BECK - Broken Drum

[runitecastle]

does anyone remember this amazing music video for this song that was here on youtube. it had a guitar with beck's face painted on the headstock, and his body was painted on as well. he was riding on a bus. did i dream this video up or did i really see it on youtube and can't find it now

[psychosadist]

no tabs for it? :(

[cookedbread]

Check out the boards of canada remix! So good

[GorillazBeatles]

I love this song. Its so mellow, so peaceful.

[jigglefred]

haha ur first kiss was sophmore year?

[Mantooth901]

@jigglefred Dont be a dick

[pivot1022]

@jigglefred cause the ladies can't get off of you right.

[cesarchivas1991]

this is not the album version the album version from que onda guerro is actually verry soft and has a deep sound

[N1earNoutyamama]

You did a great job on this video!! I love this song...

[MrZinadin]

Work of a genius!

[MetalisLikeAwesome]

beck is just a little too bad ass

[AleksTheBassMan]

This should be the official video for this song. AMAZING.

[mikesgotniceice]

I like this, a lot. Thank you.

[Elidoransgar]

Beautiful video.

[byetoallthat]

I love this song.. and this video is lovely, perfect.. a short but meaningful trip! Well done, indeed, very well done.. : )

[ChrisCaaa]

Wow, I can't believe you made this video yourself, it looks ace. I like the overexposed colours on the scene on the rocks near the sea. Have you ever seen an episode of Red Dwarf called Timeslides? They use a kinda similar idea with the moving photos. I made a video too, search Day Serene, but it ain't no big deal, I haven't got good equipment or anything.

[mojoman64]

this would be a great slow dance song...

[Avid3Productions]

This is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[soremeat]

very beckish..

[soremeat]

classy-ic

[runitecastle]

there was a really awesome music video for this song on youtube but its gone now. All I remember is that there was a guitar with the musicians face as the headstock. It's gone now and I am deeply upset.

[sparshopper]

This song is not about Elliot Smith!! Why do you all think that??!!

[pr0dd2k9]

@sparshopper It is about Elliott, the talk of drugs...never forget you and what not. Beck and him were friends.

[TheJennyada]

@mikes4guiatrfender,that is awesome!That sounds really romantic, I love this song :)

[marymungoandmidge]

I love this track its awesome!!

chestyx

[ManiaKattaK]

@seananderson256

lets be honest, some of the best people in life manage it without drugs though

[NuclearLullaby]

A very well done song!

[GuitarSonata]

I'm not gonna lie, the Boards Of Canada remix is millions of times more enjoyable for me. I like this version, but BOC really put in a completely different character.

[QUIZFILTER]

the BOARDS OF CANADA remix of this song will make you cry. It feels like your watching the love of your life lye dying on the ground while its pouring rain in slow-motion.

[ericshw171]

im not gonna watch the boards version but i love yer description of it

[hellofloyd]

this is the closest any song has come to describing how heroin feels.

[NecroSlavery]

Only losers use drugs.

[julyboy66]

yeah , whatever

[pivot1022]

@NecroSlavery LOL, 98% of the world are then losers you fuck.

[Bobellz]

this song makes you wanna tell all your secrets :P

[CRANIUM62]

This song is so good that it's just almost impossible to describe how fuckin great it is. The lyrics make me kinda sad now cuz I use to sing them to my ex-girlfriend when we layed in bed together. we were together for a whole year and this was our song. It use to just sound beautiful to me, now it just makes me feel kinda tragic.

[katzettklo]

I absolutely understand you. This song is just outstanding, beyond everything, just sad and great

[mudoctave223]

RIP elliott smith

[PiNkLoLiPoPs]

I don't mean for this to sound morbid, but I could die listening to this song. It's so melodic and peaceful and dreamy. The sweetest of reveries.

[Shazadi2010]

Never forget youuuuuuuuu, never forget youuuuuuuuuuuuu.

[beareza]

Es una canción muy bonita y original, es una pena lo de Elliot, no conocía su musica y me ha encantado,,,,,,,

[mikes4guiatrfender]

A girl i really liked my sophmore year in high school played this song in her room one day when i was visting then she decided to give me passionate kiss. This was my first kiss like this and we sat there for a good half an hour making out in her room. We never dated each other but were still friends. It was the first time I've ever expereinced love. Man it was great i never had to date again since. Once you have that moment no one can take that away.

[ManiaKattaK]

@mikes4guiatrfender

you are the luckiest human being on this earth

imagine if it went on to scarecrow though :D

[njfrog26]

@mikes4guiatrfender I've felt love like that once, maby twice. I've looked for it again and again, never to be found though.Restless, sleepless nights have hounted me ever since...

love the song, love beck as a band. i've been a big fan for many years

[Johnline]

@mikes4guiatrfender did she has long black hair?

[djmaf]

this is so weird, i've been listening to a lot of elliott smith music lately and I hadn't heard this song every before but I heard it from a friend today so i decided to look it up because I thought it was absolutely beautiful. and now it's about elliott which makes it even more beautiful.

RIP

[787ram]

this song made me put a carrot in my butt

[tattvam4]

I don't get it....

[ManiaKattaK]

@tattvam4

pretty fuckin hilarious!

[professionallynasty]

I have no idea why the 'carrot in the butt' comment is getting so many thumbs down?

:(

[nick4man3]

I keep seeing comments that this song was written for Elliott Smith, which would make sense. The thing that gets me is that I've heard this song was written around the same time as the bulk of Sea Change's songs, before Eliott died. Is there any official documentation of Beck saying this song is about Elliott?

[Merkageblud]

did u kno this was written about Micheal 'the king of pop' Jackson RIP

[xane217]

u are crazy super retarded u jackass, not only was this released in fucking 2005, but beck would never waste his talent on that rapist

[nakotap]

Awesome Song

[xshabootiex]

I'll never forget you..

[xBaitMyScenex]

RIP elliott smith

[jesuit636363]

what?

[grasshopa]

Song was written about him

[asxtc]

I checked out the BoC remix...but i don't like it at all compared to this version....but hey! thats musak for ya.

[grasshopa]

heh I love the BoC one, heard it before this and it just blew me away

[stepoutofline]

I'm not one for remixes...but Boards of Canada did a great job. It's awesome.

[sasukenebe100]

can anyone tell me where i can find the video to this song where becks head is painted on a guitar and what not, does anyone know what im talking about?

[prankE69]

wonderful song to enjoy when you´re totaly stoned!! i highly recommend that one

but it is also a great song when your "normal" though

[leesmommyishot]

Your setting sun

Your broken drum

Your little drugs

I'll never forget you

Never

Forget

You

This song should have been on Sea Change.

[sasukenebe100]

beck said it was written around the time he wrote sea change, and that he considered the song a link between guero and sea change

[gameman189]

wow this song has got to be my fav i am soo getting this album 5/5

[march2fuzz]

i love how spacy and dreamy it sounds ...

[jojo808]

Check out the Boards of Canada version of this track. Beautiful

[mainvain606]

already have my friend, haha =]

[tzohfeld]

RIP Elliott...

[eatmedouche]

elliot?

[shagogo]

elliot smith..

[tzohfeld]

..elliott

[eatmedouche]

eleos?

[JPPraterCO08]

Awesome! :)

[thame15]

This is my favorite Beck song, just so much beauty and emotion, plus its about Elliot smith. And ive just now found out about that BOC remix which is also fucking great, i didnt really expect anything else from them!

[tegustaeh]

the guitars are the beats in boc's remix

[collectedanimals]

one of the most beautiful songs. ever.

[HorrisNorris]

this is great for a fan vid

[hellofloyd]

This is my favourite Beck song. It's feel & mood must be what heroin feels like.

ps I love BoC, but I don't think their remix of broken drum compares to the original. The song is not the same without the slow driving guitar chords. They help give the song its character & depth.

[Kaprrricius]

Totally agree. BoC are great and their remix of this song is awesome... but there is such emotion in the original that you really can't make it any better...

[LordSesshomaaru]

I think you really have to hear both versions to appreciate the emothion of the song. The first one i heard was the BoC version, and when i looked up the original on youtube i was like "laaame" but know i understand why it's such a beautiful song because of the original. Last night and almost just now this song almost drove me to tears (tho it was BoC) because it ALWAYS reminds me of the first girl to ever shatter my world. I'll never forget her. It's crazy how so many can connect to this song.

[Huzz]

Who actually made this video clip? It's not official is it?

[undertwoodsmusic]

Reply from Paris, France.

I made this video for my love. And it's official for me. My name: KAPLAN

[fL1p87]

@undertwoodsmusic great work!

[PimpNcorruption]

@undertwoodsmusic no offense man, but think u cud have done a better job than video taping a woman walking and thats it for the video? the video dont justify the great song man

[bobbygnosis]

Strangely enough I think the Boards of Canada remix is better than the original. Though I'd say Beck is still a godamn genius no matter what.

[brokendrum123]

truely awsome song

[LebanonsMartyr]

I like the "remix" 100 times better tho. good song nevertheless.

[MattJamesR]

Elliott Smith was great man. To bad he died :( Great song about him...

[chasityeve]

I hate to ask a stupid question but who was Elliot Smith?

[closeholydarkness]

look it up on youtube... and listen to his music.

[YourFakeFriend]

What makes you think it's about him?

[MattJamesR]

Because Beck said it is haha. And everything he says... Is Elliott. Long black hair, drugs.

Yep :]

[YourFakeFriend]

When/where did he say it (if he did)?

Elliott's hair wasn't usually black or very long. And Beck has probably known a number of people with long black hair who took drugs.

[bretellis]

It is about Elliott Smith mate.. do your research... everyone should know that!!!

[Galefox]

elliot smith :/

[robotube]

Like it. Great song. Hypnotic video.

[wickawickasaywhat]

i love this song so much