Slowdive Documentary

0:00 Intro
0:35 Early Days
2:15 First EP
3:16 Morningrise
4:13 Holding Our Breath
5:21 Just For a Day
7:36 Tour and Blue Day
8:27 Souvlaki
12:20 5 and Complications
12:56 Pygmalion
14:37 Disbandment and Other Projects
15:40 The Next Shoegaze Generation
16:37 Slowdive's Return and 4th Album
My Top 5 Favorite Slowdive Songs:
5.) Alison (Souvlaki)
4.) Crazy For You (Pygmalion)
3.) Shine (Holding Our Breath)
2.) She Calls (Morningrise)
1.) When the Sun Hits (Souvlaki)
Songs that appear in the video (all by Slowdive):
1. 40 Days
2. Slowdive
3. She Calls
4. Shine
5. Catch the Breeze
6. Celia's Dream
7. Primal
8. Sing
9. Dagger
10. Alison
11. When the Sun Hits
12. In Mind
13. Rutti
14. Crazy For You
15. Star Roving
16. Sugar the Pill
Sources:
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www.vice.com/en/article/jpwya...
www.firstpost.com/entertainme....
www.ianwatsonuk.com/slowdivetw...
www.undertheradarmag.com/inte...

[@eiephants]

Shoegaze has aged so much better than Britpop.

[@StainedGlassStories]

I agree, shoegaze music in general has aged very well IMO

[@e32b61]

I can’t disagree with this statement. Britpop is very dated. That being said, shoegaze will forever be stuck in the same niche it was in back in the day. Curious ears will find it, but it will be listed as an “influence” rather than a powerhouse. No one will ever make it big by making shoegaze music. And that’s okay. Maybe that’s the secret to its longevity. Like a certain type of folk music, it will feel timeless but never come to define an era. Even those who associate it with the 90’s can only say so because of their own personal life experiences rather than a seismic cultural shift.

[@ruste9565]

Nope the other way round, bands like The Auteurs/Black Box Recorder or Suede are criminally underrated meanwhile boring shoegaze that was never cool in the 90s is now the hipster’s bees knees, I’m a musician and pedal collector/abuser and I’m tired of young folks who weren’t alive then thinking I must play shoegaze/ambient because I have a shitload of pedals. No wonder the doomed generation prefers boring basic stuff like “NY/DC Hardcore” or “Shoegaze” (there’s young peeps who think the Smashing Pumpkins, a band I adore and always cite as an influence are shoegaze, only one song if the pumpkins could be considered that and it’s Daydream from Gish). I never really liked Oasis, I admit much of blur hasn’t aged well (whilst other did age really well) and despite I used to love them Pulp should have disbanded in 98 and never reunited…

[@mypsychedeliclife7285]

@@ruste9565 oasis is awesome

[@bht96]

YES. It has a timeless quality.

[@johnnyandthepnuemoni]

I would almost be inclined to credit Spotify for their growing popularity. Never heard of them before, heard when the sun hits while I was cleaning my room. I literally stopped what I was doing and just stood there and listened.

[@CruceEntertainment]

Good point. Spotify is pretty useful for exposing listeners to new bands they wouldn’t have found out about otherwise.

[@rokcafella]

That's interesting as I was wondering why Spotify wasn't effective in exposing such great music to people who might not know or have had access to listen in the past. Maybe it does work where radio (completely) fails

[@luanbrancher6269]

Wait until u reach the peak of “golden hair”

[@2hot2handle_]

hahaha same i was doing something having music play on shuffle in the back then when the sun hits hit me, i genuinely stopped and felt like i was on another planet. I wish i could listen to it for the first time again

[@ultrashmutz93]

@@luanbrancher6269hey hey hey

[@1988bman]

When I first came across Slowdive a few years ago. My first reaction was, ' Where was this band all my life?' 😭

[@idk1147]

Not to mention some of their unreleased songs like sleep and I saw the Sun are just majestic.

[@StainedGlassStories]

If only they remastered those tracks! Sleep is actually my favorite Slowdive song.

[@greennee9557]

I love silver screen 😍

[@jordangroff8978]

I Believe is great too!

[@indira3496]

I wish they would release sleep on Spotify it's their best song imo.

[@jorgehernandez6147]

@@StainedGlassStories there is a channel that has a 2020 remaster and it sounds very well

[@CupofCloud]

Slowdive 2017 is arguably the finest comeback album ever. Arguably their best album yet too.

[@StainedGlassStories]

It was an incredible comeback, especially considering the amount of time that had past between Pygmalion and Slowdive!

[@jakehawkinsmusic]

While I love "Slowdive" and it was the first album that introduced me to shoegaze, Slowdive's album "Souvlaki" is the best shoegaze album of all time in my opinion.

[@denusklausen3685]

@@jakehawkinsmusic Same

[@HenryThe12]

Slowdive 2017 is my favorite album from them. I was never huge on Souvlaki as a whole, but I do think “When The Sun Hits”, “Melon Yellow” and “Machine Gun” are fantastic, 10/10. This album, though, has so many awesome songs and pretty much no duds. Their best overall album imo. Pygmalion was alright but was quite lethargic, had its beautiful moments too, though. “Blue Skied an Clear” is one of my favorite songs in the genre, plus “Miranda” and “J’s Heaven” are nice too.

[@sonicmorgana5363]

m b v is a pretty damn good one too

[@amc_sounds]

Rutti. In an incredibly strong back catalogue, Rutti is perfection.

[@Flibbybibby]

Golden hair is a cover of a Syd Barrett song from 1969.

[@WakizashisTeahouse]

"Criminally overlooked." I couldn't have said it better myself. Great video, mate. Thank you.

[@starrywizdom]

You didn't mention it, so I will: "Golden Hair" from Slowdive's third ep *Holding Our Breath* is a Syd Barrett cover. It blows my mind that *Souvlaki* & *Pygmalion* weren't recognized as masterpieces sooner. I'm glad they reunited in time to help me deal with the suicide of my only child. "Sugar for the Pill" is the bee's knees.

[@notrivia3862]

those video of golden hair performance with the blue-haired girl crying... leaves me in tears every time. also was the first video I sent to my ex back in the day, so nostalgic

[@GT380man]

I’m so sorry. I don’t think I could cope & would follow them. I hope you are finding peace.

[@aedric1937]

Yes! Ive been waiting for this. They're one of my favorite bands

[@StainedGlassStories]

I hope you enjoyed the video! The more I researched them the more I came to love their music!

[@jibrilgoodwin3328]

I remember listening to Souvlaki when i was in college and got so obsessed with it because it's atmospheric undertones and the instrumentation. Especially the song 40 days , and Souvlaki Space Station. Then i went back to listen to just for a day and it's one of my favorite albums of all time , i fell in love with the sound of Avalyn I & II , She calls and Primal. Slowdive is (in my opinion) one of the most underrated groups to come out the British music scene in the 1990s , it's melodic and somber sounds has such a feel good type of formality , which is rare to find nowadays , but i believe bands like beach house and cigarettes after sex are obtaining the traditional aspects of shoegaze and dreampop that Slowdive invented in some degree , i love this band and I'm super excited with whatever they'll have coming out.

[@andrewhudson3723]

A legendary band, fabulous in concert, excellent musicians.

[@jamesjoelholmes4541]

Slowdive and Mojave 3 ❤❤❤ I feel that their recent reunion is their best work. Sugar for the Pill 😪❤

[@jonsiren]

Thanks for the documentary. Slowdive is one of my favorite bands. I’m surprised they had such criticism from the press. I think they’ve influenced so many younger artists.

[@rokcafella]

completely agree, nice one

[@sundaygirl4299]

I’m seeing slowdive in a tiny venue in less than a month and I’m so excited I could cry

[@starrywizdom]

Update! Update! How was it?????????????

[@petertomasetti3338]

And this last album, everything is alive absolute bliss. We'll worth the wait. I cant wait to see them in SF on October 12, 2023.

[@Poleit317]

How was it?

[@geraldinehammond6594]

I accidentally came across them when I heard their track in HMV in the early 90s I bought their album knowing that it would mean I couldn't pay my rent that month I paid the extra next month . This beautiful album has been the soundtrack to my life for over 20 years thank you

[@michaelwhite2600]

19 years later and they produced one of my favorite albums this century . Never got tired of it and still listening to it ! I can’t wait for the new album . They filled in a lot of void with the last one. Absolutely one of my fave bands. Love love love them!

[@swag1691]

Thank you for making this amazing video, been a huge fan of slowdive and wanted to learn more about them. Keep up with great work!

[@jorgeherrera-uo2pr]

Just discovered your page and let me just say wowwwwww this is the content I needed, brought me back to my roots!!

[@Mozzermarr10]

Excellent video. Slowdive have been one of my favourites for over 30 years. I’m so happy they came back, and that shoegaze in general has come back so well.

[@seanthomas2906]

As the sun hits..... Brilliant

[@medou2161]

Such an incredible history!

[@blipblip88]

I like their music. Thank you.

[@happe.floaterinc821]

Fantastic and informative...I knew some of this but not all of it. Great archival shots and tidbits.KUDOS. I saw them in Chicago(92?) And they were superb.

[@rashadrussell9469]

I'm glad I got to see this and now I know more about my favorite shoegaze band.

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Rashad, I'm glad the video was informative!

[@quietmindpilgrim7704]

Nice! Many thanks - greatly enjoyed your documentary! Loved these guys in 1991, saw them many times, and then at a Cure gig in 2018 - top noise!

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you very much Quiet Mind Pilgram 😁. I think it's incredible you got to see them and the Cure live! What an experience that would be.

[@fernandosibecas3492]

I just saw them perform live at Primavera Sound in Buenos Aires and I was mesmerized!!

[@calolviolet18]

já sabia da existência de slowdive a um tempo e nos últimos dias ouvindo "sugar for the pill" e "kisses" aumentou um tanto o interesse, e esse vídeo me prendeu em toda a escala de informação sobre cada passo e projeto da banda, obrigado por ter feito.. não sei se ja lançaram ou vão lançar album mas espero estar presente acompanhando dessa vez já que não tinha dado tanta atenção antes quanto a mereciam.:

[@lamaildennis8785]

Awesome documentary thank you very much for sharing

[@StainedGlassStories]

You're very welcome Lamail! Thank you so much for your kind words 😁

[@John-ls2gp]

Star Roving is the heaviest and most euphoric composition I've heard in many a moon. Love their music.

[@adboss145]

Slowdive, subbed

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Aditya!

[@am5790]

late 80s and mid 90s were a great time for music ...

[@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579]

Thanks for this great documentary. I've been listening to Slowdive and shoegaze since 1991. Slowdive has always been my favorite shoegaze band, and Just for a Day is my favorite Slowdive record.

[@StainedGlassStories]

You're very welcome! I really appreciate hearing that from a fan who was there since the beginning. Just For a Day is an incredible record! Best wishes to you!

[@christianhutter1352]

I was also a fan through that period, I remember well friends telling me what they thought (because they parroted the press). I had cassettes of the Just For A Day that had been copied and played and recopied and so on. The more it deteriorated the more whooshy and dreamy it became. Never got into Souvlaki, the first LP is the one for me

[@stickmationslol4026]

Love the new addition of chapters. Great vid!

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Stick! 😁

[@stickmationslol4026]

@@StainedGlassStories pale saints next?👀

[@StainedGlassStories]

@@stickmationslol4026 Maybe 🤔. Not sure what my next video will be but I can tell you that I will definitely be making a Pale Saints video at some point!

[@Running4Daze]

Drowned in work and missed their DC concert at the 9:30 club last year (‘23). Still kicking myself for not getting there 😢. Man I hope they make it back to this side of the pond.

[@dominiquecrowl2713]

This is one of my new favorite KZbin channels 🥰🥰im just starting to make shoegaze and dreampop and this videos have helped me to understand it even more than i thought i did💗You should do a "the sundays" documentary 🥰

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you very much for your kind words Dominique!!

[@havable]

I never knew what to call Cocteau Twins and now I do.

[@ISawTheSun_]

You should make a documentary about all hidden gems that are unreleased from slowdive. Crazy songs, that are some of the best songs i have ever heard!

[@StainedGlassStories]

That's a great idea I might do that!

[@zerocool1ist]

Love there cover art.

[@microsoftcock]

this is such a good video

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you ayysha :)

[@somebloke2238]

Just for a day is my personal favourite album of all time

[@edwardduarte7393]

I used to talk about Ride and my buddy Shawn would say you need to check out Slowdive. I love the channel. Sent it to a co-worker who loves this genre as well. I like early Blur. Leisure is so great.

[@disko.kommando]

For me they are the quintessential shoegaze band. It doesn't get any better for me.

[@lastsamedream6443]

Great content!

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Last Same Dream!

[@RockonMarketingTV]

Love the 2017 release ❤😄✌️

[@newforestpixie5297]

I read somewhere that Golden Hair is written by Syd Barrett , the ultra creative member with Robert Smith style Hair of early years The Pink Floyd 👍❤️

[@nicmerone7190]

it's a Syd Barrett cover indeed.

[@joydivisionboy1]

Was looking for this comment (or something similar), off Syd's solo album The Madcap Laughs.

[@mlpamps]

What a nice video, your channel is amazing. Slowdive is one of my favorite bands and I don’t find a lot of good videos talking about them, I’m glad that I find your channel!!!

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Maria! Your comment genuinely put a smile on my face. I'm hoping to shine a light on some of these excellent bands!

[@DIANA-gc4zv]

Eargasms ❤❤❤😮

[@jamietindall8330]

One of my favourite bands ever. Still have my rather old, faded and tatty original EP T-shirt (large offers considered, lol.). Me and my friends helped the band carry their equipment down the stairs from Ceaser's Palace, Aberdeen the day before Morningrise EP released. I was underage for a drinking establishment and rather drunk, but Rachel let me carry her guitar for her, glad I didn't drop it. We discussed with the band how our local independent record shop had allowed us to buy Morningrise the day before it's release and we had listened to it on repeat before the gig. Not sure they were happy as it takes a days sales off the charting positioning.

[@jamietindall8330]

Rachel, ready and willing to help again, just say the word. xxxxx

[@rygdoomed442]

Amazing video! I would love to see your take on The Verve

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Ryg! I love The Verve, "The Drugs Don't Work," is one of the best songs of the 90s IMO, even though it's not shoegaze.

[@Databus-yh9zv]

awesome content

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Databus!

[@Flibbybibby]

There are no synthesizers on Celia's dream nor on just for a day album at all. It's all guitar texturing and an occasional cello played by Spike.

[@AlexandraStarr1974]

I remember Shine so well, I fell in love to everyone each time I heard that song, it just puts you in a really lovely space! Sadly the British music press at that time were utterly ruthless, just look how most treated the emerging electronic music scene at the time, completely misunderstanding all of it, typically!

[@crazycatman5928]

I’m 48 shoegaze is my favorite genre. Grunge my 2nd favorite.

[@johnsummers9660]

If you want to destroy some speakers, Primal is the track for you. It was meant to be played louder than bombs.

[@ampersand2001]

I would love to see one of these about LSD and the Search for God! Or maybe it could be rolled into a larger doc about the mid 00's revival with bands like Asobi Seksu , Hammock, and even the adjacent bands/projects like Radio Dept, Jesu, and Ulrich Schnauss.

[@SavagesInMyTown]

i never liked slowdive all that much, but allison and when the sun hits are great songs

[@alienlovetunes]

Just for a Day is my favourite album of SD ❤

[@luckyboyyt8582]

Holding our breath was released the day I was born. That's neat.

[@rejasond]

It is worth mentioning the Morr Music compilation double CD which has 1 CD full of brilliant cover versions from across the Slowdive back-catalogue! features artists like Ulrich Schnauss, Lali Puna, Isan, B Fleishcmann & Ms. John Soda, Solvent, Skanfreom, Manual, Herrmann & Kleine amongst others.... Ulruch Schnauss "Crazy For You" & Herrmann & Kleine "Dagger" even challenge the originals as contenders to exceed the originals .... IMHO

[@Limitedtom643]

Slowdive_Is_Great!

[@StainedGlassStories]

Agreed!

[@gardenboydon]

Crazy how brutal the press was about shoegaze during that time

[@Running4Daze]

Only made many in the underground scene love them and the whole scene even more

[@maartenstevens9848]

I always had the impression heavy guitar shoegaze aged, but Slowdive stayed uptodate, because of their more minimalistic-digital approach. No I see they got no recognition at the time. Slowdive got recognition anyways and heavy guitar shoegaze got a new place. Britpop is forgotten as just a phase. I love to see these docs. By the way, I witnessed some of the most early reunion concerts in Belgium, and it was very special indeed.

[@nicomennie6025]

love this, could you have a look at "the telescopes"?

[@StainedGlassStories]

Thank you Nico! I'll be honest, I've never listened to The Telescopes before but I just looked them up and I'll give them a listen!

[@sothis8900]

I’d love to see a video about m83!

[@franky350]

my band

[@w00df0rd]

Rutti is THE track and Pygmalion their finest album.

[@luanbrancher6269]

Talk about Falling Ashes, best song of the Sugar for the Pill album. I hope they play it live

[@elidickey7357]

I’ve got tickets to slowdive!! I’m so fucking excited

[@StainedGlassStories]

Me too! I'm seeing then in Minneapolis. Have a great time :)

[@warrengamameilhardin]

Just saw this, and I liked it. What I like about this most is the photo references and video clips which give a little more understanding of the hair and fashion style (or lack thereof) of the band and more importantly, just how young they were in the 90's. I also appreciate the matter of fact chronological flow of their records and the reviewer's blurbs. I'm scratching my head at a few (very minor) errors that appear more in the copy editing realm like saying "Catherine's Wheel" instead of Catherine Wheel, "Blue Skied an' Cleared" instead of Blue Skied an' Clear, and "linear" notes instead of liner notes. Also Rachael shares the vocal during the chorus of Alison, I don't know why you said it's a Neil solo vocal. I agree about Pygmalion not really fitting in, but it's a unique, amazing album. I read somewhere Neil was getting into amphetamines and more or less holed up in a flat experimenting with a then-new digital workstation (clunky and outdated by today's standards). I think he even plays the bass, maybe I'm wrong but Nick might have left the band at that point; it's very much a Neil solo record. There are moments of bliss (Blue Skied an' Clear), melancholy (Visions of LA), mystery (Rutti) and menace (Trellisaze), all in a reverbed dream haze. It's such a cool record.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

VERY comprehensive documentary 👍

[@masonsmith858]

Jerky Boys also gave Radiohead their album name 'Pablo Honey'

[@Flibbybibby]

Just for a day is their best album bar none.

[@GT380man]

The broadsides from the music press wasn’t personal. They had been guided to create space for what became known at Britpop. So they criticised that which were diversionary genres.

[@wispe1]

Slowdive's covers of Eternal's songs Bleed and Sleep are their best works imo, they're on youtube but not spotify unfortunately

[@RockonMarketingTV]

❤🎸✌️

[@chip48]

8:00 who the fuck gives shit just because someone dislikes it doesn’t not means someone else either. I and so glad that i had the chance to see them live and the had the courage to performed again

[@Poisedvampire]

Gregg araki got me into shoegaze

[@user-my8xb7le6q]

cool video but idk if i would call it docu with how your giving your opinion on their discog every two minutes

[@lemoniceymo]

Can't believe the press held such contempt for this band, it's criminal, especially with the level of vulnerability required to write songs like this.

[@Bobson_Dugnutt16]

Berkshiiiiire

[@denusklausen3685]

Can anyone tell me where their song "sleep" fits in to all of this. As I can understand Christian had a song from his Eternal days that they covered which became "Sleep" when is this?

[@biindiecat2878]

How the hell did critics listen to Alison and When the Sun Hits and think , "this is ass"

[@BlueTrain77]

Gonna have to add an addendum. New album 9/1/23!

[@WordsInVain]

It's pronounced "shawnre", similar to the "g" sound in "mirage".

[@elkomiku]

how avarage of the people that talk about slowdive musics, don't mention Sleep ?? it's the best music of them

[@esotericveritas]

Golden Hair was a Syd Barrett cover - i guess the narrator was unaware

[@accesscrimea]

"It is a bad record"? WTF?!! What kind of framing is that? Its one of the greatest records of all time!!!

[@johnbrentford5513]

You don’t like or dislike shoe gauge you either get it or you don’t.

[@scottfisk1234]

Bro, Golden Hair is a Syd Barret cover, hello???

[@classlessbozo317]

Chapterhouse

[@thomassmith3397]

Check out Starflyer 59, albums silver and gold

[@gordondrake5182]

Souvlaki Space Station / Moussaka Chaos is the best. Almost dub!

[@nathanieledwards3302]

Golden hair is a syd barrett cover

[@realnoeq]

Can you make an video about Cocteau twins?

[@realnoeq]

Oh already lol

[@rogerhumphreys485]

Yes, the 2017 album is magnificent, better than the original stuff. That's just my opinion.

[@MrFrankfurt13]

Did Slowdive get better since the 90's or did music get worse?

[@waynedarronwalls6468]

Probably a bit of both...

[@sargentopimienta3575]

Nice!

[@HeldByTrees]

The way he says Berkshire hahahahaha

[@BKLYN_TZU]

Gen -Xers never had a problem listening to repetitive music we grew up on it that is more of a Millennial criticism we understand it's how music is made