Bloc Party - Flux LIVE @ Reading Festival 2009

[@AverageArtz]

Around the time when Bloc Party and British indie rock overall was lit as fuck.

[@xmattx5908]

Ikr :(

[@c-j-f-90]

The best time ever, I just sit here soaking in the nostalgia. What a time to be in my teens seeing bands like this. I can’t ever thank the boys enough. Crystal Palace this July will bring back all these memories but live once again. I can’t wait!!

[@ThugitMcNugget]

These are the only guys I can go back to and still feel amazing. Every time.

[@federicogomez1088]

"We need to taaaaaalk!" Chills!!!!

[@stef3]

Weeeeee need to talkkkkkkk

[@EmoTimeLord]

I was in the crowd at this! My first ever music festival as a teenager, takes me back so much.

[@ssuralingon]

Bloc Party and this song should not be commented negatively! Share peace brothers and see you guys in the crowd! I love you people! Flux all the way!

[@Nico_loves_u]

Kele is freakin BUFF!!!! I love this band especially Russel Lissack! He is awesome!

[@MpanzuSolos]

Look at him now

[@felixcast]

Every time I hear these guys, I get massively amazed by the drummer, that guy plays with such energy. Long live BP

[@brian.barclay]

The shot of the crowd dancing @2:45 is rad.

[@csalt5235]

It’s that kinda track ✅ sorry I’m late

[@MpanzuSolos]

2:45

[@mikeymike1792]

I was there. It started raining for this song. And only this song. made the lasers even more epic. Proof that God is a Bloc Party fan.

[@larsbar89]

Whoa! Kele's arms are like dayum! He's looks like a superhero!

[@evanpoole7829]

Shoutout to the videographers of this. Absolutely brilliantly filmed!

[@MEGACAMZ]

That would have been excellent to be there!

[@jonathancooper4914]

You have no idea…

[@ADegry]

we miss you bloc party! please come back!

[@soledad4370]

This is such an happy song about the sad truth of all my relationships. We were hoping for some romance, all we found was more despair. Over and over again.

[@danhxnter]

Bloc party please come back

[@jakepatt4220]

Great crowd

[@jonathancooper4914]

I should know. I was there.

[@merchant2]

I agree... that was an incredible view.

[@J_VTZ]

I love how Bloc Party has song after song which becomes my favourite! Helicopter to Banquet to Hunting For Witches to Flux to Uniform to Ares to Mercury to One More Chance to Talons to Your Visits Getting Shorter to Compliments to Song For Clay to SRXT To England To Rhododendron to Skeleton to Like Eating Glass to She's Hearing Voices to Signs to Sunday to So Here We Are to Positive Tension to The Prayer and it goes on + repeats itself! They said new material will be released by the end/summer!

[@Epic7Win]

you need to be at a live gig saw them once listened to them every day since and keet loving what i was/am hearing.

[@JochiRockDimension]

woot! go Bloc Party. Just gotta love this song =P

[@steezyfrancisco5427]

I wish i was there

[@assassin90nine95]

Been watching signs live from this set. This is amazing live aswell. Wish i could of been there.

[@sanjaydass123]

BLOC PARTY FOREVER

[@Jay072791]

Going to see them at the HARD summer festival this August! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LetsWhackFlange]

Cant wait for them tomorrow night!

[@xRambo101x]

WHO THE FUCK WOULD DISLIKE BLOC PARTY ffs there the BEST :)

[@Tyranus1]

This is bloc party's best live performance

[@OscarBenben]

We were hoping for some romance all we found was more despair

[@Bluenose4life]

the lasers where mental that night! I was right near the front and what a way to warm up for radiohead....Quality night!

[@disbandedgnome2]

Esta cancion esta demasiado chingona y mas en vivo!!!

[@evanpoole7829]

3:16 , he’s playing that one armed! what a beast

[@mrskids]

This was even better live than the video shows, so good.

[@jonathancooper4914]

I was there!

[@mossmusic8370]

awesome, thanks for the post

[@TomRubicon5949]

3:18 Is that Matt holding up the mike and keeping that sick beat in time? Damn what a boss

[@luisfercano5]

effin awesome!!!

[@bouncingsoul22]

imagine the feeling at 2.45...

[@goldenbrown999]

serious goosebumps at the start...

[@ILLEG4L21]

the crowd at 2.44 is fucking epic!!!! I cannot wait for their return, its been too long

[@digbywigby]

awesome !!!

[@1234321mike1234321]

we started like 5 moshes at this gig... it was fuckin electrifying

[@MelaninMan247]

BLOC PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@chucktone11]

i was looking for flux pavilion and this came up o.O

[@juZby]

The number of people that left that main stage after this set was unreal. Bloc Party should've been headlining that night, it's an outrage they've never headlined. This is their festival. Hopefully this hiatus won't last too long.

[@Clifftongasium]

bloc party FTW

[@karolschematics]

mesmerizing laser show *__*

[@lbomb8]

holy fuckin' laser show!!! wooooo!!!! i n eed to be there...on mega extacy.

[@cvs84]

Kele Okereke is the coolest guy on earth!

[@pxskatepunk]

this band is fucking awesom

[@survivalisme88]

remember this night like it was yesterday :) im the person in the far left of the screen at 2:45

[@tomrintoul7535]

This is the best this song has ever sounded. The studio version truly misses the rhythm guitar off the final chorus. Beautifully ties it all together

[@bouncingsoul22]

guitar sounds awesome from 2.45 on

[@BandMadeMeDoThis]

@juZby God no. This isn't Bloc Party's festival, because this is a MUSIC festival. There's no right or wrong in music, so when people say that a festival belongs it a band it's arrogant. Do people not understand that music is a form of expression? Bach is fantastic, but so is Aerosmith, but in a festival, music is music and everyone should love what they love. This isn't THEIR festival. This is the world's.

[@bitchenhitchen]

@Tiptup77 perfect description :)

[@LeonardoOkereke]

There's a lighting "in this field"! ah!

[@mrskids]

@Renegademaster15 Only flaw with that is that you have to go to Leeds.

[@heleen945]

ZALIG!

[@SharadVNathan]

Could someone please record the audio and send it out please? This is amazing, even better than the original track!

[@IndieExplorer]

@Lilflex2009 oh you fool! dont talk about people knowing their music. bloc party are on 'hiatus' and kele released a solo album this year. he was there.

[@mikeymike1792]

@Swiftsnatch8000 Well to be honest, being in asia sounds pretty sweet too.

[@ByteMash]

Love the live version. Have they played Flux live like the studio version? In the live version the lead is mainly played an octave lower and Kele doesn't go for the higher notes when singing... but still love it!

[@Hyp3rSnip3rUK]

@pasheeran Yeah, true. Tis coz reading is televised and leeds isn't.

[@TheParanoidAndroid1]

@blurayz3 You see Radiohead's influence all over Bloc Party. For example, look at the covers of OK Computer and A Weekend In The City and tell me there isn't an influence. Listen to the use of brass and samples on "Mercury" and tell me they aren't influenced "The National Anthem." And listen to the solo on "Hunting For Witches" and tell me it doesn't sound like Jonny Greenwood. It doesn't mean they aren't a good band, but it does prevent them from reaching the heights that Radiohead have.

[@TheParanoidAndroid1]

@blurayz3 No I'm saying that saying a band that wears their influences on their sleeves and who do not make a serious effort to build upon them is less original than a band who try to push thing forward . Oasis, for example, have repeatedly told about their aspirations to be like The Beatles and you can hear it in their music and it's intentional. Same with The Killers and U2. You're right, we are all entitled to our opinions, but isn't the point of these comment arguments to argue your case?

[@Renegademaster15]

@mrskids Trust me if you had been to Leeds over Reading you wouldn't consider it a flaw

[@blurayz3]

@TheParanoidAndroid1 oh im sure Muse,The beatles, The killers, Oasis, those lot would have something to say about that

[@Tiptup77]

Bloc Party has a ravey vibe that got the crowd jumping, but Radiohead has a more...hippy vibe? Definitely more atmospheric than energetic. Instead of jumping people just sat back and watched in awe.

[@vniguam]

@MRjoshc328 - naa man... if they did the whole crowd would be sleeping by the time bloc party came on... no joke though... there were ppl sleeping... ont he grass... some standing during radiohead...

[@anathir]

@Lilflex2009 Dunno, both have their moments.

[@mikeymike1792]

@Swiftsnatch8000 Yeah definitely. You doing '11 as well? I am :)

[@Digggyyyyy]

Russell is GOD!

[@Renegademaster15]

@mrskids This was even better at Leeds than Reading :)

[@Nico_loves_u]

@prpqmnj I know!! My brother said Bloc party are sell-outs. I punched him in the face.

[@ksenijaturkovic9228]

LOL

[@ListenToPumpkinMusic]

Why are Bloc Party fans bashing Radiohead and vice-versa? They are two incredibly talented groups, certainly have their differences, but I would expect the educated fans of each to understand they both have loads of talent.

[@Nico_loves_u]

@knighttastic Good so it's not only me!

[@cloudburstt]

Good lord, Kele is ripped xD

[@Renegademaster15]

@mynamedoesntfitgah Because you are making the mistake of comparing The Bends to Intimacy However Kid A can be compared to Intimacy due to them both having heavy electronic elements (and plus they both were after guitar heavy albums) And trust me Kid A was light years ahead of Intimacy in terms of what you can do with electronic music

[@Alienmad462]

man kele has got BUFF

[@MrDasho]

@MrColtrainJones is that important to know?

[@TNTIV]

this is beeter than the album version

[@Cam-Woody]

@matthewT385 hahaa me too! :P is he saying Romance?

[@agoose745]

@MRjoshc328 Wow dude, there is a limit ;P

[@alexandercamus]

wow 2:45

[@OX5K2O87]

F U C K Y E A H

[@Op4Blushift]

Sometimes i wished i lived in the UK for festivals like these. Seriously, Bloc Party followed up by Radiohead? Cant ask for a much better line up.

[@Renegademaster15]

I'm a huge fan of Bloc Party but to be honest you are all idiots for arguing that Bloc Party are better, Radiohead are internationally renowned, there last album was number 1 here AND in America, a rare feat (especially for such a cult band) They have had three masterpieces (OK Computer (widely regarded as the best album of the nineties and sometimes even the best album ever quite frequently), Kid A (widely regarded as the best album of the 2000's) and In Rainbows)

[@blocpartyrocker]

Pwnage.

[@TimVS4000]

2:45 holy fuck...

[@MilesG102]

I don't even think Bloc Party would allow Radiohead to open for them, the same way Thom York wouldn't allow Radiohead to open for Pixies. Either way both great forward thinking bands!

[@shaunmarrow2606]

This song sounds so much better live thanon the album why did they add all that editing. :/

[@240590tres]

tienes razón, deberían sacar un álbum con esta canción con este estilo

[@blurayz3]

@TheParanoidAndroid1 no, i dont want to argue my case at all, i dont see why people are arguing at all, i just dont agree that those bands are just rip-offs, and that Radiohead is the most forward thinking band in the world.Theyre a good band, ill give you that, but i wouldnt say theyrein a league of their own, not at all.

[@hanielsesailh5998]

2018?

[@drunkonmilk87]

@Chrisendolls what new player?

[@BleakCosmicVoid]

This song reminds me of sex XXXXXXX

[@JO3KING]

i agree with what you said, but Radiohead dominated everything

[@TheParanoidAndroid1]

@blurayz3 The Beatles I'll give you, but they were pretty much the first band that can be defined as a band as we know it, so you can't really count them. But Muse sound a lot like Radiohead at times, and also Rage Against the Machine. The Killers? You can't mean that, they sound like a bad U2 had a hideous baby with Bruce Springsteen. Oasis? The ones that literally rip off The Beatles all the time? And would admit it? Yeah their seriously original...

[@pstrokeslibsarctic]

radiohead + interpol.

[@maikelclifton]

@jakeisamazing55 same here wtf

[@blurayz3]

@TheParanoidAndroid1 ok first of all calm down,were all entitied to our opinions.second, the killers are awesome, dont dis. and lastly, are you sayingthat if a band has influences...theyre just a rip off? cos thats what it sounds like to me :P