John Cale - Fear Is A Mans Best Friend

[@regretto]

One of the best openers ever for one of the best albums ever recorded.

[@yuccalina]

Hello I am from Japan. I saw this version for the first time. I have seen his performance in Tokio over 20 years before. Sometimes this song was very helpful for me. And now also I am very impressed by this song. I shared this video on my weblog. Thank you for posting this video.

[@jsuglia]

Like Brian Eno with passion. I found a new musical obsession today.

[@romo2674]

Hope you got better by now.

[@GKalabza]

The band was: John Cale - piano, organ, clavinet, vocals Timi Donald - drums Pat Donaldson - bass Chris Spedding - guitar Chris Thomas - keyboards It was broadcasted by Tele 5 on German TV in 1989.

[@arcevih]

Creo que esto es bastante anterior a 1989.

[@friendlier]

What a band! I saw Chris Spedding in there, but the rest are legendary musicians on their own.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

The Helen of Troy lineup...

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

​@@arcevihYeah, that haircut Cale's sporting is right out of 1975...

[@ruddygore1]

I was there!

[@chrisguygeezer]

+ruddygore1 Me too! :)

[@tryharder75]

Bastards!

[@gruntbomb4]

me three

[@eze4life1000]

🙀Holy Shit!

[@kaitensushi]

i had the Honor of seeing JC live in a tiny punk club (930 club) in washington dc about 1980 ? stunning performance.....Sabotage Live tour I recall !

[@davidsigalow7349]

I saw that tour as well. Striking. In the mid 80s, this band - with Chris Spedding - played at The Bottom Line in NYC quite frequently.

[@leahflower9924]

The guitar guy chris is kinda hot

[@jburma]

Damn-- this is so beautifully pure, raw and intense it makes me...😢

[@watchyMCFCwatchy]

John and the band had a reputation for going crazy at the end of his songs, with good effect.

[@eze4life1000]

Holy shit! That’s the best thing I have ever seen on the internet.

[@tristramshandy5299]

Have you ever seen John Cale, buddy? He looks like him, he sings like him, he wears same sunglasses John Cale used to wear those years...

[@barrydeneau7920]

RayBans

[@CircunferenciaPunga]

John is a genius, seen?

[@karllux-d6g]

Of two centuries in a row. That's quite a feat. You could say that again.

[@NickyDeeNM]

Didn't realize he played with Chris Spedding back then. Saw just the two if them in the mid 80's in DC.

[@Caligulita]

That’s Spedding?!?

[@Paul-dw2cl]

underrated tune

[@crazethecrolf]

Awesome!

[@michaelohare6498]

miss yuccalina, i have loved this song forever,glad you like it,i'm from chicago

[@satyros2]

thank you

[@radiomindchatter7994]

I like how Cale fucks with Chris Spedding musically

[@tryharder75]

Bloody good

[@ChicChicken]

John Cale, Tele5...¿Estoy soñando?

[@arcevih]

No es un sueño, el logo no deja lugar a dudas.

[@superfuzzymomma]

Fucking Brilliant! (to repeat saxboe)

[@johnnyscifi]

This is velvet underground John cale, right?

[@thepastimes5955]

yep

[@davidsigalow7349]

Yes.

[@DiamorphineDeath]

fuck yes it is friend

[@leahflower9924]

Can't imagine who else it could be

[@vidheadrum]

No its a janitor on their nites off

[@pinba11wizzard]

Chris Spedding on guitar here.

[@PeterChoyce]

FAITH he is saying, is a mans best friend. And it seems the rest of the song are all new lyrics too

[@joni--bologna]

love jphn. but can you say Posession?

[@bryant1996123]

3:10 how the fuck did he make that sound on the piano?

[@badgerthepunk]

I think its the backing keyboards

[@JC-Zoso]

Its the electric piano that answers the acoustic piano in the intro. In a very high octave

[@carayoshizumi7503]

I thought it was Brian Ferry on guitar?

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@carayoshizumi7503 Nope, Chris Spedding, 100%...

[@brendanoreilly2014]

brillo

[@hughpalmer]

This sounds more like Bryan Ferry than Cale - a version of this track is on an early Roxy Music bootleg.

[@hughpalmer]

But it definitely IS Cale!

[@roadworthy3now]

I have that bootleg. It's Cale on bootleg too

[@rondeewright3260]

oes.

[@PeterChoyce]

We're already dead, we're already in the ground

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@dinkrail "but not yet in the ground"

[@Ghaiyst]

@ 3:25 EPICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!