Animal Collective - Also Frightened (8/12)

[antiirony]

imo, anco will never die

[IWantSky]

Do you ever get the feeling that Animal Collective fans have trouble accepting that their band isn't perfect? These guys make some of my favorite music (if not all haha) but there's no denying this is a crappy performance. I don't give a fuck if this is before merriweather, that excuse can only go so far.

[keyblader118]

well, the actual problem is that panda isnt harmonizing with avey like on the studio version....

[WomanWest]

jajaja high as hell!

[simontec]

the only thing wrong with this performance is the vocals being waaaay too loud. I bet they can't even hear their own singing. That's why they're so off key

[ehhsielove]

gawd I love AC, but th off key vocals actually made me cringe.

[NUDavid7]

"¿Are you also frightened?"

No.

[mushymaple]

Geo is so cool.

[111whitepony111]

yeah. i'm frightened of your god awful vocals. their cd's are so great though...

[Badman2123]

People saying this is bad...stop listening to animal collective because their earlier shit is even better than this.

[platypae333]

2:23 found Geologist!

[Skyfinity]

The fact that they are an excellent band is not really disputable... but it's pretty obvious they were totally having... one of those days.

[Mrbananers1]

man this is bad for the standards of animal collective. I love them but the vocals are so off.

[psalm6teen]

wow avey tare looks baked!!!

[buttaflutta]

To those complaining about how they play this song here, shame on you! This video is from 2007 which likely means this is a very early version of the song they were still working through... It's one of the best parts of their show, to hear unreleased material!

[nenicio]

terryfing



[mavis7355]

Is this only avey and panda?

[BrezHurley]

yeah this is horrible compared to the recorded version

[BardoCadu]

I love this song... But that's the way they play it live? Such a fucking crap! I'm just deeply disappointed... Hope it's not the unique version of it... In fact the trouble was on vocals... the rest was quite nice...

[schmitty3]

@BardoCadu such a fucking crap!

[BardoCadu]

@schmitty3 sorry... I didn't get it... did you agree with me or not?.. hehehe

[TrophyBass12]

@BardoCadu Haha yeah, frankly, I think that at the smaller shows they just stop giving a s***.

[EnokiSkai]

@BardoCadu Yeah the vocals are not good live...

[Jen4682]

@BardoCadu I totally agree with you... this is one of my favorite songs of all time. But, WTF??? Deeply disappointed totally covers my reaction. I don't care how long before the recorded version. Crap!

[yeahyeahyaha2]

@BardoCadu well man look at the datem this if from 1 and half before they released merryweather and 1 year and a half before they finished the song

they haven't define the vocals totally,check out the other songs from merryweather from this gig and you see what i mean, not even the music is 100% finished they were still figuring out how the song was suppoused to be

[shurikenspyder]

@BardoCadu

bro this was way before they developed the song into the track we know it as on Merriwether. this was 2 years before the album was even released

[Amandabearish]

aww.

[erule92]

usually they are better live...

but for some reason, i think this guys were on something this night....

[chocosushi3]

where's geo?

[theocruz02]

This version is a piece of shit

[schmitty3]

oh me to baby

[orbaddict]

Crazy, I was passing through St Louis that night & went to this show. Thanks for posting this, now I know what it was I couldn't see from where I was standing.

[xAUCEx]

i love animal collective, but i would never pay to see this.... studios are MAGIC nowadays

[skibopwns]

you can't say you love animal collective and say you wouldn't pay to see them.. that's a complete contradiction of your statement, "i love animal collective". fucking chode waffle

[Underhill182]

I dunno. I love Brian Jonestown Massacre and don't intend to go to their next tour, just because i have doubts about their consistency. It's true studios are magic, but Animal Collective can replicate their studio sound and even improve on it in a live context.

[chandru1103]

the entire philly show his light hat was our spotlight...acouple of time it blinded me...sucker was bright.

[VeryAmpersand]

I float in the melow that is this song.

[thegoodsteer]

this is from 08 still, when they play it when I last saw them (May 09) it sounds almost exactly like the studio version. they've really nailed many of their live songs on the current tour.

[SamuelMaglor]

actually I believe this is from the 2007 tour... they didn't play also frightened during the 2008 tour and only started playing the album version in 2009

[TheInterstate8]

Where is Geologist?

[mysticsack]

this is my favorite song but it doesnt sound as... right here

[todayspigdotcom]

apologies, but avey is just bad.

[CJman327]

AC's the shit, but the studio version of this song is about 10,000 times better than this weird, live version. It's waaaay too echoey and odd, like they were on acid at the time and they thought this sounded amazing. XD. It's a little spacey cool though, I guess. Once again though, AC IS AMAZING so don't get me wrong. I'm just not a big fan of some of their live stuff.

[streetlightkid72422]

I'd have to say this song is the most pleasing in its album form. However, that being said, when I saw them play this I was honestly a little scared/uncomfortable. And I think the fact that the song could have that impact makes it awesome.

[xero1391]

i whole-heartedly disagree mechanimal. the harmonies on the album version are way better. this is still good though.

[fistcuffs]

i wish i was seeing animal collective and deerhunter playing somewhere in a huge field with speakers built into the ground.

[anewyorkthing]

i like how on the shot of the crowd from behind, you can see everyones heads moving in the darkness

[mechanimal85]

the new performances of this track aren't nearly as interesting as this

[schmitty3]

really?

i havent really heard their sets since mpp came out

i heard blue sky, that track is amazing

[blargsauce]

Animal Collective chooses to make music with interesting melodies, which I really enjoy. Some of these melodies are more challenging to sing because they are so different. That being said, it's really hard to tell in this recording if he's not hitting the notes or if the song is just so different that its uniqueness causes that jarring feeling that I'm getting from listening.

[crimsonknuckles]

It has to be tough playing music like this on a tour where you play it every night almost

[ofarevolution441]

this got so much better.

[pagonzalez1983]

wow... avey is not a good singer. i've seen them before live and i think they've gotten worse. still one of my favorite bands but certainly not because of their performances...

[schmitty3]

dave is a great singer

[alphadude500]

yeah why the fuck are you listening to his singing ability it's the music, dumbass

[nissanzfanatic]

Are you serious?! I think they are still just as good. Best band ever in my point of view.

[hahahacoolbro]

agreed!

[WhaleRider86]

my favourite from the new album.

[manilakila]

This just doesn't sound good live. At least this performance.

[capnlunatic]

it sounds different, but definitely good

[employementrelations]

they look real exausted

[middlenamedrae]

i wish i could have sex with this

[TheKarmaPolice113]

wow, this is fantastic! do you have the full concert video up for downloading anywhere? great quality all around.

[schmitty3]

just search google for "Animal Collective live at the Gargoyle, St. Louis, MO 9/24/07 torrent"

[tarsier70]

ah i see

[tarsier70]

also known as "the dreamer" where did you hear that from?

[schmitty3]

i was labeled as the dreamer on a bunch of live boots i got of them