Bleachers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Sept. 12, 2017 | Jacob Ganz -- Two songs into his Tiny Desk concert, Jack Antonoff revealed a bit of stagecraft behind his performances with Bleachers.
"My manager says, 'When you play for 1,000 people, don't talk to one person. It's only cool for them,'" Antonoff said. It was offered as an apology - he had just finished aiming a monologue about the link between dancing and crying at a single NPR staffer in the audience - but it was also a perfect encapsulation of the connection Antonoff's songs create. Bleachers makes truly conversational pop, songs that sound expansive but retain a sense of intimacy, even when aimed at the masses.
At the Tiny Desk, Antonoff, along with pianist Mikey Hart and multi-instrumentalist Evan Smith, pared away much of the pomp that can turn Antonoff's layered studio productions into neon-lit melodramas rollercoastering toward catharsis. On three songs from this year's album Gone Now impeccably re-arranged for a smaller space, it was impossible to miss the cracked longing at the heart of Antonoff's work.
"If you ever see Bleachers live, it's two drum sets and it's big and it's kinda like this big statement that I could hide behind the tears with this big rock show. But the songs are written like this," Antonoff said before launching into a version of the '80s-drenched single "Don't Take The Money" that was all feathery keyboards and spoken word verses - plus a brief quote from Queen's 1984 hit "Radio Ga Ga. "
Not that he could resist a well-placed gimmick. "Don't Take The Money" was the only song of the day to include drum sounds, which came from a cassette tape in a boom box over which a microphone had been draped. He started the song by hitting play on the cassette, but it took three tries to nail the ending in time with Hart. For this group, seeing the flaws is part of the charm.
Set List
"Everybody Lost Somebody"
"Don't Take the Money"
"Foreign Girls"
MUSICIANS
Jack Antonoff (vocals, keys); Evan Smith (vocals, keys, sax); Mikey Hart (vocals, piano)
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Colin Marshall, Tsering Bista; Production Assistant: Jenna Li; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
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Holy sheet, that Sax player. Most satisfactory.
Yea that riff and the distressed sound is doing it for me!
*Moist, satisfactory.
I was enjoying the playing throughout, then it got to his small solo at the end and I just wanted to hear more.
yes most indeed
Jack Antonoff is one of the best humans ever.
A t-shirt that says
YES.
He looks like a New York Jewish IT guy on vacation who got lost and ended up on stage and somehow ended up crushing it
Oh my God, I never thought I'd ever see this name again... I miss your content my dude
nothing hits you in the heart quite like the sax in everybody lost somebody
Bet
You can definitely hear his sound in both lorde and Taylor. He is such a musical genius
He really just produced almost every good pop record in 2017.
He wrote for them I believe
He wrote and produced. Melodrama, Reputation, MASSEDUCTION and a bunch of other records.
@@ikarus1752 woah
@@bigp2045 nah "co-wrote" taylor swift regularly writes her own music completely by her self, no co- writers so im sure both her and lorde pull their own weight in songwriting.
when he just switches to radio gaga by queen in the middle of dont take the money??????? god tier. absolute legend.
LITERALLY MY THOUGHTS
Mine, as well
Probably the best version of Everybody Lost Somebody.
Same with foreign girls
Absolutely
Came here to say this as well. I don't really like the album version very much, especially in comparison to this version.
Check out the version off the MTV Unplugged performance, that whole show was amazing but I love that version as well.
You should listen to Julien Baker's Cover
Ive listened to Everybody Lost Somebody, but this version man...it hits harder. Feels like slam poetry or something, you can hear the honesty in the words
Because it all came from honesty..
i thought the same thing
Brought me to tears that lost song man. Jack Antonoff made me cry. Lol.
@@brittneypeyton8498 that rendition of Foreign Girl is one of my all time favorite songs. It feels like he sings it straight from his soul
seen them in concert more than any other artist. i think a part of you changes when you hear them live. if you ever get the chance, please do. jack (lead singer) really tries to keep their concert tickets affordable so that everyone can experience what they create and give to their fans. something cathartic and euphoric. everyone from dads to couples to little kids have tears in their eyes listening to them. thank you for everything bleachers
Just saw them Sunday and omg they were amazing my lady and I loved it sooooo much.... hidden gem
i really want to see them perform “i wanna get better” live, among other songs. definitely going to one of their concerts in the future!
i would if they only ever came to europe!! but they don't
the way you describe seeing them is how I feel about the Airborne Toxic event. you should check them out if you haven't heard them. This is the next band i plan on seeing live when concerts come back.
Joey Maxon only mean ive seen them more than ive seen any other band that I love! X
0:06 everybody lost somebody
5:06 don't take the money
11:27 foreign girls
hi jack antonoff is a genius bye
A nervous sincerity does not easily equate to a man supposedly as famous as this. And yet here he is, giving hope to all us other musicians who feel the introvertedness.
president camacho he's a pretty known introvert as well though.
Raw is the best music poetry we will ever hear.
@president camacho you should be stocking shelves the way you use that label gun
MRCN119T ADD isn’t autism I’m so confused what are u talking abt
Katie Lynn it's on the same spectrum but regardless you can't lable the scenario and it's impact on the individuals. A fantastic performance
I love the stripped down versions of all of the songs he does on here. There is a certain rawness about it and you can hear more emotion
This is refreshing to see since like jack said, their shows are so high energy and just screaming the words and not acknowledging that the songs are sad as fuck and they were written as sad ballads but during the show we can refute that and just yell and have a good time and dance together
Exactly. Gone Now is a sad record. There’s a recurring theme of loss and longing in every song, presented in either an upbeat or mellow production. These kind of stripped down versions of the songs made the lyrical content more meaningful
You can totally hear in Don't Take the Money where The Louvre from Melodrama gets its influence
I didnt get it.
and Supercut too
thats cause lorde co-wrote dont take the money lol
@@lucindad5905 lol true. didn't knew that
She also did the backing vocals in the studio version.
The falsetto / saxophone duet is magic in “Everybody Lost Somebody”.
I think this, if nothing else, makes a case for a Bleachers "Unplugged" album. It's so powerful.
michael faith There is one! MTV Unplugged.
There is one in itunes! ft. carly and lorde! i luv it 😩😩😩
It’s soooo good!! They do an amazing job at dissecting there songs and singing them in a new light and/or angle at a live show
bleachers are so underrated and I will continue to say that
Three years later, and I hope you're still saying this. Just got tickets for the 2021 tour and I can't believe how easy and cheap they were to get. You'd think Bleachers would be bigger given how much more popular Jack has become in the last few years.
I fully agree, but I think they are deliberately not mainstream.
I have no idea why people don't like this... Went straight onto my favourites
same
he dresses like someone's middle aged jewish uncle that is a little jaded about his marraige to his high school sweetheart. I imagine he had on one of those sandals with velcro straps.
dopemcee Lucky his Highschool sweetheart was Scarlet Johansson
was she really though?
thats kinda cool.
Shit, I'd never get over it, the guy's life basically peaked in highschool
i'm living for that look
Ares Thor Mars part of me wishes he is bisexual like me, just so I can at least that one day I could possibly date Jack.
why have therapy when you can rewatch this for free
There's something about the spirit of these songs that keep me coming back to this. It's not that the vocals or music is so impressive, but I can't stay away. Simple melody & earnest lyrics get me every time.
Same.
U should try their pandemic rooftop live versions
Yuuup, same. Stumbling across their Tiny Desk Concert is what got me into them a couple years back and I have always come back to this video every now and again when I’m feeling like I need to feel 😅 I did it again tonight and it still rocked my heart. It’s like a soul cleanse 😂
Never heard Bleachers before, but this was wonderful. Love being exposed to new music. That opening song was so powerful. Thank you!
One of the best live bands touring the US right now. See them if you get a chance.
They are in my top 10 of all times. Their music is super real but with a upbeat sound.
First time ive heard of them yesterday....now im hooked
@@TheAgeOfAnalog Just saw them live on Sunday, Sept. 12th and you are 100% correct. Amazing.
first time I heard "Everybody Lost Somebody, I thought the lyrics were "Everybody Loved Somebody". The realization of my mistake made the song a whole lot more heart aching.
I love Tiny Desk concerts for them being a change of pace for the artists, this is no exception. Cool to see him in this space
Derek Robinson I agree,
i love how his voice perfectly blends into the sax so that you cant tell if its his voice or the saxophone. REMARKABle
This version of Foreign girls got me in tears, it means so much more like this, love Jack Antonoff.
Don’t take the money is truly one of the best songs ever
I watch a ton of these and sometimes I run across one that I have no great expectations for and then I get blown away by how amazing it is.
This is one of those times
This comment
I've listened to countless hours of tiny desk and never seen this one. This hit me at a perfect time and I'm just crying over here.
that sax intro alone gives me goosebumps
you know songs are great when the “stripped down” or “acoustic” versions hold up or are even better than the studio versions
I like around 2:10 when the sax player plays the vocal part with Jack. I don't think he expected and you can tell he was like "hell yah that was cool" ...
This shit right here’s takes the air out of my lungs and makes me feel it.
This version of “Don’t Take the Money” is everything
Im a year late but I have chills from Everybody Lost Somebody
im a year late but same
I feel like when jack does stuff outside of the studio he doesn't feel confident in his voice (why some stuff is spoken, doesn't sing out sometimes) but he has a great voice though!
Favorite NPR. Hearing Bleachers like this makes me appreciate their music so much more. I can't wait to hear them live now.
I couldn’t have said it better myself
Me: crying during the sax solo in foreign girls
Jack: that’s it
they remain terribly underrated
There's something so strangely amazing about the performance of the first song that just keeps bringing me back. Absolutely indescribable!
jack antonoff is a freaking genius. goose bumps.
Don't Take the Money has been my ringtone for a year... for the intimacy of the thing... This made my life!!!
I dont know why I'm just starting to get in to bleachers now but holy heck it really hits me in a major way.
Discovered them few weeks ago and I'm obsessed! Jack is incredibly talented can't stop listening to them
The worst part of this performance is that it's only 3 songs! My first exposure to Bleachers and this is great stuff
That saxophone is LIFE! They all sound absolutely magnificent here, though. Great set
I feel like he is talking to me and expressing his deeper feelings. That was an awesome music performance!
That first song blew me away. Wow. I'm inspired.
October will be my third bleachers concert :)
Been a fan since 2014. Bleachers has been one of the few consistent things in my life.
I'm listening to this for the millionth time while working on a paper for grad school. I think I should just end it with "that's it"
Rick Moranis is sounding great.
Chase Adams I thought the same thing!!
He sings in ludicrous speed....
UncleSully hahahahahahaha omg. At lasting he's not jamming the feed.
Cherefe1771 there’s only one man who would dare give me the raspberry..... lone star.....
UncleSully once upon a time warp....
I'm really happy that they use a saxophone in "Foreign Girls" when they perform live. It makes the song at least 10x more enjoyable. I need to get a live version into my music collection 'cause I have a hard time listening to the studio recorded version, thanks to the way the tinny, squeaky horn melody sounds through my (admittedly not amazing) speakers.
Honey, I Shrunk the Desk.
Chris Readman 😂😂😂
💯
Gah! Cannot unsee! :D!
why have I literally watched this 20 times in the last two weeks omg I can't stop
I've been staying up waaaaay too late several nights discovering everything Jack Antonoff...
It's so wonderful when the artist is like "this is the part you'll cut right?" And Bob just in the background laughing maniacally in his head because _nothing_ gets cut
Everybody Lost Somebody is probably one of the best songs written in modern music. Every time this band plays it , it evolves. And the way people interpret it and can interpret it makes it grow even more. This band and Jack is amazing. Glad he started this project after Fun.
Loud sobbing during the sax solo at the end of Foreign Girls just for him to say that’s it and people clap for my downfall.
This is why they’re my favorite band 😭 I love them so much. And jack, what a creative genius
Words cannot describe how amazing Jack is. Something about the Gone Now album just makes me feel so nostalgic, it’s truly art. 💓
On a platform such as this one you can see their emotions clear as day, which makes their music even more effective. Such an amazing band
I think Antonoff is adorable. Also that's really unfortunate how little of water bottles they have.
blithe- haha good comment.
hes the singer and producer of our generation
I get why people don't like it. It's so different from the well-produced album. To me this video shows that songs are only truly awesome, if you get goosebumps, when a not-so-great singer performs with a Band that sometimes doesn't get the timing right. I loved it!
He does the timing off on purpose tho! He just speaks instead of singing sometimes, jack the man
I actually prefer these to the album versions YEAH I SAID IT
It's because we've all heard the recorded version and are used to it. I personally like this better for sure. It shows we are human with the emotion and the message it conveys.
he is actually a pretty good singer, can you hear that cute little vibrato
It adds a bit of reality and relatability. It's understandable why people might love the beauty of hitting a perfect note, but I think a lot of people want to feel like the creator is just like them.
This song will get you through the break up with someone, who you have loved more than life itself, and then spent the last 7yrs not asking on a single date. Lol
the piano player LOOKS like such an honest, lovely person. marry me, “Mike.”
Wow. Didn't know Jake Peralta moonlights as a musician.
Really just came across him. Music run through him. What’s more, he is very sincere when he sings!
I love how much effort they put in their live versions to make them sound different than the studio/recorded versions. I love this band.
I had the privilege of seeing Bleachers play at LACMA in 2016 for a small event where the museum played The Breakfast Club, and the band played live with a new soundtrack to the movie ... wherever there should be music, the band played their own stuff. It was incredible, and some of these were featured within the frame of the movie as well. It somehow made the movie more relevant and more sincere, if that's even possible.
Wow that sounds amazing!
it finally reached a million views! i am proudly at least 50 of them :')
I watch this video to feel home and loved
This was fucking epic! Can't stop listening! By far my favorite Bleachers performance!
I've watched this so. many. times.
Take my clothes.
first time seeing mr. antonoff sing live n this feels so heartfelt and special wow
Wow. So good! Thank you tiny desk for keeping this aging gen Xer aware of interesting music.
this is real music. thanks.
I always want to cry during Robyn's "Dancing on my Own."
not very polished with live vocals but thats how you can tell how talented of a producer he is. like this is rough but all the studio cuts sound great. and on all the songs for other artists you can here how well he can write and produce.
This offbeat, stripped down version of DTTM slaps way harder than it should.
I didn't expect the Queen bit! Love the Bleachers!
New favorite band! I heard them on pandora a few times and I finally decided to look them up. The emotion they pour out is incredible. The authenticity! This is real art, real poetry, real music. I’m thoroughly impressed. Time to buy their album!
the second song with the drumloop on cassette is a really cool idea though
I saw them a day after this. 9-13-17. I will never forget it. It was my first concert ever seeing my favorite band. Also I was in front against the barriers in front of Mikey. I was almost crying at times. I never thought I’d get to see them again but I get to see them again next year in NJ at shadow of the city. Man am I hyped!
I think this is the best version of "everybody lost somebody"
First time hearing Bleachers, if I had to describe the music in one word, "authentic" is what came to mind. Not sure exactly what that even means lol, that's just what my brain decided. I guess because the music really feels like it's pulling no punches, it's not trying to reel you in or trick you (ironic since he talks about tricking people), it's just honest. The lyrics, the music, the vocals, it's just all so direct and ... authentic.
Who's still listening during Rona
Without a doubt.
Riggy Rick This came out when I was deployed to Puerto Rico for the hurricanes and I listened to itmevery morning then. Same now during virus response. Music makes the hard times more bearable.
Yup still under quarantine going stir crazy but music like this makes it seem less lonely
I come back to this video regularly. I just love it so much.
It's an emotional journey listening to this, music becomes a means to carry the message of love and loss, truly moved!
A rare CZcams moment hitting the like button even before the video started.
Jack please make a piano and sax album on vinyl with all of your more heartfelt songs I need one even if its just made up of audible performances already recorded I need one desperately
0:00 Everybody loves somebody
5:29 Don't take the money
11:38 Foreign girls
Love his passion for every song he sings
How have I missed these guys? They are wonderful! They make me want to sing about my life.
HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE A FEELING GREATER THAN OBSESSED 😍😍😍
Pretty much
Psychotic
Not sure, but I’m feeling it too.
This performance is crack, and I need it.
Consumed
15 minutes of perfection
Went to my first bleachers show recently and it's true, I got really sweaty and really weepy.
Discovered this guy in 2014 and been blessed with great music since then.
One of the best new bands hands down . Seen them twice live and seeing them in Toronto in November CANNOT WAIT
man i love this so much, it really helps me wash my soul clean, all my love to Jack and the boi's for creating such beautiful honest music
Wow, you expressed what I was feeling and couldn't form the word's. Thank you.
Really not a pop guy because all too often it seems like emotional elements are missing but I do enjoy Bleachers.