Lee Ving - Plays Jazz - Tom Scott- Thicke of the Night

R+M Video, another gem from the vault of R+M...
Lead singer of FEAR, Lee Ving Plays Jazz with Tom Scott
clip is from the show "Thicke of the Night". This was Allan Thicke's late night show that only lasted 1 year (Fall of 1983 to 1984).
Enjoy!

[@ROAsXe]

This is alright if you like saxophones.

[@H3DG3xC043]

Its alright if you're a homosexual

[@ratlungworm7035]

lxH8xURxFACE Its alright if you want to get mugged or murdered

[@Skaxarrat]

Rat Lungworm So you love livin' in that city?

[@MrBeaux]

+Rat Lungworm It's alright if you like drunks in your doorway.

[@ms.lisamurphy269]

ROAsXe not positive,but I think this is in the vane of Blondie rapping in "Rapture"-or Debbi Harry if you will. It was a one off for that band. Just a deviate from the norm. Perhaps that was this vibe.

[@andrewpmckim]

This is the type of music Lee Ving always wanted to play

[@BaalDavaR999]

He's good at it.

[@skinheadyouth66]

Yes

[@Druffmaul]

The guys in Fear didn't like punk, didn't give two shits about punk. In 1977 they thought it was going to be the Next Big Thing and an easy way to make a ton of money.

[@tanneredge9774]

@@DruffmaulThey liked their style of punk which was blues punk. A rare subgenre that nobody talks about.

[@joel8750]

@@Druffmaul From what I have read, Derf and Spit liked punk, but dunno about Lee or Philo.

[@hellionaire1209]

“New York’s Alright if You Like Saxophones.” What you don’t realize at first, is Lee actually loves saxophones.

[@A2Z83]

and homosexuals?

[@p4horror]

Props to Alan for having Lee on his show. Lee Ving is one of the very few punk vocalists who actually was a legitimate singer.

[@p4horror]

David Ames He had the strong vocal range to sing blues, country and maybe some punk.

[@methanal669]

except bad religion sucks

[@boscopit]

FEAR were all jazz musicians.

[@goregore6259]

Nathan Justice maybe

[@prokesuk]

Being a "legitimate" anything was kind of missing the point of "punk."

[@ThatDifferentDude]

Musicians play music. Genre is for the public.

[@AldenAcosta]

Nice, I like this quote

[@clicheguevara5282]

Musician here. I fucking *love* that! So succinct.

[@DavidEinAustin]

DUUDE! Well said, well said! Excellent - I love it. That could be a new tune as well......

[@HiGlowie]

Couldn’t agree more

[@Thrashsquatch]

Fuck yes... PERFECTLY stated!!

[@angelocatapang6054]

lee ving/lee james capallero was a blues singer before turning into a well known behemoth,gutsy hardcore punk rock n'roller singer,screamer.overlooked performer.

[@LakeErieOH1]

that shows, he's a true musician as well as actor

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

This is after fear

[@mtvso8000]

@@shannonm.townsend1232 are you sure? Cause I'm pretty sure they released the album 'more beer' in '85 and this is in '84. Correct me if I'm wrong

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@mtvso8000 I gotta take your word for it, but still towards the end wasn't more beer their swan song?

[@mtvso8000]

@@shannonm.townsend1232 it says on both Google and Spotify that more beer came out the 28th of February 1985 and if you read the description of this video you'll see this show only lasted a couple years and ended in 1984.

[@Soundgardener80]

...clever comebacks too. He deflects the interviewer's questions with guile and preserves himself and keeps his sense of mystique. The guy is an enigma.

[@vondernacht]

Well put

[@Rikitocker]

Lee showing his social range here ... showing just how erudite he really was both musically and socially ... way ahead of the curve.

[@jinglebell9096]

Same could be said of every member of Fear. Most intelligent, musically-versatile punks ever - and the only punk band to have a lead guitarist (Philo) holding a college degree in physics.

[@boscopit]

hence the song I am a doctor

[@stephenhargrave7922]

@@jinglebell9096 Bryan May not a punk per se, but fellow astrophysical musician

[@A2Z83]

one of the best vocalists in hardcore/punk really

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

It also helps that he was older and wiser than a lot of the other punk and hardcore bands that were in the scene.

[@tfetz100]

I love hardcore. Love FEAR. Also - Motown, soul, classic rock, blues, even dig some the classical stuff from time to time….and more. Music doesn’t need boundaries. Lee can sing whatever the fuck he likes and luckily for us he does it well.

[@JMarinelli]

He’s doing us a favor by recording and playing music.

[@mattokc]

Oh god, watching Alan Thicke interview Lee Ving is like when my parents tried to be nice to my punk friends before we could leave the house.

[@tinmaddog8380]

Yeah.. he seems like a passive aggressive asshole

[@coreykmvy1980]

Lee has a fantastic voice especially when he’s hoping and praying there’s one more beer

[@ericmusch8325]

WOW 👌 👏 😍 👍 ✊️🎷🎹🥁🎺how in the world did I miss it's back in the day !!!???

[@daevidharvey7113]

Funny how Alan comments on Lee's look , wow how times have changed . By today's standards Lee Ving looks about as respectable and normal as it gets , almost . Truly amazing , now it's Halloween all day every day . Lee's a class act big time

[@aniekanakai]

Lee Ving is such an awesome singer. his voice is magical

[@Soundgardener80]

Fair play - Lee Ving has a great voice and can obviously sing any style of music

[@rockoutwithyourckout]

1234-1234!!!!! don't like fashions she, don't like phonies She don't like junkies she, don't like druggies She just wants my beef baloney

[@cepolt]

I actually love this. So stereotypical 80's jazz. Love this. I wish Lee.has made a record with this band!

[@getoffthestage263]

What? I just stumbled across this...wow! Go, man. This is wonderful and a wonderful surprise.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

New York's alright! if you like saxophones....

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Cognitive dissonance, New York isn't alright, and I like saxophones.

[@evanabbott2737]

If you’re a homosexual!!!

[@onrop6452]

If you like tuberculosis

[@phantomlord2763]

That BASS!!!!!!!!

[@sonicsnout]

At least Alan Thicke has a sense of humor about it. The wikipedia page for Thicke of the Night quotes him as saying, "The show was ahead of its time... it should've been on in 2084, when all of us are dead." But I'm glad it existed, if only for this jam.

[@liamfierroz5573]

Lee ving still the best 2022 forever golden

[@rangercal1]

I watched every 'Thick of the Night" show I could because they were the "Edgiest shows on TV" but I do not remember this one to save my life. Keep in mind there were very few shows total.

[@Scotty-P]

WOW! I've been a fan of Lee and Fear for ages, and got into Tom Scott about five years or so ago. Never thought they'd've got together!

[@skinheadyouth66]

Seems to be obsessed with New York and saxaphones.

[@derekwilliams1660]

I always said Lee Ving had talent.

[@joeschaffran8019]

*Has

[@wcarloswilliams]

lee can do it all. fucking genus. Dropping rhymes in 83, hell yeah. Of course, FEAR was his master stroke.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Lee was a big Paul Butterfield blues band fan and PB had Sanborn...can't go wrong with Tom Scott...dude very bluesy

[@G8GT364CI]

This is actually very good.

[@Thrashsquatch]

Ving is brilliant!

[@LSDOvideos]

dont stop be lee ving

[@JamesSmith-vk2ky]

👍👍💪💪

[@TheMetalheadfromhell]

Just found out he was a blues singer before Fear. It shows in the vocal performance. Its mindblowing to see such a rowdy hardcore punk singer just play jazz and fit right in.

[@russellj.s.257]

Funny how he and John Belushi were good friends and Lee Ving looks like he can be John Belushi's well trimmed and fit twin brother right here.

[@chrisp2235]

At first I thought Lee looked kinda lost up there. Until I heard him sing to this music. Turned out good!

[@DYSTOPIAofficialmusic]

Great vocalist.

[@LosAlamite]

this sounds just like Blondie's rapture....

[@patdisaster8543]

That is exactly what I thought...

[@philippedeblois1276]

love it..ving great voice

[@dukeofexeter1]

This rules so much.

[@brianpitt3474]

“would you have been called a street tough kid?” God Alan sucks so hard that I can’t stop quoting him

[@stacyblue1980]

Yea Lee Ving was an abused child. so.... yeah. wow.

[@SamDiaz7]

Amazing... Thicke was so uninformed on the genre that it's almost insulting. Props for Lee for not walking off, if only out of respect for Tom Scott that he didn't.

[@LakeErieOH1]

On another youtube video post, I said they play jazz and blues, and can wrap it into punk. That means they can play it away from punk. Again FEAR is the best punk band over them all, and they always knew it.

[@GoldandAppel]

Lee Ving on a Friday nite! RIP JOHN!

[@cheapthrilll6323]

I wish they wouldve used Lee's song in the movie Neighbors, its an awsome movie. The Belushi & Akroyd movie.

[@albertomontelongo1795]

I'm a big fan of the saxophone sounds freaking awesome

[@onrop6452]

New york's alright

[@GoldandAppel]

Lee is a piece of work!

[@Lyno1979]

LOL at Lee dancing in the beginning.

[@evanabbott2737]

The strongest chorus of all time!😁👍

[@dman3438]

They should have added this track to FEAR the record.

[@kittenforbunny]

Lee Ving was strangely nice and could have just busted out on the annoying Thicke. impressed.

[@Blooomune]

When you're being paid, you learn it's not a bad thing to bite your lip and not be an ass for 10 minutes. Lee was a good sport here, especially doing a rap along with some funk. Shows his versatility as well as maturity. Plus the fact that he didn't go off on Thicke, who was patronizing and totally ignorant of Lee's musical genre, shows he has class enough to hold all of that intensity at bay.

[@Riskmangler]

RIP Alan.

[@drfred1203]

shows the ignorance & actual curiosity of so many people in that era. Yes, a bit presumptuous & rude, but it probably was a thought in so many minds. I love punk rock for what it meant & did for me.

[@6delta6pmcprivatesecurity45]

Lee ving rules

[@delonge5000]

BEEF BEEF BEEF, BEEF BANLONEY

[@eliambahena2637]

Lee Ving 😍

[@ThaSamsonNY]

i actually loving this. well i love lee anyway he fuckin talented...

[@louskum]

More Beer excellent !

[@scottvska]

Amazing voice.

[@unclegusgarage2086]

It's basically a re-write of "Rapture" by Blondie. Strange to watch. You keep waiting for everything to explode, like it's a bit, but it's not.

[@abcd-zi2ho]

Lee Ving = New York

[@mikesame8321]

Fear what's the best punk band from the 80s launching the only good one really, from that 80s la wave of punk. Not my cup of s***. Literally other than fear who I love now are one of those bands from the 80s la punk scene x germs circle jerks I don't give a s*** they all suct. Some later punk from la Southern California obviously was great, but like I said la 80s punk sucked entirely 100% except for FEAR.

[@chrisfurius]

Raise your hands if an Fear fans would be watching this if Lee Ving was not the singer. I don't see anyone raising their hands...

[@christophermcclurken8962]

Wow. Thicke is quite the Richard. I bet every thought I was gonna say something else.

[@nicklausbooks1593]

HOLY SHIT.

[@81MUNSTER]

LEE VING is Badass!

[@louskum]

More Beer good answer

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

Whats the name of that song "New York is allright if You Like .............."

[@HankleburyTV]

A truly under-recognized talent. Lee can wail even over some lame-ass fusion!

[@gnute9932]

Hilarious! Allan Thicke was just so clueless.

[@Rightk777]

Natural performer

[@Bertram_D]

FUCK YEAH!

[@MrTehproworld]

I love how Lee applies his classical singer's voice for bot classical music and punk, and to think he started with punk is more impressive!

[@bossmann6358]

MrTehproworld he didn’t start with punk

[@krushor1]

I'm here from watching Bad Brains 2012. What is happening? I am indeed in the weird part of the web.

[@johnmcintyre1965]

Tom Scott seemed very embarrassed by Allan Thicke's condescending questions to Lee Ving.

[@javierramirez721]

New york all the way

[@teresathomley3703]

Alan Thicke is so condescending to Lee Ving. And Lee Ving is pretty cool- a class act, in fact.

[@6delta6pmcprivatesecurity45]

Fuck imagine wasted and just watched Saturday night live Halloween show wanna break shit sux being old.

[@teresathomley3703]

Wow

[@MrCaptGeezer]

they don't call him thicke for nothing

[@boscopit]

Tom scott rules. You.......

[@Mitch-Master]

Yeah mon

[@41bmc]

Asking Lee Ving if his band is punk or "new wave" lol

[@meyerfilms000]

after watching "Dudes" I had to look up Lee Ving stuff.

[@LakeErieOH1]

Meyer Films I got a reply in a lost youtube fear song from a peer of ours, he clearly remembered dudes, and of course now i can't find it to reply back to him

[@stephenhargrave7922]

@@LakeErieOH1 watch flasdance too. He's the rival club owner

[@LakeErieOH1]

@@stephenhargrave7922 his type of role, just like in Dudes; after a laugh that turned into a slow burn, he went after the guy who called him "...butt ugly".

[@LakeErieOH1]

@@stephenhargrave7922 that i did not know, glad to hear it, i never thought he'd bother with 'flashdance'

[@pumasgoya]

Very 80s sounding. Sort of Herb Albert meets Herbie Hancock. At least he wasn't pushed in front of the subway.

[@goonjitsu3440]

Saxophones...by FEAR of course

[@jnadle1]

New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones.

[@pastaboy9371]

Can someone tell me the name of the song he is singing Edit: it's all good I got it

[@A2Z83]

so new yorks alright afterall

[@BobDaPumpkin]

What kinda jazz is this? This isn't the jazz i know. Well atleast lee ving is singing that all that matters

[@AI-Consultant]

+JJ Sanchez Early Rap (jazz) blondie has a song like this

[@BobDaPumpkin]

William Photography you mean rapture?

[@tombrooks2629]

I wouldn't saythis is jazz, it's more jazz-funk; the song by blondie was just an attempt to capitalise on hip-hops rising popularity, not much to do with jazz i dont think.

[@jclm4188]

this is prog goth acid jazz fusion rap gangsta death metal Punk pycobilly longhair rocknroll

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

SAID THE PUMPKIN ROCKER CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042

[@zmcd3112]

so classy.. hey baby you wanna dance?

[@tonyg.4398]

This is alright if your from New York

[@freemandiaz5123]

Call guy when you need sax

[@jnadle1]

New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones by Fear.

[@djsosebee4688]

NEWWW YORKKSS ALLLLRAAIIGHT!!!!

[@bastardbydesign]

LEE VING IS GOD.

[@jeffraber9110]

Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's high....

[@drfred1203]

hahahahaahhaaaaa! hilarious!

[@gogoyubari366]

Los Angeles is alright if you like tacos.

[@JamesSmith-vk2ky]

👍👍😂😂

[@gogoyubari366]

@@GuitarlosCarlos Now why would you say something so disrespectful as that?

[@gogoyubari366]

That's not disrespectful. I love 🌮 Tacos!

[@paulbradley1983]

What is the name of this awesome song?

[@Diabolik771]

Rapture, Blondie

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

Paul Bradley The Residents - Constantinople

[@paulbradley1983]

Wulbulbul Lubbubwublub Holy Shit. That is some bizarre shit. But I can't stop watching. And The Gingerbread Man? Another creepy video.

[@friendlywalrus6971]

Darude- Sandstorm

[@jnadle1]

+Paul Bradley Got to Get Out Of New York

[@apoptosine1598]

Ummm, seeing how the interview went, it isn't hard to see how I never ever heard of that show. I am going to book mark this, since it really is a gem, if not a crown jewel of many things. How to spike one's own show for one. But on a deeper level I would point to it as an example of the pop culture's (particularly the west coast) human ignorance towards the naked lyrical satire an entire genre of sound culture had to offer. Then again I can't say the commonwealth did any better.

[@jeebsgold]

Wincing.

[@mayfieldgage]

And that sounds like something that was on Grand theft auto San Andreas