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Hoboken, New York NJ, United States (1984 – present)
Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals).
Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called “the quintessential critics’ band” and maintain a strong cult following. Additionally, the band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.
Formation and Early History: 1984–1985
Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, a husband/wife duo, formed the band in 1984. They chose the name “Yo La Tengo” (Spanish for “I’ve got it!”) in an effort to avoid any connotations in English. The name came from a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, “I got it! I got it!” only to run into Chacón, who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, “¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!” instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words “¡Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, “What the heck is a Yellow Tango?”.[3]
Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called “the quintessential critics’ band” and maintain a strong cult following. Additionally, the band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.
Formation and Early History: 1984–1985
Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, a husband/wife duo, formed the band in 1984. They chose the name “Yo La Tengo” (Spanish for “I’ve got it!”) in an effort to avoid any connotations in English. The name came from a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, “I got it! I got it!” only to run into Chacón, who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, “¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!” instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words “¡Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, “What the heck is a Yellow Tango?”.[3]
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I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
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I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
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And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
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Shoutbox
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ontheoverpass wrote:
I wish they'd stop writing jaunty pop songs. There's no atmosphere or emotional depth to most of the stuff on Popular Songs, it just feels like genre exercises. Pretty much picks up from where the less good stuff on IANAOYAIWBYA left off. And even the long/noisy songs are weak by YLT standards.
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wojtasfcb wrote:
Great concert last night in Katowice! That was so special. Thank You
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ElKulte wrote:
see you in a few hours, band!
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softshock wrote:
Mmmm, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One appears to be one of those rare albums that just sucks you in from the first listen :)
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RicardoBlake wrote:
Popular Songs!!! Great album!!!
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Lolupop wrote:
I got it too!! lol.
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Glamypunk wrote:
They were the backup band for Ray Davies' first soloalbum. What more can be said. Which honour (except that The Kinks were the better backup band XD).
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VelvetCotorro wrote:
Listen Radio Velvet Cotorro http://www.lastfm.es/listen/artist/velvet%2Bcotorro/similarartists#pane=webRadioPlayer&station=%252Flisten%252Fartist%252Fvelvet%252Bcotorro%252Fsimilarartists and www.myspace.com/velvetcotorro
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PapaBeardude wrote:
Nuclear war... it's a motherfucker
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crazycaz123 wrote:
From a Motel 6!
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1nnervision wrote:
Not too crazy about Popular Songs, but I'm really digging The Fireside. Didn't like Inside Out either. Not Afraid is \m/. Looking forward to Fakebook though.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
That's hot.
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nigel_vs_shark wrote:
I'm not afraid of you and I will turn your ass inside-out.
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anna_c_robbiati wrote:
hey! check out http://www.themistakenpress.blogspot.com - annoying the music world thanks a lot!
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Renegadesteve2 wrote:
Beautiful music, can't believe I overlooked this for so long. And I've only listened to May I Sing With Me and Summer Sun so far. Next stop 'Painful'!
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optimistic_tour wrote:
nice. make sure to grab Electr-O-Pura as well. it's sorta the companion to Painful. in any case the two you just mentioned are my favorites, so thumbs up to that.
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robertsona_last wrote:
yeah haha probs. i think im getting painful and and then nothing turned itself inside out next
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optimistic_tour wrote:
robertsona_last: you're missing out. that's too bad.
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americantruck wrote:
25 years and still not a single bad album.
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robertsona_last wrote:
i have like 418 plays of i can hear the heart beating as one and 3 plays of anything else by this band combined
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Bataclan, Paris, France
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Rough Trade East, London, United Kingdom
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ATP Nightmare Before Christmas curated by My Bloody Valentine
Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, United Kingdom
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News
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21 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/yolatengo
Hello out there radio lovers,If you find yourselves in front of a radio and/or a computerSaturday afternoon between 1 pm and 3 pm, eastern time, I hope you'lltune in to WFMU as I return to the airwave. …
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