I'm about 99% sure this is one of the most epic videos on KZbin.
@rocthepanther755 жыл бұрын
One of the best covers ever!
@nogingerfool14 жыл бұрын
fuck am late to the party , but yer right , hope your still breathing , x peace
@OsvaldoPaese13 жыл бұрын
he completely turned this song upside down and made his own. one of the best covers of all time.
@SadLisa77715 жыл бұрын
The baseball cap, bow and sunglasses! Great! He is so lovely!
@GKalabza10 жыл бұрын
Broadcasted on TVE2 December 2, 1981 on Musical Express, Spain' The band: John Cale, Andy Summers, Ollie Halsall, Zanna Gregmar, Pere Colom and Miguel Figuerola.
@PhilDanielsStorr6 жыл бұрын
In 1974, when Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Eno were doing some concerts together, he also did some great stuff with KA - check out his solo on 'Blue'.
@greenmanwl8 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance and with Andy Summers in guitar, wowwwwwww
@EmilyCarneySpaceflight16 жыл бұрын
Wow, he sure was tired at the end. Love it. His attempt to do "the robot" was downright heroic.
@alfonsomango_suyu Жыл бұрын
Best version ever
@brakoify14 жыл бұрын
man....how can u not like this? lol seriously i found out about this guy 2 weeks ago and im now addicted and cant find a song i DONT like lol
@KrystalLake10 жыл бұрын
It takes big brass balls to try and top a song most people relate to Elvis. But... Holy sh**. It's like Cale is the only one of the two men who interpreted the f**king lyrics correctly. I can absolutely believe _he wants to die_ . Love him. [standing ovation]
@AsparagusG13 жыл бұрын
John Cale at the height of his 'unintentionally hilarious glam rock' phase.
@scarletcoffee12 жыл бұрын
Greatest $hit I have ever seen. Golden.
@divine1812478 жыл бұрын
Great version of a Presley classic. Love the mix in the band.
@ryanmcallister2321 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, this dude was a genius. This is so fucking funny and yet still badass and great.
@q6drum4 ай бұрын
Was? Still is. Look up his recent “Mercy” album - still killin’ it in his 80s.
@MarcAndreLacas8 ай бұрын
Génial!
@steviebkhall10 жыл бұрын
Thanks,that was great.peace
@ForARide15 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, and I really love this version, it unfolds Cales´s subversive humour!
@Haugum1n5 жыл бұрын
God to play on lousy night. Makes me alive for sure
@deeeecraig14 жыл бұрын
Andy Summers rips the ever-lovin' s$%t out of his guitar during the solo, and it's so much better than that rather sterile sound for which he's known. Even though Cale isn't using his fiddle, the two guitarists do a fine job of impersonating his viola sound. This is rock 'n roll.
@bobgreen62315 жыл бұрын
Olly Halsall RIP what a legend!
@GenkiSugiru15 жыл бұрын
Yes, Elvis was aware. This song, even when Elvis sang it, is about a deeply depressed person contemplating suicide. The song is based upon an actual news story in the mid-50's about a suicide.
@tonybenn22578 жыл бұрын
The definitive version surely!
@AsparagusG13 жыл бұрын
Credit card in one hand, trucker cap, golden bow tie, and is that a nicotene patch? What rich symbolism.
@enndaley7 жыл бұрын
Andy Summers also played on the Kevin Coyne song 'Savior' with the immortal lyric 'Stretchin' and a retchin' by the riverside' and an a Capella break that is...intense.
@byronp23116 жыл бұрын
I saw the Guts tour at the Armadillo. Friend of mine came out from backstage after the opening act and said John's already downed half a bottle of Jack. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO FUCKING AMAZING!!!. It was. WAY more scary than this version.
@slappy28362 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah. Thx 4 sharing
@powerkaes13 жыл бұрын
Yes! With a very cool Andy Summers. Great! Thanks for uploading.
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
And Ollie Halsall! what a double guitar attack
@a.c.5429 Жыл бұрын
super!
@MarsHottentot11 жыл бұрын
OH! From PATTO! Crazy, man. I've been talking about them this week.
@TheFlamingteacher4 жыл бұрын
Wowee. Years before but evocative of Nick Cave
@MG-xg2xt3 жыл бұрын
He recorded a Peel Session with the Birthday Party the same day this was broadcasted, if the other commenter up top is correct. Love them both.
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
Cave obviously a big fan
@oogie1114 жыл бұрын
I watched Mr Nice today starring Rhys Ifans, and all I could think was, 'Doesen't he resemble John Cale?' :)
@MarsHottentot11 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@extantia13 жыл бұрын
First impression- this guy is the anti-matter version of Brryan Ferry. With that said, I quite like the both of them
@themagnanimous12467 жыл бұрын
extantia that's a pretty damn good comparison hahaha.
Someone said Elvis died the day he heard the Cale cover on Fear ... great album
@ForARide4 жыл бұрын
It wasn't on Fear, it's on Slow Dazzle. But yeah, that's the day Elvis died. LOL
@chrisarnold3553 Жыл бұрын
Andy Summers on guitar.
@jeffreybrucebutterfield8 жыл бұрын
just found this,andy summers with john cale.
@eselsdistel16 жыл бұрын
Without Elvis, none of this would have happened.
@dangermuz13 жыл бұрын
herre jemini for en jobb john gjør, med verdens kjipeste backing. hu dama på orgel er ganske heit da, men a gøkke så mye ut av seg....
@jesus-no1iv2 жыл бұрын
Damn fuck this is great
@angelocatapang605411 жыл бұрын
what an amazing rendition from this lad from v.u.! an atonal dissonant version of heartbreak hotel?say what ya will is genius.
@GERONIMOTS12313 жыл бұрын
ô YEAH! PLEASE , play guitar for my LONELY soul ?, days and nigts!. M* thancks! a lot!
@brakoify13 жыл бұрын
honestly, when i saw "HeartBreak Hotel" come across the front, i thought it was a movie at first haha
@fernandoperdomomusic4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sounds like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
Nick may have just been getting The Birthday Party going by this time
@swissuiza12 жыл бұрын
quelques jours après, en GALICIA transmis sur RADIO 3 Nacional d'Espagne il a joué plus de deux heures et il a fait un rappel...j'ai aussi lu des gens qui ont commenté le concert à Barcelone et ayant vu sa set list il paraît qu'il avait 5 ou 6 chansons qui n'a pas joué :(, je pense qu'il devait savoir, car je l'ai su après, que la salle de l'Apolo était même pas à moitié rempli car
@AsparagusG16 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to take screencaptures of this and start making lolcales.
@swissuiza12 жыл бұрын
le public l'avait lâché pour THindersticks...désolant, même si ce groupe mérite tout mon respect...enfin, pourtant je ne suis fan ni de l'un ni de l'autre....mais Cale nous prend à contrepied, il n'a pas sa langue dans sa poche, et il est un véritable artiste comme on ne voit plus ou très rarement, comme dirait SUICIDE "NO COMPROMISE" je ne peux qu'admirer ces artistes là.
@GAFFTV15 жыл бұрын
Amazing, i love the haunting harmonised lead. it's so hypnotic!!! However I'm sure Mr.Presley would be horrified haha! Cale's version is amazing and who's on keys??? Jesus I nearly popped a lob-on!!! :P
@lwilson8515 жыл бұрын
Haha. This is great.
@MarsHottentot11 жыл бұрын
Who's the guitarist who isn't Andy Summers? He's AWESOME.
@desolationangel51363 жыл бұрын
Ollie Halsall.
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
@@desolationangel5136 formerly of Timebox and Patto, also played some with Kevin Ayers, and contributed to Rutles tracks
@ChristopherBenson_195611 жыл бұрын
This the Welshman John Cale formerly of the Velvet Underground is not dead. The Oklahoma native JJ Cale ("After Midnight", "Cocaine") died on 25/26 July 2013. This one, John "Davies" Cale is still kicking. He has an OBE from the Queen, though probably not specifically for this Elvis Presley rendition!
@robertogalvez24232 жыл бұрын
And he popularized Hallelujah in Shrek
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
@@robertogalvez2423 well Shrek popularized his Hallelujah. I saw him perform it on a piano in Central Park about 10 years before Shrek. Devastating, even on a sunny summer's day. Kudos to the Shrek music supervisor who chose his version and not Jeff Buckley's (or Leonard's, for that matter)
@robertogalvez24232 жыл бұрын
@@Muddyrich I'm an old Cale fan. When I heard his Hallelujah in Shrek I could not believe it (John Cale in a cartoon movie???) and I was proud of him, because I thought he would finally leave his cult artist status, however his karma (?) or whatever happened made the version of Rufus Wainwright the one to be heard in the CD soundtrack. Many believe John's version is Rufus'.
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
@@robertogalvez2423 That's right! Even Rufus jumped on that song, though his version reminds me more of Jeff's. Have you seen the pretty new documentary on Hallelujah? definitely worth a watch...
@robertogalvez24232 жыл бұрын
@@Muddyrich I'm dying to watch it, being a Cohen fan too. However I live in Peru, South America. The producers told me they haven't arranged to show it in our countries yet.
@metalec66616 жыл бұрын
"ON" guitar! :)
@52woodsman12 жыл бұрын
why isnt my maria on youtube? great cale song
@GAFFTV16 жыл бұрын
vocally reminds me of captain beefheart in some respects...
@fietsvriend14 жыл бұрын
@hobosapiens Spanish TV show "Musical Express"
@gino43623 жыл бұрын
Gràcies a Thecatkeaton
@lamecasuelas215 жыл бұрын
holly shit!!! andy summers!!!!!!!!!
@gino43623 жыл бұрын
Gràcies a l'Àngel Casas podem tenir aquesta joia.
@OsvaldoPaese16 жыл бұрын
Why are you guys putting this down? Don't you understand brilliance? Andy Summers played with John Cale??? that's very cool. The recorded version of this song is just like this so you know. It wasn't just for the show.... I love it. Thanks for posting.
@Muddyrich2 жыл бұрын
AND Ollie Halsall!
@yaelpalombo46042 жыл бұрын
👏🎶❤️
@yammerskooner12 жыл бұрын
Ollie Halsall is everwhere.
@EmilyCarneySpaceflight16 жыл бұрын
So he was "dying," brilliant. I wish I could find more performances of his like this, from the late 1970s - early 1980s. I, too, was mystified by his possession of the credit card and the slip of paper...I assumed the lyrics were on the paper? Because he didn't look too sober in that clip...nevertheless he was good!
@ForARide4 жыл бұрын
Well here we go: Rockpalast 1983 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqaUmqBofsZggLM Rockpalast 1984 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3bdhauMd9dsos0 La Edad De Oro 1985 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3mbn4yEbtKrfdE And the complete show of this performance kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWfaomRjYtqMaJo Hope you enjoy!
@yasharsaydim Жыл бұрын
I love youtube
@Gr3g3r98 жыл бұрын
Ollie Halsall!
@ForARide11 жыл бұрын
It´s Ollie Halsall
@harbinger90726 жыл бұрын
Kickass. Lol.
@RayasNegroOvejas9 жыл бұрын
Wow. He sounds like/sings like Nick Cave on this one.
@CarstenWeise9 жыл бұрын
PJ Nearly. Who was first? Nick is copying Cale ;-)
@RayasNegroOvejas9 жыл бұрын
Carsten Weise Just because Cale has been singing longer doesn't mean he has been singing like this longer, but sure, he recorded this song in 1975.
@CarstenWeise9 жыл бұрын
And this was not a complaint, but just a friendly remark. But then, I guess that Nick learned a lot from John. And Cale has done so many different things.
@ForARide9 жыл бұрын
PJ Honey, this guy is the true Godfather - he started all this Underground shit! So don`t you doubt him.
@comradethoth96298 жыл бұрын
I'm fucking sick of this comparison. Nick Cave is a chump compared to the legend that is John motherfucking Cale.
@bobgreen62315 жыл бұрын
Well, Cale reckoned Elvis died the day he (Cale) recorded this...
@icon05716 жыл бұрын
who is the girl on keyboards? this is fantastic cale, as always!!!
@desolationangel51363 жыл бұрын
Zanna Gregmar
@swissuiza12 жыл бұрын
il ne fait pas de rappel, car c'est d'une intensité que cela doit suffire, vu à Barcelone mardi dernier...!
@jejesus16 жыл бұрын
Is Andy Summers in guitar?? Wow.
@melcher16 жыл бұрын
I think those are two traits that exist in just about every drug addict in the world.
@Ruiner1000000000115 жыл бұрын
Pretty impressive stuff. Didnt know Andy Summers jammed with John. The keyboard player is pretty sexy, why is the camera so shy of her! All told excellent stuff indeed!
@ITIJF5 жыл бұрын
This is actually a Kevin Ayers performance
@KinchStalker13 жыл бұрын
It's Andy Summers!!!
@StijnSchellart12 жыл бұрын
@extantia : that's a good first impression...
@onezitman15 жыл бұрын
and then there was ollie
@swissuiza12 жыл бұрын
samedi 24.03.12 vous pouvez écouter un live en espagne sur la radio 3, voici le link: radio3.rtve.es/noticias/2012/03/radio-3-te-ofrece-este-s%C3%A1bado-el-directo-de-john-cale.html
@famouspogs13 жыл бұрын
does anyone know what the chord at the end of the chorus is?
@bradominus113 жыл бұрын
Who's the hottie on the keyboards, yo?!!
@ITIJF5 жыл бұрын
It's the chick from velvet underground
@desolationangel51363 жыл бұрын
Zanna Gregmar.. and she wasn't in the VU.
@angelocatapang60548 жыл бұрын
2:54
@willfosterhaze8 жыл бұрын
how drunk do you think he is here?
@willfosterhaze8 жыл бұрын
+Will Foster how pissed off do you think Andy Summers is here
@rotttterdarned7 жыл бұрын
Not too. Makes it clear what he thinks of Cale but he always enjoyed playing with Halsall
@ForARide4 жыл бұрын
Will Foster Ffs, speak for yourself. What people think what somebody else thinks or feels is just pathetic. Seemingly some people lack a sense for humour.
@MatthewMcGovernmainpage15 жыл бұрын
It's better for this song when he is behind the piano..... It's more fun...
@felipehartley12 жыл бұрын
John Cale: demencial.
@burnu22405 жыл бұрын
We could Dieeeeeee
@SubconsciousGatherer14 жыл бұрын
Does this place have hourly rates?
@DogaholicBean10 жыл бұрын
He threw a decapitated chicken on the crowd after he did this song in 1977 at the Greyhound
@kidcalabria14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the post, Elvis would have approved no doubt. But: Andy Summers and Harpo Marx. Separated at birth?
@charlieyw4 жыл бұрын
Humbug by the arctic monkeys was completely inspired by this lmao
12 жыл бұрын
Con Andy Summers !!!
@dycave11 жыл бұрын
RIP CALE;(((
@alfonsomango_suyu14 жыл бұрын
where was it ?
@maxolotl313 жыл бұрын
@Jabberw0cky7 Your little brother says a lot of things.
@hobbymari16 жыл бұрын
TVE [spanish public tv]
@beseeingyou611 жыл бұрын
Andy Summers needed work?
@orsaandy115 жыл бұрын
eye opening !!! deranged
@hofla77774 жыл бұрын
Sexy girl playing the keyboards, Andy Summers (of POLICE fame later on), Jon Cale looking like a mobster .... a weird presentation.
@michaelstevenson4704 жыл бұрын
The Police and Summers were already big - 'Roxanne' came out in '78; by 1980 they were doing world tours.
@mutterlein16 жыл бұрын
really? how do ya figure?
@villemurej15 жыл бұрын
what a tour de force....and yes Niko's legs .....mmmmmmmmmm.....guess she was eating good then....