Chet Faker - 'Talk Is Cheap' (live for Like A Version)

Chet Faker performs 'Talk Is Cheap' for triple j's Like A Version.

Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every week a musician or band performs one of their own songs and cover a song they love.

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[Deeecky]

so talented! ive never seen a blind person play a keyboard so well before

[neelmoudgil]

Even though he's not playing jazz, he's got that vibe and way of carrying himself

[Maxfilms]

"Oh shit."
- Me, immediately after he finished.
That was too good.

[ConorJTobin]

Love the "bit of distance" line; I'm listening from quarantine nearly six years since this was posted - you've no idea how appropriate "a bit of distance" has become!

[TheBigmed]

Is it just me or this is way better than the album version ?

[dirty]

so gorgeous. Saw him do it like this live and the whole venue just stopped. Could barely here anyone breathing because he took everyones breath away

[diegostrings]

love it how chet pulls his hand away randomly while playing the keys like a Dj would, i know he mixes too, probably got it from there, still looks nice

[TheWafty]

Kudos again to Triple J's amazing sound engineers for giving us a Chet Faker performance that sounds like he is in the room with us. Lovely performance of his excellent song.

What a pity our conservative government sees this as a waste of money.

There is nothing wasteful about making thousands of people happy everyday.

[TheYolobrid]

Such a suave song and even better performance. I find myself feeling slightly jealous of the presenters getting such an intimate performance. Big up for the video post.

[williamryan]

'talk is cheap my darling' such great meaningful lyrics. love chad faker

[Daedrex]

Thanks for cutting the preamble out of all of these. I still listen to them all.

[TheWafty]

About the glasses. He is a musician. A good musician. Please remember the time of day they shoot this every Friday at 8:10am. They are up early when they normally are sleeping in they are bleary eyed for gods sake.

People focus and latch onto tge lamest things sometimes.

[netyally]

one of the best performers out there, and one of the best lyrics too

[YuliCorn]

Oh wow I loved his music before but man he is amazing live.

[ginag]

Oh so, your weak rhyme
You doubt I bother reading into it
I'll probably won't
Left to my own devices
But that's the difference in our opinions

You're a mouthful
That amounts for another week on my own
Now I'm a novel made resourceful
I start a chain with my thought

Talk is cheap, my darling
When you're feeling right at home
I wanna make you move with confidence
I wanna be with you alone

Said help me help you start it
You're too comfortable to know
Throwing out those words
Oh, you gotta feel it on your own

Cold pain
I cannot sustain it
That's what I'm thinking
Not what I'm drinking

I hold up my ways
These thoughts are pervasive
It's not a statement
But peace can be evasive

You're a mouthful
That accounts for another week on my own
Now I'm a novel made resourceful
I start a chain with my thought

Talk is cheap, my darling
When you're feeling right at home
I wanna make you move with confidence
I wanna be with you alone

Said help me help you start it
You're too comfortable to know
Throwing out those words
Oh, you gotta feel it on your own

Talk is cheap, my darling
When you're feeling right at home
I wanna make you move with confidence
I wanna be with you alone

Said help me help you start it
You're too comfortable to know
Throwing out those words
Oh, you gotta feel it on your own

[annatran]

Heard a few disappointed comments from the Sydney show about the absence of the saxophones but i personally loved this beautiful performance! I swear you could hear the collective sighs coming from everyone in the theatre; absolute goosebumps  

[TreehogAK]

Thank you so much for cutting the first ~1:45 of talking at the beginning. I had this on a playlist and would have to manually pull up the video & skip past the talking every time. It is a much appreciated edit you made, so thank you for doing so even all these years after uploading, triple-j!

[leftylugnutz]

Beautiful. Better then the recording for the album.

[pnield]

Gotta love the YouTube algorithm for recommending this at 2am on a Monday night 8yrs after it was performed!

[SpMoose]

So glad Matt and Alex are back next week.