Flogging Molly - Float [Official Music Video]

[LoboAbaddon]

Sing, it is must we do; drink, it is all we want to do. 

[Zipp117]

Is this all stop-motion? If so, that makes this video even more awesome!

[grigs3421]

My interpretation is "you don't own stuff, stuff owns you".

[tauwarlord]

well... there are so many interpretations... but mine is just this: the boat is the 'thing' that helps you come through the days and you musn't sink it(is that correct english ?:P) because you worked long for it to be build (experiences in your life) and you can sink it by drinking your life away and so...

[askzach100]

indy and buyhunter i like your interpritations but i really think this video and song is about keeping with what you love what helps you float above all the darkness and dont let the bad times get you down and you have to travel through the dark times (according to the video poetry) or it could be somthing meaningful just to flogging molly in a similar to the song "rooster" by alice in chains wich was only meaningful to the band

[ascii13]

the boat is everything to everyone. to me the boat is the things in your life that make it livable. don't wreck the boat. you need it more than you realize. this song hits home because you don't think about what keeps you afloat.

[MrAwesome3276]

The boat is the struggles you carry through life. It's the memories and hardships that make you who you are. The boat helps you press onward, keeping you afloat. Don't sink the boat.

[TheCelticman]

This song gets me in a good mood it's like I am hearing advice from my granda. Telling me you got to stay true to yourself.

[joshiehanson]

and this is why there's a flogging molly patch on my jacket<3

[myra2302]

I love it!-that`s what I feel when I´m going to Ireland

[banzuke94]

honestly what is this amazing song about?

[electronikita]

Fork+hand eh? So that how it is now...

[strummer77clash]

Boat's already sunk 2 years ago. Bailing it out while submerged is hard, but someday all the water will be out. Keeping the baggage limited is a very good suggestion and purge the possessions or they will possess you. Hang onto the beer, though. Never give up the safety devices.

[wookanator]

my interpretation is that dont judge stick people, they got the same type of shit to deal with

[cathiarotton]

where is this video filmed? that looks like oregon green ass coast to me

[Shifty547]

When i see that my time is coming to an end maby one day i too will go by sea. And hopefully my small but sturdy boat will ferry me and my departed soul to the other end.

[sonicprime04]

This song make me thing there's a lot crap it this world, but just get stop living. You must go on and trust God for everything he's done cause he the only one can trust with a government thats failed you.

[francismanansus]

if you like this, you should try Gogol Bordello. You'll like it. Plus, there's a free download on their Myspace page so check it out!

[1985stijn]

This song is heaven! 

[pyschokiller2]

i love how my life is like the guy let alone the song

[TheBlackDouglas55]

This is music for the Soul.

[jarethmeyer1]

i find the song symbolic of marriage, or relationsips,there can be a lot of things you dont need getting in the way of what you really want, so you need to discard these hinderences in order to keep the boat afloat.

[nickvk99]

This video came on tv a few weeks after losing a friend to suicide.."Don't sink the boat that you built to keep afloat" - seemed apt at the time.

[thegreenson]

As we get older and the things we do in life have accumulated in our past it is up to us to protect the peop;e and things in life that our precious to us

[TheTrohl]

When I first heard the song I didn't think of it as being sad. But looking at this, it's actually kinda depressing.

[HijanaPantherpaw]

WOO! Flogging Molly rules!

[Amaratsu]

@HijanaPantherpaw

I like what you said. Its plain simple and True. 8D

[aliskey62389]

yeah I think it's about continuing on with what you have. Float-means to not fly but to still stay above rock bottom.

[ascii13]

@aliskey62389 god damn right

[Rattachatrat]

I think it's about addiction, and the crutches we use to help us through the day. "Don't sink the boat, that you built to keep afloat", don't take my comfort, don't take my escape.

[xxfamousxxlivingxxde]

it's more than that. it's about triumphing over your trials and pains. it's about holding on when you feel like letting go.

[South4TheSummer]

I like how this video symbolizes that we are what we experience, we become what we see and perceive. It's a great video, and I LOVE Flogging Molly!!!

[skeptic2everything]

saw these guys live last night, and it was awesome,

[Bouyhunter]

Indy - I like your interpretation.

However, I see it as shed all the stuff you don't need. I'm almost 40, and I've shed everything a few times, once including a wife.

The boat is your life, don't sink it with extra baggage that is unnecessary. Simplify.

I've found it to be much more satisfying.

[beerbaron101]

good way to put it

[666daedsidog]

@Bouyhunter

I moved out of home at 17 with 2 trailer loads

13 yrs later I can move out with a bag.

I miss my old stereo and my CD collection. But they are all safe.

I miss my books because i love reading

But I have an MP3 and a laptop so thats sounds and reading material sorted.

Now gotta ditch the woman and im free

[Jinxedwithme]

@Bouyhunter so... keep the things you NEED.. and not want?

[realsgtskywalker]

@Bouyhunter Or it's just trying to tell us that after you lived a certain amount of things in your life, you just can't continue to live normally, like you did before.

[pjconnor74]

@realsgtskywalker I think Bouyhunter is right. This song is more about not giving up and pushing through the dark times. It's easy to sink a boat, but much harder to keep it afloat. At least to me that's why this song is called Float instead of Sink.

[chaosfilms9295]

this is an amazing song

[prestonkillz]

look at his nipples

[Indy509]

My interpretation of the video is that the older you get the more baggage you acquire and crap you collect, and more to loose. Just keep trudging along though, you've got too much to loose to screw it up.

[naddik08]

Looks like a worm with legs

[GothGaara92]

awesome song

[pearlthesquirrel1]

great song, fantastic video. loved it :)

[Sistermusix]

Süßes Video C=

[MrLeffetheman]

awsome song

[heyounewave]

great song, i can't stop listening to this song... i'm just addicted.

[DropkickIrish]

It seems here that everyone has their interpretation of this song. And it seems that you are all right. Negative things in life are just that, negative, and there are many, many of them, and although they wear different costumes, they are all the same thing. Which are forces trying to capsize our boat that keeps us alive in this savage ocean called living. It doesn't matter what is trying to sink your boat, only that it is. Just pay heed to the condition of your vessel, that's the message.

[NastyDHL]

Keep going despite anything trying to knock you off your path. Your will power and determination can be strong enough to climb mountains and trek across the arctic if you wish, so with the right perspective you not only can you drudge and keep your boat going your way through life's problems, but you can go steady past them like they were never even there.

good song shane :D

i was glad to see that username on here

[DropkickIrish]

Yeah, I caught the end of this song on the radio the other night, and could tell it was Flogging Molly from the sound of it. I didn't expect such a great video though.

[ascii13]

@DropkickIrish you need more thumbs up

[adambinaz]

this is a video to every one who has a fucked up life all the shit you have to go through everyday , all the people you lose in life like pets and friends ,how it keeps dragging you down but you can never give up you have to make it to the end to the end to the ocean ,

[beevus2345]

i personally think that the video was about not destroying the planet. or your own personal planet

[NitrogenFixation]

I like the song, although the music video was slightly...unusual. It seems to ME that the man (animated stick figure thing in the video) was collecting things to build a boat -- to establish his life, as it were, and even when it got tough, he kept on going. Very interesting, although many Flogging Molly songs have somewhat unclear meanings and can be interpreted at least a few ways. I like them for it.

[Kcchronic420]

great song

[brabuster20000]

kinda depressing song

[aberdeencat]

the song is about not letting things pull you down and standing up against the wrong eg politics

[heimbrygd]

Great video! and great text

[AidenkA]

ive never heard of flogging molly until i went to the warped tour this summer and as soon as they played the first song, i just fell in love with them - they are fuckin awesome!

their music just makes u wanna dance and drink and go crazy! ha!

[CarolGiordano]

Float song and video appears to me to be about Consumerism. Seems to say, don't acquire so many possessions that it drags down your life and your freedom!!

[sharkmen007]

i think the video is supposed to show how we let the little things in life drag us down, and the lyrics seem to support that

[DavyFaceless]

they were so sick yesterday at fall frenzy in AZ!

[aurryz]

i wanna know what happened to that little bugger

[NikZak83]

Come back to Greece - I missed you the first time !!

[popcornrabbit07]

I saw them in Portland Or. this week..fantastic...and this song was the best. What does it mean? Listen to the lyrics..then think...what is goin on around you....government...economy...­everything..//is the boat sinking..? well....you think about it...

[Syc0warden]

This song was before bad economy.

[GucciSmoochies]

I love this song. I just saw Flogging Molly last Thursday and they performed this song. They were amazing....so amazing.

They are one of the few bands that sounds the exact same when they perform live as what you hear on their records. So amazing!!

[caveman720]

were did you watch them at?

[Ixildur]

what does it mean?

[Ixildur]

but does he die or not?? :-(

[flemmage]

is there such thing as a bad flogging molly song? If so, I don't wanna know about it

[Gudamangipo]

Ha it's true. I can't think of one that isn't fantastic. Sure there are some that aren't stand out but there isn't one bad.

[DodGe111594]

you're in luck, because you never will!

[togleres]

flogging molly puts such emotion into their songs..i listen to many bands and artists but flogging molly does the best with emotions and how they want to shape the emotion into the song...its powerful and yet calming and emotional at same time...this is one of my fav songs by flogging molly

[Llewelyen]

just love this song and this video

thank you flogging molly

[JimmyValo]

Flogging Molly is, in my opinion, one of the best bands today.. and I love this video...

[elreventadito]

Fascinante, Me encantó el video, la fotografía, la animación, el estilo, temática, TODO!

Cualquier cosa que sea Stop Motion no significa que sea de Tim Burton. No me parece del estilo.

El tema me gusta también. Gracias por compartir ^.^

[cmcozad54]

why do i like this video? im not a tim burton fan... i dont know but, i like it

[Vietcong01]

the album version is about 30 seconds longer.

[HuckMeFard]

every time that i play one of their songs i get a different emotion and i agree with most you where you get sad then happy. this is a great band and i love listening to their songs

[siryourbrains]

Just got back from their show in Sacramento. This song was awesome. Amazing show, they create such a feeling of comradery with the audience.

[MrYoutopia]

It was the jameson and guiness. :D At least for everyone here in Oakland. Everyone in the pit danced for the ENTIRE 2 hour show. Flogging Molly has such a good relationship with whatever audience they play to. It's ridiculous.

[1singularity]

some songs need only one listen then youre hooked, this is one of them..... and a crackin bit of animation to boot

[matheusgremmelmaier]

Muito Bom

[happybunny4567]

oh my....wow

[ChunkyPirate]

Looks like a Tim Burton video =P

[xAstrozombiexmcrx]

yaer that is what i was thinking.. i really love tim burton, but this vidio is really sad.. i would like to help that litle guy..

[behindblueeyes01]

It's kinda uplifting in a sense since everything will work out in the end. It's also saddening since there is hardship on the way to the end

[Mohawk64]

Ripe old age, just doing the best I can....

[BlackLagoonCo]

Wow.

Just . . . Wow.

It's saddening and joyous at the same time. depressing and uplifting. Just . . . Wow.

[MrEvilcookiemonster]

i could listen to this song all day :)

[bellasara4]

Awesome song!

[kimberlyrivero1985]

cool song! and videoo :D

[needlesinyourvein]

this song is just..wonderful

[pubpukeNfight]

I hope the little dude made it

[Jackd91]

I'm sure he did, and he's living a great life now I bet.

[Jackd91]

Keep on walking q-tip man, keep on walking till you get to a better place, you deserve more than what you have.

[Tonibauch]

great Song, great Video, thanks for that

[Notkeiran]

Man this video reminds me so much of WWII and the struggle the Jews and other people went through. Probably cuz I just finished watching the Pianist. This is one of my favorite songs of Flogging Molly and I absolutely love the video.!

[DrSpoon1991]

great video who ever made it had the eye and plenty of talent

[G420S]

I love this video, something completely different, and an awesome song. Flogging Molly are so good.

[noirsyeux]

i'm surprised with all of those burton-style commnents guys, can't you recognice it's a very different visual development? it' so not into making skinny kinda dark skulls, this is visual poetry.

[blueswimgirl43]

They are such a fucking awesome band(:

[blindbandithybrid]

wow konmobedor

[qwerki666]

Video quality is horrible, but the song is great

[kmgcatcousin]

The audio is soft is my only complaint. :(

[bigbellzer]

The best band out there.

[lbeorlegz]

i love flogging molly too, and this video is just awesome!!!

hello from brazil :)

[roomwamoose]

that guy looks like something from tim burton! Its so cute!

[kmgcatcousin]

Tim Burton does this style better, but I otherwise agree with you, sir.

[InhumanGrotesque]

Best Band alive!

[F4Fiesta]

JUST AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amyvalkyrja]

fucking gorgeous...flogging molly rules it!!!

[chychygrl]

I personally LOVE flogging molly I have been a huge fan since day 1...and I think that they should be so much bigger than they already are, so, if you are a HUGE die hard fan of flogging molly, paste this on flogging molly songs, and encourage as many people as possible to listen to them as well. THX

[bankrober0]

its ok andit sounds like the singer did a single

[Paycheckpics]

Man when that banjo and violin kick in, flipping amazing.

[TheNapalmCocktail]

this happens to be one of flogging molly's best videos

[ableda90]

This song is AWESOME live, but what Flogging Molly song isn't.

[papason4041]

the woman playing fiddle is great

[chychygrl]

you mean Bridget?

[papason4041]

yea

i use to play the fiddle but i got borde and went to guitar...

[G420S]

The fiddle player?? Think she married the singer. Lucky guy if he did.

[thebigsmuz]

Yeah they're married

[Mervacia]

i love it. my favorite song of all.

[fiduskunstner]

Check out their Facebook fanpage for a higher quality version with correct aspect ratio.

[GoOdByE545]

seven deadly sins

[connyaufdempony]

Geeze, this video was definetly not what I had expected. It was intriguing, lol. AWESOME. I love the song, and that video is 100% WIN.

[RancidCo]

Bosna, Doboj

[MicoseLand]

Exellent!!!Magnifique.8)

[siggi5153]

great vid!

[RancidCo]

Singer and the brain of the band! Really sad guy!

[RancidCo]

Kako mi je krivo sto nisam bio u Zagrebu!!! Valjda ce biti u Beogradu jednog dana...

[croatianboy14]

ja bio....bilo predobro...od kud si ti..

[Gamazgb]

i ja....savrseno je bilo...

[deadxclown]

wow i cant believe this dude was the vocalist in Fastway (80's Metal band)

[Teramann]

is so irish..

[samsino]

yeah you can definitely hear that influence :)

[fullmetalninja11]

Best music video i've seen in a very long time.

[stickfigureman3D]

agreed

[ty4ya69]

by far the most beautiful clip i have ever seen.

[ruphia]

This video won an award at the Annecy festival du animacion. Awesome. :D

[Sonicspin]

That's where I saw it! Fantastic stuff, I'm glad it won. It was up against some good shorts

[ruphia]

Oh, you got to see it there? I'm jealous.

[Sonicspin]

Yeah, I'll be honest and say that I only saw that particular showing because I saw that Flogging Molly had a video in it. But it did deserve to win.

Don't be jealous, just go! It's awesome

[ProfessorSasquatch13]

I always knew they would make a really cool video for this song. Right when I heard it. It has a lot to tell...

[KirbyFan90]

i saw this on rage in the morning and i missed the name of it but i just coincidently found it on google

[Stuman179]

Just saw this and the song after it on rage. Very good animation

[peasches82]

How weird. I just saw it rage too (followed by the peter dempsey song), but the saturday afternoon session. Best filmclip I've seen in a long long time.

[MyVideosAreMostlyBad]

Brilliant! I just saw this on TV. Great song, great animation.

[jundiesman]

on rage???? coz i just saw it on rage aswell and hunted it out!!!

[MyVideosAreMostlyBad]

Yep.. heh you have good taste in TV ;)

[jundiesman]

lols did you see the song afta it??? out the airlock by peter dempsey? also wikid song! and have you heard any of flogging mollys ova stuff coz there pretty good if you enjoy the celtic sound!

[C0rvus]

The singer is Irish, but the band is from L.A.

The singer actually used to be in a band with the guitarist from Motorhead, before he was well known.

[MissTerri1979]

Very nice ~

[redhead31293]

This is pretty much the most awesome video ever.

[solarturkey]

i agree

[InternetTelly]

Wow, what a great film clip! and a good song.

[yock1000]

Flogging Molly would have to be the best Irish Pirate Rock Band ever.... and this.... well this just sums it up perfectly! Brilliant!!!

[AndrewMcCalla]

One of the best videos ive ever saw. Ending was especially the best! Love live the mollys =D

[spartan19]

Well done!!!!!!

[vegetariangerl4life]

amazing stop animation itz really kool one if mi favorts from flogging molly!

[sunbeatle707]

this is stop motion animation??!?!?!?woah, thats aWsome!

[bard92]

anche io, ormai brand new è l'unico canale decente, con qualche sprazzo di rock tv ogni tanto...ma proprio ogni tanto

[puteolana85]

I love this song and irish punk.....it's the best song ever with twilight zone of golden earrings.................go flogging molly go

[allheretruth]

This is an 'Official Flogging Molly' video by them. Since i posted it here Sideonedummy records has added a HQ version to youtube.

I take no credit for the making of this video if thats what your asking. I am just an avid fan like the rest of you.

Enjoy!

[agentsj1]

love it! Not my favourite FM song, but in the top 5 for sure

[therandomherrro]

just curious, what is your favourite FM song? mines whistles the wind

[solarturkey]

within a mile of home.....love that violin.....

[croatianboy14]

black friday rule rules :)

[TehFnorkShit]

Indeed

[RockkMusicRocks]

Very creative video and nice song

[ChilliconCarneval]

Flogging Molly is such an awesome band!

Great vid and even greater song!

I just love this irish sound.

Please never stop making such good music!!!

[blankchief]

Irish live on!

[polarmonkeyMMVIII]

makes think about my 2 travels in ireland..wow..good days..

[kraexaie]

should a made vids for all th songs, im sure theyd be just as good

[nucleardragon19]

This is a powerful video for a powerful song. My congratulations to the creator(s).