Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues live in Austin City Limits |HD|

MusicFleet Foxes performing Helplessness Blues from the Austin City Limits taping program on October 7, 2011. Beautiful song, beautiful people, good stuff!

[drnoahpepper]

I think this is one of the best songs ever written

[chongymeister]

Father John Misty killing it on the drums and backing vocals<3

[TarePandaHelp]

Love listening to old fleet foxes while working in my orchard.

[scatterbrainedme]

That nostalgic moment when you see the father john misty playing the drums 😊

[Pining_for_the_fjords]

The best song from this truly underrated band.

[merrittbadger]

This was a supergroup and we didn't even know it. Love the new music, but damn, miss that Tillman voice

[RangiferADV]

First time I heard this song, when he got to the lyrics "If I know only one thing it's that everything that I see of the world outside is so inconceivable that often I barely can speak" I literally choked up and almost shed a tear. It was sincerely one of the most cathartic moments I can remember in music <3

[bulletfastspeed]

That beginning made me realize how much I want Fleet Foxes to cover Two Headed Boy

[conorbuckley]

‘Someday I’ll be like the man on the screen’ - goosebumps every time

[aledrummer]

I went with my roommate to see them and he was never into this type of music. He was crying so much after this song🤘❤️

[mothne]

Fleet Foxes are certainly in a league of their own.  I am proud to say that they hail from my state of Washington.  Can't wait to backpack through the Cascades this summer, set up my camp, and turn on some Fleet Foxes on my phone and sit by the fire.  I don't normally care for electronic devices when out hiking but having Fleet Foxes there to serenade the camp just adds to the experience.  Way to be Fleet Foxes!  You guys can do no wrong.  

[PhoeFireaga]

I was watching this the other night with my Mom. She wanted to watch something else before they began, but halfway through the first song, she was totally into it and when it ended she asked, "already?!" I was like.. "WIN!"

[johnirving]

here in 2021. after many, many listens to the new album, "Shore". it is mind-blowingly good. yet, here I am. Shore feels more like a RP solo album, which is perfectly splendid. but here I am, on this video, missing the harmonies of RP + others. Robin is an all-time talent, but I love him even more as a "functioning cog in some great machinery."

[cleverfool]

Holy crap they sound amazing live!!!! 

[TheJuicyfame]

when i hear fleet foxes and robin voice i feel like i want to cry he touches my heart i love him and fleet foxes im glad theres' people that fell the same way about them :)

[jaygeoffrey]

this song has always reminded me of simon and garfunkel. it has that simon and garfunkel vibe from the style and writing of the song. the harmony of vocals, the instrumentation and all.

[seanodonoghue]

I was raised up believing I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see
And now after some thinking, I'd say I'd rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me

But I don't, I don't know what that will be
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

What's my name, what's my station? Oh, just tell me what I should do
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would do such injustice to you
Or bow down and be grateful and say, "Sure, take all that you see"
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls and determine my future for me

And I don't, I don't know who to believe
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

If I know only one thing, it's that everything that I see
Of the world outside is so inconceivable often I barely can speak
Yeah I'm tongue-tied and dizzy and I can't keep it to myself
What good is it to sing helplessness blues, why should I wait for anyone else?

And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
I'll come back to you someday soon myself

If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm raw
If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
And you would wait tables and soon run the store

Gold hair in the sunlight, my light in the dawn
If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
If I had an orchard, I'd work 'til I'm sore
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen

[Taxmaster]

Man they make me want to just drive and never stop

[Rio-byeh]

In the ‘60 -‘70 it was Simon &Garfunkle - glad we have Fleetfoxes

[AlbPerNil]

This is just a masterpiece, hopefully others think so as well.