Twenty One Pilots Perform Shy Away, Heathens & More | MTV Unplugged

[Music] please welcome 21 pilots [Applause]   hello we're 21 pilots and  welcome to our mtv unplugged now as you can see up here we're very plugged   but to me this series has become less about  performing your songs acoustically and more   about abandon or an artist presenting themselves  in a different way than they traditionally would   usually when josh and i perform we play with  pre-recorded tracks but tonight what we're   going to do is we're going to build out  those tracks in real time in front of you   and using hands-free looping  and some sampling hopefully   if we play everything right and in time we'll  end up with brand new versions of our songs [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] i wish i found some better sounds no one's  ever heard wish i had a better voice to   sing some better words wish i found  some chords in an order that it's new   wish i didn't have to rhyme every time i  sang i was told when i get older all my   fears would shrink but now i'm insecure  and i care what people think is [Music] my name's blurryface and i care what you think  name's blurryface and i care what you think wish we could turn back time to  the good old days when our mama   sang us to sleep but now we're stressed  out wish we could turn back time   to the good old days when our mama sang  us to sleep but now we're stressed out [Music]   sometimes a certain smell will take me back  to when i was young how come i'm never able   to identify where it's coming from i make a candle  out of it if i ever found it try to sell it never   sell out of it i probably only sell one maybe  to my brother cause we have the same notes same   clothes home grown a stone's throw from a creek  we used to roam but it would remind us of when   nothing really mattered out of student loans  in treehouse homes we always take the ladder my name's blurryface and i care what you  think [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]   yeah we used to play pretend  give each other different names   we would build a rocket ship and we  fly it far away yeah we used to play   pretend give each other different names we  would build a rocket ship and we fly it far away [Music] wish we could   [Music] [Music] we're stressed out [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music]   sometimes you gotta bleed to know  that you're alive and have a soul but it takes someone to come around and show you how she's the tear in my heart [Music] [Music] [Music]   sometimes you gotta bleed to know  that you're alive and have a soul   but it takes someone to come around to show you  how she's the tear in my heart i'm alive she's   the tear in my heart i'm on fire she's the tear  in my heart take me higher than i've ever been [Music]   the songs on the radio are okay [Music]  but my taste in music is your face [Music]   the tear in my heart take me  higher than i've ever been [Music] me [Music] you fell asleep in  my car i drew the whole time   but that's okay i'll just devoid  the hole so you sleep fine i'm driving cursing my  government for not using my taxes [Music] [Music]   and for this part we're actually  going to sample you guys   and use your voices putting them into  this keyboard here so don't mess up this is your note sounds like this ready one two three four i don't know it's pretty  good so josh is sampling that that's me there they are yeah it feels pretty good good job that's good all right let's put some  of those effects on there to sweeten it up she asks me sun when i grow up will you buy me  a house of gold and when your father turns to   stone will you take care of me she asks me son  when i grow up will you buy me a house of gold   and when your father turns to will  you take care of me i will make you   queen of everything you see i'll put you  on the mat i'll cure you of disease [Music] down will make pretend that you  and me lived ever after happily she asked me [Music] will you take care of me [Music]   everything you see i'll put you on  the map i'll cure you of diseases [Music] will you [Music]   will you take care of me i will make you queen  of everything you see i'll put you on the map i'll push you [Applause] [Music] don't trust a perfect person and don't trust  a song that's flawless they say stay in [Music] lame boy [Music] [Music]   foreign [Music] [Applause] boy [Music] [Applause]   thank you thank you i do you know i do  feel like some of the best mtv unplugs   in the past have always been artists showing up  and being like whatever play my songs whatever and i haven't i have a notepad so i just felt like instead of hiding it maybe  we would just lean into it we're kind of we kind   of like to nerd out on this stuff so thank  you guys so much for coming and watching so [Music]   when i get home you better not  be there we're placing [Music]   the only thing to leave behind is your old  skin on the floor [Music] don't you shy away manifest the ceiling [Music]   shed your mouth thing to leave behind is your own  skin on the floor don't you shy away [Music]   searching for that feeling [Music] don't you [Music] don't you shine don't circle the track break the  cycle in half leave your skin on the floor [Music]   leave your skin on [Music]   break the cycle in half leave  your skin on the floor [Music]   when you get home you barely recognize the  pictures they put in a frame shed your modesty   don't circle the trap break the cycle  in half and leave your skin on the floor   don't you shy away manifest  the ceiling when you shy away   searching for that feeling like and i love  you if it isn't like a words hero it's never heard away [Music] [Music]   he will keep [Music] he could play play forever even if it's the fake ones mtv told  us that we should prepare for about 40 minutes   of music so we'll play until we  are done [Music] okay [Music] Okay Josh, I think I am done, Okay Joshua  William Dun, Okay Joshua William Dun all right so now we're gonna build out a drum kit  using sounds from you so uh what i need first is   i need a kick drum kick drum noise might sound  something like or something does anyone want to   give me a kick drum noise no no i mean with your  mouth so you're gonna have to come up and give   me a kick drum noise you why don't you come  up here yeah come on come on all right hold on what's your kick jump noise pretty good  i think you can put more diaphragm into it   that works that works all  right you can have a seat yeah that works uh next um i need   i need a snare oh we're just gonna do a collective  clap you guys raising your hands no i'm in charge   here um we're gonna do a snare but really it's  just gonna be a collective clap so just clap   one time all together on the count of four  ready one two three four okay come on little off that's gonna go one two three four clap ready  one two three four some of you still don't   know how to count but i think that works yeah  okay we're gonna move on to the hi-hat sound   it's really like a shush but i need an individual  who wants to give me a shish oh me no no she said   yeah come on you got it all right it might suck  so i don't know why you're clapping so really   you're just gonna give me a just a quick one ready  that yeah that's great now you clap [Applause]   and then um yeah did you get it   perfect uh and then i think we just  need a woo right yep just a woo so just give me your most emphatic excited  woo on the count of four so i'm going to   say one two three four and then the next  yeah ready one two three four [Applause]   that's too long you're right but i don't know  does it i like the passion can you play it whatever yeah sure so no just play around with it [Applause] so uh  what we should do now is um we're gonna put some   effects on it to make it sound cooler than that you play it a little bit more [Applause]  that dude is pretty great dude [Applause]   all right got some effects yeah i want to add  some of that effect on it really to get it to slam [Applause] [Music] [Applause]   i just want to stay in the sun where i find i know  it's hard sometimes pieces of peace in the sun's   peace of mind i know it's hard sometimes yeah  i think about the end just way too much [Music] [Music] i'm [Music] metaphorically i'm the man literally i don't  know what i do i live for you and it's time   to do even harder to say when you know it's not  true even under the right when you notice tonight   there were people back home which are talking  to you but then you acknowledge them still   all these questions they're fully like who would  you live for in time for man would you [Music]   so i'm taking my time on my ride [Music]   i've been thinking too much [Music]   what to say when i want to be enough what a  beautiful day for making a break for we'll   find a way to pay for it maybe from  all the money we made raise the blaze   those rental rates also forced to sponsor  and start a concert a complete diversion   start em up and you can be quite  certain but win but not everyone [Music]   so i'm taking my time [Music]   oh [Music]   i i'm taking my time [Applause] well i hate to say it but um this is our last song  it went by fast thank you to mtv for having us   thank you guys for coming and being  a part of this thank you for watching [Applause] uh [Music] [Music]   steering wheel [Music] silence [Music]   all my [Music]   please [Music]   you don't know the half of the abuse i pondered something terrifying because  this time there's no sound to hide behind over   the course of a human existence one  thing consists of consistency [Music] [Music] [Music] try to think try to think try to think try to think i have these thoughts so often  i ought to replace that slot with 201 [Music] [Music] please don't make any [Music]   try to think [Music] silence [Music] just [Music] i ponder if something great my lungs will fill  and then deflate they're filled with fire exhale   desire i know it's dire my time today i have  these thoughts so often i ought to replace the   slot with what i want spot cause somebody stole my  car radio and now i just sit in silence [Applause] i want you to know we're 20  pilots and so are you [Applause] you

Channel: MTV

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Id: nMoCYxyRUEU

Length: 37min 41sec (2261 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 10 2022