matthew sweet girlfriend

[Re1s1]

Retsupurae brought me here. Also, not enough parrot grass.

[flyvibe71]

21 people must have fallen down and hit their head on something... thats the only explenation i can think of.

[TheGreyMatters8]

Not enough Rocknight

[RoninOmega7]

Haven't seen this in like 15 or so years. Thanks for the post :)

[starscreamdkmo]

any idea on if this video is based on a movie?

[Androidindisguise]

@starscreamdkmo space adventure cobra

[ProjectMix]

lol

[Filby]

I guess this is the first English-language Anime Music Video.

Of course, back then we called it Japanimation.

[TwoBeadsAtTheEnd]

Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine kill.

[pandemic37]

this song will stay in your head for days!

[stevedreyer]

My vote for most underrated rocker of all time -- M. Sweet

[74choppzilla]

great riff great groove great song

[Ronsstrat]

One of my favorite 90's songs from a relative unknown

[jbikemoore]

sweet... thats right

[kevinhardy]

great song, what anime is this?

[vozpit]

@kevinhardy Space Adventure Cobra, the Movie.

[moreblack]

@kevinhardy Space Adventure Cobra

[Tachan20]

Thanks for posting. Great song! Glad to know that 444 people have good taste in music

[Christoffel76]

TUNE!

[CactusSac75]

What album was this from?

[henoscmag]

@CactusSac75 From album Girlfriend. Super great.

[bujumoe]

Space adventures of COBRA!!!! love that series!!

[Frozenthemiddle]

The video is great and so is the song.When I heard it years ago I thought it sounded like something from the 70's or something like that.Maybe it is just me

[hoppinonabronzeleg]

was this anything to do with the film Heavy metal.?? 18 people have no soul

[JEYJAN]

Just a kick-ass song!

[Blurdog3]

Greatest song ever to listen to while driving a car way too fast on a twisty road! Video clips are from the movie Space Adventure Cobra ( also a classic). My favorite song ever! great video.

[rvbarnesboy]

such a great american rock and roll song. I never tier of it. I would love to play this out. if you have a band,, do it. I'm too old.

[KevReborn]

Song rips!!!

[chrishirschfeld]

This song comes into my head every time I talk to someone beautiful even if she is wearing a wedding ring. I don't poach, but it still pops into my head anyway.

[trezdlez]

I always loved this video and song. It pops into my head all the time. XXOO

[greenday050]

yay for hot cartoon chicks

[sarenatys]

sure, ill be freinds with you.

[Chronichols]

Holy Crap!! Haven't heard this jam in YEARS!!Sweet!!

[LaserZoom]

i recall matthew sweet on sweet relief for victoria williams

[NINrocksmysocks]

is this the actual video for this song?

[foghatrocks]

Yes.

[phuturephunk]

Yep.

[kyokogodai]

Yes, it is! The animation is from "Space Adventure Cobra." I believe Matthew also uses Urusei Yatsura for another video.  He wasn't a fan of anime, when he made the vids. He just liked they way they looked.

[LaDracul]

@NINrocksmysocks Yes, and I hope they use this in the "Space Adventurer Cobra" movie. :)

[nikiunicorn]

I LOVE GUTAR HERO !!!!!!!!

[johnnysmoker314]

the john mayer prototype v.1

[lorette01000]

a a a a ok

[ediann]

Great great song from Matthew Sweet!

[Boncomics]

I saw this on MTV when it came out. It got me to buy his CD, which featured the other anime' music video he made,"I've been waiting". He was a pioneer for American otaku. Mr.Sweet actually didn't want to make an appearance in either video. They told him to appear in "I've been waiting."

[killarz01]

i can play dis song on gutar hero 2

[darmani212]

I wonder if this was THE first amv?

[SpamNapkin]

Apparently AMVs existed in 1991

[SchizaMan]

This is anime, call "Space adventure Cobra" :)

[671disneyking]

I WONDER WHAT ANIME THIS IS?

[seebzy]

great song!

but what the hell is this video?

[waynesworldwaniac]

Dude, Matthew Sweet is the most underated fo-real! Check out his music and stive to be a Master Yoda dawg-fo-real!

[sgk1967]

Excellent tune and video!

Was a hit in 1991.

[llib90630]

omg you are soo shallow pinklax1

art is not always created by "pretty" people.

[poeticteen00]

I actually agree.

It's kinda disgusting how so many people expect musicians and such to be their idea of "perfect."

[kielo29]

people who plays guitar hero are freaks who wish they know how to play a real guitar..grow up losers

[waynesworldwaniac]

Yeah, all the kids I know who can't get enough "guitar hero" are retarded!

[natesquared]

i know how to to play guitar, piano, and clarinet, and i play guitar hero, guitar hero inspires people to play guitar, and it helps you. it also got me into bands i never heard of before.

[kielo29]

well good for you, im pointing it out to the people who play guitar hero and boast themselves here on youtube that they can beat this game or know how to play this song..it just pisses me off because im in a band and its not easy to play an instrument, making them real posers

[waynesworldwaniac]

I've seen "guitar hero" on the store-shelf. It looks stupid and in my experience, if something looks stupid, 99% of the time, it is stupid!

[kielo29]

good haha it is stupid

[MCRtothemax]

hey watch it buddy, i play guitar AND guitar hero. im good at both

[natesquared]

oh, but i do play a real guitar(just a beginer tho), do you even play guitar? i also play piano and clarinet. it's just a freaken game, it's just meant to have fun.I I am not one of those people who show off, i know you act like an idiot when you do something like that.i do know what you mean.

[kielo29]

yes i do..i play lead guitar, bass, and drums, im in a band so you really cant understand how i feel about guys who play guitar hero

[jkoff76]

Amen. How hard is it to pick up a six string?? ugh!!

[kielo29]

:D i know

[JacklyAnimations]

Very.

I cant even strum.

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[jsh78mang]

Not a musician but my Bro is and he thinks guitar hero is for those of us who could never play guitars, and have no musicle talent LOL

[kielo29]

well we have the same thoughts for gh players

[jsh78mang]

You can check him out here type in toobokou mirror mirror. drop me a line if you have avid I'll check it out.

[PissedOffStarfish]

guitar hero is for people too dumb to learn how to play something that involves more than pressing buttons that are shown to you on a screen

[waynesworldwaniac]

Matt Sweet is cool and he rocks!

[waynesworldwaniac]

I have a copy of Matt's "Altered Beast" CD from 1993, signed by Matt Sweet! Cause I'm cool and the rest of you are just a bunch of wanna-bees! Ha!

[pinklax1]

omg he is soo ugly..

but i love the song!!

its on Guitar Hero II...

[patrick31031976]

Great video

[rasm0168]

This song is a combination of "dont you want somebody to love" from jefferson airplane, and "nothin but a good time" from poison. listen, it's pretty funny.

[mascaradiabolica666]

still sucks!!

[nevetsnolog]

The guitar solo is Robert Quine's. Amazing sound and solo. Quine is number 80 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list.

[Reicha]

O_O Oh my. I was really little when this song came. I must've heard and seen this when I was one or two tops. It's like watching something like out of a dream. You know it, you really recognise it but you're not really sure at the same time because it was so long ago. Creepy but nice when it's such a great song ^^

[deemavo]

Hah! I was 26 when this came out. It rocked then. And it's still ace. You should check out the whole Girlfriend album. The rest of the album is almost as good as this, only without the Robert Quine guitar work.

[mcschitty]

at the risk of sounding like a gh-tard, the gh2 cover so murdered this song. the original is loads better

[spider1974]

Does anyone have the AL TV version where Weird Al played this and also put in clips of Bugs Bunny and other cartoons?

[DeadPoetUnion11]

Reminds me of the cat piss episode on South Park

[EricNB40]

Thanks for posting this video and thanks again to youtube for allowing old asses like me to see videos and hear great music from times past.

[shanapeete]

I freaking love this song and am sooooo happy you posted it. It is a favorite from the 90's! Thanksssssss!

[lldeland]

I thought this was released this year, but it was in '91. How suprising!

[MillionthUsername]

This is a great album. One of my favorites. Killer guitar on this track!

[mordanai]

This song rocks and rolls, love it. You can blast the shit out of it. Mathew Sweet is a talented mofo as well, I believe he plays nearly all instruments, writes, and sings background vocals in this song and most of his work.

[timusforlife]

Matthew Sweet and Space Adventure Cobra is the greatest combination ever!

[TIM6669]

I love both the movie and the song.

[EmpEro517]

Too bad the music is put to anime.

[jimi16jimi]

i kno, anime, why waste this song

[468416772137]

Lol, sounds like classic rock, But's it's not O.O

[odinvonzero]

It's 17 years old already... perfectly qualified for classic rock status!

[chinpowtu]

First and best AMV EVER period.

[trimdie]

agreed. i loved this song when it first came out.

[nexus007]

great song

[slaytera364]

this song is sooo fuckin gay!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nooty999]

fifjf

[beatles64c]

loved this video years ago, still do, been wanting to see it again for a long time, thanks for posting it

[banamonk5386]

This video was ahead of its time

[SumTekGuy]

It is really cool but it really wasn't ahead of its time. More like right in sync with its time. the movie Heavy Metal was ahead of its time with its use of music in the movie. This video has the same spirit I think. Something sexy with a great rock and roll tune!

[bambam111992]

Shauna, will you go out with me?

[XxTruAznxX]

Space Adventure Cobra The Name Of The Anime.

[sarenatys]

odd. i cant find a good song of Evangeline from matt on youtube. grrr.

[nikiunicorn]

O WELL um do u want to b firends with me????

[PsychoGemini]

I remember seeing this on MTV years ago and wondering what the anime was that he used.  God bless YouTube for having these classic vids.

[XxTruAznxX]

I luv this song especiailly when it was on GH2!

[hatchetswngin]

i still find my self singing this at various moments

[1cyrax]

good shoulder shimmy tune.

[joedell71]

Was really sad to hear that robertt quine passed

[clendon29]

Really i didnt hear about. that sucks

[joedell71]

Yeah apparently he committed suicide in his apartment in new york. His stuff with the group television was awesome

[GaGaGaGaGa27]

should clear this up. Robert Quine passed, yes. But he was in Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Richard Lloyd was the guitarist from Television that Matthew worked with in the 90's. I know Richard and he is alive, well, and touring with his trio.

[fgradel]

RObert Quine does play in that track. Here is the personnel (from the "Girlfriend" Legacy Edition CD booklet): M. Sweet - bass, rhythm guitars, vocals / Robert Quine - electric lead guitar / Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar / Fred Maher - drums

[GaGaGaGaGa27]

Was never questioning Robert Quine's playing on this track. Yes, of course Robert Quine plays on this. The comment I replied to stated that Robert Quine was in Telelvision. Robert Quine was in Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Richard Lloyd was another guitarist Matthew worked with in the 90's and it was he who was in Television.

[allhailrussell]

@joedell71 RIP to robert,even if im too stupid to know who he is

[MyJunior1975]

@allhailrussell Robert Quine was the session guitarist that played on damn near every song on Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" album.

[allhailrussell]

@MyJunior1975 well now i know why i didnt know who he is

[himvpdmr]

Oh, I had the album (on cassette) but lost it when mugged. Always loved the animé...

[solarpowdereddonut]

robert quine is just nutso all over this song fantastic, fn brilliant

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[astifoman]

love this song even though it old hahah

[sk2nightfire2]

i love this song, except when he says "i didnt know nobody"

[scenepointnazi]

mathew sweet looks like J.R. Ewing from Dallas.

[Thor13332]

I wish I could find the old space adventure cobra anime on DVD.

[tricesimo]

Best use of Anime in a music video ever!!!!

[Tobimar]

Have to admit that I liked "I've Been Waiting" a bit more. But then again, I am a fan of the anime Urusei Yatsura (and Lum). :)

[TheDevian]

I am a bigger fan of UY than cobra myself as well, but this was the first video of his I saw, so it will always be special to me lol

[kevlarbrakes]

COBRA acctually american comic respect

[Blairzerker]

Nope. Cobra was a Japanese comic by Buichi Terasawa.

[ozzdan21]

damn hell this songs g

[wadekoehler]

anime sucks.

[tuxmant2]

With so many different genres of anime it's kinda like says "music sucks"

[Odinsbacklash]

This was a great song,and kewl video....

[drewgraing]

I remember when this song first came out; I though it from the 70's.

[ediann]

Great Matthew Sweet song and video!

Is that Matthew Sweet's artwork in the video?

[SamJay57]

brings me back to my days of freshman year!

[linkismael]

what anime is this?

[Gothdemon01]

I think it's called "Cobra Mission"

[linkismael]

thank you

[tyrroo]

Actually, at the end of the vid, the info says it's "Space Adventure Cobra" from 1982.

Haven't seen it, but based on this, it looks pretty cool. Although I'm not overly fond of the blonde guy's Lupin-ish hair.

[logan81679]

awesome song.and the video is directly responsible for my love of anime.

[Ghastall]

Hey guys, guess what? If you hate anime, go away! Don't hate on what we love...

[xHockeyxXxDudex]

i hate anime its retarded

[KillaRiq]

only an extreme queer would hate anime

[swoop1028]

agreed.

[Ciaranarchy]

Only an extreme faggot would ever make an anime music video.

[shmouts]

god, I hate fuckin' anime.

[ambervisions]

Yeah........sweeeeeeeeeet! di:)

[PETEM4]

MMM HMMMM !

[joeafish]

One of the best music videos ever.

[hunterdonhillbilly]

just happened to pick up my tele while watching. verse chords are c#-b-f#-c# chorus is f#-b-f#-c#. ripping tune.

[Blairzerker]

Thank you, Matthew Sweet, for introducing fans to the coolest anime ever.

[lemurdue]

I haven't seen this for over ten years. Thanks! By the way, what's the anime?

[Blairzerker]

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie. A group called ILA Fansubs translated this and 31 episode TV series. Check 'em out.

[jsyancey]

the anime is called cobra

[MDowdal]

Youtube Downloader, google it.

[clendon29]

if you had realplayer you could dowload it off here or veoh.

[bgm1975]

This was definitely a groundbreaking video. It was my first exposure to anime, and really I hadn't seen anything like it before. Fast paced action, scanty clad women, it was all new to me. Then came Akira and I was truly hooked on anime.

[DYRL84]

Ya me too. This song and vid ROCK!! Ya it was cutting edge for videos at the time and I remember watching this vid along with Aeon Flux on MTV

[sabien2578]

I haven't heard this song in AGES!!! Thanks for posting!

[Darkknight7989]

I think I remember hearing this song on dumb and dumber.

[paintswapper]

Thanks for posting this, Clendon29. This was the coolest video when it came out. I own the CD and there isn't a bad song on it! Thanks again!

[kenoshakid1]

Anyone that does not think this was cutting edge was not alive / aware at the time

[PropheticallyPoetic]

Clearly ahead of his time...look at all the videos today that combine artists and anime! In fact, there's a huge bit of it here on YouTube.

[K4rt80y]

Nothing against Sweet, but it'd be better to not see live action in the vid.

[jokertim777]

This song is so obscure I am surprised to find it. Reminds me of watching Robotech and listening to cassette tapes.

[mkv62591]

Its not as obscure as you think. It is in Guitar Hero II.

[GibLesStrat]

this reminds me of the jefferson airplane song somebody to love

[Corn1999]

This song has a similar meaning to Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane.

[tygertrax]

So do a lot of songs. What's your point?

[culpritchris2007]

lmao at first i thought this was a fan video,then i saw his face singing

[esmarie123]

omg this is the song i always pick on guitar hero it rox!!!!!!!!!!

[suzyflash]

This is actually from the anime Cobra =)

[2000Caesars]

My all time favorite song!

[tperry76006]

Was the anime for this video from some movie or was it done for this video?

[OlorinTheGrey]

Space Adventurer Cobra, I think the full title was called ^_^

[kelsiehiggins]

Any one got the drum tab for this??

please message me!