I love her voice, it's so ambiguous. I had no idea what she looked like when I first heard it. Man or woman? Black or white? Young or old? What a rollercoaster of a song!

@gxtmfa

2 жыл бұрын

In that way, it’s a powerful, pure human voice. With some grit

@aweasley846

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!!! It's a lil masterpiece and I'm so glad Spotify recommended those two to me 😻😻

@demekonrn

Жыл бұрын

In my head I saw a man who sounded like a woman who maybe looked like Prince lol. I was pleasantly surprised.

@Napalmslumz

Жыл бұрын

samesies. it’s why I love it.

@hertzmcgurk2291

7 ай бұрын

I'm black and she surprised me more than Bobby Caldwell lol 🤣 so soulful 💛🖤💚

I watch this about 5 times a year, it's something I look forward to

@BrianLindsayMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Haha me too! It's so good

@diali504

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@vikingdaytrip4447

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! Same several times a year and so fun to share with peeps that have never heard or seen it before!

@felixfelix122

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@uptownbeef8943

Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched 5 times in the last day. What a gem. Composition skills on 11. Vocal skills unreal. And most of all… just an unforgettable track. In more ways than one. I got Prince vibes toward the end when she was belting those notes out. 🙌 I’m both melting and dancing at the same time which I don’t know If i’ve ever experienced before

She hits those high notes so naturally, wow.

those opening ukelele notes murder me every time. So beautiful.

@natanshayevich7531

5 жыл бұрын

it's all about the build

@NickCupolo

4 жыл бұрын

RIP

@benjaminfloman2663

2 жыл бұрын

💯

If tUnE-yArDs is touring and visits anywhere within a 200 mile radius of your town ... GO ! She is fantastic live.

I don't know how I've only just come across this in 2022! Beautiful voice with incredible range and varied textures, original song structure and incredible musicality. Simply beautiful. x

Just heard this for the first time: March 2021... It ended & I literally said out loud "WOW!" right before the guy says it... Her vocals are amazing. I love the true originality. She is not trying to sound like anyone else. Time to listen again~

listening to merrill’s voice is a spiritual experience in itself. thank you, god.

A few years back I fell asleep watching PBS. Middle of the night I was awaked by the music of Tune Yards on Austin City Limits. I was literally in a trance. Would love to see them live. The music is inventive, and her voice reminds me of Janis Joplin. Her range and the power in her voice are just amazing.

been a fan of tuneyards for a while, love the shit out of them but had no idea the vocalist was female. she is incredible i love this so much.

@dogmosatchmo

7 жыл бұрын

Antonia Trovato The mustache probably didn't help your confusion....

@gaylalameier4554

7 жыл бұрын

STFU, Merrill is a Goddess.

@joemaguinaldo4795

7 жыл бұрын

Antonia Trovato i had to find out what "he" said "my man likes me from behind" lol

@philllax1719

7 жыл бұрын

I was always split between masculine female and effeminate male

Amazing. I can't believe I resisted this band for so long. True talent, soul, and musicality.

@nekokun87

9 жыл бұрын

+George Reagan I hear ya, man. I just discovered them about a month ago and I feel like I've been wasting my life until now.

This is why I miss having a car. Where else but on the highway with the windows up could I try to sing along to this without people throwing rocks at me?

why is she such a genius??? dude plays bass, she's the whole rest of the band: vocals, percussion, all the instruments...daaayum, girl!

@simonbarton4118

Жыл бұрын

That's not all of them, there's people who play sax, and do precession and at some point or another everyone has a part in vocals, but I do still love her 🙏

Holy shit man her range is fucking insane. Dayummm

when the big epic vocal part kicks in towards the end I lose my shit.

@gregpallett1839

4 жыл бұрын

It plasters a stupid grin on my face and he me reaching for the volume up every time.

@calexprenas

3 жыл бұрын

pure magic.

this woman gives me chills all over when she does the oohs at the end

2018 just finding this.. I feel like I just heard something no one else knows about.

Man ages ago I was watching Conan and the musical guest was a single female.. She starts knocking on her guitar, stomps pedal, lays rhythmic vocal part, stomps, guitar pattern, stomps... And so on. It wasn't anything id ever listen to had I just heard it on the radio per say, but seeing her build it all on her own and how simple but impossibly simple, and simply how epic it was.. I was instantly a fan. That woman was not this woman. I'd listen to this had I not seen tbe process as the song is just raw and wild and also soft and precision perfect. And seeing the process just made me smile. Reminded me when some lone maybe 20 yr old woman got herself one very unlikely fan because whether my style or not, there was no watching her without admitting she was awe inspiring..... And this in my opinion/preference is that times 5. P.s. I watched the heart attack video then this. Ive never heard of Tune Yards before this. Edit: the woman I was talking about at first that was not this one, her name is KT Tunstill song was Black Horse And a Cherry Tree

she had me at "wanna do powa next?"

My favorite song right now. AMAZING!!!! One of the most incredible voices I've ever listened to! She gives me the chills in a good way :) Would love to see a live show soon!

I just discovered tune yards tonight and listened through 4 albums. It's is the most beautifully eccentric music I have ever heard in my life. Thank God, music and originality is not dead!

amazing voice and talent! I seriously got goose bumps listening to this! very well done tune yard!!

@kevinwyman3385

7 жыл бұрын

i can definately relate.

I've probably watched this video over 100 times. Still amazing.

@rome8180

3 жыл бұрын

5 years later, and I'm still watching this video whenever I think of it.

This song never ever gets old. Just love it

Bass is so overlooked but SO fundamental.

@ThisIsAVeryBadIdea

5 жыл бұрын

And percussion. She sits upon her drumming throne, y'see.

@crossedout5952

4 жыл бұрын

You bass players are so... Sensitive about your role. I'm playing..... Kind of

@SirSifter

3 жыл бұрын

@@justsomeyoutuber222 Thats why he is is Tune Yards

@randyg3778

3 жыл бұрын

I have watched this video probably 100+ times. She lays down the drum track, a vocal loop, plays the Uke, and drops a mind blowing vocal range and you focus on the bass? I could learn that bass line in a couple of hours easily, but I could NEVER replicate what she is doing. There is an amazing musician on display and it isn't the bass player.

@manymystics

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyg3778 she can't play the bass too obv. Lol no I love Merrill! Idk why I said that 4 yrs ago but I must have been particularly feeling the bass that day.

Like won’t cut it. Need an ‘utter obsession’ button for this masterpiece

Late to the game but IN LOVE with this fucking amazing song. TUnE-yArDs just fucking kills me with the awesomeness...

This song is so amazing I'm happy this video exists.

She genuinely has such an amazing voice and the way she syncs everything so perfect is mind blowing. I agree with everyone else she gives me chills listening to her.

In 2018 I cycled the circumference of the big island of Hawaii and found this song on that ride. I listened to it for hours on repeat and still love it to this day. Listen every time I’m on a long bike ride :)

This song is amazing. I was blown away when I learned the singer is a woman! AMAZING! I'm so impressed. I'm in love.

Wow she's incredible and this song hits my soul! Beautiful..the ranges in her voice and the music is stunning 😍

Love the transition into different genres of music here. Soft quiet melodic, to a clean alt. rock star voice, then to a style that mimics almost some sort of quasi-reggae, shouting words in bursts. Then at the highs at the end. This range in style is really what does this song for me, not just the range in pure vocals. Also, listening to this on Spotify, I thought for sure this was a man, but then I heard the highs and had to go look up the singer. Possible that upon learning she is a woman, I like it even more haha. As an aside, I really believe it's indie bands similar to this that really house more creativity than the popular music we are mostly exposed to. I think almost every artist that has "made it' certainly has a degree of talent. But can you really imagine Taylor swift looping her own percussion, background vocal, and ukulele on top of singing? I can't. Sorry.

@inkspecialist

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure she’s capable of it. The looping and vocals and percussion isn’t the limitation, I don’t think. The style - absolutely.

Still listening during the corona quarantine. This song brings me to life during the darkest of times

This is my favorite song!!

I've played this dozens of times. Reminds of the times right before hurricane maria in 2017....

Only heard this tune 3 days ago. Before then, had never even known of the group. I find strength in my vulnerability so it replenishes me to bare all, in tRuTh…. Wishing wells & eternal springs comparatively couldn’t hold a candle to the live giving waters you’re mastery here produced. This song saturates the dehydrated parts of me that once nourished eons of acres, my lush & timeless source. Your words are the gravity inside the depths of my fractal heart, the instrumentation’s resonance vibrates with the wholeness my soul, provides definitive distinction when played in reverse and then once again from the start. A serendipitous encounter with artistr. I’m bound. ⛓ ⛓ ⛓ Fated & seemingly bound. The universe provided so I found a savior in an Earth Angel disguised as an Oak Town locksmith. 🔑s you’ve provided to unlock my mental constraints. Sleep deprivation, ✔️ PTSD from unhealed childhood wounds ✔️✔️, the insanity & honest hope to magically transmute villain who who holds your heart, feeds u poison into an Elixir Antidote. No victim am I, although disillusionment pervades willing participant of a narcissist’s love, a 5 yr charade. 3 days ago was the eNd of half a decade worth of bliss, betrayal, torture masked as rescue; all of which since adolescence id been groomed, chose as an adult, result- I’d become addicted to. This song so recently unbeknownst to me instantly gave me oxygen when the pressure against my lungs increased. Incessantly trying to mend, perpetually perplexed. I ain’t been to sleep in 2 years, you’ve done what I couldn’t, miraculously provided the perfect atmosphere for my mind to rest. Eternally grateful an understatement. Indebted, one at best. I pray the destination of desires always be at your shores, & your blood line forever be blessed. ✌🏾

her voice is a force of nature

She makes it look so easy. Amazing.

My god, what a voice/spirit and musical sensibility. This tune is just stripped down to such bare essentials (all the more better to hear her beautiful sexy voice) and still delivers so powerfully. When those harmonies come in toward the end... perfection.

So this is my first exposure to this band. I haven't been able listen to this enough. Right now its her power bouncing around inside my head for the last few days >_

Back to just say how unreal this is. My mind is BLOWN. One of the most powerful performances of all time. Years later, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. So glad Spotify randomly played me this song, once. 💖

I can't stop watching this version It's so gooood

This video just made my dreams come true. Have always loved "powa", but seeing Merrill build it, layer by layer, makes it all the more beautiful.

Still gives me shivers to listen to this! I had the privilege of seeing her live a few years back. Still one of the best concerts i’ve been to

Ahhhh!!! So cool and unique!!!!! This song gives me chills her vocals are just plain impressive

I really love tuneyards, I remember when I accidentally discovered when I was 12. I was playing around on the TV and I went OnDemand and I went to rock, so I could tease them, because I thought rock n rollers were crazy. I then saw tuneyards, so I clicked it and it was the song bizness. I didn't like it at first, but then I actually watched it and I was like this is cool and from there I became a Tuneyards fan. it was the best accident I ever did in my life. I've been a Tuneyards fan for 5 years. im 16

Favorite ukulele song besides somewhere over the rainbow

I've been going on a cruise for years now and for this upcoming cruise (2019) it was just announced tUnE-yArDs will be going/performing! I've only heard one song by them (Gangsta) but really liked it and after hearing this news I'm now starting to bounce around KZread to hear more. This should be quite the show...

her dynamics never get old...need to catch 'em live!

Just got by 2 year notification of discovering this song, and it’s still my favorite. 💖

Come to Austin, Texas, please. I am a musician and I have never loved music more than this. Absolutely beautiful, magical...art. Thank you so much for what you do. Life-changing.

@gamergirl2120

10 жыл бұрын

Acl my friend, gonna see them there!!

I love how you can hear Merrill vocalising under her breath to keep the time when she's recording the drum loops. I always wondered how she did that.

I wish she worked at my work and every once in a while just started singing. Make work easier!

@marcopicasso9831

10 жыл бұрын

Acoustics very good in bathrooms pinhead as you probably use a bucket

@wc7484

10 жыл бұрын

marco picasso witty retort my friend.

Her voice & style... Love her!

What an amazing powerful voice she has...Love this!

I just found this song on Spotify yesterday and it's been playing on repeat. PHENOMENAL

@gemrad87

Жыл бұрын

Right??! I’m pretty sure I clocked at least 20 hours of listening to this one single song, 4 years ago, when I discovered it. 💖

the "woah" wails on this version are by far my favorite :)

@kevinbuck9

10 жыл бұрын

WOAH

Raw fresh playful lettered cleanliness!! Happy music

Her voice is probably my favorite sound in the world.

@popesinbengal

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Antepenko preach

Seriously my favoritest of favorite songs!!!

Definitely cant stop listening to this somg just found it. If she played next to me all the way singing i could climb mt everest!!!

Just insanely, joyously good. One of those songs that simply makes everything seem alright.

Very fortunate to have crossed paths with Powa !

@RlgStnAngie

10 жыл бұрын

My EXACT thoughts!!! My new "wake the fuck up" morning jam :)

Thank you, Tell Me Lies, for bringing me to this phenomenal song.

@伊達政宗1215

8 ай бұрын

me too

Nothing but soul. Gotta love it.

Should have like 10x views... legit. Thank you for so many vibes and happy thoughts. You shine one sister!

simply amazing music genius skills through the roof

Absolutely blown away! This is my new jam!

What a stunning force of nature

This is magical .

Wow. Haven't seen such talent in a while. Gotta look for a concert ticket..

just wow. chills. shivers. making me feel real feelings. bravo!

baby you are the powa inside this old boy breathtaking

Came back again to say this never not amazes me how well they pull this off.

She jams so hard. I fucking love this video.

Really enjoyed the comments about setting up the loops. You make it look effortless!

This is my first time hear of Tune-Yards and Hot Damn, She’s amazing, they are amazing, not trying to not give guy on base his props. She’s fucking stellar! This track is Fire!!! ❤️🎼🔥

Wow she sounds like Steve Perry. First time I heard this song I thought it was female and Male on vocals but she does it all. Impressive

what an absolute goddess

My God, I absolutely love your music!

Her voice is absolutely incredible

I had goosebumps the entire video.

❤ wow 🤩 I love this song 🎧 - on repeat 🔁 in Spotify

You have exquisiteness crawling all over you. Please keep making music. Please.

Only 4 tissues this time through... f'n love it. Cheers.

I love the idea of using the mic stand as an addition to the drum loop 😂So brilliant

I’m in love with this woman

A simplicidade mais perfeita que já vi.

@naaralacerda6119

5 жыл бұрын

Brasil Vey s2

I think that i love this song that you two made. Congratulations!!.

why don't you guys discuss useful information like what mic she is using or how incredible it is that she sounds exactly like the guy from dirty projectors or how moving it is to hear a female harness the power of a sexually driven song for once or SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT DEAR GOD KZread COMMENTS U R THE WORST

@Merlin_Price

7 жыл бұрын

Haha! Well said. They ARE the worst. But so what....we sift through shit for gold on a daily basis in every conceivable way. Sometimes you come across some gold. Like your comment. And it sinks in. Don't take away the hunt for the game.

@derekdrennen9530

7 жыл бұрын

Sam Doughty ... you shouldn't expect random people to be what YOU desire. That's like reaching into a bag of skittles and being mad that you didn't pick the color you wanted. the points are accurate but your decision to mention your comment preference is probably the dumbest thing I've read in this comment board.

@derekdrennen9530

7 жыл бұрын

also nice Nickelback collection on your KZread 😹

@Merlin_Price

7 жыл бұрын

Haha! ...dear god...the moment when you realise someone is a Nickelback fan.

@derekdrennen9530

7 жыл бұрын

its not even Nickelback its like off brand Nickelback covers...

The Miracle that is Merrill Garbus ,her incredible voice and genius . If only I was 20 years younger and good looking I would ask her out for a Milkshake or a movie or somethin' .Aw Shucks She's fabulous .

WOW!! That was incredible.

That was fucking amazing. I don't know how I got here, but damn, thank you.

The best band of the moment

Still loving this ❤️

So feelin' the powa right now.

so good!got into them a while ago and this is one of their very best!

Er muh gawd! I think a little pee came out. This is such an amazing performance. Raw emotion and natural talent at its finest. Now to go and listen to everything she's made. Cheers.

Amaaaazing. So perfect live.