Tim Pope 'I Want to be a Tree'

[EpicVinylScratch]

I want to be Fluttershy!

[TheD1763]

Fantastic! Nothing else matters,I want tobe a tree,also! The rest of my life!

[TheHatman32]

Fluttershy anyone?

[pogie516744]

my brother robert wants to be a tree....pogie.

[KhaledAlAsad]

Fluttershy wants to be a tree too, she knows your feel bro...

[serspring08]

@KhaledAlAsad

MLP is truly everywhere.

[f2theubu]

nice one.

[timepope]

Whoa. I caught this video because of my name. What irony.

[TheJakzoo]

This is my friends dad

[HRHooChicken]

this is the worst song ive never listened to

[arrisstuff]

@HRHooChicken You're the worst moan I've ever listened to.

[meadowlakestreet]

@HRHooChicken Oh come on, it's brilliant.

[sisterM123]

bor n i nasameous :=:

[ligamentdisaster]

I thought this was the much-demanded clip from the Prudential advert.

[treeoftears]

@ligamentdisaster I have searched high and low for it. Someone must have it to upload.

[cottageorgan]

i'd rather be an Ent, but a tree would do for now...this takes me back a bit to my school boy days. Ahhh...

[Nizwiz411]

Oak A then......

[Uniwok]

He seems to take LSD or similar drugs...

[LoobyLooVanilla]

LOL I found this after wandering what Tim Pope was doing now ... Funking great .. I am a tree LOL xxxx

[kathryn8169]

and i want to be...a tree

[deliverence1000]

I First saw this video on video pix in the 80's with Simon Potter and Martin Buchanan. If anyone remembers Scuba man , that was ME !!!!!!!!!!

[HRHooChicken]

I cant believe how shit this song is! Im only on it coz i remember years ago it was on a breakfast show: 'worst song of the week'. Now i see this monstrosity of a song actually exists

[PAULLONDEN]

A true English eccentric, somewhat in the Julian Cope tradition.

Wonder what he's doin' today.

[TempusDiei]

tim puts his world of colours in everything

[MrPointyarrow]

i AM a tree...swaying in the winnnd .

[heartagramBryar69]

My dad's name is Robert Smith.

[heartagramBryar69]

we had to do something at school for what we wanted to be 10 years from now.

"10 years from now i, want to be a tree." Olivia Alice Smith.  no lie! i got yelled at for it

[poliqapig]

this is great, not trying too hard but hit you so hard

[stettpl]

this is sick :D

[radishface1]

I want to be a ladybug.

[jazz75766]

tim pope is my dad i am called Jazz pope

[angusrogers]

@jazz75766 no youre not, you liar.

[lorienforest]

a new great "Green man" ...

[rawtoast]

I love how part of his costume falls off at 2:18, lol, watch his hand that's not pointed at the camera. Still, such a simple video for such a simply lovely song. Doesn't need to spend a lot of money to be good.

[brokenwall20]

ive got this on 7" but never seen this video, brilliant... thank you.

i always wondered if it was Robert that say "bowoooo"

[b0nemachine]

Mr. Tim,

This has been one of my favorite songs for years now.

You are one of my heroes~XOXO

P.S. I want to be a tree too.

[Agresija0]

Yeah, I want to be a tree too.

[SummerOnions]

u 1 crazy mofo

[EnormousHuntBall]

Thanks for posting this.

I remember watching my friend's brother's tape of this after the Tube all-nighter. I laughed until it hurt.

It was the first time that I played D&D, the day I became a hopeless geek.

Happy memories...:)

[machman23]

Sorry originalbunglist I dont know, maybe get in touch with prudential advertiseing department..

[originalbunglist]

i want to be a tree advert by prudential in the 1980's, anyone know where i can find this??

[PoorDeadBat]

OMG I LOVE THIS!

[machman23]

Have been looking for this video for years, thought it was by Nigel Planer from the young Ones. Did Nigel do a version?

[MonkeyBookend]

Planer, as Neil, covered "Hole in My Shoe" back in '85, round about the time Pope did this. There are at least two pretty good versions of it on youtube, TotP being one.

[machman23]

Thanks for this monkeyBookend.

There is something quite strange weired and wonderfull about this video.

[MonkeyBookend]

A friend put in on a mixtape for me in the 80s, and I'll always be grateful to her for sharing his cheery weirdness.

[DrLobotomy666]

Nevermind. It's C, Am, G, Em.

[DrLobotomy666]

Does anyone have the chords???

[tormatah]

I! I want to be a tree!!!

[lysergicwindow]

nice one for posting this timtree!!! :)

[southpawYT]

oh god no. while the original gag version was funny as hell, this is just disturbing.

[CatsAndCakes]

This is brilliant! :)

[Widthatnut]

Could have been on The Top... Everything up there is Smith (backin vocals, strange mouth noises, guitar solo and most surely piano too). It really sounds like Siouxsie and the Banshees's "Swimming Horses" (I mean the mood). 1983/1984 : the most prolific era in Smith inspiration, really.

[LexyGore]

I HAD ALMOST FORGETTEN THAT THIS EXISTED <33

I've wanted to hear it for ages!!!

[Chameleam]

i waaaant to be tim pope!

doo doo duh doo...

[sexteta]

Been looking for this track for ages, awesome.

I want a cup of tea.

[sientjetwo]

SSssweeeet ;-)

[Qahwi]

What is the vid's name supposed to be? "Britney Spears "How I Met Your Mother"/Tim Pope/Tree" WTF O__o

This song is the best never ever :3

[Selwyntogether]

i love this so much!

xxx

[xxxLilMissKxxx]

dude this song is so fckin funi !!!!!!

my german teacher told me 2 luk it up !!!!

[mewslix]

lovely! Bring back the Pope! I want to be a tree 2!

[aetherealism]

That's the only time i have ever heard you say "bring back the Pope", Mewslix!

Lovely song/video, very Avalon.

[only1duk]

what a great sound...

the life has been sucked out of music since the cold, clinical beats of computer aided editing has come into play...

I WANT TO HEAR SLOPPY MUSIC

[uncloser]

I wanta to be a tree when i was a child. Now i want to be a world :) too to to doo)

[lisaluna2]

you do know the down side to being a tree is being peed on by dogs xD

[Crackpot7272]

WAAAAAAHHH!!! I WANNA BE A TREE TOO!!!

[pogie516744]

@Crackpot7272 who said that

[pogie516744]

Respond to this video...  should branch out a bit.

[inverterlee]

fantastic I would like to be a tree too

[marygrace4]

I just love this:)

[MediaStarz]

I have the single still, but never saw a video for it, so happy days. Timeless.

[toulonvar]

Mr Pope made the best Cure vids THANK YOU

[bipbipetlecoyotte]

superbe chanson, superbe musique, superbe Tim ! ;)

[atomicinjun]

Now that just rocks! Too good...

[monbidou]

superbe video

[JackiJinx]

Wow, I love it <3

[MartinRocksMySocks]

This is fucking great! This song rocks XD

[kadubebum]

i want to be a tree too!

[lywingoth]

I want to be a tree so can't you see why?

[azotazot]

yes, acid! Absolutely ridiculous and not in a good way.

[jwlanky]

This needs to be re-released. I kid you not! This is such a tranquil tune, good intentions and heartfelt - im sure it would be featured and the next Cafe Del Mar et al...

its such innocence (and acid probably:p).

[birdmadboy]

Robert had predict it before : into the treeeeeeeeee

[saintetienne21]

ssssss