M.I.A. - Paper planes en Letterman

[SoFarAreWe]

santogold in the backround??

[PugsForties]

this sucks so bad. This reminds me of the Napolean Dynamite talent show

[KerouacAndCoke]

Why the fuck would they censor the song without telling her?! Western TV suckkkksssss. I feel sorry for Maya. =(

[OnMeds1]

@KerouacAndCoke it was three years ago mutt, I think she's over it

[killerlop3000]

@KerouacAndCoke fucking USA censor everything fuck you USA cersor UFO as well

[ChibiK1tteN]

Stop Fighhhttiingg pleeeaassseee.. :{ "passes the weed"

[buckstoneboy]

PISH

[12345random67890]

Her albums are so much better than this, and she's so much better than this live: the vocals are so badly balanced, and how dare they change the song. Urgh.

[lasagna47]

can't hear her that well....

[Tukker74]

Haha, when the first gunshots are "fired" you see her looking back, you can almost hear her thinking WTF?

[IzzyIsou]

This sucks. She's all about fashion.

[Ch0irB]

aaawww man!!! her performance went ALL wrong lol.

[thisisthemario]

this is a complot against M.I.A!

she is cool this is not her :S

totally...

[mantra3000]

Errmmm... Yeah I guess it's cool since she's anti-stuff. Not a very hard worker though it seems.

[whothewu]

3:30 Did she flip them off?

[zeronova77]

God this was fucking awful

[telephonepaparazzi]

i love her clothing. (:

sometimes she has so colorful cool clothes..

[GraffitiNano]

The gun shots sound like a bb gun shooting paper.

[TheMetalMachineMusic]

HAHA what a shambles!

[kristina1097]

this performance was a little boring but love the song

[IExposeMormonism]

Are those UPS suits on the girls?

[CassG08]

@IExposeMormonism "we pack and deliver like UPS trucks" I'd say yes :P

[liam13coins]

Its New York! Couldent they get someone off the street to fire off a real handgun?

F U Mayor Bloomberg.

[gabifeliz]

Ridiculous censorship

[kobaltblue2]

lol if you didn't know the song and that she had to cover up the "murder" line because of censorship, it almost looks as if both her and her backup singer forgot the words. Real shame.

[juju6018]

i wonder what happened at 2:55, that part where she says some some some I murder some a some and so on, she looked like if shes like fuck they already fucked up my performance fuck it HA

[MakeupMr]

lol wtf why are gunshots bad lol

[zkhandwala]

Agree with silentthriller. Can it be that M.I.A. is really this horrendous live? Is there a halfway-decent live clip of her anywhere on YouTube, or is she simply a studio-manufactured product?

[iambeetle]

what the fuck? so the DJ's role is just to cut out the gun poping sound and fill it with electric snare sound?! Seriously.... stop pretending that you are scratching then!! gosh...

[vim92]

@iambeetle

no the dj really was scratching, they made him censor the gunshot sound. you can see MIA turn around in shock when she first hears that the gunshots have been censored.

[outofnowhere]

all i wanna do is pop pop pop pop and pop some pop corn

[silentthriller]

Her music's not bad, but man, her live performances are garbage.

[browny174]

booo, they made him censor the gun shots I guess.

[amexnamedluis]

1:17 she turns around and looks at the dj like wtf is that? 

[wavykids11]

cool song

[IgorLueska]

damn, she's great!

brilliant song

[streethassled]

Joe Strummer!  Listen to the CLASH for the original!

[maquilu]

mia live sucks! i love her musik but this is trash! sorry, babe!

[ListenToProphetSix]

why did they repleace the gunshots with that dumb pop noise? she obviously didnt feel the sound...

[PlatinumHearts]

@RizzoyIsABoy LOL!

[rickylain]

Her dance sucks.

[tubbymctubsta]

I love when she flips everyone off at the end. Love herr!

[marcclover]

Tbagging slut

[zilezephane420]

i like the song. i think street sweeper social club performed it better! check that out!

[tjchase92]

ahahha wow this performance was horrible

[buttmuffin1014]

alllsooo this whole video just looks stupid

[buttmuffin1014]

i think she sounds bad and fergie soo did not copy her

[devote]

@buttmuffin1014

No fergie didnt not copy her and if she did

it was done badly

no Fergie was there to fit as product place

for BEP

which were a great group before she decided to

show up and throw all the soul and fun out of the group

[only1monk]

IF SHE HAD ANY TIES TO TERRORISM THE FEDS WOULD BE ALL OVER HER‚JUST LIKE THEY HAD PUBLIC ENEMY UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THE 80s AND EARLY 90s.

[bosjamez]

m i a rules!!! awesome song

[DRUMKIND]

VISAS IN MY NAME?? by a hairbreadth

[infernalpact5]

quit stealing from the clash, slut

[soupy2]

she just had to include a black chick to ghetto it up

[cypressthevires]

I like her. She does have a swagger out of this world. I hope to her more from her

[JohnnyNZ100]

she is my idol and fcuk ppl who think shez a terrorist

[zoucoli325]

one minute after m i a i could be grizzly bear lol i like letterman show

[MrRadioRage]

at 2:55 She forget her part

[ayyysnook]

lol i dont think she forgot the part. i'm pretty sure david letterman wouldnt appreciate her saying "some of them i murder & some i let go" its still a family network. sounds like she was censoring a little bit like they censored her gunshots

[binni107]

Nooo, she didn't , They censored that Part besides the gunshots. :-)

[OnThatPowder]

LAME CENSOR!!! Shoot these assholes

[ikikage99]

She's one of the few artists that actually sounds the same live, and still sounds great! And gunshot censored....Gay.

[nmhornd]

LAME! They cut out the gun shots! Can't make the people at home scared! The beautiful singer had gun shots in the song! Oh no!

[sparda9060]

haha man in the US censorship is soo fucking retarded. I mean they act as if gunshot sounds is not something so common in the US. They make it as if when people hear it people would get killed by it or something. Dumbass logic i tell you. That shit sounds like BB gun shots lmao... ruined the song.

[333sk8rkid]

@sparda9060 i know rite! its not like n e 1's gonna die listening to gunshots. the orignal gunshot didnt even completely sound like a gunshot. there's good censorship and bad censorship, and i bet we all know that this is bad censorship

[southhampton91]

What a hot UPS worker! Could she deliver herself to me pls....jk!! She's insanely talented..

[hil333]

"Straight to Hell" is a great song

[hsfs07]

I like dis lil bitch she's cute her style is so different but i still like it

[ryankhan11]

WTF WITH THE FUCKING GUNSHOTS, she picked it up tho good on her :D

[SomasTube]

Yeah but the Clash has never been so HOT!! Should have got her in the band!

[0Airan0]

1:16 M.I.A. becomes to ---> P.I.A. (pissed in action) LoL

[xXCuBaXxXx]

was she dancing or having a seizure?

[squeakysneakers]

i like how they changed the gun shots, and then she's all "...the fuhh?" obviously done without her permision

[supafly345]

I like this song, and like it even better on letterman.

[melanie1393]

If you notice she looks back when she hears the fake gunshots. Thats so messed up!!!

[ChinkieChase]

@melanie1393 I know right! The gunshots arent suppose to sound like that at all lol

[TattooedEarth]

@ChinkieChase I laughed so hard when she looks back after hearing the noise hahaha

[German19Girl]

That's so stupid how they took the gunshot out... like wtf? What next?!

[chekkitProductions]

censorship sucks

[newtubetubetube]

@chekkitProductions What censorship? It just a lame song on a lame show.

[chekkitProductions]

@newtubetubetube the gunshots are changed for the performance.

[newtubetubetube]

@newtubetubetube That is not censorship, it is simply a screw up. Why you attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence?

[tk0880]

@newtubetubetube First off, you replied to your own comment. Fail. Second, this was censored. There are two versions of the song-- one with gunshots and this crap during the chorus. Like the other poster pointed out, look at her at the start of the first chorus, she is like, wtf? Plus her moves during the chorus were suppose to be her poppin off shots which now, because of the censored version, she was unable to do..

[newtubetubetube]

@tk0880 First, learn how to follow thread. Secondly, fuck up and bad audio is not censorship. She was "like WTF" because she is a unprofessional skank that did not proof the audio before going on stage.

Stop been a angry teen that feel persecuted all the time. There is no censorship. It is only a lame song or a awful show. Fuck off!

[tk0880]

@newtubetubetube No, first off learn how to reply because you replied to yourself. Second, don't assume my age. Third, if this is a lame song on a lame show, why are you watching it and commenting? What does that make you? Fourth, learn proper grammar usage. And finally, stop trolling and get a life. 

[newtubetubetube]

@tk0880 said "And finally, stop trolling and get a life."

LOL. You are funny scruffy. If you had a life, you would not keep returning here. You are wasted as anyone else. Be honest with yourself.

[Kainisskate]

wtf was tha dance she did at the start lol

[Devilzwishbone2009]

She cant perform live, i appreciate what TheCelloThatCould said, but what people do is compare it to others who can perform live, there is plenty of others who are able to maintain 80% of the quality she doesnt do it :( other than this the song is good, good beat bit weird on the lyrics even though she explained shes reffering to the life in 3rd world countries and survival

[TheCelloThatCould]

do you guys realize how hard it is to do a live performance, and sing, and dance? at the same time, you get out  of breath,and still have to sing, its really hard, she did good.

[iEiry]

hmm... not the best performance i've seen, but she can do better than me

[CANiCAS1015]

Did You Know That M.I.A Is 32 Years Old?

By The Way Her Porformance Was Bad.(:

But I Still Like The Song !

[vivaJoyDivision]

qe sexy es ♥_♥

[megamaid666]

shes singing along with her own track....now thats talent!

[lillypoopyvilly]

she sounds really bad live XP

[doksekko]

Shows you how far studio magic can take ya...this is a terrible performance

[mattapee]

MIA sucks cock, learn how to sing and dance you english fuck.

[ahgnfjie]

she's very cute :D

[eddieyyy3]

hahaha....i think she's wearing a UPS uniform....cause in the song it says "we pack and deliver like UPS trucks..."lol.

[jenene84]

yep...lol

[robbywood450]

She sounds like ass.

[robbywood450]

What the hell is she wearing? What a dumb slut.

[spartaremix299]

ahaha, wow, she looks better in her music video, haha, hes afraid of gunshots, faggot letterman.

[shungangrockstar]

lmao!! buu7899 good song xD

[musicl0ver200]

I don't think people would freak out if they heard the gunshots in the song unless it was their first time hearing it lol

[vunitaudri]

coulda done better i swear... smh

[hpfan4lyfe31]

screw you Buu7899, MIA tells the story as it is

[azukax22]

her voicee is terrible!! but its a good song

[Julissa199228]

I LuV maYa ..!the CoolEst pErson in the planet.!

....So prettY!. amazinG sonG!!..

[bongoo93]

Buu7899 is right i dont beleive that dumb bitch she looks like a man and and she cant sing the only cool thing in her song is thah music cuz its trippy and why does she give the audience the finger in the end after her gay peace sign

[Buu7899]

i hope you all know what that song is really about and that M.I.A. represents the LTTE....look them up ....they are a lovely terrorist group hahahhaa..also look up MIA paper planes diss by DeLon...he puts it in a good way....remember they are "freedom fighter" ... yea right... some some some some are murdered....some are some are let go...... piracy pays for their terrorist group too.....so alls they want to do is boom boom boom boom...kaching ...and they take ur money....hahhaa...

[jusjamz06]

lol

[coolwoman27]

BAD SONG! Kids these days will fall for any shit!!

[Pocketrocklife]

THE NEW PAPER PLANES DANCE... click my youtube name to check it out.

[puppyblu76]

crack is rite i mean she all walkin in like she was drunk then when the gunshots happend she look all scared

[verogonz09]

she must have been on crack....

idk what she was doin but i love this song

[Andys94]

røvkjerringer hater dere fuck letterman

[Mickalacktick]

I am waiting for Ashton Kutcher to come out and tell the audience they have been punk'd?

[skystar1984]

stupid shit..

[boomachine1]

fucking FCC

[prince49]

WOW, they tamed the gun shots audio... damn

[trulady619]

M.I.A. needs a better B.O.D.Y.

[mcrXninjaXyo]

Good song, the performance was pretty lame though

[lurker696]

did the producers make them change the gunshots to sound like nerf guns?

[yu2be07]

No wonder she stuck up the finger at the end...They totally muted her microphone from 2:55 to 3:05.

Lame censorship...ruined the performance

[Ian35467]

perhaps its just shite!

[dustycool66]

did she give the finger to someone at the end of the video? it looked like her hand was blurred out...

[xrubypazzx]

LOL, she did stick the finger, maybe to the camera ppl..?

[dodemonkeydo]

ok first of all - that's a samped gun shot he's scratchin. no, it is. and second she's pretty aware of that coming. please...

[Nata16Lop]

i would have said fuck you letterman and walked of the stage

[sweettooth3700]

haha...yeah Ringo Starr never went on Regis and Kathy when they made him shorten his 4 minute song to 2 minutes. yeah like and it was right before the show, too...ha.

[mwbamw]

low b!

[indo3000]

low b is the dj... not sure why people neged this comment

[mwbamw]

yea cuz ppl are stupid

[mbommari]

maybe they thought that people in the audience would think it was a real gun or something going off i don't know.

[nomotion2005]

I heard that he messed up the song but i didnt hear it till now....thats horrible..(-_-)

[Blahyork]

I love her and her music sooo political.

[bornography]

1:55-1:58 = Best Part

[ZoomZip]

those popping sounds sounded pretty bad with the song.

[jerkface114]

ugh. i love mia but letter totally crapped her over on this. would've been a great vid

[Dude421]

yeah, they thought that guns going off was offensive...or something...

[pigsaysmoooo]

she's all like WHAT THE F?!

they really shouldnt have censored her music! letterman doesnt even come on until 1130 or so, so whose going to be offended by gunshots? 25 year olds? i dont think so! :D

[Dude421]

yeah seriously.

[rythimjon]

i know its dumb but letterman and cbs are paranoid about ridiculous "decency rules" on tv since the half-second janet jackson super bowl

[Atemporal]

She had such a WTF face.

And with reason, it's all about integrity, and they didn't even informed her about the changes, so shitty.

[cutter1863]

I'm in love with her. She's so f'n crazy.

[prettyasfuck]

Los gingos son la raza mas idiota del universo. Censuran all the wrong things.

[OriginalG516]

I feel embarassed. It's just a noise. Looney Tunes uses gunshot sound effects and we all love it. It's like they don't care about the context or anything, they just don't want you hearing what a gunshot sounds like for some reason.

[bebekangel]

No kidding. And this is late night tv, it's not like children are watching this. But cartoons? Oh, that's fine. I love Family Guy, but they get away with Peter shooting Meg, why can't MIA have some gunshots in her music?

[Joystar234]

i heard the gunshots left her surprised i thinks that's bulls**t! music is art no one would like it someone painted a smile on the monalisa it's the same way with M.I.A's music

[obviousypc]

Well, I wouldn't compare her to Da Vinci, but I see your point 100%. At the very least they should have informed her "This is what the network wants us to do. Sorry."

The DJ looked like he was afraid he was going to catch hell for doing it, because he would have HAD to know beforehand to rehearse.

Not cool.

Reminds me of the "don't say 'higher'" shit Jim Morrison ignored on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Censorship is for the weak.

[rythimjon]

you vote for censorship and strict fcc rules every time you vote for a republican- overseas they don't know what a "bleep" is

[cricket801]

So bizarre...there are gratuitous displays of gun violence on network tv all week long and yet the sound of a gunshot is censored from a song whose message puts gun violence into a relevant global, social context. On top of that they sent her out without a heads-up that the sound effect was pulled. not cool

[JRock005]

LOL UPS Outfits...And she looked pissed at the DJ for editing the gunshot @ 1:15

[MichaelRox4770]

Shoot. She was pissed.

I think she rehearsed with the gunshots but then when she did the show live, they changed the sound to the popping sound.

It's so stupid.

[chasedolan]

that is so gay they did that to her

[AtomicFall]

Hahaaaa...She totally flipped them the bird at the end. Nice.

[peterfilms]

Well finally somebody got it.

Chek the "Paper Planes World Version" video, really cool shit!

MIA ROOOCKS!

[FlyingKitties]

yea god forbid we hear gunshots in a country that makes owning a gun legal. idiots. we should just own up to the fact that this country embraces killing machines.

[orangeunicorn]

Yeah, like knives, abortion clinics and cars, and...We just can't get enough of our killing machines. Guns don't kill, irresponsible idiots do.

[seanjerome]

One would have to expect that sort of thing on the big networks. It's cool that they put her on, but what's the use if they are just going ruin her act? The booking people and the producers or directors should go to the same show meetings.

I'm showing my age here, but I can remember when Letterman used to be the coolest show on television. Now looking at it, it seems out of touch.

[josephgranja]

OH MY GOD I LOVE M.I.A.

[kookoobananas14]

no she didnt know

in the sound check they let the gun sounds

you can tell she was surprised she turns around as soon as she hears that it was censored, and you can even tell by the way she performed and her face taht she was surprised and upset

i would be too

i cant believe they censored it

it pisses me off SO FUCKING BADLY

such BS....

shes amazing and she actually has songs that MEAN something and actually make me THINK and INSPIRE me.

[GroovyGuy22]

i love the gold shoes!

[HighBrowMarxistWays]

ah i see.. i just realised at the end they omit the "some some some a some I murder, some a some I let go"

[sherrinator]

what a fuckin load of shit. MIA could shott my balls off reload then take the cash out off my brutalized sack and i wouldn't even be offended! serious!

[pirulina1234]

what the heck it's wrong with TV[omit]?!

they show crappy tv programms but censored gun shots?? WTF!?

[2base]

LOL

[gericosasdementa]

assholes, wtf, they censored it thats why she has a weird look on her face, idiots!

[VacantMinds]

confused look at 1:13

[swimminglyfilms]

is she lip-syncing?

[haych83]

Nope.

[HighBrowMarxistWays]

i think its pretty obvious that she didn't expect the censoring...see the look of confusion. this totally ruins the song if you ask me. censorship??? violation of the first bill of rights!!!! if it wasn't so imporatant why would it be the first amendment??? "Thankyou for censoring this. Please can MTV also arrange for the nipples and vagina to be painted over in "The Birth of Venus"? It would make my fragile little mind stop hurting so much. "

[ThrownMuse]

actually, she knew it was going to be censored. I saw her open for bjork and that night before she played Paper Planes, she mentioned to the crowd that she was debating whether to do letterman because they told her that she'd have to have the gunshots censored. the crowd went crazy when she played the song, and after she said 'screw letterman!' or something to that effect.

[missgolightly44]

where did you see M.I.A open for Bjork??? those are like my top two favorite artists and saw them both separately but both in one night would be my exact definition of heaven

[HEFFAASS]

FUCKIN HELL HAHA SHAME

[biapattoli]

"paper planes - letterman remix edit"