I like how they filmed this on VHS to add to the hipster steeze

Today I found out he is a Portlandia character in real life.

Suprised he didn't pick out any blue jean committee

Fred seems like someone who you can talk to for hours about anything.

john fahey and joyce and both incredible, you won't be disappointed

such a great series...thanks for this.

Likes to use the term "one of the Greatest" pretty loosely

That's from a Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein single called "Portland, Oregon (You're My Home)"

This is the greatest show ever

I met him in Philly. He came down from NYC when he was on SNL to hang with his friends in that band he mentions at the beginning, Trenchmouth. Nice dude. Didn't pull a star-trip at all.

"What's in my bag" is unique in that you'll see artists who you really don't know or like who will have a bag that will send you on a curious journey of exploration and vice versa.

i love fred

Such a comedy god

Funniest drummer ever and everybody is gonna miss him when he is no longer on SNL.

Fred..💚 I saw him do stand up for comedy for musicians but all are welcome he was fkn awesome.. such a real down to earth person .. it’s refreshing

Bow Wow Wow 'See Jungle...' was probably the first album I actually bought for myself in 1981, the year I left school...I'm not sure that I could listen to it now...but I am glad that it is still getting played somewhere.

He is so right about Malcolm McLaren, Bow Wow Wow, Colourfield, and Lena Lovich. Great choices, Fred!

Yes!!!! The Go soundtrack!!

Now this is a guy Id love to have a convo with. Portlandia is the craziest show ever!

Go is totally underrated. See it if you haven't

Thanks for sharing the Music Fred...

know what I love even more than seeing my all time favorite comedian's music picks? the foo fighters poster right behind his head ahaha!!

Fred knows his music

I met Fred a couple years back when he was filming Portlandia at my parents' house. Very eccentric but awesome guy.

I saw him in that show about the musical town on Apple TV and have since watched everything he's in. Such a cool bloke

Amoeba, you are loved.

Steal My Sunshine is a truly great song. I know it's a one-hit wonder but LEN should be proud that they were able to tap into some cosmic joy with that song.

That movie Go is actually pretty good. Funny.

Weird that Fred refers to Annabelle Lwin as the dancer for Bow Wow Wow when she was the vocslist and we can hear her singing in the clip

I wish I was into shit like this so I could relate to Fred lol

I'm impressed!

Just to over-focus on a few seconds at the 4:20-ish mark... My mum, Jane Bierce, was the author of the book "Building Passion" used in the video from Suddenly Last Summer. We found out about it when one of our teen friends saw it on MTv. Mum was thrilled that they used her cover but maybe a little self-blind about the sarcastic spirit (or perhaps that was just my teen angst from people discovering I had a mother who did stuff?). She thought she had won the lottery as this was the first romance novel she had gotten published. Mum went out and bought the video and would proudly show it to anyone who asked. Use of the image was never asked for and many people would advise her to seek legal action and royalties, but Mum wouldn't hear of it. Her little book was in the right place at the right time. She sold about a dozen more romance stories and had a small but adoring fan base. Thanks for the reminder of this kind of cool - kind of not cool... but with aging, quite the coolest thing from my teen-hood.

i love this ❤️ thank you

"steel my sunshine" thank you for this reminder and portlandia Fred!!

‘Steal my Sunshine. ‘ excellent!

i'm impressed that he knows who john fahey is. sligo river blues is one of my favourite song by him

good taste in music

Fred Armisen is the man

Just bought that motels album on cd, Awesome

The entire Malcom McClaren "Fans" album is a masterpiece. It's a mixture of hip-hop and opera. I love that record. McLaren was a genius. Bow Wow Wow, I saw them in around 1983 or 84, Fred is right, incredible musicians with a totally unique sound. I really like Lene Lovich as well, songs like "New Toy", "Lucky Number", and "Maria", should be in everyone's collection.. I love Terry Hall's work with the Specials better, but I liked him in Fun Boy Three and the Colourfield too. Fred has great taste in music, I really like the mini-documentary "The Last Gang in Town" he did with members of the Clash as Ian Rubbish and the Bizzaros. Hilarious!

Oh i love him! Hes such a sweetie💖

Steal my sunshine FTW

thanks Fred for introducing me to John Fahey!

coolest swag bag grab ever, bro!

Fred should do more of this

awesome

joyce was a great surprise!

love you Fred

Joyce Moreno is a Brazilian treasure.

FRED

yo fred is into petra haden, that's what's up! love that dog, one of my favorite bands and fred is one of my favorite actors/comedians

When I first was watching this i thought he just went through the store, picked up random albums and talked about them like he knew about them kind of mocking hipsters and now I'm unsure if he actually does like these things, either way I was entertained.

huge devo fan too!

First time I've ever heard someone buy a record for the drum machine!

Fred is the man

I saw Trenchmouth in the late ‘89 at a conservation club (or hunting/fishing club) in a small town in Northwest Indiana for $5. If I remember right, they played with Life Sentance and Regan Youth.

Joyce's 'Hard Bossa' is a cool record. Good choice.

Portlandia, yes.

I love the junior's farm 45

Battle of the Bands by The Turtles is an incredible concept album. Surfer Dan on that record is probably the best surf song ever.

wow he was extremely sincere

I get a feeling that when Fred found out he was doing this interview , he sat down at his house and made a list of what to buy for this lol

so, fred should be friends with travis from cattle decapitation who was even more excited to have found that petra haden record.

Kind of refreshing hearing him just talk instead of endless spoofs about hipsters...

I love that Petra Haden album... Nice choice, Fred!

He got Animal Liberation, but no mention of Chris and Cosey? I hope he was pleasantly surprised

What is the opening music? Very cool.

Good lord.... Armisen fucking KILLED it

I just want to know where I can get a pair of those shades.

this guy s so underrated

Would you believe, I anticipated his Mclaren/Madam Butterfly pick right as he was mentioning Shriekback....probably not worth mentioning huh..

What's the song playing at 0:22?

Thank he did the guitar action for John Fahey or I would have been completely lost.

very naïve question: what is the music in the credits?? i like a lot the way it sounds

Cool

he's actually hipster in real life

Omgz Fred armisen

suddenly last summer! wtf nobody else knows that

I wonder why he didn't pick up the b52s box set

Gentle and soft

$20 a day PD's...living the dream Fred.

Jesus i forgot all about that steal my sunshine song

Fred Armesin actually has a house here in Asheville i hope i can meet him one day

i love this god damn series and thanks fred and everyone for making it not suck

Bow Wow Wow was the band and she wasn't "one of their dancers", she was the lead and an amazing one

whats that song at 0:22? is that just like the channels theme song? Because I've heard that before.

Trenchmouth reunion plz Fred! Miss you! Xo

Probably time to have him on again.

Did he really pick The Turtles after Fahey? Wow. Fahey-fans will smile.

Why are there no holes in the records?

he was in Trenchmouth

he is the best

Case in point - SNL Digital Short: The Tangent

What is the song at beginning and end?

Fred spent about $1K... Luckily for me I have google music! great show!

Steal my sunshine ?!?!?! Great song?!?!?! Ohhhhh kaaaaayyyy man

That's so over!!!!

Intro song? anyone?

EVER!

It's been like 15 years bro it's almost time for it to become cool again....