Track Listing

1. Decomposing Trees
2. Fourth Of July
3. Summertime
4. Sorry
5. When Will You Come Home
6. Spook
7. Listen The Snow Is Falling
8. Here She Comes Now
9. Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108688 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

CD Description
Galaxie 500 was a master of its art. Its simple pop songs are the foundation of an intricate universe that seduces listeners with layers of dreamy guitars, jazzy percussion, and translucent vocals. The band lets a song's tension build, andthen manipulates it in appealing directions. On COPENHAGEN,recorded live by Danish National Radio in 1990, the trio drifts through stellar originals, and tries its hand at covers, including a brooding version of The Modern Lover's "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste". Long compared with The Velvet Underground, it's no surprise to hear the band tackle "Here She Comes Now", but Galaxie 500's version is uniquely its own.
Perhaps the biggest mystery of all is why the band brokeup shortly after this recording. Galaxie 500 helped pave the way for American indie rock in the late '80s/early '90s. While the rest of the world was celebrating REM (or lip synching to Bon Jovi records), Galaxie 500 held true to its own unique vision. Though each member went on to make outstandingmusic elsewhere (Luna/Damon & Naomi), Galaxie 500's career was as influential as it was disappointingly brief.

Customer Reviews

Sadly missed....
Recorded on their last tour (this particular date was my twentieth birthday!), you'll be sorry you never saw them live. Proves that they had the courage to split at the height of their powers. Essential for any devotees. Naomi's voice always sounds so fragile on the Galaxie 500 recordings but that's part of the beauty as proved here on a long version of Listen the Snow is Falling. Comes in a nice jeweled case to match the CD box set. Listen and weep.

I was there
I was at this concert in a tiny little club in Copenhagen way back when. It was packed I could hardly breathe, but the band were uterly sublime. I'll never forget it. It was one of the most amazing nights of my life. This is a piece of pure rock n roll history. The quality reached by this band in this, their final performance, is unspeakable, so thank the heavens that someone had the insight to record it.