The name of the game is spelled with macrons to emulate Scandinavian letters with macrons over them (even if macrons are only used in hand-written text). The game was also the source of the name of the US punk rock band Hüsker Dü, replacing the macrons with umlauts (maybe inspired by other heavy metal umlauts).
Hūsker Dū? is a young children's memory game originally published in Sweden in the 1950s, which is still in print. Without macrons, the name means "Do you remember?" in Danish and Norwegian.
@hypersquared i dont think her staff had anything to do it - as joan had mentioned in the interview, they had just signed with warner bros records... this was a case of warner bros asking for (or collecting on) a favor from the show's producers. a major label is going to leverage their industry contacts to market you as best they can.. joan's staff probably did choose the two other guests "coming up next" on the show - an 85-yr-old marathon runner and actor ian mckellan...
Amazing. This performance could've happened 5 years later and no one would've batted an eye. But in 1987 this was a true rarity among all the Randy Rhoads impersonators.
that's what punk rock looked like before MTV got its mitts on it and turned it into another fashion horse! nothing is more punk rock than Greg's handlebar moustache and white sneakers amidst a sea of mohawks and shaved heads and leather biker jackets and doc martins
They should have done some tracks from LAND SPEED RECORD that would have killed the audience. Would have been nice if Joan got the title of the song right:)
Awww, Grant is cute. .. but Hüsker Dü isn't Danish. It's Norwegian and Swedish. Danish however, doesn't have umlauts. Weird they don't even know the language of their own band name. But this is a great clip. I'd wish there were some videos from their Zen Arcade or New Day Rising years.
This was recorded at Fox Studios, Hollywood, CA On 4/27/87 they also performed "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" after the interview segmant. Possibly the most cringe-worthy interviews ever! There seems to be a language barrier yet the two parties'primary language is English! Playing to a better medley ?!? Joan is the worst.
Such a great song, and such a rare chance to see them interviewed before they imploded
One of the best bands ever
eu procurava por isso durante anos Husker du gratto
I1m searching for that during long years
Thanks
That was pretty God damn fucking amazing.
My girlfriend has wanted to see this for about 20 years...thanks for posting it!
latest album, she's shows some vinyl. Priceless TV
geraldo rivera rockin' out!
Joan Rivers knew what was up.
It was up for a while, but got taken down for some reason.
husker du on joan rivers?? my world is now complete.
The name of the game is spelled with macrons to emulate Scandinavian letters with macrons over them (even if macrons are only used in hand-written text). The game was also the source of the name of the US punk rock band Hüsker Dü, replacing the macrons with umlauts (maybe inspired by other heavy metal umlauts).
Hūsker Dū? is a young children's memory game originally published in Sweden in the 1950s, which is still in print. Without macrons, the name means "Do you remember?" in Danish and Norwegian.
Wow - Bob Mould and Gandalf on the same show!
Chronologically the most important band after Led Zeppelin, along with R.E.M. Everything that came afterward in ROCK owes a debt to those 2 bands.
Fucking great. This is up there with Pere Ubu appearing on the Roland Rat Show.
killer...right up there with iggy & the stooges on the dinah shore show.
I seem to remember Joan had Public Enemy on at one point, too. Someone on her staff had taste.
@hypersquared i dont think her staff had anything to do it - as joan had mentioned in the interview, they had just signed with warner bros records... this was a case of warner bros asking for (or collecting on) a favor from the show's producers. a major label is going to leverage their industry contacts to market you as best they can.. joan's staff probably did choose the two other guests "coming up next" on the show - an 85-yr-old marathon runner and actor ian mckellan...
Amazing. This performance could've happened 5 years later and no one would've batted an eye. But in 1987 this was a true rarity among all the Randy Rhoads impersonators.
Joan Rivers is the last person i would ever imagine holding a husker du record in her hands, just doesn't make any sense
that's what punk rock looked like before MTV got its mitts on it and turned it into another fashion horse! nothing is more punk rock than Greg's handlebar moustache and white sneakers amidst a sea of mohawks and shaved heads and leather biker jackets and doc martins
Christ, where did you FIND this?!!!
awesome! but I wonder what compelled Bob to sing an alternate verse melody?
They should have done some tracks from LAND SPEED RECORD that would have killed the audience. Would have been nice if Joan got the title of the song right:)
Joan probably hooked Grant up with a few Percodans
sounds much better live at Liberty Lunch, if there still was a Liberty Lunch...
That was cool. Joan Rivers did have some good questions. Maybe she is just intelligent as well as brash.
the stage looks like an aquarium
GREAT live version,very nearly as good as the original.
That song is quite different from the record...
Awww, Grant is cute.
.. but Hüsker Dü isn't Danish. It's Norwegian and Swedish. Danish however, doesn't have umlauts. Weird they don't even know the language of their own band name.
But this is a great clip. I'd wish there were some videos from their Zen Arcade or New Day Rising years.
@Woofpop It's at: /watch?v=Kmk_Fw1GrMk "Husker Du live 5/20/87 Interview/Could You Be The One?" posted by user HUSKERchout
There is another copy of this video on youtube which sounds better and has the other song.
ruclips.net/video/vefkvjcjNj8/видео.html
Hilarious to see them on this show. Joan Rivers looks like she died a preserved dead woman. :-)
did WB pay for the painted trees?
moustache.
husker du + joan rivers? wtf is going on
This was recorded at Fox Studios, Hollywood, CA
On 4/27/87 they also performed "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" after the interview segmant.
Possibly the most cringe-worthy interviews ever!
There seems to be a language barrier yet the two parties'primary language is English!
Playing to a better medley ?!?
Joan is the worst.