Oingo Boingo - Grey Matter - 4/25/1987 - Ritz

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  • Recorded 4/25/1987 - Ritz (New York, NY)
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Komentáře • 215

  • @AdmiralKB
    @AdmiralKB Před 2 lety +306

    I was born in the early 2000’s, so it’s obvious that I wasn’t around when this band was active. But, seeing the videos of their live performances brings me an unexplainable amount of joy. Tbh, I wish I was around in the 80’s, so I could go to a few concerts.

    • @siriusylee
      @siriusylee Před rokem +6

      dude, same here!

    • @manumanubs
      @manumanubs Před rokem +6

      same!

    • @user-zh1sp2cn7y
      @user-zh1sp2cn7y Před rokem +3

      Looks like someone is very into bizzare stuff))
      I understand your interests, you probably have a pretty good taste

    • @siriusylee
      @siriusylee Před rokem +1

      @John Leon that's great! Glad you got to see them! I wish I had the money and time'

    • @milesjonelybonely9281
      @milesjonelybonely9281 Před rokem +7

      I was there! Was a fun band!

  • @drsloanski
    @drsloanski Před rokem +53

    This is BY FAR the best thing I've seen in 2023 so far.

    • @egg_bun_
      @egg_bun_ Před 9 měsíci +2

      God, it truly is

  • @jackziemer8538
    @jackziemer8538 Před 2 lety +149

    Imagine seeing this with your own eyes it would be magical to see the 80s through my eyes

    • @erinnelson434
      @erinnelson434 Před 2 lety +9

      Oh, it was pure magic. And was probably not much different than as it is seen from your imagination. I wish I could download some of my great 80's experiences to you.🎁😊

    • @mauricio2568
      @mauricio2568 Před 2 lety +4

      It's a wonderful 80's magic

    • @erinnelson434
      @erinnelson434 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mauricio2568 It was amazing. I was age 10 - 20 in the 80s so I got the full experience.

    • @mauricio2568
      @mauricio2568 Před 2 lety

      @@erinnelson434 It was really cool 📻

    • @jh3755
      @jh3755 Před 2 lety +1

      I did!!!

  • @suzybearheart530
    @suzybearheart530 Před rokem +90

    I love how damn happy Johnny Avila is pounding on that xylophone next to Danny. He seems like a man just full of joy and so talented. Plays bass, keys, guitar, sings, etc. Everyone in this band is amazing.

    • @ctr289
      @ctr289 Před 8 měsíci

      It seems fake to me, I can't hear anything when they hit the xylophone, I think people in the back do it because I can hear when they hit it

    • @TommyWashow
      @TommyWashow Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@ctr289 its cause your speakers suck. they are low pitch and are definitely there and rather prominent in the mix too

  • @erinnelson434
    @erinnelson434 Před 2 lety +150

    If there's anything I like in an 80's band better than a xylophonist, it's TWO xylophonists!

    • @flippy101mph9
      @flippy101mph9 Před 2 lety +17

      They're not xylophones they're an instrument Danny invented called a rumbaphone

    • @erinnelson434
      @erinnelson434 Před 2 lety +11

      @@flippy101mph9 I did not know that all this time. Thank you for that information. I'm going to research that interesting new gem!

    • @Tlpopescu
      @Tlpopescu Před 2 lety +3

      Flippy101mph I’m going yo look that up! Thanks!

    • @claysnyder7300
      @claysnyder7300 Před rokem +3

      One of the best concerts outdoor concerts every Side San Diego State University outside Bowl Wingo Boingo, the police, Frankenstein. Wonderful concert I just met my soon to be wife up in the stands 40 years never looked back

    • @erinnelson434
      @erinnelson434 Před rokem +2

      @@claysnyder7300 How awesome that you have that memory. That fact to keep. Plus the concert rocked. I wish I could have gone. I might have been a smidge young at the time for it, though depending on when it was. Prior to '84 I would have likely missed it anyhow.

  • @damowilliams204
    @damowilliams204 Před rokem +46

    One of the best bands of the 80’s. No limit to Elfmans talent.

  • @georgeodajungle7082
    @georgeodajungle7082 Před rokem +36

    In 1984 or 5 or so, been awhile, I'm 65 now, I was delivering bottled water in Los Angeles and I met Danny elfman's brother and his father. His father and I rapidly discovered that he and I were both enormous fans. He might have been pushing 65 at that point and expressed even at that age, that he loved to attend Danny's shows when possible. And then, Danny Elfman's father, invited me to sit in his car with him and listen to a bootleg cassette tape of the soundtrack for Pee-wee's Big Adventure that Danny had provided him before the movie was released. And that we did. What an incredible moment in my life. Once in a lifetime.

    • @Artemis224
      @Artemis224 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Wow! What a great memory to have! 😻

    • @Itsjustliketheweather
      @Itsjustliketheweather Před 2 měsíci +2

      That's so sweet!! I listened to an interview last night with Danny and he mentioned how pleased he was that his dad got to see him get to the point of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and how proud his dad was. Made me cry, so touching 😭

  • @pussycatjackson
    @pussycatjackson Před 2 lety +177

    Amazing performance! One of my top Oingo Boingo songs and this is my favorite live performance of it. Danny Elfman is looking extra fine at this venue. Sorry, had to say it.

  • @siriusylee
    @siriusylee Před rokem +65

    Schneiderman dancing in the background the entire time made me so happy for no reason =]
    even Sluggo starts to move his head a bit near the end, lol. goodness me, I quite enjoy me some delightful oingo boingo footage

  • @brandontwohawks
    @brandontwohawks Před rokem +37

    This is the band at the height of their powers, fucking fantastic.

  • @beckymura1479
    @beckymura1479 Před 2 lety +22

    Danny Elfman was never better than when he was with Oingo Boingo, and he never will be able to replicate the charge Oingo Boingo gave us kids. Oh how I miss their music and irreverent lyrics. Danny, please give us a second farewell tour.

  • @Strive4OnlineSuccess
    @Strive4OnlineSuccess Před 19 dny +1

    Love the instrumentation on this song! The marimba and other parts the gel so well! Awesome! 👏 I remember when this song first came out!!

  • @stephenleonard7121
    @stephenleonard7121 Před 6 měsíci +6

    These are probably the most musically complex songs I've ever heard, and they are frickin perfect.😮

  • @christianswain4884
    @christianswain4884 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Man, that Eugene Levy was everywhere in the 80's!

  • @alexkunce2002
    @alexkunce2002 Před 3 měsíci +4

    This is one of the best live performances I've ever found.

  • @mauriciofonseca2079
    @mauriciofonseca2079 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I was 8 years old in 1987, remember my mom listening Oingo Boingo at the living room with me.

  • @kissingthegoat
    @kissingthegoat Před rokem +14

    The spins give me so much joy. I love his little dances.

  • @toolsgear2695
    @toolsgear2695 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Look how much fun he was having!! 👏👏👏

  • @balladofthebroken7569
    @balladofthebroken7569 Před 9 měsíci +9

    He’s such a good vocalist

  • @5red5red
    @5red5red Před rokem +24

    My god. What an amazing performance.

  • @queenfears1988
    @queenfears1988 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I love the energy danny elfmen give during his performances❤

  • @kirbygamerforlife2254
    @kirbygamerforlife2254 Před 2 lety +24

    I wish i was born in the 80s to see this live i love this song from oingo boingo😁

  • @steve41557
    @steve41557 Před rokem +17

    Saw them at UCSB in 1980 at the Thunderdome. I was impressed how tight they played.

  • @louisnagy3657
    @louisnagy3657 Před 2 lety +20

    Lived it ...loved it...............Miss it 1000%..........

  • @gahloot
    @gahloot Před rokem +15

    The little gymnasiums, and clubs were amazing back then. And of course the larger venues like Universal Amphitheater and Irvine Meadows. I was also on American Bandstand and saw them. And danced on a show called MV3 with Richard Blade of KROQ radio. I'll never forget when Danny had to cancel his show because he blew his appendix. To make up for it Danny gave us a 3+ hour concert at the Palace in Hollywood. If you lived in the 80's? Then you know you experienced a special time in life.

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před rokem +4

      I’ll bet he still has the removed appendix in a jar somewhere.

  • @freezerbrnt8169
    @freezerbrnt8169 Před 5 měsíci +3

    this performance scratches my brain in just the right way

  • @ricaurandt6713
    @ricaurandt6713 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I was there in the beginning and I'll share with you the one thing I took away from the many shows where I was in attendance, be it Perkin's Palace in Pasadena or any one of the clubs on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, when these guys played, it was never an "Off" performance. Danny and the band were masters at their craft and they wouldn't think of letting their fans down with an "Off" night. Im sure, with the intesity level they played at and the energy they put forth, I'm sure they felt it the next day.
    I know I sure as fuck did!

  • @kmjeffels
    @kmjeffels Před rokem +9

    Loved listening to these guys in high school! They were awesome in “Back To School “!

  • @honeybee2522
    @honeybee2522 Před 2 lety +13

    Sluggo back there trying to pass for chill. 😉🎷

  • @stevephillips7884
    @stevephillips7884 Před rokem +16

    Greatful to have seen and heard this song live twice. One of the singular music experiences of my life. Feel bad Danny's ears were starting to suffer.

  • @computerfighter2000
    @computerfighter2000 Před 9 měsíci +8

    "spit yo shit troy"
    troy:

  • @victoriacalleja2400
    @victoriacalleja2400 Před 27 dny

    This was my favorite band, and I saw them live many times. Just the intro fires all of my nerve endings and I want to jump!!

  • @flippy101mph9
    @flippy101mph9 Před 2 lety +13

    OK I just found this out the instrument that Danny and John are playing are called balfons

  • @oldwave6106
    @oldwave6106 Před rokem +4

    They used to play Santa Barbara every summer. Saw them 3-4 times at least. Good times!!

  • @stsphenphillips2952
    @stsphenphillips2952 Před 2 lety +15

    When the Delta Center opened, $90,000,000.00. First event, let alone concert back when billionaire Larry Miller was alive he addressed those anxiously awaiting Danny Elfman and Oingio Boingo.
    Last song, they left. Chants forever OINGO BOINGO OINGO BOINGO.......
    the encore Danny seemed a bit embarrassed at the commotion. So then they finally played 'GREY MATTER one of the greatest songs ever composed, performed, right up there with Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California November Rain....I was in Heaven.... Regretably missed the final Halloween concert.

  • @Kellenpure
    @Kellenpure Před 2 lety +17

    Caught them in Cal Poly Pomona in 1987-one of the best ever.

    • @claysnyder7300
      @claysnyder7300 Před rokem

      I graduated Cal Poly Pomona we listen to jan hammer
      Jazz Rock Fusion

    • @matthewkester3677
      @matthewkester3677 Před rokem +1

      that was actually in 1985, and yes, I was at that concert

    • @xtraspecialedward
      @xtraspecialedward Před měsícem

      I was there as well. I remember that somebody from the crowd threw something at him. They finished the song perfectly. Right after the song he gave that person an earful, and challenged him to come on stage. My first of 3 Boingo concerts.

    • @xtraspecialedward
      @xtraspecialedward Před měsícem

      By the way, it was '85 and we were told it was 1st performance after recording Dead Man's Party.

  • @bc_usa
    @bc_usa Před 7 měsíci +3

    Best band of the 80's!🏆

  • @russburton725
    @russburton725 Před 2 lety +10

    Love seeing Leon in the background getting into it! I met him and “Sluggo” to his left before a show, cool guys! Maters of their various musical crafts!

    • @siriusylee
      @siriusylee Před rokem +2

      yo really, that's sick?! also glad to know I wasn't the only one watching him "dance" if you could call it that

  • @davidjenkins2691
    @davidjenkins2691 Před 6 měsíci +3

    On point.

  • @fionastokesgilbert1696
    @fionastokesgilbert1696 Před rokem +5

    Saw them a few times back in the day...they were the best!

  • @stevephillips7884
    @stevephillips7884 Před rokem +3

    When I think of the great movies music Danny composed and was so humble to bring his person live for our enjoyment, grateful beyond measure.

  • @PapaCowboySr
    @PapaCowboySr Před rokem +4

    I saw these guys in a club called the Troubadour in Calif and they were amazing. Can't remember the year. I think it was around 1982-1883

  • @robsan52
    @robsan52 Před rokem +3

    Saw them at Seattle's Bumbershoot mid-late 80's(?).They played along time and must have played every song...they were fantastic!

  • @katiasousa7939
    @katiasousa7939 Před 13 dny

    Sou apaixonada por esse homem, na próxima encarnação quero conviver com ele ❤❤

  • @bigtoelittlefinger6133
    @bigtoelittlefinger6133 Před 2 lety +10

    New fan talking heads style bing bong

  • @claramacario8894
    @claramacario8894 Před rokem +8

    Que sonzeira bicho! Essa é uma das melhores músicas dele!

  • @rudy6884
    @rudy6884 Před rokem +2

    I think it was a Bumpershoot festival in the early 80s that I got to see this fine group of musicians. Magical and manical.

  • @mauricio2568
    @mauricio2568 Před 2 lety +7

    Phenomenal band and wonderful content listening to these songs 📻🎶🎵

  • @singalongwrudy8690
    @singalongwrudy8690 Před rokem +2

    Dolby, The Tubes , The Police, Kraftwerk., The Bonedaddys, The Clash and Thompson Twins...just to name a few...what a time to own a turntable...

  • @willhouse
    @willhouse Před 2 lety +4

    Like, WHOA.
    So sad I never got to see these guys!!!

  • @devarodgers4676
    @devarodgers4676 Před 9 měsíci +3

    brillent band

  • @JoJo-fan-right-here
    @JoJo-fan-right-here Před 5 měsíci +8

    I just love how none of their outfits go together 💀
    Danny Elfman is…well he’s Danny Elfman. The guy next to him looks like he owns a record shop and then one of the guys in the back dressed like he’s about to go to divorce court 😭

  • @DayanaRockStar122
    @DayanaRockStar122 Před 19 dny

    Danny is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!

  • @MrMelvinSchlock
    @MrMelvinSchlock Před 2 měsíci +1

    I can kick myself for intentionally looking the other way during the Oingo Boingo years (as well as other great bands during that time) because of what I thought that music was and represented.

  • @holysmokes5817
    @holysmokes5817 Před rokem +3

    As an ordained Minister of the Church of the Sub Genius, I say, "Reverend!!"
    Dan Elfman, a solid citizen of the Church himself.
    Praise BoB!!!

  • @pelucrespins8562
    @pelucrespins8562 Před rokem +12

    After seeing this performance, Grey matter is a fuckin masterpiece, incredible, they put all their cojones in the oven, olé Danny Elfman y compañía, con dos cojones!!!!

  • @bennp144
    @bennp144 Před měsícem +1

    The nerdy guy dancing in the back on the keyboards looks like a character straight from Revenge of the Nerds

  • @user-qy3yw7ln5n
    @user-qy3yw7ln5n Před rokem +1

    Gorgeous Danny 🖤

  • @gilbert4369
    @gilbert4369 Před rokem +1

    Saw them at the Greek theater, Hollywood palladium and Irvine amphitheater, great shows.

  • @stevephillips7884
    @stevephillips7884 Před rokem +2

    Mystic Knights Of the Oingo Boingo and Richard Elfman. MKOBRE Macabre.

  • @cherylb2008
    @cherylb2008 Před rokem +1

    These guys some of the best

  • @annadavis8278
    @annadavis8278 Před rokem +5

    I almost forgot about Oingo Boingo! I remember listening to them growing up in the '80s. They fed my cynicism, which explains why I never drank the kool aid. And, looking at the world around me today, sometimes I get the feeling I'm the only one who never did!

    • @robsan52
      @robsan52 Před rokem

      Yeah...I dedicate this song to the 'woke'...there's something inside your head...

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před rokem

      He wrote a new song on the same topic called “Native Intelligence”

    • @Geminisparkles
      @Geminisparkles Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@robsan52the woke or extreme conservatives. Both are cancer on modern politics.

  • @Alexandersaurus
    @Alexandersaurus Před 5 měsíci

    Danny looked so excited when he started playing this song. And the little dances they all do are so silly.

  • @biggtrux
    @biggtrux Před rokem +3

    I was too stupid to appreciate this band in the 80's.

  • @stevephillips7884
    @stevephillips7884 Před rokem +1

    Starring in his brother's movie Forbidden Zone. Who would have thought such an applicable ACRONYM.

  • @richardarmijo3806
    @richardarmijo3806 Před rokem +2

    I was at this show. Still have the stub.

  • @CategoricalImperative
    @CategoricalImperative Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome song!

  • @stevephillips7884
    @stevephillips7884 Před rokem

    Just Another Day, Heaven of music, etc.

  • @jilllinson6087
    @jilllinson6087 Před rokem +4

    DANNY ELFMAN IS A MUSIC GENIUS!!! I adore him in an evil way!!! Hehe

  • @LorinTone
    @LorinTone Před rokem +1

    These guys effing rocked the hell of out this song.

  • @mikegray4960
    @mikegray4960 Před rokem

    I agree with vinegar I was born I got to live it live thank you

  • @victorsilva4165
    @victorsilva4165 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Danny Elfman, espetacular!!!!

  • @royalnass1029
    @royalnass1029 Před 2 lety +4

    classic

  • @twitch1986mp3
    @twitch1986mp3 Před 2 lety +19

    pretty

    • @julianafaux2844
      @julianafaux2844 Před 2 lety +8

      I see your comments on every single Oingo boingo video lol love it

    • @Tlpopescu
      @Tlpopescu Před 2 lety +2

      He is.

  • @wescarpenter2525
    @wescarpenter2525 Před 11 měsíci

    Luved their Halloween shows, Irvine meadows

  • @cbalaxc
    @cbalaxc Před 2 lety

    This is tremendous.

  • @mattlewis6833
    @mattlewis6833 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That dude never makes a singing error live.

  • @computerfighter2000
    @computerfighter2000 Před 4 měsíci +1

    THIS FUCKS SO HARD

  • @rosykindbunny1313
    @rosykindbunny1313 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I discovered this song from a Psychonauts animatic and now whenever I hear it I associate it with Dr. Loboto

  • @surf64.5overhead4
    @surf64.5overhead4 Před rokem

    Lived it. 80s u all. Can't all live at the same time at the same age sorry u lose.we win.

  • @JD-mw9ul
    @JD-mw9ul Před 4 měsíci

    I saw them open for REM

  • @erich2819
    @erich2819 Před 7 měsíci +1

    You have a clue,.At least you have clue how great this band was. Popular with the sound track song in Weird Science, it was a shame how under-rated this band turned out. A cult following it had at the time. Words can't describe the feeling you had, going to see them live. Not life changing but a part of life you won't want to change. Yep, AWESOME!

  • @cinderling5472
    @cinderling5472 Před rokem

    YAYYYYY 🎈🎈🎈💕💖

  • @RichardSmith-ry8hk
    @RichardSmith-ry8hk Před rokem +1

    This and Insanity live are 😎

  • @IxBlind
    @IxBlind Před rokem +1

    hes making me feel the thing again, please.. not at work

  • @victorsilva4165
    @victorsilva4165 Před 10 měsíci

    Poderia ser imortal esse indivíduo.

  • @PedroHernandez-fr1eo
    @PedroHernandez-fr1eo Před 2 lety +5

    I love her voice!!!!!!

  • @buffymcmuffin5361
    @buffymcmuffin5361 Před rokem

    Saw them at UCSB Thunderdome in 1980

  • @tioferias5212
    @tioferias5212 Před 2 lety +3

    Clássico

  • @camerontremblay-adams9640
    @camerontremblay-adams9640 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This level of cool was actually banned after the mid-90s. Sad!

  • @frankarriagajr6909
    @frankarriagajr6909 Před rokem +2

    When I first heard this band I thought they were British... they're LA all the way

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před rokem +3

      He looks too ginger to not be from the British Isles doesn’t he?

  • @voidowo
    @voidowo Před rokem

    Current comfort media. Got me through a blood draw the other night uwu

  • @greasonist
    @greasonist Před rokem +4

    crash bandicoot song

  • @lu_laredoescobar
    @lu_laredoescobar Před 11 měsíci +2

    🇪🇦🇧🇷

  • @FemInBoots
    @FemInBoots Před rokem +2

    Ok, LA native.
    He is playing a fucking xylophone!

  • @jasonmitchell777
    @jasonmitchell777 Před měsícem

    Is this a deleted scene from Revenge Of The Nerds?

  • @jameslewis8227
    @jameslewis8227 Před rokem

    Not hard to believe this performance was recorded after “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” was released and around the time Elfman would have been working on “Beetlejuice”.

  • @crimsonshadow7459
    @crimsonshadow7459 Před 2 lety +2

    Is that Deep Roy next to Danny

    • @siriusylee
      @siriusylee Před rokem +1

      if you're referring to the man to Elfman's right, that's John Avila, aka the Oingo Boingo bass player after Kerry Hatch left.

  • @letsgobrandon6903
    @letsgobrandon6903 Před rokem +4

    I had no idea Eugene Levy was in Oingo Boingo, let alone a xylophonist! 🤯

    • @martindoll5884
      @martindoll5884 Před rokem

      What a very stupid comment. I hope people are proud of you.

  • @lucky_796
    @lucky_796 Před 10 měsíci +1

    i want to eat it