m going to skid sideways into the box and leave this body a dried up husk! Forge on X. My little circle of friends had such high hopes for Edie, then she married Paul and disappeared. My 18 old self had such a crush on her🌹Every song on that first album was good. Rare!

[@LVM5584]

This song foreshadowed the 90’s. Edie was ahead of her time with this album. This and circle sounded like 90’s songs. From 1988. What a time to be alive.

[@angle5520]

I'm here on September 6, 2024.

[@therespectedlex9794]

With this song. One hit wonder, like Joan Osmond. But more in the shallow water... 😃

[@80srenaissance67]

Spot on

[@ErnestoRoberts-s2o]

so does the art direction of this video and the CD, same case for Faith No More's "Epic" from 1989

[@jsilverman8881]

Because of her producer husband, most likely 😂

[@porchfyre612]

Released in 1988 and waaaay ahead of its time.

[@killswitchh]

Truly the first great 90's song.

[@Tha90sKid]

Ikr, sounds so much like a 90s song

[@kalevala29]

Like it or not, this is generation X baby. I think I'm the same age as that chick singing. Then again, so are the Pixies. So choose your side. LOL

[@NibblesTheNibbler]

Everything about this feels like it was made in about 1992: the music, the lyrics, the clothes, even the cinematography of the music video.

[@chefbenardee1408]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bucksawyer426]

I remember this band 1988 I was 17 can't believe that long ago I'm 50 now and I still love this song my daughter was listening to this song I laughed so hard I told her I was 17 when I heard this she looked at me and said you grow up in a great time of music when music was cool and it was real yes I did daughter yes I did

[@delshoemaker7616]

Best thing I ever did was create a daughter!

[@abelmontalvo4052]

I was 20 years old when I first heard this song in 1988 time flies

[@MrDeaweber]

I hear you brother 50 in October is a bit hard to get into when im still interested in living and busy just trying to keep up with everything and everyone = i aint got time to be 50 dang it ! Great song , I didn't realize it was from the eighties - it has a nineties feel to it so props to em for pushing a new sound . Also you get the award for coolest name - after hearing that a thousand times you already know .

[@michaelbooher339]

I also remember listening to this song "a while back", 59 now.

[@Valientlink]

it's still cool, just unfortunately none of the cool music tends to get recognized or much radio play. It'll get better though

[@jayr3635]

If this came out in 2024 this girl would be one of the biggest stars on the planet!! She has the natural voice and sound people try and fake in todays world!!

[@PeppyTurtle3]

she would be a playable charcter in fortnight

[@hummushero9428]

Her style is timeless. I love 80’s music of course, but this song doesn’t sound like that era, just sounds like itself.

[@Lips10Sixx]

This song screams a heavy pre cursor to the mid 90's in my opinion. Great song!@@hummushero9428

[@MUD39]

They libtards wouldn't like her because she's not a 10 looks wise. Society as we know is over and never coming back to reality.

[@AntajuanGrady]

ikr; this kills almost anything out in now. Can't believe this song is 36 years old now!

[@1Ryan4]

she is the definition of "Cool"

[@corpr8dystopia778]

Right on

[@ВсадникАпокалипсиса-я9е]

that's a really cool song indeed, very original, because it's main riff is built totally from the motion of suspended-four chords without their resolution. So it's weird but magical at the same time

[@miljenkogambiraza6613]

This band, this song, and their style are the proof that a certain decade doesn't end or start with numbers. This is a mid-nineties song made at the end of the eighties.

[@HoodyT1991]

Yeah I thought it was a 90s song until they featured it on Vh1 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 80s. She seems and sounds like a 90s girl like Jewel, Alanis Morrisette or Lisa Loeb.

[@Paradoxe2]

Damn right !

[@Italianempath]

Well fucking said!!

[@bloodbitchxxx9792]

Only young people think this. If you were around when it came out then it's late 80s. I would never mistake this as a mid 90s song because I had the cassette when it came out. Millennials. Lol

[@Paradoxe2]

@@bloodbitchxxx9792 I'm 45 years old and I agree wit the op...

[@kennybeck5519]

This is the most 90's song from the 80's I've ever heard

[@marosa1801]

Was shocked to see this was released in 1988. It has such a 90s vibe.

[@patriciorojas7700]

100% Agree. That 70's retro guitar solo break does NOT belong in the 80's, it is strictly a 90's thing. Ahead of their time❤

[@SquirtMac17]

I wouldnt know if you were lying and told me came out in the 90's. Its the voice and vibe.

[@rainflowers1099]

Quite a bit of crossover between late 80s and early 90s

[@harryb1429]

It's not even just the sound it's the aesthetics and fashion the whole thing just screams mid 90s I cannot believe it came out in only 1988

[@willsee8391]

This song forecasted the 90s.

[@frontliner2]

i was just thinking that, it sounds mid 90's

[@willsee8391]

@frontliner2 yeah. Like Starbucks coffee shop, windows 95, browsing on the cd rom encyclopedia kind of music. What's the frequency Kenneth by R.E.M gives me a similar vibe.

[@mE-zx7pt]

​@@frontliner2was thinking that, too.

[@luisangulo5979]

1988

[@Blackadder153]

@@willsee8391 ..More like drinking a Starbucks while browsing books in Barnes&Noble skimming through one about antique clocks.

[@gregallen908]

Found this in a second hand record store today and as I put the needle on the record I was transformed back to my youth. No idea when I heard this last, but as soon as I heard it I knew it was an instant classic. Old gold that went on to define 90s grunge, from an era when folk were over the plastic of the 80s and looking for something real.

[@WillD-xl5kx]

That guitar solo is perfect 👌🏼

[@soulsey]

Is the solo by Robbie Blunt, and not Kenny Withrow? He sounded so much like Jerry Garcia. He should have played with latter incarnations of the dead.

[@roelmercado4298]

I agree ......totally 👍

[@robertozanconi1360]

@@soulsey Kenny played with Jerry Garcia.

[@warrenholahta3433]

That is what makes this era of music the very best... The diversity and the ACTUAL talent!!!!! I said what I said!!! Musical talent and creativity 💪🏾💯👍🏾

[@Jman-k4b]

Sometimes I forget how good the music was when I was growing up. Talented group.

[@markdoherty754]

I was a real metal head back in the 80's, but for some reason I liked this album.

[@corpr8dystopia778]

Same man, we all did

[@Chuckles..]

Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars is an album that never ages. No filler songs, the whole album is good. This is original "alt rock" when the genre was relevant and actually had some balls.

[@1ofthewizards330]

I thought this song was from the 90s for my entire life. It was definitely ahead of it's time by a few years and maybe even helped shape the coming sound of 90s alternative.

[@uuajck1624]

no it´s very 80´s

[@1ofthewizards330]

@@uuajck1624 ​ @Uuajck I'm inclined to disagree. The 1990s saw a move towards deeper, more artistic popular music. This song sounds more like popular 90s artists such as Fiona Apple, 4 Non Blondes, Sarah McLachlan, or Paula Cole than it does like 80s acts Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, or the Go-Go's.

[@RudyRexxCanales]

No doubt. I remember this song when it came out and it was way ahead of its time. It didn’t fit in the 80s pop, new wave, 80s industrial dark wave, it was its own sound.

[@delshoemaker7616]

Yep sorry, eighties! Give us this! Grin

[@hiariotello8374]

correction this song is late 80s .Generation x the best

[@3hooks781]

Predates the coming 90s sound by a good 9-10 years. Masterpiece!

[@jsnleeweks]

What the. I never would’ve thought to check the year… I distinctly remember this being played like a new single like around 92-94. Just blew my mind a little with this. What’s next, Tom’s Diner isn’t an early/mid 90s hit either?! Get outta here.

[@victormuhammad2678]

Two years

[@RobinsRemixes]

as a 52 yr old guitarist, this solo ranks in my top 5 ... just perfect

[@careygrant493]

YES!! Kenny Withrow is amazing! Dallas had one of the best and severely undervalued live music scenes in the nation in the late 80’s and the 90’s.

[@junodonatus4906]

But the intro riff IS the song. That sets the tone and is so memorable and even creepy. I love it.

[@andreacapuano2743]

Impressive. It's like they time traveled, peeked into the 90's and then went back. With this song, they anticipated musical style, look, attitude. Absolutely incredible!

[@t.d.f]

Maybe they were one of the sounds to inspire 90s style and sound

[@Teeveepicksures]

Except this was released around the same time that Costello's 'Spike' and Sugar Cubes' 'Life's Too Good' were. At the time it was all just lumped together as "Alternative" but yhe "90's" as people know them now we're *already* here in the late 80's.

[@ricktellez6315]

@@t.d.f Aaaaaaaaaàààaaaàaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@leslierobertson4734]

They not only peeked into the nineties (true comment), they peek into human soul ? I think.... Love the name of the band. Thanks Edie & Crew. . .Still Loving ya 😘💗✌️🌍🌏💘

[@AjoNYC]

💯💯💯

[@thedude5599]

Picked up a girl hitchhiking at 3 AM in the morning in Southdale Winnipeg in 1986. Her boyfriend just kicked her out of the car she said. I drove her home which was about twenty minutes away in St Norbert. This song came on and we both just listened to it. I hope she remembers me every time she hears this song because I surely remember her when I do.

[@karenignatowski5840]

I bet she does. This song just does that to you. I get it, dude. Love.

[@SouthGlass]

Thanks for sharing

[@hardluck8732]

This song came out in '88. How did you and this girl listen to it in '86?

[@karenignatowski5840]

@@hardluck8732 Gagahahahahahahahahahaga. Sorry, I'm old school & I really do laugh out loud...way out loud. Stay groovy!!!

[@thedude5599]

@@hardluck8732 Maybe I was wrong on the exact dates. I moved to Banff from Winnipeg in 1988 I still have the bus ticket. Trust me it was a long time ago and I honestly thought it was 1986. Looking into this I see you are correct. I moved to Banff 1988 and was driving a ford Comet. I picked her up in a 1974 Celica which I eventually crashed and wrote off. . So my dates were off but trust me this is a true story it is hard to remeber exact dates 35 years ago. All I remember was she was super cute and she didnt want a ride at first then softened up, and accepted the ride . When we arrived at her house at about 3AM he rmother thanked me and said I was a good person. To this day all I remember was she was so hot young and very nice. never saw her ever again.

[@superdave1949]

They went way beyond the nineties. There are still so many bands today that seem to base their stage presence off of this video. For nearly 25 years now this song has sounded like it could have been released yesterday!

[@daverobertson5614]

have to agree. I heard this song in 2008 and thought it had just come out. that bass line is killer

[@Peter1999Videos]

Nah, pure 90's , todays pop music, is STUCK in the pseudo 80's revival.

[@toddianuzzi9296]

Like what bands?

[@jameswilliams3241]

@@Peter1999Videos this came out in the 80's

[@robertmcpherson1617]

I LOVE this comment! And yes, cool is cool and will always be cool!

[@fine9100]

This Lady can paint a picture with her beautiful voice.

[@leeposey1511]

I'm 52, this lady...damn I miss my youth, she brings it right back. Thanks, music lives on.

[@musicalremedy]

The way this girl sings this song is so captivating and she is so into the rhythm of it with her facial expressions. Just love it! This song is still a hit after all these years.

[@Rampant_Colt]

they played a small venue in Chicago in '88 or '89, and in between songs Edie kept talking off-mic, and I shouted 'i love you!' She laughed and smiled and said 'i love you too!' and went into this song. Outstanding!

[@Pamemastiff111]

Kirsten loves this band andhot guyworldnever changedhow does a guy get anything she'sa girl andshe learned to play a guitar not tennis a older guy had one andthey fucked enough while she at ea and alol the womonin womyn in the universe got so fat she stolehis guitar finaly finally i'm out of my case of saltines and Saltines without buttter butter cigerette without a umjmm butter idea is like no salt anyway she had it forgot she stole it had sex with this onep person and the real duet of two penis men is the oldest sad last stump for my girl baby shoes without a sock missing they were friends and she stole a guitar and learned to play for a dad she found a photo of and it is this she gave God

[@gregbagby472]

Holy shit I was there I remember exactly this.

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

How this was released in 88 is beyond me. This is 90's style all day.

[@paulrasmussen3858]

rubbish

[@ekscalybur]

@@paulrasmussen3858 100% not rubbish

[@susanwilson6397]

90s built off some freaking great music. 80s rock and rule

[@Megan-f2t]

❤❤❤

[@corekilla]

1988 is perfect for it

[@puffnstuff12]

I'm primarily a metal and AOR guy but I've loved this song since the first time I heard it and even after all of these years I still love it.

[@kales-j7o]

My music taste is hard af, but this song is great. Good music is good music

[@GamerPhilosophy]

If you remember this Masterpiece song you are not old you are high quality vintage. 💞👌😊👍

[@donwhite5129]

I even remember the first time hearing this masterpiece on the radio sitting in my car. I was stunned by it meticulous production, being a musician myself. Mixed with the self deprecating lyrics it shines on in history as one of greatest songs of the 80s, maybe ever!

[@donnaquimby-7807]

ABSOLUTELY 😁✌

[@charlesmcclain5457]

I was 20 or 21 when this came out . I was a rock and roller but I loved her music and style

[@tinajones9666]

Wys

[@cindirobbins9271]

Love " high quality vintage"! That's me!

[@Dan.R.A]

This song was a few years ahead of its time, so interesting. Even the looks, it's so 90s! Love it.

[@Dan.R.A]

@ciao214Z okay buddy 🙄

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

I remember people singing this. "I'm not aware of too many things but I know that it burns when I pee."

[@jayhoyle9299]

You’re right on

[@gwendolenyoung4198]

​@@Dan.R.Abut he's right? It was on the airwaves at the same time as Janet Jackson and Robert Palmer and Jefferson starship

[@Dan.R.A]

@@gwendolenyoung4198 I know. I specifically said that this song was a few years ahead of its time, because to me, this song and videoclip APPEAR LIKE they are from the 90s, even though they are not.

[@fredoakes7441]

Beautiful voice and the face and hair of a Angel❤

[@konradbeatz0375]

Incredibile come nessuno abbia parlato degli anni d'oro della nostra infanzia, anni d'oro della tv, anni in cui sentivi questa canzone praticamente tutte le ore del giorno di tutti i giorni anche senza volerlo... Signore e signori ecco a voi Canale 5🥺

[@arsonne]

If you put a gun to my head and asked me when this song came out I would have said '93. They were so ahead of their time. Incredible tune.

[@istvanpraha]

Me too! I thought it was way later...and I was alive then (too?) so IDK how I sort of missed it until like 1995

[@cyclnvancouver8060]

I saw them in concert in 1989 in Vancouver perform this whole album. She (and they) sounded amazing.

[@jyellowhammer]

Good song, One hit wonder, however.

[@cyclnvancouver8060]

@@jyellowhammer I thought the whole album was great. But, you are correct that that was their only radio hit.

[@arsonne]

@@jyellowhammer true but "hits" are almost entirely fabricated by the music industry. The highs and lows of a band are usually all about how much of a push the record companies wanted to give them at the time.

[@RySenkari]

This is an EIGHTIES song? Sounds like mid-90s to me! This woman was ahead of her time.

[@lindacronin2271]

yinb

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

+RySenkari She was one of the pioneers of what, for lack of a better term, became known as simply "chick music" or "chick rock." Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Brenda Khan, were all among those starting that whole thing (oh, and DEF! Suzanne Vega--don't want to leave her out, or even The Breeders for that matter, though they were group oriented, not so much just a chick on an acoustic guitar, or a piano). I could name another 20 probably that belong in that same group of women who paved the way for far, FAR less talented women to break into the business, but yeah... Edie is/was amazing!

[@JohnDoe-gm5qr]

+RySenkari The 80s were a good time for music. Having been born in '76 I have heard some good music.

[@JohnDoe-gm5qr]

+Art Scott Though they call it that it sounds good and look at the band, it is mostly men except for Edie as the lead singer. The music actually has a good melody that can help someone forget other songs they don't like. It is always nice to know of a few catchy songs to help rid your mind of crappy ones that never get out of your head.

[@retroscenery]

+RySenkari Alternative music of this ilk was alive and well in the mid to late 80s and certainly ahead of it's time. R.E.M and 10,000 Maniacs were also revolutionary.... and definitely don't sound 80's. Best part is the timelessness.

[@mckinleighjackson1642]

35yrs later and this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. The vibe and energy of it all is still impeccable after all these years. Still feels so fresh and relevant it’s amazing!

[@christopherreece9321]

Yes. AUBURN UNIVERSITY

[@matiasocampo4226]

Who's listening to this one in 2024? Eddie for ever and ever

[@pabbend]

🙌👋🥰 a thousand times more better handcrafted and honest than als this senseles mainstream taylor shi…

[@sonabarnes6670]

👍

[@Bristecom]

I'm familiar with a lot of 80's and 90's songs but somehow I only just heard (or noticed) this song for the first time today. It sounded like a mid-late 90's style song but am surprised to see it was actually made in 88. Definitely ahead of its time and still sounds good today.

[@daniellepetro1857]

Meeee

[@moonbeam-l9w]

What I am? Still listening.

[@tarynsarvas604]

This has a very "hippie" sound to it. I miss when music was on MTV.

[@BrandonGates]

Taryn Sarvas pretty sure these guys opened for the Grateful Dead a couple times in the early 90s.

[@ciceromendonca4027]

@Taryn..So do I my friend! !

[@ahhwe-any7434]

Sometimes im logical. Sometimes not so much :/😁👍

[@miamijock2595]

Yes I also miss MTV!

[@LemonChecks]

yes, me too. *Nirvana UNplugged*

[@realistindenial]

Geez, Edie Brickell is so gorgeous in that "girl next door" kind of way.

[@delshoemaker7616]

Still holding up in her old age! Sorry Edie! Look amazing! No disrespect!

[@waitingmp]

She married Paul Simon not long after

[@dfangirl72]

@@delshoemaker7616 use the word older not old you'll sound less rude .then you won't have to apologise

[@dfangirl72]

@@waitingmp it was a " surprise " age difference 🤨but they compliment eachother .

[@delshoemaker7616]

@@dfangirl72 Act my age ? What? Whatever,

[@mengel420]

Dedicated to Marisa, who died in 2017 from an alcoholic episode where she left her home after an argument with her husband to end up camping lakeside at a park not far away. She drank and drank and drank and passed out face down in the water. We love and miss you Marisa ❤

[@evanlee93]

Heard this song for the first time today and I gotta agree with everyone's sentiments. This was way ahead of its time.

[@Darrenski]

Also aphex twin and autechre were also active at this time and their music was light years ahead of this. And how is this any more ahead of its time than sweet dreams by the eurythmics from years earlier?

[@evanlee93]

@@Darrenski sweet dreams SOUNDS like an 80s song. It was perfect for its time. as for aphex twin, I agree, a lot of music he made was ahead of its time. idk about autechre though.

[@randybobandy9828]

No it was "light years" ahead of this... It was just a completely different tyoe of my music that doesn't really have a time place.​@@Darrenski

[@acarmichael2000]

Probably haven't hear this song in at least 25 years but randomly woke up with it in my head. So dang catchy.

[@rickwykoff5117]

2 days I had to get up for work at 340 am with this song singing in my head. So weird

[@jinlamb1998]

you could do worse

[@boblewis1227]

What a simple pretty song, sung by a beautiful woman. ROCK ON!

[@RightCenterBack321]

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Jane's Addiction were two bands that emerged in the late-1980s that were ahead of their time.

[@heinrichdorfmann4349]

ahead of their time ?? really ?

[@Mark-qg8hm]

Very true. They both invented a whole new genre of sucking shit a decade before hundreds of bands all started sucking shit at the same time.

[@tylerlake7821]

I actually agree with E Drew, this does sound ahead of its time. THAT doesn't mean it's a good song, but I would have called this a 90's song, it has that shitty 90's mass market college rock sound. But it came out in 88, so to me it sounds like they were surfing way out on the bleeding edge of a shit wave, foretelling the shiticane to come.

[@pabbend]

Janes Addiction, most underrated Band ever.

[@CortinaATX]

​@@pabbendJane's Addiction were around since the early 80's.

[@christopherscorner]

I can’t remember how my mother got this cassette tape from me but when she heard Edie Brickell sing, she was immediately hooked like so many of us. Rest in peace, Mother… This one is for you!💙💙💙

[@kennyp9616]

Just love the sound of the guitar solo on this song. Solo begins - 2:09

[@NickPanoutsos]

Always my favorite part.

[@wiejetze8397]

Yes! Me too! The sound (I guess it's an Auto-Wah) and the solo itself. Nice to read that others also appreciate that. Don't know any other guitar solo in pop history that sounds like that.

[@local7823]

Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet

[@befdoglover1]

The album itself had an extended version of it. Most of this beauty was cut in the video.

[@Ken-ek5im]

... Timeless, beautiful, very artistic. So cool

[@MaiMai-ys4yg]

she is so gorgeous. She, Traci Chapman, Erykah Badu and Sade- so airy, mystical and chill.

[@artistaloca4]

Enya, Bonnie Wraight, Stevie, on n on n on.... ❤️ Sorry, did you have a point? 😊☺️😁🤣❣️👍

[@bell573]

I agree and I would include Suzanne Vega

[@willlastnameguy8329]

I think she married Peter Gabriel. Or Paul Simon. One of those guys.

[@MaiMai-ys4yg]

Will Lastnameguy yes! Paul Simon

[@chasbenignton6565]

Did you say Tracy Chapman was gorgeous, man your blind dude she is for a man I guess

[@dwightalfred]

Will never tire of listening to this soulful classic. Incredible vocals, guitar work, drumming. Everything is perfect.

[@PC-wp9tj]

God, that guitar solo. It's cut in the video, but on the album, it's nice. Not quite Pat Benatar and "Precious Time" level, but still memorable.

[@TheDrummer51]

@@PC-wp9tj that whole band was out of North Texas State. They worked around Dallas while they finished school. The drummer, Matt Chamberlain has had an interesting career, too.

[@PC-wp9tj]

@@TheDrummer51 Did not know that! Thanks for the knowledge!

[@lamarjohnson4985]

I heard Edie got on stage for an open mic one night in her hometown of Dallas and she brought the house down. She wound up in a band and the rest is history

[@rachaelmarrero8597]

Are there others hits of theirs that have been forgotten?

[@susanhayes7307]

Melissa is absolutely the best female ROCK SINGER EVER😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@benmusasiwa8185]

That guitar solo is simple but to the point. It makes the song complete.

[@xbrandi12345x]

I have listened to this every day since I was like 8 years old. I am 35 now. This and Natalie Merchant's Carnival are 2 songs I won't ever tire of.

[@laureng8624]

Love Natalie's voice!

[@bandcamp4674]

I listened to carnival before this one. Stars aligned on these songs

[@zamora77786]

Absolutely agree with you. ❤️

[@brooke9188]

Yep.

[@daleandrews9356]

When I first heard this song back in the '80's I said to myself: "That's a different sound, from a different band with a different take on things. It'll turn out to be a hit." I was right.

[@dadob8458]

hehehe, same here, loved it than love it now

[@ryancox5097]

Liar. You were listening to Whitesnake and bleaching your mullet when this came out.

[@mattya1227]

Such a 90's sound. I was really suprised to learn this came out in '88. Edie is so pretty. Love her look and voice

[@Mark-sy2bx]

This is one of those songs that reminds me of good times.

[@zachalicea1987]

precisely

[@johnnyrockets3795]

+Mark shiskabob I know what you mean.

[@litotroxler211]

I know what I know.

[@odypsychosis8282]

definitely

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

+Scorness geez, my Cry Baby wah pedal (at the 2:40 here) is older than you :)

[@patrickmccarron5059]

This was truly the first 90s song that came out at the end of the 80s. It had a different sound and style and set the course of music for the next decade.

[@theothertroll]

Not really ~

[@aliadidondiaa8024]

it is very rootsy and folky and very 80´s and earlier are you a millenial

[@howtogetlikes3472]

Very good for you! This is a great thing to write in the comments to get a lot of likes! Keep reading other highly liked comments and copy those ones also!

[@patrickmccarron5059]

@@aliadidondiaa8024 , Generation X

[@bartender5812]

Not even close bro. Your comment is almost as dumb as the song. Almost.

[@bloocheez3]

1988 but you can already see that 90's aesthetic taking form.

[@oskarfunes2505]

bloocheez3 Im pretty sure it came out 1998

[@bloocheez3]

nope. 1988

[@TheSololobo]

Yes, its an 80's song with a 90's zeitgeist, decades seem to blend into each other and overlap, like disco didn't die out until 82 but the murmurs of what was to be the 80's sound were happening back in 78. So too with the 80's, it's influence was meandering until it received its dead blow in late 91 from Nirvana.

[@DJDanceClassic]

+cmtmj2006 SO TRUE. THAT DRUMMER COULD BE NIRVANA 1994 HAHAHAHA

[@DJDanceClassic]

BUT THE GUITAR SOLO PLAYER IS SO "FAME 1980" HAHAHAHA

[@joefigueroa5476]

Wow! What an incredibly charged performance by all the RATM band especially Zach. Zach’s emotion in his performance is so intense and authentic. SNL couldn’t handle this explosive voice of forgotten America.

[@SomeDaysYoureBarbra]

Love it. It still holds up. Great song, that guitar solo can't be beat on this type of song.

[@trebleboost7]

Almost a little Steely Dan’ish.

[@MaggieBryan-ji6jn]

I'm listening to it in 2024

[@petra45698]

🎉

[@stevengray4595]

This song has so many memories attached to it ❤

[@elisagsilva.-fx4ir]

Topissimo ❤

[@pwtprojects5610]

Stupid comment to catch attention.

[@dredo42]

Me too

[@dustintravis8791]

I've rewritten this comment like 20 times... it's so hard to get my words out about how fantastic this song was for the time and all these years later. It jut has such a uniqueness to it that always brings me back to it every year or so. Such an amazingly resonating song.

[@Allthrashedout.]

Religion-is the smile on a dog.. Greatest Line ever .

[@TheDoctorgta]

90's before 90s was a thing.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

So true. This is proto-grunge or something.

[@sreesanthsasidharan3841]

I was thinking the same.

[@レッド-h1i]

I didn't even know this song was from the 80s

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

This song said in 1989 "suddenly it's 1994". She was about 5 to 6 years ahead of her time.

[@SarahPalinQuit]

'90s

[@NotAFanAnymore]

She had no idea at this point in time of her absolute talent behind that mic. Brilliant lady. Thanks!

[@trnigyul]

I couldve sworn this was 90s reminds me of those beautiful natural 90s singers like Alanis, Sheryl, Shawn Colvin, 4 non-blondes, Lisa Loeb etc.

[@kyachdistent1301]

Lisa who? Sheryl Crow is crap, 4 non-blonde who's? Shawn Colvin never allowed to progress past one single. No way, the 80s had THE best female singers-only difference was now all the females were allowed to be taken seriously. Thank you very much Madonna you plastic old slag with your bubblegum bullshit! And the unending continued plague she then left from Mariah Carey onwards to what we have now-all the while staying here WITH it all! Fuck the 90s when the majority actually sucked. Boyband shit, lousy females trying to be "serious" (i.e not slags yet still boring as hell generally-and in Stansfield, Gabreille, Dion, Carey and Crow's case-just plain awful!), girlband shit, bollocks Beatles wannabees in vile Oasis and stupid Blur and poncy Suede and dumb dance twots like Prodigy and its ilk. Looking back on it, it's clear to see it wasn't all that at all. The extremely early 90s (1990-1993) produced some fine singles acts if you could look past all the crap. Thankful for Ace Of Base, Crowded House finally getting famous belatedly everywhere, the Sundays, M people, Alisha's Attic, Cathy Dennis, The Beautiful South, Shakespears Sister, Maggie Reilly, Enigma, and a smattering of standalone singles from the likes of Snap, Blue Pearl, Lonnie Gordon, Seal, Haddaway, Culture Beat, Shara Nelson, Tori Amos, post-Jagged Pill Alanis Morrisette, Rozalla, Zoe, PM Dawn, Adventures Of Stevie V, Deee-Lite and so on, but even then, usually the best 90s songs tended to come from the best 80s people still going to little fanfare from the critics now obsessed with an anything goes culture undeserving of its dubious attention.

[@Radres12345]

You're forgetting a whole heap of talented 90s female singers/female-led groups. Bjork, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, Erykah Badu, The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge, No Doubt.

[@seelenwinter6662]

and the best 2 all forget... tracy chapman and sade... ups... i forget suzanne vega... then the best 3...^^

[@leas.5596]

@@kyachdistent1301 Yikes. You are furious about something. Let people have enjoy things. The lovely Edie was considered a one-hit wonder - so why are you calling out Shawn Colvin? Every generation, every single one, has produced countless types of music and good/bad artists. You prefer one decade, fine. Don't get your opinion confused with fact.

[@jeffking5505]

@@Radres12345 Thank you, some one who knows what they're talking about!

[@jamesfestini]

The way she sings is so unique. The mechanics of every notes and the shapes of her jaw, and mouth, and tongue and shoulders. It’s just all so controlled unlike many singers you will ever see. To hear her is great but to see her deliver is just so much more. Saw her live with Steve Martin a few years ago after being a fan from day one. Weird how her most famous song is one of her lesser works. Not that it’s bad but when one goes deep into her music you will see. I feel like someone who can say I have known all along. I am sure that she will remain on the back end of fame but on the forefront of what I consider to be one of the greatest musicians in the history of forever and ever.

[@jamesfestini]

I’ll add that is was about 16 when I first saw her face and I think her physical appearance set the mold for what I found to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Obviously, I did not get her cause she liked talented older fat men shorter than me. However, any variation of what her elemental essence created in my soul was good enough for me.

[@ChronusFatherofAll]

I know what you mean. The way she says "aware" haunts my thoughts whenever this song pops into my head. I miss when music required talent and soul.

[@MrKallen49]

FYI - saw her in the Paul Simon documentary “In Restless Dreams” on Prime Video. She is married to him. Two fantastically talented people.

[@LadyHannahGaGa]

That actually makes so much sense. They both have a similar vibe.

[@maximan4363]

OMG, that's a kick back!!! What a fantastic track - that made me smile & I can't believe that I still knew the lyrics! WOW!!!!!

[@RachelLSchug-Angellar-zr5jn]

2023 I finally get to find and hear it again since 1989

[@NarisTorquere]

Perfect vocal performance, fun visuals, guitar solo chanels the spirit of Jerry, wicked groove. One hit is all you really need to make a splash.

[@DisneyUpBoilerUp]

This song was so outside of the genre of music I listened to you in the '80s, and I absolutely loved it. I still do to this day.

[@chadjohnson-authormusician8072]

What a breath of fresh air this was when it came out, and it still sounds so fresh today. Edie's voice, style, and lyrics are so unique, the groove is killer, and the guitar solo is one the top 5 best solos of the decade, IMHO. It's a masterpiece mini-composition all its own.

[@RachelLSchug-Angellar-zr5jn]

2023 I finally get to find and hear it again since 1989

[@danielstewart7163]

It doesn't hurt that she's flat friggin' beautiful. I'd pay cash money to see her smile.

[@existinthenow7443]

Whoever played the drums in the studio was killing it!! Super tight. That's a studio musician for sure if I had to guess

[@mikemadunic7960]

That would be Chris Whitten a British session drummer. He's also played with Paul McCartney and toured with Dire Straits.

[@geargeekpdx3566]

@@mikemadunic7960 its actually Matt Chamberlain

[@TheEvilDrR]

@@geargeekpdx3566 Chamberlain was hired to replace original drummer Brandon Aly during/after recording, and Whitten had to fill in, since they recorded this album in Wales. Chamberlain played with the band live, but I'm not sure how much he contributed to the recording here. That said, you look at all the people Matt has played with since, it's amazing.

[@geargeekpdx3566]

@@TheEvilDrR I stand corrected but the beat is pure Chamberlain, the funkiest austin white boy I know (and I do know him personally). I was in Seattle when he was there with Critter's Buggin' and kind of everywhere all at once and i wrote for Drum! magazine and others and i knew his through studio friends there. Such a humble guy and a total monster.

[@TheEvilDrR]

@@geargeekpdx3566 Nice. I saw Matt with the band in late '88 (after the recording), in Dallas every time I saw the band back then. But, I'm gonna bet that beat was all Brandon Aly, though. Brandon's also a great drummer, and all-around nice guy. It's sad that he got shafted while making this album. But he bit the bullet and did the right thing to help his mates. And they didn't forget. Guess you posted about Critters somewhere above. Loves me some Critters. And all the other offshoots from then.

[@richardhopp8378]

I was so much younger when I first heard this ... Now, well into my sixties and looking at 70's, still love this tune!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@rachaelb.]

@John Wright Are you high? Lol. Seriously, Madonna has nude photos and footage of her and she's all female. jessica has huge DD breasts. Where've you been living? You make no sense and you are obviously paranoid and homophobic. I'd talk to a psychiatrist if I were you. Thanks :)

[@SuperC888]

@John Wright I don’t understand this comment

[@SuperC888]

@John Wright Are you you implying that Edie Brickell is a man?

[@calfiger]

Read somewhere that she saw Paul Simon on SNL and fell for him instantly, awww 😊 Nice that they're still together ❤

[@jacquelinequinones180]

Está canción me recuerda a mi infancia, crecer con esta canción es de lo mejor ❤

[@rileyPdawg1]

This woman was well before her time. This song is still relevant today

[@MARYANNE269]

Yes!!

[@JamesSchro]

Ahead* of her time

[@enchantress7]

Amazing woman

[@georgechaney6300]

Sending it to vets, that have a problem adjusting to coming home.

[@gimcrack555]

She had a music video in Microsoft Plus! 98. Do you remember this one? Good Times..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KvYnWCr9Nmp8U

[@thomasfilmer9717]

I will never stop loving this song. It gets better with age

[@amysill3815]

Nope

[@FungusMossGnosis]

It was bad then and now.

[@andrewnotion]

I always thought this song was from the early 90s, probably 1992, but damn! I just found out it was released in my year of birth, the cool 1988. What a surprise!

[@BreadNButter18]

My dads birthday today. My mom passed away when I was 17. I am now 25. He just told me her favorite music so this is what I'm listening to.. 12:31 a.m. October 6th, 2019.

[@martydibergi5228]

My wife also has her birthday on oct 6 so happy birthday all

[@lhirondellecinematographiq6071]

❤️

[@VauxhallViva1975]

Yeah.....

[@patytews]

I'm sorry for your lost.

[@michellebattersby3243]

It gets easier trust me

[@shadowaccount]

I would find it hard to believe if Edie wasn't one of Alanis' biggest influences

[@JKTube]

+Powderkeg: Edie > Alanis.

[@christophergakuo9108]

Ohh Lord i love this song so very much ❤❤❤ its nostalgic coming to u from Nairobi, Kenya 18th june 2024

[@samuelfigueira764]

Wow, how amazing! It's the first time I've heard it, but I swear, I thought it was a 1995 band, but it's not 1988, this band was super advanced for that time! What a spectacular band!

[@BobbieBees]

Wow......... I was 17 when this came out....... now I'm 48......... This song sounds just as excellent now as it did way back when......

[@viantzpradz4771]

You must aging gracefully!

[@mackeydirk8643]

Same here......where did 30 years go?

[@mmurph617]

It holds up very well.

[@cloudbasenirvana]

Timeless . . ..

[@SunstrokeMilitia]

The whole Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars album has aged very well. Actually i like it even better now than i used to like it back then. It's really really good.

[@drvee1983]

Saw them at the Fox Theater in ATL when this came out. They were great, and a pro band with excellent sound. No cell phones and no computer junk. Just memories... My date and I waited outside as they came down the stairs outside as they boarded the tour bus. They were all cool people and spoke to us. They were happy. So were we. We don't have enough happy times or music these days. But we have this. " ...are you what you are what?..." The line applies to nearly everybody and situations these days 32 years later.

[@graciela3502]

woow tenía 16 años cuando surgió este tema espectacular, me fascina hasta hoy día a mis 52 años

[@allpeacepearson5080]

This song is so 90s even though it came out in the 80s. She was ahead of her time and grunge before grunge. I love it.

[@ComeAwayWithMe235]

allpeace Pearson I was thinking the same thing! I loved this song in the 90’s and always thought it belonged in the 90’s 😊

[@raheenb]

I literally came here to say that. I just saw it on a "Totally 80's CD" commercial and was POSITIVE it was from the 90's. Wow. I could easily see Eddie Vedder or Chris Cornell singing this song too.

[@bizznatch1478]

Ya I always thought I remembered it from the early-mid 90s but it was 1989.

[@allpeacepearson5080]

@Tony Lewis I can agree. Its not as angry as some grunge songs. Kind of laid back grunge. Grunge light. Lol

[@Forever1980s]

@@bizznatch1478 Actually, it came out in 1988.

[@ejvymer3403]

Yet another song that proves the 80s was the best decade in music history!

[@SuperC888]

Nope. 60s was