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St. Vincent
“Cheerleader”
Live on Conan, 1/16/2012

The homage to Elvis Costello at the start of this performance is really cute, but this version of “Cheerleader” is even better. The director clearly got excited about this one - instead of stock late night tv moves, they do some zooms to accentuate the stuttered rhythm in the chorus.

Annie Clark is a great guitarist and we talk about that a lot, but her LYRICS are also amazing.  Talk about that more, everyone!

(Source: youtube.com)