Pendulum perform The Island in BBC Radio 1_s Live Lounge

[97Aleixo]

very very very very good!! :)

[Sparkyone236]

perfect, 'nuff said

[Taxacher1986]

3 people are on their own island ...

[MrKenney1990]

I love this song. I hear this song every day. And i Loving it!

[parsonsplayzone]

wicked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rheggzify]

im a guy, im straight. But i want rob swire inside of me all the same

[TheTzaerodynamic]

These guys are the best fucking band I have ever heard, big ups to pendulum

[left4mel]

i want rob to be mine.

[TheAdamlfc20]

rob swire, grabbed the horns of drum & bass and fucked it hard in the ass with this song, amazing!

[Ancient2able]

We come undone.

[FrenchDonovan]

Damn, I love them. But unfortunately, I feel they don't have the success they deserve in France. It's a shame... ...

[mrnailz360]

They aren't just musicians, they are genius'

[gunkun444]

I fucking love this band. :D

[AUsernamePliz]

love this band :D

[MrKenney1990]

This is EARPORN<3

[oJI4ICKo]

The thing about pendulum is, what they make in the studio, they are able to play live i.e. no recordings played, everything the play is on the track they are so talented

[2n2mark]

@oJI4ICKo Hate to burst your bubble but they do use some recordings and play along to them eg sub bass, wobbling synths, rob only plays the lead synth parts live. but i agree still amazingly talented and one of the best live bands ive ever seen

[DerpCA]

Rob Swire is my man crush

[Josh1Joshua1]

I love how the drummer is playing right handed, yet he can use his left hand on the offbeat for a crash.. how the fuck?

[tapijtman]

@Josh1Joshua1 yeah kj sawka is a god

[HAZZAROX321]

the synth in this song is amazing

[tylersmith3267]

Such a catchy song.

[82txprincess]

@NuNz31 thank you sugar!

[JungleWeedzz]

@KarlMcMAn A Ztar!

[KarlMcMAn]

What is he playing?!?!

[NuNz31]

@KarlMcMAn A Ztar- Z6-SP more precisely xD

[82txprincess]

How can I download this version?!

[NuNz31]

@82txprincess Keepvid.com :P

[Feroxicz]

fucks up at the 1st line but nevertheless fucking brilliant voice!<3

[BrutalBaconz]

Madeon remix sounds like a totally different song

[Blizzardwizard11]

ye i think he was late by a second so you saw him hurrily grab the mic and mess up the arrive, guess he was just nervous or something.

[LPFigure09]

3 peoples are deaf....

[jbancarazvan]

I like Rob Swire's 'Ztar labs Guitar'

[bildabomb]

any idea whats the guitarist playing? Awesome live from pendulum x.x dot

[TheSmilingPickle]

This is fucking AMAZING! I love you guys so much!

[kaiser99er]

3:50 loving the head nod :p

[tk25innit]

And, btw, why the hell is this or thier remix of The Catalyst not on the Live Lounge CD?! Madness.

[tk25innit]

Spot on, as always!

[raybelfast]

This is fantastic Period

[S1ckn3ss13]

the drumer is fuckin spot on and what he does its much harder then regular drumming, and all the other member too this band is fuckin underated

[Spec0ne1]

@S1ckn3ss13 as drummer i can say tht dnb is much harder than some rock n roll or hip hop cause the beats are not so normal and dnb is much harder cause almost all songs except pendulums songs are made on computer.

[415vids]

@S1ckn3ss13 Yea kj sawka is fuckin EPIC

[WarlocksDomain]

@S1ckn3ss13 Kevin is amazing, no lie

[Bromeu57]

@S1ckn3ss13 The only thing difficult about what he is doing is making sure he is always in time (Which is incredibly challenging). Not saying he's bad or anything, I'm sure he's a great drummer, but I mean if you look at other great drummers like Gavin Harrison, Tony Royster Jr., Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, whoever, they all have amazing time and could definitely drum him into the ground. I'm just voicing my opinion, I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything haha. Sorry if this offends you!

[S1ckn3ss13]

@Bromeu57 i get you point dude, but those drummers are anything but regular drummers ahah but its stupid to compare them, u cannot compare drummers from different genders of music thats just being a hater

[Bromeu57]

@S1ckn3ss13 Haha wasn't trying to be... Sorry if it came off that way! I see your point as well. First of all, I am a percussionist as well (7 years so not that long). You know, I regret my previous comment because I based my opinion off this one song only and I haven't heard him play on other songs (Relatively new to Pendulum) So yeah, that was pretty stupid for me to do. Sorry! Haha I hate youtube debates...

[DusanZeman]

@S1ckn3ss13 so, do you think, he is better then Dave Lomardo or Mike portnoy or what?? I know personally min. 3 drummers who could play it as same as he does... 

[S1ckn3ss13]

@DusanZemanwhen did i say he his the best? i just said that his style is awesome and that his style of playin is way nicer than a rock beat that every one uses.

[MouldyeggZ]

His Ztar SERIOUSLY looks like the pro guitar from Rock band 3 ;)

[iluvbrightz]

Pendulum make me proud to be Australian :D

sexy is the only word to describe their music ;D

[gardenofarcane]

@iluvbrightz I am not AUstrailian but they still make me proud hahahaha! but Immersion was little Gay!

[iluvbrightz]

@gardenofarcane haha... just being from the same planet makes me proud :P

immersion wasnt their best ill admit, in silico has to be my favourite :D

[iluvbrightz]

@gardenofarcane haha... just being from the same planet makes me proud :P

immersion wasnt their best ill admit, in silico has to be my favourite :D

[gardenofarcane]

@iluvbrightz No shit! In silico is amazing!

[iluvbrightz]

@gardenofarcane im glad im not the only one who believes that! :D

[TheFLAMBOOGLE]

wow his voice is so sexy!

[swiregrundy]

sorry i just have too comment again, he sang this song with a cold, this man is just.....a machine<3

[HitWithSticks]

Anyone else miss Paul Kodish?

[techienetwork]

@NuNz31 uh... just youtube kj sawka and watch some of his live videos. he's LIGHT-YEARS better than paul kodish.

[MrDjfacepunch]

@TheFunkyfeelings You obviously have shit hearing dude. If you can't tell the difference between this and the album version, then you should go back to no aural hobbies like knitting.

[QuikscopedbytheEGG]

@MrDjfacepunch Ohhhhhh TheFunkyFeelings got told !!!! Good on ya m8

[TheFunkyfeelings]

this looks so fake. man why do they even try to play that shit?

[vsbfbmusic]

@TheFunkyfeelings it IS live. they just use a lot of technical/electric stuff (obviously it's not unplugged, it wasn't meant to be unplugged). rob's voice has a reverb on it and the typical harmonizer as usual. the drummer uses e-drum-sets (if you don't know what that is google it), but still: they perform live. that's pendulum and that's Radio 1 live lounge. it isn't meant to be unplugged. look for other bands performances on live lounge, it's the same.

[BristolF]

I want/need Sawka's hair :/

[TheMaddestHatter100]

rob came in late AGAIN to this song :/

[Skullgirl01134123]

It seems to me that it is common in the UK that Pendulum is popular and in America it's not :P

[wonderbrawl1919]

This is the only decent track (well, along with part II) on their latest album. And their album before that was terrible too. Pendulum will always be a one album band as far as I am concerned.

[xRyanN1x]

@wonderbrawl1919 Do you do a lot of recreational drugs in your spare time?

[TheMaddestHatter100]

@wonderbrawl1919 untrue

[owningpoo]

@wonderbrawl1919 You sound like one of those people who whine cause they've moved into a more rock orientated style. Dude if you think songs like hold your colour are amazing check the roots of where it came, im sure theres a pretty good copy of Xygen the first version of hold your colour although the track name is Lycaeum. Look it up, you'l find out what they did before. Immersion had plenty of good tracks Witchcraft, Immunize, Crush, Vulture and Encoder are all awesome.

[TheFunkyfeelings]

are they really playing this? looks fake to me..

[TheFAdLT]

@TheFunkyfeelings thats why pendulum are so awesome :)

[TOm1991doyle]

@TheFunkyfeelings were more and more metal/rock bands play to backing tracks these boys are all live all the time

[MickIAC2010]

Its a shame this will never reach top of the charts...such a great beat to it.

[kaboose111]

haha rob kinda looks like vegeta

[MrSebastian2909]

@kaboose111 of course he does. his power level is over 9000.

[RandomMissX]

@kaboose111 LOL! I see what you mean. But Rob is cuter. :D

[RandomMissX]

Rob Swire looks sexy when he's tired. :)

[MrDubstep23]

The charts is for shit music like justin bieber taio cruiz lady gaga katy b and all that crap. pendulum dont deserve that they deserve 500X better . Pendulum #FTW

[Khironification]

@xXkickstartmyheartXx I'm pretty sure it's the XPA too because Rob said (I think on twitter) that his Ztar runs Ableton through a laptop or something. And @Jordan14M No, he doesn't autotune, but he occasionally uses voice effects.

[Jordan14M]

Does anyone know if Rob uses auto-tuning when he sings?

[TheMaddestHatter100]

rob came in abit late haha!

[MrDubstep23]

Pendulum #FTW

[Stirlingshire43110]

This is why Pendulum are epic. Fantastic in the Studio, Fantastic Live!

[Einheitskreis]

It's just so f*kn good! d^_^b

[chrisyrulz893]

weird...

22,903 views 229 people like this and 03 dont... spooky ;)

[LWRBB]

I LIKE!!!!

[doomdodo23]

LOVE IT! =D Fan for life! Pendulum just get better! There isn't one song I don't like, love them all, have all the albums and dvds, I LOVE THEM!!!

[GenClanSniping]

@doomdodo23 SAME :D

[bludskikit]

beautiful piece of music, pendulum are superb!

[btfstranger]

im so happy that kevin joined them

[HotelGoat]

Love this song! Though im confused why the uploader has tagged it with "Bulgarian music"...

[AliveP00l]

What is Rob playing?



[rampancyproductions]

@AliveP00l It is a Starr Labs Ztar, I cant tell what model though.

[xXkickstartmyheartXx]

@rampancyproductions I'm pretty sure it's the Z6-SP. He's got a new one now which I'm assuming is the Z6S-XPA as it's got a built-in ableton controller

[btfstranger]

@AliveP00l a ztar

[HenryDewarMusic]

@spedboy123 Its called an ebow :)

[jumpstar1985]

this and part two are the ultimate summer tunes :) bring on the sun

[Pmccaff2009]

@jumpstar1985 Part 2 really isn't.

I agree with this though, they should of released it in like June 2011 - for Summer.

[lycao25]

Favorite song on the album.

That said. There isn't actually one track on the album I don't like =P.

[ab11su]

beatiful music :)

[whatthefridge123]

@spedboy123 its called a ztar :)

[tenshinhan91]

I am a straight guy and everything, but damn that singer is cute.

[asrane222]

@tenshinhan91 I agree, Im straight, but Rob Swire is enough to turn any man gay :/ I actually love his chin beard/goatee

[TahniRose]

how did he get the sound to change on his ztar, cause his hands were way to busy with the synth?

[Uniformcid]

@TahniRose foot pedal

[TahniRose]

@Uniformcid Oh of course! Gosh im a noob.

[vsbfbmusic]

@TahniRose guess the filter on the synth sound (and a few other parameters) are automated... he still plays the melody live, though

[andygoth]

@vsbfbmusic Sections of the neck play different synth sounds.

[vsbfbmusic]

@andygoth I agree, but still I think the filter in the beginning (0:45 - 1:00) is automated. or maybe he controlls it with a foot pedal or something you can't see

[AORNOfficial]

there's no way the drummer played so quick at 1:00 if he really did, god, superman exists

[Uniformcid]

@AORNOfficial he just rolled on the snare drum.

[AORNOfficial]

@Uniformcid thanks, I'm not good at drumming so I had no idea that snare rolls produce that quick snare hitting sound.

[NkrowOne]

@AORNOfficial It's called a double pedal.

[Metallicafanfrom93]

ZTAR Z6SP

[kinglynx]

0:01 , wtf is that?!

[elliotchoules]

@kinglynx I think it's a Ztar. Its a MIDI controller

[Metallicafanfrom93]

@kinglynx ztar z6sp, he likes it, because it lets him control everything from 1 instrument, its damn expensive that thing

[cediego06]

1:53 the guy on the right :S

[joshlorenzen1]

When I see you play Madeons remix live, it'll be cool! Haha :p

[Khironification]

Rob's not pissed. He's just introverted. He may be a singer but if u look at some interviews he's in he's kind of shy. He just zeroes in and focuses on delivering a great live performance. He never focuses on anything else except playing the song and playing it right. That's what's great about Rob. He lets NOTHING get in the way of a perfect performance.

[xXIIHAYDENIIXx]

I love how Rob plays around with the synths live and always mixes it up abit, so it doesn't sound exactly like the studio version, and his voice is immense live <3

[Only1MJP]

This video is epic in the 1911 format.

[himynameistomdotcom]

@Only1MJP mate, you should try watching dirty video's in the 1911 format ;)

[swiregrundy]

pendulum are most proberbly the most underated band ever....at school i can only name a handful of people who like or even know pendulum and tbh it pisses me off big time -_-

[PensiveIntent]

@swiregrundy its cooler that way trust me man... i generally like to look at people listening to the feces that they put on general radio and laugh because they'll never understand what real fuckn music is and they will never leave their shell unless they take it upon themselves to leave it..

[QuikscopedbytheEGG]

@swiregrundy You read my mind i know one person who knows them at my school.

P.S Whatever the reason become undone !!! best song ever Have you heard vulture?

[Thebadtomato115]

@swiregrundy same mate all the kids in my year listen to all that pop and rap shit

[Mihker]

@swiregrundy everyone in my school knows and loves pendulum lol

[swiregrundy]

@Mihker i like the sound of your school :)

[Zadamanim]

Looks like this is the hundreth time they run this song, I'd be tired and pissed off too xD

[liteoz]

Pendulum.... at last something new in music, holy moly.... I started listen to Pendulum 2008 when they introduced us with the Masterpiece "In Silico"... I think they are the best live performers group 2day.....

[Pmccaff2009]

Rob looks so pissed off.

[01LoMXD]

@Pmccaff2009 I think he had a cold or something around the time they played this.

[saliba619]

be fair, Rob looks knackered

[adamanFTtitwell]

@saliba619 he was listen to the interview !! :L bless him forget to singg :L

[TheLessThanFamous]

Totally should of had Ben running around the studio shouting crazy shit :)

[MattMcq99]

thats dope.

[kay486]

RIP pendulum

[ZaraAnne95]

@kay486 RIP?

[kay486]

@ZaraAnne95 Pendulum died after Jungle Sound Gold.

[TheLessThanFamous]

@kay486 No your music taste died after Jungle sound gold,

[LucidSpore]

0:44 what is the guy using while he plays that guitar? Hmmmmmm i am very intrigued now !!! Didn't even see that the first time i fav'd this long ago hehe

[pappappa]

@LucidSpore it's called E-bow, google for more info :)

[162sparky]

@LucidSpore its an Ebow. very useful tools :) endless sustain without a sustainer pickup :) can also be used to make a guitar sound like a violin, :)

[LucidSpore]

@162sparky Wow thank you seriously. =] i think i know a couple other bands that use this now that i think of it, since you said violin hehe. 65daysofstatic man they are amazing live , i think the guitar player one of them uses that =] or something similar, maybe its just a midi guitar none the less thanks again .

[MIRASbeatboxer]

I <3 pendulum

[brokenmyteapot]

AWW rob started with rise, not you rise =(

[ZaraAnne95]

@brokenmyteapot yeah he started a little too late.

[YoshiiHD]

@o0Deano2k80o Yeah :-)

[162sparky]

@YoshiiHD its played like a regular guitar, but you can do polyphony on it as well as pick, there's so much you can do with one, its insane

[YoshiiHD]

@162sparky I read somewhere, a basic model of what he has is $3,000 (I'm English so in £'s I have no clue what that is)

[162sparky]

@YoshiiHD that sounds about right, it works out at around £1750 with shipping, for the exact model Rob uses, its around £2500, for the model up, with a ribbon strip and other such gimmicks you're looking around £3,000 excluding p&p

Rob has around 6 of them, so you can tell how much he's made from this band lmao

[YoshiiHD]

I would love to learn how to play Rob Swire's Synthetic Guitar :D

[PurtyPrincess07]

Rob = -3

[scarf258]

I can see the pillow in Rob´s face. Jetlag is cruel ;_;

[Sascopa]

Without wishing to sound like a total fangirl.....Rob Swire really is a work of fucking art :D

*drools slightly*

Oh, and the song is epic....obviously :D

[adster700]

@Sascopa

I'm a massive fanboy. Hell, I'm gay for Rob :3

[Sascopa]

@adster700 haha! good for you :P

[thexipeoftotec]

@izzydil 1

Look at the songtext... the song tells a story and not like all the other s**t like lady gaga or rihanna!! Have a look on the homepage from Pendulum and see their Feedback!

[lraXxx]

i <3 pendulum!

[tomagotchi10]

It's hard to believe this only got to 41 in the charts, it's about a million times better than all of the other sh*t that was in front of it :)

[izzyidl1]

@tomagotchi10

if it was, then why is it at 41? opinions opinions.

[tomagotchi10]

@izzyidl1 because pop music is the most overrated thing in the history of the universe, it has no style or depth or anything, and songs like this are just better. end of.

[adamanFTtitwell]

@tomagotchi10 maarry me? we'll go on a honeymoon to kill jsutin bieber <3

[ChocolateBear53]

@tomagotchi10 Actually, history is more overrated ...

[KenKen540]

@izzyidl1 Israel? xD