love the two guys in the audience partying it up by themselves.

4:36 Dudes in the front were waiting for that epic drop....and how disappointed were they lmao

This kind of music you have to feel inside. When u not feeling it, u think it sucks. The people in the audience feel it, you can see it on their faces, and they start to dance a little with it. I love this kind of music, because I feel it inside me :)

The vocals sound great... Also, Animal Collective always likes doing different things in concert.

I have a particular fondness for these videos. The first time I ever heard these songs back 07. Still sing the old set of lyrics sometimes too. If you want to hear the album live put on your headphones, if you want to see something different and mindblowing see them live. This is when the material was fresh and new to them, Panda is still using 303s there, no lightshow either. I love hearing the barebones of their songs, fuckin amazes me how they build them in studio.

New to Animal Collective but their work is growing on me as I listen to them more. Love so much this performance, these mans have such a strong passion for music and a unique musical langage, this is a work of art !!

I think some of you don't realize that this is before they recorded it, so it is has a lot less to it.

i think people's comments are too harsh on the crowd. this was a new song at the time, no one had heard it before. it's hard to get into a song and just start dancing and shit when it's the first time you've ever heard it and don't know the structure, especially with a band like this.

Best live performance of My Girls.

I miss this time. For the first time in my life and in recent history, we can all look back with confidence and say, yes it was better back then.

0:19 Now that's a father

I'm gonna have to disagree with all people saying they aren't good at playing this live, or it sounds shitty live. I think it sounds good. It doesn't sound as energetic, but it's still good. REAL damn good. REAL FUCKING GOOD.

honestly, it sounds great, having listened to the studio version first, i can sing to it and it sounds like them and they are putting feeling into it so whats the problem lol

Thank. You. Especially since this was 2007...no-one knew this damn song,

some hipsters would argue that this is the most pure version of the song

Like I've just never seen anyone THAT happy before hah, what a legend :)

how could you think this is terrible this is the first way i heard it and it still sounds the best

I dont think people have any idea how hard it is to get several samplers being played by 3 different people to match up

wild they went dry on the vocals

@scottamcmahan Keep in mind, this performance was from 2007. It grew from this into what you're familiar with on MPP.

Man this takes me back to my high school days!

Every time I listen to this song I look over at my indoor grow room and smile.

Thanks fellas!! Whata beautiful ending to that song 🎵 ✨️fr fr sparks n'sh✨️T ❤

Wish i was there!! 👏

My girls was great live when I saw them in Orlando.

its so happy i love it :)

magnificent

amazing

He's loving it :)!

Love his. :)

amazing es sorprendente dance, dance,

no one knew this song yet! merriweather didnt come out until 2009, maybe that's why people aren't as into it

i neeeeed to see them live

that guy with the white shirt and brown hat at 3:21 made my day. he's getting so into it hahaha

Saw them last night in Milwaukee...so damn good

Im in love

when the sticks first came in they tripped me the fuck out

❤

Panda Bear is so loveable.

man thats the second time i got a cool reply from someone under this video. thanks for the perspective. im usually impressed with the europeans i meet. they seem to have their feet planted. that could explain the vibe in this crowd here. plant footed.

I wpuldnt pay to see the dude and the green shirt keep his eyes closed all song. Shot out to the dude in the hat

Everyone enjoys a show in their own way. I've been crazy as shit and as calm as shit on different shows, it just depends of the moment, doesn't mean i'm not having fun or i'm trying to get attention. Just enjoy the music.

Yes.

I think it sounds good. Their songs aren't easily recreated live, for one...two, why would you want to hear a band play the song exactly the way they do on an album? I like when bands bring something else to it or perform a song in a different way.

@MillaHead The album was released in 2009, but the album was recorded a year before it came out. Plus, bands tend to play new songs live before they come out on disc

The synth is so light and fluttery compared to the studio version

@Rael0505 The group have not done drugs since recording Strawberry Jam, and that album was completed before this show. As for "the guy with the drumsticks", he's just good ol' eccentric Avey, who never played high since 2004. It's easy to see why many would call this a poor performance but I got so familiar with this version of the song that I was initially disappointed by its MPP re-working. The instrumentals here are minimal and you sort of mentally implant your own block-rocking beat.

I want to die listening to Animal Collective.

We're here for the music not the 10 billion dollar stage and 100 trillion speakers.

I like the French women.

@midouespeon they wouldn't have been able to hear the "studio" version of the song because this concert predated MPP, so this was honestly probably the first time any of them had ever heard it.

sounds good...but they need some lights...and videos...and more theatric stage prsence because this song is way tooo good. love it

yeah knuckleheads. well put. i do need to broaden my scope with wide travel. i have seen all of america but only have montreal and toronto to compare it to, but i gotta say, those are the two best north american cities.

i loved ac the first time i heard it. made me feel like a primitive, tribal-minded fucking jungle creature. still does.

Idk which was weirder, the performance or the audience...LOL love the music though!!

fair enough :)

i like there clothes

@EnokiSkai like i said, this is two years before release. it's not as good as the album version but i'm sure everyone there was pleased to hear it

They’re awesome. But most of the crowd is just lame. I’m impressed. This is an amazing live performance. But maybe I’m just biased bc I love them 😍 & this song!

agreed

@joshingledew green shirt, cool hair

didn’t know avey played drums but there you go... also, he plays standing up just like panda

@spammeifyoumust er the studio vocals _are_ stunningly beautiful.

El humo que aparece de vez en cuando...

absolutely amazing performance! animal collective is so freakin' good. this is so much better than the album version :D

Haha. Its okay. You have a good point

@enzod0nut If only you could go back 5 or 6 years... then you wouldn't have been disappointed. They were phenomenal then.

i think this performace is pretty good

@Rael0505 If you wanna know what AC look like when on drugs then just look up a few of their pre-2004 concerts on KZfaq, most notably a hilarious rendition of "Essplode" that was done in 2001. And I don't know if they do "heavy" drugs. Salvia and a few psychedelic meds were their poison and Panda was experimenting with morphine back in 2004 or so but otherwise, they've grown up. And this set would be a mess when not played with a sober mind.

stop hating people. if youll watch through alot of AC live stuff, they get bored so they play around. just watch the video of them performing Summertime Clothes on Letterman

Needs an opening at least an upbeat

OK I've seen enough vids of my girls and i see the same thing. The vocals on the studio version are way to processed to reproduce live and most importantly there is a lack of bass and depth which are the main things that bring the songs to life. I'll love the lyrics no matter what.

lool, i can see the periodic plumes of smoke

Modern beach boys

LOL yes! and where are those sexy claps?

watch my mix with this song

FYI they never play the bass drop live.

@readygo242 i never said he wasnt off. i said this version is great.

indeed haha

sape

what is wrong with their keyboard sound?

well, it's an Animal collective concert....after alll

that seems so hard to pull off live

@ 2:27 - 2:32 lmfao the two fan guys in the crowd

I see what your saying

is the guy with the drumstick, avey?

Are they unable to, or just refuse to, drop the bass in this song live?

@Gandon95 MDMA is the bomb :-D

wow, like if i took an acordian a triangle and some drums down to the basement with two buddies, i could have 75,000 views on youtube I guess. this was crummy, yo!

it's seeming like this band's music is best not played live. i can't even look at the guy in the black tanktop.. he's getting way into this song when not much is happening. the record version is tight though.

@NicoMD For me, this song is decent live. Vocals are occasionally out of key (which can be improved), but short of digital harmonizers, adding more vocalists, or using prerecorded tracks, there's no way to really achieve the studio layers. With that said, the studio vocals stunningly beautiful. In the end, I can live with this. OTOH, every live version, that I've heard, of Lion in a Coma has terrible vocals, which kills it for me.

this version is fucking great what the hell is everyone talking about

@LucidDream is that dan?

the guy in green

those guys look like me... im always acting like a fool.

🤭

@WheresPoochie Haha I made a mistake of calling psychedelics heavy, for that I apologize. I'd honestly say this set was a mess whether they're on drugs or not, though. Love their studio stuff, not so much their live stuff. Sorry man, but I just can't believe they're not on anything for this show.

I didnt know zach galifianakis had a band.

the most awkward crowd in the universe

Do they say freshest wave or vicious race? These guys are never clear in their lyrics