MGMT - Time To Pretend (Live on Late Show with David Letterman)

[FatBat3287]

fuck you tube! i can't even watch a video without it having to stop and start stop and start

[L0LWATT]

@FatBat3287 Nice internet bro

[MrMrbrunomurray]

Great performance!

[lucyfan1976]

@RyeLime22 110% AGREE.. Lets see all these aholes do their first live TV performance and be nervous as hell doing.. They need to watch MGMT thought the years and see how incredible they have become live. I have been to a few concerts also and they are incredible

[BritRock93]

the second time they played letterman they wore capes again ahahaha

[TheSmarq17]

I will love this song no matter what...but wtf were they thinking doing the whole LOTR thing? There is only one 1st impression and when you do Letterman that a big 1st. Nothing they can do about it now.

[Rmk8240]

@TheSmarq17 Now that they they screwed up letterman, it's all downhill from here. Such a shame they already faded into obscurity and had to give up music. If only they didn't wear capes on letterman. that would have changed everything.

[THEBIGBANGTHEORYrock]

0:36 What will they do with the stars?

[teasdalea1]

@THEBIGBANGTHEORYrock He says cook with the stars

[flagelentjim]

wait a minute modern music that doesnt suck? i must be dreaming

[Chacha5678]

@flagelentjim entry level alt detected

[brasiliennr1]

hah the end! love u ben

[lovelyliv2010]

the singer is cute :O

[TheBedHeads4]

@lovelyliv2010 Correction: The singer is god damn sexy :O

[lucyfan1976]

I agree with the above comment. I 'd like to see you on stage for the first time too. But lets fast forward to 2011 and they are AMAZING live. Between coaching and practice, rehearsals etc. I saw them twice now and you can not even begin to imagine how great of a show it is, unless you are there.

[ninjabrainz]

The red haired guy is Hank. He was an original member of The Whigs, played w/ MGMT, now has his own banded called Kuroma I think.

[rileymania]

I think the drummer in this video is the later guitar player. The red-haired guy must have left the band, replaced by the drummer, and a new drummer joined.

[MrPunkNGrunge]

theyre wearing capes ........... epic. win. i wish i was wearing a cape on letterman..

[Cluttr]

The red haired guy looks like one of the band members from Arcade Fire

[Cluttr]

Who is the red haired guy and where is the drummer they have now?

[theseballsforsale]

Damn, I guess being ugly doesn't matter when you're famous.

[ssskymmm]

This is new Led Zeppelin

[flipoutitsfay]

@Zimmer89TH You can't be serious! Tokio Hotel have close to zero musical talent. I sincerely hope you're kidding. If not, I feel really bad for you.

[KillingBarbies]

Light my fire! At the end

[RodgerTHEcodgeR]

Was that Emerson Lake and Palmer at the end? or was it Yes? 

[mgmtrace1]

MGMT are having fun now.

[willisaboss]

more than likely tripping balls right here

[tonybero]

those guys go through band members pretty quickly

[Zimmer89TH]

@Ryelime22 OMG, you thought this crap was epic! That is an epic fail! Sorry. Wow, here is something EPIC - try Tokio Hotel World behind my wall at the EMA's. I gave these guys a listen, could you do the same, thanks.

[andremb12345]

@Zimmer89TH

LOOOOOL are you even serious? is this a joke? really, i can't tell..

[devetstranicnifikus]

ANDREW IS THE HOTTEST THING ON EARRTTHHHH

[Sara90C]

@devetstranicnifikus it's not to brag but i have a photo with him aha :) after a show, i waited for them and i took photos with them! t

[cutupyo]

WTF BECK?! lololz.

[babeegirl002]

hahahaha oh my god. i love them even more after seeing them perform in capes.

MGMT rules. <3

[02justSAY]

I knew there was a video of them wearing capes. The Doors cover at the end.

[DarkAngelEU]

DUDE, he didn't say "a ROCK'N'ROLL' band O.O that's the first time ever I hear him not saying it xD

[diosantonino]

nice



[golluba]

i love light my fire at the end!!!!!!!!

[OztenP]

Its cool to know that Matt was always the bassist.

[ActionMan153]

@OztenP he plays everything.

[kato1kalin]

wesleyan kids to the max HAHAHA, im not hatin but anyone who knows the school will DEF agree.

[mugatuman22]

And the capes were just to show people that they don't care. Just for Fun. I like em

[mugatuman22]

Yea since it was obviously in there early stage of fame and their first Time on TV, they played poorly. But MGMT is still the best!

[sopthebiscuit]

man, if this was all i'd ever seen of MGMT i'd think they're pretty lame. they cut the whole identifying intro and eviscerated the bottom and the guys look like they're all playing with their undies in a knot. WTF

[CalitmeWhoLoveA]

that could sound so much better, in festivals and thing like that MGMT fucked all the other band but maybe in live show they don't feel comfortable.

[kasabianempire07]

Didn't know Frodo, Samwise, merry and Pippen were in MGMT? :P

[BRADLEYHUH]

@kasabianempire07 I will reach over this screen and choke you, You fucking troll!

[jamalam17z7]

.....how about that

[Reptilesmurf]

yeah........ these guys blow.

[choniz1]

From an interview "Similarly, David Letterman was left bemused after they performed the track on his late night talk show while wearing full-length capes. "He didn't even come over afterwards and shake our hands. I think everyone was a little weirded out by it.""

[thymegadeth]

they can do their new songs good live

[LarkinsiPhone]

wtf were the capes for? that was so gay

[MrKatashi1]

capes hahahah nice touch

[LNxHC]

at the end they were probably like "WHOSE IDEA WAS THE FUCKING CAPES"

[tannertehpianist]

lmao letterman's like wtf he didn't even shake their hands

[wook1ee]

@tannertehpianist

that's just because he had to end the show quickly

[jacedward]

everyone needs to stop complaining about how this performance "sucked". In an interview they said they were really nervous here, and anyways it doesn't even matter because their live stuff is pretty much incredible now. they're creative geniuses. don't mark them for one performance. jesus.

[brandyneberly]

f you fagg you try to play live in front of millions and not suck

[Coldplayer170]

these guys are good and i like them but i dont think they have a song in which they can play live and sound good and impress people..this sounds bad compared to the recording

[brintoul]

@Coldplayer170

You see the lastest show available playing Letterman Live?  You must not have. :)

[jupiter784]

@Coldplayer170 I saw them live and they sounded just like the recording on a few of them but he sort of played around with his voice on some of them too. They are REALLY good live. REALLY. GOOD.

[T0bb5]

@Coldplayer170 this was a while back. check out some of their other live stuff from the new album. andrew has gotten a lot better at singing.

[vesicantwheatdrummer]

The drummer and guitarist look different

[passiveMenis]

the performance sucked

[slideon]

whats with the capes

[lemmehollaatya]

i love this band but cmon guys, this is a totally shit performance.

[qhtrinh]

i dont understand people who say that letterman wasn't impressed... they had to cut off the intro and dave had 15 seconds to end the show. they obviously had no time for letterman to walk down and shake hands

[iLikeToDrum1]

i never realized how gay they all look

[965177]

his voice is just okay. they also look kind of like robots

[NouvelleKid]

man what are they doin there....andrew amazing

[shreadhead96]

what did he say when "well move to paris and ??? with the stars" in the studio version he says fuck, but here idk

[theboxisgone2]

@shreadhead96 it sounds to me like he reremembered at the last second that he can't say fuck on tv and just said some gibberish word.

[shreadhead96]

@theboxisgone2 probably

[CanadaGuy80]

I don't think David Letterman was impressed. I love this band.

[wapalmenjr]

i <3 mgmt. my friend thinks they'll bust out mj's 'off the wall' since it would be 'off the wall' made me wonder...

[droopy8951]

electric lady land!

[benchwarmer969]

I don't think Phish will cover this as it might upset alot of their fans. Then again, they haven't worried about that before.

[balticore]

I think this would be an awesome cover for phish. The sound is right up their ally, and it would be a cool statement on the world of modern music by a band that was uber-unique for their time.

But would they really cover a band that is still active?

[mfreemanflynn]

A very interesting point that they might not want to cover an 'active' band... What if MGMT just flaked on their next album big time?? Hmmm...

I still have some strange feeling that they might bring the 2 main MGMT guys and rip it up with them... MGMT is not on tour during the Festival8 weekend.. Hmmmm...

The sound is right for sure... It's (no offense to anyone) simpler music to pull off (especially when compared to the Crimson album) and could be a lot of fun...

[mfreemanflynn]

I think that they could cover this... Maybe the two main MGMT guys might join the boys on this one... Try to reach a new audience??? IM (most) HO...

It's possible right???

[GoStLBlues]

Please take the knife out of American Beauty......  please

[ajbellis]

UNopener for sure

[Squicoil]

fantastic album! I would love it if Phish covered it.

[oldwalruscow]

please leave brooklyn ...my hometown

[notlukemertes]

Brooklyn isn't a town and MGMT makes fantastic music

[jsen33]

this album is not bad, Phish is not going to cover it okay everyone calm the f down. They are going to TRICK everyone and keep this album up or even play the first song, then TREAT everyone to... Ill let everyone know WHEN I'M THERE!!!!!!!!!

[climber2377]

this is terrible, how did it even make the list?

[seanlyden]

Phish wont.... im thinking thriller but that might be too cliche but it would still be awesome

[91284769183246923856]

my money's on born to run or ziggy stardust

[Sojin1]

its gotten better? god id hate to see what it was b4

[pugs689]

Phish better not cover these guys at Festival 8

[collectiveconscify]

this band is so over rated.

[asiandubfoundation]

this isnt that great..capable of better like?

[locoro123]

love the music, but their performance has gotten much better ...... luckily

[jackwhitestripe14]

i love the how ben plays light my fire at the end

[zero990]

i love this performance they have gotten much better live

[Thesp88]

the bassist forget the bassline at the beginning ?!?

[radiohead00000]

dont be such a dirtbag

[victorbhoy]

becasu it were thier tv debut and were nervous