City And Colour - What Makes a Man (Bravo! Live Concert Hall)

[MyNameIsWhat118]

At @2:35, I start to wet my panties. Oh, and I'm a guy though

[MsChristinaLindner]

I don't understand everyone's upset with the back up singers. Live versions are always cooler if they are a little bit different than the recording anyway.

[Throne1607]

2:40 instant goosebumps....omg

[jayyjayy2010]

dallas better freakin sing this song...

[MsChristinaLindner]

He is literally perfection as a live singer.

[phenixmusic1]

Daniel Romano look's like a hipster.

[gojkoification]

What makes a man pray, when he is about to die?

I find lyrics like these very profound. Thank you Dallas.

[Darkchocolate360]

his voice reminds me of freddie mercury. 

[ThZbR]

the truth is, city & colour is better with only one voice. and that's Dallas Green's voice.

[breaker9]

isnt the middle back up singer dan smith?

[fender412]

@breaker9 Yep...he's done at least a few of Dallas's tattoos, as well.

[xMyNameIsMike]

Too many backup singers /:

other than them, this is perfection.

[darrenskate]

he really belts those last couple notes extremely well, no one is better than Dallas of the Green clan!

[MrJackalopeMusic]

Would actually give a left bollock to have a voice like his

[savemefrommyselflord]

R.I.P eli

His last song..

[nhoffman88]

Oh god, everything he sings is amazing. I can't wait to see him live.

[025031]

Chills at 2:40

[TXElisions]

Man the backstreet boy on the left has a dirty stache

[Wittminator]

2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40

[monzzydawg]

Hey thats the guy from LA ink. One of the backupsingers.

[eahs07]

@monzzydawg thank you for pointing that out... it was killing me.

[monzzydawg]

@eahs07 no problem, lol :)

[tozza2525]

@monzzydawg yea he was the one to tattoo dallas hands i believe:)

[TheIranxican]

okay guys, yeah i know the backing vocals from the other men are a little off, but this is the unique sound that Dallas wants to bring to the table, so you either respect him and his ideas, or just the fuck up and go listen to something else...open those ears up you fuckin narrow-minded pricks!

[Metallicafan13]

Oh come on guys the other guys who are singing are trying. Not everyone can have the voice of an angel.

[OpatheOne]

Question: Who exactly are you to judge the background vocals that Dallas chose?

I might be leaning myself a bit far out of the window but i think Dallas got a little, only a tiny little, bit more knowledge about Music and what he wants in his Background then you all.

[MoodyWanderer]

@OpatheOne so it is fine to say you like them but not ok to say you don´t like them? sounds weird..

[OpatheOne]

@MoodyWanderer: of course its ok to if you dont like it. The way i understood the comment was that he/she is questioning their ability to sing in a background. Thats where i said that, if Dallas chose em, imagining he'd have some more knowledge then most of us, they are not entirely talentless. Its one thing to say "dont like it" its another thing to say "they cant sing, he regrets chosing them". but i might have gotten the initial comment wrong.

[livingsk8erpunk]

@OpatheOne and this question. is what makes a man.

[samsoniteeee]

@OpatheOne i hugely appreciate dallas green and am a massive city and colour fan, and have seen them live, however I agree the harmony's and background vocals do not do their sound justice.. dallas alone has a strong enough dynamic.

[2pacShakur96]

Nooo He intended to make it like that he played this live the other day where I was and he wanted one Half to sing "What Makes A Man" I Think I Might Know and the other half to sing it both sides did it together

[randalldunman94]

The back up singers are probably to keep things interesting. Playing the same thing 1,000 times gets old.

[froglover10]

If he chose them, then I bet he regrets it. They are out of tune and don't blend with his acoustic and smooth sound. His tone is smooth. Theirs... Sounds like chain smokers.

[christabean]

Those back up harmonization arrangements would most likely be Dallas Green's arrangements, they obviously can harmonize perfectly well, so if any one is to blame for those choice of harmonies, it is Dallas. So you are technically criticizing the authority of Dallas. Therefor you're crappy fans.

[stewartakaryan]

wow the back up singers dont suck quit complaining, their good...dallas green chose them to sing back up for a reason,beacause their talented musicians who have their shit together..yeah they may not sound like dallas's voice but their good signers. everyone who hates on them are just jealous that they have a good musical living

[carnage101]

The back up singers are fucking TERRIBLE. It's called Dallas Green. Not Dallas Green and the American Idol Rejects...He is perfect by himself, and not everyone can accomplish that. Why did these assholes have to detract from his greatness...

[bobos245]

@carnage101 It's called City & Colour, not Dallas Green, they're part of the group... I believe that they were great, just lower tone than usual.

[Othras]

@bobos245 yeah, City & Colour's first album had only 1 musician and maybe a guest instrumentalist, because surprise, it was his solo project.

[oscar1901]

2:43 beautiful

[TheUnseenGuitarist]

Agree with the backup singers comments!!! :-/

If you get a chance, check my version out :-)

watch?v=Q7D-KA0mIt4

[followurnosex3]

omfg the backup singers ruin it.

it was so beautiful. and then they opened their traps and covered up dallas's awesome voice.

[XG549]

Does anyone know the tuning of his guitar? I'm trying to learn to play this song and I'm copying the chords I see him use in this video but it doesn't sound right to me, I'm in standard tuning.

[TunedB1]

@XG549 I'm pretty sure it's C F A# D# G C. sounds pretty good to me.

[msfattytroll]

@XG549

Yeah, TunedB has it right

Dallas is tuned down to C standard which is two whole steps lower than standard tuning. The resulting notes can be described as either CFA♯D♯GC or more often CFB♭E♭GC

its a pretty standard chord progression C# D# Fm Fm (With F, G and Am chord shapes relative to standard) just with some awesome hammer-on accentuations and fills

For the most part you can get away with a simpler strummed pattern but if you want to match dallas's playing Good Luck :)

[pingubrain]

@XG549 DGDGBe he often uses, its a guess, but its worth a try dude :)

[cursedreject]

harmony's kinda weird

[cookiemonster86uk]

isnt one of those back up singers Dan in LA Ink? or whatever band he is in...i dont remember

[Chickenjuggle]

Does anyone know what tuning he plays this in? It's not standard...

[OpatheOne]

2:28 and forward is the shit

[iBlockandiKill]

you would think that a man can only play a song with a few different variations, but he has managed to play it different every time and still make it sound beautiful

[TylerDaneIsAwesome]

He has such a unique thing, his muc, his style.

[guitargod162]

he's got the ron jeremy mustache..kind of...

[Minnerz]

i wonder when there will be a DVD. when this new album comes out, my life will be filled w/ melancholy for about 4 months straight, cause that shit will be recycled daily.

[BlueLightSpecial90]

If he was single he would spread so much of his seed.

[TyThomasMusick]

ugh, those back-up singers make it sound like a barber-shop quartet -__-

[bwbk007]

the backup singers ruined such a beautiful song :(

[THEMITTENZZ]

fucking amazing. i cannot stop watching this series of his songs.

[TReoS96]

anyone going to the london concert in march 2011?

i wana go but none of my friends or even anyone at my school has ever heard of him cause i live in england, and im only 14 ill be 15 in march though

do you think i should go?

[IbanezJames]

@TReoS96 i saw and met him with alexisonfire twice in ontario canafa and i cant stress this enough.. GO SEE HIM!!! whether its alexisonfire or city and colour hes is friggen amazing... every note rings through a room like nothing else. I would suggest seeing him in alexisonfire though because his real passion and voice just haunts every corner of the room with everyone screaming lyrics along with him

[michellesara0719]

Is that Dan Smith in his background in the middle?

[c0nn0r2209]

@michellesara0719 yep

[BigfreshJ]

What for a kind of guitar does Green play?

[c0nn0r2209]

@BigfreshJ Martin 000 17, I believe its an 89 model.

[slaphands]

Literally cannot express how wet i am right now.

[PMAN365]

2 deaf motherfuckers voted dislike

[kbennettboy1]

back-up singers- "DAMN...why does he get all the spot light while 3 have to SHARE a mic?..." answer: bc dallas green is WAY better than you'll ever be... the end

[tylerdwells]

Nasty back-up singers.

[georgewhittingham40]

the two people that disliked this have no soul.

[skellysd]

i came at 2:45

[Tetragrammaton8TV]

cool harmonic singin!

[Agentvenom]

Wow, his alternate renditions never cease to amaze me... Somebody stuff a sock in the backup singers, though. Without them, this is absolutely incredible!

[Agentvenom]

Wow, his alternate renditions never cease to amaze me... Somebody stuff a sock in the backup singers, though. Without them, this is absolutely incredible!

[Chickenjuggle]

Too much reverb on his vocals.

[DurkinDavin]

@Chickenjuggle It's the Concert hall, the mic is picking up the echos.

[Chickenjuggle]

@DurkinDavin: No, it isn't. It's reverb (echo effect).

[naskicolta]

Try Asian women **busizz4me.info**

[plupertymike]

does anyone know if there's higher quality audio files from this Bravo gig?

[jessiexm90]

@plupertymike No, only rip from this video.

[onegreatsmile514]

@plupertymike

I've been sending e-mail to bravo like crazy requesting them to re-air this!! People should do the same maybe they will get the message!!

[seanskyiscool]

@onegreatsmile514 who cares you can watch them all on youtube and probably on their website too

[edbeadel]

cough(pirate bay) cough cough

[plupertymike]

@edbeadel Errr, i don't even know what piranha babe is!? (Cheers dude!!!! finally got hold of it!!)

;)

[Rostedbee]

just amazing!

[MollyonMolly]

A little dirt on the upper lip, I like it.

[dcullsjp1990]

I love this and Green but does anyone kinda hate the back up singers? They sound like the soggy bottom boys or something. They just sound weird to me.

[me4cereal]

@dcullsjp1990 dan romano is amazing

[motleycruesola]

@dcullsjp1990 yeah they sound kind of bad

[kingofpassaic]

@dcullsjp1990 the one with the mustache is named daniel romano and he has that sound but you should check him out hes pretty good. 

[BrutalDubstepArchive]

@dcullsjp1990 I think actually they sounded kinda cool.

[AaronnZeeSuperhero]

@dcullsjp1990 Ahahaha dude, soggy bottom boys!

You are a legend!

[SAEK1R]

2:45 gave me chills

[Like55Nninjas]

One person is going to burn in hell.

[haydengrayfilms]

is that dan smith from LA ink on the backup vocals, in the middle??

[Anakin1988]

@haydengrayfilms i was about to ask the same question.... i think it is.

[808kezia]

@haydengrayfilms dude i think so, hes in a band right?

[J1M1productions]

WOW, he is really amazing. Im posting him on like all my friends Facebooks...

[PictureMeAndYou]

saw dallas in toronto at the molson canadian ampitheatre aug 28 fucking kicked ass. his singing is perfect live.

[JoacimAntikainen]

Dallas makes me want to give up singing :P Haha no but seriously..

2:45 onwards gave me goosebumps.

What can I say?

Dallas Green, you have the best voice i the world.

Come back to Sweden soon, we miss you!

[duangkaduang]

Hello i come from Thailand have a person he Recommend i know this song

is very nice song haha

[lostmyself3]

i love how the crowd is silent and enjoying this concert and is not talking! the worst thing that can happen to an acoustic gig is when people talk! but hey.. it's not very hard to get paralized by dallas voice.. so it's pretty obvious that nobody's talking haha

[SuseCooper]

wunderschönes liedelein!!! ,

[Tagraz]

Cool he yelled in the mic really loud... best singing ever... /guffaw

[tuffdawg88]

im gay



[fuckgoodaccountnames]

Oh wow, 2:45 onwards is immense.

[KnoDav]

<33333333

[tonvol5]

dallas is amazing as always, but his back up singers are annoying...

[inverted987]

CRAP!, hit the dislike button BY ACCIDENT!, sorry everybody

[lifeintechnicolorxx]

@inverted987 we forgive you. hahaaa

[dsadadad]

@inverted987 you asshole :D

[Gears182]

@inverted987 what a dick

[Polium101]

heheee, this is just too good to be true, words to describe this

is a phenomenon in itself

[largebehind]

First song I heard by this genius, it broke my heart. Now I'm hooked

[popohankis]

JUST A SUPERB PERFORMANCE OF DALLAS NOTHING LESS.

[inverted987]

GOD DAMN! Dallas Green you are a god.

[teeveli]

damn id like to see how the audience react at 2:40. thats just un-fuckin-real

[guntashskittles]

is there a download for this version of the song??? because it's gotta be the best and most meaningful song i've heard in years.

[Nezrimo]

Got to admit, If god could have a voice. He'd probably have dallas' voice.

Love this man so much.

Just like everyone else.

2:45 Is probably the most amazing thing ive ever heard. ever.

from anything.

[bwbk007]

Great song, but lose the back-up vocals

[BereanJames]

Man!!!!!!! That is SO goooood!!!

[youngcardinal94]

Your a fuckin moron! It's Dallas, and Dallas, and more goddamn Dallas, you tell me why a man that is damn equal to god ;) would actually *need* backup singers, listen to an album or watch the videos of his DVD on here, it's him, his guitar, and harmonica!

[DavorMatosevic]

Back up singers are very good, but the atmosphere of their vocals doesn't match with Dallas'

[GTCism]

Great stuff. Fantastic lead singer, good back up singers, nicely written. Hope they get the recognition they deserve.

[Matowic]

2:43 gives me chills all the time, as with the rest of the song really :)

[LLcoolKwoo]

is the middle back up singer dan smith? the tattoo artist? who i think was or still is on la ink? kinda looks like him and it kinda looks like the dude is tatted so i don't know. anyone know?

[DiscoGabe]

@LLcoolKwoo It sure is.

[m1kasd]

city and colour isn't a band, these are guys from attack in black just being back up for him at a show

[ChesterPwnington]

No, City and colour is only dallas green, it is not a band. And those back up singers do not make up "the rest of city and colour" because City and colour is just dallas as a solo artist, they're just in the back playing any other instruments dallas has or feels may sound good in the song because he can only play guitar and sing. The other guys are just back up for him

[MikeyPICKELS]

the backing singers can't sing worth dick!!!

[FUCKEDeanMusic]

i quite like it

[timothyguy]

its a more folky song...the backup singing suits it pretty well

[robainter]

Perfect

[katherine5768]

Those backup singers suck. They look like the jonas brothers.

[shuya69]

agreed lol

[FUCKEDeanMusic]

give a fuck it gives the song a nice edge

[Pgue25]

those backup singers fuckin killed it. Dallas doesnt need backup.

[ThirdEye2112]

they're unhappy because they have to sing behind the one and only dallas green.

i mean, i'd be happy, but unhappy to have to follow his vocals. lol

[Willificationify]

those backup singers dont look happy

[chilidog1001]

well its not a very happy song...

[Atomicore]

Jesus Christ.

2:45 as everyone else said.

Just in the very unlikely case that you ever doubted Dallas' vocals.

Good lord that was phenomenal.

[witheyessowide]

One of the greatest concerts I've ever seen. Still gives me chills every time I watch it.

[MetalSandra]

2:44 gives me the creeps...

[justletitgo31]

absolutely love dallas green, great lyrics, perfect voice.. gives me shiverssssssss.

[jaibobs108]

he's so amazing live! x

[irwinnz]

EPIC

[koRioN555]

the best live ever

[Surouness]

Those guitar chords he's fingerpicking, someone tell me if I'm wrong...

Is it

Am, a type of G, and Fm7 or some tpye of F?

[youngbloodke]

try G, D, and Em with your guitar tuned a step down

[NHFandHFP]

Wrong, it's G,D,Em capod on first fret.

F7, G, Am tuned down a step.

[JackGDeMc]

Sorry but your worng, its C, F, A#, D#, D, C if you look Dalla's guitar he is using no capo, he is using a baritone guitar to get the deap sond with the tuning above, hope I have helped.

[NHFandHFP]

No I know, that is correct what you said, the same sound can be achieved through a Capo on F. With the chords I provided, a lot of guitar players are lazy when it comes to tuning these days!

[JackGDeMc]

Ha. I hear you there.

[rockandrollowns4ever]

if ur gutair is tuned to an E like normal and u dont want to tune it down you can put a capo on the first fret, its not as low but its in the same key and its just C, F# somthing and Em

[Lotrfan99]

dont forget the tuning

[Surouness]

What tuning?

[bobthebillard]

i swear this version is so much powerful than the original it really sends shivers down my spine!

[raptorsfan92]

2:45 the best.

[danglemaster00]

dallas green is simply amazing.

best musician ever.

[frankyboylein]

i dont like these backgroundsingers....

sounds like howlin dogs

[robbybobbythebear]

this version of the song makes me want to become a canadian ciizen lol

[raptorsfan92]

I want a bowtie like dallas...and a plad shirt.

[daggereyesss]

Most amaing musician, nobody can top him.