I stayed up late on a school night specifically to hear this session, my first ever Wedding Present song and my first ever John Peel show, just because a girl I fancied said she liked them. Gedge would approve of that reasoning I think.
David Gedge and Peter Solowka demonstrating why guitarists usually pick with their dominant hands and fret with their less developed hands. The pick-hand rhythms and speeds are incredible.
At the time I used to think I was the dude, playing punk bass in a couple of bands. Then one night listening to the radio I heard this. Completely changed my approach to music. Thanks Dave.
Even as a teenager, being on the barrier for Take Me, it was marathon, thousands pressing forward, getting through it at the end of a gig was brutal, and I wouldnt forego any of the memories I associate with this song and those 80s and early 90s wedding present gigs.
Thanks ever so much for posting this; a version that is, in my view, far superior to the one that later appeared on Bizzaro. Takes me back to Xmas '88, Peel's Festive 50 and all that. Thanks!
You're absolutely right...a friend used to record the festive 50 for me each year and i can remember long train journeys home listening to this as well as every other gem Peel's festive 50 used to throw up.
Oh my God! What a title in the NME (or was it MM?) "From Russia with love". And that in mind - nowadays Mar 2022 - that Peter Salewka (guitar) had a ukrainian background. History can be so cruel...
What a tune!. late Eighties. Reading Festival 90 with the Pixies. Bristol Uni early 90s. I love the Weddoes. What was the name of the Gedge splinter group in the late 90s I saw in a pub in London? Christ knows. But by god I love this tune and others.
I stayed up late on a school night specifically to hear this session, my first ever Wedding Present song and my first ever John Peel show, just because a girl I fancied said she liked them. Gedge would approve of that reasoning I think.
I’m not sure the Wedoes and reasoning were ever in the same room. Except after the fact. But yeah I loved them too.
David Gedge and Peter Solowka demonstrating why guitarists usually pick with their dominant hands and fret with their less developed hands. The pick-hand rhythms and speeds are incredible.
Hah! It's difficult to even _air-guitar_ along with 'em for the duration!
don't forget the drummer he's just amazing
At the time I used to think I was the dude, playing punk bass in a couple of bands. Then one night listening to the radio I heard this. Completely changed my approach to music. Thanks Dave.
Even as a teenager, being on the barrier for Take Me, it was marathon, thousands pressing forward, getting through it at the end of a gig was brutal, and I wouldnt forego any of the memories I associate with this song and those 80s and early 90s wedding present gigs.
Thanks ever so much for posting this; a version that is, in my view, far superior to the one that later appeared on Bizzaro. Takes me back to Xmas '88, Peel's Festive 50 and all that.
Thanks!
You're absolutely right...a friend used to record the festive 50 for me each year and i can remember long train journeys home listening to this as well as every other gem Peel's festive 50 used to throw up.
a mix of Joy division an the smiths with a pinch of grunge,a pinch of punk and a slice of Ramone.Perfect track in my top ten
Oh my god I forgot how much I LOVE this song and band. Takes me back but still sounds ahead of it's time. Goose bumps!
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The best sound ever... Just the best thing. Ever.
The last 5 minutes are epic...
This has always been my favourite song by them. We really had it good for music back then
Makes me cry every time! Thanks so much for posting!
and that dear friends is music
Just the best. My favourite song of all time. Headphones on and get lost in the noise with the melody emerging. Love it.
I used to try how many guitars where in the mix. Never got it right.
Fantástico!! Guitatarras, guitarras y más guitarras atronando los cielos de Europa.
Still here. Still loving it.
Freakin' awesome! Back then and still relevant today.
haha, this is just the perfect weddoes. middleton, bramley, gateshead, hassocks
Simply the best love song ever written.
That’s how I got into indie myself!😂
My favorite guitar part ever, hypnotic!
Awesome classic!
brutal ,amazing
absolutely insane
Absolutely Awesome!!!
Ever so brilllliant! 'Wish I'd been around.
warm hands and the things you say, you get lovelier every day
If i complete something once in my life let it be to spread the album GEORGE BEST please listen to it .
wow thre isnt a single thing could have been done better glad i was around back then
Go Gedge Go
Thanks for upload, add to favourite
Could be more long.
i know a 50 inch version not enuf TOP
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Brilliant!
hell yeeeaaahhhh
Heard this the first time John Peel played it. Still sounds as good nearly 30 years on.
Am sure this was on the strange 10" single they released , I lost it a fire i had sadly . wicked upload .
Le roi de la cocotte.
Sorry, I don't have the english for that.
Gedge God!
awesome
Warm hands and the things you say you get lovelier every day
PS listen to G Best J Peel cant be wrong
Oh my God! What a title in the NME (or was it MM?) "From Russia with love". And that in mind - nowadays Mar 2022 - that Peter Salewka (guitar) had a ukrainian background. History can be so cruel...
Absolut unglaublich !
the bizarro version that followed this lost the edginess that this has. The lead guitar sadly gets lost in the background on that version.
Slayer go home and cry,
Fantastic comment :)
orange slices and a fall lp
Go Gedge
I knew David a bit in the 2000s. One thing about him is that he is very keen on toilet hygeine and insists that you bleach the bowl after every use.
This potentially explains everything...
What a tune!. late Eighties. Reading Festival 90 with the Pixies. Bristol Uni early 90s. I love the Weddoes. What was the name of the Gedge splinter group in the late 90s I saw in a pub in London? Christ knows. But by god I love this tune and others.
+Ian Davies *Cinerama*
Ian Davies the sun and the moon