Yo La Tengo - Ride the Tiger (1986)

"The Way Some People Die" by Yo La Tengo


The Feelies did not play live very often, and when they did, the band rarely strayed from the New York and New Jersey area.  They played at the legendary CBGB's and Max's Kansas City semi-regularly, but the group's favorite venue to play was easily Maxwell's in Hoboken.  For the most part, The Feelies played Maxwell's only on holidays with the one exception being Hannukah... that's when the band Yo La Tengo would play.

Here is the discography surrounding Yo La Tengo's debut album:

The River of Water (1985 single)
Private Doberman (1985 compilation track)
Ride the Tiger
Heart's Expired (1986 compilation track)

"The Cone of Silence" by Yo La Tengo


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The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)

"Fa Cé-La" by The Feelies


Director Olivier Assayas wanted the soundtrack to his 2010 mini-series Carlos to feature several songs by a band called The Feelies.  However, he group refused permission to the use of their songs in the series because they didn't want their music associated with terrorism.  The director was able to maintain the use of one of the band's songs "Loveless Love" for a very non-terrorist moment in the series but was forced to replace the others he wanted with Wire songs.

Here is the discography surrounding The Feelies's debut album:

Fa Cé-La (1980 single)
Crazy Rhythms
Original Love (1980 single)

"Crazy Rhythms" by The Feelies


Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies


Pass the Headphones!!