jon spencer blues explosion live at the french tv

[@sneakypeteandthefre]

went to high school in Hanover NH with him....he was an incredible artist. His drawings were great.....

[@Ropepope]

This is actually one of the only live performances on youtube that I just play on the background while I'm on my computer doing other stuff. The sound quality is great and the music is stunning, what a great live band.

[@MrRowanR]

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[@kmlgraph]

French TV producer: “You have 3 minutes.” Jon Spencer: “Fuck you. The blues is number one”.

[@chussell]

greatest video on youtube

[@TheTrba]

watched it over thousand times and just can't get enough of it

[@NateBriggs1212]

John Spencer Blues Explosion is a National Treasure.

[@J2zday]

i had no idea this guy was so fucking cool!!! thx for posting.

[@MacPh1sto]

THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE!!!

[@tululublue]

JSBX is still the best live show I've ever seen.

[@stephenkane2464]

the blues are no 1 !!!!!!!!

[@enstex7799]

Sono d'accordo, gli vidi a Arezzo, Arezzo wave 1998. Una 💣

[@harryangel6965]

Mee too!

[@jamescorbett4665]

When I invent a time machine, this gig is my first destintion. Shakespeare, Jesus, and the rest can wait. YEAH!

[@Magoom]

THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE, YEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH! Best TV Live performance ever!

[@patrickross5509]

That’s a performance right there

[@teddyhose]

I watched this clip before my band's show at Hotel Utah in San Francisco last night. It was our best show ever.

[@DirtyFrankDahmer]

That’s tits.

[@TheAndrewmcnelis]

Class

[@wwgt]

This has to be , one of the best songs ever written !! seriously ...

[@abbasidanny]

I can't think of a better performance from a band that I've ever seen

[@coachpierre]

i can't stop watching this. amazing. i love the moog! i love how they don't even need a bass player. I love how raw and awesome it is. i can't get enough of it. another thing: French TV rocks. American TV would've had to cut this off at 5 min. gone to commercial and then come back. People hate on France a lot, but their TV spoils you when you go back to the US.

[@DaveAnchovies]

its the older generation...like many amican hatin countries, the young folks dont hate. France had some great bands of the 90s and 00s--Feeling of Love were amazing, got better when they moved on from garage--stayed at my house and were one of the nicest bands to stay up all night partying to my records...they even said they were too messed up to speak english and didnt want to be rude, so we just turned up the stereo and kept laughing at nothing! they didnt speak french to not be rude... Great band!

[@DaveAnchovies]

and it seemed like everywhere but Japan (ironically) were the last country not to hate america! the japanese LOVE americans and american culture. Europe hated on america, not sure why...but everyone i knew who moved to France said that was an ageing generation. even countries like Iran...its the older generation. America is a weird place right now...cow-towing to China and our politicians are a corrupt mess. anyway, when was this filmed? Spencer is a reserved, polite and humble man off stage, but on stage...no jokes...serious biz.

[@DaveAnchovies]

think thats a theramin. never seen him use a moog on stage...they are a pain in the ass. i have one and the microkorg is easier to let go, moogs take both hands and your undivided attention. definitely theremin. dont even need to touch it... never seen spencer flip out like this. mtv in the usa wouldnt touch a band like this...at any point, and i dont think he aspired to that. he could have, but as watt said...some battles aint worth fighting. even Caroline was a shitty indie that treated bands like they were a major. they had the balls to tell Mudhoney to "sweeten up their sound"...they took less money and more freedom on Reprise...until Reprise found out they were using a fraction of the 200k recording budget and buying houses...the courtney love jab was the end. they saved subpop who owed them big money and stayed then nirvana exploded...both didnt see coming or they woulda never left. just sales of Bleach and vinyl rights to Nevermind was like winning the lottery

[@ConnieXX]

saw this band for the first time 10 years ago. jon was wearing a canary yellow shirt, and to this day he is still the sexiest thing i have ever seen on a stage. and still the best concert...

[@Superlongnosegoblin]

Seen em live twice, the best both tight and chaotic at the same time, phenomenal energy

[@n990]

Blues Explosion... Saw them twice... Two best shows I've ever seen... Ever.

[@powellpressburger5507]

"one of the best live performance i have ever seen." And me! THat dirty rock n roll flame alive and well with them even now, passed down from the likes of New York Dolls (73).

[@jamesbhorne]

what are the new york dolls? This is so much better than anything they did. What a bunch of coattail riders they are.

[@gummybear100]

High Gear!

[@francoismeunier8033]

ça manque beaucoup trop des "trucs" comme ça....vive le blues et le rock n' roll

[@hollisqueenz3488]

This is dangerous rock n roll

[@Refused72]

I saw them also 1999 but not in rome, it was in nuernberg in june and i was totally blown away... energetic, sexy, dark, passionate....i will never forget too....remember the days!

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

...one of the best JSBX live clips here on AdTube I've so far seen -- killer medley of two of their songs!!! Seriously, this one rivals their performance on an Australian TV-show back in the '90s for one of their best live performances caught on camera!!!

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

That Jon Spencer knows how to rock the shit right out of your pants like no other mo-fo out there!!!

[@ericman136]

the 3 fantastics

[@bobert6523]

JSBE 2020! MAKE BLUES NUMBER ONE AGAIN!

[@ickystrashcan....anothersm9749]

Im the front door off its hinges man

[@bleepokiltoy]

"YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE! YEAH! YEAH! BLUES EXPLOSION! BLUES EXPLOSION! Bluuuuuues EXPLOSION!" Haha, fucking AMAZING!!! The way he just goes on at the end, genius!

[@PCPeeler]

Unbelievably good. Just sheer energy- love how he's still stomping around after the song is finished.

[@slystoner]

Jon Spencer has been the REAL Elvis of our times!

[@geddybonscott]

I've seen Jon Spencer live a couple times and he tears it up! This is one example.

[@XSGjarez]

LOLLLL I remember that. I was watching TV when it arrived. 15 years ago at least!!!

[@ceounicom]

Great video. i grew up in ny in the 90s. this guys show was always the shit. I remember leaving a show of his at Tramps without my shirt or a shoe. I didn't care. It is maybe sad that people don't rock this way anymore, but i am not going to be an old man and weep for the youth. We had our fun. This is evidence.

[@foloite]

purely expression

[@bluepianowaits]

Without a doubt the most rock n roll man ever (closely followed by the other two)

[@soshortmarianne]

no bass guitar in jon spencer blues explosion no. but judah bauer (guitarist on the left) is always playing his electric guitar plugged on an amp for bass guitars. that's why it sounds like this.

[@jmh2277]

Brilliant...most punk rock thing I've seen in a while...JSBX are endlessly watchable...

[@dishwasher27]

great, no matter what is involved......just great...!

[@shotdonkey]

all you ever wanted to know about the essence of rock `n`roll - and then some! just saw the blues explosion last night - and they still kick some serious ass! don`t miss out if these guys come visit your town...

[@tchenguise]

Every time I've seen them live they were as good, legendary !

[@EskilIsDaShit]

Jon spender fucking explodes there

[@plmooney]

Those Frogs didn't know what hit them. The Blues is No. 1!!!!!

[@marcuscoquer5958]

This is my new favourite thing

[@JimboEarl]

haha, note that poor french old lady at 6:17. her mind wouldve been blown

[@robyonder]

fucking good .

[@keithricard]

Très appréciés en France. Le trio le plus explosif du rock? On en est pas loin.

[@Mike_sandoval_]

This was totally and pure Genius, This is what Fucking rock is about. This is the very escence of rock. Thank god for this moment of catharsis.

[@1bertoroque]

Anyone in 2018??? Give me a thumbs up!!!

[@hulalo3]

2019 bby

[@carylshawver]

2020🖤

[@uglysentenza]

THE BLUES IS NUMBER 1 ;)

[@iesus68]

Tv sux. who was at palladium club in rome, in april 1999, will never forget thet show. THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE.

[@DaveAnchovies]

slightly more unhinged than the jon stewart performance...bands like this dont get appreciated above the underground in the US, but the rabid cult following keeps em going. american tv woulda went to commercial about 4:35...or shortly there after. "this wasnt in rehearsal....did he say fuck? oh god!"

[@johnstallings4049]

"Da blues is number one!"❄️🌍❄️

[@dankokid]

Too cool. TOO COOL!!! Just too cool! Just too fuckin' cool!!! I do not need sex anymore!

[@slickysac]

it doesnt get much fuckin betta, still #1 in s.f.

[@drrumms2087]

Love it!! Emotion..Spirit..Rock And Roll!!!

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

Seen 'em live. Only once unfortunately. But they were the best live act I've ever seen! Hopefully I will be able to see them live again. Edit: I just checked to see if they're still active, and unfortunately they've split up permanently 2016.

[@phibess]

@casparwijn - not sure how this performance was disrespecting the host, they were just being JSBX and doing their own thing as usual. Besides, this was in 1998 so hardly past 40.

[@weinhara]

ok, I liked it, but there has been a longer version on YT before. It started with an introduction at the TV show wehre they played the song, wich I miss on this edit. It has a way stronger impact to the end with the intro.

[@juhahoik]

The blues is number ooone!

[@thomaspeakanarca]

Fantastic!!!!!!

[@HALRU2]

This presentation was brought to you by the wet, white, and bluesxplosion!

[@Ropepope]

2:50 "Fuck you!", that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen anyone do on a stage hahahaha... Such a great live performance, you don't see stuff like this much at all nowadays. People aren't "doing their own thing", but blending into the mainstream, it's sad!

[@dorgasvideos]

jon spencer it's the man, he can say the shit he wants and still sounds cool as fuck.

[@dravafox]

THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE! THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE!

[@bobert6523]

Congratulations to Jackie Chan on the birth of his baby with Jon Spencer. 🥳🥳🥳

[@1457loic]

epic, legend, raw power, i say it feels m**** f*** good !

[@phibess]

@fmalitz Music is about playing the right notes but there's also feeling, energy, humor, mannerism..."the Blues is # 1" is one of his signature screams, Blues as name of their band.. Hysterical hollers, affectations.. are nothing new, think James Brown, Little Richard, Elvis, Cpt Beefheart.. JSBX worked with RL Burnside, Rufus Thomas so I guess they know well what blues is, why not look up those videos, Frank, also Devil Got My Woman? I'd learn a little about a band before giving statements.

[@m1o9o6n8]

once saw the blues once crawled the floor pissed drunk i was but wow!!! what a night...

[@youclavicle]

I SAID THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE!!! Powerful Music!

[@DirtyFrankDahmer]

He’s right

[@concray]

i feel... deflowered, this is the first time i actually can understand why once upon a time people thought that rock'n'roll is dangerous for their kids.

[@karabik]

one of the best live performance i have ever seen. rock and roll, madafakin blues, YEAH! YEAH!

[@maxmeenie]

that drum set seems so small for the shit he's kickin out of it.

[@jfm010]

This is what it's all about! Unbelievable!!

[@Reilly1888]

thank you Rhythm magazine

[@RoseToronto]

Great video, thanks, merci

[@TheTrba]

never seen anything like this before

[@davidian0616]

And hence it was known in France: the blues is no.1 😃

[@NickBaracchi]

great performance!

[@Mellie]

There are no words. Abso-f*cking-lutly brilliant!

[@synaps13]

YEAH!YEAH! YEAH!

[@letmehollaatyaful]

Saw them live in Indy at the Vogue and they killed it! If I had a dollar for every pixel in this video I'd still be broke

[@ICareBecauseYouDo]

AWESOME! (and in its original meaning!)

[@munk237]

This version of "High Gear" is great. After hearing this the original version just does not stack up. Great live performance.

[@Jarqueivies]

Both songs are way better live in my opinion

[@cadencecrescendo619]

Not enough people say “mother f***ing’ on live TV. It’s underrated.

[@DaveAnchovies]

Spencer is so...polite and reserved off stage, too....he must get savage up there.

[@phibess]

@fmalitz 1. In this very video he says "I DO NOT PLAY NO BLUES" several times. No JSBX is not orthodox blues, their music is a blend of noise, garage, blues rock, soul, punk, rockabilly.. What's wrong with a garage band? 2. Legit performance? Are you kidding, JSBX is one of the best life acts you'll ever find. Watch 2 Kindsa Love live on Recovery & if you're still not getting it then I'm sorry. Music isn't just about playing correct notes. if you want more bluesy stuff watch Devil Got My Woman.

[@ekogrupapetrovaradin4964]

Had a full session on VHS in color.. oh, recorders and quality TV. I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BLUUUUES

[@reno59fr]

excellent!

[@axelb.o.7963]

Audience : Jackie Chan. Priceless

[@tolugo87]

no way! Jon Spencer bro!

[@phibess]

@fmalitz Thanks, I enjoyed it too. Hendrix lame? In 200 years he will still sound like he came from outer space, pure genius. I love blues and have great respect for true bluesmen so if I'm ever in Chicago I hope I'll catch one of your shows. Take care.

[@anthonycrystal33]

JUDAH FUCKING BAUER!

[@lonegrodelpiano]

delirante pero hay que escuchar 'dub narcotic sound system meets jon spencer blues explosion in a dancehall style'!!!

[@Mellie]

This just rocks, I love it!

[@FerCrook]

tremendo genio

[@wwgt]

High gear , specifically But hey, this whole darned things rocks !

[@mylesgeronimo4976]

He gives great banter with rl burnside---fantastic. I'm thinkin' '20 nickels' or some title like that....

[@Klubfoot1]

Epic!

[@keithricard]

La classe absolue, période Acme.