Sarah Harmer-'Basement Apartment' Music Video

[Sylvi3D]

Holes in the bottles aside, I feel like we've all lived in that basement apartment.

[ktieyoung]

love Sarah, she has always inspired my own songwriting style.. such a great musician :)

[jgallzz]

"holes in the bottles and my lungs hurt" refers to the canadian pastime of bottle tokes...also known as BT's or bots or bing banging a couple woohoos!!!

[abcDanh]

:D <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 aloha !!!

[intherein]

i'd love to take her home to meet mother.I

[oldfriendofmine]

This is like one of those sneaky explicit pop songs you heard a lot in the `90s. The song`s music itself is so joyful and euphoric, you usually miss the references to smoking crack.

[DAZEOFTHESTONED]

What a lovely neighborhood...And everyone is passed out face down on the floor and Sarah seems to be the only one without a hangover?..She must be able to hold her liquir...Look at her roll her eyes at all the drunkin magots on the floor...

[MrChiffy]

i have a crush on sarah harmer

[Utube73720091]

what year did this song come out

[kwbsystems]

@Utube73720091 August of 2000 on the CD "You Were Here".

[BunnyWunnyPuke]

Do you know how amazing she is? :D

[XcorioX]

Love her voice, she was AMAZING at the Junos last night..

[trick58]

I love the "guts" of this song but that drum track - huh. Maybe it is meant to stand in as the basement apartment of song making.

[bubbah671]

i would love to see in concert.do people still sit on floor when she plays?

[MarcieFoster]

@bubbah671 Just saw her last night. Definitely seats. But that would have been cool

[redapplerobie]

hey she's in regina tonight

[ScrotalKarma]

One of many masterpieces of hers :)

[stephenfwindle]

Love me some Sarah......3:02 my fav part....BT's n good friends = Memories :P

[safarichick101]

Have you heard that she might do a duet with Marcus Mumford?

[thevirtgirl]

@olearyp....dude, that was pretty funny.

[vedderclone]

reminds me of my brother's basement apartment years and years ago, mostly cause our lungs hurt from all the stuff we smoked, my head hurt from all the drinks, and the fact it was a basement apartment............just makes me think of that time in life, we had some great bashes there

[merkonerko2]

hah, this reminds me of friday night

[mcflyxoxpunk]

i recognize her as her own unique artist, but I gotta say she sounds a lot like Sarah McLachlan :)

[morefishscale]

i remember this on much a while ago

[usergently]

Love her!

[1978mackdaddy]

so many people can relate to this song... living in my basement apartment 10 years ago, looking back, those were fun days.

[cplus68]

I lived in my parents basement-does that count? ;.)

[randygautier]

def a classic in my book of singer/songwriter songs

[s1rrah]

"there's nothing like watching TV all night under ground" ... Awesome.

[greenhousejpb]

she is unstandable beautiful

[kurtace244]

First apt I got was a basement apt.She really has a good voice.A girl I used to chill with used to blast this, every now than I listen to it to remember her.Don't tell the wife

[SwampyGlacier]

@kurtace244 I have seen her twice in concert. Excellent performer.

[83056]

I wonder if all those people in the video are her roommates.  lol

[83056]

I wonder if all those people in the video are her roommates. lol

[pjorgenson1979]

another Canadian treasure that will never see commercial success south of the border.

[n15M0]

love this song, like the holed bottles thing lollll...not to her but; i love you Girl♥

[DaveMustaine8]

burlington, thats the rich hamilton!

[traxlep]

Sarah....I thought you would be a blonde....love your song every time i breathe....keep on truckin. darlin

[wolfkins]

Anyone know if Sarah has a sweetheart? For that matter does anyone know what flavor sweetheart she prefers?

[UngratefulSwine]

Many people feel this.

She is the one who found the music and lyrics to express it for all of us :D

Even her bicycle at the end. I happen to have the same model, except that it is red :)

[BlakiepooTube]

This song came on my radio player on the bus to sign the lease of my basement apartment. Little did I know how relevant it would become.

[fannysmack]

I lived in a couple of basement apartments. This song is so fitting. Love it.

[beasleycrazy123]

haha, i heard this song on degrassi "turned out" i looooove it! (:

[WaitsWeights]

god, i LOVED this song when it came out!

[studio1087]

She has a great voice. What a great song. I cover this song when I play solo acoustic gigs.

Great song writer.

[MrJaraJara]

I've seen her in concert. She is a great musician. She played drums for one of her opening acts, and she also played songs she had written which are not on her CD's.

[joeyjettt]

Love it...Wish it was in HQ!

[shelyr]

Sarah Harmer and Chantal Kreviasuk are my two favorite Canadian artists.

[bandfan1234]

I heard her on Degrassi, I really like this. :]

[insurgents09]

I love it! I love how she rolls her eyes too, sooooo cute and hot. I can't say enough good things about this wonderful song and video.

[MekeiClarice]

If this video makes you cry, you have done something wrong.

I have done something very, very wrong, somewhere =(

[supertrix101]

What did you do?

[RhondaSK]

I love this song!! Amazing singer and talent!! If you love to discover amazing new unique talent, take a listen to Brittany Kwasnik and her 2 songs on you tube, THIS THING and BREATHE. She is only 15 and is songwriter, guitarist and singer. She is really really great!! If you love her too,rate her 2 songs, post comments and subscribe to her music videos. I love great music and great talents! :)

[oof333]

I first saw this song the first time MuchMusic played it, 3:30 AM, after watching TV all night underground... my lungs hurt and the furnace wasn't warming me up... I was a jaded 27-year-old warehouser with a BA and it almost made me cry.

[JasonBiochemist]

I live in a basement apartment too.

[olearyp]

I was riding with my girlfriend in the car and this was on the radio. My girlfriend was singing along and doing a pretty good job until I heard her sing "there's holes in all the bottoms of my long skirts." I almost went off the road from laughing. She seriously thought that was the line. I had to replay it a couple times before she would agree she had it wrong.

[CalypsoJuice]

@olearyp Haaaa! :D My lungs hurt :)

I have seen Sarah Harmer twice in concert. Excellent performer :D

[cutenchroniccraig]

@olearyp That's really funny because when this song was new that's how my buddy was singing it and I was like what?! He sung it the exact same way.

[cutenchroniccraig]

@olearyp That's really funny because when this song was new that's how my buddy was singing it and I was like what?! He sung it the exact same way.

[Appleboy05]

@olearyp lmaoo!! thats pretty funny

[vedderclone]

@olearyp maybe she never did bottle tokes? the line makes perfect sense and is easy to pick up for me, but she never did that then maybe she just hears it differently, pretty funny tho

[lokismistress]

@olearyp LOL... I had to listen to it a few times, but I can see how she heard that... so funny. I was in the car with my boyfriend and my little brother years ago and Pearl Jam's Glorified G and they both sang "Goodbye Virgin and the Pelican"... I kid you not. I have never laughed that hard... and I couldn't convince them either. They were mortally embarrassed when they finally got it...

[TehSaint]

@lokismistress That's ok, up until a few years ago, Mike McCready thought Kiss's "I wanna Rock n Roll" went "I wanna rock n roll all night, and part of every day". Ed told the story on stage once and the crowd laughed like you wouldn't believe

[horsejumpingqueen1]

she is my cousin.

no joke.

i just love to hear her sing at the family reunions.

but that happens rarely.

cause shes preforming :p

but when she does.

its awesome.

and she has an amazing personallity,

couldnt ask for a better cousin.. <3

[meepandahalf]

Seeing her @ the Calgary Folk Fest, can't wait!

[joeyjettt]

Saw her live 3 times. In awe every time.

[40thCapeRifles]

Wow...the singer who's band I discovered in college did a video about my college days. That is really creepy!

When was this video made?

[cadgeo120]

Nice voice... and such an oddly attractive woman :)

[ConnorShawMusic]

amazing indeed!!!

[tofinorules]

amazing singer fuck mainstream for not playing her

[crayzigurl]

Unique

[jsmamaforever]

my husband introduced me to Sarah when we were dating. We were living in a basement on a corner street, so it always makes me smile!

[pgagolfer]

Dear Sean - I loved being in your basement with you even though I had to take a subway and a bus to get to it. I think I hurt you and confused you but I was 19 and isnt that what 19 year olds do? Thanks for playing dirty BINGO with me and teaching me that the small things matter most in this life.

[hanbannn]

she came to our school to talk about being environmentally friendly... THEN SHE PERFORMED IT WAS SO SICK

[babblesisthename]

she came to my school and i got to sing with her (well i was in the choir and the choir got to sing with her) she is so awesome

[snakehissken]

Christ I have such a crush on her!

[hpmcc05]

good song

[glowingmeadow]

Jessica put me onto Sarah!best gift ever

[Harnolb]

Thanks be to Jessica :-)

[glowingmeadow]

Jessica is a crazy chick but still a wonderful person.

[iranmaiden3]

my new fav song

[cbumsicle]

She's beautiful in such a strange way. Lonely, yet somehow she's content with how quiet and thoughtful life can be.

[daisykrazy1]

wow that's a rly nice wayyy to put itt!!! :)

she totally iz

[BasslineAddicted]

ahahha my mums name is sarah harmer im liam harmer :P

[ErinIsADrunk]

why such a shitty video for a great song?

[Roman888]

I actually like the simplicity of the video. It was shot in Toronto, my hometown, so there's an automatic nostalgic quality to it for me.

[breezybabe23]

I agree. Sometimes simplicity makes for a good video. Why clutter it? You make videos so the music and the song is presented to the viewers. That's what's important...not the video itself. You have to look at it as a whole.

[sweethen]

besides the song is about how she lives IN a crappy apartment lol so it kinda fits!

[jibertydegrassi]

love this song!!

[radekus]

I want her bike :P

[wongjongat]

I prefer the original version she did with Weeping Tile--it's less produced

[PadreLE88]

supremely talented, classy and completely Canadian

[johnrussyt]

stay classy, green pleather pants

[knullabulla]

I have seen her twice in concert. She is an excellent musician and an excellent songwriter.

[colinscott]

Saw Sarah and band opening for Bruce Cockburn in Chico Ca a little while back. The sweetest sound. Bought the cd and she has become one of my favorite female artist. Right up there with Joni, Bonnie, Stevie and Anita..followed closely by everyone else.

[chadandkate]

it's soooo true. freaky true really. we always had this constantly dark haze in our basement apartment in university. so true.

[knullabulla]

Look at the pivotal scene in "Fight Club"!

[ladbrady]

Bought CD at BB in 2001."New Artist to Watch" 7.99. CD called "YOU WERE HERE"-1 of 10 grt CDs ever. Pilgramiged(?)to L'pool and seen the Stones & Bruce x times. Live in A'ville, NC. Venue called the Grey Eagle. One day I randomly noticed in weekly hip "City Paper" that SARAH HARMER was playing next evening. Took family, saw best solo acoustic show. Other comp would be PSimon, JPrine, JBrowne, etc. Song "Weakened State" Rocks.

BUY THIS CD!

Yea Sarah!

[mc04bs]

Sheryl Crow... ? maybe

[pgagolfer]

does anyone remember the artist who made a video where she drove down a desert road in a red convertible with the cops chasing her and a panda stuffed animal in the back seat? I thought it was sarah harmer, but its driving me nuts...

[watermelonman2007]

Check out My Favourite Game by The Cardigans.

[pgagolfer]

Thanks - it actually was Tara Maclean, "if I Fall" - however, My Favourite Game by Cardigans is very similar and just as great a video..thanks everyone.

[uwsaznrower]

Tara McLean "If I Fall". Love that song... Reminds me of freshman year at Trent.

[uwsaznrower]

Tara McLean "If I Fall". Love that song... Reminds me of freshman year at Trent.

[knullabulla]

I really enjoy this song. It reminds me of the pivotal scene in "Fight Club".

By coincidence, I have the same model of bicycle in red.

[Sydneylovesu4ever]

this was on degrassi: episode: turned out.

the one where jt and liberty find sumwhere 2 live lol

love this song!

[Dorkledorf]

I love the oldies but man Sarah I love this tune! I own the album because of this song.

[goncack]

AFAIK, she is from just outside Burlington but went to school in Kingston (Queen's University). She was in a band called Weeping Tile while at Queen's.

[jeffreycalilung]

I'll never understand why this doesn't get airplay and the awful "music" gets rotation 24/7.

[timages19]

My thoughts exactly, it's like everyone's afraid of anything slightly provocative or talented. But hey, it just makes us cooler~

[stevedahl]

Because the music industry and radio stations are filled with guys that can read ratings charts and sales charts, but don't have a rock and roll bone in their body. I got a chance to interview at the biggest rock station in the country this year and the head of sales used to sell carpet.

[OdisCole]

She is from Kingston and I knew her before she was big. She was and is an awesome person.

[manitowaning]

a girl from Burlington, where I lived for over 40 years.....makes ya kinda proud! great tune!

[libsterlu]

I know eh! My mom lived in Burlington, makes me even proud.

[libsterlu]

So inspiring and beautiful. Boy, am I ever proud to have Sarah from our country, Canada. Your an inspiration.

[baird007]

Also, it makes me think of the times when I lived in a basement apartment with one of my good friends in Barrie, ON. lol

[baird007]

This is probably one of the most mellow songs out there. LOVE IT!!!

[shadowlady02]

Awesome song and video. Thank u for posting :)

[timages19]

One of the best songs ever written. God Canadians are awesome musicians.

-A jealous American

[CCarmen]

DITTO! Canadians do such an amazing job!

[timages19]

Canadians got it all...the hockey, the beer, the land, the music, especially Sarah--what the hell am I doing here? Thanks for responding to my comment!

[CCarmen]

LOl, no prob;) And indeed, specially after your listing of all canadians good, I ask myself the same question - what am I still doing here (Brazil)?? LOL. Take care;) - C

[thk313]

love sarah harmer and emm gryner, two artists that deserve more coverage here in the states.

[videos2see]

Beautiful,and funky.lol

[brand666]

Another wonderful Kingstonian artist... w00t @ Merchant McLiam's!

[MartinFarrows]

I've listened to this song many many times, but I'd never seen the video! thanks

[wuerrang]

Sarah Harmer is fun in concert

[Harnolb]

Indeed she is.

[derekmok]

And she wrote in waaaay back in her early Weeping Tile days. Ever heard the version on the eePee EP? This version's much better, though. One of the best videos I've seen in the past few years. I used to live in a basement apartment and the song nailed the feeling.

[PopHistory]

And now, to work.  Thanks for posting this song!

[gilliangirl1]

Despite all the wonderful songs that Sarah has done, I think this is STILL my favourite. Thanks for the video!

[wizardneedsfoodbadly]

thats a sweet song thanks for sending it to me:)