yeah, they're gonna go mainstream very soon, Deperate Housewives, Letterman, radio, ads for Elephant Shell everywhere. I even saw it selling in the airport along with only 50 other CD's (various genres) so they are getting mainstream. I hope their music is still going to rock though!
I like how they show the one guy @ 2:00 is surrounded by so many large keyboards while the actual one being played is the little Micron! GO MICRON! :) Nice track!
it's not ridiculously out of the ordinary for a bassist to be a lead vocalist. Sting from the Police and Lemmy from Motorhead are two well know examples
@Ra9806 I have an early 80s P bass and that is pretty much how it sounds plugged straight in with the tone control turned all the way up. His sound also has to do with the SVT head and SWR cab. You can get very close with any decent 410 cab and a tube head. Just bring the gain up till you get that natural tube compression and fuzz. No effects necessary.
@Ra9806 It seems he plugs straight into his SVT without effects. He probably turns up the gain a lot to get that drive. And he definitely turns down the bass knob a bit too. Can't tell what cab he's using but its a 4x10 obviously which helps with the high end grind sound
@Ra9806 I couldn't really say but I've heard that as the pickups get older they tend to get warmer and loose some of that high end. I prefer a brighter crisper sound. Good equipment goes a long way.
well different people have different tastes in music. i love this song and in my opinion it is really catchy. otherwise i wouldn't have had "a lesson in crime" playing in my car for a few weeks straight, especially nature of the experiment!
i think we should take a lot of reflection on the strokes in this case...tokyo's music is timeless and such is the strokes. i say in ten years if we remember the strokes we can remember the sunburst of bands that were influenced by them and up the top will be tpc
Just feel like I'm cheated for my money. I mean I just had to pay £10 for their 8 tracks (yes I bought 'A Lesson In Crime' in the end), compared to The Pigeon Detectives 'Wait For Me', 12 tracks (the average for an album) for only £7.95... HAVE THAT!!!
@Patrick Miller this is when they first started so this is really bad compared to how good they've gotten especially Dave. Obviously he's nervous here, but still great.
I went to high school with them. They were like the house band at talent shows.
That performance was so good that Letterman shit his pants. That's why he didn't get up to shake their hands at the end.
The tones on every instrument are out of this world
It's always fun knowing Dave lettermans such a big fan of these guys hahahaha
his bass sounds so nice in this :oooo
I love how the letterman band all start playing along on their tamborines :D
its a very distinctive sound theyve got, i like it
Ya’ll said u fucked up on letterman haha but i disagree 🔥 came here cuz that lyric randomly came to my head and i decided to finally look it up
you are absolutely right..music is to be listened by those who enjoy it
his voice is truly great and has such a particular style that is amazing
It's weird, I watched the video of them on letterman performing wait up. They have progressed so much. Still, always great and ALWAYS will be.
yeah, they're gonna go mainstream very soon, Deperate Housewives, Letterman, radio, ads for Elephant Shell everywhere. I even saw it selling in the airport along with only 50 other CD's (various genres) so they are getting mainstream. I hope their music is still going to rock though!
awesome how everyone was using tambourines with TPC at the end. lovely.
Saw them on that tour. AMAZING! Hadn't heard of them before seein 'em live...and they had me digging their sound from the beginning. Killer show!
I live just outside Newmarket. I saw them play at The White Rabbit and there were only 50 people there, it was awesome.
I like how they show the one guy @ 2:00 is surrounded by so many large keyboards while the actual one being played is the little Micron! GO MICRON! :) Nice track!
i love it
De mis presentaciones favoritas.
I saw them in the Opera House May 3rd. It was an amazing show.
I crap a pantload near quarterly watching this!! While they rock, I’m betting Paul being Canadian himself made for the bands perfect participation (:
Where is THE tessellate performance from 2008???
Phil Lynott played bass and sang
so does Jamie T, Mark Hoppus, and Joseph Mount from Metronomy occasionally does (trick or treatz)
wow,what a wonderful person you are
David Letterman always brings the great bands on his show
it's not ridiculously out of the ordinary for a bassist to be a lead vocalist. Sting from the Police and Lemmy from Motorhead are two well know examples
ahhhh, i can't stop watch'n this.
tomorrow night, seeing them live :)
I think it was pretty cool how the Letterman show band was doing their part. :D
they're so amazing, i love TPC
@Ra9806 I have an early 80s P bass and that is pretty much how it sounds plugged straight in with the tone control turned all the way up. His sound also has to do with the SVT head and SWR cab. You can get very close with any decent 410 cab and a tube head. Just bring the gain up till you get that natural tube compression and fuzz. No effects necessary.
And thats what makes a great band... I rarely see that nowadays though.
what?? i missed this episode?!! well anyway, they were great at lupos last week...
yay, university of toronto represent! i knew that crest on the guitarists' t-shirt looked familiar...
They KILLED this!
@Ra9806 It seems he plugs straight into his SVT without effects. He probably turns up the gain a lot to get that drive. And he definitely turns down the bass knob a bit too. Can't tell what cab he's using but its a 4x10 obviously which helps with the high end grind sound
@Ra9806 I couldn't really say but I've heard that as the pickups get older they tend to get warmer and loose some of that high end. I prefer a brighter crisper sound. Good equipment goes a long way.
They're from Newmarket, Ontario.
And they're a great band.....
As we can see.
thats fucking awesome how the they got there tambourines and played along :D
2022 still playing rugby 08 any1?
well different people have different tastes in music. i love this song and in my opinion it is really catchy. otherwise i wouldn't have had "a lesson in crime" playing in my car for a few weeks straight, especially nature of the experiment!
@SuperMaximo93 I believe the cab is an older SWR Goliath III.
@drumboyrossinator Newmarket to be exact....which is near Toronto, but is, in fact, not Toronto.
at the u of t bookstore...or some lost and founds around campus, haha! i'm sure there are some floating around online.
Thats the EXACT outfit Dave wore at the Saturday show. Whoa.
beautiful song
i think we should take a lot of reflection on the strokes in this case...tokyo's music is timeless and such is the strokes. i say in ten years if we remember the strokes we can remember the sunburst of bands that were influenced by them and up the top will be tpc
I live and work in Newmarket Ontario.... Great band
i hope so because they rock
Yeah, there are a LOT of good bands that are either in high school or just out of it. That's how everyone starts :)
the Paul Schaeffer band rocked the tambourines pretty sweetly.
Big gig for the lads
anyday now tpc is just gunna be like really big. theyre soo good theyre just un noticed. but i notice them =]
the drummer is super awesome.
i'm pretty certain that tpc have said in a few interviews that this song is about girls, or the pursuit of women.
woah TPC are already becomin big, hope they come to australia
Badassery.
@imonster242DRohrer44 so true man! I remember seeing them lives when they were still that little band from Newmarket, and now look at them!
well they were mention twice in rolling stones, so thats a good start...I hope the best for them
That's sick, man.
wow. one of the few times i've hard a band sound good on Letterman
the outro was tight.
wonderful.
TPC are so good. I wish I had an Alesis like that.
it's a small part of the music taht the guitarist plays but he plays perfectly ...it's perfect the solo(final riff)
Dam, its been 5 years since i was first saw this?
1ume and its been five year since your comment
theeey got style aWESOME
the pianis is really cool the way he plays
That was magnificent.
WHOA!!! check that drum set
woo hoo im seein them in june
Was that sarcasm, can't quite tell through the internet now can I?
yeah Tokyo Police Club!!
they are fucking amazing! i want them back here in brazil!!
Are they coming to Mississauga anytime soon, does anyone know?
@Presentboy He put distortion on the bass
@indierocker1000
The lead singer is my neighbour!
ye yo the crunchy bass sounds nice styll
oh great song!
they are great
i love them
but is a littlebit
slow than the
original version
but still cool
nice :) why is there band name tokyo police club tho??? that its bad, i think its a pretty cool name :)
haha, i was just trying to explain that the song's not about exposing the gov't (youtube messes up how the comments are displayed sooo badly).
They are Canadian, they're from Toronto
I have the same question and i dont know what does Sting has to do with this question
Just feel like I'm cheated for my money. I mean I just had to pay £10 for their 8 tracks (yes I bought 'A Lesson In Crime' in the end), compared to The Pigeon Detectives 'Wait For Me', 12 tracks (the average for an album) for only £7.95... HAVE THAT!!!
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fuck that bass sounds good
@nazi713 Check out Rush. Much more complex and he sings and plays the bass.
Why didn't Dave get up and go shake their hands at the end?
dat beiber doo. hairstyles have came a long ways ay' canada
yeah it's the first time they do that
@Patrick Miller this is when they first started so this is really bad compared to how good they've gotten especially Dave. Obviously he's nervous here, but still great.
nice band ;) good sound, nearly indie and post rock
True love.
@scotttube from the garage in Newmarket, Toronto, Canada, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe to be even more exact.
why you hatin on tpc man their so awesome and I wish I could see them live! But it might be a while till they come out to new zealand :(
@nazi713 Thats what I find peculiar about this band, the fact that the lead singer is also the bass player!!
the drums are cool
Yeah!
why did they remove tesselete on letterman from youtube
yeah!
When did they fuck up re: Ready to win?
these guys are just pro
yee they're really good
yah man i was born there in 85 when the population was what? 2000 people