The first time I ever heard Lucius was when they performed "Born Again Teen" here on The Late Show years ago; it stopped me in my tracks, I had to know who they were, and I have loved them ever since. Good Grief is one of my absolute favorite albums ever.

@michaelvenable6685

Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing because that’s exactly the same performance that I discovered them as well

I’m so glad they got to perform this on here! Love them

When they sing the word "dancing" in the chorus - it sounds just like Nancy Wilson of "Heart" singing. This is a solid song - well done!

@kellywelsch7235

Жыл бұрын

For sure! God, Heart is so good, such powerhouse singers. Lucius is a rare group, totally unique but also reminiscent of the greatest female vocalists

@Anonymous_Rhinoceros

2 ай бұрын

You should check out their song "White Lies" if you like the Heart vibes

@marshalbaek5580

2 ай бұрын

@@Anonymous_Rhinoceros Will do, thanks!

Can’t recommend them enough! Just saw them in Boston. This new album is amazing, as is Nudes, Good Grief, and Wildewoman. Just fantastic artists

On this day, hard one for the world in almost every way, KEEP DANCING! Love this song and the full band

Hell yeah !!!! Lookin and sounding great 💥💥💥

This looks, sounds and feels like something out of a New Year special of the swedish public television around 1986. And I love it.

So glad they’re getting the recognition they deserve. Just saw them in Portland, one the BEST live shows. Such sweet people and they’re vocals are insane! Get it Lucius!

@CumulusSkies

2 жыл бұрын

I too saw them in Portland @ Doug Fir Lounge, but years ago. They definitely DO put on a very fun show!

@ShaunyP26

2 жыл бұрын

Been a fan since the beginning. 100% agree.

This performance lives rent free in my head, for almost 2 years now! #LoveIt #DanceAroundIt 🗣️‼️💃🏽

Las amo

If you saw this live you might be impressed but whoever the sound engineer is here, he compressed and tuned the life out of the song.

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah blame him . Id have thought better of them if they sang in harmony. It's not the engineers fault

@marshalbaek5580

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh, really?... that bad?

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshalbaek5580 no one's talking about the elephant in the room

@marshalbaek5580

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinpanally51_36 Got it...thanks...yikes.😳

Saw Lucius as backgrounding at a Sheryl Crow show in 2019. And now, this song, with Sheryl backgrounding. Epic!

They aren't getting much love on this thread but I think they have a good sound!!

what a beautiful song - lucius deserve so much more attention - what a hymn of a song and a live song pearl🧡💚💜💜🤎

Adding this to my playlist!

S. C. É incrível 🔝

That's a lot of talent on one stage. Killer track, fantastic performance. And dueling keytars 🤘🤘

Love Lucius, looking forward to listening to the new album!

Thanks Stephen you have no idea what this means to their fans. You should go to one of their shows and see.

Wooohoooooo

Saw them in person last night (May 21 in St. Paul) with Celisse (who is a PHENOM, BTW--want to see much more of her!) and some lucky sparkly fans dancing on stage with them for this number. This TV appearance comes nowhere near capturing the energy that was in that room!

7 months later, I'm still really feeling this!

Wow, why so many negative reviews? I think they are great and I'll be humming this song for days. So what if you never heard of them before? They create a great mood and vibe.

@sixty-nine3574

2 жыл бұрын

Because they don’t sound very good and they look like they are trying way too hard

@heliotrope3345

2 жыл бұрын

To me, they sound good, especially for singing live. Singers never sound as good live as when they are recording in a studio because only in the studio can every sound be controlled so I imagine the recording of this is better.

@jimwilliams3816

2 жыл бұрын

Some posters are willing to say "not to my taste" and that's fair. IMO this was a good live spin on the recorded version, so I'm not feeling those complaints at all. Lucius are phenomenal vocalists, which is what keeps me coming back, and if you ever watched the acoustic Live at Newport version of Dusty Trails on KZread, you know what I mean...and you can see that Brandi Carlile (who's in Newport, and on the studio version of this song) thinks so too. I imagine Sheryl Crow feels the same. The people who are insisting that they are just no good are expressing their tastes as if they are immutable fact. I hate to say that I've seen a fair bit of KZread comment trolling of women artists appearing on late night shows lately. So if someone needs an endorsement from male musicians...I discovered them via their guest appearance on the War On Drugs latest album.

@heliotrope3345

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimwilliams3816 I agree, I think they are very good and am surprised by the negative comments on here about them.

@heliotrope3345

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimwilliams3816 Also, I actually prefer this live version much more than the recorded one.

What is up with the vocals? Who the heck is the sound engineer?

@fastmovingblip

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen them twice live in the last week, and highly recommend it - they’re amazing and the venue’s sound was a lot better.

@geobabe1964

2 жыл бұрын

@@jarsastical They're actually incredible live, there was just something off with the sound for this.

Four part unison.

Good song👍

Because you don't like the go-go boots? I like the retro boots.

I love this song! But I needs me some more Celisse. :)

@heliotrope3345

Жыл бұрын

LOVE the POWER in her voice!!!

I feel like I need to defend Lucius' honor. A lot of people seem to think this was an off performance. At least one person noted that late night music spots can be hard for artists to do quality control on -- but others have suggested that they are new or weak performers. They are neither. Someone else pointed to the White Lies live video they released a couple months ago as an example of how good they can be live, and I will second that. Colbert had COVID last week, and I could imagine that they had to do a fast reschedule with multiple musicians. I could also imagine that they might not have had much or any time to rehearse, or to do a thorough soundcheck. It can happen. Tom Petty played the No Nukes concert way back, but you won't find him in the movie, because he declined to be included. As I recall, he said the band was playing borrowed instruments, and I think maybe he said they had not been together for a while and hadn't had time to rehearse. I do remember his quote about it, which was approximately "a lot of people thought I was a c**t for pulling out, but it wasn't something I'd wanna see on late night tv for the rest of my life." So it goes sometimes.

Wow awesome

I have no idea who is who in this. Is Lucius the band, or the lead singers? Or are the lead singers guests of the band? This was confusing.

@johnwattdotca

2 жыл бұрын

I see you didn't get caught up in the emotion of it all. You missed the rehearsal.

@janina8559

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnwattdotca they rehearsed that 🤣🤣🤣

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

I guess it's the 4 piece band, and the singers have done bakcup work for others, including Crow

@johnwattdotca

2 жыл бұрын

@@janina8559 No... no... I was saying the first comment missed the rehearsal, or he would have gotten into the show.

Sheryl

MAYBE if the sound was decent I might like it some. Happens a lot on The Late Show music clips. Is it intentional or does their engineer suck?

Relaxing music reminding one of the Sirens. From The Odyssey.

They are good. This was not a good showcase for them. Sounded mediocre at best. Problem is production, not them.

I think they have a Lisa Stanfield/ Scissor Sisters vibe.

I love that they collaborate with Roger waters

if ABBA didn't exist...

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

And I wish Abba never did.

@amc6090

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinpanally51_36 too bad that they do so mediocre bands like these can copy them and pretend to be original.

Needed a sound check! NOT Sheryl Crow. Celisse is a positive addition as occaisional backup. Have experienced them LIVE at Trees in Dallas and at the Dallas Theatre. We'll be enjoying them Headlining at the aucoustically perfect Ryman Auditorium this Saturday in Nashville which will be AMAZING. Imma fan since firstsight on COLBERT "Born Again Teen" 2016. They're touring in support of Brandi Carlisle this summer.

I see by previous comments this performance hasn't gone over for everyone. For such a big celebration onstage, the song needed a cathartic moment, or a stronger line for a sing-along, also seeing the song as being weak. If Sheryl had got in there to sing why everyone should be having fun, it might have been well-done.

@janina8559

2 жыл бұрын

Sheryl should have done the song…alone! The other ladies aren’t even good enough to back her up!

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

@@janina8559 actually, I think they HAVE been her backup, as well as for many others

Is this some weird ABBA performance or am I high af right now? 😵‍💫

Got to love Jon and Louis, so charmingly uncomfortable with their glitzy keytars...

I don’t like this song that much, but saw a new song from Sheryl Crow the other day that was excellent. Would recommend checking that out.

@catwitdabigdog1642

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't seem like she added much to this song.

Later

those outfits be lookin like a snl sketch. i thought it was kristen wiig and aidy mackenzie doin a bit.

@minksseattle

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought too… Look like pajamas with suckers stuck to them 😂

For a dance song, that was one dull ass performance. Man, they looked like a police line up after a drag show got busted. People blaming the sound engineer for the weak voices but I don't know...the harmony was way off. *shrug* How embarrassing for them...😬

👍

Would have been much better if they weren’t so flat!?!? Otherwise it is catchy!

Though there is a place for pop and Abba-esque performance, Sheryl Crowe’s musical skill is wasted here.

Geeze Crimony! Don't you understand? It's about two people in love and their love is DYING. That's big and bad stuff. And they don't want to face the sad truth either.

No Thanks! C'mon Sheryl, what the hell are you thinking? 😑 lol

The 2 KeyTar players weren't even player. WTF

lol a bad lip sync at best

wtf is this? it's horrible. what's up, sheryl? smh

@bot.123

2 жыл бұрын

Dance It's in the lyrics. Ugh

Aweful

I'm no lyricist, but that was boring...

This song is so bad 👎 😫

I... NGL, not my favorite performance on the show. I could see the song being fine... but the lead singers weren't in tune with each other at all, and it just feels very Adult Contemporary without any real passion behind it? Like, something like when you had Sleater-Kinney on was one thing for raw, they're a Riot Grrl act who are all about the grungier post-rock scene. But this feels like it's intended to be a more produced pop sound, and it just... doesn't work here? Checking out some of their music videos, the girls have a great produced sound together, so maybe this was just an off night?

Terrible I had to stop the video

Wtf everyone singing in unison What's the point of Sheryl crow even being there did she owe them a favor .?

@JeffClaycrypto

2 жыл бұрын

Opposite

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

I think they've done backup for her

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

@@LindaC616 so she did them a favor using her name recognition. That's what I thought

@catwitdabigdog1642

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder the same. Nobody is singing lead for any of it.

Sheryl deserves better.

@thegreatcatsby409

2 жыл бұрын

Agree completely! But she look amazing 🤩

@danburnes722

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@minksseattle

2 жыл бұрын

Sheryl Crow backing up these two is sacrilege to any true Rocker. 😂

@mmurph

2 жыл бұрын

She's a legend and a great vocalist, but she's backing up these two girls that can't sing.

Please tell me that were not dumbing music down this far. I got my musicology degree at Costco... I have skills! Oh, love the pajamas too. Brilliant.

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

Your just noticing music is being dummied down ? Imo since since 1983

@marestarks

2 жыл бұрын

The entire band went to Berklee College of Music, and the reason Jess and Holly are so sought after by other performers to record backing vocals is that they are INCREDIBLE singers. Maybe you don't like this song/performance, but please check out their other stuff before you judge wholesale!

@jaykay1053

2 жыл бұрын

@@marestarks Yay, Berklee! I studied there and played in a small fusion band under Fred Lipsius of Blood, Sweat & Tears fame. He won the Grammy for best arrangement for “Spinning Wheel” (“what goes up, must come down...”) and was the alto sax player. (Check out BS&T if you want to hear amazing horns.) Funny, dry sense of humour guy with a rare but coy smile. Fred used to make us do weird things to tunes on the spot: change the key from major to minor, change time signature from 4/4 to 3/4... He kept me on my toes, making me sight read his sax lines from his arrangements! I’ll never forget it. It was truly an honour. Berklee is the best!

@heliotrope3345

Жыл бұрын

Give them another chance. Look at it this way: you've had a bad day, a bad life, everything that could go wrong is going wrong, you don't know how much longer you can keep this up, no one understands or even wants to, then you turn on the tv and they are singing this song and it just really feels like they are telling YOU to never give up, to just KEEP DANCING! That's why I love this song.

thats alot of woman

It just didn't hit me.. really..

Not digging it! Funny people get upset over people negative reviews..lol If it’s not good, it’s not good. I felt the performance was boring, outfits not working, and overall not the best performance from these talented people.

Yikes

Uhf.

The pre-recorded version is SO much better. These ladies didn’t sound so good live.

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's not saying much for their talent you can't cut it live your not a pro.

@jaykay1053

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinpanally51_36 But doesn’t the performance quality here rely heavily on production choices that are out of the control of the artists? i.e. T.V. vs concert production choices & equipment; example - perhaps out-of-tune vocals are caused by poor audio feed to the singers)

EEEW!!🤭

Sheryl should sing lead and ditch these backup wannabe’s. Sorry not impressed!

@sixty-nine3574

2 жыл бұрын

She does. As Sheryl crow. That’s why you know who she is dummy

That was🤔 Embarrassing? Painful? Beyond underwhelming? 😬

I’ve never heard of Lucius before… this is the first time I’ve seen them. I actually thought it was a comedy shtick when they first walked out in what looked like pajamas with suckers stuck to them. Then when they started to sing I was certain it was a joke, especially with the poorly choreographed steps. I was shocked to finally realize this is an actual serious group for many. Maybe I’m just getting old.?.

@lesrankin1767

2 жыл бұрын

They've unfortunately (for me) changed their approach and personnel dramatically from the version that grabbed me a few years ago. See how you go with this instead: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nX98ko-dhpfUac4.html&ab_channel=KEXP

@lesrankin1767

2 жыл бұрын

(Of course, the fact that we're both getting old remains..)

@minksseattle

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesrankin1767 appreciate you sending that link. Good to hear another version of their music. That wasn’t as comedic but I do feel maybe my age might be influencing my reaction to their style. I still don’t quite get the likes of Sheryl Crow backing up this group in the previous video. Coming from an old-school rocker it’s almost sacrilege. 😂 Just kidding, thanks again.

@tinpanally51_36

2 жыл бұрын

Here's the deal the contemporary music scene is so terrible .they sound good in comparison. Gen z and millennials don't have high expectations. Like us ok boomers . We know better. We've heard better.

@lesrankin1767

2 жыл бұрын

For the record, I'm 60 and I adore the "live at KEXP" set.

weak voices and it was not even live ^^

@janina8559

2 жыл бұрын

Bad dancing too!

@natedog4th

2 жыл бұрын

Go watch any other video of theirs. The white lies live video they just put out, or any version of Dusty Trails. Or this full concert. Their voices are definitely not weak. Not sure what’s going on with this recording, but they sound better normally. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYGt0ZlriZOzcps.html

@adua78

2 жыл бұрын

@@janina8559 I think they were attempting to be a little ironic.

Really don't like it. If it came out in the mid 80s it still wouldn't have turned heads. The sound also is quite blunt

I just turned in to see what Sheryl Crow was doing. Pj? That can’t be Sheryl. Boring slow singing. 🥱Lame choreography.🫤 Sheryl must be related, to have take a hit on her song choice.

…

Celebrate mediocrity

Yuk

love lucius generally, but not a fan of anything retro disco probably because I lived thru that mess the first time. so this album's not going to take with me and that's okay. most of their others have! but this performance was kind of awkward for a show closeout. it's not exactly the national tv exposure either jess and holly would look for, but that's life at network tv. definitely an engineering disconnect as well, but that's not unusual for talk show musical performances. they'll get better at this the more practice they get on bigger stages. a lot of bigger acts don't like doing shows like this for a reason. too much out of their creative control.

@PenaltyKillah

9 ай бұрын

Ah well, that's life like you said :) This song is actually my introduction to Lucius, if you don't count their guest vocals on Brandi's You and Me on the Rock. Any exposure for an artist is good exposure, but I get wanting one's fave act to hit it big with songs one actually loves.

I... NGL, not my favorite performance on the show. I could see the song being fine... but the lead singers weren't in tune with each other at all, and it just feels very Adult Contemporary without any real passion behind it? Like, something like when you had Sleater-Kinney on was one thing for raw, they're a Riot Grrl act who are all about the grungier post-rock scene. But this feels like it's intended to be a more produced pop sound, and it just... doesn't work here? Checking out some of their music videos, the girls have a great produced sound together, so maybe this was just an off night?

@JeffClaycrypto

2 жыл бұрын

Listen to the new album all the way through. yes

@natedog4th

2 жыл бұрын

Give this concert a listen. They’re normally amazing live. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYGt0ZlriZOzcps.html