Pete Townsend and Eddie Vedder on Letterman

[apo277756]

what is the name of the song?

[honved1]

ITS CALLED A HEART TO HANG TO FROM PETES ALBUM ROUGH MIX,HE RECORDED IT WITH RONNY LANE FROM THE SMALL FACES

[TheMusicgeek90]

Eddie looks like a teen

[JoelChoosen]

Eddie's voice you can easy rocongnize from distance

[clallseven]

I believe this is 1999.

[rrgert4]

hahaha eddie was blonde

[MsCuyahoga]

Probably the same jack-ass that suggested Eddie cut his hair suggested going blond too---I'm so glad he went back to his natural beautiful self--no frills--he is real -- no need for any Gaga bullshit--Eddie would be beautiful even in rags.

[bitterbastard80]

@MsCuyahoga The blond was a tribute to Robert Plant, and when he cut his hair is was cause he cut it int a mowhawk for The Ramones Rock HOF ceremony

[MsCuyahoga]

@bitterbastard80 Thank you for the info, holy crap I saw that mowhawk and thought it was a skin-head wig! Hope you aren't really bitter !

[bitterbastard80]

@MsCuyahoga LOL no, I'm not THAT bitter :) Yeah, the mowhawk was kinda rad to me. But who cares how he changes his looks. Just saw PJ20 at Alpine Valley and he sounds amazing yet.

[lorealarconc]

@MsCuyahoga Eddie decided to cut his hair on their own. You should know that he is not certainly the kind of singer that let manipulate his appereance by some "jack-ass" as you said.

[MsCuyahoga]

@lorealarconc I Know it now, thanks. Better With Vedder !

[japots90]

kurt would probably have something funny to say about eddies hair if he was alive at this time rip

[jfoley715]

Can't find a LETTER-man!

[sapdaddy4]

very nice. thx for sharing



[blope332]

Amazing stuff.

[boliverful1]

This song is from a wonderful, overlooked album Pete did with Ronnie Lane in the mid seventies called Rough Mix....

[bonmipond]

Original Airdate: Wednesday July 28th, 1999 

[Ronf465]

Watchin this free on You tube, I'd call that a Bargain

[RAWRxItzReggie]

EDDIES BLONDE!!!! O.O cool...

[corngrohlio]

Damn, forgot what a great voice Pete Townsend has!

[sliverrx7]

@corngrohlio are you kidding? he has no voice at all!

[gasda25]

Roger´s hair is still better. keep on tryin´ Eddie.

[lilmamaluke]

oh man.. i cant believe he went blonde.. nooooo... lol!

[hailbot666]

Of course he has blonde wavy locks, you idiots. It is the way of Who front men. Hail Satan.

[martreb2]

clean shaven and blonde??? WTF eddie

[TRoseist]

I just forgot all the rest. Hair issue??

Not me.

[toddhehl]

Pete is the MAN...and this is sweet!!

[SjTSail]

That was an awesome performance from everyone. I don't understand all the negative comments about hair colors and wanting to hear oldies. Vedder added a great dimension to Townshend's song.



[erock195]

@SjTSail This is an oldy thoguh, 1976.

[MultiJam10]

Vedder is not an all time great. Their is simply no comparison between the who and pearl jam. Cmon dude, wake up.

[MsEmmasc]

Oh my, Eddie is pretty, even with a blond hair. Music is great, too, of course. Now both of them are legends.

[oscott575]

Behind blue eyes is better.

[a0799353]

Subdued applause...wonder why?

[humboldtus]

Dave used to have the best musicians on his show. Some great artists made their network TV debut on Late Night/Late Show. For the last few years now he has had a lot of mediocre indie bands that we have never heard from again. Plus he has Regis on singing sometimes! Yuk.

[BrownSkyBlueDirtBAND]

@humboldtus What do you think about our music... We might have some potential. i dunno

[SleightOfHand07]

Love this performance. Thanks

[Prad18]

Two of the greatest legends of all time. What more could anyone ask.

[yakmilksoda]

And I come across this may 2011 and they still can't spell Pete Townshend. RAPTURE NOW!

(^^)v

[F3FisGoodforYou]

Pete's voice sounds like shit... but it's still an awesome song, those guys are fantastic !

[EveryMn]

@F3FisGoodforYou his voice is fine. It fits the style of the song. Listen to the original, for comparison.

[bipedalprimate1]

Vedder's like a 10y/o. Icon bands like the Who have been gone for decades. Lets sell bullshit trash for quick bucks.

[leefoyn]

Wow.

[tonyeye1]

To the unintiated out there, if you want a great album ( yes I bought this when it first came out on vinyl ) get this Townshend/Lane collaborative effort... 1977 I believe...a wonderful back and forth collection of songs between two musical legends...

[TandemRapper]

Love these two guys so much!

[electricxlovex]

has eddie got his ear pierced?!

not that it matters lol :P

[PJ92SOLAT]

Pete is so old now !

[bugsgeo]

THE ALBUM: rough mix, pete& the late ronnie lane

[BOOGIEBOPP1]

Wooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww! I have just been B L O W N away. Great mix of voic es and great music.. and .I am without breath. Pete is terrific...I have been going to see him then the WHO are in the New York area...since 1 9 6 6 whentickets cost about $4.50. This was a real treat. Even Eddie sounded in key and into te music. Great Video here ! Bernie Lane

[jamieyip]

woah.. at 0:35 when eddie starts singing, he looks alot like kurt... creepy..

[surfmcgoogler]

Actually I thought his hair looked pretty cool, if that actually mattered one iota to anyone that is.

[Deekonmix23]

It annoys me a bit that corporate wankers have to stick there nose into every artists creative control in order to sell as much as they can as quickly as they can, when will people stop following media crazes and start listening to there own sense of what they like..these great bands have been around for years and still are incredible...I just cant see that in 30 years people will say "nothing beats the computer generated, comercial, sell out music of the 2000s" come on people, bring music back!

[Deekonmix23]

I was born in the eightys, so I am going to put Eddie Vedder on the same level of legend as Pete Townsend ...WHAT A GREAT FUCKING PERFORMANCE!!!

[64jey]

Pure elegance!!! Eddie is the greatest!!!

[GrungeMetalRocker]

Pete Townshend Legend! :)

[mylles23]

Eddie Vedder quote: " All these years and I should have been sending Pete father's day cards !"

[chiefashley56]

I AIN'T NO BIG MUSIC CRITIC, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HANDING OFF TO THE NEXT GENERATION. 'GREW UP LISTENING TO THE WHO AND THE MORE I HEAR EV, THE BETTER HE SEEMS TO GET .

[gackstacker]

vedder's voice sounds luxurious-great cut

[Amazingjourney20]

I would figure after having nearly had a child porn charge stuck to ya. You would say forget it about the book.

[kafor1999]

I know Pete Townsend but who is that nasty Eddie Vedder wanker? Can somebody cut that boring motherfucker out of that video? Immediately please! Thank you!

[r3n3gade420]

@kafor1999 u must be joking..please..confirm so otherwise numerous and repetitive flames will haunt you for quite some time

[Registrierkasse]

Pete is God. But who is that awful wanker next to him? What a wanker!

[r3n3gade420]

@Registrierkasse what r u on 2 different accounts fucking idiot..or is that your boyfriend following you around its one or the other, Ed and Pete and good friends and huge faces in the music industry but carry on and continue to prove to us how fucking ignorant and stupid you are, aussie wanker fuck

[Garkar2006]

@Registrierkasse stfu thats who

[Garkar2006]

@kafor1999 You irritate me

[lasragan]

This song was on an early Townshend solo album in the 70's titled 'Rough Mix'. 

[hockeycuber101]

what is the name of this song

[funkydari]

@hockeycuber101 heart to hang on to!

[danisotopo92]

Ed's vocals rules here!

Ed's hairstyle... well, could be better xD

Anyway HE RULES! :P

Pearl Jam FTW

[Annonymus121]

This year would be 2003 because I have live at benaroya hall and the PJ vids I've seen from that time he had blond

[r3n3gade420]

fuckin pete still rippin it up, gotta love it

[trarcomavaglio1]

Classe da vendere..

[aliciasotherland]

this reminds me when Engelbert went blonde. ( it actually looked beige ) Good thing Eddie never went back to this color. Neither did Engelbert.



[Pepperpearl]

Wow, Eddie had an earring ... is that an earring ?

[WHATUG]

Don't forget ed is a surfer too. And we surfers hair colors very regardless your skin tone.

[hankrango]

pity eddie forgets the lyrics. "but his whole life is just another try." this was originally on pete and ronnie lane's brilliant lp rough mix.

[Pearljamrulzzz]

Eddie Blonde?

[ARShadduck]

Had to be Fall 1999 or Early 2000. Eddie dyed his hair that color at the 1999 Bridge School Concert. I was there. Just before Binaural dropped in the Spring/summer of 2000.

[hokuto29]

eddie is singing with the heart here.

[BIRISHPM]

Nicely done. Anybody know when this took place?

[TheClevo351]

randolphmontsma you gotta be joking,you've never beard of eddie vedder?hang your head in shame!!! eddie is a god for those that know him,you are forgiven,just this once!listen to pearl jam

[LunaEsence]

HA FREAKIN HA! his hair is HORRIBLE like that! notice that he only had it blonde for a VERY short time. LOL XD

[ElDud]

Yeah, that's real funny. So glad Ed's hair style really matters.

[r3n3gade420]

@ElDud lmao

[pennydata]

@ElDud C'mon .. I can't see him that way :-DDD maybe he lost a bet that week

[demravager]

@LunaEsence Eddie's hair was blonde only as a tribute to Layne Staley's death that year. I wonder if you're the type of person who finds that funny as well.

[illistas]

@demravager this show was on Wednesday July 28th, 1999. Stanley was still alive.

[demoballa]

@LunaEsence There was reason for this as blusk0 previously stated, Eddie dyed it blonde in tribute to Layne Staley after his death. Circa summer 2002

[Nigelxman]

@LunaEsence Amazing that that's what you notice about this video. Says a lot about you.

[malabargold]

@LunaEsence

ronnie lane. If you like this even a little - check out Rough Mix - from mid 1970's

[tony671]

@malabargold well said great album

[vetter1223]

@LunaEsence Eddie's still the shit, no matter what his hair looks like.

[hockeyzan]

Wow !! two great together..Wonderful!!!

[lionessroyalty3]

Whats with the blond? He sure has his phases:-)

[randolphmontsma]

I never heard of that blond guy before but he can't sing. Pete is great as usual though

[GUTTERbOY001]

You've seriously never heard of Eddie Vedder? Pearl Jam ring a bell at all?

[randolphmontsma]

yeah... I found out after I posted this.. Bit stupid of me. But yeah, he is good when he's singing with pearl Jam, like in their tribute to the Who, Love reign o'er me, but here... He doesn't sing well. really. He is not fitted for Pete's music at all (that might be just me though)

[randolphmontsma]

I espescially mean this part: ...every dAAAY. and, ...of every gUUY

[ShaneSGC]

You've never heard of Eddie freaking Vedder? Pearl Jam? lol

[randolphmontsma]

Pearl Jam, yeah ofcourse, but I did not know Eddie Vedder was their singer. I mean, gosh, I don't listen to pearl jam so how should I know.

[TJWhitey38]

@randolphmontsma no excuses man i didnt get into pearl jam until this year but I still knew who the hell vedder was.

[randolphmontsma]

@TJWhitey38 well sometimes it's just hard to know every singer's name ok =P

I mean , it's the band that makes the song, not the singer on his own. Pearl Jam, good band, Eddie Vedder on his own, average singer.

[94perrieg]

cool as fuck

[jjudijo]

Love them both. What talent. 24 hours to superbowl halftime. sigh. Whogasm coming soon. :)

[dicksatan]

@jjudijo

Totally predictable half time. They should have done "A Quick One."

[Moonfan78]

when your playing to 100 million people you going to kinda have to play your biggest hits. A Quick one would of made even more people say "Who?"

[bdiemert2]

Letterman get so many artists, but sometimes the legendary show up -- here are a couple.

[FreeFilmSite]

oh yea, pete...the pedophile.

[mirkoso1986]

what's the name of the song??

[lifehouse57]

heart to hang onto.... from rough mix album pete did w/ ronnie lane

[mirkoso1986]

@lifehouse57 thank you so much :D

Peace

[uioer]

good to know someone else heard rough mix.. my favorite song of all time is annie off that album

[CROSS355]

never seen it before but it's cool ......!!!!!!

[99redrain]

Pete shouldn't have put down the Les Paul.

[kovajo]

Totally, it's weird hearing him on a reedy Fender.

[Bobel775]

He's always been a Fender fan, but a Les Paul is easier to smash down.

[Bobel775]

owh and on the records he used Gretch

[SgtBastard101]

Read Pete's book "Horses neck". He dreams about havin' sex with a horse in one story. What a nutter.

[AnarchyRules17]

actually he said in an interview he did alot of experimenting but he's actually heterosexual (also you can ask his ex-wife girlfrien and several kids and they'll tell you the same thing)

[nickypee]

Don't like Eddie's hair and the earring? Bit gay!

[angi7purple]

Anyway he's still handsome, but much better with brown hair and without earring

[APPETIZERZ]

he probably get 10x the chicks then you ever will

[nickypee]

Bit creepy now to find out in the news that Pete is on the sex offender register and Ed still wants to be friends with him? Bit shocked!

[deimachy]

@nickypee What? Are you talking about the incident in 2003? He wasn't charged with anything as a result of that, nor can I find any mention of anything else occurring that would've resulted in him being placed on the register...

[thecosmicstring]

@deimachy I dunno what nickypee said but Im presuming it was about Pete's run in witht he law in 2003?? If so, he wasnt charged but was placed on the sex offenders register for 5 years as a precaution

[evilemperordude]

@nickypee Nobody really gives a shit that Pete was in the registry besides Internet trolls and some organization that tried to stop the Who from playing the Superbowl half time show. Pete didn't deserve to be put on it anyway. He was cleared, and honestly I don't think he's a threat to anyone...besides the fans he's accidentally hit with his guitar.

[rosswoof]

@evilemperordude lol - yeah but Pete's defence for the childporn scandal in 2003 was "I was researching a book".... "well ok Pete, it's seven years on now, how's that book coming along" lol..... The Who rock, not even the pope can touch kids and get away from it!

[jaketequilla1]

@rosswoof I really like Pete but you've got a damn good point !

[hurryfae]

@rosswoof 12 people also see your point.

[ecSee]

This song is from the album "rough Mix" a co wrote collaberation with Pete and Ronnie Lane. Truly a great album great lyrics and guitar riffs.

[YannickHupp]

The song is called "Heart to hang onto" an can be found e.g. on the CD Letterman is talking about in the beginning of the video. The year must be 1999 or so - in this year the cd was published in Germany.

[laudypapa1]

what's the song?

[sasybee]

omg, how i'd love to be in Eddie's shoes!

[spankycorkforker]

eddie's hair and get up looks like cobain

[vertiis]

When did Pete turn into Randy Newman?

[contact1araya]

Hose for Abused and ....kids hmmmm?

This wouldn't have nothing to do with child pornography allegations against Pete?

[lemmy351]

He worked in the area of child abuse recovery & support ,thats why he made this cd & TV appearance. Raising money to support victims. He was writing his biography & published extracts of the chapters dealing with internet pornography on his website blog. The allegations have nothing to do with this appearance or work he did for Maryville Acadamy, Why would they? He did access an illegal site. He did notify anti abuse organisations at the time. They produced his correspondence in court.

[AliceInChains89]

A blond eddie? :S but nice song by the way

[Gidster34]

Perfect match. Eddie's lyrical and musical style makes him the artist most like Pete.  They both have the knack of making loud music which is beautiful and seriously moving. Not many do.

[steviebkhall]

Bam ! what professionals. what baeuty !! Thanks for posting !

[pinchegus1]

Que pedo con Eddie Vedder, se parece a Dawson's Creek, o talvez quiso copiar la apariencia de Kurt Cobain, mal, que no mame!!!

Ah! pero ese pinche Pete no deja de sorprender.

What's going on with Eddie Vedder, seens like Dawson's Creek, or maybe Kurt Cobain, it's so bad, don't fuck me!!!

Ah! but the son of a bitch Pete keep going surprise.

[blusk0]

He dyed it blonde in tribute to Layne Staley after his death.

[eggsalade]

@blusk0

Dont think so, I had this on VHS tape from the 90's and Layne died in 2002

[WertzuHun]

@blusk0 so I guess the earring (around 1:14) is a tribute to Layne as well...

[Deadheaddead]

@blusk0 Nope - afraid not, This was shot in 1999, and Layne Stayley wouldn't pass away until 2002.

[toyotajr]

Estas Pendejo.

[TommasoCroce91]

I want Eddie's hair

[savemeradio]

Eddie is the man, even the old greats like neil and pete are as fortunate to have him sing for them as he is to have the honour to play with them. Eddie has earned his place as a rock god

[twjames18]

huh?

[babacadomes]

Old Pete still rocking!

[serj5lpr]

the year could be 1996/2000 easy..

Aunque no estoy seguro en qe epoca llevaba el pelo asi vedder

[lorrieandmatt]

amazing!!!!!!!

[LukaaaasMusic]

lucky eddie playing with this legend

[AACHW]

even with blonde hair, he's freaking hot

[ForgetMeNot101]

pete is one of the top rock guitarists of all time.

[Inspector711]

and one of the all time great songwriters.

[sidedoorjohnny]

If Eddie really wanted to make this performance so special maybe he should have taken 2 minutes to review the f'n words to the song.

[PAULOcbi]

that was an amazing performance, guys like Vedder showed even Townsend and a million other artists that you gotta be able to 'make" the performance "special" evrytime you do it ,,or your rippin off the fans ..Eddie rocks! PeteTownsend is one of the greatest writers in rock!

[aerhaz]

Fan of PJ but have to say I believe Townsend did not need to be "shown" anything. He along with Daltrey, Entwhistle, and Moon The Loon were "showing "others, including Vedder way b-4 this performance. That said : Damn this was a great collaboration

[PAULOcbi]

I have to say again Im glad Vedder has shown Townsend and others how to make evry performance 'stand-out',Vedder has shown millions of artists how to make each performance 'special',

[skippy1uk]

fuckin hell vedder and townsend!!!!!

when did this happen. love it when rock legends colaberate.

but wtf was eddie thinkin wiv the hair!

[PAULOcbi]

do you know the name of this tune???

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

GOTTO SEE PEARL JAM 13th OF AUGUST! GOT THE TICKETS =D SOLD OUT IN 15 MINUTES

[gekkosquad]

Heart to hang on to by Towshend from "Rough mix"

[foolintherain03]

does anyone know what the name of this song is?

[gekkosquad]

Heart to hang on to by Townshend from "Rough mix"

[inthes]

eddie was never forgoten

[greendaykid10235]

Why would he be?