Magnetic North - Drift Away Music Video

[fastblack09]

this music is really good 

[PhoTunez]

Powerful Message Sent.

[hawjsta]

What's the beginning song?

[kawaiilani96]

@hawjsta It's their other song "Unda Control" (:

[gin012]

Dude they all look hella younggggggggg! HAHAH damn damn!

[myss354]

can't really see it in her but she has a serious case of the "G"

[newSOUL10]

I've always wonder who sung this version of the song; until I clicked on wongfu's new music vid, and this was on the side, man bring back memories of 6 yrs ago.

[Jay2Woll]

Truly inspiring

[misstrwbrylvr]

san franciscoooo ^^

[demonflame1993]

wong fu should re upload this on their official channel :D

[idontknowkarate]

irving in sf! and that girl at the end went to ucsc!! woahh!! blast to 2006!

[Byakono]

i want this song... how do i get it o.o

[BlazenJef]

I'm only here cuz of Wang Fu made another MV with these guys

[TheUltimateStickmanZ]

1000th comment...!!!?

[nhattieful]

this was my favorite song back then! replaying it and singing remnants of every line. magnetic north da slapzzzz

[r1dd3l3r]

i think this is wong fu's best MV. the message that it sends leaves such a great impact yet you still are able to enjoy the song and not feel overwhelmed with the story line

[flipILListiic]

I was 14 just entering Junior High when i listened to this.

Now i'm 19 Graduated, & Working.. Man, thank you Wong Fu. ♥

[Myterac]

WongFu Productions brought me here. Thumbs up if the same is for you!

[Legazn]

@Myterac

This IS Wong Fu Productions. thewesleychan IS Wong Fu Productions before they made their official channel.

[staralpha14]

who searched for this after wongfu posted a new song by magnetic north and reminded them of this song?

[22dance4ever97]

OMG this was posted for on my birthday!!

BTW CAN'T wait for their new music video home:word produced/edited/directed by wong fu!!!

[m1steraaron]

original wong fu music video!

[Shock777423]

Wong Fu brought me back here!



[shazal10000]

Respect

[animefreak130]

This video was filmed in San Fran :D

and around where i used to live no wonder everything i saw was so familiar!!

<3

[lourdie89]

deep video.

[irwinisidro]

This could be a cover music video.

[SuperNiob]

co za kibel

[beingrhina]

I miss. . .

[spagnon7]

it was the drivers fault he had to brake, even if the kid wasnt deaf

[Snoopsas]

This is fucked up. You did shit compared to original...

[HipHopPolooza]

Man...I dont even know what i'd do if I couldn't listen to my music anymore.

[maubon55]

Good song but the original is way better and

[97shawtay]

@maubon55 what original?!

[MISOFdsraceteam]

this > pieces of shit played today

[TheGibberishGuy]

@MISOFdsraceteam it's not shit. you are most likely shit yourself

[TomStick91]

@TheGibberishGuy I think you misread the comment and missed the ">" in there.

[K3BANG]

didnt they get in trouble for this?

and they had to remove it from their album or something?

great song regardless though

[skylinegtrr34]

@K3BANG yea they did get into trouble. they explained that they believed they had obtained all the correct licensing from the producers of the original drift away song, but once they released their album and started to make some money, the producers threatened them with a lawsuit because they apparently did not obtain "all" licenses.

[iame4793]

SSSSSSucks...

[trippmyster]

its not copy, its sampling everyone does it ^^ i love this song

[kgiedudeispinoy12]

2:48 ITS KEVJUMBA

i think hahaha

[vallev99]

@kgiedudeispinoy12 they all look the same...jk haha

[number9stuna]

wait a second their from WONG FU PRODUCTIONS?? THOSE GUYS ARE AWSOME

[deborahyanthan]

Love this song!!!

[mendedsmile]

can anyone translate what they're signing?

loosely, i'm getting: [literal sign translation -- not necessarily meaning]

I want [future] you

I want go together

Go with me - I show you tonight

Can anyone clarify?

[lilaznballaz1022]

Wow this was uploaded on my birthday....5 years ago. haha AND it was in my hometown of SF. time has passed so much. Much love Wes

[xIpodTouchGoeroex]

stupid chinese covering a great song

[XxGinoDxX]

Very Inspiring! Free Your souls for music!

[CaliChingon]

I know this aint the original but job well done I havent seen a good video like this in a long time

[ThaFuckk]

I can't even tell you how much I hate this. They just ruined a perfectly good song

[WonderfulMrShyne]

@ThaFuckk Why? Because they made it into their own type of music? How about you go and "drift away" if you don't appreciate other type of music. Everyone knows this samples from Dobie gray, in fact look the the right and you'll see it right there.

[RazzberriJam]

@ThaFuckk If you hate it so much then why the hell would you waste your time writing this comment? I mean this may be your opinion but if you have nothing nice to say then don't say it at all

[jasonjames1000]

@ThaFuckk your such a loser, these kids got more talent n intelligence in only one brain cell then you do your whole brain. this song sends a deep msg. n i love it along with 1795 other ppl. i jus hate ppl that cant keep there negative comments to themselves, evryone could care less if you hate this, jus go lay down sum where n stop writin stupid comments

[calebkng]

@dud43 dude do you even know who sings the original song?? M

[xIpodTouchGoeroex]

@calebkng Well he's raging so I guess he knows that

[dud43]

This song is total copy cat. the creaters of this song should DRIFT AWAY out of my life.

[XReleaseX]

@dud43 Buddy, did you even understand what the message from the video was about? no i didn't think so. Look, they never claimed that " drift away " was their own song, obviously they knew that this was from some other source, so they decided to make their own version. Whats wrong with that?. Sure they arn't singing it right because this is their own version. Understand that this is considered true hiphop, consisting of lyrical rhymes and a beautiful message to note. Think twice before you post.

[dud43]

what is wrong with you. You just steal a song a think people are gonna like it. That is a total copy cat. You aren't even singing it right

[zeldafreakazoid]

This is a total copy of drift away from another band

[mentalmetal1]

@zeldafreakazoid it's called sampling moron. and it's not copying if you make it your own.

[narutorox85]

@mentalmetal1 Remember kids, stealing creativity is okay if everyone else is doing it!

Seriously, it's just lazy song writing. The fact that it's so widespread only reflects poorly on the music industry.

[narutorox85]

@mentalmetal1 Whoops, sorry, I replied to the wrong comment. Meant to respond to the one below yours :P

And I agree somewhat with your point that it's not quite as bad if you make it your own, but here it sounds forced in. The best parts of this song are the original parts. When they put in that perversion of the Drift Away chorus, it just sounds forced and bad.

[Kleeeenex1]

powerful mv , even though we may have disabilities, some worse then others, we can always and should be positive and enjoy life to its fullest. Pursuit to happiness!

[XxFunnehBunnehxX]

Wow.. I fail.. i Just noticed they were recording it in SF rite after i saw francis scott key T.T fail and muni kinda gave me a clue lol

[brothersofconquer]

@falconisko Lol Funny how that botherd you. Lighten up man its all good. But I knew I could get someone to comment on it. Lol This band is Awsome!!

[kujatanaka]

I can't believe this song only has 373k views over 4 years. What is this shit!

[deathdivine13]

@kujatanaka dw there r other vids of this song...add them all up and u get more!! :D

[zsljulius]

@kujatanaka Because Wong Fu was not as widely known in 2006

[RubenDelight]

@zsljulius it's about the music not about who made the video

[brothersofconquer]

@lawisitsmtt Funny. There is no other interpretation of the video. Only your interpretation is correct. Everyone knows that there is only one interpretation of the video and that is yours and it has to be correct and no one else’s is. Lol That’s funny ;)

[falconisko]

@brothersofconquer omg, knock it off. lawisitsmtt was right, u were wrong, just get over it. stop being pathetic and offensive. he just corrected you, nothing more. what a kid

[TRENDSETTERSMAN]

chill ass song, my homie who went to the Philippines cause of his bad grades introduced me to this song, makes me miss him bromo.

btw was this shot in san francisco ? looks familiar thats why.

[mwang213]

There are at least 72 people out there who don't know what good music is.

[lemonxjuice]

i totally cried when i first saw this vid

[rebirthism]

beautiful video to go along with a great song.

[liddokun0001]

i would definitely go crazy if i ever went deaf.

[climaxsocold]

this is real hip hop :D

it isnt breakbeats but man i use to always bboy to this

just felt it and connected

[sendasinl21]

why are they ALL asian? i dont have a problem with it but isnt it strange they live in an asian only world? where they speak english? im not into superiority of races and im not accusing them of it im jus sayin that its not very diverse so a little less realistic

[ssjsolidsnake]

@sendasinl21

Here in California are communities with really dense Asian American populations. I believe from what I can see in the video that this video is staged in the Outer Sunset district of San Francisco and if you are familiar with what it's like out there, maybe 60+ % of it is concentrated with Asian American residents.

Believe me, take a walk over there and you will see, everyone is Asian. Just like in a lot of other rap videos, it's just a showcase of their neighborhood.

[shapeshifter567]

@sendasinl21 Well it's not any different from when white and black people do it

[afung89]

@sendasinl21 I'm sure Magnetic North knows what they're doing. I believe that they are trying to incorporate more Asians into music videos. They are misrepresented or invisible in a lot of music videos. As to live in an Asian world, that's called Asia. Okay, maybe you'll run into a non-asian person every 50 blocks, but those are tourists. He walks down 2 streets... I don't see you complaining about other music videos where they have all blacks or all whites. After all, it is an all Asian group.

[Inbauti]

i walked in to forever 21; XXI and I heard this song play. Its good to know that this music is being recognized.

[elmoraps]

this song is horriable because it changed all the original song by dobie gray.

[WhoahBroYo]

@elmoraps

its called a sample ... and it doesnt ruin a song to sample

[philipichino]

where is the chorus from?

[ahsoon6]

YEs . PROUD OF CHINESE> .. Actually where is tis two person from . China , taiwan .



[piggi0ink]

@ahsoon6 Derek Kan and Theresa Vu are Vietnamese and American-born. Well actually, I'm not completely certain about Derek's ethnicity, but Theresa is Vietnamese.

[PartTimeWatch]

@piggi0ink In "We Will Not Be Moved", Derek says he's an ABC - American Born Chinese.

[piggi0ink]

@PartTimeWatch Ah, okay, thanks :]

[DefoliantProjector]

this song is just so...nostalgic. It makes me feel very peaceful. The message, the beat, the tune...it might even be better than the Dobie Gray version...

[nikopopolas]

Something about this doesn't sound good. Lemme just turn this off and blast some Chiodos...

[bosniankid801]

@nikopopolas lmfao! my friend just said that too like 15 minutes ago

[Shock777423]

AWESOME! Good job on the song and the video!

[rwchen95]

this message is so powerful. i never realized how important music was to me until i found myself in tears at the end of this video. but another thing i learned is that music isn't just made to be heard. it is made to be felt. and no matter what, i know now that music will be always be apart of me.

[WPHSBandGeek]

@rwchen95 If I've learned one thing about music, after having been in music classes and marching band, and I have, is to never take music for granted.... even if some may not be the greatest of songs ^_^

[mrsleonguerrero]

wish the hook flow was original. knocked off from Dobie Gray . still a good vid.

[eliothong]

how do you guys only shoot in 360p? get with the times!

[blueboiftw]

@eliothong how do you not know how to check when this was made? this was made almost 4 years ago. get with the times and learn how to read.

[eliothong]

@blueboiftw i'm sorry, i'm pretty sure back in 2006 480p was widely available. look up your information before you try to school someone. PS i up voted this video, its a good song

[turquoiseturtle173]

@eliothong this is one of their oldest videos, from 2006. if you go to their official channel, wongfuproductions, you can see that they shoot usually shoot in 720p or 1080p nowadays.

[committee54]

You can get this mp3 at instantmp3s..com

[IggySe]

Love this song.

cant imagine my life without music...

[TylerLeeFTW]

i like this song/video. only thing i dont like is "give me that flow"<- who says that? sound weird. im a critic tho lol........ love everything else about it

[samuraidlmz]

where did they go?

[pigfeet926]

what a great song and video!!!

[nl22]

there is still real music after all :)

[Jennully]

Omg, I've seen this music video YEARS ago.. I did not know Wong Fu created it! D: I guess I never paid attention to the info at the beginning and end. Lol

Anyway.. This is amazing! Very deep stuff..

[biggstaffesc123]

spm-mary go round <--a mexicans motivations song...that and oldies u cant ruin the song like that if its good leave it as it is

[BakuganBoys00]

That was my cousin that Deaf guy

[badasschlc]

@BakuganBoys00 was he really deaf? or just acting?

[BakuganBoys00]

@badasschlc no he is just acting

[strikken2391]

Powerful...

[spanky1113]

I always have to fight back tears when I watch this video. Such a powerful video/song combination. Amazing group.

[Itsmarcosbro]

damn my dream is to grow up and be 1 of the best rappers....Just like 2Pac.......RIP

[xdarkkatana]

finally...music that isnt just repeating one word 364343578648673476 times. nice to see theres still music wit a meaning

[mardz23]

i cant believe this is the first time im hearing this nice music after all this time..

[gravysauce]

so ive never heard of this group..and i was watching this video on youtube that had this song and was really diggin it...so i searched this video and i recognized the background..this is the sunset!..is magnetic north from the bay area?

[dboyzero]

@gravysauce Yep, they're cali born and bred.

[teopunkd]

cum se cheama mel d la 0:01-0:15?:o3

[brothersofconquer]

Exsactly thats what makes this video so cool! I love this song and think that they are very talented artist. Love this song. 71 people went def before listing to this song and got offended and hit the wrong button. I feel sorry for those people :(

[lemonlovestea]

this music video made me teary.. cant imagine how life would be without music..

[Short5haired]

this song is very similar to drift away by dobie gray.....

[dayravager]

Is this halfway ripped off Give me the Beat Boy by Bill Withers...?

[27rdc5]

this song is done with care and a great meanings to it gotta love since i'm a fan of the original one.

[misteraznballa]

3:05- shot in san francisco's francis scott key!!!

[brothersofconquer]

The boy in the video can hear. It is the girl who can't speak so she uses sign language. She gets mad at him for listning to music, even though she can't talk to him she still gets mad. Thats why she gives him concert tickets so they can both go to a concert. Love this video!

[anzpride008]

@brothersofconquer umm... i'm pretty sure the guy can't hear. he takes him to the concert for another reason. listen to the music and feel it :)

[lawlsitsmatt]

@brothersofconquer too bad you interpreted the video completely wrong.

the boy is deaf the girl communicates to him by using sign language. The boy can't deal with the fact that he has become deaf so instead of admitting it he pretends that he is listening to music (as seen when he pulls the wire out of his pocket and it isnt hooked up to a cd player)

this song is about the love of music and although he is deaf music is part of his soul.

[JeromeLeong]

@lawlsitsmatt if he is deaf, in the end of the music video , he seems happy as if he could understand what the singer is saying.

[rhymesayersn1fan]

@lawlsitsmatt i never completely understood the video but now i do shit thanks bro =]

[GtheJAR]

@lawlsitsmatt damn, that's deep! O_O thank you for the translation of the plot! Wong Fu guys are great at creating this kind of videos!^___^! this song's getting better every time I listen to it]

[TheMastercharles]

He cant hear so she makes him feel better by taking him to a concert? That makes sense I suppose

[KeroSanity]

@TheMastercharles

It's sentimental. Even without the ability to hear, his world still revolves around music.

Course, it'd be pretty insensitive to do so straight after he lost the ability to hear. But, I doubt that this is the case.

[TheSpiriTCwalker7]

nice :X i luv it

[stoopidgy]

Holy shit this is an abomination!!!!

[jiffy973]

this is my jam... wow this is funky fresh x1 0^5

[jjpnn12345]

i really like this song , because music is everything , i really mean everything except for that one special person.

[OneLevelLeft]

isn't this song based on some older song? Lyrics are very similar... conspiracy?

[pistolland]

"Drift Away" 1972 John Henry Kurtz

Both songs are amazing.

[pistolland]

@OneLevelLeft

[xxxbeasterxxx12]

ears is not the only way to listen music!

u can feel it with your body :)

[psong2010]

@xxxbeasterxxx12 wow this is the gayest thing ive ever heard

[xxxbeasterxxx12]

i meant u can feel the vibration of sound!

but maybe u can put a cd player in your hole :)

[happysauce123]

this is my friends sister LOL

[0babyblueangel0]

Music IS my life :]

[SeksiChaps]

My brother went to school with the guy. Apparently they played super smash bros melee :)

[ashihtaka]

@SeksiChaps Nobody cares dumb shit.

[SeksiChaps]

@ashihtaka lolololol rage sum moar plz kthxrofl.

[ashihtaka]

@SeksiChaps Rage? I'm just saying nobody care g4 your brother.

[UntoldFate]

@ashihtaka I care about his brother.

[Shiga2714]

@UntoldFate I care too.

[xjuuni]

"..overdosed on flows, comatose on rhymes, wanna drift away, staying conscious enough just to hit replay.."

[Terrekon]

" strummin my pain like it was killin me softly"

damn she can sing, rap, and got a fugees reference in her verse? straight killin it.

[flamecaneMD]

where can i get this song ive looked every where

[amar456789]

word ... honestly mi computer broke for like a week once and

mi i pod and everything that i listen to music with, it all broke and i had no way of listening to music.That 1 week i almost went crazy ............. cant stand not listening to music lol

wonder wut i wud do if i really did go deaf :o

[NkaujNag]

They came to my college and performed today.

They were so great!!!!!!!!!!

[Syaaj17]

this song's good

[KidProper]

Now this is wsup haha

[shallwethen]

losing your hearing, doesn't mean losing music..

[zo0ol]

i love this. it's crazy. great job guys. it's really cool.

[JNLauj]

someone might have asked this already and someone probably already answered this question but, can someone tell me what the sign language conversation was about?

[Coffeespillz]

great song ;-)

[xieshunnuan]

Dymn that's nice haha.

[leungwil]

the video by wong fu is awesome

[crappysiam13]

is he really deaf or is just the vid?

[eteune]

loved the original, a true classic, so was ready for disappointment...

wow, turned me on, they pulled it off, never heard new version of that song that actually worked

nice

[HipHopPolooza]

I just stumbled across Magnetic North they're mad nice anyone wanna rec me some dope songs by them?

[RealChinese]

we will not be moved, Soliloguy, is all i can remember on the top

[RealChinese]

try one 2 one

[y2grady]

you just ruined a great song.