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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
The Pogues with Kevin Bogart
Mix 1 part traditional irish folk, 2 parts punk, and 3 parts irish whiskey (just not the protestant kind): stir and drink well. Grab a Guinness and sing along: it's THE POGUES week!
Joining the show is a long-time friend who played many a sweaty Boston punk show with Alex and Jon over the years, Kevin Bogart (Trophy Lungs, Better Sense)! Kevin and the guys discuss the upcoming New Warden/Trophy Lungs reunion show at O'Briens before tackling the idiot savant genius nature of Shane MacGowan. We kick off the show with The Pogues baffling a crowd of hip London teens on The Tube. A French filmmaker produces a TV documentary for British television at the height of Rum Sodomy & the Lash. The Pogues join the nation of Ireland by honoring 25 years of The Dubliners, and it is the most Irish thing you'll ever see. And Fairytale of New York sends Shane and the guys off on a path of fame and messiness that ends today with a Letterman clip in 1993 (without Shane).
Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!
Sally MacLennane/Whiskey, You're the Devil/Boys From the County Hell/Waxie's Dargel, November 1st, 1985 on The Tube
Part 1/Part 2/Part 3, February 15th, 1986 TV French special by Antoine de Caunes from Rock Arena
Irish Rover with the Dubliners/Auld Triangle group sing-along, March 6th, 1987 on RTE The Late Late Show Tribute to 25 years of The Dubliners
Fairytale of New York with Kirsty MacColl, December 1st, 1987 on Top of the Pops
Fiesta/Streets of Sorrow-Birmingham Six (4:20 mark), April 15th, 1988 on Friday Night Live
White City/The Body of an American, March 17th, 1990 on Saturday Night Live
Tuesday Morning, October 22nd, 1993 on The Late Show with David Letterman
