Concrete Blonde Someday Live on Letterman

[jonnybgoode007]

Thank You Very, Very Much. Very Nice, Indeed. =)

[utporkchop]

I'm willing to bet that about 800 of those views are mine.

[HelloNeighbor99]

Great Stuff



[23780ron]

casbah1982, joan jett, and cowboy junkies, definetely recommend

[sander1016]

MUY GUAPA Y TALENTOSA MUJER.

[loungelizard5000]

Well put.

[deadenear]

Great music but that ring in the nose was one of the worst fashion statment of the nintees. Glad it is not that popular anymore because it is sickening.

[laceybleu250]

Johnette goes from one octave to another so smoothly and effortlessly that she makes it seems so easy. She blends it all so seemlessly that she is sheer perfection at it's finest

[2B1withmetal]

Wow. She sings from the heart!

[Ronbo710]

Johnette is AWESOME!! Her vocals are effortless. Pure Talent!!

[bobhayes111]

She seems like a ditsy 'Blonde' that is soooo out of it... that, SHE IS TOTALLY WITH IT!

[tomeeeee1]

Look, kids! It's an Artist! Is Beyonce an Artist? Or is she a bag of chips and a cold soda? We really need to be able to separate art from tasty junk. Though Bootylicious rulled!!!!!!!!!

[hellomydeadfriend]

Saw Concrete Blonde 3xs almost 20 years ago at whiskey ago-go and the Palace they were great!

[FlyingMondongo]

Janis brunette.

[morgandyme]

This is one of my all-time favorite live performances.  One of the most amazing female vocalists ever

[SICMRR]

what a voice and such range...only a few are blessed with such a gift.

[DARRINCONNOR1]

12 year's down the drain for me, as of tuesday.Fuck it, she kept telling me.But I was too....???

[Alphabex8]

@DARRINCONNOR1 full to get up, so i let the phone rang?? am i anywhere close

[DARRINCONNOR1]

@Alphabex8 Well, Yeah but i was just really depressed from being outta work not neing able to provide, sucked up in my selfish ways.Would do anything to hav her bak.Literally feel a part  of me is gone

[iloveit123]

love her / love them

[katkal3]

she should've ended the song with the infamous snl/ashley simpson hoe down dance routine.

[ninaduval]

I love her voice. I can't get tired of listening to her.

[Leo60084]

Beautiful song. 

[ABTE67]

janis joplin

[maizenadeathmetal]

BRAVO!!!!

[katkal3]

one of the most sexiest woman alive!

[HistoryTours]

@katkal3 No doubt I am proud to call her a personal friend

[simplybreadman]

@HistoryTours hey thats awsome ur a personal friend!!can you ask her to come to Wellington,New Zealand to perform,PLEEASSSE!!!Thanks!!

[morrisonmoon]

She is amazeing,,,brings me to tears*****xoxo

[cplouis]

Don't overlook Cowboy Junkies. An incredible small bluesey band similar in sound and philosophy. One of my 80's favorites.

[casbah1982]

I work at Borders and two teenage girls were looking for '80's influences and asked me about Pat Benetar. I said "To hell with Pat Benetar, you need real shit; you need Concrete Blonde!" They bought the retrospective, and a few weeks later they were hooked and ordered three more from the back catalog!

Bands like Concrete Blonde, the Pixies, Soushi and the Banshees, etc... are incredibly important to pass down to younger generations!

[sjice69]

That was great.

[piztola7000]

LOVE YOU JOHNETTE....!!!!



[jroach96]

Mmmmm...Johnette...We're getting married! Yeah, uh hu!!

[ircknemcke]

fat white girls banging rappers was the start of the problem

[clau100rock]

Grande som,

[garebear1015]

michael stipe is a perverted dick sucker

[The0bvious]

One of the least appreciated bands of my generation - sad for everyone else ;-)

[REMCUREBOY]

@The0bvious Ya know, I was JUST saying this last night in a bar here in Chicago. It was a dive sports bar, and someone played "Bloodletting", and the girl I was with and I were lovin' it, singing along, and I said, "I hate that nobody has any idea who Concrete Blonde are beyond their fans back when, nobody today has any clue, and it sucks, but their loss..."

[RonNearly]

amazing



[meatformoney]

..So goddamn hot too. Jeezuz.

[ChadCooper7777]

name just one female who has pipes like this? i dare you....and this is not even her best stuff...

[meatformoney]

@ChadCooper7777 I hear you man. She's the best, ever.

[tishhead]

@ChadCooper7777 favorite CB song? i'm partial to Help Me from Free.

[halinburt]

If she let me kiss her, I'd probably swallow her whole

[19blues64]

Best damn singer in the biz

[WILLJR1973]

damn, every live performance I see she completely nails it. her voice was beyond anyone else. so many fakers out there. here was a woman that could nail it every time.

[cArLiT02oo8]

what a voice, what a woman.

[jimharrison9]

Holy Fn Crap - that is great. That voice!!!

[garebear1015]

was concrete blonde named after michael connelly,or vise verse?

[BelaLugosi1967]

@garebear1015 Michael Stipe from REM said 'Johnette reminded him of a concrete blonde..." So that's what they named the band... or so she said in an interview.

[lightgearwire]

What a voice!

[jroach96]

Johnette! Marry me!!

[meri6635]

Personally I think Evenescence, Nightwish, Within Temptation and Epica are better.

[Ckordobah]

@meri6635 You should not be allowed to comment anymore ! :) lol

[meri6635]

@Ckordobah Why? It's an opinion, nothing more. I didn't say anything derogatory towards these people. Do you believe that freedom of speech only belongs to the liberals in this country? Just curious because those people seem to be the ones that feel they can say anything and only shut those up that don't agree.

[tishhead]

@meri6635 Takes all kinds. I'm always wondering why people post things like that, though. You could have posted, "Hey this is great, but if you like Concrete Blonde, you should also check out these guys...."

[meri6635]

@tishhead maybe I could have said it better but I didn't say anything wrong. What is the deal here?

[tishhead]

@meri6635 no you didn't say anything wrong. i'm just curious why people go into these music videos, where you're obviously going to find people who are fans of a band and then just sort of blurt out, "well these other guys are better." people are going to get a little defensive. if i wanted to turn people on to other bands or other singers, that isn't the way i would do it. consider it a suggestion, not an attack. there's enough fighting going on, people shouldn't fight over music.

[BelaLugosi1967]

@meri6635 do you think ANY of these bands would exist without Johnette & Concrete Blonde? Johnette is the original... and they will never be as good...

[meri6635]

@BelaLugosi1967 I had never heard of these people until my brother suggested I scope them out. He pointed this way after I asked him about some of my favorite groups, you know the ones I heard first. It is your opinion they will never be as good but I wonder if you would feel that way if you had never heard of Johnette adn Concrete Blonge before.

[Trrutz]

Gives me shivers, the lyrics matching the ever flowing charm of the vocal melody (forget the drop dead gorgeous Johnette Napolitano), & the band just bearing all, please come to my town :)

tr♥♫

[morgandyme]

Love the Jerry Brown for Prez shirt she's wearing.

[garebear1015]

great singer-is she still among the sane?

[HistoryTours]

Proud To Call her a Friend!

one of the most truly incredible beautiful and real women I have ever met

[garebear1015]

great voice,but she's trying to be an actress

[mainaa471]

@garebear1015

She's usually rocking the bass, who wouldn't want to put on a show on letterman, if you ever get the rare chance to witness her live, you will know she's not trying to be an actress. she's better

[raphael13377]

love the close up at 1:56, she's so, so beautiful! and dig her rockin' at 2:16, so on! and what a band! so cool, so laid back, they actually amplify her emotional intensity!

[PonyboyInNewZealand]

I don't know WHAT it is... but the combo of her vocal and facial expressions from 1:30 to 1:40... mega hotness

[garebear1015]

this band should have been big

[TheRedScareIsAlive]

@garebear1015 not every band wantsto be the biggest band on the planet... some just want to be great artists.

[REMCUREBOY]

I love this song. She's got the coolest voice.

[harmswayzone]

shes hot and great artist

[p0479]

Eh. She's wearing a politacal campaign shirt. Ruins it for me.

[nprbiz]

One thing you can defin say is that they stuck to their guns musically in the face of record label bs

[BelaLugosi1967]

Grace Slick wishes she sang this well!

[frmarine]

@BelaLugosi1967 Don't be knocking grace slick, she has one of the female voices in rock ever, she can bang it out! (plus she has a smokin hot daughter!)Janet has one of the best voices ever too though! i'd like to see her in a ponytail. luv the ponytail! not a fan of nose rings though.

[BelaLugosi1967]

@frmarine WHO"S Janet? And what does having "a smoking hot daughter" have to do with being a great singer? I loved Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship but, no matter how good they "were", Grace did not have the voice Johnette Napolitano has.

In my opinion the only female rock singers that are in Johnette's realm are Ann Wilson & Pat Benatar.

[lizardlicks]

sounds like grace slick

[BelaLugosi1967]

@lizardlicks I can hear the resemblance... Johnette's just got more power.

[markbuddah75]

Just saw her KILL IT in SF 2 nights ago. So stoked to see her still putting on one of the best live shows... EVER!!!

[svenlerouge]

johnette, i'm in love with you for many years

:-)

you're a great singer, really and i think you're a good person

Pierre, Bordeaux, France

(and hello everybody)

[antneon]

Saw them last night in Austin. Really, really great show.

[dradis84]

never see this jewel lip sync

[Fredrum65]

About to head out from Houston to see them in Austin! WOOT!

[hoagybob]

That is the best music I have heard (and seen, too) in a long long long time.

[Slickdapj]

What power, what control, a great singer, band and song. CB has gotten together for a tour this summer, and I will see them at the Granada Theater in Dallas on the 18th. I can't wait.

[butterfliesrfreee]

@Slickdapj Just got back from the show at the Granada!! That woman can sing her ass off after all these years! I'm so thrilled to have been able to see them live. They've been one of my top five band since the early 90s. Freaking awesome...I'm completely hoarse right now. I was about 16 feet from Johnette!! Amazing.

[palonejr]

The new Grace Slik?

[zubey91]

MExican moon is stil better

[toddrobert38]

those other "artists" you mention are a product of a childhood gone wrong in singing competitions etc.

What we see here is a product of 'life' gone wrong, which is entirely more right, and is where all great art comes from. Just listen to those lyrics.

God I miss those days...

[Mainrollman]

She sounds wonderful, is so incredbly sexy!!!! Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Brittney....this is what TRUE talent sounds like.

[Ckordobah]

@Mainrollman Thank goodness there are a few out there that can see through the smoke screen ! :)

[smurforwhat]

like you said .........makes most other singers look like beginners......jonette rules ...thanks for putting this on....

[currylizard16]

Johnette and James are amazing.

[packrabid]

Her voice and looks make her easily one of the sexiest performers ever.

[utporkchop]

The Lord is comming back soon. I hooe, and pray we all find our way. These guys were great.

[rizanater]

nice seeing a REAL talent and not these created artists nowadays

[sunphuk]

Ooooh yep, still hooked.

[sunphuk]

So I go back and forth fromthis one to the next to the next..I'm losing my mind

Check Out Concrete Blonde "Walking in London"

it was recorded the on the same Album as this one,- she has the blonde streak in her hair there too- Singing about how the devil is stalking her, and fucking her brains out..o.o0OOOOoh GoD ,-she's got a fucking hold on me..Lol !

[sunphuk]

Ok, I went away for two weeks,

And ran the video again, cant stay away from her, shit....

0:12 through 0:22 she got my attention

0:30 through 0:40 I read her face and listened

:50 to 1:44, mesmerized by her Gypsy curse..

1:55 to 2:00 her eyes stole my soul, i felt my heart drop

and finally, 2:56 to 3:05 the stake in my heart.

Now I know what its like being under a Gypsy girls curse

[70halloween]

@sunphuk that was an awesome way to put it. loved it. always have loved her. this paticular performance is unforgettable.

[odinp]

@sunphuk try tying one down!

[guilhermecarneiro1]

real magnificant : )

[buchler444]

Another great song, I really like you guys, way to go gang, I think you guys should have been the 1/2 time show not the Who,that would have been bad ass. Rkn' Bobby B. (drummer)

[kelso1958]

No more of an underrated band than this. Holds up well. She was in fine singing mode this evening!!!

[sunphuk]

Yeah, I knew it, I fuckin knew it. I just read an Interview with her and she speaks of "Flamenco" -European blues folk music, the tune of the Gypsy's..She defends it, -Cool

I always knew she had Gypsy in her,

The Nose looks one way head on, but changes abruptly on a side view -turned up.

Its old world, very oldworld look.

Gypsy girl- I knew it.

[jeffthrow6892]

Dude.........I think you've lost it here......but, I can TOTALLY understand someone getting completely lost in this amazing woman..........Johnette is pretty incredible.....

[sunphuk]

I just want my stuff back man.

I have some pubes for sale, I'm selling the gray ones for a $ less than the dark brown ones, these are from when I used to live up inside of her vagina,- before I fell out and she walked off with my stuff.... Just somethings i found in one of my coat pockets..

[jeffthrow6892]

Now....you didn't have to go & prove my point even more so........or maybe ya' did.....

[sunphuk]

@jeffthrow6892

Yeah,,,sorry man....

I'm kinda lost right now..

Gotta go find someplace else out here for a while..

I'll go lookin for my stuff another time

[jeffthrow6892]

Hey, hell, you don't have to apologize to me man, I was just making an observation, I suppose. And believe me, your not the only one feeling "kinda lost' these days, shit, I SURE as hell don't know which way is up.....at least music like this helps me get through each fucking day!! Anyway.........enough of that shit...........

[ABTE67]

so much better que janis joplin & linda perry

[sunphuk]

I fell like a Fool over her because of this Video, played it over, and Over...

Gypsy Girl, its the Nose, an old world thing..

Gypsy girl stole my heart one day...

watched her for hours beneath a sheet of rain

she told me she loved me, we would run away in the night, in the morning she was gone A dream be still a lie

[weedusersince91]

i use to consume a high voltage of pot when concrete is on board .

[palonejr]

What a talent

Was it live or was it memorex?

I believe it was live

Bobby...

[sunphuk]

yeah, I got hooked on her after this video, she's got something going on- every video you see her in you have to really look sometimes, because her face changes, like a camelion of sorts..never the same look-

But what a voice, what an Ass, -she's a little shit too.

[corinnabambina]

She's got feelin' man, you can feel it!!!!

[sunphuk]

Her facial choreography throughout the entire song is nothing but true, it's gypsy majic through and through -

[sunphuk]

This version live, is so much better than the MTV video version-

I wonder if she will agree to having my child..?

If not, then,...wait..I'll think of something.

[sunphuk]

@1:36 the crosseyed , -" i tried to be a friend to you" - Look..

God, please, ..wedge my face up into her ass until the light of day disappears...please.

[sunphuk]

God..I love her,..Who has an Ass like that in jeans, and can sing?

Mesmerized..by her presence... stolen by her sound..

[vegasdiva0406]

Her voice is amazing!

[sunphuk]

She's gotta be a fuckin witch...or hold such powers of madness.....damn it,.....damn it all to hell......I've lost it all...its all gone.....damn you...damn you Johnette...gypsy woman..........

[sunphuk]

OMG ! I cant release her from my mind..!!!!! I havent been able to get her out of my head for weeks now....!

She must be a witch, holding my soul with her wicked spell of song...damn you Johnette, damn you back to Hell gypsy girl...

[Thaddeusd1958]

What a treat this performance must have been for the Letterman audience! Very tight, great band.

[apolonio0907]

put the bands of moshi monsters on letterman!!!!

[sunphuk]

This was the show I was able to put a face to that voice...

God have mercy .

[diogo1966]

she is just amazing! i love her i love that song i love that band

[CyndyNeg]

she has tons of new stuff!!

[57ghy97fg]

This brings me back! What ever happened to this band? Crazy good stuff.

[meeeee1968]

my god johnette has a great voice,

soft and gentle then amazingly explosive

just blows me sideways !!!!!!!!!

[zapdelivers]

So very definitely underrated. A great band. Thanks.

[bigslam2727]

That's a fucking guitar player..

[cegtown]

@bigslam2727 james mankey was the shit wit CB

[meeeee1968]

there are not enough superlatives to describe how great this ladies voice is !!!

[Woppie007]

Her voice is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

[dida1209]

great quality! thank you for posting it. her voice is amazing

[arqpita]

Some say easy come, Some say easy go, but I go and come back to this vid so much times. it´s so beautiful the music, the woman, the sound. It´s not easy babe. And I hope and I dream and I pray that sometime I find a way to marry with you, my Johnette, my ladybird. Chupa que é de uva!

[mudpappy]

Remember the days when CDs came in a cardboard "longbox"? Hell...does anybody remember CDs???

[bloodangel160]

i still have vinyl. The funny part is that vinyl is slowly killing CDs. There are a couple news stories about hoy & why if you feel like looking it up for yourself.

I tried to cite the numbers but I used too many characters :)

[lapdog1970]

I think vinyl has more dynamic range cuz of the actual pshysical contact with the needle.

[tsu187]

shes marvelous..

[bud23green]

CCB was great! although Johnette and Jim have continued on with their music, it just isn't as awesome as when they were all together!

[arqpita]

Perfecto!! Greentings from Brazil... but, she is real? she is like a dream! her voise is like a dream. CB is like a dream. A dream that it´s over.

[Nick715]

My fave CB song!

[utporkchop]

they are the real deal. i think they would do this even if no one listend.

[accadacca75]

This video just made me dream... Johnette, would you marry me???

[DGWpg]

Super sweet. I still can't believe that they weren't more sucessful. C.B. were in the wrong place at the wrong time I suppose. Simple songs done so eloquently, amazing.

[skyy2]

they were great no doubt .....drugs and alchi was the prob .........has ruined many a great band.....so sad:(

[mudpappy]

Sometimes I wonder if "drugs and alchi" are what made a band great in the first place.

[ABTE67]

excelent ¡¡¡

[JennaWrites]

Oh god. I just adore her. That voice still sends shivers up my spine. And we get to see her beautiful face in this one too, she so often covers it up..

[bradgilker]

she puts most other female vocalists to shame

[Ckordobah]

@bradgilker ABSOLUTELY !!! U must be a genus ! :)

[mitoardik]

Linda!!!!

[mooseelkdog]

I think it is also a great touch adding Paul Schafer, Will Lee and Anton too!!!!!!!

[madeinbrazil]

if i had the money, i would fly trough the ocean and drive across the desert until i find her,this woman has got a heavens gift and she is kind enough to share her soul and emotions trough her amazing voice. If i was an alien and my mission was to capture a talented and beautiful example of human being to colonize a new planet, no doubt i would abduct Johnette together with her dogs,poetry,arts and the black guitar.

[bradgilker]

thank for that.

[natehellman01]

Excellent post.

[ABTE67]

is so much better que j joplin and linda perry

[stevenelshere]

she stole my jeans.

bitch.

[sterreco]

my god. its full of stars...

[elbaliavanuemanresu1]

I remember watching this live and so wishing I had recorded it. Thank you for posting this! Beautiful and awesome.