Matt Berninger (The National) - What's In My Bag? [Home Edition]

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  • Matt Berninger, the frontman of The National, shares some of his favorite records from his collection at home. Matt Berninger's debut solo album 'Serpentine Prison' is available from Concord Records.
    Check out his picks:
    Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (LP)
    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (LP)
    Cat Power - Moon Pix (LP)
    Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (LP)
    Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room (LP)
    Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Melting Pot (LP)
    Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (LP)
    Pavement - Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement (LP)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (LP)
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Komentáře • 192

  • @nickfromCO
    @nickfromCO Před 3 lety +245

    Who would've thought The National would be influenced by Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave?

    • @thisstraight3941
      @thisstraight3941 Před 3 lety +76

      I for one am shocked, I thought they were inspired by Iron Maiden and N.W.A

    • @witchestoast8347
      @witchestoast8347 Před 3 lety +1

      @@thisstraight3941 hahahah

    • @paulsandor3522
      @paulsandor3522 Před 3 lety +5

      The sarcasm is strong in you, young jedi! 🎵

    • @keYiis
      @keYiis Před 3 lety +3

      And Tom Waits.

    • @bkipp
      @bkipp Před 3 lety

      Bwaaaahaaaa I know right?

  • @dreamfall8
    @dreamfall8 Před 3 lety +15

    This is the first time hearing Matt's voice...never woulda guessed he sounded like this with his singing voice

  • @PixiesOfficialTV
    @PixiesOfficialTV Před 3 lety +79

    Good taste 👍

  • @mrimreal2
    @mrimreal2 Před 3 lety +188

    For a guy who usually sings slow and drawn out. He sure do talk fast.

  • @TheVinylGuru
    @TheVinylGuru Před 3 lety +101

    The way he puts down the LPs after he’s done explaining had my blood rushing. Lol

    • @ciaran1988
      @ciaran1988 Před 3 lety +6

      I love how he tries to put the first record in the plastic sleeve but then just goes 'ah fuck it'

    • @arnostrydom6446
      @arnostrydom6446 Před 3 lety +3

      Came here looking for this comment 🤣

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 Před 3 lety +110

    Man, once he's done talking about a record it's like he's trying to forcefully eject it from his life.

  • @ernstundsehrbose4060
    @ernstundsehrbose4060 Před 3 lety +44

    Today I've learned, that I treat my records somewhere between Matt beringer and Henry rollins

  • @mattieskola7910
    @mattieskola7910 Před 3 lety +33

    Rain dogs is an amazing Tom Waits record, but I wish they'd finally re-release Bone Machine on vinyl. It's my favourite album of all time.

    • @keelanmurphy9941
      @keelanmurphy9941 Před 3 lety +3

      Swordfishtrombones is the only one I could find in my local store. I'm not complaining, cause I fkn love it, but I'd be a lot less happier if they had, y'know, all of them.

    • @dasein47
      @dasein47 Před 3 lety +2

      totally agree. they've rereleased and remastered pretty much everything else - why not Bone Machine?

    • @JC-kh1gi
      @JC-kh1gi Před 10 měsíci

      Bone Machine is re-released on Island Records now. Comes in fall 2023. Available for preorder

  • @jerihough117
    @jerihough117 Před 3 lety

    Everything you do amazes me!

  • @murraysampson2501
    @murraysampson2501 Před 3 lety +37

    Matt’s never touching my records! Geez!

  • @alexandermjh3528
    @alexandermjh3528 Před 3 lety +2

    More home editions! This is fantastic

  • @TallgrassMeander
    @TallgrassMeander Před 3 lety +3

    My favorite Tom Waits album!

  • @MrJeremydobson
    @MrJeremydobson Před 3 lety +20

    Clearly just had his morning coffee.

  • @lordcaffeine
    @lordcaffeine Před 3 lety +4

    What a great list!

  • @ET-yc4ll
    @ET-yc4ll Před rokem

    I love Matt so much.

  • @Gedu1988
    @Gedu1988 Před 3 lety +4

    "You can hear these guys look at each other when you listen to this music" :)

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 3 lety +16

    Nice ! The Pixies , Leonard Cohen , Nick Cave & Cat Power ! Great taste.

    • @noelc8927
      @noelc8927 Před 3 lety

      @Mauriice Kiing Hard agree. Love The National and Matt's new stuff, but sheesh. Not even one pick surprised me.

    • @2122Hellfire
      @2122Hellfire Před 3 lety +3

      @Noel C You guys are more like living caricatures of music snobs more than you are actual human beings.

    • @michaelclark3195
      @michaelclark3195 Před 3 lety +2

      @@2122Hellfire I'm hearing douchebags in stereo. Total snobs.

    • @tommycscat
      @tommycscat Před 8 měsíci

      I think I remember the tour he's talking about. I saw her (Cat Power) on the Tucson, AZ date, shortly after Moon Pix was released. It was a mid-week show at Club Congress that wasn't very publicized. Still, there was maybe between 25 and 50 people at the show. (Her next stop in Tucson a year or so later for The Covers Record was PACKED.) Prior to August '97, I lived just outside of NYC. First time I saw Cat Power was in '94 at Irving Plaza opening for Guided By Voices. Chavez also played that show. My favorite time back then was Cat Power, Guv'ner and Bardo Pond at the Knitting Factory in Oct. '96 (the night that the Yankees won the '96 World Series.) What Would The Community Think had just came out

  • @user-er3ql2gy9n
    @user-er3ql2gy9n Před 3 lety +2

    Good choice, Matt. Good luck with a new album. Really like it!

  • @steadyrhythms9571
    @steadyrhythms9571 Před 3 lety +6

    man those are some of the best picks I’ve seen in this series. not too obscure, all classics.

    • @ST-xg3gy
      @ST-xg3gy Před 3 lety

      Keep scrolling through the series. A lot of good ones!

    • @steadyrhythms9571
      @steadyrhythms9571 Před 3 lety

      @@ST-xg3gy don’t worry, i have watched quite a few of these.

  • @derfgerps4016
    @derfgerps4016 Před 3 lety +6

    Black Saint is my all time Jazz desert island disk.

  • @danielgranato9002
    @danielgranato9002 Před 3 lety +2

    AWESOME taste. Love The National

    • @jasonchui6226
      @jasonchui6226 Před 3 lety +1

      "he was misunderstood, or understood, I don't know" 😅

  • @12HHoo
    @12HHoo Před 3 lety +2

    Brilliant choices. Nick Cave should be in everyone's collection.

  • @gopisottomayor
    @gopisottomayor Před 3 lety

    Great great greeeeeat list 💙 I clicked when I saw rain dogs and moon pix is one of my favorite albums ever

  • @r.rockwell8609
    @r.rockwell8609 Před 2 lety

    Came solely for the Tom Waits pick up in the thumbnail. Respect. 🖤

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown Před 3 lety +3

    You Want It Darker is Cohen's Black Star -- a fitting farewell send-off!

  • @Alianger
    @Alianger Před 3 lety +4

    Some quality picks

  • @CipherSerpico
    @CipherSerpico Před 2 lety +2

    Nick Cave’s _Ghosteen_ is legitimately one of the most stunningly beautiful Albums I’ve ever heard.
    That entire Trilogy of Albums: _Push The Sky Away, Skeleton Tree, Ghosteen_ … is among the Greatest Artwork of the Century.
    And it’s infinitely greater/more powerful when you think of those 3 Albums-as One cohesive piece of Music, in three Acts.
    _Push The Sky Away_ is like having premonitions of the Apocalypse, where you get this ominous feeling that something horrible is about to happen…
    _Skeleton Tree_ plunges you into the Abyss, where you have to confront a cold, devastating, personal Hell…
    Then, on _Ghosteen_ You have accepted the Hell that you were in; And although it’s heartbreaking, you feel better that you went through it all. And that allows you to ascend into the Heavens.

  • @bacht4799
    @bacht4799 Před 3 lety +1

    Great albums .. 😎👌

  • @TooManyRecords
    @TooManyRecords Před 3 lety +18

    I was today years old when I discovered that I've been mispronouncing my favorite singer's last name for 10 years.

  • @tommasofrancavilla9421
    @tommasofrancavilla9421 Před 3 lety +4

    Amoeba is great! Greetings from Italy!👋

  • @zachthomas5272
    @zachthomas5272 Před 3 lety

    The man is legendary.

  • @brandonvaglio5413
    @brandonvaglio5413 Před 3 lety +8

    I normally gotta be in a specific mood to listen to jazz, but I could throw that Charles Mingus album on anytime. It’s soooo good

  • @pierinmess5415
    @pierinmess5415 Před 3 lety +38

    I see Tom Waits, I click.
    P.S> Charles Mingus is essential listening.

  • @deeg8849
    @deeg8849 Před 3 lety +1

    Dig into my old mans record collection and found the melting pot booker T album. Gave it a Go. awesome grooves

  • @jjgrenwich264
    @jjgrenwich264 Před 3 lety +4

    The Tom awaits album cover is a photo by Anders Petersen from his excellent photo book “Cafe Lehmitz.” He very much deserves an actual mention :)

    • @lillynietz17
      @lillynietz17 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes..Thanks!...I recall the hugging women's name as "Lilly"....

  • @threestringsomg
    @threestringsomg Před 3 lety +3

    Agreed😎 You Want It Darker is Cohen's masterpiece... amazingly Popular Problems is also up there...also great pick with Ghosteen sir.....might even be Caves masterpiece......seems our greats know how to brew up vintage concoctions these days....🤔

  • @hamedyarizade8331
    @hamedyarizade8331 Před 3 lety +1

    great taste

  • @dmlevitt
    @dmlevitt Před 3 lety +5

    I always thought that was tom waits on the rain dog cover too. great picks. we have very similar taste in music.

    • @keelanmurphy9941
      @keelanmurphy9941 Před 3 lety +3

      It's two random people at the very end of the night in a bar in Germany, in case you were wondering.

    • @dmlevitt
      @dmlevitt Před 3 lety

      @@keelanmurphy9941 thanks Keelan. I am embarrassed to be such a huge Tom Waits fan and not know this simple fact. cheers

  • @jamesparkinson3796
    @jamesparkinson3796 Před 3 lety +6

    That’s a great photo of John Lennon in the background.

  • @dave9547
    @dave9547 Před 3 lety +11

    "he was misunderstood, or understood, I don't know" 😅

  • @yairmichaeli267
    @yairmichaeli267 Před 3 lety +1

    Could not agree more with any selection.

  • @wanderingwestgarth5904
    @wanderingwestgarth5904 Před 3 lety +7

    That's some nervous energy being bottled there

  • @alonzomosley7
    @alonzomosley7 Před 3 lety +1

    my Dads favourite Roberta Flack and used so well in the movie Play Misty For Me

  • @r.rockwell8609
    @r.rockwell8609 Před 2 lety

    Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen AND Nick Cave? Elite taste imo

  • @u2acrobata
    @u2acrobata Před 3 lety +3

    Rain Dogs on vinyl !!!!! i'm so jealous !!!!!!

    • @73685
      @73685 Před 3 lety

      My thoughts exactly. They don’t ever say the price tho, and I bet it was $$$$$

  • @skrem23
    @skrem23 Před 3 lety +6

    Pretty cool--but, not so surprising being such a fan of The National--I have every one of Matt's selections in my collection. Musical "Birds of a feather," as they say.

  • @Stelios78910
    @Stelios78910 Před 3 lety +1

    King 👑👑

  • @MaxCuberful
    @MaxCuberful Před 3 lety +3

    Anybody else wishes Mr. Berninger would write a book or start a podcast? I know I do.

  • @michaelcornwell7404
    @michaelcornwell7404 Před 3 lety

    Yo Amoeba, you guys have to bring back the thing where you play a snippet of the album or particular song after they mention it.
    Thanks!❤️

  • @GolferTomATX
    @GolferTomATX Před 3 lety +1

    The Large Marge tee shirt...awesome 🤣

  • @user-ew5up8jw9z
    @user-ew5up8jw9z Před 3 lety +1

    I love the pixies too

  • @Koshirozation
    @Koshirozation Před 3 lety +1

  • @mrchow7398
    @mrchow7398 Před 3 lety +1

    Tom Waits !! Has he done a What's In My Bag ? if not he needs to do one..

  • @mnchls
    @mnchls Před 3 lety +9

    on a sidenote i feel like Matt would be great in an supporting role on a wacky Comedy Bang Bang type show or an offbeat charac(ter) dramedy a la Fargo, the dude just has that kinda energy ya know?

    • @hannahschulz3629
      @hannahschulz3629 Před 3 lety +1

      Not sure if you know, but he and the rest of the National were part of a Comedy Bang Bang sketch awhile ago. Very funny, and definitely available if you search for it haha.

    • @daltonlunn1653
      @daltonlunn1653 Před 3 lety

      He was in the Between Two Ferns movie

  • @H_Oscarsson
    @H_Oscarsson Před 3 lety +1

    @0:44 That's a picture by swedish photographer Anders Petersen from his Cafe Lehmitz book.

  • @73685
    @73685 Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve been looking for rain dogs on vinyl for too long

  • @davidgaliata75
    @davidgaliata75 Před 2 lety +1

    He basically listens to everything I did growing up….. holy shit.

  • @rollingtroll
    @rollingtroll Před 3 lety +1

    Cool to get a peek into rooms and spaces of artists. I see tapes!
    There's some good records but I think the National is on average a better band than most of what Matt Berninger inspires :D.

  • @Dubz9Ball
    @Dubz9Ball Před 3 lety +1

    Nice Roberta flack and booker t and the mgs records

  • @judithbreastsler
    @judithbreastsler Před 3 lety +12

    he looks like a distance runner

    • @yourlastfoe
      @yourlastfoe Před 3 lety +3

      LOL. As a distance runner I can say that your comment isn't going to get the amount of likes it deserves. He literally looks like 75% of the runners/climbers I meet.

    • @Pindapoepert
      @Pindapoepert Před 3 lety +3

      He also reminded me of Walter White during the final episode (Breaking Bad)...

    • @hiagonobre8768
      @hiagonobre8768 Před 3 lety

      @@Pindapoepert Yeah, I always thought he and Walter White looked alike, especially when Walt had a beard.

  • @Alchemistsalon
    @Alchemistsalon Před 3 lety +2

    I was already engaged in a borderline unhealthy fascination with Matt. Then I discovered we have the exact same birthdate. That only confirmed my secret belief we should know each other.

  • @djpaulywood
    @djpaulywood Před 3 lety +4

    the sound of the records being tossed ........

  • @ChrisGreen-kn2ob
    @ChrisGreen-kn2ob Před 3 lety

    Nicely done Matt... a little fast on the dialogue though 🤔 The National was the last live concert I saw before the world went sideways with COVID-19... I miss live music!

  • @madeleine967
    @madeleine967 Před 3 lety

    love the photo of Bob Dylan in whiteface peeking out from behind Matt's shoulder

  • @nicomorales1996
    @nicomorales1996 Před 3 lety +9

    he seems like a cool dad

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown Před 3 lety +2

    If he doesn't have a Podcast, he ought to 'cuz I'd definitely subscribe to it!

  • @DL-ty4cu
    @DL-ty4cu Před 3 lety

    these make sense

  • @09rosette1
    @09rosette1 Před 3 lety +1

    Matt, we have the same record collection. We should go on holiday together.

  • @andrewmair7371
    @andrewmair7371 Před 3 lety

    Back in the post-mid 20th C whenever I loaned precious vinyl (to only the most trusted) I always said: “No scratching, no cover-bending!” - Won’t be loaning any vinyl to Matt anytime soon…!☝️😆 (Yes, good taste tho… Rain Dogs by far my fave Tom Waits. Classic. Mule Variations runner up) 😁

  • @yourlastfoe
    @yourlastfoe Před 3 lety +6

    My god this dudes musical taste is beyond eclectic AND admirable.

    • @mnchls
      @mnchls Před 3 lety +4

      eclectic? not knocking on his picks or on Matt in general but this is far from truly eclectic

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, solid choices.

    • @VictorLugosi
      @VictorLugosi Před 3 lety

      It’s really not tho..

    • @yourlastfoe
      @yourlastfoe Před 3 lety +3

      @@mnchls Eclectic : deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
      Roberta Flack, Tom Waits, Cat Power, Pixies, Leonard Cohen, Booker T and the Mg's, Mingus, Pavement and Nick Cave.
      Buying Soul, Funk, Jazz, Indie Rock, Post-Punk and Folk records certainly fits the description of "eclectic". Because he didn't name some avant garde band with only 20 fans doesn't make his picks NOT "eclectic".

    • @mnchls
      @mnchls Před 3 lety +3

      uh, well, it's all western music with standard instrumentation (and all critically acclaimed by the US/UK press). again, i'm not saying these are bad picks (huge pavement fan right here!) or that Matt is being insincere in any way, shape or form (hardly, because he's such a sweetheart)... but time and time again artists in this series are lauded (usually by members of their fanbase) for having such broad and diverse tastes - in your own words "beyond eclectic and admirable" - when, really, as in this case, their selections are not entirely diverse, in addition to being pretty obvious and on-the-nose, especially where the national's sound is concerned. the best WIMB installments feature leftfield, unorthodox, or unexpected picks that you wouldn't normally associate with that artist, because you feel like you're getting a chance to learn something about them and their process/influences in depth and detail. i also love seeing big and well-known musicians use their platform/audience to promote lesser-known stuff that isn't typically talked about. i mean, if i wanted to hear some middle-aged white dude sing the praises of waits and the pixies, i can get that pretty much fucking anywhere. so yeah, if you're really honestly into that obscure avant-garde ensemble known by only twenty people, then by all means shout it from the rooftops and spread the love. leonard cohen doesn't need anymore fucking press.

  • @craigwheeler3837
    @craigwheeler3837 Před 3 lety

    Well I have Tom Waits & Booker-T.....guess I got to go shopping

  • @Vie9724
    @Vie9724 Před 3 lety

    Can you give us a easy tutorial for this beautiful song of yours “Take me out of town - (for beginner)? I will appreciate that. Thanks a lot.

  • @silbuckley4756
    @silbuckley4756 Před 3 lety

    Trata con más cariño a los vinilos, Matt!

  • @nickmoss2046
    @nickmoss2046 Před 3 lety +1

    I now know I have the same taste as my indie dad.

  • @jaredbaez5457
    @jaredbaez5457 Před 3 lety +7

    He's such an introvert

    • @rollingtroll
      @rollingtroll Před 3 lety +2

      Ever seen him live? Autistic springs to mind. And there's no negative connotation there :).

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Před 3 lety +1

      @@rollingtroll gary numan has aspergers and he makes it kick ass.

    • @rollingtroll
      @rollingtroll Před 3 lety

      @@te9591 yup, so do I and most people couldn't tell. Bit autistic people are like people; all different :D

    • @elyy0345
      @elyy0345 Před 3 lety

      How can you tell? I've noticed how at concerts he's always like nervous while making jokes at the same time. That's me whenever in public.

    • @quasiotter
      @quasiotter Před 3 lety

      @@rollingtroll i totally get that vibe, too! (i'm on the spectrum myself)

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp Před 3 lety

    I...I always thought that was Tom Waits..!😳

  • @timtom904
    @timtom904 Před 3 lety +1

    Shoulda thrown some REM in there!

  • @NotTheRedBaron8
    @NotTheRedBaron8 Před 3 lety

    Fling the records across the room why don’t ya?

  • @bassicdiego
    @bassicdiego Před 3 lety +1

    Ghosteen is his best besides Murder Ballads

  • @alexandonie3171
    @alexandonie3171 Před 3 lety

    What is the name of the song at the very end?

  • @SuperDriven1
    @SuperDriven1 Před 3 lety

    Spazzzz....lol

  • @Gerzzo
    @Gerzzo Před 3 lety +4

    Wheres the Afghan Whigs

  • @IndieBassJA26
    @IndieBassJA26 Před 3 lety

    black saint and the sinner lady... iykyk

  • @Cheezumz002
    @Cheezumz002 Před 3 lety

    I want James May on here.

  • @markm668
    @markm668 Před 3 lety +11

    Do you think this guy drinks too much coffee?

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Před 3 lety +1

      Not enough.

  • @GrindhouseFunhouse
    @GrindhouseFunhouse Před 3 lety +6

    Love your picks but gotta be gentle with your vinyls man. 😜

    • @alexanderperez5636
      @alexanderperez5636 Před 3 lety +17

      "Love this album!"
      *flings against wall*

    • @rollingtroll
      @rollingtroll Před 3 lety

      Vinyls is not a word!
      Also as long as they are in the sleeve, they can handle this. The sleeves maybe not so much, but you don't play those.

  • @PanosSG55
    @PanosSG55 Před 3 lety

    Did he have to catch a train or something shorty after this? Good choices btw

  • @kassandrakid9440
    @kassandrakid9440 Před 3 lety +1

    What’s your favorite album that he showed? Mine is moon pix. He’s also very right about her live performances. But of course all of his picks are good.

  • @davidgangemi3314
    @davidgangemi3314 Před 3 lety

    No Beefheart?🤔

  • @jamesgwarrior1981
    @jamesgwarrior1981 Před 3 lety +2

    How’s that solo of his? Any thoughts from Amoeba 🦠 fans? That was also my first pixies. 🧚‍♂️🧚 did not yet know wanted Surfer Rosa but guess that doesn’t matter when you but the entire 🧚‍♀️ catalog 😁

  • @peepnox7747
    @peepnox7747 Před 3 lety +1

    Guess what’s in my bag

  • @jasonchui6226
    @jasonchui6226 Před 3 lety +1

    Why his speaking voice sound like every background character on bobs burgers

  • @TheGorillafoot
    @TheGorillafoot Před 3 lety

    Where are the music samples?

  • @michaelbanks2401
    @michaelbanks2401 Před rokem

    Pixies greatest most compelling band of the 80s. David Bowie

  • @MichaelSalmons64
    @MichaelSalmons64 Před 3 lety

    Could... have... picked.... ANY.... Tom Waits record????? O_O

  • @ovnimoon
    @ovnimoon Před 3 lety

    WOW so freshhh music .... :S

  • @Chevalier_de_Pas
    @Chevalier_de_Pas Před 3 lety

    "Roberta Flack the whole way home..."

  • @annaagustivime3940
    @annaagustivime3940 Před 3 lety

    Acabo de descobrir aquesta meravella gràcies a un amic amb qui compartim gustos musicals,li vaig dir:em sembla una barreja entre Nick Cave i Micah P.Hinson,la seva selecció em sembla fabulosa,adoro tot el q conec i compartim.

  • @emmet5503
    @emmet5503 Před 3 lety +2

    Goddamn, be gentle with those Matt!

  • @tomboyd8
    @tomboyd8 Před 3 lety +6

    This is a masterclass in how you shouldn't handle your vinyl records.