By request. Allen Ginsberg makes his only appearance on Late Night, first chatting with Dave and then performing "Capitol Air" with the band. Subbing for Hiram Bullock and Will Lee are Steve Khan and Neil Jason.
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@denominator2082 жыл бұрын
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” ― Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I
@matthewm.cariello61267 жыл бұрын
Letterman had no idea what to say when someone is sincere, and the audience giggling is appalling, but Ginsberg still manages to rock the house!
@georgevesuvius88656 жыл бұрын
It was the 80s yuppies days , anti-hippie
@93Jubilee5 жыл бұрын
@@georgevesuvius8865 Allen was far more than a "hippie," of course, but a few members of this benighted audience don't seem to recognize it.
@ayr12255 жыл бұрын
Matthew M. Cariello Ginsberg is so damn rad. He’s legit awesome.
@bubbatheking92254 жыл бұрын
I suspect Letterman's audience, expecting a night of quirky and over the top silliness, were impatiently making the childish most of their frustrations at the behest of Mr Letterman. Ginsberg, rightly, couldn't have cared less.
@psiclops5213 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the Dick Cavett show when he had Dali on. Dali had a very thick Catalonian accent and was difficult to understand, but what made him more difficult was that his remarks were absolutely brilliant and Cavet openly mocked Dali. Cavett had no idea what Dali was saying. But Dali said things that could only be understood in the context of art and neither Cavett nor his artist got it.
@Ivearted2 жыл бұрын
That band had his back alright. That was refreshing!!! 😎
@allenanderson49112 жыл бұрын
I met him and he seemed very humble, despite his fame. He smiled wide and, despite the fact that he was missing many teeth, without guile or embarrassment.
@ShaithMaster2 жыл бұрын
He supported NAMBLA
@kevinsousa35817 жыл бұрын
This is what David Cross is gonna look like in 30 years.
@PatrickBateman19877 жыл бұрын
He already looks like that.
@davidkornblatt9915 жыл бұрын
He played him already in IM NOT THERE
@poppybell77065 жыл бұрын
NAILED IT! hehe
@bobbyfeather14 жыл бұрын
Happy to have met Allen at many readings. What a force.
@Plantlady703 жыл бұрын
I envy you. I admire him greatly.
@parker1251 Жыл бұрын
Nice name drop. But I know you're lying. You never met him!
@djrychlak4443 Жыл бұрын
He was a diseased pedo. And you call that a force? His poetry was horseshit...just like Kerouac's. Truman Capote was right...that's not writing, that's typing.
@zorkwork38413 жыл бұрын
Mr Ginsburg was a very genuine,intelligent and compassionate man..The audience laughs because they just don't get it...like nervous children Oy!
@iBMcFly2 жыл бұрын
He was pro-pedo…..Get outta here with your trash comment.
@ShaithMaster2 жыл бұрын
And NAMBLA suporter
@liamwhitney5092 жыл бұрын
@@ShaithMaster Like nervous children
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
oh then he probably enjoyed it quite a bit given he was an open and proud "boy lover"
@ayr12255 жыл бұрын
Ginsberg is the most punk rock dude ever. He’s kinda wild.
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
It's so Punk Rock to be a boy lover 💖
@user-ru3ie6cx5mАй бұрын
@@soraya2218 sure just ignore his message and focus on his flaws with ad hominem attacks bravo
@soraya2218Ай бұрын
@@user-ru3ie6cx5m he was literally a PEDOPHILE and his message was jewish relativist nonsense lmao
@AllahÜberAlles12 күн бұрын
Is ad hominem the new word to detract peoples concerns with pedophiles? @@user-ru3ie6cx5m
@jazzmanchgo5 жыл бұрын
That ignorant giggling audience is REALLY annoying -- Bless Ginsberg for keeping his composure. If it'd been Kerouac up there, I'm guessing he'd have given them something they wouldn't have been prepared for.
@MrThermostatic3 жыл бұрын
You have to understand, the general public was a lot more conservative back then and this stuff still seemed weird and strange to most people.
@aldojamari44453 жыл бұрын
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@morganparker34783 жыл бұрын
@Aldo Jamari Instablaster =)
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
The audience's natural instinct to laugh at Allen and his ideas is 100% accurate and right to do. Deep down they know he's a fool and treat him accordingly.
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
@@MrThermostatic you mean like NAMBLA, boy love and pedophilia? Yeah those damn prudes...
@itsaterp3 жыл бұрын
what a amazing man, truly ahead of his time
@djrychlak4443 Жыл бұрын
He was a talent-less piece of shit. You need to reassess your values.
@Howie6607 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
So true. People still aren't ready to embrace boy lovers, that's why we still desperately need organisations like NAMBLA which Ginsberg was a fierce supporter of.
@svendbosanvovski42414 жыл бұрын
The thing I learned from reading Alan's poetry, is that you have to be extraordinarily courageous and let the heart offend. His astonishing Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg is a heartbreaking confessional.
@djrychlak4443 Жыл бұрын
It's shit poetry and ginsberg was a monster.
@MG-dj7jv11 ай бұрын
Of the most heartbreaking words I have ever read...
@93Jubilee5 жыл бұрын
Oh I loved Allen Ginsberg! What an old soul he was. And, no doubt, still is. . .
@williamdonnelly2242 жыл бұрын
Wow Ginsberg really rocks, I'm impressed.
@polymathematics_6 жыл бұрын
Audience reminds me of the Joaquin Phoenix line from his famous appearance, "what do you gas these guys with?"
@georgerichards48085 жыл бұрын
In fairness, the Phoenix appearance was a prepared joke, designed to elicit a certain response. In a subsequent appearance, he apologized for looking and sounding like a complete idiot.
@jasonkh39435 жыл бұрын
This was a good performance, what a legend.
@sp00kycutie2 жыл бұрын
The respect this man is owed 🤌🏼
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
None.
@backpackmack3013 Жыл бұрын
Dawg he was a literal pedophile no respect at all
@chrisaltieri5655 жыл бұрын
it's so frustrating to hear the audience laugh
@georgerichards48085 жыл бұрын
If you want, I can download this video for you and edit out all the laughter so you can get a "clean" read. But the irony of the audience (some) being clueless is actually part of what Ginsberg would have accepted as the norm.
@grandmotherproductions93804 жыл бұрын
it realy is
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
Chris Altieri It is hard not to.
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
George Richards That was not a laugh track. Those were real people
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
Chris Altieri it was hard not to join them
@gypzs9 Жыл бұрын
A wise, elegant, beautifully spoken treasure was Allen Ginsberg. So far above this audience, who finally began to listen. How we miss his presence in the world.
@adalbertbruce5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the post. I saw this on its original broadcast in 1982, and didn't view it again until yesterday! The interview, and performance stayed with me. Dave's response to the question about On the Road was weak. I (and a friend) met Allen Ginsberg at the Boulder Bookstore in April 1985, where he had much the same direct presence (I also saw him at several other readings, and signings, in the 80s and 90s).
@orangelazarus60563 жыл бұрын
Aw, poor Ginsberg! This just goes to show man, the Beats really were intellectual dudes. This guy is one of the most important literary figures of the modern era, he’s totally serious about his craft and his spirituality, and these morons are treating him like he’s an idiot. ...but it’s just a testament to what a badass he was - by the end of his performance, they love him.
@schdyoo72595 жыл бұрын
0:54 Wow! So happy to see him do the "Namaste" gesture.
@redadamearth9 ай бұрын
Back when we actually had poets as guests. I was lucky enough to see Ginsberg at a reading/performance at Adelphi University in the 90's.
@spb78833 жыл бұрын
To those who decry the audience, I sympathize. Still, as someone who grew up in that time, I suggest you consider how by the 80s it had become exceedingly rare to have someone like Ginsberg on basic tv, especially someone espousing his politics. On linear tv, at least, the situation has only gotten worse since.
@GolfAfter50 Жыл бұрын
Capitol Air appeared on the album "First Blues", which had contributions from a number of other artists including Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell and David Amram. I played at a show in NYC in 2013 with a number of people who worked with Ginsberg to celebrate a re-issue of the record. David Amram was on the bill as well (writer of the music for The Manchurian Candidate, among other great accomplishments) - Lou Reed was supposed to play but health issues, that were announced shortly after the show, prevented him from performing. I got to meet and hang out a bit David Amram. Thanks for posting this footage!
@berniekellman4052 жыл бұрын
Allen Ginsberg was walking, talking, living, breathing love, intellect, imagination and everything else good about humanity. Talk about unique !
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
Uh, no.
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
You support NAMBLA too ?
@BreakfastEveryday3 жыл бұрын
We can all agree this dude was 1000 years ahead of his time.
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
Yup! Seems like people still aren't ready to embrace boy lovers
@Nicholas-tv4do4 жыл бұрын
what the fuck that's one of the best songs I've ever heard.
@jakegggggggggggg2 жыл бұрын
He wasn’t ahead of the time, he was the time!
@mrjamesgrimes2 жыл бұрын
He also thought it was cool to fuck kids. Hope he wasn’t ahead of it that time
@pjtron41 Жыл бұрын
Shame he wasn’t very In time 🕰️
@shawarmaboy48442 жыл бұрын
Great display of his work. In The Clash's track "Ghetto Defendant" you can hear him similarly utilizing the "measure of the breath" he is showing here. Very cool stuff.
@healix85264 жыл бұрын
Ginsberg sings. I absolutely love this.
@haroldofcardboard5 жыл бұрын
ghetto defendant one of my all time fave tracks. what a treat to see this fellow!
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
harold of cardboard 😂😂😂
@TheInsidiousTaco3 жыл бұрын
How could they watch Ginsberg and and laugh like that man
@bandmonte7 жыл бұрын
Pure gold, thanks for uploading this!
@93Jubilee Жыл бұрын
Ginsberg was such a dear, kind soul. He gave me romantic advice back in 1980 or so, unsolicited, but I took it! It was good advice.
@salvo51082 жыл бұрын
Allen, your howl is a calling that the future will continuously hear, and your message will forever vibrate throughout the echo chambers of humanity's conscious. Thank you.
@roadrunner3814 ай бұрын
Letterman didnt joke around much with Mr Ginsberg, i think he took him serious, and gave him the respect he deserved!
@havefunbesafe4 жыл бұрын
Rebel his whole life: a life with meaning.
@piscesmusic3116 Жыл бұрын
Why are the audience laughing when Ginsberg is discussing mantras. Ginsberg is a Buddhist. Mantras are important in Buddhism like Hymns are important in Christianity.
@ironflazambat58154 жыл бұрын
It’s kind of relieving to know that audiences aren’t getting worse nowadays, cause this one was pretty bad. I’m really interested in all of this, and hearing random laughing and stuff while I’m listening makes my already lingering headache worse.
@quickthunder866 жыл бұрын
Musical performance strongly reminds me Pere Ubu with David Thomas. I wonder if Allen ever listened them.
@mallory58726 жыл бұрын
quickthunder86 I looked up pere ubu because of your comment. Liked very much. Thanks
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@jokerman8619 Жыл бұрын
It's crazy that he was a pretty chill, normal guy who made jokes about ideas in the bathroom.
@arilynnkittysmoothie95793 жыл бұрын
Allen Ginsberg is king
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
Well he did take it in the royal hindass.
@soraya22182 ай бұрын
king of NAMBLA
@debbiereynoldsfan71552 жыл бұрын
Allen was such a wonderful spirit.
@RollingOrmond5 жыл бұрын
Nice him promoting Jack's seminal work and creative ideas among the bourgeoisi Reagan-era nudniks.
@slevemcdichael52743 жыл бұрын
Ginsberg talking about a line from a profound book written by his now deceased friend *Guy in the back: **4:31*
@violinsinthevoid45794 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing Ginsberg ever did was put the songs of innocence and experience into music. So beautiful! You can look up a recording of those pieces here on KZbin. Quite a document. Robert Bly said that Blake himself would sing his poems, and was even said to sing one on his deathbed.
@govchal3 жыл бұрын
indeed. thank you.
@lickymywicky62896 жыл бұрын
This fuckin rocks
@petercipriani33077 жыл бұрын
The Ginz from the Donz! Than you man. It's great to see him so vital.
@loveyourselfbeyourself8902 жыл бұрын
As of this year, we most certainly need another Allen Ginsberg! Great guy overall and he thought with an open mind. :)
@Danuta6282 жыл бұрын
I was there - 1982 no nukes concert. Was amazing event actually
@Cleveland_Chris4 жыл бұрын
The audience laughing is so telling of the world. If the herd will laugh at Ginsberg, none of us have a chance.
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
Chris Zano Better laughed at than scorned
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
The audience's natural instinct to laugh at Allen and his ideas is 100% accurate and right to do. Deep down they know he's a fool and treat him accordingly.
@pushingthroughthepaperthin961610 ай бұрын
They laughed when he did his mantra sounds, which most of the audience probably knew nothing about, so it just sounded like he was making random noises.
@djdarq63117 ай бұрын
@@DivineRedwoodget a life
@aztiff6 жыл бұрын
Allen was amazing.
@cjcollom3 жыл бұрын
Great interview. And gutsy for Letterman to have a poet on his show, who isn't going to 'dumb down' his speech so as to appease a studio audience of New Yorkers. Great to see the poster for the ON THE ROAD Conference at Naropa in late July of 1982. Many folks have asked me "Why wasn't Jack Collom's name on that billboard? Why didn't he read there?" For starters, he was living in New York City at the time! Not Boulder. In fact, his apartment on Ludlow Street -- 2 blocks from Katz's Deli (on the 'Lower East side') -- was a short cab ride from where this very episode was being aired on June 10th. Less than a week later, I arrived in The Big Apple to visit my father Jack. Little did I know this show had been broadcast on TV just before I climbed aboard a 747 at Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO to fly out east. I might've mentioned it, otherwise. But I was ignorant, and in that blissful state we visited all the great spots (Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Grand Central Station, even Central Park bird watching. Most nostalgic ... we took the elevator up to the 111th Floor observation deck of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. As it may be, we wrote some better-than-average poems together on that trip, one of which we composed just 11 days after this Letterman show; you can see us reading it together in this video made at Chataquah Park in Boulder about 4 years before Jack passed away in 2017: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6bReIiwbribe7s
@darriusmackey7981 Жыл бұрын
Wow how brave & eccentric thanx
@93Jubilee7 ай бұрын
What a gloriously talented, wonderful man!
@CarlosMendez-yd7ut Жыл бұрын
This was when Dave was cutting edge! The show seemed like it was going to go off the rails any second.
@williamdelong19364 жыл бұрын
Best ever. Rip. Al. David Cross playing Ginsberg a natural. Lol.
@nonamenoname41754 жыл бұрын
I think Ginsberg was putting the audience on. Good one!
@calvinnotkalvin844 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@michaelserebreny4545 жыл бұрын
The problem in the beginning is he was attempting to explain the Dharma. This should never be attempted, especially on American Television. A shame to lose so many eyebrows at once.
@radsk8rbigollies594 Жыл бұрын
What a cool guy!
@grandmotherproductions93804 жыл бұрын
This song is actually pretty fucking cool
@crashvandrifter31987 жыл бұрын
Great guest. Ignorant audience.
@deputay7 жыл бұрын
I noticed that, too...don't know if it's that they don't understand him or aren't giving him a chance. Dave is completely respectful, though.
@crashvandrifter31987 жыл бұрын
True. They might not have realized Ginsberg wasn't there to get ranked on like some of Dave's more eccentric guests in those days. Or maybe there were just some giggly teenagers in the audience that night.
@georgevesuvius88656 жыл бұрын
Tom Cotton was in the audience you know
@ericwolfe24556 жыл бұрын
Amazing artist poet singer the evolution of the beats that lived past 50 like Burroughs allen heros
@ericwolfe24556 жыл бұрын
Amazing artist for decades Allen and Burroughs rock
@Pensive_Scarlet6 жыл бұрын
That audience sounds high as a fleet of kites. Hidden genre of music discovered: Rebellious Jewish Hippie Punk I love it. I have to try to write music like this, but for today's issues! Whoa, mankind, indeed.
@xxxxyz8544 жыл бұрын
Keep free speech alive. Thank you Mr. Ginsberg. "GET THAT WASP OFF MY SANDWICH"!
@katevielle42636 жыл бұрын
He's so sweet and gentle.
@drprfssrprft45115 жыл бұрын
Has anyone taken the time to decipher the lyrics or found them published? I'd love to read them. I'll have a squizz around the web and see if i can come up with any.
@lillynietz175 жыл бұрын
Ginsberg's Collected Poems 1947-1980 contains the Poem/Lyrics on page 743 in hardcover....A excellent example of Allen's thoughts and political fervor in the early 80's...Obviously still relevant today....
@AllendeEtAl5 жыл бұрын
The poem is called Capital Air.
@excelsior9992 жыл бұрын
Hr could have played a character described as,BEATNIK POET in "Gilligan's Island." His entire life was an act.
@robertomendez1878 ай бұрын
I love this writer more now. 🙌🏽🤣
@ArtificialBanana3 жыл бұрын
Live audiences are "warmed up" before the show, so they are ready to giggle at the slightest thing. Good for Letterman but not always good for his guests.
@user-rv8oe9wz3r4 жыл бұрын
the best DISS EVER
@hd-xc2lz4 жыл бұрын
Back when talk shows invited people on other than celebs and zookeepers.
@maxsimgue97643 жыл бұрын
...unlike the hosts today who are the zookeepers.
@garrettramirez4285 жыл бұрын
Better than Green Day
@peopleskarmasquad10424 жыл бұрын
Garrett Ramirez 😂😂😂
@GebbzSteelo2 жыл бұрын
he could do this song today and it's just as if not more relevant !
@kerosene47512 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Letterman ended up reading On The Road. If not, he should. There's still time.
@nicholasbogosian54203 жыл бұрын
Who else is imagining him practicing this song in his bathroom?
@thesharppitchfork80802 жыл бұрын
No one can doubt Ginsberg's genius.
@peopleskarmasquad10422 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@MilesBellas3 жыл бұрын
6:43 wow.... Allen sings!
@r.w.65562 жыл бұрын
Surprised this was allowed on the air in 1982.
@sidDkid873 жыл бұрын
*"do the worm on the acropolis* / *slam dance cosmopolis* / *enlighten the populace"* 🎶
@davidayer21687 ай бұрын
Old Ginzy giving the sound guys orders on-camera LOL
@jbsamakis3 ай бұрын
Ginsberg was a lovable maniac.
@quickthunder863 жыл бұрын
6:43 - Introducing new rock music subgenre: "professor rock".
@adamwest36372 жыл бұрын
A great moment lost in time.
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
How is it lost in time when it’s right here?
@adamwest36372 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t think of exact what I wanted to say. It’s not completely lost but it’s still very relevant today. It would be good if more people knew Ginsberg sang a punk rock song in 82’ on the Letterman show.
@adamwest36372 жыл бұрын
There’s a million other terrible songs in front of it
@mangasky77 жыл бұрын
great stuff, thanks
@Jacob-df5hr3 жыл бұрын
Remarkable individual, we are worse off without him.
@shimone51983 жыл бұрын
Is the audience okay??
@DivineRedwood Жыл бұрын
The audience's natural instinct to laugh at Allen and his ideas is 100% accurate and right to do. Deep down they know he's a fool and treat him accordingly.
@thesharppitchfork80802 жыл бұрын
Celebrating Allen's good friend Jack Kerouac's 100th birthday today....Kerouac said Ginsberg was the dark force in many of his books because Kerouac believed there was a core of light, beauty and magic somewhere in America with all the Post World War 2 despondency and morose disappointment that the Beat's wrote about. At their heart, they did explore their spontaneous experiences and their meaning. Yet in the gluttony of booze, sex and drugs, they fell apart, but despite their weaknesses, Kerouac and to some smaller degree Ginsberg, had an illuminating fire that lit up a generation.
@westtexasdave21403 жыл бұрын
Might be the best punk song I’ve ever heard
@NS-uh3dq4 жыл бұрын
Gimme the lyrics
@2livesleft6 ай бұрын
the audience was so uncomfortable they didn't know what to do with Ginsberg's sincerity other than laugh at something different
@kellyanquoe5 жыл бұрын
Wow! that happened humans
@alexnewman53387 жыл бұрын
Parts of the audience remind me about something Crumb talked about about when 80's yuppies would be patronizing and say things like "you 60's guys are so wacky!".
@adfdyjruim5 жыл бұрын
He meant R. Crumb.
@ms-vv2gg5 жыл бұрын
David Cross doing a bit?
@MichaelHattem Жыл бұрын
I met Allen after a few readings in NYC in the very early 1990s and the main word I can think of to describe him was “gentle.” Eminently kind.
@djrychlak4443 Жыл бұрын
He was a pedophile advocate. What the fuck is wrong with you?
@dafaveri Жыл бұрын
If it is not a genius mark, I don't know what genius is.
@laurenceschwartz8606 Жыл бұрын
Talented poet. But when performs, it reminds me of an uncle of the bar mitzvah boy performing at the reception after having one too many.
@jakegggggggggggg2 жыл бұрын
Why the hell is the audience laughing
@Misserbi Жыл бұрын
All writers and poets have a past both used by themselves and by outside observers. The trick, I think, is to gain knowledge and virtue so the past does not need to be at the center. That is not easy. In a sense you give yourself and expect nothing back. In societies like the US that has a service based approach that offers no friendship it is disasterous to start on a path where no one else stands.
@jeffreycabanellas8113 Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe 40 years back there were people who cared about peace and love.This seems have e need.Maybe Ginsberg was the last peace effort.
@whateveritsnoyes5 жыл бұрын
I know everyone else has commented on it, but why the hell are people laughing? Was Letterman considered the equivalent of a night at The Comedy Strip? I remember the same thing happened with Don Van Vliet.. I guess they assumed it was a comedy show, which it is in some respects, late night that is, but come on.. He's not trying to be funny. Extremely cringeworthy.
@johnnymeyer42533 жыл бұрын
It was 1982. Just a strange, unique year all around.