Future Islands perform Seasons (Waiting On You) | Later... with Jools Holland - BBC 

It’s now 2024 and I still come back to this , who’s with me ?

He fucking means it. He told the story, and i believe him.

The other band members are thinking... "fuckin' hell, he's doing that thing again" Great performance 👏

Best Jools Holland performance ever maybe?

am i the only one who liked the dancing? this guy has presence

I could watch this guy skating around his little 2 metre square for hours.

Wurde zum Konzert in Köln eingeladen worden. Bin Baujahr 59. Bin froh mich für Neues geöffnet zu haben. Bin immer noch total begeistert und berührt.❤😊

I was sitting in the audience at this performance. I was mesmerised with my jaw open. Was hooked from that point. Sublime.

Like a drunk uncle at a wedding storming the stage while the wedding singer takes a break and steals the show. Amazing band, top frontman.

Brilliant to see a performer actually enjoying their music. he's like what Morissey would be like if he cheered the fuck up

Im in my 40's now and if I were watching this performance in my 20's I'd think what on earth? Now I watch this and wish I had the type of guts and talent to just go for it without fear or a care in the world.

It’s now 2024 and I still come back to this , who’s with me ? Future is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure he will be #1 soon due to 💖a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖

this chap is off his banger, what a hero

Passion like this can't be faked. This is real music sang by a real singer.

If you like inline skating with a hint of death metal. This is your guy☝️ I believe him. Great performance.

9 years later and I still come back to watch the dancing at 1 min in. Don’t ask me why this video has been in my head for nearly a decade, I couldn’t tell you the answer.

I recorded Jools Holland last night as i wanted to see Jamie T. Accidentally pressed play at the start of this song. I then sat totally spellbound and open mouthed and watched a truly great front man performance. How on earth he managed to look heartbroken, crushed, and a 10 year old boy, whilst also looking like a wise yet cynical and furious man all in the space of a couple of lines is beyond me! People criticise his dancing and his facial expressions, but who cares. The most important thing in life and especially as an artist is to have commitment and passion in what you believe, and to stay true to yourself. A truly overpowering performance. He gave you everything he had and everything he believed in. I have watched this about seven times now and still not looked at the Jamie T stuff!

sam is not giving a single fuck. bloody brilliant peformance

I’ve always loved Stephen Grahams vocal and performance skills

'Dance like no one is watching' Good on him, I want to be entertained.

No, sir. It is I who has been waiting on *you*.

2:09 ...... "They gain a peach but they lose one shoe"

Still the best thing on you tube

2023 still love this band

This guy, doesn't sing songs. This guy TELL stories. Love this.

Since i had the pleasure of watching this several months ago on me tele, I've been well and truly gripped. His stage presence makes me wanna run down to the local boozer which has a karaoke on albeit on a cold and rainy night and just blast out some phenomenal shapes and not give a flying fuck what people think just like this wonderful man. Not only that he absurdly pulls them off and creates a whirlwind of emotions that entice the audience whether they like the band or not. Only the best artists can do that.

Hypnotic.

Forgotten how good this was

Once in a while I'might blown away by an artist on Jools Holland and tonight was one of them.....

One of the reasons I don't go on works nights out is because I'd end up dancing and singing like this guy.

A rare thing today, fresh and original, sadly missing from the airwaves

One of the best musicallly performances I’ve ever seen

After watching this on tv,I found it on RU-vid and been hooked ever since,so cheers jooles

Wow, I just discovered this song in the past few days as it's used in a TV commercial here in the UK currently and I was blown away by it so today I saw the commercial again, quickly grabbed a pen and wrote down what lyrics I could and then Googled them to see who the hell this band was! So, now I'm HUGELY thrilled to have found out who they, and their lead singer (with such a fantastic voice!) is and I'm over the moon! I noticed a comment from someone to one of their videos that they did this song on Letterman, so I just watched that video too (and am watching this right after that one) and for the first time saw them perform it and I'm even more blown away!! I think Sam Herring is genius - the lyrics to Seasons (Waiting on You) are profound, moving, and his performance on Letterman was captivating - freaky dancing (like a drunk dad having spasms dancing at a wedding!), passion and that growl! He reminded me a bit of Meatloaf who was also theatrical and blessed with an incredible voice and energy in his performances. Anyhoo, so now I'm hooked on Future Islands and want everything they've done and I'd love to see them live!!

Seasons (Waiting On You) appears twice in my list of Top Ten Favourite songs of all-time. Once for the official video version and once for his amazing live performances

Late to the party with this band, absolutely amazing, what a performance , emotional

You can't take your eyes off him. Great to see a real original. Better than most of the shit out there

This is one of the most charismatic things I’ve ever seen.

When the mortal body becomes music in it's raw form. I cried while I watched this live 10yrs ago & I cried again today 16/4/2024. Timeless.

This guy does the exorcist growl looking like a no makeup joker in batman all while speed skating......pure original....genius

When I first saw this I started to laugh. Then slowly became entranced by his ability to self express! Such a talented and unique individual. Well done!

more entertaining than most. He doesn't just stand with a mic trying to act cool. this is how singers should perform all the time

When you really need to go but the bathroom is occupied and you get increasingly frustrated. Love it. Wish I was this confident or talented.

His dance style is like a mating ritual for turkey's, love it!!!! ..... April 2021 folks! this song ain't getting old :-)

2020 quarantaine. Watching this everyday to keep my sanity.

the most fascinating frontman performance i've seen in a long time

Who can really say they went for it .. even once- !! Not me not you ...but he did

I love the way these guys look like the other dads on my school run each morning and they effing rock

Looks like an accountant on shrooms auditioning for the olympic speedskating team

2020 and I still come back to this , who’s with me?

Me and my Ex-Girlfriend, the mother of our wonderful daughter, love this song ✊🏻💥 Last night WE went togehter to the concert of Future Islands in the Columbiahalle -> GREAT

That's the 7th time in a row and I'm nowhere near done with this. Mesmeric. Brilliant.

Totally digging the cookie monster vocal moments - nice. Love it. Soooo refreshing!!!!

Seasons change, and I tried hard just to soften you The seasons change, but I've grown tired of tryin' to change for you Because I've been waiting on you I've been waiting on you Because I've been waiting on you I've been waiting on you As it breaks, the summer awaits But the winter washed whats left of the taste As it breaks, the summer awaits But the winter craved whats lost Crave whats all gone away People change, even though some people never do You know when people change They gain a piece but they lose one too Because I’ve been hanging on you I’ve been waiting on you Because I've been waiting on you I've been hanging on you As it breaks, the summer awaits But the winter washed whats left of the taste As it breaks, the summer awaits But the winter craved whats lost Crave whats all Crave whats all gone away 'Cause I've been waiting on you

Ive not watched this since it aired 9 years ago and it's as if I just watched it last week. Unforgettable.

Incredible band. In most of their songs the drummer and bassist are so tight, the keyboards are taking me to a tranquil meadow in heaven and the mad god in front is going mental. I don't know which part to pay attention to . Brilliant band.

Stuart Lee has gotten good at dancing.

Joe Dolan's best performance

The classical bassist-apathy of the guy on right, makes for even a bigger contrast with the passionate singer and it's so funny. Love Future Islands, their music has strange nostalgia to it.

He's like a villain at the end of an action movie delivering his monologue... But beautiful.

This guy's a Fucking legend, absolute class. Heard the song on the radio . Love it even more now

That wiggle at the end hahaha what a ledge

Letterman’s cameraman leave this guys for dead. (Camera men) Band kills it

Seasons change And I tried hard just to soften you And seasons change But I've grown tired of trying to change for you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been waiting on you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been waiting on you As it breaks The summer will wake But the winter will wash what is left Of the taste As it breaks The summer will warm But the winter will crave what is gone Will crave what has all Gone away People change But you know some people never do You know when people change They gain a piece but they lose one too 'Cause I've been hanging on you I've been waiting on you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been hanging on you As it breaks The summer will wake But the winter will wash what is left Of the taste As it breaks The summer will warm But the winter will crave what is gone Will crave what is gone Will crave what has all Gone away 'Cause I've been waiting on you

In these days of manufactured, no personality, posturing boy bands, truly magnetic performances are like hens teeth. The character in this guys performance utterly shone!!!!! Not only that, the song is superb as well. Along with myself, how many people were searching RU-vid on New Year's Day for another helping of these guys?

Blown away, there's so much bullshit in the music industry today, talented yes but no heart no feeling & no soul behind the words of much of today's artists, a few really do hit a nerve or the nail on the head, this band is one of them. Thank you Future Islands I never knew you before yesterday, last night you blown me away, today I'm a fan!

Caught this belter on an advert the other nite hooked ever since. Pure passion, mint 👍🏻

I just came around, Iˋm speechless ....amazing

I can't stop listening to this. I've never experienced anything like this and i don't know if i ever will again.

Every so often Jools unearths a true gem. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish.

When he goes dark then comes back with oh ooh oooooooh, goosebumps

Future island are still relevant in 2020 👍🏻

*_It's so good to see and hear something uniquely out of the box for a change._* *_He got my attention from the start, great performance ..._*

I don't know if I like this band, but I'm happy that they exist.

February 2024 & This is Still Amazing ❤

The best live performance since meatloaf

I will never ever get over 2:19. Legendary

Just got in to Future Islands having seen this on Later.. the front man seems to be channelling a lot of (Post Smiths) Morrissey...great front man...let's be having more of this

Not the first time Limmy brought me somewhere I wouldn't normally go. I rediscovered Lloyd Cole through Limmy.

I think this is a better performance than the Letterman performance. Benny Harvey R.I.P.

This is a brilliant song I can't get enough of it at the moment. The dance moves are as funny as f**k, you got to hand it to him, he is singing and dancing the way he wants and doesn't give a s**t. I normally keep try and keep that kind of dancing to the bedroom or when I'm pissed as a fart. Brilliant stuff I love it.

I really don't know what has happened to my life, when these guys are my new favourite band

CONFESSION: cannot get enough of this!

Sam always gets me out of the occasional blues with his hilarious dancing and grunge screams. He has his own captivating style. Same goes for the entire band: they're so unique and they produced some of the most beautiful songs I've heard in recent years. Probably one of my favorite bands, if not my favorite one!

the greatest frontman in the business right now

I've just turned sixty, seen lots of good bands etc but never heard Future Islands till last night, nye. Glad I lived long enough to see this! A frontman who is being himself and singing like he means it. Somehow the dance fits perfectly. As watchable as Per Ubu and Tragically Hip's singers, with no daft costume needed to enhance the experience.

Incredible. He looks like he could have a right do at a pub brawl too

I'm here in 2024 just like the previous post .It's British airways that has brought me here I heard the music on their add . BRILLIANT!!!

this performance if one of the most natural and expressive ive seen for a while..totally genuine!!

This is what I love about 'Later'. Something unexpected like this appears that's worth the whole year's licence fee. This was the performance of the season.

i gotta say this man is one of the finest and outstanding singers , with every emoition put into that song . i take my hat off to u . hes something special

PURE ART

I love how this guy owns it! His dance moves and expressions... I laugh but I definitely respect the guy!

I’m a bit confused but keep watching. He definitely draws you in with his performance. Finger pointing, chest hitting, speed skating, unique wtf brilliance- love it🥰

I could watch him dance all day.

This guy is quite clearly a dad! Fantastic energy!

Stephen Graham is an unbelievable performer

Just saw these guys in concert yesterday for the very first time. Absolutely. Mesmerizing. Stuff. The atmosphere that vocalist is creating with his moves, voice and expressions is out of this world. If you like what you see here, and they appear in concert near you, don't even hesitate to go. I beg you.

Well that's nearly 4mins I'll never get back lol 😂😂😂......

Never get tired of this