Black Keys - Meet Me in the City

[sal25sal]

Do you understand that he melts into the guitar and lets the sound become what he is....right the fuck on it.

[311dMb]

argue on youtube... thats what i want to do with my friday

[311dMb]

favorite keys tune, even though its a cover. so good live, so much soul and flavor

[yeahthatsjesse]

Its still blues. I promise there are plenty of modern things to be depressed about. Not the same as back when so it yields different results, but still blues. Blues and blood.

[wiseeagle1111111111]

@yeahthatsjesse very true

[brianmr1000]

dont you understand,you have to look cool to play the piano,?

[ronasheton]

I hope I won't piss anyone off here, but I think this version sums up everything that's wrong with white people playing blues. It sounds much cooler than Kimbrough's original, but the spirit is gone, the flowing rhythm's been broken, the african beat is missing. In exchange we get a very technical production and funny guitars ringing here and there. I understand most of you know it are OK with it. I won't say it's bad or worse than Kimbrough's, it just doesn't work for me.

[sandwichesize]

and the part where race is remotely relevant is....?

[ronasheton]

@sandwichesize don't get me wrong, I don't mean it literally, it's not a matter of colour, it's a matter of culture of course. There are black musicians who play like whites. Different sensibilities, that's all.

[PatrickEganLong]

@ronasheton

The spirit isn't gone, it's just different. Old Blues recordings have a warmer, more raw sound to them because of the means of recording. This version is much more electric and produced. Doesn't mean it's bad, not to me at least. It's a matter of taste I suppose.

[Ashogo]

Check out pre-black keys Dan singing this same song with The Barnburners.

[jezzejam]

@Ashogo Hah I remember that, havn't been to Akron since.

[JSIN420666]

i wish i had 407 people that liked me and only 1 that didn't, i feel like it's the other way around

[nataliaf55]

@JSIN420666 get a therapist ¿?

[NaveTomorrow]

American songwriter said that Dan dropped out of college and his dad made him play gigs to support himself. How about this Dan, I drop out of college now and you let me open for you? aim high

[drckddsn]

Brilliant

[SylvariRanger]

Who is the one mental person to give this song a thumbs down?

[jtboll00]

I like wheat crackers while watching fish

[countflaming]

@jtboll00 hell yeah

[DaniellaVanillaTV]

I'm 14, .......yeah that's right (:

[Etherain]

@DaniellaVanillaTV Yeah, you and a couple hundred million others.

[theshmcc]

@SylvariRanger What?

[IFailedMath]

was gonna give up on blues then i found this band <3

[dhaeze]

@IFailedMath then look for north mississippi hill country blues, if you haven't done that yet. a whole new world of blues opens

[smorinator]

It won't let me download this song off iTunes for itouch X(

[SummersPep]

Where do we go to listen to this kind of music these days(outside of your place)?? anyone know?

[noyce83]

@SummersPep if you live in Chicago or swing through, go to Kingston Mines brotha...

[WhereAreMyChucks]

im 16, anyone else?

[downtoofilm]

@WhereAreMyChucks Yeah son.

[thegrandejete]

@lyle130

amen. 

[aubreycombs5]

i dont understand what raybans have to do with the black keys?

[theshmcc]

@aubreycombs5 Raybans?

[sunchild90]

@theshmcc The advert

[PatrickEganLong]

@aubreycombs5

Ray Bans and The Black Keys are both self definitions of the term "Cool"

[aubreycombs5]

@PatrickEganLong thanks for clearing that up. going to see them in april. im so stoked!

[mbgrayback]

@PatrickEganLong raybans aren't cool anymore, bc to many tools like you think that things like raybans make the cool

[SamiRivard]

I would meet Satan in the city if he sang me this song.

[MrBinksta1]

@untimelyrippd I totally agree, plus if you own the CD 'Chulahoma' there is a bonus track with Kimbrough's wife saying how much she enjoyed their version and how they 'stayed true' to the way he played (in not so many words). Great Tune either way!

[panbread89]

Black Keys did a great job of this...This song just chokes me up every time I listen to it.

[megafaded69]

Black Keys tricking the youth into loving the blues.

[StannSSS]

@megafaded69 I dont believe that they are "Tricking" they are opening up the blues to the youth of today, as you do not hear much of it at all these days.

[megafaded69]

@StannSSS Ask a 16 year old who Howling Wolf is. I heard about 1000 mixes of Black Keys at EDC. They are using a modern sound over a blues format. About a million bands have now spawned out of the same format with the same types of effects on their instruments. I'd say they brought it back and they did trick a whole lot of kids who would otherwise be listening to Kid Cuti, into grooving to blues.

[thewebster52]

@megafaded69 i know howlin wolf's music!

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

@megafaded69 dont gotta trick me lol

[megalowemaniac]

I've bought every album from The Black Keys and this is by far my favorite and most listened to.

[Dannnyboyyyy]

Everyone just please stop arguing, and listen to this magnificent band pay tribute to Mr. Kimbrough. Jeezum...People these days..

[misterdeadhead]

fuck the argument, love the black keys, and hit this pipe its cherried.

[bmxcanada26]

Anyone who looks at someone's pyhsical appearance and judges them solely upon what they see, is simply ignorant. Stop with all this "hipster" bullshit; they are a figment of your imagination.

[bmxcanada26]

@bmxcanada26

It's not what you see, its what you hear.

I hear some damn good music.

[bigbadbobby62]

whoever that one person is should go hang themself. make the world a better place

[rayoboxing]

love...love dream.sweet dream with music

[Butt3rZisGOD]

This song is the audio definition of cool.

[girlskaters3]

@Butt3rZisGOD soo true

[lilaej23]

been listening to this track all day...love it to death.

[zezt]

Great version---it keeps that laid back spirit. Would love to see them do it live.

[yelyman21]

Apology goes to the reply button. Can't say I won't do it again!

[surrealtree]

This album, beginning to end, kicks the face off most of what has come out in the last 10 years.

[SebastianRocks02]

what the fuck is a hipster?

[XxHareBearXx]

@SebastianRocks02 Something that everyone should take the time to appreciate.

[MegaAries1992]

@SebastianRocks02 Somebody that wears tight pants and pretends to hate everything.

[neonatalpenguin]

@SebastianRocks02 Someone who thinks they're too cool for The Black Keys.

[twiekje]

@SebastianRocks02 that's something I also never get

[Seabee613]

This song, along with the only woman I know I love, are the only things that make me happy. Im only 22. This worries me haha

[ducatiman77]

@Seabee613 Make sure to "search" The Barnburners - "Meet Me in the City" here on YouTube and hear Dan sing this song 10 years earlier.

[hellothere425]

omg youtube arguments, funny

[chidii19]

@hellothere425  =D

[ihoardemusic]

My gravestone will read "Meet Me In the City"

[Jayeck1]

The BLACK KEYS are by far my favorite band! I think this is a really good cover! They really put their own twist to the song. 5 stars!

Nothing can beat the original but this is definitely a close 2nd place for me!!

[jaco93riv02]

the most beautifulsong ever written.

[combine2]

You guys must realize that saying "the black keys aren't 'true' blues and real southern blues men wouldn't approve" is like saying "anyone other than blacks can sign rap correctly" which is untrue. Like saying "only white kids can play rock and roll" Etc.

OH and have you ever listened to Chulahoma? the last song is Junior K's f%^&&king wife calling a radio station that plays the blk, and she says they are the only ones who can recreate his style"

Whaaaaaatttt

[sassybeest]

And another thing BB King isn't exactly a spring chicken.

[paulwallpd]

song is chill

[sassybeest]

I've tried shoving their music down everyone I know throats. N I've successfully recruited two more Black Keys fans. You have to have a 'clue' as to what music is really all about to appreciate TBK. I FckN Love these guys! Rock On Dan N Patrick Keep doin what Ur doin just dont get caught up in the BS. Money will make ya sell Ur 'soul' N that's where the music is comin from. Altho Im suuure when you've had to work for it as hard as these two guys You appreciate it more.

[nykballaz]

i know this is a cover but sum1 help me there isnt a black keys song im not utteerly in love with

[sassybeest]

@nykballaz ~ Is it because you like all their songs or you dont care much for their music besides this album. I mean this album Kix Ass. They did Junior Kimbrough Much justice with this album cover.

[sassybeest]

@nykballaz ~ Is it because you like all their songs or you dont care much for their music besides this album. I mean this album Kix Ass. They did Junior Kimbrough Much justice with this album cover. (sorry if it posted twice my puter froze up)

[nykballaz]

@sassybeest I Love all their albuims ive heard Attack release is sick Magic Potion is amazing and brothers is my fav so far i wa slike on a 4 hour black keyys fest yesterday lol

[sassybeest]

@nykballaz ~ LOL @ 4 hr Black Keys fest! F*ck Yeah

[sassybeest]

@nykballaz ~ LOL @ 4 hr Black Keys fest! I have my 2yr old son dancin when he hears em come on the speakers lol!

[No2PeopleRnotOnFire]

Junior Kimbrough's wife commended the Keys on doing his music right. Derp.

[mmkkllppoo]

great cover...to all of you wasting your time trying label and re-label the folks that covered this or are stuck trying to categorize anything be it hipster, emo, etc. you are wasting your time and I bet you have some serious image issues yourselves...also any pretty boy to come out of Akron must be one tough mother.

[1cupofwater]

man o man, i love this track so much, i can listen 2it over n over again, im out of oil in my moped so im bout 2take the 3mile walk 2work, my ipod is dead, sono jams on the walk, so im jus goina play this track 3times in a row n get it stuck in my head, ima sing this all the way 2work, hopefully it keeps my mind warm cuz its mad cold out, mad cold

[coolriver66]

great song

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amazing



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wow

[anteturban]

i love this f*cking song.

[Spunks7Wise]

I drink to this. I think to this. I fuck to this. I wake up to this. If I could only convince the girl next to me to be my Next Girl.

[sassybeest]

@Spunks7Wise LMAO Niiicely Put!!

[alamat33]

lyle makes a good point thank God for the Black Keys for introducing Junior Kimbrough to more people including myself...

[CF565]

Aiight, perhaps Rippd was a bit on the harsh side. This is a good song, and the Keys are one of the best bands to come out in a while. But I gotta say, I kinda sympathize with his general sentiment; I personally know a grip of skinny white hipster chicks that gush over this song but won't give Junior himself the time of day. Sad really, that such amazing and original music only gets play when it's sanitized by studios and performed by pretty boys.

[southernCal909]

@CF565....Pretty boys?? you ever seen Akron?

[sassybeest]

@CF565 LOL @ pretty boys! What the hell is pretty about them? They dress as casual can get N lets not forget Patrick's Buddy Holly glasses. Folks who knew of Junior before Chulahoma should be happy that the rest of us do now as well. I Love blues and just hadnt come across Junior just yet. I Love listening to the original N comparing it TBK's cover

[CF565]

@sassybeest @southerncal909 Come on people; be realistic. I'm not hating on TBK. For white boys, these cats got mad soul. But lets look at them: White, skinny, designer jeans, clean styled hair, cool glasses, and just to drive this home, SKINNY & WHITE! Seriously, do you think any grimy-ass fat old black man would ever get the mainstream play they're getting? Just being honest about how the music industry, and our society, works. It's called marketability. No hate, just truth.

[blackkeychucktown]

@CF565 they mowed lawns for a living before their first album check out their earlier videos when they are wearing t shirts and raggidy ass jeans. the black keys are one of the few bands who are mainstream just because they are to good to be ignored

[blackkeychucktown]

@CF565 i agree though that lately they having been cleaning up and marketing themselves but their roots are still grimy-ass fat old black man blues

[TheEnglishElmo]

Just great music. Enough said.

[Chilling10680]

UntimelyRippd is another one of those failed abortions.

[ngabura]

@UntimelyRippd

Wow that's a fantastic opinion, you should voice it in a way that everyone cares, maybe you could write a great blues son.... oh yea that's right you're claiming the right to a piece of art intended for the mass even though you lack any musical significance whatsoever.

go die.

[1cupofwater]

i leave my ipod on shuffle pretty much all the time, n when this lick comes on i always hit repeat like 2 or 3 times, i luv this song

[themeatman]

@1cupofwater  word up kid

[leyway]

this is song makes me wanna drive around.. awesome

[byrnie25]

@leyway Crazy cause I thought the same exact thing, even imagined the kinda weather.

[sassybeest]

@leyway I keep this CD N a cpl of mixed ones of theirs in the truck N Im suuuure my neighbors hate me by now lol OR Ive turned them onto TBK lol

[shimokita2]

it was banned in my country too.

Glad there was a 2nd song posted for this. THANK YOU!

[whoah1988]

Fuck those copyrights. But thank god there is another song on the tube.

Anyway: great song. I love these guys.

[UntimelyRippd]

how many more uppermiddleclass hipster twats seeking authenticity in their otherwise vapid repertoire need to steal good music and saturate the market with shite covers and, in turn, lead other uppermiddleclass hipster twats to original sounds that weren't meant for them?

stick to the fucking mountain goats assholes and stay off our goddamn lawns.

[jackiechampion]

@UntimelyRippd Amen. You just spoke gospel.

[lyle130]

@UntimelyRippd If you don't mind my asking, exactly who gave you the moral authority on who is allowed to appreciate good music? I'm all for smacking the new generation designer raybans off of every "hipster twat's" face, but pull your head out of your ass before you try and say it's a bad thing for a couple of talented musicians to put their spin on a great piece of music because it might widen the audience to people you don't care for. Great art is one of the only things that transcends class.

[crawleykakes]

@lyle130 "Untimelyrippd Hipster twats" ..... great name for a band ! think I'll copyright it right now

"Untimelyrippd Hipster Twats" all rights of this name and or phrase reserved Copyright Jan 1st 2011 by Stephen Crawley

Ps I've been aware of Junior and his Music long before Black Keys .. their version is great and indeed nothing wrong with putting a different spin on a great tune ! I do it all the time ... I will put up some of my music under that name !!!! Rock & Roll Fuckers !

[egdoh]

@crawleykakes anyone can learn to be a parrot...do a cover your own way...such is art..searching for Untimelyrippd Hipster twats,,,,lolol

[sassybeest]

@lyle130 Agreed! I just recently took the time to check out Junior Kimbrough. I Love Blues but just hadn't heard him yet. I'm still learning. I Guarantee you Im not the only one who has found Junior and checkin out different artists besides him. Gotta Love Pandora. But one has to appreciate the fact that cause of the Black Keys the younger generation is opening their eyes and ears to different music and appreciating the fact that a couple of skinny and white boys brought that on.

[chrisd2lodex]

@lyle130 Very well said sir.

[chacha1103]

@lyle130 whats wrong with sunglasses?

[jay9fan]

@lyle130 ya, I think Mr. Kimbrough would like this take.

[p1nkfl0yd]

@jay9fan His widow loved the entire album and what The Black Keys were doing for Kimbrough's legacy. I'm forever grateful to these gents for introducing me to Kimbrough, and by extension, many greats from Fat Possum's lineup, including R.L. Burnside and T-Model Ford.

[southernCal909]

@lyle130...Exactly what is great art....Personal preference? certainly nothing that involves ethics.

[iGE0FF]

@lyle130 I wear Raybans...so come and hit them off my face! :D

[Lschooler93]

@iGE0FF Dude everybody wears ray-bans they're good fucking glasses.

[DINOLOVER6717]

@lyle130 You are my hero! :) Tell those fuckers where to go! #APPRECIATETALENT

[yugang08]

@lyle130 amen to this comment.

[themeatman]

@UntimelyRippd hope you speak this way in person brother man. Great thoughts you left me with...

[egdoh]

@UntimelyRippd ...."stick to the fucking mountain goats assholes and stay off our goddamn lawns." who is the "uppermiddle class twat" now..."... maybe you should stay on your lawn, drinking Pimms and buggering the "staff~" and leave the rest of us to enjoy audio art... Is there not a karioke bar you could go to? .. Bieber says hello...

[EyeJustSkateboard]

@UntimelyRippd Well you obviously haven't heard the album. I happened to have purchased it on vinyl (being the Kimbrough fan i am) and if you actually ever take the time to listen to this beautiful tribute cover to cover, you'll hear Junoir's wife at the end, thanking these boys for how well they represented Junior's musical legacy. So please, you are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to Kimbrough's.

[amanwithnoarmz]

I've listened to this song a dozen times, and the times when it really makes  sense is when the room is absolutely quiet and the guitar seems comes out of thin air.

[jd2iv987]

this song is so good it makes me giggle.

[sassybeest]

@jd2iv987 LOL! FcK Yeah I Totally Agree!!

[hbash089]

i came here because the other video is is no longer "available in my country". goddamn copyright laws!!!

[matthewpalooza]

@hbash089 same haha

[podivan22]

@hbash089 I know, it's fucking bullshit! The music industry is fucked up... Anyhow, this cover is so amazing.

[rooskey08]

I say I really love this song <3 :)