Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters

[juliekozelek]

capolavoro

[Thisiswickedannoying]

He reminds me of Elliott Smith, in that hes extremely underrated and yet his music is absolutely beautiful

[lumberjack988]

this song gives me a thrill since its too close to home sometimes.

[ImBored162]

What beautiful art this is.

[progdeatherfer]

wow I just hear them and it's awesome.

[crustymetaldude]

True art, hands down the songwriter knows how to convey his emotion not in just this song but in his work with Red House Painter's and Sun Kil Moon.

[chthonic1666]

this song is just the perfect anthem for the true introverts.

[ditimely]

Mark Kozelek is a lyrical genius. He makes the covers he does sound like they were his own all along.

[WinstonDisraeli]

It hurts to listen to this song.

So why do I keep doing it?

[SpaceDyeDream]

@WinstonDisraeli

Because pain heals.

[my2cikids]

Wow, I have not heard this song since 1993. Beautiful!

[my2cikids]

Wow, I have not heard this song since 1993. Beautiful!

[MakeLikePaper1]

"I've not been so alone/Since kicking in the womb/I drank so much tea/I wrote my letters in Kanji"

I think I've got some new favorite lyrics.

[KikoSavesTheDay]

Such a great song. Thanks for posting.

[emzyking]

I am not sure about their dongs but they did write pretty good songs.

[Monody888]

oh my...such perfection. *_*

[DannyDiplo]

One of my favourite songs ever and with such a strong and evocative narrative punch.

[homeisforsquares]

this band just has the longest introductions ive ever heard...

[Slauterizm]

Like a medicine butthole!

[iamjackadee]

I love how simple this song is, but how captivating the lyrics are. It's as if a hand grabs onto your soul and pulls it into the abyss of which is this emotional masterpiece.

[samisthebest]

@iamjackadee well said!

[JackBz]

This whole album is the most beautiful, heartbreaking and bleak stuff I've ever heard, and has its place at the very top of my favourite albums ever.

[Humaniterrarium]

@sedantez24 -Why yes. It is a great dong, a great dong indeed.

[TheJoeyTaylor]

This song makes me depressed. Not because of the lyrics, or chord progressions, but because I will never write something as perfect as this.

[tekirkedicik]

this particular song makes me realize what i really am worthless piece of meat

rotten inside so as a punishment i keep on living till someday i forget to breath

and end this piece called life

[TheJoeyTaylor]

@tekirkedicik Pretty deep, bro.

[ElisewinCarewall]

i wrote "medicine bottle" on the bracelet i gave my boyfriend for our 2nd anniversary, last month. it's our song.

absolutely love this song, it gives me goose bumps everytime i listen to it.

sorry for the mistakes, i'm italian.

[GroomJared]

my uncle was their bassist

[qgriffosu]

@GroomJared thats pretty badass

[djb1969]

@AlienKiley

"Giving into love, and sharing my time, letting someone into my misery". The whole damn song could be about a relationship I had last year. Almost frightening.

[BiorythmicDrifter]

I've just stumbled on a gold mine here, never heard these guys before and I should be shamed for not finding this stuff sooner.....

[elmorobar]

You are kinda going over the top there people its brilliant thats all that needs to be said. Oh and what a guitar riff towards the end brill:)

[sedantez24]

What a song from one of most under rated song writers of our time.

[CEDRICtheFOETUS]

Soul wrenchingly beautiful

[rapeman55]

Same Same here.

[nomadism242]

awesome!!!

[bktodorov]

amazing!!!! how could a remastered demo sound so perfect!

[almightyjoey]

That bassline has been permanently stuck in my head for months now.

[Naroon201]

This is real music. Pure emotion transferred perfectly into a wall of sound that can't be replicated by anyone other than the original creator.

[Vinson45]

So deep all of their music.....beautiful and sad at the same time

[kloipu]

His older albums hit me oh so hard. Down colorul hill up to ocean beach. Songs for a blue guitar didnt work for me, but it's still good.

[killyouridols333]

Would it be distasteful to compare and contrast Nick Drake with Mark ?

[zereoue]

Nope. It would be a compliment. Both were wonderful.

[Cristianeff8]

beautiful

[Cristianeff8]

e esta é a melhor ^^

[patronpattern]

this song is absolutely terrifying.

[zusanebricks]

takes off where cohen started beautifully

[Mood1ndigo]

IMO, the most perfectly-realized song of all time. It has such a sickly, yearning tension to it...like a hospital waiting room. And those lyrics!

If I could ever write a song like this, my life would be complete

[Motavian]

One part confessional, one part dirge. I love this song so much, but it is difficult for me to listen to them anymore without getting into a manic state; of course they're never good, especially when you take the inner city bus everyday.

[whirlawaysteven]

he is a prick for never playng this song live. i pay my money for his cd's, live shows etc.. i want this very private and heart tearing moment played for my own selfish inward reasons... now play more sad songs for me monkey.

the best songwriter of my generation.

[armyofmeisbliss]

yes, play me the songs I want to hear MONKEY!

[DrEyebrows]

lollll whaaa? awesome... hahaha

[WellOiled87]

Probably the ideal soundtrack for suicidal intention moments,,TO MAKE IT FASTER..jokin'..actually, with the album Down Colorful Hill Mark Kozelek makes his mark as one of the greatest rock poets of the 90s, with Mark Eitzel and few others..

[dipset22554]

beautiful

[wrongstring]

This is a good song. I have to say that

my favorite song is 'moments' (amongst a fair few others by Kozelek that I would put before this) - one for the funeral. I have uploaded it, if you care to listen.

[bitcrucher]

"That love is found on the inside

Not the outside" "Not wanting to die out here

Without you" It's a fuckin masterpiece"! "it's like a boatride over the river styx". I want to live but I can't cause your not with me and the world's going blind, it's a state of psycic illness that a lot of people around us feel. The title says it all, "medecine bottle"

[BlueJay2852]

This song is quite possibly one of the most painful, heartbreaking songs I ever heard. Thanks YouTube, this band now officially has one more fan.

[ryryryccc]

"It's that feeling of being a conflicted, non-committal, sexually-confused, 20-something male." WTF??? What a 20-something male is supposed to be is self-assured, confident and sure of his sexuality whatever he chooses that to be.  Wishy Washiness is the worst charcteristic of manhood. And this song is pretty lame too. The melody is choppy and the drum break at 6:30 is ineffective, plus the lyrics are way to wordy.

[BIGDIRTY0118]

By far their best song. Unbelievable lyrics. You can't make this stuff up.

[1990december]

i like "katys song" the best, but this is nice too!!

[joydivisionlwtua]

Definitely their greatest song...Katy song is #2. This is an all-time epic for the melancholy people........

[garvinzoom]

Wow, great song. The more I hear of this group the more I like it.

[buckleysoreal]

I really like the photographs of their album covers. They suit the music well. The bed looks kinda frightening...

[Mood1ndigo]

One of the most evocative, haunting songs of all time...probably the best thing Kozelek's ever put out. It's that feeling of being a conflicted, non-committal, sexually-confused, 20-something male.

Definitely in my top 5 songs of all time.

[buckleysoreal]

...that I may wake to a knife in me.

[truganini1969]

great song.... mind's music...terrific!!!!!

[sucramnormark]

I love the darkness of this song. Really compelling. The lyrics are great too.

[HeirApparent01]

Saw them at the Melkweg. 1992. After release of first album. Leo didn't go. Didn't have time to make him realise. But he knew already.

My Secretly Most Loved Record.

XXX

Guido Matena

[trn90]

It's all in my head she said, morning after nightmare. Ive not been so alone i thought since kicking in the womb

This song represents my days as a teenager.

[annyrak]

Probably the best song RHP ever released! So moving, so beautiful... a masterpiece.

[gazzdryrise]

This song has haunted me from the first time I heard it at a girlfriends house late one night.

One of the darkest, most expressive songs Ive ever heard.

All these "emo" bands could learn a hell of a lot from this song about how music can really convey emotion.

Brilliant.

[flyingschnitzel]

well said!

It´s expressive and dark in a subtle way. So brilliant.

[LeeGrasswalker]

this is nice

sum classic rhp

[thesilverfoxnyc]

"I may wake up to a knife in me"

[whirlawaysteven]

my favorite song.

[foartebine]

I haven't heard this song for at least 15 years and now it's here

[sedantez24]

THE MOST UNDERRATED BAND EVER - great dong

[xsystemofadown23x]

lol did you mean song or did you really mean great dong?

[buckleysoreal]

HAHA! well observed! :D

[lollygaggin42]

@sedantez24 lol

[samisthebest]

@sedantez24 HAHAHA.....dong

[spikevalentine13]

@sedantez24 Never seen Mark's dong myself, but cool :P

[desertflower20]

@sedantez24 I like this band, alot and Im greatful I discover them. I agree they are underrated.

[hangingbytheneck]

@sedantez24 definitely beats U.K. dinger/dongwriter shtuff anyway..... :)

[fireninjaxxx]

@sedantez24 Agreed. Song* haha.

[sedantez24]

@fireninjaxxx Oh yeah! I mean ... 'great song!'

[misterbuckethead]

@sedantez24 great dong?

[mnhypercam]

@misterbuckethead

yes is song and not dong, whatever

[vlado12345678]

my favorite too

[gunailabai]

my all time favorite song.

[tantargirl]

funereal.

[cifenton]

the dark south...

thank you for posting.