Just met three of the guys from Tortoise at the gig in Ann Arbor the other night. Incredibly friendly, and down to earth. Music like this can only come from hearts like that. Screw the critics, I like 'It's All Around You'.
I fucking hate musical critics. Everyone is giving bad reviews of the album "It's all Around You" just because they didn't reinvent rock music once again with this album. That's just unfair. First I want to see PitchforkMedia's reviewers or Scaruffi or various others creating Music like this and then I'll accept criticisms like that.
The least I can do in front of a masterpiece like this (and especially in front of that incredible bassline in 6/4 at 1:20!) is to bow my head to these geniuses.
I agree. One can wonder how many listens a critic actually give an album before reviewing. I still discover new things on this album, approximately 4 years after its release. I've only encountered very few albums that offer that same quality.
How many listens? I'll tell you: a quick spin. And that's that. Otherwise such shallow reviews (both positive and negative) can't be explained.
Rolling Stone gave 3 stars to this album, a positive review. But it also gave 3 and half stars to the Fall Out Boy album "Folie a Deux". Tortoise's album review is very brief, while the Fall Out Boy one is at least four times as long, even if there's indeniably much more to say about a Tortoise album than a Fall Out Boy one.
Associates in Science, the same dude who directed "A Decade Under the Influence" by taking back Sunday, and Elefant's "Misfit". Pretty groundbreaking videos.
I asked Doug McCombs what this video was about when they played in Arbor...he said even HE had no idea.
dharmaseed 8 months ago
Anybody else notice the 1911 button? Was that the band or was that Youtube?
themetal666ful 11 months ago
1:15 best part
thekiwikiller12 1 year ago
lol they actually threw at each other lol thats dedication! n it worked great i love this clip
rawfflecakes 1 year ago
Im high right now
denvarhawks 1 year ago 2
This would be so perfect for a new Cowboy Bebop movie soundtrack.. or live action movie
abSOULuteD 1 year ago 2
Fuck, I was one day I was thinking about a math rock song inspired by westminters quarters.
LOL. SOmeone did it.
exedeath 1 year ago
tortoise killed god!!!
battle2n 1 year ago
great shit!!!!!! can you feel the ZAPPA influence?!?!?!
rule62pete 1 year ago
@rule62pete I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it. Sounds like Zappa rose from the grave and penned it. Great stuff.
atomichawg 1 year ago
Epic.
goatsnake 1 year ago
how can one say this is lame? To each their own i guess....
slabulous 1 year ago
lame
G0kujen 1 year ago
@G0kujen ha ur lame watch these guys do it live
str8organic38mm 1 year ago
I think "it's all around you" is the BEST album of tortoise...don't you people think so?
Toxeensynth 1 year ago
At first listen I thought this was a improvised version of the standard "Bell chimes" - you may here on church or Clock towers.
First time Tortoise listener..... Cool.
tufnel1970 1 year ago
thanks for uploading this, been looking for it for a while!
slintank 1 year ago
Just met three of the guys from Tortoise at the gig in Ann Arbor the other night. Incredibly friendly, and down to earth. Music like this can only come from hearts like that. Screw the critics, I like 'It's All Around You'.
dharmaseed 2 years ago
yeah man, agree... music so thoughfull, so introspective and complex can only come from a mind thats above all the mediatic nonsense
reaktionmusic 2 years ago
this music is so amazing! music like this makes life beautiful.
FruscianteLennon311 3 years ago
Trippy... I like!
UnicornScrotum 3 years ago
first time i see this video_
amazing...
will check out theit music asap!
just love it how one can find new stuff like this and so elevated__
luv*
briandewell 3 years ago
I fucking hate musical critics. Everyone is giving bad reviews of the album "It's all Around You" just because they didn't reinvent rock music once again with this album. That's just unfair. First I want to see PitchforkMedia's reviewers or Scaruffi or various others creating Music like this and then I'll accept criticisms like that.
The least I can do in front of a masterpiece like this (and especially in front of that incredible bassline in 6/4 at 1:20!) is to bow my head to these geniuses.
ducadimantova91 3 years ago
I agree. One can wonder how many listens a critic actually give an album before reviewing. I still discover new things on this album, approximately 4 years after its release. I've only encountered very few albums that offer that same quality.
messomorf 3 years ago
How many listens? I'll tell you: a quick spin. And that's that. Otherwise such shallow reviews (both positive and negative) can't be explained.
Rolling Stone gave 3 stars to this album, a positive review. But it also gave 3 and half stars to the Fall Out Boy album "Folie a Deux". Tortoise's album review is very brief, while the Fall Out Boy one is at least four times as long, even if there's indeniably much more to say about a Tortoise album than a Fall Out Boy one.
Draw a conclusion from this.
ducadimantova91 3 years ago
~masterpiece~
sollonas 3 years ago
un supervoto da parte mia, bello davvero!
idra69it 3 years ago
Feels good man
worldoverlords 3 years ago
Great!
Lyktwz 3 years ago
absolutely amazing!
toilettefeliz 3 years ago
I've never heard them before, but their awesome. Fun, beautiful, interesting and unique all at the same time.
BloggerMusicMan 3 years ago 2
Brilliant, Inimitable, Tortoise.
Hakon275 3 years ago 2
popcorn sleepover
subruxer 3 years ago
I've seen them perform live, cool band.
floorlamp 3 years ago
Check out the band Man Man, they are also with Raven House Ltd. management. They have boundless energy that flows from their music!
thefloods 3 years ago
This makes me hate life
boggaflip 3 years ago
Never heard of them before but pretty cool! Thanks!
MTCatman 3 years ago
love
mikilova 3 years ago
el primer tema que oigo de esta banda y no esta nada mal.
ErGroser0 3 years ago
This song's awesome! The video is cool too!
Yaya0Hikari0forever 3 years ago
I´m glad I found this ´cause my CD has a defect. Thx!
foeniza 3 years ago
When 1:30 hits, it gets pretty rockin'. Love it!
LucidDream 3 years ago
esta bien ...mmmm
vestaoriginal 4 years ago
un regalito a la comunidad postrockera!!!
cthulhuis 4 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
>.> little piss ant, go listen to greenday
Charredmonolith 3 years ago
which Green-Day: The 90's punk GD or the 00's sappy emo chick-GD
aZeroGodist 3 years ago
Kinda has that whole 60's 70's spy-action era beat
abSOULuteD 4 years ago 5
I dig it
abSOULuteD 4 years ago 2
I dig this song.. matter of fact I could use this for a cowboy bebop amv.. if I was any good.
abSOULuteD 4 years ago
Great band, bautiful video...
Lyktwz 4 years ago
tortoise ftw.
Mash1996 4 years ago
great song nice video
Fillware 4 years ago
scholars, notwithstandint the respect they deserve...
(that video brings that thought to my mind)
...desperately try to put in speech the meanings that stem freely from the visions of artists
crudehawk 4 years ago 6
Associates in Science, the same dude who directed "A Decade Under the Influence" by taking back Sunday, and Elefant's "Misfit". Pretty groundbreaking videos.
interpolluter29 4 years ago
excellent work!
ATINILEM 4 years ago 2
wow..love tortoise..great video
o0frigor0o 4 years ago
In the DVD for Lazarus Taxon, there's a great video of them playing this song live in a small room. I keep looking for it online.
MrichardK 4 years ago
YEAH. It's so good. Really intense.
xgTfox 4 years ago
I posted it a couple of days ago, enjoy.
magneato23 4 years ago
Simples e criativo. A música é ótima e fazem um belo conjunto.
yyz137 4 years ago
That was fantastic.
Purplestarflowerpot 4 years ago
i had that monkey when i was a wee lad.
doodoobutter99 4 years ago
Sounds like Zappa at some points. I wonder if that was purposeful. Sounds great, anyhow. Love this band.
plebegravy 4 years ago
soft...
great music video.
Disquirilat 5 years ago
Sometimes the coolest videos (or just things in general) can be so simple.
gamelanplan 5 years ago
thank you very much for the video
adamhteautomator 5 years ago
beautiful..
adamhteautomator 5 years ago
it's one of those videos that makes me appreciate a song even more. thanks a lot for sharing this !
elektrobi 5 years ago