Meat Puppets - "Plateau" (Live at WFUV)

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Meat Puppets performs "Plateau" live in Studio A. Recorded 5/8/19.
Host: Eric Holland
Audio: Chris Russo
Cameras: Joanna LaPorte, Alex Brennan, Thomas Koenig and Jeffrey Pelayo
Editor: Thomas Koenig

[@hchuang05]

the meat puppets deserve more recognition

[@dickflinghammer58]

From who? The drooling fuckwits getting off on pop poop? Fuck em

[@nolivesmatter2384]

@@dickflinghammer58 nice

[@ronlaboa1]

yes definitely x (Sadly || Happily ) I found them through Nirvana but the Meat Puppets versions are so much better x

[@Nagz45]

They never sold their souls for mega fame.

[@jeremyseymour7905]

No they dont. Respectably disagree. So you see? That's why they're one of the best bands on earth.

[@joedungis2561]

Worlds coolest old men

[@julianpottermusic]

they aren't even that old they just look it

[@jamesmenzies7986]

@@julianpottermusic Curt, Cris and Derrick are in their 60s.

[@chrisdonovan4958]

Pound sand...

[@tomcat8662]

Time has not been good to them.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@tomcat8662 brother's had a tough life. Glad they're here

[@thisgirlshair]

2:13 the guitar sounds so good... This is everything rock is supposed to be.

[@grandmasterfarmer4792]

best part

[@miltontavares6533]

Muito bom.

[@unspecifiied3627]

thats a wa wa pedal

[@wellsongomes4210]

it really is good! I have a good example from my country kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4nFmWV5jN5sr80

[@OTOss8]

Good god. This is so well done. I can see why Kurt loved it so much.

[@underclvss]

I really didn't expect to find a recent performance like this with perfect quality. They sound so great almost 40 years later!!!!!

[@tornadus111]

I saw these guys on the REM tour in '95. They followed Luscious Jackson and Gin Blossoms (Jesus, their singer was an egotistical tool). Meat Puppets wiped the floor with everyone. Just pure fun.

[@martinaxe6390]

I saw them in 2011 in Tempe. Similar story. Two opening acts with about 8 musicians each and just a wall of discordant sound. Meat Puppets went up with a guitar, bass, and simple drum kit and put on one of the greatest performances I ever witnessed for an hour and a half. Pure boss shit.

[@GarretDuffy]

the outro... so awesome

[@jalamela2607]

That outro is Love, that outro is Life!✌

[@jontone7866]

Appropriate image for the song

[@etamommy]

I think that while this version was indeed great....upon first hearing that recorded version on Meat Puppets II that outro was really a blissful and powerful thing to behold. I always envision this force godly or otherworldly kind of force scanning moving out from the top of the plateau outward forcefully, inexorably searching. In that regard the massive tone of the outro on the recorded original is hard to beat.

[@Millennial_Mike]

Love it. Was favourite part of Nirvana's MTV set.

[@artemanan4540]

Yeah! Right you are!

[@mr7oclock346]

My favorite thing about the Nirvana Unplugged album was that it introduced me to the Meat Puppets. Even though I heard the Nirvana cover first, I like the upbeat energy the Meat Puppets have when they performing this allot more

[@goongoon9290]

i find myself enjoying this quite a lot.

[@sabbracadabra8367]

Strange isn't it =) Their first few albums took me a long time to get into, but now I love them. My favorites are the ones around the 90s though.

[@alcoholya]

I'm glad you just found yourself...

[@jasonandres3898]

For real!

[@charlesbogle6544]

Because it's real and raw and from the SOUL🎶🌌 rare these days...

[@luvpants2012]

Me too back for a third listen lol

[@martinaxe6390]

Probably the best version of this song ever recorded. That outro is ethereal. Lots of bands understand music, Meat Puppets are one of the few that understand sound.

[@joshuamundhenke689]

My fav outro prob ever

[@Thekingjamz]

Naw nirvana did it way better

[@martinaxe6390]

@@Thekingjamz That a joke? Because Meat Puppets played it for Nirvana at Unplugged.

[@Thekingjamz]

@@martinaxe6390 lol yeah

[@martinaxe6390]

@@Thekingjamz Hard to tell these days, lol

[@user-wm3en6pb8e]

Nirvana and the meat puppets compliment each other very nicely. Real good stuff 👍

[@mrjon75]

Yes but this is 💯 Meat Puppets.

[@donlucero1632]

Nirvana videos are over there buddy...

[@GeckoPixel]

This band is so important to me as a musician and fan both. I grew up in Appalachia with old time music all around me, but as a kid in the 90s it wasn't cool to play acoustic or banjos. All my friends and I were listening to Grunge, Punk, and Indie. Stuff like Nirvana, Fugazi, and SDRE. Anyways, when I was 13yrs old Kurt Cobain invited these guys onto the recording of the Nirvana Unplugged. I spiraled down a rabbit hole and away from what all my friends were listening to. Seeing the Meat Puppets and that Unplugged opened a lot of doors to The Jayhawks, Wilco, and on and on. Ever since laying eyes on these guys I have been consumed with indie folk, Americana, Country, Bluegrass, Jam Band, and so on. I went from being as loud as possible to learning to play Auto Harp. No other band besides maybe Nirvana and Doc Watson has had such an impact on me. I'm 40yrs old now.... and to this day I want be in a Meat Puppets inspired band that also incorporates more folk. I have yet to blend the 2 out side of my basement. I have only been in bands that are either indie rock or country. Never really had the opportunity yet to put it all together.

[@checktheskies5040]

Its so clean and fresh. This could smash today's charts. ❤

[@mrjon75]

SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN!

[@TheRealDrummerDude]

could, but it doesn't. This band had sooo much potential, but instead just rolled over.

[@mrjon75]

@@TheRealDrummerDude Weird take. They still play. They've put out tons of albums. A few have sold really well. How is that "rolling over?" It's closer to Rolling Stones.

[@ferndawg1111]

goddess bless the meat puppets.

[@33lollapalooza]

The meat puppets have such a unique sound and are great sound scape artists. They don't get enough credit!

[@BushyHairedStranger]

2:00...demigods opening the veins of the sky to rain beautiful sound upon our unblessed ears!

[@atti_odyssey]

Must be Percy and Annabeth

[@iangpark]

truly one of the best songs ever written

[@tomatocan2502]

this song is all about the outro, ..and of course an illustrated book about birds.

[@falcoperegrinus82]

That solo was magical.

[@chrisl3336]

Honestly one of the most amazing solos i ever have heard(imo)

[@brookaguillard9089]

That solo at the end gives me chills. so incredibly good

[@mamlouk]

1:42 close your eyes and just listen

[@RickyParker666]

holy shit that ending. what a beautiful rendition. those guitars sound really great.

[@TheHardDonuts]

Wow, that was awesome. Love these guys. Seems like this band has "been with me" since 1980, Seen em maybe (15-18?) times as our paths crossed in the past 40 years, little auditoriums in Ventura, Santa Barbara, When I went East Florida, even ran into them when I took my entire (Tree Service) company to Charleston S.C. and pulled shifts (FireRescue) in the middle of Cat5, Hurricane Hugo!! When I found out they were in town and were actually gonna play, (unbeknownst to them), I bought up 20 tickets and turned 20 people who wouldn't have otherwise gone (and some of them didn't even show), but I did it just to help them out (and to make sure they'd play), I caught all three shows, bought up their CD's and gave em away. The entire State, much less Charleston was a demolished, war zone and wrecked. I assumed they weren't gonna make much dough on the show and I was so happy they were there. Few years later I caught them again as a Small place Bar on Church Street in Orlando, Curt looks up at me before they started and kinda cocked his head sideways, points at me I'm like, "Yeah, we just keep running into each other man", and laughed it off. I never got tired of seeing them and they have always been developing. Funny seeing them all Grey haired. I though I was the only one hahaha What a ride this life is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV7bfaZ9hMqeoZo

[@michaellawlor5625]

Love the thumbnail.

[@Jason-hw8mk]

Dude if any comment deserves recognition it is yours. That is devotion and pure joy of great music rolled into one!

[@wearypirates]

Great story 👍

[@Maddsgigi]

Love when they played with kurt Cobain live on MTV. It's on my play list❤️

[@simonzabell9770]

That guitar solo is the best ever!

[@jamesmenzies7986]

It is absolutely fantastic.

[@MyDadWasALifeguard]

He’s a great guitarist..he’s been featured in guitar player mags

[@pengkritikduniaalammaya6600]

Dont forget oasis dont look back in anger..same epic n lejen

[@ricardopoblete2291]

1:48 beautifull moment... I feel like I'm in heaven...

[@minutotvplus]

Those guys are legends! Best regards from Peru! We love them!

[@matteoviola5760]

0:25 I love how he says ‘plateau’

[@jacekzamojski1115]

I'm so glad KZbin suggested this to me! what a gift!

[@Juanirva]

I was looking for people covering nirvana's version, found the original interpreters 😄

[@strace67]

when Bostrum is there just makes everything even better!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Again, your name. Sammy Sue. My cats name is Sammy and my name is Sue

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Unless that was me several months ago

[@leesaunders1930]

@@lastnamefirst4035 ok ignore my comment on the other comment lol 🤔 but wait, were you a scotchgard?

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@leesaunders1930 well Scotchguard is my grandkitty. Sammy is my cat and Im Sue so no. Ive never served much of anyone except for my cats

[@leesaunders1930]

@@lastnamefirst4035 hey thats all well and good 👍 people can be dicks. us meat puppet fans on the contrary seem to be really rad. ✌🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@aking4477]

Nobody beats the meat.....puppets

[@nirvana_veggiegirl]

I love the Brothers Meat. Their message and sound is so pure.❤

[@yokerecords803]

Meat Puppets sound great here and in great form. Really cool performance of an absolute classic.

[@maddymud]

Kurt is alive and playing the piano well.

[@theespecialrecordsshow]

NOBODY CAN TRULY MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE PUPPETS....#1

[@tylerrushing5568]

The Meat Puppets are the only "grunge" band that'll live to see 60.

[@MedalionDS9]

I know you put grunge in quotes, but I don't think anybody thinks they were grunge just because they had Nirvana invite them on their MTV Unplugged.

[@NIB1306]

They're not a grunge band, their sound is more progressive rock with psychedelic influences than grunge.

[@astroboirap]

hhahaaha

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Not a grunge band. Miss their first second and third albums, one avant punk, one psychodelic masterpiece, one country rock record. And the next a seventies style easy rocker with several changing genres all the time

[@neonmeate8180]

They predate the whole grunge thing by like ten years. No idea what you’re talking about

[@MyDadWasALifeguard]

An excellent rendition of one their classic tunes

[@pervysage4531]

Bro we are bringing bands back. I ain't living without this shit

[@sawbonesquad4876]

Awesome, I love that solo..I love a song that can just paint a picture in your head and this is one of them.

[@Razz1024]

Such amazing music coming from such ordinary looking guys! I love the guitar solo at the end!

[@guitarFAIL]

regarding Nirvana, Plateau, Oh Me and Lake of Fire are the top Unplugged songs, both instrumentally and in voice, excellent music, Thank You Meat Puppets!!

[@Underpantsniper]

This is such a beautiful song

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Such sweet music. Rock is endless.

[@luvpants2012]

Incredible song and performance.

[@MrMicalo]

Masterpiece

[@carboneroa.a.9210]

Dioses del rock alternativo!! Eso es música. Amen

[@devlhstrat8849]

My nostalgia wants it to just be the 3 of them. Glad they are still with us after going through some rough shit. They have inspired and influenced numerous musicians and that is part of the legacy that they leave. Also, aging sucks.

[@mrjon75]

Elmo's excellent.

[@6pup]

Soooooo good. I love this band

[@jeremyleroux2208]

So good!

[@etamommy]

masterpiece among many in their catalogue!

[@gilberchumpitazavalos2688]

Fantastic Meat Puppets....!!!!!

[@stormmcintyre4025]

Beautiful

[@kevinhone4048]

Oh man that was just sublime

[@aaronkelly4255]

man I love this song

[@LORLETHAL]

Amazing artists.....Thank you!

[@batteriesnotincludedbni4196]

Nice all around sound and mix. A keeper.

[@dekaro]

¡Sublime!, muchas gracias por subirlo, en mi adolescencia conoci a los Meat Puppets

[@justinkrann7406]

I transcended time back to my hometown in the late 90's during the solo! Thanks that ruled.

[@craftbeerarchive6219]

Still incredible.

[@onii_meme]

Just AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL... Those are the only words I can think of listening to this...

[@Juanirva]

This song is awesome

[@jcmick8430]

Too high to die is on my top 5 albums of all time

[@king0cans]

AWESOME Legend city shirt! I love Tempe

[@DaveFL1976]

fantastic

[@Richieb75]

Great performance.. wow

[@alanlaborde4753]

is amazing !

[@ScreamingEagle.]

Yeah they still sound great to this day and I don't think they wanted much more attention...🎸👍

[@jsh250]

Thank you for sharing this video… ❤

[@jasonjackson3114]

Superb.

[@joshuamundhenke689]

What a fantastic performance! This has always been one of my favorite songs to play on guitar. My X GF saw them in their hometown a month before I moved out with her I just missed that show she said it was great.

[@StephenS-2024]

Love it.

[@HorrorMyNeighbor]

Legends

[@junglejym1248]

beautiful

[@Subversion_dnb]

Absolute legends and so underrated.

[@astrolopes]

Masterpiece of a song.

[@Channel99-1]

Couldn't help but notice the drummer's Rangers hockey shirt. First time I heard this song was the Nirvana unplugged album, which I bought around May of 1994- just a month before the Rangers won the Stanley Cup.

[@kashesan]

Amazing song.

[@geoz1466]

moved to tears

[@jamesfurman3739]

So killer ❤

[@succogastrico77]

your sound is as deep as the ocean! you drown me down and oasis brings me up with he sam crispy clear ocean sound.

[@giovanniman]

very cool song ...i love it ...for many years

[@cosgrovepennybaker8169]

Awesome!

[@ZecaViana]

Amazing guys, Brazil was here

[@sam45845]

Good lord….that was epic💥

[@Billyboymat]

Gracias Hermoso !

[@smww503]

Nirvana brought me here,and I'm glad they did.these guys are great

[@bradlittle8047]

I must listen to this a few times a week always 🔥🖤🤘

[@jimSTRATemblin]

Such a great guitar player.

[@Brian-sh2gi]

Genius. Pure genius.

[@YungBuckTheLabrat]

I'm 15 and fuckin luv the meat puppets. Idc 4 new music as this sorta stuff rocks

[@leesaunders1930]

keep it alive young lad ✌🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nickfanzo]

Great band - up on the sun is an incredible record . ❤

[@theespecialrecordsshow]

THE GREATEST

[@testrun4509]

Круто!!! Молодцы!!!

[@boapeep6780]

Literally crying right now

[@louetaxelledesgacha8759]

Je ne m'en lasse pas 🖤

[@user-tt2wh9td2w]

:) moi non plus.

[@smoofest]

So sick!

[@saramolet3614]

EPIC💯

[@HenryLewisRadd]

Sublime stuff.

[@allanpadilla6187]

Too awesome

[@louetaxelledesgacha8759]

Franchement, c'est encore meilleur 🖤