Several weeks prior to this performance my girlfriend and I went to the old RCKNDY music venue in Portland, Oregon to see Soul Asylum with the Lemonheads and the Jayhawks. My girlfriend was all giddy about seeing Evan Dando perform. When we got there the Jayhawks were already onstage and we made a beeline for the beer garden. While I was waiting to place an order she tapped me on the shoulder with some urgency and whispered very loudly in my ear: “Oh, my God! He’s right behind us!” Sure enough, standing at the edge of the beer garden with a brew in one hand and a cigarette in the other was Evan Dando. He was bopping his head to the music with the loopiest grin on his face and as Jehovah is my witness, wearing the same outfit that he wore on Letterman- complete with that brightly-colored faux-fur parka. She even bummed a smoke off of him which he gladly gave up and continued grooving to the Jayhawks. Later on the Lemonheads tore up the stage with a stellar performance that help set the tone for Soul Asylum. True story. Honest.
@@gar137 I ran away to Hollywood in 96 when I was 16. I used to see pat smear walking along sunset Blvd all the time with his gf. Would say hi pat and he always smiled and said hi back. Once I was deep down Melrose waking one night at like 4am and saw Beck with a back pack on walking with a friend. Didn't say shit. Hollywood was weird back then. Had lots of weird encounters with men trying to hook up with me. The weirdest encounter was I was waking by Tower records and this well dressed guy got locked out of his car and I helped him get into it with a coat hanger. For some reason I ended up at his house and he was in the music business and told me how Kurt Cobain was bi and had seen him giving a guy head. Thank God I ended up just hanging out and he drove me home in one piece. On a lighter note I used to give this homeless guy who I would see all over West Hollywood money to buy me porn magazines.
Rosanne youre a fucking hollywood legend my friend. What a cool ass story!! You ever thought about telling em and uploading the stories to TH-cam? Id sure subscribe haha
100% ...he is so underrated...and in terms of writing perfect pop rock that has a soul...he was on a par with Kurt Cobain during this era, but overlooked in terms of his original songs
@@thefeeps No one is underrated or overrated just because you happen to like them more than others. Thats not how it works. You dont get to decide "ratings" for just things you think are good.
"Right before music got really bad and the internet." Yet here we are viewing it on the internet watching it. And thanks to You Tube we can again see great stuff like this. But yeah, Matterhune, I'll agree that most modern stuff is disposable cr@p. My now 75-year-old father calls the 1990s "The last great era of music" (secretly he liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.) Some good bands emerged in the early 2000s: White Stripes, early Coldplay, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, etc. But much of today's stuff makes atrocities like "We Built This City", "Disco Duck", "Escape, the Pina Colada Song", "Kokomo", "Don't Worry, Be Happy", and "We Didn't Start the Fire" seem downright tolerable.
This is why the 90s were dope. On a random Tuesday night you could turn on Letterman or Conan and sometimes even the Tonight Show and get a band like this playing live in your living room. F_ckin' magic.
The test of time. This song endures. One of the best since the birth of rock and roll. And I'm so old my first rock song I ever heard was I Want to Hold Your Hand. The first thing on the radio that got my attention was Hey Jude, in 1968. Dando is fiercely underrated.
This is my all-time favourite version! What a great time in music ‘92 was. Letterman had all the best bands on weekly. I saw Nirvana in Melbourne Australia in January ‘92 and for me that was where it all began.
I got to meet Evan in a record store in Rockville MD of all places. He was so cool! He commented on a Stevie wonder song that was playing. Then he said I’m about to play an acoustic performance. He recommended me to get up close because he would be using no amplification. Awesome set he played!
Being a late boomer, I consider the 70's/80's/90's the music of my life. The innocence of my youth, the blast of my twenties, the darkness of my thirties. I can pinpoint my whole life during that time in tunes. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
I wanna time travel back to the summer of my youth- all the mystery's and the adventures ahead- and nothing in between but a fools lust for living an entire life in just one moment
I like to believe we all get that time of great art/music. Many had the 50’s (Elvis, Berry) then the 60’s. Skip a few decades and the late 80’s to the 90’s came. Amazing. I’m hoping this magic happens again soon for the kids growing up today.
The sentiment in this song is rich and heavy with the tragic grain of everyday life, the compassion we have for people we don’t know well enough to save. I’ve known so many who’ve taken their own lives after drifting away socially. Like he says in the song, I remember faces.
By save, do you mean Jesus saves? How can you know so many who take their own lives? Are you a social worker? I don't trust anything you say, but I'm skeptical.
@ I am an atheist. By save, I mean somehow keep from spiraling out of this world. As for the people I know who’ve done it, I guess I owe it to them to at least say their names, as is done in the song, and I have to thank you for prompting me to do it: Tony. Eric. Marusela. Matt. John. Greg. Ellen. All so young. A real shame about them.
One friend knew some girls from a town over, we went and picked them up. Another friend had a brother in college radio and put in a tape. First song was the first time any of us heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. We drove around, 3 guys and 3 girls in my big Olds and listened to the song over and over all night and life was never the same again.
Haven't seen a CD long box in forever. Wonder if Dave still has all his CDs, if he got 'em signed or if he gave them away to staff. Attended a few Letterman tapings way back. Two old studio, one at Ed Sullivan theater, one anniversary show at Radio City Music Hall. Roy Orbison performed during one.
I knew we were on to something special. I grew up in the 70s and had a pretty good perspective on rock music by the 90s. So when Nirvana etc kicked things off in 1991, I was loving it. I knew it was extraordinary.
Obviously a fun day for all on stage....great stuff. Reminds me of some good good times,playing with my first band,when i was 14 or 15 years old. Turned 50 rec3ntly🎉🤯🥳🤷🙄....time DOES fly🛸when you re having fun. 😊🖐️😽
Good live version. Evan got caught up in the moment and elevated his vocal performance to the moment. Any back story as to why Dave Ryan wasn't drumming on this? Seconding the house band into layering acoutstics over the SG & Mashall fleshed out the sound much like the album version. Paul Shaffer clearly loving life getting out from behing his keyboard set up.
Im here because i too am curious about the intro of the song Alapaap by Eraserheads..it really sounded the same..oh man..pinagtagpi tagpi nga nila pagka compose ng song taken from different songs..what the...anyhow, how i wish noon ko pa nalaman..but they are still one of my favorite filipino rock band. Cheers
how many acoustic guitars does one song need? apparently 1, 2, 3 and then the additional electric rhythm, so . . . many. many, many, MANY acoustic guitars all doing the same part. I can imagine the sound mixer just going "What. How many you want? Three? Three big-body acoustic guitars . . . all doing the same part? And where do you suggest I place these guitars in the mix? Just everywhere? Check. Gotcha. It'll be great." moderation and musical temperance -- not something the early '90s were famous for. probably beats Cyndi Lauper, though. (though not if she's doing _Time After Time,_ that song fucking rules, man!!)
Ever wondered about the magic behind "It's A Shame About Ray"? Get the inside scoop from Bruce Robb himself as he details the recording process in a fresh interview on "Produce Like A Pro" shot at #CherokeeStudios th-cam.com/video/r3_EhLy3iqY/w-d-xo.html
It’s a Shame About Ray Lyrics I've never been too good with names The cellar door was open, I could never stay away I know it's probably not my place It's either-or, I'm hoping for a simple way of saying It's a shame about Ray In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved Some things need to go away It's a shame about Ray (Put it away) If I make it through today I'll know tomorrow, not to leave my feelings out on display I'll put the cobwebs back in place I've never been too good with names, but I remember faces It's a shame about Ray In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved Some things need to go away (shame, shame) It's a shame about Ray (Put it away) Source: Musixmatch
I had this song on a constant loop when it came out and it is still in my top 10 favorites. Evan was in top form vocally in this performance and it's the best live version I've seen on TH-cam. The only downside is Paul Shaffer and the band ruined the moment when they tried to sing "Raaaaaaaaaay" between verses. They sounded like a bunch of kids going through puberty.
She is married to Paul Simon who wrote Ms. Robinson, so kind of teasing him by eluding his wife is a great/better song writer. Plus Evan really respects female singer/songwriters.
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Several weeks prior to this performance my girlfriend and I went to the old RCKNDY music venue in Portland, Oregon to see Soul Asylum with the Lemonheads and the Jayhawks. My girlfriend was all giddy about seeing Evan Dando perform. When we got there the Jayhawks were already onstage and we made a beeline for the beer garden. While I was waiting to place an order she tapped me on the shoulder with some urgency and whispered very loudly in my ear: “Oh, my God! He’s right behind us!” Sure enough, standing at the edge of the beer garden with a brew in one hand and a cigarette in the other was Evan Dando. He was bopping his head to the music with the loopiest grin on his face and as Jehovah is my witness, wearing the same outfit that he wore on Letterman- complete with that brightly-colored faux-fur parka. She even bummed a smoke off of him which he gladly gave up and continued grooving to the Jayhawks. Later on the Lemonheads tore up the stage with a stellar performance that help set the tone for Soul Asylum. True story. Honest.
Did He behave himself, as 'The SHADOWS' were There Too and we need to be Human and Friendly...
😂
Thanks for that little glimpse of your life
@@RoseanneSeason7 it’s all I have left in this world. That and the time I saw Tony Randall at an airport.
@@gar137 I ran away to Hollywood in 96 when I was 16. I used to see pat smear walking along sunset Blvd all the time with his gf. Would say hi pat and he always smiled and said hi back. Once I was deep down Melrose waking one night at like 4am and saw Beck with a back pack on walking with a friend. Didn't say shit. Hollywood was weird back then. Had lots of weird encounters with men trying to hook up with me. The weirdest encounter was I was waking by Tower records and this well dressed guy got locked out of his car and I helped him get into it with a coat hanger. For some reason I ended up at his house and he was in the music business and told me how Kurt Cobain was bi and had seen him giving a guy head. Thank God I ended up just hanging out and he drove me home in one piece. On a lighter note I used to give this homeless guy who I would see all over West Hollywood money to buy me porn magazines.
Rosanne youre a fucking hollywood legend my friend. What a cool ass story!! You ever thought about telling em and uploading the stories to TH-cam? Id sure subscribe haha
Evan was blessed with a great smooth voice - one of the best of his generation.
100% ...he is so underrated...and in terms of writing perfect pop rock that has a soul...he was on a par with Kurt Cobain during this era, but overlooked in terms of his original songs
@@thefeeps No one is underrated or overrated just because you happen to like them more than others. Thats not how it works. You dont get to decide "ratings" for just things you think are good.
@@avidadolaresyeah it is. yes they do.
@@thefeeps Please stop the underrated proclamations.
Frankly, this is one of the best songs ever and this live performance is truly and plainly amazing.
Frankly one of the best power pop albums of all time
Well said
Its a good song... but the best ever? I think theres a ton of songs you havent heard then.
Absolutely… such a great song… best version I’ve heard, much better than off the album.
Haha! 😂
This was such an incredible time to be alive. Right before music got really bad and the internet. The end of an era. Letterman was the best.
lol
1990-1995 was the best era of music...
@@hazysativa3045 A great era, I'll agree. I was born in '77 so I grew up on this stuff.
I think I worked with his dad at a law firm in the 80s in Boston.
"Right before music got really bad and the internet." Yet here we are viewing it on the internet watching it. And thanks to You Tube we can again see great stuff like this. But yeah, Matterhune, I'll agree that most modern stuff is disposable cr@p. My now 75-year-old father calls the 1990s "The last great era of music" (secretly he liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.) Some good bands emerged in the early 2000s: White Stripes, early Coldplay, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, etc.
But much of today's stuff makes atrocities like "We Built This City", "Disco Duck", "Escape, the Pina Colada Song", "Kokomo", "Don't Worry, Be Happy", and "We Didn't Start the Fire" seem downright tolerable.
Back in the days, when i was young
I'm not a kid anymore
But some days, I sit and wish I was a kid again
Why? Do you have regrets?
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji no do YOU
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji no, do YOU
@@leslierobertson1823 too many
@@LasseIndonesisch-nh2ji Amen to that!
This is why the 90s were dope. On a random Tuesday night you could turn on Letterman or Conan and sometimes even the Tonight Show and get a band like this playing live in your living room. F_ckin' magic.
im already 47years old but im still listening to the lemonheads song..❤❤❤great cool band.
I'm 71 and still listening to them. Great songs are timeless.
I’m 46. I would have been about 16 / 17 when this song came out. Takes me back to a more carefree time
@@charleswhite9242 47 y/o here and I feel the same way.
Only 47!
Same age. Saw all these awesome bands. Feel like my parents lol
"you're just the guy to give it to me" the right answer to Dave questioning the way he dresses.
The test of time. This song endures. One of the best since the birth of rock and roll. And I'm so old my first rock song I ever heard was I Want to Hold Your Hand. The first thing on the radio that got my attention was Hey Jude, in 1968. Dando is fiercely underrated.
Agreed.. Hes got loadsa little "beatles-y" sounding chord progressions...he's got a hell of a way with melody.
His phrasing and how he can subtly change a melody is so interesting.
Snowblind?? Love that song!!
definitely in the top 10 performances on the geek's show.
Letterman had the best musical taste of all the late nights in that era, Ryan Adams, Lemonheads, Peter Case, etc
This is my all-time favourite version! What a great time in music ‘92 was. Letterman had all the best bands on weekly. I saw Nirvana in Melbourne Australia in January ‘92 and for me that was where it all began.
I got to meet Evan in a record store in Rockville MD of all places. He was so cool! He commented on a Stevie wonder song that was playing. Then he said I’m about to play an acoustic performance. He recommended me to get up close because he would be using no amplification. Awesome set he played!
Great performance, cool harmonies with vocals and guitars, lots of nice nuances for a live performance.
Dando is a stoned out fool! Love it.
Always
Dave had THE best music, bands you rarely got to see on tv then.
Awesome Love Classic Late night & Paul Schaeffer was playing guitar even.
1992= one of the BEST years ever!!
The early 90s was like no other experience, just pure magic.😊
I just saw The Lemonheads last week and it ruled.
Being a late boomer, I consider the 70's/80's/90's the music of my life. The innocence of my youth, the blast of my twenties, the darkness of my thirties. I can pinpoint my whole life during that time in tunes. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
Well said. As an elder millenial at 42, the same musical decades shaped my life. I can relate to those periods in the way you described.
Dang! Evan's voice! Born with a gift.
I wanna time travel back to the summer of my youth- all the mystery's and the adventures ahead- and nothing in between but a fools lust for living an entire life in just one moment
David Letterman and Evan Dando equal comedy gold!
One of the most perfect and beautiful albums of all time.
Summer of 93, turned 16.
Had some incredible music coming out everyDAY!
Like literally fr Sep91-Sep95?
An epic new album bye some cool band EVERY WEEK
I like to believe we all get that time of great art/music. Many had the 50’s (Elvis, Berry) then the 60’s. Skip a few decades and the late 80’s to the 90’s came. Amazing. I’m hoping this magic happens again soon for the kids growing up today.
great banter tbh
This make me so happy. 💓
such a great performance. i love how he really belts it in the chorus
David Letterman, the best. Great song, great band.
My theme song for the 90’s. I jammed it SO many times with many different people and bands. Acoustic and electric.
The sentiment in this song is rich and heavy with the tragic grain of everyday life, the compassion we have for people we don’t know well enough to save. I’ve known so many who’ve taken their own lives after drifting away socially. Like he says in the song, I remember faces.
By save, do you mean Jesus saves? How can you know so many who take their own lives? Are you a social worker? I don't trust anything you say, but I'm skeptical.
@ I am an atheist. By save, I mean somehow keep from spiraling out of this world. As for the people I know who’ve done it, I guess I owe it to them to at least say their names, as is done in the song, and I have to thank you for prompting me to do it: Tony. Eric. Marusela. Matt. John. Greg. Ellen.
All so young. A real shame about them.
Wow. That's it. You nailed it beautifully.
Nice request Dave
I forgot how good these where, this is a good live performance
I bet this would have been a cool era to grow up in.
It was magical. I lived it as a kid
Amazing era. But I am biased.
@@davidmoss9461 me too.Saw these guys live.
One friend knew some girls from a town over, we went and picked them up. Another friend had a brother in college radio and put in a tape. First song was the first time any of us heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. We drove around, 3 guys and 3 girls in my big Olds and listened to the song over and over all night and life was never the same again.
@@namtilal great memories CB. I remember Nirvana came to my town and I didn`t go. I wish I did.
Matched Letterman on the sarcasm scale! (Great music, too!)
The SOUND MIX is PERFECT!
love that song!!!
Haven't seen a CD long box in forever. Wonder if Dave still has all his CDs, if he got 'em signed or if he gave them away to staff. Attended a few Letterman tapings way back. Two old studio, one at Ed Sullivan theater, one anniversary show at Radio City Music Hall. Roy Orbison performed during one.
LOVE THIS SONG🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🎙 The GROG SHOP COVENTRY, IN CLEVELAND 🎙
Brings me back to my college radio days...when this came out i had a roommate named Ray, this became his song...WNYO rocks.
Wow! I owned this album on CD and had the Mrs Robinson cass-single.
I think I still have this cd. Good stuff.
the house band contribution was perfect.
Schaefer and his crew could play with ANYBODY.....a great fuckin band.
Criminally underrated band from the 90's.... two seminal albums It's A Same About Ray and Come On Feel the Lemonheads
Always loved this song.
always found it very cool & satisfying that ED wore an Eastern Dark t shirt ..
I didn’t appreciate what we had until it was gone.
None of us do
I knew we were on to something special. I grew up in the 70s and had a pretty good perspective on rock music by the 90s. So when Nirvana etc kicked things off in 1991, I was loving it. I knew it was extraordinary.
Oh, to be young and beautiful again....
That performance is absolutely amazing!!
Obviously a fun day for all on stage....great stuff. Reminds me of some good good times,playing with my first band,when i was 14 or 15 years old. Turned 50 rec3ntly🎉🤯🥳🤷🙄....time DOES fly🛸when you re having fun. 😊🖐️😽
Proto Grunge. We all miss you, Ray.
Amazing!!!
December 92 ? second year at the university. what i would do to revisit December 92
Me, too! I was seven. Great times😂
Same with me, second year at University in 1992. If I only knew then what I know now.
Superb selection❗❣
My all time favorite band that has heads on their name.
Dave had such great taste in bands.
That is one hell of a performance. Wow
Who else misses Letterman in 2024? When late night was entertaining.
I do. Late night was dying when Letterman retired, but it flatlined with the exits of Conan O'Brian and Craig Ferguson.
I was a year out of high school when this was released. What a great time for music and Rocks last gasp.
cool tune, probably a good choice to switch it at the last moment, keeps things fresh that way.
Good live version. Evan got caught up in the moment and elevated his vocal performance to the moment.
Any back story as to why Dave Ryan wasn't drumming on this?
Seconding the house band into layering acoutstics over the SG & Mashall fleshed out the sound much like the album version.
Paul Shaffer clearly loving life getting out from behing his keyboard set up.
Im here because i too am curious about the intro of the song Alapaap by Eraserheads..it really sounded the same..oh man..pinagtagpi tagpi nga nila pagka compose ng song taken from different songs..what the...anyhow, how i wish noon ko pa nalaman..but they are still one of my favorite filipino rock band. Cheers
A video EXACTLY for me!
This is a GREAT live perfomance. Why is it live sound started to decline on tv after the 90's?
Aaaaarh!!! I love this more than peanut butter!!!!
Such a good song that will always be a good song till the end of time 🎸
Cool band
OMFG.
I dont understand why they wouldnt do their own song , history has decided 🙂
The guitar work on this album is sadly underrated.
that whole album was great... bit part , rudderless....
3:52 mosquitos at my terrace in the evening
great magician's hoodie too tbh
Killer song
I think I worked with his father at a law firm in the 80s in Boston.
how many acoustic guitars does one song need?
apparently 1, 2, 3 and then the additional electric rhythm, so . . . many. many, many, MANY acoustic guitars all doing the same part.
I can imagine the sound mixer just going "What. How many you want? Three? Three big-body acoustic guitars . . . all doing the same part? And where do you suggest I place these guitars in the mix? Just everywhere? Check. Gotcha. It'll be great."
moderation and musical temperance -- not something the early '90s were famous for. probably beats Cyndi Lauper, though.
(though not if she's doing _Time After Time,_ that song fucking rules, man!!)
even Paul playing guitar.
If you think they are all doing the same part, please get your ears checked.
Vastly underrated
Evan dando is a awesome musician and a genius songwriter
Ever wondered about the magic behind "It's A Shame About Ray"? Get the inside scoop from Bruce Robb himself as he details the recording process in a fresh interview on "Produce Like A Pro" shot at #CherokeeStudios th-cam.com/video/r3_EhLy3iqY/w-d-xo.html
"some things need to go away..."
It’s a Shame About Ray
Lyrics
I've never been too good with names
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away
I know it's probably not my place
It's either-or, I'm hoping for a simple way of saying
It's a shame about Ray
In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved
Some things need to go away
It's a shame about Ray
(Put it away)
If I make it through today
I'll know tomorrow, not to leave my feelings out on display
I'll put the cobwebs back in place
I've never been too good with names, but I remember faces
It's a shame about Ray
In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved
Some things need to go away (shame, shame)
It's a shame about Ray
(Put it away)
Source: Musixmatch
“You’re just the one to give it to me”
hilarious
Omg yes
These chords were quickly ripped by Dave Grohl and Courtney Love with Learn to Fly and Awful
"Peace, dammit!"
I didn’t know Paul played guitar!!
Letterman was the goat
Seems like yesterday
December 1992
Was this about Ray Sharkey?
The Lemonheads at their best were lightning in a bottle
🌹
I had this song on a constant loop when it came out and it is still in my top 10 favorites. Evan was in top form vocally in this performance and it's the best live version I've seen on TH-cam. The only downside is Paul Shaffer and the band ruined the moment when they tried to sing "Raaaaaaaaaay" between verses. They sounded like a bunch of kids going through puberty.
They were dragging it out intentionally... even Evan was singing it that way. It's art.
That "The Eastern Dark" shirt....
Evan was clearly a teenage fan club fan when he write this
He was still doing the rock thing like from Lovey.
Evan became what Costello lost.
does anyone know what evan's reference to to edie brickell is about?
She is married to Paul Simon who wrote Ms. Robinson, so kind of teasing him by eluding his wife is a great/better song writer. Plus Evan really respects female singer/songwriters.
@@emmagarrard4841 Sounds like a feminist spin
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