Lou Reed's "All-Star Band" of Comics - Walk on the Wild Side - Night of Too Many Stars 2003

Lou Reed, promised the most asskicking All-Star band in history, expresses dismay upon seeing Adam Sandler, Jack Black, Dana Carvey, Jimmy Fallon and Conan O'Brien, but then blows the roof off the Roseland Ballroom at the first "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit for Autism research and services, taped February 27, 2003.

[@lennyzieben6988]

Lou Reed is literally the funniest person in this performance.

[@dk7934]

This is proof that Lou had a sense of humour.

[@pertenezcoaunsueño]

ever heard a velvet underground song? lol

[@lindaengland3822]

It appears to me that Lou Reed didn’t find this gig funny, he seems annoyed.

[@YSLFLACKO]

@@lindaengland3822 yeah but I guess he wouldn’t have taken this gig if he knew it would’ve turned out this way

[@hughmccann919]

Valium woulda helped that crash

[@stevejames5863]

i m pleased... w out this i would of said, major asshole, but hey, he can be light hearted..good. cause i like some of his songs.

[@deegegaming7911]

The song with the most iconic basslines ever and 5 Guitarists lol

[@finncallahan8994]

They didn’t even introduce the bass player either he just kinda snuck on

[@alessandrosbravatti7448]

After another one bites the dust

[@leesanna7835]

Legendary bass player Herbie Flowers...

[@brianmorrissey554]

Nobody will ever want to be there again

[@mgvectors]

@@leesanna7835 the bass player live is actually Fernando Saunders, played with Lou for years. Legend!

[@chipmiller9163]

Lou was like "yall chill tf out" 🤣🤣

[@petersonlafollette3521]

With patience and world wearyness he tolerates this- they cannot diminish his coolness. Wishing they were in his shoes during the Factory days with Edie S and the others.

[@joebob2699]

@@petersonlafollette3521 It's a charity benefit, he has no problem with this. It's not like Velvet Underground never did goofy stuff like "The Gift" once in a while

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

it's all an act man lol he's in on it

[@focalized]

Lou is so experienced in having a bad trip. Look how calm he is.

[@vjr5261]

😆😆😆

[@xnslrzn]

all that tai chi

[@nowhereman0]

,😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@toomuchfandango]

thats genius!

[@jawarholol4651]

You mean chi tea

[@brandongacer1850]

I had no idea this legendary performance existed.

[@malfecto]

The KZbin Rabbit Hole is amazing. I'm stoned AF and don't even husk hva jeg kom hit for å se etter 😛

[@HiGlowie]

@@malfectoyou were looking for a Husker Du performance.

[@alysskennedy8661]

Me either until right now.

[@jenuelanderson3544]

Neither Did I !

[@kepler186f4]

Being on stage with Lou Reed was the highlight of their careers... I didn't know Lou was so patient.

[@janbarenkatapult7552]

Except Jack Black, I‘d say

[@natetheannihilnater1886]

@@janbarenkatapult7552 I mean Jack has more vocal chops, but hes never wrote anything as good as Sweet Jane, Walk on The Wild Side, Sister Ray etc... so if he knows good music than he would of been humbled lol

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

👍 The lighter side of Lou Reed. RIP

[@terry10tnj]

“And the African Americans go” killed me😂😂😂

[@ericmuschlitz7619]

HOW THE HELL did they convince Lou Reed to do this?

[@ThaiThom]

$$$

[@sartainja]

Two words: 🐐 pictures.

[@evangray2594]

@@ThaiThom this was a charity event. Probably just asked him. He lives in the area, has a sense of humor, and is more charitable than people would think.

[@_Grand_Admiral_]

He needed rent

[@drumscovertercermundista8246]

we will never know haha

[@TitusAndronicusTheBand]

Justice for the legendary Fernando Saunders on bass

[@bluecollar825]

He played with Lou alot, am I right?

[@p0llenp0ny]

Who?

[@rabbitholemedia6108]

I swear I thought this was a fever dream I had once, memories of which flash through my mind randomly. Had to find it and see if it was real.

[@jackiepaper6464]

Rehearsal must have been fucking insane.

[@ericpeterson6766]

no rehearsal.

[@stevenpina1983]

Lou reed snapped at Dana carvey during rehearsal because of however he was playing

[@etmccaus]

@@ericpeterson6766 Smigel and Carvey say otherwise.

[@jeremiahandmaggiegutierrez3261]

Haha. Yeah. Dana said he didn’t have a monitor during rehearsal so he couldn’t hear well.

[@dcool2u2]

Fly OTW brought me here and I have to say, Dana is a solid drummer! He was steady as a rock! I don't know what Lou Reed was bitchin' about but I thought Dana killed it 😊

[@aitcho7073]

I can’t tell how lou feels about this

[@bipolarewok]

You don't recognize a comedy bit even when there're 5 comedians on stage?

[@SamChaneyProductions]

Nobody is going to talk about how Dana Carvey is actually holding down the beat?

[@davidstein7250]

He likes to play.

[@josefk.122]

Dana Carvey is actually pretty sick on the drums in general. That whole scene in Wayne’s World was 100 percent him

[@babstra55]

yeah I was thinking he was the only one actually playing.

[@coreyrees840]

@@babstra55 they can all actually play though

[@iamhereblossom1588]

More like no one is going to talk about Moe Tucker being there as well? Oh wait that's Dana...

[@malcolmpritchard4882]

So funny the face on Lou Reed 😂😂😂

[@kiddtuffy]

Just heard about this on the Carvey & Spade podcast. This warms my heart.

[@willshelton8392]

What episode? If love to hear it!

[@cedarwings82]

@@willshelton8392 the one with Robert Smigel

[@JamesBlevins0]

@@cedarwings82 and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog!

[@drowningin]

Lou: heroin couldn't even make this bearable

[@fttcoop5341]

The tolerant of foolishness Lou is nice to see.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Lou had a big sense of humor 🤣 good for him...don't get too serious...way to go Lou! Sandler and Reed two of a kind ! Yiddish supergroup from NY area😂

[@mainmaam]

I love Lou's reaction to Conan o'Brien. Run away!

[@chokkan7]

I hope Lou was well paid for being so patient.

[@bipolarewok]

@@Endlesssummer1 yeah, this is more of a comedy bit than an actual serious performance. Lou knew what his character was. He almost laughs a couple of times and tries not to

[@devinthierault]

Hes just acting he was very good at it

[@송충섭-m6s]

Oh I miss Lou Reed! A great great r&roller and a soul. RIP, Lou!

[@Goatchild90]

I can't belive this was real

[@devinshirekineally3721]

this is an hilarious tribute to the rock legend lol i would be tickled by it. nothing but respect for those of us who can have a laugh at ourselves in such a charming way. well done, lads

[@JamesBlevins0]

Oddly enough, my Dr Demento BINGO card did feature "Conan O'Brien channeling Tiny Tim".

[@scottberman1223]

Adam Sandler trying so hard to get Lou to laugh or at least smile. All he could get out of him was a slight cracked grin.

[@kylehaggarty8395]

That IS a laugh from Lou haha

[@mopacwestgate]

Lou wanted to laugh soo much...I totally forgot how silly Adam was back then...

[@antiquesocietylab9535]

One of the greatest, thank you for your art, we miss you Lou

[@billystar1306]

Lou Reed: "Yeah...This is aah.....great"... Cracked me up. 😂😂😂!

[@jonwarhol360]

This broke my brain

[@michaelwilson2340]

I miss Lou. I really do

[@banzo123]

i'm so sorry for Lou, he didn't deserved that shit

[@Diane-g5k]

Lou Reed's merest hint of a smile when Sandler's all up in his face. Glad I got to see Mr Reed live one summer long ago😊

[@demoneIephant]

What a legendary performance!! 😂 had no idea this existed, for such a good cause aswell 😂❤

[@Mohrtal_Wombat]

I thought this was a fever dream... I finally found it again!

[@School.Of.Athens]

This is really great honestly All the comments about Lou, having a sense of humor Makes me smile He is dubbed the godfather of punk for a couple different reasons Obviously, the biggest one is that he was the first cover of punk magazine, but I think more than anything Lou did the unexpected all the time They might’ve gotten around and said wouldn’t be so cool if we could get Lou Reed And they said no, he would never do it Maybe word got back to Lou That they wanted him to play, but no one ever expected him to do it So instead, he did it lol Yes, response to journalist question ever was the Australian interview When they asked him if he was gay And he said “sometimes “ Lol 1974 gotta love it man

[@amirali-ik8wv]

This is insane*_____*

[@JMarinelli]

The early ‘00s were a magical riddle.

[@jondavis2790]

I'm here because of 'Fly on the Wall' podcast

[@DendyJungle]

When the special ed teacher is running late and the janitor has to watch the class for a while

[@EchoesDistant]

I had to check this out after hearing Smigel talk about it to Dana Carvey and David Spade on the Fly on the Wall podcast.

[@danielmedra3486]

OK, this is bizarre

[@marty1159]

Conan killed it, what a voice!

[@devinappleton4906]

Kinda sounded like John Lydon lol

[@ethanmanning938]

Needed Norm in the audience heckling

[@broncotrolly]

@@devinappleton4906kinda sounded like Adam Sandler

[@valeriavaz1893]

Amoooo Lou Reed, senhores e senhoras😂 me acompanha desde meus 17 anos

[@jordiquinquillaipedro4848]

It takes a great song to survive this charade.

[@vincenzollamas]

Lou as special guest on The Muppet Show

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

A dream for so many. A nightmare for so one.

[@kevinmiller8924]

This is hard not to watch several times.

[@icopaseticMHF]

I've been looking for this for years, beginning to think I had dreamed it

[@WELSIE]

Id want a full Jack Black version man

[@vmackey11]

Well Lou looked frightened lol

[@mi.li_]

Que cosa mas extraña

[@gabesolomon4887]

You got 14 guitars onstage and you decided to play Wild Side and not Sweet Jane?

[@numsiskit]

Haha oh Louie, we miss you.

[@MyDannywilson]

lou lou lou xx

[@Janestjohns]

Go Dana! I'm impressed!

[@uptheorg]

I can't believe this only has 116,000 views! It is a historic moment.

[@BreezyE-d3n]

As much as I love Lou and all his early work, he didn't even bother to try singing when he was older. I saw the VU at the Wembly Arena in the UK in the early 90's and old timers were walking out in disgust. The only song they didn't totally bastardize was Venus is Furs, and I knew I was in the presence of a legend. But what ever, no one can hold a candle is his early albums and they were a huge part of my teenage life that I'll never forget. And he was a good sport doing this. Thank you youtube algorithm, this was a real treat I needed.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

His best albums ("The Blue Mask" and "Street Hassle") were not that early in his career.

[@thehighllama8101]

I never understood what Lou Reed was going for with his talk style of singing. He made an actual effort to sing when he was in the Velvet Underground. Loaded is one of my favorite albums of all-time. Then, what happened? Besides Transformer, which is really a Bowie/Reed album, I can't stand to listen to a solo Reed album because of Reed's singing style.

[@BreezyE-d3n]

@@thehighllama8101 Right? Apart from New York. I dig that.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@thehighllama8101 He sings just fine on "The Blue Mask". Much better than on "Transformer" which is good but very overrated and chock full of talk singing. It was sandwiched between two better records. His voice in VU was very thin and boyish. Don't really care for it. The "White Light/White Heat" LP had lots of talk singing. "Loaded" I have not heard forever but didn't Doug Yule push Lou to sing more? I still force myself to listen to VU sometimes to this day but never look too forward to it. I guess you don't consider manly man vocals to be legit? From "Rock and Roll Animal" on his voice matured heavily. People go apeshit over the intro to "Sweet Jane" but once his voice comes in after the fader riding applause I feel like I'm home. The versions of 'Vicious" and "Satellite of Love" off "Lou Reed Live" are absolutely menacing. All apha and pumped up. I will say that his manly style suffered very noticeably from about the late 90's until his death as he hardly bothered to carry a tune. Now that is a legit criticism but mainly I think from a live standpoint. I had that problem with Bob Dylan at a concert in 2006. He could not carry a tune at all. Could not even finish lines. It was sad. There is a live video from '00 of Reed doing "The Blue Mask" which is horrible. No good live renditions of it anywhere. Off the top of my head the "Street Hassle" title track (sans the poetry section) or "Heavenly Arms" off "The Blue Mask" are slightly less macho examples of his non talk style vocals that are quite melodic.

[@vilentman111]

But he's never really sang. He even let other band members sing songs he'd written so they'd do them justice (After hours, new age etc).

[@williamknell864]

Sandler demonstrating his essential acting and comedic chop. Poor Lou. Sometimes it's the rests, silence in a song that will just gut you, or a pause that lets a joke really land. Lou is the rest and the pause. {]X^{D}

[@brett2015]

This is one of the funniest Conan moments ever 😂

[@FuriousMess]

surprised Lou didn't call them a bunch of schmucks and walk off. It looked tense at first then Lou's deep sense of irony kicked in. Bet he never did anything like this again.

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

If this was a few years later, they would have Paul Rudd on bass.

[@msoileau83]

Or Bill Hader

[@slimjim4239]

reed just looks at these cutns

[@mikeggggg7889]

Pure joy

[@AlexanderLaurence]

Do we really need 5 guitars?

[@derekhammett8634]

Adam Sandler trolling Lou Reed was the best part of this

[@auroradelaparra6917]

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@Oliviux78]

That’s cool. I had no idea Conan could play guitar. 😎

[@robertsimington911]

Lou looked like he wanted to kill Conan.

[@djksfhakhaks]

Epic

[@jim_moonz9848]

I love how conan came out lolololol.

[@aimeelove8548]

i never heard of the velvet underground until some guy mentioned it on quake3world

[@nathanjwarren]

Wow!

[@jamesyuille9534]

That was fun!

[@graymouser64]

"Where is Eric... Where is Carlos?" 🤣

[@lewiscarrington1777]

Conan honestly killed it

[@jmdi2703]

Jack Black

[@whitefangzssss]

i lose it every single time conan does his little high pitched "haaaaaa"

[@itsluxy8918]

woah

[@feleshajones2982]

This is great 😂

[@ScoochCubing]

Why would Lou Reed do this to his legacy

[@ben-ow3ow]

Who gives a fuck about a legacy. We all die bro. It was fun.

[@ScoochCubing]

@@ben-ow3ow Many do but if you don’t fair enough

[@emanueltadeuborges1628]

Poor Lou! 😂

[@leonardcortez7963]

I love all these guys 😂

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

That’s hilarious! Note how Lou’s is the only guitar that you can actually hear… Even Dana Carvey’s drums seemed a bit muted…😄🤣🤪🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@jsngallery]

Conan seems to be doing Sandlers “thing” and Sandler looks like….”wtf man”. Sandler did the same thing, pretty much except he went on way too long. because of this, both were annoying to me. the rest was ok.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

At least Conan knew the lyrics. Sandler was way worse and the whole thing would have been better without him.

[@scottmoreau5630]

@@deathmetaldouglas69 Clearly it wasn’t Sandler not knowing the lyrics lol. That’s his thing. They all did a comedy routine and Sandler is known for his gibberish voice. He’s arguably the best singer out of the group so it’s clearly a joke.

[@peterthirdandthebridges]

@@scottmoreau5630 sandlers a good singer, (very clear in wedding singer “somebody kill me please”) But are you really saying he’s better than Jack Black?

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@scottmoreau5630 Well it would have been WAY better without him. I never liked him. Never thought he was funny. He's not a great singer either. But then neither was Lou Reed but Reed was cool. Sandler lame.

[@Reader-xe9qp]

They put Adam Sandler, Jack Black etc etc on the same stage as Lou Reed ? 😮 It's like putting well Adam Sandler on the same stage as Marlon Brando. And Jack Black & Adam Sandler play themselves well from their movie characters ! I don't get it.

[@DJREZEREKT]

I'm not sure lou was feeling his music being comprised by laughter....he didn't seem to be having as much fun as the comedians......and they totally ruined the song.

[@fredgardner2870]

Kind of a bad idea

[@MotherOther]

Fernando held this together

[@xone6969]

Super!!!!!

[@KingMinosxxvi]

good god

[@nerdbites2212]

“And the African Americans go” lmaooo

[@irishartn]

How many guitars do you want? Yes.

[@pgpagaia]

Jack unleached the beast. Classic jack black/tenacious d.

[@sidclark1953]

who's the MC?

[@johnfazzari6208]

good sport

[@simondeun9692]

Lou is so fucking cool, great!!

[@tonyc4776]

@2:30 I was waiting for Mr Big stuff

[@taradevine6026]

Lou was holding back a laugh at Adam Sandler..maybe a smile, but i saw it! 😄

[@thenaut2111]

poor bassist didn't get introduced or acknowledged at all

[@ntotrr8585]

That's Fernando Saunders and he is a true master of the bass.

[@marcosbisso7136]

@@ntotrr8585 yeah, he's the one that should be cheered instead Fallon or any of the other buffoons

[@ntotrr8585]

@@marcosbisso7136 absolutely! Fernando's talent puts the rest of them to shame. Besides being a fantastic bass player, he's got a real silky voice.

[@Nozoki]

@@marcosbisso7136 This was a comedy special, not a musical tribute to Lou Reed's bassist.

[@fathersamba1647]

Is that the same bass player who played with Reed at Farm Aid? The tone on the fretless sounded familiar.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Yes, Lou hardly went onstage without him. Fernando Sanders played with Lou on and off (mostly on) from 1981 until his death.

[@harlanbarnhart4656]

Notice the bass is in the hands of a professional.

[@jmachatch6696]

Thanks for saying who it was. I wasn’t sure but thought it was James Genus. Being a bass guy, I love that the bass player was the only guy not introduced, but then goes and lays a solid foundation.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@jmachatch6696 I am a bass guy as well so I sympathize. However, I think they failed to mention him because he is not comedian or a celebrity.

[@tala954]

3:33 HIS FACE PLEASE--- HANAHABAHZ