The XX "Crystalised" live at Reading Festival 2009

[tenaciousE21912]

The music has a melancholy, introspective feel to it. If they were rocking out to it, it wouldn't fit the mood of the music.

[46Mondare]

hope they get better live - would not pay to see this

[TreCeratopsz]

one of my favorite bands right now.. but they're so boring on stage. they seem like they dont even like their music

[tokyorose999]

im so glad she puts that gibson to good use by strumming the same string over and over

[adook]

@tokyorose999

pretty sure that's an epiphone

[tokyorose999]

@adook pretty sure you should shut the fuck up faggot

[Jefflebowski95]

@tokyorose999 it is, though

[tokyorose999]

@Jefflebowski95 i know i saw thank you

[G1MRG]

@tokyorose999 calm your tits, man. he just corrected you. he didn't fuck your mom or anything...

[tokyorose999]

@G1MRG why are you mad bro relax calm down take a joke buddy its ok

[SolaAdeyemi]

Wonderful song :) shame about the quality though. Would have loved to have watched them perform at reading.

My friend Grace did an amazing cover of it. Feel free to check it out. If you type in Grace est la Fleur - the XX Crystalised it should come up. It's the best cover I've heard so far (and I am not being biased)

[marceconde5]

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL

THAT IS MUSIC

FANTASTIC

NO MORE WORDS

[FrancisPit]

i really don't honestly. what was it like anyways

[pasowen]

LIVE MPC 4 LYFE

[1231jodie]

the buttons guy makes the band. haha

The xx are amazing

[040Geldrop]

They are f.... goood come to holland please for a small concert

[SevenDeadliSins]

Is their Guitarist a female? I can't tell.

[thatgirlmolly]

@SevenDeadliSins yes she's female.

[J03hAlLas]

Radiohead are one of the best if not the best band of alll time. The xx are good and as their experience grows they will surely improve even more...

[FrancisPit]

one fukin song... sounds a bit goood. but still no energy no stage presence. no entertainment value... if i saw these in a pub...i would definitely leave. Its not fair honestly... i work my ass of too write songs and i have ripped 4 pairs of trousers and broken 2 guitars on stage... :L. and they get on stage at reading. sure im only 16... but honestly... i don't understand... i'll let you listen too my songs...im starting to doubt my abilities... i feel this world is leaving me behind.

[wreck93]

@FrancisPit lol entertainment value isn't measured on a scale of 'how much they jump around' and obviously they're not going to fit in if they play in a pub lol it's not where they belong. you've just got a really narrow-minded view of live music

[stagglespaulhero]

@FrancisPit

This is obviously I totally different genre.

Let this me this and you be you.

I 'spose it's what people like and these guys won a mercury.

I love 'em, but heavy stage shiting bands are awesome too.

[Renegademaster15]

I don't think anyone can seriously make the statement that the XX are better then Radiohead, I like the XX but they are very early in their development, while Radiohead have one of the best back catalogues of any band ever, they have constantly innovated themselves

[flintnsniffs]

@Renegademaster15 yes the xx are early in development, but surely this is a good thing and a sign that there is even better to come! Radiohead ofcourse I agree have some seriously good material ...but that is what we will be saying about the xx when they reach radiohead's stage

[Renegademaster15]

@flintnsniffs I'll be honest, and I say this with up most respect for the xx as a band, they are one of the few refreshing bands to come out in the last couple of years, but they do not have the potential to ever be as good as Radiohead are, Radiohead are a band full of musical geniuses, while the xx's songs are well crafted, none of them have the technical ability of any of Radiohead's members

[SuperiFox]

@Renegademaster15 radioheads my fave, but i totally agree with you,

[MrJacksonhood]

Have people seen the awesome installation at The Creators Project by Karl Sadler which features The XX? It's showing in London at their exhibition on Saturday...

[elliot96G]

seeing them at latitude festival so fucking excited

[Kaaaaaattiiee]

HAVE TO SEE THEM LIVE!!!!!!!!

[bubupor]

They're great but they need to WATCH THE TEMPO

[VioletSpanxx]

Gogol Bordello better than Radiohead? I thought I'd heard it all haha! This is fantastic, but their acoustic version is even better

[Nickilo]

everything is in it's rightt placeeee......but the xx are real good too.

[mcgruffle4171993]

Whoever is bashing radiohead doesn't know alot about music. Their time signature changes and song writing is unbelievable. Musically speaking they are one of the most talanted bands around right now. They were even named one of the best artists of the decade. I'm sorry if millions of professional critiques don't ask teens hating on YouTube for advice.

[BeauSylvester47]

@mcgruffle4171993 thank you for explaining their music to those ignorant fucks

[mickykiiatein]

@mcgruffle4171993 i agree with you and i think radiohead are the best band i have ever come across, but i have to say that it doesnt take a genius to change a time signature, and they dont even change time signatures that often, at the moment 'go to sleep' is the only one that comes to mind where they do, sorry but its just theres so much else to their genius that i felt compelled, haha

[wolf90]

love the band but i miss the stage presence...it's like they don't feel comfortable

[jayd8888]

well.... (without mention of another band) I do like this.

[schwanzgesicht]

this electric style drums are the xx style .

ithink its cool .ilike it really!!

[CallumT15]

Ahahaha!!! All the Radiohead comments are making me laugh! You ever heard of that album that went down in rock history called.. Erm.. Oh what was it called... OK Computer? The xx are great don't get me wrong but you cant compare them to Radiohead, grow up a bit ya bunch of Radiohead hating morons.

[karinakeys]

the first time i listened to them i didn't find their appeal and i found them boring. But now i like them. They sound so different and i'm glad i gave them a second chance. But why does that one guy not play real drums???

[canyousaythat]

jamie is so deep

[thestranger2222]

Just because dumb assholes love radiohead and kol to sound indie or whatever the hell their trying to do doesn't take anything away from the bands.

[JapanAlex01]

compare this to most art-rock and this is actually tuneful and good i fucking hate hipsters who listen to shit like king of leon, animal collective and readiohead

[sccudspo]

Learn to spell, you illiterate fuck.

[JapanAlex01]

*sccudspo get your dick out of your mum :p

[JapanAlex01]

+ FUCK RADIOHEAD

[sccudspo]

@JapanAlex01 Nice one, fuck-face. Well done.

[ykoshy]

I'm guessing you haven't listened to Kid A...

[JapanAlex01]

Kid A is an A- and a bad one at that... although I have to agree that is their best album - just because Thom Yorke doesn't sing. You want the best band in the world out right now?! Try Wussy, Drive-By Truckers, Gogol Bordello, The Moldy Peaches, The Hold Steady. Radiohead are terrible.

[JapanAlex01]

even The XX are better than Radiohead which was my initial point wasn't it?! ;p

[BeauSylvester47]

@JapanAlex01 apples to oranges buddy. radiohead is complex. the xx is minimalistic. both are very good, but both are very different. now one could argue that radiohead is better than muse, because muse tried to copy radiohead's style and ended up making a bubble gum version of their music, but you can't compare the xx to radiohead, because they are completely different in terms of style and approach to music

[sirpenguin12]

@BeauSylvester47 I dont really see any similarities between muse and radiohead, other than the falsetto singing style. But that's not at all unique to radiohead.

Muse is much more like Queen than Radiohead.

[mickykiiatein]

@JapanAlex01 i pity you for not being able to appreciate good music

[EndoTM]

Gogol Bordello dont make my lought, i saw them live once.

[HillyOTM]

i just loved throwing the Xs around, id never heard of them, but they gave us free t-shirts, so me and a mate decided to watch & i really liked them

[pie2eat]

in heighnsight i should not of consumed a certain amount of drugs so that maybe i would have been able to witness this absolutely delectable band work its magic ... a true shame

[markkky09]

we all learn from our mistakes:)

[benfuller66]

I didn't even know they played!

[thyy]

it is so lucky to play on the stage of reading festival in the 20's, sigh, it has always been my dream to perform on the stage on the reading festival or go watching the reading festival.

[electricalSunset]

my first impression of their music was quite neutral, but after the second time i liked them A LOT

[bluejeans121]

how did you hate them? i went along partly by chance to meet my friend (whom i couldn't find) and then they came on stage so i decided to stay and watch. i can honestly say they were my favourite band of the whole weekend, other than radiohead of course.

[fishfoodedd]

they were soo good!!

[venuskatty]

i should be there!