METRIC LIVE ACOUSTIC ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL/GIMMIE SYMPATHY

[crystalblutru4u]

lullaby for the disenchanted who still have the capacity to recognize wonder. how much do i love this song? how much do YOU?

[thaeasy]

even her armpit is beautiful, man ._.

[chinni716]

This song gets me every single time. Pure brilliance.

[ohlindsy]

oh my. metric does this live even better than bss does

[ibeleaf]

hey emily... "smellypwho?"

[neoisgod9]

This is by far one of my most favorite songs she's ever made with broken social scene. I love that she did an acoustic version into gimme sympathy. Beautiful

[thaeasy]

fuck, i love them. how not?

[fosterfoster83]

Not only are they fantastic... I never realized how gorgeous Emily is. Wow.

[matttaylor08]

was ben gibbard recording this video? lolz

[informalcrabmeat]

@matttaylor08 lol'd so hard

[katyagorm]

@matttaylor08 that's the first mention of ben's swaying i've ever seen. hahaha. made my day, thanks.

[LittleVideosBySean]

This is a really sweet cover... they should release it as a b-side with a single or something.

[adrocknlil]

thanks for posting. wish i was there to witness this special moment, but really glad you shared this with the rest of the world

[blahhchristi]

wow this is the best quality of this song I've heard on youtube, thanks so much for posting! :D

[Honigkuchenbaer]

You have a nice voice too : D

[TheSkyAboveAblaze]

I was lucky ehough to win tickets to their Winnipeg show after a full week of my life devoted to calling the radio station like a hundred times a day...and then using my friend's ID and altering my appearence to get into the bar - but TOTALLY worth it! They only did songs off Fantasies though, along with Jimmy playing Nobody Home. I wish they had played this song...at seventeen at the time it was truth sung to me haha. Only Emily and her lyrics could make me cry to such a seemingly 'simple' song

[SakuraMoonflower]

@TheSkyAboveAblaze .... Emily didn't... write this song. O.o She sings this beautifully, but this performance is a cover of Broken Social Scene's "Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl." O.o

[TheSkyAboveAblaze]

@SakuraMoonflower Emily is actually one of the original members of Broken Social Scene, and has been since they were founded - Leslie Feist and Amy Millan also had similar roles before Lisa Lobsinger joined them as a touring and later main vocalist. Emily writes the lyrics for all of the songs she sings lead vocals on with BSS - so while she's not singing with them here it's not really a cover since it's hers originally. She's the one who sings it on the recorded version for Broken Social Scene!

[SakuraMoonflower]

@TheSkyAboveAblaze Ooh, forgive my ignorance! XD Sad thing: I wondered why the current singer's voice didn't sound like the recording, and did genuinely think Emily sounded closer to the recording than that girl... I didn't realize the recording and emily were one and the same! Fun facts FTW! 8D

[TheSkyAboveAblaze]

@SakuraMoonflower Haha I'm sorry, that came off as kinda condescending and that was not my intention - I just know/care too much about Broken Social Scene and Emily Haines in general and I got excited :) It's definitely hard to decipher her voice in the recording though, it's so distorted. It's a goal of mine to one day hear her sing this song live then I can die happy.

[awfareen]

What did they say about Montreal? I can't make it out...

[shawnananahey]

was this in edmonton?

[vladhed]

What' s with Em's latest pair of sunglasses?

[crazynomorez]

Thank you for posting! I love this BSS song. <33