I’ve watched 5 times in the last day. What a gem. Composition skills on 11. Vocal skills unreal. And most of all… just an unforgettable track. In more ways than one. I got Prince vibes toward the end when she was belting those notes out. 🙌 I’m both melting and dancing at the same time which I don’t know If i’ve ever experienced before
I love her voice, it's so ambiguous. I had no idea what she looked like when I first heard it. Man or woman? Black or white? Young or old? What a rollercoaster of a song!
I don't know how I've only just come across this in 2022! Beautiful voice with incredible range and varied textures, original song structure and incredible musicality. Simply beautiful. x
A few years back I fell asleep watching PBS. Middle of the night I was awaked by the music of Tune Yards on Austin City Limits. I was literally in a trance. Would love to see them live. The music is inventive, and her voice reminds me of Janis Joplin. Her range and the power in her voice are just amazing.
This is why I miss having a car. Where else but on the highway with the windows up could I try to sing along to this without people throwing rocks at me?
Just heard this for the first time: March 2021... It ended & I literally said out loud "WOW!" right before the guy says it... Her vocals are amazing. I love the true originality. She is not trying to sound like anyone else. Time to listen again~
That's not all of them, there's people who play sax, and do precession and at some point or another everyone has a part in vocals, but I do still love her 🙏
My favorite song right now. AMAZING!!!! One of the most incredible voices I've ever listened to! She gives me the chills in a good way :) Would love to see a live show soon!
Man ages ago I was watching Conan and the musical guest was a single female.. She starts knocking on her guitar, stomps pedal, lays rhythmic vocal part, stomps, guitar pattern, stomps... And so on. It wasn't anything id ever listen to had I just heard it on the radio per say, but seeing her build it all on her own and how simple but impossibly simple, and simply how epic it was.. I was instantly a fan. That woman was not this woman. I'd listen to this had I not seen tbe process as the song is just raw and wild and also soft and precision perfect. And seeing the process just made me smile. Reminded me when some lone maybe 20 yr old woman got herself one very unlikely fan because whether my style or not, there was no watching her without admitting she was awe inspiring..... And this in my opinion/preference is that times 5. P.s. I watched the heart attack video then this. Ive never heard of Tune Yards before this. Edit: the woman I was talking about at first that was not this one, her name is KT Tunstill song was Black Horse And a Cherry Tree
I just discovered tune yards tonight and listened through 4 albums. It's is the most beautifully eccentric music I have ever heard in my life. Thank God, music and originality is not dead!
I have watched this video probably 100+ times. She lays down the drum track, a vocal loop, plays the Uke, and drops a mind blowing vocal range and you focus on the bass? I could learn that bass line in a couple of hours easily, but I could NEVER replicate what she is doing. There is an amazing musician on display and it isn't the bass player.
@@randyg3778 she can't play the bass too obv. Lol no I love Merrill! Idk why I said that 4 yrs ago but I must have been particularly feeling the bass that day.
She genuinely has such an amazing voice and the way she syncs everything so perfect is mind blowing. I agree with everyone else she gives me chills listening to her.
In 2018 I cycled the circumference of the big island of Hawaii and found this song on that ride. I listened to it for hours on repeat and still love it to this day. Listen every time I’m on a long bike ride :)
So this is my first exposure to this band. I haven't been able listen to this enough. Right now its her power bouncing around inside my head for the last few days >_
My god, what a voice/spirit and musical sensibility. This tune is just stripped down to such bare essentials (all the more better to hear her beautiful sexy voice) and still delivers so powerfully. When those harmonies come in toward the end... perfection.
I've been going on a cruise for years now and for this upcoming cruise (2019) it was just announced tUnE-yArDs will be going/performing! I've only heard one song by them (Gangsta) but really liked it and after hearing this news I'm now starting to bounce around RUclips to hear more. This should be quite the show...
I really love tuneyards, I remember when I accidentally discovered when I was 12. I was playing around on the TV and I went OnDemand and I went to rock, so I could tease them, because I thought rock n rollers were crazy. I then saw tuneyards, so I clicked it and it was the song bizness. I didn't like it at first, but then I actually watched it and I was like this is cool and from there I became a Tuneyards fan. it was the best accident I ever did in my life. I've been a Tuneyards fan for 5 years. im 16
Back to just say how unreal this is. My mind is BLOWN. One of the most powerful performances of all time. Years later, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. So glad Spotify randomly played me this song, once. 💖
Come to Austin, Texas, please. I am a musician and I have never loved music more than this. Absolutely beautiful, magical...art. Thank you so much for what you do. Life-changing.
Only heard this tune 3 days ago. Before then, had never even known of the group. I find strength in my vulnerability so it replenishes me to bare all, in tRuTh…. Wishing wells & eternal springs comparatively couldn’t hold a candle to the live giving waters you’re mastery here produced. This song saturates the dehydrated parts of me that once nourished eons of acres, my lush & timeless source. Your words are the gravity inside the depths of my fractal heart, the instrumentation’s resonance vibrates with the wholeness my soul, provides definitive distinction when played in reverse and then once again from the start. A serendipitous encounter with artistr. I’m bound. ⛓ ⛓ ⛓ Fated & seemingly bound. The universe provided so I found a savior in an Earth Angel disguised as an Oak Town locksmith. 🔑s you’ve provided to unlock my mental constraints. Sleep deprivation, ✔️ PTSD from unhealed childhood wounds ✔️✔️, the insanity & honest hope to magically transmute villain who who holds your heart, feeds u poison into an Elixir Antidote. No victim am I, although disillusionment pervades willing participant of a narcissist’s love, a 5 yr charade. 3 days ago was the eNd of half a decade worth of bliss, betrayal, torture masked as rescue; all of which since adolescence id been groomed, chose as an adult, result- I’d become addicted to. This song so recently unbeknownst to me instantly gave me oxygen when the pressure against my lungs increased. Incessantly trying to mend, perpetually perplexed. I ain’t been to sleep in 2 years, you’ve done what I couldn’t, miraculously provided the perfect atmosphere for my mind to rest. Eternally grateful an understatement. Indebted, one at best. I pray the destination of desires always be at your shores, & your blood line forever be blessed. ✌🏾
Love the transition into different genres of music here. Soft quiet melodic, to a clean alt. rock star voice, then to a style that mimics almost some sort of quasi-reggae, shouting words in bursts. Then at the highs at the end. This range in style is really what does this song for me, not just the range in pure vocals. Also, listening to this on Spotify, I thought for sure this was a man, but then I heard the highs and had to go look up the singer. Possible that upon learning she is a woman, I like it even more haha. As an aside, I really believe it's indie bands similar to this that really house more creativity than the popular music we are mostly exposed to. I think almost every artist that has "made it' certainly has a degree of talent. But can you really imagine Taylor swift looping her own percussion, background vocal, and ukulele on top of singing? I can't. Sorry.
This is my first time hear of Tune-Yards and Hot Damn, She’s amazing, they are amazing, not trying to not give guy on base his props. She’s fucking stellar! This track is Fire!!! ❤️🎼🔥
She hits those high notes so naturally, wow.
I watch this about 5 times a year, it's something I look forward to
Haha me too! It's so good
Me too!!
Seriously! Same several times a year and so fun to share with peeps that have never heard or seen it before!
Me too
I’ve watched 5 times in the last day. What a gem. Composition skills on 11. Vocal skills unreal. And most of all… just an unforgettable track. In more ways than one. I got Prince vibes toward the end when she was belting those notes out. 🙌
I’m both melting and dancing at the same time which I don’t know If i’ve ever experienced before
I love her voice, it's so ambiguous. I had no idea what she looked like when I first heard it. Man or woman? Black or white? Young or old? What a rollercoaster of a song!
In that way, it’s a powerful, pure human voice. With some grit
Couldn't agree more!!! It's a lil masterpiece and I'm so glad Spotify recommended those two to me 😻😻
In my head I saw a man who sounded like a woman who maybe looked like Prince lol. I was pleasantly surprised.
samesies. it’s why I love it.
I'm black and she surprised me more than Bobby Caldwell lol 🤣 so soulful 💛🖤💚
If tUnE-yArDs is touring and visits anywhere within a 200 mile radius of your town ... GO ! She is fantastic live.
Holy shit man her range is fucking insane. Dayummm
I don't know how I've only just come across this in 2022! Beautiful voice with incredible range and varied textures, original song structure and incredible musicality. Simply beautiful. x
those opening ukelele notes murder me every time. So beautiful.
it's all about the build
RIP
💯
A few years back I fell asleep watching PBS. Middle of the night I was awaked by the music of Tune Yards on Austin City Limits. I was literally in a trance. Would love to see them live. The music is inventive, and her voice reminds me of Janis Joplin. Her range and the power in her voice are just amazing.
This is why I miss having a car. Where else but on the highway with the windows up could I try to sing along to this without people throwing rocks at me?
when the big epic vocal part kicks in towards the end I lose my shit.
It plasters a stupid grin on my face and he me reaching for the volume up every time.
pure magic.
Just heard this for the first time: March 2021... It ended & I literally said out loud "WOW!" right before the guy says it... Her vocals are amazing. I love the true originality. She is not trying to sound like anyone else. Time to listen again~
Amazing. I can't believe I resisted this band for so long. True talent, soul, and musicality.
+George Reagan I hear ya, man. I just discovered them about a month ago and I feel like I've been wasting my life until now.
listening to merrill’s voice is a spiritual experience in itself. thank you, god.
she had me at "wanna do powa next?"
why is she such a genius??? dude plays bass, she's the whole rest of the band: vocals, percussion, all the instruments...daaayum, girl!
That's not all of them, there's people who play sax, and do precession and at some point or another everyone has a part in vocals, but I do still love her 🙏
2018 just finding this.. I feel like I just heard something no one else knows about.
this woman gives me chills all over when she does the oohs at the end
My favorite song right now. AMAZING!!!! One of the most incredible voices I've ever listened to! She gives me the chills in a good way :) Would love to see a live show soon!
I've probably watched this video over 100 times. Still amazing.
5 years later, and I'm still watching this video whenever I think of it.
Man ages ago I was watching Conan and the musical guest was a single female.. She starts knocking on her guitar, stomps pedal, lays rhythmic vocal part, stomps, guitar pattern, stomps... And so on. It wasn't anything id ever listen to had I just heard it on the radio per say, but seeing her build it all on her own and how simple but impossibly simple, and simply how epic it was.. I was instantly a fan.
That woman was not this woman.
I'd listen to this had I not seen tbe process as the song is just raw and wild and also soft and precision perfect. And seeing the process just made me smile.
Reminded me when some lone maybe 20 yr old woman got herself one very unlikely fan because whether my style or not, there was no watching her without admitting she was awe inspiring..... And this in my opinion/preference is that times 5.
P.s. I watched the heart attack video then this. Ive never heard of Tune Yards before this.
Edit: the woman I was talking about at first that was not this one, her name is
KT Tunstill song was Black Horse And a Cherry Tree
I just discovered tune yards tonight and listened through 4 albums. It's is the most beautifully eccentric music I have ever heard in my life. Thank God, music and originality is not dead!
been a fan of tuneyards for a while, love the shit out of them but had no idea the vocalist was female. she is incredible i love this so much.
Antonia Trovato The mustache probably didn't help your confusion....
STFU, Merrill is a Goddess.
Antonia Trovato i had to find out what "he" said "my man likes me from behind" lol
I was always split between masculine female and effeminate male
Late to the game but IN LOVE with this fucking amazing song. TUnE-yArDs just fucking kills me with the awesomeness...
This song never ever gets old. Just love it
Bass is so overlooked but SO fundamental.
And percussion. She sits upon her drumming throne, y'see.
You bass players are so... Sensitive about your role.
I'm playing..... Kind of
@@justsomeyoutuber222 Thats why he is is Tune Yards
I have watched this video probably 100+ times. She lays down the drum track, a vocal loop, plays the Uke, and drops a mind blowing vocal range and you focus on the bass? I could learn that bass line in a couple of hours easily, but I could NEVER replicate what she is doing. There is an amazing musician on display and it isn't the bass player.
@@randyg3778 she can't play the bass too obv. Lol no I love Merrill! Idk why I said that 4 yrs ago but I must have been particularly feeling the bass that day.
amazing voice and talent! I seriously got goose bumps listening to this! very well done tune yard!!
i can definately relate.
Like won’t cut it. Need an ‘utter obsession’ button for this masterpiece
I've played this dozens of times. Reminds of the times right before hurricane maria in 2017....
She genuinely has such an amazing voice and the way she syncs everything so perfect is mind blowing. I agree with everyone else she gives me chills listening to her.
This song is so amazing I'm happy this video exists.
In 2018 I cycled the circumference of the big island of Hawaii and found this song on that ride. I listened to it for hours on repeat and still love it to this day. Listen every time I’m on a long bike ride :)
This is my favorite song!!
She makes it look so easy. Amazing.
her voice is a force of nature
Wow she's incredible and this song hits my soul! Beautiful..the ranges in her voice and the music is stunning 😍
Still listening during the corona quarantine. This song brings me to life during the darkest of times
Favorite ukulele song besides somewhere over the rainbow
I love how you can hear Merrill vocalising under her breath to keep the time when she's recording the drum loops. I always wondered how she did that.
So this is my first exposure to this band. I haven't been able listen to this enough. Right now its her power bouncing around inside my head for the last few days >_
her dynamics never get old...need to catch 'em live!
I can't stop watching this version
It's so gooood
My god, what a voice/spirit and musical sensibility. This tune is just stripped down to such bare essentials (all the more better to hear her beautiful sexy voice) and still delivers so powerfully. When those harmonies come in toward the end... perfection.
This song is amazing. I was blown away when I learned the singer is a woman! AMAZING! I'm so impressed. I'm in love.
Ahhhh!!! So cool and unique!!!!! This song gives me chills her vocals are just plain impressive
Just got by 2 year notification of discovering this song, and it’s still my favorite. 💖
I've been going on a cruise for years now and for this upcoming cruise (2019) it was just announced tUnE-yArDs will be going/performing! I've only heard one song by them (Gangsta) but really liked it and after hearing this news I'm now starting to bounce around RUclips to hear more. This should be quite the show...
the "woah" wails on this version are by far my favorite :)
WOAH
This video just made my dreams come true. Have always loved "powa", but seeing Merrill build it, layer by layer, makes it all the more beautiful.
Still gives me shivers to listen to this! I had the privilege of seeing her live a few years back. Still one of the best concerts i’ve been to
I really love tuneyards, I remember when I accidentally discovered when I was 12. I was playing around on the TV and I went OnDemand and I went to rock, so I could tease them, because I thought rock n rollers were crazy. I then saw tuneyards, so I clicked it and it was the song bizness. I didn't like it at first, but then I actually watched it and I was like this is cool and from there I became a Tuneyards fan. it was the best accident I ever did in my life. I've been a Tuneyards fan for 5 years. im 16
Back to just say how unreal this is. My mind is BLOWN. One of the most powerful performances of all time. Years later, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. So glad Spotify randomly played me this song, once. 💖
Seriously my favoritest of favorite songs!!!
Her voice & style... Love her!
Her voice is probably my favorite sound in the world.
Chris Antepenko preach
What an amazing powerful voice she has...Love this!
Definitely cant stop listening to this somg just found it. If she played next to me all the way singing i could climb mt everest!!!
Raw fresh playful lettered cleanliness!! Happy music
Come to Austin, Texas, please. I am a musician and I have never loved music more than this. Absolutely beautiful, magical...art. Thank you so much for what you do. Life-changing.
Acl my friend, gonna see them there!!
I love the idea of using the mic stand as an addition to the drum loop 😂So brilliant
I wish she worked at my work and every once in a while just started singing. Make work easier!
Acoustics very good in bathrooms pinhead as you probably use a bucket
marco picasso witty retort my friend.
Wow. Haven't seen such talent in a while. Gotta look for a concert ticket..
She jams so hard. I fucking love this video.
Very fortunate to have crossed paths with Powa !
My EXACT thoughts!!! My new "wake the fuck up" morning jam :)
Only heard this tune 3 days ago. Before then, had never even known of the group. I find strength in my vulnerability so it replenishes me to bare all, in tRuTh…. Wishing wells & eternal springs comparatively couldn’t hold a candle to the live giving waters you’re mastery here produced. This song saturates the dehydrated parts of me that once nourished eons of acres, my lush & timeless source. Your words are the gravity inside the depths of my fractal heart, the instrumentation’s resonance vibrates with the wholeness my soul, provides definitive distinction when played in reverse and then once again from the start. A serendipitous encounter with artistr. I’m bound. ⛓ ⛓ ⛓ Fated & seemingly bound. The universe provided so I found a savior in an Earth Angel disguised as an Oak Town locksmith. 🔑s you’ve provided to unlock my mental constraints. Sleep deprivation, ✔️ PTSD from unhealed childhood wounds ✔️✔️, the insanity & honest hope to magically transmute villain who who holds your heart, feeds u poison into an Elixir Antidote. No victim am I, although disillusionment pervades willing participant of a narcissist’s love, a 5 yr charade. 3 days ago was the eNd of half a decade worth of bliss, betrayal, torture masked as rescue; all of which since adolescence id been groomed, chose as an adult, result- I’d become addicted to. This song so recently unbeknownst to me instantly gave me oxygen when the pressure against my lungs increased. Incessantly trying to mend, perpetually perplexed. I ain’t been to sleep in 2 years, you’ve done what I couldn’t, miraculously provided the perfect atmosphere for my mind to rest. Eternally grateful an understatement. Indebted, one at best. I pray the destination of desires always be at your shores, & your blood line forever be blessed. ✌🏾
Nothing but soul. Gotta love it.
Just insanely, joyously good. One of those songs that simply makes everything seem alright.
Love the transition into different genres of music here. Soft quiet melodic, to a clean alt. rock star voice, then to a style that mimics almost some sort of quasi-reggae, shouting words in bursts. Then at the highs at the end. This range in style is really what does this song for me, not just the range in pure vocals. Also, listening to this on Spotify, I thought for sure this was a man, but then I heard the highs and had to go look up the singer. Possible that upon learning she is a woman, I like it even more haha.
As an aside, I really believe it's indie bands similar to this that really house more creativity than the popular music we are mostly exposed to. I think almost every artist that has "made it' certainly has a degree of talent. But can you really imagine Taylor swift looping her own percussion, background vocal, and ukulele on top of singing? I can't. Sorry.
I’m sure she’s capable of it. The looping and vocals and percussion isn’t the limitation, I don’t think. The style - absolutely.
Absolutely blown away! This is my new jam!
Thank you, Tell Me Lies, for bringing me to this phenomenal song.
me too
I had goosebumps the entire video.
This is magical .
Really enjoyed the comments about setting up the loops. You make it look effortless!
What a stunning force of nature
Should have like 10x views... legit.
Thank you for so many vibes and happy thoughts.
You shine one sister!
My God, I absolutely love your music!
just wow. chills. shivers. making me feel real feelings. bravo!
simply amazing music genius skills through the roof
You have exquisiteness crawling all over you. Please keep making music. Please.
So feelin' the powa right now.
I think that i love this song that you two made. Congratulations!!.
Came back again to say this never not amazes me how well they pull this off.
WOW!! That was incredible.
baby you are the powa inside this old boy breathtaking
what an absolute goddess
Amaaaazing. So perfect live.
so good!got into them a while ago and this is one of their very best!
Only 4 tissues this time through... f'n love it. Cheers.
Wow she sounds like Steve Perry. First time I heard this song I thought it was female and Male on vocals but she does it all. Impressive
This just blew my miiiiiiiinnnd.
Her voice is absolutely incredible
ok, this is fire, im definitely a fan.
That was fucking amazing. I don't know how I got here, but damn, thank you.
Still loving this ❤️
incredible i get goosebumps every time
So Powafull! I LOVE THIS SONG
Phew! . . . to put into words?!?!?- INTENSE!!! Innovative, Sizzling HOT; Animalistic, raw! . . . & DAMN--those VOCALS-MIND BLOWING! ('Killa' track! =oP)!
This is my first time hear of Tune-Yards and Hot Damn, She’s amazing, they are amazing, not trying to not give guy on base his props. She’s fucking stellar! This track is Fire!!! ❤️🎼🔥
This was amazing.
I’m in love with this woman
love love love her