Wednesday, 14 Dec 2005
I’m going to let you in on a secret. The National are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. Expect their album, Alligator to land somewhere in my Top 5 of 2005. Today I have a real treat for you, The National played the “Black Sessions” in Paris on April 29th of this year, and below you will find the MP3′s of the performance in high quality audio. Enjoy!
1. All The Wine
2. Secret Meeting
3. Driver Suprise Me
4. Lit Up
5. Cherry Tree
6. Baby, We’ll Be Fine
7. Geese
8. City Middle
9. Looking for Astronauts
10. Mr November
11. Daughters of the Soho Riots
12. Abel
13. Wasp Net
December 15th, 2005 at 2:18 am
i agree, alligator has gotten better w/ each listen
December 15th, 2005 at 2:40 am
Is UWM going to do an old number 6 to uw tonight?
December 15th, 2005 at 8:34 am
What’s an “old number 6?”
December 15th, 2005 at 10:05 am
Thanks thanks thanks for these. I think this is growing into an obsession for me. I’m frightened.
December 15th, 2005 at 10:54 am
Alligator is keeping me warm in this cold northeastern town. Thank you for turning up the heat alittle.
December 15th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
thanks bro!
December 15th, 2005 at 4:26 pm
Ryan, did I miss the boat on this one? I’ve never actually d/l’ed anything by this band or ever heard them. I think I’ll start today.
December 15th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Great post. Thank you so much great quality mp3′s.
December 16th, 2005 at 7:30 am
Simply amazing mate !!! I love The National, i am agree with you “Alligator” the best album of 2005. Thank you so much for the Black Session, the audio quality is perfect.
I’ve seen them on live in Rome last summer, great concert…
December 23rd, 2005 at 10:21 am
ive been hooked on these guys from july of this year …i worked at american eagle and “able” was on our in store play. hooked from then on..now im trying to find “sad songs ” , “cherry ” , and “self-titled” because no one here has them in town.
December 23rd, 2005 at 5:23 pm
Aligator no doubt is Album of the year…
why do you listen to that man…
Portugal are waiting.
December 23rd, 2005 at 5:36 pm
i used to be carry in the arms of…
you all know who !!!
January 8th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Alligator was my album of the year, smashing aside all competition with ease. Thanks for the tracks!!
February 3rd, 2006 at 12:02 pm
fantastic band…had never heard of them before so this made my day…love the guy’s deep growl…wowee!!!
February 8th, 2006 at 12:23 am
hi there… just caught on to the national this year and i’m loving alligator more and more.
thank you so much for the black sessions!
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Black session is a great great moment to live for a music fan…if you go to paris one day: “Maison de la radio, France Inter Radio (Paris, France)”
March 3rd, 2006 at 5:37 am
Wow — thanks for posting this!
But — not to be a killjoy — I keep getting an error in “Daughters of the Soho Riots.” Would it be possible for you to post a fixed version, or is this a problem with the original recording?
Nevertheless, great show!
March 8th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Has anyone else heard them doing a live song called “Pretty forever”? I was wondering If it
is a cover song.
March 24th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
GOT ‘EM…Nevermind.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
goodness, those tracks are great!! =) but i can’t get mr november, daughters of the soho riots and wasp nest. any chance you could fix those?? please?!
April 12th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
^^ nevermind, it worked out in the end. sorry! and thanks for those. pity the songs are cut off at the end, i’m not complaining though!
June 26th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Better late than never. Thanks.
August 9th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Thanks for the lowdown. I love the Black Sessions but I was missing a few of these tracks. As good as they are on record, they may be even better live. Can’t wait to see them again in October.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:55 am
Thank you!!!
November 13th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
where are the files?
November 14th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
any chance of a repost …. ???
November 28th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
repost ….. pretty please!
May 29th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
http://rapidshare.com/files/32285273/National2005_04.29_Black_Session__230.rar
June 30th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Have new national video for a track called runaways on my blog. Its a cracker of a tune, pitched somewhere between gator and boxer.