The National - Lit Up

Music video by The National performing Lit Up. © 2005 Beggars Banquet Records LTD

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[pwalker1428]

I love the guys voice. It is somewhere between an angel from heaven and a creepy pedophile in a basement apartment.

[JLWing77]

@pwalker1428 I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that.

[DanHoneybun123]

@mgmt73 I think, maybe, the discussion shouldn't be whether success defines quality and whether circumstance defines success. The National are able to pull of many a good 'fast paced' song. But never class themselves as a rock group or aim to be fast paced. The majority of their fast songs carry a melodic feel to it anyway. So I don't really understand why you'd even begin to compare Nirvana and The National.

[mgmt73]

@DanHoneybun123

nirvana is good not becuase kurt killed himself which was ashamed to music industry

because there able to make fast paced music

which i don't understand why these guys can't do this

[DanHoneybun123]

@mgmt73 Nirvana aren't even that good. He died/killed himself. Propelling their music to 'cult' status. Bit like Joy Division (which are good). I imagine if Matt (singer) killed himself, this music would suddenly become more appealing, purely due to the 'narrative' aspect of the songs which often depict a lonely, sad man.

[mgmt73]

i give these guys a 4 out of 10 there not nirvana good

but there better than most pop shit today

[4490red]

Intro sounds like "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

[Kumomoto]

90th like, woooooooo! I love this top notch band...one of the best i have ever found!

[debissey]

sounds like paul banks hahahahahaha

[keziski]

@delv213 "Abel" and the regular version of "lit up", which this is not.

[delv213]

This song is amazing! Does the national have any songs as upbeat as this one?

[kostoj]

@pwalker1428 Like an angel, down on his luck, living in a van with teardrop-shaped windows. Is he offering the path to eternal life? Nope, just Smarties and Twizzlers.