@madsketcher While I can see what you're saying, why call it "masculine" energy? Why is it that any time a woman is powerful-- in voice, in presence, in body-- they are man-like?
@madsketcher I don't understand how something can be "masculine" but not like a male. Why is being "projective" a masculine quality? My point still stands that assigning sex to personal qualities reinforces functionally anachronistic gender stereotypes.
One of the reasons I like Tune-Yards so much is because Merrill is not classically beautiful, doesn't sound classically female and is unrepentant about it. But not being stereotypically feminine does not make her masculine.
@Poprocksian Masculine just means traits typical of a male. Blame history (and people's stubbornness to change their ideals) for the fact that she fits the "stereotype" of masculine for some. On that note, I don't think she seems masculine at all -- I think she and her voice are both beautiful and raw :)
I'm not a fan of her music, but she has an incredibly diverse voice. It impresses me. And I also agree with the guy talking about how that audience was horrible. They may as well have been performing to trees.
Officially the worst audience/venue i've ever seen on video. Though they get redemption points for cheering. Just super frigid is all. Unprecedentedly so. That type of posture may *may* be appropriate for a baroque recital-not even. It must've been like playing to a room full of shape shifting iguanas who turn into humans after the song for a quick hand.
Its weird...because i don't find this musical at all. But its still beautiful, its just a different form of art, barely passes as music, but I like it(:
Feel like ive come on to a video watched by a bunch of up and coming albert einsteins lol (look at above argument) but still this music is awesome something new and fresh not like most pop shit you hear these days, love it.
@BuddyIStalking It's not even that deep! Who started this whole trend of thinking she is a guy? It has to be a fad because it is in no way rooted in reality, she totally sounds like a woman! Do they not hear the higher pitched, lilting qualities of her voice that she blends so seamlessly with the so-called deep tones?
Not being a prick, just as curiousity... are the guy on the sax on purposely off key? It sounds a little strange. On a side note, Merril is bloody genius!
i used to believe that the internet would help bring the world together...boy was i wrong...instead it has allowed every loudmouth asshole to spread his meaningless opinions without the fear of getting punched in the mouth. people make me sick. merrill rocks.
It's no fair for androgynous-looking people to have uncommon, ambiguous names. If her name was Karen there'd be no debate. It's not just the way she looks, either, she's got a pretty deep voice. Bad-ass song.
Am I the only person who doesn't see how Merrill Garbus resembles a man in any way? When I heard her voice for the first time, I knew it was a woman, and when I saw her for the first time, I knew it was a woman. I don't get it.
@edithvedder Gender stupidity is really kind of pathetic. Did YOU seriously just insult Merrill? Because that's fucking hilarious. Then again, people your age are receiving less and less education and we can't blame you for your shitty ideas... too much.
@itsokaytobeafraid Did you really insult someone for insulting someone due to their gender, then insult millions of other by saying they are not educated and saying they have 'shitty ideas". The hypocrisy is astounding and personally I'm flabbergasted at the hypocrisy that is taken place here. Your whole argument has become invalid.
@fearmakesmestrong I shouldn't have said "uneducated" as IQ has little to do with actual intelligence. Other than that I'd just like to restate "fuck that asshole" and I'm so tired of people "just joking" not realizing how pathetically self-serving they are in doing so.
@fearmakesmestrong Did you really make a new account with an ironic name to insult someone, for insulting someone, for insulting someone due to their gender.
Damn, I guess it's really just that hard to make an insult without hipocracy these days.
@itsokaytobeafraid by "people your age", what did you mean? Because if you meant kids ages 13-17 or something like that, you;re incorrect, because I agree that insulting people isn't funny, and I haven't made fun of gender, and I;m in that age group. If you're going to insult an individual, go ahead, but don't drag other people into it, okay?
this song is so ridiculous. half of me hates the fuck out of it. and the other half appreciates the fuck out of it. i just dont know what to think.
snugglebear97653 1 week ago
Favorite that shit!
mrcoreygriffin 1 week ago
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TomUK7 1 week ago
What's a boy to do if he'll never be a gangsta?
Anger in his heart, but he'll never be a gangsta
If you move into his neighborhood, he'll never make a sound, ooh!
What's a boy to do if he'll never be a rasta?
Singing from his heart, but he'll never be a rockstar
If you move into his neighborhood, he'll never make a sound
Bang-bang, oi! Never move to my hood, cause danger is crawlin' out the wood
Bang-bang, boy-ee
violetshamrock 2 weeks ago
I can't stop watching this!
laurabee9 3 weeks ago
gay
Debaser86 1 month ago
omg what the ACTUAL fuck, that middle part mustve been SO ridiculous to rehearse but it was SO perfect. amazing job. SO amazing
mikvallee 1 month ago
this is fucking sikk!
Yuppppppppppp1 1 month ago
2 saxophones? briliant!! makes me wanna rethink everything about what makes a good live band:/
sethfafa 1 month ago
That 1 Guy is way cooler. Merrill doesn't even have a magic pipe.
RichardMNixon 1 month ago
i think merrill and bjork should reproduce
bullcrab9 1 month ago
It is SO WRONG that people are sitting!!!!!!
cogitatione1 1 month ago
Dirty Projectors on cocaine?
takk78 1 month ago
@takk78 LOL!
LehEscargot 3 weeks ago
Fuckin sick!
glg20decoy 1 month ago
So COOL! Never seen/heard nothing like her.
Nickiheard 1 month ago
@Nickiheard Juana Molina.
Iwanete 1 month ago
haha IM GONNA SEE THESE GUYS WHEN THEY COME TO AUSTRALIAAAAA! yay!
raechlesque 1 month ago 2
What a piece to reproduce live. Great!
millicentbistander 2 months ago
Is that John Hodgman hiding in the corner at 1:37?
magicmike323 2 months ago
She sounds like Steve Perry when she does that man voice.
Jhensy2012 2 months ago
this audience needs to liven up a bit, if i was at this show i couldn't help bouncing around the room
MrAnarchyintheusa 2 months ago 2
her music is a revelation
ghostguy1 3 months ago 3
I really appreciate the female singers who come around and aren't afraid to express their masculine energy.
madsketcher 3 months ago 2
@madsketcher While I can see what you're saying, why call it "masculine" energy? Why is it that any time a woman is powerful-- in voice, in presence, in body-- they are man-like?
Poprocksian 3 months ago
@Poprocksian I used the term to mean "projective", not male. My point is that every female has masculine energy and every male has feminine energy.
madsketcher 3 months ago
@madsketcher I don't understand how something can be "masculine" but not like a male. Why is being "projective" a masculine quality? My point still stands that assigning sex to personal qualities reinforces functionally anachronistic gender stereotypes.
One of the reasons I like Tune-Yards so much is because Merrill is not classically beautiful, doesn't sound classically female and is unrepentant about it. But not being stereotypically feminine does not make her masculine.
Poprocksian 3 months ago 6
@Poprocksian Masculine just means traits typical of a male. Blame history (and people's stubbornness to change their ideals) for the fact that she fits the "stereotype" of masculine for some. On that note, I don't think she seems masculine at all -- I think she and her voice are both beautiful and raw :)
rhanley01 1 month ago
I think she's cute.
longestleg 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 3
she sounds like man
avalanchesoul 3 months ago
she is breaking lots of new ground
with her voice and her beat
thesquaresport 3 months ago
They're cool.
madsketcher 3 months ago
Hipster music is G00D
127miles 3 months ago
man does this remind anyone els of GENTLE GIANT?
dailydent 3 months ago
fuckin hipsters...
mrfphats 3 months ago
That was cool. Weird & irritating but cool. Maybe thats what they're going for. I like it.
cbrjoe73 3 months ago
I'm not a fan of her music, but she has an incredibly diverse voice. It impresses me. And I also agree with the guy talking about how that audience was horrible. They may as well have been performing to trees.
StaticImage 4 months ago 2
Officially the worst audience/venue i've ever seen on video. Though they get redemption points for cheering. Just super frigid is all. Unprecedentedly so. That type of posture may *may* be appropriate for a baroque recital-not even. It must've been like playing to a room full of shape shifting iguanas who turn into humans after the song for a quick hand.
I'm having fun ;)
Whitebuffaloisborn 4 months ago 3
@Whitebuffaloisborn maybe they didn't wanna interrupt her intricate looping??
rsho608 4 months ago 2
simply noise. That is all
td4uga 4 months ago
@td4uga if thats all you hear, than I feel sorry for you... your really missing out
MrRogers890 3 months ago
terrible
td4uga 4 months ago
She's a bad ass.
bobbsey1 4 months ago
She is so bad-ass.
kittenfetus666 4 months ago 39
Its weird...because i don't find this musical at all. But its still beautiful, its just a different form of art, barely passes as music, but I like it(:
jeansrlucky 4 months ago
@jeansrlucky please look up "music" in the dictionary. not liking it doesn't make this exempt.
madsketcher 3 months ago
This gives me goose bumps.
yarpyarp85 4 months ago
There is nothing on the face of the earth like a tUnE-yArDs show. Nothing. Jaw-dropping.
thelex001 4 months ago 4
Merrill is super talented and awesome. the end.
thelex001 4 months ago
can't we just all agree that Merrill is super talented and awesome. the end.
dinnerclubproduction 4 months ago
WOW!
yarpyarp85 4 months ago
Musical. Genius. She completely changes the game.
wordup63 4 months ago 24
@wordup63 hahha, way to prove how bad your taste in music is.
BigLucille 3 weeks ago
@stefanoo312
Her name is Merrill Garbus, and as weird as it is that she could almost pass for a guy the first time seeing her, she is actually attractive.
l8nighterr 4 months ago 2
Feel like ive come on to a video watched by a bunch of up and coming albert einsteins lol (look at above argument) but still this music is awesome something new and fresh not like most pop shit you hear these days, love it.
Brad3rs92 5 months ago
how can you sit down when you hear this song? THAT is invalid.
KamikazeKoala7 5 months ago
fresh air, but with a kick
ivanrayuela 5 months ago
It's cool she has a voice like that, unique
dominicdiep2011 5 months ago
im so confused about that persons gender someone tell me plz
stefanoo312 5 months ago
@stefanoo312
what does it matter?
earinsound 4 months ago
Check the 2009 live Youtube video of this song. Just as good and a little more raw.
TheCafei 5 months ago
this is ridiculously awesome.
sososophiaphia 5 months ago
is that a dude dressed as a girl or is her voice just deep?
BuddyIStalking 5 months ago
@BuddyIStalking It's not even that deep! Who started this whole trend of thinking she is a guy? It has to be a fad because it is in no way rooted in reality, she totally sounds like a woman! Do they not hear the higher pitched, lilting qualities of her voice that she blends so seamlessly with the so-called deep tones?
fraublucher 3 months ago
@fraublucher its not a fad, its just that she looks like a dude, and is sooo ugly, and has a deep voice you dumb ass
BuddyIStalking 3 months ago
to the haters: hear the death bells for your mainstream and substream music... hate it on your way out.
pyrrho314 5 months ago
In response to both top comments: WOW WHAT A GREAT SONG! :D
waytogo24 5 months ago
This is exactly how the album recording sounds - that's ridiculous!
Wheelsgr 5 months ago
goose bumps
dritty1 5 months ago
On a more relevant note more tUnE-yArD videos makes me a happy young man.
zonybenvid 5 months ago
DUDE
lucidzirkus 5 months ago
did anyone else realize that the usernames of the two top comments are about fear????
18shbohl 5 months ago 5
@18shbohl They are probably best friends, related, or it's one person with two contradicting personalities...you never can be too sure these days...
zonybenvid 5 months ago
Please tell me they have a karaoke version!
18shbohl 5 months ago 2
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18shbohl 5 months ago
She is absolutely bloody excellent.
givacluck 6 months ago
I feel real honesty from her music.... i have great respect for this woman!
cheuee2002 6 months ago
@cheuee2002 : ditto...
pyrrho314 5 months ago
This woman is a genius.
cuteepatootie 6 months ago 3
Not being a prick, just as curiousity... are the guy on the sax on purposely off key? It sounds a little strange. On a side note, Merril is bloody genius!
NighttimeBird 6 months ago
@NighttimeBird Ignore grammar mistakes.
NighttimeBird 6 months ago
Damn, why is it even a discussion. Man, woman, whatever. When did it stop being about the music.
leadersonpills 6 months ago
I love that woman.
SonicEmporium389 6 months ago
i used to believe that the internet would help bring the world together...boy was i wrong...instead it has allowed every loudmouth asshole to spread his meaningless opinions without the fear of getting punched in the mouth. people make me sick. merrill rocks.
bmbenblog 6 months ago 3
It's no fair for androgynous-looking people to have uncommon, ambiguous names. If her name was Karen there'd be no debate. It's not just the way she looks, either, she's got a pretty deep voice. Bad-ass song.
petegilbertson 6 months ago
Merrill Garbus is the sexiest man I ever saw
RoPiSha 6 months ago
I didn't think it was possible to sit so still to a song as lively as this one!
Musicasaurus 6 months ago
Incredible.
gmikey222 6 months ago
Am I the only person who doesn't see how Merrill Garbus resembles a man in any way? When I heard her voice for the first time, I knew it was a woman, and when I saw her for the first time, I knew it was a woman. I don't get it.
RaygunShaun 6 months ago 7
@RaygunShaun : agreed but I did think she was african american
pyrrho314 5 months ago
muy bueno, la voz de ella es unica; aca en chile hay un grupo llamado congreso que tiene un estilo muy parecido
ESTAYLOW 7 months ago
She-he sings awesome
edithvedder 7 months ago
@edithvedder Gender stupidity is really kind of pathetic. Did YOU seriously just insult Merrill? Because that's fucking hilarious. Then again, people your age are receiving less and less education and we can't blame you for your shitty ideas... too much.
itsokaytobeafraid 7 months ago 14
@itsokaytobeafraid relaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxxxxxxx... SHE is the best ... isn't an insult ... just enjoy the music.
edithvedder 6 months ago
@itsokaytobeafraid Did you really insult someone for insulting someone due to their gender, then insult millions of other by saying they are not educated and saying they have 'shitty ideas". The hypocrisy is astounding and personally I'm flabbergasted at the hypocrisy that is taken place here. Your whole argument has become invalid.
fearmakesmestrong 6 months ago 18
@fearmakesmestrong I shouldn't have said "uneducated" as IQ has little to do with actual intelligence. Other than that I'd just like to restate "fuck that asshole" and I'm so tired of people "just joking" not realizing how pathetically self-serving they are in doing so.
itsokaytobeafraid 6 months ago
@fearmakesmestrong Did you really insult someone for insulting someone for insulting someone?
INSULTCEPTION.
nwknwk 6 months ago 2
@fearmakesmestrong This is YouTube. Even if you win an argument, you still lose at life
nwknwk 3 months ago
@fearmakesmestrong Did you really make a new account with an ironic name to insult someone, for insulting someone, for insulting someone due to their gender.
Damn, I guess it's really just that hard to make an insult without hipocracy these days.
ZzX42 3 months ago
@itsokaytobeafraid Generalizing...clearly a display of rhetorical competence.
amarr1 6 months ago
@amarr1 Who did I generalize?
itsokaytobeafraid 6 months ago
@itsokaytobeafraid Umm, I have a question, by this comment, what age group did you mean by "people your age"?
FollowThroughSlap 6 months ago
@itsokaytobeafraid by "people your age", what did you mean? Because if you meant kids ages 13-17 or something like that, you;re incorrect, because I agree that insulting people isn't funny, and I haven't made fun of gender, and I;m in that age group. If you're going to insult an individual, go ahead, but don't drag other people into it, okay?
18shbohl 5 months ago
She is incredible. Best thing at Primavera Festival.
nalwor 9 months ago