The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Ballad of Jim Jones

[980aaa111]

these guys are cool christ

[SpahnRanch1969]

I walked to New York and back from L.A.

I lived on a mountain and once by the bay

I bought an apartment and slept in the hay

but there's no place that's softer than...

[SpahnRanch1969]

living today is just getting so bad

there's a look on your face

and it says"you've been had!"

you can take all my money

but don't make me mad

cause there's nobody meaner than...

[hgafaescotland]

simply the best

!

[ooma5]

like !!!!

[oldmangimpsuit]

This song is great because they keep things simple. . . Simple is always better

[wallofvideo]

has bjm done any charlie manson covers?

[ZCaligula]

I am Jesus Christ and the Brian Jonestown Massacre is my favorite band.

[veverzay]

didn't hole write this?

[isthatpissful]

BJM fans are the most pleasant fans. Everyone that takes a listen is immediately moved!

[placidcasual345]

I fell in deep but I learned how to swim :-)

I'm ashamed to say I completely overlooked this band, I only got into them by accident after stumbling upon Dig!

[I8RICKROLLERS]

take it from the man!

[dlanor1073]

I think Anton must be able to channel all things 60's, this is probably my favorite song by BJM

[dirtysickeuropeans]

22 people gave all their money to Jim Jones.

[entirelyfakename]

@dirtysickeuropeans wtf does that even mean? a lot of fucking ppl died there asshole

[dirtynuke]

Anton Newcombe is Jesus Christ!

[WilfordlBrimley]

@dirtynuke A Jesus Christ who punches fans and bandmates in the face, but Jesus Christ nonetheless.

[diedahero]

@WilfordlBrimley

lol, you mean a Jesus Christ who punches fans and bandmates in the face, subsequently driving all original members away after 9 years of abuse, only to turn around and claim the BJM was his project anyway so he can still pay for his drug habit with the suckers who ignorantly believe him.

[KeLoman0]

Thank god for Anton

[DeutscherTheWhoFan]

Inspiration is:

Bob Dylan and The Band

and

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

[HobbitSamurai]

:10 Thats the real BJM Joel, Matt, and Antone

[azurenscens]

love the zappa reference. "Is that a real poncho or is that a sears poncho?"

[StringMaster94]

i want a tee-shirt that says "Thank god for mental illness" i would ware the fuck out of that thing

[cottageorgan]

how could anyone dislike this? I mean how?!!

[SUPwityoo]

This is the band that got me into heroin! JK don't do drugs

[tjrafferty1]

me too, not kidding.

[SUPwityoo]

This is the band that got me into heroin! JK don't do drugs

[HoboSex]

Alpha = Atma = Jim Jones = Brahma = Omega

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

"now there's nobody cleaner than me or than him." 

[dudeyourvideosucks11]

thats jeff gordon on the far left at 1:31

[surrealillness]

I came across a documentary film about them right now but im watching without sound so i came to listen to what they play, from the movie they look like a bunch of over confident morons more of life style provokers then actually musicians, listening to this confirms my assumptions.

[unholychunk]

@surrealillness right cuz if you dont like certin bands there shit right. youre not a retard at all

[Loyoyo]

blah blah Dandies choke Anton is the shit furk the dilettante Warhols

[MaxFillio]

the Brian Jonestown Massacre....Wilco.....Bright Eyes.....Radiohead.....White Stripes.....Osvaldo Paese.......are the best of the best of rock n roll today.

[Beekay2002]

@MaxFillio

your definition of rock n roll is a lot different to mine!

[withnielandi]

@Beekay2002 Lol amen!

[WaitingxxRoom]

@MaxFillio wilco..rock n roll? really?

[josh692004]

this sounds like "running away" music...kicks ass!

[LAMF1968]

Damn Straight 

[coldironhands1]

living today is just getting so bad

there's a look on your face

and it says"you've been had!"

you can take all my money

but don't make me mad

cause there's nobody meaner than (me)

[derekghgh]

living today is just getting so bad...

[mikey10ish]

BJM is one of the greatest bands of our time that everyone will never hear until fifteen year from now and are going to think why didnt I listen to them.

[withnielandi]

@mikey10ish Nah, its just us here now!

[Bouchon211]

@mikey10ish I guess we're all the lucky ones :)

[rtgerwaski]

I wish the comments were separate from the video. 1. It makes me pay less attention to the song. 2. ALL of the comments make me pretty disgusted and angry. 3. I now have the urge to jump in the cesspool myself. In this order. Lame.

[jacisherosick]

Hushhhhhh children, let us listen....

[onandon19]

@jacisherosick LOL

[MrEricamiles]

great song and cool pictures. i recommend the movie dig if you havent seen it. puts a different perspective of these guys into light. and if you didnt already know they are linked to another great band the dandy warhols that i highly recommend listening to.

[yumcakes1]

my uncle is in this band

[jacisherosick]

Living today is just getting so bad...

[StrawberryPussy]

love this song

[415BAY415]

I was at Ameba Records on Height Street in SF and bought one of there albums. The cashier told me when i was buying it that their tamborine player worked there, and sure enough he was right behind me. Pretty cool.

[01mdubz01]

Please, PLEASE.

Anyone with a good knowledge of this type of music . .

Reccomend me more like this song? it is amazing. . .

[VALObrand]

@01mdubz01

check out the wild. they are similar.

check out this song: set ourselves free by the wild.

[blurrybigfoot74]

@Ramonise Thank you for taking the time to let me know what everybody thinks and wants. Everybody thanks you.

[2threemiles]

@blurrybigfoot74 thanks to ramonise i know what i want now, i was so lost before.

[blurrybigfoot74]

@2threemiles Praise be to Ramonise

[jonny9385]

watchmen

[GoinDownToJunkieTown]

@jonny9385 awww i fuckin knew id heard this one somehwere before!! thanx man, was rackin my brain there tryin to remember

[tinnigeimgengill]

LOVE BJM !

[clumpft]

The Dandy's went on to suck corporate cock and sold out period.

Anyone who thinks differently doesn't appreciate good music. It's so fuuuuuucking obvious when you listen to their songs, forget video clips and what not, LISTEN TO THE SONGS, they went from being a kickarse rock band to writting fucking bullshit teeny-bopper crap music, with really dumb lyrics. I wish they would take the drugs they wrote about and fucking o.d - that would be a good career move.

[titcdrum]

Whatever gets your music to the largest audience possible. and you are proud of what you are making. then its never selling out

[LAMF1968]

WWAD ?

[DEEJ2710]

Dude the fucking dandy warhols are sucking the dick of capitalism, its bands like the BrIaN JoNeStOwN mAsSaCrE that make me proud of listening to rock n roll bands/artists that dont and i know who you are you make me wanna fuckin vomit

PEACE AND LOVE FROM MANCHESTER

[crssinatredlites]

just seen them last night in philly! awesome show except no ballad of jim jones :(

[proof327]

all you fucks who talk about "selling out" are stupid just keep doing you and you can make your own record label

[ohmrjameshollywood]

I love you Anton

[crombie92]

that picture at the end haunts my dreams. lol .

[crombie92]

that picture at the end haunts my dreams. lol

[Chewdog79]

anybody got a vid of the ddavid bowie cover of love yyou since i was 6?????

[regretXXXnot]

i wish i was half as good of a songwriter as anton is.

[orb2150tx]

wow,y'all watched "dig" but weren't actually there so you have an opinion.......fart! come on,for real!

[madchronz77]

everyone is a ripoff off of everyone anyways

[glenn62murphy]

Bob Dylan rip off,, why can't bands these days be original

[glenn62murphy]

They also rip off velvet underground / lou reed in other songs

[sbaketown]

@glenn62murphy

Get lost dude.

[stinkymonkey60]

@glenn62murphy

you dont know what the fuck your'e talking about...

[tuberenvy]

@glenn62murphy You should listen to more BJM, then you won't be so sure who it's a "rip off" of. If good harmonica equals Bob Dylan, then what do you call Neil Young?

[poppensmurf]

@tuberenvy he sings completely differently to bob dylan, harmonica + similar genre mabye..

[darthDew22]

does anyone else find this reminiscent of "the times they are a changin" by bob dylan? Like only half of it.

[madchronz77]

i wonder if anton is still doing heroine

[jandean61]

@madchronz77 BJM IS ON THE BIGGEST MOTHERFUCKING 2010 TOUR....bigger than BRMC...

[xbacon24]

RUBBER SOUL RIP-OFF

[Auquis]

@xbacon24 More like Rubber Soul inspired. THe massacre and anton especially are heavily inspiried by the beatles - they make allusions to them in lots of songs. It isnt a bad thing.

[Mongo42089]

I can't stop listening to this...

[pinapoo]

yeah, this sounds more like bob dylan than any beatle song

[88GoodMusic]

1:21 best part "I prayed to Buddha, to Allah, and Jim"

[nanareinert]

yearh ! brian jonestown in koncert in Copenhagen 2010, can't wait ! love this band !

[ARRRGGGGHHHH]

The greatest Dylan pastiche ever written!

[noonelikesalexD]

1:10 (RUBBER SOUL RIPP-OFF!) hahaha but i dont care cause i like this song than any beatles songs.

[maximusv1]

1:10?? Which song do you mean off of Rubber soul? I've listened to that album back to front like a 100 times..

[noonelikesalexD]

the cover.

[maximusv1]

ahh, I see. ha

[coltron3030]

@noonelikesalexD Why would you like this better than ANY beatles song? Wtf is wrong with you people? I'd like to see someone try and sing along to these very comprehendible vocals. Nice harmonica playing doesn't mean better than ANY SONG BY THE FUCKING BEATLES.

[noonelikesalexD]

@coltron3030 i never said i didnt like the beatles. there awesome. i just like these guys better. and the betles had a period of time when they totaly sucked ass.

[TheFrankFactor]

Fucking brilliant, as they say!

[foootos]

what key harmonica is it in

[urmumsbaps]

think its in A

[OBU77]

this is bob dylan's the times they are changing...

[aboutamillion]

bob dylans gay compared to jonestown(bob dylans still th eman)

[Pickpocket]

@OBU77 what

[bmjoy13]

no. go listen again.

[MontagTheMagician]

Horrendous. Very unclever name for a band too.

[neothugx]

why would you say that?

[lmlm11]

i lost my harmonica

sad, sad, sadddd

[destroyourselves]

@lmlm11 but a new one they are like 6 dollars

[padlocksncocoapuffs]

i love this song its fun to play on harmonica

[TheJDMunson]

Best line in the history of cinema=

"U broke my sitar motherf***er!"- Mr. Newcombe

Also the dandies blow gooch.

[hrw]

the last photo was amazing

[ethanalanpruatt]

its an album cover.

[hcchasemagic]

sweet tits!

[bettie68]

this is great peace, love, n a bit a rock n roll. why are you all trippin so ?

[comagirlfriend]

I'm REALLY glad this guy found his calling, otherwise I think he could be one of those sad people on the streets babbling to himself.

[Dooooohc]

I DiG :D

[royaannmiller]

<3 <3 <3 !!!

[bloodndn]

thanks for posting. awesome song.

[rockking05]

is this song about jim jones

[justinwiggy]

no it's about dolly parton you jackass

[polykroma]

i want everyone to hear this

[shadyreefer69]

first bjm song i got into... lovve em all now!

[brilliantone909]

yeah it does sound like times are a changin, but as i was listening to it, it sounded like dylans let me die in my footsteps, either way its a good song

[karlkarlkarl1234]

Anton will never sell out, he was always genuine. He hates the bolshevik record execs more than anyone. Everytime they were about to sign a contract he would deliberately destroy it :)

[koolkatkelso]

are you getting bourgeoisie and Bolshevik confused? Why are the record executives part of the former USSR communist party?

[itsRachDUR]

skins!!

[adam4skateboarding]

Come gather round people wherever you roam, and admit that the waters around you have grown....sound familiar?!?!?! hahaha everyone listen to Bob Dylan's "the times they are a changin" after you hear this song. I was wondering why i had Bob Dylan in my head after hearing this song this morning. Pretty similar, no?

[jandean61]

Not really bro.........I didnt think of fucking Dylan......DYLAN SELLS HIS MUSIC AND LIVE IN A BIG HOUSE.......ANTON IS NOT FOR SELL!

[fabbrunette]

why on earth would you fools even CARE how tall he is??

[eleonoralivia]

I love this song it's so good

[jandean61]

WTF ? ARE WITH THE THUMBS DOWN?? ...Anton is 6'2 ?

[Scalliescouser]

yeah he's pretty tall he is

[Ehohyeah]

how do you know he's 6'2

[jandean61]

Im only 5'7....thats what my D.L says.....cuz I put it. My suggestion to everyone else to just ask Anton how tall he is on his myspace.

[antonfjordson]

5"11&1/2 so there.

[JaydWin]

very bob dylany imo

[zdogification]

Awesome song!

[jandean61]

Anton can and is intimidating........I guess. I saw him in Austin,Texas at Emo's and I had a opportunity to talk to him but I didn't because I just wanted to leave him alone. I was going to give him a cig........whatever...

[tmanxxxx]

this is a good song, but a poor ballad for jim jones. it doesn't mention ballin' or bryd gang dip-set at all.

anton is the mannnnnnnnnnn.

[liam13coins]

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are much smaller in person.

[jandean61]

hahaha...Hollywood is tall(Im 5"7) Anton is about my height and Ricky is too........haha funny comment. BRMC( Peter Hayes is short.......but I bet him and Anton would thow down in a fight is prevoked......ya know what I mean ?

[duchampo]

anton is not 5'7 at all he's a tall bloke 6'2 minimum

[sisterray17]

Actually, I would consider this more similar melodically to the folk song 'Streets of Laredo', which Dylan coincidentally imitated in 'Only A Hobo', which is available on the Bootleg Series vol. 1-3.

[Capanapify]

Ohmygoodness.

If you listen to The Times Are A-Changin' then listen to this, the similarities are uncanny! Unintentional rhythmic plagiarism? whato1986 brought that to my attention :)

[bazzlefizzle]

Kinda easy to blame the Dandy's success on being with a big label. over here (Europe) we don't (want to) know of Anton's band, and telling from their music, most rightfully so. His so-called leftish beliefs - which will turn out to be pretty right wing once he gets here - won't help him either. Oh yeah: the Dandy's do have some 'underground' following over here, because they're a good band, period.

[MRMINGMONG]

BJM Are awsome Dandys are pants!!

I agree BIGDADDYFOOT this in one on my faves aswell really cool and raw! Took Anton 15 hours to make the last album and he did it on Speed!!

[sheara4la]

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[whato1986]

sounds v similar to The Times They Are A-Changin'

[Capanapify]

I knew it sounded familiar...

[jandean61]

THIS SONG HAS THE MOST VIEWS THAN ANY OTHER BJM tunes.........why ?

[LogInAnders]

Did anyone notice how the two guitars interact?

Or maybe people don't like to listen to music?

[PerhapsToast2]

well anton is kind of a musical genius

[CorvZr1]

and a huge dick haha, but mostly a musical genius

[66vancouver]

I think the movie - while Ondi Timinor is not in Anton's good books - did BJM a huge favour. It instantly introduced them to a vast audience around the world, and turned us all on to the Anton vibe.

[amichamp]

HEY FUCK YOU LENNYDUPONT!!!! BJM made incredible music and Anton Newcombe is a genius.

[priMMoz]

bjm is so fucken awesome it's unbelievable.

as having it all in one band: dylan, lennon,the beatles alltogether, the stones, donovan, all kinda shit.

they're the best.

[Dilber77]

good music though

[lennydupont]

what a queer.his hero is hitler when heisnt sittin on a pickle he is misrable.

[thinkfast999]

we used to jam this song over and over, drunk during christmas break, me and my friends that was the shiiit

[jandean61]

Does anyone know what KEY IS THE HARMONICA ?

[curtq]

in the key of A

[Akirasamja25]

it's a pity, I have a C :(

[Akirasamja25]

is anybody had the harmonica tab ?

[headsosikk]

hey mr tambourine fag.play a song for me.

[adddywalters]

very bob dylanesque..cool !

[yldann23]

I enjoy BJM. Good stuff. Haven't heard this sound in a recent band for a very long time.

[KerrisLibertina]

When Me and my friend first heard this song featured on skins, we thought twas Bob Dylan, surprised to hear who it actually is. Good stuff nonetheless:)!

[Feehely93]

Ya, me and my friend thought the exactsame and we were so confused because we couldn't place the song:L

[stevenumberone]

What are you a fooking Christian or something? Why don't you go and bother god and leave the rest of us alone.