Wire - Kidney Bingos (Live on KEXP)

Wire performs their 1988 classic "Kidney Bingos" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 4/13/11.
Host: DJ El Toro
Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett, Justin Wilmore
Editing: Jim Beckmann

[@davidhope2506]

love kidney bingos. one of the best singles ever.

[@NikFarr]

The restraint here is killer. One of my favorite things about Robert's drumming is how he HAS cymbals, he just rarely needs to use them. He gets the point across either way.

[@nicksophinos4611]

Wire is best described by what they don't play ;-)

[@jelt110]

Chicago, Metro, 87: Robert had only a bass, a tom, and a hi-hat. No lack of sound, though. Awesome.

[@kihmsanders9205]

Just shows ta go ya...almost anything can be found on KZbin! One of my favorite groups. When I mention Wire to most people, I get that thousand yard blank stare. Good to see so many fans. If I hadn't been working in a record store in the late 70's, there's a good chance I would never have heard these guys.

[@alfredogomez-beloz1227]

One of the great bands of the 20th Century. Truly beautiful!

[@garycabrera4401]

Alfredo Gomez-Beloz Saw them in 1988 when they played with Thomas Dolby, OMD, and the headliner Depeche Mode at the Rose Bowl. All were AWESOME.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Indeed. Innovation of this caliber is rarely appreciated in it’s own time. I’d be willing to bet the farm that if you could time travel 500 years into the future, there will be entire college courses centered around Wire’s body of work. It’s definitely going to take some time for the world to catch up and catch on.

[@tenebrae23]

Sparkle finds rented rings pretty things clipped wings. "A Bell is a Cup" takes me to an awesome time in my life. Thanks guys for existing.

[@takashiigarashi6223]

Amazing. They aged so well.

[@redfishradical]

THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER FOR SHARING THIS ABSOLUTE JEWEL!!! Wire comes and goes and reinvent themselves since the first incarnation as a seminal punk group… But for me this is their crown jewel….and sounds FANTASTIC IN STUDIO!! 👊🍻

[@steveshadforth]

this song brings me to tears every time

[@docsavage8640]

Come now, it's not THAT bad

[@steveshadforth8792]

@@docsavage8640 lol one of my favorite songs ever

[@beckoning-chasm]

Love how Robert just effortlessly gets the groove. One of rock's best drummers.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Indeed. The human metronome. The Charlie Watts of avant-punk. Arguably the greatest minimalist drummer ever.

[@MrSfein1]

I always wanted to see this performed live...

[@marcburch1163]

Graham Lewis is an awesome bassist!

[@jawoody9745]

Absolutely smashing!

[@soulminer]

They are an awesome band. And I have seen them live. This is one of my favourite tracks

[@shorterrecording]

Could be the #1 song of all time.

[@docsavage8640]

Hardly.

[@smileyartproductions]

Absolutely brilliant! From my favourite Wire album. Top stuff!

[@jimhinkley8983]

amazing band. each quietly brilliant in their own way and the whole so so much more than the sum of the parts. there's no posturing here, just sparkling restraint

[@jms1688]

Great tune ...great band

[@alainl14]

Excellent ! 🤟

[@bmarkyt132]

Their best tune. Love it

[@naj70]

Bangin’ !!!!

[@nickknox75]

Both guitars are nice looking!

[@AnUnseenRuler]

Eastwoods

[@dralphr]

This is awesome.

[@audreypuckett]

Wow. So good!

[@HDIrwin]

That was ace, sounds killer :-)

[@nickknox75]

Very very cool!

[@bmarkyt132]

Discovered this song on Song Pop of all places!

[@mrblifil]

Thanks for this.

[@jelt110]

Between Wire (and The Jam), simply the best modern British poets on the planet. No Quarter. Here be Muses. God herself love Graham's bass, and the rest of the band just do this so fucking well... This is like grandmother tucking you into bed at night, nothing better.

[@DL-cb8bh]

Wire are and always have been leagues above the jam.

[@finnkdy]

@@DL-cb8bh eg Guinness et Coke.

[@jelt110]

@@DL-cb8bh Agreed, but The Jam were pretty awesome, you have to admit. But yeah, nothing close to Wire.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

@@DL-cb8bhJeebus, could you present a more ‘apples to oranges’ case? What is it about these comment sections where subjectivity just gets completely lost on people?

[@elsiequanfisher3572]

Legend (s)

[@MsMissymelbourne]

sublime

[@merlinaudubon6202]

no, wire

[@INTJerk]

Solid performance, but those synth parts on the original recording really add something great to the atmosphere.

[@cnfuzz]

Drummer is right on top of the groove , please do some festivals in europe , w fest in belgium maybe??

[@TheBeatles147]

Great song! However, just like most of their songs I haven't a clue what it's about but the words sound beautiful juxtaposed with a beautiful melody.

[@pablobrad100]

The overwhelming number of their songs aren’t ‘about’ anything. Graham writes the lyrics as ‘emotion poems’. They are surreal words chosen for their shape, angle & weight but based in human emotion.

[@mbrady2329]

If I'm not mistaken, the inspiration for the lyrics came from tabloid headlines.

[@hellowhirled]

I'm pretty sure these lyrics were Bruce, and later Graham, *very* obliquely criticizing Thatcher

[@hellowhirled]

the song is supposedly about a dystopian future where people will have to sell their organs to get by

[@docsavage8640]

It's about how socialized medicine fails the patient and doesn't work

[@Joepepelombardo]

yeah they are

[@MoiraRussell]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@torerobar]

SUPER BANDOTA !

[@АлексейБоярский-ж4ю]

Великие Люди.......

[@Myreverberation]

Great live version but why didn't the sound engineer process their voices? The dry vocals just aint the 'wire sound'.

[@marcegarcia4197]

Sound superb!!!

[@gilwe]

@@marcegarcia4197 No mix here.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

This probably isn’t the actual radio broadcast. All I can do is guess, but I’m pretty sure this audio came straight off the board.

[@Joepepelombardo]

nice looking guitar

[@imagecarpenter]

No wonder I could figure the lyrics out!

[@screamingcockatoo]

I believe the guitar is a National Glenwood 98.

[@AnUnseenRuler]

Eastwoods version of it. eastwoodguitars.com/blogs/artists/colin-newman

[@merlinaudubon6202]

Rob the drummer is in the zone

[@chuckabbate5924]

Always..,

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Yeah he pretty much *LIVES* in the zone. He’s basically the king of the zone.

[@cyrusbudatfletchergateart3569]

Awesome bastards! By all standards...

[@ahn91101]

❤️💕❤️

[@MrNercules]

Lewis completely forgot the bass, and everyone was so pissed....off, at him.

[@MrNercules]

Totally

[@NormanArches]

Where is Bruce Gilbert? Or has he had a fuck of a facelift?

[@merlinaudubon6202]

He was stolen and replaced by Matt Simms.

[@TheOwlGuy777]

Are those Eastwoods custom made for them? They aren't in the catalog.

[@AnUnseenRuler]

eastwoodguitars.com/blogs/artists/colin-newman?

[@pilotaudio5411]

Less than fine peace of mind Keep in check there is no time (c) Elastica. Oh NO!!

[@bent2]

He left the band in 2004. He's 66 years old also, so maybe he has stepped down from performing live.

[@IKONtheband]

Lewis fluffed the bassline. Also, mix is a bit lacking in ambience a bit.

[@IKONtheband]

@Dalapetus Peters Cheers mate :)

[@alansmitheemx]

Organ fun... always on my mind

[@faridazhari3252]

Eastwood fetish..

[@muddybrookrambler]

and.

[@lucioandriulo9011]

Is it a song about beans??

[@AnUnseenRuler]

Organ donor lottery

[@marcbolan1818]

Robert Gotobed local hero superemeo

[@samchampionlives]

Didn’t even realize Jeff Bezos was such a good drummer

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Careful...that statement might be actionable.

[@Frank289100]

I WOULD BRING THIS CASSETTE "A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL STRUCK" UP TO THIS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS GIRLS HOUSE BACK IN 1988 WHO HAD UNPARALLELED BEAUTY THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH. DATED HERE FOR MONTHS AND SHE WOULD NEVER SLEEP WITH ME. IF I TOLD YOU WHO SHE WAS YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE IT. JUST OPEN UP YOUR BIBLE. I ALSO BROUGHT UP THE CASSETTE "THE IDEAL COPY", REMEMBER THE THE DEVIL WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ANGEL. I ALSO BROUGHT AND ALWAYS LISTEN TO THAT CASSETTE TOO, HENCH THE GOD INSPIRED TITLE "THE IDEAL COPY". LOOK UP THE MEANING OF "IDEAL". WIRE IS ONE OF MANY BANDS CONVEYING PROPHECY AND SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES FROM GOD CHRIST. READ ACTS 2:17-21 IN THE BIBLE AND IT WILL SHOCK YOU WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE. GOD INSPIRED MUSIC. WIRE WAS BRINGING FORTH MESSAGES AND PROPHECY AND LIKE MANY OTHER BANDS NEVER KNEW IT. LIKE THEY SAY " THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS",

[@hellowhirled]

I think they’d be surprised to hear they were writing songs about God, but whatever floats your boat.

[@Frank289100]

@@hellowhirled MORE LIKE BRINGING FORTH PROPHECY AND WIRE WAS NEVER AWARE OF IT AS WELL AS MANY OTHER BANDS LIKE INSPIRAL CARPETS, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, THE MIGHT LEMONS DROPS, THE CHAMELEONS, AND YOU HAVE TO LAUGH AT GOD'S SENSE OF HUMOR OF NAMING THE BAND THE CHAMELEONS. WHICH IS GOD'S WAY OF RIDICULING THE DEVIL, BECAUSE THE DEVIL AND THE HIGHER STAGED ANGELS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE MANY SHAPES AND FORMS, HENCH "THE CHAMELEONS. THESE GOD INSPIRED SONG CONTAIN SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES, PROPHECY, HINTS AND MANY OTHER THINGS. I'M WRITING A BOOK ON MY LIFE EXPERIENCE SO INCREDIBLE. THAT NOTHING LIKE IT EXISTS ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH LIKE IT AND NOTHING EVEN COMES REMOTELY CLOSE. IF YOU GO TO MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL AND READ THE DESCRIPTIONS IN SONG #8 THROUGH #16, IT WILL SHOCK YOU. THEY ARE PART OF THE STORY IN MY BOOK THAT I AM WRITING WHICH THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT WRITTEN. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS UNIQUE AND STANDS ALONE. NO MAN, WOMEN NOR CHILD POSSESSES IT.

[@finnkdy]

Quelle merde.

[@Frank289100]

@@finnkdy Quelle merde - CROCK OF SHIT BY NO MEANS. THE DEVIL IS A REAL LIVING BEING ALONG WITH HER/HIS/ITS LEGIONS OF ANGELS THAT ALL FELL. EVEN THOUGH THE WHORE SATAN/DEVIL DOES INSPIRED SOME MUSIC. I WILL ASSURE YOU LOTS OF MUSIC IS INSPIRED BY THE ALMIGHTY GOD WHO IS CHRIST, AND THERE IS TONS OF IT. LOOK AT BLACK SABBATH'S SONG 'WAR PIGS'. IT IS THE WORK OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD WARNING THEM UP IN THE PENTAGON WHO START NEEDLESS WARS TO SPILL INNOCENT BLOOD TO PLEASE THEIR MASTER SATAN OF THE JUDGEMENT TO COME. METALLICA'S SONG "JUSTICE FOR ALL" REALLY MAKES ME LAUGH. GOD HAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF HUMOR WITH LYRICS LIKE "HALLS OF JUSTICE PAINTED GREEN MONEY TALKING". TO CONTINUE MY STORY THERE WAS NEW WAVE RECORD SHOP IN JAMAICA QUEENS AREA THAT I CAME ACROSS YEARS BACK. IN A BAD BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I BOUGHT RECORDS AND CASSETTES FROM IN A 3-4 YEAR PERIOD (1989 -92) WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK I AM WRITING. FIRST OF ALL NOBODY PUTS A NEW WAVE RECORD SHOP IN A BAD BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD AND BETWEEN THIS 3-4 YEAR PERIOD OF BUYING CLOSE TO A 1000 RECORDS AND CASSETTES, WHICH I WOULD FREQUENT RECORD SHOP ONCE A WEEK. THERE WAS NEVER ANYBODY IN THIS RECORD SHOP BUYING RECORDS BUT ME. THE REASON THE DEVIL PUT THIS RECORD SHOP IN A BAD BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TO STOP THE FOOT TRAFFIC FROM COMING IN THE STORE. BECAUSE BLACKS DO NOT LISTEN TO NEW WAVE MUSIC AND WHITES WOULD NEVER GO INTO A BAD BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD TO BUY NEW WAVE RECORDS, WHEN THERE WERE MANY OTHER STORES IN SAFE PLACES THEY COULD GET THEM FROM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECORD SHOP WAS TO MONITOR EVERY PIECE OF MUSIC I BOUGHT BECAUSE THE DEVIL AND THE FALLEN ANGELS SUSPICION MANY OF THESE SONGS HAD SOME LINK TO ME. I ONLY REALIZED THAT YEARS LATER AFTER I FORFILLED THE PROPHECY IN THE SONG BY THE BAND INSPIRAL CARPETS CALLED "THE BEAST INSIDE" AFTER I PUT 6 BULLETS INTO THE DEVIL BEAST WHEN SHE UNLEASHED IT ON ME DOWN ASTORIA PARK OVERLOOKING THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE. INSIDE THIS RECORD SHOP WAS A GIRL WHO WAS A ELVIRA LOOK ALIKE. TALL WITH LONG BLACK HAIR AND MAKEUP IN A GOTHIC THEME AND WHO DO YOU THINK THIS PERSON WAS? IT WAS THE DEVIL HER/HIMSELF WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. SHE WAS MONITORING EVERY PIECE OF MUSIC I BOUGHT. SHE TOLD ME ONCE THAT I WAS A STRANGE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY RARE FOR SOMEONE TO LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC. IF I WAS TO TELL YOU THE SONG BY THE RAMONES (AND I MET JOEY YEARS BEFORE AND WAS SUPPOSE TO ROADIE FOR HIM WITH A COLLEGE FRIEND, BUT THE SPOT WAS TAKEN) "I WANNA LIVE" IS LINKED TO ME WHEN I KILLED THE BEAST. WHERE THE GUN MADE FROM FINE GERMAN STEEL DESCRIBED IN THE SONG WAS DESCRIBING THE GUN I KILLED THE BEAST WITH, BELIEVE IT. THIS IS GOD/CHRIST'S WAY OF ENTERTAINING HIMSELF AND WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. I WANT YOU TO GO TO MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL AND READ THE DESCRIPTIONS IN SONGS #8 THROUGH #16. THEY ARE PARTS OF MY STORY IN THE BOOK THAT I AM WRITING THAT THE DEVIL AND ITS ANGELS DON'T WANT WRITTEN. MY STORY SURPASSES LOTS OF STORIES IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES GOD/CHRIST AND ANYTHING WRITTEN FICTION AND NONE FICTION. WHAT YOU WILL READ WILL SHOCK YOU IN THE DESCRIPTIONS. AND THEY ARE A SMALL PART OF A TREMENDOUS STORY OF ME FACE TO FACE WITH THE DEVIL. I EVEN HAD SATAN IN MY BED DROPPING MY LOADS ON HER LIKE THE WHORE SHE TRULY IS.

[@alexmickee6799]

@@Frank289100 k.

[@fatherpaulstone896]

Colins airline guitar is beautiful

[@Joepepelombardo]

yeah they are