Glad I stumbled on to this. I’ve reading Mr Lurie’ autobiography but never heard the band. My local record shops had no vinyl or CDs of the group. I note this months Downbeat magazine has a of some of Mr Laurie’s work. I’ve got work to do. There’s time. I’m only 81!
This is so fantastic, Killer 6/8 Groove , the brasslines , the Percussion,Drums and that guitar solo. Can't stop repeating it daily. That was a great time for fresh music !
Night music program was a breath of fresh air. To show the various artists together and even perform together at the end of the show was fantastic. The 1980's was a great time for music. There is still great music today you just have have to dig deeper. Cheers y'all
Everything about this performance is pretty much perfect. It's blown me away. I didn't expect it to be even better than the studio version. This is special
This could be the best version of this song.....ever..... IMHO. Can't believe I was so uncool when they were popular and didn't "get it". Do now. Great we can go back and see these classic performances. Thank you for uploading this. The wind down heading to the end is just so haunting....... Just lovely!!
Voice of chunk is their best album with big heart running a very close second. Got into them in 1989 they are my favorite jazz band of all time. Finding them on vinyl isn't going to be easy but I'm retired so what the fuck I have plenty of free time.
This brings back vivid memories. I used to sneak out of bed as a kid to watch 'Sunday Night', then 'Night Music'. I remember this performance well. Amazing stuff.
So astonishingly beautiful. Makes me happy to see so many comments here from people who are just discovering the Lizards… I have worried that their brilliant work might be forgotten since John Lurie stopped making music.
I could watch E.J.Rodriguez for hours..yikes, he's fucking amazing! I mean, the Lizards are beyond description, of course, it's just that Rodriguez's percussion adds layers of coolness all by itself...then Lizards have held a place of honor in my c.d. collection since the 80's...I absolutely love them!
Stayed at the Tropicana in Hollywood and John was there with his band. Talked with him for a while and he said “I wish I was in your band.” Thought that was pretty cool. Always liked the Longe Lizards.
irony that happened to do the same exact thing you are trying to condemn us for, in fact your comment just made me stay it has the same irony of the pictures trying to make a christmas look sad since everyone is on their phone or technology , and likewise the cameraman was too to take the picture
Pour un Français, surtout pour ma Sœur Française,en 1994, trouver Mr Lurrie dans le livre des numéros téléphonique de la ville de New York City, démontrait que c'était un mec énormément cool. Et je sais qu'il l'est et le serra encore. Sacré bonhomme ce bonhomme.
As did his band, John could be both playing with that and being honest. Very doable in that context and frankly even. There was a kind of discomfort there, but it was also playful and kind of sweet with Joules who puts himself in these situations…
Let's get nostalgic...this was the sound of New York city in the late 80's & early 90's before the soulless, wall street yuppies & bearded hipsters took over. It went from "working class" to "no class", "appreciating art" to "buying art to launder money"
Sadly you are absolutely correct.Artists and musicians from working class backgrounds went to NYC to make art cause it was affordable and allowed them time and space to do so.Only wealthy upper middle class who are college educated can now live their and create boring impersonal art that is self congratulatory.No more knitting factory,tonic, CBGB s,ECT.The whole of the city is also corporate chain stores,as the native mom and pop stores can't afford rent.just plain sad.
Jools Holland was so excited to be standing next to Mr. Lurie, he couldn't' stand it! It was a good idea, to mess with the Intro text, but Wow, talking on TV to JOHN LURIE! Check out Jools' modern TV show. "Later ... with Jools Holland" which runs on American cable TV and features great new acts.
1:57 For music.
the Jules interaction is fucking great... John knows who is is and what's he's done... fab respected keys player too im sure Evan digs him
Glad I stumbled on to this. I’ve reading Mr Lurie’ autobiography but never heard the band. My local record shops had no vinyl or CDs of the group. I note this months Downbeat magazine has a of some of Mr Laurie’s work. I’ve got work to do. There’s time. I’m only 81!
You have plenty of time sir
I've also recently read Lurie's very entertaining autobiography and never heard the band. I'm only 68 though.
A young Marc Ribot wrecking the place with that fabulous anti solo. What a great guitar player he is.
It's more of a young John mayer
@@sirdameski huh
Replacing Arto Lindsay can't have been easy but Ribot was absolutely fantastic
Most of it is not anti- though...
Thanks for confirming who that was. As a Tom Waits fan, I thought that was him instantly.
This is so fantastic, Killer 6/8 Groove , the brasslines , the Percussion,Drums and that guitar solo. Can't stop repeating it daily. That was a great time for fresh music !
30 years later it still sounds fresh.
Thank you John
Brilliant stuff! I wonder if we're kin...
Night music program was a breath of fresh air. To show the various artists together and even perform together at the end of the show was fantastic. The 1980's was a great time for music. There is still great music today you just have have to dig deeper. Cheers y'all
It was pretty mainstream when mentioning everything in terms of evening show. Thats the difference, IMPOSSIBLE in 2022.
@@micha4431 Downbeat, Nov. 9, 2018: "Sanborn Reimagines 'Night Music' for the 21st Century"
when you like a note so much you build an entire song around it
wheres your song? prick🙃...
That sums up most of their songs tbh. But I ain't complaining, they're great at buildup
Everything about this performance is pretty much perfect. It's blown me away. I didn't expect it to be even better than the studio version. This is special
As a fairly new LL fan, I can't help but agree all these years later haha
This insane wtf its so good
Ruben, I absolutely agree. These guys kick ass!!
It's a chaotic masterpiece
This could be the best version of this song.....ever..... IMHO. Can't believe I was so uncool when they were popular and didn't "get it". Do now. Great we can go back and see these classic performances. Thank you for uploading this. The wind down heading to the end is just so haunting....... Just lovely!!
Agreed.
That's life though, we live and learn. (Hopefully) Art doesn't change once it has been created but you do.
Marc Ribot ❤️ love his work with Tom Waits and John Zorn
Voice of chunk is their best album with big heart running a very close second. Got into them in 1989 they are my favorite jazz band of all time. Finding them on vinyl isn't going to be easy but I'm retired so what the fuck I have plenty of free time.
This is my favorite video on the internet
Perhaps the coolest performance i have ever seen
so true
John Lurie is for me the personification of Coolness, as musician, actor or painter. i admire this human infinitely
I always loved these guys. Saw them in NYC in 1991 and they really blew the roof off the place.
You're lucky to have seen these guys...I imagine the walls and windows weren't safe, either!
First CD I ever bought, still listen to it regularly.
People, I LOVE this groove, all that John & the Lounge Lizards ever done is right up my alley. Soooooo gooooood!!!
Wonderful Marc Ribot's solo
Marc kills it.
He’s fuckin great isn’t he
This brings back vivid memories. I used to sneak out of bed as a kid to watch 'Sunday Night', then 'Night Music'. I remember this performance well. Amazing stuff.
So astonishingly beautiful. Makes me happy to see so many comments here from people who are just discovering the Lizards… I have worried that their brilliant work might be forgotten since John Lurie stopped making music.
I could watch E.J.Rodriguez for hours..yikes, he's fucking amazing! I mean, the Lizards are beyond description, of course, it's just that Rodriguez's percussion adds layers of coolness all by itself...then Lizards have held a place of honor in my c.d. collection since the 80's...I absolutely love them!
This is one of my all time favorites.
I was lucky to actually see them play this live around that time (in Schaarbeek of all places).
oh my fucking christ this is incredible. Funky, tight and satisfying as hell! BRILLIANT
One of the best tracks in the history of Jazz!
recognised Ribot from the sound, before checking the credits!
Ribot going off. Wonderful.
Mr. Awesome Austin, is the real deal! His chords and solos were quite unique. The scales were pentatonic and melodic in nature.
Still coming back. Very well filmed as well.
Are you effin kiddin me! That was brilliant!
Totally the Primo Beatnik Music of ever. If I got to nominate some musician for the Really Cool Dude Award I would definitely nominate Mr Lurie.
Stayed at the Tropicana in Hollywood and John was there with his band. Talked with him for a while and he said “I wish I was in your band.” Thought that was pretty cool. Always liked the Longe Lizards.
Wow - he had that same laconic speaking style in his youth as he does on his show PAINTING WITH JOHN.
Or fishing
Brillant free jazz.
I saw the „Live in Berlin“ shows in 1991. they were really the peak of avantgarde at their time an John Lurie the coolest guy on this planet.
...the coolest guy!!
Oh my, Jools. Please stop yapping, step aside, and feast your ears on the transcendent sounds.
irony that happened to do the same exact thing you are trying to condemn us for, in fact your comment just made me stay it has the same irony of the pictures trying to make a christmas look sad since everyone is on their phone or technology , and likewise the cameraman was too to take the picture
rip Curtis Fowlkes
Brilliant I think this miles better than the album recording.
09nob I find that to be the case with all lounge lizards music.
That ending part came out of nowhere and I love that..
Amazing
Lurie's too pure for Jool's horseshit games.
Well put.
Love the comment.
@Red Skeleton that's funny 🤣
@Red Skeleton you make a good point sir
I can’t believe non of my friends are cool enough to turn me on to this. Ears just got thirsty!
Borat's killing it on the sax
What about Michael J Fox on the guitar?
thats not Borat, but Frank Zappa!
Nice. I like.
John Lurie a great actor and a musician too!
There is so much beauty in all this chaos. 😍
Total beauty...
2:00
Legends of NYC
god thats a sick guitar
Incredible!
of all the things i love about this video, probably my favorite thing is the second`saxophonist's oversized suit
A Maynard James Keenan interview brought me here & I'm not disappointed at all!!
Me too!
Incredible stuff !!
So good! Thanks for uploading this.
Love to see Roy Nathanson in this lineup
how on god's green earth have I never seen this before
I fucking smiled a couple of times
So Cool!! music man
Beautiful!
Dig a young Erik Sanko on fretless Kubicki bass (Skeleton Key) sporting a Daryl Hall look.
Love fretless sound...
a lot of this reminds me of the breakdowns Dave matthews band does never heard of LL before v cool
Monster band!
John very sincerely: "I have all these feelings inside of me..."
Band members crack up...clearly they know something we don't...
3:36 looks like they both have to pee
Hahaha ha
lmao indeed !
Séeeeeeee!!!
damn this is good. that percussion.
Brilliant... Tnks for sharing..
Pour un Français, surtout pour ma Sœur Française,en 1994, trouver Mr Lurrie dans le livre des numéros téléphonique de la ville de New York City, démontrait que c'était un mec énormément cool.
Et je sais qu'il l'est et le serra encore.
Sacré bonhomme ce bonhomme.
love it!!
Superb!
Really thanks !!!!!
wasn't expecting towatch this whole thing
Fantastic !
The mc is godawful. I 💓 Marvin Pontiac
very good..............................................
I just love the announcer... but especially love the way John sincerely handles the nervous little fellow. ♥
Classics!
Nathanson looking like he's wearing his dad's suit
Dad doesn't sound this good, tho...
Great guy, so is Curtis.
Nossa, que música inquietante!
awesome!
lizards rock!
Really great!!! But where is Arto Lindsay? But Marc Ribot also great!
bloody hell
So hypnotising
John Lurie & Borat on saxophone.....!!!
How have I not heard of this band? This is sick!! I know Lure from Down by Law...
we've got a groucho marx impersonator on middle sax
Awestruck
Oh yeah, I’ve got their first album stashed away somewhere.
This is awesome! But why does Ribot look like Michael J. Fox? And did Byrne create a hype with the big suit thing?
When the audience laughs when John says he has feelings inside 😡😡😡
As did his band, John could be both playing with that and being honest. Very doable in that context and frankly even. There was a kind of discomfort there, but it was also playful and kind of sweet with Joules who puts himself in these situations…
Love it
Let's get nostalgic...this was the sound of New York city in the late 80's & early 90's before the soulless, wall street yuppies & bearded hipsters took over. It went from "working class" to "no class", "appreciating art" to "buying art to launder money"
Sadly you are absolutely correct.Artists and musicians from working class backgrounds went to NYC to make art cause it was affordable and allowed them time and space to do so.Only wealthy upper middle class who are college educated can now live their and create boring impersonal art that is self congratulatory.No more knitting factory,tonic, CBGB s,ECT.The whole of the city is also corporate chain stores,as the native mom and pop stores can't afford rent.just plain sad.
That's quite the massive blind spot you have.
@@mundaneallaround You never lived there, huh.
@@simonjohnston9488 Did you? When and where? Perhaps long island or Staton. Maybe Jersey City?
Yuppies were in 80s also, as much as smooth jazz presence. I like fusion, and some smooth efforts, but U know, its commercial and very middle class.
Great..
He's a monster, fishes well also and knows Marvin Pontiac. Cha
killer!!!!!
Makes you want to go out and buy some coconuts
how uncomfortable an introduction. am reading lurie's new book and it's great.
uncle jack in the middle on the sax before he became self-conscious about his small hands.
Always liked the Live with Jools Holland shows but he could be a right prat sometimes. Great performance in spite of the horribly awkward interview.
Don't blame the guy. He was definitely nervous.
Are we sure the sax player in the middle isn't Frank Zappa in disguise?
Interesting idea! I never saw Roy and Frank in the same room so maybe?
Now I see. U can be damn cool as Bowie, Miles, Zappa. But in this world there isnt enough space for being like John Lurie. U cant be cooler!
U can't...
this makes me feel awkward for both Jools and John lol Wish I was there
Jools Holland was so excited to be standing next to Mr. Lurie, he couldn't' stand it! It was a good idea, to mess with the Intro text, but Wow, talking on TV to JOHN LURIE! Check out Jools' modern TV show. "Later ... with Jools Holland" which runs on American cable TV and features great new acts.