Big Red Machine Performs 'Gratitude'

Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Aaron Dessner (The National), and make their television debut as Big Red Machine with a song from their first project together, 'Big Red Machine.'
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[@R_A120]

The drummer is enjoying himself so much, what a guy

[@laundrie]

JT Bates! Severely underrated drummer. He played a couple songs on Taylor Swift's "Folklore"!

[@roffels]

He's an entertaining drummer - prolific around the Twin Cities music scene

[@laundrie]

@@roffels Saw him with Phil Cook in Eau Claire, so fun to watch

[@drmedwuast]

I BETTER NOT M∑SS THIS UP

[@abdurrazzaq2314]

dudeeeeeeeeee! you clever.

[@minasliou5501]

i dig

[@jordanberezin2621]

Man, so good. All iterations of Mr. Vernon, whether it's the Big Red Machine, bon iver, volcano choir....shouting matches....list goes on, it's all fantastic

[@mounthope2567]

Volcano choir so underrated

[@marcokallenborn3331]

So many high fives to the sound engineers!

[@eric69571]

omg thats lisa hannigan on vocals! What a pleasant surprise!!

[@marc.brunelle]

Probably got to know her while he was hanging out with Damien Rice ! Cool project they have there man.

[@Olhado256]

Too bad she's almost indaudible...

[@IsuiGtz]

A little late to the party. But I mean, why. She has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard in my entire life. Why.

[@pj_day]

Aaron’s guitar sounds incredible

[@jankozek7475]

"We better not mess this up" lol. Funny to hear Justin Vernon change a song lyric like that.

[@bluebaconjake405]

Probably broadcasting restrictions and its sad but hilarious lmao

[@ilikecows44]

Oh my god. Drummer, you are a CHAMPION.

[@joshencinasxx]

Now I can feel it. I understand everything they are playing. They know how to make it. This music is colorfull. The atmosphere. Yeah. That was good man.

[@Olhado256]

Two of the biggest indie heroes of our generation. Also shout out to drummer guy for being very entertaining to watch. He's feelin' it.

[@nilerobinson742]

J.T. Bates

[@ezequielporfiri8822]

The drumming also a masterpiece!

[@goldwincs]

I wish they would have played "Hymnostic". It's my favorite track from the album.

[@ericlegend95]

goldwincs Hah, I wrote the exact same comment on Bon Iver's Reddit

[@filippomazzini1676]

HELL YEAH...this one is like one of the worst and cheap poppy songs of the album

[@madseliasson9101]

@@filippomazzini1676 WTF dude? strange way of expressing yourself. And there is a lot of elements in this song that isn't "poppy". You clearly dont understand the process on the album.

[@joaoconceicao5510]

So many Volcano Choir bits in there

[@Mak933]

I was thinking the same thing!!! Comrade is my favorite from that era, and lots of bits and pieces here from VC for sure.

[@michaeljustin9722]

justin is the best musical artist of this generation.

[@TchockyPuritan]

The Dessner brothers are. He's a close second though.

[@Ou8y2k2]

I'd go with Dan Auerbach.

[@JeroenTel]

Never say "is"... when it comes to art and music... just say "to me he is"... and then you graze the face of taste with grace.

[@martinryan2073]

@@JeroenTel Astute & graceful.

[@thewombats6666]

agree

[@jib14k]

how did i miss this before??? so glad i heard this now at least

[@padraicfallon8902]

The DIVINE Lisa Hannigan for good measure.. now that's what I call a supergroup!

[@manulovesyoumadly]

PLEASE make Lisa Hannigan a steady member of BRM!

[@jelleverdijck781]

3:24 The drummer loves it though

[@butcher6041]

Jelle Verdijck lol his name is JT bates

[@ilikecows44]

Dude he was GOING IN on this track. Unreal.

[@delightmediadesign]

This is frickin insane!

[@loganboyd10]

I didnt think there was a way this could be even better live, but it was!

[@johncooper4874]

I'm so proud of Justin!! I love his music so much

[@sonofmunson]

This is so fucking epic. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

[@YPVISA]

Bloody brilliant!

[@AToolyTime]

JT Bates is so good. He always gives a great performance. ❤

[@ajdc88]

i was at this performance, the audience did *not* get it at all... i rather enjoyed it tho

[@97javic]

People are dull. Gotta be to be a part of a late night show audience

[@JacquesEllis]

Lots of love

[@AQGOAT24]

The comment section probably Imagine Dragons fans being big mad. It's always amusing to read the comments when artists like this perform for a more general audience on shows like Colbert

[@jtsmith3546]

can I like both 🤭🤭🤭

[@Akashdeep-kd5mf]

@@jtsmith3546 yeah you don't have to ask i do love them both

[@JacquesEllis]

@@jtsmith3546 no

[@stickyglue1234]

Digging the Meow Wolf beanie there Justin

[@Steven-id2eb]

Justin Vernon, Lisa Hannigan and Aaron Dessner in one Performance 🥁😍

[@joshencinasxx]

Su manera de hacer música esta a mil años luz de los grupos de hoy en día

[@riccardopilu9368]

Oh, Lisa! Every little thing she does is magic.

[@joshdawson6581]

3 years late but I’m all in for this.

[@unearthinganna]

I'm in loovveee ❤

[@peaceall43650]

Lisa Hannigan!

[@chadnorth10]

f-ng incredible

[@dawnnicholson9675]

Lisa Hannigan.. And Vern.. This is everthing!!

[@AbrahamCloud]

A tension and intensity that reminds me a bit of King Crimson.

[@gabrielclaussen1181]

so good

[@vladimiro8261]

fantastici!!!

[@EOD100]

Lisa Hannigan on vocals and she doesn't even get a shoutout?! C'mon!

[@lukeoscovitch58]

The only real Big Red Machine is Kane

[@alecgoria]

Love this album.

[@joeltegman]

Justin has never looked better

[@kevinglover9586]

If you know, you know. If you don't, it sounds bad.

[@ewenvanni9309]

u don’t know

[@peaceall43650]

This is something different! Really love the experimentation.

[@romanspataro1688]

saw the dislikes and knew it was gonna be good

[@bridgettealley9421]

❤😇🙏❤Sooo good✌

[@BenjaminByriel]

Wait, that's not the lyric...

[@mosstraa]

🖤🌠🖤

[@dontsubscribe3248]

BAH GAWD ITS KANE, THE BIG RED MACHINE IS HERE

[@dmax5722]

Cool! I think I'm a new fan. Colby's always rock'n unique artists...

[@sparkysjoint1616]

Umm, no. All they play is talentless hacks who all sound like eachother.

[@dmax5722]

Learn to swim - --- --- .-.. / -....- / .- . -. .. -- .-

[@mohamedizlanshah7377]

the comment section doesn't get experimental music

[@peatrick33]

If you think this is experimental music then you've never listened to experimental music. This is pretty straightforward stuff. Don't be confused by Justin trying to make autotune artsy.

[@claytonis1]

You're allowed to like it. Other people are allowed to not... "getting it" shouldn't even concern you.

[@SeadartVSG]

Yeah I "GET" experimental music, but I don't have to enjoy people pantomiming playing their pre-looped tracks.

crap is crap, even if someone's trying to convince you it's ice-cream

[@narvul]

Or they just don't like this music which doesn't qualify as experimental though. They just act a bit disturbed while playing mediocre stuff on some loops.

[@NYCrazyRob]

That's...that's gotta be Kane!

[@cleynhocardoso4173]

👏👏👏👏👏😘

[@nietsnik]

Young Dan Harmon on the drums

[@shaunsmith7774]

Dan Harmon on drums

[@live4491]

No JT Bates on drums

[@shaunsmith7774]

@@live4491 lol

[@leemorejacqueline]

Justin is … A way to get closer to God.

[@n.m.sh.8706]

Where can I find the video of Big Red Machine ft. Anais Mitchell - Phoenix that was performed on this show in 2021, could be August 11, 2021? Album version of that song is nowhere near as good as live performance. I used to watch that video on a loop.

[@nutshell1127]

D. R. U. M. M. E. R.

[@pengyzin8668]

Its gotta be Kane!!!

[@musicalcommentary2476]

Very good song.

[@jacobbrown1253]

I thought the title sounds fimilar cause it's sounds like a wrestler nickname. Which is Kane "the big red machine" yep with out the word "the" it'll just be big red machine.

[@ironidramatik]

This is ART

[@failureiscoolrepeatyourmistake]

When you're lucky enough to have Lisa Mannigan around you should make more use of her than backing vocals...

[@tgcrecords6866]

There are developing tracks with utilize her way more... saw that first hand at the BRM show in New York last year

[@NicolaDiCostanzo]

"Well I better not fuck this up " sounded better

[@joseluizengelke5128]

Following you from Brazil, it's Always a Magic Show. Congratolations my Friend!

[@1120RALd]

むちゃくちゃ良い

[@eds6889]

Hoodies and toques on stage. Lol

[@robbieralph1278]

I love this 👍

[@snoozieboi]

I get some weird African vibes like sting, Gabriel and others might be doing in the early nineties. Several songs are like that, and Lyla even has him sounding raspy like Peter Gabriel. Just my connotation

[@bubbaray9100]

Odd I didnt see Kane anywhere.

[@ilikecows44]

TURN LISA UP GARDDANGIT

[@Kitson420]

Dope

[@drphot6050]

Wait where's The Red Demon Kane at? I'm highly disappointed lol!

[@LuqaS15]

That's how you use autotune!

[@DanielShalomLawrence]

It's called a Vocoder, and it can actually be manipulated by a keyboard live

[@jordanroberts2248]

@@DanielShalomLawrence he often does.. he also manipulates saxophone solos thru a vocoder via keyboard which is so rad

[@tgcrecords6866]

@@jordanroberts2248 Yes, known as the Messina :)

[@rasputinafreak]

Where's Kane?

[@isaaccortez5835]

is this vaporwave

[@sadeghbig1188]

kane is just big red machine

[@hamie7]

What is the hat that Justin is wearing? Anyone?

[@liamsomers7198]

I'm tryna figure that out too looks like it says Grow wolf on it or something along those lines

[@dgleichm]

Meow Wolf - a crazy art installation in Santa Fe, NM.

[@owenschauss3103]

lyrics (plus the “fucks”) Well Well Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other, Lord There ain't no other otherh Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other Well I better not fuck this up Well I better not fuck this up Ah long a way Well we better not fuck this up Well we better not fuck this up Ah, leave it lone Well it's two lines on 'em And were pairing 'em down the cost Well it's two lines on 'em Well ya better not put up a fuss Well, I'm wide awake Well you better not fuck this up Well you better not fuck this up While I'm away Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other I'd bet a fortune Where they tugging the bed, the foreground (There ain't no other other) (There ain't no other, there ain't no other) Have we been here before? Where they tugging the bed, the foreground Well I'm on my big bean field in the palm of your hand And the palms are decimation wheres glass glaze lay dead Well There's 6 whole fucking nations and who knows where they lay Well you won't baylta patch that with a one slap slain sleigh And that bread dont even cost no bread on my Mast head And that bed ain't even made up and the Swing side cape dup Well here is Indians in the graveyard and we built on top them Well I wanna comprehend ya, but that's hard to give way Do we really know what happened to the Clamped winter pass I would'a bet a coat over highway pass For every lil' young ripple slapped on the back Well I wanna comprehend you, said no overpass The very young thing chad with the sweater back Said he ain't known no love, so he just attacks But I known a couple lovers, some were quarterbacks See can't you see hon that there's two a' that, now? Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other Well, there ain't no other other For by a still water

[@violonista3]

Lisa Hanigham????? She shoul appear much more in this music. His microphone should be louder! Bad mistake, guys.

[@martinryan2073]

It's Hannigan.

[@hsmoscout]

there's a big difference between using autotune to fix your pitchy voice and an incredible singer like justin vernon using it specifically for the sound it creates

[@squeakeththewheel]

Thanks to the bass player for the notes he did NOT play.

[@warburgaby]

super

[@WARFLUXX]

Justin wearing some off-whites is odd looking to me lmaooo

[@kiernanbishop4617]

Mother earth Father God Brother Bear Sister Mermon love the world 2 ;)

[@chayamansa8695]

Love Bon Iver. He is truly making art out of electronic music...breaking the mold and pushing the frontier...he is quickly positioning himself as the Freddy Mercury of electronic music (check his evolution starting from his single “Creeks”).

[@ryanbullock279]

Bon Iver is a band. Justin Vernon is the front man of the band Bon Iver. This is Justin Vernon in the band Big Red Machine. His evolution hardly started with Creeks. I don't know if I'd call this electronic music.

[@thekraken8him]

This sounds more like soundcheck than a performance. At least the drummer was killin' it.

[@SARGENTO007A]

I tried, but I don’t get it.

[@97javic]

you wouldn’t /:

[@Kalepsis]

I'd like to hear this song without the autotune.

[@hunterberry3449]

Better not fuck this up

[@acaggs105]

there are actual people in these comments saying that's not autotune

[@claytonis1]

I might like it more if I could understand the lyrics... but even if I did, I don't think this is for me.

[@97javic]

that’s okay, you don’t have to like good music

[@whistlingsongs1727]

81% autotune 66% weed logic

[@jesseasch2996]

That’s over 100!

[@narvul]

0% Autotune.

[@kegelcramp]

Definitely just a vocoder , no Autotune.

[@instajawnee]

@@kegelcramp using a vocoder involves playing a keyboard along while singing, this is autotune and Justin Vernon uses it artfully

[@youcancallmeana]

It's like grunge meets Dead, meets Phish, meets Cold Play, meets Moby. I mean it sounds like it could be a fun party, but the ingredients were just too wacky to come together in a cohesive meal.

[@sam999ber]

It sounds like he messed that up

[@joeyhuffcutt6261]

It sounds like you messed that up

[@jacobwall9976]

Looks like you messed up ur spelling

[@2006glg]

😂

[@BranceCrantly]

Clicked on this because I thought it would be a Beastie Boys cover. It's worse than a Beastie Boys cover.

[@xTheOxx]

The WORST band name.

[@Rowan_C]

Great way to reference the heart. It's not so bad.

[@manuelybarra7970]

They deserve a tombstone pile driver and the choke slam for using that name👹👺💀

[@LoveProWrestling]

Are you kidding.

[@StefanGous]

I kept waiting for it to get good. It never did.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Yeah, not a big fan of autotune.

[@matiasneptuniano2127]

Not a fan of this banda but this is a vocoder