I even remember the first time hearing this masterpiece on the radio sitting in my car. I was stunned by it meticulous production, being a musician myself. Mixed with the self deprecating lyrics it shines on in history as one of greatest songs of the 80s, maybe ever!
This is such a beautiful song. Weirdly, I go through phases of listening to it obsessively and then forgetting it exists completely. I'm always struck by how fresh it sounds though, even now
Oh yeah, just happened to listen it on the radio and had to find out who this was by. Couldn´t believe it was this old. My teenage years, too! great song, great lyrics!
+RySenkari She was one of the pioneers of what, for lack of a better term, became known as simply "chick music" or "chick rock." Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Brenda Khan, were all among those starting that whole thing (oh, and DEF! Suzanne Vega--don't want to leave her out, or even The Breeders for that matter, though they were group oriented, not so much just a chick on an acoustic guitar, or a piano). I could name another 20 probably that belong in that same group of women who paved the way for far, FAR less talented women to break into the business, but yeah... Edie is/was amazing!
+Art Scott Though they call it that it sounds good and look at the band, it is mostly men except for Edie as the lead singer. The music actually has a good melody that can help someone forget other songs they don't like. It is always nice to know of a few catchy songs to help rid your mind of crappy ones that never get out of your head.
+RySenkari Alternative music of this ilk was alive and well in the mid to late 80s and certainly ahead of it's time. R.E.M and 10,000 Maniacs were also revolutionary.... and definitely don't sound 80's. Best part is the timelessness.
@frontliner2 yeah. Like Starbucks coffee shop, windows 95, browsing on the cd rom encyclopedia kind of music. What's the frequency Kenneth by R.E.M gives me a similar vibe.
I remember this band 1988 I was 17 can't believe that long ago I'm 50 now and I still love this song my daughter was listening to this song I laughed so hard I told her I was 17 when I heard this she looked at me and said you grow up in a great time of music when music was cool and it was real yes I did daughter yes I did
I hear you brother 50 in October is a bit hard to get into when im still interested in living and busy just trying to keep up with everything and everyone = i aint got time to be 50 dang it ! Great song , I didn't realize it was from the eighties - it has a nineties feel to it so props to em for pushing a new sound . Also you get the award for coolest name - after hearing that a thousand times you already know .
This band, this song, and their style are the proof that a certain decade doesn't end or start with numbers. This is a mid-nineties song made at the end of the eighties.
Yeah I thought it was a 90s song until they featured it on Vh1 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 80s. She seems and sounds like a 90s girl like Jewel, Alanis Morrisette or Lisa Loeb.
Only young people think this. If you were around when it came out then it's late 80s. I would never mistake this as a mid 90s song because I had the cassette when it came out. Millennials. Lol
76 years old here. That voice in 1988 was sexxxxyyyyy. It took the song for me to purchase here album shooting rubber bands at the stars. Was totally different but smooth. Glad someone posted it out here today. Thank you.
I only know 2 tracks off it but i remember it was a big thing at the time. Both tunes i know, this and circle are certainly both great tunes@LiamGoodison
Come on Gen X ! Get off the Geritol. Better days are ahead. Speak for yourself but I’m not going quietly into that dark night. I’m going to skid sideways into the box and leave this body a dried up husk! Forge on X. My little circle of friends had such high hopes for Edie, then she married Paul and disappeared. My 18 old self had such a crush on her🌹Every song on that first album was good. Rare!
I'm familiar with a lot of 80's and 90's songs but somehow I only just heard (or noticed) this song for the first time today. It sounded like a mid-late 90's style song but am surprised to see it was actually made in 88. Definitely ahead of its time and still sounds good today.
Yes, its an 80's song with a 90's zeitgeist, decades seem to blend into each other and overlap, like disco didn't die out until 82 but the murmurs of what was to be the 80's sound were happening back in 78. So too with the 80's, it's influence was meandering until it received its dead blow in late 91 from Nirvana.
I thought this song was from the 90s for my entire life. It was definitely ahead of it's time by a few years and maybe even helped shape the coming sound of 90s alternative.
@@uuajck1624 @Uuajck I'm inclined to disagree. The 1990s saw a move towards deeper, more artistic popular music. This song sounds more like popular 90s artists such as Fiona Apple, 4 Non Blondes, Sarah McLachlan, or Paula Cole than it does like 80s acts Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, or the Go-Go's.
No doubt. I remember this song when it came out and it was way ahead of its time. It didn’t fit in the 80s pop, new wave, 80s industrial dark wave, it was its own sound.
Also aphex twin and autechre were also active at this time and their music was light years ahead of this. And how is this any more ahead of its time than sweet dreams by the eurythmics from years earlier?
@@Darrenski sweet dreams SOUNDS like an 80s song. It was perfect for its time. as for aphex twin, I agree, a lot of music he made was ahead of its time. idk about autechre though.
Yes I remember because a Hip-Hop group called the Brand Nubians sampled it and it made me buy the cassette. A classic indeed. Circle is still something that opens my eyes when I hear her lyrical artistry. She should take a bow
What the. I never would’ve thought to check the year… I distinctly remember this being played like a new single like around 92-94. Just blew my mind a little with this. What’s next, Tom’s Diner isn’t an early/mid 90s hit either?! Get outta here.
They went way beyond the nineties. There are still so many bands today that seem to base their stage presence off of this video. For nearly 25 years now this song has sounded like it could have been released yesterday!
If this came out in 2024 this girl would be one of the biggest stars on the planet!! She has the natural voice and sound people try and fake in todays world!!
The way this girl sings this song is so captivating and she is so into the rhythm of it with her facial expressions. Just love it! This song is still a hit after all these years.
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Amazing, I heard this song yesterday driving car (Warsaw POLAND) , I know this song from past....but first time see today this VidClip ;-) She looks so natural and feels easy, crazy see it now in Plastic dolls era.
The whole Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars album has aged very well. Actually i like it even better now than i used to like it back then. It's really really good.
Impressive. It's like they time traveled, peeked into the 90's and then went back. With this song, they anticipated musical style, look, attitude. Absolutely incredible!
Except this was released around the same time that Costello's 'Spike' and Sugar Cubes' 'Life's Too Good' were. At the time it was all just lumped together as "Alternative" but yhe "90's" as people know them now we're *already* here in the late 80's.
They not only peeked into the nineties (true comment), they peek into human soul ? I think.... Love the name of the band. Thanks Edie & Crew. . .Still Loving ya 😘💗✌️🌍🌏💘
That's a Boss TW-1 Touch Wah pedal on the solo. It's sensitive to how hard you pick the guitar strings - light picking causes minimal wah effect, and heavy picking gives a strong wah sound. Definitely a unique pedal.
@@gwendolenyoung4198 I know. I specifically said that this song was a few years ahead of its time, because to me, this song and videoclip APPEAR LIKE they are from the 90s, even though they are not.
Edie had a voice like no other and I had a crush on her big time. I have almost all of her material on disc. Guess I will have to go and reacquaint myself with Edie...
Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars is an album that never ages. No filler songs, the whole album is good. This is original "alt rock" when the genre was relevant and actually had some balls.
Edie Brickell definitely laid the foundation for the female rockers that followed with this song - Alanis Morissette (who was making bubble gum pop at this time in Canada), Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole - all the greats of 90s alternative rock.
Por fin te encontréeee, te busqué por más de 20 años, no te encontraba porque no sabía el nombre de la canción ni de la cantante. Gracias a Ticktok que me lo puso en bandeja estoy acá disfrutando esta canción después de 30 años aproximadamente que ya no escuchaba. Las pinches emisoras no lo ponen, al menos en mi ciudad.
That is what makes this era of music the very best... The diversity and the ACTUAL talent!!!!! I said what I said!!! Musical talent and creativity 💪🏾💯👍🏾
My dads birthday today. My mom passed away when I was 17. I am now 25. He just told me her favorite music so this is what I'm listening to.. 12:31 a.m. October 6th, 2019.
ikr. It's just that laid-back mellow groove, and her awesome voice. I love the guitar bridge (or whatever its called) at 2:10 , i like that style. Edie, yup she was hot imho. That wild hair, nice dark eyes and a cute smile. And unlike todays "artists" she didnt have make-up plastered on with a trowel.
Came here for the ahead of its time comments. It really is. I‘d believe it if you told me the song came out as late as ‘96 or ‘97 if I didn’t know better.
I have her album on cassette and it did not have this version you hear here. My cassette had a longer version of this and you can hear the solo at its fullest. This was the version that when she starts with "I'm not aware of too many things.....", she sings it twice instead of once. I like that version better.
When I first heard this song back in the '80's I said to myself: "That's a different sound, from a different band with a different take on things. It'll turn out to be a hit." I was right.
I literally came here to say that. I just saw it on a "Totally 80's CD" commercial and was POSITIVE it was from the 90's. Wow. I could easily see Eddie Vedder or Chris Cornell singing this song too.
Thank you for using the correct word. Another (copycat for likes ?) asked this same thing a week after you did but they got more likes and comments (undeserving). You omitted the apostrophe but at least you didn't add an E.
@@PC-wp9tj that whole band was out of North Texas State. They worked around Dallas while they finished school. The drummer, Matt Chamberlain has had an interesting career, too.
Such a college town vibe. Brainy Hippie but with a new sound in 1989 that foreshadowed the entry of the 90’s. This song along with “Sowing the seeds of love” from Tears for Fears told us that looking back while moving forward was cool.
Lisa who? Sheryl Crow is crap, 4 non-blonde who's? Shawn Colvin never allowed to progress past one single. No way, the 80s had THE best female singers-only difference was now all the females were allowed to be taken seriously. Thank you very much Madonna you plastic old slag with your bubblegum bullshit! And the unending continued plague she then left from Mariah Carey onwards to what we have now-all the while staying here WITH it all! Fuck the 90s when the majority actually sucked. Boyband shit, lousy females trying to be "serious" (i.e not slags yet still boring as hell generally-and in Stansfield, Gabreille, Dion, Carey and Crow's case-just plain awful!), girlband shit, bollocks Beatles wannabees in vile Oasis and stupid Blur and poncy Suede and dumb dance twots like Prodigy and its ilk. Looking back on it, it's clear to see it wasn't all that at all. The extremely early 90s (1990-1993) produced some fine singles acts if you could look past all the crap. Thankful for Ace Of Base, Crowded House finally getting famous belatedly everywhere, the Sundays, M people, Alisha's Attic, Cathy Dennis, The Beautiful South, Shakespears Sister, Maggie Reilly, Enigma, and a smattering of standalone singles from the likes of Snap, Blue Pearl, Lonnie Gordon, Seal, Haddaway, Culture Beat, Shara Nelson, Tori Amos, post-Jagged Pill Alanis Morrisette, Rozalla, Zoe, PM Dawn, Adventures Of Stevie V, Deee-Lite and so on, but even then, usually the best 90s songs tended to come from the best 80s people still going to little fanfare from the critics now obsessed with an anything goes culture undeserving of its dubious attention.
You're forgetting a whole heap of talented 90s female singers/female-led groups. Bjork, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, Erykah Badu, The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge, No Doubt.
@@kyachdistent1301 Yikes. You are furious about something. Let people have enjoy things. The lovely Edie was considered a one-hit wonder - so why are you calling out Shawn Colvin? Every generation, every single one, has produced countless types of music and good/bad artists. You prefer one decade, fine. Don't get your opinion confused with fact.
i can see why there was a spark between her and Paul Simon when he, from the wings, first saw her sing this song on SNL. i can kinda hear a younger, hipper version of Paul’s music in there. their daughter Lulu is quite the pop artist herself. you should check out her music
I can’t remember how my mother got this cassette tape from me but when she heard Edie Brickell sing, she was immediately hooked like so many of us. Rest in peace, Mother… This one is for you!💙💙💙
Una de mis canciones favoritas de los 80s. Un éxito, pero el grupo intentó en vano posicionar otras melodías en el mercado. Nada fue igual, como la primera.
Yes! Me too! The sound (I guess it's an Auto-Wah) and the solo itself. Nice to read that others also appreciate that. Don't know any other guitar solo in pop history that sounds like that.
An 80's song that sounds like a 90's song that wants to be a '60-'70s song. I do mean that in the best way possible. I absolutely love this song and the vibes. As always, a classic.
Late 80s Deep Ellum (Dallas) style... well, one of the styles. I was a highschool kid back then, but the clubs weren't exactly strict when it came to checking IDs. Anyways, there was a pretty good and innovative alternative scene.
This is the most 90's song from the 80's I've ever heard
Was shocked to see this was released in 1988. It has such a 90s vibe.
100% Agree. That 70's retro guitar solo break does NOT belong in the 80's, it is strictly a 90's thing. Ahead of their time❤
I wouldnt know if you were lying and told me came out in the 90's. Its the voice and vibe.
This is the most 90's sounding 80's song of all time.
Ahead of its time
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division was the most 80s sounding 70s song of all time.
a lot Of REMs songs songs as well
MIND BLOWN... never thought of this in THIS particular way. And I'm 103 yrs old!! (or at least that's how I feel today).
@@christopherwebb3517 Cars by Gary Numan and M's Pop Muzik are right up there too... All three New Wave pioneers...
If you remember this Masterpiece song you are not old you are high quality vintage. 💞👌😊👍
I even remember the first time hearing this masterpiece on the radio sitting in my car. I was stunned by it meticulous production, being a musician myself. Mixed with the self deprecating lyrics it shines on in history as one of greatest songs of the 80s, maybe ever!
This is such a beautiful song. Weirdly, I go through phases of listening to it obsessively and then forgetting it exists completely. I'm always struck by how fresh it sounds though, even now
Similar for me too. I have been listening to this this week, several times at least.
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Omg I do the same thing! That’s too weird
Same.👍
Too weirdoz like puke shit grungy hippies Seattle soundz crappyttude woke's this 4 minutes of disaster
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As a 50 yr old, this song song just took me back to my Teenage years.
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I couldnt stand this song lol. Sounds so stupid
@@vipr1142 really?
Oh yeah, just happened to listen it on the radio and had to find out who this was by. Couldn´t believe it was this old. My teenage years, too! great song, great lyrics!
@@ericgenestvideoclips I think the lyrics are dumb but they work poetically. It doesn't surprise me to hear someone say it's stupid.
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RIP Brad Houser. Your fretless bass work on this tune is awesome.
I can see the frets on his bass tho
@@youtubeuser206This is a music video, it's not live 😂
the sound is of a fretlees bass guitar
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@@youtubeuser206 lol wrong
I didn't know he died. Yes, rest in Peace.
That guitar solo is perfect 👌🏼
Is the solo by Robbie Blunt, and not Kenny Withrow? He sounded so much like Jerry Garcia. He should have played with latter incarnations of the dead.
If you put a gun to my head and asked me when this song came out I would have said '93. They were so ahead of their time. Incredible tune.
Me too! I thought it was way later...and I was alive then (too?) so IDK how I sort of missed it until like 1995
This is an EIGHTIES song? Sounds like mid-90s to me! This woman was ahead of her time.
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+RySenkari She was one of the pioneers of what, for lack of a better term, became known as simply "chick music" or "chick rock." Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Brenda Khan, were all among those starting that whole thing (oh, and DEF! Suzanne Vega--don't want to leave her out, or even The Breeders for that matter, though they were group oriented, not so much just a chick on an acoustic guitar, or a piano). I could name another 20 probably that belong in that same group of women who paved the way for far, FAR less talented women to break into the business, but yeah... Edie is/was amazing!
+RySenkari The 80s were a good time for music. Having been born in '76 I have heard some good music.
+Art Scott Though they call it that it sounds good and look at the band, it is mostly men except for Edie as the lead singer. The music actually has a good melody that can help someone forget other songs they don't like. It is always nice to know of a few catchy songs to help rid your mind of crappy ones that never get out of your head.
+RySenkari Alternative music of this ilk was alive and well in the mid to late 80s and certainly ahead of it's time. R.E.M and 10,000 Maniacs were also revolutionary.... and definitely don't sound 80's. Best part is the timelessness.
Released in 1988 and waaaay ahead of its time.
Truly the first great 90's song.
Ikr, sounds so much like a 90s song
Like it or not, this is generation X baby. I think I'm the same age as that chick singing. Then again, so are the Pixies. So choose your side. LOL
Everything about this feels like it was made in about 1992: the music, the lyrics, the clothes, even the cinematography of the music video.
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This song forecasted the 90s.
i was just thinking that, it sounds mid 90's
@frontliner2 yeah. Like Starbucks coffee shop, windows 95, browsing on the cd rom encyclopedia kind of music.
What's the frequency Kenneth by R.E.M gives me a similar vibe.
@@frontliner2was thinking that, too.
1988
I had the good fortune to see Edie open for the Grateful Dead in July 1990. It is hard to believe that it has been almost 34 years.
Ohh, that sounds good. I would've gone. Funny thing is, though, we used to make fun of these lyrics. We thought they were stupid. LOL.
**insert old lady from Titanic meme** 😜
@@kalevala29 Well they were / are .
The song writers decided saying something was not necessary .
You're old.
@@Marco-717 you're not wrong.
I remember this band 1988 I was 17 can't believe that long ago I'm 50 now and I still love this song my daughter was listening to this song I laughed so hard I told her I was 17 when I heard this she looked at me and said you grow up in a great time of music when music was cool and it was real yes I did daughter yes I did
Best thing I ever did was create a daughter!
I was 20 years old when I first heard this song in 1988 time flies
I hear you brother 50 in October is a bit hard to get into when im still interested in living and busy just trying to keep up with everything and everyone = i aint got time to be 50 dang it ! Great song , I didn't realize it was from the eighties - it has a nineties feel to it so props to em for pushing a new sound . Also you get the award for coolest name - after hearing that a thousand times you already know .
I also remember listening to this song "a while back", 59 now.
it's still cool, just unfortunately none of the cool music tends to get recognized or much radio play. It'll get better though
This band, this song, and their style are the proof that a certain decade doesn't end or start with numbers. This is a mid-nineties song made at the end of the eighties.
Yeah I thought it was a 90s song until they featured it on Vh1 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 80s.
She seems and sounds like a 90s girl like Jewel, Alanis Morrisette or Lisa Loeb.
Damn right !
Well fucking said!!
Only young people think this. If you were around when it came out then it's late 80s. I would never mistake this as a mid 90s song because I had the cassette when it came out. Millennials. Lol
@@bloodbitchxxx9792 I'm 45 years old and I agree wit the op...
I heard this in 80s on school bus, Whose listening to this in May 2024
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76 years old here. That voice in 1988 was sexxxxyyyyy. It took the song for me to purchase here album shooting rubber bands at the stars. Was totally different but smooth. Glad someone posted it out here today. Thank you.
album worth a spin then?
Me too
I only know 2 tracks off it but i remember it was a big thing at the time. Both tunes i know, this and circle are certainly both great tunes@LiamGoodison
This song reminds me of a better time; of being young, full of energy and a bright future ahead.
Amen
Bright future ahead? Never to old to camp out and look for gold.
Keep that feeling
...then life happened and reality sunk in.
Come on Gen X ! Get off the Geritol. Better days are ahead. Speak for yourself but I’m not going quietly into that dark night. I’m going to skid sideways into the box and leave this body a dried up husk! Forge on X. My little circle of friends had such high hopes for Edie, then she married Paul and disappeared. My 18 old self had such a crush on her🌹Every song on that first album was good. Rare!
90's before 90s was a thing.
So true. This is proto-grunge or something.
I was thinking the same.
I didn't even know this song was from the 80s
This song said in 1989 "suddenly it's 1994". She was about 5 to 6 years ahead of her time.
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Great song my Jawn 2024 ❤
Who's listening to this one in 2024? Eddie for ever and ever
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I'm familiar with a lot of 80's and 90's songs but somehow I only just heard (or noticed) this song for the first time today. It sounded like a mid-late 90's style song but am surprised to see it was actually made in 88. Definitely ahead of its time and still sounds good today.
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What I am? Still listening.
1988 but you can already see that 90's aesthetic taking form.
bloocheez3 Im pretty sure it came out 1998
nope. 1988
Yes, its an 80's song with a 90's zeitgeist, decades seem to blend into each other and overlap, like disco didn't die out until 82 but the murmurs of what was to be the 80's sound were happening back in 78. So too with the 80's, it's influence was meandering until it received its dead blow in late 91 from Nirvana.
+cmtmj2006 SO TRUE. THAT DRUMMER COULD BE NIRVANA 1994 HAHAHAHA
BUT THE GUITAR SOLO PLAYER IS SO "FAME 1980" HAHAHAHA
I thought this song was from the 90s for my entire life. It was definitely ahead of it's time by a few years and maybe even helped shape the coming sound of 90s alternative.
no it´s very 80´s
@@uuajck1624 @Uuajck I'm inclined to disagree.
The 1990s saw a move towards deeper, more artistic popular music. This song sounds more like popular 90s artists such as Fiona Apple, 4 Non Blondes, Sarah McLachlan, or Paula Cole than it does like 80s acts Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, or the Go-Go's.
No doubt. I remember this song when it came out and it was way ahead of its time. It didn’t fit in the 80s pop, new wave, 80s industrial dark wave, it was its own sound.
Yep sorry, eighties! Give us this! Grin
correction this song is late 80s .Generation x the best
Sometimes I forget how good the music was when I was growing up. Talented group.
Heard this song for the first time today and I gotta agree with everyone's sentiments. This was way ahead of its time.
Also aphex twin and autechre were also active at this time and their music was light years ahead of this. And how is this any more ahead of its time than sweet dreams by the eurythmics from years earlier?
@@Darrenski sweet dreams SOUNDS like an 80s song. It was perfect for its time. as for aphex twin, I agree, a lot of music he made was ahead of its time. idk about autechre though.
She took this classic to #7 in Feb, 1989 and it still is a classic 35 years later.
Yes I remember because a Hip-Hop group called the Brand Nubians sampled it and it made me buy the cassette. A classic indeed. Circle is still something that opens my eyes when I hear her lyrical artistry. She should take a bow
@@user-sk9hh9cx7d Music does many positive things to us.
This song was a regular on 120 minutes on MTV,late nite Saturday nites
My senior year of high school. We had the best music. 😊
@@mpaloutz It's what memories are made of.
Ummm...still can't believe this song is already 35 yrs old. Time flies.
Damn has more time than my life xd... do you like horses?
FYI - saw her in the Paul Simon documentary “In Restless Dreams” on Prime Video. She is married to him. Two fantastically talented people.
Predates the coming 90s sound by a good 9-10 years. Masterpiece!
What the. I never would’ve thought to check the year… I distinctly remember this being played like a new single like around 92-94. Just blew my mind a little with this. What’s next, Tom’s Diner isn’t an early/mid 90s hit either?! Get outta here.
This has a very "hippie" sound to it. I miss when music was on MTV.
Taryn Sarvas pretty sure these guys opened for the Grateful Dead a couple times in the early 90s.
@Taryn..So do I my friend! !
Sometimes im logical. Sometimes not so much :/😁👍
Yes I also miss MTV!
yes, me too. *Nirvana UNplugged*
They went way beyond the nineties. There are still so many bands today that seem to base their stage presence off of this video. For nearly 25 years now this song has sounded like it could have been released yesterday!
have to agree. I heard this song in 2008 and thought it had just come out. that bass line is killer
Nah, pure 90's , todays pop music, is STUCK in the pseudo 80's revival.
Like what bands?
@@Peter1999Videos this came out in the 80's
I LOVE this comment! And yes, cool is cool and will always be cool!
If this came out in 2024 this girl would be one of the biggest stars on the planet!! She has the natural voice and sound people try and fake in todays world!!
she would be a playable charcter in fortnight
Her style is timeless. I love 80’s music of course, but this song doesn’t sound like that era, just sounds like itself.
This song screams a heavy pre cursor to the mid 90's in my opinion. Great song!@@hummushero9428
They libtards wouldn't like her because she's not a 10 looks wise. Society as we know is over and never coming back to reality.
ikr; this kills almost anything out in now. Can't believe this song is 36 years old now!
2024 and still love this
I was in love with this song as a kid... now finally i've found it.
this song and joey by concrete blonde were my favorites.
We will save the world.
Man... Same here. I was looking for this song for years and finally found it.
lol, me too.
Same - it was always on my mind , but more back in The shadows. which makes up most of my mind some days lol.
This song never goes out of style !!!
Have always loved this song. They kick a$$.
If one is a philosopher, it CAN go out of style real fast. Perhaps faster than the speed of light???
neither does her natural long 'do'
@@gemjourney5210 huh
@@Thawhid
I dunno either, guessing he has a 90s "mom" and tryiing hard to be edgy.
The way this girl sings this song is so captivating and she is so into the rhythm of it with her facial expressions. Just love it! This song is still a hit after all these years.
May 2024. 🎉❤ this song is everything.
I love it at 58 yr old rock & roller ❤
The bass line is amazing
Right on
the bass player must of been a fan of Pino Palladino
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THIS is an 80s tune??? I wouldve NEVER ever have guessed.
Yeah I'm 28 and I thought myself a 80s fan and I didn't discover this until a couple of years ago. I love it.
was a few years ahead of the Coffee House curve of the 90s
Exactly 1989 to be clear
But This puke shit soundzlike no-life infamous 90's crappyttude decade
MAGA 1-20-2025
Amazing, I heard this song yesterday driving car (Warsaw POLAND) , I know this song from past....but first time see today this VidClip ;-) She looks so natural and feels easy, crazy see it now in Plastic dolls era.
Wow......... I was 17 when this came out....... now I'm 48......... This song sounds just as excellent now as it did way back when......
You must aging gracefully!
Same here......where did 30 years go?
It holds up very well.
Timeless . . ..
The whole Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars album has aged very well. Actually i like it even better now than i used to like it back then. It's really really good.
Impressive. It's like they time traveled, peeked into the 90's and then went back. With this song, they anticipated musical style, look, attitude. Absolutely incredible!
Maybe they were one of the sounds to inspire 90s style and sound
Except this was released around the same time that Costello's 'Spike' and Sugar Cubes' 'Life's Too Good' were.
At the time it was all just lumped together as "Alternative" but yhe "90's" as people know them now we're *already* here in the late 80's.
@@t.d.f Aaaaaaaaaàààaaaàaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
They not only peeked into the nineties (true comment), they peek into human soul ? I think.... Love the name of the band. Thanks Edie & Crew. . .Still Loving ya 😘💗✌️🌍🌏💘
💯💯💯
Very very very good arrangement, instrumentalists, and of course Edie’s vibe.
Such a good guitar solo in this. No one used the wah wah pedal at that time and it sounded sooo good here.
That's a Boss TW-1 Touch Wah pedal on the solo. It's sensitive to how hard you pick the guitar strings - light picking causes minimal wah effect, and heavy picking gives a strong wah sound. Definitely a unique pedal.
Probably haven't hear this song in at least 25 years but randomly woke up with it in my head. So dang catchy.
2 days I had to get up for work at 340 am with this song singing in my head. So weird
you could do worse
This is one of those songs that reminds me of good times.
precisely
+Mark shiskabob I know what you mean.
I know what I know.
definitely
+Scorness geez, my Cry Baby wah pedal (at the 2:40 here) is older than you :)
The instrumentation of this is SO good.
Flushing toilet is more classy than this
The guitar tone is incredibly warm and beautiful.
@@clacala of course. the guitar solo is addicting to me. want to jump up and dance with Edie...and you know I am not a dance guy.
Can't believe this was 88....😮😮😮
Same, thought it was from the 90s.
I cant believe that shes married to paul simon whos 25 years older.
The bass in this song kills it!
Brad Houser. Absolute beast.
Your breath kills it more
@@creepyzeek1 Never heard that song?
@@flamingangel999
Song by the band, Halitosis.
@@creepyzeek1 Isn't their drummers name Tic Tac?
This song was a few years ahead of its time, so interesting. Even the looks, it's so 90s! Love it.
@ciao214Z okay buddy 🙄
I remember people singing this.
"I'm not aware of too many things but I know that it burns when I pee."
You’re right on
@@Dan.R.Abut he's right? It was on the airwaves at the same time as Janet Jackson and Robert Palmer and Jefferson starship
@@gwendolenyoung4198 I know. I specifically said that this song was a few years ahead of its time, because to me, this song and videoclip APPEAR LIKE they are from the 90s, even though they are not.
Wow, haven't heard this one in over twenty years. Loved it when it came out.
Still one of my personal favorites, and not just the song, the entire album! One of the albums that goes on every device that I have.
RIP Brad Houser.
This woman was well before her time. This song is still relevant today
Yes!!
Ahead* of her time
Amazing woman
Sending it to vets, that have a problem adjusting to coming home.
She had a music video in Microsoft Plus! 98. Do you remember this one? Good Times..... czcams.com/video/iqL1BLzn3qc/video.html
This song written in the 80s with a 90s sound from a woman from Texas with a style that comes from Seattle.
well said
Indeed
Quaker Oats and is now famous for knocking the shit out of Paul Simon. lol.
Steriotype much?
It's true...these guys were 90's 2 full years before the decade happened
Nunca supe quien la cantava hasta hoy .. como adoraba esa voz
Edie had a voice like no other and I had a crush on her big time. I have almost all of her material on disc. Guess I will have to go and reacquaint myself with Edie...
I'm 52, this lady...damn I miss my youth, she brings it right back. Thanks, music lives on.
Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars is an album that never ages. No filler songs, the whole album is good. This is original "alt rock" when the genre was relevant and actually had some balls.
Edie Brickell definitely laid the foundation for the female rockers that followed with this song - Alanis Morissette (who was making bubble gum pop at this time in Canada), Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole - all the greats of 90s alternative rock.
PJ Harvey, Hope Sandoval
Por fin te encontréeee, te busqué por más de 20 años, no te encontraba porque no sabía el nombre de la canción ni de la cantante. Gracias a Ticktok que me lo puso en bandeja estoy acá disfrutando esta canción después de 30 años aproximadamente que ya no escuchaba. Las pinches emisoras no lo ponen, al menos en mi ciudad.
I will never stop loving this song. It gets better with age
Nope
It was bad then and now.
I don't know WHY Edie Brickell wasn't a bigger star. Seriously, so much talent.
She married Paul Simon, and that was that :(
What about the band?
Maybe because no one knows what she means
@@jacobgreen6939 They married Art Garfunkel lol
Blame Paul Simon
This was far ahead of its time. Awesome music!!!
That is what makes this era of music the very best... The diversity and the ACTUAL talent!!!!! I said what I said!!! Musical talent and creativity 💪🏾💯👍🏾
My dads birthday today. My mom passed away when I was 17. I am now 25. He just told me her favorite music so this is what I'm listening to.. 12:31 a.m. October 6th, 2019.
My wife also has her birthday on oct 6 so happy birthday all
❤️
Yeah.....
I'm sorry for your lost.
It gets easier trust me
damn I forgot how much I loved this song...and how fucking gorgeous was Edie?!!!
ikr. It's just that laid-back mellow groove, and her awesome voice. I love the guitar bridge (or whatever its called) at 2:10 , i like that style. Edie, yup she was hot imho. That wild hair, nice dark eyes and a cute smile. And unlike todays "artists" she didnt have make-up plastered on with a trowel.
Chris. G couldn't have said it better!!
Amy Amy u
man! she was so hot!!!
John Campana no what?
🙏🏽❣️✌🏽. Listening to this 2024. Timeless masterpiece..
I'm listening to it in 2024
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This song has so many memories attached to it ❤
Geez, Edie Brickell is so gorgeous in that "girl next door" kind of way.
Still holding up in her old age! Sorry Edie! Look amazing! No disrespect!
She married Paul Simon not long after
@@delshoemaker7616 use the word older not old you'll sound less rude .then you won't have to apologise
@@waitingmp it was a " surprise " age difference 🤨but they compliment eachother .
@@dfangirl72 Act my age ? What? Whatever,
What a simple pretty song, sung by a beautiful woman. ROCK ON!
Sounds like 2020s looks like 1990s released in the 1980s. This is gold.
Way ahead of its time!
My Sister Loved this Song! God Bless You Cheryl! I Love You! WooF!!🐶🐶
Came here for the ahead of its time comments. It really is. I‘d believe it if you told me the song came out as late as ‘96 or ‘97 if I didn’t know better.
That guitar solo is SO good.
But this is an abbreviated version. The full version of the solo is even better.
very Jerry!
@@tefilobraga the r and b group intro sampled it for their song "love thang" i love both songs :D
jerry style 100%
I have her album on cassette and it did not have this version you hear here. My cassette had a longer version of this and you can hear the solo at its fullest. This was the version that when she starts with "I'm not aware of too many things.....", she sings it twice instead of once. I like that version better.
A song I'd completely forgotten about, nice to hear it again.
this takes me back in a good time in my life
When I first heard this song back in the '80's I said to myself: "That's a different sound, from a different band with a different take on things. It'll turn out to be a hit." I was right.
hehehe, same here, loved it than love it now
Liar. You were listening to Whitesnake and bleaching your mullet when this came out.
This song is so 90s even though it came out in the 80s. She was ahead of her time and grunge before grunge. I love it.
allpeace Pearson I was thinking the same thing! I loved this song in the 90’s and always thought it belonged in the 90’s 😊
I literally came here to say that. I just saw it on a "Totally 80's CD" commercial and was POSITIVE it was from the 90's. Wow. I could easily see Eddie Vedder or Chris Cornell singing this song too.
Ya I always thought I remembered it from the early-mid 90s but it was 1989.
@Tony Lewis I can agree. Its not as angry as some grunge songs. Kind of laid back grunge. Grunge light. Lol
@@pdottie212fu Actually, it came out in 1988.
whos listening 2024?
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY ❤
💯✌️🫶🌠🌏🌎🌍🌌💫🫵
me
Since 1992...
Thank you for using the correct word. Another (copycat for likes ?) asked this same thing a week after you did but they got more likes and comments (undeserving). You omitted the apostrophe but at least you didn't add an E.
Truly a beautiful lady with a angelic voice.
Will never tire of listening to this soulful classic. Incredible vocals, guitar work, drumming. Everything is perfect.
God, that guitar solo. It's cut in the video, but on the album, it's nice. Not quite Pat Benatar and "Precious Time" level, but still memorable.
@@PC-wp9tj that whole band was out of North Texas State. They worked around Dallas while they finished school. The drummer, Matt Chamberlain has had an interesting career, too.
@@TheDrummer51 Did not know that! Thanks for the knowledge!
OMG, that's a kick back!!! What a fantastic track - that made me smile & I can't believe that I still knew the lyrics! WOW!!!!!
2023 I finally get to find and hear it again since 1989
I thought for a while that this song came out in the late 90s, like 96 at the earliest. But 1988? Wild. Funky song. Edie Brickell was cute as hell.
this is extremely genuine
Love it. It still holds up. Great song, that guitar solo can't be beat on this type of song.
Almost a little Steely Dan’ish.
It's 2021 and I'm still listening to this group. sounds good to me.
Song sucks
I agree, it's a fantastic song :)
@@The-Bridgewater-Triangle so does your mum
Good music doesn't have an expiration date!
Da do ya?
I'm genuinely surprised this is an 80's song
Definitely has a mid 90's vibe
Such a college town vibe. Brainy Hippie but with a new sound in 1989 that foreshadowed the entry of the 90’s. This song along with “Sowing the seeds of love” from Tears for Fears told us that looking back while moving forward was cool.
This is a timeless songs, and has that style that never sounds outdated. Such a great song!
Just was thinking this.
Truth, way way much ahead of its time...
I couldve sworn this was 90s reminds me of those beautiful natural 90s singers like Alanis, Sheryl, Shawn Colvin, 4 non-blondes, Lisa Loeb etc.
Lisa who? Sheryl Crow is crap, 4 non-blonde who's? Shawn Colvin never allowed to progress past one single. No way, the 80s had THE best female singers-only difference was now all the females were allowed to be taken seriously. Thank you very much Madonna you plastic old slag with your bubblegum bullshit! And the unending continued plague she then left from Mariah Carey onwards to what we have now-all the while staying here WITH it all! Fuck the 90s when the majority actually sucked. Boyband shit, lousy females trying to be "serious" (i.e not slags yet still boring as hell generally-and in Stansfield, Gabreille, Dion, Carey and Crow's case-just plain awful!), girlband shit, bollocks Beatles wannabees in vile Oasis and stupid Blur and poncy Suede and dumb dance twots like Prodigy and its ilk. Looking back on it, it's clear to see it wasn't all that at all. The extremely early 90s (1990-1993) produced some fine singles acts if you could look past all the crap. Thankful for Ace Of Base, Crowded House finally getting famous belatedly everywhere, the Sundays, M people, Alisha's Attic, Cathy Dennis, The Beautiful South, Shakespears Sister, Maggie Reilly, Enigma, and a smattering of standalone singles from the likes of Snap, Blue Pearl, Lonnie Gordon, Seal, Haddaway, Culture Beat, Shara Nelson, Tori Amos, post-Jagged Pill Alanis Morrisette, Rozalla, Zoe, PM Dawn, Adventures Of Stevie V, Deee-Lite and so on, but even then, usually the best 90s songs tended to come from the best 80s people still going to little fanfare from the critics now obsessed with an anything goes culture undeserving of its dubious attention.
You're forgetting a whole heap of talented 90s female singers/female-led groups. Bjork, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, Erykah Badu, The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge, No Doubt.
and the best 2 all forget... tracy chapman and sade... ups... i forget suzanne vega... then the best 3...^^
@@kyachdistent1301 Yikes. You are furious about something. Let people have enjoy things. The lovely Edie was considered a one-hit wonder - so why are you calling out Shawn Colvin? Every generation, every single one, has produced countless types of music and good/bad artists. You prefer one decade, fine. Don't get your opinion confused with fact.
@@Radres12345 Thank you, some one who knows what they're talking about!
this band has achieved immortal status certified! great track! dat bass and guitar grooves!
i can see why there was a spark between her and Paul Simon when he, from the wings, first saw her sing this song on SNL. i can kinda hear a younger, hipper version of Paul’s music in there. their daughter Lulu is quite the pop artist herself. you should check out her music
I can’t remember how my mother got this cassette tape from me but when she heard Edie Brickell sing, she was immediately hooked like so many of us. Rest in peace, Mother… This one is for you!💙💙💙
Anyone remember when the song was on Beavis and Butt-head? Butthead said "This chick is deep!"
😂🤣😁
No, but I remember when she was crouched down in the beginning, one of em was like "Whoa- she's pinching a loaf!" Lol
Norma Scock yeah... heh heh heh hmmm heh heh hmm heh
@@marksnexus you're name is Captain Howdy huh huh huh
Literally where I've just come from lmao
Una de mis canciones favoritas de los 80s. Un éxito, pero el grupo intentó en vano posicionar otras melodías en el mercado. Nada fue igual, como la primera.
Absolutely love this song. A timeless classic. And would you look at that...........27 million views and zero dislikes.
Just love the sound of the guitar solo on this song. Solo begins - 2:09
Always my favorite part.
Yes! Me too!
The sound (I guess it's an Auto-Wah) and the solo itself. Nice to read that others also appreciate that.
Don't know any other guitar solo in pop history that sounds like that.
Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet
An 80's song that sounds like a 90's song that wants to be a '60-'70s song.
I do mean that in the best way possible. I absolutely love this song and the vibes.
As always, a classic.
I totally agree!! It has that 60s freedom lyrics and that 90s beat. So ahead of its time! I guess :D
Exactly!
Neo-Hippie was a wonderous time, short as it was!
Late 80s Deep Ellum (Dallas) style... well, one of the styles. I was a highschool kid back then, but the clubs weren't exactly strict when it came to checking IDs. Anyways, there was a pretty good and innovative alternative scene.
Brilliant comment
All of the GREAT songs have already been written... ah do ee yeah
After all these years I just realized why they actually created this song just for that guitar solo that guitar solo is mean boy
she is so gorgeous. She, Traci Chapman, Erykah Badu and Sade- so airy, mystical and chill.
Enya, Bonnie Wraight, Stevie, on n on n on.... ❤️
Sorry, did you have a point?
😊☺️😁🤣❣️👍
I agree and I would include Suzanne Vega
I think she married Peter Gabriel. Or Paul Simon. One of those guys.
Will Lastnameguy yes! Paul Simon
Did you say Tracy Chapman was gorgeous, man your blind dude she is for a man I guess