Big Sugar - All Hell for a Basement

[insertclevernickname]

this song literally came out the week I moved from Van to Peace River Alberta, five hours n of edmonton. I made so much money, met so many good hardworking people, miss it sometimes, this song makes me remember...Ces't la vie.

[blastfrag800]

What is this? The chipmunk version? Slowdown and not so high pitched.

[BloodEviscerator]

I disagree, the slower one sounded way better. I've seen Big Sugar live, they didn't play it this fast, they played it like how it should be, slow, and with soul.

[DragonDude180]

I hear a different version on the radio. I live in Edmonton or Deadmonton which ever is correct. :)

[JuniorNasty]

Almost love the poster's description more than the song, lol! Almost...

[frankjoeboxer]

im in Edmonton. It rules.

[kevincarey79]

its REALLY annoying how people take an awesome song like this and mess with the speed....I bet Gordie Johnson would agree, you have NO right to alter how his or his bands music sounds and BROADCAST it like that......I really wish there were some kinda 'wanker screening process' for stuff like this on youtube....just so I would find the REAL versions of the songs much more easily.....

[dudilsta]

B.C. Is better... Just saying... FIRST CONCERT I EVER WENT TO THOUGH :D

[martind785]

Alberta!!!! <3 

[LittlePiggyGucci]

Thumbs DOWN for the chipmunky butchering of this beautiful song!

[mostknown2]

What do you mean worst lifestyle. I bought a 35000 dollar truck at the age 18. Got my own place. Lots of disposable income. Everything I could want and it's because of Albertas oil and gas industry.

[Scorpion9800]

dont speed up a good song. it sounds like complete shit now. the lead sounds like a fucking kid. way to ruin a perfectly awesome song.

[dragonsofwar98]

Long Live Alberta

[ObsidiaanVlin]

I love Alberta - born and raised

[NerdKerd]

I couldn't find this on Amazon, so I had to download the country version of the song :(

[jazgirl61996]

I like this song. This may not be quite the same tempo or version, but its still a good song. Thank you for uploading it. :)

[silver2zilver]

I don't know. I heard this first, and I think this one is better. Song's that are too slow can get annoying.

[carefulwiththat]

Fuck, I love this band. A buch of good guys that make awesome music. Seen 'em in Edmonton, great stuff.

[readthenewstoday]

I love alberta! So love that they wrote this song about our natural gas industry...... he, he, he

[purplefrkinpotatoes]

this song is awesome, but it makes medicine hat seem WAY cooler than it is lol

[kayaburning]

Great effin tune!!!

[MrWALKINGEAGLE]

the only 2 good thing to come out of the East  Are #1 The Sun #2 empty greyhound

[Sanscapote]

British Columbia is better !

-awaits trolls-

[kayaburning]

@Sanscapote B.C. Rocks!!! Especially Chilliwack-lol

[disturbedman360]

14 people are not from Alberta

[disturbedman360]

Thumbs up if you're from Alberta

[DeputyPorker]

@disturbedman3 too bab there is no heaven in alberta

[disturbedman360]

Thumbs if you're from Alberta

[thebobhomersimp]

I was born I'n the hat!!!! Best place ever

[jt2210]

Its about people from newfoundland moving to alberta to find work....as so many of them do. f*cking retards

[jt2210]

Its about people from newfoundland moving to alberta to find work....as so many of them do. fucking retards

[canada4gold87]

It's about Alberta and how we have the best workers in Canada but are given the worst lifestyle

[themooddisorders]

I think people forget what this means! It is about Radon.



[SJB666]

4x4 Mud... video clip here on youtube gave this song a shit load of publicity and the song truely deserved it. Great song to kick back and play on electric guitar.. Such a cruisey catchy and mallow song with a bit of guts thrown in that makes it great to listen to up loud and proud.

[teebs79]

Gordie Johnson (songer) went to high school in Medicine Hat. I think his family still lives there. He used to baby sit a friend of mine and he went to school with my brother so pretty sure this song is about Medicine Hat.

[1234jambob]

@teebs79 Yup, its about Medicine Hat. Rock 105.3 said so last summer so it must be true.

[DJstoopnig]

I kinda like this tempo.

[broston]

lol this is my friends cousin.

[gannicristian]

7 people are lady gaga fans !!!!

come on, listen to real music

[KakashisinsXD]

er. Do you think it's a good idea to leave a suicide threat on youtube..? D:

[LennonLover66]

i loooove Big Sugar(:

<3

favorite song!

[Co1L2iN]

My dad told me this songs about Fort Mcmurray.

[pyrorar]

Surprised you manage to even reply to my comment while you were jerking off to this video. lolz

[pyrorar]

You're retarded. There's a reason that this song was recorded the way it was, and not at a different tempo. It wasn't meant to sound like some faggot pop rock single. This sounds like shit and you look like a cocksucking moron for arguing over and over about how its so much "better" and for men. lol. If you really believe that, how do you explain the singer sounding like some 13 year old kid going through puberty in this "version"?

[AlmostJesus]

@pyrorar lol u y mad brah just a song

[SuperAwsomeplaya]

why dont you shut the fuck up and listen to this song

[frankjoeboxer]

@pyrorar Go listen to more Justin Bieber. 

[TheMatt8330]

can some1 please tell me what the pic in this vid says??

[Thruxomatic]

Wash our your ears, OP. This is not a "different version" at all. You can tell by the vocals in about a couple of seconds this has been sped up. Maybe you like the quicker beat, but I can't get past Gordie Johnson sounding like he's 12. Consider this one downvote for the Chipmunk version.

[AlmostJesus]

@Thruxomatic This version is fine, if you don't like it go listen to Willie Nelson or some other slow song. This songs for men.

[mwild181]

@Thruxomatic It is a bit faster tempo..

[TheJumpers101]

@Thruxomatic

hey i toTOTALLY agree this hasa been sped up and sounds kinda silly... his voice is way too high! great song, but the slower version kicks ass on this one..

[Thruxomatic]

This is not a "different version". It has quite audibly been sped up. Maybe some people might like the faster speed, but I can't get past the vocals. He sounds like a 12 year old and not Gordie Johnson.

[zekethehillbilly]

There's no way this is a different version. its the exact same as the album version, but its sped up and sounds shitty compared to the original... but still better than 90+% of all music.

[Bleeps88Productions]

Why is it sped up totally takes the epic away from this song

[AlmostJesus]

@Bleeps88Productions It's not sped up, it's a different version played faster and the original is way too slow to be considered 'epic'. This version is 10x better.

[virsunen2]

FUCK THIS! lol keep it original.. or change the name of the title. thumbs DOWN I say.

[javexgarcia]

gays, saskatchewan band from saskatoon

[porschenut911]

This licks. WHO's idea was it to slow up this awesome song? Sounds awful.

[blatho12]

this version licks ass.

[wayneclarkejr]

this is a friggin awesome song!!!, kudos to all the hard working newfies up in alberta

[KhannKlan]

Great song. Not a big fan of the speed up though. Gordie Johnson sounds like some teenage boy.

[DasRies]

Alberta, where we've got the US for a basement. Sick song, peace out.

[mattysavs]

lol It's actually about the vast oil and gas reserves under the province........

[DasRies]

no, when it refers to hell, i'm pretty sure it means...

[8bosch8]

best version ever man kudos kufuckindos!!\m/

[mulberry3]

Why is this version sped up? It sounds ridiculous.

[AlmostJesus]

Sounds  a lot better imo

[mulberry3]

Not sure if serious... All you did was take the album version and speed it up. You think you can improve on the genious of this song?  To all the tards voting me down; go listen to the other videos of this and get back to me. /watch?v=hATnyUhHu7A

[Heard1g]

Well your imo is stupid, dont speed up good music

[AlmostJesus]

@Heard1g I didn't speed it up, someone else did, this is a lot better though. Go listen to your willy nelson shit if you like slow music

[ayadih]

@AlmostJesus LOL fuck you asshole! willy nelson is good! but it does sound a little wierd sped up like that.

[OKEMOWLICIUOS]

shit i have been looking for this song n also who sings it! But i love it

[gnrfan11]

This is about Medicine Hat. How do I know? I live there, it's painted as a mural on the side of a building in downtown, I think that's good enough proof.

[Destin4Life]

kingcriss can suck a dick canada rocks and you listened to the song so meant some thing to you fag and there canadian so fuck off hater i live in alberta and work in the oil patch try me fag

[peekopeeko]

"all hell for a basement" is a quote from Rudyard Kipling referring to the vast underground oil reserves under Medicine Hat, Alberta

[kingcriss]

Borthers and sisters..the best Big Sugar album and it sold shit.I'm having a hard time finding a copy.Gordy left the county to find success TEXAS!!!.CANADA SUCKS FOR MUSICIANS !

[peeonthecree]

fukin yankee shit. tipical aragont amercan

[JohnnieNaked]

This song is about how much Calgary blows. And it's SOOOOOO fuckin true! I live there.

[rockdockb52]

Funny, you would say that... because the Calgary I live in is pretty awesome.

[JohnnieNaked]

Really, what's awesome about it? The NOTHING to do? The snobby stuck up idiots who work downtown? The ZERO art culture and flat music scene? The elite hockey team that barely makes the playoffs? The shitty transit system? Traffic? 75% immigrant population of asshole stinky East Indians? I mean come on. The only half decent thing about it is the fact we are 1 hr. from the mountains.

[JohnnieNaked]

Oh ya I forgot to mention insane housing costs, it takes you 2 hours to get anywhere cause it's as big as the surface of the moon, there is absolutely NO CHANCE of being a pedestrian, the cops are nazi pigs, and everyone and I mean EVERYONE who didn't grow up here or belongs to some clique has an almost nil chance of meeting anyone that will give them the time of day. Friends, SO's, you name it. Good fucking luck. No one leaves their bubble here, prob cause they are afraid of the immigrants.

[rockdockb52]

I lied before, your initial comment wasn't very funny. You're responses however are pretty damn funny! Didn't realize I was starting an arguement with a racist bastard though.

The Calgary I moved to has welcomed me just fine. Since I moved here 4 years ago, I've had no problems making friends and finding things to do. Yes, we all know traffic sucks and I really could not care less about the Flames or Stamps.

If you think Calgary is so shitty, move to Fort McMurray.

[JohnnieNaked]

Racist is a negative word politically correct people use to brand those of us in society who are honest and have enough balls to speak the truth. There is nothing wrong with having a different skin color or country of origin. But if you smell like you haven't taken a bath in 6 months and you are a culturally blind ignorant asshole, I'm gonna call you out. Well, guess what? 99% of immigrants from India and said region are stinky assholes who haven't bathed in 6 months.

[Lithys]

Sounds to me like you're talking about Calgary!

I hate pakis. And I believe they said the song was about Medicine Hat.

[trucker11686]

you just described toronto...minus the mountains.

[firewireking1324]

No one but big sugar can really tell us what the song is about, so stop fighting about what it is really about and just enjoy the music.

[brycenshow]

i wanna set a record straight the song is about when the whole moving to alberta for work thing began and if you moved to alberta you could only get a basement apartment so the song implies that people not from alberta went all hell to get here just for a basement apartment so that is why the song is called all hell for a basement because people literaly went all hell for a basement

[Magnum74]

It's playing a bit fast but I always liked this song.

[Edmonchuck]

The song is actually about an East Coaster...either newfie or bluenoser...wno is out of work and hears about a place for work in Alberta...where they have all hell for a basement.

Very apt given that many moved here for Oil and Gas from the East...

[cnoah1]

Ha your wrong there its about all of who that have live there!!!! try livin there some time and get your head outta your ass and try to understand someone thats has lived there ha we all thought that is was the god sent place but its not the work its self it a hell for a basement but it's money for the heaven for our lives that we work.

[robx81]

sorry chief. you are wrong. Gordie Johnson has said this about Newfoundlanders for work. Get your head out of your own ass.

[zap54312]

@Edmonchuck

Medicine Hat, more specifically

[Strassenelefant]

I love this song!

Thats what human beeings are ment for. Working hard for a basement!

I too love seeings pictures of the nice nature in Alberta Kanada! I want to visit this place somewhere in my life.

Greetings from Austria

[vorcel]

The song is about Medicine Hat Alberta. The town is built on a huge gas field. In 1907 Rudyard Kipling, on a visit to the town, exclaimed that "People living in this district have all Hell for a basement." . Versions of that quote are proudly displayed at the town's airport and every tourist area. "Medicine Hat, the Town with all Hell for a basement".

[goriders06]

@vorcel I thought it was about Fort Mac and all the Newfies up there.

[1234jambob]

@vorcel Medicine Hat is great..

[mapleavenue77]

Awesome song!

[clancy6969]

What does the phrase all hell for a basement mean anyway?

Is it a reference to when a town booms apartments are hard to get or something?

[ghmeixner]

"All hell for a basement" refers to the natural gas below the town where the author grew up/lives or something along those lines. The song is about looking for a job in the Natural Gas fields, I believe.

[zap54312]

@clancy6969

Amarica

[sadatharoon]

This song is about Fort McMurray, Alberta

[bikestlr]

No its not. Its about Medicine Hat actually.

[shrubb58]

nice....................

[saulcore]

soy de venezuela y me encanta esta cancion muy buena

[mrsir27]

did you speed the song up? just a tad?

[AlmostJesus]

It is a little faster than the original but this is the version I got. To be honest I like it better like this, the other one just didn't do it for me - kind of slow

[mrsir27]

oh i see, yah, i like the way it is, but the voice is altered, so it throws off the tone a bit, but it is decent, i think i like the slower one a bit better tho.. makes it more laid back.

[trahcceb]

@mrsir27 indeed is a tad better, I like this speed it does it for me nicely. The voices though sound a bit boyish lol

[honDaggerlee]

wel everone is going back to work right away

[Musicboxplayer]

is this a canadian band?

[blackdogleg]

yeah, their not together anymore but Gordie Jonhson has a new group named Grady. check em out too.

[AnonymoustheABSOLUTE]

Hellz ya!

[zap54312]

I think that the singer once lived in Medicine Hat. The song is based on Medicine Hat, my proof is that on one of the walls we have a saying from some dead guy that is the exact same lyrics as the song.

[PitreVidz]

yup

[crazybob43]

meeting up somewhere and smashing your face in would be amazing, but then again, mother wouldnt let you out from the basement!!

[crazybob43]

Great Tune!!

[Volcomkyle88]

Maybe for faggots, and gay italians...

[98camaro1]

umm.. fuck you buddy like who the fuck do you think you are?

[blackdogleg]

Pakito?????? talk about gay

[Volcomkyle88]

What a bad song, Only faggot's and Italians like this....

[AlmostJesus]

LOL. jerk

[zmznzbzvzmznzb]

all hell for a basement. I love that sayin". Comin from Scotland and all.

[polariskid13]

thats why u searched it up u shit head go away ur ruining the good tune waste at like stupid idiot

[TheDarthFart]

@Volcomkyle88 You're both.

[ARTURSIRBE1]

Saw them at the Calgary Stampede stage show, they were fantastic!!!!