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At the risk of sounding like a crotchety old bitch, I miss the days when you could see cool live music on tv. There's live music on YouTube and other websites now, sure, but it's not the same because it's mostly just people watching it that already know about the band or performer. Back when there was live music on late night tv, and the music channels, sometimes you didn't know what was coming next and you could be exposed to new stuff you find out you like. The stakes also seemed higher somehow, sometimes it was broadcast live like with SNL but even if not there was a pretty big audience all at once. This was the video that I found a while back that made me think of how I miss late night tv music in particular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOiTXk-Rzk I think this performance is great. They really get into it, check out the dude on the cymbals even he's rocking the gently caress out back there. The raw anger of the song really comes through. This was a song you'd hear on the radio and be like "it's ok" but this live version is so much more real if not as polished. Conan had the coolest bands in the 90s I think. It seems like he had more alternative/rock than Tonight Show or Late Show but maybe I'm just remembering what I liked.
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Here's my favourite strange late night TV song: smooth saxman David Sanborn sits in with weirdo indies Pere Ubu, Debbie Harry bravely joins in, and Philip Glass watches on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_DXJR5PV58
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That Blister in the Sun is awesome. The vocals sound perfect. Its funny too because they're in their 40s because the song is like 20 years old at that point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxawVMQ02dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WvgGdivQzE Caesar Saladin fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Aug 13, 2024 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqPcVyRhRQ
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I'm so old I used to watch this show called Solid Gold where they would play snippets of popular rock songs, maybe a countdown? While models, especially this stunning black woman, gyrated ridiculously along with the music like a very short video: the Solid Gold Dancers  I was fascinated. I remember once Debbie Harry went on as a guest star and she lipsynched to maybe heart of glass so badly I was embarrassed for her Spinz fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Aug 13, 2024 |
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Aug 13, 2024 06:56
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrJyTeuQCzo Pavement on Conan’s Late Night. I come back to this one a lot. For my money it’s better than the album version low quality and all
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Aug 13, 2024 07:48
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Big fan of this Tenacious D performance from space ghost. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqH-eEQBGc4
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Aug 13, 2024 12:09
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Conan had bruce hornsby cover his own song the way it is as bluegrass and I remember oddly liking it a lot
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Aug 13, 2024 13:12
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Man I hated everclear
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Aug 13, 2024 15:17
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Conan's first musical guest was Radiohead and it was great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sH-GrUeUw
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Aug 13, 2024 15:26
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God I miss Letterman. He really loves drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65Dx0STe2M I believe the reason he's asking is that when bands fly out to play a gig like that they'll rent local equipment. Easier than shipping a whole drum set for a 4 minute performance. He's the only late night host of have a whole week of drum solos. The finale of course was The Professor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw6aWbXL5Mc Rush barely makes TV appearances, especially Neil, so this was quite special. edit: This is the only other US show they've appeared on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHPuvaHguc
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Aug 13, 2024 16:05
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Liquid Television on MTV and my never ending crush on Aeon Flux.
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Aug 13, 2024 16:12
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Dream gig of playing in the Paul Schaffer Late Night band.
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The last time I used a VCR to record live TV was in the early 2000s recording live performances by The Strokes on all the late nite shows. I had a whole tape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2FhLLg3iA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqx3HzAyjo
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Aug 13, 2024 16:20
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poo poo, back in the day Johnny Carson often had legendary people come play with the band. One quick example with Dizzy Gillespie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAXT77z27q8&t=47s Song, interview, another song. I was waaaay too young to appreciate this kind of thing at the time.
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Bread Enthusiast posted:poo poo, back in the day Johnny Carson often had legendary people come play with the band. One quick example with Dizzy Gillespie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAXT77z27q8&t=47s Those cheeks! This was an awesome clip, thanks.
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Replacements got a lifetime ban from SNL for this cause they were drunk as poo poo. frankly I think it’s an awesome performance and I wish I could find a better rip of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOEi-UJRNLE
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Bread Enthusiast posted:poo poo, back in the day Johnny Carson often had legendary people come play with the band. One quick example with Dizzy Gillespie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAXT77z27q8&t=47s Pluto or Plex (or maybe both?) have channels that replay old interviews and man are they a bit dated. Still a classic part of Americana as EVERYONE watched this show. It's pretty cool to watch though because guests could be Jimmy Stewart or a kid that won the national Pinewood Derby. Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles are always great interviews to watch. Imagine the musical recordings NBC has when you consider the Tonight Show and SNL
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veni veni veni posted:Replacements got a lifetime ban from SNL for this cause they were drunk as poo poo. frankly I think it’s an awesome performance and I wish I could find a better rip of it. Zappa got a ban from SNL as well for his behavior during some skits. His band did some great performances on the show.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE
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I look just like huddy bolly
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Thread needs more cowbell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk6KhvPtDQ
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late night tv music was one of the coolest things this planet ever didredshirt posted:Dream gig of playing in the Paul Schaffer Late Night band. pretty sure this was the best job in the world TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me (Letterman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxawVMQ02dc
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Spinz posted:I'm so old I used to watch this show called Solid Gold where they would play snippets of popular rock songs, maybe a countdown? Yeah, Solid Gold was fun. The hosts name was Denny Terrio or something like that. Haven’t thought about that show in a long time. I think most tv performances back then were lip synched. It was so obvious but happened all the time.
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Snowy posted:Yeah, Solid Gold was fun. The hosts name was Denny Terrio or something like that. Haven’t thought about that show in a long time. Denny Terrio hosted Dance Fever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dyhvwcmsc Solid Gold had a few hosts like Dionne Warwick, Rick Dees, Andy Gibb, even Arsenio Hall.
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Bonzo posted:God I miss Letterman.  Neil PeartI'm grateful I got to see Rush perform a couple of times before Neil Peart passed.
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I had a lot of thoughts about the Solid Gold Dancers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qcvEpXUNGY
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anyone have the video where a guy on….colbert? not sure, the musical guest completely fails at playing the saxophone or trumpet or something
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Everyone loves Mike Patton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1oQglI7WHc Also i loving hate jjmmy kimmel but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOGbThNqMKg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92CUxxyoVCs free heal car on Craig Ferguson
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Thanks for reminding me of some good songs and showing me some good live performances. I really like the violent femmes live. So much energy from the drummer and so chill from the lead
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pencilhands posted:anyone have the video where a guy on….colbert? not sure, the musical guest completely fails at playing the saxophone or trumpet or something Was it from when H. Jon Benjamin released a jazz album of him not knowing any instruments?
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Pff posted:Was it from when H. Jon Benjamin released a jazz album of him not knowing any instruments? no idea
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It's 1:20 in the morning, I have to be up in about four hours to get ready for school, and I'm watching They Might Be Giants on Conan, again, while drinking Surge and eating Blockbuster popcorn. My life will not improve much beyond this.
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Keyboard noodling out to commercial....
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redshirt posted:Dream gig of playing in the Paul Schaffer Late Night band. Apparently Paul finds Hail Hail to be basically the perfect song and they would always play it during the commercial breaks for years and years
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