James Yorkston - 'Steady As She Goes' (2006)

[7jezebelle13]

OH POOR WORLD WEARY MIDDLE CLASS GIRLY, STRUGGLING WITH HER SEWING MACHINE...AWW BLESS...:p

[paulipaz]

This videos makes me want to bust out my mom's old sewing machine.



[TheHypnotistsSon]

Sooo..... she's an alien?

[leiposuctie]

i knew about this song when i was still into the white stripes(huge white stripes and raconteurs fan)....and then i saw the raconteurs had a song called steady as she goes, and I thought THEY covered THIS song:P....

[motownJUNK99]

I wish I had a sweing machine :(

[Pinkspiderable]

This song reminds me of you.

[goldjester277]

this is such an amazing song and video!

does anyone happen to know who the girl is though? she's beautiful

[Shredderman35]

WTF? This isn't the Raconteurs?!?! Or a cover?

[chirooon]

love this.

[milesofsmiles2]

this girl is too pretty

[channelpedronumber6]

I picked up the 7" version of this song in a record store in Edinburgh for under three pounds. =)

Sadly, I don't think I'll go back to Avalanche, because most of their record sleeves were torn and in a bad state.

[duranduranandme]

haha can't beleive people are fighting over a copyright issues haha tsteady as she goes is something sailors would say silly people music is for kidz

[mylesoreilly]

Do come see a 20 minute film I made with James Yorkston on tour in Ireland, if you click on my name it's there.. hard to get people to watch it so I really appreciate youre eyes and thoughts. Thank you

[NodeNorth]

It's quite a beautiful song, bastards. Unplug your heads from the clenched sphincters of your preconception. It is quite possible that more than one song might be made of this title. 'Stealing'? Take a big breath and move on. It's okay if you don't like this song, but it's actually quite good. Please don't linger with your discontent.. There's something for you elsewhere..

[Pantlesselephant]

How could you steal a song title from the Raconteurs.

this is terrible.... utterly terrible.

[ditlev007]

the original song is from Raconteurs by original i mean first made.

[Beryk]

Funnily enough, James Yorkston's 'Steady As She Goes' was released 1 month before the Ranconteurs' version. Serendipity, I guess.

[deepgreenart]

when i was a kid there were three songs in the chart at the same time called 'angel eyes', all different songs by different artists. anyone older than 10 must realise that this happens,its not stealing or indeed illegal or immoral in anyway. just because its not the song you were looking for doesnt make it a bad song per se

[TransmissionFilms]

i heart this song

[SeanPatrickMartinez]

3:27 . damn, a clown must have jizzed on her while she slept!

[legendkille4]

haha totally :D

[KiittyCupcake]

LOL

[Member9999]

omg she so cute

[Member9999]

name of that girl?

[adrianfrodo]

Yeap! I thought the same but now I think this is a great original song! I don't even know this artist and the girl... OMG she's so cute!!!

[bigfoot1000bc]

wow, i thought this was goin to be a cover of the raconteurs.

[goncack]

Nice.  I was expecting a cover of The Raconteurs, however. lolz

[jackmaster3000]

me too!

[rawkfist208]

Haha, ditto. This isn't that bad though! Pleasantly surprised! =)

[gustavoblahblah]

@goncack lol so was I.

[jojo12196]

@goncack haha yeah me too.

[straps6661]

sounds very good XD

and that girl in the clip is very very pretty

[vampurickitty]

i dunno, but i like it! i think the song is cool and the video randomly cute. sometimes the videos don't have to be full of action or stuff like that and they can be just as interesting. hehe oh and i love the mustache guy :{D

[unhorror]

hOOO genial : )

[Eddie1675DragonForce]

that was the gayest thing i ever watched. omg -_-

[boboxp]

a nobody in an average life. boring without any marks of art. how did you round up the cameras and get someone to pay for this.

[timshadyshow]

wow, this is pretty good.

[smithhedgehog]

your just wrong - plain wrong.

[mildlysupernatural]

I usually wouldn't reply to such opiniond and get myself involved, but could it just be that you're a bit disappointed that the key change didn't turn into yet another very annoying but oh-so-catchy pop tune?

[gregieb0i]

best comment i ever read this year.

[WadeBlazingame34]

I liked this the first time when it was called Belle & Sebastian.

[JonAberhill]

I preferred Belle & Sebastian when they were called Simon & Garfunkel.

[WadeBlazingame34]

Hahaha... Good one. :)

[michaelg5prozent]

very fine

[oiuyytrewq]

its me again ....it was good ,i mean it connected ..and thats maybe whats it's all about thx for being you and for doin it all

[oiuyytrewq]

And well done u from working from the heart..Hats off to u

[oiuyytrewq]

hi james i would gladly work with u..i mean it is from the hesrt and 'ol

[odraper23]

Genius?

That's a bit much. I read a good review of him and came online to check out a few tracks. From what I have heard, he is capable and no more.

This track, for instance, is a fairly good Pavementesque pop song.

[JonAberhill]

No, you're wrong, he's a genius. This is his worst song and even you, his arch enemy, have described it as fairly good.

[Osmun79]

James Yorkston is a genius

[54545466667788]

i thought it was "steady as she goes" you dumb red head

[AnitaClaireMiller]

For some reason I absolutely love this video.

[Bicicletasaladas]

Hey, I'm Southamerican and heard some Yorkston's tracks on a radio program, I think it were recordings of a sesion he did on BBC...well nevermind, the fact is that I'm convinced that he is one of the finest english song writers of our time.

Have you heard his lyrics? AH! they're just superbe!

[volcanobeast]

Hes Scottish not English.or were u meaning English language.

[Bicicletasaladas]

I mean english language...

[nightcrawlerao]

who is this girl??

[TechGnar]

i never seem to get tired of this song or this video

[almeidaalisson]

pensando bem, esse vídeo demonstra uma bela, porém trágica visão da sociedade industrial moderna.

[Anoverkillofeulogy]

Can someone give me the lyrics? I'd be so, so greatful

[AlfVonMelmak]

yes very nice

[katiasirigaita]

A menina é bonitinha, mas o clipe é mto tosco!

[almeidaalisson]

que viajão!

[archer1949]

That was lovely!

[pum7]

My favourite bit was when they disconnected the optic nerves, very eye-catching... YUMMYx

[weecailin]

any chances of james comin to galway???iwas planin to spend some months in edinburgh but ended up in ireland n tho i really enjoy it, the music scene in scotland is absolutely brilliant,so, huh, anybody knows?

[Ljungman]

woah, that girl is so pretty.

[MargaretInStraw]

I've got that sewing machine.

[dtj16]

love it

[answen02]

Lovely. The melody in the chorus is just perfect.

[Beryk]

the acoustic version is better but not as pretty to look at!

[spietsch]

james yorkston is ace! and i like the girl in the video. looking forward to the new album.

[Notdkiwi]

Not bad

[nathew]

this is pretty good. the music reminds me of belle & sebastian.