St. Vincent - The Party - Cemetery Gates

The indie pop chanteuse performs "The Party" from her album Actor in a chapel in the middle of a Brooklyn graveyard.
Producer & Director: RJ Bentler
Field Producer: Justin Krohn
Editor: Mark Zemel
Audio Engineer: Jeff Curtin
Camera: Will Colby, Justin Krohn, Mike Garberm Mauricio Leiva, Mark Zemel & RJ Bentler
Graphics: Dan Provost
Production Assistant: Chris Person
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[@alliekassraie4804]

she can make anything normal and fun sound sad and scary tbh. I love it.

[@SeriousLee1977]

That harmonizing at the end was magical.

[@BlackRainbows1123]

Only Annie could make a song about a night out and make it sound tragic. I love this live version.

[@evelynmarshall5865]

BlackRainbows1123 perfect day by lou reed?

[@lucashenry7293]

She sure did a good job, so did Lou Reed. I warmly advice you guys to give Andy Shauf's latest album a try. It's called "The Party"... and it's beautifuly bittersweet.

[@DaytonJoey]

Morrissey

[@MrThiago150]

Almost 10 years since this was uploaded and still, I can't stop listening.

[@F4evrsoon]

Can’t believe I’ve never seen this till now. Feels like yesterday that I was watching the ACL performance on PBS in 2009. 💗

[@celoratz]

I like this more than the album version.

[@nbieghler]

It's got dat actual church reverb, so good!

[@michaelfuria4257]

can listen to this hundreds of times..haunting..

[@shutsal777]

She is an ethereal being

[@michaelfuria4257]

And that is why she is a saint....Annie is possessed by the Muse..

[@victorbirkett4520]

OMFG you just found the word i've looking for all this time to describe her

[@FEVERDREAM1983]

Is that another word for autistic?

[@qweone123]

@@FEVERDREAM1983 lol

[@johnh5304]

Wow, absolutely the perfect tempo for this song.

[@kitty.kitty.rhapsody]

the ending is so haunting, gosh i can't stop thinking about it

[@midntrdr]

Heard her first time, in March this year. ACL 19' . There's something fine about the feel when you hear something for the first time that just takes you. This song does that. Beautiful.

[@juferaro]

I love the commitment of this band to sing and play their instruments at the same time and not just leave Annie alone... great live version!!

[@cheuklamng1]

oooooooOOOOOOooooOOOooOOOoooOOOOOOOooo

[@powerhitter]

Beautiful....just.. Beautiful

[@tendo64]

Oh the upbeats, the glorious upbeats. Just get lost in it, walking along the seashore as the sun sets

[@elliott102103]

I just learned how to play this on guitar and it's nothing short of amazing.

[@TwilightTherapyMusic]

This is the best music performance i've ever heard :0

[@JustinSlick]

This Cemetary Gates series is killing my productivity right now. The Andrew Bird ones are equally amazing.

[@sonofkikkoman]

Loved the last note

[@michaelfuria4257]

OMG! That voice!!

[@smatsri]

so beautiful

[@matthieushuaxings]

Breathtaking every sec!

[@uhikyo7687]

love her so much

[@BonoLightier]

That was so lovely!

[@bennyvanderven]

BEAUTIFULL!!!!!

[@jsnell126]

jeeeeeesus. this is glorious. maybe better than the one on ACL.

[@guillevidegante6871]

The best TIMES,..Annie and StVincent's best ALIGNMENT!!

[@chocoprrrswwwwnn]

i love her so much

[@youwillovercome]

That ending.

[@michaelfuria4257]

simply ethereal.

[@Zakarum420]

Annie Clark, classiest woman I know of

[@104Geon]

this version is great. i like her more recent performances of it better though, a little less jazz-oriented, more layered though.

[@ghostmomparasiempre]

Haha I love how the violinist sings with his moth WIDE THE FUCK open.

[@oculicious]

It's crazy to me that there are interviews with st vincent that have more views than this 12 year old video, when in my eyes it is an absolute pinnacle of hers

[@yoursaxman]

I thought the ACL version was the ultimate... 'til I saw this.

[@jordie6202]

I saw that ACL version when it aired...it was my first exposure to st vinny...never looked back. I love that version.

[@jordie6202]

It was like granted access to a different world.

[@antonycosta697]

pisa mais amore que tá pouco

[@severinoaugusto3433]

Antony Costa tudo p mim essa mulher

[@shogotag]

lindo lindo

[@chinacatthrak]

hehe... she's so cool

[@cynparker]

I fuckin just love everything about this woman !

[@abby-be8dw]

i wanna play this at my funeral

[@ourson5958]

suddenly in love...

[@JP51ism]

The St. V. CD did have a "thanks" to the Dallas Unitarian-Universalists. ;)

[@TheCosmicSway]

That's Matt Tong from Bloc Party!!!

[@bencebator]

bjutiful

[@sarahpearl2929]

picardy 3rd!!!!

[@michaelfuria4257]

ah, a music theorist here..

[@hahaParadise]

The drummer makes me want to give up music forever

[@karamdabagh]

is this good or bad?

[@jimc2164]

This is my favorite edition of St Vincent.. Is this an album?

[@journeytree]

I expected hardcore pantera

[@johndou423]

I was like huh this could be either pantera or the smiths, I hope the smiths. and it ends up being neither. still not disappointed though.

[@pumpkin_guineapig]

She’s a Pantera fan and cited Dimebag as an influence, regardless I would love to hear her sing the actual song from Pantera.

[@Tallulahmypookie]

2020

[@turdyvidios]

Well, you cant blame him. If I were next to Annie Clark my mouth would be WIDE THE FUCK OPEN too.

[@darinbauer8122]

[@DzEkiJs500]

is that shane dawson on the violin lmao

[@milky_wayan]

haha

[@cgtaurus]

Why have I never seen this before now? Lucky dead folks!

[@invisibleone1000]

Wait this is not Pantera cover?

[@GenuineAltruist]

Bummer! I read "Cemetery Gates" and was hoping to see Annie do a Pantera cover! 😄

[@smarkalet9078]

Same! But was still not disappointed

[@Gore171459]

FASTER JOHNNY!

[@michaelfuria4257]

Why?

[@emilxiv]

because

[@migueljimenez1939]

When you click thinking it will be a Pantera cover🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ecscottindiana]

look you can't call a video "cemetary gates" and not have the artist doing a pantera cover, that's just ungallant yo

[@SKYSAW59]

Smith's cover !

[@TheFukkface]

Not the Cemetary Gates I was expecting...

[@riphertoshreads]

i need some speed now

[@garyedwards3269]

After the movie...exit the theater music. Hurry up willya? The funny thing about dirges, they avoid having a hook like the plague.

[@gregrarities]

great performance but it's too slow and they weren't playing together well with the slower groove. You can even see it on the drummers face of dissatisfaction in 2:01

[@quinnlewis2003]

It happens sometimes when you preform. It's annoying. They are not warmed up to one another.

[@michaelfuria4257]

@@quinnlewis2003 still sounded glorious.