Belle & Sebastian "This Is Just a Modern Rock Song" live at Royal Albert Hall

One of my all-time favorite Belle & Sebastian songs, "This Is Just a Modern Rock Song," performed live at Royal Albert Hall, June 23, 2016, during the "If You're Felling Sinister" night. They rarely play this live.

[@jons.105]

Their masterpiece.

[@fcool]

i'd be crying if i ever listen it in live

[@markstouffer2448]

when I saw them play it I felt like I should be even though IDK what the song was. It was as you thought it would be

[@vladislavsotona7557]

Do you also like so much, when the music from a concert sounds so close to the official version? Omg, i love this song!!! One of the best i ever heard...

[@patrickb8345]

Love this song and band. Thanks for putting this online.

[@888edu4U]

wow thank you. I got to know Belle & Sebastien like 20 years ago with this song and is still one of my favorite among another 50 I was listening to today. I was fortunate to see them with the Cal. Philarmonic Orchestra in the Hollywood Bowl with The Shins opening and later in Mexico. Funny how "just" another modern rock song turned out to be among "the best" rock songs in the last 20 years huh. Cheers and thank you for sharing :)

[@eletonal]

I always crying

[@markstouffer2448]

i saw this played in Atlanta on the Storytelling/Fold Your Hands Tour. Had no idea what it was but saw the guy running the soundboard getting super into it so I knew it was special. I could see the set list taped to his table and caught the name. Been in awe of the song ever since. Absolute B&S Perfection

[@solarinvesting]

Magnífico

[@김근우-o5q]

im crying

[@aldobrigneti9158]

Awesome

[@milktvmilk]

Obrigado por postar ❤️

[@jono55]

Epic

[@SpaceExplorer]

very good

[@dametime1462]

좋다

[@pandawandas]

I’m not as clever as Mark Twain I only buy a book for the way it looks, and put it back on the shelf again

[@joshuapeterson6072]

Nothing cynical or proud in the lyrics or chords, but want to know reasons for the title?

[@potassiumrichfoods]

Yeah. Or my interpretation, at least. The song is 7:31, which is not considered ‘radio friendly’, but it’s so damn catchy. It’s three chords with a more complex vocal composition. It strikes me as something Lou Reed would have written (R.I.P.) The song is a self-conscious confession of personal faults and it gives little insights into the lives of several different people. The last line- “because this song has got to stop somewhere”- is a reminder that it’s longer than the typical modern rock song.

[@89popsong]

It’s so long but doesn’t feel it