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  • Daniel was not sick at this show. The band was just really rusty playing live, as evident by the tour following the album a year later. This concert, but especially this song performance, really sucked (in my opinion). Daniel's intention with 'Straight Lines' was much different compared to how he and the band played it a few months later in ths studio. I can picture Launay then - "it's too hard on your voice, tune down a half step, play slower...". Interesting version but I'm glad they redid it.

  • Daniel Johns, has an awesome voice. If, he would just work on a middle a bit he would be number one. Only thing might be to change back the style, but I know he had difficulties with his life..... I hope some one will see and tell him "work on the middle" !

    You are cool, carry on ! Carry on!

  • HE IS .a jewel!...a melodic jewel! ...He grab our Young mood! Silverchair! yaahh Forever! all My support forever!

  • the Voice...is powerfull! .....still Punky and melodic..!

    Mister Daniel John...have his own tune! Immortal and young! yah!

  • flu?

  • He's still a genius despite what music he produces. This may not sound good but try listening to his other lives performances. He sounds incredible!

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  • fag

  • cade a voz do daniel :S

    triste 

  • put this way people i played in band ,when ill not fun ,u give all u got ,,people want more just got try ,,some times very tuff ,,i did not he was ill ,,i sick take alot play live ,,,,

  • The raw and human version like this gives it all the emotion possible. And by the way, were would we be without evolution? Respect how this wonderful has evolved and at heart, they are still the same band you always loved.

  • this is really sad..

  • new silverchair is gay!!!!

    OLD SILVERCHAIR RULES!!!!

  • I much prefer this raw version!

  • I don't care if you think that he didn't deserve to be famous...I care about him.. He's really a good performer even if he was sick that moment. He tried his best just to give happiness to all the audience.. If I only I was there, I'll shout and be proud of him!!!! Go Dan! I'm just here for you no matter what happen.. you're still my only one... love you!

  • Amazing!!

  • I like this performance, it show that he has a human voice. =)

  • And I thought that it was Chris Cornell the one who struggled to sing well in live performances...

  • @supeultramegaunknown

    i think all Grunge singers struggle live..

    eddie vedder.. kurt.. although layne didn't...

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  • oh god, this show. lol

    NONOGUYS REALLY IT WAS ALL PAULS IDEA. I DONT EVEN REMEMBER THAT SHIT.

  • im pretty sure this is where he has laryngitis. He had it for quite a while during the young modern era.

  • @monkeywithspoons haha no...this is a performance a year before young modern was released. he's just really really drunk here.

  • ohhh damn. oh well :P

  • its called crack..poor dude...still luv him...

  • Sober..? I don't think he has ever been on much of any drug. He's been through some things mentally and physically however. Besides I think this song is great. If you've ever been through much of anything, you'd get what he is saying here...

  • hmm he was definitely into drugs when working with paul mac.

  • I wish the dude would stay sober, we might see something great. Until then, we have to watch this.

  • it seems to me that coldplay listened to this shit and then copied it into their "viva la vida" shitty song... Although, coldplay has sucked since their first rehearsal... God save Silverchair from Freak Show and Frogstomp...

  • OMG. Your awsome. I totally agree!!!!!!!!

  • he hit puberty

  • something fucked up his voice. Poor guy!

  • it looks like daniel was struggling here

  • I want to have his children!

  • clip is perfect but I think Silverchair lost somewhere in the 90's what made them great ... now seems like a bureaucratic pastiche disappointing ... maturity is not good for all...BORING

  • I prefer the old Silverchair!

    Silverchair of Forgstomp until Neom Ballroom makes my college days going in Rage!

    Good old times

  • miss the froggy king

  • @lamejorchela

    heheheheh!

  • sounds so shit..

  • what happened to the old silverchair :(

    p.s fail at falseseto

  • fail here, but check out the video from ARIA awards, it's flawless there.

  • somebody please fill me in.....when did silverchair turn into fucking coldplay!!!!!???

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  • I wish they would write songs like the old ones

    this is like me covering B.B. King.

    just doesn't work..........

  • Is this Coldplay?

  • hehehe

  • way too high,even for dan

  • i think he's good. i dont understand why people think its bad.

  • cmon just listen to tomorrow / israel's son and so then comment

  • the tuning is way to high...

  • the tuning can't be too high if it's played by them. they wrote the song, so they decide whats right mister music professor smartass.

  • Listen to the original song smartass and tell me if it is the right tuning or if its higher, he is forcing his voice because of that, Daniel Jhons is a great singer but he goes crazy sometimes. You can even tell the diference watching other videos, I hope you have a little of musical hear so you can tell ... dumbass

  • hihi .. oh yes i have a musical hear. and it doesn't matter in what tuning the studio version is played (both are the "original" songs) cuz its just how i said, when a good musician plays his song, it can't be in the wrong tuning. period ;)

  • It's too high because his voice can't hit the high notes to save his life. Doesn't matter if they wrote it.

  • It's hit or miss on the live versions of this song. If he's healthy, this song is still in range, if not... well you get a result like this...

    Unfortunately, while his voice is still fantastic, his battles with addictions, anorexia, and the nodules he had on his throat have kind of destroyed his voice. He's still 10x better than most vocallists out there, but he's not what he used to be (depending on the night)

    Again some nights you can't tell the amount of abuse he's done to himself.

  • yup, the original tuning w/c is in their record was A flat. Here in this live video, it's 1 fret higher w./c is at A. Damn, why would they do that. did they purposely do that? Did they rehearse it beforehand at A? Who knows.

  • yup, the original tuning w/c is in their record was A flat. Here in this live video, it's 1 fret higher w./c is at A. Damn, why would they do that. did they purposely do that? Did they rehearse it beforehand at A? Who knows.

  • This pop-song isn´t that bad,

    but rest of their new stuff

    sucks big time! And my anal-

    sounds sound better then his voice

  • put on a damn shirt, especially if you're gonna play this weak trash, i could understand trying to look tough if you're going to play something tough, but this is like seeing elton john topless on stage, the new silverchair trash might as well be elton john, only i think elton john might be a little more hetero than silverchair these days

  • haha harsh but fair

  • hrhr okay dude's, here's what we call a typical hater. we use to ignore them cause thats what they hate the most! ;)

  • i love this song...and his voice.again

  • What voice???

  • he llook like one soldier!!....warrior..lol!

    daniel the basket player!!...:P joke bye

  • he looks different with short hair, i think he looks cooler, with his old long hair.

    dan grow that hair back man!!!

  • I like the song, I like silver chair, but if this is what singing & dancing in a straight line sounds like. get back on It daniel.

    That's really bad dude........

  • yea i loved the way they played it when they first starting testing it out at festivals and what not.. out of tune singing and tune.. thats rock and roll.

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  • compare this performance to the aria 2007 one...which was so perfect that it could have been lip sinc'd (im not suggesting that it was) this peerformance is rough and out of tune, but who cares? either way this is a brilliant song and sends shivers down my spine.

  • I care... it shows that he needs electronics to make his voice sound good... this performance is AWFUL

  • i think he was drunk at this show, big time. if you watch the other videos from it... but i loved this song the first time i heard it, it was great then and it's great now :)

  • I've heard he was sick when he played this and even so he didn't cancel it. I've heard other lives performances and he was good.

  • Claro, Bruno... doente da cabeça!

  • @BrunoCastro85 he wasn't sick here, you're getting confused with the leno performance they didn't cancel. he was just drunk as hell here haha

  • Am I the only one who thinks its better like this? Its rough in an awesome way. It doesnt sound 'perfect' and polished, hes just screaming it out! Wicked.

  • i feel the same way man, i love the raw vocals

  • he has laryngitis and refused to cancel.

    some might argue he should of but I give him credit for doing it.

    some of these guys will cancel over a fucking hangnail.

  • Fucking Stoned!

    Jerkoff

  • I dig this song, but this is awful.

  • I know, im struggling to not turn this off....I love the video version tho

  • he sounds like running out of juices

  • Omg!! I really like this song...but he butchers it!!

  • haha yeah he was really drunk here.

  • laryngitis....well he might of been drunk but he was sicker than shit when this was filmed and as far as i know they canceled no shows.

  • He had laryngitis in 2007. He first had it the day of their Letterman performance. They then rescheduled two shows but played all the others. Check out their Fillmore, Letterman, and Late Late show performances.

    Here is before they even recorded Young Modern. He had a few months where Dan couldn't even sing well but they were doing concerts anyway to get back into their groove.

    He admitted later to being drunk during this show. Like Rock am Ring 2003- HAMMERED.

  • I agree! I may not like their new stuff, but they are a legend!

  • i dunno

    theres somethin bout the 1st verse that makes me go back and watch it over and over.

    i dont kno wat, but yea

    no matter wat, Silverchair is the bomb

  • I don't know, Daniel is off on this, It almost sounds like's he's sick,like with a soar throat. I know he's anorexic,that's sad, he has so much talent

  • *was anorexic

  • r u saying im 40 and live with my parents?

  • not bad but not good ;)

  • terrible performance, horrible

  • Everyone bags on this performance... I like it better than all the others, because at least he is attempting to rock out a little bit. I'll take a dirty grungy performance over a clean and pristine performance any day

  • im so glad he got his voice back...

    so glad

  • amo a silverchair pero por dios que esta mal la vos de daniel u.u mmm pero me mantengo fiel a silverchair

  • hahahahaha wat a load of shit, learn to sing, sounds like a skweeky teenager

  • Let me guess, your 40 yrs. old, overweight, and still lives with parents?

  • sounds like hes goin back to how he used to sing at the chorus at 2:20

  • he's so beautiful and talented. Aussie'S: impORT more like him over here, LOL:)

  • great band..or what

  • What the heck! They rock!

  • Oops! Is that the real chorus Daniel? "Set me on fire in the evening x2". Oh well, poor bloke was having an off day. Can be forgiven and long live the Chair. Warts and all.

  • the lyrics are different because this was one year before young modern was even recorded. it wasn't a mistake.

  • if you record a song voice, then you'll do it live, will it sound the same? lol

  • Idiots! just think for the fact that their recording is different from the live performance. duhhhh!

  • is he smoking ?

  • amazing:)

  • CHingas a tu Repinche perra cola.....

  • Ouch. crappy falsetto.

  • im so damn glad they redid this song...

    ugh

    fuck

  • i think the ladds must of had a big session before this gig wikudd im havn one right now =]smokin

  • normaly he sings so good but this is shit. shame

  • daniel smoked himself stupid and was too drunk to even perform. an embarrassment to silverchair...but...anyone who saw him on tour last year knows he can sing like a champ again.

  • Daniel crap. Drummer amazing....and hot...

  • man you really need to have balls keep going thru a song when it sounds like shitty on the night. especially when he's known to be so excellent normally

  • TERRIBLE!

  • and 3:24 pause and look at his face he looks chinese and on crack

  • 2:24 looks likes he constipated and masterbating at the same time

  • young modern is easily the worst silverchair album

  • lol  ohhhuu hahaha

  • dude this was before the song was even really finished and perfected. a lot of things are different, most importantly of which is that this was sung in standard tuning instead of the way it actually was recorded tuned a half step down. and thats hard enough to sing. and this version is even higher!!! so lay off. geez hes on of the few people who can actually sing this song well anyway.so fuck off

  • There's no telling if he was sick. It's easy to sing in front of a camera or in a studio until you get it right, but there's a million factors in a live performance. I'm pretty sure he knew he wasn't any good... but it's not like he's going to stop the song and say, "Eh, I'm completely worn out from doing several shows in a row and I've got a cold coming in." I don't know if he was sick, but I've seen him perform this song flawlessly live... so something was up.

  • Being the first shows with Young Modern is no excuse for not only having poor vocal technique but also more importantly not even being able to sing to correct pitch.... flat as a tack the whole song... for someone at the top of the live performance spectrum this is completely unacceptable!! anyone who paid money to listen to this should Have demanded their money back...I know I would have. If i performed this badly on any of my shows I would'nt expect to be paid at the end of them. Sorry Cheers

  • Jesus..this is fuckin' horrible..he cracked his voice in the chorus.Daniel can't sing for shit anymore

  • he reminds me of the lead singer on STP when they 1st started and dwn the man is working it very veryvery well shit ........he has no reason not to show what u can look at and can't have lmao

  • i totally thought he looks like justin timberlake too, lol.

  • He needs to go back to having long hair. There's something sexy about him with long hair...He looks too much like Justin Timberlake with short hair. I miss their Neon Ballroom days. :-/

  • Ben is an excellent drummer!!he plays hard yeaahhhh..one of the greatest!!

  • justin timberlacke

    auahhe

  • I see im not the only one who thought that.lol

  • reasons why this song isn't up to par

    1. This was like their first show in a long time

    2. The new songs weren't finalized yet

    3. Dan was trying a new way of presenting their older songs, as well as new

    I think this performance was unique, they did songs differently. It may not be their best, but it stands out as something bold silverchair did. Also, this really marked the return of them before Young Modern.

  • I think their great

  • screw you you can get screwed silverchair are legends fuck you

  • most of you are talking like its from YM tour. its not bad 'cause the throat illness or whatever.just a horrible but first take from 2006. the song is half-way done & it took a good while till it got finally finished and good.

    btw, that final version got half tone down, and in this show its standard tuning. if the song is difficult to sing itself, figure out how it is if its higher and while the band wasnt in shape, out of touring and activity.

    nowadays, daniel sings it pretty comfortable.

  • i think this is the raw or unfinished version of straight line...

  • He is only sounding bad because of the desise that he had in his throught that made him sound bad!!!!!! GOSH

  • I think its great when bands try to do songs before they come out

  • wow. the cats are fighting

  • yep if you want to hear a good version of this - don't bother with the many live versions out there - check out the studio version or something with an official release. (quality control gone mad.) poor Dan must have been sick this night AS WELL :D

  • excellent vocals

  • as ive posted on one of the other videos from this show... its obvious daniel was pretty wasted that night, not to mention the sound on the video (a problem with the source, not this particular video) is terrible as well.

    if you want to hear a good version of this live, search for either across the great divide, one night stand or young modern album launch

  • if you think you can talk then listen to green day bullet in a bible bitch as they are the best eva live

  • Wow. I thought the vocals on Rove were rough...

  • sad he's not reaching the right key..

  • sorry.. but this is so fucking shit it's funny

  • fuck that is bad...no more else to say

  • they weren't worn out from a long tour, this was one of thir first shows together in almost 6 years. and the song was only 4 days old. not to mention Daniel wrecked his voice on pot since 2004. he sounds great now. saw them last month. so awesome!

  • I think during his time off he forgot how to sing!!!!! He also came back looking like he belongs with the village people!

  • i like his guitar

  • Awesome song, awesome band, but a horrible performance. I know they do better than this normally, so I hope they were just worn out from a long tour or something, because that was...ear wrenchingly pathetic

  • every time he plays this live it sounds different

    this time it sounds like he plays only the top string

  • sad

  • He looks like he's been in the Matrix... but reversed.

  • loooooooooo0oved the music vid 2 this!!!

    i think im in love with him.... lol.

    hes so cute *♥* SILVERCHAIR ROX!!

  • u can def. tell this is a test run. nuffin wrong with that. the new performances of this song, and album version, are class tho.

  • i hate paul macs fuckin keyboard

  • the discociatives(wateva they are called)totaly killed daniel

  • What the hell happened to Silverchair?! They're pansies now. This song is a disgrace to their '90s works. Obviously they are going to change from the time they are 15 to now, but you'd expect that by now they would have more testosterone than they did at 15 but that doesn't seem to be the case. And what the hell happened to Daniel's voice? Oh my god this is horrible.

  • i haven't seen the video of their song The Door. Can somebody upload it? Thanks!

  • This early version performance sucks!

  • Loved it... I love this song... HE's SOOOO HOT!

  • icnfde is absolutely right - young modern is a joke - this has nothing to do with the old silverchair - its a whole new band and its very sad

  • I bought Young Modern. For the first month, I thought it was pretentious crap that all my muso mates pretended to like. For the second month, I didn't listen to it at all. I started getting it in the third month, and now I love it almost as much as Diorama. It takes time, but it's worth getting used to.

  • See that smirk at 1:25? That's him thinking to himself on how much he's buttfucked his fanbase by slowly murdering Silverchair's style and influence they had on a generation of teens that grew up with them.

    Pure garbage, and it's sad that this is the forefront of Australian music.

  • You're full of shit. Yes, this performance of the song does suck, but you can not expect their music to stay the same as when they were 15. I like pretty much all of their stuff, but they can't stay on the whole grunge thing or whatever. That time has definitely passed. It's been like 14 years or so and how could you not expect them to change at all? Their new stuff is great. This video is just a bad example. Get used to change man.

  • i don't think it sucks.. i remember when i first heard this, back in 2006, and listening to it over and over. loving it from the second i heard it. it's great still!

  • i agree dude.

    Your comment - thumbs up

    Old Silverchair - thumbs up

    2007 Silverchair - twenty thumbs down

  • oi just watch the version from the young modern launch... he can actually sing it now... and the arrangements heaps better.

    this is woeful

  • demasiado descoordinaos jajaja.. mas volaos porfa

  • Hey I did a little acoustic arrangement of this song. If anyone is interested just click my username.