Andrew Bird - "A Nervous Tic Motion..." - Live at Bonnaroo

[carshagify]

The brilliance of this astounds me. The way he combines disparate elements -- he must feel like Beethoven did when he composed the 5th Symphony. What a guy -- hope he comes around soon!

[hashim0479]

awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeee

[susiesan]

I stumbled upon this video two years ago, not knowing who Andrew Bird was - but after seeing this I was hooked. I have all his albums now and am going to see him live this May. CAN'T WAIT :D :D

[brionoke]

so UNBELIEVABLY COOL

[UploadingUser]

Just saw him here in hawaii. T'was fantastic : |

[elbarto302]

cant wait to see him at coachella

[thelegend759]

My bet is that if this man's music was around 40 years ago, he'd be a legendary household name. But no, amazing talent like this has to hide under the shadows of Rihanna and Drake. WTF.

[aldenaudio]

@thelegend759 The only problem, 40 years ago he wouldn't been able to afford the loop-pedal he's using and even if he could it wouldn't be as functional and reliable.

Oh, and he wouldn't had the chance to get people all around the globe to learn about him from YouTube, Soundcloud, TED Talks, iTunes, Spotify and so on.

Be thankful of the modern technology and what it can help us achieve in the arts, we're better off today than ever before!

[Snowking587]

So Stoked! Going to see the bird NEXT WEEK

[SuperCephalopoda]

I wish i could Whistle like the Birdman!!

[tikwonjon]

2:05 kinda bothers me that he's ticking to the right...

[tikwonjon]

@tikwonjon but only andrew bird can do that

[Chowi08]

@tikwonjon it's cause he's not nervous

[GreyMoonVeer]

da fuq this is expanding

[IAMRUTHFAIRY]

I can't stop listening to this.. Blew my mind.

[AlexanderChapple]

Just bought ticket to see him live at 930 Club in May; can't wait!

[realfreakaynaughtay]

@AlexanderChapple Oakland in April! Excited as well!

[windswepteuphony]

My brain orgasmed when he started singing.

[CDB1997]

At about 4:06 the drummer gets very off time, ill prepared on his part.

[baconandeggs80]

Never gets old.

[zachkam1]

This crowd is shitty there just like sorta shaking their,heads not even getting into the music.

[smarriscilupa]

@zachkam1 I've been to bonnaroo. It's four days straight of 95 degree weather. You never get to go inside. No air conditioning. Shaking conscious is like a damn FEAT at bonnaroo, hahah.

[elTenedor2]

Holy god. He's like a modern-day, folksy David Byrne... genius.

[ThePillenmann]

I LOVE THIS! i dont know how often i hear this Song, but anytime i do it, my head have a nervous tic motion to the left :D

Thanks, for this great artist!

[Ruckleback]

This is the best version of the music *_*

[syahirahsazali]

omg

[Blackiechan2711]

i am fully considering buying a violin now :O

[matchoubuster]

Do you know what happens when Andrew Bird plays with bad musicians ? Andrew gets angry.. we call it Angry Bird

[ytryghvftuyf]

@CynicalBlondeChick everything else just looks and sounds like shit ey?

[lyndes33]

Goddamn... even his whistling is perfection

[ytryghvftuyf]

@lyndes33 if he was a big enough jackass to enter whistling competitions (they exist) the competitors would just go home once they learned he was there. He will out-whistle anything.

[faqa11]

Thursday, November 10: Andrew Bird with special guest Kurt Vile and the Violators

Braddock Carnegie Library

419 Library Street

Braddock, PA

[bellbottombluess]

that head jerking movement he does when he sings is only adorable when he does it. If it was Bieber I'd be like ..... wtf is your problem man....

[zerocool4221]

this guy doesn't slow down. he's constantly moving but his timing on everything is amazing.

[goshclare]

Lord, if I'd been there live, I probably would have had an orgasm.

[Skyhawk161]

You know you've got talent when you can whistle and get a wave of cheers.

[silvermoon76]

I hate everyone who got to see this live.

[TheUniquinick]

@silvermoon76 haha, i got to in skowhegan maine

[TheUniquinick]

@silvermoon76 then you hate me........haha

[RebeccaSue23]

@silvermoon76 I didnt see this show, but i met him the same year backstage...super odd fellow, very shy...but freaking hot. haha.

[thelegend759]

@silvermoon76 Hell, I'm even jealous of myself!!! HE IS AMAZING LIVE!

[fragmental]

@silvermoon76 I love everyone who got to see this live.

[cseikaly18]

@silvermoon76 lol

[4gsl]

I love this guy! Never saw anyone use a violin like this, and I love his delivery. Awesome!

[blowedbrains]

<3

[captainnemo1860]

ok really, whoever disliked this.... needs a hearing aid ASAP.

[blackaddervvv]

40 persons are being ironic...

[BuddyWillis]

I was there!

What a great and unforgettable weekend

I also seen Radiohead for the first time later that night

[cloakeddog]

For me... This is soooOoo much better the then studio version! :)

[4gsl]

@cloakeddog I like both. The studio version is nightclub-awesome, the live version is open-air awesome. Both are awesome!

[katalysis]

@cloakeddog A lot of Bird's live performances are wayyyyy better than the studio recordings. He's a improviser because he's too much a virtuoso to not do so.

[apocrisia]

Or 778,287... I don't know...

[apocrisia]

40 people with Tourette syndrome

[Violinboy2]

This is stupid..stupid argument...Andrew Bird gives me a boner..but i'm only going to put it in a woman. <--Explanation for the ages.

[dntbehtn]

@Violinboy2 I would love to agree, but if you get a boner from a guy (which would mean you are attracted to him\men) but force yourself too only put it in a woman, you are just a sexually repressed homosexual man.

[lsgg844]

Channeling Jeff Buckley...

[dylanjstafford]

everyone in the audience looks stoned as fuck and stunned that they are in the presence of such amazing music

[yaya3111]

How does anyone dislike music like this?

[grendelmere]

38 people have really awful musical tastes.

[pollygram]

@grendelmere 38 people have a different opinion.

[notDYLANCOWLEY]

@pollygram 1 PERSON DESPERATELY NEEDS ATTENTION

[Pierrelourens1]

This is my favorite recording of this song.

[shinsfan09]

I just got a little excited in my happy place

[jazzypotato]

@xilix1000 the headstock doesnt seem to have the gibson writing. could be a gretsch?

[MollyGriswald]

wish I was there!

[fizzfizz28]

WHY CAN I NEVER FUCKING GO TO BONNAROO

[TheKilyke]

This is the song that made me fall in love with Andrew Bird and his music.

*closes eyes in bliss*

[paleguyalden]

EARGASMS MANY!!!!

[SolitudeInDarkPlaces]

I would carry this man's child.

If only I had a uterus.

[xilix1000]

Does any one know what type of guitar that is? I love it, and it reminds me of one of my dads.

[l2warcraft]

@xilix1000 Looks like a Gibson ES-335 (Or similar model)

[scriblemaker]

the audience sure was quiet... so the people were either really trying to hear and enjoy the music, or they just sucked as an audience because BIRD RULES !

[jcharles285]

Yeah man. This is fucking awesome.

[flo43223]

me!!!!

[frogger12346]

I think his music just made love to my ears...

[delanna131]

i love this song !!!!!!!

[gettinguponthe1]

ive only been listening to him for a few days, but i feel like he can do so much more vocally. he's got the jeff buckley gene, but rarely uses it. otherwise, im enjoying getting to know his music.

[SpeakandListen]

I finally got the honor of seeing him live at Prospect Park. It was incredible. If you ever get the chance see him live. It will be the best decision you have ever made. Ok maybe not the best.. but top 3.

[MeLlamoAllison]

I also saw him at Prospect Park. So good. I love all his music.

[mythicalcreature96]

Saw him last night live at prospect park. he's amazing live. seriously.

[xFriedxCalamarix]

going to see him tonight! so excited

[reginafromrio]

he's ticking to his right. 

[reginafromrio]

he's ticking to the right.

[STE4LYOURFACE]

this is the best version of this song available, so much better than the studio, or any other live recording i have heard

[Rosales79Diego]

Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Concert with Andrew Bird

June 10, 2011

8:00 PM

FREE

[thekingshighway]

This man has talent. I am going to buy this CD. I will check his web site. When is he comming to Chicago?

[ParisSpleen74]

mmmmmmmmmmm yummy

[SummerRye1]

I love Andrew! Wish I could meet him in person!

[stevultrawesome]

How come this doesn't have a couple of million views?

[mandasaurus8]

@stevultrawesome Because people today are too interested in Lady Gaga and Kesha to listen to good music.

[meadish]

@stevultrawesome Just give it a little time, it'll take off.

[MrBrianojee]

Sweet Jesus this is awesome!

[SnowRose94]

this is still one of my favorite songs after 3 years. :) love it to pieces. :)

[LivyBear95]

I'm in love with Andrew Bird.

[dannyolson44]

Excellentissime!!!

[Vanhaley]

I've watched this everyday this week...

[heyhayman]

You know...before i saw Andrew Bird live, i had no interest in him. After i saw him live... I thought he was one of the most talented and artistic people i have ever seen in my entire life.

[SkyDivingBeaver]

Andrew Bird challenges my heterosexuality

[pianoaficionado29]

God, him...in those shades...with his epic amount of talent.... I think I'd melt if I met him. xD His live performances are so great.

[CarloZini]

@JustForEntertainment Maybe you should buy yourself a brain. I was paying a compliment to the fucker. Oops!... to Mr. Bird.

[sukjune]

this live version is so much better than the studio version. but andrew bird's songs are always meant to be heard live anyways :)

[santiagolm95]

Pro whistler

[ekajojojojojojo]

Anyone notice how he's ticking his head to the right?

[unasensualita]

Andrew Bird... je le aime ;)

et pis ses lunettes lui vont si bien.... lol

[scorpio88001]

his own sound! I love it!

[TheShanebauer]

2:35 guy is just dumbstruck at how good bird is

[rthtam]

i'm just gonna fucking listen to this on repeat for the rest of the night. who's with me

[followXtheXdot]

I would leave my husband in a heartbeat for this man. ::swoon:: So much talent just oozes from mister Bird.

[TooHuman]

The dislike joke ruins my desire of posting a comment. It's old as fuck and people don't get over it...

[StasaChickenfoot]

I am desperately in love with this man.

[CarloZini]

Is it coincidence the fucker name is «Bird»? I've heard worse whistling from a hummingbird!

[iRideRaksha]

@CarloZini Well, I've heard worse insults from an old Asian woman on crack.

[CarloZini]

@iRideRaksha Well, maybe you've been hanging around with too many old Asian women on crack

[karmaslogan]

the scream at the beginning pretty much sums this up

[aleopad2004]

Ahhh Music. :)

[3Tahlz]

GOD OF MUSIC

[pajaro627]

ohhh andrew ;]

[silverbeats123]

now this is true talent

[cflonnes]

look at all those white people!

[nayzany]

Crazy talented.

[gcohen96]

I like this version better than the studio :D

[SOTPM]

can't stop listening to this... love it..

[deathhippy97]

Is it just me or does anyone else think this would be the perfect traveling song? You know how in movies the always have a montage scene where it shows random segments of when people are traveling. Like in forest Gump when he goes for a run and that song starts playing. Or other movies (Can't think of any) when they are driving across the country or something.

[italianangelus]

These guys are really just amazing.

[jesseinpain]

if you like him, you should see his TED talk :)

[sfshinz]

Anyone who "dislikes" Andrew Bird is a cunt. Straight up.

[KrayZFace]

Man, he is a good whistler.

[FlipFlopRocker]

I'm not sure what happens when two substances collide, but I sure know what would happen if Andrew and I collided ;)

Straight male right here, too.

[katiediddidwhat]

@FlipFlopRocker Haha, Well you are a flip-flopper ;) 

[DeathInSpace805]

@FlipFlopRocker High Fives!?

[FlipFlopRocker]

@DeathInSpace805 Always high fives

[dntbehtn]

@FlipFlopRocker If you want to have sex with a guy you aren't straight.

[justa16thnote]

@dntbehtn It's ok to have one or two guys that are so awesome, there's no way you cannot be sexually attracted to them. Andrew Bird is a very sexy example of this.

[dntbehtn]

@justa16thnote Of course it's okay. It just means that you're gay. You can call yourself bisexual if it makes you feel better. Btw, there is a way for you not to be attracted to men that are "so awesome", don't be gay. You only feel there is no way for you to not be attracted to them because you're attracted to men, aka gay.

[justa16thnote]

@dntbehtn Everyone has a man crush. Maybe not to fuck but someone that you fall in love with. Again, Bird is a sexy example of this.

[dntbehtn]

@justa16thnote No.. they don't. If you think a guy is sexy and fall in love with him you are gayer than I originally thought. Keep in mind THIS ISN'T A BAD THING. However, I'm pretty sure you're just gay.

[McSplat]

@FlipFlopRocker you would rub fronts

[izzymarx7]

@FlipFlopRocker dude i am so with you...'cept i'm a chick...but you can't NOT be awed by this guy...like...holy god



[qtpieresse]

@Zatrahc YES! I agree ;) I simply cannot get enough... soooo good.

[eniaelectro]

love it! 

[Theproblematic]

this honestly just blew my mind completely :O ridiculously amzing musician

[JasperAtMusik]

Very nice performance! Very cool and talented guy. To the end he kinda reminds me of Jeff Buckley..

[bobross2487]

i think 34 people were wacken-off so fast to this they accidentally hit dislike.

[superaction95]

34 people are jelous because they cant whistle

[beedizzyroy]

he is so unbelievably sexy

[Elitios]

This guy looks like a real violinist: cocky and overrated. Good music though.

[hellozoabs789]

@Elitios Have you heard "Oh So Insistent"?

[Elitios]

@hellozoabs789 Yeah.. What about it?

[Onewriterwriting]

An artist.

[solredoc]

WOWWWWWWWWWWW unique, original, one and only A. Bird.

[TheAndrewHannah]

I was at this show!!

[dorillo765]

dude... this guy os from another planet, it's not possible... he's so fuckin amazing

[iJaywalk16]

heez the best whistler ive ever seen

[ronwil]

Nice looping!!!!!

[catieola182]

I love that he whistles. It makes me happy.

[Darknakam]

I think the whole audience has fell in love with Andrew Bird.

[rex1191]

i was going to start my anthropology paper 3 hours ago. then i got this in my head. now its on my screen:)

[qtpieresse]

So flippin' amazing. I, my friend, am in love... ;)~

[diogomorgado]

i can never explain how good this song is

its this relaxing power that i want for me and for my music..

[oclinn]

Sometimes, he swings and misses on some of his live versions, but this one was an incredible rendition.

[freckles30000]

every time I listen to this it gives me chills I like it more then the original track.

[nick4man3]

Channeling Jeff Buckley at times?

Brilliant.

[jasonmathias]

@nick4man3 Nice call :)

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