Wire Meets Suzanne Sommers 

every time I think I'm handling a situation poorly, I watch Suzanne try to process "Drill" and I feel better about myself

The humdrum mood of Bruce just adds the cherry on top to this. Man, I love British musicians reactions with Americans

Yes! I was beginning to think I had hallucinated this performance. Absolutely epic!

Bless her...she handled that like a champ.

Truth is stranger than fiction that this actually happened. "There were no guys in my neighborhood", Bruce says.

"One of the hottest British rock bands ... hitting the top of the charts..." You said it Suzie! Helluva catchy number there boys!

i bought this album the next day

I... just... huh!! wow. Never expected to stumble across Suzanne Somers when doing a yt search for "Wire Drill"

R.I.P. Suzanne

A great moment in television.

The most god-awful racket. I love it.

Wire were meant to do two songs for this segment, then they were told it had to be cut to one. So instead of doing the more 'ear-friendly' 'Kidney Bingos' from their Ideal Copy album, they plumped for the (less) ear friendly 'Drill'. Fair play to them too. A deliberate ploy to confound Sommers and the audience. The giggly Sommers was totally out of her depth. Even the much older Tonight host Joan Rivers mustered more nous a few months before when Husker Du finally cracked a spot on her show. She engaged confidently and professionally. Always in control.

This is really great and more appreciated now I think

of course the song DRILL is not actually on the IDEAL COPY, it was on the earlier 12" SNAKEDRILL.

Absolutely incredible that that this was shown on TV and that "Chrissy" introduced them. I love the 70s and 80s ❤

How did I not know about this wonderful culture clash until today? "You're sort of a far-out group, you know?"

This is bananas.

Vocals aside, it's pretty clear to me that Thom Yorke took his whole stage persona from Colin Newman. (This is not intended as a slight on Yorke.)

Amazing!!!!

I remember actually watching this live when it first aired, and thinking, "What the ... ?" If you thought Devo were weird, watch this.

"...and I'm gonna sing too so don't come back."

"You're sort of a far out kind of group, you know?" "Uh, I doubt it"

DUGGA DUGGA DUGGA

The Saints were musical guests on this same program around this time.....

Didnae give a flying one did they??? BEAUTY

Very interesting/entertaining...thanks

Didn't Sommers take over the show after Rivers quit?

Variety Arts Center. 1987.

The sound is awful. This is an amazing song to see live..as well.

more punk than the sex pistols

my favorite bit is all their (clearly rented) cliched big American rock guitars

Graham's hair.....

If this is not an exercise, could it be a...?

Are my eyes tripping or is she a snack?