M.I.A. - Born Free (live on Letterman)

[aokichanel22]

really liked the all-twins performance it's fucking great !

[smoochy0711]

shit is raw ...if you don't get her your wack

[IceJussy]

ПИ*ДЕЦ!

[undergroundindy]

I love this song, but the keyboard player was shitting all over this performance

[TCronus1432]

When the hell did garbage like this get to be labeled music?lol

[AwkwardRockstar]

That piano man has skills...

[bandaoriental]

FUCK ISRAEL FUCK UK FUCK USA !!!!

[michelicnek]

lol..dave letterman is such a dick....lol

[kikiloveu96]

schrecklich

[JOBFORaMUNK]

best



[GoingScuba]

This performance is awesome. Funny too.

[Iluv2bblk]

Hindu not muslim

[67sjhks]

This is not a song..... this is just four minutes plus of plain loud, irritating noise created by a bunch of jokers!

[jjoeshaw]

@67sjhks Jokers? Sure. Keep thinking that.

[JusticeNature]

@67sjhks have you watched the video for it ? I'm sure you'd love it.

[Ivemadethisaccount]

I like Mia... but this sounds too bad... it hurts ears...

[sciencemansandera]

You call this punk I call it junk and I've jammed with some punkers. This chick is some kind of Muslim illegal immigrant you should hear her on illegal immigration in Arizona. Shes good lookin got a wild accent but music NOT This was supposed to be this chicks best work that launched her. All I gotta say and I grew up in Detroit with Buddys playing for Nugent and Country Buddys Waylon Jennings and what I see is it sure doesn't take much to make a record these days, pretty much no skill at all

[sighilovelolcats]

@sciencemansandera she's not muslim, ignorant shit.

[jjoeshaw]

@sciencemansandera muslim? LOL you're stupid.

[myoldnnamewastaken]

@sciencemansandera Wow, you're extremely ignorant and know nothing of music. And just so you know, it was "Paper Planes" that made her known. "Born Free" was best known for the controversial music video. Idiot.

[gimlot79]

wtf oO



[MrBombard0]

The guitar is alive and well. Take a break and go learn yourself some grammar.

[sciencemansandera]

This is music Wow it makes me wonder what the heck I ever learned to play the guitar for. Sounds like Garbage to me

[folatom]

@sciencemansandera ever hear of punk?!

[bonjourclaud]

\/\/O\/\/, love her even more with this ...

[Dakedoom]

the guy on the keyboards is Frank Klepacki, isn't it?

[5imply5tephan]

Surprised she didn't beat the crap out of the camera's <3

[finnyburr]

equality for all or call for individuality? I'm confused.

[JusticeNature]

@finnyburr watch the official video....that may help to answer your question.

[gwsjr87]

LOL I bet the audience was loaded with senior citizens and middle-aged housewives. You can tell by the lackluster applause before and after the performance.

[adinaisb]

This song is in NFS hot pursuit

[elizabeth239857]

from 0:09 - 0:19 -  He is just sooooo talented ... :/

[MzChelxoxo]

i don't get it. why are they wearing the same thing? or is she supposed to be an army or what?

[HazelSmurf]

I think the concept would have been more easily understood if the other 'MIA look a likes' ripped off their same striped sweaters/wigs and each had a different outfit on and hair color beneath. That way when they started to scream: "I WAS BORN FREE." People would have been like: ".ohh..OHHHH SHIT I GET IT NOW!!"

[chacho6011]

what a cool concept!!

[Thuysbebop]

Shes fucking awesome.

[dool3r]

@dookiekong007 is that a disease or something

[Nanohead]

If you don't think you were born free. GTFO and protest on Yahoo about a middle finger and a bad word during the Super Bowl.

[EEE947]

That is not how you play the keyboard. Lol

[NikitaMirage]

why you talk shit about her style? She has more swag than your fucking GaGa or the others singers. And the others are just copying her style, so shut up the fuck up and get a life. Thanks.

[dookiekong007]

this chick doesn't even have the swag

[dookiekong007]

what kind of shitty song is this?

[bradh716]

That was very cool. Letterman is a punk.

[michelicnek]

LOL....david letterman is nothing more than an insular american redneck dick of priveledge....he is an ass!

[asuntogaleria]

martin rev!

[vacuumnoise]

that guy doing the noise on the keyboard is rad

[yasserzareaa]

I'm sorry and I apologies for this lady fans, may be some called this is an art or music, but I can't see a thing,and you notice Letterman comment he made a fun of her song and performance Halloween thing

[RMCKIE]

M.I.A. Has a new song BAD GIRLS Coming out soon with a video on friday 3rd feb 2012 and new album soon.

[RMCKIE]

GREAT SONG. THE OFFICIAL VIDEO IS FANTASTIC.

[RMCKIE]

She's been working with Madonna, I can't wait to hear the music they have made together.

[anekdamian]

@RMCKIE Sadly it's not like "they made music together". It was a bit more like "Madonna directed her like a little puppy to sing the exact 3 lines she needed to finnish boosting up her new song". :/

[poney751]

What a crazy chick.with all my love

Chuck Norris

[SK8ONMEDIA2012]

bad.. -.-

[letshakehands]

GHOST RIDER BY SUICIDE. give credit.

[beautronics]

that's a drummer, that's performing

[funkylovejunkie]

Brits rule!

[scarlettcow]

Also I've probably watched this performance more times than I can count by now, it's just perfect.

[scarlettcow]

lol guy in the audience at 4:15

[DaNickolas]

nice hat



[GreysonandMeyson]

I love the interesting clone idea. Never seen it before my myself.

[LeatherScorpio]

@GreysonandMeyson It reminded me of the video of Grace Jones's "Demoltion Man" (back in the 80s) which also used the clone idea.

[HuracanAmbulante01]

basura!!!



[hellokitty92691]

bjork did it better she wants to be bjork

[neoschneewittchen]

@hellokitty92691 srsly gtfo

[youpaymyrent]

somebody tell me the thing playing in the background -well one of them- is it not that suicide track?

[deusdiabolus]

@youpaymyrent - It is, that's why it's awesome that Martin Rev himself is on the keyboard.

[youpaymyrent]

@deusdiabolus right! had no idea, thanks!

[Tightbutthole99]

I want to have her babies

[MrMspikem]

suicide, ghost rider ! ha

[DizzyDior12]

Yesssssssss. Love her.

And I love your user name. =] Metric is the SHIT.

[Firerosemon]

@DizzyDior12 METRIC IS NOT SHIT.

[DizzyDior12]

@Firerosemon I said THE shit, you spaz. It's a GOOD thing.

[007fiber007]

Very cool!!!

[UnReal31337]

Looks like she took a page out of Anonymous' doctrine.

[SmurfAndBuffalo]

MARTIN REV!!!!!!!!!!!

[SlantedmirroR]

It's meant to be more of a political statement than just music. People calling it noise don't understand and clearly haven't seen the video or heard about the banning of said video.

[JoseMB13]

0:10 what the heck is he doing?

[Clowny175]

hahaa :D

[sillysallyceli]

awesome!

[mobilevixen]

61 people wasn't born free.

[WBParkJ]

dHIS SONG GOT MORE MEANIN THEN ALMOST ANY VIDEO SINCE IDK WHAT 2003..ANYWAY .DHIS SONG GO HARD I TOTALLY RESPECT M.I.A.

[Trolled2Death]

This is not music its noise and nothing else. No singing talent at all

[sillysallyceli]

@Trolled2Death noise is a type of music... I love this song!

[xLordOfTheFliesx]

@Trolled2Death

Opinions, opinions.

[shawnbfromnc]

that keyboardist was a beast!!!

[RoundMidnight111]

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA­HHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111



[iminlovewitharipper]

what a fucking genius

[CigaretteSmokingMann]

this is good

[AndreaBTW]

Pero que coño es esto? A esto le llaman música? Me sangran los oídos.

[Dianish8]

@AndreaBTW eso decía al principio, pero ahora me gusta

[winterstellar]

Oh man! Martin Rev on the keyboard!!! A lot is sampled from his and Alan Vega's song "Ghost Rider", so it's only fair! I love MIA, she revives old classics! From "The Clash", from "Suicide" and whatnot!: )

[LCAFR]

this is so RAAAW

[isaiaselcaco]

i like that tron hat.

[robert101455]

Much props to M.I.A. for having Martin Rev play live with her for this song!

[Tiza123m]

I like Letterman and all but I think she`s not exacly HIS audience :). A serious generation gap overthere.

[jkludz]

lol letterman just doesn't know what to say at the end

[AHarmlessBlackMan]

I flipped out when I saw Martin, nice addition to this performance

[CrestedBoa]

i fuckin love the drum track in this song

[misty666]

they may be dressed like her...but only MIA has got the moooooves!

[kbrod90210]

letterman at the end was like.."she out crap on me,I need to say goodbye so quickly"

maybe the song really bite Letterman ego

[dynospectrum]

@martialartist048  your lost

[mrjdvolk]

Somehow, I've totally missed them until now!  That is some serious heavy shit.. Nice!

[maybeonemore]

fucking brilliant



[anamommy1]

Letterman is an asshole, "seriously Happy Halloween" ...he wasn't born free I bet

[BrBilal]

BLOODY BRILLIANT!!

[jardila04]

is fantastic



[bootr0s]

this song really grows on you

[tmdgaf]

again this is martin rev ,you wont hear a noise like that again on letterman so lap it up

[MrBarazal]

M.I.A parabens voce conseguil passar suas mensagem e com grande impacto

[AngelaAaliyah1218]

her music video to born free is FUCKING FUCKED UP! (and sick but i still love her)

[jummacob]

@AngelaAaliyah1218 it's supposed to depict what happens to tamils in sri lanka. if you think the video is messed up imagine what the people go through

[AngelaAaliyah1218]

@jummacob hmm I feel bad that i didnt already know about that 

[20m813]

sick and crazy

i love this girl

[YRRSBAND]

I love them all

[yathooo]

she said it before and now U.N / U.K' / USA / channel 4 admit it , its a genocide by SRILANKAN government ON TAMILS

[kburnout]

whatsso controversal about this?

[8thwonderlemon]

@kburnout It's not the song it's self that was seen as controversial, it was the official video. It depicted graphic genocide & gore. It sends a powerful message about genocide & what a horrid thing it really is.

[smarty3000]

M.i.a. took a huge risk here...but otherwise she is a totally amazing artist

[Laiquenkake]

I want this fucking Tron-Cap!

[tominrochester]

@Squallandboco1 And then you would be name-dropped by artists like LCD Soundsystem and be considered avant-garde and directly or indirectly influence a multitude of artists (including MIA- whom I assume you like/respect since you are watching one of her videos) but be misunderstood by mainstream music listeners and youtube commenter s... But that avant-garde stuff ain't for everyone...

[TeenCreeps]

@Squallandboco1 thats martin rev you jack ass he wrote this song and is an incredibly influential musician.

[Force10FromMimico]

@TeenCreeps He's not only saying hey it's okay sample my song, he's saying you did good kid. Let me play along with ya!

[youpaymyrent]

@TeenCreeps still, that was a funny comment.

[MrCutthemullet]

@Squallandboco1 That's Martin Rev, he wrote the song.

[kevinng01]

tron!



[kmacmuzikmafia27]

I really wish I could find a studio version of this song, on YouTube. Not the 9 minute video either.

Just the song dammit. Where?!

[troylemke]

Se for pra ouvir ruídos, da próxima vez digite " Ferrari Motor Sound"! mais afinado, harmônico e agradável !!!

[jb44421]

47 people were not born free

[tylerrepotter]

Wow, I can't even believe that. That was amazing, if you don't get it, that's because you're used to hearing candy bubblegum garbage. That was an amazing performance, and I'm in no way a fan. Very good art, because you can actually feel it.

[bucknastyson1]

At first I did not like this at all but over the last year the performance has grown on me.  I thinks it's pretty cool.

[oOZePirateOo]

if letterman could look more awkward...

[jussara2851]

ODEIO AS MÚSICAS DELA!!.

[oSilasMendes]

@jussara2851 se foda, melhor que essa bosta gospel que você ouve, crente escrota

[jussara2851]

@oSilasMendes Nossa q boca mais suja!!.Pois fique vc sabendo q a música gospel hoje em dia tem se mostrado bem melhor q a música secular em termos d som,melodia e letra...Fora q tbm mtas pessoas q ñ são cristãs vivem cantarolando música gospel tdos os dias.Portanto lave a sua boca antes d falar da música gospel meu querido =)

[oSilasMendes]

@jussara2851 "q ñ são cristãs vivem cantarolando música gospel tdos os dias" HAHAHAHA o que eu vejo é cristão que nem sabe dessas porcarias, não o contrário.

Música gospel nunca será nada que preste. Se fez algum sucesso foi com Elvis, por causa dele, e não da música.

Vc vem aqui, comenta que odeia uma das maiores artistas da atualidade, e que só o que presta é o seu enlatado "ungido", e depois não aguenta ouvir a verdade. Quem fala o que quer, ouve o que não quer, crente.

[jussara2851]

@oSilasMendes Cara nada a ver o q vc falou! eu ñ odeio a M.I.A,como eu vou odiar alguem q eu ñ conheço.Acho ela talentosa e um pouco maluca só ñ gosto das músicas dela,até pq ñ faz o meu estilo pois eu gosto d rock e indie rock!.Hauhauhau..Elvis ñ tem nada a ver c/ o sucesso da música cristã atual,vc pode até ñ cantar música gospel mas mtas pessoas q ñ são cristãs curtem ouvir música gospel no estilo q mais gosta.Deus te abençoe ; )

[GroddGuerrilla]

Remember the Tamils of Sri Lanka.

[Mez0333]

i didn't get it at first but now i get it

[darrenkills]

Can't believe she returned after they raped Paper Planes

[andye2007]

@darrenkills can't believe they let her back after hearing her screech her way through paper planes, seriously when did it stop being necessary to be able to carry a tune in order release music

[DJFG85]

How do we even know she was there? lol...

[manthelittleearthgod]

Suicide killz! Ghost Rider motorcycle hero Hey baby baby baby he's lookin so cute Sneakin round round round in a blue jumpsuit Ghostrider motorcycle hero Bebebebebebebe he's a-blazin away Packing stars stars stars in the universe Ghostrider motorcycle hero Bebebebebebebe he's a-screaming the truth America, America is killing its youth Bebebebebebebe he's a-screaming away America, America is killing its youth America, America is killing its youth Ghostrider Ghostrider

[demonbalooni]

I hate it even more now!

[heitmanek1]

Is that the guy from Suicide?

[Force10FromMimico]

@heitmanek1 Yes, yes it it is.

[carrotcake365]

i adore mia and this whole album. but the dude in the back banging on the piano like a neanderthal kinda ruined the song for me...

also i want her outfit lol

[SonikToooth]

@carrotcake365 if it wasn't for him this song wouldnt even exist...

[khanflesh]

@carrotcake365 That's Martin Rev from Suicide. This song is built around a loop of "Ghost Rider", a track off the first Suicide record.

[Xaymot]

@khanflesh I thought it was him

[slamboyj1]

how did /\/\.I./\. get so many look-alikes?!?!?

[DJFG85]

@slamboyj1 Picked 'em up from 7-11

[thecuk]

who r these cubicle clowns sitting through vids they don't like and taking the time to critic shit they hv no clue about? recapitulate the history of punk and hip hop as a weapon against stupidity and complacency, smoke a blunt and ingest the beauty of chaos from galvanizing artists who transcend genre like mf-ing goddess mia. wrecking ball to yr plastic world. and to paliesq: if it weren't for urban black america crackers like myself would still be listening to fukn prog rock.

[VanIsleBC]

@thecuk you're right how could anyone in their right mind listen to something they don't like and then proceed to provide criticism against it? absolute bollocks...

[vepulan7]

release the fucking tiger.

[kalebb05]

This reminds me of a bunch of amature high schoolers trying to play Motley Crue at a talent show with terrible acoustics and mixing. I cannot believe what some people get paid to do. How does someone like this get "famous"????

[topsidesoul]

@kalebb05 They were actually sampling/playing suicide.. Motely Crue are shite, even for a bunch of junkies.

[paliesq]

Thank you, urban black American culture, for spawning this awful sound along with all of your out of wedlock single parent "households"

[akadaka69]

@paliesq shes not black you asshole....

...fucking racist asshole, please recluse back to your deluded vision of white america.

[scarlettcow]

This is one of her best performances, seriously amazing!

[Shazgi]

Is thus shit?

[retron23]

Maya, when you get tired of booze boy look me up....lol just sayin...

[Lovegood44]

Ok, the thing people don't get about MIA is that she actually has a lot of power behind her songs and in her lyrics circulate around topics that ACTUALLY MATTER. Unlike Gaga, and so many other artists.

[leanneDCfan]

Wow this is the first time ive seen mia, and this is AWESOME XD What have i been listening to all this time?! :L

[tmdgaf]

MIA had no idea what martin rev was going to do.... the reason this performance was so well interesting was because of him..... anyone who doesnt like this performance should really look at Martin Rev contribution... but personally i think thats the reason why i love this video. absolute genius.... power to the rev

@tmdgaf I agree. Huge Suicide fan. No one compares. Love MIA tho she's a