Only Bob was gay and big deal anyway because Husker Du(as well as Bob's solo records)was one kick ass band who influenced a lot of people and should not be forgotten for what they contributed to music.A lot of up and coming bands should pay attention to this band.Maybe they might learn something...
@MRBLuD the tech spooks build in signal degradation, just 2 steps beyond perception.. anoying as fuck! we are going to be pissed at recordings from the 90's!
all musicians r gay. or switch, at least thats a fact i read it someplace it has to do with the brain, the same side that plays music also controls same sex ideas
This is like Grunge Party having Englebert Humperdinck as a guest performer; not that Husker Du is that, but the contrast with Rivers is about as dramatic.
Husker Du at Joan Rivers show is one of the oddest publicity stunts ever in modern TV ever! There is no match whatsoever especially during the economically overheated yuppy late 80's.
Husker Du at Joan Rivers show is one of the oddest ever publicity stunts ever in modern TV ever! There is no match whatsoever especially during the economically overheated yuppy late 80's.
look how young they all were.. joan too..! both of these performance rock better than the album cuts.. it's kinda funny joan doing the round robin on who's attitude is what in the band what with greg claiming he's a mellow influence.. i recall norton being to guy pogoing and caroming all over the place.. looks like he's being reserved for the big network performance..
@llamasarus1 Ha, yeah the drummer (Hart) is gay. The bass player (Norton), although the gayest looking one, is actually the only straight member of the band. Not that there's anything wrong with that . . .
sheerly awesome, aNd this is actually the first time I've ever heard that bob n grant are gay- whoa!.....massive anticlimax- and who gives a fuck- I've been groooving and inspired by these guys right from the beginnings in faraway australasia- best fuckn band ever!- ;D
Of all bands in the world, Husker Du is the last of them that sexual preference has anything to do with, Their music is so bad ass that none of that shit matters to me. So fuck anyone that brings that shit up, They didn't make it public knowledge like the the faggots in Erasure. They just rocked the fuck out of people.
@patinovideo So, it's okay to be homosexual, just as long as your sensitivities aren't disturbed by having been made aware of that fact? Just as long as the fact is kept secret, your cool with it, but if anybody makes it "public knowledge" you're going to be upset and call people "faggots"? Okay, gotcha.
@bvscfanatic Well, you obviously took my comment the wrong way. My point is that you can play music, and live your life, without throwing your sexual preference out there. When I say "faggots" I'm talking about the guys that make it a point to shove it down your throat that they're gay. You are obviously gay or you would not have taken offense. If you aren't, then you are way too sensitive.
@patinovideo Perhaps an example might help me. Can you name some musicians for me who are "shoving it down your throat" that they are gay? I guess I've not noticed. Fact is, if anything, many gay entertainers have, for decades, gone to great lengths to NOT let the public know they are gay for fear of losing fans. And that must be a painful way to live.
@bvscfanatic How about this this.....fuck off you stupid fuck! I came here to talk about music, not your stupid ass gay bullshit. You know what bands I'm talking about. Erasure, The Smiths, etc. Are you gonna play dumb? I have no problem with any of that. I will not answer anymore stupid shit by you so fuck off.
@bvscfanatic i would say klaus nomi, but he doesn't do anything even remotely not wierd so i just tune out. And btw Grant is one of my crushes... i always tell people i look like him. which i do. (and yes, it is a painful way to live. expecially if your church would kick you out if they knew...)
'are you danish? because no one american speaks danish, right?'
@MaxxHark All I was trying to say was Husker Du didn't go out of their way to say, "Hey look at us! We're gay, we're gay! Check this out people, we're gay, we're gay!" They just played their music. If you look at my original comment, you will see only that. I'm no homophobe ro anything like that, but if you guys want to twist it around so it seems like I am, then knock yourself out.
Certainly not their best performance. Bob Mould is WAY off key. I saw them play at a club in Portland, Maine in 1986 and they blew the roof off the place. My ears are still ringing!
Grant said later that he was flabbergasted at being branded as "The wild boy" in the band, maybe he felt he was being patronised, or maybe he just read to much into it.
Hüsker Dü, Replacements, Dream Syndicate, True West, Band of Outsiders, Rain Parade, Jeff Dahl, Plan 9, Plasticland.............. so many cool bands in the 80s
It's like with Freddy Mercury, maybe more so- Bob and Grant transcend the stigma or stereotype of being "gay." In his music and his stage presence Bob is one of the "toughest" guys around and Husker orig. played for sweaty, aggro, often violent punks. Their music has absolutely nothing to do with "gayness" - only perhaps some of Bob and Grant's lyrics reflect their own personal relationships- but are written pretty gender-ambiguous. I once interviewed Bob and he's an intense, straight-up dude.
Bob Mould has no daughter. What are u smoking, salinagrrrl69?
This was a cool moment for that band, in terms of exposure. Bob Mould and Joan Rivers. Surreal. LOL. If only any of you really KNEW. Holy shit. Lids would flip.
Bob has a gourgeous daughter. She was about 14 when I saw her picture. I cannot remember when that was now. She looked like her pop. But it worked on her.
they, for me started to really grate after "new day rising".....really the best stuff are some of the songs from the early eps -- more rhythmic interest.........zen aracade was good lofi fun too.
Man those were some embarrassing questions... "Who's the calm one?"... If I were interviewing Husker Du I'd have some more interesting questions lined up.
To Greg Norton: My apologies for getting on stage and trying to get you to high five me in the middle of a song when you came to Portland in '87... I felt badly when you just looked at me and shook your head in disgust.
Husker Du was never very political,a few songs on was it everything falls apart,or Zen Arcade,I own all the albums ecept from Warehouse,never fancied that one. Sugar have more the right sound,i think. The mini album,ooh cannot remember the name,but on it there is a song called Diane,that is one of my favorites. I also think that they look like clean cut normal people is facinating,no bad boy mohawk image bollocks,they go on stage,do their work and dissepear And their earliest albums:great!!!
Fantastic band, but sorry to say Husker Du with the little dots above the Us is neither Danish (or Norwegian, as I saw on another clip), It is Swedish. Only Swedish uses those. PS Joan does nothing wrong, leave her be.
Actually right,with the dots used in swedish letters,but husker du doesnt mean anything in Swedish,in Denmark and Norway,it means as he said in this interview. Husker Du said straight out means do you remember in English, That is Danish & Norwegian language. I remember there was an old TV show in the only non commersial norwegian tv-channel. And there was an issue there,only bcause I was not on planet earth in my mind by the time not sure,but I think the Show tried too sew the band for the name
Yeah, "hoosker doo" is actually the correct pronounciation..so they had that written on her cue cards...if you listen to any interviews with Bob, he'll pronounce it the same way...it would have been nice to get Grant's perspective on Joan, but he had already booked by then...
I actually met Bob & Greg the night after this performance at a Husker show in Seattle. When Greg was asked what he thought of Joan, he said, "She was alright. She even pronounced our name right! They had on her cue cards Hoosker Doo!" When I asked Bob the same question, he grew serious and said,"It was pretty unnerving, to be honest with you. It was pretty embarrassing...we really couldn't wait to get out of there..."
Bob Mould and Grant Hart were. Greg Norton is married to a woman and owns a restaurant now. I used to love watching homophobes dancing to Husker Du in the late 80's and 90's singing every word of gay love songs.
I think some people have a hard time getting their heads around the fact that while two of these guys are gay, they don't consciously go about their lives with that fact changing how they treat people or view things. It means even less to how they play music. It just doesn't. Personally and romantically speaking, I'm sure it does matter. But when Bob Mould goes to play a G chord he's not thinking " I wonder if my sexuality is gonna come across the way i hit this chord." It's just silly.
@woodoven Being straight I have no problem with artist and their preference of men or women. Pretty petty when you think of it. Music breaks bounderies and thats the way it should be. Art is art no matter who what or where it comes from. And yes Bob Mould rocks.
I have a hard time how clean shaven and preppy Mould got for this "appearance" on this show...he was always the ambitious one though eh...too bad he can't submerge the ego and make the many fans out there happy by playing a wee bit with Grant and Greg...I mean Bob already is bitching in 86? 87? here about how he can't criticize the government anymore cos his emotional spectrum is "wider" so yeah...lol
Wow...I never knew.....(i dont care) but you know my other fav band back in the day was the Judy Bats They were super gay and i never knew it.....MAKES ME WONDER
Bob & Grant even shared a smile during this performance during the end of the solo. Who would've thought they weren't getting along & that this would be the last Husker album. I guess all good things have to come to an end sometimes.
My favorite Husker Du song along with "New Day Rising" and "Gravity". . .I want my guitar to sound like that. . .wonder what Bob used for create that noisy-chimey sound?
And they sound so fuckin' awesome playing live. So clean!
it's a knock-off of an Ibanez Rock'n'Roll V called "Rock'n'Roll SR." A punk rocker had little pay and those things cost like $200-ish back then. Now, they're worth $1200 or so.
This is so nuts. Hukser Du were really ahead of their time; this sounds like something that belongs in the mid 90s, not 1987. Oh yeah, they sound so much better live. Much be the crappy recording quality of their Warner and SST records; I wish they'd remaster them.
funny.. i remember missing this show because i was out playing basketball and went out for for beers afterwards... now twenty years later ,first time....
According to Michael Azerrad's "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991," Bob, Grant, and Greg were jamming, playing Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer." One of the song's verses is in French, so one of them started yelling all the foreign phrases he could think of. One of the phrases that was yelled was "Husker Du." And the rest is history.
I was wondering if by any chance you have 'All of my senses' by Grant Hart. I love it so much, I don't know who had put it on youtube but it's now gone...
Oh my gosh, this brings back such happy memories...I actually met Bob Mould in the 80's...was dating someone who knew him before he got so famous...anyhoo...I remember it was April in Minnesota and freezing and we three went to a wrestling match together...I was wearing a white mini-skirt and a top made out of rags and lime green gloves...woo-hoo....we had so much fun and Bob was amazingly laid back and almost shy in a cute kind of way...very very nice guy...it was such an awesome time!!!!!!!!!!
It might have been an uncomfortable interview for the band, but it still came out well. Joan Rivers at least did her homework. Remember, she is a lot older than the band, and this was the 80's, where bands like Husker were rarely on ANY KIND of TV.
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talpajam 2 weeks ago
they're so nervous!!
d1ougwal 1 month ago
bob and grant are both gay. Bob is one of the best guitar players of all time. i saw them in 1985 it was overwhelmingly loud.
hundhun17 1 month ago 3
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pjmcdono 2 months ago
Only Bob was gay and big deal anyway because Husker Du(as well as Bob's solo records)was one kick ass band who influenced a lot of people and should not be forgotten for what they contributed to music.A lot of up and coming bands should pay attention to this band.Maybe they might learn something...
mrgb46 2 months ago
What's with the really annoying high-pitched sound?
MRBLuD 2 months ago
@MRBLuD the tech spooks build in signal degradation, just 2 steps beyond perception.. anoying as fuck! we are going to be pissed at recordings from the 90's!
rayofminneapolis 1 week ago in playlist April 27
all musicians r gay. or switch, at least thats a fact i read it someplace it has to do with the brain, the same side that plays music also controls same sex ideas
coolkayaker1 2 months ago
Not one of Bob Mould's best vocal performances.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 months ago
grants gay too. surprisingly geraldo man isnt.
MrTophman89 3 months ago
mould is gay . not the whole band . jeez.
davidleegoth 3 months ago
I love the duct tape on Bob's Flying V.
jeligula 5 months ago
There is a movie or show or something were someone says "husker du? More like husker don't". What is it from? I can't remember for the life of me.
CainmosniMirrored 6 months ago
@CainmosniMirrored NEVERMIND. It's from Joe Dirt.
CainmosniMirrored 6 months ago
Is that Geraldo?
CainmosniMirrored 6 months ago
WHEN DID GERALDO REPLACE GREG NORTON!!!!
murderousbastard83 7 months ago
This is like Grunge Party having Englebert Humperdinck as a guest performer; not that Husker Du is that, but the contrast with Rivers is about as dramatic.
JeffersonDinedAlone 7 months ago
Husker Du at Joan Rivers show is one of the oddest publicity stunts ever in modern TV ever! There is no match whatsoever especially during the economically overheated yuppy late 80's.
MarxxxxExpo69 7 months ago
Husker Du at Joan Rivers show is one of the oddest ever publicity stunts ever in modern TV ever! There is no match whatsoever especially during the economically overheated yuppy late 80's.
MarxxxxExpo69 7 months ago
was that Bob Mould with Matthew Broderick and Geraldo Rivera?
1962jet 8 months ago 2
look how young they all were.. joan too..! both of these performance rock better than the album cuts.. it's kinda funny joan doing the round robin on who's attitude is what in the band what with greg claiming he's a mellow influence.. i recall norton being to guy pogoing and caroming all over the place.. looks like he's being reserved for the big network performance..
sputnikse7en 8 months ago
the first time i heard husker du i remember thinking "oh so this is where nirvana got it from!"
iampostal 9 months ago 3
joan rivers is awesome so is husker du
pugghead 9 months ago
I remember distinctly the day I ripped open this album and put in on. I don't remember a lot of day
sigmund5 9 months ago
What strange world.
sigmund5 9 months ago
joan rivers is such a fake plastic rag doll. why can't she just age like everyone else. the plastic surgery just makes here look like a muppet
llamasarus1 10 months ago
which other one is gay? it better be the bassist because the drummer doesn't look gay.
llamasarus1 10 months ago
@llamasarus1 Ha, yeah the drummer (Hart) is gay. The bass player (Norton), although the gayest looking one, is actually the only straight member of the band. Not that there's anything wrong with that . . .
FuttBucker667 9 months ago
Husker Du were one of the most prolific rock band in the country??? REALLY? I had thought they were too underground for Joan Rivers.
Deadjoe669 10 months ago
these are cutting edge punk rock?
these brothers of punk changed the world as we no it.
thank god the mighty lords for husker du the descendents and social D
philagar 11 months ago 2
Brilliant.
grantwk 11 months ago
Sexuallity? V`s Great fuckin songs?...I Know who the winner is...Great Gay Love Punk Rock Songs About Heroin Abuse ...Bollocks...Do You Rememember???
swampdodger33 11 months ago
Bob Mould and Joan Rivers...could anything be more awkward?
crackersoul21 1 year ago
These cats rocked. So loud and noisy, but so melodic.
Will say that Grant's mullet is 80's bad.
thebert03 1 year ago
sheerly awesome, aNd this is actually the first time I've ever heard that bob n grant are gay- whoa!.....massive anticlimax- and who gives a fuck- I've been groooving and inspired by these guys right from the beginnings in faraway australasia- best fuckn band ever!- ;D
nudezooland 1 year ago
Of all bands in the world, Husker Du is the last of them that sexual preference has anything to do with, Their music is so bad ass that none of that shit matters to me. So fuck anyone that brings that shit up, They didn't make it public knowledge like the the faggots in Erasure. They just rocked the fuck out of people.
patinovideo 1 year ago
@patinovideo So, it's okay to be homosexual, just as long as your sensitivities aren't disturbed by having been made aware of that fact? Just as long as the fact is kept secret, your cool with it, but if anybody makes it "public knowledge" you're going to be upset and call people "faggots"? Okay, gotcha.
bvscfanatic 11 months ago
@bvscfanatic Well, you obviously took my comment the wrong way. My point is that you can play music, and live your life, without throwing your sexual preference out there. When I say "faggots" I'm talking about the guys that make it a point to shove it down your throat that they're gay. You are obviously gay or you would not have taken offense. If you aren't, then you are way too sensitive.
patinovideo 11 months ago
@patinovideo Perhaps an example might help me. Can you name some musicians for me who are "shoving it down your throat" that they are gay? I guess I've not noticed. Fact is, if anything, many gay entertainers have, for decades, gone to great lengths to NOT let the public know they are gay for fear of losing fans. And that must be a painful way to live.
bvscfanatic 11 months ago
@bvscfanatic How about this this.....fuck off you stupid fuck! I came here to talk about music, not your stupid ass gay bullshit. You know what bands I'm talking about. Erasure, The Smiths, etc. Are you gonna play dumb? I have no problem with any of that. I will not answer anymore stupid shit by you so fuck off.
patinovideo 11 months ago
@bvscfanatic i would say klaus nomi, but he doesn't do anything even remotely not wierd so i just tune out. And btw Grant is one of my crushes... i always tell people i look like him. which i do. (and yes, it is a painful way to live. expecially if your church would kick you out if they knew...)
'are you danish? because no one american speaks danish, right?'
LiimLsan 10 months ago
@patinovideo You've got pretty big opinions for a guy with an intelligence level somewhere between that of a doorknob and a cactus.
MaxxHark 4 months ago
@MaxxHark All I was trying to say was Husker Du didn't go out of their way to say, "Hey look at us! We're gay, we're gay! Check this out people, we're gay, we're gay!" They just played their music. If you look at my original comment, you will see only that. I'm no homophobe ro anything like that, but if you guys want to twist it around so it seems like I am, then knock yourself out.
patinovideo 4 months ago
Certainly not their best performance. Bob Mould is WAY off key. I saw them play at a club in Portland, Maine in 1986 and they blew the roof off the place. My ears are still ringing!
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 1 year ago
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bradleygt808 1 year ago
Wow, I thought that was Geraldo Rivera on bass!
tadpole3535 1 year ago 7
holy shit. i never knew they were gay.They r still cools.
justiceben4 1 year ago
greg norton is hotter than fishgrease
eyesea 1 year ago
Grant said later that he was flabbergasted at being branded as "The wild boy" in the band, maybe he felt he was being patronised, or maybe he just read to much into it.
rumpeltiltskin 1 year ago
"Hoosker"? Have I been pronouncing it wrong this entire time?
yesfan1717 1 year ago
Hüsker Dü, Replacements, Dream Syndicate, True West, Band of Outsiders, Rain Parade, Jeff Dahl, Plan 9, Plasticland.............. so many cool bands in the 80s
Detroit1967 1 year ago
How did they end up with Joan Rivers?
TheInvisibleCollege 1 year ago
You can hear Joan scream at 7:22 ; )
GreenBayLA 1 year ago
one of my all time favorite singing drummers UROK grant!
lahgo82 1 year ago
Nice interview Joan. Make people feel uncomfortable much?
A2Bparkour 1 year ago
Wait. The guy with the Snidely Whiplash moustache was the straight one? Nothing makes sense anymore.
joynthis 1 year ago
Bob Mould is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. In London in 1985 everyone stood with their jaws open as he played. It was SO loud.
hundhun17 1 year ago
Oh, ironically enough, it was Greg who sported the crazy huge mustache and look that could be interpreted as stereotypically "gay." And he's not!
groptimum 1 year ago
It's like with Freddy Mercury, maybe more so- Bob and Grant transcend the stigma or stereotype of being "gay." In his music and his stage presence Bob is one of the "toughest" guys around and Husker orig. played for sweaty, aggro, often violent punks. Their music has absolutely nothing to do with "gayness" - only perhaps some of Bob and Grant's lyrics reflect their own personal relationships- but are written pretty gender-ambiguous. I once interviewed Bob and he's an intense, straight-up dude.
groptimum 1 year ago
so far ahead of their time.... it still sounds fresh.
chevyvan10 1 year ago
Oh wow, they're gay? that is awesome.
revived0103 1 year ago
Bob Mould has no daughter. What are u smoking, salinagrrrl69?
This was a cool moment for that band, in terms of exposure. Bob Mould and Joan Rivers. Surreal. LOL. If only any of you really KNEW. Holy shit. Lids would flip.
Vengeance509 1 year ago
@Vengeance509
I think you mean wigs would flip.
erismo23 1 year ago
Bob has a gourgeous daughter. She was about 14 when I saw her picture. I cannot remember when that was now. She looked like her pop. But it worked on her.
salinagrrrl69 1 year ago
Greg seems to get the biggest cheer...mibbee it's the mustache?
spuffchops70 1 year ago 5
Grant looks and sounds like MAtthew Broderick
mattisprettycool 1 year ago
they, for me started to really grate after "new day rising".....really the best stuff are some of the songs from the early eps -- more rhythmic interest.........zen aracade was good lofi fun too.
posthumanhero 1 year ago
Man those were some embarrassing questions... "Who's the calm one?"... If I were interviewing Husker Du I'd have some more interesting questions lined up.
maximospark 1 year ago
no one else thinks that its funny that joan rivers has at least listened to husker du?
boomboxlamf 1 year ago
@boomboxlamf i do
noisesionoise 1 year ago
@boomboxlamf it's pretty funny to think about
warmwarmerdisco 1 year ago
What a great tight performance of this song
radagast9 1 year ago
Damn I Had Know Idea Grant Sang While Playing Drums, Thats Sick
eytim 1 year ago
"My name is Bob Mould" *applause*
That's the correct response when ever anyone hears a name of a Husker Du member, in any situation.
I Can't believe I've only just found out about Husker Du.
Why didn't anyone tell me about Husker Du? :D
Teveh 2 years ago
@Teveh the media hides these things from people
tracehazarrrrd 1 year ago
Grant rules.
Greg's moustache rules.
Bob.....ehh.
scs3000 2 years ago
To Greg Norton: My apologies for getting on stage and trying to get you to high five me in the middle of a song when you came to Portland in '87... I felt badly when you just looked at me and shook your head in disgust.
zolotoy3211 2 years ago 20
I'd kill for a reunion.
mattisprettycool 2 years ago
@mattisprettycool Here,Here! i think we ALL would.
jocelynn62985 2 years ago
I'm grateful for any HD footage...
...but this is such a miserable end for a great band.
Bob is just about gritting his teeth through this interview.
Somehwere Greg Ginn must have been cringing...
altroval 2 years ago
It's a shame Grant Hart didn't get the same publicity Bob got in his subsequent career.
Both excellent songwriters.
jonnywotsit 2 years ago
Agreed. I saw them when new day rising came out and Grant was was amazing. His voice was amazing.
smillsy71 2 years ago
Folk song lyrics+speed metal music=Husker Du!
artrca1000 2 years ago 2
Top 5 greatest records of the rock era. Listen and tell me I'm wrong.
artrca1000 2 years ago 2
Use a part of your brain, please. Joan did not do the booking on her own Show.
balimoon06 2 years ago
The song She's a woman taught me a lot.
ood2112 2 years ago
good for Joan, she actually cared enough to find out stuff about the band and had them play TWICE. That really makes me respect her that much more.
PieceofMindmusic 2 years ago
She must be quite open-minded; it was very unusual for a mainstream figure such as JR to be that tolerant of a band of that sort in those times.
gwugluud11 2 years ago 2
yeah seriously. although iheard she bought into the whole "Grunge fashion" thing in the early '90s
PieceofMindmusic 2 years ago
great find..
badlovinghuman 2 years ago 2
Bob Mould's voice is anthemic.
083770 2 years ago 2
Props to Joan for saying their name right!
votejello 2 years ago 4
But she got the first song wrong. She said "You could be the one". A bizzare appearance indeed
TenenteDinamite 2 years ago
Most stylish moustache in rock for Greg!!! And Grant, yeah, u are definitely the Wild Boy!!!
veiza 2 years ago 2
I love how she chucks the record behind the desk -- as if it is contagious and diseased....
pukka99 2 years ago
nice observation
cadenmccann2 2 years ago
what's that a gay talk show? ian mckellen after hüsker dü? :) funny.... anyway hüsker dü is great, and hugely influential
Thommee 2 years ago
fuck yes
jaredgrantkelly 2 years ago 2
Husker Du was never very political,a few songs on was it everything falls apart,or Zen Arcade,I own all the albums ecept from Warehouse,never fancied that one. Sugar have more the right sound,i think. The mini album,ooh cannot remember the name,but on it there is a song called Diane,that is one of my favorites. I also think that they look like clean cut normal people is facinating,no bad boy mohawk image bollocks,they go on stage,do their work and dissepear And their earliest albums:great!!!
Espencrass 2 years ago
I think she said "prolific", not "political".
kohoutekdriver8 2 years ago
I think the album that Dianne is on is "metal circus".
jackzbear 2 years ago
YOU Could be the One? She obviously doesn't listen to the Du.
crassisdead 2 years ago
I bet the whole time they were playing, Joan was thinking, "This is definitely not Sammy and Dean at the Sands."
huskerspew 2 years ago 16
Oh, I take that back. She totally fucks up with 'singing to a better medley' lol genius!
tiddler111 2 years ago
Fantastic band, but sorry to say Husker Du with the little dots above the Us is neither Danish (or Norwegian, as I saw on another clip), It is Swedish. Only Swedish uses those. PS Joan does nothing wrong, leave her be.
tiddler111 2 years ago
Good point, but the umlauts have nothing to do with languages, they're just 'rock dots.'
BlackMath1977 2 years ago 2
Right, like in Mötley Crüe, lol
plateofshrimp 2 years ago
Actually right,with the dots used in swedish letters,but husker du doesnt mean anything in Swedish,in Denmark and Norway,it means as he said in this interview. Husker Du said straight out means do you remember in English, That is Danish & Norwegian language. I remember there was an old TV show in the only non commersial norwegian tv-channel. And there was an issue there,only bcause I was not on planet earth in my mind by the time not sure,but I think the Show tried too sew the band for the name
Espencrass 2 years ago
Grant looks a little paunchy.
xplund 2 years ago
big THANKS for this one, best thing I seen for months.
dark0donnie 2 years ago
Yeah, "hoosker doo" is actually the correct pronounciation..so they had that written on her cue cards...if you listen to any interviews with Bob, he'll pronounce it the same way...it would have been nice to get Grant's perspective on Joan, but he had already booked by then...
boliverful1 2 years ago
whos that clown...hoosker doo?
akastuntfish 2 years ago
I actually met Bob & Greg the night after this performance at a Husker show in Seattle. When Greg was asked what he thought of Joan, he said, "She was alright. She even pronounced our name right! They had on her cue cards Hoosker Doo!" When I asked Bob the same question, he grew serious and said,"It was pretty unnerving, to be honest with you. It was pretty embarrassing...we really couldn't wait to get out of there..."
boliverful1 2 years ago 3
Could be the most embarrassing interview ever. "Singing to a better medley"? Uh, okay Joan.
monkeytrousers 2 years ago
Wow, Joan Rivers fucked that up.
This is Husker Du with You Could Be The One!
Oh my God, she makes me ashamed to be Jewish.
Fatwreckman 2 years ago
she says 'here to PERFORM you could be the one, its Husker Du'
so where is the fuck up???????
paulypj 2 years ago
should i say 'Here to SING You could be the one, is Husker Du'
(to correct myself there ;-) )
paulypj 2 years ago
The song is called COULD YOU BE THE ONE and not YOU COULD BE THE ONE, THERE IS THE FUCK UP!
Cheers.
Fatwreckman 1 year ago
this destroys the studio version by a fucking mile
DavySolaris 2 years ago 8
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weren't these guys a bunch of poofdahs ? .. buttblasters ?
florgat91 2 years ago
Bob Mould and Grant Hart were. Greg Norton is married to a woman and owns a restaurant now. I used to love watching homophobes dancing to Husker Du in the late 80's and 90's singing every word of gay love songs.
RoyalSouvenir 2 years ago 26
I think some people have a hard time getting their heads around the fact that while two of these guys are gay, they don't consciously go about their lives with that fact changing how they treat people or view things. It means even less to how they play music. It just doesn't. Personally and romantically speaking, I'm sure it does matter. But when Bob Mould goes to play a G chord he's not thinking " I wonder if my sexuality is gonna come across the way i hit this chord." It's just silly.
woodoven 2 years ago 40
Beautifully put.
RoyalSouvenir 2 years ago
@woodoven Being straight I have no problem with artist and their preference of men or women. Pretty petty when you think of it. Music breaks bounderies and thats the way it should be. Art is art no matter who what or where it comes from. And yes Bob Mould rocks.
murfdasurfer 1 year ago
@woodoven wow i never knew that the guitarist/singer and drummer were gay. I still think this band was fuckin amazing
TheGodMan69 1 year ago 2
@woodoven
I have a hard time how clean shaven and preppy Mould got for this "appearance" on this show...he was always the ambitious one though eh...too bad he can't submerge the ego and make the many fans out there happy by playing a wee bit with Grant and Greg...I mean Bob already is bitching in 86? 87? here about how he can't criticize the government anymore cos his emotional spectrum is "wider" so yeah...lol
scotscar 1 year ago
Wow...I never knew.....(i dont care) but you know my other fav band back in the day was the Judy Bats They were super gay and i never knew it.....MAKES ME WONDER
antman5000 2 years ago 4
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pubertz 2 years ago
Who the fuck cares? I certainly didn't. They were the best.
paddlepop77 2 years ago
@RoyalSouvenir
hahahahaa...totally.
I don't know how familiar you are with Los Crudos...but it's the same thing
their lead singer is now in a band called Limp Wrist
eerawb 1 year ago
Bob and Grant were gay... Bob Moulds new record is badass!
RunLikeBuck 2 years ago
gotta love the mic hovering above the heads hahahaha
MST3Killa 2 years ago
Hey Joan rivers looked human back then, and I remember when a 12in record wasn't a foriegn object to most people. good time's
1thess523 2 years ago
Thats a hell of a shirt
cutslikedrugs 2 years ago
Bob & Grant even shared a smile during this performance during the end of the solo. Who would've thought they weren't getting along & that this would be the last Husker album. I guess all good things have to come to an end sometimes.
p4horror 2 years ago
My favorite Husker Du song along with "New Day Rising" and "Gravity". . .I want my guitar to sound like that. . .wonder what Bob used for create that noisy-chimey sound?
And they sound so fuckin' awesome playing live. So clean!
Rol110587 2 years ago 2
That's so true. Definitely cleaner than most of their albums. Usually it's the other way around.
p4horror 2 years ago
i also love "Gravity." that rolling bass part just sends me every time. if that's not my favorite tune of theirs, it might be "Standing By Th Sea."
billowandbethany 2 years ago
lol..."You could be the one".
Awesome performance.
NinetiesYouth 2 years ago 2
Does anyone know what modle and year V Mr.Mould is using in this ????
themcmenthol 2 years ago
it's a knock-off of an Ibanez Rock'n'Roll V called "Rock'n'Roll SR." A punk rocker had little pay and those things cost like $200-ish back then. Now, they're worth $1200 or so.
Rol110587 2 years ago
"hoo skadoo"
lonelygnome1 2 years ago
This is so nuts. Hukser Du were really ahead of their time; this sounds like something that belongs in the mid 90s, not 1987. Oh yeah, they sound so much better live. Much be the crappy recording quality of their Warner and SST records; I wish they'd remaster them.
khairaldin 3 years ago 3
for sure man. sst had alot of issues i didnt care for...black flag, descendents...for one, all the drums sound so smacky, like hitting human skin.
AScoppa 3 years ago
funny.. i remember missing this show because i was out playing basketball and went out for for beers afterwards... now twenty years later ,first time....
johnvndonut 3 years ago
haha..this is so weird
but i guess they were made for "bigger things"..whatever that means
hulud99 3 years ago
thats soo rad
9jimmy24 3 years ago
Saw this live back in the day and have it on VHS somewhere. Great to see it again - thanks for posting!
sillyrabbittnj 3 years ago
Why are they called Husker du ? "husker du" means "do you remember" in danish :S
gjaddajg 3 years ago
According to Michael Azerrad's "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991," Bob, Grant, and Greg were jamming, playing Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer." One of the song's verses is in French, so one of them started yelling all the foreign phrases he could think of. One of the phrases that was yelled was "Husker Du." And the rest is history.
cellojordan 3 years ago
hmm.. ok, funny... thx
gjaddajg 3 years ago
it the same in norwegian ;)
RattleHead86 3 years ago
It's also the same in norwegian ;)
RattleHead86 3 years ago
super style!!!!!!!
masataka986 3 years ago
Husker Du , The Marquee , Wardour St . 1985/06 ..? Anyone at that one ? Tell me aboot it .
jpemergency 3 years ago
The joan rivers show was way ahead of it's time.She had the cult on as well as the mission uk.
blacknuns 3 years ago 2
Joan Rivers had a talk show with Husker Du playing??? fucking bizarre...
migs404 3 years ago 6
she says "You Could Be The One"
Nixtus 3 years ago
I doubt Joan really liked them. Damn this is awesome though.
byrnecobain 3 years ago 2
hi,
I was wondering if by any chance you have 'All of my senses' by Grant Hart. I love it so much, I don't know who had put it on youtube but it's now gone...
Tim
Tim983 3 years ago
Loved them back then..notice how much more intelligent they sound than their contemporaries.
Bobby65NY 3 years ago
I would have liked to see Husker Du play this show in 1981 :)
GEOpz838 3 years ago
these guys sound very before their time.. I thought this was a nineties rock band.
TrustyBucket 3 years ago
Oh my gosh, this brings back such happy memories...I actually met Bob Mould in the 80's...was dating someone who knew him before he got so famous...anyhoo...I remember it was April in Minnesota and freezing and we three went to a wrestling match together...I was wearing a white mini-skirt and a top made out of rags and lime green gloves...woo-hoo....we had so much fun and Bob was amazingly laid back and almost shy in a cute kind of way...very very nice guy...it was such an awesome time!!!!!!!!!!
hrubygirl 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
bob is a fag!
1lhotstuff 3 years ago
Not cool.
RKJCNE 3 years ago
Really?
Thank you very much for this important news
nikkari69 3 years ago
So are you, closet case.
elsquibbs 3 years ago
The bass player looks like Geraldo Rivera.
tommybass40 3 years ago 3
Holy fuck, he does!!!!!!!!!!
kablamman2007 3 years ago
It might have been an uncomfortable interview for the band, but it still came out well. Joan Rivers at least did her homework. Remember, she is a lot older than the band, and this was the 80's, where bands like Husker were rarely on ANY KIND of TV.
ShorthairedMetalDude 3 years ago
That was RADICAL!
kaput450 3 years ago
Classic. I love GBV and suspect Husker Du is in part responsible for their inspiration.
slighe39 3 years ago
I think Husker Du were behind alot of great band's influences.
bigman1225 3 years ago
-Will you come back again Please come back!
Joe1039 3 years ago
I loved these guys...didn't they break up like a month later?
Distrukkt 3 years ago
Yup, unfortunately this was the bitter end for our heroes...
chokito91 3 years ago
love that boom mic floating around up top!
drkaufman 3 years ago
haha, i love it when grant gives her a hug
willthebighead 3 years ago 2
I actually prefer this over the version on Warehose. The vocal melody is incredible.
celebratedsummer88 3 years ago 3