Oingo Boingo Live At The Ritz 1985, NOT 1987 (Reupload) [Best Quality]
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2020
- Lucky to have found this one after the first upload mysteriously disappeared. Contrary to popular belief, this show is from 1985 and not 1987. At the start of Weird Science, Danny says "here's a song we did for a movie this year". Weird Science was released in 1985. There is some evidence that other songs such as "Gratitude" were performed here but any video footage of it has been lost, so it isn't here.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Dead Man's Party
6:13 - Who Do You Want To Be
9:31 - Just Another Day
14:35 - Grey Matter
20:00 - Stay
23:26 - Weird Science
28:10 - Goodbye, Goodbye
00:00 - Dead man’s party
6:13 - Who do you want to be
9:31 - Just another day
14:35 - Grey Matter
20:00 - Stay
23:26 - Weird Science
28:10 - Goodbye Goodbye
Thank you, I'll put it in the description and pin this.
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NICE I want to marry the lead singer 👨🎤 🎤 🎶
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@@bebeysmael1. He's married to Bridget Fonda.
I am happy and proud to say i was a stage hand at the Ritz and worked that show. It was an amazing night of great music
That guy on bass is legendary.
I mean just look at him go to town on that Glochenspiel.
John Avila - he is amazing.
Danny is so on point. Their songs would seem pretty hard to do, live, no lip sync, no auto tune, etc. very well done.
Holy ship. When the first song started I thought, aw no, they are lip syncing to a backing track. Then I saw the horn and string section, holy hell. They're actually doing that complex arrangement live, all the layers and fills. Even the drum machine part is played a live drummer. And tight AF.
And Danny throwing in every vocal quirk in Weird Science. Dude was amazing, and the band was tight as f**k.
What you are watching my friend, are 8 members of the original members of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo out of LA led by Danny's brother Richard. Richard leaves, Danny is now lead singer and songwriter and he and the 7 members with him on stage become what is known as a ska-new wave Rock N' Roll BAND, Oingo Boingo! Band is the key word here. These are REAL Artist not performers! Danny writes, produces, and performs HIS songs!!! It doesn't take nineteen writers and 6 producers. like what we have today! This is REAL music at it's best!
@@dennisjashenskijr1546 Indeed. Not many people alive today understand what Oingo Boingo actually was: a rock band made from the zombified corpse of a theatre troop.
All of these people are exceptionally skilled in multiple ways. They could move, they could play, they could sing; they had flare, they had style, they had synchronicity.
This was like bringing an army to an anthill: rock music had no idea what hit it.
I saw them at the Long Beach Arena for a New Year's Eve concert in 1985. At some point after midnight Danny Elfman said, "As long as you can keep taking it, we can keep dishing it out," and he wasn't kidding. They played for over 3 1/2 hours. Such great energy and musicianship. Definitely one of the greatest concerts I've been to.
Envious of this, but I was born in 1985.
Yup, by 1985 they were on their 4th album, so yeah, they had hours of music - no doubt
@@paulMETLHED envious of this but i was born in 2005 ,, lol
Probably the single greatest live performance in the history of the New Wave genre. Oingo Boingo is surely one of the most underrated bands of all time.
Genius
I mean he made the simpsons theme song, Batman theme song, and just performed at Coachella. Dude only escalated to god level..
I just saw him last night. Bless this man!
bruh there was a lot of good bands in the 80s today they are gods
@@FOREVERGREEN_MUSIC oingo boingo was like danny charging up his battery before progressing to musical godhood
Steve Bartek on guitar is so underrated. One of the great guitarists of that era. His tone and attack are second to none!
secret guilty pleasure, I make the screen as big as I can, turn it up full blast and watch his start this song, amazing and then Danny takes off.........amazing, so happy we still have this to come back to. memories are made of this.....thank you.
The bassist is awesome
Met him at a radio station prior to a show, he was the nicest guy! They all were!
He’s a beast! Incredible bass lines, background vocals, performance
Yeah the bassist is awesome!
Fantastic!!
Bro is SO in the cut with every part he’s playing. He’s also managing to sing all of his parts at the same time. People don’t realize how difficult that can be with bass parts like what he played.
It amazes me to this day that after following this band in the 80's that the lead singer became one of the greatest modern day composers for for tv and film scores. Love yous guys!
I think it's not so amazing.
Boingo tunes are cinematic
And Danny Elfman was the band leader
When He scored Tim Burton Batman
It was a natural
✌️
The xylophone mastery gives it away…
Amazing. One of the few recorded live performances I prefer over the studio version. Outstanding
Danny Elfman is arguably one of the greatest front men in rock history. Such great energy. I saw them live in 1984 with Wang Chung.
Everybody wang chung tonight…
WOW! I what an amazing experience!!
Unmatched talent. He has his hand in everything.
that performance of grey matter is one of the best live performances in modern music history idc fight me
Idk but the drum mix was way off tbh, obviously a result of it being a concert performance, but it makes it sound strange
I can’t believe how long I’ve been regularly listening to this concert, must be two years. It’s like a drug
It is the best for solo dance parties. (Probably with other people but I wouldn't know from experience haha).
@@aubrey756 reminds me of my friends comment at the beginning of the pandemic: "Social distancing? I've been doing that all my life."
seriously
I put it on twice a week at work for a year now.
I’m so SO SO GUTTED gratitude was lost words cannot say how much I love that song really brings the autism out
So incredibly real of you. Gratitude is one of my favorites
YOU GUYS ARE JUST LIKE ME
help i cant stop thinking about this comment and its been days
Absolutely obsessed w the keytar guy's energy
The bassist is such a nice guy!
Have you met him??
I love how they can go from a humorous horror song to a beautiful, heart wrenching love song. True artists expressing a full range of human experience.
I've been listening to this album and this live show countless times the past month, I regret having slept on Oingo Boingo.
I absolutely love the energy they all have, really shows they had a blast doing this. Of course Danny’s performance speaks for itself, but I can’t get over how enthusiastic the other members are, especially John and Mike
i believe i read in an interview with john that he said he naturally has a lot of energy, and that combined with lots of adrenaline is why he always seems so pumped up in their shows
I watched an interview w/Danny, from what he was saying that he hated doing all the crazy stuff he did all the novies and going on the Gong Show. But all that got him where he is today.
Always loved their music amazing musicianship.
Thanks Oingo Boingo and making my teen years a pleasure to be alive..
@@torineg.847 What interview was it?
And Sluggo never smiles
@@torineg.847 Can well imagine. It's obviously a persona of a generally shyish person.
Most people don't realize how complex these songs are, and they played them with perfection. One of the tightest bands of the era and ever!
I had no idea that Eugene Levy was such an amazing bass player!
Lol!
Or that he was so short.
Danny Elfman is a complete genius. I love it.
I love Danny Elfman too.
I fell in love with them when I moved to LA at 16 🥰 Saw them at age 17💥😍😘. Living in Santa Monica listening to the Oingo Boingo, the Talking Heads, Warren Zevon, the B52s…Amazing times!💥🥰
Killer lineup!! 🤘🏽
This was one of the finest groups of players to come together in the Bay Area during the whole 77-90 era. They could play, baby, I mean really play. I saw them live twice, once at a New Years party, and they were smoking hot. Every song was perfect. If the public had truly understood Elfman's genius, we might have gotten a few more years out of this band. Unfortunately the public simply didn't get him...... at least Tim Burton did.
Nah, Danny didn't want to be "gotten". He's the reason they stopped.
Damn, I bet! They look fantastic performing here. I'm jealous you got to see them.
unfortunately he did change. he is still amazing and he just became more miraculously more of a genius but Oingo Boingo still lives in my💕❣💚❤ @@Zeta9966
Hands down the best performance of Just Another Day. I am so obsessed!
100%... and seeing/ hearing Danny emote while singing, "please leave my heart," at the end brought me to tears. I've never felt that way while listening to the song countless times, but actually seeing him belt out those lyrics really transported me to whatever pain he was reliving.
@@JoeLikesRocks I agree. It is SO intense seeing him sing that line versus hearing it. That lyric just isn't as poignant on the record, it hits different.
I hope people realize how friggin amazing Boingo was. This is my youth. Love it
The freaking best!!!
I do.
Saw them twice in L.A. California Around the same year maybe 1984 or 83
I do now. Didn't before watching this! I lived in ignorance.
I was 14 in San Diego CA when Only a Lad came out in 1981.
Oingo Boingo was huge.
I was like a year old when they did this but now that I discovered them I am in love.
There was no band like them. Totally unique. Their energy during live performances was really something to witness. We had so much love for them here in Los Angeles back in the day.
i wish i could have been there
saw them a bunch of times 84-87....one of the tightest, best live acts ever.
Saw them in Pasadena as kid. First concert I ever went to, and hands down the best.
Oingo Boingo is funny to me. Funny in the way you would have found out that John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith had badass bands before doing symphonies.
exactly haha
did they though?
@@akawojo Look for recordings of The John Williams Trio -- he had a jazz group.
Incredible show, short but I still loved it. Plus, Danny Elfman is looking so fine at this venue (to be fair, he looks fine in every venue I’ve seen him at).
Maravilhoso 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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I'm missing the earlier songs here in this one, the Only a Lad EP, Ain't This the Life.
This stuff was more commercial. But I love the energy of this show.
He's hot! 🔥
What about coachella 2022? Ya know where he took off his shirt???
Studio quality sound on stage, listened with headphones 😁 loved it. ❤❤
These guys were the shit back in the 80’s. I wish I could’ve seen them live. I think Danny Elfman is a genius!
Agree. Complete genius.
Saw them live at Universal Amphitheater and Irvine Meadows. Probably the best live performers there is. Their live music is really close to their recorded music, that's how good they were. Their Halloween concerts were just an awesome experience! I so wish Danny would agree to do a reunion tour but that's not going to happen unfortunately.
Saw them at UCSB in 1980 in the Thunderdome. I was impressed how tight the group was, despite so many members. (They opened for The Police)
Hit the Halloween shows three years in a row. Awesome time n Party!
I saw something on TV about bridget fonda last night and found this, I couldn't sleep all night, this concert kept running through my head! It's A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I was only 10 so they were a bit before my time, but I wish I had been at this concert
That synth bassline in Dead Man's Party is a beast. Watching the dude play it on the keytar is wild. Super complex stuff.
I was THERE! The old Ritz ruled.
It's crazy how good the sound quality is on this show, all the instruments and harmonies coming through with great clarity. Those 2 big drum hits John plays when Danny sings "Don't run away its only me" on Dead Man's Party, I can't believe the sound on that. I'm not sure if it's the way his kit is mic'ed or the acoustics of the venue or what. There are a lot of more recent live performances by heavier bands I've listened to where the drums sound weak in comparison to that.
I figured it out, that drum sound is enhanced by a sound effect created by the keyboard player.
It looks like he might be hitting the bass drum mallet on a microphone instead of a bass drum, too.
His drums have triggers in them and the kick pedal is hitting an electric trigger that's all hooked up to samples.
It sounds like they may have used the sound off the mixing board, instead of just the camera mics or something equally-basic which is usually responsible for the weaker sounds you've heard elsewhere.
Truth
ALAS, THE FANBASE HAS BEEN SAVED.
danny is a musical genius....a savant!
played at my high school in the early 80's
This must have been really fun to see live
Danny and the entire band are INCREDIBLE! I had so many chances to see Boingo in the 80's in L.A. but blew it. They played Halloween every year in Pasadena and never went -- and they opened for the Police in '82? and we were in the parking lot still partying #KickingMyself
My brother attended all of those Halloween shows. They were the best performances of any band he saw before or since.
same here mike.
Dang. How epic that would've been.
I only discovered Oingo Boingo recently after finding out Kurt Cobain liked them too and if they were good enough for him they're definitley good enough for me!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Nearly had a heart attack when that punk rock channel (or whatever) was terminated, and we lost the highest quality copy of this concert -- just when I was about to download it for my personal collection/posterity! This is why it's important to save obscure content before it's gone... I've learned my lesson.
you're very welcome!
That was the best. Those guys played like their ass was on fire! What a night for the crowd. Some people were visibly stunned, and I think that's awesome. Today's pop acts can't hold a candle to that display of talent, prowess and purpose. Cheers to you all gentlemen. I only wish I was there that night!
Literally mad scientists of music! I was blessed to meet and hang with them backstage Halloween of 1989 🙏🏼
Never heard Danny Elfman’s band - this was so good! I was mesmerized.
Legitimately one of the best performances I've ever seen. These dudes were absolutely incredible.
Love, love, love Danny, wish he could still do this, miss him and his wild let-loose energy and this kind of music...........so instead I come here and listen, I make the screen as big as I can and turn it up all the way........so much fun! God bless us all, and Merry Christmas!
danny somehow always reminds me of jello biafra Oo
also I love how from 25:28 someone reaches out for danny and it looks like he won't get a high five but then 25:37
😀
Just saw it as you pointed! Hilarious!😂
This tour was the first concert of any kind I ever attended. It went for over 200 minutes in Seattle -- they just wouldn't stop. It was insane, over the top energy. Amazing live band. Thanks for posting!
Saw them at UCSB in 1980 in the Thunderdome. I was impressed how tight the group was, despite so many members. (They opened for The Police (with Sting))
Lucky.
I'm jealous!
Killer mix! Whoever’s running their board is a fucking star!
Why do I not know the name of their bassist? He’s a bloody legend.
John Avila? ..I believe he is vastly underappreciated
Mad xylophone skills
He's a fuckin savage bassist.
I'm 26. My dad raised me on Boingo, but I've never watched any of their concert footage. This just adds to the legend. Unbelievable.
I'm a 16 year old. Mom raised me on boingo too. Thought the boingo elders would like to know its still being passed down. Incredible band, incredible performance, incredible music all the way.✊
Gonna be 26 in q few months, but discovered them on my own as young teen. They're still hands down one of my favs. Danny Elfman himself such an inspiration to me
I saw something on TV about bridget fonda last night and found this, I couldn't sleep all night, this concert kept running through my head! It's A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I was only 10 so they were a bit before my time, but I wish I had been at this concert
I'm a 2 year old. Thought the new gen of oingo's would like to know the infants, well - same!
Danny Elfman is a genius.
He is a genius!
I used to go to the Ritz in NYC earlier then this (1980'SH). In 1985 I was on a Navy ship in the Pacific, listening to Oingo Boingo on tape lol
Most definitely one of the best live performances. Danny's voice on Just Another Day is freaking awesome. All the songs rock and these guys are a truly gifted musicians. 80's music rules hands down.❤🎤🎶
Sound engineer did a great job
Johnny "Vatos" used to through down on the drums!!!! r.i.p. 🙏
wait hes dead
@@computerfighter2000 he's alive
yeah I know now this comment is from a while ago but thanks anyways 💀
@@computerfighter2000 sorry, didn't see the date
it’s okay!
Hadn't heard of this band til today - my shame/ loss ! They are on another level !
I saw something on TV about bridget fonda last night and found this, I couldn't sleep all night, this concert kept running through my head! It's A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I was only 10 so they were a bit before my time, but I wish I had been at this concert
i love how excited everyone is to be playing
Ive been jaming W / Oingo Boing since the beginning. I would love to see them live! Or Dead!!!! Preferably at a party. These guys are really good. We love Danny Elfman and his many works in TV and Movies. Thanks Man.
MAN!!! Danny Elfman is Scary but the music is really good!!!! Ive been An Oingo fan for many years. I play their songs contiuaslly all day on Halloween!!😮😢🎉
Thank you for doing god’s work.
No problem :)
That whole “without your head” bit during Grey Matter. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🥵
These versions of the songs are better than the studio recordings, faster paced. Now the album versions seem so slow. 🥱
Holy cow.. Incredible live performance. Amazing band. Those were the days...
What an absolutely phenomenal show. Unbelievable!
I was at this one somewhere down front. First of many shows that I went to at the Ritz. I still have the ticket stub from this one. December 20, 1985. Friday.
Que isso, que privilégio estar lá...
mostra aí essa relíquia
Danny feels every instrument. It’s cool to watch.
Everyone who got to go to that show is so lucky. Very jealous, if only I could go back in time. Amazing performance.
thank u so much i was so afraid it was gone forever 😭😭♥️
you're welcome!
Me too !!!
I discovered Oingo Boingo with “Little Girls” and the ‘Only A Lad’ album. I first saw them on their ‘Nothing To Fear’ tour. Then I saw them next ‘Dead Mans Party’ in the Santa Cruz arena. A couple more times after that. They remain my second favorite band after RUSH believe it or not!
2023 and enjoying one of my favorite bands! THANK YOU OINGO BOINGO!
Very upset I wasn’t alive in the 80s
The talent of Danny Elfman on stage and behind the scene movie scores is outstanding... Thanks for all the great music...
This is so awesome. Thanks for the upload. I wish I was old enough to know Oingo Boingo and to go to this concert. It looks radical and man, do they put on a show! To see early Danny Elfman performing like this, little did the world know what more he would give us later with his other works.
Thank you for uploading! Great live performance) In my opinion Danny was one of the best american vocalists in the 80s. I love his voice very much.
Hard agree. Danny is my number one vocal idol and I practice with his Boingo stuff all the time.
His and David G | Depeche Mode. Danny… genius
@@rudeboyspodcastme too. I’ve covered lots of Boingo/Elfman songs and my own original vocals are definitely inspired by this great artist!
Me too. His voice is so great. So iconic.
Wow! Best live performance ever? It's so good you might guess this is a great dub job. Excellent; they deserve more credit.
This is the only video of their lives I can find with good audio, thank you!!
Dislike.
I had no idea they were this good live. PLUS Eugene Levy on keytar
He is an absolute musical genius
The first time I saw them in a small club they all popped out of these huge jack in the boxes. It was insane
wish i was born early enough to see them live. oh well
One of the best live bands ever
I can't count how many times I've seen these guys.....great music, and they were always was soo much fun......got so into their shows.....always made me feel like I was part of the show..............
2023, I'm 71, and this is still my favorite band. Gave up on my fam, they just dont get it.
I had to come back to this. I watched this concert HEAVILY on UA-cam back in 2016-2017 (different channel). just another day is still the best of the best ♥️ 13:24-14:28
I am just now getting into Danny Elfman. Holy cow.
Well said, Brother!
Rare footage of Jack Skellington before he died. Incredible.
What a trip to have this pop up on YT feed. I saw them in Tallahassee in 1989 at Milk Bar. At the time, I didn't know what I was witnessing, which was genius energy. It was like he was inviting whole audience to join him on a surreal trip.
Thx for the post.
I’m blown away by this group. Nobody can sounds good Live??? I don’t buy it. They’re almost perfect.
I saw them live5 times. 3 times at Irvine Meadows, once at Pacific Amphitheater and once at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
HALLOWEEN SHOWS AT THE AMPITHEATER
@@wallisliss good times. The Irvine Meadows ( Verizon Amp ) was torn down a few years ago and homes were built. So sad... also they are tearing down the Laguna Hills mall for residential use...
I saw them so many times I can’t count. The ones you mentioned. The Palladium was the best, no seats, dance show. Even at the San Bernardino fairgrounds, Orange Show. Universal including the farewell show. Multiple Halloween shows in the same year. Have all my tickets somewhere.
Holy sugar they're good I had their album back in the 80s I should have seen them in LA too hope they tour sometime
Cara isso é que é música boa... espetacular... fenomenal... incrível... fantástica...me faltam palavras pra descrever o que sinto escutando Oingo Boingo... simplesmente sensacional!!!!!!!!
Absolutely TIGHT performance!!! They killed it!
yeah this is one of those bands that sound better live than on recordings for sure. I put RUSH on that list as well
I first saw Oingo Boingo in 1980, opening for XTC and The Police.
Unfortunately it was so early in their career they'd released only an EP with no radio exposure other than a few college stations that played an early version of Only a Lad. They were onstage less than 30 minutes.
I remember them as being charismatic and very tight, but - other than Only a Lad - without the memorable hooky songs that came soon afterward. I wish now I'd seen some of their later shows.
And XTC and The Police were at the top of their games. Great concert, although very sedate. This was San Diego at a venue with a traditional auditorium setup, cops in the wings and lobby, and a pretty tame crowd. SD had a great local club scene, but the major shows were usually very professional but a bit lifeless.
I own one of those “Cat” ep’s!
My first OB show was “Nothing To Fear”!
How lucky for you to see them before that.
I was struck with Vibin to the Beats
The Ritz was great. My best friends gf was the asst mng for awhile. They had tvs on the upper floors and vip lounge playing the show downstairs. Partied with joey ramone and ritchie stotts one night. Such great days!!!
Seeing the mastery evident here, and the energy, it easy to see how mkotob came to dominate television and cable soundtracks.
This is like impossibly tight, holy shit
I was going through a moment of musical boredom and boom! ... if this is not sublime I don't know what else it could be, I had a very great time, thanks!
I got an Oingo Boingo album, the sound is incredible, which this group had, they combine electric and acoustic that give a lot of energy to the songs. Without a doubt, these guys could have given more songs, it's a shame they broke up.
im addicted to weird science
Wow, I have become a fan within minutes. This is by far the best I have seen for a very long time!
This bassist kicks so much ass hahaha
Oingo Boingo and Devo, greatest bands to define the 80s