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Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Season 11 Episode 1103 | 55m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
MIKE CAMPBELL & THE DIRTY KNOBS:External Combustionsongsplushishits forTom Petty.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fameguitaristand his current band perform songs fromtheirExternal Combustionincluding“Wicked Mind” and “Wreckless Abandon,”plus“Refugee,” “You Got Lucky,” and“Runnin’ Down a Dream” from his days with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.Performed at the Brooklyn Bowl.
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Front and Center
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Season 11 Episode 1103 | 55m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fameguitaristand his current band perform songs fromtheirExternal Combustionincluding“Wicked Mind” and “Wreckless Abandon,”plus“Refugee,” “You Got Lucky,” and“Runnin’ Down a Dream” from his days with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.Performed at the Brooklyn Bowl.
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(bright music) - Hi, I'm here for my interview.
- I'm Dorian, and I use the pronouns he, him.
Are you comfortable sharing how you'd like to be addressed?
- Thank you for asking.
I use they, them pronouns.
(bright rock music) (muted music) - [Sound Engineer] Check, check.
One, two, check.
(muted music) (audience cheering) - It's so great to see you.
(audience cheering) One, two.
One, two, three.
(bright rock music) ♪ High as a kite hiding from a search light ♪ ♪ Well, I didn't get home 'til way past midnight ♪ ♪ Through the alley like a hungry dog ♪ ♪ I'm not used to living high on the hog ♪ ♪ Well, I don't think you understand ♪ ♪ What kind of man I really am ♪ I'm a sinner with a rebel soul ♪ ♪ Got a wicked mind and a heart of gold ♪ ♪ Take me to the station, get me on a train ♪ ♪ Before I hit the wall and go insane ♪ ♪ There's no telling when I'm ever coming back ♪ ♪ Who knows what's waiting down the track ♪ ♪ I don't think you understand ♪ What kind of man I really am ♪ I'm a sinner with a rebel soul ♪ ♪ Got a wicked mind and a heart of gold ♪ ♪ I ain't living a lie ♪ I'll tell you why ♪ Yeah, I got my pride ♪ Ain't afraid to die (bright rock music continues) (bright rock music continues) ♪ Two AM, I jumped over the wall ♪ ♪ Under a barbed wire fence, I had to crawl ♪ ♪ I made it to the Alabama line ♪ ♪ Delusions of grandeur in my mind ♪ ♪ I don't think you understand ♪ What kind of man I really am ♪ I'm a sinner with a rebel soul ♪ ♪ Got a wicked mind and a heart of gold ♪ ♪ I'm a sinner with a rebel soul ♪ ♪ Got a wicked mind and a heart of gold ♪ (bright rock music continues) (bright rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (steady rock music) (steady rock music continues) Two.
One, two, three.
♪ Pistol packing mama, don't you point that thing at me ♪ ♪ I'm a lover not a fighter ♪ Just down from Tennessee ♪ I crossed the Rio Grande ♪ Senorita took me by the hand ♪ Oh, pistol packing mama ♪ Don't you point that thing at me ♪ ♪ Shotgun Sally, don't you give me the evil eye ♪ ♪ I'm a lover, not a fighter ♪ A peaceful kind of guy ♪ A shot of tequila and a slice of lime ♪ ♪ Bottle of cerveza and I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ Shotgun Sally, don't you give me the evil eye ♪ ♪ Oh my, my, my ♪ Ain't you something ♪ Yeah, tell me why, why, why ♪ You wanna be pumping me full of lead ♪ ♪ Oh, pistol packing mama ♪ Don't you point that thing at me ♪ (steady rock music continues) ♪ Oh my, my, my ♪ Ain't you something ♪ Why, why, why ♪ You wanna be pumping me full of lead ♪ ♪ Oh, pistol packing mama ♪ Don't you point that thing at me ♪ ♪ Well, pistol packing mama ♪ Don't you point that thing at me ♪ (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) Thank you very, very, very much.
I think he's here tonight.
(audience cheering) (audience applauding) This is the first song from our first album.
(muted music) (bright rock music) ♪ I found you in a roadside ditch ♪ ♪ Twenty bottles gone ♪ Had your finger on your switch ♪ ♪ All circuits were blown ♪ Fever up to 105 ♪ Clothes soaking wet ♪ You were lucky just to be alive ♪ ♪ Living without a net ♪ Throwing caution to the wind ♪ Going over the edge again ♪ Wreckless abandon ♪ Wreckless abandon ♪ Tell the doctor to get here quick ♪ ♪ Ain't no time to kill ♪ Someone's gonna be getting sick ♪ ♪ Yeah, you know they will ♪ You only got yourself to blame ♪ ♪ For turning black and blue ♪ Oh, ain't it a crying shame ♪ You've blown another fuse ♪ Throwing caution to the wind ♪ Going over the edge again ♪ Wreckless abandon ♪ Wreckless abandon (bright rock music continues) (bright rock music continues) ♪ Throwing caution to the wind ♪ Going over the edge again ♪ Wreckless abandon ♪ Wreckless abandon ♪ Wreckless abandon (bright rock music continues) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) Thank you very much.
(audience cheering) (audience applauding) (steady rock music) ♪ Yeah, your papa knows what your mama may never understand ♪ ♪ How far a young girl will go for the love of a London man ♪ ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Can you feel the night flowing through your bones ♪ ♪ With your high-flying kite and your sticks and stones ♪ ♪ Will you save me a place at the head of your table ♪ ♪ In your leather and lace and your burgundy sable ♪ ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Doing all heaven will allow ♪ You'll make it through somehow ♪ ♪ There's sunlight behind the clouds ♪ ♪ Oh, little Irish girl ♪ Little Irish girl ♪ Oh ♪ When the servants mutiny and the crowned king cries ♪ ♪ Will you come under scrutiny in their unforgiving eyes ♪ ♪ When there's no keeper of the flame ♪ ♪ And the lights have gone out ♪ Will you shoulder all the blame ♪ ♪ Beyond a shadow of a doubt ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Hey little Irish girl ♪ Nothing can stop you now ♪ Hey little Irish girl We've got a good cellist in the band, behind the curtain.
(audience chuckles) ♪ Nothing can stop you now (audience cheering) (audience applauding) God bless you.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) All right, let's get heavy for a minute.
One, two, three.
(dark rock music) ♪ Don't say it's too late ♪ Don't say it's over now ♪ 'Cause it doesn't matter ♪ Anyway, anyhow ♪ I tried so hard ♪ To work it out ♪ Don't say it's over now ♪ Don't say it's over now ♪ Because ♪ I still love you ♪ I still need you ♪ And I still want you by my side ♪ ♪ I'm sorry ♪ I didn't mean it ♪ I should've known ♪ I should've seen it ♪ And I didn't mean ♪ To drag you down ♪ Don't say it's over now ♪ Don't say it's over now ♪ Because ♪ I still love you ♪ I still need you ♪ I still want you by my side ♪ I didn't realize ♪ What you were going through ♪ You know I should've been there for you ♪ ♪ What can I do now (dark rock music continues) (dark rock music continues) ♪ I still love you ♪ And I still need you ♪ I still want you by my side ♪ Oh (dark rock music continues) (dark rock music continues) (dark rock music continues) (dark rock music continues) (dark rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (steady rock music) ♪ We got something, we both know it ♪ ♪ We don't talk too much about it ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ Ain't no real big secret ♪ All the same, somehow, we get around it ♪ ♪ It don't really matter to me ♪ You believe what you wanna believe ♪ ♪ See, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ No, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ You don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ Somewhere, somehow ♪ Somebody must have kicked you around some ♪ ♪ Who knows, maybe you were tied up ♪ ♪ Taken away and held for ransom ♪ ♪ It don't make no difference to me ♪ ♪ You believe what you wanna believe ♪ ♪ See, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ You don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ No, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ You don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ No, baby, you ain't the first ♪ ♪ I'm sure a lot of other lovers have been burned ♪ ♪ It's all the same to you ♪ It's one of those things you gotta feel to be true ♪ (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) ♪ Somewhere, somehow ♪ Somebody must have kicked you around some ♪ ♪ Who knows, maybe you were tied up ♪ ♪ Taken away and held for ransom ♪ ♪ It don't make no difference to me ♪ ♪ Everybody's had to fight to be free ♪ ♪ See, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ No, you don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ You don't have to live like a refugee ♪ ♪ You don't have to live like a refugee ♪ (audience cheering) (audience applauding) All right, thank you.
You guys, you covered it really well.
(audience cheering) (audience applauding) (steady rock music) ♪ You better watch what you say ♪ ♪ You better watch what you do to me ♪ ♪ Don't get carried away ♪ If you can do better than me, then go ♪ ♪ Yeah, go ♪ But remember ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ Yeah, when I found you ♪ You put your hand on my cheek ♪ ♪ And then you turned your eyes away ♪ ♪ If you don't feel complete ♪ If I don't take you all of the way, then go ♪ ♪ Yeah, go ♪ Remember ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ When I found you (steady rock music continues) ♪ Yeah, go ♪ Yeah, go ♪ Remember ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ You got lucky, babe ♪ When I found you (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience whistling) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (steady rock music continues) (audience cheering) ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find ♪ Good love is hard to find Last one.
♪ Good love (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (lively rock music) ♪ I got a lump in my throat ♪ When I saw her coming down the aisle ♪ ♪ I got a wiggle in my knees ♪ When she looked at me and sweetly smiled ♪ ♪ There she is again leaning over by the record machine ♪ ♪ Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine ♪ ♪ She's too cute to be a minute over 17 ♪ ♪ Meanwhile, I was thinking ♪ She's in the mood ♪ No need to break it ♪ I see my chance ♪ I oughta take it ♪ If she can dance ♪ We can make it ♪ Come on queenie ♪ Let's shake it ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ There she is again standing over by the record machine ♪ ♪ Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine ♪ ♪ She's too cute to be a minute over 17 ♪ ♪ Meanwhile, I was still thinking ♪ That's a problem.
♪ If it's a slow song, we'll omit it ♪ ♪ If it's a rocker, that'll get it ♪ ♪ If it's good, we'll admit it ♪ Come on queenie, let's get with it ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie (lively rock music continues) (lively rock music continues) ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Yeah, go, go, go, little queenie ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie - Come on.
♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie ♪ Go, go, go, little queenie (audience cheering) (audience applauding) Thank you.
(audience cheering) (audience applauding) On the count of three, God bless Chuck Berry.
One, two, three.
- [Audience] God bless Chuck Berry.
- We would all not even be here if it wasn't for him.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) (energetic rock music) ♪ A beautiful day ♪ The sun beat down ♪ I had the radio on ♪ 'Cause I was driving ♪ Trees flew by ♪ Me and Del were singing a little "Runaway" ♪ ♪ And I was flying ♪ Yeah, running down a dream ♪ Never would come to me ♪ Working on a mystery ♪ Going wherever it leads ♪ Running down a dream ♪ I felt good ♪ Like anything was possible ♪ I hit cruise control ♪ Closed my eyes ♪ Three long days ♪ The rain was unstoppable ♪ It was always cold and no sunshine ♪ ♪ Yeah, running down a dream ♪ Never would come to me ♪ Working on a mystery ♪ Going wherever it leads ♪ Running down a dream (energetic rock music continues) ♪ I rolled on ♪ The sky grew dark ♪ I put the pedal down to make some time ♪ ♪ There's something good waiting down this road ♪ ♪ I'm picking up whatever's mine ♪ ♪ Running down a dream ♪ Never would come to me ♪ Working on a mystery ♪ Going wherever it leads ♪ Running down a dream ♪ Running down a dream ♪ Never would come to me ♪ Working on a mystery ♪ Going wherever it leads ♪ Running down a dream (energetic rock music continues) (energetic rock music continues) (energetic rock music continues) (energetic rock music continues) (energetic rock music continues) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) Be sure to tip your waitress, and get home safe.
And I hope I see your faces again real soon.
(audience cheering) (audience applauding) (steady rock music) ♪ Pistol packing mama, don't you point that thing at me ♪ ♪ I'm a lover not a fighter ♪ Just down from Tennessee ♪ I crossed the Rio Grande ♪ Senorita took me by the hand ♪ Oh, pistol packing mama ♪ Don't you point that thing at me ♪ - [Announcer] Funding for this series has been provided, in part, by the following.
(bright rock music) (bright music) - Hi, I'm here for my interview.
- I'm Dorian, and I use the pronouns he, him.
Are you comfortable sharing how you'd like to be addressed?
- Thank you for asking.
I use they, them pronouns.
(guitar strums) (bright music)
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