Tonight's Musical Guest, Today
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Nirvana on Saturday Night Live. Warren Zevon on David Letterman. Sometimes, late-night TV musical performances live on forever. Most don’t. But we still want to talk about them.
Each week on “Tonight’s Musical Guest, Today”, long-time friends Alex Beaton and Jon Hillman dive in on the music and cultural memory of a band through the arc of their late-night TV performances. Watch along with Alex and Jon as they examine and react to these musical history moments preserved in the amber of time alongside two celebrity guests and a talk show host.
From Conan to Colbert, Letterman to Leno, or SNL to MadTV, there is no shortage of iconic late-night musical moments. And no end to the ones you don’t remember.
Tonight's Musical Guest, Today
Andrew W.K. with Kenny
A voice unlike any other. Or maybe voices? We'll talk about it. This week, we're getting out the detective whiteboard and partying all the same. It's ANDREW W.K. week!
The guys couldn't do this one alone, so they enlisted the studious help of TMGT theme-song creator Kenny to join as their first in-studio guest! Kenny lays out the elaborate scene exploits of Andrew growing up in Michigan before watching two very different performances of his debut hit Party Hard on SNL and SPACE in New Zealand. Andrew performs only on Conan O' Brien for the next 16 years. And the show goes deep (too deep?) on Steev Mike and the impostor conspiracy. Plus the debut of the new hit game sensation "Andalai W. Klama"!
Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!
Party Hard, 4/13/02 on Saturday Night Live
Party Hard, 2002 on SPACE (New Zealand)
She is Beautiful, 7/11/02 on Late Night with Conan O' Brien
Your Rules, 11/14/03 on Late Night with Conan O' Brien
It's Time to Party, 8/28/12 on Conan
Music is Worth Living For, 4/24/18 on Conan