METRIC LIVE ACOUSTIC ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL/GIMMIE SYMPATHY

crazynomorez Says:

Apr 27, 2009 - Thank you for posting! I love this BSS song. <33

vladhed Says:

May 11, 2009 - What' s with Em's latest pair of sunglasses?

shawnananahey Says:

May 29, 2009 - was this in edmonton?

awfareen Says:

Jul 20, 2009 - What did they say about Montreal? I can't make it out...

TheSkyAboveAblaze Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - I was lucky ehough to win tickets to their Winnipeg show after a full week of my life devoted to calling the radio station like a hundred times a day...and then using my friend's ID and altering my appearence to get into the bar - but TOTALLY worth it! They only did songs off Fantasies though, along with Jimmy playing Nobody Home. I wish they had played this song...at seventeen at the time it was truth sung to me haha. Only Emily and her lyrics could make me cry to such a seemingly 'simple' song

Honigkuchenbaer Says:

Nov 24, 2009 - You have a nice voice too : D

blahhchristi Says:

Mar 3, 2010 - wow this is the best quality of this song I've heard on youtube, thanks so much for posting! :D

adrocknlil Says:

Apr 23, 2010 - thanks for posting. wish i was there to witness this special moment, but really glad you shared this with the rest of the world

LittleVideosBySean Says:

Sep 27, 2010 - This is a really sweet cover... they should release it as a b-side with a single or something.

matttaylor08 Says:

Oct 4, 2010 - was ben gibbard recording this video? lolz

fosterfoster83 Says:

Oct 19, 2010 - Not only are they fantastic... I never realized how gorgeous Emily is. Wow.

thaeasy Says:

Nov 13, 2010 - fuck, i love them. how not?

neoisgod9 Says:

Dec 11, 2010 - This is by far one of my most favorite songs she's ever made with broken social scene. I love that she did an acoustic version into gimme sympathy. Beautiful

informalcrabmeat Says:

Dec 17, 2010 - lol'd so hard

katyagorm Says:

Feb 9, 2011 - that's the first mention of ben's swaying i've ever seen. hahaha. made my day, thanks.

ibeleaf Says:

Apr 8, 2011 - hey emily... "smellypwho?"

ohlindsy Says:

Aug 14, 2011 - oh my. metric does this live even better than bss does

SakuraMoonflower Says:

Sep 16, 2011 - .... Emily didn't... write this song. O.o She sings this beautifully, but this performance is a cover of Broken Social Scene's "Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl." O.o

TheSkyAboveAblaze Says:

Sep 16, 2011 - Emily is actually one of the original members of Broken Social Scene, and has been since they were founded - Leslie Feist and Amy Millan also had similar roles before Lisa Lobsinger joined them as a touring and later main vocalist. Emily writes the lyrics for all of the songs she sings lead vocals on with BSS - so while she's not singing with them here it's not really a cover since it's hers originally. She's the one who sings it on the recorded version for Broken Social Scene!

SakuraMoonflower Says:

Sep 17, 2011 - Ooh, forgive my ignorance! XD Sad thing: I wondered why the current singer's voice didn't sound like the recording, and did genuinely think Emily sounded closer to the recording than that girl... I didn't realize the recording and emily were one and the same! Fun facts FTW! 8D

TheSkyAboveAblaze Says:

Sep 17, 2011 - Haha I'm sorry, that came off as kinda condescending and that was not my intention - I just know/care too much about Broken Social Scene and Emily Haines in general and I got excited :) It's definitely hard to decipher her voice in the recording though, it's so distorted. It's a goal of mine to one day hear her sing this song live then I can die happy.

chinni716 Says:

Sep 23, 2011 - This song gets me every single time. Pure brilliance.

thaeasy Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - even her armpit is beautiful, man ._.

SayCremeFraiche Says:

Nov 11, 2011 - what would you like to do to that armpit ?

crystalblutru4u Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - lullaby for the disenchanted who still have the capacity to recognize wonder. how much do i love this song? how much do YOU?