The Thrills - Big Sur

[mousewerkzzz]

Good song will never be forgotten! because it touch the heart, not the brain... :)

[joki3d]

i damn swear to make their copycat

[mosalacrima90]

I've not forgotten you The Thrills.

[koopa64z]

thrills will never ben forgotten, every time i go into a supermarket they are playing, i feel sorry for bands like jj72

[jmua04]

I hate that they broke up. Just proves that great bands that play real music just can't make it in the shitty music industry these days. 

[Theothermoelle]

Hard to believe this sound came from South Dublin... but so glad it did!!!!!

[Theothermoelle]

Great great song.. a classic... 

[mango2005]

Very cute lead singer.

[TJALOL]

Listening to this while driving down on big sur, most epic thing i've ever done!

[Tuzotonic]

Sadly The Thrills have since broken up but not before leaving us with great music like this. Big Sur may quite possibly be the best power pop song of the last ten years. If you like this I highly recommend their albums especially Teenagers.

[Lunoize]

4 years ago, this was my favorite song. I haven't heard it for 3 years until right now. Instant memories :) sweet

[JoelH790]

Pork?

[dogley1]

Wow, just 20 years old, driving back from the beach one day, the sun was coming down a bit like in the video, this song was on the radio, I was still at University. I'm 29 now. Time...she goes.

[Krislights1]

I'll never forget the thrills! And re-post as often as poss. the next best thing to the beachboys.... and since Dennis ain't here.... Still a big fan. My CD from the MGMT. is still here! I treasure it.



[ploilekk]

guys , i miss u so 

[Sachy777]

The Irish Beach Boys <3

[abbotskerswellpostie]

An uplifting piece of pop, it stays in your memory which is why i came to listen to it again.

smiles!

[Rhiiness]

I love these guys, I'm praying for another album from them one day!

[Striplights1980]

Am I the only one who skips the advert after 3 seconds?

[mmamilano]

the o.c

[johnoconnor99]

problem with those guys was they were a bunch of cocky f**kers

[xonracer]

the oc <3 best soundtrack in film history! love this song

[eugenespeed]

Randomly heard this in ASDA at 2am, forgot all about it.

[WornGlobe]

This song just makes me happy.

[lannn]

THIS was the song of the summer 2003. The thrills may have been forgotten, but nobody can take this fact away. It was played everywhere. song of the summer.

[ilovecdn]

fuck i havnt heard this song in years

[reenereen]

63 repeats... won the tourney - all good ;)

[reenereen]

42 repeats so far...

[reenereen]

21 repeats so far...

[gavie14]

Hearing it makes me smile and remember the sun still exists...just not in the UK. =(

[Carlos111111able]

They are for me a great act

[KevinClaen]

Qué canción tan mas rifada

[sephoir]

I've been looking for this song for years,I'm surprised it hasn't got more views lol

[GPThorpe94]

i really like how people are still viewing and commenting on this video, its kind of reassuring me that the thrills haven't been completely forgotten.

[MrOhmygoditsben]

@GPThorpe94 im twelve, and i love the thrills, it doesnt matter if they're legacy still lives on in other peoples minds. what matters is if if they're legacy lives on in your mind. the thrills are a great band, and they will always be alive in my mind

[faithdefenderjmc]

First off, the Thrills aren't Cali natives, they're from Ireland. And second, not all Cali natives are cocky...Newport Beach is fake-ass, OC SoCal...living there was your first mistake. Anything south of SLO sucks. Not real Cali.

[simplyjustpeachy]

Love it. :)

[nickjames46]

romantic song

[klpxo4]

thumbs up if you first heard this in the OC.

[yurigirl57]

Owl City and Katy Perry are related to this... HOW?????

[MrJackCarrington]

A song for those great drives with the roof down and the summer breeze in your hair.

[entertheworld100]

12 people have bad memories in big sur

[pop2u1]

I always wonder how come they've never became that big

[thesenamesaretaken]

I'll never go back to Dixons.

[wilsters666]

really nice,

[lumyingluo]

nice^^

[cturak]

Hey hey you're the Thrills and no one knew you were ever around...



[mrkd2k10]

the song makes me happy every time

[SSundannceKid]

i love it until 0.38

[Jojjo450]

SUMMER 2003!!!!

[MCREDDIEPANTS]

@Jojjo450 best summer ever!

[drewsky684]

These were people who realized that the shit played on the radio isn't worthy. Ultimately, they lost and nickelback won.

[barneyfromkillarney]

the worst band to ever come out of ireland. D4 pricks

[spadge321]

no , u2 are the worse irish band of all time , not good enough to hold a candle near thin lizzy or Rory Gallagher,, u2 are shit houses and posers,, at least these guys dont pretend to be hard arses,,

[morselax012]

@spadge321 You're kidding right? U2 is the biggest band from Ireland and the best. Look at how much they have accomplished. But, clearly you know what accomplishments are because you are sitting there bagging on U2.

[apc467]

@morselax012 he's right bro... they are complete duouches

[fargoboyles]

@morselax012 thin lizzy!! lynott beats bono hands down

[fargoboyles]

@morselax012 thin lizzy!! lynott beats bono hands down

[LarryFogarty]

@barneyfromkillarney U2 HUGE.....THATS A FACT...BUT ALSO TOSSERS..AND THATS A FACT AS WELL

[kinksboss1]

Big Sur only has a small village with about 100 people, but a hundred miles of gorgeous ocean scenery

[bassgod89]

@ivanrankarm Yes, it's evident that you pick quality over quantity seeing as you you aren't aware that "obliteration" is just as much a word as "oblivion". Some people...

[spraymaster]

are they recording and playing live again? I really hope so

[sekwah09]

Interesting little factoid I stumbled across:

The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", meaning "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big country of the south (Source; Wikipedia).

[grimfucker]

@sekwah09 big sur california dummy!

[sekwah09]

@grimfucker

Yes, I realise Big Sur is in California, I was merely commenting on how the name was derived. We can all benefit from some education and judging from your impulsive remark; you are certainly not exempt from that.

[bassgod89]

Great band. My name is Jack Woodward. I've spent the past few years churning out music as fast as possible. Most cats record an album a year and call it a day. They deliberate on the shit that they're going to do before hand and deface the initial inspiration of the music into obliteration. I try to capture it at the moment of conception. I don't question what I'm being told, I just write it down. Check out my music videos to hear the songs I conceived in this fashion.

[ivanrankarm]

@bassgod89 really really really dont want to check out ur music jack woodward. Churning out music 'as fast as possible' is not always a good thing. I pick quality over quantity any day, especially with music. Also its 'oblivion' not 'obliteration'

[spadge321]

are they any good man ? , or is it prolific shit ,,

[yvonneslcd]

dopee

[bobbybishopbuffalo]

it's funny how they're Irish but almost all their vids have that socal feel

[NeverAgain1985]

love it

[BlueberrySman]

love the thrills. always have. always will.

[Nausitoos]

All Thrills fan's just go to my twitter, If you're interested ! Thanks !

my twitter is

@nausitoos !

[hardknoxz]

like the ucla sweater! Wonder if u can find it in a t- shirt? that be cool!

[JOanneVO4]

Why is he wearing a UCLA shirt?

[johngroshong]

poop

[Kino086]

It's sad they are disappeared... Indeed they were fired by their last label.

[Tuzotonic]

These guys are great. I first started listening to their music a few months ago and fell in love with the sound and the harmonies.

[almightyhydra]

Goddamn it, playing a cover of this in just a few days and got the wrong chords!!

[BlueyesMysterie]

i kinda like love it XD

[theronandemily]

WHY DIDN'T THEY BLOW UP LIKE THEY WERE MEANT TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mattmirko8]

fantastic

[jamesnutman07]

love this song

[malzio1547]

i've seen them at an oasis gig in toulouse (france) !!! rock band, great songs, good tune !!!

[brimbo100]

went down big sur on our tour of california last year, what a beautiful stretch, good memories.baaaaaaahhhhhhh, i want to go back..

[56nickjames]

special song to me

[feitordetapas]

the lyrics ''hey hey youre the monkees, people said you monkeyed around'' its a copy of the lyrics by ''The Monkees - Hey Hey We're The Monkees''! -.-

i like this song, but copy is bad

[dustyrose91]

@feitordetapas you dont think maybe theyre playing homage, rather than copying?

[feitordetapas]

@dustyrose91 no, because only part of the lirycs its like a music of ''The Monkees'', and copy is not homenage

[dustyrose91]

@feitordetapas that made absoloutely no sense at all

[feitordetapas]

@dustyrose91 nao, nao faz sentido, as letras só sao iguais! -.-'

[mrmrhollingsworth]

@dustyrose91

ha ha

[56nickjames]

@dustyrose91 youre exactly right and more. the monkees did video at big sur

[56nickjames]

@feitordetapas youre too young and foreign to understand

[feitordetapas]

@56nickjames Lyrics to the monkees - Hey Hey We're The Monkeys: Hey, hey, we're the monkees, And people say we monkey around // lyrics to The Thrills - Big Sur: Hey, hey you're the monkees, People said you monkeyed around // sou do brasil, escutei as letras das musicas e achei muito parecido, mais se voces dizem que nao é cópia, entao tudo bem...

[RusselMuttly]

@feitordetapas Take a breather my friend and accept your defeat

[MustHaveRocknRoll]

@feitordetapas i think you must be slow. tapas are delicious though.

[mrmrhollingsworth]

@feitordetapas

just wondering... how old are you?

[TheTalkingCamera]

@feitordetapas It's called a reference

[MrPeduncolo]

great great song..been for a couple of weeks in Ireland when this started..love it!

[lisamconveyness]

i saw them about two years ago in Derry. they're good performers live, wouldn't mind seeing these again. love this song :D

[HeavierThanWater]

The four people who disliked this are shitehawks.

[doublenang]

summer 2003. so many memories. 

[lachicola]

best ever summer tune freloading coast to coast in campervaN

[nortystace]

This song rockz. Real kewl vid 2.

[Criddington]

Reminds me of being 15, sitting in my garden in the summer wishing it was the 60s! :)

It was rare for band to be this good - I thought they were going to be the new Beach Boys or Byrds - this first album was both of those things!

[Criddington]

Reminds me of being 15, sitting in my garden in the summer wishing it was the 60s! :)

It was rare for band to be this good - I thought they were going to be the new Beach Boys or Byrds - this first album was both of those things!

[jazzyroxhardcore]

been lookin for this song FOR AGES!!!!!!!! Didnt knwo the name or anything just typed in a line!!!

[LiLMissLuciernaga]

WOW, good music right! I'm holding their CD in my hands. :)

[bruska85]

you are wonderful.. i'm a Thrills' groupie

[Jofph]

Everytime I hear this song it's summer again in my body and I'm walking the abandoned streets back home as I did so many times before at 5 o'clock in the morning, flying on a still soft warm summer breeze in Playa del Inglés, Canary Islands. Like laying in the sea, dip in veins, feeling so good, feeling so fine, so high & hit.

[ChickengoesBOK]

Man ,I LOVE THEM , i want them to write at least a few more songs :)

[miguelthemexican99]

i love this song so much.

[kartkidd]

great band but their latter stuff was under-rated. were absolutely massive here in ireland for ages

[rockandrollkevin]

The girl at 1:53....Oh my God...

[testerz123456]

They were dropped in 2008 by EMI due to their Teenager album bombing. Poof, goodbye.

[testerz123456]

i'd give my soul to live like this

[duncen87]

Which God bless The Thrills

[Irishfreecitizen]

good band that hail near me

[danwiderspan]

@Irishfreecitizen - Your Irish lads seamed to love California even more than Californians. Do you know a Luke from Ireland that lives in San Diego by chance?

[TheGiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

MADòò QUANT'è BELLAAA!!!

[laurencelikestopgun]

Oh I miss the OC

[harwicke]

God, what became of these guys? Such a great 1st album, and a pretty good 2nd one. Teenager was very poor.

[aidie]

Well unoffically on a hiatus, myspace site gone, might be a case of fading into the distance which is a pity!

[gomitalove]

eahhh!

[maglou62]

The video's as good as the song !

Just great

[danielmarchiori]

The best band of the last decade and anybody knows!!!

I love these guys!

[sccadavajc]

Great song, so chilling. Reminds me of this summer just gone helping my best mate make his pond and decking ;) awesome band, so relaxing (Y)

[DominoRyder]

Such an awesome song, I've always dreamed of visiting Big Sur, so beautiful

[fasterthanbolt]

Amazing place mate. I took some pics there. Check out my video. Peace.

Paolo

[catscatscatz]

@DominoRyder Good to see people liking California. I live in Big Sur, wonderful place. Too many people hate California these days. Sad times.

[jacobgulless]

whats big sur?

[obriensimo]

dum ass

[mabbitstown]

Its a town in California.

[fasterthanbolt]

Agreat place on the west coast (California). Look at the pics in my vdeo and you will see it.

Paolo

[legghiu]

yesterday SIR ALAN McGEE put this in a club in italy

[VictoriaCandler]

i love this song brings back memories...kinda makes me feel old tho lol awesome tune!!!

[enro90wp]

Amazing!

[Sheepkidnapper]

this reminds me of being 15...

[mehmus]

@Sheepkidnapper saaaame man!!! 2003 all over again..

[MCREDDIEPANTS]

@Sheepkidnapper reminds me of being like 11

[daemonsterr245]

@Sheepkidnapper lol

[4pilotooo]

wht happened 2 the good years tenerife song brfc 1875

[niteseeker545]

yes very wierd way!!. duno why!. lol.. Whos the girl on 1.53 hot hot

[pianomanTodd]

in a weird way they remind me of The MGMT

[Danimal14222]

They just put out a new album...haven't heard anything off it, but they're not dead yet, guys.

[roberdancer]

i remember listing to this song so long ago...

i sure miss these guys

[shabbo16]

i know me too! this song made me happy

[fasterthanbolt]

me too  :-)

[TheFreshbox]

they were so good!

[betterthangala]

i remember seeing them around 2004 in phoniex park in dublin opening for the red hot chilli peppers.some gig:P

[reidzappa]

miss this band.. saw them in birmingham uk god must be around 2002 ish!? theyre quality.

[pikopikochuu]

why have i never heard of these people before??? urgh. i LOVE them and i've only listened to two of their songs so far.

[CallimacoSpaziale]

They were very popular some years ago because of this song :)

[Dizinsightful]

Hahaha! @Lardinatube: The lyrics aren't nonsensical, they are mostly just throwbacks to TV shows (i.e. The Monkeys), political events (Berlin Wall), and other blast from the past happenings. In any case, though, it is a great song.

[LardInATubeSock]

This is a song that is in my top 100 of all time. Captures so much of that warm 60s, laid back Cali sound, even with its somewhat nonsensical lyrics.

[yngwieiii]

Yessssssssss!!!

I agree with you!

[fasterthanbolt]

totally agree with you man!!

[lesliesk84]

Lead singer is hotttttttttttttt

[LoveMeCauseImGreen]

I adore the pastel colors they used for this video. It really captures the kind of band The Thrills is.

[iveroon]

vintage color not pastel

[pip12387]

this song makes me want to hit my head against the wall. i wish i hadn't stumbled upon it.

[hanjobb]

if ya want to do it no1s stopping you ya mog

[ShaunaTVx]

saw em in dundrum today

[jibjabchamp]

Lead singer, Conor Deasy, he's my second cousin.

[larry46lurex]

The vocalist is very very Handsome!! I Love him ♥ .. bye!

[gavenmx]

Porque al guitarrista le gustan los microfonos tan chaparros?

[Mazurka1001]

kids...

[bobspeltbackwardsfoo]

Love.

[VaaLKurt]

this song and this video are THE summer

[sccadavajc]

@VaaLKurt Certainy are dude!

[jeffmor02]

Wierd song.....and I lived in Santa Cruz

[robertvanderkolk]

love this song! makes me happy, suits sunny weather!

[MotorElf]

Supernice <33

get's me in the mood for a lovely spring this year!

[RicardoMunozMusic]

wow