Speaking of Waterboys videos, here’s one I dearly love. It’s a fan-made clip of Mike Scott performing “Fisherman’s Blues” live with The Decemberists! The sound isn’t great but the joy comes through just fine. Here’s what the official Waterboys mailing list said about it:
Mike Scott made a guest appearance with top up and coming US band The Decemberists during the encore of their London show on Thursday February 8th at Shepherds Bush Empire. Mike was invited to play by the band’s singer Colin Meloy, a long-time Waterboys fan. They performed a rollicking Fisherman’s Blues, with Decemberists’ multi-instrumentalist Lisa playing the fiddle parts on viola.
Woo hoo hoo! Bonus: The Waterboys performing the whole song in April of 1986 (with much better sound quality!) Absolutely magical.
I also have to say, I think that’s The Waterboys at their sartorial height.
Bonus bonus, because it’s hard to stop: early video for “A Girl Called Johnny.” I never even knew they did a video for that, but how deeply fabulous.
Dave,
Never cared too much for the Decemberists, but after seeing the vid and their affection for Mike Scott I suppose they deserve a second glance. On the subject of vids – how about that bonus DVD with the new Waterboys CD? It was so wonderful to see the very un-rockstar relaxed vibe of the filming (often under the steady handed control of Mike Scott himself.) The visit to the location of the Fisherman Blues sessions gave me chills, but was way too short.
Hope all’s well and glad to see the blog.
CP
CP! Hey, great to see you here! Yes, this video has definitely boosted my opinion of The Decemberists.
Believe it or not, I haven’t had time to watch the Book of Lightning DVD yet (finding time to watch stuff on the teevee has been very hard the past couple weeks) but I’ve been listening to the album in heavy rotation — love it! — and am working on a little review of it for Ocelopotamus.