Ryan Adams at Austin City Limits- To Be Young

[11rockiton]

He's talking just like Mitch Hedberg...Except without the humor. But really, when people get famous they just get up on stage and say the most ridiculous stuff and get away with it. I play local music and if I ever acted like that I would get booed off the stage. What a cocky, smug man he is. He and John Mayer are perfect for each other.

[sam116pj]

amazing



[dwinkle99]

Y do all these good musician turn into such DICKS!!!! Gawd he needs to be punched in the suck hole.

[everythingafter]

@dwinkle99 He was clearly joking.

[Sutor]

@everythingafter He still needs to stop talking though, it's really lame.. it's one step from "How's everybody doing tonight?.. Yea woo! All the ladies in the house shout... Now all the guys..." If you want any credibility you just shut up and play.

[ryanat]

Sounds like he's trying to do a Mitch Hedberg impression.

[vimpacto]

@ryanat You're dead on. I noticed it too.

[CrikeyAlexNick]

haha he is high as a kite...still not sure which Ryan is best...blitzed Ryan or sober Ryan...

[MrCbone74]

Are you kidding me with how good this is?



[turoniner]

That was the douchiest intro ever...."look at me look at me!!"

[extremedcon]

I'm here in the second row somewhere. : ) One of the greatest concert experiences of my life. Certainly the best festival. ACL really did it right the first year!

[tapehead004]

That was Rock N Roll

[jihadpizza]

so glad this exists on YT. :)))

[telemasher13]

he's got IT, JAMS GREAT SONGS ALL FUCKED UP.....like the STONES, BEATLES, NEIL, JIMI, DOORS. CARLOS RYAN ADAMS IS THAT GOOD. THE BEST IN THE HERE AND NOW

[ammonsjw]

like any great rock and roller, he thinks with his two little brains instead of his one big one.

[Capt0Trips]

Im a big fan of his and WhiskeyTown but he did make me cringe the way he portrayed himself here...im no conservative by any means but some things sound alot funnier in your head until you say them and.... well anyways no bigdeal. Keep on jammin

[maevestarsgoblue]

PLAY IT LOUD, RYAN!! ;)

[ravenkiller1]

thinking about fuuuuuuuuuuuking LOL!

[ThePennylane0981]

that audience friggin sucks. there is DEFINITELY some untapped sexual energy directed at him. duh.

[niljuanzo]

obdviously during his speedball days lol

[ellencroteau]

he's funny, are you kidding? nothing dickish.

[hsnflk]

Awesome.

[aqwillis]

great song but uh he definitely comes off like a dick

[jakeMmusic]

This is one of my favorite youtube videos. I watch it every other day to remind myself what rock n roll is supposed to sound like.

[telemasher13]

@jakeMmusic AMEN BROTHER

[bsuite123]

What a dickhead

[CitySkin09]

bad ass motherfuckin' song.

[jh41597]

That WAS fuckin ROCKIN



[govcolin]

yeah you're gonna need all sorts of coke to get through a hot day of performing that hard.

[boboxp]

Dork.

[razorbackdan74]

"Smoking the pot, eating some BarbeCUE and thinking about fuuuuckin". This is not unlike many days of my life. He's stoned out of his gourd, but that's one of the rockinest songs ever on youtube. Love that whiny bastard!

[southrules]

tits!

[EmeraldEyesGypsy]

So damn badass!

[indiedrugmusic]

He was amazing on drugs, but he sobered up and he is actually still amazing.

[doodoobrown1987]

good song but he seem to try to hard to be one of those hippie austin musical types, everything is all good all the time, hes like 30 in this video tho, but most people grow out of that by then, but regardless good song

[JohnFosterStandsUp]

@doodoobrown1987: You got it all backwards. Remember that this is Ryan Adams you are talking about. The hippie Austin musical types (or as we in Austin like to call them: our neighbors) try too hard to be Ryan Adams

[ethylmercaptan69]

That fucking rocked! who gives a fuck if hes trashed its better that way.

[iceonaboy]

@ethylmercaptan69 Totally agree mate, it always sounds better when your out yer head!

[zaprudermacphee]

mitch hedberg?

[tabithamc383]

This song always remindd me of Dylan's Bringin it all Back Home. More specifically, it remind me of the 65 or 66 Newport Folk Festival Dylan appearance. I have played wasted before, though, and Adams is showing all classic symptoms here.

[mckyle9]

are u bob dylan is disguise

[jsherar]

good song. I used to think he was kind of cool until I heard him speak. what a douche. shut up and play the song.

[seifukusha]

i love ryan!

[gratefuluser]

Come back to music, Ryan

[csparksnc1]

One of my all time favorite live rock clips. KILLING IT

[BigDog453]

oh man is right

[bommerillo]

Now THATS how you end a fucking song man! OH MAN!!!!!

[BigDog453]

THIS IS A BLAST THANKS

[TooYoungToGamble]

and I GOT HIGGGHGHHH LORD I GOT HIGH!

[phodge182]

that was fucking rockin

[withears]

Truly. Fucking. Rockin'.

[onegreenday]

he was only joking. come on..........

[ukfanatic3]

Saw him in Louisville on 3/16. he was stone cold sober then. Still funny though.

[musicinducedeuphoria]

I love the beginning of this video, Ryan is so funny =)

[dasdatmitch07]

shut the mouths of yourselves aha. dont whine about who's better on a video. i come across this and see some speculative trash. go listen to the people that wont be making any music cuz their in their fucking graves

[alecscastillo]

their music is so different....,, you idiot

[GorterPoss]

Mitch Hedberg overtones eh.

[ahiaruhe]

This was ACL '04 - I was there - he was off his trolley

[aaronryanmusic]

Just been watching Old School and had to look this song up. Great song.

[mountsolomon]

When a ryththm guitarist goes solo....

[irekkida]

this guy is so arrogant!

but i love him anyway! :D

[jordanbeckham723]

haha, he's usually not arrogant like that, but god knows he could be!

[coconuthead]

AMAZING

[BillyLeather]

F@#king Fantastic!

[kelseynhanson]

If this was truly filmed in 2006 then Ryan wasn't drunk or high. He's been sober since '04. He's just enjoying the music.

:)

[roggae1981]

sober since 04 .. LOL

even he himself says different!

[brentos78]

yah he gave up being sober

[antifafubel]

He's sober since 2006/2007 and this video was filmed in around 2000 - 2002.

[sappybeastly]

fkn love this music

[Zendrix3]

Eatin some BBQ, thinkin bout Fuuuuckin. hahaha.

[bhmskim]

"smokin the pot, eatin some bbq, thinkin about fkn." lol.

[bombalu5]

Drummer got the beat! rock on!

[mlphawaii]

thankyou austin city limits for introducing me to mr adams....;)

[thechangingman8]

die.

[bobbelibob]

Yeah, he is. But a douche who writes good music.

[MrSuedoldenburg]

i can't help myself, but he really seems to be loaded on drugs. song is still great though.

[kerouac28]

ya think? LOL.

[steviebotss]

yes this was during his "drug days" but his performances are really based on his mood, when hes in a good mood its an amazing show when hes not in a good mood or pissed off the music doesnt lack but you get an uneasy feeling throughout the whole place

[tonx101]

@MrSuedoldenburg heroin will do that.

[eDub5750]

@MrSuedoldenburg he is in austin, of course hes on drugs

[MsViolets]

and it's hard to be a Dylan rip off when Dylan ripped off- or borrowed- himself. Just go back and listen to some Alam Lomax recordings and you'll hear all of it. Nothings really new.

[MsViolets]

I agree with u Kyleavery88. And the bridge makes the song. Just because it doesn't follow a standard song structure doesn't mean it's wrong or bad.

[kyleavery88]

Ryan Adams is brilliant and if you can't appreciate it than you probably need a helmet.

[crazyjoker11291]

bryan adams sucks in a major way. ryan adams IS the man

[AirGtar]

I frickin' agree. Ryan Adams is THE fuckin' man and Bryan Adams just so sadly sucks.

[annaridley]

the drums in this version are brilliant! i love the energy <3

[cammmmmmmmm]

crapest bridge in a song ever, what was he thinking!?

[flowerpowerdeath]

the bridge sounds like Ryan adams, its very clever, the rest of the song is a Bob Dylan rip off ..surely?!

[Vacher12]

Big up UK! love you Ryab

[epicdeuce]

lol begining is soooo awkward.

[Connell2007]

wonder how many birds he fucked that night

[ClassicRocker30]

I live in Maine and I'm sad.

[BGOOCHY]

This version of this song fucking RULES!

[rambory]

people think he's being an ass but like seans10 said he is doing a mitch hedberg impersonation, so b4 you judge him first find out who mitch hedberg is b/c it is a funny impersonation

[ryanadamslover72]

I would tap his sexual frustrations. So what, he loves sex. Doesn't everyone!

[Rodry88]

yeah!!!

[SIade77]

the almost rocks is a dumb fucking idiot bitch! Ryan Adams blows your queer ass a loose!

[whywontthesework]

i love this guy's music but he really is a jerk. my mom's friend had to shoot him for a photo shoot and hes just an asshead. and my dad's friend used to play in a band with him and its just like all about him. plus yeah, judging from this video he kind of comes off as a sex maniac and egotist.

[dunkafelic]

I've heard stories too, but so what? I don't know him, I just love his music. go read the enquirer if that's what you care about.

[blacklungsjoe]

I didnt realive ryan was such a sexual ego-maniac.

[seans10]

Ryan's doing a Mitch Hedberg (RIP) impersonation here. Two of my favorite people.

[westost]

Holy shit, that really was a blast.

[Ljutomer]

Maaan, this is the shit! I can't believe he's started playing this one at a slow pace at his shows. This is rock'n'roll the way it should be.

[InternAIM1]

This is really Really good

[n8g814]

not a huge fan of this guy but this is a good fucking song.

[SIade77]

Lol, queenofbanshees is a damn idiot plus some..

[haggardJ86]

The love of my life.

[thealmostrocks]

the almost did a cover of this and it was really cool

[Mikemaniax]

I'm sorry but any and all Christian music in any form sucks, especially Chrisitian Emo!

[thealmostrocks]

is there music bad or just their beliefs?

[Mikemaniax]

Mostly the music. I mean I hear popular artists (like George Harrison, Billy Preston, Elton John, etc.) who do religious lyrics and I don't care because the music is good. But bands like Creed, The Almost, and Jars of Clay who are Christians band with mainstream success suck because of the sheer repetitiveness of their songs and overbearing religious themes of their songs.

[thealmostrocks]

yeah man 1st dude. i cant stand jars of clay or creed. the almost spent like 3 weeks writing those songs so i think he can do better but bands like as cities burn as i lay dying. oh sleeper?

[ctenaphore]

Not a huge Ryan Adams fan, but that shit's undeniable.

[cardboarddawg]

jesus doesn't like a potty mouth.

[Mikemaniax]

Jesus don't like Christians.

[catsboyscandy]

That is great.

[donster74]

Nobody knows what jesus likes because jesus never wrote anything. Very strange. Nor did his family or friends or anyone else for that matter about him...until decades later. Those accounts are bound to be accurate.

[Yankeefandino]

oh awesome, anoter aetheist who wats to force his beliefs on me. there aren't enough of you guys

[donster74]

A's-fan-don says take it easy dino. Pichers and catchers in a month and a half! The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

[nihilante]

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible

<<haha u fuckin rock for quoting tat donster

[uniqualistme]

the same could be said about overly religious people. think.

[hungus5000tron]

wasn't oscar wilde a pedophile? great quote, with great taste. and yeah, forcing religious views on people is just as bad. so ur not any better than them. think... retard.

[DukeDe]

No, he was simply a homosexual.

[pardoned]

Yankeefandino you're an idiot!

donster you rule!!

[Mikemaniax]

Learn to spell first: Then criticize my beliefs or lack thereof

[pridcprix]

ryan adams is pretty close to jesus, and he wrote a lot of stuff.

[PunkRox1977]

Hey Powerkor, why don't you go and cry to jesus about his "foul language" you little pussy. This is a live show, if you don't like it bury your sweet little head in the bible; I hear its a good read.. If you're a twat.

[ryanstively]

why is he talking like mitch hedberg?

[noellennon]

because he's got a stoner delivery

[FS6863]

ha ha LOL, i was thinkin that,,,,and saw ur comment

[powerkor]

this bryan adams has a foul mouth

[Mikemaniax]

Ryan Adams, who is actually a very talented and prolific songwriter, as opposed to Bryan Adams whose songs are commercial dribble.

[catsboyscandy]

Learn how to spell his first name.  Then criticize his language if you must.

[thebrokenladder]

God, you fucking weeny. You pretentious fuck. No girl would _touch_ your dorky ass if you weren't famous. And how you are famous for playing this country-esque garbage is beyond my comprehension. You shame the guitar.

[brennan181rocks]

Saw him last summer at Lollapalooza. Dude covered three Dead songs. Best set of the weekend. He's no tool.

[thebrokenladder]

TOOL! Now _there's_ a band that knows how to rock, and understands what a feeling is.

[dodgeturbonut]

Speaking of TOOLS... The fact that this brokenladder douchebag is bashing several Ryan Adams videos on Youtube while comparing him to Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, a strictly liberal-minded band without much tolerance for the opposed conservatives is rather HUMOROUS when you look at his profile and see he's got several favorite videos supporting Ron Paul, ANOTHER REPUBLICAN FROM TEXAS, running for president. PLEASE!! Hasn't our country made that mistake already?

[thebrokenladder]

Ron Paul has been more anti-war, and pro-freedom, than _any_ of his Democratic opponents. He voted against the Patriot Act, against regulating the Internet, and against the Iraq war (unlike Clinton and Edwards), and voted against later funding for it, unlike Obama. He's a libertarian - the best of both major parties.

[gogogonoria]

fuck ron paul, Rudy Gulianni is a pimp

[thebrokenladder]

Rudy Giuliani is a pimp? Maybe if you like greedy authoritarian fear-mongers who suck at security and didn't read the 9/11 Commission Report. Read the recent Matt Taibbi article in Rolling Stone, called "Giuliani: Worse Than Bush". Then you'll have a clue about why Giuliani is arguably the scariest of all the major candidates in either party. Even worse than Hillary.

[gogogonoria]

fuck ron paul and hillary and bush. and matt taibbi

[thebrokenladder]

Clearly you're a man of great intelligence, gogo. That would explain why you like dull simplistic music like Ryan Adams.

[gogogonoria]

fuck you too brokenladder

[thebrokenladder]

Now say "I want do what ya tell me!" Then you'll be on your way to repeating lyrics from one of the best rock bands in history - one which puts Adams to shame.

[gogogonoria]

like i said before: fuck you too. now leave me alone.

[thebrokenladder]

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites.

You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites.

[gogogonoria]

why are you quoting rage against the machine at me?

[shoo30]

This is from Sept '03. Ryan is in his "Sticky Fingers" phase, he played a great cover of "Brown Sugar", that day.

[lisapittman]

what do you do when you get old? ur voice still makes me ___.

[jamesonian]

you're right. Total Mitch Hedberg impression. Very first thing I thought. Great vid!

[jasonant1]

He also had that dumb war with jack white. He gets super mad if you yell play SUmmer OF 69

[JeffreyJaguar]

Thats his Mitch Hedberg impersonation during the comedy commentary

[zneella]

freakin awesome song love it

[Berto182]

No tattoos

[ohio68javelin]

what a great version of this tune!

[wilcoxhotel]

i would 20 bucks to hear him say stupid ass shit for 2 hours.

[Sinatrixx]

I feel dumb, I'm like 3 hours from Austin and have yet to ever go to City Limits.

[CrystalCanyons]

Does anyone know which year this is from?

[unclebanglin]

Ryan Adams - Amazingly talented, if formerly self-destructive former lead singer of Whiskeytown. Once a nasty drunk who engaged in sporadic feud/mud-slinging with Rhett & Co.; now one half of a mutual admiration society that includes the Old 97's. Old conventional wisdon: Will defy odds if he lives to see 30. New conventional wisdom: Like Dylan, will be cranking out albums at 60. Unverified but juicy rumor: Was inspiration for and/or target of "Crash On The Barrelhead."

[unclebanglin]

is this the infamous one at which him and the old 97's had a little butting-of-the-heads? is that crap even true, and is that song "crash on the barrelhead" really written after this happend?  what even did happen?

[uniqualistme]

Really? I never heard of that, I love both Ryan and Old 97's, but I don't know too too much about them.

[ultraviolet1975]

I was at this show! I love this guy. I wish he would play again. Great footage.

[KroovyMonsoon]

Well the chatter in the beginning is awfully silly but once the song starts who cares! Ryan rocks! One of my fave Male voices. I was wondering if there were any clips of this particular song and as always You Tube delivers!!!

[jesusduh]

ryan adams is sooo badass!

[Nevvwwv]

Ryan adams is awesome =)

[zepptune1]

pretty cool...

[ckad79]

For all the records I have, I can't believe I haven't seen Ryan live before!!! WOW!

[dankin4201]

Obviously that person above must be talkin bout themselves...R.A is one of todays best!!!

[Slackjawyokel]

Loooooser!