NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert: Phoenix

[13badluck13]

Look, I love these guys, but they may have taken the "elegantly disheveled" hair a bit too far. Somebody throw a comb at these guys.

[CinnamonToastGrudge]

I love how noticeable his french accent is when he talks, but its gone when he sings

[jonnykid555]

But mr Frodo! where are you going?! oh you're off to play guitar for pheonix? ok..

ehem but in all seriousness, sweet performance :)

[1104zion]

That guitarist makes the best faces!

[mern9]

i like that he looks like he's at a junior high dance!

[carolinesrad]

this makes me glad I'm on the earth right this minute - genius!

[devrim9393]

funny i listened to this maybe a thousand times on Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 but i didnt notice that i liked it this much until i accidentally stumbled onto it.

npr is awesome!!

[ytcarol]

Very talented group. Loved their song "Too Young" in the movie "Lost In Translation" - you can really see the talent when it's stripped down to bare instruments and voice. And do you notice how good his pitch is?

[hmhill94]

what language are they speaking?

[aander222]

@hmhill94 If it ain't English it ain't language. USA.

[fionaspencer8]

@hmhill94

French.

[GonzaloDBP]

104 people listen reguetton

[holtonb]

I didn't know Liam McPoyle was the lead singer of Phoenix.

[blueorchid38]

@holtonb cannot...unsee...

[seeyouinsalan]

they are cute lil nerds..

[mediummatt]

@bondfool possibly the cutest bridge trolls I've ever seen.

[Bravefreezer]

Damn that Michael Cera! Now he's got a band too? Will the madness never stop?? ;-)

[SimplyCollen]

The lead singer looks a lot like Eric Idle.

[saltybrys]

would've never known that they co-wrote "playground love" with air if not for you NPR. thank you!

[mattmahon33]

SEW KEWLL!

[shmaurel]

the singer looks so uncomfortable!

[helwa05]

he looks like paul of beatles hehe

[starsinsaturn]

I love Thomas so much when he smiles. he's adorable.

[sampsonrover]

he's got art garfunkel teeth. incisors, i think. not that there's anything wrong with that. just sayin.

[joseworldofwarcraft]

that one guitariest makes me uncomfortable

[patriclusking]

I didn't know Neville plays guitar!

[classicrocker91]

cna anyone figure out the chords for lisztomania?

[CgSquall]

I enjoy the band and all...but the guitarist on the left, if I met him in a dark alley, I may very well turn around and run.

[IanEColeman]

Where cans I gets this accoustic version which so muches betterz that the electronicaticated one??

[gfracinguk]

@IanEColeman Do the band a favour and buy their stuido version... then download this one with one of the many youtube converters out there. That way you still support the band.

[kwing97]

they've all got bedhead

[tkshot]

Watching them Live in Buenos Aires was the highlight of my 2010.

[mdnghtelement99]

Guitarist looks like Frodo.

[guayabian]

you should do a tiny desk concert with the morning benders... they're awesome.

[fooglez]

I can't explain how mesmerizing this is. Each individual has their own little quirk to them that makes them unique. Everything just molds so well together in a ball of oddity. I love it.

[afaulk11]

love phoenix but i feel like french dudes might take the cake as weirdest lookin white dudes around

[kato0291]

@jjenkins134

looks/sounds like a micro-korg

[mikaronni]

@kato0291 That is definitely not a micro-korg. I believe it's some old Casio keyboard.

[hope336]

So awkwardly awesome.

[Jamesjearey]

what a lip! My number one band!

[geezopeezos]

this is awesome! gave me goosebumps :)

[chocolizer]

"hey guys we should form a band!" funny dude :D 06:03

[travelswithcharley4]

so amazing. so talented.

[marguardtm]

Oh man, their version of Playground Love slew me.

[Fakuiondo]

@tinypeterson man, he said that because terrible means very good music. Of course the man is just trying to keep his composture and not jerking off with this fantastic music!

[danthemantompkins]

somebody force the singer to hold a guitar or something so he doesn't look like he's at a junior high dance...great music though!

[skipplet]

@danthemantompkins That's how the Beatles held their guitars... I used to think holding it like that was dorky, but then I realized that it's all about being comfortable while playing. Why sacrifice ability to play to look cool.

[IDIEININIIS]

@danthemantompkins By judging the singer on something so silly, you're actually the one giving off the impression of being at a junior high dance.

[danthemantompkins]

@IDIEININIIS never said i wasn't...

[anonimouse53]

@danthemantompkins LOL that had me laughing for the first whole song

[musiclifenow16]

@607gooney they're all french? haha

[FAWNMAIDEN]

mmm

[zillsburyy]

suck my right wing cock!

[tinypeterson]

hey guys we could form a band and play terrible terrible music is that guys saying that what phoenix does i highly disagree there a very good indie-pop band that douchebag needs to go fuck his self.

[chente102]

@tinypeterson i know what a jerk

[jknightglfr]

@chente102 UUUUGH....

PEOPLE: He was saying they could form a band, play bad music, and then put it on the web. THAT'S IT. He's in no way referring to the band they INVITED to come play in their office.

[607gooney]

that french dude is fuckin awsome

[Noelmollinedoful]

hahaha 6:09

these office guys are fed up

[realtekku]

einfach genial...!!!!!

[blurrybigfoot74]

I get a Kooks feel from them. Love the Kooks too.

[DayoungYi]

playground love by phoenix. wow. love it.

[avsky123]

I just realized. 11:44 Napoleon.

[607gooney]

dude these guys are soo good ... next skate part material for sure :)

[maddlesnakes]

So, very specific guitar question, but does anyone know how his guitar is tuned for "playground love"?

[feefursutherland]

@maddlesnakes

all the strings are dropped a full step, as in 2 fret ammounts. so its just like regular tuning but down 2 pitches.

[VenuSecret]

Yay!! One more!! =D

[Mr8081970]

good music paints a beautiful picture, never judge a book by its cover, gives me hope:) I sing, play guitar, paperblacksky on myspace:)

[Mr8081970]

good music paints a beautiful picture, never judge a book by its cover, gives me hope:)

[CollectiveDennis]

not a huge fan of their more recent stuff, and a lot of indie is going mainstream because so many dirty hipsters are ruling the masses right now...but if it means bands with substance are emerging on the radio, then fuck it!

[urquattro196]

phoenix is marketing themselves wisely, let the masses get used to their sound

[bbielinski11]

Sloth from the Goonies at 4:44... still love this band and their music no matter what! :-)

[amorgens]

They're awesome and you can tell how much they love what they're doing! It's great

[FlanFM]

i did not like phoenix until i saw this. this is great.

[funbeingspun833]

@FlanFM haha same

[mmaequachh]

This is fantastic

[MrRlouis2312]

this is good akward stuff

[petmel19]

Love this band love watching them here!

[rip11gvd]

Damn, these awkward mfers are good

[CarolineChe]

GOD i love his voice.

[DownOnwax]

100 Dislikes?

Youtube should not even have dislikes.

To know that there are 100 assholes that went out of their way to dislike this 12:36 of greatness really bums me out.

Have fun with your mediocre lives 100 dicks!

[CarolineChe]

@DownOnwax it was just 100 mistakes

[junglegymjessica]

So good. Thomas Mars has a lovely voice.

[jcsolli]

These guys are totally amazing to do as well as this in a room with nothing.

[Virvellian]

i watched this video clip here like, 700 000 times, so it's a shame that actually only 70 000 people saw this. =)

[buitrox]

Thumbs up for NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts!

[tellmeist]

i love his voice,sounds very innocent

[Pycell]

1901 is a lot better acoustic, I think

[kellydanver]

it doesn't matter if they're cute, they make the best fucking music ever.

[TheDAMA1611]

Ta re hephap! :D

[andrewmward1]

I know a girl - she thinks that keyboard player is (as she put it) SUPER CUTE... Every second of this recording is cool - these guys are a lot of fun musically

[andrewmward1]

I know a girl - she thinks that keyboard player is (as she put it) SUPER CUTE...

[70bugsforAdrink]

I just fell in love with the honesty of this music and this performance

[biscuitman54731]

that guitarist rocks the fuck out acoustically.

[IrvProvidence]

99 people are pissed because they have desk jobs.

[robynNmusik]

Acoustic<3

[urquattro196]

FOOCKING MARVELOUS so honest so true, I have seen them live, this is them, honest

[urquattro196]

FOOCKING  MARVELOUS

[47bass47]

99 people, really?

[DownOnwax]

You people DO know that these guys are French right?

Not Americans making it in America.

[DownOnwax]

@DownOnwax

Not that this a bad thing...

Just saying that goofy is world wide, especially with the French.

[Gillfor]

@DownOnwax shut the fuck up. no one cares where its made your just as bad as Americans. doosh bag

[warthog290]

you can't help but smile to their music...

[drmrdude7811]

so much better with a visual

[DownOnwax]

I LOVE the fact that they sing an AIR song at the end!

Virgin Suicide Style, AIR is AWESOME!

[GothamCrusader01]

these are great songs if you know what i mean

[sergateway]

i firstsawthemon AOL sessions, i wish they would make more acoustic songs

[irhymewithorange12]

i always messed up "riot-o" i thought they were saying "like a rhino"

[bondfool]

The way you guys are talking about them, you'd think they were bridge trolls!

[yzbi]

@bondfool Wait... they're NOT bridge trolls? It doesn't seem as impressive anymore... nothing beats teaching bridge trolls to sing and play guitar.

[wantsmesomerice]

His voice is heavenly when he sang playground love. Wait, when he sang all of them, he sounded godly. -drrooool- TTuTT they are amazinngg

[BermudaMuzic]

98 people heard Pheonix on "Kiss FM" and were disappointed to find that the band had substance.

[TheLionessofGod]

I got all offended like the rest of you at the terrible music comment, but the guy must have been talking to his office mates, not to Phoenix. Obviously he didn't think thru the comment enough; but he didn't mean anything by it.

[boojitsu]

@TheLionessofGod Yep, same here. I was like wow how mean/rude to say that... though I knew he was talking about how if his office tried doing music in their office like Phoenix was doing, they'd sound horrible, not that Phoenix was horrible (since how could you deny the great-ness of Phoenix in this set?)

[griffenb]

These guys are great. They have a perfect look for radio

[syleiling]

they should release an acoustic album. and a dvd of their best live performances.

[Bollies4Life]

The guitarist with no glasses face at 3:34

[Raymond09871]

NPR your not getting anymore of my donation money for firing Juan Williams.

[pgille2]

this guys jokes are horrible, he needs to stop after "we should form a band"

[DavidTiglidi]

"We can make terrible music then put it on the web?"

what was he trying to say? and why did he say it... i just don't get it

[quakingphear]

@DavidTiglidi Pretty sure he was just talking to the rest of the office. Because it doesn't show the speaker it's easy to assume he was addressing the band. The terrible part was probably meaning that no one in the office can play music well.

[christinahhh]

For lovers in a rush, for lovers always.

[TheDarkEternalLight]

What a coincidence, I have 98 shotgun shells left....

[OlympusMons23]

I think he's faking the french accent...?

[TheDarkEternalLight]

@OlympusMons23 Hahahahaha......ah.....that's a good one.

[dickcheeseandstuff]

@OlympusMons23  they are french dipshit =)

[OlympusMons23]

@dickcheeseandstuff ...obviously

[rafaelmadferit]

@OlympusMons23

He is French dude... He's not faking at all.

[wertzx]

it must be surreal to see these guys in youre office. lol

[nick45644564]

god damn I wanna work at npr so badly

[Jumpsuit93]

This is proof that you don't have to look like kings of the underworld to be the most badass band on earth. I saw these guys this summer, they were mind-blowing. Best crowd reaction ever.

[redhots16]

on the recordings you can't hear the accent, but here it's so easy to hear that they are french haha

[KChery]

R these guys French or French Canadian? they seem to be very comfortable speaking both French and English. I like their sound.

[youremostwelcome]

@KChery I'm pretty sure they're french.

[LittleMissDarkBlue]

Thomas Mars is just so charming. He looks kind of bashful :P

Humble musicians are so hard to find. I think it's important to be humble, no matter how talented one is. That's part of their appeal, though. Like @winkittywins said, they're awkward/unsexy. The honesty of that, the fact that they just show up without too many frills and are just there to present their *music* is really, really appealing.

[LP7SIETE34]

Así vale p.e.z. en vivo, buena performance. . .

[JamaJNR]

Is it me or does the guy with glasses look like David Cross with hair.

[ManBag101]

ARMISTICE IS THE BEST SONG ON THEIR ALBUM

[airheadmumbo]

they are perfect!

[blueorchid38]

lovelovelove this, and phoenix

[qerwtc]

@spikesonthebrain he meant themselves could make a band and do that...Not saying Phoenix is bad at all.

[xXxAsiLayDyingxXx]

sooooooooooo unbelievably happy I found this channel :)

[BenWannaBee]

I <3 NPR :)

[ElCarter5]

Can someone PLEASE tell me what tuning the rhythm guitarist is using?

@ spikesonthebrain, I was wondering myself if that was a deliberate insult or just a really awkward accidental thing to say. NPR should post a press release to clear that up.

[snooks73]

Oh la la. C'est magnifique.

[ninalferreira]

how beautiful!

[jdj1017]

Laurent is so handsome here.

[ahmax]

the last song was amazing. love his voice

[moleswims]

Talented, raw musicians. Ahhhh so nice to hear.

[LOLinFEVER]

the guitarist in the left looks like Andre le Pate lol

Anyways awesome music, I hope they sell their records in Vinyl =D

[freepeoplex3]

They are so lovely. The music is so catchy and the beat is infectious. And the lead singer is so cute and squirrelly! This is great.

[idontgiveafuckchick]

Phoenix is the fucking shit!!!!!!! i want more new stuff from them!!!!

any other bands anyone here would recommend?since most of you love phoenix, im pretty much you guys have great taste in music.

[winkittywins]

I'm glad to see that goofy-lookin' mofos can make it in America again. Finally. I wonder how much awesome music we've been missing out on because someone determined a band would too awkward/ unsexy on a music video....

[blueorchid38]

@winkittywins uhhh what? goofy-lookin? thomas mars+the keyboardist=gorgeous

[rikahorror]

@winkittywins They're more attractive to me when I know they are awkward and can't be sexy. Makes them seem more like people not some ridiculous ideal that american women have for men. They're better this, not fake.

[rikahorror]

@winkittywins They're more attractive to me when I know they are awkward and "can't be sexy". Makes them seem more like people not some ridiculous ideal that american women have for men. They're better this way, being... themselves. What's sexier than that?

[ytcarol]

@winkittywins What a terrific comment about the popular appeal of groups like Phoenix - I just found this and really like their sound. Couldn't tell they are French but I like the way he pronounces the lyrics...

[hkim927]

@winkittywins unsexy?

[silverbullet51]

am I the only one who cant understand what he's saying?

[MonkieRaisin]

PLEASE RELEASE AN ACOUSTIC ALBUM!!! I'm dying here.

[Spasm13]

Well this was gay. And fucking TERRIBLE. Why was this on the play list it was on?

[hennaonfairywings44]

Love the lead singers voice!!!!!! It's so unique and awesome the first time I heard them I thought that his voice was made with a computer to be like that... love it!!!

[albertstroke]

really like "Playground Love"

[IngridKnopf]

This band rocks! They are such beautiful and authentic acoustic players. Wow!

[Cailiosa]

I'd never heard of this band before, I really like it.

[mamalaura]

Super cool!!!

[MISSsquare3]

ifyoulikethiswatchmyvdeo

[buddyeagle]

shut the hell off dude.

[vulkein]

OK what the hell, I see this everywhere!!! o_O

[chicagirl007]

I previously enjoy their music, but after this video I really love them. Their acoustic versions are great.

[2tur]

This video does not include lady gaga. Nowhere in this video does lady gaga appear nor is she even mentioned. Stop talking about her