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  • I am still liiivinging with your Gggghost, lonely and dreaming of the wwww est Coast..

    LoL, they got old.....

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  • art is so chillin i love it. love how he looks like he's tryin not to laugh after he fucks up all those lyrics lol. its like a lot of people would probably get more thrown off by screwing up, but he seems to be just like "fuck it, its 6am". good chillin version of this song.

  • i kinda think they were just goofing off and having fun, im sure being up at 6am had a bit to do with it to, ive been in music for years and very few of us can jump up straight outta bed and rock our ass off not to mention if i only had a few hours of sleep to began with lol, but ppl can say what they want but they made it and still make a living at it, i think ill go have a shot and "watch the world die"

  • well... that was an anticlimax of an acoustic version =|

  • you know you're good when you can wake up early and play a show and sound great!

  • this has the same proportion of dislikes as Jlos new song. This should have no dislikes. Listen to the music video. This song is golden in a sea of shitty music.

  • great song but this is no good

  • This is pure garbage oh my god man that is what too much booze and drugs will to you kids this video should be shown in all stay away from drug seminars or something. These guys used to sound good but every video i fond of them that is recent completely is horrible. Time to retire boys, can't get back what the drugs did to you.

  • @nocode77 Art has been clean and sober for 20 + years

    his voice sounds a little worn true but it's because he had vocal surgeory

  • @JuanCarlosVejar i don't give a fuck how much you know about his asshole...he's awesome, the music is awesome - but he forgot the words, only a person who is not sober does that..which makes me like him even more

  • I love this song but this performance is not very good.

  • you think this talented group likes playing alex's song over and over and over again the exact same way every single time....geez......i have seen em live and they rock!....their albums are extremely well produced....no syntho over done vocal lyric drum machine bs.......this is band is solid ....very strong lyrics and distinctive voice to suite them.....

  • i think he kinda sounds like bob dylan in his voice

  • cool a high of 22. Now I know to wear a jacket

  • This is great and anybody that doesn't think so is going to have to answer to me.

  • If I wanted to hear it exactly the way it was recorded on the album, I'd listen to the album. Guys like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and others who would be called legends almost always switched up the way they played/sang songs live and made it work. These guys made this work, despite the fact that it didn't fit into the cookie cutter memory you may have had of this song.

  • funny, they tuned down a whole step too so it's extra sludgy. probably easier on the voice.

  • wow. no heart in it. dislike

  • 0:00 - 0:09 ONOZ!!!!!! RAIN!!!!!!1111111eleven11111sh­iftone11!!11!!2

  • the yamaka thing isnt doing him any justice but he sounds ok for it being as early as it is but you can tell he didnt know what he was doing he forget a good bit of the words and there order but his face sells i would leave my wife for him lol

  • That mutha drank too much everclear last night!!

  • bad weather

  • they appear to be sober now. wow

  • Terrible

  • Considering they got there at like six in the morning, I'd say they did pretty well! They're probably really hungover haha. <3 everclear

  • Art messes up the lyrics a lot.. I even have an Everclear tat- have seen them live at least 5 times.

  • I often sing like that after a pissy night smoking too many cigs too

  • It was a little sleepy for me dog!

  • I don't know why everyone is saying this is bad, yes his voice is a bit scrappy but it sounds very chill and the emotion is still there.

  • please stop by my page and tell me what y'all think of my cover of this song......pleeeease

  • He forgot some lyrics:l My guess is that he's still a little off from arriving there at 6 in the morning..

  • My only problem with Everclear is that Art is a jerk. He is a brilliant songwriter and perfomer. But he is just a jerk. I know this from meeting him twice. He doesn't appreciate his fans anymore. :(

  • I hate that! Diva. You know, without the fans Everclear is nothing.

  • i just love everclear, they're just a great rock band and for this set, leave him alone, he just got off bed....

  • you arses.. this is perfect.. sounds just like him... thank god for everclear... if it was,nt for them i would not be singing any music... it all started with i will buy you a garden... i looked for that c.d could not find it and bought sparkle and fade by accident... been singing ever since... this is art.. and it sounds like him and he rocks no matter his age... anyone who says diff can lick my ball salt...

  • geting a kick out of these comments. His poor voice has nothing to do with age, he just woke up, its 6 am! Any singer can tell you that trying to sing that early in the morning a bad idea. I am singing tonight and i just woke up and i know better than to try and sing right now. Not till my voice is warmed up, i would sound, well alot like he does in this video. Anyway give the guy a break, yes it was not great, but check out his other live performances, they are much better, course it wasnt 6 am

  • ok in the beginning he fucks the lyrics up like 4 times and i hate everclear ever since art (lead singer) fired the whole band and got a bunch of new shitty players

  • uh oh, looks like its gonna snow tomorrow

  • Brilliant, simply brilliant.

  • Some of you people should take stock

    this guy is a god of song writing

    Not to many people with his talent

    The voice may go down with age but the talent shines through.

    Plus i don't htink it's that bad

  • @mdwo01 Blah blah blah blah.

  • @mdwo01 I could not say it better, clearly his voice has gone downhill. However, he is one of the best songwriters ever, at least in my opinion. He has the ability to convey such strong, messages. Sometimes depressing, make that often times, but it always amazes me how simple his lyrics are, but remain completely brilliant. Finally, with such raw, simple lyrics somehow he avoids making them generic. Art is the man!

  • They are Great!!!

  • You people should make the difference between a good garage band with talent, what the 90s were built on must i remind you, and the dumb bitches with live-digitalized voices with no talents and nothing to say. Stop complaining about what you want and take what you're given, it's beautiful.

  • You dumbasses need to remember that he's getting older, voices change. He can't help it. Listen to his music that was recorded a long time ago. His voice is amazing and he has a lot of talent.

  • :) exactly dude !

  • @musicchick2006

    People do get older and their voices do change, but this is not good. i really like everclear, but this is just not a good performance. i saw peter noon of herman's hermits a couple weeks ago, and he sounded just like he did in 1965...

  • I like this relaxed sort of presentation. I do believe this old lady will enjoy this concert! Of course, live music is always wonderful!!

  • His voice does sound a little rough, He is also 47 now so only a few years younger in the video. Alexakis isn't exactly a young dude anymore. Still an amazing song though !

  • Well you gotta remember they performed at like 6:30, right? And Lord knows how early they were up before that for sound checks and just getting there.

  • really LIKE his voice guys.... there... sounds more manlike^^^

  • Sounds like his voice is going out. As a singer, that sucks a bunch of nuts. And there's nothing to do about it :(

  • high of 22? damn that's cold!

  • big everclear fan but not one of art's best performances. even forgot the lyrics...

  • voice sounds horrible

  • It was ok their voices were cracked a lil though but still great performance

  • they still have there own sound... brings back memories. i second that ;-]

  • Everclear is one of the greatest, but least known, band ever

  • Yeah, they along with Evan Dando. (greatest, least known) Actually not so not well known, just minus the hype of the 90's still uber talented. Both have strong similar loyal fan bases, if not the same fans:)

  • like they said its 6 something in the morning. i bet they were tired. and semi drunk still from last night.

  • @kyletorline01 That'd be true if Art hasn't been sober for years now

  • @kyletorline01 its like 6 in the morning and i am still semi drunk from last night lol

  • @kyletorline01 Stop fucking around, this band has always sucked live. I mean, hell, go watch some of the other live performances of this song. All the same. I guess there's always an excuse for everything.

  • ok ppl like fucking

    plarmich2112 why comment stuff like that? seriously?

  • fuck yourself

  • what do you mean? i'm sorry, i don't understand.

  • randy newman ... anybody?

  • lol did anyone else notice he screwed up the first verse?

  • what happened to his voice? :(

  • whenever I hear him apart from the albums, he has a terrible voice.

    Don't mishear me, albums are 100% all the way.

  • sound is a bit strung out and weak..Love em though. Nice to hear a different version. Get some sleep boys...

  • man this guys deserve alot more than wat they have they are so good i love them

  • ONE of the best thing comming from states.......

  • This is what it sounds like when it's not glorified by the studio...

    Love it.

  • That's what it sounds like when THIS band plays it live. The sound of a truly good band is being able to capture their studio luster in a live setting. See Pearl Jam.

  • great band, fucked performance.....

  • He said they got into the studio at 6:15 in the morning, you idiot.

  • Thats a great song and nice performance remember when its live it sounds a little different than recording in a studio he still has an awesome voice...

  • You don't get better.

  • That was a solid performance. Why the criticism? It's not exactly a coffee-house sort of song, but they did alright.

  • the chorus is still beautiful

  • he just woke up youd be prety tired to

  • lol he doesnt even know the right lyrics to his own song?

    well, i love this song on their record, not live.

  • This should be on Guitar Hero. I always loved this song.

  • thatd be so sick

  • Awesome... brilliant song..  nothing artificial here

  • damb. He was kind of a dick to his fellow band member.

  • Art is looking old they still sound good though

  • everyone looks old in the morning

  • that is true!!!!

  • some of you critics prolly shouldnt even sing in the shower.... I think they did great for translating a rock song into an acoustic version at 6 am

  • nice 12 string taylor

  • singing sucks at the beginning but gets better...he looks odd singing this song without sunglasses :P

  • lol.. society demands perfection, and the only way to get perfection is to synthesize things, so lets go watch Ashlee Simpson's video now, and make fun of her for lip syncing. Have your cake, and eat it too. I liked this, its slowed down, and acoustic, just sounds like a cold.

  • WOW!

    I love everclear and this is horrible!

    OUCH!

  • Stop being ignorant. Try singing right when you wake up in the morning. It will sound terrible. Go find some other acoustic stuff of his, he's a badass, this band is badass.

  • This preformance isnt bad and they dont filter his voice and listen to him talking at the beggining, hes like freaking tired. Actually he sounds eactly like he usually does just his voice sounds kind of scratchy. He just woke up dick.

  • He only did bad this one performance. Usally he's great live. You also have to consider he's playing guitar and singing, making it even harder. But yes...this is, without a doubt, pretty bad.

  • What do you mean "You also have to consider he's playing guitar and singing" Have the musicians out there do that perfectly fine..

  • I'm not saying musicians can't do that perfectly fine, I'm saying it does make it harder to sing. I only say that beacuse I see all these comments trying to say he sucks because of ONE bad performance.

  • He starts off pretty bad, but it picks up at least.

  • I don't give three licks and the whip of a cat's tail what anyone says. This is f#($ed up. And I mean that in a good way. Not my favorite band by any means. Dude Reminds me of Johnny Cash. Call them whutch you will, these guys are doin the damn thing. Phil E

  • truth

  • I don't like it... it's a pretty bad recording. The original is great. I feel sad watching Art now...he seems like he might be washed up? I dunno. I hope their come back is successful though, that would be great

  • They're also doing it in a lower key than the original. Nevertheless it's a very laid back performance of a very laid back song and I like that.

  • that guy is getting old

  • lol the newsguy is funny and here they are sober or maybe or i dont know

  • does he naturally have white hair?

  • I know it doesnt sound that great...but it's hard to play songs like this acousticly, and he probly just woke up. On top of that...he has to play guitar and sing at the same time.

  • hes looks stoned

  • probably is..

  • hes acctually been clean for like 10 years, prolly more

  • ya but he still probably smokes bud

  • i enjoyed it!

  • fuck all critics

  • they are a great fucking band, he prolly did a wake and bake before the show. that early in the morning i wouldnt blame him

  • DAMN, this was my favorite song from these guys, That was a weird and fucked up rendition of a good song.

  • Not that bad. Kinda cool in a weird way....and I don't even like everclear !

  • Yeaaah...Everclear's good live, too. I'm gonna assume Art didn't warm up at all and he probably wasn't too thrilled about having to be in Chicago at 615 am...especially then. If it was filmed in late December '07, it was rather snowy and miserable up here.

  • not the best I've seen of everclear but It's the morning show, I sound like I ate a frog in the morning too and I sing for a living

  • agree

  • Maybe they weren't sober... but i would just guess they have played enough not sober they are good at it, and it wasn't bad it just sounded like he drank milk and had phlam in his throat.

  • Sometimes when popular people become political, they just fall off. I know Everclear did that many years ago. It's just something that I've noticed. In this case, I think they just ran out of music. Still love their old stuff. His voice did sound very strained in this video though. Hope he isn't sick.

  • Art is my favorite songwriter ever and Santa Monica has been my favorite song for like 15 years. I've met Art at several shows and he is an incredibly gracious superstar who really appreciates his fans. And Art's not really losing his voice, I saw Everclear last week and he sounded great. All that being said, he butchered the first verse horribly. I've seen him mess up the words before, but wow, this time was real bad. We'll cut him some slack, he looked like he just rolled out of bed.

  • i do dig EVERCLEAR...but this is a real weak version of santa.i rather hear it like an old hank williams sr. country twang then this version

  • Dude. I love this band but that kinda, how do you put it? Sucked.

    Im sure they were trying to be artistic but I prefer the original.

    Good playing but the vocals were awful...

  • 9999! badass

  • Terrible, if want pics given to me by mrs. alexakis u must buy them, one pic shows of band in 1996 then montoya playing with alexakis' kid backstage, one again, alexakis family exclusives, thank you, btw free for art becaue he use to be cool >:D

  • pretty good despite being so early and mixing up the lyrics.

  • what was wrong with that? It was an acoustic version of it and sounded pretty normal. Some one clue me in on how it was bad?

  • Wow...Pretty harsh comments. I loved the video, personally and sure wouldn't kick him off the camp chair if they were at my bonfire! Acoustic by its nature sounds different than studio versions and full-band ones. This is great. But maybe because I am older I can appreciate that difference.

  • His he starting to lose his voice in this vid? Or it mybe that he just got up:)

  • they probably had to cut words out because it was on the News and they needed to shorten it.

  • not enough energy. singing got way worse. got rid of words. what happened to him....he's famous so he doesn't have to try anymore???

  • you try singing at 6 in the morning

  • thats horrible of you

    do you really think that Art is someone who is superficial enough to try less hard on one of his most emotional songs because "hes famous".

    Honestly its people like you that make bands sellout.

  • thats horrible of you

    do you really think that Art is someone who is superficial enough to try less hard on one of his most emotional songs because "hes famous".

    Honestly its people like you that make bands sellout.

  • Lol yeah everyone's dissin really bad. I don't blame him for fuckin it up that early. I would have.

  • aww Art. =[

  • when was this

  • Jeeze not a good version he even fucked up some of the words... :(

  • cmon get off his case he basically just got up

  • Shut then fuck up. Everclear is amazing.

  • Its ok

  • the hell is wrong w/ all the everclear haters on here? ignorant pieces of shit

  • 0_o god lord Art.... getchur self back together.

  • wow ...he's really old ...or back on the junk ...or just woke up way to early ...either way it sucked....and dam... way to call out your band mate...jack ass ....typical front man ....see jovi...self right just ass

  • Very disappointed.

  • i dont know what it is

    but art sounds awful

    completely ruins the original

  • Everclear is awesome, but this is not their best performance...

  • This is your brain...this is your brain on DRUGS...any questions?

  • actually his brain's off drugs in this vid (unless u count antidepressants which are worse than most street drugs lol)tho a hangover looks to be the case :P

  • lol at the shaker

  • hahah did he almost foget his lyrics ahaha

  • he always forgets them.

  • Time hasn't been kind to Art

  • I don't think the drummer really understands that there is, indeed, technique involved when playing a shaker.

  • maybe it's because he's not the drummer.

  • Sad. Note to self : cross off Everclear concert in future.

  • This is fairly good for everclear live. I've always thought they were kinda cool, but they have always been awful in concert. Even back in the World of Noise and S&P days they were an assault to the ears.

    If you like them. Yah. Don't go see them live.

  • i'm from Oregon. I have to say - honestly, it's disappointing that the original members left the band.

    for anyone that really followed Everclear - it would make sense.

    regardless best wishes.

  • i agree, im a huge everclear fan

    apart from "hater" which was pretty massive, no good songs have come out of the "new improved everclear"

    sch a dissapointment