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I’d like to thank you sincerely for the effort you’ve invested to share with strangers this wonderful work. I’m a recent fan, coming to The La’s through TSG only followed by a Gallagher recommended 😎 I’ve completely fallen for these songs, and have irked my whole family by my obsessive playing of this & other gigs. The most addictive two tracks have a relentless drive: Son of a gun & Way out. Just superb. But the revelation is Looking Glass. Each to their own decisions but, for me, it’s definitely in my top five songs I’ve ever heard. Thank you hugely 🤗
Authentic music. Incredible band. Brilliant musicianship. Maver’s is a genius. Power is a power house. The drum beat is primal and the lead guitar is superb. We won’t see the likes of the La’s again.x
They had a more pop/folk sound than other indie bands which set them apart. Mavers is a great rhythm player and Power is enjoying himself. All great songs
I'd known about the existence of the La's forever, but never really took notice. I always liked the song they're renowned for (There She Goes) but had no idea how amazing they were. A mate and I were discussing great albums when he said "stick the La's on" which I did with not much expectation. All I can say is, that album changed my life..seriously. So much passion that when you listen to it, your troubles disappear. Lee Mavers was a genius.
Same thing with myself, I had known of them for years but I didn't realise how incredible they were. Lee Mavers is a truly gifted genius and one of the greatest songwriters ever, without a doubt!👌👌👌
Finally you found the most underrated band of the past 50 years!!! If they were from Manchester at that time then the media wankfest would have had them elevated !!!
@@TB71294who cares, liverpool had it's own thing at the time whether hipster journos know about it or not, shout out to the cosmic scouse scene in the 2000's aswell all those bandwagon bands like the coral the zutons tramp attack dead 60s the stands et al
I know you've heard this before, but i was ACTUALLY THERE, it was my first gig, at Manny Uni, the tickets were pink and cost seven and half quid, it was fucking magic. Me n my boy Russell. We were back at school the following Monday, we shoved our way to the front and the stage eas about six foot high. If u see a lad with ginger curtains stood right in front of Lee, that's me.❤🩸
Missed myself when LA's were functioning and was late to the game. Bought the album a year later and was gobsmacked. One day Lee might be satisfied with that album and work on the follow up but "not bloody likely" I'm thinking.
0:00 - Son of a Gun 1:48 - Freedom Song 4:05 - Come In Come Out 6:07 - I.O.U. 8:03 - I Can't Sleep 10:24 - Doledrum 12:58 - Feelin' 14:36 - Liberty Ship 16:29 - Failure 19:00 - Way Out 21:20 - There She Goes
Makes one wonder what issues Lee had with the 35min initial album version. Did the band only have this roughly 23mins and he hated all the filler they had to add? Lee was famous for preferring the most stripped down & raw version of each song. Who knows, gonna likely need to wait until Netflix or Amazon makes a doc about the topic once 'There She Goes' blows up again, possibly when some movie/streamer series or TikTok gives it a warranted boost.
Our band, based South Wales, opened for The La's on their debut London gig in Camden. I'll never forget Lee walking into that pub, like some cowboy hero in in his shiny boots. Talk about charisma, Lennon in Hamburg, all that Their subsequent 15-minute soundcheck was the best 'gig' I ever saw. Took the roof off. This was with Chris Sharrock on drums - a decent person - and the original lead guitarist who played (wrote?) the gorgeous intro to There She Goesm Later I chatted with John Power for a while, or rather I listened, while he waxed lyrical about their upcoming album. As a Scouser in exile, I was rightly proud of The La's, although the thin, tinny sound of the album was a disappointment and I can see why Lee was peeved. But what a duo Lee & John were, so much potential snubbed out early by the former's madhattery and the latter's drive/ambition. There they go ...
@@MoykelGreat post, thanks. The latter part I completely agree with. It’s such a shame but at least we have what we have. It’s funny that an undercooked production of the album is still one of the best albums ever made 😂
Fantastic Rhythm player, pure slight of hand, but power when it's needed. Melody falls outta him.. Its like he's always busking when he performs (relying on himself to be heard) he said this himself a few times I think. The strumming on "Son of a gun" is class.. You can hear an element of almost every "britpop" band in different parts of this show.
Saw them on this tour. They were phenomenal live. Lee was the real deal. No bullshit posturing or proclamations about being the greatest. He was all about the music. Pure northern soul.
That's the one and only John Power man, check out the band he fronted after this they're called "Cast" id reccomend "Alright" for first listen but all in all "All Change" (Casts' debut album) was another cracking 90s album. 👍 The Las had even done early versions of "Alright"..John has one hell of a voice too.
I know right! Can you imagine if some of the crescent tapes songs were completed and recorded with the same production as the first album. All those layered guitars! They would have been amazing
@@josephec835Lee would have hated that lol he hated the production on the first album and tbh the crescent or kitchen tapes done in that style would have completely went against what Lee wanted to sound like.
Lucky enough to see them at Bristol Polytechnic/UWE the same year! Great night. After the set, Lee seemed to appreciate my friend Emma's fine buxom 'bristows' as he called them!!
Was lucky enough to tag along with these guys through some of my Huyton friends..my big mates brother was in the band ..brilliant lads and I still listin to them often.was lucky to have been at this gig.barrowland,Liverpool and marquee London,stayed at the hotel in London with these guys..thanks for the memories ❤
I cant Sleep was always my favourite track on the album. Love how the backing vocals crossover with the chorus. Quality, very 60's beach boy kinksy scouse attitude!!
I’d put it as astonishingly unknown. My kids had never heard of The La’s or Lee Mavers. They know TSG of course but had no idea it wasn’t a “one hit wonder band”. The girls are 30 & 26 years old.
You very lucky person. I remember the Milltown Brothers, never saw them, but did see them listed as support band on a good few flyers for venues. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Peter.
our kid got this album when it came out, we played it every day of the week! I didn't think it was that good, stone roses had got me! he always lauded at how utterly brilliant it was musically....it's 2021 & i'm 50! where are the other 10-12 albums that should have followed! Mavers you wasted your fantastic talent mate.
I've been a fan since '91 but have never sought out their live performances. This is absolutely incredible to see how tight AND how loose the LAs were live! Testament to the whole band and their musicianship.
Son of a Gun and Feelin' are flawless, as is the rest to be fair but those two are my particular favourites of a simply stunning collection of music from one of the most talented artists our city has every produced.
This was the venue of my first ever gig 4 years before. I got threatened and fainted. Welcome to rock n roll. Now a wholesalers or restaurant or something.
I can’t believe what I’ve just seen. A band at the height of their powers. This particular line up, Lee had them tight. It’s Johnny Cash’s rhythm section, 13th Floor Elevator reverberating lead guitar sonics, Everly Brothers vocals, Zen lyrics, maritime moody mersey magic. They were seriously underrated and caricatured at the time if I remember rightly, or at least under appreciated. Every detail would have been down to Lee Mavers or needed him to be into it, Cammy’s guitar lines, Neil’s sharp skiffly snare, John’s harmonies, lack of cymbals. Sometimes the best bands need a deep solo vision. Rhythmically no one could touch them, The Stone Roses had Reni/Mani but that was somewhere completely different, in 1991 it seemed most music was rhythmically pretty straight (indie dance farm mock turtles mondays candyflip) to a 14 year old weeks away from buying his first NME and learning about things a bit looser, anyway. This is the first time I’ve thought Mavers was right to be pissed off at the sound of the album, if this is what he wanted. I’d love to hear the rest of the concert; Looking Glass, I Am The Key, etc. They looked cool (as fuck.. moo) too, crucial, no gimmicks like some of the Manchester bands of the time. Or maybe the whole thing was one big gimmick Head. Anyway, get it on your big tv screen and melt into it. Enjoy.
Given the Beatles neither wrote the songs attributed to them nor played on their albums, it’s surprising to me how little history people generally have of this most famous product of the Tavistock.
@@GT380manAliens never landed on the pyramids, the government is flat, lizards run Paul... Give us another hit of the crackpipe, or is the crackpipe fake too?
I saw them on the same tour at the Brixton Academy, with tickets I won on Radio 1. It was a superb gig, one of the best ever. This brought back those memories. The last song was Looking Glass. The drummer had glitter on his kit, as I remember, which bounced up as he played. Ended with a massive crescendo, and him kicking the kit over . . . wow!
@ScottishTeeVee I did, in 2005 they did a short tour and I saw the band with old friends in Belfast. The La’s were great that night. I have a bootleg of it somewhere.
@@liborsionkoIt kind of says it all about Oasis that people can’t stop mentioning them in the comments of other bands. Did they release a record as good as The La’s? No but they were one of the best British rock bands of the last generation and certainly the biggest.
Buuuuurrrned by the twentieth century.. Thank you Lee, I will never tire of listening to these songs. I wonder which ones he liked best?, TSG, SOAG, TM and Calling All for me.
My favourite song, that. Another brilliant line: “He was born to live like a mercenary; personally, I think that’s fine, if you’re in the right mind”. How he slickly weaves the music & lyrics on SOAG is just spellbinding, I find.
I happened to hear them live in Paris in 1990 : they were "opening" for the Stone Roses in a festival - I adored The SR, but fell instantly in love with The La's ! I remember me thinking they were giving me the opportunity to "timetravel" to The Cavern at the beginning of the 60s... Pure Liverpudlian magic ! One of the most underrated bands ever for sure.
@@ScottishTeeVee Saw them supporting Elvis Costello, early 1991 in Los Angeles. I'm from Merseyside, and I noticed some lads in the bar before the gig who definitely weren't locals! Turns out it was mates, management and the like having a pint before they went on.
@@markwhite5656ey Mark! Which gig in LA? I saw EC so many times but not with the La's. I saw Sam Phillips open for him at the Wiltern, I think that was 91 but could be wrong. Hope you see this!
Saw them about three maybe even four years before this at International 1 in Manchester. Almost identical setlist, identical sound, identical clothes even. Mavers was one hell of a songwriter and performer but he was clearly stuck in a massive creative rut for years. He hadn’t written anything new for donkeys and was flogging the same dead horse as others passed him by
Some people have just got one album's worth of great songs.. it took him 5 years, multiple attempts and a million pounds of the labels money to put out an album he then disowned because it still didn't sound right. He wasn't right in the head.
Many people would only have heard the songs from their album but they had so many great songs that didn't make the album along with b-sides and some songs that were never even recorded properly. Check out these songs on TH-cam : Fishing Net Tears in the rain Callin all I am the key Raindance Man I'm only human Endless Our time All by myself Who knows. I've heard some say that Lee Mavers has songs that only a lucky few people have ever heard and they're as good as any of the songs on the album. Noel Gallagher says that Mavers had enough great songs hidden away that could fill two great albums. They could have been one of the biggest bands of all time but sadly Lee hated the music industry and wasn't really into the fame side of it.
I don't blame him for hating the music industry tbh. Look at Judee Sill, Another talented person who was essentially thrown to the wayside cause she wasn't palpable enough for mainstream radio. Thank God we have what we have of hers, but Judee deserves better.
Cheers! Loved the LA's album, wondered what they'd have been like live, got my answer (even better than the recording). Thanks so much for uploading this and it's great to see from all the comments that there's still a good community of fans out there.
imma listen to his later.. they might be really good from what the comments im seeing (i did hear fishing net and liked it and a little bit of there she goes)
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Thank you!!!!
I’d like to thank you sincerely for the effort you’ve invested to share with strangers this wonderful work. I’m a recent fan, coming to The La’s through TSG only followed by a Gallagher recommended 😎
I’ve completely fallen for these songs, and have irked my whole family by my obsessive playing of this & other gigs.
The most addictive two tracks have a relentless drive: Son of a gun & Way out. Just superb.
But the revelation is Looking Glass. Each to their own decisions but, for me, it’s definitely in my top five songs I’ve ever heard.
Thank you hugely 🤗
What’s the date this, do you know? I was at one of the two gigs at the Manchester academy, either 9 March or 3 September. Thx for posting 👍🏽
@@gooders7366 The date appears on screen, did you ask the question before watching?
Authentic music. Incredible band. Brilliant musicianship. Maver’s is a genius. Power is a power house. The drum beat is primal and the lead guitar is superb.
We won’t see the likes of the La’s again.x
The harmonies sound similar to the Beatles tbf
11 songs in 24 minutes is all you need to know
No bullshit just classic rocknroll
He was the Lennon & McCartney, Harrison and Dylan of his generation, all rolled into one, but only some of us were lucky enough to see it.
i know many may not agree but in my opinion, he was greater than all four
Agreed saw them at the hummingbird Birmingham that year
I don't think even he saw it properly which is part of the tragedy of him
He was his best asset and biggest hindrance. Genius? Undoubtedly.
@@rh5941ok my bastard
You turned the corner and walked into yourself . What a fuckin lyric . Thanks Lee.
Biggest band in the world that never was!
They were.
They had a more pop/folk sound than other indie bands which set them apart. Mavers is a great rhythm player and Power is enjoying himself. All great songs
Criminally underrated musicians, the way he plays and sings on son of a gun is mega
I'd known about the existence of the La's forever, but never really took notice. I always liked the song they're renowned for (There She Goes) but had no idea how amazing they were. A mate and I were discussing great albums when he said "stick the La's on" which I did with not much expectation. All I can say is, that album changed my life..seriously. So much passion that when you listen to it, your troubles disappear. Lee Mavers was a genius.
Glad you found this and then took the time to watch and comment.
Same thing with myself, I had known of them for years but I didn't realise how incredible they were. Lee Mavers is a truly gifted genius and one of the greatest songwriters ever, without a doubt!👌👌👌
Finally you found the most underrated band of the past 50 years!!! If they were from Manchester at that time then the media wankfest would have had them elevated !!!
@@TB71294who cares, liverpool had it's own thing at the time whether hipster journos know about it or not, shout out to the cosmic scouse scene in the 2000's aswell all those bandwagon bands like the coral the zutons tramp attack dead 60s the stands et al
@@lennon1482 Here in the US I didn't know anything about who was cool and who was not in that scene, and I loved The Coral
The La's were such an incredible band. Wish Mavers had went on to write more.
I know you've heard this before, but i was ACTUALLY THERE, it was my first gig, at Manny Uni, the tickets were pink and cost seven and half quid, it was fucking magic. Me n my boy Russell. We were back at school the following Monday, we shoved our way to the front and the stage eas about six foot high. If u see a lad with ginger curtains stood right in front of Lee, that's me.❤🩸
Just look at the way he's strumming on Son Of A Gun, pure talent
Thanks for watching and commenting Adam
And singing at the same time!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. The power, coordination and musicality of his rhythm playing are fantastic!
Yeh Son of a gun is really difficult to recreate , don’t here many cover bands trying to play that 😀 amazing talent
I love the way Lee plays son of a gun. That’s one hell of a right hand going on that acoustic
An incredible band at the top of their game
Thanks for watching and commenting
u only need 1 album when its this good
Agreed
Lee hated the record company released version
He could never get it the way he wanted it
They got fed up and released it without his consent
One of the best bands i've ever heard. Great perfomance!!
Missed myself when LA's were functioning and was late to the game. Bought the album a year later and was gobsmacked. One day Lee might be satisfied with that album and work on the follow up but "not bloody likely" I'm thinking.
"feelin" probably one of the best songs ever... And it's only a minute and a half... Legend 👏👏👏
Its a amazing to see how a group can totally rock out a music hall essenitally with accoustic sound.
It certainly is
0:00 - Son of a Gun
1:48 - Freedom Song
4:05 - Come In Come Out
6:07 - I.O.U.
8:03 - I Can't Sleep
10:24 - Doledrum
12:58 - Feelin'
14:36 - Liberty Ship
16:29 - Failure
19:00 - Way Out
21:20 - There She Goes
Thanks for that 👍
One of the most underrated British indie bands to have formed.
One of Paul Wellers favourite albums. Probably many other musicians favourite as well
They just plowed through the whole record in 23 minutes! Fucking legendary!
Makes one wonder what issues Lee had with the 35min initial album version. Did the band only have this roughly 23mins and he hated all the filler they had to add? Lee was famous for preferring the most stripped down & raw version of each song. Who knows, gonna likely need to wait until Netflix or Amazon makes a doc about the topic once 'There She Goes' blows up again, possibly when some movie/streamer series or TikTok gives it a warranted boost.
Like The Ramones! Must've been a few nostrils full. Sorely missing Timeless Melody, though.
Our band, based South Wales, opened for The La's on their debut London gig in Camden. I'll never forget Lee walking into that pub, like some cowboy hero in in his shiny boots. Talk about charisma, Lennon in Hamburg, all that Their subsequent 15-minute soundcheck was the best 'gig' I ever saw. Took the roof off. This was with Chris Sharrock on drums - a decent person - and the original lead guitarist who played (wrote?) the gorgeous intro to There She Goesm Later I chatted with John Power for a while, or rather I listened, while he waxed lyrical about their upcoming album. As a Scouser in exile, I was rightly proud of The La's, although the thin, tinny sound of the album was a disappointment and I can see why Lee was peeved. But what a duo Lee & John were, so much potential snubbed out early by the former's madhattery and the latter's drive/ambition. There they go ...
Fucking brilliant
@@MoykelGreat post, thanks. The latter part I completely agree with.
It’s such a shame but at least we have what we have.
It’s funny that an undercooked production of the album is still one of the best albums ever made 😂
I never appreciated how good a guitarist Lee is - what fantastic rhythm playing and some lead too. Amazing talent
Fantastic Rhythm player, pure slight of hand, but power when it's needed. Melody falls outta him.. Its like he's always busking when he performs (relying on himself to be heard) he said this himself a few times I think. The strumming on "Son of a gun" is class.. You can hear an element of almost every "britpop" band in different parts of this show.
@@damotheman4196you could say a melody always finds him…
Sorry
@@tomben6180 No! Dont you ever apologise for a good pun!
@@damotheman4196 😂
Lee's right hand could carry the whole performance solo
Saw them on this tour. They were phenomenal live. Lee was the real deal. No bullshit posturing or proclamations about being the greatest. He was all about the music. Pure northern soul.
The drumming is unreal
No. I believe it is real. And auto tune is not even being used to enhance the percussive component, I would hazard.
Brilliantly put Lee Mavers and the LA’s were the real deal no BS
One of the tightest 23.53 minutes of music I’ve watched from a band. They sound incredible.
Absolutely
Agreed mate.
Not sure I've seen anything like it. Like a whirlwind
I'd put it up there with one of the best live performances I've seen. Captivating
21:25
Writing songs is like fishing. Sometimes you catch one, sometimes you don’t.
This one will always be a gem.
Oh My Great Lord, Mavers and Powers delivers 120% and more, Thank you
I love the la’s especially the base player and his funky dancing 🕺🏻 fantastic live performance
Glad you enjoyed it
That's the one and only John Power man, check out the band he fronted after this they're called "Cast" id reccomend "Alright" for first listen but all in all "All Change" (Casts' debut album) was another cracking 90s album. 👍 The Las had even done early versions of "Alright"..John has one hell of a voice too.
Battling the madchester in its own place, a different band without a doubt.
I’m a Mancunian and fucking love the La’s, in the top 5 albums of all time for me.
@@tomben6180 Same, but I'm not even from England.
If only they could have released more albums, who knows how massive they could have been.
Agreed. I just hope they tour again sometime.
I know right! Can you imagine if some of the crescent tapes songs were completed and recorded with the same production as the first album. All those layered guitars! They would have been amazing
@@josephec835Lee would have hated that lol he hated the production on the first album and tbh the crescent or kitchen tapes done in that style would have completely went against what Lee wanted to sound like.
@brianj4201 I would have liked it. Not Lee. Lee didn't like anything recording wise.
Missing greatest song. Timeless Melody
“Way out” for me.
Edit: A week later, it’s “Looking glass”. Astonishing song & delivery.
So true
i saw them on this tour at newcastle student union - the guitarist had a fight with someone in the audience mid-gig - happy days!
Noel Gallagher once said that Oasis existed “to finish what The La’s started.”
They failed
Yeah, they became superstars.
@@tt-du6vc That's not what the La's represented at all.
What they represented?
Lucky enough to see them at Bristol Polytechnic/UWE the same year! Great night. After the set, Lee seemed to appreciate my friend Emma's fine buxom 'bristows' as he called them!!
Absolute Quality. Loved the La’s. If your going to only make amazing one Album then they succeeded.
Thanks for watching and commenting lad
In the spirit of the Ramones, You Am I and Dylan...all killer no filler no procrastination all rock n roll dear friends
I think about this band every day. I wish we can hear something new from Lee one day. It seems so pointless for him to not be playing live at least.
Surely one of the greatest bands ever
Definitely.
Unfortunately one good album doesn't even get them near the conversation. Big waste and shame for sure
Their stuff reminds me of dreamy hot summer days. An amazing band.
Campervan Mike yes mate
Quality over quantity.
great drummer
Aye - Lee’s brother Neil… amazing… They went through some class drummers but he was amazing
@@m189283 woah...makes sense!
Was lucky enough to tag along with these guys through some of my Huyton friends..my big mates brother was in the band ..brilliant lads and I still listin to them often.was lucky to have been at this gig.barrowland,Liverpool and marquee London,stayed at the hotel in London with these guys..thanks for the memories ❤
Many will be jealous, including me 🤣 You were lucky to have been there William.
Oh and white doves everything.. or ECHOS as the scousers called them..amazing times..Ta La.😍
The sound guy has excelled for these guys and their phenomenal songs.
I'm glad you enjoyed this Andrew
I cant Sleep was always my favourite track on the album. Love how the backing vocals crossover with the chorus. Quality, very 60's beach boy kinksy scouse attitude!!
Criminally underrated band.
I’d put it as astonishingly unknown.
My kids had never heard of The La’s or Lee Mavers.
They know TSG of course but had no idea it wasn’t a “one hit wonder band”.
The girls are 30 & 26 years old.
What planet were you on when they were receiving adulation like a modern day Beatles?
@@andrewstubbs822 America.
@@titussardonicus338 😆 You guys often treat genius music as disposable. I guess certain bands/artists' history is of relevance at times.
They're not really underrated. They're more accurately described as overlooked (but even that depends on which side of the pond you're on).
I was at this show. The Milltown Brothers we’re the support band.
You very lucky person. I remember the Milltown Brothers, never saw them, but did see them listed as support band on a good few flyers for venues. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Peter.
Big wave of inspiration crashed in the UK and America in the late eighties n early nineties...just discovered this...fn awesome!!
Thanks for watching and commenting Shawn
One of my absolutely favorite bands.
Meeting this man is still to this day one of my fondest memories
Saw them at shepherds Bush around 2005... incredible
I was also at that gig. Lee Mavers had barely changed over 14 years. So frustrating that he couldn't move on from the album.
Feelin' is in my top ten favorite songs. I could listen to it all day (and I did once).
Thanks for watching and commenting.
The La's forget everything else they were untouchable....
our kid got this album when it came out, we played it every day of the week! I didn't think it was that good, stone roses had got me! he always lauded at how utterly brilliant it was musically....it's 2021 & i'm 50! where are the other 10-12 albums that should have followed! Mavers you wasted your fantastic talent mate.
Barry was good we mina and tom Paul made my night again thanks
I didnt know they had another song. Good for them.
I wore out the iron oxide out from the La's tape. It was hypnotic, I could not stop playing this album. One of the best
This has to be the best La’s line up.
The band were tight as fuck! Lee’s playing is phenomenal well all of them to be fair. For me the best debut album ever.
I've been a fan since '91 but have never sought out their live performances. This is absolutely incredible to see how tight AND how loose the LAs were live! Testament to the whole band and their musicianship.
Son of a Gun and Feelin' are flawless, as is the rest to be fair but those two are my particular favourites of a simply stunning collection of music from one of the most talented artists our city has every produced.
This was the venue of my first ever gig 4 years before. I got threatened and fainted. Welcome to rock n roll. Now a wholesalers or restaurant or something.
Thanks for watching and commenting, I hope you returned to see more gigs at this venue
Grazie mille, the LA's è meraviglioso
Sorry they escaped my radar. To say they are the greatest band ever. I’m a big music fan.
I can’t believe what I’ve just seen. A band at the height of their powers. This particular line up, Lee had them tight. It’s Johnny Cash’s rhythm section, 13th Floor Elevator reverberating lead guitar sonics, Everly Brothers vocals, Zen lyrics, maritime moody mersey magic. They were seriously underrated and caricatured at the time if I remember rightly, or at least under appreciated. Every detail would have been down to Lee Mavers or needed him to be into it, Cammy’s guitar lines, Neil’s sharp skiffly snare, John’s harmonies, lack of cymbals. Sometimes the best bands need a deep solo vision. Rhythmically no one could touch them, The Stone Roses had Reni/Mani but that was somewhere completely different, in 1991 it seemed most music was rhythmically pretty straight (indie dance farm mock turtles mondays candyflip) to a 14 year old weeks away from buying his first NME and learning about things a bit looser, anyway. This is the first time I’ve thought Mavers was right to be pissed off at the sound of the album, if this is what he wanted. I’d love to hear the rest of the concert; Looking Glass, I Am The Key, etc. They looked cool (as fuck.. moo) too, crucial, no gimmicks like some of the Manchester bands of the time. Or maybe the whole thing was one big gimmick Head. Anyway, get it on your big tv screen and melt into it. Enjoy.
Glad you enjoyed it. Great comment.
I Was There. No words...
bloody well written ))
@@dodgerjacobs2714 think I was too with my best mate - was it at the academy? I remember lead guitar walking off at one point??
Very epic :)))))
🙏
The 2nd best band from Liverpool no mean feat,outstanding.
I wonder what band is first
Yeah, nobody touches The Wombats.
Given the Beatles neither wrote the songs attributed to them nor played on their albums, it’s surprising to me how little history people generally have of this most famous product of the Tavistock.
@@GT380manAliens never landed on the pyramids, the government is flat, lizards run Paul... Give us another hit of the crackpipe, or is the crackpipe fake too?
@@GT380manThe Beatles didn’t write their songs? 😂
We literally have hours and hours of live footage of them putting the songs together.
This guys still àlive.
Stunning performance, what a band !!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting
I saw them on the same tour at the Brixton Academy, with tickets I won on Radio 1. It was a superb gig, one of the best ever. This brought back those memories. The last song was Looking Glass. The drummer had glitter on his kit, as I remember, which bounced up as he played. Ended with a massive crescendo, and him kicking the kit over . . . wow!
Thanks for watching and sharing the memories
Love The La’s!!!
Yeah great band. I never saw them though ☹️. Did you?
@ScottishTeeVee
I did, in 2005 they did a short tour and I saw the band with old friends in Belfast. The La’s were great that night. I have a bootleg of it somewhere.
@@edwardmulholland7912 be great to hear that Bootleg!
@@edwardmulholland7912 put it up mate that would be boss , no recordings of that one
I’ll have a look for it
This...this is indescribably necessary right now. In a divisive time there is always something to remind us of potential. The La’s do that for me.
I agree with you, I’ve been listening to new music I missed during the fraudemic 😎
I first heard them in 1991, never stopped, the band Oasis wanted to be.
There was a braincell deficit though sadly
@@liborsionkoIt kind of says it all about Oasis that people can’t stop mentioning them in the comments of other bands.
Did they release a record as good as The La’s? No but they were one of the best British rock bands of the last generation and certainly the biggest.
@@tomben6180 What it 'kind of says' is something lamentable about success relative to talent.
this band is surely missed
What a band. I saw them on this tour. I was 15. I still remember how good it was.
Lucky
I’d give my full set of limbs to have been at this gig
Thanks for watching and commenting Chad.
Buuuuurrrned by the twentieth century..
Thank you Lee, I will never tire of listening to these songs. I wonder which ones he liked best?, TSG, SOAG, TM and Calling All for me.
My favourite song, that.
Another brilliant line: “He was born to live like a mercenary; personally, I think that’s fine, if you’re in the right mind”.
How he slickly weaves the music & lyrics on SOAG is just spellbinding, I find.
I happened to hear them live in Paris in 1990 : they were "opening" for the Stone Roses in a festival - I adored The SR, but fell instantly in love with The La's ! I remember me thinking they were giving me the opportunity to "timetravel" to The Cavern at the beginning of the 60s... Pure Liverpudlian magic ! One of the most underrated bands ever for sure.
Thanks for watching and sharing the memories
@@ScottishTeeVee Saw them supporting Elvis Costello, early 1991 in Los Angeles. I'm from Merseyside, and I noticed some lads in the bar before the gig who definitely weren't locals! Turns out it was mates, management and the like having a pint before they went on.
@@markwhite5656ey Mark! Which gig in LA? I saw EC so many times but not with the La's. I saw Sam Phillips open for him at the Wiltern, I think that was 91 but could be wrong. Hope you see this!
The best band of the 1990’s.🙏♥️🎼.x
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The La’s were phenomenal, glad you liked it all the way from your amazing country 🇯🇵.
Gracias por compartir!
love love love this album!!!
Saw them about three maybe even four years before this at International 1 in Manchester. Almost identical setlist, identical sound, identical clothes even. Mavers was one hell of a songwriter and performer but he was clearly stuck in a massive creative rut for years. He hadn’t written anything new for donkeys and was flogging the same dead horse as others passed him by
You were lucky to have seen them so early on
Some people have just got one album's worth of great songs.. it took him 5 years, multiple attempts and a million pounds of the labels money to put out an album he then disowned because it still didn't sound right. He wasn't right in the head.
Incredible.
Just missing "Timeless Melody".
Criminally underrated and under-recorded bands of the 90's: The La's and Jellyfish. Sometimes the best things don't last, sadly.
Yup, Loved them both. Saw Jellyfish in 1990 in Dallas Tx, great show !
A genius.
This is wonderful
Many people would only have heard the songs from their album but they had so many great songs that didn't make the album along with b-sides and some songs that were never even recorded properly. Check out these songs on TH-cam :
Fishing Net
Tears in the rain
Callin all
I am the key
Raindance
Man I'm only human
Endless
Our time
All by myself
Who knows.
I've heard some say that Lee Mavers has songs that only a lucky few people have ever heard and they're as good as any of the songs on the album. Noel Gallagher says that Mavers had enough great songs hidden away that could fill two great albums. They could have been one of the biggest bands of all time but sadly Lee hated the music industry and wasn't really into the fame side of it.
I don't blame him for hating the music industry tbh. Look at Judee Sill, Another talented person who was essentially thrown to the wayside cause she wasn't palpable enough for mainstream radio. Thank God we have what we have of hers, but Judee deserves better.
If you didn’t know the La’s are scouse, now you do la
Class of their own
They didn’t play Timeless Melody, which is a gem.
this is great
Glad you found and enjoyed
Was at this show. The brilliant Milltown Brothers supported
I always thought it was a shame they only released the one LP. I would have liked to have heard more.
Apparently they recorded the whole album very quickly. The room was filled with mics and they recorded it live, not individually
Cheers! Loved the LA's album, wondered what they'd have been like live, got my answer (even better than the recording). Thanks so much for uploading this and it's great to see from all the comments that there's still a good community of fans out there.
imma listen to his later.. they might be really good from what the comments im seeing (i did hear fishing net and liked it and a little bit of there she goes)
ok so im kinda liking the freedom song
@@thisdeath Thanks for watching and commenting, I am glad you enjoy some of this 🙂
@@ScottishTeeVee yea
Superb! The La’s live vibe is something else. Only got to see them once in 2005 at Manchester Ritz. Genius. Thanks for this.
At least you got to see them.
Amazing to stumble on this. Thanks.
Glad you like it!
legends of manchester
Absolutely
Why God put me here ❤️
thank you
You're welcome