I'm a big Nick Cave fan but Rowland S Howard somehow flew under my radar for the longest time. This song popped up in one of my recommendations one day, and I didn't even get very far before I thought "damn...who is this guy? this is brilliant!" Both of his albums (not to mention These Immortal Souls) are among my all time favorites. What a legend.
True but he's incredibly gifted technically as well. There's footage of him recording Jennifer's Veil in the studio and the touch and finesse he plays with are jaw-dropping. Truly one of the great guitarists of his or any era.
I listen to this every day. I wish I could have been at this concert. He’s extraordinary. I love his music, stage presence, humor, writing and I miss all the albums he could have made.
Ever since I was fourteen years old in 1982, Rowland and David( McComb) were the reason I would play guitar in a band for the next 25 years. Still my favourite two guitarists/ songwriters to this day.
It is beautiful, he is beautiful. I am a guitar player, a song writer, and I realise too late, I have been terribly, incredibly influenced by Rowlands playing, one of this countrys most under rated players.
Not underrated. The only man in Australia I think, whose full name graces a street, except the ex PM Harold Holt who disappeared, presumably drowned while swimming off the coast of Mornington Peninsula. Have you heard of Rowland S Howard Lane, St Kilda? By statistics alone, Melbourne's favourite son.
Still, he didn't get as much recognition as, say, Nick Cave. But maybe that's just Cave. I personally can't name much Australian musicians, and those who I know worked with either Rowland or Nick (or both). So yeah, maybe you're right.
There are no streets dedicated to Nicholas E Cave. However, I'll repeat this: Rowland S Howard Lane, in the once infamous St Kilda, prior to rich capitalists taking over the old beach resort...is a shining tribute to the man who made Melbourne a place of interest to the international Avant-gard and underground musicians and artists that still flock there. I met him. Interviewed him, shared a few moments in time with a drink or a smoke. He was rather shy and sensitive. I never felt more cool than that time we tried to match his long strides from the Espy to the pier whilst passing a rolly...so to speak. Graceful, humble, vulnerable band not into competition that made his contemporaries rich and stink of money. He was suffering at the end something's that should NEVER have happened to him. Had I known the state of his existence I would have changed it. A brilliant guitarist. A talent unmatched.
@dread true Tracy was an absolute monster of a bassist. I'm glad you admitted that you didn't know about the cancer. By the way, my comment was not in hopes that you would take yours down. I just felt like it was out of place and unrelated. Ok, be well.
'Cause you have to sort of *grow into* Rowland's songs - I mean, he's not a teenyboppers' rock'n'roller - and so many of us were just kids (or weren't even born) when Rowland was in his prime. I wasn't around yet in the days of These Immortal Souls, let alone the days of the Birthday Party or the Young Charlatans. I only found out about Rowland's music when I was in university, and by that time Rowland had already died. Besides that, so many of us aren't from Melbourne, or aren't even Australians at all, and Rowland - far more than Nick Cave - was always something of a local hero. I'm Canadian, and (as I said) I didn't hear about Rowland until a few years ago. Hardly anyone knows about him, around here, except me. Sad to say, Rowland remains one of the most underrated artists in the history of rock'n'roll.
I only found them through the old pics, cardboard setlists and posters my dad collected from the Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party live shows when i raided his filing cabinet circa 2014.
Stop worrying about what rowland looked like and the birthday party aswell in that matter..they all looked fucking great and there music was great..just enjoy how beautiful this song is by rowland..genius
This video is helping me learn the chords for this song. He is a great guitarist, im glad i found out about him through my discover weekly. Been listening to this song on repeat. Shoutout from Canada
dude thanx for posting this best footage to learn the bridge section of the song I have played this in my set ever since snuff film came out but back in the day clear clips were had to come buy most grateful the zoomer
one of a few things i really deeply regret til death, to pass on all occasions to see howard and his band. as well as nikki sudden and his band. it happened all in the late 80s/90s....daaamn me
Great version of this great song....the sound is crisp & you can hear the tone in his voice so clearly. Hope the All tomorrows parties people get the mix as dead on. Did you record some more songs? Please post them if so. Cheers
akedwards76 Good point. I think I prefer this version to the one on Teenage Snuff Movie, which I find a bit too drawn out. It’s nicely orchestrated, but maybe those strings are just not needed.
he always looked that ill.. look at birthday party photos from nigh on thirty years ago...they all looked ill pointless exchange really... his guitar ate people alive..me included i miss him
I’d rather listen to just him and his guitar these days than the album version. The album is great but this lifts this song to the heavens. Is any more from this concert available?
god that glance into the distance he does gets me every time. the most beautiful boy
I'm a big Nick Cave fan but Rowland S Howard somehow flew under my radar for the longest time. This song popped up in one of my recommendations one day, and I didn't even get very far before I thought "damn...who is this guy? this is brilliant!" Both of his albums (not to mention These Immortal Souls) are among my all time favorites. What a legend.
He always played a fairly simple but eloquent guitar. His chords, riffs, strumming, and the tone always served the song.
Lonesome cowboy music on mushrooms
@@gg_rider nothing to do with drugs just incredibly literate. Rowland was one of the best poets of our time
True but he's incredibly gifted technically as well. There's footage of him recording Jennifer's Veil in the studio and the touch and finesse he plays with are jaw-dropping. Truly one of the great guitarists of his or any era.
Beautiful. The reason I picked up a guitar. Rest in peace sweet prince xx.
Walking book of poetry and literature. I just love his wit and humor!
I listen to this every day. I wish I could have been at this concert. He’s extraordinary. I love his music, stage presence, humor, writing and I miss all the albums he could have made.
an angel wich walked this earth rest in peace howard
Ever since I was fourteen years old in 1982, Rowland and David( McComb) were the reason I would play guitar in a band for the next 25 years. Still my favourite two guitarists/ songwriters to this day.
One of the best song/performance i have ever witnessed. Thank you. Rip
Thanks for sharing this gem.
R.I.P. Crown Prince Of the Crying Jag
An amazing performance...what a great guitar sound
It is beautiful, he is beautiful. I am a guitar player, a song writer, and I realise too late, I have been terribly, incredibly influenced by Rowlands playing, one of this countrys most under rated players.
Not underrated. The only man in Australia I think, whose full name graces a street, except the ex PM Harold Holt who disappeared, presumably drowned while swimming off the coast of Mornington Peninsula.
Have you heard of Rowland S Howard Lane, St Kilda? By statistics alone, Melbourne's favourite son.
Still, he didn't get as much recognition as, say, Nick Cave.
But maybe that's just Cave. I personally can't name much Australian musicians, and those who I know worked with either Rowland or Nick (or both). So yeah, maybe you're right.
There are no streets dedicated to Nicholas E Cave. However, I'll repeat this:
Rowland S Howard Lane, in the once infamous St Kilda, prior to rich capitalists taking over the old beach resort...is a shining tribute to the man who made Melbourne a place of interest to the international Avant-gard and underground musicians and artists that still flock there.
I met him. Interviewed him, shared a few moments in time with a drink or a smoke.
He was rather shy and sensitive. I never felt more cool than that time we tried to match his long strides from the Espy to the pier whilst passing a rolly...so to speak. Graceful, humble, vulnerable band not into competition that made his contemporaries rich and stink of money.
He was suffering at the end something's that should NEVER have happened to him. Had I known the state of his existence I would have changed it. A brilliant guitarist. A talent unmatched.
@@pleiadian13 Bless you 💕🎸
incredible lyrics......and the sound of that jaguar.....killer
thanks for the great music rowland, totally original soundscape, atrue visionary.
R.I.P.
Man i am getting old.... everything i love is dying.
dread true Like @Richard Benn said. Rowland’s gone because of illness.
@dread true It was cancer not drugs. I'm feeling a bit put off by your comment.
@dread true Tracy was an absolute monster of a bassist. I'm glad you admitted that you didn't know about the cancer. By the way, my comment was not in hopes that you would take yours down. I just felt like it was out of place and unrelated. Ok, be well.
Seeing Rowland solo a year or two ago was intense... Glad i got to experience him. rip
too many of us discovered him too late.. I wonder why's that
'Cause you have to sort of *grow into* Rowland's songs - I mean, he's not a teenyboppers' rock'n'roller - and so many of us were just kids (or weren't even born) when Rowland was in his prime. I wasn't around yet in the days of These Immortal Souls, let alone the days of the Birthday Party or the Young Charlatans. I only found out about Rowland's music when I was in university, and by that time Rowland had already died.
Besides that, so many of us aren't from Melbourne, or aren't even Australians at all, and Rowland - far more than Nick Cave - was always something of a local hero. I'm Canadian, and (as I said) I didn't hear about Rowland until a few years ago. Hardly anyone knows about him, around here, except me.
Sad to say, Rowland remains one of the most underrated artists in the history of rock'n'roll.
Wonderful. It takes something special to sound that good solo.
I’m 19 that’s why
I only found them through the old pics, cardboard setlists and posters my dad collected from the Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party live shows when i raided his filing cabinet circa 2014.
Stop worrying about what rowland looked like and the birthday party aswell in that matter..they all looked fucking great and there music was great..just enjoy how beautiful this song is by rowland..genius
This video is helping me learn the chords for this song. He is a great guitarist, im glad i found out about him through my discover weekly. Been listening to this song on repeat. Shoutout from Canada
@kemkarm tbh im just using the fingerings he is doing on the video, its mostly open chords, C, D, Am chords
one word - enchanting
Love the product endorsement joke at the end. RIP x
I busk this song.
dude thanx for posting this best footage to learn the bridge section of the song I have played this in my set ever since snuff film came out but back in the day clear clips were had to come buy most grateful the zoomer
magnifique!
Awesome! Thanks so much for posting.
My daily cry, also - why couldn't I have found him earlier?
Discovering this guy two years after he died sucks pretty bad.
grossly underrated, sad. He is brilliant beyond words xoxoxo
RIP, amazing man.
crying:(
fantastico
one of a few things i really deeply regret til death, to pass on all occasions to see howard and his band. as well as nikki sudden and his band. it happened all in the late 80s/90s....daaamn me
Fucking Awesum! This takes me back to the days when I'd go to the Nth Melb. Hotel & watch him play solo gigs @! the front bar of a Sunday night.
thanks for sharing!
Brilliant! Is any more of this performance available? Thank you for this.
Great version of this great song....the sound is crisp & you can hear the tone in his voice so clearly. Hope the All tomorrows parties people get the mix as dead on. Did you record some more songs? Please post them if so. Cheers
akedwards76
Good point. I think I prefer this version to the one on Teenage Snuff Movie, which I find a bit too drawn out. It’s nicely orchestrated, but maybe those strings are just not needed.
Fucking parties of tommorrow's people...
Please, science, we NEED A time machine... NOW!!!
he was so goddamn talented
a fucking god
Australias gold
he always looked that ill..
look at birthday party photos from nigh on thirty years ago...they all looked ill
pointless exchange really...
his guitar ate people alive..me included
i miss him
I dont remember him looking ill at them - i remember him slightly back and stock still cept his guitar loved it
RIP.
So Sad
une énorme découverte ! c'est juste brillant ! mais difficile à dénicher en disque....il y a quelque chose du VU dans cette musique...
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holy fuck!
Good choice all the same.
"you're bad for me like coca-cola"
-finishes song and takes a big swig of coke
that is the attitude of this masterpiece in a nutshell
whats worse is discovering him 4 years after God decreed his End.
👁 El ojo
So do I - are there any other videos available of that set?
Rowland man… too good
If you guys like this you might like Dizzy Diver too
I’d rather listen to just him and his guitar these days than the album version. The album is great but this lifts this song to the heavens.
Is any more from this concert available?
Is there a living audience?
Super ! Does somebody gets the lyrics ?
da, baš to... guitar lesson.
Makes one want to shed tears in the homage and in knowledge of the humanity, if not in rmemberance of the events of the Vietnam War per se.
Totally Dismayed. So Sad. Nothing else I can say!!!
I swear spoitify breaks my heart on purpose. Yet another discovery too late….
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No offence, guys but he looks really sick here.
Jack The-Ripper
Pretty sure by this point cancer was assaulting him.
@@written12 cigarette ?
I mean, lungs ?
@@olivierswijngedau4085 no, liver cancer from Hep c he got from his herion addiction earlier in his life
I swear spoitify breaks my heart on purpose. Yet another discovery too late….