Pavement - Cut Your Hair on Tonight Show (1994)

[@geraldseydoux2252]

the confidence needed to start a song like that is mental lmao

[@samefateawaits]

badass tho

[@bratwurst19]

Not really.

[@J8rh3ad_]

@@bratwurst19maybe not to you

[@gf6392]

Hey guys, I am gonna take mushrooms before we go on Conan"did u see the drummer's hair"

[@gf6392]

Leno

[@mitchellhughes5180]

The producers were probably about five seconds away from running onstage and unplugging their amps if they didn't start playing the damn song.🤣

[@dianwilson4840]

poor dumb producers

[@karlbenjamin4507]

That intro is incredible

[@expedientself]

Bob really keeping it all together there with his rock-solid tambourine chops.

[@dvan2672]

Bass player mark always looks like he's thinking: "WOW, I'm in a BAND!!"

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Verdade kkkkkk

[@haydencourtney7419]

Ibold is kinda the backbone soul of the band

[@mitchellhughes5180]

🤣

[@ruigamboa]

He toured with sonic youth also, so if theres someome who knows about being in mega trippy bands its him.

[@blahblah-dd5xq]

Guy who seems amiable and pleasant acts like it on stage. Give the man a break.

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

"korea, korea, korea, korea....!!!"

[@gryffindork567]

Half the people in the comment section are saying that this is horrible and the other half are saying that it’s great 😂

[@23Dakini]

I think it’s great! 😆

[@tyman7156]

so bad of a performance it was a masterpiece

[@1dyingwish]

Tons of energy, props to the other band members getting it just as hyped up!

[@Vovdov]

That intro is total Wowee Zowee vibes to come

[@metrodome934]

best performance ever

[@andrewhall7930]

Pavement 1994-1997 and Weezer 1994-1997 have nearly identical looks. The only difference is a few pairs of glasses.

[@gschaub9]

Of all the songs with owl hoots in it, this is my fave

[@torchwood815]

Amazing performance!

[@samefateawaits]

soo ahead of their time

[@brewcitymike1]

Its crazy how I was listening to some '94 music and my feed started popping up live on late night show performances and I realized that the super underrated bands all had huge hits that year. Meat Puppets-Backwater, Dinosaur Jr. do Feel the Pain, Sonic Youth Bull in the heather, and now this. I give huge props to the late night producers who had the musical knowledge or taste to showcase bands like these who influenced so many of the bands who did go mainstream/superstar. Mid 90s was the era of alternative. From '93-97 you couldn't miss with an alternative hit.

[@AutPen38]

It's mostly just an age thing (I happened to be college-aged and had the disposable income of my student loan) but 1994 was the year I saw more bands and bought more records than any other. Although it was the year Cobain died, I still think of it as the best ever year for guitar-led music. So many great records came out in 1994.

[@paulytamale]

"We're gonna be on the Tonight Show! How much effort should we put in?"

[@fukckgooogle6123]

nah, they could have just chose to not do the show. they wanted to do the show. they are going out of their way to be different.

[@conannanoc8768]

@@fukckgooogle6123 yeah, posers.

[@mitchellhughes5180]

No🤣

[@joe.b..]

vocalist sounds strait off the track except for like 2 parts.

[@s3dation]

Took awhile but I think I finally get pavement lmao this whips

[@patrickmartin7242]

Music scene is crazy, bands start up, each and every day

[@lizardman7364]

I saw another one just the other day, a special new band

[@dp-bh5fh]

I truly unironically do not understand how people who are into pavement think this is bad, this fucking rules

[@topdawg911]

i love coughing to this song

[@clecio22]

They were the stoned nerds lol

[@hattorinarwhal]

how can someone dislike this

[@bigneiltoo]

@@curly_wyn Go back to your WAP.

[@crrueltie4223]

@@curly_wyn nope, it's fucking cute

[@seanmatthewking]

I think fully functioning ears and hands would do the trick.

[@hsjshahs1305]

@@seanmatthewking boooo

[@derekdartes3573]

It's a pretentious racket. Just listen again, carefully.

[@daswgn]

a Luton Town jersey on Leno! excellent stuff!

[@scott12xu]

Bob Nastanovich’s Minutemen shirt at 0:39 😁

[@MartinAlbornoz213]

I came to post the same thing!

[@ronaldvernon788]

My favorite song 🎵 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jlouis4407]

Malkmus looks crazed

[@tyman7156]

great performance

[@ILoveDavidLynch]

I’ve always wanted to know how they broke into that first part, I hope I see a longer version of this one day lol

[@undertow1985]

I love the video for this song lol.

[@MrSwampFox2U]

This is what’s cool.

[@sebastian4451]

this is what hyperpop meant to be

[@DB-LBC]

jay leno is ike "wtf? who booked this crap?" which means they did it right

[@user-bx2xp7tp5i]

Yeah, but as usual he glad-handed them, “great job, guys!” I would have more respect for Leno if he did looked puzzled or disgusted. Conan is the only late-host that would’ve appreciated Pavement’s brilliant performance 😂

[@Fig8907]

@@user-bx2xp7tp5i Letterman probably would have too

[@pandaigdig]

i'm still thinking about the photo rolling stone ran with where a young nervous steve was sitting next to a newlywed drew barrymore

[@mcortezwriter]

Laffing my everloving ass off. I love Pavement.

[@chairmankaga101]

This is the performance that drove Branford Marsalis to quit.

[@KitCalder]

haha yes

[@drewjstravelplaza]

lowkey yes

[@roboconnor5376]

That's progress!

[@greenbay705]

you mean its far better then the best performance ever ? I agree :p

[@mr.walnut1191]

They have a tambourine player lol

[@liammcooper]

sick minutemen shirt, bob

[@jasonpeters3558]

Big hair!

[@marcopervo]

So much Alt Rock that we figured nobody else knew about got mainstream coverage by the mid-1990's that it wasn't even noteworthy after a while.

[@bigneiltoo]

Jay Leno: "Did I do that? I just bought a guitar."

[@curly_wyn]

Well, at least now we know The Tonight Show has some taste.

[@japan906]

Had. Leno was the last legit host. Ouch!

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Used to.

[@MS-zg1nq]

Now it’s anti trump political garbage

[@SuperKeithwood]

10/10 but wanted even more "HOO HOO HOO HOOs"

[@narcissist11]

Music is subjective. You can produce a masterpiece and there will be people that hate. You can produce dog shit and there will be people that love it. This is a perfect example of the latter!

[@alephnull7410]

Pre-cringe on purpose cringe = early 90’s

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

nah...this is pure do not give a fuck here. Source: 90's teen and can confirm did not give a fuck.

[@shawnm.winterich6820]

I was around for this (band members were my age). Acting as if they did not care was exactly that. They probably spent more time on their hair than any man does today.

[@BartholomewGilbertson]

@@shawnm.winterich6820 they have the most basic haircuts - Stephen's doesn't even looked washed. Think of a better example.

[@JE-xt6ol]

I was really glad to hear this annoyed Leno's jazz band

[@xavierrodriguez2211]

Saw them at tibetan freedom concert SF .....played bad but that was a good song .

[@arielcaceres5154]

Let's see.. Beck heading up in the charts, Nirvana no more, Tom Green debuts on public access, Woodstock, Jerry Seinfeld dating a teen.. 1994 was a crazy year.

[@dm20422]

🎶

[@iamamonad]

now you know why blur sucks

[@dianwilson4840]

brilliantly disrespectful of the status quo

[@GameLang]

beautifully said

[@curly_wyn]

Yup.

[@googleisgay3289]

He used to be something.

[@Sciulli999]

haha holy shit this is the best. Could they have played it worse somehow? I dunno.

[@alexstewart839]

When I saw one of the reunion shows in 2010 they had to stop this song after the first bar and start over because they fucked up.

[@kentmitchell7262]

yes to this, trash version

[@sleepy.biscuits2404]

I love how awful this is

[@chairmankaga101]

Bob Pollard said something along the lines of, "Man, you think we play long sets, I remember doing shows with Pavement and they'd go like 2 or 3 hours, just fucking around and making noise... but who the fuck wants to listen to Pavement for that long?

[@joshstrike]

@@chairmankaga101 They're a band's band. Listening to them fuck around is a reminder of your own band fucking around, except, like, better. Also, long sets are cool. Catalogs are cool. Fucking off on blow dried Jay Leno's show to his douchey uncomprehending audience is cool. Pretty much every other band ever on that show tried to win a grammy. What more do you want, really.

[@seamusthefurball1094]

@@curly_wyn Imagine going through this whole comment section and commenting "this band sucks" on nearly every recent post. Sorry the tunes don't resonate with you and that you aren't in on this particular joke, bud. Why be such a piss baby about it?

[@jimshipp7776]

@@joshstrike "Douchey uncomprehending audience...". Classic! I couldn't have put it better myself. It just makes me wonder what mainstream dipshits were thinking when this band came on Leno... But whoever picked them to come on this show (probably not Leno) gets kudos.

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

@@joshstrike actually giving a shitty performance on a show that no one forced you to be on makes them look like poser douchebag. They are basically saying "We don't care what anyone thinks - and we really, really want you to know this".

[@danwilson1040]

As is naming your child Spiral Stairs

[@whattheflipmarina]

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[@drewjstravelplaza]

malkmus guitar strap malfunction

[@poolboyinla]

Malkmus thinks he's Rico Blanco.

[@bratwurst19]

Music isn't part of my upbringing, but in retrospect how is Pavement and Yo La Tengo the only indie Gods that made late night. And pavement of all people with appearances littered all over the place. GBV, Silver Jews, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, i don't even think friggin Nirvana made late night. Lmao literally a planet-wise economic institute.

[@groalerable]

oliveu jesus christ

[@andgolivemusicplaylists]

They need to try harder. Heh heh

[@AutPen38]

NO BIG HAIR!

[@ebeep]

This record brought the major-label goon squad in to kill independent music. Crooked Rain indeed.

[@THEdiseasedT03]

far from it

[@jasonpeters3558]

Sorry Brits, cuz of this band alone (and Sunny Day Real Estate,) we WIN! USA! (i will give y'all Stone Roses, very cool)

[@averyetvspecial1487]

Jason Peter's You win the ‘90s. brb, stitching blue ribbon.

[@joegrabinski3874]

And now we get to see both live again later this year (Pavement and SDR).

[@ILoveDavidLynch]

Stone Roses are boring compared to both those bands, but I respect your statement

[@Nick943098]

They played cut your hair on Jay and stereo on Conan because Conan is cooler

[@jstape740]

Lol....wtf

[@RealAsaMitaka]

this is like sonic youth but for lazy people

[@BrianJames-rf1ky]

The sound is shockingly awful

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

I love Pavement but this is garbage.

[@derekdartes3573]

Awful.

[@rocketsalad]

no u

[@herrqueen6113]

Bad singing. I don´t like it.