Live Forever: The Stone Roses live at Spike Island

[@apexsquantum68]

I watched it from the flats in front of my mum's house, apparently we heard it better than they did inside the wind was blowing our way

[@ДесиславДимов-д5б]

Ам,май това съм аз

[@charliebrogan1141]

Liar!!!

[@peteofhayes8111]

I sat on the hill at the bottom of the Grange school in Runcorn that day with a few mates. The sound was great. It's only afterwards when we found out why. So no sight, apart from the back of the stage, but most of the sound those at the event didn't get.. 😂😂

[@licklelivy]

omg, I was 21 when this gig happened. I lived just up the hill from Spike Island. I didn't have a ticket, so I crawled under a metal fence to get in. Watch this video and on minute 1:20 there is a picture of me sitting on the grass on the right with a blue tshirt on. What the frig is up with my hair. Good times

[@bpfromowc]

You looked like Brian Wilson. 😜

[@ricadeirov]

Must have been a great experience. Cheers to you man!

[@matteoj226]

Bollocks mate, that's clearly a young Harry Maguire.

[@benallen5432]

@@matteoj226 love that 😂😂

[@Br1tp0pp]

LUCKY

[@sallyfisher1]

I was there - aged 16, and it truly was an amazing experience. The man speaks the truth - we were all off our heads. A bunch of youngsters enjoying the freedom and the music. Who'd have know we were a part of music history. What a day - it gives me good bumps looking at this footage.

[@consciouslife170]

How lucky we were back then...feel sorry for the youngsters now...they need to rise up and make events like this happen again...fuck covid compliancy lets have freedom again!!!!!

[@seanmccarthy8755]

Here's hoping we have another Spike Island type moment in this lifetime.

[@alfie1870]

I hope

[@JRnaguitar]

All the tribute bands are performing at spike island the resurrection in may roses oasis new order

[@alfie1870]

@@JRnaguitar I was looking at the tickets and I think there's only 2 tickets left I don't know what to do no one's going to go with me

[@dekgebfoot4085]

@@JRnaguitar it's a shame that I can't go there so sad😥

[@iainanderson3257]

It's up to you guys... your the next generation... I loved Oasis and found out the Roses were there fave band along with Oasis. You guys need to find and support the next generation....

[@soulderby]

I was there. I went on a bus from Derby bus station, with my then girlfriend, K F. It was a great day, but a long day. which seemed to go on forever.. and the sound was pants.. but like Noel said, It didn't matter - this was my generations woodstock and it meant everything....

[@Dbusdriver71]

Let me RESPECTFULLY disagree with you. True, they didn't commerically succed like the Beatles but face it; every English band state the Stone Roses as a major influence; Oasis, radiohead, pulp, blur, sleeper just to name a few. Even the NME called their album the best of all time. The Stone Roses are the most influential band to come out of england for the last thirty years. The English think of Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni as legends in the way we look at bands that were at woodstock

[@Shaunography]

This guy gets it.

[@lewisglegend]

Yessss. I am from Manchester and these guys are the O.G's. Long live the Roses.

[@martynflynn8368]

Two words, one band: Joy Division. Even though I am a great admirer of the Roses and I was at this gig, JD surpass them in the "legend" status and probably legacy also. Music is subjective so there is never an absolute.

[@m3rl1n4]

@@martynflynn8368 Can't choose between either. I love both bands and they're so influential. I guess it's a matter of taste.

[@iggypopisgod9]

@@martynflynn8368 Roses on a completely different and advanced musical level:: bass/drums section one of the best all time, and Squire a guitar wizard. JD had great intensity, and a unique sound, but the Rises footprint is massive. They were the only band after the Smiths that mattered, and jump started the Britpop movement

[@jubob17]

I went with my sister's and mates it was fabulous.i live in Widnes so spike island isn't far from us . Love the Stone Roses I was 20!! Can't believe how long ago it was . 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍🙂🙂

[@Robcatist]

For a guitar band when guitar music was at a all time low on radio stations to get a 30,000 crowd just shows you how good they were.

[@fedgebaby]

I was 23 years old when I went to this gig. Saw them at Heaton park last month and it took me right back. The best two days of my life!

[@aidendelane8185]

9 years ago jesus

[@aidendelane8185]

Living the drema

[@MaxandKalisAdventures]

i still have part of the ticket :) what a brilliant day,even after police tried stopping us going.:)

[@Jinkii3]

i swam the mersey to get to this gig when i was 14, i am proud to say that the last music cd i bought was the second coming, stone roses forever!

[@spnhm34]

Changing the world, one epic riff at a time

[@IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER]

there will NEVER be another spike island... the time , the people, the drugs... its one moment in time that will NEVER ever be matched

[@billyelnino1]

Big thanks for putting this up and big thanks to my bro for gettin me into the roses haha he dragged me along to this (in my defence I was only 14) and bunked in to hear a terrible sound set up on a crazy windy day and did I love it...damn right i fuckin did. It ignited a love for music that never died from that day to this and for that Messrs Brown, Squire, Mounfield and Wren i thank thee

[@Matty217]

Waiting for a third summer of love sometime in the 2020s!

[@Br1tp0pp]

TO BE THERE N MOVIE WAS SICK

[@bbbbavkf]

"the point was all of them people being there" exactly, this was the rave generations woodstock, no less, and we had a blast, one of the best days of my life

[@kylecameron5135]

The stone roses last gig at hampden was mad the wind was blowin the sound every where and it was like a massive bowl with the fans in the middle and made it all the better,once in a lifetime for me.

[@Pazuzu82]

There is a recording of a bit of spike island when the roses played it's up on KZbin

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

Seen 'em twice, outrageously talented both times!

[@angie-smart-but-casual]

For those who say they couldn't hear it strange as I can still hear it decades on

[@OasisDNA]

@hibeelewy95 He says "dayglow" which is airglow seen during the day. Basically just a description of how heavenly the day seemed/looked.

[@benallen5432]

My town ❤️

[@chrisspencer6]

Amazing, simply stunning. Great documentary!

[@SonicEntertainment]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[@Dbusdriver71]

Absolutely mate. All their tunes they made still stands really strong so many years later. But I would love to see John Squire and Ian Brown to make peace with each other. They may never be on stage together again but I don't want them enemies forever. Musically they changed England for the better. God Bless both of them.

[@afcbarchive]

Dbusdriver71 you were wrong

[@Dbusdriver71]

Thank God I was wrong. At least they are friends again. They'll go down in musical history as one of the great English Bands: their music will outlast them.

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@Dbusdriver71 I think the problem is that Brown and Squire can't settle their differences. Such a shame really; all that hype around the long-awaited third album and yet they only managed to record two new songs. Rock and roll is a young man's game. Let Ian concentrate on his solo career, Squire with his paintings, Mani in Primal Scream, and as for Reni... well, let's just say he will go down in history as the best rock and roll drummer who didn't live the same lifestyle as Keith Moon.

[@Dbusdriver71]

@@gregkiteos1936 I got the impression that there was some tension between Ian and Reni; old pain and resentment from the past. Back in the day, The presence of Doug Goldstein probably didn't help based on what I read but there can be some truth in what you have posted. You think that no matter what, Gareth Evans or not, that they simply grew apart?

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@Dbusdriver71 They were a great band that had bad management. The fact that it took over 5 years to release Second Coming says it all. From what I've read this Gareth Evans fellow sounds like he was only looking out for himself. Something went wrong at the record label, and by the time it had taken to resolve the issues, Ian was high on drugs a lot of the time and the members were at each other's throats. Who knows what could have happened if they had headlined Glastonbury in 1995 - the timeline could have been so very different. And yes, about Reni and Ian - apparently Ian got pissed off with him during a gig in Holland in 2012 and stormed off the stage, and they didn't finish the gig, so that meant they didn't perform Resurrection.

[@johnmeredith2157]

stunning. always

[@Darrell9029]

@strangetown22 The man with hooves feet, I saw him, but my frineds didn't believe me they thought I was mad - Thanks for the post!!

[@remconeelen]

heeeeeeeeeeeeerlijk.........! 😎🧚👩‍👩‍👦‍👦🌹

[@lyallbaybum69]

I remember purchasing a couple off possibly the same wee scallies myself.And that was in that vicinity.Certainly made it a night to remember,especially the light from that helicopter,eh?Crazy looking back as a forty year old Father,indeed. Great days,mate.

[@liamregan7418]

1990, 2 days before the stone roses define an era

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

Welcome Back!

[@menlove251]

Me too; i was 18-we were there cos we loved The Roses! Sarah.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

It was glorious

[@MaxandKalisAdventures]

i was there and still got the other half of ticket :)

[@spencermax]

Same here, in my dictionary filed under Stone. I've just had a look at it and it's in near mint condition and it's probably the best designed ticket in my collection, such a beautiful graphic.

[@lifeonloop]

I wish I had been one of the 3.7million people who went to spike Island, the 40000 who saw the pistols at the 650 capacity 100 club and the entire population of earth who went to woodstock back in 69. I missed out big time.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

The gig that truly kicked off one of, i not the best ever decade for youth culture and music.

[@notlob23]

I watched their first ever concert at The Ritz, Manchester. Monday night. Nine o' clock, 50p to get in before 9 and a free bottle of Holsten Pils...

[@radfordred]

@lifeonloop love it , it always amazes me how many folk from Nottingham that have seen The Specials @ Kimberley Leisure Centre in 79 ?

[@chrissyred57]

yea he says dayglow, meaning flourescent / glow in the dark. hope this helps

[@4STONEROSES]

PERFECTIONNNNN

[@DawnsDays]

I was there, it was such a hot day which meant lots of pints and of course too too too much weed. I can't remember much from the afternoon onwards 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesfyfe7892]

The earth was engulfed by the sun at the very end of the video

[@Dbusdriver71]

Even after so many years it is still a touchy subject. True, The Stone Roses werent as commerically successful but what angers die hard fans is that their manager didn't have any musical sense. He convinced them to sign that deal with Silvertone which ultimately led to their demise. He still walked away rich. They potentially could have been the biggest thing since The Rolling Stone if it werent for Gareth Evans. I say that because their music still endures and hold up EXTREMELY well.

[@lovespreads11]

aw man how a wish i was 19 back then man instead of now..........if only

[@kenboon6152]

Those where the days smashed out of your face on anything you could get your hands on !

[@Marraboy66]

Stormed the fencing me and my mates and about 50 others, that's how we managed to get in, via a cattle bridge over a field miles away! The only way we could get on the island! Top day! Little Hulton boys on tour✌😁👊

[@Darrell9029]

I was 20 at this gig and was buying acid (Starwberry Fields tabs if I remeber correctly) from around the mixing desk area from scouse kids who were almost half my age, terrible really looking back as 40 year old father!!

[@jessicaporter96]

casually watching this video and spot my dad lying on the grass! ace!

[@GenFightClub]

Life peaked at spike island I feel sad whenever I think about it

[@cutloosebruce]

anybody know where to get hold of the northside t-shirt?

[@MaxandKalisAdventures]

just heard there doing another one there this year :)

[@cutloosebruce]

@newtotube1111 any progress on the northside t shirt?

[@stephenhall3700]

roses v oasis v monday v james ??

[@fleming140]

@JuanKallot depends what ya mean by trippin, ppl have various variations off the word trippin. hallucinate is 1 for instance whilst another is just freakin out

[@hibeelewy95]

In the first sentance, does he say the sunshine was daidlow? What's the word? I don't understand it and I need it for an essay haha. Can anybody help?

[@SonicEntertainment]

Hey, I've struggled with that word as well. Finally, I figured he said "Dayglo", which is a brand that makes a special flourescent ink. According to some dictionaries, it can be an adjective meaning: a 1. fluorescent paint 2. very bright or fluorescent in colour. Hope that helps, you can now finish that essay... 9 years later!

[@mjallen343]

Singapore Indoor Stadium, July 2012, where zero dope will be smoked! Still gonna be awesome :)

[@strappaplank6017]

if you remember a lot about this day... you weren't there

[@rikkufairyglade]

@Eightfold11 Wait for the film then? There filming it now

[@tindaloot]

10 Pints of Boddingtons, Sunday opening was 12 'til 2, woke up about 4.30 Noel's right, sound was shit, but an experience that will never leave me !

[@hahahahahaha2214]

i wish i was there :(

[@harryroberts2403]

Makes me feel better about just turning 50, I was 19 when we got in my VW Jetta and went up there... taking acid when we got in wasn't the best idea but it's made for a great memory.. One Love ✌

[@Dbusdriver71]

I want to point out to you that while The Stone Roses second album 'Second comming' didn't do so well in England, it did really well in America; David Geffin said it was successful financially although he had to get on them to finish it. So yes, America knew about the Stone Roses well enough while England rejected their second album.

[@thewotsit]

Spot on, just said it meself before reading this comment.

[@placebo150]

i can't imagine how awesome would it be if i were there...in fact i wasn't even born...is there anywhere i can see the concert?

[@HorseMeal]

And now they have made a film :)

[@Eightfold11]

as we're being courteous, I must say thank you for setting the record straight, I like that TURN IT UP, I've now caught a grip of myself, interesting your ideas about the free love at the time, I seem to remember abit of that, or at least alot of sweaty hooligans chewing up the mdma, unlike your good self I'm not one for sycophancy and the swirling nostalgia pot of our culture... I leave that for enlightened ones such as Sifu Noel Gallagher, a master of average.

[@cutloosebruce]

@newtotube1111 that would be tip top lad cheers!! let me know how u get on

[@broonmoon]

@JuanKallot depends whits sort ye take, sir!

[@0kojack0]

@DoctorGonzo32 whos bob scott?

[@stonerg538]

anyone know the name of the song playing throughout? cheers!

[@northernpharma]

Also, Spike Island's in Cheshire isn't it? It's in Widnes.

[@farcry2345]

How many albums did the Stone Roses sell?

[@Pyncont]

What songs playing in the background

[@subsurfshorts]

waterfall

[@tomthefunky]

@EASTLANDS70: I was in college back then and I saw both the Manchester bands and the grunge bands come up a few years later. I remember thinking the Manchester scene was doomed because besides the Stone Roses, I didn't hear any serious musicianship in those bands. I love British power pop and I was excited initially but quickly realized it wouldn't take off globally. Grunge was different. While I loathed that scene, I knew it had staying power. A lot of those bands went mega-huge and still are.

[@MaxandKalisAdventures]

i was there :) fab day :)

[@texaspete66]

Yeah it sure does, I had them on earlier today "the complete" album, love the song "Standing Here". I'm gonna see Ian Brown live in december. I appreciate his work as a solo artist but I sure hope he plays some Roses songs too.

[@wwrjd1523]

what is the song! i can't hear the lyrics

[@texaspete66]

America is the biggest most important, influential & happening music market in the world. Off course it's important to succeed there ! If you wanna be a legendary band, you really want to make your mark, you have to do well in the USA like The Beatles, Stones, Floyd, etc. However, maybe due to their unique briliance -the roses might just be the exception to the rule.I know Ian has done gigs in Japan & Dubai which suggests he does have a global following & therefore maybe so do the roses.

[@ÓGlasáin]

Although I love Stone Roses, to break the US, you have to be able to do it live. Brown wasn't the best singer live and to go over there and play live they would qoukd of been destroyed by the critics. We loved them for what they were, warts n all.

[@Mad-Cyril]

i remember what you remember too, but call it nostalgia, call it what you like, but for 4 or 5 years between 86-91 there was a definite feeling of free love....all down to the mdma you talk about.....as for noel gallagher, theres no point at all criticising him for his music, he is not being interviewed here for his music he is being interviewed as an eyewitness of the whole experience.....i just dont get what his music has to do with this particular video

[@herberthuncke1288]

i cant remember the sound being that bad pmsl....then when i seen footage i thought "that wasnt what i fukin heard lol (it was my hazy drug addled mind/concept)"...for me that was a day when liverpool n manc shook hands

[@texaspete66]

Did the roses ever crack america ? I'm not sure they did ? How big were they really outside of england ? I think they are a superb band though. Hugely under-rated.

[@johnrossi7985]

Wasn't like it was in England. It also depended on where you were in America, as if you were on the coasts you had more exposure to different music. I got lucky and a friend of a friend had their CD. I put it on and instantly liked it. I had already been listening to Inspiral Carpets, Suede and Chapterhouse, so the Britpop/Manchester scene I'd already been introduced to. Mind you this was 1992, a bit late to the party, but as you can recall there wasn't any internet, pandora or any other shite kids take for granted today. You got exposed to this music if you were at a party, or if you were lucky enough to have a college radio station nearby. Also, it wasn't going to ever be able to compete with grunge, which was flipping huge at the time in the states.

[@alanlaing8486]

@mrchopper try looking up cannabis on wiki and searching for word hallucinogenic

[@OleksiiM]

@0kojack0 sorry, I meant Bon Scott

[@brieflycake]

@mrralvintwerp Why?

[@HairyBosch]

There's a lot of romantic bollocks talked nowadays about this gig but trust me, it was shite. The sound was terrible, the place stunk to high heaven and even then, a lot of us knew we were being ripped off. It wasn't about some beautiful expression of youth culture, it was about somebody, somewhere making as much cash out of it as they could before the "Madchester" thing fizzled out. Simon Cowell would have been very proud......

[@paulyoldmac]

You sure you didn't enjoy it at the time?

[@thatmanckid]

Heaton Park was a cunt too mate but it was large, larger than most

[@davemcshee3366]

James Hodson Really,were u there mate??,Heaton park was a good gig,too few beer stalls maybe,but on the friday night i was there the band were on good form,There will always be people who wanna bash the roses,"Ian cant sing,Blah Blah Blah,the roses are one of the only bands with the balls to pull off these huge gigs and keep the prices down!!,LONG LIVE THE STONE ROSES!!!!

[@thatmanckid]

Dave Mcshee One of the speakers blew after the first day because of the rain (they really should've prepared for that, c'mon now) so they had to basically re-setup the rig so it came out mono on the left hand side. Everything stall wise was a rip off, as is usually the case with events at Heaton Park (it being a national tourist spot and such), too many man sniffing poppers like they was a group of 14 year olds hanging out on Urbis for the first time, kinda just like those stupid cunts drinking them at Parklife and got put in hospital (another bane, we won't get into that cause fuck Parklife too). Plus, a mate of a mate of mine died, RIP Chris Brahney and we all know the only reason they even did that tour in the first place was so Ian could pay off the money he owed after his second divorce. I love the Roses, but it was an absolutely shite turn out. 80% of the people there knew like Waterfall and Fool's Gold and that's it. 40% 50 year old Scottish men from Kilmarnock, 40% local Mancunian tweens who were only there for the crack and the fashion benefit, the "street cred" and 20% us real local fans. But still, was pretty good.

[@stephengoldring5316]

James Hodson I think you can blame management for that

[@JRnaguitar]

Who’s going to spike island the resurrection in may

[@texaspete66]

Hey it's cool, I appreciate you being polite, not like that other clown. I never intended to cause an argument at all so your not really disagreeing with me as such.I just need to make myself clear. I too love the SR's I enjoy their music & understand their influence. I think they were good enough to take over the world, they should have done that & the fact that they didn't - that's what bothers me !

[@Dam0n11]

its mr sifter surely?

[@NHBEY39]

@lifeonloop You forgot the 125000000000000 who saw oasis at Knebworth

[@robertshaw5022]

Spike island is in Cheshire, not bloody Merseyside...

[@relentless1292]

It's in Widnes in Mersey side

[@GeorgeMadFerIt93]

@lifeonloop don't forget knebworth and the next great gig "heaton park" which i'll unfortunately never go too (sigh)

[@revol148]

0:50 - classic shot - a band at the height of their powers!

[@javieuvi]

Grandes Stone Roses son los amos del rock britanico despues de los Beatles.

[@richierich6402]

ps, off to see them in sydney nxt yr. spike island it aint still be good though!

[@JuanKallot]

@INNATEHUMAN You do not trip on Ecstacy though.

[@evilronald6566]

I wasn't aware i lived in Merseyside. Widnes is Cheshire, or has been since 76'...never agreed with it. And for the other 1000 years was Lancashire, and rightly so....my grandad went to his grave refusing to recognise Cheshire lol.

[@Mad-Cyril]

would you like to catch a grip of yourself mate? Noel, as a fan is entitled to give his opinion as much as any other roses fan in the country And seeing how he was actually at the gig, it qualifies him and another 29,999 people to have an opinion on the actual gig just a little bit more than myself or yourself Have some respect for crying out loud this is a roses fan talking about the roses, your comments and attitude is 23 years out of sinc with the feeling of free love at the time of the gig

[@harleyaf9677]

Why does noel have a throne

[@tomthefunky]

@JackBandicootsBunker: I don't believe those bands didn't want mainstream acceptance for a second. All those Manchester bands made big expensive videos like every one else. I'm sure their publicists were calling MTV to get their videos played just like everyone else. And Oasis didn't come from an indie scene. They were signed to EMI.

[@Dbusdriver71]

After they sacked their manager Gareth Evans, they played a few times; once in New York and Once in Hollywood. They lost up to four years in court being sued by Silvertone. They won but four years later, their momentum was gone and the album 'Second comming' just didn't do as well as the first.