She is magical. No wonder she's been doing this for 40 years. We're all richer for having heard her sing.

This period was the peak of 10,000 Maniacs

This is one of those songs that I have no idea what it’s about but I absolutely love it.

where the hell was I in 93 , thank God I have I have found the real talent of the day ... her voice , her voice ...

RIP Rob Buck, guitars. You are sorely missed. Heaven must be happy with your music up there!

How could they be that good? This is art.

@sartainja

8 жыл бұрын

+trysometruth Knocked it out of the park.

She may have been one of the most mesmerizing female vocalists ever.

@robertjohnson2786

2 ай бұрын

She still is.

God I love her dancing, her singing of course is out of this world

@doloreswitkowski5578

3 жыл бұрын

I could watch her dance and listen to her sing, for the rest of my life.

@fedefm75

3 жыл бұрын

Her dance, my God, in touch with the most natural soul purity. Play this entire video in my funeral, please, cause I want upstair to heaven beside their movements!

@AlanCanon2222

Жыл бұрын

I'm learning it for open mic for fun (I sing and play guitar) and as I dial in the music and lyrics, I'm also looking at her moves and showpersonship.

I know it's a cliche but, there really is no one like her. Her voice her style and her lyrics. And she is among the most evolved humans. Very empathic and concerned about human issues.

@praisegod3768

3 жыл бұрын

And the more I listen to this song, the more I think that she's looking back at herself as a young woman, and singing about herself.

My Grandpa had a farm and 300 acres in Stockton NY. Going to Stockton Gala Days was highlight of summer. So many memories! TY 10,000 Maniacs!

Ooh, by far my fave 10,000 Maniacs song when performed live.

@AlanCanon2222

Жыл бұрын

Or, as I refer to them post-1993, as "9,999 Maniacs". They got rid of the best one! :)

"Violet serene like none I have seen/apart from dreams that escape me" is still one of my favorite lines in any song ever.

@NeverTakeNoShortcuts

2 жыл бұрын

For me as well. I once had a dream I was in Stockton at street fair and meet a girl with purple hair.

Starting at minute 3:00, it may be one of the best live music moments of band and singer I have ever seen. Unbelievable blend of musicianship.

@mdlatham

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this about a dozen times and still get chills

@marbury2403

3 жыл бұрын

I agree completely.

@fedefm75

3 жыл бұрын

The pure energy this woman is gifting on stage, live, is something I few times saw. Unbelievable.

@Bulldog_skin

3 жыл бұрын

I saw her live back in 1996 and it was amazing! She wore a tight light blue shirt and was braless. As she danced her breasts heaved back and forth hypnotically. It was beautiful.

@johnkeith2450

2 жыл бұрын

And that dance

Rob and Natalie were pure perfection

Their best song to hear live in concert.

What a find -- this is my new favorite version of this song.

The lyrics and Natalie's voice are magic. And the violin is absolutely amazing, watching this makes me wish I could play it decently!

Stunning, four minutes of pure joy!

Timeless it's just so good.

people like natalie make being alive much better

@praisegod3768

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Her music brings me such joy!

That live version on MTV Unplugged was epic

@sartainja

8 жыл бұрын

Ditto, my good man.

@colinrgage

4 жыл бұрын

Probably the best unplugged performance

She makes my skin tingle. So beautiful at 29 yo.

@johnkeith2450

Жыл бұрын

I was 34 and in love with a woman her age who looked so much like her.

Mean fiddler and Merchant on great form. Saw these in Manchester UK 1990 ish. Excellent band.

Oh, how much I love Natalie and the 10,000 Maniacs. Look at her! Her voice, her movements, all the bandmembers they all gel so magically. I absolutely love this performance live. My favorite album by them is Our Time In Eden. Noah’s Dove… That song to me is…. Indescribable.

I still get the shivers and goosebumps when I hear her voice!

A wonderful band. Natalie’s voice is amazing, no one quite like her.

When Letterman said, "here we go" at the end of introducing them, he knew what he was talking about. Merchant at her best was the very definition of an exciting live performer.

@MISTERFANCYPANTS1000

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Dave realized that he was in the presence of greatness.

Mtv unplugged, wow, this album was phenomenal. Live music is God. PURE JOY thank you so very much.

@praisegod3768

2 жыл бұрын

"PURE JOY" ~ exactly!

Damn, this is a fabulous song.

RIP Robert, and thank you. I truly hope you are at peace now.

Oh man, I hav always had the hots for Natalie Merchant. What an attractive woman!

the 80's and 90's were awesome

I lost track of music in the past, I can't tell you how much it is good to hear you ,you are a fine band and what vocals

I like the outfits the girls are wearing, so 90's. Natalie you are amazing.

@nicolekoretsky9062

4 жыл бұрын

The women, and it was 93, and the Maniacs had been around for a decade and more, but yeah, they're super cute...Merchant is amazing, but my dude, come with us to the next century?

there is no voice as hers she is an angel

From the immediate post-80s when life still made sense... what a perfect moment perfectly captured, especially 3:00!

This was the 2nd to last musical performance on the Letterman NBC show. Springsteen was the last one.

I love that Jerry is casually playing the tambourine and observing while Anton Fig jams to his drum part. Classy.

@trysometruth

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too, just straight out class.

So young and beautiful

This songs brings back a bunch o mixed memories yo my hart, makes my skin Shriver!!!

I found this explanation of this song on the Song Meanings Website by a poster by the name of ReactorFour which seems to summarize the meaning very well: "This song references a period from Natalie's childhood. Stockton, New York is in Chautauqua County, near Jamestown where Natalie grew up and attended Jamestown Community College, where 10,000 Maniacs was formed. It tries to evoke a time when here eyes were wide open and she was experiencing everything with a crystal clarity that only a child could achieve. She felt free and uninhibited. There is an intentional ambiguity in the words: In some cases she seems to be referring to another girl, a childhood friend. At other times, she seems to be reflecting on herself, looking back at herself in the past. and marveling at how unrestrained she was as a child. Her lines "how I've learned to hide, how I've locked inside, you'd be surprised if shown" refer to the process of growing up. How as she matured, she had to give up her uninhibited nature, and suppress the exuberant side of herself. It speaks of conforming to society's expectations of demure and proper behavior. But it also touches on the reality of self-doubt and insecurity that everyone feels. That carefree girl would be shocked by the quieter and more restrained adult that she would become. Natalie's onstage presence, her unselfconscious dancing and spinning seem to embody the lyrics of this song."

@wilthomas

8 жыл бұрын

In the song she all but says, “This is about a youthful lesbian fling,” Captain Obvious.

@jakobrodoski4077

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! I live less than a half hour from Jamestown and the bassist Steve is a teacher at jcc I met him when I was in high school we had a tech competition up there

@KingNero4444

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly tommy, I've also heard that was what the song was about. A college fling with a dorm mate who was female.

@sartainja

5 жыл бұрын

Jakob Rodoski You are lucky to meet one of the band. 👍

@sartainja

5 жыл бұрын

tommylehman I must admit that what I thought as well.

Dave's a lucky man, Natalie gave him full on hug (both arms) at the end. For this Letterman you get at "A"

One of the best songs ever written

Brilliant

All from my home- Chautauqua County NY!

Natalie simplesmente perfeita!

zo mooi!!!!

I love 10,000 maniacs

They really hit a home run that night.

The MTV unplugged version is the BEST

@debbiebrown8297

3 жыл бұрын

I like this one the best...get more of Natalie dancing and the solo on the fiddle is amazing!

@scottward6974

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbiebrown8297 The fiddle player (Morgan Fichter) is improvising aswell. There's rehearsal footage and she plays the solo different every time!

Natalie will be going on tour soon, friends!

Sexy, beautiful, flawless, gorgeous, insanely talented. THIS IS MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!

Aw man... I've been love with Morgan Fichter since Camper Van Beethoven's Key Lime Pie came out.

Natalie Merchant. Y love you.

so beautiful looking she is.

@sartainja

8 жыл бұрын

+David Allen Man, she looks like a $1.0 million.

@keithbate9405

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidsauer5831 Unfortunately I agree. I saw her and the band numerous times in the 1980's. After she went solo O saw her a couple of times too, and she said things "what was the name of that band I was in ?" I cringed

Letterman and Leno both seemed to really love Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs. I think Dave was a little bit reserved at how much he liked the performance because it would make it seem like he didn't like other performers on the show nearly as much. Leno would also try to hide just how much he liked their performances on the Tonight Show.

Was Jerome Augustiniak not on drums for this one? Looks like someone else and looks like him on percussion?

No tats or skank look. Just feminine and talented

😂😂😂😊😊😊

Who is the viola player?

@MarkT80014

Жыл бұрын

This is Morgan Fichter who briefly played in Camper van Beethoven. Interestingly, some clips of this song also feature Natalie's replacement, Mary Ramsey, on viola.

TMary Ramsay on the violin

@MarkT80014

Жыл бұрын

Mary was playing with them by this point but this clip actually features Morgan Fichter on viola.

You just do not ever hear lyrics like this

Ladies & gentleman, the female Michael Hutchence!

@marshalmagooo3899

5 жыл бұрын

Could argue Scott Weiland also

@BookClubDisaster

5 жыл бұрын

But what does that even mean?

Natalie probably made Michael Stipe turn gay. After dating her, every other woman is a downgrade!

@thomasallen7359

5 жыл бұрын

Idiot.

@Nick-fh5pk

3 жыл бұрын

Right? Probably inappropriate these days..... But still funny! How can anyone let her get away!

@fedeflowers

11 ай бұрын

Great comment, no doubt. Natalie was SO hot and sexy. Naturally woman, 100%

This probably gave her the crap idea that she could just hire some studio hacks for her backing band to replace the Maniacs. Although Rob Buck seems like a real drag behind her happy energy.

@thomasmaher441

6 жыл бұрын

Duncan...absolutely love the original band...played In my Tribe over and over from Vermont to Minnesota and back - And have really liked a lot of Merchant's solo work...not liked others- But - have never heard her or seen her perform with studio hacks as you put it...she is a perfectionist like most great artists

@marshalmagooo3899

5 жыл бұрын

Rob Buck was as instrumental as she was in this band with his writing and playing

@BookClubDisaster

5 жыл бұрын

That girl guitar players she used on her first solo album was incredible.

@smalleststep

4 жыл бұрын

@@marshalmagooo3899 Moreso.

@duncansuicide

3 жыл бұрын

Owen Andrew well Said!

Such longing, sadness.

Rob Buck RIP