Richard Thompson - I Feel So Good - Letterman 91

[touchandgod]

Holy damn is this good.

[shanstar23]

Awesome.

[msbarbara57]

I love Richard so much. I'm a'crushing on him. This is such a sexy song. OOOHHHH!

[11xzxzxz]

Good song. Is this the cd with Misunderstood? That is my favorite song of Richards.

[bobfenster]

@11xzxzxz Yep, same album.

[thinwhiteduke11]

@11xzxzxz yes it is

[11xzxzxz]

@thinwhiteduke11 Thanks. Also, are you the son of David Bowie? ha...

[thinwhiteduke11]

@11xzxzxz

Step daughter of david bowie x x

[11xzxzxz]

@thinwhiteduke11 Ha you mean xx as in 11xyxyxy. Well whatever you are or do break somebodies heart tonight. 

[leebarbie]

I wish I could be as excited and happy about my job of a couple of decades as Will Lee always is!

[1000Feuerteufel]

NAJA

[DinkyBirdMusic]

2:17 ftw.

[jmm1000]

will lee needs a mirror. great player, but comes off too light with his "into -it"-ness.

[UncleVinty]

LOve this song, love this album!

[nkfiddler13]

Where are Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, and Dave Mattacks when you need them?

[thermus77]

Hell yeah!

[skaboosh]

Enjoyed this video a lot, great upbeat vibe...love Richard and like his solo, too....small niggle for me, personal thing tho' from my own bands...can't stand seeing bass players reading the music from a stand onstage.......jazz, theatre, classical...yes...basic rock...no......I guess it just reminds me of a player I had in my mind who couldn't be bothered to learn the stuff......Thompson's bassist was good in this...but if he was a full time member...I would expect a different scenario.

[stivboston]

@skaboosh The reason the bass player is reading the music is he is not Richard Thompsons bass player. The band is Dave's regular band. Will Lee on bass, Anton Fig on drums, Sid Mcginnis on guitar and Paul. These guys play with a different musician every night.

[skaboosh]

@stivboston yep, I realised that must be the case, and a great job he did too.....Will is good and was enthusiastic....

just reminded me of a painful Personal memory of a well known bassist I had in my band who didn't learn the stuff, took the pee at every opportunity, was as awkward as he could be and then shat himself at the gig...hehe...he should have just said, sorry mate, didn't wanna be in this band after all.......but he had to go the long and painful route...

[peppertee]

Paul Shaefer back up not bad!

[fanblow]

@peppertee Yeah, but he almost looks like he can't keep up.

[stevenfordesign]

I love the first comment....all of us should be so lucky as to someday be known as some wonderful person's (Teddy Thompson) parent Richard and Linda have given the world many fine gifts Fairport Convenbtion among them.

[AhPoetry]

Thompson has class. :)

[clean3]

The keyboard player should have his thumbs pulled off....and the rhythm guitarist whilst we're at it; is this is what’s known as the Berkeley school of musicianship? It’s just naff.

[romyarena]

@clean3 If they pull off his thumbs, he'll keep MAKING mistakes! Best to leave them on so he can practice ;-).

[XKAHAN1]

my favorite song upon release from the Bang........how could it not?

[Baby3ater]

Whoa, he's hatless. Hatless.

[ShadowWanderer1]

Utterly FANTASTIC! Thank you!!!!

[mikewagsta]

thats so cool lol :)

[sa65cn1]

This guy is awsome, Ive seen him seversl time , don't miss him

[apacolipps]

Outstanding!

[Urmmeyeswideopen]

Love this man!

[HippieJimi]

I feel like that sometimes.....

[spectorman09]

That keyboarder is Paul Shaffer, Will Lee on bass. It dont get much better than that sonny.......

[clean3]

@spectorman09 I believe that it get's a great deal better old chap.

[KWFBong]

I'm glad that he changed his hair and droped that keyboarder ...

[jjjjjjjjjj1973]

lmao

[jjjjjjjjjj1973]

lmao

[timjmoran]

BLACKMonkey.. uh.. no.. ACTually- that is Will Lee, the house bass player in the Letterman show band for like 20 + years now.

[AstridsPapi]

@blackmonkey849 lol! Awesome....all I need now is to hear him say "THe LIBERAL media would have YOU believe this is in E FLAT! But anyone with INTELLIGENCE outside of this Administration will TELL you its G#. (cue tears)"

[guted0]

@MITCHWILD ( about baldrick) LOL!!!!!!

great song

[MITCHWILD]

Definitely Tony Robinson!!!!!

[hawkstrike244]

whats the song by him that goes "Hit him were it hurts boy, thats the way thats the way"

[thestarsfallsilent]

You've got the lyrics slightly wrong, but it's "I'll Never Give It Up", it's off the album "Sweet Warrior".

[MITCHWILD]

"Looks like Baldric on piano"

[AstridsPapi]

Man this song is awesome. Action Packed really opened me up to each stage of his solo career. Recommend it highly. Oh and its a wonder that horrible dancing behind him didn't make him laugh out terribly!

[MorningGirl1]

I never thought of that...and I'm a fan of both! Byrne and Thompson..LOL! Actually, Thompson first...but yeah...I had only heard Thompson's folk stuff..But I knew about Byrne first...and that makes no sense...lol

[hamlinb]

That bass player ruined an otherwise enjoyable performance. He's pretty disturbing!

[Mulwany]

it's your own fault for been hung up on it...

[gummoboy333]

hey all added "foxes" by richard thompson check it out!

[incongra]

That bass player's kind of annoying.

[dgartner1]

You only think the bass player is annoying?

[iankyoko]

Gee he nails that!

[reggiepype]

listen and watch shafer at 1:00, he totally biffs a note!

[novalismilkshake]

lol.

nicely spotted, reggiepype!

[touchandgod]

@reggiepype I dunno, it could be purposeful.

[gummoboy333]

classic

[Grentyr]

Richard, this is a great performance, G.

[08hermit08]

Nothing like David Byrne or the Talking Heads.

[octarhaberee]

They are friends though. They've played together on stage (there's even some of it on YouTube somewhere) and Byrne did a song on an RT tribute album.

[HOWYOUDOIN884]

parts of this sound a lot like david byrne (sp?) of talking heads

[apacolipps]

David Byrne has stated that he's been fairly influenced by RT

[boogiemangabe]

they do an awsome version of psycho killer together acoustically, I saw it on you tube. check it out if its still there

[yohei72]

Actually, I'd never noticed before that their voices do sound quite similar! Wow.

[TheDensley7]

Other way round. Thompson was playing music fucking years before byrne. As much as i love him.

[knobbyz]

I'm watching this and thinking..."Hmm, that bassist is well coked up." and then I scan the comments.

HAhahahahhaha!

No, not all musicians do drugs, just the cool ones.

[mrbinkybonky]

hey knobbyz ,you may be right but i reckonthe keyboard bloke has had a fuckin viagra !!! look at his face as he pounds away at those dirty keys >>you know they just asked for it !!

[hatchibombatar]

Please allow me to apologize - I was referring to Will Lee, the bass player, not RT. I've never, ever, thought that RT was on any kind of drug at a performance, and I've seen him many times, and have the highest regard for him.

Apologies are due to Will Lee also, but I have to say, when I see a musician jumping around upstaging the front man and chewing gum, I make assumptions - which comes from what I've observed from 40 years of playing with musicians You see it a lot on these old videos.

[neohip]

Well,I dont know what you wrote,it was censored.

But I believe in your apology!..However assumptions are not always a good thing.After 40 years experience,you should know better than anyone!.

(unless you were too busy chewing gum and trying to upstage the front man!) Lol

[karatepanda13]

Wow... freaking accurate observation...

[irelephant]

Don't think Thompson was using drugs at this time. He converted to Sufi Islam in the seventies and remains committed to his religious beliefs to the present day. Not all musicians are on drugs.

[neohip]

Actually,looking at this clip,it proves the opposite.All musicians are on drugs.and All the musicians in this clip are on drugs,but the drug is called adrenaline!.

Without it,they would simply stand there and look like idiots.Without getting ridiculously mystical,they are simply hyped up, and trying to do there best at a big gig.A totaly human and non narcotic reaction.

[irelephant]

Neohip said "All musicians are on drugs.and All the musicians in this clip are on drugs,but the drug is called adrenaline!." When the body produces a substance like adrenaline, it is considered a hormone, not a drug. Nothing wrong with feelin' good naturally, in fact it's natural.

[skatanicskanker]

Lol, dude that sounded like a motivational speech for musicians.

[OneBigRetard]

That bass player is a douche. Somebody kill him please.

[Mulwany]

he's a master....

[jjk717]

I'm with the rest of you - Schaeffer should have shut that bassist down right off - one look and a wave would have done it.

Of course, all he got for trying to upstage RT was that he looked like an idiot. :-)

[CaptainPrivate]

VaVOOM!

[AS2552]

I am REALLY looking forward to seeing RT is Oxford UK ( Feb 2009) - he is SO good, words fail me (thankfully, unlike RT ! LOL)

[jkoff76]

I would like to shoot that bass player though....

[AS2552]

Yep, ok, right after I get my shot in first though! Wot a tosser that bass wanker is!

[MISTERWHITE111]

RT putting in a great performance and all you clown shoes can do is blubber about an enthusiastic bass player.

Grow the fuck up.

[surfmcgoogler]

@MISTERWHITE111 That's really funny cause I was just about to do the same thing. Too bad the shot of Will lee is so distracting from the great performance of RT.

[doksekko]

@MISTERWHITE111 Get a sense of humor, it's so ridiculously nineties it's hilarious. Maybe YOU should grow up, and stop being a fucktastic pretentious douchebag?

[cunningsophie]

@MISTERWHITE111 So true.This is RT at his best.;-)

[jkoff76]

Richard is the shit. My favorite songwriter!!

[daf827]

Will Lee was WAY over the top on this one. In his defense I would say that he appeared to be enjoying the experience of playing w/ RT. The whole band were clearly digging it. RT's own bands tend to be more quietly intense, never showy. But then, this is Dave's show, Dave's band and they probably figure they can show off as much as they like.

Paul didn't look like a jerk, Sid rocks with class, and Anton was rock solid and not a showoff.

[MISTERWHITE111]

I don't know how anyone can just stand motionless on a song like this. Everyone backing RT is grooving with the tune.

[Freeasabird17]

Will Lee is Dave's bassist and he has been kicking a-- on that show for like 25 years.

[SecretAgentSlothman]

that was fucking GREAT! great version, shoulda been a hit. best living guitarist on earth.

and the bassist is great! :)

[sethgiffin0]

I agree man, greatest alive but I think sunset song is his best

[hynes0505]

is this Teddy Thompson's father?

[joni36]

Yes, he is..

[romyarena]

Boy, do I FEEL OLD, hahahaha! Teddy Thompson's father!! Brilliant!

[johnmckinlay67]

@romyarena ...I know !!! Haaaaa !!! Saw young Teddy with Richard a few yrs ago..great talent, but his old man is the master. Thanks for posting Joni.

[Nyhee7]

pretty cool song, makes one feel energized.

[zxcv1234vcxz]

I had three of his albums from around that time - Daring Adventures, Insomnia, Rumour And Sigh - they were all great records. I don't know why, but I lost interest in Thompson's music after that. I still listen to them, though.

[daf827]

The second album you mentioned is called "Amnesia".

Listen to "Sweet Warrior". You'll pick up right where you left off. While other rockers his age are getting fat and doing nostalgia tours, RT is still cranking out one great record after another. His creativity and musicianship are as brilliant as ever. If anything RT has improved with age.

[zxcv1234vcxz]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I had amnesia, what can I say?

[thomashoward0]

the bassist is distractingly awful

[matto902]

im pretty sure that the bassist is from letterman's house band

[AlbertMondback]

Sweet.

[protemporic]

Man.......I have been everywhere, but not in the same place at the same time as this guy. My understanding he has been standing since

'67 and there is still that "ballad bluesy"

culty flavour that endures.....I need to know more. He isn't as cool as he is accurate, which is cool.

[gdgibson1]

The live version - I've heard in person, on this video, and on Fresh Air - is just vastly superior to the album track. Even with the 80's synth line. RT should go back into the studio and re-record some of the songs his producers have blown over the years.

[KnowVac]

My opinion -- the letterman ban, as great as they are, ruin this soul of this song. It's way better when he does it alone. And the little bad 80's synth line Paul does, Richard can do by accompanying himself on the acoustic.

[mwando]

c'mon, it is just one song and a snapshot in time...

[mistersiegel]

Yeah! One of my favorites of RT's. What's the chances of seeing Richard Thompson AND Anton Figg BOTH sans berets in one shot??? Amazing!

[gabrielharter]

Funny And Fantastic!

I cover this song and it never fails.

[siliconmeadow]

Was that the whole of the late night band playing with him? Paul Shaeffer - what a laugh!

[julietaron]

I remember seeing this show when it aired, RT pre-beret! I am so glad you put it out there, thank you, joni36!

[DOWDLE]

Always loved Richard,...benn a fan since Fairport Convention.......I feel soooooo Good.....I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight....Great line....Jimi..