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Kristen Hersh is a creative tornado.

this live is the best thing i return to every now and then, thank you all

The best Throwing Muses song. I wish Belly would consider adding it to their live sets.

1989

¡LESLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saw them open for R.E.M. '89 Green tour. Great set. Met Kristin years later in Madison, WI at a solo show. She said she loved touring with R.E.M. and the food was great on the tour.😊

I love this video so much. so so soooooooo much!

What a shame the back ground video hiss

Wow, I discovered Belly in 1995 and bought a Throwing Muses CD. I started down the CZcams rabbit hole tonight and found myself here. Just absolutely amazing music with a sound unlike any other.

Holy sh... wow

favourite band favourite song - had the great fortune to see them in 1988

I got this album at a used CD store in San Antonio in the mid 90s. I then took it on a road trip to visit my brother in St Louis. My carmates didn’t quite know what to think. This album and song rock!

That was the most throat-shredding vocal performance since John Lennon’s in “Twist and Shout”…I’m dead serious..

my cousin makes the same sound when he has seizures

potential super band if they upped thier game just a tiny bit

And thank you for putting that together.

Emily Dickinson

And a night Frightening dark and It was light A big tree branches and I was dancing I'm straining My broken neck and Walking fast Look at my glasses then Look at her shoes Break your arm, it ain't no face Wear shoes, jealous, fuck you, stand up I wish you Were a house to me Frightening light so Keep it dark Keep your lights low so I can't see inside She runs To the big people But listen to me I know Break your arm, it ain't no face Wear shoes, jealous, fuck you, stand up (I don't know) I love What does she put on now? Every day Do you love her more than me? All night long Break your arm, it ain't no face Wear shoes, jealous, fuck you, stand up (A scream) Source: LyricFind

Tanya's playing on this is one of the most ferocious things I've ever heard.

I have liked this song since I first heard it at college in the 1990s. Great work!

Tanya's singing is quite flat.

That last one messed me up Things look bad Things look tragic!

Yes! She is one of reasons 90s music didn't totally suck.

I can’t stop listening to this perfect song

Saw the Muses live in Liverpool when a student in Chester in 1990. What a top band

This is a brilliant chunk of pop music.

The Bass player was always solid as a rock, but rarely gets a mention.

Beautiful creatures with short blonde hair ❤

It does sound like they’re all playing different songs.

oh good greif. there was nothing to do but...see the most underrated band when we were kids. this was incredible live. i think we only saw this version of them a few times. what's funny is watching dave wasn't like watching any other drummer. i semi-assulted him at the "backstage" (it was a room in the middle of the venue) with the door open in north hampton and said something like "Dave Grohl? You know he's ripping you off?" That might have been just before University came out? oh brother.

Drum is awesome

Great song and Kristin in that huge wig is hilarious.

At 3:38 she entered the second stage of grief.

Tired eyes...

She colorblind tired eyes Her hallway aching She'll never move him, likes it that way He's just a walker and he'll never stop walking away It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all And you might as well be dead, he said If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her She said, oh, my, why do you stare so hard? Wrapped up like a doll in bad dreams and broken arms Make these old bones shiver It's not too soon, he said, you know it's not too soon at all And you might as well be dead, he said If you're afraid to fall, I said, I know her The last time I saw you, you were standing in the dark And with a freezing face, I watched you fall apart It's not too soon, he said, it's not too soon at all And you might as well be dead, he said If you're afraid to fall, I said Done your time, been in your place I couldn't look you in the face and tell you that it turns me on it makes my stomach turn I know, I know her

The shift from ethereal verse vocal to... what hell is that? Throat singing? Gargle-meowing? It's a shift down to a whole weird and compelling register in the chorus. I love it. So. Much. I came here for Throwing Muses and found (pleasantly) a bit of ol' Captain Beefheart in the vocal. This song is a gem. That's all.

he was drumming too fast in this set. seemed like she couldnt keep up.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!!

Like Devo and Talking heads but mostly like Throwing muses. Brilliant!

Had to be at the Living Room.

this is adorable

Hersh is a freakin' dagger. I wish she blinked more.

Thanks for posting this. I was there! I was 21 years old and this was about the 5th live band I'd ever seen. Honestly I can't remember much about it because it was also the year that I discovered cannabis. I do remember having a very good time though :)

That's awesome. Lots of fun watching her son throwing down! Her smile is so infectious.

Sounds mid 1990s. Hard to belive this is 1987. Visionary!

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I always find it odd how little singing they do together. No wonder they split.

Tanya is amazing live

My High School Anthem.

who’s doing main vocals? is it tanya?