This was the ballsiest thing I've ever seen. What I love about KT is how when she's setting up, despite the circumstances, she looks and acts like she's got every right to be there among the big names. And the hunger-- all she needed was one shot, and she took it.
She was only booked as a backup for the show as well: just 'on call' in case one of the other musicians cancelled, and with only about 3 hours to go IIRC, one of them did. Talk about taking the shot...
@@MrHws5mp She travelled down on the coach. Even with a following wind, Glasgow to London in three hours would be quite the feat! 😂 But yes, very little notice.
17 years later, this is as impressive and fresh as it was back then. You know a career changing moment when you see it, there were many on Jools Holland Later, I personally think this was the best of them,
I was lucky enough to be there. KT sat quietly all the way through and I like most had no idea who she was. That soon changed. Without a shadow of a doubt she was the stand out performance. Very very cool.
And to think this was her first TV appearance and to have the talent and guts to do that on that show in front of other established musicians. Amazing performance.
I remember watching this on the Later show and being blown away! I found out that KT was performing at a small gig in Bristol just a few weeks later and went to see her perform live in front of a hundred or so fans and she was equally amazing.
@James Wilkinson in te city winery concert she says she had almost no time and that in fact it was a replacement for Nas... Furthermore, she jokes about wearing cut sleeves in her legs... go figure
I was never really into KT Tunstall, but I still come back and watch this performance over and over. Whether it's your type of music or not, this is outstanding. Truly mesmerizing!
Exactly. This was the first time I saw here and my mind was blown, but I was disappointed by the album. Still glad this was her debut though and I often watch and recommend :-)
One of the very best performances ever recorded on Later with Jools Holland. What makes this even more impressive is the fact that Tunstall was a last minute stand in. Another artist dropped out of the show not long before recording, and KT received a call. She made her way down to the studio with just her guitar and loop pedal, and produce an astonishing live performance.
@@TimmyTickle That was Bowie - watch his set, it was outstanding. And still wasn't close to Queen. There aren't many artists with the ability and self-confidence to follow someone that just blew everyone off the stage, but David Bowie was one of them.
Actually her father was a professor. He tried to teach me physics once... I remember his look of incomprehension that I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Lile most of the comments here, can still remember watching this on Jools, and like everyone else, witnessing an iconic moment! Saw her live the first chance I could get after that.
I remember the very first time that I watched this... and to this day, it shakes my soul so much... she is so fearless, commands a raw and powerful performance. While gives a masterclass about how to use a looper pedal! Simply phenomenal! Completely in love, even after some 20 years...
Been watching Jools since the very start & have to sat that KT is without doubt the best raw talent to have appeared on that show. That's some really stiff opposition she's up against I know but I remember watching this live & once my gaping mouth had closed at the end of her performance, the only word that came out was a gasp of "Wow!". Such a talent & a hell of a way to make an entrance to the big leagues
ye I saw this one performance and liked it so much I went out and bought a looper pedal thingy..... I'm still doing my original job, harder than it looks🤔
Yep just goes to show that many a great performers sometimes slip by us as we walk past them while busking for a dime , she stole the show that night ✌️
I keep coming back to this uplifting and amazing performance. I used to think it should be mandatory viewing for all music students, but probably it should be mandatory viewing for EVERYONE.
I have to admit that I had never heard of her until 2007 when she recorded backing vocals for one of my favourite singer songwriters Suzanne Vega on her album "Beauty & Crime" I read on Google that the two of them actually never met during the recording of that album. Such a shame, because they both have alot in common. Only Suzanne has been around since the 1980's.
Wow I was 9 when this first aired! Has been my favorite jools holland performance all that time. I'm 23 now mad how something sticks in your memory like that. Seriously impressive talent!
Absolutely incredible performance. Easily on my top 5 of all time. The look on everyone's face is just utter shock of watching shear brilliance. I mean the voice is astonishingly brilliant. If time travel to the past becomes possible this will be in my top five musical moments to revisit live.
This performance never gets old! i am always amazed with her talent whenever i see this video.she is such a great female musician and music industry need more musician like her.
KT is undeniably one of the most outstanding musical talents to have come out of the UK in the 21st Century. This has to be one of the best and most impressive performances ever on Jools Holland, made even more impressive with that it being her TV debut also! And to think Ed Sheeran fans get excited when he loops, he can't get near this lady, not even fit to lace her boots.
Came back to this classic after KT's post on Instagram. Great performance until nowadays.
Me too 🎉
Same! Remember watching it live and it blew me away!
Me too and I'm glad I did. Fantastic stuff
Same
Not much one for following Instagram business but I've been coming back to this for a good few years - you'd do well to do the same.
This was the ballsiest thing I've ever seen. What I love about KT is how when she's setting up, despite the circumstances, she looks and acts like she's got every right to be there among the big names. And the hunger-- all she needed was one shot, and she took it.
Afaicr it was her her first TV performance as well, which makes it all the more extraordinary. 🖤
the song wasn't even on the album at the time, but her label boss insisted she perform it
She was only booked as a backup for the show as well: just 'on call' in case one of the other musicians cancelled, and with only about 3 hours to go IIRC, one of them did. Talk about taking the shot...
@@MrHws5mp It was more than three hours
@@MrHws5mp She travelled down on the coach. Even with a following wind, Glasgow to London in three hours would be quite the feat! 😂
But yes, very little notice.
17 years later, this is as impressive and fresh as it was back then. You know a career changing moment when you see it, there were many on Jools Holland Later, I personally think this was the best of them,
Yeah totally agree she stole the show that night and that’s pretty major considering who was on it with her 🌍✌🏼
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How does this not have millions of views??? I watch it every time I need a pick-me-up; it never fails. Just jaw-droppingly good.
The original video did have 4-5 million views if I remember correctly. It's gone now though
Anthony bro I totally agree…Wot a performance…KT so hot too…
It's brilliant! She's brilliant.
The Professor of Rock did a great interview with her about the genesis of the song.
she doesn't have millions of views coz she is not dancing almost naked with atuotune, twerking on the floor...how unfortunate and sad
I was lucky enough to be there. KT sat quietly all the way through and I like most had no idea who she was. That soon changed. Without a shadow of a doubt she was the stand out performance. Very very cool.
I wasn't lucky enough to be there, but saw that episode of Later and remember being blown away by her performance. Her TV debut, I think? Incredible.
she was the back up after a band pulled out, called in on the day - even more impressive!
@@legalchefIt was Nas that pulled out
I saw her live, in Mannheim Germany, with Jools! Was great. 2nd row!
Just for reference, that was Anita Baker, Jackson Browne and The Cure being totally upstaged by an unknown girl with a looper. Who wiggles.
Robert Smith...shit I have to follow THAT?????
Tash Sultana has now taken loops to another universe, check her out.
And Embrace
And David Gray and Ray LaMontagne
@@tezzrterry7485 Nah, there's always a point when there's to much of a essentially good thing and Tash Sultana definitely is way past that point.
It’s just so mad lol that she looped so well under pressure tbh she looks so confident. So much could go wrong on the fuckin hell
A goddamn masterclass in looping.
13 years later and I still come back to watch this performance!
Me too!
Yes I can remember it being a tutorial in songwriting. Sort of a Protools to brought to life. I was so pleased when I found this performance on here.
5yrs later I discover this fabulous song, then comment❤
And to think this was her first TV appearance and to have the talent and guts to do that on that show in front of other established musicians. Amazing performance.
I remember watching this on the Later show and being blown away! I found out that KT was performing at a small gig in Bristol just a few weeks later and went to see her perform live in front of a hundred or so fans and she was equally amazing.
All the other musicians just sitting there in awe is all the response that's needed for this performance.
i think the 3 fall in love too :p
I really like how musicians just adore other people's work.
I was watching this on the night
You can see the appreciation she got from the Bands
Danny from Embrace literally rocking out to it. 😂
Rapper Nas pulled out last minute. She only had a day to prepare. Smashed it.
Grest fact
Luckily for us.
Ed O'Meara I heard she had less time than that. I heard it was a morning call of “get on the train”
@James Wilkinson in te city winery concert she says she had almost no time and that in fact it was a replacement for Nas... Furthermore, she jokes about wearing cut sleeves in her legs... go figure
Let me think monotone rapper or original songwriting?......... You decide. 😀
Looping before looping was a thing, love it
I think that is probably the best ever performance on Jools Holland. Completely underrated. What a raw talent!
Ben howard '' End of an affair '' world class .. best ever
kings of leon jools imho
Two performances stick in my mind, this and Seasick Steve on Jools Holland's Hootenanny a couple of years later.
Very close first but Oasis Gas Attack for me.
either this or Björk's Hyperballad performance from 1995
That is the definition of nailing it.
I was never really into KT Tunstall, but I still come back and watch this performance over and over. Whether it's your type of music or not, this is outstanding. Truly mesmerizing!
Exactly. This was the first time I saw here and my mind was blown, but I was disappointed by the album. Still glad this was her debut though and I often watch and recommend :-)
Exactly how I feel.
@@Gogs126 I feel this. A lot of her other stuff lacked the grit of this one.
Yup, l'm right with you on this
I never realized she was such a babe, great legs and that face and dimples 😍
One of the very best performances ever recorded on Later with Jools Holland. What makes this even more impressive is the fact that Tunstall was a last minute stand in. Another artist dropped out of the show not long before recording, and KT received a call. She made her way down to the studio with just her guitar and loop pedal, and produce an astonishing live performance.
It was Nas who pulled out
and this was the actual very first recording of that song anywhere,was used on her album as an extra
The part when she starts stamping the beat with the tambourine!
Yep, saw that it, was the cherry on the cake.
Can you imagine having to go on after that performance?
Just ask David Gray and Ray La Montagne!
That would be like following Queen at Live Aid
@@gazrev7671 The “Babylon” guy?
@@TimmyTickle That was Bowie - watch his set, it was outstanding. And still wasn't close to Queen. There aren't many artists with the ability and self-confidence to follow someone that just blew everyone off the stage, but David Bowie was one of them.
I remember watching this live, and thinking that I was witnessing a legendary performance :)
Well... that was just an honour and a privilege to watch that.
I can't believe I've only seen this so many years later, gloriously done by an incredibly talented young lady.
saw her last month warming up for hall and Oates...what a voice she has...why she's not a global superstar is beyond me.
This made her. I saw it. I knew it there and there just like everyone else who saw it and knew. She was magnificent.
Love how Anita baker really gets into KT's performance. It was amazing and timeless.
Danny from Embrace gets into it as well
"Welcome to How to Make a Great First Impression 101 with Professor Tunstall."
Actually her father was a professor. He tried to teach me physics once... I remember his look of incomprehension that I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Imagine your debut performance being this , in front of Robert Smith of the Cure ffs hats off to her big time xx
To date (2021), this is by far the best ever live performance on Jools!!
Nay, Radiohead Paranoid Android is. czcams.com/video/NzPtr_n-m8A/video.html
This and Alice In Chains.
That is what talent looks like
still sounds like magic.
KT is amazing with the looper. No wonder she has to do this song at every gig she does. :D
She has the live audience, and people watching on tv, spellbound! Stunning performance.
It's 2018 and this performance still blows me away.
Still does in 2021.
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Lile most of the comments here, can still remember watching this on Jools, and like everyone else, witnessing an iconic moment! Saw her live the first chance I could get after that.
Just sent to my 2 sons hope they appreciate how great this is I brought them up so I know they will
You brought them up right, then!
She's absolutely fabulous 👌🏻 ❤
I literally remember this from the first time I saw it. Just iconic! INCREDIBLE
Still to this day my favourite Jools Holland performance 😁
Still amazes me the story of how this actually came about, right place right time , the rest is history. Still my favourite version .
my apologies, I never realised how talented KT was.
This was awesome at the time and still is,I just showed it to my 8yr old as an example of what a musician can do without a band
Still get goosebumps after all these years.
Talent oozes from this womans pores
I remember the very first time that I watched this... and to this day, it shakes my soul so much... she is so fearless, commands a raw and powerful performance. While gives a masterclass about how to use a looper pedal! Simply phenomenal! Completely in love, even after some 20 years...
Love how the other artists on the show are into this.
Been watching Jools since the very start & have to sat that KT is without doubt the best raw talent to have appeared on that show. That's some really stiff opposition she's up against I know but I remember watching this live & once my gaping mouth had closed at the end of her performance, the only word that came out was a gasp of "Wow!".
Such a talent & a hell of a way to make an entrance to the big leagues
Fantastic. Loop work was immense. In front of a crowd. Loved it.
Still amazing to watch this even years later
Saw this performance and liked it so much that I went and bought her first album.
Barry Griffin you weren't alone.
Not alone by a long chalk.
Me too, so excited as I'm seeing her live for the first time next year!
Aren't you the dashing blade.
ye I saw this one performance and liked it so much I went out and bought a looper pedal thingy..... I'm still doing my original job, harder than it looks🤔
one of the best live performances ever!!!
Wasn’t that her first ever television appearance? Amazing talent and poise.
I believe it was
Stuñiuddddv oyes
Yes and was a last minute replacement no less - she took her shot and ran with it in style
She's so talented.
She was adorable ❤
I remember catching this when It was first aired and I was and still am amazed at this performance. One of my Later faves.
Probably the best ever performance on Jools Holland
PURE FREAKIN TALENT!!!
The best performance I ever seen on JH........ What a way to introduce yourself to the world
Somewhere there was a little ginger dude who was thinking to himself ‘might give that a go’
You mean Ed Sheeran? He doesn’t seem like the type of kid who would have stayed up late (even on a Friday)
Nice !!!😂😂😂
Yep just goes to show that many a great performers sometimes slip by us as we walk past them while busking for a dime , she stole the show that night ✌️
This is one artist that I really admire, very original and the real deal 👌
Bosh! Suddenly KT arrived in the world like a feisty firework and look how far she's come.
one woman one talanted lady well done u nailed it x
Bringing multi-tasking to a whole new level.
KT was looping before anyone, an incredible musician and songwriter!
Wow, really impressive. No room for error there, which there wasn't. What a great performance and great voice too!
I keep coming back to this uplifting and amazing performance. I used to think it should be mandatory viewing for all music students, but probably it should be mandatory viewing for EVERYONE.
I remember watching this and it was grounbreaking.as someone who is Scottish and plays guitar it made me very proud🏴👍🤘
Everyone has said it already but that is an extraordinary piece of musicianship right there
Superb star making performance, i get proud of the girl watching this. Takes her chance in the spotlight & nails it!!
Birth of a legend.
Watched this live at the time, and fell in love with her voice and her music. Followed her ever since.
Watched the live show, it blew me away, was just pure magic.
One hell of a television debut right there... and KT only had 24 hours to get ready due to standing in for an act who pulled out.
Nas
I think this is where I fell in love with KT
Thank you Carl very cool
Talent
Saw her yesterday as a support act. Absolutely amazing. Took the roof of Palladium. What a musician! 💫
Was such a big fan of this performance when it just came out. Thank you bbc for reuploading and CZcams for rerecommanding.
Just BRILLIANT! ❤️🤘🎸😎
Lady and gentleman one and only K.T.!
Legendary iconic performance
I have to admit that I had never heard of her until 2007 when she recorded backing vocals for
one of my favourite singer songwriters Suzanne Vega on her album "Beauty & Crime" I read
on Google that the two of them actually never met during the recording of that album. Such
a shame, because they both have alot in common. Only Suzanne has been around since the
1980's.
18 years still epic...
20
Insane how good this is, what talent !
A legendary moment in popular music. Fantastic.
Wow I was 9 when this first aired! Has been my favorite jools holland performance all that time. I'm 23 now mad how something sticks in your memory like that. Seriously impressive talent!
Masterclass masterpiece.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED THIS. YOU HAVE REAL IMPRESSIVE.
This performance made us what we are today. You are an inspiration, KT. :)
Absolutely incredible performance.
Easily on my top 5 of all time.
The look on everyone's face is just utter shock of watching shear brilliance.
I mean the voice is astonishingly brilliant.
If time travel to the past becomes possible this will be in my top five musical moments to revisit live.
To this day one of my all time favourite performances on Jools Holland ever!! She ATE and left zero crumbs!! ❤️🙌
I've obviously heard the song before but I've never seen THIS before. That was amazing.
There are no words to describe how brilliant she is.
Possibly the greatest later performance ever!!
Possible yes but I don't think so
Legendary Lady 🤗🏴🏴🏴
Feb 2020 and in still obsessed with this performance
Brillyint! Fab Scottish female talent live. ♡
This performance never gets old! i am always amazed with her talent whenever i see this video.she is such a great female musician and music industry need more musician like her.
KT is undeniably one of the most outstanding musical talents to have come out of the UK in the 21st Century. This has to be one of the best and most impressive performances ever on Jools Holland, made even more impressive with that it being her TV debut also! And to think Ed Sheeran fans get excited when he loops, he can't get near this lady, not even fit to lace her boots.
That was really impressive! I loved it