Concrete Blonde - Someday

[bwdrums1]

That little flamenco hip shake thing she does at the end is so freakin' sexy !! Wow !!

[wcsu1997]

One of the best vocalists, ever!!! Such a soulful, haunting quality! Wonderful band, wish they'd come back to the east coast and play again!

[bwdrums1]

Fucking Paul Shafer's keyboards are drowning everyone out by the end !! Still, mesmerizing performance by Johnette....

[WarmothGuitarist]

Just think, when CD's finally go away, in lieu of downloadable formats, talk show hosts will no longer hold a CD case when introducing a band...instead they will hold up an iPod.

[jdessell]

You kow your band is good when ass-hole Letterman invites you back.

[mingramh]

One of my favorite female singing voices.

[mouthfulloffeces]

She is SEXY ! Wonder if she likes fat guys with no money?

[Sn0wCrash42]

Never will I forget meeting Johnette or Dave. And saw them on sweetest day...

[AntipodeanStar]

David Letterman, get your hands off my dream girl. Dont touch her you slimey fuck shes mine!!!

[EDGEOFTHISWORLD]

@AntipodeanStar He does seem to be wanting to rub up on her.

[tjc140]

Excellent comment about the similarity between Johnette's voice and Adele's.

[Insibiat]

this band is awesome...the singer...easy to give props...but the band behind her ...they seem to feed off each other....wicked group...I totally love them..

[gitanajourney]

Wow! i love her intensity.... She challenges those delicate men who shame, and judge an angry and intense woman! You can tell that when she was singing this song, she was pissed about a good, good thing... that went wrong, wrong....wrong

[thinkknot]

I love Concrete Blonde. Thank you Fabian for introducing me to the song "Joey".



[Eathshod]

Why is someone else playing bass? That's Joanette's instrument.

[artcat21]

She's wearing Mommy jeans.

[paulski6]

@artcat21 "Which was the style at the time..."

- Abe Simpson

=]

[Obelisk2290]

keyboards too loud

[HistoryTours]

so proud to call her a friend the most amazing and beautiful women I know

[mabomori]

possibly the most underrated american band in their time. i was at their last 2 shows in los angeles before they broke up at the wiltern. i remember seeing empty seats, what a waste. very rare that a band sounds even better live than they do in the studio, and that's concrete blonde. love you guys, keep rockin!

[HarveeBear]

avampireconfesses . com

[Pale062693]

I love that she is singing in her socks.

[palehorsepalerider]

passion

[fuzzynormal]

Gah. I remember watching this during the original broadcast.

[macsters451]

Love to hear a Johnette and Toni Childs duet.

[21centuryretrothang]

This Woman's voice makes me drunk.

[AwakenedSpring]

Oh my gosh, David Letterman with hair!

[susiq1]

Wow I am discovering how great this band was - I loved their song Joey & decided to listen to some more of their songs. She is like the greatest singer --- Awesome !!!!!

[lilacang123]

@susiq1 listening to adele makes me come back to this voice, love their sound.

[dczoo]

@lilacang123 It took me a long time to realize who Adele reminded me of. And yes, it was Johnette

[wtw88]

Damn good and I love her comment at the end. Humble.

[truck655]

Johnette is still hot today ! she rocks.

[turnipgreen17]

That VOICE <3

[neonnuke]

Nice acid-washed!

[ABTE67]

the best femmale singer vocal of rock and roll

linda perry suck and fuck

[shalrema]

I was a kid when this was originally broadcast, but i remember it... i made my parents let me stay up late every time Concrete Blonde was going to be on Letterman (it happened 3 or 4 times if i remember right) and have never forgotten how their music has always made me feel. Johnette is amazing....

[nhawks33]

Get a load of that CD packaging!!! back in the day...

[17salvador]

Reminds me My darling singer who die on 29 dezember 1994 Cassia Eller

[ajay999999]

Something in her nose

[RockMogul]

Obviously the greatest female singer, AND without question... the BEST songwriter to come out of L.A.

[richard52402]

Best voice since Joplin!

[ve3kiu]

What a great live band!

[ldylkr]

He seems really taken by her. She's hot! 

[nhawks33]

@ldylkr Don't know how old your are - but for about 3 years back then, once a week or so Dave would say he was going to marry the singer from Concrete Blonde. He was hung up on her for awhile!

[dannyaudio]

i love her voice and also hearts voice to

[smashedpretty]

i am going to see her tonight in Brisbane Australia... soooooooooo excited!!!!

[undergroundbasement]

Johnette looks like a singer named Bobbie Gentry from the late 60's, they look enough alike to be sisters

[robkkk87]

"young" Letterman show..very nyce him!!!

[twinstu50]

Gotta say it.

It looks as if the Letterman show gave the band the worst sound and back-up support, utter crap!.

The acoustics were terrible!.

The Band support was aweful!.

The bald guy, at least in this clip, should not be directing traffic, let alone, a band.

What a cock!.

Letterman clearly has a NO IDEA about what he is saying.

He should run for President.

[heraldleader]

@twinstu50 Nothing wrong with the sound! Remember this was 1992 and one of the biggest complaints Letterman had with NBC was they didn't want to put much money into the show.

[TomFromJersey]

Look at that big CD = )

[lrewopf]

I always thought it was lame how the "Late Night"band always had to play with the musical guests.They don't anymore.

[heraldleader]

@lrewopf they still do on occasion. The Heavy, Broken Social Scene and Darlene Love, Evanescence just to name a few.

[loqupol]

she's so genuine....

[odstassault]

She gives it up so much. I don't care if they were never giant...i know who they are and i'll be listening to them for the rest of my life i'm sure

[kezzazz27]

Still hot after all these years...they rocked Portland, OR, last night!

[happyziggy]

oh, but they are so worthy!

[yb31980]

Just saw her last night... She's now FIFTY TWO years old. Her voice is stellar, she looks the same, and she's got SO MUCH ENERGY on stage. It was an amazing performance.

[daytodaybiznizz]

shes 35 what can i say

[stitrohccs]

i bet dave liked the smell of her hair :)

[voicesinthewoods]

Hey! Is this back when they used to have GOOD bands on Late Night Talk shows? haha! Johnette sings with so much soul. Concrete Blond is a fabulous band. They are so real and full of talent. Could watch them all night. What a performance! Thanks for posting this!

[Frazzo]

@voicesinthewoods

I wonder if Letterman will reflect on this, and other stellar musical performances once he retires. The tonal quality was a bit thin on this video but the essence is there from a solid performance - - - Concrete Blonde.

Cheers.

[nakakalbo]

sweet powerful voice...great tune

[xavierspade666]

Best human singing voice I've ever heard.

[love7067]

that hair color is back around,i do hair an ive had peps ask for blonde roots an black ends,hudda thunk it?????????

[MishuTaste]

Janet seems a bit nervous at the beginning.

[jrende71]

She's beautiful, inside and out - I would kill to have a voice and presence like hers, absolutely amazing woman!

[emobri6]

hmmmm.....she was old then, good voice though

[boofman666]

She is the greatest singer of all time.

[sixgunman]

Does anyone really "need" a stack of Hiwatts? LOL It does help to have a lot of speakers, if you're trying for a saturated tone. Mankie has a unique sound (and I figured it out)

[rizanater]

I LOVE HER !

[sunphuk]

she was 32 when she played Letterman

she was soccermom material bustin out this tune

What female singer is badder than my baby?

I love this woman she's fuckin awesome

and she lives in the desert all alone- can you believe that shit???????????????

[HarpoSpoke]

One of the greatest singers of all time. I really like it better when she plays her bass though.

[XChaosXIncarnateX]

I was so young when they were at their height...but their songs bring back so many awesome childhood memories....

[TheAhalover]

Back in those days i bought the walking in london tape. I still have it, I would never get rid of it.

[rug3r44]

Mom Jeans™ And while I'm not sure he needs all those Hiwatts for DL, he's a pretty good guitar player, does a nice little run on this one. Also, I have the stuff.

[stevegerard88]

jaja ese letterman se la quiere agarrar al final

[SASTORM]

amazing song, and her voice is just great

[youhurtmyeyes]

some of the comments here are bizarre.

[sunphuk]

Do you know how to get my stuff back?

[audiofunkdialect]

where is her bass? shit i thought she always played it, that made them even more badass, still awesome though

[pateris]

Here in Paris, Concrete Blonde only played very small venues, where the mood was intimate as it should be. Seen them every time and they were great. Miss Napolitano is still one of my heroines, she was a Goddess on stage ! (Coming from an hetero, body-building but non-macho man, since it seems some people care about such stuff !)

[sunphuk]

I really miss living in her vagina at the time of this album, it was nice,- i had a couple of chairs, and a hot plate, and the rent was OK, I could reach out and trim away some of the scragglers, and sometimes when she wore those fishnet stockings, I couldnt get out at night, but al in all it was a nice place to live.

I fell out one night sometime after the letterman show, and was homeless for a week, I wonder what she did with my stuff? Id really like to get that hotplate back .

Oh well,..

[audiofunkdialect]

hahaha, so are you a fan or not?

[sunphuk]

Of course Im a fan, -Who wouldnt be, I'd wear Johnettes ass as a Hat anyday of the week. She's A babe with incredible talent, The Guitarist James Mankey is one of the best ive heard and is underrated as such- remindes me of a Surf/ R.Valenz type player- wicked cool.

The drummers,-replacements, all good, but always changed- too Bad they broke up.

I still want my Hotplate though.

[natehellman01]

She said they came and took your stuff away...

[sunphuk]

Did she really say that?

What the fuck..?

Did she say who it was?

[natehellman01]

Are you cereal, lol? Caroline. "She said they came and took your stuff away..."

Also, I enjoyed reading your gypsy girl stuff on some other CB video. Thanks for posting that. : )

[sunphuk]

@natehellman01

Caroline...? Nah, - your makin shit up, -Beat it.

I'll find out who has it,.. one of these days.

[cmaddog00]

This woman is one of the greatest talents of our life time!!! the world needs to understand this and cherish it!! P.S. Some others u might want to check out.. Chris Whitley,R.I.P., his daughter Trixie is a bright young talent as well, and one of my all time favorite bands Kings X

[YouBoobMeTube]

She sure dressed like a bum for this show.

[sunphuk]

I just noticed this video being the better audio of the other two- you can hear the adding of effects to Her voice as the song goes on..

[sunphuk]

God was she fuckin hot back then, I must have played this 20 times already,

[Hipetyhop12]

not really, but that's probably because i'm a girl but she's kinda old, at least to me, i don't really like the song either but oh well

[MrBigwong]

If you're lucky, you can look this good at her age, and, hopefully, you'll have a better appreciation of music by then. Ditch the bubble gum stuff.

[Hipetyhop12]

bublegum stuff?

[floriego7]

well darlin i am AM a girl..and i just saw Johnette live a few weeks ago and she IS STILL hot...i would gladly do some smoochin with her!

[Hipetyhop12]

lol. are you a lesbian? cause you said your a girl and you would kiss her??

[floriego7]

hahah how silly. lesbian bisexual str8 who cares sweetheart...or are there only heterosexuals living on your planet??? lol..i replied in jest to your 'that's probably because i'm a girl' ..when in fact perhaps 'that's probably because i'm straight' would be a less generalising statement...it's a mixed world remember!

peace :-)

[Hipetyhop12]

um.okay:) btw you use really big words..

[MrBigwong]

Wonder what Dave whispered to her? In light of his recent excursions...

[AtmaRising]

love her, so powerful and sexy

[peteranton]

Just a Brittney "wanna be"

[cvw666]

britteny came years later, johnette is OG

[jayfos13]

Brittney wasn't even a misguided twinkle in her father's eye when Johnette was already out there killin' it.

Oh - and doing *real* music. You know - with feelings, thoughtful lyrics, and without the legion of ten-year-old little girls which made Brittney rich?

Why the hell do people insist on showing their massive ignorance in public? I suspect that you would know the answer to that one.

[perkjc01]

Dave was wanting a little of that, don't you think? Could you come back tomorrow?

[jayfos13]

Gawd, I love watching her dance. Watch her move - sensuality personified.

She's a force of nature.

Not often you see Letterman, who is a proudly cynical bastard, so obviously and totally taken.

[ibelieveicansoar]

Agreed. And the cool thing is that if the dude tried to mack on her, she'd break his jaw.

[bosszeroboss]

How cruel time has proved to Johnette's "mom jeans."

[julianarjsampaio2]

CLASSIC REMEMBER SURF 1990

[palonejr]

Rode hard and put away wet

Great voice

Bobby...

[jixxxxer17]

god blessed her with this voice !

[noswalt]

@jixxxxer17

some call it allah, some call it god, some call it buddah, i call it love.

[GeneralHoohah]

Don't get me wrong... they're still good.

[GeneralHoohah]

wtf... why does she keep breathing into the microphone after every line? Its not doing anything for me... and to be honest, it makes her sound like a hack. I wonder what people thought of that back then or if it alienated anyone.

[EvilCoffeeCan]

avril lavigne wanted to be her

[Obelisk2290]

she failed only one johnette

[asterisktic]

She's got one of the finest voices of any female singer/songrwriter. Great Bill & Ted "EXCELLENT" when Letterman asked her back tomorrow. Where are you Johnette?

[cathoderoy]

Back when Letterman wasn't quite so creepy...

[nmrllong]

They are bad ass

[shortstackroxmysoks]

these guys are awsome (the vampier song is the best)

[cd97peace]

Yes, Johnette can WAIL fo sho! And her guitarist, James, ain't no slacker either.

[twinstu50]

Great day in the morning!.

WOW!.

Much more than a unique set of pipes.

Awesome.

[ldylkr]

And to think this is live! So called musicians of today lip sync everything-I miss her-she was a powerhouse. Johnette, please come back...true artists are needed.

[ABTE67]

so much better que Janis Joplin & Linda Perry

[bosszeroboss]

Johnette was sooo hot, and she was 35 in this clip!!

[neptunefischer]

So beautiful. I wish she had more confidence in herself.

[jdcovington]

Johnette is Johnette, the one and only! I seen Hendrix live, the Who, Cream and about everybody else, I would love to see CB anytime!

[kellyhdavez]

i think of concrete blonde the way kurt cobain thought of the meat puppets!!

[WeMustBeStopped]

I think of them the way I think of both meat and, ironically, puppets. With savory, salivating dark joy. A little disturbing and not particularly good for me but better than much else in the whole wide world.

[minddredge]

Amazing voice what a woman

[cabmaker2]

HOT !!!!!!!!!!!

[zubey91]

Also Johnette was 35 in 1992

[105harley]

I think that Jonette has the right voice to redo without you (Pete Ham) and put some emotion into it. Forget Mariah and others who "treble" it....

[JimLox]

What a great effing voice.

[Arnabas315]

Johnette is one of those odd women who at times is smiking hot and at other times is... not.

[WeMustBeStopped]

A hell of a catalogue...I always liked Bloodletting best (the album, not just the track) but I completely forgot this gem. She has a new band named Catfish Scar (or did, as of a year ago) that sounds great, but, man, this band was just BRILLIANT. Have mercy on us, everyone

[Schneebuddy]

It is none of my business but she looks F'd up on something.

[returntotheeve99]

She very well may be. She wouldn't be the first artist to deal with substances. Bsides how many artists have it together anyway, the boring ones do! Who wants to hear from the well adjusted ones? We're talking about HootieNTBlowfish then. Whats your deal, 2 posts in a month, are you an ex lover of hers? HOORAY for the troubled!

[Schneebuddy]

Actually I just enjoy the music, but do not like what I am viewing.

[zubey91]

naa its jsut too close to the 80's..everyone looked f; upd then. lol

[lulubis123]

thanks for the vid and the data!!

[tishhead]

yes, that is a fantastic woman. btw, to the fellow who posted about dave having a crush on johnette, he spent the next few weeks on the show making several references to how he was going to marry her.

[vampiradipps]

um...is that a woman?

[WeMustBeStopped]

More..MUCH more..woman than you could ever handle. Respect the Johnette Napolitano, mere mortal. What an assinine comment. (sorry about the spelling errors, that just got me a bit worked up.)

[renostaging]

she has a great body !!!

[furzknecht13]

lol eher nicht

[3gypt1an]

This is a stunning performance...goosebumps.

I think Dave's got a crush on J.N. here. Can you blame him?

I do!

[laurag333]

love it

[ABTE67]

is so much better que janis joplin and Linda Perry

[zynic6]

J.N's voice is amazing...will always be one of my favorite bands. Rock it out.

[TomFromJersey]

Did I see pit hair?

[MeWrecks]

did you see pit hair? you tool!

[TomFromJersey]

If she has pit hair, that makes me a tool?

Whatever.

[MeWrecks]

tomfromjersey, i apologize for that comment,just wondered why that is all you had to say about that song.

[AniaKulesza23]

Love her voice, the band is amazing

[sterreco]

My GOD .... It's full of stars

[6alan6]

James Mankey is SUCH and under rated guitarist. I think he's awesome, a total chord smith. Finds stuff in the chordings to fill in the empty spaces.He makes me work harder to be as good. He's almost as good as Mark Knopfler. Almost.

[Obelisk2290]

hes a good texturist in the vein of alex lifeson

[theledzeppguy]

Agreed.

[AxTokyo]

Johnette has been a cute, sexy and super singer for decades. It's amazing.

[ClaytonT53]

Yeah, this is one their best performances. Johnette is HOT HOT HOT !!! Their music puts me into a transcendental state of joy. Listen to CB y Los Illegales (cd title), especially the song "Rosa Lopez"--it'll blow you away!!!

[Immiddim]

This woman is (in a sense) very enthusiastic and will always "go down" as one of the greatest singers in American Rock n'Roll history. Thanks for your wonderful music that (has) certainly "touched a nerve" within me.

[tntryon]

I was a big fan.  I remember watching this live and thinking that Dave had a terrible case of the hots for J. Seeing it now kinda confirms what I thought then.

[elderberry9]

I'd say your right tntryon, and he's not alone.