Here is a quote from an article on the band in 2006:
"I ask [Gerard] Smith how long he’s been smoking, and he tells me 15 years"
By the time he got sick that would've been 20 years of smoking, that's enough to kill anybody. Yes it can happen to non-smokers, but the odds are astronomically low, it stands to reason his was from that & being around secondhand smoke for much of that time.
Everyone thinks smoking is cool while they're doing it, how cool do you look being buried by your parents?
@ruin3r Lol what the fuck do you care? You can't have control over people's own personal choices. People smoke because they want to. And if they didn't want to, they wouldn't have started in the first place. Just because an ignorant bigot like you is told by your parents "not to smoke", doesn't mean everyone has to follow that lifestyle. I don't smoke but I don't think everyone shouldn't. If you want to smoke, smoke. If not, then shut your mouth and respect others decisions.
You guys know Gerard isn't in this video right? He got sick before they started touring to promote Nine Types of Light so he didn't join them on the road.
Saw these guys live a few years ago (whenever Dear, Science came out)--they're so effing amazing live! Only wish we had gotten floor seats, hard to jump otherwise, lol. Definitely one of my favourite bands!!
oh my fu**in god!! why have I not discovered these until now???? ! this band has "soo much" depth" .. I am blown away.......... fuckin fantasic !!!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS. YOU WILL KISSED BY THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMOROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.NOW YOUVE STARTED READING THIS. DO NOT STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY.
1.say your name 10 times
2.now say you moms name 5 times.
3.say your your crushes name 3 times.
4.Paste this to 3 other songs. If you do this your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. But if you read this and do not paste this,then you will have bad luck
PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS. YOU WILL KISSED BY THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMOROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.NOW YOUVE STARTED READING THIS. DO NOT STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY.
1.say your name 10 times
2.now say you moms name 5 times.
3.say your your crushes name 3 times.
4.Paste this to 3 other songs. If you do this your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. But if you read this and do not paste this,then you will have bad luck
why is that crowd dead ? id be fist pumping and circle pitting and jumping around like an idiot, its a gig doesent matter whos playing makes the band feel good.
@GazToonPunx it's on letterman's stage, so that can't really jump around much in the first place cos there's a bunch of chairs. they'd have to hop in one spot and jiggle around, which would look pretty fucked. at least, i know i wouldn't be able to perform in front of an audience like that, i'd probably laugh :P
@grinningcolosus Race / skin color has nothing to do with it. Just like calling films made by lesbian and gay directors "queer cinema" or labeling the female gender as "the other sex". It's ridiculous.
@chicblossom Don't think he was trying to be racist. It's very unusual to see a band of black people playing music like this. It's refreshing and a good thing, I wish there was more like this.
lol the people in the crowd probly rnt going too crazy due to the fact that its on the late show and that some people like to just sit and listen to music
@MrjiimmyTARD unfortunately, yes. back in April. however, I just went to their show the other night at the Independent in SF and TVotR ROCKED the packed house. Best way to pay tribute and to let the music live on.
Has a Billy Idol Rebel Yell vibe
BadSneakers 2 weeks ago
they're from Brooklyn New York
HenryTroy715LXIX 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from TVOnTheRadioVEVO
R.I.P Gerard Smith
colinmcom14 2 months ago
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booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fearthebeard25431 3 months ago
THEY BETTER COME BACK TO VEGAS LIKE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!
Rileysaloser 4 months ago
Black musicians need to chill out on the hip hop and take example on these guys.. great fucking song.
CR4YO 4 months ago 4
best running song ever i never stop!!!!
iblinker182 4 months ago
this gives me goosebumps every single time i watch it. thumbs up if it does it's magic for you as well!
paulllfrancis 4 months ago 2
Four people will go to hell never knowing great music.
MGordonuchi 5 months ago 6
@MGordonuchi fuck yeah t!!!!!
iblinker182 4 months ago
I can't believe the bass player died..
agentakb 5 months ago
Look at the dude in the suit, damn, enjoy yourself bro.
KyleSmithhh 5 months ago
@KyleSmithhh seriously, i bet he thought taking his tie off was "really partying" the uptight fuck
carlo88moe 5 months ago
worst crowd ever, wtf...
XxXNubSlayaXxX 5 months ago
What a shitty crowd...this song is amazing. This band is amazing.
AndDroo 5 months ago 2
@AndDroo haha, u see the yuppie day trader trying to bob his head and sway his body like he was cool, lol
carlo88moe 5 months ago
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bufalopes 5 months ago
i am nbot a wolf this song sucks booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fearthebeard25431 6 months ago
@Fearthebeard25431 You don't like it? Simply go someplace else or turn the Wii on ;)
alexarmendano 5 months ago
4 people aren't wolves.
COUCHmade 6 months ago
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this song sucks
Fearthebeard25431 6 months ago
@Fearthebeard25431 dude then get the fuk out if u dont like it
IClarke2974 5 months ago
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fearthebeard25431 6 months ago
i hat this song
Fearthebeard25431 6 months ago
the trumbone player looks like kieran from dinner for shmucks
xx3435xx3435 6 months ago
I think this song...let alone the band...is better live. So much energy and passion.
TylerDurden1027 6 months ago 3
I literally got chills from this. So good.
subliminalstereo90 6 months ago
wow. great performance
legoman318 6 months ago
they are killer!
Caminoist 6 months ago
I didn't know Cornel West played guitar.
ChurchOfGiantology 7 months ago 2
sofa king ahh some
ScottFly1724 7 months ago
4 ppl had their baby eaten by a wolf
MikeyD9 7 months ago
my fave song by tv on the radio
ttackett123 7 months ago
3:34 mic stand lol
fezwoz 7 months ago
Somebody likes Bad Brains.
applebutterbaby42 7 months ago
TV On The Radio has so much soul. Their sound is so beautifully combined.
AprilStevensSunny 7 months ago 2
Here is a quote from an article on the band in 2006:
"I ask [Gerard] Smith how long he’s been smoking, and he tells me 15 years"
By the time he got sick that would've been 20 years of smoking, that's enough to kill anybody. Yes it can happen to non-smokers, but the odds are astronomically low, it stands to reason his was from that & being around secondhand smoke for much of that time.
Everyone thinks smoking is cool while they're doing it, how cool do you look being buried by your parents?
ruin3r 7 months ago
@ruin3r How cool do you look being a preachy little bitch? People run their own life. Get over it.
AlinaOrbidan 7 months ago
@ruin3r Lol what the fuck do you care? You can't have control over people's own personal choices. People smoke because they want to. And if they didn't want to, they wouldn't have started in the first place. Just because an ignorant bigot like you is told by your parents "not to smoke", doesn't mean everyone has to follow that lifestyle. I don't smoke but I don't think everyone shouldn't. If you want to smoke, smoke. If not, then shut your mouth and respect others decisions.
AllThatAwakens 7 months ago 3
ART ROCK FTW
AmuseMe543 7 months ago
Get to see them in Sept yipeeee!!!!!! Will miss Gerard though.
moon8woman 7 months ago
Hollywood Bowl gig is going to be a sick night!
shortsaleguys 7 months ago
Love this song!
PrimeFactorFilms 7 months ago
Hottie Alert!!! Striped top. 1:40
BillSummers 8 months ago in playlist Chillin' Out
k straight up this made me cry a little
wutkatysed 8 months ago
that crowd should have been dancing way more
waakkeuppp 8 months ago
These guys should be at least 7 times as famous as they are.
BigMexico993 8 months ago 5
I don't understand why people don't know who they are, they're AMAZING!
coolerjtv 8 months ago
i would of pulled his arm down and take him home so he can sing to me evryday....
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0_o
LUPAWHOO 9 months ago
lil john on drums.. russell brand on horn..
thenameistaylor69 9 months ago
I Would Like To State That Tv On The Radio Is Awesome, But Seriously Fuck These 30 second Random Advertisements Before Each Video
Murrayjane18 9 months ago
@Murrayjane18 download Adblock Plus. :)
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ThatRascal 9 months ago
You guys know Gerard isn't in this video right? He got sick before they started touring to promote Nine Types of Light so he didn't join them on the road.
Sophistaphunk 9 months ago
great performance
RozzDarkly 9 months ago
Tv On The Radio needs to release a live album or DVD, AMIRITE?
CerebrateHyatt 9 months ago 16
@CerebrateHyatt heck yeah!
jotto3391 9 months ago
jeeeez that crowd was dead =\
JayOhIsHere 9 months ago
I rememer mtv would play a small clip of this song when it first came out. its still just as AMAZING.
DevinHawkins69 9 months ago
a great live performance
sadly, the bassist Gerard died last month.
also check out the dweeb in the suit in the front row of the audience...
how can you not dance to this song? you loser
coachfletch 9 months ago
a great live performance
sadly, the bassist Gerard died last month.
also check out the dweeb in the suit in the front row of the audience...
how can you not dance to this song? you loser
coachfletch 9 months ago
these guys are great. Was the bass player old? he seems so young to have died of lung cancer...
joeyrapjr 9 months ago
@joeyrapjr He was 36. I know, it shocked me too.
thegorillasnake 9 months ago
Fucking amazing. forgive me for noticing your band so late.
ilovemaryam08 9 months ago
lets enjoy this band as much as possible before their gone.
MiigAngel 9 months ago
Saw these guys live a few years ago (whenever Dear, Science came out)--they're so effing amazing live! Only wish we had gotten floor seats, hard to jump otherwise, lol. Definitely one of my favourite bands!!
amodesttambourine 9 months ago
my cousin brought me here
marcos94santiago 9 months ago
NFS prostreet!!!!
MrGamerChubby 9 months ago
What a different sound! Quite pleasing to the ear!
guitarguy316 9 months ago 2
Alguien va a ir a ver a TV? inviten no?
MrSatiro66 9 months ago
i love metal but this song its just AWSOME
caiotribal 9 months ago
oh my fu**in god!! why have I not discovered these until now???? ! this band has "soo much" depth" .. I am blown away.......... fuckin fantasic !!!!!!
kernowrock555 9 months ago 4
post rock indie funk. why black indie punk...?
spacecatchingfire 9 months ago
this is fucking awesome to say the least
TakedownO44 9 months ago 2
Why stand in the front row and not dance... or even bop ya head at least?
R.I.P. Gerard...
TVOTR for life!
Epic13 9 months ago
Howling forever
vniguam 9 months ago
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha
hellenic13pirate 9 months ago
great song
canonxsi79 9 months ago
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cristalpublic 9 months ago
fucking brilliant
Seagerash 9 months ago
The look on that girls face when she got the high five...
fraseyboy1 9 months ago
@fraseyboy1 HAHAHA!
Dressommer 9 months ago
"nosotros somos howlin...forever" is what i think he says
Angelicalovesdm 9 months ago
@Angelicalovesdm I'm guessing it's nosotros lobos because that's "Us Wolves" in spanish
Cmunnies 9 months ago
could this be any fuckin better??? WOW
nickfromCO 9 months ago
2:55 lol his face hes still awesome though
LUPAWHOO 9 months ago
in 4:23 he says something in spanish.. i cant understand! he say "Nosotros somos xxxxx " "we are xxxxx" xxxx that word is??? i need to know!
carlosuarez9 9 months ago
@carlosuarez9 nosotros estamos howlin forever which is were howlin forever
LUPAWHOO 9 months ago
@LUPAWHOO respuesta inmediata Gracias!!
carlosuarez9 9 months ago
These guys rock live!
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PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS. YOU WILL KISSED BY THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMOROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.NOW YOUVE STARTED READING THIS. DO NOT STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY.
1.say your name 10 times
2.now say you moms name 5 times.
3.say your your crushes name 3 times.
4.Paste this to 3 other songs. If you do this your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. But if you read this and do not paste this,then you will have bad luck
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PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS. YOU WILL KISSED BY THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMOROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.NOW YOUVE STARTED READING THIS. DO NOT STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY.
1.say your name 10 times
2.now say you moms name 5 times.
3.say your your crushes name 3 times.
4.Paste this to 3 other songs. If you do this your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. But if you read this and do not paste this,then you will have bad luck
s456ism 9 months ago
the original is wayy cooler but this is nice
dhruvmini01 9 months ago
its....alright.
MelloMorello 9 months ago
1:45 that girl was STOKED.
Peruvian007 9 months ago 3
2:24
Loser.... with the arms
You know who
shaneoh4 9 months ago 2
why is that crowd dead ? id be fist pumping and circle pitting and jumping around like an idiot, its a gig doesent matter whos playing makes the band feel good.
GazToonPunx 9 months ago
@GazToonPunx it's on letterman's stage, so that can't really jump around much in the first place cos there's a bunch of chairs. they'd have to hop in one spot and jiggle around, which would look pretty fucked. at least, i know i wouldn't be able to perform in front of an audience like that, i'd probably laugh :P
queerp 9 months ago
Didn't he die?
THEUNKNOWSchannel 9 months ago
why must we lable, its just sounds good!!!
bgboocakepie 9 months ago
yessss
dmckinney3 9 months ago
i remember this song from a rebbok or nike commercial with iggy from the flames
murphinator3000 9 months ago
i like this song but....... he sound like a my woman :S
eidanmendez 9 months ago
Best. Thing. Ever.
cookiem0nst4h 9 months ago
black indie punk?!
grinningcolosus 9 months ago 65
@grinningcolosus that about sums the song up
kureece2k8 9 months ago
@grinningcolosus and ?
Lolipopsins 9 months ago
@grinningcolosus listen to bloc party ^^
thebadestbaboon 8 months ago
@grinningcolosus Race / skin color has nothing to do with it. Just like calling films made by lesbian and gay directors "queer cinema" or labeling the female gender as "the other sex". It's ridiculous.
chicblossom 8 months ago 22
@chicblossom Don't think he was trying to be racist. It's very unusual to see a band of black people playing music like this. It's refreshing and a good thing, I wish there was more like this.
Turkalj 7 months ago 2
@Turkalj Oh no I wasn't trying to say he's racist. Absolutely not. Just my thoughts on the subject.
chicblossom 7 months ago
@chicblossom ....or referring to skin color and race as if they're synonymous when race is a word for a species and not ethnicity.
busway27 2 months ago
@grinningcolosus A black sheriff!?
shadowprophet88 6 months ago
lol the people in the crowd probly rnt going too crazy due to the fact that its on the late show and that some people like to just sit and listen to music
cyanatelolwut 9 months ago in playlist TV On The Radio - Live on Letterman
what a lame crowd
adamnbalakers 9 months ago
Gonna teach you tricks that'll blow your mongrel mind!
sivad316n 9 months ago 4
tahnkyou VEVO
we have NOTHING like Letterman in Australia
holy sheet i WANT to see this band live M49 nearly M50 SO MUCH ENERGY
mfactor88 9 months ago
Chimba!
boxempire 9 months ago
Straight to favorites videos!
ESEchelon 9 months ago 2
rip Gerard!
lu2x4ah 9 months ago 88
@lu2x4ah oh my god he died?
MrjiimmyTARD 9 months ago
@lu2x4ah oh my god he died? i mean i heard about the lung cancer but i didnt know he died):
MrjiimmyTARD 9 months ago
@MrjiimmyTARD unfortunately, yes. back in April. however, I just went to their show the other night at the Independent in SF and TVotR ROCKED the packed house. Best way to pay tribute and to let the music live on.
lu2x4ah 9 months ago
I didn't know snoop dog was a drummer. Lmfao.
ruiner06 10 months ago
You guys are fucking sweet.
gingeyfightsback 10 months ago