Mercury Rev - Opus 40

[spockadee]

My new favorite song & video. Bravo!!!

[TheCreditDawg]

Em 1997, uma garota chamada Lauren estava caminhando em uma floresta, e de repente desapareceu, ninguém nunca encontrou-a até 2000, quando uma outra menina chamada Maria encontrou o corpo e marcas em seu peito, disseram: Não era bonita o suficiente e, agora você leu isso, ela aparecetá em seu esphelho dzendo que você não é bonito o sufciente e matá-lo! ( pela forma como o menina chamada Mary morreu pouco depois. Para se salvar colar este para 5 outros videos

[jaimejaun]

oh my cleavage

[gangsterdog38]

i got the pleasure of meeting the drumer (also plays guitar) over the summer and i must say hes a very nice man. he gave me a free album

[ABCMinks]

Anyone else notice the similarity of Fix You by Coldplay?

[lilmisschatterboxify]

MWHAHAHA, CREEPY LONG NAILS.!

[MJPICKify]

I thought this was more 2000 but I know its one my favorite songs ever

[Xzariah]

Do not understand the video, so odd

[Schnepf2]

Great song. Cheesy video.

[sh1tonwba]

he needs to clip his fingernails

[hgg4]

the video kind of sucks but the song is great!

[ThePoorhillbilly]

love the organ break in the middle, and the outro

[MaxGiu]

0:58 his expression when singing... his shivering... amazing video

[sirray51]

Best band to come out of Buffalo, NY. Makes me kinda proud to be from here.

[TheMrJake]

This conjures the spirit of 'All The Young Dudes'.

[astrasnow]

Saw them in Edinburgh 2 days ago.They r still one of the best bands around.

[giobot]

this video is insane

[gameygamey90]

@giobot but great 

[crazygolfer333]

Sounds like Mind Games. John Lennon

[FungusMossGnosis]

Levon Helm on drums!

[coldplaylover1]

ops i meant stop because you all sound like a bunch of retard hipsters... :) lets enjoy good music :D

[coldplaylover1]

stop talking shit about coldplay, is true coldplay is overrated now, :( but i still love them, stop comparing this song with them cause i seriously don't find any similarity with any of their songs. i love this song tho :)... every music band is different! :)

cause you all sound like a bunch of retard hipsters! fuck :S be happy! and enjoy the music! :)

[louyze]

german expressionist inspiration ? 

[deanarooney]

this is one of those songs that gives you a feeling inside that other songs dont.....a masterpiece!!!!!!!

[behwal]

Viva La Vida was a complete fucking rip off of this song...This is way better than Viva La Vida by Coldplay.....

[robert3033836]

those boobs are all i can see in this video.

[Nisadima]

horrible video. im not an english speaker. i love Mercury Rev. This vido totally betrays what the lyrics mean to me.

nisadima71@htomail.com

[CrystalClaritySan]

@Nisadima

You have to remember that Mercury Rev made this video so it relates to the lyrics for them. Personally, I see the relationship between the Catskills and being stoned.

[metamagick]

@CrystalClaritySan Opus 40 is a large stone sculpture created by Harvey Fite in Saugerties, NY (where some of the band members reputedly live), in the foothills of the Catskill mountains.

[Thunderspaz]

first time i seen this video & band was on a saturday morning kids show after being up all night tripping & thought i should get more of their stuff.

[dfstarborn]

I remember this band and they were rubbish the lead singer sang the same note the whole way through every song so one dimensional just like oasis and blur.

Music made to sell so step right up and taste our sht.

Please bring back the open and mansun two great bands

[reallogankeown]

Everyone needs to expierience this song and the video!

[1declancalvert]

Why can't all songs be like this.



[alex9044]

Anton is a genius at visualizing music...

[orangesugarcube]

The liner notes say this album was recorded on the audio track of 35mm film.

[leonan3]

Excelente canción!!!

[privs]

Brilliant.

[1Illby]

Moments before it was destroyed by the Internet, music was good and insane.

[Stokemeaclipperbro]

I'm insanely baked but like.... @1:57 the beautiful expression of pure happiness on her face + combined with the lyrics made me cry

Fuck this rules.......

[halfacow]

@Stokemeaclipperbro

You fucking rule!

[MaxGiu]

@Stokemeaclipperbro la mujersita quedándose quieta y por momentos moviendose (0:55) me enamora completamente

tears and wave minds on fire

[kamilopourt]

esta cancion es espectacular :)

me encanta !!!>3

[theinfamoushippie11]

I think this song is about how he's in love with this woman but she's sort of suicidal and he doesn't know what to do about it.

[Divinecomedy77]

wooww

[charliekilley]

this was my favourite album for about 3 years deserters songs i think its stood the test of time it still sounds fresh now defo one for the pot heads

[XxRefterxX]

The video is fucking awesome.

[TheVidsAreAllRight]

Amazing I tell you!

[owoilyedd]

Catskill mansions buried screams

I'm alive she cried but I don't know what it means

Somewhere out there across the moonlit sands

There's a line drawn like the lines on her own hand

And slamming her eyes locking the door

She collapses down upon the ocean floor again

Tears in waves minds on fire

Nights alone by your side

[owoilyedd]

I think lyrics are needed with a song as great as this:

Well she tossed all night like a raging sea

Woke up and climbed from the suicide machine

With her spanish candles and her persian poems

Stuck on the rocks inside opus 40 stoned

And scratching her wrists in the pouring rain

She collapses down upon the ocean floor again

Tears in waves minds on fire

Nights alone by your side

[theinfamoushippie11]

this song kinda reminds me of all the young dudes by mott the hoople

[hillman39]

The band Arcade Fire wish they could be. Genius.

[KzK194]

i just found this video from browsing. i'v never heard of this band. I like it !

[theinfamoushippie11]

@KzK194 YAY! another follower! i highly recommend car was hair by mercury rev btw.

[NigerianRocker]

mercury rev is just melodious harmonious and dreamy

i love em my favorite band

[VictoriaEatingCake]

Great song! On top of that, this is one of the best music videos I've ever seen! What a treat for the old eyes, ears, brain and heart! Who directed it? The actress in this is brilliant in what she does with the position of the usually silent pretty girl role in music videos. I've watched this a bunch of times and I still love it.

[royalsteven]

I think they are far better in creating an emotional vibe in their music. Lots better than comparable bands like Coldplay or Muse wich sound much more mechanic compared to Mercury Rev.

[boilingsand]

This is one of the few decently well-known bands that actually understands music from top to bottom, side to side, the whole shebang. .

[MaffyMoose]

Nosferatu in a space suit lol

[psirou]

Great song, but I personally think "Tonight it shows" is three times as good... Check it out!

[johnvhirst]

great. bit of  musical allusion to golden slumbers by the fabs?

[LordIsMyShotgum]

grasshopper sneakin

[Isbitenn]

This girl is so freaking hot.

[Maxurai2222]

This song is like the good bits of all other songs put together.

[platapus94]

wow 16 people accidentally clicked the dislike button

[petunyanose]

song of my lifetime.

[rfisher9]

Not enough of famed keyboardist (accordian player in this one) Adam Snyder.

[dolydimples]

How ace is this song !

[bembridgebabe]

this is my absolute favourite song of all time

[dariaE]

I still love Mercury Rev and always will

[ZJProz]

Sunday Pm.......Mercury Rev...

[howard22]

i really like this. This video strikes me to be a bit Lynchian. It reminds me of david bowie a lot as well.

[EchoCannon89]

@howard22 David Lynch and Mercury Rev, not a bad mix!

[artrock101]

Actually, they did more than "hang out". Jonathan Donahue (the lead singer & guitarist of MR) was IN The Flaming Lips for 2 records, and even Wayne Coyne admits that they were never a proper band until he joined. And the guy that he formed Rev with (Dave Fridmann) has produced the last half dozen Lips records.. So, yeah.. read that "influence" where you may.

As much as I love Deserter's Songs, my favorite MR album is See You On The Other Side, which is sadly out of print.

[Subvertia]

haha they influenced the lips and vice versa. one of the members of Rev is from OK, and they all hung out. Same producer, too on several albums.

Yerself Is Steam is a great album, so is Boces!

[seviwesuohetarepsed]

"Haha" get of your high horse Deego519. You throw the terms "the beatles" & "Lips" around to make yourself sould knowledgeable, whereas someone who needs to be told about Mercury has obvious restrictions in their understanding of music

[zaskar14]

yerself is steam...a far better album

[stevil2006]

Cuss them not. Wherefore art thy portentions?

[Nepacha]

yeah its very beatlely and a bit bowieie too i think but hey, those dudes set the standard, whats wrong in following that? I think its cool and a good listen

[Deego519]

Haha, chorus is def a ripoff of "golden slumbers" by the beatles. Even the vowels are the same.

I was told to check these guys out because I'm a big 'Lips' fan, but this is drecht. I've watched several vids and realize that this is just a poor man's Lips. Oh well, gotta try.

[nikito370]

Goooooldeeen sluuumbers fillls your eeeeyeeesss! The chorus it's very similar to that melody.

[GreenBaldrick]

My fav video of all times.Magical and tender song.And wonderful Jonathan...

[ELFAUNOROCK]

Muy bueno, che!

[thegoodnamesrallgone]

anyone know who the girl in the vid is?

thought it might be a young Elizabeth Banks?

[vitalogy]

doubt it, this girl is hotter.

[ememem2]

i smell david bowie influence

[pbandja10]

@ememem2

i hear more flaming lips influence

[AuthenticCelestial]

their last great album. mastered the epic, sweeping, orchestrated thing at first attempt, and then proceeded to drag it out.

most recent one was an improvement, mind...

[hoogpah]

Class.

[AvalanhA]

creepy little prince..

5/5

[gazzaonetwo]

saw these guys in melbourne, supporting coldplay, went down pretty good. i enjoyed the sound.

[ridedeus]

supporting coldplay?????oh god.they are 87t475684756 better than coldplay!!

[pdj8484]

@ridedeus Well said!

[TiCyB]

@ridedeus That's why Coldplay needs their support.

[cScruffy]

@ridedeus ..also 10x years BEFORE coldplay..

[schwilly75]

don't cry.

[juniorluis]

One of he most important songs of nineties

[deanarooney]

listen to james- out to get you. if you like this youll like that i promise........

[OnclePop]

haaaa James.... great song, great album... good that someone remember that ^^

[douche246bagg]

i wish i could feel wat i felt wen i first heard this, so underatted

[dreamquarter]

listen to the artist håkan hellström's song "det är så jag säger det" it is almost the same song but it's better!

[MrSuttie]

But er..written several years later. Hmmmm. You mean he ripped it off?

[jackyll82]

du psychédélique à la Neil Young teinté d'un Bach, un envol du côté des couleurs!

[Maikil00Curtis]

Love it............

[jiveinhere]

organ solo sounds a bit like the one in "No Woman No Cry"

[dopysloth]

Stand alone music with a corbijn clip! Best of all :)

[adrainb01]

downloaded this after listening to it twice- I like it.

[furnutx]

This reminds me of Bowie o.O

[rushnerd]

just a bit O.o

[salparadise1971]

Deserters Songs is it ?

[MrAugustus88]

This masterpiece is the new 'Strawberry Fields' and the new ' Lucy in the sky with diamonds' neo progg. Quality music has not died after all. Aren't the companies and MTV tired of Promoting Rap and disco crap all the time ?

[wenelius]

ah 1998... I love this song. Can't believe it's been 11 yrs since I first heard it.

[fix33r]

wow 98 was such a great year to know music

[gazzaonetwo]

who cares ? i just like this song and thats all.

[luigimeis]

Fantasy...pure fantasy!

[jonnywotsit]

How can anyone talk about oldplay in the same breath as this band?

[svengoraneltonjohn]

from what year is this song??

[Lukashenko]

1998 it's from 'Deserters Songs'.

[gazzaonetwo]

good song though.

[gazzaonetwo]

casr2, nice one , sarcasm is alive and well,

[stereodata]

mercury rev are aldready great !!!

[tokyojohn1234]

Just saw Coldplay last night in Hong Kong, and Mercury Rev was the warm up band. No comparison, Mercury Rev will get better in time...

[JennyOndioline]

Um, like during the 20+ years they've already been together?! They are truly one of the great original American bands out there, and their work is singularly amazing as it is!!!!

[casr2]

why are we talking about a band as bad as coldplay on an awsome track like this?, coldplay are nowhere near the league of mercury rev.. and im one of the few people left in the world that still kinda likes coldplay... mercury rev are awsome, end of

[mercuriopiccoli]

it's a great song but they rip off so many bands... flaming lips... and flaming lips ripped off butthole surfers...

but this one is still a masterpiece

[chinacat]

The lead singer of Merc was in the Lips, cut him some slack!

[camdablinkfreak]

saw them last night at coldplay

well im prepared to say they are the second worst band ever ... second to decoder ring - who are completely instrumental

[JamesHayter]

hang on a sec camdablinkfreak...you actually payed to see coldplay....you think you have any say in the matter of musical taste?

[camdablinkfreak]

Coldplay was worth every cent...

Mercury Rev on the other hand? Almost makes me wish I hadn't bought my tickets.

Oh and I wouldn't be insulting my music tastes considering millions of people world wide would agree Coldplay are a good band. Better than Mercury Rev by a long shot at least

[Comus89]

hahahahahaha millions of people think Soulja Boy is good too remember?

[ArtIsNotForSale]

Soulja Boy and Mercury Rev are working together on a new album.

[almostfearless]

i fucking hope this true

[shlomiht]

Coldplay is great, been to 2 of their concerts, always worth it.

[jessicakennon]

@camdablinkfreak Just because millions of people like something doesn't mean it is automatically amazing. Millions of people liked Britney Spears.

[jullesandberg]

Check: Håkan Hellström - Det Är Så Jag Säger Det

[kukoskarsson]

haha ja  genialt av håkan !

[jullesandberg]

Helt sjukt!

[MarcelloEspindola]

Sorry for can't never listen mercury rev chasing a bee.

[detectivesyme]

They stole the verse from Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes and the chorus from the Beatles' Golden Slumbers. That massived DOUCHES.

[ProcessedCheeser]

Doesn't sound much like golden slumbers...

[detectivesyme]

Yeah not TOO much. . .

[phlizmo]

nahh.. beisdes Mott can be accused of ripping off procul harem's whiter shade of pale which is Pachelbel's Cannon in D. . its just a common chord progression. In case you havent noticed, there isnt too much completely original music these days. THe chorus does feel like GOlden slumbers until he sings "...alone by your side" where the chords change. THe BEatles stole a lot too.. Beisdes the lyrics of golden slumbers arent paul's either.. If it rocks its legit.

[sophiaturbo]

Весьма и весьма прикольная/приятная команда - в лучших традициях поп-рока 70х; и рокик чудесный.

[garryinblack]

Mercury Rev....the most underestimated band of an era....

[svengoraneltonjohn]

A Swedish artist has made some kind of cover on this song, listen, Håkan Hellström - Det är så jag säger det

[StrawberryAndMe]

yeah, and don't you think it's kinda' weird? I think this one is a lot better, though. what do you think?

:)

[ragnarok2501]

Omigawd I love this band so much. Major pwnage on music's ass.

[goodsirknight]

when music videos were good.

[Applemask]

Drums by Levon Helm.

[somekindofteddy]

love this song! <3

[mysterywhiteboy45]

are you a hypnotist?

[shovman]

for a song so dreamlike these are some pretty trivial comments. just enjoy the music.

[kaimailaic3]

lov. cheers maikel

[LogInAnders]

I've really liked this song for more than 2 years now, but wow.. this videos is horrible..

I like mercury rev, but I understand why some people call it shallow and pretentious.. that's exactly what the video is.. but don't only judge on that.. listen to the music..

No doubt that I can make a better video.. these shots are horrible, intersecting between fastmotion, focus and then out of focus.. Its not an efford to be different.. its just blowing up.. good song!

[privs]

Its supposed to be like that - it's replicating silent movie style filming...that's why it flickers etc

[EminentKnight]

I didnt like it to be honest...

[heartion]

well, good for you. we wouldn't want you to lie now.

[EminentKnight]

Was that sarcasm?

[charliesaini]

Shallow and pretentious, i'll save for my judgement of your attire if i ever stumble upon you.

[LivingMy9Lives]

Very lovely.

[aneus2]

pretentious. shallow.

[charliesaini]

well make up your mind, which accusation are you hurling*projecting+ at these guys..which by the way, in case you can't tell, are probably more pretentious and shallower than your wildest asshole fantasies...daisy

[aneus2]

oops, did i just hit your softspot?

Did you feel at as an accusation that you are shallow?

Are you really that democratic that you can not take it that someone has another opinion, and has taste?

[charliesaini]

Did you feel at as an accusation that you are shallow?

you read a lot dont you?

anyway, Mercury Rev is a very creative bunch, have been godfathers of the "alternative" scene, are tough enough to live in upstate New York, have lent their guys to another fantastic band Luna... and i dont know who copyied who but An American Astronaut and this vid are quite similar, meaning both creepy and imaginative.

[aneus2]

do you allways answer with a question?

HAHA, well let us not make it a big deal. it's just a band..or not?

where are you from? seem to know something about this band. let me get in to them deeper and get back to you, ok?

tip: she wants revenge. although something completely different

[eldogui]

es como una cancion de david bowie pero cantada por the beatles, buenisimo.

[leonoraparkin]

love it love it loveit brings out the angsty teenager in me! Might be my favourite ever song.

[masogd]

remember me golden slumbers of beatles' album "abbey road"

[farscapeone]

dare to be different!!!!

[mercuriopiccoli]

I think they should have splitted up after this song..... IT'S PERFECT!!!! How can you do better?

[mattchuw91]

splitted???

[crazygolfer333]

John Lennon would be proud of this great song.

[su79nioj]

lol. Playing those miiiiind games together...

[crazygolfer333]

Yes...why didn't people like my comparison to Lennon? What's wrong with that?

[889780]

because technically your very wrong.

[crazygolfer333]

How am I technically very wrong? Explain.

[fgaze72]

well, if it comes down to technicalities, then your grammar is weak as fuck, but this is music and beauty and its not about technicalities so stfu, basically. the guy has his opinion.