Misery - Soul Asylum - 1995

[@EverybodyKnowsThisIsNowhere]

I was in the audience for this show. My sister, her husband (living in Ottawa), and myself (living in Toronto at the time) were visiting NYC and lined up in the morning for the afternoon taping. We were the last ones (15, 16, and 17) to get in because of the 18 no-shows who were mailed tickets. We did not know who the musical guest was until the taping. The first guest was Pam Hiatt, an 8-months-pregnant Boise State University student at the time who had recently moved back in with her parents to save money had just won the Powerball jackpot of nearly $87.6 million.

[@Versatileslim305]

The clerks 2 movie introduced me to this song a few years ago and fell in love with it. Still a fave here in 2024! ❤❤❤

[@GhettoDefendant]

Yeah. Kevin Smith is a huge Soul Asylum fan.

[@runeboyz7]

heard this on clerks and loved it ever since

[@allanhazle-VideoGuy]

Me too

[@marcelopepinho]

Damn ...I'm in 2019 and still enjoying this song!!! Frustrated Incorporated

[@Jiggs2u2]

Yes, this is one of my favorite uploads...great song

[@patricia959jjjlll]

amo esta canción, gran canción de los 90s ☺ habían bandas tan buenas

[@Jiggs2u2]

estoy de acuerdo

[@wallyivers1610]

This was filmed on 6Apr95. 3 weeks later (28Apr95) they recorded the MTV video for "Misery" @ Toad's Place in New Haven & we were there :) Great live band!

[@Jiggs2u2]

I'm glad u liked..I owned a good VCR back in the day, transferred to DVD, now to KZbin

[@kezner32]

I saw them last summer (2019) and they were great. It was at a local NY festival... Everclear and Matthew Sweet also played. It felt like I was in the mid-90s again! I love that they worked out that bit with Paul Shaffer at the end to put a stop to the Silly Little Love Songs melody, haha.

[@TiburonImpakto]

Very good song!!!!!

[@MeetNia]

one of my fave group.

[@derolfrye2495]

I haven’t seen this since it originally aired, and always wondered what the deal was with the trumpet at the end. Thanks for clearing it up for me. It’s funny, cause the incident pops into my head every few years, and my memory of it was much more dramatic than it played out.

[@notsignedup]

I was watching that night also. I was recording it so my nephew could record over it for me. This song details so many different things on so many different levels. I'll never see Paul as an artist ever again after his douche bag move. Million thanks for posting.

[@bancroft65]

Paul was joking, it was part of the gig.

[@rm-jl8wy]

Paul was mad at Daivd because CBS and the Late Show would have to pay A LOT of money to Paul McCartney to for the broadcast rights to his song. This is why Paul took David's trumpet away. I still thought it was a pretty rude thing to do on live tv! All the show had to do was send S.A.'s record company the bill.

[@birdmantd]

Right I understood that part was borrowed from another song. I just found the whole incident weird- first that Soul Asylum added that part to the song and then with Paul coming over. Funny thing is now whenever I hear that part of Silly Love Songs I always think back to this incident. Anyway, thanks for putting this clip up.

[@themusicrocker182]

Ese video parece que fuera sido hecho ayer, despite it has near 20 years. Incredible

[@musiclife2807]

Who would thumbs down a Soul Asylum video?

[@TheDazza1969]

End song to clerks 2 i beleive!! Great movie,great song!!

[@joleene2]

Ha ha! I still have this (a bad copy) on a VHS tape - I was 15 and it was the first time I ever tuned in to a late talk show on purpose. SA was my fav band and DP was so hot....

[@coltonsmith3803]

never knew this song always thought runaway train was the one hit...I should check out their other stuff

[@fluphenazine1879]

They have a bunch of good songs.

[@Jiggs2u2]

It was done in jest; Dave was playing the part from Paul McCartney's Silly Little Love Songs. Paul Shaffer come over shaking his head as to say wrong song Dave.

[@fluphenazine1879]

They fooled me lol... looked like schaffer was actually upset but I thought he grabbed Paul's personal trumpet and was more so upset about that.

[@charlesm8482]

I watched this back in the day and it went right to commercial ..and if it would have showed the rest u would know it was good band hygiene .

[@hackersville]

i saw this aired on tv too \m/ funny in the end

[@Jiggs2u2]

You have no idea how many stupid comments I get regarding the ending of this song...Yes, you are correct,It was a gag.

[@birdmantd]

I've been wondering that since I watched it the night it aired! Very weird moment.

[@fluphenazine1879]

I figured the ending was a set up but I thought Paul might be really upset that he took his own personal trumpet. Anyways, it makes sense that the song is about the misery and frustration of record companies and they are doing a skit about that theme at the end.

[@zufgh]

You people realise it's a gag there at the end, right?

[@themusicrocker182]

Well, yes, it´s true, the quality of video makes his work, but, I mean ... the band, the sound, the fashion. I don´t know, but is like 20 year were frozen. Don´t you thing?

[@marcelopepinho]

Everythign is so cool ... the hair .. the clothing..... it was a special time indeed !!!

[@mattaki]

KARL MUELLER

[@marcelopepinho]

Epic great ending ... C'mon guys this is just a joke !! enjoy the spirit!

[@gingerfarkus6658]

FRUSTRATED INCORPORATED..........! Haha!

[@jasoncinema]

It was a joke, people. Get with it.

[@ColorsBright]

@dayuhanspace probably has to do with publishing rights and such.

[@torrescamilotorres]

Hapennig Finish???

[@fajitaRBguy01111]

I thought Paul took the trumpet because it was his and Dave stole it. Just a thought.

[@fluphenazine1879]

I thought that too like you don't touch another mans Trumpet lol.

[@GTRAIN1982]

Whats with the gag at the end? Don't you know what the song is about???

[@pyronixe]

Eh?

[@rm-jl8wy]

Paul was mad at Daivd because CBS and the Late Show would have to pay A LOT of money to Paul McCartney to for the broadcast rights to his song. This is why Paul took David's trumpet away. I still thought it was a pretty rude thing to do on live tv! All the show had to do was send S.A.'s record company the bill.

[@Jiggs2u2]

@@rm-jl8wy wrong

[@rm-jl8wy]

@@Jiggs2u2 From Googled AI: "The cost to license music from The Beatles, including Paul McCartney's songs, can be expensive, often reaching into the hundreds of thousands of dollars per song"! Paul and I are members of ASCAP, you have to go through them to use one of our songs. You obviously play only the RADIO so you don't understand any of this! Run along and go listen to your Justin Beiber crp! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jiggs2u2]

@rm-jl8wy Wrong stupid.. it was for comedic effect, you fucking moron

[@nightsau]

@@Jiggs2u2 I mean he's not entirely wrong. The gag works because of the assumption it would cost a shit ton in rights to play that song. That is the premise of the joke.

[@Jiggs2u2]

@nightsau it was nothing to do with copyright these people that write these type comments crack me up have any of you ever watched the David Letterman show it's a comedy show with Kick-Ass music

[@kellenheller3398]

"we'll create the cure, we made the disease" ummmmm good business plan or?

[@jasoncinema]

Dave walked off after the song?

[@mattleo911]

Ummmmm....Paul was "acting" . Great easy way to end the song. They are performing people ! .

[@buybulkwhey]

@lennyofmn lol Pauls just pissed cuz he is a poser

[@alexanderfrazier4526]

copyright issues thats why paul took the trumpet. if they let that thing to be continued the show will pay thousand of dollars for the fines

[@dmvconartists6657]

Umm no. Not only is that just not true but we saw stp cover/play that 'Christmas is my favorite time of year' song on this show with no problems

[@skippyhandleman1625]

I had heard shortly after this that the Trumpet was in fact once owned by Miles Davis. I can understand Paul being paranoid about it and acting like that.

[@Jiggs2u2]

@@skippyhandleman1625 that's almost as ridiculous as everyone else thinking that it was real and they were mad and they were worried about a copyright🤦🏻‍♂️

[@skippyhandleman1625]

@@Jiggs2u2 i know right. The thing.