For all his outspoken denial of the past, I bet that when Al thinks back to himself he misses jumping around, being so happy and having so much damn FUN!
rjeuken This track was originally released on Wax Trax as a Single and wasn’t on Arista’s With Synpathy, so AL should have no problem with this track, other than it’s synth driven and not scruffy Nu Metal which the New School Ministry fans seem to be more into. And yes I know that this song was included on Ministry’s Twitch album also.
@@rivotrich7 they make industrial metal (like Rammstein and fear factory). But whatever I understand that you Dont like the genre but at least give IT credit where credit is due
Who said I don’t like Industrial Metal, I love it! I like Ministry’s The Mind, Psalm 69 and LORAH albums very much! I also love hearing bands like KMFDM, Die Krupps and Wulfband. I just don’t like Ministry’s more recent metal albums as much, I just can’t get into them for some reason, although their latest album, Moral Hygine is not bad. What I don’t like very much is Nu Metal.
Ok I get it but this is 1 full year after With Sympathy album and the band is still featuring their then New Wave/Synthpop sound at this time and look like they are still enjoying playing that stuff 1 year after With Sympathy😆
@@williamhollaway1960 Yes Because Sire insisted on putting this song onto the Twitch album, from what I’ve heard. It Was first released on Wax Trax 2 years earlier (1984) but I do love this song 🖤
Magnificent time capsule footage of 1984 Ministry. Thank you for posting. Would love to see "Do You Even Like It?", "I'll Do Anything For You", and "Everyday is Halloween" if you have these performances too.
Love how he dedicates it to Front 242 (they're probably in the audience). Revolting Cocks were already in the works by late 1984, I wonder if the famous incident that gave birth to the band's name had happened yet at this point!
Hot damn! ...thank you, wow..this is SOMETHING ELSE MAN! I can't tell you how much my twitch LP got played during my 20s.. never thought id see vidro of this era... peace
Some others have noticed this too but I have to say that the visual quality of this video looks amazingly clear and clean for being from 1984, and even looks like better video quality than many of today’s concert videos. What a treasure that these concert video clips were preserved in such great condition. Thank You!
How many times have I listened to that album. Saw them live in '92 and '96 but that of course was well after this period. Feel like I missed something but then I was only 13 in '84 and wouldn't discover them for another five years. Thanks for posting!
You've probably listened to it by now, but Ministry has a whole Wax Trax album that has a ton of deep cuts... When I thought of Ministry in the past, I thought of Stigmata and Thieves; now I think of All Day, Overkill, I'm Falling, Self Annoyed, and more!
Too bad Al decided to completely abandon this sound by the end of the 80s. I know bands evolve, but he should at least be willing to play a few of his pre 1988 songs in his live shows. He did finally add an acoustic version of Everyday is Halloween to his most recent live sets, which is at least a step in the right direction.
Pretty sure the venue is the late great Club Babyhead in Providence. A place I spent a LOAD of time in during the late 80s and early 90s. I first saw Ministry in Chicago in 1983.
So glad they made a change...they would of faded out if he didnt take the band into heavier stuff ....not much more u can do with this sound...but he is the grandfather of industrial music ....no NIN without them and skinny puppy
This is the best Ministry song. I really like some of his material that went more guitar but I think this is great. He could have mixed up his albums with the two and been just as successful. The other unfortunate thing about his career choices is his descent into drugs. He really ruined his career and by the mid 90s he seemed lost and churned out stuff that was unlistenable.
I still think the with sympathy era sucks but twitch album was pure gold idk even doesn't sound that different from with sympathy I think the songs form twitch had more souls and the lyrics also are more the kinda thing Al would say in their future releases
true ministry that is. all besides the early to mid 80s suks so deep. despite being repetitive those singles and side projects between and around the two albums were definitelly the highest point. nobody who owns ears cares about what he thinks, feels and says about that, he s probably braindead for long since the end of the 80s
If he's really as sensitive about his musical beginnings as people have suggested, then my take on it is that he must have not been very well set on what persona he wanted to project. What I mean is somewhere, somehow, something, someone, his most negative demons convinced him to run away from the tumbling, dancy, drama personality. Honestly, in one asinie comment of Al, in reference to an mage where he dresses quite goth, the writer says he can't beleive he was so fucking gay! Maybe he grew sick of people telling that.
How does one sign in a fake accent? Do you add additional flourishes like swirls and cute curly cues, incorporate full-on illuminated script, or use a writing implement other than what you typically do?
Hopefully, Al found his marks (discover drugs) after these two bad records to eventually deliver the metal industrial sound that we all like instead of this bad parody of disco.
Best period of Ministry
I always picture a young square Reznor in the audience gazing up in adoration during 80s ministry clips
Sounds like NIN stole their sound from these guys.
Nothing is original, everything is influenced some way or another
@@dublion7 oh for sure. Ministry, Skinny Puppy and Gary Numan.
Supposedly stole The name and head like a hole from Al
And he was in back as a roadie
The two first albums of ministry are the only ones that I really like... but god, I do love them. Al was fascinating back then.
For me it's the first 4: With Sympathy, Twitch, 12-Inch Singles, Land Of Rape And Honey...and the side projects.
Add The Mind.....album for me. I 🖤 Everything that Ministry did in the 1980s.
Mind is a terrible thing to taste is a classic along with land of rape and honey
Mine :
1. Twitch
2. The Land Of Rape And Honey
3. With Sympathy
4. Psalm 69
5. Filth Pig
6. The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
@@PaxBWithU89threally good list.
For all his outspoken denial of the past, I bet that when Al thinks back to himself he misses jumping around, being so happy and having so much damn FUN!
rjeuken This track was originally released on Wax Trax as a Single and wasn’t on Arista’s With Synpathy, so AL should have no problem with this track, other than it’s synth driven and not scruffy Nu Metal which the New School Ministry fans seem to be more into. And yes I know that this song was included on Ministry’s Twitch album also.
sCrUfFy nU mEtAl.
Get a load of trust fund baby, here.
@@rivotrich7 "Scruffy Numetal" hahahaha - almost died of laughter.
@@rivotrich7 they make industrial metal (like Rammstein and fear factory). But whatever I understand that you Dont like the genre but at least give IT credit where credit is due
Who said I don’t like Industrial Metal, I love it! I like Ministry’s The Mind, Psalm 69 and LORAH albums very much! I also love hearing bands like KMFDM, Die Krupps and Wulfband. I just don’t like Ministry’s more recent metal albums as much, I just can’t get into them for some reason, although their latest album, Moral Hygine is not bad. What I don’t like very much is Nu Metal.
He definitely snorted a line before hitting the stage!
nah.. straight into the flux
or two
I agree 👍💯pure 666 lines 😆😂
Born to perform Where can I see the whole providence gig?
If any word of Chris Connelly’s autobiography is true, he had MOUNTAINS of the stuff.
Al before all the tattoos. This version of Ministry is the most original of any music Al`s made.
I like the old ministry and the industrial ministry. Its a shame that he don't see how versatile he really is.
Mind is blown that there is footage of this show!
Any idea what club in providence?
No way Arista made him do this show. This is how Ministry really was in concert then.
👍👍👍
This is a wax trax song
It's on twitch
Ok I get it but this is 1 full year after With Sympathy album and the band is still featuring their then New Wave/Synthpop sound at this time and look like they are still enjoying playing that stuff 1 year after With Sympathy😆
@@williamhollaway1960 Yes Because Sire insisted on putting this song onto the Twitch album, from what I’ve heard. It Was first released on Wax Trax 2 years earlier (1984) but I do love this song 🖤
I was at this concert! The Living Room, wow thanks for posting.
Omg, so jealous
Yup. Saw REM there around the same time.
They sounded really tight here. I can't get over how young Al looks.
What sounds tight? The prerecorded backing tracks and or sequencer parts?
Milwaukee Wisconsin loves you Ministry! 80s forever!
0:20 Tom Cruise when he went on Oprah.
I can't stop watching this:(
Love this song. Much much better than many of the tracks on the latest repetitive and often generic records.
I was there!
What club was this in Providence?
Oh my god. How much of this stuff is there? Please keep it coming!
Love the fake British accent Uncle Al!
That bugger sugar hittin hard for ole uncle Al 😂
Always thought Al was the Most intense singer with alot to him...Still do..
Shoutout to Richard 23 and Jean-Luc @ 2:42
Magnificent time capsule footage of 1984 Ministry. Thank you for posting. Would love to see "Do You Even Like It?", "I'll Do Anything For You", and "Everyday is Halloween" if you have these performances too.
Not the same show, and a bit raw footage, but.....
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I like Al’s outfit better on this one 🤣
Love how he dedicates it to Front 242 (they're probably in the audience). Revolting Cocks were already in the works by late 1984, I wonder if the famous incident that gave birth to the band's name had happened yet at this point!
I was 7 years old when this was filmed. His bands reinvention was so profound that most people would'nt know he was a new wave act first.
OMG I would like to hear "Anything For You" and "So-So Life" from this tour finally in their's original grace and glory!
I'll Do Anything For You would be awesome to see. So-So Life is from 1983, and wasn't played on this tour.
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Hot damn! ...thank you, wow..this is SOMETHING ELSE MAN! I can't tell you how much my twitch LP got played during my 20s.. never thought id see vidro of this era... peace
Some others have noticed this too but I have to say that the visual quality of this video looks amazingly clear and clean for being from 1984, and even looks like better video quality than many of today’s concert videos. What a treasure that these concert video clips were preserved in such great condition. Thank You!
I wonder what’s going on in the black lady backup singers head when Al is buck wild like this lol
She actually appeared on DSOTS 15 years later. She was used to it I guess.
He tries to spray whipped cream on the audience at the beginning but of course theres no N2O left in the can lol
wow! a new ministry video
God money before god money
So very provocative
How many times have I listened to that album. Saw them live in '92 and '96 but that of course was well after this period. Feel like I missed something but then I was only 13 in '84 and wouldn't discover them for another five years. Thanks for posting!
Shay Jones always steals the show
Good stuff, had no idea this existed.
this is awesome to see.
Wish I could've seen a Ministry concert before they went death-metal.
Death metal huh? lol okay bud learn your genres
@@blondehaywire6119 death metal meets synthpop
Friends- Ministry are INDUSTRIAL till the end lol.
@@cube435 No. They had some industrial adjacent material, but 90% of the catalog is straight-up metal.
Very cool! I’m down a music rabbit hole and found this. I was at this show right down front ____ blown away. The female singer was amazing,,
i want to know more about this time period
I highly suggest checking out Al’s memoir.
You've probably listened to it by now, but Ministry has a whole Wax Trax album that has a ton of deep cuts...
When I thought of Ministry in the past, I thought of Stigmata and Thieves;
now I think of All Day, Overkill, I'm Falling, Self Annoyed, and more!
Thank you for uploading this.
Yeah the early stuff evokes nostalgia and wanting.
THANK YOU!
Great upload thank you
Fantastic!❤️🙏🏻
Thank you!
I really love this
I love the interlude at 3:50 on the keys!
This is cool!!!
MORE!
Gotta love his commitment to entertaining and his mid-song dedication to Front 242... even if his voice was off in this one.
That's so cool, isn't it? He loved Front 242!
Too bad Al decided to completely abandon this sound by the end of the 80s. I know bands evolve, but he should at least be willing to play a few of his pre 1988 songs in his live shows. He did finally add an acoustic version of Everyday is Halloween to his most recent live sets, which is at least a step in the right direction.
Fun song. 🖤
I imagine it was snowing heavily in Al's room prior to his performance 😂
That is al jourgensen!! Crazyy😲
Brilliant! Absolutely shit-kickin‘!
Начало выступления выглядит как "Гражданская Оборона" на фестивале "СыРОК".
Was Steven George on drums in this performance?
Fruity.
Bailinho bom demais esse!! Gostaria de ter ido.
Definitely did some blow before coming onstage
Of course he did, it was 1984. Everyone did a line before doing anything.
Wow
Ff yeah!
any chance anyone has one of those shirts he threw out? or the can of whip cream?
Al's hair sure grew out quickly back then.
how many shows from this era were professionally filmed?
Pretty sure the venue is the late great Club Babyhead in Providence. A place I spent a LOAD of time in during the late 80s and early 90s. I first saw Ministry in Chicago in 1983.
Nope - it was The Living Room
@@tedm8205 Ah - My next guess! Also a great venue.
There is good footage of Ministry from the With Sympathy and the LORAH eras, but crappy footage from the Twitch era.. Why??
Any Twitch Tour footage?? 🙏
GAWDAMN.
NINE INCH NAILS BEFORE NINE INCH NAILS
Where in Providence is this?
It could be "The Living Room" when it was located on Promenade Street.
@@SyntheticFilms just looked it up and it was at The Living Room
It was The Living Room - I was there!
So glad they made a change...they would of faded out if he didnt take the band into heavier stuff ....not much more u can do with this sound...but he is the grandfather of industrial music ....no NIN without them and skinny puppy
god he was so hot
Whats wrong with Al
shame he hit the drugs so hard, ruined the music, you can see the start of it here even though I still really like most of twitch
This is the best Ministry song. I really like some of his material that went more guitar but I think this is great. He could have mixed up his albums with the two and been just as successful. The other unfortunate thing about his career choices is his descent into drugs. He really ruined his career and by the mid 90s he seemed lost and churned out stuff that was unlistenable.
Better than 69!!!
Before heroin.
The bass player is more jumping around than playing his instrument.
Nice Fucking Video!
I still think the with sympathy era sucks but twitch album was pure gold idk even doesn't sound that different from with sympathy I think the songs form twitch had more souls and the lyrics also are more the kinda thing Al would say in their future releases
true ministry that is. all besides the early to mid 80s suks so deep. despite being repetitive those singles and side projects between and around the two albums were definitelly the highest point. nobody who owns ears cares about what he thinks, feels and says about that, he s probably braindead for long since the end of the 80s
whos he black lady?
LOL
If he's really as sensitive about his musical beginnings as people have suggested, then my take on it is that he must have not been very well set on what persona he wanted to project. What I mean is somewhere, somehow, something, someone, his most negative demons convinced him to run away from the tumbling, dancy, drama personality. Honestly, in one asinie comment of Al, in reference to an mage where he dresses quite goth, the writer says he can't beleive he was so fucking gay! Maybe he grew sick of people telling that.
Their later stuff kind of sucks big time with a few bangers but mostly not.
This is a lame crowd. They do this performance no justice. I’d be flipping my shit like a mosh pit😂
Different times dude, people wouldn't be going to new wave shows to mosh.
I liked Ministry better after he stopped signing in a fake English accent.
How does one sign in a fake accent? Do you add additional flourishes like swirls and cute curly cues, incorporate full-on illuminated script, or use a writing implement other than what you typically do?
@@QuadMochaMatti Finally found a use for that English degree, eh? Worth every penny.
what in the actual fuck?
Awful and entertaining. Kinda love those 80ies sounds, remind me of my Kawai K4 synth that was also used by Front242.
Je suis un gros fan de Ministry... mais ÇA! c'était vraiment pourri! LOL
Hopefully, Al found his marks (discover drugs) after these two bad records to eventually deliver the metal industrial sound that we all like instead of this bad parody of disco.