Beck - Clap Hands

[aknightofnee]

Aw, Beck is SUCH A CUTIE!

[Bbarbiexox]

WOW!!!!! love Beck.....clap hands.

[EmmCee21112]

Infectious fun! The waiter was kinda in the way tho!

[riddickstank]

The guy in the striped white polo is Matt Mahaffey of sElf. Incredible drummer, incredible band. Check out his cover of Back in Black. The guy's a phenominal musician.

[duskclawthegreat]

Only Beck makes his songs sound even better live.

[johnschultzrocks]

clap hands by tom waits is better!

beck is still cool though!

[blinx503]

Yes, that's great, now stop playing with your food and eat already.

[Aznar245]

was looking for this song.. Its now in my favorites

[TheDarrenCrisslover]

10 people dont no Darren Criss likes this

[boganbogan1212]

paul gilbert doppelganger !

[tttdddppp]

Beck is from mars. His grandfather made art out of garbage and his mother is in a drag band. It makes sense. I love this guy

[lupischuckle]

Nothing is cooler than rocking out on the flatware.

[SingingInspires]

the things beck comes up with are just so creative! i love this song!

[uberkarthik]

the sound of the clapping hands somehow soothes and amuses me. lol

[Raap123]

Wat is dit voor strepenmeester muziek :S ik zocht Tom waits

[franknilop]

crab hands!!!

[adamtoensberg]

Genius. Totally. I knew from I saw Looser on MTV ages ago. And he just keeps on truckin'. Deepest respect :)

[bjorkismyhomie]

anyone else think of harrowdown hill by thom yorke in the beginning?

[ok1239]

more salada, please

[Backegg]

Saw Beck doing this on Jools Holland a few years ago. Great to see it on You Tube!!

[jaclynsorese]

song of the day!!!

my love for radiohead still hands but the DINNER TABLE scene that beck performs is the most amazing thing i have ever seen in concert!!!!!

[yuppy64]

You need skill hard work and creative initiative to make it, unless your father is Billy Ray Cyrus.

[thestoics]

More salad anyone ?

[Squizeto]

The Bonnaroo '06 version was best!

[RandomoviesAreFun23]

WHY DO BECK AND PAUL GILBERT LOOK THE SAME?

[Mongoosedog15]

Restaurant Gamelan!

[slolove06]

Beck is awesome!!

[AIexKidd]

That's the first time I've seen salad served during a live performance. @ _ @

[davewhittno1]

Just brilliant!

[albatros777]

It seems like he borrowed people from stomp for this performance.

[7777indie]

legend!!!

[trilbyluv]

this must have taken so much work to figure out!!!really cool

[peppersaab]

tom waits is humbled by the master...

[facedspaced]

dude, no

[peppersaab]

facedspaced - ever hear of humor? didn't think so...

[peppersaab]

joke people....joke...

[iwasbornin87]

haha funny, i came here for tom waits cover also.

cool song though.

[LeighBargeld]

I did the same thing. LOL But still okay.... with a Neubauten vibe haha! not really, but the beating on stuff made me say it.

[boileau88]

not bad.. but was expecting and hoping to see a tom waits cover..

[wasabihansen]

omg, this is THE BEST!!! only beck can do that kinda' things

[knottychick82]

*high fives*

[donkeywithsumpizzazz]

yep..this is exactly how dinner is at my house....o yea and great performance

[SynesthesicVision]

things that make you say "hmmmmmm"

:)

[Lortagreb]

It was in the related videos for Tom Waits - Clap Hands. I hadn't heard the song. It's like I avoid all new music man, I'm not that closed mind, I just wanted to check it out and it turned out to be shit.

[Pedrotankian]

YT has removed the SNL version unfortunaately, it was the best performance ever

[himrawkz]

jools holland version was pretty gud aswell

[tina9ify]

love it! Wish I was invited to that dinner. also a great way for my kids to see how to make music from anything- they were mezmerized...

[Lortagreb]

Shit guitar shit vox. Pretty interesting percussion.

[burmanmusic]

They said the same of Bob Dylan.

[Lortagreb]

Haha, don't make me laugh. Beck is shit. Not that I am a Bob Dylan fan either though.

[brandonmartin96]

IF Beck is "shit", why the hell are you commenting on a Beck video? Don't you have "better" things to be watching? Or do you just like opposing everyone else who enjoys it? Ass...

[Lortagreb]

Unfortunately I have quite an open mind so I tend to listen to lots of different music. Came here from the Tom Waits Clap hands video and thought I'd just check this song out, and it reminded me how shit beck is and I though you all should know.

[endofourlives]

I hope while your sucking balls, the balls get stuck in your throat and you suffocate :) please! Oh, please, would you?

[OFFSPRING891]

The SNL version is better :I

[ginger0215]

i could not agree with you more, i was just about to post that exact same comment

[TygerCatCLC]

it's sooo hard to find

[JResc2010]

agreed

[certainromance24]

@OFFSPRING891 I cannot find in in youtube, do you know where I can watch it?

[PennPaco]

@OFFSPRING891 You're an idiot.

[ecdm311]

@OFFSPRING891 I agree. This is like watching an early rehearsal for the SNL performance that followed. The whole idea is just so cool and so Beck you gotta love it.

[JimmiPynk]

That was the sickest shit ever!!

[Charmonster714]

as if i couldn't adore him more than i did...

whatever he's got, i hope it's contagious

[sourshoes77]

fuckin amazing i love beck so original "kill the head lights and put it in neutral"

[tuiguiri]

brilliant!!!

[failboatville]

ahh!!!

a dinner table!!!

if beck was any more of a genius than he already is, my head would fall off. so cool.

[animal90sFreak5]

sweet,this is great!

[heymarsh]

well all i have to say about this video....

is that its about time someone did it

[heymarsh]

SO BECKISH

[Drunknwow]

awsome song, wish they still had the snl version where in the middle beck tied the song into "one foot in the grave". that was the best

[TheDrunkLee]

They do just google search beck clap hands, you'll see it.

[doyly909]

i reacon the first time this happened they were all at a meal and it was sponataneous. i bet alot of food got around as well

[algore92]

thats so cool, i need friends that can do that!

[DartthePirateoverlor]

This is pretty much the most thing ever

[tehhuntawr]

Does Beck seem to fancy the word "Vagabond," or is it just me?

He uses it in several songs...

While most musicians don't seem to even know what it means... =P

[emptyNINE]

He uses "bones" a lot, as well. I mean, A LOT, haha.

[itsukasa1]

Love the dance move at 1:55... Lol.

[rochadlc]

Great.

[jmc9697]

This kind of music reminds me of Sesame Streets

[ElektroRebel]

hahaha!!

[CrystalMercury]

This is amazing. I love him.

[beckiohead]

was lucky enough to see this at the v-festival a few years back. truly spectacular!

[a2r1v1i2s]

This is fantastic. To make a song this good with no chords. only using 6 notes and insane percussion. It takes a genius to pull this off. WOW!!

[trombonetrombone1234]

@a2r1v1i2s And salad!

[aerialgymnast10]

Very impressive. Beck never ceases to amaze me with his creativity.  Simple and unique.

[puttsy9103]

Totally agree with you!

[OhyeaVinny]

I'm not a big Beck fan, but this is pretty good

[Rumplestilitskin]

sweet song, but he didn't cut it

long live waits

[a2r1v1i2s]

I don't think this has anything to do with waits. Although, it would've been amazing if he threw out some glitter as like some kinda tribute.

[Prismjuice]

I think the melody is from the tom waits song, but not the lyrics.

[GaryThesnale]

I can imagine him writing this song. "Hmm should I get a session drummer or something. No, actually, I'll use a dinner party instead"

Haha beck!

[Neequu78]

I love Beck, and don't fight on youtube jeez.

[arcticscientists]

i miss the little puppets on snl :)

[JordanMBlair]

That was sooo good!! :P

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

WTF jackass?

We're just TRYING to soak in all the cool tunes here without your annoying UNSOLICITED provacation.Kindly take your misinformation and atrophied braincells elsewhere please. I'm genuinely NOT INTERESTED in any form of discourse with clueless dipshits who flog their ignorance in public.I've worked in alternative,mainstream,print and broadcast media long before you were in diapers,so please go have your cyberfights elsewhere, muchas gracias guero.A woman's work is never done FFS!

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

He's bursting at the seams with da funk, with only a 5 dollar guitar and the table setting for accompanyment!! The guy's creative ingenuity is off the map...If someone could please re-post The Saturday Night Live version, it was outrageous...THIS is an artist who gets virtually NO commercial radio or television broadcast whatsoever.Programming criteria is the predictable domain of market driven corporate imperatives.Only proven formulaic product gets mainstream exposure...sad but true.

[h2ophilter]

huh? Im sorry, but in the 90's you couldnt escape Beck's music. it was all over MTV, radio, magazines. he's a multi-platinum artist, yet you make him sound like he's underground or something. get over it.

[Wavelength247]

You obviously know squat about Beck's career so listen up kid.He catapulted out of OBSCURITY with Loser(Mellow Gold)which despite attention was a commercial FLOP,that was 14 years AGO!He's a rare artist who signed with a label to the LOWEST bidder in order to maintain COMPLETE artistic freedom, and release INDIE material simultaneously anytime he pleased.His album One Foot In The Grave(and others..)released during the American underground INDIE explosion on INDIE label K Records.Now please STFU.

[Zengetsu203]

YO Einstein do you even understand the difference between indie,underground and label distribution in the music industry?Judging by your dumb comment you don't have a clue.Beck never stopped recording independent records only played on alternative underground stations.A couple of vid plays on a music channel a decade ago doesn't designate a platinum artist.Beck is known as one of the most idiosyncratic musicians in the business(look it up!)Better hurry back to your Jonas Bros and Backstreet Boys

[h2ophilter]

No, you're the one who needs to be educated. Beck was under Interscope and BGC distribution, not entirely indie labels. and having your song on daily loop on MTV doesnt make you platinum artist. Record sales dictate that. As unique as Beck is, you can't deny the he is popular, hence a POP artist. Ive been listening to Beck since 93. Where were you kids that year? If you want idiosyncratic, listen to Mr. Bungle, Aphex Twin or John Cage

[perleatsworld]

I'd say he was incredibly popular in the 90s but he's really gone into obscurity recently. His only real mainstream song was loser

[mase15]

applause.bravo.thankyou

[jwturner1129]

Glad to see someone still has some talent. Too bad the radio stations in the US wont hardly play him. They are too busy playing that pre-teen girl shit.

[12345l6789]

bloody hell! a real person! i congratulate you!!

[Marxfan58]

@jwturner1129 agreed. also when i clicked on this i was expecting a cover of the Tom Waits song, i was surprised.

[herkyjerky42]

@Marxfan58 haha same here

[rebusforever]

@Marxfan58 this

[Simonhakken]

@jwturner1129 justin BIEBAH!

[MockyRock]

@jwturner1129 your listening to the wrong radio stations my friend

[pogopogopogo3]

@jwturner1129 When I was a preteen girl I loved Beck and I downloaded this video and put the audio on my ipod.

I think the stuff you mean is popular because its played, not because its what they inherently like

[alexpdog]

they're so cool! And it's good music, too.

[Zengetsu203]

Somebody please upload the Saturday Night Live version, it was taken down, it's the best by far...

[dgafx10]

serious

[theforsakenpiggies]

agreed

[xkitty4lifex]

no wonder...i was looking for it and i thought i was going crazy because i know it was here before. why was it taken down? :[

[adamwilf]

Right , it was great !!

[Grangerfl]

Go to a website called VideoSift. Do a search for Beck. You'll find the SNL video for Clap Hands. :)

[CircusOfHeaven]

i wanna have babies with this performance ;__ ;

[joedescas]

que saborrrrrrrrrr

[joedescas]

i

could listen it all day long

[Wavelength247]

Would somebody PLEASE post the SNL version again.

[LimoDead]

He is truely a Rock Star.......

[heybroskey2heinekens]

I know!  The SNL version was amazing with the marionettes.

[MetuNtr]

The SNL performance was on here once because I saved it to my favorites, but it has since been taken down. I'm sure copyrights and a whole bunch of other legality played into that decision.

[crgm123]

wheres the one for snl?

[entranced44unicorn]

beck has the SNL performance on his website

it's put together with nausea i believe.

[StarSheep4]

does anyone have the version where he performs this on SNL?

[macaw24]

Beck Rocks!

[dearkailee]

I'm pretty sure I like this better than the recorded version.

[skaislife5]

hands down better than the recorded version

[elPeeonyo]

totes

[0HD4RL1NG]

I personally love the little twang at 1:11. <3

and also.. GAHHBECK. You were so cute with short hairrr~ *implodes*

but yes.

uber performance.

[SovietVV]

God, I fucking LOVE beck.

[dwaintrain]

I wish they wouldn't keep removing the video where they played on SNL. I think that was their best live performance.

[pollutiongirl]

i agree with you sooooo much

here in my country cut the SNL program and don't pass int he tv ALL the chapter each week

i didn't see the clap hands version of snl so i look for it here, and then they remove it and i hate it ¬¬ xD

[darknessintheheart12]

i know dude that was awesome with the puppets and stuff

[dwaintrain]

yeah haha those were a nice touch.. this one sounds allmost dead compared to that one

[kickinchickenscratch]

imeem has one, search for beck snl

[dwaintrain]

niiiice! thanks

[telepixie]

You seriously think that somebody that good just happens to "mess up" at 1:11 and 2:10 with two notes that are in harmony? They're the same note he hit in the same place at other verses, but just an octave below and above. No coincidence!

[a2r1v1i2s]

your an idiot... i wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't post this. 1:11 he fucked up. it's a dead note. 2:10 it's possible he went an octave lowere. yes even "beck" can mess up. it doesn't matter. and it doesn't take away from how much ass this video kicks. I don't think that these kind of performances should be perfect. perfection looses some of the spontaneous quality. beck is not perfect, and thats a good thing.

[darknessintheheart12]

really dude jusat listen tot eh song maybeit wa a mess up or maybe it wasnt but one dead note doesnt mean he is bad at what he does

[delianedelcu123]

I like the performance just as it is, it's perfect just like that for me! What I said wasn't like a critique, I know nothing about playing a guitar, so I only noticed that note and thought Beck's reaction quite funny. I didn't mean for it to sound like a bad thing... cause I love Beck's music and respect him so much :)

[delianedelcu123]

Oh, and also, a2r1v1i2s I totally agree with you, except I wouldn't call anyone an idiot for such a small thing :P pollutiongirl, thank you for uploading this. You have a lot of great videos.

[mdh287]

yes, i know and i like him i wasnt hatin on him.

[marik374]

It's pretty hard to perfectly play a song live... It's pretty nerve wracking... But all in all, Beck is the most outstanding musician. Thanks for the upload :)

[Rambo29]

Beck is truly original. Who else thinks of this shit?

[mdh287]

at 1:11 he messed up on guitar

[delianedelcu123]

he also messed up the guitar part at 2:10 and noticed it :p Funny. Awsome performance though!

[wejm27]

that was probably the sickest thing i've ever seen, amazing

[ripoffmerchant]

Genius :)

[MetuNtr]

Totally agree, but genius is too weak a word to describe this. There are no words for this.

[AJLLAMA]

i liked it better on snl

but still BECK WILL RULE MY LIFE!!!!

[cdiane86]

Didn't he mess up the lines at the 0:25??? Hmmm....

I Loooooooove Beck.

[pollutiongirl]

if you notice, in almost all the live presentations of this song, Beck change de lyrics, so... i think it's normal in him xP

[cdiane86]

Yea, I watched other versions of the song and noticed that trend. It's much different than the recorded album version. Whatever, it's his song, just threw me off a bit.

[HorrisNorris]

he also does it even with some of the recorded songs! like in nausea he sings sinner instead of sailor

[yusyus13]

Beck's definitely not a wizard on the guitar but you gotta admit he's pretty fuckin cool. Also I'd like to say clap hands is much better live.

[watchnwatch1]

True dat. recorded version is not nearly as cool.

[chadmburt1]

next time my friends and I go out to lunch we're totally going to try this..

[AnneSaite]

aaaaaaaaawesome =D