This song is a direct line back to Buddy Holly through the Beatles and a forward link to power pop bands of the 90's like Material Issue. This is a masterpiece of power pop.
it's that twangy backbeat - sometimes in the middle of the day, something will twang like a string or cord, automatically those 1st 5 opening guitar plucks will pop in my head, & I'll have to play the .mp3. It's musical poetry.
John Reilly He's a good guitarist... as songwriters go. He's nowhere near an "amazing" guitarist. I'm a big fan. I have seen him twice in concert... but his strength is songwriting, not guitar playing.
I honestly think that if Buddy Holly had survived into the 60s or 70s, I could've seen him recording this himself. Sounds so much like him, it's uncanny.
Yeah, I totally agree. Marshall Crenshaw really channeled Buddy Holly's spirit on a lot of his songs, and this is a fine example. Buddy Holly was the first superstar I connected with as a kid. I'm a child of two hippies from the '60's, so I was raised on The Beatles, CCR, Bod Dylan, and so forth. However, Buddy Holly was blasting out of the radio on one glorious 4th of July day and I've been hooked ever since. :-) Happy listening everyone.
And Darla, unless MC was a physical freak or terribly dehydrated, there'd be no way he could've been lip synching with all those neck muscles and veins bulging while he was "lip synching." Man was he a talent. I'm pretty sure I saw him open for Elvis in summer of 1983. Hope you had the pleasure of seeing him perform.
Quite simply a supergroup. With Chris Donato on bass, Robert Crenshaw on drums, and John Crenshaw on orchestra bells on Cynical Girl- this tour was fire. A brilliant music beacon of our time.
Saw him on his 1982 tour in Minneapolis at First Avenue. Then again in St. Paul in 1985 opening for Howard Jones. Only went to that show to see Crenshaw.
Marshall's the man! And I think it's a great tribute that he is filling in for the late Pat DeNizzio of The Smithereens. He played keyboards for them in the studio for their first album. I've been following Crenshaw for decades. And yeah, I'm sure Buddy is smiling down from heaven on him.
Awesome, so original with no lip syncing and obviously mega-talented. I miss Letterman for a few reasons but the biggest is that he used to introduce the masses to a lot of talent that you could not hear on top-40 or the album rock radio stations!
Yeah, it’s easy to overlook how much music he exposed people to. Heck, he even had Laurie Anderson in there once. Yeah, sure, it sucked, but just that he took a shot on a weirdo like her is impressive
Saw them play together at City Winery in NY a couple of years back and Robert was as good as ever. Just wish I'd known he was going to be there so I could have brought his album for autographing.
I'm old enough to have been aware of him in 1982, but am only vaguely aware of this song until recently. As to Crenshaw, one could say with certainty that life isn't fair. He wrote (apparently - based on comments herein, I'm not musical) sophisticated music and wrote good lyrics (that one can sing along to), sang same well, played an instrument at least competently while singing live, had good stage presence and demeanor, and was handsome. Yeah, he got a raw deal. Love the song.
I first saw Marshall on Broadway in the original cast of "Beatlemania" .. he was GREAT .. I've been a big fan since the very beginning .. bought the first album on vinyl in 1982, copied it onto a cassette, and played that thing to death on my Blaupunkt car stereo .. I made many a mile disappear to the rockin' tunes of Mr. Crenshaw
I have the exact same experience. I saw Beatlemania in Philadelphia. I didn’t know it was Marshall Crenshaw playing John Lennon at the time. I still have the Playbill. I bought Marshall Crenshaw’s debut album on vinyl no still have that one too. It’s an absolute classic.
This man is a legend in music. I love his sound so much that it’s become a part of my life and memories of growing up. Vacationing to Florida in the camper and having my headphones on in my bunk while we drive late late at night and it’s romantic. Marshall you’re the coolest
Wow, fucking wow, did he ABSOLUTELY CRUSH IT in that performance. Someday, 100 years from now, if there is still a medium to hear music from the 80's somebody's going to be rocking to this song.
Saw his Someday Someway video on MTV in Newport News Va when I went to spend the weekend with a girl I was dating in 1982, I had just turned 16. When I got back home to NC, I went straight to the store to buy his album. As a side note, I told all my friends about this awesome new cable channel called MTV, and how great it was. They all thought I was making it up, Still love the album. He should have been a lot bigger
My friends and I saw him touring for this record in May 1982, opening for Dave Edmunds (who was then touring behind "DE 7th") at Royal Oak Music Theatre. Though it was practically a hometown show for him, we were there to see Edmunds (who did not disappoint). I had no clue about his background, at the time knowing him only from this song (which at the time was getting heavy radio play around the Detroit area), and didn't expect much. Wow was I in for a treat! He and his band were outstanding.
WRIF ... that's a call sign I haven't heard in years (I've been away from Michigan since 1986)! That brings back some great memories of Detroit rock and roll ...
RZ265 wowww, I remember riding around Bay City Michigan back in the early 80s with my bestie gf in my 81 Firebird. She was so in love with MC that summer and I was totally taken with Dave Edmunds...💖💕🤓
I never heard this song before 8 years ago in a grocery store. I've heard it since - always while shopping. Finally decided to search "someday someway song" and see if it was real.
@@curly_wynto be fair, 70s power pop had definitely gotten pretty lame by the late 70s, which is exactly why you had that brief moment where Marshal and The Stray Cats and the Romantics and Dave Edmunds had their hits. Very retro, very energetic, very clean sound, and just goddamn endless fun, but retro trends never last very long. They usually just fill up the space between one major trend crapping out and another one starting. Me, I’m just happy those guys were around at exactly the right moment to do this stuff. Imagine how many Marshalls and Brians who showed up a few years too early, or a few years too late.
I sent a fan letter to marshall in the early eighties. Id never seen him perform but loved his music. I received a lovely reply in the post a few weeks later. I still have it. 💕 i live in the UK.
Marshall Crenshaw is a fantastic singer/songwriter and is also one of the most underrated - and what a shame that is! I would love to see him perform live in a small venue!
I’ve loved this since it came out! Seemly simply song, but rhythmically as well as the fast chord changes make this song more complex than meets the ears. Love it!!
I was in the audience. It's was a great show. Marshall DJ's "The Bottomless Pit" which you can stream on demand from WFUV Archives. Thanks for posting.
Thanks so much for sharing this video! I remember watching this in '82 being enthralled by this performance and went out and bought the album the next day.
Bought this guy's album when it came t after seeing a review for it in Rolling Stone. They review was good and when I bought it and listened to it I loved it. I also can't understand why Marshall didn't take off to great heights. His songs especially on that first album are killer. A friend of mine met him when he came to Australia years ago and said he was one of the nicest people you could meet. He should have been huge.
Had never heard this singer or song...I was in a clothing store at the mall today and heard it. AMAZING!!! 34 years ago??? How did this not go to the top of the charts?
He played Buddy Holly in the film La Bamba and did a FANTASTIC job. What I want to know is, WHY didn't the get him for that entire film in 1978 The Buddy Holly Story? He looks and sounds MUCH more like him than Gary Busey. Love this guy, he should have been HUGE !!
@@JP5466 I am very familiar with Brian setzer but my statement remains true. People were not ready for Marshall Crenshaw. He wasn't as a commercial success as the "stray cats". I don't take crap from kids that use playlists to win arguments. I lived the 80s, Jr.
This song is an anthem of my youth. Back in 1981, I was living in a cold-water walk-up apartment in Greenwich Village, NYC. We played this song at full blast on our cheezy stereo every single day until we wore out the grooves of the vinyl album. Fast forward to present, I have moved uptown but Marshall Crenshaw still makes me crazy! xoxxo
One thing I miss about Letterman; they always booked the up and coming musicians. I think Paul Schaefer had a hand in that. Great song, great singer, what a cutie. ❤ Also he has that great John Lennon neck/jaw that he used on Broadway in Beatlemania in 1978, sigh.
I was shocked they let his band play..usually they'd only let the "name" performer and maybe one band member play and have them play with Schaefer's band.
@@jeffreyday2414 Not true at all. Letterman had loads of up an coming bands. Crenshaw himself was on the show several times despite never really being mainstream.
Fantastic song. At the Rams Head Tavern Show he did last week (Oct 2022) he said this was his biggest hit. But I though "Whenever you`re on my mind" was.?----- I loved them both! He was great and voice was string still at 68 year old. Really LOVE it when 80`s groups remerge.
Beyond.. please know ..2 sisters in Indiana, in the '80's played this VINYL over and over.. We never saw Mr. Crenshaw in concert, ..So.. Happy 2016, and Thank you..
I loved this song when I was 21 in 83, not sure what year it came out. So cute the way he kind of strolls off the stage after singing and tilts his head to one side:)).
Always appreciated this under appreciated talent. I saw Marshall Crenshaw when He portrayed John Lennon in Beatlemania at The Pantages in Hollywood So great
Man were we spoiled for music back then. didn't realise it then or I would have cherished it more. but how could we know that music would completely die?
I actually prefer this live performance over listening to the studio track because of the fact they sound almost exactly the same! That's talent right there! :)
This song is a direct line back to Buddy Holly through the Beatles and a forward link to power pop bands of the 90's like Material Issue. This is a masterpiece of power pop.
Well said
And I can see Buddy Holly smiling down from heaven
love it, and yes I agree, Buddy is smiling!!!
He actually played Mr. Holly in 'La Bamba'!
"The Sky Belongs To The Stars".
so true
it's that twangy backbeat - sometimes in the middle of the day, something will twang like a string or cord, automatically those 1st 5 opening guitar plucks will pop in my head, & I'll have to play the .mp3. It's musical poetry.
Marshall Crenshaw has to be one of the most underrated musicians ever
The world missed an opportunity here. Marshall should have been HUGE> too bad, such talent got overlooked.
too many bands in the 80's...
That's the best comment I've read.. He's got it...NO DOUBT
The great ones that don't "make it" are even greater, because they have the integrity to not SELL OUT.👍👍👍👍
@@slicksnewonenow exactly! They don't sell their souls
SOOOOLL MUCH TALENT IN THE 1980s !!!!!
How he plays that riff and sings at the same time is incredible.
--and NEVER looks down at his finger positions!
Just saw Marshal last night with the Smithereens. He sang for Pat DiNizio and did a good job. Enjoyed the concert.
Same here but 12/10/22. Great show!!
Saw him with The Smithereens at the Libby Bowl in Ojai, CA.
3 musicians on live tv, no lip syncing, sounds just like the album. KIDS, this is TALENT!!
+2degucitas and no damn auto tune
+Sonny Moore Yup. Me too. I think I was about 15 when I first heard this.
+Sonny Moore Amen! Also: you kids with your rap music, GET OFFA MY LAWN!!! there, no I sound like a proper old fogey
2degucitas Totally agree. I listen to this song almost everyday and this is the first time I've seen this video
agreed!!!
Once in a while you hear a song that takes you back a time and a place. This is such a song.
Totally agree. Great tune.
Very true. To an Old girlfriend. Unfortunately never happened
You nailed it my friend.
Man,I love that song. This kind of rock n roll should become popular again.
sadly it wont. We are lost in the wasteland...
Its out there but its suppressed now.
Rockabilly...Yes!
@@edwardstevens1438 That's why he said it should be popular again.
Omg agreed!!!
I’m 24 years old and this song means the world to me. It’s my dad and I’s song that we’ve been listening to and singing since I was itty bitty
He never has gotten enough credit for how amazing a guitar player he is.
He's a good guitarist... as songwriters go. He is nowhere near an "amazing guitarist".Phil Kaeggy is an amazing guitarist.
How many other singers out there are playing that well, while singing?
He actually us an amazing guitarist.. @saletti... Apples and oranges ...
John Reilly He's a good guitarist... as songwriters go. He's nowhere near an "amazing" guitarist. I'm a big fan. I have seen him twice in concert... but his strength is songwriting, not guitar playing.
Why is this guy not a superstar? C'mon folks! Buy his records! Marshall rules man!
+bbqeatinbuckeye I always wondered why he was not huge! Super talent!
+James Ross I don't know why he wasn't bigger either.
+James Ross His music is a little too quirky for the average pop listener. But, that's also what makes him so great to many of us!
I totally agree Mark.
It is too late.
I honestly think that if Buddy Holly had survived into the 60s or 70s, I could've seen him recording this himself. Sounds so much like him, it's uncanny.
Yup, 100% I agree. Robert Gordon's version on SCTV is great too. But this is Buddy Holly & the Crickets ghost!
Marshall Crenshaw played Buddy Holly in the 1987 film La Bamba. Here's a clip: ua-cam.com/video/gdvUehHBlYM/v-deo.html
It does indeed sound like a Buddy Holly song.
Yeah, I totally agree. Marshall Crenshaw really channeled Buddy Holly's spirit on a lot of his songs, and this is a fine example. Buddy Holly was the first superstar I connected with as a kid. I'm a child of two hippies from the '60's, so I was raised on The Beatles, CCR, Bod Dylan, and so forth. However, Buddy Holly was blasting out of the radio on one glorious 4th of July day and I've been hooked ever since. :-) Happy listening everyone.
love to give you a love on that comment. I so could see Buddy Holly doing this!!!
Back when recording artists had REAL talent!
~Dutch
Before they were all Auto-tuned to within an inch of their lives.
I absolutely love this song. What a talent
You can tell by the extra vocal flourishes that they are not just lip synching, extremely good live performance.
And Darla, unless MC was a physical freak or terribly dehydrated, there'd be no way he could've been lip synching with all those neck muscles and veins bulging while he was "lip synching." Man was he a talent. I'm pretty sure I saw him open for Elvis in summer of 1983. Hope you had the pleasure of seeing him perform.
Quite simply a supergroup. With Chris Donato on bass, Robert Crenshaw on drums, and John Crenshaw on orchestra bells on Cynical Girl- this tour was fire.
A brilliant music beacon of our time.
Saw him on his 1982 tour in Minneapolis at First Avenue. Then again in St. Paul in 1985 opening for Howard Jones. Only went to that show to see Crenshaw.
Marshall's the man! And I think it's a great tribute that he is filling in for the late Pat DeNizzio of The Smithereens. He played keyboards for them in the studio for their first album. I've been following Crenshaw for decades. And yeah, I'm sure Buddy is smiling down from heaven on him.
Ive only just discovered this song. But, that man is talented beyond words.
Awesome, so original with no lip syncing and obviously mega-talented. I miss Letterman for a few reasons but the biggest is that he used to introduce the masses to a lot of talent that you could not hear on top-40 or the album rock radio stations!
Yeah, it’s easy to overlook how much music he exposed people to. Heck, he even had Laurie Anderson in there once. Yeah, sure, it sucked, but just that he took a shot on a weirdo like her is impressive
Just heard it on the radio. Had to have more.
Heard this song in my grocery store this morning! Came here to revisit this great, fab song.
Another fun 80's song I haven't heard in years. UA-cam is so Great.
good kitty!
Heard this song 1/4/2020. Thought it was a whole lot older than 1982. Very cool!
Love Marshall’s vibe!
Boy this song brings back some good memories of my days in college.
Brilliant, underrated, and full of artistic integrity: Marshall Crenshaw and his band, both early 1980s and since.
marshall's brother can sure play the hell out of those drums. GREAT ,GREAT song!!! Thanks for sharing.
Robert Crenshaw ...👏🏻
thanks bootlegger...didn't know that~!! LOVE this ~~!!!!
Sings great too.
Saw them play together at City Winery in NY a couple of years back and Robert was as good as ever. Just wish I'd known he was going to be there so I could have brought his album for autographing.
He's rock solid and not overplaying. 👍
I'm old enough to have been aware of him in 1982, but am only vaguely aware of this song until recently. As to Crenshaw, one could say with certainty that life isn't fair. He wrote (apparently - based on comments herein, I'm not musical) sophisticated music and wrote good lyrics (that one can sing along to), sang same well, played an instrument at least competently while singing live, had good stage presence and demeanor, and was handsome. Yeah, he got a raw deal. Love the song.
I first saw Marshall on Broadway in the original cast of "Beatlemania" .. he was GREAT .. I've been a big fan since the very beginning .. bought the first album on vinyl in 1982, copied it onto a cassette, and played that thing to death on my Blaupunkt car stereo .. I made many a mile disappear to the rockin' tunes of Mr. Crenshaw
Good stuff im from that day
I have the exact same experience. I saw Beatlemania in Philadelphia. I didn’t know it was Marshall Crenshaw playing John Lennon at the time. I still have the Playbill. I bought Marshall Crenshaw’s debut album on vinyl no still have that one too. It’s an absolute classic.
You are so right. Seen him perform John Lennon on the Broadway show Beatlemania. It was fantastic. In San Diego 😌
Sadly, talented musicians like this are now an endangered species.
They're all over. The corporations can't make as much $ off them as they can off a groomed pop kid
Thank god they banked a lifetime of great music, plenty to discover and indulge in without having to come up for air!
There's plenty of talent, yet the music industry is all about profit. Great talent is often overlooked or passed over. (:
thanks to #metoo
Absolutely killed it! Great Rockabilly.
True talent, 3 instruments, and lyrics that are real.
This man is a legend in music. I love his sound so much that it’s become a part of my life and memories of growing up. Vacationing to Florida in the camper and having my headphones on in my bunk while we drive late late at night and it’s romantic. Marshall you’re the coolest
Hats off to Letterman for having SO many great acts like this over the years! These videos are a treasure trove.
this song always plays in the lobby at ny work. Music from back then had a certain magic that can't be created nowadays.
Love him for helping write til i hear it from you and his debut album is power pop perfection 🎉
Wow, fucking wow, did he ABSOLUTELY CRUSH IT in that performance. Someday, 100 years from now, if there is still a medium to hear music from the 80's somebody's going to be rocking to this song.
Saw his Someday Someway video on MTV in Newport News Va when I went to spend the weekend with a girl I was dating in 1982, I had just turned 16. When I got back home to NC, I went straight to the store to buy his album. As a side note, I told all my friends about this awesome new cable channel called MTV, and how great it was. They all thought I was making it up, Still love the album. He should have been a lot bigger
Forgot about this song. Very well done
He co-wrote ''Till I here it from you'' by the Gin Blossoms.
Seriously? I love that song also, and I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing that tidbit 😊
Yeah thanks for that info! Glad I stumbled upon your 8 year old comment.
The line containing the term "jealous and jaded" is a dead giveaway.
Nice love that! MC is so great!
Their best song ,too.
I was lucky enough to visit NY in the early 80's and caught Marshall at some club I don't remember. But do remember it was a great show.
Absolutely Fantastic. Marshall Crenshaw played Zappa's in Brooklyn, NY the following week on Friday May 14, 1982.
Mitchell Karduna - didn't know Marshall played there. I remember seeing R.E.M. @ Zappa's right after I started college in 1981. Maybe Sept or Oct.
@@JR-zv6qm R.E.M. played Zappa's on Oct 23, 1981. Marshall Crenshaw played Zappa's on May 14, 1982. facebook.com/groups/zappasreunion
I've always loved this song from the first time I heard it.
+Kurk Edwards Yup. Me too. I think I was about 15.
It just seemed to bring me back in time. Great words and beat.
+Paul Shalom Tá linda na
3 guys with such a big sound. Talent so underated.
My friends and I saw him touring for this record in May 1982, opening for Dave Edmunds (who was then touring behind "DE 7th") at Royal Oak Music Theatre. Though it was practically a hometown show for him, we were there to see Edmunds (who did not disappoint). I had no clue about his background, at the time knowing him only from this song (which at the time was getting heavy radio play around the Detroit area), and didn't expect much. Wow was I in for a treat! He and his band were outstanding.
+RZ265 Saw him (them) later that year at a WRIF free concert at Hart Plaza. Outstanding!
WRIF ... that's a call sign I haven't heard in years (I've been away from Michigan since 1986)! That brings back some great memories of Detroit rock and roll ...
RZ265 wowww, I remember riding around Bay City Michigan back in the early 80s with my bestie gf in my 81 Firebird. She was so in love with MC that summer and I was totally taken with Dave Edmunds...💖💕🤓
I was at that show too. Crenshaw and his band were getting a lot of play on WRIF. I think that helped.
saw this performance on TV this very night and have been a fan ever since...
Love me some 80's rockabilly
I never heard this song before 8 years ago in a grocery store. I've heard it since - always while shopping. Finally decided to search "someday someway song" and see if it was real.
Robert's drums are outstanding! Bass line is outstanding! Man what a great Marshall cut!
How was Marshall Crenshaw not one of the biggest pop stars of the 80's?
Beats the fuckoutta me
Because he made 60s and 70s power pop, which in the 80s had been written off as passé and lame.
@@curly_wyn You're right, it didn't have all the 80s bullshit, synth drums and other idiotic bells and whistles. Ruined a number of good songs.
@@curly_wynto be fair, 70s power pop had definitely gotten pretty lame by the late 70s, which is exactly why you had that brief moment where Marshal and The Stray Cats and the Romantics and Dave Edmunds had their hits. Very retro, very energetic, very clean sound, and just goddamn endless fun, but retro trends never last very long. They usually just fill up the space between one major trend crapping out and another one starting.
Me, I’m just happy those guys were around at exactly the right moment to do this stuff. Imagine how many Marshalls and Brians who showed up a few years too early, or a few years too late.
I met him during a small record store appearance and he was really nice. Signed a CD for friend of mine.
I began learning the acoustic guitar about 4 months ago. My vow: learn to play this song by Memorial Day 2023.
I sent a fan letter to marshall in the early eighties. Id never seen him perform but loved his music. I received a lovely reply in the post a few weeks later. I still have it. 💕 i live in the UK.
Marshall Crenshaw is a fantastic singer/songwriter and is also one of the most underrated - and what a shame that is! I would love to see him perform live in a small venue!
He is constantly touring and only plays small venue, since as you stated he is underrated..
I’ve loved this since it came out! Seemly simply song, but rhythmically as well as the fast chord changes make this song more complex than meets the ears. Love it!!
Check out the chord changes in the chorus! There's like five of them.
Buddy Holly would be proud.
It was a real milestone in my budding guitar career when I recognized one of them (c-sharp minor).
And he's singing while playing.
Is that supposed to be a big deal? Maybe in modern pop it is
@@docsavage8640 On that song it probably is a big deal.
He was very good in live concert. He is very polite. Met him and got his autograph.
met him several times at sportsmens tavern,buffalo,ny also sold merch for him. very grounded person,nice guy
I was in the audience. It's was a great show. Marshall DJ's "The Bottomless Pit" which you can stream on demand from WFUV Archives. Thanks for posting.
Live. no recording or lip sync. These guys rock!!!!!! It's a shame Marshall Crenshaw doesn't get the recognition he deserves.
This is a very nice video. Letterman before he was bitter and a great performance by Marshall...!!
Thanks so much for sharing this video! I remember watching this in '82 being enthralled by this performance and went out and bought the album the next day.
Bought this guy's album when it came t after seeing a review for it in Rolling Stone. They review was good and when I bought it and listened to it I loved it. I also can't understand why Marshall didn't take off to great heights. His songs especially on that first album are killer. A friend of mine met him when he came to Australia years ago and said he was one of the nicest people you could meet. He should have been huge.
Jamming on Letterman's show
woa in one year this will be 30 years ago.Classics make a timeless impression.
Whoa in one year this will be 40 years ago (heavy sigh).
LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG !!!! GREAT PERFORMANCE ❤❤❤❤
I've been a fan for many years, and I hope one day to see him and his brother play.
Had never heard this singer or song...I was in a clothing store at the mall today and heard it. AMAZING!!! 34 years ago??? How did this not go to the top of the charts?
It did
It was certainly a big hit in the Washington area. Crenshaw would sell out wherever he played venues around DC in the 80s.
That's where I saw him - small club in DC. Great show hands down.
This just came on the radio. Haven’t heard it in years. Forgotten classic.
Where has this music been all my life?!?!
He played Buddy Holly in the film La Bamba and did a FANTASTIC job. What I want to know is, WHY didn't the get him for that entire film in 1978 The Buddy Holly Story? He looks and sounds MUCH more like him than Gary Busey. Love this guy, he should have been HUGE !!
Unbelievable how good he sounds!! So talented!!!!
He,s a Detroit boy,,and he,s dam good,,great tune.
we need these songs back on the radio classic station.
this is so rockabilly that 80's wasnt ready for it :(
Really?... every heard of the 'Stray Cats'?
@@JP5466easy their little one this comment is 3 years ago
@@digitalbots 3 year or 20 years, big deal. What you're saying was still wrong.
@@JP5466 I am very familiar with Brian setzer but my statement remains true. People were not ready for Marshall Crenshaw. He wasn't as a commercial success as the "stray cats". I don't take crap from kids that use playlists to win arguments. I lived the 80s, Jr.
This song reminds me of my high-school years ,his music some of the best from the 80s
This song is an anthem of my youth. Back in 1981, I was living in a cold-water walk-up apartment in Greenwich Village, NYC. We played this song at full blast on our cheezy stereo every single day until we wore out the grooves of the vinyl album. Fast forward to present, I have moved uptown but Marshall Crenshaw still makes me crazy! xoxxo
One thing I miss about Letterman; they always booked the up and coming musicians. I think Paul Schaefer had a hand in that. Great song, great singer, what a cutie. ❤
Also he has that great John Lennon neck/jaw that he used on Broadway in Beatlemania in 1978, sigh.
I was shocked they let his band play..usually they'd only let the "name" performer and maybe one band member play and have them play with Schaefer's band.
@@jeffreyday2414 Not true at all. Letterman had loads of up an coming bands. Crenshaw himself was on the show several times despite never really being mainstream.
Still reliving this moment from my childhood, watcing his chord changes and realizing and how difficult it is to do this.
Fantastic song. At the Rams Head Tavern Show he did last week (Oct 2022) he said this was his biggest hit. But I though "Whenever you`re on my mind" was.?----- I loved them both! He was great and voice was string still at 68 year old. Really LOVE it when 80`s groups remerge.
Beyond.. please know ..2 sisters in Indiana, in the '80's played this VINYL
over and over.. We never saw Mr. Crenshaw in concert, ..So.. Happy 2016, and Thank you..
If I had to pick three songs to listen to for the rest of my life? This one x 3.
love this song and Crenshaws tone . Hear it all the time at the casino and sing along even if i"m loosing
He plays and sings great - and it doesn't hurt how good-looking he is!
First in a string of #1's...oh wait....that's in a world that makes sense.
Ross T very well said my friend
Ross T ....indeed!
seeing him with the smithereens friday in largo florida friday
can not wait
Awesome comment....that made me laugh !!!
- he said from the internet
Killer song that brings back some cool times and memories!!
Another great song from this man ..
I love this man's music!
I loved this song when I was 21 in 83, not sure what year it came out. So cute the way he kind of strolls off the stage after singing and tilts his head to one side:)).
give me the 80's all day, every day, all my life
Always appreciated this under appreciated talent. I saw Marshall Crenshaw when He portrayed John Lennon in Beatlemania at The Pantages in Hollywood So great
So that's who he is! My store plays this song 5x a day and i found it on a cd now i fell in love with it!
The drummer is SPARTICUS!
And Marshall's brother.
Man were we spoiled for music back then. didn't realise it then or I would have cherished it more. but how could we know that music would completely die?
80's rockabilly. Good times.
Heard yesterday at ShopRite White Plains and brought back the 80's. Tempus fugit.
Bring back good music like this ....someday/someway...
Very underrated song.
I actually prefer this live performance over listening to the studio track because of the fact they sound almost exactly the same! That's talent right there! :)