What people fail to realize is Pere Ubu is probably the greatest alternative band of all time
@klausrain1119 ай бұрын
😂 The Stooges might tend to disagree. 😅
@christianolson3 жыл бұрын
Paul is one of the few musical geniuses alive. He always knew the bands, he always had the right song at his fingertips. No one knows music better. Don’t underestimate Paul.
@Pet-f2l20 күн бұрын
Paul should have known it would be better for bands like his one to play without his help.
@drbrichy14 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's Eric Drew Feldman, who played with Beefheart, Snakefinger, Ubu and others. Don't miss the fact that Paul is participating here as well. These guys were not just some freaks that hitch hiked to get there. Paul dug them, it's obvious and was probably responsible for getting them on the show in the first place. A rare masterpiece on American TV.
@agentVIP655 жыл бұрын
drbrichy I liked ERIC Feldman from his work with Frank Black. And this is my first time hearing Pere Ubu and I like it!!
@gostrum14 жыл бұрын
He’s played with some of my all time favourite artists that you mentioned.
@johnhawk10892 жыл бұрын
He played with Pixies too!
@willietheraildog13 жыл бұрын
I used to have MODERN DANCE on Blank Records #001. GREAT American band. Saw them in Chicago back in like '80. Actually met a girl and got laid! Ah, those were the days! PERE UBU RULES!
@dave22517 жыл бұрын
I found it on an old video tape while cleaning out my basement! I was happy to find it...
@johnmuscia8499 Жыл бұрын
BRILANT
@MrVoyaging13 жыл бұрын
I love that Paul Shaffer (David Letterman's keyboardist) takes playing with such a historical band seriously. He obviously recognizes their talent and importance.
@chadopitz68837 жыл бұрын
And the backing here is so gorgeous
@mikeroby131310 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Something about Letterman's show, and I don't think I noticed it at the time, is that Shaffer and his guys did NOT just phone this stuff in. They knew what these bands were about and they prepared and they participated. It shows a level of respect for the bands AND the audiences that's pretty great to see in action.
@mikeroby131310 жыл бұрын
After I wrote that I paged down and saw that some other folks had the same impression I did. That made me happy to see.
@leighfoulkes729710 жыл бұрын
I don't care for Letterman to much but I love Shaffer.
@christophercampbell16777 ай бұрын
Cleveland rocks
@pureloveracing15 жыл бұрын
David Thomas, to me, personifies pure love. Of self and the world.
@oldlogin33833 жыл бұрын
It's like he's been asked to go on stage with his favorite band.
@jlinbkk71842 жыл бұрын
Greatest front man.
@ultramouse16 жыл бұрын
got to be one of the best tunes of the period... just surreal to see them on letterman though.
@GrippoMarx17 жыл бұрын
I've seen the band dozens of times through various lineups. And their most recent stop in Chicago was the most powerful Ubu show I've ever seen. They were absolutely on fire! And for those of you that may not know, former Ubu guitarist Jim Jones passed away a week ago in Cleveland.
@prokesuk4 жыл бұрын
Not the first time that a keyboardist that works with the Residents has been on national TV, without the Residents. I've seen Feldman a number of times in various bands, including when he played with the Pixies and Pere Ubu at the same show.
@alanorange93764 жыл бұрын
Whoa... didn't know that
@thelostislandboy15 жыл бұрын
I love this record. Still i wonder how the hell didn't make it to the top-ten..
@ericidle99917 жыл бұрын
FABULOUS SONG,ONE OF THE BEST
@wraithstrongopark2 жыл бұрын
man, letterman's show used to be so much fun.
@dave22515 жыл бұрын
Ha - I mentioned that to David Thomas once. Always gracious, all he would say was that Letterman is a very nice man.
@krezzykrezz16 жыл бұрын
Dave 225 Thanks for posting! The best of both worlds....Pere Ubu and NBC Letterman! Cleveland Rocks...especially when it doesn't realize it!
@fredschneider74754 жыл бұрын
Great vocal harmonies
@sherryhmorrison7 жыл бұрын
love love love!!!! and I realized too I miss David Letterman!!!!
@GrippoMarx13 жыл бұрын
Saw them in Philly at JC Dobbs just prior to this appearance, and yes, they were passing the hat to help pay expenses as Mercury had just cut off promotional support for the band.
@ShreveportJoe14 жыл бұрын
When they say "friends" helped pay their way there, I read somewhere that that friend was Michael Stipe.
@JasonGross15 жыл бұрын
Yep, he was on Beefheart's last two albums (Doc at the Radar Station, Ice Cream For Crow).
@Clematisian15 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Professor Schaad, for linking me to this feed & for going to See(r) these Rock & Roll legends @ the Tribeca incarnation of Knitting Factory a couple years ago ~ (•8-D
@jms695915 жыл бұрын
Great band, great song!
@sipsun85 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, Dave. I really appreciated!
@lunhil1214 жыл бұрын
Great performance.
@mariamalmquist92944 жыл бұрын
You are still my favorite!
@limeginger16 жыл бұрын
worldslargestego, thanks for posting. btw, this would have to be from 1991-92, because Letterman mentions the movie The Commitments, which didn't hit the US in any bog way until late 1991.
@helen4garage13 жыл бұрын
pere ubu trasformazione da cattivi a buoni di cuore......bravi ugualmente...ma vincerà il male.....esso divverrà un maniaco compulsivo.....si legge dai testi......l amore con lui ci ha tentato ma gli ha giocato un brutto giuoco.....il gioco ora è lui....ciao david
@GrippoMarx17 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, I've been waiting for years to see it!
@victorsaint215 жыл бұрын
89' - the last year of a great decade....
@donnybrooklads15 жыл бұрын
Great footage - appreciate this thanks!
@Pittmail8810 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this. Just F#@&^*$ great.
@peterevans61023 жыл бұрын
totally off the wall but oh so beautiful. Gotta feel sorry for those who don't dig this.
@enriqueroman6215 жыл бұрын
Being an Ubu's fan, I think Schaffer did ok and could see the respect towards Ubu.
@mikereiss421610 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the Commitments movie was early nineties like 91 so I don't think this was from 89 but rather early nineties. Just looked up and the album is called "World's in Collision"(not collusion like Dave erroneously said)and is from 91 so there you go.
@lucianofigueiredo48774 жыл бұрын
Apresentação istoria
@Fredericosoft4 жыл бұрын
Histórica vc quiz dizer...
@BarrelShape14 жыл бұрын
@dave225 Yes, that does give him a few points. I wasn't aware of that.
@BarrelShape14 жыл бұрын
Letterman these days would not have the guts to feature an eclectic underground band like this.
@prokesuk4 жыл бұрын
Eugene Chadbourne mentions in a video about being asked for money so Pere Ubu could go to this gig. I don't think he did give them any money.
@dave22514 жыл бұрын
@grahamlaur - he had Grinderman on a few months ago. I'll give him points for that.
@haupper14 жыл бұрын
"Worlds in Collusion" is actually a superior album title.
@vollsticks10 жыл бұрын
I know Eric Drew Feldman played on Letterman with Beefheart, did he ever play on the show with anyone else? PJ Harvey, maybe? Any answers would be greatly appreciated!
@pabloisusi60973 жыл бұрын
Yes, with Pj Harvey. You say something is the song. He play bass there. Check it out.
@vollsticks3 жыл бұрын
@@pabloisusi6097 Cheers, appreciated! Eric Drew Feldman is a CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED MUSICIAN!!!
@enriqueroman6215 жыл бұрын
I'm only going to opine on Pere, he's awesome, the hell with politics.
@RUPickman15 жыл бұрын
OK, it's really "World's In Collision". But Ubu on Letterman is still some kind of victory.
@MrPotatoesLatkie15 жыл бұрын
Becasue he's the musical director of the show.
@Timmybear16 жыл бұрын
Worlds in Collision, as it happens, though I think Worlds in Collusion is a BETTER title. :)
@JasonGross15 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that would be 1991 since that's when the album came out and Drew Feldman (keyboards) was in the band. Too bad they had that rule that Paul and the band have to play too- no Tony on bass and Scott is demoted to congas.
@Norkusa16 жыл бұрын
lol, did Dave say "Worlds In Colusion?"
@johangustavsson79499 жыл бұрын
I hear this band had a big influense on the Swedish band Bob Hund, and that they call themselves a "avant garage" band. Now that I've seen this clip, and a couple of others, I find them...well, mainstream, actually. More garage than avant.
@satiricalfarce8 жыл бұрын
This is one of their more accessible tunes. Try "Birdies", "Road to Utah", "Musicians are Scum"....
@xofpi6 жыл бұрын
satiricalfarce Not to mention Chinese Radiation, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Final Solution, Non-Alignment Pact, etc., etc., etc.
@mjmatteo5 жыл бұрын
Check out their second album Dub Housing...the epitome of “avant-garage”
@jblacktree16 жыл бұрын
Please post again without all the intro blather--I don't want to listen to that every time I play this. PLEASE? just the song?
@gilgamess14 жыл бұрын
A CD in a longbox! How long (sorry) has it been since you seen one of those?
@jompiy9 жыл бұрын
starts at 2:04
@hironoodles15 жыл бұрын
using the context clues, my theory is that they coudln't afford to take the whole band to NYC! hence the figg/lee rhythm section...
@MarsVoltaKA15 жыл бұрын
Did you atleast listen to 'why I hate women' by Pere Ubu, it came out in 06.
@Alos2114 жыл бұрын
@dave225 Grinderman is atm the best band in the whole damn world !!!
@Plazman16 жыл бұрын
yeah..."cd format" that's funny. i remember when they put them in those big cardboard sleeves to keep people from stealing them. stealing records was tough, but CDs were easy.
@dave22514 жыл бұрын
@ShreveportJoe .. and Elvis Costello
@indiglo19715 жыл бұрын
1991? Looks older than that.
@christianolson3 жыл бұрын
Is that Eric Drew Feldman?
@dave2253 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@mrm8615 жыл бұрын
is that mayo thompson on guitar?
@ElectricPineapple7916 жыл бұрын
CD format! lol!
@DrewberTravels9 жыл бұрын
Wow... Dave is pretty off on this night.
@MarsVoltaKA15 жыл бұрын
I find that why I hate woman (and why I remix woman) and raygun suitcase are the best albums by them :)
@peopleskarmasquad1042 Жыл бұрын
GReat band, but I think they could have picked a better song of theirs to perform
@Timmybear11 жыл бұрын
Worlds in Collusion is a better title. :)
@finylvinyl6616 жыл бұрын
Pere Ubu was always a great, if eccentric, band. But this reminds me of the days on Letterman where that over-achieving geek Paul Shaffer insisted on having HIS band play along with any guest musicians. By the time that policy ended, there were a lot fewer interesting musical guests.
@ArtandAlchemy5 жыл бұрын
He sounds like meatloaf
@andrewcollins41185 жыл бұрын
David Thomas is greater than Meatloaf 🤣
@WheresPoochie14 жыл бұрын
OK, Pere Ubu are cool and all but... Did people honestly find this Letterman shit funny back in the day?
@rockets4kids5 жыл бұрын
Early Letterman was the best Letterman, and way better than anything else that was ever on late nite tv.
@brooksrountree27099 жыл бұрын
I'm from Cleveland I know David Thomas I met him in the UK he is a stooge
@dave2259 жыл бұрын
.. for the media priests?
@ugmold14 жыл бұрын
Why the preamble about how god damn cheap CBS is? Pere Ubu deserves better treatment.
@birdorienteering9 жыл бұрын
Ohio and Indiana are the best states. I have proof if you want to argue
@ardillarojo7 жыл бұрын
California- sixth largest economy in the world. You don't eat without us. *slam dunk*
@davidgilfillan19346 жыл бұрын
I think,Radio Ardilla, you just proved bird orienteering was right.
@bridgetlamb907 жыл бұрын
Heads up to all anti-misogynists out there: the lead singer of this band makes shitty comments about women between songs during shows, and the rest of the band goes along with it
@slickbenjamn7 жыл бұрын
Bee Lam what did he say? I just saw him and he didn't say anything sexist.
@bridgetlamb907 жыл бұрын
Ben Walivaara That's good maybe he took what I said (or ya know, yelled) to heart. Randomly in between songs he starts talking about Star Trek and then the "punch line" of the bit is something like, "The one crazy thing about that show was, I don't know about you guys but I would never follow a WOMAN into space! Haha!" Like of all topics, first of all, and then of all star trek related things to say? Then I yelled "hey man womenare smart and don't need that shit!" and he responds, "Good thing I don't care what you think! don't you have a protest to be at?"
@chrisknight37346 жыл бұрын
Are you commenting on every Pere Ubu video? Seems like wasted energy
@jonnydong763310 жыл бұрын
Cleveland rocks!
@pithair114 жыл бұрын
why was the CBS orchestra backing them up?
@finylvinyl667 жыл бұрын
For a long time they backed up all the musical guests and I never understood why.