Feist, Grizzly Bear & some crazy kid on THE TODAY SHOW

this woman clearly doesnt know the meaning of the word "enough"
this act is TIRED

I'm sure she really has a lot of control over which song to play on the today show. The song is catchy and it's probably making her and her hip boyfriend millions of dollars.

So catchy. I hate it. I love it.

Wahhhhhh! This former underground musician is becoming SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!

The snobby internet backlash- such a solid contribution to our culture.

the Gawker link is freaking hilarious

i can't stop watching that crazy kid at the gawker link. funniest thing I've seen in ages

what's successful? rich? on the today show?

oh man, that kid! clay aiken eat your heart out.

that kid scares me so much, please make it stop.

almost as bad as this kid:
http://gorillamask.net/rainbow.shtml

that kid is raining rainbows.

add puking rainbow unicorn here.

Mama dont let your babies grow up to be drag queens

how do you think she felt when they rubbed it in her face that she was now "mainstream" and not indie? i'd be pissed cause one song does not make an artist mainstream nor does a commercial. she may be liked by more people with mainstream interests but she sure is not mainstream.

thanks for above rational comment. don't you think reading the comments of BV posts like these would make a great play?

i was more entertained by the crazy kid

okay, hold a tic, Feist is a really good pop singer, whether she is mainstream or indie, she's playing pop songs, she's not punk, she's not noise, she's not art rock, her pretension is to be catchy and moving in 4 minutes or less... how does a sell out convo have anything to do with anything, what is she selling out? what ethos?.... you people are ridiculous

hmm chances of that kid landing a role in 'rufus wainwright: the early years'? thats a fair bet....

seriously 'sexing up' the performance of a child under 10 is massively wrong. these people should be ashamed.

nice sufjan rip off with the F branded shirts for the band too...way to go miuss originality

"nice sufjan rip off with the F branded shirts for the band too...way to go miuss originality"

I was thinking the samne thing, and they even used banjos.

that kid in the clip has more in common with the performers in the today show clip than most readers of this blog will admit to themselves.

i love how the only way the today show hosts relate to feist is by an ipod commercial.

also: don't the grizzly bear guys have anything better to do than follow her around for her tv appearances? i mean, i don't have anything better to do, but then again, i'm not famous.

"nice sufjan rip off with the F branded shirts for the band too...way to go miuss originality"

"I was thinking the samne thing, and they even used banjos."

Well, they abused banjos, to be fair.

calm down. sufjan ripped off his costume schtick from danielson anyway.

calm down. sufjan ripped off his costume schtick from danielson anyway.

I wanna ipod!

So much hatred and vitriol ... I really don't understand these commenters. I guess it's just people with sad lives w/ nothing better to do.

Anyway, the thing I found funny was the uber-blah-ness of the Today Show. "From the iPod commercial." Jebus, what are we coming to?

Feist's performance was great. How can you hate her, or the song? It's like hating puppies, or rainbows. Takes a sick fuck to hate this song.

feist and grizzly bear are friends. She asked them to do these performances as a favor, so they obliged.

matt lauer used to wear a wig and play in a nirvana cover band.

sufjan stevens was my camp instructor and he used to play my balls like a banjo but back then he wore a "b" on his shirt cause he really was a cheerleader.

feist spelled backwards is tsief.

i hate when someone i like actually gets to make a living playing music.

I wish people would leave Feist alone, shes the same lady she was a year ago, its the mainstream media and mainstream listeners that are annoying, who say stuff like "Feist, that one from the ipod commercial" or "I like this NEW artist called feist".

Anonymous spelled backwards is:

Suomynona!!!!

Indie rock hasn't been about being "independent" for years. The term has been co-opted. It's part marketing gimmick, part tired aesthetic. I have a theory that the current batch of "indie" is so catatonic, safe and trite due to the fact that the "artists" were exposed to way to much shallowly introspective singer songwriter pap (James Taylor, Carol King, etc...) by way of their Post hippie parents, as opposed to the last generation whose parental influence included an appreciation for actual rock music. I wish we could take the terminology back, but that ain't gonna happen. Gay will never mean happy again, and indie will never again mean independent. I don't have a problem with Feist. It reminds me of the soft rock of Peabo Bryson and Air Supply preferred by the more affluent self-styled "urbane" parents of my childhood acquaintances. It is perfect for lulling people into happy consumerism. Better to enlist Feist than to start spiking the water supply with Prozac.

Indie rock hasn't been about being "independent" for years. The term has been co-opted. It's part marketing gimmick, part tired aesthetic. I have a theory that the current batch of "indie" is so catatonic, safe and trite due to the fact that the "artists" were exposed to way to much shallowly introspective singer songwriter pap (James Taylor, Carol King, etc...) by way of their Post hippie parents, as opposed to the last generation whose parental influence included an appreciation for actual rock music. I wish we could take the terminology back, but that ain't gonna happen. Gay will never mean happy again, and indie will never again mean independent. I don't have a problem with Feist. It reminds me of the soft rock of Peabo Bryson and Air Supply preferred by the more affluent self-styled "urbane" parents of my childhood acquaintances. It is perfect for lulling people into happy consumerism. Better to enlist Feist than to start spiking the water supply with Prozac.

I don't watch TV so I don't give a shit. I have seen work for years, be it with Gonzo or BSS, seen her tons of times in the smallest spots. She always, without exceptions, been a first class act, even when I bumped into her in an elevator and asked if I could wear her panties.

The rest, I don't give a fuck, she definitely can milk it for a while, she deserves it. Move on.

I don't watch TV so I don't give a shit. I have seen work for years, be it with Gonzo or BSS, seen her tons of times in the smallest spots. She always, without exceptions, been a first class act, even when I bumped into her in an elevator and asked if I could wear her panties.

The rest, I don't give a fuck, she definitely can milk it for a while, she deserves it. Move on.