Population 1 (Nuno Bettencourt) on Late Late Show

[p4t4h]

Nuno performed on TV last night with his new band Population 1 on CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The video clip & mp3 is available at population 1's website :
http://population-1.com/press/latelate_jan2005.asp

[dex]

Oh my god.........this is just noise.
I can't believe Nuno is making this rubbish now.
*shocked in disbelief*

ilia

[whatshisname]

Kinda cool, but pretty lame, IMO. I was expecting much better. I'm hoping for a new Extreme album to come out of the reunion, but I doubt if it'll go past them only playing some shows in Japan.

Japan gets Extreme, and we get Population 1. Uh, I'm moving to Japan. They always get all of the cool stuff, don't they?

[moro]

Originally Posted by dex

Oh my god.........this is just noise.
I can't believe Nuno is making this rubbish now.

When I read "noise," I was expecting a lot of grunting and screaming, with Nuno beating on his guitar. Come on, it wasn't that bad. You may not have liked it, but it was hardly noise.

The main riff was pretty heavy and cool. Nuno's singing is great, as usual. Overall, the song was a little too pop for my tastes but it wasn't bad. I haven't heard any of Nuno's recent stuff, but the song did remind me of the stuff on Schizophonic.

I'm curious if the audience's cheering was in reaction to an "Applause!" sign or genuine excitement at mention of Nuno's name. Do kids even know who he is?

[fettouhi]

WTF has Nuno been smoking!

Regards

André

[whatshisname]

Originally Posted by moro

I'm curious if the audience's cheering was in reaction to an "Applause!" sign or genuine excitement at mention of Nuno's name. Do kids even know who he is?

:LOL: That was the first thing I thought, when I downloaded the song! :LOL:

[pawel]

From the comments I was expecting this to be a tribute to Yoko Ono or something of that sort. Wasn't too bad, the singing was a bit off-key in places, the music was alright, but nothing to write home about....

Edit: The riff was pretty cool though...

[Bluestreak]

I didn't think it was that bad. Some of the vocal harmonies reminded me of Extreme. The guitar work was quintessentially Nuno, but not his best work by a long shot.

-R

[kennydoe]

That wasn't bad at all! a little Googoo dolls-ish rock. I might just go out 'n buy that.

[88Carrera]

What's the problem??? That was 99.9% better than most of the garbage you hear on late night talk shows!!

[Algiman]

Sounds to me like a bloke playing exactly what he wants and having fun. Good luck to him.

[Ving]

Come on Ilia, Nuno rocks whatever he's playing


I love it. But then I like all his stuff...

[Two hands31]

I love it

[Blueroomstudios]

I waited for the solo hoping for some old school Nuno...guess not. Great funky rhythms though as usual.

[ginsu777]

i liked it. but it seems as though nuno is oging for the anti-guitar hero solos. not bad at all. but it was lacking something.