The National - Runaway (Live Uncut)

[Bootsbaby]

Ahhhh, his voice...so...beautiful...but I dig deeper vocals. *dreamy smile*

[alexbrown414]

This song... is just so beautiful and by far my favorite song by the National. It just sounds so stoic and beautiful but bittersweet at the same time. You can tell by the live version how close this song is to Matt Berninger.

[llunadepaper]

no em cansaria mai d'escoltar-la...és com un iman <3

[djpiggz]

If I could only take one band with me.

[Kumomoto]

How beautiful...this was uploaded on my 20th b-day! That day I was no longer a teenager. Jolly good, this is bar none & top notch music! Yoku dekimashita, The National!

[ohmysisters]

Love how Matt Berninger can reach such low notes and he seems to have no effort! Amazing song!

[peterandowl]

joe are you listening to this ??

[annjeepants]

Quinn959, I would start with the Boxer album if you are new to The National...that's how I got hooked. =)

[songandlance]

@annjeepants That's what got me hooked too :) Great album.

[crazyfeh12]

I wont be no runaway because i wont run

[Handitar]

He has very interesting hair.

[quinn959]

I really love this song but havent listened to the band a lot. Could some hardcore fans give some suggestions as to where I should start listening.

[tomlo9]

@quinn959 they're all great but personally i think High Violet is a great album! incidentally it's also the album this song is on..

[tomjoekins]

@quinn959 its all fantastic music, but the most common opinion is that their music has just gotten better as they continue making it. However, there are a couple of fantastic songs on alligator, such as "looking for astronauts". Also, "exile vilify", which is a separate single made for portal 2, is definitely my favourite song.

[Timedrianio]

Love the national - great, complexly minimalistic music

Going on a lads Europe trip soon, the national will be playing in Ljubljana when I'm a day away in Zagreb - was considering missing ol'Croatia to see the national - decided against it after this. They're great - don't get me wrong, but they don't put on as much a a show as say, MuteMath or Muse...

[adickson607]

@Timedrianio this isn't really a 'put on a show' song in fairness

[liqwidmud]

man i seen these guys open up for the arcade fire, and i must say it was mother fucking aweeesommmeee. They are amazing and man can he scream into a mike with a beastly howl....sad to say this was one song they didnt play though!

[badmoocat33]

This is amazing :)

[eggheadforya]

^^'ed and watched over and over again

[eggheadforya]

it's liquid music 4 the sole

[musicallyfedmonkey]

LOVE THIS TUNE!!!! Cant wait for summer 2011 :D

[sadbaby01]

Voice.

[arancienne]

Skins ♥

[simon3102000]

i cant get enough of high voilet! i love how their so mellow but so edgy at the same time! boxer is a masterpiece aswell :D

[radens1]

The glass of wine and "the National" music make every evening beautiful...

[willie6164]

i can't believe how long it takes to download!!! love this song but it looses somethin in the slow translation!!

[19791979ist]

wow these guys changed my way of looking at life

[captpirateface]

Just heartbreaking and amazing... hat's off to ya "The" National.

[honkazzz]

it's such a beautiful song.

[phatmattcowboys]

I heart this song!!!!

[eksel7]

Come on to Mexico....Fuck!!

[stephaniee1109]

what album is this from?

[stephaniee1109]

@mikedouglasmd Thank You.  Boxer is another good album right?

[lostaddict12]

@stephaniee1109 both Boxer and High Violet are 100% amazingness. 2 of my top albums ever

[IrishInColumbus]

@lostaddict12

So some love for Alligator too.

[lostaddict12]

@IrishInColumbus I love Alligator, just not quite as much as those 2

[darthkay]

@stephaniee1109 High Violet

[stephaniee1109]

@darthkay Thanks

[ITsATRAPPPP]

He looks like my freshman philosophy teacher.

[barryowen555]

best american band going right now

[lostaddict12]

this song is... way more than beautiful. great video. I really need to see them live.

[6lamoroustwist]

@lostaddict12 I saw them a few days ago and they opened with this song. just so amazing... you just get lost in it like its never going to end, but then at the same time youre so aware that it has to. i love the national........ theyre so cute on stage too.

[phennec]

I saw them in Houston at the House of Blues and I was enthralled. This is my favorite song of theirs. Soulful.

I actually met Matt out on the street after the concert while I was waiting for my car. He was out there taking pictures with fans and signing autographs. He signed my poster for me.

[cossakgypsy]

i would lose my shirt in the fire a million times over for this song. mmmmmmm.....

[vAbsolution]

Damn, they don't lose any quality going from studio to live concerts. Gave me goosebumps.

[darthkay]

@vAbsolution Well, A bit.. I like the vocals abit less, But thats because they dont use vocal effects on stage.

Which gives them a better sound also..

[BBQPeanut]

@vAbsolution The thing about smaller bands are that studio is worse than live. Raw talent is so much better when raw than when refined.

[amyb558]

Just bought this album. I can't stop listening to it. :-) It's so refreshing to be able to appreciate music like this when there's so much generic rubbish in the charts.

[Daleksec100]

God...

I love them :D

It helped me realize my love for all things dark and mumbly.

[lostbear87]

Can't stop listening to this song. Amazing.

[mikemidge]

Absolutely Beautiful this has too be the most commanding music around , honest moving soulful, saw them in Brighton two weeks ago ffs it made me young again xx

[hailtothevictorz]

Gorgeous and powerful. Love the album!

[CDelp412]

@Graiskye and @vrifts you are idiots. Why would you even waste your time coming to a youtube channel dedicated to a live show performance from this band if you don't like them? There is a reason this band is selling out show after show and hitting way up on the billboard charts, and it isn't because they are boring. Leave your ignorant comments else where or on a Nickelback youtube channel where thoughts like yours make sense.

[Graiskye]

how the fuck do people keep from falling asleep in a concert like this ? I dont get this type of music, it is so energyless. It just seem like the whole band is missing something, like maybe several quarts of blood each. Im sorry boring as fuck.

[benelgermosen]

@Graiskye People enjoy music that are not to your personal taste? That's just silly.

[vrifts]

@Graiskye i agree. i couldn't handle seeing these guys live or even listening to their album all the way through. just the idea of being stuck or forced to listen to this kind of music for a long period of time makes me restless but i have those moments where this is the perfect type of music. relaxing, careless, free, sorrowful. i just have to mix it up after a while or i'll start to feel like i'm dying. lethargic, emo, and a bit suicidal haha. this stuff gets boring without a change of pace

[TiaAlandra7]

@vrifts how is this boring? This is a man pouring his heart out to a crowd of people like you, who don't even appreciate it. The only thing sad and "suicidal" is the fact that people are too shallow to even grasp what this music is. It's pure and beautiful and no it's not the latest "hollywood popstar" but it's true to Matt and it's true to me.

[michaelangelomkII]

@Graiskye Don't fucking watch it then

[johnnybeauford]

They make beautiful albums.

[emulcifier]

I've been a fan of this band since Alligator, and this was the first time I'd seen them live. When the show started, I couldn't get over how staged the whole TV production made them feel. The "unremarkable lives of adults" seemed to have come full circle.

Then Matt came into the crowd and it felt like I was in some mega church full of devotees.... the god damn sea parted and they tore the place down.

This band's special, and it'll be fun watching them grow from here.

[182carl]

Good Toddy. Go listen to Timberlake or other immature lyrics and stay away from anything meaningful and thoughtful.

You bore me.

[daffodilical]

@toddy1968 Good for you. As I said, I couldn't. The drummer's ability alone obviously isn't what makes them great, either.

[toddy1968]

Their dark and emotional deeply thoughtful expressions bore me. What a hoax.

[lacullen13]

Extraordinary <3

[bonniebardowski]

super

[daffodilical]

So much emotion.

Also, I could not shake a shaker with one hand and drum with the other if my life depended on it. Color me impressed.

[toddy1968]

@daffodilical I could—and it isn't that hard if you play drums. He "should" be able to do it. It doesn't make them great.