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The Hold Steady "Stay Positive" On "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

Aug 27, 2008, 10:16am Minneapolis Fucking Rocks
The Hold Steady "Stay Positive" :: TV 08.25.08
Stopping by the veritably self-deprecating (who's red-headed friend to night owl viewers everywhere) late night host's show this past Monday, the perennially-described " America's Best Bar Band" took time off from startin' some shit with Radiohead to play the title track from their fourth album, Stay Positive . I'm not sure about the array of handclaps The Hold Steady start off the song with, but by the time that Youth of Today get name-dropped, and the wordless harmonies in the chorus come around, even the most strident skeptic cannot resist singing along. "We gotta [...]
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