Ben Lee / I Wish I Was Him

[DanaDeStefano]

Love this song, check out my band's version on my channel!

[TwiPrime]

Hah! Okay, I've stated the obvious. Evan is all over those clips. :D

[TwiPrime]

Holy crap. Did Ben do this song originally? Isn't it about Evan Dando?

[amnieto88]

nice classical guitar. even better ben lee

[ghastlycitrus]

HE'S SO GODDAMN CUTE!

[cjstone1992]

he looks so young!!

[lacher101]

that is so cute....i heart ben

[k81950]

15 :)

[VioletCherrySaphire]

i love this song!

[MuzzikLvr]

OMG he looks like a baby. How old is Ben in this video?

[lenora98]

The one of Kathleen Hanna is better.

[go2theroofandjump]

Wat a champion!! Go Aussie GO!

[k81950]

I lovee ben lee! especially here because he's so damned cute :D

[k81950]

how the fuck old is he!! wow. I love ben lee :)

[PlainBlackBandana]

fucking love this song

[Buddhist2k]

ditto

[toddsantos]

Thank you so much for this. 1995 all over again. Been waiting since then to hear it again. Literally. Thanks!

[nick9077]

arrrggg...i can't get the strumming pattern right (for the choris), anyone with better ears want to help me out?

[musclesmusicblog]

incredible!

[sulakid]

I love Evan but lets face it Ben is a bit cuiter.

[laylurikyu]

Is Noise Addict's video for "16" not up on youtube? What's that about, Somebody needs to put that up on Youtube.

[anchower]

I don't know if you've seen him lately, but he definitely didn't grow up into an Evan Dando type.

[laylurikyu]

What's the Evan Dando type? Drug-addicted and having to work as a roadie to support himself? A grown man who sleeps with teenage girls? Just curious what you meant by that.

[k81950]

ben lee did NOT grow up into the evan dando type/ are you blind? or deaf?

[anchower]

Fuck off.

[laylurikyu]

You don't wish you were Evan, Ben. You're too cool to have dated and slept with a 15 year-old when you were 28.

[whahappened]

I'd like to see the Kathleen Hanna version

[an1mefang1rl]

A little prodigy,he was XD

[morethanjake310]

i wish i was you ben haha

[billiejoesGimp]

is that ben lee when he was a kid? i just read the other comments who's hanna and what does courtney love have to do with it? im confused

[xAULISx]

Whoa thanks for putting up this old tune! Fucking wonder kid Lee.

[ikilledtheninja]

he's so little! he's already been adorable!

[Valentione]

Its cool how Evan Dando heard this and remade this song.

[hendo993]

lmao, so cuteee .

[kevinherbert]

He's writtem some other words to La Bamba...so friggin what...there 's more than bit of the ghetto among his hysterical support

[Imsocool1004]

hes so young!

thanks for posting this.

[bob1012112]

cool dude!

[jeremyashida]

this is great

[jkts138]

kathleen hanna does a cover of this song - it's much better than the original.

[titaxo]

I'm sorry,but make a better version than the original you have to be the one to created the original, if not...it's only a copy...a good cover,a good version,a good copy...but not better thant the original...I'm sorry about you and about kathleen hanna

[mikeydreadful]

i disagree. What Kathleen Hanna brings to the song is the sarcasm of her saying "I wish i was him." And it's sung slower and with a lot less pop to it. It adds a totally different context. I'd go as far as to say it's an original piece of art with her singing it. It's really a great cover. Check it out

[HailinOnMe]

I agree with you, It's a fantastic cover she does!

[theluscioussound]

To go and say this is better than the original is ridiculous to me. Ben Lee was twelve when he wrote this, which is amazing that such a young kid could write such an amazing song. As for Hanna, I've heard the cover and was very unimpressed.

[porkpiepaul]

When courtney love knocked her out, she had Kurts Spizm on her knuckles and it went into kathleen hannas mouth. It grossed her out, but know she writes great songs, go figure. ZINNNG!

[theluscioussound]

Courtney Love knocked of Kathleen Hanna?!?! Is there a fucking YouTube vid for that? Thats hilarious. :D

[porkpiepaul]

Nah this is old old 120 minutes MTV kinda shit. I doubt you ll be able to find it. But courtney did knock her out. Say what you will about courtney, she can still knock people out.

[laylurikyu]

Yeah it happened backstage at Lalapalooza '95. Courtney said in some article shortly after that Kurt would've been so happy about that. Nirvana and Bikini Kill used to be close bands- Kurt dated Tobi Vali and Dave Grohl dated Kathleen Hanna, so Kurt knew Kathleen well. According to Courtney, he didn't like her.

[booblehead14]

nah, its a homage to evan dando. one of his heroes.

[neensneen]

i cant buy this song on itunes with my birthday money. im a very angry person

[Zootsax]

Try looking for the album "Young & Jaded" by Noise Addict. This was Ben Lee's band and, as far as I know, where the song originally appeared.

"I Wish I Was Him" is the first track.

[joostar]

I could send it to you. Just post your email.

[ladybuggcla]

So young!

[missjane70]

i love this. have seen evan cover it, and he always does it with such sentiment and respect.

[redfreddoes]

my god, he's so young here!

[kirtaps]

Sure, it's Ben! It's humorous of course, Evan covers it now and then.

[EddieAR]

Can somebody explain this? Is this song from the real Ben Lee? Did he feel jealous of Evan? No Way