The Both: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@gamaliel3443]

Steg and Opal

[@galaxypaintbrush9310]

Yeeeessssss

[@WGBHMusic]

Oh wow, when Aimee's voice starts you just melt.

[@jamescroy9464]

These two are great together. I never would have imagined this but it makes total sense

[@marshallviard7594]

I am sitting here with two dogs gently resting listening to The Both. That is quality man.

[@KillerandUndertaker]

The rapport between these two musicians is amazing, I love this!

[@judcitizen706]

Greater than the sum of the parts. Like John C Reilly & Will Ferrell. Well, not exactly like them.

[@chris908]

After discovering this a month ago, I keep coming back. As good as it gets.

[@travistewart]

Who would have thought their voices sound so damn good together?

[@gayla-annewebster-chewning9305]

...so very much heart and soul.

[@Feedurehed]

Unexpected but beautiful meeting of minds and hearts......love and peace

[@lagaman11]

WHAT AN AWESOME CALABORATION! Love it!

[@parkerhatcher224]

I really loved the album they did together. I saw them at folk fest in winnipeg and I've seen Aimee play on her own and with other artists. They have fantastic on stage chemistry. And they're both really sweet people. I've been a fan of Aimee and her music for a while. But I really loved what these two did musically. I love that Aimee went back to bass and how ted uses all semi hollow electrics. It all worked so well together. And to be fair, performing a rock album sort of acoustically, with electric instruments (I know. A contradiction) in a tiny store with no drummer, they did a fantastic job. Always great to see both of them live. Just amazing musicians and people.

[@kilocharlie5992]

Her voice really carries!

[@joedecker3900]

🙄

[@zelphy116]

This is great I love all of the both sounds and songs especially Ted's guitar sounds. this time I can hear his overdrive guitar sound mixed with dry unplugged sounds. his and her vocals ,chorus and melodic bass. it is just too good.

[@tparker2095]

"You Can't Help Me Now" - 0:15 "Milwaukee" - 3:50 "No Sir" - 8:40 "The Gambler" - 12:35

[@talldudejoe1276]

I love the Both of them. Yes.

[@rubiks6]

Sometimes this really cool thing happens when you get older. A song you heard when you were much younger which you paid _no attention_ to back then pops into your head and it gets stuck there. Thanks to the internet, you can look that song up and listen to it. For me, the song was "Voices Carry." I looked that up a little while back and I've been really enjoying Aimee Mann for a little while now. My favorite thing about Aimee is the feeling she puts in her songs.

[@elbowache]

For the song "Labrador" They recreated the "voices carry" video shot for shot with ted in the band.

[@rubiks6]

@@elbowache - Who? Are you referring to The Both, 'Til Tuesday, Aimee Mann solo, or some other group of musicians with Aimee Mann? Never mind. I found it.

[@poppyseeds1844]

Saw The Both live and the feelings... indescribable.

[@douglasstephens6693]

I love Aimee too, she's exquisite, but can we see some more love for Ted? His voice, his range is astounding, and he's an amazing guitar player, way underrated. If you don't know his solo work, check out anything from The Tyranny of Distance on...

[@bminorscales]

Douglas Stephens I heard them live, more than a year and a half ago, somewhere over half a year prior to this video. It was actually during her tour, and he opened. Ted also joined in on a couple songs in her set. He was just bloody terrible. Sucked the vitality out everything he touched -- instantaneously. Their voices don't meld, they're not on the same sphere in the way they feel time, and the songs where he performs alone are like oatmeal without raisins or cinnamon. And undercooked. And if you pick up on all the cues in this video, you can see that the whole thing is already in tatters. There is a yawning void when it comes to musical or interpersonal chemistry between the two of them. He's flailing, "why is this going wrong," wondering if it is fixable. Poor guy.

[@slowgaffle]

bminorscales awwww dude! I'm sad because you definitely nailed it, and I've loved both of these artists in their own worlds. Also, I had oatmeal without raisins today and now this makes me cry.

[@ultimaetsolder]

Ted is not as good as Aimee.

[@TheSquareOnes]

@@bminorscales You know you're allowed to not like something without it indicating some great internal conflict on the part of the thing you didn't like, right? I didn't hear anything remotely like what you described in this set and although both were great I thought Ted stole the show if anything.

[@AbsurdImprobability]

Ted Leo's album Shake The Sheets is the best one though....

[@LarrySaklad]

and Ted's Guild sounds perfect like the joined vocals, ty!

[@Technodreamer]

I love both of The Both.

[@esaslaw]

Anything Aimee Mann does is great.This is even better than that

[@mauriceoksman8594]

Don’t you just love it when the two sides of your brain meet?

[@illgilligan]

Just puts ya in a good mood!

[@paperbackcafe]

He brings an inquisitive guitar to the mix. It is great and outstanding at the same time.

[@BedlamAndBones]

I just got this album. It is brilliant.

[@leetaylor289]

Album of the year

[@youkyouk7471]

Magnifique ! Merci !

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

Ted Leo full voice and exceptional playing has me believing Aimee plays better when such a strong player is near her. THE BOTH is such a telling name that agrees with my kind of Imagination. Talents in people, their minds and feelings are noticeable in this music. Study the beginnings in to do list for these two. 🐬

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

Talking to yourself again, huh? Shut up and listen to the music because saying "better" makes the bleeding liberals squeak and cringe with excitement. lol . Forget about it. The States far exceed anyone or anybody in London. 🐬

[@itchyego9]

Could we have another album by The Both? It's Time! :) Aloha from Hawaii

[@AdjectiveOtter]

You know who’d make a great Tiny Desk concert? Rebecca Sugar.

[@alysiamaemyers9866]

familyfunny YASSSSSS

[@loucypher9213]

You know who's made a great Tiny Desk concert? The Both.

[@angel1329us]

awesome repeat awesome repeat awesome repeat......

[@AslanBlood]

Sheer Delight, love this sound, great "band", nice performance.

[@Romamb]

Aimee Mann. Quality :)

[@Negritz]

these guys are cool.

[@user-d3s9s]

Great!!!

[@thomasestling3400]

Has that lemuria logo always been there?! I discovered Lemuria when I saw them open for The Both! Brilliant power pop.

[@AlamoCityCello]

Bravo!

[@tjs5770]

They're both so fucking talented.

[@dtkc3160]

素敵すぎる、、

[@bananne81]

"No Sir" is another - should have been a hit song!

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

at 7:00, Leo hunting for subtlety in his guitar playing

[@astropilotred]

Sweet!

[@10toesdown46]

Guess these two are independent together

[@kevinmichaelcallihansr5053]

Music is best.

[@avjake]

Jesus, what a bunch of talent.

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@AbsurdImprobability]

My only note is that I wish the Bass was turned up higher. Love the songs, great mix of two great underrated talents..

[@GiorgioCastaldo1]

As a bassist I fully support this comment 😂 bass is often not set loud enough in live performances and it’s really tragic sometimes because we’re always laying down the groove. But on this video the volume gets more even between them as time goes on maybe she was just playing quietly on the first song. This was a really cool tiny desk I enjoyed it a lot

[@willfromyadkinville]

sweet dreams!

[@srv1959]

dream crushing

[@daniloctebsb]

Brazil here with me?!

[@alysiamaemyers9866]

Who else came here because their song from the Steven Universe Movie was stick in their head 😹

[@Stillblissstudios]

The sixties are back in.

[@WatermelonTanuki]

Aimee! Aimee? Save me.

[@jessicaatari3824]

❤❤❤

[@ErikPortland]

They need to regroup, but spend MORE TIME ON SONGWRITING AND PRODUCTION. There is SO much potential here!

[@lindykeys]

We got opal and Steg here

[@noahboucher125]

"I went over the bridge in Milwaukee," Hey I did that the other day!

[@rodsgod4x]

Her voice is good in these circumstances

[@e.j.1018]

Oh hey i didnt know steg and opal had second forms

[@nncoco]

I love her voice. She looks really great too. She must be over 50 now.

[@joedecker3900]

62 now

[@pglover]

This is bucketfuls of too much awesome. Is it wrong that I like this audio mix more than the album?

[@joshuaschwartz7397]

i wonder if it was comedy that brought them together, since they are both friends with a lot of comedians and sometimes even participate...

[@Trevjax]

I hope this isn't a one time thing, hopefully a new album is in the works

[@Aerosol_Masking]

If only it could be.

[@dashiellv]

Two microphones? Their voices blend very well.

[@Truthmoses]

man, that slight growl guitar tone in the opening track sounds awesome. What settings and amp can get that sound?

[@blackzeb]

I wonder what he used for an amp? sounds great !

[@jamesbiehn]

At the beginning, you can catch a glimpse of it. Looks to be a newer Epiphone combo. Pretty cool.

[@fumanpoo4725]

😊

[@JC-yy8iv]

I love that Amy plays fingerpicked bass, that’s so rare in guitar players. I personally find it supremely awkward because of all the picking muscle memory. I imagine it’s bc she played bass first

[@DapperDevNull]

steven universe brought me here

[@whitevan7705]

DapperDevNull shut up

[@froggernadessecret]

@@whitevan7705 dont like ur own comment (;

[@modelleg]

Aimee's all right. Ted's okay too.

[@sheniahasiamah9802]

Anyone else know these two before Steven Universe?

[@bigbadjon78]

I've known them independently, not together

[@jonathanlarsen7320]

Steg played guitar And opal played bass Just like their real life counter parts

[@margaretschlieter]

wasn't aimee mann on some buffy episodes back in the day?

[@kimberlylong3603]

Yes.

[@SunnyBear]

Sounds great, but am I the only one who can't get past the 360p quality?

[@kevinbender6153]

I got 1080.

[@Press1ToParty]

That's just KZbin's flawed application of DASH playback. If you have more problems with it, might I suggest trying the KZbin Center extension. Eliminates DASH playback (though limits streaming quality to 720p, thank KZbin for that), so it doesn't have problems changing resolutions. It also allows the full video to buffer too.

[@nutsackmania]

First. World. Problems.

[@michaelcooper5011]

I think it was overall pretty good, I just think some of the solos could have used a little work, but all in all enjoyable from both parts of The Both.

[@mikehay2140]

Americana Aimee

[@licentia1963]

You're a gambler in need A gamble, indeed...

[@mojojoe-jo2170]

Note to self: Guild through an Epiphone...

[@humorpotamus]

Ted Leo is one of the founders of screamo music.

[@judcitizen706]

No sir; simon and garfunkel have nothing on these two.

[@willbarrow8271]

Really, vocally they might hold a candle but instrumentally Not so much.

[@dezionlion]

it's like she's playing with Mr rogers, "won't you be my neighbor "

[@kathyhollenbach7413]

@James Adlington, you took up a lot of space for nothing! Wasteful!

[@Jim1971a]

I've been a fan of Aimee for a long time. Please make this guy stop playing with her.

[@WigglesAround]

Ted is a legend, bro. I never listened to Aimee's music before she started playing with Ted, but I think they sound great together, and the music they produce together has more depth than when they are separate.

[@kingofcarrotflowersz]

Hahaha. Give it a chance. The album is great. I've loved Aimee for years but I've also been a fan of Ted Leo for a long time too. Their album is great. Plus, you'll also get more solo albums from Mann in the future...

[@stumckoo6176]

If anyone is dead weight here, it's her, dude.

[@shnootch]

please stop the either or motherfuckers.

[@seanlachut8298]

Jim1971a this is a dumb comment

[@BaronKimball]

This is not cool the dude sucks

[@kirkwatson1442]

Oh Aimee..

[@kirkwatson1442]

Save me...

[@WelderRiffer]

Bravo !

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great

[@adders45]

I know niether but Ted's voice is great