It is all live, and so tight. Shannon starts and the band comes in right on time. His voice is great too. Paul is loving it, the entire song, because he knows this was at the root of harder rock that came from the likes of Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and more so Buddy Holly in this song.
I'm learning this on guitar and stumbled upon this clip. Del still has it. Love the way he looks over at Paul and smiles after the first falsetto phrase..."See...I still have it!" Hard to believe that a guy that seems so together and happy onstage would end his own life three years later. Tragic.
Nice pick-up on Del's glance at Paul @1:12. That's exactly what he seems to be saying with the look. And you're also right about his death... tragic. I always wonder how a person feels when they do one magnificent thing so early in their life and it seems like they'll never do anything remotely close again.
A Del Shannon single was the first record I ever bought, as a kid. While visiting the USA in this same year I got to hear him live in a bar in Orlando. He was great. So sad to hear of his passing three years later. Great to see he could cut the mustard as evidenced by the Letterman appearance.
I remember watching this in 1987. I loved it. Paul Shannon and Will Lee glued it together. The late night band was the perfect band to back Del Shannon up. May Del rest in peace.
I wish Del had not run away. But sometimes you can't overcome problems. God how I miss Del. Would have loved so much to have seen you with the Wilburys. Would have been perfect ❤️❤️💙💙
Revisiting this because I'm binging on the Crime Story tv series, which uses Runaway as its theme song. . Like any artist who has a smash hit record, they must get sick of performing it for the 3000th time, but if Del felt that way, he didn't show it - he knocked it out of the park!
If you listen back to it 1 more time, listen how great Paul's keyboards are the whole time... then notice how hot the drums are the whole time... then notice how the bass player is walking it the whole time... then hear the little chokes the backup guitar player is playing.... of course Del's great and killing it but the band is CRAZY.
@@johntechwriter I always assumed that the sycophant part by Paul was an act, a humorous act. Letterman's show broke a lot of the "rules" of the late night talk show, and was originally considered something of a parody of talk shows, even though it was in fact a talk show itself. Paul was (and is) not just a great musician but a humorous guy - he was on SNL (prior to being with Letterman) for a reason. He recognized the sycophantic role of the traditional "second banana" such as Ed McMahon, and played it up. McMahon knew his role with Carson, and IMO Shaffer sometimes parodied that attitude. At least that's my take on it. And that's not a knock on McMahon, who was a war hero, Navy pilot in both WWII and Korean War, can't take that away from him.
THIS! You can tell it takes Paul and the band back to their youth and probably playing this jn bars and dances they’d have at various halls. This was a staple song and the band really had fun on it, especially Paul.
Sigh. Killing it while playing the instrument you love and have mastered, seems to be the most fun an adult can have with their clothes on. That applies to everybody in this band and this song by a true artist.
To me Runaway is a song that exemplifies the genre of rock n' roll - I would choose it to include as part of a space capsule for aliens to find With such an accomplishment, with the delight he still appeared to have in this performance, and with all his other hits, accolades, and recognition, I can not quite comprehend how he would choose to forsake it all and prefer the non-being of eternal night.
Thats why chuck berry’s “Johhny Be Good” is on the golden record which is aboard the Voyager 1 which is now in interstellar space and was launched in the early 70’s
I agree with your sentiments here but as we are all becoming more aware as knowledge and understanding of depression and bipolar symptoms, the difficulties surrounding them can and are so extremely difficult to deal with. I too will miss D.S. ABSOLUTELY LOVE Runaway, it had a profound effect on me back in the day and this version on the T.S. was perfectly put together by Paul and this band. Del Shannon, and one of the absolute best Rock & Roll songs ever to hit the airwaves…❤
i'm a 1977 boy , this track is a part of my childhhod , i'm electrician at work but also electronician and electronic music DJ , i want to say : the keyboard song is amasing ! 1961 ! the moog come years after !!! lovely sound ^^
That Paul Shaffer knew what time it was... You didn't have to tell him twice to take it. I think he is... And was...a musical genius. Just perfect boys. And didn't Del look fantastic after all those years!?
He might look like a goof, but I have always appreciated Paul's unbridled enthusiasm and love for the music. All musicians should be so passionate about the love of their craft.
Actually the various genetic mixes, birthdates, upbringing and survival are entirely dependent on humans. No God if they existed, has anything to do with it now if they ever did. Del Shannon committed suicide with a gun. Maybe you should be praying that your God stop people from becoming suicidally depressed, or that you God eliminate all guns and other weapons. More useful and merciful than just creating new beings to throw into a cruel world.
Del was an American icon of sorts. He was a fine singer, in the genre, and something he is often overlooked for: a very good guitarist. Elvis said that this song not easy to sing and he always gave Shannon high praise for his talents. Del was probably the first of the American sound artists of the 60s early rock period. He was almost ready to break out and develop his style of fast driving and heavy guitar sound when his career hit a permanent slump from which he never recovered. People who knew Del and those who have studied him and his music all generally agree that this time, in `987, was the start of the end. His bi-polar depression kept getting worse, and his treatment regime was failing. It ended in 1990 with his suicide, coming days after taking an initial dose of Prozac. Doctors learned from his and many other suicides that treating bi-polar with Prozac was not a good idea. He paid the price for faulty drug research.
So the original single was selling 80,000 copies A DAY? In 1961? When you had to get your Mom or sister to drive you to a store to buy it? That's incredible! Crime Story was an awesome cop show btw, done by Michael Mann with Dennis Farina. Here's the song in that context: ua-cam.com/video/aa_VCAHVMw8/v-deo.html
I can just imagine how many times Del performed that song live. And he still put his heart into it on Letterman without resorting to lip synching.
Paul Shaffer is ROCKIN that keyboard... OMG!!!
Paul is a world-class musician and having him on Late Night / Late Show was such an amazing luxury for the fans.
Yes, he nailed that solo.
A legend.....It was so tragic that three years later he ended his life due to a lifelong struggle with Bipolar Depression.. RIP, Del . 💔💔
I to have fought my whole life with bipolar depression God bless you Dell Shannon You are keeping me alive thank you
just a random drunk comment! keep it up! tomorrow I wake up sober, drink a bit more.. and join you to the struggle & love with the life!
That's horrible!! He was so talented.
he only killed himself AFTER he was prescribed Prozac.
"when our hearts were young" what a great line
Timeless. Paul knows this is a very very big deal and is loving it and so are we.
So true. I love that all of these old late night clips are available
and a year later he blows his head off. Depression is so very serious. RIP Dell.
Actually it was three years
This is one of the most entertaining live performances of great song that I can remember. Really fun to watch - - over and over again.
It is all live, and so tight. Shannon starts and the band comes in right on time. His voice is great too. Paul is loving it, the entire song, because he knows this was at the root of harder rock that came from the likes of Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and more so Buddy Holly in this song.
Thank you for telling us what we just watched and even more thanks for reading Paul's mind.
Paul is having so much fun this is one of the first songs I ever remember hearing
I'm learning this on guitar and stumbled upon this clip. Del still has it. Love the way he looks over at Paul and smiles after the first falsetto phrase..."See...I still have it!" Hard to believe that a guy that seems so together and happy onstage would end his own life three years later. Tragic.
Nice pick-up on Del's glance at Paul @1:12. That's exactly what he seems to be saying with the look. And you're also right about his death... tragic. I always wonder how a person feels when they do one magnificent thing so early in their life and it seems like they'll never do anything remotely close again.
A Del Shannon single was the first record I ever bought, as a kid. While visiting the USA in this same year I got to hear him live in a bar in Orlando. He was great. So sad to hear of his passing three years later. Great to see he could cut the mustard as evidenced by the Letterman appearance.
When I head this, I wondered if Paul would be able to deliver that keyboard oldie sound, Paul nailed it!
Del Shannon' vocals are amazing
I remember watching this in 1987. I loved it. Paul Shannon and Will Lee glued it together. The late night band was the perfect band to back Del Shannon up. May Del rest in peace.
Shannon, Shaffer… :)
What everyone who was ever left by their true love has felt--this is why Runaway will be played forever.
Del has such a wonderful falsetto! Love love love love this song ❤
As a kid when this song came out, it gave me chills and this version with Paul Schaefer on the keyboard is as good as I’ve ever heard !
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer. :)
Thank you Don Giller for posting this!
I wish Del had not run away. But sometimes you can't overcome problems. God how I miss Del. Would have loved so much to have seen you with the Wilburys. Would have been perfect ❤️❤️💙💙
Wow, sounds great. Del has such a great dynamic voice and Paul on that solo! So good.
That performance gave me chills. Fantastic. Paul's solo sounded spot on.
Yeah - the entire band is killing it - good to see those guys again -it's
been awhile.
Absolutely terrific,,,
The keyboard solo is what does it for me....it has that haunting sound.
Ha ha, Paul looks up at the camera in the middle of that. Effin' amazing and brilliant.
@@WillieDuitt1 I'm very sure that Paul S
invited Del to do this live...
Just so Paul could perform the classic organ solo for all USA
RIP Del Shannon (December 30, 1934 - February 8, 1990), aged 55
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Revisiting this because I'm binging on the Crime Story tv series, which uses Runaway as its theme song. . Like any artist who has a smash hit record, they must get sick of performing it for the 3000th time, but if Del felt that way, he didn't show it - he knocked it out of the park!
It's looks like being back my room it's looks dream like I feel like I was in contact info conjuring cast 2013
Paul made his OBX-A sound just like Max Crook's "Musitron." A knockout performance. Thanks for preserving this clip, Don!
And he used the same sound for the closing music theme. Which he had never done before.
Here I was figuring it would have been a Hammond B3. Thank you for details.
Wow. They Killed this! Amazing performance.
Paul Shaffer is a legend, and all of Dave's band were awesome.
One of the best songs ever--still sounds great today.
This is absolutely sensational. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Del Shannon my man! Rest in paradise 🙏 Del
And that, boys and girls, is rock and roll, watch while you can because it's going away .....
Amen!
If you listen back to it 1 more time, listen how great Paul's keyboards are the whole time... then notice how hot the drums are the whole time... then notice how the bass player is walking it the whole time... then hear the little chokes the backup guitar player is playing.... of course Del's great and killing it but the band is CRAZY.
To me this performance, along with Springsteen on Dave's last show on NBC, were the top two ever, on Letterman's iconic show.
REST IN PEACE MR.SHANNON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great tune. Boys knocked it out of the park.
His voice really changed through the times, but he can still do the wawawawa😂
better if anything!
Not any more.
Not really
If you're not a natural singer, this is what happens to your voice. It sounds goddamn awful.
I don't think his voice really changed at all, he sounds great here...
This has to be the best version. Paul Schaeffer reached his apotheosis here along with Del Shannon. This is the best version.
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer.
@@dongiller Oof
Man Paul really killed it on that synth!
Yeah, his heart is in the right place, even though he comes across as a sycophant sometimes,
DelShannon was very generous in the way he threw it to him, too.
@@johntechwriter I always assumed that the sycophant part by Paul was an act, a humorous act. Letterman's show broke a lot of the "rules" of the late night talk show, and was originally considered something of a parody of talk shows, even though it was in fact a talk show itself.
Paul was (and is) not just a great musician but a humorous guy - he was on SNL (prior to being with Letterman) for a reason. He recognized the sycophantic role of the traditional "second banana" such as Ed McMahon, and played it up. McMahon knew his role with Carson, and IMO Shaffer sometimes parodied that attitude. At least that's my take on it. And that's not a knock on McMahon, who was a war hero, Navy pilot in both WWII and Korean War, can't take that away from him.
THIS! You can tell it takes Paul and the band back to their youth and probably playing this jn bars and dances they’d have at various halls. This was a staple song and the band really had fun on it, especially Paul.
Love the song and him !❤️❤️
Sigh. Killing it while playing the instrument you love and have mastered, seems to be the most fun an adult can have with their clothes on. That applies to everybody in this band and this song by a true artist.
Thank u again Spencer Marshall
Awesome 🤗🤗🤗
To me Runaway is a song that exemplifies the genre of rock n' roll - I would choose it to include as part of a space capsule for aliens to find With such an accomplishment, with the delight he still appeared to have in this performance, and with all his other hits, accolades, and recognition, I can not quite comprehend how he would choose to forsake it all and prefer the non-being of eternal night.
Thats why chuck berry’s “Johhny Be Good” is on the golden record which is aboard the Voyager 1 which is now in interstellar space and was launched in the early 70’s
I suffer from bipolar depression and can fully understand why Dell did what he did what stops me sometimes I have no idea
I agree with your sentiments here but as we are all becoming more aware as knowledge and understanding of depression and bipolar symptoms, the difficulties surrounding them can and are so extremely difficult to deal with. I too will miss D.S. ABSOLUTELY LOVE Runaway, it had a profound effect on me back in the day and this version on the T.S. was perfectly put together by Paul and this band. Del Shannon, and one of the absolute best Rock & Roll songs ever to hit the airwaves…❤
Thank you Don Giller!!
Man I miss those days. Del was awesome.
I’ve been learning how to listen for the bass by watching Leland Sklar’s show on UA-cam. Loved the bass changes on this and always loved the song.
i'm a 1977 boy , this track is a part of my childhhod , i'm electrician at work but also electronician and electronic music DJ , i want to say : the keyboard song is amasing ! 1961 ! the moog come years after !!! lovely sound ^^
How much fun is the band having? ALL OF IT.
This must have been a real highlight for Paul ❤
So great . Love the bass.
Legendary legend.
R I P Del Shannon, you were loved by millions, we will never forget you!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
That Paul Shaffer knew what time it was... You didn't have to tell him twice to take it. I think he is... And was...a musical genius. Just perfect boys. And didn't Del look fantastic after all those years!?
I'm with you... Shaffer comes off as a musical savant, someone who would be right at home with The Wrecking Crew.
Great performance! RIP Del.
Just 3 years after this performance, he took his own life at age 55. RIP legend!
Such a cool moment.
He might look like a goof, but I have always appreciated Paul's unbridled enthusiasm and love for the music. All musicians should be so passionate about the love of their craft.
Such a sad loss Del Shannon. XxX
Great stuff...
The:greatest organ solo ever played.
i just love the organ player... omG.
Super Del --the days !!
Del Shannon still has it!!!
Runaway se lanzó en 1961,se cumplirán 60 años y hoy la siguen tocando bandas nuevas y conocidas RIP MAESTRO 🙏
Sure do miss that show !! 💕💕
Just noticed - co-executive producer of the show with David Letterman was Jack Rollins, Woody Allen's manager and long-time executive producer.
A true rock star !!!
Oh how I miss this great singer. I hope God will send us another onelike him.
Fucking god. What is wrong with people?
Actually the various genetic mixes, birthdates, upbringing and survival are entirely dependent on humans. No God if they existed, has anything to do with it now if they ever did. Del Shannon committed suicide with a gun. Maybe you should be praying that your God stop people from becoming suicidally depressed, or that you God eliminate all guns and other weapons. More useful and merciful than just creating new beings to throw into a cruel world.
Rest In Peace my little runaway
Paul nailed it!
Classic genius.
Iconic
Del Shannon: Troubador in Paradise
Paul was an absolute savant.
Del was an American icon of sorts. He was a fine singer, in the genre, and something he is often overlooked for: a very good guitarist. Elvis said that this song not easy to sing and he always gave Shannon high praise for his talents. Del was probably the first of the American sound artists of the 60s early rock period. He was almost ready to break out and develop his style of fast driving and heavy guitar sound when his career hit a permanent slump from which he never recovered. People who knew Del and those who have studied him and his music all generally agree that this time, in `987, was the start of the end. His bi-polar depression kept getting worse, and his treatment regime was failing. It ended in 1990 with his suicide, coming days after taking an initial dose of Prozac. Doctors learned from his and many other suicides that treating bi-polar with Prozac was not a good idea. He paid the price for faulty drug research.
just wow
Del and the mad scientist Paul Schafer!
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer.
got into the song from mafia 3 but FUCKK THAT GODDAM KEYBOARD SOLO SO CLEANNNNN
The piano guy is awesome
Paul Shaffer.
Paul Schafer is rockin' it
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer.
Fantastic
I´ll always love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I very rarely like remakes of hits but this performance is an exception.....this version is great.
Larry L, Del wrote the song with Max Crook and it was a #1 Hit.
Remake? He's the original.
Friggin epic
10/10!
--My Love My Love My Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😇
Paul Also aces the piano part at 0:32.
Did he ever come back to do the other one? And if so, do you have to footage of it? :)
He didn't; this was his only appearance on Late NIght.
Smokin,,, wow,,
About 6 years earlier, Del released an album produced by Tom Petty with He and the Heartbreakers as the backing band.
The best
♡
Del committed suicide three years after this performance, when he was 55. 😢
He best Elvis with this song
Don...were they taping in stereo by this time?
Since mid-1985. After uploading this, a few years later I acquired the show in stereo.
So the original single was selling 80,000 copies A DAY? In 1961? When you had to get your Mom or sister to drive you to a store to buy it? That's incredible! Crime Story was an awesome cop show btw, done by Michael Mann with Dennis Farina. Here's the song in that context: ua-cam.com/video/aa_VCAHVMw8/v-deo.html
World's Most Dangerous Mullets doing the backing!!
1:37 beat drops
god-dam
Dexter Morgan *might* have been here
A shame what happened to him. So talented and seemed so happy on stage. Oh, the sad wings of destiny. Why? :(
Where's Paul Schaeffer now?
Shaffer; Paul Shaffer.