Bastille perform their mash-up of Michael Jackson's Earth Song and Pulp's Common People in the Radio 1 Live Lounge for Fearne Cotton. See the photos: www.bbc.co.uk/events/e8n6v2
Love that they mixed these two songs together given that Jarvis Cocker (lead singer of the band 'PULP') who wrote 'Common People' mooned MJ live on TV whilst he was singing 'Earth Song' in 1998!!! Really clever mix from Bastille!
Apart from the amazing arrangement and superb playing and singing the best bit of this video is the woman at 4:30 looking at the woman next to her thinking...Pipe down love, you can't sing for s***!!!
every time i watch this i just cry laughing bc that one goddamn back up singer is so flat it destroys everything i even remember watching an interview where they get asked about bad performances and they say this one because of the one singer that was really off
I don't think the background singers were too terrible... Their volume should have been down a bit more and one or two of them sounds off but other than that this was an okay performance.
I only recently found out about that event and just a minute ago I remembered about this mashup. Rushed here to check if anyone else noticed and here we go
Love the cover buuuut i don't like the background singers tbh :/ They were out of tune sometimes and also too loud, they were louder than Dans voice which is not really the purpose of background singers is it? But this is definitely one of the best live lounge covers ever!
Would love to hear them do an upbeat version of "common people" by itself. It's one of my favourite songs and i think his voice would be perfect for it! :)
Amazing... Background singers seemed a bit loud... I just wanted to hear Bastille sing. His voice is incredible! Still so good, every song they cover is so good!!!
Their mashups work so well. It seems like it's a signature Bastille thing now. At their concerts, they should perform their music and then do a bunch of mashups.
I'm not a big Bastille fan, but I really like the effort they put in to their live lounge performances. Not many other artists/groups put as much thought in to what they do here :)
keep coming back to this song its special, they all musicians and singers they get paid for what they do, they seem to be enjoying themselves sum like sum don't,, i love it, x
They could cover everything, anything, I don't care what, would always sound just perfect! Did anybody else notice how Dan had to bite back his grin a few times, like something was funny but he can't laugh because he's singing? ;)
Can we talk about how genius this actually is ??? Took me 7 years to realease that this mashup is an ode to one of the best moments in Brits awards history in 1996 when Jarvis Cocker (Pulp-Common People) bursted onto the stage during Micahel Jackson’s performance of Earth Song and made fun of it on live television. Brilliant.
The backing singers completely ruin it in my opinion. They're not helping to enhance his voice, they're just shouting over it very out of tune as well!
Micheal Jackson would be proud!! how to change such a powerful song into even more of powerful meaning.. I totally agree with what was meant here!! well done
The technician should have controlled the level of the voices of the background singers. It's not their fault. The man or woman whose supposed to make the voices turn softer or harder at some point didn't do a great job at it.
it's just... those backup singers can't compete with Dan's incredible voice
ikkrrr
+charchar0130 who can?
exactly.
They're so good at mashups and covers, seriously. They should release a whole album of covers, it'd be fantastic!
They have already 'Previously on other peoples heartache' and 'Previously on other peoples heartache part 2' and they are fantastic
NonsenseNinja Yh but not all on Spotify 😱🤬
Other peoples heartache 1,2, 3 and 4. They are all on UA-cam.
This man can fucking seriously sing. Great!
Bastille rocks the Live Lounge every time they're on! Love it!
Bastille mash-ups and covers are the best ugh
Yes!! Another classic Bastille mash-up!!
Woody's laugh at 1:18 when the backup singers come in is almost as good as 4:30.
finnickfan haha good spot.
Love that they mixed these two songs together given that Jarvis Cocker (lead singer of the band 'PULP') who wrote 'Common People' mooned MJ live on TV whilst he was singing 'Earth Song' in 1998!!! Really clever mix from Bastille!
wow did not know that!
It was a sort of protest towards mj dancing with children after the abuse allegations
1996 at the Brit Awards
Ignoring the backgrounds singers (if possible), Dan's voice sounds especially gorgeous in this song
AliNotBaba ikr
I wish they would rerecord this--he sounds so good D:
Bastille.. please make another cover of these songs without the backups pleaaaaassseeee...
odd yes
Apart from the amazing arrangement and superb playing and singing the best bit of this video is the woman at 4:30 looking at the woman next to her thinking...Pipe down love, you can't sing for s***!!!
that bit just amazing
Dan's voice is too beautiful for back up singers....
True.
every time i watch this i just cry laughing bc that one goddamn back up singer is so flat it destroys everything i even remember watching an interview where they get asked about bad performances and they say this one because of the one singer that was really off
itzgemmahere tbh they all just needed to go😂😂😂 Bastille and background singer don't mix, Dan's voice is too good for them
what interview was that i want to see it, lol
What was the interview, do you remember? 😂
It was KROQ Weenie Roast 2014...I just got done watching it and came straight here to relive the cringy-ness all over again 😂
MICHAEL JACKSON AND BASTILLE ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME
WHAT ABOUT NEAR HEAVEN, WHICH IS LIKE HEAVEN BUT YOU'RE STILL CONSCIOUS AND ENJOYING BASTILLE BEING ON EARTH?
My thoughts exactly :D
No they try to ... Where achieving where still breathing 😂🌈
I love how Dan finds his own lyrics funny so giggles to himself
there not his lyrics
Yes I know but he wrote the mash up
0:18 Dan pops up like a porn advertisement.
lmao
laughing so so so hard
Or Vsauce...
why did u say that, now i cannot stop laughing
tamponwithwings now i can't unsee it😂😂
Fucking Bastille, i feel so gay 'cause i love them!
I understand the feeling
I am gay and I love them. Hahahaha
Iris Costrop you're justified
If were a guy I would go gay for Bastille
After 8 years, I’m definitely gay.
I can't deal with these back up singers.
I no they wrecked the song
True that
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH I was thinking the same
I don't think the background singers were too terrible... Their volume should have been down a bit more and one or two of them sounds off but other than that this was an okay performance.
I think woody noticed the backup singers were a bad idea because he started to laugh at one point 😂
sarah higgins Dan started smiling too and omg Dan is so fucking cute
Someone shut those backup singers up
Yes, please someone
so clever mashing up these songs :) especially following the brits awards scandal with Michael Jackson and Pulp! amazing cover!
I only recently found out about that event and just a minute ago I remembered about this mashup. Rushed here to check if anyone else noticed and here we go
actually, wasn't the back up singers, was the 'sound guy'. Their volume should've been reduced, from the mixer.
That and they weren't always together on their movement between notes.
Yup it was the mixing desk, it was terrible work
Yes but there was definitely one or two back up singers that were insanely flat and out of tune
Every single time they Bastille are in the live lounge they are flawless
Bastille are by far my favourite band. They're so original and Dan's voice is amazing.
I looooovvvveeee Bastille always have great covers
Love the cover buuuut i don't like the background singers tbh :/ They were out of tune sometimes and also too loud, they were louder than Dans voice which is not really the purpose of background singers is it? But this is definitely one of the best live lounge covers ever!
The look on the woman's face at 4:30 made me laugh.
Haha same here !!!
Everything they do is perfect
And once again Bastille has rendered me speechless. Like WOW ! Their live lounge performances are just the best !
Would love to hear them do an upbeat version of "common people" by itself. It's one of my favourite songs and i think his voice would be perfect for it! :)
take it down 57 notches, backup singers
his voice omg this band never fails to amaze me
Such a talented group of lads. Really hope they win their brit award, so deserving of it!
I really love the cute little smirks Dan makes in some parts of the song
If I could like this song a million times I would. Just. Holy. Wow.
i love dan's voice! he makes every song so unique!
Amazing... Background singers seemed a bit loud... I just wanted to hear Bastille sing. His voice is incredible! Still so good, every song they cover is so good!!!
petition for bastille to cover every song ever made
One of my fave bands singing one of my fave songs of all time. That was perfection, that was. Well done, Bastille!
Their mashups work so well. It seems like it's a signature Bastille thing now. At their concerts, they should perform their music and then do a bunch of mashups.
OH MY GOD I absolutely love this band and their live lounges always are the best!!!
I actually cringed at 1:25
I love the irony of how they chose to put these two songs together :P
I think Dan is literally everything I call my perfect guy.
And they've done it again... Absolutely stunning!
Wooooow one backing singer destroyed this
their covers, yet again, are on point!
This would be so great without the backup singers... by the way, look at Woody at 1:18 :D
They need to release Other's People Heartaches Pt. 3 including this, We Can't Stop and Locked Out of Heaven
Yes! this one without the backup singers!
If I am right they are releasing a new mixtape, around the time of their new album
I remember hearing something about that somewhere too!
The track list for other people's heartache 3 (VS) is out now but it's all original songs
What a fantastic arrangement!! Bastille, you never cease to amaze me!!!! Such talent!!
I'm not a big Bastille fan, but I really like the effort they put in to their live lounge performances. Not many other artists/groups put as much thought in to what they do here :)
and BASTILLE DOES IT AGAIN!!! Their covers are insane, so good! I'm obsessed!
one of the backing singers was out a tune - what a shame
Love Dan! Love Bastille!! Love their Live Lounges!!! Love everything about this band!!!
Awesome performance!
lets collect signatures for a petition allowing bastille to Cover ALL THE SONGS IN THE WORLD!!!! they are awesome
keep coming back to this song its special, they all musicians and singers they get paid for what they do, they seem to be enjoying themselves sum like sum don't,, i love it, x
Seriously Bastille! Could you amaze me even more?!
Background singers don't work. Too loud.
Too out of tune as well
Chloé A. D. Jacobs
Tell me about it! Ruined a decent song.
His voice.. I'm so proud of them.
They could cover everything, anything, I don't care what, would always sound just perfect!
Did anybody else notice how Dan had to bite back his grin a few times, like something was funny but he can't laugh because he's singing? ;)
Probably laughing at the atrocious backing singers 😂
ElliesGot ACamera What why, no waaay ;)
THEY KILL EVERY COVER THEY DO ITS AMAZING
Omg the drums... The voices... Bastille, this is why you're my favourite artists!!! :0 x x x
I woke up, turned on the radio and this was on. Has to be the best way to wake up on a monday, this is amazing!
One of my favourite covers of Bastille! The back up singers didn't really do them any favours, they didn't even need them!
Can we talk about how genius this actually is ??? Took me 7 years to realease that this mashup is an ode to one of the best moments in Brits awards history in 1996 when Jarvis Cocker (Pulp-Common People) bursted onto the stage during Micahel Jackson’s performance of Earth Song and made fun of it on live television. Brilliant.
I was pretty surprised when I saw this bc of that
The backing singers completely ruin it in my opinion. They're not helping to enhance his voice, they're just shouting over it very out of tune as well!
OMFG this guy never stops impressing me, i love youuuuu and also the others, all of those people, love y'all!!
Bastille are unparalleled in the art of mash ups- amazing every time.
IM IN SCHOOL AND I CANT STOP SMILING WHILE WATCHING THIS AND PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ME
I can’t. Dan is just... his voice is all I need in life.
Dan's voice is so beautiful
Oh my goodness! This made my day! Bastille- if you keep doing what you're doing you will never go wrong. xx
I really liked this one! I think it's beautiful.
Everyone is moaning about the backing vocalists but it if you were listening to Dan's voice you would hardly notice them...
It's kinda hard not to notice them.
Can we get them to do a cover every week?
I think they should've have done an entire cover of common people, it's a great song and was my favourite bit of this video
even the backup singer at 4:29 realised what they were doing was wrong 😂
Micheal Jackson would be proud!! how to change such a powerful song into even more of powerful meaning.. I totally agree with what was meant here!! well done
this is so perfect, common people is one of my favourite all time songs and your take on it and Earth song oh my gosh
Please release this as a record! It's amazing!!!🙌
24/7 bastille in my head, this is not normal
bastille do amazing covers of songs uuugh LOOOOVE THIS!
So perfect, im literally crying
beautiful. love this band!
i absolutely love BASTILLE!
Wow. He makes it look so effortless. My ears adore these sounds :)
Ahh man, I loved it so much I thought it was a teeeeeeeeeeeny bit messy at the end but man. Good stuff.
this is so gorgeous I love this song and Bastille and I just can't even
I love Bastille soo much !!
AMAZING !! ❤️
Beautiful. Sooo beautiful. Thank u
Dan's voice is perfection :)
Seriously if those backup singers cost them the award.... The Beeb are biased towards Disclosure for a start so this just makes it worse
this is amazing
This is excellent! I've been meaning to listen to this artist lately, but this is a first! ...me LIKEY! :)
This is so perfect.
I like the original and this cover and the original video anything Bastille one of the best bands alive
Stupid school made me miss this! Thanks for posting this :D Bastille you were amazing ad you always are!!! :)
The technician should have controlled the level of the voices of the background singers. It's not their fault. The man or woman whose supposed to make the voices turn softer or harder at some point didn't do a great job at it.
Who knew these two tracks would work? Excellent work Bastille !!!!