David Ford - State Of The Union - Live @ Sonic Boom Records

[ravenbh]

Wow dude, just wow David Ford has a new fan today

[vanbloot231]

way worse than rise against state of the union

[dansmith711]

this is almost as good as when my dad fists me

[dansmith711]

ye good shit below

[dansmith711]

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[littlestar3103]

not only is he lovely, genuine, self depricating and beautifully so, he is a genius - I am convinced! There are too few musicians who you listen to and feel almost bereft when the song has ended, he seems to pour all life's vileness and hatred into his songs and at the same time they have so much redemption in them like he breaks you to mend you all in a few minute song - perfect! perfect! perfect!......

[faleashasmiles06]

so much truth.

[sulmagnificent]

2:05

[jazzmastaj]

2.05 is awesome :D

[kadinaja]

i finished watching this and started clapping. oh my god.

[SteveMichaelRogers]

9 people were confused by the loop pedal

[lip0811]

I want to have his babys.....I am a man, Not gay but shit this man could change that!!!! I want an ounce of what he has!!!

[lajillycat]

I decided at the last minute on my birthday in 2006 to see Aqualung at the Bowery Ballroom. David Ford was the opening act. This song attached itself to my psyche for months.

[Utubhuinja]

Seen his show yesterday...Realy worth it to see him playing live

[RCShadow]

I am absolutely floored at this young mans talent. I've been lucky enough to be friends with some greats and this doesn't come along too often. Congrats!

[emilees]

Who the heck didn't give this 5 stars? haha. LOVE.

[starrshine7]

This guy has more passion than most and he can't contain it, what a beautiful thing....

[Grundberg78]

Michael Stipe all over his eyes... Awsome mate! Awesome!

[flycatcherdale]

this guy is a musical genius.

[shawdavari]

2:10 BRILLIANT....

[kanidja66]

Amazing talent...

[trixapete]

shake your heads at the noels and the babies

[dzordzee]

I would kill for a hat like this one.

[sharonapple26]

he's either really into it or he's on something

[Dockly]

I think it's a bit of both *nods* :)

[Kota1011]

very very very inspiring. When you look at this sort of things, the first thing that comes to your head is "whoah... gotta try that" Ford shows that music can be made without using expensive proffesional instruments and other stuff.

[digitalmentality]

What are you talking about, he's using a loop pedal!

[Xdohls]

They censored it! Shame on them!

[rockrondo]

this guy is great, does any musician/guitar player out there know exactly what kind of equipment he uses to do this and loop it all himself so perfectly. Looks like he's using some type of pedal but I've always had trouble looping pedals? If anyone knows get at me...

[badofcheese]

I saw him & met him a while ago & my friend was asking about it all. I'm not too good on anything musically technical, but he did say he just uses a pedal.

[fuckedupswede]

HAHAHHAHHA THE MIC DROP!

[JoseEatsAirplane]

xP ahahha i know!

i loev this song!

[CoolBlokeAndABit]

apart from the mic dropping =]

[iMissYouAlways]

i'm so excited this song is on the Body of War soundtrack!

[dcolleado2010]

you can tell he was nervous.. but he is just so good you don't notice any mistakes.

[johnson2952]

pretentious?

[KurayamiShikaku]

I don't think so unless they got both the word and type of word wrong. You wouldn't put "a" before an adjective on its own like that.

"1. of the nature of a portent; momentous.

2. ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat.

3. marvelous; amazing; prodigious. "

So I'm pretty sure they used it wrong at any rate.

[jakefranchino]

i loved this song, but i never saw him perform it.....he came across as a portentous.

[zooboo55]

innovative sampling, but kinda damien rice

[omgnuub]

pretty good. but he should work on his mic technique cus hes kinda blurring stuff out and blowing in it.

[falloftroy00]

This is perfect.....I love him

[criptikclues]

this is actually proper brilliant!

[danireneab]

I just saw him tonight in NY at Webster Hall with INgrid.

Fucking AMAZING. He's so intense live...

Gave me chills!

[samjashe]

i did too. Ingrid is so one of my fav fairly new artist and so are the opening acts... matthew perryman jones and of course david ford!! state of the union how he did it was so raw and ridiculously great I wanted both of their cd's!!!!! 3 dollars in my wallet and a debit card didnt buy me JACK though lol

[trixapete]

haha he dropped the mic. great song though

[RichisNumber1]

Thanks for posting.

David Ford = Beast

[electrasong]

Which reminds me....Does anyone remember, 'You don't believe, we're on the Eve of Destruction..' back in the 60's. As I said, ain't nuthin new. The shame is it's 40 years on and still nobody listens.

[electrasong]

Someone sent this to me and said it was 'brilliant'. Hmmm... like what.. like who? Like Einstein or Neil Young or that film-score genius Bernstein??? Kind of falls short of my expectations, so I never got to the end. A couple of lines was all I could bear. When you've lived long enough, unfortunately, you've heard it all before. N ot much new under the sun.

[bumphantom]

Not bad for a boy from the small town of eastbourne.

Jeez i miss home.

[freefeeling]

WOW Marvelously ART! I like it A LOT! especial the end. Nirvana in the background?! Only recently i find "David Ford" art. if you like "David Ford" It might be YOU ALSO WILL LOVE to look for the master-artist: "Damien Rice". Thanks vaporized for your grant on make this video. Thanks David Ford for your art.

[Spoonzy246]

Not saying he didnt do a good job but did he mean to loos the mic there?

[judas21]

Now THAT is impressive. Uses a loop machine like a beast and can obviously write full band arrangements in his head. Genius.

[tomreeeq9898]

He is the most talented artist I've seen in years. He is simply amazing - he projects such a primal melody. He is definitely my favorite artist.

[clemep]

if you can't appreciate this guy's sheer talent, you're missing something..i've never seen anyone do what he does, and he does it live...

[badofcheese]

Oh & he does it like this when he plays it live. It's really impressive!

[Seveninat0r]

When he plays the instrument, does he use some sort of technology that just repeats the sound? Or is it already prerecorded?

I love this guy.

[crallow]

the instruments are on a loop. if it was prerecorded there would be no point running around trying to play each instrument.

[Seveninat0r]

yea but what makes them like that O_o...like, is it the special microphone? or what? like, whats the technology?

just out of curiosity, i love it

[delarie]

it's a memory-man machine. It records a bar of sound then plays it back on a loop until told to stop. if you keep recording new stuff it'll stack up the layers on top of each other, like him singing a backing vocal, then stacking a harmony vocal on top, and another harmony on to, etc. etc. etc.

It's not just the silver microphone - it's hooked up to the guitar and piano too.

I recently saw this live and it just blew me away - he's so so good! and really nice too.

[Seveninat0r]

Ha, that's awesome. Thanks man.

[amyofthejungle]

You guys in the UK are extremely lucky to be able to see david ford live. Come play in the states, david!

[badofcheese]

He has & does quite a lot! I saw him a few days ago, i'd heard people say he wasn't that nice as a person, but they were wrong, he was really nice & friendly :)

[starfighterpilot06]

This gives me goosebumps. Can't wait for King Tuts in October!!

[matillica]

amazing.... dude, You are fuckin' great....

[Agar101]

luvit at 2:06 when he drops the mic:P 

great song

[clemep]

this is one of the most amazing performances i've seen...new meaning to a "one man band"

[langfan]

cool

[BailsFreak]

i saw him in liverpool supporting suzanne. He's amazing to watch, great performer cant find the words to describe how great it was to see him live

[IngridHolandia]

Testing

[blueribble]

I believe he is supporting Suzanne Vega. Can't wait to see him live in Liverpool!

[MolotovMic]

He is amazing, he has been out in the U.K. for nearly two years now, and has one album released entitled "I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused". I believe David is also currently working on another album. Good stuff.

[theofog]

HE is gifted and brilliant! Your skin will crawl or you will bawl. Awesome and a bright star! you are right we are lost but glad to have found you. Come back to seattle soon!

[chnif]

Awesome. anyone heard Alex warner on youtube? similar & awesome

[abadchoice]

soppy git. not exactly easyworld.

[whyrag]

Very cool voice you have ! Great one man band you have as well !! Very cool man ! Thanks for sharing ! L8R, Gary

http://soundclick.com/garylong

[bimmergeek]

Incredible performance. I commented on it on my blog here: http://bimmergeek.blogspot.com­/2006/05/this-makes-my-skin-cr­awl.html

[shhpedrotalking]

=O L33t!