Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American on Letterman

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

Seems like yesterday I saw one of their first live shows in an attic in the mid 90s. They've come a long way, but I had no idea they still be killing it decades later. Well done boys. You've made Arizona so proud.

[@brandonjensen5292]

Wondered where they came from

[@heythere6983]

You look at the comments and someone’s talking about how great the bass is or the guitars, the solos, the lead singers performance, the drummer, the super tight interlude and you gotta remember this is what a fantastic band looks like . Rock and roll

[@jasoncinema]

Absolutely! And I really wish the Alternative rock radio format would get back to this, rather than the electronic pop sound the format has gravitated toward in the last few years. Hopefully we’re due for a pendulum swing fairly soon. 🤞

[@TwilightCalzone]

These guys rock hard live. They fucking bring it.

[@jeremyshutrump7351]

I saw them in 2001 when I was 13, they were really heavy sounding live. really great live band.

[@TwilightCalzone]

In 2014, they marked the 10th anniversary of Futures by playing the entire album live, followed by a second set of other songs (shameless plug -- I have a video from that show on my channel). Great live band!

[@MrTomihuet]

In soviet russia world eat Jimmy

[@xxhitormissxx2370]

9 years later, your joke is still getting laughs. I almost sneezed my drink out of my nose, almost. Instead, I just coughed and spilt on my shirt like an adult.

[@atticus13fault]

LOLOLOLOL 😂

[@jeffreyschoolcraft6815]

@@xxhitormissxx2370 it’s about as much funny as it make sense

[@cmorrow132]

They are a great studio band, but definitely better by far live. Pure raw energy and emotion to push these songs - it's what the songs deserve.

[@tomasufaro3962]

cant findva studio version of this song can some1 put a link

[@dukes-1826]

@@tomasufaro3962 did you find it yet?

[@acttragic]

lol nah man they are good live but the studio is far superior

[@kradz3667]

One of my favorite bands ever who have never released a bad album. So good live, too. One thing about Letterman that I always liked was that he had good music on his show and you could tell he really, really enjoyed some of the acts (search for "Manchester Orchestra Letterman" and you can tell he loves the band).

[@toolsound]

These guys tear it up live. Awesome performance.

[@watchdog304]

2:44! That is how you end a song!

[@TonyGaldin]

Wow, it is an incredible song with power vocal's performance! Seems like yesterday, but it was 20 years ago. Where is my 00's?

[@MacTobey]

still one of my favourite songs!

[@TimeIsBlack666]

Yes and the middle 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@violetXdaisy]

I thought they were saying "sugar on the asphalt"... *looks up lyrics* Oh, hey! I was right.

[@GMasta95]

in the chorus it sounds like "sugar honey ass farts" xDD

[@kylehegedus5498]

GMasta95 😂😂😂😂😂

[@EnjelMooshies]

Bruh momentum

[@darkXwolf17-UD]

GMasta95 XD is sugar on the asphalt

[@NicolasCurcioWriter]

such an amazing front. wonderful singer, and guitar player. ESPECIALLY when it comes to solos.

[@weed940]

love the energy in the song and the band carried it out nicely in this one^^

[@aridz13]

I have bought 2 of every CD since Clarity, because I love them so much and also I keep losing and scratching my CD's lol... I

[@michaelvinciguerra6474]

Man, I can't find bands like this today. Can someone recommend a band like this nowadays?

[@acslater017]

I'd recommend Jimmy Eat World. They're still putting out albums :)

[@joshuahickman4613]

Michael Vinciguerra twenty one pilots is one of them.

[@second1814]

Joshua Hickman no lol

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

There’s a new band out of San Diego called Private Lives. I wouldn’t say they’re exactly like JEW, a little more electronics, but they do rock.

[@captainjohn6190]

The Hotelier “home like no place”

[@ericdburton91]

I'm so glad they're as good live as they are recorded. :) Makes me happy when that happens.

[@rohan65ful]

Such an awesome song.

[@lemmingbcn]

Great band...outstanding drummer!

[@hitmonlee1599]

The bass is flawless in this performance

[@BerlinGyopo]

nice but what is this ending about haha

[@Tod661]

Great CD..one of the best

[@cliquehop]

wow...great song, great band...

[@samanthaweps4215]

2:43 THE EXACT TIMING Damn

[@elevenfold]

The lead guitarist reminds me of Jason Newstead

[@FuZzilla895]

Jimmy Eat World set the level and has influenced so many other bands. JEW Forever!

[@SignoreGiusto]

I wish videos this old had commercials from the time.

[@FaithDead]

i miss the backing vocals in the verse, other than that it's great!

[@Stanger90]

it's nuts how he can jump around and rock out like that while doing a guitar solo. Fucking AWESOME band.

[@mauricetomas]

drummer dominates

[@area51pictures]

Jimmy Eat Worlds dirtiest little secret has always been this: When time comes to rock, they really can bring the R A W K

[@Bunechunk]

3:00-3:05 it looks like he has a mustache! :D

[@MOIRAUK]

fucking amaizing band, i love jimmy eat world

[@sushigimme]

same here =D they're unlike any other band out there these days where most of them feel obliged to incorporate gimmicks to captivate a fan's attention. for these guys, their live shows always have them wearin casual clothes but still rock the stage

[@Djhotrhymez]

actually, jimmy eat world has played in almost 3 us tours under the foo fighters headline weather or not you agree that dave ghrol is a good musician is beyond the point, his record for making extremely good music speaks for it self as far a live preformance, the have some of the best preformances on their live stages, ive seen both bands 3 times and idk wut ur talking bout

[@EddieDubs]

I'd love to see Dave's reaction. I'm sure he enjoyed this.

[@ExpertScientist]

Great band!

[@armorforsleepbecky]

Jimmy Eat World is awesome!

[@2ndCthulhu]

Did the bassist actually sing during this show, at all?

[@mrhu91081]

best song from JEW ever!!!!!

[@dougburr4192]

FIRE!!!

[@MrOddzilla]

@kmg12 I know I'm still listening to their self-titled album from 94.... they were only 17 lol

[@everlot1000]

every member of this band is super badass-ness

[@jimmygee5]

wow they are good live

[@audijoseph2371]

Sound engineer needs a raise

[@nobull89]

@TheDittohead3 Jimmy Eat World are not a newish band. They've been around for 18 years. That is a long time by any bands standards.

[@corneliussmal2488]

I love what you said but even better is the fact that they are already almost 27 years together. They started in 1993. I absolutely love them. Saw them live once in South Africa. Brought me to tears hey.

[@idoforensics]

No droo83, you are wrong too actually. The song was named "Salt, Sweat, Sugar" when it was released in the UK (obviously because "Bleed American" wouldn't be as appealing). The album title was renamed from Bleed American to simply Jimmy Eat World after the 9/11 attack.

[@matronthorn.official]

I'm always so concerned that he is going to break his teeth on the microphone

[@idoforensics]

All right, I'll go with what you say. I can't compete with that prestige.

[@KiwiCrisis]

Singers got mad stage presence

[@thebrockmans05]

That, my friends, is how it's done.

[@oroke5]

i saw this song on guitar hero 5 and its an AWESOME song 2 me

[@PaperMoshe]

AHH!! I love them!

[@LEFT4BASS]

@GMasta95 It's actually "sugar on the asphault"

[@entrailsgalore]

Well I wouldn't say it was renamed, they just dropped the "Bleed American" suffix so people wouldn't think they were anti American A holes. But they re-released Bleed American in 2008 with the original album name. In the UK it was released with a different album name, but that was the choice of the record label.

[@ShroudedInVeilz]

well, that was certainly a kickass performance.

[@Devolutionator]

Their drummer is so underrated.

[@permian11]

most likely but it's still just awesome

[@TheKingBrewer]

Nailed it

[@AmbitiousMOnkey1100]

i met the drummer they originally had hired from the beginning.

[@alibanshee2841]

Thanks to Burnout 3 for allowing me to discover J E W

[@jackoo666]

really dig their drummer...kinda dave grohlish. anyone who smacks the fuck out of the snare like that is great

[@kebabacus]

Wow. Better than the record.

[@desmokid1477]

Letterman always introduced 90s/2000s pop punk rock whatever bands with "terrific"... funny, anyway jimmy eat world are so tight. damn

[@jdthebandgeek]

I felt so pumped after they ended the song...and then that stupid advertisement came on...

[@jerardnorgren3411]

Love me some JEW

[@Pooters.]

maybe its the bushy brows but he looks like one of those french guys with unibrows but hes an awesome singer nm it

[@AcheKah]

@DarksideSnowboardsVt lol its not even a argument autotune= not singing jimmy eat world= actual music

[@permian11]

2:43 holy shit soooo tight

[@ShionLc]

esa cancion esta e el gitar hero 5

[@aridz13]

OMG I hate it when rappers and rockers hate each other! I listen to a lot of pop, rap and RnB like t-pain and the game and T.I., doesn't mean I suck. I love Jimmy eat World and Thursday at the same time too!!! people listen to whatever they like, big deal! If they can appreciate a whole spectrum of music, all the better, no genre of music is better than the other. Everyone's taste varies so stop all this hating nonsense.

[@wyatt_dewitt93]

yeah, he looks like him too.

[@drummaDM10]

Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt,

[@THEWONTON123]

This is awesome, but what is speyside?

[@ioenar]

There pretty good live actually, if your gonna say they suck you have to give a reason

[@I_Lemaire]

This was 5 days before 9/11.

[@KeeLiphotonics]

Bee-rill-ee-ant

[@xxxglorpxxx]

Around 3:00 he does.

[@Mrtherapists]

@sizzledeyes lol dude broaden your listenin'! i love JEW and lil' wayne! listen to everything!!

[@elgojira]

JEV rocks!!!!

[@LostFanFiction]

You can't RENAME a song once it's been released it's like.. a song is a song.. you can't go out there and change the name of it.. ? Right?

[@ericdburton91]

Except for the "now, now, NOW"! Agh! So anticlimactic! Better to go for it and totally fail than not to go for it at all. Still fanTASTic.

[@Spaceplatypus]

Asphalt. As in pavement

[@0takebacktheradio0]

It was called Bleed American.

[@alastairguhn]

It's not just that he's been playing so long, he makes truly respectable music. His lyrics have meaning and the all around sound is good. But against some of the better guitarists, he just doesn't compete.

[@happenstance1893]

@GMasta95 I laughed so fuckin hard reading this

[@RustleXer]

they're not emo, they just play rock

[@wyatt_dewitt93]

awesome band jim adkins looks like bruce campbell

[@jackoo666]

were the verse harmonies at?

[@arvas111]

Wow they are great live, not like Foo Fighters who make alot of mistakes.

[@OneOh10q]

does he say ass fault? im not sure what he says there, thats just what it sounds like lol.

[@ddevil1381]

@sizzledeyes NICE! ahaha

[@TheNegroponte]

@THEWONTON123 whisky

[@NoahLukens]

@aridz13 you see, although i see your point of view, i must interject. this is only my personal opinion, but T.I, t-pain, and the game use auto tune to make their voices higher or lower or electronic in general. but Jimmy Eat World's singers can do that without auto tune, and play the guitar while doing it. think about which has more talent and better sound for just a moment.

[@ScootyPuffJunior]

I concur... but my friend is kind of... full of himself.

[@rastaking757]

someone made a lyric video of this song, and replaced the word "call" with coal. one of the funnier ones I've seen.

[@FettArm84]

think they all have a click in-ear

[@thekillers1stfan]

they got a lot better when they booted Grohl though

[@TheDittohead3]

The thing about jimmy is there a newish band so they wont get old for a while

[@MrOddzilla]

if you look at most letterman live performances, all david ever says is "and now our next guests, critically acclaimed rock and roll band...." slightly annoying