Clive Davis Talks About Lou Reed, Springsteen, Janis Joplin And The Grateful Dead | Letterman

The music icon shares stories from his legendary rock & roll life.
(From "Late Show," air date: 10/30/13)
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[@Memo2Self]

Jeez, now every time I see a recently-posted Letterman clip, the first thing I think of is "Who died?"

[@Bigeazy87]

Clive is still alive

[@Pretty_Fly_on_a_White_Guy]

Tbh, i thought he passed years ago.

[@ModernElectricRecordings-bl6bs]

Clive will ALWAYS be alive.

[@zugunruhebirdingtours329]

Yes, in our hearts. RIP

[@paulferranti8536]

“ We used to play for silver, now we play for Clive…”……The Grateful Dead….

[@AhPhoey]

Alive but in career hell.

[@shaywhite5064]

He's living the life most of us dream of.....Janis, Lou, Bruce, Whitney and Jerry Garcia ❤

[@AhPhoey]

All of those before mentioned died a terrible death.....I'll let him live his life and I'll live my own. 👍👍

[@Hunter-fi1np]

& Clive ripped them all off

[@davidellis5141]

The excellent Australian band The Church had their only Top 40 hit Under The Milkyway on Arista Records while Clive was still running the show.

[@newwavepop]

What always amazed me was once The Church had that hit here in the U.S. they were never able to capitalize on it. om the very next album the put out the single for "Metropolis" and i can not believe that song didnt take off.

[@user-kk3jr8gi2x]

David Letterman: Uploads Video Me: Googles person to see if they’re still alive

[@shaywhite5064]

Me too. I have noticed that they said "remembering" on the last one I saw when someone died. Much better!

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Saw a great PBS documentary about him just within the past week. So glad he's still with us! (Yes, I was concerned, too, when I saw this post.)

[@elizabethlanders9805]

Star Maker Clive Davis is 92 years young. Bet he never had a boring day at work 😊.

[@scottsnothome5649]

My father worked for Walter, after Columbia canned Clive. That place was crazy good.

[@tommyriam8320]

The paint on that dome is insane.

[@brianmoore5498]

fantastic interview. mr. davis is very interesting

[@Hunter-fi1np]

He was a crook.

[@exeuropean]

David should have mentioned Santana. Clive Davis was instrumental in the rebirth of Santana.

[@pamzavada5269]

LOVE Clive Davis!!!

[@Hunter-fi1np]

You obviously know nothing about him

[@pamzavada5269]

@Hunter-fi1np What is it that you know about Clive Davis that would make me change my mind about him?

[@user-ir4pp6qe6n]

The great Clive Davis 🎹🎸🎺🎻🪕🪈🪇🪘🥁🎤🎛🎧🎵🎼🎶🎙

[@Hunter-fi1np]

He was a dirt bag. Read some books for crying out loud.

[@splenderella9]

Surprisingly open for the time - wonder if someone would be offended now?🤨

[@duramaxdave1062]

The man who diddled diddy

[@ofilipequintans]

Clive Davis had a pre-Grammy party over Whitney Houston's corpse. This is not a saint.

[@Hunter-fi1np]

He was a dirtbag

[@user-pk7jj1vx3z]

Great guest.

[@Hunter-fi1np]

He was a criminal.

[@glenngrinter6818]

Kenny G writes about Clive in his new book.🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@Hunter-fi1np]

Kenny G, the guy who's parents were / are billionaires? WHO CARES?

[@Andrew-Antioch-Kim]

The man who discovered Whitney Houston!

[@penguin44ca]

The cops?

[@catofthecastle1681]

Her famous mom and aunt might be offended by that!

[@Hunter-fi1np]

Oh. so HE's responsible for that garbage?

[@gregdahlen4375]

if lou were alive dave could ask to go on the noir tour lol

[@ChasteenChastain]

Janis, Janis, Janis, music lover’s sure got jipped when we lost her.

[@pamzavada5269]

Clive signed Patti!

[@beatstreet570]

He helped mold a monster.

[@DefinitelyNotMyRealName]

Isn't this the guy that killed Whitney

[@brucegallespie]

I wonder just how many band members he had life insurance policies on, and then they died.

[@Hunter-fi1np]

If so, that's a good thing.

[@Mgh-r]

Hiiiii dear dave ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnrandolph6121]

He was fired from Columbia for stealing from the company.

[@arekpocicki5681]

Sunday morning sidewalk

[@darrtetzy]

I wouldn't have said no to Janis Joplin.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

:)

[@christophercampbell1677]

Play dead😊

[@chadbarbaro]

Janis blew him.

[@rgs4x]

Weird dude.