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.

[ardi100]

Will watch this tonight. 

 

I've loved this band since hearing Cult of Personality on a pullout plastic record form a guitar magazine my mate had. Blew us both away.

 

I saw them in Melbourne in 92 and the were incredible. The whole band were amazing but Doug Wimbish was just spellbinding.

 

My mates and I went out to the only club open on a Sunday night in Melbourne in the early 90s and my mate rushed up to me screaming "Living Colour are here!" We didn't really believe him, but they were easy to spot!

 

Full of Dutch courage, I went up to Doug and told him I'd loved the show. He literally turned his back on the beautiful woman who was chatting him up and talked bass with me for what seemed like an hour (it was probably 10 minutes!). He was such a generous and friendly guy. He introduced me to Vernon Reid, who was more interested in the beauty he was chatting up (I don't blame him either!).

 

I tried to persuade him to try surfing, but I don't think I was very convincing! What a fantastic band!

Edited 8 hours ago by ardi100

[Doctor J]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

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.

Yeah, have been looking for one for years. I bought it on tape when it came out, which had TV News and a live version of Love Rears... on it. When I eventually bought the CD years later, it had neither and sounded incomplete, which is when I started looking at the versions and found out about the guitar solo version. I picked up a version with the tape tracklist but I'm still looking for the solos version 😂
 

On your earlier point, the switch to a darker sound was right up my street. I loved Vivid and Time's Up but Stain added some sonic weight to back up what they were saying socially and politically. It's still an all-time top-10er for me.

Edited 7 hours ago by Doctor J

[attackbass]

2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

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.

 

 

I would agree with that! Although I think that the darker album was not down to Doug alone, I think a lot of new music around that time was on the darker side and they went in that direction.

 

 

[BassTractor]

As to alternate takes, also the Guitar Hero III version of "Cult of Personality" is different than the album version.