Belle & Sebastian - The Model (Glastonbury 2004)

[basko0987]

beautiful song

[zkhandwala]

Why do they always play this song so fast when they play it live?? The album version has a nice groove at 140bpm, and here they play it at 154bpm and I think it sounds awfully rushed (and goes by too quickly!).

[joebstarsurfer]

think iwas at the front .I hate everything but

belle and Sebastion are lovely lol.

[chancesare]

I'm enamored with the girl playing the string instrument behind the singer. Anyone know who she is?

[ardelion]

@chancesare me too

[sillah88]

this version is more catchy than the studio version,,i like the bass playing by stevie,,he did a lot of improvisation on the verse part..and the french horn solo is awesome,,very soft and melodic!!!!as always thanks to stuart for butchering the lyrics,,,he did a great part as a singer :-)

[tinnigeimgengill]

COOL!

[saltemann]

stevie thinks hes in oasis

[BeautifulLosersMusic]

pure happiness! As someone mentioned, they should make this into a commercial for Glastonbury festival!

[zkhandwala]

Is it just me, or do they always speed this up a bit too much when they play it live? It's such an amazing song, but it loses much at this tempo.

[psnapplebee]

@zkhandwala shut the fuck up

[Philmod68]

One of my all-time favorite B&S songs! Totally dig Stevie's bass playing on this one!

[mombus]

It's funny that any mess up in any live performance is always Stuart. The is one piano note at the beginning of the outro here that just makes you go "eek". Apparently he is just notorious for butchering lyrics at every show too. Funny as he writes most of it. Either way, best band of all time.

[psnapplebee]

@mombus shut the fuck up

[luistownmassacre]

Hmm I thought this was going to be a cover of Kraftwerk.

[psnapplebee]

@j4h0n6 shut the fuck up

[MrVitochos]

thankyou thankyou thankyou

[ericmalitz]

straight up Left Banke.

[jamiegreengy2008]

making  a new album? best news ive heard in years!

[mombus]

Truly one of the most beautiful songs ever written. This performance is breath-taking as well... many thanks from New Jersey.

[tiewebb]

@mombus I met Stuart in HMV the other day and he said they had taken 18 months off,some of them are now parents,but they are going back in to the studio in January for a new album.Have seen them about 20 times,before they made it was the best.Peace from Scotland.

[entertainer106]

I am so jealous of you. Ugh. I am nuts about this band. They're my favorite. Plus, I ADORE Stuart. I am so glad they're making a new album.

[gietzwebb]

Sorry,replied from my dads computer so user name was different.But i seen them in Millport years ago and we got the last ferry home and me and my mates got the last ferry home with them and had a few beers and a sing song with them.Hope you are really jealous now!Peace from Scotland.

[entertainer106]

Lol, you hope I'm really jealous now? That's a strange thing to say. Regardless, you are indeed lucky to have experienced that, and you're lucky to be from Europe to begin with. Also, you Scots have wonderful accents. Mine is just a general American one.

[tiewebb]

Hey,done it again,but logged in as me now,peace.

[MarcusMett]

For one from the continent: one of the most British bands ever!

[Chrickinho]

scottish

[Vaynor]

Scotland is in Britain.

[sinisterfw]

The violins are so nice, together with the harpsichordy keyboard. The flute sounds like it should sound for this song. The lead singer sings better than I was afraid of. All in all very very good. Bit of a 60ties feel in the music

[septip123]

If I were there I would have screamed, "Stewie! I'm your cousin from Central Massachusetts!"

[velouria91]

omg Stuart should flash audiences more often..

[pekoe67]

If Nick Drake wasn't so sad he'd be playing music like this.

Instead of being dead, like.

[sml200867]

Stevie is a legend

[citizenanna]

Yay Stevie!

[rosietownhill]

Nice to see Charlie, Murray, Gisela and Dervilagh on vioins :o) - anyone know who the cellist was here?

Rosie.

[Peztoria]

Awesome bass and lyrics!

[muffles36]

lucia i love you x

[pekoe67]

...and if you think you see with just your eyes you're mad...

[vinsdrums]

Awesome!

[emochuu]

I had a dream B&S came to NZ but I couldn't find the venue and I was driving all round town getting lost and worried I was missing them. Man I wish they would come to NZ. Scotland is lucky.

[Ant57fr]

Beautiful.

[Ant57fr]

This should be used as a commercial for Glastonbury. Just smiling, happy people.

[BlueyedGirl91]

Apparently you've never heard Gay country music then...

[PEIskate]

Are you serious?

[Mesouki]

shut the fuck up.

[nicck]

Gay country?I think you're getting confused with your current residence! Not that it's a bad thing, you should be proud of being homosexual, but it's not good staying in the closet...you slip up sometimes, as you can see.

[meltinghat]

you, sir, are a 'cunt'.

[zoolander78]

Fold your hands child.... was the album of 2000. I played it to death that summer.

[guiurso]

i compulsively listen to this album, still today. it's just so amazing, the feeling that every B&S song transmits is just great. i can't go by the weeks without listening to them.

[glasses92]

GO BELLE AND SEBASTIAN..and STUART AND STUART:]

[myjellybones]

does anyone know if the girl playing the violin behind Stuart is the same girl from the "wrapped up in books" video?

[qprmal]

It definitely looks like her. So I would say yes.

She's also very pretty ;o)

[CurlySardines]

Makes me wish I were there.

[flaekon]

Wow.. I actually got goosebumps watching this, and it's pretty warm in this room.

[christheking]

That's what you call commitment to Indie-Pop, wearing an anorak in the sunshine at Glastonbury : )

[secondskin08]

man...even god was watchin b&s that day...the clouds part and right at the perfect moment ...the sun started shining..have to admit here that i have been addicted to this performance for weeks now...and today was moody day for me..and this performance has really moved me in many ways ...thanx for the upload...

[qprmal]

Too right secondskin

I'm addicted as well.

If I'm feeling down I just watch this video to give me a lift ;o)

I don't reckon anything captures how a festival should be than this video.

Sunshine, great music, happy smiling people.

HEAVEN ;o)

Arab Strap at Coachella is brilliant as well.

When are they going to do a UK tour?

[SLTDestini]

JohnnyQBlaze you really are a dumbass...

Re-read what jluke69 said until you get it.

[qprmal]

A real Feel Good experience ;o)

Perfect music for a summer's day.

It's great to see a band so relaxed and enjoying themselves on stage.

I've never seen so many smiley happy people before at a concert.

This is my favourite B&S song. But I do tend to have a new one every week because a different one always seems to grow on me.

Fantastic Band!

[TheApostle45]

great sound quality, especially for a live feed. Solid upload, i wish they would come to the states again; i missed an amazing tour of them and the new pornographers about 2 years ago.

[slickysac]

still my fave b and s song

[andryum]

esta cancion entera incha po tio

[suuumi1117]

this is great song!

i love them!

i'd like to see their live performance

[tomi233]

I love this song!

[saraj12]

great music!!

[truesound24]

Belle & Sebastian....One of the few bands that makes the sun shine at Glasto'. Cheers for this......

[youreyesopen]

Stuart is way too sexy!

[biggussconnus]

I was in the crowd, right at the front with no mates. I squeezed every bit of musical goodness out of Glastonbury. Quality Line-up. I also liked the Divine Comedy on the same stage doing Queens of the Stone Age.

[Jonz87]

Just found me a new favourite YouTube vid :D

I could, and plan to, listen to this forever. Amazing performance!

[emmilys]

i really love this song, i can hear it over and over again and never get enough!

[JohnnyQBlaze]

Belle & Sebastian are badass. This is a great song, and I love the live performance. I hope they start touring again soon.

[jluke68]

You just called Belle and Sebastian badass? What an incredibly inappropriate adjective!

[JohnnyQBlaze]

jluke68 why do you feel the need to validate your lack of good judgement to all of youtube?

[dudleycunningham]

One of my favorite live concert clips of any band.

[jgirvine]

Gotta love that Bass at the start!!!!

[propolis0echinacea]

damn! there was a concert in glastonbury AND I MISSED IT!?!

[rvxdjn]

Really nice footage... amazing song, particularly the overlapping string and woodwind melodies at the end... candy to me forever.

[Wolfdylan]

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[spfrio]

It's an amazing song, amazing band, amazing audience, ... it's all amazing!!!!

[mouflonmouflon]

Does stevie look like liam gallagher, or is it just me ?

(which would explain the survival coat... must be some sort of joke)

Beautiful song, great band.

[lonrav]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful !

[chloway21]

best band in the world. honestly. Beautiful words, beautiful music, beautiful people.

[LoneConformist]

I never understood this song until I became a Christian, though it was always one of my favorites. It's about how Murdoch, who describes himself as "the model with the tragic air" wakes up to Jesus -- "I thought you were historical from all the books I've read / But I thought you could be bluffing" -- but too late to save his first love. Meanwhile, the "blind kids" have good sex at the "fancy dress," i.e the fallen physical world. Truly great lyrics.

[pantsxxl]

I was there, sunday afternoon at glastonbury, and everyones on a come-down... This set really cheered everyone up, was beautiful and happy and lovely...Best bit was in about ten minutes time when there was a bloody great down-pour, and the lead singer just jumped in the crowd with us... Nuff respect...

[sasannayeri]

I wish I could be there! I freaking love this song.

[SRodriguez82]

One of my vey favorite B&S songs! Really good preformance!

[psilva99]

Probably their best song ever, and the best live version I have heard.

[jonaza24]

Its relly good, a masterpiece, but be careful when you say it´s the best song ever ;) hehe

[keano5000]

He really didn't do the lyrics their justice. It's such a pretty song.

[ooofest]

A bit faster than the studio version, but there's much more charm in this take, IMHO.

[webuilt]

I wonder who he was winking at when he says "it was the best sex that she'd ever had". I wish it'd been me.

is the violinist behind him in the Wrapped Up in Books video?

[psilva99]

It looks like her, doesn't it?

[CaptainCurls]

they're so great! i saw them in edinburgh August 06... best gig of the year:D

[geckofeatures]

hahah so you did jamie, i was standing next to you :D hahaha

[ruth1488]

i bought fold your hands the other day.really good.can anyone reccomend more of their stuff.cheers,andrew.

[geckofeatures]

Their newstuff is still good, its just different, like most of the songs on dear catastrophe waitress are still really good, the life pursuit isnt quite as good an album but still very nice! If you're feeling sinister, is a peach of an album! basically most stuff by them is amazing! all i can say is that i think stuart sings more in tune now, as some of the earlier stuff is a bit flat. but yah! hope that helps, Lynsey xxx

[BorisDay]

Their new stuff sucks. I think they went down hill after Fold Your Hands. This is an amazing song. Great lyrics.

[geckofeatures]

stevies still on the go, he was playing with them in august 2006 at t on the fringe.

[oloranube]

Me acabo de enamorar de una de las violinistas.

[pmcv]

I like when he shows his belly.

[wieneron]

They Rule, one of my al time favorites.

But he's mailing in this preformance .

Wake up Stewart!

[rapmaster]

Thoroughly loveable.

[melocinefila]

Love this song

love Belle & sebastian !!!

[asanisinasa]

josele de valencia ,my favourite grupo sonmaravillosos

el popha resucitado gracias friends

[delgadosfan]

The Model is possibly of their best songs!

[angelesrdi]

very beautiful song

[dflhhs]

What's Stevie up to now? He is nowhere on the last two albums...Isobel Campbell...Should she have left?

[LucyStag]

Awesome! Never heard Murdoch talk before, what an adorable accent. And when he started singing he sounded more Scottish than he does in the studio...Great song. One of my favorites.

[pmcv]

Why is Stevie rockin the survival coat? I love it!!Great video--greater band!!

[Jarvisette]

I love them,I love them,I love them.

Thank you Belle and sebastian *_*

[furybug]

oh my god, i just spotted myself and my boyfriend in the crowd, at two minutes in - this is SO surreal!

[micshaz]

lol

[salinger]

nice!Thx

[kiki72]

Nice one!

[mkkd]

Stevie, are you limber? Heheh.