Only Ed and The Almost That's exactly what SNL needs - a middle finger. It's garbage now and should have been taken off the air in 1980 after most of the original 'Not Ready for Primetime Players" all left the show. SNL was only good from 1975 to 1979 when it was totally un-PC, edgy and just funny as hell.
Actually the record company. SNL was only upset because the song wasn’t the same length. It wasn’t part of the plan. Columbia wanted to push Less Than Zero. Elvis thought a song about a Brit fascist made no sense to an American audience.
I like Elvis Costello but I gotta say I think the only reason these comments are so positive is because he's a rocker. Can you imagine that he's a carpenter and Lorne Michaels hired him to place a wardrobe in his bedroom and instead of that he built kitchen cabinets in the bedroom? Everyone would be talking about what a dick move it was. Artist or not, he was hired to do a job, it wasnt his air time.
@@brandonjames2368 He may have had a reason to do what he did , but he accepted the gig. Also - Karen has racial overtones because it specifically reflects the actions of a white person.
When Elvis starts consistently looking just off camera in one direction, he's making eyecontact with Lorne Michaels who came down and stood just off camera, flipping off Elvis until the song ended. This is real. The attitude by the end is a response to what they're being given
You mean the Lorne that had real time contact with the director? The Lorne who could have cut to himself or anything really instead of letting it play? Good act, eh? Well played Lorne, well played.
Fun Fact: Elvis is one of only three people to have his ban from SNL lifted. He returned back in 1989. Mary Tyler Moore, hosting that night, introduced him by saying "He's Back!"
Legend has it that Lorne Michaels was just out of camera view, flipping EC the bird, absolutely seething that EC stuck it to him and NBC all in one totally punk move. I fucking LOVE Elvis for that, and everything else he's done. He is the epitome of an under the radar genius.
Listen to Elvis himself on the subject. This has been so blown out of proportion regarding Lorne Michaels. It was a fuck you to the record company, not SNL th-cam.com/video/cqKMyPeB5yQ/w-d-xo.htmlm30s
Iconic. Elvis might be the most underrated and underappreciated artist in the history of rock 'n roll. And what a kickass performance of a genuine classic. Nobody makes music like this anymore.
By doing their best version of a better song. I still can't see how NBC would have a problem with it. Cobain had to reach a lot higher to piss them off with Rape Me.
Rivers Cuomo himself made the Musical connection between Buddy Holly and Miss Mary Tyler Moore YEARS after Sonny Curtis of The Crickets Wrote the Theme to MTM's Show "Love Is All Around." And as if that weren't enough the Original Song by that same title appeared in 1967 by Reg Presley and The Troggs!😂😏🎤💃🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.
The announcer is Don Pardo, who I used to know many years ago (I worked at NBC in a grunt job). I had this on to drown out the leaf blowers outside the house, and was concentrating on something else when this song came on and I heard Don's voice. He being long deceased, I jumped out of my skin! Great guy, too. RIP, Don!
Pardo was loyal to NBC, even turning down an offer to continue announcing the original Price is Right when it moved to ABC. He had a lifetime contract with NBC.
That’s what happens when you have your songs on lock . They didn’t plan to do that switch but as soon as EC stopped the first song the band was ready to go into whatever their frontman said they were going to play .
Great version of Radio Radio and much quicker than the original. Pete Thomas really drives this version and great t-shirt which says Thanks Malc as the Pistols were originally booked to play but Malcolm screwed up the visas. The Ramones refused to step in as they famously said “we don’t substitute for anybody.”
Maybe Lorne Michaels wasn't flipping off Elvis, as someone else commented, but motioning for them to speed it up, which resulted in a great version of the song. I have no idea. Just speculating.
This kind of stuff happens with live TV. Musicians aren't actors and Elvis couldn't have cared less about sucking up to Lorne Michaels. Jimi Hendrix did the same when they switched songs mid-song when they were on the BBC in the 60s and got banned from the BBC for it. The Doors went on the Ed Sullivan show back in the 60s and Ed asked them to omit the word "higher" from Light My Fire because it supposedly was a drug reference. The Doors agreed then sang it as it was written and Ed popped a gasket and told them they would never do his show again to which Jim Morrison replied "we just did the Ed Sullivan show." It's not like they needed the exposure at that point.
the fact that he was going to perform "Less Than Zero" stopped it after 7 seconds decided in last minute to switch the song and with no preparation gave on of the best performances on snl history :) :) :)
I was 19 at the time this episode aired, and SNL had actual funny moments back then, so I was a regular viewer. The Sex Pistols were supposed to play that night, they didn't. I'd only read about Elvis Costello, probably in Creem or Hit Parader, who was supposedly this Angry Young Man and already considered a bit of an iconoclast. I remember being confused and amused by the song switch to Radio, Radio, thinking "this is a great fucking song." I went out and bought the album that week, and he gradually became one of my biggest songwriting influences.
@@michaelhall5429 yep they were offered but there visa had problems and then they asked the Ramones to perform in the show and they turned it down and regretted it because they never asked them again
@@MacgyverMike1that sucks, but at least it made a great story in the end. Weird that SNL wouldn't ever ask them back. They seem like the sort of band plenty of people who worked for SNL since then would've liked.
I saw Elivs Costello and the attractions a few times back in the 80"s. Incredible every time. My Aim is True is up there with the greatest albums of all times.
I saw them in Chicago at The Aragon in 1978. Mink Deville whom I like bragged about how much better he would be until Elvis came on and they were great. Peace Love and Understanding just came out. I saw him later he was ok but that night his band exploded.
Aaaaahhhh, the Miskel Spillman episode. Only us fossils will get THAT reference. Anyway, I was watching that night when he decided spontaneously to play a different song than the one SNL had on their schedule. Lorne Michaels stormed into Elvis' face and furiously threatened his career. Pissing off Lorne Michaels is already a heavenly act, but making his sorry *ss go ballistic is the stuff of sainthood.
I was in high school watching this. It was the greatest thing when EC switched up and scowled at Lorne Michaels throughout the song. It ranks below Dylan in Manchester telling the folkies to shove it as Robbie Robertson kicked off Like a Rolling Stone. But EC is in the same spirit here.
I'm glad this is still on TH-cam. My video of the Clash playing Straight to Hell on SNL, which I mixed with some cool interview clips, was up for a loooong time but it finally got taken down by the copyright nazis. 😢
That was a great performance. The best. ALL the TV viewers and live audience, didn't know anything else, they just saw a good band. Nobody cares about the producer flipping his nut backstage. And what's the point? Never believe the leaders trying to control you.
I remember watching this,buzzed,with my friend WD Hill,and dug it so much,we drove to Tower records on other side of Houston to buy the album. Excellent nite
You bought it that night? Tower Records was open at midnight in Houston in 1977? SNL aired at 11:30 here on the east coast, so probably 10:30 in Houston? And this was the second appearance of the night (according to Don Pardo) so it had to be at least 11:30 Houston time. Then the drive across town took some time.
We were really buzzed,so if you want minute by minute cant help ya,but straight shot on gulf freeway. A skill we honed going to river oaks for Rocky Horror almost every weekend to party from the outskirts of Harris Co
Like 22 hours,they closed couple hours to take inventory, clean,make deposits, ect. And i know this cause my nephew DJ worked there for a few years,till they opened one in Clear lake,then he went there in early 80s. Tower one of few places you could get vinyl album,and a cassette for under 10.00.
I’ve filling in with this band and they do this song and I did it in another band @80, and I’m thinking there’s something about this song that was major, today I remembered, Elvis was going on SNL live and Lorne Michaels told them that they could not play Radio Radio because higher ups didn’t like the message, so he said yeah, started another song and stopped and played it anyway. I remember seeing it live...... Michaels banned him for like 12 years from SNL
It’s a way more fun song! The energy is so much more intense. He called it! SNL should have been thrilled by the surprise. So much more dramatic. Great performance!
Bruce Thomas said in a podcast that EC's decision to switch songs mid-broadcast was pre-planned, which is why BT moves his fretboard hand into position BEFORE Costello announces Radio Radio.
I find it hilarious that Elvis Costello was banned from SNL for years due to one of the best musical performances in the history of Saturday Night Live.
Ed Sullivan to the Doors: "DON'T sing 'girl, we couldn't get much higher'!" They DO! Loren Micheals to Elvis Costello: "DON'T perform "radio radio"! They DO!
It was prepped. Steve set keyboard settings and put his hands on 1st chords of keys after LTZ stopped. Bruce put his bass fret hand on 1st position. Drummer looks to not have known.
The story I heard was that Elvis was asked not to play radio radio and Lorne Michaels was furious. Decades later on SNL The Beasrie Boys were playing Sabatage and seconds in Elvis appeared on stage and interrupted, saying g the same thing he said in 1977, then they broke into Radio Radio.
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial doing anything my radio advised with every one of those late night stations playing songs bringing tears to me eyes I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver when the switch broke 'cause it's old They're saying things that I can hardly believe. They really think we're getting out of control. [Chorus:] Radio is a sound salvation Radio is cleaning up the nation They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me. Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed You either shut up or get cut up; they don't wanna hear about it. It's only inches on the reel-to-reel. And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel [Chorus] Wonderful radio Marvelous radio Wonderful radio Radio, radio
08-25-23 Highly recommended: "Rough Notes ... and grainy images..." a memoir by Bruce Thomas [1948- ], E&TAs bass player; Rough Note Press [self-published] (2017 paperback).
I watched live that night and, of course, had no idea just how big a moment AND CONTROVERSIAL it was.
Same, was like, "huh?"
Elvis did it as a tribute to Hendrix..on the Lulu Show in '69. Look into it.
Same here.
The legendary middle finger to SNL.
I watched this live in '77...it was glorious!
First time I ever saw Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Absolutely blew me away.
Only Ed and The Almost That's exactly what SNL needs - a middle finger. It's garbage now and should have been taken off the air in 1980 after most of the original 'Not Ready for Primetime Players" all left the show. SNL was only good from 1975 to 1979 when it was totally un-PC, edgy and just funny as hell.
Actually the record company. SNL was only upset because the song wasn’t the same length. It wasn’t part of the plan. Columbia wanted to push Less Than Zero. Elvis thought a song about a Brit fascist made no sense to an American audience.
Elvis Costello only appeared on the show as a last- minute replacement for the Sex Pistols, who were denied visas to enter America.
Elvis Costello biting the hand that feeds him, and loving every second of it.
It still fed him... pure iron blood.
A true FU to the organizition !!!!!!!
Definition of Punk .
Exactly, punk AF from someone not associated w the 1st wave of punk...and walkin' not talkin' it
Never tell an artist what not to do.
I like Elvis Costello but I gotta say I think the only reason these comments are so positive is because he's a rocker. Can you imagine that he's a carpenter and Lorne Michaels hired him to place a wardrobe in his bedroom and instead of that he built kitchen cabinets in the bedroom? Everyone would be talking about what a dick move it was. Artist or not, he was hired to do a job, it wasnt his air time.
@@sinjyn66 KAREN ALERT!!!! EVERYONE!!! KAREN ALERT!!! Way to completely miss the reason Elvis did what he did on SNL, Karen.
@@brandonjames2368 He may have had a reason to do what he did , but he accepted the gig. Also - Karen has racial overtones because it specifically reflects the actions of a white person.
@@sinjyn66 Too bad .
Never tell em what to do either .
One of the most Rock n Roll moments ever televised....
Except that it's fucking 45 degrees off...
...along with Neil Young & Crazy Horse scorching the place with Rockin in the Free world in '89. Absolutely savage!
Nah, Fear playing SNL.
@@SRFDriver It has to be for NBC to not copyright strike it.
This is one of those takes where it's better than any other recording of it because it's actually done exactly how it was meant to be done
That’s why I love it so much. They did it so perfectly way better than the original recording. Bands should be better live
The little bit of Less Than Zero they played also sounded better than the studio version because it was faster.
That's what Dylan said about recording.
Totally agree
I was soooo disappointed when I heard the actual vinyl version. Way over processed with chorus etc..
Don Pardo intro, false start, and scorching Radio Radio. Then they walk off the stage. Rock n roll.
Absolutely goddamn right.
Well said.
Punk rock as hell, screw the rules!
When Elvis starts consistently looking just off camera in one direction, he's making eyecontact with Lorne Michaels who came down and stood just off camera, flipping off Elvis until the song ended. This is real. The attitude by the end is a response to what they're being given
"Don't let Lorne tell you he wasn't giving you the finger from behind the camera."
Bill Murray to Elvis at SNL's 25th.
I never knew that about this. Thank you @Bartholomeefamily
Truth is Lorne Micheals didn't Care , it Was th Recording co. THAT INSISTED , It , Great TV , LIVE It's Saturday night 🌌
You mean the Lorne that had real time contact with the director? The Lorne who could have cut to himself or anything really instead of letting it play? Good act, eh? Well played Lorne, well played.
I don’t see a point where Elvis starts “consistently” looking just off camera. Elvis recently said on Howard Stern that Lorne didn’t care at all.
Fun Fact: Elvis is one of only three people to have his ban from SNL lifted. He returned back in 1989. Mary Tyler Moore, hosting that night, introduced him by saying "He's Back!"
I wonder who the other two were!
The replacements and rage against the machine. But the singer from the replacements was later allowed to play again.
Incredible- gets better with age.
Legend has it that Lorne Michaels was just out of camera view, flipping EC the bird, absolutely seething that EC stuck it to him and NBC all in one totally punk move. I fucking LOVE Elvis for that, and everything else he's done. He is the epitome of an under the radar genius.
Wasn't THAT far under the radar. But for anyone with only a K-Mart radar, then yes, they might've missed him.
There are generations now who don't know his music. That's what I mean by under the radar.
Listen to Elvis himself on the subject. This has been so blown out of proportion regarding Lorne Michaels. It was a fuck you to the record company, not SNL
th-cam.com/video/cqKMyPeB5yQ/w-d-xo.htmlm30s
This was LIVE live on USA East Coast.
No 7 second delay, no cough button.
It really went out live and unbuffered.
1:50 Elvis kinda returning it to him here!
Legend has it that Loren Michaels held his middle finger up to Elvis through the whole performance.
When artists WERE anti-establishment.
Not shrouded in it.
Love how they walk out at the end like, "Yeah we're in trouble we're never coming back here."
Punk is WAY more than a musical genre; it's an attitude, a lifestyle.
They came back.
@@Patsy_Parisi
Not The Attractions.
They never set foot there again.
Iconic. Elvis might be the most underrated and underappreciated artist in the history of rock 'n roll. And what a kickass performance of a genuine classic. Nobody makes music like this anymore.
Song for song no one individually is better.
I saw this the night it happened. Love how he stuck it to NBC!!
By doing their best version of a better song. I still can't see how NBC would have a problem with it. Cobain had to reach a lot higher to piss them off with Rape Me.
Costello.. punk nerd before Rivers Cuomo! Underrated artist but I loved him every inch of him!
Buddy Holly did it first 😉
@@marlonrando9272 in Jesus' name, Amen
Rivers Cuomo himself made the Musical connection between Buddy Holly and Miss Mary Tyler Moore YEARS after Sonny Curtis of The Crickets Wrote the Theme to MTM's Show "Love Is All Around." And as if that weren't enough the Original Song by that same title appeared in 1967 by Reg Presley and The Troggs!😂😏🎤💃🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.
EC giving the stink eye to Lorne Michaels who's seething right in front of him.
I Love it!!! 😜😂🤣
I Love it 😝😂😂
I heard LM was giving EC the finger the whole time. Elvis went on to Stardom. Sorry, LM, AKA Dr Evil.
The announcer is Don Pardo, who I used to know many years ago (I worked at NBC in a grunt job). I had this on to drown out the leaf blowers outside the house, and was concentrating on something else when this song came on and I heard Don's voice. He being long deceased, I jumped out of my skin! Great guy, too. RIP, Don!
Pardo was loyal to NBC, even turning down an offer to continue announcing the original Price is Right when it moved to ABC. He had a lifetime contract with NBC.
I love the way the Attractions could switch from Less than Zero to Radio, Radio as if it were second nature.
They obviously rehearsed this a bunch lol
@@robertf614 in his book he said they actually didn't. It was spontaneous.
That’s what happens when you have your songs on lock . They didn’t plan to do that switch but as soon as EC stopped the first song the band was ready to go into whatever their frontman said they were going to play .
Probably helped that Less than Zero is in E Major and Radio, Radio is in F Major.
Great version of Radio Radio and much quicker than the original. Pete Thomas really drives this version and great t-shirt which says Thanks Malc as the Pistols were originally booked to play but Malcolm screwed up the visas. The Ramones refused to step in as they famously said “we don’t substitute for anybody.”
To be fair, drummers drive bands when they play live.
@@carlodave9 Agreed
Maybe Lorne Michaels wasn't flipping off Elvis, as someone else commented, but motioning for them to speed it up, which resulted in a great version of the song. I have no idea. Just speculating.
@@carlodave9 not here.
This kind of stuff happens with live TV. Musicians aren't actors and Elvis couldn't have cared less about sucking up to Lorne Michaels. Jimi Hendrix did the same when they switched songs mid-song when they were on the BBC in the 60s and got banned from the BBC for it. The Doors went on the Ed Sullivan show back in the 60s and Ed asked them to omit the word "higher" from Light My Fire because it supposedly was a drug reference. The Doors agreed then sang it as it was written and Ed popped a gasket and told them they would never do his show again to which Jim Morrison replied "we just did the Ed Sullivan show." It's not like they needed the exposure at that point.
And don't forget about Sinead O'Connor tearing a picture of the pope, time proved her courage.
Amazing to think, that iconic performance was on the Lulu show, when Lulu was a bigger name than Hendrix
The Doors did already The Ed Sullivan Show, did him real good 🤙🏽
@Elvis Costello If you are Elvis Costello… why are you not verified or a music account?
Sorry, but this is fake.
the fact that he was going to perform "Less Than Zero" stopped it after 7 seconds decided in last minute to switch the song and with no preparation gave on of the best performances on snl history :) :) :)
This is the essence of rock and roll. You goddamn right his aim is true.
I was 19 at the time this episode aired, and SNL had actual funny moments back then, so I was a regular viewer. The Sex Pistols were supposed to play that night, they didn't. I'd only read about Elvis Costello, probably in Creem or Hit Parader, who was supposedly this Angry Young Man and already considered a bit of an iconoclast. I remember being confused and amused by the song switch to Radio, Radio, thinking "this is a great fucking song." I went out and bought the album that week, and he gradually became one of my biggest songwriting influences.
I was 12. I was blown away by this. I remember seeing Devo on here too. Changed my whole take on music!
The Ramones were supposed to play that night to but turned it down
@@MacgyverMike1 the pistols I think. Some visa issue.
@@michaelhall5429 yep they were offered but there visa had problems and then they asked the Ramones to perform in the show and they turned it down and regretted it because they never asked them again
@@MacgyverMike1that sucks, but at least it made a great story in the end. Weird that SNL wouldn't ever ask them back. They seem like the sort of band plenty of people who worked for SNL since then would've liked.
I saw Elivs Costello and the attractions a few times back in the 80"s. Incredible every time. My Aim is True is up there with the greatest albums of all times.
That and This Year's Model.
Top 10 album, maybe top 5. Every song is perfect.
I saw them in Chicago at The Aragon in 1978. Mink Deville whom I like bragged about how much better he would be until Elvis came on and they were great. Peace Love and Understanding just came out. I saw him later he was ok but that night his band exploded.
Starting one song then switching to another ~~~~ *that* was a breathtaking moment of LIVE TV !!
Pissing off Lorne Michaels, the icon of pre-packaged, corporate "rebellion" is an utter delight.
And with this single act of defiance, Elvis became the most significant musician of of his age...
Aaaaahhhh, the Miskel Spillman episode. Only us fossils will get THAT reference. Anyway, I was watching that night when he decided spontaneously to play a different song than the one SNL had on their schedule. Lorne Michaels stormed into Elvis' face and furiously threatened his career. Pissing off Lorne Michaels is already a heavenly act, but making his sorry *ss go ballistic is the stuff of sainthood.
Saw Declan just this year (2023) and he still has "it". A most talented bloke.
I remember seeing this... first time I had ever seen Elvis
Same!
I was in high school watching this. It was the greatest thing when EC switched up and scowled at Lorne Michaels throughout the song. It ranks below Dylan in Manchester telling the folkies to shove it as Robbie Robertson kicked off Like a Rolling Stone. But EC is in the same spirit here.
Their drummer kicks ass
Meh
@@marlonrando9272 to be fair he really does, but this song isn't the most amazing showcase. listen to lipstick vogue. the attractions are a tight band
So does their bass player. Bruce Thomas is one of the greatest bass guitarists of all time. It’s a shame he and Elvis won’t work together anymore.
I'm glad this is still on TH-cam. My video of the Clash playing Straight to Hell on SNL, which I mixed with some cool interview clips, was up for a loooong time but it finally got taken down by the copyright nazis. 😢
I REMEMBER seeing that live, as a bleary eyed 7 or 8 year-old. It had an impact on me.
@@edwarddavison320 Aww, cool! Thanks
This has to be one of David Letterman's favorite videos.
I'm glad I was a kid in the 70's
Still the coolest ever SNL moment - along with Paul Simon in a turkey suit
That was a great performance. The best. ALL the TV viewers and live audience, didn't know anything else, they just saw a good band. Nobody cares about the producer flipping his nut backstage. And what's the point? Never believe the leaders trying to control you.
Real rock and roll, fired up by principle, conviction, congruent and true. Fuck yes. This is what it's all about.
saw this live as a teenager and was already a fan. I nearly jumped through the roof when he busted this out.
I actually remember watching this and thinking what the eff? And then loving it.
Boy, a few goose bumps on hearing that one again.
I first heard this on a compilation of live musical performances released in 1999 for SNL's 25th season. It still blows my mind.
I remember watching this,buzzed,with my friend WD Hill,and dug it so much,we drove to Tower records on other side of Houston to buy the album. Excellent nite
When I saw it as a kid I just assumed it was a clever gimmick because they switched so damn fast.
You bought it that night? Tower Records was open at midnight in Houston in 1977? SNL aired at 11:30 here on the east coast, so probably 10:30 in Houston? And this was the second appearance of the night (according to Don Pardo) so it had to be at least 11:30 Houston time. Then the drive across town took some time.
We were really buzzed,so if you want minute by minute cant help ya,but straight shot on gulf freeway. A skill we honed going to river oaks for Rocky Horror almost every weekend to party from the outskirts of Harris Co
@@chrissayre2124 I was just wondering if the store was open 24 hours, pointing out what time it must have been if you went there that night.
Like 22 hours,they closed couple hours to take inventory, clean,make deposits, ect. And i know this cause my nephew DJ worked there for a few years,till they opened one in Clear lake,then he went there in early 80s. Tower one of few places you could get vinyl album,and a cassette for under 10.00.
Great moment in music history
Kick butt performance! Love it!!!
Those bros were amazing duo one of THE BEST drum performances ever recorded... Thanks Man!
Don't take your eyes off him and you will see genius ....
@@johnmann281 And don`t overlook Bruce, one of the top bass players....according to many bass players.
Yes, killer drumming. But the whole band sounds good. @@sheikhyaboooty
Superbly perfectly crafted song. And performed just as well
I’ve filling in with this band and they do this song and I did it in another band @80, and I’m thinking there’s something about this song that was major, today I remembered, Elvis was going on SNL live and Lorne Michaels told them that they could not play Radio Radio because higher ups didn’t like the message, so he said yeah, started another song and stopped and played it anyway. I remember seeing it live...... Michaels banned him for like 12 years from SNL
It’s a way more fun song! The energy is so much more intense. He called it! SNL should have been thrilled by the surprise. So much more dramatic. Great performance!
I can just see the engineers in the control room throwing their headphones in rage yelling, "GODDAMMIT WE TOLD YOU NOT TO!!!!!!!!" Lmfao
なにかの洋楽の特集番組でこれを観たのがきっかけでコステロを聴いてた時期があります。RADIORADIO、大好きな曲です。一般的には、コステロはもっとダンディなおじさまという感じでしょうか？？？私はこの映像の印象が強すぎて…ちょっと変人ぽいイメージなんです笑。
Doing a song that you know will get you fired. THAT'S Rock and Roll.
I REALLY wish there was footage of Lorne when he realizes Elvis is going off script.
Best version out there
One of the HIGHPOINTS in television history
Absolutely brilliant!
Love them. Ridiculously great band!!
What a band !!!
He also knew Hendrix had done this same thing on national (BBC) tv
He may have even seen the show.
Bruce Thomas said in a podcast that EC's decision to switch songs mid-broadcast was pre-planned, which is why BT moves his fretboard hand into position BEFORE Costello announces Radio Radio.
Yup just proper 👌
Elvis Costco absolutely hates Bruce Thomas.. Period.. So sad..
Fucking awsome.
All they needed back then was the grunge pedal, pure punk rock 😎
カッコイイ!!!!
I find it hilarious that Elvis Costello was banned from SNL for years due to one of the best musical performances in the history of Saturday Night Live.
it's got a good beat to dance to.
This forever and ever, amen.
Rock history!
The organs are great in this
Lorne was rightfully pissed but it was on the 25th anniversary cd lol (Love Lorne and Elvis C)
So awesome 👏
Ladies and gentlemen this is what R&R is supposed to be.
He played at Long Beach High school............i know because my roommate told me that first year on tour!
awesome way to go costello
The Angry young nerd...
…in a very intelligent way
Ed Sullivan to the Doors: "DON'T sing 'girl, we couldn't get much higher'!" They DO!
Loren Micheals to Elvis Costello: "DON'T perform "radio radio"! They DO!
EC's record company told him they had to play "Less Than Zero" but he was right. Radio, Radio was a much better choice.
nobody in the states wouldve understood what less than zero was about
@@thewkovacs316: Agreed. The only Oswald the people in the US really know is Lee Harvey, not Oswald Mosley (who the song was about).
It was prepped.
Steve set keyboard settings and put his hands on 1st chords of keys after LTZ stopped.
Bruce put his bass fret hand on 1st position.
Drummer looks to not have known.
awesome
Goddamn this is a good song...
2:59 - Precursor to Nelson Muntz.
Legendary
Happy 67th Birthday Elvis✌
Thanks Malc
Tom and bert.....
Badass
Some times you just have to let things burn.
Dale loves this song
History that's great 👍
A televised minor revolution.
Legend.
The story I heard was that Elvis was asked not to play radio radio and Lorne Michaels was furious.
Decades later on SNL The Beasrie Boys were playing Sabatage and seconds in Elvis appeared on stage and interrupted, saying g the same thing he said in 1977, then they broke into Radio Radio.
Hendrix, Lulu Show, '69. Elvis was tributing Hendrix. Look into it.
#TodayInElvisCostelloHistory!
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial
doing anything my radio advised
with every one of those late night stations
playing songs bringing tears to me eyes
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver
when the switch broke 'cause it's old
They're saying things that I can hardly believe.
They really think we're getting out of control.
[Chorus:]
Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice
'cause they think that it's treason.
So you had better do as you are told.
You better listen to the radio.
I wanna bite the hand that feeds me.
I wanna bite that hand so badly.
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.
Some of my friends sit around every evening
and they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
and the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut up;
they don't wanna hear about it.
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel.
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel
[Chorus]
Wonderful radio
Marvelous radio
Wonderful radio
Radio, radio
YES , RADIO RADIO RADIO , 💪📻!!!!!
Right up there with The Doors on Ed Sullivan in 1967 and Lou Reed's album Metal Machine Music.
Blues Chewy I never really listened to this guy but I’m liking it. I can see how you say he is up there.
As opposed to The Rolling Stones, who gave in to Sullivan and changed the words for him.
before the internet all media was tightly controlled by a few
Declan in his prime.
Thx. Dirk.
08-25-23 Highly recommended: "Rough Notes ... and grainy images..." a memoir by Bruce Thomas [1948- ], E&TAs bass player; Rough Note Press [self-published] (2017 paperback).
This is the definition of punk fuckin rock!