Tortoise - I set my face to the hillside 

tortoise make me feel cooler than i really am

brilliant piece by the way, it is probably inspired by Ennio Morricone (at least the first part), and it has a very "cinematic" feeling. One of the best pieces by Tortoise, in my opinion.

man, this band has started to really blow me away lately with their unique sound and total professionalism.

Best shaker guy I have ever seen...

Damnit, I love these guys. This song is one of my particular favorites of theirs. The melodies are astounding. Just fan-damn-tastic.

I Love this song so much, Latin feelings but a little bit sad. Tortoise is one of the most favorite bands on earth. They are awesome.

I really enjoy Tortoise studio recordings but I like them live even more!

My new favorite band.

zappa would've loved this

To think this video uploaded the same year youtube launched.

yes.. it is a semi-hollowbody..it's a Gibson ES -335.Nice guitar..and Parker is a really good guitarist,too!Love Tortoise..I think it's amazing how they sound like no one else out there.

the bells give me the goosebumps. love the sound

By god I love Doug Mccombs, especially when he's got a bass vi in his hands

my favorite song of this great group. this is great!

Glass Museum used to be my favourite. Then I heard this. Along the Banks of Rivers is good too.

One of my fav tortoise songs. thanks a bunch. i cant fucking wait to see these guys this summer.

amazing sound. just brilliant! it´s a pleasure to listen to their music.

I wish I could play the guitar like this

I love this band

Probably one of the top 2 best shows I've ever seen, alongside Ribot

One of the best groups around today.

best. band. ever. thank you for this. just caught them in nyc, loved it. wish i could follow them around...

3:22 was like "why did you stand up man? What was your point?" LOL

One of the cleverest bands! They always have cool song titles too aha Ever heard of Lucid Rivers?

wow i wish Tortoise was on tv in America. like that's gonna happen....

THE FIRST ONE IS A ES-335 and the second one is a FENDER VI that actually is a baritone guitar but by many other people is conceder in like a sixth bass a JAGUAR give you the same tone

this is the continuation of the art rock of the 60 `s

If you guys like this then check out The Sea and Cake. same drummer

love the sound . so great sessions

i wish I liked cool music in 2004. i was probably too heavy into Broken social scene and old modest mouse to notice this

i liked "swung from the gutters" as well. this song is put together well...

Ohhh.. That feels good.

tortoise is excellent

...Ennio Morricone...it's easy to find his evidence here (and in a lot of other T. works)...what surprised me was to find out that they know and love Franco Battiato. Totally unexpected..

This is awesome!!

that's awesome! i laughed out loud by myself when i read this.

Beautiful!

Muuito lindo!

@dsmidl I think mostly in their range of instrumentation, and that they have a strong improv feel, but alot more laid back and jazzy in my opinion.

everybody in tortoise is better at drums than most people in my school

To answer the question as to the whereabouts of this performance: Belgium is the capital of France. duh.

excelente wn la kago grande tortoise

very close my friend is a FENDER VI wich is a varitone guitar or like many people said is a bass

So gratifying.....

pure class

Jeff Parker is a fuckin' genius!

Yeah, I definitely hear some Morricone style.

@Aspartamebraintumor: Yes-well spotted! A "Fender Six",essentially a baritone guitar.Pretty rare,and often just presumed to be a Jaguar by the casual observer.

What a great band. There live stuff is even better than their albums. PS if you like this you might like the Little Guy's RU-vid clip 'Verabschiedet'

quality one of my favorites:)

It was in Belgium I think... This Tv chanel is from Belgium...

That could easily be a Marc Ribot's song

@DRA1N0 best drummer you will ever see as well

6 people loooooove lady gaga!

My bad didn't notice also found a new band called Precious Fathers you should check them out.

Of course it was a joke. Everyone knows that France is in fact the capital of Belgium

@TonsofFun777 You'd probably like the album version then. the keys are much quieter. I like this version a little better.

this show was in bruxelles, belgique

the video is over now and i just jizzed my pants. shower time =D

awesome ;>

Check out the band Dirty Three if you love Tortoise.

Who's come back here in 2022?

Hey I noticed you were marked as spam, but its weird cause we do have good taste in music, and i also recommend watching money as debt. its actually quite an eye opener about the international banking system.

MUITO BOM

cheers for adding this. Nice one. Cant wait for the new album now! shameless plugging but, Check out The Window Right. We're from the uk. You might like us if you like Tortoise. Cheers again!!!!

no, you are wrong, this is called "I set my face to the hillsides" from their 2nd (? not sure) album, TNT.

many thanks! do you have more from this broadcast? if so, please share.

preciosa

Yup, you're right. Turns out that the song I thought was called "I Set My Face To The Hillside" is really called "Ten Day Interval". A complex way of explaining a simple mistake. My bad!

looks like a jaguar!! :O

synth heavy? this is what makes it sound organical.

Belgium (Cirque Royal in Brussels)

Some kind of vintage Gibson ES-335.

oh shit when were they in nashville?

This song is not called "I Set My Face To The Hillside". I believe it is a version of "Along The Banks Of Rivers".

Please tell me that "Belgium is the capital of France" was a joke...

great... 6/5

@ferdmertz yawning man is great :)

does anybody have a tab for this? beatiful guitar...

these guys NEED an accordion player....R.Burger perhaps

Not bad. I think they could've been more tight with the vibraphone work at the end. Both players sounded like they were rushing it.

@bhodes try pell mell - interstate & yawning man - vista point

A Fender Bass VI

Unfortunately, they don't use the harmonica, which adds so much to the album version. Without that harmonica chime, this live version seems awkward.

This is in Belgium.

what the fuck are you trying to say son. lets just focus on tortoise while we're here

actually its a melodica

Can any one recommend some more music in this style? Some modern Spaghetti western style music.

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what guitar is he playing?? lol i forgot his name as well as the guitar..

what kind of semi-hollow body guitar is that? or is it a hollowbody

this is in france

Ches is an awesome drummer, but that's not him playing with Tortoise here. It's Jeff Herndon.

Is that one of those 6 string "Guitar" basses that fender made along time ago?

Funny. I found this song from my liked videos. But I've Never heard this before. Some weird UtUbe joke? And for the record - I don't like this song, but I also will not give it a red thumb. It's not that bad =)

Nope, It's just Chuck Testa

¡ :D !

@dsmidl i bet you can guess why

@rbenitez88 Christian Vander , crazy ass shit

@CowboyMidnight i happily have to disagree; using the word great is not enough to describe this album.