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And they talk about Blur, their bassist was one of their reasons for Ladykillers. There was another name for inspiration, but the main inspiration was Kiedis. Even the video makes direct references
@@petercook360 I'm reading Miki's autobiography at present and haven't got that part of the book describing this time but I did read/hear from another source "Blondie" was Matt Sharp.
I caught Lush headlining (with Weezer opening) in the Summer of ‘94 at a tiny club (Fastlanes II) in Asbury Park, Nj. Lush was everything I hoped for. Way better than seeing them at Lalapalooza in ‘92. Loved that! A spectacular night of herb smoke in the air to go along with their heavy use of dub and effects. Great band.
@@duanescot My friend. I saw this at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA. 4 carloads of recently graduated High Schoolers who drove in from Jersey. So many highlights including Soundgarden playing the then recently banned “Cop killer” from Body Count and Lush playing “For Love” & “De-luxe”. Absolutely one of the great highlights of my teenage years
@@orthodoxreuben1974 Yeah it was great wasnt it? Body Count ripped and I remember the massive mosh pit on the greens in Mountain View during Ministries set, well, there was nothing green left, just a whole lot of dirt after that :) ... take care!!
The best interviews of Lush ever here. I remember seeing Deluxe with friends 4 the first time on 120 and - that's really the it moment. Can't describe how good it was and is.
The 80's and 90's were the last good decades for great music. Opening up a SPIN or Alternative Press magazine and checking out new indie bands or articles about older bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Pixies or your favorite band I didn't mention.
I disagree. Gala, Spooky, and Split were all 3 really great, but you could tell Split was going to be the last great album because Lovelife was where things really went downhill.
Not to be jaundiced, but you have to have musicians creating music that anyone cares about to have a music television network. We're not living in the 90's anymore.
@@jimmyjakes1823 That's not how it works. The reason why it's no longer like that is because the music industry labels made it so after the 90s, when they saw what could happen with the INTERNET, due to the Napster fiasco, but also at the same time, copyrights and royalty payment calculations had to be transformed due to things like RUclips and how to go about getting money to the musicians for the music being played on the net, as well from downloads. But the music industry did start to create labels and extra genres for music to purposefully REMOVE them from the mainstream charts to only use the mainstream chart for the music and bands they wanted to sell. Music of ALL KINDS are still being created all the time, look around - the only difference now is, that music is NOT COUNTED towards the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 or whatever BS they deem righteous
Ahh...The 1990's at First Avenue in Minneapolis.They were on tour for Split. Lush with Robyn Hitchcock... good times... Gala and Spooky still sound amazing to me.. I really like Out of control, a song they made in 2016.. Miki & Emma patch things up... life's too short..
they have the same english accent as me!! ive met alot of americans, canadians and australians in my adopted country (china) and they make fun of my accent sometimes so i think im a bit whiny, but its nice to hear two people i like alot speaking english the same way that i do!
This is from late in the band's career. I am not a fan of 1996's "Lovelife" at all, but "Gala" (or the "Scar" LP in the U.K.) and "Spooky" are real classic albums. "Split" is also fine in parts, but just not quite on the same level as the first two. Lush was best when it was in full dreampop/shoegaze mode and had the same producer as the Cocteau Twins. By 1996, their sound had changed drastically, and it's not to my taste.
It's different but very sweet in it's own way. Their Blind Spot ep was an ideal marriage of all their previous works and it saddens me that this glorious talented duo ended its course..
@@user-dw6uc3wv6c From what I've read, it seems as if Emma Anderson wasn't that happy with the "Lovelife" sound and wanted to do something more like what they'd been doing previously. Then, tragedy struck and nothing else happened with their next planned LP. You're right: it's a matter of taste. But, "Lovelife" is so unlike their earlier music that I just can't get into it. And I actually really hate songs like "Ladykillers" and "Shake Baby Shake."
@@julianhermanubis6800 Ha ha, I see your point mate for 'Ladykillers', but we should not omit pop jewels like "I've been here before". On the other hand, you could find sparkles of the old flame in tunes like Tralala, Papasan and Olympia. As for 500, well, every great band has its soft side, I would say that it's the equivalent of Pixies 'La la love you" from Doolittle. Cheers!
Yo this is crazyy. I just discovered their music today so I decided to watch their interviews to see what they like. Please Take Note I'm Only 17yrs Old So Yeah.
They got some airplay in the early 90's when alt pop/rock was still big, but no way were they gonna compete with the edgier bands that American kids were hungry for. Once Nirvana arrived, it was over.
KNDD-FM in Seattle played Lush when that station first went on the air with that identity in the late summer of '91, but sadly succumbed to that act from Aberdeen that ripped off a riff from Killing Joke and then began a long painful decline.
It's was a nice touch that Matt refrained from asking them if they were naked lesbians together during their English schoolgirl days. He was always a little classier than Kennedy.
Wow last saw Emma in the After Dark club in Reading,wasn't looking for the guys, but I'm pleased I found them again.. hope Emma is still cute. :) Lush was a fun gig. little guys from Reading, drunk and trying to slam dance on me.
Emma was a classically-understated very English beauty. It's hard to even notice her next to Miki's flame red hair. She disappears into the background - or off to the side onstage, which was a choice but a pity. Emma always hid behind her charismatic lead singer, which I think was a great mistake. Lush would have been stronger and more interesting if she'd shared lead vocal duties. They were great friends for a very long time so it's sad to see how that ended up in the toilet.
I can see why Lush never truly made it. They had some great songs but they lacked that abrasive personality the 90s audience wanted. The girls were very timid. They had a chance to open up here and show their personality and they were too scared to it seems.
Bob Mould was producing a Lush LP but had to quit because he said he kept picking the wrong girls song, i think he kept picking songs Miki wrote which upset Emma. Bob quit so the band wouldn't break up !
I used to watch him regularly back then, but I only just now thought that maybe he's the Dick Cavett of rock journalists - equally knowledgeable, but equally cringingly awkward.
Two classy, beautiful, TALENTED women. I love their music. more and more power to them.
Capitalize the word "more" at the beginning of the third sentence of this post. At least Facebook lets you edit your posts.
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god I love them!
Boomer comment
@@Gilbertify1 Oooooooooh, you really burned me, Dilbert. How shall I ever live down the shame and humiliation your cream-filled *ss laid down upon me.
I always took a serious liking to both Emma and Miki. They seemed very shy yet intelligent and laid back.
Im listening to Miki's book at the moment. She had quite a turbulent life. Interesting band.
Believe it or not kids MTV used to be really good. And a music channel.
MTV 2 in mexico
I _deeply_ regret not seeing this band when they were a block away one night in college. :(
That's funny that they took a break to play an RHCP video and Lady Killer was about Miki having to deal with Anthony Kiedis on Lollapolusa 92 tour.
And they talk about Blur, their bassist was one of their reasons for Ladykillers. There was another name for inspiration, but the main inspiration was Kiedis. Even the video makes direct references
Ouch
I've always heard the last verse ("Blondie was with me for a summer") is about original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp.
@@petercook360 I just googled him and there is definitely a passing resemblance to the actor in the video.
@@petercook360 I'm reading Miki's autobiography at present and haven't got that part of the book describing this time but I did read/hear from another source "Blondie" was Matt Sharp.
When MTV wasn't shite
MTV was at least 90% shit at any given time
Great band! Miss the 90’s alternative music.
As a 80’s fanatic, I’ve always said that alternative rock saved the 90’s.
I caught Lush headlining (with Weezer opening) in the Summer of ‘94 at a tiny club (Fastlanes II) in Asbury Park, Nj. Lush was everything I hoped for. Way better than seeing them at Lalapalooza in ‘92. Loved that! A spectacular night of herb smoke in the air to go along with their heavy use of dub and effects. Great band.
Lalapalooza in 92 was a dam good show, by chance did you attend the one in Mountain View CA?
@@duanescot My friend. I saw this at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA.
4 carloads of recently graduated High Schoolers who drove in from Jersey. So many highlights including Soundgarden playing the then recently banned “Cop killer” from Body Count and Lush playing “For Love” & “De-luxe”. Absolutely one of the great highlights of my teenage years
@@orthodoxreuben1974 Yeah it was great wasnt it? Body Count ripped and I remember the massive mosh pit on the greens in Mountain View during Ministries set, well, there was nothing green left, just a whole lot of dirt after that :) ... take care!!
...the freaking guitar lyrics......coming from the 90s....outstanding.
Matt Pinfield
Great journalist
One of the few 👍♥️
Good ol' Matt😃😃👍👍👍👍
The best interviews of Lush ever here. I remember seeing Deluxe with friends 4 the first time on 120 and - that's really the it moment. Can't describe how good it was and is.
just started listening to this band and I love them already
Thank you so much for posting this. My tape of this 120 Minutes got lost years ago and its so great to see this interview again!
I always had the biggest crush on Emma in the 90s.
Such a great band. So many good shows.
The 80's and 90's were the last good decades for great music. Opening up a SPIN or Alternative Press magazine and checking out new indie bands or articles about older bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Pixies or your favorite band I didn't mention.
The 90s was a musical renaissance ♥️♥️🔥🔥
Lush was awesome back in the day. Sadly, we all got old.
lush rules
Lush's rules are what?
+9ertsch lol..cmon man
I was being inane. Sorry.
@@9ertsch sall good..kip..keep it punk
@@9ertsch - Exactly! I would like to know, too.
I still listen to untogether when I have relationship problems..
Not often then, I hope.
They got better as time went by, sucks that it all ended in their best year 1996
Lovelife was not a patch on what came before.... Superb band up until that point.
I disagree. Gala, Spooky, and Split were all 3 really great, but you could tell Split was going to be the last great album because Lovelife was where things really went downhill.
Pinfield shaking those legs during the interview. Emma & Miki = great legs as always.
God dam miss this show was greatness!!!!
120 minutes...Introduced me to lush. Or was it post modern? Whatever, still full of mad love for them to this day.
Emma Anderson was such a pretty girl - kind of a Louise Brooks vibe.
Selma Blair in this vid
loved her, and miki too, byt Emma lately looks like she hit a wall
Yeah, she looks as if she's just stepped out of Pandora's Box!
Lord Frank if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything ya dip
@Nature and Physics oh, I can tell you myself, I look like I've been flying to Haiti for my chemotherapy
I got excited to see the "For Love" video. "Hey, I don't remember that tune starting out so funky. WTF tattoo parlor? Oh."
I wish MTV would go back to this. It needs to stand above the music industry and not be coddled by it
Not to be jaundiced, but you have to have musicians creating music that anyone cares about to have a music television network. We're not living in the 90's anymore.
@@jimmyjakes1823 That's not how it works. The reason why it's no longer like that is because the music industry labels made it so after the 90s, when they saw what could happen with the INTERNET, due to the Napster fiasco, but also at the same time, copyrights and royalty payment calculations had to be transformed due to things like RUclips and how to go about getting money to the musicians for the music being played on the net, as well from downloads. But the music industry did start to create labels and extra genres for music to purposefully REMOVE them from the mainstream charts to only use the mainstream chart for the music and bands they wanted to sell. Music of ALL KINDS are still being created all the time, look around - the only difference now is, that music is NOT COUNTED towards the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 or whatever BS they deem righteous
MAD ABOUT LUSH!
Ahh...The 1990's at First Avenue in Minneapolis.They were on tour for Split. Lush with Robyn Hitchcock... good times... Gala and Spooky still sound amazing to me.. I really like Out of control, a song they made in 2016.. Miki & Emma patch things up... life's too short..
they have the same english accent as me!! ive met alot of americans, canadians and australians in my adopted country (china) and they make fun of my accent sometimes so i think im a bit whiny, but its nice to hear two people i like alot speaking english the same way that i do!
This is from late in the band's career. I am not a fan of 1996's "Lovelife" at all, but "Gala" (or the "Scar" LP in the U.K.) and "Spooky" are real classic albums. "Split" is also fine in parts, but just not quite on the same level as the first two. Lush was best when it was in full dreampop/shoegaze mode and had the same producer as the Cocteau Twins. By 1996, their sound had changed drastically, and it's not to my taste.
It's different but very sweet in it's own way. Their Blind Spot ep was an ideal marriage of all their previous works and it saddens me that this glorious talented duo ended its course..
@@user-dw6uc3wv6c From what I've read, it seems as if Emma Anderson wasn't that happy with the "Lovelife" sound and wanted to do something more like what they'd been doing previously. Then, tragedy struck and nothing else happened with their next planned LP. You're right: it's a matter of taste. But, "Lovelife" is so unlike their earlier music that I just can't get into it. And I actually really hate songs like "Ladykillers" and "Shake Baby Shake."
@@julianhermanubis6800 Ha ha, I see your point mate for 'Ladykillers', but we should not omit pop jewels like "I've been here before". On the other hand, you could find sparkles of the old flame in tunes like Tralala, Papasan and Olympia.
As for 500, well, every great band has its soft side, I would say that it's the equivalent of Pixies 'La la love you" from Doolittle.
Cheers!
120 minutes was great.
I am such a lesbian oh my god
IKR?!
Nice caring persons both. Every song they released was good.
Yo this is crazyy. I just discovered their music today so I decided to watch their interviews to see what they like.
Please Take Note I'm Only 17yrs Old So Yeah.
mtv used to be great wtf happened
@@wilhelmweinrauch9172 Grunge was already over by the time this interview aired, and MTV has played rap since the 80s.
"Reality" TV.
MTV changed formats because people switched to internet for music videos and artist-fan interaction through social media.
Jersey Shore?
@@DullTorpor The Real World was on the air by this point. I wouldn't blame reality TV.
RIP MTV
Too hard to spell.
Miki ❤❤❤
wowza Miki is so beautiful!
Used to listen to Matt at Rutgers, then spoke w/ him a good bit at the Melody.
Miki brought the exotic. The first vid I saw blew my mind. Can't explain it. Saw em live. Pure pleasure
If bands like Lush had been played on American radio they would have put the grunge movement to shame
They got some airplay in the early 90's when alt pop/rock was still big, but no way were they gonna compete with the edgier bands that American kids were hungry for. Once Nirvana arrived, it was over.
@@funkster007 Unfortunately. I remember it all too well..
Bro Nirvana was like Beatlemania in a way
KNDD-FM in Seattle played Lush when that station first went on the air with that identity in the late summer of '91, but sadly succumbed to that act from Aberdeen that ripped off a riff from Killing Joke and then began a long painful decline.
It's was a nice touch that Matt refrained from asking them if they were naked lesbians together during their English schoolgirl days. He was always a little classier than Kennedy.
i sooo love this band.. only got to see them lollapalooza 92.. so friggin hot lol.. both times. cinci/cleve.
Wow last saw Emma in the After Dark club in Reading,wasn't looking for the guys, but I'm pleased I found them again.. hope Emma is still cute. :) Lush was a fun gig. little guys from Reading, drunk and trying to slam dance on me.
For 8 years, their wage was 150 pounds a week.
"Better off jumping on the bandwagon, right?" Yikes, Matt.
Wowww Asuka from the WWE and Emma
Emma was a classically-understated very English beauty. It's hard to even notice her next to Miki's flame red hair. She disappears into the background - or off to the side onstage, which was a choice but a pity. Emma always hid behind her charismatic lead singer, which I think was a great mistake. Lush would have been stronger and more interesting if she'd shared lead vocal duties. They were great friends for a very long time so it's sad to see how that ended up in the toilet.
God what happened to MTV, and journalists like Matt Pinfield. or Kurt Loder
all dead
3:23 The presenter did mention Starfish. Does he mean Coldplay in their early days?
No.i doubt coldplay had even formed yet.this was 96 , sure coldplay didnt form til 97.
@@Destiny93134 its a joke man. They started a band as Starfish though, before they changed their name to Coldplay.
whats that song in the beginning?
Sweetness and light
when bright red hair was still a 'shock'.. or any colored hair really lol
who's the kettle?
matt pinfield was always so awkward
Stumbles over his grumbles, twitchy hands. Never understood why he was on there when he looked so uncomfortable.
I Liked him
He's a genius of rock knowledge
He's great. His realness is what made him. The girls are the ones who made this interview awkward.
That's why Dave Kendall was better.
...and then Chris took his own life :(
I think that interview was absolute rubbish. Why? I don't care to start. I'm going off to find some obscure lush info.
british people
Matt Pinfield must be the most awkward interviewer ever
You mean - Awkwardly Awesome.
cue ball comes across like he's hosting an informecial. wtf is with american hosts turning everything into a sales pitch. so weird
Well we don't have to worry about that any longer, because MTV ceased being itself decades ago.
Those two would love to have drinks with me at night in a piano bar. ❤
Of course I wouldn't oblige them now the way they look.
I can see why Lush never truly made it. They had some great songs but they lacked that abrasive personality the 90s audience wanted. The girls were very timid.
They had a chance to open up here and show their personality and they were too scared to it seems.
"Making it" is selling out. Keep it
@@dickflinghammer58 True.
They did amazing.
Some loser with the Gallagher brothers as their avatar thinking they know anything about making it lol
They never cared for that attitude, Miki also criticised Britpop lad culture in later years.
Me key yo! Me Am; Brrr Blurr in U & there SOON. IS Tha IT?
i remember taping this on VHS then accidentally erasing it.Thanks i havent seen this in so long.
Still have it on VHS
Speed Racer looking to sell this footage or anything similar from the 90s? Thanks
Bob Mould was producing a Lush LP but had to quit because he said he kept picking the wrong girls song, i think he kept picking songs Miki wrote which upset Emma. Bob quit so the band wouldn't break up !
Or the other way around!
matt pinfield is possibly the most knowledgeable person in the music industry. and a nice guy.
I used to watch him regularly back then, but I only just now thought that maybe he's the Dick Cavett of rock journalists - equally knowledgeable, but equally cringingly awkward.