I mean, to be fair, maybe inadequate as a musician, or maybe even a human. That is a monster set - from pointing out the political tomfuckery of a nation, to asking for one's hand in changing it, to asking/saying - let's resolve this? Incredible arrangements, the guy can sing with the best of them (his falsetto slays me), the lyrics are dense and heady - all of this to say, why stop at being a guitar player? The guy has so much more going on that "just" that.
@@TommyRobertsMusicChannel absolutely. We are (like it or not) a collection of the things past, funneled into the vision of what the future ought be. If it were good enough to just admire without aspiration, we'd all be consumers of the awesome, rather than being out and in the world (being awesome). So...you know...keep being awesome. :)
I feel like Lamp Lit Prose is one of the most underrated albums this year. These songs are incredibly intricate, yet still so catchy. Beautiful acoustic renditions here. Thanks NPR!
My favorite part of "That's a Lifestyle" is the call-and-response hocket/syncopation: "That's a-" "Product" "That's a-" "Brand" "That's a-" "Lifestyle"...so cool and so poppy somehow
To know that these songs sound as good live and acoustic as they do on the recorded versions makes me appreciate this band lot more. Fantastic session.
I keep coming back to this, and each time I find more to love! Super talented people, talking about some heavy stuff in a beautiful way. Very grateful for this performance
The first song I heard from Dirty Projectors was "Little Bubble" and I listened to that song about 30 times within 2 days. The closest thing I had heard to this type of music were some of Ben Folds' work with other artists. It's a splendid originality, intricacy, without being flashy.
I had a similar moment with Gimme Gimme. I saw them perform it in their take away show and was literally floored that the hocketing part was actual human voices that It was on repeat for me long past an appropriate time to obsess over a song.
So, so original and moving, mostly because of how deep he goes into composition and strange harmonies and melodic pathways. This album should be winning every award...I can't take it much longer with the mediocre running the world. It is not difficult to call this guy a genius.
nialldcrowley I like “Rise Above”, and “Swing Lo Magellan” is great, but the others aren’t as strong IMO. I think Dirty Projectors are a band which grows and gets better, which is awesome!
@@sealevelbear I struggle with anything pre-Rise Above, but have really got into Bitte Orca and now it's probably my favourite. I just bought the EP About to Die, which came out before Swing Lo - there are some great songs on there, quite raw and Beatles-like. And then there's Mount Wittenberg Orca with Bjork guesting. That's full of wonderful vocal/harmony driven songs. Love also the self-titled album.
Came back here after watching their Tiny Desk Home concert. Love this performance but I really like the energy on the newest concert too, even though it was all done in quarantine
Dave Longstreth & the Dirty Projectors, what an awesome band! whatever its different line-ups through the years: Always fully creative music! Great NPR session too, smiled to the approval of J.S Bach's puppet at the very end ;-) :thumbsup:
Conor Logan hard for most quintessential hipster band ever to be considered underrated. You know what’s underrated? Maybe a busker down the street where you live
Love these tiny desk concerts..... such beautiful, emotional performances ..... me and a friend are going to do a similar thing on my TH-cam channel ..... inspired 💕
Dirty projectors are great at making me feel inadequate at guitar
I mean, to be fair, maybe inadequate as a musician, or maybe even a human. That is a monster set - from pointing out the political tomfuckery of a nation, to asking for one's hand in changing it, to asking/saying - let's resolve this? Incredible arrangements, the guy can sing with the best of them (his falsetto slays me), the lyrics are dense and heady - all of this to say, why stop at being a guitar player? The guy has so much more going on that "just" that.
@@oddlogic1 Makes me try harder :D
@@TommyRobertsMusicChannel absolutely. We are (like it or not) a collection of the things past, funneled into the vision of what the future ought be. If it were good enough to just admire without aspiration, we'd all be consumers of the awesome, rather than being out and in the world (being awesome). So...you know...keep being awesome. :)
@@TommyRobertsMusicChannel The only acceptable answer.
@@oddlogic1 well said, lets all be creators, and consume each others awesomeness :D
Tiny Desk Concerts is like Wikipedia... falling down the rabbit hole of music... bye bye rest of the day. Beautiful!
There he goes, one of Gods original prototypes considered too complicated for mass production. Pure genius.
That's Dave.
Truth.
I feel like Lamp Lit Prose is one of the most underrated albums this year. These songs are incredibly intricate, yet still so catchy. Beautiful acoustic renditions here. Thanks NPR!
Jarrod K totally agree!! It’s just as good as Bitte Orca if not better
I'll get slain, but the self titled from 2017 is absolute mayhem and remains in my top five albums of all time.
My favorite part of "That's a Lifestyle" is the call-and-response hocket/syncopation: "That's a-" "Product" "That's a-" "Brand" "That's a-" "Lifestyle"...so cool and so poppy somehow
Thanks for saying "hocket." Learned something new.
Agreed! It works so well
Could ironically be a great commercial jingle ;-)
To know that these songs sound as good live and acoustic as they do on the recorded versions makes me appreciate this band lot more. Fantastic session.
5:22 good lord that piano and guitar doubling
We're hitting peak Longstreth. He's better than ever. Love it!
Let's hope he keeps going for the Longstretch
@@mrtyreus0 underrated comment
These arrangements are so intricate
This is other le el of armonizing. Pretty impresing
The backing vocals have seen so many incarnations over the years. As much as I miss Amber and Olga, this is by far my favorite trio.
The extremely talented Mr. Longstreth has surrounded himself with a fine band of musicians here. Really enjoyed hearing this intimate session.
I like this 100000000 times more than the studio recordings. This is so raw and impressive
The depth of sounds is sooooo wonderful!!! These sounds are alive in the universe!
I hope this doesn’t sound silly, but this performance moved me to tears. Truly brilliant stuff here. ❤
Not silly. Me too
I'm hypnotised. They play so well together. beautiful voices.
I keep coming back to this, and each time I find more to love! Super talented people, talking about some heavy stuff in a beautiful way. Very grateful for this performance
One of the most original groups of late. I love how their sound is so unapologetic
what a talent, he has a true David Byrne vibe, but absolutely not in a rip off way. Just a similar energy and genius ear for composition
I thought that too, but maybe just 'cause he kinda looks like him lol
Conor Logan I totally agree about Byrne.
They did a track together called "Knotty Pine"
Definitely a big influence
autistic acting white boys all look the same
That’s A Lifestyle is such an intricate and complex song. Amazing set, as usual.
Always a pleasant surprise, but this time I can think of a lot of people who are gonna be real excited to see this.
You’re right!
The best tiny desk performance I've seen. My god.
His voice is amazing
i love the dirty projectors because their sound is unique and eccentric!
The first song I heard from Dirty Projectors was "Little Bubble" and I listened to that song about 30 times within 2 days. The closest thing I had heard to this type of music were some of Ben Folds' work with other artists.
It's a splendid originality, intricacy, without being flashy.
I had a similar moment with Gimme Gimme. I saw them perform it in their take away show and was literally floored that the hocketing part was actual human voices that It was on repeat for me long past an appropriate time to obsess over a song.
Same but with Knotty Pine
Tiny Desk and Dirty Projectors...Match made in heaven!! +NPRMusic
Just saw Dirty Projectors tonight in NYC. Amazing show... Just Genius.
So, so original and moving, mostly because of how deep he goes into composition and strange harmonies and melodic pathways. This album should be winning every award...I can't take it much longer with the mediocre running the world. It is not difficult to call this guy a genius.
Complete agreement .. Them awards been long overdue
Wow
I was so impressed by 'Break Thru' from the same album already.
Exceptionally good here.
Thanks to Questlove's NY interview..Where was I? Under a rock. They are excellent!!
"There was silence in my heart and now I'm striking up the band"
Hocketing their way into 2019
I actually enjoyed these songs and music alot more than I thought I would.
Absolutely, ridiculously, marvellously deep and delightful!
Loving the new band. The last two albums are my favs!!
And then the previous two! And the EPs.
nialldcrowley I like “Rise Above”, and “Swing Lo Magellan” is great, but the others aren’t as strong IMO. I think Dirty Projectors are a band which grows and gets better, which is awesome!
@@sealevelbear I struggle with anything pre-Rise Above, but have really got into Bitte Orca and now it's probably my favourite. I just bought the EP About to Die, which came out before Swing Lo - there are some great songs on there, quite raw and Beatles-like. And then there's Mount Wittenberg Orca with Bjork guesting. That's full of wonderful vocal/harmony driven songs. Love also the self-titled album.
So, so very excellent. Their musicianship and energy is outstanding 😊
Absolutely beautiful performance!
That was so amazing! Thank you NPR for having them. I totally loved every second of it. So entranced, so beautiful.
you are my hero dave longstreth
Somehow, that's exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you, NPR!
YES! I've been hoping for them to be on Tiny Desk! Can't get enough of their newest album
Dirty Projectors and Tune Yards have the best, most intricate music !!
This is waaaay better than the album version.
5:23 I've never teared up at someone nailing a little piano run on the offbeat before, but here we are
So beautiful. Love the vocal harmonies and the songwriting.
My heart is pleased , so beautiful:))
Came back here after watching their Tiny Desk Home concert. Love this performance but I really like the energy on the newest concert too, even though it was all done in quarantine
The melodies in DP's songs are superlative!
“Time, like a song, just might rhyme with itself”...gorgeous 🌀
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
Mark Twain (or someone)
Echoes of Prefab Sprout but still it’s own marvellous thing.....just brilliant.
How can someone unlike this?
Gawd, I love NPR Tiny Desk Concerts! Dirty Projectors? Really? Fookin' awesome
Dave Longstreth & the Dirty Projectors, what an awesome band! whatever its different line-ups through the years: Always fully creative music!
Great NPR session too, smiled to the approval of J.S Bach's puppet at the very end ;-) :thumbsup:
Top 5 Tiny Desk Background Vocals
Agree! I would also nominate Tank & the Bangas and Lianne la Havas in that category.
@@fluffyfluffykatz That was amazing and incredibly unique! Loved it, and the band now, thanks to the performance.
What are the other 4 for you?
Can´t stop playing this three songs...
Nothing more than PARADISE,specially in these disasterous moments.Thanks,brothers and sisters!
00:00 "That's a Lifestyle"
04:09 "Right Now"
08:38 "What is The Time?"
My most preferred Christmas-time concert.
Top five all time TDC for me. Wow.
This band has a fair amount of recognition, but not of appreciation, so underrated!
They should bring the dirty projectors back every year. ❤️❤️❤️
A perfect tiny desk performance
this feels very special. thank you
dá vontade de chorar de tão bom e brilhante~~~
One of the best band to see on direct! Nice session!
Also, who else thinks Lamp Lit Prose was really underrated??
Conor Logan hard for most quintessential hipster band ever to be considered underrated. You know what’s underrated? Maybe a busker down the street where you live
If you're trying to say you like it a lot, just say that. We're not all sitting around with official ratings charts.
@@markwyman6753 cool bruh
@@markwyman6753 cool bruh.
Such a sweet set. Happymaking.
That’s the loudest over ever heard the tiny desk crowd get after a song was played!
gracias tiny desk por brindar estas sesiones únicas
wow chill bumps. i always thought of them as a studio album type band
Wow. Just really good.
Yo, they are insanely, insanely talented beautiful people. New fan here ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Watching this again, they demonstrate how fun music is!
Amazing! Alabama Shakes would be great on tiny desk :)
The Glad Fact is an underrated gem
They're so beautiful and mesmerizing!
This was amazing!
that was pretty amazing
This group projects a very cool and enjoyable sound! :) Nice set!!!
Check out Mandolin Orange - Boots of Spanish Leather copy, from Audiotree, hope you like:)
Love the bands on here, too bad this bands not on radio, great band.
Tiny Desk, now that's a lifestyle.
i've been waiting my whole life for this
Lucky...Now what?
Pure Magic, What a Band !!!
Sublime ! Magique ! Everybody should listen to the Dirty Projectors. The world would be such a better place :-)
I usually hate comparisons but he reminds me so much of David Byrne idk maybe it’s just the grey shirt
Nice I remember listening to their song stillness is the move on nba2k13
They can’t really “wing it” with these songs. Very intricate stuff.
Beautiful sound 🙌🏽
NPR Tiny Desk is such a huge inspiration for us!
Playing in this band is like playing for pep guardiola - everyone works together, creatively and precisely
digging the elasticity of this band -- would definitely be into a more band-focused studio album
"Elasticity" is a perfect adjective for this band.
best tiny desk.
I am litarlly crying. This goes to the core. This is so good.
Put this on like 10 times straight
All I can say is WOW. 👍👏😁
Always amazing how many great tunes you find here.
Seeing it happening live, beats listening to it on record. Wtf. Awesome!
This is a great series.
Love it when the singer slips into screaming goat mode 06:12
Their song, "Darkened Car," got me through many layers of hell.
I am sending love from Detroit to this lovely band.
Come to Detroit and collaborate!
I gotta go back and listen to that.
For me, it was Slaves Graves/Ballads, especially A Labor More Restful
Love these tiny desk concerts..... such beautiful, emotional performances ..... me and a friend are going to do a similar thing on my TH-cam channel ..... inspired 💕
Probably the best Tiny Desk Concert evah!!! :D