Ryan Adams - Starting To Hurt (Live @ Letterman)

[JDNuvo]

I think he's good. Too bad I don't think I have any talent. I tried making up a song and I thought it was pretty awful.

[cannedpoo]

LOVE THIS RYAN@!

[ttraynor1]

Overlooked maybe--as a pretty darn good shredder--play the ax with some verve and feeling.

[axegas76]

wow this is pretty amazing

[ioneioneione]

feedback + vibrato at 1:55 Coool!!!

[dogman652]

Amazing performance. Hoping to see Ryan Adams when he comes back to new york.

[eddieroot]

Saw this lineup open for the Stones one month later. Fantastic!!

[RevenantEternal]

Very inspiring performance.Demolition is Ryan's most underrated album. Sure it's not a "proper" album but it contains some of his best gems.

[enviroguy101958]

Does anyone know who's playing guitar to our left (ryan's right)?  This sort of looks like Rusty Adams who's now touring with McCartney.

[stickiepants1]

@enviroguy101958 I am 99% sure that is Brad Rice. He played on Demolition, as well as on some of the Whiskeytown tours.

[beatle608]

@enviroguy101958 You mean Rusty Anderson? It's not the same fella.

[jeffreyarbeau]

Definitely Ryan's most bizarre phase.. I kind of feel like he was searching for a new voice at this point, but he really hit his stride immediately after as far as transcending genres is concerned.

[terminala1]

This is fucking awesome.

[plasticbouquet]

Gotta love this song and how it relates to life.

"It's a long way down... but I feel alright.

It's a long way down... but I feel alrigh-igh-ight."

How that is SO like life in it's many stages and moments.

AND then I love "And I hope you're here when I hit the ground, 'cause I'm high on forever, always together, and I'm coming down..."

There are so many times when having someone there when you fall is all you can hope for. Especially when "It's starting to hurt."

[sblood311]

He's so awesome... and let's face it, he's a babe. lol. He looks out of it in this video. I'm so glad he's clean now.

[dylanmulcahy]

Brad= one of my very favorite drummers ever! this video contains most of the reasons why

[dylanmulcahy]

Brad= one of my very favorite drummers ever! this video contains most of the reasons why

[cannedpoo]

F*ing A Ry!

[annmarie0807]

OMG is he winking at someone at 2:31?!

[PluggedWood]

Ryan hasn't quit music?.... Has he?

[Killerweedthemovie]

Thanks for post- love this song.

[Nd179]

There is probably no better rock and roll song to listen to with a broken heart and a bottle of whiskey. One of my all time favs! Thanks for posting!

[epdoobie]

Watch for Wormtail in the background at 3:22

[whateveritsme]

Brad Pemberton is the drummer and he is as solid as hell. he has been with ryan adams since 2001-2003 then back from 2004-2009

[themorningof]

about 3 months late in the debate, but that drummer is solid as hell... This song is unreal

[stevelondon]

@themorningof Brad Pemberton. What a dude.

[toemasie]

best rock star out there today

[MugaMusic]

not a drummer huh?

[cegtown]

drummer is competent. very.

[MugaMusic]

But a "Cardnal"

[AZNsplatform]

yes, that makes him very competent.

[OConnor800]

didnt he play nuclear on leno?

i had no idea this letterman performance existed.

demolition rules.

[ringinglikeamantra]

Finally!! :) Thanks for this!

[srhs420]

Nice find!

[rollboy35]

horrible drummer... That's the same drum beat you hear on 99% of songs out now..

[Fairydustforever]

The levels sound wrong and the drum beat is generic but it doesn't make him a bad drummer.

[illuminol]

you completely fail to recognise what makes a good drummer.

[sukilife]

rock'n'roll !!!

[djastevie]

is that brad on the drums?

[bigldickie]

looks like him, to me.

[were3months]

yeah it totally is

wow

didn't realize that he went that far back

i thought brad joined during the initial cardinals line up

[djastevie]

me too. crazy

[shelley9000]

Oh! My God. Thank you so much for posting. I was so clueless back in '02......

[Asvari80]

Coooooooooooooool!

[lesley496]

Thank you so much for putting this on, what a treat! Doesn't Ryan look chubbier in the face back then? He looks better now...

[calaisk9]

he makes my heart melt. He'll be back in a while, don't worry...

[MahoneyReturns]

I thought this was a myth!

[bbkcrowbhsetc]

Me too until watching back on my old VHSes a couple of weeks ago. When I saw this performance, my jaw dropped - I knew fully well that it was a missing gem from the great Ryan on Letterman tradition.

[illuminol]

well done! i remember seeing this years ago and thinking "isnt that the guy from whiskeytown!?". cheers mate.

[ZBritt92]

He's also going deaf though

That doesn't help

And I don't know if the cardinals will be there when he returns

[eaglek74]

He has stated that he is taking some time off for a while, not quiting music.

[cornelissimon]

This is great. Thanks! Starting to hurt now that he's decided to quit music.

[bbkcrowbhsetc]

Yes sad indeed :( I'll be savouring his last two shows here in Melbourne Aus in a couple of weeks time.

[steveblakely]

sweet.

[Sunflower0122Z]

Right on! I guess all of us are feeling this way now.

[crpat]

thank you for uploading this!

[wandmug]

never saw this before...are there any other letterman performances out there that arent posted?...awesome