Metric - "Help I'm Alive" on Letterman 7/17 (TheAudioPerv.com)

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  • www.theaudioperv.com Metric performed "Help I'm Alive" on the Late Show with David Letterman on 7/17/09. Follow us on Twitter @theaudioperv
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  • @theressomethingaboutmary6331
    @theressomethingaboutmary6331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Metric sounds like a 90's alternative/grunge band... I love them, they are great. They deserve more recognition than most of the new bands today.

    • @michaeldiaczok5636
      @michaeldiaczok5636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I call them Canadian Radiohead. They're amazing.

    • @Sammie551
      @Sammie551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Silversun Pickups also do the same but they aren't 90s

  • @jamesbrice7951
    @jamesbrice7951 8 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    this is one of the best pop songs to come out in the last 15 years

    • @jdubjdub645
      @jdubjdub645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Brice 2009 had it

    • @seb5542
      @seb5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's not pop though really. It's more alternative rock, alt post punkish. I'd litterally throw up if I where listening to pop lol.

    • @jonnydeuteronomy9684
      @jonnydeuteronomy9684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No offense but I think it's a rock song. A damn good one.

    • @timdc4972
      @timdc4972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its rock n rolllll

    • @Darkness-ie2yl
      @Darkness-ie2yl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      dave wanted a slice of that

  • @done1675
    @done1675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    A criminally underrated song. And the lyrics just blow me away with their existential terror.

    • @ryline666
      @ryline666 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everything that has ever happened is underrated

    • @elizabethbennet4791
      @elizabethbennet4791 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my bf plays this constantly lol

  • @bradh2160
    @bradh2160 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    This is a great performance from a band who actually sounds original.

  • @theedgeinshow
    @theedgeinshow 14 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    i may sound stupid........but my heart completely melts when she says "they're gonna eat me alive"......

  • @mac-iq9hj
    @mac-iq9hj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    She is so gorgeous!

  • @matthewwall9489
    @matthewwall9489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is ART...sound,I found across it one time at Romania n thats that

  • @kevincampbell5785
    @kevincampbell5785 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This song has my heart "beating like a hammer".

  • @kevinhall1340
    @kevinhall1340 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This song/band helped me through a tough time once. Thank you. :-)

    • @I.AM.Issachar.
      @I.AM.Issachar. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no mames

    • @meowbruhhh4586
      @meowbruhhh4586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@I.AM.Issachar. si mames

    • @I.AM.Issachar.
      @I.AM.Issachar. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meowbruhhh4586 si es a tu hermana si

    • @meowbruhhh4586
      @meowbruhhh4586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@I.AM.Issachar. no mames, te pasas de guey

    • @I.AM.Issachar.
      @I.AM.Issachar. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meowbruhhh4586 No soy ni güey ni vaca pero soy el que te la retaca

  • @HigzyTeflon
    @HigzyTeflon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Some of todays best (actual) music... and on Dave Letterman to boot. Metric rocks. Thanks to whoever had the sense to record/upload this gem. Greetings from the 416

    • @benatchison2371
      @benatchison2371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      still some of todays best music from 2018

    • @Zizzyyzz
      @Zizzyyzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@benatchison2371 And 2020.

    • @MrBrno
      @MrBrno ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Zizzyyzz And 2022.

    • @Zizzyyzz
      @Zizzyyzz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrBrno And soon to be 2023.

  • @ottomattix86
    @ottomattix86 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Forgot this was live as I was driving. So good!

  • @misssiobhan83
    @misssiobhan83 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the way she moves while singing!! :)

    • @fluffles52479
      @fluffles52479 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Molly Malone she's amazing to watch live, I saw her last night and oh my god she's perfect. she's so full of energy in front of an actual crowd

  • @lucristianx
    @lucristianx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The video that started it all for me. I need to see them live.

    • @RobinLabadie
      @RobinLabadie 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Arik Haydn Actually i'm discovering them live after listening to them for a few years now, and it's rare, but i have to say i think i prefer the albums (Fantasies, my love

  • @joshuagore9022
    @joshuagore9022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    They were a great opener for Smashing Pumpkins last year

  • @RJBeee91
    @RJBeee91 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    when she says "i tremble" i just love it man. Her voice is so calm.

  • @pbhello
    @pbhello 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    so weird that I never knew who this band was until today, even though I've heard their songs over the years. thank you Pandora

  • @sydabrajano
    @sydabrajano 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    First discovered this song on my Discover Weekly shit on Spotify last year. Still on my usual track rotation. I just love this song. There's just something dark and sinister and cold in this song, but at the same time, there's warmth (maybe it's the blood in the heart's pulse) and an accepting kindness to it. Hard to be soft, tough to be tender. Just like Nirvana's Love Buzz, too dirty for pop, too clean for metal. Both of them are just perfect!

    • @cankhovich1796
      @cankhovich1796 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      see: donald marshall

    • @daftman420
      @daftman420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cankhovich1796 Why is that? What about Donald Marshall? Who is he anyway? I Googled and came up with a man from Canada wrongfully accused of murder. Donald Marshall Jr.

  • @zachgreen759
    @zachgreen759 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Everytime I hear this song, especially at the bridge, I feel like this is what music is supposed to sound like. Seriously, almost all of it.

  • @stevewills735
    @stevewills735 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jesus ! that synth intro is so heavy! Awesome song

  • @dickielucy
    @dickielucy 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think I LOVE this version! I am a huge Metric fan and can't wait to see them live in a small venue! Fabulous!

  • @tortiyajr
    @tortiyajr 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    hell yes!!! it's like we're bringing back amazing alternative 90s female bands/artists back into a long lost and well deserved view!!!

  • @chinabby18
    @chinabby18 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    she sounds amazing live

  • @ShawnStack1
    @ShawnStack1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic! What a combo: David Letterman and Metric

  • @389293912
    @389293912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song is so unusual yet so enthralling. It's almost defining a new genre of pop It's got tons of novel constructs like large interval jumps in the lyrics without sounding like a sound track. The single note guitar drone. So minimalistic yet powerful its effect on the mood. The nonstandard song structure etc.

  • @geesh8709
    @geesh8709 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome, wish I was there to hear it

  • @likabaws1153
    @likabaws1153 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sounds amazinggggggggggggg!!!!!!

  • @ajones21606
    @ajones21606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Her voice is AMAZING can put you in a a trance.

  • @LucDijon
    @LucDijon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    An Atomic Debbie Harry ?
    Lovely!

  • @Veritasfuria
    @Veritasfuria 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They sound awesome live!!!

  • @headbanger2867
    @headbanger2867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woke up with this drum beat playing in my head. Too me all day to figure where I heard it. This song is awesome.

  • @ThomasNicot2
    @ThomasNicot2 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks, this song is so great !

  • @christypie18
    @christypie18 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE this song! Its like, two sounds in one.

  • @kymgammon4920
    @kymgammon4920 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    GOING TO SEE THEM IN 8 DAYS! CANT WAIT!

  • @maxipherBentley
    @maxipherBentley 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    loveee this man

  • @wlancehunt
    @wlancehunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hear this all the time in my radio playlists. Good to know what they look like.

  • @Oscarandmax
    @Oscarandmax 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so diggin this tune..

  • @bear44254
    @bear44254 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is my fav. video.. shes soo good

  • @ohXitsXelle
    @ohXitsXelle 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    she is so amazing live!

  • @sunsunnydayz
    @sunsunnydayz 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was great! I was gonna watch letterman that night to catch Metric. I missed it. So Thanx for posting this. Excellent

  • @DreamiesLonelyDreamer
    @DreamiesLonelyDreamer 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    AMAZING!!!! and OMG Emily's face RIGHT when she finished singing...man she's an angel!

  • @triihugga
    @triihugga 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing song. amazing album.

  • @Beniamin6665
    @Beniamin6665 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing tune!

  • @Jvergakis
    @Jvergakis 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is truely 1 of the best bands i have heard in along time

  • @trulyhuman6227
    @trulyhuman6227 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a badass song!!

  • @OmarrAwake
    @OmarrAwake 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    i absolutely love this song

  • @ipodnano2G
    @ipodnano2G 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love them so much! Hope to see them in october in Montreal

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my favourite bands of all time

  • @p0werageman
    @p0werageman 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very good group!
    and Emily is so beautiful, and with a very beautiful voice!

  • @larock1982
    @larock1982 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    just frigging amazing

  • @jessrotm3508
    @jessrotm3508 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this version too

  • @Qnz1kim
    @Qnz1kim 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song. I heard it off my 2k10 and it's a great song.

  • @poppunklifestyle
    @poppunklifestyle 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the probably the best song ive ever heard

  • @aioesj
    @aioesj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome

  • @gollydolly04
    @gollydolly04 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this song

  • @SammyKitty92
    @SammyKitty92 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was the first time I ever saw/heard metirc and I am glad I did. :)

  • @Beniamin6665
    @Beniamin6665 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love her!!

  • @jeffpittman8725
    @jeffpittman8725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Easily one of the best bands around today and to imagine they come from the 90s!

  • @frankneudeck6505
    @frankneudeck6505 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great voice and music. i like it.

  • @jeffersonbusche7514
    @jeffersonbusche7514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think this is the best performance of this song I have heard/seen. Raw. Just wish her vocals were a tad louder.

  • @briteeni
    @briteeni 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous song.

  • @bigbadbass1
    @bigbadbass1 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Damn! she's gorgeous!

  • @asmrguidance8834
    @asmrguidance8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg how come ive never seen this?? ❤❤❤❤

  • @TheKlokan44
    @TheKlokan44 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the world needs more Metric!

  • @okkcomputer
    @okkcomputer 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    perfect voice

  • @TheKingofRockMusic
    @TheKingofRockMusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's a fooking jam.....and it never gets old.....

  • @jdap
    @jdap 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Metric is amazing. If you have the chance of seeing them live. GO!

    • @speakthesecret9412
      @speakthesecret9412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES!! Best live experience. They can't be captured fully in recordings.

  • @meowbruhhh4586
    @meowbruhhh4586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine not knowing this song!? I couldn't, i need this song in my life!!

  • @PredragJanjatov
    @PredragJanjatov 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    love it!

  • @BrentLagerman
    @BrentLagerman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great song

  • @lucristianx
    @lucristianx 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm in love

  • @ronniekahrs5204
    @ronniekahrs5204 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great - thanks Emily

  • @masonarcher2998
    @masonarcher2998 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This band makes me want to make more music, love their style a lot. Totally jealous of their setup.

  • @mathiasgandy
    @mathiasgandy 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very good live performance.

  • @daysoftheneww
    @daysoftheneww 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    great set of pins !!

  • @j4967p
    @j4967p 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a brilliant performance.

  • @RoverIAC
    @RoverIAC 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i heard Metric for the first time, last night on Letterman and am now youtubing for more of there stuff, i might go see them when they come to Australia in October, her voice kind of reminds me of Violet Clarke from Grand Duchy

  • @V3BNR
    @V3BNR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    j'adore 😍😍

  • @InjuringPlum
    @InjuringPlum 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow they sound good live

  • @jeffthrow6892
    @jeffthrow6892 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    From 2:46 to 3:18.....the guitar part just rocks, absolutely love that, why the hell doesn't the studio version have the same sound & feel to it??

    • @kroilito
      @kroilito 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +jeffthrow6892 sometimes live versions are way better than the studio ones

    • @jeffthrow6892
      @jeffthrow6892 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Diego García Ríos -- True enough, but, as the other comments here prove, this was hardly a perfect performance. Emily's vocals need to be up in the mix more, for one thing. Anyway, all I know is that I find the studio version disappointing compared to this, mainly 'cause the guitar parts sound SO much better here.....

    • @kroilito
      @kroilito 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's could be right. The point is (talking about the instrumental background) that in live versions we get to notice details that are not so obvious in studio ones because of the mix and edition.

    • @HidingFromFate
      @HidingFromFate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +jeffthrow6892 Been a while since I listened to the studio version but google, "the loudness wars" which may in part explain it, i.e, every part (vocals, drums, guitars, keys, etc.) are brought up to equal volume in the mix and to nearly an extreme point that there aren't many dynamics left in the music. So it sounds decent at low to mid volumes, especially in cars, on the bus, anywhere that background noise can intrude so the natural dynamics of real music must be tamed (or so the studio practices justification goes).
      But the negative byproduct of these "modern" studio recording & mastering practices is that the excitement and vitality is diminished and even becomes fatiguing to listen to when played at high volumes. The studio recordings sound too processed and some of that nuanced detail disappears. Detail and dynamics that are re-emerging again in this live setting.
      Not to say the live mix here is perfect, btw. But it does have a raw vitality that the studio version probably lacks.

    • @465marko
      @465marko 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still think that guitar part sounds cool on the album version, but it's definitely got a bit more crunch (or overdrive) and a little touch of phaser or something on this vid. Rocks it out a bit more.
      +kikkiokioli 's probably right as well.

  • @entrailsgalore
    @entrailsgalore 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this song a lot.

  • @foxtones6961
    @foxtones6961 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the gorgeousness that is Metric

  • @beedub93
    @beedub93 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw them about 10 years ago at Bogarts in Cincinnati, where they opened up from The Stills. Loved Metric then and love them to this day. Emily has a great voice.

  • @lynnbirch11
    @lynnbirch11 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    These guys are so sick live!!

  • @gzablue
    @gzablue 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    always one of the best bands to watch, not to mention listen to. i

  • @Cas12321
    @Cas12321 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    she's 10/10

  • @plopnod
    @plopnod 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Letterman always has the coolest bands.Love these guys

  • @jeffthrow6892
    @jeffthrow6892 15 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey, somebody who finally GETS IT!! You hit the nail right on the head, I like this version better, because the guitar playing sounds better, & your damn right she looks sexy, even if she seems more reserved here than usual!!!

  • @erogers4248
    @erogers4248 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real talent. I love metric.

  • @FallsApartInDark
    @FallsApartInDark 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    anybody could sing a song really good with audio perfections

  • @Kazziebot
    @Kazziebot 9 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    She looks nervous.
    I love her.

    • @GrlLeastLikelyTo
      @GrlLeastLikelyTo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it's that dress. If I were wearing that thing I'd be nervous as hell... about everybody seeing my titties.

    • @konacoyote3989
      @konacoyote3989 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Last Show isn't live it's taped. But yeah.

    • @Tom-lq6nn
      @Tom-lq6nn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny I think she looks confident.

    • @kmanyguns
      @kmanyguns 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      why do you think she looks nervous?

  • @316xsteph
    @316xsteph 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    the way she dances :) epic!

  • @RedThebigOne
    @RedThebigOne 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Preach the word Brother!

  • @justpapers182
    @justpapers182 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love the acoustic that this!haha

  • @jbsrknu
    @jbsrknu 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    bingo!---you nailed that one perfectly--it's downright frightening in fact---Just discovered this song and band after watching Defendor---gotta check out more of their stuff---she's got it goin on

  • @AndTheWallsFallDown
    @AndTheWallsFallDown 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    met her mother lolol!
    she's a "Raging Granny" .. came to my school as a guest speaker lmfao. xD
    love METRIC! :)♥

  • @Shono69
    @Shono69 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    The riff that kicks in at 1:30 is tops... £ucking love this song...

  • @Greenberg71
    @Greenberg71 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good sound, good vibrations...

  • @Technorgasm
    @Technorgasm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Emily, you are such a Canadian darling. . . . ♥♥♥

  • @jaiblue25
    @jaiblue25 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    She reminds me of Winona Ryder.

  • @TheTimeRocket
    @TheTimeRocket 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless Toronto.