I just love how chuffed Ibold always is. It's like "wow. I'm really playing in a band. This is awesome!!!!' He' was even like that in Sonic Youth. Always up for it.
+MSPAINTRULZ That's the charm and pure alchemy that was Pavement. No one would've taken Malkmus seriously if he had a cheery/bubbly disposition. How could you mix 'chuffed' with 'diamond sharp' in one personality? Ibold was standing next to him in full support for the duration of this live performance - For all of Malkmus' ambiguous intellectual wit and pure genius, he still longed to be understood.
@@staffcarpenborg Way late on your comment, but his recent albums have made me appreciate album records so much more than I did back in the day. I really like today's more sincere, "thanks for coming" Malkmus. I always liked Pavement, but didn't give him enough credit for his made writing and guitaring skills when he seemed like a snotty dude who didn't give a fuck.
Dude has honestly had an awesome career. Not many people can say they've played in one of the most influential bands of their generation, let alone two
I saw Pavement play live a lot in the 90s. I met Gary the drummer after a gig in London at Brixton Academy (1992) where they supported Sonic Youth. Gary was outside the Academy climbing up a lamp post. He always used to come out after the gigs and mingle with the crowd. Around that time also, at a Pavement gig at University of London Union, I spotted Gary and Joe Strummer together in the crowd on the stairs. Those first Pavement gigs were magic.
Pavement stood for music being fun, they pretty much lived on no budget. Did alot of free gigs and their income compared to other artists during that era were minimum. They stood up for all the garage band that we've all had in our teens, they knew music dident have to pretty with deep deep lyrical about world peace or hunger issues. They showed the world that a bunch of normal guys with some passion can make it! and i deeply respect them and admire them for it,its a + they fucking rock aswell!!
I still remember the first time I heard Pavement: 120 minutes on MTV, 1995, video for "Father to a Sister of Thought." One of my favorite bands. I hope you enjoyed the rest of their catalogue.
man this entire video laugh out loud i wish i would have been old enough to be conscious of late night television in the 90s. to think that any band as good and as raw as pavement could have air time is fantastic
im gettn old too but still remember my bro putting this cd on during a ride home from work. ide never heard anything like. modest mouse as well....changed me
Any true fan of any band they love are fairly precious about their beloved band. Pavement fans are particularly possessive because they are such a unique sounding band. They are truly peerless.
Now? The mainstream stuff /back then/ was so safe in comparison. Pavement messed with heads in the 90s. Today it would be as if it came from another planet via a meteor’s juicy, sweet center. Does anything like this get funded today, that’s not fed by Patreon or streaming ad bucks that only a few thousand people ever see?
this video was the first time a friend of mine heard pavement. She said 'that's why you guys think playing out of time and singing badly is cool'. oh well.
This is great! Can't believe I never saw this before. Got to see them live last week and have been scouring RU-vid for more performances ever since - thanks for posting! Liked and Subscribed!
Hubblebub Lumbubwub he was on Strangers With Candy playing of all things a bass player in a band, but that show was kind of like a cartoon. It's funny I just read on Wikipedia that he is working as a bartender now in New York City.
This was however many albums in... They were somewhat polished by then, in that they just did their thing. Take a listen to their early albums and performances, you'll hear and see their progression. One of the best bands of their time. 👍
I only know Stephen Malkmus but the dude on the guitar by him has a hilarious expression, sort of half stoned, half really pleased he found a 50p coin on the um pavement. Never really my thing in the 90s, I liked and still like Mercury Rev and Grandaddy, but this song is cool. I had a crush on Malkmus and dated a guy at journalism collage partially as he looked a bit like him lol how sad is that.
I'd always heard that it was Pavement that pushed Branford Marsalis over the edge, quitting the Tonight Show after they played because he loathed 90s music so much.
Fair enough. Actually yeah when you look at all the guys in Pavement their stage presence is aloof and enigmatic. And then you have Ibold boppin around like one of the muppets in the shiny happy people video. He's a lovable gooffball.
