This video is so perfect. The fact that they chose to perform #1 (one of their more experimental tracks) on live television is amazing. The apprehension and awkwardness with which Conan approaches them after the performance. The skeletons in dresses for stage props. They literally just melted so many peoples minds and I wonder how they felt after seeing something like this for the first time. They obviously didn't do this for fame, or they would have picked one of their more poppy songs. I love everything about this. Especially Noahs backing vocals.
I was friends with the person who was in charge of booking the music acts for Conan around this time. She called me and said, "We finally got AC to play!" A week later she calls me before noon (they tape early) and she's like "They brought like no instruments, I don't know what they're gonna play." She calls me after they taped and was like "They played #1, and no one knew how to react." I didn't believe her until I saw it that night on TV. From what she told me, they didn't do it to be defiant, they were just really into that song at the time, and wanted to play it since they didn't want to shorten their more "accessible" songs for a TV performance.
@@TheDeadTexan I was curious about music booking for that show. I always felt like Conan had the coolest guests. Glad to see AC was on their radar for a little.
Deakin said in an interview recently that they picked #1 because it was short enough to fit in the time slot they were given. The show and their managers wanted them to use Fireworks or something more mainstream, and just cut out a section. The group refused to cut one of their songs down. “We are hard-headed to such a degree that sometimes, I question whether it's a good idea. Generally, even our short songs are somewhere between five and seven minutes long, which is an issue in the world of radio and TV promotion. Even "Fireworks" is too long for TV. So was every other song on Strawberry Jam besides "Derek" and "#1". “At the time, we were signed to FatCat Records. They begged us to do a shortened version of "Fireworks" or "For Reverend Green." They were like, "Can't you just cut out a verse?" We've been asked to do edits for our entire career. We were told that we needed to cut the first 45 seconds of "Prester John" because if a song doesn't catch right away, then it won't get playlisted on Spotify. And we've always refused. This was an early instance. “The producers on the show were angry at us, too. I think only the camera crew were psyched about it. They were like, "Nice one. This is weird". Even Conan was bummed. I think he actually walked over and shook my hand.” rateyourmusic.com/feature/sonemic-interview-deakin-animal-collective
I remember watching this when it aired. I hadn't heard of them before, and I was always excited when Conan had on a band I didn't know. I stuck around for the musical guest (not something I always did) and I was drawn in as soon as their music started. That might be the only time I heard a band on late night tv and went to the mall to buy their album the next day. "Strawberry Jam" is so fascinating and it's been with me ever since. What a fantastic memory this bought up.
They planned on playing Fireworks and were told it was too long for the segment when they were there, so they huddled up and said "do we cut it short or play a different one" And they decided "alright, we'll play #1 instead" after looking at the equipment they had there Absolute legends
One of the most wholesome performances of ever- the song, while super sick, is def weird af, and here they are playing this on national television, but it's not tongue in cheek at all -- they're all like "what? you're vibing to it.... right??"
The world is still not ready for this. They’re so good it’s like watching jimmy olay the guitar. They got this style so perfect. I kinda like that it’s a small fan base (cooler people!)
oh thank the stars SOMEone else has this!!! this was such a huge moment for me in high school and I made a point to record it to VHS (lol); the tape got erased and at some point, the other upload of this was taken down. Sheesh, i really thought this was lost forever!!!
Holly shit! This video .. never knew it existed , i cant belive they played #1 , on national tv , they couldve chosen fireworks , derek , pescebone , hell even coockoo coockoo Wouldve been more fitting for connan , hahha thats why i love this dudes , everyone that watched this mustve been tripping so bad , thinking what the hell is this even music? Beautifull song and one ofmy favs from strawberry jam, thanks so much for uploading!
I just recently got into Animal Collective. This is one of my first performance's I have seen of them live. I am truly impressed and I LOVE the distortions here!
Lolll love it. They have such catchier, more accessible songs they could have played from this album. Definitely a bit of a "F U" to the promotional process.
Arturo Cortez Jr it truly is! I’m actually surprised this is allowed on TH-cam now, used to be blocked worldwide, glad it’s not anymore tho lol. Thanks for the comment!
Whatever you may think of them they are totally original. I've been a fan since 2012 after listening to Snowmine talk about their influences. I think only Jimi Hendrix' sound was as trippy and psychedelic.
This looks and sounds like witchcraft. Audience must’ve been terrified with Noah vocalizing backwards like that and David being used as a mouthpiece for the devil. Josh looks happy.
So surprised they played one of the weirdest tracks on the record for the taping. But #1 is the track that got me into animal collective lol. Maybe they knew it was that special
i guess not many anco fans are conan fans as well. conan is actually into the weird and appreciates the experimental. hes also a musician. hes literally known for making up random words in daily conversations. heck just look at his eccentric sketches, and conan's audiences has always been the younger crowd, not old people lmao, hes no Letterman.
Letterman is super intellectual and avant-garde. He’s always been eccentric and had regulars who are absolutely bizarre. Part of the humor is how Midwestern he looks, but that’s the joke. How do people not seem to know this? Lmao
Maaaaaaaaaan, ty so much, I barely remembered I had written this 2 years ago. A lot has happened since then, I am proud to say that I have changed a lot since I wrote this, a hug from mty, mexico. Live a life full of love. @ZomsEcho
@@MrZilgen holy shit, you're right! I thought he wasn't actually playing anything at first. As with everything AC does, at first glace it seems so alien it's hard to decipher who's actually doing what, but once you see it and realize how it all fits together it's somehow more amazing then when it seemed too alien to understand.
Returning to this video to apologize to Gen Z that you missed out on a wonderful time in the '00s. Long after the alt-gets-mainstream craze of the 90s, we had to perservere through boy bands and nu-metal in the early aughts. Then for a handful of years ('04-'11ish), creative "indie" music was featured and embraced near the mainstream. This stuff just doesn't get much play these days and you're left digging for it on your own. Because music is so disjointed, only a handful of top 40 performers exist in the public zeitgeist and the rest is someone's personal algorhythm on a streaming service. For a few post-Napster/pre-streaming years the wonderfully weird hit it big. RIP.
They do so complex and unique music that its difficult to perform. The vocal effects on Avey dont go very well in this performance. Weirdly I feel a Frank Sinatra vibe in #1 with lot of acid of course hahaha
People were so "not ready" for this, they had to put a guitar on Deakin's hands. Or maybe this is some sort of bizarre homage to the times when DJs performed on TV and had to look like "they were playing instruments"?
Bruh I can't believe this aired on TV lol. The old people watching must have been geeking
😂😂😂😂
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Same reaction. That's so gutsy and authentic. Makes me love them more.
Not only old people. You can bet everybody else was.😂
I’ve watched this when it aired. It was bonkers.
The fact that they performed this with absolutely no regard for the reactions of the people around them is absolute GOAT shit
That's something should be regarded to Conan,s also. Imagine the rehearse. 😂
pretty sure that's the nature of their music and their entire career
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
🎶
[ MAN SPEAKING BACKWARDS ]
my fav detail
this is a fucking god tier performance and it's amazing they had the balls to do this song but i'm also laughing my ass off at how bonkers it is
It is rather ludicrou s they performed such a son g indeed
@@Retro_Naut utterly prep o s terou s
kinda bonkers, if you will
HHAHAHAH
This out of all songs. That takes some balls
They played one of the most inaccessible songs from Strawberry Jam with zero fucks. Ballsy.
[woman vocalizing]
[man speaking backwards]
NEVER FORGOTTEN
This video is so perfect. The fact that they chose to perform #1 (one of their more experimental tracks) on live television is amazing. The apprehension and awkwardness with which Conan approaches them after the performance. The skeletons in dresses for stage props. They literally just melted so many peoples minds and I wonder how they felt after seeing something like this for the first time. They obviously didn't do this for fame, or they would have picked one of their more poppy songs. I love everything about this. Especially Noahs backing vocals.
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
I was friends with the person who was in charge of booking the music acts for Conan around this time. She called me and said, "We finally got AC to play!" A week later she calls me before noon (they tape early) and she's like "They brought like no instruments, I don't know what they're gonna play." She calls me after they taped and was like "They played #1, and no one knew how to react." I didn't believe her until I saw it that night on TV. From what she told me, they didn't do it to be defiant, they were just really into that song at the time, and wanted to play it since they didn't want to shorten their more "accessible" songs for a TV performance.
Dude that is awesome, your friend is so lucky
@@TheDeadTexan Dave told me they played it because it was short and they didn't want to cut a song for it
@@TheDeadTexan I was curious about music booking for that show. I always felt like Conan had the coolest guests. Glad to see AC was on their radar for a little.
Deakin said in an interview recently that they picked #1 because it was short enough to fit in the time slot they were given. The show and their managers wanted them to use Fireworks or something more mainstream, and just cut out a section. The group refused to cut one of their songs down.
“We are hard-headed to such a degree that sometimes, I question whether it's a good idea. Generally, even our short songs are somewhere between five and seven minutes long, which is an issue in the world of radio and TV promotion. Even "Fireworks" is too long for TV. So was every other song on Strawberry Jam besides "Derek" and "#1".
“At the time, we were signed to FatCat Records. They begged us to do a shortened version of "Fireworks" or "For Reverend Green." They were like, "Can't you just cut out a verse?" We've been asked to do edits for our entire career. We were told that we needed to cut the first 45 seconds of "Prester John" because if a song doesn't catch right away, then it won't get playlisted on Spotify. And we've always refused. This was an early instance.
“The producers on the show were angry at us, too. I think only the camera crew were psyched about it. They were like, "Nice one. This is weird". Even Conan was bummed. I think he actually walked over and shook my hand.”
rateyourmusic.com/feature/sonemic-interview-deakin-animal-collective
Lol, Derek is definitely more accessible than #1. Derek kinda feels like a marching band song.
I assume Winter Wonderland would’ve been too short
I remember watching this when it aired. I hadn't heard of them before, and I was always excited when Conan had on a band I didn't know. I stuck around for the musical guest (not something I always did) and I was drawn in as soon as their music started. That might be the only time I heard a band on late night tv and went to the mall to buy their album the next day. "Strawberry Jam" is so fascinating and it's been with me ever since. What a fantastic memory this bought up.
My favorite animal collective album. I also have good memories around this album
that uneasy applause at the end 😂
Couldn't have picked a worse song to shepard the unaccustomed LOL!
Playing this was so punk. Hope they get invited back to another late night show some day
I’m really hoping they do too honestly
Time Skiffs is much more palatable….. sadly, I love it but old AnCo has the most special place in my heart
Man Noah’s performance is great on this one
tfw conan has held a strawberry jam vinyl but not you
They're not hard to find, even now.
Really hope they re-release it soon
Retro Naut there's one in my local record store so i dont gotta wait that long lol
Orinami lu c k y m a n n
@@Retro_Naut check ebay, amazon and record stores. i got one on ebay for a pretty normal price
This is definitely not a song I would have expected them to pick for late night television. Bold of them.
They planned on playing Fireworks and were told it was too long for the segment when they were there, so they huddled up and said "do we cut it short or play a different one"
And they decided "alright, we'll play #1 instead" after looking at the equipment they had there
Absolute legends
One of the most wholesome performances of ever- the song, while super sick, is def weird af, and here they are playing this on national television, but it's not tongue in cheek at all -- they're all like "what? you're vibing to it.... right??"
This performance was my introduction to them. I used to watch Conan every night. He had some gems on his show.
Every once in awhile I come back to this and it's just as magical as the first time.
Deak is the real star here. Look at that guy shred.
The a n c o savior
This has to be one of the most bizarre and enchanting moments of late night tv history
So glad that this is preserved on YT. Still remember where I was when I saw it that night. One of late night TV's finest moments.
The world is still not ready for this. They’re so good it’s like watching jimmy olay the guitar. They got this style so perfect. I kinda like that it’s a small fan base (cooler people!)
Love Panda's voice!
oh thank the stars SOMEone else has this!!! this was such a huge moment for me in high school and I made a point to record it to VHS (lol); the tape got erased and at some point, the other upload of this was taken down. Sheesh, i really thought this was lost forever!!!
back for my annual required viewing hah!!
Now this is truly the greatest live performance on letterman
LOL
Holly shit! This video .. never knew it existed , i cant belive they played #1 , on national tv , they couldve chosen fireworks , derek , pescebone , hell even coockoo coockoo Wouldve been more fitting for connan , hahha thats why i love this dudes , everyone that watched this mustve been tripping so bad , thinking what the hell is this even music? Beautifull song and one ofmy favs from strawberry jam, thanks so much for uploading!
I'm glad they stuck to the accessible stuff that the more general audience would enjoy, not some deep cut like My Girls
There is something about Noah that is very endearing and adorable. I can't put my finger on it
He just looks like a delicate woman.
This video is iconic. I'm still mad I missed the original airing, I was planning on watching it with my Gran Gran. Now she's DEAD!!
It's like Pet Sounds from space!
I watch this every fucking day
Now That is some quality post midnight entertainment.
This performance is an statement
This is unreal. They played this song of all things. Fully committed
I just recently got into Animal Collective. This is one of my first performance's I have seen of them live. I am truly impressed and I LOVE the distortions here!
Lolll love it. They have such catchier, more accessible songs they could have played from this album. Definitely a bit of a "F U" to the promotional process.
why is the performance elusive? thank you so much for uploading this!
Arturo Cortez Jr it truly is! I’m actually surprised this is allowed on TH-cam now, used to be blocked worldwide, glad it’s not anymore tho lol. Thanks for the comment!
@@Retro_Naut Ironic considering there are now certain words that are blacklisted for advertisers, whether it be spoken or titles.
@@Retro_Naut Also, thanks for the upload. Can't believe I forgot to say that lol, hope you didn't take my last comment the wrong way
Mikeureko no worries!
Been searching for this forever. Had a super low quality one I used to be able to watch before is disappeared but this is a blessing!!
Whatever you may think of them they are totally original. I've been a fan since 2012 after listening to Snowmine talk about their influences. I think only Jimi Hendrix' sound was as trippy and psychedelic.
Wait, is that Fred Willard on the couch? PERFECT song for that beautiful man
Absolute kings, all four of them.
All time favorite music ever. Food for my soul
I am The Magical Wizard and I deem this performance: MAGICAL
Thanks magical wizard
i'm imagining all the boomer hippies in the audience having acid flashbacks lmao
LMAO
🥲
Acid flashbacks are just bullshit propaganda from Big Acid.
killed it. what a beautiful performance
Rip Fred Willard :(
This looks and sounds like witchcraft. Audience must’ve been terrified with Noah vocalizing backwards like that and David being used as a mouthpiece for the devil. Josh looks happy.
Still one of the most legendary performance. Conan had fucking no idea what he was about to get hit with
He’s actually big into indie rock. Galaxie 500 used his drums in college!
I wish they lowered that effect on Avey's voice, his lyrics on this song are fantastic. no kidding lol.
sorry but this opinion is incorrect
It makes it 10x funnier for sure
This is bonkers holy shit lmaooo
sobbing
So surprised they played one of the weirdest tracks on the record for the taping. But #1 is the track that got me into animal collective lol. Maybe they knew it was that special
Excellent description 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been looking for this forever!
i guess not many anco fans are conan fans as well. conan is actually into the weird and appreciates the experimental. hes also a musician. hes literally known for making up random words in daily conversations. heck just look at his eccentric sketches, and conan's audiences has always been the younger crowd, not old people lmao, hes no Letterman.
Conan is literally the only cool late night show host
Letterman is super intellectual and avant-garde. He’s always been eccentric and had regulars who are absolutely bizarre. Part of the humor is how Midwestern he looks, but that’s the joke. How do people not seem to know this? Lmao
Can't spell Conan without Anco
I'm dying to know what Conan tells them
"Baltimore, huh? I went through there on a train once."
According to the Deakin interview on rateyourmusic from last week.
Maaaaaaaaaan, ty so much, I barely remembered I had written this 2 years ago. A lot has happened since then, I am proud to say that I have changed a lot since I wrote this, a hug from mty, mexico. Live a life full of love. @ZomsEcho
one of my fav songs on my fav tv show
Remember seeing this air live and getting the record - and then wondering why they chose this song from Strawberry Jam?!
I was interested to see what song they'd pick for a live to TV performance
LMFAOOOO this is the coolest shit ever
Greatness! I love Animal Collective💖💖💖💖💖
Deakin really vibing with his silent guitar
edit: I now understand he was using a pedal, thank you strangers for clarifying the deak mystery
It took me until today to realize this but the synth sound that plays the straight chords is Deakin. literally sounds like a synth
@@MrZilgen 🤯🤯🤯
It’s not silent though
@@MrZilgen holy shit, you're right! I thought he wasn't actually playing anything at first. As with everything AC does, at first glace it seems so alien it's hard to decipher who's actually doing what, but once you see it and realize how it all fits together it's somehow more amazing then when it seemed too alien to understand.
Synth pedal..
Panda Bear looking like Bobbie from the Brady bunch.
When we were young
I mean its the same guy who had ween perform i cant put my finger on it on his show so i cant really be too suprised
Why do i feel like Deakins guitar isn't really plugged in lmao
You can hear and see him strumming it though......
Same for avey singing lol. I bet half the audience thought he was just a bit doing nothing. They're just both so drenched in effects...
Lmao man, I love Animal Collective
Excellent
this is good
They fucking did it
y ES IVE BEEN FUCKING LOOKING FOR THIS PERFORMENCE OMG
I THOUGHT I IMAGINED IT AT THIS POINT OMG AHAUAHDion09fa90afu90 THANK YOU AUGH
It used to be on Vimeo for the longest time but then it suddenly vanished, and then that’s when TH-cam finally let me make this video public
I’m glad it made you happy :)
@@Retro_Naut 😭 took me ALLLLLLL the way back to this time
your bunger drawing is dope!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conan looks like he just saw aliens😂☠️
Woman Vocalizing
Man Speaking Backwards
The way Noah embodies the spirit of Brian Wilson…. I love them so fucking much..
man i was just thinkin about this
[man speaking backwards]
2007 was a long time ago :(
I know :/
this is hardbodied
That was fucking incredible 😆
Only thing that could ever top this would be a performance of Safer.
OMG 😮 this is amazing!!!
I like the strut that Avey Tare be doin
Amazing
calm down Deak
Woman vocalizing, man speaking backwards
omg unreal
They played the absolute weirdest song on the record haha
I hated them when this came out. Now my favorite band.
I think we all started from this point lol hate>love
Its a song?
Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!! Amen
I wonder what Fred Willard thought lol
The fact that you can't understand his lyrics at all because of the vocal effects in this version is the best/worst thing ever
Returning to this video to apologize to Gen Z that you missed out on a wonderful time in the '00s. Long after the alt-gets-mainstream craze of the 90s, we had to perservere through boy bands and nu-metal in the early aughts. Then for a handful of years ('04-'11ish), creative "indie" music was featured and embraced near the mainstream. This stuff just doesn't get much play these days and you're left digging for it on your own. Because music is so disjointed, only a handful of top 40 performers exist in the public zeitgeist and the rest is someone's personal algorhythm on a streaming service. For a few post-Napster/pre-streaming years the wonderfully weird hit it big. RIP.
What Year did this air? It wasn't 3 years ago
2007
@@Retro_Naut that makes me feel old
I feel you 😔
They do so complex and unique music that its difficult to perform. The vocal effects on Avey dont go very well in this performance.
Weirdly I feel a Frank Sinatra vibe in #1 with lot of acid of course hahaha
I can kinda see where you’re coming from lol
Panda sounds ace though
It's just that the effects seems to be heavier here than even in the studio version.
If there's a guitar playing then I can't hear it.
Sound guys musta fucked it up!
it's there, it just sounds like really weird background noises
i wish the album version of this song had the synth as muffled as it is here
People were so "not ready" for this, they had to put a guitar on Deakin's hands. Or maybe this is some sort of bizarre homage to the times when DJs performed on TV and had to look like "they were playing instruments"?
You can kinda hear Deak strumming chords. It sounds like it's running through some tape-like delay effect like a memory man.
@@dank5018 I didn't notice. I'll relisten. Thanks.
Wish Avey's vocals came in better for this performance. Once I knew the lyrics I couldn't believe how underrated it is
zoomers on tik tok be like
lmao
This really, really sucks. Bad.
😎
Lol
Thanks Micheal Jones from America
@@febbecool 🤣
sure, jan