Robert Palmer Bad Case of Loving You live on letterman

live performance

[@lastdaysguitar]

OMG - EVERY SINGLE performance by Robert Palmer on Letterman both he and the band give it EVERYTHING. So good! RIP

[@brokl26]

Robert Palmer was always the coolest cat in the room.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

Band kicks in, he takes the mic and let’s rip! No ear monitors, no lip sync, no backstage pitch correction, no tricks just talent! How could we have gone so wrong today…

[@Hellwyck]

Monitors aren't evil, bands need them to hear the stage mix.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

@@Hellwyck Apologies. I misspoke. I meant ear monitors. He sang this perfectly with floor monitors.

[@kiwimax4659]

Actually, I see a floor monitor in front of him. But it doesn't detract from a magnificent performance!

[@phil4977]

Monitors or as the industry calls them “wedges” just there so they can hear themselves. If a singer can’t hear their own voice they will start shouting instead of singing. You are totally correct this a pure live performance

[@kendeestraps]

He was so his own soulful guy! Love him forever!💔

[@davidjensen4702]

Growing up in the 80s and hearing this song, I think to myself, "What in the heck is that?!" Robert left us too soon.

[@kendeestraps]

Way too soon😢

[@ronanrogers4127]

What a voice! You left us too soon Robert.

[@ihbarddx]

Alas, he was excessive in nothing but cigarettes.

[@wordnerd357]

This man was FINE. And full of soul. Nobody like him.

[@adventureswithcowboycol]

No doubt. Yet this is not even close to the Moon Martin original

[@altonbeckert506]

This man had it all Killer voice A deep understanding of music Class second to none.

[@Wes66-143LakePowellProductions]

Robert Palmer - The 007 of Rock!

[@nicknick1974]

Hahaha that made me laugh and it’s so true

[@habsom1406]

Left me shaken AND stirred!!! Robert Palmer, the real deal.

[@Nick-pc9vt]

The house band was so good, Palmer was a bad ass.

[@sherryd3299]

Amazing talent, amazing voice and sexy too. How great to hear it live with no computer to make him sound good. He's great all by himself.

[@TheAmtrack69]

No long hair, tats, piercings, clean cut, just Armani suits and good looking. A real class act!

[@habsom1406]

Yes I agree, clean cut Armani, love it. But hell, the song is low down and dirty, ha!

[@mariehatton6268]

Oh...I gotta bad case of lovin' Mr. Palmer!

[@JVMultiProds]

The man was working on a new album, flew in from Milan (Italy) to Chicago, was jet lagged AF, and STILL nailed it. Legend.

[@kendeestraps]

Legendary❤

[@zebunker]

Live music. No autotune or back tracks. How far society has fallen.

[@treywyatt1842]

No shit, brother!

[@mindynewton2967]

So sadly true 😢

[@rubyblue4945]

Yep times messed up now 😢

[@frankie3041]

From the ashes we must rebuild, my friend.

[@Timo-fc9nb]

Amen to that

[@myunclesnephew]

this guy was the straight-up business, period

[@usermegutan644]

Esta chingon

[@crawdaddy511]

Palmer can rock it

[@MerCurtis]

He was WHOLE, you know? A complete package.

[@nettiebaby45]

No matter where he went, TV or live shows, he always,ALWAYS, gave outstanding performances! If only I could have seen him live for once in my life! But,at least I have all these wonderful videos in my favorites. 8 pages worth!

[@natnat417]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JeffWilliams-io7bu]

Robert Palmer n band on letterman show knocks it out of the park.

[@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807]

Simply Irresistible! Not just an amazing singer, but a very strong cool charisma, understated yet very present and confident.

[@keithfloydjr4014]

Underrated voice..always thought so..one of a kind and a tone that can't be duplicated..RIP RP

[@johnnygarza8534]

Buddy sure *ucked up that song!!! Even Robert turned around in shock!!! 🤣

[@andyosb]

I'm glad he finally got his guitar under control 😉

[@rp-ze3bp]

This performance was perfect. Everything was sounding and looking GREAT.

[@dennismorgan2774]

Of course it was he had one of the best bands in the world at that time from that show backing him

[@alygodsquad]

Is it just me the guitarist solo strayed too far off the melody just about pulled it back

[@aeguitar9294]

Both guitars ate it on the solos....ouch! Truth!!

[@rp-ze3bp]

@@aeguitar9294 not taking it away from Mr. Palmer.

[@nb_tman699]

@@alygodsquad I think that's Buddy Guy.

[@lafranzlafranzweewee5090]

For you Jazz fans, in the back row in the band was sax player David Sanborn. Another legend. I met David in Times Square years ago and shook his hand. I thanked him for his music and told him I had his cassettes (well those don't exist anymore).

[@mickeymouse4285]

robert is badass axl rose cant sit next to him he would be blown off the stage i mean listen to this voice it s hot and powerfull

[@gso2632]

June 2022 - Wow ! Absolutely amazing performance !

[@johnnylaboucan8334]

Love your songs Mr. Palmer you rock on

[@howardmanley3388]

I remember him before he started wearing suits, this guy was cooler than cool hand Luke, and a handsome little devil to go along with that.....

[@pault1964]

With Elkie Brooks

[@ceebee4360]

In Vinegar Joe @@pault1964

[@julietjowett9678]

What an incredibly handsome and talented man. Moon Martin wrote a great tune here and Robert Palmer gave it a voice. Enjoying his music has been a pleasure. His is dad was a spy. I wonder if he was as handsome and charming? I'm sure it helped with the ladies and the men - those who wanted to be with him and those who wanted to be him. Sometimes I wonder if the part of me that likes intellect chose law, but the romantic side chose it because i like men in suits that fit well, not all do. One of the greatest compliments that I was given during my legal career was from Raymond Brown, defense attorney for Chicago Pneumatic here in Mississippi. He knew how to wear his suit just a little bigger than it needed to be, but just right for his athletic build. He'd played for the Cleveland Browns and wore a Championship ring for the teams' efforts. His wife was an artist and a lovely woman who did beautiful artwork that adorned the walls of his office building. One day he told me that I always looked so nice and that I was one of the best attorneys he'd had the pleasure of working with and the best dressed female lawyer he knew. That was something I needed to hear coming soon after one of the owners in the joint-venture pursuing the plaintiff's cases that I was working on, Lowry Lomax, told me during lunch at the Catalina restaurant in Pascagoula, Mississippi, a few days earlier that I took my job too seriously (really?) and that I was always dressed like I was going to a cocktail party. That was way back thirty-some years ago. Perspective - perspective - perspective. A few decades later, I was being cajoled into attending an art opening in New Orleans. It was June of 2017; the caveat was not to dress so well. I dress for myself, though there was a time, briefly, that I would have honored the request and acquiesced in my dress to please. It was as much of an insult as telling me that I took my clients' cause too seriously and dressed like I was going to a cocktail party. It was like telling Robert Palmer to wear his jeans and a t-shirt because that's what all the other rockers were doing. It didn't matter, I wasn't going to go no matter how many cute cartoons with a guitar player and a guy talking on the phone in an elevator they sent or facetime calls where you can't see the speaker's mouth. I know it sounds odd, but in conclusion it was written about that night, in the end, that the elevator went to the roof top where Batman and Ms. Evie did the bat dance. There's more, there's always more, a pregnant hooker, and a plea to come and challenge her hold, to give him an excuse and to make a spectacle. Like Cohen says, there ain't no cure for love even when it's closing time and the tune has changed to Whitney Houston's "I'll Always Love You".

[@maxbeale8186]

Robert had such class and could really go full-on Rock whenever he wanted

[@theressamurphy2996]

Love this wild love song🥰🥰🥰🥰 thank you ,Mr. Palmer✝️❤️

[@Kellhound32]

The horns make this even more badass.

[@brod7501]

ONE OF THE ROCKINEST JAMS I EVER WITNESßED!!!!!

[@duff2267]

Absolutely - I recall seeing this live and thought only real talent walks and blows it out like this. Gone too soon - Heart attack at 53 I think. Simply Resistible is the greatest Video of all time.

[@monicalillis3294]

I saw him live too,at Wembley.Oh,the 80's!

[@franz.isler799]

An amazing vocal talent and a total class act who left this world way too soon.Sadly missed. RIP, Robert Palmer.

[@elleeme9451]

That walk on singing was brilliant.

[@rodolfohernandez772]

What a voice, what a loss!!

[@panamericachicago]

You got a monster on vocals, a mad scientist mixing the elements and a billion watts of Electro Funk, Rock, Blues pumping it up... JEEEEZUS!

[@johnrobbins917]

Palmer was one helluva entertainer!

[@javiercoronel3457]

Great Voice and Man style, respectively!

[@MM-bs3pv]

R. Palmer, el mejor de los mejores

[@MrNewrad]

Super cool performance from one of the best singers ever, just class rip Robert Palmer.

[@planetbetter]

I always stayed up late for him, and for Steve Winwood, on Letterman. Back in the day

[@pendriss]

Will Lee is a great bass player - but he's really killing it here with the vocals, too !

[@orgi49]

Ich hab''s nicht glauben wollen. Wer hat dirigiert, sozusagen wer war der Orchester-Chef, Paul Schaffer ?

[@enabledintergers9372]

ATLEAST THIS ONE WAS REALLY LIVE!!! good ole Paul always delivers!!!

[@ihbarddx]

At a very bad time in my life, I would play this song at high volume, repeatedly for hours. It was mostly senseless and upbeat. It provided relief from the existential horrors. Now, decades later, it makes me sad.

[@beavisbuttgoblin]

It's far from funny but quite interesting the songs we latch onto in our moments of pain or heartache. We can totally be swept away by the lyrics despite the upbeat vibe. At least you're still here and your choice of music ain't bad either! ❤️

[@alygodsquad]

out of this world rip robert x

[@gforce1930]

One of the best rock songs ever.

[@duchessofwinward2798]

Robert Palmer AND Buddy Guy!? What a treat!

[@sloburnjo]

Except Buddy disrespects the song whereas Sid plays👌

[@mitzilivingston8147]

Buddy, not so much.

[@CaptainReedo40]

What an entrance!

[@pilarc8989]

Gran cantante por siempre en nuestros recuerdos y nuestro corazones 🎶💞 Robert Palmer 💞🎶🎤💖🌹😥

[@joseluisboza8944]

Maestro, vocalización del tema magisral y elegancia en la vestimenta. Un grandese nos fue pero dejó legado de sus obras.

[@heidivert830]

Love him gone to soon rip❤

[@betty3989]

❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥 Rocked it!!!

[@irinasiberia54]

Rocked it!🔥🎸🎄

[@betty3989]

@@irinasiberia54 ❤️

[@solkatz9583]

CLASS.

[@ericlejeune5452]

Superbe performance live, quel dommage qu'il soit parti si tôt...

[@DanneyTanner]

Just imagine when he was a kid he was trying to sound like Elvis and it came out sounding like this

[@user-hc8us7jr7x]

If James Bond could rock. Smooth as F…. Nobody has got close to him since.

[@joec9016]

I saw him at Paul's Mall in Boston and it was great. I was about 18 or 19 (18 was legal drinking age in those days). My buddy was drooling over his percussionist and tried chatting her up. We sat at the bar with rye and ginger and a toke once in a while. Good times.

[@lisashapiro4714]

I absolutely love Robert Palmer ❤

[@metsfanatic6270]

Just comes right out and rips it... Legendary!

[@colleenowens99]

I played this song over and over when I was younger.

[@MrKnutriis]

Best recording ever

[@MrLrry1266]

True story: Temps AZ, 1989, Tony's New Yorker Italian and Bar. World known for musicians playing Phx to stop in for a drink or whatever. There was a cover, $3, and no one got through without paying, no one. Robert Palmer steps up to the door man and is told there is a $3 cover, "But I'm Robert Palmer", Yeah, and I'm not and it's still 3 bucks. The man, ever cool, reaches into his pocket, pulls out cash, pays the cover and Richard behind the bar saw the whole thing and thinking it was the coolest he's ever witnessed waved off Roberts drink. And again, cool as hell, Robert lifts his chin and says...."Hey".................... , you know, like we all do!

[@CHRISRepAZ]

Shoot I was in Tempe around that time. Great story.

[@thobbs4526]

Gawd, he was fine...

[@alexajessop4803]

Hell yeah!

[@kendeestraps]

Him and Max in the same frame...priceless❤

[@richlrn64]

Absolute class act.

[@pault1964]

The band we’re enjoying it

[@rubytroy7756]

This man is soooo classy ❤

[@DBLVIDS]

Nice high harms by the ever talented Will Lee ...

[@orgi49]

Applaus 👏

[@amymks76]

Gorgeous ❤

[@howardmanley3388]

Kudos to the Paul Schaffer band....

[@michaelschneider-]

@Howard Manley .. "The world's most dangerous band" .. Anton Fig, Sid McGinnis, Will Lee, Tom Malone, Aaron Heick, Frank Greene ..

[@martingoodwin8884]

@@michaelschneider- first time I noticed buddy guy in there

[@mhmrules]

​@@martingoodwin8884 Buddy Guy sat in when Letterman was in Chicago for this week.

[@clintsandeman7205]

The bassist was on point with the backing vocal

[@orgi49]

Applaus 👏

[@sibkiss2009]

The best!

[@buddyreeg1]

Does anyone have the video of the following night when RP came back to the show to join Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers (including Pop) to do Charles Wright's 'What Can You Bring Me?'. Absolutely supercool!

[@joeyso5682]

The rocker that's always in a nice suite

[@BwanaFinklestein]

Perfect Performance!! Robert is ONNNNN! And Paul and the Band are COOKIN'!!! Fabulous. You couldn't find this on network television EVER AGAIN. Music today is....SHIT

[@NFStamper]

Holy smokes, this guy lit it up!

[@maryingolfsrud937]

Yes there are miracles that ha pp len on this Earth, like when children are reborn, and family members are healed by our Creator's love. You show me the light of day. Dove 🕊️ of Peace my love is yours eternally. Thank you for saving her life so she can live again. Thats Peace. Xo

[@HarvH]

Lol just walks on and smashes the tune out, what a band David Sanborn on Sax legends

[@mitzilivingston8147]

LOVE him!

[@ripvanjim]

That is fantastic. Robert on form and the band crispy tight :)

[@fredgien]

Except for the guitarist😏!

[@shoulettehoulette]

Jesus, it’s buddy guy. Listen again

[@jjaimes15]

What a voice we lost with his death! Simply irresistible

[@destinypowers1146]

love you Robert Palmer and miss you

[@brianmorrison7542]

AWESOME

[@kendeestraps]

Love Max❤

[@cabdriveruk]

Robert Palmer died from a sudden heart attack in a Paris hotel room on 26 September 2003 at age 54. A quiet man in his personal life, Palmer was uninterested in most of the excesses of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, although he was a very heavy tobacco user who smoked as many as 60 cigarettes a day.

[@irinasiberia54]

Rocked it!🔥🎸🎄

[@DBLVIDS]

Plus David Sanborn and whole lotta horns!

[@stevenbates9186]

Nailed it

[@lengthmuldoon]

I think that is what is technically called perfect

[@kendeestraps]

Rare Gem with Max!❤

[@derekchapman5167]

The bass player's enjoying this one....

[@timpotter]

Paul!

[@colbymasvidal2397]

Cold with it🔥🔥

[@rickkoehnlein4629]

Cool as the other side of the pillow

[@KikiGonzalez-v6p]

Sorry,,,, discúlpenme,,,, Amo a Robert Palmer,,,, Eternamente

[@physicsparty8963]

Why is the audio on this so amazing? Weird

[@physicsparty8963]

Compared to video quality I mean.

[@JeffWilliams-io7bu]

Love it .

[@kendeestraps]

I want this played at my Celebration!

[@KruiseDale]

And that's how it's done, any questions?😎

[@irinasiberia54]

1.01.2023. 00.44 Rocked it!🔥🎸🎄