Dammit Mark, just tour with a full band again. Such a tease.

I heard this song when it first came out and I've never gotten over it, really. Astounding.

Kool with a capital K. Mr. Kozelek, I could listen to you for the next 100 years. Timeless.

Love the ending. Mark: Will you tour with me? Kirk: What?

What a song for the ages. Amazing remdition.

The Roots are dreamgazing!

Best song of the 90's.

I've had enough of these brutal beatings and name callings....I love these lyrics the attention I need is much more serious I love Mark! and I love how Quest Love and the whole crew are so eccentric they add a nice little touch to this classic!👍

This is giving me chills.

The Root House Painters?

Mark Kozelek-one of my favorites for many years. Love the musicians!

saw mark last night playing in london. love or hate him, he's about as genuine a person as they come.

Kirk really killed this one!! Mistress easily has to be my favorite song out there!

i do love the dream pop version of mistress, it's really beautiful to listen too

è quasi misticismo...è stupenda. Adoro!!!

So cool to see Mark on late night tv! Ohio loves you.

can't believe I've not seen this. sublime! kirk nailed it and the roots too, keeping with the original vibe.

this is absolutely outstanding..................

Gotta hand it to Jimmy, had hella great music on. Mark, Sunny Day Real Estate, etc💎

Wow! This crushes any RHP version I've heard. So raw, so beautiful...

The Roots are the house band on Jimmy Fallon's show. Often they play with artists who are either solo are not there with a band. I'm not too fond of Mark's vocal here, but you can tell the acoustics and sound mixing are getting the better of him. Great backing from the Roots though. Sounds just like the record.

watched Fallon here on the East Coast, saw "Moderately Talented" and then the show cut off, went to a short break, and Carson Daly came on. Never saw "Mistress" at all until today. Anyone else experience this? Regardless, loved "Moderately Talented" and, just as an old man would still think to do, I rushed to tape it on my VCR, hoping to show my kids when they awoke this morning. How funny is that? Somehow, forgot about the tech reality that is youtube. Eventually, I'll figure it all out.

WOW. Never knew this happened!

OH MY KOZALEK!!!!

This are one of Kozelek favorite songs...He play it so much...are my favorite song too

One of my favourite songs from The Red House Painters! Love it... thank you

Tremendous but I like it even better with the fuzzy distortion like on the record.

Love this version, I Wish there was an official version uploaded, in good quality. But I like that, this uploader, decided to upload it. I Really like that everything is more stronger and sharper.

Amazing. Mark Kozelek, you are my idol.

I haven't seen him plugged in since he played with Retribution Gospel Choir! This is golden. Can't believe it took me six months to find it.

the dreamp pop gaze song its memorable...piano too but in minor scale

Great tune. Thanks for posting.

Thank you again. Always satisfying.

Music is magic

always loved this man since I heard "all mixed up" Excess Baggage...

this song ...gives me SHIVERSSSSSS!

My favorite alltimes song (RHP version)

lovequest is in da house

I've always loved how Mark goes down in pitch for ''to be my mistress'' here as opposed to up like in the RHP album. Hits harder somehow.

Simple this Song makes me always happy......

Best live ever

20 years later and still blissed out by this classic fuzz bomb. Awesome

I love him. That’s all 🤗 I need a guy like him in my life

this episode made you cry

great song

This performance breaks my heart. Questlove and the supporting band play through the motions. I feel Mark had a chance to introduce something great......super sad.....squandered moment. So many MK, RHP, SKM fans here.....

I too did not see the rock band version of Mistress? Neither on Late Night with Jimmy,or at the Mark Kozelek show I attended. I think the set was Among the Leaves heavy for promotion of his new LP which was tipped up on the late night desk, but not available to the rest of us rock hounds yet. Snatched up some Sun Kil Moon/ Mark Kozelek rarities at the Lincoln Hall Chicago show for $10 a piece. Lost Verses live CD, Find Me Ruben Olivares CD, Little Drummer Boy 2XCD set, and the Nights LP CD

Fucking quest love playing this song this is insane and so good

I have a dream, that black guys and white guys, will play white dude music, together...

BRAVE

damn it this is fantastic. Ive been getting bored of the fingerpicking SKM albums. These could be the new RHP MAKE IT HAPPEN KOZELEK!

Sunshine seeping in 👌

DUDES....THIS IS BIG. MORE THAN YOU KNOW...

Mark Kozelek and The Roots

TOTALLY RAD! MUCH, MUCH....LOVE

This is lovely, but I think they could've picked a different song from the back catalogue to better showcase Mark's voice. Its chamged a lot since he recorded Mistress. I would have melted for GCP.

WHOA!! YES! FINALLY......SOMETHING REAL. ETERNALLY!!! NOTHING. MUCH MORE SERIOUS...........Ya we can....COOL. BRAVE!!

Rispetto grande sei un Leonardo da Vinci musicale ciao Pino e margherita

I was thinking the same thing.

Indeed but these sounds great too, they fit the song well :)

I personally prefer the "piano version" of this song. But this could not have been more perfect. The Roots played it better than Red House Painters. This is such a great example of how Mark's songs are truly timeless. But he's also, one of the few, that has gotten better as he's gotten older.

Go on Koz!

This is very good, I'd like to hear MK play live w/band, has more potential in a live experience w/band in my opinion. I like his acoustic songs best, however, it fits more in the mood for something you listen to alone, for me. Either way he is an outstanding singer and song writer, so the music is always going to be good, my favorite bar none.

Mistress

beautifully undersung

Very nice. I love it. Much better than the acoustic "The Moderately Talented..." that also appeared on this telecast. Wish he'd do more electric music (and with a band). The Roots added so much.

@rfporter3, it turns out that "Mistress" was only played as a web exclusive that night. I t didn't make it to TV anywhere. I read on Fallon's site that another "surprise" is coming soon, another song played backstage that was recorded and soon to be released on the web. Saw Mark K. last week in Philly. Not his best performance...he hadn't slept in 5 or 6 nights, he told us, and he seemed a bit tired to give us his best vocals. It was still great, however, how couldn't it be?

holy shit..

Does anyone know the backstory to this? ie. why are they playing together? Are the Roots fans of MK and wanted to play with him or were they pushed into it by someone? What a bizarre match up - I love them both but never in a million years imagined them playing together - I am stunned! Also, is there any video online of the Moderately Talented Young Woman from this set?

Hey, there ! Here is a cover of this wonderful song. Enjoy ! fastfriendsparis.bandcamp.com/track/mistress

SHREDDING! ...EVEN IF YOUR CHEAP CAREERS DEPENDED ON IT.....AND THEY DO

same with me on the setlist although my complaint was the number of songs from absolutely nowhere. Five that were from out of left field, not from RHP, not from Ghosts, April or AFP or ATL. Two songs from AFP just a year and half after its release was kind of goofy. AFP is a masterpiece. Same with April and Ghosts and I love ATL, too, but 9 were from there and 1, 2 or 3 from each of the rest.

Questlove is in the House?

Lol this is fucking awesome the roots

I experienced the same thing in Virginia. Missed the best song as well.

Can anyone tell me the tuning for this song?

They need to make an album together asap.🙏

when was this ?

A flawed, troubled musical genius. Red House Painters will always be my favorite band.

great sound thought it was Lou reed at first wicked

what kind of alternate universe did i wake up in.

look everyone, it's channing tatum kozelek

Sun Kiladelphonics

Mark frickin Rocks (apologies for the foul language)

Just like the piano version if you consider the lyrics :)

The emotional provoker

The light color in the room The sunshine seeping in Doesn't mix with the black of Death's angel looming in I've had enough of the Brutal beatings and name callings To lose me to this bed Bruised internally, eternally Your praise little gifts you spent your money And stuffed me with Didn't amount to anything The attention I need is much more serious A kind of weight you couldn't lift Even if your cheap career depended on it I need someone much more mysterious To be my, to be my miss To be my mistress To be my, to be my miss To be my mistress To be my, to be my miss To be my mistress To be my, to be my miss To be my mistress

Looking forward to the backstage surprise. I just saw him in DC. Good show but the playlist was too ATL-heavy for me.

SHIT! :D

Sounds like they just didn't bother doing a good sound check. Turn his mike up a little bit. It's all uneven.

Ok thanks. I think I read somewhere that Jimmy Fallon was in Almost Famous with Mark, so I guess thats how he wound up on the show. Its a good performance but the lead guitar seems a bit patchy at times. Shame there's no video of Moderately Talented Young Woman online anymore, would love to see that.

Fallon's band may be better than the original line up. Excellent!

is it just me or is the audio quality bad?

"Igualita" que cualquiera de las del tostón Benji...

I am not agree... Version by Red house painters lineup is perfect...but, yeah this is descent.

Amazing. I cried. That is beyond art.......potental/kinetic socio-art energy. And...they get laid! =) or I hope they do.

?uestlove doesnt do the snare roll :(

Sucks having to strain to here the vocals. Band is good though.

I don't feel like the roots were vibing with Mark that much lol - I love his music but I could imagine him being well difficult to work with

Is he yelling at the guitar player at the end?