Galaxie 500 - Live 1990 MTV 120minutes - Best version

[@ScottishTeeVee]

1 of almost 3000 music videos on this channel, all taken from my videotape collection. If you enjoy this channel, then help keep it going via Go Fund Me at gofund.me/f91033fc

[@85jongo]

This is just one of those special bands. Always loved them.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.

[@oscarholmstrom5147]

Out of all the galaxies This is the best one 💫

[@RealAsaMitaka]

4:15 Yo La Tengo mentioned!! yes!!!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Nice to see you really watched and noticed

[@germasaurus]

I loved that they mentioned YLT too :)

[@paulbarham2382]

Thanks for uploading these! I was the Lighting Director for MTV through the 90’s, and although we never had a budget as such we managed to create something out just bands sat on flight cases! 120 Minutes or Headbangers Ball were always classics.

[@asketikoscg]

A personal thanks from me, for your work on the Spiritualized 120 Minutes session, if that was one of yours. Damn fine job, sir.

[@paulbarham2382]

@@asketikoscg Yep, one of mine.... Lots of blue shades! Thanks, much appreciated

[@garden0fstone736]

How do you get a gig like that?

[@daniilzadorozhnyy8950]

shows how far simple guitar parts and interesting vocals can go! isnt that the magic of rock n roll really?

[@mousiedung]

It takes real talent to come up with interesting melodies over such basic ass chords

[@David50s]

Greatest band to come out of Harvard

[@ScottishTeeVee]

So true. Thanks for watching

[@beastofedennn]

lol

[@downallyourstreets]

yep, Obama came ouT of Harvard too!

[@myradioon]

Gram Parsons/International Submarine Band, Modern Lovers too.

[@frankpeter6851]

Let's not forget 'human sexual response'

[@thelongemergency1673]

oh Naomi ❤

[@cinecyclist]

Saw them many times in the Boston/ Cambridge area back in the day.

[@yungfruitcake6288]

ever buy shirts from their gigs? and still have them paying a lot for them.

[@maykshe9540]

Naomi played the most beautiful bassline I have ever heard

[@blipblip88]

thank you jeebus for saving this! MTV's "120 Minutes" was like KZbin for today's youth..only you had to wait until Sunday, late to watch it!...so if you stayed up you could also watch The Young Ones and plan to be late for work on Monday..

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this, there's much more from MTV 120mins etc on this channel, from our youth 😉

[@POPNDOUGH]

Thank goodness my parents had a VCR so we could tape them to watch after school on Mondays. I had a hard enough time getting up so early as it was.

[@cactaceous]

I had a paper route when I was around 11 years old. With that money I bought a 13 inch TV. Would wake up at 5am every day. On Sundays I would stay up to watch 120 because it really had the best music and was a great place to discover new music. Half of the year due to daylight savings time, the show would start and end an hour later. So you can imagine that I barely got any sleep on Sundays for many many years.

[@badtexasbill5261]

I used to tape them on vhs and watch them over and over

[@estebancomulet]

Stunning. Became infatuated with this group when I started college. Started with This is Our Music (on recommendation, although this blew me away, it would still turn out to be my least favourite of their albums - says a lot about the quality of the rest). I then thought it couldn't get any better than On Fire. Till I heard the sublime brilliance of Today. Even their Peel Session, or b-sides/rarities album is better than most band's most acclaimed records. Yes, it's very influenced by the Velvets, you can hear it in every chord. But they don't just steal, they build on it. The emotion is theirs.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[@TheMattTempest]

If you like/love those, don't miss their one and only posthumous live album, COPENHAGEN, it's amazing.

[@loadedpainted7040]

u mean the velvet underground or the velvets (the doo wop band)?

[@Frip36]

"although this blew me away, it would still turn out to be my least favourite of their albums - says a lot about the quality of the rest." It says no such thing.

[@ilsk8in94]

"tell me" is one of my favorites atm. Any of their songs could be a favorite.. easy. They transcend they're that goddamm good🙌

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@DoctorDave5]

They were just special. Saw them live in 1990 and it remains one of my favourite gigs.

[@yungfruitcake6288]

Did you ever purchase shirts from their gigs?

[@DoctorDave5]

@ no but I did get one from a local record shop. It was two sizes too big and pink but it was the only one I ever saw.

[@yungfruitcake6288]

@@DoctorDave5 do you still have it by chance?

[@DoctorDave5]

@ no I gave it to a friend who was also a fan (it was four sizes too big for him!) and I never got it back. That was about 34 years ago mind you.

[@yungfruitcake6288]

@ if you ever have any other gig shirts from different bands still, I’d be interested in purchasing them!

[@downallyourstreets]

Copenhagen live really captures the power of this band, plus I think Kramer did the sound. Their use of feedback with Kramer at the dials was pure magic!

[@Frip36]

The dude from Seinfeld? So they let Cosmo go crazy on the dials and it somehow came out great?

[@alepal98]

Their music is so beautiful. Can’t thank you enough for uploading this. 🙏🏼

[@jacktee4030]

damn i need to get one of those galaxie 500 tshirts now

[@inherentmirth5180]

Good luck. Took me 20 years to find my original one that was made by one of their friends.

[@lordrex71]

Wow! i thank you for sharing this (i know i'm late to the party on this video) but i still love this band

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting, 🙂

[@chrisgutkind8625]

Great sounds and footage man, ta, love these guys since this album came out, I prosessed music cassettes at a library and this guy would give me new music each month and they were one of them, sadly missed their london gig though I was there, love their stuff

[@tomsock218]

Lots of velvet underground feel

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Did you enjoy the video Tom?

[@tomsock218]

Yes It was great! 😊

[@ritamoreno5579]

This is a VU cover. The best one, I might add

[@tomsock218]

@@ritamoreno5579 ah makes sense

[@inherentmirth5180]

No shit genius, as it's a VU cover

[@ryancotoia3460]

What a bittersweet surprise. Thank you Very Very Much.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this, thank you for leaving a comment.

[@christopherbrookfield4785]

They still sound, and look, really cool. On Fire was my favourite. Never got to see them, live. Such a great time, for music. Psychedelic bliss! ❤️

[@downallyourstreets]

without Kramer they don't have that "FEEDBACK"!

[@romainnovarina]

Thank you dude for uploading this, you have recorded history , best from Paris Romain

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@seiiiayabauasss5580]

here she comes now 0:00 tell me 4:48 strange 8:30

[@ScottishTeeVee]

So you watched the full show in detail and enjoyed ?

[@aipotu351]

爱你💗

[@bladeer]

ScottishTeeVee of course

[@123MargotB]

Naomi has such an aura that I’m drawn to

[@georgefantano4396]

exactly

[@hadleygrass]

Of all the great music to come out of the Boston area, this is the greatest.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@mfkztm3146]

I fucking love this. It is absolutely perfect.

[@1projectinmotion]

I was there

[@martmako1]

always caught my ear this band since back in '89 on hearing 'when will you come home' then 'on fire' - many thanks for this superb footage

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it Marty

[@Tarrassacordoba]

I don't know what i'm doing here Now but i'm fliyin' w th song of V.U.

[@marymillner4172]

So generous- the band - and you for sharing!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

I figured it is best to share all these videos before I go and my family send all the tapes to landfill🙁

[@nunhgrader9702]

Awesome

[@mountainsuperstudio167]

Such a special band.

[@germasaurus]

love this

[@jumofi]

I was introduced to them that year (1990). Blue Thunder EP!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Julio

[@larryshepherd5380]

This band was so good..I forgot all about them over the years. Glad you have this posted thank you.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this Larry

[@mursuelandersondomiense9729]

Eu amo muito essa banda♡♡♡

[@anyanikolaeva9619]

You know, I’ve just discovered this amazing, amazing band and I’m so happy to see this great video of them from the times when MTV was actually about music! Thank you so much for your wonderful channel and for sharing such brilliant stuff! 🙏🏻🧡

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting Anya

[@markfritzel5993]

Awwwww. Thank you so much this is such a nice recording. I have listened to all their albums to death. And I could never catch artists in this era on broadcast because I didn't have cable. This would have just floored me had I seen it when it came out. I bought their On Fire cassette on a tip when it was released and it grew on me. And eventually I bought all of their albums. This is amazing, I've actually never seen their faces or heard them speak in all this time. So nice for this to pop up in my feed today and I will take a look at the other things you have on your channel.

[@fabiobianchini694]

So great. Thanks for uploading it.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

[@andrewstorey9419]

Deans riffs are like nothing on earth truly soulful majestic and original. 👌

[@David888B]

Well, they’re Velvet Underground riffs, so they’re like SOMETHING else in the world, and not that original. Hell, the first song is a VU cover…

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

@@David888BThey have plenty of their own songs as well 😂

[@izudu]

This is great to see. Serious 4:3 ratio nostalgia.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Daniel

[@adamfindlay7091]

I love em. My bro said oh you should like VU instead😮noooooo i like who i like. I don't care who came first.

[@scoutthedoggie]

Agreed, it does not matter who came first, I like VU and Galaxie 500

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

Both great groups with great music

[@tbrisbanes5457]

this is gold - thanks so much. Such a great band .

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you found and enjoyed this video.

[@richsantos8582]

wow a yo la tengo mention. music used to be so awesome!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Hard to believe that MTV was once pretty decent as well, now it's a joke

[@frankpeter6851]

Opal! Right on, Damon!

[@rudineiborges9533]

Amo com as minhas forças mais profundas.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Que bom que você gostou. Obrigado por comentar.

[@ouwy.pattiasina]

What a super amazing collet bro.. 🍻🍻

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thank you🙂

[@nid1600]

thank you so much

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it, I hope you noticed the other Galaxie 500 shows I have uploaded.

[@nid1600]

@@ScottishTeeVee your channel is a gemstone cave

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@nid1600 Thank you so much Paolo.

[@elsquibbs]

My family's first vcr was an Akai.

[@danabanana2195]

Lovely

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it Dana

[@mistery-ed7900]

They had a special something.

[@neohelden2075]

Lisa Frankenstein! 😭

[@Charterstone]

I love that they mention Opal, which would basically morph into Mazzy Star later.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@myradioon]

Opal and Kendra Smith are even better than Mazzy Star in my opinion.

[@humorustrout.]

​@@myradioon Totally. Love Mazzy but there's some very special magic to Opal. I love those early recordings compilations especially!

[@cadmantheaviator]

A great band.

[@tomjones4528]

AMAZIN

[@alexwalton593]

that kazoo

[@ehza]

Thanks man 👨... this is gold!!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@cutny]

This is beautiful. Thank you!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you like it!

[@krs1081]

Thank you for posting this

[@dattapes]

Wow! Thank you.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

At last, a comment from a viewer. Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed this.

[@julia-nf9kt]

just passing to say I was here

[@ScottishTeeVee]

And enjoyed I hope

[@julia-nf9kt]

@@ScottishTeeVee you bet!

[@MurielBellini]

fabuloso

[@ScottishTeeVee]

So glad you enjoyed this

[@Derek-wg5gk]

The Boston accent is on full display

[@TheNinGenTai]

❤️

[@ScottishTeeVee]

I guess you enjoyed this

[@mattmacneil3424]

omg dean's new england accent

[@aipotu351]

谢谢上载

[@Propolizei]

Shame Dean didn't wear Spacemen 3 shirt on this show

[@josephpatterson959]

Love this, thanks for the upload! Also is it just me or are they playing in the black lodge?

[@ScottishTeeVee]

It's just meant to be a dark, atmospheric background

[@blipblip88]

the penultimate in post rock cool...

[@downallyourstreets]

If you didn’t have cable to see 120 min. or a decent scene with hip record shop lurkers you would have never heard of this band, they got zero radio play commercial exposure; only thing they had was being a rough trade band

[@ScottishTeeVee]

And most of the bootleggers (I knew) loved them, so they were saying to customers "You Gotta hear this band"

[@scottpierce68]

I was lucky enough to grow up in the suburbs of Boston.... The local scene was amazing at the time. Galaxie 500, Buffalo Tom, the Pixies were always playing around. Bands like the Smithereens were coming up from New York and Jersey. Some lesser known bands like Neutral Nation and Smackmelon... Oh the memories.....sigh

[@daltonvanhorn5167]

Its cool Luna opened for the velvets in 1992, ...fyi this is a velvet undrground cover

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@ghostscantkill]

I really dug these guys. Never got to see them live though. What a pity. This is a great cover! Definitely subdued compared to Nirvana's version, but both did it justice. I wonder if Lou Reed ever heard them, and if so I wonder if he liked them.

[@asusmctablet9180]

Lou Reed never liked anyone who wasn't Lou Reed.

[@attackdelay]

isn’t it a pity

[@downallyourstreets]

Well Luna did tour with Lou Reed during "Set the Twilight Reeling" tour, I think or around that time anyway. Luna may have even opened for the VU reunion shows.m So I think Luna When I saw Luna at the Crocodile they were the quintessential "rock stars" they even had super-hot "call girls" (with platform-heels, leopard-skin coats and Playboy bunny necklaces) hanging off their arms before they took the stage. A far cry from the innocent art-school indy rockers that Galaxie 500 embodied. I think Dean kinda became more of an adult with Luna, something he couldn't do with Galaxie, so he dumped them (Naomi and Damon, on the eve of the Japan tour nonetheless), plus Rough Trade was a financial shambles and couldn't get them the distribution and support they needed and deserved. That said, I sooo much prefer Galaxie 500 to Luna by lightyears, and was sad I never got to see them. But Luna did get that mass distribution and radio play, and major label cash infusion so he could turn it into a fulltime music career. Can't blame Dean for making that move. Dean wrote a book "Black Postcards" that explains it better.

[@ungermadison66]

​@@downallyourstreetsl pp

[@oscarslater6123]

I was just wondering if anybody here has Today as their favourite galxie 500 album? For me it is their best, so lovely and the guitars sound so raw.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Im sure many have it as a favourite going by all the comments on the Galaxie 500 videos I have uploaded, this is not the only one on this channel.

[@hifianatomia]

wheres to buy that galaxie 500 tee? i need that

[@primalscream8000]

You and me both

[@markobuenrostro8977]

Most likely Ebay people sell old merchandise. I've bought some old stuff from there

[@JW-yp9yj]

No doubt, that grabbed my eye real quick too

[@creekandseminole]

Try and find one made on etsy

[@gnarvana5227]

I just came up on one and never heard of the. And so I was researching and found this video and this comment. It’s legit vintage from early 90s. Posting it on my Depop page. The Walking Thread is my Depop page check it out

[@DaveAnchovies]

this was on MTV in the US? I know MTV Europe and Canada were a bit more...cool? This band really does it live, as much as i love the albums...these versions kill the lp and theyre off my favorite lp of theirs! ive been watching this for a year straight

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it Dave

[@DaveAnchovies]

SCT, you are a top spot for me. So much great stuff... Galaxie 500 stripped down, Butthole Surfers killing it for real... thank you for putting it up and keeping me sane! What you tube is meant for! I've watched this 100 x , sent it to me pals and want to bootleg it into a an EP. I think On Fire is the best but they are a live band

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@DaveAnchovies Oh I'd love to see this as a bootleg EP in coloured vinyl, with a little nod to ScottishTeeVee in the sleeve credits on the back and I'd be over the moon. If it ever happens do let me know.

[@KevinGarcia1]

Adam Sandler must have seen this as he was writing The Wedding Singer... sounds just like his solo audition for Julia Gulia's wedding. Scene ends with John Luvitz saying, "He's losing his mind. And I'm reaping all the benefits."

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Kevin

[@cadredeux1047]

interesting how they said they were influenced by Opal. Galaxee 500 becomes Luna and Opal becomes Mazzy Star.

[@realtimecartravel]

Soho has the boots Noho's got the crack New England has the foliage But I'm not goin back You tell me that I'm good I know that I was bad You made me feel so guilty I can't remember what I had

[@axeledfalk2579]

What song is that?

[@despicableone4495]

@@axeledfalk2579 maybe he just came up with it

[@mattmcnulty8363]

Slide - Luna, nice track

[@caivsivlivs]

dope vid. i love that you put what the source was from the tech specs

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it. You are the first person to ever mention the tech specs.

[@samsmith7745]

I stole Dean's kazoo in 1996.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

He just told me that he has no recollection of a stolen Kazoo😉

[@saffrons12]

God damn, I’m a weepy angry 13 year old girl all over again. 😳

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, much appreciated

[@meiguoren66]

Seems like Dean really is the tool.

[@versioncity1]

Ahh great stuff, saw them in 1990 or was it 91 in Manchester. Bit hazy...

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Ah well at least you were lucky enough to see them at this time. They play Manchester twice in 1990, June 26th and November 14th, at the International and in 1989 they were at The Boardwalk on November 9th. There is a fair chance that everyone of those shows was filmed, covertly.

[@jumofi]

Did they play Ceremony m8?

[@jinhomyung5097]

music makes me feel like I'm in a Harmony Korine movie

[@revci666]

My bad choices make me feel like I'm in a Harmony Korine movie

[@Pthunderful]

Getting some real velvet underground vibes from the first song

[@mathinho1237]

Because it is a Velvet Undergound cover

[@dokkenrox]

Looks like they got the title for that first song wrong in the video. That's a cover of "Here She Comes Now" by the Velvet Underground.

[@rickdlt]

I don’t understand how they didn’t go mainstream isn’t it a pity

[@vr6swp]

They would have been mainstream, had they stayed together for another 12 - 18 months. The band was about to sign a money deal with Columbia, make a new record, and go on a big tour of Japan and Europe. Then Wareham quit the band via a phone call to Damon, simply saying he didn't want to tour.

[@markobuenrostro8977]

100 percent true. Luna is cool and Damon and Naomi have a great project too. I feel like their short time together is what makes them valuable.

[@meiguoren66]

So f****** velvety

[@darlaramirez565]

What were the bands Damon mentioned? Couldn’t hear the last one

[@danielbacic9464]

Opal

[@darlaramirez565]

@@danielbacic9464 thank you!!

[@myradioon]

Check out Kendra Smith solo too! There are epic bands and then there are bands that are the "Blueprint" Galaxie/Opal are like that.

[@tuneinordie]

the cut at 9:30 😭

[@bradanderson7779]

Who is here from talking Sopranos??

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Did they mention this video ?

[@Despair505]

What did they say? I like that podcast but I haven't reached that part I guess

[@zina2435]

songs in this set: if she ever comes now - 0:00 tell me - 4:48 strange - 8:30

[@syriacchristianity9007]

Praise Jesus🙂

[@damonatord-bone6449]

What song is this

[@Stube36]

"Here she comes now", a brillant cover of the original Velvet Underground song

[@poetcomic1]

Love some of there work, some of it sounds exactly like background songs from totally forgettable Indie movies.

[@facesshine3319]

Must have been About the time they quit... UK tour 1990. Too bad. They had more in them.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Oh really I did not realise that had happened, did you get to see them or not?

[@facesshine3319]

@@ScottishTeeVee No, wish i had.

[@davidpearson3147]

Their last show was at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine. Was so good.

[@megisynynef2224]

Why play 3 chords when 2 will do? Massively megabrain musak straight outa Harvard. WOW!

[@luckyodigie2037]

Like my comment so I can be notified and brought back here please 🎸

[@robertkoretsky6170]

Shoegazer, but nowhere as good as YMG, who took music into the 22nd century.