[ Musicians warming up ] >> MAN: Check, check one, two. Check. [ Crowd murmuring ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Playing "Down with the Shine"] >> This one's called "Down with the Shine." >> ♪ Down with the shine, the perfect shine ♪ ♪ That poisons the well and ruins my mind ♪ ♪ I get took for a ride every time ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ It's in with the new ♪ ♪ And it's out with the old ♪ ♪ Out goes the warm ♪ ♪ And in comes the cold, y'all ♪ ♪ It's the most predictable story told ♪ ♪ It's in with the young ♪ ♪ And it's out with the old ♪ ♪ Down with the shine, the perfect shine ♪ ♪ That poisons the well and ruins my mind ♪ ♪ I get took for a ride every time ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ A belly full of high-dollar wine ♪ ♪ A fat hand and a fat wallet, too ♪ ♪ Things change and get strange with this movement of time ♪ ♪ Now, listen ♪ ♪ It's happening right now to you ♪ ♪ Down with the shine, the perfect shine ♪ ♪ That poisons the well and ruins my mind ♪ ♪ I get took for a ride every time ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ It's a real bad time ♪ ♪ To bring up the truth ♪ ♪ And though we've searched, we found no fountain of youth ♪ No! ♪ Not in Spain ♪ ♪ Nowhere near ♪ ♪ Anywhere close to here ♪ ♪ There's nothing good ♪ ♪ Because nothing lasts ♪ ♪ And all that comes here ♪ ♪ It comes here to pass ♪ ♪ I'd voice my pain ♪ ♪ But the change will not last ♪ ♪ All that comes, it comes here to pass ♪ ♪ Down with the shine, the perfect shine ♪ ♪ That poisons the well and ruins my mind ♪ ♪ I get took for a ride every time ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ I get took for a ride every time ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ ♪ Down with the glistening shine ♪ Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ] >> This one's called "Laundry Room." >> ♪ Don't push me out ♪ ♪ Just a little longer ♪ ♪ Stall your mother ♪ ♪ Disregard your father's words ♪ ♪ Close the laundry door ♪ ♪ Tiptoe across the floor ♪ ♪ Keep your clothes on ♪ ♪ I've got all that I can take ♪ ♪ Teach me how to use ♪ ♪ The love that people say you made ♪ Where's it at, Seth? >> [ Speaks indistinctly ] >> ♪ Stop your sister's car ♪ ♪ I just saw a shooting star ♪ ♪ We can wish upon it ♪ ♪ We won't share the wish we made ♪ >> No, no, no! ♪ But I can't keep no secrets ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ I wish that you would always stay ♪ Stay here, mama. ♪ Last night, I dreamt the whole night long ♪ Yeah! ♪ And I woke with a head full of songs ♪ I spent the whole day ♪ I wrote 'em down, but it's a shame ♪ ♪ Tonight, I'll burn the lyrics ♪ ♪ 'Cause every chorus was your name ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ Break this tired, old routine ♪ ♪ And this time, just watch me leave ♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪ I took you all for a ride ♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪ And I'll take you all for a ride ♪ ♪ Break this tired, old routine ♪ ♪ Man, I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪ And this time, don't let me leave ♪ Yeah! Come on. [ Rhythmic clapping ] Whoo! Yeah! ♪ Whoa! ♪ One, two, three, four! ♪ Whoa! ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ It's a fake, it's a hoax ♪ ♪ It's a nowhere road where no one goes ♪ ♪ Anywhere, anyhow ♪ ♪ Well, you're following your heart rate down ♪ ♪ She's a rose, she's a queen ♪ ♪ But she's staring at a magazine ♪ ♪ In the dark, on that path ♪ ♪ Where they doctor every photograph ♪ ♪ Another is waiting ♪ ♪ She isn't saying anything ♪ ♪ If you care, if you like ♪ ♪ Well, I'm standing in the lantern light ♪ ♪ With our weapons and our love ♪ ♪ And I use them both to cover up ♪ ♪ Another is waiting ♪ ♪ She isn't saying anything ♪ ♪ But I love you and I care ♪ ♪ So you've got to get off that conveyor belt ♪ ♪ If I could ♪ ♪ I would come right in and take you off myself ♪ ♪ It's a fake, it's a con ♪ ♪ The nature of the road you're on ♪ ♪ Let me see your skeleton ♪ ♪ Well before your life is done ♪ ♪ Another is waiting ♪ ♪ She isn't saying anything ♪ ♪ Another is waiting ♪ ♪ She isn't saying anything ♪ ♪ Oh! ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you. All right, that one's from a record of ours called <i> Magpie and the Dandelion</i> that's going to come out next month. [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you. And, uh... y'all are going to feel bad for clapping if it's horrible, if it's just a horrible record. This is another one from<i> Magpie,</i> and this one's called "Morning Song." [ Cheers and applause ] [ Exhales deeply ] >> ♪ Hurt so bad ♪ ♪ You don't come around here anymore ♪ ♪ Worse than that ♪ ♪ Nothing's really helping ♪ ♪ I've been thinking 'bout drinking again ♪ ♪ It's all right ♪ ♪ If you finally stop caring ♪ ♪ Just don't go and tell someone that does ♪ ♪ 'Cause even though I know there's hope in ♪ ♪ Every morning song ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ Her name became ♪ ♪ The flame unto the fire ♪ ♪ A magpie on the wire ♪ ♪ Warned of those ♪ ♪ Dead unto the high ♪ ♪ Shamelessly alive unto the low ♪ ♪ It's all right ♪ ♪ If you finally stop caring ♪ ♪ Just don't go and tell someone that does ♪ ♪ 'Cause even though I know there's hope in ♪ ♪ Every morning song ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ But we can go ahead ♪ ♪ If no one notices ♪ ♪ What's the point of it? ♪ ♪ I have to ask ♪ ♪ Well, how you learn to see ♪ ♪ The hope eternally ♪ ♪ When you're sure to be ♪ ♪ Always in last ♪ ♪ Hurt so bad ♪ ♪ More than I expected that it would ♪ ♪ Worse than that ♪ ♪ It seems to be lasting just a little ♪ ♪ Longer than it should ♪ ♪ It's all right ♪ ♪ If you finally stop caring ♪ ♪ Just don't go and tell someone that does ♪ ♪ 'Cause even though I know there's hope in ♪ ♪ Every morning song ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to find that melody alone ♪ ♪ I have to sing the melody alone ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Playing "Life" ] ♪ One comes of it ♪ ♪ Love it, love it ♪ ♪ Let go of it ♪ ♪ Love comes from it ♪ ♪ We're not of this world for long ♪ ♪ Faith and promise ♪ ♪ Keep me honest ♪ ♪ When starvation falls upon us ♪ ♪ Daylight told me he would be ♪ ♪ Gone with cold words ♪ ♪ Spoke among hers ♪ ♪ Wretched is the tongue of their world ♪ ♪ We're not of that world at all ♪ ♪ We will never be ♪ ♪ Wouldn't it be ♪ ♪ Fine to stand behind ♪ ♪ The words we say in the best of times ♪ ♪ Oh, and you and I know all too well ♪ ♪ About the hell and paradise ♪ ♪ Right here on earth ♪ ♪ Keep it, use it ♪ ♪ Keep it ♪ ♪ Build it, move it ♪ ♪ Claims can't touch how time will prove it, uh ♪ ♪ Watch us fly as loud as we can ♪ ♪ Let her heartbeat change what I am now ♪ ♪ Wouldn't it be ♪ ♪ Fine to stand behind ♪ ♪ The words we say in the best of times ♪ ♪ Oh, and you and I know all too well ♪ ♪ About the hell and paradise ♪ ♪ Right here on earth ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you. >> Thank you so much, y'all. Thank you. >> [ Speaking indistinctly ] >> Okay. >> Cool with that? >> Yeah. >> Okay, I think it'll be good. I'd like to hear it. >> Yeah. >> I think "Ballad" would be ideal. >> "Ballad." >> We used to, uh... For so many years, we just came on stage with no plan at all. I mean, for so long. It was just a couple of years we started using set lists and life changed a lot when we started using set lists. But we would spend a lot of time sometimes arguing. We drank a lot, too, then. >> It bears mentioning that it was okay to have many miniature band meetings in between every song because audiences weren't generally as quiet as you guys are being. They couldn't have cared less. So... >> Yeah, that was good for a lot of reasons. But, um, I don't know. It doesn't always make a lot of sense to have a set list, 'cause we change them a lot anyway. But at least it's something to start with. But we're going to give the stage to Seth now, and he's going to do a song called "The Ballad of Love and Hate." [ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you. [ Clears throat ] [ Hums ] ♪ Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate ♪ ♪ "My vacation's ending ♪ ♪ I'm coming home late" ♪ ♪ "The weather was fine and the ocean was great ♪ ♪ And I can't wait to see you again" ♪ ♪ Hate reads the letter and throws it away ♪ ♪ Says, "No one here cares if you go or you stay" ♪ ♪ "I barely even noticed that you were away ♪ ♪ I'll see you or I won't, whatever" ♪ ♪ Love sings a song as she sails through the sky ♪ ♪ The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes ♪ ♪ And everyone knows it whenever she flies ♪ ♪ And also when she comes down ♪ ♪ Hate keeps his head up ♪ ♪ And walks through these streets ♪ ♪ Every stranger and drifter he greets ♪ ♪ And shakes hands with every loner he meets ♪ ♪ With a serious look on his face ♪ ♪ Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow ♪ ♪ Carrying with her the good things we know ♪ ♪ A reason to live and a reason to grow ♪ ♪ To trust and to hope and to care ♪ ♪ Hate sits alone on the hood of his car ♪ ♪ Without much regard for the moon or the stars ♪ ♪ Lazily killing the last of a jar ♪ ♪ Of the strongest stuff you can drink ♪ ♪ Love takes a taxi, a young man drives ♪ ♪ As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes ♪ Oh, but tears follow after, at the end of the ride ♪ ♪ 'Cause he might never see her again ♪ ♪ Hate gets home lucky to still be alive ♪ ♪ He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive ♪ ♪ The clock in the kitchen says 2:55 ♪ ♪ And the clock in the kitchen is slow ♪ ♪ But Love has been waiting, patient and kind ♪ ♪ Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign ♪ ♪ That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind ♪ ♪ Will make it back safe to her arms ♪ ♪ So Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door ♪ ♪ Weary head hung down, eyes to the floor ♪ ♪ He says, "Love, I'm sorry" ♪ ♪ And she says, "What for?" ♪ ♪ "I'm yours and that's it, whatever" ♪ ♪ "I should not have been gone for so long ♪ ♪ I'm yours and that's it, forever ♪ ♪ See, you're mine and that's it, forever" ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you. >> Seth Avett. [ Cheers and applause ] Stand by. [ Laughter ] Don't want to do that one? >> That's right. >> Okay, well, we don't have to do that one. >> All right! >> Whatever you want, Seth. Listen, if y'all argue a lot with somebody, here's the rule. Do whatever they want. Okay? Anybody. Just do whatever they want, Okay? [ Laughter ] >> I think he means if you're arguing with a him. >> Yeah, yeah, if you're arguing with Scott. That's Scott, by the way, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] >> Yay, Scott! Thank you. It's conniving. It's still a way to win, you know. >> That's right. Well, however you can make the other person feel bad, really. >> Is the winner. [ Playing "Apart From Me" ] >> ♪ I was scared, but I couldn't admit it ♪ ♪ Hatred planted out of fear ♪ ♪ Fight or flight, no choice but to hit it ♪ ♪ The road, it calls on me, my dear ♪ ♪ I was lost, as lost can be ♪ ♪ Being praised for being found ♪ ♪ But all that praise got lost on me ♪ ♪ As a mood swing was headed down ♪ ♪ Apart from me ♪ ♪ I would not dare take someone in love with me ♪ ♪ Where I'm going ♪ ♪ The part you'll see ♪ ♪ How true it is and how back then ♪ ♪ It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it ♪ ♪ Your touch was nothing more ♪ ♪ Than a child's good-bye and hello ♪ ♪ It always left me feeling ♪ ♪ Worse when it was time to go ♪ ♪ Apart from me ♪ ♪ I would not dare take someone in love with me ♪ ♪ Where I'm going ♪ ♪ The part you'll see ♪ ♪ How true it is and how back then ♪ ♪ It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it ♪ ♪ And most of us out there got fooled ♪ ♪ As the gold, it glittered in the night ♪ ♪ And we chased it fast like drunk buffoons ♪ ♪ The banker lived, the artist died ♪ ♪ And all our clothes were washed in gray ♪ ♪ All our buildings and our cars ♪ ♪ As the fluorescent lights of day ♪ ♪ Bleached the sky and took the stars ♪ ♪ Apart from me ♪ ♪ I would not dare take someone in love with me ♪ ♪ Where I'm going ♪ ♪ The part you'll see ♪ ♪ How true it is and how back then ♪ ♪ It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you. >> Thanks so much, y'all. "Father's First"? >> Yeah. >> Cool, this is very fun for us to be able to be in a room like this. Thanks for having us here tonight and letting us sing for you you all. It's wonderful. We're going to share another song with y'all from<i> The Carpenter,</i> and this one is called "A Father's First Spring." Thank you. >> This is nice because we played one time at Arlene's Grocery, and there was one person watching us the -- Two people, yeah, but we don't count her. She was -- Actually, they were both friends. It was Yogi and Regina. Yeah, so they were both just friends that came there. They were tipped off. >> They were friends of ours until they came to a show where they were the only two people in the... They realized there was nothing in it for them. I'm just kidding. >> Because they weren't going to meet anybody there. They were like, "Oh, man." All right, this song is called "A Father's First Spring"? Or just "Father's First Spring"? >> I think "A Father's First Spring." >> "A Father's First"... >> All right. >> I think it's "Father's First Spring." I think. Does anybody know? Is there a "A" at the beginning? >> This one's called <i> "El</i> Father's First Spring." >><i> La.</i> <i> "La</i> Father's First Spring." >> [French accent] <i> "La</i> Father's First Spring." >> This is so stupid. "Father's First Spring." >> These, by the way, are the kind of things Scott and I will fight about, like if we're really, really tired. Scott will be like, "It's called 'Father's First Spring.'" I'm like, "No, no, it has to be 'A Father's First Spring.'" Anyway, this one's called one of those things. >> One, two, three, one, two, three. [ Playing "A Father's First Spring" ] ♪ The sweetest surrender of winter ♪ ♪ She put up a flag, it is waving ♪ ♪ The thunder of summer is rumbling in ♪ ♪ And I haven't seen you in days ♪ ♪ And, my, how that feeling has changed ♪ ♪ Oh, I have been homesick for you since we met ♪ ♪ I have been homesick for you ♪ ♪ I've got to take to the sky ♪ ♪ And I'll tell you what that means for you and I ♪ ♪ If I die, it's for you ♪ ♪ If I die, it's for you ♪ ♪ I never lived 'til I lived in your light ♪ ♪ And my heart never beat like it does at the sight ♪ ♪ Of you, Baby Blue, God blessed your life ♪ ♪ I do not live 'less I live in your life ♪ ♪ The realest thing I ever felt ♪ ♪ Was the blood on the floor and the love in your yell ♪ ♪ I was a child before ♪ ♪ The day that I met Eleanor ♪ ♪ A kiss of the wind in the hills ♪ ♪ The clearness, the morning, the late evening thrills ♪ ♪ Blurry and gray like a roar ♪ ♪ The wheels on the highway, above them I soar ♪ ♪ When I'm in my sweet daughter's eyes ♪ ♪ My heart is now ruined for the rest of all times ♪ ♪ There's no part of it left to give ♪ ♪ There's no part of it left to give ♪ ♪ I never lived 'til I lived in your light ♪ ♪ And my heart never beat like it does at the sight ♪ ♪ Of you, Baby Blue, God blessed your life ♪ ♪ I do not live 'less I live in your life ♪ ♪ I do not live 'less I live in your life ♪ ♪ I do not live ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you. Yeah, okay, yeah. >> Thanks a lot, y'all. Think we should take a minute and thank Mr. Joseph Kwon on the cello over there. [ Cheers and applause ] All right, we're going to do another one from <i> Magpie and the Dandelion.</i> All right, this one's called "Vanity." Ch-ch-ch-ch. All right. Hey, John, a little more of this guy. Yeah? ♪ I've got something to say ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ ♪ I found a tune I could play ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ ♪ Call off the guards ♪ ♪ Call off the search ♪ ♪ Their heads are chopped off ♪ ♪ They're running in circles ♪ ♪ They're running in circles ♪ ♪ I have a plan for the day ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ ♪ I've got love pouring out of my veins ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ ♪ Call off the guards ♪ ♪ Call off the search ♪ ♪ Their heads are chopped off ♪ ♪ They're running in circles ♪ ♪ They're running in circles ♪ ♪ Running in circles ♪ ♪ They're running in circles ♪ ♪ I've got something to say ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ ♪ I've got love pouring out of my veins ♪ ♪ But it's all vanity, it's all vanity ♪ >> Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ] [ Playing piano melody ] [ Playing "I and Love and You" ] ♪ Load the car and write the note ♪ ♪ Grab your bag and grab your coat ♪ ♪ Tell the ones that need to know ♪ ♪ We are headed north ♪ ♪ One foot in and one foot back ♪ ♪ But it don't pay to live like that ♪ ♪ So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks ♪ ♪ Mm mm ♪ ♪ For never to return ♪ ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in ♪ ♪ Are you aware the shape I'm in? ♪ ♪ My hands, they shake ♪ ♪ My head, it spins ♪ Lord, it spins. ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in ♪ ♪ When at first I learned to speak ♪ ♪ I used all my words to fight ♪ ♪ With him and her and you and me ♪ ♪ Oh, but it's just a waste of time ♪ Y'all listen to Seth. ♪ Oh, it's such a waste of time ♪ ♪ That woman, she's got eyes that shine ♪ ♪ Like a pair of stolen polished dimes ♪ ♪ She asked to dance, I said, it's fine ♪ All right, mama. ♪ I'll see you in the morning time ♪ ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in ♪ ♪ Are you aware the shape I'm in? ♪ ♪ My hands, they shake ♪ ♪ My head, it spins ♪ It spins! ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn will take me in ♪ ♪ Three words that became hard to say ♪ ♪ I and love and you ♪ ♪ What you were then, I am today ♪ ♪ Look at the things I do ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in ♪ ♪ Are you aware the shape I'm in? ♪ ♪ My hands, they shake ♪ ♪ My head, it spins ♪ Lord, it spins! ♪ Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in ♪ ♪ Dumbed down and numbed by time and age ♪ ♪ Our dreams to catch the world, the cage ♪ ♪ The highway sets the traveler's stage ♪ ♪ All exits look the same ♪ ♪ Three words that became hard to say ♪ What were they? ♪ I and love and you ♪ What were they? ♪ I and love and you ♪ One more. Ah. ♪ I and love and you ♪ All right. [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much, y'all. Thank you so much. We're the Avett Brothers. We appreciate it. [ Cheers and applause ] It's so nice to be here. Thank you. Yeah! Come on. [ Rhythmic clapping ] Whoo! Yeah! ♪ Whoa! ♪ One, two, three, four! ♪ Whoa! ♪ <i> >> To learn more about</i> <i> "Front and Center," go to</i> <i> frontandcenter.com.</i>
