My Morning Jacket - I Will Be There When You Die

[CalisFinest333]

I want this song to have some sort of physical incarnation so I can just hug it.

[babykatarzyna]

Jim James Is An Angel That Was Cast Down To Earth He Is The Nuts Man!!



[GnomesAmok]

Back in the days of limewire, I was about 14 and I found this song under Godspeed You Black Emperor. People had taste back then. This song changed my life.

[HellsAngelsofNC]

This is so crazy, im watching american dad, and looked this band up to see if they were real and omg and there fucking awesome.

[michigan774]

jim is the fucking man and everyone should know it

[drivenhome]

And then you hear this song, and you start to cry, for all those who have passed like phantoms in my eyes and especially for those you love now who I hope never say goodbye.

You are so missed.

[simoltan]

Remember when MMJ where shit......Yeah me neither

[JMKRATOCHVIL]

I wonder is this is what Ripley sang to Dallas on the Nostromo when he was captured by the Alien.

[AcharisMusic]

I can't stop listening to this song.

[muzicsalesman]

God damnit this music is just so genuine .

[BIGTUCKSF45]

This song almost brings me to tears and I'm a grown ass man.

[Luisabarros7]

Really love this song - I appreciate your posting it!! Thanks! ;-))

[MundMoriginal]

Stan Smith sent me.

[Putaspellonyou]

amazing....fucking....song...!­!!

[admufsm]

I really miss their first records when they used to be more folk and minimalist... :\

[danifilthismyhusband]

this guys voice murders my soul..i love it<3

[jgiuffra1]

@MrPOPSZILLA

I think you are completly wrong.

Finding new music through other medias is one way in which music can grow and expand, and if you slate and deem it to be wrong, then you my friend are denying music the chance to reach places it normally wouldn't.

Take me for example, i am a massive metal and classic rock fan and if it weren't for American Dad i would never have found this music and because i enjoy this music but found it through AD your saying im wrong? Why is that?

[andrew1903]

@jgiuffra1

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Fuck maturity and reason this is the youtube comment section.

[MrPOPSZILLA]

why the fuk is it that every single mmj video has comments about american dad? its a lame cartoon, who the fuk cares. if thats the only way you heard of my morning jacket your lame too

[tpala1]

Its good but I thought it would be better

[friedt8rs]

Good morning USA......

[TheSolarena]

There is a special level of HELL for people who dislike this shit..

Its a bowling alley, where they only serve flat PBR on tap, and the same 3 songs play on the jukebox in constant rotation,

Tag Team's "Whoomp There It Is",

Wreckx-n-Effect's "Rump Shaker"

95 South's "Whoot There It Is"

You will learn to appreciate good music, if it takes an eternity

[bluelipsredhands]

He sounds sooo much like Robert Pecknold from Fleet Foxes.

[monokid1]

@bluelipsredhands More like Robert Pecknold sounds like Jim James. Considering MMJ have been around since 1998, while Fleet Foxes formed in 2006 :)

[bluelipsredhands]

@monokid1 Well played. (:

[Iguanaintrouble]

BEautiful. song.

[cabasafication]

what album is this from?

[niggerdickable]

@cabasafication the tennessee fire



[loiosh19]

For some reason this song has been in my iPod under Godspeed You Black Emperor, which makes absolutely no sense.

[Imptheshrimp]

@loiosh19 pffffft, what. that is just nuts.

[xomegalooluvsuox]

This song makes me want to tell everyone that I love them.

[johncuda]

I want to find a love like that.

[rockstarofredondo]

@johncuda I do too. :)

[Sara10393]

This song is beyond perfection. It's so raw and real, nothing like it.

[FightWright]

I'm sorry.

[Kokafacity]

American Dad sent me here too. Like these dudes' music but I think they aren't as great as some of you tell me under their song's vids

[Putaspellonyou]

wow.....

[midwestpancake]

:(

[auburniscrucial10]

This music is not heard, but felt. This music is an endangered species. This listener is pleased.

[CrayzMark]

hm, i fuckin' love Coheed and Cambria, but yeah....

i happened to find MMJ off American Dad,

and alls i know is I am very thankful for that!

cuz they're definitely legitt....

[RIVURSTIX666]

SOMEONE THAT WAS TRYING TO GET ME INTO COHEED TOLD ME ABOUT THIS BAND A WHILE BACK. SINCE I DIDN'T CARE FOR COHEED NOR THAT CERTAIN SOMEONES TASTE IN MUSIC, I JUST WROTE THIS BAND OFF... I APOLOGIZE TO MY MORNING JACKET... THEIR MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL....

[weezadam]

wow this hardly sounds like Jim James. This is really good

[angel03601]

love this songggg !

[LondonCity232]

Ohhhh such a nice song !

[funnyguy294]

1 dislike...1 DISLIKE!.....watever theres like 127 likes..so yeah..take the dislike button off MMJ!

[btheadtrip]

I found out about MMJ when a friend went to a show a few months back and told me about them. Wish I heard them BEFORE the show! :*(

I've been told seeing them live is a life changing experience.

[MsScouseandproud]

@btheadtrip i totally is i went to see them in manchester uk it was amazing was 5 ft away from yim yames !!!!!

[frylock1991]

yeah i also found out about them from american dad, its been harder to stay up to date with music since i only recently got back internet back and dont listen to radio but does anyone know the song they play at the end of the american dad episode? they have a clip of them live at the very end of the show.

[wholewheatbagel]

@MrMuffin

lulz @ shoe gaze.

[proffessionalbaddass]

Represent the Ville!

[brentonm1988]

american dad is the prophet that brought the gospel of MMJ to the larger community. anything this beautiful should be released free into the world by any means

[astrogeek15]

@brentonm1988 hahaha it kinda creeped me out at first when you said that I thought of a cult... hahaha no offense I understand what your saying

[TheScissorhandsKhemi]

@brentonm1988 yes definatley, they cut down people for discovering them on my American Dad, its not about where you found them, its the fact that you did find them.

[TheFairiesofGreen]

Missin you cis... sorry I was not there babe....

[soxfan249]

My Morning Jacket has become one of my favorite bands, as they mix classic rock and blues rock so well. I didn't think I'd be into the older, country-esque stuff, but it's not what I'd define as country. It really is a shame that this, REAL American music, goes unnoticed while rap and pop stars are rewriting what American music is. At least the Brits can compensate with Muse, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

[wholewheatbagel]

@soxfan249

british music sucks. coldplay doubly so.

[ChaseSchieferPhotos]

@wholewheatbagel

Way to be a close-minded ass clown. There are hundreds of fantastic British bands out there. And I'm sure many of them inspired Yim Yames and MMJ. Oceansize, The Beatles, Nick Drake!! HEELLLOOOO schmuck!

[dryDOCKriverRAT]

makes me cry..every single time....even if it just gets in my head. makes me think of mom and her health, remember her looking up at me in a hosp bed saying to me to straighten up

[RedRoosterbabam]

@dryDOCKriverRAT Shoulda told her to liven up : D..get it?

[ilovexbar]

his voice sounds so much like damien rice's!

[cdphatty]

hes got waay more range than damien rice though

[CutieGutie]

I love MMJ! My best friend..... this was one of our faveorite bands. My best friend died last June. I found this song afterwards. It brings back good memories of him and bad memeries of holding his hand in the hospital as he died. I miss him. I miss him so much!

[TheFrozenLads]

It doesn't really matter how you found out about MMJ. The important thing is that you found out about MMJ.

[TythePartyGuy8128]

@TheFrozenLads  Well put bro.

[toomuchpeopleonytube]

@TheFrozenLads agreed

[Wormdog84]

@TheFrozenLads Thank you. i saw mmj at petty last night. petty was aight. mmj rocked as usual

[HumanAccount]

@TheFrozenLads found out about mmj at bonnarroo was rolling hard and come over to there stage and really thought i was in heaven...amazing staring into the stars and it was a light drizzle...never forget it

[jeetjewee]

it brings tears in my eyes

[EliteBeave]

amazing some people actually thought my morning jacket was made up for american dad. amazing. little too much nickelback and linkin park goin around these days.

[smallpawwly44]

@EliteBeave U FORGOT 3 DOORS DOWN...THAT MAKES THE HOLY TRINITY OF SHIT GENERIC MACHINES THATLL BE PUMPIN OUT THE SAME CRAP FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY MANAGE. I JUST HOPE SOMETHIN COMES ALONG TO KNOCKEM ON DEY ASSES. LOL

[wholewheatbagel]

dont forget KOL.

[EliteBeave]

yeah i liked early KOL. too bad with the inevitable sellout. daughtry, matchbox 20, creed, etc....

[blasticpuddhas]

@EliteBeave What was the episode of american Dad that had their stuff (plot wise) and what was the song?

[EliteBeave]

@blasticpuddhas the name of the episode was "my morning straightjacket"... they had a lot of songs on there. also, with the end credits, they showed actual footage of them live at okonokos doing wordless chorus

[LeninfromUSSR]

@EliteBeave that episode is on right now and i went on youtube and thought please let is be real, his voice is angelic.

[EliteBeave]

@LeninfromUSSR that is awesome. i recommend looking up "my morning jacket - okonokos" and watching some live stuff (one big holiday, anytime, at dawn...) they're all amazing. thanks for the post :-) go see them live if possible, trust me.

[Bullet0hris]

@EliteBeave that's true but I don't really care what the other say or listen to :)

in my opinion it's also enough to me if only I listen to real and great music :) nothing else matter..

[crazebox66]

@EliteBeave nickleback sucks but linkin park for the most part is good but MMJ are FUCKIN AWESOME

[4everRobin]

@EliteBeave You forgot all that other crap... Justin beiber, little wain, lady gagga etc.

[HybridReaper]

@EliteBeave Something wrong with Linkin Park ?

[eagleeye2391]

@HybridReaper yea they suck

[JarredRS]

@EliteBeave Neither of those bands have anything to do with american dad, nor my morning jacket. That's just mainstream, which is also irrelevant. Just rant about nickleback and linkin park somewhere else. This is MMJ.

[ivanjacome]

lol funny man.. i also thought it was an "american dad" made up band.. lmao

[Jade1is1awsome]

Lol same!

Jade x

[WuzUpWitYa]

lmao... i thought this was just a band that was made up on American Dad

[wholewheatbagel]

i have never seen so much fail in one single post in my life.

[weaksauce95]

Cymbalrushband were you at the boston show?

[CymbalRushBand]

it has been wonderful seeing monsters of folk plat this live

[wmoorman91]

bite your tongue. Conor voice may not have the range as jim, or as elegant, but after listening to this, and the one with Conor, I prefer the one with Conor. Now if it was just conor I wouldn't like it as much. But together they added a great blend to the song.

[ToxicZUGGAL0]

Kind of like Hall&Oates? Theres just that harmony?

[iwalkwithzombies]

song brings a tear

song brings a tear

[sab7756]

seems like this song brings two tears to ur eyes

[narutita16]

amo esa cancion es hermosa

[butterfliesonme]

Librarian is one my favorite songs from MMJ, along with this one.

[rinosaur7]

rip mcnair

[metallico21]

strangulation and death is my sleazy pay i think is mmj at their best, their new albums are just good, this in the other hand, is spiritual, is magnificent, you can feel like jim is singing at your side, no words can describe it

[abigyellowdoggie]

This song always makes me get that tingly music feeling of awe that builds in the back of my neck and head.

[caylesyx]

is this the original version? cause it sounds like normal recording... no offence, just asking

[kattlauv]

Yes it is.

[Tangerinez77]

great song great band!

[deeoo]

Best song EVER. Pity this youtube version has some hard-cut-distortion in it.

[vansebastian]

here are the best tracks in no particular order:

gideon, at dawn, STRANGULATION, i will be there when you die, death is the easy way, i just wanted to be your friend, i think i'm going to hell, bermuda highway, where to begin, hopefully. start with those, if you need more great tracks, just ask. also search youtube for their acoustic chorale, it is brilliant. its only 5 or 6 songs but its most of the ones i named.

[smezzybeatz]

i'm new to my morning jacket. what else are some good songs?? so far i only have their evil urges album. i'm liking their older songs like this and one big holiday too. any suggestions?

[TheRozzesTV]

Listen to their album 'Z'

It's fucking amazing.

MMJ are one of those bands that change so much you can't really just jump into them, you have to ease your way into it.

They really are true genius.

Hope that helped

:]

[m522280]

imho there older stuff is far superior to the new. Their album The Tennessee Fire is one of the best albums i've ever heard. Nashvile to Kentucky never gets old. Saw these guys at some little art house in Phoenix - Modified Arts - in like 2000. One of the best perfromances I've ever seen.

[JamieBarnes11]

When you compare their last two records to this album they seem fucking awful. Tennsesse Fire is one of my favourite albums.

[m522280]

There new stuff seems like it's created by some other band. I love these guys but can't get into the new stuff.

[awood8205]

Songs like this give me piece of mind.

[EscargoTouChaud]

piece of cake, peace of mind, no? :)

Very nice song.

[cubskid21]

unbelieveable

[smaaklekker]

Hey MuizeekPhanahtic get me some of that weed dude!!!!!!!!!!!

[bandofhorses4]

I love this so much one of the most amazing songs ever

[YerkrossCut]

beautifull!

[ixeatxbabiesxlol]

niceee...

[JackRusselTerrorist]

Fantastic. Very dylan-esque.

[MuizeekPhanahtic]

I like the minimalist arrangment style in this song, that My Morning Jacket perfected in many ways, because it allows the lyrics/vocals/muscianship to be displayed at the forefront with no distractions or misrepresentations. This is a very sentimental, scorching, emotional masterpiece of affection that comes across so effortlessly. The acoustics are soft and grow on you with its evident solid rhythm. The lyrics are very precise, intelligent and used so wisely. One of their top songs. A+ job!

[Brighteyedsammy]

makes my cry....its amazing

[lmrdjm275]

that's weird that it makes you cry, it's just a song no one died.

[yzaakroller]

so you only cry when somebody dies? well, that's EXTREMELY weird :S

[fullmoonnite]

Very good.