Ra Ra Riot on Letterman 10/13/08

[CantStopWontStop19]

These clowns came to a party at my house, had no idea who they were.

[Trenchycoat101ify]

I am sorry the singer made my dog howl

[yayayayang]

sometimes, strings are put out of tune on purpose. duh

[projectmagicka]

not trying to have a go but are those strings out of tune ? ? ?



[petdaddy]

You know what I like? When people I've never heard of criticize bands with recording contracts. Shut up with the intonation nonsense. Most people don't have trained enough ears to hear or even care about that junk. I just know I've heard this song on the radio, which is more than I can say for pompous critics.

[primeDecomposition]

@petdaddy If you can't hear how MASSIVELY out of tune those strings are with each other, then you're just plain tone deaf and I would seriously doubt your ability to recognize any kind of good music when you hear it, you might as well be a cat trying to read Kipling

[alienwareify]

@primeDecomposition yeah they do sound out of tune, its kinda ugly

[TheDjilli]

love the bass around 1:10

[SufjanStevensWannabe]

The strings are awful in this recording! Intonation people! Totally dig the singer though and the guitarist's tasteful riffs.

[WithTheLightsOut]

Love 'em. They sound just as good as they do on record, if not better. The singer can pull it off just fine. WHO CAN YOU TEEEEEELLLL at 2:10,, terrific! RRR > VW in my opinion as well.

[klutz27]

Wow. These guys are amazing. I really regret not making it in time to see these guys open for DCFC.

[musiclaughtter]

really like them

[wstraino]

They look like they would go to their own concert... I hope I don't hate my life for 3 hours tomorrow.

[simensays]

what does that even mean?

Anyway, they sound great live!

[wstraino]

They were great!!!

[musiclaughtter]

i love them

[Bhopkins93]

long live John Pike.

[queenkinleypoo]

Saw these guys with Death Cab...they sound great live! Def better than Vampire Weekend IMO.

[MurphyBros70]

me too. although shitty cold war kids where there too

[Polysciwonder]

that is a sexy chello

[sandyha22]

haha..."What is that thing?"...thanks for posting this!

[orangejuicedisco]

That violin is breaking my heart

[audiovisual89]

they have a concert with regina spektor tonight, but not in my state.

argh.

[CitizenJ]

I'm sorry, but i dont think there is anything hotter than a cute girl rocking out on the violin in her rock band. thats awesome.

[insidejokr]

@CitizenJ What about a cute girl rockin out on the cello?

[mitchkav]

@CitizenJ How about an even hotter girl rocking out on a cello

[HysteriaTypeA]

Aaaaaah. Tonight at Montclair was amazing. They had such a good set.

[elvette]

They look and sound great here.

[swedeboy11]

just discovered them and I must say they are now a favorite of mine, reminds me of vampire weekend!

[bassplayah7]

so much better than vampire weekend

[Burton82190]

@bassplayah7 totally different music dude... can't really compare

[jjorrdann]

@bassplayah7 I wouldn't say better, but they are certainly very talented and I love their music!

[thefolgers]

far less pretentious. dont get me wrong i luv vampire weekend, and they really pull off the stuck up ivy league school thing really well, but ra ra riot are just some normal kids that just happen to play great live.

[alicemargaux]

@thefolgers since when are vampire weekend not normal?

[RockallProductions]

I saw them in Fredericksburg back in 07 and they borught down the house. I'm seeing them again in December.

RA RA RIOT!

[oARCTICoMONKEYSo]

They sound great live. And I really give them credit for continuing on with their music after their drummer passed away last year.

[IndiePolak]

I bought The Rhumb Line, it was so worth it.

[ndodsonbe]

Ra Ra Riot OHHH YEAH

[SaraKlumHalpertBanks]

Ra Ra Riot are so amazing live

[trance2112]

this is a cool song - definately not the recycled top 40 junk

[thewhimsicalwish]

they're so good!

[iccieulus]

Letterman: What is that thing?

Ali: Cello.

Letterman: Great!

Priceless.

[adventurous25]

amazing song new band, thanks for posting