Lykke Li - Silent My Song - David Letterman 11-16-11

[nobodysuspected]

i want an mp3 of this

[blackmonroe123]

beautiful creativity......LOVE IT!

[xXSelMilXx]

Lykke & First Aid kit, Sweden's best singers are on that stage! 

[Flippaarn]

WHAT IS FIRST AID KIT DOING IN THE BACKGROND!?

[jmjbreeyon]

OMG--- First Aid Kid as Background singers !!! gotta love it

[SupportTheFreedom]

I LOVE YOU LYKKE ! PLZ come to Poland ! Greeting for all :-P

[3waybar]

Lykke Li - Silent My Song - David Letterman 11-16-11...As Seen On ©CBS, All Rights Reserved

( except the right to mass-produce it on the Internet, HAhahaha )

[Aleyehuda]

A great artist, who makes things putting the soul in them. Pure art.

[shortgnomemage]

Hopefully Dave gets First Aid Kit back on his show when the tour the US in April. They were cute standing in the back, smiling and nodding at the end though.

[Howler54]

Oh she has the "Bard's Cape" .. +7 CHR

[jujujesus1]

Splendida apparizione

[regularjohn09]

different just watching sons of anarchy and listening to this song man im tired!!!

[w0rdisbond]

Gosh, even 2 seconds of this crap is too much!!

[thesebboi]

@w0rdisbond this is awesome! The best music comes from Sweden, perhaps you didn´t know ? :)

[w0rdisbond]

@thesebboi Yes, because I live in Sweden and am also a musician. THis however is SHIT. Jag gillar inspelade versionen den e helt ok... men när man har Jimi Hendrix å jämföra med... =/

[thesebboi]

@w0rdisbond Nu pallar jag iof inte med en dispyt.... men att jämföra Jimi Hendrix med Lykke Li är väl ändå som att jämföra Alice Cooper med låt oss säga; Adele. Meningslöst att jämföra artister som inte ens spelar samma genre.

Antingen tycker man om musiken eller inte. Tycker man om det så skriver man gärna att det är bra men tycker man inte om det är helt obefogat att skriva att det är crap (!) speciellt när det faktiskt är välkomponerat på alla sätt o vis. D va helt enkelt inte din musiksmak:)

[w0rdisbond]

@thesebboi att jämföra Hendrix med Alice cooper eller Lykke Li för den delen är som att jämföra diamant med bajs. helt enelt :)

Musik kvaliteten är skit nuförtiden. Och det är inte pga folk på 60 talet var mer talangfulla på något sätt, det handlade helt enkelt mer om musiken och inte lika mycket om dollarn. Den här låten är helt OK, och jag personligen tror hendrix hade gillat att hon gjorde nåt annorlunda. jag bara blir deprimerad när jag tänker på den tidens shit och ser sånt här

[TheWoundedRhymes]

EPIC

[30karolane]

she looks like princess leila on this one

[IAmPlaysWithSquirrel]

Such a raw and powerful performance. I'm glad she performed this song instead of a usual single.

[SunflowerDiem13]

It's so beautiful & erie (mispell?) it reminds me of a foggy dark day... something of that nature- anyways, she has such a memorable voice. She's epic.

[MarleneCrimson]

I LOVE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ABOUT HER!WHAT A TALENT!and I love her style!She's just so iconic!!!

[caldine1]

oooh so moving ....

[salacct]

She's absolutely the best, and this performance is just further proof. Love her!

[backstabber89]

Acts like this makes me feel ashamed of my heritage (Sweden)

[SomeEloquentGraffi]

@backstabber89 I am not sure what you're insinuating; Lykke Li puts your heritage to shame? Wow.

[backstabber89]

@SomeEloquentGraffi Of course not literally, how old are you? What I'm saying is that i don't get how anyone could like this, since she's 1. Not a very good singer. 2. The song is very unoriginal and for some reason she needed two co-writers to write this. 3. The armmovements makes the live act very weird and... weird. Feel free to express your opinion, don't just criticize

[SomeEloquentGraffi]

@backstabber89 I am old enough to not get overtly offensive to a video to ask someone whom must be slightly intrigued by her to know more than the average fan, if your comment was literal. Yikes.

[SomeEloquentGraffi]

@backstabber89 And I also like Bjorn and Bon Iver as she collaborates with them. I tend to look at the larger picture.

[isak69]

@backstabber89 Idiot! Me, swedish, feels sorry that you clame swedish heritage. Makes me ashamed.

[SalmonMage]

So amazing.

[boasorte12]

what I like the most is that she sings like in the CD. I thought it was playback... Pretty pretty girl, I love her!

[SomeEloquentGraffi]

@boasorte12 She's wonderful live.

[w0rdisbond]

lawd, please bring back Aretha Franklin!

[w0rdisbond]

is it a singer or a choir? kindoff ego-maniacal if she calls herself a singer

[bdon616]

great song selection for this kind of american platform

[bdon616]

loved that she chose this on such a mainstream program

[WamRaven]

Amy Lee sent me here.

[ckmatthew]

Great song, if in funeral

[lforliberty]

Her eyes are just piercing in the end 3:36

[mestnaomi]

jag tycker att hon liknar lady gaga eller va säger ni svenskar?

[raq757uplayer]

@mestnaomi ne.

[mytrufeeling]

@mestnaomi

eh, vaaa? det var nog bland det äckligaste jag läst på länge...

[w0rdisbond]

@mestnaomi Ja, talangmässigt också.

[joachimwmusic]

absolutely fantastic song and performance, but please skip the silly moves :) Just annoying

[daverlb]

@joachimwmusic what you consider to be silly moves are usually involuntary and produced purely from the music going through the artist. If you were a muso, you would understand. These people live, breathe and feel their songs and cannot choose when to dance or do 'silly moves'. It just happens. Let it go, bro, and enjoy what she gives you in her performance.

[w0rdisbond]

@daverlb Listen man. If there is any doubt in your mind that she's recieved some help from a choreographer than you are beyond stupid. I dont mind how silly it looks, but dont try selling me the BS that they are completley involontary, at times you can even see her starting to think like; "wait, wtf am I doing again?"

ITS NOT LIKE SHES BLACK OR ANYTHING

[daverlb]

@w0rdisbond No you listen man. You're obviously from the generation where 'artists' 'perform' using backing tapes and fakery and can't even move an arm without the help of a choreographer. In the real world, actual artists don't rely on preprogrammed, preplanned 'dancing'. I could be wrong and you actually know everything about this stuff. But I doubt it.

[w0rdisbond]

@daverlb Dude, we agree! I apologozige (bad at that) for sayin you're stupid. But sure she's in the moment, and sure she's gotten some dance lessons. I live in sweden. I dont know anyone who dances like that. Not even in Ystad, where shes from. I think music business today is like Hendrix said that artists forget that its all about the music and only focus on earning the dollar. If you are a musician yourself or know any, please remind them of that. ITS ABOUT THE MUZAC DOWG

[STORMWYNTA]

@w0rdisbond why are you responding to him/her???

[STORMWYNTA]

@w0rdisbond that comment was not meant for you.

[MarkFulledge]

@daverlb well said brother, well said.

[SomeEloquentGraffi]

@daverlb Cheers!

[grtwhtnrth]

@daverlb I agree voice is just ONE form of expression that artist there are many that an artist will exemplify.

[joachimwmusic]

@daverlb I am, and I dont need that, no hard feelings here mate, its just me opinion, it looks silly to me

[missdandelion]

my friends and I saw her at Fox Theater in Pomona,where people waited til 1 am to get an autograph or pictures of her, she only came out for no more than 1 minute and left because she was "busy"my friend left and saw her running down the street because she noticed a fan was in a car and assumed she was going to chase her,way to treat people.Also, they said that at another show she was a diva,treated employees badly and wouldn't play the show unless she got her"fucking special wine bottle opener"

[jaythered49]

Saw them live in Asheville at the Orange Peel…absolutely terrific, talk about high energy rock and roll…my ears rang all the next day….they are bound for superstardom fer sure

[sillystringgs]

hauntingly beautiful

[daverlb]

This Letterman performance is the first I had ever heard of Lykke Li. I was stunned. I don't think I breathed for 4 minutes. She is so beautiful.

[Scrabble2005]

seriously, how can someone dislike this?

[w0rdisbond]

@Scrabble2005 easy. Its shit.

[filipindiesurfer]

she looks a bit like Debrah Morgan from Dexter ;)

[AnthonyRyanDomenick]

@filipindiesurfer Holy shit, I thought I was the only one who thought that while watching this video!

[NiaVaz]

OMG i was just wondering "is that first aid kit??!!"

and yeah, this is an awesome performance and lykke li is special for not wearing thongs or whatever

love her

[finemess]

Beautiful. Reminds me of why I loved Dead Can Dance. Li references This Mortal Coil as one of her influences. It's clear.

[ugomittcoco]

the backup singer on our far left looks like professor snape. lol

[djuri0612]

I LOVE that she's not wearing a fucking THONG lol so glad my wife discovered her - best music discovery EVER track after track after track after track BRILLIANT - letterman and that bald guy such douchebags as usual I remember when X was on years ago he was clueless then too

[adventurous25]

Stunning voice, and very deep person which makes her all the more amazing. (check out some interviews she does) I seen her at lollapalooza and it was one of the best shows of the festival. You can just tell she actually feels the music. A true artist indeed.

[blolz]

1st aid kit ftw!!!! i thought the blonde one was smaller than the brunette tho :(

[CorvusVal]

@blolz Klara (blonde) is younger but taller than Johanna. You can't really tell without seeing them live, but they're both actually very tall!

[AyaAnny]

@CorvusVal Your information is kind of wrong. Johanna is the older sister, but is the blond girl. Klara is brunett

[LaGrandeDea]

@CorvusVal Klara is the younger sister, yes, but she is the brunette :D

[elenabambi94]

@blolz Oh no, Johanna (the blonde) has always been taller than Klara (brunette)!

[karelzich]

one of the best songs from the album imo and a nice live rendition (a pity she tends to be a little off tune, but it's alright here)

[KRCALI]

Haunting as always <3

[moovyphreak]

As seen on NBC? Letterman's been on CBS since the early 90s.

[beartunes4]

@moovyphreak the performance was so good, it took us back in time

[ChiaraBac]

she's from another planet

[djuri0612]

@ChiaraBac thank god otherwise she'd be singing some BULLSHIT like Beyonce

[lehnrik]

@ChiaraBac No, she's from Sweden. ;)

[Dutchiewutchiee]

Her dancing is sooo awkward that I like it! :D She's awesome though. ^-^

[Treebroth]

@TheRealCritique Why would someone even compare this to Sisters of Mercy? It's like comparing it to Bruce Springsteen. This was awesome

[Razielo53]

Mesmering, beautiful. Her movements, serene, yet all so powerful. The emotions she's conveying is true of any great speaker--even with the audience off camera, do you hear the screams of rejoicing fans? Any great speaker gets the crowd involved and with her interesting voice and her incredibly talented team, she sure as hell got my attention! And I was sitting on my couch! The embodiment of a strong female character, Lykke Li sure has amazed me tonight! Thank you Lettermand indeed-HAUNTING!

[beautifullyxawkwardx]

Ahhh! Beautiful. And First Aid Kit on back up too? Just perfect.

Lykke Li and First Aid Kit are currently touring together and I just saw them the day before this performance! I'm so happy that they performed together for Letterman!

Regardless, if you don't know who First Aid Kit is, one of the girls is in the middle and the other is on the right. If you like Lykke Li, you should definitely check them out as well!

[nikitakokal1]

@beautifullyxawkwardx YES! i saw them in toronto a couple of days back, so good!

[CaptCrunge]

As Letterman said..."Haunting"....

Mesmerizing and powerful.