I'm 49 and the middle brother of three boys. We were all different and fought in our teens. I was naughty and got sent away to school and my elder brother stayed local. My younger brother was a goth and followed me away to school. When he was 19 my elder brother moved to a flat in Bournemouth and one day invited me around. He was with his mates and they played their favourite music - the Wedding Present came on as they passed a joint around and suddenly we were bonded and found common ground. 32 years later we are tight - all three of us -all with children and we still bond over a smoke. This tune reminds me of the day we became tight and the rift at the end send shivers down my spine to this day. We saw the Wedding Present together in Amsterdam in the early noughties amongst other places. I love my brothers. x
I got married in 2002. A friend DJed at the reception. I got up and played for 30 minutes to give him a break. I spun this last (from my 12" purchased in KG Discs, Waterford September 1989) and the whole place went into mosh overdrive. A perfect end to a perfect day.
I’ve just listened to the last part of the song and It made me cry. I’m 48 and It’s so sad to see the world transitioning from my generation to this new world order and, man, it’s really sad. I wish I could go back in time and do everything all over again. If you are listening to this track in 2022, I want you to know that, no matter where you are from, you are a cool person. Portugal 🇵🇹
That's the nostalgia talking old man. You've decided the world is worse, so it looks worse to you. If you were looking at the world now through the eyes of your younger self, you'd see it a lot differently
@Sentinela Why? It was in response to Andy's comment. The world is immeasurably better for me, as someone gay, in 2022 than in 1989. I can enjoy the music of my youth - and I do, a great deal! - but I keep nostalgia a little distantly, because it was a dark, dark, time to be gay. So, I am pleased to still be listening to 1989s music, but in the present day :-)
I met my partner when I was 37, he was 35. This is one of our overlap bands that we both loved when we were 18, 19 ish. We still, 10 yrs later, dance together in the kitchen to the Weddoes ❤
One of my favourite songs back then, and still is now. Those chords....loud & aggressive, yet beautifully melodic. The playing is tighter than a gnats chuff.
The Wedding Present is one of the best bands to see live (of all time). I saw them in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) in the early 1990s at a club called “Masquerades” and the space was on an upstairs level. When this song came on the entire crowd started pogoing (jumping in unison) and the fucking floor started to buckle! It bent, but fortunately didn’t break. 😁
No question on that score. What do you think of the extended guitar solo(es) that close the song? I have never heard anything like it. It is very exciting.
19 years old heard this on radio 1. Blew my damn mind way open to a world of new music, and i doubt there's another song ever recorded capable of making me feel as euphoric as this can.
The wall of sound coming little by little in the last two minutes is one of the greatest and most powerful moments of all time. Greetings from Argentina.
I’m actually here because I was talking to my parents friend about bands that never got big in America and I thought their band name was really weird so it stuck in my mind
When I heard this song when it was first issued, I knew my life would never be the same again. Thank you, David - I have had an interesting life ever since Kennedy.
Love that! The 3 minutes of other-worldly guitar clatter that closes the song is unparalleled in modern rock history. These guys were definitely onto something totally unique. Geddie is Jesus.
Saw these at the Reading Festival in 1990 (I think, can't quite remember the date!) and they were amazing. Then I went to uni in Leeds and saw them I don't know how many times. Wish I could go back and do it all again! Absolute genius.
Good note. The 3 minutes of guitar clatter that closes the song is unrivaled in modern rock history. It is like plates hitting a stone floor successively for that length of time.
1:39 Keith Gregory’s bass!!! Love TWP, they got me through some difficult times... Bizarro and the monolith that is Seamonsters are their finest albums.
One of my favourite gig memories involved the Weddoes. Bradford Festival mid to late 80's. They played in a park on a stage erected in the middle of a shallow boating lake. A few songs into their set and they played Kennedy. Dozens of people decided to wade into the lake and try and invade the stage. Which meant the band leaving in a hurry and pleas for the stage invaders to return to the shore. Water plus many thousands of volts of live sound obviously being a very dangerous situation. I can remember Gedge pissing himself whilst attempting to appear serious at the situation unfolding in front of him. Free gig as well.
I forgot about this track. I stumbled on it from a link listening to Carter USM, genuinely freaked out remembering dancing to this at Chicos in Hanley. Dear God, how did I ever forget how good this was?
This was a top era for music, I was 16 that year so I remember all this kind of stuff vividly. The Stone Roses LP came out and She Bangs The Drums was released in 89(I think) and that's a hell of a single. The Wonder Stuff were sh*t hot too. It is a hell of a tune though.
I first heard this at the Bristol Bierkeller when they were also the support act for an evening of Ukrainian folk music, and I’ve had the privilege to hear it live many times since.
This was the song that caught me on the hook for these guys. I am now a world class fan, I have piles of the vinyl and CDs all signed. Met them as WP and as Cinerama. I never get tired of these guys, I got a few bootlegs of theirs I recorded somewhere. I asked Gedge if he was ok with me filming, and they were THRILLED with it. So many memories to this band, when my senior year in high school was proving that life was going to shit and very quickly, this album, (and several 12" singles) got me through some rough times. 30+ years later, they still hit the spot.
You must. David is still nailing it. Saw them 2 nights ago for the bizarro tour. Astonishing how he can still deliver the frenetic pace of this, and Take Me. The man is a Goliath.
I remember when i first heard this band on the John Peel show and then managed to get into the Leadmill to see them which was lucky because I was underage. When we were drinking a pint in the bar before the show David Gedge came up to us and talked to us. So genuine just like his music.
Heard this years ago when I was a teenager, on the John Peel show on Radio 1. Tried to drum along on my kit.... Failed !!! Top drums Top guitar Top song
The best guitar song Wedding Present tune ever! Happy memories! Superb tune :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still as fresh & superb as ever!! :) Great to see the band touring again :)
I bought the 12"of this,and its feckin FANTASTIC!!-Had to order it,as back in the day it werent easy getting to hear indie music,let alone buy it,and on 12"!!!glad groups like this pulled the wall down and gave us a better choice than'bros,kylie,and stock,aitken etc..'We owe the wedding present and other independents,rough trade SO MUCH.🙏
One of the best songs of all time in my opinion, incredible guitar-playing especially towards the end. My most-played song in the last 12 months. Seen them live a few times
