Monsters of Folk - "Dear God"

[donnadrums8]

excellent - well done - great emotion and execution, vocals, instrumentation and of course lyrics



[fennkell]

deep



[Linehan23]

Smoke weed and listen to this song :)

[ferbasquiat]

there is something extremely spiritual. god... dear song!.

[drakeisaguy]

Why cant i thumbs up???

[ndeze]

Thumbs up if you heard about this song from The Roots version "Dear God 2.0"

[fortifyfunk]

So just to clear this up, this isn't a praise but more of a critique to the idea of an omnipresent god?

[JointManipulation]

@fortifyfunk there exists a presence or a force if you will. nature is flawless, science is inconclusive. duality is all we can comprehend, so naturally we explain away anything that defies it. man sees the tree, tree sees the man. blahzay blahzay God saw that it was Good. NOW don't worry, be happy. accept the one world governing body that's coming to you. it is as perfect as creation itself and won't let you down like any form of capitalist democracy that predeceased it.

[JNash5304]

Repeat.



[ajwalsh333]

this is the most beautiful song i have ever heard.

[MrRockinjohnnyfi]

@DPrime215 It sure helps

[groar92skatrdinasour]

This must be only what their jam sesh sounds like. 

[groar92skatrdinasour]

So incredible.

[SeerzTower]

THIS IS THE SHIT

[BRYankowy]

This was unbelievable.

[jdcool038]

"I know I'm thinking aloud, but if your love's still around, why do we suffer? Why do we suffer!?"

[Marc82193]

I want 2 thank The Roots for introducing me to this Band. I Love Good Music

[polysig]

The Roots sampled it too

[15thavenueboys]

Why is Jim James singing to himself?

[MrCamAdams]

KID CUDI SAMPLED THIS :)))))))!!!!!!!!!!!

[Draxzar]

@MrCamAdams Actually, the chorus to this song is a sample from "Is There Any Love" by Trevor Dandy, a gospel song from the 1970's. Cudi also sampled the song. However, judging by the lyrical content of this song we can safely assume it was used ironically.

[MagicMoonMan]

@Draxzar The chorus? I think you mean the beat. I just listened the entire song through for anything else on the trevor dandy song that reminded vaguely of this. The only thing I could hear is the drumbeat and the guitar that pops in and out once in a while.

[Bankallday]

@MrCamAdams Actually Cudi sampled the Sam Dandy song "Is there any love" and so did MOF

[angelo12211989]

@Bankallday cudi= love. that is all.

[KariiKarKariiyo]

Damn, this video is....amazing.

[evemmaret]

Sounds a little like The Flaming Lips and a little Radiohead?

[ElectroxXxBoosh]

conor sounds really young in comparison to the others :) Its an amazing song

[makashka1]

@dprime215 - I DO smoke weed and I enjoy it MORE. You DO need weed if you really wanna enjoy your music.

[StarvingSound]

@makashka1 As somebody who used to smoke weed and occasionally still does I can tell you that you are way wrong. 

[dudeimcool4]

@makashka1 so not true. i used to smoke weed, but it this song is still hella chill.

[cpjilla]

TREVOR DANDY- IS THERE ANY LOVE--SAME SONG DIFFERENT LYRICS!!!

[Kahostyl]

Thank you the root, thank you for making me discover the original, beautiful music!

[MrCatzcats]

This is such a ripoff of "The Power Of Ten" Video. Just a little more artsy. I love the song but the other videos are so much more original. Search it and just watch it. Its the exact same but backwards.

[CalebWestFilms]

@MrCatzcats Defiantly inspired by The Powers of Ten video, but absolutely not a ripoff. Powers of Ten is a wonderful documentary of our universe, this takes the idea of the zoom out to a beautiful and abstract new world. If you want a Eames's (creator of the Power of Ten) ripoff, go get a $100 LCW Chair, that's a ripoff.

This is not a ripoff, its a celebration of a great idea.

[Robinzorz]

I really like the song, but I love the 2.0 version with the Roots.

[awesomeness0192]

its a little radioheadish



[mandypandy5690]

i heard about this song like 5 months ago, forgot about, had a dream about last night, and fell in love with it ALL over again :) <3 (thank u 93xrt for playing this song!!!!!!)

[Clectaski]

Such a good track

[cheeser164]

7 people hate real music.

[luizeddy]

Great video, along with the lyrics.

Makes me think and think...

[TheCassieb123]

eames powers of ten inspired perhaps?

beautiful song, beautiful video all in all.

[fallenpumpkinhead]

Hey for reals, I can't really judge cuz I don't smoke weed anymore but is the rest of their stuff this good or did they get lucky?

[billygoat16]

@fallenpumpkinhead I don't think they got lucky, they are pretty solid all around.

Also check out My Morning Jacket... the lead singer is (was?) also the lead man in that group

[Hotsauce850]

@fallenpumpkinhead Monsters of Folk is sick. Check out Temazcal

[fallenpumpkinhead]

@Hotsauce850 not bad... what else you got

[Hotsauce850]

@fallenpumpkinhead Magic Marker, Man Named Truth, Map of the World Ahead of the Curve, Sandman the Brakeman and Me, His Master's Voice

[fallenpumpkinhead]

@Hotsauce850 Thanks I downloaded the whole CD and did the wiki research. Checkout this guy's new cd with Bright Eyes - The People's Key, It's amazing.

[Tork15]

@Hotsauce850 YEES!!!!! Temazcal, my favourite!!!!!!!

[MrZanjoker]

yes, dreamy...

[MrSadGuru]

Yim Yames!

[UncleAndy13]

Most tasty ...... and then some............

[valetparkrrr]

6 people don't smoke weed.

[DPrime215]

@valetparkrrr I don't smoke weed and I enjoy this song. You don't need weed to enjoy great music.

[aaltomusic]

@DPrime215 Weed is like a guitar amp. It's impossible to go MUFFFFF WEEOOO!!! with an acoustic guitar.

[matovic27]

@DPrime215 but it doesn't hurt

[DPrime215]

@matovic27 Who said it did?

[efrotera]

@DPrime215 keeping it real. im feeling you man.

[jdcool038]

@DPrime215 i agree! thank you!

[mcovalt]

@DPrime215 yeah but really. you should try to watch it while hih\g hahaa

[11Jurriaan]

@DPrime215 I'm very sorry, but I accidentally 'disliked' your comment. I'm sorry

[DPrime215]

@11Jurriaan It's ok, I don't bite.

[11Jurriaan]

@DPrime215 Very well

[AFACOfficial]

@DPrime215 But there's no doubt it helps

[401Nero]

@DPrime215 If you don't smoke weed and still enjoy this music, then imagine how MIND BLOWING it would be with weed

[Davoravo86]

It's the oddest track off of the album it appears on. But it's my favourite, I wish MOF would do more material like this.

[Breana9109]

american dad brought me here also.....

[Rippy888]

FUCK ALL NIGGERS!!!!

[Breana9109]

@Rippy888 why did you say that?..... kind of random

[brookhill]

SOOOO GOOOD! It really reminds me of "Heirloom" by Brandon Snipes

[thedoctorssimple]

I hate google

[hamala]

How I got over, best album 2010.

[JulianBagBeans]

playing portal on acid

[Squishy876]

Gotta love a trippy song.

[diannux]

mmmmm... m. ward <3

[Farfrae]

This music is beautiful and I love Connor Oberst.. saying so many precious things I feel a lot of ears in the world need to hear and things we probably all know and feel at one point.. I'm sure it's easy for any of us to dream of being this song. Not to mention Connor is going to rob me blind by makin me buy all his music. Not a bad thing for my hard earned cash to go to.

[shaniaimaribourne]

@Farfrae Beautiful comment and everything but please..it's CONOR-not Connor.

[rudeboyzippo]

@shaniaimaribourne I know... if I had a nick for everytime I saw it spelled CONNOR OBERST, or even ELLIOT SMITH.

[shaniaimaribourne]

@rudeboyzippo Ugh, I know! It just..ugh

[MegaShredded]

nice

[EVedderHOT]

this song reminds me of someone special. i smile when i hear it and think of them

[dolmanf]

killer track no doubt

[lukezabel15]

great song! Everybody wonders sometimes whether God exists or not. The question of why do we suffer i would say because of sin. God made the world in His image to begin with and then the devil brought sin and teptation into the picture. When man fell by giving into the temtation of the devil, the world God created in His image became imperfect and was therefore no longer in His image. Sin is the reason why we suffer in this world......which is why God created another world after death.

[sidheartraja]

@lukezabel15 we suffer because of we, not he (or her, or it)

[lukezabel15]

@sidheartraja True that. I guess I should've been a little more clear. WE are the ones who made and still make all of our own choices......which may ultimately destroy us.

[Vaeocyn]

@lukezabel15 Actually free will does not exist, our reality is either a product of a deterministic universe or a chaotic/random one.

[cobrala]

@Vaeocyn Where did you come up with that? What about Quantum mechanics or theory?

[Vaeocyn]

@cobrala The only thing quantum mechanics really tells us right now is that we don't know much of anything, we cant explain the lack of dark matter and have no idea what the properties of dark energy, the most abundant stuff in the universe, are among other things. Quantum mechanics have provided no support of free will and feeds more into the randomness argument i originally posted, reference the "random walk" if you must.

[MrHAVOCtheMAN]

anybody miss bright eyes?

[cassiodefernando]

0¿õ ...No words to explain how I tripped with this song! Amazing!

Do caraaaalhoooo!!! My regards from Brazil...

[VivaLaFrankEsparros]

My musical taste is SO stimulated right now.

[wannabemarine13]

I think this song is about how they want to believe in God..but some of the stuff that happens in life just makes it clear that there isn't. On the other hand many of the wonderful things that happen to them must have a higher power behind them. This is about the struggle we have to understand what this "god" is and we all have doubt sometime or another. But thats just me...great song<333

[sadeseet]

oh. my. gawd. (:

[papercrescentmoon]

Why is this so pretty ?

[kiillersm18]

StiLL Luv This Sonq

[Shoelia]

i dont know who the roots are, but im athiest and still love this song.

[harryom123]

absolutely wonderful stuff

[MyNegr0]

I'm anAthiest...but SicK

[Llama052]

Dear, God

[diantc333]

I love Connor Oberst

[03Lopez03]

wow really 1 dislike? someones hands and ears need to be chopped off...and quick

[DMOB4SHO]

this is genius so glad the roots sampled this

[DPrime215]

Dear God = Dear God 2.0

[pseudoskanking]

eames powers of 10? fly.

[lowethecookster]

@DepressedManic naw m. ward is better looking but Connors music is way better and ive had my eyes on him for a few years

[lowethecookster]

im gonna marry Connor someday he is the modern day dylan

[XxAlexxGoesRAWRxX]

The beat to this song is beyond trippy :D

[seelexflex]

kid cudi also sampled this on the song "is there any love?" wit wale

[castingtherunes]

You realize that God will crush you into a pulp when he listens to this, don't you?

[ubertomadachi]

Cool song!!! Did you dudes and chicks no that at the biggest object at 2:55 is actually a type of sponge....a basket sponge I believe!!!! Not that it was perposley placed here for this reason (only about a .00000001 percent chance) but that sponge represents married bliss in Japan...cool fact huh!!!

[texasaggie85]

good song, big ups to the roots for the ref.

[namkooc]

this is a masterpiece

[ericsaywhaat]

this is dope, I'm glad the roots sampled this song otherwise I would have never heard of this song

[tgraham3]

@ericsaywhaat I'm with you. Amazing original that The Roots shed light on...both incredible.

[Averyman]

@ericsaywhaat

Kid Cudi did too; look up "Is There Any Love" feat. Wale. he sampled the beat/rhythm

[shnmchl61]

@Averyman You're not quite right on that one. The Roots remade this w/ Monsters of Folk. The Cudi/Wale song and this one both sampled "Is There Any Love" by Trevor Dandy. That one came out in like '79.

[Averyman]

@ericsaywhaat

Kid Cudi did too; look up "Is There Any Love" feat. Wale. he sampled the beat/rhythm

[stewxl]

@ericsaywhaat : same here...

[souljha2001]

@ericsaywhaat

exactly!

Great song but never would've known if not for the Roots

[Istaysmoking]

@ericsaywhaat

I am pretty sure that kid cudi sampled this song too, cant remember what track but one does come to mind!!

[GPadre]

@Istaysmoking it was Kid Cudi's "Is There Any Love" ft. Wale

[DPrime215]

@GPadre Cudi sampled Trevor Dandy's song Is There Any Love.

[Istaysmoking]

@DPrime215

good looks man

[GPadre]

@DPrime215  ah ok, thanks man!

[DPrime215]

@Istaysmoking Kid Cudi sampled Is There Any Love by Trevor Dandy, not Dear God by M.O.F.

I know the percussion sounds the same but Cudi didn't sample M.O.F.

[prophonix]

@ericsaywhaat Thats how I heard about them. The roots new album is so dope and this song is amazing. I play dear 2.o at least 3x a week. Real hip hop and real musicians

[treavioli]

So basically... we're from the stars.

[reingp]

@treavioli

Yeah! We are stardust!

[RedRott1]

Awsome!

[neoninagirl]

this is fantastic. so chill.

[xavi927]

finally -- a video for postin' !

[jimhofmann]

This is obviously inspired by Cosmic Zoom (1968) - a short film that is availalbe on youtube.

[treavioli]

@jimhofmann most likely. the song itself is inspired by and/or samples Trevor Dandy's "Is There Any Love" -- recycled love from track to video

[jimhofmann]

@treavioli Oh wow, just looked this up on iTunes; cool song - thanks for the tip.

[BurntByTheMoon44]

mmm trippy. I like this more than the other with the little girl.

[wrinkledforehead]

@BrightEyesAtheist Lmao. Maybe later! :)

[cureos]

The MOF album was one of my faves last year. Great from start to finish.

[Tiffmay]

Amazing. Think may be my favourite track of 2010 so far.

[Murkurial]

@Tiffmay The album actually came out in 2009, but I agree that this song is amazing. It's actually the only one that I like on the album.

[rgeregerbil01]

Favourite track off the album - Glad it's been released

[wrinkledforehead]

I know, right?!

[wotyougot]

love it !!!!

[MysticGrant]

Love the layers in the guys hand.

[nutsackkoverdose]

One hell of a video.

[Lifeisamazing]

is this the competition winner?

[Emamnuelguzman86]

Great work on this video, i think i see a reference to cosmology and quantum mechanics, from the world of the large to the world of the very small.