Florence and the Machine - Drumming Song (Live on KEXP)

Florence and the Machine perform "Drumming Song" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 4/16/10.

host: Kevin Cole
engineer: Kevin Suggs
cameras: Jim Beckmann & Patrick Richardson Wright
edits: Jim Beckmann

[bazzingaification]

its funny how when  she talks she's like this timid little mouse and when she opens her mouth to sing..she's all like

[bestemergencyfood]

“Talk like a kitten, sing like a lion“

[yuli]

11 years later and this still gives me goosebumps

[jaydlor]

When she speaks, it's sweet. When she sing, it's powerful. So amazing! :)

[kevinhdz]

I swear, when she sings the earth shakes.

[nicodemo]

I promise to hear this until the end of my life

[GraceRay-bm]

I really, really, really ❤ this live version of the song.

[abundantharmony]

I promise this is one of the BEST bands I've ever heard. Still to this day, in 2022. That chick has pipes.

[tyhairston]

Such a big voice from such an unexpected person. Absolutely amazing!

[ryan_machine]

I love how the whole band just kind of sits/stands there at the end, staring into something greater, as if they just completed some kind of intense journey together. I LOVE IT I LOVE THEM.

[SCalads]

You can hear it in the voice of the guy who enounced them in the end of the performance - how fucking stunned he is. You can hear his smile and the wonder when he speaks. Incredible. I hope to watch her live someday too.

[donjuliohair]

I think I have watched this a thousand times. I seen her live twice both time in Dallas TX. This one is my all time favorites as it is very magical and moving. Love Florence Forever.

[donreed]

Her "irony" is one of the three times in the last decade when someone said that something was "ironic, " it actually was.

[jamescarrington]

Florence a Decade of filling my ears with angelic and mysterious music

[allylpl]

Her voice has that haunting quality that makes everything sounds more beautiful and dramatic :)

[xsteckax]

I cant understand how can she talks so softly and sing so strong! Amazing

[IngridApple]

This is the BEST acoustic version of Drumming Song. The way she gets into the chorus...AMAZING!

[kevinblank]

Much more appealing than the studio version for me

[razrvlc]

I loved this album so much. The songs are so ethereal and inhuman. They’re so filled with magical imagery and bits of witchcraft. The only other singer I know of that made music like that was Kate Bush. Even current Florence has lifted the veil, so to speak, on her music and it’s not really occult/mystical like this.

EDIT: It's 2022 and she released Dance Fever a few weeks ago. That album was sort of a return to the style Lungs had. Daffodil could've been on Lungs honestly. So glad she decided to return to her roots, so to speak!

[Amy_K]

She's so cute at the beginning XD but this version for me adds an emotion to the song that the original lacked for me, so I love this!