Guided By Voices - Matador @ 21

[@jasonericmartinez]

I was at this show. Flew home Monday night, spent all of Tuesday depressed about how my life had peaked. This weekend was the most fun I will ever have in my life.

[@renderville]

Not necessarily!

[@PintsofGuinness]

5:19 "Mitch Mitchell has entered the chat"

[@nutellasnickers]

Bob definitely has perfect pitch, if there was any doubt...he counts off half these songs with no instrumental accompaniment, and then comes in on the exact right pitch without any issue every time. Pretty amazing

[@markeggins890]

Yes, his amazing voice really lifts the band into the stratosophere...

[@christopher9152]

Don't know if it's perfect, but it's great...until he has had one too many beers. Granted, it seems he can drink a LOT before he reaches that stage, but reach it he does from time to time.

[@jert5381]

@@christopher9152 It's perfect, bro.

[@NickRitorto]

agreed. i love my uncle bobby.@@jert5381

[@imrippingthefuckingheadoff]

it's practice/rehearsing lol

[@davidpledger5805]

Bob Pollard is like the Bob of Rock.

[@RJH1971]

It's easy to listen to the bum notes and see the dadrock image and struggle to hide a smirk, but the fact is Bob - along with Tobin and the other various band members from their early 90s phase - had an incredible effect on 'indie' music. They really pushed boundaries with lo-fi and combining melody with experimental noise/mixtape.

[@christopher9152]

Yes. Everyone who knows indie music who is older than 30 or so knows that already.

[@HankWeatherbottom]

I was there for this. To hear a stadium singing along to everything was surreal. Something I wish every GBV fan could have experienced.

[@TM-dj7wi]

I just stayed at the Palms in Las Vegas recently. The gentleman checking me in asked had I ever stayed at the Palms before. I replied. "not since Matador at 21". He informed that he was too young to have been there at the time. I was a little sad because, it made me feel old, and that, he had no reference for what I was talking about. And what I was talking about was probably one of the most significant live events ever. The Matador at 21 lineup will never be repeated. I should cite the lineup, but I'm lazy. Standouts in my hazy recollection would be Chavez, Jon Spencer, Fucked Up and GBV. Anyway, I'd never really loved GBV until I saw them at that show. They killed it. If you're a fan, you'll have your opinions of this. I don't care, loved it. Much thanks to "misleadingsilhouette" for sharing this. An absolutely wonderful evening with GBV and many fond memories

[@marcschneider4432]

It was wonderful all around. I would add Sonic Youth, who only did a few shows after Vegas and before breaking up a year later, to the list of standout performances.

[@ericplevy586]

There is NOTHING like that build up at the beginning of Cutout Witch...

[@billhoward497]

Mitch is awesome and his amped up entrance at 5:20 is so great. No other guitarist in any of the other lineups had that nasty tone that he blasted. Miss it live.

[@tikiart1970]

I would feel better about the state of the world if this had more hits! Thanks for posting. Thanks for ROCKING GBV!

[@scoop2230]

I watch this like 5 times a week

[@ace3001]

Oh man thank you for this, caught the live stream and was hoping that someone would upload it.

[@room1106]

Wow never knew this was out there...thanks gbv and Robert... you are the best.

[@Spencerheck11]

I was at this show! My friends and I ran into Mitch Mitchell and his lady in the stairwell after the show.

[@OperationPhantom]

There's the classic rock cannon that's acknowledged by all, or at least most and there's the shadow cannon to that, which GBV (Robert Pollard mainly) have created besides, known to GBV fans... pretty awesome really.

[@squinkque]

the incantation goes like this: " speed up, slow down, go all around."

[@unholyufo]

Just be honest, the reason most people went to this show was because GBV was reunited. :)

[@jesseemullen]

Of course :). They were the flagship band on matador when they were on the label 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackkuker3767]

I was on the 2nd row next to Moustached Robert Anderson. Yes!

[@kidmarine7329]

The best band ever.

[@davidames1746]

+Dennis O'Drane 2nd incarnation...not this lineup...that's for sure.

[@AndreaVaj]

+David Ames this is THE lineup, the classic one with which they made their best records....

[@reverbnfuzz]

This IS the best band ever. But, this is the line-up that cared far more about drinking than songs...nowhere close to the best line-up.

[@sparkygroover]

Bob is the John Lennon of our Generation!

[@eduardorivera508]

16:55 My Valuable Hunting Knife

[@ThePetraKelly]

"Music seems to come pouring out of some people: Mozart, the young Rossini, Paul McCartney, Prince and now Robert Pollard, the singer and leader of Guided by Voices..." NYT 1994

[@mattmacneil3424]

it's funny that in 2018 i feel nostalgic for this time (2010)

[@sydbarrett5]

I love this band.

[@rljacob]

First song is "A Salty Salute". I was there!

[@RacerEckss]

Not to mention the fact that they fucking rock!!!!

[@RobinJamesHurtMusic]

GBV at the start of their "if Curb Your Enthusiasm were a band"/aka classic lineup reunion phase

[@billordo]

love

[@millerguglielmo]

Esse baixista é muito figura!

[@lofidel]

one of these days GBV will get their due - Bob is a phreak - melody master, and where do those words come from - i'd be bored and disappointed if they didn't

[@patschmeing8696]

Pollard at his best!

[@isalegal]

queria ter 10% da atitude do pollard

[@PeaceIsBetter]

epic

[@roycervantes]

Watch at 12:19. hahahahahahahahah! I really so LOVE it!

[@MongooseInc]

What happened to the audio at Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory?

[@SweetAndSourPlums]

hah I wasnt expecting them to play that many songs from Alien Lanes.

[@iKumala]

HOLY SHIT

[@chuckabbate5924]

Demos has the moves!!!!

[@DfactorPop]

Sound levels go WAY DOWN at 42:05 for Goldheart, and stay that way till the end... :-(

[@Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy]

Bob P and GBV 👉 GOAT 🐐 Support and enjoy the Audio Goodness!! 🤘🌝🤘 PS GBV Mega Hits!! 💨💨💨👍 Closer You Are - 12:18 My Val. Hunt 🔪 - 16:58 🌱💨💨 Weed King - 29:44 Striped White ✈✈ - 36:46 Exit Flagger! 🤘 - 1:02:24 Unleashed The ♥️! - 1:04:24

[@williamk3702]

29:08 In A Rut - Out Of Our Tree - Jack The Ripper

[@craigwilliams5839]

love drinking beer and smoking to them

[@HitmanJenkins1]

Is it just me or can I hear Beavis & Butthead in the background at the beginning? Also, is that Nardwuar in the red shirt and hat as well? It sounds an awful lot like him.

[@OperationPhantom]

Yes, definitely B&B... don't know why though. Very 90s I s'pose.

[@johnoldsnake4132]

Didn't Beavis and Butthead come back around that time? Might be an ad?

[@spraynardkruger9903]

DUDE is that Nardwuar??? That's what I was thinking the whole time! And yes definitely Beavis and Butthead in the beginning.

[@24inchchromes]

Dude in the Phillies shirt is Jon Wurster

[@rockenroe]

Definitely Beavis & Butthead and definitely not Nardwaur

[@Bigaphid]

Is that Steven Soderbergh at the front of the stage in the white shirt?

[@RHINOSAUR]

Was this show in Philly? Can't believe I missed it f it was. Gotta keep my ear to the ground more often.

[@NickRitorto]

have you been keeping your ears down? there was a show 6 days go at UA!

[@PintsofGuinness]

vegas baby vegas

[@rivercortes]

@trp5791 Ditto, but substitute 39 for 35.

[@MhStrat]

What's the name of the first song?

[@eatthem5829]

MhStrat a salty salute fram alien lanes

[@broadcastdeez]

the audio turns to shit at goldheart mountaintop, about 45 min in

[@matthewcummings5927]

the sound craps out half way through. too bad.

[@sydbarrett5]

matthew cummings It was a moment. Shit happens.

[@adawofford2732]

I WISH I COULD GIVE A SHIT, JUST A LITTLE BIT

[@3jinxremoving]

I'd enjoy this more if the guitars weren't so out of tune and cutting in and out. I know sloppiness is part of the charm but this is a bit much. They were way better when I saw them twice a few months after this.

[@markeggins890]

This is the best line up, as they made their best records and they look like a real band of individuals rather than Bob and younger hired hands which is ok but not as fun...I don't give a stuff about their drinking or if it is a bit out of tune...sounds great to me...

[@bobbyfizzicola7093]

Bob Pollard is like the Bill Clinton of rock

[@4578a]

No he is not.

[@4578a]

That's an insult

[@samreilly4360]

Uh, no

[@chuckabbate5924]

Egad.

[@Braulios_Penesecou]

we all love classic GBV lineup but we should admit that is the worst playing in live situation, Pollar with pro musicians always sounded better (Maybe Sprout is the one to recue here)

[@davidames1746]

This is not Bob's best band lineup.

[@juicerversion1236]

the band is better with tobin than without, though

[@doctorskull8197]

Crap