Matthew Santos - Shadows in a Shoebox - www.candyrat.com

[ercvstr]

I used to know Matt fairly well. There are few people that I admire more. He is a quality person, a genuine artist, a humble gentleman. His successes are well deserved.

[AcousticJW]

andy only invites worthy people to his house, doesnt he?

[masoncrowell1]

Met this guy. What a badass.

[ercvstr]

@masoncrowell1 He's a quality person.

[JBeezie428]

Santos is amazing. Very similar vocal styling to the late great Jeff Buckley...yet very different still.

[seancoppinger]

@JBeezie428 wow, I've just said basically the same thing on hearing him for the first time on his Shallow Grave performance.. I thought nobody would see it

[JBeezie428]

@seancoppinger anyone who appreciates Jeff will surely see it! His influence is vast. From Chris Cornell, to Thom York, right through to Matthew Santos!

[Reflex19841]

I watch this and i smile with out realizing it :)

[MartinLouisDavidson]

Great artist, great song ... deserves recognition.

[apg3soup]

this is a great concept lyrically.  I like this song a lot more than the first one I watched. Great job melodically wandering around in those chords.

[RileyandtheRoxies]

Amazing!!

[rumshah]

Sort of reminds me of amy winehouse..

[sidnomis1]

holy amazing!

[PTNMusic]

Great song! this is music!

[beconaroll]

1909 likes, 53 dislikes and the only words i understood were "shawods in her shoebox"... swag.

[disturbed19th]

EVEN his mumbling is fkn amazing!!!

[anderson111222]

This guy has an unreal voice, its a mix between Jack Johnsons cool relaxed and the smoky blues voice that I enjoy so much

[BlissfulMother]

an awesome voice!!

[BHICDMB]

try matthewsantostrouble all one word youtube



[Dekoio]

Matthew Santos <3 

[guilhermesossegado]

1:18 - She's got shadows in her shoebox, Don't you go telling nobody.

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"He never asked her again

And she longs to pretended

that they'll all just disappear

But she's got shadows in her shoebox yeah"

FANTASTIC!!!

[nvadlamani]

Holy Shit, I am soo blown away by his versatality and amazing godly voice! O.O

[DorisHenrique]

Godly.

[portylambo]

is he really gay ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[MaMaRobynBird]

Gets my feets movin' !! :D

[graceoverall]

I really like this guys voice, so dynamic and versatile.

[bahamut008]

The bashing is stupid, but aside from that, American Terrorist is a badass song by Lupe Fiasco, and that's how I heard of Matthew Santos. This guy is ill.

[alexunger1989]

check out JBo - No Tomorrow

[xXConfuocoXx]

every time i come back to this video i have to listen to it at least 3 times in a row... haha

[vasiliosngr]

wow he's a new Eric Clapton

[xXConfuocoXx]

@vasiliosngr clapton? i could be wrong but i have never heard any clapton song that was even remotely like this.

[dhhs91]

You sign anything to CandyRat Records and it's sure to turn out brilliant.

[RageKayge]

Jesus Christ. So good.

[nikekidmario1]

He s o shittttttttttty

[babylana70]

Amazing

[goofygorillo]

Blo?

Atleeeeeetiiiiii!!!!!!

Euuup!!!

[334Music210]

First time i've listened to his voice, could have sworn it was Dave Matthews

[Cinnamon815]

woooooooooooooow

[PoloBoyPrince]

Him and Adele needs to dp a duet album!

[scott0350]

@PoloBoyPrince adele is not good enough to be with him

[Thecag227]

@PoloBoyPrince Hell yeah they do. i think this guys voice is great and Adelles voice with his would make some awesome music

[blindkamikaze]

@PoloBoyPrince Fuck Adele.

[PoloBoyPrince]

@blindkamikaze how dare you say that lol

[rossmat707]

@blindkamikaze why? she's one of the few truely talented musicians breaking into the billboard top 100

[blindkamikaze]

@rossmat707 exactly



[scott0350]

@PoloBoyPrince Adele is not worthy.

[annieclaireerin]

he sounds like the lead singer from Maroon 5 so much, but he does deserve to be known more than he is! shame that talent like this is never discovered off youtube, yet little boys like Justin Bieber get discovered! makes me mad!

[lgaitan21]

Whoa, this guy is a one man show! I love it! I think he could sing about a paper cup and I'd still love it. Awesome/Amazing voice!!:)

[Strazku]

His voice is really great, check out some of the songs that Lupe Fiasco features him in.

[philotze]

Chills down my spine....

[goofygorillo]

Something amazing about this guy:

He has got always a neutral face except when he sings.

Oleeeeeee!!!

[crisgia]

he needs to do more songs with lupe fiasco

[brennandippold]

shitty

[Dekoio]

"ThankYou! Matthew Santos"

That was extraordinary Gorgeous, especially loving his vocals/voice+lyrics in this song. I think this has gone into one of my favorites from Matt. :) xxx

[MrMyaccount111]

this needs more views this is amazing!

[PTCooper22]

this dude has an amazing voice

[orangejuice74]

52 people thought the button they were clicking said 'dis-i-like'

[Dekoio]

@orangejuice74 Sorry that was my, i mistakingly click it one time, then i mistakenly clicked it 53 more times. v,v Verrry sorry won't happen again. XD lol

[mrstones89]

Shame on video quality.. but at least the song is AWESOME, the voice AMAZING. Clap, clap. I shared on fb, hope everyone does the same! Congrats!

[Guit4rma]

Huh what a cool style he's got...Very fresh on the ears.

[truebluenat]

where can i get his music

[GixxerR5]

Everybody search this guy on google. He looks EXACTLY LIKE MATTHEW !

Search for : Ben Foster

[EpiicDeMiiC]

@GixxerR5 ben foster looks nothing like him lol....

[nuevolong]

people like matthew santos is what we need on tv and radio. he is a real artist.

[Darrellblue2]

@nuevolong - What is a real artist?? Because Justin Beiber is a real artist too, it's just that most people on Youtube want to bash him because it's popular. Everyone with the guts to do what they love are real artists, and everyone unknown or known are real artists too! I don't like Beiber's music but I can't knock the kid because he's doing what he loves and thats more than most people can say about their lives! DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND YOU WILL BE A REAL ARTIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[TheRealPrizeRebel]

@Darrellblue2 Actually, Justin Bieber was doing what he loved, when he was on youtube. He sang his own acoustic songs and that was who he was. Now that Usher picked him up and he went mainstream, he's just doing what the radios want to hear, and what 12 year old girls want to hear.

P.S. nuevolong didn't even mention JB so i have no clue why you bothered to comment bout him, anyways..

[nuevolong]

@Darrellblue2

what he does is not an art. his song writter IS an artist, his producer IS an artist, his photographer IS an artist but not him.

an artist is someone who do great shit, not just to obey what someone tell him to do... if we change him for another kid it could be the same. look at what disney do. they do good music with any child, and that doesn´t mean that lovato,duff,etc... are great artist.

i didn´t want to offend beiber, but talking about mainstream madonna IS a real artist.

[preinoa]

@nuevolong i am about 99% sure matthew santos writes his own material...just sayin

[PBLero]

@preinoa He wasn't bashing Santos. He was talking about Bieber. Please, next time read the argument.

[preinoa]

@PBLero yeah i read it i was just confused about who he was talking about at first and realized afterwards i sounded stupid....but hey i'm only human.

[BrighamHB]

Awesome song... makes me want to sing! What he sang at 2:32 was damn good

[HaleyCalisto]

This is magical, I love his voice. (:

[FamilyGuy770]

I think that he can sing and that he has talent it's just that he needs songs that make him project more than what he does with songs like this. Like in Superstar with Lupe Fiasco, a good two thirds of that song was a hit because of his projection and range of his voice that he was able to do in that song. He really needs to push his voice more and kinda step away from these modest flat songs like this that really allow him to illuminate his voice.

[splyr2002]

you look absolutely nothing like your dad my man.

[TheAkizo]

i love the part where he just goes into a gibberish trance.

[Larsa4EVR]

hotness

rhythum-tastic

beautiful song great voice watch out talentless people

santos is coming to get you

[SWGstarsider]

SANTOOSS!!!!

[Ripleyclone8]

This man can sing me to sleep anytime or just whisper sweet nothings in my ear ...mmm :)

[harrisongorden]

I saw you play at EHS last night man. you are amazing life bro. keep doin what you do. your an inspiration

[MrGman0909]

its true we have shit faces like justin the cock brain beieber geting famouse and not talented people like him

[MrRanderson2006]

stop everybody just fuckin sstop. .........he is not that good. he had one get song. please get off his d----

[cobf22]

@MrRanderson2006 Not that I'm much of a fan of his anyway, but who might you be to tell people whom they need to enjoy listening to or not?

[KAYLEE00000]

Uhhhh, *eargasm. His vocals are crazy good.

[hecatina]

LOVING THIS SONG this is called music i really wish he was more famous :( shame i only recognise these songs recently but will definately download them :)

[ManOnEarth17]

lololololo @ the stupid conversation i just wasted part of my life reading belowww

[VPlenzo]

I love this room, when I first saw andy play in here it just added to the whole acoustical effect goin on, very cozy kinda feel... anywho, this guy is a boss! :)

[jdranicher]

Very nice voice!

Album after album!

Thumbs UP!

[HannibalOfBarca]

Fuck me!! no homo

[timothyschoenmann]

all i can is i need to hear this song every morning FOREVER lol  wish i could get vocal lessons from you

[pevspaintballer]

omg he cant actually PLAY the guitar

thats the first lol

[saintguitars]

@pevspaintballer Um..... what? I hope you're not implying that he's a bad guitar player. 

[sam9008]

@saintguitars No what I think pevspaintballer is trying to say that there are a lot of people who act like they can play guitar

[Renneskid]

he's like bruno mars...but 10x better.

[Jimbobofthesea]

Just quality what more can i say matthew U rock ma world !!

[abfplano54]

when he started singing i didnt expect that voice

[Arsenalfan4ever81]

amazing musician he is!

[muzic252]

oh my gosh i felt the music inside of me its hard to explain but hes amazziinggg

[halfbreed02]

She�s got it under her bed But you didn�t hear that from me She�s got secrets unsaid well She�s got shadows in her shoebox yeah Shoebox yeah yeah eh -Gibberish- She�s roamed the bootlegged route Never speak of these things again But they all live up in her head Well she�s got shadows in her shoebox yeah Shoebox yeah she�s got shadows in her shoebox Don�t you go telling nobody She�s got shadows in her shoebox Don�t you go telling nobody

[halfbreed02]

@halfbreed02 * He never asked her again And she longs to pretended that they’ll all just disappear But she’s got shadows in her shoebox yeah Shoebox yeah she’s got shadows in her shoebox Don’t you go telling nobody She’s got shadows in her shoebox Don’t you go telling no Don’t you go telling no Don’t you go telling no Don’t you go telling no……body yeah yeah

[nny81]

amazing, i got the album this song is from, the whloe thing a fab, he has an amazing voice,

[ERICWAGNERSLUCID]

Really good scat.

Please accept this invitation to review my originally written songs, performed in my basement and recorded on my MacBook computer, just some simple rockin' tunes.

Happiness,

Eric Wagner

[marcusj89]

This is real talent :) I liked this so much i downloaded his albums off itunes straight away. I reali appreciate this kind of talent, cus it reminds me that theirs still real artist out there. i hate how ppl like simon cowl give ppl such a false image of what talent is with these stupid shows like x factor and releasing records which frankly are utter rubbish.

[pochi09218421156]

surprising!!

[mdgrmt]

Lupe's main man!

[Pequenno54]

great :D matthew santos ftw :)

[guitichie99]

Crazy good.



[xEnteii]

1:55 was really sexy.

[indielove95]

ugh i love this man♥

[ortegasanti62]

what a fucking voice..

[aystephybabby]

i cant understand him



[lovemaaary]

wow, stunning

[misisipiboi]

Wow....completely captivated.

[angehardy]

Absolutely beautiful.

[JRylanSaint17]

I'm just waiting for this guy to get the recognition he deserves...he has one of the best voices I've heard in my twenty years.

[BabyliciousBex]

Explanation of the meaning anyone? :]

[MapleStoryGrl]

@BabyliciousBex This song is just about a girl who has secrets and even though she wishes that they weren't there they still linger.

[Sk8B0ardB0I]

mainstream is overrated....... uknown artists are always better, matthew santos is a prime example of a great underated artist, no mainstream artist are deep

[ShiningSun2K]

@Sk8B0ardB0I Haha you realize that's an extremely shallow minded comment, right? There have been plenty of talented and even "deep" mainstream artists -- they just have the disadvantage of being overplayed. It's very possible Matthew Santos could become mainstream. Would you automatically change your mind about his music then?

[Sk8B0ardB0I]

@ShiningSun2K thats all mainstream is...... over played bullshit, Matthew basically did go mainstream with lupe fiasco but what happened lupe got cut off and so did matthew because the were speaking some real shit and im talking about message in music. look at mainstream rappers, every underground rapper kills them and they spit messages in they're lyrics get outta here, mainstream is ran by illuminate and if ur real and u got sumthin possitive 2 say u aint gonna b mainstream......Not Shallow

[ShiningSun2K]

@Sk8B0ardB0I I agree that a lot of mainstream is completely overrated and shallow, but you can't say all of it is. Kanye West for instance. Sure he's become a little psychotic, but have you listened to the College Dropout album? It was HUGE and all over mainstream radio AND he had a real message and something meaningful to say. It's too bad there isn't more quality and meaningful music in mainstream, but there are always exceptions.

[MiryChesstopher]

@ShiningSun2K You both have the wrong impression about what music is and what it should be. Music doesn't HAVE to have a message to be good. Nor does it need to be complex, loud, soft, melodic, dissident, scratchy, moving, pure, satanic, or any number of different qualities that I could name. Music simply is an orchestrated sound. So enjoy that sound for what it means to you. And don't judge someone else's sound just because you don't get anything from it.

[Dat0Weird0Guy]

@MiryChesstopher Agreed. Well said

[hodgemama]

no, because he is already married to me. check your sources

[arishegg]

Scatman John's got nothing on this guy ^^

[Mischthief]

@arishegg Whoa, whoa.

Don't get crazy.

Scatman just doesn't play guitar on this level on awesomeness.

[Mischthief]

@arishegg Whoa, whoa.

Don't get crazy.

Scatman just doesn't play guitar on this level of awesomeness.

[poosuntwees]

sounds like jeff buckley at the end.... sweet song!

[captxxchaos]

@poosuntwees, he claims buckley to be one of his biggest influences along with bjork.

[Caitanaikerdis]

Sounds a bit like Sting.

[qbone20]

damn, that was magical.

[ooiling082324]

i hope he sing bside my bed while i sleeping :p <3

[Sheckter88]

i didnt know Dave Mathews had a son

[iseegreatness]

okay, tell me why someone would dislike this amazing song.

[poulova]

His talent is sick come on somebody sign him and make him the superstar he deserves to be!

[brettwyrick]

@Bakudan666 Chill out. Bieber's 16 years old, man.

[sesskikofan]

@Bakudan666 Okay, look. Insult Justin Beiber if you like. I really don't care for his music either, and you're more than entitled to your opinion. But there's no reason to call him, or anyone else, a faggot. This guy right here certainly deserves to be far more famous than many people who are, but it's got nothing to do with anyone's sexual orientation or slurs about them. Don't ruin this amazing video with your derogatory language, kay?

[kblakemore1002]

@sesskikofan Dont be such a literalist man. the term faggot or gay has numerous meanings and yes although it does pertain to other people's sexual orientations when someone uses the term faggot as an adjective it simply means the kid is a big douchebag that no one likes. it's literalists that set the guidelines for society to scrutinize people for using a word because they take it literally and out of context.

[sesskikofan]

@kblakemore1002 Fine. Then I guess you think that it's okay to use "Nigger" or "Chink" as a negative adjective too? Well then, here's to you. This whole idea of using "Faggot" as an adjective is so nigger. And let me tell you that is already IS a noun. "Faggot" is what they used to call the pyre on which they burned homosexuals in hate crimes. The more you know.

[kblakemore1002]

@sesskikofan dude languages evolve man nothing stays the same forever and just because a word use to mean something else slang tends to take those words and put a new spin on them which then expands the meaning for those words..dont be so uptight. There's a difference between tossing the word around as my nigga which pertains to ones dude or friend compared to saying youre a dirty ass nigger. So if you wanna play this game what about when homosexuals toss the word bitch around? is that wrong?

[VerHohnert]

@sesskikofan Can you even imagine what my poor German mind feels when it visits a guitar video and faces a discussion like this? Wrong place for it somehow, isn't it? :)

[chickenguy1000]

@sesskikofan how would someone possibly ruin a video with a comment?

[MegaLuke21]

@sesskikofan please don't ever much the person name in the first sentence again, you to are ruin this song by just mentioning it, thank you

[iglonator]

@sesskikofan well said!

[animalboy64]

@sesskikofan plus, people should really realize that even though most of the people who like his music are pre teen girls, he is a hard worker. people dont understand that music is a job just like every other job. getting a record label is the easy part. getting songs in by the deadline, staying up day and night advertising urself and working in the studio, concerts, etc. thats the hard part. Justin bieber should be respected for his dedication to music, not insulted all the time.

[Bakudan666]

@sesskikofan Well done for taking what I said completely out of context.the term 'faggot' doesn't just refer to sexual orientation.nowdays its very commonly used to mean douchebag or idiot.And may also point that your comment is completely hypocritical and ridiculous.You say 'you're more than entitled to your opinion' and then straight after you basically say I'm not entitled to my opinion.Make much sense?

[AwesomeAssassin1000]

@sesskikofan yes man thank u someone needed to say that

[pee12345]

@Bakudan666 Please,dont give him attention.

[Tanishamc]

Exuse me.

Can u marry me?

[Pearlygirl0]

oh my..

[ClarifyEht]

He's yummy. :3

[mrfullofhimself]

thats most unbelieveable and unremarkable and just fantastic

[iseegreatness]

@mrfullofhimself I think you meant remarkable, not unremarkable, but yes I agree. Amazinggggg. :)

[bandita69]

soooooooooooooooooooooooo beautifuuuuuuuuuuul voice !! <3 I LOVE.

[Splurgendii]

the way he carries those lyrical notes, gives a little slight resemblance to the way that louie armstrong used to do it.

The wiggely way he would hold the note when he sang it!!!

[espectaculardavidrcq]

Muy buena!!!

[huh0huh]

My atempt at lyrics, lol

She's got it under her bed, but yall didn't hear that from me.

She's got secrets ??, she's got shadows in her shoebox. Yeah!

*scatting*

She ?? ??, never speak of those things again.

But they all live up in her head, she's got shadows in her shoebox. Yeah!

She's got shadows in her shoebox. But she won't tell nobody. 2x

*scatting somethin' serious, lol

He never asked her again. And she loves to pretend.

?? just disappeared, but She's got shadows in her shoebox. Yeah

[FernandoSerna82]

@huh0huh

*she's got secrets unsaid

*she wrote it boldly in red

*that they all just disappeared

beautiful song :)

[huh0huh]

@FernandoSerna82 Thanks, I tried the best I could, lol

[DonRico333]

@huh0huh dumbie

[huh0huh]

@DonRico333 Why gotta be a "dumbie"? lol, I don't understand

[hseegreen]

great voice! :)

[LetterToAnna]

wow.......... great song!

[rachelseeker200v]

This is what we called KUNDIMAN in the Philippines.

[beckahforman]

such a good song :) i think he should sing with Paolo Nutini. dont know why haha

[espectaculardavidrcq]

Muy bien!!! Me a gustado!!!

[neonxklondyke]

Amazing. I'd love to hear a duet with you and Regina Spektor. The use of your voice is phenomenal

[ChokeAndDie103]

I really like this.

Great style man. *thumbs up*

[bluesmoke213]

love it,so much heart and soul, keep the dream alive

[mercentleyclgt]

sick voice