Concrete Blonde - Joey (2011)

Concrete Blonde performed on KEYE TV's Austin Live on Oct. 27, 2011. The band played some of their newer songs for the show. But as a special favor for us, they performed their 1990 hit, Joey.

[@dakelei]

At this point she'd probably sung this song 1000 or so times yet the passion hasn't faded at all. It's right from her soul.

[@ButtersCCookie]

Only other person I seen do that is Amy Winehouse. I watch these two and chills.

[@Osiris619yahoo]

I will go to my grave never understanding WHY?!?!? Lady gaga, justin beaver, and Katy perry made it bigger than these SUPER talented people like concrete blonde! It pains me cause they deserve MUCH, MUCH, MORE RECOGNITION!! This song is so deep!! Everything about it, from the lyrics, to her voice, to the guitar, the drums and even without a bass in this video!! Simply AMAZING !!!

[@auxbutteschaumont3832]

You are absolutely right, though I would beg to differ in regard to Lady Gaga ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h56bf5iva86cpbs

[@MerlinOpeth]

Whores of the industry.

[@hippopotamusanonymous1580]

Sad, I loved Peter Steele so much and he was so underrated. Love Johnette as well.

[@karlhaber1904]

I saw Janet Napolitano interviewed and she stated that the record companies wanted to control their music and they didn't want to be controlled it wanted to be themselves and make the music they wanted to make. That makes perfect sense because they outclass 90% of everyone I've heard on the radio the last 35 years.

[@jimfromMaine]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@paulakohan-qz9zs]

Wow can't believe I'm here in May 2024 playing me and my husband's song well me to him that is RIP LeeRoy 7/2022

[@keithinaz9769]

🫂

[@brianbullivant1009]

This song and Sober by Tool helped me to quit drinking. I can't listen to the song without thinking about my ex who died back in 2018😢 rest in peace Linda💔

[@Jimmy_Boy_Kalahati]

I don't believe I've ever seen a vocal performance performed with so much passion at 20 years past a song's release! AMAZING!!!

[@WallyColmenares]

OMG I SAW HER LIVE 15 YEARS AGO AND SHE STILL SOUNDS AWESOME. HER VOICE IS SO UNDERESTIMATED. SHE IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST FEMALE ROCK VOICES EVER. JOHNETTE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE SINGER HANDS DOWN NO DOUBT.

[@makhayahailey]

I promise you I have never underestimated her voice . And I think in the industry it's well known. I hear you tho, this band should have been a hell of a lot more appreciated world wide.

[@savageboiz1563]

Agreed

[@Farmer_Maggot]

She was performing this almost ten years after "Joey" died in 2002, it's no wonder she's so emotional. Love this song eternally

[@69Johnny69]

What's the full story behind Joey?

[@kisaia]

I think she look pretty dang awesome. She was born in '57, after all. And she still has an amazing set of of pipes, and she sings with her perfect soul. Go, Johnette!

[@liljonce]

I love this, she is signing from the heart, it's a wonderful performance. Why her appearance is even up for debate is beyond me.

[@poseidone5]

Who cares obout appearance in real music? only fools :)

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

I happen to think she looks very beautiful, but I'm here, first-and-foremost, for her skills and talent as a musician, songwriter and performer.

[@KatJaguar1122]

She a grunge rocker woman. For real. I think it’s attractive and sexy.

[@chuckles1972]

Wow!! She can still hit the notes she did almost 25 years ago. I am impressed.

[@russfleming3169]

real art...real talent..you can guarantee back in the day tears were involved in the creation of this music.

[@francinenazaruddin]

What a beautiful thing for you to say....thank you... bless you

[@CBDM777]

Voice is Amazing.. to all the negative commentators.. Don't ever get old.

[@k.d.connlan125]

Negative? Fuck em. Every little shit is a critic now. I still have a crush on Johnette.

[@gmar7836]

Yeah, but stop using the word amazing

[@matheuscelta]

The same voice that enchants me never change, I LOVE Johnette Napolitano

[@kristinacastaldo5740]

Wow!! She can still hit the notes she did almost 25 years ago. I am impressed. Love Rocker chicks, its a lost art still loving you 25 years later.... Very talented even after all the years that have passed by....

[@kirinrex]

This brought tears to my eyes, and there are very, very, very few artists who can still do that to me that way. Her voice can really rip your heart out.

[@billhamilton7524]

considering the habits of most rock bands

[@LisaDawnn]

20-something years later I'm still trying to figure out where the name; Concrete Blonde comes from. Johnette has got a powerful yet soothing voice that accompanied me through the 90's. Thanks!!

[@mem1701movies]

Wikipedia says Michael Stipe came up with it. I thought it was because she was a real blonde underneath the dyed hair.

[@mofosixxxx]

man she just gives it her all, johnette rocks i fuckin love her

[@texasmr2]

I think this unplugged version rocks and all the kids being all judgmental will soon be her (my age) so stop being ignorant. You are only adding fuel to your 50yr old fire.

[@knucklehead0202]

Amen to that Gregg. I was young when this came out and am feeling my age now working hard all these years. She's kicking ass far as i'm concerned. I sure to hell don't perform like I used to. All these nerd kids will get arthritis one day and not be as good at their computer games, then maybe they'll understand. Probably still live with their mothers too...

[@texasmr2]

We live and we still rock, my brother. Life is a trip and the hurdles never end yet said hurdles keep us young at heart, I am thankful for those 'stepping stones'.Peace.

[@smfneverwrong1548]

+Gregg Travis touch of poetry im hearing you Both! Gr8 rendition She is amazing!

[@paulanixon3935]

She will always rock and I love that damn voice!!!

[@kellykilander1885]

Who see's when you can hear that voice

[@mareckbamf]

Joey, don't let her fool you, she is still pissed.

[@joannejojo7248]

good one

[@brettallison5753]

mareckbamf she is fuckd up

[@keithbradley3989]

it's breakfast television. Last stop on the rock n roll train. Thank you CB for all the treasures.

[@siestaju]

Still pissed after decades?

[@raymondwarmke7094]

Pissed and confused be careful

[@patrickkinney9]

I worked in a large rock club from 1990-2000 and one of the best shows I saw during that period was Concrete Blonde!

[@jeffutigard861]

I bite my tongue everytime I hear this song... Johnette you just tear this song right way up... regards and cheers... Turn it Up!!

[@mofosixxxx]

that final joey rocked me back in my seat - thats pure power/emotion

[@jonrajsl291]

ITS HEART BREAKING ... THE EMOTION, THE PAIN AND STILL.......SHE SINGS THEIR STORY....... JUST AWESOME......

[@mzmayhem6800]

Here in 2022 still getting goosebumps 🥺❤️

[@judybrady860]

i love love johnette!! sending many blessings and prayers your way

[@Topnikko]

One of if not the best female singer I've ever heard. Unbelievable talent.

[@tdoesntmatter]

I got into Concrete Blonde with "god is a bullet"And loved them ever since. Joey reminds me of 1990 driving around with my best friend Jennifer listening to this song OVER AND OVER again. It was just a magical time. Love Johnette forever...

[@apatheticempathy]

wow, she really has more talent than most all the singers on the radio today ! what a God given gift !

[@TheArtofGuitar]

What do you do when you have a billion dollar voice? You don't sell out or bow to the demands of the "big wigs." Johnette is a hero to us all.

[@HannahCope88]

Absolutely.

[@dmitryluferov8814]

Been in love with Johnette since I saw those Concrete Blonde’s 1992 "Walking in London" promo videos running on the Russian 2×2 TV Channel! Great she has still been favouring us with her unparalleled talent and charm! Way to go!

[@Jess-we4er]

Love this, her best version yet, more sad the way it was intended to be.

[@patricianorman4023]

OMG Johnette! Impressive talent!! She has a PHENOMENAL voice!! So underrated. Born in 1957 and she still has such strong pipes, an amazing figure, muscular strong arms, long hair and strong image!! She sang this song with such deep sentiment, nostalgic soul and profound emotion...The best of the best!! Not quite sure why she is so underrated. She has acquired well deserved triumphs in her life -- because she has it all and has not lost her many, many talents!!! Such a strong soul/personality! Tremendously multi-talented!!! Artist, song writer, poet, musician, singer, humanitarian animal rescuer, etc., etc. She made me cry with this version of this song. She gave it all in this performance -- She looked like she was intensively hurting in enormous pain for her suffering love in this song...Chills...FABULOUS performance!!!

[@janebickley4289]

Love your words.... thank you for helping me see it ALL❤️❤️

[@lt.frankdrebin3317]

RIP to the person this song was written about - Marc Moreland from Wall Of Voodoo. He died of renal failure in 2002.

[@ButtersCCookie]

Still love this sing. I remember first hearing it on a Sunday morning. Casey Kasim's Top 40. I'm so old. I loved music so much back then. I stopped listening to radio around 2010. I only listen to "classics".

[@pitbullkomics7249]

I love this more than the original version, much more feeling, wow, so amazing.

[@jlover911]

telling my johnny that im still angry… will never be the same because of you

[@sbe79]

She has just enough of the pipes left here to give me the chills. A great, well-written, like-it-or-not-classic rock song.

[@katkal3]

wow the voice on this woman. everytime it floors me. i love her voice, music and talent.One of my favorites.

[@jessekovacs8574]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[@swampmusicinfo]

youtube comments, like driving through a bad neighborhood

[@777pusher]

Swamp Music Players - comments here, though, are like driving around the Broadmoor!! Look it up Mostly, if not entirely, class!

[@isthiswherewecamein6130]

In the immortal words of Clark W. Griswold, "Kids, are you seeing all this plight? Ok, ROLL 'EM UP!" LMAO.

[@mysterirhys]

Brilliant

[@dhchcc5210]

I love this more than the original version, much more feeling, wow, so amazing. that final joey rocked me back in my seat - thats pure power/emotion

[@UnitedCajunNavy]

She was a fare in my cab many years ago in New Orleans we talked and became friends we remain friends to this day ❤

[@timmayer7248]

A lot of people on here are saying how they like the original version better, and I like the original very much myself, but this version seems fitting to her age, her additional years of experience, additional years of regret and sadness. And through that lens, I love this version.

[@marybeth687]

Such a beautiful song and Johnette is as beautiful as always. 💜

[@tammiewyles3321]

This song just hurts my heart.. it has so much meaning to my life..

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

She sounds fucking great here, real talent matures with age. And all the knobheads talking shit about how old she looks and shit, if it bothers you then watch the old videos and shut the fuck up. You're gonna get older too, and let's see how you hold up.

[@JGCSRT]

What a hauntingly beautiful voice she has.

[@thestatuary8752]

I love this live version. So much pain. I think it is perfect.

[@mesmyrrhanda]

I have adored this woman for the past 30 years....🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@stevedupont395]

I loved this song for so many years , and Joey too.

[@larryedwards4588]

I simply love this Gal and everything she does,and always will !!

[@tedracefan]

One of the most under-rated voices of the generation. Johnette can still has that awesome range

[@jwallaert]

People can say what they want about this women, you'll never be able detract who or what she is to people that respec her as an artist. You can't hide the truth! Her words were a driving force in the best part of my life, to my regret I did the same ....................

[@patriciatorres9783]

We still love you

[@don.richard8823]

She is still upset with you joey! 🎙️🎸Great song never fades away ..

[@indyracingnut]

You have to have followed this band for decades to understand why this song impacts so many people....And why they're playing it in this style, rather than at the faster original pace.

[@vivaelmoledeguajolot]

I love joanette napolitano

[@greywinters4801]

Johnette. I do too, unfortunately she fell into the pit of sex drugs and rock n roll that makes her live in the past of her glory days. But man she was one of the most beautiful sexiest woman around at that time my life, with a voice that echoed the depths of mans soul. Youth is a precious commodity, but when the wheel of life turns to gray you have to let go. Bless you Johnny, be happy for what you had and gave to others, the memories remain.

[@r0ckbass]

Grey Winters what are you blathering on about? she still sounds and looks great here. you're delusional as you are depressing. the only problem wrong with this performance is the tempo. if they would pick it up a bit, it wouldn't drag as much. but it still sounds really good.

[@THEBATTLEOFBRITPOP2]

It doesn't get much better than this. Thank you for this song Johnette.

[@megabutler]

I saw her live last night at the Neptune in Seattle and she still rocks! Kick ass show!

[@KatJaguar1122]

Awh man. I never saw her live. I would have liked that.

[@mrteddystamp]

I think the days of the 'real' rock n roll artists are dead. Will we ever see another Johnette?

[@katethegreat5668]

I doubt there will be another comparable to her. Im 24, the music in my generation sucks, but thankfully this is timeless!

[@anadelgado3757]

+Captain Nobache I do not think that in this life could be one singer like she. She is the one and only my friend

[@Eatthefat.]

She's still here, bozo

[@jhett777]

She is an incredible talent, and I am so glad to find this video. She is wonderful :).

[@mickureta4507]

She still sings better than most of the guys I hear on the radio.

[@justwindi]

She may look a bit older and rougher around the edges, but that lady has still got it. She is one of my favorite female singers of all time. Too bad people are too hung up on looks to appreciate real talent! She's in her mid-fifties for crying out loud!!! And she stopped caring about looking "Hollywood" years ago!

[@bradhorton166]

She sings from the heart and she misses Marc Moreland so much . Great version and she’s one of the hottest women in rock

[@amyhintz471]

Who is Marc Moreland?

[@bradhorton166]

Amy Hintz Marc Moreland was the guitarist for Wall of Voodoo. He was an alcoholic and drunk himself to death. Johnette became good friends with him and was obviously shattered when he died

[@amyhintz471]

@@bradhorton166 wow, I had no idea. I remember Wall of Voodoo! Thank you. How sad.

[@mem1701movies]

Amy Hintz he’s “Joey”

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

Johnette and Marc formed a band together with drummer Danny Montgomery called Pretty & Twisted. They only released one album around 1995.

[@jpilch7895]

Thanks for posting this

[@johnmcquilkin]

Is this not the best version of Joey ever? A couple of decades of life experience has just made her voice more resonating and the lyrics more impactful.

[@rogeliolarronda]

She looks incredibly attractive. Her hair, that dress and boots, her tattoos, wow

[@geraldbrown2875]

I remember first hearing this band, a friend’s girlfriend turned me on to them. I’ve been listening to them ever since!

[@supanova4126]

That voice is heaven. Johnette was highly underrated

[@vickibuckley6150]

one of the greatest female vocalists of our time. second only to - or equal with - Kate Pearson. xxx

[@moosatious]

I didn't appreciate this song back in '90, but that's because I never heard it with enough fidelity to make out the words. I only looked it up now because I was reminded of "Concrete Blonde" because of a recent Starbucks light roast coffee called Blonde. Got curious My motivation for looking it up might have been silly, but this song certainly isn't. It's about a whole lot people's relationships. I'm very sorry to read that the performers here are under appreciated today. This was a great perf.

[@hamiltonnancyl.1289]

that final joey rocked me back in my seat - thats pure power/emotion She still has that certain sexy thing going on even after all these years...

[@evelynli0203]

Such a nice song ! I hv been listening for whole day,just kept repeating...

[@partymanau]

This woman is one of the Greats. She has had to have lived it to sing it like this.

[@rongabrieljr.8784]

Love the song, amazing performance!

[@djromany]

I am so glad to see Johnette still performing and doing it so well. Music is such a huge part of our emotional fabric. Concrete Blond and Johnette helped me to weave so much of my own. Thank you for posting.

[@matrix33ish]

She still has it ! Every bit of it !

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Part of me misses Johnette playing her bass, but I also do love this more-minimalistic and -intimate arrangement for this song.

[@JeremyHowie77]

Super rare talent. It doesn't get much better.

[@dalemac7796]

One of THE GREATEST ROCK songs of all time. Here is a different take on the hit. Maybe it was written with pain delivered here. Love it! Wonderful piece of music.

[@moisesdacruzsantos795]

I love this more than the original version, much more feeling, wow, so amazing. Voice is Amazing.. to all the negative commentators.. Don't ever get old.

[@loveremovalmachine]

i completely agree!!!!! this song kicks ass....

[@jerrymarcellorilteam]

Just saw her in person....she's fucking beautiful....just like she was in the earlier years,..

[@Redracer608]

Stunningly soulful passion of a song...I like this stripped down version.

[@isthiswherewecamein6130]

This is AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING performance!! I don't think people understand the fact that they're performing in A F'N TV STUDIO!!! With a couple of Amps and a Mic! I can GUARANTEE YOU, that if you took the Top 10 so called "artist, LOL" of today and let them perform in this studio with this EXACT EQUIPMENT, IT would be hilarious and embarrassingly bad! Guaranteed! But, I guess people want to pick on her, them, because they have no idea what the hell they are talking about, and what actual talent and real music is! If you can't hear the talent in her, performing this with a mic and Marshall amp, then I feel sorry for your pop music auto-tuned music library!!!

[@FernandoCespedesOficial]

She has my heart ♥️

[@billhamilton7524]

That voice ,,wow ,,its hard to describe the feeling you get when she belts it out ,,its like shivers down your spine its very distinctive ,,love it so cool

[@1968mayan]

five people dont know about good music, and real artists,..,. i love you johnette napolitano,., gretings from somewhere in mexico,.........

[@johnham8824]

wow she didn't age well this was 13 years ago too i named 1 of my boys joey after my dad and this song and his son my first grandson is here with me now.

[@1deaver]

this is ........awesome

[@Slickdapj]

Saw them in Dallas the next day at the Granada. Better show than the 2010 show they did, same venue. They rocked harder. Johnette owned the place, too. And it was LOUD too, bursting the walls of the place. A good time was had by all.

[@angelsride97]

huge thankssss from Greece

[@jonnybgoode007]

Johnette, You Rock and everybody knows it. Thanks for All the awesome music You have made.

[@Johnedenglish]

Supposedly the name comes from Michael Stipe of REM. The two had the same record label. Concrete Blonde embodies Johnette's beautiful lyrics (the blonde) with the heavy sound of Jim's guitar (concrete).

[@mem1701movies]

drew pedersen I think she is/was and dyed her hair. That’s what I thought the name meant. There are some older videos where her blond roots are visible.

[@Beaumontgrrl]

I saw her in Houston on October 30 (3 days after this taping) and she was AMAZING...She's one of those singer/songwriters that transcends time...This was my 3rd time to see them in 20+ years...I hope to see them again soon...

[@hendrikwilden327]

still loving you 25 years later.... Love Rocker chicks, its a lost art

[@tasosk8433]

dear johnette how you helped me - thank u

[@johnevans9652]

She has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she deserves to be in the same ranks as janis and grace, i want to marry her

[@trooperjoe73]

How had I not seen this yet? Awesome.

[@manuelsalinas5535]

The best....have followed her for years.... ❤️❤️❤️

[@georgesaleeby8037]

Good morning and great performance