Cake Live on the David Letterman Show.

[@joshuasummers6109]

45 minutes of one of the most iconic, original, and instantly identifiable bands to have ever been labeled a "one-hit wonder."

[@XristosKarasavvas]

cake is one of the best bands of our time, truly love them

[@csilt]

Cake is one of the most original bands to come out in a long time and are ridiculously underrated

[@joel_norris_drummer9757]

Phish was similar also. But their lyrics are jibberish.

[@marionetaklemcba]

You know Luella & the sun "Fly so Free" " I got Soul" or "Soul of a Man" Greetings from Rio Tercero, Córdoba Argentina!

[@isaacuban5474]

I just saw them in Chicago on my Birthday. There were like 10,000 people there and we were all really enjoying ourselves.

[@somuchtosay]

I remember being a little disappointed by their cd (Fashion Nugget) when I bought it on BMG lol. 10 CDs for $0.01 when you bought 3 at full price lol!). It definitely grew on me though! Lots of gems!

[@benjaminnowak]

Ween

[@ozzy627]

Damn, this is so good. Great band! Underrated imo. So good... great lyrics, the band is tight, the music is unique. What a great times the 90s were.

[@JamesJohnson-dz1gj]

One of my favorite and most underrated bands of all time. All these years later, and I can still sing along to any tune they jam out.

[@danbrown4193]

always loved these guys. just pure unadulterated great alternative music. no genre, unique, individual and absolutely beyond talented.

[@mansell101]

0:00 Frank Sinatra 4:03 Wheels 8:07 Shadow Stabbing 11:25 Long Time 15:45 Bound Away 19:18 Mustache Man (Wasted) 22:43 Federal Funding 26:19 Sick of You 32:54 Never There 35:37 Short Skirt/Long Jacket 40:37 The Distance

[@Rikardomcarvalho]

Thanks!

[@kepcar]

Hero!

[@Elswalbe]

Mega moves @mansell101, they are all my favorites

[@reiperx1064]

One of the best bands ever. They have their own style and ever song is a banger. You know it's them when you are hearing them. Even in their covers.

[@steveg93]

Really?

[@windowlizard]

Bro absolutely not

[@poppanolan]

😅LOL😂

[@LarryDanaDavid]

I’m glad I’m not the first to say it, but Cake is marginal at best. However, it’s original guitar music performed by musicians and I support that.

[@azlibtx]

In an interview several years ago Jeff Tweedy named Cake as one of his favorite bands and was still surprised they hadn’t been bigger.

[@kingofthefountain3091]

It’s so crazy that they’re where they are in music history, somewhere between one hit wonders and bands that become household names, yet every instrument and voice is recognizable in an instant. it’s hard to create a single distinct instrument sound, and they are comprised entirely of those elements….the voice, the acoustic guitar, the electric sound, the R&B rhythm section sound, the organs, the brass. You know it the second you hear it. Truly a singular sound. TLDR: Cake rules

[@ecliptiglyphx]

Absolutely well described. Musicians emulate until they find their personal tone. Every member is instantly identifiable by their sound. A rare trait indeed.

[@pipephilosophy]

Man, why did I not appreciate this band more back in the day

[@redriverbluesman]

Oh man, I love seeing these recent posts. They are an iconic band. I agree with so many that they are practically a genre unto themselves. They are famous for their interaction with their audience. Coming across this made my day! I also want to send kudos to Pie, a Cake tribute band I go to see annually in Winnipeg. It is always a favourite event. Thanks for posting.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

That first song still gets me in the feels, just beautiful.

[@reiperx1064]

Man, we need new Cake.

[@silastanner3803]

I like the cake we have.

[@jefflapointe3351]

It's coming!!!!!

[@tricolore31]

​@@jefflapointe3351when?

[@thenextkurt]

Billionaire in space is SO GOOD

[@TheLEMRR]

Cake... a tasty product of crafty musicality, lyrical abstraction and unique quirkiness all melted into an understated batter of simulated basement, lo-fi, sonic perfection

[@Durmomo0]

Wheels is an all time great Cake song

[@adamjenkins190]

Cake is it's own genre completely

[@EderleiSouzaBastos-ft2eq]

I've been a Cake fan since 1996!!!!!!

[@Northleft]

"I'm a musician" "You look like an HVAC guy headed to his company Christmas party, what instrument do you play?" "Vibraslap, mostly."

[@SlyFunkyMonk]

had no idea letterman held longer performances like these. Thanks for the upload.

[@Zaruf]

I love bands with amazing musicians but play tongue-in-cheek, jokey sarcastic music. CAKE rules!

[@carlosalas]

Que buena banda , lo que daría por verlos en vivo ❤❤❤❤

[@sserna1077]

they need to be inducted into the rockin roll hall of fame!

[@kepcar]

The imagery in Wheels is about the best of any song I've ever heard. More Cake please

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

Cake always make ya say every band needs a horn player or two.

[@jasonbodnar9260]

DiFiore is a beast

[@onnaquest]

John McCrea is such a fantastic, creative song writer. Musician, singer, etc, but I was always impressed the most by the pictures his songs paint in my mind. I always felt like the slightly off beat and signature "hey.... yyyahhh!... Ohhh no... Ohhhhhh no... Was him flexing that genius. ✌️❤️

[@onnaquest]

And i realize they are currently touring or at least recently. I speak about them in the past tense because i was a teenager when fashion nugget came out

[@the1stime]

@@onnaquestsaw them this summer. they b still know how to turn the screws

[@jasonhembree9693]

Been my favorite band since 1996

[@cbrooks0905]

fire whoever mixed this

[@michaelclark1811]

his guitar playing is terrible, all out of time

[@cbrooks0905]

@ it’s more so that they have it panned hard left and it’s too loud. It doesn’t sound glued to the mix. It’s very distracting.

[@mattrobnett58]

Omg, hard agree. I had to fast forward to all the parts where he isn't playing guitar. So off. And ffs stop with the vibraslap on everything. I love cake so much but damn this was annoying.

[@andrewmeadows3232]

Wheels is a great tune! Terrific band.

[@Iyanrach]

I believe they are a great unique Band ever, since watching them Live in Jakarta in 2005, I love them aftersince.

[@RobTackettCovers]

This was absolutely spectacular to see them pull this off like they did...most awesome...just my opinion...thanks, Alejandro Romero channel for posting this one...hope you and yours are doing great!

[@JohnWilliamsFromBluff]

This is totally awesome! Thanks heaps for posting!

[@chuxmix65]

Pretty wicked bass.

[@jamesmccourt9782]

So minimalistic. It's art.

[@JerryLeeHowell2]

Oh my goodness this version of "Never There" is soooo freeeaking gooood

[@goulartclan]

You gotta love Cake!

[@JeffTiberend]

So cool to watch them do this live! I always loved this song when I had heard it on the radio! And, I’m still getting shivers from the song! Damn! I thought that it was just the first sing. I didn’t realize that this was 45 minutes long! Lol

[@keithsmith2272]

Great quality. Thank you!

[@alejoromero]

@@keithsmith2272 glad you enjoy it.

[@chefpepper11]

Cake please come to nashville!!!!!!

[@seikiarjuna78]

Musical genius they are !!!

[@ryeguy916]

About 2 months ago i found a stack of mustache stickers but i had no idea where they came from or why i had them. While watching this video just now I see the mustache on John's hat and realize the stickers came from Cake's merchandise store because i bought a hat on their website last summer. The hat has i cool horse on it not a mustache. But I'm so glad the mystery of where the stack of mustache stickers came from was solved. I threw the stickers away of course.

[@julianomnunes]

I've been looking for this since the official videos were taken down! Thank you so much! Please post the HD version if you can :)

[@alejoromero]

Hi, glad you enjoy this. Sadly I don't have the HD files.

[@Felippesco]

Same here. Many thankssss

[@AlexS-gn7hk]

Really appreciate the upload! Was at this show since I'm frugal and seized the opportunity to see cake for free, albeit a shorter set.

[@SL-ih4mc]

The leed guitarist 🎸 is the best I heard

[@tonybarnes3858]

Listen more.

[@ignoramusfreeman3338]

one of the best… the are genuine artist ever

[@davidval7188]

never heard of them till a few minutes ago while watching Shep Gold KZbin channel

[@stevonub]

saw them in Nov. and they were great!!

[@jamespn]

He does a good job impression of Billy Murray singing, terrific.

[@EderleiSouzaBastos-ft2eq]

Come to Brazil, gentlemen...🙌🏼🇧🇷

[@FnLn55]

Great Band! Thank You - sub'd

[@Elswalbe]

best Breakup music in the entire world!!!!

[@ginaheller333]

Thanks for posting this...I ❤ Cake!

[@ryancoleman6146]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@joshuaainge7218]

What year is this? I love the human moments like when he looks at the fretboard on that acoustic electric guitar. Shadow stabbing is one of the best songs on the orange county soundtrack. This is the first time I've witnessed these guys live. Can't believe it took me this long

[@juliandelphiki518]

this performance is fucken fire

[@juliandelphiki518]

just a criminally underrated band

[@beaudwayful]

Love Cake!

[@rmcg23]

Dave recognized talent

[@Laneganswake]

Nice. Thank you!

[@alejoromero]

You are welcome. Enjoy.

[@jj_finigan]

Beyond excellence

[@johnferrer42]

Which of their many successful and amazing songs are people claiming make this band a "One Hit Wonder"? They have dozens of great songs, a solid discography that I'd put up against most any other band 90's to today.

[@Daop3_Rm280]

❤ from Indonesia

[@alejoromero]

❤ from Colombia

[@mrcomedyproductions1146]

There best album is there first one and never heard one song of it on the radio Comanche Comanche

[@the1stime]

not a bad note on the whole album. mr mastodon farm is one of my favs but they’re all so damn good

[@stevonub]

Rock n Roll lifestyle got constant play in Chicago Q101. Thats when i heard them first

[@regulargeye2009]

I saw them a couple of times, always great. But this video needs the SOUND TURNED UP!!! :)

[@rizkiramadhansiregar2173]

cake cake cake adalah salah satu band terbaik dengan musik terbaik

[@Gavatron5000]

The coolest band!

[@chillnophone2024]

Most UNDER-RATED band, EVER❣️💯 🎼 🎹 🎺 🎸 🥁 🎙🎄😍

[@galzpratama9658]

download before takedown!!

[@SharonVlaar]

Amazing wow brazssz

[@johnnypolo1983]

Awesome upload

[@alejoromero]

I'm glad you enjoy it.

[@JayBuff19]

If you like Cake, be sure to check out Soul Coughing, two bands from the 90’s that are beyond description and so unique!

[@alejoromero]

Oh my God!!! I've literally been looking for the name of this band for over 20 years!!! I remember seeing the video for Screenwriter's Blues on Mtv back in the 90's but I could never remember the name of the band. THANK YOU!!!!! You just solved a mystery that had been unsolved for 2 decades.

[@ArthurVand]

@@alejoromero Soul Coughing actually got back together and started touring again last year, 25 or so years after their breakup. There was some extreme mutual hatred between the lead singer and the rest of the band from what I understand so pretty surprising they actually got back together. The ticket prices for the tour were/are obscene.

[@patrickbowie7082]

Dang, do they record this long and cut us 2 songs?

[@Kerrybart.stone61]

Also they are Hat People 🎉

[@chuxmix65]

I wanna be Cake!

[@denkho6118]

Oh my God, what a flashback. Thank you for uploading this! What year is the video from?

[@chileanrican]

Que buena banda, que increible performnce. Que audiencia HORRIBLE hermano!

[@zjs3157]

Wait so these bands play actual full sets for the live audiences ? I never knew that .

[@Desserich1]

July 2026 anyone?

[@JorgeSandovalZulivan]

August 2028

[@gofres_8540]

Great gig, love the video... But... The venue seems to suck with people all stood in rows unable to freely dance. We have simular venues in the UK but they remove the seats for live gigs. Makes it difficult to stand upright on a sloped floor after a few pints though 😂

[@Abootzky05]

NYC's Ed Sullivan Theatre.

[@mattrobnett58]

It was Dave Letterman's Late Night sound studio at CBS.

[@YudhaWManggala]

Wowowoowowoowow thank you

[@gregsellentin6842]

What year was this performance?

[@user-dt8hh9ni4r]

28 June 2011

[@PearlJamfansaresmart]

Are some of these being played down a half step? I’m positive they are

[@mountainhobbit1971]

definitely one of my all-time favorite bands...when did this originally air on the Letterman Show?

[@the1stime]

2011

[@SharonVlaar]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Modern Day CAMMP ❤❤❤❤🎉

[@SharonVlaar]

Spot on Sir ewww

[@chillnophone2024]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@MrKingster3000]

If you like Cake you will love The Sea and Cake -

[@stevonub]

They are also good,but not on Cake's level imo

[@jasonbodnar9260]

I love Cake but it would drive me bonkers if I was in the band since McCrea always sings live a half beat behind. He does play a mean vibraslap though, respectively.

[@gabrieltrees5834]

That's the whole appeal, man!

[@Very_Concerned-Citizen]

What year?

[@shawnee0011]

Ian is great but I really loved Greg browns playing and songs

[@joel_norris_drummer9757]

is this the full original band? the drummer seems to sound like a studio musician following a click track hardcore. CAKE has a bit of a swing feel to it. But you have to watch the timing for the changes.

[@ArthurVand]

The band went through several drummers over the years but this is not the one from their peak of popularity in the 90s. This recording would have been around 2010 and this is Paulo Baldi, their 4th drummer who was with the band for a long time in the 2000s. The singer and trumpet player are the only "original" members but the guitar player has been in the band for nearly 30 years too.

[@ericlineback6848]

This is so f*kin sick!

[@chuckberry8852]

Were they on Latterman that many times?!

[@mattrobnett58]

They would occasionally do long sets after the show (maybe before, idk, I've seen others)

[@kingofthefountain3091]

Does anyone else think Cursive sounds like an evil version of Cake?

[@Panxoge]

I think Cake's style is the closest thing to latin cumbia for USA musical taste. Hahahah

[@ipi223]

my 2 cents.... at one Point you don t give a sht about performing well you know and did so the silly move ans shty stuff go awAY FAR PLz i like this song period! :)

[@Jean-PierreTardif]

There is something simply undefinable about this band… weird, simple, attaching.

[@theonlyrealAJ]

It's a 43 minute song.

[@JimSkutt]

There should be more dancing

[@stevebalt5234]

Ikr

[@ManicksChannel]

I hate it when singers change their cadence. How bout everybody just starts playing their instruments differently than on the album? Why not Mr. Cool Guy? #deep

[@haillchaa]

band juara