Jay Reatard - "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"

[thatONEmachine]

Hey guitar players...help me out. The only way i can find to play this song is in bar chords of E, B, C#, A...but i don' think it's correct. Any suggestions?

[MsPenishands]

Wish I'd ever had a birthday party as cool as that one.

[ProTK422]

@LessThanJayson weed... overdose?

[frididjurhuus]

@ProTK422 I loled too.

[LessThanJayson]

In my opinion, Nathan from Wavves is gonna head down that exact same road as Jay did, if he keep up with the weed overdose. Damn drugs can really fuck shit up.

[Superninjasam]

@LessThanJayson lol what the fuck is a weed overdose

[VictorRechnageL]

@LessThanJayson You can't overdose on weed, bro.

[RainSipper55]

lets just skip that whole beginning part 1:00

[srhje]

rest in peace

[Superninjasam]

that little kid with the stick is badass

[joojoochancho12]

Rest in Peace

[McBudz420]

RIP Jay Reatard. ):

[ImpossiblyIzzie]

whats the tapping noise in the song ?

[BlackCloverRecords]

@ImpossiblyIzzie It's called a hihat.

[passthebreadsauce]

@BlackCloverRecords Could be talking about the tambourine too, Mac!

[ImpossiblyIzzie]

@BlackCloverRecords ohh, thanks .C:

[123drue]

The first 30 seconds is what Id expect kiddie porn to be like.

[altrock17]

the only question that arises when i watch this video is...... what the hell is that thing 0:25

[annalizardfell]

@altrock17 FURBY

[SkylerRose1]

@altrock17 A furby

[LeonDigz]

Where can you find the extended version of this song? On watch me fall they cut out a lot that's in the music video.

Wish I'd known about him earlier, he did a free show at a record store here in Seattle about a year and a half before he died.

[MrItsabeautifulday]

^^Pssst... I think that guy's tryin' to promote their band and disguise it as a tribute to jay... just a hunch...^^

[dffeqq]

i hadnt known his music til after he died:( damn. RIP man.

[SmarticusRex]

I really wish I could find the guitar & bass tab for this song.

[TheSigp220]

@SmarticusRex It's like 4 chords... lol

[GnomesAmok]

:(

[oleus23]

RIP Jay

[Potchi79]

I remember when John C. Reilly dressed as a clown for my birthday party too.

[Elbarfknarf]

Awesome song too bad he's dead but that's what tons of coke will do

[pinkyring4]

'He Would Have Laughed' brought me here :)

[mattlepokora]

These are just a few of the keys to throwing a successful party

[3nbreen]

@mattlepokora Top hats and a clown?

[stainypoo]

@mattlepokora you forgot drugs.

[harrisonveachbarrett]

imagine how awesome it would be shooting this.

[ryry51288]

The world misses you buddy. Thanx for makin it just that much more enjoyable in your short time here.

[Jackzill4]

shit sucks

[marcoscorrea93]

i can hear a lot of Supergrass in this song. I like this man, may he rest in peace

[Seadevilmusic]

Live right around the corner from him, had the pleasure of meeting and becoming friends with him , sadly only a month before he left us. great musician, funny guy, great to be around.

[honselarsch]

Watched this like 200 times and only now realized that the clown looses his nose @ 03:13.

[pinkyring4]

@honselarsch

HAHAH! He totally goes to get it back. Made me lol.

[IansBasementVideos]

@honselarsch I bet that wasn't intended at all either lol

[TheLokimonster]

Ohshit i'm view 420,420 thass coool n stuff bro

[texas72shovelhead]

RIP Jay

[LYLYKG]

uffff payaso diabolico jajajaj.................

[SuperTheSpectre]

like the Vid. lots of symbolism in it.........seems superficial, but is actuallee quite deep

[NuggiezVEVO]

RIP

[brak54321]

@kaelgian93 John Wayne Gacy

[VivaMuchacho]

suburban vietnam

[Hoofjob]

R.I.P Jay.........

Our band CANDY VAN love you so much.....and we suck so much more than you one your worst day.  You will live on through so many great bands, and in no small part through our shitty one.

[Gregontine]

'He would have laughed' is one of the best dedications one could ever receive

Amazing music for an amazing person

[kookookachoo777]

this song is soo negative nd bitter its jus the way i feel and in a strange way it gives me hope:)

[legovids2]

it's sad he died early........ he had more things to offer to us....... RIP

[DoolittleKid]

Is this a different version than the one on Watch Me Fall? I like this one better.

[theRADteepee]

this is eery

[krobin107]

i HOneStLY did NOT expect his video to be like that! i had no idea it changes when you sign in either. why try?

[Propagandhi8102]

why the fuck is this edited?

[Propagandhi8102]

nevermind...i guess it changes when you sign in?

[6docter6ed6richtofen]

i would trade any of the pop stars today just 4 jay

[Kzero66]

This man's death is particularly sad. I was ignorant of his existence until I read about his passing, helluva way to discover someone.

[danielhl22]

theres always hope dude!!!

[Ud0nTgNoMiE]

I wish someone wouldve saved him :(

[pr0dd2k9]

Why is he dead? Why do all the good ones have to die?

[comsaudade]

this IS the song to what deerhunter wrote "he would have laughed" in reply, i'm sure

[Ravercock]

He died in his sleep of "cocaine toxicity"

RIP

[SkudKid111]

1:51 lol

[G5Vlad]

How did Jay die?

[withoutaporpoise]

Jay predicting his death?

[gamba88]

god i feel like shit and this song brings me up

[cameroncameroncamero]

damn..sux

[iwytfmahayc]

shit, this is fucking cool.

[CFBmoviemaker]

His ability to combine catchy guitar rifts with lyrics this depressing was amazing. Only Jay could make Miserable sound so Beautiful and Perfect. You're a legend, Jay...RIP man.

[Sumpfdotterschnalle]

RIP!!!

[ltjfan513]

the part at about 3:00 where he eats the food they throw on him kills me every time.

[DeathBySitar]

@ltjfan513

I noticed that too. Why waste it I guess.

[000mattr]

i luv jay

[philold09]

great song....this music vid tells me one thing though......don't feed kids fruit loops

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@photographerk95 I never heard Jay Reatard until I stumbled upon this video. Actually, it's kinda growing on me.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@photographerk95 Am I not entitled to my own opinion? Yes I am. My opinion is that this sucks.

[mckluskysm]

great!

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@photographerk95 Like I said, if you don't like my comment, you don't have to respond to it.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

This is just my opinion, but this isn't good. I've heard this kind of shit before and I'm not impressed. I don't see what the big deal was about this guy. Honestly, if he didn't die he wouldn't be held in such high regard. Like I said, this is just my OPINION. If you don't like it, then don't comment on my comment.

[fatcat669]

@spicyMcHAGGIS9green why even take your time to say something so shitty??? does it make you sleep better at night knowing you know more about whats good than others??? what a shitty world we live in cant you just go to the next video you enjoy and leave this one be for people that like it?

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@fatcat669 Because my opinion can't change over time.

I actually like Jay Reatard now.

See how stupid you look? You look pretty stupid right now.

[n1airwaves]

I discovered this song in 2010. Two days later he was dead...r.i.p Jay I hardly ever knew you.

[SukieMcQueen]

40 people ain't gonna be saved

[Mewfan]

Happy birthday James Lee Lindsey Jr., you died too young!

[matto902]

it seems to me like the shitless mix, despite the lack of the word shit, sounds better

[Fiaganja]

Punk or not, you fuckers discussing in here will never be shit

[zachtblauw]

"And the cloud that took the form

(When the rest of Heaven was blue)

Of a demon in my view." - Edgar A. Poe

Great song!

[spikesonthebrain]

It didn't save him either. :(

[vbltechnologies]

I literally cannot stop listening to this song.

[TheGreatWolfFenrir]

Love it! reminds me of The MInt Chicks PLus The Naked and Famous Combined Except hes not from New Zealand :/

[liquidsnake1979]

Keith moon didnt o.d. he bled to death.

[earmud]

damn, personally i try to avoid the posts and focus on the music but some people take this shit too personally. so take a Kolonopin and smoke some weed, or just ignore it...... albeit, i do like the post/artists and do think that coke sucks donkey dicks but do they correlate? anyway, that is just my mere opinion and i really should just keep it to myself. takecare, j

[jackpb92]

wow, i've been meaning to check out Jay Reatard for a while... why the freakin hell didn't i do this MUCH MUCH earlier!! As honest as the length of my hair, this guy has changed my life. WOW!!

[lepricon989]

@jackpb92

I know that feeling, my friend showed me Jay about a month after he died, I wish I could have played with him before he died..

[Mewfan]

Just recently found out about this guy. So sad that he's dead :( His music is so damn awesome

[vanthema1]

R.I.P. death of the last true punk rocker!...this man was punk rock and roll..didn't give a shit..

[InterpolFL]

@vanthema1 You can't claim he's the last punk rocker, what are you omniscient? You know the future and everything? Cool story bro.

[lofiguy90]

@vanthema1 Yup, there's 6 billion people in the world and he was the last TRUE punk rocker. Whatever the fuck that means. It's stupid statements like this that lead people to substance abuse.

[olarte313]

If Jay had lived to old age, he would have clearly preferred being pushed around in a shopping kart than in a wheelchair

[LessThanJayson]

Something tells me Nathan Williams from Wavves is gonna go down the same road and end up just like Jay did, dead!!

[TheMadvillainy]

@LessThanJayson Probably not. Jay was a big drug user. Nathan is just a pothead.

[bretadounitedfc]

DRUGS SUCK!

[gnarbots]

jay reatard was that but he was influenced by wHat he had seen ,,, but he died from drugs R.I.P

[cockfight420]

i wonder how he paid for all his coke

[GheoBlackPlum]

@cockfight420 with pure, undiluted AWESOMENESS!

[cockfight420]

@GheoBlackPlum lol ftw

[cockfight420]

Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin

And Keith Moon and Jay Reatard

Are dead, dead, dead

Pulled the plug on themselves

Dead rock n rollers they were outta-conrtollers

Played the drug game but they couldn't maintain

And now they're dead, dead, dead

[exhume19]

@cockfight420 Hendrix actually choked on his own vomit because the paramedic didn't know how to properly sit him down. Drugs were not the culprit, and I would like it if you stayed away from misconceptions regarding death. I'm sorry, but when people say that Hendrix died from drugs, it makes me upset, and undermining these people's lives is sick.

[TVisSTUPID]

@cockfight420 nice poem reatard.

[cockfight420]

@TVisSTUPID Detention, theres a band.

[Mewfan]

Such an awesome music video, such an awesome song, such an awesome artist. RIP

[Mewfan]

Such and awesome musci video, such and awesome song, such an awesome artist. RIP

[elizzard45]

This dude played bass for Evil Army, his music is pretty different from Evil Army's but I like this

[whitebloodcell305]

Was Jay Reatard a retard?

[VideoL0ve]

rip

[ilikeJellyCups]

i bet he still makes music wherever he is now

[KaelGian93]

lol the clown looks like John C. Reilly

[ScienceisKEWL]

The first flower pot that hit him is classic.

[WARRIORPARK]

1:23 HAH! YOU MISSED BITCH!

[fourtoedsloth]

So many people take drugs to cope with life, and it ends up killing them. Stupid human condition.

[altrock17]

i really wan't to download this remastered version of the song, but can only find the original. does anyone know where i can get the mp3 of this version?

[kurtissmo]

lots of comments on whether or not this is "punk" not enough about how well this vid was filmed great music video, btw all the assholes bithcing about whether this is punk or not check out his song all wasted its on here that might suit ya better

[jamesedwintanner]

death is sad, a death like his is even more

[msnikish]

@jamesedwintanner when did he die?? i never really checked him out before, i just saw him in magiznes

[greendaykicksbut1231]

Love the lyrics

[GumballMachine13]

This is awesome (:

[greendaykicksbut1231]

In this bedroom is where I sit 'cause I don't really give a shit. Lol

[PsytheWickedOne]

I found out about him just before he died. :/

[MamaLuigi123459]

@PsytheWickedOne

yeah me too

its a shame, he was obviously one of the most creative artists

great song great music video

[greendaykicksbut1231]

He was taken away too fast

[lucasmorter]

good shit, im way more in to "the retards" compared to this project but this dude should have made it big

[ezmereldagreen]

how come soe people can take drugs all their livesand live?

[TheEnviroFriend]

@ezmereldagreen they are either lucky or dont use hard drugs.

[john21701]

1 year yesterday.

We'll miss you Jay.

[davidheadon]

The poor bugger-

He did more in five years than lots of folks cram into a lifetime...

I'm sure if he thought his minor indulgence would cost him his life he'd have skipped it..

He had a lot to live for.

RIP Jay Reatard..

[AlphabetSoupCircus]

Nirvana posted his cover of "frances farmer..." on Facebook yesterday to commemorate him.

Hundreds (and I'm not exaggerating that number AT ALL) of people commented saying how they hadn't heart his music until [yesterday] and that they wish they could have sooner.

he may not have been GINORMOUSLY famous when he was alive, but I think in hindsight the world will realize what a gem we lost. RIP Jay. You truly deserve it. :(

[wilcopops81]

RIP ... hammer, we miss you

[MrStalyn]

Wow, love it :)

[snarg06]

1 year RIP!

[xinsectoxurbanox]

Why couldn't my birthday parties ever be like that?!

[danbuckneree]

The dude made it past 27 and thought he was in the clear.....PAAAAAARRRRRTTTTYYYY­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least he went out like a fuckin' G.

[123MCRmy]

its so sad its almost been a year

[RockWhatElseLOL]

WTF IS THIS SHT?

[snehesten]

Haha nice improv, eating the spaghetti

[J0EVassar]

i wish it could have saved him.....

[joannazombie]

dentro de unos días se cumlirá un año del fallecimiento de Jay.

RIP JAY REATARD.

[destroyer841]

The title of this song refers to his thoughts about rehab. Lololol

[misfitsFan344]

lol a battle royale at a kid's birthday party.

[RS1028]

From a "punk" perspective, this is a noshow.

Puke makes much more sense.

Just a fat kid feeling sorry for himself, like a KMART Billy Corgin!

Johnny Thunders,Ian Dury,Sex Pistols,Ramones,MC5,The Clash,Stooges,Dead Kennedys,Patti Smith,New York Dolls.............thats punk.

Dying doesn't make you a legend.Just someone who couldn't handle their drugs

[MrBassmasta27]

@RS1028 I guess because he didn't fit in with your vision of punk means he wasn't punk, the point of punk is to do your own thing and fuck everyone else, you're the fuckin poser here, bitch.

[MrBassmasta27]

@RS1028 Couldn't handle his drugs, like johnny thunders, or sid vicious, or dee dee ramon could?

[solidmotion]

The debates about punk authenticity under this video have really enriched my life. i guess I should reconsider whether or not I enjoy or hate this song after reading the pro/con positions about Jay Reatard's status as a punk (or not-punk). I would be lost without Youtube comments.

[solidmotion]

The debates about punk authenticity under this video have really enriched my life. i guess I should reconsider whether or not I enjoy or hate this song after reading the pro/con positions about Jay Reatard's status as a punk (or not-punk). I would be lost without Youtube comments.

[Lukeizzle]

@solidmotion At this point I just don't even read too many of these comments anymore. Errybody is stuck in their arse.

[Sesquipedaliantique]

@solidmotion You have sarcasm perfected to a fine art my friend.

JR was the man. I didn't even know he existed until a few months after he died. I'm a Lost Sounds addict.

[philold09]

@Sesquipedaliantique yeah

[niickblase]

@solidmotion liking a song and analyzing it are two different and equally reasonable things. everyone has a right to do (or not to do) either.

[hehehecolors123]

RIP

[thejakinator108]

lol pissing on bandmates and making shitty music, this guy died the way he lived, a fucking loser

[driftz0r]

@thejakinator108

As opposed to you, who has done nothing and makes crappy posts on the interweb, like it or not. Jay Reatard was a garage punk legend however you are not..and never will be.

[pick8lock]

@driftz0r man he must have had hell in school being called retard

[thejakinator108]

@driftz0r this isnt punk, if anything i would consider it pop which is fucking terrible. Punk is dark, gritty and something you can thrash to, this is the kind of music 10-15 year old girls cry and scream at the stage to.

[driftz0r]

@thejakinator108

I take it you've never heard this or ANY of his other albums...or any of his other bands for that matter. The Reatards put garage punk in Memphis on the map. Have you ever seen a Jay Reatard gig let alone been to one ? Last time I seen a Jay Reatard gig an audience member got punched in the face, a fight broke out, he puked on stage & played the majority of the set naked. Maybe you should stop going to those underage Greenday concerts to get a perception of what real punk is.

[thejakinator108]

@driftz0r You went to a concert, played by a naked dude, yeah real punk. puking and fights is just normal at any gig that serves alcohol, try harder. You want real punk, go look at the origional misfits, nuclear assault, or municipal waste, fuck feelings its all about drinking and breaking the guy next to you's nose

[driftz0r]

@thejakinator108 cool story bro.

[Salguine]

@thejakinator108 Looks like you missed the point, too.

[purplestuff]

The Sex Pistols covered The Monkees...just sayin'.

[thejakinator108]

@purplestuff too bad the sex pistols enjoy taking it up the ass

[yeahyeahyaha2]

@driftz0r so, this post of you is not crappy?. ehm. why is that so?

[PraiseandadoreHim]

@thejakinator108 Where is your decency? You are free to not like his music. I don't like it that much either. But don't disrespect the dead.

@thejakinator108 lol obvious troll