One of the best rock n roll shows I’ve ever been to was a Yo La Tengo show. I was like 17 and it was maybe 2001 or so, and they were playing a high school gymnasium (with pretty bad acoustics) in the middle of like February in Maine. There were maybe 40 or 50 people at the show at the most. And they absolutely tore the place down and made me a lifelong fan. They did an extended version of “I Heard You Looking” that was the most impressive display of guitar playing I’d ever seen in my life to that point. Terms like “Jewish Jimi Hendrix” were being thrown around. Never forgot that night.
I heard this song for the first time when they played it live at the Øya festival this Saturday, and it just crushed me. I’m 39 years old and I’ve been a fan of this band for 15+ years, I can’t believe a 28 years old song could surprise and overwhelm me like this. So incredibly sweet, sad, nostalgic, romantic and beautiful. I love this band so much.
As a person who lived in Boston for a long time, I got to see Yo la Tengo many times. I got to look them all in the eye, and smile, and I can say they are all the nicest coolest humans in the worlllld, esp Georgia. Once she said she liked my tennis shoes
One of the best and most underappreciated bands ever to exist! Your music is still fire. Every song jams no matter the era. Thank you for filling my life with such blessings. You have my eternal gratitude and well wishes.
I saw Yo La Tengo open for the dBs in 1985 and they really sucked. That YLT became such an amazing and wonderful band is a testament to what fearlessness, conviction, determination, and intelligence can do. Inspiring.
@@AkilesVaestha The dB's were in the same early '80s indie music scene as Yo La Tengo and a few members performed with Yo La Tengo. Gene Holder was the band's bassist, and eventually played bass for Yo La Tengo and produced a few of their albums & EPs.
Great tribute to an excellent actor. Two films I like to recommend: The Loneliness Of The Longdistance Runner, a subversive film about a borstal boy finding his way of fighting the system. The second one is The Dresser,, a very subtle, yet very powerful characterisation of an actor and his assistant and their dependence on each other.
No one like them. Never will be. Great American band. Rock n' roll hall of Shame is a mean farce. No X, Yo La Tengo, NrBQ, Replacements, Minutemen, Husker Du... what a fucking rock n roll joke. Yo La were , are and will always be the Mission of Burma of the last two decades. Undefinable, unaffected and PURE ELECTRA.
I love this song , one of my favs. Who the fuck came up with the idea to white wash it. Keeping it metaphorical, maybe. Make it mystical, I can see that, but this... It totally disparages the truth of this experience. I am so insulted as a fan
@@ValCronin Like, anthemic songs. Big anthems, like, Guided By Voices songs. They're a great band. Arena rock makes you feel "strong". Just like, songs with energy and boldness. I used to really like Yo LA Tango when I was younger. But now that I'm older, I can't get into it. (Plus, I was just being snarky)
