"That's all you want." Yep, they were everything I wanted in a rock band, and still are. I was freaking out watching this when it came on. I felt like the only person on the planet who had heard of them.
Same. I immediately bought tickets to see them in a bar in Sacramento, just telling my then-girlfriend and buddy, "No questions, we're going." They were incredible and after the show just came out to the bar to see their pals who went to the show. It was a crowd of maybe 250 -300 people and we were about 10 ft away from Brian and him doing weird cross-eyed faces while singing haha.
I'll always remember the first time I heard this song on the radio and having my head blown off by it - and I will always remember how exciting seeing this performance on Letterman was.
Silversun Pickups...literally picks up where Smashing Pumpkins left off. I have heard a lot of indie/alternative bands in my life time and this band rocks. Dont get me wrong Smashing Pumpkins is one of the best alt bands that have been but Silversun Pickups wakes us up to what we loved best about this music. I have been waiting for songs like Lazy Eye since (1995 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)
One thing I always liked about Letterman was that he went for the unique too, or maybe not so well-known, rather than all mainstream stuff everyone else was doing.
Was fortunate to have seen this band about a dozen times from 2005-2006 when they opened for seemingly every other band on the west coast when promoting their great Pikul EP. They always put on a good show.
First time I knew about this band and listened to this song was in a festival called All points west in Jersey City, NJ back in 2009, I liked the band and this song right away.
I've had the pleasure of seeing silversun play twice in a very small up close and personal performance, and meeting the band. A great group of musicians very down to earth people and great performers.
I grew up with Nikki in the neighborhood and went to the same grammar school though she was much younger than I. I didn't even know she was in SSPU until my sister called about an hour before their performance aired on Letterman and said, “are you going to watch Nilki and her band perform?” Needless to say watched and was, well, blown away. Awesome band. 😃
They adapted it perfectly to television and the time they were allotted. Just the slightest modification of their tempo without losing any of the punch is the true mark of a good performer.
As much as I love this song, I can't help tp to just observe, that it has a beautiful build up to a crazy explosion. Just like Nirvana teen spirit. or many of the other songs from the 90's like Hum Stars, Radiohead Creep, etc...
Stars is one of the heaviest songs to ever come out of the 90s. That drop is insane, especially after that dreamy intro. I really don't know how to describe that guitar tone, besides **dreamy**
Other examples from pre-90's: Tusk by Fleetwood Mac, In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins I really like this song style, thanks for the recommendations :D
I love the comparison between SSP and SP because those were always my 2 favorite bands. I never really connected the dots until y'all pointed it out for me.
@EdithHead They were probably nervous, but the reason they played the song faster was mainly for airtime; it's a long song, they even had to cut some parts of it out to fit it in to their time slot.
Yeah, I don't know who was in charge of booking musical guests on the show, but they always had really good acts that you wouldn't see play any other talk shows, or at least not the other mainstream ones.
