THE CHURCH | The Blurred Crusade | Live Concert 1982

Setlist:
1. Tear It All Away 0:00
2. Too Fast For You 0:4:25
3. Sisters 0:8:21
4. Electric Lash 12:34
5. Field Of Mars 17:00
6. You Took 22:04
7. The Unguarded Moment 30:17
8. Almost With You 34:41
9. Is This Where You Live 39:11
10. Just For You 46:48

[@fulltiltgonzales]

The early proof of Marty Wilson-Piper and Peter Koppes' dual-guitar brilliance - one of the best pairings I've ever known - and all that it would become as they kept getting better and better with experience, until lo and behold they reached their peak with Priest=Aura, IMO. It's wonderful to see this with Richard Ploog on drums, and the towering presence of Steve Kilbey and all that his songwriting genius would bring forth in the years to come - what a great band. I absolutely love these guys.

[@SRG2000]

Whenever I hear "Oh Yeah" by Roxy Music, and the lyric "rhythm of rhyming guitars," I think of the Church and these two! Doesn't get any better.

[@atrem65]

Agree on the dual-guitar brilliance @fulltiltgonzales! Another brilliant pairing was Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies from the Chameleons

[@morganmoallemian3667]

I remember an article in Guitar magazine with Piper and Koppes on the cover around the Starfish era. I just love this concert, because it really plays up the jangle sounds of the Blurred Crusade era. The interplay on Tear it Away and Sisters is sublime

[@christiandiaz466]

Sublime ❤❤

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

@@christiandiaz466🔭🐥 heaven ….. on earth

[@davidellis5141]

The Church , One of the most underrated bands ever. Brilliant footage from their early days. 😎 🎸 !

[@richgibney8559]

They are my favourite band?

[@trixyb6869]

The best band, the best shirts and the best hair!

[@lemilemi5385]

@@richgibney8559 agreed, up until they kicked out ploog!

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

@@richgibney8559 That's one of my favorite bands, ever.

[@trixyb6869]

Yeh! Alight!

[@markfarley9653]

The holy grail. I don't have words for how I feel about this.

[@paulpaul1399]

There are a lot of great pop songs..I have to put The Unguarded Moment in the top ten of all time..Yet I never see it listed as such. The best I see is that it is among the greatest of the 80s..Who agrees?

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

The Sound - Counting the Days also is highly underrated.

[@keithbate9405]

I like it but from that album I prefer ""tear it all away", and "she never said" . but I rank "Constant in Opal" "Field of mars" above all of them

[@keithbate9405]

@@soysaucehairdye7869 The Sound were a great band . I saw them live a few times too between 1980/83 but I don't know that album (lol) rip Adrian Boreland

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

@@keithbate9405 Sweet man. ‘Counting the Days’ was from the EP they released after their third album was a commercial failure. It’s one of their catchiest songs imho and sounds something similar to The Cure and Asylum Party.

[@keithbate9405]

@@soysaucehairdye7869 I have a number of their albums , but don't know that ep. An Underrated band who were seen as inferior Joy D by the music press. Rubbish ! I saw JD in 1980, and totally different . Adrian B used to charge around the stage like that bloke from Future Islands does now. Did you know that Goths claim that both the Sound and the Church were Goth bands . Hilarious the Sound were classic "New wave", and the Church a neo 1960's Guitar band a la Byrds.

[@billybuenafe7634]

its 2022...and I still gonna listen to it til 2062, God-willing😇

[@jamesmcmeekin1893]

This needs a DVD/bluray release

[@user-xj4xt3ef5i]

fuck yeah !

[@stevejay5503]

Absolute bliss! The paisley shirt era. Such great musicianship...takes me to a better place every time I hear their music.

[@baldrbraa]

Steve said in an interview that all they wanted was to take listeners to «that other place».

[@marymolloy9409]

Always loved The Church ❣🎵🎼

[@lesterpaul9657]

Paisley is 60' s era but with a renaissance in the mid 80' s.

[@paulcollins5586]

ploog is a genius on drums.

[@teelee5559]

YEPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fenderwoods]

He's holding his left-hand drumstick all wrong (or at least weird).

[@paulcollins5586]

No thats how you hold playing military drums on parade. Sounds great.

[@fenderwoods]

You mean, what's called the 'traditional grip', like jazz drummers use? It's not that.

[@NicBunnymen]

SURE IS

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

I got to see once at the ANU , roughly around 1990 . Boy , they sounded beyond perfect . God bless 'em .

[@tomlangron2532]

I saw them at Tilley's in Lyneham a little after that. It was a small, fairly intimate gig, as Tilley's isn't that big. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

@@tomlangron2532 I remember Tilleys. Eric Burton played there. I saw The Cure at The Ainslie Hotel in '78 or '79. Unknown then. Just the regular patrons standing at the bar and a few dozen 'fans' that night. Pulled up a couple of plastic chairs to only metres from them, sipping bourbons and rolling numbers. Great night.

[@eddyray2012]

Uni Wollongong 1983. Free show! Fantastic!

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

@@eddyray2012 Far out. I think their album SEANCE, was released about then. Electric!

[@billydow9798]

Best Band Ever

[@35sixer]

Just amazing.. MWP singing Field of Mars just incredible... genius in their youth.

[@Chris-yj3lf]

Nice. The audio is crystal clear--and with headphones on I have Marty in my right ear, Peter in my left. It sounds great. If you're a guitar player learning how to play Church songs for the first time, this is a good tool.

[@juliemcnall1614]

I would love Marty in my right ear

[@agostinovaccarini4935]

@@juliemcnall1614 He said, ear! ahahahahahaha

[@spaceengineer1452]

This is gold.

[@PeterSuchecki]

I have been waiting for 25 years to see some good early footage of this band in their heyday. This is phenomenal. Why it has never seen the light of day staggers me ...

[@sirenbrian]

Hi Pete :)

[@kalvino67]

"in their heyday"...good one! Actually before their Heyday!

[@yam4115]

utmost joy watching this vid.. wow!!

[@ianhaug736]

love it. these songs are part of my friends and my DNA. such an influence as a guitar learning teenager. And then surreally..... I end up in the band. wild. p.s. cant wait to play "tear it all away" one day soon.

[@thevinylchimes7515]

Wow! and double Wow!! Where's this been all these years!!!

[@garymarquett7989]

One of the greatest Pop groups ever!!!

[@KRAFTRONIK]

opening the concert with probably one of their best songs ever is a beautiful risk! love this band so much!!! for all times!!!

[@strangebloke7]

This is absolutely brilliant! It's exactly how I remember them from their first UK visit in November 1982. Truly epic!

[@clinker123]

They played twice at The Venue, London in 1982. October and December. I was at both. Brilliant both times. :)

[@alisoncarpenter232]

How good is this? .. the church are a unique and beautiful band to see them at the start like this is such a trip.

[@mikelowe22]

Two of the best tones ever from both guitar players....and the light show is amazing!!

[@e34eric]

This is still one of the best Church live performances ever caught, both audio and video, from that era.

[@rposullivan]

The Ploog! This is just brilliant

[@35sixer]

Sisters- great, great song... hidden gem.

[@CurtisGaston]

Sweet Jesus! This is a miracle video.

[@xxjmclea]

Amen. Must have seen them 8 times between 81 and 85. Best 2 guitarists band ever.

[@xxjmclea]

Go straight to Just For you at 48:00 if you want to understand how special these guys were at this time. Best 2 guitarists bad ever.

[@welikedthemfirst7804]

The soundtrack of my life…..

[@jeffelbel1108]

Wonderful, marvelous. 27 years later, I'm seeing this for the first time.

[@marcstricklin]

Holy moly! I have never heard "Sisters" live.... EVER. GOLD.

[@jeremyefowler4982]

Amazing! Rare stuff. One of my favorite bands of all time. Also, the way Ploog is holding that left hand drumstick is wild.

[@frenchwv]

MWP is the freakn man!

One of the best show ever!

[@MiguelAngelSamui]

Amazing! I show same tour in Madrid, really back to the 80's with aussies, long life The Church!

[@cheloise]

Haven't heard Sisters live since 1982. This is priceless

[@jamesleonard377]

Ben Dobson sisters is the high point here.

[@guadalupenovoa9396]

Simplemente fantástico, amo a The Church. 1982-2020.

[@pabloimireia]

👏👏🌞

[@isatellite]

Best band....ever? The interplay is just magical...the rhythm section of skins and heartbeat is a thing of wonder and sheer beauty.

[@keithbate9405]

I doubt even Steve Kilbey would say that you know . The Beatles, The Velvet Underground , Fleetwood Mac, Wall of Voodoo, Dead Can Dance, Joy Division , REM for me.

[@angleturner]

@@keithbate9405 I’m kind of thinking Kilbey WOULD say that.

[@steven871]

Where has this been all my life?! ‘81 release Of Skins and Hearts is amazing!

[@Duxydogs]

…………every MWP sung-song are so fucking beautiful & haunting....whenever I hear a MWP song it’ll stay in my head the rest of the day ...thx op THX

[@999Cinderwolf]

Reading all comments in here, and I have found only votaires and supporters, never a sole hater... THIS IS GREAT! Symptom that THE CHURCH is one of the greatest bands ever, all around The World!!

[@Inside_The_Music]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for Watching!

[@999Cinderwolf]

Music Documentaries & Concerts oh, no, brother... Thanks to you for upload this jewel!! And greetings from México!!

[@davidwatton]

Wow! Great to see the band in their first youthful incarnation. Brilliant lighting plus live versions of personal faves such as Too Fast For You and Tear It All Away. The only track that doesn't quite live up to the studio recording is Just For You. This footage conforms what a live powerhouse Richard Ploog was. Peter's lead guitar relatively low in the mix.

[@paulpaul1399]

I keep coming back to this..I have youtube on as background music while chained to my desk at work..this is 52:53 of pure bliss. the guitar/drum work is as good as it gets..A great mix of tunes..this is as good as the Church (and very few groups ever did or will) achieved.

[@Laura-yz1br]

Fantastic!

[@johnkerr6804]

Saw The Church play in Adelaide a few times in the early 80s. Great band live & in the studio

[@ml680]

Wow wow wow!!! Thank you

[@PauloARodriguesFh]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[@aus80srockradio94]

Just BRILLIANT. You can't deny the quality of this band.

[@jipangoo]

Nobody denies anything Buttstick

[@aus80srockradio94]

@@jipangoo Yeah good on you, you TOSSBAG.

[@gomezllamosi]

Pop with capital letters. Always my favourite group

[@teelee5559]

PLOOGY'S GOT THE BEAT!

[@Daisypetal100]

Yes he does. He loves smoking weed too.

[@lemilemi5385]

they never appealed as much after he was forced out. That Ploog on Gold afternoon fix despite the videos showing otherwise

[@BuddhaB123]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6etZpKQpcZkbck he still does

[@WantonMyth]

This is like a dream

[@brettwilliam2785]

My first experience was in 1991 (?) - The Church headlines with the UKs The Blue Aeroplanes (the band I knew and was craving to see). I had never heard of The Church. That show was at The Orpheum Theater in Boston and we were late. I MISSED the blue aeroplanes. Hell sake. We walked up to the venue and I was blasted (unbeknownst to me) with REPTILE. It painted the city streets in reverb and delay. Mind completely melts. The rest is history. I'm still here and never leaving. Just secured my tickets to see them revisit the city for Hypnogogue.

[@catharineorellana3522]

Was there!!!!

[@kieransmith1796]

Nice. I first saw the Church back in 85 and have seen them many times over the years. I always think this is the best Church line up. Marty and Peter were special together. They are still a great band though, and a lot of their new music is as good as anything they have ever done.

[@scottallison2296]

Beautiful....a superb album

[@clinttoner6239]

Great concert. Young, raw, hormonal, beautiful harmonic music.

[@arceadam5832]

I love this band wow wow will revillame

[@bloffs3352]

I have loved these guys since "The Ungaurded Moment" which I think I first saw on Countdown.I was lucky enough to see them at thebby on the blurred crusade tour.They opened with "When you were mine"Bloody religious experience I will never forget.So love this ep too which I have the double 45 of.Great footage.

[@davidhojnowski1409]

...this is beyond everything.......sisters ...Majycal......perfection from start to finish...surreal in its simplicity/complexity...words are meaningless ..unless of course they're steve's

[@mikeprime2119]

Thanks for posting this! I told my wife if I had a time machine and could go anywhere in history, I would go back to this concert.

[@Cant_prove_god]

I think I was at this gig….or if not, one in the same era in Melbourne, 1982, Prospect Hill Hotel in Prospect Hill Rd, Kew (Now a Dan Murphy’s bottle shop) next to a Maccas. This is why I love the Church. The incredible song writing, the blissful guitar eargasms… and yes, those paisley shirts and proto-mullets.

[@johngarratt4950]

After I convince the fuhrer to stick to painting and nothing else, I'd go and visit some landmark gigs -- assuming I haven't altered the course of music.

[@ronaldtiangco1192]

Thanks for sharing this. To see them perform live in their heyday is awesome..

[@markiep8477]

This was before "Heyday." ; )

[@morganmoallemian3667]

Heyday is so damn good. Saw them on that tour and it was incredible. 2nd gave concert behind Jellyfish

[@BasswipeNC]

Wow, this is fantastic. Gonna Airplay this on the bigscreen.

[@thesametherapy7595]

It's just like Steven sang, 'I told you life speeds up...' ! good stuff !

[@theselector4733]

Who's going to see them on The Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour? Should be incredibly brilliant as usual.

[@patdaycobb]

This is my second visit to watch this epic performance! Such clear sound and vision... gives me chills. I have been in a love affair with this band's music for 38 years! My first live experience wasn't until 1984 and I have lost count how many times I have seen them. I have travelled from state to state and then country to country to see The Church. I love this period in the band's history. I have no idea where this came from but I thank my lucky stars that it is here!!!!!

[@steves741]

Wow, mind blowing! This brings back some memories! I recall attending this exact triple-bill at the old Earls Court in St Kilda, along with the ex-GF and a few friends (Ollie, were you there? I think so). Pretty sure The Runners were the opening act, The Church in the middle and Moving Pictures were headlining on the back of their monster hit "What about me?". As you can tell from the audience reaction, "Unguarded Moment" was pretty much the only track that was well known, and perhaps a few had picked up on "Almost with you", which I think was the first single off Blurred Crusade. We Church die-hards knew the lot, of course! I remember sweating a great deal... Congrats on finding this gem and thanks for uploading it!

[@rogerbelger2014]

Electric Lash live! blew me away!

[@GRBAquatics]

So Very Cool, Thankyou. I saw this Tour and a few after as well. Such an awesome band. I was one of their 'biggest Fans'. Pointed suede Boots and Paisley Shirts, So Cool, lol. Got 'Invited" Backstage at Souths Leagues Club 1984(?) Such cool Guys. And Peter Koppes ended up becoming my Nephews Guitar Teacher Many years later. Small World. So Amazing. Thankyou.

[@thephantom2050]

Brilliant!

[@longfade]

Wow, what a gem!!

[@comedybeersexappeal]

Top 20 Stoner-Rock Band on Planet Earth!

[@ericdeforest3811]

Guitar sound is great... Love this version of the Solo in Almost with you by Peter...but, both guitars are ringing true here.

[@simoncove8240]

saw them play at leadmills, sheffield on this tour, this takes me right back to that time, place and life...

[@alfredojara9593]

A real gem

[@bodgertime]

this is great. I was looking for Sisters live. Kept getting the Church sisters.

[@keithdonald6583]

Ploog was an awesome drummer,

[@sexobscura]

All of us at this concert were eternally blessed for the privilege

[@EddierThanThou]

The performance of "Sisters" is terrific. Such a good song.

[@paulpaul1399]

I second Octavian's comment below--Like discovering another Hope Diamond (or plutonium)..nothing like the early (more innocent days) of a legendary band

[@kevgamble]

Stunning! Remarkable and surreal to see this after all this time. An amazing document.

[@mikecheck7940]

Wow unexplainable high hearing sisters guitars. Thank very much for sharing

[@keithdonald6583]

Sisters is such an underrated song!

[@JoseMartinez-dx4tm]

Wow! Thanks for this!

[@Inside_The_Music]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for Watching!

[@joshfeatherstone8546]

Speechless.

[@ernschuetz2268]

Bloody brilliant!!!!

[@Happyevs]

Shows how much i was into fecked up shit This was the year my mum went to heaven.- 85 Is the 1st time i heard of you ghuys and this is 2021 still love you Thanx

[@Happyevs]

still love you now ghuys 2022

[@jamiepearce9864]

Omfg... where did this come from? Unbelievably brilliant, shows what an amazing live outfit they were ( and still are) back then, musically precise and also shows what an incredible drummer Ploogy was

[@Cant_prove_god]

I think I was at this gig….or if not, one in the same era in Melbourne, 1982, Prospect Hill Hotel in Prospect Hill Rd, Kew (Now a Dan Murphy’s bottle shop) next to a Maccas. This is why I love the Church. The incredible song writing, the blissful guitar eargasms… and yes, those paisley shirts and proto-mullets.

[@sararichmond8476]

This is a class band. ✨

[@Paul_VK3HN]

A window opened on my youth, and my young soul, Ive been mesmerized by The Church all my life, more so than any other band. Saw this lineup and set list several times around 82, a real treat to see this excellent live recording. BTW my greatest Church moment is the climax of the long build-up in You Took a Piece of my Heart, nearly gave me a heart attack live at the tender age of 19. Thanks Steve, Marty, Richard, Peter.

[@allalonesweden]

Pure magic, brings back memories, love it :-)

[@apd8339]

good concert

[@apd8339]

good concert.

[@deadtelecaster1427]

Unreal! If only I had a time machine! 😒

[@san_droid]

what a pleasure to see this! so exciting!

[@sararichmond8476]

I've always thought of this band as a Gestalt Entity - Steve, Peter, Marty and Richard all talented individuals in their own right. Then put them all together and.........FREEEEOWWW!!!!! 💥

[@fenderwoods]

Wow! Thanks for posting this! The first time I saw them play was in Amsterdam, 1988. It was ridiculously loud and Steve had to shout instead of sing. A real disappointment. In the 90s I saw them play a couple of small venues in Holland several times and they were much better then. Unfortunately they always seemed to refuse to play any 'oldies' off the first 2 albums. So, it's great to see this. Amazing quality and plenty of old favorites! Those guitars...

[@dennyhalo5961]

This so good. If this kind of stuff was available on DVD I’d buy it.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

You can download it, then burn it to disc if you felt inclined?

[@dennyhalo5961]

I agree Octavian. It looks to be more than just an amateur recording given the different camera angles. I would happily pay for a copy, especially if the lads got some of the money.

[@avocate2017]

I agree. It's too bad they didn't have any official live videos from this period.

[@raulcampos7671]

Una autentica joya. The church una banda sin precedentes

[@Glissader98133]

You Took, OMG!

[@paulfreethy6217]

Deepest joy

[@robphilpott43]

Wow!! Amazing. Thank you!

[@robhomemovies12]

I literally imagined this yesterday!!! Thought how good would it be to see something from the old days. And then this!!! My first Church gig. Hordern Pavillion 1982. I think March, I may have the ticket stub. Part of their Blurred Crusade tour. The supported a band called Moving Pictures that were huge for 15 minutes. We left after the Church, lol!!! Electric Lash was the new song, I thought it was called Electric Blush at the time. Thank you for this and I sincerely hope you have more, Heyday tour anyone??

[@wessleymcgrath9768]

I have a cassette recording of that Hordern Show....

[@MMcG25]

This is amazing footage and music! Wow!

[@johngonzalez624]

It's evident that they were opening for someone; that headliner had an incredibly tough act to follow.

[@davidellis5141]

Probably U2 or Echo & The Bunnymen.

[@johngonzalez624]

@@davidellis5141 Heaven!!!

[@rogerbelger2014]

@@davidellis5141 Those 3 bands have been my favorite 3 bands for 35 yrs( and i have to squeeze in Jesus and Mary Chain too) and i need not listen to anything else...

[@johnbacon9415]

This is Gold ! Thankyou