American Football(Part 2 of 5)

[maurisb1]

I can't believe, a nice touch to my heart =)

[alphatyrone]

Wow, Mike tells the crowd to "shut the fuck up!"  Oh, he has clearly calmed with age.

[lurgoyff]

MIke Kinsella is an amazing musician.. i love his music, his lyrics... AF is such an amazing band... my personal favorite above all other Kinsella's projects, its a shame it ended so early...

[PonyCough]

lol "shut the fuck up"

[nowthendanny]

I would give anything to be in that crowd.

[mirrastyle4524]

sometimes it sounds like the snare has this really nice lush reverb on it... its great.

[DilutePeople]

@mirrastyle4524 duuude yesss the snare hit at 0:35 :D thanks for pointing that out. I love when live audio just randomly does stuff like that.

[DilutePeople]

@mirrastyle4524 I meant 0:40 *

[Sousleek]

magic music

[edwardiansnow]

I am envious of everybody in the crowd.

[lennycarlmoe]

Little known fact about the song "Five Silent Miles" -- the title is in refernce to 1) the time signature (5/4) and the hi-hat riff that is a references to Miles Davis "In A Silent Way".

[geoffcabforcutie]

4:23 for the luls.

"Shut the fuck up!"

When Steve counts off, he sounds exactly like he did on the first few seconds of Never Meant.

[eb0larama]

newest band out influenced by them is algernon cadwallader. Band is really awesome; check it out.

[TehZombie]

I love how as soon as they start playing Five Silent Minutes a total hush just falls over the crowd.

[shizzle31]

umm well yeah because he said shut the fuck up

[whales]

his lyrics were always the weak link

[shizzle31]

Just because they are simple, doesn't mean they are weak.. He gets his point across in suttle ways, so suttle a idiot like yourself couldn't even pick up one i.... Intriquet gutiar work, simple lyrics.. perfect combo..

[inbox1680]

i love this band. notice that alot of their songs has the word 'everything' in it, and its like in the end of the sentence/stanza... do you know any bands that sounds like or influenced by a.f.

[aminorchord17]

this town needs guns

[SpiritofVersaille]

Bands that are as close to american football as it gets....1. Very Secretary 2. This Town Needs Guns. 3. Mineral

[ihaveniceass]

@SpiritofVersaille Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) sound a lot like them as well

[posthc]

american football have only 2 cd first

polyvinyl records single serie (3 song)

and the cd Iponim

[ElectroMcSampson]

Five Silent Miles was the only song I heard from these guys for a few years. One day it popped into my head and I tried to find some more music from American Football. I remember I put the album on for the first time while I was playing with some K'nex and being so mesmerized by the lengthy outro of 'Honestly' that I just had to lay on the carpet and exclusively listen. Now I seldom go a week without playing something related to Mike Kinsella on my weekly college radio program. This is great.

[notyoursavior78]

I love Five Silent Miles and all of the songs these guys have done.

That's awesome that you spin this on a college radio show. Cheers!

[glitterkittens]

I actually heard the intro to never meant on npr, as one of those clips they use to segue between things.

[thanksmisfortune]

@ElectroMcSampson AF gives me such a special feeling, brings back good memories

[kennyblacklee]

i love their style of music. they rocks.

[SadSappySucker00]

Mike Kinsella rocks.

[openyourmind678]

I don't think anyone then knew how influential and timeless this band would come to be in the future.

[ChocolateExplosion]

i can't believe there arent more heads nodding in the crowd

if only she were older..

[AceHarding]

Hey shut the fuck up! Haha. That's so unlike Mike to do nowadays. He's way more funny about it and passive agressive.

[iamemocore]

HAHA! it was even more funny when i actually watched it. the next owen show i go to, i'm going to say it to him.

[semeninturkeybaster]

If you do, PLEASE tell me how he responds. I would love to know.