aimee mann - ghost world

[MissIcia]

Yep. That's it right there.

[ThorseloverC]

this is a boring song...

[MsSonoramico]

alguien podria traducirme esta cancion en español ?

[RosaBarroca]

have just discovered her through my brazilian idol ROBERTO FREJAT. Nice sound!

[thepocarisweat]

<3 aimee

[keyehaw]

"Finals blew, I barely knew

My graduation speech,

With college out of reach,

If I don't find a job

It's down to Dad and Myrtle Beach."

There aren't a lot of artists who can encapsulate the uncertainty of life after graduation in 5 lines like that.

[tcutie87]

@keyehaw The lines aren't that hard to come up with. Look up any "I'm scared of the future as a teenager" song...

[keyehaw]

@tcutie87

Not that artfully, though.

[CataclysmicDemi]

This song is amazing!

[06hatter]

Such a lovely song, and the video is a great companion to Guster's video for "Fa Fa" in the sense that it has to do with post-education ennui, something a lot of people are experiencing right now.

[whisky110]

I can't believe it's nearly 25 years since I first heard Aimee sing...! This is definetly one of my favourites.

[Cicilo1983]

@whisky110, I feel the same. When I heard "Voices Carry" for the first time, it was love at first sight for me. Her music has been with me ever since, whether as a solo artist or as Til Tuesday's frontwoman.

[bacholerno2]

loved aimee since I was about 13 and she still holds a permanent place in my heart :)

[MrRobc66]

I humbly worship at the altar

[AtomicLobotomy]

Agree with Nazno. Bachelor No. 2 is allround best rock album since Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band.

[angelarayrocks]

voice and singing style much like liz phair...

[maurirossi]

I dont speak good english, but I know the expresssion to say what I think about Aimee Mann: ¡WOW!!!

[maurirossi]

I dont speak good english, but I know the expresssion to say what I think about Aimee Mann: ¡WOW!!!

[JoshVol182]

She does have a talent with words. Even her Til Tuesday songs were very deep.

[NaturaJoe]

Ever when i listen to any of her lyrics, I keep asking myself: how can this girl express such delicate details of the most simple (and therefore complicated) things of love?

The same goes to when she's talking about wising up and getting on with your life...

Love this girl. Wish i'd meet someone like her...

[beerbrain420]

This song is sadly beautiful, pensive, melancholic.....and yet somehow triumphant at the same time. Vintage Aimee Mann.

[dakkota74]

oh, she's so good!



[animwoman]

I want her COAT!!! hahaha:P She's really good, I don't know her much, but my stepmom loves her so much! I'm happy she talked to me abouot her so I can discover a great voice!!!

[castingtherunes]

The intonations of her voice here remind me a little of Karen Carpenter.

[kakumei77]

I loved the graphic novel when I was a freshman in high school! Then, I got into Aimee Mann and heard this song and fell in love with it! Then, a year later, they made a movie of it with Scarlett and Thora Birch!

[dandamagetoo]

god bless you tube and all its contributors. I love you people

[marcabra]

What enlightened folks posting on here!

[nazno]

Batchelor No. 2 best all-round rock album of last 20 years!

[marcabra]

Yep.

[BerrySizemore]

@nazno I really enjoyed this album, but The Forgotten Arm is epic and multiple degrees more awesome than this album.

[MOJOPIN1960]

oh god i love this !

[EngelNr666]

great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xDjavlarIHavetx]

Gosh, she's beautiful :'>

[dearyogini]

Could we please get a copy of this video that is higher resolution? Thanks muchly...

[brianne13910]

wasnt this song like inspired by the ghost world comics??

[marcabra]

No, the novel.

[chickfaktor]

This song is autobiographical.

[theramble]

I saw Aimee Mann last night in Brisbane, Australia - she is awesome.

Aimee is really at peace with her work - she took requests from the crowd.

Not many artists are talented enough to do that.

[fjcivdawg]

what ever happen to till tuesday, have I been out of it for a long time.

[apemanstreetwalker]

nother great one....

[taildragger51]

One of the finest artists to appear in the last few decades. Wonderfully talented..sings about about real life. I really admire her material. She's for REAL.

[kabjkm7]

She must be pretty smart. How many people know what a gibbous moon is?

[nazno]

Aimee Mann is one of the greats of contemporary music.

[JelloFarming]

Found the answer myself: The comic was the influence for Aimee Mann's song "Ghost World" on her album Bachelor No. 2.

[mymusicnotfionas]

Aimee understands the outcast emotions so well. She's like my lost sister or something (not literally..)

[xpoppiox]

I knew her as a teenager in richmond virginia....she understands it so well because she lived it.

[MISTERWHITE111]

xpoppiox wrote: " I knew her as a teenager in richmond virginia "

"bailing this town ...."

She eventually did in a huge way. I see her every time she comes back to Richmond to perform.

[JelloFarming]

Does anyone know if this song has any connection to the movie "Ghost World"? I know it wasn't in the movie but the lyrics seem to go along with some of the plotlines.

[DiGiCharat9990]

in the book it says that this is how he got inspired on by to make the book.

so i geus it does

[nadjadee]

You have it backwards. Aimee Mann is a self proclaimed fan of graphic novels, and a fan of Daniel Clowes. She wrote this song after reading it.

[DiGiCharat9990]

thanks.i hate it when i get some thing wrong and no one corrects me. thats kinda cool.

[nadjadee]

Absolutely. I adore that you love accuracy, and adore even more that you're a Mann Fan. Aimee rocks. I've been lucky enough to meet Aimee & Michael several times (backstage, at Canters, at a private recording of Acoustic Vaudeville @ Columbia City Theater) and they are both super nice and really intelligent. So you must be too!

[DiGiCharat9990]

thanks!, that was really nice.. your soo lucky to meet aimee man andd michael back stage! what i wouldent give to do that/!

[JiggersGenius]

Aimee is one of my favorite artists, no matter the gender. It's annoying to hear about favorite female artists and male artists. Fact is, if they're great, they're great. Gender does not figure in talent.

[Schneebuddy]

Aimee is a natural music machine; she is one in ten million, and one of my favorite female music artists. God bless her, and her family.

[jarcho123]

does anyone know if Aimee formally studied music? cause her songs are COMPOSITIONS, man...

[highleyr]

She attended Berklee, one of the most prestigious music colleges in the US, for a year or two before dropping out to form her first band.

[kingofthephonies]

Aimee Mann frightens me. I don't know why. Love her music, but she just looks...i donno. Just me?

[kbkushalutube]

even i think she looks like a ghost sometimess

[PowerOfThePenTV]

Perfect song and video *****

[valetten]

what a divinely voice!!!

[mariahdeansteen]

Aimees Mann has a way of being so ...seperate and longing...makes her music authentic to the ear immediately.

[StuckWhereIAm]

is this the same lady who sang One, and Wise Up? cuz her accent seems a lil different

[BNL07604]

yep. same woman.

[CrystalusAurora]

Am I the only one that realizes she's in Sunnydale High??? The library, the halls, the pool, the football field...all Sunnydale.

[buffyiangelff]

No, you're not only one:) I think she was in one Buffy ep but I can't remember in wich one...

[CrystalusAurora]

The episode she was in was 'Sleeper', season 7....she mentioned she hates playing vampire towns.lol.

[buffyiangelff]

Thanks for the reminder:) I shoud've guessed it was somewhere in last two sesons - ones I watched and remmeber the least...

[iluvmorrissey]

This is a gr8 song, its on Bachelor no.2 or last remains of the dodo.. great album

[SoFlor00]

I fell in love with AM when I first heard Lucky and Telescope about 20 years ago. She has a way of pulling your heart right into the song. I just wish she would play South Florida!

[67annorexorcist94]

She looks like a cross between Tori Amos and Laurie Metcalf.

[verucasalt116]

Love this song. Aimee is Amazing!

[django519]

This is the best song from one of the best records ever made. Really nice to see video on it. Thanks for posting it.

[shesgotissues]

you're welcome. this song means a lot to me too.

[232323C]

needs to sing higher in this maybe...just sometimes at least... Ido liek the song and Aimee is great!

[mymusicnotfionas]

A.M. is a goddess, I wish I could meet her more than once.

[emptybluecows]

Everyone I know is acting weird or way too cool, they hang out by the pool so I just read a lot and rode my bike around the school.

[Tornlover33]

She reminds me of Alanis... in a less-pissed off sort of way, though. Great music and fantastic lyrics. Why can't there be more music like this?

[cheerbear237]

Amazing Aimee!

[Merlikas]

She is like a fairy.

[lorisgirl]

does anyone know if this song has any connection with the movie Ghost World?

[coreyplaysbass]

It's about the cahracters in the graphic novel, so indirectly yes...

[lorisgirl]

cool, thanks. the comic is awesome as well. daniel clowes is wonderful :)

[islammessi17]

i dont think so

its kool though !!

[abendbrot01]

From what I understand, this song was inspired by the graphic novel, Ghost World--there was a contest some time ago (SIBL project for literacy)--the song appears on "Songs inspired by Literature, Chapter 1") This CD was for songwriters who wrote music/lyrics inspired by different literature that they read. So essentially, the song was written for this contest to support literacy.

[lorisgirl]

interesting. I gotta get this CD.

[yangchicka]

wow

my name is Aimee too!

[olytanis]

Aimee Mann is an incredible artist. Love this song; thanks for the post. (Paul B, Mr. F says hi-respond to this comment please)

[Aimee2200]

My name is Aimee

[mearte]

Me gustan un par de canciones de esta tipa.

Bueno, seguiré escuchando tranqui.

¡Feliz año nuevo!.

[mearte]

Se supone que tendría que estar estudiando pero ahora prefiero divagar un rato... Y bue, tengo el cd de la película Magnolia (el soundtrak) donde canta esta tipa y me gusta bastante.

[IwA1985]

nice

[hpmendes]

she is awesome

[dragster58]

Now this is what I call non-wimpy music!!

GGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AIMEE!! :)

[nazno]

Aimee Mann is best lyricist since the Beatles--and a lot of her songs have melodic Beatle quality. She writes and sings real songs.

[NormRSSM]

I know ..Aimee's perseseverence...thankyou Aimee

[apemanstreetwalker]

@nazno aww c'mon seriously??? the Beatles? I've listened to Aimee since 1986 and love her stuff but....the Beatles?

[iloveneytiri]

@apemanstreetwalker Shes the opposite to The Beatles. Hideaously underrated compared to The Beatles who are the single most glorified thing thats ever been and ever will be. The guy that cures cancer or even comes up with a formula for everlasting life won't be spoken about in the same breath as The Beatles. Thankfully I have ears and don't go on what the media say, or should I say dictate. Beatles aren't shit but they're pretty close.

[whimsicalocean]

@iloveneytiri ahahahahaha, you are far kinder than i am when it comes to them. i cannot stand their music at ll, but some of the solo is okay.

[iloveneytiri]

@whimsicalocean Yeah Imagine is genius but have you heard Yellow Submarine? I thought it was a joke at first. Literally one of the worst songs ever.

[djprezence]

@nazno Ok I realize you wrote this 3 years ago but MAN that's a stretch to say something like that. Even 3 years ago that would be a stretch!

[interrogator27]

Aimee is a soldier for humanity.  I love!

[kabjkm7]

The entire album Bachelor No2 is A+++

[mapossari]

amooooo

perfeito^^

[antgarcia62]

3:24, I never see her smile. I love this song. I wish she was a musician EVERYBODY knows. I love you Aimee!!!

[loverocket]

This would've been perfect in the movie Ghost World

[niklb]

This is a tremendous song. I first heard it on a compilation CD called "Songs Inspired by Literature", which is exactly that, songs based on great works of lit. It's part of this whole big literacy campaign. The songs on the CD are all unforgettable. Thanks Aimee, for allowing this song to be part of it.

[saulo07]

Everyone I know is acting weird or waaay too cool....ehehe true true. I love Aimee...

[ptftavares]

i eally like this video. The camera is really smart! they did sometihng really good with no money at all...

[rosco1010]

Aimee Mann, Is probably one of the most underated musicians on the planet. The problem she has is that she does not fit into any Catagories for commercial radio hence a lot of her work is only heard by Fans or Word of mouth. So spread the word of the great Baccharac esq lyrics. and we are all looking forward to the next offering from Aimee.

[mgourlay2002]

no in my area of scotland has heard of aimee mann but i luv her music.

[manwithnoname123]

of her scores of great songs, this has always been one of my favorites - such a beautiful encapsulation of teen alienation, that feeling we've all had of just wanting to get out of town, to go somewhere, to do something new. Aimee Mann is such a wise songwriter and she's always got good hooks, too!

[ghb61]

Isn't the name of this song "Ghost town"? Anyway, it's one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. The lyrics are absolutely devastating. Glad it's here!

[Elek50]

Just an unbelievable songwriter with a beautiful song. So hauntingly imaginative. Also i have to add I haven't seen one of those superb Epiphone Coronet guitars played since Johnny Winter in 1970.

[85Scott]

Great video. I like Ghostworld and Deathly songs from Bachelor best. Video reminds of my HS delimmas. Maybe Aimee's just prior to making the choices that led to her music career?

[nodnalandon]

i take the comment back, its actually a great video.. it just takes time...

[shesgotissues]

hahaha... :)

[nodnalandon]

the video, its a little bit teeny boppery and photoshootish... but aimee, its ok..its ok

i love ya!

[JBMcMACK]

Aimee Mann. Woefully underrated. I love you Aimee. "She gave up her toe."

[mukoyosi]

i lovbe this spng!

[btwu]

about this song, it's my least fav on bachelor. but i love the acoustic version on calling it quits single!

about the video... not a fan :p

about aimee looove her!

thanks for posting it~

[normaljean]

Yay Aimee Mann!! Thanks for posting this.