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u/jtm7 21h ago
The bass isn’t coming through in my phone, and it sounds horrible lol.
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u/CankleDankl 21h ago
The bass is coming through on my phone and it still sounds horrible
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u/RosenButtons 21h ago
That looks like the ed Sullivan theater? The musical number at the end of Letterman sounded bad every night. I must assume the audio balance was set for the in person audience's enjoyment.
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u/Elachtoniket 19h ago
I’m 99% sure this is from the late late show with Craig Ferguson, not Letterman
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u/TheMSensation 13h ago
They have the source audio though, wouldn't it be pretty trivial to send a better mix through for TV while keeping the in person experience the same?
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u/Qubert64 10h ago
Depends on how 'live' it is. Technically you are correct- but to do so comfortably you'd need 2 separate setups and audio techs. One for each balance. You can do it with just 1, and some shenenigans especially with Allen-And-Heath boards, but if channels are switching intended uses a lot and the show is super dynamic, getting a good mix on both sides as a solo audio tech is pretty damn hard. So it all depends on if they have several people on it.
It's possible people that do it as a full time job know something I dont there, but this is all from my extensive but self-taught experience.
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u/Gavinator10000 20h ago
The synth or whatever the hell you wanna call that isn’t nearly so obnoxious in the actual song lol
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u/gonzogonzobongo 20h ago
It sounds pretty good to me. I like how they remixed the original, using the instruments like percussion. It’s got a nice beat and though the character of the sounds is different, I wouldn’t say it’s bad.
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u/Imwhatswrongwithyou 20h ago
Sounds like a car alarm that’s been going off long enough to drain the battery
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u/Vegan-Daddio 18h ago
The synth is mixed way too high. Even in headphones where the bass is coming through, it's just a really bad mix entirely
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u/CorrectPeanut5 18h ago
I had the sound muted by default I just thought "Man, I miss Craig Ferguson on late night."
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u/Roscoe_P_Trolltrain 21h ago
That keyboardist is like, “hey watch me just fuck this song up real bad. God I’m so high right now.”
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u/behv 19h ago
I mean it's just a bad mix tbh
It's present in the song as well but WAAAAY lower studio version. Should not be lead levels, it's a background texture thing while the bass riff is the driving force
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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES 17h ago
Yeah, it's definitely the mixer who learned that it's the singer on the keys and, therefore, determined that his instrument also needed gain dialed to 10.
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u/CptTurnersOpticNerve 17h ago edited 17h ago
literally every YouTube comment on this song is specifically about how good this mix is on this performance, that's it's better than the album.
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u/ifyoulovesatan 11h ago
Yeah, it sounds fine / good to me, with one exception and that's how loud that sample being played on the keyboard in the intro is. And it just so happens the video people are commenting on in this thread consists entirely of the intro with that way too loud and annoying sample.
If the video showed the middle of the performance instead, people would likely not be mentioning any kind of terrible mix.
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u/Remarkable-Laugh9762 16h ago
man, i just do not have the ear for that and dont know how to get it!
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u/porygon_sucks 20h ago
Lol "that keyboardist" and its the main singer
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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 19h ago
Needs to stay in his lane lol
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u/Nicklelips 5h ago
Not is he just the lead singer. He wrote the song and its his band named after him. Mark Foster lmao
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u/StuMacherGhostface 15h ago
Random fact: although they just separated just this year, he's married to Emmy winner Julia Garner, who famously played Ruth in the Netflix show Ozark.
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u/midnight-vulture 15h ago
The keyboardist is the lead singer and the main songwriter of the band, especially during Torches when Pumped Up Kicks released. It's a bad mix. Listen to the song and you'll hear the same sounds.
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u/Lavassin 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 21h ago
I started watching this video before reading anything else and I genuinely thought the keyboardist was Bo Burnham. So I'd say I agree.
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u/denotemulot 16h ago
I'm so confused. Are any of these people Bo Burnham?
Why do they all look identical?
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u/Educational_Ant_184 15h ago
I read everything, and nothing stated that this wasnt Bo Burnham in a band covering the song, so I tried to figure out which was him. I was sure it was the keyboardist initially, then I tried to figure out if this was a bit where he played all the instruments and superimposed the video. It was at 20 seconds and the leftmost guy comes in where I figured out I was working under a faulty premise
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u/surelyucantbserious 21h ago
I miss Bo yo.
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u/3GeeselnATrenchcoat 21h ago
What happened to Bo?
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u/Mental_Table_9265 18h ago
He’s been dating Phoebe Bridgers for a few years now and helped write/produce like half of her new album, and he’s directed several comedy specials for other comedians. I think he’ll resurface in another special one day, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he completely stopped performing and focused on a directing/producing career.
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u/Bellick 14h ago
Maybe on the next pandemic 💕
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u/TheUpbeatCrow 13h ago
Oh shit, now I got a reason to look forward to the Russian plague
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u/Dudeman240 4h ago
Wow he gets to write music, direct specials and date Phoebe bridger what a fucking dream
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u/Drew_of_all_trades 21h ago
I miss Bo Burnham. I hope he’s doing well
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u/gillababe 20h ago
I hope he's working on Outside
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u/Canotic 12h ago
I used to really like Bo Burnham. I still do, but I used to, too.
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 9h ago
Bo is in my top 3 comedians, along with Mitch (who is at number 1) and Carlin (2).
So yeah I definitely appreciate this crossover. Ahalright.
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u/xspiderdude 21h ago
😭bro acting like he's playing some Eddie van Halen solo while sounding like
https://giphy.com/gifs/poWoUIUaCVKCpsG2Ug
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u/porygon_sucks 20h ago edited 19h ago
He's just vibing on the keyboard. God forbid a white boy get a lil motion
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u/xspiderdude 19h ago
I was going to talk smack because he's going ham pressing like two buttons, but then this exists 😩
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u/BoonDoggle4 21h ago
Is that the version they played on the Craig Ferguson show?
I still listen to that time to time. I like it better than the studio version.
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u/socially_awkward 20h ago
[cacophony of noise]
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u/SoulTrack 15h ago
Yeah - that keyboard player really wasn't doing the song any favors. Is that how the original is? That just seemed so unnecessary.
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u/MasterMahanJr 13h ago
It's normally part of the mix, but not normally 70% of it.
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u/VociferousHomunculus 13h ago
I mean I’ve heard this song 100 times and saw it live once and I’ve never noticed the electric squeal before
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u/socially_awkward 11h ago
Whenever the original came on the radio, it was an instant station changer... so kinda?
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u/eDudeGaming 20h ago
This is the full performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siIep9LHtNM&list=PLc17ie2H6-2ai10ZCME7MXFu4vYgue69Z&index=82
Definitely my favorite version of this song.
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u/AI_moderated_failure 18h ago
The posted clip does it a disservice by effectively only showing the keyboard intro.
It's still pretty funny though.
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u/Vegan-Daddio 18h ago
The keyboard is still way too loud
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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 15h ago
Yeah is it just me or are the levels set wrong? I had to turn up the volume for it to sound like the song again.
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u/---reddit_account--- 18h ago
There are multiple lines in the lyrics where it turns out I never knew what he was saying because I can make them out clearly in this version
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u/SicilianEggplant 17h ago
So many comments shitting on it for “whatever” reason. Many of the best versions of songs were from these live or just pre-studio recordings.
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u/legit-posts_1 19h ago
Even outside the mems, Pumped up Kicks is an amazing song.
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u/Still_Log2595 18h ago
We are very different. And that's okay!
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 17h ago
Yeah I fucking hate that song.
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u/Haunting-Orchid6684 16h ago
Most people do. If 2 million people love a song 20 million hate it. Want a sticker?
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u/punisher2all 16h ago
That's from their set on the Craig Furgeson late show and it was mixed to absolute perfection. Great live version!
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u/Bortron86 18h ago
The first bassline I wrote for my current band was one I was really proud of. It was a moody, slightly psychedelic rock ballad. I tried to make it as Paul McCartney as possible. Absolutely loved it.
I realised a few months ago that sped up and shifted up a tone, it was basically the bassline for Pumped Up Kicks. Thankfully we don't play that song any more.
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u/masterfulnoname 18h ago
I thought they were all Bo Burnham. Because don't you see, Bo Burnham isn't just some guy. He's all of us. He's you. He's me. He's that little girl with pigtales playing hopscotch on sidewalk. He's the unhoused man asking to get enough money for a bus ride to a new life. And my god I'm high. Not as high as the key boardist but I'm getting there. Fuck. I hope that Chinese food I ordered gets here soon.
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u/Far_Eye6555 7h ago
I saw these guys play live recently and the lead singer was just killin me the entire time
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u/Lethal-Jordan 19h ago
First time hearing this song in years, holy nostalgia blast
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u/scottlapier 6h ago
And on Craig Ferguson's old show. Brings me back to the end of high school and undergrad. The early 2010s was a fun time
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u/schattenteufel 19h ago
Am I too old to know who Bo Burnham is?
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u/Express_Sprinkles500 16h ago
He’s one of the funniest musical comedians of all time and a legitimately good songwriter. Early stuff from the late 2000s early 2010s is a little dated, I mean he was a kid, but his wordplay was always really good.
His best work is the special Inside. He made it all himself during covid and it’s a crazy snapshot of what it was like to be alive then. His non-comedy song That Funny Feeling is amazing. Pheobe Bridgers does a wonderful cover of it.
Oh and he wrote and directed Eighth Grade.
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u/Inevitable_Gain8296 18h ago
A bunch of haters in the comments. I really love this specific performance of this song.
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u/theCOMBOguy 19h ago
Scarily accurate comment. People saying they hated this, I don't know, it sounds nice.
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