Devendra Banhart: "Seahorse"

[DropDeadFedra]

The fact that there are about six different transitions in this song blows me away. Not in saying its not typical for an artist to do. But the way he did this song is so tasteful, hearing for the first time confused to me as to if I was still listening to the same song.. I started every one of my mornings with this song turned up to eleven for a good month. It helped me through a lot of mental stress. Eternal love. What a wonderful freak this man is! I wanna see you come back as the light.

[granderuga]

<3

[takkisongs]

For some reason it reminds me of Sui Generis :)

[Cadadovargas]

venezuela

[InfectedxXxFlower]

that little jam at the end just makes the whole thing for me

[InfectedxXxFlower]

that

[rose7art]

i hate to be all like this but....i really miss the old devendra :(

[PeachExtract]

@rose7art i miss the hair

[lavamiros]

chidisima la rolaaa!!

[127miles]

just smoke a pound of weed... then you'll become a little seahorse... you smoke to much you might turn into an elf :)

[spoconynaukowiec]

this video killed my vision of this song... i do not want to watch this shit any longer but i still want to be a little seahorse...

[fearrock1]

@spoconynaukowiec why? you didn't like the video or not for this song

[santanaincubus]

I miss the hippie Devendra.

[fearrock1]

this song is 8 min. but the trip only feels just like a few seconds.

0:00 that way i can listen to it longer

[TheBetkena]

aaaaaaaaasom

[AMBROSIUScheth]

is that golden brown playing ??

[XxXxSabooxXxX]

Devandra sucks my balls

[LdgHugo]

@XxXxSabooxXxX Jealous? :P can't blame you, the guy is pure talent and.. man, he used to hump Natalie Portman.

[Mrsqueenofthebongo]

pure magic !

[SiMegustalanoche]

Caetano Velloso + Billie Holliday + Paul Desmond + Led Zeppelin

awesome

[rupertinow]

@SiMegustalanoche and Dave burbeck (Take Five)

[rupertinow]

And Dave Brubeck (take five)

[angellopezvila]

ELS TEMPS CANVIEN PERO NO LA BONA MUSICA ...

[bluebeanbaby]

natalie postman went out with both dev and gael....lucky or odd i don't know, but they re both beautiful men....damn that girl :)

[TheBazza88888]

bloody adverts interrupting the flow

[kiribysims]

If you like Devendra Banharts music check out my demo i just posted!

[hityouwithaflower]

El video perfecto para una canción increíble

[leonine2080]

lots of hot beards here

[mckidees]

I AM A SEAHORSEE

[perrouw]

its like take 5, but i prefer this one... that famous line fits perfectly wit his very uniqe kind of tunes.

[ThroughAlmasEyes]

This song it's a joke, couldn't kick bigger asses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feat my loves and heroes Rodrigo Amarante & Gael Garcia. God makes them and they get together...

[Faterocky]

You think this amazing songs over - then it gets even better, then you think its over again - and it gets mind blowingly awesome!

[cachaslokas]

at 4:5 ish, is he eating mould from a cake?

[andreagonellaj]

I wanna have Devendra's babies!!!! so into him <3

[remedy59]

a bit of the stranglers riffs in there too, seems nothing now is origional anymore.

[RocketZZZ]

@remedy59 i agree it's not new, but it remains original nevertheless x

[kaylashalaylaaaaa]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[djskidot]

JUST AMAZING



[MrRiverBeaver]

Also, it didn't look like Jared Leto to me at 2:50, it looked like the main character 'Stephan' from the movie The Science Of Sleep.

[charlietango48]

@MrRiverBeaver Yeah, it's Gael García Bernal.

[TheSkytrasher]

@MrRiverBeaver he actually is 'Stephan' :)

[MrRiverBeaver]

Times like these I wish I never cut my hair.

Or trimmed my beard.

My god, this is my first time listening to this band, my friend Ellie from the uk sent me a link. I live in jersey. Crazy how music can reach all corners of the world. And have the same effect on people.

I jus listened to Little Yellow Spider right before this. Such an amazing band.!

[isaaxd91]

So many Jesus.

[mysticskye2244]

sometimes Devendra's stuff reminds me of Jethro Tull, sans the flute, of course. I wonder if he is a fan?

[ihatethepopos]

im extremely high

[Misifusito]

Is Jared Leto here 2:50

[MrHippobippo]

@Misifusito Gael Garcia Bernal, who is way cooler.

[ceeryill]

1:20 it's Jesus.

[outlawscumfuc69]

Ive done this....It can be alot of fun!!!

[16nescio16]

This is the most confrontational song I ever heard. I had never exspected that I would have the desire to be a fish, or any other animal besides a human. But while listening to this song, I somehow want to be a little seahorse really so bad! Music can do strange things with your mind…

[LdgHugo]

@16nescio16 male Seahorses get pregnant, if that's what ur aiming for man! Go for it!

[Rosanja]

@16nescio16

Haha, thats so funny:)

[Rosanja]

I really like to listen to this when im laying on the beach. It's such an incredible lovely feeling :)

[japanalchemist]

@16nescio16 Drugs too which i am assuming you know of =D

[deadlock2001]

@16nescio16 or weed, for that matter

[ebrewer420]

hes a fucking poser

[adamh234]

@ebrewer420 his music is still fucking great

[irisduarte]

Amarante!

Gael!

hehe

[CanTake8]

This video smells like patchouli and b.o.

[sugarcanesu]

One of my favourites songs of Devendra. After 1:59 it reminds me of the 'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers for some time and then it changes again. Such a beautiful song.

[MrJohnnybaggs]

@sugarcanesu reminds me more of the doors than the stranglers.

[danimarfi]

listen to the minutes between 2 and 5, then listo to the wonderfull song of "Golden Browns", by The Stranglers. Not at all similiar-.-

[TheLongestMile]

/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o

[TheLongestMile]

totally ripped from take 5...oh well

[14heroes]

@TheLongestMile Holy shit your comment just punched me in the face...(I am actually a huge Jazz & Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond fan)

[TheJeangeorge2018]

y a 32 pigeon des bois qui n'aime ce medley (mélange pour les bofio)ben des gens qui n'écoute pas les morceaux jusqu'a la fin merrccccciiiiiiii devendra et vive les hippy

[bneg303]

is that the guy from motorcycle diaries.

[bneg303]

@bneg303 2:51 

[tiskatanabalo2]

@bneg303 yep.

[Gazzmatic]

very good track

[ThePeoplesGuru]

200k of these views are mine

[Gazzmatic]

these guys were support acts for arcade fire. This song definitely caught my attention. Good luck with everything devendra, im digging your work

[worldwidewanker]

@Gazzmatic sore them support arcade fire in cardiff and this song deffanatly a highlight,

[MG53895]

the music is similar to golden brown by the stranglers.

[mendez338]

wondering why is gael garcia on this video ?

[eggsharkle]

@mendez338 I think they are friends? They seem to pop up together in a lot of places...

[kaedenceSpeaks]

@mendez338 Gael added vocals for the first track on Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain called "Cristobal" which is referring to Gael's directorial debut "Deficit" in which the main character's name is Cristobal. =~}

[MrNesta84]

hands down best song ever created by Devendra

[therewasasecretchord]

what is the song at the end?

[KjnWds]

@therewasasecretchord

take 5

[contreras123]

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLETELY HAPPY WITHOUT HAVING TO OWN SO MANY POSSESSIONS ARE MUCH HAPPIER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT OWN EVERYTHING!!!! :) I'm HAPPY!

[24BIT24BIT]

This is the greatest song ever

[AnIntangibleBadge]

YESTERDAY IS HERE.

[charlietango48]

The ending is so badass. Fucking love it.

[MrOgrizek]

@charlietango48 I would like to know what are they smoking =D so stoned...

[OwlBlues]

Classic rock. A song I'll suggest to my son

[dontsaymotherfucker]

I LOVE. I LOVE. I LOVE, AND IM JUST GUNNA KEEP LOVIN.

his music is love.

[selenabelena]

my life changed at 5:20.. I want to be a little seahorse too!  :)

[PersistenceMusic]

Lets build a studio like that in between all of us! ha!

[sydswirl]

dude at 2:48 , thats fukin Gael Garcia Bernal!!!!! wow, one of my idols in a devendra video.... sweeeeet.

[fourfeathers26]

Devendra represents the new generation of liberal hipster soul...his music isn't supposed to be revolutionary, it is revolutionary in its concepts. Every song/idea performed by this band has been pretty obviously ripped from previous artists. However, he fully indulges the spirit of those grandiose fuckers we elevate so highly, and pulls a sort of nuanced hippie reverence with his bold glasses and pathetic eyes.

[nadanoquiero]

Porque sale Gael ?

[seeahorsee]

That last psychedelic jam session starting at 5:22 is the best music I've heard since The Beatles. No joke.

[seeahorsee]

That last psychedelic jam session starting at 5:22 is the best music I've heard since The Beatles. No joke.

[fbendz]

Sounds like a combination of Black Sabbath's "Fluff" and Free's "Mouthful of Grass".

[fbendz]

@fbendz And add a little "Laying in the sunshine", also by Free.

[anyaskidan]

so gorgeous, divinity

[galaxia437]

EEHHEHE UMA PARTE AÍ FAZ MESMO LEMBRAR OS JETHROTULL

[TheLongestMile]

take 5 rip off?

[troutfeatures93]

spiritual orgasm

[PersistenceMusic]

wish i had a crazy studio in the woods like this one:)

[DonnyRedNr1]

@PersistenceMusic

we all do :)

[hijamecanica]

he is a big parody of his visions. 

[morningstoner666]

is he eating a cyst and why?

[kerensaluna1]

maravilloso!!

[JMoneyG]

2:49 is that Gael Garcia Bernal?

[Alicontigo]

@JMoneyG Yes i think it is!!.

[nicoobp]

@JMoneyG Yes, he is

[mukkabu]

@JMoneyG Yep, I think so! He just walks in the video. Brilliant! :)

[fancyythat]

Beard porn.

[beastguitaist]

this song is epic as fuck! isaw thid dood live this song made me jizz

[Fervillamen2]

Sounds like golden brown

[Hakuro10]

isnt that the guy from amores perros and y tu mama tambien..?

[woodstock2210]

@Hakuro10 yes

[JesiJean]

Probably one of the greatest songs to be written from this generation

it takes me to so many places

[everfreespirit]

amazing....

[capitalesdeoriente]

¿What's to be said? I wanna live in that house with them so badly...

[mangolillybeans13]

Pure Music.

[Stiflerjp70]

SO MANY BEARDS!!!

[Kranstafarian]

WOW!!!one of the best songs i've ever heard...this is just so...it's a great art piece,that's what i want to say... at 3:18 it somehow reminds me of Jethro Tull,but with a flute:)

[euterkapuze]

sounds like golden brown by the stranglers

[valrithmichand]

this song reminds me so much of Fabulosos Cadillacs~ nino diamante when it hits after the intro... I love this

[kimblisch]

Every one has their oppinion obout the meaning of "high" as he is singin. I think he's meaning high on life

[bobthegreatman]

2:08 pretty creepy



[PureUrbanGlow]

I spy Gael Garcia Bernal!

Love this song.

[johnwoog]

I wish i was this man.

[viideolalalaaaa]

das hab ich in luxemburg live gesehen. der HAMMER!

[1Veetnisha]

@viideolalalaaaa ja- ich war auch in Luxemburg und habe es bis in die letzte Pore genossen! Devendra ist einfach wunderbar und auch die Jungs in der Band: natuerlich und so voller Talent! Traf Devendra nach der Show für ein Autogramm: er ist ein so freundlicher, charmanter und sympathischer Mensch...und so schön! :-))

[almagenes]

there are many many ways to get high

and some of them do not necessarily the use of substance ^^

good song.... I didn't know that guy.... he sure likes the Doors and Leonard Cohen a lot!! good influences.

[dropdroppie]

half of the song is inspired on the piano of Dave Brubeck - Take Five and a guitar from one song of the Led Zeppelin

[andinoble]

and ps: this is definitely The Stranglers "Golden Brown" influenced (not Doors) as cocaorocks states - respect

[mariablatter]

@andinoble

Exactly, around 2:00 totally golden brown. But beautifully done, I never get the ripoff shiver ;)

[andinoble]

Thanks Devendra, just back from the sold out Vienna (22 June 2010) concert. You've just entered my top 10 concerts in 25 years, and I have seen Mr Gira/Swans/Angels of light concerts. Mad, bad, funny and tragic, arrogant and audience involved, rock to pop to just plain nuts to wtf?!. Simply outstanding....I stand here stunned...have to sit down...;-)

[1Veetnisha]

...ingenious! Better than any joint!!! :-)))

[Rockdrigo0]

I wanna see a little beehorse.

[wordlogicvee]

i wanna be there

[indieLietuva]

this is.. OMG. brilliant!

[elbenhair]

reminds me of elvis perkins... or vice versa

[cacaorocks]

1```golden brown`` of the STRANGLERS- not doors -HELLO!

[MrWoweeZowee]

meow =^.^=

[onakojasanja]

devendra & doors...could I possibly wish for more? (:

♥

[cacaorocks]

@onakojasanja this is not doors is stranglers ``golden brown``

[onakojasanja]

@cacaorocks

lol I didnt say it is..but Devendra's voice sounds a bit like Jim's at the end, and I likeeee it! (:

[gratboy]

gael garcia

[astr0ganja]

and because Devendra does it for us

[Rockdrigo0]

Im high and im happy and im free :)

[3K4Hate]

it so cool a seahorse he or they are good

[emidaminowa]

люблю эту песню.она так умиротворяет.

[elfinia]

Doors... Spanish Caravan ? Waiting for the Sun album.

[decembergirl888]

golden brown

[magikaster2]

space reggae bro

[Ithan4]

este veneco medio gringo es muy bueno!!!1

[hollleee]

4:13 what the hell is that?

[GabrielMaquina]

Great! Look for "TRANSA" , an album from Caetano Veloso, a guay that's a great insipration for Devendra. I see some straight connection.

[faustarpeggio]

gael garcia bernal!!

[AriesMu]

sounds alot like Take five, from dave brubeck.

devendra is just a genius, he's a guy that really knows how to make good music.

i saw him playing in amsterdam, i was high as hell. but damn he rocked this song so hard.

i didnt go to the bar for like 2 hours, didnt want to miss a thing of him playing. just so awesome. it was allllll worth it.

[LollipopKandiStar]

this is magical. :]

[yiyomendez]

this guy is a genius..! the last part sounds like led zeppelin but... is not xD

[n0hkabuki]

@yiyomendez

the last part does sound like led zep. but instead of robert plant singing, i hear the vocals of jim morrison.

[LizardKing1251]

@n0hkabuki yeah, the first part reminds me of a song from The Doors, but I can't figure it out! and the different style of pace in the song is very much like The Soft Parade. cheers!

[rlw311]

@LizardKing1251 you're thinking of the stones love in vain

[yiyomendez]

@n0hkabuki you're right... :)

[moria06]

the need for peace starts from within.......

[homogott]

strrrrange devendra. fantastic music. pointless video.

[guitarnoob16]

great song. i love the video too. it feels like it's just kinda documenting the way the band is, just sitting and jamming. things we do during the day with our friends. having a good time basically.