M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga (Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2010)

[chunhaylee]

rapping acapella. Well that was different

[jaune444]

mia needs a facebook page lol

[tjl5030]

if she is signed by a label, I should be signed as well cause she = horrible,

[sugarlanskee8]

@tjl5030

A true weapon--who needs waterboarding? It's a face for the screen but a voice for silent movies.

[pheildcorn]

@sugarlanskee8

silence is golden in this case. just turned the speakers off

[sugarlanskee8]

@pheildcorn

pheeel-dee has the best idea. Turn off the ear torture but still see the show--as wacky as it is.

[123kittycat1]

Even though she is drunk there, no drunk person could sing that good when there drunk! Love Ya MIA!!

[saucepan555]

I like how she grinds her hips to the music. Sexy!!!

[cocoa9270]

does anyone besides me feel happy because while im watching this the vevo captian has a pic of MIA

[xxmissiepissiexx]

well...besides wtf??!!!

[xxmissiepissiexx]

wow. is all i have to say.

[goldenhelix]

also, using default alert sounds as samples on your mc-505 is NOT the kind of thing anybody should be paying real money to hear or see.

[goldenhelix]

worst lyrics to a song ever. people that actually listen to this and think it's got some sophisticated message need to have their heads checked. 

[leftgibson]

Now I know what a 6:22 train wreck looks like. Is the new music scene to find the worst person there and put them on stage?? It sounded like they were whipping foreigners. I have a headache now.

[deltrae3]

@leftgibson If you don't like her then there's always Lil B

[ChVon]

They definitely wouldn't have put this up if this wasn't EXACTLY how they wanted the video to look and sound

[bklynkiddddd]

@ 1:14 I heard my iPhone text sound go off.

[halfwaycrooked]

that security guard does NOT mind doing that at all 3:53 haha i wouldnt mind either 

[donnay1112]

LLS BANG THAT SHIT LIKE THE MACARENA.. WHO CARES IF SHES DRUNK TURN UP THE MICROPHONE!!!!!

[j20balla]

Love me some M.I.A. !!!!!!!!!

[sammyyyy90]

Anybody else looked for their phone or something @1:14 ?

[MajikMarker007]

@sammyyyy90 i swear; i thought my mac was being hacked or some sh*t. I had to rewind and make sure that trash can empty sound wasn't my own. smh

[bbbnasty100]

HER BEING DRUNK IS EVEN COOLER..FUCK IT!

[IBeCris]

Holy Shit...She is drunk....

[jnmyrick123]

MIA Such As Fucking Rebel,I Fucking Love Her.

[XxrElEAsEmExX]

So what if she's a lil tipsy. It's her business. Everybody has a good time with alcohol... until someone raise hell with it. XD

[wvprincess316]

I love MIA's CDs but I would never pay for a concert ticket to go watch her drunkenly shake her ass on stage and hit buttons on a sound machine. this seems performance seems odd in my opinion

[robertomezza]

If she is drunk, at least she can still perform!

[EpikLiv]

is she really drunk??? O.O

[ricodelgado]

lol at 1:13 I was like wtf? and looked to see if a windo poped up XD

[LangeTheThird]

This is so funny to watch on YouTube but I wouldn't like it if I was there.

[Kanyedanny]

@iloveeveryanimal1 nothing bro....she's still making musci

[neonclrs]

it's so disrespectful when artists get drunk during concerts. You want to have a drink? Fine, that's cool but don't get drunk! People pay money to see good sober performances

[PaparazziP]

i like her performing live cause she actually interacts with the crowd .. shes not so "robotic" gotta luv M I A !

[datch1ck912]

@PaparazziP exactly idk why everyones complaining about her being drunk the f'n crowd loves it !

[ushudnobettr]

she's so cute

[paynej123]

performance was not that bad she can sing better than Katy Perry and Lady Gaga...they have fake voices

[Heyitsmepickup]

@paynej123 I know your comment is 5 months old, but Gaga has a wonderful voice, and she always sings live. Look up some videos if you don't believe me, there's thousands.

[RDorthyWayneright]

Strike! Match! Light! Fire! Who's that girl called MIA? Live performances almost always suck which is why I don't watch them.

[NickkMelillo]

love her.



[mariposasabrosa]

lol from 3:57 on I think she just gave up lololol

[mariposasabrosa]

bored of banana, want guanabana <3

[cultwho]

I know they can't, but often drunk doesn't need to be fixed (as far as producing a pleasant sound goes)

The recording played here at this youtube posting could be mixed to a much better version using the same inputs. The difference would be night and day. I suspect someone is upset and or jealous, yet they refuse to speak up and clearly state their grievance, hence the post of this mix as opposed to a decent one.

[CiscoNast]

like the short shirts she's wearing

[mrlif305]

LOL This was pure S-E-X!

[cultwho]

levels definitely could have been mixed better. An idiot at the board doesn't detract from who she is. Who she is, is a person with a unique talent with sound and it's ability to move people

[Dodgyasdf]

@cultwho unless she is drunk. sound engineers can't fix drunk.

[TheWorldsStage]

Either youtube doesn't like her and is showing her drunk on stage, or this is her least wasted concert appearance

[Senimsaj]

She's just putting on a show and enjoying herself. She doesn't have to live up to any of your standards! Who says she has to be sober? At least she isn't lip syncing.

[Vness209]

@Senimsaj i totally agree.Half of da crowd is more fucked up den she is n e way hahaha

[Senimsaj]

@Vness209 No kidding! Hah, I know I would be.

[Vness209]

@Senimsaj hell yea.im so down 4 an M.I.A concert =P

[yanikFBmartin]

@Senimsaj if im paying money to see a performance she damn well she be sober so i could have her best performance!

[Senimsaj]

@yanikFBmartin Why? Who says sounding just like the record is what makes a good show? Personally, I think connecting with the crowd is way more important. She seems so free-spirited. She practically makes love with the crowd and they love her right back. Hahah I, personally, think it makes a much more memorable experience. Nobody looks at a video from a concert and says "oh listen, that sounded exactly like the cd and the choreography was in tact." Nope.

[gvsfgdf]

@Senimsaj SHE certainly MUST live up to their expectations.... they are the FANS dipshit.... they pay her to be entertained. if they stop liking her she is out of a job. How stupid are you? Fucking idiot

[Senimsaj]

@gvsfgdf I'm pretty sure she doesn't give a fuck by now. She's so big, it doesn't matter how many fans she loses she's still rich out of her mind and she'll do whatever she wants to do regardless of what anybody wants. You're kind of contradicting yourself. Yes, MIA fans pay to be entertained.. BY MIA. THIS is what maya does. She does what SHE wants to do and doesn't live up to anybody's standards, and that's part of the reason she HAS fans and we all love that.

[DJDeathdoll]

She is so clearly drunk and I LOVE IT

[DickWindsor]

I remember when I had my first beer...

[jb44421]

@bl00pies This was THE SHIT!!! i was there. This was her best Bamboo Banga performance ever.... damn,

[lumberj23]

She should give the mic to the audience the whole time. XD

But I still prefer this then mime to recording like others do.

[MidnightAngel92]

this was total shit. ew.

[hellokamani]

i think it was very good plus all you haters out there are just jealous because you guys arent as creative as she is

[BFFracheldestiny]

this is why shes not as popular anymore.

[dylan21757]

live version sucks. what the hell is this. she shoulda just lip synced

[kyle1058]

What's with all the negative comments? She's gorgeous and moves just as good as she sings.... stunning...

[crombie92]

search Ross playing Keyboard

[crombie92]

the begining reminds me of Ross on a tv show called Friends

[crombie92]

people this song is called Bamboo Bango not Perfected Arranged Masterpiece<

[Ladykillaable7]

LoL that guy was still holding Maya's hand

[Catley214]

so... bad... my ears are bleeding! xD

[missyisiot]

why is she in her pjs?

[TangyTangoJuice]

this

is

so

bad

[ducksgonewild6294]

How could anyone like this. It is nothing but noise and a drunk slut dancing around pretending to be famous. R.I.P. real music, you were killed by autotune.

[xr2kid]

@ducksgonewild6294 get off mia she a REAL artist she was just drunk

[trafficjamparades]

@ducksgonewild6294 M.I.A. doesn't use autotune.

[isakechaos]

@ducksgonewild6294 she sings about huge political and social issues that affect her country. your open(really close minded) minded thought of what real music is just judgement and prejudice which im sure you dont like towards the music you like. she doesnt deliver her music like most people but its far from trash. dont have biased opinions about things you know nothing about

[ducksgonewild6294]

@isakechaos Ok, then you explain to me what social and/or political issue ''paper planes'' is about.

[isakechaos]

@ducksgonewild6294 lol really? you picked one of the EASIEST ones to explain. paper planes is about americas "world dominance" ego. in her words exactly "You can’t separate the world into two parts like that, good and evil. Terrorism is a method. But America has successfully tied all these pockets of independence struggles, revolutions and extremists into one big notion of terrorism. You can’t grab someone by the neck and choke them and then complain they’re kicking you. If you’re going

[isakechaos]

@ducksgonewild6294 around oppressing people, they will fight back. Damn the consequences. All we wanna do is send in soldiers to secure that precious oil. BANG BANG BANG and Cha-Ching! We collect the loot. If we don’t then the Russians or Chinese would do the same in our fucked up little world. so maybe if you researched music instead of being a tacitly self proclaimed, self righteous "music elitist" then you would be able to appreciate music with actual meaning

[Shiznaft1]

Hot fresh mess...

[oCHOD3MAST3Ro]

Groups like this should never play live...fail

[AlexysTexas97]

Dianna like MIA too

[MizzyMack09]

Whatever drug influence her to make this song, I want...

just saying

[tatigoeshardcore]

i know she did many concerts, so why did they have to put the one up when she was drunk?

[omfg2crunk]

lol she is drunk. her music is good tho so w/e.

[ynellax]

shes wearing pajamas

[ajenglish]

I got a boner at 1:32

[Hellspawn1109]

that guy with the watch was holding her hand for like 8hrs!!! :( lucky i wanna hold her hand!! :3

[xr2kid]

WAS SHE DRUNK!?

[rokstareater]

@xr2kid she was drunk, high, and showed up thirty minutes late. not her best performance.

[xr2kid]

@rokstareater i can tell she my baby and all i love EVERY SONG but she look plain retarded

[xELLISxP]

@xr2kid IKR THATS WHAT I WAS WONDERING XDD

[kevinbemeh]

@xr2kid At 0:50 you can see a cup of beer on the keyboard

[kevinbemeh]

@xr2kid and she's holding it almost the whole performance!

[xr2kid]

@kevinbemeh My Poor Baby. :(

[Arthemusrain]

@xr2kid i...think soo

[ynellax]

what does even in english? she sucks sorry

[xr2kid]

@jb44421 she is FROM BRITIAN so she speaking CORRECT ENGLIISH

[jb44421]

I love 5:47 after. 

[TKandi2010]

GHANA!!! GHANNA! GHHHHANNA!

[getgln]

epic win

[yogini1992]

fun! love it. shes a great performer i've seen her live three times. so much fun always.

[BabyFacedAssassin301]

lol i was at this show

it was underwhelming but it was cool cuz it was MIA

lots of ppl were mad

she didnt even do Boyz,Jimmy or most of her old stuff

[MsColeman31]

Drunk much? 

[DelWhite]

Wow, this is really not good or interesting or catchy. She's looking more and more like a one hit wonder. She needs to re-hire the guy who produced Paper Planes for her. Again, wow this is bad.

[AniceAct]

@DelWhite I don't know why she didn't put out more songs from 'Kala'..I still listen to alot of the songs from that album

[trafficjamparades]

@DelWhite She had hits before Paper Planes. Also, Diplo and Switch produced Paper Planes, as well as much of her other music. Maya just never does the same thing twice. You won't ever hear another Paper Planes out of her, but the same applies to most of her songs.

[DelWhite]

@trafficjamparades Those are good points. I didn't know. It's cool she doesn't do the same thing twice. What is not cool, however, is that she doesn't seem to be trying very hard to put out vibrant or innovative or creative music. Obviously this is a matter of opinion, but to me MIA seems to be coasting much of the time. Maybe it's because she has so many other "causes" that are draining the creativity away from music.

[SuperWhitetyson]

@DelWhite play bamboo banga in your car with the bass all the way up. you will be sorry u even questioned her.

[melovetatu]

she's so fucking down to earth xD

[whothewu]

Are these vids representative of her usual performances?

[WHOBYFIRE333]

@whothewu haha no shes usually really on. Sometimes shes off and sometimes on. Maybe coz shes against some things she may not be on for some festivals, either way I think shes just drunk here coz when I seen her it was a tight sound and amazing she gave it her all. Lol.

[ShawtyyBoo14]

oh she's hardcore. drinking on stage. shes the truth lol

[Titinefer1129]

Ive many drunken dance nights with this one!!!

[LezBeNzZzRoCk]

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[andronici86]

hahaha hip hop does suck live 

[Neweddy24]

Still waiting for someone to figure out how to make hiphop not suck live.

[ThePrettybrownangel]

I like MIA. no matter what, she brings it. her drinking is no different from amy winehouse, lady Gaga or even Mary j blige back in her days. being wasted will surely get her a Grammy and other awards! its the american way....

[meenapie]

wow...very drunk

[pianoboypiano]

ohh yeah... she looks like a slut here too...

[AniceAct]

@pianoboypiano your mum

[pianoboypiano]

@AniceAct ooo wow what an INSULT... im going to go to my room and cry now...

[AniceAct]

@pianoboypiano okay you do that...;)

no but I really see what you mean, just you didn't have to put homegirl on blast...we can all see it!

[pianoboypiano]

@AniceAct i wonder when she got that way... i thought she would try to get famous without looking like this... i guess i was wrong

[AniceAct]

@pianoboypiano good thing this isn't what made her famous..I don't know why she chose to drink and perform..but it is never a good combo!

[pianoboypiano]

*twitches* ugh... i love her music but she SUCKS live!

[DisUnHomme]

she always did perform bamboo banga like that ??

new little bandwagon fans learn how to like an artist on your own and not just because you feel like it would give you cool points. Society is pathetic and incomplete, follow your own decisions and influence yourselves and stop following other peoples perspectives on life, live your own.

[MrPumpJocky]

@hundredprooftv i don't think shes out of breath I think she is drunk

[stephfx16]

ugh what is she wearing?? i think my grandma has those pajamas!!

[IAMRECKFLECK]

@stephfx16 haha funny my grandmother has the same close as old LADY GAGA!

[stephfx16]

@IAMRECKFLECK lol yeah and i'm pretty sure my grandpa smoked the cigarettes in her sunglasses XD

[RealTreBangah]

aha i thought my MacBook Was Making noise

by its Self like a ghost or sumthin at 1:13 aha i was like

wtf>>(=

-TreBangah

[joyariffic]

first

[itsthenew80syadig]

your crazy i love it ! hahaa one of my favortie songs!

[AriusSerillious]

4th

[bemte]

third :DD

[Cyndaquilly]

Second coment! :D

[Gordaton]

first