Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues live in Austin City Limits |HD|

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2012
  • MusicFleet Foxes performing Helplessness Blues from the Austin City Limits taping program on October 7, 2011. Beautiful song, beautiful people, good stuff!
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  • @drnoahpepper
    @drnoahpepper 4 года назад +510

    I think this is one of the best songs ever written

  • @chongymeister14
    @chongymeister14 2 года назад +80

    Father John Misty killing it on the drums and backing vocals

    • @Michael-db9ns
      @Michael-db9ns 2 года назад +12

      You can tell he was ready for the next level just watching him here

    • @robertedwards9861
      @robertedwards9861 Год назад

      so on key , i met him once , super cool fella

    • @torefettuccia
      @torefettuccia 10 месяцев назад +1

      Was Robin a little bit annoyed by the other lead singer in the back? 😏

  • @merrittbadger
    @merrittbadger 7 лет назад +329

    This was a supergroup and we didn't even know it. Love the new music, but damn, miss that Tillman voice

    • @dougxvale
      @dougxvale 3 года назад +2

      Fleet Foxes is a supergroup? I didnt knew that! Thought it was a band band

    • @jamesmcnulty1936
      @jamesmcnulty1936 3 года назад +44

      @@dougxvale They are a band band, I think he's just referring to the fact that each of the members of the band is very talented in their own right, though he's talking specifically about Josh Tillman here.

    • @zenpaganwarrior
      @zenpaganwarrior 3 года назад +2

      IS, man, is.

    • @sergiosanchez3344
      @sergiosanchez3344 3 года назад +9

      I love fleet foxes but im glad Tillman left. Hes doing amazing as a solo artist, for me equally good to fleet foxes.

    • @CL2-
      @CL2- 2 месяца назад

      Tillman was toxic and probably would have ruined Robin as a person. He mentioned depression during the helplessness blues tour so it was probably good that Tillman left

  • @zephyrquartz
    @zephyrquartz 4 года назад +62

    The songwriter is a genius.

  • @TarePandaHelp
    @TarePandaHelp 2 года назад +29

    Love listening to old fleet foxes while working in my orchard.

  • @scatterbrainedme
    @scatterbrainedme 8 лет назад +179

    That nostalgic moment when you see the father john misty playing the drums 😊

  • @Pining_for_the_fjords
    @Pining_for_the_fjords 8 лет назад +239

    The best song from this truly underrated band.

  • @conorbuckley4787
    @conorbuckley4787 Год назад +10

    ‘Someday I’ll be like the man on the screen’ - goosebumps every time

  • @RangiferADV
    @RangiferADV 4 года назад +94

    First time I heard this song, when he got to the lyrics "If I know only one thing it's that everything that I see of the world outside is so inconceivable that often I barely can speak" I literally choked up and almost shed a tear. It was sincerely one of the most cathartic moments I can remember in music

    • @MnemonicHeadTrip
      @MnemonicHeadTrip 2 года назад +11

      The orchard part was the same for me. Such a beautiful song all around in instrumentation and writing

    • @julioponce5240
      @julioponce5240 2 года назад +3

      It is such a beautiful song, truly. The first I heard it and therein heard Fleet Foxes for the first time.. I just cried, it felt like years of raw emotion poured out of me

    • @pudu666
      @pudu666 Год назад +3

      every time they get to the orchard part i start crying haha

  • @aledrummer925
    @aledrummer925 2 года назад +27

    I went with my roommate to see them and he was never into this type of music. He was crying so much after this song🤘❤️

    • @meninomaria7003
      @meninomaria7003 Год назад +2

      a hymn to finally serving greater than us who wouldn't eheh

  • @bulletfastspeed
    @bulletfastspeed 8 лет назад +130

    That beginning made me realize how much I want Fleet Foxes to cover Two Headed Boy

    • @ignys22
      @ignys22 8 лет назад +22

      dude, search for "robin pecknold two headed boy"

    • @bulletfastspeed
      @bulletfastspeed 8 лет назад +13

      Ignas Barsulis Holy shit thank you

    • @chuckdux
      @chuckdux 8 лет назад +24

      wow, thank you so much for inadvertently introducing me to neutral milk hotel. I had no idea they even existed. you are a good man. peace be with you

    • @MrOuchiez
      @MrOuchiez 7 лет назад +9

      Aeroplane is one of the best albums ever made. A true masterpiece.

    • @thegreyfaces
      @thegreyfaces 6 лет назад

      MrOuchiez. WORD!

  • @cleverfool
    @cleverfool 9 лет назад +30

    Holy crap they sound amazing live!!!!

  • @johnirving3768
    @johnirving3768 3 года назад +53

    here in 2021. after many, many listens to the new album, "Shore". it is mind-blowingly good. yet, here I am. Shore feels more like a RP solo album, which is perfectly splendid. but here I am, on this video, missing the harmonies of RP + others. Robin is an all-time talent, but I love him even more as a "functioning cog in some great machinery."

    • @kevingarywilkes
      @kevingarywilkes 2 года назад

      Interesting observation. Saw Fleet Foxes two weeks ago - and while it was a great show, what put me off somewhat was that Robin is fully aware of his popularity now, and he makes no secret about it.

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@kevingarywilkes​Hmm. Saw them two nights ago, and didn't get that vibe at all. They've been touring with My Morning Jacket, and I got the impression Robin was a bit in awe of that. But I'm far more interested in FF. Fifty years from now, which band will be more revered?
      FF reminds me of Crosby Stills and Nash (and sometimes Young), with shades of Simon and Garfunkel.
      The music is a lane of its own. And here I am, 60 hours after a show, and I can't get enough.

  • @PhoeFireaga
    @PhoeFireaga 12 лет назад +11

    I was watching this the other night with my Mom. She wanted to watch something else before they began, but halfway through the first song, she was totally into it and when it ended she asked, "already?!" I was like.. "WIN!"

  • @jaygeoffrey1042
    @jaygeoffrey1042 4 года назад +21

    this song has always reminded me of simon and garfunkel. it has that simon and garfunkel vibe from the style and writing of the song. the harmony of vocals, the instrumentation and all.

    • @brutaldomcom
      @brutaldomcom 7 месяцев назад +2

      there is no doubt S&G had a HUGE influence on Fleet Foxes, the writing style/subjects seem like things Paul Simon would write about if he were just coming up in their era and Robin Pecknold even sounds like Paul Simon a little when he sings

  • @moth1ne
    @moth1ne 10 лет назад +71

    Fleet Foxes are certainly in a league of their own. I am proud to say that they hail from my state of Washington. Can't wait to backpack through the Cascades this summer, set up my camp, and turn on some Fleet Foxes on my phone and sit by the fire. I don't normally care for electronic devices when out hiking but having Fleet Foxes there to serenade the camp just adds to the experience. Way to be Fleet Foxes! You guys can do no wrong.

    • @jakelocker38
      @jakelocker38 10 лет назад +2

      ... a perfect soundtrack for a summer full of backpacking; I too, sing this album in my head whenever I'm hiking somewhere in the cascades.

    • @eternalitinerant7970
      @eternalitinerant7970 10 лет назад +1

      Don't forget Modest Mouse! Both local bands... And great to listen to while out camping.
      Let's hope next year we get a better lineup at Sasquatch! Having both Fleet Foxes & Modest Mouse at Sasquatch would be amazing!

    • @robertburch3813
      @robertburch3813 7 лет назад +3

      Or better yet, bring a backpacker guitar and harmonica and learn some of their songs.

    • @Zincfffff
      @Zincfffff Год назад +1

      I'm from the future. Buy a mini disc player and destroy your cell phone! God bless

    • @garrettbabcock9024
      @garrettbabcock9024 Год назад

      Ya'll should check out Centaur Midwife. They're from Ellensburg WA. They only have one or two albums but they drew a lot of influence from bands like the Fleet Foxes and other PNW folk.

  • @seanodonoghue116
    @seanodonoghue116 4 года назад +25

    I was raised up believing I was somehow unique
    Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see
    And now after some thinking, I'd say I'd rather be
    A functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me
    But I don't, I don't know what that will be
    I'll get back to you someday soon you will see
    What's my name, what's my station? Oh, just tell me what I should do
    I don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would do such injustice to you
    Or bow down and be grateful and say, "Sure, take all that you see"
    To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls and determine my future for me
    And I don't, I don't know who to believe
    I'll get back to you someday soon you will see
    If I know only one thing, it's that everything that I see
    Of the world outside is so inconceivable often I barely can speak
    Yeah I'm tongue-tied and dizzy and I can't keep it to myself
    What good is it to sing helplessness blues, why should I wait for anyone else?
    And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
    I'll come back to you someday soon myself
    If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm raw
    If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
    And you would wait tables and soon run the store
    Gold hair in the sunlight, my light in the dawn
    If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
    If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
    Someday I'll be like the man on the screen

  • @TheJuicyfame506
    @TheJuicyfame506 12 лет назад +26

    when i hear fleet foxes and robin voice i feel like i want to cry he touches my heart i love him and fleet foxes im glad theres' people that fell the same way about them :)

  • @SolarisAjna
    @SolarisAjna 8 лет назад +50

    If I had an orchard...

  • @roberteifler71
    @roberteifler71 4 года назад +6

    Geddy Lee from rush loves this band.

  • @drrjim
    @drrjim 7 лет назад +69

    To me this song has a serious feel of Simon and Garfunkel's Look for America, especially the second part..

    • @thomaskittock2866
      @thomaskittock2866 7 лет назад

      drrjim I can see it.

    • @NorthWriter
      @NorthWriter 7 лет назад +3

      Totally. Does the same thing to my heart, too.

    • @radhojordan8254
      @radhojordan8254 5 лет назад

      Preach bro

    • @chuckles1able
      @chuckles1able 3 года назад +3

      It does and it’s absolutely heavenly to the ears and heart.

    • @johncavanaugh2517
      @johncavanaugh2517 2 года назад

      Simon and Garfunkle with a little bit of Yes thrown in to the mix.

  • @Taxmaster3000
    @Taxmaster3000 3 года назад +6

    Man they make me want to just drive and never stop

  • @christinearndt9918
    @christinearndt9918 6 лет назад +5

    This song is as close to a perfect song as I've ever heard.

  • @NorthWriter
    @NorthWriter 7 лет назад +9

    The Marxophone on the 12-string is blowing my already-blown mind!

  • @chikinsami4230
    @chikinsami4230 5 лет назад +134

    Homies really wearing two collard shirts at once

  • @earth2fan
    @earth2fan 11 лет назад +6

    Best band of our time

  • @JMarquiseee
    @JMarquiseee 10 лет назад +108

    Father John Misty is over it.

    • @holyfreakinguacamole
      @holyfreakinguacamole 4 года назад +3

      Lol. And in this moment I discovered that two artists whom I've admired for years are this closely related. 🤨🙂

    • @mattyb808
      @mattyb808 4 года назад +2

      He needs to come back...

    • @SuperFosterMom
      @SuperFosterMom 3 года назад +23

      He’s a diva. He was never in it.

    • @JustinHaynes123
      @JustinHaynes123 3 года назад +1

      @@SuperFosterMom isn’t it wonderful

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous 2 года назад

      uhjl As if the 4 FJM albums are not better than the two FF albums since he left. The Foxes ones are good but... c'mon!

  • @johnwebb3078
    @johnwebb3078 4 года назад +6

    This song is so beautiful.

  • @kaunisrumilus
    @kaunisrumilus 3 года назад +4

    Unbelievably masterful and beautiful

  • @bensandivar9362
    @bensandivar9362 10 лет назад +165

    11 men who move only in dimly-lit halls didn't like this song

  • @Rio-by1eh
    @Rio-by1eh 2 года назад +1

    In the ‘60 -‘70 it was Simon &Garfunkle - glad we have Fleetfoxes

  • @notimelikethefuture7765
    @notimelikethefuture7765 9 лет назад +13

    beautiful! reminds me of Simon & Garfunkel.

  • @indefinicy
    @indefinicy 11 лет назад +5

    I forgot this was live. It's so amazing....

  • @yoyoyo119
    @yoyoyo119 12 лет назад +4

    saw this last night, what a truly amazing song. keeps hope alive

  • @LedBeatPink
    @LedBeatPink 2 года назад +3

    This is just a masterpiece, hopefully others think so as well.

  • @shadygroves8252
    @shadygroves8252 6 лет назад +25

    wow Robin & Josh singing together holy shit that sounds good
    Robin + Josh + Christian & Casey = so inconceivable often I barely can speak
    (now Skye sings too!)

  • @gracegilhooly5351
    @gracegilhooly5351 6 лет назад +4

    This is my favourite band😋😋😁

  • @kirstenlovick8308
    @kirstenlovick8308 10 лет назад +4

    OBSESSED.

  • @Rio-by1eh
    @Rio-by1eh 2 года назад +2

    Love this song, reminds me of my daughter ***

  • @lizarosemiggo962
    @lizarosemiggo962 2 месяца назад

    I cry every time

  • @IIxXmAcXxII
    @IIxXmAcXxII 4 года назад +4

    Ramsay Bolton rockin that acoustic guitar. 🤘🏼

  • @Moondancin
    @Moondancin 10 месяцев назад +1

    Always reminded of me of early Crosby, Stills and Nash

  • @michaelgwyndavies2827
    @michaelgwyndavies2827 4 года назад +1

    This is 10 years coming up. old still feels like yesterday damn it's not like I listen to them each day if I did then I would not no exactly what it is that I miss,

  • @DrNworbsKitsCats
    @DrNworbsKitsCats 10 лет назад +16

    Great band and my new fave, move over Wilco!

  • @fuzkamode
    @fuzkamode 10 лет назад +3

    no words excellent.... full of good vibs

  • @noelhutz
    @noelhutz 10 лет назад +7

    great lyrics

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 5 лет назад +6

    Relembrando o quanto que amo essa banda 🌾

  • @leamarie3722
    @leamarie3722 5 лет назад +2

    COME IN FRANCE!! LOVE YOU

  • @mayradreschererramouspe2301
    @mayradreschererramouspe2301 3 месяца назад

    Qué canción! Guardada y vibrando siempre bien adentro del corazón. Gracias por tanto Fleet Foxes

  • @Beatgeneration2010
    @Beatgeneration2010 11 лет назад +2

    A master of melody. Great combination of a band.

  • @danielhamilton5437
    @danielhamilton5437 11 лет назад +2

    Such a fantastic band!

  • @timmy13duffy
    @timmy13duffy 4 года назад +1

    just so powerful - so beautiful - get me every time

  • @MauraMcG
    @MauraMcG 2 года назад

    This is one of the best videos on RUclips.

  • @FeralPatrick
    @FeralPatrick 10 лет назад +2

    I'm SO happy Josh Tillman left Fleet Foxes, for the simple, solo fact that now we have TWO great musicians/bands/music to enjoy.

    • @caseysumner4997
      @caseysumner4997 10 лет назад +1

      except now fleet is basically over...

    • @FeralPatrick
      @FeralPatrick 10 лет назад +1

      Casey Sumner
      If that's the case then why are Fleet Foxes coming out with a new album this year? At least that's the word being shared by many music sites on multiple lists titled 'Most Anticipated Albums of 2014'. But there's no official word from FF. Yet. Just a somewhat cryptic photo posted on their FB page last June of a MacBook, sound board, mic, headphones, and guitar, titled 'Step One'. It's hardly anything to go on, but it's something.

    • @spinkicker27
      @spinkicker27 10 лет назад

      packyman Robin's now focus as a college student.

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@caseysumner4997Fortunately, that wasn't correct. Robin and crew are still making awesome music. And I've had the privilege of seeing them live in 2022 and 2023. 💙💙💙

  • @kristagibson8533
    @kristagibson8533 Год назад

    This might be my favorite song ever

  • @thomaswells55
    @thomaswells55 10 лет назад +31

    Me and my homies r cryin, any one got a tissue?

  • @shouqlovesjin
    @shouqlovesjin 3 года назад

    oh god this song is too much perfect I'm literally crying 😭

  • @cristinesaunders2428
    @cristinesaunders2428 6 лет назад

    Wow! Great Band! Amazing rhythms!

  • @beckenglnd23
    @beckenglnd23 8 лет назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @Mary-fo3xp
    @Mary-fo3xp 8 лет назад

    OMG...I LOVE this song...perfect or not...thank you.

  • @UniversalMusicCntr
    @UniversalMusicCntr 10 лет назад

    Fantastic!

  • @ambientwavesmusic8585
    @ambientwavesmusic8585 7 лет назад

    Amazing!

  • @glynischapman3044
    @glynischapman3044 Год назад

    Only just discovered this gem x

  • @CaseyBrents
    @CaseyBrents 4 месяца назад

    CHALLEN!!!

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 9 лет назад +3

    eu simplesmente amo essa música!

  • @robertedwards9861
    @robertedwards9861 Год назад

    Father J really shines in this, sooooo on key and rockn the drums.

  • @steve0sheetz
    @steve0sheetz 5 лет назад +5

    They're like one collective consciousness

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 8 лет назад +2

    🌿te amo🌿

  • @donettejez3255
    @donettejez3255 9 лет назад +1

    This song is what's up!

  • @michaelbowe1485
    @michaelbowe1485 4 года назад +4

    today's the day he's "like the man on the screen"

  • @AFlawlessCircle
    @AFlawlessCircle 11 лет назад +1

    It's only been two years.. yes they're still a thing. Many bands take more than 2 years to push a new album out.

  • @lorenzo-bq
    @lorenzo-bq 9 лет назад

    Great song...

  • @thelevy4764
    @thelevy4764 3 года назад

    Great live performance, so jealous.

  • @ericbaxter4818
    @ericbaxter4818 6 лет назад

    Oh the magic that GOD gave us!

  • @NoZAutonomy
    @NoZAutonomy 11 лет назад +2

    No, it's common in live shows to alter the tempo of the studio version to give the song more variation

  • @MrCrowbar00
    @MrCrowbar00 10 лет назад

    tune !!!

  • @atomi62
    @atomi62 12 лет назад +4

    Robin, Robin, Robin. :)

  • @HashimotoTheBand
    @HashimotoTheBand 12 лет назад +2

    Being a functioning cog can be a little overrated sometimes . . . . but I love this song. Love it !

  • @Ana-ox7uf
    @Ana-ox7uf 9 лет назад +2

    Linda!

  • @XiongGou
    @XiongGou 10 лет назад

    It just means that they take time and effort in writing their music. Unlike many artists now who just try to pump out hit after hit with no thought or feeling behind any of their music. The wait is a good thing!

  • @siggyb71
    @siggyb71 11 лет назад +2

    I kind of know what you mean in this performance--it kind of drags during the uptempo part-- but the Fleet Foxes are talented musicians who can produce a sound that is almost identical to the studio version, so I like it very much that they take the time to make their live performances sound different. One way they do that is by altering the tempo... if you've ever seen them perform The Shrine / An Argument, they slow the "apples in the summer" part quite a bit and I think it sounds incredible.

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 7 лет назад +1

    aaaa 💕🍃

  • @johnmartinimusic2406
    @johnmartinimusic2406 2 года назад +1

    what a great fucking band!

  • @vvavie4858
    @vvavie4858 Год назад

    That telecaster 😍

  • @leftforless911
    @leftforless911 3 года назад +1

    Washin dishes, playin drums and getting by

  • @mattstiles1232
    @mattstiles1232 3 года назад +1

    Fun fact, the drummer is Josh Tillman a.k.a. Father John Misty

  • @kurtschwochow
    @kurtschwochow 9 лет назад +13

    the pants + jesus sandals combo is an interesting look

  • @krisartfox83
    @krisartfox83 2 года назад +1

    If i had an orchard i´d invide the fleet foxes to have some cidre with me while the sun sets ^^

  • @paolociccotti5612
    @paolociccotti5612 2 года назад +1

    Still hope to hear Tillman 's voice
    back in in the Choir

  • @fnt9010
    @fnt9010 6 лет назад

    I was begins 2 of their songs or more

  • @espacoboamusica6756
    @espacoboamusica6756 4 года назад +3

    Bela canção!

  • @leemaloney8527
    @leemaloney8527 3 года назад +1

    If I had a orchard id work till im sore then the little guitar wiggle feckin class

  • @xaxaviola
    @xaxaviola 6 лет назад

    father john miss you

  • @ShermerHighSchool
    @ShermerHighSchool 9 лет назад +1

    Being Flynn brought me here!

  • @Nick_oDev
    @Nick_oDev 3 месяца назад +1

    anyone 2024?

  • @davidmckelvey2601
    @davidmckelvey2601 3 года назад +1

    Damn I hope Tillman comes back to Fleet Foxes someday soon.

  • @LewisMarien
    @LewisMarien 6 лет назад +1

    So interesting hearing this in its regular key compared to the newer live performances of it lol 😆

    • @BookClubDisaster
      @BookClubDisaster 6 лет назад +1

      Does he drop it down? Isn't he too young to be losing his higher register?

  • @rayklish538
    @rayklish538 8 лет назад +69

    Are they struggling to keep a consistent tempo or am I hearing things?

    • @BassMonster1723
      @BassMonster1723 8 лет назад +3

      Found myself consciously slowing the speed of my foot tapping.

    • @petermacinnis8
      @petermacinnis8 8 лет назад +41

      +Ray Klish isn't that the beauty of someone not using a click track? I love it

    • @Gardeniableed
      @Gardeniableed 8 лет назад +1

      +Ray Klish They really suck live...And yes you are true.

    • @Hitchlucas
      @Hitchlucas 8 лет назад +9

      +Ray Klish Josh tillman is a bad drummer... but thats the charm. JT and RP had such great kemestry

    • @Hitchlucas
      @Hitchlucas 8 лет назад +9

      +Gardeniableed the harmonies are great. Give them a break. Its not studio quality but then again they arnt in a studio...

  • @wezzlyn
    @wezzlyn 12 лет назад +1

    I'd love to see the rest of this show if you've got it.

  • @charmicarmicat2981
    @charmicarmicat2981 7 лет назад +7

    It's funny to see this footage when Tillman was just a nobody pmuch. I love Father John Misty a lot but Fleet Foxes man... their songwriting is just so much better. I'm not sure how much influence he had in this band but I'm sure it was some

    • @BookClubDisaster
      @BookClubDisaster 6 лет назад +5

      I'm thinking little songwriting influence. FF are much more airy and poetic and latter day hippie. FJM is caustic and abrasive like a latter day Dylan.

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 11 месяцев назад

      Tillman wasn't an original member. He drummed for 4 years.
      He is definitely happier alone, and Pecknold has high praise for Christopher Icasiano, their touring drummer in 2023.