Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl (Live @ Coachella 2008)

[Re8eccAlice]

3:02 OH MY GOD I LOVE AVEY SO MUCH I CAN'T EVEN OH MY I JUST DEAR GOD

[JetWolfe77]

this version is unreal! I love how slowed down it is + lasers

[tootsiePOP745]

Their music makes me feel like I am not on this Earth.

[SpOoOokyGhost]

I love chocolate girl, and its definitely good to see them do some of their older stuff, but I don't think this version really does the album version justice. This is different, and a great performance in its own right, but the album version is way better. Panda and Avey did the Chocolate Girl on Spirit with just the two of them, there's no reason to strip it down even further!

[NEDM404]

why the fuck do people call this hipster music? it's psychedelic rock, listen to it trippin and you'll know why they're so good.

[ThomasScottCarson]

@NEDM404 shoot, i listen to animal collective WITHOUT trippin and i still love them

[arehumansgood]

thumbs up if you thought the dude in the beginning with the fishing hat was avey tare

[Teh31337]

i thought he was gonna open up his brain again :(

[MrErlendFS]

my lil' chocolate girl <3

[buewgewstmeiers]

they didnt even do the best part at the end!

[sydmarissa]

im starting to think this is the new MKULTRA studies. it was mentioned somewhere else today so its stuck in my head now. but is it not possible that we fans of animal collective or any of like groups, are having our brains modified. not to have super powers. but just to demenstrate some sort of weird behavoir in large amounts of people, and they could point and say "see that one?" yeah. "that one listens to animal collective" wha? "see the wabbley walk thing?" yeah " and you see the weird mouth?

[pgbcca1]

@sydmarissa i have a "conspiracy" theory

labels are powerful - gay, emo, christian, muslim, democrat, republican

labels put people in boxes

the label hipster has been around for awhile but wasn't really transposed to any type of person

recently its become a negative meaning I believe to keep people away from the positivity this type of music might exhibit

for me its brought content in being okay with thinking differently or behaving differently because i couldn't relate to mainstream norms

[pgbcca1]

@sydmarissa I think the NWO or the elites, whatever you want to call the people who try to make everyone conform because conformity creates a system of behavior of control

when your friends or peers behave in a certain way people tend to follow because they think its the right thing to do

it seems a little PRETENTIOUS (Another label sprung with hipster) to think music has that effect but its been shown how listening to classical music or piano gets people in better clarity type thoughts

[sexykatie90]

thumbs up if you liked this Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl (Live @ Coachella 2008)

[AndyTabelz]

i like the studio version better, but props for not just going through the motions

[psychedelicSAUCE]

deakin never seems present

[offthewallman]

@psychedelicSAUCE He is back in the band now, he went on a break. Now they have Avey on guitar and keyboard, Deakin on guitar, keyboard and sampler, Geologist on his stuff and Panda on drums.

[psychedelicSAUCE]

@offthewallman yeeeeea, i noticed. I saw them at merriweather back in july this past summer. i got pit tickets and all i can really say is that it was religious and fucking beautiful

[DavidBowieWuzHere]

@musupork21 Yeah, listening to that album on Vinyl is amazing.. It's one different world

[mrcannabis94]

gotta love the smoke from the crowd rising as they take the stage.

[ck675]

you don't have to wear certain clothes to listen to certain types of music, that's bullshit. Just enjoy.

[youmoko]

ummm wtf is a hipster ?? im from cali

[VimeosBetter]

does anyone know where i can find this version of this song??

[pgbcca1]

@VimeosBetter you can convert youtube vids to mp3 ...search google for youtube to mp3

[Roahn3]

Im 18 and I says this band is of the generation of 20-30 year olds and it belongs to them, but Im 18 and i says thats not the case, also be on the look out for my band Quickebeams coming to get you so hide ya k-...

[nicky560]

@trickykid0011 You have to admit PBR is a great choice...

[trickykid0011]

"Hipsters are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay. They're the people who wear t-shirts silk-screened with quotes from movies you've never heard of and the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer. They sport cowboy hats and berets and think Kanye West stole their sunglasses. Everything about them is exactingly constructed to give off the vibe that they just don't care."

TIME - July 01

[spiderveloce]

@trickykid0011 heh. fuck coldplay.

[trickykid0011]

what is a "hipster".. is t like a purse you wear on your hip? idk someone please fill me in

[FQuezo]

what the fuck is avey doing in the public at the beginning

[DavidAUK]

I prefer them live than in the studio. The NPR gig has a better live version of Chocolate Girl though.

[DAvonzoAllDay]

animal collective is my favorite band, and i still think they suck live

[purplehaze2250]

@DAvonzoAllDay too true. too true. same with salem.

[youmoko]

@DAvonzoAllDay hahaha what a way to support your favorite band :)

[procrastinats]

gorgeous

[HumansPersonified]

Ug hipster haters are so mainstream.

[TheSimonHarris]

This aint Deacon Blue!!!

[themennisspk]

i hated hipsters BEFORE it was mainstream!

[yeahyeahyaha2]

@themennisspk hahaha right

[platypae333]

Who wrote this song?

[yeahyeahyaha2]

@platypae333 avey did

[platypae333]

@yeahyeahyaha2 Thanks.

[todanes]

chocolate girl? Yeah Right

[CornerOfTheUniverse]

Very watery.

[MrMadHatter111]

"hipster" ? why are you people labeling other people on how they dress or what they listen to, there just people.

[seriousbees]

I don't understand the sort of hipster witch hunts our generation is so preoccupied with.

[Jangaboo]

@seriousbees i agree, its strange how the word hipster and pretentious are being thrown onto other people like a bad insult basd on type of music you like

[101BestVideos]

@Jangaboo they r just jealous they cant hear what we do



[matthewAnoonan]

@Jangaboo tell them fuck em like i do the police hahah ah lol

[Musicasaurus]

This song liquifies my skin. Makes me feel infinite. Like a fairy.

[rwizzard7]

is it just me ???... I dont see a single Hispter!!! but just ppl that want to enjoy MUZIK

[sleepy53466]

they aren't being "lazy", I've heard them play this song closer to how it's done in the studio.

Sometimes they just like to mix it up, you have to realize they play the same songs over and over for months in a row. They don't even like touring all that much.

[alliant]

I love how 'pink floyd' this version sounds. very reserved and subdued.

[ciucinciu]

@alliant that's the most stupid thing i;ve ever heard!! so now everybody who uses reverb delay and weird effects is now pink floydish?

[cornpopsandacid]

A-FUCKING-MAZING.

[ringostar8]

lol someone called me a hipster the other day and I didn't even know what it was

[circusaroundtheworld]

@ringostar8 then you are 1

[jddeitz2000]

Sometimes I think they're just being lazy by simplifying the songs like this. Dosen't compare.

[Grievous129]

Very good vid of them live.

And yes the dude in the beginning has a hat like Avey lol

[0Smurphy01]

Sometimes I just wonder where Avey gets his hats...

[abcd3fgzzz]

dat dood in the beginning totally wishes he was avey

[alliant]

maybe its just me but sometimes i dont catch how beautifully detailed these songs are, even live. it might be that this videos quality is better, but i really hear it when i focus on the overall texture as a feeling, meditate on it. so much alive and celebrating in the sound.

[cadanmccann]

breahtaking performance

[disgregadoyderretido]

Mi pequeña chica de chocolate !!!!!!!!!!! Zarpada versión flotadora, con el beat más lento. #)

[pantalaimon27]

i hate everyone requesting peace bone. ac doesn't do requests.

[mowrt620]

I was kind of bummed with this...you know, they've been all electronic n' stuff lately, and I wish they could just do one of their old songs without, you know, making it all different. I like the magical original one better, sorry...

[TheLeakySon]

@mowrt620 you really can't knock it unless you've seen it. I'm telling you, when they drop the bass... and with avey's phasered scream, it's the shit. Most of their songs make alot more sense live I feel, and this is the best example (or at least one of them).

[mowrt620]

@TheLeakySon Yeah, I s'pose. But it just seems like they're forming all of everything into their newish style...I just wish they could preserve some of their older things without making them Merriweather Post Pavilion-ized, y'know....and I'll take your word on it with the 'live' thing, lol

[xdeadxtreex]

so much better with acoustic drums

[inbina93]

People need to open their minds and stop caring about other people's trends. I think that we are smarter than being around giving labels to people we don't know.

Oh, and I love this version, Animal Collective makes me smile a lot :)

[soccersteve1472]

This is such a sick version. So surreal

[TRESBELA]

@soccersteve1472 you're so wack. wtf were you waiting for? for them to break out in a dance number..why don't you go type in lady gaga and have yourself a good ol pop music time

[soccersteve1472]

@TRESBELA hey man wrong person yo, I love this vid, as my comment suggests

[axwapples]

wow i was waiting for the moment when all the static clears out and gives way to a funky beat and catchy melody. WTF animal collective. not as good as the studio version

[HIghFlyinByrd]

Oh my god. The best part of the song isn't even here/

I will cry.

[Gumbyrearygood]

One of my favorite songs.

[titmousian]

i love at 1:41 u can just see so many ppl tokin un front

[brittanyisdabomb]

this song is indeed a peice of art! is ecstasy! i can't stop listening to it.

[brittanyisdabomb]

.... beautiful

[dantheman7480]

check out my cover of this song if anyone gets a chance

[Danigomez92]

How can I get the audio for this, i think its amzing and i seriously want it on my ipod

[ANANASgi]

cool

[moobert22]

3:02  ಠ_ಠ

[Danigomez92]

Beautiful

[maksandwedge]

who fuck cares about the hipster bullshit just concentrate on enjoying the music.

[thejoekster]

It's really good to see that Campfire Songs is being reissued. That album is an incredible piece of work. Who would come up with an idea like doing an album all the way through in one take outside on a cold, wet wintry day? Only AC would. It really does deserve more attention, as possibly being AC's crowning achievement. If you havent heard it buy the reissue when it comes out later this month.

[ShawnIsAnAsshole]

i really dont know what he mean by "hipsters" but i love Animal Collective, im 16 and ive been listening to them since i was in the 5th grade. and im proud to see how big they are now a days:) if your a true AC fan, then you should feel the same way, either love it or stfu

[raptorsfanatic]

you've been listening to animal collective since you were in 5th grade?

[ShawnIsAnAsshole]

yupp

[mlpayne89]

I really don't understand why so many hipsters like animal collective, because I love them and I am the furthest thing from a hipster. so I just dont get what faggot hipsters see in it.

[alkalinefan]

you are a wanker.

[mlpayne89]

your a wanker, "says the hipster"

[thejoekster]

If i got into animal collective through Merriweather Post, and now I own their whole discography because I like them alot, does that make me a hipster?

If I watch videos of my favorite band and call everyone else that likes my favorite band a hipster, Does that make me a hipster?

Am I a hipster if I like music?

[mlpayne89]

Idk man Im sure animal collective wouldn't like me being so judgmental so im sorry and just listen to what you like.

[TRCOOLGUY]

@thejoekster Animal Collective is beautiful and just because you like the sounds of pure beauty doesn't mean you're a hipster.

[seannthelaments]

If anything, hipsters would hate AC nowadays because they've gotten so big.

[xwolfparadeatqmx]

that hipster argument goin on below is so retarded.

[bobbyprier]

god i wish they did the end

[coffmantra18]

Besides, just because your music taste is hipster doesn't mean you are. I like Animal Collective, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, and Port Blue; I've only been to one concert in my life and I hate all social networking. I am not a hipster. Neither are you. ¿Tu comprendo?

[lindseythurs]

cuties

i just love them

i don't have anything else to say

not that they are a certain way

or that i am

i like it because it gets to me

not because i feel it is necessary

yea?

[winsocks7]

AC is great.

[MOWYWewan]

Listen you fucks, I'm from Scotland, where we don't have any of these "hipsters" (well we do but we kill and eat them) but it's just music, listen, enjoy it maybe, maybe not,

that's all there is to it.

[ok19608]

thank god for people like you man belive me not everyone in the us is so britney spears about everything in the states i promise

[MOWYWewan]

I know man, I've been to america a couple times, I didn't mean to generalise.

[dicsballer9]

@MOWYWewan Scotland is teeming with "hipsters."

[dicsballer9]

@MOWYWewan Oh, and you sound like a total dick.

[MOWYWewan]

@dicsballer9 thanks for your input, much appreciated

[VeryAmpersand]

You have no idea how relaxed I am right now...

[MPMaster]

Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is the greatest things in the world on one disc.

[supermuncher008]

this song was waaaaaay better on the album.... no lie

[Havenscope]

I enjoy this version and its mellow(er) contrast with the original version, but the original version is too goddamned amazing to deny. Panda's percussion in particular is part of what makes the song, and it is absent here.

[TheLeakySon]

Agreed. I felt a similar feeling when I first saw this video. Have you seen it live though? I have to say in the past 8 months, the five times I've seen them this has been the best opening song. It's quite powerful. I really wish I could re live Terminal 5 just for this song.

[espejokm]

this is heavenly

[222Lightning]

these guys are great to do something creative or productive like the dishes or drawing to. I forgot about these guys. CHecked their cd out at the library once.

[specialist07]

what's with all the assholes calling everyone hipsters on here?...I think you have to be a total hipster to have the ability to call another person a "hipster"

this is a great song, and you fuckers are ruining it with your bullshit, thanks.

[Questpeace]

Animal Collective, the band and fans of the band, are massively hipster. Just accept that your musical taste is completely hipster and be fine with it. That's what I've done and it really didn't hurt all that much.

[specialist07]

I will not.

can you define hipster?

and how do you know what my "musical taste" is?

just becuase I casually listen to Animal Collective does not mean anything.

[Questpeace]

Dude just accept it. No bad can come out of it.

[Archetype77]

I've been to a couple AC concerts and I didn't see too many hipsters (A word that a lot of people seem to have very different definitions for), actually there was quite the assortment of different types. AC dresses kinda 90's-ish and their music is pretty unique. But I guess I should just except my hipster musical taste... *rolls eyes*

[Archetype77]

I saw more than one show...

And just because one group likes something does not make it exclusively that. I'm sure there are hipsters who hate AC as well. In fact i know some...

[plasticamel]

AC is not about a scene, i know plenty of people who are not hipsters that love AC. why must people put everything in a category? why does it matter so much?

[aesrp]

I wouldn't say p4k LOVES them....they love their new(ish) stuff.

[ALLCAPSARCHER09]

This song is so sexy, it gives me chills.

[satanjams]

so many people exhaling smoke

haha

[dontpanic923]

3:02 - 3:06

[DoomBopTrio]

trippy green skull as 0:13 seconds! bryan has been listening to deacon?

[cccc0dy]

i think this video, along with grrrnd zero's brother sport, are the two best AC videos out there.

[kcsuperdude02]

Does anyone possibly know of any recordings of this version i could download?!?

[negativeslept]

npr has a concert from a week or so ago. i think they opened with this song. you can download a podcast of the show there.

[PurpleFruit8]

that npr version of this is sooooooooooo good, you should really get it.

[scottss7]

why dont you download it from youtube...just search 'download from youtube audio' on google. welcome to the internet.

[tenners]

oh fuck yeah.

[streetlightkid72422]

They just did this a couple nights ago at Terminal 5. I really like this version... it makes the song new. Don't get me wrong I love the album version to no end...but this is extremely eerie and cool live. the sample they play right after Avey says "In light" each time is really fucking cool.

[avahicreasei]

mine forever

[bonnieprince1]

that is beautiful

[oiacnaujnas]

Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is a very important element in my life

[agger08]

I love Animal Collective but I'm not sure they've done better than Spirit ... that was absolutely genius.

[swt090]

Me and my friend listened to this song tripping shrooms! Beautiful!

[swolf3]

i hope they keep doing more new versions of spirit songs

[Ramentastic]

If they did a reworked Alvin Row, my head would probably explode.

[Bourneswimmer]

Same.

[streetlightkid72422]

seriously.

[mavis7355]

@Ramentastic fuck yeah if they did anything else off that album it would be awesome

[zomb3030]

@Ramentastic Indeed! I think most of ours would! :-)

[aphexpusher]

I wish they played the last part of chocolate girl as well.

[Playdohmouse]

the last part's the shit

[ChocolateMilkIsTight]

panda bear's drums make the song. But some of the samples they use are pretty cool.

[fauxpunkfatigue]

what drums?

[fauxpunkfatigue]

oh i see you meant from the original recording. yeah.

i think this version is so beautiful.

[seamonster777]

There are drums in both versions...

[fauxpunkfatigue]

no there aren't. geologist and panda are both sampling shit and avey is playing guitar.

[seamonster777]

Well there aren't live drums, but there are electronic drums in this version

[tehGmoney]

geologist is so badass.

[fvertk]

he sowwy bout dat

[willlliw]

cant decide if i like this version or the studio version more

[vivapeacevideo]

their genius is so easy-going and full-force. love these guys!

[foolonthehill250]

they neeeeeed to record this version

[rsowen1]

this is great but how can you not miss the drums on this track

[tehGmoney]

just buy it you cheap skate

[CHErevolucion1]

yeah dude i'll just take the time to burn you a copy and the time to get your address and everything.

[moonunderwater]

@ma@zing

[streetlightkid72422]

this song is a drug in itself. all AC is. love it love it love it.

[FirstDayBlues]

fucking beautiful, before I die I will see them.

[circusaroundtheworld]

lol at the beginning look to the right of the screen random puffs of smoke