Sparks: "Lil' Beethoven: Live in Stockholm" Full Show - Mar 28, 2004

Timestamps in description! From the out-of-print 2004 release "Lil' Beethoven: Live in Stockholm" and recorded at Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden. The band includes Tammy Glover on percussion, Dean Menta on guitar, and of course Ron Mael on keyboards and Russell Mael on vocals.
LIL' BEETHOVEN
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:23 The Rhythm Thief
0:06:25 How Do I Get to Carnegie Hall?
0:10:56 What Are All These Bands So Angry About?
0:14:52 I Married Myself
0:20:26 Ride 'Em Cowboy
0:25:22 My Baby's Taking Me Home
0:31:30 Your Call's Very Important to Us. Please Hold
0:36:08 Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls
0:43:35 Suburban Homeboy
MORE SPARKS
0:49:09 It's a Sparks Show
0:50:36 National Crime Awareness Week
0:55:49 Here in Heaven
0:58:54 The Number One Song in Heaven
1:07:24 Nothing to Do
1:11:35 The Calm Before the Storm
1:17:20 The Ghost of Liberace
1:22:16 Talent Is an Asset
1:23:55 Hospitality on Parade
1:26:54 (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing
1:33:28 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
ENCORE
1:42:02 When Do I Get to Sing "My Way"
1:47:49 Amateur Hour
1:53:00 Credits

[@CapitalQ]

LIL' BEETHOVEN 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:23 The Rhythm Thief 0:06:25 How Do I Get to Carnegie Hall? 0:10:56 What Are All These Bands So Angry About? 0:14:52 I Married Myself 0:20:26 Ride 'Em Cowboy 0:25:22 My Baby's Taking Me Home 0:31:30 Your Call's Very Important to Us. Please Hold 0:36:08 Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls 0:43:35 Suburban Homeboy MORE SPARKS 0:49:09 It's a Sparks Show 0:50:36 National Crime Awareness Week 0:55:49 Here in Heaven 0:58:54 The Number One Song in Heaven 1:07:24 Nothing to Do 1:11:35 The Calm Before the Storm 1:17:20 The Ghost of Liberace 1:22:16 Talent Is an Asset 1:23:55 Hospitality on Parade 1:26:54 (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing 1:33:28 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us ENCORE 1:42:02 When Do I Get to Sing "My Way" 1:47:49 Amateur Hour 1:53:00 Credits

[@Lofote]

1:04:46 Never turn your back to mother earth is missing in this list.

[@hansmiddelburg1366]

The Sparks is for smart people to understand 😊

[@ezioauditore6038]

I still believe that Lil Beethoven is their magnum opus....most of their albums are excellent and some are mediocre but Lil Beethoven is just special...I can't even put my finger on why exactly

[@strikkerankalle7450]

Im so happy Sparks are having a spotlight again since realy good music and talent has always been with them.

[@ErikTJ86]

"Talent Is An Asset, You've Got To Understand That"

[@eleshasmith6064]

Agreed! They’ve been so underrated and so hard working for so long! Such talent, humor, and bite. Love them so very much!

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

sparks keeps getting better with great live shows and studio recordings. never expected the brothers to still be going. excellent.

[@marquonuk]

What I particularly admire about Sparks is their ability to make some quite profound social comments in some of their song lyrics while being amusing and not po-faced, and most importantly doing that within great music. :-)

[@gandalfshakur8235]

Thinking while listening :) Imagine that :]

[@richmueller6887]

Please Hold, Please Hold..... Man, i sure hope this dvd could get reissued.

[@joshpayne4015]

Just amazing to see live in concert. They stopped in Berlin this summer and I was fortunate to see them live, a real bucket-list item for me. It was one of the most high-energy concerts I've ever been to. To say that Sparks fans are devoted is an understatement. For years we never knew anyone else who even heard of them, now they're finally getting their day in the sun, well earned, deserved, and overdue! Love to Ron and Russell whom I've adored since the early 80's when high school friends turned me onto them ("My Mustache", "Sex Town USA", "Angst in my Pants").

[@Sparks127]

Art.

[@rokit430]

Have the dvd, but only just noticed certain things..like Russel and his stabbing fist in National Crime a.w...and I can imagine Ron, with his mightiest hand coming up with the words for this.😂 The song is Perfection..not that I am giving Crims any Honour. No😅😅 they won't get to Heaven on my account. Personally I think this is their best album...🔥💖

[@BIGeSTRING]

The Sparks are still incredibly good after almost 53 years. I have always been a fan of the Sparks who have their own recognizable sound. Mainly due to the high falsetto voice of Russell Mael, who effortlessly squeezes out a high D. It's unbelievable that they still put on such good shows.

[@lovewalruss]

brilliant brothers!

[@user-qm7ti6mb2w]

That's wonderful! It's really cool.👍

[@wendyarbes9514]

The complicated melodies in minimal form

[@splitsseconds9965]

19 years already of this great concert

[@rokit430]

It can't be that long!! I got the d.v.d later then..would have liked to have been there. Oh..no..where did the groove go...Ugly guys with beautiful girls great performance by Ron. Tammy Glover on drums...💙💜

[@ronniemaney4158]

Fantastic Show!!!

[@stefanlacny814]

Adore the album, adore this show. It's the number one show in heaven by a long way. Thanks for posting it!

[@robertorusso7603]

GRANDISSIMI SPARKS !!!!!

[@kelvinwilson9217]

Just unique and get better each year. Well done Sparks.

[@manitasdeplatapm]

GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! And Unique!!! It's a Sparks Show 😃😃😃

[@partsmoving]

Bravo!

[@3Laranja]

Best version of the best song ever: My Baby's Taking Me Home. 🙂

[@beatlesgtpepper]

agree

[@strikkerankalle7450]

Indeed!

[@rokit430]

😚😚

[@3Laranja]

@@rokit430 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnLXqKGprraDm5o

[@iconicshrubbery]

Yes,Tip- Top Feeling good ( and also I Married Myself)

[@charlesfrith]

It's a beautiful Brechtian revival

[@mollyscot1563]

Excellent vid. Many thanks. Whatever Russell has to make him defy age, I want some.

[@mollyscot1563]

@Russell Collier Ha ha. Great name indeed.

[@rokit430]

Russel is beautiful..😍😍He has expressed in an interview how he has to keep fit for his performances. But didn't say how🤔I want some too

[@dutchmartin1837]

This is incredible!

[@huguespoisot2355]

Quel talent !!! Tous les pseudos musiciens de musique contemporaine peuvent aller se rhabiller. Sparks est le groupe pop le meilleur de l histoire.

[@rokit430]

I absolutely Agree!! Musical Genius...🤩

[@georanger7641]

On ne saurait mieux dire. C'est saisissant.

[@blankgen78]

Thank you for this !

[@Ford_ZETEC]

Мне посчастливилось в 2007 в Москве, побывать на концерте Sparks. Кое-какие песни звучали и из этого великолепного концерта 🔥

[@konstantinmenshikoff6464]

А нам с женой в Питере. Фантастика!

[@uptone12111]

🎉🎉❤

[@hervemilliard3988]

Un jour on dira ok "Joue" de la musique mais alors Joue comme les Sparks!

[@philrob1978]

Utterly magical. You've not experienced this if you were not there live.

[@Funkman47]

I wasn't born when this concert came out let me have this

[@doog..]

I married myself is so much better life ESPECIALLY the solo violins when Ron is walking back and forth

[@moogandacasio]

1:22:17 kind of reminds me of the intro to ‘Collaborations don’t work’

[@user-gr9sx4iq6n]

Сказать что я в восторге значит не сказать ничего. Восторг , феерия. Вообще довольно странно что в России их мало кто знает 😊

[@dfwpiper1]

Well it’s up to you to fix that!

[@rokit430]

You always know what the story is...wah wah way wah😂 Yes but you don't we these do you? This was before the colab with Franz Ferdinand..guitarist here..can't believe they are both in their 70s now. Keep going boys and take care of each other❤❤❤

[@rokit430]

How the Hell could I get Faith no More confused with Franz Ferdinand?! The guitarist...he looks like John Ronson..only Taller🤗💜

[@user-qh9to4fy9b]

Russell is 55 here 😇🙌🏼❤️

[@BebopJones]

RONALD KEYBOARD LOL

[@dereklavington6629]

Hail Ron

[@jimleveilleur2510]

where is the bass player ?

[@andrewdelouise4830]

I don't think they had one on this tour,just Ron, Russell,Dean and Tammy

[@annabackman3028]

He's singing. Not kidding. Russell started out as a bass player. The "demo album", sometimes wrongly referred to as 'A Woofer in a Tweeter's Clothing', (The real album 'A Woofer In a Tweeter's Clothing' saw daylight 1972.) that predates 'Halfnelson', 1971 (reissued 1972 as 'SPARKS', after the band 'Halfnelson' changed name to 'Sparks'. Anyway, Russell plays bass on most tracks on that "demo" album. It was probably recorded to be their first album, but when they finally found someone willing to make their dream come through (Todd Rundgren) a new record was made, however some songs were reused and rerecorded. And now with Jim (James) Mankey playing the bass on all tracks. Big brother Earle Mankey on guitar and Harley Feinstein on drums.

[@Icosahedronmusic]

I've been looking for this for a while, now we just need DeeVeeDee.

[@CapitalQ]

That one's on my channel, but unfortunately region-blocked. Sparks' UK mgmt seems to auto-block any Hello Young Lovers audio (even live).

[@Icosahedronmusic]

@@CapitalQ Looks like I'm gonna need to get some for of Virtual Private Network.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

Oh, where did the Arte studio show go?

[@CapitalQ]

Arte hath stricken CapitalQ

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

​@@CapitalQ don't mess with french-german TV broadcasters I guess 😂

[@w.urlitzer1869]

arte ate it.

[@davidfanning1600]

Miming in this show of course - still great though.

[@MadcapShambleton]

Miming? Uh no, just no.

[@davidfanning1600]

@@MadcapShambleton oh yes

[@knust2329]

Good joke....not!

[@zachjohnson637]

@@knust2329It’s not mimed, but there is a lot of playback.

[@knust2329]

@@zachjohnson637 oh sure. They’ve always done it this way.

[@ernestotangari2475]

Great upload. Thanks a lot