Silver Jews - Random Rules (1998)

[jodysoldman]

seven people have no soul, or are just jealous because Cassie is so beautiful

[purpledrohaze777]

Clicked the vid to relax and listen to Silver Jews. What do I hear? Freds fucking voice!! WTF!! I wish adblocker would work. If I could kill 1 person it would be that little shit!

[TheBensont123]

1:32. What a genuine smile. Guy's in love.

[TheRadioshed]

did malkmus write the lyrics for this? because he refers to himself as steve in the song

[stereodumpling]

@TheRadioshed no i dont think so. i think he is just referenced in the song and not the writer of the song

[goandrewgo]

David Berman is so fucking bored...

[LewdPseudonyms]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Goddamn fucking beautiful.

[sammywhammy1212]

he looks like jason lee sans moustache

[TheClevelandSteamer]

Can anyone explain what the opening line is about? I have my own interpretation, but I'm wondering if this line is personal to David's own experience in 1984...

[sensweep]

@TheClevelandSteamer hey buddy, i personally believe that the first line is about a drug overdose, but you could be right as well

[wilmot231]

Very remedial lyrics and music. Nothing original here.

[kingny17]

@wilmot231 lol. noooooooooooooo

[wilmot231]

Rip off artists! 

[albivinehart]

@wilmot231 don't confuse yourself with someone who has something to say

[wilmot231]

@albivinehart I see the truth hurts your feelings. 

[kingny17]

@wilmot231 who they ripping off

[wilmot231]

@kingny17 Lou Reed for one.

[kingny17]

@wilmot231 musically? lyrically? vocally? I haven't heard much Lou but the jews seem entirely more country.

[wilmot231]

@kingny17 Time signature and musically.

[alphatyrone]

@wilmot231 Perfect! I hope more bands rip off great musicians. It's called a lineage, man

[podisracer]

@alphatyrone some people just have no clue!

[zampano54]

having this cd in my car is the reason I love red lights

[Ink79AMC]

Genius!

[Tarbash7]

David Behrman writes like Tom Waits ...in his own way

[TheClevelandSteamer]

Wow..... he sings with such enthusiasm!

[FungusMossGnosis]

D.C. Berman reading poetry on my channel. Head's up.

[a6elb0ll]

Yes, f**k yes! Thank you, Domino!

[secretsocietyof]

fuuuuuuucking flawless

[RawHeadedRex]

I just heard of Silver Jews the other day. It was this song. I wish I could personaly thank them, for all of their hard work, to create music like this. It makes me feel.

[unfocusedfears]

he's so gorgeous here, isn't he?

[allnightpancakes]

So, so good. This is my favorite Silver Jews album, and maybe my favorite song off of said album. But then, 'When the sun sets on the ghetto all the broken stuff gets cold' or 'Repair is the dream of the broken thing' make it hard to choose. These albums will stay with me.

[jodysoldman]

one thing I love about this album is all the Malkmus touches. No doubt I love Berman, his unique voice and incredible songwriting capabilities, but he and Malkmus blended so well together. the solo on this song just drips with ethereal beauty

[BeauSylvester47]

lyrics are amazing

[sonicvariables]

one of the greatest opening lines to a song ever...(!)...

[TheClevelandSteamer]

@sonicvariables

Amen to that.

[lukeashmoore]

This song makes me feel like the lyrics i write are utterly utterly shit. This song makes me feel awesome.

[Ant57fr]

Pretty sweetie lil' solo as well - that should be mentioned.

[FungusMossGnosis]

Can't get enough of this...and can't get over just how exactly Berman looked like how my Norwegian father looked when he was young.

[RaygunShaun]

For some reason, I always imagined David Berman as looking like Billy Connolly or something, with a goatee and sunglasses.

[indianspit]

@RaygunShaun that's not Dave

[RaygunShaun]

@indianspit The main guy in the video walking around and lip-syncing the song? Yes, that's David Berman.

[indianspit]

@RaygunShaun I was in denial, I've seen him live twice, and he looks so different now. I have pictures with him, and he looks 30 years older. it's crazy

[RaygunShaun]

@indianspit It might be the facial hair shortly after American Water. Then he started looking remarkably homeless.

Oh, wait, that's probably what I was thinking of. He did have a goatee and sunglasses after all.

[dunbar30]

DB's a bills fan! Righteous.

[gabrielapetrie]

I might be missing something, but this is a hilarious song.

[cichlidcichlid]

An absolutely amazing lyricist!!!

[kentuckychromedesign]

My lord, I love this song.

[glasgowchris007]

all my favourite singers couldnt sing

[1sleep23]

hell yes

[unfocusedfears]

there's something so charming about this video. i love how laid-back it is and the way he just kinda looks to the camera at times. and the song... ssooo good.

i love the silver jews

[ageofconceit]

Fucking win.

[heirofsorrows]

Lyricists don't come much better than David Berman.

[ericdasfacha]

pretty rad, actually very rad.

[tarwaterjr]

I had no idea there was a video for this. Thanks for posting, Domino!

[glasgowchris007]

@tarwaterjr

there is now :)

[chavedappelle]

@tarwaterjr Same here

[thelatepetercook]

Great lyricist !

[lkmrn325]

@thelatepetercook That's an understatement.

[saxonde68]

I saw these guys in concert when I didn't know who they were. I can't stress enough how amazing it was.

[MarsRover14]

awesome

[blacflag]

good to see this up