WU LYF - Heavy Pop - David Letterman 1-4-12

[patatekosmik]

The drummer's shirt made me laugh. This band is EPIC.

[Deadstar18]

25 non-musicians

[Krachinova]

If I were the drummer I wouldn't shake his hand either

[iamsarahreid]

2 months ago, when I'd look for live footage of these guys on youtube, the most I would find were cell phone clips of them in concerts, 360p at best. Now this. Good God I'm so proud. Good things happen to those who deserve it.

[TheMicajazz]

24 july 2010 Hyeres south france la cote d'azur , this band played 150 folks . tetanised , and love sight ... now U S A .....

[cham240]

The singer said "motherfuckers" at the end, it is cut out of the audio.

[haydnlovesKOL]

Hearing David say Wu Lyf makes me smile every time :)

[ToolsnFire]

It's like a bit of James Dean with primal modern humanity

[colemartinst123]

Not a huge fan yet but i can see this band being huge in a couple of years, i know i will be a huge fan of these once a hear more of there stuff.

[6skippy]

nice job way to go buddy, lol

[stimerstimer]

музончик крутой

[FuckMoiMosk]

у Ани на стене увидел.

[ilovekolx]

Ellery looks an absolute beaut in this!

[SmokeyJoekIng]

the look on the drummers face when he says nice job is priceless :L

[baranflake]

My cousin's husband's sister's boyfriend is the bassist! Woo lol

[Somecrazyshish]

@baranflake My mate's band's drummer's cousin is the bassist!

[TheGroovinDude]

THE FUCKING GODS.

[CraigSpradlin]

Well, they sure do seem impressed with themselves. "Heavy Pop" my ass, this is Rock For Millenials.

[BritRock93]

I want the "World Unite" scarf :3

[mwhittle91]

Americans don't deserve this. Manchester indie = fantastic.

[YungCav727]

@mwhittle91 YOU SOUND LIKE YOUR FROM LONDON!!

[mwhittle91]

@YungCav727 got it wrong kiddo. I'm from just outside Manchester.

[vojtezslav]

@mwhittle91 Shut the fuck up you arogant british bitch.

[mwhittle91]

@vojtezslav oooooo handbags.

[TheMicajazz]

@vojtezslav LADY GAGA isn't she ??? crap out gaga

[vojtezslav]

@TheMicajazz Really? Thats what you've got? Bitch please I barely know who the fuck gaga is :D

[laika288]

I'm surprised that an indie band who relatively speaking aren't even that well known in Britain managed to get on Letterman. Cracking performance.

[mork963]

Wonderful!

[paintedxbird]

WHATS UP FATHERFUCKERSSSSS

[BommyBum13]

All the best bands walk off after a groundbreaking peroformance, take nirvana for example when they did territoriality pissings, they just all fucked off after, WORLD UNITE! 

[Wannop]

"Calm down guys... it's fine. We can still do the whole Letterman, Conan, Pitchfork Feature interview bit - just so long as we pretend we've no vested interest in it. We've still got enough mystique to keep people from nodding off in the dirge"

[hummingbird830]

@Wannop Theres dirge?

[MrBenyeo1234567890]

david letterman is a stain on the underpants of entertainment

[DonaDonaZ]

Never understood the ridiculous canned laughter/fake giggly nonsense on Letterman. WU LYF's performance was great despite almost being spoiled by Letterman's inane chuckling idiocy.

[TheRabidGlow]

Why did I wait so long too watch this? Faken amazing. Total brilliance. Who cares about anything else? These lads can bring their shit!

[rogwai]

nothing special about the way they left, they're indie, ofcourse they're not going to wait for Letterman to make cheeky remarks about the (btw awesome) drummer.

[MusicViaTim]

Hey, nice job! Way to go, Buddy!

[HillsideTheory]

They walked off cause they're on Letterman :S i don't think they even knew what they were doing there

[annaannamusic]

amazing



[the603kid]

They walked off because they shy away from publicity. That's just their thing, I don't think anyone was being condescending. lol.

[ihaveautubeaccount]

@the603kid Do people actually not get that the whole "anti-publicity" thing is just a gimmick?

[kpowef]

any niggling issues about these guys ability performing live have been squashed right here with this video.

[tintinintibet63]

love 'em

[MrIsaacE]

is this a shreds video where is the original

[fdnlt]

the band have said 'and to all those who are defining the end seconds as "pre meditated rudeness" i can assure it was true confusion to what the fuck we are doing on letterman '

[lifelongliving]

wait.. what did the drummer do wrong?

[idioteque113]

what does Ellery say at 3:57 after Letterman asks "Is this your regular drummer?"

[waltzinblack1980]

@idioteque113 He calls the drummer a "stand-in." 

[cmcaines]

@idioteque113 standard, standard

[alpearson94]

@idioteque113 "he's a stallion" 

[idioteque113]

I get Letterman laughing 'cause of the "motherfuckers" part and them seeming a bit weird after the song ended but what's really shitty from him is the part at 3:58 when he asks "is that your regular drummer?", Emmery (singer) says/answers something and Letterman just totally disses him off saying "yea, ok".

[galgadal]

i liked it.

[juzephine]

*ba dum tss*

[Carefaceeeee]

Terrible....

[allthesearetaken]

Vocals are badly over exageratted. shit band

[citruuus]

Ignorant drummer. That's just silly

[beng2345]

GNARLY101



[09redzone]

wish i saw them at the troubadour ;(

[justinafat]

I saw this band live recently in LA. The guys were friendly and very engaging with the audience, as well as being amazing of course. I guess Letterman didn't deserve the attention WU LYF gives to real genuine fans of their music.

[stopthehypocrrsy]

Are they singing (screaming) in tongues?

[MegaGreengod]

@stopthehypocrrsy That's what I think, they do support "Lucifer" and all that hippity Hoppity bull Prap.

God said they would be speaking in a dead language, one hard to understand and mislead us all.

[utubemaster047]

WTF ARE YOU KIDS ALL TALKIN ABOUT these guys are 20 year old Mancunians. Being damn rude is there thing. ian brown, shaun ryder, gallaghers, every man and his dog from manchester acts like that. who are all you asswipes defending them for not being rude. THESE GUYS KNOW THEY ARE BEING RUDE AND WILL BE LAUGHING ABOUT IT BACKSTAGE. he was mocking letterman by bowing at him

[lhutchi2]

@utubemaster047 er...I'm from Manchester and we don't all act like that actually :)

[utubemaster047]

@lhutchi2 then you live in your own fucking bubble

[lhutchi2]

@utubemaster047 wow.  Articulate.

[xBrennIV]

No one was being rude here. I think if this was anyone's first time hearing or seeing them they would be a little flabbergasted. I mean, you honestly think that Letterman listens to every band that they book for the show? And the members shook hands with him and waved as they left, you could even see the lead guitarist smiling as David was saying bye because he knew it was kinda funny. C'mon, use your brains.

[garotoinvisivel]

freaks ♥

[horila1]

that was weird man

[Dimthetree]

letterman laughed cause the singer said whats up motherfuckers at the end

[jameswilkinson11]

Because Letterman knows. He's the embodiment of all that's cool. You've got to admire his privileged and sheltered view of the world.

[goldenbrown999]

you can here ellery (the singer) say 'are we going?' at around 4:04 so obviously they were trying to be disrespectful to letterman or the show, they were just confused about what to do after the performance. unite.

[utubemaster047]

can someone post the lyrics. it seems to me he his making the words sound as unrecognisable as possible. more so than eddie vedder, julian casablancas or any other mumblers and wailers

[imjohnandyouare]

@utubemaster047 All of their songs are sung like that. There are tons of websites that have the lyrics but I'm not sure how accurate they are.

[kpowef]

wu lyf ain't like other bands, they rarely do shows or interviews like this and only choose to take part in interviews and shows that they like, admire and have respect, thats why they performed on letterman, so any hostility or disagreement is nonsense. the ending is what WU LYF are about, they're about the music, they do an incredible performance like this and walk off, thats it. All you are left with is the performance to remember, nothing else. Its how it should be done

[Tfotob]

@kpowef There are a lot of bands who have done that. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not original to decline interviews.

[bigmike00831]

@kpowef i kind of feel it was disrespectful they where ok i guess maybe the levels where off cuz i could hear vocals

[TheFunkyfeelings]

@kpowef Maybe it could be a way of Marketing the band? just think about it. i don't say that their bad. and i agree on that they got their own sound in some way. but i think this kind of Rudeness or whatever u want to call it.Is just a way to get the band more famous. i know it sounds weird but it could be an new technique in some kind of way.

[pinkybob]

they left because they'd finished. what else do you want from them?

[hpvicious]

wassup motherfuckers :D

[TheCameraHat]

I love Manchester.

[yceysson]

What's up MOTHER FUCKERS !!

[pigobenis]

THIS IS STANDARD

[MultiCased]

1:26 also great

[MultiCased]

1:20 The BEST part !!!

[pirosho]

This was bound to happen eventually.

[ibfrdb]

I saw this the other night it was absolutely Amazing, I never heard of this band till now, Ty Letterman, I'm sure Wu Lyf's album sales are going to skyrocket after this. Enjoy this vid while you can, you know how it goes.

[RaygunShaun]

I feel like maybe Letterman was slightly annoyed by Manning not acknowledging him, and Manning was slightly annoyed by Letterman's laughing after his performance. Excellent band/song, regardless.

[ru2327]

just listened to the album version of this song and I think I like this better

[ohfoolishworkerbee]

Not a single member of this band seems to know how to play their instruments. What a bunch a douchebags.

[surfgoths11]

@ohfoolishworkerbee obviously you're mistaken and your ears must be broken or something. Can you please tell me what made them douchebags? seems to me like youre calling the kettle black. WU LYF is amazing

[TVGord]

Dave thought they were great! Some people are just looking too hard for reasons to be offended.  Dave's great! WU LYF was great! Lighten up and enjoy yourselves...life's too short.

[TheFanfareman]

"whats up mother fuckers"

[lilcoz08]

Ill give them the benefit of the doubt. They are from England...probably dont watch letterman every night and didnt realize most artists stay there and stand. Plus they are probably used to walking off stage after a show which they do every night. And lastly dude did shake and bow to him, i think thats pretty respectful.

[bramm087]

13 people need to get off the face of the earth

[DarrenG1990]

They've got a reputation for being media-shy. "Elusive", if you like. Surprised they even went on Letterman but love that they did, tis a great track.

[hummingbird830]

Drummers a fucking machine.

[FuckOfAShit]

Has no-one noticed that the lead singer says "Wassup motherfuckers" but they cut the mic after "wassup". That's why everyone's shocked/laughing at the end.

[robertovscarvalho]

if and idiotic Letterman comes laughing after my performance I would do something not so nice than just walking away like that

[FIXEDbyFIXER]

@robertovscarvalho He's laughing because the lead singer said "WASSUP MOTHERFUCKERS." Check it out at near the end of the song.

[NoDirectionHome19]

@FIXEDbyFIXER Agreed. If you listen the last thing Ellery Roberts screams gets beeped out as he is saying the word "motherfucker"; so Letterman's laughter is based off that and not in condescension toward their performance. Three of the four members of the band politely shook his hand and Roberts even bowed slightly so I don't perceive the band to be judging him, either. Drummer Joseph Manning came off as slightly cold at the end when he just stared at Letterman's extended hand...

[NoDirectionHome19]

@NoDirectionHome19 which I believe may have been the only thing Letterman got slightly peeved at; which is why he asked, "Is that your actual drummer?" but realistically I don't think hr was offended and the drummer Manning was probably not trying to be intentionally offensive but maybe just given the fact it was his first time on network television and the end of the show he didn't realize the expected standard of waiting and bowing to Letterman. "TVGord" is right....

[NoDirectionHome19]

@NoDirectionHome19 People are looking for any reason to judge and attack. Maybe they were offended by the mockery that is late night T.V. and walked off the stage because they didn't want to be there, the show is over regardless, get over yourself. Also, I kinda happen to feel that "Heavy Pop" is one of the unsung, great songs from last year.

[billuss]

You'll notice that at 4:07 they kind of pause after he says "you don't need to leave" then continue to walk off after he says "ok, we'll see you". Nothing rude about it. They just though that after their song they were meant to leave the stage. They even waved as they were leaving. Nothing rude about it.

[sevenxviii]

an absolutely dismal performance. big ups to Letterman.

[10jhud]

um, ive met tom, the bassist, and he was lovely. really genuine dude, they are not pricks.

[vernonflorida]

Say what you like about their attitude, at least they care. Come on, they could be Nickleback...

[charlielufc999]

Interviewed them a while back. The lead singer was literally the biggest prick I've ever met. Arrogant, up his own arse and downright rude. Makes me dislike the band to be honest

[GavrieIo]

What the hell did I just listen to?

[Kale4341]

Never seen these guys before this performance; wow. Incredible frontman; I love his psychotic stares off into oblivion. Intriguing.

[christine39]

What's so funny Letterman?

[IdolXfactor2]

@dylan12133 that was over top....glad u removed it cause I was just going to!

[mpbrown27]

Letterman if a fucking dickhead.

[hightimesbruce]

It's not like they completely dissed Letterman: They shook his hand, listened to his dumb anecdotes, and left.

[seltzerislife]

The ending was awesome.

[gigimc]

oh ok... it's their schtick... eh whatev... Manchester, huh...

[nelrick]

I would walk off if the host was laughing his ass off at my performance too... Who gives a flying f*** if it is Letterman.

[IdolXfactor2]

@nelrick Harsh Dude!! U know nothin about Lettermans MO if u made a silly ass statement like this....enuff said on that!

[jjvoet]

@nelrick It's HIS show that show people bands like these man, stupid remark. The drummer was going crazy, you can't see the humour in that?

[idioteque113]

@nelrick I agree. it seemed really akward for Letterman to be laughing so hard at their performance. ok, so there was a little "fuck" at the end of the song, so what, it's not like it's something he never heard b4 on his show.

and after, what did he expect, for them to praise him and kiss his feet (like almost everyone who are there do) for being on his show.

[stopthehypocrrsy]

@nelrick Well, if I wanted to be on National TV again I 'm thinking I would care. But, being a host of a show, he can do whatever he wants. If WU LYF ever gets a show, they can laugh at him.

[MegaGreengod]

@nelrick It was a laugh of joy, surprise, and sheer amazement man! They walked off because they don't need all that attention, they got other things better to do haha Who knows. . .

[afterlater]

Wow. These guys are the shit.

[peteeed]

amazing band , and they know it, let em do what they want

[hardrocker3825]

Cocky as hell, no talent to back it up though, shame.

[mattvarty]

@hardrocker3825 i'd be cocky as well if i was as talented as them

[afterlater]

@hardrocker3825 It's not cockiness. Read a little about the band first and you'll understand why they act the way they do. Also, you can't just say "no talent to back it up". How about you back up what your saying by explaining things a little further?...

[Mell20451]

I'm not sure why everyones angry they just walked off, if you're suprised I guess you don't know Wu Lyf. They killed it but I wonder if Jimmy Fallon is jealous he did'nt have them on first since he sorta is THE indie late night dude.

[marconk100]

WHATS UP MOTHERFUCKERS?

[TheCrederer]

These guys are 19 20 year old kids. They probably didn't know how to properly act in the situation. I was on a tv show with my band one time (just a local show though) and we did the same thing. Weren't trying to be rude it's just habit. My set's done, time to get off the stage.

[unknownpleasures100]

Just, fantastic.

[dormantblowhorn]

They aren't trying to be rude, just let their performance speak for itself.

[Maelchon]

As to everyone asking why they walk off... this band is notoriously anti-interview. They rarely talk to any journalist or give themselves any press besides just playing music. They screw with the press on a regular basis. I think it has something to do with the philosophy behind having very little in the way of intelligible lyrics - they want people to decide for themselves what to make of them (though that's all conjecture on my part).

[StupidVideosDotComCo]

cool

[ytpmuse]

I can never understand what these bands are saying. haha

[daharper125]

i don't think the drummer is a letterman fan

[Quickgold1]

If you're too cool to go on Letterman, then don't go on Letterman.

[2333bishop]

@Quickgold1 they fukin cool, and they rule everything. and letterman is an american idiot- but its a good promotion.

[zeroinfinit]

@Quickgold1 Give them a break, they are 12yo.

[Anestheticfun]

@Quickgold1 'and to all those who are defining the end seconds as "pre meditated rudeness" i can assure it was true confusion to what the fuck we are doing on letterman' -WU LYF from their facebook..

[mjamesholt]

Letterman is laughing in part because the singer screams "What's up motherfuckers?!" at the very end. I'm sure it was a bit of a surprise.

[tommyneumann]

FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!!

[gumkcis]

WATS UP MOVAFCKERS

[gumkcis]

WHATS UP MOTHERFUCKERS

[KSaebinMusic]

"He's a stand-in." hahaha! I think Joseph's cute but he's so reserved, it's like he just wants to get their performances over and done with. :( Probably why David Letterman asked if he was their regular drummer.

[jacks199]

looks like the drummer didnt like being complimented lol

[DarrenG1990]

HAHA love how they just walk offstage after they're done. So elusive.

[05woodc]

ha they hate him. wouldnt have ever thought they'd be on letterman

[gigimc]

what was Ellery looking at the whole time? is that what he normally does when he sings? nice suit tho/ hot.. and why was the drummer so cranky? dude played the hell out of those drums, got his shirt & was ready to get the hell out! lol of course Letterman laughed...

[Mikeper94]

@gigimc He always does that :P

[gigimc]

@Mikeper94 oh ok -- Ellery or drummer? both? eh whatev.. that's cool- everybody needs a 'thing' to set themselves apart I guess... pity both have been done again & again before... :\ Ellery is hot tho/ kinda reminds me of a british Alex Skarsgard in certain angles...

[23calvken]

Haha Letterman's just a smart ass. That's his brand of comedy. If you watch other bands on his show, you'll see that he likes to joke around with them after they're done playing. Looks like he enjoyed them to me :).

[xJONROBSONx]

I love this band, but why did they just walk off afterwards? That's rude as fuck.

[CallumAnthony93]

@xJONROBSONx BECAUSE THEY'RE INDIE

[tommythelion]

Am I missing something? What was he laughing about?

[xJONROBSONx]

@tommythelion He liked the performance, it wasn't a 'ha ha' laugh.

[tommythelion]

@xJONROBSONx That's what I figured, but then I was confused since they almost immediately walked off stage.

[xJONROBSONx]

@tommythelion Haha, yeah, rude as hell if you ask me. I think he was a little confused, he initially was just laughing because he enjoyed it I guess, and then it turned awkward when they left

[itsthemoonandrew]

one of the best performances ive seen of this song.

[PEACE95LUV]

love how they just walked off

[OncheOncheCisla]

Long LYF

[tehlolrus]

WORLD UNITE I LOVE YOU FOREVER