I'm actually pretty pleased with Letterman's boldness at putting such an unconventional group on his show. Regardless of AC's talent (this performance was fantastic BTW), props to Letterman for bringing a non-mainstream group to a mainstream audience with relatively good results. Great job AC!
@@Molteniceee yeah, I was trying to think a witty comeback for him but as the years passed and I had nothing I finally decided to be straightforward with my opinion
@- feliciathegoat- I've never really understood the aversion to replying to old comments. There will be other people who will see it later and can jump into the conversation (like we have all done here). Plus, every once in a while I will get a reply to a 10 year or older comment I made and quite often I will pick the conversation right back up.
This is some seriously good music. I feel like I'm one with the nature when I listen to their music in a trance. Animal Collective greatly enhanced my college experience
If you thought this was too weird for Letterman, I remember the day when Conan was doing Late Night and he also had Animal Collective as a musical guest back when they put out Strawberry Jam. They played "#1", the most bizarre awkward track from that album. And I remember them using pitch shifters on the vocals. Not sure if the audience liked it or not lol. Too bad TH-cam does not have that video anymore. Definitely worth looking at.
I know that at least these days a lot of these shows have a separate audience for the musical performance. That was deffo the case for a recent Thom Yorke performance and the question came up because people were thinking it would be too trippy for normies. PS It was Twist on Jimmy Kimmel. Pretty great if you ask me.
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
Honestly, I wasn't expecting this to sound good live. I was mistaken. This is really good for an electronic, experimental band. Their true talent definitely shines.
@@vasconcelossentimento Which is good. That's what people want to hear. The studio version is the studio version because it was the best sounding, most professional version they could produce. That's why they put it on wax forever. I don't wanna hear the performer change it up to something worse just because they are bored of playing it the right way.
@@mat5473 i agree there's a whole bunch of PROS on sounding exactly like the record, but i personally think that when performers get bored and try to switch up things it is usually, FOR ME, a pleasant diferent experience. just because they change what they decided to put on wax forever doesn't necessarily mean it is bound to be worse... but i get you
Don’t know if you’re still around 11 years later, but they had actually been on Conan O’Brien two years prior to this. Back in 2007. They performed number one. It was weird. They were, and always will be a corner stone band for me. Can’t wait for the new record dropping next week. Time Skiffs.
i like to imagine that the people in the background are their friends and a few nights before they were all drunk and said "wouldnt it be funny if you guys wore tie dye sheets and danced in the background?"
Yo, I have been listening to these fools since middle school. Shit, 2012 was when I was introduced to them. This was my first song. Edit: It's May 2022 rn, holy hell they're great to listen to while spinning
Damn I’m old I remember when I first heard sung tongs in 2005 my sophomore year in high school. I used to think these guys were fucking genius in college.
This video is what got me into these guys about two years ago. Now there my favorite band ever and I'm in love with every album, EP, single, ect they've ever produced. Just saw them last month and it was INSANE. Thanks for being the collest band ever guys.
Wow, I had the same exact experience. For a long time I could only handle "Feels" and the rest just kind of made me want to gouge my eyes out. But, like you said, it all seemed to make sense after MPP. It just clicked in my head somehow and now I can't stop listening to Sung Tongs, etc. Very weird indeed, but I'm glad it happened.
4:26 i love how noah is trying his hardest to not laugh while the host calls "the cd" to the lp and then when the host told a joke he couldn't laugh cause he was too concentrated trying not to lol
I saw them at the 930 Club on the 11th and I constantly re-listen to the performance on the NPR website. It's that amazing. I wish there were more good quality live videos. but there are some really good ones! Pizzapapapapotatopotatotopotippity top top.
I remember when this came out live on Letterman and I remember it was when DVR was new to me and I recorded it and my mom ended up erasing the recording from the DVR because she said it was drug addict and demonic LOL damn it Mom
@RomanticsInc, Thank you. Ever since my comment was voted up so high (very flattering), I have been getting mostly hate mail, so your post made a pleasant change.
Panda Bear does live percussion. For Centipede he's been behind a full drum kit. When I saw them when they were touring MPP he had some small percussion set up next to him, but it was sparse, like other previous tours.
imo, Brother Sport is the best track on the record and is also my fav of theirs. it's melodies and rhythms are super creative, and they demand a lot of focus from the group, it's not as haphazard as you think. they make it seem easy
This is easily the most straight forward performance they've ever done.
I think it's because they didn't want to weird the audience out. I, personally, would've wanted them going bonkers.
Kinda bonkers actually
And still weird
not complaining though, best vocals in any live performance of theirs
Their handlers were warned by Worldwide Pants to keep it copacetic
it's amazing to me how much panda bear resembles brian wilson / paul dano portraying brian wilson
I'm glad I'm not the only one
Every time I listen to panda bear at all I imagine paul dano singing
It's no wonder why Noah said Brian Wilson was such a huge influence on him.
plays summertime clothes
wears hoodie with "spring break" on the front
fuckin' avey
+regular onion you're amazing
Not me unfazed because that’s what you wear in the spring where I live 😅
You can see them forcing themselves to not go berzerk
I don't see it.
@@papapatouiee6471good
"This is the CD" with a vinyl in hand, top Letterman
That joke is everything I love about Letterman
I'm actually pretty pleased with Letterman's boldness at putting such an unconventional group on his show. Regardless of AC's talent (this performance was fantastic BTW), props to Letterman for bringing a non-mainstream group to a mainstream audience with relatively good results. Great job AC!
MPP is pretty mainstream tho, but I guess is a step up for tv standards
@@joaquinignacio3277 remember, the comment you're replying to is 10 years old
@@Molteniceee yeah, I was trying to think a witty comeback for him but as the years passed and I had nothing I finally decided to be straightforward with my opinion
@- feliciathegoat- I've never really understood the aversion to replying to old comments. There will be other people who will see it later and can jump into the conversation (like we have all done here). Plus, every once in a while I will get a reply to a 10 year or older comment I made and quite often I will pick the conversation right back up.
11 years now !
I'd love to see them perform "For Reverend Green" in this show
That would have been something
This is some seriously good music. I feel like I'm one with the nature when I listen to their music in a trance. Animal Collective greatly enhanced my college experience
If you thought this was too weird for Letterman, I remember the day when Conan was doing Late Night and he also had Animal Collective as a musical guest back when they put out Strawberry Jam. They played "#1", the most bizarre awkward track from that album. And I remember them using pitch shifters on the vocals. Not sure if the audience liked it or not lol.
Too bad TH-cam does not have that video anymore. Definitely worth looking at.
th-cam.com/video/CcJ5sIFqVOg/w-d-xo.html
It's on TH-cam now!
I know that at least these days a lot of these shows have a separate audience for the musical performance. That was deffo the case for a recent Thom Yorke performance and the question came up because people were thinking it would be too trippy for normies.
PS It was Twist on Jimmy Kimmel. Pretty great if you ask me.
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
Brilliant performance, I love how uncomfortable they look at the end with Letterman trying to shmooze them... "good to see you sir" to Panda *shudder*
Hahaha, I know right? They all look like a bunch of dweebs there and I love them.
How dare Letterman do his job, right?
i really like geologist going nuts
Avey Tare is just a brilliant human being
Honestly, I wasn't expecting this to sound good live. I was mistaken. This is really good for an electronic, experimental band. Their true talent definitely shines.
I haven't heard them play live until now. Like wow they're good.
made me grin watching this, really good performance
pretty standart "lets try to sound just like the studio version" type of performance...
@@vasconcelossentimento Which is good. That's what people want to hear. The studio version is the studio version because it was the best sounding, most professional version they could produce. That's why they put it on wax forever. I don't wanna hear the performer change it up to something worse just because they are bored of playing it the right way.
@@mat5473 i agree there's a whole bunch of PROS on sounding exactly like the record, but i personally think that when performers get bored and try to switch up things it is usually, FOR ME, a pleasant diferent experience. just because they change what they decided to put on wax forever doesn't necessarily mean it is bound to be worse... but i get you
I love Noah’s face after Letterman refers to the dancers as “trick or treaters” he kind of shakes his head like “this guy will never get it man”
hahaha yeah he always seems pissed off by critics and people cracking lame jokes, I think anything music-related is sacred to him
It's an innocent joke.
I'm not sure I saw that but if they're too serious to get that joke or letterman then they will never 'get it'
@@casualdecade I'm sure he got the joke, but I would understand why he'd find it disrespectful for someone to make fun of his art
hes definitely not that self-serious, and no one's making fun of their art, you fucking cornball
Letterman bangs dimes and always has great music. He is the fucking man
hell yes!
Wow I never thought animal collective would come out on a late night talk show,
Don’t know if you’re still around 11 years later, but they had actually been on Conan O’Brien two years prior to this. Back in 2007. They performed number one. It was weird. They were, and always will be a corner stone band for me. Can’t wait for the new record dropping next week. Time Skiffs.
@@SKY_DWELLER333 Time Skiffs came out and it is wonderful, man I love this band
@@ffabiang and already a new album this month
Their most coherent song.
and to think norm macdonald was on right before this performance
he holds the album the wrong way round -_-
He don't know about memes. However, this is a god-tier meme.
BeardedSailor1 No he's not, that's the way the vinyl cover faces for some reason.
MrSwiket well thats upsetting
He should go to hell!
It’s facing the right way
instagram.com/p/BeQ0Bf-H7QX/?igshid=7qnybvie9hii
my favorite AC song by far. brings out that energy thats hard to tap
i like to imagine that the people in the background are their friends and a few nights before they were all drunk and said "wouldnt it be funny if you guys wore tie dye sheets and danced in the background?"
may I direct you to 2:16
:) geologist grooving makes me smile
"Can we save him?"
"No, it's too late. 'It' has him."
"What has him?"
"The grooooove~."
i love that "breaaathe" at 0:56
I still can't get over how talented they are lyrically. Amazing!
Sets up equipment
Uses two chords
Ayy 3D Quas
Richard Fukuda what
Step 3 - Writes better songs with 2 chords than most do with 10.
For some reason this performance popped into my head today, after not having thought of it for years and years. Bless TH-cam.
this is great stuff.
Plus the fact that Paul Shafer ensures that bands always sound good on Letterman doesn't hurt.
Perfect performance!
My favourite thing about that album is your favourite track will always change! give it a week, and daily routine will be on constant repeat :)
one of the, if not THE, most important musicians of our generation.
I really, really, really enjoy that album being in the foreground of Dave's face and desk shot.
Billie eyelash: "I'm weird"
Animal Collective: "Hold my socks"
Love this song, had no idea they could perform it live so well! I thinks it's better than the studio version!
4:31 anco collectively cringes at dave letterman
Yo, I have been listening to these fools since middle school. Shit, 2012 was when I was introduced to them. This was my first song.
Edit: It's May 2022 rn, holy hell they're great to listen to while spinning
Check out Oddsac
@@adderon waaaaaaay ahead of you man. I still remember Mr. Fingers.
Damn I’m old I remember when I first heard sung tongs in 2005 my sophomore year in high school. I used to think these guys were fucking genius in college.
"And there's no one pushing for a place, let's meander at an easy pace."
I've never seen them play in that much light
This video is what got me into these guys about two years ago. Now there my favorite band ever and I'm in love with every album, EP, single, ect they've ever produced. Just saw them last month and it was INSANE. Thanks for being the collest band ever guys.
This is what it means to put 110% of your energy into a performance
Wow this is really good. Pandas backing vocals are so dreamy…
"the cd" ...
+Yem Iso LMFAO
i could listen to this again and again and again and again and again and again
this song just makes me want to go outside and enjoy the summer
They knew they would performing an absolute classic from one of the greatest albums ever made :)
love that avey and panda are wearing hoodies on national television
these is guys are so fuckin cool, best album of 2010 so far
Panda Bear's vocals are sick throughout, but from 3:17 to the end, they are crazy good. Take time to appreciate the background.
Think I can see Deakin dancing in the background
I love Animal Collective
7 years ago...
Now he's retire...
Sad.
+Steven Diaz retired*
but he's not
10 years ago
Avey's hoodie is giving me Nam flashbacks of my time in high school
Performances like this are dear to me... no matter how puzzled the rest may look
Best summer song ever.
i dont think anyone in that entire building realized what they just saw..
animal collective is amazing
I like how Geologist is just sorta swaggin' out up there.
Wow, I had the same exact experience. For a long time I could only handle "Feels" and the rest just kind of made me want to gouge my eyes out. But, like you said, it all seemed to make sense after MPP. It just clicked in my head somehow and now I can't stop listening to Sung Tongs, etc. Very weird indeed, but I'm glad it happened.
Avey Tare frightens me o_o
Great song, got a chuckle out of the wallpaper joke. If you can't laugh at yourself, then it sucks to be you.
The coolest thing ever on network TV.
this is probably the trippiest performance ever caught on primetime tv...
okay animal collective is amazing.. but guys, replay this video and check out what the dancers are doing at the back. gotta appreciate that yo
I just discovered these guys and this is without a doubt my favorite song in the album. MPP has been on constant replay.
4:26 i love how noah is trying his hardest to not laugh while the host calls "the cd" to the lp and then when the host told a joke he couldn't laugh cause he was too concentrated trying not to lol
I saw them at the 930 Club on the 11th and I constantly re-listen to the performance on the NPR website. It's that amazing.
I wish there were more good quality live videos. but there are some really good ones!
Pizzapapapapotatopotatotopotippity top top.
I remember when this came out live on Letterman and I remember it was when DVR was new to me and I recorded it and my mom ended up erasing the recording from the DVR because she said it was drug addict and demonic LOL damn it Mom
Never knew they were on letterman. This version was great.
Damn, letterman must have some trippy ass wallpaper
Hell of a thing to listen to before you slumber
Geo and his subtle head bobbing
Brilliant brilliant live performance. I cant stop watching it.
Man, they really dressed up for Letterman. 😉
this song is fuccing bad ass lol i wasnt expecting this i was dosing off and heard this n jumpd up
Love how it just cuts to the dancers awkwardly standing there at the end lmao
LOL! Geologist is just boppin' his head on the side there.
this song is sooo beast
As someone just getting familiar with Animal Collective, this seems quite....off in left-field for Letterman. But it is awesome he had them on.
ole letterman, i WISH i could find MPP in the wallpaper department of my favorite store...
You all need to to watch this 1.25x the speed. Woah. Will never stop loving AC
Damn, this is really really good.
Mr. Banjo one of the main reasons I love Animal Collective is because it is so soulful. You obviously have not listen to enough AC.
trippiest wallpaper ive ever seen
Avey's little woop at 2:41 makes me so happy!
Man this is awesome.....they look like such regular guys! LOVE THIS SONG!
Right! "Bother Sport" and "My Girls" are the ones that have been on repeat lately.
How do they all manage to look 30 but also 12 at the same time
Imma be honest I have no idea wtf is geologist doing but he looks happy so I’m happy
The wallpaper comment then ODDSAC premieres a year later. Tops!
@RomanticsInc, Thank you.
Ever since my comment was voted up so high (very flattering), I have been getting mostly hate mail, so your post made a pleasant change.
palisades center mall in west nyack new york is where i see them all the time :)
Love the Steve Reich thing going on when Noah goes dododododo
4:26
*Holding vinyl*
“Yeah here’s the….CD”
It definitely says Spring Break 2009. Makes sense.
Panda Bear does live percussion. For Centipede he's been behind a full drum kit. When I saw them when they were touring MPP he had some small percussion set up next to him, but it was sparse, like other previous tours.
Excellent
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be rockin out harder than Geologist does when he performs when I see them live at Coachella.
lol Geologist looks so nervous at the end. :) Adorable. The dancers were interesting...lol.
I garuntee everyone in the audience was like, "What the fuck is going on?"
God I love Animal Collective. :D
imo, Brother Sport is the best track on the record and is also my fav of theirs. it's melodies and rhythms are super creative, and they demand a lot of focus from the group, it's not as haphazard as you think. they make it seem easy
this song has a great narrative quality.