Kimbra (Featuring Sam Lawrence) "Wandering Limbs" Live - Sideshow Alley

Kimbra performs "Wandering Limbs" live for www.sideshowalley.tv
From the album VOWS, in stores and online now: bit.ly/qD565K
www.kimbramusic.com
ABOUT THE EPISODE
"I'm going to dangle my feet over the wire", croons Kimbra on the opening line of Wandering Limbs. It's a position in which she seems perfectly comfortable, walking the wire she's stretched between jazz influences and an eccentrically dark take on pop song-writing. "If you like Nina Simone, Florence & The Machine, and/or Bjork, then we think you will enjoy Kimbra - her music reminds us of all those fierce ladies!" wrote Perez Hilton after seeing the video for her single "Settle Down".
Stripped of the pop production so heavy in her released tracks, we were excited to hear Kimbra exposed only to the acoustic echoes of the lane we'd chosen. With dueling vocalist and keys player Sam Lawrence in tow, we met up with stylishly attired Kimbra in an alley behind the Workers Club in Fitzroy.
The lovely folks at the Workers opened up their laneway entrance to supply power to Sam's keyboard. Posed between the pub and the parked cars, the two delighted us with possibly one of our favourite sessions to date, a fortunate combination of an elegantly executed song with environmental blessings such as perfectly timed gusts of wind. We were even lucky to have a coy father-of-the-crew who unwittingly arranged himself centre shot, supplying a new meaning to the song's recurring line, "am I caught in the background or part of the scene?"
ABOUT SIDESHOW ALLEY
Sideshow Alley captures performing artists in the alleys and laneways of Melbourne. One song. One take. With no fixed agenda and no rehearsal. Created by a handful of talented film makers, photographers and sound engineers, the Sideshow Alley collective produce videos from these unique moments. www.sideshowalley.tv
CREDITS
Director: Dave Budge
Producer: Jasmine Funnell, Ty Johnson
Editor: Mia Hildebrand, Linus Koh
Colourist: Dave Budge
Sound: Selwyn Cozens
Mixer: Selwyn Cozens
Camera: Ty Johnson, Kitty Green, Shelley Farthing-Dawe, Chris Phillips, Caro Macdonald, Linus Koh, Tom Cheeseman, Jordan Dautovic
Artwork: Belinda Suzette, Ty Johnson

[@anaiseleonor5207]

Anyone is still listening in 2024?

[@liaaa333]

Yes!

[@DaveCarrii]

It's all about the harmony and the memories...

[@tawaller26]

Yup

[@ewutermohlen]

First time actually listening to this.

[@Jjsmtg]

@@ewutermohlen same!

[@eric_b_]

this video also has me coming back for over a decade. hits different.

[@alexi.de.charle]

Why not a century ?😮

[@DesireeMonetteMusic]

Me tooo

[@BenThere_DoneThat]

Same

[@raynbohz]

Same.

[@rachell8661]

Same here ❤

[@KenKenTheDrummer]

2020 anyone? Edit: Love that everyone keeps adding the years as the come and go 🥲

[@mrleaf3347]

YES GUUURL

[@nobey35]

Stay still 2021 guys!!

[@dinkusoninkus]

This comment made me have to good what year it was 😶

[@hafdislindm]

Yes even in 2021 always n forever and ever

[@amandafeliciano542]

Honey at least once a month....this is literally my most watched video on all of KZbin lol

[@ixxxtli]

2024 and I still consider this one of the most beautiful musical masterpieces of my time. Therapeutic. Climatic. Stunning in every way.

[@hollypark4022]

Such a heartbreaking, beautiful composition - all from a 17 year-old soul. (She was 17 when she wrote this song.)

[@Matt-ox5wh]

you sound so gay!

[@sulichkuba]

Yeah its heartbreaking so perfect, genius....

[@peachyhanna1]

@@sulichkuba me listening to this in 2023 after first hearing it in 2011, still feeling incredibly moved by it

[@sulichkuba]

@@peachyhanna1 yeah its sth magical with this performance so touching ive listening so mamy songs and music is improtant to me but this is undecribeable feeling ;)

[@Axl4325]

This is honestly the best live performance of a song I've ever heard, the album version is great but this one is just a masterpiece

[@GreenGretel]

One of the most beautiful duets I've heard in a long time...

[@sara78889]

Same.

[@annisaarthur-castro6227]

It really is! I am in love with this album still after all these years and its songs just popped back up in my head over the last couple of days.

[@oscillatorion]

Keep coming back to this video for years now! Always loved seeing Kimbra perform. So much passion and talent.

[@hollybauer739]

JoelKnl 2019

[@Elijahda13]

Right 2020

[@cortalezzi]

still on 2021, both of them were it great

[@amandafeliciano542]

Me too....wish there was more from Sam, he's great

[@CheekyGoblin]

this still gives me chills 10 years later MY GOD !!!!! I watched this video so many times It was my go to my senior year of HS . *cries*

[@christianfox3936]

Same lmao freshman through senior year

[@anniedoiron677]

This is my 9-month-olds favorite performance. Doesn't matter how upset she is, if I play this she's all smiles, it's a lifesaver lol.

[@SideshowAlleyTV]

Annie Doiron That’s lovely to hear. After all these years it’s nice to see this video still touches people. I’m sure Kimbra would be proud too.

[@Kyouya77]

Wow the guy's voice is hauntingly beautiful.

[@honouryourvomit]

i don't care if she has the same haircut as Lord Farquaad from Shrek- Kimbra is hotter than a habanero.

[@PatClassic80]

+honouryourvomit Now I can't unsee it!

[@serge933]

honouryourvomit I was thinking more along the lines of Anne Frank... she's just beautiful!

[@Creed329]

why'd you have to put it that way HAHAHAHA

[@OldObscureUnpopularGames]

This made me laugh so much, thank you omg

[@INFChiquito]

i eat habaneros with all my meals

[@chendongxun]

I'm gonna dangle my feet over the wire Despite your despair, I'm going over to the other side There's a break in the clouds where the crimson connects Anticipate my demise, the world's different from up here Am I caught in the background, a part of the scene? Misery in the come down, when I come down from here. Are we tangled in each other, or placed in between? Like a stone, or a stones throw away from falling Am I just scant in the landscape, Or a range close to you? I think I fell into a strange play with wandering limbs And eager hands Now the sun's gone today, I can lest towards space Now transcend into blues, fade out from the ground breaks I feel so beautiful, cut me off from the crowd I got the birds eye view, now we're all just thoughts in a sky Am I caught in the background, a part of the scene? Misery in the calm-down, when I come down from here. Are we tangled in each other, or placed in between? Like a stone, or a stones throw away from far Am I just scant in the last day Or a range close to you? I think I fell, I think I fell into a strange play with wandering limbs And eager hands

[@kearnzterz]

1:57 with the wInd blowing through her hair.. PERFECT

[@huerjay8418]

Yeah i've noticed it

[@WesMordine]

The rare occasion we get to see her forehead. 😅

[@AncientCityMusic]

Crazy this was 8 years ago. I remember exactly where I was in my life when I first saw this. Time flies...

[@destinylawson9531]

Just seen the Milksteak episode yesterday lol.

[@lizziemay9038]

hey guys checking in to see if anyone else is still obsessed

[@nervous_greenfish]

I think nothing of her newer works was ever able to hit me like this song

[@midworldlanes7158]

It's funny how popular she became because of Somebody That I Used to Know. It's so much unlike most of her original music, and I'm so glad people love her anyways.

[@onomstarr]

which is ironic because I actually do not care for that song too much. but I love Call me or Cameo Lover

[@Acoustribute]

+onomstarr "Love in high places" is a pretty nice joint also...

[@MrJrFish]

+Greg Elliott I actually really love her voice, her look, and her expressiveness in that video..really really dig it. She's just beautiful and captivating in it. But then, yes. It led to me all this other music and to discover how totally over the top talented and beautiful she is. And it is all sooo much different, and just incredible. So..thanks 'Somebody That I Used to Know'. It has shown me a true musical gem.

[@omgthatsthebestnameiveever5479]

Wait........WHAT? SHE WAS THAT GIRL ON STIUTN???? ;-;

[@shmiler2261]

Her beauty, it cannot be contained.

[@lydiawilliams5807]

I love how they play off of each others runs towards the end. Their voices together create a magic that's both eccentric and beautiful.

[@amandafeliciano542]

Should have been asleep 2 hours ago for a job interview tomorrow, "Just one Kimbra live vid from my recommended" I said 2 hours ago....I regret nothing!!!

[@amandafeliciano542]

Hey I'm back....I still regret nothing hahaha

[@PNW_Chemist]

Did you get the job?? Edit: ermm I just realized the original comment was two years old lmao

[@amandafeliciano542]

@@PNW_Chemist yeah I have no clue, that was like 4 jobs ago lmfaooo!!

[@ElectricalSwift]

@@amandafeliciano542 loool good shit

[@amandafeliciano542]

Back....always back.

[@Skrillexbabe001]

ADDICTED TO THIS SONG

[@ANDRESR2]

Exactly I watch maybe 30 times.

[@ResidentStump]

Haha I love how at the end she asked the crew that post-coitus question, "So, was that good for you?"

[@uselessweirdo]

I'm speechless. Music does amazing things to us.

[@lucasparolin5507]

agreed

[@BatWayne6]

By far one of the most beautiful things she’s ever done.

[@lucianix12]

I love the fact tgat she is too shy to look at the cameras *-*, totally love this song and I totally love the way that they connect with their voices...

[@lucianix12]

When the video begin and she is introducing she doesn't look at the cameras, at the end she barely look at them again, and I have seen lot's of videos live, and she has the same problem, let her be she's just too cute

[@Billbill80s]

Idiots look at a camera. It is irrelevant.

[@Merche74]

I think she may be on the autism spectrum.

[@OldObscureUnpopularGames]

When they looked at each other, it looked like they were communicating through harmonies.

[@jessemorris3258]

They def were. True artists speaking that music language to each other in a way those 2 could understand. Just beautiful.

[@FleuriMori]

Kimbra, please make a live album. PLEASE!

[@Simonchez]

How are their voices so well recorded?! It's really something else.

[@Acoustribute]

Came here to check out Kimbra and was a little stunned by how sublime Sam Lawrence's voice is. Great duet!!!

[@doctorbrinker]

Kimbra is a true artist

[@AkiykiOde]

Much better than album version!! Great!

[@KenKenTheDrummer]

I can't find the song on her albums, is it named something differently on one of them?

[@duck-qm9kw]

Vows - Australian Tour Edition...

[@jimmybootz1277]

So true, a much better version than on the album

[@jamesgrant6360]

yes it is, magic!!!😑

[@Andromeister27]

this song, her look, the scenery this whole video has this vintage feel to it. i love it.

[@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany]

That little moment they have at the end, when she almost can't quite believe how good that was... that, is the essence of amazing music. It's like this sudden jerk back to 'reality' from a deep musical reverie where they just blend together in a very true sense. Mesmerising. One of my favourite live vids on KZbin.

[@songpool5]

The thing that really makes this song so different and captivating from some other versions of it is the truthfulness that they captured, a quality that you simply can not fake. You can feel it in her voice, hear the emotion in the lyrics, and practically see the great welling of soulful energy that compounds and rebounds off each musician as they swirl up and around each other in a transcendent connection of pain, and loss, and ecstasy. The bashful look on Kimbra's face at the end says it all, as she comes-to from the songs trance and remembers that there are cameras and other people around. It resonates so strongly because it's a incredibly intimate moment in time that they were lucky enough to witness and share with the rest of us.

[@joanne_33]

true!

[@SithMami]

Well said

[@jesusyerena1694]

Holy fucking fuck this is amazing. Chills down my spine throughout the whole performance.

[@Louisefaddicted]

Kimbra is genuinely talented in music. I mean her voice and productions are both extraordinary. This live version is simply PERFECT i gotta say

[@boolun]

We need more of these two together

[@bridareis7883]

it's been 5 years already, it's about time they release an album together or something like that, for god's sake...

[@jamesgrant6360]

YES!!!!

[@Helenheaven22]

@@jamesgrant6360 yes!!!

[@figfire]

I always get great comfort out of listening to this particular recording. It just takes me to a comfortable state of mind. I love that!

[@kriw5658]

Me too. It's like visiting a special secret place

[@futilis]

It comforts all 3 of my kids as well, they stop crying immediately it's amazing

[@DarkGuido]

WHY IS SHE SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL?

[@anacarolinamartins5515]

i do not know but i love...

[@michaelcraig9449]

I am just glad some chicks are still sexy, they did not all go SJW and turn into hate machines...

[@FryCanon]

Back again in 2024. Love this video so much.

[@janellbushman4891]

Sam Lawrence needs to come out with an album so I can keep it forever in my heart 😭

[@sulichkuba]

After 9 years i commented that.... i dont change my mind this is so great, so artistic so emotional, so expressive, so beautiful, i love it so much...

[@jamesdonaldson7396]

Over five years later and this is still one of my favorite live performances I've watched (not live). The music and the singing is beautiful, but the setting, the breeze blowing, the non-produced quality of the sound, it's just perfect.

[@phebemachin3743]

2022 ….I remember listening to this wen I was 17 ..still just as amazing

[@sixmileswest]

Goosebumps every time I watch this.

[@TheodoreHowse]

2021 and I’m still in love with this

[@ShredST]

4:01 Incredibly Buckley-esque.

[@SarahElizabeth580]

2:32 I kept replying that note over and over again. so beautiful and flawless!!

[@NASH33110]

Me too.The harmony is beautiful.

[@Giantkiller130-t]

I saw this comment before I heard the whole thing, so when that part came up, I got chills. :)

[@tico5999]

After all of these years, i cant wipe the grin on my face while listening to this.

[@leonzill]

Still such a shame to me that this and Withdraw weren't on the US version of the album. Both such beautiful songs. I've watched this video so many times in the last 10 years

[@prestonrcasey]

Same

[@MsBlack]

ive contributed to about 450 of the views on this video :D lol im obsessed with this song

[@NeoViny]

Ms Black :-) so true.....

[@st33l3.]

Her voice is morphine in my veins .. and I rather feel pain so I can heal and hear her once again. .

[@courtneywilder3200]

Ms Black GIRL SAME LOLL

[@joesplace3605]

I would like to know how the vocals were miked. No visible mikes and absolutely no wind noise on a visibly windy day. A very lovely performance throughout.

[@clicheguevara5282]

I do live sound and studio engineering for a living and I'm sitting here thinking the same thing. Lmao "What kind of sorcery is this?"

[@robert-to7ev]

@@clicheguevara5282 I wonder if they had a mike behind the wall positioned out of the wind.

[@robert-to7ev]

There is a mike at 4:30 by the guy in the yellow jacket wind blocked by the wall.

[@chrisanderson608]

Over ten years old and still rocks hard

[@rickbyce5875]

Kimbra is the rarest of flowers, never to be seen, yet we hear her in the slight distance . A reason to keep going on. Thanks you K.

[@FragmentOfInfinity]

There are so few of her caliber left in the world of artists

[@HarrisS888]

always come back to this, its one of my fav from her as a casual listener lol

[@hellovanite]

Dude sitting on top the old flat back just chilling and soaking it up 2:38

[@joshuaheard6713]

+hellovanite I wish I was him right now! Just to be there and witness these two live.

[@MRGF78]

He's "caught in the background"...

[@GERntleMAN]

Still amazing 7 years after my discovery of this. Really awesome!

[@briananicole5213]

GERntleMAN it keeps getting better. So beautiful.

[@disturbed4everluke]

man someone show me how to sing in a perfect mix like this sam lawrence guy does. such a free but connected sound...released but powerful.

[@stevelee2384]

Musical perfection with substance. Rarity these days.

[@rubbaband999]

Steve Lee I agree. I have noticed from a lot of Kimbra's music that I find this quality; the melodies and harmonies and overall song is beautiful to listen to, but the song also has gorgeous, meaningful lyrics.

[@rubbaband999]

Years later, I still come back to this. A masterpiece.

[@Japace321]

I still come back to this masterpiece in 2022 💚

[@esnc3244]

7 years later and it feels like the first time I watched this. Wow. Kimbra has inspired me sooo much over the years... her talent and passion is out of this world.. 😩👑♥️ Grateful to have known her music.

[@eschelar]

Most amazing thing about this is that there's all that wind in her hair... but none in the recording. Nice work peeps.

[@bannappleblonde]

12 year old me had many “wanderinglimbs” usernames because of this song. it’s still such a sweet, stunning song 💖

[@KpicturesNewYork]

Sometimes simple videos are the best. She's very talented and seems true to herself.

[@Omfghellokitty]

Omg I want to settle down with her.

[@tomhigham88]

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[@OldObscureUnpopularGames]

I guessed this was the ostrich laughing from Family Guy and it was. Perfect.

[@tinamodoti7064]

I am fan of Florence Welch but I knew KIMBRA yesterday and I can´t stop from hearing her. she is really the best. and she has a very unique stlye and great personality, I am amazed.

[@Fortwaba]

Still listening to this gem in 2023, and still getting choked up at that tremendous performance.

[@tomcross2862]

One of my favourite duets on KZbin.

[@Qequalshappiness]

This is my favorite live performance ever.

[@rosangel183]

I love how at the end there’s this little silence and they get a little nervious and Kimbra asks if it was alright because she didn’t realize that they were shock and speechless. (sorry for my english it’s not my first language)

[@SongSing707]

Because Wandering Limbs is on the original Australian/NZ version of Vows not the US & Europe later version.. so many wonderful versions.. This live performance video was one of the reasons I fell in love with Kimbra.. I since also fell in love with the recorded version of Wandering Limbs.. It is superbly different with raw & clunky interesting sounds as well as these emotions.. Some people say they are disappointed by the recorded song compared to this live one, though..

[@symmondsgirl]

Love the connection they had there while improvising, so good.

[@beccalynne31]

How am I just now hearing of her. This is amazing stuff! Her voice is amazing and the way she puts feeling behind her music!! Nice!

[@jamesgrant6360]

man his understated piano accompaniment is so powerful and their voices together, Wow!!!!😭

[@stephaniehoover1421]

talent runs in her veins i love withdraw, she deserves more credit

[@greengem418]

God they sound so gorgeous together! This is my favorite Kimbra performance - the lyrics for this song is just brilliant. One who composes their emotions and plays their own instruments is a true musician.

[@YoutanPoluo]

Sam's vocals remind me of old As Tall As Lions! so good. I wish Kimbra would write more songs like this

[@DarktoneX]

Real music still exists. Thank you Kimbra.

[@DarktoneX]

Still incredible 10 years later

[@slickrick1042]

She is so amazingly beautiful! She literally hurts my heart to look at her!

[@greengem418]

This song is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. It's almost spiritually uplifting.

[@sunnyleatham]

I would suggest watching it all cause she's the best, but the song starts at 0:50 just in case you cant wait.

[@BigMTBrain]

Both Kimbra and Sam sing with a lot of "soul". I've been listening to this song for over a year now without ever knowing who Sam Lawrence was. I just knew that whenever I did see a video featuring both of them that Sam would have a much darker shade. What a surprise! :) It's great these days how styles and cultures have mixed and shared. Beautiful.

[@Yotop-ch3wc]

I’ve been coming back to this video for probably a decade now when I want to just drift away. These two are so in sync with each other; it’s beautiful to watch and more beautiful to hear. 🤩

[@azalea1352]

This is so beautiful, I'm speechless. It makes me so angry that they didn't get a round of applause straight away, and it wasn't longer, they deserved it.

[@ruthespiritu502]

I love you Kimbra but I need to see some more Sam Lawrence in my life too.

[@darrenspink]

Saw Sam Lawrence at communion on Sunday night, he was good, they played this performance on the big screen just before he came on! Really great song performed by too great artists and musicians

[@Zayn721]

the way she resolves the harmonies is genius lol

[@apoem4pembo]

Her voice partnered with Sam Lawerance's is just magical.

[@itsSarahelizabeth1]

I started watching this when it was at 1.7 million views. It should definitely be at least 1.8 million views by now.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

I started watching this when it had about 400k (7 years ago). It makes me a little sad that ariana can get this many views in a couple hours :/

[@eloatrindadesl685]

2021 and its only 1.9million

[@honouryourvomit]

Kimbra couldn't be any more beautiful. She is a tsunami of creativity and inspiration. i cannot get over her...she is just perfect

[@hoax1017]

How did I just hear this song for the 1st time yesterday? Wish this song would have been on the American version of the album. Kimbra is so damn talented; dude wasn't too shabby either.

[@stevewoods8116]

Just watched twice in a row today and for like 50 times overall

[@courtneymayo9735]

Definition of soul

[@khalenhudson1636]

This is why i love Sideshow Alley because of stuff like this...changed my life

[@hafdislindm]

Still coming back for this gem

[@22AMOPRO]

I like her style.I find my self keep coming back to this song luv the way she sings lips hands and body let you no she feeling what she sings

[@MeeGeea]

everything about Kimbra is goals

[@AlexLasVegas]

she has just a perfect voice

[@SongSing707]

Love the album version of this song also even though and especially as it is so different from this acoustic alley one. It is so haunting with such terrific sounds.

[@gooburt9026]

This is a master piece. In composition, performance, harmony, and aesthetic. I will always be back to listen some more!