Throwing Copper was one of my first rock albums. Being a black kid, I remember playing this for some friends and they thought I had lost it, but I didn't care either way. I still rock to LIVE and dug that entire album. Still do!!!
Being a light skinned Black Kid growning up in Bed-Sty Brooklyn the mid 80's (both my parents are Black..Think Stephen Curry) I used to get laughed at,beat up,spit on all because I played Rock on my JVC boom box. Pyromania was my first that I bought with my money but my neighbor introduced me too Hendrix,Cream,Black Sabbath, KISS, when I was 9
I remember when Beavis and Butthead watched this video and it was hilarious. They talked about how the drummer left his equipment in the van and they told him he's just going to have to wander around the video like a butt munch. Classic.
I saw them live. they sound amazing! This song is played in a lower chord and they play it much harder. That "yeah yeah yeah" into the chorus - pure shivers in-person.
@@WhiteSupreme you'd be wrong on that score. I'm familiar with every genre. And I choose to ignore Rap and Hip Hop and listen to everything else from Rock-and-roll, Rock, Grunge, C&W, Soul, R&B, Punk, Techno, some metal, hard rock soft rock., folk And this album was a particular favorite and still is
@Andre McGoo No one has underrated Ed. Ciclopea2 is simply saying he deserves *even more* credit than he has gotten. Anyhow, vocals are largely subjective so no reason to go getting all anal about it.
Unfortunately for Ed he was up against Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Maynard James Keenan, Mike Patton, Scott Weiland etc vocally so he was always going to get lost in the shuffle.
The lead singer's raw intensity is expressed through his exceptional vocal ability. This 90's song captures the angst and independent rebel spirit of Gen X
Yes sure does, I notice that alot. Gen X was the best Generation, we are bad ass, we were brought up that way. As a girl growing up in the 70's, we had to keep up with the guys, especially with an older brother. No pansies assessing our Generation. The Real Generation that knew how to have a cage party out I. The woods.
Yes very much so especially since I missed out on so many awesome bands and great music I lived a very secluded lifestyle in a small rural southern town about 30 minutes on the outskirts of New Orleans
Throwing Copper is one of the few perfect albums, the ones you listen to from start to finish without skipping a track. It’s one of the top 5 of the decade, IMHO. I still have the original cassette I bought, warped as it is from leaving it in a hot car, lol. I remember the first time I heard this song on the college radio station out of Philadelphia. I don’t remember many songs from the beginning like that. It’s so rare.
I'll read to you here, save your eyes You'll need them; your boat is at sea Your anchor is up, you've been swept away And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate To leave you there, by yourself, Chained to fate I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this!
Being black my family was always open to exploring different musical genres. I was never told just because I was black that I could only listen to black artists. For that I am grateful I was allowed to explore different types of music.
Am I the only one here who isn't being fooled by this person's obvious LIE?! So ..what? Everybody thinks they can just leave SCAM comments everywhere now? ...like this person did... and put them up all over RU-vid? ...underneath the kind of music videos that I LIKE...??!! Imagine, ....this guy here who did this computer crime against all of us.....boy, he must really think that we're just all so STUPID...that just because he leaves a comment pretending to be black, we're all supposed to just BELIEVE all these BLATANT LIES hes telling? No, sir... we will NOT be as stupid as you thought we would.. If any of the CLAIMS you've made in your comment are even the slightest bit true, then I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem at all for you to just.... PROVE YOU'RE BLACK!!! SHOW SOMETHING TO ALL OF US, RIGHT NOW, THAT CAN PROVE, ONCE AND FOR ALL, THAT YOU'RE REALLY BLACK! ... AND THAT YOUR FAMILY ARE ALSO BLACKS! Don't worry, we wont hold our breath. -You've been OUTED! We all know the real truth about you, which is so much more disturbing even than the black thing,...with the family..? ...The truth that you are faking......being.......a black........for scam comments! Sad.
@@JayManJerimyfresh first I am a she not a he? Second that's really sad that my comment made you so upset. Please dont speak on something you know nothing about as you do not know me. The comment was not that serious. I made a statement about my life. Has nothing to do with you. Thanks.
this continues to be the greatest music video in the world, thank you ed for the weird close-ups, thank you drummer guy for just scrunchin around all weird-like, and thank you fake-lookin desert. All of you are perfect
wow!! I agree completely!! 1 of the best!! fake desert/ end of world background & Ed making his way always to the front- rat tail and all!! great song, amazing band❤❤❤
@UTubeCorruptAntiFreeSpeechLiberalCo LMAO...what is your youtube name all about? Along with demanding people not say anything with your free speech in your username? "I am free speech. Stop saying that."
[Verse 1] It's easier not to be wise And measure these things by your brains I sank into Eden with you Alone in the church by and by I'll read to you here, save your eyes You'll need them, your boat is at sea Your anchor is up, you've been swept away And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate To leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate [Chorus] I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you [Verse 2] It's easier not to be great And measure these things by your eyes We long to be here by his resolve Alone in the church by and by To cradle the baby in space And leave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah [Chorus] I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you [Bridge] Oh, now, we took it back too far Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn All come runnin' back to you All these rhythms that you hide Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you
it was freezing cold at 2am in 1995 and we had left the cd playing all night, my friends were asleep around me in the lounge room with the fire still burning and this song was playing as i just lay there and listened to it with the strangest feeling in my soul. I was 15 at the time and never forgot that moment.
Im only 17, My mom listens to all types of music. But to be honest when I first listened to this song I felt something too im not sure what it was but I just love this song
2020 and still one of the nastiest breakdowns in all of recorded rock music, these young guys were amazingly skilled musicians for their age at the time.
I was already QUITE grown when this CD was released and had grown up in the 60's and 70's. People my age thought I had gone off my rocker listening to this but I loved it and STILL DO!
I also grew up in the 60's and 70's. Live, Oasis, Green Day, Chevelle, Metallica, REM great music. Classic songs that will go on forever. Good music never dies.
I grew up in the 60s & 70s too. I loved this 90s music. I saw Live open for Counting Crows, a treasured memory. Always wished I could've seen Mother Love Bone.
Met my husband in 93...he had the shaved head and goatee . Then this guy came around...I never knew I had a thing for tall skinny bald guys till them. 🎶💕😂
I love how this band’s music was so heartfelt, yet they maintained this sort of intangible manic, intense, almost feral energy. I’m glad this was the lighter end of what my parents liked back when I was a kid in the 90s. It gave me a wide variety of tastes as an adult. I got to hear everything from this, to Sabbath and Metallica (the good years), to Snoop, and beyond. They didn’t limit or censor music. I’m in my 30s now and don’t see myself ever being one of those old people who hate everything that came out after they graduated high school.
Is this not one of the best albums of the 90's? It's one of those albums that I never needed to skip a track. His voice. The transitions. The lyrics. The composition. Such rich identity.
Man this era of Līve was a spiritual high for me in music discovery back in the 90’s. These guys and Collective Soul were on a different plane - still get lost in them and daydream in that time often.
@@ryannewell1975 They just hit me at a time in my youth when music like that seemed so deep and spiritual. Those bands have always sat together in my mind over the years and make my heart ache for another time.
@@thelastshoegazer4491 yeah I can completley understand that! For me these bands got big before I was even born. Now I am in my late 20s just discovering them (beyond their big hits). I feel like they both represent a simple yet powerful spirtual energy that was missing from my life. I am in such a challenging but pivitol point in my life right now and it just seems like divine timing that I am discovering them now. I can blabber on about this but bottom line I am really happy I stumbled upon these bands
Chad is such a bad ass drummer and they took his drums away! He looks like he doesn't belong there, like he's a fan that ran up on stage with the band. 😀
Holy shit the lyrics and his voice are so top tier it's unbelievable.I watched this video literally hundreds of times on MTV and thought it was shit. Funny that it took hundreds more for me to realize it's top tier.
I remember when I was little and I got my kindle fire, I had the throwing copper album downloaded onto it. I was obviously born after this album came out, but it was my first real introduction to rock. It kinda makes me tear up listening to it again 11 years later.
This band put all their A songs in one album. Throwing Copper is a masterpiece. Had they released a bunch of albums with 2 to 3 of those songs in each of the album, they would've been bigger. Same thing happened with Alanis Morisette's jagged little pill.
@@xxdjsolomanxxcrazy I am also 38 and heard them and a bunch of others like the verve pipe blind melon hootie and the blowfish and so on. Only my morning ride in the bus was a cold dark day in Minnesota! The verve pipe idk y the freshman song was always on in the morning but I really like his voice but 90s music had a lot of kick ass bands and alot of kick ass 1 hit wonders.
Anybody else waiting to hear, "I liiiike the way my hand looked on your head..." after the guitar feedback stops at the end? 😆 26 years later, Throwing Copper is still SUCH a great album.
In the presence of my knuckles! But the beauty of this vision alone, Just like yesterday's sunset, Has been perverted by the sentimentals, And mistaken for love...
It's easier not to be wise And measure these things by your brains I sank into Eden with you Alone in the church by and by I'll read to you here, save your eyes You'll need them, your boat is at sea Your anchor is up, you've been swept away And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate To leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you It's easier not to be great And measure these things by your eyes We long to be here by his resolve Alone in the church by and by To cradle the baby in space And leave you there by yourself chained to fate I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Oh, now, we took it back too far Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn All come runnin' back to you All these rhythms that you hide Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you
I saw them perform this on SNL back in the day. I've been searching for it ever since. I had to go look up every musical guest for the 90's. Worth it!!!!!!
I love that last section on the song where other members start singing the chorus too. It's like the singers saying hey fellas this is the most epic catchy chorus ever invented come getchu some!
This video would always come on Mtv around the same time every morning ( along with TLC's Creep, NIN's Hurt and Doll Parts or Violet by Hole)when I was in 6th grade and waiting for either my eldest brother or my mom to finish getting ready and drive me to school. I'd sit there in my doc martens, flannel shirt and dread having to leave because I hated school and just would wish it would be over with. Oh how i wish to be that age again and appreciate every single moment. I didn't have many friends but the ones I had were awesome, life was so simple my biggest worry was that my mom would find out i had cut math class or something dumb like that...
+Walter Stevenson I like Live and I think Ed Kowalczyk has a very unique voice but when you compared him to Maynard James Keenan I threw up in my mouth a bit.
@@EvilAndy113 Yea I don't think he was referring to his vocals.. Lol.. Have you seen any live TOOL performances from the body paint and bra days? The way he moves?
"I thought you put the drums on the truck?" "Uhhh, I thought you did. Well, it's your fault. You're gonna have to dance around like a jackass in the video."
Drummers aren't showmen, take away their kit and they are like fish out of water.. To be fair Chad has rhythm in his soul, you can see him drumming inside his head as he dances :D
I remember getting this album way back in 1994 when I was 13 or 14 years old and would blast it in my room. That album went EVERYWHERE with me all through high school when I got my Sony Discman. One of the greatest albums to ever come out of the 90s.
I remember once when my dad and I were driving up to New Hampshire in his old metallic gray truck, and this song came on. He got the entire album; loved it then, still do.
Though I'm black, one of the things I love about music like this and from this era is that the artists look like people just doing music they love. Popular artists for the last decade and a half look the same, sound the same, move the same, sing about the same themes in the same way, and look exactly like the product of a marketing machine designed to produce specimens who look like 22-year-old stereotypes of whatever it is they are -- and keep them looking and sounding that way forever. That's not to say that great music doesn't exist today. It ABSOLUTELY does. Great music and great artists. But you have to go looking for it. You have to find it in the scene transition music in shows like Insecure. It's not what inundates you. It's not what usually headlines the festivals and award shows and makes guest appearances on television. And the weird thing is, some of these artists do collaborations with those lesser-known artists and groups, and when they do it can be a whole other thing. They sing different. Sound different. They look different if they appear in a video for it. And it's great. Too much money. Too few producers. Too many "small" labels that are actually just part of a giant conglomerate (just like web sites).
You said it perfectly. There is great music out there, but you have to seek it out now. I'm discovering interesting and unusual music all the time. Most of today's mainstream music falls flat; a lot of it isn't even music. You're so right - everybody looks the same and sounds the same; just cranked out carbon copies of what came before.
