Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets [Official Video]

[demosthenesish]

@primodialfan1

YOU GTFO!. This song is awesome. Quit trollin on good songs.

[clmeredith]

can't wait to catch these guys play in London next week!

[Lennycoma]

When I met FLA they were really awesome. Even gave me kudos on my tattoo of there golden medallion cover. Awesome people.

[jasbk]

i missed these guys at Reading festival! gutted that i did! they should be main stagers next year!

[us8likes8cheese]

this is bloody awesome!

[CeruleanRomantic]

great video! the art is amazing!!

[irishlad1420]

proud to be irish with bands like this representing us

[Primordialfan1]

@irishlad1420

You're proud of this rubbish? GET OUT.

[niceverdict]

PRESSING REPLAY AGAIN!!!!

[ieatface1]

@drdrz3 I like other people too

[drdrz3]

I like my meatballs in a dish

[MsxGini]

"lovely noise" describes this band pretty well

[LeeBoy91291]

Cant wait to come and see these on sunday in birmingham xD

[XWR54]

Went to see them last night in the Roisin Dubh in Galway. These guys have a serious attitude problem. I was looking forward to seeing them, but within minutes they managed to kill the atmosphere for the few people that had actually showed up!

They clearly were not happy with the turn out and lowered themselves to arsey comments and arrogant behaviour.

Bad form!!!

[jasbk]

@XWR54 thats what bottles of Piss are for! Throwing at arsey rockstars!

[TheDavidNolanChannel]

@GreenCoreEire Woo Enter Shikari!

[WhimsicalPirate]

Latitude 2011 :D

[TheBuckwheat007]

Chimps don't like baths?

[CalzumSSBM]

@TheBuckwheat007 yup, thats the Lyrics lawl

[MrIisninja]

Its either random words or cryptic genious

[markiejuh]

I found out about these guy via oxegen!:)

I'm so fuckin happy they're coming!:):)

I FUCKIN LOVE YOU!:D

[tropicalscrot]

her pronounciation tickles my tummy

[syclejames]

@tropicalscrot The Dublin Accent??

[goldfishinaglass]

Why so short?! D: I have ruined the replay button. :L

[averydoc]

Law Ball 2011!!!!!!

The chance to see Fight Like Apes and Tom "the sexy class rep" Foley all on the same night...........I cant wait!!!!

[AceWinmore]

it's like Dr. Seuss had a stroke induced car crash....and then decided to start a music job....

irrelevant mannequins....

oh, and I think your fans suck too

[BlueSharkBoy434]

Alright! Now the song's picking up!

"...With overcoats tied around your head..."

Woo!

"...Japanese children in your bed..."

Ye-...Wait, what?!

I'm up for random lyrics and all, but I think that's gone a LITTLE overboard

[GrrrTheAllMighty]

@BlueSharkBoy434 You're wrong. Simple as :)

[dbasq1]

"...gip's don't like baths..."

It would explain the manky smell off them I suppose.

[gingerzarecool]

i will admit when she said 'japanese children in your bed' i was a bit like 'wtf' but i do actually love dis song!!

[gingerzarecool]

love dis song

[buzzkillington97]

'cha cha cha cha, chimps don't like bats..' xD

[Splashvids18]

My best mates brother is theyre sound technician, which means free tickets, backstage passes, and signned albums from May Kay and the gang..... lucky bastard...

[OhKizzle]

They are SO addictive

[savemenowX3]

japanese children in your bed, thats when she looked at me and said, i dont like simple kids.

[EoghanDog]

half these guys songs aren't even on youtube? FLA need to get more recognition there one of the best bands around at the minute

[xXxLadyGigglesxXx]

I get a little thrill in me when I hear that lovely noise.. :D xD

[emmahxbootsx]

Lovely noise ....awesome noise :)

[sebastiansissy]

Lovely noise

[dope154]

This is class

[youngbrabbit]

i cant compete with all you talk about. you're so informed. yet you talk just like a louse.

[ShockMeRed]

My doctors cousin is in this band.

Random right?

x]

[patdlover1916]

@ShockMeRed lol

[TheLintroller]

@ShockMeRed Haha, a woman I knows cousin is In this band

[GrrrTheAllMighty]

@ShockMeRed Not really. Its just coincidental.

[nightofthemonkies]

One of my favorite videos of all time

[Dannyfriskme69]

Fight like apes are whack! my top fave band!

[bcrdhu]

i love this band

[chezza786]

i met fight like apes just der ! der sooo kewl maykay is sooo nice and all the others hahah xxxx

[firsttimein]

Japanese children in your bed? What crap........

[TheDenis1966]

all you lot in dubland are really just to cool for skool

[angelcarroty]

EW GAY



[RubyworksRecords]

Pre Order the new album!!! towerrecords.ie

[iiiSinner]

It makes me so happy to know that they're an Irish band. ^_^

[DramaQueen9794]

love this music video :D soo kwl. The song is pretty awesome too :P

[cottoncandy113]

I hope this band becomes really big, they deserve it. Who knows, maybe they are big in Europe, but I just hope then end up having a great career. They deserve it.

[RandomMaggot]

@cottoncandy113 They have played in the US a bit...and around England and maybe other parts of Europre...The prodigy hand picked them to be their support in the UK last year....they've played at Oxegen and are playin Electric Picnic this year

[cottoncandy113]

@RandomMaggot I've never heard of electric picnic, but I can't find them on Pandora radio so I just assumed they weren't huge like, hmmm... Muse? I ask a lot of people I know if they've heard of them but they never have. :(

[RandomMaggot]

@cottoncandy113 Oh...well I take it your not from Ireland?Electric Picnic is an Irish music and comedy festival near where I live...it's pretty huge.....FLA are an Irish band so you'd prob find them easier on Irish related sites....I know Muse....I think everyone I know knows Muse =)

[cottoncandy113]

@RandomMaggot Yeah I live in Colorado XD Our big thing where I live is called Warp Tour. That's our big music concert of random bands :P

[RandomMaggot]

@cottoncandy113 Yeah I know the Warped Tour....an Irish band, Mike Got Spiked, played it a few years ago and all!! Electric Picnic and Oxegen would be our two big music festivals...

[thegunner666]

fucking brilliant.

[someroadrunnerguy22]

is it only available in europe?

[nataliemcree]

I like crazy nonsense like this.

[NoBusesx]

READING FEST :D

[DramaQueen9794]

@NoBusesx oMG r they at the Reading Festival?!

[mappsy91]

@DramaQueen9794 not any more they pulled out : (

[DramaQueen9794]

@mappsy91 :(

[purle337]

i love this song<3(:

[xantiherox]

im in love with this band

wow

[MightyZaa]

fucking love them :D

[PeteMoss36]

Move over, Mick Jagger & Co! Wow, I never thought I'd become a listener of mediocrity, boredom and frustration until ... this giant sucking sound arrived! Thank you Satan, and thank you Dark Lord!

[Mr3tank3]

this song 4 some reason makes me wanna fuck all crazy like

[risier1]

I'm english, and i must say, i tease my friend about her being irish, just for the fun :P . but i'm glad she doesn't know about this band, because just by saying, "well irland has fight like apes" I wouldn't be able to tease her anymore D: GREAT song!

[astro1188]

@risier1 your a fuckin retard

[xLillySummersx]

@astro1188 And here you are using 'your' incorrectly. Leave him be <_<

[pandaapple54]

awsome song

[kobweb999]

Pure class! One of few bands that make ya proud to be irish! (:

[iamfornow]

my fav song ever!

[tiffeng]

irish women voice

[angeley703]

niceee.

[OMGItsSuicidalKytten]

i think it makes sense.

it's about someone going into a mental institution, hence the jackets, stray jackets tie up. and the noise, could be the lovely noise you hear when its silent.

just a thought.

[IveGottaPenny]

Dont care for the song too much. interesting video tho.

[conall101]

suprisingly justin timeberlakes taste in music isnt half bad

[myXmusicXchannel]

Too short, but great :]

[RobTrain09]

what a load of shit, it doesn't make any sense, But some how it's great..

[FLAPESforPREZ]

it makes perfect sense if you know what they're talking about

[RobTrain09]

well please enlighten us lol, wow 11 thumbs up holy shit :)

[crissicronic]

Of course it makes sense and has a meaning, as long as you're not an idiot I mean. She's not John Lennon, I doubt she'd make a song that has no meaning.

[RobTrain09]

Well can you tell me the meaning of the first verse? Or what it means to you? Same goes for you, I like my meatballs in a dish And I like other people too. As the saying goes I'm pretty miffed, But I'd love to see you in the nude With faux fur coats tied around your head, Japanese children in your bed And then she looked at me and said I don't like Simple Kid. Holding hands with Elouise, Taking smoke breaks as you please You got a lot of fancy toys, Christmas jumpers, lovely noise

[RobTrain09]

edit: don't know what the person who wrote these lyrics was smoking at the time but it's ''overcoats tied around your head'' not ''faux fur coats'' lmao

[nwalsh1]

@RobTrain09 OH well now it's all SO much clearer! :P

[RobTrain09]

lol tell me about it man... only things i can relate to or understand are ''taking smoke breaks as you please'' because i do at work.... errrm ''my room smells like socks'' mine does too ^_^, i guess i got a christmas jumper somewhere. There are no japanese children in my bed though, that would be abit fucked up.

[shotgunbuddha67]

"Lovely noise" refers to "love sounds," obviously. The jackets and overcoats are euphemisms for bondage gear, though improvised. So, let's just say that the song is about a chick who likes it freaky in the bedroom, yeah? It's called "Tie Me Up With Jackets" for a reason.

Peace.

[RobTrain09]

and chimps don't like baths means? Japanese children in your bed? Holding hands with elouise? Come on keep going, you were on a roll :)

[shotgunbuddha67]

Part 2:

"Elouise...Taking smoke breaks..." Doesn't want a traditional relationship, a la Dick and Jane, Simple Kid and Elouise/ Sex, smoke, sex, smoke, etc.

"It smells like socks and smells like Apple Schnapps..." Her room smells pretty stank, but it's the one place where the pair can get together and make the baby, yeah?

"CHIMPS DON'T LIKE BATHS!" Well, the band is called Fight Like Apes, and MayKay, who just lyrically fucked a guy, likes the scent of lovestink and doesn't shower.

Peace.

[RobTrain09]

good fucking job, tthatt almost makes sense of it. Your hypothesis is abit sketchy but it's definitely the bestt explaination i've heard. Now make sense of this

And I can't compete with all you talk about,

You're so informed.

Yet you talk just like a lout, you say

You own a tank just like you're selling perfume.

Like a brand-new scent for modern man,

Invented by cartoons.

seriously though well done, A*

[shotgunbuddha67]

"I can't compete with..." Post-sex conversation, guy knows a lot, but can't express his thoughts clearly enough, like a "lout" would.

"You own a tank..." Guy owns a truck, or a "lorry" as you might say, looks like a traveling salesman's vehicle. The lyrics are only similes; nothing special.

But that's just me. What did you get out of this song? Lyrically, that is.

[RobTrain09]

I think you are nearly spot on man, don't really have much to add. I think ''japanese children in your bed'' is more of a joke than anything, because it is followed with ''then i looked at her and said ''i don't like simple kid''.'' Simple kid is an old irish musician, and since they are an irish band it's quite fitting.

The tie me up with jackets line is the most obvious part and doesn't need much explaining. Ahh gotta go, wil add to this later.

[RobTrain09]

please tell me the meaning of the first verse, in more detail than ''the song is about a chick who likes to get freaky in the bedroom'' lol. Peace

[shotgunbuddha67]

Ok, pal. Just know, if this were for a term paper, you'd owe me (kidding)!

Part 1:

"Same goes for me..." Two relatable people meet up based on their similarities, namely the implied S&M fetish.

"As the saying goes..." They become friends, the loving kind who piss each other off, yet eventually "get down."

"Japanese children..." Who thinks during sex? You often say things that either make the situation better or just plain weird. Hence, the stream-of-consciousness lyrics.

[mappsy91]

@RobTrain09 it's all metaphors

[BlueSharkBoy434]

@RobTrain09 Hence the title "Tie Me Up With Jackets" :)

[blueastronaut1]

Perhaps, in a strange way, one of the most romantic songs ever written. Well, hell, it makes me warm inside. Lovely. Lovely noise. Lovely noise. Big heart somewhere in there. Wink and a smile!

[WeFailBad]

i love flapes thats a shortened name hope you like it...sorry if i offened you!you are pretty fantastic:)

[garvito101]

@WeFailBad 

YouWinGood.

[hurlyburlycurly]

Pretty old man! It's good though!

[KeepinItRealMofo]

flapes?! is that there nickname now,cause if so i love it xD!!!

& great song too :p

[mrinspiron101]

another great thing to come out of ireland!!! XD

[GodessOfMoon]

i officially love this song!

what genre of music would this be???

[hurlyburlycurly]

Psychedelic cock sucking blues?

[IveGottaPenny]

Pop-punk. leaning on pop.

[HybridCult]

haha this is a kick ass video , i saw em last week cos i was working in the venue they played never heard em before talked to the drummer after , really sound guy

[Vote1Jimmy]

lolZ Chimps don't like baths

Great Song

[yokoono678]

Absouletly brilliant.. saw them in wiesbaden (germany) and couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the evening.. had a chat with tom after the show.. rellay nice guy

album is brilliant too.. one of the best bands of our time

[iluvGAA]

love it

[cleeshmee2007]

This video is unbelivable!

[strangecodes]

FUCKING brilliant song - FUCKING brilliant band.

Love them, with love. Made of love.

LOVE.

More power.

[6194lisa]

yup met them too! and they hugged me and my friend for being such GREAT FANS :) absolute love for them

[alexskudder]

met the whole band yesterday at jersey live. :) theyre AMAZING and all so nice :)

I LOVE THEM

[patdlover1916]

That's awesome! Lucky!!!

[flyawayhome3]

amazing music video

[fractallaaake]

chimps don't like bats?

[FLAPESforPREZ]

baths

[fractallaaake]

oh.that makes more sense..

[XOhMyGoshDramaQueen]

Seen them on Wednesday nite. AMAZING!

[aikighost]

Good gig at reading festival yesterday.

[TheKesster]

I cant wait to see them on Wednesday night!! There amazing seen them at oxegen!!

[martintube1989]

Fight like apes are epic i just wish more people knew them. Radio staions don't play enough of irish bands like Ham sandwhich, Fred and FLA

[indierickenbacker]

best band ever

[rickyroma100]

Their album is really good - wish Irish bands like this were more successful instead of whiney rubbish like the Script. If they get rid of the pop culture references in their lyrics reckon they'd get more attention!

[jonnyrocketballs69]

120,000 views. that's impressive for an irish band thesedays, the scene is poor at best.

[sinshin92]

unfortunate but true

[FLAPESforPREZ]

i cant wait 2 get my hads on an EP of 'Jenny Kelly' and 'I Am Not A Merry Man' =]

[Mogwa87]

@kscan091:Who wants more pop music?!?!

[kscan091]

could someone in this country start making pop or dance music instead of leaving the music to students stuck in their s*** indie rut

[EddieTuite]

Pop or dance..? Are you serious mate? haha

[SuperHairprincess]

i like my meat balls in a dish :]

[christothejames]

i was at the square festival in borth wales on saturday night, i fuckin got on stage and had a dance for one song! amazing!!!

[16angela]

great video! :D

[xZoZo44x]

schweet, seein em friday!! :P

[thespottyzebra]

hahahah i thought your coment was in finnish or something them but then i realised it was meant to say "sweet, i am seeing them on friday !! :P" hehe

xx

[gingefring]

love it love it love it love it!!!

play a gig in ballinasloe!!!!

[MRCON94]

class song

[ninjatastic95]

this song is genius.and her voice is refreshing

[rockabillyrickie]

WHAT A BRILLIAAAAANT RIFF AT THE START

[MENOTSKINNY]

as the saying goes am pretty miffed ... not at FLA tho :)

[Bamster67]

I love my meatballs in a dish too! The lyrics are crazy random but it's a class song! Love it

[absterz00]

'Japanese children in your bed' Strange and brilliant :D

[MJarehot]

lovely noise that makes you love me

[TheRoyalPlatypus]

i cant get this song out of my head. its been on repeat for 2 days now. i just love the lyrics...her voice...the randomness...

[spuddeer60606]

does anyone know of any more bands like this?

[dookie2kie]

Wellther same type or Irish??

Ham Sandwich, Jape (not like FLApes), Juno Falls (Formerly Blotooth and also Miles ), Alphastates (Formerly Babelfish), Gemma Hayes, Autamata, Cathy Davey, Lisa Hannigan, (Mic Christopher RIP), Bell X1, Concerto for Constantine, Turn (RIP), The Reindeer Section, The Swell Season, We Shoulde be Dead, Fox jaw Bounty Hunters, and many more,... Check some of those bands out, you shall not be dissappointed!!

Slan go foill!

[DINGDONG645]

Dirty epics ^^

[mikemcnickname]

Dirty epics are another rock band kinda like this , fronted by a woman and the like

Good sound to them

[LadyRidleySilverlake]

I can't get enough of this song it's so random and amazing it fits so well it a messed up hot mess sorta way.

[Screamelmo47]

These guys are frakin brilliant live if u get the chance sheck them out! Their class MayKays a nutter ha!! :)

[spuddeer60606]

there at reading this year! only just started listening to them 2 days ago then found out they are playing there. woop

[mkellers]

OMG probably one of the best music videos I've ever seen :D Gotta love this band!

[bloopabloopa]

the album this is on is SO worth the buy. It's only, like, €5 (not sure what that is in dollars =P) on iTunes!! Ahhh I love them xD

[CssAfc]

did it just say 'japanese children in your bed' ?

i love this band

[falloutboyfreak88]

This Isn't On Limewire :@

[minicliptube]

Torrents own limewire

[zOmfgitsChalissar]

im sure it will be.

[marronthered]

great song, cool video1

[warpedwiselegoman]

strange....strange indie band....though thoroughly enjoyable

[mab24pred]

i'm so friggin pissed off at missing you at the Cockpit!

damn, best discovery of this year

[woohooooo0]

"so tie me up with jackets and fumagate my room, it smells like socks and tastes like apple schnapps, but you can live there too."

legend!! :L

[OnTrack0901]

i know, wheres the repeat button

[zoepumkin]

lurrve this band best band ever and i can get an autograph cuz this is my aunties cousins band!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PhoenixJesamy]

truly awsume i could listen to this all fuging day!! check out my youtube page for all there songs from there debut album....

=]

[eanna1990]

trinity ball tonight!:) gonna be unreal!

[mab24pred]

i had tickets to go see these guys in leeds

unfortunately my 'friend' decided to leave it till too late, and didn't get one so i ended up not going. i hate him!!! lol

absolutely love this band. the sound of 09