Belly - "Gepetto" on the Jon Stewart Show

[@MoGhotbi]

Magnificent performance. Belly and Throwing Muses were absolutely amazing bands. Can't believe its been over 30 years.

[@Ace_Hunter_lives]

Gail Greenwood is such a fucking rock star. I've seen them twice in the last ten years and she is just as energetic onstage as she was thirty years ago.

[@bernarda3856]

That version of the Jon Stewart show had so many great musical performances on it

[@alessiotornatore4506]

90s were the best years of my life !!

[@jameskennedy7307]

Join the club

[@girl_friday9185]

Music is a time machine. 🤩🎸🤘

[@franklinrussell3042]

Weird ain’t it

[@iNuchalHead]

Took me 30 years to develop a crush on Tanya but here I am.

[@chloiebrandrick6644]

90s-tastic! Such an under-rated band.

[@chucklapine6782]

Tonya Donnely is a goddess. 90's please come back. Modern music sucks.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Can't speak for what passes for mainstream Pop pablum, but at least the Goth and Post-Punk scenes have seen a resurgence in the past few years, which is very much appreciated.

[@uncool13]

Guitar driven rock needs to return.

[@BassPlayerSusan]

More than ever.

[@trebmal007]

Have you heard Beabadoobee?

[@uncool13]

@@trebmal007 good person i do not believe that i have heard that

[@GumterFaustino]

Ok. This performance is just awesome.

[@cebukid70]

Love, love, love Belly and that 90's "alternative" sound.

[@setphaser]

she was so good at the vocals for this album live back then, just so good!

[@hlbaum]

Oh the sound of those 1990 ladies; voices and guitar!

[@deputywinston690]

Fucking fantastic performance. Her voice is great! So raw! Her little laugh when she hits the mic with her mouth is so cute

[@artnoll]

look at jon stewart jump and yell at the end. That energy is contagious. Yes!

[@southernrail4254]

Excellent performance! clearly they were having fun and played the monster out of that song!!

[@ronallen2458]

Just saw them in Seattle last week. Gail is still a badass but now she plays all the right notes! This performance kills!!!

[@alphonseelric2514]

Who’s Gail?

[@ronallen2458]

Bass player @@alphonseelric2514

[@cataginandtonic]

And now they're back. So happy.

[@vpaulbartilucci8544]

I wish I could offer some insightful bit of praise for this incredible song but all I can muster is "Pretty Tanya is pretty."

[@Parisxtc]

Huge Belly fan and Tonya fan throughout the 90's agree underappreciated !!!!! Love Tonya :)

[@Dulcimerist]

Who is Tonya?

[@ronaldwolters5686]

​@@Dulcimerist lead singer

[@Dulcimerist]

@@ronaldwolters5686 No, the lead singer is Tanya.

[@JenDvorak]

Tanya having a very good hair day. Worship her :)

[@josephgraitizitto8127]

I had that CD. it was hidden with Cathy Dennis, veruca salt and zeppelin coda album but I did buy it and it got played when like no one but me was home. Truth I use to smoke weed and suck whipits down play this song and stare into my eye of the storm thingy turned over to music setting.

[@carriem7790]

This was one of the CDs I played on repeat back in the day

[@homeboy2166]

I saw these in about 93 or 94 in Manchester at the academy. It was an amazing gig and such a great atmosphere. I saw them later in about 96 in Sheffield at the Leadmill, equally awesome!

[@JonTisch]

Amazing! Best of the mid 90's!!

[@dextermcgrubbin]

Great energy in this performance

[@guymeynants7860]

Tanyia remain soooo lovey!

[@chrisramirez990]

Always love Donnelley. Gail made it fun¡!

[@tryharder75]

This 40 year old male crushed hard on Tanya. Such a loverly guuurl.

[@TheSeancassady]

Same here and I liked the bassist too!

[@monte2115]

She is cute as hell

[@BarryAllen-oj3wm]

she's so pretty

[@ricci777]

I gave her flowers once in a restaurant in Chicago. I was in my 20s, dumb enough to do it. She was very gracious.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

this 45 year old female was crushing hard on Jon Stewart back then.

[@jdmac44]

Gail dances the hell out of that bass - lol

[@WHJeffB]

She's a bit out of place in this band...

[@jdmac44]

@@WHJeffB She had a big influence in King being more rock-oriented though. It was a nice twist if you ask me.

[@zandre007]

​@@jdmac44that's unfortunate. Star was stellar, King was meh. Pixies were never the same after Kim left. Same with Belly after Fred's departure.

[@rogerbelger2014]

Kick ass band

[@jonnythreat]

I bought this single. Remember those, cassettes?

[@amerocker]

Cassingle.

[@delilasloan8914]

I had a few of those were like one or two dollars. I had what up for non blondes Runaway train soul assylum George michael freedom

[@SeaOfTides]

Belly performed Slow Dog during ending credits of that episode, too bad that's not included here. :(

[@louismatassa9105]

👍 performance!

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Saw them live in Orlando in the 90s. They were with Radiohead. Can't remember which was the headliner.

[@davidjacob5828]

Ultra beautiful is Tanya! 😘 😍

[@ejmwooddesigns1372]

Always had a crush on Tanya. Still do ❤️

[@noHOPEof]

(just viewed the Ryloth 'Bad Batch' series installments) Omega ~ indeed would instantly emulate the stage moves of beloved ~ Tanya

[@KlausVonMork]

Gail Greenwood !

[@timkingsemail]

She's so badass.

[@zandre007]

Badass annoying!

[@halfrousseau69]

Dear Santa - I've been a good boy. Tanya Donelly please. Thank you!

[@lockdowncomicbookcompany]

She's on my wish list too 😁

[@thielees]

How can skin be so perfect?

[@dennisdownes9319]

I love this song and band and song.........but I can't get past how much the two guitarists look like Buffy and Zander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

[@POPNDOUGH]

So is that Spike on drums, and Anya on bass?

[@spriteluver]

this is such an intersection of my great loves, thank u for sharing that!!!!!

[@violethill]

Cool.

[@elijahprovis8804]

!

[@ge2623]

Anyone notice at 2:47 the drummer changed the name of his kit from "Sonor" to "Bonor?" 😆

[@kurtdahlke9526]

yup

[@bartley3742]

Someone should give that hose a gig in journalism!

[@chrisperry7963]

Wow, nice.

[@bluebirdgirly]

the bass player.....is cooler than anybody you ever knew

[@blurman111000]

More annoying imo

[@blurman111000]

She thinks she's still in L7 she's ruined some of thier shows on the last tour wanting more limelight

[@WHJeffB]

@@blurman111000 Good to great bassist, super stand up person, but in the wrong band for sure... Some of their recent live performances with Gail adding (too much) vocals is unfortunate.

[@elijahvance989]

@@blurman111000 evidently Tonya disagrees, been in the band longer than any other bass player. Rather see someone to much in too it than not.

[@zandre007]

Is that sarcasm?

[@CharlieBourgeois_]

I’ve been trying to figure out what this song means for over 25 years.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

What does it mean? It means to take a moment and seize three minutes of joy.

[@bugler75]

I’ve been trying to suss out Slow Dog since it came out !

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Curiously, I swear I can make more sense out of Tanya's charmingly growly "la la las" in "Not Too Soon", when she was still in Throwing Muses. But I will always have a big ❤️ for Belly.

[@MoontownMoss]

@@bugler75 The "slow dog" they are referring to is a horrendous tradition in India. You dont want to know tbh.

[@bugler75]

@@MoontownMoss Hi there, I did find a reference online to a horrific punishment for unfaithful wives but in ancient China. I think the details are probably the same?! Definitely barbaric ! I wonder how it fits in with this classic song, still one of my favourites ! Ian

[@kellyalexander8189]

A damn shark with lipstick.

[@4D4plus4is4D8]

0:42 - I wonder what made her giggle

[@SapphireDreamssss]

Gail? lol

[@Peejay1966]

@@SapphireDreamssss, I reckon so.

[@erikmunson2457]

I always liked to think it was me.

[@bugler75]

@@erikmunson2457 😂 I understand bro!

[@POPNDOUGH]

She bumped the mic with her nose, but her and Gail seemed pretty giddy that day anyways.

[@thomasruksznis1089]

The five lames responsible for the thumbs down just don't know

[@countvond233]

0:43 sigh... Such a fine lil'...

[@bobtownsend6122]

Bassist is having too much fun.

[@duffbaker9554]

I was thinking the same. Definitely overkill.

[@MatthewWayneSelznick]

Impossible.

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

They’d just got back from touring. Give her a break. 🙃

[@rogerbelger2014]

Thats her. She plays like that- every single time ive ever watched her its the same intensity, kind of unexplainable

[@scottjhnsn]

That’s the way Gail always performs! She still does. She came from punk having been in a RI band called Boneyard(who opened for the likes of social distortion and circle jerks)prior to Tanya recruiting her to Belly.

[@samuelsmith9929]

Weirdly cool band..wish I would have found them earlier....

[@Texocracy]

Fucking Gail Greenwood, wow. They don't make em like that anymore.

[@jespernrgaardlarsen6467]

No! And, eh.... thanx 4 that!

[@frankcavallo]

witchy voice

[@captaindan1000]

There are two chicks and the drum says "Bonor." You don't have to be Beavis or Butthead to like this.

[@cmgomes]

:-)

[@TheRangeControl]

Was this an MTV show?

[@MegaTermsOfUse]

+TheRangeControl www.imdb.com/title/tt4695032/combined

[@d.a.thorndike8772]

Jon Stewart had his own late night talk show back in the 90's before the Daily Show. He was known for having fantastic musical guests- like Belly for example

[@S.O.T.M.H.Y]

Pre Vedder? 🤔

[@ge2623]

I believe so.

[@mikemccausland3034]

If you didn’t have a crush on Tonya ….

[@Staszu13]

Early Byrds + Small Faces = Belly

[@noname-to3bx]

"he eats patatos on my dime"?

[@THEbeezlebubba]

"So that kid from the bad home came over to my house again.... * * *Decapitated all my dolls* * *" I have a lot of favorite Belly lyrics. That's sure one!

[@delilasloan8914]

@@THEbeezlebubba that's the only line could compare it to also...great lyrics for a great song.

[@dougm.635]

Momma is this band reincarnated in 2022

[@DSilvergun]

Recorded in 2013?

[@derektaylor4099]

This is a great clip, even though Gail Greenwood is annoying as hell. All hail Tanya Donelly! By the way, stop griping about modern music. There's not THIS kind of music anymore because you stopped buying it and paying for shows, etc. You grew up, in other words. No one to blame but yourselves, and if you actually invest time, you'll quickly see there's plenty of great female artists and plenty of great music being made today.

[@SuperShhitTalk]

bass player has main character sydrome

[@william-kg3bi]

gail was born for L7 not this bubble gum tripe

[@willmedlin2431]

Song was meh but Stewart did one of the best intros I've ever heard.

[@fillyfresh]

WTF is that bass player doing? lol

[@bjscorpio4041]

ADHD bass player

[@SN-cb9xj]

I appreciate the bass player's energy, but she's bouncing around at the expense of her musical performance. Tons of ugly mistakes.

[@jespernrgaardlarsen6467]

Tanya basically reveals that she has no great singing voice (or: just a bad day?) - she looks cool though, and Gail.... looks so... "misplaced". Sorry. I guess, she may perhaps have thought Belly was a Van Halen copy band. And apparently, still has that idea as she kept that... [negative expression on American music genre, which could imply words like 'white trash'] attitude. Aside from that, they can't ruin the fact that the song is mighty fine.

[@squaddie67]

@Endless Nameless The girl from Throwing Muses? I'm assuming you mean Kristin Hersh aka Tanya's step-sister.

[@squaddie67]

@Endless Nameless It's a great song. I think Gail really drove the energy levels up during a live performance. There's a great version of Dusted at one of the XFM Concerts in Hyde Park, London on here somewhere. I guess she gets on with the band on a personal level and that's why she was in the band. You don't want to be touring with someone you can barely stand.

[@WHJeffB]

Agree on Gail... Fine bassist, wrong band. Tanya's live performances are hit and miss. For some, she over sings it, or she's flat. Trying too hard, or nervous. Their performance of Feed the Tree on Letterman was awful. Their studio sound is fantastic though. Same with her vocals during her Muses days.

[@trevorlambert4226]

@@WHJeffB The Letterman performance can be blamed mostly on the fact that it's just two Belly members accompanied by the studio band. Most if not all the awful singing is them.

[@zandre007]

Brilliant song. Mediocre performance. Criminally bad bass player.

[@ge2623]

How so?