Ben Lee: Kids by MGMT

[yourfriendalexander]

i love this cover.

[CoPezz]

haha the old guy cheesin hard

[PARANOIDS0LDIER]

Its videos like this that make me addicted to youtube!!

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[Megalips89]

nice.



[JEP1776AEP]

amazing



[lovethelaugh1]

i dont get why there is so many hurtful coments towords him! i think its strange, my ears hear nothing but AMAZING (: <3

[lovethelaugh1]

i think Ben Lee makes the best music iv heard :D

[harrietaliceee]

ahhh what chords did you u se i love this

[missPriscillak]

He went to my school :)

[JEP1776AEP]

@missPriscillak lucky s.o.b.

[mmardmore]

chur bro good version and cool vid

[russiantoughguy]

man he sucks

[MrSkate4weed]

if i saw this weirdo trying to do this cover in real life i would stop jogging, punch him in the face, break his guitar, then keep jogging

[Liiammm3]

@MrSkate4weed Why...?

[MelleB90]

He looks like a hobbit.

[StefanR10]

@MelleB90 Frodo

[MissPonderosa]

Such a beautiful rendition! GW!

I would love this one just as much as the original if i had a larger preference for slow music. I dance to the original XD. This is lovely chilling music though :)

hahaha 'turnded' XD

[spiderwillkillyou]

It'd be hilarious to have him do Ben Lee by Klinger.

[juniwilliams]

he has such a good tone.

[garfieldzgirl]

OMG i love Ben Lee, Love MGMT and love this song! I never imagined this was possible...... till now. :D

[TheGreenpig10]

such a beautiful voice

i just love this cover

<3

so soft and wonderful!

[jd6565888]

he looks exactly like Roy off The IT Crowd!!!

[colorguardforlife11]

@jd6565888 WOAH

[tamielarici]

oh my gosh.. i'm a ben lee fan but this is the first time i saw this video.. i also love the song he covered!!! oh em gee.......

[ChadWork1]

What lav / mic setup were you using for this?

[jmcarrilho]

awesome :D

[Letes92]

2 years old already...time runs so fast...

[McLovinNator]

Lol I ment chords. Stupid iPhone

[McLovinNator]

Did anyone write down the cheese he played? I wants

[grimo000]

@McLovinNator yeah im pretty sure it was swiss

[ksiryan1121]

I literally got chills from this. So good.

[Psychedelickk]

This is awesome

One of the rare times I watch a cover until the end

Thank you :)

[dweebcentric]

@Psychedelickk - awww, but there's many good covers! watch more to the end.

[jokinjoe4u]

tears man.



[anna3liu]

The people at the begining look so cute and friendly! [:

[pryde72]

Awesome, awesome job!

[RudeViewer]

What a total faggot omg if I saaw this nigger around my town I'd fucking shoopt his phaggot ass. FAG

[daddyfatsaxohten]

@RudeViewer i know from your name youre trying to be a troll, but you just sound like a bad person

[burningfajitasalt]

@RudeViewer I suppose you would've...

*sunglasses*

ShotThePlayer.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[FinalConflict99]

holy shit his in double bay! i think i seen him that day,me and my friend were walking and out of know where his just standing there,lol!

[CallanTeamZG]

I found this song on the Ministry of Sound - Uncovered vol.2 and had to come see if there was a film clip or something and this is just epicly amazing :D

[Jollaz10]

I like the MGMT version and I've heard other peoples covers of the song but this one is definitely the best cover :)

[Jak77701]

girrly voice.. such a kook

[PussyShotzz]

nice job bro

[chazolia]

I need a guitar as small as that!

[slovibond]

@chazolia I have one. Ashton make a travel-size acoustic for around £80 (UK price, obv.) and it's ace. Surprisingly good sound they give too with the right strings!

[chazolia]

@slovibond

Ohhh thank you!!! I didn't think that somebody would reply!! I'm gonna go to the store, thanks again!!!

[StreetRocaFella]

aware

[adam591]

no offense but i think watch?v=8t44A2QW4Cg is a better cover

[cmb81]

why is there a 'female' symbol on ur guitar?

[FCBA14]

Just love it!

[Aikia222]

bloody brilliant.

[TheDellanator]

hes so fricken' good :)

[FeelThisMoment]

this is beautiful!

[giuliafrodrigues]

omg, this is sooooo good! I love Ben Lee, he's awesome!

[falconsboy67]

good cover. check out the cover by the kooks though. personally, i like it more than this and the original.

[LordWelkerfan01]

This camera work is beautiful. Really steady with a great path.

[platypae333]

It sounds pretty but it takes the fun out of it. If the original sounded like this, it wouldn't be as much of a joke

[TanishaScoots]

Holy Shit This Is Amazing <3

[canada1113]

I love how he stops and gets on his knees to play for the dog. Ha something I'd totally do.

[redimade]

and the people in the background just keep umping those thigh muscles

[cammmmmmmmm]

I don't like being able to see his microphone box thing .

[maggsamillion]

god i love ben lee :)

[wrmichael]

Oh my god, i would kill for a tab!

[raiko00]

Well played Sir Ben Lee... well played indeed good sir.

[ItsASmurf]

I like this cover

[imajessachu]

This is beautiful.

[abdulkadir1990]

lensbaby

[myobsession243]

Oh my GOD.

Okay.

I love love love love love love MGMT. One of my favorite bands of all time.

Most definetely.

Of all time.

But this is just...

Incredible.

Chills.

The whole time.

[skroobius]

holy shit it's will ferrel!

[guitarfreak186]

Rose bay. Sydney, so many boats

[ShootThePlayer]

@guitarfreak186 It's Rushcutters Bay - close though!

[Gimpy2k7]

@guitarfreak186 I love how you got the location wrong when it says it on screen during the video. An arrogant fail so epic...

I'm really liking watching famous artists just causally singing walking down the streets of whatever city a lot. Been watching a bunch lately.

[Raraus]

Not very fond of the way he's singing it. It seems like he's demeaning the lyrics... -____-

[DrlFuzZ]

@Raraus how's he demeaning the lyrics. -_- there's so much soul in this song.

[Raraus]

@DrlFuzZ It seems a little too happy and poppish.... it feels like the song was supposed to be sung with a more mellow voice... He's putting a little TOO much soul.

[000colourful000]

Really gave a new meaning to the lyrics. Not better or worse. Just beautiful.

[bestbud11d7]

@000colourful000 oops

i meant to thumbs up and i thumbs down D: waaah:(

[alexaa841]

uhh...nah.

I love MGMT's better.

Bestband in the worldddddd.♥

[ary200005]

Lol i went to the same school as him! Only finished like 10 after lol

[rainbowpiedance]

@cass3588

Amen bro, he's so damn talented, in a sense I'm happy he hasn't gotten HUGE because then he might get commercialized, but he's so amazing xD

[cass3588]

This is so good. Ben Lee is so underrated

[SuperLollylegs]

@cass3588 i reckon..i love his voice.

[ceciw18]

awesome

[LansLoeher]

Where was this? Was this filmed in the Royal Botanical Gardens?

[ShootThePlayer]

@LansLoeher Rushcutters Bay in Sydney.

[brockD94]

@LansLoeher u mean RBG in Ontario?

[brockD94]

@LansLoeher do u mean the royal botanical gardens in ontario?

[brockD94]

@LansLoeher do u mean the royal botanical gardens in ontario?

[brockD94]

@LansLoeher Do u mean RBG in Ontario?

[youandyamum]

onya Ben.

[MeghanNoelleC]

Thumbs up if you think this is better than the original.

[linesinaconversation]

@MeghanNoelleC It feels like blasphemy to say so somehow, but I think I do.

[youjoshd]

@MeghanNoelleC why you asking for thumbs up

[humansvsrobots]

Ben Lee's voice is fantastical!

[andymacmac11]

11 people who voted dislike are completely tone deaf 

[xamountoftruth08]

Hot musician covering a hot band. No problem here! :)

[jacob081]

dont like it

[yesIammmmm]

i love his voice, funny video)

[phinaful1]

where is this filmed it looks so familiar

[daridum]

haha i play cricket there :D

[tomboshoff]

As a general rule, I hate all covers of Kids just because literally everyone in the world covers it, but this is actually excellent.

[MLTSproductions]

Wow...This video made me realize what a fantastic artist Ben Lee is... i mean all I've really heard from him is "Catch My Disease" and "We're All In This Together" but last week I heard him cover "Thrash Unreal" by Against Me! and it was incredible how he changed the tempo and speed and turned it into an acoustic song to match his voice and singing stlye...and he did the same with this song...Just Great!

[ellpantalones]

i love you, ben leeee!

[superbadstudio]

This is excellent I love Ben Lee

[boudiccastorm]

Very, very nice :D Ben Lee is amazing! There are very few artists about whom I could say I'd listen to them cover any song, but he is one of them.

[bollewini]

Gotta love the smile of that dude with his dog 1:05

[molnarN]

this is the most wonderful cover of a song, ever. magical!

[ivanoleaanimator]

Ben Lee you ruin everything!!!

[treyhill]

this is fucking amazing!!!!!!

[hersheleh]

This is done in the exact same style as Vincent Moon's La Blogotheque

[Pikamoonsault]

Better than the original. Ben Lee is awesome.

[jojoyear]

awesome³

I'm usually not that into mgmt, but this is some serious awesomeness.

[brinnah9]

i love thissssssssssssss!!!!!!!!

how can i download the audio??

[ShootThePlayer]

@brinnah9

You could download the movie clip from our Vimeo page - and get the audio off that. For some reason it's not letting me post a link, but go to vimeo dot com slash 4343406 - and get the audio off that

[theK0OKS]

@brinnah9 vidtomp3 is a website where you can insert the utube link and change it into an .mp3 format, for free ^^

[zydnaay]

Great job :) This is in Sydney Australia, and my name is Sydney :) Tehe :P

[twiggyzappa]

amazing cover!

[rhizomatical]

They should have kept some of the wind noise and environmental sounds. These would have made it sound more real. As it is, it sounds like it has been recorded in a studio and then the picture added later. I'm not suggesting that that they cheated. It's just that it sounds the same as if they had.

[NapoleonsHideaway]

Yes everyone. The folks at la blogotheque were the first group of people who decided filming someone playing a song would be a good idea.

[modnarandom]

@NapoleonsHideaway It's not just that. The title cards and intersplicing of dialogue behind them are a cheap knock-off. It wouldn't kill to reference the inspiration in the description if it's going to be so obvious.

[ajaka11]

Love it!

[DanceMan122]

Wow this guy failed in the end. How pretentious is this. Jesus H. Christ. Saviour of Australian music my dick. Just another 30 something skinny jean wearing hipster loving piece of trash. Heaps cool. Yeah. Fuck all hipsters.

[edwardlover88]

love this guy

[ookamiko9]

I want to know what chords he is playing!!

[CaptainGill1]

@ookamiko9 what r u blind?

[laushades]

@ookamiko9 seems like Em7, Cadd9, G, D to me (capo 4th)

[Cuffer654321]

@laushades Maybe Dsus2?

[laushades]

@Cuffer654321 yup, you're right ;-)

[zoeymsi182]

ben lee<3 hes cool!

[ShootThePlayer]

We use a lapel mic as our main recording device.

[PleaseShakeWell]

How is the sound so level throughout the video when you're behind him and farther away?

[JmadJubi]

@PleaseShakeWell He is miced, you can see it in the seam of his shirt just before the first button.

[PleaseShakeWell]

@JmadJubi I see it now! Looked like a wrinkle, haha.

[robindix]

this is sooooo good!

[ImAnOcean]

nice like the kooks cover more though

[etpaq]

well thats a copy of blogotheque idea

[Zhaa88]

Nice,i like :)

[123raitis]

Deal with that-it's not in USA but Australia, and there people aren't going crazy when they see some celebrity.. especially old people in park..

[jesseoapest]

hate to break it to you but ben lee isn't really a celebrity

[brufordbeat1]

good one !

[fabianreynoso9]

Stellar.

[randompeopleyay]

MGMT THE BEST BAND EVERRR

[kele13255]

i love this guy

[Mehlwurm18]

how do some people in the park dare to pretend that they do not see/hear the artist?

[selectric25]

i wish i could download THIS version

[micsimus]

you can, download "audacity" and use that to record the sound playing through your speakers

[hatherhead]

Lol at the silly dog man at 1:04

[baileybonce]

this is the only cover that does the song justice. mint!

[octave5]

it's like the mraz live high vid. love the concept.

[erizzluh]

beautiful. reminds me of the la blogotheque videos.

[NiNVixen13]

@erizzluh totally. i love lablogotheque also. same vision.

[mrdontthinkact]

@erizzluh

Its a rip off from the la blogotheque videos



[AustinGmusic]

Really like his cover and a really dig his early work.

Check out my cover when you guys/gals get a chance :)

[tubeMiLKO]

I like how the guy walking the dog almost happily flattens the other random dog.

[jozy21]

@tubeMiLKO .. he pissed his pants

[10KJL]

wow i love it

[ojhumphreys]

love it!

[wakumallama]

Ben does some of the best covers I have ever heard. He can bring new clarity and meaning simply by doing a song his own way. If you liked this I can HIGHLY reccomend you listen to the covers of Against Me's songs he has done... AMAZING VOCALS

[xnewnoisex33]

This is the best cover of this song. I think it's bloody brilliant.

[edithesadparts]

Ive never heard the original, but after hearing this Im not sure if I need to. I'll look it up though..its so cute when he kneels down near that dog.

[MaxPericles]

This is really spectacular. Almost brought a tear to my eye...Brilliant job with the filming.

[Keshlerlovespotatos]

Amazing cover!

[NaaomiLeon]

spectacular

[pyrolusite]

great job Ben, you have the best version out there. Love your voice.

[TheTurnturnturn]

I love how everyones like "Oh it's Ben Lee playing guitar in the park....carry on"......

[tommo2785]

TheTurnturnturn, that is pretty funny how people are walking, look his way keep walking without stopping or anything. Ben Lee definitely is talented though. from all reports is very arrogant though

[BelongInHarmony]

This just made my day. Thank you soso much!

[TrustNo121000]

haha, i love how the title stuff and filming is exactly like la blogotheque.