View Full Version : AFI's MTV Movie Awards Performance
Frank Giaramita
06/09/06, 07:41 AM
Check out AFI (www.afireinside.net)'s performance of "Miss Murder" from the MTV Movie Awards last night right here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6LRAX3Bmo&search=AFI%20movie).
Waltz Whitman
06/09/06, 07:44 AM
am i the only one who felt as if davey's voice was flawless in that performance? im not even a fan of AFI but i enjoyed that performance. it made me consider giving the new cd a fair chance.
UltimoScenester
06/09/06, 07:50 AM
Much agreed
china white
06/09/06, 07:53 AM
Dang, that performance was killer
MotionCS
06/09/06, 07:54 AM
definately flawless. i think Taking Back Sunday, well Adam, needs to take notes!
live singing 101
So_It_Said
06/09/06, 07:54 AM
I was really impressed.
NFG4ever
06/09/06, 07:58 AM
I really like AFI and the new cd is alright but man Davey's gotta stop the gay look haha , I was watching the video on Much and my dad was like , why you watching this gay dude hahahha
I really like AFI and the new cd is alright but man Davey's gotta stop the gay look haha , I was watching the video on Much and my dad was like , why you watching this gay dude hahahha
he is
x-factor6
06/09/06, 08:16 AM
a stagedive on a shitty MTV event:)
i wonder how many 13 years old chick got hurt after that
whatbrendansaid
06/09/06, 08:20 AM
they sounded perfect and i am not even big afi fan
the.music.life.
06/09/06, 08:21 AM
the performance was amazing, and his voice was flawless.
excellent live show! - something different for MTV, i like that.
RememberFminus
06/09/06, 08:21 AM
I really like AFI and the new cd is alright but man Davey's gotta stop the gay look haha , I was watching the video on Much and my dad was like , why you watching this gay dude hahahha
you and your dad need to stop being homophobes.
Im sure davey could give a shit less how you want him to dress or act and he could care less for you being their fan with opinions like that.
sharpenup
06/09/06, 08:24 AM
they did an amazing job
the sob
06/09/06, 08:27 AM
was that a fan that did the stage dive? He was fucking huge, poor kids that had to catch him.
it almost looked fake, the stage dive, the way the camera was already positioned for it.
quiksilver21k
06/09/06, 08:43 AM
it almost looked fake, the stage dive, the way the camera was already positioned for it.
It was fake for sure. Come on...MTV had to do SOMETHING to make it look "cooler"
AShannon04
06/09/06, 08:49 AM
I'm not so sure the stagedive was fake. I'm sure MTV has multiple cameras surrounding the stage, so it wouldn't have been difficult AT ALL to switch camera angles after seeing someone climb up on stage to see what they were gonna do.
panic!attheap
06/09/06, 08:54 AM
holy shit afi totally brought it :O
Frank Giaramita
06/09/06, 08:56 AM
I'm not so sure the stagedive was fake. I'm sure MTV has multiple cameras surrounding the stage, so it wouldn't have been difficult AT ALL to switch camera angles after seeing someone climb up on stage to see what they were gonna do.
You actually think MTV and security would just allow kids to jump up on stage like that?...no way. Especially being that the first 5 rows are usually hired by MTV to make the performances look more exciting to begin with.
onxpoint
06/09/06, 08:58 AM
seriously incredible. that performance gave me a new appreciation for a song that i thought was fairly mediocre prior. now i love it.
Beloved Broken
06/09/06, 09:02 AM
Enthrallingly perfect.
No, the stagedive was not fake/staged. They filmed the awards show lastweek, and had a few cameras on the stage, so the chance of one of them catching a single stagediver and editing the footage in is better than you may think. And you can multiply the chance of seeing it by three, since there were actually three stagedivers and about the same time. They (not MTV) planned it out ahead of time to get up on stage right after the "breakdown". They were all from the AFI Message Boards and Despair Faction (AFI's offical "fan club" type thing).
Hope that set the record straight. ;)
girlinterrupted
06/09/06, 09:07 AM
Man what a performance.
he is
Uhhhh... Actually he isn't. He's not gay or bisexual. You're an idiot.
They performed the song spot-on, but that doesn't change the fact that it's one of the most lifeless, boring songs I've heard this year.
RememberFminus
06/09/06, 09:14 AM
Uhhhh... Actually he isn't. He's not gay or bisexual. You're an idiot.
who cares?
you idiot
Uhhhh... Actually he isn't. He's not gay or bisexual. You're an idiot.
yeah he is
truestar1015
06/09/06, 09:15 AM
Flawless is the best way to describe their performance.
RememberFminus
06/09/06, 09:15 AM
They performed the song spot-on, but that doesn't change the fact that it's one of the most lifeless, boring songs I've heard this year.
dude after the breakdown.....when davey starts screaming and they go back to the chorus......you think thats lifeless?
that part gives me fucking chills
I mentioned in the vma thread but that seemed to die last night: it sounded like davey was censoring himself for mtv during the "take my life" line. Every "life" came out as "haaiiii". I could see him doing this once or twice because of lack of breath or something, but doing it every time, during a line mtv would surely like to play down, made me think mtv had him avoid using the word.
Bakelevi
06/09/06, 09:31 AM
honestly, i thought it was so good i thought they put the audio from the C.D. over it. but then i realized it sounded so real, it was just an amazing performance, the only thing i noticed was that the "hey's!" in the chorus were fake, b/c they were coming out of nowehre and jade wasn't even near the mic. does anyone agree?
ManicanParty49
06/09/06, 09:39 AM
I didn't enjoy this performance. It seemed to try to hard, and wasn't comfortable at all. This song should be the kind of song that you just rock out to. I think Davey's voice, while good during the screaming, was really poor during all the singing as to do his best not to mess up. That's just my opinion though. After the screaming parts, I think the singing got better.
sexualrobot
06/09/06, 09:40 AM
Not bad, I like how they can actually achieve the same sound live as they do on the cd. that's too rare nowadays
FailedSenses
06/09/06, 09:41 AM
I agree... I thought his voice was kinda off. It sounded like he was saying "Take my heart"? I didn't think he would have to censor out that line since they play the music video without taking out that line or censoring it. I expected a bit of a better performance. The stage diver was a big plus though.
his screams are chilling.
i love it.
Siren101
06/09/06, 09:46 AM
definately flawless. i think Taking Back Sunday, well Adam, needs to take notes!
live singing 101
agreed! haha.
josiahh
06/09/06, 09:46 AM
flawless? yes.
completely boring? yes.
AFI is hands down the best live band i have ever seen, but this was downright boring. I remember seeing them 4 times one year and each time was better than the last...i haven't seen them since before STS came out and they started playing larger venues, but hopefully this just came across as boring due to the fact that it was the MTV Movie awards and the crowd's lack of real presence...
RememberFminus
06/09/06, 09:51 AM
flawless? yes.
completely boring? yes.
AFI is hands down the best live band i have ever seen, but this was downright boring. I remember seeing them 4 times one year and each time was better than the last...i haven't seen them since before STS came out and they started playing larger venues, but hopefully this just came across as boring due to the fact that it was the MTV Movie awards and the crowd's lack of real presence...
whatd do you want out of them? in a setting like this the best you can ask for is a flawless performance and they did that - unlike lliterally every other band that plays on tv. Of course you are going to think the shows they did that you went to were better (especially pre STS) because of how intimate they were and other factors involved inactually being at the show. its totally different then playing on tv.
PopPunkKid
06/09/06, 09:58 AM
I mentioned in the vma thread but that seemed to die last night: it sounded like davey was censoring himself for mtv during the "take my life" line. Every "life" came out as "haaiiii". I could see him doing this once or twice because of lack of breath or something, but doing it every time, during a line mtv would surely like to play down, made me think mtv had him avoid using the word.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I think he was saying "take my heart" instead of "take my life".
AShannon04
06/09/06, 10:03 AM
honestly, i thought it was so good i thought they put the audio from the C.D. over it. but then i realized it sounded so real, it was just an amazing performance, the only thing i noticed was that the "hey's!" in the chorus were fake, b/c they were coming out of nowehre and jade wasn't even near the mic. does anyone agree?
hmmm, I dunno about that. I was paying pretty close attention, and it seemed like Jade was right there every time. There was a little bit of a lag with the audio in the youtube clip, so maybe that's why it might have looked off...
josiahh
06/09/06, 10:04 AM
whatd do you want out of them? in a setting like this the best you can ask for is a flawless performance and they did that - unlike lliterally every other band that plays on tv. Of course you are going to think the shows they did that you went to were better (especially pre STS) because of how intimate they were and other factors involved inactually being at the show. its totally different then playing on tv.
thanks tips.
dude after the breakdown.....when davey starts screaming and they go back to the chorus......you think thats lifeless?
that part gives me fucking chills
Well then the song just works for you. I don't like it. To me, the song is painful.
EvilButters
06/09/06, 10:54 AM
Damn. This performance was just incredible. I can't remember hearing a band sound this good live.
SuperJoe
06/09/06, 10:59 AM
wow, that performance was slightly different than the first time i saw them play in 98 at our shitty little dive with no air conditioning. but then again, davey was still a man then, so there you go.
murphy77
06/09/06, 11:01 AM
does anyone think the opening riff to kill caustic sounds alot like thrice's kill me quickly?
anyways, good performance, great cd, great band
yeah he is
Well then you know something his bandmates don't, you prick. Jade said this a few years ago on the AFI MB:
"Sorry To Burst Your Bubble...
but Davey is not gay. Or bi. Get over it. Just because your friend heard he was gay or you read it on some message board doesn't make it so. However, since I've made posts like this repeatedly over the years and people still refuse to believe he's not gay, I guess we'll have to keep hearing about it ad infinitum. I say we talk about Fritch. Or Smith. They're DEFINITELY gay, I caught them holding hands and plus they went to the prom together.
Also, my friend heard YOU were gay."
So, SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
FOBlover
06/09/06, 11:42 AM
dude after the breakdown.....when davey starts screaming and they go back to the chorus......you think thats lifeless?
that part gives me fucking chills
I've been a fan of AFI for 10 years and I love their new CD, but this song and performance were very bland compared to what they usually do. It must not take much to give you chills.
s[K]iSo
06/09/06, 11:53 AM
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x-factor6
06/09/06, 12:01 PM
does anyone think the opening riff to kill caustic sounds alot like thrice's kill me quickly?
You're maybe right but its only something like 1 sec, if you didn't notice i'll never find out.
For those of you who think the stagedive was put on by MTV, it wasn't.
I was one of the other three stagedivers - there were 4 total - and we had been talking about doing it for about a week. The stagediver you saw was my friend Mark, who is in an awesome band that you should all check out. (http://www.myspace.com/futurexprimitive)
The rest of us dove off of the other side of the stage; the left side, from the audience's view. Mark went one way, and security shifted their attention to him, so the three of us went the other way. I actually front flipped, landed on the crowd, and they dropped me. I hit my head on the ground and busted it open. I got picked up by security, along with my friend Shane, and we were escorted out. I was looked at by an EMT, and patched up. MTV Security - REAL security, guys in suits - took our information down and took our pictures. They told us that we were banned from MTV and any future events.
How many people can say that they stagedived at the MTV Movie Awards, and how many people can say that they were banned from MTV?
josiahh
06/09/06, 12:10 PM
and how many people can say that they were banned from MTV?
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2005/10/13/images/Dice-Clay-002.jpg
Ruggiero2oo8
06/09/06, 12:10 PM
superb.
MotionIsntMeaning
06/09/06, 12:15 PM
For those of you who think the stagedive was put on by MTV, it wasn't.
I was one of the other three stagedivers - there were 4 total - and we had been talking about doing it for about a week. The stagediver you saw was my friend Mark, who is in an awesome band that you should all check out. (http://www.myspace.com/futurexprimitive)
The rest of us dove off of the other side of the stage; the left side, from the audience's view. Mark went one way, and security shifted their attention to him, so the three of us went the other way. I actually front flipped, landed on the crowd, and they dropped me. I hit my head on the ground and busted it open. I got picked up by security, along with my friend Shane, and we were escorted out. I was looked at by an EMT, and patched up. MTV Security - REAL security, guys in suits - took our information down and took our pictures. They told us that we were banned from MTV and any future events.
How many people can say that they stagedived at the MTV Movie Awards, and how many people can say that they were banned from MTV?
hahahah........cool brag.
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2005/10/13/images/Dice-Clay-002.jpg
Exactly.
We're on a list with fucking ANDREW DICE CLAY.
That's fucking SWEET.
UltimoScenester
06/09/06, 12:19 PM
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2005/10/13/images/Dice-Clay-002.jpg
Hahaha
domesticyeti
06/09/06, 12:52 PM
i thought it was an okay performance. i didnt think davey sounded that good, but his voice was alot better then the lat time i saw him.
Frank Giaramita
06/09/06, 01:11 PM
Uhhhh... Actually he isn't. He's not gay or bisexual. You're an idiot.
Well then you know something his bandmates don't, you prick. Jade said this a few years ago on the AFI MB:
"Sorry To Burst Your Bubble...
but Davey is not gay. Or bi. Get over it. Just because your friend heard he was gay or you read it on some message board doesn't make it so. However, since I've made posts like this repeatedly over the years and people still refuse to believe he's not gay, I guess we'll have to keep hearing about it ad infinitum. I say we talk about Fritch. Or Smith. They're DEFINITELY gay, I caught them holding hands and plus they went to the prom together.
Also, my friend heard YOU were gay."
So, SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
Was there a reason why you had to call him a "prick" and be a complete ass hole with your post?
because name calling isn't immature and all...
I also love how he gives Jade a look during the "simply a look" line.
omgjames
06/09/06, 02:09 PM
im not sure if i really like davey's voice lower like that..
reason, heWas there a reason why you had to call him a "prick" and be a complete ass hole with your post?
because name calling isn't immature and all...
There is a a reason. He kept fueling the fire, spreading the rumor, so I told him he was wrong. He kept persisting that he was right, he wasn't, that warrants being called a "prick."
andenvelopes
06/09/06, 03:38 PM
I really like AFI and the new cd is alright but man Davey's gotta stop the gay look haha , I was watching the video on Much and my dad was like , why you watching this gay dude hahahha
Fucking homophobic prick. What the fuck is your problem? Get a fucking life.
[excusethelanguage]
Slapstick93-96
06/09/06, 03:40 PM
Its taped and i wouldnt be surprised if the sound was edited to make the performance sound better.
helikopter
06/09/06, 04:56 PM
i've seen afi live. they were spot-on then. i have no doubts that they were spot-on at the vmas, as well. why doubt it? they're notorious for an excellent live show.
why does everyone think davey's gay? dudes wear make-up all the time. all of your most masculine actors wear make-up for their movies. are they gay, too?
RememberFminus
06/09/06, 05:30 PM
I've been a fan of AFI for 10 years and I love their new CD, but this song and performance were very bland compared to what they usually do. It must not take much to give you chills.
it must not take me alot to get chills............................. .unlike you, whose expert ear and high brow taste has lead to the username of FOBlover.
shut the fuck up and stop listening to fall out boy before you make fun of anyone
Drew Beringer
06/09/06, 05:40 PM
good Lord that was awesome.
jaboonta
06/09/06, 05:41 PM
am i the only one that thought he wasnt really singing..
spinning lights
06/09/06, 07:16 PM
We must not have watched the same performance. Seriously.
Davey's singing was so bad.
He would fall flat on almost every note. I watched it with my sister and we couldn't help but comment every few seconds on how bad it was.
And the screaming part? Mediocre.
It's wierd because he usually sounds pretty decent. I've seen them live, and I've watched some live youtube videos. Sounds fine there. But this was shitty for sure.
But I will say that the stage and the entire setup was completely awesome. And the backup "hey"'s were good.
crayZbuzzard
06/09/06, 10:43 PM
I love it how if you express any observation about or disagreement with homosexuality, you are a homophobe. As for Davey Havok, you have to call it like you see it. He may not like men, but that's one gay dude.
that was such a good performance, i wish i saw it on tv and not on this shitty fuzzy you tube. His voice sounds deeper than it does in recordings though. and one more thing...why is it that every person on here that talks about fans always reffers to them as 13 year old girls? i dont get it
Miss Murder will be the most played song of any of the bands discussed around here by the end of the year. Its accessable to so many different genres giving it potential to just expand on the commercial success they had with Sing the Sorrow
The year's half over, but this album is gonna go Platinum without breaking a sweat.
Anyone have any guesses for 2nd single? I say/hope its "Summer Shudder". That song's the catchiest thing ive heard in a long time.
naphtha74
06/10/06, 03:45 AM
Well then you know something his bandmates don't, you prick. Jade said this a few years ago on the AFI MB:
"Sorry To Burst Your Bubble...
but Davey is not gay. Or bi. Get over it. Just because your friend heard he was gay or you read it on some message board doesn't make it so. However, since I've made posts like this repeatedly over the years and people still refuse to believe he's not gay, I guess we'll have to keep hearing about it ad infinitum. I say we talk about Fritch. Or Smith. They're DEFINITELY gay, I caught them holding hands and plus they went to the prom together.
Also, my friend heard YOU were gay."
So, SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
haha, pwned
Beloved Broken
06/10/06, 06:41 AM
Miss Murder will be the most played song of any of the bands discussed around here by the end of the year. Its accessable to so many different genres giving it potential to just expand on the commercial success they had with Sing the Sorrow
The year's half over, but this album is gonna go Platinum without breaking a sweat.
Anyone have any guesses for 2nd single? I say/hope its "Summer Shudder". That song's the catchiest thing ive heard in a long time.
You're (hopefully) right, I love "Summer Shudder", I'd love to see a "Love Like Winter" video too, though the latter seems a distant possibility.
EDIT:
am i the only one that thought he wasnt really singing..
Yes.
domesticyeti
06/10/06, 07:35 AM
i watched it a few more times. i think the band played perfect, and the stage set up was awesome. but i really dont think davey's voice sounded that good.
Nightingale00
06/10/06, 01:44 PM
I liked this performance. AFI has come a long way. Performing alongside Christina Aguilera and what not. I'm very proud of them.
mikearduini9
06/10/06, 07:55 PM
to me, it seemed like davey wasnt really singing... and the "hey's", it sounded like there were many more people than just the band members singing it. it did sound really good, i just can't give an educated guess on how sincere the performance was.
Plaidical
06/10/06, 09:34 PM
what is this, green day?
what a boring band/song. what happened to the days of Art of Drowning?
what is this, green day?
what a boring band/song. what happened to the days of Art of Drowning?
Ah look, typical ignorance.
What happened to the days of Art of Drowning? Thankfully, they're gone. See, some bands enjoy growing, changing, and maturing as musicians. If you want the same stuff over and over, just listen to the old CDs over and over.
DUR WUT IS IT GREEN DAY?
Honestly, anyone who thinks AFI now sounds like Green Day is a complete fool. I don't think that can even be an opinion, it's just flat out wrong.
Because remember folks, Green Day invented multiple people at once yelling "Hey!" in the background of a song!
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