I agree. But also they are probably used to it by now. Also it's Ariel's band. They are not famous and so they got paid and they are just doing their job. But if they step out of line, they out of the band.
So crazy cuz I grew up with Ariel and went to grade school with him. He was always such a nice, cool guy. I only found out he was doing music and was "famous" like a few months ago. Not many people know this but he's an incredible artist. He used to draw these incredible cartoons back in the day.
background to this: ariel pink was upset for a number of things, mainly how coachella was accommodating him and his entourage i think. he tried ending the set early but when he tried leaving off stage he was confronted and told he had to keep playing. His ex-gf, geneva jacuzzi, also berated him to continue. When he went back up to the stage he refused to sing any of the songs.
This audience is not aware of what they are listening too, they were just there. Ariel Pink did a great job - he hired an awesome band. They played the song great and did their part as they should have. I like this version of the song
i think it was cool to let the band get shine even if that wasnt the intention at least the rest of the band got to look like they wrote a song without the lead singer which is fortifying.
I thought it sounded cool. If anyone, it only made Ariel look bad. You could almost pass it off as "performance art" if Ariel wanted to lie and pretend it was purposeful.
I love this video. He is obviously high or exhausted. He is not even being egotistical. He's bobbing his head, trying. He just can't get past whatever is distressing. The band looks ridiculous only because its such an authentic human moment.
I took a writing class with this cat once many years back and we have mutual creative acquaintances who in form or another have elevated from the masses. Good on him for doing his thing. Sorry the brutha had a bad day though.
What a memory! I remember he was arguing with the sound guy from the beginning. He sang like one song then quit until the end. 2011 was also the peak Kanye performance as well as Caifanes from Mexico. What a great year!
they are amazing anyway!!! i've seen them in barcelona and they were incredible!! nightime... and everybody was into it, half of the pretty huge crowed knew the lyrics ... we were singing .. we had a great great time ... and so did they! thank you guys!!!
annenyctheoriginal I think all the members other than the drummer still play with him though. Theyr'e all there for the KEXP session he did a couple months ago anyway.
hey Ariel, if you're reading this, watching this makes me love you more. Only as a human though, because I'm married to my own funny Cancer guy. No one could compete with Geneva anyway. It's so obvious that she's the only one for you it practically leaks off of you in your interviews. I'm sure she feels the same, just too proud to admit it. It's sad though, sometimes love doesn't turn out the way you want it to. Me and Eric hate each other most of the time. We scream obscenities and threaten and belittle. I guess because we haven't been able to learn to love each other in a regular boring way. Anyway, thanks for reminding me why he's so special. Only love could tear you up like that. Neil Young thinks so too, hey!
'Pink’s draughtsman skills got him into Cal Arts, but he soon switched his focus to music. Fellow student and early Haunted Graffiti member Tim Koh recalls often seeing him at a record store he worked at in 1996: “He always wore these red clogs and a sweatshirt with no shirt underneath-he just looked like a weird guy.” -Andy Beta/Pitchfork
You got that right! PERFECT opportunity....to sing Fright Night, whenever YOU want to...From: Ariel (Die hard fans should be thanking him for this!) lol.
Not my cup of tea to be honest...but I'm happy to see that he's so successful and has such a loyal following. Weird for me to see that he's so "quirky" now because I remember him as being such a "normal" guy.
I like to think this was the very moment Ariel realized he officially jumped the shark. You see Ariel had built his entire career, his aesthetic if you will, after making fun of (while also paying tribute to) the shitty synth pop of the 70's and 80's. His whole gimmick was to playfully mock what was once considered to be bland, commercial, and not particular sonically impressive music. He was having a laugh, ironically playing the music of his childhood most condemned, but slowly becoming more acceptable as a format. Cut to 2010, after years of being a lo-fi hero, endlessly committing to non-releases and various bootleg sounding albums that were even too underground and obscure for the over saturated indie-verse, 'Round and Round' hits, sounding like a lost Todd Rundgren relic. All of a sudden, a mainstream audience and the indie blogosphere embraced Ariel, and soon his sound became commercial, the very thing he once playfully mocked. Therefore Ariel become obsolete, he became the very thing he rallied against. His music became obsolete, no longer having the same meaning if popular to a whole new generation who never would have been into lo-fi beforehand. The people he's playing for in this audience are not in on the joke, they were just there for a festival. In my mind, this was the moment Ariel realized his music was never going to be the same. He still might be playing the same stuff, but once popularity hit, it completely defeated the purpose of the lo-fi aesthetic. That's at least my take anyway. Then again, he could have just been really high ;)
+RockofAgez I thought it was this: "Upset with the levels onstage, Ariel Pink seemed furious and refused to sing. The band battled on, playing a number of tracks, but the American singer stuck resolutely to his stance."
2:56 Hipster kids. This is why you never go to music festivals. You will always find the same kind of people who only go to see Ariel because he's one of the smaller artists, and only the "cool fans" go there. Go to scheduled venues where you can only expect fans to be there.
If you look closely at Ariel's eyes, you can actually see tears rolling down his eyes. I think he was just having one of those fucked up moments like Richie Tenenbaum, but took it out on the poor audience who came out to see him. I like the fact that the rest of the band keeps up with the song as it should be played though, but yet Ariel's vocal and stage presence really lacks.
It's like in Guitar Hero when your controller battery dies
That is one of the funniest RUclips comments I’ve ever read.
@@mushroomleg Exactly!
So creative!
Amazing comment
Underrated comment
His band is class man...to keep rocking on without him, without flashing dirty looks or awkward laughs; shows really good integrity on their part.
@Topher as was I - just excellent!
Or they are just used to his weirdness lol
Shut up
For real. Totally class "A" professionals.
Ariel Pink's music sounded better without him. Lol.
I agree. But also they are probably used to it by now. Also it's Ariel's band. They are not famous and so they got paid and they are just doing their job. But if they step out of line, they out of the band.
I'd refuse to sing too if I knew the festival was sponsored by five gum
ROTFLMFAO
What's wrong with five gum?
Lol I'd leave if bo one would be the sponsor, but five gum? Who cares really.
Yeah is there something I should know about five gum?
@@supergrog5653 Ariel didn't sing because he overdosed on five gum
Ariel Pink has been soundtracking my life for quite a while now.
He decided to experience the show from a fan's perspective just for one song.
he was being jerk because he didn't like the accomodation (true story)
@@dreamshore_music I also thought maybe he was in a k-hole.
@@praszuyeah my first idea is that he’s probably just fucked up lol
Coachella SUCKS this year
why does my peepee come out yellow?
Master Queef tf
Annabelle rocks normie
Well, it's gonna suck in 2020
why does it hurt when I pee
So crazy cuz I grew up with Ariel and went to grade school with him. He was always such a nice, cool guy. I only found out he was doing music and was "famous" like a few months ago. Not many people know this but he's an incredible artist. He used to draw these incredible cartoons back in the day.
Radical
whoops
@David Pinto you too
@David Pinto "jerk" is a massive understatement
wasn't he at calarts for visual art? not shocking but neat anyway. seems like an asshole though lol
Sometimes a dude just needs to jam.
...Instead of singing...
...a song that he wrote himself...
...as the singing part...
+Scott Hall HAHHAAAA!!!
background to this: ariel pink was upset for a number of things, mainly how coachella was accommodating him and his entourage i think. he tried ending the set early but when he tried leaving off stage he was confronted and told he had to keep playing. His ex-gf, geneva jacuzzi, also berated him to continue. When he went back up to the stage he refused to sing any of the songs.
XSeveredManX what a bitch
@@SethTheOrigin couldn't of said it better
woah he dated geneva jacuzzi
amountainmoved *what a baddass
How long did it last?
at least we got this awesome instrumental
But this song doesn't even sound that bad without lyrics tbh
In his Ku klux glam album same song with out lyrics is closing credits
He did it on purpose to make an artistic point about stage fright
Facts
@@PoopyTapWater Stevie sings for the last minute of the song but it's totally different lyrics
it’s called good music.
it's the kareoke version man...chill 😂
😂😂😂
One of my favorites. Ariel is a genius man, modern Indie god.
Ps: Fuck I wanna go back to 2011. Such a great year.
YEAH MAN IT WAS
This audience is not aware of what they are listening too, they were just there. Ariel Pink did a great job - he hired an awesome band. They played the song great and did their part as they should have. I like this version of the song
He should've done his part too
I like this version too ... it’s better when he isn’t in the band performance.
Lol this is his touring band, they’re always with him
@@xxSk8ing4christxx old band
He didn’t “hire” them, the bassist, keyboardist on the left, and drummer helped him write Before Today and Mature Themes.
mfw: you realize you really really don't want to be at Coachella
^^
😅
i feel like this video is the embodiment of my life
yes
i think it was cool to let the band get shine even if that wasnt the intention at least the rest of the band got to look like they wrote a song without the lead singer which is fortifying.
+Jacqua Cooper SHINE?! LOL, they looked like idiots! xD
I thought it sounded cool. If anyone, it only made Ariel look bad. You could almost pass it off as "performance art" if Ariel wanted to lie and pretend it was purposeful.
pfft he's just a badass who doesn't care what people think.
i loved seeing him live.
It's so awesome how the band is completley unphased by his meltdown/anger/retardation.. Doing backups vocs and all haha.. Brilliant..
@@dr.faustus922you single handedly cured all handy capped ppl by defending them in this comment
he do be chillin tho
He didn’t refuse. He was giving his band the spotlight. A very good band.
I love this video. He is obviously high or exhausted. He is not even being egotistical. He's bobbing his head, trying. He just can't get past whatever is distressing. The band looks ridiculous only because its such an authentic human moment.
this video is a weekly ritual
I took a writing class with this cat once many years back and we have mutual creative acquaintances who in form or another have elevated from the masses. Good on him for doing his thing. Sorry the brutha had a bad day though.
I actually really like this version.
Bruh i see tears under those sunglasses
Lmao, at 0:08 thats the guy who models for Golf Wang and is in many of Tyler's videos.
What a memory! I remember he was arguing with the sound guy from the beginning. He sang like one song then quit until the end. 2011 was also the peak Kanye performance as well as Caifanes from Mexico. What a great year!
pretty much the greatest thing ever
they are amazing anyway!!! i've seen them in barcelona and they were incredible!! nightime... and everybody was into it, half of the pretty huge crowed knew the lyrics ... we were singing .. we had a great great time ... and so did they! thank you guys!!!
what a great backing band! love that they just carrried on. Clearly this was the end for the Haunted Graffiti part of Ariel Pink tho...
Yeah, he looked like he just started to not bother....
annenyctheoriginal
I think all the members other than the drummer still play with him though. Theyr'e all there for the KEXP session he did a couple months ago anyway.
Yea, now they have one more keyboardist and one more guitarist too
every time i see the 5 gum logo i think of this video now. thanks, advertising !
Everytime im listening to this song now this video comes into my mind LOL
Instrumental version! Magnificooooo
This is my favourite version of this song! :-)
This was hilarious to me until I found out he was actually crying
Really?
did he sing the following song?
Thats even more hilarious.
How do you know he was crying?
why was he crying?
Peaking*
hey Ariel, if you're reading this, watching this makes me love you more. Only as a human though, because I'm married to my own funny Cancer guy. No one could compete with Geneva anyway. It's so obvious that she's the only one for you it practically leaks off of you in your interviews. I'm sure she feels the same, just too proud to admit it. It's sad though, sometimes love doesn't turn out the way you want it to. Me and Eric hate each other most of the time. We scream obscenities and threaten and belittle. I guess because we haven't been able to learn to love each other in a regular boring way. Anyway, thanks for reminding me why he's so special. Only love could tear you up like that. Neil Young thinks so too, hey!
Yeah, Ariel, keep yo head up Dog
damn the band is pro af
kinda cool watching the coachella vids and hearing instrumental versions of his songs lol
'Pink’s draughtsman skills got him into Cal Arts, but he soon switched his focus to music. Fellow student and early Haunted Graffiti member Tim Koh recalls often seeing him at a record store he worked at in 1996: “He always wore these red clogs and a sweatshirt with no shirt underneath-he just looked like a weird guy.” -Andy Beta/Pitchfork
All these meat riders in the comments pretending he did something great 😆
Everyone learns in art school, it's not what you do, it's what you don't do. "Less is more" cliche. It works!
he needs a book about him. Such an interesting
dude
saw him in a liquor store in silver lake, or was it echo park anyways go to weed shop buy snacks see him buying some drink, guy looked miserable.
Same !!!! Hahaha
ihatescreennames89 you are a sycophant
He is clearly a talented guy!
2:26 I would be like the one with red lenses
WE ARE LOVING THIS
Chewin too much 5 gum
Andrew G delicioso
A great moment in rock
I remember reading about this on Yahoo news. Smartest PR move ever really.
haha yeah Ariel is known for them 9 years later.
When you're too busy chewing delicious 5 GUM
i love ariel pink
i seriously cracked up when he just kept bobbing his head instead of starting to sing. he's fucking hilarious.
one karaoke vid, coming right up
You got that right! PERFECT opportunity....to sing Fright Night, whenever YOU want to...From: Ariel
(Die hard fans should be thanking him for this!) lol.
it's never been straight out confirmed but apparently this was either because he saw his ex-girlfriend backstage or he was just super high
i listened to an interview ariel said something to do with the sound being messed up i think
One of the Ramones was there and said it was the best performance he's ever seen
hahahaha totally
what's even funnier is how the band is totally unphased. "yeah, sometimes he forgets to sing, oh well" haha
Still one of my fav vids
Time to deliver a pizza ball
Not my cup of tea to be honest...but I'm happy to see that he's so successful and has such a loyal following. Weird for me to see that he's so "quirky" now because I remember him as being such a "normal" guy.
Drugs maybe
Ariel Pink is about as exciting to watch as his crowds/fans.
kurts long lost brother who was more of a 70s-80s pop kinda guy
Hipster onision
i love this version
To me it looks like he was about to cry, someone should've given the man a big hug :-(
There was lot of personal stuff that was happening that may have caused him to refuse sing, soon to have meltdown.
3:13 lol
Probably listens to mumble trash rap. Generic Trash music in general
I like to think this was the very moment Ariel realized he officially jumped the shark. You see Ariel had built his entire career, his aesthetic if you will, after making fun of (while also paying tribute to) the shitty synth pop of the 70's and 80's. His whole gimmick was to playfully mock what was once considered to be bland, commercial, and not particular sonically impressive music. He was having a laugh, ironically playing the music of his childhood most condemned, but slowly becoming more acceptable as a format.
Cut to 2010, after years of being a lo-fi hero, endlessly committing to non-releases and various bootleg sounding albums that were even too underground and obscure for the over saturated indie-verse, 'Round and Round' hits, sounding like a lost Todd Rundgren relic. All of a sudden, a mainstream audience and the indie blogosphere embraced Ariel, and soon his sound became commercial, the very thing he once playfully mocked.
Therefore Ariel become obsolete, he became the very thing he rallied against. His music became obsolete, no longer having the same meaning if popular to a whole new generation who never would have been into lo-fi beforehand. The people he's playing for in this audience are not in on the joke, they were just there for a festival. In my mind, this was the moment Ariel realized his music was never going to be the same. He still might be playing the same stuff, but once popularity hit, it completely defeated the purpose of the lo-fi aesthetic. That's at least my take anyway.
Then again, he could have just been really high ;)
+RockofAgez I thought it was this: "Upset with the levels onstage, Ariel Pink seemed furious and refused to sing. The band battled on, playing a number of tracks, but the American singer stuck resolutely to his stance."
+RockofAgez deep stuff.
+RockofAgez deep stuff.
or he was high
Beautifully crafted, true, and agreeable. You should consider writing about music for a living if you don't already do so.
I knew he'd do something artistic but didn't think it would be music. Hats off to good old Ariel Rosenberg.
Mr pink you crack me up. Your the best indi artist on the planet.
This is a good advertisement for 5 Gum
He anticipated 2020
More like 2021 . Dude got dropped
love this artist
he's just enjoying r stevie moore's original version called "closing credits" more
+Valter Sydén actually moore's tracks is based on the instrumental from fright night after it was made, but this could as well be an homage to him
lyrics:
Thank you
hipster?? my ass..
this is good music and I enjoy it!
I think his shirt is the highlight of his performance.
NEW TRUMPETS OF TIME 🎶
Love the instrumental 😅
No one's a douche, everyone is just having a great time.
lol i love this guy
He's like the real life Casey from Tim and Eric
Awkward! Love this version though.
the guy at 3:12 is gone but still notices the camera
HAhhaha! I love how one guy flips them off !
😂 the one only black guy in the crowd with dreads.
hahahhah this is brilliant. doesn't feel like singing today, therefore, doesn't sing. I love.
It sounds like Part Time Band
2:56 Hipster kids. This is why you never go to music festivals. You will always find the same kind of people who only go to see Ariel because he's one of the smaller artists, and only the "cool fans" go there. Go to scheduled venues where you can only expect fans to be there.
gotta love his j-lo earrings tho
3:14 Coachella in a nutshell
Amazing! Whatever...dope instrumental version, plus...now I can sing it karaoke style in front of the mirror!
lmao if i was around that crowd i'd do the same
The music is great this way.
2:33 why was he crying?
+Daniel Rodriguez he spilled his beer over
because it's a bullshit situation but also so thankful for band for carrying through.
3:27 L'estat
i will give my life to see him sing !
the drum setup looks/sounds really fun
3:12 the guy with the white tee shirt
How it feels to chew 5 gum...
I love you no matter what you do ariel.x
If you look closely at Ariel's eyes, you can actually see tears rolling down his eyes. I think he was just having one of those fucked up moments like Richie Tenenbaum, but took it out on the poor audience who came out to see him. I like the fact that the rest of the band keeps up with the song as it should be played though, but yet Ariel's vocal and stage presence really lacks.