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  • You are an idiot.

  • Also, nice waste of After Effects. Pick up a violin and perform it in a disinterested and stagnent manner. They guy plays violin and he's probably damn good at it. He's hardly a "bro". You're a fucking troll, and you are exactly what is wrong with "fandom". Fuck you "brah".

  • You're a pretentious asshole. The guy is obviously a fan of playing music and of the band. Get over yourself for doing nothing in life.

  • Epic Pluck Bro vs. Epic Sax Guy

  • hahaha... what?

  • I lol'd at Pluckbro.

  • its not that bad...

  • this violinist is incredible, he didn't ruin anything. if anything he added an incredible amount of dimension to the song

  • WTF!!!! this video is honestly just an ignorant response. The pizz. solo in the violin was obviously intentional. Well yeah...the guy moves his head a lot but as a musician, one's personality tends to come out in playing. He's probably an extroverted player. That's okay...especially in a passage like that at the end of the song where he's supposed to play out. Please visit a concert hall/take a music appreciation class/play violin for at least 10 years b4 you post some ignorant shit like this.

  • hahaha South Park should make a new chapter about the meaning of Fag. This guy is the new Fag.

  • What?...Thats sounds awesome. Whoever made this should be packed in a crate and traded for a years supply of bananas.

  • Hurr durr, I want views, hurr durr.

  • @hipsterrunoffbro you idiotic nerd. the plucking is wonderful and you dont understand this

  • ..........What was wrong with that sounded great!!

  • You're a FAG!

  • So that's ACME, a fantastic contemporary music ensemble from New York, and you all should check them out to spite this guy! They play lots of interesting music that stuck up musicians refuse to play :) And I'm not worried about being offensive with this comment because I'm sure whoever made this video is too high and stupid to understand half the words I just said...

  • hahaha all of you idiots got trolled

  • what the pluck are you talking about?

  • This is dumb, it sounds amazing..

  • That's just ridiculous, as if he'd played something he wasn't supposed to... his pizzicato part is a wonderful addition to the song!

  • There isn't anything wrong with getting the moment when playing song. It shows that he loves what he does and I envy him to play for an amazing band.

  • HRO FTW !!!;D

  • your stupid

  • If you had any observational skills, you would notice that the woman beside him is playing the exact same part a little softer. At least he has the confidence to play out and sound good.

  • guessing by his screen name, I'm guessing this guy is a hipster who doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

  • anyone that likes music knows this is tight...

  • It is just astounding that you made a video about this.

  • AHAHAHA so the person who posted this thinks the violinist just went ape shit and busted out a pizzacato solo for the hell of it?!?! BAAAHAHAHAHAHAH

  • You're an idiot, this wasn't the first time that violinist played with grizzly bear. This video is just plain stupid, you're argument is stupid as well.

  • Who is the fool who posted this. Obviously that is what GB wanted, the wrote the part for him, he nailed it.

    This is what makes GB awesome, throwing in random, unexpected bits (as bands such as Zeppelin did before them) and being creative. I will rate down the vid for the poster's foolishness.

  • Sounded nice! Too loud, but still nice!

  • Are you stupid? He was playing his instrument; he did not say a word. No more opinions for you!

  • I'm not really sure you understand how music works.

  • To sum up Hipsterrunoffbro, You're a Cunt!

  • successful troll is successful

  • @jordserr

    Not even a troll

    Just an ignorant fuck

  • @butters2985 hipster runoff is like, the biggest pisstake there is.

  • haha, idiot :)

  • (the one who posted this, i mean.)

  • that was one of the best parts. and it was obviously pre-arranged. the girl to his left was doing the same.

  • I love the violin part. The guy was entertaining to watch too.

  • LMAO epic troll

  • master troll is masterful

  • You're obviously an idiot that doesn't know anything about music. I am a professional musician and sound tech, and it's very obvious that this was the violinists part to play at the end of the song; if it wasn't, he wouldn't have been featured on camera and turned up volume-wise. Not only does it sound awesome, but it gives a different spin on Grizzly Bears "Ready Able". If he wasn't supposed to be heard, he wouldn't have been. Any live sound tech would tell your the same thing. Fucking retard.

  • I think the important thing to remember is that once artistic form has been held to a universal standard it kind of detracts from the fun of it. I thought it was cool when he picked the violin strings, you might have disliked it, I also like the version on the official music video. I hope that helps, just try not to be caught up in a particular way of doing things. And don't worry about the people heckling you online. I've done some embarrassing things too, a lot of it was pompous in naturetoo:/

  • Are you kidding me?? Who's the Bro, man? Do you think they would let him do that id they didn't WANT him to? Plus, it sounds fucking awesome..

  • @andrewgroos It does sound awesome. I think its cool that the violinist actually was getting into the song. he was feeling it

  • omg. Go dmonserud... i completely agree.

  • So the two violinist plucking to his left decided to go rogue also right?

  • this man he must have a violin at the place of his dick. what an a hole, don't he ever pluck again

  • This is hilarious. I can't decide what's funnier. The guy who uploaded this video or all the people on here getting mad at him.

  • I LOLED SO HARD xD!

  • 17 missed the dislike button

  • most fail video ever.

  • @#ckin cactus

  • Kill yourself.

  • why is it that usually the people who most adamantly try to show a display of hate towards "hipsters" turn out to be a big fat one themselves? usually. I my Self don't dislike "hipsters" for their taste in music or style, or the fact that they're biting what a looot of mufuckas was doing before 2008 . . but because they try too hard. and when I seen all this shit start blowin up, I was hoping it'd lead to another 60's type cultural revolution. but most these fucks probably don't even read.

  • @4NrAGS it has so much potential to be a cultural revolution... eveyone fucking looks the same and talks the same all and has the same goals that was programed to be "right" in our heads. a lot of people don't stop for a some times in their lives to think "maybe this way of life isnt the best" and do something different about it... people that live alternatively are not accepted so fuck I am bouts to start a revolution.. society is headed in a hole. etc. this conversation could last forever...

  • Everyone HATES this video, Im tired of seeing it everytime i wanna watch that performance. TAKE IT DOWN TAKE IT DOWN TAKE IT DOWN

  • look up hipster runoff on google and you'll see.

  • this is hilarious. although i think it's a bit sad how no one here has yet realized that this was made entirely out of sarcasm and mockery, and for a bit of laughs. don't be so quick to attack a youtube user with a sense of humor, you'll most likely end up feeling stupid. hipsterrunoffbro has successfully trolled all of you guys, it's okay though, don't take it too hard.

  • Yo dude, you should probably just swallow a handful of sleeping pills, or keep your narrow minded opinions to yourself. You probably would have loved it if they just played it exactly like the album version you unbelievable waste of space.

    P.S. Fuck your parents for not throwing you in front of a train thus sparing the world of your ignorance.

  • your a fucking dumbass. you probably think your hot shit don't you and that your indie. well i think your a bitch who doesn't know the fuckin difference between a great performance and "over-shadowing" another band. hipsterrunoffbro

  • "bro" lol

  • I loved the pizzicati that's one the stuff I enjoyed the most.

    You must have a lack of taste surely!

    The thing that is missing to this performance is that we can't hear the Omnichord(the weird instrument from the 80s the singer is playing)

  • Yeah, you're fucking retarded. It's beautiful.

  • Lol i'm sure you're the only one who thinks this hipsterrunoffbro

  • the string section in this performance is stellar. so, OP, shut your mouth and go find something productive to do with your time.

  • yeah man, that was a great performance.

  • the only assssshole we hate is you. remove your video.

  • It's funny how someone can over-shadow the band while sitting behind everyone and a huge music stand.... that rhymed....unintentional

  • I'm pretty sure the vocals of Ed Droste dominate this performance entirely. He was just playing his part.

  • Your video post ruins society, sarcasm can be stupid this is a prime example

  • It's beautiful and part of the song.....

  • what a dumb criticism

  • I think you guys have a real hard time detecting sarcasm.

  • @hideyourface It's not sarcasm, it's being stupid and thinking it's funny.

  • I think this is the funniest shit ever.

  • I bet you made this video just for the views. I refuse to believe anyone is this stupid... but then again, it is the internet... :/

  • he's just playing the musical notations dumbass

  • The "plucking" as you put it was part of the song... Some people...

  • The plucking is called pizzacato. The white paper in front of the violinist is called his part. The part is written out by the band and indicates to the violinist what it is the band would like him to play on the violin for the duration of the song. This, in conjunction with the parts performed by the other musicians is what is known as an arrangement. This is a hauntingly beautiful song and the string parts with reverb add a lot to the texture.

  • @dmonserud  Pizzicato.

  • @dmonserud Well said.

  • The plucking is called pizzacato. The white paper in front of the violinist is called his part. The part is written out by the band and indicates to the violinist what it is the band would like him to play on the violin for the duration of the song. This, in conjunction with the parts performed by the other musicians is what is known as an arrangement.

  • that little plucking piece sounded awesome.

  • yo, the vio brings awesome badassness to the preformance. n' i dont think he's spazzin out...

  • dude was a part of it and enjoying his moment----y would you hate on that when you can hate on that when you could like hate on an ungrateful celebrity or a super obese person who has no medical excuse????

  • dude you suck. improvising is awesome.

  • Ok, 1: The plucking was fucking awesome/orgasmic  2: He did not "steal the show". He played what they fucking rehearsed. 3: I most definitely WILL NOT follow you or your retarded opinions on twitter.

  • The problem isn't the plucking. I don't think that's what this guy meant by this video. It's the lead violinists over acting. Feeling the music is one thing, I used to do it when I played Violin in High School, but moving around like a spastic because you KNOW there are cameras watching is just distasteful.

    The string part is great. The one string performer's actions? No.

  • fuck you, you bitch-ass with a hipster label. [ATTACK MODE] HIPSTER PUNCH.

  • idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

  • @ISCHNIK "Dont ever express your opinion again." And what what are you doing??? Haha! What an ass! =D

    It's actually a breath of fresh air to see the accompaniment getting into the music. You really don't see that often. At all.

  • @exrkun91 I was supporting the guy on violin. You totally got the wrong idea man.

  • @ISCHNIK I know you were. I just thought it was stupid that you said, "Don't ever express your opinion again." But maybe you were joking, Idk, that was a long fucking time ago.

  • Probably wasn't his fault. Maybe too high in the mix. Plucking a violin doesn't actually make a whole lot of noise. That dude is definitely mic-ed - otherwise you wouldn't be able to hear him above the electric guitars/drums/and amped vocals. If you want to blame someone, blame the audio engineer mixing the performance.

    Anyways, great song, you can't blame a bro for wanting to rock out with it.

  • Retarded. Definition? The guy who posted this video. This was a FANTASTIC performance.

  • I already hate you man, how can u tell that he is trying to "overshadow" the band if he's part of the band.. come on man that's the way music is.. I think that everybody here that has seen your video can tell that u don't know what music is.

  • its called improv, its what makes music interesting, dumbass

  • @connorsnowboarder Pretty sure that, given that the female violinist looked like she was playing exactly the same thing, he wasn't even improvising. That's probably what was written for them for the performance.

  • fuck hipsters and their runoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!! you be quiet its not your band either so let them create and you stick to sucking your thumb and plunging them deep in your ass as you pretend to understand music

  • fuck hipsters and their runoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!! you be quiet its not your band either so let them create and you stick to sucking your thumb and plunging them deep in your ass as you pretend to understand music

  • Love this, but I also love how awkward the bassist is throughout the performance and how slick his hair is.

  • doode

    chill

    it actually works lol

  • I pluck to grizzly bear all the time

  • it's not just the guy...The are all doing it...So I would assume that they where all told to pluck by the band...

    Like this guy does realize that the point of a live performance is to make the song better than the studio version right? I thought they had a pretty solid performance.

  • all the violinists are plucking fucktard, i dont understand how it ruins the performance either.

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  • i think it's pretty nice.... and you don't know for sure if they guys from Grizzly Bear didn't wanted him to do that. mayde they asked him... you cannot say for sure that he ruins it

  • Lmao@ "not ur band! be quiet!!" That was funny, but that is how it was written, or how it's supposed to be live anyway. :)

  • You are a dumb ass, this actually improve the song live!

  • This is hilarious!

  • There were two violinist plucking, and that's likely how the performance was practiced. It works and doesn't over shadow the band!

  • I think this vesion of the song sounds better than the studio version. if you dont like the violin picking thats cool, but i wouldnt go saying it ruined the perfomance. i think its a nice ending to the song.

  • yeah bro, that is so not alt bro. bro i mean cmon, let's just go to hro and vent bro

  • I'm going to point out why your wrong...

    1. It's actually a pretty awesome part of this song.

    2. If you look, the girl on the second violin she is also plucking in time with him which probably means that...

    3. It was most likely written out, probably by Chris Taylor. If you look at the full video, you can see him nodding to the strings at different points, possibly giving them cues.

    4. These professional session musicians. They are paid to play the sheet music.

    Your logic is flawed.

  • @coobco Nico Muhly wrote the string parts...

  • This is why 12 year olds shouldn't be allowed on Youtube.

  • That was actually my favorite part of the performance. I'm kind of a sucker for violin solos in any song, but I thought it was creative and interesting to make the performance different from the studio version. Its your opinion and I get that but I'm not sure it was worth posting a video about it...at least I can use this video to go straight to the strings solo from now on.

  • take this video off of youtube please. its offensive

  • Amazing!!! Never have I seen so many people agree on a youtube video...way to unite the people with your waste of time.

  • "pluck bro" did a magnificent job as far as i am concerned. The song sounds similar on the cd but not exactly the same which is always ideal when playing live, to change it up a bit. You are an ignorant asshole. The rest of the audience loved it.

  • haha fail vid is fail.

  • you are a retard

  • you're completely ignorant if you think someone just went "off" and did whatever they pleased. Chances are more than not Edward Droste arranged the entire string section and if you watch carefully everyone else if playing specific finger plucked parts throughout the song.

  • yeah i'm ashamed to know that grizzly bear has a "fan?" like you

  • its sounds awesome. but that guy does look pretty retarded.

  • you're a fucking idiot. dont ever express your opinion again.

  • @ISCHNIK or maybe just express... a better one?

  • @DuctTapeUtopia That works. Just as long as it doesnt suck.

  • @ISCHNIK lol word.

  • I also don't like that part with the strings picking. I don't like it because of the specific pattern they pick, the melody.

    But that, seriously, has nothing to do with being an selfcentered idiot. Cmon.

    I'm a musician and I'm sure the WHOLE band arranged this solo section for the strings, so the guy really didn't want to stand in spotlight, he HAD to play it.

    And btw it's not only the guy, also the girl behind him picking that part :P

  • there were two people doin it and the band seemed to like it... I think you're trippin

  • haha its a joke people calm down, hipster runoff is a music blog which parodies the whole 'indier than thou' attitude among other things. I think everyone who angrily replied to this message has proven to be the but of the joke.

  • @pattherat99 Now that I know this I don't which one is more useless, the hipster or the parody.

  • How's this video working out for you?

  • The music was probably written for him to have a solo... You're a tool

  • yeah, you're pretty much a fuckwit. Sorry dude. Nice try, though. Better luck next time.

  • Yeah dude. Seriously, you're retarded.

  • your fucked!!!! its called a solo fuck tard!!! seriously go die!

  • I agree that the strings truly make this performance all the better and that it does SOUND better than the studio recording. However, I kind of have to agree with the OP here. I understand people get into music but the guy here seems to be seriously over-embellishing. It's one thing to sway a bit with the music, but (to me at least), he seems to be having a seizure while playing. So yes, him doing this does ruin it a bit. For me at least.

  • fucking cock wart. You really don't know what a bro is do you. This is part of the actual song, just with a different instrument. I think this version sounds better.

  • @bluemonkey101021 I believe you left a question mark out of there somewhere; after "do you" there should be a question mark.

  • @bluemonkey101021 cock wart? wow. i do not get out enough! lol

  • Looks like some people are unfamiliar with the point of hipsterrunoff, bros.

  • you'll grow up happens to everybody

  • Idiot Who Doesn't Quite Grasp Music Ruins My Impression of Other Grizzly Bear Fans

  • First of all, two people are plucking. Also, odds are you would of barely noticed the difference if they had not put the camera on him.

    As previously stated, live show's tend to have something different to them, and in my opinion this is a well done addition to the song.

  • Excuse me - three*

  • Yes, indeed you're dumb...

  • I didn't know there were people this stupid. This must be a joke. Clearly ALL the string players were plucking. I am so proud of you bro.....

  • This performance was BRILLIANT, from beginning to end. Better than the album version.

  • Violinist probobly has more experience than all of the band members combined

  • fuck u OP that guys cool, fureal

  • Why is he the only one "ruining" it? The rest of the string section are doing their own pizzicatos. Sounds good to me.

  • While I do thing his performance is funny, he's pretty much only doing what he's supposed to do.

  • hipsterrunoffbro stfu. Nothing was ruined. you suck ass

  • i kinda hope something bad happens to you

  • he was getting into the music, kinda how u get into raping men.

  • who gives a shit

  • Capo. Genio.

  • lmao the 'proud bro' isn't ruining anything

    get over yourself and stfu

  • Oh man.... the whole performance was great...just like your delusions.... It was awesome...you ARE not...

  • dang your a looney. i thought it was amaaazing. i think the guys from grizzley bear would laugh at you and tell you that you suck pito.

  • You dipshit. There are two violinists playing this part. It was clearly written by Grizzly Bear and the notes are on the page. Plus that part was ill anyway.

    The fact that you would take time to make a vid about this is ridic. You should take this video down immediately to save face you ass.

  • Actually Nico Muly wrote the string arrangements, but other than that I agree with you.

  • whoever made this is a moron. a knob. i bet 90% of bands wish their back-up help were that into their live music performances. hell forbid the live version is different from the album

  • useless video

  • I thought it was actually pretty good...

  • this video needs some star wipes.

  • felt it

    and took it

  • D:

    ...

    :|

    >:T