The bass player has never failed to start a lawnmower on the first try.

@walker1tnranger

Жыл бұрын

good to see you here NCS!

@victorcobane6644

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see you appreciating this great song! I love TRG!

@mustardpuddle

Жыл бұрын

Matt is a legend. Shame he left, but Mikey and Scott have been wonderful too.

@Guitarguy0522

Жыл бұрын

I’m literally dying from that comment lmfao

@TylerP9999

Жыл бұрын

hahahah

One guy in a gas station shirt. One guy in flannel. One guy in a 70s t-shirt over a long sleeve. The 90s were great.

@breakdownbilly4949

Жыл бұрын

And the drummer in a classic 90's silk button down.

@samanthavantassell2046

Жыл бұрын

Reductive

@onit413

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthavantassell2046 exactly just cuz they fits were “cool” to u doesn’t mean the 90’s were great op is a clown

@deedeekreep9139

Жыл бұрын

@@breakdownbilly4949 with green hair

@wadesuhr

Жыл бұрын

John Ritter ringer t-shirt

For those who don't know, Rivers just had an operation done to correct one of his legs being longer than the other. Hence the oversized pants to attempt to cover the brace on his leg. I also read somewhere that Matt (bass player) went all out with the energy in this performance to help draw the attention away from Rivers, who was in pain and embarrassed to have the brace on. Regardless they sounded fantastic, legendary performance.

@hotfuzz4416

Жыл бұрын

Aww that's friends right there.

@truthseeker7233

Жыл бұрын

Regardless of what was going on he friggen was Lazer focused You can tell there's some nerves there

@cat-le1hf

Жыл бұрын

i would've just rocked the brace openly just to flex on everyone 😂 but we all get self-conscious about dumb things so i can't blame him

@rrivers1013

Жыл бұрын

Well it worked! Usually I just stare at Rivers he’s a doll-bass player rocked it!

@Malletdude31

Жыл бұрын

I kind of like how Rivers is just standing there awkwardly. Kind of adds to the charm of the song.

“I just hope those boys aren’t neglecting their studies.” Rivers really took that comment to heart.

@throwawayavclubber7269

Жыл бұрын

"Gosh, I better go to Harvard! Thanks for the talk, Dave and Paul!"

@kellymcphaul2793

Жыл бұрын

HA. Nice one.

@Defensor_Libertatis

Жыл бұрын

-Rivers will remember that.

If anyone is curious as to the context of this performance: Weezer was set to perform on Letterman's show after Rivers Cuomo had surgery to extend one of his legs 2" to match the other one. This occurred while he was enrolled at Harvard and going through a bit of a crisis, wondering if being a rock star was for him. This was also when he was in the process of writing Weezer's second album "Pinkerton," which focuses heavily on his personal crisis with both his career choice and personal romantic life. During the performance, you can see Rivers is standing quite still, and that's because his leg is in a brace under his pants. Before the show, Rivers reportedly asked his band members to move around a lot and make a scene so hopefully people wouldn't focus on him. Matt Sharp clearly cranked it up to 11 during the performance! The result is a classic performance, and one of interesting timing in the history of Weezer.

@keithramsey2505

Жыл бұрын

Epic performance. And agreed. Matt Sharp brought it!

@cristescuandrei921

Жыл бұрын

Kinda made me cry how they had his back, so, so beautiful!

@sydneyhiphophead5407

Жыл бұрын

If anyone is interested? Geezuz, i always thought this performance went hard and i always come back to it to witness the buck wild shenanigans of this clip, and now you've just peeled the onion and given me an easter egg to feast on. Thankyou!

@Kruppt808

Жыл бұрын

Ty for great info

@gustavoadolfolujanmoreno6279

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. He does have the Harvard type... with the proper attire.

That bassist just goes SO HARD, bless his soul.

@arlobennett8504

11 ай бұрын

he went full ham.

@harrisontownsend910

11 ай бұрын

Matt Sharp's the man.

@stephenp2174

11 ай бұрын

Not a coincidence that Weezer's best albums had Matt on bass...

@Neimonster

6 ай бұрын

It's kind of facetious

@gffn7316

5 ай бұрын

he has his own his band, The Rentals

The mixing on this is incredible

@laurencezemlick1979

Жыл бұрын

This sounds like an album recording. It’s insane.

@mytorment

Жыл бұрын

Cf credits ☺️

@samhilton4173

Жыл бұрын

Na the kick isn't mic'd very well, also one of the guitars is slightly put of tune. Lol It's better than many, but still not polished.

@gui18bif

Жыл бұрын

The bass is amazing

@thankyounothankyou9722

Жыл бұрын

@@samhilton4173 just shut it

Was about 13 or 14, staying up late at my grandparents and saw this episode of Letterman. Weezer blew my mind, I bought the CD the next day and have been a fan ever since. Just watched this video with my 13-year-old daughter who is also a big Weezer fan. Circle of life man, what an awesome band!

@mitchellcraw8760

Жыл бұрын

They really are a special band

@Brandon-bc5um

Жыл бұрын

That moment when I'm 12 years younger than you and discovered them the year before you did... haha yes, I was a literal baby

@StiggyMcQueen

Жыл бұрын

Loved reading your comment!

@mr_sandman1082

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah man thats awesome

@mordekaipalms

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome…I remember when this album came out, my god that was something special

27 years later, and this performance is still amazing.

@tofutots

Жыл бұрын

def miss Matt Sharps energy and falsettos

@SuperTiaanBro

Жыл бұрын

@AcidBath Spa and Resort okay Debbie Downer

@babayaga1767

Жыл бұрын

but not for the reason you think

3:50 When Matt comes flying into the frame. Fantastic. We miss you, bro.

@Rondawwg

2 ай бұрын

What happened to him??

@realcbox

2 ай бұрын

He left weezer

@James_Randal

2 ай бұрын

​@@Rondawwghe didn't die or anything, he just left Weezer.

The meaning of the song gets me every time. Parents, be good to your kids...they're watching you and clinging to your every word. They need you to lead and love them.

This full version is a rare gem. Didn’t think this existed in full quality. Thank you!!

@Brandon-bc5um

Жыл бұрын

Check out a dvd weezer released about 20 years ago "Video Capture Device." Likely where the full quality copy came from.

@sam8404

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've been listening to the version with the animated VCR player at the start so it's nice to have an official upload.

@nimrod593

Жыл бұрын

@@Brandon-bc5umno, this is the master tape

At 4:00 rivers is feeling it. The ease of pressure when you block everything out and pour your soul into one of the best songs of all time and just "feel it"

@anthonyfuqua6988

Жыл бұрын

He has to stand like a statue though because he had recently had surgery. One of his legs was longer than the other. His buddy Matt Sharp acted a fool on bass to take the pressure off of Rivers. Weezer hasnt been the same since Sharp left IMO. His falsettos on songs were great.

@aisforabby5462

Жыл бұрын

He was in so much pain !!! But he did it !

These guys are absolute professionals. They played that song perfectly. I mean, it sounds like an album version.

One of if not the best live performance by weezer. 3:38 until the end gives me chills every time.

@t_nizzy1167

Жыл бұрын

exactly mannn

@valerieblackwell5765

Жыл бұрын

Really, looking back on it I thought the sweater song on conan had so much more emotion to it - but im a sucker for that live nonsense talking

@aisforabby5462

Жыл бұрын

Rivers is in so much pain !!!! Look at the brace on his leg ! He slayed it

@Paul-dw2cl

Жыл бұрын

me personally, somebody’s Heine gives me chills every time. but that’s just me.

@valenti5595

Жыл бұрын

FRRRRRR LIKE WOAHHHH

Powerful for reasons you can never understand. Welcome to the 90’s.

This must have been an insane moment for Rivers at the time... Such a great song.

@Fozzie420

Жыл бұрын

He looks scared shitless

@beewcar

Жыл бұрын

He’s in incredible amounts of pain/delirium from his leg lengthening surgery and brace he’s wearing/pain medication.

@haydenfrobenius9818

Жыл бұрын

@@beewcar You can see the brace through the pant leg

@FattyMateo

Жыл бұрын

Mountains too. And lakes. Yea must have been nuts for lakes

@breakingaustin

5 ай бұрын

@@haydenfrobenius9818 It was his left leg the surgery was on.. not the right, idk what you see

Finally we can listen to one of the best live performances of the Letterman show in the best quality

@robertbevis3959

Жыл бұрын

Really ? One of the best ? Van Halen, Gwen stafani, rhcp are just three of prob 20 more that rocked that place. They are good but be realistic

@SuperTiaanBro

Жыл бұрын

@@robertbevis3959 don’t you compare out beloved weezer to gwen stafani

@xboys_archive

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperTiaanBro yeah I was thinking the same lmao I love no doubt and solo Gwen but wtf lmao

@lazrpo

Жыл бұрын

@@robertbevis3959 yes, one of the best.

@brickybracky868

Жыл бұрын

@@robertbevis3959 opinions vary dude

Writing from roughly 30 years later, I want all of this back. The music, the fashion... everything.

I can't imagine how loud this was live. Amazing.

3:25 is the one of the greatest cinematography in TV live performances

I miss how special it is to kinda stumble on your fave band performing on TV

You don't know how much I would love to make the earth keep looping on the 90's endlessly. Great music, no technology around, for some reason even the air felt fresher and there was this constant feeling that things were gonna change for good.

@BillyTheKidder

2 ай бұрын

The air was fresher… 🥃🤚chemtrails…

@realcbox

2 ай бұрын

@@BillyTheKidderdamn

The most performance of all time 😢😢😢

@mysticleafeon9618

Жыл бұрын

Correct

@wideblueeyedfear7520

Жыл бұрын

if you cover it, it will be the most song you've covered

@austins.2495

Жыл бұрын

It certainly is one of the songs

@caninflor5984

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely this performance much ♥

@Dudebrush4pwood

Жыл бұрын

truly, by one of the bands of all time

Weezer is the king of what I used to call "Chill Grunge"-- loud and crunchy, but still kinda fun and laid-back.

@CalvinHikes

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it was such a specific brand of music. Beach Metal

@randymillhouse791

4 ай бұрын

Chunge.

@KaninTuzi

2 ай бұрын

Blind Melon, Ween, Meat Puppets and Pixies did that sound well as well

One of the best rock n roll songs of the 90s

@d.vaughn8990

26 күн бұрын

All time…

Almost 30 years later and i swear this song still makes me tear up. I dunno why!!! But i love it . Long live the 90s

@Pnanasnoic

2 ай бұрын

It's because Rivers cuts his heart out and shows it to you on a platter. You can hear the fullness of his heart in his voice. Bless you all.

Singing this with my 12 year old daughter, belting it out actually, is proof positive that I’m the greatest dad ever and that the 90s will forever rule the music world, regardless of genre.

@narddogyt5205

Жыл бұрын

dude you're making your kid listen to weezer i should call cps

@HAINE-

Жыл бұрын

@@narddogyt5205 💀💀

Best version of the solo he ever recorded.

I choose to believe that Matt the bassist won a bet on this night

@joedorer8867

Жыл бұрын

Rivers just had surgery on his leg, hence the huge pants.. matt was taking focus off his leg

@gr6e

Жыл бұрын

@@joedorer8867 wait is this where the line "you got your big jeans" from hash pipe is from??

@othertonywi1son

Жыл бұрын

@@gr6e it's where "Broken, beaten down, can't even get around Without an old man cane, I fall and hit the ground" from The Good Life came from.

@TakenUsernameAuradium

Жыл бұрын

@@gr6e I've never heard anyone interpret that lyric as jeans

Such a great band. I'm sure their second album will be a smash hit right out of the gate

Underrated bass line! I learned it to play bass in a band a few years ago. Always my favorite

Honestly matt is totally matching the energy of that powerful chorus

Hearing weezer referred too as a heavy pop quartette makes me feel good. Inside.

I was so in love with the bass player, Matt, back then and watching this makes me feel it all over again.

The performance that solidified my fandom!

@charlottestreet3301

Жыл бұрын

The bassist looks like Johnny kockvilles in his 20s

@peopletakepicturesofeachother

Жыл бұрын

so be cool

Oh my gosh. Long live the musical performances! No longer cutting everything out because of music clearences. Finally, MUSIC! 😁😁😁

I think this is their best live performance of this that I've seen. It's got Matt Sharp in it of course. It just seems like it's a lot more rockin' and like the album

I was lucky enough to see Weezer in August of '94 at First Avenue in Minneapolis. I had never heard of them at the time. They proceeded to play the Blue Album in its entirety. Many faces were melted including mine.

Too good for their era. A band whose legacy will endure forever.

@shadowaccount

5 ай бұрын

Ehhh I wouldn't say they were "too good" for their era.

This whole time frame from 3'25 to 3'55 is just so intense. It's almost inconceivable that you had 20 seconds straight on TV back then with just the singer and the drummer in the background. You can feel it.

@-S.F.K.

3 ай бұрын

It’s more convenient if you put the actual timestamps 3:25 and 3:55

Oh, yeah Alright Somebody's Heine' Is crowdin' my icebox Somebody's cold one Is givin' me chills Guess I'll just close my eyes Oh, yeah Alright Feels good Inside Flip on the telly Wrestle with Jimmy Something is bubbling Behind my back The bottle is ready to blow Say it ain't so Your drug is a heartbreaker Say it ain't so My love is a life taker I can't confront you I never could do That which might hurt you To try and be cool When I say This way is a waterslide away from me That takes her further every day So be cool Say it ain't so Your drug is a heartbreaker Say it ain't so My love is a life taker Dear daddy, I write you In spite of years of silence You've cleaned up, found Jesus Things are good, or so I hear This bottle of Steven's awakens ancient feelings Like father, stepfather The son is drowning in the flood Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Say it ain't so Your drug is a heartbreaker Say it ain't so My love is a life taker

I was a teenager when this came out. 30 years later I still blast this on the freeway. Windows down, singing at the top of my lungs. What a song.

I remember watching this back in the day. I was blown away!

Wish I could go back and see them in the 90’s live

One of my all time favorite songs, it will never fade away.

One of the greatest rock albums of the 90s.

One of my fav performances

Man, this is awesome! Especially when the distortion kicks in on the chorus!

Cant believe its almost 30 yrs i hear this song and it still fresh 😊

Thanks for bringing this one back! Weezer is one of my favorite bands👏🙏❤️🌟🌸

This made me just so very happy! Thank you for sharing this. It genuinely means something to me, and I suspect I am not the only one. 😊🙏

Such a powerful buildup, starts off so meek like a bunch of highschoolers in a garage band practice and then peaks with a full on grunge arena banger. Favorite song, always.

I'd forgotten what a brilliant song and album this is, will be on a Weezer binge for the next while, thanks. :)

wow, dude on bass is channeling his inner Dee Dee Ramone. Fantastic!

@michaelnewell9662

Жыл бұрын

when this was filmed, rivers was undergoing an extremely painful leg lengthening procedure (google Ilizarov apparatus). you can see the apparatus under his right pants leg and his cane on the mic stand. consequently he can't move without pain - to cover that up, Matt was even more over-the-top than usual.

I was a teen when this came out. Miss this music.

Still better than ever!!! I did ysee you Live in STHLM 2022! A perfect concert!! Thanx

I was 32 when the Blue album was released, loved it then as I do now. Best wishes from Scotland.

Weezer and the Offspring are still the most iconic bands of the 90s. Would love to see a full tour.

@-S.F.K.

3 ай бұрын

Right, sure, and not any other bands deserve that title as well?

@Fredt705

17 күн бұрын

Idk I agree the blue album is iconic but I also have to say nirvana , sound garden and pavement are also quite iconic.

@-S.F.K.

17 күн бұрын

@@Fredt705 thank you, at least someone thought so

@Fredt705

17 күн бұрын

@@-S.F.K. thank you

Awesome!!! How I love this song and performance!!

Live sound, amazing, the bass is perfect

October 26, 2022. this performance still rocks.

great thing about this performance is that rivers just recently had leg surgery to extend his left leg as he was born with it slightly shorter then the other one, so hes wearing this huge brace underneath the pants. probably explains why theyre so big and baggy lol

@mikesmeltzer6921

Жыл бұрын

Almost correct. Born with legs the same length but as he grew one didn’t grow as long as the other.

Prolific. Still remember watching it live ❤

I would have loved to see this live! 😍

This mix is so good.

Dave really got himself when he thought they were called Tweezer

This takes me back!!

Saw them ‘02 at Reading Festival, UK. They were amazing!

That gave me chills in 2023. One of the very best bands in the movement.

Amazing band! Can’t get enough of this song ❤

Just pure and utter class

My best song like an old home. 언제나. 위져가 짱임

What an amazing performance! 🔥

Such a damn powerful song!!!

4:16 that voice crack was so painful omfg

They don't have different levels of energy, they just have different ways to show their energy 🖤

Amazing performance

I watched this as a teen and thought Dave looked old. Watching it again now, Dave looks so young. This is what getting old is like kids.

Such a great song ❤

I would like to give props to the sound guy for this performance. You can't get better than this, even in 2023. Everything sounds amazing.

Finally a HQ upload of this!

Rivers let Matt hit too many of those falsettos alone. Lmao

Each member of that band had an assignment on this performance. The Bassist certainly understood his

Beautiful

I still can't believe this doesn;t have mroe views. Hands down best video ever.

One of the best performance of all time

Going to see them live next month. 😤

That bass tone!

@thebiglebowski8591

Жыл бұрын

Very unique tone, created by tuning down a half step in conjunction with his Orange brand amplifier

'bout time we got a good quality version of this performance.

This performance gets me weezed up

Very nice. Excellent Weezer and Dave performance.

Love this

Dude… you freaking nailed it. Awesome stuff

No idea how I got to 29 without hearing this live!

My dad told me about a band he liked called weezer, and he showed me this video. Now I watch the Buddy Holly music video daily.

@Brandon-bc5um

Жыл бұрын

Same, I was only 3 wks old. but it wasnt the video, he just played the song for me on the radio, i dont think the music video was even out yet, let alone this performance.

All time great Letterman performance

Love the original Battlestar Galactica T-shirt ❤️

I friggin loved that.

It’s a great song always has been always will be