For several years, not so much lately sure, but for a long while, Bob was just shouting when he sang live and never sang outside of a narrow range. But Grant (solo acoustic, live) used to really sing and even still hit the high notes on "Evergreen Memorial Drive." I love Bob's solo LP's and am a fan going all the way back to his Workbook show at The 9:30 in 1990 and before that, the last Husker show at Emory in Atlanta. I was there. But it's still a shame Grant really never gets enough credit.
David Carpenter Uh, you’re wrong. When Bob booked solo tour dates too close together, and his voice was shot from the night before, or from already performing two shows that week, and your city was next in line, he would be hoarse and substitute intensity (i.e. shouting within a narrow register) to get through the next gig, which really wasn’t fair to the fans attending that show. This especially happened in the “B.S.O.R.” tour in 1990-1991, since many of those songs were shouty to begin with.
A lot of people think that Bob was 'the man' that made this band, and in some ways he was, no dispute. However, Hart (and Norton) made this fucking band's rhythm section explosive beyond words. The 2 of them kept Mr. Mould in check and made a PARTY out of whatever they touched for the big BEATS. I love the band, but I ADORE grant's peppy/rowdy drumming, his gorgeous VOICE, and his persona. I also LOVE Norton. He brought a cleverly understated sinister element to the band, and v.nimble on bass
He was and he wasn't. Mould was the superior musician but Hart had a knack for good hooks. Hart had a big part of this band and nothing in Mould's solo work is as good as Husker Du even taking into account that some of Huskers best work was fucked up by Spot's shitty production.
Same with me, saw them back in 87 (their last tour). 3 days later me ears were still ringing! Miss gigs like that these days. Yeah, Rock ain't what it used to be.
Glad I got to see Husker Du in their prime every time they toured the UK! Had a really cool conversation with Grant Hart about his approach to songwriting in Glasgow. He was well cool and really approachable.
@nonewmccarthyism totally agree. wasn't just Mould, it took all three of them to comprise the best rock group of the 80s. Especially agree with your opinion on Grant's beautiful voice, sheer talent for banging those drums, and his amazing personality! viva husker du!
they always adapt their covers! ATTN: BANDS WANTING TO COVER SONGS BY LEGENDARY BANDS- rearrange the song just enough so it retains the great songwriting that went into it, but don't ape the sound or look of the band who wrote it.
Even better advice, stop wasting your time learning other people’s songs and write your own. Unless you want to play top 40 radio songs for drunken middle aged women, there’s no point. Once upon a time, record labels wanted you to do other bands’ songs because they didn’t trust that the band members themselves could write successful material. Then the Beatles changed all that. 60 years ago. Nowadays, if you have any artistic integrity at all you play your own material. One or two well done covers is okay (see: “Eight Miles High” by Husker Du), but we wouldn’t even know who these guys are if it weren’t for all the great songs they wrote. I mean, how can you be a “fan” of a cover band?
@nonewmccarthyism I entirely agree. Mould may have been the most standout singer/songwriter, but Hart wrote some of their best songs and was always a bit more cuddly and lovable than Mould. Norton was the vital pivot and centre around which the other two span their mayhem. Also, Norton had one of the greatest moustaches in rock, and I think it's funny that it was the one guy in the band who had a handlebar moustache that was the only one who was, by all accounts, totally heterosexual.
Stupid question: Original key is in A. But it looks like Huskers are doing this in G. I had this recorking duped on our college master media. Funny i got from Wax ttax in Denver 1990!! really great version of "ticket to ride" the best!!!
@bitterclinger100 you've lost your mind son. huskers could be as great as the beatles at their best. love the original and like it better than this take though.
@CraigG1960 Yeah, you're right. No one should be off limits. They always called Mould and Hart the punk rock version of Lennon/McCartney. Both teams wrote great songs, but the similarity doesn't work for me. Some of Husker's music was genius. Much of it was crap. The same can't be said for the Beatles. They didn't write much crap.
That’s pretty subjective, isn’t it? As this comment is pretty old, I’m gonna assume you were 15 when you wrote it. First off, I didn’t know there was some sort of competition between two bands who existed at totally different times, playing totally different styles. Secondly, What are the parameters of this “competition”? Because if it’s simply who you like more, why should anyone give a shit at all? While I love Husker Du, Nirvana were undoubtedly more successful, their albums are far more consistent, and while HD influenced a whole generation of underground music, Nirvana will likely influence every rock band that comes after them for many generations whether they realize it or not. They’re arguably one of the 3 or 4 most important bands of all time, especially if we are talking about influence. I happen to enjoy both bands. We are still allowed to like more than one band at a time, right? They’re both extremely influential legendary bands that brought underground music to a wider audience while maintaining their authenticity and integrity. 3. You may not like Nirvana, and you’re entitled to your opinion, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were the catalyst for a sea change (in not just music but arguably the whole world) in a way that hadn’t happened in “rock music” since the friggin Beatles and hasn’t happened since. 4. One begets the other. Nirvana probably wouldn’t have existed without Husker Du. Furthermore a band like Nirvana certainly wouldn’t be considered by major labels/a band like Nirvana wouldn’t consider signing to a major if bands like the Huskers didn’t pave the way for them.
@@Tyrannosaurine Point 1: totally different styles? Don't think so. Hüsker Dü's sound had an enormous influence not only on Grunge, but also the other bands that would influence Grunge: Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney, Butthole Surfers etc. Hüsker's song Diane from the 1983 EP Metal Circus can easily be classified as the first (Proto-) Grunge song ever. Neither were the times, when both bands were active years or decades apart, in fact Nirvana formed the same year HD broke up in 1987. So the direct influence was pretty crisp and obvious. Point 2: (commercial) success has never been a reliable indicator for quality. Billie Eilish, McDonald(s) Trump etc. I always say: people eat more 💩, billions of flies can't be wrong. Point 3: The Velvet Underground say no! I don't think I have to tell you that much about their influence of being the starting point to the whole Punk/Alternative Rock universe. (points 2&3) Point 4: totally agree!
One of my favourite bands of the era giving a memorable reading of a classic tune by the greatest band ever. Husker Du had some wonderful covers in their catalogue that were entirely consistent with their own material and approach (love Eight Miles High and Sunshine Superman!) Thanks for posting this.
I tend to like the Bob songs more than the Grant songs though he definitely wins on Candy Apple Grey. That said Grant's not exactly singing in tune the whole way on this one.
I think they had their equipment either stolen or delayed in transit, because I'm fairly sure these are not their instruments. This is a great mix and clear shot of this performance.
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For several years, not so much lately sure, but for a long while, Bob was just shouting when he sang live and never sang outside of a narrow range. But Grant (solo acoustic, live) used to really sing and even still hit the high notes on "Evergreen Memorial Drive." I love Bob's solo LP's and am a fan going all the way back to his Workbook show at The 9:30 in 1990 and before that, the last Husker show at Emory in Atlanta. I was there. But it's still a shame Grant really never gets enough credit.
Bob was not "just shouting". At least in his best moments, he raised it to something of an art form.
David Carpenter Uh, you’re wrong. When Bob booked solo tour dates too close together, and his voice was shot from the night before, or from already performing two shows that week, and your city was next in line, he would be hoarse and substitute intensity (i.e. shouting within a narrow register) to get through the next gig, which really wasn’t fair to the fans attending that show. This especially happened in the “B.S.O.R.” tour in 1990-1991, since many of those songs were shouty to begin with.
Yeah grant is underrated. Nova Mob and his solo career are amazing
A lot of people think that Bob was 'the man' that made this band, and in some ways he was, no dispute. However, Hart (and Norton) made this fucking band's rhythm section explosive beyond words. The 2 of them kept Mr. Mould in check and made a PARTY out of whatever they touched for the big BEATS. I love the band, but I ADORE grant's peppy/rowdy drumming, his gorgeous VOICE, and his persona. I also LOVE Norton. He brought a cleverly understated sinister element to the band, and v.nimble on bass
You forgot to mention Hart's excellent songwriting and his superior singing compared to Mould.
He was and he wasn't. Mould was the superior musician but Hart had a knack for good hooks. Hart had a big part of this band and nothing in Mould's solo work is as good as Husker Du even taking into account that some of Huskers best work was fucked up by Spot's shitty production.
Grant was the Heart and Soul of the band. 🥁🔥💕✨
Long Live Husker Du...Long Live Grant Hart RIP
my favorite 80s band covering my favorite band; this is perfection
As traditional vocalists go with regards melody etc Grant Hart was the best vocalist in Husker Du
I just listened to whole bunch of OASIS songs/videos... Then I listened to this. Sorry England.
No worries haha! I'm English. I'd take Husker Du over Oasis any day. I'd take the Beatles over anyone though.
“Guys, more smoke! The audience can still see the band members!”
I saw them that tour in Cologne ('Luxor'). Great covers, including 'Helter Skelter'. All in all it was the loudest concert I ever joined. :-)
Same with me, saw them back in 87 (their last tour). 3 days later me ears were still ringing! Miss gigs like that these days. Yeah, Rock ain't what it used to be.
Evidently the youtube algorithm brought me here this evening to make the first comment in a decade or so... in any event, thank you gents!
Bob is doing a terrific job singing this cover, adding hüsker dü stlye!
That's Grant singing and not Bob!
@@ForARide I mean the back singing of Bob
Glad I got to see Husker Du in their prime every time they toured the UK! Had a really cool conversation with Grant Hart about his approach to songwriting in Glasgow. He was well cool and really approachable.
impressed, yes!
@nonewmccarthyism totally agree. wasn't just Mould, it took all three of them to comprise the best rock group of the 80s. Especially agree with your opinion on Grant's beautiful voice, sheer talent for banging those drums, and his amazing personality! viva husker du!
Totally awesome!
Yeah, the best Band ever...better the the original !
happy, to have seen the good times of music
you r right friend
@SuperMegabar absolutely!!!
Huker Dü is better than Nirvana.........
A landmark band and epic in person at the time in the Zeitgeist. The video is a nice reminder but it's not the novelty and power.
they always adapt their covers! ATTN: BANDS WANTING TO COVER SONGS BY LEGENDARY BANDS- rearrange the song just enough so it retains the great songwriting that went into it, but don't ape the sound or look of the band who wrote it.
Even better advice, stop wasting your time learning other people’s songs and write your own.
Unless you want to play top 40 radio songs for drunken middle aged women, there’s no point.
Once upon a time, record labels wanted you to do other bands’ songs because they didn’t trust that the band members themselves could write successful material. Then the Beatles changed all that. 60 years ago.
Nowadays, if you have any artistic integrity at all you play your own material.
One or two well done covers is okay (see: “Eight Miles High” by Husker Du), but we wouldn’t even know who these guys are if it weren’t for all the great songs they wrote.
I mean, how can you be a “fan” of a cover band?
@nonewmccarthyism I entirely agree. Mould may have been the most standout singer/songwriter, but Hart wrote some of their best songs and was always a bit more cuddly and lovable than Mould. Norton was the vital pivot and centre around which the other two span their mayhem. Also, Norton had one of the greatest moustaches in rock, and I think it's funny that it was the one guy in the band who had a handlebar moustache that was the only one who was, by all accounts, totally heterosexual.
And now we have Mould backing the Foo Fighters. My two favorite bands coing together.
Stupid question: Original key is in A. But it looks like Huskers are doing this in G. I had this recorking duped on our college master media. Funny i got from Wax ttax in Denver 1990!! really great version of "ticket to ride" the best!!!
@morgoth195 you don't say...... If it weren't for the huskers, there would never have been the PIXIES!
grant hart!!
I like it too--I'm just having fun with it.
Echo and the bunnymen / Husker Du hard choice on the best cover. I choose both.
@bitterclinger100 Nobody is of limits. I always thought this song was mediocre but Husker Du make it sound great, especially on the studio version.
If this song was mediocre, the Huskers wouldn’t have covered it.
deep man
@bitterclinger100 you've lost your mind son. huskers could be as great as the beatles at their best. love the original and like it better than this take though.
Except one of the few things they agree about was that they were never lovers and were not attracted to each other.
@nonewmccarthyism And an awesome moustache
Want.
Punk irony at it's best.
@lexo30 GRant is still very cuddly and lovable. check him out solo. You won't regret it.
you
Samo karanje!!!!!
Fuck...
Really?
I'll have to ask my dad, he would know.
No offense, your Evil Highness. But is your dad perchance Lucifer himself?
kurt cobain had a daniel johnson t-shirt. who cares?
@CraigG1960 Yeah, you're right. No one should be off limits. They always called Mould and Hart the punk rock version of Lennon/McCartney. Both teams wrote great songs, but the similarity doesn't work for me. Some of Husker's music was genius. Much of it was crap. The same can't be said for the Beatles. They didn't write much crap.
Our basement band did a superior version of this song. Sounds like a warm up exercise. Only 538 likes says it all.
Not too bad, but Beatles music should be off limits(imo).
The Hüskers are worlds above Nirvana.
That’s pretty subjective, isn’t it? As this comment is pretty old, I’m gonna assume you were 15 when you wrote it.
First off, I didn’t know there was some sort of competition between two bands who existed at totally different times, playing totally different styles.
Secondly, What are the parameters of this “competition”? Because if it’s simply who you like more, why should anyone give a shit at all?
While I love Husker Du, Nirvana were undoubtedly more successful, their albums are far more consistent, and while HD influenced a whole generation of underground music, Nirvana will likely influence every rock band that comes after them for many generations whether they realize it or not. They’re arguably one of the 3 or 4 most important bands of all time, especially if we are talking about influence.
I happen to enjoy both bands. We are still allowed to like more than one band at a time, right? They’re both extremely influential legendary bands that brought underground music to a wider audience while maintaining their authenticity and integrity.
3. You may not like Nirvana, and you’re entitled to your opinion, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were the catalyst for a sea change (in not just music but arguably the whole world) in a way that hadn’t happened in “rock music” since the friggin Beatles and hasn’t happened since.
4. One begets the other. Nirvana probably wouldn’t have existed without Husker Du. Furthermore a band like Nirvana certainly wouldn’t be considered by major labels/a band like Nirvana wouldn’t consider signing to a major if bands like the Huskers didn’t pave the way for them.
Yes,they are too
😊❤😊❤😊
So true 15 year old dude!
@@Tyrannosaurine
Point 1: totally different styles? Don't think so. Hüsker Dü's sound had an enormous influence not only on Grunge, but also the other bands that would influence Grunge: Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney, Butthole Surfers etc. Hüsker's song Diane from the 1983 EP Metal Circus can easily be classified as the first (Proto-) Grunge song ever. Neither were the times, when both bands were active years or decades apart, in fact Nirvana formed the same year HD broke up in 1987. So the direct influence was pretty crisp and obvious.
Point 2: (commercial) success has never been a reliable indicator for quality.
Billie Eilish, McDonald(s) Trump etc.
I always say: people eat more 💩, billions of flies can't be wrong.
Point 3: The Velvet Underground say no!
I don't think I have to tell you that much about their influence of being the starting point to the whole Punk/Alternative Rock universe. (points 2&3)
Point 4: totally agree!
One of my favourite bands of the era giving a memorable reading of a classic tune by the greatest band ever. Husker Du had some wonderful covers in their catalogue that were entirely consistent with their own material and approach (love Eight Miles High and Sunshine Superman!)
Thanks for posting this.
Chad Channing had a Husker t-shirt :))))
I tend to like the Bob songs more than the Grant songs though he definitely wins on Candy Apple Grey. That said Grant's not exactly singing in tune the whole way on this one.
Too bad the vocals are near invisible...
best beatles cover
This is sooo cool, they are really Rockin' it!!!
I think they had their equipment either stolen or delayed in transit, because I'm fairly sure these are not their instruments. This is a great mix and clear shot of this performance.
this rox
Something wrong with my screen name? I just happen to like it.
great harmonies
yea babeeeee
great version, love it!