The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Brand New Cadillac - Live!

[nutz4all]

Damn fine music...we need more of this kind of talent...thanks for the post!

[SpeedTriple59]

Leave this one alone Brian,youve killed enough classics..

[wesawebi]

great rendition of this song,,,,too bad it has to be introduced by a "dick" like Letterman,,,what an ass.

[jacker222]

I like so many versions of this song! But this is a cover of the Clash cover of the Vince Taylor classic original with some Setzer big swing orchestrations thrown in for good measure...which is pretty fricking cool. Nice shades, too.

[SlavonicDances]

yeah!! a pink cadillac! I wrote a poem about it!!

love you gus!!

thanks for posting! mickd01!

[xenafan40]

Fuck, lot oh debate about what?

He's rockin as ever

[cozener1]

Brian bring back those Sray Cats!!!

[Puckrockerette]

Lots of orchestra but no rock'n roll in this version. I prefer the original.

[hellgate67]

I loved The Stray Cats back in the 1980s with Brian Setzer and I still love Brian Setzer Orchestra (I even bought some Benny Goodman Band music because Brian Setzer attributes him as an inspiration in his career!). This house band, it seems, does a great job with Brian Setzer. Love the Peter Gunn theme in the background!!!!! There seems to be electricity in the air whenever Brian Setzer rocks on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[badbadbrada]

I had been a stray cats fan and thought Brian had just fallen off the planet until I saw this Letterman. I was jumping up and down in my dorm room and bought the CD the next day. 12 years later i finally saqw him live when wife bought us tickets to the Christmas Extravaganza. You rock Brian, thanks!

[markandrach]

brian is as cool as a cucumber

[darapperr]

Very inventive version of this brilliant song. I also like the original of Vince Taylor and the version of The Clash.

[Riv300]

haha, peter gun theme at 1:57, great!

[lisa1gas]

and not too shabby

[krelbar]

What a fucking talent...he takes the fifties and shakes it into overdrive!!!

[JillMMM]

I've always had a huge crush on him :0)

[WolfWilder]

Brian was so much better when he played with the Stray Cats. thier stuff was alot more Rockabily...and as for the song the bass needs to be more engergetic, preferably played on a double bass

[SpeedTriple59]

Tame..so Tame..Killed a classic...

[SRVMOE]

Brian is the coolest cat ever..!!!!!

[stompinchicken1]

the orginal of this song is vince talyor and the playboys not gene vincent or anyone else brian stezer has made an awsome copy of this i saw the stray cats in 2008 on my 16th bday in brixton what an ansome nite that was and i would like to see brian on his own as all the songs he does now

and if anyone dont like it dont listen because you sqaure

[cwallacesongs]

homoginization

[ApollosPlace]

Teenage Head also covered this song :)

[gillenpantera]

i want to do that one day, playing with a big band would be very exciting great tune !

[ameroux]

I'd never say "Balls!" to this big daddy.

[MegaAldoN]

Balls to you big daddy

such a bad ass song

love The Clash's version

this is cool too

[ComaAlpha]

Didn't he do this with The Munsters mixed in one time?

[wtfjunkie]

the clash version is good to

[ppgrss]

a swedish group made a cover of this song back in the 60´s/ 70´s they´re callled "THE HEP STARS"

[DarkstarStories]

The Vince Taylor version is easy to find on YouTube.

[594bolt]

so let's hear the Vince Taylor version

[jt123egypte]

Bellgardens53.. Learn your classics! Vince Taylor was the first in a black leather suite. Later Vincent and even Elvis copied this from him! ( talking about copy cats!). By the way...vampiroangelico. The Clash stole this song from Vince Taylor who recorded this in the late 50 ties!

[vampiroangelico]

Oh wow! Thank you for the info!

I am going to play this song with my band and I definitely need to know the story behind it.

I am only 41 and I am not up to date on my '50s knowledge, so thank you!

:-)

[eugenecraddock]

gene vincent wore the black leather in first during the boys meets girls tv show and at the paris olympia theater december 1959. Vince wore it in 1961 when he came to france./

[benitojauregi]

I think you're wrong buddy...As far as I know Gene wore full leather in France in late 50's, but I'm not going to discuss about it because who wore it first doesn't mean a shit, the important thing is the music, isn't it?

[vampiroangelico]

I wonder why he chose a Clash song to debut his orchestra.

[MasterExploder11]

cadillac's not a clash song it's been covered a bunch of times

[vampiroangelico]

Yup....I just learned that piece of info from a jr23egypte fellow....

Thank you for pointing it out for me, again.

:-)

[bellgardens53]

I dug this one reall good. Vince Taylor or whatever his real name was, did one good record and it was this one. Otherwise he was...about zero to listen to compared with the real rockn'rollers. it was just looks n' nothing more...

[russ5084]

I thought it was pretty cool. It was for TV....

[DeathOrGloria]

He really took the 'RocknRoll' Out of this song with this version.

[mickd01]

I've waited too long too reply to all of you putting this video down. I saw the Stray Cats 3 times in the day. This is not the Stray Cats. I've played in rock bands, jazz ensembles and stage bands. I have the original Vince Taylor recording on disc and London Calling and these are all great. This is just another rendition of the song. This is not a rock band, it's a big band featuring a vocalist/guitarist. Have an open mind to music.

[DeathOrGloria]

Ive got an open mind, I just choose not to accept this version. There are hundreds of renditions, and I appreciate an artist's take on doing covers, but the way I'd prefer music is with the mean nasty rude tone that is the streets. And this song could reflect that, or it could reflect like brian's version; don't get me wrong he is great, just this song sounds better on different versions i've heard. My comment was simply an observation, but his voice is annoying.

[leighhasan]

True this performance is not Brians finest hour, but damn can he sure put the hurt on with that guitar!

[MartaBtrp]

Cool!

:)))

[isayay]

great stuff. yeah!!!

[jt123egypte]

Can I puke here?Or have I do this outside. What a Shitversion. An insult to Vince Taylor. Quick search for the original...

[bellgardens53]

Actually V Taylor was just another copy cat. Seen him in that leather garnment and it look almost as bad as the ridiculous leather clothes Jack Good put on Gene Vincent in UK 59/60 to make him look 'dangerous'. And added a f.....g big medallion around his neck.

[punkrockefeller]

2 much is 2 much brian. peter gunn medley.

[jt123egypte]

Brian Setzer.This is rubbish! Shame on you while you can great recordings like "Gene and Eddie"

[bellgardens53]

jt123eg...Ok you don't like it but this is great, very good and impressive and I also have heard "Gene and Eddie" several times and I put Eddie C at # 1 together w/Elvis of the '50s (before he became main, pyjama dressed)

[jt123egypte]

Better listen to the great original by Vince Taylor. This is rubbish!

[fuefedahoidda]

both versions are great !!!!!!!

[tragic8ball]

covered bty the clash in 79 on London Calling , originally by Vince Taylor the Black leather Rebel (no, seriously), from 1958

Middle bit is Peter Gunn

[doctorbenjiphd]

what song is that medley bit in the middle? sounds like the peter gunn riff

[mickd01]

It is the Peter Gunn Theme. Check out my videos, I play sax on the song with my old band.

[johnnyzhivago007]

I finally saw the Stray Cats last summer with ZZ TOP, & The Pretenders in Puyallup WA. We arrived late & missed most of their set. It would be great if they could combine The Cats & the Orchestra into one big revue!!!

[edaniel84]

Great!!!I love Brian version of "Americano"

[mickd01]

Thanks much Daniel. I've always liked these big bands, used to play in the jazz ensemble in high school and played a few cool songs like "Night Train" and "The Stripper", but nothing as cool as this. Notice how the orchestra goes into "Peter Gunn" at 1:53. Saw This band in '94 and '95 at Milwaukee Summerfest and about 5 years ago at the Universal Amphitheater in L.A. for the Christmas show. They are so good live. Glad you liked it, quality not that good, it's from a VHS.

[musiqqqqqq]

@mickd01 It may not be good quality, but it's the best quality for a VHS rip. Thanks a bunch!