Bloc Party - Mercury (Live at Later Live...)

[AbstracktAlias]

This performance is amazing, but at some parts, I feel like it's in dire need of a bass-line.

[bensley56]

@AbstracktAlias That's so true man. I always felt t was lacking, even though I love the song.

[TakeshiMomoshiro]

@AbstracktAlias, hmm. I'm a huge fan of bass guitar, especially when played by Moakes, but I actually disagree here. I think because the guitar part in this song is played in such a low key that I always treat it like bass when I listen to it.

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[deathtrack15]

As a bloc party fan, I can't decide whether I love it or hate it.

[FloralDust]

@deathtrack15 Love it man, they know good fuckin music

[SaVaNnARaWrS4U]

AMAZING DRMMER!

AMAZING VOCALS!

AMAZING MERCURY! :DD

[armandolooo]

at 1:48 he is masturbing lol ^^

[TheCosmicSway]

@armandolooo LMAO!!!

[JulieLunatic]

Whoa.

[evilgamers1]

the midnight club la version sounded way better than this

[benanderson95]

"We apologise for the sound problems" Thats just an insult on Bloc Party

[grungifiedtwo]

Aww his hat fell off xD

[TheCmworld]

That doesn't sound like Gordon's voice. But oh well I really like it.

[grungifiedtwo]

Okay, if you dont like this song, why are did you actually take the time to like watch it all the way through?

[grungifiedtwo]

THAT WAS FREAKEN AMAZING.

[posh915]

woww.. some of you guys are crazyy..

the man wears something you guys don't agree with..and.. you guys make him the black sheep(no pun intended) of bloc party...the man likes to dance..and experiment with music......geezz.. some of you indie headss.. need to step out of the box and appreciate other styles of creative music....

[brownbrown2727]

hs

[Yoooern]

Wtf happened? Ok, I'm new to this band, but I just watched Helicopter live at Later, a fucking great performance, and they really rocked. But look at this bullshit, now they are all hip-hop-ish and electronic...

I think they should go back to their rock roots.

[dapukinbuttock]

@Yoooern sorry to burst your bubble but their roots aren't in rock.

[fattyJNL]

@Yoooern You're new to this band, therefor you don't understand their transition. Buy there albums and listen to the in chronological order. Then you might understand.

[Bassman0Nate]

@Yoooern Rock is dead

[mattchoo1]

what pedal is he using?

[lovealbion]

@mattchoo1 it's a loop pedal but a I couldn't tell you what model it is

[skoops91]

@lovealbion it's a DL4

[youreadhere]

@mattchoo1 line 6 dl4 pedal

[WeAreUnion1]

best sound problems ever

[THEBLOCTT]

that floor tom sounds so tight!

[boyinblue12]

Tough crowd! they dont like it clearly :(

[miizaify]

Sounds better live! its just amazing

[ZanderSpeaks]

Dont apologise, those were the best sound problems I have ever experinced.

[flojofilms]

1:22 :D

[achoreforthelost]

the bassist's look at 1:40 says it all. xD - 'oh dear. this is that bloc party band from a few years ago?' xD .. their new stuff is much harder to get into, but equally as great as their 'silent alarm' era songs. I love that they're never repeating themselves, no song is like the other.

[mjnotso98]

@achoreforthelost Haha, good one!



[leelee003]

This is like alright, but if you go from watching there first jools appearance video's to this. You almost cry!

[53009639]

@leelee003 What do you mean by that? They got worse?

[joshingledew]

pardon my french but ...oh my fucking god what a fucking band.

[so0pafly13]

hayop k ulol

[homePicShow1]

basket ball courts rule!!!!

[DoubleYellowLinesUzu]

I haven't seen many comments saying how awesome this song is!! Come on people, it is amazing!

[K31M4N]

3:06 WTF is THAAAAT?

[fastmclaren71]

@K31M4N its called A WOMAN!

[CityofMoltenLight]

seems really unenthusiastic to me!

[lautre4ever1991]

abartig geiiilooo:D

the bassist is playing keyboard

[TheWhiteTomatoes]

I dont give a shit about color, this song sucks

[hamletsdarkhorse]

Mustn't lose our pop sensibility. The Clash would be proud.

[staxstix]

considering how damn hard that song must be to perform live, i thought it was awesome.

[markopher16]

I'm not liking this new direction

[Airrful]

I clapped at the end of this video.

[WhiteHousePoofed]

WhiteHousePoofed. check us out. new band, good band, listen.

[kzterabite]

Simply brilliant, takes some serious balls to start the song singing like that! I am very impressed. Heard this song on Fight Night Round 4.. Simply fu*&ing AWESOME!!!!

[TheJohnsonsOfficial]

i'd hate to be playing after bloc party on jools they would make you sound bad haha

[skatefanboy123]

Only one man can laugh on stage on himself if his hat falls off! Its KELE !! ( i would of shit my pants for sure in his place :D )

[ivers509]

dude why do people come on here, watch the video and then bash the artists on here. If you don't like it then change the fuckin song. Don't talk shit on youtube its weak. I bet you haters have NO musical talent at all. So please stop with the hatin on youtube!!!!

[coyonbeto]

nice work rusell

[cynta21]

the future is now!

[bensley56]

kele really looks like he's fully in his element with this song.. its cool.

[LazyFunnyPeople]

O CRAP ITS THE ROCK VERSION OF 2PAC

[SportsMachine1]

ok the bassist really needs a hair cut.. he does not fit

[kbomber12]

@SportsMachine1 what the heck are you talking about?

[SportsMachine1]

@kbomber12 he has a fucking emo haircut and wont look up

[kbomber12]

@SportsMachine1 d00d, the bassist was the one playing the keyboards and taking care of the programming and background vocals, you mean the electric guitarist. It doesn't matter what his hair looks like and that he wouldn't look up, he was trying to focus and his guitar playing is spot-on!

[SportsMachine1]

@kbomber12 yeah i figured out i said the wrong thing (he wasn't the bassist) i was hoping no one would notice.. haha. i was just saying he looks like he is in the wrong band. not that hes bad.. hes really good.

[kbomber12]

@SportsMachine1 cool carrots

[SportsMachine1]

@kbomber12 indeed.. thug lyphe

[EDDERGC]

@SportsMachine1 ahm....there's no bassist

[MrBopkins123]

i just love bloc party. they constantly test themselves and push the musical boundaries. what a tune that is

[upmybracket]

Oh, so the guitarist isn't really allowed to play anything that we can hear on the records anymore?

That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not like you're an indie band or anything.

[merryberry21]

@upmybracket Someone like Russell Lissack who's a pretty astonishing guitarist being subsidised by Kele's love of hip hop, dance and other electronic music, is criminal, i've always found Bloc Party difficult to love as i can't stand Kele, otherwise the whole bands fantastic particularly Russell.

[AbdiXL]

@merryberry21 just shut up you sound like an idiot

[merryberry21]

@AbdiXL i aint an idiot kele done the typical thing so fuck that nig, fucked up the vibe of the band with this shit and his cunty voice

[bloc22]

@merryberry21 Russell is a huge fan of dance and 90's electronic music so I have no idea what you're talking about.

[wae416]

@upmybracket clearly you've never listened to intimacy.

[R3AP3R664]

Geni .... Fucking Jedi Band

[Jezro]

Fuckin' Line 6 DL4 pedal is expensive. Got one though!

[DFenderMan92]

what is gordie using to trigger the samples in the verse

[Jezro]

@DFenderMan92 A sampler. Lmfao

But seriously, looks like a Roland SP-555 or something...I can't get a good look at all though.

[FrankinKal96]

God damnit, this is catchy.

[angelolrandy]

I love this version!!

[nelsitoify1]

this song is awesome i hear it everytime i play fight night round 4 on my xbox 360

[ValkyrieDude7070]

i definitely like the studio version better. i know live performances are always different but this is just sad

[Ledendersbruder]

ey voll der kack das is vom text ganz anders als das ausm studioaufgenommende -.-

[blinkhy44]

Its just amazing

[VivaLaMente]

Yay for the cool noise that Gordon makes ^^

And yay for hat malfunctions

[SplinterCell37]

WOW!

[ShanMaster61]

Keles hat fulls off LOL ... 1:24

[lyroze]

sick

[nohartnohart]

AMAZING DRUMMER <3_<3

[ruffbizness]

@nohartnohart yes the drummer is top notch!

[ShiekahTribe]

@nohartnohart of course, he's Asian ;)

[salimiful]

@nohartnohart AMAZING BAND :D

[angelolrandy]

Amazing!

[casanegras33]

this is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[darkhero65]

Matt Tong is a beast drummer.

[chopluey]

Great job, didnt think they'd pull this off live!!!

I like.

[NZMW2nurdxbox]

nice must be a hard song to sing x

[Jessiii24]

Wow, Bloc Party has inproved on live performances! Ghehe

[melihjem]

great effects on the mic

[Iqbalius]

i think the one that gordon drums on is 'sunday'

[punk100000000]

Bloc Party is awesome and lol at Kele's face at 2:24

[numerouseppll]

Whats the song with two drums? and grodon drums it live?

i cant remember! D:

[justvers]

Yo

Its called Sunday .

[numerouseppll]

thanks :D

[cronicx22]

@numerouseppll

sunday

[AlfonsHeintz]

Ares :)

[likekickingjesus]

sunday

[GPaDLA]

this song was awesome live

[manfco]

nobody's gonna comment about the cap falling...?! lol

lol that was sick - awesome (the song xD)

[nanxiee]

amo al tipo de lentes...

ja!

[chillyramune]

They do great live :D

[08FullerJ]

ah!!! love this song... especially live!

[ObscurCadavre]

Argh, I love how dirty the chorus sounds when the guitar kicks in.

[crowexplosion]

this song is cool... but

poor things have evolved into sellouts

i remember watching a more humble bloc party performing luno or modern love

but maybe they will snap to their senses soon and give us a better album at least something better than their second one

[cal31BRIAN23]

Sellouts ?? Why because they changed their style of bit? I tired of seeing dick headed comments like yours. I don't think BP changed to suite anyone but themselves. And that fine with me. Either you like them or you don't. BLOC FUCKING PARTY/ FOALS . THE BEST BANDS OUT BY FAR!

[crowexplosion]

@cal31BRIAN23

go suck their dick

[cal31BRIAN23]

Don't bring me into your fantasies . FAG !

[crowexplosion]

ur funny

dont know shit about music

or

comebacks

[cal31BRIAN23]

Thanks dickhead! i will keep that in mind.

[invictorium]

Any ideas of the pedals they are using???

[frankibiris76r]

@invictorium for the voice, Kele is using a delay/looper pedal by line 6 (a DL4 I think) and a boss pitch shifter for the effect at the end of the chorus (when his voice goes to a much lower pitch and he sounds somewhat like a robot or something like that)

Russel is using some of the effects he normally uses, he's using a volume pedal (for a break in the middle of the song) and a boss blues driver (that's all i can asure), he's probably using some delays and chorus or fangers also :)

[invictorium]

thanks kl

[frankibiris76r]

@invictorium Watch the live and intimate live performance, you get some detailed shots of the gear there :)

[joshingledew]

yeah for the mercury loop he uses a line 6 dl4

he uses about four boss dd-7s a boss rc-20xl loop pedal and the guitarist uses a big muff and loads of others i think are on his wiki page he uses a korg kaoss pad - i'm getting one theyre sick.

[frankibiris76r]

for delay, Russell (lead guitar( uses a deluxe memory man (electro harmonix) and some dd3s and dd7s by boss..

for distortion he also uses a sd2 i think (boss) and many others.. his pedalboard is sick!

[gaeacanonseven]

Bloc Party rocks!

[bmoney153]

lol hes my cousin i .lobe that hes famous

[e36328i]

Bad Ass!

[starcraftmad]

you going hiphop????

[TiteNYC]

good song, a lil strange live though

[GeminiBeta7]

They're pretty good. I respect them for doing it Techno Style. But I still Like Helicopter more. They're drummer is amazing in that song.

[TheSoldierofPeace]

Jesus, really nice live performance!

This song is one of their toughest when it comes to live performances.

Good job by Kele. :P

[9380]

FUCK YEAH

[LewBeii]

Their best performance of Mercury, and Kele's hat falling off tops them all!

[jcord71]

this is so funny!

[Jemgrover]

I really don't think he's "mocking" it. Quit trying to be smart.

[REXSTEALTH]

Understand the band's lyric and you'll feel my comment.

[chocolizer]

The bass at 1:07 kills!!

[AbdiXL]

The part where the dude on the keyboard goes "eh eh eh eeh." And Kele IS dope.

[turun5]

que imbecil soy ... por qué no fuí ? por qué las bodas son en sábado ?

[TheNuKeKid]

kele is fuckin dope

[klaus0fridolin]

what's the name of his shoes?

[MrConman92]

they look like Nike Dunks!

[turun5]

Nikes Vandals

[REXSTEALTH]

mocking the westernize hip hop artist with a NY Yanyee Cap and the bling-bling around his neck.

AWESOME!

[coolianfree]

Como me pierdo este grupaso en ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Rock al parque???????????????

[nicolasfabianlopez]

pues se perdio de mucho compadre!!!! fue de lo mejor... aun lo recuerdo!!!

[SmokingLoungeBta]

1:25 !!! Looool!

Look at Kele's  face when the cap fell down

:)

Love Bloc Party!!!

[floaushamburg]

haha! Nice comment i didnt notice!

[inwinternights]

ugh everything they do is golden. If you've not seen them live - it's completely worth it. They sound amazing and I challenge you to stand still..

[nturoG3]

awesome

[kingkerwick]

In the video the dude is white now hes black?

[goodbob2]

Yes, all the rock stars are doing it these days

[jasper00137]

he's always black :)

[kingkerwick]

no in the video the man who singing is white

[SarahJ0301]

Bloc party are so amazingly awesome and cooool.. lol ^_^

x

[ScottishStovey]

you have to evolve+++ do not stand still; change is good. bloc party represent this: kele is going to be around for a while! (wether is band mates stick around or not !!) that`s the real question...> we need to talk(flux)

[Mrsheen23]

Recently got into these and loving everything they have done so far!

[AbdiXL]

this song is so fuckin beast

[thinksmore]

Doubling his own vocal in the chorus, fucking brilliant!

[Jikel7Bob224]

hahahah poor Kele... he's trying to dance but he's confined to his microphone and pedal board...

[RP88888]

jools holland must like bloc party alot they always seem to be on it

[allmanator13]

dude its awesome how he does that M-M-MERCURY bit XD

[Staralfur4444]

Just because you don't like the new direction their music's going, doesn't mean they're sellouts. I've always loved Bloc Party, and I still love this. And no, I don't like Dizzee Rascal at all.

[blackl1steddrums]

@Staralfur4444 They havnt sold out one bit. theyre still totally original, just evolving

[yatzeeano]

it's a pity that people are afraid and dislike change. I love bloc party and I will always love bloc party.

[Woody263]

You a northern monkey??? o_0 I'm sure they don't want YOU in their audience...

[aaronsingh69]

2:32 - 2:34 Russel looks like he's scared of his pedal!

[pookeded]

great perfomance i was scared of listening to them live because i was afraid they werent gonna be so good like most bands but those guys know what there doing

[fondiest]

fuck-off the "retro-Fashion" in rock n roll. old suits, dresses and french poses..

tha's why I like Bloc Party.

[DEVILCHiLDere]

i just like the music.a LOT