Phoenix - 'J-Boy' (live for Like A Version)

Phoenix perform 'J-Boy' in triple j's Like A Version studio. Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every week a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and cover a song they love.

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[brilliantroads]

The expressions on their faces are just so satisfying, they're having so much fun doing it

[sumojo]

Saw these guys live a few years back and let me tell you, they are the real deal!

[victimizedidiot]

The original version of J Boy was already a masterpiece, but then again, they exceeded my expectations in creating this gem.

[lynnlai]

You can totally see at 3:16 when everyone realises they forgot the guitar riff after the break haha. I love this band so much and they put on an amazing show at Brisbane the other night!

[rileyfletcher]

Phoenix were absolutely insane live. The energy in the Forum was incredible

[michaelgirod]

Unbelievable. They make it look effortless.

[Duwiemore]

i love all the details in the beat with the flow of his voice.. this is well made music

[rrrosetttea]

This performance and direction itself is like in aquarium.Fantastic and best ever

[davebecker]

Love this song. I love the lyric - “if suddenly you are out of the woods, ”

It’s good lyrics!

[SoloQSights]

They really do keep getting better and better

[trikisllamas]

even better than the original, holy shit

[redakumaproduction]

i love the way they look each other, they are having fun !! great great song !!

[KeepItMarvelous]

saw them in melbourne. one of the best nights of my life

[Lipe]

when you think it doesn't get any better

PHOENIX GOES UP AND DOES IT

[gabrielapereiracruz]

today marks a month i saw them live and i miss them SOOO MUCH

[aprilloft]

ooh yeah cool versions..coloring in between the lines ...yum yum delicious!

[allenplatt]

Tripple j studio is amazing. Bands sound their best there.

[richies]

Wow. True musicians. To make that song looks so easy to do and it sounded great!

[TauMachina]

Something in the middle of the side of the store
Got your attention you would ask for more
I was excited to be part of your world
To belong, to be lost, to be mostly the two of us
Something I was stealing for no reason at all
They hang me higher than a disco ball
But you talked them into letting me go
It's no Picasso, Michelangelo

Something 'bout the jewels you wear
Shiny, shiny bangles on your wrists
And at the Masquerade ball
You feel trapped in a vault, in an empty aquarium
If suddenly you're out of the woods
Then inside of an alley you're out of words
Well I thought it was radium at first

Just because of you
These things I have to go through
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
Is it still you?
Just because of you
These things I have to go through
It's more than that, we're chained
And there's no else to blame
For us two

Some things they don't matter till they matter to you
They stole that money from a homeless girl
The truth is we're all to blame
There are lies and moral consequences
We started at the end of the line
To end up giving up to a couple, who cares?
When you talked me into letting you go
No more coral on the atoll

Something 'bout how hard you learned
Kamikaze in a hopeless world
Do you remember the last time you laughed
And I laughed and you left and I left?
Send me on the lonely other side of the world
With a couple of guys and no alphabet
Put two and two together
We'll make it last forever

Just because of you
These things I have to go through
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
Is it still you?
Just because of you
These things I have to go through
It's more than that, we're chained
And there's no else to blame
For us two

Just because of you
These things I have to go through
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
Is it still you?
Just because of you
These things I have to go through
It's more than that, we're chained
And there's no else to blame
For us two

[ernestocasillas]

Saw them live last october, and they are amazing!!!