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  • "Hipster" is the most useless, vacuous word imaginable. People overuse it, misuse it, and butcher it. Just stfu and listen to the wonderful pop Owens and Co are making. What's the alternative to being a hipster? Being an Abercrombie dbag?

  • UGH they are awesome!!

  • christopher owens is one dirty, talented and badass dude.

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  • So is that Ryan William Lynch on the second guitar, I'm confused.

  • So far my favorite Spin video....love them!

  • so is he gay?

  • @kingnaruto15 the lyrics are supposed to be him wishing for all the things his ex-girlfriend said he needed, and obviously the 'boyfriend' part, while an insult to him, was one of the things she said he should have... so it's his own fucked up way of saying he loves her and wants her back

  • seriously though, I really wish I had a pizza right now..

  • @hardc0REGON agreed!

  • I love it when the bass kicks in.

  • this is really fucking cute...

  • He looks like one of the retarded kids that would drool mashed potatoes at lunch in middle school... Maybe I'm just crazy.. totally mad, but I do, however, wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine. Bottom line this guys takes big ole rusty shits!

  • @revick LOL wtf thats mean about the middle school retarded kids... but i agree. although im not too sure what you mean by big ole rusty shits. hahahah

  • @revick

    No he doesn't.

    I would totally bone Christopher Owens, and I'm a guy.

  • @BusquedaBlues Well that makes you a homosexual then.

    

  • @revick

    I forgot.

    "No homo though."

  • @BusquedaBlues What kind of razor do you use?

  • i remember sinatra said something like "its not about how good your voice is, its about the people believing what youre singing"

  • Oh Dang. This is much better than the studio version

  • am i the only one that loves his awkward voice live?

  • this is all we have in the 2000s. polaroids, super 8 footage, michael jackson is dead. nothing is really our own.

  • They may not have the best voice in the scene,but they surely know how to take the listener on a time-warp trip. Fantastic melody. Pity the live performance ommits the "Beachboys" style backing which,in my humble opinion.gives this songs it's strongest element.

  • Wow, the voice sounds TERRIBLE live.

    But the lyrics are cool.

  • @RadioFilth HAHAH ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HE SOUNDS BETTER LIVE, LIVE HE IS RAW AND REAL get over it

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  • @hippiefaced

    Woah, man. Calm down. If you like it, cool.

    If I don't like the vocals, that's cool too. Maybe you should get over it.

  • i love yours hairs <3

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  • Horrible voice and face

  • @davidbowieswaffle then dont listen to him

  • i wish i was there so much!!

  • Wait a minute... those aren't girls.

  • say what you want, but this real!

  • i really wish i had a father

  • this guy is geniousssssssssss....i like how he sings in the girls perspective.

  • @Highlife408 or pehapsh he is in love with a man <3

  • @chilljill47 hahaha nahhh i seeen a intervieeeew where he says that thye sing in the girls persepctive but shii iono maybe they like the v and the p haha

  • I wish I had a weed house

  • Then we could make a big fire every night

  • How is their album called?

  • @DelijaGirl it's simply called "Album"…

  • i thought that this song was about dumb bimbo girls...

    1. really want boyfriends

    2. father issues

    3. want a beach house to party all night

    4. fucked in the head.

    aren't those basically the 4 elements that make up slutty girls? xD

  • @momster777 Those are the four elements that make up life

  • @momster777 The singer was in "children of god" were hes father raped hes mother and all the womens were slaves. Hopes that clear up some of your questions:)

  • thenewgaytv channel on youtube has a video of them explaining the song and it's titled Girls Explain "Lust for Life" and its gay porn video. hes not gay. -____-

  • okay, so since everyone is soo confused here's the video for an explanation of the song:

    the singer isn't gay. he was just jealous and lonely. his ex girlfriend already had someone new and he missed her and it was one of those 'damn i wish i had a bf so i could be happy' things. like he just missed her and wanted to be happy like she was.

  • this is actually one of the worst things i have ever seen. the trogggg singer is disgusting. just awful. yuuuuuuuuuukkkk!

  • I really like both versions of this.

  • theres a sweet live recording from meredith music festival for their whole set but because youtube are haters it wont let me post the link. turnitupto10.blogspot

  • so much love.

  • It's hard for me to write this band off as being "music for hipsters" when they arguably released one of the best pop albums of the last few years. I was blown away when I heard Album last December. Very well put together CD, in my opinion.

  • I agree. They are timeless. Hippies in the 60s, punks in the 70s, college rockers in the 80s, and fans of lo-fi rock in the 90s would all love this. So will the people of the future, I imagine.

  • @Janpei The term "hipster" is utterly lacking in meaning. It's an umbrella term that people use for something they don't understand. This song is excellent and "hipsters" (sigh) don't factor into it in any way.

  • @Janpei I think people have the wrong idea with hipsters. Being a hipster was like making a really terrible joke look really good, then playing it off. And this isn't a joke; this is a real record.

  • @Janpei Hipster hate is dumb, we are all a little hipster on the inside. We are all elitists, we all like to believe our tastes are better than other people's. Just because some one dresses like a 90's nerd and rides a fixed gear bike doesn't mean he's any more of a hipster than me, wearing a Star Wars t-shirt and on a fucking laptop. Hating hipsters is stupid, they are the "best" urban group that has appeared in this last 10 years, at least they like good music.

  • @einXtein You've got to be a hipster. Complete bullshit.

  • @morrissey07 lol, no, not even close. I am a fucking nerd. Being nerd is so not hipster, all the cool hipster kids think I'm lame.

  • @Janpei they're a dope rock band, their music primarily reflects the various aspects of heroin addiction

  • even better than the record

  • dude chris is so amazing :D

    love his voice

  • the chords at the very end are so beautiful :]

  • This guy's not gay at all. He's totally straight. Everyone who is commenting on how he is gay must not listen to any of their other songs cause almost all of them are from the perspective of a girl. That's all.

    Love these guys so much.

  • people should just listen to the song and not make dumb-ass judgments

  • E uma porcaria dessas ainda e' cantor fala serio

  • the right ear ring says it all

  • This is a great band. I think people are being unfair when they try to lump them into the category of "hipster band."

  • Think about it... the song is the opener from a band called Girls, so to me he's singing from a Girl's perspective (duh?). But the message of longing doesn't change

  • People who can't see the irony in the opening lyric...and think the singer's gay...seriously, you're fucking retarded.

  • christopher owens is so amazing :D

  • i love eeeet! <3

  • hes kinda bi.. check out his interview at buddyhead its pretty cool

  • what the hell, i cannot stop listening to this song! i read the interview of this guy first and decided to try out his music and i can't get over how sentimental the lyrics are in regards to his life and the music is ridiculously catchy

  • For all those curious about his sexuality, Christopher Owens clearly states that he is bi in an article in Out.com.

    Now that its been cleared up we can finally appreciate their music. Gay, straight or bi this shit still rules, plus he likes Nirvana which is awesome.

  • The first "totally mad" sounds lolzy

  • the lead singer has a very interesting history, wiki that shiz

  • man, his voice is seriously weak in this performance.

  • he is not gay. he is only referring to the idea of having a man to look up to as a person. the boyfriend comment is totally out of irony. he was born in the children of god cult and his sister and mother were prostitutes and his father abandoned them. he ran away from the cult and was a gutter punk in texas and was found by some multi millionaire who took him in and fathered him until he started the amazing band you see here. and so what if he is gay. he should write about himself and his life.

  • I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine...

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  • the guy looks like that chick from twilight, bella

  • I'm going to upload a cover of this song soon, it's so amazing. Damn brother keeps walking in on me when I'm recording though and calls me a fag for listening this song. What a douche...

  • @TonyAKABadtz HAHAH. I would pay to see that

  • this performance is good but seems to lack the raw distraught quality in his voice in the original recording. and thanks for the explanation @mafy005 makes a lot more sense now

  • Anyone know the reason why he chose the same name as the iggy pop song?

  • nice song!

  • undeniably the greatest song of 2009

  • Thanks for such an awesome song, and thanks for someone clearing up the ignorance! Cheers XO

  • Thank you Reint!

  • Niceee...

  • omg! the best thing just happened! i love this song so much, and i went to look at this of them live, and i just realized he says "comin' comin' comin' kayla" and THATS MAH NAME. lol :>

  • how could anyone think christopher (singer) is gay? half of the songs on the record are about breakups and girls he wants back... never the less, they rock.

  • love this tune! See you at concert in mexico city!

  • @000clochard No sabes cuanto tiempo tengo para comprar el boleto?!

    Realmente lo quero ir a ver pero en estos momentos no puedo pagar el boleto asi q me gustaría saber si tu sabes cuanto tiempo tengo para conseguir boletito? (Sin reventa)

  • i really like his teeth. that's weird, isn't it? hm.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • I believe this song is just about identity, I know Chris does not consider himself gay but perhaps he has questioned it before or had experiences ( in relation to his feminine means of aesthetic,) I believe it's about settling with someone you're truly attached to outside of the cluttered world that we live in, and having them understand the anxiety, pain, and stigma that it can induce being a bisexual male in society today, if it is indeed real or imposed on one.

  • Upsetting that they're grouped with such atrocious trite strictly marketable garbage thanks to fucking spin ughhh.

  • Um, yeah he's totally not gay. He named the band Girls because it rhymed with Curls which was his previous band.

    And, yes the first verse is from the viewpoint of a girl.

  • you know soo much.

  • Feel like this band is becoming the sound of my youth.

    :D

  • he's so handsome!

  • great live video guys!!

  • My buddy played this song for me... made me cry because my buddy doesn't have a father and I knew he chose to play this song for me for a reason.

  • awesome, thats real.

  • He's straight, he talks about his long-time girlfriend in an interview I read recently.

  • Is the matter if somebody is gay or straight ???? Only count the sound...............and I like it so much.....

  • oh its a guy?

    ahaha still a great songg :D!

  • i wish a had a girlfriend , i wish i had a loving cunt in my life....

  • Ugh.. Flannel....... ughhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • guy's from san francisco its pretty easy to see him gay xD but yeah its cool if he's gay or not.

  • I don't think he's gay because I think he's singing this song in the point of view of a girl. If you had the album there's a picture of a different girl for every song so I'd assume each song is for a different girl in his life. But that's just what I think. No big deal if he's gay though.

  • Yea i think your right, and the name of the band is Girls. So haha

  • huh. i never thought of it that way with the pictures..that's a good interpretation :). gay or straight..this song kicks ass

  • Fucking great gay.

  • actually the majority of album is about a bad straight break up, but i can see how your gaydar might go off.

    Either which way f-ing amazing album and band

  • Who cares if he's straight or gay... being either/or is perfectly okay!!!!!!!!

  • what a group of fine talent

  • i think the lead singer is a hot one, ha

    and everytime i hear this song i want to dance! :D

  • It's Like Iggy Pop took over the Beach Boys!

  • This is probably the stupidest and most innacurate thing someone could've said about this band.

  • Well, I can't possibly argue with that. I mean, who can go up against all your logic and reasoning...

  • I'm glad you agree! : P

  • Why do people think the sexual preference of this guy is relevant to the music?

  • @Reint25 Amen.

  • @Reint25

    Can someone give a Miss America award to Reint25? :^)

  • @Joni0001984 Hmm, I would like to receive one (everybody does).

  • @Reint25 Because you'd have to be exquisitely stupid to not have that thought..

  • @Reint25 because teenage rock is all about identification, that's it.

  • @Reint25 Because it's the first line and that's all people can focus on.

  • @Reint25 dunno but this guys play fucking good, when i listen to them feel happy

  • @Reint25 its not technically relevant to an extent, but infact it does help understand were the artist is coming from to understand certain things about them, sexual preference is one of them to SOME people. To take this song totally on its own and understand it is only done by some people, others try and just try and find the meaning from the artist.

  • Sexual "preference" doesn't exist. I know it's knit-picky but the correct term is sexual orientation because people don't choose to be gay or straight. @Reint25

  • @Narklesvarkles That is an opinion, Not a fact.

  • @CherieLaWolf Yeah...

  • @Reint25 I think that who you are is a very important part of your music. No arguments, Just saying.

  • @CherieLaWolf Agreed. Personalities make music. But I was reading the comments here, and they seemed to concern the singer's sexuality. It's a bit dangerous when his sexuality is more discussed than the song itself.

  • @Reint25 Well, it's no secret that most people in todays society don't really listen to the music, But it is true that when commenting on a song, it should be pertaining to the song.

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  • The bassline is pretty good. Seen their free gig last year at Hollywood, nice tune.

  • I love this song. It makes me want to move to san francisco and start again on my life.

  • i get the same feeling.

  • The lead singer is not gay. In fact, the song is about the lead singer meeting up with an old girlfriend a couple of weeks after they broke up. Instead of the girl being all depressed like the lead singer was, she started telling him about how she's got a new boyfriend, hangs out at the beach, eats pizza and drinks wine, etc. He's just complaining about the fact that HE doesn't have these things. Hence, "I wish I had a boyfriend, I wish I had a father." His father left his family when he was 1.

  • @mafy005 Watch Interview Part 2 and maybe reconsider your theory. 

  • @mafy005 but he is bi! :D haha like that song "oh boy" was about a very close friend of his who he did have uhh " Homosexual experiences" with.

  • @mafy005 uh i thought it was just like him talking from a girl perspective, and the going off on a little tangent on how how he wishes he had all these things.... really meaning he just wishes he was happy

  • apparently he likes his drugs so ye i wud say stoned class A band thou :)

  • Great voice i like it it fits with the band perfectly in a weird way i love it!

  • Well.. that explains his face in this too.

  • Great song, but why does his voice sound like that in this version?

  • are they gay? sry but can someone enlighten me

  • i think the lead dude is gay but i dunno bout the others

  • "I came back, and I started a band called Curls, with my GIRLFRIEND."

    Taken from an interview with the lead singer. So he's not gay, and he also mentions that he's not in any way a "gender-bender".

  • great video quality :D

  • no. theyre totally mocking women.

    if they arent. then this is a huge blaring failure. laughable nevertheless.

  • @ashoftomorrow What kind of fuckery is your life?

  • i felt ripped off too when i found out that the beatles were actually just some dudes from england pretending to be beetles.

    ps - you are a fucking idiot.