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

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  • Опубліковано 18 січ 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 роки тому +507

    I think this is one of the best songs ever written

  • @merrittbadger
    @merrittbadger 7 років тому +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 роки тому +2

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

    • @jamesmcnulty1936
      @jamesmcnulty1936 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

      IS, man, is.

    • @sergiosanchez3344
      @sergiosanchez3344 3 роки тому +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- Місяць тому

      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

  • @chongymeister14
    @chongymeister14 2 роки тому +78

    Father John Misty killing it on the drums and backing vocals

    • @Michael-db9ns
      @Michael-db9ns 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @robertedwards9861
      @robertedwards9861 Рік тому

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

    • @torefettuccia
      @torefettuccia 9 місяців тому

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

  • @scatterbrainedme
    @scatterbrainedme 8 років тому +178

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

  • @TarePandaHelp
    @TarePandaHelp 2 роки тому +27

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

  • @zephyrquartz
    @zephyrquartz 4 роки тому +62

    The songwriter is a genius.

  • @Pining_for_the_fjords
    @Pining_for_the_fjords 8 років тому +239

    The best song from this truly underrated band.

  • @bulletfastspeed
    @bulletfastspeed 8 років тому +130

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

    • @ignys22
      @ignys22 8 років тому +22

      dude, search for "robin pecknold two headed boy"

    • @bulletfastspeed
      @bulletfastspeed 8 років тому +13

      Ignas Barsulis Holy shit thank you

    • @chuckdux
      @chuckdux 8 років тому +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 років тому +9

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

    • @thegreyfaces
      @thegreyfaces 6 років тому

      MrOuchiez. WORD!

  • @RangiferADV
    @RangiferADV 4 роки тому +93

    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 роки тому +11

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

    • @julioponce5240
      @julioponce5240 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому +3

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

  • @aledrummer925
    @aledrummer925 2 роки тому +26

    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 Рік тому +2

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

  • @conorbuckley4787
    @conorbuckley4787 Рік тому +10

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

  • @cleverfool
    @cleverfool 9 років тому +30

    Holy crap they sound amazing live!!!!

  • @PhoeFireaga
    @PhoeFireaga 12 років тому +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!"

  • @johnirving3768
    @johnirving3768 3 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      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 10 місяців тому +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.

  • @moth1ne
    @moth1ne 10 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +3

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

    • @Zincfffff
      @Zincfffff Рік тому +1

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

    • @garrettbabcock9024
      @garrettbabcock9024 Рік тому

      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 роки тому +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 років тому +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 :)

  • @jaygeoffrey1042
    @jaygeoffrey1042 4 роки тому +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 6 місяців тому +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

  • @SolarisAjna
    @SolarisAjna 8 років тому +50

    If I had an orchard...

  • @roberteifler71
    @roberteifler71 4 роки тому +6

    Geddy Lee from rush loves this band.

  • @JMarquiseee
    @JMarquiseee 10 років тому +108

    Father John Misty is over it.

    • @holyfreakinguacamole
      @holyfreakinguacamole 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @mattyb808
      @mattyb808 3 роки тому +2

      He needs to come back...

    • @SuperFosterMom
      @SuperFosterMom 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @JustinHaynes123
      @JustinHaynes123 3 роки тому +1

      @@SuperFosterMom isn’t it wonderful

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous 2 роки тому

      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!

  • @drrjim
    @drrjim 7 років тому +69

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

    • @thomaskittock2866
      @thomaskittock2866 7 років тому

      drrjim I can see it.

    • @NorthWriter
      @NorthWriter 7 років тому +3

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

    • @radhojordan8254
      @radhojordan8254 4 роки тому

      Preach bro

    • @chuckles1able
      @chuckles1able 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @johncavanaugh2517
      @johncavanaugh2517 2 роки тому

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

  • @earth2fan
    @earth2fan 11 років тому +6

    Best band of our time

  • @Taxmaster3000
    @Taxmaster3000 3 роки тому +6

    Man they make me want to just drive and never stop

  • @chikinsami4230
    @chikinsami4230 5 років тому +134

    Homies really wearing two collard shirts at once

  • @AlmightyNeb
    @AlmightyNeb 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @christinearndt9918
    @christinearndt9918 6 років тому +5

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

  • @mayradreschererramouspe2301
    @mayradreschererramouspe2301 3 місяці тому

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

  • @bensandivar9362
    @bensandivar9362 9 років тому +165

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

  • @NorthWriter
    @NorthWriter 7 років тому +9

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

  • @kaunisrumilus
    @kaunisrumilus 3 роки тому +4

    Unbelievably masterful and beautiful

  • @johnwebb3078
    @johnwebb3078 4 роки тому +6

    This song is so beautiful.

  • @Rio-by1eh
    @Rio-by1eh 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Rio-by1eh
    @Rio-by1eh 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @yoyoyo119
    @yoyoyo119 12 років тому +4

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

  • @indefinicy
    @indefinicy 11 років тому +5

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

  • @notimelikethefuture7765
    @notimelikethefuture7765 9 років тому +13

    beautiful! reminds me of Simon & Garfunkel.

  • @kirstenlovick8308
    @kirstenlovick8308 10 років тому +4

    OBSESSED.

  • @gracegilhooly5351
    @gracegilhooly5351 6 років тому +4

    This is my favourite band😋😋😁

  • @IIxXmAcXxII
    @IIxXmAcXxII 4 роки тому +4

    Ramsay Bolton rockin that acoustic guitar. 🤘🏼

  • @shadygroves8252
    @shadygroves8252 6 років тому +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!)

  • @DrNworbsKitsCats
    @DrNworbsKitsCats 10 років тому +16

    Great band and my new fave, move over Wilco!

  • @michaelgwyndavies2827
    @michaelgwyndavies2827 4 роки тому +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,

  • @lizarosemiggo962
    @lizarosemiggo962 Місяць тому

    I cry every time

  • @thomaswells55
    @thomaswells55 10 років тому +31

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

  • @Moondancin
    @Moondancin 9 місяців тому +1

    Always reminded of me of early Crosby, Stills and Nash

  • @noelhutz
    @noelhutz 10 років тому +7

    great lyrics

  • @fuzkamode
    @fuzkamode 10 років тому +3

    no words excellent.... full of good vibs

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 5 років тому +6

    Relembrando o quanto que amo essa banda 🌾

  • @michaelbowe1485
    @michaelbowe1485 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @Nick_oDev
    @Nick_oDev 2 місяці тому +1

    anyone 2024?

  • @Beatgeneration2010
    @Beatgeneration2010 11 років тому +2

    A master of melody. Great combination of a band.

  • @leamarie3722
    @leamarie3722 5 років тому +2

    COME IN FRANCE!! LOVE YOU

  • @timmy13duffy
    @timmy13duffy 4 роки тому +1

    just so powerful - so beautiful - get me every time

  • @danielhamilton5437
    @danielhamilton5437 11 років тому +2

    Such a fantastic band!

  • @MauraMcG
    @MauraMcG 2 роки тому

    This is one of the best videos on UA-cam.

  • @shouqlovesjin
    @shouqlovesjin 3 роки тому

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

  • @kristagibson8533
    @kristagibson8533 Рік тому

    This might be my favorite song ever

  • @donettejez3255
    @donettejez3255 9 років тому +1

    This song is what's up!

  • @CaseyBrents
    @CaseyBrents 4 місяці тому

    CHALLEN!!!

  • @ambientwavesmusic8585
    @ambientwavesmusic8585 7 років тому

    Amazing!

  • @steve0sheetz
    @steve0sheetz 5 років тому +5

    They're like one collective consciousness

  • @UniversalMusicCntr
    @UniversalMusicCntr 10 років тому

    Fantastic!

  • @beckenglnd23
    @beckenglnd23 8 років тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @Mary-fo3xp
    @Mary-fo3xp 8 років тому

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

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 9 років тому +3

    eu simplesmente amo essa música!

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 8 років тому +2

    🌿te amo🌿

  • @cristinesaunders2428
    @cristinesaunders2428 6 років тому

    Wow! Great Band! Amazing rhythms!

  • @glynischapman3044
    @glynischapman3044 Рік тому

    Only just discovered this gem x

  • @leftforless911
    @leftforless911 3 роки тому +1

    Washin dishes, playin drums and getting by

  • @robertedwards9861
    @robertedwards9861 Рік тому

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

  • @FeralPatrick
    @FeralPatrick 10 років тому +1

    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 років тому +1

      except now fleet is basically over...

    • @FeralPatrick
      @FeralPatrick 10 років тому +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 років тому

      packyman Robin's now focus as a college student.

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 10 місяців тому

      ​@@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. 💙💙💙

  • @atomi62
    @atomi62 12 років тому +4

    Robin, Robin, Robin. :)

  • @Porfabiana1
    @Porfabiana1 7 років тому +1

    aaaa 💕🍃

  • @ericbaxter4818
    @ericbaxter4818 6 років тому

    Oh the magic that GOD gave us!

  • @Ana-ox7uf
    @Ana-ox7uf 9 років тому +2

    Linda!

  • @HashimotoTheBand
    @HashimotoTheBand 12 років тому +2

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

  • @thelevy4764
    @thelevy4764 3 роки тому

    Great live performance, so jealous.

  • @MrCrowbar00
    @MrCrowbar00 10 років тому

    tune !!!

  • @lorenzo-bq
    @lorenzo-bq 9 років тому

    Great song...

  • @johnmartinimusic2406
    @johnmartinimusic2406 2 роки тому +1

    what a great fucking band!

  • @AFlawlessCircle
    @AFlawlessCircle 11 років тому +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.

  • @NoZAutonomy
    @NoZAutonomy 11 років тому +2

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

  • @krisartfox83
    @krisartfox83 Рік тому +1

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

  • @siggyb71
    @siggyb71 11 років тому +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.

  • @XiongGou
    @XiongGou 10 років тому

    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!

  • @leemaloney8527
    @leemaloney8527 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @vvavie4858
    @vvavie4858 Рік тому

    That telecaster 😍

  • @LewisMarien
    @LewisMarien 6 років тому +1

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

    • @BookClubDisaster
      @BookClubDisaster 5 років тому +1

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

  • @rayklish538
    @rayklish538 8 років тому +69

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

    • @BassMonster1723
      @BassMonster1723 8 років тому +3

      Found myself consciously slowing the speed of my foot tapping.

    • @petermacinnis8
      @petermacinnis8 8 років тому +41

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

    • @Gardeniableed
      @Gardeniableed 8 років тому +1

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

    • @Hitchlucas
      @Hitchlucas 8 років тому +9

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

    • @Hitchlucas
      @Hitchlucas 8 років тому +9

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

  • @kurtschwochow
    @kurtschwochow 9 років тому +13

    the pants + jesus sandals combo is an interesting look

  • @mattstiles1232
    @mattstiles1232 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Wellfan82
    @Wellfan82 10 років тому +15

    what is the thing on the bridge of the twelve string electric that's lightly hammering the strings?

    • @adriantomo5688
      @adriantomo5688 5 років тому +1

      5 years late but I think it's a kalimba

    • @freyjaames9161
      @freyjaames9161 4 роки тому

      Might be a modified hammer jammer?

  • @ShermerHighSchool
    @ShermerHighSchool 9 років тому +1

    Being Flynn brought me here!

  • @charmicarmicat2981
    @charmicarmicat2981 7 років тому +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 5 років тому +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 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @fnt9010
    @fnt9010 5 років тому

    I was begins 2 of their songs or more

  • @xaxaviola
    @xaxaviola 6 років тому

    father john miss you

  • @davidmckelvey2601
    @davidmckelvey2601 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @paolociccotti5612
    @paolociccotti5612 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @wezzlyn
    @wezzlyn 12 років тому +1

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