Pere Ubu, "Waiting for Mary"

[@zeplinkid17]

You know you're doing something right when Debbie Harry and Philip Glass are your backup.

[@barrybacon9790]

Outstanding 👍

[@jambec144]

Piere Ubu, Debbie Harry, Philip Glass all on one show? Where was I when this happened!?!

[@misslizzie8480]

Probably not born yet :D

[@undefinedlust]

And Louden...

[@matthewstetson1840]

undefined Lust Loudon but yeah.

[@jprz13]

Remember when it came on

[@jean-louisberlatier3433]

Orgiac Punk

[@anthonypicco7811]

Even after all these years I still miss "Night Music"

[@steveterrell]

3 years after your comment -- SO DO I!

[@marcuswalters8093]

I can’t believe I’ve turned up late to the best party I was never invited to.

[@temporaryvisitor8914]

I have never met a singer with this enthusiasm. I love his songs. One single fan (i guess, probably right.. from sourh korea)

[@aaronconnor9710]

We all love music

[@DomHorne-t2h]

Best line up ever.

[@SexyFatKid]

I love hearing this 80's sounding pop song with David Thomas' trademark frightening wail. This is so amazing.

[@jublaim]

It Is! And I can watch "Mary" and "Breath" video over and over just to see Davids superb and strange animated body language!

[@leighfoulkes7297]

This must be the 100th time I've come back just to hear this song, just love the passion.

[@chrisoleson9570]

I'm trying to catch up to you. . . .

[@TheFinnmacool]

Lol back again!!!! Despair NOT my friends! A new Pere Ubu album! www.ubuprojex.com/ A year later.

[@bobthebear1246]

Me too, Leigh.

[@vollsticks]

Same here! Love avant-garde Ubu but I'll be damned if they couldn't write a killer pop tune when the mood took them.

[@josettes8892]

So good!

[@TUBBS694U]

This just keeps getting BETTER with each play!!!

[@meesalikeu]

dave thomas is america's legendary spazz. cleveland's gift to the world!

[@opaljk4835]

A true original

[@hazelboy]

Am I going too far if I call him daddy lmao (purely out of love respect and his absolute heavy influence of me as a performer )

[@roberts5944]

Pere Ubu’s cup wonderfully runneth over with this song. And I know a cup!

[@hazelboy]

Double cupped off the Pere ubu

[@ceruchi2084]

You're flipping through the channels late at night and just come across live performances by Philip Glass, Debbie Harry, and Pere Ubu. WHAT. Wish I was alive in '89!

[@liammcooper]

Just Phillip Glass and Debbie Harry performing with Pere Ubu on network television, nbd.

[@taliesinechoes4513]

I knew Jim Jones and Scott Krauss. Scott was the 1st person I talked to about the film Koyaanisqatsi, so it must've been great for him to be on a stage with Philip Glass.

[@denniswood7503]

This is why KZbin is so awesome.

[@disconnected22]

One of the best opening lines of a song EVER!

[@darkdubh]

Went to see Pere Ubu last night in Cork.Was thrilled to get their latest LP signed by David Thomas..

[@rockets4kids]

RIP. This is the first thing I went to upon hearing the news.

[@adamthorton1570]

Who's dead?

[@rockets4kids]

@@adamthorton1570 David Sanborn

[@adamthorton1570]

Awww.....

[@degrootklyde6895]

Brilliant. Beautiful and sad.

[@mryoda_dna]

David Thomas a true artist.

[@Tracey..H]

Found these guys in a small second hand record store in Detroit area. WFM is just toooo good

[@mikeoleary1723]

Still one of my fav youtube posts. It all came together here for sure.

[@BrianKishreviews]

Damn, this ruled. I guess I'm all-in for pop era Ubu now.

[@hazelboy]

They wrote the future in the 80s and it took me getting a tape from gramophone records in Chicago to realize it

[@hazelboy]

They need to reissue this so so so so bad

[@matthewweng8483]

i remember when this aired - i had Cloudland on cassette and would listen to it constantly in my car - This song and "Ice Cream Truck"

[@hazelboy]

Do u perchance live in Chicago (I got a used tape of this from gramaphone records last year)

[@thebigm]

What I love about this video is that it starts out sounding ridiculously, stereotypically 80's. But then Dave Thomas starts singing, pulling it all together and it culminates into noisy punk rock awesomeness. Fucking brilliant.

[@alanwilson8407]

Prideof Cleveland baby!

[@jublaim]

Cleveland! i have to go there when I'm retired.

[@jublaim]

@@alanwilson8407 Hey, I've actually got a real Cleveland Indians shirt now; a relative was at student change years ago. When I told them about Pere Ubu and Cleveland I got this T!

[@TheFuzzieWuzzie]

@@jublaim~ The Land of CLE is rapidly gentrifying. Get here while you can still enjoy the grime!! I saw Pere Ubu live ( at the Phantasy, for those in the know) during this era. Just incredible, David was a whirlwind. ♥️

[@Alan-71351]

​@@jublaimjust caught your comment. Wear it with pride. Dave Thomas rules!!

[@birdorienteering]

Devo, Pere Ubu, The Dead Boys....Ohio I love you

[@madamefeast4824]

Don't forget GBV

[@undefinedlust]

And the Breeders

[@mattbarrentine7056]

Brainiac too

[@styxcreek]

Ghoulardi

[@richardharney3639]

And Chrissie Hynde

[@The_PainofBeingAMan]

In truth, Dave was probably doing blow with Debby Harry backstage before this performance, regardless his vocals are more on point here than the studio version, very strong and soulful when he required, and playful when appropriate. Truly one of the great post punk performances.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

God I love Debby Harry. Ever since I was ten years old and I saw her sing Heart of Glass on Saturday Night Live.

[@lunarvision]

Yes! Oh my God I love her.

[@foxybingo1112]

The Triggerati She's brilliant. Especially when she munched James Woods' face off from within a TV in the movie Videodrome

[@ThePwebb]

STPZ, are you sure it wasn't her performance on The Midnight Special in 1979? That blue dress. For 13yr old me, it was the first time I was truly mesmerized by a woman.

[@danholliday5564]

She looks double reyt in this.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@ThePwebb That must have been it. I didn't really remember if it was SNL I just guessed.

[@martinhyizna3299]

What a remarkable stage of legends

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

It's historic. Thanks for posting!!

[@jublaim]

Totally agree! This event and gig was like the best I've seen ever! I'm laughing half the show, because of it's so fantastic.

[@juanpabloarena2724]

Aplauso largo desde Argentina!

[@claudetecumseh8415]

An absolute, one-of-a-kind powerhouse. David is second to none. Here's hoping Samuel T. Herring comes somewhere close in his career.

[@tberrigan]

"I wonder whyyyy...she can't beeeee...oooonnnnn tiiiiiiiiimmmmee.....evvvvvverrrrrrrrrr!!"

[@qwisp]

Sanborn with this great punk line-up rocked sweetly. Ubu is magnificent.

[@truemansparks]

i have just discovered pere ubu after 42 years of being on this planet!!wow!!this has put me on a new journey of musical discovery thankyou for posting,youtube can be a fantastic educational tool i am now listening to stuff from sixties and seventies which absolutely blow the living shit out of anything made today!!

[@gerardstothard8944]

I discovered this amazing talent through a music magazine that had a cd of the months best music. The song woolie Billie from the album Pennsylvania which absolutely blew my mind. Avant Garde that captain beefheart would have been proud of. I have been a fan ever since and I can't help but think how had I not heard this band previously.

[@TheFinnmacool]

Best song ever.

[@acoronab]

Now I understand where Talking Heads come from

[@hazelboy]

Dude this band got back together because they saw talking heads at (I think the agora in Cleveland ) and were like “we need to come back we can do better than this”

[@bobthebear1246]

"What are we doin' here?" Watching this absolute classic live performance!!

[@skatoad]

Wow what a lineup, too bad this show isn't still going.

[@vootie99]

Night Music was one the finest music shows... open minded... and took some risks...

[@twohamburgers]

I was obsessed with Chris Farley to some degree in my early teens back in the early 90's. Later in my early 20's my friend played Pere Ubu for me and I was hooked, one of the best bands ever, and had a miracle chance to see them live and it was harder and more incredible than any other avant/rock/punk/no wave whatever than almost anything else I've ever seen. But, I'm sorry to admit, when my friend played Modern Dance for me for the first time, I couldn't stop thinking of this sort of fat guy like a Chris Farley type in a suit and tie being the vocalist. Then I saw Urgh Music Wars and realized, wow, I was "kind" of right. No joke, true story.

[@Hamptonio]

That opening guitar riff before the sax really shows Verlaine and Television's influence to me. Kinda sounds like a saxier "See No Evil". Great pipes, Dave.

[@gazlee3208]

1989 the pop music was as bad as ever, but thank god there we're the likes of Pere Ubu still around making great music.

[@f.w.2054]

Pere Ubu were above both of them in creativity and originality!

[@econx6174]

Incredible performance.

[@PureSalemGuitars]

Off-Kilter and PERFECT. Dave is one of the greatest frontmen ever. One of the ultimate cult bands of our time .....

[@Tracey..H]

It's like Dave becomes part of the music.

[@TUBBS694U]

Is it possible for a song to get better with each play????yes, here's one.............and the sax just adds 2 this piece of musical magic.....thank U all......and please...............turn it up!!!

[@ericarmstrong1]

I would kill to see them in Cleveland next month. Or anywhere for that matter. David Thomas is really one of a kind as a songwriter, orchestrator, singer.....

[@ollehaggman70]

Love this song.

[@timothywiebe4714]

So great I keep coming back

[@disconnected22]

That whole thing he does right before he starts singing is great. And the laugh after that first chorus...awesome. And truly one of the best first lines in popular music. "Welcome to Mars, we're open all hours..."

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

Wow what a lineup.

[@sullyb23511]

Don't forget Hiram Bullock on second guitar.

[@joemelograno7403]

I was just introduced this song...I am mesmerized

[@gabrielegilli9209]

David Thomas = GOD

[@chrisoleson9570]

Dylan is God, but David Thomas is definitely one of the disciples. . . .

[@gabrielegilli9209]

This was a overstatement, obvious. But I love Pere Ubu.

[@vollsticks]

Good story thanks for sharing! If latter-day live Dylan is any indication I think you made the right choice! Even a mediocre Ubu gig is better than most band's "good gig".

[@eastvandb]

I totally believe we live in a world created by a mad god, so I'll buy David Thomas as god.

[@TheeMikeForce]

Amazing ness. Spirit of Elvis Reborn.

[@redditliveisbetter7929]

What a performer..

[@dannyhengel7645]

God. I think i was only 3 when this happened. Here I am 32 years later and wishing I could go back. I have faint visions of seeing stuff like this on tv and remember my dad always shutting it off when he caught me watching.

[@Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried]

That looked like a cool show.

[@zindi1138]

such a presence

[@scox1000]

What a potent mixture of stuff. Cleveland ROCKS

[@TheAyeAye1]

I would have like a second season of this magnificent show, but it's kind of amazing the a season of nearly perfect ever got made.

[@albertofanti4346]

Immortale 🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@musibaba70]

- "Pere Ubu sobre "Música de noche". Un antiguo programa nocturno de música y entrevistas presentado por David Sanborn. ¡A ellos se unen Sanborn y Debbie Harry de Blondie!" -

[@dadario]

EXCELENTE!!!!!!!! LO MASSS PERE UBU!

[@55chh]

Sooo good, so incredibly good!

[@velouric]

Todo un personaje!

[@PedroCucuchucho]

Dave Thomas, grandioso. Todos de poca jefa.

[@jimmywunts]

I saw them at The Hot Club in Philly around 1979 --- Non Alignment Pact and The Modern Dance album featuring heavily..... I was hooked then. Still am: Saw them at The Royal Festival Hall last year... Brilliance!!

[@DavySolaris]

he's Dave Sanborn, and a great saxaphonist. i wouldn't worry about it too much, it's a kinda communal tv show like Jools Holland today, it was just a kind of fun performance at the end where everyone came together.

[@_Ben4810]

RIP David Sanborn 🙏🙏🙏

[@saltcitystud]

He's even more expressive and almost as passionate as Plant.

[@Soul74]

NBC is always taking down clips from their shows (like Ornette Coleman on SNL) but they seem to have left Night Music alone. Thats good news for fans of real music!

[@TheHoneypot27]

crikey i'd forgotten what a demented stage presence he has, AND how big he was. he's huge. he's a giant.

[@stark234]

Świetny numer. Patrzcie jak się gruby wczuwa.

[@billraglow1]

Perfect!

[@MrLaurence19]

wish they would put this series on dvd. have tapes but getting worn out, every week such enjoyment

[@peepspers]

cant believe how awesome this is

[@hobocakes]

man check out those guests! what a collection!

[@PoppyTheChemist]

He chews the scenery like the food is all tin foil and he has nothing but gold teeth. I love it.

[@sgtnull]

one of my favorite vids on youtube

[@NormanArches]

My band played with them once years and years ago and They .Were. Fucking. Awesome. Beyond. Belief. Love.

[@skumsters2323]

Phillip Glass and violin geezer are masters too...

[@JasonBNYC]

Pere Ubu with Debbie Harry on backup & David Sanborn on sax!? Who would have thought???Awesome!

[@nubbs1320]

wow, that looks like it was quite the show. that's a lot of talent on stage

[@tomburns70]

I found, "Waiting For Mary," purely by accident on a latter Pere Album. I thought they were played out, and then I heard, "Waiting For Mary." The rest of the album was also great. How can you not like this guy...! I understand though??

[@kangfesher]

Such a great, odd interesting show. Loved the pieces with Kevin Meaney as well.

[@20yearwritersblock]

i have died. i am in heaven.

[@WayOutWardell]

Why can't network television produce a show like this any more?

[@AliasUndercover]

I want to watch this whole show!

[@monkeyboy4746]

He kept looking at his watch and finished right on time.

[@SteveBarton13]

Right there baby!

[@williamwallace5857]

Love this but pity it wasn't 360p or higher.

[@thewormster]

that was incredible,i have the actual music video that pere ubu put out and had posted it but youtube warned me to take it down ..what a shame i know after seeing this that others would have enjoyed it..but this was great

[@miloSILO]

I am responsible for so many of these view counts. It brings me back to a happy time and during my shitty job, this song brings me close to bliss.

[@vaspers]

congratulations. today this video was selected by the prestigious NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation. way to go, early punk pioneer of inimitable grandeur!!!

[@oscarrlopezg]

Glorious!!!

[@VINCENTECT]

Debby Harry is ever so beautiful !!! A local native Hawthorne NJ resident. I grew up near her.