Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American on Letterman

[geminii187]

I still love these guys. I think I always will. Their music just does it for me. Slow, fast, Indie, Pop. It doesn't matter. I just love his voice and the guitar sound is sick.

[MrTomihuet]

In soviet russia world eat Jimmy

[Kristofcharger]

best song ever



[weed940]

love the energy in the song and the band carried it out nicely in this one^^

[MrOddzilla]

if you look at most letterman live performances, all david ever says is "and now our next guests, critically acclaimed rock and roll band...." slightly annoying

[Foggga]

just discovered how awesome they are. gonna see them live in june *.*

[tristessa56079]

@Foggga

Same here. It's gonna be immense!

[Foggga]

@tristessa56079 oh yes, it will!

[Tod661]

Great CD..one of the best

[wilkinsongrj]

that mic stand is a bit high there, wheres the bloody stage wombles when you need them

[kmg12]

@wilkinsongrj some people like the mic stand like that. Some artists like to stretch for it and others like to bend down to sing into it. If he wanted he could easily bend it. I like having it a bit too high personally.

[MrOddzilla]

@kmg12 I know I'm still listening to their self-titled album from 94.... they were only 17 lol

[TheDittohead3]

The thing about jimmy is there a newish band so they wont get old for a while

[nobull89]

@TheDittohead3 Jimmy Eat World are not a newish band. They've been around for 18 years. That is a long time by any bands standards.

[elevenfold]

The lead guitarist reminds me of Jason Newstead

[fishgutdumper]

yeah! Fuck that big wayne piece of shit!

[everlot1000]

every member of this band is super badass-ness

[oroke5]

i saw this song on guitar hero 5 and its an AWESOME song 2 me

[thebrockmans05]

That, my friends, is how it's done.

[fullclip16117]

At last, a band who can perform their songs live! Most other bands of this generation including, Breaking Benjamin, LinkinFart, Skillet, 3daysGrace, and all of those other robotic bands sound like shit live. JEW actually rocks out AND sounds good.

[Accordingtoyou11]

@fullclip16117 hahahahaha Their initials are JEW

[lk7ar]

this song still sounds f-ing amazing after all these yrs!

[basketcase5295]

such an amazing front. wonderful singer, and guitar player. ESPECIALLY when it comes to solos.

[mrhu91081]

best song from JEW ever!!!!!

[THEWONTON123]

This is awesome, but what is speyside?

[TheNegroponte]

@THEWONTON123 whisky

[ryan29s4]

@FuZzilla895 I couldnt agree more, JEW is an iconic band of this generation. Im 30 and have listened to them since the beginning and have much respect for them and still feel that that they are underrated/underappreciated. Just saw them live in Sept and they sounded better than ever.

Oh and ....comparing JEW or any other talented band to LIL WAYNE? Are u serious? Im not even going to waste my time u fkn IDIOT! U represent all that is wrong with this country YOU fkn MORON!

[ryan29s4]

@FuZzilla895 I couldnt agree more, JEW is an iconic band of this generation. Im 30 and have listened to them since the beginning and have much respect for them and still feel that that they are underrated/underappreciated. Just saw them live in Sept and they sounded better than ever.

Oh and ....comparing JEW or any other talented band to LIL WAYNE? Are u serious? Im not even going to waste my time u fkn IDIOT! U represent all that is wrong with this country YOU fkn MORON!

[FuZzilla895]

Jimmy Eat World set the level and has influenced so many other bands. JEW Forever!

[heroesyouhateukjoe]

correction lil wayne steals lyricss he stolee lyrics from some of the best rap songss madeee ahha

[GMasta95]

in the chorus it sounds like "sugar honey ass farts" xDD

[HappenStance]

@GMasta95 I laughed so fuckin hard reading this

[LEFT4BASS]

@GMasta95 It's actually "sugar on the asphault"

[CharmyDweeng]

@GMasta95 can't unhear

[d0d0Lgarutz]

why the guitarist with sg looked like old billie joe armstrong?

[GMasta95]

@d0d0Lgarutz ehhm NO!!

[Awstentbpguitar]

Oh shit. I definitely jizzed when the last chorus kicked in.

[SHAZZAM123455]

I love these guys but man the singers eyebrow is trippin me out

[pipandrew]

this must be before people got offended and made them change the name to salt sweet sugar

i was watching kerrang the other day and this song came on and i was like WTF thats not the name of the song

[hitmonlee1599]

The bass is flawless in this performance

[K7foeva]

who the hell dislikes this, ill kill you! lol

that solo was beast!

[ChunkyAndMoist]

the guitarist on the left looks a lot like Kirk Cameron.

[StokedDom101]

maybe its the bushy brows but he looks like one of those french guys with unibrows but hes an awesome singer nm it

[AmbitiousMOnkey1100]

i met the drummer they originally had hired from the beginning.

[Sk8erFroggy]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!

[josephtaylor67]

ohhhhh awesome performance!!

[CrazyFooooooooo]

FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rohan65ful]

Such an awesome song.

[ItsAwkwardButiLikeit]

jew=bad

j.e.w.=good.very very good

[jimmygee5]

wow they are good live

[jamess9949]

This band means more to me than any of you will know. Listen to the 'the singles' and be taken back to the beginning

[cartoonhero101]

lmao TEXTp is the new HD :)

[breezeicefire]

They sound so amazing live! <3

[gunyunder]

for real. I love music...jew of course.

[aridz13]

OMG I hate it when rappers and rockers hate each other! I listen to a lot of pop, rap and RnB like t-pain and the game and T.I., doesn't mean I suck. I love Jimmy eat World and Thursday at the same time too!!! people listen to whatever they like, big deal! If they can appreciate a whole spectrum of music, all the better, no genre of music is better than the other. Everyone's taste varies so stop all this hating nonsense.

[DarksideSnowboardsVt]

@aridz13 you see, although i see your point of view, i must interject. this is only my personal opinion, but T.I, t-pain, and the game use auto tune to make their voices higher or lower or electronic in general. but Jimmy Eat World's singers can do that without auto tune, and play the guitar while doing it. think about which has more talent and better sound for just a moment.

[AcheKah]

@DarksideSnowboardsVt

lol its not even a argument

autotune= not singing

jimmy eat world= actual music

[aridz13]

I have bought 2 of every CD since Clarity, because I love them so much and also I keep losing and scratching my CD's lol... I <3 JEW and have seen them live OMGS they are beyond awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[kimo1894]

<3333 :))

[shakemeshakeme]

JEW - Bleed American :P

[tloh32]

Saw these guys first when I was 17 and they sucked.. Im now 33 and they're awesome.. Pretty sure the other guy was singing then which was why but god they are great now!!

[D212D2]

Dummers fucking great !!

[gastubephotog]

These guys are good, whatever you call it.

[elgojira]

JEV rocks!!!!

[achillez88]

Anyone else think that unibrow has to go?

[rag0o]

@achillez88 XD

[shakemeshakeme]

naw, but most of us think you do.

[FaithDead]

i miss the backing vocals in the verse, other than that it's great!

[JuniorsWackyWorld]

wow..this sounded great live.

[jdthebandgeek]

I felt so pumped after they ended the song...and then that stupid advertisement came on...

[laanime12]

esa cancion esta e el gitar hero 5

[n6901875]

This is amazing live. Almost the best I've seen Jimmy play live.

[cliquehop]

wow...great song, great band...

[crazystreetskater]

such a clean great rock band

[kebabacus]

Wow. Better than the record.

[mauricetomas]

drummer dominates

[fenderhands1]

Fuckin ROCKIN!!

[permian11]

2:43 holy shit soooo tight

[FettArm84]

think they all have a click in-ear

[permian11]

most likely but it's still just awesome

[ATTlCUS]

I think that compared to a lot of bands these days, Jimmy Eat World actually sounds really clean live. I mean there are great bands like Blink that are really awesome, but you can tell really easily that they just perfect pitch. Don't get me wrong, Blink is still awesome. Jimmy Eat World is really underrated.

[MakinUpNamesSux]

theyre a musicians band!

[permian11]

blink sounds pretty awful live, I love them but Tom's live voice sounds badddd

[coolspitfire]

you can tell how good a band is by there live performance

[Sum41own]

Agreed, which is why i think Blink were a bit overrated because of their live performances weren't too great, music wise i mean cos you could clearly hear them sometimes being out of sync with each other. Still a great band with what they produced though.

[TheBlackRose1991]

yep and JEW are amazing

[Denverboy01]

Completely agree.

And every single rapper out there sucks ass live.

[MissVampireDiaries]

@Denverboy01 ummm, no.

[Denverboy01]

@missvampirediaries

umm.. yeah.

[MissVampireDiaries]

@Denverboy01 no. lil wayne concert AMZING.

[sizzledeyes]

we don't speak about lil wayne trash in these parts.

[MissVampireDiaries]

i didn't realize he was trash in your part. everywhere else, he's one of the best rapper. then he had to go do that stupid rock shit album.

[sizzledeyes]

these parts meaning in the fan base of Jimmy Eat World.

we talk about music.

not rap.

[MissVampireDiaries]

oh, must be a very small part.

[sizzledeyes]

people will be listening to jimmy eat world for years. the sound that they make is pleasing.

Little Wayne is trash. He will be the subject of ridicule in maybe 5 years. People will say "omg i cant believe we loved this silliness so much. what were we thinking" sort of like everyone jokes about 90s fashion. Little Wayne is a joke, he doesnt write songs and he doesnt play music. He bounces on stage an recites barely-sentances. A JOKE.

[MissVampireDiaries]

um, a lot of great artist don't play instruments.

how is he a joke? the critics love him, the world loves him. his mistake was going mainstream and releasing a rock album. you can quote him for life. his lyrics are deep. bounce around on stage?

please be more specific, you probably don't even know any of his songs.

[Ddevil13]

@sizzledeyes  NICE! ahaha

[shakemeshakeme]

it's too bad you don't understand.

[fendergibson01]

@sizzledeyes i never got out of the 90s fashion... haha and true to

[TheHabboNetwork]

@sizzledeyes Now who said anything about Lil Wayne -.-

[KidRemedy]

@sizzledeyes Woo! Hell yes! Ima see them in Royal Oak i hope!

[Mrtherapists]

@sizzledeyes lol dude broaden your listenin'! i love JEW and lil' wayne! listen to everything!!

[SuperJohny666]

@Mrtherapists fuck nigger music

[Mrtherapists]

@SuperJohny666 lol shoot yourself in the brain so the world doesn't have to have another close minded racist fagstick! kthanksbye!

[SuperJohny666]

@Mrtherapists how about we get rid of niggers so there wont be anymore racists or that damn annoying music

[Mrtherapists]

@SuperJohny666 just keep cuttin' your wrists then hopefully one day you'll cut too deep and become the worm food you probably eat.

[SuperJohny666]

@Mrtherapists is that what you do?

[Mrtherapists]

@SuperJohny666 naw, i'm not an emo child molestor.

[DanGallagher22]

@sizzledeyes Lil Wayne is a joke but those who listen to him are an even biggest joke and unfortunatly, there is too many of them. For me the joke isnt lil wayne, its those who listen to this crap.

[brothermopsy]

@sizzledeyes Agreed. Problem with artists like Wayne is that they are so big that nobody tells them when one of their idea's are whack. Wayne was decent at one point (back when he was with the hotboyz). He had a rubber band voice that sounded kinda cool. Now he just sounds like Christie Alley with a sore throat.

[Makadonska27]

@sizzledeyes erm, the subject of ridicule now in fact. Personally I dont give a shit who other people might like or not. I just dont give a fk but I do know what I like and I like this.

[LEFT4BASS]

@sizzledeyes Why singlke out Lil' Wayne. All of the music on poular radio now is a joke with no punchline that the "musicians" can't tell without autotune and effects.

[xXTheNuFreakXx]

@sizzledeyes I've been wondering why people like him for so long.

[wickbone73]

true that live performance is very important, but even some amaaazing song writers and lyric writers still cant perform live

[HeadRage]

Yeah because of a bunch of dumbasses...

Like JEW had anything to do with it...

[braaaainz]

they also tried to get the band Anthrax to change their name because of those letters being sent with said substances..

fucking politics. really.

[juggHERnutt]

hahah he always says terrific rock and roll band hahah

[MacTobey]

still one of my favourite songs!

[cialus]

this band is fucking tight.

the solo in this is so badass.

[riotpigeon]

eh..off pitch and out of tune... :( still JEW rox...just not in this instance..

[MrCrisDay]

not by much

you need to be a REAL perfectionist/arsehole

to think this isn't a good performance.

[jonsteveg]

moron =/ this is a great performance

[theworldyoulove33]

I love how Jim has multiple Solos that he interchanges during live performances :D

[Bunechunk]

3:00-3:05 it looks like he has a mustache! :D

[ShroudedInVeilz]

well, that was certainly a kickass performance.

[LostFanFiction]

You can't RENAME a song once it's been released it's like.. a song is a song.. you can't go out there and change the name of it.. ? Right?

[rag0o]

if you write it you can do what you want with it.

[Pyritmann]

who cares what they're labeled they're amazing

[0takebacktheradio0]

It was called Bleed American.

[droo83]

No dumbass, the song's called Bleed American. It was renamed "Salt Sweat Sugar" for a time after 9/11 because the band thought it could sound insensitive.

[idoforensics]

No droo83, you are wrong too actually. The song was named "Salt, Sweat, Sugar" when it was released in the UK (obviously because "Bleed American" wouldn't be as appealing). The album title was renamed from Bleed American to simply Jimmy Eat World after the 9/11 attack.

[idoforensics]

All right, I'll go with what you say. I can't compete with that prestige.

[entrailsgalore]

Well I wouldn't say it was renamed, they just dropped the "Bleed American" suffix so people wouldn't think they were anti American A holes. But they re-released Bleed American in 2008 with the original album name. In the UK it was released with a different album name, but that was the choice of the record label.

[psib93]

This band has some of the best lyrics and music parts they are ok live but they are really good at writing

[DrZer0x]

EMO

[Quenveres]

That's what the band's genre is labeled as, don't like it too bad lol

[barelyOutofTuesday]

i'm confused, because this IS real emo music but I'm assuming you are grouping this band in with what we tend to call "emo" nowadays. And I don't get the comparison. No thick eye makeup, no side parts, no lyrics about girls being dumb, just straight raw emotional punk.

[richardmorrison78]

I totally agree. I tell people all the time that this IS emo. True emo. stuff that 12 year old fangirls dont understand.......

[RustleXer]

they're not emo, they just play rock

[Dhru7777777]

Salt Sweat!, Sugar on the asphalt!

[toolsound]

These guys tear it up live. Awesome performance.

[armorforsleepbecky]

Jimmy Eat World is awesome!

[weezer567]

Why does Rick have a mic? he didn't start supplying back up vocals till Chase This Light.

[OneOh10q]

does he say ass fault? im not sure what he says there, thats just what it sounds like lol.

[Spaceplatypus]

Asphalt. As in pavement

[Dleedude]

That was probobly the dumbest thing i've EVER heard period.

[mjrupps]

Asphalt.  Dumbass.

[THESKUNKS]

2:00 - 2:45 is the fuckin best part ever

[ioenar]

There pretty good live actually, if your gonna say they suck you have to give a reason

[Losco1986]

It's what i see

In this live clip and in other clips.

They don't seem o be so good, some songs are nice but live they can't play well.

[le55thanjake]

have you seen them live.....?

[ioenar]

Videos on youtube don't really show a bands ability to play live, the sound is never as good and you don't get the atmosphere of a real gig

[Losco1986]

You're right,but if a band make good live shows, they sounds good even on a clip.

However, it's my opinion

[ebnation]

this is the first proper song i learned how to play on guitar and my favorite

[hotsnakes1]

awesome band

jim adkins looks like bruce campbell

[RadioJack]

i was thinking more chris parnell.

[hotsnakes1]

yeah, he looks like him too.

[Skull0nFire]

Foo Fighters are in a legue of there own.

Psshht Everyone knows that..

i love how jimmey eat world are the only band with an obese drummer..

i think it's great.

[ioenar]

Never heard of papa roach or limp bizkit, there drummers are twice as fat

[Crucades]

your not missing much dude, papa roach went emo and limp bizkit simply died when they found out the american pie series was a trilogy lol...

[tgscho]

can someone email me this cd?

[fractavius]

They're the greatest!

[ntf284]

haha, i love how Dave always refers to the musicians: "hey, kids".

[Anihilist]

very good

[arvas111]

Wow they are great live, not like Foo Fighters who make alot of mistakes.