Though I agree with your critique of the vocals, without them Hope of the States would merely be a much less sophisticated Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Yer full of cack. The vocals absolutely destroy everything good about the band.
I wish they were just instrumental - they would have been one of my most listened to if it was for no vocals. It's so horrible to listen to the strained, pathetic excuse for singing, when there is such beautiful, aching music behind it.
Whoever let him keep doing it should hang their heeds in shame.
@strangecodes You kidding? The vocals add so much to this song! The way they sound like they would break if you touched them is perfect for the mood of this song.
reaches beyond boundries to lay bare a part of the soul that blossoms raw, wide & open in the light and you know, you know, you know, someone real is out there, always listening
this is such a beautiful song! hey, pls check out our band, we are still on the process of figuring the right tune for creating our own ambient music.. just type, "jam experiment video file 3 (feb 2, 2010)" .. you can also check our past videos on my account.. leave a comment, thanks!
Help me out? I saw this vid on MTVu Music Hour. It's great, BUT I'm going ape shit over some video I saw with this, I'm having a total brainfart over the name of the song and artist. I don't recall the lyrics. The sounds was sort of indie goth pop alternative, had a female singer. The video had the girl driving a car on a desert highway, everything was grey. She was being chased/attacked by something that looked like black Fruit on the Loom mascots. Help me out?
i thank you all deeply Sam, Jimmy,Ant, Paul, Simon and Mike...and Mike2.. for all the amazing touring memorys... i love you all.. your sound engineer Big Lee xxxxxx
I strongly believe that the lost riots is one of the greatest albums of our time, be it of lack of publicity or becauce they weren't formed on x factor its sad to see that this band didn't and still don't get the recodnition they deserve.
which they saw none of coz their manager howard was a fucking thief and coke fiend who also ruined komakino...so no..they didnt take the money!usually id say ppl r entitled to their opinion but u dnt deserve one so fuck off ya lame cunt!
fact is hope of the states should be judged on their own merit of writing emotive powerful unique songs, and mixing musical styles and tastes. sam's voice is one of the things that makes hope of the states so special
these r my fave band ever. sam dedicated the r thr w the b the blue to me in hoboken new jersey. best gig memory ever. troubles r good but please all make up and get back together. most under rated band i think really.
This is the best song hope of the states ever did. It is so beautifuly layered and the way it breaks down and builds into this wall of sound is something that no other inter mainstream band dared to do.The Lost Riots as an album is a classic as was F
This song means the world to me, i must have heard a few hundred times and it still never fails to sound so numbingly beautiful! if i live to be a hundred i dont think ill find another song thats inspired me more, absolute perfection! I had the joy of seeing them several times inc at leeds 06 and the time i saw them in newcastle05 has to b one of the best nights of my life! and meeting most of them at troubles in newcastle was like meeting my hero's!
Hi, this is "gaspra" from below, just with a new account for various reasons. But i'd like to just say thanks for some of the wonderful comments people, it brings a tear to my eye knowing people love this song and love my uncles magnificient work!! :'D
This is the greatest song ever written. Hope of the States will live through their legacy of songs which will never fail to stir me every time I listen to them.
i remember buying the lost riots when i was 15. that record means a lot to me. it definitely opitimises that "music reaches into the places that nothing else can"
Awesome song, awesome video. It's just a shame they split up, this band is extremely talented and I only wish they wouldve continued making songs so we could experience another masterpiece, r.i.p
No matter what he does or were he is he always seem to make some right in the world. If only you guys knew him >< He did some really funny things, like a policemen went up to his mum in london and started giving her some jip, so he stole the policemens hat and annoyed him, and got locked in prison for two days >< lol. The things he used to make me do... i was so gullable, god i loved him :P
Benny Nikola thanks :]] he was great. And all i have now is his twelve string guitar "/ And i've started learning guitar just for him ^^ And im going to succeed! Nothing can stop me!
Hope Of The States were amazing, but what happened to my uncle, Jimmi Lawrence... the band is not the same without him :'( Jimmi was an amazing guitarist and uncle. Just had to say it.
Gaspra can I just say God bless you and you're uncle he was an amazing guitarist, that contributed to a band that make such amazing and life affirming music. You should be very proud of him you should.
Hope to hear you in a great band like HOTS soon I'm sure you could if you tried, make him proud of you.
Cant believe Hope! have split, it doesnt feel right, everytime i hear this i remember how much there music really matters and how special they were. they will be missed! Great vid! for one of the best songs ever made X
@strangecodes
Though I agree with your critique of the vocals, without them Hope of the States would merely be a much less sophisticated Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
emeuteinparis 8 months ago
I like it. vocals and all. Look at Lou Reed. Mark Knopfler. BOB DYLAN....
all stylized vocalists....
atomic6120 9 months ago
This reminds me of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. Anyone else think so???
GiovannaMelrose 1 year ago
@GiovannaMelrose
Yeah totally. A guy and a piano, exactly the same.
Jornmuskens 1 year ago
@Jornmuskens Not the video, the song you moron.
GiovannaMelrose 11 months ago
@GiovannaMelrose
I was talking about the song, you moron. Could you explain how the f this song sounds even remotely similar to Hurt?
Jornmuskens 11 months ago
EARGASM
AlerceValdivia 1 year ago
This is one of Daniel Radcliffe's favourite bands :D
NinaNarnia 1 year ago
Whoshotlassie
Yer full of cack. The vocals absolutely destroy everything good about the band.
I wish they were just instrumental - they would have been one of my most listened to if it was for no vocals. It's so horrible to listen to the strained, pathetic excuse for singing, when there is such beautiful, aching music behind it.
Whoever let him keep doing it should hang their heeds in shame.
IMO...
strangecodes 1 year ago
@strangecodes You kidding? The vocals add so much to this song! The way they sound like they would break if you touched them is perfect for the mood of this song.
alexs1422 1 year ago
@alexs1422 No way mate. I hate the vocals.
Music's amazing tho. So atmopsheric and grandiose.
I wish I could get a copy of their record with no vocals - that would be ace :-)
strangecodes 1 year ago
i dont like this _ SORRY
BlushingBull 1 year ago
3:40 and the rest is my fav part
MissesClassyJazzie 1 year ago
revingtosh ur a fag
1boogiwormWTF 1 year ago
@1boogiwormWTF Haha. Whatever. Tit.
revingtosh 1 year ago
I love this, I stumbled across an instrumental on Last.
DavidAngelMedina 1 year ago
guys we all know the song sends a beautiful message but seriously its just a song
1boogiwormWTF 1 year ago
We all hope for anything when there's nothing at all
nyankosan33 1 year ago
this is beautiful
MustHaveRocknRoll 1 year ago
reaches beyond boundries to lay bare a part of the soul that blossoms raw, wide & open in the light and you know, you know, you know, someone real is out there, always listening
DailySteezeFilms 1 year ago
very radiohead type imagery and a lovely song..i love it.
dasher1982 1 year ago
yeah, i remember listening to this when I was 16. I just remembered this band today. man.
thermopyle 1 year ago
I miss the glory days. on thee board and that. sigh...everyone has grown up and moved on.
what a band they were. saddens me that it fell apart. I blame Sony.
AuthenticCelestial 1 year ago
This song still amazes me after so many listens!
staticinthecities 1 year ago
This song is so beautiful, and the music is amazing...make feel happy ,this is art ..,art with pasion and beautifull feelings
Amixz501 2 years ago
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this is such a beautiful song! hey, pls check out our band, we are still on the process of figuring the right tune for creating our own ambient music.. just type, "jam experiment video file 3 (feb 2, 2010)" .. you can also check our past videos on my account.. leave a comment, thanks!
lastgalacticvoyage 2 years ago
Truly indescribable. The piano definitely makes the song for me.
McBritish 2 years ago 2
3.06 onwards....this was always FUCKIN EPIC live. I actually cried when I heard they'd split up......!
penfoldkowalski 2 years ago 3
FUCKING INCREDIBLE... I wish there was like a 4 hour long extended version of this song... that would make my life...
Factzxx 2 years ago 5
Yes, thanks for the help everyone. Bat For Lashes - Daniel it is. It's amazing.
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Give me your contact info so I can make love to you? I'm really that happy now! Thank you so much!
I'll settle for giving you Pop-Tarts. xD
SickIncKamikaze 2 years ago
Help me out? I saw this vid on MTVu Music Hour. It's great, BUT I'm going ape shit over some video I saw with this, I'm having a total brainfart over the name of the song and artist. I don't recall the lyrics. The sounds was sort of indie goth pop alternative, had a female singer. The video had the girl driving a car on a desert highway, everything was grey. She was being chased/attacked by something that looked like black Fruit on the Loom mascots. Help me out?
SickIncKamikaze 2 years ago
i have no clue if this it but i think your talking about daniel by bat for lashes
ybsoeasy 2 years ago
Daniel-by Bat for Lashes
diamondlovesrock1 2 years ago
bat for lashes - Daniel
tallpaul20 2 years ago
was it daniel by bat for lashes?
cheaptrick534 2 years ago
absolutely beautiful and calming.
supasta3 2 years ago
i thank you all deeply Sam, Jimmy,Ant, Paul, Simon and Mike...and Mike2.. for all the amazing touring memorys... i love you all.. your sound engineer Big Lee xxxxxx
biglee337 3 years ago
I strongly believe that the lost riots is one of the greatest albums of our time, be it of lack of publicity or becauce they weren't formed on x factor its sad to see that this band didn't and still don't get the recodnition they deserve.
DisappearCompletely1 3 years ago 3
excellent...thanks
Medivth 3 years ago
man... this is amazing.
jpcotes 3 years ago
Wonderful.
ValiumSkies 3 years ago
es sólo magia, sentimientos empapados en lágrimas
lascongas 3 years ago 3
It was a dark dark day when HOTS split up.
The song is beautiful in its bleakness.
revingtosh 3 years ago 17
Through that bleakness I can see the hope that always follows me in my life. That hope is this band.
TheConspiracyofSeeds 3 years ago 2
this just..wow. my heart is swollen
WalkingWater 3 years ago
you found the right words. mind blowing
whoshotlassie 3 years ago
brilliant band, they remind me of some of mogwai's material
sephiro777 3 years ago 3
an "absoloute disgrace", yeah right. kindly suck my balls
lggrusklfh 3 years ago 4
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This band were an absoloute disgrace, record a decent tune (albeit ripping it straight from the Godspeed-post-rock book of songs)
They had a chance and ended up taking the money and look where they are now...FUCKED
Well im sure sony gave you enough to retire on
dingusrev44 3 years ago
which they saw none of coz their manager howard was a fucking thief and coke fiend who also ruined komakino...so no..they didnt take the money!usually id say ppl r entitled to their opinion but u dnt deserve one so fuck off ya lame cunt!
sicktodeathdisco 3 years ago
how is he not in tune? sam herhily has such a powerful and emotive voice, its unique, not out of tune
voot1989 3 years ago 6
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Used to love this song, still think it's good. But I've just come to listen to it after not hearing it for years and realised he can't sing in tune!
unexploded 4 years ago
singing in tune doesnt make for a good band.
look at the cheese factory of alterbridge..
fact is hope of the states should be judged on their own merit of writing emotive powerful unique songs, and mixing musical styles and tastes. sam's voice is one of the things that makes hope of the states so special
whoshotlassie 3 years ago 15
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tomsega 4 years ago
@tomsega That happens a lot when you hear (sort of) similar bands of the same genre.
interpolluter29 1 year ago
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i fell asleep 2 seconds in. bullshit.
badmanblottclott 4 years ago
great song. wish i saw them live when they were about.
PaddyHogan82 4 years ago
these r my fave band ever. sam dedicated the r thr w the b the blue to me in hoboken new jersey. best gig memory ever. troubles r good but please all make up and get back together. most under rated band i think really.
basshowlowcanyougo 4 years ago
sorley missed
mrcat1990 4 years ago 5
Great song complimented by a great video.
Easy to play it more than once...
Falsbourg 4 years ago 7
this is a good song. Keep post rocking
beerbelly589 4 years ago 5
This is the best song hope of the states ever did. It is so beautifuly layered and the way it breaks down and builds into this wall of sound is something that no other inter mainstream band dared to do.The Lost Riots as an album is a classic as was F
criptikclues 4 years ago 2
This song means the world to me, i must have heard a few hundred times and it still never fails to sound so numbingly beautiful! if i live to be a hundred i dont think ill find another song thats inspired me more, absolute perfection! I had the joy of seeing them several times inc at leeds 06 and the time i saw them in newcastle05 has to b one of the best nights of my life! and meeting most of them at troubles in newcastle was like meeting my hero's!
I heart H.O.T.S & Troubles
aboylikemoi1 4 years ago 8
Hi, this is "gaspra" from below, just with a new account for various reasons. But i'd like to just say thanks for some of the wonderful comments people, it brings a tear to my eye knowing people love this song and love my uncles magnificient work!! :'D
KingDickarus 4 years ago
coldplay + godspeed you black emperor = this song
deterior23 4 years ago 3
This is the greatest song ever written. Hope of the States will live through their legacy of songs which will never fail to stir me every time I listen to them.
Baggy22 4 years ago 3
i remember buying the lost riots when i was 15. that record means a lot to me. it definitely opitimises that "music reaches into the places that nothing else can"
justlikehoney88 4 years ago 3
its painful to think they never got the credit they deserved . what a great band they were.
justlikehoney88 4 years ago
the songs that speak into silence...they fill my dreams with wonder and my wakenings with awe
may the songs of Hope speak in such a language to all who hear them
bluemoonflame 4 years ago
Awesome song, awesome video. It's just a shame they split up, this band is extremely talented and I only wish they wouldve continued making songs so we could experience another masterpiece, r.i.p
bobfraglebobdole 4 years ago
I'm obsessed. This song is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard.
GooglyMoose 5 years ago
No matter what he does or were he is he always seem to make some right in the world. If only you guys knew him >< He did some really funny things, like a policemen went up to his mum in london and started giving her some jip, so he stole the policemens hat and annoyed him, and got locked in prison for two days >< lol. The things he used to make me do... i was so gullable, god i loved him :P
Cya All, thanks Benny and Nikola ^^
Gaspra002 5 years ago 3
Benny Nikola thanks :]] he was great. And all i have now is his twelve string guitar "/ And i've started learning guitar just for him ^^ And im going to succeed! Nothing can stop me!
Gaspra002 5 years ago
Hope Of The States were amazing, but what happened to my uncle, Jimmi Lawrence... the band is not the same without him :'( Jimmi was an amazing guitarist and uncle. Just had to say it.
Gaspra002 5 years ago 2
Sorry if im speaking out of turn. Your uncle was a brilliant guitarist, what he and the band made in The Lost Riots was so special,x
bennyboy1888 5 years ago
I agree with bennyboy, you're uncle was an amazing guitarist and definately made Lost Riots special x
NikolaiDingle 5 years ago
Gaspra can I just say God bless you and you're uncle he was an amazing guitarist, that contributed to a band that make such amazing and life affirming music. You should be very proud of him you should.
Hope to hear you in a great band like HOTS soon I'm sure you could if you tried, make him proud of you.
TheConspiracyofSeeds 3 years ago 2
jimmy was a fuckin legend!as r all the boys...jimmy will never b forgotten mate...the lost riots holds a placein so many hearts!
im friends with liza!!!!she still talks about him,as does her new fella ryan from komakino(you animals)
never forgotten i promise!u make sure u make him proud!love 2 ya x
sicktodeathdisco 3 years ago
Cant believe Hope! have split, it doesnt feel right, everytime i hear this i remember how much there music really matters and how special they were. they will be missed! Great vid! for one of the best songs ever made X
bennyboy1888 5 years ago
This is one of the best songs ever written and the video is just amazing. I really like the walking powerlines it makes it very epic.
astonmartin12 5 years ago
The greatest music video ever made.
JamesLegend 5 years ago 2
Oneof the best songs of the decade
ivan17stone 5 years ago
excelent, dahpy. This is a really good song. I used to listen this song. but a long time ago, i just can´t see more. Thanks for the video!
michelmusic 5 years ago
hope of the states are one of the best bands around at the moment,but sadly usually overlooked.cant wait for the new album.
muckyfloor 5 years ago