Sleater-Kinney "Get Up"

[ReneeAllenjeanine]

yessss i thought the same thing about it sounding like sonic youth lol!

[blueelectricsmoke]

the spoken parts really reminds me of Tunic (Song for Karen) by Sonic Youth...anyone else?

[MysticalChicken]

@blueelectricsmoke YES. I hadn't heard this song before now (despite being a pretty big SK fan, esp. in the mid-2000s, I haven't gotten this CD yet) and the first thing I thought was "This is very Sonic Youth-y."

[712grrrlgerms]

was supposed to be in this video:( wish i wouldve got to Oly sooner...love them sooo much and miss their music:(

[Mappyman]

Carrie Brownstein! I would marry this woman

[KronnangDunn]

This girls FUCKEN ROCK!!!!

[NU13NU13NU13]

ALL LESBIAN QUARREL

[Diskotraxxxxx]

i'm so glad my cousin gave me a mixtape when i was 13 (not a CD but a mixtape) with them, bikini kill, the gossip, team dresch, third sex, the butchies, julie ruin. and its been my life ever since.

[cheesecake134]

Oooooooooooooh GET UP!

The BEST.

[grrrlshawn]

Uplifting song! Good medicine!

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

Her voice is definitely in the top ten rock voices of all time IMO.

[masterjimmy3000]

Stop with the MTV remembrances. There is no need for 120minutes anymore because there is no such thing as "alternative rock" anymore. Ok, the music is still out there, but it's just not as lucrative as Jersey Shore. Get over it. MTV has always been big business, and alternative rock was an untapped market back in the 80's-90's. That's what the internet is here for in 2011, children. F*ck MTV. Have they been even relevant in the last 5yrs with regard to music?

[evange03]

@masterjimmy3000 "Have they been relevant in the last 15 years?" would be a better question.

[kanedasrifle]

@bandgirlcg

thanks for your response.

: ) much appreciated.

[HodgkinsD]

love it

[pukeko2008]

GET BACK TOGETHER ALREADY!

[spatulapancakepork]

love this song.

[joryuu]

Aww, a Hawthorne bus stop. Sigh.

[anthonisaac]

Is this video meant to channel the ghost of Ed Wood and his directing style?

[MegaRiotgrrrl]

i was supposed to be in this video..got the email and everything...moved to oly too late:(

[ZappaVive]

MTV get off the air!! :)

[kanedasrifle]

Man MTV 120 minutes. fucking awesome!

what happend?

[bandgirlcg]

@kanedasrifle It got canceled and apparently it is now subterranean, but 120 minutes was way better!

[Oblivious101]

The Hot Rock is my favorite S-K album :)

[nineteenninetyfive]

This is my fave S/K song

[miguelisdead]

Come back the old MTV!!!!

[comeawaywithme]

UH-MAZE-ING! I miss them so much!

[omgleet1992]

I can't believe it took me four years to figure out what this song is about.

[teafountains]

wow. feels like i'm 16 again in the best way possible. love this band.

[eskimoprizefighter1]

I miss S/K sooo much

[triskut]

I like how the one girl pulls the other down by her hair and is like "eat it bitch"

[sweetttina666]

Jesus, do I love this song!

BTW, is it me or does this sound like something Michael Stipe could've wrote?

[nineteenninetyfive]

@sweetttina666 I see what you mean about the vocal part but REM would never have written guitar parts like in this song.

[sweetttina666]

@nineteenninetyfive Actually I did have mostly the guitar part in mind. In my head Michael Stipe could easily jump in with that riff. He did have a spoken song called Belong that's similar in some ways so I see your point.

[sweetttina666]

@nineteenninetyfive And, now that I think about it, Michael Stipe could sing that chorus!

[iwishforfish]

vanessa renwick shot this.

[ogami1972]

this may be my favorite song ever. thank you, Sleater Kinney.

[sweetttina666]

Id like to tell you how much I love this song but I'm afraid I might come across like one of those semi-dyke Lilith Fair types

[drummergirl1025]

i doubt s-k fans are going to judge you : )

[eeench1]

I miss sleater-kinney :'(

[NPL747]

Me too! :(

[juggernaut1230]

well. this video kicks ass.

[Evilushka]

I want this song played at my funeral!

[davekat]

me too

it's the last thing i want to hear

i cannot really describe what this song means to me.

[buckywarner]

I never knew Miranda July directed this!? cool

[joanofmarc]

Some of the best guitar playing ever.

[webby686]

i miss them so much!

[klystron1]

love it !

[eb0nikz]

i miss 120 minutes on MTV =[

[nikolyevic]

This video makes me wish that MTV would just focus on playing music videos all day again...

[dissonancedistorsion]

This music is amazing.

[Imogence]

Corin's voice is fucking amazing.

[smichael07]

Long live chicks who rock!!!

[blackfoxeric]

i love these three girls

[fiercebadrabbit12]

Directed my miranda july! (Me you and everyone we know) That's sweet!

[mdc848]

what a great song. love this band.

[babetna]

one of my favs too! <3

[darkroomdork]

my soul is climbing tree trunks and swinging from every branch.

*tear*

i miss them so much.

[deliciousmorton]

the hot rock is my favorite sleater kinney cd.

[stewthemilkfedjew]

Mine, too. I have never seen this video. Nice...

[yorkandpomona]

i love them they are the best yes and the coolest in my book too my fav

[paris4la]

the coolest girls to ever form a band

[drummergirl1025]

psh, the coolest ANYONE to ever form a band.

[eeayt]

nice. interesting song.

[abria78]

Gosh, this song brings back such memories. I don't listen to this kinda stuff much anymore, but reminds me of old girlfriends. Good times- mostly.

[ottrz]

this has been my favorite music video ever for years. sleater-kinney + miranda july + mirah = ultimate win

[Emiliasnowwhite]

LOVE LOVE LOVE sleater-kinney...

[zombiekillscene]

The lyrics! ^_^ We'd so say that huh?

[googrrrl]

...one of my favorite videos ever

[cindypoopoo]

omfg her voice sounds exactly like chan marshalls (cat power)o.o maybe its just me.

[p030jle]

I want to thank you for loving this band.

[jadookie]

WTF? I'd never expirenced a song that makes anyone wanna cut their dick off? Is that a bad or a good thing?

[hangdawg]

this song makes me wanna cut my dick off

[Leodiensian]

Then do.

[urbanfolk]

Why is their name spelled Sleater-KINNY?

Gah.

[ftrsfghsgfsgfsh]

does it really matter?

[RadioReese]

Sleater-Kinney*

[andrewhasacamera]

vanessa renwick? or miranda july?

[coltsfantillidie]

GREAT song. It's amazing that most people don't know this.

[iwishforfish]

vanessa renwick shot this.

[gnawingonfoot]

It's beautiful--the song, the video, and together they are perfect.

[jefferytan]

One of my favourite songs of all time, and most definitely the best SK song.

Alas, shit video, i don't know who miranda july is but it was well too fukin obvious when the camera panned to the sky when the lyrics about targetting moon and stars comes in.

Also, why is it in black and white? this is one of the most vibrant and energetic songs by sk.

Come on Miranda July, sort ur fukin act out bitch!

[donuts187]

This is among the best comments on YouTube.

[jaydock1]

If you truly love Sleater-Kinney, you wouldn't feel the need to attack someone for their art.

[motorhead412]

S-K and Miranda July are the bestest team ever.

[rockandrollnigger]

is it just me ? or all the rlated artist in upper right female wih a song called get up ?odd

[gangaloo]

The only thing I regret about SK is that I was only able to see them once. They are perfect in every way.

[pang5]

Now I remember why I preferred Bratmobile.

[triskut]

Yeah but SK is like ten times sexier than BM

[pang5]

Yeah. Sexy is just what I look for in music.

[LunaSombre]

It should be >:O

[pang5]

Darn me. And all these years I've been using my ears instead! Well knock me over with a feather!

[interpol06]

soooo brilliant.

[fiflamour]

This album is amazing, it is my favorite. Viva la SK.

[deliciousmorton]

the hot rock is my favorite s.k. album.

[davekat]

This is my song.

this is the last song to be played at my funeral.

I want this to be the last song I ever hear.

This song is a freakin' part of my soul

[luftspiegelung]

True Friend.

[dea06000]

GET UP!;)

[mikebott]

i, conversely love sleater kinney to death, and can't abide by miranda july and her stack of affectations.

corin is pretty badly mis-used in this video.

[djmdm]

Love this song, like this bad.

[Katchoo84]

all hail SK. May they rest in peace

[staardust77]

miranda july is amazing... i love this video.

[AtleticoReggaeton]

I love this song - probably the best they ever played and so full of emotion and spontaneity. I wish they were still playing.

[interpol06]

brilliant.

[SilentBombr]

The beat is insane..

[faithruivs]

Muito foda!

[nicotinemonkey]

looks like the Feminist Movement to me.

[andypandapanda]

Greatest band ever. period.

[dyrtyrice]

lol yeah right greatest band ever..

[bucketofstars]

damn right greatest band ever. and ever will be.

[adoptedbyapopmachine]

Shit i never knew she direcvted this!!! i saw this before i knew who miranda july was

[flicka16]

perfect!

[wildlifedisaster]

reform..........

[tahoeclimber]

I remember driving through Oregon just south of Portland and seeing an exit for a street called Sleater Kinney. I don't know anything about this band, is there a connection. I think they rock too.

[gavin69aus]

Tahoeclimber, If you have not already got the answer to this I have this from "wikepedia"

"Sleater-Kinney was a critically acclaimed, politically charged indie rock band. The group's name is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road, Interstate 5 offramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, the location of one of their early practice spaces."

[tahoeclimber]

Thanks, I guess I was driving south from Seattle and not Portland when I saw the exit. I love that Miranda July directed this video?

[moennigismyhommie]

yea cuz mtv only cares about mainstream shit..sleater-kinney for life<3

[FreeToyInside]

sleater-kinney is for lovers! Rock on!

[tunas83]

new lover, same words: Do you think am I an animal? Am I not??

I have to say that it works!!!

[SGK531]

Great work MTV, you spelled their name wrong. Sleater-Kinny? How did nobody notice that?

[pollysugar]

I think this is my all time favorite song of theirs...just always loved it so much

[pollysugar]

<3 one of their best

[SMHRS]

I remember seeing this when I was little, one of the first good bands I was into, also my favorite still.

[butler360]

Uhhhh, stupid MTV spelled their name wrong.

[satineelise]

getting better all the time.

[interpol06]

BRILLIANT!

[forvariousreasons]

so, i guess i don't get this video. are they all imagining that they are somewhere else, and they all end up in a field where they hold hands and walk and look up at the sky. i don't know, it's way over my head.

[vynterbone]

You can worry yourself to death over things you can't control or you can 'Get Up' & get on with your life.

[alphaxys]

miranda july is so great. perfect fitting to the song.

[SirJazzHandz]

One of my favorite songs ever and definitely my favorite Sleater-Kinney album.

[iluvshane]

Cool. I Luv Sleater-Kinney

[mishanonpenguin]

This really must be one of my favourite tracks ever; I just love it. Thanks for posting the video.

[mrovantes]

Nice, this whole album is awesome.

[Sophie8936]

Great! :D

I've only seen this video once or twice and it was a really muddy copy.. thanks for uploading this one. :)