black cab

[TheHaterzbehatin]

James Franco brought me here!

[Moonalongmyhead]

Jens Lekman bought me here. Go figure..

[AinysDorMent]

I'm here because of a random James Franco Video where he is painting while listening to this:) Nice song though..

[cafeconnata69]

they might be psycho killers, but tonight, I really don't care...

[t0mtreflip]

wouldn't be as good without the sample from Something on My Mind by the left banke

[MisterMcGuinness]

I hear David Essex ;)

[S1ngefou]

Great stuff, though he did improve for Night Falls Over Kortedala

[XGreyCrowX]

A modern day Morrissey wannabe.  For those who dont realize this. heh

Not bad though.

[bearcargo]

@XGreyCrowX By constantly comparing musicians to those of the past in a negative light, without respect for the idea of inspiration and then, innovation, you're totally inhibiting the progression of music in general. Morrissey emulated someone in some way as well.

[alexjtrigs]

@XGreyCrowX

shut up, how is that even true? 

[stillilllife]

@XGreyCrowX Have you heard of Jonathan Richman or The Magnetic fields?

[PooKoo]

@ThaBauce haha no

[S0lariis]

JAMES FRANCO !!

[AhMandaMell]

James Franco brought me here.

[MolinMUSE]

@AhMandaMell James Franco listens to Jens Lekman? Life just got a little bit more beautiful.

[AhMandaMell]

@MolinMUSE I know, right.. He got a lot more interesting.

[joecheen]

anyone came here because of James franco? haha



[carlypop21]

@joecheen i definitely did haha but i like it a lot

[xLilycakesx]

@joecheen hahaha you caught me.. i shazaamed it when i saw his latest video... although good thing i did because this song is really really good!

[shinryohji]

That shows that someone can do a light song that is nothing but pure quality.

[heyheyitsmj]

This is my new happy song.

[TheDS4L]

dudes dudes dudes

[struckdownpictures]

I know you love me

I wanna wad you up into my life

Let’s roll up to be a single star in the sky

[Driuc0Sekoba]

The video is creative, but, i dont think it has something to do with the song.

[pbsclair]

this song makes me smile every time. guitar loop is extremely addictive and i soooo identify with the lyrics and the way he sings is perfect haha

this song would randomly pop into my head any time of the day and i would be happily humming the tune for at least an hour..

[mordecaicarroll]

It's cool the way he took the harpsichord line from the Left Banke song "Something On My Mind" and wrote a whole new melody around it.

[DiamondSoul]

Been listening to this song for years now and I never get tired of it. Lekman is great.

[dvdprkr]

a cold, terrible snowball of self-loathing and melancholy, devouring everything in its path. you don't know anything, so don't ask any questions. just turn the music up and keep your mouth shut.

[ostuhl]

I agree, its really nice song and completly underated. I saw on concert of him in hamburg- It was very awesome...

[chainsawsexviking]

One of the best shows I have ever seen was Jens Lekman.

[moema45]

Very good !

[chichofh]

la melodía del principio es un sample de i´ve got something on my mind de the left banke.cojonuda canción.

[sweetoctobergirl]

Beio!

[TwistedEA182]

one of the best songs ever

[JuicyFruitBabe]

the beginning kinda reminds me of " here comes the sun by the beatles"

[yodaogo]

If i was the shoe, i would have got revenge

[AlejandroCasadiego92]

lol

[AlejandroCasadiego92]

lol

[Jaquellino]

Simple, oscuro, Hermoso

[clownmonkey]

Great video! I do wish that you kept the outro, though, since I was singing along before it ended so abruptly. The intro, by the way, comes from the Left Banke's "She May Call You Up Tonight."

[morphix007]

playin at espy?

[geckothelizard]

this katamari seems very winterish.

[sugarkang]

hahaha. that's what i thought when i first saw this video.

[MrSkaterich]

dudes

[banksy2112]

@MrSkaterich dudes dudes

[MrSkaterich]

dudes

[MrSkaterich]

dudes

[shillynot]

dudes dudes dudes. i have that dvd in my pc right now. :D

[sk8rking360]

i watched it yesterday, soo sick, i was like shiit must get soundtrack, tis and "lotion" are the best songs :)

[Rawlins94]

This the song of DVS DUDES DUDES DUDES :D

[genjixu]

jackpot

[tomtreflip]

anyone know where i can get tabs for the intro?

[hgijoiukuhollmm]

diss is a gd song

[445566]

jens doesn't even get a credit

[skateweedfun]

DVS DUDES DUDES DUDES!

LOVE THIS SONG!

[tqper]

Is there someone who can send me the song it is awsome! :D

[somekindofteddy]

jens <3 i love you.

and that snowball is an eater! burn.

<3

[bettyxoboop]

omg the snowball eats everything lol i love this song

[WirelesCARD]

and yous lads think thats a nice voice....??

[Buttbopper]

Den här låten är helt fantastisk.

[KillerBubblegum]

and so, the monster snowball finally slated his hunger and the world is safe again... for now! Muhahahahaha!

No really, wonderful song. Carlo and I love it to death.

[Stepmann]

wonderful!

[Tholiea]

i love this song<3 the intro(?) is awsome!

[economuzak]

man, all of those frivolous items totally got pawned by that snowball.

[sk8ersrule]

i get so relaxed with this song

[BL4cKWaYn3]

*IN LOVE* very awsome song :)

[fotzii]

favourit skater 8)

andrew <3

[ibtihaj05]

great song, great video, great singer

[lila0o]

love this vid, so random and sweet!

[happiness67peace]

vey inspired by velvet underground

[obie1963]

It's a remake of a Left Banke song called "Something on My Mind". It's much more optimistic than the Velvets.

[skeglioso]

also very inspired by stephen merritt. very, very inspired by stephen merritt

[citybeats]

this is probably his best song

[stewdogg42]

Great song. Very catchy.

[PoppeTheStar]

He is one of my favorite artists =D

[jpkmufc]

great stop motion video...bitch snowball

[stonesku11]

does black cabs have to do with the black cabs in london, or is it a metephor

[schasas]

Good guess but it's actually a word-by-word translation of »svarttaxi» in Swedish, which refers to unlicensed cabs.

[1993higgy]

where can you get this song?

[l0venotes]

itunes has it.

[VertreterTaeubchen]

Amazon, cdon, etc...

[ForOctavioPaz]

this song absolute pop perfectness.

[uncleballball]

jens is a genius and this song a video are both great. What a guy.

[hannasunna]

oh yes this this song is about him, and his sad. He is going home from the party in a "black cab", an illegal cab, the driver is often a foreigner here. He does not care where the cab is taking him and so on. Tjohooo (black cab= svart-taxi)

[verstandlich]

Yea, what a shocker that was.

[TheFriendlyGod]

ditto! shows how cozy and warm postmodernism can really be.

[prutz18]

Love the film work! Great filters

[webfryes]

does anyone know what this song is actually about? the snowball doesn't really explain much

[listigt]

it's about missing the last tram and taking a black cab(illegal black market taxi) instead :)..and generally just having a bad night out...it's not very subliminal

[hairneteyes]

jens lekman gets so much poon

[gravitywheel]

Heh, I always thought the flute sounded exactly like the B&S song, but I didn't know it was actually a sample of it.

[juanitagangle]

i have the same baboushkas/matryoshkas, almost!

[robertmyles]

Does anyone know how or where Belle & Sebastian's "Mary Jo" is sampled in this song? I can't figure it out for the life of me.

[thefinewino]

I'm stumped. Unless he just slowed down the chord progression or something. But that's a guess.

[broadcastles]

The sample is just a tiny tiny bit of the flute intro in "Mary Jo." You can hear five notes right before the chorus at 1:56.

[wlamb]

I love this song -- but I've got to say it's pretty amazing/ballsy that he doesn't credit the Left Banke for sampling the harpsichord hook from "I've Got Something On My Mind" for this tune ...

[midsummersault]

Totally agree. I adore Jens, but the two songs are so similar that it's almost criminal that he didn't credit the Left Banke.

[ELRULOENCABRONADO]

NICE!

[BobWaya2]

this reminds me so much of katamari lol

[DoctorFist]

this is a great video..i love that snowball

[mutemememe]

Jens Lekman + Katamari x stop-motion = bliss

Great video :0)

[xXXShinXtremXXx]

very swedish - reminds me of the the knife video.

excellent video.

cant be better really.

[Jusdebanane]

This is just so great! I love it! He should use it as an official video.

[sarahspring3]

Don't watch this in full screen mode, looks shitty big

[verstandlich]

thats what she said

[lila0o]

thats so used