BRITT DANIEL (SPOON) - BLACK LIKE ME

[tineteton]

Geeze, I miss them. Can't wait for the next tour.

[streettar]

@tineteton i know what you mean. they were the deciding factor in my going to fff fest

[soundboy3]

fantastic... just him and a guitar, this could've been released as is. Amazing!

[sbu003]

I'd take care of him any day ;D

[sexiewasd]

honestly a great performance, to just pull that off, but what gets me is how great the acoustics are, and the mic, the sound is record quality.

[benbennit]

@sexiewasd It's a fantastic studio...

[rockoob]

all the weird kids up front tell me what you know you want...

[haprochelle]

how good is britt daniel?!

[robertocasitenore]

Mi Piace!!!!

Roberto.

[mrduramo]

Bad cameraman. We need to watch his left hand all the time.

[geogreg27]

Super cool song. You have a nice voice and excellent guitar skills.

(( Highest ratings ))

[ampelish]

Great performance!

[HugoShmack]

the 3 people that "disliked" this song obviously don't know what the fuck reality is.. Britt and the rest of Spoon are phenomenal talents that I feel lucky to have discovered way back when..

[1962jet]

HOLY FUCK! as good as anything that ever was

[Hail150]

I keep watching this video.... it just amazes me... 

[JustinBeachhh]

this song is amazing



[NickGarnettMusic]

someone buy this guy a drink

[Stvenray]

My cover of this song is so pathetic in comparison hah

[Hail150]

I have tears in my eyes..amazing. :) hehe

[faadia45]

LOVE IT , seeing Spoon live back in 2007 was a highlight for me.

[sloozbrystoover]

does anyone know the background music from the beginning to 0:06?

[katcomix410]

this is so frieken beautiful. it makes me want to cry :') if this isn't soul music then i don't know what it.

[katcomix410]

this is so frieken beautiful. it makes me want to cry :')

[Fixdal]

interessting 3 dislikes

[jpeesie]

wow...just wow

best band ever

[adamgibbs88]

just got into them; what a life i've wasted

[chrisfinest1]

I can't help but sing the "yeah's" and "aw yeah's" near the end, when he plays.

[magictub]

@chrisfinest1 This happened with pretty much everyone at the show I went to, and it was a special moment :)

[yurdirtbag]

i am always so happy when someone shows me something i've never seen. this is so wonderfully amazing. thank you for sharing. Spoon has been my favorite band for over a decade. They just keep getting better, every move they make.

[JamesBehrends]

Britt just fucking lays it down....every time he plays you can feel it! Damn shame they moved to portland....ohh well Spoon will be forever Austin!

[GowansMike]

One Word: SUPER F N SPECTACULAR AMAZING THIS FUCKING GUY AS SAID BEFORE...HOW?

[Momentfilms]

fucking brilliant

[beaudjangles]

i don't wanna over react to a backstage performance of the last track on an album but there was something really nice about that. I've seen them live twice this year and i have all their albums and i know how good they/he are/is. i think he's guitar playing is a real highlight here. i knew he had this performance in him but it's been captured perfectly here. well played britt.

[rcvale]

Wonderfull!!

[jelewis06]

I love this song. Eff Brad Pitt or any other man deemed "sexy" by people with no taste. This right here....is hot as hell.

[Sentraman4]

just saw them last night in denver, ridiculously good performance.

[Cryotank]

This just proves that he has talent, backstage and what a performance !!!

[rdress01]

Just saw their gig 2 days ago in Amsterdam and they are a real live band. This is the ultimate proof. Funny end conversation.."where's Dorian's?". "Portland, boot repair".

[iguanamarie]

i'm a guy who loves Spoon's music, hell yeah

[nobody3223]

Can anyone tell me the strumming pattern for this? I got the chords down pat.

[the10eyedtwolip]

@nobody3223

Strumming Pattern-

Dun dun da, da da da dun duh da - Bm

dun dun dun dun dun - E

[nobody3223]

@the10eyedtwolip I was kinda hoping for the pattern in downs and ups. But that is actually kinda useful as well.

[the10eyedtwolip]

@nobody3223

Oh haha I was just kidding around. I don't know how to tab a strum pattern I just listen to the song really. Sorry

[the10eyedtwolip]

Magic

[skylineiiigtr]

So not clever.

[gimmefiction14]

Best band/song ever. I've watched this video a thousand times, and I sit in front of my computer and play the song with him note for note. I never get tired of hearing his voice. Spoon is so underrated! Spread the love!

[dannareno]

@gimmefiction14 I've always felt Spoon was slightly underrated as well. They are such a great band, and Britt Daniels voice defines the very essence of Rock n' Roll for me.

[2Stardumb]

spoon is sooo good and they never get the respect they deserve. Great lyrics, great melody, and all out great tunes.

RESPECT

[downithaca]

Street tar in summer does do a job on your sole!

[SoFarAreWe]

soul!

[JustGimmeFiction]

the room this is recorded in sounds great, I like the reverb. great song!

[boyStaRR]

he is so sexy

[GretschG5120]

whats up with the song in the background at the beginning?

[coons7]

He's backstage a club in this -->

[NFiMB1310]

No one has a better "AAAHHH" than Britt, no one.

[rivalofnature]

This is excellent footage (considering it was hand held!) and a lovely song also. Top Bananas to Adam Buxton

[VelvetRazz]

ran into him at sxsw this year, one of the nicest people i have ever spoken with. my hero!!!

[kenderspouch]

Aha! Adam Buxton of naughty pseudonym!

Is there any chance you could stop wobbling the camera?

Lovely fella with a fine voice ;)

[themorningbell6]

it's ridiculous how good this is

his voice is perfect

[stein21xox3]

this is amazing hes sooo good just alone

[denis1wanic]

When he started I thought that he was about to play "weight of the world " from BRMC

[partypeanuts1213]

Flat Down best video on youtube... this song.... theese melodys... this one person.... this is my everything

[xanthenarnian]

Heck yeah! :)

[VelvetRazz]

Just came back from visiting Portland went to see the Walkmen and Beach House, it was one of the most beautiful places i have been to. Dorians boot repair happened to be around the block from my hotel. i couldn't believe it, Dorians a nice guy and he hooked me up with a sweet pair of boots. He also said i missed britt by a day! shucks!

[PVTSolis]

I saw the watched the Walkmen in Seattle a couple years ago. Britt was playing some small venue in a bar a few weeks after that. Fuck! I couldn't go though because you had to be twenty one to get in. I wish I had been born a few months earlier!

[gambitx4000]

ok you saved me the trouble of asking who Dorian was, now do you know who Junie is?? thank you. and what exactly is this song about??

[mykoalaz]

lol same guitars!!

[thediddler100]

what Martin model is it?

[MattJZ]

HD-35, maybe?

[cuteblackchick86]

You're cute and talented. Marry me?

[sublorange]

that's a lotta diet coke in the background.

on the up and up, however, Britt Daniel is excellent (as always). He did another acoustic set as part of a Portland, OR comp CD with other portlandish artists. He covers sam cooke's "bring it on home", I think.

[jszczepaniak]

How? Just....How?

He's talking one second, and he's just a guy. Then he opens his mouth to sing and....How?

[ianchloe]

amen, brother

[aresnalgunna11]

his voice is epic beyond scope.

[thepanamahat]

Britt Daniel is a genius.

Dorians boot repair in Portland  lol

[JICKIE25]

This is the best thing to come out of Texas, EVER!

[biorhythmicc]

if ever there was a thing to come close to making up for LBJ and modern day politics as oil lathered as the assholes that spew them out, this is it.

[ASongToPassTheTime]

I love this song, it's so beatiful :) But who is Gary Busey?? ha ha

[tromafirmer88]

I'm pretty sure this song is named after the book of the same name. Which is about a white guy who undergoes a medical procedure to look like a black man, and the experiences he had.

[whitetrashshayno]

Thank you for this.

[lizzabug1]

I wonder if he is referring to the "Map Room" in Chicago. Great Bar, check it out if you are in town.

[Jim2131]

I spent the night in the map room

[declanmacmanus]

when will gary busey recognize his illegitimate son?

[LadyFlorenceBasingto]

lmfao

[xkhangod108]

Who The Hell Is Gary Busey

[juxtachris89]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[wolfpartyjoe]

dude, i was watching point break last night. i thought the exact same thing.

[lapair]

I had no idea this song would sound so good acoustic...

[baconkingbrown]

the song is played acoustic on the record

[toomstargfunk]

Great!!!!

[andyinoregon]

Friday the 13th, June 2008 was nothing but lucky for Portland area music fans as Spoon, The Presidents of the USA and Nada Surf rocked

the lawn at Edgefield in Troutdale. Sunshine and 73 degrees made the weather as perfect as the music from three bands at the top of their

game. With a fat horn section (god bless the boy on baritone sax), Spoon sounded at times like "Honky Tonk Women" era Rolling Stones and

at other times like '80s era Madness. A live band not to be missed!

[andyinoregon]

More than a little bit of John Lennon in this kid. Will see the band tonight on the lawn at McMenamin's Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon.

[wantsarevolution]

Incredible. And hey, nice tidbit about Dorians!

[HarkWhoGoesThere]

This is better than the album version!

[juxtachris89]

so true

[lisax852]

This is so good!

[albion9876]

this is insane! how were u able to capture this work of art?

[CestKoi]

Left me in awe.

Not even when I saw spoon live was he as amazing as this.

Musical prodigy.

[theyeastinfection]

Does anyone else want to have sex with Scarlett Johansson as much as I do?

[aha45]

lol

[lab981]

Jesus.

[Graymatter305]

amen.

[aecarp]

Anyone know how to play the piano for this song? The guitar and piano work so well together.

[fearthehobbits]

His voice <3

[Heinekren]

This is really, truly amazing.

[vaughntrapp]

against the odds (because of them?) america's got GREAT bands again...

Spoon is definitely one of them.

[pixelmittens]

spoon is one of many great american bands. america has always had great musicians and bands. correct me if im wrong.

[thegorillasnake]

Well, that's true, but a lot of the time you really have to search for them.

[vaughntrapp]

yea that's true if you count Pearl Jam, limp bisquick, Alanis Moreupset, Styx, Journey, Maroon 5, Lil' Biggety Baggety Barkety Jones, Ricky MArtian, Styx etc.

I don't.

the 60's and the 2000's are the best decades for COOL American music...the others are relative deserts.

[marvcus4]

What? The 2000's? I'll give you the 60's but the 2000's??? First of all I think the early nineties or the 90 's as a whole was one of the most important decades for music period! Spoon came from the early to mid 90's douchebag, not 2000's! Also Don't hold your breath for the Hall of fame induction ceremony for 3 doors down you dumb fuck! If you dont recognize b I'll take this up with your mother later! Boy are you gonna be in trouble when she gets home!

[aresnalgunna11]

your mostly naming shit bands there. and spoons are mid 90s i believe.

[Fox09]

Anyone know by any chance what kind of martin guitar he is using ?

[milesgordon8]

It might be a D-28, thats the one i have Incredible sound.

[mike3571]

Wow! He sounds even better in person. Man his voice is POWERFUL. One of the best songs ever. I would tell people to check out my version but it'll sound like garbage compared to this. If you do check it out,keep in mind,I'm not Brit Daniels!lol

[CelebrateYou]

Thanks for posting this. I knew that there was a good reason for being alive and this video is it. I'm so glad that Britt is finally getting the fame and recognition he deserves. Thanks so much post more if you got it :-)

[aluizbsilva]

Just amazing. Thanks for posting this. Spoon is great and I hope you post the rest of the footage soon.

[bhdakanat]

is that a d he is going back up for?

[Albeleo]

In case people give a shit.

[Albeleo]

John Howard Griffin

[Albeleo]

Buddy, you rep Austin well.  Where the hell did you dredge up that voice? It's fuckin' incredible.

[Nutsngum1]

Brilliant, was at the gig at the Scala last night. I even saw the cameraman in fact walking past me several times to the smoking section. Watch the band damnit!

[MyGloriousRevolution]

wow, that's a great song... his voice is fantastic.

[DeanCrumlish]

Aw lovely, sound's brilliant. Great camera work too good n steady. Hope there's more to come!