A live, acoustic version of Solar Sister. They look so young. . .they look about 20. I also include a 1994 Phoenix live Solar Sister with the full band. The Posies were in their hair band mode.
The Posies' misfire (e.g., not becoming rich and famous) is one of the great puzzlers of rock for me. They put out a passel of exciting, melodic, moving, harmonic power pop albums:
Failure (1988) [a wonderful, chiming, exuberant, youthful album]
Dear 23 (1990) [ a college hit: beautiful, rapidly maturing]
Frosting On The Beater (1993) [their near-hit that got a lot of MTV and college airplay, with many of their greatest tunes]
Amazing Disgrace (1996) [Probably their greatest. A stunning record, and the greatest mystery of all...why this didn't soar to the top of the charts]
Success (1998) [possibly my least favorite album, 'though it is not without merit either]
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In (2000) [a wonderful and charming live album: great tunes and banter, and The Posies at the height of their power]
Alive Before The Iceberg (2000) [a middling live album, maybe my least listen to Posies CD]
Last, At Least (Box Set) (2000) [rarities etc. for fans. If you love The Posies, you'll love this.]
Dream All Day(Best Of The Posies) (2000) [as with all Best ofs, puzzling for the omissions]
Nice Cheekbones And A PhD(2001) [A knockout EP with two heartbreakingly great songs: Ken's Matinee, and their gorgeous cover of David Crosby/The Byrd's Lady Friend. When The Posies played my birthday party in 2003, the only song I even requested was Matinee. They kncked it out 0f the park.]
Every Kind Of Light (2005) [the revival album...totally respectable, with several songs as good as anything they ever did. Of course, it stiffed].
And then, there is their great work with Big Star:
Columbia - Live At Missouri University 4/25/93 (1993)
Big Star Story (2003)
Big Star In Space (2005)
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Thanks for posting the 2nd one. I had not seen it before. It is from the time when my husband (Jon) and I first met! :-) Good memories!
ReplyDeleteI loved that one too. I saw them a lot around that time.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think you may have come to my 50th birthday party...it was in a club on 1st Ave. right near the old Brewery (starbucks). Jon and Ken played for about three hours--with electric guitars. It was loose, and a lot of fun.