Andrew Bird performing with Ani DiFranco on Craig Ferguson

[favregrl]

For all you Ani haters and Bird lovers, Ani's Independent record label "Righteous Babe Records" signed Andrew where he reinvented himself as a solo indie artist from his earlier jazz roots. Ani and Andrew toured together and had great chemistry. When I saw Andrew Bird open for Ani years ago for the first time, I was floored. Ani is a rare talent. So is Andrew, and RBR won't sign "anyone." Since then, Andrew Bird took his wings and is exploring everything the music industry has to offer him!

[JackPostich]

When I saw this video is said "Andrew Bird with Ani..." and I said HOLY SHIT ANIMAL COLECTIVE AND ANDREW BIRD

[Wendellerins]

Good song..and with Andrew Bird..GUH! <3

[sawmonkey]

Carpet munchers don't hold a trademark or patent on this middle-aged white guy's taste in tunes. It seems silly to have to be allowed to like this music. Identity politics will slap you from the wrong side eventually. I have unfortunate hair growth too, lucky me, I'm a guy.

[womby28]

Flawless performance. I love the subtleties. The harmonies, Mr. Bird of course. I also really identify with the lyrics of this song. In the world we live in it's very difficult to sift through misconceptions to find a place where we belong. And Ani takes that to an incredible and inspiring level.

[MrConnaman]

maybe I haven't heard enough Ani DiFranco, but that was horrible, except for Andrew Bird.

[savagembrace]

@MrConnaman trust me, you haven't heard enough Ani. She is phenomenal. Check out her first, say ten albums, and you will see that. :-D

[blackflagskate]

band is solid! love the bass walk on the violin break. Incredible lyrics.

[sushikitty71]

That's all fine and good...maybe in a conversation or something. But, who wants to hear that song on a cd, ipod going to work, road trip, crafting? Not me. I'd be bummed to hear that song ever again. Andrew Bird was good, but what is the point? That song was boring and uncomfortable to me. I love Ani's earlier work and of course, Andrew Birds current work. Yes, bring the comments that have no soul. Whatever. You know it sucks, as much as I know it sucks.

[MikeDevaney]

TROLL, you amuse me in a depressing little way, like a kitten falling off a table or a fat person falling down.

[sushikitty71]

It's funny that you berade me for being insensitive when you said I was like a 'fat person falling down'. Oh, and what if I WAS a troll. That would be really insensitive to the Trollinites. Shame on you. Shame.

[MikeDevaney]

I believe the word is berate not berade. also I don't think my post uses any word that remotely resembles "insensitive" dug the sarcasm at the end though :)

[sushikitty71]

Ha! Correct, Sir! Berate. What a fabulous word. Insensitivity towards fat people to be sure, however, who doesn't love watching those videos. I'm glad you used the word 'troll' instead of others that are so commonly used these days. 'Trollop' and 'Hussy' are another of my favorites. Carry on in your love of political affirmations in your Sunday lounge music. I, most likely, will return to happier times.

[MikeDevaney]

Will do.

[lucasboden]

socialism works in smaller communitiesand populations where you know where you taxes and money is going to.

it will never work long term federally. they will say we need to for the poor, yet use it to fund wars and corporations.

[icanmakeaname]

I love how Andrew just looks around during his solo like nothing is going on.

[PaulaJeanie45]

My two favorite musicians of all time. Together. It's beautiful.

[kristiankennison]

andrew is amazing.

but there is nothing he could ever do musically that will ever hold a candle to ani difranco. she is the super woman of indie folk music. simply. freakin. beautiful.

[SoFarAreWe]

lol. no.

[sawmonkey]

I don't care whether Ani bats left. I would lick her stamps any time. It's a pardigm....

[slowbaker]

:`)

[jesspeachi]

that backup singer looks awfully frumpy! she could have at least brushed her hair or

something!

andrew's kinda awesome though :)

[slowbaker]

What did your mom tell you?  Be nice!

[septip123]

everyone in Hartford is an ani difranco wannabee

[Googolagahummike]

Andrew stole the show.

[icanmakeaname]

Not neccisarily a bad thing..

[Googolagahummike]

I know ;)

[spooninspoon]

@Googolagahummike I agree then again I like them both

[chocoKISSes94]

i can appreciate ani difranco's mesmerizing written poetry. however, andrew bird has a gorgeous sense of musical poetry..... can't help it, i love him more. "why?" is the sexiest song you will ever hear being played on a violin.

[bigcyhutch]

Ani, Andrew and the back up singer are ALL fabulous. I will bet, however, that most of the comments on this page are from men...or jealous women who do not want to give Ani her much due props. She's extremely talented...as are all on that stage.

[gillnackel248]

andrew's whistle was the best part of this

[enterfailedment]

She looks jewish

[kamikazi89]

that's been known to happen from time to time

[AsoulDivided]

Nothing Personal. And Not that I don't like Ani Difranco's voice. But I love her back up singer's voice. Its pure jazz. Anyone Know who she is? If so could you comment back and let me know... thanks so much.

[BlakkDuv]

does Todd Sickafoose play with amanda jenssen

looks like her guitarist on amarula tree

[sleepykitty]

Who's the female vocalist at the beside andrew?

[Aberjan]

@sleepykitty it's a bit late, but noe venable.

[carambola920]

haha alright my bad then

[ProfessionalWidow83]

Todd Sickafoose on bass people.

[carambola920]

is that jeremy ylvisaker on bass? i think it is. He and andrew are awesome together

[ProfessionalWidow83]

..oops, it's Todd Sickafoose.

[oceanchild112]

andrew bird's touch makes the performance a load more sophisticated. the guy's a genius.

[domakesaythink2]

gosh, i can't stand anidifranco.

i'm not sure if it's the heaping arrogance in her no-it-all-ism, her poor lyrics or boring, uninventive music.

[joeo78501]

No its you and your negative gloomy view on life. She is a creative and courageous artist with the drive and talent to make herself player in a very compettive field without the help of a major label. She is to be admired.

[domakesaythink2]

I like alote of artist who make it on their own....making it without a label doesn't equal creativity nor does going with a label make one uncreative...those are independent entities. Perhaps i sounded too harsh and just should have said that her music is not my cup of tea and her lyrics leave me uninspired with their lack of poetry.

[yancybutler]

she has 20 albums her lyrics range from brilliant to boring. Depends on which song out of the hundreds that you get. Ani (on the right cd.) can inspire me plenty.

[spooninspoon]

Agreed. To The Teeth and Knuckle Down are up there for me. She puts on a great live show as well

[kmiller812]

she is terrible. she comes of as a total smart ass. her lyrics make sense and are somewhat meaningful but they are more like prose then poetry. the music is minimalistic in a bad way. she should write a book and stop making music.

[onacruise]

never heard this song before seeing this video. i like the song. perhaps i should listen to more ani difranco

[bleepmeep]

how cool it is to see ani and andrew on stage at the same time. they are both amazing.

[samuelshepard]

this rubbed me the wrong way. didn't like it : /

[happyoctopusparty]

Oh, Andrew. Sounds great, but I think you know as well as I that your violin tutor from way back when would not be pleased with all of your position.

tsk tsk.

[sophiamher]

This is so awesome! If only i had seen this when it aired 3 years ago. Awesome.

[donnerbrandpear]

Noe is kind of upstaging Ani, isn't she?

[xFrost1234]

what song is this?

[SimpleSamadhi]

paradigm

from the knuckle down album

[reksub10]

so how the fuck did craig ferguson get a talk show on american telly hes a pure dobber fae glasgow and we had to put up with him in some right embarassing t.v. shows no wonder hes state sid ecos british/scottish t.v. wont touch him cos hes shite....but ani di is fing awsome

[sawmonkey]

We speak English over here! I am Scottish too (my Grandads were)but that doesn't mean that I or Ferguson are retarded...I think?

[donnerbrandpear]

We love all UK accents here in the US. It sounds classy to us, regardless. The smart UK-ites get that about us and capitalize accordingly.

[reksub10]

but thats my piont where in scotland do people talk like the way craig fergeson talks in this im from the same city as this man and we sound like that plus he didnt when he was on our telly.but i guess thats what you mean by them capitilising on the U.S. market sound the way americans think we sound.its the same hear you should hear some of the accents we get claiming to be from USA.

[reksub10]

trust me you wouldnt like the brummie accent dont think uk has only 4 accents english/scottish/irish/welsh.e­ach of them has a different accent in each county or shire

[donnerbrandpear]

You're right--I've actually been to Scotland and I couldn't understand anything anyone said. :p

[jedionwax]

he's funny. People like him because he makes people laugh and he'll make fun of himself as well, I don't care for his skits though. But hey at least he doesn't sound like a pretentious jerk. Like ya know, someone...

[reksub10]

true and he also makes a shed load more money than me aswell.give them what they want to here.but he was actually quite a funny guy for the most part.ive never seen his american show but judging from this clip it looks quite good with goods guests aswell.but he still sounds funny

[jedionwax]

Haha. ok. point taken! i haven't been fortunate to ever visit Scotland and all i know of the accents is from movies, or travis, belle and sebastian or camera obscura really. his voice makes me laugh. or the cheeky little monkey, my cheeky little "insert strange animal" here, it's like what the hell?

[reksub10]

belle and sebastian need i say more they are awesome

[skylineiiigtr]

You definitely need not.

[reksub10]

cheeky bastard bring it on if you want.but i might let you off scince you have a learn little wing vid on your site always good to meet a hendrix fan

[cruzzercruz]

Bring it on? Whatever that means...

I ENJOY listening to Belle and Sebastian, therefore, you need not say more.

[reksub10]

very sorry i picked you up wrong and i do apologize.i was actually rtanting about craig fergeson and somhow it got onto belle a seb it was a very stoned day i think but i meant no offence

[gggnarly]

2 super talented peeps, dang

[neontink]

Two incredibly talented, incredibly hot musicians on a hilarious host's show. :p

[sawmonkey]

I know that she digs chicks but she could lick my stamps anytime!

[crescentfreshbret]

She's actually bi and was married to a man for a few years until recently.

[longhornwtf]

never seen andrew bird in a backup situation. he looks bored. this was interesting, thanks for sharing.

[FenderFanatic]

Haha, yeah. Andrew looks bored out of his mind, and maybe a little pissed off too.

[stahlsj28]

He doesn't look bored. He looks like he is focusing. Don't be a lamo longhorn. It isn't easy being amazing.

[ilovethesechords]

i wouldn't call it bored. its more... stoned out of his mind.

[nazmieh]

ani and andrew on craig's show. awesome mix :D love!

[scabbyjoe]

Who's the girl singing backup? I like her voice

[jacobwolkenhauer]

Noe Venable

[getyourfancyon]

yay! one of my most favorite musicians ...and growing favorite playing together!

[FigLogan]

Can anyone give me a MP3 of this? It's fucking great

[drwierd]

this here song...what a fuckin moron!

[dengeirade]

keşke türkiye'ye de gelse...

[remainder1]

I really loved seeing Mr. Bird play at the Beacon Theatre with Ani DiFranco last November. He came out for three tracks off of Knuckle Down -- Studying Stones, Recoil, and Mangole -- and I think the collaboration was nothing short of brilliant, as they are both uniquely talented.

[detrevnisivraj]

Yeah, I saw them play together a couple years ago with a bass player of Ani's. They were fantastic.

[mrtee9]

No I disagree. I think there is NOTHING more irritating than men who are unintelligent enough to think that there is anything a woman can't do. In fact in general it's really irritating when anyone thinks only their tastes matter. Your whole point of view will be fucked up one day when you get out of your hole long enough to get beat by a woman. And you will.

[tooleydeviljuice]

oh come on people! that writing their names in the snow bit was funny! get off your high horses long enough to laugh when something is funny! in fact, i'm thinking a horse that's high is probably pretty funny..."this is some good shit, wilbur"

[spooninspoon]

@mrtee9 or the fact that some people think that Ani is some man hating lezbian...Thats what irritates me

[sybo59]

@mrtee9 There are things men can do that women can't. Get over it. Well, your comment is over three years old; perhaps you have.

[sawmonkey]

I Love Annie. She could be a Martian for all I care. Maybe she is and we are supposed to treat the Martian Nation more fairly and benevolently? We ( My Wife and I) love her regardless of what small-minded and small-dicked people have to say! Sing, Annie, Sing!

[lilsidhe]

Dude, you love her so much, but you don't even know how to spell her name... It's Ani not Annie...

[sepiaworld]

it's ani

[sawmonkey]

I stand corrected...;)

[slowbaker]

Dancin - twinkletoes

[ERINLUVSRYANADAMS]

amazing

[comatoselucy]

Man you got to perform with her that's awesome! Nice performance, by the way.

[aemitt]

Why is she famous? She's one of the few artists making music trying to change not only our laws, but us as people. (:

[pantalonesazul]

Well said :)

[SeanCitizen]

Why is she famous?

[Nashvegas101]

I just added Andrew as a friend on the facebook. You all gotta do it, its nuts.

[trexsandwich]

Now, I'm imagining what kind of nuts stuff could happen if I friended him, like his appearing in a hot air balloon outside my window, waving... woah... :)

[mathfife]

Ani D is beat. yikes.

[detrevnisivraj8]

Yeah, they did tour together a few years ago.

[DanielTheFisherman]

Ani Difranco is my friends cousin. :D

[cowpops]

lucky!

[DanielTheFisherman]

hahaha not to me, I dont really like her. I mean this song is alright, I just wanted to see what she sounded like. They look alike. But my friend has straighter hair.

[milkmit]

WeMustBeStopped: Not sure how much they've toured together, but when I saw her over this past winter here in NYC, she invited him out with her on stage to do a few songs. He's on her label and all....

[WeMustBeStopped]

He's on RBR? Thanks for the tip.

[l0vewins]

Only Weather System and Mysterious Production of Eggs are on RBR; he's with Fat Possum Records now.

[RussLBarth]

bisexual chicks are GREAT

[WeMustBeStopped]

It's like someone put their chocolate in my peanut butter.... did they tour together, anybody know?

[ealaspada]

Very well put!

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[Simonbg987654321]

Get agood singer

andrew bird is better

[rainingli]

yeah, i was noticing the eyeing as well.

[zornitsa]

I wonder what's that absurd "eye play" between andrew bird and the backing vocalist.

[juliensark]

they're in love he he he!! i love andrew bird!!!!

[erisedilla]

this is such a wonderful video! 3 of my absolute favorite things (by which I mean people), all together at once =)

[FreakActing]

liking men constitues being a "real woman"?

wow.

why don't you crawl out from under that rock you've managed to call your reality.

[SleepingForPeace]

UR GAY

[FreakActing]

That I am.

:D

[rugshort]

She sexy, she like men I bet. She a real woman.

[lisavdberg]

she is the best musician walking around.. she isn't 'some street musician'!

[grigg034]

she makes me think of heaven

[Squirelpie]

she reminds me of phoebe in friends. Not that she's bad or anything but the music make me think of street musicians.

[vaquerasonador]

get a clue - vaquera

[gavuponthehill]

lol