Damon Albarn - "Hollow Ponds" (Live at WFUV)

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Damon Albarn performs "Hollow Ponds" live in Studio A. Recorded 4/16/14.
Host: Kara Manning
Engineer: Caroline Inzucchi
Cameras: Erica Talbott, Deirdre Hynes, Michael Shemenski, & Diego Siler-Gonzales
Editor: Caroline Inzucchi & Michael Shemenski

[@J.I.0]

I love that he respects live music being played by real musicians. he's got a true gift when it comes to making great music

[@biinbox]

I couldn't agree more!

[@GTanya07]

its like i entered some kind of movie and this is the soundtrack

[@biinbox]

There's nothing like Damon Albarn and his crew.

[@naxxodrop]

Personally I think this solo album was the best work on Damon career.

[@AbductionDevlog]

I don't listen to it often but I agree. Not exactly bops but they are all brilliant takes on the human condition and the music is haunting in a good way.

[@stanjones6659]

WOW...Damon pushes boundaries, what a star!

[@rbo3294]

There was something about growing up as a kid in the 70's....
We had nothing but everything

[@hanshotfirst8927]

You can tell he's reliving a lot when he plays this. So many memories.

[@dannorth3138]

My late mum used to work at Whipps Cross opposite to the hallow ponds everytime I hear this I think of her with happy tears. The green man pub hasn't gone it's just been renamed O'Neils.

[@milesaph]

This song, and the whole album are so emotional... I love it

[@ianstorey3925]

I left Leytonstone 12 years mum still lives there brings back some memories 33 years I lived how it has changed

[@LisaAkehurst]

😢so beautiful

[@cpiek7611]

Such a beautiful man, inside and out

[@lisazoria2709]

This song captures that feeling of bittersweet nostalgia so well. Haunting.

[@NewJayqwe2]

Damon may have the most bangers of all artists I know

[@pauserepeat787]

DAYMN is this the same guy that jumped all over the place in popscene???

[@rogeliorodriguezhuerta4596]

True

[@lauramockett5871]

Wow this was sad! I really liked this! Invoked lots if memories. Loved the music I shall listening to more of Damon and co... Thanks Dan!

[@loubeady6408]

Beautiful and amazingly soulful. Love Damon for his creativity.

[@9Rubbish]

Loveliness!

[@luismkc72]

Amazing just amazing!

[@leees259]

beautiful.

[@paulo8301]

Such talented musicians, i love it.

[@lufloydian5159]

surpassing

[@user-nu1is8ew7n]

This is so much better than the studio version.

[@saraioviedo4551]

les quedo bien bonita la cancion

[@avilanicolase]

Sublime..

[@michaelsmedley7519]

Listening to this album again tonight. Epic album

[@michaelsmedley7519]

Wow this version is amazing

[@larskivig7612]

Absolutely wonderful acoustic version.
Brilliant album as well.
Cheers

[@eveteramed4045]

Whoawwww!!?!!?! 🤩

[@CRITZKRIEG]

Sounds alot like Bowie's Something In the Air

[@sobersplash6172]

Bowie *was* a big inspiration for Damon, after all

[@arthurangelo5841]

Wonderful!!!!

[@joanwilcox1278]

So much passion . . .

[@antoniodourado9739]

Maravilha!

[@mateobarri1229]

Levantó perfecto

[@markt8799]

Awesome song...

[@ringolsd3312]

beautiful version, it has a sound like tango

[@joanwilcox1278]

Amazing . . .

[@charlesrotherhithe9183]

Friends, relatives die, Department stores like Bearmans shut, but Hollow Ponds is still there etched in ones memory for ever

[@Geraaturner]

Sublime.

[@alonsitocs4095]

This and selfish giant are the best in the album

[@justdave3153]

Hollow Ponds is King, I’d add You and Me to these two🤩

[@calvancandy8384]

Brilliant

[@richardbrahimi6534]

magnifico viva

[@9Rubbish]

Modern life is rubbish…in 1993

[@GGanzolo]

Ameisin

[@juliamartinez4193]

Parece Bowie... Brutal

[@LioKang]

2:34

[@jake24009]

I was recently starting to write a song called hollow ponds because i grew up in leytonstone

[@julhagrc]

Damon fucking albarn, genius!

[@mijailpavka2805]

is this the guy from gorillaz and blur right?

[@twinoak1706]

+Mijail Pavka Yes sir.

[@krazykeith65]

All day long .daydreams

[@mazzeiart]

veramente oltre...ciao ciao ;-)

[@zzzanto]

bravo questo, quanto vuole per venire a suonare al GGC? dici che ci sta nei soliti 150 + alloggio?

[@user-qe5uv1cj1x]

At 4:45...heh, what? You didnt expect the guitar to be playing as well?

[@ritavarhelyi6130]

[@mSh3wsh]

Does anyone know the name of the guitarist?

[@Gavrek]

Seye

[@miguelvictoria26]

Does anybody know the name of the lead violinist?

[@miguelvictoria26]

Amy Kimball (Scorchio string quartet). I'm in love with her. She seems so disconsolate...

[@davidesca8700]

which bass does jeff play?

[@RiickMendez]

Fender Bass VI

[@davideferrara9368]

Hey, it's Lewis Hamilton playing guitar! For Sure!

[@rutkoff]

devastating...

[@richardfreeman972]

In the global warming that hit us all 1976 😂

[@ittybittyshoeshine]

Not a fan of anything Albarn has done outside of Blur. Graham Coxon is the true guitar genius. Damon on his own is too much melodramatic for me. Graham Coxon is so much more talented. But together they're magic. Wish just the 2 of them would write more.

[@elwray3506]

Regarding the guitar chops you surely like to state the obvious here. Of course Graham is the much more accomplished guitar man and noone in his right mind would ever question that. Damon seems rather mediocre with six strings, but that´s not the point. He knows, what he can contribute to a song on the guitar and what not. It´s not an ego thing here. He´s a true musician and true musicians most of all know, when to be quiet. His legacy will not be that of a guitarist but certainly not inferior to Graham´s. And if you ask me, it´s never been a competition anyway and we shouldn´t try to make it one. And yes, I love them both.