2006-09-02 - Keane - Crystal Ball (Live @ TOTP)

[angelwz73]

Crystal Ball may be an' acrobatic song to sing live' but Tom is an "acrobatic singer"! He rocks! Great comment. I agree:"best band ever"

[klarissa814]

@angelwz73 i was about to write the same thing you took the words out of my mouth

[angelwz73]

@klarissa814 Thanks. And isn't it the truth?

[klarissa814]

@angelwz73 yeah

[Xair20desactivado]

keane for ever...crystal ball is the best song...

[hdakmb]

The distored sound is from the Piano (Yamaha cp-70) they are yousing a AMP

[AlternkeaneJunkie]

I miss the old melancholic Keane.

[TheAhalover]

Me too. Though I like recent stuff, I miss their rainy day atmosphere.

[AlternkeaneJunkie]

Yeahh!! Rainy day atmosphere is what describes them best! Till now, I still have yet to figure out their inspiration whenever they write their lyrics. I always wonder what are they trying to convey although I believe it really reaches people's hearts .

[AlternkeaneJunkie]

AND, I wonder why are they so under-rated. Songs like Atlantic or Try Again should be up on the top 10 charts.

[TheAhalover]

maybe beacause nowadays music is mostly evasive and hedonist, but fortunately for us, there are still bands like Keane that look within the heart and soul.

[crazidan96]

does everything come out of the piano/keyboard?? or is there a guitar..? (:

[Malicious1ntent]

they do play guitar on some songs, but they never perform with it.

[fluence51]

They do now. Almost all of them actually. There were no guitars from 2002 to 2007.

[lOAWCBMF]

all the guitar sound heard on this track is piano sound with distortion effects :D

and they didn't use guitar on the 1st two records

[fluence51]

The sound heard at the beginning is the same piano using a distorsion pedal. Nothing from their first two albums has guitar on it. Cheers.

[raulcgard]

they are using on the new album...this song and "under the iron sea" cd has no guitars

[KKOPPI]

@crazidan96

there's no guitar. they use sampled data + piano. since 2008 there's a real bassist.

[AlternkeaneJunkie]

I've been observing Tom's vocal on Crystal Ball live performances. He tends to use his throat rather than his diaphragm when he sings the chorus. He did say that Crystal Ball is an acrobatic song to perform live. The studio version has backing vocals from Richard and Tim for all three choruses. In live they only sing the last chorus together. But no matter what, They're the best band ever.

[Robecks237]

damn right

[KeaneRocksMyWorld]

thats bloody right!!

they're the best band EVER

i <3 the night sky

its well wicked

it does indeed discribe whats happening to the people in iraq :)

[hotgirlsarehot]

I liked how Tom sang it in the music video as it's more dynamic and more pleasant sounding IMO.

[non2002]

You must watch this song performed live.... it is a completely different song. That is really dynamic...

[FlyyToMe]

An Amazing Song,From Amazing Band,I Love Keane

[cjgirll]

Ik hou van hun,, LoveLoveLoveLoveLove[L]

[elmanuel9]

100% great band

i love their songs

i'm spanish

[cecipf]

Keane es un Grupazo!! y en vivo son la super neta!!

[juliancito79]

como me gustan los cantantes q cantan bien en vivo!!! son pocos... la mayoria son experimentos de estudios

[BeMecius]

Very great song, I like how it sounds live

[mrsmoonbeam]

One of the best Keane songs...

[ninjatwins421]

wow, the person below me...does not know how to form a simple understandable english sentence.

ok

Keane ROCKS

and this performance was great.

it sounded GREAT. waaay better than the cd version.

so that must mean that they aren't all lip syncers and shows that some people in the music industry DO know how to actually sing.

[Kerooboshi]

19th comment... i may be a critique but i dont criticiaze but if i were to say that this is their worst performance is that a sign of criticism but when i say they're awesome would you recognize it as a critique..... both are thats all they're definetly awesome

[rafastil]

isnt he in the priory?

[keanearethebest]

he was

[Tomaf280]

That's so good

[thescuderiaferrari]

nice song

[lucas0908]

great song..but Keane is too repetitive...

[75goodies]

russian? haha, that's Dutch mate, doesn't sound at all like Russky

[jamescartwright06]

this is fucking terrible

[keanearethebest]

ha ha look at yasell mate

[RadiusRocks]

great song...im just wondering who is playing the bass?

[edisonmexico]

they use sequence, this is why Tim always bring his laptop mac

[cluelessren]

i think this is their best performance for crystalball yet

:)

[edisonmexico]

me too

[TheHypeBR]

agree 100%...beautiful!

[feebee11]

Yo, what is that dude saying at the beginning of the clip? What language is that? Nice post! Thanx!

[treble41]

How come this show is always in Russian or something even though it's an English show?

[LaFairy]

It's Dutch. The show was also aired in other countries. ;-)

[panchoso94]

awesome vid, thanks!!!