Living Colour tiny desk concert

[Mokl]

Thanks for posting this. Long time fan of Living Colour and Doug Wimbish. I know Vernon Reid's playing style divide opinions in guitar circles, but I have long admired his very dark sound and unique approach. Love Muzz Skillings' playing on the first couple albums too.

 

Very peased but not surprised that they still sound so good. Unique band in the rock space.

[Russ]

There’s an alternate arrangement of Love Rears Its Ugly Head on Stain, that I think I prefer to the arrangement from Time’s Up. But they’re both fantastic. 

 

Stain is a ridiculously good album, and as a statement of intent from Doug Wimbish about what he intended to do in the band, it’s spectacular. The greasy fretless on Nothingness, the whammy-and-delay goodness of Wall, the deep groove of Leave It Alone, the angular heaviness of Auslander… Doug is peerless at what he does. 

[NancyJohnson]

On 26/06/2025 at 22:30, Owen said:

Great band. I shall watch it later. I miss Muzz.

 

Me too.

 

I like Doug Wimbish, but just felt Living Colour were more, umm, colourful when Muzz was in the band. 

 

They just seemed a more happier/fun unit with Muzz; when Doug came in, things just got a bit darker and moodier.

[NancyJohnson]

Just while we're on the subject of Living Colour, are many/any of you aware about the version of Stain with the alternative guitar solos?

 

The original US CD (catalogue# EK52780) was issued in two versions, one of which was very limited and contained totally different guitar work on Ignorance Is Bliss, Leave It Alone and Bi.  There's no discernable visible difference in the CDs, just the content thereon.  You got lucky or you didn't.

 

I was a huge fan of Living Colour from the outset and bought a copy of Stain when I was in America; there was a bit of a WTAF? moment when realisation struck that the versions were different.

 

Interesting stuff.