That jangley guitar sound is part of what made the Tempe music scene so unique in the 80's and 90's. The Meat Puppets were the forefathers of great AZ bands like Gin Blossoms, Refreshments and Dead Hot Workshop.
Saw them up on sun tour, huevos , monsters and too high to die. Meat puppets 2 is a great cow punk album and probably my fav of all time. Wish I coulda seen that tour
Never had any idea that seeing them live around the time of the release of this album would be such an important piece of music history. Got dragged down by a high school friend to see them, and was instantly hooked. Others had the Dead, but for this one, the Meat Puppets were IT. Saw them live every time they came to the DFW area from Up On The Sun until Forbidden Places. The energy was very different then. It's kinda' hard to take them as anything but a three piece because of seeing them as such all those years. Cool to see Curt still playing that same Les Paul.
First saw Meat Puppets in London, at The Marquee, back in 1986 and got to meet them backstage, and swapped a Residents T shirt I had made for a fIREHOSE tour T shirt with Davo Claasen, their sound guy/roadie on that tour. Saw them several times since over the years and they've always been amazing. One of my all-time favourite bands!
Sweet man I was born in 85 and while I've grown up listening to some great bands like steely dan ,Ian Dury and the blockheads, buzzcocks ,magazine etc there's not many good bands to go see live nowadays. I did see devo in Edinburgh on their farewell tour and future islands and sleaford mods recently but man I can only dream of what it would have been like to see talk talk ,the sound ,the smiths ,comsat angels and the puppets back in the day
@@MarkGormley-nn7fh “Comsat Angels”?!? I haven’t heard their name for years! I saw them back in 1980 when they supported Captain Beefheart at the Glasgow Apollo! I hadn’t even heard of them back then and wasn’t expecting much, but they were great! Saw The Smiths at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow around about ‘85 or ‘86 maybe…that’s almost 40 years ago…jeezus! Time flies… ⏰ 🦟 🦟 !
@@MarkGormley-nn7fh Saw Buzzcocks at the Apollo too, when they had Joy Division as support! That was an awesome gig! One of the best ever. Also saw Ian Dury And The Blackheads (as my mate used to call them back then!) at the Apollo, the first time I ever had enough money to get a box ticket, the box was at eye level with the band, right next to the stage so you could look right across and see the whole band up close.
Saw them recently in a small venue here in Belgium. I did not know their music. Building a song up, then tear it apart. They did not really get the respect they earn. I had the opportunity to talk to them but i did'nt. I'm sorry guys but you were fantastic. RESPECT.
From the 4th minute was what made these guys a sheer joy to watch. At the Jar one night, Cris blew his amp and they made noise for the next 20 minutes until they could get replacement. Cris ended up with his mike duct taped to his face. what a show, what a band.
They still sound great, even now with the original lineup plus two, but I'm glad I was able to see them in the 80s when they were crazy and out of control. Cris making comments from the stage about how they were only using Owsley LSD, never mind where they might have gotten ahold of that at that late date, unpredictable medleys and tempos so fast on songs that were already cooking. I liked seeing them more than seeing the Dead, as they were really flying by the seat of their pants then.
The Pups are still epic! I ashamedly remember drunkenly shouting for Sweat Leaf at a show at Maxwell's, in the early 90's I believe, since I'd heard them cover it at an earlier show. After maybe 15 minutes of this, Kurt - visibly annoyed - obliged me with 4 bars to shut me up! Ah, those were great days!
Too bad Curt retired his old Morley echo/delay. That thing was the best for getting weird and psychedelic. It was responsible for trippy sounds on both MP II and UOTS
@@lesfaul4924 A long time ago. I think the last time I saw them (1990 or so, opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) he had already retired it.. Probably afraid to take it out on the road. Can't blame him though. They are decades out of production and if anything happened to it, it would be irreplaceable, and next to impossible to repair.
You can't really change the pitch of an instrument without tuning it alternatively or using a pitch shifter and this song is in standard tuning, so you mean to say that the bass was too loud. I disagree because otherwise you wouldn't be able to hear it, but some people like lower frequencies more than others.
@@davidtapper6941 ah dont worry. ive made my fair share of comments like these too, like in 2018 i wasnt in a good place socially and posted comments about my situation on vapor wave videos, and of course people are kind and empathetic, so i got loads of replies recently to those 3 year old comments. idk i just thought of that like since were discussing old comments being brought up again and... holy shit this is a long comment
Curt is an underrated genius guitarist
Up on the Sun album 38 years old? is from another world ! First time I heard the album it blew my mind and it still does at 64
The jam towards the end starts too sound like something off of Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Meat Puppets were always creative and fun to listen to.
Meat Puppets meets Syd Barrett. Absolutely incredible
That jangley guitar sound is part of what made the Tempe music scene so unique in the 80's and 90's. The Meat Puppets were the forefathers of great AZ bands like Gin Blossoms, Refreshments and Dead Hot Workshop.
Saw them up on sun tour, huevos , monsters and too high to die. Meat puppets 2 is a great cow punk album and probably my fav of all time. Wish I coulda seen that tour
2 is the best album ever made!
Saw them for all those tours as well, and a couple more. Also missed the 2 tour. and also my fave of all time !
II is the BEST!
Never had any idea that seeing them live around the time of the release of this album would be such an important piece of music history. Got dragged down by a high school friend to see them, and was instantly hooked. Others had the Dead, but for this one, the Meat Puppets were IT. Saw them live every time they came to the DFW area from Up On The Sun until Forbidden Places.
The energy was very different then. It's kinda' hard to take them as anything but a three piece because of seeing them as such all those years. Cool to see Curt still playing that same Les Paul.
Great song -- One of the most influential bands ever...... The Kirkwood brothers are amazing.
Kurt would be glad to see his idols playing like this in small rooms. What clean performances these are! Love the Puppets!
can we not talk about that hack
I remember discovering these gems from the mid-80s in the mid-90s and I still get butterflies listening to this performance.
exactly! This song is so great and the jam is just unbelievably awesome!
Up on the sun...their best lp by far.
The greatest song ever recorded
First saw Meat Puppets in London, at The Marquee, back in 1986 and got to meet them backstage, and swapped a Residents T shirt I had made for a fIREHOSE tour T shirt with Davo Claasen, their sound guy/roadie on that tour. Saw them several times since over the years and they've always been amazing. One of my all-time favourite bands!
Sweet man I was born in 85 and while I've grown up listening to some great bands like steely dan ,Ian Dury and the blockheads, buzzcocks ,magazine etc there's not many good bands to go see live nowadays. I did see devo in Edinburgh on their farewell tour and future islands and sleaford mods recently but man I can only dream of what it would have been like to see talk talk ,the sound ,the smiths ,comsat angels and the puppets back in the day
@@MarkGormley-nn7fh “Comsat Angels”?!? I haven’t heard their name for years! I saw them back in 1980 when they supported Captain Beefheart at the Glasgow Apollo! I hadn’t even heard of them back then and wasn’t expecting much, but they were great! Saw The Smiths at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow around about ‘85 or ‘86 maybe…that’s almost 40 years ago…jeezus! Time flies… ⏰ 🦟 🦟 !
@@MarkGormley-nn7fh Saw Buzzcocks at the Apollo too, when they had Joy Division as support!
That was an awesome gig! One of the best ever. Also saw Ian Dury And The Blackheads (as my mate used to call them back then!) at the Apollo, the first time I ever had enough money to get a box ticket, the box was at eye level with the band, right next to the stage so you could look right across and see the whole band up close.
That's how an electric guitar is supposed to sound.
exactly
Two of the greatest guitar players. It’s like if David Byrne and Dickey Betts decides to start a band together. So glad I discovered this band
Wow. What a great way to put it!
That’s so sick… thanks ❤
It’s amazing. After all these years, they still sound great.
Saw them recently in a small venue here in Belgium. I did not know their music. Building a song up, then tear it apart. They did not really get the respect they earn. I had the opportunity to talk to them but i did'nt. I'm sorry guys but you were fantastic. RESPECT.
You have good taste, Peggy.
they just keep getting better!
What a piece of music, love how it resolves. Brilliant!!
Magical...much love to the brothers meat!!!
This guys are great ! I hope one day I can go to a Meat Puppets show
Gotta see these guys live brilliant !!
That was some interesting noise you guys cranked out there at the end. If you listen to it enough then the finer points will show.
When you listen to Meat Puppets, the finer points always show
I will not have too much more of these Puppet Puns
Shrooms kicked in VERY hard to the guitar solo while I was watching the sun set in N. Phoenix it was so intense it blew my mind! Literally
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME!
I'm so glad I had the chance to see them live when they played in "Postbahnhof" in Berlin, Germany! Still one of my favorite bands!
Spent many a night with the boys getting stoned, playing tunes and just chilling. Back to 1982. Some very strange times indeed.
Awesome band
true soul beauty: blinding. Like if I was up on the sun.
this shit kicks ass!!!!
One of their best!!! My favorite
I was there, first row right in front of Curt. What an experience!!
Damn!! They look great and sound even better. Fantastic
From the 4th minute was what made these guys a sheer joy to watch.
At the Jar one night, Cris blew his amp and they made noise for the next 20 minutes until they could get replacement. Cris ended up with his mike duct taped to his face. what a show, what a band.
Mason Jar. Used to be there most every weekend
Current line-up is FANTASTIC. Coming soon, if you're lucky, to a City Near You! Catch 'em live if you can!
This could be their best version of-this Damn this is nice
saw em again last night and they better than ever
awsome!!!!
Meat puppets rules 🎸💯
Wow what an incredible version of this. So happy!
Great!
Perfection. Bag it, Tag it...
Damn, this is good. Just pure punk Americana.
Long Live The 'Pups!
ahh beautiful
Sus2 is Meat Puppets favorite chord 😀
Sus2 IS the meat puppets chord haha
This will be the Bing Lounge show that outlives them all.
Pupps RUUUUULE. Thanks for this. :)
'Most Brilliant Guitar Solo Ever.
Awesome
They still sound great, even now with the original lineup plus two, but I'm glad I was able to see them in the 80s when they were crazy and out of control. Cris making comments from the stage about how they were only using Owsley LSD, never mind where they might have gotten ahold of that at that late date, unpredictable medleys and tempos so fast on songs that were already cooking. I liked seeing them more than seeing the Dead, as they were really flying by the seat of their pants then.
Now that’s heavy
LOVE THE MEAT PUPPETS. BETTER LYRICS THAN NYONE IN THE ROCK GENRE
A long time ago I said to myself extended distortion jam at the end of a song
Careful with that axe, Eugene
Looove the Puuups! Thanks for posting this! Always a Meathead.
Love the low end of his Les Paul, when he strums those thick, meaty chords.
Love the psych....Thanks guys....
Conocí a los hermanos meat puppets por Nirvana Unplugged ,saludos desde Uruguay.
yeah,very much coolness.I'm about to post a little clip from '94.
The drummer is good, too.
His father was Doug Sahm. A musical prodigy as a child. Look him up.
@@anthonyfazio503 wow doug thks for info
of course he is !
about the tallest sing writ ever and played into monsters!! rad.
A long time I ago, I said to myself, I said you are going to continue to love this song
Hell Yes!
The Pups are still epic! I ashamedly remember drunkenly shouting for Sweat Leaf at a show at Maxwell's, in the early 90's I believe, since I'd heard them cover it at an earlier show. After maybe 15 minutes of this, Kurt - visibly annoyed - obliged me with 4 bars to shut me up! Ah, those were great days!
ughhhhh. sooooo gooood :)
Up On The Sun with a nod to Interstellar Overdrive-before re-entering the atmosphere.✨🌚🌞✨
Fuck this album is amzing
Thanks Curt!
Good timing
Rad!!!
i love youuy😃
Didn't get their due .... Kurt's favorite band....
Si delicat
Too bad Curt retired his old Morley echo/delay. That thing was the best for getting weird and psychedelic. It was responsible for trippy sounds on both MP II and UOTS
Truly sad to hear. When did he do that?
@@lesfaul4924 A long time ago. I think the last time I saw them (1990 or so, opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) he had already retired it.. Probably afraid to take it out on the road. Can't blame him though. They are decades out of production and if anything happened to it, it would be irreplaceable, and next to impossible to repair.
Thing 1 and thing 2
at 2:40
he scratches his leg
I think ?
Without a doubt Kurt were influenced by these guys. Big time
How long has Kirk had that Les Paul!? It has seen lots of action!
Whoops, Curt I mean. Wow nice screw up, we share the same name!
@@CurtHegel he bought that one in 84 I guys
Please tell me that drummer is somebody's child
Everybody is somebody's child. Unless they're a test tube baby.
is Doug Sahm's child LOL
@@AlvaroHermoso sHe's about a mover.. RIP Doug Hi to Townes
They had the bass too low.
You can't really change the pitch of an instrument without tuning it alternatively or using a pitch shifter and this song is in standard tuning, so you mean to say that the bass was too loud. I disagree because otherwise you wouldn't be able to hear it, but some people like lower frequencies more than others.
@@davidtapper6941 maybe they mean low volume
@@chlum6295 that's a smart reasoning and I am dumb punk kid, idk what I was thinking when I wrote this
@@davidtapper6941 ah dont worry. ive made my fair share of comments like these too, like in 2018 i wasnt in a good place socially and posted comments about my situation on vapor wave videos, and of course people are kind and empathetic, so i got loads of replies recently to those 3 year old comments. idk i just thought of that like since were discussing old comments being brought up again and... holy shit this is a long comment
I haven't seen them live since 1994 and the 2 High 2 DIE tour. One of the best. 👍