This footage is magical! Ian talks about this concert in interviews, about the flowers in front of the stage and the chill mood of love and communion there, and the "Midnight sun" that would still be up at 3am. What a magical time this must have been!
The Cult's most golden moment. Drum, bass, guitar and vocal all in sync and sound is incredible. They mesh perfectly together, music at its finest. They dont makem like they used to!
This is what a band “ Firing on all cylinders “ sounds like …. And remember that they are all in early to mid ‘20’s here age -wise.!!! Almost 40 years later and still touring and playing with the same attitudes and close to same styles says a lot about how far into the future they all were back when this was recorded. At least Ian & Billy are still together these days and still flying “ The Cult” for us all to see . Enjoy this every time it comes up on my Feed list on TH-cam. Thanks.👍
i miss the mid to late 1980s ... awesome band... underrated too long.... Jamie is the coolest, best bassist .... fun to watch and listen to him.... drives the band for certain...
@@DaveClark-ib6sp In hindsight, Peace was their peak. They made bad calls (bringing in Rubin that got them labeled a 'butt-rock' outfit, for one), then Sonic Temple. After that, Ceremony could barely get any attention since as grunge arrived "butt-rock" bands that The Cult aligned with where out of favor big time. Peace has them at their most experimental and taking chances. You should listen to it for Groove, Inc. alone.
My introduction to the Cult came from my beautiful Jamaican ex wife. She was conservative. But wore leather and fishnets that night. What a night, they were touring for Sonic Temple. Went out and bought their first three albums the next day. The marriage did not last, but I rock to the Cult each and every day.
This looks like it was from a TV Broadcast from Finland and I’m so glad this footage exists and is posted on TH-cam. The Rock time machine! Thanks to whoever posted it! So I can relive this era!
@@TravisBickle1963 Thanks for sharing it! I’m still a Cult fan after all this time. And they still look and sound good! But the hairstyles are different now.
To any aspiring musician, this is what a bass should sound like. The drums and the bass become one. when you reach that level of accuracy for sure it all falls into place.
Paul you're the only person I've heard that can bring up the bass man his tone his perfect sense of timing he's so much appreciated for his work this man is. TRUELY so in the pocket it's something that you bass player's SHULD take close attention to the Charlie watts of bass players great call to the man who's brought him to comments iam always thinking dam listen to that bass player so glad someone has that ear to recognize his work he's TRUELY amazing man
Well said! As much as I dig the rock grooves of Electric, the Peace/Manor Sessions versions are more interesting and diverse tracks. Plus, we got the amazing "Zap City" from that set. Billy's guitar work here is rippin'.
What I love above this performance more than anything else is the harmony within the band. The look that Ian gives Billy when he does the backing vocals is pure love. It must have been great to be there - wish I was!! CCFC
Hmmm he's OK but much better pulling windmills on his guitar! I just love Ian's look he gives him ! They were great, could you not get tickets? @@JuliaKdelRey
What a brilliant recording this is the cult I fell in love with when I was a punk/biker in the 80's in Nottingham. Am still a biker & the sound of Astburys voice makes my body tingle along with semi acoustic guitars & open megaphone pipes on a Triumph. Ha ha the 'fire in your eyes, yea yea'. 🔥🏍🇫🇴.
At their prime for the "LOVE" era. The look, the sound...it's all there. What an all out rocking set! Rain and Sanctuary especially! My fav lineup with Les on drums and Jamie on bass. This was The Cult I fell in love with back in 1986! Billy's lead in Sanctuary beginning at 25:00 is incredible!!!
I like the five man lineup with Jamie on rhythm guitar and Kid Chaos on bass, that extra guitar gives Billy some coverage and makes the band sound fuller.
I was 18 by this one - their show hooked me permanently. I agree about Billy at 25:00, but always enjoyed Jamie’s energetic stage presence. Thanks so much for posting it! I wish I could buy that old version of Love Removal Machine.
Not really. It's a corporate rock album designed for US corporate rock tastes. It's vapid, shallow and depthless. It's just about leather pants and AC/DC vibes. A complete disaster rebranding for an artist. The Steve Brown versions have the depth, mystery, creativity and intrigue of The Cult. Electric, the more you listen to it, the more of a pandering album it is. Fake as f*ck and stripped everything away from The Cult that made them great for Rubin's vision of the next AC/DC. Then, there's that horrific Steppenwolf cover that still invokes cringes decades on.
Yes!! Mesmerizing to watch. Billy is in my top 3 for fav guitarist but I have a huge appreciation for Jamie. He's incredible, especially considering he was just learning to play bass at the time of this show.
@@jeffbone8475 Jamie was definitely not "just learning to play bass at the time of this show". He'd played bass in The Cult when they were still called Death Cult since 1983. Listen to his bass on early tracks like "God's Zoo" or "Resurrection Joe". It's sizzling! Of course, he'd also already performed as bassist on "Dreamtime" and "Love" by the time of this concert, too, apart from being rhythm guitarist for Ritual before joining Death Cult / The Cult.
If the original Manor Sessions mixes had been released as intended, Electric Ocean would be the iconic track from it. The Manor Session arrangement of it is special.
@@CCLilja Love was a brilliant debut. Style and sound. A complete package. Similar to when the Cure came out. They had fully realized styles and sound which you don’t get everyday. They didn’t remind me of anyone else. I like that alot. The Cure did a Peel session that is just perfect! They remain British and are two of the greatest bands ever. And love removal machines a Banger. So is Heaven and in Between Days in their own way. Man, they laid some great music on us! I still love those albums! The Cure are the last Goth band and kept it going for a long time.
@@CCLilja They were chasing the money train or gravy train if you like. Some hard rock numbers made them some big Bucks. The Who made money off of power chords and windmills. You can’t blame them really. But are you one of those Hipsters or Scencesters who wants to see his favorite band stay the same playing the same clubs year after year? So you can say that’s my favorite band and I’m loyal. I see them every few months at so and so’s club or Pub? Hell, is there live music anywhere, anymore? No wonder there are no new bands. No one is playing instruments 🎹 🥁 🎸either. And don’t reply with this EDM DJ wearing a Mickey Mouse Head nonsense. Clever mixers maybe but they are not Musicians. Prince was a great Musician who wrote songs, sang and played numerous instruments well. Maybe the last one.
I'm the biggest Colt fan. I've seen him in concert so many times I've seen him on TH-cam 5 so many times by far. This one is my favorite thank you thank you thank you
Thank You for this rare and nice clip! Ians voice, Billys riffs, Jamie with DA BASS and the scene lined with flowers! Glorious. Back when they were faithful to their goth roots ...
If you haven't done so, please check out their latest album "Under the Midnight Sun". Its title was inspired by this performance and, to my mind, it's easily the best Cult LP since "Love". "Choice of Weapon" and "Hidden City" both hinted at the band's goth roots. "Under the Midnight Sun" returns to them, albeit updated, with more mature arrangements, as well as nods to all periods of the group.
I liked their sound when I first heard them when Sonic Temple came out but paid no other attention until last week and I have been bingeing. As a guitarist I am so digging Billy Duffy's sound. Also, how tight and powerful their sound is. But he really mastered that White Falcon.
@@stevenpalmer8433 oh yes! The Ritz performance was excellent! I really love Ian's hat! He had so much energy then! Brilliant concert! Wish I had discovered them in 1984! But I do have their Dreamtime Live at the Lyceum performance on video cassette! Let's hope it still works! Thank Goodness for TH-cam! ❤❤
@@acjohn6995 Fuller perhaps, but soulless and corporate. I like the space between the notes in this lineup. Depth, shade and intrigue live there. Not cockrock AC/DC pandering.
Having his teeth 'americanised changed his voice that's why Freddie Mercury would never have them changed. Wish they'd play England sometime, love the cult.
Sometimes you have to forget the Fender vintage hype and look some further. Bass player Jamie did. He is playing a Tokai Hard Puncher. He got it on tour in Japan when Tokai was promoting their guitars... It ended up as his main touring bass during the Love era. "'Cause of the fat tone and the nice, worn feel.", he said in a interview. Nowadays i play Tokai Hard Punchers myself. So thanks Jamie! Great footage, great sound mix. What a groove during 'Love'. Brilliant. A few years ago I asked him by e-mail where the bass went... still at his place after all those years? No. He didn't know.
AMO THE CULT 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dang.the bass players awesome. dances, looks so nice dressed, he's happy, enthusiastic and he has such a cute, handsome cool way about hi. The lead is great.thecdrumner awesome. The singer the whole band This band and music fits 2024 perfectly whether it started way back or now. I hope they make a movie about them.mtheyrecspecial. ❤
What a joy, The Cult flying with the Manor Session's arrangements of Love Removal Machine and Electric Ocean! Wonderful! Before things went wierd and US corporate with Electric.
8 months to the day after this Electric was released. Band was firing hot, some how within that short time frame the band scrapped a fully recorded record, restructured and reimagined their songs and sound into a more classic rock feel, recorded Electric and turned it into the label for release and promotion. They were working hard.
They changed the sound as Love Removal Machine here, whilst interesting sounds like a B cut off the Sisters of Mercy album, First & Last & Always. Whilst the go nowhere jingly-jangly chords off Love Removal Machine, Lil Devil etc, sounded cool and 'goth' at the time, it wouldn't sell in North America. Rick Rubin's influence via power chords gave songs of Electric a new lease of life and lifted The Cult from the Goth UK scrap heap. To be both realistic and fair the Electric: Manor Sessions is okay, but First and Last and Alwsys is a vastly superior album. Let's NOT forget that The Cult wouldv'e been wiped out had Rick Rubin not 'influenced' them. WHY - The Jesus and Mary Chain released Psychocandy in very late '85 and s sold a massive 250,000 copies in the UK alone and well over 500k world wide within six months of its release. Psychocandy was and is a bloody masterpiece !
I love this performance. I had the chance to see them 1987, and they were energetic and rocked out. They performed most of Electric and at least half of Love.
@@lusi4503 you can. Buy "Electric / Peace" and you get all the tracks recorded (collected as the Peace album) before they decided to re-record them with Rick Rubin.
@@DaveClark-ib6sp Not really, Electric changed them completely into a hackneyed US corporate rock outfit. Peace begun the diversification that would've landed with Sonic Temple. Peace and Love aren't the same vibes. It's an evolution. Rubin desecrated them and they lost most of their magic. That's why 30-some years later there is still controversy about Electric. It wasn't so much an evolution as a, 'hey you guys need to be corporate American rock now, here's a Les Paul go learn to play Born To Be Wild'.' What Electric is, as a corporate rock album isn't the The Cult. It's The Cult impersonating AC/DC. One of Rubin's worst moves that needs to be called out more. Taking a band that wasn't broken and breaking them. Smashing the original chorus of Love Removal Machine was unforgivable. Even Jamie has said something over the years about his preference for the original chorus on LRM.
Wow, Jamie's bass is so flawless. I am honestly more a The Cult fan early albums including LOVE album, but these songs from Electric live in that period has both album influences in them, love it!!! I really adored Ian, but what I think he shouldn't do is shorten the lyrics to much, the way he left out words. I once heard him in a interview saying he regrets wearing tights back then, hiha, we don't. About this haircut, maybe yes 🖤❣😊
Jamie was killing it
This footage is magical! Ian talks about this concert in interviews, about the flowers in front of the stage and the chill mood of love and communion there, and the "Midnight sun" that would still be up at 3am. What a magical time this must have been!
Some serious drumming and bass here...
The Cult's most golden moment. Drum, bass, guitar and vocal all in sync and sound is incredible. They mesh perfectly together, music at its finest. They dont makem like they used to!
That bass...
💯
That GREAT bassssss💪💪👍👍👏👏.
And great Jamie, of course
It's plugged directly into the boards board that's why it's so high in the mix.
Nobody can get that Jamie Stewart bass sound
This is what a band “ Firing on all cylinders “ sounds like …. And remember that they are all in early to mid ‘20’s here age -wise.!!! Almost 40 years later and still touring and playing with the same attitudes and close to same styles says a lot about how far into the future they all were back when this was recorded. At least Ian & Billy are still together these days and still flying “ The Cult” for us all to see . Enjoy this every time it comes up on my Feed list on TH-cam. Thanks.👍
Most excellent classic British Rock, it was an era that will never be repeated, we were so lucky to witness and appreciate it.
Love 0:02
Love Removal Machine 5:13
Electric Ocean 9:04
Hollow Man 12:54
Rain 17:30
She Sells Sanctuary 22:21
The cult, kyuss and queens. Fuckin beautiful music. Seeing Queens tomorrow in Queens NY. Can't wait!!
*Jamie Fucking Badass Stewart* 🤙💪🙌⚡
i miss the mid to late 1980s ... awesome band... underrated too long.... Jamie is the coolest, best bassist .... fun to watch and listen to him.... drives the band for certain...
Love to see Jamie dance with the bass. He seems so free.
Jamie shows how it should be done!
Wow, whoever mixed this gig was a big fan of the bass player.
Yes lol
Noticed!.bass going off!
Jamie at his best.
As a bassist myself, I thank the sound person for this bass heavy mix!!!! 😁👊🏽❤️🔥🔊🔊
What's not to like?
Back in the day, how great it was. The Cult was one of the coolest bands there ever has been!
They still are! They are THE COOLEST for me!
@@sandrafisherhayes3219 They are one of the best that's for sure!
@@jbkivontop 👍❤😊😎😎
Great concert. This is the Cult on fire. I think it's their best line up.
For me is it the Sonic Temple & Beyond God & Evil line up from the Cult...
I agree with you!
One of the best bands ever at a high point, smack dab in the middle of Love and Electric! Just fantastic!
They peaked circa Cerimony.
@@DaveClark-ib6sp In hindsight, Peace was their peak. They made bad calls (bringing in Rubin that got them labeled a 'butt-rock' outfit, for one), then Sonic Temple. After that, Ceremony could barely get any attention since as grunge arrived "butt-rock" bands that The Cult aligned with where out of favor big time. Peace has them at their most experimental and taking chances. You should listen to it for Groove, Inc. alone.
wtf is this?? why have I never saw it before?! all these years and I didn't even know this existed.
outstanding ... top audio quality too.
cheers
@@SpookyElectric319 ha, ty so much.
i am actually a life long fan,
but never saw this one before!
cheers!
@@longshotkdb darn it, we were hoping for new recruits 🙄
Jamie Stewart's the $h*t!!!
Awesome Bassist!!👍👍
My introduction to the Cult came from my beautiful Jamaican ex wife. She was conservative. But wore leather and fishnets that night. What a night, they were touring for Sonic Temple. Went out and bought their first three albums the next day. The marriage did not last, but I rock to the Cult each and every day.
This looks like it was from a TV Broadcast from Finland and I’m so glad this footage exists and is posted on TH-cam. The Rock time machine! Thanks to whoever posted it! So I can relive this era!
TV Broadcast from Finland, sent to me in 1987
@@TravisBickle1963
Thanks for sharing it! I’m still a Cult fan after all this time. And they still look and sound good! But the hairstyles are different now.
To any aspiring musician, this is what a bass should sound like. The drums and the bass become one. when you reach that level of accuracy for sure it all falls into place.
My mum plays bass like dat!
Paul you're the only person I've heard that can bring up the bass man his tone his perfect sense of timing he's so much appreciated for his work this man is. TRUELY so in the pocket it's something that you bass player's SHULD take close attention to the Charlie watts of bass players great call to the man who's brought him to comments iam always thinking dam listen to that bass player so glad someone has that ear to recognize his work he's TRUELY amazing man
I follow the guitarist and the bassist follows me, just like Zeppelin said it should be 😉
Leave your mom out of this.@@Bhatt_Hole
It's Jamie Stewart on bass. Best they ever had. ❤️
Thanks for posting this rare look at the bridge between "Love" and "Electric". Much appreciated.
Well said man.😎 The cult at their best!
Yes you definitely hear the LOVE influence. Even on the ELECTRIC songs
Well said! As much as I dig the rock grooves of Electric, the Peace/Manor Sessions versions are more interesting and diverse tracks. Plus, we got the amazing "Zap City" from that set.
Billy's guitar work here is rippin'.
Ian's voice at its best. The chemistry between the original members of the Cult kept them fresh and alive
@@hillerylee7z yes! I really miss Jamie! His bass was second to none 😔
Oh, Jamie. He had it going on that day. Great moves, especially the last 2 songs. I kept wishing the camera would zoom in on him more.
This was THE BEST version of Sanctuary ever played by The Cult.
Oh yes indeed!! Just love Jamie!!
Jamie's dancing makes the visual fun.
The Bass...
...Totally :)
Jamie Stewart is one of my fave bassists! Especially this era of The Cult. 😎👍🏽
@@ERICF66 never saw him behave like this on stage before! lol
He's a down to earth guy. Here he's mixed like it's 1985 and U2 is playing Red Rocks.
The last time I saw them at the Barras Jamie Stewart came on as a guest and was brilliant.
What I love above this performance more than anything else is the harmony within the band. The look that Ian gives Billy when he does the backing vocals is pure love. It must have been great to be there - wish I was!! CCFC
I've never seen Billy do that!
Backing vocals? I don't think he likes doing it but I saw them in Death Cult a few weeks ago and he did a bit there??
@steveallen5583 I've seen the Cult many times but never seen/heard Billy sing. He's good! Lucky you seeing Death Cult!
Hmmm he's OK but much better pulling windmills on his guitar! I just love Ian's look he gives him ! They were great, could you not get tickets?
@@JuliaKdelRey
@@steveallen5583 I'm not close to any of those shows. So I just watched the TH-cam clips.
The bass: I´m here to submit you
What a brilliant recording this is the cult I fell in love with when I was a punk/biker in the 80's in Nottingham. Am still a biker & the sound of Astburys voice makes my body tingle along with semi acoustic guitars & open megaphone pipes on a Triumph. Ha ha the 'fire in your eyes, yea yea'. 🔥🏍🇫🇴.
At their prime for the "LOVE" era. The look, the sound...it's all there. What an all out rocking set! Rain and Sanctuary especially! My fav lineup with Les on drums and Jamie on bass. This was The Cult I fell in love with back in 1986! Billy's lead in Sanctuary beginning at 25:00 is incredible!!!
Great era for music
I like the five man lineup with Jamie on rhythm guitar and Kid Chaos on bass, that extra guitar gives Billy some coverage and makes the band sound fuller.
I was 18 by this one - their show hooked me permanently. I agree about Billy at 25:00, but always enjoyed Jamie’s energetic stage presence. Thanks so much for posting it! I wish I could buy that old version of Love Removal Machine.
It was Nigel Preston who played drums on the original studio version of sanctuary.
fantastic jamie
ELECTRIC is one of the best guitar rock albums EVER!!!
IS PEACE ALBUM
Without a doubt. The deeper you get into that album the better the music.
Not really. It's a corporate rock album designed for US corporate rock tastes. It's vapid, shallow and depthless. It's just about leather pants and AC/DC vibes. A complete disaster rebranding for an artist. The Steve Brown versions have the depth, mystery, creativity and intrigue of The Cult. Electric, the more you listen to it, the more of a pandering album it is. Fake as f*ck and stripped everything away from The Cult that made them great for Rubin's vision of the next AC/DC. Then, there's that horrific Steppenwolf cover that still invokes cringes decades on.
I like this bassist, he totally rocks out ~ Great performance also.
Its Jamie Stewart if ya wanna know
Easily as powerful stage presence and performance as the other 2.
I bet the guitarist wants knock the bassists, top knot, two year old hairdo with his guitar..lol
@@SpookyElectric319
He has cool hair..lol
@@SpookyElectric319 The Cult would not be the Cult without Billy or Ian! Pure alchemy!
The Cult in their prime. Great music and concert. Perfect combo. One of my favourite bands. God bless you. 💗➕💗🎸
What a bass!! Amazing Jamie Stewart!!
I agree! Jamie is on fire here. He is also sadly underrated as a bassist. His playing on "God's Zoo" and "Resurrection Joe" prove just how good he is.
@@Albrecht777 yeah Jamie Stewart was amazing..RIP Nige Preston, he was an absolute legend to me
@@GH02-o_o Nigel's drumming was always great, regardless of whether it was with Theatre of Hate, Sex Gang, or Death Cult / The Cult.
Yes!! Mesmerizing to watch. Billy is in my top 3 for fav guitarist but I have a huge appreciation for Jamie. He's incredible, especially considering he was just learning to play bass at the time of this show.
@@jeffbone8475 Jamie was definitely not "just learning to play bass at the time of this show". He'd played bass in The Cult when they were still called Death Cult since 1983. Listen to his bass on early tracks like "God's Zoo" or "Resurrection Joe". It's sizzling! Of course, he'd also already performed as bassist on "Dreamtime" and "Love" by the time of this concert, too, apart from being rhythm guitarist for Ritual before joining Death Cult / The Cult.
No matter what he sings...its great.😎
And looks great doing it! Yum
Absolute best version of electric ocean ever!!!
If the original Manor Sessions mixes had been released as intended, Electric Ocean would be the iconic track from it. The Manor Session arrangement of it is special.
Love when he growls. He does it with passion, rock and class. ❤
Oh hell yes, I love this line up.
They looked and sounded so good here because they were still in their Goth phase and playing the Love material from that fine first album!
I agree with you as regards the "Goth" remark. However, "Dreamtime" was the first Cult LP, not "Love".
@@Albrecht777 they were never ' goth'
They started as post punk " southern death cult then became ' death cult' and finally the cult.
They should've stayed both Goth and British. Even though I fancy Ceremony a whole lot. To me, the Cult will always be synonymous with Love.
@@CCLilja Love was a brilliant debut. Style and sound. A complete package. Similar to when the Cure came out. They had fully realized styles and sound which you don’t get everyday. They didn’t remind me of anyone else. I like that alot. The Cure did a Peel session that is just perfect! They remain British and are two of the greatest bands ever. And love removal machines a Banger. So is Heaven and in Between Days in their own way.
Man, they laid some great music on us! I still love those albums!
The Cure are the last Goth band and kept it going for a long time.
@@CCLilja They were chasing the money train or gravy train if you like. Some hard rock numbers made them some big Bucks. The Who made money off of power chords and windmills. You can’t blame them really.
But are you one of those Hipsters or Scencesters who wants to see his favorite band stay the same playing the same clubs year after year? So you can say that’s my favorite band and I’m loyal. I see them every few months at so and so’s club or Pub?
Hell, is there live music anywhere, anymore? No wonder there are no new bands. No one is playing instruments 🎹 🥁 🎸either.
And don’t reply with this EDM DJ wearing a Mickey Mouse Head nonsense. Clever mixers maybe but they are not Musicians.
Prince was a great Musician who wrote songs, sang and played numerous instruments well. Maybe the last one.
I'm the biggest Colt fan. I've seen him in concert so many times I've seen him on TH-cam 5 so many times by far. This one is my favorite thank you thank you thank you
Wow. To think I still get a buzz from the same songs 35 years later
So do I Paul! Their Love album is a masterpiece! ❤💜💚💖
@@sandrafisherhayes3219 ❤💜💚💖
@@POGFROGULPOP 💖❤💚💜
This version of Love Removal Machine is better
Thank You for this rare and nice clip! Ians voice, Billys riffs, Jamie with DA BASS and the scene lined with flowers! Glorious. Back when they were faithful to their goth roots ...
If you haven't done so, please check out their latest album "Under the Midnight Sun". Its title was inspired by this performance and, to my mind, it's easily the best Cult LP since "Love". "Choice of Weapon" and "Hidden City" both hinted at the band's goth roots. "Under the Midnight Sun" returns to them, albeit updated, with more mature arrangements, as well as nods to all periods of the group.
I liked their sound when I first heard them when Sonic Temple came out but paid no other attention until last week and I have been bingeing.
As a guitarist I am so digging Billy Duffy's sound. Also, how tight and powerful their sound is. But he really mastered that White Falcon.
Great version of Electric Ocean! Awesome. It should've stayed that way.
The Peace (Manor Sessions) version of Electric Ocean would've been HUGE had they not gone down the corporate hard rock route.
@@zoso1980 They should've stayed British as well. Selling out to please the U.S.A. was detrimental to their music.
This is the best they’ve sounded live, Love this, before they joined the American hard rock scene , which I also like but this kicks some ass
Check out the ritz 85
@@stevenpalmer8433 oh yes! The Ritz performance was excellent! I really love Ian's hat! He had so much energy then! Brilliant concert! Wish I had discovered them in 1984! But I do have their Dreamtime Live at the Lyceum performance on video cassette! Let's hope it still works! Thank Goodness for TH-cam! ❤❤
35 years ago still lovin it
This was the band I began listening to about 85 or 86. Still love listening to them. No other band like them.
This is lovely & sweet nostalgia tbh
This version of Love Removal Machine, waooooo👏👏👏!
The best line up ever!!
As good as Les Warner was. Truly.
With 2 guitars the sound was solidest.
@@richardwhite3458 Yes, the 1987 lineup was fuller.
@@acjohn6995 Fuller perhaps, but soulless and corporate. I like the space between the notes in this lineup. Depth, shade and intrigue live there. Not cockrock AC/DC pandering.
Ian's voice before he began abusing it! Fantastic!
Having his teeth 'americanised changed his voice that's why Freddie Mercury would never have them changed. Wish they'd play England sometime, love the cult.
🥶🥶 you cold Charles
@@annettescopes7863his teeth were rotten. He had his dental problems fixed in America. 19:14
LOVE one of my fave CULT songs ever! Terrific guitar from Billy Duffy brilliant guitarist. BIG LOVE FOR THE CULT!
Love cult and Ian so much The gitarrs and The drums sounds so good this song is so beautiful ❤️
Bass man, guitar , singer drums, eveything is perfect and oustanding!!!!
The Cult foreverr🤟🏻👋🏻👋🏻👍🏻
Sometimes you have to forget the Fender vintage hype and look some further. Bass player Jamie did. He is playing a Tokai Hard Puncher. He got it on tour in Japan when Tokai was promoting their guitars... It ended up as his main touring bass during the Love era. "'Cause of the fat tone and the nice, worn feel.", he said in a interview. Nowadays i play Tokai Hard Punchers myself. So thanks Jamie! Great footage, great sound mix. What a groove during 'Love'. Brilliant. A few years ago I asked him by e-mail where the bass went... still at his place after all those years? No. He didn't know.
Wow! This is still early Cult when they played an outdoor concert! Great sound! They still had the Goth look and clothing! I dig it, man!
Sounds so good cant take my eyes of Ian ❤️
He had a gorgeous head if hair!
Great dancer, live the voice
I agree this is there best lineup. They were very special great sound
Love Electric ocean so much❤️
omg jamie was really crazy
AMO THE CULT 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
All them mullets in the audience , fuckyeah, I was 13 at the time and had a good one going myself love it, those were the days baby
I Guess they peaked right here..Fantastic
One of my favourite videos on you tube! Precious piece of history, amazing set. Best I've ever heard them.
Perfection
One of the best live bands in the 80's. Still kick ass today.
My favourite ever Cult set. Just a pure rocking set. And the bassist is just amazing, great playing style, great moves.
And I love Jamie's coat! Very cool! ❤ 😎
Love it xxxxx
There's something delicious and powerful about Ian's voice at this time.
Love this in 2021! This video kicks ass!! Great musicians great music!! 100% beautiful!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you to the poster this is awesome
Thank's TravisBickle this is such a "document"!!!!!!
Dang.the bass players awesome. dances, looks so nice dressed, he's happy, enthusiastic and he has such a cute, handsome cool way about hi. The lead is great.thecdrumner awesome. The singer the whole band
This band and music fits 2024 perfectly whether it started way back or now.
I hope they make a movie about them.mtheyrecspecial. ❤
What a joy, The Cult flying with the Manor Session's arrangements of Love Removal Machine and Electric Ocean! Wonderful! Before things went wierd and US corporate with Electric.
Pretty good sound for VHS. You can hear the bass really well.
Been there as a youngster 17 years old
Lucky you !
Bloody hell. Superb. And it got to be one of Ian’s hottest looks, love the bangs.
8 months to the day after this Electric was released. Band was firing hot, some how within that short time frame the band scrapped a fully recorded record, restructured and reimagined their songs and sound into a more classic rock feel, recorded Electric and turned it into the label for release and promotion. They were working hard.
They changed the sound as Love Removal Machine here, whilst interesting sounds like a
B cut off the Sisters of Mercy album, First & Last & Always.
Whilst the go nowhere jingly-jangly chords off Love Removal Machine, Lil Devil etc, sounded cool and 'goth' at the time, it wouldn't sell in North America.
Rick Rubin's influence via power chords gave songs of Electric a new lease of life and lifted The Cult from the Goth UK scrap heap.
To be both realistic and fair the Electric: Manor Sessions is okay, but First and Last and Alwsys is a vastly superior album.
Let's NOT forget that The Cult wouldv'e been wiped out had Rick Rubin not 'influenced' them.
WHY - The Jesus and Mary Chain released
Psychocandy in very late '85 and s
sold a massive 250,000 copies in the UK alone and well over 500k world wide within six months of its release.
Psychocandy was and is a bloody masterpiece !
Best live version of 'Rain' I've seen🙏👍
Uma das melhores bandas do mundo...
Banda única.
Concordo!! Billy Duffy; um dos melhores guitarristas de todos os tempos! Vida longa ao The Cult!!
I Estoy totalmente de acuerdo! 🎉
I love this performance. I had the chance to see them 1987, and they were energetic and rocked out.
They performed most of Electric and at least half of Love.
That's how you play rock bass. Vey solid indeed. I fucking love this band.
AMEN Jamie hardly gets any credit as a bass player and his a great all around performer !
@@rickjohnson8707 Outstanding show - Jamie's playing is the business ...
Great. God bless you. Thank you. 💗🎸💌💗
Love The sounds of The gitarrs ❤️
Super group, three top rate musicians,and one of the greatest front men ever.
Electric ocean ... great early version LOVE style
Such a different version of Love Removal Machine. Wow
Before they met Rick Rubin 😅
This version of love removal machine is amazing ..amazing band ..one life listening to them, never get bored
THE GREATEST VERSION AND PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRIC OCEAN..nothing even close to it
Yeah, same with Love Removal Machine
You can literally feel the vibe of it in your body
Perfect band 👏👏👏
Wonderful eighties...❤️🖤🥰
Love Electric ocean so beautiful love Ian so much ❤️
And btw, that's some SERIOUSLY beautiful coiffed hair-do that our Ian is sporting!!
Jamie give me Power!!! You got it
La migliore band mai vista!
Leather pants in August. And why not.
Sounds so good, ❤️
Nice version of "love removal machine"
Thank you for sharing this that was amazing Ian was in good form just sounded great beautiful lighting
jamie and simon from cure always remind me of each other , they are' into' their playing if you know what i mean
Never knew this existed! That version of LRM is amazing!! They never should have let Rubin mess with it!
One can only imagine what record electric could be 👌🏻
@@lusi4503 you can. Buy "Electric / Peace" and you get all the tracks recorded (collected as the Peace album) before they decided to re-record them with Rick Rubin.
@@bizbazboz thanks for the info. I need to check that 👌🏻
Ruben diversified them. Two Love albums in a row would have held them back but I couldn't agree with you more.
@@DaveClark-ib6sp Not really, Electric changed them completely into a hackneyed US corporate rock outfit. Peace begun the diversification that would've landed with Sonic Temple. Peace and Love aren't the same vibes. It's an evolution. Rubin desecrated them and they lost most of their magic. That's why 30-some years later there is still controversy about Electric. It wasn't so much an evolution as a, 'hey you guys need to be corporate American rock now, here's a Les Paul go learn to play Born To Be Wild'.' What Electric is, as a corporate rock album isn't the The Cult. It's The Cult impersonating AC/DC. One of Rubin's worst moves that needs to be called out more. Taking a band that wasn't broken and breaking them. Smashing the original chorus of Love Removal Machine was unforgivable. Even Jamie has said something over the years about his preference for the original chorus on LRM.
Wow, Jamie's bass is so flawless. I am honestly more a The Cult fan early albums including LOVE album, but these songs from Electric live in that period has both album influences in them, love it!!! I really adored Ian, but what I think he shouldn't do is shorten the lyrics to much, the way he left out words. I once heard him in a interview saying he regrets wearing tights back then, hiha, we don't. About this haircut, maybe yes 🖤❣😊