Devendra Banhart Interview

[BekBud1]

shove this video up r ass bitch, i hope it makes the same noise going in as it did coming out

[aehllyj3]

Audio fails. bad copy.

[SwineFluInCompany]

Don't watch this the sound impedes all comprehension.

[34comecome]

annoying fucking sound!!!!!

[bxxch10]

UGH fuck! Bianka dated this guy?

[TheNomadicview]

Why bother uploading this at all?

[ANCHOVYandOTTOMAN]

make the feedback go away!!!

[MRPATOCLAV]

the audio used to be fine but the interview talked about independence from big music industry corporations. im sure they´ve censored it on purpose. seriously dude is pathetic

[SiriosIX]

BS feedback. Impossible to watch. A waste of frikin time in total!!!!!

[rudetoddboy]

is this dubstep

[MrOwlycat]

this video used to work along time ago

[zippywaite]

Hilarious static hahaha holy shit. Bummer though

[DiditheStuart]

Hi everyone, If you like this kind of music then you should check out my new song by clicking on my username under this comment, any feedback would be much appreciated, thanks.

[octopuscollective]

intermittent speech from some dude with a beard is interrupting me from hearing the beautiful creative song.

[watcherofpron]

wtf feedback

[yjiscrazy]

wth?

[PAULLONDEN]

It's all in the hair, without it ,he would be the yob next door. handy vehicle,because of it ,the customers swallow the hype, selfimportant crap.He ain't a Barrett or Bolan.

It's all here in this clear interview ,that put's things straight.

Only for todays charisma starved customer..

[darthsarth]

what the hell is wrong with this video???

[OldPazuzu]

Now I see

[iswearnothing]

The noise is Slender Man~~ oOoOoOo

[fdopatino]

may be that noise was put there on purpose!

[liof16]

Why upload with this sound :(

[cymbaline53]

wow he looks like manson

[KenSchulte2010]

what the fuck

[Charlie1jaco1]

What's the question that goes before he says "I love them, they're wonderful, they're reading a book in the corner..."?

[deathrocket7]

That isn't static that's merely how the indies speak.

[imamacyoureapc]

hahahahah, BLURGHGHHHGHGHG, BLURGHGHGHHH. Sorry, that's all I can hear for some reason, sounds like someone aggressively blowing their nose into a megaphone or something.

[MsSaladFingers]

I don't think it is just the acid and weed; I think he's a creative schizophrenic.

[demonmut]

wtf

[skanky87]

This video is a giant glob of elephant shit

[myloversdream]

well, he looks healthy at least

[chekortado]

yo se ke asi no habla devendra! pesimo video deberían borrarlo lo voy a reportar

[SaggingScrotum]

wierd.....this video used to work......

[itisnthealthy]

MY EARS ARE BLEEEEEEEEDING!

[dialblova]

pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pshhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaahh such lovely noice....

[BeastCoastBoarding]

the video didnt have random sounds in it before.

[shhhazzle]

Defiantly didn't stop making music...which I'm happy about obviously!

[solredoc]

rude video, mannerless author.

[paintandillustrate]

LOL!

[chickenmuffins14]

why is there that scratching noise, i've watches this before and it worked perfectly fine, Please fix this? it's a magnificent interview, and i love to hear him speak

[corshun63]

PSHHHHHHH---pHHHHHSHSHS - PSShhhhSHHSH

FFUUUUUUUCK

MAKE IT STOOOOOOP, PLEEEASE!

[SkeksisRule]

That sound is horrible. I can't even hear the interview. Please fix audio!

[saltemann]

WHY THIS FEEDBACK U FUCKING CUNT?

[johnwoog]

@saltemann Btw thats not feedback,

[EmuCamelDrum]

guess he's just trying to retain a bit of personal pace for his reativity

[merkanth]

Anyone else getting some major feedback/angry sound that makes their ears bleed? I really want to listen to this... crud.

[FatBowlsForBreakfast]

@merkanth Type this at the end of this video's URL: &FMT=18

[SeniaSunshine]

@merkanth yeah it sucks

[PAULLONDEN]

@merkanth This is karma in the working....because this D.B. is too full of himself.

That doesn't mean to say that the poster of this crud is not a lazy butfucker.

[doriankilledsibyl]

looks like jesus, woah! love his music!

[missblissxe]

why was that so hard, I feel like he just messed with my brains. Like I don't feel like he's actually like that, but that he was trying really hard to act like something, solely for the purpose of some output,w haaatt??

[EnigmaNerd]

@missblissxe

have you ever made any thing creative and then tried to talk about it with a video camera in your face? eeps, it's the weirdest. It's totally an act, but what isn't ;)

[missblissxe]

@EnigmaNerd

touché! Though I don't agree with your first bit, I'm a studio art major, and though sometimes what I've made is hard to explain, or I just don't want to, I dont feel the need to retract 5,000 degrees and just talk gibberish when people ask. There are so many artists like him who seem to revel in their inaccessibility, but I just value directness too much for that. Just say "It's not for you to understand," but I guess that gets old, and he's just entertaining himself at this point

[condicionXdulce]

mentally deficient. poor thing.

[oysteranatomy]

a true genuine old soul

[Luigiman555]

"I don't do acid all the time, but whatever" XD

[LifeIsLiar]

<3'd the CocoRosie reference.

People are lame, he's adorable + talented (but not totally coherent).

[kikitheowl]

My god he's sexy

[MeelkyJoe]

Haha this guy is such a wanker pretending to be on another level

[flyhi4ever]

can u say "charles manson"?

[yellow1laces]

in a way he reminds me of JIm Morrison a tad bit

[willlliw]

"not that i do acid a lot, but whatever"

[mojoheroin]

i want to do his heroin

[needmodestmouse]

he reminds me of my good friend in so many ways.

[jsn1981]

this guy is such a retard lol.

[mrsbrandonflowers1]

What band/album did he say was a master piece + greatest record of all time? Devendra is amazing!!

[khanflesh]

@mrsbrandonflowers1 Six Organs of Admittance, which is Ben Chasny's solo project.

[sheeva101]

everything he says actually makes alot of sense if you think about it. this guy is a fucking renaissance man.

[Hollysprings]

@sheeva101 He's done a lot of acid and other psychedelic drugs. I guess drug induced thought is the foundation of a brilliant mind.

Not that I don't think he makes some great music, he's just far from genius and his thoughts seem pretty typical of people who do psychedelic drugs.

[vogue257]

Hey I've just discovered this artist few days ago and I think he is a genius. Could anyone tell me a little more about him? I find him amazing and his songs are great!

[turkeysub3000]

he is coked out of his mind.... look at this fools mannerism

[Hollysprings]

@turkeysub3000 Care to explain this further? I've spent a fair amount of time around coke heads and they act far different than this guy. Their speech is faster and they feel the need to talk way more and never stop.

I think this guy is an acid head, and that's why he acts so strange and has strange mannerisms, but they're far from a cokeheads mannerisms.

[ATTACKPATT]

he's a dude, but, stop chewing gum while you speak marn!

[dirtydecade]

know what i mean

[maxaug88]

what are the bands he is talking about

[scampoli89]

this is awesome

[paacho13]

he is my new jesus...haha

[ibette]

Does anyone remind him of how Cedric from TMV talks? lol

[LAKAIorDIE40]

I like his final words

[tristanb20]

oh my word...

[janicetensiniheringb]

I see him like a real person ( or somebody like I believe must be): good work made with heart, a handsome and very cool guy and he's fucking for the established conventions. I just love this atitude!

Devendra, Iots of love to you!

[annemarie326]

lololololololololLOLOLOLOL @ fzappa0007

[lovedollaahdude]

devendra's awesome!!!!

and i loooove joanna newsom!!! <3

[brittnee17935]

I love this man. Amazing music.

[TheOdderOne]

Oh shut the fuck up already.  Pretentious fuck.

[afreemanoneday]

@TheOdderOne What do you when you say pretentious?

[TheOdderOne]

@afreemanoneday Oh I just don't know anymore.

[Emixne]

I didn't know hippies still existed

[TheOdderOne]

@Emixne You must've never been to the Pacific Northwest.

[Devinopps]

no nobody has told me yet!.......i cant understand him in this interview very well because he is chewing gum.....but yes i would like to know what he says is the greatest record of all time and the names of bands he says at the end.....pretty much all music references ha

[Manalishi2]

@Devinopps

six organs of admittance is the first one.

[mondaysbingonight]

@Devinopps the Six Organs of Admittance song Hazy SF which is on Golden Apples of the Sun,he also talks about the Compathia album, the music references are Vetiver, Joanna Newsom, Antony and the Johnsons, CocoRosie, Espers, and if you like those you should listen to Vashti Bunyan and The Dodos. (I didn't hear who the wind or the person reading a good book were.)

[Devinopps]

What record is he referring to as the greatest of all time??....

[AlfredBaba]

@Devinopps i would like to know thta too.. did somebody tell you?

[jogreenb]

@Devinopps

six organs of admittance-hazy sf

[purpletycoon]

lmaooo. "listen kids....just grow your hair" haha. lovee himm. he does seem to be tripping out on something tho. Why so serious??

[ophelianymph]

Nice interview!!would just like to add though you dont need to do acid to feel or think all those things!!

[peterbriers]

@ophelianymph Although it couldn't hurt. :p

[susannacole]

I'm not sure if I sensed that he was trying too hard per se, but I'd like to have a casual conversation with him (you know, not an interview or with cameras, cause I believe that often changes, even if only subtle, how people behave and talk). I like his style, he's a rather intriguing guy. And the dude can conjure up some good imagery and metaphors, and as a poetic soul, that's something I always appreciate. :)

[stabbykelly]

@susannacole I saw him live in D.C this past fall. I left early because of the strong sense of fakeness. Ruined me liking Devendra Banhart for life.

[bonjourballerina]

jdhjkdshg, he is so beautiful.

[Loadbuster8000]

Where's eric cartman when you need him..

[zigzigzig]

cool. he mentioned vetiver. also, his perspective on stuff is great.

[moobymuffin13]

morrow222....he is talking about Six Organs of Admittance's song HAZY SF and refers to a Ben Chasny unreleased album as the solo album....also mentions Compathia

[OmyMolly]

he mentioned joanna newsom!

[morrow222]

What does he say at :42about kcsf Carpathia or something being the best song he ever heard?

[secretcompartment]

i could live in that beard for like a week

[popgunparadise]

This man is a beast..... he is probably my fav hippy (and i like hippies)

[TheDensley7]

Your favourite hippy!

[Lillogambino]

where is he from? he speaks as an N. yorker...hunhgujnhunuhunuhunhu­n mumbling...

[Lillogambino]

he is kind of inteligent for a tree huger...that is he aint one of those guys who think that to deceive and confuse, by giving an complex, senseless answer to an simple question is to be inteligent...

[BeastCoastBoarding]

i think is completely sane, dont know why people think he is weird. we think him different based on our "normal" prefernces. its like saying a elephant is big compared to a mouse, therefor an elephant is big, only because we have something to compare it to.

[assaglioli]

@BeastCoastBoarding I think you're trying to say that in relative terms he's weird ie. compared to most people, which is probably true. He's obviously a bit different to most 9 to 5 normal drudges, he has imagination, but he's just as enslaved by his ego as the rest of us, in fact a bit more so now that I hear what he's saying He's not really weird, he's just resonably bright, a bit of a thinker and a big ego.

[goonuken]

@BeastCoastBoarding "Teddy" Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger?

[jbeck1337]

Why would he just give up? what the fuck does he have to lean on? lol

[dandansade]

weird guy!!!

cant even figure if hes a girl or a boy

[tajto]

i think the beard is a tip-off

[Joyce258]

this guy needs to get over himself

[jbeck1337]

@Joyce258 confidence must be bad, huh?

[TheSchoolsux345]

why is he quitting? why doesnt he just take a break, im kind of disapointed in him

[wojtek0000]

Fuck this neo-hippie wanabe and his pretentiousness. His music is just ok. Nothing to drool over. Next.

[ant1ph0n]

are you that bored you have to be "an hero" to all videos related to him.

but much to your chagrin, i do agree that he's trying too hard [and after only reading about/seeing footage of him for 10 minutes]

as for you, you're totally trumping any sort of argument you have by being an idiot in the comment section and sounding like an elitist twat with the whole "Next." bit at the end of your rants, my suggestion, deflate your ego a bit...

"Next."

;]

[RaynardES]

its funny when the interviewee OWNS the interviewer

[rarararavi]

you're a vagabond.

nooo man.. . you know what I mean? i'm not a vagabond.

[54321FUCKYOU]

I'm trying very hard to like this guy. But, it just seems like he's trying too hard. And, that turns me off.

[charliisabeast]

@54321FUCKYOU ...really? IKWYM abt people trying too hard generally, but with this guy i don't really see it.

[54321FUCKYOU]

I just hate that he had to make it a point to come out and say he drops acid and smokes weed. I don't know to me it sounded like that kid in school that wants everyone to know he's on drugs.

[charliisabeast]

...actually that's a damn good point. That is pretty lame.

[54321FUCKYOU]

lol, I'm not saying I don't like his music though. I'm a fan. But, as a person....eh.

[jbeck1337]

@54321FUCKYOU Hey, it's one interview. I didn't get a good vibe from it either but who knows maybe he's pissed off because he wasn't selling as many records as he had hoped :)

[SeanSeanSeanCanada]

hahahahahaha i love how when hes describing what he thinks his album is, hes basically just sounds like someone tripping on acid would describe something

[CybeleNox]

He expresses himself visually; he may be speaking, but you can visualize what he is saying.

[JosephLarkdale]

Some of his songs are too wierd for the sake of being weird. But there are some songs that are so earthy, i swear it's like being atop a mountain. He's one of the best musicians-artists around these days. Awesome melodies and arrangements.

[Kbonewalker]

what band is he talking about in the begining?

[grimediana]

@Kbonewalker six organs of admittance

[fzappa007]

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[shygurldance]

acid cant really hurt you you can only hurt yourself

[shygurldance]

i like him <3

[eljagg01]

People should fucking learn how to spell.

A HIPPIE is one who rejects authoritarian status quo dogma. HIPPY describes a woman with a generous figure.

This is Devendra Banhart. Not Queen Latifah.

[nirvanachick15]

hahaha. THANK YOU.

[noreform]

its funny how so many people can hate, dislike and even assume they know what kind of a person he is by watching a FUCKING 9 min video

[OriginalJesus]

I like his music but in interviews he really comes across and pretentious and fake. I understand all of his metaphors completely and I understand what some would consider to be "hippy talk," such as his connection with the table/tree, and it really just sounds ridiculas. There is one video on Youtubre where he sayd "I feel like I am in the sixties," which means he wants to be in the sixties, which means he is not real, he is no better than an actor.

[OriginalJesus]

Also, the fact that he said he won't be making music after this next album proves how full of shit he is. I'm going to stop watching him talk now, goodbye.

[MusicFromJoey1]

Wow. Your a douchebag

[fzappa007]

@OriginalJesus I agree

[zahrock12]

i dono why people are hating hes fukin sweet

[EvocativeOx]

Lol, what a looped asshole eating his own shit :)

[aicfan85]

i'm pretty sure this is how Charlie Manson might have ended up if he had had a successful music career. He's an amazing song writer, but very much a classic crazy hippy type.

[amindlessidiot]

I like musicians who can spend more time describing their music than playing it. (Wait, since this is the internet I better let everyone know that I'm being sarcastic.

[sshake0appeal]

do you know how many albums he has? thats alot of time playing music.

shut up

[fzappa007]

@amindlessidiot  I gotcha !!

[rokrkim]

is he a indie-star???

i didn;t know he is such a famous star..

wow here are 1000 comments..

[venzenait]

who are these whiners that keep puting minuses on people's comments

[freqazoidiac]

i was wondering why he was doing the same..every comment is interjected with a "no, this is the way it is", he should subject "in my mind".. it's ego splash friends, no matter how you view your pop heros. prety good music sometimes though!

[aramomega]

when will twits like him grow up???

[fzappa007]

@aramomega  no shit

[likeallimarie]

I like him.

Hater's gonna hate.

[crunge91]

you know what i mean? his message to this kids is the best part.

[ish91914]

is this the illegitamate son of charles manson?

[slowthunder416]

Mmm...he seems really up his own ass

If you know what i mean :P

[futurochico]

What a fucked up weirdo...

[TheDPC45]

no devendra, i don't know what you mean. this is 9 minutes of a hippie meandering like an idiot about his shitty records. the best part is when he thinks he might quit making music.

[supermario5]

he was on acid during this video

[canadainchelsea]

the guys voice sounds like Colin from Circa Survive. Its so weird. D:

[PrinzKassad929]

he looks like jesus...xD

[Aspenfash899]

i know so hot

[ganochile]

What a phony ass dude.

[dialaname]

@ganochile

shut

the

fuck

up

[canadainchelsea]

six organs admittance <3