One eskimO givin' up

[alwayzjolly]

SOOOOOO underrated!

[Jazziejay3000]

love this song ((^w))))

[beanmom08]

love love love!!!!

[sagemode1100]

Excellent interpretation MagicDerry!

[jrc3ky]

One awesome EskimO !!

[Awesome2000ru]

my favorite song!!!amazing!

[yellowbanaana]

love this



[utopian19]

i think youre exactly right. the concept is surrender, which is very hard to do. when done, it changes perspective and opens the mind to new ways ofdoing things. its kind of like wakin up...

[utopian19]

i think youre exactly right, and the concept is surrender, which is very hard to do. when done, it opens one's closed mind to a new perspective. its kind of like wakin up...

[acdavis418]

the video is super cool

[justjude1955]

I'll agree. MagicDerry's interpretation of this video is pretty much what I felt while watching it.

[tvswnet]

So hard to do...yet ultimately so important for liberation...another of life's paradoxes...

[zaphodsdog]

@magicderry They aren't lightbulbs. They are a gyroscopic toy from the 1970's called "whizzers". Kinda changes things a bit...

[skankopotomus]

great video, great song.

starting to like this band, even though it's not my normal style.

[benblue2umother]

Why is the whole world not listening to this band. One of the best I can think of in quite some time. The world needs more outstanding music like this!

[manoterror]

Just brilliant. 

[keszmo]

I love this band, all their songs are very good!!!

[JinnDerringer]

I'm amazed. The first video I've seen with no Dislikes. Finally!

[TheCelinaful]

i heard them for the first time on the ellen degeneres show and i loved this song! i couldn't stop thinking about it for the whole day :)

[HAZtotheFAZ]

@TheCelinaful Me too!! first time i heard them from the ellen show, and im now a fan haha, even started playing the cool tune on my guitar :) yay

[missbossy1111]

this vid messes with ur mind but i loves it

[777teressa]

I just heard these guys today for the first time on ELLEN show, I love them, oneeskimo thanks for posting !

[missbossy1111]

@777teressa omg me too lol

[777teressa]

@missbossy1111 where did they come from ? I know there from England, but how come i never heard of them before ? Will gonna hear alot of them now, yahhhhh,, love them

[11Thirtymusic]

I Love this song and video!!! One of my New Favorites now.

[abailey6666]

the live version is awesome. I love music like this,it' takes you on a journey

[trevow8787]

There only one thing I can say about this song and this band one eskimO and the singer kristisn loution magic keep the good work up GOD loves a tryer

[YellowBelt101]

Prefer to watch this than MTV...

[commonpleases]

i love how this video has 0 dislikes

[2000everett4]

Love it.

[walk4trot2canter3]

@2000everett4 Me too!

[drof2]

I don't think they are lightbulbs. I believe they are Wizzzers, a kind of gyroscopic top made by Mattel in the 70's. I think the top metaphor adds even more to the message, with the idea of spinning but not really going anywhere.

[pureintellectual]

this is so much better than the album version

[RuzTails]

It's just amazing!! The animation seems simple, but in fact it isn't. The one —or ones— who made this really have a nice creative sense for giving such a profound significance for what the song says. I think it's sort of a critic to the mechanical way of living in modern societies, which will not change if we don't start to analyze it and make changes in ourselves. Cheers to the creators of this excellent video, and of course to One Eskimo for the nice song.

[hhhankhank]

BEST VIDEO EVVAR!!

[SoldierofAMVs19]

GWAR would kick this bands ass any day.

SADDAM A GO GO

[LeanneCameron100]

this video is AMAZING and i can't say enough about it! when i first watched it i was half paying attention, but towards the end i almost dropped to the floor when i realized what it was depicting in such a smart way! one of the best, most clever videos i have seen in a very long time. kudos to "creative artists" that exist. they are as hard to find!

[snarkishly]

I love that mechanical night/day contraption!

[jlmaricela]

very cool video. made me sad a little :(

lol "MagicDerry" could your explanation have been more thorough?

[lizzy384]

this is a fantastic video. its sad, though. i like it.

[Emilyexists]

You guys (?) were great at Basilica Block Party! Thanks for coming and entertaining. I liked you more than erik hutchinson.

[mygigisays]

im not giving up-im stalking this band til i get a pic with gorgeous.

[MagicDerry]

Thanks :-)

[blackjesus14]

this is how i felt at my graduation today

[MyLifeIsIt]

Read those in order of time

[MyLifeIsIt]

All the battles (givin' up) I want to win (givin' up) Nothing matters (givin' up) But giving in (givin' up) So hard to do, so hard to do (it's hard) So hard to do (givin' up) Oo oo oohoo (is hard to do) Oo oo oohoo, oo oo oohoo oo (x4) All the battles (givin' up) I want to win (givin' up) Nothing matters (givin' up) But giving in (givin' up) So hard to do, so hard to do (it's hard to do) So hard to do (givin' up) Oo oo oohoo (it's hard to do)

[MyLifeIsIt]

I've woken up to the radio And I've hardly had any sleep And the song that plays will stay with me all day And I hate it Over and over again Another one of those crazy days And the same old, same old May be hard to change But I'm ready All the battles (givin' up) I want to win (givin' up) Nothing matters (givin' up) But giving in (givin' up) So hard to do, so hard to do (it's hard) So hard to do (givin' up) Oo oo oohoo (is hard to do)

[spangleJ]

Astonishing video. I come back to it a year later - still astonishing.

[jaywalkinc]

I think Donny Hathaway could appreciate this if he were still alive.

When some others use his songs, they usually destroy his genius. This is a good interpretation though. But, Donny's version will always be the best ever!

[aJazzcat]

i was instantly hooked when i heard them play this live... my favorite song from their album, but i'm kinda pissed that the album recording is so watered down compared to this

[flblu]

deprimente

[BchangingN]

wow...great video.

GREAT.

[WaKOOSH]

Beyond amazing. Its that cycle people get into when they really dont see the point in living but cant commit suicide because they are being held back by loved ones etc. but its like torture because thats all they can think about. And the whole seeing the windmill shows that even though the windmill electricity is a sign of hope for a brighter future, and its what temporarily puts the person back into being hypnotized like everyone else, but then it eventually fades off because itll never last

[pepperplanet]

it's about one thing- - - humility.

[journeygod]

@pepperplanet

The song is most DEFINITELY not about humility.

[journeygod]

@pepperplanet Its the first half of what MagicDerry stated so eloquently and the second half is this: The 'message' of the song refers to the day when you 'wake up' and realize that you're not where you belong or doing what you were meant to do with your life and the ensuing pursuit of your authenticity. Following your authentic path.

[journeygod]

@pepperplanet And sometimes on that journey in your life you may get sidetracked or may at times get 'lulled back to sleep' like our hero light bulb, but you NEVER stop trying.

That's why "Giving up is hard to do"

[darkmodge]

Very creative and wonderful fresh talent. Both the music, performance, and video. Awesome stuff. MagicDerry... uhm... I think you nailed it.

[humor4444]

amazing

[danifunk80]

am crazy about his voice...

[potsy85]

What a voice! What album is it off?

[zakkthegreat]

2:30

Super Mario Brothers? Lol

[SirDanielWhitney]

Really awesome song... way to go One eskimO! see you next week in Colorado!

[celticsoulboy]

great song.... richer sound than before but it all still works perfectly... especially Kristian's voice...

[Grrrrrrize]

YH my mum and dad saw that they said they were good wasent the other support band will and somthing a cant remember

[lovealwaysremains1]

@Grrrrrrize - this is ASHxMCDxISxMINE on ASH MCD'S laptop! xD - ze name of the other act were "will and the people". he swore innapropriately...silt tawunt. :)

[myvessels]

i need the lyrics to this song!!!! can someone help me please! i cant find them anywhere.....:(

[eclectic9eel]

AWESOME AWESOME VID!!!

[surferboy462]

on your video's on the 100 best video's on youtube in 4 minutes what is the chick in gthe PJ's dancing called

[aliz0r31]

very abstract

[MagicDerry]

Wow...what a brilliantly interpretive video. Anyone have ideas on what the video's about? I have ideas but I'm curious what other people think it's about...i think it's an interpretation of the mundaneness and mechanical nature of modern life, shown through it's depiction of people as light bulbs, the mechanism of the passing time, and all the light bulbs being duped into circular meaninglessness. Some try to escape, as the protagonist in this video, but, as we see, it is often all for naught.

[SirDanielWhitney]

I got that, too. I saw a lot of reciprocating themes. almost a story of the phoenix, but more pessimistic like a buddhist reincarnation thang...

I love how the "TV brainwashed" lightbulbs in a trance aren't as aware as our hero lightbulb.

but the hero lightbulb got tranced by the windmill, too... perhaps a feeling the artist had about the renewables bubble?

The turnstyle on the building where he's trying to "get out" but ends up right where he started- inside... brilliant

[CehNehhDeh]

@MagicDerry mass production, consumer culture, lots of repetition, industrialized world...over seems like a depressing look on life. Trapped in a endless circle of repetition.

[journeygod]

@CehNehhDeh

MADD kudos to you CehnehhDeh, you got it. Our world in a nutshell.

[jrc3ky]

@MagicDerry i think u got it. :) great stuff!

[LiLOn3100]

@MagicDerry

excellent interpretation! Thanks

[specialeeffexx]

@MagicDerry I think it means 'giving up' the fight. Meeting someone half way. Sacrificing ego for peace! It's 'hard to do' but we all need to do it! Realize we are all one and that being right isn't accomplishing anything! Do you want to be right or do you want peace? It's hard to do but I AM trying!

[jmanwu]

@specialeeffexx i like the eyedea of one group of people working together in order to accomplish something.Most people have fallen victim of hating others for no reason.WE ARE HUMANS.Not Whites, Blacks, Asians or Hispanics.

[6620947]

i agree with u

[funnytourtoise]

@MagicDerry I think it also depicts the fact that no matter what anyone does over the course of their lives on earth will ever actually have any impact on the universe whatsoever (I.e. when you look at the bigger, bigger, bigger scale of things what's the point of doing anything at all, and even so we continue aimlessly doing our daily routines)

[Mrmusicmonarch]

@MagicDerry What I believe is that the light bulb has stood out as an individual for so long that he or she feels lonely. The loneliness seeps in as the light bulb "gives up" to society (depicted by the windmill) and begins to fit in. Later, he or she falls into the humdrum life of being someone he or she is not and begins to fight against the conformity (illustrated by drowning in the water) but fails and loses his or her individuality and perspective upon life.

[777teressa]

@MagicDerry I think you and i are into the same thing ? THE UNIVERSE !

[qazzzqaz]

@MagicDerry ... Hey - I totally agree and see the same basic interprtation of this brilliant video- so simple yet deep in meaning.... i love it love it and the band of course too! To the band - "youre great artists...cant wait for more!"

[jbchiron]

@MagicDerry Depresion...feeling of helplessness!!!!

[jbchiron]

@MagicDerry This song is of Depression and helplessness!!

[Regaldinoking]

@MagicDerry I think the world has worked itself into such a pattern that u could be right in the sense that yes the same thig happens every day casing us to be helplessly pushed into that pattern putting all of us into a rut consisting of depression and hopelessness not me though its just song interpretation you can tell i'm a nerd

[twasbrillig33]

@Regaldinoking Yah, and despite this depression and hopelessness, there is still no easy way out, and thus its hard to ultimately give up.

[Regaldinoking]

@twasbrillig33 well im not much for song interpretation but if u think so...

[JDrosa1982]

@MagicDerry The video seems to be about the state of the people in the world. See the little bulbs a people. they are all lost in confusion and Hypnotized. At the end he starts to get confused himself like the world. To add insult to injury he gets a computer Chip of confusion put into his mind. I guess then he dies and then sees the world as it is the big gear that turns the world. The abstract art tres to cover whats happening but not completely.

[greenspidey]

Love the new version of the song. And the video is so cool! :)

[childofbabe]

Who did the graphics? Brilliant!

[mindyhuskey]

Another brilliant video for One Eskimo!  I LOVE YOU GUYS!

[billiejoedanger3000]

that was pretty and i love the song!! :D

[rhiannonunicorn]

LOVE IT!!!  :)

[yesanastasia19]

amazing!!

[RondaNoH]

Beautiful =)

[pandionlou]

That was different! Good stuff

[mutley2209]

good stuff =)