Tegan and Sara - Are You Ten Years Ago DEMO

[xmisogyny]

it really sounds like she's saying "if you're shakin, i am yours i'm up and doing circles, if you're taken i am yours..."

o_O

[AChivalrousMess]

I have to say, I like the album version better. The drum track is much more sophisticated. And I'm a sucker for a good beat (:

[XBlocPartyX]

She does a better English accent singing this than I have in real-life and I'm English..

[boynamedbri]

I love T&S and this song is one of my favorites of theirs.

PS. Check out my cover. :)

youtube.com/watch?v=BAm47JE_ju­Y

[TnTunez]

i got chills listening to this. i love Sara n all but Tegan's song jus...gah. im tongue tied

[Guitar3308]

It sounds so much like the album version, because they used the same vocals on the album because "tegan did it so perfect" :) I love this song!

[TheSnoopy1750]

I like their demos more than the album versions.

Can I download demos? I can't find them on iTunes.

[4xeverxrock]

better then the album version!!! thank you for uploading these demos your awesome!

[Kate1157]

@4xeverxrock thank you!! i'm glad you like them :)

[Mikala727]

Dude, it sounds so much like the recorded version...BUT BETTER! :D

[moto454]

I like the ending brum brum

[stskf93]

Jeez this is incredible.

[missfit5291]

this is fantastic! i really love the heavy drums that are in the album version though :)

[CfCandyClouds]

thx for uploading:)

[hadar7773]

tegan i am yours

[897alice]

i love tegan and sara songs

[missjammy]

AH, they are so good. One of the actually bands that can play live.

[jd8pg]

this song reminds me of something from The Knife or Karin Dreijer Andersson/Fever Ray

[ThunderClouds1234]

Did you know that they are both lesbians?

That is so effing awesome! T&S!

ps. Im ish a homo:)

[oldgr3gsplac3]

@ThunderClouds1234

WOAH i didnt know that!

[BrightEyesAtheist]

Amazing song. Fuck I love T&S<3

[897alice]

its tegan i am yours

[Zieza]

nah it's 'Taken I am yours. I'm up and doing circles, I'm taken I am yours I'm up and doing circles' etc etc. I'm pretty sure they had a discussion about the lyrics on their dvd for the con. lol nobody in the band could figure out what Tegan was singing

[HaysoosLovesYou]

@Zieza lol i could figure it out the first time i heard it. maybe i'm just special :P

i do see now how someone could easily misinterpret it for "Tegan I am yours" though.

[itsmandydammit]

@Zieza haha yeah they did on the dvd. Tegan apparently even thought it sounded like "Tegan I'm yours"

[Hililme]

Collops

[2222bre2222]

can someone send me the con demos?

thanks

[Hililme]

No she can do what she wants

[Cal093]

@Hililme lolwat nigger?

[Hililme]

wow da bace line

[TheSydsydsydsyd]

cool. this is one of my favorite songs on the cd and the demos almost as cool. (tho not quite)

[djsgirl62]

oh my i am in love with this.

[podisracer]

these are like remixes!

2me!~

[redhair1107]

i like it. i like all the demos from the con.

[Zenxgirls]

im having a hard time with the meaning.

does anyone know?

[lillyanonymous]

She wrote it when she was 25, and it's about feeling 15.

[Zenxgirls]

thank you.

[goofyjr]

I thought it was about being with someone then them acting like they love her and stuff then they go get with someone else.. But I guess everyone has their own interpretation

[woopdeedoooooo]

i love at the beginning it just goes straight into the song, sounds really good.

The lyrics really mean something

[FuzzyBlueLightss]

ahha i tryed too sing along with this song

but they are such fast singers

[ralin42]

I like the demo to this song, all the song are great and the demos too, I wish I had the Demo CD

[woopdeedoooooo]

1:58 is my fav part :D

[ZAKKZAKK]

ja from a metal head.... this is awesome.

[coocookachoo13]

haha yeah I was expecting this to be almost exactly like the albums version because in The Con the movie, in the Are You Ten Years Ago chapter, Chris Walla says that Tegan got it perfect so he didn't have to do much to it.

[wcbx]

this sounds much like on the album :o like burn your life down demo sounds SO much different than on the album .

[cruelcassandra]

love it

[MIKAYLA010595]

i love this song!

[DannyLovah]

i think this demo is the closest demo to the song on the CD! like the demos for soil soil, call it off, floorplan, etc are pretty different from the songs on the CD. but i love them all!

[LeighAth]

nah, i think i was married is definately the closest!

[IxLovexTeganAndSara]

hm i dunno, i cant decide which one is closer, i was married or are you ten years ago... hmmmm

[CarmenIsCarmen321]

So, from what i'm reading from the comments, Tegan took the vocals from the demo and put it on the finished version, right?

then did Sara redo the backing vocals?

[lawrughh]

That's what it sounds like it.

It's a cool song.

[mj22787]

on the con dvd they talk about how they used the vocals from the demo for the actual album also. chris walla (producer) and tegan talk about how she got the vocals perfect on the demo...and they were definitly right! :)

[Leperchan15]

lol yea i was just thinking that..its cool

[Kaltag01]

wow, it sounds REALLY close to the finished version

[bornadisaster911]

yea because they brought over the original vocal

if you read the linear notes and watch The Con DVD, they explain it there.

[hersheyshayer]

they sound british in this song haha

[Kaltag01]

there's an interview where they talk about sounding british on this song, dunno the name though. very helpful huh?

[lante]

i think its the BBC 6 Music Interview (2.20.08)

[XxXBackKzzzXxX]

Love this song .... it's so emotional!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kijanawazhere]

Me too!

awh i love sara :)

[LLEBNAX]

wow...tegan is a genius...and the vocals are spot on for sure...but i cant get the image of sara with her hands over her face out of my head when i listen to it..lol

[bornadisaster911]

hahah me too!

everytime i always picture her with her hands cupped over her mouth

aw shes so cute.

[princeton1100]

haha me too!

[Leperchan15]

SAME HERE! lol

[withoutmybrokenwings]

oh my god THIS AMAZING!!!

you can hear tegans rawness and the cracks in her voice

i love it

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING!

i'm getting goosbumps thats how good it is!

[Kate1157]

I'm the same when I listen to it. It is amazing - to put it lightly :-)

[ohxmyxsirius]

@withoutmybrokenwings Well they used the original vocals from the demo for the CD version, so it should be about the same.

[mymindisabirdcage]

chris was spot on about tegan getting the vocals perfect on the demo

[linzirawrfaemyspace]

yeah they do sound really british in a lot of songs even though theyre canadian but its adorable :)

[formyrecord]

I think I like this version more than the album version.

Even though the drums on the album are wicked. This version just feels different. You hear more Tegan.

[squirtgunrobbery]

agreed.

[ImagineBIG]

awesome!

[nowarknowpeace]

These are great! I was so bummed when I heard they only made 1,500 and I wasn't going to be able to get to a show in time to snatch up a copy for myself. If you have any more of the demos and would upload them it would be much appreciated!

[ritz7997]

ur r my hero KATE1157...i've been waiting 4evr just to hear them...got any more? i've been desperately craving to hear tese demos...especially BIYH...heard ppl talkn' about the demo being slow...pls post more. LUV Tns!!!

[Kate1157]

Thank you ritz7997 :-)

I just posted the BIYH demo - I hope you like it!

[madres27]

i love it, they sound even more british here(not that theres anything wrong with that)

[ELEKTRICKheart]

how can they sound "more" british when they're not at all british?

[madres27]

theres an interview where they said they sounded british in this song, and to me they do sound british in this song but i know their canadian

[NewRockTranslation]

YES! I wanted this to hear this one!! Thanks :D

[unicornmaster32]

do you think you could put up the "Back in your Head" demo? that would be wicked...thanks

[Kate1157]

Coming right up :-)

[unicornmaster32]

OMFG YOU MADE MY DAY I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

if you got 2 messages from me...sry my comp is being a little odd

[kutieboo]

bravo :)

[filthyveganpunk]

these sound awesome!!!!

[fallingcryss]

these demos are love. <3

[hingesoff]

This shows how spot on they are. i mean, tegans vocals were used on the album, how often does that happen? i like the end of this version.