Not Jerry Lewis, my friend. That was Casey Kasem, the guy that did the “American Top 40” radio show for 20+ years. But you’re right about it being surprising- I would think he’d never heard of X.
@@michaelbruns449 It is super weird, especially with those sparkly drapes behind them. Seems incredibly dated now. The other thing that gets me is that X played lots of small shows even though they were already famous. I saw them at Great America, a Santa Clara University lounge, and other small venues just a year or two after this. Every show was great!
@@donnasfix-it3861I would say that while X was famous, outside of a few pockets they were never big. I think the biggest hit they had was Breathless, I got a little bit of AirPlay here and there but not enough to really crack into what I would call public consciousness. In some ways they were a lot like The Blasters, a band with a great core following but never that popular. And of course members of the two bands formed another band called The Knitters. I would bet most people have never even heard of that arrangement. I was talking about Dave Alvin once, and a friend of mine said I didn't know there was a chipmunk named Dave I thought that was the human in the group.
@AldousHuxleysCat I actually saw The Knitters! The backroom at McCabe's Guitar in Santa Monica. Maybe 100 people and we sat on folding chairs. It was awesome!
My folks watched the MDA telethon every year..... I remember this vividly, I couldn't wait until X came on. I remember my folks looking at me afterward, they were country folk and they just didn't get it at all. 😄
I have been waiting for years to get a glimpse of this. I have seen backstage photos of the band at this event but never actual footage. I am very touched and I am very thankful that you all put this up on YT for the world. X cares. X makes a difference. And so can others, if we try. Im crying. I am so happy to see this. God bless.
Best guitar player ever. He has some of the best guitar runs and solos ever recorded on More Fun In The New World. He doesn't get credit for being as good as he is.
Incongruous is an understatement. This was back in tbe day when the MDA Telethon was still televised over the 3 day Labor Day weekend. Can only wonder when X went on; looks like in the wee hours from the shots of early morning(?) Vegas.
He waits in a beach apartment Blue spark thousands Of lights thousands Of people she's forgotten Him for the bodies around her blue shock, Exchange blue shock, Exchange blue spark what goes Between the eyes downtown Blue spark loudspeakers And search lights the boulevard She comes home later just To give him blue spark
Wow! Saw these guys on this tour in Omaha Nebraska….sweet 16 summer and my mind was blown! Didn’t know then that John & Exene were Slavic like me….felt a connection tho’!
I used to watch the MBA telethon every single year and somehow I missed this. However, I first caught X on the Rock & Roll gameshow "The Poppin' Rocker" hosted by Jon "Bowzer" Bauman in 1984, was blown away, and became an X fan right away, buying *More Fun In The New World* which I loved, *Wild Gift* which I didn't, and *Under The Big Black Sun* which I liked (and LOVED "The Hungry Wolf"). Again, I don't know how I missed this performance, but it's obviously great.
It's funny how this incredible band could rope people in in such different ways... Wild Gift was the first X album I heard and I instantly fell in love with it, and while I liked the More Fun record as well, its successor never really did much for me outside of "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts"... still one of the best X songs in my book!
Actually, Jerry Lewis was a true gentleman to us all, there. Very interested in learning how to introduce them, and happily appreciative of their support of his cause.
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Jerry Lewis introducing X, like that in itself is friggin mind blowing, like another dimension.
Not Jerry Lewis, my friend. That was Casey Kasem, the guy that did the “American Top 40” radio show for 20+ years. But you’re right about it being surprising- I would think he’d never heard of X.
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Jerry's standing next to Casey so he is there during the introduction and he does actually verbally introduce them.
@@michaelbruns449 It is super weird, especially with those sparkly drapes behind them. Seems incredibly dated now. The other thing that gets me is that X played lots of small shows even though they were already famous. I saw them at Great America, a Santa Clara University lounge, and other small venues just a year or two after this. Every show was great!
@@donnasfix-it3861I would say that while X was famous, outside of a few pockets they were never big. I think the biggest hit they had was Breathless, I got a little bit of AirPlay here and there but not enough to really crack into what I would call public consciousness. In some ways they were a lot like The Blasters, a band with a great core following but never that popular. And of course members of the two bands formed another band called The Knitters. I would bet most people have never even heard of that arrangement. I was talking about Dave Alvin once, and a friend of mine said I didn't know there was a chipmunk named Dave I thought that was the human in the group.
@AldousHuxleysCat I actually saw The Knitters! The backroom at McCabe's Guitar in Santa Monica. Maybe 100 people and we sat on folding chairs. It was awesome!
As a 12-year-old at the time, watching the telethon late in the early morning hours, this mesmerized me and made me immediately follow the band.
I was about 14 years old the first time i saw X in concert I'm 56 now , still see them live when i can still my favorite X❤
my first punk album ,still love playing it
Me too, on both counts.
I knew Exene in Florida when we were kids. So proud of her accomplishments.
My folks watched the MDA telethon every year..... I remember this vividly, I couldn't wait until X came on. I remember my folks looking at me afterward, they were country folk and they just didn't get it at all. 😄
I have been waiting for years to get a glimpse of this. I have seen backstage photos of the band at this event but never actual footage. I am very touched and I am very thankful that you all put this up on YT for the world. X cares. X makes a difference. And so can others, if we try. Im crying. I am so happy to see this. God bless.
I just found this. Like you I have been looking for.
One of my favorite X songs!
I’m IMPRESSED Jerry let them do the Telethon lol
He was a big X fan.
@@jamesgretsch4894 He liked X more than he liked Gary Lewis & the Playboys!😅
@@jamesgretsch4894 was he really? Ive always wondered how he felt about this.
Wow! I had no idea that X was on the Jerry Lewis telethon back then. Under the Big Black Sun indeed.
Amazing version. God bless Jerry.
All outstanding talented and all underrated
Me and Heather Oleson long beach 1985 . . . Best goddamn years of my life.
love billy zoom's guitar zooms
Best guitar player ever. He has some of the best guitar runs and solos ever recorded on More Fun In The New World. He doesn't get credit for being as good as he is.
This is seriously too damn good
X are the greatest. This is beautiful. And I like how the album cut is playing but theyre actually singing. And Exene is just the best ever.
What a fantastic underrated Band ..love this Punk Harmony!!Thanks !
What a great song from a great band!
Incongruous is an understatement. This was back in tbe day when the MDA Telethon was still televised over the 3 day Labor Day weekend. Can only wonder when X went on; looks like in the wee hours from the shots of early morning(?) Vegas.
That's probably why I missed it.
vivaX
They are Eternal 💗🌹
He waits in a beach apartment
Blue spark thousands
Of lights thousands
Of people she's forgotten
Him for the bodies around her blue shock,
Exchange blue shock,
Exchange blue spark what goes
Between the eyes downtown
Blue spark loudspeakers
And search lights the boulevard
She comes home later just
To give him blue spark
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The Smiling guitarist
I'm calling in with $25! Awesome.
Tax deductible?
@@indiglo1971 But of course
Been watching them live since the 80s. Just saw them this past Saturday in Highland, CA. THEY STILL ROCK!!!
This is the song that turned me on to X. Couldn't wait to get home and do a proper youtube investigation.
They always seemed to be on the brink of a mainstream breakthrough but it never quite happened.
Exactly. Even with Ray Manzarek producing their first 4 albums!!!! 😳
Wow! Saw these guys on this tour in Omaha Nebraska….sweet 16 summer and my mind was blown! Didn’t know then that John & Exene were Slavic like me….felt a connection tho’!
OMG, can't believe Jerry Lewis is introducing X!
It's because he didn't. It was hokey Casey Kasem.
I was 20 when i bought this on cassette. FACK
Me too but it was in the 90's. 😂
I used to watch the MBA telethon every single year and somehow I missed this. However, I first caught X on the Rock & Roll gameshow "The Poppin' Rocker" hosted by Jon "Bowzer" Bauman in 1984, was blown away, and became an X fan right away, buying *More Fun In The New World* which I loved, *Wild Gift* which I didn't, and *Under The Big Black Sun* which I liked (and LOVED "The Hungry Wolf").
Again, I don't know how I missed this performance, but it's obviously great.
It's funny how this incredible band could rope people in in such different ways... Wild Gift was the first X album I heard and I instantly fell in love with it, and while I liked the More Fun record as well, its successor never really did much for me outside of "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts"... still one of the best X songs in my book!
As surreal as the (then notorious)Patti Smith being on that 70's kid's show.
Watching the Tony Hawk documentary, and then,"Hey, I know this tune!".
Jerry was an effing jerk.
X is sublime! The real soul behind MDA. !
Actually, Jerry Lewis was a true gentleman to us all, there. Very interested in learning how to introduce them, and happily appreciative of their support of his cause.
Peak X
Bizarroworld!
X was actually on the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon? Why am I finding out about this NOW?
Terribly disrespectful directing. But the mainstream exposure was amazing for the times. "X" always superb!
The stage lighting was terrible!
😍
How cool. I never knew they did this. Does anyone know what year?
1981 or '82. Under the Big Black Sun album..
Had no idea this existed! Yow! 😳
I grew up in the 80's and have never heard this song.
Casey Casem knew "one of the most important bands in America today"
X should have been huge. Jerry Lewis's head exploded.
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MDMA telethon
This is like when Husker Du played The Joan Rivers Show.
also when Today show did a 'where in the world is matt lauer" and hes in like Minneapolis. 88 maybe? 90?
They were so good they should have been called triple X or for the slower kids X and X and X
Wut
@@bobthebear1246 who?
That is tastey.
Still blows my mind Excene was married to Aragorn
Looks like someone forgot to switch their amp off "standby".
Wtf
Trump in 2024! Now that’s punk!
Punk is the complete antithesis of MAGA
@@bujindork maga is the complete antithesis to individuality and independence.