St Vincent - Cruel on Letterman 8-29-11

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St Vincent performs Cruel on the Late Show With David Letterman, on August 29th, 2011
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@digitalboomer 8 жыл бұрын

Always admired people who could sing and also play some contrapuntal riffs on an instrumental at the same time. So hard to do.

@rory9983 7 жыл бұрын

Digital.Gods yeah when u have to sing a different note to what you're playing in a riff its quite a battle against your brain

@boppob1343 6 жыл бұрын

She fucked up at the beginning and the playing threw her off but she didn't do it again. You can tell she was nervous until halfway through and got her bearings.

@Adrian-wv1nb 5 жыл бұрын

You could see her syncopating

@KrikZ32 3 жыл бұрын

Way harder than people think

@digitalboomer 3 жыл бұрын

@XxDanSoloxX : Always a keyboard warrior with no talent willing to make talk bullshit.

@hg585 9 жыл бұрын

HOW DOES SHE SING SO PERFECTLY WHILE PLAYING LIKE THAT?????

@truckindave1 9 жыл бұрын

Talent.

@mrzipdisk 9 жыл бұрын

Practice.

@johngalt84nyc 9 жыл бұрын

She has admitted that this song in particular is very hard to sing and play

@waynehedd 8 жыл бұрын

+steve smithson Look up Jimi Hendrix's performance on youtube...

@IvanFennder 7 жыл бұрын

cause shes got talent

@Phi1618033 9 жыл бұрын

Her sense of melody is absolutely astonishing.

@Hollman36 6 жыл бұрын

Tal Moore Kurt Cobain would love her.. she needs to play with nirvana

@MegaChristaG 6 жыл бұрын

Dali Llama she did play with nirvana. Search it.

@laug1576 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hollman36 sorry to break it to you but kurt is ded

@carlogomez8899 2 жыл бұрын

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................................................

@jjzuc 2 жыл бұрын

She soubds like a wounded goat and her guitar sound, if you want to call it that is awful.

@robertquadrini7023 9 жыл бұрын

I served Annie tonight. She is an amazing human being. When she looked me in the eye and spoke to me, I melted. I had no idea who she is. But now I do! Love her talent!

@enyvl 9 жыл бұрын

Robert Quadrini That's pretty cool! How did you find her stuff?

@matthewmaki 8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Quadrini you lucky and unaware fool

@peterjanoshazi7519 8 жыл бұрын

Did she serve you after?

@gaffathepunk 7 жыл бұрын

Peter Janoshazi Sexist

@avjake 7 жыл бұрын

She does have powers.

@rileyreid1030 8 жыл бұрын

I’m obsessed with St. Vincent She inspired me to pick up guitar again

@pbest7957 8 жыл бұрын

+Riley Reid i agree with you literally

@rileyreid1030 8 жыл бұрын

penn Twinzies

@chromex21 8 жыл бұрын

+Riley Reid are you the real riley??? O:

@serjeick 7 жыл бұрын

If she is the real Riley we all are guessing, she is a jewel and she is and has (as a beautiful woman) everything many would want ...

@drnemoali 7 жыл бұрын

Don't fall in love with pornstars serjeick.

@wingedcoyote 3 жыл бұрын

Time is crazy, anybody else feel like Strange Mercy was a couple years ago and David Letterman was a hundred years ago?

@elijahsantos518 2 жыл бұрын

funny how you mention that because strange mercy just turned 10 years old !!!

@laurenhillock 10 жыл бұрын

And everybody who was up late watching Letterman that night went to bed and had strange dreams...

@inscrutianaII 3 ай бұрын

😂

@terrycunningham8118 10 жыл бұрын

I can see why she and David Byrne hit it off, her guitar playing reminds me a lot of what Byrne and Harrison were doing in 'More Songs About Buildings And Food' and 'Fear Of Music'.

@ecstaticdischarge304 9 жыл бұрын

Its almost like ABBA meets Talking Heads..rad!

@sigmasquadleader 3 жыл бұрын

David Byrne did an album with St. Vincent. It's awesome.

@twoinabush100 3 жыл бұрын

I was obsessed with this performance a few years back and I’m just now noticing that you can hear Annie or one of the singers give the starting pitch while Letterman’s introducing them

@jukeboxxx. 5 жыл бұрын

My dad would turn 67 this year. I miss him. St. Vincent reminds me of him. One of his favorite musicians of this decade. June 1952 - February 2015. I love him!

@Nergal_Slayer 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry. I hope you are doing okay, moving forward!

@jukeboxxx. 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nergal_Slayer I’m okay. Thanks for your response.

@mleii1169 3 жыл бұрын

@@jukeboxxx. Glad to hear you are ok. I lost my dad years ago (27 years ago and he'd be around 72 yo) and he was the one who turned me on to music that isn't just the "popular" music. My poor daughter is learning to love music outside of her "popular" music as well. :) How great it is to have dads who help us love all kinds of music.

@juliocesarpereira4325 2 жыл бұрын

You're dad had very good eyes and ears for talent and was open to the new.

@devinalexandermusic 10 жыл бұрын

What a huge cd

@carolstott5337 10 жыл бұрын

We used to call it vinyl.

@greatriffishere 10 жыл бұрын

That a vinyl record.

@devinalexandermusic 10 жыл бұрын

"That a vinyl record" So you can't spell, you didn't watch the video, and you can't detect sarcasm.

@greatriffishere 10 жыл бұрын

Devin Alexander I have no need to waste my hate on you so relax man.I thought u were some kid that didn't know what a vinyl record was.....

@devinalexandermusic 10 жыл бұрын

Just havin fun with ya. No worries.

@huckleberry12 3 жыл бұрын

this is the most attractive our species can be

@telfarbebe6737 Жыл бұрын

Period

@vincentmollo4530 Жыл бұрын

Calm down

@keithkoenig5320 Жыл бұрын

I am guessing she's not your 'type.'

@jeremyversusjazz Жыл бұрын

Shes a total f’ing baberaham lincoln who’s talented as f’ck too. Amazing artist. Did i mention shes smokin hot ? Lol

@paulgentile1024 11 ай бұрын

and can play..

@astrovince 10 жыл бұрын

She seems like a genuinely nice person.

@bennymutant 10 жыл бұрын

Her eyebrows at 2:22 make my heart stop

@clarencedaniel8512 10 жыл бұрын

larry scheller O yes a Pullizer for your writing. Do you ever hear what someone is actually saying or just exaggerate their comment to create a way to put them down?

@EdmundWard 10 жыл бұрын

That's right Larry let it all out.

@ronbarry8542 10 жыл бұрын

wow. sweet fetish. awesome :)

@EdmundWard 10 жыл бұрын

Eyebrows :-/

@dextermorgan9762 9 жыл бұрын

Cool cause of death

@KevFL26 9 жыл бұрын

I love that she rocks a HARMONY guitar. Kind of a middle finger to guitar brand snobs!

@BenJammin77 7 жыл бұрын

I learned to play on a Harmony, bought it from a friend back in the early 80's for a hundred bucks.

@DrBanzaiPhd 7 жыл бұрын

KevFL26 she has a $1500$ signature Ernie ball now....

@izabellizima 7 жыл бұрын

She did imply it is a not so great guitar in an interview where she is trying to show off a technique and says, "If I wasn't using a Sears guitar," regarding her inability to execute the technique to perfection. She rocks it, but she knows its a guitar with limitations.

@type4472 6 жыл бұрын

That guitar has more name brand components stuffed into it than you could wrap your head around. An unmolested original Harmony would not have the output to even be considered useful in a live setting. She has a a good tech and money out the wah-zoo.

@generalskunk6876 6 жыл бұрын

It looks way better than her signature lmao

@FUNZO1975 9 жыл бұрын

When I watch her videos on you tube, it's strange to me how many so called "real guitarists"(self proclaimed) talk shit about her playing technique. they seem to be very mean about it also. Her playing is solid & quite original, (especially when you consider that in modern music, it's ALL been done before) her writing is excellent, & her melodic sensibility is exquisite. Add to that her vocal ability, and that's why she gets the attention she gets, all well deserved. So, word to the haters out there - she doesn't fucking need you! She's just too nice (and confident) to bother saying that.

@FUNZO1975 9 жыл бұрын

***** You talk'n to me? You're here watching this video too aren't you?

@FUNZO1975 9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah?

@truckindave1 9 жыл бұрын

***** What is "awserfdgtfgjko"?

@beaul3973 9 жыл бұрын

FUNZO1975 music person here. knowing almost every theory. playing jazz, blues, djent periphery stuff and been to screamo(my high school years) dream theater shit, beatles, euro shit like arctic monkeys, bring me the horizon, J.S. Bach of baroque era, Beethoven of classical, Chopin of romantic and wicked Ligeti and Rachmaninoff stuff of contemporary and I LOVE ST. VINCENT'S MUSIC. such mesmerizing melody, harmony, rhythm, beat, and TIMBRE. love the music and her MUSICIANSHIP.

@FUNZO1975 9 жыл бұрын

***** True dat.

@ale14zoppi 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible vocals on this one, I didn't expect her to get them so perfectly when I saw she also had to play the guitar I'm genuinely surprised

@TheMultiColoredMan 10 жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest live performance I've ever seen,

@oursin777 10 жыл бұрын

You really should get out more!

@JonnyFunkMistro 10 жыл бұрын

oursin777 Damn straight!!!

@mrskinszszs 10 жыл бұрын

it's good, but come on dude.

@paulgreen7291 7 жыл бұрын

the stuff she did on Austin City Limits is badass.

@avjake 7 жыл бұрын

If you mean you actually saw her show live, then I would say, "Cool, jealous". If you mean, "best live performance on youtube", then check out David Bowie with Adrian Belew doing 'Stay'. Or Talking Heads 'Stop Making Sense'. Just suggesting some cool stuff - not trying to 'one-upsmanship', if you know what I mean.

@RUNkeeprunning-cw6kx 4 жыл бұрын

"They could take or leave you, but they took you and they left you! How can I be casually cruel?"

@theopinson3851 3 жыл бұрын

Such a unique tone. I didn’t even realize those lines were guitar the first time I heard the song lol.

@Rio-by1eh 3 жыл бұрын

She’s a true ARTIST

@ttine3181 8 жыл бұрын

this particular version of the song achieves the sublime

@sobaydrummer666 9 жыл бұрын

i love this chick.

@ridesing 10 жыл бұрын

I remember meeting her a couple of months ago and she was seriously the nicest person in the whole entire world. I got to spend a couple hour with her in the studio for her latest album which comes out in Feburary 2014!

@Fmax720 10 жыл бұрын

larry scheller Jeez dude, I may have come to this thread late, but what'd she do to you, run over your dog?

@ridesing 10 жыл бұрын

larry scheller I'm not kidding. She went to my church and had a couple of us choir people do back up vocals for the album.

@lando2051 7 жыл бұрын

Annie's such a beauty.

@rickgutkowski8727 10 жыл бұрын

I like her music, its as if Tim Burton had a band.

@bromunculus6117 5 жыл бұрын

That would be Danny Elfman and oingo boingo

@wave9199 4 жыл бұрын

What a good way to put it

@larryc3860 3 жыл бұрын

HA ! that's cool !

@JG-ib7xk 2 жыл бұрын

No it isn't

@luBfink 6 жыл бұрын

This song reminds me of Mitski.

@threedeemelodies 6 жыл бұрын

luBfink that makes sense

@MarkJondahl 12 жыл бұрын

She is quite the guitar innovator. I find both her voice and songwriting very intriguing.

@nexusebtuoy 2 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahahabahahahahahahahahahahah you clearly don't understand guitar playing LOLOL 21 CENTURY ZZZZZZZZOMBIESZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

@cheesecakelasagna Жыл бұрын

@@nexusebtuoy Bad day?

@robohumby15 10 жыл бұрын

Wow this Larry guy in the comments really has a problem.

@Mordorer 9 жыл бұрын

he is a smuggy buggy hah

@Tracey..H 6 жыл бұрын

Unique, not afraid to not fit in, eccentric, yet melodic. A bit of genius!! Rock on girl

@nickdryad 3 жыл бұрын

She is a musical genre all of her own. Fantastic.

@WalterRafael 10 жыл бұрын

she does the back and forth from singing to guitar beautifully

@busywl69 7 жыл бұрын

sounds so good live

@JP51ism 7 жыл бұрын

Aside from her skill writing the music, lyrics, her guitar work - her gift, the lovely voice @ 2:32 soars!

@kaylag4355 10 жыл бұрын

What the hell. She is so good live. Nearly flawless..

@griffinmatter 10 жыл бұрын

What an awesome performance! :)

@michaeltondi4921 9 жыл бұрын

I love her...and to see her live is a total experience...

@screamingwarhog 2 жыл бұрын

Her voice is so beautiful and soothes my soul!

@michaeltorrice8378 10 жыл бұрын

She is so talented--one of the best guitarists in rock these days.

@michaeltorrice8378 9 жыл бұрын

larry scheller Just my opinion. Please don't use "retarded" as an insult.

@cliffdavis6620 4 жыл бұрын

She is so amazing!

@teeheeteeheeish 7 жыл бұрын

this performance best exemplifies her chops. while I love all of here music, I really love when she really sings and belts it out. wish she did it a little more. if anyone has any other songs where she does this I would really appreciate knowing about it.

@timoraymo 4 ай бұрын

That break down for every chorus is simply magical. Outstanding.

@ricardofromfortworth9181 6 жыл бұрын

I think she is soooo freakn beautiful and talented!!!

@gooddognigel9992 4 жыл бұрын

She is very talented. I just stumbled upon her music last week as Ive been living in a cave. I have a lot of catching up on her music to do.

@andreabubus 4 жыл бұрын

Love the sound of this group. She has his quite unique style (remember me some Tori Amos on guitar). Discovered it recently ...

@arimi_ 6 жыл бұрын

She was so annoyed with the sound of the guitar at the beginning! You can see her first reaction. I love her 😍

@apollodionysus9760 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The drummer behind her, Matt Johnson, is the drummer of the legendary Jeff Buckley.

@roverfavela 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@FrankMantius 3 жыл бұрын

That’s astonishing. It’s like it was meant be because she’s the female version of him

@michaelb8273 10 жыл бұрын

I'm in Love with Annie Clark.

@StanAlter 7 жыл бұрын

there's a saying about learning the rules of music and then breaking them. I think this is a good example.

@katieidk 9 жыл бұрын

wow this lady has a nice voice! I just looked her up and she has the same bday as me. well cool. she is really talented

@nikolaj_ow 2 жыл бұрын

The way that toms enters in the bridge. Wow

@willlong6703 10 жыл бұрын

larry scheller, you need to take some stool softener

@rockenrollbass 10 жыл бұрын

She's SMOKING!

@GawdOfThunder 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, I love her guitar style.

@ericcharpentier9245 5 жыл бұрын

Depuis le début du groupe St Vincent , j'adore et évolution est magnifique Annie Clark et merveilleuse il y a du David Bowie dans ses gènes :-)

@ericac505 12 жыл бұрын

She's fucking beautiful and has a beautiful voice. I cannot believe I missed her show. I'm a fool. :( #neverforgivingmyself

@bluesbreaker1676 10 жыл бұрын

Delicioso Fuzz. Amazing. Gran musica.

@YiannisS01 10 жыл бұрын

She is just great

@Amandanumnum 6 жыл бұрын

love this performance

@javoutube1 11 жыл бұрын

man she`s so talented , great song

@DodingDagaGaming 5 жыл бұрын

WHY DID I JUST DISCOVERED THEM NOW ? CRU CRUU UUUU UUUEEEELLLLL ANNIE CLARK FOR LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!

@JP51ism 4 жыл бұрын

So good to see over 1.1 million views. See her 53min. "LIVE" set done in the theater.

@inscrutianaII 3 ай бұрын

Pouring through KZfaq looking for live Annie. If she blew your mind in 2011, man.... She is a historic talent & it's a great fortune to be alive while she creates art.

@RimBrakeKing 3 ай бұрын

It was a great time for Annie Clarke. The pre-surgeon band (strange mercy/actor period) was unreal. Go watch her marrow performance on letterman

@RyWagner2 12 жыл бұрын

She makes soloing in heels look really easy.

@sheldonmontgomery2879 6 жыл бұрын

She's a genius of music creating her own sound

@native0013 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@user-ki7os5ve8c Ай бұрын

she's amazing

@AlexW58 10 жыл бұрын

Dave is such a weirdo haha. How he greets everyone after they perform.

@AlexW58 10 жыл бұрын

I meant HOW he does it, not THAT he does it.

@mtnmotoadv 8 жыл бұрын

+Xela Weeks heh-heh great drums, hello!, goodnight everybody!

@sangfroid4376 7 жыл бұрын

As a big fan of quirky,I'm glad to have found St. Vincent; I struck that her back up band reminds me of the Residents and her guitar work sounds like she was influenced by or studied with Snakefinger; this is all meant as very high praise.

@laydbakk1 7 жыл бұрын

She listened to Frank Zappa once; then, started her path...

@MrErikdean 7 жыл бұрын

She was heavily influenced by David Byrne and Talking Heads

@whitewest8279 7 жыл бұрын

I had a Harmony guitar exactly like that. Bought it from Sears in 1981. Awesome.

@JewishJeff839 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. And STILL you are a talentless hack...

@reggierico Жыл бұрын

Annie and St. Vincent are one of the most original, artistic and talented groups around. She even has her own line of guitars out.

@alabamaisyourdaddy6137 9 ай бұрын

St Vincent is a stage name, not a band.

@reggierico 8 ай бұрын

Not sure I know the difference?@@alabamaisyourdaddy6137

@Trainy2 10 жыл бұрын

I like it. Very unpredictable music. A lot of Jazz elements.

@type4472 6 жыл бұрын

no.

@lotusfly7269 6 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing you don't actually listen to jazz

@Michael-uo8yv 10 жыл бұрын

She is an angel artist guitar goddess

@AndyThomas_mrblitz 8 жыл бұрын

her songs are great.

@jmunzo10 9 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite songs !!!

@Amandanumnum 5 жыл бұрын

"nice stuff!" - David Letterman (2011)

@jonahbrooke 12 жыл бұрын

the most amazing part of all of this is: she is only just playing around! My dreams may not even have the depth to see how wonderful our Jewel our perfect rose will blossom! Oh, Annie!

@aichannnn 11 жыл бұрын

I love her style so much!

@ivyyost7731 3 жыл бұрын

Yo letterman is so fuckin on edge haha, a queen in his presence

@dmdiamond220 10 жыл бұрын

I feel like she's making fun of her own song through her guitar

@dbregman85 9 жыл бұрын

larry scheller if it what?

@ClumsySandbocks 9 жыл бұрын

larry scheller What guitarists would you prefer over St. Vincent?

@ClumsySandbocks 9 жыл бұрын

To be honest I was really looking for a target to compare against St Vincent so I could point out how ridiculous your standards are. This is well beyond the average level of a pop guitarist. The guitar she plays is more technically impressive then anything played by Nirvana, Oasis, or REM and is definitely on level with the more riffler bands of the Noughties like the Strokes, Arctic Monkeys etc. Are you comparing her to Chet Atkins or Tommy McLaughlin or something? I find her work enjoyable and I don't like coming across your borderline obsessive hate comments about her.

@austinmitchell2544 7 жыл бұрын

I like her work but I don't think it's more technically impressive to play and sing than a lot of NIrvana's riffs +rhythms.

@nguyenchinh7349 7 жыл бұрын

I think Nirvana is a bit overated just as much as Prince. Awesome personalities (mindset) yeah, but legendary artists... no (especially their boring vocal skills and songwriting). Annie Clark is in the direction of artists like Kraftwerk, who takes so much shit for not doing it in a traditional athletic way. She plays guitar like a synth sometimes and she doesn't give a shit about bitter snobs. Music is music, not everybody's begging to be ticked in the pathetic "real rock" box.

@IAintOverYet 11 жыл бұрын

Whatever "faces" or "looks" she gives or doesn't give, I could care the least ... she was awesome. This is my kind of guitar playing. And what an incredible voice. She is definitely on my radar.

@DrFred-rk2zq 4 жыл бұрын

I saw them open for the Black Keys a few years ago. I was like this is a new sound that catches your attention. They are fantastic and have great music.

@JewishJeff839 2 жыл бұрын

"They"??

@jameswiiliams6506 3 жыл бұрын

omg I had forgotten this early appearance. Love her alternative guitar style. Kinda Sonic Youth

@larryc3860 3 жыл бұрын

given how many times she appeared on his show, I think Save had a bit of a crush on Annie......oh, he admired her immense talent as well! by the way, dig the 1960's Harmony guitar ( the pawn shop special in the day )

@YasarArabac 11 жыл бұрын

I would love a St. Vincent + Kimbra duet.

@ForLackOfAChimpanzee 12 жыл бұрын

she is great live

@amoslieber 12 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite guitarists

@FluffersTheFirst 9 жыл бұрын

Saw her play last week, she's amazing. It's awesome to see how far she's come.

@xxCallMeOberonxx 10 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of some of the old Eno stuff: here come the warm jets-ish guitar, there. So, great. And what a beauty.

@HENSONnOZ 5 жыл бұрын

She performed with nirvan on their R&R hall of fame special. If they approved of her, I figured I'd check her out myself. Breath of fresh air 👏

@JewishJeff839 2 жыл бұрын

"nirvan"??

@HENSONnOZ 2 жыл бұрын

@@JewishJeff839 hmm I mistyped the name. What band could I possibly be talking about 🤔

@AcroGuy111 12 жыл бұрын

The snare's tone is just so..... wow.

@rileymerino6340 8 жыл бұрын

Really cool. Very Death Cab-esque song

@miriaborgess 3 жыл бұрын

❤

@ryuna 11 жыл бұрын

She is brilliant.

@rtdu444 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you 😃 amazing guitar wonderful🌟✨

@asafritz8703 10 жыл бұрын

She's just so lovely..

@thelegendinhisownmind7038 8 жыл бұрын

Annie is my personal idea of the perfect girl. Stunningly beautiful, amazingly talented, intelligent, yet down to Earth, brilliant yet modest. It's like I made her in a computer. Lol!

@Mastaevan123 8 жыл бұрын

+Brett Vavra ur not foolin anyone, we know ur gay.

@thelegendinhisownmind7038 8 жыл бұрын

Lol! I'm gay? Maybe gay for St. Vincent but that's about it. :-)

@Mastaevan123 8 жыл бұрын

Brett Vavra lol

@ronnieaux5290 8 жыл бұрын

Ha! Gaaaaayyyyyyyy

@kierenmoore3236 6 жыл бұрын

Designs his dream woman in a computer. Makes her lesbian. #epicfail ;P