[Stereo] The group appears on late night USTV, and gets a bit of help from the house band.
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@JohnnyCardinale5 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt, the most underrated female vocalist of ALL TIME. They didn't do "pop friendly" songs, they wrote and sang about pain and hard things, only reason I can think of for why she/they aren't WAY BIGGER.
@cuty4allan5 жыл бұрын
@ Johnny Cardinale... "Exactly" She has the most beautiful varying vocal range, however she sang about truth, which most people would rather not hear. I agree with you 100 %
@davidneumann27054 жыл бұрын
Johnette didn’t want to change who she was to write a hit. She did what she wanted to do and did not listen to the record company . Kudos to her for doing what she believed in. I think she did bend a few times n we got stuff like this .
@afterburner28694 жыл бұрын
Wow, it certainly didn’t take me long to find you. The guy that insists on making the “ most underrated “ comment because he thinks the rest of the world should think exactly as he does.
@sue_m3 жыл бұрын
@@afterburner2869 eh, if you're looking through the comments on Concrete Blonde videos, you're going to find **a lot** of people calling the band underrated. For the quality of music CB were putting out (especially '90 - '94), they got remarkably little exposure. The only time they did arena shows was when they opened for Sting. And sure, there's a handful of these late night shows, and one or two songs were featured on MTV shows (and they did one cover song for a movie) but that's really it.
@afterburner28693 жыл бұрын
sue m Underrated is code for , more people should think like me.
@UnitedCajunNavy4 ай бұрын
I met her in my cab in New Orleans years ago a friendship developed and she's a real life friend to this day LOVE this amazing woman!
@SASTORM3 жыл бұрын
How could you not fall in love with Johnnette? Awesome voice, awesome band, awesome music
@bradleyheck72049 ай бұрын
I first heard her on (and I know she would hate this) "My Little Problem" from The Replacements final (and Paul Westerberg's first solo) Album. "Whoah, wait, WHO THE FUCK IS THAT CHICK?!" The next thing I knew, The Sky Was A Poisonous Garden Tonight. The Old Interwebs weren't nearly as useful for that sort of thing back then. You had to send off for stuff and wait four to six weeks to find out you had been ripped off.
@michaeldunn9618 Жыл бұрын
I get pretty emotional listening to this beautiful song
@kenshin73himura702 жыл бұрын
That's what a TRUE diva sounds like. No auto tune, no gimmicks millennials try nowadays just PURE TALENT!!!
@kenshin73himura702 жыл бұрын
Proud to say, my 22yo college daughter has stollen all my vinyl music. Girl has taste!!! I've done my job..🤘
@micuronium4 жыл бұрын
I once got to see them perform an acoustic gig in a small bookstore in Los Felíz. There were no more than about 30 people in the room, and I was in the front row, less than 10 feet from her as she belted this song to us. It was unbelievably powerful. I was near tears. I got a hug from her afterwards. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
@rhyantrick81782 жыл бұрын
you are very lucky. a hug from her would be like touching god. id still marry her today even though she is 23 years older than me
@jimmaisch78512 жыл бұрын
LUCKY !!!!
@ross-lt4mc5 ай бұрын
Didn’t happen
@micuronium4 ай бұрын
@@ross-lt4mc Ohh! Cool! A troll. 🧌
@tamaking237429 күн бұрын
Very cool man , I absolutely love this band , meeting johnette would be amazing after listening to hee voice for so long ...no one like her...
@Tonetwisters3 жыл бұрын
That guitarist is so melodic, mixing chords with passing phrase runs ... adds so much character and texture to their songs. And HER. Sings like that and has THAT personality?? Yum.
@daveguy115 жыл бұрын
The perfect guitar tone is a secret weapon here -- and that's on top of the beautiful melody, the intelligent lyrics, Johnette's gorgeous voice, the intensity on her face, and the OMG way she moves. In other words, it's killer, A to Z.
@cjrichards70084 жыл бұрын
Agreed, terrific guitar tone, in a time of grunge fuzz sounds, he really found his own thing, and he could really play too....
@kw2712 жыл бұрын
That would be James Mankey on guitars, he's definitely an understated Grace in my book. Unfortunately the devolution of the guitars were beginning its descent at that time... Blues to rock and down the crapper... Think of all the grunge and then the succession of 3 chord wonders from the pool of MTVomit. Mankey and Johnette are the wild and fragile, beautiful and hurt children too late to Woodstock and Folk rock, too lucid for shoegaze, too grounded for goth , Abit of west coast punk under their nails and wholly too much soul left amongst the shallow detritus of pop. That's why they are called Concrete Blonde... Hard and unyielding, the final mattress of circumstance of every American homeless lands on, and for those who fell through the cracks while reaching for that American Dream, as for Blonde, well... The lyrics says it all, the paradoxical seeming ditzy fun, and naivety and sincerity and grasping at all that American Romanticisms, but hey, it's the poignant paradox whose core is all sincere effort to generate an ideal that is fundamentally artificial and bottled like blonde hair bleach. But we look on and admire and aspire at the cost of one's being. You'd need to listen to their song "jenny I read", found in their 'Mexican Moon' album to hear it more poetically worded than I can do here. Concrete Blonde: so hard, so grey and yet, so west coast sunny beach and surfer blonde I believe they are the last hurrah of Populous Music if the populace of pop really did try and get a genuine voice; too bad the world of pop chose the easy way out: Big money, easy franchises, formulaic talentless hacks and the insincerity of it all. And so, they quietly disbanded. As the lyrics of this song said so plaintively . . "But, if you never find The heart to start all over again Remember I was one Who tried to be a friend to you, I Well, I know I tried Yes, you know I tried And I know you tried too' They tried, those who listened, the people like us, tried too. But as a whole few generations, we failed... But that is a given, Gen X numbers, wealth quotient and political clout were never enough in numbers. The consolation is that we have their albums from their first eponymous one to the 'last one' in 2004 called "Mojave" I just hope they all survived COVID and endure. Get back together once in awhile to scatter soully musical gems in our collective pauper's bowl. I know which ones I'd like to be played at my funeral. We tried. That should be consolation enough. Let's hope future kids with better musical sense will rediscover them again.
@daveguy112 жыл бұрын
Mankey's guitar sound here is very mellow-Hendrixian -- that beautiful, fat, mid-range tone. Perfect.
@eateeharris4503 Жыл бұрын
@@daveguy11 Watching this, or LiSTENiNG to it rather, I was given to think that he's just like Eddie Van Halen was, relying on his playing not FX-boxes to achieve his sound.
@amyboone125 Жыл бұрын
To this day she is still my favorite female singer. Great musicians too! I absolutely love them!
@dougdavis89863 жыл бұрын
James Mankey plays some of the coolest guitar parts ever.
@malibustacy3606 Жыл бұрын
I'd like to hear some of his stories about his time playing with Sparks.
@ZeligUbique10 ай бұрын
I totally agree - This view is practically a lesson ✔️
@tomomalley86749 ай бұрын
My college years keep running through me like a freight train watching this band. So many memories.
@jimmaisch78512 жыл бұрын
I remember experiencing this Live...She and the band blew me away..Just listened to studio version 3 times .. because it just keeps getting better ..What a beautiful epic vocal and musical experience.. Thank YOU Concrete Blonde! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@petej.86762 жыл бұрын
Just beautifully sung and beautifully played on guitar...My favorite rendition of this song🥰
@charleneorsted51414 жыл бұрын
The amount of pain and passion sung in the Joey lyrics brings tears to my eyes still. It's as though she walked in my shoes when I was trying to save my marriage and soul mate's life. It's a very powerful song. The depth of the love that comes through the lyrics is masterful. Thank you for the gift of this song.
@drewlsy5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. She moves so well, sexy and conifdent and her singing is outta this world!
@jillhillberg49314 жыл бұрын
Agree!!
@stevelawson-blight5395 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with this brilliant girl. Way, way above her peers.
@StephenS-20245 жыл бұрын
Johnette does something to me.
@deathlarsen75023 жыл бұрын
me too!
@Tonetwisters3 жыл бұрын
And to all the rest of us ...
@bobbybecker64353 жыл бұрын
That voice....
@jamespardee93003 жыл бұрын
You wish!😁😄😃
@thanos98463 жыл бұрын
Can confirm.
@ejdemeter Жыл бұрын
I ❤❤❤ her! True, most underrated voice of the 90s, and one of the best of decades..
@MaggieCMW2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs EVER.
@ricardoa5626 Жыл бұрын
1 of the best FEMALE voices in Rock history, I had the pleasure to get to a private concert when she was singing 2 yards from my face, I was right in front of her the whole concert
@lonnieturnerii18744 жыл бұрын
Check out Dave, totally crushing on Johnette. And he's not the only one -- I've been crushing on her (and loving the band) since the first time I heard them as a junior in high school back in '89. I agree with the person below who said a band like this wouldn't have a chance today -- because most bands today rely on autotune and programmed beats, not natural vocals and actual musicianship, and sadly Millennials appear incapable of appreciating anything that wasn't created on a computer. Here's to hoping the post-Millennial generation aren't born with their heads up their asses, and can appreciate great music like this when they hear it.
@deadheadwannabe68743 жыл бұрын
I was a Junior too
@nic59932 жыл бұрын
Hey not all millennials. I grew up listening to my parent’s music so it’s always been my thing too. I wish there were artists like this now but sadly not. :/
@nic59932 жыл бұрын
Although florence and the machine have a similar sound to this track
@JohnSmith-zl8rz2 жыл бұрын
check the other Dave Concrete video, clearly he have a crushing on J., I love her too!
@TheCwhite1375 жыл бұрын
One of the best American song writers that never got the due she deserves. Just completely awe inspiring.
@jamesanderson3485 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@hughjacks51495 жыл бұрын
So true
@James-wy2pq9 ай бұрын
Love her ❤ talent looks she has it all
@robertborich44044 жыл бұрын
Never has a song become more appropriate than now in 2020 during Covid-19 lockdown.And what better time for new fans to discover this amazing band.Heartfelt powerful songs that evoke memories & take the listener to a different place & time.
@VistaThaiGuy4 жыл бұрын
Loved seeing her at a secret concert in my local venue in '93...so down-to-Earth and approachable...love her shirt! Going to have to look her up again when I'm in her neighborhood...no GPS...just "souldar".😍
@davidcolletti7136 Жыл бұрын
What a Friggin Awesome Voice,,..Incredible !!
@andreafresia84704 жыл бұрын
Greatly underrated band, Johnette's voice is incredible!
@chevroletfiasco23867 жыл бұрын
Gosh! It might be the greatest live performance ever seen! She sings incredible! She looks incredible!! She MOVES incredible!!! Her guys sound great! So do Letterman's guys! It's fucking fantastic show!!!
@hughjacks51495 жыл бұрын
Untouchable. Cosmic
@erickranz54925 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@martincovacich40524 жыл бұрын
Amazing ! A great song for a Pandemic day. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
@robertevans21435 жыл бұрын
What a great band. Better than most of the crap they call music these days. I like them more now than I did back in the 90's.
@michaelbernier56075 жыл бұрын
I am simply memorized by this band.
@daveguy112 жыл бұрын
Mesmerized?
@pedrocruz44092 жыл бұрын
I miss the 90s. Preteen me getting ready for school. Hootie and the blowfish n concrete blonde on my brother’s stereo…
@crashburn32925 жыл бұрын
Letterman was so smitten with her. Just like the rest of us.
@cstrebe12 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song
@erickranz54925 жыл бұрын
Just heard this for the first time. I'm blown away. Great song, fantastic performance!
@jeffreywilliams22403 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this band out in Montclair C.A. at the green door. I think there were 25 or 30 of us digging Concrete Blonde back in those days.
@VictorRochaGaming2 жыл бұрын
The Green Door was legendary.
@MELOMANOV9 ай бұрын
Приятная женщина❤ потрясающий голос! Музыканты SUPER . 👍👍👍
@TracyLanebike2 жыл бұрын
So special... everyone is blown away here.
@1075twist Жыл бұрын
What a great performance.
@timwilliams16037 жыл бұрын
Well... the dream of the 90's is alive in Portland... Love this band; love Johnette...
@frauleinmona6 жыл бұрын
"We're not worthy!" . LoL. Johnette is so awesome! Yes you ARE worthy! One of my very most favorite bands. From their very first self-titled album that was released in 1986. I fell in love from the start. I used to have people tell me I either looked like, or reminded them of Johnette Napolitano. The only difference is our noses. Mine looks nothing like hers. I always felt honored when people compared me to her! Who wouldn't? 😁👍
@zstevens76 жыл бұрын
frauleinmona You don’t have that Romanesque shnoz, huh? You’re right, it’s very cool to be compared to her. Can you sing a tenth as good as her?
@TheWynos4 жыл бұрын
May I have your number?
@stevenduvall25494 жыл бұрын
I can see the resemblance to Johnette. What a talent she is.
@frauleinmona4 жыл бұрын
@Steven DuVall. You can? I wish I could see it myself. Thank you for saying so. And yes, you're absolutely right. What a great talent Johnette *is* , indeed. 😊🙏💕
@frauleinmona4 жыл бұрын
@zstevens. Wow! I'm so sorry! I just now saw your comment! I'm not German. I'm really Italian. Father 100% Italian, Mother 100% Italian. And actually, YES, I DO have that Romanesque shnoz. Even more so than Johnette. Johnette doesn't even have a Roman nose. Her's dips and points upwards. Mine is bigger and has a bit of a curve when you look at it from the profile. So, some would call it a "beak", but fortunately no bump on the bridge there. And absolutely I can sing way more than a tenth as good as Johnette. Way more than a half. Just as good if not better. Thank you so much for your comment.😊👍
@tommac47428 жыл бұрын
That is how it is done; superb!
@stevenmccoy51032 жыл бұрын
Love this group
@VAwriter4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting. What a beautiful performance and rendition with help from the Late Night house band!
@waltermameli20264 жыл бұрын
Concrete Blonde grabs your attention and wont let go.....and then you are hooked.....period.....
@kellyp94385 жыл бұрын
That’s one hell of a woman!
@daveguy115 жыл бұрын
This simply leaves the studio version in the dust.
@daveguy115 жыл бұрын
I think it might be the best rock vocal performance ever put on t.v.
@brothersvilleknife Жыл бұрын
What a band this was.
@TheJosep704 жыл бұрын
Yeah yeah everyone focuses on Johnnette but James Mankey was equally awesome.
@frauleinmona4 жыл бұрын
Of course everybody is going to focus on Johnette. She's the lead singer and bass player. She's the voice of the band. The "main attraction". And yes, James Mankey is absolutely one kick-ass, talented guitar player and songwriter. But we all know that Johnette is the heart and soul of Concrete Blonde. There's a reason everybody focuses on Johnette.
@brianbullivant47534 жыл бұрын
@@frauleinmona Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and with that being said , I disagree. Concrete Blonde without James Mankey's Incredible guitar sounds would not be the same band. They together, made up the heart and soul of CB. They compliment each other as did Lennon and McCartney. The guitar work/sounds on songs like Walking in London or Joey are as haunting and beautiful as Johnette's voice. Their covers of Ghost Riders In The Sky, Everybody Knows and Tomorrow, Wendy Dies are the best versions of those songs I've ever heard. When I think of CB, two names immediately come to mind, not one.
@frauleinmona4 жыл бұрын
@brian bullivant. And don't forget their cover of George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness". I understand completely what you're saying. And yes, James and Johnette absolutely DO compliment each other. But James didn't sing songs all by himself and make those songs his own. Like Lennon and McCartney DID. So, not quite an accurate comparisin. But, as you said, it's my opinion and you can believe what you want to believe. I'm just saying that without Johnette there WOULD be no band. She IS the voice of Concrete Blonde.😊✌🍀
@TheJosep704 жыл бұрын
@@frauleinmona Ok, I stand corrected, marginally less awesome then haha. But without his distinctive sound the band wouldn't have been so good either.
@frauleinmona4 жыл бұрын
@Joseph Duran. LOL. You're a cutie-pie! I won't argue with you on your statement. Without James Mankey the band definitely would not have been as kick-ass and as awesome. 😃👍💕🎸🎶🎼🎤🎵
@daveguy112 жыл бұрын
Maybe the single best musical performance *ever* on Letterman's show -- and that's *really* saying something.
@tonycondon61402 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I'd heard the song, loved it! Seeing this performance... OMFG I'm obsessed with it. The emotion she brings to the song is so pure and so right. The guitar is unbelievable. This is desert island worthy right here!
@bobbowie9350 Жыл бұрын
@@tonycondon6140love love this song. for me, the "live in brasil" is the best version.
@coolchef644 жыл бұрын
She is SO beautiful. I liked her the day I saw her sing. -Respectively
@jamestreible45453 ай бұрын
I love Concrete Blonde. Johnette Napolitano is one of the greatest female rock singers ever, IMHO.
@jimkelso9528Ай бұрын
She really has the most amazing voice. ❤ darling.
@thorweiller5 жыл бұрын
i'm a metal fan but this is absolutely brilliant
@hellcat285 жыл бұрын
A band like that would never have a chance nowadays. The music industry is corrupted and wouldnt let talent prevail.
@burnjburn4 жыл бұрын
It has always been corrupted.
@brianbullivant47534 жыл бұрын
@@burnjburnYeah it has. Corrupt managers, publishers, record companies and DJ's have been around for over 60 years. If one were to Google the term Payola, a Pandora's Box of past corruption would splillout.
@TheJosep704 жыл бұрын
It's a business selling products. Overexposed, commercialised...
@sonofthemorningstar7 ай бұрын
Johnette + James = GODS
@cmartin1959-qq2mi6 жыл бұрын
She was so Beautiful
@michaeltran44635 жыл бұрын
cmartin1959 her beauty will never fade
@crashburn32925 жыл бұрын
Still is.
@robertjohnson74762 ай бұрын
Why does this have only 173k views?!? 🎉 ❤
@rafaelvalenzuelameza60068 жыл бұрын
i love her....
@garrains97574 ай бұрын
I still love this.
@tonyh85102 жыл бұрын
Joey gives me a head rush, 1 of my favorite songs
@amandabuttf5160 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@TheArtofGuitar5 ай бұрын
I bet she could have been huge if she agreed to bend the knee and sell out to the labels. She's far too punk to do that and she's a legend to the right people for staying true.
@petermcbride45423 жыл бұрын
What a great voice
@jamesanderson3485 жыл бұрын
Perfection. Goosebumps!!!
@SuperZap123455 жыл бұрын
I think Dave was crushing on Johnette.
@5cinch5 жыл бұрын
she radiates sensuality saw them once from second row.my girl reaped major benefits after.
@ibelieveicansoar3 жыл бұрын
So was the cameraman
@joew.435814 күн бұрын
Every song is good. They put their time in.
@patricksmalleyes81633 жыл бұрын
I think I'm in love with her, Seriously
@aydnwallace79424 жыл бұрын
Dave’s all like ❤️❤️😍🥰😍😘
@juancarloschavezbarreto32707 жыл бұрын
¡¡¡Johnette is very very COOL !!!!
@kylejones89476 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@yonkipop8 ай бұрын
Today was looking for my collection cd of concrete blonde, left any box for tomorrow, sure i Will find it
@donyelmarislascastro1803 жыл бұрын
No cabe duda que hermosa cantante y mujer
@jasonruetz23063 ай бұрын
Wow she's so unbelievably beautiful.
@mediaINTELLIGENCEca Жыл бұрын
Seen her once in YHM Ontario. 20 minute set. That's all she would do. She closed out in 20 mins, saying, who the fuck is she anyway? (or something like that). Can't remember the year; Paul Thompson XRoxy drummed. it was crazy awesome. Worth every second of the 20 mins. I left chuckling, in awe.
@bobbowie9350 Жыл бұрын
Saw them at the greek in la. Great show.
@TotPlots Жыл бұрын
THE GOAT
@michaeldesilvio20605 жыл бұрын
They were great.
@williamschulz67924 жыл бұрын
She's hitting on all cylinders here.
@joeblack3926 Жыл бұрын
Jeans.. tee shirt... and in her socks...nothing made up about her. . She is all natural. I wish i had caught them back when they were jamming.....
@annandamartins68033 жыл бұрын
A melhor de todos os tempos
@IHateThisHandleSystem Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, you most certainly ARE worthy.
@cristianehoffmansanzi51072 жыл бұрын
Em 2022. Sua maravilhosa.
@Staylogical Жыл бұрын
Jeez,it would be so fine to hear Johnette and James do something together again.
@HigzyTeflon5 жыл бұрын
What a gem. Love this!
@robertjohnson74762 ай бұрын
Greatest music video ever ?!? DL a "tad" creepy, but it's 'show biz'; he's certainly helping to promote the band here. Also, she is 'beautifully awkward' in the 'end part' of this video.
@sue_m4 жыл бұрын
wow... check out jim mankey's spider fingers! I always thought I had long fingers... then I started watching music videos and paying attention to the guitarists...
@bruceprice8882 Жыл бұрын
His pickless playing sounds so damn good.
@carlospequenor49355 жыл бұрын
Los mejores momentos de mi vida escuchando ese tema en su momento.
@gerlyn74558 ай бұрын
Just To Hang Out With Johnette would be Heaven even if it was just for 15 minutes !
@bradgilker34296 жыл бұрын
An Angel
@darthslater60772 жыл бұрын
This is what a real singer sounds like, this is what a real band sound slike..not like this bullshit milllenial crap, music took a nose dive in the mid 90s and since has not recovered....50s on up to mid 90s after that...just shit....cookie monster one finger chord garbage...yeah there are some real technical players but the band always has something lacking, good writting, good vocals, good bass playing etc etc......this was refreshing.
@shelleybarbosa62134 жыл бұрын
Please make a comeback!
@pm1pm1944 жыл бұрын
Simply the Best!
@jdbyd48943 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@guitargalsings Жыл бұрын
James Mankey's guitar backing is absolutely brilliant here. I always feel that "less is more" and what he did with this song is a fine example of that. Just a perfect compliment to her amazing vocals and the entire song. But why two drummers? Harry Rushakoff (behind her) had more than enough talent and then some to be the lone drummer.
@billc68284 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than that
@rpq78892 жыл бұрын
Notice that sound on the guitar........mankey brand!
@captainkttyhwk4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Im in love.
@Zizzbiz3 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering what Dave was whispering to her? He was obviously smitten.