Lisa Robinson with Fran Lebowitz on There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll

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From her days at the legendary Creem to today at Vanity Fair, Lisa Robinson has had an all-access pass to rock and roll history. She has interviewed such icons as John Lennon, Eminem, JayZ and Kanye West. She introduced David Bowie to Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, sat around a pool with a 12 year old Michael Jackson at his Encino home, and spent many hours talking with Lennon at his Dakota apartment. She helped The Clash and Elvis Costello get their record deals, was on a private plane with the Rolling Stones during a lightning storm and with Led Zeppelin when their tour manager pulled out a gun. She tells her stories on our stage in conversation with her friend Fran Lebowitz, and in the pages of her new book, There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll.
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[@backto-il9ne]

Tell me I am not the only one watching everything Fran related on KZbin after Pretend It's a City.

[@westjes639]

@backto1960 You're not the only one.

[@priscillacastroazofeifa3742]

100%

[@JoshMaxPower]

Been binge-watching/listening for 5 days now. At home, in the car, when I get up, when I go to sleep. All the way back to the 70s. Where the hell have I been???

[@markavery7757]

EVERYTHING...😳

[@pammeltzer1898]

Absolutely everything

[@sharonbarrett1673]

Imagine all of the amazing memories and experiences these two have

[@huhsayitagain]

Pretend It's a City brought me here

[@christyjohnson4563]

Me too!!

[@rosarabin824]

🙋

[@XX-zk2lf]

Ok, so now all I want to do is listen to hip hop with Fran😂

[@elcruzer5514]

I'll give anything with La Leibowitz a thumbs up! I love her. Lisa with Zeppelin in New Orleans in '73. I'd brag too!

[@donniemoder1466]

Fran should have hosted The Tonight Show after Johnny. And Lisa should be in the Rock'n Roll Hall Of Fame for introducing David Bowie and Lou Reed.

[@verenas3536]

She is there to talk about her book which is about interviews she did with famous musicians.....and people here complain that she talks about her book too much and about name dropping....LOL high level clownery

[@istvanpraha]

I know. People over-analyze her interviews too much

[@christinemidora9514]

Old interview but timeless. Gonna get Lisa’s book asap.

[@robertbarnier45]

Fran. A genius

[@charlottenugent8647]

I agree Robert

[@me67226]

Fran I miss seeing her on the David Letterman show, always agreed with her and found her humor hilarious. I would have loved to see her at Max's , but I was on the other end of America. New Yorkers had a lot more to do Then us San Franciscans. Yeah there was The Filmore , the Avalon and the Straight theater.but still they were where it's all happening and all nite too.

[@brookegoslin]

This is a great interview for sure love Fran Lebowitz hilarious !

[@babasovka]

I loved Lisa Robinson so much from CREEM magazine, and I love Fran Lebowitz and I super love the New York Dolls

[@flexnetuser2268]

Loved this, thanks for posting.

[@me67226]

I went to see miles Davis when I was 15 yrs. Old so I know how Lisa feels about being a young girl at a jazz concert.

[@babasovka]

I love both of you so much, both of you influenced me so much

[@BunnyMan456]

Ah. Long declarative questions from the audience are fine as long as you can't hear them

[@keithnichols7926]

Someone should donate more hand-mikes to the Y, so we'd have a shot at knowing what the audience questions are.

[@christinemidora9514]

Me too. Just got thx to see her live in Philly! Love her.😂

[@suzannebuck9938]

I love everything that Fran Lebowitz does She one of a kind, honest, intelligent, funny. She totally should be in the white house. A judge, she would be such a an improvement over any of these wealthy men holding important positions of power.

[@joanluckejr5639]

You know I’ve said this to myself on more than one occasion when trying to enjoy a video that shot during a Q and a session… If they don’t mic the question I’m not gonna watch. So I was optimistic when the Q&A started when Fran said “repeat the question please “to Lisa who spoke into the mic and repeated the question but they did not continue that president and that’s why I’m not completing the viewing of this video… Come on! Get with it! Don’t you want people to listen and watch? No excuse

[@morganfisherart]

Hear hear, BRAVO!

[@tootstoyou1]

With reference to Prince 45min +.... I just watched a long interview Prince -Larry King. RIP to both

[@joycewhitacre4471]

David Johansen AKA Buster Poindexter: the BEST!!

[@TimothyJonSarris]

Wonder if she's still keen on Kanye....

[@pamm8608]

Fran kills me. Always.

[@louisepotier2784]

♥ Merci!

[@brookegoslin]

I can’t believe Lisa Robinson likes Kanye West !

[@colinhamilton9286]

You’re not!! A recent discovery for this Brit and can’t let go.

[@GH-oi2jf]

I remember Rumplemeyer’s and I’m from the west coast. Journalism idol: I. F. Stone, of course.

[@tutonelylesnaranjo6311]

Did the New York Dolls have any recordings?

[@christianman73]

They recorded two albums in their original '70s incarnation. Many years later, the lead vocalist reformed the band with one other original member, and they did two more albums. Their first, self-titled album is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. They influenced so many other bands.

[@babasovka]

are you fucking kidding???

[@tylerlately]

I wish Lisa talked more about MTV. Im younger and didn't grow up on it. 22:20

[@tylerlately]

@@me67226 how so?

[@me67226]

It wrecked my imagination of music I don't know how to explain It. Lipsinking I don't know what else to say . But I was happy without it.

[@zozocalifornia]

Funny, great - and Tommy James! Let's start at the beginning!

[@NosyHausfrau]

Lisa says she told Jagger his shoes were tacky because she talks to celebrities just like she would anyone else. That's not how you talk to anyone else, that's how you talk to a celebrity when you want to show them how cool you are because you don't care they are a celebrity and believe me, you're not the first or last person to do that to them. If you WOULD say that to anyone you just met, you're an ill-mannered jerk.

[@istvanpraha]

LOL, my thought exactly! Thank you for putting it into words! I've been in NYC since the 90s so it feels like home. When someone is here for two months and does this to me, it's so awkward. I'm like, "oh, you saw on Devil Wears Prada that you're supposed to be sassy here? I wouldn't go to your small town in NC and do that."

[@b.stinger6784]

When somebody says The New York Dolls are the best well that person is a someone who's family has money & grew up on the Upper West Side this little girl obviously did not see Creedence or Paul Butterfield you know good Rock N Roll you were probably watching The Ramones if I hear Joey Ramone again they played horrible Rock N Roll very fast next you will tell me you just love Steven Tyler he can dance like David Johansen Thank You.

[@aaroncarson1770]

I wonder what they might think of Ani Difranco.

[@davidadams2395]

I, too, would like to know their thoughts on Ani's work.

[@rudypalma1250]

In the eyes of these ladies, apparently, making pop music precludes being talented or worthy of anything more than general respect. This conversation is super interesting - I came for Fran - but such a reductive view of pop artists is ridiculous. Elton John would probably be the first to agree with me. This shows that even the shrewdest of people can have a blind spot.

[@tracylf5409]

Don't worry, I loved and a lot of us loved, . Zeppelin was a great talent and rose to fame faster than would have suited their loyal listeners, as the studio's changed the songs....Heard of Daughter?

[@me67226]

No

[@shanegreen1677]

38:30

[@hollygolightly7475]

Thought it would have been more intriguing and interesting it was a snooze

[@sxnico]

20:35

[@Micmac24]

Interesting interview but I’m surprised she didn’t mention the Beatles, did she not like them? Is she nuts? Who the hell are the New York Dolls?

[@sugarjoe50]

@Janet: they were a great but short-lived but band of the 70s.

[@matijatosovic464]

Skip to 51:00

[@LB-wo7jr]

Who is Lisa Robinson?

[@roylcraft]

I'll bet she wishes she could take back saying she'd pay to see kanye. @ 15:40

[@nem0763]

It would've been death con 3 when he saw these two villains in the audience

[@victoke]

watched

[@dddelorey]

Thats a whole lotta name dropping.

[@yep3489]

LIsa is a legendary music journalist, she's been backstage everywhere and with everyone but this interview is bland and boring. Friends should not interview each other, there's no curiosity or exploration. She wrote her own question, really?

[@Danzamagu]

Lisa Robinson is so obnoxious here.

[@littleladyinlalaland1749]

They have put such trash on the cover of Vanity Fair...

[@nancywoodward3584]

Kanye West??🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@invictus1961]

so telling Mick how tacky his shoes are.....very "cool" move - so its like to talk to everybody.....I wouldn't like to be your friend. And also I don't want to read your book - you mention it too often....cant believe that Fran is friends with her

[@thomaswulff5760]

Considering the epic artists and musical era they are talking about, this is a snooze fest. Two flippant people trying to be funny and show how connected they are but how it doesn't really affect them. How can an interviewer be so interested in showing us how disinterested she is?

[@vangannaway1015]

Those old guys are boring.

[@twerkinthecityhuh6340]

Holy keerist....whyyyyyhh is there no one w a microphone in the audience so their questions can be heard?????? Just terrible!!

[@GH-oi2jf]

Fran doesn’t like the audience to have mics.

[@PlantEats]

love this interview ... i love fran ... would watch any video with her in it ...fran, I love u

[@TheEleatic]

Are you joking? This is terrible. I like her sense of humour, but the mechanical tone wears thin after a millisecond.

[@sofiecritides2174]

TheEleatic u

[@paulstevens6043]

She didn't come out of the closet until the late 20-teens after people noticed she never mentions that she is a lesbian. Even now she only references it obliquely.

[@eleanorestes2473]

Paul Stevens And?

[@aabracadavra]

@@TheEleatic Did you unironically just get triggered and try to contradict someone's personal opinion? You need your meds dude. Fran is a genius, according to many people's opinions. You don't have to be one of them to live your life and mind your own business.

[@elcruzer5514]

I introduced myself to Fran at the Bottom Line around 1990's, where a friend of ours was performing. We had adjacent tables. I was so nervous I made a complete ass of myself. She shook my hand and hers was soft and warm and gentle. Not what I was expecting.

[@ohno1706]

I'm officially jealous.

[@LoveFlatfootin1]

Someone I know burned down his house by putting a scarf over a lamp shade.

[@debbievoss3496]

I was just thinking about that.

[@tigertank06]

Where can I find her interview w/John Lennon. Does anybody know?

[@easywind4044]

Fran was a cutie when she was in her twenties.

[@ezradickey505]

Still is!

[@evanfurrow7115]

@@ezradickey505 A cradle snatcher and a grave robber in one comment thread :)

[@brockreynolds870]

I'm kind of stunned how this woman just passes over Tommy James as if he were some nobody that the music world has completely forgotten. Tommy James and the Shondells are perfroming on April 1, here at he Kaufman center in Kansas City... they sold 30 million records and had over a dozen top 40 hits. Nice to see Fran kind of rectify Lisa's dissmissivess a bit. This Lisa woman is obvisouly a musical snob that had disdain for anyone who performs pop music.

[@zeldasmith6154]

I know what Shiva is but I don't think people in small towns know. Keith Richards is brilliant but the Stones are boring. Wonder if they are going to talk about Dylan or Ono.

[@babasovka]

the shoes of the 80s: there were 'do-si-do's' , there were many things

[@littleladyinlalaland1749]

I wish Madonna would lift the veil. I think she's a great artist, but she never gets passed putting on a show and being real.

[@iluvcamaros1912]

I think on some level she must be a really insecure person to need to put up such a front.

[@rudypalma1250]

@@iluvcamaros1912she’s a sad little girl inside

[@roccopanzarino1910]

GENERAL STRIKE 2020!!