Car Seat Headrest - Uncontrollable Urge (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Car Seat Headrest performing "Uncontrollable Urge" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 24, 2018.
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineers: John McRae & Kevin Suggs
Audio Mixers: Andrew Katz & Will Toledo
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D"Alessandro, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Jim Beckmann
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[@berke2336]

CSH playing Devo, not something I expected, but I like it

[@OceanCaster723]

Love the way Will and the drummer are communicating in the first minute of the song

[@longview2517]

OceanCaster723 The thing is he’s actually smiling. I’ve never seen will do that and it makes me so happy

[@Waynimations]

This whole band makes the best faces when they perform.

[@ethan2k297]

Waynimations agreed :))

[@Anne-wy7cv]

Especially giaaaaaaaani

[@neutron-irl]

True

[@leggi001]

Vocal harmonies on the chorus are superb. Brian Eno would tip his hat.

[@quinaldredge]

This is easily one of my favorite covers of all time, the 90-second intro is just so kickass

[@jimmythunders999]

It's great to see some dudes just going for it live... even to a radio audience

[@NoiseKidd]

He needs to channel more of this! That was a killer cover

[@fntlps9044]

I swear csh covers are some of the most blessed things in music

[@c4s0uls56]

real!

[@thais8606]

moves like will toledo

[@pastaman68]

white boy getting quirky with it

[@oasanbeats]

This band is made up of the 5 different types of dudes at college

[@carlodave9]

Frat boy, frat boy, frat boy, frat boy, and frat boy?

[@sleepydog08]

@@carlodave9 in what world is will toledo a frat boy 😭😭

[@wrinkleintime4257]

@@sleepydog08 I was gonna say at UC Berkeley but no no not there either … he has the vibe of the philosophy/comparative literature majors I was constantly around. Actually, because that was my major, I was in many classes with a guy who looked just like him 🤣 very friendly person but I had to limit conversations with him to like 5 minutes because he was a lot Still preferred interacting with the humanities pretentious college guys to the computer science/engineering/ wanna hear about the start up I’m interning at pretentious college guy (anyone who said they were a Comp sci/business double major … you run from them …) Berkeley is a wild place. The west coast is a wild place lol

[@Jp_-dd1rl]

LMAOOO

[@joelmukabire6907]

The build up is the urge!!! Awesome!!!!

[@robertgordon8496]

Good to see how much they enjoyed performing that.

[@yesmanjr.7771]

This is an underrated ass cover

[@518-grind6]

Cool to see how the lineup has expanded.

[@markrobison8465]

Ben Rowe CSH + Naked Giants

[@shawndavis9070]

3:00 please scream more mr Toledo

[@hehe7430]

this song makes me want to skate

[@followmeintothecommentsect4476]

perfectly pressured malkmus progeny slaps the mothersbaughs' mammy in two thousand and eighteen

[@lucasmoyes3062]

This earth does not deserve the purity of Gianni Aiello

[@dawsonbriner8324]

fr

[@tommygarson8592]

will really dropped the ball on the first verse, I think he realized he was sucking a bit so he ramped himself up for the later portions of the song. good on him

[@siniegory]

this guitar riff always reminded me a "misty mountain hop" by led zeppelin

[@iamhereblossom1588]

That's what it reminds me of! I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

[@WaaDoku]

So this is how I discovered DEVO

[@danielalpin967]

Unreal

[@PorcupinedMike]

These guys kick ass!

[@user-ei8go8og5g]

“not enough energy” i think y’all need to relisten to the original bc it’s not exactly “high energy” either

[@rm-61366]

Just shows how far ahead of their time Devo was. Not knocking these guys, but Devo puts em to shame as far as originality and performance.

[@carlodave9]

DEVO completely re-invented the songs they covered. This is just a lousy attempt at half the song done by a sloppy frat band. Painful!

[@taylortalks202]

@@carlodave9 i enjoyed it

[@homosexualpanic]

I love DEVO but your analysis is very unfair. This is an excellent cover, I actually prefer CSH's harmonies in the chorus

[@unofficialmajima617]

@@carlodave9 keep crying

[@nikobalazera3202]

que buena banda

[@justegerein]

all I can say about this is YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAYEAYEAYE

[@ellanorris4682]

Really great cover

[@jsellis4632]

Awesome cover!

[@oddballnerdnuts2]

I love that will is the only one dancing

[@elbow333]

Cool profile picture :-)

[@oddballnerdnuts2]

@@elbow333 ty! I like yours 2!!!

[@Trad63]

This is great !!!

[@allyski5914]

1:28 is all you need

[@creationofseda]

me during my pegging session

[@totalsunburn]

nah for real what was that forrrrr

[@jdog2112rush]

Nice rendition.

[@chadholmes2411]

Very well done

[@tannerin]

will's presence in this reminds me a lot of the singer of the embarrassment

[@nate4957]

I didn't know McLovin started a band

[@mr.kamikaze._xd]

Hahahahha

[@ellanorris4682]

I love devo and car seat headrest!

[@AbstractCatsMedia]

A MILLION TIMES...YESS!!

[@lowe-quay-shush]

A tight band but unfortunately I never appreciated Mark Mothersbaugh's voice more than now.

[@mobius273]

The "yeahs" could use a little more energy lol

[@mr.kamikaze._xd]

Mothersbaugh is one of the best frontmans of the history

[@pairadicefound9375]

Everyone on your knees and worship the nerd God's of Rock ,

[@trennonking5888]

The rythym guitarist and keyboarder are both from Naked Giants.

[@kubrakaya1528]

damn why yall hating on this go clean your ears or something

[@robwarren4425]

Excellent

[@ST-xg3gy]

Lead singer is currently king of all hipsters. 💯

[@santos7963]

Love you guys, come back to 🇲🇽 bringing the Naked gigants, this cover is so damn amazing 🤙🏻

[@Stoopjunk]

Ye ye ye ye yu yi yi yi yi yuh

[@rickbannan7110]

HOLY SHIT is really all I can sa-ale,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@EverythingShow2]

All these comments by boomers that don’t understand car seat headrest

[@chaoticnique9748]

Ok boomer

[@markfloyd6816]

I am a boomer and I LOVE this cover!

[@speedtriials]

@@markfloyd6816 good for you mark, i love this cover too man

[@Jp_-dd1rl]

2:31 lmao aww

[@gonzalomujica2046]

Ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye....... Yeeeee saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@dia6455]

3:55

[@mathideloe]

dios esto es tremendo

[@wilkitrina1732]

La canción original de Devo es única e incomparable, en todo caso se agradece el intento.

[@Ryan-mn2dd]

Is this the actual dude from penny arcade?

[@taylortalks202]

Why are yall so pressed? How about when your favorite devo song comes on next time, dont sing a long to it because your vocals are bad and thatd be disrespectuful to the band. HES JUST HAVING FUN AND DOING A COVER. And it wasnt even slightly bad, its not like he got up there and jusy sang out of key and offbeat. Idk man yall are annoying, if you dont like this cover, dont listen to it😂

[@patriciocontrerasvaldebeni8035]

Devo - Uncontrollable Urge What is this?

[@Gyrbae]

Jesus that build up felt like an eternity

[@allyski5914]

Ending of Dramamine would like to introduce themselves

[@Huelogy]

Will you say that too at the end of your life? Do you know how long eternity is? Have you ever heard the gospel of Jesus christ our Lord and saviour? Not trying to intrude but I found your comment interesting

[@Gyrbae]

@@Huelogy You're looking too deep into it. I just thought the cover was bad.

[@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja]

Jep! :D Tinja&Markku

[@Weasel1995]

Love the way this dude sucks the energy out of this song completely. Whenever I hear a great song, I always wonder "what if this was...not good or exciting to listen to?" Thanks Billy Toledo.

[@rankingrhys9607]

He's got an uncontrollable urge.... To sound as bored as possible

[@silverman1601]

to be fair, i think the first verse could have used a bit more energy in the vocals, but the last half was pretty good. not as exciting as the original, but there’s very few covers that surpass the originals

[@kl5639]

They were good, but the singer needs to bring more energy. The song is called uncontrollable urge. He was looking pretty controlled up there. He did pick it up towards the end though so gotta give credit there.

[@radge5026]

yea but i mean even in the original the vocalist (mark) was mostly standing still and straight-faced, but i see your point

[@lonleylink507]

the main vocals could use more emotion but great cover

[@finnshanks510]

isn’t that just devo though? lmao

[@valty3727]

many incorrect comments here

[@mapatosaurus8095]

Car seat headrest covering Devo, big day for autism

[@viniciusbarretto4582]

Is this the ridiculousness intro?

[@jlrvintagevinyl3552]

It's a cover of a song from the greatest band to ever invade this planet

[@houngandave]

@@jlrvintagevinyl3552 'tis a shame two members have returned to their respective planets.

[@BigDawg588]

all that build-up for the most unenthusiastic yeayaayayayayayyayayeaya cmon that could have been so much better

[@camkahuna2945]

Its carseat headrest, what do you expect

[@baaldiablo8459]

@@camkahuna2945 Wait... You're saying all their songs are this cursed?

[@robertpryor7225]

It has the soul of devo but they put their own seasonings on it.

[@iamhereblossom1588]

The intro reminds me of animal collective. Purple bottle or something

[@ChristopherVossArt]

Ouch. Falls miles short. 😬

[@malone.j293]

Will doesn't really have the strength behind his voice to do it justice imo. Pretty interesting performance from the rest of the band

[@myHorribleMusic]

1:47 The biggest build up for the smallest payoff. The instruments and their players are great, but the lead singer needs to bring a bit more energy. He's amazing when he lets it go fully (as he does several times in the song), but it's not consistent and that makes it a bit weird.

[@baaldiablo8459]

Imagine being in an instrumentally talented band but your singer is high and dying of leukemia.

[@zoda5898]

I don't understand at all what is wrong with his voice. He has a great range, and his voice is unlike any other today. Car Seat Headrest has always been about using imperfections to their advantage. Also given that he can play guitar, and is the primary mind behind the band. Seems to me like he is instrumentally talented, and you are just hung up on his coarse vocals.

[@robothunter1035]

Not a bad cover.

[@TickleBeryMoon]

Ok the intro was the worst 2 mins of my life and hommie really cucked me work the vocals. Otherwise pretty dope

[@douglaslang2218]

Sorry, this is one song that should just never be covered! My truth!

[@ham5094]

Car seat headrest is like the millionth band to cover this song

[@BigDaddyCool247]

the yeahs are weak AF

[@epitreture]

90 seconds of an A chord. Geez.

[@22bk113]

That was slightly bad , that’s all I’m going to say

[@Mavrick121]

Unfathomably bad

[@db190168]

Imagine having a great build-up........then being garden variety boring!

[@losoutsiderdiscos5108]

Horrible!!!! bad performance,, shame of you

[@pagliaccinodlemantra]

Sorry, i didn't like it But that's like...my opinion, man.

[@baaldiablo8459]

It was really, really bad...

[@carlodave9]

Painful! DEVO always re-invented the songs they covered. This is just a sloppy attempt at doing a tight-as-fuck punk DEVO tune and only managing to sound like a drunken frat band playing their first show.

[@taylortalks202]

Why does it matter what DEVO did? This is csh, and i thought the cover was good, what do you want him to explode with energy? He just sang the damn song its not that deep

[@homosexualpanic]

Ignore him, Carlo Dave obviously has a major hard on for DEVO and hates everything else.

[@sunnowo]

I want to like it, but at the same times it's at 666

[@LighthouseFRTT]

shit cover (imo) but to see devo finally get the attention they deserve is great

[@ZimsCC]

After the vocalist began, this is a Controllable Urge. I mean, why bother.

[@daviddrupa1638]

Nope.

[@captaincrappy]

weak af

[@johnnyworsham4521]

I'm sorry this is utter crap...

[@johnny07652]

Wow that's like the shittiest thing I've ever heard. Devo is rolling over in their graves and they're not even dead yet.

[@nicoletalise4131]

Shut up boomer

[@mr.kamikaze._xd]

@@nicoletalise4131 ok black person

[@joshuahubbard4919]

The intro is too long.

[@jaybass229]

That was awful

[@fuzzysnuffles]

This sucked.

[@jefmay3053]

aweful

[@LukasPrimeEdition]

*aweful*

[@claudiolarrosasm]

why the intro is so long? why the singer is so bad? devo was a band formed by cool and talented dorks, here we just have dorks.

[@radge5026]

i mean i could never hate on a fellow dork

[@thaliahelweg4813]

adds flavor

[@Youcantleavethisempty01]

Yikes. Fail.

[@windyhollow7869]

ok

[@LukasPrimeEdition]

Nah

[@cap4526]

Here's what I see. Some guys who want to play a Devo song but don't want to be seen as playing that song from the Mitsubishi commercial, so they have to make goofy dance moves and not fully commit to the vocals so nobody can assume they are taking it completely seriously.

[@zoda5898]

I don't think they even give a damn about this Mitsubishi commercial.

[@lamelame1779]

more rich kids! nice!

[@larrydong5746]

Whys Waldo stop

[@eddietorres740]

Great band.. not so great lead vocals...