MGMT - Time to Pretend - Live on Letterman

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

"thank you for standing up"

[@ZebraChain]

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[@zina2435]

PLS THE WAY HE SAID IT WAS SO CUTE IM DYING

[@Lauren-rq4xt]

Was awkward before they did

[@stevelacy9396]

That’s what he said.

[@Supercicciooo]

Wonderful moment

[@kittypuncherxoxo]

Literally one of the best songs ever

[@owensmith3995]

For those who are young and clueless about life only.

[@luckyjinxer]

That drum sound is beautiful. It's very well miced.

[@thisisnotharvey]

Miced?

[@johnfahlman8052]

He obviously meant Micksed, but made a typo.

[@dannymain542]

Mickkked'sddd

[@bracksampson1]

Yes.... you never heard of merpxed?

[@Rumplesti1tskin]

You must mean it was very well minced. Like the meat.

[@WisemanxSmash]

Gotta love people complaining about his voice. That's the style.

[@maxmunzert9725]

No it's not! listen to the recording, his voice isn't quiet, it's frail yet loud. This sounded like a whimper!

[@mateogaibor6530]

I guess they like to give variations to it... instead of doing the same haha (They get bored with time)

[@CharzBall]

@@maxmunzert9725 this is the way andrew sings live all the time

[@hardcoreyugz]

It sounds better in the recording just like everyone else except honestly the pixies they’re pretty accurate

[@apolloxvoidzz7478]

@@maxmunzert9725 He said that this song makes him emotional because of how it gives him memories

[@crookedrain771]

I’m glad I was a teenager when this song came out.. just felt right…

[@THEEMPERORESS24]

I wish I was a teen then but I'll just enjoy now as a teen.

[@bubblegum112]

Once upon a time I couldn't afford tickets and my sister drove me to a hill near my house and I could hear Time to Pretend perfectly. It was a perfect moment in Seattle.

[@grungepants]

A touching story, your sis is nice.

[@j3wsdid911]

This was my anthem in 2010 and still has that fire in 2020

[@randymarsh5088]

This band is underrated . So much talent and good on stage presence .

[@PSS521]

this band sucks live.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@randymarsh5088 In no way is MGMT freaking underrated. Stop saying things are underrated, you’re probably wrong.🙄🤡🤦‍♂️💩

[@alessioorocca]

12.8 monthly listeners on spotify…

[@JCisclass]

underrated with 14m listeners???

[@lumapeviar]

This is one of the songs that we never tire of listening to. One of my TOP 10 !!!

[@deusmeodeia]

When you play that song without drugs

[@TapePlayer]

I always wondered if MGMT were just a product of great production. After watching a few live vids, this one seals the deal.

[@gabrielroldan850]

W M theyre better composers than performers. That's all that matters to me really

[@yuminy98]

I love how Andrew says at the end "thank you for standing up." lol

[@stecky87]

gotta love the irony of it all . . .

[@brentonpickett2371]

Thanks MGMT & Dave Letterman 💙

[@erichomsy]

some of the best to ever do it. PERIOD.

[@RyboBBurn]

*This song and Skins. Reminds me of growing up.*

[@rogerrude313]

It's funny how music goes through cycles in which Synth Pop like this is a throwback from the 80s. Clothing styles and fashion trend the same way. My dad noticed the other day that 70s style hair do's are trending now in 2022.

[@grungepants]

Yeah that's true let's see if 70s style music comes back as well. Maybe it will in rock music, like post punk and punk are becoming a bit more trendy now.

[@DaughterOfTheEve]

Aww.. “Thank you for standing up” so sweet 🥰

[@thewhitestroke182]

That crowd was so cringy

[@cesc12321]

THE CROWD IS WILDDDDD come on guys, when i saw MGMT live and when they played this song, i was grooving

[@rowanelessar5892]

They make me so f'n happy! 💜💜💜

[@mariomales6285]

Rowan Elessar yes!Yes!Thank you!Someone who have same feeling as me!IG artofmario

[@tdarra7223]

When you played on Letterman, Leno and Conan ya finally made the big time!! Sweet success of old!!

[@Flipmo360]

Best band ever!!!

[@marcusflynt810]

well that was a pretty lively crowd

[@andrewstone1999]

Just a simply brilliant song

[@thegrudge]

I like the subdued feel to this performance. Cant go wrong with this song really.

[@Tiandesta]

"hey he's standing, she's standing too, and that guy is doing the same thing. let's do that too so we are not awkward *standup**stillawkwardanyway*

[@arispacetimeanduniverse8174]

C R I N G EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@SYCHO-DELIC]

😂

[@SYCHO-DELIC]

Im dying

[@psychotropictraveler514]

Lmfao

[@platypae333]

"Thank you for standing up" Oh MGMT! How I love your sarcasm (and your music).

[@samskateboarderking]

Thats my kind of crowd. All I do at concerts is stand with my arms crossed.

[@LanceShines]

Oh my god, I need a live MGMT album. Live kicks ass!

[@cricri8022]

I saw them live… terrible performance

[@valeriebernales9]

thumbs op for the guys who first stood up and started claping!! YOU GUYS F****KING ROCK!!!

[@KingDime101]

Something special about that song.

[@MegaZaza27]

love it whens Andrew says "thank for standing up" that was sooo cute!

[@Cluttr]

the drummer is amazing

[@fabricio.silva7]

yeah

[@btwarner2124]

Beautiful ❤️❤️

[@ChaddyGorditaCrunch]

They really are great. They sound is so out there but it fits together so well.

[@JasonChamberlain]

I want synthesizers like that.

[@Mschice]

i actually like the live ones too, i can listen to it all day

[@reddogdigital7538]

an amazing song on the record, but damn this sounds like a nervous boy in front of the school gymnasium. Not looking for yelling, but something a bit stronger like the record. Darn.

[@SirPeewee]

He said he sometimes gets emotional while performing this song because the lyrics make him remember memories he has had in the past.

[@dominicwh1580]

He also doesn’t like performing these songs because they didn’t intend for them to get popular and the songs were only ripping on pop songs

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

Clearly never seen mgmt before

[@loganwallermusic]

they need to honestly turn his mic up

[@nelsonferry69]

AWESOME song!

[@Than_McDowell]

LMAO at that awkward crowd, standing up one by one and then "dancing" like the whitest people you've ever seen.

[@jabbawabba4949]

They muted the crowd..

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

Jabba Wabba irrelevant to what he said.

[@jabbawabba4949]

XxStonedKillerxX They muted the crowd..

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

Jabba Wabba still irrelevant.

[@jabbawabba4949]

XxStonedKillerxX They muted the crowd..

[@markokampfelt3298]

Fantastic

[@antoniobernal4028]

Nice Classic! Music of other galaxy!

[@nigelsaylor2471]

Thank you

[@musicandlove516]

"Yeah.. ehem thank you so much. Oh yeah, thank you for standing up." Lmao I don't know why I thought that was so cute. Probably because it was Andrew.

[@edwconr]

#493 on Maestro JZ's 500 Greatest songs list. Thanks.

[@lorenithasweet]

What a beautiful man!

[@nombo12]

"thank you for standing up" lol

[@elsybello]

I was there! Jumping at 1:09

[@cato222]

Bravo!

[@asianal]

that is awesome when everyone stands up

[@pariswaynegacy]

Someone needs to reupload the abbey road version

[@galmier18]

Tremenda presentacion

[@useitwice]

I see the audience had to bring their own energy

[@ПавелБеликов-ж4ж]

he is so fucking beautiful

[@djroxanne4429]

the kids love it

[@kturetsky]

This version is so much more mellow than the music video!

[@JonasDaniel95]

haha i was singing along, for a second i thought it stopped :D

[@andres82942]

"MGMT RULES"

[@Treex319]

i know this isnt the best recording, but listen to them live in person before you judge. its actually just as amazing live as it is on the album. its hard to capture live energy in videos like this

[@embalmyou5200]

the crowd gets me every time they had know clue what they was listening to at first. lol

[@Lanallaby]

hahahah "thank you very much, thanks for standing up"

[@jh87694]

this audience is FUCKING AWESOME

[@FANNNEL]

Qué reacción de público :D

[@JadeC]

Can the crowd shutup! I can't hear them sing

[@Brett101792]

I feel like this song has a deeper meaning to the band than the actual edm track has

[@0Alet]

:O :O :O : O love them

[@abra2004]

just with any synthesiser use and "lfo", is the simpliest thing in the world.

[@Johnnysabboy]

it feels like their album only just came out to me

[@drtatronusb6677]

the drums !!!!!

[@jovenkisaku]

2020 coronavirus. gracias

[@jrsolis619]

Lol the crowd is like 0_0

[@oscarrlopezg]

What a cool song and what a cool band!! Very acid-psychedelic influenced! Although, i don't know what's wrong with people linking these guys to Passion Pit of The Naked and Famous... three excellent and entirely different bands between each other.

[@kalmia01]

Very interesting, sarcastic song. Ever heard Paolo Nutini version at Sziget festival?? It gives to t song the perfect, contagious, explosive energy 😍😍😍

[@OEGOD]

i swear to god id be throwing headkicks. and lots of them, people would have to clear the way cause id be getting jiggy wid it.

[@bjbuddhism8417]

He needs to get more fuckin hype

[@Cluttr]

holy crap that little drum intro

[@juliusrecords52]

Ilike much more this one MGMT - Time To Pretend (Live on Late Show with David Letterman)

[@peetief8127]

Hellz yah

[@68doggydog]

sweet crowd

[@AnniAnnis]

como niño chiquito Andrew repite lo que Ben hace y luego lo voltea a ver =)

[@josepereiradasilvafilho6410]

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars This is our decision to live fast and die young We've got the vision, now let's have some fun Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute? Forget about our mothers and our friends We're fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home Yeah I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone. But there is really nothing, nothing we can do Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew The models will have children, we'll get a divorce We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end We were fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah

[@lyndaframe1986]

Thanks 👍🎶

[@larryc3860]

I think this band, while talented, took the lyrics of this song to heart and, well...... " disappreared"........

[@SiniaDiva]

Anyone know what kind of synthesiser use Ben or what is name of sound in intro. I want to cover a song, i have a Keyboard Piano but i can't find a sound same as in intro. Help me I beg u :)

[@radidov5333]

whats going on with them in this performance ??

[@sunilmandava21]

We will chock on our Vomit and that will be the end? Is it a reference to Jim Morrison?

[@sunilmandava21]

Jimi Hendrix has never been to Paris and did drugs in Paris, so it has to be Jim Morrison, just taking a logical assumption here.

[@fluorescentadolescent2640]

Could be both

[@a.yhprumnadia5646]

+Fluorescent Adolescent it was a reference to the lizard king himself

[@christiansaavedra8733]

Sunil Mandava Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in Paris. He is just referring to the way we will go when we can't "pretend " anymore. hints " fated to pretend"

[@phildanus6962]

Sunil Mandava I dont recall jim choking on his vomit. Dipshit.

[@ericbrucker]

I honestly don’t understand the hate on this guy’s vocal style, or his sound levels. I think it sounds brilliant. I think you’re missing the point if that’s your takeaway. They’re anti rockstars.

[@arrived63]

check out the Rockwiz version....rocks totally....

[@dumpsterfaerie]

lol andrew's hair is always crazy xD

[@TheNotoc]

@JaysEatingWorld Thanks man!

[@carywhitt]

@Jonathaneclipse this is a TV show audience - expected.

[@powtimothy1]

Lol at the censor for the muting the fucking with the stars but not the heroin and cocaine

[@hdfgdfgdgdfg31]

@TheAutumnNightingale surfer blood and mgmt tour together??

[@fezzynips]

3:55 thank you very much, thank you for standing up.?? is that what he said?

[@Re-AttachedRetina]

Strange. I saw that performance and I don't remember it being like this at all. Are you sure this wasn't Austin City Limits or something like that? Edit: OK, I get it now. I didn't know Letterman had hour-long shows featuring only live music! Their performance at the tail end of one of Letterman's regular shows (when the song first came out) was much better than this one.

[@rarethen9]

now were you rushing or were you dragging?

[@kayleesugimoto1523]

fucking spider-man brought me here

[@kwizzeh]

@nebulax Sometimes Letterman lets a band that he (and maybe the staff too) play a short set of songs after recording the main show.

[@likeaferrari]

@111whitepony111 They said they never actually took any of their music seriously (just go listen to kids quartet) and it was all just for fun, but it started catching on, and it was pretty much just a hobby for them, so they made sarcastic music. But i mean, they are the artist, so they are the ones that make the music, and all of this is them trying to find themselves, and i think they just realized later on how silly their first album was. but i still like all their music

[@nmart8]

Wow I can't believe this is the top comment!

[@nyssasolano]

what kind of losers stand in the front row with their hands in their pockets. If I was anywhere in hearing distance of this I would be freaking out. come on people

[@TheOnlyCalebChannel]

Its letterman..

[@JoseAvila-ud1zo]

seriously, they should have dropped acid for this

[@colin8007]

dog face