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  • Give me a break. These beards are doing nothing new. And they aren't even doing pastiche well. Put on some Simon and Garfunkel instead.

  • Probably my favorite version of harmonious ending of this song. Positively perfect.

  • Hippie music of the 2000 century!

  • This is love.

  • Jesus is that you?

  • Love these guys. Saw them in Louisville a few days ago-AMAZING show. They sound every bit as good live as they do on recordings. These guys are going to go far! :)

  • His voice is gorgeous.

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  • This clip is sweet, new fan :)

  • Thumbs Up If He Looks A Bit High

  • Dude, like, this is a total amazing musical mind fuck, man. I'd marry this guy, man... <3

  • dude, that spirit really knows where it's going and what it wants to say! lovvve that! dude, when are you guys coming to lancaster, pa. i would soooo spread the word here. love you!!!

  • Smelly hippie hipsters make amazing music. This is example ''A''.

  • This is why people should keep their phones in their pockets during the performance. Yuck.

  • How i wish i was a part of this.

  • Modern day jesus? No, Jesus isnt as talented.

  • wow these guys r stonedddddd lol

  • So I was at starbucks last week and this really cool song came on..blue ridge mountains by fleet foxes.Now my life has been changed forever.And guys from my favorite place where i once lived,very,very cool.

  • hes so real.

  • @ironcitykegs154 the problem is the beard, right?

  • @joe44850 Not a camera phone. Filmed on a digital camera.

  • @joe44850 Have you watched many YouTube videos? This is way better than most.

  • @joe44850 okay, well you should try recording a live show with whatever bullshit you have laying around. Try to get something that sounds like something other than crackling shit, and I'll give you props for having your video sound exactly like this.

  • @joe44850 hah your such a douche

  • @joe44850 Band quality = bad here, happens sometimes, even to great bands :)

  • @joe44850

    The thing I love about nu-media is that you can listen and see a song in all the various forms polished, perfect or raw: performer or observer.

    Look into the man's eyes he's living the song even if the AV pish.

    You go............

  • @joe44850 I'm really surprised that this comment pissed off so many people. Hey, if you guys don't mind great bands sounding like crap, who am I to argue.

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  • @blueshift0 You must have re-read my original comment and realized we were both saying the same thing. Great band, but bad sound quality - and I'm talking about the recorded audio, not how the band's performance (which was impeccable, as always). Most of the people who are calling me a douchebag didn't take the time to understand what I was saying. Let me say it like this: you have a hot gf, but someone manages to take a really bad picture of her, then posts it all over youtube.

  • @joe44850 i agree, you think your abou to here a great song live but nope you get a 12 year olds camera video

  • @joe44850 

  • maybe theyre all the same concert? or he only has 1 shirt,now theres a song "1 shirt blues"

  • robin wears a blue flannel in every live video on youtube haha

  • If you like band of horses/ midlake/ fleet foxes then you might like British band called FOSSIL COLLECTIVE. They have a great vid on youtube called ON & ON - check it out xx

  • my cat fell asleep everytime I played Fleet Foxes!

  • is is like a bad csn performance--problem is the guys an't really s. Ameteurs.

    I actually cameup with this whole melody years ago, and did nothing with it.

    Black Croweseons ber

  • @tele757

    Go back to school, Jim-Bob.

  • its good to now that theres still good music out there

  • i want to have sex with robin's voice... is that wrong?

  • @cardiganmimi naw man it would be wrong if you didn't want to

  • @cardiganmimi Hahaha, is that even physically possible?? That made me smile :D

  • i would love for fleet foxes to come to nashville.. im 14 and my marching band visual director got me hooked on them,

  • I'm the highest I've ever been and this song just blew my head off.

  • this song just makes me feel so good...something about the harmony in their voices coupled with the intensity in his face...love it love it love it.

  • sorry about that...i'm having trouble posting my comment...that was my test. let's try again: the irony with this band is that they have such visual presence...omg long hair, flannel, and unassumption...and then they blow you away with such mastery of sound. there is no confusion of lyric or pitch here. they could stand on sound alone. robin and his mike are one...no middle-person. they have given into sound almost entirely vs. costume or special effect. much more powerful and timeless. ok.

  • Fleet foxes don't smoke weed

  • @guitbox4326

    How do you know? I'm asking seriously.

  • @guitbox4326

    I toked with them about 10 minutes ago, and they told me that you need to quit making assumptions. 

  • I think of them as more of lumberjacks slash hippies from outer space who landed on earth to share the greatness and wondrous sounds of the universe.

  • first heard them on one of the best surf movies ever made castles in the sky, now i bought the cd and cant stop listening this is real good music

  • wow, blown away, MUSIC HAS HOPE!!! Hippie? Hell yea... And the seeds blew through each generation grabbing hold here and reaching out there, and finally growing wild, the flower children are now neo and glowing and techno is now a tribe unto itself, Indie is God...

  • long hair rocks. robin looked so different in short hair. it's kinda like he went away to college and found himself and his hair-growth gene. no need to shorn yourself. what are we, sheep? brother you don't need to turn me away...i was waiting down by the ancient gate. classic...that mouth...that wail...those squinty eyes... that shaker...that achapello, wherever you go...wherever you go today. god i can't get enough of this song. never gets old. not many songs like this.

  • @mcdstuff long hair rocks. robin looked so different in short hair. it's kinda like he went away to college and found himself and his hair-growth gene. no need to shorn yourself. what are we, sheep? brother you don't need to turn me away...i was waiting down by the ancient gate. classic...that mouth...that wail...those squinty eyes... that shaker...that achapello, wherever you go...wherever you go today. god i can't get enough of this song. never gets old. not many songs like this.

  • i guess it was all timing.... people get enough of blarring guitar's and remember the feel good music of those yester year's... it's like the 70's all over again..like a whole bunch of album's this kinda sound's like fleet wood mac even...

  • @mcdstuff

    yeah...really....so cool to be moved to the point of poetry. i see you robin and i hear you robin and i feel you robin...your hair looks so much better long. long live the hippies...thank you for carrying the torch. jimi, jerry, janice, bob, neil, van, robin...a proud lineage. i wouldn't mind a place on that tree.

  • men in touch with feelings uttering sweet musings from soft lips wail truth and beauty like a mantra. neil and kurt are proud of their brothers and heirs to the throne of pure uncontrived musings of the heart delivered on the wings of no less than angels.

  • Robin's voice is always giving me the chills.

  • @ironcitykegs154 Haha you fuckin said it. I would kill to have a beard! Oh well. I come from Tucson though, which is known for its hardcore scene. Shows are fun and all(its always good to keep with the local scene if music is your thing) but i swear its too much. All I really listen to is baroque music. But this is the first song I heard from these guys and let me tell you, it has strong influence from that era of music. Believe it or not haha.

  • It's always nice when an artist is as breathtaking live as they are on the album.

    That's when the greatness shows through.

  • serious neil young vibes going on here... lovely

  • Love this band! haha he looks like he's smelling a terrible fart the whole time though.

  • sounds a lot like steve miller band.. love it

  • beautiful & dreamy~

  • haha i like the way you think

    respect.

  • I prefer the way these guys sound live.......In other words- fucking great band.

  • onions, hehe, funny

  • Is that an SM57 is using on Vocals?

  • he is using on vocals?*

  • yeah, weird eh. so sensitive

  • @z71ncsu yes it is. its basically an sm58 without a windscreen and a slightly different frequency responce.

  • define onions

  • this song's full of onions

  • i have to see this band live...I have to!

  • at first I was like... does he have the entire microphone shoved in his mouth? lol

  • What a gay song so happy !

  • Found out about these guys on Pandora. what an awesome band, and such great sound!

  • pandora is such an awesome thing.

  • couldnt agree more

  • Ditto, except for the beard thing, that would look odd on a chick. but his beard is pretty sick =]

  • How I wish I could grow a beard, move to seattle, smoke weed, and write a song like this...

  • Why should he smoke weed?

  • lol. Only the last thing is pretty hard:)

  • Surprisingly, the members of the Fleet Foxes are pretty straight edge

  • im not surprised

  • surprisingly?? not really

  • @ironcitykegs154 I don't know if you can grow a beard but you can certainly do all those other things at some point if you want

  • @ironcitykegs154 who says you cant? haha

  • @ironcitykegs154 its never too late :)

  • @mevoda420 long hair rocks. robin looked so different in short hair. it's kinda like he went away to college and found himself and his hair-growth gene. no need to shorn yourself. what are we, sheep? brother you don't need to turn me away...i was waiting down by the ancient gate. classic...that mouth...that wail...those squinty eyes... that shaker...that achapello, wherever you go...wherever you go today. god i can't get enough of this song. never gets old. not many songs like this.

  • @ironcitykegs154 everything there is easy except the writing part

  • @ironcitykegs154 never too late man :)

  • @ironcitykegs154 they actually dont smoke weed.

  • @ironcitykegs154 I bet you could write it without smoking weed.

  • @ironcitykegs154 then do it. stop wishing you could and just do it.

  • @ironcitykegs154 thankfully can only smoke weed and write a song kind of like this

    hippie revival is coming everyoneeee

  • i dont doubt dis is a desert island disc, means i love it,their unique sound is a hurricane of fresh air and cooler than talaxian winter.

  • epic? EPIC.

  • He is not dead. What are you talking about?

  • They look like hippies... really, really awesome hippies. The way he sings, I love it.

    The acapella bit was nice. :]

  • beard rock

  • they kind of fit in well with the doors etc era...awsome

  • Awesome band

  • he sang even he looks like hes really struggglin

  • a throw back ...and let me add...a very very good band... a lot better than certain shit i could mention out there.....oh and he has one of the best voices i ever heard!!!!

  • god I love this band.

  • fantastic

  • so pretty...like a big warm duvet you want to snuggle in

  • haha thats hella true

  • I got goosebumps the first time I heard CSNYs vocal harmonies. Haven't had that feeling since, until now. Wow these guys are talented, it's refreshing.

  • one of the most beautiful PAIRS of eyes. That's so nice of you to point out my grammar mistakes.

  • such a great harmony, they're almost like a very modern indie version of csny

  • moar like csi:ny

  • the world needs , no, i need stiff like this

  • Unlike anything else out there today...very unique sound. These guys have a lot of talent!

  • hes so baked

    but soo good

  • Im spellbound!  wow..

  • All this from young men who cannot grow proper beards. Old souls in young men.

  • I wonder what robin would look like with a haircut and a shave? prolly wallstreet

  • I love this song so much. Its so pretty

    and Robin Peckold has one of the most beautiful eyes ive ever seen on a man

  • one??

  • He has such a good voice live. This song is beautiful

  • love this .

  • Good video, thanks for posting this. Oh about that gig I can't help you sorry man.

  • hey can someone explain 2 me what this venue is like i am going 2 see NIN on the 22nd of august there and i was just wondering what i should expect small medium or big crowed???? I am obviously not from the new york area i live in ohio if someone could explain it 2 me i would appreciate it.

  • Who say's there is no good music coming out today? These guys are Fantastic! Very refreshing sounds! Beautiful!!!

  • i would have given you a hundred thumbs up if i could. unfortunately i say the first part all the time but this stuff is amazing

  • you wouldn't think 4:41 of music could do the greek island justice but this is beautiful.

  • Fleet Foxes I like them...I also dig goats, long live the goats

  • This band is totally awesome. Wow, I can't believe how tight they are. I can't wait to see them live. Thank you for posting.

  • You don't imagine how magic this song is for me. It represents something pure... And I can't stop to think about the Into The Wild movie everytime I listen to their songs

  • <3 LOOOOOVE them <3

  • my new favorite song...loving this bad!

  • Man I love the way they really put everything into the song, that's awesome.

  • one of my favourite bands,

    fell mad in love.

  • man i barley found this band a couple of days ago and there freaking awesome. i really want to see them live.

  • all points west

  • Sell your life to see these guys live!! You won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Your Barley? Hi , I'm Wheat. I love Fleet Foxes also My brother grain.

  • does it really matter if i spelled one word wrong as long as you understood what i wrote.

  • Wow silence during a performance at Bowery? That is rare. You can tell because when some wanker belts out, its nearly louder than the music.

    Oh and by the way, that is not a simple harmony ladies and germs.

  • that is amazing

  • they were outstanding at werchter

  • i wrote this song it's about cabbage and messy hair and broken shoes and sweaty foreheads and swishy grass and angry seawaves and lotsa beard

  • great live band, you have to see them on a festival and lay in the grass hearing them playing.

  • omg, great song and beautiful video....

    i really would like to make such good music.

    keep up the good work !

  • yessss!

    seeing them live in august!

    can't wait:)

  • Brilliant song!!

  • i want to see them live so bad

  • they were amazing at Coachella.

  • i listen to heavy metaland i dont like theese stuff but that band is rockin they are amazing really

  • If you don't like Fleet Foxes just don't get on this video. period. It's for people who do. OBVIOUSLY!.

  • you cant hate on these guys until you see them live. modern day neil young. saw them at sasquatch. AMAZING

  • I concur.

    They ARE amazing.

    Favorite band.

  • great song

  • lol @ the sound engineer putting a SM57 infront of him. This is not ian curtis..

  • I noticed that as well...However, just spotted it again at their Letterman live performance...Wonder why??

  • Maybe so the audience can see the full beardage. hah

    SM57 isnt supposed to be slobbered all over, thats why there is the SM58. They have the same circuitry and frequency response. But then again, I'm assuming Robin just asks for one for aesthetic purposes and the sound guy says "fine whatever you want."

  • It is probably his request.....Bono from u2 used sm57's to record his voice in the studio for years. It's not that uncommon.

  • Too bad they keep taking down the SNL performance of this song, which was great. I keep watching this one because it's a pretty good performance and I use it as a vocal warmup. Seems other performances are not as good recordings either. Still love the song though :)

  • That's the first place I ever saw them. I sat bolt upright from a dead sleep when they did this song. It's been stuck in my head ever since!

  • It's strange, but vocally they remind me of the band America. Same type of harmony structures. Same tone even. There's somthing else there lurking in the back of my brain, but I can't quite put my finger on the sound.

  • I agree. There's something CSN&Y-ish about them too.

  • I like this performance best of any I've found. I love the round-type harmonies at the end - that's not on the studio track.

    The song is haunting and mesmorizing. Great songwriting because that stuff's all in the melody.

  • i wouldn't go as far 2 say there unique cos theres loads of bands like this in every town pub circuit they were jus lucky enough 2 get found got some great songs tho

  • i definatly agree! just coz theyve been signed an people are gettin easier access to em dunt mean there int other bands out there doin just as good of a job!

  • name one with vocal harmonies like that. please. i can name a few, i just want to hear what you have to say

  • give some examples

  • i was only sayin there not unique i like them n thyere's not much poin't of namen any coz u'll av neva heard of them thats my point!

  • get the feeling you're full of it. there is no argument without examples.

  • alright i'll give u sum examples have u ever heard of slimpig or riotuos way? there's 2 4 ya..... thought not who in MY opinion r just as good singers,song writers, harminists as these but don't get the same recognition i like fleet fox's so i wasn't tryin 2 start an argument i was just sayin there not unique as sum1 b4 me has said i didn't mean 2 offend ur tastes

  • If you think this recording is good, listen to it on CD it sounds 10 times better, but no matter what the quality, fleet foxes always sound awesome!

  • sprout a bollock.

  • Fleet Foxes please come to Uruguay!

  • i just realised this melody reminds me of california dreaming by mamas and papas anyone else get that?