Bellowhead - London Town

[shiney501]

Saw them at Dartford recently, amazing live have to say seem much better now than they do at proms then

[Jacko11120]

Saw them at Greenman. They were fantastic live! I recommend anyone to see them.

[ANDRaspberryJAM]

@Jacko11120 WOOOOO!!!!!!! They were amzing there.... So much dancing you could hardly see yourself think...

[MJNSEIFER]

For some reason the tune to this song makes me think of old animated movies (possibly animal based) - it just sounds like the kind of music that would be used.

[XxbritpupxX]

@Chrosiss

I've seen them a few times. I love them! I go to Towersey Festival every year, and they are so energetic and amazing. If you like Folk festivals have you ever been to Towersey Festival? x

[Karateworm]

@XxbritpupxX I've been to Towersy twice, but I've fallen out with the friends who go every year... so I can't go any more xD

[XxbritpupxX]

@Karateworm

Awesome! I love Towersey! All my family go, from parents to distant distant cousins haha! It's a great weekend out! It's a shame you don't go anymore! x

[Karateworm]

@XxbritpupxX It's a great line up this year as well! Oh well :P. It's odd, I've probably walked by you at some point xD

[XxbritpupxX]

@Karateworm

The line up was pretty awesome! Was a pretty good festival, although it was much smaller than previous years :( x

[clive041055]

This performance wasn't their best but saw them at Cambridge Folk yesterday and it was a hundred times better. Brilliant!

[reboo12]

I love this song if theirs!!! Saw them perform it at Chagstock on sunday, was the best :D we all stood dancing like mad as well, singing along. Not a bad song to be dancing to next to a good looking guy. Plus when your near the front. The heat and the noise gets to you and you lose all care and just dance! XD

[Aaligirl]

Why is everyone going on about tuning! This band is amazing! saw them for the first time last weekend Latitude Festival and they blew the roof off the Word Arena! I was grinning from ear to ear and dancing round like an idiot! This band feeds your soul and brings lots of fun and happiness to the people that see them live! That's all that matters! xxx

[KimboHudson1]

Lots of pixellating but maybe that's me - just seen this at Latitude and it went down a storm - and the audience sang the chorus better than this crowd

[thomsocaca]

i saw them at larmer tree and this song was played. i was to drunk to listen to the chorus but i still shouted wat i cud hear (mainly just up and down). above all else i cud definately tell tht the instrument players were incredible nd knew how to move a crowd. the fact tht they dance wen they play beautifal songs adds to the skill tht they posess. if u disagree then all i can say is go fuck ureself :)

[bigquackers1998]

Shut up and listen to the music, the violins are correctly in tune or they wouldn't play them like that and if they were would that make this music worse?

[danbo1984]

@bigquackers1998 Some people can't listen to the music and give it its due, when the instruments are out of tune, and make no mistake, they are; it's not so much the violin but the oboe, a dreadfully thin and reedy sound reminiscent of school bands at their worst. Several of the comments below don't seem to understand @DrumMaster's initial comments: It's not the "tuning", it's whether they're "in tune" with each other, and they aren't - that's not an opinion, that's a fact, they just aren't!

[smhorse]

Very West Indian beat to this! Love it!

[DrumMasterT]

Shame the fiddle players can't play in tune!

[tommat00]

@DrumMasterT There not supposed to! :/

[DrumMasterT]

@tommat00 I highly doubt that!

[tommat00]

@DrumMasterT Theres no correct way to tune an instrument. You have it how you want it to make the noise/tune you want and if you meant the other kind of tune then just because there using the same instrument doesn't mean they need to play the same tune together. Alot of what Bellowhead does is freestyle I've noticed so its hard to say when they do make mistakes if they do.

Your welcome to your opinion ofcourse but 'm welcome to disagree with it :)

[DrumMasterT]

@tommat00 No I am sure the violins they are playing are perfectly in tune. I was talking about their intonation. If you're gonna go and play in the albert hall you bloody put your fingers in the right place. Also there is a correct way to tune an instrument. It's not a mistake or freestyle either, it's just shit playing.

[tommat00]

@DrumMasterT Well thats like saying that every guitar that is being played out there is tuned the same or like saying Hendrix would have had his guitar tuned the same way as Blackmore. In simpler terms tuning changes the noise the instrument makes so you tune it to what you want it to be.

Bellowhead over the last six years have won many many many awards and I doubt they get that through shit playing :

[DrumMasterT]

@tommat00 I wasn't saying that. Yes you can indeed put instruments in different tunings, but they are still correctly in tune. You're not exactly going to tune each guitar string a semi tone away from eachother. That would be an incorrect way to tune the instrument. Also the violins here are in standard tuning G D A E here which is what I was talking about. Lots of people have won awards for stuff that is considerd shit but I highly doubt that the players wanted create a really disonant harmony.

[tommat00]

@DrumMasterT Listen to the song when I went to seem them back in february this song sounded practically the same with the strings doing the same thing. (I have checked video footage to make sure I'm right on that, February is a while ago I know. :) ) That would suggest that its meant to be like that. And again I maintain that if an instrument makes the noise you want then its correctly tuned, even if it the tuning is considered unusual.

[TheEnchy1995]

wow.....this kinda ruins V-fest for me now

[cricketbat08]

hey nonny, I'd spend my last groat on a flagon of mead and a ticket to see these wastrels making music.

[57dogsbody]

BOSS DRUMMER , LOVE the spoons in a can,too much!

[bigquackers1998]

My brother and friend say that this is sailor music but I could'nt disagree more! I think modern society needs more music like this.

[AlanKey86]

The cutlery is immense.

[kataralove154]

Haha lol the one at the beginning that talks is my friends Godfather teehee

@frodogavemeaids You mean the one at the beginning Paul Sartin?

[frodogavemeaids]

He reminds me of Sweeney Todd... O_o

[Mattqetuo]

@britishAlienCompany I can sit and listen to them for hours cause they aren't a boring repetitive band. Hav to say I like Jessie J price tag live but the actual single I'd awful.

[sebseb1]

spiers is the man

[djpj22]

The only way I can describe this is crazy funky Dance-Folk Rhythm and Blues.

Sound silly? That's cos your mind can't comprehend the awesomeness of Bellowhead.

[mrshoeshineman]

anyone who doesn't like bellowhead is a scrooge

[Despatcher1000]

Saw them this week at Whitby Pavilion, small venue, the band filled the stage. They were completely fantastic.

[Lynifer85]

They were brilliant at Beautiful Days! :D

[hyrene9]

Awesome!!! :D

[AggieKnothead]

saw them both at Sidmouth and Towersey. At Towwersey everyone dancing and getting into the music broke the floor...happened 2 years ago as well =)

[skullcraft11]

i saw them play at beatiful days :D

[Lilworrierstar]

@skullcraft11 waw, lucky you, x

[molewizard]

So much better live. And this is still sick.

[Joshhomme1]

A great band whose live act is so energetic even the drummer stands up!

[ojg930]

saw them at truck on saturday. They were fucking great and got everyone dancing.

[J4tees]

Saw them 2 weeks ago and I think they are getting better!

[blackbess999]

The cutlery and the frying pan <3 :D

[katyc130890]

Damn!!! They're AMAZING. They kicked ass at the Calgary Folk Fest this past summer. Everyone was into it. So good.

[BritishAlienCompany]

A billion times better than Lady Gaga and the like! These guys are awesome!!!!

[noob5121]

@BritishAlienCompany too true

[Mattqetuo]

@BritishAlienCompany So true heard them on jools at new year. They are well worth the stick i get off my mates for liking them :)

[BritishAlienCompany]

@Mattqetuo Likewise! They're just too damn awesome! 'Jessie J? Pahaaa! Bellowhead all the way' :D x

[cprich22]

@BritishAlienCompany mainly coz these actualy use instrments to make music instead of a PC

[Rozz94]

One of the best bands! AMAZING!

[mildodo]

watched them yesterday, quite possibly best gig ever.

[adaliani]

Ha Ha!! "we're interested in volume rather than quality you'll be pleased to hear"

I LOVE Bellowhead, BEST live band I have ever seen! (and what my singing lacks in quality it makes up for in volume)

[adamcroft]

One of the most underrated bands of recent times. Simply fantastic.

[hazziestar29]

WOOOOHHH!!! Below head! Love them!

[nanarinauk]

Fantastic this band is really great. and it is British!!! Long live BELLOWHEAD.

[ilikecrayonsyes]

omg as if they did BBC proms! AMAZING!

[lemmywinks88]

Just seen them at Cambridge Folk Festival on Friday, fantastic band.

[ladydetemps]

its on the sleevenotes of the album (burlesque).....worth getting. :)

[PiquedPagan]

Saw them at the Harrison Festival of the Arts this past week. They are really fantastic. Great music and fun to watch!

[WildeRose9]

Just saw them at Vancouver Folk Music Festival: they were unbelievably brilliant and yes, the hot pink tie was in evidence! They're fantastic!

[stormbird11]

saw them in wytchwood folk festival great atmosphere and he was wearing the great pink tie!!

[vimes95]

I was at the winnipeg folk fest and he was wearing the same

[haproductions]

this is dead awesome

[CraigG1960]

I saw them in Liverpool on Saturday night. Absolutely brilliant. Great atmosphere and a superb live band. suport act Beccy Owen was good as well.

[fezboy22]

Wow. I saw these guys last night at the junction in cambridge. Absolutely amazing live!

[motokoyamamura]

has anyone got any tips on buyinga violin and what i should look for? cheers!!

[thompsonsub45]

Please come to the U.S.!!!!! You'd be welcomed with open arms at any folk or jam festival!

[K1W1ISM3]

BELLOWHEAD!!!

Absolutly fabulous.

Lovin it! This song is stuck in my head.

Makes me SMILE :) :) :)

[rachael1995123]

went to see them in bradford on halloween for free and it was well worth clearing up afterwards!! we met most of the band and got their autographs! The new album is AWESOME!!

[lizzierowe]

tour starts this Thursday!! :))))

[broomybank]

Thanks for posting this, very enjoyable. The album this song appears on, Burlesque, is well worth a listen.

[motokoyamamura]

saw them at southwark food festival and have been singing ever since

[borntojig]

This is so fab! I'm grade 6 Trombone so I'm gonna work for these guys 1 day. Don't you think the lead singer is cute? Does any1 know his name???

[papahaggis]

yeah i love this band! the lead singer's name is Jon Boden

[lizzierowe]

Jon Boden....but the oboeist (who wrote this tune!) is far cuter! ;)

[lilmissoddoneout]

I love this :)

Been singing the chorus ever since I saw em on the TV when they were playing at the Proms.