The Hold Steady "Constructive" 08.01.08

[ned2350]

They look exhausted.  Still pretty dang good.

[ibanezmaggot173]

Craig Finn always reminds me of Leonard Hofstadter from "The Big Bang Theory", does anyone else see this? Fantastic song by a fantasic band!

[thedoctor69able]

i built somethin last summer and ill probly build somethin this summer to thanks to the hold steady

[Lippi82]

Raise a toast to St Joe Strummer. 7 years since he passed!

[retror0b0t]

is craig's guitar actually plugged in ever?

[tenaciousE21912]

it is here, you can hear him palm muting during the intro

[retror0b0t]

haha, so you can! kudos to you, my tenacious friend

[artiesux]

Goddamn, Craig Finn is so fucking cool! I'm gonna build something this summer.

[MatthewH1988]

We are our only saviors...

[OhMrRomero]

for some reason, this song nearly moves me to tears. so much passion in it.

[puncho]

Does the intro to this song sound a lot like 'Hello There' by Cheap Trick to anyone else? It's probably intended, though, which is cool...

[kmiller812]

im not super into this band, but this is THE greatest song of all time. nothing captures a thought in time like this. everyone who has ever been over 5 years old feels this same way in late spring. you have a goal that you want to complete, you wanna build something. this song is so great.

[soxpearljam10]

One of the only bands out there that truly matter...heres to you HS!

[chrism01us]

Actually, to me they sound like a perfect anagram of Husker Du, The Replacements, Springsteen and Thin Lizzy. A weird combination, but very, VERY cool.

[ttraynor1]

chrism01us: YAAAASSS! Exactly! That's it! I can sleep now.  that's a pretty good rock 'n roll cocktail, eh? On tour again....seeing them April 2...makes spring come faster....."St. Joe Strummer......."

[bearealman]

I like that combo too. but I'd have to add Lou Reed, to account for Hold Steady's talk-sing vocal delivery.

[humanclock]

Yeah, especially the little piano break at 1:55m totally reminds me of the piano during the intro of Springsteen's "Backstreets"

[inputmodule]

husker du & springsteen together in one modern package

best song i've heard in a long time

kudos thanks, hold steady!!!

[jumhed]

This song makes me want to form a band!

[BRudy87]

that makes 2 of us!

[TheDrawbridge]

You two should start a band.

[BRudy87]

we should

and we'll call it We Started This Band Because We Were Inspired By The Hold Steady

or just The Hold Steady for short

[joemack]

ok so it sounds like bruce springstein. but this is such a good derivative of classic music

[JohnnyCashIsGod]

here's a toast to St. Joe Strummer...

[aenguslyons]

best song of 2008

[seustis11]

Strongly, strongly agree.

[CottonCandyGroup]

i saw this on tv i did not expect it! i was so excited!

[davidlewis612]

Doublewhiskeycokenoice!!!!

I was at the taping of this performance. It was short and sweet. Craig Ferguson wasn't eve there! They shot that seperately. Weird. The warm-up guy asked Craig Finn about his Grateful Dead sticker. It was funny.

[mickogrady]

the jam.

[blanco353]

Amen.

[aaronb01]

nah, nothing like em.

[mickogrady]

not the jam as in the band, "the jam" as in the adjective clause, i.e., The Hold Steady is the jam. The total jam...

[aaronb01]

ah! american/english divide...

[number1TMLfan]

let this be my annual reminder, that we can all be something bigger!