The Tubes Singer Fee Waybill on Their Classic Hit 'Talk to Ya Later'

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4 жыл бұрын

The Tubes rode the top of the charts for years with classic hits like “Talk to Ya Later,” “She’s a Beauty,” and “White Punks on Dope.”
The band has been riding a resurgence of popularity, and its classic 1981 album has been re-issued in an edition called "The Completion Backward Principle (180 Gram Translucent Blue Vinyl/Limited Anniversary Edition/Gatefold Cover)."
The band was touring up until the recent quarantine.
Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., "Extra" Senior Music Correspondent Adam Weissler sat down with legendary Tubes frontman Fee Waybill to talk about the classic album, touring, and creating the MTV hit “Talk to Ya Later” with famed producer David Foster.

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@SubmittedForYou 4 жыл бұрын

He was right about "Talk To Ya Later"- the first time I heard it, it blew me away. It should have been a massive hit.

@davidfairbairn8 3 жыл бұрын

Aye me too mate. It slapped me On the face when it kicked into that bridge.

@artheriford 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Kansas City and it didn't get any airplay at all. I heard it on a station out of Lawrence, Kansas. The reception was horrible, but I would listen because they played a lot of stuff like this. I actually recorded this off the radio with a patch kit my cousin made for me. I still really dig this song today, and since I have become such a huge Steve Lukather fan, that is a bonus

@shawnreese6538 3 жыл бұрын

It was a massive hit as far as I'm concerned. Got airplay in Cleveland for a decade.

@mikespaccarelli5282 2 жыл бұрын

The guitar playing on it is " nuts"

@jeffdawson2786 5 ай бұрын

Some forget just how great the musicianship of this band was.

@blakelycreative3171 5 күн бұрын

I always consider them a 70's Art/Performance Band. They were soo creative and the live shows were absolute spectacles on many levels.

@scottpatrick8645 4 жыл бұрын

Dude aged pretty damned good.

@hummarstraful 2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time fav 80's tracks. Luke's solo set my soul on fire. Gives me chills to this day.

@stevenscarpello7440 4 жыл бұрын

David Foster asked Luke to write a rock song for the Tubes. He created Talk to you later and also played on it. The guitar work is amazing on that track!! He also was responsible for She's a Beauty!! David Foster's way of helping The Tubes was Steve Lukather!!!!

@Ezoangelofdeath 2 жыл бұрын

The Tubes became Toto featuring Fee Waybill, his solo album Read My Lips was Toto with Fee singing, some of the best shit they ever did was on that solo disc.

@zebonaut 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ezoangelofdeath One way to see it. But his ways of directing it would bring massive tension into the band.

@eddiemichaels6285 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. So tired of hearing how wonderful the Tubes are. It was all Lukather.

@joedambrosio5423 3 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant showman, writer, lead singer....

@gogoyubari366 2 жыл бұрын

And actor.

@Crackernightfilms 3 жыл бұрын

The "Completion backward principle" is one of the best records I ever owned, every track was just so great to listen to, now I know why. Love the Tubes!

@petefiedler8805 Жыл бұрын

Definitive in my life experience.

@jkorshak 2 жыл бұрын

I saw The Completion Backwards Principle Tour in the Fall 1981. It was an excellent and fantastically entertaining show. A lot of stuff going on onstage, oftentimes hilarious, and the band was very tight.

@JamJells 4 жыл бұрын

What a kind, and gentle man. Nothing like what I thought he be like from the old videos from MTV days. Happy for him, and his troupe.

@moon0halo 3 жыл бұрын

I'm quite certain you didn't mean "genital". Or hey, maybe you did.

@JamJells 3 жыл бұрын

@@moon0halo thanks for the spell check my subconscious was over working that day

@dustinhockensmith6055 2 жыл бұрын

I met him twice & I can attest that he is like this to every fan. Very sweet & very personable to every fan he meets. Wonderful rockstar & wonderful gentleman!

@shawnreese6538 3 жыл бұрын

"If you can possibly manage the time..." The Completion Backward Principle is a big part of my life. The Tubes are def one of the top rock bands of all time. Absolutely love them. Fee hit a wiffle ball dead center at the first row mezzanine in Cleveland, right in my GF's face, for Sports Fans. I deflected it but was too wasted to catch it. I'm Butterfingers. Fee would possibly remember this.

@stevemcgrath9299 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Brit, but have always loved this band. Saw them just the once, wish it had seen more!

@thebasedgodmax1163 Жыл бұрын

I so wish they'd been bigger here. White Punks was a top 30 hit but that's it sadly

@MatthewMcClellan 4 жыл бұрын

Still one of my favorite human beings. Terrific interview.

@Itelkner 3 жыл бұрын

He's about as engaging an interview as you'll find. Super cool guy.

@xetexuk12 4 жыл бұрын

Great songs, great band, love this stuff! Go, Fee!!!!

@mikespaccarelli5282 2 жыл бұрын

" uncle Fee"

@autocrow 3 жыл бұрын

Nice interview! I enjoyed watching. I saw three Tubes shows in a row back in in 2011. I met Fee at the second show and got to chat with him a bit. At the third show, I was standing in line with many other people. I saw Fee in the distance talking to someone. He looked over, saw me and gave me the friendly smile and "nod" because he remembered who I was. That was such an awesome moment. Especially because I was alone and didn't know anyone, but I knew Fee!

@hiturbine 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard 'Talk to You Later' was on MTV, way back in early 80's. So I listened to it a few days ago - and it still kicks ass. Now it's stuck in my head, and I need to have it on repeat. I guess I am paying my dues for not listening to it in 40 years!

@centipederampage2718 4 жыл бұрын

I love The Tubes, I saw them 5 times, luckily I saw them in January before the quarantine.

@catanlorca 3 жыл бұрын

What a great artist and an excellent teller... he is one of a kind.

@cooltheengines 3 жыл бұрын

I met Fee Waybill for a couple minutes at an autograph signing session after a Tubes show and got to say hello and shake his hand. I was a little starstruck... it was really cool! I always thought it was awesome that he didn’t really fit the visual stereotype of a rock band singer but nonetheless was an awesome pop/rock singer!

@BigDaddy-se7xh 3 жыл бұрын

Could listen to Fee all day. Talk to me now!

@har9020 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to have seen the band during their mid-and-late 70s heyday. But I was born a bit too late for that and lived in a small market. But I've been a die-hard fan since I started buying records in the late 70s and have road-tripped to see these guys every chance I could (San Juan Capistrano, Nashville, and Atlantic City). And I'm pretty sure I've listened to Fee's first solo album about 100 times.

@waynesix7194 3 ай бұрын

These guys and girls are amazing. Guitar work-vocal work great visuals. I’m an old musician they are one of the best band’s ever.

@timstrong1881 4 ай бұрын

These guys were soooo underrated, their music was so catchy and made you want to sing along with them, I love their music!

@Polacerbic 3 жыл бұрын

EXTENDED VERSION PLEASE ❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼

@HagbardCeline42 3 жыл бұрын

Lukather/Foster/Waybill/Prince also recorded She's A Beauty by themselves as well.

@user-vr9su5nd9f 3 жыл бұрын

i once passed a joint to fee at the automat during the making of complete backwards principle.great band

@GS-xg4nz 2 ай бұрын

Talk to ya Later got to be top 10 rock songs

@CheetahSnowLeopard 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see Fee in good shape.

@TheOverlordOfProcrastination 2 жыл бұрын

Love this band.

@BIGM-gg9ln 2 жыл бұрын

the tubes shoulda been huge!! loved 'em!!!

@danaventura5998 2 жыл бұрын

Good interview. great band.

@paulvalentine1483 2 ай бұрын

Fee is an amazing guy.

@CusterFlux 3 ай бұрын

Never met Fee, seems like a lovely guy … CBP is a killer album, it really set the bar super high for a pop-rock band: easily one of the best albums from the 80s

@robertmendibles6012 Жыл бұрын

My good friend Nancy's bro Vince plays the keys for these guys and "talk to you later"was my 8th grade grad tune Good to hear they're back!!!...... Robby M.

@Melissa-ir8xt 2 жыл бұрын

My fave from them was " she's a beauty"! Love that song

@Mark-nx7mr 4 ай бұрын

Legend

@boddington7 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work Adam. What a great performer Fee Waybill is and was! Many shows at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz back in the day.

@IRIDEHARLEYS 2 жыл бұрын

I love "Talk To Ya Later", "She's A Beauty" and "No Not Again". I worked as a DJ on a radio station that played a mix of 70s, 80s and 90s. During my air show I made sure to slip these songs in nightly. Some nights they found their way into the mix more than once. Lol I'm happy to say that I introduced many of our listeners to The Tubes who might have not otherwise heard them. People started to call and request The Tubes after some time. ROCK ON FEE AND CO.!!!

@steveambrose5580 2 жыл бұрын

That’s proper friendship, it’s like meeting an old friend who you haven’t seen for years and you just carry on the conversation where it left off.

@packman5906 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how TTYL is one of the most texted acronyms ever!

@glenrotchin5523 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy part for me is that Remote Control is The Tubes at their best, edgy, energetic, creative, and doesn’t have that polished Foster finish. Which is why it’s so good.

@thegee-tahguy4877 3 жыл бұрын

FEE, I'm just guessing here, but was it your B-day suit Sports Fan video that made the record companies not take the band seriously, ie was it the Burt Reynolds syndrome? If it was, all I can say is that is the greatest video on the planet... you have not one ounce of shame. It's awesome!!!

@mikeolczak125 2 ай бұрын

I smoked a joint with Bill Spooner and Vince Welnick,1988,The Channel, Boston

@martyvanduzer9263 2 жыл бұрын

The first 7 Albums - loved them all, then the bomb hit.....

@richb4099 2 жыл бұрын

All these years I thought his name was Thee!! ......I loved their zany music....Talk to you later a great song......He's a hell of an entertainer....

@WineSippingCowboy 3 жыл бұрын

Waybill/Lukather/Foster wrote She's a Beauty fast too!

@noahroad6577 2 жыл бұрын

He is so well aged, he’s in his early 70’s. He’s built like he’s carved out of wood. He seems like a decent man too

@Flap999 2 жыл бұрын

Quality never goes out of style

@mikespaccarelli5282 2 жыл бұрын

Long live Uncle Fee!!!

@johnpatterson4272 Жыл бұрын

The BWCP album needs a serious full-on box set for 2023. DVD backstage footage, concerts, outtakes, demos and songs never included.

@giles7662 2 жыл бұрын

David Foster HAD done a rock and roll album before The Tubes, he did From the Inside by Alice Cooper three years before The Completion Backward Principle by the Tubes.

@BigBri550 3 жыл бұрын

I love this song, loved the album it came from, but seriously: if someone had woken me up in the middle of the night to force-listen it, someone probably would have been shot.