Eli Paperboy Reed - Come and Get It

[mrnalarcon]

Thanks bonus videos in Tower Heist movie =D

[simlover1tt1]

I LOVE THIS SONG ON THE SIMS 3!

[PRE1959]

This guy can sing. I thought it was a 60's oldie, from someone like Brenton Wood, or some other black artist. He has a good singing voice.

[soulfulvee]

Oh goodness. I couldn't understand the first chorus of this song! I thought it was in Sim language all over again! LOL

[vnv02]

I didn't know Rick Astley had a baby brother... I kid, I kid... Motown seems to be the last refuge for blue-eyed soul these days..

[club47home]

@vnv02 BIG LOL!!! Very Rick Astley!

[paintcan176]

fucking drummer loves his life.

[doisneau]

What an awful video. Corny, not even in a good way.

[tarjay35]

And can we please get this dumb ass LMFAO ad the hell away from here? They're not even good hip-hop artists! If you're gonna put that genre in relation to this, at least put some talented acts like Mos Def or any other reall MC. Otherwise, they have shit to do with this guy!

[tarjay35]

His face makes him about a 6.

His voice makes him a solid 10.

[brimicol]

@tarjay35 So, how would you rate Aretha Franklin?

[DarkRider69]

@tarjay35 Well, how fortunate then that he's singing and looks have nothing to do with it. Moron.

[tarjay35]

@DarkRider69 How the fuck am I a moron you stupid bitch, I was just complimenting his looks as well. And what's wrong with me thinking his voice is sexy? I'm a huge fan of his music, so how about you shut the fuck up, you dumb ass troll and get the fuck out. Get your the shit off highhorse tightass.

[JCGeisler67]

The more I listen, the more I like it!

[opticalitone]

It seems like he lifted the chord progression and bass line for the hook/theme as well as the title and concept of the song from Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder's song "Come and Get this Stuff"

Listen for yourself, the song is on Youtube.

He's got talent but now matter how hard I want to like him, I just can't.

[indifferenttoapathy]

just saw him in birmingham, brilliant!

[297adri]

GRAN ACTUACION EN SORIA

[xarken]

@297adri como puedo saber cuando actuan de nuevo en España? gracias

[297adri]

@xarken No lo se. Míralo en Internet. Esto fue en el enclave de agua , seguramente el mejor festival de música gratuito de España.

[sonofmongo]

Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, The Heavy. These are contemporary artists that make real soul/mowtown or at least soul mowtown influenced music that is genuine, vital, and new. These guys and fitz and the tantrums are just imitating the old stuff. they're not doing anything new and just sound contrived to me. It's fluff

[dragonfire981]

@sonofmongo I love motown, and I love him. He can imitate all he likes he is good.

[SweedRaver]

I guessed most of the lyrics when playing the sims 3, but I did not know how right I was until now :O

[slasheh]

shit song, plays at house of fraser all the time. horribly annoying.

[ShiOkami1]

I saw him live the other night, and it was AWESOME! It was a free event, but even if I had paid a fortune, it would be worthy.

[melismaticmusic]

"Sims language" is called Simlish, btw. :)

[1996anthony]

That's the way I am. :).

[elvisuk]

marvelous



[3309851]

playing in pittsburgh free show tonite baby!

[pong224]

this FIRE!!!!!!!!

[maxinefox5]

I Heard it on Sims 3!

Doesn't it sing it in Sims...language or whatever in sims 3?..

[kandodaxter]

@maxinefox5 Yes, he sings in Sims "language", it's really weird hahahahahhaha

[kjpolker]

Wait wait wait...we can still play instruments!?!? Where is the autotune/synthesizer? This is fantastic, exactly what I like to see in 2010/2011.

[Nicoooooooooooole]

LMAO got this from my Sims 3. Like this if you did too!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VictorThePr0]

It's nice with some decent music in these days!

[ScoutBaxxter]

Just saw some of this on The circle fantastic! then realised i heard this in simlish first and didn't realise it! love this "real" music :)

[weirdasian741]

i heard this on the radio the other day and thought "OMG SIMS 3!!" :D

I always listen to it on the sims 3 in simlish so its cool to find the original

[Johnoco66]

I love the way people come out with stuff like 'he'd be ok if he was black' or some such nonsense. This is a great record that wouldn't embarrass any great Motown artist. Grow up, class music knows no skin colour.

[sonofmongo]

I really like how old style soul is starting to make a comeback in mainstream music but this guy just seems like he's trying to hard. it comes off as contrived. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are ten times better. they don't just imitate, they make it their own

[Metspart]

@sonofmongo Totally agreed. Seems very forced.

[gitfacebiscuit]

This guy is a faggot. He told my friend who's in a band that their band couldn't support him because he's black.

[weirdasian741]

@gitfacebiscuit what about that drummer in the background??

[funkluv]

@weirdasian741 as a drummer Iwould like to know who that is

[dragonfire981]

@gitfacebiscuit What a lie you can see in the video he has black people in his band...

[HULMUSIC]

wow, sounds good, but are they now tryin' to snatch soul music away from us, Oh I get it, Usher is the new Elvis Presley and this supposed to take his place huh. WTF is going on....?

[Godschild301]

I'm so use to the sims 3 version it's so strange to me

[GothicWolf212]

@Godschild301 I know!!! I totally agree. I here the sims 3 version for all the lyrics. Did you know their language is comprised of more 8 different languages together!!

[GothicWolf212]

@Godschild301 I totally agree. I here the Sims 3 language instead of English in my head. Their language is mixture of various languages in one.

[Godschild301]

@GothicWolf212 Oh some of those words seemed familiar to me

[nuesm]

cant believe a video like this only gets 150k views... such an awesome song

[backroomcircus]

it's very very good...

[DiNoSaUrViRuS]

Piranha 3D (:

[Maharoba]

sims 3. holy fuck i love these guys

[fadej17]

raphael saadiq's white brother!!

nice

[rissaissocoollike]

his face when he sings OOOOO at the start.

[Zeetana1]

Fell in love with him/them already!

[zarkbot88]

i will pay at least a billion dollars to see Eli along with Fitz and The Tantrums and The Like in one single bill. Better yet, somebody should film the whole thing like a 60s teen concert film and put it out in theaters; i'll tell ya, both would definitely sell out.

[ArtyRT]

I just seen the re-birth of 50's-60's soul......

and he's coming to Australia for Bluesfest at Easter 2011

hope he does sideshows as well

[DuckyOfAwesome]

he went to high skool at my skool n last month he came back to do a concert there! he signed posters n all that fun stuff

[Kjeezy111]

i didnt knw about this song until i watche dpiranha and i loved it and im black

[Burksinzurkles]

i thought this was from the 60's till i saw the drummer was black .... lol

[SKATEPASSION97]

@Burksinzurkles hi miller

[MegaSam777]

this is such great music, why doesn't anybody do this anymore?

[speckiscfc]

Very northern soul sounding, love it at least someone is still making good music

[grecogabo]

I would love love a duet between him and Miss Amy Winehouse.

[wolverinelew]

Piranha!

[Nieves57]

Tunes Award Winner 2010

[RosieBear1203]

22 Justin Bieber fans -_-

[jbrewha74]

Its the Honky version of the Jackson 5

[Acidrainisapain]

@jbrewha74 lmao

[mikefuhr1]

I love how happy the drummer is!

[MegaSam777]

@mikefuhr1 yeah the hair just steals the show! lol

[bonker711]

Ryan <3. Made sure that pen worked for my autograph today thanks love. Keep up the good work boys.

[mccarthyistcommy]

@koolkat18181 T-block assemblies represent!

[timpdev]

great performance, great singing, great musicians, totally uninspired video that looks like an ad for Target.

[veejay56]

More soul than Kanye, John Legend, Usher, Chris Brown you name 'em. Eat your heart out John Nemeth and James Hunter.

[carloskronopio]

este tipo estuvo en bilbao ayer 18 de noviembre y nos lo hizo pasar de p.... madre

[fjaviersaiz]

@carloskronopio Ojala Hubiera ido.. se me pasó

[rosalisa13]

Parece que volvemos al soul de los sesenta..Derrochando frescura.

[Katct2009]

I saw this group perform on Rachel Ray last week and couldn't figure out at first what I was hearing--it sounded just like back in the day--I was floored. Could not believe what I was hearing. I'm 63--sometimes still "back in the day". I absolutely love it--My man is black I'm white--so what! We both love this music-- He's a bass player, plays in church. Bought the newest CD. Eli Reed & the True Loves have timeless talent. We both know music--this is the real deal, kids.

[Rorix9]

@Katct2009 I like your comment very much. However, why bring up race at all? No need. The less we talk about it, the more insignificant it becomes.

No problem tho. Eli Reed being do it right when there are so many who aren't.

[armynurseboy]

Good stuff! I love that folks who actually know how to play their instruments are still making it in music.

[nfoote]

Great guy, fantastic entertainer!!! Please come to California. Want to see you perform live.

[lolitachina]

Rickrolled!!

[tonydam]

Love it the future of soul is safe

[PiXieKisses3]

this song is on the sims 3 :D

[CaptStevieB82]

Saw them some years ago and again more recently. And I'll keep going to their shows. Dud can wail and the band... tight.

[terrafirma91]

Hey, it's a resurgence of 60's style Soul. This same number could have been released in '65, and none of us would have known the better. Thumbs up.

[armynurseboy]

@terrafirma91 of course, him being white may have caused a little confusion at live shows... ;o)

[MrChuckology]

Just love it! So back to the Rock n' Roll origins. Man, people didn't forget how to make great music. There is still hope for us humans.

[mysiaasiaable]

To jest z the sims 3 ! Jeee

[SeniorMojo]

i am listening to the 7inch right now.....a true HIPSHAKER !

[dannyodoul]

this is very enjoyable -

yet I still am reminded of Rick Astley!

I hope Eli is no Rick, but....?

[nina1999ish]

has a definite motown feel to it.

[eagle1ear]

back to the 60's and 70's, y'all, this is Motown, straight up.

[ttrolster]

Excellent!

[robyboy718]

Its like the new rickroll

[killz1877]

Beantown boy has soul!  Good for him.

[nina1999ish]

has an old school jackson 5 sound to it

[JBTevere]

Real music is finally back! God Bless Eli!!!

[Thacker]

Heard about this guy on NPR.  Very coooool!!!!

[lt081]

is that the guy from the black eyed peas on the drums?!

[photowhoseit1]

The song is really good. The video reminds me of MJ's first efforts like Rock with You and Don't Stop Till You Get Enough. I'd buy the song but not the video. I guess MJ set the video bar so high with Thriller that this guy doesn't have a chance.

[menyc]

I want him to deliver the paper to my house.

[Juuuuuul]

Eli cancelled for Lowlands :(

[MrAeod]

Man this is some great music. I'm so happy that there is someone new bringing it back.

[dom040189]

Pause at 0.04. Possibly the coolest man ever?

[McBane10]

@dom040189 it's hard to argue otherwise lol

[soulbrother61]

good to see that the spirit is still around.....nice one

[sallyc918]

love this

[justafidemyself]

i just stumbled on this video and damn... this is REAL music, omfg i missed this kinda stuff

[GeorgeFromNY]

FANTASTIC!

(Are people even allowed to make songs like this any more?)

[tomigunn777]

@GeorgeFromNY Only white people..

[funkluv]

@GeorgeFromNY sometimes ya gotta break rules to acheive greatness

[EddiopinaR]

Hey, this little white boy is singing as a giant like Marvin Gaye. OMG. not everything is lost. there´s hope to the music. Please bring back more artist like this... please, please, please..

[BarneyUSMC]

Discovered this great artist a couple

of years ago- so glad to see him on

Youtube...thanks for sharing.

[MrFijianBiscuit]

MAD TUNE !

[hertssoulgirl]

Like it, but would have been good to see some good northern soul dancers on it too!

[hertssoulgirl]

You could have had some great northern soul dancers dancing on this in the background!

[DandJRuffin]

The guy has SOUL! I love his music ...

[guustje1992]

I like !

[scootafran]

Excellent track Eli,very Northern sounding :)

[pilninggas]

i kept hearing this one BBC Radio 2, and although i am knowledgeable on 70s music assumed it was a song frrom the mid-seveties i had never heard before. Its a great tune - got a bit of a motown thing going on.

[ladsounet]

sa déchire grave!

[RGordonR]

Superb.

[JohannaPatterson]

I heard mp3iffy is the best site to download songs like this. Google mp3iffy.

[walshysays]

fantastic



[walshysays]

if u like this listen to raphel sadiq - i think thats how u spell it

[alexrocks101]

I'm diggin it.

He is so adorable!

[iloveblack101]

He is amazing, I can't wait to here some of his new songs.

[MrTaekwondo1995]

Wow I love it, very motown like

[neongoalpost]

Sounds like a Northern Soul classic. Well doe Eli, great song :)

[rosieowen96]

great summer song! old school yet modern :)

[tiredoldbag]

BRILLIANT!! - reminds me of the 70's :0)

[MUFC689908]

Where's he from?

[jcmontenegro1]

soo good

[lak76sunner]

HES WHITE WTF?

[Thinker341]

@lak76sunner Well maybe if blacks hadn't left this, there true birthright behind, for stupid ganster hip hop rubbish, maybe whites might not need to express decent proper black music! :)

[Johnoco66]

Not my bag usually (man!) but sounds like a great record to me!

[coxybass]

utter pish my goldfish has more soul than this London fake piss....

go get him jb and wilson.....lol....lol.......

[yesman4673]

Absolutely wonderful track, and album too.

I feel like I am 16 again, and that was a while ago. It's nice to hear that old style soul music once more.

This guy is going to be a massive star.

[CongregationChi]

Their sound is great, but this video is pretty cheesy.

[nrwest]

YES!

[thetubelightclicks]

he's like a male joss stone!?

[augusto3086]

so cool and unique!

[lecocoflash]

I'm a huge fan of Paperboy and this is a great song. But this video doesn't do it for me. Feels posed, and I don't understand why the woman is wispy and half-invidsible.

[kklivsy]

Cool Also, I;O

[Emimadlly]

GREAT GREAT BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[nicoledekker]

amazing

[horsebox3]

pure class

[SOULINTEGRITY]

Great Soul sound

John

[malizlewa]

With all the trash songs of emo, love, sex, breakups, drugs, violence, auto-tune, alcohol, and disney pop babys of this decade, nice to hear somehting different, which is ACTUALLY fun to hear.

[MrThompson626]

Very James Brown ^_^

[brendans101]

Congrats Eli, this is going to be a big hit in the US ! I Look forward to seeing you 9/5 in CT Cheers ---> Brendan McGee

[jlfrazz]

@shittyshit69 Eli's first album came out i 08. Mayer Hawthornes came out in 09. Tried Mayer, not a big fan, but I understand that he's talented. He's just not my cup of tea. It's just so cool to hate.

[jlfrazz]

@shittyshit69

if you think Eli has no soul, then you wouldn't know soul if it took a dump on your chest

[polderpatat]

@shittyshit69

Not true. Go see him live and you know what you just said is bulls***. I saw Mayer Hawthorne live too and he doesn't come close to Eli Reed.

[BesidesPain]

Right, recently mostly every pop musician/singer is producing some electronic junk. First L. Gaga, then Miley Cyrus, The BEP, even Christina Aguilera.

Bring the Rock'n'roll back!

[matindiestre]

nice bass!

[claudemtl777]

Im on my 3rd listen in a row...

Slick...(In the best possible way)