Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day (television performance)

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

This is one of the happiest things that has ever been and ever will be.

[@ezekieloak]

2004. Man those were the days. I could still buy bread.

[@raspberrybitch4299]

Can you buy bread now? 😢

[@mainmaines]

How about now?

[@bingohhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@mainmaines I'm wondering about now, I mean right now ...

[@sor7en07]

This is simply one of the most amazing television performances of all time. Every time I see it I get shivers running down my spine. Just beautiful.

[@jmh2277]

I love Ira's later lapse into guitar-playing histrionics in this video...his guitar was always more like a ouija board or something...and he just rides it and rides it...

[@xXBethanySurXx]

this kicks ass all I want in life is to shred like that guy on guitar

[@blankcasete]

they makes me cry. so much memories.

[@notnixxon]

The version played in this video is particularly awesome, but there's a similar (studio) version on the Today is the Day EP (out of print, but you can find used copies and MP3 downloads on Amazon and probably elsewhere).

[@ArnoSedgley]

every now and then i come back to this video and it amazes me every time. at this moment i consider it to be the best thing on youtube

[@280km]

la cagó, paso a ser una de mis bandas favoritas!!! Yio la tengou!!! excelente

[@bomaya]

I've watched this video more than any other on youtube. It's simply an amazing version of a great song.

[@teltronics]

yo la tengo kicks ass!! best of the best. there's no band in the world that sounds like yo la tengo. Ira made me the guitar player I'm right now. Y si AGUANTE YO LA TENGO CARAJO!! Y QUE VENGAN A LA ARGENTINA TAMBIEN!!

[@isaac8399]

Apenas estoy empezando a escuchar a este grupo, pero tengo suficiente como para decir que es una gran banda, esta canción es totalmente perfecta, puedo escucharla una y otra vez y no aburre.

[@fabianinigo3644]

I was try to find this about 2 years , I listen this in a skate video , man find this make's me so happy. Today is the day :D

[@cowheadcow]

I love at 4:10 when he's suddenly back in key, then out of it again in a moment.

[@sor7en07]

I hope this video is never taken off youtube. I swear i'm gonna see em'every chance i get until they play this one. But i did see them do Demons!!!

[@maximevictor2908]

vraiment un super groupe... bravo !!! a french fan

[@rog944]

Wow. I agree with that completely. I saw them live at Cain's in Tulsa, OK. I was right next to the stage. Watching and listening to Ira do "The Story of Yo La Tango" was, like you said, one of the coolest experiences of my life!

[@mekaneko]

Love watching Ira go all out. Thanks for posting.

[@dadahuman]

Rocking version of my favourite song of theirs.

[@kc768]

I saw them at the Xpondential Music Festival in Camden, NJ, and they were awesome. I was looking forward to that show, and it came into expectations.

[@wingchunone]

Just beautiful.

[@nunocalisto]

Melhor que a versão de estúdio, magnífico!

[@artubecl]

HERMOSO!!

[@chunkyabaraham]

Nice one! Thanks for posting

[@antennamondo.x]

still awesome !!!!!!!!!!!

[@ThePrz24]

Brutal!!!

[@sevenfour9834]

Yes, in the EP called Today is the day, which is a great EP.

[@antomacrain]

Crazy how time flies

[@HASHITANIZE]

nice performance

[@spaced81]

What a band!

[@beatyw]

after the commercial break, McEnroe strapped on a guitar and played Beat on the Brat with Yo La. Good Schtuff.

[@Blinutne]

For a ridiculously amazing experience, first listen to the album version of this song--just search "Today Is the Day" and play the video with the beach scenes--and then come back and listen to this version. Delightful.

[@veintysiete]

Esto es sencillamente excelente!!!!!

[@samacummins]

this video changed my life

[@PaulP34]

she's fantastic

[@casb-]

There was the Today is the Day EP released after Summer Sun that has this song.

[@willermanX]

Wonderful trip...

[@chimobayomola]

what a powerful song

[@plasticvicar]

Check out the Today is the Day single...it has this fast version of the song

[@HugoDeRueda]

Una obra muy mamalona 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@daniellsss]

Algun dia en Lima... Por favor

[@Rickenbacker345]

Great!!

[@robbobobo]

It's on the Today Is the Day EP.

[@victor105]

muy buena!

[@sugarcubes1]

la lleva esta banda, puta que lata no hayan mas vídeos.

[@FrancoHs]

This was the first Yo La Tengo song I've ever heard.

[@turtlelefant]

this band is the best of the fuckin' world!!! and this song... oh god! is so beautiful!!!! : )... simplly awesome... AGUANTE YO LA TENGO, CARAJOOO!!!!!

[@marcobobafett]

Tu la tienes, ella la tiene, nosotros la tenemos, ellos la tienen, YO LA TENGO la lleva!

[@ZRN959]

YES!

[@Timmybear]

The bassist is always so handsome, though I prefer him with a little face-fur. The others are, of course, also brilliant (saw them at a Jonathan Richman concert in 2005 in the audience - one of the highlights of my NYC trip).

[@mlifsi]

She is cool!

[@sfrussell999]

The version they play is from the Today is the Day single

[@gunsunderthecounter]

haha mcenroe's totally smug-mug intro. love it

[@alexsaratt]

como alguém pode não ter gostado desse video, dessa música, dessa performance???

[@heavycircus]

@dirtmerchant1980 Yeah its of six song EP called Today is the day. Hard to find which is sad cos i agree their finest moment

[@65veto]

me too - what is it, - that I can hear? It's a classic - if U ask me.

[@QuintusHortensius]

true marvel of what we call art? ; p

[@v3rdoso]

@dalls1983 en Octubre vienen a Chile :D

[@storksforever2000]

damn that dude fuckin rocked that guitar. respect.

[@font9a]

we gonna have to take this out to the street !!? :-) But Georgia has to learn to sing and play at the same time. Bad mic control; love this song.

[@iango82]

John MacEnroe can do everything!

[@senodetta]

good sond yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Dvidflip]

They sure have something Fucking awesome Lisboa

[@vivelavidarocka]

McCarren Pool NYC this afternoon 2;00 pm FREEE I'll be there

[@HeiaVincent]

nice introduction by mcenroe... :)

[@t3rruk023]

yo la tengou

[@65veto]

me too

[@Debaser987]

HOLY GUITAR SOLO, BATMAN! (3:17)

[@stabadab]

cool...

[@GarrettPaimon]

WOMAN, LEFTY, LEAD SINGER, DRUMMER.

[@antifolkhero]

They got their name from watching Spanish baseball. They heard an outfielder running to catch a fly ball calling out "yo la tengo! yo la tengo!"

[@blkrk4000]

@StoryWB truely underrated would be like 200 views

[@sevenfour9834]

It can be translated like that too. It depends of what they mean.

[@brashamagun8819]

maestra, Georgia

[@gerryisnotfunny]

i wouldn't surprised if this was either ira or georgia posting this.

[@Amc0203]

I love Yo La Tengo! Where can I get this version of today is the day though?

[@sevenfour9834]

Yo la tengo means "I get it"

[@Carfanteando]

I have it

[@Turbodiamantenboy]

@allweezzz You're joking, right? Either way, I'm in tears over your comment.

[@Econojam]

BigMac introducing YLT, crankin' it up on CNBC; since when has the world become a better place?

[@hidel03]

@dirtmerchant1980 Today is the Day EP

[@2405efrapix]

how I get this song? is an EP? because i know a version slow, that is in the summer sun; is nice but this is so much better! someone tell me please.

[@claudioog]

that is why they went to the rock school. ;)

[@Benthebass87]

Guitarist sounds like Jonny Greenwood on Pablo Honey/Bends!

[@mistaspot1]

god they fuckin bring the pain

[@paradiseisburning]

Anyone know where I can find the rest of this episode, or the part with Kevin Kline?

[@dirtmerchant1980]

anyone know what album has this version of the song? And seriously Ive looked around and nothing else seems to come close to rocking this hard in their entire catalog. what the deal?

[@andrewhorton5101]

the "today is the day" EP

[@Timmybear]

Bear geeks, represent! :)

[@FQuezo]

Yup. It's from a baseball story involving... fuck. Better look it up. It's written on wikipedia, too, i think.

[@valeimejesuscristo]

A coisa mais estranha que eu gosto!

[@talkingtrashagain]

Wait, is that Chris Berry playing the bass?

[@yummyjackalmeat]

John Mcenro had a tv show??

[@mrheem44]

if I remember right it lasted 6 weeks

[@TheSitambien]

@Blinutne i think this is much better

[@prettynoose8497]

@allweezzz The guitar style is more like Sonic Youth than Nirvana. That's a "she" on the drums

[@junkietubby]

wow fucking seriously he can play the guitar.

[@dirtmerchant1980]

Amazon mp3 downloads? Yeah i 'll go right ahead and do that. And then maybe ill start paying for porno, and maybe even purchase a movie ticket...........oh wait all that shit is free. Thx intewebs!!!!!

[@ramasound]

Tu la tienes? Vale

[@lacassula]

Ira is GOD

[@jtd70]

who the shit gave McEnroe a show?

[@elwyn5150]

I too cringe whenever he says anything in this video.

[@micahnewman]

You cannot be serious! (Sorry, couldn't resist)

[@anononomous]

Was totally worth it for just this performance.

[@kobalsky3]

I love the song and mostly that gorgeous girl (though I know she has a owner)

[@anhando]

more like I've got it