Big Thief - “Not” (Live at The Bunker Studio)

[@AnthonyRecenello]

im such a shitface because i purposely didnt listen to these guys when they were first blowing up and now im late to the party. and i have like 15 albums to catch up with including all the solo albums. god this woman is a genius. WTF

[@keffinmckn3602]

Showing up fashionably late is often worth it. Cheers!!

[@brianrand7191]

You fucked up Anthony, but it won’t be the last time. Better late than never

[@erycleaf9725]

She plays and sings right at that line between control and chaos. It's like the line between metal and punk. She warbles, she screams, she whispers and wails and somehow every note is absolutely precise.

[@absoluteledge]

She fills a Kurt shaped hole.

[@trklsswndr]

well said...

[@lucaswallo8127]

Yeah

[@mikescheibinger5191]

100% complete control over every molecule of her musical existence.

[@badgerific]

Would love to see/hear her cover something by the cranberries. Linger would be epic

[@faststick2021]

This drummer has a wonderful feel for this kind of music. my kind of dude, not overcomplicating things and staying locked the fuck in

[@kissexplode]

Hell yeah baby, in that pocket.

[@MrEss-ld3sw]

Yup, drummer is one my favorite things about this band.

[@mskcrc]

He's also a pretty diverse player. A lot of bands are formed by friendship first and foremost, leading to "weak links." This band has none of that shit.

[@craggerrs]

yeh, he's got style

[@gbordenflanagan]

This guy is amazing. Was just listening to Little Things and the drumming on that is mind bending, with little hitches and mismatched rhythms, Stuart Copeland-esque.

[@alexarchibald2477]

I watch this every day. It's been keeping me whole

[@star0shimmer13]

❤️

[@michaelloughran7817]

Such a song

[@thebandsopitted]

gang shit

[@EyeDigress]

It's kept me from a lot.

[@bjwnashe5589]

I second the motion.

[@KimBluebell1155]

For years and years I have searched for an artist like this. This is the rage and all encompassing emotions you feel when you lose someone you loved deeply. For me it makes me think of the day I lost my dad….

[@moodsk]

You're not on your own

[@blarty]

have you listened to change? this song and that one as well makes me think of my dad too, he also passed. i’m sorry for your loss

[@unstablerelationship]

seriously... how did you 4 find each other??? this is glue.. the growl!!! the dissonance!!! i'm floored!!

[@somevelvettmourning]

Right? The chemistry between these guys is indescribable. I only hope to find friends and bandmates like this one day 😊 Big Thief are incredible, their music has changed my life both as a full band and as solo artists.

[@elimiller7445]

the part where she throws her headphones off and tears into the solo will always, always, always give me chills

[@Huguirur]

I spent years, man. YEARS!. Without feeling something even remotely similar to the raw energy and intensity that this performance makes me feel. Is piercing through my heart like a spear.

[@l.sueszabo9618]

I hear you man. I saw these guys in 18. Up close and personal. By the end of the show, I was on my knees on the floor. I couldn't stand. I couldn't function. Blown away by the music and intensity of emotion. The only thing I could do was go to my knees and surrender to it.

[@kamariweaver1536]

@@l.sueszabo9618 welcome to the cap store, which one would you like?

[@bibbit08]

@@l.sueszabo9618 kip p00

[@lucaswallo8127]

please explain

[@NickHarman]

exaggerated teen angst

[@Hoooekk]

I love how buck looks like he is barely controlling his guitar at points, like he is almost taming it. Love this performance.

[@chrisuresti3898]

He knows how to handle the intensity he knows it and it doesn't bother or scare hes on the level and knows the right approach to be in it.

[@tomhorrid]

love the way Buck Meek's guitar seems to stay still frozen in space whilst he vibes around behind it

[@benbaby100]

He goes into deep waters

[@lucaswallo8127]

@@benbaby100 wdym

[@benbaby100]

@@lucaswallo8127 He contorts his face and body when he gets into his playing. Check out their Tiny Desk session. He really gets into it.

[@sundogsun]

gyroscopic guitarist

[@MrKlaymanTom]

This version's arguably better than the studio version. Such intensity.

[@kthsmprs]

I think the performance is brilliant but the mix isn't the best imo.

[@dommyjudd]

@@kthsmprs Agreed. In fact, there's so many better live versions on KZbin than this one.

[@agneswilder733]

yeah, she gave me goosebumps

[@selmajulietapadilla592]

'@@kthsmprs Did you listen with headphones? I thought the same, but then I listened with headphones and it's almost a different song!

[@okilfeathermusic]

@@dommyjudd the interpretation on this version is one of the best tho.

[@gab_a_gool]

Adrianne 's energy in this performance is the energy I need to get through 2020.

[@jamesoncottrell]

G M you never thought things would be this crazy, tho. Still a great song

[@johnquinn8904]

Still enough energy to beat the piss out of this shitty year.

[@siamtilillan7471]

@@johnquinn8904 Getting worse and worse... But hey, at least if we make it out of this shitty year alive, a change will be made... 2020 is a turning point, let's hope it's for the better because for now it's scary as fuck...

[@Creepsell]

Did you? (Get through 2020 I mean)

[@songsthatarecatchy]

And 2022

[@michaelleatherland]

I’m 75 years old and absolutely love this!

[@deansacca781]

You rock...and roll...

[@thanosv.1964]

This is HAUNTING. This is ART. The groove, the voice, the chemistry, the lyrics. Oh my...

[@yourtubesteak]

Art? It's haunting all right. As in nightmares. These no talents don't know how to write songs. Same old unimaginative boring monotonous crap. The late 90s called. They want their boring emo crappy sound back.

[@toogoodlimegreen]

yourtubesteak LMAO

[@2013BuddhaBoy]

yourtubesteak so what the hell do you listen to?? Nvm Idgaf, Big Thief is incredible, period.

[@toogoodlimegreen]

yourtubesteak i’m DIFFERENT bc I don’t like ANYTHING that ANYONE ELSE LIKES

[@smokeboy80]

Amen!!

[@TechieTrevor]

This simultaneously reveals my wounds and heals them.

[@ryanhomcy7759]

I feel the exact same way

[@saoirserosenstock8144]

God that's creepy, I literally just said that today! Same here man haha, I guess that's the gift of a really raw artist

[@dommedirect]

Same feeling

[@erriggs]

Truer words cannot be said about this song

[@goodtimepizzafunbudy]

This band vibes so hard with each other. I really like when she screams.

[@pedrokz]

This song helped me get through the dark days pursuing my dreams in a new city alone. It's hard to live alone by yourself. Now it's a nostalgic warm hug.

[@whoispancho]

one of those songs that can creep up on you only once every decade

[@lukewestondev]

Well said. Reminds me of when I first found Alice In Chains

[@okifurbi]

Dramamine- Modest Mouse for example! :)

[@ColinhastoomuchZeal]

It's just fantastic isn't it? The fact they obviously care so much about the song and their music makes it hit so hard. Love it.

[@swampmagicians4541]

Pure SOURCE material

[@uzualvizuals]

Adrianne Lenker has so much energy and passion in all her work and it amazes me. This performance is incredible.

[@kevinkaiser2501]

My father died this year. This song carries all the emotions I have been suppressing.

[@chriss8354]

Sorry to hear that man.

[@Noizedas]

I’m sorry

[@dave-ohoudini3241]

All the best man.

[@user-qf6gw7uk6l]

may God be with you, sending love

[@carriepitzer9690]

this mix is so on point. super mega props to the engineers

[@dsholt]

Really interesting to see the guitars mic'd acoustically to go along with the mic'd amps.

[@cicada8790]

MATT AND RYA-...nvm

[@piefort99]

@@dsholt I never noticed that that is really interesting

[@larsf.4515]

@@dsholt Dan Holt---YES! An engineer I know did this on a mix for a band in his studio. Genius.

[@toddcarder6740]

@@dsholt The 452 microphones you see were for potential acoustic guitar takes. We never used them actually!

[@mrrmpr]

It's not the energy reeling Nor the lines in your face Nor the clouds on the ceiling Nor the clouds in space It's not the phone on the table Nor the bed in the earth Nor the bed in the stable Nor your stable words It's not the formless being Nor the cry in the air Nor the boy I'm seeing With her long black hair It's not the open weaving Nor the furnace glow Nor the blood of you bleeding As you try to let go It's not the room Not beginning Not the crowd Not winning Not the planet That's spinning Not a ruse Not heat Not the fire lapping up the creek Not food That you eat Not the meat of your thigh Nor your spine tattoo Nor your shimmery eye Nor the wet of the dew It's not the warm illusion Nor the crack in the plate Nor the breath of confusion Nor the starkness of slate It's not the room Not beginning Not the crowd Not winning Not the planet That's spinning Not a ruse Not heat Not the fire lapping up the creek Not food That you eat Not what you really wanted Nor the mess in your purse Nor the bed that is haunted With the blanket of thirst It's not the hunger revealing Nor the ricochet in the cave Nor the hand that is healing Nor the nameless grave It's not the room Not beginning Not the crowd Not winning Not the planet That's spinning Not a ruse Not heat Not the fire lapping up the creek Not food That you eat Not to die Not dying Not to laugh Not lying Not the vacant wilderness vying Not the room Not beginning Not the crowd Not winning Not the planet That's spinning

[@GeorgeOforiAtta]

Holy Kamolee!!!

[@johnnelson5997]

Thanks for posting this, after watching I immediately wanted to read the lyrics and they were right here. Cheers.

[@8ecca8ee]

If you can edit it you put boy when it is actually girl

[@johndorcic4488]

@@8ecca8eeI like it as boy (that’s honestly what I thought she says. I imagine it as if she’s been hiding who she is and she’s been asked time and time again by family and friends about the boy she’s seeing and she finally takes a tentative step into the light and says “The boy I’m seeing? She has long black hair”. A whole scenario, I know, but that’s the gift good poetry can give you. ❤

[@lijibibean]

@@johndorcic4488 i actually came to comment the same thing as the other person about not putting down girl, but i absolutely love this interpretation. i noticed that apple music's lyrics include "the boy i'm seeing" and wondered why it was written that way.

[@Gabriel-gv1mx]

Bone scrapingly sublime. The way the song bubbles, bends and slowly billows to a voluptuous volcanic release is such an ecstatic exercise in peerless musicianship, stellar lyricism and a masterclass in songwriting. In this Live performance, the band is tight as a fist and they punch well above their weight in time and space. Beautiful!

[@mikescheibinger5191]

well said

[@moonfndz497]

On point

[@angelsalavec9190]

This song makes me wanna burst into tears every time I hear it.

[@johngrady1561]

same :O

[@jdwoods2008]

I find myself either crying or screaming full-throat nonsense back at the screen EVERY TIME. 0_O

[@bustinmaballs]

My first hearing of it while driving my truck at work listening to KEXP...yes, big black dude behind the wheel was watery eyed and smiling! There are a couple other songs on the album that do this to me. What's HAPPENING?? 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@davestandfield4540]

There.

[@mikescheibinger5191]

do it then, it feels fucking great

[@mskcrc]

song of the year, my dudes

[@ectoplasma5]

it truly is ! shook me up

[@SangnokHigh]

Song of the decade

[@markfoster6518]

Yup !

[@yourtubesteak]

Are you on drugs?

[@mskcrc]

@@yourtubesteak yeah

[@colddeadsun]

First heard this song yesterday. I've now listened to it several billion times. For some reason I find it the perfect soundtrack for these interesting times.

[@vickiepaxton5246]

I completely agree!

[@lauracox3323]

Same !

[@natalieevans9318]

SAAAME

[@instanbulrat2668]

Watching this tripping on shrooms feeling the pure emotion bleeding thru their expressions, their music carrying me thru this life right at this moment in time. It’s beautiful beyond measure to me

[@PS2542]

Try it not being on drugs, less fake that way.

[@CharlesGwinn-ep9pb]

​@@PS2542Im sober yet this makes me feel high

[@strumbadstroller7350]

Fucking love this. Love the rage that comes through Adrianne at around 3:09. God knows there's a lot to rage against in this fucked up world of ours.

[@lolah3838]

You could kind of see it building. She had some possessed energy from the start. Can't take my eyes off of her

[@moonfndz497]

Same

[@asimplepig]

I keep coming back to this performance. I heard the song on the airwaves one time and noticed it was a Whitmanesque list poem which I could teach in a class alongside Who by Fire and few other songs. It is really an exceptional expression of midwestern, long-winter angst. This band deserves the attention they receive.

[@liamgallagherrr]

Underrated drummer.. brings a lot of mojo to this group

[@fabianfierro]

There are few bands so dam good and serious about music

[@sorenrousseau]

This came out when I was in rehab. Thank you for helping me so much.

[@boidinktwistie4389]

definitely one of the best lyricists to come out recently, real ability to write a song

[@7bean3]

Big Thief is like the 4 elements coming together to make music. It's visceral and subliminal. It flows and it's a gut punch. I love this music so much.

[@ShelleyOwen]

I am compelled to listen to this song every day, very loud, dancing and singing along.

[@glitterNdoom]

3:12 Did she... Did she just do a death growl? 3:34 Did she... Did she just go straight to solo mode?

[@StonefolkNetwork]

"Baby's First Rock Band"

[@freeecountryy]

@@sophiafake-virus2456 It was exactly what it needed to be.

[@henrycurtis3652]

sounded like solid technique on the growl, too

[@emmanouelapostolides4799]

@@henrycurtis3652 I know, right?!

[@henrycurtis3652]

@@emmanouelapostolides4799 Adrienne atmospheric black metal side project when

[@Gabriel071293]

I would be looking at Adrienne the same way the rest of the band did during this performance What a monstruous unleash of energy while still sounding warm and delicate Without a doubt one of the best songs of last decade

[@danveywalsh7947]

I honestly don't know what to say except that I love this song and I love the people who made it. I don't know your intentions, but this is on the scale of a life changing piece of art.

[@christiancline5167]

Seriously though. I was nothing more than in line at a Sheetz when I heard it for the first time, yet I'm sure I'll never forget the memory. What a beautiful experience it is listening to this.

[@bustinmaballs]

Well said man!

[@mikescheibinger5191]

Makes me literally want to explode out of my skin. It's almost a Kundalini experience.

[@yubtubtime]

Maybe my favorite live performance of a song ever

[@cyberinsekt7942]

Love her passion, singing and the guitars. P90's for the win.

[@Taizun111]

I've listened to this endlessly for 3 days. I can't even fall asleep because it's playing so clearly in my head during every moment.. @_@

[@derekbaldwin3197]

I'm on day 2. Logged about 40 listens already! Can't stop either. Tears, chills, joy, relief

[@jade9251]

me too me too

[@HairyBogTrotter]

Magnificent! I feel like jumping up and punching the air on the train on my way home from work.

[@FranjoJurko]

'most influental band I heard lately

[@juniorpereira200]

can't get this song out of my head. and this is not a complaint. greetings from Brazil.

[@pedro.sh101]

salve

[@danisoaresduarte]

Também não. Que canção, que letra!

[@rogersk4398]

que banda!!!

[@guilhermepenno7616]

Essa banda é uma das melhores a surgir nos últimos anos

[@kristinhess1704]

Master songwriter. Epic storyteller. The love and loyalty these musicians bring to the table is devastating. Just, damn.

[@stephengreer6070]

Honestly can't think of a better band on the planet right now.

[@jessyribeiro3242]

It describes that feeling when the people ask: What’s happening? Are you sad? And then you answer: “It’s everything and at the same time is nothing.”

[@VistaGuitarNation]

All the comments here truly represent what I'm feeling from this performance. Can't say it any better. This is the real deal. Very sincere, honest, and raw music. Makes ya love being human!

[@mikescheibinger5191]

I feel a bond with everybody who cries when they hear this.

[@drivebybodypierce]

Lenker rocks the hell out of the solo once them headphones come off… Love it!

[@jackschoenecker1289]

Her solo in this performance hits so much harder than every other performance of this song I've seen.

[@cherishdegraaf5445]

Adrianne seriously went for it- absolutely incredible!! Hoping to catch these guys on tour soon!

[@arca-ngel]

if i thought hearing the studio version was startlingly beautiful, this was that on a completely different planet. my mouth was open the whole time. you're all fucking incredible

[@boydecide]

Not the planet. Not spinning. I love this band so deeply.

[@brendapierce6726]

Love this...reminds me of Neil Young and crazy horse.

[@mikescheibinger5191]

I so wish Neil would jump on with them for a few.

[@theSly1]

I love this band. They are so talented and amazing musicians but so raw and unchecked and not pretentious. I love Adrianne for her beauty in her vocals, but also the ugly in them. If you have never had the opportunity to be a frontman or sing in front of people it’s probably the most cathartic thing I’ve ever done and I highly recommend it.

[@maressaelaine]

Her screaming is cathartic

[@zurijonsson2085]

This is impeccable. The passion, the sound, the harmony...the melody. Best band on this godforsaken planet. Stay safe out there.

[@fekus8616]

The ending is fantastic. Adrianne clearly went from herself and the band was just following that mad growing solo until she just turned off the distortion, stopped playing and looked everyone like `ok, thats it for today guys´. Such a real and sincere performance.

[@ermitanyo777]

Raw power. Havent played this in quite a while, I played it again and I get goosebumps, again, like the very first time I heard of this live version..

[@thetruthmindset]

This is lighting in a bottle ⚡ So raw, so honest, so vulnerable, so perfect! 💚

[@joseephiiinee]

this song is RAW, LIQUID POWER

[@MildEightnoon]

This is such a powerful song. This performance is absolutely devastating and beautiful. It always makes me tear up.

[@charlyapkarian1511]

Mythic ! all these musical emotion in one word

[@prodajie]

There's something to be said for a song that can bring you to tears every efing time you hear it.

[@mikescheibinger5191]

I cry just reading the comments.

[@terrancewhirley1304]

my heart explodes with love for Big Thief a thousand times over

[@MM-xr1pw]

I can't describe how much I love this.

[@baileycook4136]

this is my favorite big thief video to date. the energy they emit as a band is unlike any other.

[@cepheid-variable]

This is my new favorite song. The intensity of the emotion is incredible. I've been listening on repeat all day.

[@Notanepobaby]

This lives rent free in my head

[@djist4197]

those drums sound so good wtf

[@russallen9342]

this band really plays music through their instruments. they're not just playing notes. and they commit to performances.

[@xs-1b415]

I know. Simple beat, but it just pounds. Talented people, all of them.

[@calvezphilippe874]

Le cœur de l'harmonie. Juste la musique. Inspiratrice de toutes les créations des mondes. Le collecteur de nos univers semblables. L'émotion.

[@pastichehoney9512]

Adrianne is stronger than ever in this video. All that fragility is being sourced through an undeniable Hulk-like strength of feeling. God, their sound is so tight to the 32nd note. Best version out there atm. This song is "The Chain" of our times.

[@sowa707]

No need of fake shit Only pure talent This is wow!

[@chrisuresti3898]

This song is dangerous

[@natchy99]

I think the Album and Radio versions of this song are masterpieces, but this performance is something much different. This is an experience. An unleashed, raw, shamanic ritual that transforms every witness. By the end, a person is either confused or enlightened.

[@angus7278]

Thank you Big Thief for standing up against racism, apartheid and oppression.

[@mmobrowa]

I don’t even think this is an exceptionally written song but this is an example of how an incredibly moving performance can elevate a song to another level of pure art.

[@unlitmoon19]

this performance gives me actual goosebumps. they're so good.

[@finkboy66]

This song somehow conveys all the emotions wrapped up in 2020 so far.

[@sarahhammond3748]

Drums guitars vocals all 💯💯💯

[@goommmyy5228]

I really appreciate how the whole crew is really good at live. Adrianne and the band members, and also the mixing engineers

[@h.c.429]

2:25 GOD 🤯😍💖🙌🏼

[@accurtis2763]

How have I been missing out on so much? This is mindblowing.

[@adamsfam549]

The first listen to Not is stunning in a way that I can't describe. It feels like time/space has been ripped open. Every listen still gives me a pause.

[@robertabize]

my absolute favourite video in the world wide web

[@songsthatarecatchy]

It's just the way that guitar sounds haunted and melodic.

[@jon.yama-otoko]

Both of their albums make up (some of) the best music of 2019. Easily.

[@songsthatarecatchy]

Greatest solo ever.

[@_bats_]

I can't stop coming back to this performance. That guitar tone is unbelievable, and the way she channels it into that soul-searing solo is pure rock'n'roll art. This performance is my go-to whenever I hear people griping about how rock music isn't what it used to be.

[@unstablerelationship]

I do love that moment Adrianne throws the ear-muffs to the curb!!!! Bring it Kids!!! Dissonance forever!

[@georgemiller5845]

My song of the year. Period.

[@1broadmind]

In this song the vocals, the instruments and the excecutions are meant for each other, that's a real band

[@theSly1]

I love her voice. The high end screaming is awesome. If you’ve ever performed as a singer then you know the place that you get to as she did before and during that guitar solo. Amazing performance!

[@haleyheath4491]

i cant watch without crying

[@zaplimited963]

Just listened to this song like 10 times in different performances and it keeps making me cry. This is probably my favorite. Better than the studio version, so much raw emotion at the end.

[@Capn_Jack]

Sheer genius. Stumbled on this tune randomly over SoundCloud recommends and this live version is phenomenal

[@Noizedas]

Seriously they just damm Made me cry an goosebumps all at the same time goodness

[@nickdavis1564]

The way Adrienne feels her way through this song is utterly mesmeric and gives me massive chills. She just gets right inside of the song and fills it with her entire soul. Dammit I love it when artists inhabit their music like this.

[@etch.asketch2420]

So I've been weaning myself off SSRIs and this song just destroyed me. Brilliant.

[@snowhitetan]

Still one of my favourite things on youTube ever 😢❤