MGMT at Coachella 2008: Time to Pretend

[simplethos]

Just when you think recordings can't get any worse ... I enjoyed listening to the guy screaming to his friend into his cell phone more ....

[chingonm1]

it stands for Motherfuck your mom. man im fuckin baked.

[n3nshat1]

MGMT is better not live

[Hitzification]

Couldn't you at least attempt to make this insult witty?

[10sup10]

How can you accurately judge THIS video if they're good live or not; the sound quality is horrible.

[gloriiaenFlores]

does mgmt stand for something? :o

[magmazing]

Management...

And that's how you're supposed to say the band name apparently... not the letters.

[gloriiaenFlores]

really? thats crazy.. the radio should start calling them that then i guessss

[superduper503]

Actually, they do go by MGMT now. i'm like 98% sure.

[crazy8rgood]

No, it's pronounced "Em Gee Em Tee", like the letters.

MGMT themselves have said that's how you say it, and so has their management.

[TheSchimmi]

MGMT confirmed that they wanted it pronounced Em Gee Em Tee because there is already some bands named Management and The Management (as was their former name) and they wanted to be a bit different.

[bluemukaki]

@magmazing MGMT says "em-gee-em-tee" when they introduce themselves so i don't think that's true. The pronunciation part anyway. You're right about what it stands for...

[cassluvdogs]

@magmazing ah! no way...i say m-g-m-t...

[superduper503]

When they started out they were called "The Management," but switched it to MGMT (so it's kind of short for Management, but not really).

[adikhan1212]

aren't the letters mgmt just the ManaGeMenT shortened sort of?

[james737m]

wow that fuckin synth line is epic

[Kanadianas]

They seem pretty good live, I don't see why people say they're horrible live

[myreactor]

truly amazes me how a band can put out an album *that* good, yet completely suck playing live. saw them twice in the past year....complete opposite on stage. i think MGMT may need new mgmt.

[kubrocker]

yeah that tent was so packed and i kinda watched for about 3 minutes and moved on to something less overrated

[derekio137]

haha. probably wouldve done the same thing

[drewsef765111]

My mom is in MGMT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[surfeygirl08]

:( i missed them i wanted to see them so bad!!

[itsfkingtarb]

truth

[goldendragonq77]

mydiamondstarcar is right the start of the show was SLOW. im mad i didnt stay though.

[badwhodo]

i love this song and the album isn't bad either, but they sort of look like a lower than low rent version of 'the strokes' in this video.

[Trondheim18]

the audio may sound bad but I think that sounds cool and hardcore. :)

[Spaghettaboutit]

LOL YES! FACE MELTING!

[eltork]

mgmt = MANAGEMENT

[MyDiamondStarCar]

yeah i saw boys noize too, i caught the beginning, but it was kinda slow

[sdtimeless]

i think it means management

[merooolw]

yep, it does.

[TomFromJersey]

what does mgmt mean?

[willyb609]

they used to call themselves management and then changed it to mgmt recently

[vincevega12]

you suck

[TomFromJersey]

Good one.

And why is that?

[Obey414]

yay im from jersey also

[mac3805]

Fuck Jersey

[willywonka091]

mac3805 with the best fucking youtube comment ever.

[BerndtEvenson]

It was awesome but I had to leave early to check out Boys Noize....so many great bands...can't see it all....

[nolocomotives]

one of the anthems of coachella 08

[maximus501]

Trying to see them sucked because their time slot was very early and the tent was way too packed. I love MGMT and I am glad I saw them the week earlier when they were at USC because it was a clusterf*ck at that tent. I went to Boys Noize and that was one of the best shows of the weekend!

[xenoploid]

Forget the has-beens. This was THE band to see.

[SuMeroValedor77]

goosebumps.....

[Henryplant]

I was so excited to see them, but their performance wasw sooo lack-luster!

[cpkguy1892]

True I stayed for the first half hour then left to check out Cold War Kids..they shouldve started the set with this song or Electric Feel...they lost kost of the crowd with that slow beginning

[littlestereoisalive]

I was theeeere!

[brentw0]

I would have loved to see this song live! Wish i was there this year!