City And Colour - What Makes a Man (Bravo! Live Concert Hall)

"Bring Me Your Love" presentation. 2008.
Lyrics available in subtitles!

[@martinagurrea695]

i dont know the reason, but for more than 15 years when i feel bad or sad for something i come back here-

[@ronanmusic118]

Dallas has got that Eric Clapton level of voice that just soothes yet chills you to the core

[@notdMIKE]

This made my day! This is why I love music, every now and then you find a song that's absolutely breathtaking. This is one of those times.

[@darrenskate]

he really belts those last couple notes extremely well, no one is better than Dallas of the Green clan!

[@marcelobarchetta]

Definitely the greatest voice ever... His music is an inspiration to everyone and this version of this song is extremely touching! Finest and beautiful Dallas you're the Man! Blessed Man!

[@Agentvenom]

Wow, his alternate renditions never cease to amaze me... Somebody stuff a sock in the backup singers, though. Without them, this is absolutely incredible!

[@finalbreath15]

Omg yes lol my thoughts exactly

[@isthismyfault]

It’s makes it that much more authentic. It also helps contrast greens vocals vs the average backup singer. Reminds you this is all live and Dallas green is L E G I T

[@jaibobs108]

he's so amazing live! x

[@robbybobbythebear]

this version of the song makes me want to become a canadian ciizen lol

[@bobthebillard]

i swear this version is so much powerful than the original it really sends shivers down my spine!

[@calebstokes3076]

I will say this for the backup singers... they make Dallas sound THAT much better...

[@TheCesarconcert]

Tuning is 2 whole steps down. The basic chords are F, G, Am. with small variations and small chord strums between them.

[@tomgreenwood6876]

I love this song so deep and reminds me of time spent with a special Algerian friend

[@Nozferatuu]

He has such a unique thing, his muc, his style.

[@shaunc2871]

So powerful

[@TheAntiQueens]

fucking amazing. i cannot stop watching this series of his songs.

[@largebehind]

First song I heard by this genius, it broke my heart. Now I'm hooked

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

How is it that I'm just discovering City and Color?!

[@aarongradyable]

LitAfuseiCantStop you've been missing out.............

[@a.marvellehoneyman4560]

I can hear my train comin' It's a lonesome and distant cry I can hear my train comin' Now I'm runnin' for my life What makes a man walk away from his mind? I think I know I think I might know I can feel the wind blowin' It's sending shivers down my spine I can feel the wind blowin' It shakes the trees and the power lines What makes a man spend his whole life in disguise? I think I know I think I might know I think I might know (what makes a man?) I think I might know (what makes a man?) No oh oh I can see the sun settin' It's casting shadows on the sea I can see the sun, it's settings It's getting colder, starting to freeze What makes a man want to break a heart with ease? I think I know I think I might know I think I might know (what makes a man?) I think I might know (what makes a man?) No oh oh Well I can hear my train comin' Looks like time is not on my side Well I can hear my train comin' I'm still runnin' for my life What makes a man pray, when he's about to die? I think I know I think I might know I think I might know (what makes a man?) I think I might know (what makes a man?) Oh oh oh I think I might know (what makes a man?) I think I might know (what makes a man?) No oh oh

[@mikhailmagaye96]

Simple yet powerful song...music at its best!!

[@SuseCooper]

wunderschönes liedelein!!! ,

[@mercanti99]

Just getting hooked on Dallas, he sings like a song bird, so deep and meaningful, Canadian Pride

[@benjabrazil]

HOLY CRAP THAT GAVE ME CHILLS

[@Nezrimo]

Got to admit, If god could have a voice. He'd probably have dallas' voice. Love this man so much. Just like everyone else. 2:45 Is probably the most amazing thing ive ever heard. ever. from anything.

[@koRioN555]

the best live ever

[@lostmyself3]

i love how the crowd is silent and enjoying this concert and is not talking! the worst thing that can happen to an acoustic gig is when people talk! but hey.. it's not very hard to get paralized by dallas voice.. so it's pretty obvious that nobody's talking haha

[@tag3434]

the sound of that guitar is epic

[@Jared182x]

Goosebumps and that chili fever feeling yes! Well put kman!

[@Mark6Strings]

You're not the only one buddy that was completely awesome! he's constantly innovating! dallas green at it's best!

[@J1M1productions]

WOW, he is really amazing. Im posting him on like all my friends Facebooks...

[@georgewhittingham40]

the two people that disliked this have no soul.

[@SebastianPerezG]

This song is excelent !!!

[@Rostedbee]

just amazing!

[@spencerm8976]

infucking credible. this is the Dallas green I love. Still has a little more belt to it like when he was in alexisonfire. my dog also went into rem sleep within 30 sec and her eyes were rolled back lol. amazing artist!!

[@flashmaster63]

If I didn't know better, i'd say this took place in the 90s... Based on Dallas' mustache and glasses, and the appearance of his backup singers. Fantastic performance though.

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

flashmaster63 I know right? Damn hipsers! lol

[@jesskazen]

people in the 90s didn't often have mustaches though

[@jesskazen]

those 70s-80s style glasses were also hardly ever seen in the 90s, it was all about tiny tiny lenses, often square black frames

[@Russell12104]

they are so freaken good live its ridiculous. I played this without knowing it was live and though it was just another recorded song.

[@Polium101]

heheee, this is just too good to be true, words to describe this is a phenomenon in itself

[@Partyyypooper]

Perfect

[@Perfectlymisal1ned]

the backing singers are the rest of City and Colour, without them City and Colour wouldnt be a band.

[@VC_333]

shivers

[@Othras]

@bobos245 yeah, City & Colour's first album had only 1 musician and maybe a guest instrumentalist, because surprise, it was his solo project.

[@Throne1607]

2:40 instant goosebumps....omg

[@SAMTHEMANNN]

2:45 gave me chills

[@Tetragrammaton8TV]

cool harmonic singin!

[@irwinnz]

EPIC

[@IbanezJames]

@TReoS96 i saw and met him with alexisonfire twice in ontario canafa and i cant stress this enough.. GO SEE HIM!!! whether its alexisonfire or city and colour hes is friggen amazing... every note rings through a room like nothing else. I would suggest seeing him in alexisonfire though because his real passion and voice just haunts every corner of the room with everyone screaming lyrics along with him

[@Pgue25]

those backup singers fuckin killed it. Dallas doesnt need backup.

[@eahs07]

@monzzydawg thank you for pointing that out... it was killing me.

[@msfattytroll]

@XG549 Yeah, TunedB has it right Dallas is tuned down to C standard which is two whole steps lower than standard tuning. The resulting notes can be described as either CFA♯D♯GC or more often CFB♭E♭GC its a pretty standard chord progression C# D# Fm Fm (With F, G and Am chord shapes relative to standard) just with some awesome hammer-on accentuations and fills For the most part you can get away with a simpler strummed pattern but if you want to match dallas's playing Good Luck :)

[@duangkaduang]

Hello i come from Thailand have a person he Recommend i know this song is very nice song haha

[@butch801745]

That's totaly true if Dallas chose these guys it's because he wanted the song the sound like these, a little feeling of a old 40-50 and its also really fitting on the part he higher the song pitch for the last lines, people should try to understand music with their feelings instead of just listening with their ears

[@raptorsfan92]

I want a bowtie like dallas...and a plad shirt.

[@fender412]

@breaker9 Yep...he's done at least a few of Dallas's tattoos, as well.

[@TheSmallLion]

exactly

[@ghettosricanvoice]

@dcullsjp1990 the one with the mustache is named daniel romano and he has that sound but you should check him out hes pretty good.

[@raptorsfan92]

2:45 the best.

[@randalldunman94]

The back up singers are probably to keep things interesting. Playing the same thing 1,000 times gets old.

[@c0nn0r2209]

@BigfreshJ Martin 000 17, I believe its an 89 model.

[@AaronnZeeSuperhero]

@dcullsjp1990 Ahahaha dude, soggy bottom boys! You are a legend!

[@livingsk8erpunk]

@OpatheOne and this question. is what makes a man.

[@OpatheOne]

@MoodyWanderer: of course its ok to if you dont like it. The way i understood the comment was that he/she is questioning their ability to sing in a background. Thats where i said that, if Dallas chose em, imagining he'd have some more knowledge then most of us, they are not entirely talentless. Its one thing to say "dont like it" its another thing to say "they cant sing, he regrets chosing them". but i might have gotten the initial comment wrong.

[@Chickenjuggle]

@DurkinDavin: No, it isn't. It's reverb (echo effect).

[@robbybobbythebear]

holy shit 2:44-2:56 holy shit. so powerful

[@Anakin1988]

@haydengrayfilms i was about to ask the same question.... i think it is.

[@Minnerz]

i wonder when there will be a DVD. when this new album comes out, my life will be filled w/ melancholy for about 4 months straight, cause that shit will be recycled daily.

[@bobos245]

@carnage101 It's called City & Colour, not Dallas Green, they're part of the group... I believe that they were great, just lower tone than usual.

[@thedrewman998]

wow the best recording of this song i've heard, minus the horrendous backup singing

[@DanielKubalack420]

What makes a man pray when he's about to die?

[@denisebrezsnyak6976]

check out the cover version I spotted - flipping goose bumps from his voice. Name is Micah Turbitt

[@seanskyiscool]

@onegreatsmile514 who cares you can watch them all on youtube and probably on their website too

[@Lotrfan99]

dont forget the tuning

[@OpatheOne]

Question: Who exactly are you to judge the background vocals that Dallas chose? I might be leaning myself a bit far out of the window but i think Dallas got a little, only a tiny little, bit more knowledge about Music and what he wants in his Background then you all.

[@c0nn0r2209]

@michellesara0719 yep

[@dckstrat90]

I'm not sure, but I think he has it dropped 2.5 steps and playing in C..which is really G

[@XG549]

Does anyone know the tuning of his guitar? I'm trying to learn to play this song and I'm copying the chords I see him use in this video but it doesn't sound right to me, I'm in standard tuning.

[@Wittminator]

2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40

[@Takatune82]

I don't like this......I flippin' love it!! What a voice!!

[@Metallicafan13]

Oh come on guys the other guys who are singing are trying. Not everyone can have the voice of an angel.

[@2pacShakur96]

Nooo He intended to make it like that he played this live the other day where I was and he wanted one Half to sing "What Makes A Man" I Think I Might Know and the other half to sing it both sides did it together

[@samsoniteeee]

@OpatheOne i hugely appreciate dallas green and am a massive city and colour fan, and have seen them live, however I agree the harmony's and background vocals do not do their sound justice.. dallas alone has a strong enough dynamic.

[@Surouness]

Those guitar chords he's fingerpicking, someone tell me if I'm wrong... Is it Am, a type of G, and Fm7 or some tpye of F?

[@haydengrayfilms]

is that dan smith from LA ink on the backup vocals, in the middle??

[@Chickenjuggle]

Does anyone know what tuning he plays this in? It's not standard...

[@808kezia]

@haydengrayfilms dude i think so, hes in a band right?

[@MollyonMolly]

A little dirt on the upper lip, I like it.

[@otaldoThal]

the truth is, city & colour is better with only one voice. and that's Dallas Green's voice.

[@gunsnroseswttj]

What tuning is else using?

[@FineOldHuman]

Fear.

[@timothyguy]

its a more folky song...the backup singing suits it pretty well

[@808kezia]

is the middle backup singer dan from la ink?

[@onegreatsmile514]

@plupertymike I've been sending e-mail to bravo like crazy requesting them to re-air this!! People should do the same maybe they will get the message!!

[@OpatheOne]

2:28 and forward is the shit

[@Surouness]

What tuning?

[@Jimantha69]

2:44 gives me the creeps...

[@JohnConnor12]

A lot of their stuff is better live in my opinion.

[@AClockworkJulian]

The back up singers... 3rd verse is AMAZING with Dallas, but the other 3 shouldnt be there. In terms of live stuff, this and his gig at the Orange we're fantastic.

[@xToshMoosex]

Wait a minute... is that Dan Smith, the tattooist, singing backup vocals?

[@aarongradyable]

Papi Pizza duh....

[@mrpennyapple4217]

And how is that a problem?

[@lifeintechnicolorxx]

@inverted987 we forgive you. hahaaa

[@Tagraz]

Cool he yelled in the mic really loud... best singing ever... /guffaw

[@pookschris]

@808kezia I think so. I've seen an interview where he said he's friends with someone from that show.