Lush 120 Minutes interview (1996)

[@shuroom57]

Two classy, beautiful, TALENTED women. I love their music. more and more power to them.

[@shuroom57]

Capitalize the word "more" at the beginning of the third sentence of this post. At least Facebook lets you edit your posts.

[@sunshaped]

KZbin allows you to edit your comments if you use it on a browser and not an app. you click on the three dots to the right of your post and you get options- "edit" and "delete"

[@fweebrotwosday]

god I love them!

[@Gilbertify1]

Boomer comment

[@kennethlatham3133]

@@Gilbertify1 Oooooooooh, you really burned me, Dilbert. How shall I ever live down the shame and humiliation your cream-filled *ss laid down upon me.

[@henrymorgan4705]

Im listening to Miki's book at the moment. She had quite a turbulent life. Interesting band.

[@lehliladevandria5712]

I always took a serious liking to both Emma and Miki. They seemed very shy yet intelligent and laid back.

[@Bishbashboshboshbosh]

Believe it or not kids MTV used to be really good. And a music channel.

[@annunakireyes4862]

MTV 2 in mexico

[@CruceEntertainment]

Well…..120 Minutes was good

[@deadz2268]

Great band! Miss the 90’s alternative music.

[@julioalcaraz5417]

As a 80’s fanatic, I’ve always said that alternative rock saved the 90’s.

[@buchonite]

When MTV wasn't shite

[@opaljk4835]

MTV was at least 90% shit at any given time

[@nsputnik]

That's funny that they took a break to play an RHCP video and Lady Killer was about Miki having to deal with Anthony Kiedis on Lollapolusa 92 tour.

[@RockyStradlin]

And they talk about Blur, their bassist was one of their reasons for Ladykillers. There was another name for inspiration, but the main inspiration was Kiedis. Even the video makes direct references

[@hustler3of4culture3]

Ouch

[@petercook360]

I've always heard the last verse ("Blondie was with me for a summer") is about original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp.

[@error404m]

@@petercook360 I just googled him and there is definitely a passing resemblance to the actor in the video.

[@seminolefantodd4736]

@@petercook360 I'm reading Miki's autobiography at present and haven't got that part of the book describing this time but I did read/hear from another source "Blondie" was Matt Sharp.

[@dmccalldds]

I _deeply_ regret not seeing this band when they were a block away one night in college. :(

[@CruceEntertainment]

I saw them twice!

[@gaae2000]

...the freaking guitar lyrics......coming from the 90s....outstanding.

[@orthodoxreuben1974]

I caught Lush headlining (with Weezer opening) in the Summer of ‘94 at a tiny club (Fastlanes II) in Asbury Park, Nj. Lush was everything I hoped for. Way better than seeing them at Lalapalooza in ‘92. Loved that! A spectacular night of herb smoke in the air to go along with their heavy use of dub and effects. Great band.

[@duanescot]

Lalapalooza in 92 was a dam good show, by chance did you attend the one in Mountain View CA?

[@orthodoxreuben1974]

@@duanescot My friend. I saw this at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA. 4 carloads of recently graduated High Schoolers who drove in from Jersey. So many highlights including Soundgarden playing the then recently banned “Cop killer” from Body Count and Lush playing “For Love” & “De-luxe”. Absolutely one of the great highlights of my teenage years

[@duanescot]

@@orthodoxreuben1974 Yeah it was great wasnt it? Body Count ripped and I remember the massive mosh pit on the greens in Mountain View during Ministries set, well, there was nothing green left, just a whole lot of dirt after that :) ... take care!!

[@mheberling5939]

Such a great band. So many good shows.

[@2isceez]

just started listening to this band and I love them already

[@paulosicne5803]

I always had the biggest crush on Emma in the 90s.

[@tickedoffnow]

Matt Pinfield Great journalist One of the few 👍♥️

[@seaningram3285]

Good ol' Matt😃😃👍👍👍👍

[@DJNurseAnnabella]

i remember taping this on VHS then accidentally erasing it.Thanks i havent seen this in so long.

[@theflorgeormix]

Still have it on VHS

[@nosebonk]

Speed Racer looking to sell this footage or anything similar from the 90s? Thanks

[@michaelwilson2340]

The 80's and 90's were the last good decades for great music. Opening up a SPIN or Alternative Press magazine and checking out new indie bands or articles about older bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Pixies or your favorite band I didn't mention.

[@theflorgeormix]

The best interviews of Lush ever here. I remember seeing Deluxe with friends 4 the first time on 120 and - that's really the it moment. Can't describe how good it was and is.

[@LanceNakagawa]

Thank you so much for posting this. My tape of this 120 Minutes got lost years ago and its so great to see this interview again!

[@jeffs3752]

Lush was awesome back in the day. Sadly, we all got old.

[@TheOtherKine]

I wish MTV would go back to this. It needs to stand above the music industry and not be coddled by it

[@jimmyjakes1823]

Not to be jaundiced, but you have to have musicians creating music that anyone cares about to have a music television network. We're not living in the 90's anymore.

[@TheOtherKine]

@@jimmyjakes1823 That's not how it works. The reason why it's no longer like that is because the music industry labels made it so after the 90s, when they saw what could happen with the INTERNET, due to the Napster fiasco, but also at the same time, copyrights and royalty payment calculations had to be transformed due to things like KZbin and how to go about getting money to the musicians for the music being played on the net, as well from downloads. But the music industry did start to create labels and extra genres for music to purposefully REMOVE them from the mainstream charts to only use the mainstream chart for the music and bands they wanted to sell. Music of ALL KINDS are still being created all the time, look around - the only difference now is, that music is NOT COUNTED towards the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 or whatever BS they deem righteous

[@t-bo2734]

Pinfield shaking those legs during the interview. Emma & Miki = great legs as always.

[@newhoodie18]

God dam miss this show was greatness!!!!

[@oscarpark1523]

I still listen to untogether when I have relationship problems..

[@NOWtheband]

Not often then, I hope.

[@tickedoffnow]

The 90s was a musical renaissance ♥️♥️🔥🔥

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

late 80s.

[@ConestogaCreek]

120 minutes was great.

[@tickedoffnow]

They got better as time went by, sucks that it all ended in their best year 1996

[@airfixx_8952]

Lovelife was not a patch on what came before.... Superb band up until that point.

[@z0h33y]

I disagree. Gala, Spooky, and Split were all 3 really great, but you could tell Split was going to be the last great album because Lovelife was where things really went downhill.

[@Jac70]

Emma Anderson was such a pretty girl - kind of a Louise Brooks vibe.

[@mikegraham4255]

Selma Blair in this vid

[@EshuOdara21]

loved her, and miki too, byt Emma lately looks like she hit a wall

[@SpaceCattttt]

Yeah, she looks as if she's just stepped out of Pandora's Box!

[@peco3806]

Lord Frank if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything ya dip

[@EshuOdara21]

@Nature and Physics oh, I can tell you myself, I look like I've been flying to Haiti for my chemotherapy

[@furleys_ascot]

120 minutes...Introduced me to lush. Or was it post modern? Whatever, still full of mad love for them to this day.

[@kurtboyer299]

I got excited to see the "For Love" video. "Hey, I don't remember that tune starting out so funky. WTF tattoo parlor? Oh."

[@jasonpeng33]

lush rules

[@9ertsch]

Lush's rules are what?

[@jasonpeng33]

+9ertsch lol..cmon man

[@9ertsch]

I was being inane. Sorry.

[@jasonpeng33]

@@9ertsch sall good..kip..keep it punk

[@NOWtheband]

@@9ertsch - Exactly! I would like to know, too.

[@damienhenning3298]

MAD ABOUT LUSH!

[@erickrause381]

Ahh...The 1990's at First Avenue in Minneapolis.They were on tour for Split. Lush with Robyn Hitchcock... good times... Gala and Spooky still sound amazing to me.. I really like Out of control, a song they made in 2016.. Miki & Emma patch things up... life's too short..

[@alexc8209]

they have the same english accent as me!! ive met alot of americans, canadians and australians in my adopted country (china) and they make fun of my accent sometimes so i think im a bit whiny, but its nice to hear two people i like alot speaking english the same way that i do!

[@theflorgeormix]

Nice caring persons both. Every song they released was good.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

This is from late in the band's career. I am not a fan of 1996's "Lovelife" at all, but "Gala" (or the "Scar" LP in the U.K.) and "Spooky" are real classic albums. "Split" is also fine in parts, but just not quite on the same level as the first two. Lush was best when it was in full dreampop/shoegaze mode and had the same producer as the Cocteau Twins. By 1996, their sound had changed drastically, and it's not to my taste.

[@ΣεραφείμΑποστολάκος]

It's different but very sweet in it's own way. Their Blind Spot ep was an ideal marriage of all their previous works and it saddens me that this glorious talented duo ended its course..

[@julianhermanubis6800]

@@ΣεραφείμΑποστολάκος From what I've read, it seems as if Emma Anderson wasn't that happy with the "Lovelife" sound and wanted to do something more like what they'd been doing previously. Then, tragedy struck and nothing else happened with their next planned LP. You're right: it's a matter of taste. But, "Lovelife" is so unlike their earlier music that I just can't get into it. And I actually really hate songs like "Ladykillers" and "Shake Baby Shake."

[@ΣεραφείμΑποστολάκος]

@@julianhermanubis6800 Ha ha, I see your point mate for 'Ladykillers', but we should not omit pop jewels like "I've been here before". On the other hand, you could find sparkles of the old flame in tunes like Tralala, Papasan and Olympia. As for 500, well, every great band has its soft side, I would say that it's the equivalent of Pixies 'La la love you" from Doolittle. Cheers!

[@werewolf7512]

Yo this is crazyy. I just discovered their music today so I decided to watch their interviews to see what they like. Please Take Note I'm Only 17yrs Old So Yeah.

[@shaneomack5018]

Miki ❤❤❤

[@joesmith9216]

wowza Miki is so beautiful!

[@theflorgeormix]

Miki brought the exotic. The first vid I saw blew my mind. Can't explain it. Saw em live. Pure pleasure

[@sleepfl0wer724]

I am such a lesbian oh my god

[@NOWtheband]

IKR?!

[@chrisprice9244]

i sooo love this band.. only got to see them lollapalooza 92.. so friggin hot lol.. both times. cinci/cleve.

[@spaceengineer1452]

For 8 years, their wage was 150 pounds a week.

[@Romany1111]

Used to listen to Matt at Rutgers, then spoke w/ him a good bit at the Melody.

[@atomicbarbarian7372]

"Better off jumping on the bandwagon, right?" Yikes, Matt.

[@75claymont]

If bands like Lush had been played on American radio they would have put the grunge movement to shame

[@funkster007]

They got some airplay in the early 90's when alt pop/rock was still big, but no way were they gonna compete with the edgier bands that American kids were hungry for. Once Nirvana arrived, it was over.

[@crapple009]

@@funkster007 Unfortunately. I remember it all too well..

[@k.rt.s]

Bro Nirvana was like Beatlemania in a way

[@ModMokkaMatti]

KNDD-FM in Seattle played Lush when that station first went on the air with that identity in the late summer of '91, but sadly succumbed to that act from Aberdeen that ripped off a riff from Killing Joke and then began a long painful decline.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

i DJ'd on a college radio station and played the heck out of Lush. for what its worth. which is barely nothing.

[@Norrbottning]

RIP MTV

[@EyeCandyAthlete]

Too hard to spell.

[@jimmyjakes1823]

It's was a nice touch that Matt refrained from asking them if they were naked lesbians together during their English schoolgirl days. He was always a little classier than Kennedy.

[@Henchperson1]

Wow last saw Emma in the After Dark club in Reading,wasn't looking for the guys, but I'm pleased I found them again.. hope Emma is still cute. :) Lush was a fun gig. little guys from Reading, drunk and trying to slam dance on me.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

slamdancing to Lush seems so wrong. like misbehaved children totally not reading the room.

[@Henchperson1]

@@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 it was the 1980's, I found it curious that small blokes thought it was a laugh slamming someone as big as I am, I guess they saw themselves as brave or macho..

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

@@Henchperson1 you have a point about that. I once went to a Sonic Youth show with a friend of mine who was black. He was terrified of going anywhere near the mosh pit because he didn't want to be targeted like that. I really wish slam dancing never became a thing.

[@Henchperson1]

@@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 in the 90's I had a black partner and she would rarely go in those clubs, as she felt like a target.. very sad, but the clubs had their place in society back then, glad they are mostly gone theses days, not that I've been anywhere near any in a lot of years..

[@reiniergamboa]

mtv used to be great wtf happened

[@SleepyDirty]

@@wilhelmweinrauch9172 Grunge was already over by the time this interview aired, and MTV has played rap since the 80s.

[@DullTorpor]

"Reality" TV.

[@spacewurm]

MTV changed formats because people switched to internet for music videos and artist-fan interaction through social media.

[@markglatt9782]

Jersey Shore?

[@JetWindTV]

@@DullTorpor The Real World was on the air by this point. I wouldn't blame reality TV.

[@chrisprice9244]

when bright red hair was still a 'shock'.. or any colored hair really lol

[@carlbutler2212]

Wowww Asuka from the WWE and Emma

[@peterhopqk]

3:23 The presenter did mention Starfish. Does he mean Coldplay in their early days?

[@Destiny93134]

No.i doubt coldplay had even formed yet.this was 96 , sure coldplay didnt form til 97.

[@peterhopqk]

@@Destiny93134 its a joke man. They started a band as Starfish though, before they changed their name to Coldplay.

[@EshuOdara21]

God what happened to MTV, and journalists like Matt Pinfield. or Kurt Loder

[@AnonYmous-jp8uu]

all dead

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

Emma was a classically-understated very English beauty. It's hard to even notice her next to Miki's flame red hair. She disappears into the background - or off to the side onstage, which was a choice but a pity. Emma always hid behind her charismatic lead singer, which I think was a great mistake. Lush would have been stronger and more interesting if she'd shared lead vocal duties. They were great friends for a very long time so it's sad to see how that ended up in the toilet.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

i really wished they had worked more on cultivating their vocal harmonies in their songs. its like they never realized that was a strong point in their music.

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

@@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 I agree, but that would mean Emma doing more vocal duties, and she just never wanted it, either in Lush or Sing-Sing. Baffling, to be honest. Is her voice really that much worse than Miki's? Not at all. If they swapped roles in Lush, I don't think anybody would have been upset, and I think a great many would have quite liked that, including me. I used to email her and she always seemed very dismissive and bashful about her voice but even Jimi Hendris, who had quite an emotional and tender voice, hated to hear himself sing.

[@SniffyPoo]

matt pinfield was always so awkward

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

Stumbles over his grumbles, twitchy hands. Never understood why he was on there when he looked so uncomfortable.

[@blackdragon6]

I Liked him

[@BD-me4nk]

He's a genius of rock knowledge

[@Scallion_D]

He's great. His realness is what made him. The girls are the ones who made this interview awkward.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

That's why Dave Kendall was better.

[@xCorzo650x]

whats that song in the beginning?

[@saerlaithcounihan1759]

Sweetness and light

[@TonySmith-i4c]

shoegazing still in

[@stereofidelic67]

...and then Chris took his own life :(

[@thotd173]

who's the kettle?

[@madmac66]

Matt Pinfield must be the most awkward interviewer ever

[@je4754]

You mean - Awkwardly Awesome.

[@usmuse]

I think that interview was absolute rubbish. Why? I don't care to start. I'm going off to find some obscure lush info.

[@blooflazh7]

british people

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Mikki is actually half japanese and half hungarian.

[@TheXtro101]

​​​@@yaddahaysmarmalite4059born and raised in London,England UK as she is an English-British citizen 🇬🇧(we have ppl here in US or Canada that look similar to her, born and/or raised and speak in North America 🇺🇲🇨🇦 accent and are citizens of those nations).

[@thefriendlyfinger69]

cue ball comes across like he's hosting an informecial. wtf is with american hosts turning everything into a sales pitch. so weird

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Well we don't have to worry about that any longer, because MTV ceased being itself decades ago.

[@Scallion_D]

I can see why Lush never truly made it. They had some great songs but they lacked that abrasive personality the 90s audience wanted. The girls were very timid. They had a chance to open up here and show their personality and they were too scared to it seems.

[@dickflinghammer58]

"Making it" is selling out. Keep it

[@Scallion_D]

@@dickflinghammer58 True.

[@Calmerthanyouare17]

They did amazing.

[@c0mmas]

Some loser with the Gallagher brothers as their avatar thinking they know anything about making it lol

[@Brokenface]

They never cared for that attitude, Miki also criticised Britpop lad culture in later years.

[@cocoygranada9403]

Me key yo! Me Am; Brrr Blurr in U & there SOON. IS Tha IT?

[@herchelleonwood7463]

matt pinfield is possibly the most knowledgeable person in the music industry. and a nice guy.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I used to watch him regularly back then, but I only just now thought that maybe he's the Dick Cavett of rock journalists - equally knowledgeable, but equally cringingly awkward.

[@herchelleonwood7463]

Bob Mould was producing a Lush LP but had to quit because he said he kept picking the wrong girls song, i think he kept picking songs Miki wrote which upset Emma. Bob quit so the band wouldn't break up !

[@f.w.2054]

Or the other way around!