Minutemen - I Felt Like a Gringo

Minutemen Live at the Stone in SF 1985

[@bradm1975]

D. Boon was one of the great unsung rock guitarists.

[@t-man5196]

Yes, and George Hurley is one of the best drummers of all time in my opinion.

[@silencedogoodmusic]

Agreed!

[@spaghettifella9609]

and the dude had crackhead energy

[@inthekingdom1996]

How did he not ever miss a lick?!!?

[@rupertps]

They would come in, a fat guy with coveralls setting up his own speakers, and suddenly the whole world changed...the best ever, the best. I still feel terrible sadness thinking about what they didn't get to do, and remembering what they did do..

[@cskilalillabich9059]

that's beautiful. no words available

[@whereeyeend]

I saw their last performance, just a week before he died. They were the opening act for REM, who were on the last night of their Fables of the Reconstruction tour in Charlotte, NC. I was right in front of the stage and even had D. Boon's sweat hit me a couple of times....

[@AllenMZim]

Do you happen to remember what songs that the band played at that show? The setlist for that gig is empty on setlist.fm, and I do work for the site, so if you can remember any songs from that gig, it'd be a huge help to know! :)

[@chlum6295]

@@AllenMZim the gig is available on the Internet archive

[@AllenMZim]

chlum Thank you! I found the link to it! 😃

[@101Volts]

I'm surprised that show even got recorded (linked below for anyone else reading.) Too bad R.E.M.'s encore (which had the Minutemen on vocals) doesn't seem to have been recorded too (or if it was, it's lost.) Minutemen: archive.org/details/Minutemen1985-12-13 R.E.M.: archive.org/details/09-so-central-rain

[@michaeloberly6129]

I saw them a bit earlier, in a small club. What struck me was Boon jumping around like a maniac. Hell of a show.

[@user2024q3]

One of the greatest Rock & Roll bands of ALL time🧌🤘🏽

[@RIPdBOON]

Those telecasters loved D Boon.

[@bochini1]

I love the confidence they show playing this song. They are all well dressed in here, Mr. Boon rocks that guitar like a true gentleman who is master of his domain. The Minutemen will never let you down, they play Tuco Style i mean tight, tight, tight.

[@ezrafreeman7729]

Watt is still my favorite bass player ever, even after decades of listening to all kinds of music

[@justinkline1294]

And the chorus bass line in this song is just savage. Pure Watt.

[@THExViCExSHOW]

God damn, D. Boon, Mike Watt, And George Hurley were a fucking Tri-Force of gifted musician's.. If only D. Boon had survived that accident :(...

[@CollapsingRealities]

George Hurley + Mike Watt = most underrated rhythm section of the 1980s along with Mike Joyce/Andy Rourke (The Smiths).

[@CollapsingRealities]

+Bryton Cherrier I don't think he's such a great guitarist (I admire his songwriting skills much more), but the fact that he played in, basically, a punk/hardcore band and rarely used distortion and still kicked a*s awes me.

[@CollapsingRealities]

+Bryton Cherrier I agree, the Minutemen were really one of a kind. However, I'd recommend to you the first Gun Club album, "Fire of Love" (1981), which is also a unique blend of punk, jazz, country and blues (by 'unique' I mean quirky, like early Pixies or the Minutemen themselves).

[@SoulOfJungle]

I think Boon is probably one of the more 'underrated' guitarists of that era, perhaps any really. If you were to take just one thing as proof his solo work on Shit from an old notebook and Untitled song for LA is good enough to be honest. His songwriting may eclipse that but the creativity, range and quality of his playing is not given enough credit.

[@PhiI93]

Bang on. Genius rhythm section.

[@earinsound]

THESE RHYTHM SECTIONS WERE NOT "UNDERRATED" in the 80s or ever since. If you were around in the 80s listening to these bands then you should know better. The term "underrated" doesn't apply here

[@paulbgraham4936]

Saw them 12/10/85 opening for REM, Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio.

[@JPo.404]

Modest mouse and Franz Ferdinand owe these guys everything

[@Parley454]

Minutemen are one of those bands that is hard to categorize because they did their own thing which went on to inspire a lot of other bands..maybe even what some call the Funk Punkers...someone in a magazine made it up probably, but I can see how the Minutemen inspired bands like Fugazi, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers. I think they showed people that bands could play fast and be really technical without being pretentious or show offish and singing about politics instead of drugs/sex/violence

[@wyattmann7630]

this band changed my life. RIP D Boon

[@101Volts]

Sounds so raw. So unbaked it's fresh.

[@neilyoyoyo]

g had the hair, m had the chops, and d had the mfing mooves

[@didoman2645]

Saw these guys in Pedro and South Bay all the time. Legends!

[@dlanodrelda7920]

maybe the last original rock music to have come along to date and this was 1985-this band was even better than all the credit they get and deserve. i saw them in '84 and '85 and to this day remember it like yesterday. great players, writers and genuine people-singing what they meant and meaning what they sang. Watt carries on and love him for it. D Boon always in our hearts and minds.

[@docteraie]

I can't believe how good and cool these guys are.

[@davefox3424]

D boon manic with panache guitar, mick watt probably the most important bass player to explode from the early 80s. And George Hurley given the hardest job in drumming, jam with these two... boom he did, but elevated them to the next level. RIP. D boon, keep rocking Mr watt and Mr Hurley. Until we meet again lads...slainte

[@AndrewWilson-ol6jb]

Can't beat econo. Love these guys.

[@fromthedoor]

its guitar mastery

[@clownpaint20]

such a strong message d boon say in his lyrics for this song

[@MwrenInCali]

How can listening to this music not put you in a good mood.

[@jamesmenzies7986]

Love this track. RIP D Boon

[@mr.roberto2709]

best tone in rock history dennes boon

[@melvinwoodcock9407]

I always feel like a Gringo!

[@birdingdad]

Legends. What a shame he died so young. D Boone RIP.

[@OsCassador]

when my ears first beheld the musical orgasm that is the minutemen... braiiiin melllterrr. there will never be a band better than this one.

[@nivlemelvin1]

D is fucking legendary, but mike and george's rhythms are fucking SICK.

[@shnootch]

Truly, it's just great music. Genre nit-pickiness might at times be useful, but eventually you're left with just the music. Good thing...

[@sssnacksss]

the lads speed up an already fast tune and and still ace it.

[@haresgroove]

Long live econo music!

[@GuitarCentaur]

So damn great.

[@cyganoskatefunky5142]

I love this song ❤

[@vockins]

absolute machine right here. Top shelf

[@pascal.r8840]

I have always heard a reference to Bat Chain Puller in the last rush of guitar.

[@SubaruWRXspdManual]

Lumbo J, you get a sub outta me just for having this song on your channel. Minutemen are incredible. Too bad Boon left us so early.

[@ZINCOVIX8754]

fucking brilliant band...one of the best three piece acts ever

[@wdamian]

Holy fuck, this is good.

[@101Volts]

First time listening to this band?

[@chrise1485]

i think about this particular minutemen set alot. scorching

[@rofcay1]

Tks Lumbo for the great vids ! No one could have ever imaged that on 12-22-1985 Boon would be gone from us....

[@travisnealtodd70]

One of the great unsung.

[@llpBR]

but I loved the song AND the fact of not being able to label it.

[@cheayunju]

Great stuff. I hug and punch to this.

[@NotAFanAnymore]

bloody brilliant boyz

[@cervelloinfiammato]

Grandi !!! i love this bass line !

[@josharledge7401]

I still miss D Boon

[@betinho1126]

thanks for sharing

[@xgum]

great playing all around! Hurley is solid as a rock

[@Woozygulag]

Well said man, it's because of the people who spend all their time getting their hair to curl right and laughing at anyone who doesn't do so, because in real life they're exceptionally boring and need to try just that little bit harder in life to make themselves exciting.

[@martinprieto6513]

Minutemen are the Wu-Tang Clan of So-Cal post-punk!

[@blonieamw2998]

boy they are mooooving on this ver!!

[@JacquesTreehorn]

Trovadores clásicos.!

[@jlouis4407]

So funky

[@drwilliamlarge]

They are jazz in the best way

[@timepope]

What was with the clear drums in those days....

[@TheObimara]

So you can see their gym socks...

[@MrPERPS]

@@TheObimara 🤣🤣😅😅

[@ARMTOAST]

bonham did it and it immediately became legend

[@HangarMusic]

way ahead of their time!

[@HumanInterested]

Damn this guy could play.

[@joyofsox]

What a riff!

[@Longboarder140]

jazzy punk...no one plays like this!

[@rupertps]

The best of the best. The day he died is one of the worst in my lifetime.

[@nazfrde]

We jam econo.

[@beatriz3467]

Pues que me mola mucho

[@oxbowsoup]

Listen to D tearing it up!

[@rangerkasdorf4476]

God it's so much faster than the studio version

[@marcuswatt9727]

Who dressed Watt? Also, love The Unit.

[@diegoleerot]

Me too

[@chkrbrdvans]

D. BOON!

[@no59do56]

The chili peppers john frusciante sings d boons praises as a clean tone guitarist

[@spannerfaction]

I kinda think of them as an American version of Gang of Four, but slightly cooler ! And way too Cool to be considered Punk !

[@tonix100]

d boon is a guitar god

[@dugpish]

hahahah man this is fucking FANTASTIC!! KUDOS!

[@losersintuition]

whomever the dislike is...wrong fucking answer

[@boscopit]

speed metal

[@basserphil]

buddy holly would of loved these fellas

[@Thomas.harding]

this band are as tight as a ducks arse fuck me this band changed my life

[@stevedudeman]

Punk Rock pretty much died with D. Boon...

[@darrylgoodwin7947]

That was live for real? Fuck me running.

[@RattleheadIV]

Is the whole show available?

[@sutiszorny8039]

Yep. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXS0gKKFqbCdo9U

[@MrNicolasz]

tatartatantum tataratatantum

[@johnestupido1418]

Were they influenced by Talking Heads?

[@usualdosage7287]

More gang of four

[@briteness]

Excellent song, but I feel like they took it a little too fast here.

[@eugene6472]

lots of spoilers, holy shit

[@illreputed95]

4 people felt like a gringo

[@breakthings]

it's not any of those things... just take it for what it is.

[@djburgerjoint]

and*

[@megajetcity]

1 person feels like a gringo

[@djburgerjoint]

it doesn't matter.

[@elgatogordo64]

not sure why I feel this way :P D. Boone Killed by a drunk driver :(

[@zundrick]

d boon

[@Longboarder140]

@kjuyhfklujhkuyf and for DGD, they use jazz scales and palmed chucking occasionally, but lack the swung drums and whatnot. i can understand where your friend is coming from, but that's like comparing thirdwave ska to actual ska: it has certain qualities that are like those of earlier styles of music, but have strayed so far away from the original. not all "kids these days" are musically ignorant. if anything, i'd say you are for nitpicking about a punk music video. it IS punk.

[@Longboarder140]

@kjuyhfklujhkuyf oh come on, as if it makes a difference. yes, jazz and funk are two different styles of music, but they're still very much alike. the incredibly muted guitar, the accents on the bassline on the upbeat, the offbeat drums, etc. are all reminiscent of funk.

[@JacquesTreehorn]

Nadie habla griega del los Estados Unidos. Diles que lo habla al conseguir su PHD.

[@andrewstapley3822]

the drones were missing the point way back in the 80's too, yea just listen too the godamn music and leave your pretentious little classifications out of it, thank you

[@brandnutopian]

I guess you're not familiar with later period Miles, 'cause if you was you'd know better...

[@paistekid]

if they're not doing for the fans then WTF are they doing this for?

[@geldofpunk32]

fonky

[@ALLEXXX321]

he says gringo so white lol

[@Nees1]

These all have shitty video but great audio. Right?

[@cubistblues]

dude, you've gotta be trollin'. if you've given "Double Nickels" even a cursory listen, then you'd know there are liberal helpings of J&F on that album. trying to impose your strict defintion of what the individual genres definitions are is ridiculous and subjective in the extreme. You cite Miles & Funkadelic as examples of each yet it's patently obvious that both artists have recordings that combine both. Listen to one of Watts fave artists James Blood Ulmer to hear "no similarity" between J&F.