What time is it? Time to get wild and loose!
April 22, 2020 9:03 PM Subscribe
Appearing live via glorious VHS quality, and with a healthy dose of Jerome, The Time, Houston TX, 12/29/1982. 45 minutes pro-shot multicam of the most glorious bands-man-ship ever seen.
Bonus: Morris Day on Late Night with David Letterman, Aug 30, 1984. [10m]
Bonus: Morris Day on Late Night with David Letterman, Aug 30, 1984. [10m]
Why you, and you?
You... you old, Michelin Man, fat, black...
Tricky
[The B-Side of "Ice Cream Castles"]
One of the greatest songs ever recorded. Lyrics & vocals by Prince. Lunatic funk by Morris Day & The Time.
posted by chavenet at 1:06 AM on April 23, 2020 [4 favorites]
You... you old, Michelin Man, fat, black...
Tricky
[The B-Side of "Ice Cream Castles"]
One of the greatest songs ever recorded. Lyrics & vocals by Prince. Lunatic funk by Morris Day & The Time.
posted by chavenet at 1:06 AM on April 23, 2020 [4 favorites]
Good lord did I need this today. Thank you so much.
(When they started to build casinos here, I kept talking about being excited about a new level of band appearances... someone said "who, like The Time?" YES EXACTLY THAT. They were here last year and it was amazing.)
posted by librarianamy at 4:41 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
(When they started to build casinos here, I kept talking about being excited about a new level of band appearances... someone said "who, like The Time?" YES EXACTLY THAT. They were here last year and it was amazing.)
posted by librarianamy at 4:41 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
Amazing - such a performance, such character! He/they are just: COOL.
posted by davidmsc at 7:23 AM on April 23, 2020
posted by davidmsc at 7:23 AM on April 23, 2020
And the Letterman clip - Dave just didn't quite seem to get Morris - he tried, but Morris' persona was kind of impenetrable. Dang, Morris was great.
posted by davidmsc at 7:33 AM on April 23, 2020
posted by davidmsc at 7:33 AM on April 23, 2020
davidmsc: "but Morris' persona was kind of impenetrable."
He's got it all under control.
posted by chavenet at 9:07 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
He's got it all under control.
posted by chavenet at 9:07 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
I saw Morris Day and The Time in Austin, TX in the late 90s. Hands down the smoothest mofos I've ever seen on stage. The band was super tight, Jerome was on his A-Game as Morris' personal assistant, and Mr. Day did a 5+ minute bit with some Ladies in the audience about having a menage a trois. The only band that I've ever seen that out-funked them was the P-Funk reunion in 1999.
posted by Saxon Kane at 10:57 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Saxon Kane at 10:57 AM on April 23, 2020 [1 favorite]
Or maybe The Meters.
posted by Saxon Kane at 11:11 AM on April 23, 2020
posted by Saxon Kane at 11:11 AM on April 23, 2020
And the Letterman clip
I think that Letterman was out of his depth with Day, but also Day was out of his depth with being on a national talk show suddenly way more famous than he'd ever expected. And having to be "Morris Day from The Time" while conducting an interview when usually "Morris Day" is a highly choreographed persona on a stage... I can see where both of them weren't quite connecting.
Letterman could have played a bit more into Day's egotism rather than trying to "understand" him or whatever. And Day could have tried to meet Letterman halfway with his awkward white guy questioning.
But the interview is amazing regardless.
Here's an hour-long interview with Day that is sort of the Marc Maron "tell your story" format. It's from earlier this year, and it's a pretty good interview. It's also not "Morris Day" but rather Morris Day doing the interview.
posted by hippybear at 8:21 PM on April 23, 2020 [2 favorites]
I think that Letterman was out of his depth with Day, but also Day was out of his depth with being on a national talk show suddenly way more famous than he'd ever expected. And having to be "Morris Day from The Time" while conducting an interview when usually "Morris Day" is a highly choreographed persona on a stage... I can see where both of them weren't quite connecting.
Letterman could have played a bit more into Day's egotism rather than trying to "understand" him or whatever. And Day could have tried to meet Letterman halfway with his awkward white guy questioning.
But the interview is amazing regardless.
Here's an hour-long interview with Day that is sort of the Marc Maron "tell your story" format. It's from earlier this year, and it's a pretty good interview. It's also not "Morris Day" but rather Morris Day doing the interview.
posted by hippybear at 8:21 PM on April 23, 2020 [2 favorites]
Without yet watching the video, the bass line from Jungle Love is grooving through my skull. This is a good thing.
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