That short moment of silence between the end of the canned laughter and the beginning of the polite clapping is one of the most uncomfortable I've ever experienced on TV. Suits the song very well.
@TheAgeOfAnalog
4 жыл бұрын
yes
@bubbafug00gle51
3 жыл бұрын
He's preaching to the confounded... think the song would have landed much better with a Letterman audience from the NBC days
@thelizardkingdc
2 жыл бұрын
Dude what the fuck???? Is the canned laughter and clapping completely fake??? It must be…. This dude is absolutely killing it but the producers thought they had to add laughter and clapping to keep the ratings… like this was a comedy sketch…? Is this the legit video? Ive never seen anything this bizarre. Heard of father John years ago and when I saw a record of his at the store I decided to finally watch some videos… and he kills… and apparently needs a LAUGH TRACK???!!! Bro… if this is unedited Im dumbfounded by that.
@xTheOxx
2 жыл бұрын
@@thelizardkingdc The laugh track is part of the song and the performance, it's there because Misty wanted it there. It just completely throws off the audience. I think it's on par with the performance comedy of Kaufman, but it's also a beautiful and moving song. A high point in entertainment and artistry in my opinion.
@thelizardkingdc
2 жыл бұрын
@@xTheOxx never would have guessed. Thank you for explaining!
@michaelkayser4194
11 ай бұрын
This is a great video to look up if you wanted to cry in the parking lot of a Target
@usernotfound7483
7 жыл бұрын
I chortled when he turned away from the piano and it was playing itself
@FungusMossGnosis
7 жыл бұрын
While you chortled I was tickled pink.
@west92fnargle
7 жыл бұрын
Such a great part xD
@jd-zu5ok
7 жыл бұрын
FungusMossGnosis and while you were tickled pink and he chortled, i had a half a guffaw.
@reallife5638
7 жыл бұрын
Adam Rara so did I lmao
@arindaaps
6 жыл бұрын
lol
@dazma22
4 жыл бұрын
This song just hits different in the middle of a pandemic.
@nietzschesmustache9483
4 жыл бұрын
Try "Things it would have been helpful to know before the the revolution" for a size
@lilja444ever
3 жыл бұрын
@@nietzschesmustache9483 this is "planet cancer, sweet revenge, isolation, online friends" from holy shit erasure
@kenclarke5966
Жыл бұрын
keep my perscriptions filled
@apollopursuingdaphne2976
6 ай бұрын
I saw FJM a couple months after this performance… it was the best show I have seen to this date. Guy was on fire the night I saw him. Unbelievable performer
@ericbumbera664
3 күн бұрын
This man is a literal genius….
@djc2526
4 жыл бұрын
Always felt this is a timeless and really important song and performance. Its fucking genius on so many levels.
@hoibsh21
Жыл бұрын
Save me President Jesus! LOL!
@RustinChole
3 жыл бұрын
To have the sampled applause is a ballsy move. Classic performance.
@MrLarynxPharynx
7 жыл бұрын
"Oh save me white Jesus!"
@willsadd
2 жыл бұрын
This man is so captivating it took 10 watches for me to notice the piano playing itself
@jacobgellman226
2 жыл бұрын
Fitting when he stops pretending to play and the piano keeps going, automated
@mountainkat5248
Жыл бұрын
Well damn, it took YOU mentioning before I noticed.
@AndySalinger33
6 жыл бұрын
True performance art at it’s finest. This moment he created is something I’m drawn back to constantly. Ah, and those strings! They really brought something magic out of Father JM. At once beautiful and brutal. This is special. This is just for us.
@nietzschesmustache9483
4 жыл бұрын
Father John Misty looks like really promising musical legend in the making rightnow. Fells like a more philosophical and satirical mix of jim morrison and bob dylan
@lenalennon8746
2 жыл бұрын
+ JOHN: "MISTY IS A PURE CLEAR CHANNEL. HE IS A HUMANIZED ANGELIC INSTRUMENT. HIS SONGS PRODUCE VIBRATIONAL WAVES AND LYRICAL MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT WAKING UP THE MASSES. MISTY IS A " HOME TEAM PLAYER" FOR THE ASCENSION. FEW POSSESS HIS LEVEL OF TALENT AND PROFICIENCY. " 🙏✨✨🙏🀄🀄💕💕 Channeled by Lena 1:53 (💫◀#9) p.m. 02- 27-2022 (9 + 8: Infinity)✨
@forumchatter09
Жыл бұрын
garbage
@tonygmartin
7 жыл бұрын
All of the laughter and applause heard during the song was fake, which made the actual Letterman audience a tad uncomfortable.
@eikentina
7 жыл бұрын
is it real laughter or fake by FJM?
@frdlist
7 жыл бұрын
theactortony they are fake. Except the applause in the end
@eikentina
7 жыл бұрын
ah okay ;-) because on the record there is no laughter
7 жыл бұрын
Laughter and applause are on the record. At least on the version I've listened to.
@frdlist
7 жыл бұрын
Laughters are also on the record.
@marlesimms
2 жыл бұрын
God damn the sitcom laughter and clapping is so poignant and heartbreaking. And Letterman's audience has no idea what to do with it
@mountainkat5248
Жыл бұрын
Which just makes it all the more poignant. Josh is effing fearless !
@johnduckguitar7083
2 жыл бұрын
I love that this guy isn't the biggest celebrity in the world ,,,it says a lot about this world
@ericjohnson2515
2 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this because it's so good.
@kestermuller9595
2 жыл бұрын
Truly an artist who has emerged at the perfect cultural moment. Such a cynical bastard - he speaks directly to my soul.
@khansolllo
3 жыл бұрын
so glad this got reposted. this is a very important performance
@centuryiii8661
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite performances of all time from one of the best living performers.
@drock6310
4 жыл бұрын
The bravery of the lyric! Plus those high notes..omg
@nicolagreen5488
3 жыл бұрын
I can watch this over and over - it is at the top of the craft. Love the attitude, the depth, the music, the voice. Superb and thank you.
@slanjbo
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing this a few years later I firmly believe this is up there with Nirvana Unplugged, Alice and Chains as well, Mac Millers NPR just before he passed, and Dave Brubecks Take 5 live in ‘64. Fu-ck toss in the Massey Hall Jazz Show in ‘53.
@mhbackman
2 жыл бұрын
Shout out to that Brubeck show in 64 and Mac's NPR show. I've watched both endless times on KZitem and they are timeless.
@JBugz777
6 жыл бұрын
Masterful song & preformance... And that shrug.
@williamhornabrook8081
2 жыл бұрын
His voice is so beautiful.
@hinder90
5 жыл бұрын
I almost never share live performances of songs to friends I want to share music with, but this is so perfectly fitting to John Tillman’s tone and how this song may as well be describing a moment just like this one.
@Bandstand
4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Litwin John Tillman lol
@andresikb
7 жыл бұрын
So underrated
@Julius2965
6 жыл бұрын
well done john, a very heartfelt, beautiful and painful piece. Reminds me of pink floyds the wall and john lennon
@Bandstand
4 жыл бұрын
Julian John?
@nietzschesmustache9483
4 жыл бұрын
@@Bandstand You know it be like that sometimes for some people
@mhbackman
3 жыл бұрын
Papa Daddy John Misty
@humansaremonkeys
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing performance.
@obiwanjermobi
2 жыл бұрын
love them high notes
@jh8957
3 жыл бұрын
I don't even like most of Father John Misty's music, but this is the only performance on television that's ever made me want to cry.
@stillupmusic
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most well written songs of all time.
@starbelly2000
3 жыл бұрын
Never listened to FJM before, but the lyrics from this song remind me of something off Pink Floyd's "The Wall." It's reminiscent of Roger's writing style.
@johnentwistle952
3 жыл бұрын
good job kid.. now go find the others.. there's plenty in misty's work
@jajlertil
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve always wondered if the self playing piano reveal along with the recorded laughter was a super subtile reference to the ”club silencio” scene in Mulholland Drive. I could totally imagine Josh being into Lynch Prolly just a gag tho
@doriangray7587
2 жыл бұрын
that's one hell of a tribute right there
@alexanderrolfs6539
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greats.
@PabloYourself
7 жыл бұрын
Love this!!!
@MrPezdispencer
4 ай бұрын
Not gunna lie I died laughing when he said save me White Jesus.
@Dr.JeremyDunks
3 жыл бұрын
HOW THE HECK DID I MISS THE PLAYER PIANO GAG?
@johnduckguitar7083
3 жыл бұрын
His hair is almost perfect
@mt1990sweg
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a werewolf drinkin a pina colada at trader vicks
@gillbawden
4 ай бұрын
This is deep sadness.
@rossturcotte419
2 жыл бұрын
The new album is too much, too too much but we always have this. Talk about pure comedy.
@c.s.s.5326
11 ай бұрын
The canned laughter is from the original track folks
@lisabutler4457
4 жыл бұрын
ok but really tho, when is this song NOT relevant? ;(
@jamespoppitz3336
6 ай бұрын
Who makes music like this? He gets major points just for that...
@arnebey
5 жыл бұрын
Uh the laughter?...the player piano?...it's called art...it was planned as a brilliant FTM comment!
@MrThomyorkey
Ай бұрын
Randy Newman would be proud
@samueljlarson
Жыл бұрын
I don't think the audience got it... and I don't think Dave appreciated it. But I loved it.
@fieldstvl
6 жыл бұрын
What happened to Letterman at 4:33?
@TedAlexandro
3 ай бұрын
Love FJM. Elton John vibes
@Bernd05
27 күн бұрын
how the fuck did this moment ever happen!?
@leewohlfert5462
7 жыл бұрын
Love him to death.
@reallife5638
7 жыл бұрын
GREAT ARTIST....Sounds a lot like Elton John
@danielfitzgerald2561
6 жыл бұрын
Real life Elton John meets Morrissey
@mikeperp
2 жыл бұрын
Fuckin amazing!!!!!
@dancountz358
Жыл бұрын
i don't think the older generations appreciate this song. the truth hurts i suppose.
@alexanderperez5636
8 ай бұрын
We had no idea what this performance was heralding, both in terms of world events and FJM's career.
@Mikewee777
4 жыл бұрын
02:59 " White jesus " lol
@_s_ss_s_
7 жыл бұрын
can you upload his performances on jools holland?
@jamesthomas4463
9 ай бұрын
Balls
@bleachbomb_666
2 жыл бұрын
Fucking love this
@ZachClossin
3 жыл бұрын
Something tells me Bo Burnham saw this
@DiscoveryNet
6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who felt: This guy just destroyed Bruce Springsteen! (Pure genius, love from Istanbul)
@nietzschesmustache9483
4 жыл бұрын
Türkiyede FJM dinleyen biri. Yiğidim seni tanımak isterim
@coreymineard
4 жыл бұрын
Yup. Everyone else just thought it was pretty lame.
@addyd.3140
4 жыл бұрын
Well it's more like a reference or a pun on the Springsteen song. Born in the usa is satirical, nearly a protest song. These two are not too far off thematically.
@blindboygrunt7711
3 жыл бұрын
@@addyd.3140 Springsteen’s song is 100% a protest song
@Dr.JeremyDunks
Жыл бұрын
I always loved Letterman best because he had vastly better musical artists on his show than Leno. Case in point, here.
@aunthaumv3711
7 жыл бұрын
4:17 is the pianist jon snow?!
@seachsy
4 жыл бұрын
Is this a call out to Mulholland dr. ?
@PabloRiosCZ
3 жыл бұрын
no hay banda
@ridered300
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, good.
@vvncnt
6 жыл бұрын
This was actually filmed on 11/3/14
@frdlist
6 жыл бұрын
Vincent Vo nope
@elizadotexe
5 жыл бұрын
Vincent Vo I remembered first seeing this in early 2016 and singing it to my friend then....2017 is way off.
@klolAF
Жыл бұрын
I don't think he will know you on that day good ly
@Stbuster31
7 жыл бұрын
I hate when people use it. but savage in true form
@romphuts5303
7 жыл бұрын
why?
@mcotter12
7 жыл бұрын
The final third of the song with the laughter dub is mocking the kind of entertainment people crave to distract themselves from the reality of the world; making fun of the audience and the show.
@bretta7057
7 жыл бұрын
I agree with the entertainment as distraction part, but I don't think he's making fun of the audience, show, or listener (the canned laughter is on the album too), so much as showing how mundane and helpless ennui/depression is. It kind of reminds me too, of the live folksinger schtick, where they tell stories in their songs, some of them humorous, and the crowd kinda chuckles. Except in those cases, the stories are usually goofball tales, not describing the soulless, crushing existence that 21st century life can be as in this tune.
@anhiirr
6 жыл бұрын
you mean irreverent truth but i tend to forget how young(questionable) people choose to be identified, Granted you said you hate it. Im giving you the benefit of the doubt.
@MosesJesusElijah
2 жыл бұрын
Oh!…….once one discovers the true meaning of existence; this one will see how lost humanity is🤫
@siennaellis8252
3 жыл бұрын
rick grimes after the apocalypse
@JP-hb4mv
2 жыл бұрын
Save me white jesus
@huxlee3947
6 жыл бұрын
notice how he swept his hand after the handshake with a lizard
@kitbrown3895
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@joannaferris2232
3 жыл бұрын
By putting his hand in his pocket?
@jordanmatchett8341
4 жыл бұрын
but there the F is he now??!!!
@forumchatter09
Жыл бұрын
How precious 🤮
@beybarys
2 жыл бұрын
The average US Rubbish we have become used to over decades... "Thick pants" - nothing more...
@assmane999
3 жыл бұрын
I like his voice and storytelling, but the melodically progressions just don’t do it for me. Melodically just meh
@morganyoungisplayingdrums
2 жыл бұрын
The pretense is legendary with this charlatan. Hey Josh, don't sing falsetto, just stick to your pseudo-Cohen routine.
@Paul-dw2cl
Жыл бұрын
I agree, he’s overrated, I see gimmicky contrived schtick
@Altyouniverse
2 жыл бұрын
Ewww they had the audience do prompted laughter at his lyrics 🤦♀️ embarrassing
@davidw4639
2 жыл бұрын
It's on the original album recording nothing to do with the audience
@backpackingcapebreton
Жыл бұрын
That’s part of the song, dingbat. The studio version has the canned laughter, you just don’t understand it.
@tmac8892
6 жыл бұрын
Meh.
@AveryJS3
6 жыл бұрын
t mac just saw him live, he puts on a helluva show.
@ToniJover
7 жыл бұрын
Such a great performance, but why did they added the fake laugh? Just in case anyone was offended, so they could say it was just a gag? A shame...
@katieamo7767
7 жыл бұрын
It's in the album version also.
@SwitcherooU
5 жыл бұрын
The canned laughter is an absolutely essential component of the song.
@jwsopko
2 жыл бұрын
If you are bored in the USA then move to another country where you are not bored. Problem solved.
@mt1990sweg
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, great observation!
@michaelallen1396
7 жыл бұрын
Elton John ripoff song, Major John would not be amused.
@TheseOpenRoads
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's almost as if Elton John was some sort of influence on future artists ...... /s
@chrissantos5580
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Allen well josh Tillman writes his own songs how about elton
@Texocracy
7 жыл бұрын
Yup, Elton comes up with his chord progressions but his long term boyfriend wrote all his lyrics. Misty wouldn't sing someone else's lyrics.
@themaggattack
6 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Major Tom? That was Bowie. (From Space Oddity). Elton John was Rocket Man.
@themagnanimous1246
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Allen What a useless comment, Michael.
@centuryiii8661
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite performances of all time from one of the best living performers.
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