1. Cry Of The Vatos 0:00 2. Dead Man's Party 3:00 3. When The Lights Go Out 9:14 4. Dead Or Alive 12:58 5. Home Again 17:01 6. Skin 22:21 7. Glory Be 27:30 8. Cinderella Undercover 32:29 9. Help Me 36:52 10. Sweat 40:51 11. Out Of Control 45:43 12. Flesh'N Blood 49:50 13. Grey Matter 53:55 14. Long Breakdown 59:39 15. Good For Your Soul 1:04:00 16. Elevator Man 1:07:56 17. No One Lives Forever 1:12:32 18. We Close Our Eyes 1:16:51 19. Mama 1:20:20 20. Minnie The Moocher 1:25:30 21. Dream Somehow 1:29:12 22. Not My Slave 1:34:31 23. Stay 1:38:25 24. Who Do You Want To Be 1:42:11 25. Wild Sex 1:45:14 26. Try To Believe 1:49:13 27. Just Another Day + Encore 1:53:26 28. Gratitude 2:01:14 29. Private Life 2:06:20 30. Violent Love 2:09:27 31. No Spill Blood + 2nd Encore 2:11:45 32. You Really Got Me 2:19:00 33. Little Girls 2:23:41 34. Only A Lad 2:27:05 35. Goodbye Goodbye 2:31:13
Did the people who went to Boingo's concerts back then know that they were in the presence of greatness? I hope so. They were so frigging lucky to see them live. There's never been any other band like them, before or since. I can't even watch all of this in one sitting. It's too much awesome all at once. I have to lie down.
+What-If Machine I saw them live so many times I can't remember them all. First time was as a warm up band for The Tubes if I recall. Then many holloween and other concerts too. If I remember I was at this concert with my brother, but I'd have to go pull old ticket stubs. what do kids do now without ticket stubs to keep? lol
+What-If Machine - I was AT this show and saw them every concert each year they played. Didn't Miss a show, now even on crutches. That long hilly walk on cruches was alway worth it!!!! I still listen to them every day. I didn't find out about them until 81 for Only a Lad. I still mourn them.
Since my birthday is on Halloween, I went to a lot of Boingo concerts during my teenage years. It's amazing how Danny's voice degraded from this 1990 concert to the 1995 Farewell tour. I'm glad he went out on top, unlike so many rock singers who push it decades past their prime. My neighbor's grandson needed to do a report for his History of Rock class at the local community college. I told him to talk about Danny Elfman. A few days later he told me he got the only "A" in the entire class for that assignment!
@Romney Mcgruber Danny quit performing because of his hearing damage, not because of his job as film score composer. I've seen interviews where he stated that he loved doing both things and he couldn't see himself doing one thing without the other. Unfortunately he had to stop with the band and I think it was not that easy for him to do that. His work as film composer is absolutely brilliant. It's amazing how he can do such a difficult thing without any formal training. This is talent. Danny is a musical genius of our time.
I noted the vocal are good in this video. I attended earlier concerts where the earlier cocerts where the vocals may not have been as good. First concert was in 1983.
Goddamn... That is one hell of a ficking tight band. Keeping this up for two and a half hours.... I saw The Beatles back in 64, and they only played for 25 MINUTES!!!
Yes, they were absolutely incredible live. Played for a very long time every show I saw was >2 hours. Never missed a beat. I was lucky to see them several times in the late 80s and early 90s.
2 hours and 35 minutes...this is a hell of a concert, how many bands perform shows barely over an hour these days? What an awesome, tight band! Killer set list too!
Oingo Boingo was one of the most underrated bands of the ‘80s and in general. These guys had so much talent and it sucks people only knew Elfman and crew for Dead Man’s Party. They have so many great songs and albums. Also, they inspired another awesome band I enjoy, Mr. Bungle.
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 Everyone knows Dead Man’s Party also. I got into them because my dad had their CDs and he played me Only A Lad and Nothing To Fear.
@@BungleGrindClown The music sounds vaguely familiar like maybe I heard my uncle play it at my dad’s house or something when I was very little. My aunt happens to own one of their records (the one I took a picture of for my profile pic)
This might just have been one of Boingo's greatest concerts, not only because of the large supply of excellent songs and lengthy runtime, but because of the unique and fun visuals that accompany much of the performance. ~Fun fact: the animation that accompanies Elevator Man here, was done by the same artist who directed "Face Like a Frog" (which also features OB BG music), Sally Cruikshank.
This is one of my favourite taped Boingo concerts, a never ending set list with so many gems from across all their years (even one from their Mystic Knights years is played and it sounds great!) The band sounded exhausted in the records they made in the late 80s/1990 but you'd never know it live, they could always put on an amazing show. Elfman looks mesmerising performing here too, he claims to have never been a good performer and rarely talks about his Boingo years now, good thing these concerts were bootlegged to save the band's legacy
From 1980 till the farewell shows I went to every Halloween show all of them were in and around So-Cal. I was & still am one of there biggest fans. This was one of there longest and best ones.There greatest performance was New Years eve at Long Beach Arena,the opening band was the Untouchables who set the pace that night playing for over an hour like they where the headliner, right before midnight Boingo hit the stage & played for almost three hours, yes we got out close 3am it was the best show I've seen any band perform & I've been going to concerts since Kiss in the mid 70's.. They deserve more respect & should be in the hall of fame. Oingo Boingo for me where one of the best live acts ever they never gave less than 100% !!!! Halloween has never been the same since Danny Elfman had to retire. At least I get to show my 13 year old son these concerts on youtube and I would like to thank you all for posting them, great fun to put them on my big screen on Halloween and blast it for all the world to hear while handing out candy..LOL>>
Mike, If your still in the SoCal area you should check out the tribute band Dead Man's Party. While not Boingo, it is wonderful to at least hear the songs live again.
Thanks for info on Dead Mans Party,I'll look them up. AND YES THE 80's WHERE AWESOME!!! BEST DECADE OF MY LIFE SO FAR. I lived in Redondo Beach, started High School 1981. hit sunset blvd 1980 snuck into the Starwood to see X live and just feel in love with my new generation of sights and sounds on the sunset strip,same night I saw X I come out and this guy is handing out stickers for a new radio station called KROQ. The word lucky doesn't even cover it. still the same night I get invited to the 3 2 1 club by one of my friends older sister who bumps into me while trying to push through the crowd leaving the whiskey a go go down the strip. It was an amazing night until I got home at the crack of dawn and my parents where sitting up waiting for there almost 13 year old son.Lets just say Dad was real old school and I couldn't sit down for a week. LOL. I laugh now. Anybody says the 80's sucked thats there problem..they didn't live in my world. you could see Boingo for free at UCLA on a saturday night. same night after boingo go down pch to the strand and for the price of a movie today get in and see the Plimsouls live on stage then walk out and across the street there's the beach and pacific ocean at 3am..NOTHING SUCKS ON A NIGHT LIKE THAT.....
hsard YES THE 80's WHERE AWESOME!!! BEST DECADE OF MY LIFE SO FAR. I lived in Redondo Beach, started High School 1981. hit sunset blvd 1980 snuck into the Starwood to see X live and just feel in love with my new generation of sights and sounds on the sunset strip,same night I saw X I come out and this guy is handing out stickers for a new radio station called KROQ. The word lucky doesn't even cover it. still the same night I get invited to the 3 2 1 club by one of my friends older sister who bumps into me while trying to push through the crowd leaving the whiskey a go go down the strip. It was an amazing night until I got home at the crack of dawn and my parents where sitting up waiting for there almost 13 year old son.Lets just say Dad was real old school and I couldn't sit down for a week. LOL. I laugh now. Anybody says the 80's sucked thats there problem..they didn't live in my world. you could see Boingo for free at UCLA on a saturday night. same night after boingo go down pch to the strand and for the price of a movie today get in and see the Plimsouls live on stage then walk out and across the street there's the beach and pacific ocean at 3am..NOTHING SUCKS ON A NIGHT LIKE THAT.....
this video does not even come close to how great to showing they actually were live. the were so tight musically. it's really a drag because it would have been great to have "farewell" quality footage from throughout their career.
OINGO BOINGO!!!! OINGO BOINGO!!!!! OINGO BOINGO!!!! The best show till this day was their Halloween shows!!! I would go to all shows!!! Miss them!!! Long Live Boingo!!!!!
My mom and dad told me a story that when they were young, these guys in this band that just started, called the mystic knights of oingo boingo came into the bank to cash a check for their first tour, and because they had such a low balance the bank couldn’t give it to them. Years later…Danny Elfman is a gazillionaire…
I remember seeing this concert but the odd thing was reading the review in the Orange County Register . The reviewer mentioned that the concert was filmed . Well it’s nice to actually see it after decades . Thanks for the trip memory lane.
This time of year I always miss Boingo more than usual. They are the best concerts I have ever been to, and I have been to a lot. I was lucky enough to go to the last 4 farewell concerts. OINGO BOINGO FOREVER!
Newly arrived to LA in 1980, Spring of 81. Oingo Boingo and English Beat play a free concert at the commons area of UCLA. Big fan of both bands . Then again at the US Festival of 82.
If you really want to relive Boingo the way it should be, check out Oingo Boingo Dance Party. The guys are on fire! Including original members of Oingo Boingo, and some of THE best musicians I've ever heard. They still play around SoCal.
Ohmygod - Despina you are my hero! I'm from Pittsburgh PA, and my best friend who lives in Gardena got us tix for this - I remember it so well! I was 22 and we sat in peanut heaven, but it was warm out and I danced my heart out! Love love love this show!!!
I had just been thinking about how much I miss the annual Halloween concerts. This video is amazing - totally taking me back. I still have the T-shirt from this concert!
Every night I fall asleep to Danny's voice singing "We Close Our Eyes" & wake with him singing it - I never want it to end. I actually had my cell on my pillow connected to a speaker so the experience was more real. I LOVE him sooooo much!!!! #1 reason why I'm loosing my mind in need of a new cell - Danny Elfman!! Oh yeah, I was one of those lucky ones where he was playing at The Living Room in Providence here for $3 while they were making Weird Science in CA. He remembers EVERYONE!!!!
Man. I'm worn out just watching this! That was a truly kickass concert. They sounded fantastic. I'm supremely jealous of anyone who got to see these guys back in the day, but I'm glad this concert footage exists.
I remember this show really really well. It is the one concert out of thousands I remember almost every song during that time. I had everything back then. No money of course but everything I ever wanted.
Why won't they re-master and release these Oingo Boingo Halloween / TV shows and on Blu-Ray or DVD? I love the Farewell DVD but it has been out of print for years. Danny should release an Oingo Boingo box set with TV performances, the Farewell DVD and some unreleased songs / demos. :)
Yeah that would be so cool, but he's said in interviews that he thinks his Boingo days were really embarrassing and "bad". I respect his composing work, but Boingo was his best work.
While I agree about wanting video remasters, he didn't stay in Boingo cause it was giving him severe ear damage. He had already gotten some composing experience at the point he decided to quit, and the logical thing to do was move to scoring/composing because there wasn't necessarily that harsh, loud rock sound to make him go deaf there.
@@gravesbroderick Elfman never said his entire work with the band was "embarrassing." He was only referring to the "Weird Science" video, which the Huff Post then took out of context and used as a clickbait title for their video. They've been called out for the title many times and refuse to change it.
They have enough unreleased and rare songs that they could fill a multi-disc box set. Danny has said that no one has ever approached him to do it, though. Rhino Records should get on this...that's if the tapes even still exist. I think Universal owned most of their masters. :-/
Being old has some advantages, one Is seeing Boingo grow and change as a band. The early Ska and new wave to the grunge style banpd at the end. Even giving up the horns for a while. This is Oingo Boingo at their best.
The night I was there the El Toro Marine base was staging flights to Iraq and the fog rolled in at the beginning of the show! Such a surreal event! Meant even more because I had only been back from Panama for about 10 months and was on alert for the first Desert Shield!
The frenetic energy and tempi on their already punky-fast tunes is such a rush... i can feel my hair getting electrified like a current running over my skin--impassioned possession, in that way that only music can bring about... god i love Oingo Boingo. Elfman and Herrmann were my direct inspirations for studying film music when i got to college. Such lovely, quirky darkness :)
I had the pleasure of seeing this amazing band on the tour they did for the "Light at the End of the Tunnel" album, which I think is sadly overlooked, as I feel it is a great album. It was definitely a departure from their previous work. In any case, the show was a great experience, and only in retrospect do I realize it was a once-in-a-lifetime night. I still break out in a sweat just thinking about it. All of us were really Out Of Control.
Thanks so much for posting this. I was at this show and many other Halloween shows until the 1995 farewell. Watching these brings me right back to some of the best shows I ever went to.
My Ex lived in LA or NEAR LA back in the mid-90's and got to see their LAST CONCERT EVER On Halloween Night 1995! SHE was SO LUCK! She told me that a girl friend of hers got the tickets for FREE From some guy she knew who couldn't go. So she called {My NOW Ex} Marie and asked her if SHE would like to go! And Marie being a lover of most music said "Sure, Why Not? I don't really know who Oingo Boingo IS... but sure I'll go!" She said it was AMAZING and became a fan! SHE was SO DAMNED LUCKY!!! :D
I was at this concert 25 1/2 years ago. Re-watching it reminded me of some nuisances I'd forgotten, like the accordions during "We Close Our Eyes". Thanks so much for sharing this.
Watch John Avila KILL IT Playing BASS LINES on a KEYTAR!!! For YEARS I've said this COULD BE DONE... and HE PROVES IT!!! JUST AMAZING VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS That are MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT!!!
At least we have these to relive our memories, fuzzy as the videos are. They seem to really be having fun, too!. I know *I* did! (Danny's voice makes me weak in the knees, just so you know.) ;) Why oh why didn't Danny take off his shirt earlier?
This never take this down. I was 8 when I got my brother's copy of I Want To Make Violent Brother Love To You and wanted be a brother a film score writer wen I when I was 8. I went to every night of Halloween shows and still miss them.
This was a nice concert too. I was barely a year old when it was held and in other part of the world, so I couldn't have been there even if I had wanted to. :( The animations on the video sometimes fit the songs well, but sometimes they totally prevent you from seeing what's happening on the screen. I can forgive the poor picture quality because it's kind of nostalgic. And I like the Dia De Los Muertos theme and those skeleton stage decorations. :)
1:29:29 if I had to guess his theology lesson involved “Simulacra and Simulation” by Jean Baudrillard, the same book that inspired The Matrix. “Life is a Disneyland ride which is better still”
bro i can't believe they played minnie the moocher i'm going insane
SAME AAAAAAARGHHH
1. Cry Of The Vatos
0:00
2. Dead Man's Party
3:00
3. When The Lights Go Out
9:14
4. Dead Or Alive
12:58
5. Home Again
17:01
6. Skin
22:21
7. Glory Be
27:30
8. Cinderella Undercover
32:29
9. Help Me
36:52
10. Sweat
40:51
11. Out Of Control
45:43
12. Flesh'N Blood
49:50
13. Grey Matter
53:55
14. Long Breakdown
59:39
15. Good For Your Soul
1:04:00
16. Elevator Man
1:07:56
17. No One Lives Forever
1:12:32
18. We Close Our Eyes 1:16:51
19. Mama
1:20:20
20. Minnie The Moocher
1:25:30
21. Dream Somehow
1:29:12
22. Not My Slave
1:34:31
23. Stay
1:38:25
24. Who Do You Want To Be
1:42:11
25. Wild Sex
1:45:14
26. Try To Believe
1:49:13
27. Just Another Day + Encore
1:53:26
28. Gratitude
2:01:14
29. Private Life
2:06:20
30. Violent Love
2:09:27
31. No Spill Blood + 2nd Encore
2:11:45
32. You Really Got Me
2:19:00
33. Little Girls
2:23:41
34. Only A Lad
2:27:05
35. Goodbye Goodbye 2:31:13
Halloween shows were the best, I've caught a couple of em.
Great fun!!!
Thank you!
You're a prince for doing these track/time listings. Thank you!
Doing God's work!
Thank you! Now I can go back and listen to my favorite performances without having to memorize all the time listings. :)
Did the people who went to Boingo's concerts back then know that they were in the presence of greatness? I hope so. They were so frigging lucky to see them live. There's never been any other band like them, before or since.
I can't even watch all of this in one sitting. It's too much awesome all at once. I have to lie down.
What-If Machine Yes, we knew ;)
+What-If Machine I saw them live so many times I can't remember them all. First time was as a warm up band for The Tubes if I recall. Then many holloween and other concerts too. If I remember I was at this concert with my brother, but I'd have to go pull old ticket stubs. what do kids do now without ticket stubs to keep? lol
+What-If Machine - I was AT this show and saw them every concert each year they played. Didn't Miss a show, now even on crutches. That long hilly walk on cruches was alway worth it!!!! I still listen to them every day. I didn't find out about them until 81 for Only a Lad. I still mourn them.
+Fred Ubar We were probably were near each other and I agree about the tickecs
+What-If Machine We knew, and we saw them as frequently as possible.
Steve and John dancing during "No One Lives Forever" - priceless.
Since my birthday is on Halloween, I went to a lot of Boingo concerts during my teenage years. It's amazing how Danny's voice degraded from this 1990 concert to the 1995 Farewell tour. I'm glad he went out on top, unlike so many rock singers who push it decades past their prime. My neighbor's grandson needed to do a report for his History of Rock class at the local community college. I told him to talk about Danny Elfman. A few days later he told me he got the only "A" in the entire class for that assignment!
@Romney Mcgruber you must ne kidding mister jack and Charly and chocolate factory are jewels thanks to Elfman Tim Burton knows so well👬
@Romney Mcgruber Danny quit performing because of his hearing damage, not because of his job as film score composer. I've seen interviews where he stated that he loved doing both things and he couldn't see himself doing one thing without the other. Unfortunately he had to stop with the band and I think it was not that easy for him to do that.
His work as film composer is absolutely brilliant. It's amazing how he can do such a difficult thing without any formal training. This is talent. Danny is a musical genius of our time.
I noted the vocal are good in this video. I attended earlier concerts where the earlier cocerts where the vocals may not have been as good. First concert was in 1983.
you do know that Danny Elfman is still "on top" ? he does alot of movie sound tracks for all the Marvel movies and Tim Burton. Love you Mr. Elfman.
Goddamn... That is one hell of a ficking tight band. Keeping this up for two and a half hours.... I saw The Beatles back in 64, and they only played for 25 MINUTES!!!
Yes, they were absolutely incredible live. Played for a very long time every show I saw was >2 hours. Never missed a beat. I was lucky to see them several times in the late 80s and early 90s.
Well at least you saw the real biological Paul James cos since 66 he was replaced by Bill shepherd👥👾Danny sure could never ever be changed😄
Danny’s best line was always... As Long as You can Take it, we can dish it out. They’d play just as strong at the finish as the start.
A 35 song set list?! These guys are monsters! Such an awesome set.
2 hours and 35 minutes...this is a hell of a concert, how many bands perform shows barely over an hour these days? What an awesome, tight band! Killer set list too!
goddamn, what a setlist. I love how boingo always manages to pull out songs you'd never expect to see live
This version of Minnie The Moocher!! I can't believe they played it
I would spend over $100 for a full, high quality re-release of all these pro shot Halloween shows and the Farewell film. Make it happen Danny!
Oingo Boingo was one of the most underrated bands of the ‘80s and in general. These guys had so much talent and it sucks people only knew Elfman and crew for Dead Man’s Party. They have so many great songs and albums. Also, they inspired another awesome band I enjoy, Mr. Bungle.
Come on, Kurt Cobain had the album Only a Lad and almost covered one of their songs
@@Leo-gu5ml he did?
Nowadays the internet knows them only for Little Girls.
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 Everyone knows Dead Man’s Party also. I got into them because my dad had their CDs and he played me Only A Lad and Nothing To Fear.
@@BungleGrindClown The music sounds vaguely familiar like maybe I heard my uncle play it at my dad’s house or something when I was very little. My aunt happens to own one of their records (the one I took a picture of for my profile pic)
This might just have been one of Boingo's greatest concerts, not only because of the large supply of excellent songs and lengthy runtime, but because of the unique and fun visuals that accompany much of the performance. ~Fun fact: the animation that accompanies Elevator Man here, was done by the same artist who directed "Face Like a Frog" (which also features OB BG music), Sally Cruikshank.
This is one of my favourite taped Boingo concerts, a never ending set list with so many gems from across all their years (even one from their Mystic Knights years is played and it sounds great!) The band sounded exhausted in the records they made in the late 80s/1990 but you'd never know it live, they could always put on an amazing show. Elfman looks mesmerising performing here too, he claims to have never been a good performer and rarely talks about his Boingo years now, good thing these concerts were bootlegged to save the band's legacy
my old video guy turned me on to mystic knights. they made a movie. Danny Elfman has the voice of an angel.
From 1980 till the farewell shows I went to every Halloween show all of them were in and around So-Cal. I was & still am one of there biggest fans. This was one of there longest and best ones.There greatest performance was New Years eve at Long Beach Arena,the opening band was the Untouchables who set the pace that night playing for over an hour like they where the headliner, right before midnight Boingo hit the stage & played for almost three hours, yes we got out close 3am it was the best show I've seen any band perform & I've been going to concerts since Kiss in the mid 70's.. They deserve more respect & should be in the hall of fame. Oingo Boingo for me where one of the best live acts ever they never gave less than 100% !!!! Halloween has never been the same since Danny Elfman had to retire. At least I get to show my 13 year old son these concerts on youtube and I would like to thank you all for posting them, great fun to put them on my big screen on Halloween and blast it for all the world to hear while handing out candy..LOL>>
Mike, If your still in the SoCal area you should check out the tribute band Dead Man's Party. While not Boingo, it is wonderful to at least hear the songs live again.
Wow, you are such a lucky guy!! Kudos to you, you must have had so much fun in those times.
Thanks for info on Dead Mans Party,I'll look them up. AND YES THE 80's WHERE AWESOME!!! BEST DECADE OF MY LIFE SO FAR. I lived in Redondo Beach, started High School 1981. hit sunset blvd 1980 snuck into the Starwood to see X live and just feel in love with my new generation of sights and sounds on the sunset strip,same night I saw X I come out and this guy is handing out stickers for a new radio station called KROQ. The word lucky doesn't even cover it. still the same night I get invited to the 3 2 1 club by one of my friends older sister who bumps into me while trying to push through the crowd leaving the whiskey a go go down the strip. It was an amazing night until I got home at the crack of dawn and my parents where sitting up waiting for there almost 13 year old son.Lets just say Dad was real old school and I couldn't sit down for a week. LOL. I laugh now. Anybody says the 80's sucked thats there problem..they didn't live in my world. you could see Boingo for free at UCLA on a saturday night. same night after boingo go down pch to the strand and for the price of a movie today get in and see the Plimsouls live on stage then walk out and across the street there's the beach and pacific ocean at 3am..NOTHING SUCKS ON A NIGHT LIKE THAT.....
hsard YES THE 80's WHERE AWESOME!!! BEST DECADE OF MY LIFE SO FAR. I lived in Redondo Beach, started High School 1981. hit sunset blvd 1980 snuck into the Starwood to see X live and just feel in love with my new generation of sights and sounds on the sunset strip,same night I saw X I come out and this guy is handing out stickers for a new radio station called KROQ. The word lucky doesn't even cover it. still the same night I get invited to the 3 2 1 club by one of my friends older sister who bumps into me while trying to push through the crowd leaving the whiskey a go go down the strip. It was an amazing night until I got home at the crack of dawn and my parents where sitting up waiting for there almost 13 year old son.Lets just say Dad was real old school and I couldn't sit down for a week. LOL. I laugh now. Anybody says the 80's sucked thats there problem..they didn't live in my world. you could see Boingo for free at UCLA on a saturday night. same night after boingo go down pch to the strand and for the price of a movie today get in and see the Plimsouls live on stage then walk out and across the street there's the beach and pacific ocean at 3am..NOTHING SUCKS ON A NIGHT LIKE THAT.....
Jess Goodrich Thanks for info on Dead Mans Party,I'll look them up.
39:10 for a GREAT bass solo!
Elfman/ Bartek /Ávila is the winner Trio⛪🗿⚓🙅😻🎸🎤🎵🎶🎷Rock on!🐴🐨💋💜🎹
this video does not even come close to how great to showing they actually were live. the were so tight musically. it's really a drag because it would have been great to have "farewell" quality footage from throughout their career.
Danny has amazing voice
Me and my Cousin, who is no longer with us went to this show. It was amazing! I can't believe someone was able to get it all on video. R.I.P. Mike.
Seriously, you have my respect. Your cuz too bud, getting old is hard.
My cousin, Mike Hernandez and I were there!
Rest in Peace, Cuz.
I saw them 7 times in the 80's and 1990. My favorite band of all time.
I saw them for the first time in 1990 when I was still a child. Saw them a few times after that. One of the coolest experiences of my life 👻
OINGO BOINGO!!!! OINGO BOINGO!!!!! OINGO BOINGO!!!! The best show till this day was their Halloween shows!!! I would go to all shows!!! Miss them!!! Long Live Boingo!!!!!
My mom and dad told me a story that when they were young, these guys in this band that just started, called the mystic knights of oingo boingo came into the bank to cash a check for their first tour, and because they had such a low balance the bank couldn’t give it to them. Years later…Danny Elfman is a gazillionaire…
I remember seeing this concert but the odd thing was reading the review in the Orange County Register . The reviewer mentioned that the concert was filmed . Well it’s nice to actually see it after decades . Thanks for the trip memory lane.
Danny Elfman - The only ginger with a soul lol
He is the sexiest ginger I've ever seen.
@Romney Mcgruber did you just call ob shite?
SOUTH PARK LMAO
@@janetpearson6467 aye he is
@@janetpearson6467 Yes he is
This time of year I always miss Boingo more than usual. They are the best concerts I have ever been to, and I have been to a lot. I was lucky enough to go to the last 4 farewell concerts. OINGO BOINGO FOREVER!
I F'King Love Danny Elfman...
Halloween, you know what that means...
Time to watch every single Oingo Boingo Halloween show 🎃
I love the live performance of "Mama," just killer!
Newly arrived to LA in 1980, Spring of 81. Oingo Boingo and English Beat play a free concert at the commons area of UCLA. Big fan of both bands . Then again at the US Festival of 82.
I was there. Amazing show. So blessed to be there.
If you really want to relive Boingo the way it should be, check out Oingo Boingo Dance Party. The guys are on fire! Including original members of Oingo Boingo, and some of THE best musicians I've ever heard. They still play around SoCal.
Highland804 🙌❤️
So Cals treasure. Thanks for sharing them with the rest of the world.
Ohmygod - Despina you are my hero! I'm from Pittsburgh PA, and my best friend who lives in Gardena got us tix for this - I remember it so well! I was 22 and we sat in peanut heaven, but it was warm out and I danced my heart out! Love love love this show!!!
Loved being at this show. Super stoked to find this on youtube! Thanks for the memories.
I had just been thinking about how much I miss the annual Halloween concerts. This video is amazing - totally taking me back. I still have the T-shirt from this concert!
This was on my birthday!! When I was -6 years old!!
Every night I fall asleep to Danny's voice singing "We Close Our Eyes" & wake with him singing it - I never want it to end. I actually had my cell on my pillow connected to a speaker so the experience was more real. I LOVE him sooooo much!!!! #1 reason why I'm loosing my mind in need of a new cell - Danny Elfman!!
Oh yeah, I was one of those lucky ones where he was playing at The Living Room in Providence here for $3 while they were making Weird Science in CA. He remembers EVERYONE!!!!
Man. I'm worn out just watching this! That was a truly kickass concert. They sounded fantastic. I'm supremely jealous of anyone who got to see these guys back in the day, but I'm glad this concert footage exists.
I was there...and it was a damn good show, as usual.
Erin O'Neil my friend, I was there as well. One of the BEST concerts I have ever been to!
I was there too, I flew to LA to see the show from Tokyo...
the way is he serving 🙇♀️
Despina, I have not had any RUclips heroes.... Until now! Thank you for posting these, they are the source of much joy.
I remember this show really really well. It is the one concert out of thousands I remember almost every song during that time. I had everything back then. No money of course but everything I ever wanted.
Why won't they re-master and release these Oingo Boingo Halloween / TV shows and on Blu-Ray or DVD? I love the Farewell DVD but it has been out of print for years. Danny should release an Oingo Boingo box set with TV performances, the Farewell DVD and some unreleased songs / demos. :)
Yeah that would be so cool, but he's said in interviews that he thinks his Boingo days were really embarrassing and "bad". I respect his composing work, but Boingo was his best work.
While I agree about wanting video remasters, he didn't stay in Boingo cause it was giving him severe ear damage. He had already gotten some composing experience at the point he decided to quit, and the logical thing to do was move to scoring/composing because there wasn't necessarily that harsh, loud rock sound to make him go deaf there.
@@gravesbroderick Elfman never said his entire work with the band was "embarrassing." He was only referring to the "Weird Science" video, which the Huff Post then took out of context and used as a clickbait title for their video. They've been called out for the title many times and refuse to change it.
They have enough unreleased and rare songs that they could fill a multi-disc box set. Danny has said that no one has ever approached him to do it, though. Rhino Records should get on this...that's if the tapes even still exist. I think Universal owned most of their masters. :-/
Graves Broderick he never said that. He said some of his songs were, not the band.
Being old has some advantages, one
Is seeing Boingo grow and change as a band. The early Ska and new wave to the grunge style banpd at the end. Even giving up the horns for a while. This is Oingo Boingo at their best.
2:33:07 Security rips a man off stage and the band keeps going!
The night I was there the El Toro Marine base was staging flights to Iraq and the fog rolled in at the beginning of the show! Such a surreal event! Meant even more because I had only been back from Panama for about 10 months and was on alert for the first Desert Shield!
The frenetic energy and tempi on their already punky-fast tunes is such a rush... i can feel my hair getting electrified like a current running over my skin--impassioned possession, in that way that only music can bring about... god i love Oingo Boingo. Elfman and Herrmann were my direct inspirations for studying film music when i got to college. Such lovely, quirky darkness :)
I had the pleasure of seeing this amazing band on the tour they did for the "Light at the End of the Tunnel" album, which I think is sadly overlooked, as I feel it is a great album. It was definitely a departure from their previous work. In any case, the show was a great experience, and only in retrospect do I realize it was a once-in-a-lifetime night. I still break out in a sweat just thinking about it. All of us were really Out Of Control.
Thanks so much for posting this. I was at this show and many other Halloween shows until the 1995 farewell. Watching these brings me right back to some of the best shows I ever went to.
Dammit how I MISS THIS BAND.
He's so Hot 😍😍
Steve Bartek is so sexy too isn t he?💪👱👨😘😺
@@sandyotelli8886 not really nah
Ikr? The way he handles that bass...
danny 😍
SO are YOU Ariandne! :)
1:09:45 is an invitation I would never turn down. He can be my Daddy any day 😘
I was at one of these shows this same weekend! AWESOME! I MISS BOINGO
Brilliant, I sure wish they would get back together, This will have to do, I was fortunate enough to see them once in Boston, Great Show.
What a great show. They were the best! So glad we still have this stuff to watch and relive the memories.
I was there - it was awesome
Me and my cousin Mike Hernandez were at this concert!
R.I.P. Cuz.
So sorry for your cuz. I miss this band, and if you love them like I do, then I pray for you and your cuz. Much Iove my friend.
Using the Roblox death sound in the opening of cry of the vatos, a band truly ahead of their time
My Ex lived in LA or NEAR LA back in the mid-90's and got to see their LAST CONCERT EVER On Halloween Night 1995! SHE was SO LUCK!
She told me that a girl friend of hers got the tickets for FREE From some guy she knew who couldn't go. So she called {My NOW Ex} Marie and asked her if SHE would like to go! And Marie being a lover of most music said "Sure, Why Not? I don't really know who Oingo Boingo IS... but sure I'll go!" She said it was AMAZING and became a fan!
SHE was SO DAMNED LUCKY!!! :D
I was at this concert 25 1/2 years ago. Re-watching it reminded me of some nuisances I'd forgotten, like the accordions during "We Close Our Eyes". Thanks so much for sharing this.
Randall Lewis I think you may have meant "nuances".
Maybe he didn't like them and it was a distraction, thus a nuisance? ;) I'm with nuance though.
I was there too.....with all my buddies from McDonnell Douglas Aircraft....miss those days!
This was my first concert but I saw it a few days before Halloween 👻💙
they need to come back I didn't miss a concert they had in southern California. there isn't anyone like them.. AWESOME
Watch John Avila KILL IT Playing BASS LINES on a KEYTAR!!! For YEARS I've said this COULD BE DONE... and HE PROVES IT!!!
JUST AMAZING VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS That are MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT!!!
Love it 😍 it looks awesome
This is amazing!! This was one of the shows that I was at! So miss them....
I love this live performance. 💞
I love number 5: home again my favorite song!
an oingo boingo concert from 1990 with vhs tracking issues in 240p. exactly as was intended.
Went to this show. Great times
I was there :-)
I only have my own stupidity to blame for not being aware of this and missing seeing them live when I lived in Los Angeles 1989-1991.
best band ever
Bridget lucky lady you married Dany 😄👍💜😻
1:08:00 - Elevator Man
oh lord
At least we have these to relive our memories, fuzzy as the videos are. They seem to really be having fun, too!. I know *I* did! (Danny's voice makes me weak in the knees, just so you know.) ;) Why oh why didn't Danny take off his shirt earlier?
Nice profile picture
Gray Fox Thanks! Met him on Halloween last year.
(Met him again a few weeks later at another thing, too.) That's where this one is from.
About the shirt---he was apparently saving the best for last! It was worth the wait. 💪💘
1:34:34 - Not My Slave
🙆💜👍Try to believe buddy try Dany try.😉😍
Halloween shows were epic
This never take this down. I was 8 when I got my brother's copy of I Want To Make Violent Brother Love To You and wanted be a brother a film score writer wen I when I was 8. I went to every night of Halloween shows and still miss them.
Then they break up 5 years later!! So much for that!!!
I'm so putting this on my ipod XD
I'M GETTING SCARED
This was a nice concert too. I was barely a year old when it was held and in other part of the world, so I couldn't have been there even if I had wanted to. :( The animations on the video sometimes fit the songs well, but sometimes they totally prevent you from seeing what's happening on the screen. I can forgive the poor picture quality because it's kind of nostalgic. And I like the Dia De Los Muertos theme and those skeleton stage decorations. :)
thank you
I was at that Show!
Thank you.
1:29:29 if I had to guess his theology lesson involved “Simulacra and Simulation” by Jean Baudrillard, the same book that inspired The Matrix.
“Life is a Disneyland ride which is better still”
SO UP!!! 😍 Tinja&Markku 💓
I feel old, because the nostalgia is killing me. Mumble rap just does not measure up. Boingo, we love and miss you;
Does anybody know who was doing the low vocals for grey matter?
It'll either be Avila or Sluggo
John Ávila is Fan-Tas-Tic!🙆😻👀👂💪💜👽😘⚓🐴
I was at this show!
I WAS THERE IRVINE MEADOWS
Went to every show in So Ca
1:29:29 2:33:00
Lo stesso anno in cui Danny Elfman compose la bellissima score di Edward Scissorhands
If John reads this... Vatos it’s me Lorrie!!!!
Holy crap, I forgot how good they used to be.
You should have included the time indexes so we can find the particular songs.
fucking epic. thanks