Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost + interview [4-24-94]

[Stereo] Ms. Hersh performs solo on this late night USTV program, and then is briefly interviewed afterward.
Oooops! Apologies for mis-spelling her first name - corrected, now.

[@disconnectica]

She always looks somehow terrified and commanding all at the same time as she stares into the abyss and says "You want a piece of this?". Love her solo stuff, The Throwing Muses, and 50 Foot Wave.

[@JasonSimonEDU]

What a voice! I've been a fan for decades.

[@terryoneil7128]

I absolutely LOVE the way she sways when performing!!!

[@strawsonian]

Talent the size of a planet. Unbelievable. Incredible performance too.

[@astraluna6is9]

Kristin and Conan. He gave so artist a chance. Sure miss this show from back then. A most stellar performance from a super sweetheart

[@carlharrison5939]

Love this rendition. Massive fan of Michael Stipe but without him singing it allows Kristin to really show her true talent. What a fantastic voice she has got.

[@fax164]

Just few chords and fuckin' good voice. A Masterpiece.

[@rudihendricks757]

There is nothing Kristen Hersh does that isn't jaw dropping amazing.

[@gordonedgar8513]

Right on!!

[@zerofriends5592]

Underrated female performer.

[@BansheeMilk]

Agreed

[@lewisbarrah8804]

She is so unassuming but she delivers incredible performances everytime

[@pyenapple]

I dunno it’s probably pretty dull when she pays taxes

[@alejandrocurado5134]

I was living in an efficiency apartment in a black neighborhood in Cincinnati near UC when I watched this amazing performance. They were good days, working and studying for my doctorate degree. Conan was good company at nights

[@strawsonian]

This song has everything: poetry, storytelling, compelling emotion. Utterly beautiful, utterly hypnotic. Just wow, frankly.

[@strawsonian]

Just amazing. When do you hear music with even a fraction of this song's emotional power from today's artists? It really does feel as though an era has passed.

[@richardrichard5409]

Am, G and D so simple, so sublime😎

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

On a Collings , it is the perfect foil for her. They are made with love in austin texas. And ,the waiting list ?.......

[@alanbodell2050]

I'm English and rarely get off my ass to go watch live music but when whenever Kristin came to tour here i went, sometimes over 200 miles, she is so different....RIP Vic Chesnutt.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

This is just stunning ... this song drives circles around me....

[@sourcehauntings8851]

I met her in minneapolis back in the day, she was doing a concert at a small venue- we hung out at the bar before the show, she is so Fucken cool. Always always related to her music. So good

[@andrewbrown1970]

Wow I've loved Throwing Muses for ages and have never seen an interview with Kristen. She is so lovely

[@Ring0fSaturn]

Kristin Hersh is wonderful, humble, funny and very capable of putting out great records with Throwing Muses or alone. 2020 album Sun Racket is out and the lead single, Dark Blue, grabbed me instantly. Thank you, Kristin.

[@jmachatch6696]

Woah! I didn’t know about Sun Racket. THANK YOU for mentioning it.

[@matthewwilson7502]

Nobody is doing work like this now. She is the real thing.

[@emmecee6273]

Matthew Wilson expand your horizons my boy! Lisa Hannigan, Chelsea Wolfe, Aldous Harding, Emma Ruth Rundle, Sharon Von Etten, all women making real music. More out there too...

[@JulesN580]

@@emmecee6273 exactly! There is always superb, innovative, mind-blowing music! And Aldous Harding - wow.

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

Only PJ Harvey mines similar depths. Everything else ,seems a wasteland by comparison

[@Harpooner-rx7nh]

Wonderful - this song is being played at my funeral

[@TihomirPetkov1970]

This song's been hunting me for 30 years🎶🎶🎶

[@alansmith5941]

Besides her awesome talent she seems so genuine nice and down to earth... you can't find that now. At all.

[@alessandroventuri3666]

Outstanding musician. Simply great.

[@PeterRiesinCO]

Oh gawd. I LOVE the big smile at the end when the crowd cheered. That, and the "soundtrack to our photo album" comment. So great... :)

[@BarryKurtz]

I am all weepy now. So beautiful.

[@ahousefellonme]

The chapter in Kristin’s new book about this interview is amazing.

[@BetterTheDevilYouKnow]

What does she say?

[@floydland860]

It sounds so so good, just a little slower and without Stipe. AWESOME!

[@undead3360]

Captivating... listened to it over and over . until my phone died.

[@mariafilakouri6841]

I'm with 8%

[@kevinfrancis6033]

a stunning song 🎵

[@tomrichardson5433]

This is the first time I have heard this version and wow! it's great. That's an awesome interview too.

[@mattearle8937]

What a fabulously beautiful song... alaays love it.

[@tita4ewa]

God. She is godly. She's incredibly beautiful too.

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

@What's for afters? sold my lunchtime girlfriend on checking out Kristin with me.Since she was married It was an "undate"- she was enthralled as I have always been to experience Kristin for the first time,in her pared down band with just David and Leslie. Absolutely perfect.Funny how we never even kissed but sharing this was like tripping together. she had changed by the end of the night .Next thing I heard ,she left her husband ,quit her job ,and left town for parts only known to her. A pure memory , no baggage , just a fleeting glimpse of each other in passing.Glad to have played a part in her epiphany .

[@buzzardbeatniks]

Beautiful song. Her voice reminds me a bit of Chrissy Amphlett here.

[@themysticmuse1111]

Ahhh!!!! I am hooked on her this summer!!

[@cardiacade]

Seeing her play in November less than a mile from my house! Can't wait.

[@LordThree]

One of my favorite songs! I bought a weird mix CD in the 90s at a gas station and this was on it! How I was introduced (Michael Stipe was on the studio version too)

[@roberthendrickson6505]

Wow what's not to love! ❤️

[@pigfromatlantisheritageact5743]

Kristin's memoir Seeing Sideways, which covers this period, is also a great read; I forgot how deft she is at writing beautiful prose - it's been a few years since I read Paradoxical Undressing (Rat Girl in US)

[@riotslug85]

i have been looking for this FOREVER. I went as far as scouring the pirate bay for old conan episodes so THANK YOU for uploading this :)

[@whatsforafters7843]

andy walker You are quite welcome! Nice when that happens: finding a clip after such a long search. Thanks for letting me know it thrilled you :)

[@riotslug85]

Absolutely! I very much appreciate the upload :)

[@davidellis5141]

Kristen really great here , actually singing & playing ! So awesome to 👀 this again ! Beautiful. Thanks for upload. 👍

[@manuetj-pierrebarbosa7318]

Love this song ! Thanks

[@whatsforafters7843]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the note of appreciation, too :-)

[@isaboblue]

That was incredible

[@francisbroka9471]

A real Artist. A beautiful woman. And what a voice!

[@purchville]

Brilliant performance. So haunting. I’ll always associate this song with the loss of my hero, live on television. Ayrton Senna had one week of his life left when this was performed.

[@TheJacksnipe]

Goosebumps!

[@jodragon8118]

beautiful performance.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

Soundtrack to my mother drowning in Hawaii....5 days of nonstop 😢 crying

[@MikeysMorgue]

This is better than the album version! Beautiful!

[@lunacatfish]

Beautiful song

[@GH02-o_o]

I love this song

[@alik5895]

Thanks for posting

[@whatsforafters7843]

***** My pleasure. Always interesting to get a little extra, with an interview that goes well. Thanks for the note of appreciation.

[@rudihendricks757]

Noble Puker they're still going strong.

[@christopherkelley3185]

Her son Dylan was working at a crepe shop in Providence years ago and would still get embarrassed if you asked about his mother. True story.

[@joaoignacio1978]

Embarrassed ? Why? She is a great artist. Or, his issues "about his mother" are to do with the early Kristin's mental problems (very well publicized, even internationally speaking)? For me, it seems not fair. Kristin always acted like a lioness mother....😔

[@schulnot511]

Maybe the reason is simple: It ist difficult to have such a genius Mom...

[@moe17moe]

@@joaoignacio1978 nah probably cause many talk about her in a way...them eyes! or how cute she was, or the crush they had..NOT what you wanna hear about your mother lol

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

I thought it had something to do with mental problems

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

Fake story. Grow up. These people are millionaires.

[@fodiographer]

I won't lie .. i had a big crush on Kristin .. such a beautiful woman :)

[@MobiusBandwidth]

she posted this on fb!

[@frog_prince3505]

the way her voice sounds sweet, terriefied, confused and emotional was so haunting it still visits me in my dream until now.

[@chrisarnoldi9271]

Thank you for posting this. I've been looking a long time. IMO, this is the definitive version of Your Ghost. Stipe is fine, but I think he detracts from the studio version. Thanks again!

[@whatsforafters7843]

My pleasure! Quite a few people have remarked that this version is "the" version, so always pleased when a specific clip makes a number of people happy. Thanks for taking the time to say so - much appreciated!

[@PoshLifeforME]

The fire within spoke through Kristen in the 90s

[@rudihendricks757]

PoshLifeforME it still does

[@ianeberein4930]

Absolutely stunning...even better than the Michael Stipe version

[@membershipmovement]

Love this song. First found it from the With Honors soundtrack, what a phenomenal film with Joe Pesci

[@speedyeg-guitars-playlists4800]

Awesome my heart bleeds.

[@hueroski]

this right here!

[@ricklee9473]

That is amazing!!!! I think i missed this lady , i mean i know who she was, but guess i followed Tanya more. Think i blew it.

[@TheSaltydog321]

See her Soon!!

[@Vaterlo-d4k]

Thats angelick !!!! North european dna .....

[@causticretort]

Huge voice.

[@causticretort]

Guitar sounds sweet.

[@user-ju6zx3rm8d]

thanks for this. hauntingly beautiful (pun both not intended And intended)

[@maximum4968]

And i love her sister Tanya Donelly

[@sticksman1979]

The total package.

[@neaituppi7306]

Ms. Hersh, haha. So formal.

[@neaituppi7306]

Now the 2 year old is probably around 24.

[@flying13machine]

She is so beautiful

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

I'm still haunted by her performace in this slightly not fully corporate book store in Santa Fe in early 2001

[@neverbeen2]

michael stipe obviously gave it the one negative:)

[@FinnE30]

Kristen is remarkably like Zooey Deschanel here...

[@rudihendricks757]

Drew Blue I noticed that also.

[@feelflows1084]

Didn't want to believe it but after watching the interview the similarity is uncanny. Weirds me out haha

[@tenisalot]

except zooey deschanel is a no talent ditz who plays the same ditzy character over and over...

[@jackaction23]

i love Michael Stipe, but she doesn't need him (i think he's ok with that) ... and that this was on late night national TV in 1995 is awesome; i didn't see it then, but alas, i see it now

[@rjnagle]

Enjoyed the interview part -- fun. It Kristin was playing along, but she's been performing for over a decade with Throwing Muses. It's not exactly her first album.

[@rudihendricks757]

rjnagle solo album duh

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Missed the point much...?

[@Slender967]

My favourite person in the world (Kristin not Conan) xx

[@user-bo8eq7ki5w]

Мне нравится.

[@magicblackjack]

michael stipe is missing on that version ! still nice :)

[@blobcity3591]

don't give me your manson lamps

[@amateurmusicresearch1972]

a nice companion to fade into you by mazzy star

[@Andrea-mm8df]

thayts not a mom lady!

[@StaffsTransport]

At least a semi tone slower than the studio version, with such a clean guitar sound, and sans Michael Stipe. Stunning. I wish she'd made a live album in 1994/5. I'll love her music until the blood ceases to flow around my body.

[@tullsongs]

Great!..just lacks a little Stipe...

[@Imandrew24]

I can say something?I love you

[@logiclust]

4 paige

[@infowazz]

i bet she inspired zooey deshanel

[@robertoacciarini2844]

Tanta donnely

[@theplayalabs4263]

Did Conan just introduce her as a "housewife"?

[@em-qi6wn]

yeah my god

[@fedix21]

I was wondering also but by the way she reacted it seemed as if he told it ironically. And the questions later seemed ok

[@timothyreal]

I'm guessing she asked to be introduced that way.