When asked what is the best band I have ever seen live, without fail, I say "Elastica".
And the thing is, I saw them twice, in the same year - and they had a different bassist each time.
I know what you're thinking right now. "Who cares?" Well, give me a second.
The second time I saw them, I saw them with Abby Travis, who is an absolute beast and amazing and, on later Lollapalooza dates, played back to back with Elastica and Beck in 1995 (she had already been playing with Beck, so I did see her play, apparently).
The FIRST time I saw them, I saw them at Lollapalooza 1995. It was an early date, and so original bassist Annie Holland was still with the band - she left about a week and a half later because of exhaustion. No, she didn't write this song, which was VERY CLEARLY ABOUT HER. No, it was primarily written by guitarist Donna Matthews and Jane Oliver and was about going to visit Annie in Brighton, where she spent most of her non-touring time.
By the way, they were EQUALLY solid BOTH times.
The song is short, but it rocks hard.
This is a pre-Lollapalooza show, with Annie on bass, where they are killing the song live.
And this is from a 1996 performance, when Annie was away from the band.
Annie did eventually return to the band.... but Donna Matthews left. Here's one of THOSE performances, from 2000.
I'm not gonna lie - it's great. It's missing the harmonies at the chorus, but it's still solid.
By the way, if you want to hear the ACTUAL performance - and probably me in the crowd - the audio of this performance is on YouTube. And I remember it like it was yesterday.
I cued it up to "Annie" for you. HOWEVER, you should hear the whole thing.
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