Just popped in my head after not hearing it for over 30 years and then when it started all kinds of memories started flooding over me. My mom and grandpa were still alive for a moment and I was 21 again. Music really does transport you to another place ❤
I joined the Navy in 1994 and bought the Lush cd from our ships store having never even heard of the band, I just bought it randomly and never regretted it! Love this band and it brings back those memories of being on the USS Ashland!
Funnily enough I was also in the Navy and while our ship was in Drydockthey put us in some short term apartments and I bought a stereo and I bought the Spooky CD. I had never hear music like this before ..
That would be Emma Anderson, the guitarist with the brunette hair...who wrote the song. You can tell it's her song from the lovely melodies and weird chord changes.
Always and forever, thank you to 4AD, Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Lush and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
It’s kind of sad to see what the most popular music in Britain is nowadays. I have no problem with grime and stuff like that but it sucks to know that barely any English teenagers are growing up experimenting with genres like shoegaze or classic rock...
Sexism in music. The problem we have is that there are good, relevante female rock bands but there aren't hardly female rock critics. It's a shame... Whatever
it was a reaction to mainstream 80s pop music. when you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. and so, many shoegaze bands did just that. they used their meager means to acheive great sounds.
Singing this song is like sprinting up the stairs of the empire state building. Relentless and forever uphill but when you finish the song you definitely breathing rare air!
My late friend played this during a mushroom trip he and I took together and it forever will be a favorite and an absolute haunting track to me. The melody is glued to my psyche, in a sad yet undeniably beautiful way...
Emma's songwriting genius on full view here. The 1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5,6 rhythm is irresistable. The tune is fantastic (as always) and the lyrics are perfect. My favourite lines - 'Happy coursing through my veins, Don't even know my name'' 'No birds in sight, I fear, Stick sticks in you my dear' 'When we're wrapped in polythene, what's that supposed to mean?'
There's something about Lush that just hurts me. I think it has to do with being about the same age as them, and the feeling in the early 90s of the world being full of opportunities. Alternative music, our music, was becoming THE music. The idea of having a little band, gigging and getting known, eventually being played on the radio and people buying your albums and singles. But it's all gone. This band faded away after their drummer killed himself. This band was really one of my favourites in a time of good music everywhere. Who knows Lush now? Basically just the people that listened to them then. I guess it's just that sense of everything being perishable. Everything that exists will one day not exist anymore.
Deep! Now I understand how older people feel when they talk fondly about music of their youth. That music was new, original, inspiring. Today, it's forgotten.
But once in a while new people stumble upon forgotten music. Me and a couple of friends became massive lush fans back in like 2009 in sweden. I dont even remember how that happened. And now 2009 is long gone...
A few seconds in and I knew this wasn't going to be some ordinary ride. Sweet voices singing adult songs while the raucous music crashed around them . Bless you Emma , Miki and the boys.
Takes me back to falling asleep on a Saturday nite on the couch in 1992...waking up around midnite with MTV's 120 Minutes on...and this song comes on...magic....have never forgotten it.
I'm pretty sure 120 Minutes was on sunday nights. church wasn't as important to me as watching 120 Minutes each week was. My roommate in college probably wasn't happy about it. but I had to do what I had to do.
The best Lush period: shoegaze lush 1988 to 1992/94 maybe. Thank you too Robyn Guthrie from Cocteau Twins, my favourite alternative band. First Cocteau Twins, second Lush shoegaze period.
What a great song. The way the 12 string creates this wall of sound that props up the whole song and her vocals are so perfect. Also l used to hear it going to score so it's part of my sound track for good times.
@@janesmith7676 They may not be everyone's thing, but those games provided a great avenue for youth to discover and learn about some of the best classic songs, bands, oldies etc.. especially for kids who may not have grown up in rock n' roll-savy environments. They served a useful purpose, even it was kind of a silly gameplay concept.
I wish i was born in the era this song was written in because most of the music that comes out now doesn't hit the same as this song, this song literally feels like ecstacy
I agree completely about the ecstasy vibe. Felt it back in the day and it's wonderful to hear it still has that effect on someone else today. It's a kind of alchemy the band achieved in some of their pieces/songs. It helped Robin Guthrie was involved.
I remember the excitement of listening this for the first time and also being completely blown away by the Robin Guthrie re-mastering of Thoughtforms, down the old Tottenham Court Road in the day!
I remember hearing this for the very first time on The ITV Chart Show on the Indie Chart in March 1990. Reminds me of a warm spring that year, and the whole Madchester period.
This song requires multiple listens. It is so intense and overwhelming to get the full picture. I wonder if maybe thats the reason why they never gained the fame and noteary they deserved. Ahead of their time, creating such a landscape in music. I'm glad for the very least many have been able to discover them through youtube. Lush is everything.
You don't hear much about these guys anymore, which surprises me, because they were one of the best bands of the 90s IMO. Love hearing this after so many years.
@gordonaliasme1104 Sad, but it was never going to be the same without Chris. Miki has some new material out, it was well reviewed in The Guardian recently
i 1000% recommend this song to any beginner guitarist looking to learn the pain of full chord shapes. your wrist, forearm and fingers will never be the same but its so worth learning.
I was lucky enough to see Lush early on with original line up on their debut USA tour with Ride at the Roxy in LA ... a brilliant performance and yet band were still very shy on stage. thank you
The song came out when I was still in college. Thinking about me and one of best friend rocking out to this and talking about life. And then for it to come back into my life 25 years later when I needed it most 🥰 Forever Lush!!!!
I've been waiting on the slide Suggest I open wide No incentive to hide Happy coursing through my veins Don't even know my name When I'm up you're coming down Inside of me, some sight to see Some sight to feel our earthy bed When we're wrapped in polythene What's that supposed to mean Paper flowers bring me luck No birds in sight I fear Stick sticks in you my dear When I'm up you're coming down Some say I'm vague And I'd easily fade Foolish parade of fantasy Drink in your eyes Drink in you sighs Grass in my thighs my aching legs When we're wrapped in polythene What's that supposed to mean Paper flowers bring me luck No birds in sight I fear Stick sticks in you my dear When I'm up you're coming down Inside of me, some sight to see Some sight to feel our earthy bed Drink in your eyes Drink in you sighs Grass in my thighs my aching legs
I used to hear this song a lot as a little kid. I rediscovered it on Rock Band 2 after not hearing it after a while. For some reason the way she sings the lyrics beginning at 1:43 always gets me😁 I always have loved this song (:
Ha, 8 years later. Ended up seeing them at their last ever American show in Portland. Spent 1/3 of the show watching everyone's faces watching the band. So much joy. Got to meet Miki, Emma and Phil afterwards.
i don't understand how this sound can come from someone's brain and be made into actual sounds. amazing every time i come back to it
a beautiful comment
by sound, do you mean the harmonies?
@dread true Thanks! I listened to them expecting to be disappointed, but was pleasantly surprised. I recommend "Heaven Or Las Vegas"
@@habadej2 I’m guessing they mean the entire thing. Probably mainly the guitar and vocal effects
Agreed, I have never stopped being amazed by this song, it’s like one solid wall of sound from start to finish
This still has that 'never heard anything like this before' magic!
Yes, that’s true. It just kind’ve sneaks up on you and jumps in your face. I will always get excited when I hear this song.
YES!
If the Slits collabbed with early MBV.
forever tune
Miki Berenyi’s Rickenbacker guitar run through flangers and delays gives it that “otherworldly” sound.
The first Lush song I ever heard.
Vermillion 303 same 👍
Me too❤️❤️❤️ off the import ep and I waited patiently for the Gala release and then caught them in Chicago on a double bill WITH RIDE 😎😎😎
Same here,in February/March 1990. Ace.
me too, but later than most of you. 2000.
same here. when Rock band 2 came out
Just popped in my head after not hearing it for over 30 years and then when it started all kinds of memories started flooding over me. My mom and grandpa were still alive for a moment and I was 21 again. Music really does transport you to another place ❤
I had the same experience
back in the good ol days when we were freedom to have a strobe light on TV
I miss this band and the Era.
Imagine that in 1990, the time span from now meant it was ... 1955. Crazy!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver more like sad - time sucks
@ How is it that the past seems more innovative, exciting, hopeful, and alive than now? The past seems the future!
I joined the Navy in 1994 and bought the Lush cd from our ships store having never even heard of the band, I just bought it randomly and never regretted it! Love this band and it brings back those memories of being on the USS Ashland!
your fkn kidding me! this was on a ship's store? respect for the person who stocked the store's inventory. this was not mainstream music.
Funnily enough I was also in the Navy and while our ship was in Drydockthey put us in some short term apartments and I bought a stereo and I bought the Spooky CD. I had never hear music like this before ..
Immortal masterpiece
Lush is that band when you you find them can't let go.
Those backup vocals sound like angels....❤️
That would be Emma Anderson, the guitarist with the brunette hair...who wrote the song. You can tell it's her song from the lovely melodies and weird chord changes.
@@RyanMichero Emma was the best composer of these two girls.
Takes me back this. Great times when everything just seemed so vibrant and beautiful.
90's alternative dream rock. so good.
shoegaze
@@connergehdatbahng "shoegazer music" w/ an "R" ! My 1980s generation invented that word & category. Use it "millennial"
@@SaintMartins cool
@@SaintMartins will do
Saint Martins chill out...
Always and forever, thank you to 4AD, Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Lush and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
Benedetto Bruno
Thanks for putting my feelings down in words...thank you from San Francisco!
What he said.
Well said, Benedetto.
It’s kind of sad to see what the most popular music in Britain is nowadays. I have no problem with grime and stuff like that but it sucks to know that barely any English teenagers are growing up experimenting with genres like shoegaze or classic rock...
Atlanta co-signs those sentiments!
This band had a punch with great melodies and dreamy atmosphere. ..very underrated
Sexism in music. The problem we have is that there are good, relevante female rock bands but there aren't hardly female rock critics. It's a shame... Whatever
@@soroteca71 wwhat
I'm almost 70 and it gives me chills. In those days I was driving a 1974 vette and a 87 Buick GN.
So good it hurts.
great comment
Awesome pfp
I'm pretty sure I've died a few times listening to Lush.
I could not love this track MORE
I still like this song after all these years I discovered this band through a show called Night Flight back in the 90's. Now 2024 it's Melancholy
This song is the reason why I became a fan of Lush. Heard at a Tower Records and immediately bought the cassette. Love them always.
Such a fertile time for music. The diversity of bands and originality was unparalleled.
it was a reaction to mainstream 80s pop music. when you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. and so, many shoegaze bands did just that. they used their meager means to acheive great sounds.
this song was ridiculously fun to play on RB, and subsequently made me love it, had never heard much from them
MTSpade Haha yeah me too! The drums for this song are just fantastic :)
MTSpade fuckin facts
Yeah.
Singing this song is like sprinting up the stairs of the empire state building. Relentless and forever uphill but when you finish the song you definitely breathing rare air!
This is the song that helped me get good at Expertise mode on RB2, using the guitar.
If you saw Lush in concert back in 1992, you know one of the highlights was when they would segue immediately from "Covert" to "De-Luxe". Goosebumps.
My fave Lush song.
I've always loved this song. One of my favorites from that era. Just those three chords alone repeating on the fadeout is amazing.
It's actually four chords.🙂
@getaction Well hey, I was pretty close. 😉
Still one of my favorite songs ever. The whole ethereal feel of the song is something I just can’t describe and it is special.
the bounce is dope
i am just on deep dive of lush i am loving them
My late friend played this during a mushroom trip he and I took together and it forever will be a favorite and an absolute haunting track to me. The melody is glued to my psyche, in a sad yet undeniably beautiful way...
*FOR GOD'S SAKE 4AD, REMASTER THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC VIDEO ALREADY*
*GOD!*
For REAL.
Emma's songwriting genius on full view here. The 1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5,6 rhythm is irresistable. The tune is fantastic (as always) and the lyrics are perfect.
My favourite lines -
'Happy coursing through my veins, Don't even know my name''
'No birds in sight, I fear, Stick sticks in you my dear'
'When we're wrapped in polythene, what's that supposed to mean?'
There's something about Lush that just hurts me. I think it has to do with being about the same age as them, and the feeling in the early 90s of the world being full of opportunities. Alternative music, our music, was becoming THE music. The idea of having a little band, gigging and getting known, eventually being played on the radio and people buying your albums and singles. But it's all gone. This band faded away after their drummer killed himself. This band was really one of my favourites in a time of good music everywhere. Who knows Lush now? Basically just the people that listened to them then. I guess it's just that sense of everything being perishable. Everything that exists will one day not exist anymore.
i saw them in 2016 when they did a reunion. that was the last of lush.
Deep! Now I understand how older people feel when they talk fondly about music of their youth. That music was new, original, inspiring. Today, it's forgotten.
Truth
But once in a while new people stumble upon forgotten music. Me and a couple of friends became massive lush fans back in like 2009 in sweden. I dont even remember how that happened. And now 2009 is long gone...
Shoegaze/dream pop is getting alot more recognition in the last 10 years thanks to the internet.
Lush and Ride was one of the greatest concerts I ever saw (around '91). The Best shoe-gaze~!
How’s your hearing ?
one of my favorite songs to play on rock band.
Me too.
yesss
Yeah this and pda are two really good ones on rock band 2
But I think my favorite is panic attack because playing it is like having a panic attack
1:30 so cool
Bless you 4AD for bringing so much amazing music to the world's ears.
Finally. I’ve had this stuck in my head for the last week and couldn’t remember what it was called.
Remember when music videos were a thing?
A few seconds in and I knew this wasn't going to be some ordinary ride. Sweet voices singing adult songs while the raucous music crashed around them . Bless you Emma , Miki and the boys.
Takes me back to falling asleep on a Saturday nite on the couch in 1992...waking up around midnite with MTV's 120 Minutes on...and this song comes on...magic....have never forgotten it.
I'm pretty sure 120 Minutes was on sunday nights. church wasn't as important to me as watching 120 Minutes each week was. My roommate in college probably wasn't happy about it. but I had to do what I had to do.
GOAT MUSIC
One of my favorite songs forever literally
4ad was and is my favorite label. of all time.
This song sounds so colorful
Easily my favorite song on the planet.
The best Lush period: shoegaze lush 1988 to 1992/94 maybe. Thank you too Robyn Guthrie from Cocteau Twins, my favourite alternative band. First Cocteau Twins, second Lush shoegaze period.
Agreed!
What a great song. The way the 12 string creates this wall of sound that props up the whole song and her vocals are so perfect. Also l used to hear it going to score so it's part of my sound track for good times.
The end is so badass too. Love playing this on drums.
Beyond thankful to Rock Band 2 for introducing me to my favorite band 10 years ago ❤️
Geez, even THIS ended up in one of those stupid games? Right next to KISS and Aerosmith, that's just great.
@@janesmith7676 They may not be everyone's thing, but those games provided a great avenue for youth to discover and learn about some of the best classic songs, bands, oldies etc.. especially for kids who may not have grown up in rock n' roll-savy environments. They served a useful purpose, even it was kind of a silly gameplay concept.
@@janesmith7676 Ur the first mf I’ve ever heard hate on ROCK BAND of all things 🤣🤣
супер
super
I wish i was born in the era this song was written in because most of the music that comes out now doesn't hit the same as this song, this song literally feels like ecstacy
I agree completely about the ecstasy vibe. Felt it back in the day and it's wonderful to hear it still has that effect on someone else today. It's a kind of alchemy the band achieved in some of their pieces/songs. It helped Robin Guthrie was involved.
this song is my everything, seriously one of the coolest fuckin' singles ever released
I saw it on MTV's "120 minutes" and bought it the next day! wow, 31 years ago!
I remember the excitement of listening this for the first time and also being completely blown away by the Robin Guthrie re-mastering of Thoughtforms, down the old Tottenham Court Road in the day!
I've loved Lush back in the early 90s and now reminds me how long ago my youth was lol
There's something incredibly timeless and fresh about their sound.
Just another post punk loveable band❤ I love it
My favourite lush song.
My heart is going to explode from the joy of this, still.
I love this song especially “some say I’m vague, that I’ll easily fade-foolish parade of fantasy”
Word play crazy 😂👏🏿
I remember hearing this for the very first time on The ITV Chart Show on the Indie Chart in March 1990. Reminds me of a warm spring that year, and the whole Madchester period.
Takes me back to the early 90s when life was just getting started & seeing them at Lollapalooza 92’
Absolute classic.
I love the guitars fading out at the very end of this song. Great live band.
thank you Rock Band 2 for discovery this song ! :D
This song requires multiple listens. It is so intense and overwhelming to get the full picture. I wonder if maybe thats the reason why they never gained the fame and noteary they deserved. Ahead of their time, creating such a landscape in music. I'm glad for the very least many have been able to discover them through youtube. Lush is everything.
You don't hear much about these guys anymore, which surprises me, because they were one of the best bands of the 90s IMO. Love hearing this after so many years.
They reformed in 2016 and put out an excellent song called "Out of Control." Unfortunately their reunion didn't last.
Emma and Miki kept clashing. Sadly
@gordonaliasme1104 Sad, but it was never going to be the same without Chris.
Miki has some new material out, it was well reviewed in The Guardian recently
This is perfection!
the pocket they had in this song is so crazy. over and under clouds the whole time. and that black and white shot w miki playing is so nuts
RIP chris acland, we miss you.
i 1000% recommend this song to any beginner guitarist looking to learn the pain of full chord shapes. your wrist, forearm and fingers will never be the same but its so worth learning.
I almost cried
I did.
Great band! 😊
Makes me feel awesome.
Love it
Chord progression is simple but beautiful
I love this song endlessly. It always amazes me. RIP chris, one of the greatest drummers of the 90s and someday people will notice I hope...
Right? It just astonishes me that he’s not recognized for being as great as he was.
I was lucky enough to see Lush early on with original line up on their debut USA tour with Ride at the Roxy in LA ... a brilliant performance and yet band were still very shy on stage. thank you
the epic 4AD lineup
Still one of the best songs I ever heard 😍🤌🏿
Everything in this song is great but the vocals is what blew me away, melody is awesome
TH-cam is giving me gems all day. This is a musical miracle!
i love this music video now in fact it’s my favorite music video now but holy i needed an epilepsy warning 😅
That's one of the most glorious tracks of all time,thanks to Lush, may your dreams come true Xxx
Songs like this take me back to the best of my youth ....
Thank you!!
This was my favourite lush song!
Yeah. You can get hooked on this.
The song came out when I was still in college. Thinking about me and one of best friend rocking out to this and talking about life.
And then for it to come back into my life 25 years later when I needed it most 🥰
Forever Lush!!!!
I miss those days as well. It makes me wonder if texting and social media killed the gift of genuine conversation.
I've been waiting on the slide
Suggest I open wide
No incentive to hide
Happy coursing through my veins
Don't even know my name
When I'm up you're coming down
Inside of me, some sight to see
Some sight to feel our earthy bed
When we're wrapped in polythene
What's that supposed to mean
Paper flowers bring me luck
No birds in sight I fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up you're coming down
Some say I'm vague
And I'd easily fade
Foolish parade of fantasy
Drink in your eyes
Drink in you sighs
Grass in my thighs my aching legs
When we're wrapped in polythene
What's that supposed to mean
Paper flowers bring me luck
No birds in sight I fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up you're coming down
Inside of me, some sight to see
Some sight to feel our earthy bed
Drink in your eyes
Drink in you sighs
Grass in my thighs my aching legs
Thanks
Sublime 👼
Goosebumps, still
Not my genre of music,but this is really beautiful. Glad it appeared in my recommendations.
Best tune of an era
I always go back to early Lush EP's specially the ones released in Japan. Its inspiring! 4AD's bands defined a generation!
Those vibrant colors feel good on my eyes lol
no way, this song has become my favourite Lush song and I don't know why
Because you have taste kid, because you have taste
120 minutes was the first time I heard this song. The sound totally blew my mind I have yet to hear anything else like it.
brilliant
When I'm up your coming down.
My favourite lyric, so simple but profound.
Drink in your eyes, drink in your sighs...
Gets me every time
Always on my rotation.
Psychedelic yet soothing
This song is the real kick-arse!
I’d love to be able to play this on the guitar🎸
I used to hear this song a lot as a little kid. I rediscovered it on Rock Band 2 after not hearing it after a while. For some reason the way she sings the lyrics beginning at 1:43 always gets me😁 I always have loved this song (:
Those sweet vocals
So happy they're back together! Hope they make it over to America. They should bring The Primitives with them.
+Dan Jones - Southern California por favor
Ha, 8 years later. Ended up seeing them at their last ever American show in Portland. Spent 1/3 of the show watching everyone's faces watching the band. So much joy. Got to meet Miki, Emma and Phil afterwards.
I wish Lush would come back so I could finally go see them