This Is Why Musicians Hate Performing On TV!

[@JustinHawkinsRidesAgain]

I'm still doing my Patreon - you can see more personal intimate stuff over there if you fancy it: www.patreon.com/jushawk

[@shuni2525]

Very talented and one hell of a voice plus I love watching these videos, I find you very interesting and super intelligent 👍

[@shuni2525]

Also keep up the good work. You're an amazing person and I love listening to you 😀

[@ericjondahl9418]

Dallas TX Granada Theatre coming up in April.

[@LEON5KI]

On 3rd December 2021, as a Christmas present, my stepson took me to the Manchester Academy to watch The Darkness. Shortly after arriving in this great city, we got lost and stumbled around its streets, breathing in the moist, Seattle-like precipitation until we found, and joined, a very long queue on Oxford Road. After a short while, I grew suspicious of, or should I say the lack thereof; leather, body piercings, hair, vintage 80's synthesizer tattoos and the essence of petunia. After the couple in front of us started to discuss the Damnation of Faust, I realised that we were in the queue for the students' union bar! Thankfully, the queue for The Darkness concert was a mere 'Mudslide' away. After a scan of my COLON, sorry, COVID pass, along with a body cavity search reminiscent of, John F. Kennedy airport's, I entered what can only be described as a, German, John Thompson, film set. An eye opening experience to be sure. What followed was a four-hour descent into a rambunctious riff-round of rapacious-rabid-rabbled rock! I managed to survive the half-time drunken mosh pit, barely, but not the end of night, rugby-scrum-search for the band's discarded guitar plectrums. Exhausted, battered and bruised, I left the venue. The long drive home played havoc with my haemorrhoids and I suffered with high frequency loss in my left ear for several days after the concert. I cannot wait for the next tour! If rock and roll deserves to die then this band is deserving of its resurrection! Ignore the naysayers. I thank you all, sincerely, for one of the best nights of my life. Leonski.

[@rbuckers26]

im looking into the songwriting/guitar level patrion...but it says to message you before we join this tier? whats the best way of messaging you?

[@kevinlocke6120]

Justin maybe there's an opportunity for someone such as yourself to put together a show that showcases live bands on TV. You'd make a great host! The Darkness could open the show each week and you could choose the bands.

[@cyberbird8683]

Insanely good idea, fuck yeah

[@lukaskole2995]

That would would pretty badass tbh!

[@matthewtracey5829]

Oh please!

[@MrMusiclive123]

Great idea ! Allow up and coming bands to play and get their name out there !

[@Hadite84]

Marc Bolan did this in the 70's

[@loz1991]

I remember watching the music awards live just to see you guys perform. I was such a big fan as a kid I lost my shit when you won!

[@queenie43951]

I actually mentioned to Brian May on his letters page that Freddie would have loved The Darkness and their performance at end of the Brits and he replied to me! The ultimate outcome of the Brits finale is that I have a signed photo of Justin on the high podium, guitar in the air, which all the band signed to me at Nottingham Arena on OWT tour. Great memories.

[@loz1991]

@@queenie43951 that's amazing fair play. I can definitely imagine Freddie being a big fan or appreciating what they did. There will never be another band like The Darkness and thats why I love them.

[@stuartcarden1371]

I have nothing to say but I know youtube likes "engagement" so here I am engaging to help the channel out.

[@bellend69]

I still remember watching The Darkness on Jools Holland in late June 2003. I went out the next day and bought "Permission to Land" on CD. Amazing performance, you blew everyone else away that night and the the rest of the studio audience loved it as well. Rocking out with a Les Paul standing on top of the piano in full spandex. Does it get any better?

[@phnigra111]

This is my new favorite channel!! And I love that you post so often.. Cheers Justin 🥂

[@marianlech3378]

This is by far my favourite take of yours of the intro tune, Sir. Love it! Appreciate your work and your sharing here. Many thanks. M.

[@tomarthur564]

The show in San Diego was fantastic. The band was in great form. See them on this tour!!!!!

[@Cfolger]

I'm seeing them on Saturday here in Az

[@tomarthur564]

@@Cfolger You will have a great time. The sound was fantastic, The whole band is so tight.

[@eightequalsequalsdee]

It was amazing! They kill it!

[@Harambes_Homeboy]

Great show last night Justin, very impressive headstand 🤸‍♀️

[@LUFC123]

Someone regretting going on Ant and Dec's Saturday night takeaway ?

[@Vinylfiend60]

Hey Justin I had the priviledge of seeing you and The Darkness perform at HOB Las Vegas last night. Wow what a great show! You guys sounded amazing! The opening act The Dead Deads were really good also. Well wishes to you and the band. Have a great tour!

[@babyshambler]

I remember Ricky Gervais on his XFM show absolutely loving your Jools Holland set. Called you the "best band in Britain" too. Great days.

[@chadchadsonyt7813]

Every time you upload no matter what I’m doing i stop everything and rush to watch it, keep doing these epic videos🤟.

[@theonlyredspecial]

Get a room !

[@fmpentertainmentmedley3338]

I absolutely LOVE The Darkness to death!!! And Justin has an amazing voice please make more albums Justin!!!!

[@ericsandberg6137]

They crank them out pretty steadily. Do you have them all?

[@fmpentertainmentmedley3338]

@@ericsandberg6137 i will have them all soon :)

[@glengamble526]

At 5:35 I think Cobain was channeling Morrisey 😂

[@luisbertola]

Muy buena remera, Justin!

[@michaelscarborough5726]

Can't wait !!!!!!!! I'm seeing you live this Wednesday. In sanfransico at the regency.

[@jsmith6602]

Hey Justin thanks for all the content. Would you consider doing a video on Pixies? Such a fantastic band and quite interested to hear your thoughts on them and their incredible back catalogue what with Black Francis’ eery vocals and Santiago’s unorthodox playing style. Cheers

[@blissfullycat02]

I remember reading about Queen throwing a fit at Top of the Pops for having to mime and really played up that performance in return. Nirvana was hilarious though, they were told only the vocals could be live so they made it real obvious that that was all that was. Kurt singing so low (yet somehow still good), Dave playing all big and on his cymbals only like some animatronic drummer from a Chuck E Cheese in the 80s and Krist just whipping his bass all over lol

[@biblical_dreams]

Such an entertaining personality and perspective, happily subscribed

[@NathanEMilos]

If you wanted another example, love the PIL refusal to mime on Top of the Pops too.

[@richnegs5828]

Artists expression of interest in the moment is brilliant. That’s what art is. That’s why they are an artist. We need that level of spontaneity, unpredictability and fun in life. No one got hurt in these moments and they gave us moments to remember that are 99% of the time positive. Love it.

[@colinquirke4256]

I saw you in Cork last month. A friend dragged me along. I'm converted! You guys rocked. Great night, and so great to have live music again

[@paulodobay]

Nice t-shirt!

[@dirkardostevergreen4827]

Nirvana’s tv performance of Territorial Pissings is also quite glorious

[@niksta007a]

Johnathan Ross holding a finger to is ear as feedback continues from the Kurt's dropped guitar and says "Nirvana there, doing the tune there that we didn't actually expect, but they asked me to tell you they are are available for children's birthday parties and bar mitzvahs" fucking classic

[@drexlspivey5828]

@@niksta007a Apparently afterwards Ross was genuinely angry about it, which seems quite strange as he doesn't seem like someone who's easy to piss off

[@superdrwholock]

My favourite show is the great pottery throwdown and I never thought it’d be something I’m into but it’s great, love how creative they get with their ceramic creations

[@zivkovicable]

As a musician who's been asked to mime a few times, for TV, videos & the like. I honestly find it harder than actually playing. It's a bit like trying to look busy when there's nothing to do at work. Harder than actually working sometimes.

[@modusceo]

Kurt was apparently trying to mimic Morrissey who he saw as a TOTP darling. Another stroke of genius was their VMA performance where MTV SPECIFICALLY told them they couldn’t play “Rape me”. So right as their set started, he played the opening chords and the MTV coordinator sprinted to the control room to try and shut down the feed, and at the last second Kurt changed the chords to another song and smiled 😂

[@andydefur8827]

Ive read that Kurt was doing an impression of Morrisey. And these type things are definately Magical.

[@benkidd4954]

And still managed to sound better than morrissey ever has despite taking the piss

[@simoncooper2994]

True - I saw them play in Birmingham the day after the TOTP recording and Krist told the audience how Kurt was doing a Morrissey impression.

[@akadan]

Spend years mastering your instrument only to be told people don't want to hear you, the recording is good enough. I think TV producers dont necessarily know what their audience would prefer.

[@brendonwood7595]

TV producers know whats easier to do and less likely to lead to problems.

[@dirkardostevergreen4827]

@@brendonwood7595 as someone who’s worked in live tv, the potential for audio problems always looms large and would be disastrous for a live band broadcast. Usually if it’s live it will be prerecorded for that reason.

[@rob-c.]

It’s still you playing it though - just in the past. Imagine the added costs of set-up and equipment, likelihood of issues (which would make both the tv company and band look bad) etc when including a live performance in a show versus simply playing a recording. If it’s a music show (i.e. TOTP) then sure, but if it’s a single performance as part of a bigger show, I can see multiple upsides to using a pre-recording.

[@martye462]

Love the channel Justin. Talking of performing live I stumbled across "Rock 'til we Drop" on TV the other day and loved it, see you're on it this week too!

[@MrGriffinTalks]

Love the use of the HST quote! I once worked for a few well known publications as a “freelance” journalist, so I’ve seen this exact quote in action. I remember being assigned to interview Silverchair in 2004 , Daniel didn’t want to be there, he was suffering, sick and not mentally or physically prepared or engaged . He was being dragged around the world to support the pockets of the label and unfortunately his band mates and friends. That moment is what made me quit that shit.

[@individualmember]

Twenty years ago I worked on the saturday morning pop show CD:UK (ITV, after Ant and Dec, fronted by Cat Deeley) for a few months. It is the only time I've worked in "music tv" and enjoyed it (I went into documentaries after that). Anyway, apart from it being a way to connect with your fans and show yourself to potential new fans, there's some things to consider. That kind of show has to work with set times for when they start, when they finish and when the commercial breaks happen, which makes the person with the stopwatch the most important person on set. The show I worked on was "live" in the sense that what was being broadcast was live from the studio and two of the bands were either miming or live singing to pre-recorded backing tracks at that moment, but two bands were recorded after the show finished (with the audience still there) and played back off tape in the next week's show. So for the live part of the show the only options given to the performer were mime to playback or sing live to prerecorded backing track. For the ones being recorded for next week they also had the option of playing completely live as well and maybe half of them used the opportunity to do so. They also had a chance to do a second take. One of my best memories was Metallica, who did the prerecord thing and they played a version of their song that went on for about seven and a half minutes. Now, they were only ever going to get 4 minutes on the show and it was my job to prepare the recording to go on tv the next week and I spent hours working out how to present it in 4 minutes (the seven and a half minute version does exist, I think it was used another time). Remember that the people working on the show that a performer gets to interact with are being paid really shit wages or they are freelance (like me), so please don't be rude to them and don't make their jobs harder than they already are. My worst "music tv" moment was I was working on a show (I think it featured The Offspring) with a young producer, she was nice and it was going well when the reception at the editing house we were using phoned the edit room to tell us that the Exec was on their way up. That young producer froze. I don't think she strung more than three words together coherently for the rest of the afternoon. That's why I don't work in that genre of tv any more.

[@RafaCarrillo]

Love the t-shirt, it's a reference to how here in Mexico they started stamping food products with seals similar to that one that says "Exceso de Belleza" ("Excessive beauty" in Spanish), but to say "Exceso de calorías" (Excessive calories) or "Exceso de azúcar" (Excessive sugar) to warn the public about products that might not be so healthy, in order to help decrease our overweight index as a nation. I am a living example of how it has not decreased really, btw. But it's a really cool t-shirt to see on you, Justin

[@kale3086]

Loved your t shirt @Justin Hawkins as @RafaCarrillo said, this is so mexican 🤘🤭

[@hombrealadoo]

I love that inscription in Spanish on your shirt. "Beauty Excess"

[@epoch71]

I was under the impression that the Top Of The Pops miming requirement was a result of Musician's Union rules. Consequently, Nirvana's options were to fully mime, or sing over an instrumental recording. Kurt's butchering of SMTS is exactly what we'd expect from Nirvana. Pure class! Wish he was still here.

[@themighty6]

Yes i believe most were ask to mine, and some bands did not want to , so they just had a laugh

[@johncollins5552]

He was messed up before he was famous, sadly instead of getting professional mental health help he self medicated as those Americans like to say and as usual, that rock cliche rarely ends well.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

I was told it was because new order made such a fucking mess of blue monday on there they wouldnt do live stuff again

[@scootaymildo1070]

Vines were great live. Fortunate to get to see them at Leeds Festival. Important to note that Craig Nicholls had undiagnosed Asperger's at the time of that performance.

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

I just rediscovered them and I'm in love. I had no clue how powerful they could be live.

[@ERROL007]

I’m just glad you got my email during your show 😀 Been trying to get hold of you for years 😂

[@danthompson2568]

Thank you for doing it Bro!!!!

[@higgsfield2325]

It is 100% funnier! We've done it a few times now and it always makes us laugh. Always love a good stitch up 🤙❤️

[@ZachKTS]

Saw you at the HOB in Las Vegas last night. Great show!

[@stef2432]

You guys deserve all the successful moments on tv and out! And a kiss in front from Scarlett Johansson too 👏🏻

[@JonnyInfinite]

The Maiden one is hilarious as they keep changing instruments

[@apptutorials2158]

I've always wondered. Thanks, Justin!

[@artysanmobile]

I’ve made a life of mixing music performances for TV and radio. I’m keenly aware of the problems you mention. I have my own mobile and am often producing for the broadcast client so I talk to the artist, hear their concerns. Way more have worked than not but it’s a big challenge, A-game kinda thing. The show must provide services to the artist to make it work. Like pro backline, rehearse & soundcheck schedule, catering; as close as possible to all the things you’d have if it were the artist’s own show. Three scenarios & all of them are multitracked: 1. Broadcast live. 2. A few hours for repairs. 3. Full post back at my mix room. The band’s gotta be killin’ it for a 1 or 2 and I need all the rehearse I can get. 3 is what I’ll do if at all possible and I work with the artist by phone or file sharing. It needs to be said, 45 years in, I still love my work.

[@robertgrover4519]

Rebecca says’ please can you point from your right to left, so your finger hits the corresponding like and bell’ thanks! Great job as always 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@b2bblitzreplays362]

love your music and videos justin.

[@Skidztheguitarist101]

TOTP had two studios if I remember right, one for miming where only the singer was live “if they wanted to be” and one for full on live performances but I’m unsure if that was an option when Nirvana performed, it allegedly had something to do with the sound in that studio being shite/technical issues.

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

There's been some great TV show appearances over the years. There was a show here in Australia, called Recovery. It was on Saturday mornings. The Dandy Warhols appeared on an episode and clearly had a big night before. They literally couldn't put a sentence together. John Spencer went absolutely crazy smashing stuff and running around.

[@IsaacBenjaminGrey]

Yay the only channel I have the bell on for 🔔

[@astrid.r]

Justin is always right. And that t-shirt too!! I wonder where did you get it from......................

[@Palikroked87]

5:24 True! Kurt was actually cursed in a way, no matter how badly he tried to ruin a show or a song it would only make it more awesome and legendary, sort of like a King Midas of music, for example take a look at "Love Buzz Live at reading" that is one beautiful traiwreck of a performance, it is perfect!

[@drexlspivey5828]

I definitely want to see that, 1991 or 1992?

[@Palikroked87]

@@drexlspivey5828 92' Enjoy!

[@drexlspivey5828]

@@Palikroked87 Why did the roadie hand him that guitar on a headline show?! The black strats with no name on the headstocks were reserved exclusively for smashing at the end of the set and probably not tuned to begin with, strange!

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Please see "detournement"

[@BigFriendlyWarGamer]

Gotta say when you guys were on that TV program that aired last Saturday it looked like you were rolling your eyes at playing "I believe in a thing called love" You guys have nearly 20 years of back catalogue now and they always wanna hear that one

[@carlwells9504]

Top of the pops has so many moments due to that- two in particular, The Smiths This Charming Man with the swinging of the flowers. And REM Orange Crush with the megaphone 📢

[@chrisbarnett1985]

First time I heard The Darkness was when they were on TV playing Growing On Me. I can’t remember the name of the show but I instantly became a fan

[@tommytoothpaste]

I still love the fact that you do the music to Grace's and Katie's amazing machines on cbeebies. Makes the program even better! Speedy!!!

[@patkohler9695]

What I like about this channel is Justin has been in the show, he's seen the circus good and bad.

[@--_._--_._--]

Can't wait to see you guys next week!

[@simoncooper2994]

Maybe one reason could be that back in the day it depended on whether a TV producer wanted his show ruined by upstart artists who have a microphone and opportunity to do what they like. TV gold for fans but probably had them tearing their hair out! Two brilliant examples: Check out Nirvana (again) on Jonathan Ross who played a blistering Territorial Pissings instead of Lithium, or Jimi Hendrix on the Lulu show who stopped Hey Joe midway through to play a fantastic Sunshine of Your Love in tribute to Cream. Legendary now but TV people in the moment don't always see the opportunity - these clips probably get more repeat showings than a straight playing of what the band was booked for. 10 points to anybody who can find a proper pop band (as opposed to rock band) rebelling on TV!!!

[@simonpark843]

All of these are great - I'd also mention the band Lubricated Goat who sang a song called In The Raw while completely naked on Australian TV in 1988. I thought it was one of the funniest things I'd seen way back then.

[@haydenhack]

I remember seeing that performance when it happened too..Classic...I loved them more after that too

[@davepowell7168]

Just crawled out of bed for this one and still managed an almost conscious insight of TV opps and limitations... Gripping!

[@conanstuart7904]

Enjoying the videos. Also, thanks for the music!

[@Palikroked87]

4:45 ''Load up on drugs and kill your friends'' LMAO that line always gets me!

[@Steven_A_Lomas]

Justin, I believe Kurt sang it lower in a baritone style in direct homage to Morrissey on Top of the Pops with The Smiths.back in the 1980s.

[@ianpark1805]

I too remember the Lulu Show where Hendrix cut the Experience’s own song short and launched into a version of ‘Sunshine of Your Love’ as a tribute to the recently split Cream. You could feel the panic behind the cameras with Jimi noting with some amusement, ‘they’re putting us off the air’. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull commented he was always getting into trouble on TOTP, standing stock still in rehearsals and the performing as manically as usual when the cameras rolled. Thus when they performed ‘Sweet Dream’ (I think) the camera started with a close up of Ian, who however treated us to what seemed an eternity of a shot of his microphone (and nothing else) while he climbed slowly up the microphone stand and emerged with his hair tied in bunches to a nice woolly hat he’d recently purchased in Scotland! It was hilarious and seeing it ‘live’ is one of the few benefits of being really old. Later the Sone Roses expressed some, erm, ‘dissatisfaction’ with BBC and ‘The Late Show’ when volume limiters cut the power to their amps mid song. Also glorious!

[@martindeth]

Exceso de Belleza, Señor Hawkins.

[@mikeg2939]

Many think that the original noncompliant musician on TV was Jim Morrison singing the word 'higher' during a performance of light my fire, after been told not to. But this isn't the case as, several years earlier. Buddy Holly got his knob out during a live TV performance of Peggy Sue.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

I got a ticket to TOTPS once,I was surprised how small the studio was, definitely not cut out for live sound. There were Wolfmother, Rooster, Pussycat dolls and Lost Prophets. I got chucked out for kissing Fern Cotton! Blame the Irish pub me and my mate found round the corner!

[@mattmitchell7934]

I can't get enough of under the bridge on SNL. John high on speed and smack, anthony staring daggers. John going to the outro a verse too soon and screaming 'WOOO' instead of providing the backing vocals. The body language throughout. Starting in normal band formation and ending divided on opposite sides of the stage. Johns 'smack cardigan' * chefs kiss *

[@OTOss8]

There is only one correct answer. As Jim Carrey so beautifully put it in his 1999 MTV Movie Award acceptance speech, "Dancin' for The Man just ain't where it's at." I urge anyone who hasn't seen it to partake in this moment of shared cultural magic and invest the 5 minutes or so it takes to watch this and when you're done, would it kill you to play a little Foghat? Clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYnQoJx-qMiUedE

[@dcore64]

Thanks for the Hunter quote. Great one.

[@carmenrimple6375]

I really enjoy your channel, and I love The Darkness. I cannae wait tae see ye in Seattle on the 18th.🙌

[@guillermodelnoche]

I’d love to see you interview singers. Anyone from Seal to Harry Styles or anyone you fancy. Cheers to you and your channel!

[@tomtomthebear]

Nirvana doing lithium on the Jonathon Ross show is the greatest moment in modern(ish) television

[@cookmoore3736]

Maiden strikes again-good taste with all the musicians and bands you show. And the Vines!

[@wokeil]

A part of artistic expression for me is just taking the status quo/zeitgeist/current situation/whatever and pivoting it. That's why I think artists "rebelling" against the mean old tv execs is an artistic choice and should be celebrated as such. I don't know why I wrote this like it's a contoversial opinion haha.

[@zs5948]

JUSTIN WE LOVE YOU! hipass your vocal mic!

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

Last Caress/Green Hell was on "The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Revisited" from 1987. I hadn't though about that in ages.

[@nkirk8740]

You've got to do what you feel I suppose? Great channel. 👍👍👍👊✌️.

[@henriquetheteach8583]

You bough that t-shirt in Brazil, didn't you??? Lol.. awesome!!!

[@stuartgray2440]

Kurt was doing a Morrisey impression,I used to do that same one myself..!

[@gingerbbm]

I’m still talking about Hendrix on the Lulu show in 1969.

[@queenie43951]

And there was Marc Bolan with Cilla Black

[@kevo8013]

Not far away from that 100k plaque have you any plans for a 100k subs video

[@theonlyredspecial]

He will be playing the full 3 minute version of ‘Jh rides again’ complete with 45 second guitar solo. 🎸 those with any skin left on their faces will be very happy.

[@moonage]

The best Tv mimes are Stiff Little Fingers “Nobodys Heros” on and The Stranglers “No More Hero’s” either take (they did 2 😆) both on TOP.

[@satchice9102]

The earliest example of this I can think of is when The Jimi Hendrix Experience were booked to play their hit, 'Hey Joe', on The Lulu Show. I think Jimi was bored of playing 'Hey Joe' after a minute, so switched to playing 'Sunshine of Your Love' as a tribute to Cream, who had just split up.

[@8Junio76]

‘Exceso de Belleza’? 🤣 right.

[@snakeplissken6649]

I remember back in the early 90's Therapy? appearing live on Irish tv on The Late Late Show. They rehearsed Isolation. Said they were going to play Isolation & promptly played The Knives. This hot them banned from Irish tv for years.

[@Definitelynotanalienoranything]

I had a feeling you would do this video after A&D haha. Yes you should have been allowed to play the song live and I hated the awkward pauses but never mind. As long as it keeps you going.

[@pegleg2959]

What's this?

[@davidpeteraddison]

@@pegleg2959 Ant @ Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway last week

[@gilo87]

@@pegleg2959 The Darkness were on Ant and Dec Saturday Night Takeaway for the "Sing along live" segment. There was a backing track playing of IBIATCL. I definitely think Justin was singing but the instruments might have been off... which is a shame becuase they are amazing live. I guess it comes down to the live nature of the show and it being a tight schedule? Still great to see the guys on prime time TV though! I was smiling like a cheshire cat!

[@pegleg2959]

@@gilo87 ahh, thannks for explaining that. I cant find clips on YT of it. Was this recently? When you say their instruments weren't plugged in, did something go wrong? Like, was it obvious they were miming or something?

[@gilo87]

@@pegleg2959 yeah it was last Saturday night. Not sure if the instruments were on or off but that's what Justin is insinuating in this video. You could see the track playing before Dan started strumming (or that's what I thought at the time) but the nature of the segment is that the song stops for someone to sing a line so might have been tricky to do live? I'm sure they could have managed it but as Justin says here it is in the hands of the TV production.

[@TheChadTI]

2:08 I would bet many who watch this channel don't know anything about this and I love that.

[@matthewmeehan9155]

You guys were the best part of Ant and Dec on Saturday.

[@MikeB12800]

In my rock star fantasies, I would only play The Clash, The Misfits, or Op Ivy at award shows!

[@sombra1111]

The Chili Peppers had to perform to a pre recorded backing track of Give it Away with live vocals at the Super Bowl because the staff at the Super Bowl didn't have time to deal with all the equipment necessary for them to actually play live, so the Peppers decided they would perform with unplugged instruments, as they would do in a music video, because they didn't want to fool anyone about what was really going on. They got a huge backlash from that and everybody was like "their instruments are not even plugged in...they suck" when actually it was not their fault that they couldn't play live (they usually kick ass live) and they were just being honest about the situation. If they had plugged in the instruments and acted all phony, everybody would have loved it.

[@robertgrogan8665]

Im so excited the vines were mentioned.

[@verdean11]

That Nirvana video reminded me how Muse used to swap the instruments on those types of shows.

[@shauntheron9653]

0:55 Justin, sometimes late at night when I’m all alone, I imagine you gently holding me and whispering this Hunter Thompson quote softly into my waxy ears.

[@PhilSmythMusic]

I thought this very thing watching you on the Ant and Dec thing the other day

[@5674inCincy]

Both. You said it yourself: “reinforced their reputation” is what I believe you said. A band just needs to be themselves.

[@comicalboxer8032]

The iron maiden one was on German TV I believe and the were asked to mime so they swapped instruments

[@mrBoLock]

Wasn’t it Muse?

[@comicalboxer8032]

@Elessee two similar bands in style and look 🥺 but nah, the clip was maiden but I suspect they're not the only band to do it. This is a well-known clip.

[@JoeParrish]

In the Maiden one they were told the band couldn't perform live, and often it's because the studios (especially in the 80s) didn't have the technology or even space to handle a live rock band, and being very much a live band they chose to show their disgust and utter amusement at having to mime by switching instruments, so the comedy comes from the voice staying the same but different members of the band going to the mic to sing - and even if Bruce had wanted to sing (which I doubt), they thought that even just the band miming was so lame that what would be the point. Also it would rely on having an instrumental mix of the song to hand to sing over

[@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica]

The more successful you become you must insert clauses into your contracts & insist on rest & celebration reprieves. Everyone deserves to have time to enjoy their success. Any corporation promoting you as musicians should appreciate you. It's a marriage of sorts & must be genuine.