THIRTY YEARS!! I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR THIRTY YEARS!! I’ve only heard it ONE time on “120 Minutes” on MTV. I didn’t even know the lyrics! Thanks to Google’s feature to find a song by humming it, I FOUND IT!!! THANK YOU GOOGLE! Now I’m gonna play the HELL out of this song!!!
I remember working at a CD store and playing this song. This is back when you'd just take chances on new bands. I think I played this track 100 times and sold many of their CD's as a result. :)
I waited 17 years to see tortoise live. So after the show I interviewed them backstage . As a music fan and reporter, I must say it was awesome. They are great guys, very sharing with their beer and cigarettes
@@joshkirkwood8945 Seen tortoise 3 times in germany. Would have loved to pick their brains backstage but I didnt't have the chance to interview interesting bands since I was twentyone. That was about the time we organised concerts for shudder and other dischord bands. wow, seems ages ago.
Yup. And they were amazing to watch play live. The way they could deconstruct a rock song and rebuild it into something totally original is unmatched. Shudder to Think were D.C. punk rockers that could rip shit up, start anew, and make you feel pleasantly awkward in the process.
Holy fucking shit. I finally found it... I've had this song in my head ever since I seen it on MTV YEARS ago! It was on one of their commercials. I knew the ending of the song, but didn't really know the lyrics. I've tried everything FOR YEARS to figure it out. I thought maybe it was just buried under all the other music, so I gave up. And look here now, it's 11/17/2014 @7:30 p.m. Est. and I finally found it. It's a miracle! Holy crap! Unreal. Ok, sorry, but I had to let it out, I mean, Hold back the road that goes.. Wow..
I know the feeling and you're damned right it's an odd song. I started to think of it recently after listening to a lot of Deftones and thought the song was a B side of there's long ago. First heard this in mid-late 90's from the vid on some countdown. Just type "their mouths hold back the roads that go..." and it leads you to this song... internet winz! ^_^ then to realize "hit liquor" was on Beavis & Butthead so long ago... BONUS!
Billo1281 Tell me about it. Same experience. Saw MTV playing the vid for this song late at night in high school, back when dinosaurs walked the earth, and finally found it when I though about it one morning and did some googling. I always remembered "you invite me in just to pour me down." Haunted my dreams for years... But those words finally gave me the hit.
I saw this video ONCE on MTV when I was a kid and never saw it again and nobody knew what I was talking about when I'd bring it up. I'm so glad to finally find this and know I'm not nuts hahaha
The Pony Express album from Shudder to Think is one the strangest, yet most brilliant pop rock albums of the early nineties. This band went through lots of personnel changes and personal problems and still managed to produce two (IMO) outstanding and highly original records for the ages. I hope someday they get the recognition their efforts deserve. Really loved these guys and still listen to their music today.
fell in love with shudder to think this year… i watched velvet goldmine for the first time almost 10 years ago and, well… this band is addictive to say the least.
24 years later and Shudder To Think still sounds amazing. There really hasn't been another band like them that combined the raw distorted guitars of the grunge sound, with progressive like structures, chord changes, and timings. If I was stuck on a desert island, and could only take 5 albums with me, Pony Express Record would definitely be one of them. Also, Craig Wedren, is a really laid back and cool guy. I saw STT live back in 1997 at a smaller venue in Portland, and after the show, Craig hung out and chatted with my friend and myself for a good 20 minutes about his gear, his influences, and such. (We were both aspiring musicians at the time.) I still have the guitar pick he gave me on a chain. Great memories.
I woke up to this song at 3 in the morning as a kid and it scared the living shit out of me. It must of been whatever I was dreaming about combined with the singer looking right into my soul. I ran upstairs and jumped into bed. It took me about twenty years to finally discover the band that wrote this song. I have no idea how I found it as I only had hazy, half-awake memories of it. But it is a great song and brilliant use of minimalism with big dynamic swings. Essentially one chord, which fills the entire song with tension. It may sound easy, but it is extremely hard to write a song this good with a one chord verse and chorus..and these guys are obviously not a punk band with few chords in their toolbox. This was intentionally minimal and brilliant!
I can't believe every story told here is exactly what I was going to say! My daughter was going through my old CDs and I begged her to find this song on a special CD with other great bands. I listen to it from Chattanooga Tennessee to Atlanta Georgia back to back, non-stop! Truly one of the greatest songs of all time!
@@RichardFriendartist Definitely has some crazy parts. They had insane intuition/ear when it came to those jarring dissonant chords and odd rhythm and general noise haha. But still super melodic somehow. Genius.
Something I've always admired about Shudder to Think is their ability to interplay dissonance with melody and even silence to create a masterful whole.
We will never again, hear, or see another band like them, again....when I see a band like Shudder To Think come across through a platform, like RUclips, it’s a bittersweet digital whisper from the past. This was my childhood....these were my teen years. RIP.
I owned all the Shudder CD's back in the 90's and for some reason shelved them and forgot about the band. Cue to yesterday and me on Spotify where I stumbled upon them again. I cued up X-French Tee Shirt and fell in love all over again. This is easily one of the best rock songs of that era. God, were they talented.
Success in music is so non-sensical. I saw Shudder To Think open for Smashing Pumpkins in 1994. They’re just as interesting a band, just as good. Yet they never were as popular.
I remember reading lackluster reviews of this album when it was released. Today, it’s known as THE underrated gem of the ‘90s. History has vindicated Craig Wedren.
I first saw these guys on 120 Minutes back in early ‘94 and immediately recognized what they brought to the table. Hit Liquor sent me straight to the record store. I bought Pony Express & the Hit Liquor EP. Was a nice surprise to find that Wedren did the opening music sequence to The State & even appeared in a few sketches. Loved that show. Oh, how I struggle with the absence of the early-mid 90’s.
aubrie allen omg. I played the hell out of that release. The whole soundtrack was stellar. Especially the Steve Harley cover. Wish the other SH cover was included on the ST. Beautiful song and Jonathan Rhys Myers nails it.
Rhythm section in the entire outro always trips me up. Beats so simple but he throws in the weird time signature for a few measures then goes back to the normal beat
this to me is my most favorite song ever. when my newly found army aggression and anxiety kick in, this song brings me back to my melancholic core. I'm happy in that state. that's why I love this group and this song.
I was so bummed when Adam(the drummer) left, his style was just so perfect for them :/ It's like when Adam and Nathan joined the planets aligned. But just for one album. Well plus YOU'RE GONNA LOOK FINE LOVE, that's Adam on drums too. Now that I think about it, it sucks they stopped at all.
I remembered a "one chord song" that I used to hear on the radio in the mid-90's. For YEARS I have wondered what the song was, because I always thought that was a fantastic concept... but couldn't for the life of me remember any lyrics. Just this wall of one power chord over and over, and some really interesting vocal melody. FINALLY I stumbled upon it quite by accident, when I randomly downloaded this album because of a Spin magazine "weirdest signings post-nirvana" list. Almost crashed my car when the outro to this song came on and I realized "holy shit it's the song!!!"
Strange thing is: I started writing/recording a song this week with that one chord concept in mind, because I remembered this song. Such a bizarre coincidence. 25 years looking for this song, and it shows up the week I decide to use its concept for my own.
One of the Top 15 GREATEST albums of the 90s, or any other decade. Pure, unabashed, and unafraid. Total MUSICAL and VOCAL expression. Some tunnels we crawl through are claustrophobic, some we can stand inside, and some are lined with fur and ladders. The same with “Pony Express Record”.
I heard this song in 1996 while driving in Minneapolis. I never knew who it was and never forgot it. I found out today while listening to the "current" station fund drive who they are. Priceless!
shit I saw these guys at the first lollapalooza and everybody was cursing and hating on them. I was blown away. great band, and yes way ahead of their time.
I remember running out n buying this CD, n as a young black woman, back then, l knew great music when l heard it, all genres....Gon, shudder to think. I think l'm in love, w/ the front man like l said, lol.🥰💕🙋🏾♀️💯
I was just listening to Jar of Flies. H aving a 90's flashback, then all of a sudden, this Shudder to Think song came in my head. I remember seeing the video on either 120 Minutes or Alternative Nation. Matt Pinfield. Kennedy. Lewis Largent. Ah, brings back mammaries.
I remember seeing this video for the first time and it was like a "where were you when..?" moment. June, 1995, Hotel Room, Washington D.C.. Such a great song and video.
@@NikkiMiller-re5fl Thank you for the reply. It gave me an opportunity to re-watch the video, YET AGAIN! And, to my surprise, I ONCE AGAIN picked up something new that I never noticed. Such a great video, by one of the most underrated American bands.
In my high school years, mainstream music was pretty abysmal, and the underground scene was thriving. But my main love was the alt rock scene from the early to mid 90's. It was the only sound I could relate to at the time. It touched me. I would research all of it. From Faith No More, Drain STH, Buckley, AiC, etc. There were three songs I struggled finding. Two were Professional Murder Music's 'Slow', Our Lady Peace 'One Man Army', and a third unknown song. And BY CHANCE, listening to Savory, I saw this thumbnail. I FINALLY Discovered this track. And along with their So Into You cover, it was everything I ever wanted in music when I was 15. Now, I have one last question: how do I get this melody out of my head?? It's all I think about. My life is ruined.
Samuel Morse you are negative. You assumed incorrectly their comment was negative when in fact it is potentially pointing out how deep and crafted the chorus is.
Look at the comment. It is obviously a cynical dig, she says repeat, for ten days over and over. That is not part of the lyrics this person is criticizing what they don't immediately grasp.
Samuel Morse again, you are assuming. I see a comment that points out the opposite of what you see. It could go any direction as it is vague. You see only negative out of 3 possible conclusions
Let this person come back to correct me. Negative? Not at all. Am I defensive when it come to good art, sure. Anyways naivete is not helping you any. "Repeat for ten days, over and over, " is not at all positive in my mind. The chorus is powerful and haunting. But if they had let the vocals drag on forever and ever it would have minimized it's impact.
What an awesome fucking song. When it came out back in the day I thought it was great but it had competition...nowadays this song is the one-eyed King in the land of the blind.
MEGA influence on 5th grade me. It's kind of incomprehensible how deep just seeing this video on 120 Minutes impacted me in the mid 90's. I wouldn't pick up a guitar for 7 years....and for 20 years more I wouldn't recognize the influence until maybe I saw 'The Velvet Goldmine'..... God Bless Craig Wedren
this album, Pony Express Record, only gets better with age. absolutely fearless, utterly unique, inscrutable, fascinating, always rewarding. i've seen Craig perform in many different capacities over the years in NYC (and even played on the same bill) and he's always compelling. and a nice, feet-on-the-ground guy.
I wish people knew about Shudder To Think and how rewarding and beautiful their music is. I recently turned a crazy 7 string jazz fusion player to them and even he knows how nuts and beautiful they are.
When I first heard this, I thought "Damn, this is the future of rock music!" Sadly, I was wrong. Still, an awesome band and a 90's banger that needs to return.
Should have been a top 40 rock song tbh. It had earworm, simplistic lyrics, but complex instrumentation that is appealing to the ear. They should have been at least as big as Live.
Oddly unnerving darkly beautiful classic video that perfectly fit the song.That infinite refrain with the building layers of guitar " speech" fills me with bliss every time
THIRTY YEARS!! I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR THIRTY YEARS!! I’ve only heard it ONE time on “120 Minutes” on MTV. I didn’t even know the lyrics! Thanks to Google’s feature to find a song by humming it, I FOUND IT!!! THANK YOU GOOGLE! Now I’m gonna play the HELL out of this song!!!
The very same thing happened to me a few years back with a song called "Take Good Care Of It" by The Verlaines.
congragts
I got this song on a demo cd in a magazine around 1995 haha, took me a while too find it again. I think I found it in 2009.
Oh please tell me you went from finding this song to listening to the brilliant album it's on!
@@RuyGuySpin This?
I remember working at a CD store and playing this song. This is back when you'd just take chances on new bands. I think I played this track 100 times and sold many of their CD's as a result. :)
I tried the same with the first Tortoise and Watts "Tug Boat o Ball Hog". Didn't work, mainly because my boss didn't like me playing that stuff :-D
That is awesome. People don't normally like good music
I waited 17 years to see tortoise live. So after the show I interviewed them backstage . As a music fan and reporter, I must say it was awesome. They are great guys, very sharing with their beer and cigarettes
@@joshkirkwood8945 I guess my boss was just to afraid it would piss off the mainstream customers.
@@joshkirkwood8945 Seen tortoise 3 times in germany. Would have loved to pick their brains backstage but I didnt't have the chance to interview interesting bands since I was twentyone. That was about the time we organised concerts for shudder and other dischord bands. wow, seems ages ago.
Without question, the most criminally underrated record of the 1990's. Bar none.
+Krung absolutely
This band is too good. May have been overlooked for that reason. It's over a lot of heads.
Are you drunk?
Yup. And they were amazing to watch play live. The way they could deconstruct a rock song and rebuild it into something totally original is unmatched. Shudder to Think were D.C. punk rockers that could rip shit up, start anew, and make you feel pleasantly awkward in the process.
Krung one of my favorites from the 90's. It's beautifully ugly. I get why it wasn't for everyone and why it was so good for those that got it.
Holy fucking shit. I finally found it... I've had this song in my head ever since I seen it on MTV YEARS ago! It was on one of their commercials. I knew the ending of the song, but didn't really know the lyrics. I've tried everything FOR YEARS to figure it out. I thought maybe it was just buried under all the other music, so I gave up. And look here now, it's 11/17/2014 @7:30 p.m. Est. and I finally found it. It's a miracle! Holy crap! Unreal. Ok, sorry, but I had to let it out, I mean, Hold back the road that goes.. Wow..
Btw, now that ai can listen to it at 32 years of age, I know why I remember it. It was a odd song back then, but damn was it ahead of it's time!
There's nothing better than killing that fucking song demon. It can ruin lives.
There's a whole AV Club article dedicated to this song.
www.avclub.com/article/shudder-to-think-made-the-most-head-fucking-non-hi-200742
I know the feeling and you're damned right it's an odd song. I started to think of it recently after listening to a lot of Deftones and thought the song was a B side of there's long ago. First heard this in mid-late 90's from the vid on some countdown. Just type "their mouths hold back the roads that go..." and it leads you to this song... internet winz! ^_^ then to realize "hit liquor" was on Beavis & Butthead so long ago... BONUS!
Billo1281
Tell me about it. Same experience. Saw MTV playing the vid for this song late at night in high school, back when dinosaurs walked the earth, and finally found it when I though about it one morning and did some googling. I always remembered "you invite me in just to pour me down." Haunted my dreams for years... But those words finally gave me the hit.
I can’t believe a two chord song like this can be such an incredible earworm. Addictive as hell. 28 years later and it’s still inescapable
It's all about his vocals.
oh man.. that outro part thats more than half the song could go on for ten mins more and id never get tired of it. what a weird awesome song
I totally agree. Great song!
It just keeps building and building into a rock and roll orgasm!
Another great ending that could go on forever is "Going Steady With the Limes" by Heavy Vegetable. Same era. You won't be disappointed.
Clark Watts it could go Lord of The Rings style in terms of time...
And the entire song is (mostly) one chord: A.
brilliant song.
I saw this video ONCE on MTV when I was a kid and never saw it again and nobody knew what I was talking about when I'd bring it up. I'm so glad to finally find this and know I'm not nuts hahaha
I was going through a 300 song playlist of all the MTV buzz bins in order. When this song started playing it activated me like a sleeper agent.
The Pony Express album from Shudder to Think is one the strangest, yet most brilliant pop rock albums of the early nineties. This band went through lots of personnel changes and personal problems and still managed to produce two (IMO) outstanding and highly original records for the ages. I hope someday they get the recognition their efforts deserve. Really loved these guys and still listen to their music today.
handstrong5 we're looking at you Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
And Craig's cancer. Huge impact.
GET THEIR GOAT is their masterpiece, IMO.
it wont happen.. but i agree
People hate on 50,000 BC bit they shouldn’t! Brilliant album in its own class.
Can't quite believe it's now thirty years since I fell in love with this song.
My all-time favorite rock album. Flawlessly original.
Couldn’t agree more. Brilliant record.
MTV played this a lot in rotation back in the day if music videos.
1995 I think yeah played it alot
fell in love with shudder to think this year… i watched velvet goldmine for the first time almost 10 years ago and, well… this band is addictive to say the least.
Maybe my favorite song of all time
24 years later and Shudder To Think still sounds amazing. There really hasn't been another band like them that combined the raw distorted guitars of the grunge sound, with progressive like structures, chord changes, and timings. If I was stuck on a desert island, and could only take 5 albums with me, Pony Express Record would definitely be one of them.
Also, Craig Wedren, is a really laid back and cool guy. I saw STT live back in 1997 at a smaller venue in Portland, and after the show, Craig hung out and chatted with my friend and myself for a good 20 minutes about his gear, his influences, and such. (We were both aspiring musicians at the time.) I still have the guitar pick he gave me on a chain. Great memories.
I wish I was you. :(
I woke up to this song at 3 in the morning as a kid and it scared the living shit out of me. It must of been whatever I was dreaming about combined with the singer looking right into my soul. I ran upstairs and jumped into bed. It took me about twenty years to finally discover the band that wrote this song. I have no idea how I found it as I only had hazy, half-awake memories of it. But it is a great song and brilliant use of minimalism with big dynamic swings. Essentially one chord, which fills the entire song with tension. It may sound easy, but it is extremely hard to write a song this good with a one chord verse and chorus..and these guys are obviously not a punk band with few chords in their toolbox. This was intentionally minimal and brilliant!
haha you'll probably never forget this song as long as you live after that crazy discovery
Same thing happened to me. I was on the living room rug and woke up really late with mtv still on. 😂
I can't believe every story told here is exactly what I was going to say! My daughter was going through my old CDs and I begged her to find this song on a special CD with other great bands. I listen to it from Chattanooga Tennessee to Atlanta Georgia back to back, non-stop! Truly one of the greatest songs of all time!
Best one-chord song. Ever.
hahah I'm learning it right now...it's got some tricky parts!!
@@RichardFriendartist Definitely has some crazy parts. They had insane intuition/ear when it came to those jarring dissonant chords and odd rhythm and general noise haha. But still super melodic somehow. Genius.
Jaque LaLa
Who cares if he’s gay or straight? I’m sure Craig’s never cared if he was perceived as homosexual, and I’m sure he’s a Liberal.
they did throw in one more.... but I agree with you nonetheless!!
Something I've always admired about Shudder to Think is their ability to interplay dissonance with melody and even silence to create a masterful whole.
well thats their gig.
One of the greatest song ever in rock music.
We will never again, hear, or see another band like them, again....when I see a band like Shudder To Think come across through a platform, like RUclips, it’s a bittersweet digital whisper from the past. This was my childhood....these were my teen years. RIP.
Most underrated song from the 90's, especially since Hum's Stars became a Cadillac commercial.
Christ, I can't believe this song is 20 years old. It still sounds fresh and timely. Hell, it might even be a hit if it was released today.
CD Connelly actually it's around 23 years old now. Came out in 1994.
28 years have now passed.
Criminally underrated
I first heard this album back in highschool in the late 90s. Still feels fresh to this day. Such a great band!
"It's impossible to write a really good vocal melody using only one guitar chord"
Craig Wedren: "hold my ginger ale".
I owned all the Shudder CD's back in the 90's and for some reason shelved them and forgot about the band. Cue to yesterday and me on Spotify where I stumbled upon them again. I cued up X-French Tee Shirt and fell in love all over again. This is easily one of the best rock songs of that era. God, were they talented.
Success in music is so non-sensical. I saw Shudder To Think open for Smashing Pumpkins in 1994. They’re just as interesting a band, just as good. Yet they never were as popular.
I remember reading lackluster reviews of this album when it was released. Today, it’s known as THE underrated gem of the ‘90s. History has vindicated Craig Wedren.
saw this on mtv at like two in the morning when i was twelve. blew my mind.
Same but I was a senior that year
I first saw these guys on 120 Minutes back in early ‘94 and immediately recognized what they brought to the table. Hit Liquor sent me straight to the record store. I bought Pony Express & the Hit Liquor EP. Was a nice surprise to find that Wedren did the opening music sequence to The State & even appeared in a few sketches. Loved that show. Oh, how I struggle with the absence of the early-mid 90’s.
I miss 120 Minutes.
I adore Shudder to Think. Different times in their songs. Velvet Goldmine sound track. Just amazing!!!
aubrie allen omg. I played the hell out of that release. The whole soundtrack was stellar. Especially the Steve Harley cover. Wish the other SH cover was included on the ST. Beautiful song and Jonathan Rhys Myers nails it.
Rhythm section in the entire outro always trips me up. Beats so simple but he throws in the weird time signature for a few measures then goes back to the normal beat
This whole album is amazing! So underrated
Song structure so unique.
Would be great if every song ever was that unique
and is that jeff buckley on the bike? cos it's like so real!
Pure freaking Genius. It's where music should have gone instead of manufactured pop.
As if manufactured pop is current? LOL at the endless amounts of comments which say the exact same thing.
There are PLENTY of creative bands existing right now. "Manufactured pop" is by no means a new phenomenon.
You want all music to sound like this?
I used to pull over outside Sandwich Illinois to hear this song on Q101. I bought Pony Express Record with my next Mcpaycheck and I was hooked
Planet Fest 95 Champaign - Hum. Poster Children. Shudder To Think. Amazing.
this to me is my most favorite song ever. when my newly found army aggression and anxiety kick in, this song brings me back to my melancholic core. I'm happy in that state. that's why I love this group and this song.
I've always loved the irony of this song. I miss the 90s when being different and a bit weird got you airplay
This song is sick. a gem
I can't watch this video, its 90s MTV 120 minutes hurts too much.
rocker4577 I’ll shed a tear for you...I miss that era. The sounds...the styles...this was real shit. MTV WAS REALLY ABOUT MUSIC!!!!!!
So underrated. I love the hell out of this song, always have.
I was so bummed when Adam(the drummer) left, his style was just so perfect for them :/
It's like when Adam and Nathan joined the planets aligned. But just for one album. Well plus YOU'RE GONNA LOOK FINE LOVE, that's Adam on drums too.
Now that I think about it, it sucks they stopped at all.
got to see Craig perform this solo before a jawbox show couple years ago it was awesome!
Pony Express Record is such a wonderful album.
2024 n luv this even more than 90s when it came out. Super band.
This song is so weird I love it
One of the top ten songs about chewing a little foil
I remembered a "one chord song" that I used to hear on the radio in the mid-90's. For YEARS I have wondered what the song was, because I always thought that was a fantastic concept... but couldn't for the life of me remember any lyrics. Just this wall of one power chord over and over, and some really interesting vocal melody. FINALLY I stumbled upon it quite by accident, when I randomly downloaded this album because of a Spin magazine "weirdest signings post-nirvana" list. Almost crashed my car when the outro to this song came on and I realized "holy shit it's the song!!!"
Strange thing is: I started writing/recording a song this week with that one chord concept in mind, because I remembered this song. Such a bizarre coincidence. 25 years looking for this song, and it shows up the week I decide to use its concept for my own.
One of the Top 15 GREATEST albums of the 90s, or any other decade.
Pure, unabashed, and unafraid. Total MUSICAL and VOCAL expression.
Some tunnels we crawl through are claustrophobic, some we can stand inside, and some are lined with fur and ladders.
The same with “Pony Express Record”.
One of thee best songs ever!
I heard this song in 1996 while driving in Minneapolis. I never knew who it was and never forgot it. I found out today while listening to the "current" station fund drive who they are. Priceless!
I have loved this song since the mid 90's.. Unique and vastly Underrated
shit I saw these guys at the first lollapalooza and everybody was cursing and hating on them. I was blown away. great band, and yes way ahead of their time.
Goatee game is strong. Cannot stop focusing on the goatees.
I remember running out n buying this CD, n as a young black woman, back then, l knew great music when l heard it, all genres....Gon, shudder to think. I think l'm in love, w/ the front man like l said, lol.🥰💕🙋🏾♀️💯
Representing Washington, DC hardcore!
I was just listening to Jar of Flies. H aving a 90's flashback, then all of a sudden, this Shudder to Think song came in my head. I remember seeing the video on either 120 Minutes or Alternative Nation. Matt Pinfield. Kennedy. Lewis Largent. Ah, brings back mammaries.
I remember seeing this video for the first time and it was like a "where were you when..?" moment. June, 1995, Hotel Room, Washington D.C.. Such a great song and video.
1995 year I graduated from high school MTV. Song never gets old
@@NikkiMiller-re5fl Thank you for the reply. It gave me an opportunity to re-watch the video, YET AGAIN! And, to my surprise, I ONCE AGAIN picked up something new that I never noticed. Such a great video, by one of the most underrated American bands.
oh yeah, i think i was down the hall from you. i was in room 236 if i remember correctly
I was a freshman in 1993 late nights and this video
Killer drumming by Adam Wade on this song and all throughout Pony Express Record
Incubus did a great cover of this song! They definitely did it justice.
Sometimes I wish this song went on forever.
They need more recognition. Honestly one of the best bands ever to be conceived!
In my high school years, mainstream music was pretty abysmal, and the underground scene was thriving. But my main love was the alt rock scene from the early to mid 90's. It was the only sound I could relate to at the time. It touched me. I would research all of it. From Faith No More, Drain STH, Buckley, AiC, etc. There were three songs I struggled finding. Two were Professional Murder Music's 'Slow', Our Lady Peace 'One Man Army', and a third unknown song. And BY CHANCE, listening to Savory, I saw this thumbnail. I FINALLY Discovered this track. And along with their So Into You cover, it was everything I ever wanted in music when I was 15. Now, I have one last question: how do I get this melody out of my head?? It's all I think about. My life is ruined.
this is so beautiful
hold back the road goes so that the others may too that you let me in just to pour me down-- their mouth. repeat for ten days, over and over.
Sorry you're illiterate and don't get the feeling in the song.
Samuel Morse you are negative. You assumed incorrectly their comment was negative when in fact it is potentially pointing out how deep and crafted the chorus is.
Look at the comment. It is obviously a cynical dig, she says repeat, for ten days over and over. That is not part of the lyrics this person is criticizing what they don't immediately grasp.
Samuel Morse again, you are assuming. I see a comment that points out the opposite of what you see. It could go any direction as it is vague. You see only negative out of 3 possible conclusions
Let this person come back to correct me. Negative? Not at all. Am I defensive when it come to good art, sure. Anyways naivete is not helping you any. "Repeat for ten days, over and over, " is not at all positive in my mind. The chorus is powerful and haunting. But if they had let the vocals drag on forever and ever it would have minimized it's impact.
A timeless, wonderful song.
he's just self-righteous. Incubus is a great band who played a cover of this song out of sheer respect, and I find that awesome.
What an awesome fucking song. When it came out back in the day I thought it was great but it had competition...nowadays this song is the one-eyed King in the land of the blind.
One of the best songs from the 90s hands down for those with a more curious ear.
incredibly interesting song and band
Every time I hear this song it’s like scratching an itch
Thursday - "Turnpike Divides" brought me here 4 years ago, but I keep coming back.
Spun this @ Auditory Odyssey Laurel Cyn and Victory 1990s...what good times.
Love these dudes. Since like 95 or so
sweet vid! thx for sharing
Some great songs on this album but Get Your Goat is my fave.
These guys were brilliant. Psycho dissonant pop. Sounds that shouldn't make sense, yet somehow do.
Amazing,and one of jeff Buckleys fave songs,!!
i saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins many years ago - knocked me off my set. This song is brilliant. The slow build and release is awesome.
Roland Deal Was it in San Diego 1993? I was there.
MEGA influence on 5th grade me. It's kind of incomprehensible how deep just seeing this video on 120 Minutes impacted me in the mid 90's. I wouldn't pick up a guitar for 7 years....and for 20 years more I wouldn't recognize the influence until maybe I saw 'The Velvet Goldmine'.....
God Bless Craig Wedren
this album, Pony Express Record, only gets better with age. absolutely fearless, utterly unique, inscrutable, fascinating, always rewarding. i've seen Craig perform in many different capacities over the years in NYC (and even played on the same bill) and he's always compelling. and a nice, feet-on-the-ground guy.
Saw them open for Fugazi in Tampa back in 1993 and they were really good.
Not a big Fugazi fan, but I loved these guys.
same here. Ybor?
bread napkin yup. I think it was still The Ritz back then; right?
My guy was going to banger concerts before I was even born smh ☹️
The fact that this video doesn't have over a million views is truly criminal.
So 90s.....so miss it
this is one of the most complex time signatures in a song- ever, before finishing in 4/4
Excellent song, excellent album.
Man I STILL have this album
I wish people knew about Shudder To Think and how rewarding and beautiful their music is. I recently turned a crazy 7 string jazz fusion player to them and even he knows how nuts and beautiful they are.
That entire album was a masterpiece, an under-appreciated work of art. True artists who took a lot of risks, so original and one of kind.
Great song, love it! I think lm in love with the singer. lol
When I first heard this, I thought "Damn, this is the future of rock music!" Sadly, I was wrong. Still, an awesome band and a 90's banger that needs to return.
How are you wrong? Theres countless bands that sound like this/influenced by them that have come out since, and still around, even.
Should have been a top 40 rock song tbh. It had earworm, simplistic lyrics, but complex instrumentation that is appealing to the ear. They should have been at least as big as Live.
This song had to grow on me, but once it did... I just absolutely fell in love with it. They did something wonderfully unique with this.
Oddly unnerving darkly beautiful classic video that perfectly fit the song.That infinite refrain with the building layers of guitar " speech" fills me with bliss every time
Saw them in Buffalo in 1996 and it was amazing..
ive been looking 4 this for ever. rad song