I stayed up for that Ray Davies appearance (hey, 11:30-12:30 Central was LATE on a weeknight for a high schooler who had to get up at 6am for Jazz Band practice). I was disappointed that Dave wasn’t there, but liked the performance anyway. And Letterman’s wrong: it was their 26th album (counting live albums, not counting compilations), not their 48th. It’s hard to see the hype sticker, but it calls the Kinks “The World’s Premier Rock & Roll Band!” They really wanted to fill the stadiums that the Stones and Who had filled in the summer of ‘89, but UK Jive topped out at #122 in the US, and the best they could hope for was 1/2-empty sheds on their 1990 tour.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo6V2V6luLY
Liz Phair: "Supernova"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 November 2022 02:56 (one year ago) link
WOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYifslpfSq8
The Feelies: "Doin' It Again"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 November 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
oh big cheers for that one - they sound good!
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Monday, 21 November 2022 05:40 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoEuyObRkY
Bo Diddley: "Bo Diddley Put The Rock In Rock-'n'-Roll"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 December 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
Lol @ Dave's bit of business with the LP cover at the start of the Liz Phair clip
(Liz doesn't sound her best there... too bad)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Friday, 9 December 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
https://consequence.net/2023/01/paul-shaffer-fill-in-the-roots-jimmy-fallon/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 30 January 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
(posted today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnUI4a7BKpE
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 July 2023 00:29 (ten months ago) link
Letterman did one of his primetime anniversary specials not long after the SNL incident, including part of that clip in a musical guests montage, and there was audible booing.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 July 2023 00:36 (ten months ago) link
On a related note, here's Julee Cruise w/the SNL band when she and the Spanic Boys pitch-hit for Sinead in '90.
https://vimeo.com/145203027
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 July 2023 00:50 (ten months ago) link
Borrowing from the "Controversial Opinions" thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29mx2bYvrJk
Herbie Hancock
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 July 2023 18:00 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqlOFuO-QM
#onethread
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 August 2023 05:28 (ten months ago) link
Slightly fixated on that Jon Lovitz-looking background dancer.
― Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 August 2023 11:04 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-LZodq5Qxg
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 October 2023 23:29 (seven months ago) link
Ray Davies & The Max Weinberg 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYB22jmw3YY
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 November 2023 19:33 (six months ago) link
David Johansen & The Max Weinberg 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQR52G6gvSk
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 19:58 (six months ago) link
📹
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 7 December 2023 23:02 (six months ago) link
There's a bunch of Lou Reed clips like this, but singling this one out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVFcj-QLpu0
"Busload of Faith" during a Chicago residency. The Lou Mullet is OUT OF CONTROL
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:33 (three months ago) link
^^James Cotton on harp!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:34 (three months ago) link
an example of this I quite admire is when XTC were on the show in 1989. I *think* this is the one and only time they played live on television after 1982 and PS and his band do a pretty good job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amx5CK7vdoc
― houdini said, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:20 (three months ago) link
from an interview with the plugz' bassist re: their famous/great turn as bob dylan's band on letterman in 1984:
Paul Shaffer tried to jam along with us at soundcheck. It didn't go well for Paul. Bob told Bill Graham, “Lose the clown on the keyboard.”
― adam, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:07 (two months ago) link
Ok, so I nominate this as the best clip of all of this phenomenon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPSilcJFrQ
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 26 April 2024 19:10 (one month ago) link
Duane Eddy sits in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqy0JafNerE
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 May 2024 16:21 (one month ago) link