Fan Request: How Much Will It Cost Dave To Play Eagles Music? | Letterman
Fan Friday Request:
"Now I would like to see please the Late Show where 'David wants to listen to the Eagles.'
Mandy H."
(From "Late Show," air date: 9/12/14)
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Rick Beato throwing guitar picks at the tv 😂
LOL!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@MarkothunderHE WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT!!
Dave running his show like a podcast long before podcasts existed. Best Ever.
Or podcasts are running their shows like Dave, long after Dave.
This aired in 2014. Podcasts have been around since 2004.
@@yashkoshbigoshh he was doing this in the 90s dummy.
@@at1212b LOL, does anybody remember his morning show? Ran for 4 months in 1980. Luckily I was working nights back them and caught it right away.
@@yashkoshbigoshh 1982 Dave Began his show
Good for the Eagles, standing up for what's right and ensuring that their music will fade into veritable irrelevance within the next generation or so
Get over it! Get over it!
This is staged. If this were true, none of The Eagles' music or anyone else would be on KZhead. After all, this is TV.
@@darkman7010 The Eagles and Don Henley are notorious blockers. You really don't see their music on youtube, other than from their official account. Obviously this was all made for TV, but not really "staged" with regards to the rights to their music. Don't believe me? Upload some Eagles music to your channel and see how quickly you get a copyright strike.
I mean its silly of them but at the same time they owe it to the industry to make sure music rights are taken seriously. It helps the Eagles and it helps the small bands too.
The EAGLES are Greedy MFing Liberals. They were the 1st to introduce OUTRAGEOUS Ticket Prices...God Bless DON HENLEY...
This is why i love David Letterman. He is really good at getting stuff out there. The eagles are crazy for not wanting their stuff out there. Most ungrateful band in the world.
Dave's glee at breaking the rules and getting the network sued is gold.
Hence why he stuck up for Howard Stern
Brilliant. This is the type of stuff you watched Dave for. He would dwell on something like this, like a popcorn husk stuck in your teeth, like it really bothered him.
Copied Howard stern
@@robfaulhaber8204 if it wasn't for letterman you probably never would have heard of Howard Stern.
What was funny was when he’d apologize to a guest for not having time for them at the end of a show.
ROFL! Great analogy! Spot on!!
I can tell
The IP owners of all Jimi Hendrix's music have single handedly made large swaths of several generations of people completely unaware of his music and helped him fade from the popular consciousness because of how protective they've been of his music. Good job idiots you devalued your own IP.
Right? Jimi should be so much more well known, but for the talentless, greedy, money-grubbing representatives of his estate
Hendrix? Who cares.
Or made it exclusive. It’s a interesting play.
So sad haven't heard Jimi in years because of that but it was so refreshing to hear after I "borrowed" his albums
@@freggo6604 spoken like a man who hasnt heard much hendrix
Don Henley already making calls to get this video taken down.
Well played
I lost relationships trying to explain the irrelevance of Eagles songs.
You got that right!
@@itowedin irrelevance? That's funny!
@@Jimbo_Bluff actually,stupid and pointless is a better description for his comment
I had a week of holiday in NY back in 2007 and went to a little Cabaret club, half cut(drunk). I got up to sing the Jazzy version of 'Luck Be a Lady'. About 1/4 way into the song I heard a distinctive voice through the fold back speakers. I turned to see Paul Schaefer behind the keyboard singing away. I was stunned but, as I was mid song, kept on crooning. At the end of my number I went over and gave him a quick hug in thanks and he whispered "you've got sweet pipes kid"......blew me away! He was so good accompanying(of course) and his harmonies were spot on and never trying to pull focus. This is one of my favourite moments on stage. After my song I sat in audience for another 30mins and he played for a few other random singers before leaving the place in a surge of applause. That was a great night. Always made me wonder how often folks hanging out in small venues, jazz, comedy, cabaret clubs etc in big North American cities happened upon well known artists wanting to have a short jam or work a set of jokes. Living in Australia we don't have such chances of these things happening. I count myself lucky.
Great story...being from Oz myself I love the expression half cut.
THIS is why Letterman is the best at what he does. Took a completely innocuous conversation during the warm up, and it turns into FOUR different segments on the show. Canned hams and Explodopop for everyone!
When you are doing hundreds of shows a year like Dave did, you have to jump on anything that can work. One conversation and he had his whole show for the night. Fantastic.
This is one of the best a late Show’s ever.
amen.
Big Ass© Hams, thankyouverymuch! *a subsidiary of Big Ass™ pork products
Really? He's talking about a subject and that makes him a genius?
Absolutely in my Top 10 List for Letterman moments. Whenever "Life in the Fast Lane" comes on the radio, my wife and I both sing "Superchargerrr!! Really makes you lose your mind!!"
what is this "Supercharger" song ? Does it exist ? Who is the artist that recorded it ??
Hilarious 😂 I love a good pisstake 👍
Just look at Dave's face when he hears it. It's the exact same song and he's thinking, "God this is show business." Supercharger!!!
I always wished he'd sang "Supercharger, really makes you find your mind"
@@gattusog YES! haha, I always think that as well. He's so amused at how stupid the whole situation is, and this hilarious musical loophole solution. The best.
Dave will always be the best to me. Grew up watching him. I loved his silly things he did and he always honored the troops. Great person.
I was in New York City Manhattan. And walking down by the Ed Sullivan theatre and we were confronted by a man who was asking David Letterman trivia questions I answered 3 questions and got free admission to see his show. With special guest Jerry Lee Lewis.
@@shanedudley8973 I bought a Letterman Show T-shirt from the mall in Austin Tx. in 1984. Does that count?
@@ntvypr4820 yep, that place is tiny. Your feet are practically on top of the person's head in front of you. Just a tiny little theatre.
Dave: “Paul, what’s your favorite Eagles song?” Paul: “Whole Lotta Love.” Dave: “But that’s not an Eagles song…” Paul: “BINGO!”
I was too young to really appreciate how awesome Paul was on this show.
Yeah not only a musical genius but also a perfect banter partner for Dave
Paul was a musician's musician. Other bands brought him into their recording sessions to play solos that their own keyboardists could not play.
He's also naturally funny. If I remember right, he was the first person to accidentally say the F word live on air on SNL.
Start to finish he was the most annoying weird little schmuck that Dave kept on and foisted on us every night. His silly flapping arms in the air and yelling "yeah, baby!" almost every time he said ANYTHING. But that's just me only watching from the beginning in 1982 to the end in 2015 or whatever.
Paul and his band were very talented and added an amazing amount of fun to the Letterman show! Paul himself was superb! The announcer Alan, Chris Elliot started there as the guy under the stairs, etc, and the show was always entertaining and fun!!
Nobody did this on TV BEFORE nor AFTER Letterman... the absolute King of Late Night.
Johnny Carson was the King.
@@aebalc For interviews; entertainment value, I'd go with Dave.
@@markstoudenmire4935 Carson is the King and Dave was one of his princes. Carson was the gold standard. I respectfully disagree with you. That said, they are my two favorites of late night.
@@aebalc Tell 'em...reading some of these comments has me thinking they know little about Carson, his show, who he put on the comedy map and his legacy.
@@aebalc Carson was the beginning and gave Dave his deal to start in TV. Letterman was the last of the late night original comedians that made you either stay up and watch or tape it daily to see it next evening. All these hard core lib unfunny propagandists out there now KILLED late night TV. Except Gutfeld. He is genuinely funny because like the comedians of old he makes fun of EVERYONE.
Love it! Great request from a fan. I remember when this aired. This kind of thing is what made Dave the best.
Agreed!
Late night was still better, but Dave's was alright. He's a total creep though.
I was the fan in the audience and people thought I was planted in the audience 😂😂😂. But Dave referred to me as “Leslie “ the whole time 😢. What an awesome experience!!!!
I remember too.
This wasn’t “young Dave” anymore but this part of Dave just never aged, never got old either for that matter. Dave was captain of the most creative and FUN late night show that there ever was. This moment and so many more like it serve as evidence. Thanks for the memories Dave, cause this ain’t happening again, kids!
This is when it payed-off to watch a whole episode of a talk show. Watch from the start and Dave will be referencing something from the monologue all the way to the closing credits. Pure genius.
Love it .... "let's do one song and see what happens".... this is why David is a legend... !
I’ve stopped playing the Eagles at my local open mic just in case Don Henley shows up and turns off my amp.
Who would have thought that playing an Eagles song could be such an act of rebellion?!
Now this is what I call late night talk show. Not always about politics, and lot of engagement with the audience. Master of this trade Mr. Letterman.
Yeah. This was also in 2014.
I feel lucky to have grown up watching Dave Letterman. The absolute best.
Paul Sheaffer went to my high school (FWCI) in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a great musician, even then. He had a Hammond B3 organ, and played in local bands. Great memories!
He had a B3 when he was in high school?? Dude comes from a rich family or something?
Shaffer. That's how it's spelled.
Thanks for posting! Very good to know!
Great memories, but you don't know his last name.
@@Frontdesk99 You must be a real blast at parties, on the rare occasions you get invited.
omg, so glad this is finally on the official channel! I've watched the fan-upload of this moment SO many times over the years. Probably in my top Letterman moments ever.
This is in our host’s top 10 moments of all time as well. In our FB group we are staring a conversation with insiders to expand on this episode.
I put the fan video up. Thanks for watching.
@@sandiskeen Awesome!!
What about "Captain & Tennille" Gotta love Tony.
Daryl too !!!
Muskrat Love would have cost them $1.50….
@@peterjamesfoote3964 I thought for sure Paul was going to immediately play a few bars of that, knowing that the audience would expect "Love will keep us together"
Ha, great quip by Inky. RIP
That was a good zinger!
The silliest thing about bands and music companies being so strict with their catalogs is, if they'd occasionally let people play segments of their songs, such as on Letterman here, there would be millions of viewers hearing cool songs and inquiring as to who the band is, which in turn would likely lead to more digital sales, iTunes sales, CD sales (To people who still buy physical) as well as renewed interest in their bands/artists. It's basically huge free advertising. I'm not saying give your songs away for free to movies or sitcoms, but something like this talk show? How dumb to block the free exposure.
AMEN!!!
@DAVID WATSON Then what are they protecting? Might as well let everyone play the songs.
Supermarkets and landlords don’t accept exposure credits…
@@officialWWM They don't accept nothing, either. So... no loss.
@@SoundOfYourDestiny er, except the time and energy to produce the piece in the first place!
“Timothy N. Schmit”. 🤣🤣🤣 I wonder if that made Timothy B. Schmit upset?
I hope so! Actually "I Can't Tell You Why" (wonder how much that cost me)is one of my favorite songs. But suddenly, I hate "The Eaglets". Now I know why Jeff, The Big, Lebowski hates the Eaglets.
“Is life worth living if you can’t have Jimi Hendrix?” The eternal question
I love how he just took off with this. Just went bonkers. Was awesome. I miss the show.
Family holidays in USA - September 2014. So I forced my family to go to the Letterman show while in NYC celebrating my wife’s 60th birthday and they were behind Leslie and my family and some of my friends were up late in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 watching the show - hey that’s the Mazzolo family .. well all except ME!!! Haha.. what a great memory 🎉❤
So next time the Eagles play in your area, take a sign that says “PLAY SUPERCHARGER”!
This made my day! Thank You! I miss Letterman. Best late night show ever! The Eagles and Dave both rock!❤
Being in TV, this is so freaking awesome 😂
I had never seen this. Thanks for posting, classic
A couple of quick corrections here. When they were talking about "I Can't Tell You Why," that was not a solo song. It's true though that it was sung by Timothy B Schmidt, (his middle initials not N) who replaced Randy Meisner as the bassist. They may have been confusing that song with "In The City" which was originally a Joe Walsh solo piece, but was re-recorded for the album "The Long Run." Both songs are off of that album, which is probably why they got a little confused.
More segments like these, please. Loved this duo
That was great. Dave can make any stupid thing funny. He could make any ordinary person a star. I loved how he spent hours discussing NBC and Jay Leno
Yes!
Mr. LeHerman wasn't "Number Three in Late Night" for nothing.
@@jb888888888 agreed Jay blew
When Letterman went to CBS that network had far fewer affiliate stations in the US than NBC did, so there was no way that CBS could match the number of viewers that NBC could reach.
Besides the fact that NBC could reach more viewers, Leno's show was very tightly scripted by him, while the Letterman show was very much the opposite with him ad-libbing constantly, and he had many more funny segments like Stupid Pet Tricks, Stupid Human Tricks, skits involving Paul and the band, Alan the announcer, Chris Elliot, Throwing items off the roof to see what wouldn't break, etc, etc. I like Jay Leno, but I loved the Letterman show the most!!
When Joe Walsh guested with the band last month on Colbert, Stephen asked if they'd be hearing any Eagles. Joe said it would cost them extra.
The legacy continues.
Inside joke between Joe and Stephen. Colbert was well aware of performance fee but didn't belabour it.
Joe did play the riff that he wrote from LITFL.
Most Mega artists will charge for performances. I do not know why people are surprised by any of this?
The best part of this is the subtle "F_ck You!" to the Eagles.
This is exactly why Dave, Paul and the whole team were the best in the business. So clever, so funny, such trolls.
I’ve found him to be the most unfunny, uninteresting, unintelligent, and boring late night host of them all. Nothing clever or brilliant about him.
Paul lol
@@pinetree2492 yeah well that’s just your opinion man
@@pinetree2492 Have you never seen Dave being launched onto a wall whilst wearing the velcro suit? Brilliant!
Fantastic work by the crew to both ridicule the Eagles, and make it into an entire segment that sticks.
Last time I saw this was when it first aired. Thanks for the memories.
Paul is THE MOST talented and MOST versatile musical director and lead musician IN ALL talk shows. EVER.
Not too mention the most entertaining…by a long shot.
Paul had me laughing out loud singing Supercharger!!
one of my fav clips.
3:37 'Just play it and let's see what happens' that guy is such a boss
I think that guy who said it was Jerry Foley, the director of this show from 1995 until Dave's retirement in 2015.
It's great that Supercharger turns out to be not bad.
One bar from: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, I can’t tell you why, and many others and you auto know what it is
Dave was the best I recorded and watched him every night from around 1986 till his retirement sure do miss him late night tv was fun then now it’s dead
Classic Dave. Mr. Rock-'n-Roll!
When i was very young say 10 or 12 i loved watching Letterman so much i used to make sure i was always able to watch it by doing my school work etc. Continued all the way till he retired when i was about 30. Still cant tell you what I love so much. Just the general demeanor and not jamming opinions down your throat.
One of the great longform riffs ever.
Rick Beato calls those artists ‘blockers’. If Dave can get blocked, so can Rick and other KZheadrs. Not a fan of blockers but this segment was excellent!!
If Rick Beato wrote his own songs and used them to teach music like he does, I'd have more sympathy for him but let's face it, most of his success on his channel is pure straight up coattail riding. On the other hand the people who block him are the money grubbing music industry owners of all the IP. So I've got some mixed feelings about that whole situation.
Rick Beato is awesome
Letts boycott them !
@@kalebproductions9316 let me put it to you this way. I have songs on my playlist now that I didn't have any awareness of before I heard guys like Beato talk about. So, prior to that, those bands didn't get one red cent from me, whereas now they make some money for their IP. There's a reason guys like The Eagles and Hendrix and even Springsteen will be forgotten within a decade or two, once their old fans die off and no-one from the current generation would have ever heard their music.
@@ajcoopa The rule, and not the exception, is that musicians don't own their IP so if you buy their music you are not supporting the musicians, very indirectly, just barely.
$250,000 for tv, yet you can find their cds in that big ass $5 bin of cds at wal mart.
The cheapo bin Walmart CDs would often times contain a different cut of a song, especially on those hit compilations.
You know why? Irving Azoff
I was just thinking I needed to hear "Supercharger!!!!"
what is this "Supercharger" song ? Does it exist ? Who is the artist that recorded it ??
@@KOERTVANDRIEL You will have to watch the video to the end.
@@marcthompson3665 yes I saw/heard the tune at the end of the video but who recorded this ? Which band/artist ?
Classic Dave. I love this channel.
On another episode he gets Jackson Browne to play take it easy because it's actually Jackson's song.
Good late era moment. Keep it up great channel
everyones smiles with the knock off song brought a smile to my face. its a good song
Don Henley is mostly to blame for this insane situation. This video is hilarious but it also reinforces my distaste towards Henley's approach to music ownership. 😂☠
Exactly! Yes!
True, as Henley continues to fight for this "cause," including testifying before Congress in 2020, but I can't imagine that the Eagles didn't have the strong support of Glenn Frey too. And he was alive when this Letterman episode happened. If Frey was against Henley being so protective of ownership, I think things would have been very different.
Agree
Henley needs to get over it.
Henley is a monster of ill-advised, short-sighted greed.
So generous of you Dave.
worth watching just to get to the end. that was brilliant.
That was a great segment I don't remember seeing before. I miss Dave.
Last summer i bought an Eagles CD for 50 cents at a garage sale, and Don Henley sent me a bill. He's really on top of these things.
When there's that many suits around, you know they're worried Dave is about to do something costly.
People that invest in these things have a right to their property. It is that simple. Imagine paying off your mortgage to be told that any body can just live in your house.
@@bighands69 You’ve clearly missed the entire point
@@Cynsham The internet has destroyed music that is the entire story.
David was THE best! I really miss this show!!!
EXACTLY WHY I LOVE DAVE!
let's make "supercharger" a real thing ... ha ha ha
Off topic (well, more or less): when I see Dave again, I'm always remembered of our common love for the Foo Fighters. I love that so much!
This was only a year before Dave stopped doing the show! Gold right up until the end.
Legends.
They simply don't make people like David Letterman anymore. And they sure as hell don't make late night as good as Dave did !!!!!
Wow. Seinfeld licensed TWO Eagles songs for a single episode: Desperado and Witchy Woman! Must have cost them a fortune! (Hilarious episode!)
that desparado dude was hilarious
According to the commentary tracks, _Seinfeld_ had a huge budget they could never spend enough of, which is also why they had "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys play in "The Hamptons" episode. Also, the episode you mentioned, "The Checks" was written by three former Letterman writers, Steve O'Donnell, Tom Gammill, and Max Pross!
Ohhh, you mean Witch-AY Woman.
Back before Henley became a bitter old man.
@@donsurlylyte "Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute!?"
I miss Dave, and the days of intelligent and funny talk shows.
Seriously, not like the sensitive whiny talk show hosts of today.
Brilliant clip! Was this the actual show or the pre-show warmer? Very entertaining!
I recall hearing that when the Cohen brothers were making The Big Lebowski, they inquired how much it would cost to use the song "Dead Flowers' by the Rolling Stones. Apparently, the manager in charge of the rights to The Rolling Stones music was made aware that in the film, there was a scene in which Jeffrey Lebowski is riding in a taxi and asks the driver to change the radio station because he "hates the fcking Eagles", and after hearing this, the Rolling Stones gave the Cohen's use of their song for free.
Just an incredible, one-off talent.
I approve of “I can’t Tell you why” as the song that they thought could’ve been worth 250k but wow that’s outrageous. But this clip was Dave at his best!
This was the closest Dave's come to his earlier "Late Night With" days. The only difference being that NBC Dave would have absolutely played the song not giving two fu**s about being sued.
That was $250K back then. Imagine that cost nowadays?? NBC has always been worth a lot more money than CBS.
I miss Letterman on the Late Show. I watched it a couple after he left and never went back. Was just a grate show.
That was great. Funny as hell.
Licensing is no joke. I remember hearing some of the cast of the Office saying that their use of Eddie Money's "Two Tickets To Paradise" cost the show $60,000. And the audio wasn't even played; it was Steve Carrell singing a couple lines.
That's for a shows in syndications, streaming, ect. That License is for all of those possibilities. This is a talk show that, besides KZhead, isn't expected to have a shelf that type of life. Also, two Eagles songs were the PLOT of a single episode of Seinfeld. Maybe they all just HATED Letterman.
@@rodscooltunes1640 I don’t remember that. which episode? I remember the Petulant Clark “Downtown” episode, which was hilarious.
That kind of tagging is ludicrous.... how can a song possibly stay relevant in our culture if we are not even allowed to refer to it?? The record companies are really shooting themselves in the feet....... AGAIN!
@@davefiano4172 The Checks season 8 episode 7. (Jerry Killed a guy)
@@rodscooltunes1640 Thanks! I’ll check it oooouuut!
Dave can make inane party banter sound riveting.
Brilliant.
Dave is SOoo SPONTANEOUS!!
The Eagles - "you know what, I'm not that interested anymore" - well said!
I forgot how funny Letterman is. I miss his show.
I remember watching this live on the air, but I completely forgot the part with the knockoff song at the end, that got me a second time 🤣Dave losing composure 5 seconds into the song lol 😂 I miss this show so much.
“I thought you went home early on Thursdays.” “No, it’s just seems that way.”
One of the best bits ! Probably what turned me onto Dave
If you want evidence Letterman was the best host, this would be exhibit A. Not sure even Carson could have done something off the cuff like this.
Total agreement.
Letterman couldn’t polish Carson’s shoes. Carson was better than any late night host.
@@rickjason215 it’s a matter of taste. On the show we like to say Carson was Don Vito, Dave is Michael.
Arguably Craig Furgeson who Letterman endorsed
@@thelettermanpodcast Letterman wasn’t even number 1 in his era. Leno had more viewers. Johnny destroyed all his competition. Carson was King.
One of these nights
Great 11:34 minutes of T.V.
3:55 I haven't seen Dave smile like that in a long time.
When Dave got going with anything that truly amused him on the show you would see that goofy smile of his and just knew that it was about to get very funny!!
Dave masterfully trolled the Eagles and their greed. It's beautiful lol. I bet by the end of the show the entire Eagles Band was peering at the TV waiting legal action.
Legends!
love dave miss him
Dave is a genius. Evil genius, but still genius. 😁😁😁
The country would be a far better place if we'd all been Letterman fans instead of Leno.
i can see why the went with leno- thought he was more mainstream, but letterman ruled his era and should have gotten the show.
Sorry but this guy stinks of ego, superiority complex, and condescending. I still remember him publically shaming Chris Farley for his shirt collar not being perfect enough for his show. Total heel. I don't buy his fake charm for one second, he's an unlikable @$$.
Totally agree. Reminds me of this: I always say how much better the world would be if everybody appreciated Simon Cowell.
Love watching as these come up, looked so young when clean shaven even at 68 after 33 yrs! Love the beard though 🤣
Cool. Thanks for sharing.