Dinosaur Jr - Feel the Pain - Letterman 1994

[@Goodcompanywithbowling]

I’m pretty sure this is my favorite song from the 90s. It never gets old.

[@666sk8erguy]

This isn’t even Dinosaur jr’s best song from the 90’s

[@JET7C0]

It's up there for breaking them through to the mainstream, corporate radio and also giving them financial independence - not to mention me as a 10 year old kid, unaware that 10 or so years later I'd hear their debut and You're Living All Over Me from the mid and later-80s, respectively and be _blown away_ by how amazing both (and especially the latter album is).

[@sebasvega5782]

​@@666sk8erguyI like the Tom Petty cover, Show Me the Way, better.😅

[@campjoe42]

So young, but we all were then.

[@nomad1713]

Is there anyone else who has really awesome sometimes non-mainstream bands on their show? Because letterman was tight in that department.

[@michaelk3078]

Conan and Colbert used to from time to time.

[@MrRaErickson]

B W they are a great band but were never mainstream

[@edfinkel1222]

I'd say the mainstream had come to them at about this time ...

[@BrianKishreviews]

conan back in the day. and going back a little further: "fridays" had devo and king crimson..

[@JohnnyDogshit]

There was a British show in the early 90's that did called The Word. Nirvana did their first ever TV appearance on there.

[@jbeckmann6145]

I once had a girl love me so much she bought me every Dino cd over time. oh joy!!! thank you Sarah.

[@Huelogy]

what amazing gifts from a keeper! still have her man?

[@jbeckmann6145]

+Huelogy yeah she was. unfortunately I was probably too busy getting stoned listen Dino! ha. lost her long ago. 😩

[@Melvins82]

J Beckmann same here. Beautiful memories

[@moonburst9434]

J Beckmann don't blame you. good years to get stoned, man.

[@RyGuy123456100]

can i have your girlfriend

[@1nnu3ndo]

When the world collectively still liked good music

[@Gee-no]

Damn right 👍🏻

[@OrganicAlumination]

Lol

[@OrganicAlumination]

Idk man like I hate to be this person, but I loved this song in middle school but idk if the guitarist that did the ending solo was really apart of the band because I remember the solo in detail and I feel like they needed to practice the solo and also like idk if live is different but certain instruments loudness were overshadowing the rest of the song. I do appreciate it historically tho, like definitely

[@JD08092]

My wife still drags me to Dinosaur Jr. And J. Mascis concerts.. 2 years ago in Newtown in Sydney, I left the Men's toilet and there he was, purple shoes, Grey beard and all.. I ran into the crowd where my wife was watching the support act and I just reefed her from the front row barrier and ran her down towards the men's toilet. Her dream was to meet J Mascis and she was within arms reach of him. He was talking with some of the stage crew.. She could have hugged him, called out his name, tapped in on the shoulder or whatever, but she didn't.. She was just frozen in shock and missed the opportunity. I wish I'd done something to get his attention, but it was all so fast and then he vanished behind a curtain.. The show was awesome. It was just him and his guitar.

[@pamcm1098]

A friend and I saw J standing across the street from CBGB after he played one of the last shows there. He was holding two guitar cases, waiting for a ride I guess. J is not the gregarious, outgoing, conversationalist type, we came to find out.

[@alexandradewinter9775]

I doubt he would've said anything to her! He's not much of a talker.

[@QuizRox]

Saw J playing an acoustic show at a place called the Met Cafe in Providence RI in the mid 90s. My buddy saw J in the bathroom and had the balls to ask him for an autograph. J happily obliged with a black sharpie "J" on my buddy's hand. Great memory.

[@vwboy2012]

One of the best ever. I saw Dinosaur jr on the Henry Rollins show and everyone is bald or grey. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It seems like yesterday to me. I turned 40 this year and my son wants to play guitar. I'm glad to be able to show the great music of this era to him. The 90's!

[@Cegros]

Hey Ken, your comment’s nearly a decade old now! And we’re nearly a decade older 😅 How’s your boy and that guitar coming along? Are you aware that the 90s/early 00s style, aesthetic, and music has been coming back around into fashion for the “cool”/“artsy” young folks?

[@kundal1n1]

One of the best guitar tones ever.

[@poolboyinla]

What a great song.

[@ch3rrywave]

I agree

[@tomsenft7434]

Now that I am old, this song makes me cry, kinda.

[@artuszara2684]

Manak

[@ktakyon]

@@artuszara2684 loll i see him in a lot of alternative rock vids, fellow pinoy

[@pichofiraviyah8492]

shout out to the invisible bassist

[@redfalcon9]

I came here to say this

[@doltcart]

It's probably Will Lee off camera.

[@slimchance7748]

Album title🫥🎸

[@wigwamcafeteria]

visible @3:02?!

[@CruceEntertainment]

Yeah, Paul’s band was probably on the bass. Paul and the producers I guess were pretty strict about the band jamming along with the guest band. Not sure why that was.

[@danielsayers3171]

Ladies and gentlemen, 90s alt rock at its best ..

[@chrisod22]

Well said

[@jasonpeters3558]

Daniel Sayers MUSIC at it's best

[@ryanortega3633]

You know, well, I mean I don't mean to insult you because I'm sure you know about that one time, but apparently Cobain twice asked JM to join Nirvana. He rocked Alien Workshop gear before any other person who ever lived....

[@chrisod22]

Easily one of the best late night performances, ever. Killer.

[@superfamous8296]

Mascis is my favorite guitarist of all times.

[@swankybeebop8449]

Fuck yeah, jaw dropping performance, i heard this band 25 years ago but they never clicked with me, no idea why i love them now

[@randy5897]

Same here , now I have all 13 of their albums and listen to them almost daily .

[@genevievejuly9363]

love how J. can barely wait to finish his lyrics so he can thrash his locks... man theyre the best

[@patrickclarke9164]

Magnificent. Played this so many times on pub juke boxes in the 90s.

[@TatamiDisco]

Played it on the pub jukebox here in Queens NY last night! 🍻

[@juliusnielsen7122]

Thank you for your Service!

[@ryanjones4150]

One day in the early 1990's I was driving along on the LA freeways doing my messenger job, and I realized that there was all this cool new music coming out and thought I should get into some of it, so I decided to go buy a cassette of something I heard on the radio that day. The song I heard that struck me was feel The Pain. I put Without A Sound in my car stereo and let it auto-reverse over and over again for weeks, and became a lifelong fan. Henry Rollins says that they don't have a bad album, and he's right. One of the striking things about this song that is so different from modern music is how the tempo changes, it definitely gives it a human feel, definitely not the way everything is locked to a grid and auto-tuned nowadays.

[@rmoalxa]

Heard this today for the first time. I love discovering new music!++

[@Timesup5150]

Zander Mort whole album wails 🤘🏻

[@chadwickwright2833]

Old music.

[@leme3082]

What a treat!

[@jesseemullen]

Love Mike Johnson's performance here. Wish he played more co-lead guitar with Dinosaur live.

[@arturoalvarez3309]

How can a song be so fuckin awesome?

[@jondubb35]

Always loved J’s rhythm technique. Highly underrated player. Very tasteful

[@meowmeowmeowser6349]

My best friend and I got to see them twice in Philadelphia in the 90s on really good lsd. It was an outstanding time 🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️🥰 now we are almost 50 and we still are best friends and still laugh about the fun we had those nights🤣🙌

[@Gas_man]

I love it at 1:58 how they go from that chaotic jam right back into that kick ass riff.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

I was slow to love this song, but it gradually grew on me over time, and now it's one of my favorite alt-rock songs of that era!

[@annamarie_theresa]

This is the most underrated band ever!

[@TomasJHolyMusic]

amfella the are not underrated :)

[@TheGuitarifier]

+Unders that is the most pretentious hipster thing I've ever heard lol

[@YoungMasterpiece]

+The Blissful Zombie that's one and only truth. i remember Cobain talkin' about the way Mascis played guitar and how he often cryed and clensed his soul listening to J's solo parts. I wouldn't pay much attention what people like this one sayin' D.Jr. is overrated, are writing or talking, you can see from a mile away he don't know much, about anything.

[@samuelmorse784]

YoungMasterpiece Fuck Cobain that whiny bitch.

[@samuelmorse784]

YoungMasterpiece Cobain was a Pavement fan dumbass.

[@GeorgeGeo]

Killer Dinosaur Jr performance.. even with the Letterman band backing

[@danielnewton5867]

Back when music was awesome!

[@D24274]

It's absurd this song got on tv lol. Love it.

[@pelicanmouse]

FANTASTIC performance !!!

[@dasbakon]

3:04 is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, and I can't quite explain why.

[@Afrowarrior55]

Guitar hero af 😂😂😂😂

[@chaunceyloveshack9530]

bless you for pointing that out to people 8 years from ahead

[@Robinssoncravents]

Mike Johnson did a great work with Mascis, He replace Lou Barlow, when Dinosaur Jr. start to create "Where you Been", Mike Johnson work with Dinosaur JR. until fall of 1997 when he leave the band for take care of him own works...he worked with so much artist in 90's. Ps. Mike Johnson Also appears in Feel the pain official music video.

[@sylvandelacruz]

Wheewwww, dang! Who else is watching this just now and getting revved up by the rock of Dinosaur Jr?!!!!!

[@davebest2001]

Such drumming. Amazing

[@darrindavis2952]

Best damn ear bleeding country band of the 90s! _\m/

[@jasonpeters3558]

Ah...1994 when music was at its ABSOLUTE peak

[@chaseelder9413]

Jason Peter's everything was at its peak.

[@hauntedhose]

Ever listen to Bailterspace? You did now

[@gc8972b]

butt-head: "you mean... on tv?"

[@justinkline1294]

I was there. It was a zenith of sorts. But we thought it would just keep going strong forever. Until . . . .

[@johnd3124]

@@justinkline1294 quality music continued until early 2010s ... and now it's just.. sterile

[@BoyAditya]

I never seen young J before .. I live in the J the Grey era ... LOL ... thanks fender. Your jazzmaster videos suggested this video

[@bluegreenface1193]

i like how they show the Late show band 20 seconds before it's over... like we're supposed to think Letterman is playing bass or something

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Blue Greenface Paul and the band played on this and on Out There the following year while JM and Dino Jr played.

[@ericcampbell481]

Letterman's house band played with a lot of musicians that played on that stage

[@derekgusoff6768]

You can never have too many Telecasters. But you can have not enough bassists.

[@ryanortega3633]

God, thank you for this.... Also, thank to they who Posted the Video!

[@dandrechesterfield5411]

Dinosaur Jr is to Kurt Vile what Yoda is to Luke Sywalker

[@chaseelder9413]

D'andre Chesterfield oh silly me thats just me!

[@RKTologist]

whatever you say

[@Jake7inchnails]

yup

[@johnr2630]

Kurt vile sucks

[@indecentinkartwork]

Kurt vile is trash next to Dino

[@charger3834bbl]

I remember cruising around in my 91 5 L mustang blasting this song

[@masokotanga7356]

That bass line kills. Climbs, cries and slides back down.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Where is the bass player 🤔

[@henrikdahlberg878]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 3:03

[@sloburnjo]

The worlds most dangerous band was supporting Dino j off to the side - Will Lee on bass, Sid on guitar and a guest guitar player in Orange (who is HE?) @@matthewjdouglas6471

[@kokw3i]

I went Dinosaurs jnr when they perform at singapore. The live concert is much energy n play whatever they feel like. 5/5 stars rating.❤

[@Mooktopia]

thanks for posting this...falling in love with j all over again

[@garymandley3599]

Not really Dinosaur Jr is it? It's J Mascis and 2 other random blokes! Great song though!

[@DanCohoon]

+Gary Mandley I may be in the minority but I still love this era of Dinosaur.

[@S44BBOI]

G R A B I T

[@S44BBOI]

dino is lyfe

[@Robinssoncravents]

I love without a sound

[@ForeverMasterless]

Yeah, this era is still great and still sounds exactly like Dinosaur Jr. to me. I think it's pretty clear at this point that J is THE creative force behind the band. He writes literally everything. Lou wrote the songs he does lead vocals on, so like, what, eight songs total over their entire career? Two from living all over me and two from each of the three most recent albums. Murph hasn't written anything afaik. Not trying to shit on murph and lou, but let's be real, they are pretty replaceable, lol.

[@pici5533]

and everyone that night at letterman ended up with tinnitus . thanks dino

[@jrtony3479]

Thank you, KZbin God(s)...this song takes me back to the good old days..

[@wnp22]

utterly amazed. wow.

[@lemmingbcn]

Even a Dinosaur like J.Mascis can move his hips to one of his songs!

[@johnspence9718]

Thanks for posting, I always loved this song. Is the bassist invisible? I distinctly hear a bass guitar, the 2 electrics, but don't see the bassist. Is Kim Deal backstage?

[@100011101011]

Woah you're right, MIke is playing a Tele instead of a bass! Right before the end you see the house band play along though.

[@Vichedges]

It was Letterman. Back then he had a rule about bands, I can't remember how it worked but he wouldn't let whole bands on. When the Pixies played I think it was just Charles and Joey, Kim and the drummer were there but they weren't playing. I think. It's been a while. I think the drummer might have had a tamborine or something. That was from Trompe Le Monde, which came out in 91 or around then. It was a weird rule so I wonder if that's why there's no bassist here?

[@TheodoreCromwell]

Will Lee is playing bass and he is perfectly capable :)

[@themiln]

J Killin it!

[@SimAlex20000]

the only thing mascis is missing here is a couple more marhsall amps up there. LOL what spectacular tone

[@SimAlex20000]

also that is a gorgeous tele

[@QteoQ]

Omg Patti Smith

[@MarcosOliveira-je2ni]

What a fucking great live performance

[@Caniballe]

J. playing a standard tele? Impressive!

[@countvond233]

The night before was a rubberband and a Pringle's can.

[@tonybaloney84]

Quintessential 90's song

[@stereopolice]

God Damn that was f'ing good.

[@jasonpeters3558]

This band is the best

[@leavemealone4789]

I wish I lived in the 90s. I feel like the music was so much better

[@govinda102000]

It was great but to tell you the truth anyone who came of age as of the late 90s had the internet for easy exposure of all music for inspiration.

[@nmv881]

Man, J getting his exercise on. Ive never seen him that active. He's slowly turning into a statue that plays guitar.

[@joshingtonbarthsworth631]

Dude. He's old.

[@samquitkin338]

Absolute banger

[@NiKOliDANBURSKi]

Awesome

[@axestellartv4108]

i love 90's rock 🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁

[@redshaftedflicker]

Mike Johnson. HOORAY!!!!

[@TheMauvetys]

Mind blowing

[@johnappleton9349]

from 94-99 maybe not a night this song didnt play on the radio.

[@lancashirebomber9744]

its rock n roll and I like it

[@james_marshall]

j mascis was such an underrated guitar player

[@LJTEAM0723]

Was? He is still playing dude and is definitely not underrated by anyone in the industry

[@ScotStephenso]

I know people get older, but look how young they look holy crap. I’m people and I’m getting older lol. Time flies...

[@govinda102000]

We may be old but we lived that music.

[@mjscott65]

94...so either just before or just after cobains death..either way...i feel the pain...i feel nothing...

[@willt.9654]

This song kicks ass

[@alexandrelopes1923]

Firme !!

[@Codgerism]

3:03 is Paul Shaffer's band playing backup or something?

[@hahajaxsontv]

Fill in base player

[@markhammond2532]

"Great song, J. Think it needs improving anyhow?" "Sure, stick 20 awesome guitar solos in it?" "Sure!"

[@lopakavolmer6723]

Fuckin' YEAH, best of times

[@marcossouza1507]

Sensacional 👏

[@dudefordmusic]

what happens on minute 3:02??? is that slash on the right? what's that band? and/but why?

[@VideoAssociates]

Love this song...please edit David Letterman out of it

[@rogerandroger4852]

That drummer is so good...

[@boztime81]

a couple of my fellow die-hard dino j fans brush this song off as their mainstream "hit". But it really is such a good song.

[@brianking3698]

I’d love to know the decibel level at this show - such a great song - HFS!

[@mannyfernandez8561]

Grunge is not dead,still lives..........just the way it is........

[@prilljazzatlanta5070]

***** Thank you! And what a stupid term

[@prettycolors2]

Well they're playing with the house band too... they always do on Letterman, and there's even a shot where you can see that there's two more guys on guitar and another on bass...

[@hinder57]

this is a "quick shot" of the side band (Paul's band) the letterman band...

[@SapphireDreamssss]

I love this slow version.

[@hunterdanforth8340]

Who were they inspired by? They seemed so ahead of their time.

[@neetsroach772]

crisp bacon -This wasn't really ahead of its time. this is like '94. Now in '86 yeah. Especially considering the transition from Deep Wound to Dinosaur. Lou & J found something sweet. I'd say mostly influenced by 80s hardcore punk style and sound with chord progressions and meter of the Smith's, the Cure, etc. Post-Punk. Punk with a jangle. Hardcore Post-Punk?

[@deek6942]

They weren't inspired by..... they were the inspirers. J Mascis was way ahead of his time. This was Boston 80's alt music at it's very best (and that's saying something). Dino Jr shows outshine almost all other rocknroll memories for me, and I saw them all..........

[@Mars-]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovJomV6Zs2pY5o Television is one . listen to this. ☆

[@deek6942]

didn't click your link but marquis moon is one of my favorite records. i'm dating myself as an old fart by calling it a record but whatever

[@Jake7inchnails]

they were inspired by hardcore punk in a lopsided sort of way, but just slower more stoned and sloppy punk

[@stephenmiholick7548]

J Mascis the Grunge God!!

[@-joe90]

So young¡¡¡

[@michaelgallagher3996]

Digging the bassline...

[@indiegod6980]

Where did this man learn how to play guitar like this?

[@undergroundkingz7969]

This is actually the first song I learned on guitar. It’s surprisingly simple for the most part.

[@lshtar777]

Mick Taylor... of the Rolling Stones, is one that many guitar players share, as an influence for playing the 6-String.

[@rickjennings7884]

Back when Letterman had great up and coming bands on the show.

[@hinder57]

Mike Johnson IS the blonde guy playing bass. roughly from after green mind to hand it over. *(he also plays country & solo albums) Mike is awesome. (the bass player you see) The drummer helped around the same amount of time... -Mike is a quiet guy...while the drummer the opposite... I forget this drummers name. *(Hand it over, Without a Sound)- peace bro. hope this helped!

[@PZBrooklyn]

the blonde guy is playing guitar...the bass player is offstage, you see him briefly with some other guys, not sure what they were were all playing!

[@pizzapanda8527]

⁠@@PZBrooklynhouse band guitarist are playing the rhythm parts, but without the capo so it sounds a little different. Near the end I’m pretty sure one of them is playing the lead part that you can hear on the record during the last chorus

[@TheeDavidDee]

One of the first alternative rock songs I heard. Who is on second guitar with the falsetto back up vox? That's not Lou Barlow, right?

[@sloburnjo]

Mike Johnson playing the intricate rhythm parts WITH THE HOUSE BAND off camera - Will Lee on bass and harmony low vocals, Sid Mcginness on guitar AND A GUEST guitar player in Orange (who is HE?)

[@sejuyz]

this band is 10x better than what they sound like as a trio

[@scaredypicker]

Seriously laughed hard at that XD

[@LillyRhiannon]

woahhh

[@smillar98]

They are the CBS Orchestra. Uncle Willy on Bass.

[@slappytherat5383]

Lead singer looks like a guy that helped me reach the fage at shoprite 😍;D hubba hubbaa

[@kingbopit9318]

J Mascis you are a legend

[@jgrind93]

This is pretty neat.