Black Box Recorder - "The Facts of Life"

[eclectica1]

I wish they'd never broken up - well at least not until I'd had a chance to watch them play live.

[Dave67004]

Brilliant song; the video is simple but effective...

[MNc99]

they should play this during sex ed lessons.

[liufang5510]

What can I say?

[TheArsebiscuits]

Sexy!

[bonkda]

eveyrthing I learned about sex I learned from Black Box Recorder

[Bramak17]

Vid is right on the mark.

[niujorker]

luv it ;)

[dakonaisakoala]

What happened to good music like this?

[muzic72]

Great, Great song

[redliam1975]

reminds me of the mark and lard days

[Eightball69]

@redliam1975 totally! This song is indelibly linked in my mind with Mark and Lard in the afternoon!

[75deathstrike]

@Eightball69 Yeah, that's where I first heard this beautiful song and it also won their track of the year poll.

[bearhustler]

@Eightball69

Yeah, damn I miss Mark and Lard

[popiedo]

wtf a scott brown ad. Damn youtube.

[seanalbion20]

Fantastic smooth catchy song dont make them like this no more !!

[RogueWeather]

The lyrics/vocal delivery are so tacky but the melody is beautiful

[TheArsebiscuits]

That voice is pure sex

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

Now THAT's a cool video!

[gladhand1001]

another great song that reminds me of mark and lard,you notice a lot of people on here being reminded of those two because of great songs I wonder how many comments like that there are about the drivel on Radio 1 now

[dribblygibbon123]

if she was teaching me the facts of life i wouldnt complain maybe teach me a thing or to when i was young wasnt fit girls around as much as now

[dribblygibbon123]

wish sex education was taught with her wouldnt have minded going to school to listen to her

[nogomet66]

@dalevich1978 Looks like someone else could do with some......oh yes.

[Pendor42]

my question. if she were my teacher who would get done for harassment (first?) her or me?

[zaftra]

Why are people slagging the vid? It's one of my favs, captures that move from being kids to young adults spot on, great.

[TheChristinapugh]

awsome song such a good message

[MyCashYourMom]

I'm so glad I never saw this video when I loved this song. It's shithouse! haha

[Berothsloth]

blah i always hate the "what you do in an average lifetime" list. Depresses me for some reason.

[PintSizePixel]

This video is hilarious.

[petered99]

Totally under-rated song, under-rated band. BBR, Luke Haines has so much to offer. What we hear now in pop music pales in comparison, generally. I miss those days.

[adzthejuggler123]

I remember when this came out (1999 if memory serves) thinking it had to be the most perfect pop song ever.It charted lowly then went and that was it, while the general public continued to buy complete bilge.I thought maybe i'd just imagined this song,but sadly no.It was the start of a long downward spiral to what qualifies as "music" today.Unfortunately,I fear we haven't even reached the halfway point of said spiral yet. Oh dear.

[kuroistuc]

@adzthejuggler123 It was 2000. I know because I was 11 at the time... I'm not a boy, but it still stuck out at the time! Shame it never charted very highly...

A lot of nostalgia attached to this song for me :)

[eInFenrIs]

So gorgeous women and voice.... Planning song

[Pendor42]

could someone please please please upload der tune french rock an roll. p.s. she's hot (obviously)

[OutOfMidian]

Maaaan why is it not late 90/early 00s still :(

[alabdallajmal]

cool

[sally2099]

just made me shiver, been trying to find this for years, thankyou. I miss those days too. Reminds me of a very important time in my life.

[peaco1000]

Remember this. Its the kind of wierd but brilliant song that would never make it into the mainstream now.

[sk8erdude3098]

WTF lol

[vicentgallo]

beautifull!!!

[ozoneocean]

So what's the deal with the massive censored bit that's cut out towards the end there?

[samireerimas]

Wonderful.

[LongshanksSid]

Why the hell couldn't I have a teacher like that at school. I would of boned her at break time, My teacher was old and a proper bitch lol. Now i think that the facts of life.

[nogomet66]

Oh, Sarah. What a tremendous voice. Like ice-cream and melted Galaxy chocolate. Wonderful.

[DynamoCappo]

Heard this on Mark And Lard's last show on radio 1 that I stumbled across the other day. I kinda knew the tune from years back but never paid much attention to it. It's got me hooked now. Absolutely fantastic.

[merrittfan]

Firstly, I want to say that BBR are a damn good band, and I really adore their music first and foremost above all else.

But, DAAAAAY-UM, Sarah Nixey is TOO foine!

[OscarMaris]

probably because you're an idiot who can't search properly.

[SaigonPapaSan]

Oh Sarah Nixey. I still hold out forlorn hope....

[jeni4kyle]

he man in it is my beautiful boyfriend x

[rian058]

This video cost about 20 quid to make i'd say. She's sexy though.

[Amandamoo73]

this song has a very retro vibe to it,and the lead singers vocals work really well with the genre of song too.

[Liang13131313]

BBR's my favorite England band~perfect

[stevew1982]

Yes she is the singer sii

[yedokai]

She's also quite dead.

[siiyong]

The main character of this clip looks like breathtaking. Her beauty is remarkable. Is the singer?

By the way, the song is great!

[Hazeleyedpisces2]

Lol. This band is awesome

[crake2]

reminds me of working in andys records and playing it to death...! i love this track!

[OniChan9]

One of my fav Black Box Recorder Songs, was hoping for a little more from the film clip though

[modelmisstease]

ahaha so funny

[rhianny92]

lmao this song

omg it was on some random cd thing in my friends car

and omg we loled so hard

[MrsFish7]

pay for it on (for example) iTunes.....(you cheapsk8) Luke Haines deserves it.....he is after all....a gene I .....

[DeeBlount20]

lol ...

[smithylvs]

song came to my head yesterday, how random, had to search for the song lol

[Ranaldo20]

Man I miss the good days of Trip-Hop and Electronica!

[chempanillo]

Fueron días gloriosos!

These was glorious days!

[MOLYBDENUM23]

@Ranaldo20 We are still here, just pushed to one side :)

[ktheterrible]

uuhhhh.....ok..?

[uiluj13]

Wow Is it just me or is this song about a dude going through puberty? O_O

[DeeBlount20]

hahahaa chea .

:$

[AnthemForTheWorld]

Well it's not on the "The Facts Of Life" single it's on "The Art Of Driving" single. And also on "The Worst Of.." album. The fact that is called "Chocolate Layers remix" confused me. Time to find that album.

[catmars001]

A good song.

[djhousefire]

this is perhaps one of the most cerebral songs to come out of pop music ever. Jarvis Cocker's remix of this song is unparalleled.

[AnthemForTheWorld]

I'd like to her Jarvis' remix. Was it released on the single or somewhere else?

[goombamakker]

I guess it´s on the single. But it´s also on the Worst of Black Box Recorder album. Jarvis made the remix under the name of Chocolate Layers. Anyway this is a brilliant song!

[lordevilthefirst]

wtf is this

[SettingSun77]

Sarah Nixey is so sexy.

[aPiceOfToast]

a good and meaningful song

[jwil2570]

Blam

[KARY031116]

i like it

[somedisco]

great stuff. many thanks!

[TenTooHigh]

Wow. That was amazing... and true. I love it. You're all genius. :D

[Aerosol187]

Fergal Hunter is perfectly acceptable.

[OhNoItsGojira]

I don't know how, but I just stumbled upon this group's music and it is amazing. At least I found it though... Her voice is immaculate.

[barberreading]

Fab song and vid is really cool love it lots lol

[Fandeunachicabella]

Oh my favorite song! I love this song its just for the moment I'm living

[DaveCromwell]

Great trip-hop sound. This band needs to make more music.