Family Tree - Tv on the Radio

[therealribbit]

Demon boxer on left side throwing a left hook, fighting the hedgehog on right.

[lucasjones19]

Absoltely beautiful song. So refreshing! Check out a few of our tracks: Lucid- 'Choices' and 'Behind the Clouds'?

[Carrpiece]

Family Tree + RainyMood is a game changer boys and girls.

[miriamsulanera]

I'm eager to read the history of my Family Name. So, if I was interested on it perhaps you also consider to be useful.

Resolve one of the mystery of your existence. Enjoy telling to your grandsons the best tale they has never listen to before.

familynametree(.)com

Hope it helps!

[knighthawk151]

what album is this from ?

loveee it !

[Corhsen]

@knighthawk151 Dear Science.

[alessander360]

The voice sounds like Damon Albarn.

[mattgill1992]

RIP Gerard :(

I want this song to be the first dance at my wedding.

[bobiano]

Godspeed Gerard.

[cipher074]

i am so in love with this song. it's truly beautiful.

[superunknown7786]

They played this song on a local radio station the day that Gerard passed away. I haven't payed much attention to the lyrics so I don't know what it is really about, but somehow the general atmosphere of the song seemed very fitting at the time.

[rachellesi]

@superunknown7786  In the description i included the lyrics

[christianbrown22]

hello, I am high and eating jelly bellies. this song tastes better than the jelly beans.

[athelka8]

miluju Te, Michale, miluju..pamatujes? Family tree...naše písnička..

[elymiller]

bye gerard :(



[mariojader]

RIP Gerard Smith :(

[chinjewel1]

ahhh...i love this song!

[lemonsnlimes333]

HOOWJFOEIHVUIDQGWFIUEYV

this is brilliant

Why is this SO emotional???!?

[weaselidiotu]

the beginning sounds a bit like street flash from animal collective. also a great track. ^_^

[rachellesi]

@SheChasing wait a minute

the guy doesn't know me and out of nowhere writes "way to make this about you, you self centered whore" And i am the idiot for considering this gratuitous evil... small manifestations of it.  doesn't get me angered.. but it is what is

[kensabeast9]

Quick correction. The lyrics during the bridge are actually:

"Ah me all mine,

Is it safe to say that we've waited patiently,

Call me on time,

And recall the tune that has placed us gracefully,

All into line"

[rachellesi]

@kensabeast9

thanks

[mandoodlecomedy]

reminds me of living in brooklyn

[mandoodlecomedy]

this song reminds me of living in brookyn, i miss the streets and tight community there, also the sweeping clouds as portrayed in this video

[Jabberwockyle]

@rachellesi Every version I've downloaded of this song from frostwire seems to skip like this...

[Naytinfinity]

@Jabberwockyle Limewire

[willferris34]

@Jabberwockyle maybe you should just buy the album...

[tequiness061]

Siempre habrá gente que haga musica diferente, ellos son la muestra: TV ON RADIO, RADIO DEPT, RUSSIAN RED, NAJWUA JEAN, BJORK, músicos que SIEMPRE SIEMPRE me harán sentir......

[vistavision2]

Nice!!!

[#A23] Sky Blue

[ronnyim12345]

huh what do you know? The picture IS moving. if you fast forward, you can see that it zooms in and out of the picture very slowly.

[mainaschaffffk]

this is the best song i've ever heard. not even lying.. incredible

[wyndowliquor]

I swear the clouds look like they're moving.

[tartas2001]

a great song, hermoso.

[MsSpinosa1]

...il cielo..il cielo...il cielo...di napoli...un giorno sarà cosi.....un giorno...mio figlio lo vedrà..

[oopsTNTcompany]

the most beautiful song i have ever heard

[YacubH2961]

@oopsTNTcompany

wouldn't go that far buddy, but it's a good one

[Neurozumim]

To me it sounds like a song from a John Hugues film circa the 1980's.

[MissBadKitty64]

No, I just liked it! ;-)

[MissBadKitty64]

Hi John 12050. The old cartoon is from 'Flowers and Trees' a 1930 Disney film. Its on You tube. I thought it went brilliantly with this song, just added that extra bet of poignancy I thought. Shame it got taken off ;-)

[John12050]

Does anyone know if you can get the youtube video of an old cartoon that this song used to be set to on the web?

[LenOval]

I believe that one was taken away by the nasty people

[shirleyann34]

Love this song. Its doing or me what Bittersweet symphony from Verve did and Elbow's One day like this. Love it. TV on the radio sound a bit like Broken Social Scene and The Stars. I like Rachellesi's info on the song- well thought out!

[decade03]

It's shaking off halo's, and the memory of our sacred so and so's

[entihuy]

Haha I'm liking LenOval's style.

[theyarebirds]

This song is about a family's negative reaction to an inter racial relationship

[gallfer86]

This may be a dumb question, but because of Karen O?

[arcadefire21]

best song on album...along with crying and love dog!...and red dress!!! love tvotr

[lgkdancing507]

A hauntingly beautiful song; 2:22 through 3:11 takes my breath away.

[daleejr8]

This is my most fav. tv song...it moves and flows like a swan ..it finally tops ..blues from down here...magic, hauntedly seductive...2 thumbs for tv..wow

[CunnyFunt42]

stumbled accross this song on a shuffle.

beautiful song....

[Tarsauce]

Oh man.....youtube comments. FTW

[PR00H]

im sorry miss but the world is hardly your simplified version of good and evil. You didnt even ge the title right, maybe next time when you dont write a book first about yourself =)

[rachellesi]

Now you call me Miss?

In this situation it is very simple, you calling someone you don't know a whore is a manifestation of evil.

You are an abuser , going around and spreading your bad karma that's what you do.

Face it

And music, or a work of art doesn't end with the finished work, but extends to how it inspires/touches the person who experiences it .

I am done with you. Not time fort this

[vniguam]

lol i love your comments...

[raccoonlord]

@rachellesi EEEEV VVVVILLLL

ARISTOTLEGOODBADYESNOALRIIIIGH­TTTT!

this is what u r.

[LenOval]

Thanks for letting us know about the world. You are obviously some sort of academic on this issue. What would we do without lovely people like you spouting shit about nothing and thinking they're being profound? Probably have a nicer day. That's what.

[yragnevets]

@LenOval Yeah and thanks for your comments. A whole weary world of cynicism. I bet your "friends" really open up to you.

[LenOval]

Cynacism can be fresh and wonderful. Some of the best comedians are cynical beyond measure and they're fantastic so if you think cynacism is a "whole weary world" then I think you're perspective is unfortunate. Your use of quotation marks around the word friends is baffling to me because you don't know me and have no idea of the relationship I have with my friends.

It's ok that you're not very smart though. I don't take it personally.

[yragnevets]

Much as you don't know Rachel Lesi yet found it apt to comment on her world. Just following your lead Len. That's what us not very smart people do! By the way is Cynacism how you smart peole spell it?

[LenOval]

Touché!!! Ha ha. We're all following each others' lead. I am so happy with you. You made me laugh especially when you dissed my spelling (happy to admit my mistake and well done on the uptake!!) and then made mention of us smart "peole". Don't you hate it when that happens!!?

I actually don't remember writing my original comment so I must have been having a bad day or something. It might be possible that I was commenting on the original comment by PR00H. Keep up the good work friend!

[yragnevets]

@LenOval Cheers mate all good banter. Must keep a check on my fat fingered typing! Peole indeed!

[haydenjonesss]

your not even spelling cynacism right

[LenOval]

Yeah, dude (hayden), We have established that, but since you're being picky, how about you write "You're" and not "your" in this instance. This is a rule. As soon as you criticise someone else's spelling you make a spelling mistake/grammatical error to make you eat humble pie. I hope it's sweet my friend.

[oopsTNTcompany]

@LenOval you sound like an awesome person. by the way, i had to double chack my spelling so i didn't have to be critcised

[LenOval]

@oopsTNTcompany ha ha ha!!

[LenOval]

Can someone fix the little jumping thing that happens during the playing of this song??

[PR00H]

way to make the song about yourself selfcentered whore =)

[rachellesi]

are you talking to me?

If you are, I think this is way to make this about whatever problem you have with the world

Just go spread your evil somewhere else cause I won't react to it, or better... just let go of it

and instead of spreading the bad karma do/say something nice.

You can do it....

[henrystephenw]

kill yourself

[jezus1989]

are you talking to me?

[jezus1989]

this song has been played today at the funeral of my uncle , beautiful song

so full of emotion

wonderful

[BoyGenteel]

My sincere condolence to you and yours for your loss.

[jezus1989]

thank you very much

it means a lot to me.

[jacobericroberts]

aww where's the cartoon one gone. was my favouroute

[degree7]

This version is warped, slightly.

[andyferro]

this song is just wonderful, wonderfully written

[gabreodanger]

I have all their CD's their my favorite band, this is my favorite song. Thank you for posting this and your right the lyrics are amazing you should hear some of the other songs like stork & owl.

[mogwai142]

I love this song! Great poetry! I felt like I heard it before somehow.

[CourtneyJensen22]

This song, is very very good, hell its amazing...I Only heard it bcuz Caleb Followill(Kings of leon) Said it was a song to come down to, and i love it

[rachellesi]

Beautiful how the meldoy changes after 4:35, it get almost joyful

[holaadios3]

yes !

i love it!

Thank you for uploading ! i love ur videos

nice job!

[sparelead777]

i am so sad they took down the Disney video version of this.

[mari2213]

I hope they put that back up

[tonyholland]

The Disney one was perfect

[Tomfish3000]

@sparelead777 That is so true. That was probably one all my all-time favorite youtube videos; so simple, but so goddamn emotive.

[sparelead777]

@Tomfish3000 Yea Agreed. It went together perfectly

[urwhatthewho]

@sparelead777 why did they do that....crud

[jesseshulman]

@sparelead777 It should be tried criminally.

[jesseshulman]

@sparelead777 Death sentence?

[sparelead777]

@jesseshulman some jail time at least :p

[ProblyNotYurNmba1Fan]

best song ever made

[doonfor44]

They are my new favorite band. Shamefully, i have just discovered them. This song is so powerfull to me.

"The gallows of your family tree". Holy smokes!! this song speaks volumes to anyone with a dis-functional family that loves each like a good family should

[Jahcure420]

yeah, I just discovered them from listening to their music on mountain biking movies, yeah, staring at the sun is on of their song in there.......

[petegalvs]

god this song is fkn amazing. i have alot of family issues. im the second oldest of 11 children and i love every one of them so much. i just wish my parents could see shit through my eyes

[rachellesi]

The day calls in billows

It's echoing moonlight onto the blue nightmare of your heart

In cosy red rainbow

It's shaking off halos

And the memory of our sacred so and so's...

[shycadet]

love it completly

[Countach640]

Great song indeed! The lyrics are great too!

[TheTexasConnection]

Great song