Okkervil River - The President's Dead

[ebachman1]

Great song-weird video, but I can't bash you for it, too...interesting.



[daisypaste]

this video cracks me up, and i like it. SO THERE.

[CristianoRonaldo166]

Racist ? lol :DDD



[Pepsibrains]

the movies oh i loved that game!

[Vossy]

Great Song - Great Video :)

[shaunone]

anyone have a bedroom that size?

[quietthomas]

Should have shortened the clip. The vid goes a bit too long for the audio. Simple enough to do in imovie. Go on. Did you animate this yourself? If so, in what program... it looks like The Sims/Poser. How long did it take your computer that is how fast to render? Okay.

[mateus2]

I guess this song was released in 2006.

[DisfiguredCowboy]

Anyone know when they debuted this song? I saw 'em at Castle Clinton in New York and Will did some solo stuff for the encore...the last one he played was this, and halfway through the song, the rest of the band leapt onto stage and started playing along. One of the coolest things I've ever experienced, and I like to think that was their first time playing it because that would be, well...awesome.

[kracus]

probably not the first time...but i would keep thinking it was just to keep the good memory alive. :) I saw them at sasquatch 08, love them.

[sloloth1]

@DisfiguredCowboy I think it debuted in late 2006

[zachf593]

amazing lyrics

im a fan

[mehmeh202]

Cool, good job.

[Hinterhansi]

amazing lyrics

[Shultshead]

That was a pretty good video. Keep it up.

[Xonzi]

I don't think this is such a bad video. Actually it's pretty good, keep it up omiewise.

[channel991]

Poor guy, being bashed for making this video even though it clearly says "Fan 'The Movies' Music Video". Pay attention.

[IntotheKaleidoscope]

i agree

i mean really it isnt that bad considering the guy made it from "the movies" and in 06

[davisher2]

such a good song, such a bad video

[MrsTambourine]

whats this? the sims?

[graddz1234]

No, Its The Movies!

[5livedbleachgirl]

whats "the movies"?

[graddz1234]

A pc game

[themoormans]

great band weak video

[StephDalo]

that would be the best after sex news

[steveuk1986]

I just went to the trouble of logging in to thank you for making me laugh lol... so Macabre

[StephDalo]

if you're replying to me, then you're welcome!:)

[steveuk1986]

indeed i was! :D

[Syst3m04]

I just realized your comment was 9 months old, thought you were talkin about Obama at first.

[TMVPCIARH]

he was BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[mobako]

This video fucking sucks endangered babboon cock.

[Ollo1412]

ingenious how when will sings something about vultures circling you showed the sequence with the helicopters i liked it kudos :)

[kennetuco]

sorry this video is awful.

[victorchaynang]

i have to agree

but good music taste!

[ryhrtjnr]

great track from a great band with an average video

[Guljacka]

I like Okkervil River!!!!!!!!!!!

[braeburny]

very boring and bad

[Idkwutmyusernameis]

this was the first song i ever heard by Okkervil River other than For Real. :)

thanks for uploading.<333

[mathiasffs]

is that the sims? with guns and shait?

[fallintodarkness]

it's the movies. awesome game. but completely different from the sims.

[mathiasffs]

hehe, okey.. just thought the graphics were kinda the same, so.. yea:>

cute song btw^^

[fallintodarkness]

They are kinda, I don't blame you. I have both games so I guess the differences are more apparent to me.

[another1shortdaymore]

this is so fantastic! great video, omiewise!

also, thank you for putting this song up. i had only heard "westfall" by okkervil river, and i found this song, and it is amazing.

[MisterLibertine]

Okkervil River seems to make quite good music, just discovered them a few hours ago.

Oh, and rest in peace J.F.K.

[w3stfa11]

in 3 words they said,

Like 3 shots to my head,

"The President's Dead".

[ChrisSawyer1026]

I see all these comments saying things like "I wish this song were true" and "The CIA must be investigating this band just because of the name of this song"

Am I the only person in the world who realizes that this song is clearly about JFK?

[TheAbsolutionHowl]

I also thought that was fairly obvious...

I expected a tad bit more of historical knowledge from Okkervil River fans.

[someonenoticeimdead]

I wish more people on youtube were like you. Keep the rational thoughts flowing.

[musicwithout]

you people really don't get it

[someonenoticeimdead]

tn explain it so we can.

[pronkb000]

"Face down on the tarmac dead" is a line that would imply that no, it's not "clearly" about JFK.

*Inspired* by JFK and the "Where were you when..." thing that came as a result? Sure. *About* JFK? No, it's not about any President in particular.

[tfkscores]

Haha whoever made this video is awesome. And also the bass player in Okkervil River is my Uncle Patrick Pestourious

[arcme]

Are you serious?

[tfkscores]

im for real man i just went to one of his concerts a month ago it was awesome

[GollumSupernova]

His name is Patrick Pestorius, so eather you lie or your are a bad nephew ;P

[adelechecade]

President's deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeead!

[chatham12]

i bet this band was invested hevily by the cia and shit just by the song titile

[godamnit1111]

not only was your comment dumb, you really need to learn how to spell lol.

[situationistcomedy]

i wish this song were true.

[tylerdurden187]

ha, not a bush fan i assume.

[lvillecards12]

this is just about apperciating things and how a tragady affects everyone

[MarsElegance]

I think it's pretty clear it's a look from the past at the Kennedy assassination.

At least that's what I understood.

But I don't know all that much, and I know he died in a car, but I guess maybe it's just based on a true story.

I might be wrong, but that's my idea.

[musicwithout]

wrong

[nosferatu81486]

also, i just noticed, the 'president' hits the sidewalk face first at the beginning. later you see him on his back in the street...

[ahsaywhaaat]

lmao oh shit i just relized this was a fan made music video lol

[nosferatu81486]

dont remember there ever being a president that wasnt an american....but thats not why im typing....i just thought id ask; why is there a love story mixed in with the death of a "president"? im just curious...not trying to slam the video or whoever made it, but seriously, why?

[thewesterly]

Um. Plenty of countries besides America have presidents, and their presidents aren't Americans.

[nosferatu81486]

yea, but im pretty sure this is supposed to be in america, since there is an american flag in it...unless theres some other country out there that we just took over. (in which id like to know which one)

[g76moore]

2nd verse.

[hengrung]

Perfectly planned?! You've got to be kidding me. It takes no creativity or planning whatsoever to follow the lyrics of the song almost to the dot. There are a whole host of reasons why no self respecting music video director would do this; it is fucking obvious, adds nothing to the song, and has all of the subtlety of a brick. Why anyone would want to see a bunch of badly animated computer characters reenact these lyrics when your own imagination could do a better job of it, is beyond me.

[coldshiftdown]

nice work, realy top notch, especialy considering you did it with the movies.

[stovedale]

Fake, people don't have sex in towels.

[quincy211188]

i do

[AtlDYnasty25]

No, but fake people do.

[smsptc]

If anyone says the video sux first off, the movies is VERY limited when it comes to movie making and second, for it being limited this video is greatly planned. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with it.

We all hate you hengrung.

[greatbigcanadiana]

hengrung, you suck. the video was brilliant! almost perfectly planned.

[hengrung]

This is awful. I wish people would stop making music videos using the fucking sims.

[lasthumans]

this was better than the Antoher Radio Song - video.

[Hawkey20]

best episode ever

[w3stfa11]

Great music video. Do another one with OR!

[2zednik0]

what's not to like?

[akakkelsey]

Amazing band. Nice work.

[omiewise]

I might have added too many guns and far too less coffee and spring in the video... I am not an action movie lover, the video just happen to turn out like this. And will anybody read this? And will anybody care? Should I stop typing now?

[airwick79]

LOL!

There are a few of us watching!

[Wolfenstein2021]

was that the sims or some shit

[Waitingforthedinos]

@omiewise It's awesome :D Don't worry