Blue October - Hate Me: Live@VH1.com

[bigmancp9221]

Damn you really feel the pashion and all the raw emotions in this version of the song. Beautiful, and powerful.

[suthrncumfort1976]

Im a new October listener, but so far so good...this version of this song is what hooked me...there's more passion on that stage than in a thousand (C)rap songs...sad what passes for music these days, but good to see that some ppl are still doing things the old fashioned way...

[desolationrow96]

How are they related to Jack Black?

jst joking...

they're very cool though...

[v2freak]

They sure are cool

[desolationrow96]

Yes they are and how did this comment get negative 15? that wsn't offensive... i ws offensive...

[Marig00o]

This was REALLY good like really! This is a totally diffrent version from the slow and peaceful song to a really great and emotional way to perform it. Whoohoo!:)

[mjstewster]

i dont know much about blue october, but i downloaded this song on itunes and had to check out the song live. I fell in love with this song the first time i heard it. if i had to guess this is one of those songs that was written from experience, unlike most of what is out there, its not just puff

[Austenctr]

almost all of the songs they sing are written from experience... and they put so much emotion into which makes them so much better than alot of the bands out there now

[terratai]

watch this.. Blue October Interview On Fuse TV May 2009. he's just, normal.. aha..

[terratai]

naah.. that's his style.. he's really into this song.. :)

[IamLisaYo]

Ehh, Different answers =/

I will just watch him more, to find out for myself.

[IamLisaYo]

I am asking a serious question.

Does this singer have Tourette syndrome? Or is he just really into it?

Awesome song =)

[senorclean66]

he did drugs for most of history for sale its mostly past effects of withdrawls i think

[IamLisaYo]

I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

[7xxkissesxx7]

he's really passionate about the song. he is bipolar but thats not what makes him like this. this is a really meaningful song to him, they all are because he wrote them, and they all mean something to him. he's just connecting with the song :)

[IamLisaYo]

Awesome. Thanks =)

[31Wolvesplayer]

that was absolutely amazing

[VonToppel]

is this children of bodom cover?

[RVAuday]

This song was written by Blue October, presumably about Justin's mother...

[tconnor6]

I just discovered these guys by accident. They're awesome!!

MORE!!

[RVAuday]

We also dicovered them by accident, about three years ago at Fourth Street Live in Louisville. We thought they were just some "local" band, because every person in the crowd was singing along word for word... I couldn't believe how good they were. They have the BEST live show of any band, that most people have never heard of. They take performing live seriously, and NOBODY leaves disapointed..!!! Listen to "What If We Could" for a great hard rock song... AWESOME ..!!! Great Video...!!!

[mylulac]

OMG!! Awesome!!! I just recently discovered this band when "so you think you can dance" choreographed a dance using one of their songs. I don't remember which one but I took down the name of the group and I have now bought two albums and can't stop listening to them!! I have rarely fallen in love with a band so fast! How come we don't hear more about them? Of course most of my favorites are not mainstream. Tom Waits being my altime fav. This song live is so full of emotion, just Awesome!!!!!!

[sweetspunky1]

buy them all...they are all amazing. And go to a live show...same thing happened to me after hearing she's my ride home. I haven't listened to anyone else since March. Every album is awesome, and different from each other. You will be addicted. :) welcome to blue october.

[itspyper]

He said it all!!! Wow...

xo

[darkprince0829]

you want emotion...watch the one where he performs hate me on jimmy kemble live...that is emotion....

[abnewton88]

:27 is this dood ok?

[SanT89M]

i guess the reason why this video is so good is cause when he sings it he means it and his spaking well singing from his heart unlike does lame ass bands you hear on the radio that just make you say what the fuck are the singing about

[CJLoveable]

I love his emotion man.... He's so honest ...

Best version !

[tds450r]

AMAZING HOW THEY GOOD LIVE !!

[MISSDIAGNOSED1]

<~~~tears...bravo....bravo....­bravo...

[gizzymo16]

Absolutely amazing.

[gbw12]

possably only ten or less live performances better than this one,, the music and the emotion is stunning,,

if you listen to the original song and then this live performance, it will move you.. way to go BLU OCTO..

[frozenheartnight]

i never found a video where i could fit this expression so well:

Fucking Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LDMEYER1971]

Thanks xxtillxdipshitxx, AKA professor wizard

[zoltor100]

That's Professor CAPTAIN-Wizard, to you, sir. ;D

[JoeGibb]

seeing this live makes you realize there's a lot more instruments in the song than you would normally notice

[ViKingz666]

Check out our cover of this tune at

/watch?v=G2kTHKPJ3bM

Comment! Thanks!

[LDMEYER1971]

Alot of EMOTION there, WOW!!

Violin kicks ass, Bass everything about it....

[xxtillxdeathxx]

thats not a violin thats a viola

[gloriafuenteszun]

It is one of the most moving songs I have ever heard.

[19traci71]

This song is about his mother. In the music video, it is his actual mother in it!

[mitchdjay]

God bless his mama and mine too.

[freakonnaisance]

the lead has had bipolar for a long time.

[dudelol09]

i read in guitar mag, that the singer went to a mental hospital type place and relized who he hurt and how he hate, i think its to a bunch of people each relate to diffrent people,

amazing tho one of my favs

[villelove88]

people say this song is about his ex but why at the begining of the song his mom is checking up on him on he answering machine and also in the video it shows peices of a mom and her son? i always thought it was about how he has put his mom through hell or something like that

[dakotadenverdexter]

yeah it is about his mom

[Virade]

he said in an interview that its about all the people he hurt (including both his ex and mother) when he was going through difficulties with his family

[gearedunder]

easily my favorite song of all time! ... you can see the emotion in his eyes, and hear the passion in his voice... there aint many artist that even come close to that.....

[valiumsummer]

That is not emotion you see in his eyes... its mascara and eye liner.

[SirPlorkenblog]

What a horrible tasteless, and uncalled for joke!

[SirPlorkenblog]

@ eyeliner and mascara joke.

[valiumsummer]

Lighten up Francis.

[xxtillxdeathxx]

wow thats rediculoulsy stupid

[ninevoltromeo]

the raw emotion in this song is fucking intense. there has never been a song that has been this powerful to me before. i love his honesty, and i love the way he words things.

[estranged55]

not a huge fan of blue october. but i must this song is prob one of the greatest songs from the 2000's.... I fucking jam out to this song non stop..

[TrapHunt]

This song is kind of depressing yet I love how real and honest it is. I'm sure that the girl he wrote this about cries everytime she hears it.

[KittyNessa]

mm yesh I agree

[052596]

this song is about his mom. she was always there for him thru everything. check out the rest of their music...you won't be disappointed.

[sasuke1788]

Not true. It's not really about anyone specific, just anyone he hurt when he was using. But if you had to pick one person he wrote it about, it would his ex. It completes the three song story of Ugly Side (when he meets her) Calling You (loves her but is using behind her back) and Hate Me (she helped him get clean but it ruined what they had.)

[052596]

Yes true. He said it himself in a interview.

[sasuke1788]

It's generalized. It's really for everyone he hurt. But the whole mom thing, is he's just reflecting on his life in general. Going down the hallway and each room has a different memory from his life. And, that was actually his mom in the video, which is cool. But look up the "Blue October Frontman Asks Ex to Hate Him" interview. Or some other interviews he's done about it. He has some real good stories about things that inspired the song.

[littlejames11]

if thats true and everything, why does the video have him with his mom?...btw I believe you, I just find that kinda odd

[sasuke1788]

Well, like I said. I think it's generalized. I imagine a line like "And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?" wouldn't be about his mom, because well, mothers don't do things like that. But my theory is, it's not about any one person, but every voice that was there trying to help him. I've been through something similar and when you're so far gone the voices begging you to come back seem to run together and all sound the same.

[sasuke1788]

I just think, the song is a plea for everyone you hurt to hate you because you're going to commit suicide and if they hate you, they won't be hurt, because well, you've hurt them enough. But I really think the song is just to that ever persistent voice always in his ear trying to help, whoever it be.

[natethomas2003]

"and will you never say you love me just to put it in my face" actually sir incorrect genius..that means his mother is loving him unconditionally even though he does not appear to be reciprocating that love. "never say you love me just to put it in my face" kinda like "never say you're rich just to put it in my face" she has something he is still trying to achieve. the song's about his mom but you are right, music is interpretive and people use it for whatever they want. enough said. peace!

[Cartesiantheater]

"I imagine a line like "And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?" wouldn't be about his mom, because well, mothers don't do things like that."

Mine does.

You must be from a functional family, which would explain it.

[sasuke1788]

My family is about as dysfunctional as they come. But, why don't you take an interest and follow him a little more closely and you'd see the interviews when he's broke this song down about what it's about.

[MissusFoster]

Justin IS kind of crazy... That's kind of the point. Have you ever actually heard their music? Listen to Schizophrenia someday.

[bummy63]

isnt the lead singer actually kind of crazy but arnt we all..lol but im pretty sure one of these guys broke one of thier legs rounding a base at a game

[TaylorTotz101]

I wonder if they know how great they are...

[annebackn]

i love it <3

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