Do you know her history? The backdrop to her career and one of her constant themes, is a history of fighting from Sri Lanka and the Eelam. It's interesting....
This song was the shit when I first heard it off a promotional CD back in '05, and it still is. I'd never heard of this M.I.A., except for hearing some songs by her played back to back late one Saturday night on a Canadian college station and hearing the DJs rave about her music---the songs sounded like regular old Jamaican dancehall music to me, which is why I liked it right away. Actually thought she was black before I saw a story on her because of her style of music She's.interesting----both as an artist and a person,too.
There she is brilliant and beautiful as I expect her to be showing Conan and the world just how influential she is with her amazing hopefully award winning music I know she got a Grammy that made me like😁this woman just stood out and became my rap idol I’ll never look at any other artist the same way and I’ll always be here to view clips and support her because she brought me happiness through her unusually outstanding music!🥰💃🏽🔦🥇🥂I FUCKING ADORE THIS WOMANmaybe I’ll go to a show and see her where do I sign!
hey worth watching two really cute brown girls dance funkily and sing rhythms... People like pornographic pop stars... no place here. This is much cooler
@jake27990 I hate these reply-thingies,but I have to correct you: her native tongue is actually Tamil, one of the many languages of India. It's politically incorrect to say that Indians speak Indian, because there's a plethora of different tongues spoken in India. That being said, she spent about 10 years in Sri Lanka, India, and London because she was a refugee and needed to constantly move.
if you like this you cant be snobbish about your latin neighbors keeping you up with their real reggaeton ..just because its packaged for white people doesnt make it any better..has daddy yankee ever been on Conan?..dont think so..and everyone knows thats shit music but this is "fashion"
it's not my music, its everyone's. the reality is she is not much of a singer or musician in any decade. there are some bright spots these days like the killers or jack white. few and far between
First of all this video is from way back in 2005, so your comment is 8 years late, Second of all ah lot of third world countries have been affected by Americas way of promoting their "good will" with self gaining benefits. You need to travel outside the USA and see how other countries see us. I love America and all of the opportunities I have here, and I empathize with the people outside of America that don't have what we have.
Eh, different terms for same ting. All same to me, I see no color, just cute girls. My GF is black, a lighter shade than some, darker than others. Makes no better or worse, she's still a doll to me
Which one is your first. I still remember when I saw her live in NYC back in 2005 it was awesome, but her new album MAYA is not that great it does not have those tribal chants her old albums did, her new album sounds like a Car Factory lol I am waiting to get her new album Matangi 2013
I love love love M.I.A., but this clip just doesn't work. She is not really a live artist. This is not a criticism, because live performance is only one aspect of music now, and not necessarily the most important. If her records sound great, and her videos look great, and she looks good in photos, and also says interesting things in interviews, live performance is really beside the point.
You are SO lucky, I have never got to see her live because I live in shitty ass Indiana. Shes like literally one of the most inspiring people to me, I cant wait for Matangi, but wasnt it supposed to already be out?
Props to Conan for booking MIA so early. esp this tune.
Uh, why? His name is on the show but he doesn't book the guests. It's a good get by his team though.
I love MIA but this was so far off Conan's show lol it felt very unusual
Right
GODDESS *****************************
She is still young in 2020..
People don't really know that M.I.A is a musical genius and that no female artist is COOLER than her😎
Studio Audience is prolly like, "What the hell did I just watch?"
Damn still fire in 2019 She was so ahead of her time
Do you know her history? The backdrop to her career and one of her constant themes, is a history of fighting from Sri Lanka and the Eelam. It's interesting....
Yea I do, it's pretty interesting and somewhat disturbing as well
She's such a badass. She fucking performed on her due date. That's just....just....so cool.
This song was the shit when I first heard it off a promotional CD back in '05, and it still is. I'd never heard of this M.I.A., except for hearing some songs by her played back to back late one Saturday night on a Canadian college station and hearing the DJs rave about her music---the songs sounded like regular old Jamaican dancehall music to me, which is why I liked it right away. Actually thought she was black before I saw a story on her because of her style of music She's.interesting----both as an artist and a person,too.
an amazing combination of dancehall, grime and politically charged rapping.
caroline sucked ass!
She is just to AWESOME for words, love ALL she does
She's one of the best live artists I've seen. I went to her concerts TWICE. CRAYCRAY! She's fucking awesome.
Omg, so glad to find this video! This was the first time I ever saw/heard M.I.A.!! And 9 years later, still obsessed with her music!
its nice how she turned her culture music into rap music n she is sri lankan
Em... Arular was referred to as one of the best albums of the decade. Her other works are also critically aclaimed.
She's so iconic
This beat is still fresh.
nearly 20 years later and this is what music is starting to sound like. way ahead of her time
Conan is King for booking M.I.A.
that dj dude is doing absolutely nothing
dancin
She is my 2nd fav musician of all time though, something about her and her music just clicks with me its hard to explain.
Who’s the first?
I'd love to see her live, she's a visual artist after all so it would probably be interesting
Holy crap is Conan a giant or is she REALLY tiny? XD
Believe it or not she really can sing quite amazingly.
There she is brilliant and beautiful as I expect her to be showing Conan and the world just how influential she is with her amazing hopefully award winning music I know she got a Grammy that made me like😁this woman just stood out and became my rap idol I’ll never look at any other artist the same way and I’ll always be here to view clips and support her because she brought me happiness through her unusually outstanding music!🥰💃🏽🔦🥇🥂I FUCKING ADORE THIS WOMANmaybe I’ll go to a show and see her where do I sign!
she's so damn creative. love it.
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ I went to her performance at S.O.Bs then..
It was lit !!!!!!! Loooooove MIA
this was too early for American sensibility. "Like, what's that dude in the back doing?"
I'm confused, are you saying Americans don't know what a DJ is?
Vince Canger we just don't like shit music! That's why she's on food stamps now
brian b this is not the kind of music one would have expected to see on a show like this. If not for fallon, it still wouldn't be IMO
You don't give us enough credit
Ric Zuniga wat?
Intelligent people like MIA better :p
I remember where I was (on my couch during summer school at UIUC) when I saw this live and then downloaded it and rocked it on my ipod endlessly.
Love her!!!! She is very enjoyable.
who is the chick who is always performing with her?
Miss Cherry
Joseph Guerra Rye Rye
+Kotic Couture as in from rap supreme?!
Indian reggae.......gotta love it!
I'm just researching her/found her because of the Captain Morgan commercials......she seems cool enough!
She is not indian..she is tamil from srilanka..
I don't like ignorant traditionalists...
come on, she's one of the very few artists nowadays who reach mainstream diffusion with lyrics that make sense.
i know right but this song was featured in a car commercial all over the US so they should have some knowledge of the song at least
I remember watching this performance when it originally aired. Thanks for posting
it's because Americans can not understand her accent haha
Such a good song, MIA is awesome but although not quite as good live, then again most rap isn't.
Disagree!! It's always better to see her up dancing and showing off her unique style LIVE! I think the dopest way to see M.I.A. is live.
Paul Hhong she dsnt care about fame.she performs for the message and experience
No problem!!She is so fucking crazyyyy!In Milan she rocked so fucking harddddd!!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is a TV show, she's probably much better live at a concert :) Plus it's really not thaaat bad here
Her live shows are the best thing ever. It was just her and her hypewoman Cherry and they tore shit up. People were literally climbing up the walls.
M.I.A of Avenged Sevenfold Brought Me Here...
hey worth watching two really cute brown girls dance funkily and sing rhythms... People like pornographic pop stars... no place here. This is much cooler
@jake27990 I hate these reply-thingies,but I have to correct you: her native tongue is actually Tamil, one of the many languages of India. It's politically incorrect to say that Indians speak Indian, because there's a plethora of different tongues spoken in India. That being said, she spent about 10 years in Sri Lanka, India, and London because she was a refugee and needed to constantly move.
if you like this you cant be snobbish about your latin neighbors keeping you up with their real reggaeton ..just because its packaged for white people doesnt make it any better..has daddy yankee ever been on Conan?..dont think so..and everyone knows thats shit music but this is "fashion"
M.I.A. was not made for TV appearences but for big festival crowds!
dude this song is great
it's not my music, its everyone's. the reality is she is not much of a singer or musician in any decade. there are some bright spots these days like the killers or jack white. few and far between
como também sou do Sri Lanka sou fã da M.I.A XD
Hola
@lotusssypringa I've been to her concert in Milan and she is CRAZYYYY live!!Best concert of my life!!
also M.I.A doesn't call herself musician. She's an artist
I like MIA live, but I totally can see how people wouldnt.
2:45-3:42 powerful!!!
My favorite singer.....M.I.A
i love MIA but i wouldn't pay to see her live...she doesn't seem very good live
hahahah this is just wrong i was expecting M.I.A by A7X sorry wrong video
Hahaha when Conan comes on you realize how short they are
@PorroFirst "A ruler?" lol
@cutirbigsis12 Means get lost....Get out of here in Patrois....
She's very pretty; That's all that matters N E where !!!
First of all this video is from way back in 2005, so your comment is 8 years late, Second of all ah lot of third world countries have been affected by Americas way of promoting their "good will" with self gaining benefits. You need to travel outside the USA and see how other countries see us. I love America and all of the opportunities I have here, and I empathize with the people outside of America that don't have what we have.
wtf is the dejay pretending to do back there?
Eh, different terms for same ting. All same to me, I see no color, just cute girls. My GF is black, a lighter shade than some, darker than others. Makes no better or worse, she's still a doll to me
Which one is your first. I still remember when I saw her live in NYC back in 2005 it was awesome, but her new album MAYA is not that great it does not have those tribal chants her old albums did, her new album sounds like a Car Factory lol I am waiting to get her new album Matangi 2013
Is Conan O'Brian tall or is it just her ?
I LOVE YOU M.I.A. 😘🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
whats the problem with this show? lol
@RonaanLemos It's Cherry B
They probably cant understand her
Tu a raison. C'est video est un peu bizarre. MIA est une artiste très très bonne mais ici, elle est......
I love love love M.I.A., but this clip just doesn't work. She is not really a live artist. This is not a criticism, because live performance is only one aspect of music now, and not necessarily the most important. If her records sound great, and her videos look great, and she looks good in photos, and also says interesting things in interviews, live performance is really beside the point.
that was awesome. she was one of the best
Yelling like a maniac
I love you Mia.
M.I.A muito fofa s2
so so so cool. So real. Beautiful culture ty m.I.A
conan is so skinny here!!
You are SO lucky, I have never got to see her live because I live in shitty ass Indiana. Shes like literally one of the most inspiring people to me, I cant wait for Matangi, but wasnt it supposed to already be out?
I love M.I.A cuz she is real
well according to wiki lol it is due to be out soon, I will definitively go check her out live.
Yes, please recommend. I'm always looking for new music to listen to. Sam Roberts, Black Keys, etc. Don't send me any Justin Bieber singles.
I grew up during the 70s and 80s...Queen, Stones, etc. Man...I feel sorry for kids if this is the what passes for cutting edge music.
you just made my night xD
first time i heard about her was actually on PBS, she was doing a free concert in NYC
WTF is this?!!!!!!
Yeah I've seen her live and it was a fucking good time. Definitely worth the money. It's nothing like her watered-down TV performances.
do you know who her singing partner is ? Is she part of MIA's 'group'
I love MIA! i don't mean to sound like I don't! and I've liked her since arular, so i will give her a shot live next time she's near by
wtf is this?
when it's loud as fuck it helps too. TV goers miss out on that(even the ones with expensive equipment lol)
this song is pretty old...its like the first song I remember her releasing...she was on Conan?
@ThaRealRyeRye O! hahaha! oops, sorry! p.s. im a huge fan I love your song Sunshine! you're really cool!
WTF
Omg I cant believe how times passed ..I would try doin that galang dance as a kid & now she's a mom
Hai.alicia
They dance fumny!. What the heck? Galang Galang Galanga! Ya ya heeey!
It is my opinion that she is the incarnation of SWAG come to earth.
MIA ES LO MAXIMOOO LA AMO !!!!!! ORIGINALIDAD AL 100%%%%
conan made her look tinyyyyyyy
..or is he just big?