@@redatlanta3100 But is the line about America's consumerism? UK is also capitalist in that sense, making it a strange comment. Unless, it's not actually speaking about economic trends, but behaviors.
@@itzshadowz7467 Ig that’s just Bloc Party having fun, you know? I’ve heard many live songs from them and they seem to not care about it being perfect, but having fun with it and making the experience enjoyable
I would say they are working within the British punk genre here (whether it be post punk or pp revival etc) but that "out of sync" - ness only adds to their immediacy in my opinion.
I like it too, but I also like plenty of other music, because I try to stay open minded, and not an asshole that's dismissive of anything new or different.
Haven’t heard this song since my Guitar Hero days, but it has certainly played in my head a few times over the years. So much nostalgia. Will definitely check out their other stuff.
Eh, I was 15 when this came out. It wasn't that great an era. Some good music, but that will almost certainly be said of the current era. You didn't miss much, I wouldn't worry!
@@GabrielPowerful Agreed. Most of the decade consisted of Apple commercials and Crunk music being imposed on everyone. Also the time period that started the abuse of autotune.
Good times in the 2000s but the music got a lot better in the early 2010s. Artists that are top 40 today were making debuts. Twenty One Pilots and Tame Impala, to name a couple.
@@GabrielPowerful I'm a bit younger, I was born in 1991. One of the better things of the time (among video game collectors, anyhow) is that retro video gaming wasn't a popular hobby from 2003 - 2007. People like me with obsessive and caring Dads went out to yard sales and got tons of "old games that are useless" (that was the mentality) for very little. I once bought 68 NES games and 3 SNES games for about $18 (which wasn't happening every day,) but it was a GOOD lot. Maniac Mansion, Super Mario 2 and 3, Megaman 2, 3, 4 and Lolo 1, 2, and 3 were in there. The real gem was Power Blade 2, though. Too bad I let a fortune fall through my fingers, but there you go.
When I was a kid I would play Burnout Revenge on Playstation 2 and I always got so hyped when this song came on the in-game radio. Well over a decade later youtube recommends me this video and now I'm speeding down memory lane.
not really. the song is a self critique. a lot of people thought this song was barbed and aimed at bush when it first came out, which is pretty obvious why some would think that but kele has said its towards himself
I hope this doesn’t come out racist because I swear it’s not to be and someone will always take a comment the wrong way. But I can’t remember the last time I saw a black front man in a band like this, I’ve heard of the band before but never listened to them, they good will define checking them out
I say its their famous song till this date. As when hearing this for the first time you think its a white guy but nope a black guy being in a rock band as i was also fooled back then.
@@OrphansCorpse As someone that truly loves hardcore, punk music, the singing is still raw and great. In live version, i will always prefer energy over making each tone perfect. In other live versions, the singer was singing like in studio version, so i don´t mind this at all.
@@OrphansCorpse punk live shows are wild. Most of the bands are jumping into the crowd and vocalists are not even singing/screaming lot of parts. What i am trying to say is, that i dont exactly mind that vocals are not perfect. not talking about the guitars, i understand the criticism there
They are different but yeah I can see what you mean. I like both songs. It's possible they were inspired by it. When I heard their song 'hunting for witches' the first time I thought the riff was covering 'sweet dreams' by Eurythmics
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The drummer got so much energy
Taylor Kirklin no he just had to develop metal gear solid v
@@greatbigconvoy LMFAOOO
@@joelackers5104 some new responses, thought this band was lost to time
He's found a new outlet for that playing on Algiers, who are FIERCE
Hideo Kojima best drummer ever
"Stop being so American." Lovely grin on Kele's face delivering these lyrics to the Yanks 😃
Those American teeth
lol while he played on what was the peak of main stream American television. It’s like someone sending anti-consumerism tweets from their iPhone 😂
@@redatlanta3100 But is the line about America's consumerism? UK is also capitalist in that sense, making it a strange comment. Unless, it's not actually speaking about economic trends, but behaviors.
Lad on the left walks into River Island and mumbles 'Johnny Greenwood'.
Still funny
Even his body language is the same
Also it's Jonny Greenwood
Alvaro Más it’s Jonny.
Everyone in the band besides the singer looks like Jonny Greenwood what the hell
@@user-ib8ky6eo4f omg they do they look like Johnny Greenwood's through out the years
They struggle with this live. But I like how raw it is. You can tell it’s all live and authentic. That’s what makes it indie.
Wdym by struggle?
@@therealninjastar it’s all very out of sync. It also speeds up at parts to catch up with vocals
@@itzshadowz7467 Ig that’s just Bloc Party having fun, you know? I’ve heard many live songs from them and they seem to not care about it being perfect, but having fun with it and making the experience enjoyable
I would say they are working within the British punk genre here (whether it be post punk or pp revival etc) but that "out of sync" - ness only adds to their immediacy in my opinion.
@@danielpemberton3348 I agree, that’s what I was trying to say (it was post-punk revival btw)
2:53 love how the lead guitar just plays harmonics from this point on. it feels like it's ascending to heaven
absolute beast on the drums
love how much they struggle keeping tempo and keep going faster and faster, great lads all around
I like it because it's real. No back tracks, auto-tune, lip syncing. None of it, and it's great.
Amazing that a song 10 years old can still be better than anything around today
Auto tune can be great when used correctly
I like it too, but I also like plenty of other music, because I try to stay open minded, and not an asshole that's dismissive of anything new or different.
Running the ragged edge.
That is actually why music is beautiful
The vocals have always sounded to me like Robert Smith early Cure.
Haven’t heard this song since my Guitar Hero days, but it has certainly played in my head a few times over the years. So much nostalgia. Will definitely check out their other stuff.
Check out Banquet, This Modern Love, Flux, Like Eating Glass, I Still Remember, Skeleton, and Hunting For Witches.
This is a great performance in my opinion....
Yeah I love it
0:33 lololol
Not there best tho
@@eddie9950 There Jools Holland live was a lot better in my opinion
Jools Holland performance blows this away, and faster tempo too
This makes me wish I was a teenager or young adult during the 00's
Eh, I was 15 when this came out. It wasn't that great an era. Some good music, but that will almost certainly be said of the current era. You didn't miss much, I wouldn't worry!
@@GabrielPowerful Agreed. Most of the decade consisted of Apple commercials and Crunk music being imposed on everyone. Also the time period that started the abuse of autotune.
Trust me you never missed anything. The music was mostly terrible as you can see and hear with this "performance"
Good times in the 2000s but the music got a lot better in the early 2010s. Artists that are top 40 today were making debuts. Twenty One Pilots and Tame Impala, to name a couple.
@@GabrielPowerful I'm a bit younger, I was born in 1991. One of the better things of the time (among video game collectors, anyhow) is that retro video gaming wasn't a popular hobby from 2003 - 2007. People like me with obsessive and caring Dads went out to yard sales and got tons of "old games that are useless" (that was the mentality) for very little. I once bought 68 NES games and 3 SNES games for about $18 (which wasn't happening every day,) but it was a GOOD lot. Maniac Mansion, Super Mario 2 and 3, Megaman 2, 3, 4 and Lolo 1, 2, and 3 were in there. The real gem was Power Blade 2, though. Too bad I let a fortune fall through my fingers, but there you go.
The drummer was the best part of the band
He was a badass for sure 👍
Yeah, it's hard to listen to a Bloc Party song and not focus on how awesome Matt Tong was on the drums.
Yes he was incredibly fast
I beg to differ, the drummer is solid af
But it doesn't outshine pretty much anyone in the band. Bloc party was just solid all around.
@@omega1231 agree never actually cared for the drunmer, I always thought the guitar riff was outstanding..
0:33
When you miss a note in Guitar Hero
LMAO
😂
LOL.
Yup! Lmao
Oopsie whoopsie!
They have the most creative guitar playing I've seen in the past 20 years
bro u should check out black midi the band
look into a band called Palm
@@dragon___ Ughhh. Look at Q and Not U and No Knife. That's where this style is from.
Google “midwest emo” youll like them.
Bloc Party had so many ANIMAL tunes
Jay Leno’s chin would make a good guitar pick.
When I was a kid I would play Burnout Revenge on Playstation 2 and I always got so hyped when this song came on the in-game radio. Well over a decade later youtube recommends me this video and now I'm speeding down memory lane.
Burnout revenge was the shit lol
Didn’t know Johnny Greenwood was also a member of Bloc Party, impressive
My favorite drummer!!
great to see videos of the good Bloc Party days
This video has been in my watch later playlist for months now. I wish I clicked it the first time I saw it. Love this song and band so much.
Ayo I follow you on insta lmao
My paper jam had this song on it best believe I was rockin out!! Time flies
I remember seeing the debut of this music video on Fuse Oven Fresh back in the day. So happy I finally got around to seeing them live.
They dissed America on TV. In America haha
Sean Murray Sounds like someone's mad they lost the colonies
You can see him trying not to laugh when he does
R lee1996 haha fuck the colonies
@@Rlee-es5zd most of the colonists were of British stock back then not the come lately of nowadays.
not really. the song is a self critique. a lot of people thought this song was barbed and aimed at bush when it first came out, which is pretty obvious why some would think that but kele has said its towards himself
Awesome song
Awesome performance and beatiful song. I relly love it 👏 👏👏
Live on Austin City Limits is my favorite performance of theirs
Amazing live performance
I hope this doesn’t come out racist because I swear it’s not to be and someone will always take a comment the wrong way. But I can’t remember the last time I saw a black front man in a band like this, I’ve heard of the band before but never listened to them, they good will define checking them out
Rich Drury bro same!
Rich Drury mate nothing remotely racist about what you said. There is a lack of black front men in rock it has to be said
this guy is so good I want him in the lead of all bands.
also another thing to blow your mind - he is gay too. :0
Atul Joshi blimey he’s every minority nearly, is he disabled too?
I’m fucking mind blown right now; I never knew the lead singer to this group was black! So rad!!!
I was young that time when I first listened to them!
Great band
the best version of this song
I was today years old when I realised the singer wasn't a white guy! That just makes this band 100x better
good stuff!
When the bands actually play live.
wtf why not millions of views.. oh not american enough
??????
some things will never be different... like a good talent being successful
I say its their famous song till this date. As when hearing this for the first time you think its a white guy but nope a black guy being in a rock band as i was also fooled back then.
Um...yeah...this ROCKS
Best four
Donovan spida mitchell is such a talented person
I have a feeling Jay might not have chosen this band
These Telecasters just rule the world
Yo the drummer is on a different level...
He looks like the quite kid that found his passion.
2005, so young and fresh faced
holy shit
3 Jonny Greenwods and Tosin Abasi 😂
Dont get me wrong, i love Bloc Party btw
More like Jonny Greenwood, Hideo Kojima, Tosin Abasi, and Yandere Dev
Why can’t you be more European bastard child of guilt and shame has to be the greatest line ever
I must be getting old because rock seemed so much better back then.
That's because it was my dude
It was
Check out Turnstile and Scowl.
Yeah there’s not many big ones. Tv on the radio, hootie and the blowfish?
god remember flared jeans.... dark times
Wish the bassist would have covered the backing vocals and little more to get it to sound closer to the studio track feel.
Did jay leno just call them "black party"?
"are you hungry for a Milko?"
Que vengan a mexico
Vinieron el año pasado!! No sé pero no presentaron la misma energía
@@erickcrisantojacinto3883 Pienso que puede ser porque cambiaron de baterista. :(
I love how the intro sounds like Indie Iron Maiden
Good description! That harmonized intro riff is one of my all time favorites
Wait what's the Jhon Greenwood doing there?
The guitars is definitely inspired by Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead
Not a click track in sight...
Matt Tong as we know him.
...well you wouldn’t see it
Riley Schmedeman 😨😨😨
They look like the band i made in punk o matic 2
Imagine if Russell's guitar was ever as loud as Kele's when they play live even though he's 20x better 😔
Anthony Petrillo shade
What are you talking about? Russell's guit comes screaming though the clatter. They all play off each other well.
Barfieball
notice the lead harmonics i think
Wait the first line isn't 'Note To Self.' Well my life is a lie.
Yeah mate it “North to South, empty” isnt it
I thought the same when I first heard this song.
Almost prefer this more than the album version
So awful singing and out of tune guitars ? Good ears you got there.
@@OrphansCorpse its fun
@@OrphansCorpse As someone that truly loves hardcore, punk music, the singing is still raw and great. In live version, i will always prefer energy over making each tone perfect. In other live versions, the singer was singing like in studio version, so i don´t mind this at all.
@@jackcravford8744 I listen to all sorts of metal I don't see what that has to do with this sounds like trash and out of tune
@@OrphansCorpse punk live shows are wild. Most of the bands are jumping into the crowd and vocalists are not even singing/screaming lot of parts. What i am trying to say is, that i dont exactly mind that vocals are not perfect. not talking about the guitars, i understand the criticism there
Idk but i hear b52s rock lobster
They are different but yeah I can see what you mean. I like both songs. It's possible they were inspired by it. When I heard their song 'hunting for witches' the first time I thought the riff was covering 'sweet dreams' by Eurythmics
No
Nah
Yup..
@@neoballast wtf how rofl
What’s all this shit about Britain and America? Can’t we just enjoy good music?
Jesus, who mixed this? Helen Keller?
The mix is fine, it's their playing. They can't seem to stay together.
Not their best performance. The one at Glastonbury is so much better. Still ok
Divock Origi
0:32 Fuck hahaha
Are you happy for a milky cow?
Rhythm can barely be heard unfortunately.
What? All guitars sounds just fine
Better than Jools Holland 2004 any day
Felix Edler nah, too slow.
Ryan Belo I can’t even remember typing this comment 😂 but I think this version has a much steadier tempo and on Jools Holland it was hella rushed
i like this song alot, but this performance just didn't sound like the song at all didn't really like this...
@Blue beanie you mean this live one or the videoclip?
They're pretty dogshit live really. Studio albums were great though. They just weren't able to recreate that sound live.
This really isn't the best performance from them in my opinion.
too bad your opinion doesnt count for shit. have a nice day :)
Well obviously not, this is just a random youtube video that I came across and I thought I'd share my opinion, no need to get so aggressive.
looks like they were just getting started. havent perfected it i guess. i thought it was good i enjoy seeing them enjoy doing their thing.
Maybe they got nervous.
CosmicPasta hey we are both Strokes fans. i completely disagree with you though, fantastic performance in my opinion.
The singer is black, never knew
2:24
Ugh
Fun fact, you didn’t search for this
T-RopE Lol about time someone said it 😅
I blame the drummer.
black party?
That opening riff is a total rip off of Set The House Ablaze by The Jam
Kinda.. awful 😂 love bloc party tho
Rushing sooo much
Yeah and drumms n base gets out of tempo every now and then.. Its a shame We’ll never get to see them live again together tho 😔
Eh it’s a little off tempo at points but besides that it’s not too bad
Never understood their appeal
Have you seen them live?
And yet...here you are watching them live.
Rubbish
Tempo is all over the place, vocals are WAY too high, you can tell they’re nervous as fuck, and do a terrible performance accordingly lol
So sloppy
Are you happy for a milky cow?