― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 09:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 09:59 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
but hmmm, can't decide between Twisterella and Vapour trail
― chris (chris), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:25 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:26 (twenty years ago) link
By which I presume you mean you can't get to a P2P site? If so, try
http://www.ticket2ride.it
click on sounds, and dig a complete DAT-audience concert from '92.
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:35 (twenty years ago) link
doesn't one of them work in a b+q somewhere ?
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:37 (twenty years ago) link
Think of it as a tribute, as Ride's version came first (although I can also make a case for the Monkees' influence).
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:41 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:42 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:55 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:58 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:03 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:05 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:07 (twenty years ago) link
It's such a shame that he lost it all, though...
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:28 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:00 (twenty years ago) link
::please god, please god, please god::
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:00 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:02 (twenty years ago) link
It's funny cause Andy Bell was my favourite one out of Ride for a long time. Joining Oasis put a stop to all that.
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― doom-e, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:06 (twenty years ago) link
from http://nightshift.oxfordmusic.net/0403/news-pg2.html
April 03
Mark Gardener played his first live show in over two years last month and was joined by former Ride bandmates Andy Bell and Loz Colbert towards the end of the gig for a short set of old Ride songs. Mark was playing at Truck Records' regular Trailerpark club night at the Cellar as a warm-up to a string of American and Canadian dates later in the month. It was his first foray into the live arena since the demise of The Animalhouse and showcased a number of new songs he has written for a solo album. In front of a full house, including many die-hard Ride fans, Mark started his et with three new songs, `What You Get', `Beautiful Ghosts' and `Turn', as well as a solo version of Ride classic `From Time To Time'. Then he was joined by Robin and Joe Bennett from Goldrush for a version of his debut solo single, `Magdalen Sky', originally released on Shifty Disco 1997. With his band then swelled by other members of Goldrush, Mark played a cover of The Band's `Makes No Difference' as well as two more new songs, `To Get Me Through' and `Snow In Mexico'.
Until they were spotted in the crowd though, no-one suspected that Andy and Loz would be joining Mark on stage. Indeed Andy, now the bass player for Oasis, was only in Oxford by accident that night, after mix-up with his own gig dates. He sang `Vapour Trail' with Mark playing guitar and Loz on drums before Mark returned to lead vocal duties for `Dreams Burn Down' and `In A Different Place', with Andy on guitar.
Ride previously reunited briefly at the end of 2001 - with bass player Steve Queralt - for a one-off studio session as part of a tribute to Sonic Youth for Channel 4.
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:08 (twenty years ago) link
those fuckers. those fucking fuckers. ::QUAKES WITH ANGER AND ENVY::
I hate Truck even more now, with fucking nameless revulsion and jealousy and OH I HATE THEM I HATE THEM SO MUCH, THOSE FUCKING WORTHLESS FUCKERS GET A RIDE REUNION
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH.
This makes me so angry I can't even speak.
:-(
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:12 (twenty years ago) link
:-(((((((((((((
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
Anything released after the "Twisterella" single doesn't exist. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:19 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
― doom-e, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:25 (twenty years ago) link
Carnival of Light was boring dadrock.
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
::we now return you to your regularly scheduled vitriolic outburst of hatred::
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:46 (twenty years ago) link
POO of both albums seems impossible. Carnival is probably the easiest: 'Only Now'. The melancholy!GBA: 'Twisterella'? 'Chrome Waves'? 'OX4'? 'Leave Them All Behind'? Don't know...
― Crispijn, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 13:06 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 13:09 (twenty years ago) link
And I'm so downloading that live gig when I get home.
― James, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 13:21 (twenty years ago) link
I gots no axe to grind with "Carnival of Light," of which I dig portions, and I happen to think "Black Nite Crash" is acceptable fake-Stooges...
― M Specktor (M Specktor), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 15:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B. (stolenbus), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
I like the intro to Chrome Waves plenty.
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B. (stolenbus), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 16:30 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
In all seriousness, "I Don't Know Where It Comes From" is incredible.
― Samuel Bloch, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
The "Leave Them All Behind" single is the greatest thing ever, you've got LTAB, a nicely roughed up version of "Chrome Waves" and "Grasshopper".
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 17:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 17:59 (twenty years ago) link
Tracks 3->6 on the first album
Twisterella
I got Mark Gardener to play "In a Different Place" when he came to Detroit earlier this year. One of these days I'll post the pics from that on my website.
― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 18:03 (twenty years ago) link
--The remasters, though, any comment on their improved headroom?
― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link
'Vapour Trail' for me. My tape of 'Nowhere' died from too much rewinding back to that song.
― cis (cis), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 22:34 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
Actually I do still have it, it's called Through The Looking Glass, this compilation on Imaginary Records, as I suspected. But I don't think I know their version of European Son YET, I'm sad to say.
― Bimble, Sunday, 15 July 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
taste
― Zeno, Sunday, 15 July 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
A person could play air drums very, very fast to "Perfect Time" now couldn't they?
― Bimble, Sunday, 15 July 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
And I'm also hoping for a recording of some other southern England gig they did that year that I can't remember now where it was. Was it not the Reading Festival, 1991? Did they not play some festival in England in the summer of 1991? Maybe it wasn't Reading, but some other festival.
I know what you're talking about, but I don't know all the details because I was inter-railing around Europe when it happened. It wasn't the Reading festival: they did that in 1990. It was their own mini-festival (which they headlined, obviously) in either late July or early August 1991. I think it was in Slough (so not far from Reading). I'm pretty sure Slowdive were on the bill too, but I've got no idea who the others were (although I've got a feeling there was a 4th-generation copycat band called Revolver who might have been there).
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 15 July 2007 09:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks like you are right it was Slough. I recall Slowdive on the bill as well. There was some reason I had to miss that show, can't recall why now.
http://www.space-trash.co.uk/ride/
Hearing European Son now it sounds very familiar. I must have had it on cassette or something.
― Bimble, Sunday, 15 July 2007 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's another really helpful site with setlists:
http://homepage.mac.com/aaront/ride/old/ride/live.html
― Bimble, Sunday, 15 July 2007 11:51 (sixteen years ago) link
BLACK NITE CRASH was great off trantula! what are you talking about? GREAT fuckin song.
― pisces, Sunday, 15 July 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard from the usual friend of friend who knows someone etc etc that they're planning to get back together for a wee while again, they were supposed to play the last night of the Zodiac apparently, but "couldn't be arsed"
― Porkpie, Sunday, 15 July 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm with Zeno: Taste.
― Bill in Chicago, Sunday, 15 July 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, well, it's Andy's involvement with Oasis that always ruins any real reunion plans, innit? Yet one more reason to hate Oasis...it's weird. I don't really hate Oasis but I also do hate them.
― Bimble, Sunday, 15 July 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Pisces is right! "Black Night Crash" is the shit!!!!
― Bimble, Monday, 16 July 2007 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Holy crap, that made me feel like I was in the 60's literally.
― Bimble, Monday, 16 July 2007 00:59 (sixteen years ago) link
'vapour trail', by a billion miles.
― haitch, Monday, 16 July 2007 01:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Sure, we should have a poll of Ride songs and Vapour Trail would win. Not undeservedly.
― Bimble, Monday, 16 July 2007 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
re: live b00tlegs (upthread) - Bimble, I've managed to track down my dusty old cassettes. I've got the first gig at The Jericho Tavern (Jan 89) and three other Oxford gigs from 1989 plus Town & Country gig from 28 October 1990. I was wrong about this: some gig somewhere up north (maybe Leeds?) in 1991 (I think this was shortly before they supported The Pixies at Crystal Palace, so maybe May or June 91) which featured Leave Them All Behind for the first time . It's actually a gig at Leeds Poly from July 91 which was the warm up for the Slough Festival. It has got LTAB on it, but isn't the first time they played it. A lot of it is very low quality, but I'll upl0ad bits and pieces. Here's a couple of tracks taped off the radio from the Brits at Wembley Arena in Jan 91 (link only valid for a week): Chelsea Girl Seagull (a few seconds missing from the second one when I had to turn the tape over!)
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Ride played the Brits? That seems unlikely.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
It happened, kind of. I think the Brits had become seen as stale and out of touch, endlessly giving awards to tedious Phil Collins / Eurythmics / Tina Turner / Elton John / Eric Clapton types, and there was the embarrassing nightmare when it was hosted by Sam Fox and that bloke from Fleetwood Mac, so there was a bit of a push to try and make it more credible. If memory serves me right, Jonathon King was behind this (so obviously it didn't become much more credible). They had a night (or possibly two nights) at Wembley Arena where a whole series of acts played very short gigs (just time for four or five songs each). These acts were supposed to be a bit more 'happening'. Apart from Ride, I'm pretty sure they had the Wedding Present and Carter USM. Possibly The Cure. I've got a feeling Billy Bragg was there. Unless I'm getting mixed up with something else there was Lisa Stansfield going "say no to war in the Gulf!" which got censored by the BBC. All of this was broadcast live (or nearly live) on Radio 1. The actual Brits Award TV programme was few days later, though, and didn't show much of the gig. Ride were reduced to about five seconds of Chelsea Girl, I think.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Thursday, 23 August 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Glad to hear *your* tapes have turned up, Nasty, for my letter to my mother has gone unanswered, though I've gotten over the disappointment of this. Thanks for the links and the effort. I will give them a go.
When indeed WAS the first time they played LTAB? As far as the website I posted above's best guess it was June 8, 1991 at London Crystal Palace. I had been under the impression it was a mere gig or two before I saw them at Pukkelpop but then, these were the days before the internet and all I knew was what I'd read in the NME or whatever.
― Bimble, Friday, 24 August 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
My vote goes to "Nowhere" the song.
― stephen, Friday, 24 August 2007 08:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's some more stuff. Gig at Town & Country, Kentish Town from 28 October 1990. Part One: Polar Bear, Chelsea Girl, Here and Now As before, only valid for a week, rest of the gig to follow later...
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 15 September 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah the BRITS 1991 gig happened, i was there. disconcertingly i rather enjoyed The Wedding Present that night.
i'd like to bang on about Ride big time but whenever i do that about 1990's bands i feel like Homer that time, going on about Grand Funk Railroad when the kids are in the back of the car.
― pisces, Saturday, 15 September 2007 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
"We think feedback's neat, we're staring at our feet" We're a shoegazing band"
― Cunga, Sunday, 16 September 2007 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I enjoyed that, thanks. It's a long time since I heard anyone rhyme fly/sky/high/made her cry.
Whenever I listen to Ride these days it's only the drums I hear. It annoys me that Loz has spent the last eleven years tapping on a chest of drawers in his room or wherever, instead of being the gun-for-hire amongst sessioneers. The Rolling Stones should've ditched Charlie and got Loz in instead.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 17 September 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree, Loz cannot be praised enough. But didn't he join some other band recently that I can't remember now? Someone said...didn't Colonel Poo say he played with Jesus & Mary Chain when they reunited?
― Bimble, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's the rest of that gig: Part Two = Dreams Burn Down, Perfect Time, Paralysed Part Three = Vapour Trail Part Four = Drive Blind, Taste, Nowhere, Decay (in reality I think they did Seagull as an encore, but the tape ran out before that)
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 17 September 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Good lord in heaven, Nasty. So many goodies! I'm not sure I deserve this, but thanks.
― Bimble, Monday, 17 September 2007 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Vapour Trail is so , so good.
I was too busy with the Azzerrad type bands at the time and fell for the shoey scene that celebrates and missed Ride 'part from 'Leave them all behind'. And missed Swervedriver too you jour no cunts. My bullshit detector well off
the drummer is such a fucking tease.
Excellent stuff
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
What I'm trying to say is that I fell for the NME's description at the time and avoided most of that music.
FFs , it was only 67 years ago
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
When the drums kick in on "vapour trail", oh man. love how the drums sound all over that album
― river, Sunday, 12 February 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
Alan Moulder rules so hard
― river, Sunday, 12 February 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
he really does
― Z S, Sunday, 12 February 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
I have managed to completely wear out Vapour Trail, I'm all about Sennen these days.
Seeing that ACPG movie made me dig out all these records - oh and Swervedriver too - love them so much, it's all about the drums.
Though I won't say how weird it was seeing Mark Gardener and Gaz Supergrass sitting next to each other on the panel both insisting "no, really, we're not the same person, we're both here!"
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Sunday, 12 February 2012 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh HELLO
ttp://theseconddisc.com/2012/04/25/going-blank-again-again-ride-to-reissue-sophomore-album-with-bonus-live-film/#more-12973
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
sorry try this
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2012/04/20/ride-going-blank-again-reissue/
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Love this stuff but bonus DVDs do nothing for me. Now, if they included a digital download for the live gig too...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link