Ah, folks tend to forget what a great time for music was in the mid 80s to early 90s in that brief swell after hair metal and glossy pop and before grunge. Gen X had such a gorgeous eclectic outpouring of diverse and beautiful music.
Back in 1991 in Brighton Michigan my senior year, this girl in my senior high-school class had a shirt that said Poi Dog Pondering. I always wondered what kind of music it was, never heard it. Just now the name popped in my head and I typed it in, and this came up. This is my first time hearing it. Not at all what I expected.
Hey. I hope you check out more of their music. They have REALLY evolved as a band. After Hawaii, they were based in Austin for a short time. For the past 30 years they’ve been based out of Chicago. Each location helped their music grow. In Chicago, there is still the jam band feel, but a strong house music influence has been included.
Saw them play in this spot several times when I was a student at UT. You could tell there was something magical and big going on, but they had the hearts and souls of buskers, playing mostly for the joy of it.
I remember working at Hastings Records on the DRAG in late '80s-90s and PDP would often play instore for us on Fridays. Great group of people and fun times.
This is exactly how I first saw them, playing on the street, right by the UT campus. The first time, they were actually on the campus, the second time just around the block from here. Within months of arriving in Austin, they were playing on a stage. I heard, and from the first, thought, this is awesome. A good time to be alive, young and in Austin.
Love this song. Have listened to it hundreds of time from the mp3. This is my first time to actually see the group- to put faces to the music. They look like such a sweet and down to earth group of people. Thank you Poi Dog for all of your awesome music. I don't know why you aren't the most popular band on Earth.
How can you go wrong with a tin whistle, accordion and mandolin? Add in the drums and all those glorious strings in many forms and you have a winner! What a fun group!
So awesome. This brings me back to when I was 20 and discovered Poi opening for Robyn Hitchcock of all people. And I'm still in love with Susan Voelz, LOL.
i saw them live in 1989. drove 3 hours to see them then turned around and drove back home at midnight. o got a t-shirt they all signed. i was 19 years old.
I remember inadvertently wandering by this video shoot back in 1989 and watching as they filmed! Also have some photos taken at the scene! Nice to see the video again.
OH WOW, Brave Combo!!! We lived in a heavily Slavic town for about 10 years. Brave Combo played their festival a couple of times. Both are awesome shows.
I was in Hawaii from ¹984 to 86,used to see Frank play drums for Hat Makes The Man every weekend at The Wave. Many years later I saw Poi Dog on two different tours in Little Rock.
This was the year I left Austin for the Bay Area, and one of the hardest things about leaving was leaving the music scene and this band. I have missed you all so much, and it seems like we are still caught in the amber of those sweet, sweet days. Thanks for posting this, it reminded me of who I am.
And the year of their busking tour when they stopped in to Davis, CA, where I saw them and fell in love. They stayed at my house. I just went looking for them this week, and it definitely has reminded me of who I am too! Poi Dog is the soundtrack of my heart!
I came s across one of their live albums 20 yrs ago. I think it was a bootleg but every song sounded better than the recorded versions. What's the name of the one song, Loves White thunder? Pooh so good. So we'll performed.
I saw these guys in Baton Rouge around 91. About half way through the show, David Duke walked in with his bodyguard and started drinking a beer and watching the band....that was a surreal scene.
I had a poi dog pondering poster of two skeletons back to back. Legs outstretched toes to the roots arms risen fingers on the end as limbs. I have no clue what I'm listening to but this exists
Is the girl with the sunglasses at 1:31 Sarah Harmon from "Slacker"? I know all these guys hung around together back then, and a lot of them were in the movie, which is why I ask.
FIRST PDP song I ever herad. I bought the tape based on the album cover art alone. And first play (this was track one...) in the college LIBRRARY where people are supposed to be quiet and still. And I had to leave so I could dance otherwise I would have crawled up on the table and danced all alone. Thanks PDP so very much. I love you!
Going to see them in February with the same guys I went to see them with the last time, except now we have wives and kids and Ronald Reagan is no longer President!
This is absolutely the most underrated song of all time. It's a sheer joy to listen to, and the video is fun to watch.
this is the year i met them. the song is about my best friend robin, who grew up with frank in hawaii. makes me happy still. :)
Ah, folks tend to forget what a great time for music was in the mid 80s to early 90s in that brief swell after hair metal and glossy pop and before grunge. Gen X had such a gorgeous eclectic outpouring of diverse and beautiful music.
Back in 1991 in Brighton Michigan my senior year, this girl in my senior high-school class had a shirt that said Poi Dog Pondering. I always wondered what kind of music it was, never heard it. Just now the name popped in my head and I typed it in, and this came up. This is my first time hearing it. Not at all what I expected.
Ramones, Motorhead and Nirvana FOREVER...!!
Hey. I hope you check out more of their music. They have REALLY evolved as a band. After Hawaii, they were based in Austin for a short time. For the past 30 years they’ve been based out of Chicago. Each location helped their music grow. In Chicago, there is still the jam band feel, but a strong house music influence has been included.
@@c.s.4428 two of those bands are distinctly 1970s.
@@maxkproductions
I am FROM the 70s... 😲
Saw them play in this spot several times when I was a student at UT. You could tell there was something magical and big going on, but they had the hearts and souls of buskers, playing mostly for the joy of it.
I loved this band. The bass player Bruce was also in my friend’s rock band The Motive.
Exactly!
What's not to LOVE about this band/song/vibe? OMGoddess, if I can only catch them on tour! SO sorry to have missed them in Milwaukee in Sept. 2021.
Ahhhhh, my old home Austin!
Good times, good memories.
I remember working at Hastings Records on the DRAG in late '80s-90s and PDP would often play instore for us on Fridays. Great group of people and fun times.
That’s an awesome story!!!
This song still puts a smile on my face in 2020. 😎
I'm just checking out the CD I have of the album and holy guacamole, this might be one of the happiest and greatest songs I've ever listen. I love it!
This is exactly how I first saw them, playing on the street, right by the UT campus. The first time, they were actually on the campus, the second time just around the block from here. Within months of arriving in Austin, they were playing on a stage. I heard, and from the first, thought, this is awesome. A good time to be alive, young and in Austin.
Love this song so much!!! It never gets old!
Love this song. Have listened to it hundreds of time from the mp3. This is my first time to actually see the group- to put faces to the music. They look like such a sweet and down to earth group of people. Thank you Poi Dog for all of your awesome music. I don't know why you aren't the most popular band on Earth.
I love this song, and they gave a fantastic performance at Univ of Chicago in the 90s!
YES! Poi Dog, Michelle Shocked, John Wesley Harding. It was magical!
Saw them play at a sandwich shop to about 15 people in San Antonio circa '88. Good times.
😲
Thank God you re-edited this.....Kathie Redmond
How can you go wrong with a tin whistle, accordion and mandolin? Add in the drums and all those glorious strings in many forms and you have a winner! What a fun group!
I saw these guys in the eary 90's what a wonderful ba d
Saw them at the Stevenson coffee shop at UCSC. Magic.
Lovely memories... Great band... Good times...
Love those days in Austin in the late 80s. Seeing this always makes me feel good.
So awesome. This brings me back to when I was 20 and discovered Poi opening for Robyn Hitchcock of all people. And I'm still in love with Susan Voelz, LOL.
HA!! I also saw them open for Robyn Hitchcock in Northhapton Mass!!
I went to the robyn hitchcock show but had to skip the show for the day after, which was a tiny grunge band in a tiny club...Nirvana, 1990 :(
ya, that`s who they remind me of, for sure....th-cam.com/video/Pp63e_UfSOo/w-d-xo.html
Ha, discovered both bands back in the day to living in San Marcos.
This song puts a smile on my face (still) a memory on my heart and gives me happy feet
I love this. I've been addicted
i saw them live in 1989. drove 3 hours to see them then turned around and drove back home at midnight. o got a t-shirt they all signed. i was 19 years old.
Instant happiness.
Frank looks like a little boy in this video. Adorable. :)
lots of shiny happy people in this video!! :-)
That's why I love this band.
Oh my god I found them again! They were my favorite!
Saw them in Deep Ellum.
I remember inadvertently wandering by this video shoot back in 1989 and watching as they filmed! Also have some photos taken at the scene! Nice to see the video again.
Next to Brave Combo, one of the great dance bands of my generation.
AMEN!
OH WOW, Brave Combo!!! We lived in a heavily Slavic town for about 10 years. Brave Combo played their festival a couple of times. Both are awesome shows.
FRANKIE!!!!!! Smile in 2022 still.
I remember seeing these folks at the summer stage in NYC, great show, great band
That's the most amazing bassline ever!! EVER!!!
Love love love!!!!
I was in Hawaii from ¹984 to 86,used to see Frank play drums for Hat Makes The Man every weekend at The Wave. Many years later I saw Poi Dog on two different tours in Little Rock.
I remember HMTM! Saw them at The Wave and Club 3D in the early 80s. Great live band!
Hey Frank....
I miss waking you guys up from sleeping on the rocks next to the swimming hole at Spicewood.
Good times bro....
Blessings
Love this album!
Awesome Song
This was the year I left Austin for the Bay Area, and one of the hardest things about leaving was leaving the music scene and this band. I have missed you all so much, and it seems like we are still caught in the amber of those sweet, sweet days. Thanks for posting this, it reminded me of who I am.
The singer Frank plays for Thievery Corporation now. Much different, but worht a listen!
And the year of their busking tour when they stopped in to Davis, CA, where I saw them and fell in love. They stayed at my house. I just went looking for them this week, and it definitely has reminded me of who I am too! Poi Dog is the soundtrack of my heart!
I came s across one of their live albums 20 yrs ago. I think it was a bootleg but every song sounded better than the recorded versions. What's the name of the one song, Loves White thunder? Pooh so good. So we'll performed.
I saw these guys in Baton Rouge around 91. About half way through the show, David Duke walked in with his bodyguard and started drinking a beer and watching the band....that was a surreal scene.
Seriously, Lori Lynn Prather. I am thinking of you. The day with you that remains tonight 22 years removed.
a masterpiece of editing
Thumbs up if you remember this song from the Adventures of Pete & Pete!
Saw them play at UCLA way back when. Bought their cassette. 'Still have it.
epochink me too!
I had a poi dog pondering poster of two skeletons back to back. Legs outstretched toes to the roots arms risen fingers on the end as limbs. I have no clue what I'm listening to but this exists
Poi Dog Rules!
Is the girl with the sunglasses at 1:31 Sarah Harmon from "Slacker"? I know all these guys hung around together back then, and a lot of them were in the movie, which is why I ask.
FIRST PDP song I ever herad. I bought the tape based on the album cover art alone. And first play (this was track one...) in the college LIBRRARY where people are supposed to be quiet and still. And I had to leave so I could dance otherwise I would have crawled up on the table and danced all alone. Thanks PDP so very much. I love you!
J Church for life!
does anyone know the name of the juggler who appears briefly in this video?
Mod 3 forever!🤘🏼
Thumbs up if you remember this song from when it was out, not from some shit-ass movie.
What an UPPER - Get on yer dancin shoes!
Shiney Happy People!! :)
"drunk on margarita and full of food she said 'its hard to be with one when your in love with another' "
Greet the dawn with
The breath of fire ~
Hahahahahahaha! Awesome!
Framk!
These guys were hipsters before hipsters were mainstream.
Mix pennywhistle with Zydeco, add mundane complaints and alcohol, dance to exhaustion and forget the complaints. Tried and true.
found an old Poi Dog shirt that’s designed as a brut champagne label- score
PDP rules!
Dear lord, Frank and Sue.
Going to see them in February with the same guys I went to see them with the last time, except now we have wives and kids and Ronald Reagan is no longer President!
he looks like a wiggle :)
" Cheesy "
I don't remember this from pete & pete...
God awful! Can't believe I owned a tape of this band 1992 and saw them in Chicago.
Wave Waikiki
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Lmao funny video
my dad is the dummer
I know this is the original but I do not like this version at all. J Church do it much better in my opinion
what the fuck?
lol gross
cringe
Are you ten or just a simpleton?
gross
BlueNote. Columbia MO 1991