Phoenix perform Tonight on Later with Jools Holland. Watch more Later... with Jools Holland on BBC iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer. Follow @BBC Later on Twitter or Later... with Jools Holland on Facebook.
Thomas always has such great vocal control, while allowing himself to add that little bit of extra live passion in subtle ways with his vocal styling. It's not *so* squeaky clean that you feel like it's doctored, so it's really impressive. Love this band. So happy to have superb new music by them. They NEVER disappoint!
@@ChampionBuddhaBoy He's not using auto tune actually, he is just that precise with his tones. He might not have super impressive vocal abilities, but he hits all the notes so perfectly well it sounds like it's auto tuned. That's how impressive this guy is.
@@sams8674 He likes to play with effects on his voice on many songs.... He has been doing that for at least the last 10 years. It's more of a creative/fun thing than a way to hide or fake his voice (their ''Un peu menteur'' cover on Spotify show that really well I think). He's a skilled natural singer, as shown on all the acoustic performance of their songs that you can find on RU-vid. And on this specific performance, if he's using any effects, it's really subtle.
Oh dude, I envy you and your ears for the absolute ecstasy they're gonna experience. Definitely check out their Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album, it's literal perfection
@@fuzionsniper8792 Thanks! I've been familiar with the bigs tunes for a few years (1901, Lisztomania etc) and liked them but never dived into full albums, but hearing this made me take a closer look 😁
Could you, could you come tonight? Instead of goin' under Could you, could you come tonight? Would you think it'd be her last December? Could it be the way she combs her hair? It must have been the day you lost to care What if I was the answer to your prayer? Yeah, you need a little candor, need a little candor What if we last 'til it's dawn like you promised me? Who let the boys spill their entrée? Dinner is served, can't you see we're not opposites? Are you still up thinkin' of me? I take all the blame Is it hard to understand? When it's all the same I've played all the games And lost almost everything Now I talk to myself and it's quite surprisin' Roll with me Let's roll Could you, could you come tonight? I'm countin' from the thunder Could you, could you come tonight? I got a feelin' that you know the number Could I be the best to jump ahead? Your feet are hurtin' less with moccasins I never heard another comment since You need a little splendor, need a little splendor What if we last 'til it's dawn like you promised me? Who let the boys spill their entrée? Dinner is served, can't you see we're not opposites? Are you still up thinkin' of me? I take all the blame Is it hard to understand? When it's all the same I've played all the games And lost almost everything Now I talk to myself and it's quite surprisin' Roll with me Let's roll with me I talk to myself and it's quite surprisin' In the middle of the night (night, night, night) Roll Now I talk to myself and it's quite surprising In the middle of a fight (fight, fight, fight) Roll Can't you see the sign up on the wall? In the middle of the night (night, night) Roll Can't you see the sign up on the wall? In the middle of a fight (fight) I talk to myself and it's quite surprisin' Roll with me Let's roll with me I wish I could be someone like you Wish I could be someone else, someone like you Wish I could be someone else, someone like you Be someone else, someone else, someone like you Wish I could be someone else, someone like you Be someone else, someone else, someone like you
@@evedotcom But this would be the obvious thing. Him behind the drumkit and letting fans guess seems much more like Phoenix and Ezra. Also Ezra certainly knows about moments from pop music history like Dave Grohl drumming for Tom Petty on Letterman (?) … so I bet it is actually him.
Phoenix is such a strange band. They’re from France and don’t sing even one song in French or have any French Lyrics. Why not? In fact I’d like to hear them do a whole album in French. They’re French after all, not English!
Good observation, I would also love to listen to an album of theirs wholly in French. I think they sing in English because they consider it the language of popular music, same way as Italian is the language of opera. That's also why Thomas considers vocals more of a rhythm box than a narrator, as he's also a drummer. I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere, I will look it up!
@@polloyopa Well, I’m a Francophile so I don’t like someone disregarding French and the the French Culture like that. The Beatles even had a song with some French words and it made it sound sophisticated. French used to be the language of Diplomacy but I guess that’s over now.
@@dynjarren8355 I'm with you on that, I also love French culture and it's part of the reason I like Phoenix so much. I think it's more of a stylistic choice. I live in Mexico and most indie bands sing in English. But Phoenix are definitely very French, and they do sing in French sometimes, mostly in "Ti Amo". Check out "Goodbye Soleil", par exemple.
Has the air of someone at the record company believes reasonably competent and stultifyingly bland are very marketable right now. Give me Yard Act anyday, at least it feels a bit exciting.
