The Kills - Black Balloon (Live on KEXP)

[balthuskingofcats]

Se equivoco esta niña en la rola... Chale, ya ni modo... siguele tocando jaja



[LastPhake]

@plastictoysoldier

Hofner guitars...

[IbrahimJason]

itd be great without that constant fuckin clapping

[citrix99301]

I like the lead guitar's tone and style. And her vocals are pretty sick.

[sosamarshall]

its funny when a band does something, good or bad, there are a million idiots out there trying to tell you there is something better and that you don't know shit because you listen to whatever, when EVERYONE liked the Offspring at one time or another

[ghostpowerful]

it would be cool to see the Kills, but, in the meantime, check out Ghost Power!!!, i found them awhile back and hope to spread the joy

[Fyst67]

Goo goo dolls - Black balloon :)

[plastictoysoldier]

Wow! What guitars are they playing??

[thriftaudio]

lolol looking back and reading the conversations between people who argue on YouTube....

[TheBCmusicuk]

I would love to have a jam with The Kills.

[ROCKSOLID36]

she even looks beautiful with a pimple.

[AmberAlene]

I would kill to see these guys live.

[wsjiii]

Sorry, Monster Magnet wrote "Black Balloon" and it's ten times better.

[funkycinds]

je ne me lasserai jamais de cette chanson. 

[musiclover2161]

the clapping ruined for it me. otherwise f*ckin great performance.

[ADAMROCKS5]

@musiclover2161 I totally agree its far too intrusive.

[lwhatever2]

I wish I was VV microphone.

[fxjdghd]

Shes not that bad looking

[057doyler1]

she has one nice guitar!!!

[MikeM0ll]

sehr geil!!!

[metalbassist54]

I like how they use a drum machine or whatever. Its just kool how its just them :) I LOVE THE KILLS

[Xavi827]

whoever says the kills are better than the killers deserves a medal and a ribbon and an award for seeing the truth

[PixieLover908]

strange, to see allison stand still during a performance

[hvolaf009]

Klasse, Klasse, Klasse !!!

[LewisShooterMcKay]

got to see these guys live with Racontuers before the Dead Weather were a band, SUCH a good show!

[nevermetpolly]

This song Kills me!

VV Hotel 4ever

[Bubbamiester1000]

wwwwaaaayyyy better live yall

[02jnice]

Check out Love Darling's cover of this on my page. I love the Kills and LD def has my stamp of approval.. See for yourself. xo ;)

[Crazelord91]

Im conflicted bc ths is a really good song bt it shares a name wt one of the best songs of all time black balloon by goo goo dolls)

[butteryassryan]

I want to be in a simple band like this.

I am by all means not calling them simple though.

[charzzz123321]

who plays th drums?

[bunnykingIII]

@charzzz123321 it's a drum machine

[PixieLover908]

@charzzz123321 a beatbox

[liamdabee]

thumbs up if u like waffles

[rodsaf]

cant compare the kills to the killers !! NEVER !

i ll be watching the kills live next week !!! cant w8 =]

[julewful]

i watch this video with the original song.

love it <3

[spideridiot]

I wish she'd sing like this in concert. She always screams but her clean vocals are beautiful

[theotherspice]

@spideridiot she used to sing like this live but after the dead weather she got a little louder and um more aggressive...she tones it down sometimes, I think she's starting to realize that the vulnerability is really important for Kills songs

[konerak9]

BOOOOOOOOORRRRRIIINNGGGG

[leerahb]

I like this

[flo15jo]

We have tickets to the O2 Brixton, December 3rd! I am SO looking forward to it!

Hey, if Mr Hince is 45, then he's looking good. They are adults - we need more adult music. And I don't care how old Alison is. She can strum my Hofner any time.

Oh boy, I am going to get in so much trouble for that ....

[xxxyourxxxyouxxx]

Even way better than the version of the album!

I hope i will get a opportunity to see them performing anywhere. I am just beginning to discover these fine artists. Very late i must admit to my shame. But I am glad that i did at last. Very glad.

[BarbarianDragon]

for being like, 45 years old, Hotel is quite a handsome fellow

[Smith000006]

This chick sounds quite a bit like Brode

[ya9Katarsis]

i really love Alison's hair all over the headphones. So chaotic and she doesn't give a fuck but still as sexy as it's possible.

[Deslovesmusicc]

I love how unlike so many other female musicians she doesnt need makeup or some ego to be incredible,just talent & passion

[seamonkeyguitars]

@Deslovesmusicc plus, she's fucking beautiful

[Listen2music420]

yes

[gamehost123]

SHE IS SO HOT

[ludvik199t]

jamie hince is so fucking cool in this one. Love his guitarplaying!

[ILoveKoolMusicDude]

Fantastic!

[opolopp]

wow, this is really amazing <3

[beccalincecum]

did they lower the key? It seems lower. 

[tomallennoel]

@JRFox092 you're an idiot

[soccerlu08]

they are so good live!

[JoshuaRFox]

whoa, i just figured out what those black boxes are, its like a recording bow that holds everything from their MPC-60.

[BrendanJLau]

@JoshuaRFox but it triggered jamie's pog at the same time. how?

[JoshuaRFox]

@BrendanJLau whoa yeah it does... it's magic i think, or maybe it's got a connector switch to like, the pog and their Mpc-60, hmm. I don't know.

[kooldawgdizzle]

The Kills are way better The Killers.

[LaLolaBonnie]

@kooldawgdizzle ammm they are different genres

[ChimpDotCom]

@kooldawgdizzle hot fuss was a great album though you have to admit, but yes its like chalk and cheese, you can't compare them

[Kento617]

@kooldawgdizzle Oh come on man!? The Killers are great too! They have two completely different styles. I like both bands but I can't really decide on who I like more. The Kills have a minimalism post-punk approach while The Killers are really upbeat, catchy, and have synth-driven rock style. *sigh* Oh well, at least I know you have great taste in music my friend. =)

[BATMANPAUL]

@kooldawgdizzle 100000000000000times better than them!!!

[sethfafa]

@kooldawgdizzle ..are you really comparing these bands soley on their band names? idiot...

[t0mtreflip]

@sethfafa no hes just stating that he believes the kills are better than the killers. He's not saying one name is better than the other, he's talking about the bands. idiot...

[sethfafa]

@t0mtreflip what the hell would even begin to compare these two bands? oh please I want to here this

[t0mtreflip]

@sethfafa i'm not comparing them, the other guy is. i was just pointing out taht he was merely expressing his opinion, and that he has the right to do so. just out of interest, is english your first language?

[sethfafa]

@t0mtreflip thats like comparing tables to carpet, they're entirely differnt as bands, music subjective so in that since they're uncomparable, The Kills have a dirty sound to thwem and the Killers have much more of a clean-cut sound, you're comparing them by name.... good job

[t0mtreflip]

@sethfafa JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. It was the other guy, 'kooldawgdizzle' who was comparing them, not me, so stop sending me your weird little comments. Fucking hell ...Wait, you're not trolling are you?

[sethfafa]

@t0mtreflip woahhh calm it nigga, your the little troll following me, I wasn't even talking to you before you jumped in with a stick in your ass complaining about literally nothing, enjoy the fucking music

[t0mtreflip]

@sethfafa i was complaining because you were insulting someone who was merely expressing their opinion. Your'e the idiot who keeps sending me crap saying how you can't compare them ('thats like comparing tables to carpet' most stupid analogy ive ever heard btw) when i didn't even say which band i prefer, just defending the other guy.

[sethfafa]

@t0mtreflip I'm sure he can handle himself, they're not even in the same genre, and music is neither better nor worse than one another, maybe if it's in the same genre if even that like The Strokes to every punk alternative outifit band thats ever copied them then sure, but The Kills to The Killers? seriously? one wears leather and the others froms vegas, literally no similarities and your just stomping around on here like you have a reason

[dom1ne]

@kooldawgdizzle without a second thought

[korbastic]

@kooldawgdizzle NO WAY.

[likerhcp]

I prefer this version 

[someoneyouknoo]

Didn't care for the song.

[MrJmickey01]

The guitar he is playing is not a Hofner Galaxie. It is a Hofner model 1969. Made from 1969 to the early 1980s. The Galaxie doesnt have the same switches on it.

[MrJmickey01]

@MrJmickey01 ****Sorry Hofner model 169.

[Beowulf3x4]

This song.... Just gets to me. Theres something so dark and surreal about it. Yeah, it may not be the most spectacular guitar. And it's not the Dead Weather. But Allison just makes this song something else. Would people have rather have her sing and play with a bass track AND a perc track? Personally I prefer it the way it is.

[barbrastreyesand]

How can you like this? The guitar playing is a joke.

[JEC703]

@barbrastreyesand the guitar playing is not a joke. sure, what allison is playing is rather simple, but they are creative and make good shit. really, maybe you should just listen with an open mind and not be judgmental. listen to the song "future starts slow" sounds like theres multiple guitars but really, its just jamie.

[sophieisthewalrus]

@barbrastreyesand

are you crazy?

jamie hince is a freaking genius.

[nick4man3]

@barbrastreyesand

Either you don't play guitar, or you do and you're one of those guitarists who has no imagination.

Basically what I'm saying is you don't know what you're talking about so shut the fuck up.

[bubsadoozy]

@barbrastreyesand

depends what you consider a joke. Most "hard" guitar stuff is just in a low tuning and quickly picked scales.

The guitar is only one part of the song young one. Once you learn that a song is one big idea then you'll get it.

[DiceExpress17]

@barbrastreyesand You're not very well-versed in music, are you? There's this little thing called atmosphere. In case you haven't heard of it, I'll try to help you understand what's going on here. No, Jamie Hince is NOT shredding a solo. No, he isn't beating out major power chords. What he's doing is playing guitar to accompany the lyrics and drum beat and overall feel of not only this song but the Kills in general. They're not a shredding duo, bud, they're a tempered show of aggression. Chill.

[FranciscoL90]

@barbrastreyesand How can u say that?? This is fucking great... U need to ear this again, but this tame focus on the music instead of the fucking dicks inside ur moth... faggot

[s2ths2]

does someone knows the chords of this song?

[Blankcard92]

they truly are shit. i think the only good thing to come out of this band was the fact that she joined the dead weather.

[machinist18]

kills you aboslutely rock



[mosh918]

she should do something with slash

[chrispinkification]

@mosh918 why would she want to do that?

[CHRONBOMBSINURBUTT69]

@mosh918 Dude, fuck Slash.

[trilobite3339]

his guitar is mystery to me...anybody have an idea?

[TREACHEROUSxSTREETS]

@anewbredkilr CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER OF EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION THAN CALLING EVERYTHING HORSE SHIT?! ORIGINALITY PLEASE!

[anewbredkilr]

much better than that horseshit fried my little brains. only thing really worth mentioning is the guitarist seems kind of unique. still horseshit though. seriously.

[Zkrudriverz]

tobad mordern music that is goodis infected by hipsters

[ladyPlule]

@Zkrudriverz are you saying that the kills are hipsters or do you just mean in general?

[Zkrudriverz]

@ladyPlule nno, im saiying that hipsters take all the music, then giving it a bad name, take caribou for example, awesome music, but hipster infected.

[RaggedRomeo]

All their songs are the same, a shitty sounding drum machine and really crap guitar. Take some lessons from the Bert Weedon "Teach yourself guitar" book man.

[davidian5]

i cant see it very good actually, but is it possible that he uses strange strings? or maybe the first 3 strings (EAD) twice?? cause at 1:48 his GBE strings look as thick as his EAD`s !!..??? 3 different sized strings twice? not the normal set with 6 different gauged strings?? please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but that would explain a lot to me. i`ve seen them in berlin (postbahnhof) .but the sound there is always shitty. its the location.

[sayspain]

@davidian5 They look different to my eyes, but I think that he is using really heavy strings like 11's or 12's which have really great tones, deeper bass more rounded sound but are tougher to the guitar since they cause a lot more tension.

[sayspain]

@davidian5 They look different to my eyes, but I think that he is using really heavy strings like 11's or 12's which have really great tones, deeper bass more rounded sound but are tougher to the guitar since they cause a lot more tension.

[themostBenofall]

@davidian5 pretty sure thats a Fender Six. its a baritone guitar made for a short time by fender very rare

[mirelurk1]

@themostBenofall actually its a hofner galaxie and its not baritone its just in a different tuning

[mastershake1000]

0 dislikes? I will NOT click that dislike button.

[Stereo116]

how did i end up with howlin wolf and the kills on the same playlist on my Ipod

[MultiFirebrand]

@Stereo116 because they both kick ass?

[1point61803]

What is the genre of this mix?

[MrsBuckiingham]

Allison Mosshart you blow my mind!

[HiThereImKester]

actually the 4575 is definitely from the 60s

[johnnyharmz]

One of my inspirations for sure :)

[mussman717word]

230-0, just as it should be.

[Vestigianullaretro]

what type of guitar is she playing?

[lkjlkjlkjlkjlkjlkj6]

@Vestigianullaretro Hofner

[Vestigianullaretro]

@lkjlkjlkjlkjlkjlkj6 and jamie?

[lkjlkjlkjlkjlkjlkj6]

@Vestigianullaretro both hofner. it says it really clearly on the headstock

[HiThereImKester]

@Vestigianullaretro Allison plays with a Hofner Vintage 4575, I think from the 70s and it's also a verythin hollowbody and Jamie plays with a Hofner vintage 176 galaxie

[Karemannen]

@Vestigianullaretro Its a mid 60s hofner verythin with bigsby.

[Traysielicious]

ALISON i lovvvveee your voice !! rocknroll BABY!

[MrMuddyBleach]

What distortion is he using?

[ludvik199t]

i love jamies guitar, its so vintage!

[TackTickTock]

Tuning anyone?

[theotherspice]

@TackTickTock i believe drop B?

[wahhappenn]

ya, 0 dislkes, it should stay that way

[madisonRTbond]

can't get enough of MIDNIGHT F**KIN BOOM!!!!!

[starlastarlove]

goddamn i love this band!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3

[cacaorocks]

she is hot

[thedissownanceyouth]

@cacaorocks not really



[MrThepainters]

@thedissownanceyouth are you fucking blind???!

[santororock]

i ve got the same guitar yeah yeah

[foogrrrl]

what has jamie for a guitar?

[mimolduss23]

@foogrrrl jamie has a hofner galaxie 176 and alison hofner verythin 65-3

[foogrrrl]

@mimolduss23

thank you x)

[trogdor711]

@mimolduss23 actually alison has a 4575

[mimolduss23]

@trogdor711 oh yeah you're right,thank you

[trogdor711]

@mimolduss23 No problamo :)

[conejoconalas]

@mimolduss23 Hey! I see he has 2 POG and 2 Delay boos pedals. I would like to know what else does he play with it?

[jacobtb1]

wow, good stuff

[nihilistichick]

does anyone know what kind of equipment he is using for the pre-recorded drum tracks? or what might be required to do something of the likes?

[Kaaaaaattiiee]

They're So COOL (:

[Timeconsumer9]

I LOVE ALISON!!! BEST FEMALE SINGER EVER!!!

[Timeconsumer9]

What kinda guitar does little ole miss alison have here?

[msflour1]

yeeahh

[eddiemcgregory]

The way this song builds up is...... amazing.

[PhilomenaPhoenix]

wuhoo what is that guitar the guy's got? its hella awesome

[halloikbenmax]

@PhilomenaPhoenix

it's a Hofner verithin 4575 guitar, made from 60-69

[babbersabber]

@PhilomenaPhoenix An old Hofner, her guitar is also an old hofner.

[daniva]

great, really nice vintage guitars

[DreamStuffed]

superb!

[NeonNeckFace]

this is really great

[BrokenBoySoldier1]

The Kills are brilliant!

[ToobeYoo]

Velvet Underground Metric Yeah Yeah Yeahs... or something