Meat Puppets - Backwater on Late Night 1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1994.

[@tonyhall3365]

I'm forever in debt to Kurt's music advice

[@davidtapper6941]

Totally true

[@ricardogomez2833]

No one cares for your hipster opinion

[@stclemmons1969]

I got it....I think it's BRILLIANT !!!

[@mariannegarcia2373]

I love how you referenced heart shaped box. And yes, gotta thank kurt for introducing me to meat puppets

[@HoldensaurusTheDinoGamer]

@@ricardogomez2833 cherub rock much

[@jmgmarcus808]

This band started making records in 1982. They were very early to the party and amazing.

[@iggystardust9236]

@Supp D Hahahaha solid

[@Texturas75]

@Jen farmer They were not ugly. Just very grungy.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@Texturas75 never heard anyone say they were ugly. Damn good lookin if ya ask me

[@Texturas75]

@@lastnamefirst4035 I was replying to a comment that implied they were ugly. The comment is now deleted.

[@WHEREtheFUNK]

I read that John frusianti almost joined the band in 92

[@dmitryowens5439]

90's rock ruled all.

[@monkeyliver1986]

Dmitry Owens hell fucking yes.

[@MOPARMANIATEXAS]

not quite.. some nice songs in 90s but this one not very good live...

[@stevemccart9109]

+Dave Rowelet dude..you are out of your gourd!!!

[@timc3665]

Except 80s rock.

[@joshuafult84]

@@timc3665 80s is the worst decade for rock from the 60s-2010s

[@BD-xn2dp]

It’s raw, gritty and roughly 2 levels above a garage band, yet it’s absolutely brilliant! Long live the brothers meat!

[@NickGreiner1988]

Haha the brothers meat. I call em that too coz Kurt Cobain calls them that when they come up on stage in the new York unplugged show. When I listen really carefully he says puppets really quietly. This is the brothers MEAT.. puppets

[@LudwigSC93]

I love this song. 1:23 still gives me goosebumps after all these years.

[@Texturas75]

I bought their Too High to Die CD because of this song and "We don't exist". Fell in love with the band and their sound... great guitar playing!

[@NN-ir9bj]

Texturas75 We Don't Exist...Beautiful. My friend bought me the tape of Too High To Die for my birthday, way back then. I played it so many times within a few days, on my Walkman, and when she came to hang out next, I wanted to play it for her. That was the song where my cheap-ass cassette-player decided to eat my tape. It got hurled against the wall, and smashed to pieces. I was surprised how mad I was. Rightfully so, though, I feel, although my friend may have been a bit alarmed.

[@NN-ir9bj]

Texturas75 Don't judge me; I was 13 at the time! To my credit, my anger management issues have gotten no better😅

[@RockandrollNegro]

I remember leaving the CD playing after "Coming Down" (last song on the album) then hearing a killer version of Lake of Fire. I miss hidden tracks.

[@Texturas75]

@@NN-ir9bj Sorry, I just read your reply. Wow, that was intense! You were very lucky to have a female friend who gave you that tape for your birthday and who hung out with you. I guess she was special. Listening to Meat Puppets music was a very lonely experience for me. But it's ok.

[@Texturas75]

@@RockandrollNegro That's the only studio version of Lake of Fire that I know and I love it. This CD is the earliest MP material that I've ever listened (I knew them from their mainstream singles).

[@bigmaz4002]

The meat puppets are basically THE rock and roll band of all time. Not best or anything like that. Just THE rock band.

[@Ginoslbs]

Max Feeney , a real rock band, yeah

[@chrisdonovan4958]

I can handle that..

[@wigdaddy]

It's true. The free-est band you ever saw

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

​@@wigdaddyButthole Surfers

[@wigdaddy]

@@NotAnAstronaut2k well, you have a point that I can't counter. Love them both

[@mietzepappze8079]

best band ever best singers ever

[@andr3sv]

Some things will never change

[@JacksonPearl81]

love it, good ol' 90's stoner rock

[@alexjamieson4968]

wow, he's flawless on that guitar.

[@SidVidd]

+Alex Jamieson yep...listen to Meat Puppets II...he might be the best guitarist in the US

[@dmvconartists1855]

curt and chris are both amazing but i say J. Mascis fron dino jr would give him a run for his money on guitar

[@ruairidhmackay7658]

SidVidd That was the best album they did by far, the instrumentals and oh, me are amazing

[@nashnwo1234]

i really wonder how many live performances some of the people here actually ever see from bands... complaining about how they sped the tempo up for this live version. bands do this all the time. and this other guy whining that he changed the vocals around a bit, yet another thing bands commonly do, and especially did during this era. they sound 100% perfect to me, its not a horrible performance at all, its a 110% performance of that era. no one whines when cobain messes up every other chord.

[@ChrisWhite-pd1ej]

Exactly! What you said.

[@Zkex]

Exactly, the raw sound and ‘sloppiness’ is what makes it great. Not every band can make songs amazing like the Meat Puppets can.

[@mrjon75]

I done seen these boys live several times I lovem

[@rockyoutcrop100]

They based their style on a local band called loosly tight, i think that days it all

[@Wabaanimkii]

I know its an old comment but yeah. Its art. a performance. it changes based on how the artist feels. this bands blows my ass away. I've known about them for a long time but I recently decided to give them another go and wow. I'm mad at myself for not diving deep sooner.

[@BiggusDickusss]

This is one of the greatest songs of all time!

[@davidschlessinger9945]

love this song

[@nashnwo1234]

when that mic fell down that had to be the funniest reaction to a microphone issue ive ever seen by the bassist

[@nirvanarocks83]

He headbanged it

[@richardkrilljr.8711]

This will always be one of my favorite songs

[@patiofry]

I never knew Dave Mustaine played bass in Meat Puppets!

[@NN-ir9bj]

Love this. Man, you can turn these guys' songs up to max, and it's still never loud enough! Maybe that explains my hearing loss. I was 12 in 1994, and these guys were SO amazing to me! I couldn't even explain how this made me feel. Sweet memories! Big fan of Conan, too, who had SO many great bands on his show! Yeah, 90's kid😉

[@NN-ir9bj]

Also, I just had a guy ask me, while I was at work, whether I thought Meat Puppets or Butthole Surfers was a better band name! 😍So happy! I said both were fantastic, and he said he never actually listened to them. I told him he needed to.

[@Texturas75]

@@NN-ir9bj I only listened Pepper and never liked it. Any recommendation?

[@Sly253]

I'm 31 and I'm from Seattle I love the meat puppets

[@maciorodrigues9398]

Muito foda mais uma grande banda que talvez não tenha recebido seu devido valor

[@frantisektkakafrankt634]

Meat Puppets superb band highly talented. Inspired loads of bands. Thank you.

[@jimjim7008]

including Nirvana :)

[@frantisektkakafrankt634]

@@jimjim7008 nirvana great great band.

[@johnbatinovic6593]

Saw them first time with Black Flag and Nig-heist in Toronto in 1984. I remember them singing Tumblin' Tumbleweeds by Sons of the Pioneers.

[@caseyfitz22]

Just saw them play in DC on 10/09/13 @ the Rock and Roll Hotel. Curt's son is now on rhythm center stage. Best show I've ever been to.

[@nishanthlukethangasamy4356]

real music

[@jtworxs1094]

Now its coming back to me, i met these guys in a garage behind a bar in a small town in Idaho when I was 17. It was cool

[@Gazzthemightyarseole]

dave mustaine on bass :P

[@wutwut4769]

Nice

[@alisonrocha5315]

Heuheueheheueu

[@jonjones5152]

that wasn't tuvver brother ? Chris or Kurt ?

[@emilybryan7694]

Cris is the bassplayer, Curt is the guitarists and the drummer is their cousin.

[@Kirreu]

Derrick Bostrom the drummer is not their cousin.

[@katiekane5247]

Challenge your perspectives! I'm 60 & been loving this tune since it came out. ✌

[@craniostomy]

Okay So you were 35 when it was new. Not a particularly radical concept for a woman aged 35 years to be listening to rock radio in 1994.......

[@dyr234]

Their music was to raw and weird for TV, thanks conan for bringing them on your show and bands like At the drive in for giving them the attention they deserve.

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

did anyone see the bass player head bang the mic at 1:38 its fucking hilarious.

[@producermarin2480]

when ur into ur craft nothing else matters...

[@Giselle62]

Meat Puppets started out in the punk scene early 80's L.A. ---by the '90's alternative time they were a little older. They blew us away in the early 80's I really love their "Up on the Sun" album.

[@sammyscotch9945]

They are from Phoenix. They played in LA 80s 90s and sure they still do

[@rocksoff82]

Great guitar playing, great song

[@Epicjimsta]

Why is everyone commenting how bad the singing is, like the singer obviously doesn't give a shit. He's just doing what he wants how he wants it. It's no big deal it's just sloppy and that's ok because that's the style, I guess you could say.

[@Whiteboytripping]

Loved this song !

[@MrThreeBlind]

No, name is Troy Meiss and I played with the Pups but not Blind Melon. We did tour with them though. Good times, cheers.

[@void0094]

No fn way youre the real troy meiss???? Wow dude!

[@aguadesagua]

pure gold! good old high school times!

[@SidVidd]

+Ivana Ribeiro lookk for the live videos of them in the 80s....thats when they blew clubs off the ground....and album Meat Puppets II........

[@EvilWizardMaltheore]

lmao bob costas on the drums

[@WS3RD]

OMG, dying laughing!

[@richyrich5049]

Funny!

[@hiramrosenkreuz9835]

Fuck.

[@wigdaddy]

Listen to all their albums. If it clicks. You're welcome

[@bobby8536]

Bass player is just happy to be there...

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Curtis Matthew Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and primary songwriter for alternative rock group Meat Puppets. 64 AÑOS.

[@grgapitic2346]

Old good times

[@louisbatsford8908]

Great band.

[@dylansan12]

Thanks to Kurt this great band is known.

[@TheMav41]

Is there a better song during this period than this? Didn't think so.

[@drewtracy3890]

Rica Buenaño agreed

[@timc3665]

About half of Superunknown. But this song does kick ass.

[@xKeRNeL97x]

Possum Kingdom by The Toadies

[@Texturas75]

@@timc3665 Amazing. That album was the first thing I thought of. Actually 1994 was a great year in music: Mazzy Star, R.E.M. ...

[@timc3665]

@@Texturas75 it wasn't all good. Ace of Base had the #1 song of the year in 1994. And Bryan Adams was at his peak. Despite this 94 was a good year for music.

[@eileensianez6766]

Awwww.......the 90's!! Lets go back you guys!!

[@jedijud]

Thanks for post much enjoyed!!!

[@dedsun81]

I loved this song and also the M t.v. video when I was like 15 at the time it had came out

[@cazer194]

It looks like a really tightly wind up toy got stuck inside the bassist's head.

[@HaikuAutomation]

No more than the toy stuck in his brother's head.

[@AlisonWild]

That is actually amazingly astute. I agree completely.

[@jonjones5152]

wasn't he on the gear at the time ?

[@evankeal]

Jon Jones i knew a few people in a former band that knew one of them, i cant remember which, I didn't pay much attention to details as they were mentioned among others, but I do remember whomever it was they were discussing was not doing great in the 2003 time period.

[@void0094]

@@jonjones5152 1994 was okay. 1996 was horrible

[@skypeanut]

rediscovering the Meat Puppets... and enjoying it. Played Conan myself(98?) and when he came out it was like shaking a dead man's hand...

[@cloroxbleach17]

why isn't this band super famous

[@deckerman79]

I'm an Indigo Bunting kaw They never really did it for fame I guess, they just loved making records and playing live gigs

[@alpachino7663]

I forgot about this song until Sunday night football just played it before commercial break

[@jankmedia1985]

One of the greatest bands of all time.

[@GEOpz838]

Finally! great upload thanks

[@monikbg82]

siguen siendo buenos y admito que curt me sigue gustando despues de 20 años hehe

[@dcarey62851]

Bass player is on a whole new tempo.

[@sammyscotch9945]

Or something else

[@karinarojas3211]

Love it!

[@seeingeyegod]

what a great moment in time

[@sebastianmolinero7179]

Que buenos recuerdos!!!

[@juancarlosgomezsanchez6177]

Genios de la musica😎👍🇲🇽👋

[@jacksonsouza9406]

Perfect

[@johnny891000]

pause at 1:43 and look at bassist face lol amazing moment

[@jamescunningham4418]

Killer band!!! Meat puppets rock!!!

[@tru816indo]

Monsters and Forebidden Places are my favorite records by them

[@killbill5477]

This music pretty much sums up what the world is lacking nowadays. Remember when music was magical? Now the only "magic" is money and government. Give me a time machine. I'm headed back to the 80s/90s.

[@trox123]

great song

[@iksnivils]

Never knew Dave Mustaine played bass

[@MayaAshAnimation]

They're playing it a tad faster here

[@mtnmann72]

Maya Ash I agree

[@davidtapper6941]

Yeah... they always play really fast live. Just check out 1985 tv performance or maidens milk and swimming ground. They blow through that.

[@daveg4236]

Everyone does

[@johnny891000]

this is music in its pure state... hail.. hail brothers of meat

[@walshie0]

wow! f' yeah!

[@WilliamBrown-ii6mn]

the Frigging meat puppets

[@beyrosmith4742]

Chad Channing on guitar🙌

[@JoeBlow-fp5ng]

Awesome.

[@pytski4345]

With a knife to open up the sky’s veins …. Classic lyrical hook!

[@jimjim7008]

Those were the days

[@jamesh9689]

Still here 2024

[@redbeard5181]

Sweet, most 90's t-shirt ever on the drums

[@Joseph-lc4lv]

Always junkie chris in that periods. I loved him

[@angelicaavila8844]

Why it is almost impossible to find the original video of this great song? I really love it!

[@xboyertownx]

i wanna write a song this good

[@mietzepappze8079]

best band ever best singing ever

[@elcapitanneurona]

Pure fucking Grunge thing!!!!

[@StravinskyCruz]

+Os Musick its not grunge

[@elcapitanneurona]

+Stravinsky Cruz yeah keep talking 20 years old boy... Sure when this song came along you weren't even in conception

[@StravinskyCruz]

i'm sorry if i pissed you off old man. i think i can listen to any music even if it came out before i was born and i have my own perspectives in stuffs like this.

[@elcapitanneurona]

+Stravinsky Cruz aha...whatever

[@StravinskyCruz]

+Os Musick may you live forever man

[@xfghfghf]

1:40 microphone fail lol. Awsome performance

[@bukitbatokmy8529]

Songs from the band that caught the Audio & video tqs U tube

[@maredes]

Sweet!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face There's a blood that's flowin' Through the feeling, with a knife To open up the sky's veins Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling, there is Something that will never change And when I should of been gone a long time Laughs and says, I find ways Just when we're sheltered under paper The rockets come at us sideways Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling, there is Something that'll never change Hey, I'm blind Good, fine Roll the time On whose dime And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face There's a blood that's flowin' Through the ceiling, with a knife To open up the sky's veins Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling, there is Something that'll never change Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling, there is Something that'll never change Traducir al español Fuente: LyricFind Compositores: Curtis Mathew Kirkwood Letra de Backwater © Universal Music Publishing Group

[@Beepbopboh]

Glad to see they dressed up for the occasion. Lol

[@mindcontrol67]

River Cuomo on Drums and Dave Mustaine from Megadeath on Bass.

[@johnny891000]

@brotherhood302 actually, the charisma and soul they put into their songs are more important then any voice

[@markfarley9653]

Exactly. If anyone wants note perfect tunes and perfect vocals how about trying opera....

[@avzeolla3960]

Yeah meat puppets!!

[@jimjim7008]

Meat Puppets and Screaming Trees are the foundations of Grunge.

[@MyCobbles]

Epic.

[@40brew68]

We were at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago to watch these guys on New Years Eve 1996? My sister got into a fist fight with the bass players girlfriend. Bass player showed up, late, with his pushy/shovey girlfriend who proceeded to shove the wrong chic as they pushed their way to the stage. Fun night. They sounded great.

[@uncooldispatch5438]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hugomejia6540]

Esta si es música

[@poiiypocket]

fucking insane

[@jonjones5152]

I don't know how , after such Gogglebox exposure , they didn't become bigger than Nirvana.

[@mikesgarage18]

They're still relevant which can't be said for 80% of the other 90s success stories of rock radio etc.

[@rylanpage2489]

still way better than anything coming out today, talent is all but gone it seems

[@void0094]

Never had an issue with Curt's vocals. He has great vocal range actually.

[@gregkosinski2303]

His vocal performance is terrible here

[@Brendanslocumb]

Yup

[@melaniewiedmann7320]

I want the Redhead!

[@danielarias1062]

Very good remains

[@Toto-dd4hj]

Idk why i imagine the TV putting this video at 2/5 AM.