Comments on: A Disembodied Eye Spots A Lithuanian Eurovision Plagiarism Scandal!

By: Oldboy

Oldboy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:12:48 +0000

What a wonderful clip! What a shame Lee Mavers took the Syd Barrett route. I dug the longbox, too. And Dave’s show has never been the same since he left NBC….

By: CloudCarrier

CloudCarrier — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:32:06 +0000

@Thierry: Don't forget Paul on the tambourine!

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:21:40 +0000

@brasstax: That's John Power (later of Cast) on bass. Dave asks about the band, and Lee says two of them are there, and two others are back home.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:00:07 +0000

That’s just Lee Mavers (and possibly one other band member). Still fun to see, though, and surprisingly the Late Night band kept it pretty subtle.

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:18:08 +0000

In addition to a rare opportunity to see a live clip of The La’s, I love it when David Letterman holds up a CD longbox at the start!

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:14:53 +0000

That La’s clip just made my day. Unfortunately, I might now have trouble not belting out “Lietuva” instead of “There she goes”…

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:11:39 +0000

Last year’s Lithuanian song was the worst. It really pissed me off that they got into the finals and the awesome songs from Malta and Cyprus and Dustin the Turkey didn’t.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:41:15 +0000

The La’s actually toured America? I thought Lee Mavers specialized in sitting in his room and complaining about everything musical that wasn’t winsome and from Liverpool.