Okay, fine. All weight comments aside. They sound great. Seems more than a novelty, albeit based on one song. What can I say?

I watched 39 seconds. Awful, just absolutely awful.

i get the feeling that this would be pretty boring if ditto was your standard 90lb hipster girl.

more cushion for the pushin'

Not bad sounding, but the Bellrays already did this music better ten years ago.

makes me want to listen to the soulwax remix

Fuck what anyone says, Beth has some PIPES! Novelty my ass!

Yeah this was a pretty great performance. I loved it when she'd scream. yay!

"Awful"

Are you sure you just watched the same video I did?

wow, honestly I'd always pictured a skinny black girl.. she does have a hell of a voice

that was tha bomb!

sure brings back memories of when they played the factory people party at sxsw 3 years ago.

I've bagged on her weight countless times here but my GOD that's a phenomenal performance.

paul schaffer has really let himself go...

She can sing, but man, Rock and Roll music sounds so dead inside without a bass player.
I have the same problem with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Well, she's comfortable in her own skin. I like that.

Wow, that was great. Three thumbs up.

that's PUNK ROCK? A fucking disco beat and a hipster playing every riff from the past ten years? this is garbage.

fat girl fetishists: "she has great pipes and she rocks"

objective people: "terrible screaming over amateur unoriginal music"

i'd hit it

as a former athlete, i often wonder what kind of fuel other athletes, performers, even public speakers use before they get up and do what they do. so, after watching live video of this apparently famous 'beth ditto', i am curious - does she eat a carb-heavy, protein-heavy thanksgiving dinner before or after her performance? or both? i mean just maintaining that weight, especially after a 60-90 minute live performance has got to take some serious calorie intake. thoughts anyone?

"will you pay for it" what kind of question is that???

say what you will about being comfortable in your own skin yadda yadda, but if she took the initiative and got into shape, she wouldn't be wouldn't be struggling to catch her breath after singing for a minute and 45 seconds. plus, it'd be great to see her live past 40.

and is she tiny or did david letterman become 7 feet tall overnight?

she is tiny and he is tall

Forget singing, she can scream!!

bias against fat people=only acceptable form of prejudice

holy crap that was the most derivative fifth-generation "indie" nonsense I've ever seen. this is a buzz band? someone tell me one original approach this band takes. without the flashy gimmick of the "singer" this band is nothing. and fat or not, she's awful. as someone above mentioned, she sings great for 70 seconds before she runs out of breath.

"bias against fat people=only acceptable form of prejudice"

Oh please, obesity is not something you are born into. People can't choose their sex, orientation or color. Obesity is a choice.

I believe the term is "buxom"

got to 2:12 before i wanted to blow my brains out. geez. ditto or no ditto, that shit was boring/ and i have nothing against bigger people, but kinda annoying when shes catching her breath every 20 seconds, i wonder what an hour long show is like.

i accept no excuse for any living person to be that size / overweight. what a mess. weak...

Hey BV, any infor on Bloc Party tour this summer, i saw this http://phillytla.blogspot.com/
Peace

you are a fucking moron if you honestly think all fat people are just fat because they're too fucking lazy to put down the ho ho and go exercise.
Is being incredibly skinny a choice? Read up on your medical studies, assholes.

this song is 2.5 years old

why the hell are they performing it on a late night talk show?

red lasso SUCKS

who the fuck chooses to be obese?

also, pls. notice no bassist because the guitarist on the fender jazzmaster is so fucking rad. what could people possibly have against rock outs like this? why can't you see the forest for the knees?

well what I personally have against it is that it's horribly derivative, and gimmicky (look! a fat singer! oooh! she's outspoken and gay!!!). I'm not saying they should be flogged or anything, I just think personally they kind of suck.
PS - having a great guitar player doesn't mean your band wouldn't sound even better with a solid bass player.

this band is an insulated scenester's wet dream

Gibson Thunderbird, NOT Fender Jazzmaster. How stupid are you. God, go die!

i accept no excuse for any living person to be that size / overweight. what a mess. weak...

Posted by Anonymous | April 17, 2008 11:42 AM

You are equally an asshole and a moron. You need punched in your smug ugly face.

@anonymous 12:48 - they're trying out a bass player for the new album is the word on the street. i don't agree with your gimmicky comment because she was clearly fat and gay before she started singing in the gossip, and i don't see why she should stop being fat and gay just because it's a thing now. i agree with your derivative comment, but with a bored sigh and a gesture toward every record ever made.

not liking them just because you don't like them, that's fine.

"i accept no excuse for any living person to be that size / overweight. what a mess. weak..."

Being fat, you can lose the weight, being born stupid, there is nothing you can do about it.

pretty mean voice. i'm overweight too

of course she shouldn't stop being gay - i'm not going to touch the fat thing. but it gets to a point where it's style/image over substance, which seems to be the vibe of this band.
there's also a difference between having influences and breaking out the same 10th generation dance-punk riffs and beats that have been going on all decade and not even trying to do anything new with it.

That being said, any and all of this can be forgiven with a good song, which this, to me, wasn't.

you people dogging on overweight people are morons.

maybe you can't deal with the fact that your parents are a bunch of fat asses back in the midwest shopping for twinkies at costco or sam's club.

i don't care what she looks like or who she sleeps with. the music is still zzzzz either way.

that fat white woman sounds like she ate a fat black woman. great performance.

"Gibson Thunderbird, NOT Fender Jazzmaster. How stupid are you. God, go die!"

Gibson Firebird, actually. Have a nice day.

@12:50 PM - are you serious? you're the guy playing pennies from heaven on every overpriced, 3000 dollar piece of polyurethane in every shopping mall guitar center in america that i never ever wanted to meet. stay anonymous, it suits you!

Yo, that was great. You must be a really bitter person who is incapable of enjoying yourself if you couldn't enjoy that bit of fine music.

and um, "novelty"? "buzz band"? don't read blogs much do you? this band has been around for years now.

"Oh please, obesity is not something you are born into. Obesity is a choice."

not true. absolutely not true.

do also believe that if you touch a fatty you'll instantly gain 5 lbs? only 1 lb. if you poke 'em with a stick...

yeah i could see how easy it is to criticize this band.. i couldnt believe when they caught fire as i saw them well before in a small club in vancouver and saw they had a real cult following there yet i felt like it was a tad overblown... but whatever we are free

i don't think that i can handle ditto after she claimed in spin magazine that "the world was anti-female"

These comments make me ashamed of the world

some dudes can't handle the idea of a woman who isn't ashamed of her body or talent. must be very intimidating.

keep posting about gossip, bv! love 'em.

Who cares is Beth Ditto is fat or gay? What she looks like shouldn't matter (I personally think she's HOT as Hell!!!). Lemmy Kilmister (Anyone know Motorhead?) is an ugly S.O.B. who growls. But he still ROCKS!!!
This was my first time seeing Gossip, and I LOVED it! And, anyone remember when the Ramones (by their OWN admission) were talentless and derivitive?

^^Rickrolling has jumped the shark.

here's what this sounds like: ahahhhhgggahh. aaaa.hhgghgh a gggaahhghgaa ooohh oooooh hhooooohhhddhdhgggggggaaaaaaahhh.....ghghghahhhhhaaag ...llooooooohhh ooohhoohhhhhohhgggaaahhhhh rrrrrggaaaaahhhhhhhooooh wawahwwwahahahawwaa goohhhhhohh goh goha oghhhgooooooooo. (actual transcript)

I can't wait to see what Rick Rubin pulls out of them.

The late-night episode of The Simpsons on Ch. 5 tonight was about how fat the people of Springfield are. Homer wore a T-shirt that said FAT PRIDE. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Love the closed captions - don't know about the dress - Hannah's looking real fem these days - my version's better - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmjEyV2tNQ