Alkaline Trio Private Eye

[TheMeghanmaloney]

they sound soo good live as well as on album <3

[Jakskibob10]

Amazing Song

[KirkusMan31]

greenday failed at trying to act like these guys..

[mpwner11]

@KirkusMan31 greenday was good...... back in 92-98 and maybe early 2000.

[MusicalElitist1]

Atom Willard on drums there. And this was the first song I learn to play on electric guitar. TUNE! I love ALK3 fans!

[AlphaPhatFilms]

Punk Rock isn't a music genre. It's something else. Scientists are still trying to reveal the secret. One day, in the future we will figure out what this beautiful invention is. But, right now we'll just call it 'life stories, with orgasmic sounds in the background'.

[harataikiphilosopher]

@AlphaPhatFilms The most honest music since Blues.

[lumyingluo]

\m/  \m/

[TheNicholasflamel]

this is perfection at its finest <3

[Chrazzari]

A day to remember were gonna cover this, but they ran outta time (true)

No sleep til, either Alkaline Trio or AD2R hardest decision I've ever made, but gotta say hearing Alkaline Trio live was awesome xD

[JasonVS2011]

This may be common knowledge to the hard core Alkaline Trio fan but as a casual fan i discovered something kinda interesting last night. Im pretty sure that the words for this song are inspired by the short novel 'Pulp' by Charles Bukowski. I was reading it last night. The books about a private 'hard drinking' detective. He watches '2 flys fuck' in his office on 'page 11'. The whole songs got the same dirty and sleazy feel that the book has. Just a theory, I could be wrong.

[mynamesnotjosh05]

@JasonVS2011 hmmmm...might have to read that one.

[evondizzle]

@JasonVS2011 that's an interesting theory....but in chicago, channel 11 is WTTW which is pretty much public access, and I'm sure at one point there were flies fucking on that channel

[szubdee]

I downloaded this song by napster recommendation on my 56k modem and it was worth it :D

[TheDanishFOREVER]

I wish they had a freakin' awesome button... :3

[HAsmatarian]

WoW! Hell yeah! Love Alkaline Trio! Listening to a lot of Alkaline Trio, Hey You!, The Offspring, All Time Low, The Get Up Kids, Blink-182, and No Doubt....

Hey You! is still pretty new, but they're waaaaaaaay dope. Pop/Punk/Rock with a real cool edge. Plus they've got a pretty cute chick singer :-) check em out....

search "hey you band taking over"

[MiGwElOnGo]

so SEXY



[RyanJDizzle]

Lolwut Atom Willard

[techgamer123]

what ever happend to matt skiba

[the6cow6god6]

@techgamer123 he got awsome!!!!!!

[AVAAtticus182]

OMFG ATOM WILLARD ON DRUMS :) @ 2:35 :)

[mcleodmackenzie]

usually listen to drum n bass and hip hop but this tune is SICK!!!!

[cornelsamoila]

so much energy!!!!

[fallenhero0067]

ahh the joys of people trying to tell others that one style of music is better than another, it reminds me of something else in the world that causes war... what was it again... oh thats it... religion

[upsidedownh3art]

Poor Matt! channel 11 is PBS in chicago. . This song fucking owns.Fuck all that shitty hip hop people were naming.

Atmosphere>all the other hip hop that has ever existed

[qwertyuiopdan1]

@upsidedownh3art Well then you're an idiot.

[punkprincess103133]

I love the crafty lyrics!!!!!!!!!

[xJohnGx]

WARNING!!! The following hip hop artists have lyrics with words that rise to levels of genius , the ignorant and weak minded....those who can only hear the beat of the drum.....will never hear the lyrics.

GZA - song recomm.... B.I.B.L.E.

Mathematics

Killah Priest

[stillmatic117]

@xJohnGx If you are into lyrics, listen to Rhyme Asylum.

[xJohnGx]

@stillmatic117 DOPE! nice suggestion... what else you got hiding in your mp3 player? 

thanks!

[bradleyboy101]

is it normal 4 peoples dads to get them is this band ??

[hotmetaldobermans]

internet bickering. so dumb. sssshhh

[ScullionTheBarber]

Sometimes people just get it right, of all the combinations of chords and lyrics that exist, this song was written and it describes a feeling that's indescribable.

[17Teagle]

@ScullionTheBarber

Hell ya true that

this band is sickkk!

[FersureMaybexD]

I dragged this lake looking for corpses

Dusted for prints, pried up the floorboards

Pieces of planes and black box recorders

Don't lie x2

[eugeniohz]

nice band, thanks a lot man!!

[vulnerabledonkey]

Kerrang 3.

One of the many songs of my childhood.

[Kart00nHead]

*insert generic comment about how eclectic my music tastes are* fuckin' 1-up-man wankers.

[6XstringXsamurai]

@Kart00nHead fuckinA!

[MrStephenJBarr]

not fucking way that was out 10 years ago?!

[Nattie182]

atom willard <3 

[evanisthemans]

If i unchecked your genre tab in Itunes you wouldn't be so smug about genres cause you wouldn;t know right right. right... ooh i need a nap

[mmtot]

That atom Willard on drums?

[augadizzle1000]

you lot are fuckin boring.... shut up. alkaline trio are the fuckin nuts though <3

[elCuartoFiend]

Ignore the genre. Listen to music. If it reaches some part of you, listen to it. If not, don't. Shut the fuck up everyone.

[Staley196]

you guys are right and wrong. you both win. now suck each others weeners. punk rock is better. I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD MY FIRST BEER . ............fucks

[emomooc]

ive smoked myself retarded

[tuckerobaker]

you can find good lyricism and metaphors in hip hop as well! although i would never trade any hiphop over listening to alk3.  always in the mood for some alk3 baby <3

[bigbadbass3]

I have a dream. It's not a big dream, it's just a little one. My dream, and I hope you don't find this too crazy, is to search for a video of any of my favorite bands and to NOT have a bunch of self-righteous, over-opinionated ASSHOLES fighting about whether or not it's a good song, or a good band, or a relevant genre or WHATEVER. Can't anyone just enjoy music and let other people enjoy whatever they want anymore? Are we that obsessed with arguing as a culture that it's come to this? Ridiculous.

[6661MetalHead1666]

Great song! Heyyyy isnt that the drummer from angels and airwaves??

[MrDakotaheer]

whats with all the hate? reading the comments below makes me sick. (and not just the part about the bloody cunt rag)

[goodkarmafollowsme]

@howcomeyousucksomuch

Isn't it great how you can say what you want on the internet without getting your face smashed. Anytime you come down to New Zealand, name a place and a time, bring a friend if you need to and we'll see how your language is then and how brave you really are you sad case.

Everyone has opinions. Yours are different. Just be very careful, you might get undone by your attitude one day.

Have a good day anyway sad sack

[aim2plz89]

i first heard this when i was 13 me and my m8s used to get wiped out to this, creepy de ja va lol

[Havoc4eva]

oh god not many artist can sing this well live:)

[mastermikeypresents]

i listen to everything to me music is music hip hop is good music alkaline trio is good music it really doesnt matter what kind of music you listen to if its good its good

[0oLenaaao0]

Thmbs up if you're here for Hayley. :D

[robowombat]

This song and video changed my life. I remember being in 7th grade and looking into this band because my sisters boyfriend would wear their shirt when he came over. Next thing I know I'm listening to all of their cds and seeing them 3-4 times a year. I developed a love for music and live concerts in general. Since then I have moved onto others genres such as electronic and jam but my roots stem from punk rock and especially this band Alkaline Trio. So thanks for the post. Brings me back

[bigshortdog]

dude i had this on my ipod when i was homeless got me through the rough times

[iamthemovie42]

@bigshortdog

...how did you charge it?

[twowheelfrenzy]

Speaking of new years eve.... i spent mine on my own, with my laptop, cuddleing up to a 24 pack & a bottle of whiskey. why? Because i was drunk from dec 19th (My birthday) till January 2nd LMAO. and you know what? I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!

[bdassvids]

o i thought it was a judas priest cover

[persiandude6]

wow! matt can take off his hat and change his clothes while still playing guitar!

[chrisbloom00]

1000th like. Boomtown.

[slapbetman1]

Hell, the same thing happened to me on new years but I was watching high class fuck on channel 8

[fahim113]

Its New years eve, its boring as hell and nobody is around...spooky and lonesome...but at least this song helps :D

[Curry2PeppersSLAM]

@fahim113 Truth my friend.

[fentonyoung]

VH1 music first? HA! that's a joke right?

[shastinamarie]

God. Saw them twice. And I would pay triple the price I've already payed to see them again. The energy of the crowds are AMAZING. This is one of the best bands out there. No doubt.

[keh5keh5]

@shastinamarie since they put on "guyliner" they suck royal... such a shame...

[MrNoX12]

IM 18 My cousin took me to the house of blues a couple years back and we watched these guys live ALK3 forever!!!!

[95gsx]

godmammit was a great album. The lyrics were pretty good. I kind of lost track of them after that.......

[persiandude6]

i love how u took the x2 out of the intro. its makes it seem more upbeat

[fuckamericanidiot]

the old days of kerrang

[cbr600nic]

i went to school with the band along time ago and matt is a visionary

[LukesInABox]

25 people lack musical taste.

[xiondissonancex]

AT THE RIIIIIGHT PLACE AT THE RIIIIGHT TIME.

[tawnyZOMBY]

alk3 was played on a vh1 channel?

that's weird.

[rebeccaviezel]

I've got a huge crush on Matt Skiba! bahahaha

[Arjalineck]

<3 lovvveeee

[Craig3786]

i spy atom willard? no Derek?

[Saltcitysound]

@Craig3786

Nope! Atom was filling in during that tour. Derek came in during the time of recording.

[joshtoddification]

I have been too see Alkaline Trio 3 times in my life. I listen to Trance, Minimal Tech, House, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Rap, Pop, Classical, Blues.... I listen to everything.... Who gives a fuck what genres what, this is a fucking tune. You can find talent iin all different genres, some of my favourite music doesn't involve a guitar, it doesnt make it shit. I listen to what makes me happy. This song makes me happy!

[mallpunk182]

@joshtoddification Well said my friend.

[ETHANIOSAURUS]

@FessaaProductions Quite the good point my good chap.

[goodbyevil]

They worship the devil, they were quoting the devils bible at one show!

[tuckerobaker]

i love you matt skiba, dan andriano and derek grant.... ummmm... man crush even though you aint here derek <3

[ficastefixe]

atom on drums in this video :D

[ETHANIOSAURUS]

Matt's so cool he can change outfits on the fly. I LOVE this song.

[InLaciered]

Good song actually!

[olieeilo]

this band makes me hate blink 182

[Petersalmonater]

@olieeilo why?

[TheLimeTreeBand]

@olieeilo that's weird, 'cause blink 182 makes me hate blink 182.

[capostatus937]

@olieeilo why do sum people hate blink , i like alk3 and blink. How can you hate albums like cheshire cat and dude ranch?

[missmizfit23]

this song was one of ma favorites when i was in high skool frken loved it !!!

[missmizfit23]

this song was one of ma favorites when i was in high skool frken loved it !!!

[bloodsugarmotor]

no one give a shit how old you are.

[baldysoftknuckles]

this is a great tune but it isnt 'real' guitar music, pretty simple really, but many of the best tunes are :)

[AGiftByGrace1]

new years eve it was boring as heaven i watched flies fuck on channel eleven hehehe Alkaline trio D'best!

[BodaciousWickerman]

@AGiftByGrace1 Best line in the song.

[AGiftByGrace1]

@BodaciousWickerman hahahaha yeah i think it was hard to watch how d flies fck hahahahaha

[StoneGregory13]

Matt's little dance at 2:11 <3

[voncrusader]

those people are gays.....they are a fan of justin B....fuck !!!!!

[TheAnnoyingSound]

@voncrusader You're a fucking retard, why should we listen to you?

[christhedumbass]

what kind of person dislikes this song

if u dont like it then dont listen to it

[PatrickTheHattrick92]

i saw them live one time. front and fucking center. so intense. i had a white knuckle grip on the barricade the whole show just to hold my spot

[CanibbalsrUs]

this song is so fucking AUSWOME

[parkourjosh]

I can't believe I waited so long to listen to these guys... *disappointed in myself*

[sekoya428]

<3Alkaline Trio. Enough said.

[dodagika10]

They were fucking awesome yesterday when they performed at Warped Tour 2010 in Pomona!!

[ETHANIOSAURUS]

@dodagika10 Yea but theyre one of the only Non screamo bands. which is fuckin queer.

[BodaciousWickerman]

Such a good song!!! Remember when it first came out, still sounds as good today.

[ikilledhannahmontana]

Okay is their drummer in this video the current drummer for AVA?

[xFrostBlood]

@ikilledhannahmontana yeah, its atom

[zombiepunkthrash666]

I love this song I saw them live at vans 2010!! they were great as always! for some reason they remind me of the song cracked.

[KidMeevin]

ha when did vh1 every play alkaline trio!?

[FessaaDaBomb]

@KidMeevin And how did Alkaline get on Letterman? lol.

[goodkarmafollowsme]

I am 47 and I LOVE this band !!!!! It reminds me of music I used to listen to and bands I used to see in London in the 80's !!!!! Fantastic, so much energy. I'm glad the youth of today aren't all listening to this rap CRAP stuff but real guitar music !!!!!!

[skunape]

@goodkarmafollowsme 45 here, same thing....

[lern2sk8]

@goodkarmafollowsme Ugh, tell me about it, i'm 14, i walk around school, kids with Ipods listening to stupid shit like Eminem, Britney spears, Ke$ha, basically anything rap, hip hop and all that crap.

i hate it!

There are only a couple of people in my school, that enjoy the GOOD type of music, and not the ones starred on Disney.

it disgusts me.

Alkaline trio rules :)

[airwalkcrazy360]

@lern2sk8 Nirvana, Soundgarden, ALK3, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins. If you listen to them, you live forever

[BigMac7780]

@lern2sk8 To be brutally fair, hip hop can be awesome. Lit-RUN DMC. However, MODERN rap/hip hop is crap. This, THIS, is music. Blast it while standing in line somewhere to musically educate everyone around you.

[lern2sk8]

@BigMac7780 Well, there was a time, where hip-hop had it's Ups.

But it's all turned to shit with Rhianna and all that crap. Kanye West turned hip-hop into Bip-Bop >_>

And blasting this around people just gets you yelled at, trust me. :(

Noone likes 14 year olds blasting good music anymore.

</3

What happened to the pedophiles acting like teens!

[Isahn666]

@BigMac7780 i musically educate the snobbiest part of town with the misfits, alkaline trio, metallica, whitechapel, suicide silence....always the loudest and some times most downright abnoxious shit. it scares the shit out of everyone, but thats why i love it.

[WildotheD1ldo]

@BigMac7780 Im gonna have to disagree that modern rap is crap. A large portion of it is but mainstream anything generally sucks, you gotta search find the Lupe Fiascos and people like that.

[BenWeigand]

@BigMac7780 youre listening to the wrong modern hip hop. theres plenty of good modern rap/hip hop

[kittywuvsidvicious]

@lern2sk8 i feel the samee way(: add me?

[declanmd]

@lern2sk8 yeh well we'll see what happens to your taste when you start smoking pot.

[declanmd]

@lern2sk8 p.s grandmaster flash, sugarhill gang, run dmc need i go on

the artists you have listed are pop not hip hop, do some fucking homework

[lern2sk8]

@declanmd Learn to read?

"Anything that's rap, hip hop and all that crap"

I never said that what i listed was hip hop,

I was listing genres that were really terrible.

Do some fucking English homework.

[declanmd]

@lern2sk8 well its just good to know you've got about as much taste as a 60 year old smoker

[lern2sk8]

@declanmd Well what'dya fuckin know stupid cunt.

[declanmd]

@lern2sk8 big words for a 14 year old emo who gets his kicks from sucking his mums bloody cunt rag

[lern2sk8]

@declanmd you've got as much taste as a flaming homosexual,

i'm not emo,

i don't suck out my mums bloody cunt rag,

so you've got me all wrong.

stupid american cunt.

go kill yourself stupid fuck

[declanmd]

@lern2sk8 Well Matt Skiba went through a homosexual when he was in The Traitors, and I'm pretty sure he has taste,

otherwise you wouldn't be watching this video,

and I'm not american you fucking idiot

and you sport a banner supporting emo on your page.

Just goes to show that you don't suck cunt rags,

you are a cunt rag.

[lern2sk8]

@declanmd I meant, you've got as much taste as a flaming homosexual as in, you love cock, and you've got a taste for cock.

you can't word things properly, please fix your sentences, and you are a cunt rag, that doesn't make any sense, you repeated something you said earlier, just fixed it to make ME the cunt rag.

Mhmm.

Nice, you're sounding American.

[GreyFenn]

@lern2sk8 Awww come on, what's with the gay-bashing?!

[lern2sk8]

@GreyFenn i'm not. O.o

[ethanjoncas]

@lern2sk8 wow dude wow

[GreyFenn]

@lern2sk8 You shouldn't care so much about what other people think and like.

[lern2sk8]

@GreyFenn I do because, they always try talk to you about this type of music, which has 0 taste.

it's all over radios, youtube, going through person to person.

pisses me off >.<

[GreyFenn]

@lern2sk8 I can see why that might be annoying. But you're still young. When I was your age (haha, I sound old) I was in your situation, but many of my former classmates have more 'evolved' tastes now. Many people in puberty will go through phases and stuff and will end up listening to more interesting and mature things.

It's just a matter of time. You can't really blame people for enjoying commercial stuff, it's made to appeal to everyone. But it *is* too bad that people won't look further.

[GreyFenn]

@lern2sk8 Also, it's not a sin to enjoy a stupid pop song now and then. ;)

Kind of like how caviar might be 'good food' while junkfood is crap, but you can still crave a Big Mac sometimes ...

[lern2sk8]

@GreyFenn That is very true,

but i just don't like this kind of stuff,

and all the put on radios, is all this crap that i don't like, and ALOT of other people i know don't like.

It's just stupid, someone should seriously start up a radio station, that has request from bands that are more into the hardcore scene, and by that i do not mean hardcore rap. >.<

One of my mates loves pop, I showed him alkaline trio, and now he hates pop haha. good to open someones tastes a bit :)

[GreyFenn]

@lern2sk8 I agree with you. It'd be nice if there was more variety on the radio. And you're right, there are probably enough people who enjoy this kind of stuff for someone to make a radio station just for this kind of thing. Maybe you could do it? :P

And yeah, a lot of people probably listen only to top 40 stuff just because they don't know any better. I was just lucky to grow up with parents who liked good music.

[MrMcbry69]

@lern2sk8 Word

[AndyV002]

@lern2sk8

Listening to different music from your peers doesn't make you cooler. : /

And theres nothing wrong with Eminem.

[lern2sk8]

@AndyV002 I don't mean to disrespet Eminem, he was at a stage where he was funny and good to listen to, but now he's going through his " Meriod " of his music career, and it's just not my taste.

i listen to alot of new stuff, but not Pop (pop as in POPULAR)

i listen to the hardcore things, BMTH, parkway drive, ISMFOF, all that.

just not my cup of tea ^^

[Noctorious88]

@goodkarmafollowsme >>>>>Rap has alot of energy....comercial rap not so much....i Love rap....still love this tune though

[xiondissonancex]

@goodkarmafollowsme did you say "youth of today" as a pun?

[dogfriend3]

@goodkarmafollowsme i am 51 and i love this band to, and so many other punk bands. Great music!

[herpaderpize]

@goodkarmafollowsme i agree that this band is good, but unless you have actually listened to some rap and have given it the same respect that you would to other bands, then i don't think you have any right to call it crap. good day sir.

[goodkarmafollowsme]

@herpaderpize ok i respect your opinion, good point.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@goodkarmafollowsme don't follow his advice though! for the health of the tiny bones in your ears at leat

[herpaderpize]

@goodkarmafollowsme thank you.

[rednutt69]

@goodkarmafollowsme chugging power chords and strumming octaves is real guitar? didnt realise.. wouldnt really call them energetic either... want energy look up enter shikari!

[cousinbebop]

@goodkarmafollowsme You're right, it's not like people in hip-hop use guitars. Like the roots? And you're right, real guitar guitar music is distorted over-gained power chords right? Don't get me wrong, I love alkaline trio, but you've written off an entire genre of music based on whether people play guitars or not. In my mind, power chords is sloppy guitar music, not "real guitar music!!!"

[Apoxiosis]

@goodkarmafollowsme yeah, music is like candy, throw out the rappers ;)

[bakkermaarten007]

@goodkarmafollowsme 47 you say? Wanna have an extra son? =D

[howcomeyousucksomuch]

@goodkarmafollowsme

Fuck off. I listen to both Alkaline Trio and hip hop. If dumb fucks like you actually bothered to look into the non-mainstream hip hop out there they'd realize that there are still socially conscience, intelligent rappers out there that make good music with lyricism miles ahead of guitar-heavy bands. Its okay though, old people are stuck in their ways and ignorant about new music and cultures, and you're no exception.

[The949080]

@howcomeyousucksomuch THIS. FUCKING THIS. THANK YOU. GET 'EM.

[DublAK2]

@howcomeyousucksomuch

Lupe

[lucyandnyuuatonce]

@howcomeyousucksomuch

To be fair, I agree with you, although I would like to point out that your point about "looking past mainstream hip-hop" applies to "guitar-heavy bands" too. It works both ways, away from the mainstream there are still socially coscience, intelligent rockers out there too. Again though, we're pretty much just making the same point.

[strychnine7777]

@howcomeyousucksomuch WELL SAID!