Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass (live on Jools Holland)

[Mukikytabahju]

Reminds me of Mutemath. 

[fajarprasetyo]

like this.. :)

[offthelinegt]

Where've they been? In Canada here so don't know much of what's goin on with em

[Godislove941]

they broke up  tears!!

[tmolusable]

@Godislove941 stop crying! they're getting back together!

[nickplu]

One of the really rad things about this particular Jools Holland episode was that two of my favourites were in it: Interpol and Bloc Party.

[damisgarciag2]

Essa música é muito boa!

[asder3000]

Holy shit, this is one of the most killing awesome drum beats humans ever created!!!!!

[Cheesemaster890]

THE BASS!

[elicold]

a la sheeet!!!!!!!

[Cleiusthenes]

Gordon's got quite the fingers if you know what I mean.

[Josabeech]

Same chords as There is a Light That Never Goes Out by the Smiths, Kele even sings "Take me out tonight in the second verse", still think it's damn cool that the band wear the inspiration on their sleeve.

[TecSonido2011]

he's trying to be jonny greenwood???????¡¡¡¡¡¿¿¿¿¿

[Sacita001]

fucking matt tong!

[musiqmakesmehi]

bassssssssssssss

[Stikinzz]

@Ryoku1989 @psycho826 @imdeffbetta haha, i love how u guys are like cmn, hes not better than Dave, which is true, because that would be impossible ! :P

[89len]

its the speed they play at, first time i heard it blew my mind. one of the most under rated bands when they were releasing stuff like this

[blahblah2018]

omg, the bass line

[ShuklaInToonTown]

@storer2594 I'm a bassist and I play that way too... I don't know, it just feels more natural

[ShuklaInToonTown]

Gordy looks so interested at 3:52

[ODrMonstro]

this drummer is better than dave grohl

[imdeffbetta]

@ODrMonstro

He's great, but I wouldn't go that far... yet.

[psycho826]

@ODrMonstro hes good but cmon

[Ryoku1989]

@ODrMonstro No... He isn't, though he is good... But no...

[SpecialKtoday]

@ODrMonstro i agree. just because dave's been successful and is widley recognised, there are still loads better drummers. this guys one of them

[xpineVapplex]

where there's music and there's people and they are young and alive

[Praktical]

Why does Kele's voice sound so high here?

[wonderfulwomp]

Kele, Y U No have you hair like this still?

[pnnzr]

This song makes me emo and wish I lived in England and had a awesome hot girlfriend.

[jpmcruiser95]

i love silent alarm...

[awagamgnalaw]

@jpmcruiser95 best album imo

[dbrauman]

Le mejor banda indeed. A gret rendition of a great track. Played like they mean it.

[davitams]

La mejor banda de estos tiempos, Vuelvan a Bogota, Colombia

[punkard495]

this is FUCKING AWESOME

[MikeMcCub]

if they do make another record, they better look back at this shit. Their electro stuff was interesting but they've not done anything near as intense since silent alarm. 6 years on this song still kills all other post-punk revival

[ceejaydoyle]

@MikeMcCub completley agree dude. theres nothing wrong with a band evolving and progressing, thats whats natural and you should want, but their real skill and talent lies in this kind of hungry guitar music. they all seemed to get a bit apathetic and almost unappreciative of their achievements, so you're completley right- they need to see videos lke this where they properly wanted it and get back that hunger, i think album number 4 could be a fucking beast if they stick to their indivudal skills

[optimusprime0616]

@MikeMcCub real talk

[92screenager]

it's somethin wonderful this song, the verses which convey a sense of asphyxiation and discontent, and then that chorus with such an incredible desire of freedom...

[robbz88]

drummer is leathalllll

[SPFrobber]

this gets my vote for library of congress

[4AJWP]

They deserve so much more credit.

[BewareBigots]

I really REALLY hope they get back together soon. I have to see them at least once!

[ilovekeleokereke]

@BewareBigots check NME news under Bloc Party. Russell has announced they're working on new stuff! FUCKIJNG YES.

[BewareBigots]

@ilovekeleokereke Ah mate, you have just made my day! WOo!!

[ilovekeleokereke]

@BewareBigots tell me about it :| jumped around the house for about 2 hours.

[BewareBigots]

@ilovekeleokereke **STILL JUMPING**

[ilovekeleokereke]

@BewareBigots good man ;D

[salimiful]

@ilovekeleokereke

yeah a magazine said they will be in studio at september =D im just fuckin happy bloc party is my absolute favourite band ;D

[ilovekeleokereke]

@salimiful tell me about it, i've been waiting near enough 18 months for them to announce that.

[Cbmonn]

This is the best song to listen when your suffering from hangover! Try.(:

[loginanout]

they just made me wet ...... and i'm a guy

[SPFrobber]

294,830 views. 20 from me this week. Like drinking poison, like eating glass.

[galas062]

@blocpartyband07 easy now...don't be daft!

[MrBopkins123]

22 people thought this house was warm

[ilovekeleokereke]

my love for Bloc Party is endless. I seriously hope they return soon, a huge part of my life is missing. <3

[EdgarWaves]

the smiths omage..

[DiscoveringReason]

@EdgarWaves how is this like The Smiths at all?

[Olilovescats]

@DiscoveringReason quotes the smiths with "take me out tonight"

[IanEckie]

@Olilovescats

Do you realize how common of a phrase that is?

[ilovekeleokereke]

@IanEckie do you realise that BP's main influence were the smiths?

[IanEckie]

@ilovekeleokereke

I understand that, but please...do yourself a favor and Google in quotation marks, "Take me out tonight", and the word "lyrics" without the quotation marks in the search, and just see how many bands use that lyric. It's almost unreal.

[ilovekeleokereke]

@IanEckie yeah but still, i don't think its coincidental xD

[Renegademaster15]

@IanEckie I took it at as Smiths reference without reading this argument

They haven't hid the fact that The Smiths are a big influence

You can find a video of Russell playing This Charming Man during a sound check :)

[OU2Kast]

@ilovekeleokereke I'm not sure you can so easily say that the smiths were their main influence.They have a lot they draw on artistically. Interpol, anyone?

[TheLizGates]

It's so cold in this house ♥

[ilovekeleokereke]

3:20 onwards is just absolutely mindblowing, the riff, the timing, the rythm, how well they all sync together is just absolutely perfection. Always have been, always will be my favourite band of all time. Please come back. Music isn't the same without you.

[god0rock]

DAMN fine drumming

[audiblesilence120]

Damn good drumming

[DigoMafia]

Kele got SO TIGHT this days that he couldn't fit in a small stage like Jools Holland's one.

[jimrootmag]

i love this song. alot different from what i usually listen to. sounds great live too

[niallkeville]

ANIMAL

[FooJackit]

Now that is good drumming.

[janaeBADD]

Kele is sooooo fuckkiin sexyy!!!

[zerooperation]

kele is singing or cry??????????

[aliensrit]

telecasters

[tyson703]

Russells pedal board gets bigger with every album feels strange seeing it that small

[grungifiedtwo]

Russell and his crazy solo and his crazy like vibrating hands =D

[HuguiniNunes]

I funking love this band!!!

[AaronF526]

I did a cover of Like Eating Glass on my guitar. Check it out.

[oproski]

@storer2594 He does whatever's more comfortable for him

[VelocityEX]

@jjenkins134 kele's telecaster is doing that.

[mjnotso98]

Can't be said enough how solid a drummer Matt Tong is, really puts this band on another level

[THECLAYSTER]

@mjnotso98

Fuck yeah.

[kellytubby100]

@mjnotso98 they are all a class apart

[boyinblue12]

i love evrything about this performance. even keles dreads for some reason are making me happy :)

[Lenachh]

Russell is a god!!!!.......love BP!!!

[silentpilot10]

@AaronF526 no

[LUKAS327]

0:19 and thats why chicks LOVE bassists ;)

[punk100000000]

@LUKAS327 Good at fingering, Lmao. Sorry I couldnt resist. xD

[oxSBPxo]

@punk100000000 and not just fingering.. fingering the g string. :D

[punk100000000]

@oxSBPxo LMFAO xD I give that a thumbs up! Bloc Party Rules!

[SuperPlaylistmaster]

@LUKAS327 lol'd

[martinxlive5]

@LUKAS327 Lol is it wrong that I'm a guy and I was thinking the same thing?

[nflmj93]

@LUKAS327 lmao! i didnt get it at first

[sandia1999]

@LUKAS327 LOL

[jesskazen]

@LUKAS327 yeah I want some calloused finger touching my genitals...

[rippinthek]

@jesskazen too bad ur fat and never been touched

[jesskazen]

@rippinthek yeah I totally don't make my money off of guys that want to touch me....

[GreenFloyd12]

@jesskazen It's not our right hands that are calloused, it's our left, from the frets.

[rockon6191]

@LUKAS327 Most chicks don't even know what a bass is.

[Jassokillswitch]

@rockon6191 they dont love the bass the love his fucking fingers jezz!!!

[dan5904]

when he says "will not stop crying" it looks like he's actually crying hahaha. LOVE this band. too bad they're no longer with us.

[kernzzi]

@dan5904

they'll be back, they havent split up. on hiatus.

[bloc22]

@kernzzi I dont know about that. I was trying to stay optimistic about it, but it seems as though kele has no plans on getting back with bloc party. In a recent interview he actually bashed the album Silent Alarm said that he actually hates it. He said that he can't even bare to listen to some of the songs on the other albums as well. I don't know, but a lot of what kele has been saying lately makes it seem like he's ashamed of being associated with this band. He doesn't even own the albums

[RastaLee]

@bloc22 I haven't seen this interview, but alot of artists don't like to reflect back on their work. Most musicians don't own their own albums, it would actually be kind of conceited if they loved their own work. The guitarist from Phoenix put it best, when being asked does he listen to Phoenix albums he said "No, just like I don't look at myself in the mirror all the time." Maybe I'm just hoping they'll come off hiatus.

[bloc22]

@RastaLee I've never looked at it that way. I guess I understand from their perspectives now. Thanks my friend. Now I must return to optimism :D

[kingedd42]

i swear he says 'swallowing arse' at 1:02 . i heard this song hundreds of times and i cant tell what he's actually saying!

[ASR1927NTNP]

@kingedd42 'swallowing us'

[lolh4x]

@kingedd42 You're retarded, what else could he be saying?

"It's so cold in this house, open mouth, swallowing us"

[carl206rc]

god that was amazing I love the energy of this band

come back for the sake of god

[g8mboi]

This band is getting back together woot!

[1000rtodd]

@g8mboi well, they have still yet to match silent alarm; maybe this time around they'll do it.

[stef99991]

@g8mboi

really??

[bbayview]

Years ago when I first played Silent Alarm with sub-woofer on, Matt Tong's drums just blew my brains out (and haven't got them back yet). Wow. When I'd get reborn to Baker as dad and Moon as bro, marry me, Matt, or put the band together again (yes, I'm blackmailing you).

[richievegas01]

Thier drummer Matt Tong is amazing. It's like he's superhuman or something. Better than Matt Helders from Artic Monkeys though? Hmm, discuss. Bloc Party were pretty amazing. Be nice if they got back together.

[TheCmworld]

@richievegas01 I'm not being a downer but isn't Russel in another band Ash? They're touring. PLEASE GET BACK TOGETHER BLOC PARTY!!!! I LOVE YOU MATT TONG!! Sorry XD

[chamorrolahi]

The drum intro is fucken BADASS!!!!

[kane2200]

green days is terrible but bloc party is god-like

[Jaceaceman]

@kane2200 none of that here. just enjoy good music.

[hardkohr44]

they're not just instruments when bloc party plays, they turn into instruments of mass destruction!

[mastamynd84]

this song is amazing def feels like he was writing about my family

[12345thestrokes]

everything just feels so right in this song! the bass the drums and the guitar in the beginning is fucking sick!!!bloc party can i be your groupie!!?!?! :DD

[vanessaaa23]

the beginning of this song is fcuking great

[neilhayes5]

I think they should play it faster!!!!!!!!!

[dudeworking]

Best live preformance I ever heard of this song

[KidAlphabet]

Has to be one of my favorite live performances from them, get back together already damnit!!!! :(

[SuperArne1978]

this is music!



[ph0kused]

amazing music... but damn when they walk outta the door wearing womens clothes do they know how douschey they look?

[ktb5044]

@ph0kused do you know how douschey you'd look when i rocked your jaw? and yes amazing music.

[M10663]

@ph0kused .womens clothes?you must be from a america ...

[tshhtf]

Get a fucking haircut

the lot of you

fuck the indie kids

[teamknugg]

Fuck the British

[DaBlueBass]

@teamknugg

wtf, seriously... im Australian and i think if there's any country that should be "fucked" its the U.S.A, btw bloc partys awesome

[uuchoob]

@teamknugg fuck you.

[soldat182]

KELE NEEDS TO GET HIS DREADS BACK!!

[macwemyssTMO]

Ahhh, when that bassline comes in at the start... just amazing :)

[sequential32]

more black people should play music like this instead of those monkey-brained retarded gangsta ghetto rap and hip hop!

[gangstable]

@sequential32

do some rock history....

and anyway its not genetic that we make hip hop

thats just culture, no one chose to be white, chinese, black etc...

to think its genetic that we make hip hop is an absurdidty and theres good hip hop and bad hip hop, dont focus on the mainstream so much...

[sequential32]

@gangstable

I ddnt generalize black people, i ddnt say all black people make bad hip hop, just most of them lol

[TheMajorRolla]

@sequential32 wow because saying black people that make rap music are monkey brained isnt racist...

[ThePencilboxofDOOM]

look everyone, let's not argue. i don't give a flying fuck on who's music is better. i love it all. from Bloc Party to The Aquabats, Britain has some kick-ass music and so does America. it's no competition. we're just here because we think Bloc Party kicks serious ass

(WHICH IT DOES), and we love their music. so let's just calm down, and enjoy the music in peace.

[eatingplans]

@ThePencilboxofDOOM Your right i apologize, this song is brilliant live

[lolmayonnaise]

lol kele's face at 1:14

[BLOCkasPARTYabian]

This live version is indescribably amazing. The vocal delivery on the coda is powerful and emotional. This has always been my favorite Bloc Party song. The way Kele can mute four separate strings while playing that fast and changing chords is hard for me to fathom. I would take this musical style over anything they did after 'Two More Years'. Kele's hair looks better long too.

[wertaslopey8]

I want these days back from bloc party. now kele's off doing electro and all that.

[CaucasianTurk]

@wertaslopey8 agreed :)

[Gmoneydog360]

Ok so is russle using a digital delay and a detune pedal for the intro help plz lol I love how technical bloc party USED to be they're guitar techniques were unheard of

[peteymccrystal]

love the smiths reference. 'take me out tonight!!'

bp are perfect an dunno wat il do wen kele stops makin music. will be a sad day 4 music :(:(

[robpig90]

that drummer is amazing , i mean watch helicopter live on jools holland and youll see what i mean

[smeagol321]

@robpig90 or listen to any of their songs

[22Metropolis22]

I love the way no other band has Bloc Party's sound. They are truly unique :)

[Gellis2009]

@22Metropolis22 so important in this day and age. everyone sounds the fucking same. Then someone like bloc party comes along and reminds you what music is

[evilnarc]

He's no Hendrix but him and the guy in TV on the Radio are the only 2 modern black musicians I am aware of that don't play rap or r n b.

[Grahami90]

@evilnarc Lightspeed champion......Bad Brains.....Carolina Chocolate Drops....

etc etc etc

[MxLts100]

@evilnarc what about blues? muddy waters? buddy guy? I would consider your claim as something referring to modern music but you do also reference hendrix so w/e

[SoaringLotus]

@evilnarc yea your right there not that many black people in rock but there more than that, theres Sevendust,Lightspeed Champion, also Test Icicles so there a few

[M10663]

@evilnarc .lol what an incredile comment,just shut up already.lol!! you are a complete retard.do you even know how many jazz musicians there are that are black?lol how about howard from kse for anothr one in contemporay music. i cant even name any now because you blew my mind with your pathetic statement.

[killasmoke21]

id fucking love to be in this band man fukin awsome

[optimusprime0616]

Matt Tong is the best drummer out their now

[23HappyApples]

Sound sooooo gooooood LIVE!!!

[fireflyry]

Agreed Zack.

Such a mean drummer...then they went electro.What a waste.

[JayHated]

I'm in the states and LOVE this track...Green Day was great 'till after "Insomniac"...also, don't shit on American music if all you see is the MTV puke, as I'm sure you know, we have much more to offer...

[dejaentendu247]

You guys are morons. Bloc Party is well known in america. How do I know this? Because i live here. You can go to wal-mart, target, etc... and get their albums. And second, why the fuck do you always bring Green Day up? It's idiots like u that make them popular because you KEEP TALKING ABOUT THEM. Anyways....silent alarm was amazing. intimacy gets two thumbs down. Do you really think listening to the album 20 times will make it better. no. It just isn't good. hard to say but true.

[Megiastongi]

@dejaentendu247 No they are not sir. Green day is famous because alot of tv shows make their songs as paperview E.G---> WWE on many occasions. And how many tv shows in America use their music in a partnership, oh thats right very few. So i believe have defeated your meager interest of my comment.

[ahosek]

@Megiastongi "paperview"? I think you mean pay-per-view. Paper's got nothing to do with it.

[demfalcons08]

damnnnnnn, some sick drumming by matt tong. n Russell plays extremely fast. looks like the vid is sped up. but think dont rlly like the way kele sings at the end tho, sounds a bit weird.

[tommyldavis1]

mixed it up a bit there didnt you kele !