sometimes i like to howl the lines 'tonight i'm swimming to my favourite island... and i don't want to see you swimming behii-iiinnnd' in a monotone voice while i'm driving along in my car. it's quite soothing, you should try it.
It's interesting how people perceive the meaning of these lyrics. Callahan has talked about it before. He said, himself, that it's A) about a friend of his, and B) about a person who doesn't "tend" to the girls he goes through. The act of breaking horses is a metaphor for breaking women. : /
Let me get this straight...we have a 'poem' celebrating the inability to either get close, or stay close to a woman (who apparently is attached), as a general principle; and we have 190k+ people cheering him on for this wonderful poetry, typically how it reflects their own life and philosophy ("reminds how i left the only woman i ever loved." ehhh...wtf why?). I'm unsure if this funny, or deeply sad.
@onegnometorule He said that he wrote this song to help a friend of his understand why someone she'd slept with wouldn't call her back. Just because a song is about something, doesn't mean that it's 'celebrating' it. If weirdos want to take it as like the theme of their life or something, that has nothing to do with Bill's intention for the song. It is beautiful poetry; poetry doesn't have to be celebratory nor indicative of a songwriter's general principles.
@misterite : in my opinion it's a song about people who are not able to be with someone else but who are not much able to be alone ; it's a song about the dream of lonely island and the impossibility to get it. not exactly "cute" actually.
damn, i just came across this track so randomly. Basically im getting into production of music. That said i started reading about techniques of Lo-Fi recording. I then read about SMOG. I typed it into youtube. and listened to this song.
Damn its so good =D. Real talk i always say Style over Technicality.
Like ive read the comments in here say, he may not be the most technical with the guitar, or nice with the singing but the man has got soul. no question.
that shot @ 2:30 where his hand is hanging off the chair then a smaller more delicate hand comes into frame to adjust the volume or something, is simply beautiful.
I love that part in the end where he goes "Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island...and I don't want to see you swimming behind" That hits me somewhere deep. I don't know why though...By the way, this version is taken from the EP "Kicking a couple around" , not "Accumulation:None"
You argue that this is boring when this is one of smog's most artfully songs. Smog has made clear that he is not musically gifted in guitar or vocals, but to dismiss the lyrical genius is just ignorant.
Smog tells an honest story of love, not one bedazzled in jewels. Just an honest account of pure heart wrenching love.
Being able to produce music with meaning is admirable in a pop-culture where much of it means nothing.
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BOREDOM. only 2 chords in the whole track, boring ones at that! Boring voice, boring lyrics. I can't understand how anyone could enjoy this. Sparsity and simplicity works in music, its just the fact that what little content is there is thoroughly uninteresting.
Ah, the first song that introduced me to Smog. Saw this video on British MTV late at night back in '96 - I think the show was called Alternative Nation. This will always be THE version of IBH for me. Understated and beautiful.
Two versions one on 'Kicking A Couple Around' & another on 'Accumulation: None' This one is from the former, and in my opinion is better - mostly for the vocal.
For all the people taking this incredibly seriously, he wrote this to explain to a female friend how a man could have a one-night stand with her and never call back.
Can't it still be taken incredibly seriously even if that is the motivation for the song? I just don't understand whysomething like a one night stand has to be taken lightly...
wtf is with some of these comments? its just a song. plenty of classic songs have very strange lyrics. Just because you dont like the song doesnt make the singer a 'sociopath'
Who isn't a little self-obessed? That's what this genre is all about- lo-fi, garage rock that was cultivated in the early 90's, by the isolated tv generation. So, I think what your saying is part of the appeal.
Ok one more time - when you hear this song, think of the guy that used up your niece or molested your daughter or your sister... or maybe the one that nailed your mother and abandoned her just before you were born. Think about how heroic it is to savage a woman either by deceit or manipulation. There are some really obnoxious users in this world. You go ahead and be their champion. I'll dismiss them, and as necessary, as point of character, I'll be their nemesis.
Well done, you crushed his fanbase and destroyed his reputation as a singer/songwriter. Now all that money he makes and critical acclaim will be gone. And to think, it only took one noble youtube comment. Generations of people will look to you in admiration. You have defamed the beast. With this, you will be remembered.
No one asked you to come here and talk about yourself. I don't think Jakefilms was the angry narcissist...
No shit you fucking idiot. What do you expect to happen when you go onto a music video and talk about how much the artist sucks and how everyone who listens to him is stupid and how cool you are? A pat on the back for being so brilliant and unique that you could go onto the internet, beat you fists like a fucking five year old, and jerk off in a bunch of peoples faces? Get over yourself jackass. It's one thing to say all that, but it's another to obsessively shout it where you're not welcome.
with mild good sense a context becomes clear that the song is written from the pov of a character, not necessarily the singer. if it felt 'real' to you then he was successful. i suppose you are too retarded as a point of character (wtf), to do anything but recoil in horror from e.g. Lolita or augusto roa bastos' Yo El Supremo, and shit mindless babble all over the youtube comment box like every other moron in the world. nice.
There's a personality type that gets emotional about fasion and taste. Introduce an opinion that ranges outside their rarefied and effete limits and they panic, get upset. It is fear. Maligning their Artist, on solid observation, creates panic. The dissolute never champion themselves - they need to cheer for their leaders, their heroes. This is the tendency mediocrity.
Poor dear boy doesn't understand grammar, and gets upset when someone disagrees. Change your huggies and dry your eyes - you'll fall in love with another boy singer any day now.
Maybe, someday, you could learn that you need to reply to my comment in order for me to read it. But that may just be wishful thinking. Kind of like you, wishing people cared about what you have to say.
The reply button is to the right of this sentence.
It's blue and it says "Reply" right next to another word that says "Spam". Not that hard to see, not that hard to click. My life's too short for me to come back to this video to talk at (a conversation requires you to be actively adding to the discussion) someone who refuses to do something so simple.
change your huggies? thats the best you can do? how about this, if you dont like a songwriter. dont watch his videos and piss on those who enjoy his music. second, bill callahan is neither self-indulgent nor a whiner and with all due respect to your bitchy comments has a better mastery of the english language and its subtleties and nuances than you have demonstrated here.
this is scary if u read this this far u will die in 10 days if u dont send to any 15 videos in 2 hours good luck hope u dont die !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn I had no clue there were this many people privy to Smog... but this video has over 80k plays. Im gonna have to do a cover of "It's Rough", I agree, he is an amazing song writer!
I once had 270 dollars a tank of gas and had (had as in imperative) to get to Tahoe.. from Florida. The only CD I had with me was A river aint too much to love four thousand miles in three days. That damn album is part of me now.
on "accumulation: none" there is the version of this song recorded during a John Peel session. piano and drums are added. it's so poignant. makes you wanna cry even more. i love (smog) so much.
I value youtube because it keeps me connected, against my will, with adolescence. Otherwise, I would only have the18 year old cashiers and cart chasers at Walmart to remind me of my wasted youth.
you're only ever 1 day old, 'til the day you die. The past years do nothing but die all over again, every day. The past died 1 second ago, and impressively enough, it can repeat that trick.
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yeah? well, it's on my top 3 list. you just know that's so much cooler than it being on your pedestrian top 5 list. oh boy, how original can one be? am obscure song fron am obscure band is on your top 5 list. you should have replied to a pussycats dolls vid. irony isn't dead, but douchebag is played out.
No no no, no no no, no no no, I break horses I don't tend to them I break horses They seem to come to me Asking to be broken They seem to run to me I break horses Doesn't take me long Just a few well-placed words And their wandering hearts are gone
At first her warmth felt good between my legs Living breathing heart-beating flesh But soon that warmth turned to an itch Turned to a scratch Turned to a gash I break horses I don't tend to them Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind No I break horses I don't tend to them
he proves good music doesn't need to be complicated...he's my favorite songwriter...'supper' his best album, does anybody know his record 'neath the puke tree? grtz, d
I've got 'Neath the Puke Tree. I believe its an Australia only tour E.P. It has a killer live version of 'I was a stranger' and four forgettable B-sides one of which was on 'Sewn to the sky'. I agree with piotrtom the live version from Accumulation: none is way better then the original. I dunno it just has so much more.....life.
i would advise you to check this track, in a little different version, on a "Accumulation: None" album. on youtube there is also this different version.
It's from the 'cold blooded old times' EP. (the recorded version is even better, It's in my top ten songs of all time. 'Chosen one' from the same EP is just as special....go buy it!!!!!
hmmm to play at my wedding or my funeral?........
darktowersl 1 week ago
fuck everything
LimpWizurdz 1 week ago 2
what album/ep is this from?
Humanfly4 2 months ago
@Humanfly4 kicking a couple around EP
Dsenuik 1 month ago
sometimes i like to howl the lines 'tonight i'm swimming to my favourite island... and i don't want to see you swimming behii-iiinnnd' in a monotone voice while i'm driving along in my car. it's quite soothing, you should try it.
bmargarete 3 months ago 3
@bmargarete OMG. I did the exact thing today. We're smog mates!
mjcee93 2 months ago
I LOVE THIS!!!! FOREVER!!!!!
rainbowneznarf 3 months ago
Ears, hugs, lovers, friends, reflection, all included here. SMOG is a friend. No hate nor silly explanation please
Vrten 4 months ago
what album is this on?
siamesesisterMUSIC 5 months ago
Une des plus belle chanson qui soit pour "accompagner" une séparation
quintinebio 7 months ago
Billy Callaham - Kunstlied - anders als in der "klassischen Musik"
Mathiaswillyg 7 months ago
his coughs make funny noises 1:43
vforvictory1 8 months ago
love
cockadoodee 8 months ago
My ears hug this music
Pawnage0608 8 months ago 3
It's interesting how people perceive the meaning of these lyrics. Callahan has talked about it before. He said, himself, that it's A) about a friend of his, and B) about a person who doesn't "tend" to the girls he goes through. The act of breaking horses is a metaphor for breaking women. : /
groovesupply 8 months ago 2
i can't get over this song. i can relate to it so much because after getting out of a long term relationship all i really want to do is break horses.
electrosl34ze 8 months ago
Is this a Fred Neil original, and breaking a horse simply reffers to the act of training a horse to take a saddle and a rider.
elliotrees 8 months ago
this is me :(
smaaaas 8 months ago
I like this song because it tells a real story of a real person, he doesnt speak things he doesnt understand like some other do
LtParker747 8 months ago
..bill callahans got it sussed
unicorn4sure 9 months ago
first time ever hearing smog...
i think im in love :)
Lol
HyuugaSempai 10 months ago 3
@HyuugaSempai I am happy that you are a new fan! Welcome mate,
ryanosaur2000 9 months ago
i feel like a broke horse sometimes
omgilykatie8 11 months ago
it's a song about breaking in women who are sexually inexperienced and then refusing to 'tend to them' or fulfill their emotional needs.
BoneGrafting 11 months ago 8
@BoneGrafting not necessarily inexperienced... perhaps wild at heart :)
ama7bbd 10 months ago 2
this reminds me of slaughterhouse 5
jjumpsuit 11 months ago
@jjumpsuit why ?
hobosapiens 8 months ago
@jjumpsuit the part when the U.S soldiers mistreat the horses and they break down like a car
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AutAgereAutMori 11 months ago
I have discovered some new depression meds....
KurtMoss 11 months ago 2
My favorite Smog song, I always find myself returning to it for a quick smile.
mothbits 11 months ago
This gets fun, if you replace break with "rape".. then sing it in the shower.
minorhulk 1 year ago 4
there's a version on accumulation:none - not this version though, no idea where this is from...@ARRRGGGGHHHH
therearenowordssleft 1 year ago 2
which album is it on? i cant find it on wikipedia :)
ARRRGGGGHHHH 1 year ago
@ARRRGGGGHHHH it's from his EP, Kicking a Couple Around
treyjharris 11 months ago
A great poet. I love the lo-fi feel to his music. It makes it more true and intimate.
TheSwedishsister 1 year ago
This reminds me of when those damn pigs took my love away...
XxRefterxX 1 year ago
Let me get this straight...we have a 'poem' celebrating the inability to either get close, or stay close to a woman (who apparently is attached), as a general principle; and we have 190k+ people cheering him on for this wonderful poetry, typically how it reflects their own life and philosophy ("reminds how i left the only woman i ever loved." ehhh...wtf why?). I'm unsure if this funny, or deeply sad.
onegnometorule 1 year ago
@onegnometorule He said that he wrote this song to help a friend of his understand why someone she'd slept with wouldn't call her back. Just because a song is about something, doesn't mean that it's 'celebrating' it. If weirdos want to take it as like the theme of their life or something, that has nothing to do with Bill's intention for the song. It is beautiful poetry; poetry doesn't have to be celebratory nor indicative of a songwriter's general principles.
proposals 1 year ago 14
@onegnometorule Mark Twain is such an asshole too.
IntangibleTurptitude 1 year ago
@onegnometorule welp pretty sure it isn't funny
gluntford 1 year ago
this ver. is waaaay better than the "Accumuation:None" one.
tomdissonance 1 year ago 2
Great song by Bill.
Watch, listen and rate our new single.Por favor x)
GreenLightTraffic 1 year ago
power sometimes reveals itself with less than more, and bill has proven that over and over. a true artist. much love
earmud 1 year ago
First things first his voice is great, the poetry is great, the production is Lo-Fi to perfection, what else is there? It's a killer tune.
regnaessej 1 year ago
my favorite smog song
thank you Bill for this wonderful poem . keep breakin 'em
verkhovensky99 1 year ago
I hate to ask this, where can I get this song? be it MP3 download for Album, someone please let me know.
xerxerxex 1 year ago
@xerxerxex Two versions that I know of.
This one) Its on an EP called "Kicking A Couple Around"
The other one) Its a Peel Session and available on "Cold Blooded Old Times" single or the "Accumulation: None" Compilation.
I personally prefer the version presented here for its closer, more intimate vocal.
Both are available through iTunes.
Hope you get it, all the best.
karaloca 1 year ago 2
@karaloca THANK YOU!!!!!
xerxerxex 1 year ago
simple art is sometimes the most brillaint form of art.
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xerxerxex 1 year ago
I love this
dariotti 1 year ago
It's about being prepared to sleep with people but not get into relationships. The lyrics are quite graphic in that respect!
hardenchin 1 year ago
The 7" version is better
benhalperin011793 1 year ago
Bill Callaham en linea muerta, folk singer minimal para derrotados
LP7SIETE34 1 year ago
lest the cowboy be a fool for it is not in him to be more than he is.
13djquick 1 year ago
cute song??!?!??!
misterite 1 year ago
@misterite : in my opinion it's a song about people who are not able to be with someone else but who are not much able to be alone ; it's a song about the dream of lonely island and the impossibility to get it. not exactly "cute" actually.
skonerr 1 year ago
damn, i just came across this track so randomly. Basically im getting into production of music. That said i started reading about techniques of Lo-Fi recording. I then read about SMOG. I typed it into youtube. and listened to this song.
Damn its so good =D. Real talk i always say Style over Technicality.
Like ive read the comments in here say, he may not be the most technical with the guitar, or nice with the singing but the man has got soul. no question.
RapBattleNerd 1 year ago
heart wrenching....
sanssleep 1 year ago
I know I have already commented on this, but... It's amazing.
aliceannmarquiess 1 year ago
haven't broken a horse in what seems forever..lordy..lol
zenun7 1 year ago 2
Whithout words...
Bonitabonitabonita 1 year ago
I think this is something you either get into - - or you don't "get it" . .
I'm not feeling this one. It does remind me a little bit of Lou Reed's
type of style in a few of his songs
NadineLuvs 1 year ago
<3<3<3
aliceannmarquiess 1 year ago
god, this song hurts more and more every time i listen to it...
bill is just genius...
ggorgo 1 year ago 3
wonderful, sooo good
YesMissTy 1 year ago
that shot @ 2:30 where his hand is hanging off the chair then a smaller more delicate hand comes into frame to adjust the volume or something, is simply beautiful.
sighlentscreamer 1 year ago
Accumulation:none has a whack load of tracks from different albums.
This is one of them.
SlapKhan 1 year ago
i break horses...
Noretum7 1 year ago
I love that part in the end where he goes "Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island...and I don't want to see you swimming behind" That hits me somewhere deep. I don't know why though...By the way, this version is taken from the EP "Kicking a couple around" , not "Accumulation:None"
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guilhermebaldin 1 year ago 51
that is so sad to hear . smog has always been there during the bad times. do you know will oldham
vars666 1 year ago
@guilhermebaldin very sad..
zenun7 1 year ago
@guilhermebaldin "swimming to my favorite island" is an odd reference to masturbation
BigJackMcBastrd 8 months ago
@guilhermebaldin i had to walk away from the only woman i loved too. great song
goodmood3 8 months ago
Another poignant song from a troubled genius!
kinksbeatlesstones 2 years ago 2
@yipmaster
You argue that this is boring when this is one of smog's most artfully songs. Smog has made clear that he is not musically gifted in guitar or vocals, but to dismiss the lyrical genius is just ignorant.
Smog tells an honest story of love, not one bedazzled in jewels. Just an honest account of pure heart wrenching love.
Being able to produce music with meaning is admirable in a pop-culture where much of it means nothing.
It's a cute song about "breaking horses"
Scaredypantss 2 years ago 80
@Scaredypantss
did Smog write this song ?
666hellzbellz 11 months ago
@Scaredypantss
why is not gifted in voice?
bill callahan has a beautiful voice
ridingspace 8 months ago
@Scaredypantss What you said is true. But it's still boring.
amoebazebra420 5 months ago
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BOREDOM. only 2 chords in the whole track, boring ones at that! Boring voice, boring lyrics. I can't understand how anyone could enjoy this. Sparsity and simplicity works in music, its just the fact that what little content is there is thoroughly uninteresting.
yipmaster 2 years ago
oh my god
GlassPike 2 years ago
Ah, the first song that introduced me to Smog. Saw this video on British MTV late at night back in '96 - I think the show was called Alternative Nation. This will always be THE version of IBH for me. Understated and beautiful.
PTS74 2 years ago 3
pink eyes' favorite break up song
peterworger 2 years ago
5-10-15-20 :P
cimattikaiman 1 year ago
Lyrically genius and I love the Lo-Fi production. This is one of the most perfectly crafted and recored songs ever.... yes I'm jealous
sinnerbox 2 years ago 4
Hahahaha "Lo-Fi production" does anyone agree that this is an oxymoron? This song and most the EP was recorded with Albini.
arjunashwath 2 years ago
Is this on any of his records?
x1n933k 2 years ago
Two versions one on 'Kicking A Couple Around' & another on 'Accumulation: None' This one is from the former, and in my opinion is better - mostly for the vocal.
karaloca 2 years ago
I agree, I'd like this version so I'll track down the record
x1n933k 2 years ago
extra wow. you people know way too much about his personal life
carlyann27 2 years ago
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what album is this off
SENATORPAIN1 2 years ago
accumulation: none
merdovsky01 2 years ago
great song
STUDIOtheSHOW 2 years ago
i love it
losfrikisdecuartoeso 2 years ago
Put a lil tear in the side of the eye
almostham 2 years ago
For all the people taking this incredibly seriously, he wrote this to explain to a female friend how a man could have a one-night stand with her and never call back.
th1s1sm1n3 2 years ago 21
Can't it still be taken incredibly seriously even if that is the motivation for the song? I just don't understand whysomething like a one night stand has to be taken lightly...
emytausevich 2 years ago
That was directed more at LeatherWriter and her continuous accusations of misogyny towards Bill Callahan and everyone who enjoys this song.
th1s1sm1n3 2 years ago 2
@th1s1sm1n3 that comment just made a great video even more interesting.
theartofnotbeingseen 5 months ago
Wow, someone is angry at their parents. And I don't mean in the video...
outbrake101 2 years ago
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This guy has a lot of pederast-friendly material as well.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
dude leatherwriter is an insufferable nerd. feel bad for you, dog
subjectiveyes 2 years ago
wtf is with some of these comments? its just a song. plenty of classic songs have very strange lyrics. Just because you dont like the song doesnt make the singer a 'sociopath'
btw this is a great song
leobelfast 2 years ago
how funny I find you here!
rootvalue 2 years ago
hit me in the centre..
tonight im swimming in my favourite island
dimitrisDURA 2 years ago
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Stale metaphors for the petulant self-absorbed, the stylized wounded, faining; oh lonesome, lonesome interior; my damage is Art. Yawn.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
Who isn't a little self-obessed? That's what this genre is all about- lo-fi, garage rock that was cultivated in the early 90's, by the isolated tv generation. So, I think what your saying is part of the appeal.
ryannen 2 years ago
I have never agreed and disagreed more with a comment.
Entidus 2 years ago
great song ,love it
keg64 2 years ago
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i bet you bohemians still have your pog collections.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
Don't think I'm the easily played one here partner.
Bahomme 2 years ago
@LeatherWriter Get a life.
aliceannmarquiess 1 year ago
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Ok one more time - when you hear this song, think of the guy that used up your niece or molested your daughter or your sister... or maybe the one that nailed your mother and abandoned her just before you were born. Think about how heroic it is to savage a woman either by deceit or manipulation. There are some really obnoxious users in this world. You go ahead and be their champion. I'll dismiss them, and as necessary, as point of character, I'll be their nemesis.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
Well done, you crushed his fanbase and destroyed his reputation as a singer/songwriter. Now all that money he makes and critical acclaim will be gone. And to think, it only took one noble youtube comment. Generations of people will look to you in admiration. You have defamed the beast. With this, you will be remembered.
No one asked you to come here and talk about yourself. I don't think Jakefilms was the angry narcissist...
Bahomme 2 years ago 7
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i'm just breaking horses.... it's amazing how sensitive this thread is.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
No shit you fucking idiot. What do you expect to happen when you go onto a music video and talk about how much the artist sucks and how everyone who listens to him is stupid and how cool you are? A pat on the back for being so brilliant and unique that you could go onto the internet, beat you fists like a fucking five year old, and jerk off in a bunch of peoples faces? Get over yourself jackass. It's one thing to say all that, but it's another to obsessively shout it where you're not welcome.
JakeFilms 2 years ago 4
Seriously dude, go find some people who care if your opinion is so important.
Bahomme 2 years ago
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i'm a girl.
you people are easily played, just like a nancy horse...
no no no,
i create stale metaphors,
i don't tend to them.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
Then you must be very lonely.
Bahomme 2 years ago 2
I was as cool as you THINK you are at your age(14-17),and cooler now at 46...you frickin' dumbass kid
somewhereintyme 2 years ago 3
with mild good sense a context becomes clear that the song is written from the pov of a character, not necessarily the singer. if it felt 'real' to you then he was successful. i suppose you are too retarded as a point of character (wtf), to do anything but recoil in horror from e.g. Lolita or augusto roa bastos' Yo El Supremo, and shit mindless babble all over the youtube comment box like every other moron in the world. nice.
hey -- you sound sexy though. i break horses.
psnapplebee 2 years ago 3
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ryannen 2 years ago
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There's a personality type that gets emotional about fasion and taste. Introduce an opinion that ranges outside their rarefied and effete limits and they panic, get upset. It is fear. Maligning their Artist, on solid observation, creates panic. The dissolute never champion themselves - they need to cheer for their leaders, their heroes. This is the tendency mediocrity.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
You're right, everyone's scared of you.
Bahomme 2 years ago 2
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Poor dear boy doesn't understand grammar, and gets upset when someone disagrees. Change your huggies and dry your eyes - you'll fall in love with another boy singer any day now.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
Maybe, someday, you could learn that you need to reply to my comment in order for me to read it. But that may just be wishful thinking. Kind of like you, wishing people cared about what you have to say.
JakeFilms 2 years ago 3
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This is whiner music. Life is way too short to lionize the selfindulgent.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
wow i am afraid at the end of your life you will realize you missed out on what it was all about
franklinck 2 years ago 4
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try not to be afraid. i know my life won't be about menacing women and expressing sociopathic tendencies about it.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
How you picked up on this, and his entire personality from one song just makes me think he must be a really good writer. Good job.
JakeFilms 2 years ago 3
The reply button is to the right of this sentence.
It's blue and it says "Reply" right next to another word that says "Spam". Not that hard to see, not that hard to click. My life's too short for me to come back to this video to talk at (a conversation requires you to be actively adding to the discussion) someone who refuses to do something so simple.
JakeFilms 2 years ago 3
change your huggies? thats the best you can do? how about this, if you dont like a songwriter. dont watch his videos and piss on those who enjoy his music. second, bill callahan is neither self-indulgent nor a whiner and with all due respect to your bitchy comments has a better mastery of the english language and its subtleties and nuances than you have demonstrated here.
OthiemAlWalid 2 years ago 5
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there's a lot of sociopaths that are subtle with language, like hitler. this guy is a mysogynist infant.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
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Angry Narcissist... Yawn. At least Howe Gelb has a sense of humor, and talent.
LeatherWriter 2 years ago
And at least Bill Calahan doesn't leave shitty comments.
P.S. - I didn't know you can have a sense of talent.
JakeFilms 2 years ago 2
Haha i agree with Mr JakeFilms.
rowanrockhopper2 2 years ago 3
bög jävel
schill009 2 years ago
does anyone know where i can find "A Guiding Light"?
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this is scary if u read this this far u will die in 10 days if u dont send to any 15 videos in 2 hours good luck hope u dont die !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigboiz101 2 years ago
it gives me goose bumps when i hear him. he is so fucking good. i cover blood red bird.
andysweetwater 2 years ago
Damn I had no clue there were this many people privy to Smog... but this video has over 80k plays. Im gonna have to do a cover of "It's Rough", I agree, he is an amazing song writer!
ChadwickRyan 2 years ago
Bill Callahan. Will Oldham. Mark Linkous. No one needs anything more.
hexenductionhour 2 years ago
He's amazing. Just wish Id heard more of his stuff long b4 now
NoRosesForMe 2 years ago
hi-there, Norway says hi. Words, instruments, lack off instruments ( and my english ...) and air, space, makes you think, dosen't it
Mike ( nothern Norway )
aslakemil 2 years ago
superb
customcoast 2 years ago
greeting from serbia!!! :)
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washedupturd 2 years ago
love him so much
subjectiveyes 3 years ago 3
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I love that album just like you
countryumb30 3 years ago
I once had 270 dollars a tank of gas and had (had as in imperative) to get to Tahoe.. from Florida. The only CD I had with me was A river aint too much to love four thousand miles in three days. That damn album is part of me now.
Bustacreamynugget 3 years ago 30
mate, I wish I could have been there with you. I would have brought the beers!!!!
Kev (UK)
kevinjohnking 3 years ago
i don't really know if there are many albums you can do that with... or people for that matter. i know the feeling.
thedeathfonz 2 years ago 2
This has to be one of the most amazing songs ever recorded.
timothywyatt72 3 years ago 6
i agree
tonikmajor 3 years ago
on "accumulation: none" there is the version of this song recorded during a John Peel session. piano and drums are added. it's so poignant. makes you wanna cry even more. i love (smog) so much.
grantaclause 3 years ago
I value youtube because it keeps me connected, against my will, with adolescence. Otherwise, I would only have the18 year old cashiers and cart chasers at Walmart to remind me of my wasted youth.
edwardbug68 3 years ago 9
you're only ever 1 day old, 'til the day you die. The past years do nothing but die all over again, every day. The past died 1 second ago, and impressively enough, it can repeat that trick.
tonikmajor 3 years ago 6
love it
vessel in vain is awesome too
though i can't judge.. as these ar the only songs i've heard by smog so far
fmeitsconnor 3 years ago
Sniff, sniff... I'm not crying... this is... the rain!!!
rizosfella 3 years ago
i prefer this version to the accumulation one, its got the atmosphere i like in a song
xSecretChordx 3 years ago
this is so good.
chipmonkninja 3 years ago
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yeah? well, it's on my top 3 list. you just know that's so much cooler than it being on your pedestrian top 5 list. oh boy, how original can one be? am obscure song fron am obscure band is on your top 5 list. you should have replied to a pussycats dolls vid. irony isn't dead, but douchebag is played out.
Spiritualized1 3 years ago
...cringe
theboredomsareOK 3 years ago
Well I rode out to the ocean
And the water looked like tarnished gold
I rode out on a broken horse
Who told me she'd never felt so old
She asked me if I'd feed her
And ride her now and then
marinahuna 3 years ago
thank you for the words..
I break horses,
I don`t tend to them.
motorcyclemonkey 2 years ago
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marinahuna 3 years ago
he proves good music doesn't need to be complicated...he's my favorite songwriter...'supper' his best album, does anybody know his record 'neath the puke tree? grtz, d
dreazzy30 3 years ago
I've got 'Neath the Puke Tree. I believe its an Australia only tour E.P. It has a killer live version of 'I was a stranger' and four forgettable B-sides one of which was on 'Sewn to the sky'. I agree with piotrtom the live version from Accumulation: none is way better then the original. I dunno it just has so much more.....life.
jamiethomaslane 3 years ago
This is brilliant, what album is this trackon?
nathanidiothend 3 years ago
i would advise you to check this track, in a little different version, on a "Accumulation: None" album. on youtube there is also this different version.
piotrtom 3 years ago
It's from the 'cold blooded old times' EP. (the recorded version is even better, It's in my top ten songs of all time. 'Chosen one' from the same EP is just as special....go buy it!!!!!
kevinjohnking 3 years ago
does anyone have any early videos of smog? there used to be a recording of bathysphere and sleepy joe with cynthia dall on here.
JimmyRond 3 years ago
yeah i think his account was suspended? bummer because those videos were amazing.
angryalmond 3 years ago
I am really starting to get into Smog. This is what they out to be playing on the radio and make the cover of RollingStone.
Very intelligent, colorful song.
OsvaldoPaese 3 years ago
Love this song and video also, but I think that better version is on "Accumulation: None" album.
piotrtom 4 years ago