Someone asked me to check out The National - About Today (Reaction!!)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @poloreacts27
    @poloreacts27  Год назад +5

    Thanks for checking out my video please be sure to like the video. Also, I just want to say thanks for watching my crazy reactions! If you enjoy what I do on this channel consider supporting me. 70% of my videos are not monetized. Between setting up the studio daily, filming, editing, thumbnails, and research that all take away from my family, you motivate me to put out content daily. Consider buying me a coffee here www.buymeacoffee.com/poloreacts or my Patreon www.patreon.com/poloreacts PEACE!!

  • @mitchalday
    @mitchalday Год назад +22

    Thanks so much for taking my request, Polo!! This made my day!

  • @justsomeconcertvideos7254
    @justsomeconcertvideos7254 Год назад +12

    My favorite band of all time, seen them live like 10 times and every time they play this i get goosebumps. Thank you for checking it out.

  • @ronparsons8786
    @ronparsons8786 Год назад +8

    Polo, the National are my favorite band and have been since 2004 when I caught them at the dumpy little House of blues in San Diego.
    It is not the most accessible music in the world, but the "Sad Dads" as they are known have a unique sound mixed with incredibly thoughtful if sometimes abstract lyrics.
    Some of their songs have been used in commercials and movies as well.
    This song is a great example of their slow mopey music. I need my girl is another prime example of this.
    But they have many bangers.
    Terrible love
    Fake empire
    Bloodbuzz Ohio
    Lit up
    Graceless
    England
    Apartment story
    Etc etc
    And they are absolutely incredible live. In fact many of their songs translate better live than on the sometimes muddy production of their studio versions IMO

  • @graemedevine9651
    @graemedevine9651 Год назад +10

    The National are the most underrated band on earth, they sing the truth, their albums are powerful, their new album is incredible, brings out emotions from everywhere.

  • @joegilliam8553
    @joegilliam8553 9 месяцев назад +1

    Discovered this song/band watching movie Warrior (2011 UFC style movie). Having brothers made this movie emotional….this song kicked in at right time…..

  • @WorldOfPain666
    @WorldOfPain666 Год назад +27

    Absolutely love The National. So happy that you checked them out. Bloodbuzz Ohio, Vanderlay Crybaby, Graceless, and Fake Empire.

    • @gNome_5
      @gNome_5 Год назад +3

      One of my fav. songs of theirs is Terrible Love; however, my fav. album has got to be Trouble Will Find Me.

    • @WorldOfPain666
      @WorldOfPain666 Год назад +1

      @@gNome_5 that is a really good album

    • @OakCliffTX82
      @OakCliffTX82 Год назад +2

      @@gNome_5I was a casual fan until that album. Masterpiece

    • @KinKnives
      @KinKnives 9 месяцев назад +1

      Weird Goodbyes, Don't Swallow the Cap, Live in Salt and My Girl

  • @lukelarsson
    @lukelarsson Год назад +4

    One of my favorite bands. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone do a The National Reaction. Very cool. Just saw them live again the other day. They never disappoint.

  • @T.Florenz
    @T.Florenz Год назад +4

    The National is one of my favorite bands. Their sound just really touches me.

    • @T.Florenz
      @T.Florenz Год назад

      I got to see them live once, and it really was such a spiritual atmosphere. They always bring me to tears.

  • @justawhisperintheuniverse8257
    @justawhisperintheuniverse8257 Год назад +4

    A few years ago I was fortunate enough be watching these guys from behind the stage at the ACL festival. I had never heard of them, but they were amazing and now, whenever I hear them on the radio, I just have to let it go with no option of changing the station. They're pretty darn good.

  • @DanSuper-l1x
    @DanSuper-l1x Год назад +2

    Cool, I'm def checking out more of this!

  • @zachwygal5759
    @zachwygal5759 Год назад +5

    Love that you’re going down the road of discovering songs like this. So many out there that have that “magic on stage”. What keeps coming to mind that I think you’d like is Song For Zula from the band Phosphorescent. Just the regular studio version.

  • @mikereslinger607
    @mikereslinger607 Год назад +4

    The entire album Boxer is a masterpiece

  • @josephwright4222
    @josephwright4222 Год назад +3

    Recently went for a binge of The National's albums, and their run from Sad Songs to Sleep Well Beast is pretty great, especially the peak in the middle with Boxer, High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me.

  • @woodsea434
    @woodsea434 Год назад +5

    Great suggestion! The National is amazing live and this is one of my favorite outdoor venues (Edgefield outside of Portland, OR). "Mr. November", "I Should Live in Salt", and "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" are a few of my favorite songs but they have a pretty great discography. I hope you continue to explore more indie artists.

    • @ronparsons8786
      @ronparsons8786 Год назад

      I have seen the National live about 10 times over the last 15 16 years. Always fantastic!! When Matt goes out into the crowd the place goes nuts

  • @donperry8627
    @donperry8627 Год назад +3

    In 2011 my wife and I were at the end of a 20 yr marriage. We had grown apart and lost touch with one another.
    We became silent strangers. Every word of these lyrics screamed at me during the final days.
    Lying on our sides with our backs to one another with so much to say yet so bottled up it was painful.
    This song has always represented our last months together when I hear it.

  • @paullehobbit1964
    @paullehobbit1964 6 месяцев назад +1

    wow i didn't see the 13:10 mns passed, one of the greatest music ever made! I would like to thanks the movie Warrior that allowed me to discover this masterpiece

  • @mmoore4456
    @mmoore4456 Год назад +9

    About Today was the closing song in the film Warrior.

  • @orlandoprouty7962
    @orlandoprouty7962 Год назад

    Johnny Rodriguez - Pass Me By - 10 #1 Hits - almost forgotten and one of the Greatest Country Singers of all Time!!!!!

  • @kmiller3136
    @kmiller3136 Год назад +2

    I love The National

  • @danielwragh7735
    @danielwragh7735 Год назад +7

    If you don’t enjoy bloodbuzz Ohio by the National I’ll eat my hat

  • @pdog547
    @pdog547 Год назад +2

    One of my favourite bands - please check out Apartment Story!

  • @trishdaniel6196
    @trishdaniel6196 Год назад +1

    well, this was different, but very delightful, thanks for the reaction....

  • @chrisbarnett6389
    @chrisbarnett6389 Год назад +3

    Big props to whoever requested this! I'd love polo to do a reaction to Lou reeds Perfect day

  • @carolynquinn8325
    @carolynquinn8325 Год назад +1

    Their song Green Gloves 💚

  • @christianrunfola9461
    @christianrunfola9461 Год назад +3

    OK...Ill watch "Warrior" again

  • @13scubapro
    @13scubapro Год назад

    First heard this while watching the closing scene of the movie Warrior with Thomas Hardy and Nike Norte. Great film. Beautiful song.

  • @jsegura525
    @jsegura525 Год назад +1

    The National’s new two albums are very good. Go give them a listen.
    First two pages of Frankenstein is the first and Laugh Track second came out two months later. They just wrapped up a World Tour 2023.

  • @brianpierce9471
    @brianpierce9471 3 месяца назад

    Awesome 🙌

  • @carsten1989
    @carsten1989 Год назад +1

    This song gets to me. I always tear up.

  • @zoeherriot
    @zoeherriot Год назад +5

    The drummer is amazing. He's not like Danny Carey or anything, but he is like a metronome and has really interesting beats. The Boxer album is one of the best albums of the 2000's.

  • @iamsupercool12345
    @iamsupercool12345 Год назад

    Wow The National reactions. I love it

  • @russnoneya6843
    @russnoneya6843 Год назад

    Never heard of these guys before. Nice. I’ll definitely look into them. 🤘

  • @iamsheep
    @iamsheep Год назад

    I love your reaction! The first time I heard of this band was when this song played in the movie Warrior. You should check it out. When this song came on during the movie I burst out into tears. It was amazing!

  • @doctordrossi4918
    @doctordrossi4918 Год назад +3

    Best version of this song is the one specific to the movie WARRIOR. I ask that you react to the version of that

  • @btcs_41
    @btcs_41 Год назад +1

    I just discovered this band during Covid and I'm absolutely obsessed. Took me a while to get into them because at first I didn't find their music very welcoming or accessable. So I kinda had to figure out what I did and didn't like till I found my groove with them. And you're correct, the studio version of this song is much better imo. It doesn't have that chaotic outro at the end that to me doesn't really fit with the rest of the song. A few recommendations would be Fake Empire, Apartment Story or All The Wine. And imo one of their absolute masterpieces is I'll Still Destroy You. Hope to see more of them on your channel. Cheers

  • @cuteclilali7
    @cuteclilali7 Год назад

    The National is up there as one of my top favorite bands!!

  • @gNome_5
    @gNome_5 Год назад

    I heard this song in the 2013 movie The East, starring (the gorgeous) Alexander Skarsgård, Brit Marling, and Ellen Page. Which I highly, highly recommend watching too, btw. Since then, I have heard them in other movies such as The Boxer and Warrior, and now I will forever love The National.

  • @alincoln25
    @alincoln25 Год назад

    The National have a documentary film called Mistaken For Stangers. Its hard to find but I highly recommend it.

  • @tommyi6667
    @tommyi6667 Год назад

    Hey Polo, As usual you go along uncharted waters on your Journey of discovery like Columbus discovering the Americas, keep up your discoveries and feed your soul. Love and peace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @edwardwhite221
    @edwardwhite221 11 месяцев назад

    1 OF MY FAVORITE SAD SONGS

  • @Justin-td4bb
    @Justin-td4bb Год назад +4

    Great band. Bloodbuz Ohio is a great track. They often have a bit of a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds vibe to me

  • @khills
    @khills Год назад +1

    If you like folk music, check out the work The National did with Taylor Swift. (Yes, really.) Aaron Dessner (guitarist, keyboardest, etc for The National) worked on Swift's albums folklore and evermore, and brought in the singer for The National, Matt Berninger, for the song Coney Island (off of evermore). About a month ago, Swift returned the favor and sung on The National's new song The Alcott.
    For folk music and audience participation in general, check out Damien Rice's live performance of Volcano - the best version online right now is "Damien Rice - Volcano live op Best Kept Secret 2013." I got to participate in the round in his Philadephia show in 2014, and it was one of those experiences you remember forever.

    • @T.Florenz
      @T.Florenz Год назад

      I second the Damien Rice recommendation!

    • @khills
      @khills Год назад

      @@T.Florenz We were lucky enough to get tickets this year during his ticketing fiasco, and damn, he’s still sooooo good. Really, really need him to release another album!

  • @jamesdavisjr6937
    @jamesdavisjr6937 Год назад

    First heard this song in the movie warrior which is a very underrated movie with Tom hardy

  • @mjj2311
    @mjj2311 Год назад

    Keep checking them out. Listen to “Mr. November”, “I Should Live In Salt” “Santa Clara” “Pink Rabbits”

  • @michaeldrakesherman
    @michaeldrakesherman Год назад

    Not sure if it's the same violinist (but likely)
    Check out 90-Mile Water Wall

  • @starkitty14
    @starkitty14 Год назад

    Re: Folk music. Have you listened to any Nickel Creek? They play with Yo Yo Ma now, and I've always loved them.

  • @sea-ferring
    @sea-ferring Год назад

    I recently discovered The National. I can't really get into any of their older stuff, but the latest album "First Two Pages of Frankenstein" is amazing. Apparently it is a departure for them which explains why I can't relate to their earlier stuff. Of the great tunes on the new album, I think you would like "New Order T-shirt". Typically I connect to music more than lyrics but the lyrics of this song (and every other song on this album) are beautifully crafted.

  • @bahamutt68
    @bahamutt68 Год назад

    OAR live at Red Rocks!!!

  • @CatherineBriseboisCatWoods
    @CatherineBriseboisCatWoods Год назад

    If you like these guys, you might like Arcade Fire. I suggest starting with their first album with the song Rebellion or Wake Up. When that album came out, they got publically complimented by David Bowie, Bono, etc. They were kinda different compared to rock and pop that was happening around 2005; a bit of a breath of fresh air, I guess.

  • @rosssinclair5795
    @rosssinclair5795 Год назад

    Brothers in arms mark knofler from dire straights have you heard that song?

  • @davidpello8470
    @davidpello8470 9 месяцев назад

    Pink Rabbits!!!

  • @supriyadiadi8148
    @supriyadiadi8148 Год назад

    Next reaction VOB "ENTER SANDMAN "Metalica cover VOB BAND TRIO HIJABERS from 🇮🇩 VOB consert LIVE AT FRANCE. TRANS MUSICALES DE RENNES 2021👍 VOB AMAZING super talented 🤟

  • @handsomestik
    @handsomestik Год назад +3

    These guys are so good. Only issue is their lyrics or even the titles of their songs are very vague. Lead singer is fantastic , band sound great and they have solid albums

    • @Jeremy-hx7zj
      @Jeremy-hx7zj Год назад +2

      That's not an issue. Mysterious lyrics that I don't understand immediately is what got me into music.

  • @supriyadiadi8148
    @supriyadiadi8148 Год назад

    Next reaction VOB "SCHOOL REVOLUTION" -MV VOB BAND ROCK TRIO HIJABERS from 🇮🇩 VOB AMAZING super talented 🤟

  • @Postglobalism
    @Postglobalism Год назад

    check out Zippy Kid any release

  • @mikeanderson9977
    @mikeanderson9977 11 месяцев назад

    apparently this song is about his Dad dying... great song

  • @darthcon34
    @darthcon34 5 месяцев назад

    Live versions are better

  • @77Infidel
    @77Infidel Год назад

    I'm sorry but I don't see how the person doing the vocals is singing.
    I prefer a group like Carbon Leaf. Echo Echo. Now that's what I classify as music. This guy sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen. I get it though, when all my friends had Transformers, I had Gobots.

  • @jaccobreedveld7149
    @jaccobreedveld7149 Год назад

    I have a love hate relation with this band! I love their studio work and have been a fan since boxer. Listened to Boxer, High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me without paying any attention to who the band and singer were. Than I saw them live at the Sleep Well Beast tour and was very disappointed by his performance!! A clumsy Joe Cocker imitator with a bad temper from time to time… went home halfway!!
    Still love their studio songs but will never want to see or hear this band/singer perform.. so for me this live version sucks 😅