Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited

[TheMummatron]

I think he is the dead spit of his son Rufus

[D0DD5]

Needs more cowbell.

[snakewomanannie]

I saw the man here in Melbourne Australia, many years ago, he was supporting..Sonny Terry and Brownie MaGee ! It was a great gig, would love to have the chance to see him again, what a show :)) oh yeah, I also would love to see a clip of "Kings and Queens" and, another favorite... "On the Rocks"

Thanks Loudon, come back "Down Under" soon

[wdchefdave56]

He's not like the other children. (Except, maybe Will Ferrell.)

Anyone remember what his dad was famous for?

And, YES I love his kids' stuff too.

[pencil20000]

How many people in this audience look almost identical to Chris Addison?

[MrK9nny]

id kill to be at that concert.

[Jackinthebox4711]

Now I get this joke. You got me pretty good there. Rest in peace, mon frére. You're missed!

[Mariekesone]

I love a little black humor!...

[onetrak7519]

he has a current site lw3

[MDBrookman]

This man, a true performer. Entertainment at it's peak.

[ResistTheZexyMe]

I heard this on M*A*S*H and it's been stuck in my head forever. So happy I finally found the full song.

[Jackinthebox4711]

@ResistTheZexyMe Same here, altghough I really prefer the piece with Hawkeye and Trapper. :)

[burmashave1]

anyone know the name of the first snippet of song we hear before UNREQUITED starts?

[skerrvy]

I always loved the part of this video where he sings "so you better take warning and start treating me good". The angle from the rear really gives such emotion to the line... such vulnerability. By far my favourite performance of this song.

[givingitashot1]

simply brilliant:)

[MrEllenwork]

Awesome.

[thedudeabides60]

Do you have Loudon performing "Lullaby" in the late 70s?  I saw him on TV doing that song around that time, and would love to see it again.

[Ecdysiast96]

he's adorable, I wish he would sing with Rufus sometime

[BritLadyatHome]

Editing is great :)  Second song only Ive ever played from him - what a good thing he is and you are for putting it up :)

[alastairI]

Saw him on this tour at Glasgow City Halls - this might even be it...pretty depressing when you see the crowd....

[kenomeat]

@alastairI

Nah, not that gig... background is wrong and balcony is way too big for the city halls.

[alastairI]

@kenomeat Yep, you're right. Wishful thinking...

[anthrax21999]

Hey gulrotkake do you have the song at the start of this one??

[gues04]

hahahaha hohohoho! chuckles chuckles chuckles chuckles ! snickers snickers snickers snickers ! gafol gafol gafol gafol ! yuk yuk yuk yuk

[11xzxzxz]

so much more talent than his son or wife.

[hazzle34]

why does he say "that's programming for ya"?

[therealwillgant]

I didn't know Will Ferrell grew a beard

[Stirrethcharybdis]

This song is a classic

[tmobil8]

Just wondering if you have the song "Guru" from same album?

[lloydf]

Does anyone else think Loudon looks remarkably similar to Will Ferrell?

[ErgoArgo]

@lloydf

That were my thought as well!

[21chuck]

youre telling me this man couldnt deal with his son being gay?

[788269]

what's the song he's singing in the very beginning of the video?

[somemusicvids]

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

[islamacros]

loundon wainwright was really handsome, I think he was more handsome than his son!

[Brandonp76]

As funny as he is sad. I wouldn't laugh only embrace the humor that is despair.

[littlefeat1987]

he should have put a donk on it

[skerrvy]

one of my favourite Loudo videos on Youtube. Thanks!

[meoklmrk91]

This is the reason that Loudon is my hero, if I was told I could never listen to him again I think I would die of unhappiness.

[alanoainombres]

mejor dicho extraordinaio!!!! =)

[alanoainombres]

andre raro!!!!!!!!!!!

[fnupfnup]

I love this guy and would kill to have a beard like that.

[arkaick]

can anyone figure out the first chord he plays in unrequited?

[gulrotkake]

B7-C-G-D repeat

You're welcome.

[Lambtonboy]

Didn't he do this song on the M.A.S.H. tv series? He appeared on that show 3 times and he sang some of his songs. This was back around 73-74. I seem to recall the 'chuckle, chuckle, chuckle' part.

[Qrique]

You can find this song played two times in the episode "there's nothing like a nurse" from season 3.

[zeje333]

Yes, he appeared in three episodes of M*A*S*H but in the episode "There's Nothing Like A Nurse" the song was called "If There's An Afterlife"

[zeje333]

yes, he was in three episodes of season three this song is from episode 10 "There's Nothing Like A Nurse"

[treesharkslayer]

does anyone know what song he sings prior to unrequited on this clip?

[lolasphere]

that song is called 'roll in my sweet baby's arms.'

[beautifulawake]

he is the man, his voice, his writing, his wit, the total package

[prettythings89]

Lolz I read that last bit as 'his package'. :P

[euroguy71]

Goddam that chick in Black is smokin...

[LTcrew]

he does look like will ferrell. just as funny too :)

[shuckslbj]

To me, he looks more like Ron Perlman, minus 100 pounds, trying to imitate an effeminate Chuck Norris. Paradoxical? Very. Accurate? More so.

[stupotthe]

That's fakkin funny shuck lol

[pixiesfan666]

Loudon Wainwright is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever heard. His songs are poignant, funny, and beautiful. I wish I could write songs like this.

[GiveZeeAChance]

Yeah, in all of his songs, he has this sense of real, down-to-earth, wit.

You can see this a lot in his Strange Weirdos stuff; he's just a real guy.

[pixiesfan666]

Loudon Wainwright is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever heard. His songs are poignant, funny, and beautiful. I wish I could write songs like this.

[Wisegeorge]

Rufas Wainwright is Loudon's son? Wow!! What a very lucky kid to have two songwriting and performing geniuses for parents. I wish I had inherited Loundon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle's genes, but I've still done alright for myself with what I got.

[robthomp47]

"rufus is a tit man

suckin' on his mommas gland

suckin' on the nipple it's sweeter

than the ripple wine"

I love Loudon Wainwright III.

[zappascotland]

Beardy Loudon Wainwright is the best.

[khanne29]

what? i'm sorry. i don't speak spanish. ha ha ha!

[Czecore]

amazing

[ibanezcc]

Loudon Wainwright III looks like Ron Burgandy when he's been fired and becomes all washed up. The resemblence is uncanny dontcha think.

[peterofantioch]

he definately does look like ron burgandy

[Patamon16]

Rufus Wainwright's dad wow

[cate260]

I hate this man..

[ScaryMints]

Why?

[DarthRegana]

I love the SNL version!

[peterofantioch]

i love the snl version too

is it on here?

if it isn't somone should put it up!

[catavich]

any chance u could just add the song to some random clips then? lol

[catavich]

can anyone add kings and queens

[gulrotkake]

as far as I know, there are no known video recordings available to collectors that feature "Kings and Queens", so you're out of luck there. Feel free to make another request, though, and I'll see what I can do.

[65jazzmaster]

The great thing about Louden is that he takes things that most artists wouldn't dare sing about and he turns them into comedies....Beautifully.

[ArchieMoore]

Beautiful! Does anyone have Suicide Song or Clockwork Chartreuse?

[giorgio89789]

whats the first song he plays?

[fuzzmaniac]

I saw him in Glasgow last Sunday, and he played this! Excellent.

[soylamorsa7]

You just can't fully appreciate this song without seeing his facial expressions...haha. He's great!

[guinnesshead]

Classic. If they ever do a film about Loudon I guess Will Ferrel would be the obvious choice :)

[cupolove1]

Tim Robbins would have been good when he was younger. circa "bull durham"

[gobtv]

I watched this when it went out on the BBC, and the whole concert has lived with me ever since...this performance of Unrequited to the Nth degree was the highlight.

The previous song in the set was about the fear of flying...or more accurately, the fear of crashing. Hence the "that's programming for ya" reference.

[VC57UK]

Yep - I remember taping this when I was at University when this went out simultaneously on BBC Radio and TV (Sight and Sound in Concert), but I'd never seen the TV version until today. That Loudo concert has lived with me too over the years. His pathos and comedy about his "cheesy life" is very refreshing, and I can relate to quite a few of his experiences over the years.

[gobtv]

I work for the beeb quite regularly, and I got this concert out of the bbc library (a crappy vhs viewing copy) a couple of years ago. Perhaps they'll put the Sight and Sound series out on Beeb 4.

[sycophanticstress]

When was this performance? I can't figure out what the plane crash reference is to.

[gulrotkake]

As it clairly says right there on the video, it was recorded in February of 78. I actually tried to figure it out. According to Wikipedia there were no commercial aviation accidents in February of 78, so as far as I know, it can't refer to a commerical crash, anyway.

[lordkarel]

Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed in the evening of 1 January 1978 about 3 kilometers off the coast of Bombay, India. All 213 lives on board were lost.

[twoeffs38]

@gulrotkake Oh yes, clairly...

[jay1lees]

@gulrotkake  4 years to late but hey lol the plane reference is because he just sang fear of flying. hope thats still of interest.

[ByeTeddy]

@gulrotkake -- The airport disaster movies (Airport, Airport 1975, Airport `77) were the trend at the time.

[mrmattquinn]

@gulrotkake This was recorded 25th Feb in the UK. There was a crash on 11th Feb, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200 at Cranbrook Airport, Canada; 42 of the 49 people on board died. Was it big news in the UK? I don't know. Odd, though, that the audience would laugh so readily at the mention of a plane crash just because there had been one recently - if that is the reason - it's not normally a light hearted topic. Anyway, thanks for posting this video, I really enjoyed it.

[mrmattquinn]

@gulrotkake Sorry, I should have read the earlier comments more carefully first. Have just spotted jay1lees' explanation of the plane crash reference.

[ArthurHarbottle]

@sycophanticstress The plane crash reference is to the song Loudon performed immediately before this one - I'm not Afraid of Flying (just afraid of dying) Hence his comment : That's programming for you

[sycophanticstress]

Truly spectacular performer.

[Cymrobalch]

Loudon Wainwright is God...at the very least, like a father to me.

[tsungvarsky]

a god father... He is amazing. The honesty is amazing.

[erindira1]

The song is actually titled "Unrequited to the Nth Degree".

[aeroplaneover]

I looovvvee the M*A*S*H version. I was so sad when it disappeared from YouTube!

[myeshofuni]

The best version of this song was in M*A*S*H series 3 episode 10 "There's nothing like a nurse". Check it out!