1:57 For music.

A young Marc Ribot wrecking the place with that fabulous anti solo. What a great guitar player he is.

Glad I stumbled on to this. I’ve reading Mr Lurie’ autobiography but never heard the band. My local record shops had no vinyl or CDs of the group. I note this months Downbeat magazine has a of some of Mr Laurie’s work. I’ve got work to do. There’s time. I’m only 81!

when you like a note so much you build an entire song around it

This is so fantastic, Killer 6/8 Groove , the brasslines , the Percussion,Drums and that guitar solo. Can't stop repeating it daily. That was a great time for fresh music !

Everything about this performance is pretty much perfect. It's blown me away. I didn't expect it to be even better than the studio version. This is special

Night music program was a breath of fresh air. To show the various artists together and even perform together at the end of the show was fantastic. The 1980's was a great time for music. There is still great music today you just have have to dig deeper. Cheers y'all

Marc Ribot ❤️ love his work with Tom Waits and John Zorn

Perhaps the coolest performance i have ever seen

Voice of chunk is their best album with big heart running a very close second. Got into them in 1989 they are my favorite jazz band of all time. Finding them on vinyl isn't going to be easy but I'm retired so what the fuck I have plenty of free time.

30 years later it still sounds fresh. Thank you John

This insane wtf its so good

I always loved these guys. Saw them in NYC in 1991 and they really blew the roof off the place.

I could watch E.J.Rodriguez for hours..yikes, he's fucking amazing! I mean, the Lizards are beyond description, of course, it's just that Rodriguez's percussion adds layers of coolness all by itself...then Lizards have held a place of honor in my c.d. collection since the 80's...I absolutely love them!

This could be the best version of this song.....ever..... IMHO. Can't believe I was so uncool when they were popular and didn't "get it". Do now. Great we can go back and see these classic performances. Thank you for uploading this. The wind down heading to the end is just so haunting....... Just lovely!!

John Lurie is for me the personification of Coolness, as musician, actor or painter. i admire this human infinitely

This is my favorite video on the internet

Wonderful Marc Ribot's solo

People, I LOVE this groove, all that John & the Lounge Lizards ever done is right up my alley. Soooooo gooooood!!!

oh my fucking christ this is incredible. Funky, tight and satisfying as hell! BRILLIANT

Are you effin kiddin me! That was brilliant!

Ribot going off. Wonderful.

This is one of my all time favorites. I was lucky to actually see them play this live around that time (in Schaarbeek of all places).

One of the best tracks in the history of Jazz!

Totally the Primo Beatnik Music of ever. If I got to nominate some musician for the Really Cool Dude Award I would definitely nominate Mr Lurie.

This brings back vivid memories. I used to sneak out of bed as a kid to watch 'Sunday Night', then 'Night Music'. I remember this performance well. Amazing stuff.

Stayed at the Tropicana in Hollywood and John was there with his band. Talked with him for a while and he said “I wish I was in your band.” Thought that was pretty cool. Always liked the Longe Lizards.

rip Curtis Fowlkes

I saw the „Live in Berlin“ shows in 1991. they were really the peak of avantgarde at their time an John Lurie the coolest guy on this planet.

So astonishingly beautiful. Makes me happy to see so many comments here from people who are just discovering the Lizards… I have worried that their brilliant work might be forgotten since John Lurie stopped making music.

recognised Ribot from the sound, before checking the credits!

Wow - he had that same laconic speaking style in his youth as he does on his show PAINTING WITH JOHN.

Brilliant I think this miles better than the album recording.

That ending part came out of nowhere and I love that..

So good! Thanks for uploading this.

Legends of NYC

Incredible stuff !!

John Lurie a great actor and a musician too!

Beautiful!

There is so much beauty in all this chaos. 😍

Brilliant... Tnks for sharing..

I can’t believe non of my friends are cool enough to turn me on to this. Ears just got thirsty!

Incredible!

god thats a sick guitar

Love to see Roy Nathanson in this lineup

Still coming back. Very well filmed as well.

Fantastic !

of all the things i love about this video, probably my favorite thing is the second`saxophonist's oversized suit

how on god's green earth have I never seen this before I fucking smiled a couple of times So Cool!! music man

Oh my, Jools. Please stop yapping, step aside, and feast your ears on the transcendent sounds.

love it!!

Really thanks !!!!!

Borat's killing it on the sax

Monster band!

How have I not heard of this guy? This is sick!!

A Maynard James Keenan interview brought me here & I'm not disappointed at all!!

Superb!

Amazing

a lot of this reminds me of the breakdowns Dave matthews band does never heard of LL before v cool

damn this is good. that percussion.

Classics!

Lurie's too pure for Jool's horseshit games.

The mc is godawful. I 💓 Marvin Pontiac

So hypnotising

wasn't expecting towatch this whole thing

awesome!

Pour un Français, surtout pour ma Sœur Française,en 1994, trouver Mr Lurrie dans le livre des numéros téléphonique de la ville de New York City, démontrait que c'était un mec énormément cool. Et je sais qu'il l'est et le serra encore. Sacré bonhomme ce bonhomme.

Love it

Awestruck

very good..............................................

lizards rock!

John very sincerely: "I have all these feelings inside of me..." Band members crack up...clearly they know something we don't...

Dig a young Erik Sanko on fretless Kubicki bass (Skeleton Key) sporting a Daryl Hall look.

Great..

bloody hell

John Lurie & Borat on saxophone.....!!!

killer!!!!!

SOOO FUCKING GOOD!!!

I just love the announcer... but especially love the way John sincerely handles the nervous little fellow. ♥

oh wow

When the audience laughs when John says he has feelings inside 😡😡😡

2:00

Oh yeah, I’ve got their first album stashed away somewhere.

wow

Oh, nice.

Nathanson looking like he's wearing his dad's suit

saw them 1991 Philadelphia. 👍🏻

trance!

nice

This is awesome! But why does Ribot look like Michael J. Fox? And did Byrne create a hype with the big suit thing?

we've got a groucho marx impersonator on middle sax

this makes me feel awkward for both Jools and John lol Wish I was there

Jools Holland was so excited to be standing next to Mr. Lurie, he couldn't' stand it! It was a good idea, to mess with the Intro text, but Wow, talking on TV to JOHN LURIE! Check out Jools' modern TV show. "Later ... with Jools Holland" which runs on American cable TV and features great new acts.

how uncomfortable an introduction. am reading lurie's new book and it's great.

Makes you want to go out and buy some coconuts

Really great!!! But where is Arto Lindsay? But Marc Ribot also great!

The lizards are great. Percussion boys are wow. The composition werks so well. The Fishing movie. More lizards, swollen monkeys and microscopic septet. NYC the 80s.

this feels like god

15 year old Zappa......cool.

I didn’t know Roman Roy had his own show