Fredo Viola - The Sad Song

[starahhh]

Beautifully peaceful nd grounding. The happy song ;]

[1976MonaLisa]

I've loved this song and video ever since someone shared it with me about a decade ago. I looked for it on Youtube ages ago but it wasn't on it back then, so I kept visiting your site every couple months to listen again. Thank you for uploading it to Youtube, Fredo. :)

[wolfdemon26]

This song is so beautiful, It's very inspiring as well for my drawings and writing and It makes me want to try harder in school. It also makes me feel better about my past and all the tradgedys that have happened this year for my family.. :) Beautiful song keep singing like this fredo!

[MrWaterpipelover]

I luv this song" when I'm sad at times going through life..thnk-u 4 uploading it, :')

[fulloflife1618]

I turn to this song every time when I need to listen to somthing real. This song is so beautiful and pure. The strength and beauty of your voice has never failed to amaze me. <3 Thank you Fredo Viola!

[fredoviola]

@fulloflife1618

I'm really touched by your comments, folks, and so glad my song has made this kind of positive effect. Thanks so much for taking the time to write.

[Sisi12612]

:'(

[MegaManDan100]

*AD* " feelling lonely, sad, lost someone very dearly to you? Listen to this song!"

*Listens* "(Crying) Dear god, why did i lisen to the ad? its just so.. Beautiful..."

;')

[MegaCrapass]

thumbs up if the education of charlie banks brought you here

[TylerOFWG]

Thumbs up if the Education of Charlie Banks Brought you here.

[palebluefly]

The purest of emotions speaks not with the language of man but that of the soul.

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[djmusicdjj]

awesome controlling with the video . nice

[chasekidd]

I heard this at the end of The Education of Charlie Banks when my life was pretty much at Rock Bottom. It was one of the few things that helped me keep my head clear. I am, and always will be in love with this song.

[Acebauer2]

Earthquake scene in The OC , Great song

[sittstav]

I just had to leave a comment. I stumbled across this video in pre youtube-times and since then the song has been with me. It is one of the few songs I consider to be "perfect".

Truly a masterpiece that I will listen to until the day I die.

Thank you, Fredo :)

[PleezPlusTanQ]

The Education of Charlie Banks :)

[12345617741]

Хорошая песня, мне нравится.

[Ademmmir]

This song isn't sad, Everytime i hear it i feel better :)

Ty Fredo :)

[yagami4098]

I love this song beatiful

[crazymaysunrise]

This song made me misty-eyed, but in a good way.

[MarkSwags]

The Education of Charlie Banks <3

[LesserPonds]

Birds of America.

[jamesgassonmusic]

Very, very good. Such creative use of technology. I would love to pick your brains about how you devised the concept and implemented the techniques to create this video. Astounding!

[Sultanesque1]

This is one of the most beautiful tracks I've heard for a very long time,I envy your talent Mr. Vioa, Thank You - Russ

[plueoo7]

You've got some amazing talent bro!

[CapeetanMoe]

i dont get it

[sk8erpro10]

@CapeetanMoe Its supposed to be sad and daunting you cant hear that?

[DJerryM]

This song gives me lots of smiles and goosebumps. Cheesy, I know. hehe

[johndoe7033]

Looks like marijuana plants in the background :p

[skeez86]

I remember hearing this song years ago.. it's amazing how it can still invoke such strong feelings so long after.

[hereiamplease]

so beautiful :O

[darkwitch88]

haha at the start i can hear "fuck it up" over and over agen :P

[strawberry4real]

this is dome i ment a nother song

[searchingforparadise]

I hear "So I lied...."

And "Baby I....., Baby I.... be good, be good, and go gently, and follow the light, He's falling over"

[4crysis4]

hippie

[4crysis4]

you are crazy a guy

[simir95]

oh...I almost cried when I heard it.... :) very good song..

[MerveYoungki]

This may sound corny, but as I approach a crossroad in my life....this song centers me. Fredo, you capture life's melancholy beauty.

[MerveYoungki]

What a haunting melody. Fredo please enrich my ears with more musicical wonders!

[mcdeadeye]

Wow. Beautiful. Your sound is so unique and soothing.. lets me think. Thanks :)

[RoninAway]

I found this through the movie Man about town, I'm so glad! This song is so beautiful and inventive!

[donald73497]

Oh oh ooohhh ! La la laaahhh ! ...

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Be good, be good

And go gently

and follow the Lord

He's falling over...

[bucketsofpickles]

the education of charlie banks all the way... thats where i first heard this and its amazing in it... anyone who hasnt seen it.. i highly reccommend it

[gemmapinkbabex]

I love this song i first heard it on the o.c during an earthquake scene and it was so perfect for the scene.

[JustThatGgirl]

what a wonderful music and also a sad one at the same time :)

[paganklh1]

one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard. thank you!

[cargovideo]

Fredo. So long time i don't write to you. Listen to your music tonight. This is still so beautiful, so intense. I hope you are well my friend. Promise i will write to you soon. And hope to see you...

[62gaganc]

Until now, I've never heard a song that can make me so happy and so sad at the same time... Amazing job, Fredo Viola. I may never have heard this if not for the Education of Charlie Banks. It caught my attention the first time they played it.

[Germanotta97]

My name is Violet, but my friends call me Viola, so I love this♥ Btw.. Pretty nice song :D

[amlulle]

This is so touching, it somehow makes me happy...I'm left speechless every single time I listen to it...simply AMAZING

[ThePsychoDrame]

Belle voix♥

[xxrebyrockit]

this song is so perfect, its was used in the oc and the education of charlie banks, (im sure many others as well) two totally different situations but such and emotional impact i love it <3

[rileysweet15]

This Song was what I have been looking for, I am at peace :)

[jojojio]

wow that's the official channel? i still can remember when i downloaded this as a .mov from his website :)

[frascuelillo]

I can´t keep out this song of mi mind.

Maravilloso

[WillingHorses]

I remember this song from 10 years ago... and fondly come back to listen and revive the joy it brought me then. Thanks for keeping it alive on YouTube.

[bluesuperman555]

@WillingHorses you remember this song from ten years ago? its not ten years old though

[canisaytheNword]

@bluesuperman555 hahahah. keep callin the liars out. :)

[WillingHorses]

@bluesuperman555 I'm pretty sure it is... it was on his website, not on youtube.

[WillingHorses]

@bluesuperman555 Oops. I guess I misremembered. I thought I heard this when I was still big into gaming on the 'net. Must have been after that time! It's such an eternal, ethereal piece... I suppose it just feels as though it's always been with me. According to Fredo's website, it came out in or just after 2004. Peace.

[boysANDgirls17]

This is a great song to listen to :D

[NicolaBohane]

I first heard this on The O.C Season 4 episodes but since then I have always come back to listen and I have to say it is one of the those songs that stops time I feel like I am standing still and the world is still moving so fast around me while I watch it all go. I really love that. Thank you for such an amazing song :)

[teacherofcrazy]

hey, i was listening to this song today and the beauty of it is that i don't have to be in a certain kind of mood to feel for it and understand what you [fredo] meant by and for it. it's really amazing when i come across a song these days that i don't wanna skip occasionally on my ipod. so thanks for that.

[Maxamillion72]

229 Bad guys and 2,315 people with brains!

[LP4EVER250]

I found this song, 6 years ago, when i was going through what i thought was the worst time of my life. At the time, i was in grade 7 and i tried to commit suicide. When i had a new friend from school come over i found this song on the internet and i fell in love with it. I eventually grew out of my negative feelings and moved on and semi-forgot the past. Finally after 6 years of not listening to this song, i finally did. Its that feeling where you find something you forgot for so long.

[LP4EVER250]

@LP4EVER250 and i wanna say i still love this song today, its so soft, and it has a sad atmosphere to it. I dont know, just listening to it, makes me want to tear about finding this agian. Think of everything you've forgot as you've grown up and remember how much it meant to you. To remember something like this ... makes me pretty emotional and happy at the same time.

I love your song

[MrWrednyBender]

jaki tekst ?

:D

[enen1027]

Przepiękne... Słucham , słucham i słucham......niesamowite

[Tiberiumfreek]

I love this, this is really cool!

 GREAT JOB!

[justsomejane]

this song changed how I 'feel' music... perfectly moving.

[bluesuperman555]

your song is so amazing! it is very beautiful!

[FLUFFALISHES269]

not sad but funny!

[MarasSisko]

Hey Fredo, u make beautiful music. This Voice send so emotional elektric waves.Alwayas think i am in Heaven.Some Beats and spoken words remind me to this song from the past since the year 1981.watch this link and enjoy the emotional part. greets from Germany

[eatmepeaches]

Your website is very cool! This song is my favorite, so unique and emotional, I can't stop listening to it!

[RandomAccessBen]

You would know the secret of death.

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.

If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

[azzgunther]

This is one of the most haunting things I've ever heard. Absolutely takes me back and cements me for a moment into an emotional time of my life. It's so precious when you hear or see something truly distinctive in the muddy noise that is the norm.

Thanks Fredo.

[FredoViolaUK]

@azzgunther

Thanks so much, azzhunther. you have no idea how wonderful it is to read your words.

[theDOAdrummer]

227 people accidentally left it muted and within the first 10 seconds thought it was the video, and not their own fault.

[FredoViolaUK]

@theDOAdrummer

hehe, 227 people are heartless trolls! ;)

[jojojio]

this is GREAT

[FredoViolaUK]

Yay! Finally I have access to my account!!! Hahah! Better late than never!

[jcansxcmami]

REALLY LOVE IT! THANKS ALOT!

[jcansxcmami]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! QUITE SOOTHING! 

[RandomAccessBen]

Moins de 3,000 600,000 avant!

[lolololhax]

It sounds like an exaggeration, but this is probably one of the best songs I've ever heard.

[RandomAccessBen]

Chanson triste bien sur.

[SkySky1717]

Just used this song in my video to set the mood. It worked stunningly, will be done soon so check it out in a week or 2.

[flvan]

is there a way to get that song?

[RandomAccessBen]

@flvan Yes - you can get it on iTunes - along with rest of fab album. Album called The Turn. CD has great art work and you can get videos too!

[thunderclapictures]

if only if only he'd wax his eye brows

[RawrsItsJamie8D]

I preform to this song and my dumb ass teacher is making our theme orange and all happy and wants too title it something stupid like "Orange You Happy?"

[missme543]

@RawrsItsJamie8D Lmfao That's funny!!!!

[done871]

make me happy

make me happy

be goood beee goodd

and go gently

and folllow edger

he's following over....



[bulbuljatone]

Good job!!! :)

[alexrewster]

i saw this movie and searched for this song for hours,, now ive found it i cant wait to use it in one of my videos but nothing i film or make is worthy of such a beautiful masterpiece :'( <3

[Toshirozawa]

If this notion of heaven does really exists someplace, and if it had a welcoming anthem, this would undoubtedly be it.

[konz0]

I remember when I saw this song, like it had about 30 views, it's amazing that i actualy found it again =)

[Hoopermazing]

This puts me in a pensive contemplative mood... I suspect that in the wee hours of New Year's morning, this might prompt a suicide or two.

[MegaTinker24]

The way this is composed is so clever and it really touches me even though i can't understand it all

[DillA380pilot]

I think its great that directors choose unknown and original songs when making movies and not this stupid trance shit you hear today.

[hx500e]

i really like this, ot gives me a chance to just think. my grandad has just died, it makes me feel calm. thank you 'the education of charlie banks'

[TristanBurris]

Try Asian women # lushfmlk.info #

[aircraftinformation]

The education of charlie banks

[aaricaburke]

@aircraftinformation beautiful movie. Beautiful song.

[amazingjs1989]

@aircraftinformation the movie actually turned out to be pretty good!



[aircraftinformation]

@amazingjs1989 same here:)

[crazy4cars5764]

225 people are mike

[yomama12password]

@crazy4cars5764 im mike

[crazy4cars5764]

@yomama12password hi mike...

[yomama12password]

@crazy4cars5764 hey whatsup



[IxMxExTxAxLxLxIxCA]

<3

[NsTJaWs]

amazing song :D

[snyke31]

simplement superbe, ça me fait repenser au film!

[cel91821]

trop bon

[sound0fsi1ence]

it was a nice soundtrack of " Man about twon " :)

[taylorsb222]

EDUCATION OF CHARLIE BANKS!!!! the best movie EVER. (:

[NsTJaWs]

@taylorsb222 just watched that movie about ten minutes ago it really is amazing and this song is beastly

[ifyoufilmmeiwillkilu]

Thumbs up if you live in New York City and recognized the slide at 1:45 and 1:57 as the Metro-North Railroad

[AlexMcOgay]

Hello i'm from france !! and i LOVE this song

[NananneMaxson92217]

If you wanna download this mp3 click to everymp3rip doht cohm.

[werwohlsein]

great stuff

[betterway2]

so spiritual and mystic voice !!

bravo :)))

[carloseltepo]

Me encanta fredo, eres exelente¡ gran musica¡

[Spadez77]

It's legit!

[LocoPunisher]

Wish I could hit the like button more than once.

[OwlHour]

Charlie Banks approves.

[averydagirl]

i first heard this song while watching the education of charlie banks and i just had to find this song!!!!

[rbdzntsfrlk]

misleading and bisexual!!!!!!

[ftranslater]

This is great music.

Lyrics: Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Be good, be good

And go gently

and follow the Lord

He's falling over...

[alinarosssi]

@ftranslater omg definitely about harry potter and lord voldemort

[done871]

its nether sad or beautiful its art !

[el8am]

first heard this on 'the education of charlie banks' ... the song and movie are both so good... they fit well together

[krartan]

Most of the lyrics are just nonsense Fredo made up.

The ones that aren't start at 2:25.

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Be good, be good.

And go, gently.

And follow the Lord.

He's falling over.

[4jaybaby3]

Lovee, Thiss(:

[RandomAccessBen]

En français votre nom est Fredo Alto! Donc, en français et en anglais de votre nom est un terme musical bien sûr. Google translate that!

[fredoviola]

RandomAccessBen, you are too kind, my friend. Wish I could write that to you in French, but clearly you also understand English! :)

[RandomAccessBen]

Roses are red,

songs are sad.

What he says,

makes me glad.

C'est tout.

[RandomAccessBen]

C'est la vie!

[m005aaa]

i will cray is very sad

[saldeejums]

nice,very nice song ***

[plama51]

Great Song! Peace!

[sandra6027]

nice i like it but its not sad but peace full

[sumPurplekush]

Umm I fucken love this song but I don't know what he is saying or watanguage he is speaking can anyone tell me

[RandomAccessBen]

Ce n'est pas "gay". C'est triste. La chanson triste bien sur....

[47OsuFan47]

GAY!

[JSForever101]

Great Peaceful Song

[brayanyronny]

nice song man

[RandomAccessBen]

Encore bien!

[mrx17]

lol what a shame to see O.C. fans commenting on this vid! The Education of Charlie Banks FTW!

[xfreakoutx]

@mrx17 i personaly think that discovering a song you've never heard and falling instantly is one of the freaking best feelings in the world.. no mather how and where you discovered them..

[fredoviola]

yeah, I agree, Roger. It's not meant to be letterboxed. It's too widescreen. The best way to watch it is on my newer interactive site, theturn.tv

[Maryfair33]

@fredoviola By the way, this new site is excellent. Just had one hour of great fun and pleasure. It is smart, interesting, surprising, and, as usual, beautiful. Thank you for keeping contact with "fans" like you do, it is very unusual and appreciated. Fell in love with this particular song a year and a half ago, but not at the first time, though, and I bought the CD which I had to get used to as well. It is the same for all my favorite albums. True music you have to tame, I guess... ;)

[urantay]

i love this song list to this song lot love it =)

[RogerFriberg]

YouTube does this video NO justice. I much preferred the original on your site..

[married2KiDcuDi]

The O.C.

[Unstoppable555]

Really good song. Good video too btw. I just got done watching "The Education of Charlie Banks." Really good movie too. Fred, keep it up and stay positive. Great song.

[fredoviola]

Hi Aggidee

I am asked that occasionally. I'm not at all related to Bill Viola, but am a pretty big fan. Especially of his installations. I remember seeing a retrospective at the Whitney Museum and was really moved.

If you haven't seen my interactive site, btw, I recommend you go play with it, if you have a few minutes. :)

[aggiedee]

Just watched "Man About Town", was amazed by your music, heart-achingly beautiful.

Really nice music video too btw. Are you related to Bill Viola by any chance? Sorry to ask, you must get that question all the time :)

[fredoviola]

It's called the Sad Song because it was written just after the death of my father. To me, it aches with sadness. But it's also about freedom and honesty so it's not a mopey kind of sad song. Anyway, I'm really happy you folks have enjoyed it and taken the time to leave a comment. Thanks so much. :)

[flovala]

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Baby Harry

Be good, be good

And go gently

and follow the Lord

He's falling over...

[NoJamOnYourBread]

Nobody cares that you typically listen to shit music... stop trying to impress people with how "brootal" you are.

[Absintinens]

i like deathcore overall ...

but at some moments of my life , i need musik like this ...

nice music !!

[SuddenlySmile]

this song is AMAZING, I thank limewire for randomly downloading this song

[lariqa]

loveit loveit simply i adore it :D

[RandomAccessBen]

La chanson triste pour toujours

[married2KiDcuDi]

Once I heard this on the O.C I HAD to come searching for it LOVE HIM!

[ENGINEERED2012]

Real Sensitive One.

[PititisIce]

this is the last song in the fil The Education of Charlie. BEAUTIFUL!

[Damienmaxumus]

good job !

[khang1e]

Now this is what you call music.

[RandomAccessBen]

Enore fantastique!

[Meteotrance]

Yes that's what we can call music !!!