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.
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Love this song, check out my band's version on my channel!
DanaDeStefano 1 week ago
Hah! Okay, I've stated the obvious. Evan is all over those clips. :D
TwiPrime 1 year ago
Holy crap. Did Ben do this song originally? Isn't it about Evan Dando?
TwiPrime 1 year ago
nice classical guitar. even better ben lee
amnieto88 1 year ago
HE'S SO GODDAMN CUTE!
ghastlycitrus 1 year ago
he looks so young!!
cjstone1992 1 year ago
that is so cute....i heart ben
lacher101 1 year ago
15 :)
k81950 2 years ago
i love this song!
VioletCherrySaphire 2 years ago
OMG he looks like a baby. How old is Ben in this video?
MuzzikLvr 2 years ago
The one of Kathleen Hanna is better.
lenora98 2 years ago
Wat a champion!! Go Aussie GO!
go2theroofandjump 2 years ago
I lovee ben lee! especially here because he's so damned cute :D
k81950 2 years ago 7
how the fuck old is he!! wow. I love ben lee :)
k81950 2 years ago 3
fucking love this song
PlainBlackBandana 2 years ago 7
ditto
Buddhist2k 2 years ago 2
Thank you so much for this. 1995 all over again. Been waiting since then to hear it again. Literally. Thanks!
toddsantos 2 years ago 3
arrrggg...i can't get the strumming pattern right (for the choris), anyone with better ears want to help me out?
nick9077 3 years ago
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bobvillain 2 years ago
incredible!
musclesmusicblog 3 years ago
I love Evan but lets face it Ben is a bit cuiter.
sulakid 3 years ago
Is Noise Addict's video for "16" not up on youtube? What's that about, Somebody needs to put that up on Youtube.
laylurikyu 3 years ago
I don't know if you've seen him lately, but he definitely didn't grow up into an Evan Dando type.
anchower 3 years ago
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.
laylurikyu 3 years ago
ben lee did NOT grow up into the evan dando type/ are you blind? or deaf?
k81950 2 years ago
Fuck off.
anchower 2 years ago
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.
laylurikyu 3 years ago 4
I'd like to see the Kathleen Hanna version
whahappened 3 years ago
A little prodigy,he was XD
an1mefang1rl 3 years ago 2
i wish i was you ben haha
morethanjake310 3 years ago
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
billiejoesGimp 3 years ago
Whoa thanks for putting up this old tune! Fucking wonder kid Lee.
xAULISx 3 years ago
he's so little! he's already been adorable!
ikilledtheninja 3 years ago
Its cool how Evan Dando heard this and remade this song.
Valentione 3 years ago
lmao, so cuteee .
hendo993 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
He's writtem some other words to La Bamba...so friggin what...there 's more than bit of the ghetto among his hysterical support
kevinherbert 3 years ago
hes so young!
thanks for posting this.
Imsocool1004 3 years ago 3
cool dude!
bob1012112 4 years ago
this is great
jeremyashida 4 years ago
kathleen hanna does a cover of this song - it's much better than the original.
jkts138 4 years ago
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
titaxo 4 years ago
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
mikeydreadful 4 years ago
I agree with you, It's a fantastic cover she does!
HailinOnMe 4 years ago
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.
theluscioussound 4 years ago
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!
porkpiepaul 3 years ago
Courtney Love knocked of Kathleen Hanna?!?! Is there a fucking YouTube vid for that? Thats hilarious. :D
theluscioussound 3 years ago
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.
porkpiepaul 3 years ago
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.
laylurikyu 3 years ago
nah, its a homage to evan dando. one of his heroes.
booblehead14 4 years ago
i cant buy this song on itunes with my birthday money. im a very angry person
neensneen 4 years ago
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.
Zootsax 4 years ago
I could send it to you. Just post your email.
joostar 4 years ago
So young!
ladybuggcla 4 years ago
i love this. have seen evan cover it, and he always does it with such sentiment and respect.
missjane70 4 years ago
my god, he's so young here!
redfreddoes 4 years ago
Sure, it's Ben! It's humorous of course, Evan covers it now and then.
kirtaps 4 years ago 3
Can somebody explain this? Is this song from the real Ben Lee? Did he feel jealous of Evan? No Way
EddieAR 4 years ago