Anyone down to start a list of just HOW BAD ASS WE WERE IN THE 90'S????!!!!! BANDS, ALBUMS, SONGS, WHATEVER!!! I'LL START: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE- "Rated R"" ....WEEZER- "The Blue Album", "Pinkerton",.... BEASTIE BOYS - "Check Your Head", "Ill Communication", CORROSION OF CONFORMITY- "Blind"...... Continue!!!!!!
I love you all. So nice to see people on the same page as me. I have a Rated R tattoo AND a Hum tattoo! Put a big ole smile on my face to see these comments.
My favorite band of the late 90's. I wrote them a letter (back then) and 2ish years later I got a letter back that we have been busy but anyone who took the time to write them deserved a personal response. I still have that letter til this day.
My 17 old son was playing this on guitar the other day and it totally made me stop in my tracks with joy. He looks at me and says this album (my original cd) is amazing. Like Looking at my own reflection in the mirror.
This song was one of the last things I heard my fiancé sing, the night before he took his own life at the guilt of his developing drug addiction. He swore he was a burden on me. I tried my best to bring him to therapy and get his life together. It was all too much. He passed away the night of October 2nd, 2021. We were together for about 6 years, and to this day I'm convinced he was my soulmate. He was just 20 years old. You will live on forever in this song to me, my love. I wish I could have saved you. I was always there holding daisies, I was always waiting for you. I wish you could have seen that. Now I sit here counting stars, looking for that train you caught without me
Being someone who is familiar with addiction I have some possible insight for you. If nothing else just consider it a different perspective. Him saying that he was a burden on you was probably right. You said that you wish you could have saved him. I'm sure he knew that you felt obligated to "fix" him. I'm sure he knew that nobody could save him too. Unfortunately he didn't know the one and only person who could. That person was him. Most likely he knew that but didn't believe it. I'm not sure, but the main thing is you couldn't have saved him. From reading your comment I can't help but think you feel somewhat responsible and because of that you carry guilt along with the grief of losing him. That's why I wanted to message you and make sure you know you did the best anyone could do. You didn't give up on him or stop loving him. Feel good about yourself. For only great human beings would do that. As much as we wish for something it's out of our hands when that something is based on another's decision. Anyway, I hope you find peace within. And if you already have then that's awesome. Maybe someone else will come across this at the right time and it'll be helpful. Take care
Do you know how he found this song? I just rediscovered it. It was one of my favorite songs before your fiance's time and I'd love to know how he was introduced to it. Maybe from his parent(s)?
This song is flawless. One of the best mixed recordings of the era-everything is loud but no instrument is buried. Warm fuzzy guitar work. Will never stop loving this song
The engineer and mixer of this album is Keith Cleversley. He also worked on the Flaming Lips album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, which is another fantastic sounding album
This song epitomizes the 90’s. - listening I can taste 1995. The ninety’s were a great time to be young. No internet, no cell phones everyone was just present in the moment and hanging out. - HUM was/is such an underrated band.
So grateful for all the bands like this I may have overlooked as a kid but my older brother turned me onto. Yr right, this makes me feel like I’m out skating with my friends getting into real shit, being creative, innocently disillusioned. What an era.
My husband just heard this song for the first time, were both children of the 90’s and he said “How have I never heard this? I’m going to buy this album. Right now. It’s going in my amazon cart.”
If you like those albums, check out The Egg by Shiner as well! Matt Talbott, the vocalist and guitarist for Hum, plays keyboards on it. Downward Is Heavenward is one of the best records of all time.
I actually wore out my original copy of this cd, not scratched, but wore out. As others have said, Downward is Heavenward is amazing but also their earlier two albums are out there on CD if you look, get those and enjoy.
I was just watching a video where Ygg Studio was discussing this song, Aka the person who frequently comments on your channel. Then I come back here, and see you have left a comment less than a month ago, What are the odds of that? Lmao.
They are from just outside Chicago so there is a lot of the Smashing Pumpkins comparisons though they are different types of music. The guitar riffs are somewhat comparable to old Deftones but the drumming is really where the comparison is favorable between the two.
Fabian Wadle yeah, the White Pony cover art is a tribute to their cover art from You’d Prefer an Astronaut, so Hum is definitely an influence. At the same time though (referring to an above statement) all 3 bands sound distinctly different and are their own bands.
1995. On the very first day of summer vacation between my junior and senior years of high school, I rolled out of bed late in the morning. The DJ man on the alternative rock radio station said, "Here's a brand new one from some band called Hum." I thought about how I had nothing to do and no particular place to be. Then I listened to this song all the way through for the first time. It was a good day. A good time to be alive.
I miss how the 90s *felt*. I know there are still great bands, still bands that make music similar to this, etc. But something about being alive and young during that time, knowing there were people dreaming up and recording this kind of music and just being aware of it all at the time - oof, it clobbers you right in the emotions.
There's a new band named Narrow Head out from Texas that is clearly inspired by Hum and Deftones. Check out their song named "Moments of Clarity" it slaps
For me my own personal heaven would be living in the mid 90s forever. The music, the people I've lost, the internet.. If I could spend eternity in a bubble of about 1996 I would so overjoyed.
agree with you that he was One of the most underrated drummers in the rock world, actually Hum was a was one with the members. i have some underrated bands on my channel look later. see you buddy
@@radiopadilla lol it's obviously better than creep. That's not very hard, although creep is not a bad song at all like a lot of haters will say. But radiohead are by far one of if not the best band for the last 2 decades
For anyone who has just now found this gem of the 90s, you need to look up the youtube video of them on the Howard Stern show. It is actually amazing because Howard is such a huge fan of their music and did everything possible to get a live version of the song played in studio, even having the drummer in the hall way (you will see). Also if you turn the intro up for this song in your car, be prepared.
Baneleaf funny I was looking for that video the other day, but could only find an audio version for it. It’s a shame, there was a vid up of the entire interview and performance that was interesting, Fred was making a big stink about the sound the band wanted for the performance, and Howard kept insisting they had a bit of attitude which didn’t seem to be the case to me at all. It was a little bit of a fiasco for sure, but Howard was only familiar with this song, but kept insisting they’d be huge, which just justifies my own surprise over the years that they were never bigger. It’s impossible to know how certain bands can fall through the cracks.
this vid has received over 100k views in the last few months. with a spike of sudden popularity like this, and with more ppl rediscovering/getting into Hum, this will be the first Hum video to have ever reached 1 million views on Yt ever. Its already the first Hum related vid to have reached over 500k views so i can see a mili happening sometime in the future. rlly cool stuff
I just discovered hum. Im hooked! Funny i find them in this surge your talking about. Me and a couple friends might be trying to do a cover of this song. Im pretty pumped about it.
Saw HUM open for the Jesus Lizard at a club in the basement of a girls dorm at Carleton College in Nortfield, MN November of '93. Probably the best rock experience of my life.
90s were the best. Mid teens to young adult during those years. Lived alot, learned alot, experienced alot. People who didn't experience those yrs will never know how awesome the 90s were. It didn't matter what type of music was being played back then because every genre of music was so good. Probably the last decade of greatness.
The 90s is perhaps the only time period that multiple generations miss equally. It was our last golden age. It was the renaissance. Art, music, film, television all succeeded in endless ways. Our economy was well. The 90s was heavenly
I just spied your 90's playlist. Nice!! The 90's were definitely both the best and worst decade of my life. The worst bc my brother died when I was 17. (The very worst day of my life.) But the overall decade was by far the best bc I had some of the most awesome times of my life in my teens and early 20's, and the music was phenomenal. And so much changed after the 90's, when ppl became so immersed in new technologies. I miss those days...
Lucky enough to be in the Omaha area in when this came out. My college roommate was dialed in to the great music of the day. This was when and where Saddle Creek Records, Sokol Hall, and the Ranch Bowl all coexised. Commander Venus, 311, Blue Moon Ghetto, Nine Days Wonder were local. You could hear this song on the radio in the summer of 95.
Was he as big of a soul-sucking, emotionally abusive prick as he makes himself out to be in this song? I mean, the music is beyond stellar, but these lyrics make him out to be a self-absorbed narcissistic prick who left his girlfriend so traumatized he admits that he probably *finally broke her*. ffs Chillingly sociopathic.
Saw them at the Main Event in Toledo around 1996. Can confirm. Only show that was louder was Tool at the Sports Arena, who were so loud I had to leave.
I worked with Tim Lash and his brother at Willys Pizza in Champaign 1990. Tim was about 19, I was 21 so I would buy them beer. Most importantly, they played all kinds of great grunge in the kitchen. They introduced me to Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr, Naked Ray gun, etc. Amazing times!
This might be my favorite song by any band, ever. The bridge you commented on is why. I call it “The Swirl”. Few bands can achieve it. Hum absolutely nailed it here.
@@Breedlove88yep,that bridge might be my favourite piece of music too. The first bar starts with the basic riff,the second bar overlays that dreamy guitar melody and then culminates in the third bar with the drums intensifying with the crashing cymbals.yeah...i have listened to it a lot.
@@stephenhall2980 Hum songs always have tons of guitar layers, its really cool. You basically hear something new each listen. Ms. Lazarus and I'd Like Your Hair Long have a bunch of hidden guitar parts under the mix, but when you hear them its gorgeous.
@ J Chappy What? Another album?!?!?!?!? You better not be fucking with me. *off to check* Edit: You're right. It's true. I thought the chances of this ever happening was pretty much 0%. I'm literally a bit choked up right now.
@J Chappy Agreed. They've been a huge part of my life for the last 22 years. I haven't bought any new music in so long that I'm going to have to figure out how soon. Hopefully it's a cd release as well.
I won't lie, I kinda owe it to my dad and the game Saints Row 2. Great song, underrated band, and they unfortunately never got the recognition they deserved
This song takes me back to 2005 when I was a little kid discovering all the joys music could give. Just found it again 16 years later. It's a good day.
Hum definitely deserves more than being "one of the bands that inspired Deftones", I've genuinely heard little bands capable of achieving this kind of sound on their records, maybe bands like Failure or even Sunny Day Real Estate at some degree but is just not the same fuzzy, noisy and dreamy yet not totally shoegazy sound Hum manages to produce, i absolutely love this band and it genuinely deserves more recognition
Sunny Day Real Estate was extremely underrated as well. Each album was a new direction, but still true to their original style. They were awesome, and 99.99997% of the humans on this planet have never heard of them.
I was a little kid when this came out, was never a favorite of mine but when I watch this it brings me right back to those days of being enthralled by MTV and alternative rock back in the early-mid 90s.
I was 17 when I first listened to this in about 95, here i am still thinking this song is still as brilliant as the first day I heard it. This song never got the credit it deserved.
I saw the greatest description of this song and now that me and my wife are separated this song takes a completely new meaning and I fucking love it. “He took for granted that she'd always be there--she was so devoted at one time...loved him, adored him. Hung on his every word: "I thought you'd be there holding daisies, you always wait for me." He treated her carelessly so her love began to waver. She's begun to feel like she wasted all her time loving someone too selfish to truly love her back with all his heart and now she's "missed her train" because she spent all her youth and love on something that broke her. She's thinking about all the stuff she could have done and how time has passed her by. The light has gone from her eyes. She doesn't care anymore: "I found her out back sitting naked looking up and looking dead." But the truth is, he misses her. She's still there with him, but her heart is cold and he realizes that she'll soon leave him. She's counting stars...waiting for her chance to take the next train.”
I remember this song. Been a long while. They played it on the local radio station today in Phoenix 93.3 as a flashback. Apparently this song was also on a Cadillac commercial in 2007. 1995.. wish I could go back to that time. I was 20, young. Now I'm an old geezer. Lol 😆
the 90’s were my junior high and high school years, but somehow I’ve never heard this song before and didn’t know this band existed until this second badass song, I’ve been missing out, thanks RU-vid recommendations
It’s like you were reading my mind with that comment. I was thinking summer in Champaign, with Dave King, sneaking into the comfort Inn pool in the middle of the night for a swim That summer was like a little slice of heaven
When my kids “discover” grunge and 90s alt rock - they’ll be listening to nirvana, PJ, Pumpkins etc - then I’ll walk in with this song. The true master of 90s alt rock. And they will understand just how great that era was.
HUM and DIG. 2 very popular altenrative bands back in the day when they were new. Now forgotten and a cult following. Look up Dig Believe, you might recall them. DIG and HUM... 2 band names that are also hard to discover or find later on. They needed different names.
WAAF was the station. The grunge era was so awesome! Gen Xers were the last generation that grew up without the screen in our faces 24/7. I'm basically an old man now and I feel the pain, but still glad to be alive in 2024 even though all my closest friends & family are dead and gone. These old songs bring me back like a time traveler. All my memories, good & bad, I wouldn't trade them
Gen x'ers also love trauma dumping on the internet for no reason and shitting on following generations just as much as boomers. which is funny because they're just as bad as boomers but they're drastically less successful!
its amazing how indie and college radio informed so many of us back then. i remember my first exposure to college radio, it was primus, "my name is mud" and i rarely ever listened to mainstream radio, of my own volition, ever again. when i started doing my own show at university, is when i was hepped to hum.
I wrote the 'opening line' on the table outside the supermarket I worked for, at that time & when a friend/co-worker heard me play on my college radio show; INSTANTLY called station & 'called me out'!!!!!!!
Hell yeah dude, I managed to smash the whole series in 2019 😂 I'll definitely do it again one day for the absolute fun it was and for the music too 🤘❤️
Summer of 95.... Turned 18 in June95. Remember being with friends out on backroads 2am tripping on acid and we stopped car to listen this song... I layed on Hood
morrisaurus17 yeah I never heard it until my ex back in around 08 was using aol music (like pandora) and it came up! I’m 35! Where has this been all my life??? This is exactly what I needed! Also check out their other stuff they posted. It’s amazing, no one hit wonder shit.
morrisaurus17 I listened to downward is heavenward with my huzz last night on RU-vid. We both were so blown away. It’s so underrated and somewhat unknown comparatively and fricking amazing. Their other 3 albums are the shit too. I am a total fan now and I haven’t felt this way about a band in around 20 years. Next time they come to Nashville? I’ll be waiting in line to buy all their merch and cheering like a weirdo the whole time.
I used to work with Matt, the singer. Great Impasta. Champaign IL. He was a cook, I was a dishwasher. Used to catch this band at house parties all the time as a teen.
