Several weeks prior to this performance my girlfriend and I went to the old RCKNDY music venue in Portland, Oregon to see Soul Asylum with the Lemonheads and the Jayhawks. My girlfriend was all giddy about seeing Evan Dando perform. When we got there the Jayhawks were already onstage and we made a beeline for the beer garden. While I was waiting to place an order she tapped me on the shoulder with some urgency and whispered very loudly in my ear: “Oh, my God! He’s right behind us!” Sure enough, standing at the edge of the beer garden with a brew in one hand and a cigarette in the other was Evan Dando. He was bopping his head to the music with the loopiest grin on his face and as Jehovah is my witness, wearing the same outfit that he wore on Letterman- complete with that brightly-colored faux-fur parka. She even bummed a smoke off of him which he gladly gave up and continued grooving to the Jayhawks. Later on the Lemonheads tore up the stage with a stellar performance that help set the tone for Soul Asylum. True story. Honest.
@@gar137 I ran away to Hollywood in 96 when I was 16. I used to see pat smear walking along sunset Blvd all the time with his gf. Would say hi pat and he always smiled and said hi back. Once I was deep down Melrose waking one night at like 4am and saw Beck with a back pack on walking with a friend. Didn't say shit. Hollywood was weird back then. Had lots of weird encounters with men trying to hook up with me. The weirdest encounter was I was waking by Tower records and this well dressed guy got locked out of his car and I helped him get into it with a coat hanger. For some reason I ended up at his house and he was in the music business and told me how Kurt Cobain was bi and had seen him giving a guy head. Thank God I ended up just hanging out and he drove me home in one piece. On a lighter note I used to give this homeless guy who I would see all over West Hollywood money to buy me porn magazines.
Rosanne youre a fucking hollywood legend my friend. What a cool ass story!! You ever thought about telling em and uploading the stories to RUclips? Id sure subscribe haha
This is my all-time favourite version! What a great time in music ‘92 was. Letterman had all the best bands on weekly. I saw Nirvana in Melbourne Australia in January ‘92 and for me that was where it all began.
"Right before music got really bad and the internet." Yet here we are viewing it on the internet watching it. And thanks to You Tube we can again see great stuff like this. But yeah, Matterhune, I'll agree that most modern stuff is disposable cr@p. My now 75-year-old father calls the 1990s "The last great era of music" (secretly he liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.) Some good bands emerged in the early 2000s: White Stripes, early Coldplay, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, etc. But much of today's stuff makes atrocities like "We Built This City", "Disco Duck", "Escape, the Pina Colada Song", "Kokomo", "Don't Worry, Be Happy", and "We Didn't Start the Fire" seem downright tolerable.
The test of time. This song endures. One of the best since the birth of rock and roll. And I'm so old my first rock song I ever heard was I Want to Hold Your Hand. The first thing on the radio that got my attention was Hey Jude, in 1968. Dando is fiercely underrated.
how many acoustic guitars does one song need? apparently 1, 2, 3 and then the additional electric rhythm, so . . . many. many, many, MANY acoustic guitars all doing the same part. I can imagine the sound mixer just going "What. How many you want? Three? Three big-body acoustic guitars . . . all doing the same part? And where do you suggest I place these guitars in the mix? Just everywhere? Check. Gotcha. It'll be great." moderation and musical temperance -- not something the early '90s were famous for. probably beats Cyndi Lauper, though. (though not if she's doing _Time After Time,_ that song fucking rules, man!!)
I wanna time travel back to the summer of my youth- all the mystery's and the adventures ahead- and nothing in between but a fools lust for living an entire life in just one moment
One friend knew some girls from a town over, we went and picked them up. Another friend had a brother in college radio and put in a tape. First song was the first time any of us heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. We drove around, 3 guys and 3 girls in my big Olds and listened to the song over and over all night and life was never the same again.
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100% ...he is so underrated...and in terms of writing perfect pop rock that has a soul...he was on a par with Kurt Cobain during this era, but overlooked in terms of his original songs
It’s a Shame About Ray Lyrics I've never been too good with names The cellar door was open, I could never stay away I know it's probably not my place It's either-or, I'm hoping for a simple way of saying It's a shame about Ray In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved Some things need to go away It's a shame about Ray (Put it away) If I make it through today I'll know tomorrow, not to leave my feelings out on display I'll put the cobwebs back in place I've never been too good with names, but I remember faces It's a shame about Ray In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved Some things need to go away (shame, shame) It's a shame about Ray (Put it away) Source: Musixmatch
Im here because i too am curious about the intro of the song Alapaap by Eraserheads..it really sounded the same..oh man..pinagtagpi tagpi nga nila pagka compose ng song taken from different songs..what the...anyhow, how i wish noon ko pa nalaman..but they are still one of my favorite filipino rock band. Cheers
She is married to Paul Simon who wrote Ms. Robinson, so kind of teasing him by eluding his wife is a great/better song writer. Plus Evan really respects female singer/songwriters.
I had this song on a constant loop when it came out and it is still in my top 10 favorites. Evan was in top form vocally in this performance and it's the best live version I've seen on RUclips. The only downside is Paul Shaffer and the band ruined the moment when they tried to sing "Raaaaaaaaaay" between verses. They sounded like a bunch of kids going through puberty.
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Dang! Evan's voice! Born with a gift.
One of the most perfect and beautiful albums of all time.
These chords were quickly ripped by Dave Grohl and Courtney Love with Learn to Fly and Awful
Frankly, this is one of the best songs ever and this live performance is truly and plainly amazing.
Frankly one of the best power pop albums of all time
Well said
Several weeks prior to this performance my girlfriend and I went to the old RCKNDY music venue in Portland, Oregon to see Soul Asylum with the Lemonheads and the Jayhawks. My girlfriend was all giddy about seeing Evan Dando perform. When we got there the Jayhawks were already onstage and we made a beeline for the beer garden. While I was waiting to place an order she tapped me on the shoulder with some urgency and whispered very loudly in my ear: “Oh, my God! He’s right behind us!” Sure enough, standing at the edge of the beer garden with a brew in one hand and a cigarette in the other was Evan Dando. He was bopping his head to the music with the loopiest grin on his face and as Jehovah is my witness, wearing the same outfit that he wore on Letterman- complete with that brightly-colored faux-fur parka. She even bummed a smoke off of him which he gladly gave up and continued grooving to the Jayhawks. Later on the Lemonheads tore up the stage with a stellar performance that help set the tone for Soul Asylum. True story. Honest.
Did He behave himself, as 'The SHADOWS' were There Too and we need to be Human and Friendly...
😂
Thanks for that little glimpse of your life
@@RoseanneSeason7 it’s all I have left in this world. That and the time I saw Tony Randall at an airport.
@@gar137 I ran away to Hollywood in 96 when I was 16. I used to see pat smear walking along sunset Blvd all the time with his gf. Would say hi pat and he always smiled and said hi back. Once I was deep down Melrose waking one night at like 4am and saw Beck with a back pack on walking with a friend. Didn't say shit. Hollywood was weird back then. Had lots of weird encounters with men trying to hook up with me. The weirdest encounter was I was waking by Tower records and this well dressed guy got locked out of his car and I helped him get into it with a coat hanger. For some reason I ended up at his house and he was in the music business and told me how Kurt Cobain was bi and had seen him giving a guy head. Thank God I ended up just hanging out and he drove me home in one piece. On a lighter note I used to give this homeless guy who I would see all over West Hollywood money to buy me porn magazines.
Rosanne youre a fucking hollywood legend my friend. What a cool ass story!! You ever thought about telling em and uploading the stories to RUclips? Id sure subscribe haha
“You’re just the one to give it to me”
definitely in the top 10 performances on the geek's show.
Dave had THE best music, bands you rarely got to see on tv then.
David Letterman and Evan Dando equal comedy gold!
This is my all-time favourite version! What a great time in music ‘92 was. Letterman had all the best bands on weekly. I saw Nirvana in Melbourne Australia in January ‘92 and for me that was where it all began.
This was such an incredible time to be alive. Right before music got really bad and the internet. The end of an era. Letterman was the best.
lol
1990-1995 was the best era of music...
@@hazysativa3045 A great era, I'll agree. I was born in '77 so I grew up on this stuff.
I think I worked with his dad at a law firm in the 80s in Boston.
"Right before music got really bad and the internet." Yet here we are viewing it on the internet watching it. And thanks to You Tube we can again see great stuff like this. But yeah, Matterhune, I'll agree that most modern stuff is disposable cr@p. My now 75-year-old father calls the 1990s "The last great era of music" (secretly he liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.) Some good bands emerged in the early 2000s: White Stripes, early Coldplay, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, etc.
But much of today's stuff makes atrocities like "We Built This City", "Disco Duck", "Escape, the Pina Colada Song", "Kokomo", "Don't Worry, Be Happy", and "We Didn't Start the Fire" seem downright tolerable.
The test of time. This song endures. One of the best since the birth of rock and roll. And I'm so old my first rock song I ever heard was I Want to Hold Your Hand. The first thing on the radio that got my attention was Hey Jude, in 1968. Dando is fiercely underrated.
Agreed.. Hes got loadsa little "beatles-y" sounding chord progressions...he's got a hell of a way with melody.
His phrasing and how he can subtly change a melody is so interesting.
that whole album was great... bit part , rudderless....
Great performance, cool harmonies with vocals and guitars, lots of nice nuances for a live performance.
Awesome Love Classic Late night & Paul Schaeffer was playing guitar even.
im already 47years old but im still listening to the lemonheads song..❤❤❤great cool band.
I'm 71 and still listening to them. Great songs are timeless.
I’m 46. I would have been about 16 / 17 when this song came out. Takes me back to a more carefree time
@@charleswhite9242 47 y/o here and I feel the same way.
45 years old here and they are playing locally this month
December 92 ? second year at the university. what i would do to revisit December 92
Me, too! I was seven. Great times😂
Same with me, second year at University in 1992. If I only knew then what I know now.
how many acoustic guitars does one song need?
apparently 1, 2, 3 and then the additional electric rhythm, so . . . many. many, many, MANY acoustic guitars all doing the same part.
I can imagine the sound mixer just going "What. How many you want? Three? Three big-body acoustic guitars . . . all doing the same part? And where do you suggest I place these guitars in the mix? Just everywhere? Check. Gotcha. It'll be great."
moderation and musical temperance -- not something the early '90s were famous for. probably beats Cyndi Lauper, though.
(though not if she's doing _Time After Time,_ that song fucking rules, man!!)
even Paul playing guitar.
If you think they are all doing the same part, please get your ears checked.
I wanna time travel back to the summer of my youth- all the mystery's and the adventures ahead- and nothing in between but a fools lust for living an entire life in just one moment
Dando is a stoned out fool! Love it.
Always
I think I worked with his father at a law firm in the 80s in Boston.
Back in the days, when i was young
I'm not a kid anymore
But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
Why? Do you have regrets?
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji no do YOU
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji no, do YOU
@@leslierobertson1823 too many
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji Amen to that!
Nice request Dave
Proto Grunge. We all miss you, Ray.
I bet this would have been a cool era to grow up in.
It was magical. I lived it as a kid
Amazing era. But I am biased.
@@davidmoss9461 me too.Saw these guys live.
One friend knew some girls from a town over, we went and picked them up. Another friend had a brother in college radio and put in a tape. First song was the first time any of us heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. We drove around, 3 guys and 3 girls in my big Olds and listened to the song over and over all night and life was never the same again.
@@namtilal great memories CB. I remember Nirvana came to my town and I didn`t go. I wish I did.
Criminally underrated band from the 90's.... two seminal albums It's A Same About Ray and Come On Feel the Lemonheads
Seems like yesterday
Always an interesting moment when you get on Letterman but your drummer and guitarist aren't needed. 😬
3:52 mosquitos at my terrace in the evening
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great banter tbh
Evan was clearly a teenage fan club fan when he write this
Evan was blessed with a great smooth voice - one of the best of his generation.
100% ...he is so underrated...and in terms of writing perfect pop rock that has a soul...he was on a par with Kurt Cobain during this era, but overlooked in terms of his original songs
such a great performance. i love how he really belts it in the chorus
I just saw The Lemonheads last week and it ruled.
Was Paul Schaffer and the band contractually obligated to perform with every artist that appeared?
If the full band was not appearing
always found it very cool & satisfying that ED wore an Eastern Dark t shirt ..
It’s a Shame About Ray
Lyrics
I've never been too good with names
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away
I know it's probably not my place
It's either-or, I'm hoping for a simple way of saying
It's a shame about Ray
In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved
Some things need to go away
It's a shame about Ray
(Put it away)
If I make it through today
I'll know tomorrow, not to leave my feelings out on display
I'll put the cobwebs back in place
I've never been too good with names, but I remember faces
It's a shame about Ray
In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved
Some things need to go away (shame, shame)
It's a shame about Ray
(Put it away)
Source: Musixmatch
This make me so happy. 💓
LOVE THIS SONG🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🎙 The GROG SHOP COVENTRY, IN CLEVELAND 🎙
"some things need to go away..."
Im here because i too am curious about the intro of the song Alapaap by Eraserheads..it really sounded the same..oh man..pinagtagpi tagpi nga nila pagka compose ng song taken from different songs..what the...anyhow, how i wish noon ko pa nalaman..but they are still one of my favorite filipino rock band. Cheers
Dave was kinda D to Evan
great magician's hoodie too tbh
A video EXACTLY for me!
does anyone know what evan's reference to to edie brickell is about?
She is married to Paul Simon who wrote Ms. Robinson, so kind of teasing him by eluding his wife is a great/better song writer. Plus Evan really respects female singer/songwriters.
@@emmagarrard4841 Sounds like a feminist spin
Killer song
Letterman was the goat
December 1992
Cool band
That performance is absolutely amazing!!
I had this song on a constant loop when it came out and it is still in my top 10 favorites. Evan was in top form vocally in this performance and it's the best live version I've seen on RUclips. The only downside is Paul Shaffer and the band ruined the moment when they tried to sing "Raaaaaaaaaay" between verses. They sounded like a bunch of kids going through puberty.
They were dragging it out intentionally... even Evan was singing it that way. It's art.
The SOUND MIX is PERFECT!
Superb selection❗❣
My all time favorite band that has heads on their name.
It’s a shame about Evan
It is a shame about Ray. Sad stuff
Is that Tom Petty on guitarr...?
Joe Walsh Jr
That’s Will Lee. He was a long term member of Letterman’s house band.
Omg yes
Amazing!!!
🌹
I don't love when singers perform songs that are popular, that they have to sing harmony, or a half step up.
enjoy my band on this channel
Singing in tune is optional? What an embarrassment.
He jammed the song proper .. no one cares about your Simon Cowel remark ...
Trustfund indie. Glad they failed