Vic Chesnutt - Flirted With You All My Life

[zzyyxxo]

miss him truly.

[matttheawesome1095]

this is amazing!!! im in a chair to so seein another artiest in a chair is amazing!!!

[tapedeckghost4]

rip

[tullsongs]

truly inspiring how a man in such desperate circumstances can use something so negative to fuel such creative beauty...

[starlightandthedying]

I don't know if I can even PROCESS how haunting and beautiful this song is. It is overwhelming beautiful. I;m shocked ..................

[Babl069]

First time i ever made one of these comments but i think it's appropriate now.

One person who disliked this video is a fucking mule shagging neo-natzi with a dig so small it is actually growing inwards. There is not enough canser in the world for you. You fucking baboon faced ass.

[TheSimonRowell]

@Babl069

Wow, you were really dying to make a comment werent you.

[digglescham]

@Babl069 your inarticulate hatred is not what this song is supposed to conjure.

[Sw1tchBladeMalone]

RIP to my father, three days ago. Death right there.

[lovemmariela]

Absolutely haunting. Thank you to NPR who wrote an article about the top 10 songwriters of our era. That article let me to this video and it did not disappoint. Did not disappoint at all.

[Sw1tchBladeMalone]

Just lost my ex-lover to breast cancer. This song, was almost telling a story to me in different ways. Can't listen to it without crying.

[badcrc1973]

@Sw1tchBladeMalone im so sorry for your loss

[lordi2009k]

@Sw1tchBladeMalone sorry to hear man

[jorgecalvo]

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.

Sylvia Plath

[Lentil70]

I cannot even begin to describe how this song makes me feel. If there is such a thing as true beauty, then this is it. Oh Vic... surely you were not really ready.

[artysanmobile]

Beautiful. Deeply touched me.  Thanks Vic

py

[Peitzsucks]

BEST SONG OF THE WORLD!

[Peitzsucks]

ohhhh DEATH really I'm not ready!

[sigmund5]

I am VERY amazed that Vic's first work "Litttle" is so ignored. Why not a single video? It might be his best work for those left behing. It is the most lyrically or narratively important. It gives many more subtle clues to his final decision than his other works for those willing to expend the effort. Independence Day already told the story.

[Equalizer919]

@sigmund5 ...think you meant "Expiration" Day and not "Independence" Day?

[flashkaput]

@sigmund5 - I share your feelings. It was that album that introduced me to Vic Chesnutt & his music. He went on to create such great music from that but "Little" is criminally underrated....

[SOLIE6226]

The Fllirting Stopped a year ago , may your love light Shine on . R.I.P. Mr. Chestnutt

[AndreaVerlaine]

@SOLIE6226 two years

[sofuckyouyeah]

@AndreaVerlaine lol if you look at his comment he posted it a year ago

[Kento617]

@AndreaVerlaine Make it 3 man.... =(

[oceans34]

Vic you bring so much incite and thought into my mind. Thank you so much for everything you left behind it brings tears to my eyes because i can relate so much to this song. People aren't aware enough of the dangers of drugs after spinal cord injuries, I know this from personal experience. It forever changed my life, you made quite an impact on alot of peoples lives something I could only hope to achieve.

[painxtreme]

@oceans34 I have to take loads of opiates and other heavy heavy meds because of spinal tumors and blown discs, there's no denying, somedays it ain't like livin at all. The first year was discovering one by one, all the things id no longer be able to do-Sell your motorcycle, golfclubs, fishing stuff, wont need them in your condition, Chronic Pain patients talk often about threshold day. It is the day your monthly scripts dont add up to a lethal dose...until next month. In can be an anxious time.

[thewikerman]

when this song started I knew I liked it but i didnt think it was amazing, I didnt really listen very intensly because I was working at the same time but by the end of the song without realising it the song had crept up on me and really affected me, I have a feeling im going to love all of Vic's music

[stonebirdsmusic]

it's such a sad thing for him to die on Christmas day but almost fitting wonderful musician true inspiration

[invernomuto999]

maybe you were realy ready.

[LadyEdgar]

This is so sad and beautiful.

[murraythe]

such a powerful, moving and beautiful....i still cant belive hes gone...first him then mark linkous....this is a very sad time

[davematthewsnumber1]

Vic Chesnutt was a master. Always so sad but still had hope until the end when he gave up. I seen him play in 2006 and always will recall that day. I hope he is at peace now like he wanted.

[FJPM2]

I hope he was ready now

[pdxorus]

Wow. Serious song writing What an amazing song.

[harlekin0263]

Muhmaus.. ich habs nie gewusst, aber immer vermutet. Und so weiter...

[samesamething]

the vocal delivery of this song reminds me of the lead singer of the band EVERCLEAR

[samesamething]

Oh death, oh death, oh death Really, I'm not ready Oh death you enter me Death's unmade those dear to me And tease me with your sweet relief You're cruel and you are constant When my mom was cancer sick She fought, but then succumbed to it But you made her beg for it Lord Jesus, please I'm ready Oh death, oh death, oh death Really, I'm not ready Oh death, oh death, oh death Clearly, I'm not ready

[samesamething]

I am a man, I am self aware And everywhere I go You're always right there with me I flirted with you all my life Even kissed you once or twice And to this day I swear it was nice but clearly I was not ready When you touched a friend of mine I thought I would lose my mind But I found out with time that Really, I was not ready

[samesamething]

one of the best song ever written no doubt.

[Lentil70]

My God I have just discovered this guy. Where have I been all my life?

RIP man... x

[harlekin0263]

for sure, jedem das was ihm gehört....

[mmbreeze]

haunting !

[zippycoolwhip]

Fuck this song is so amazing, but so sad. Vic was the best.

[kraker109]

I was flipping through a spin magazine and found an article on him and it captivated me to go check him out I'm truly glad that I found his material.

[4samson]

pure fucking class. what a song, brings tears to my eyes. rip vic.

[Narwuuun]

RIP

[coltrivers]

i was 16 years old when i fell in love with the album 'about to choke'. i went to see him live on that tour and that was my first gig ever. i'm 29 now and seen probably about 100 hundred shows, but none of them ever captured that 'human' quality that vic had. he was not there for being a star, but for making music. he was tuning his guitar half an hour before that gig onstage but noone even recognized him, but when he played his songs everybody was in awe. that's how it should be

RIP.

[samesamething]

@coltrivers i love you comment here.

[crazycrackercruncher]

RIP

[Cudster87]

Amazing!

[lastunusedname]

I love the bait-and-switch. When I first heard this, I thought it was a love song and it kind of is, but when he said "Oooooooohh, Death" it became so much more.

[chcharlie100]

the best fucking song i've ever heard in my life. ever.

[coolpiza]

@noglet76 What does this even mean? Or is it just a pseudo-poetic non-statement?

[coolpiza]

@noglet76 Sorry I said that. There was no reason for me to cut you down.

[Ladydadi]

When you touched o friend of mine

I thought I would lose my mind

...

Oh death you hector me

and decimate those dear to me ..

<3

[johnnywmyers]

this is the saddest, purest, and most heartbreaking song ive ever heard.

[TheZorbasmilla]

love

[comeonboeltsy]

I believe this song is entirely about death- he had admitted to attempting suicide 2 or three times ("-even kissed you once or twice,")

"Clearly I was not ready."

He must have finally been ready... miss you man. More people need to know your music and your legacy.

[tsungvarsky]

@comeonboeltsy

no one is ever ready. It just happens.

[monkmellon]

I've loved vics music for years. His death has hit me hard. Its a great shame that we have lost such a brilliant artist. Shine on.

[FRATZROCKET]

I'm ready.

[jhassig45]

I used to go see him every time he played,

when I lived in Athens, GA.

He doesn't know me from from Adam -

But he's my friend - and I'm his.

Love you, Vic.

Keep on keepin' on.

[roseundone]

pain

[tubeandcatR]

That's a song that drives me to tears.

The saddest song I know.

I'm 53 and collecting records for 40 years.

You can trust in me.

My stepdaughter is struggeling with cancer, death is a reality within my walls .

[YaoiHuntressEarth]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she gets better.

[tubeandcatR]

@YaoiHuntressEarth

Thank you for your kind words. Unfortunatelly she died on May 12th 2011.

She struggeled 6 years against her disdease. She never gave up. Death was the solution, but never the problem. Her light )and Vic's too..) will stay forever.

[brunogoffi]

@tubeandcatR I'm also so sorry, that anybody else can't understand...the same feelings since we foughts against the millennium disease.....and loose....

[donmajikjuan]

@tubeandcatR death is a totally ruthless enemy as well as a pacifist acceptor. stay strong brother, you and your step daughter. words of inspiration spread wide in modern days, reap what you wish and honor what you can. there is no defeat in the end, just what will be, bless her life either way.

[mspartimarti]

@tubeandcatR

Didn't he just commit suicide?

[moceanu]

@tubeandcatR you're 53 and "struggeling" with spelling

[immanentvoiceless]

@tubeandcatR hey man i hope she is ok. and if not, nothing can really help it. my father died when i was 14 of cancer. it's fucked. im so sorry.

[PHiLKKA]

@tubeandcatR Well dude, that ain't flirting anymore thats serious!! I'm hoping for the best for u!

[murielanguin]

vic

tu vas me manquer

chapeau pour ton oeuvre

[LaraBLaPerle]

This song blows me away with the sorrow. I hope he felt ready, at last.

[zferis]

I can't seem to find the lyrics anywhere, so I just transcribed these.

I am a man.

I am self-aware.

And everywhere I go.

Youre always right there with me.

I flirted with you all my life.

Even kissed you once or twice.

And to this day, I swear it was nice,

But clearly I was not ready.

[zferis]

When you touched a friend of mine, I thought I would lose my mind. But I found out with time that really, I was not ready. Oh death. Oh death. Oh death. Really Im not ready. Oh death, you hector me, And decimate those dear to me. You tease me with your sweet relief. Youre cruel and you are constant. When my mom was cancer-sick. She fought but didnt succumb to it. But you made her beg for it. Lord Jesus please, Im ready.

[zferis]

Oh death. Oh death. Oh death. Really Im not ready.

Oh death. Oh death. Oh death. Now, clearly Im not ready.

[rectangularman]

@zferis She fought but then succumb to it.  Cheers

[dapootjuh]

@zferis I found the lyrics through Google. 

[jmorrow22]

I wished I would've been introduced to his music another way than hearing about his suicide. Great artist.

[purplecherub]

Oh, Vic.

[Beradikals]

see you on the flip side

[itseNtee]

RIP VIC you will be missed...

[brave313]

I just found you and now you are gone , liked everything

I heard and now im starting out from the end .wow man to learn you had passed after loving this song , I should have understood your masterstroke but I was selfish. Ill miss our never friendship.

[porkinwitz]

the photo at 3:12 makes me smile,....rip

[Schrottiism]

what a brave man!!!!!

[trystero13]

Provo una pena gigante per la perdita del grande Vic Chesnutt. Lo vidi una sola volta, con Bob Mould nella mia nativa Detroit. La sua arte e la sua umanità mi rimarranno impressi x sempre.

[sickerhead]

I'm so sad he was so sad.......I understand like some sad sad Peter Pan.

[funnyfumes]

Peace Vic

[bootsforwalkin]

Nice photos of Vic - Andrea

Thanks for the music, Vic

[country811]

goodness Vic?!

[FRATZROCKET]

you're free now brother. forever safe and warm. i miss you already but i understand. i really do. see you soon V.

[murmur1983]

RIP Vic.

[ryanexpress34]

So sad...we all must go at some point...but I hope his tormented soul is finally at peace...thanks for the great music VC...

[wocule]

RIP

[bobjones864]

This song made me cry the first time I hear it, and it's really hard to hear now, but its beautiful too. You don't want to get maudlin about this kind of thing, but this is about as perfect a parting note as one could write. It sucks that he's gone, but I get it.

[freddyv57]

How devastatingly apropos this song appears now..a huge shadow has fallen over the ATL, Athens, and all who knew this kind and complex man

[IAmKrow]

I can't believe it. I still don't know Vic's music very well, but I started to develope quite a taste for this genius' persona and art. I only hope he's resting in peace now. The world can be pretty unfair: a talented man making the world a beautiful place with his poetry and his music goes away, while dictators, assassins and other garbage die in their sleep when they're 100.

[DUSTYCAT25]

Yes I too was at that LA show. So very sad to hear Vic finally did it.(

[GoodnightIrene18]

Immortale -- è vero.

[ChristinaLouise27]

Saw his last show in LA a few weeks ago and he sat in the audience with us during the openers. He was patient and kind to everyone that approached him, and when he played this song, he made us cry. I'll never forget it, and I hope he is finally comfortable. On Pitchfork, there is a link to the site where you can donate to his family for the medical debt.

[alik1986]

The only good thing that can come out of this is that hopefully more people will listen to him. Sad days indeed :-(

[Freak830]

rip

[drewderden]

He'll definitely be missed but not forgotten.

[ceruleantwilight]

sometimes it's strange to listen to a voice of someone dead, yet it sort of makes sense when it's you I'm listening to.

you'll be the flowers on your own grave.

[tbgx1]

Was he a Christian?

[funnyfumes]

@tbgx1 Athesist and in the know

[realrichard]

grazie by ric

[bakabear]

Godspeed Vic

[anniebell81]

very nice job on the video. vic is certainly at peace now. so much genius. he will be greatly missed.

[bigonegeorgegrace]

I guess you were ready. We weren't.

[ellof]

no more pain now. you brave.

[itzakadoozie09]

:(

We'll miss him.

[puravida2626]

We're weren't ready. We miss you.

[justthestrokes]

Thank you for everything Vic.

[tracijbeez]

oh vic. goddamn i'll miss you.

[bananapropaganda]

In my prayers tonight to whatever higher power might exist. Please come back to us, Vic.

[anothernick]

So you think you can change dog's plan if you put a constipated expression on your face long enough?

[AndreaVerlaine]

A MASTERPIECE