The Tubes - "What do You Want from Life?" - 07/29/07

[ralphiewilson1]

The Tubes will never die

[MrNategriffin]

don't call me shirley

[MrKirkenstein]

what do you want from life ?

well ya can't have that, BUT......

hahahahaha!!!!!

[rwhaller42]

Check out the Wikipedia article on them for the story of what happened and why.

While they are best known for their originality, outrageousness, and live productions, musically they are great in my opinion. The band had a lot of excellent musicians, just not household names.

I had the great, good fortune to see them in performance on their WDYWFL tour. There is a great, accurate video here on YouTube of a live performance of "White Punks On Dope", but not "WDYWFL ". What a shame. :-(

[ThePaulygee]

talk to ya later -one of the best tunes from the great  80's - fantastic guitar solo at the end. tremendous vocals back then -- maybe not so much now*---but still I love them and have fond memories ofthat time.

[StarshipOverflow]

Always one of my favourite bands ever! Thankyou for posting :)

[zingraph3]

I was there. great show. They will be there again Oct23

[Beyond13337]

I had the Live on cassette back in the day, played it until the tape snapped:p...had to fix it with scotch tape

[stargazer2756]

saw them at Tangiers in Akron two years ago.

Put on a great show! They still tour all the time. Been here in the Cleveland area a few times this past two years.

[RangerAlways]

Check out the Tubes in the movie Xanadau. They do a song toward the end when the new club opens.

[wolfstyle68]

This was a great band.God,thank you for the perverted little gift called "the Tubes!"

[56BUICKRiviera]

Well you cant have that butt.

[teeshowchesmoob]

@wolfstyle68

this IS a great band ;-)

[jimbomak]

Excellent live band - great fun.

[yomotoro]

I remember a record review of later "MTV" Tubes and started with.. Are this the same people that did White Punks ? obvious they went comercial...from great to ok.

[Joseph03743]

I love this song man.

[palexgarcia]

i saw them last week in Lisboa, It was Nice, Very Nice. One of my favorite LP is "What do you want from Live" and the show just started with Overture, She's a Beauty, White Punks on Dupe, Mondo Bandage and so on. At the End Talk to ya later. It Was Amazing. They perform with Foreigner, Madness and Silicon/carbon.

[gayskunk]

i didnt know they were still together! wow! love em!

[MUSICOBLISS]

Great band and still rockin it big time !

[molleechopper]

buncha da,seen them in 1980 cleveland.the props & attire made madonna look like a falling star. too bad cbs is sitting on all that film. also they had a better sound voicewise.

[murphrider08]

The Tubes were staple of my youth. What's that say about me?? Saw them 16 x's and appreciated the variety of content and the humor they brought to their performances. As much as I like Todd Rundgren, after he produced their TV album they started heading downhill.

I wil always remember "Cowboy Fee and the Hefers dream" . Their alternate name when they didn't want people to know who they were. Funny as hell.

[NeroShrinker]

I have seen this song done live twice now, and one thing remains the same- Fee Waybill is still an egotistical ass.

I met everyone in the current line-up, and some of them agreed that I should have a shot at being included- Fee, on the other hand, seems to think he IS the Tubes.

[paulbrooks9]

lol i was here, dishwashing and picking up beer bottles from IDIOT drunks

[gratefulzeppelin420]

What Do You Want From Live - I want Quay Lewd back in The Tubes!!!!!!!!!!!

[jukinj3]

First shows where I saw a production and not guys just playing. Seen 8-10 in the late 70's early 80's, great memories......sort of.

[Vincentdeep]

OMG my sick, twisted, wasted, outta control youth is before my very eyes.

[RubynRoland]

I saw them headline at Knebworth in the 1970s and again at Hammersmith Odeon. Great both times and I have Fee Waybills and Re Styles sutographs.

[cruefan15]

when i seen them do this song, some guys proposed

[tacomadc]

I've seen them with several different lineups and they always deliver! Great band! I'd go just to see Prairie Prince anyday!

[adojrs12]

yes todd rundgren UTOPIA  city in my head saw that at berkeley com. theater but iwas just TODD no Tubes

[adamsjohn1956]

I was there at the Bull Run that evening too!

[Harvestmeister]

I was fortunate enough to witness the Tubes live on the "What Do You Want From Live" tour at the Warner Theater in Washington D.C., must have been around '76 or '77. Have seen them a half a dozen times since then... but there has never been a show like the first. Good to see they're still sharing their talent.

[siaft]

I wish I had known about this!

[DukeLaCrosse20]

Man I'd love to see a video of the drum solo from "What Do You Want from Live". I got that album in '79 and turned a ton of people in Austin onto The Tubes back then.

[captnfingers]

It was 1983 during the Outside Inside tour that i first saw The Tubes in concert at the E.M. Lowes Theatre in Worcester, MA.I was treated to a show of sights and sounds that I would remember for the rest of my life.Saw them many times from 83 to 86 and again in 91.I took my Son (Sushichef871) to this show and he loved it. I'm sure he will remember it for the rest of his life too.

If you hear of The Tubes playing at a venue near you , check them out

[guitartec]

Captinfingers...I was at that show at E.M. Lowes too in 83. My buddy and I got to go into the dressing room after the show and meet the the Tubes. They were all bummed out, especially Fee, as the tour wasn't going as well as they expected.

That show was great, though! Wasn't Tod Rundgren's Utopia the other band?

[captnfingers]

guitartec , Todd Rundgren's Utopia was the opening band during the Love Bomb Tour 85\86? and they did play E M Loews and you are right about that tour not going well.I saw that show 3 times 1.Providence . 2.E.M. Loews , 3. Hampton Beach . i guess it was the begining of tubeulent times for the band .

At the Bull Run Fee mentioned that there was talk about getting the remaining original members of the band back together for the 2008 tour that would include the full stage show

[guitartec]

Thaaaaat's right. I saw them once again in the mid-80's with Utopia during the LB tour. Wow, what memories. What a show! What musicians.

I think what REALLY killed the Tubes chances for being taken seriously was the video they did of Sports Fans, where Fee comes out completely nude, floppin' his junk around. The video was pulled, but it was too late. The damage was done. Sort of a Burt Renyolds/Playgirl thing, if you remember that??? It was actually hilarious

[bartleby2007]

I saw that tour at Boston's Orpheum Theatre.

The Tubes were going down the career fast pipe at the time and about half way through their set after opening for Utopia, they started insulting the few remaining members of the audience who stuck around after Todd left the stage.

[123jaguar0]

Is that baby still holding the apple????

Great to see The Tubes perform, still the best band ever. Hope to see them in the UK soon.

[sushichef871]

i was there !