The Middle East - Blood (Live on KEXP)

The Middle East perform "Blood" live on KEXP from the Gibson Showroom in Austin during from SXSW. Recorded 3/17/10.

[nickfromCO]

this is probably the most underrated song in the history of music...

[andreiasarda]

After 10 years, still the best song ever

[_MC]

Heard this in "Crazy, Stupid, Love." and was intrigued ever since...
Wonderful song!

[empresskatarina]

Raise your hand for 2024. Still one of my all time faves 💖

[arthurmeakin]

Really didn’t expect them to be this good live. Sounds like the kind of music that is hard to create outside the studio. But they fucking nailed it.

[saleemnassah]

Some songs you cant explain, you can just experience. This is one of them rare ones. So beautiful and sad . 2025 and still amazing.

[Md]

I love this song so freaking much, it physically hurts.

[jackhillty]

there's something about the final few minutes of this song. it sounds like "fuck it. life is painful. fuck it. celebrate."

[jonnyn]

This is such a delicate song that it just feels hard to pull off live and so massive props to them.

[amartyachatterjee]

A few people in a University at Australia got together in 2005 to form this band. This song is a single from their first album. What a fantastic creation. I wonder what happened to them...

[Dentry]

Crazy Stupid Love. I was at home with my girls and was flipping through channels and this movie was going off and I heard this song. I reached out to me. I searched for it and found it. The lyrics are touching. I lost my grandmother in 1994. This song just made me think of her and our times together and how I miss her still.

[Begnoovio]

If only I wasn't wasting my time listening only to classic rock in 2010.

[Heather]

This song penetrates my soul.
Sad, hopeful, understanding, human, moving.

[euskryhtbnfvseiehshnvf]

I worry for a time I come to look for this song again and it has fallen off YouTube. This live version is too good to ever leave the internet.

[juliboi]

My mom died of cancer. Years after my father died. Guess till death do us part is true. Love and miss them both

[georgiatahnee]

I've never heard someone whistle so perfectly before. That was pretty cool.

[luckyilagged]

I can barely listen to this song! It's like a blessing & a curse too me. I love it so much, it's so beautiful, especially the lead singers voice. However I want to cry everytime I hear it, it just reminds me of my own family that's gone.

[jordanmumaw]

My wife says I can be so comfortable with sad feelings. And at times I can only be happy when I’m miserable. This song is the expression of that deep sadness surrounding loss that has always memorialized itself within me. And at the same time it feels like home - just like loving and being loved.

[thisisneetish]

gives me the chills, every time, when they start the outro. O Ooooh OO oooOOohoohh Ooo oo OOOO oooOO

[DMDemonbane]

favorite song of all time, no dispute.