Built To Spill - Carry The Zero - Live at the Cat's Cradle

[QuadeLee]

Such good musicians. very experimental and one of the best bands live hands down! :)

[DubtronicTurtle]

I was at this show!! I was down in front of Doug, and never left my spot to pee or get a beer. Drive 5 hours from Cape Hatteras to see BTS.. Thanks soooooo much for posting

[mymindisgoo]

yea, i could live off this. doug kills it!! all the time

[wpod64]

Should be one of my buddy's Scott Flansburg's favorite songs of all time (if you know who Scott is you'll know why I said that).

[DiMiTripz]

If you watch. Not too closely. You can see doug's soul leave his body somewhere around 0:01-6:10

[bloodycasanova300]

i love this song and i was there at kats cradle when then played i was at the front fuking loved every song they played

[redbardawg17]

i love this song...takes me back to the place where i first heard it and makes my hair stand up..very meaningful

[Pserah]

god i love it when he just jams the fuck out on this solo!

it makes you feel like everything is going to be ok, as long as he keeps epileptically playing this song <3

[DeepDishPeteza]

This is actually a studio song in playback, it's not actually live--only the video is. Every sound you think you hear--the "crowd noise," the "drums," the "bass" is actually Doug Martsch's guitar. Even when it sounds like Doug says "thanks" at 6:03, it's really a guitar.

[sorryforpartying1]

@DeepDishPeteza If you really look closely you can see Jim Henson and Crew orchestrating every movement. Except for animal on the drums.

[TehBRUESpirit]

8 people cried over spilled milk in their lives

[nhexum2]

This is the best solo of any solo that's ever been solo'd

[bartholomaus72]

NOT AFRAID OF "THE GUITAR SOLO"!!!

[plasmicmovies]

i love this band, the lyrics are so amazing on every album and i don't think their's an album that i skip a song on.

[FahdA32]

one of my favourite songs of all time, still makes me really sad

[XxRefterxX]

OH my fucking god.<3

[Narniak69]

"And you're so occupied with what other persons are occupied with, and vice versa."

The destruction of the self, of the individual, and of the human being.

More than a decade ago, Built to Spill was creating songs that even today, our sick society fails to comprehend.

"It takes a lot to make you crazy, and a lot is always going on."

[Soulfab]

i hate this song so much

[MrHippobippo]

@Soulfab hmmm.....do you mean this song makes you feel something akin to hate, so much?....cuz i could sort of get down with that--there is real darkness in there. obviously you're not denying that this song has been repeatedly proven, by SCIENCE, to be at the molecular level musically perfect.

that would be right out of Quixote--charming, but utterly separated from our reality.....at the motherfucking cradle no less! much respect to carrboro.

[theoldswitcheroo]

No other song in the history of music gives me goose bumps every single time I listen to it like this song does.

[pdm986]

best live song ever

[OmarAfzaal]

Guitar God

[jahart111]

This shit sucks! In fact now i'm gonna go to the horse races tonight because they're playing..... Seriously is you like this music something is terrible wrong with you

[TokoYami200]

@jahart111 Nah; there's a pretty good chance you fail at life.

Built to Spill > You.

[MsFingerwood]

@jahart111 Judging from your comment and your channel, four faves in two years, you're not much for music anyways.

[safth4]

@jahart111 you you're are stupide and probably a douchebad fucking asshole this is the best band with freat end and unstructures song

[djdarkmonkey]

@jahart111 i could see why u think this sucks the sound is just sucky sucky suckky however u should get the cd.. i still dont get why people post on youtube with crappy sound qulity.. uggg my poor ears

[TheNorthFuck]

@djdarkmonkey Or maybe people can actually enjoy a live song and instead of listening to studio recording all the time.

[noonelikesalexD]

they sound like modest mouse and weezer had sex

[musiclowater]

@noonelikesalexD you cant say that. if you mix those two bands you would get nickelback or muddle of pudd,gay ass bands. i love modest mouse. built to spill is a genre all there own.

[TheAmachaibou]

hes masturbating

[americanspririt]

I can definitely hear the influence they had on Death Cab For Cutie in this song.

[poonze]

Definitly one of the best bands to see live, I'm in total agreement with looshkin Built To Spill never fails to make me smile, The guy is amazing, he just closes his eyes and lets his finger slide up and down the fret board ahah, it's amazing to see live, I love music for music's sake, this band is the END

[BitterBuffaoCo1981]

@poonze Thanks....

[MountErrigal]

Highly melodic tune which can easily be listened to 1000s of times, hence making it a song to bring with you should you be cast to an island in the pacific by yourself....

[Zzach1977]

one of my favorite songs of all time. totally awesome

[MarcelaLSD]

Conheci o Built to Spill há pouco tempo e me apaixonei por essa música...

=D

[Mlee20202]

My favorite song of all time!!!!!!!!!

[Gerling007]

These two nights were huge for me. Cancelled for awhile I moved but still made the trip!

[scoop2230]

If I could pick one song to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it.

[mcseas]

good call

[looshkin66]

@scoop2230

The guitar solo's at the end of this song make me smile sooooo big EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!!!!!! It's crazy....i've been listening to this song for years, since it came out in 99 and it still raises the hair on my arms.

"Count your blemises...you cant! they're all gone!"

god i love the way Doug Writes......

[deathstarcafe]

@scoop2230 I agree. That's because you never want to stop hearing it.

[shizambong]

@scoop2230 amen i have listened to this song so much the past like 4 years

[msupuma1]

@scoop2230 my favorite song ever. couldn't agree more. 

[jonnymustang86]

Doug Martsch is such a great musician/musical composer/poet. He's been around forever. Everybody should check out one of his first bands called TREEPEOPLE...their record was released in 1989. Good stuff!!

[jumpkenny]

honestly i only like them live...theyre sooo freakin good live but their recordings ehhh

[Jack1685]

yeah their live album is great! the recordings on keep it like a secret is good, and perfect from now on.... i see what you mean but great band, love em to bits.

[davidnc2]

hey, can anybody explain to me what does it song talks about? what does it mean? what they want to say?

please.

[IHateLongIsland]

it means something different to whoever listens to it. id say to me it means you can perceive your whole life one way when it was wrong all along cause you forgot to "carry the zero" thats just my interpretation tho.

[marcriganoskate]

thanks for not trying to create an absolute meaning for this song for davidnc2. :o)

[dirtmerchant1980]

@IHateLongIsland Ok so heres my take. I think this song is a story told straightforward about someone who left out into the world, college maybe, and taken with them something precious and delicate which is never named, but is actually a metaphor for the persons perceived self-image, their ego, which has taken a bit of a beating out there in the real world, and now the person has returned home, and doug is trying to remind her (probably her) of who they really are.

[elmo69ucd]

why aren't these guys more famous. just soooo good.

[Ccolebrooked]

They're from Idaho too. Fucking badasses.

[jakeander1]

Can someone please upload the album version of this song!

[sethbrams]

he's so engrossed in the music.

[ilovelampp]

Seeing them next saturday in Spokane, WA.; it's their last stop on the tour. So stoked!

[noroomforracists]

I just read a ton of comments. One of the best things about these guys is that the evoke so much love from so many people. How lucky are we to have found these guys? Btw I got to take my son to the show. Two generations of bts fans. So so awesome.

[brbuck1]

You said it right man..and thats so cool that you took your son to see Built to Spill. Man he doesnt know how lucky he is.. thats awesome bro. Doug Martsch RULES!!!

[dirtmerchant1980]

@noroomforracists I've gotten my 3 year old nephew hooked on them. Im convinced that this means he will grow up to be a great person.

[noroomforracists]

You guys have to catch their current tour. They were awesome. I saw them at the Fillmore and got to talk to Doug 'cause they broke down their own equipment. He seemed like such a sweet and genuine person. I'm glad he's as awesome as his music.

[monkeysnail]

Oh wow, I was at this show! Senior year of high school... bought The Flaming Lips' "Zaireeka" at CD Alley before the show, Camper Van Beethoven opened and played forever, my friend got a setlist from Jim Roth... it was an awesome night.

[Breakingbenjamin951]

this is an amazing song!!

[cp1031]

'cause he got intensity!

[sMC193]

lol why does doug always look like he's having a seizure while he's performing?

[dirtmerchant1980]

@sMC193 the way he looks up and his head moves all over he looks like the muppets band, look it up

[eloyADAN]

i might see them on the 27th ^_^ lol that'd be awesome

[mellotrongirl]

ah, the good ol days when he worked at the Neurolux--the best place still in Boise to see live bands up close & personal.

[Tachubo]

i love them

[joefarries]

guys are awesome but not handsome enough to become stars on clear channel WTF??

[TH4Tk001]

these guys are insanely good... but it took me til last year to find them.... checked youtube and everywhere else, no freaking music videos! jeezus....

[brbuck1]

BTS does not make videos cause they hate them and their label does not force them to do anything like that so they have total freedom on a big label....THEY ARE A SMART BUNCH OF DUDES...

[drumster]

they'll be playing this saturday at the Sunset Junction in LA... $15/day presale... 2 days, 4 stages, great acts.

[tatelabianca]

i miss elliott smith

[Jacobomo]

tatelbianca thats nice but completely irrevelant

[patrickdmullen]

definitely a great, great, great song. never seen these guys live, but would love to.

[sebek15]

the best unknown

[jamiethomaslane]

Doug Martsch = greatest unknown guitar genius

[howelldrake]

Head and shoulders above any other BTS song.

[brontular]

wtf does this have to do with shampoo?

[meinLiebsterFeind]

had the fortune to see them about 5 yrs ago or so, was hoping they'd play this and they did; such great live tone; i freaked out :)

[FFGG22E]

great guitar tone

[rakuencallisto]

soooo goood

[supercoolmark]

beautiful...you would think after listening to it thousands of times it would get old....BUT IT DOESN'T!!!!!! and it never willllllll

[Womtothebat123]

anyone know where to find an accurate tab??

[samuelsons01]

doug is such a great guitarist. really should be ranked with the greats.

[alanagadea]

Just love it.!

[wheredidusernamesgo]

fun.

[Mlee20202]

What an awesome song.

[ALANMARCHWINSKI]

You got to come to boise and watch them play at the Neurolux! Seen them live so many times i cant count and they are the coolest guys on the planet.

[SettWheat]

this is the best CTZ home movie on youtube.  love this song, love this band.

[scoop2230]

I love them. Hearing this song live was the best thing I've ever heard at any concert. I never wanted it to end.

[hailtothevictorz]

No part of that neck gets cold during one of their concerts! Guitar God!

[JohnnyHedonics]

Agreed!!!

[rosiechanel]

I saw BTS for the first time 3 weeks ago. The show gave me a new apprciation for their music. I went to see The Meat Puppets but ended up loving the show much more than I originally thought I would.

[bmxdirt86]

I think this is my favorite version on Youtube. Thanks for posting.

[randsclan]

I saw BTS at the start of 2008. They played a gig in Sydney to about 200 people. Best gig of my life. (see my vids)

Now everytime I listen to BTS I get serious shivers down my spine and massive smile on my face. Kinda like a flashback!

Thanks BTS.

[trod082]

I got to go backstage and drink with these guys when they came to Arizona..such cool dudes. You can tell that they have been around forever and aren't phased by anything..probably because there were only like 30 people there lol but they are awesome.

[outputlevel]

"thanks"

[oeddawg]

dude... how does this sound so fuckin awesome live?!?! :D martsch is god!

[thbeesknees]

this song is so beautiful and happy and incredible - definitely one of my top 5 built to spill songs!

[kylebowler]

this song is amazing. it feels so good. words can't describe it. exactly why bts RULES!!does any one know of any shows comming up like in the north east or anywere close to mass

[slantedandenchanted]

Yeah, try Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On in its entirety...oh, and with Dinosaur Jr and Meat Puppets opening the bill. To top that off, it's only $33. In NYC. Good luck getting tickets.

[evangoemotion7]

yep... bought 2 tickets 1st day they were available, perfect from now on WOOOOO

[Soniclife91]

they're playing boston with dinosaur jr and meat puppets september 27th

[rampjesus]

Best version of Carry The Zero there is.

[jefffreyd]

I love seeing how much other people love this song. Easily my favorite Built to Spill song. Makes the hair on my neck stand up.

[cliftonbrown]

Mr. Martsch is a true GENIUS...we should all bow down....

[rftckip]

playing in houston march 3rd :)

[superjump]

i love you sean

[harpuaIan]

BTS is Epic, so so good!

[aaronbees]

i've watched this vid at least a dozen times and it gets better every time. it's a classic.

[stewartcolbert]

doug martsch makes me wanna go buy a guitar... so i did... ive been playing fo r 2 years and i love it

THANKS DOUG!! YOU DA MAN!!

[rampjesus]

Built to Spill will never get old for me. Amazing every time.

[maskedcrusader]

doug martsch is the man!

[tymoneymoney]

I saw them play last month. They were amazing.

[care1g]

pretty sick

[jtgilbert1972]

3 DAYS AT THE SHOWBOX!!!!!

[wheniscaturday]

and I missed all three .... : (

[gutlesspussy]

Hooray! Pure genius.

[Hias74]

The air-guitar-and-sing-a-long-i-e­st.

[rampjesus]

chills every time!

[Fakepp]

Ragazzi ke gruppazzo!

[hollyturv]

This song makes me want to cry. Insanely layered and beautiful. Every time I hear it it is more phenominal than the last. Lust for Built to Spill......

[knowsgrass]

the ending of this song unfailingly makes me so happy that I grin like an idiot

[kingdomkey01]

Built to Spill has some amazing songs, but this one is by far the best.

[BaronDandy]

what a song, seriously

[slantedandenchanted]

good god, i get chills watching them. Especially Doug.

[StrangeMagic64]

My God is right... I get shivers every time I listen to this piece of art. Damn...

[armediano]

Ottimo, grande gruppo

[elscoho]

Great guitar work. It's a 6 string strat. Pause and count the tuners.

[Yardbird977]

How could you tell? It's so dark and the camera is so far away.

[dik3mb3mut0mb0]

am i hallucinating or is that a 7-string strat?

[hudsuckercoms]

Hallucination, look at the tuning pegs to count.

[Aco7]

Doug Martsch with a guitar is God

[waves7]

So amazing! The guitar looks like its a part of his body. And it is in some sort of way.

[bostonbruinsfan19]

Amazing Song!

[sanforero79]

Fuck, I wanna see this band live!

[jakep34]

theyre nothing short of gods

[aholden12592]

cant wait - treasure island music festival!!!!

[wagdude45]

my god! my.. my God! love.

[true2pj]

life changing

[mccormickn]

haha!

[mark1800]

i love exclamation marks!

[gosmokeajay]

amazing, thank you!

[flozinha]

oh Lord!

[bachita]

fucking awesome, thanks for this!