The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love

[ColinDMC]

I heard this on Pandora and immediatley fell in love.  It's like I'm listening to a mix between the Beatles and Pheonix <3

[pacotabaco2]

This fine song reminds me of Bowie's Modern Love... nice : )

[shadow0106]

so eight-ish!, i liked it!

[maxisilv]

i like it's indie sound

[mitch871000]

great song...great band



[cynthugful]

love its so pure and innocent...

well only true love.

[rkobiggestfan7]

@cynthugful not porn...

[balwantpriyadarshi]

I Feel like a teenager in love

[Pshizle1]

kinda got the strokes "Someday" feel to it

[liddlexxleahxx01]

omg I love this song so much

[BurnzeecrosS619]

i dont believe in..... modern love!!! bowie will be most unpleased

[SkySky1717]

One of those songs you know you like in the first 10 seconds

[Amplitfier89]

@SkySky1717 ur so rite cuz i heard like 3 sec of this song and i was like i love it already

[crazyrey01]

whole lot of smiths-a-holics in this comment thread, i see what you're saying about it's influences and all, but not all modern indie pop should be compared to the smiths. it's just a great pop tune.

[bloomofdoom]

@crazyrey01 I would hate to see a world where people were not influenced by The Smiths. Thus I agree with you friend. This song is it's own. Born of purity. I hate youtube comments. Including my own.

[Nieves57]

Great tune.

[anbanda9182]

11 people doesn't know good music

[BigMrJuarez]

I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG!!!

[visualextacy]

Plagiarism or not, who gives a fuck, really? Everything is influenced by something else or heard before, a slightly different sound or a slightly different melody is added, that's the way music works, no need to bitch about it, or to become the number one internet troll. If you don't agree, you could always go and listen to some music from around the time Jesus Christ was born... and i bet even that came from somewhere before

I like to listen to them regularly, more than Bowie or The Smiths.

[schleprock69]

this is a really nice song

[shitssmells]

"And if you made a stand, I would stand with you 'til the end

But you don't need a friend when you're

A teenager in love with Christ and heroin"

[fujuwarayumi]

I think this song is spectacular. it makes me want to smile and dance :) I could keep listening to it over and over

[YoourElectricFeel]

Two great things:

1) This song

2) Not wearing pants.

[Abeirut]

Favorite Song, Favorite Band Name :D

[Adolfkitty]

This sounds A LOT like "Someday" by The Strokes.

[madethis2comment]

@Adolfkitty Oh wow the Strokes are my favorite band and I never realized that. It's not terribly close though.

[manonfio]

any have the chords of this song? i really like this song, or any site to get it?

[77morningstar77]

i don't even remotely understand why so many people take the time to write relatively long comments about how they *don't* like a band or a song. you don't like it? cool. move on. listen to something you do enjoy or do something productive. draw a picture, learn a new sport. but stop hating, okay? okay good.

[Serifeus]

@77morningstar77 Ramen to that mate.

[Serifeus]

@77morningstar77 Ramen to that mate.

[armandojules]

@77morningstar77 <3 <3



[helnn13]

lol hipsters awkwardly standing there.

[Kloona88]

Hahaha... You guys are funny. Pains are mean.

[sheepeasy]

*yaaaaaaawn* Great, another completely soulless, forgettable band who thrive off of an interesting name. If you like this you're either a retard whose missed the last 50 years of music, or a fellow trying to get mad laid by a bunch of hipster chicks.

Seriously.. How can this music excite you in any way?

[lorelajg]

@sheepeasy It is enough that you can't appreciate a good twee pop when you hear it, but to judge people who can in such a closed minded way... Valid source: "The Pains simply made a slyly confident debut that mixes sparkling melodies with an undercurrent of sad bastard mopery, and you're just being a dick if you think the past has some kind of patent on that. That's just the way good pop music works." I wont use the word retard and I wont continue this argue. Cheers.

[sheepeasy]

@lorelajg But.. I still think they're shit and.. This is the internet.. So fuck you? I can't appreciate twee pop because I dislike it. I think anything that can have the adjective "twee" attached to it is shit and I don't think it's okay to regurgitate the sounds of the past WITHOUT adding anything to them (which this band hasn't).

"good pop music" no.

"sparkling melodies with an undercurrent of sad bastard mopery" where?

"you're just being a dick" Yes, one is.

<3

[trufiend138]

@sheepeasy i hear u and agree, mostly, this is not very original, so in a nostalgic way I MAY LISTEN TO THIS CRAP FOR A FEW DAYS-FEW WEEKS, but wont last because its fakery and weak..

[HornyMuch181]

@sheepeasy Why look at it then? Why bother comment?

[vendettatremenda]

reminds me MODERN LOVE by Bowie

[NeopolitanDreams5494]

love this band :)

[ComeBackSmiling]

brilliant band name. boring sound.

[ComeBackSmiling]

brilliant band name. borring sound.

[lorelajg]

could this be anymore perfect ...

[LauraWish]

@lorelajg could this be anymore boring...?

[sheepeasy]

@lorelajg Maybe if it wasn't shit?

[eatwheatbread]

Plagarism.

[muzakluvrr]

This is good shit. I remember playing baseball with Alex back in the day, now he's a rock star go figure. Keep up the good music guys!!!!!!

[bluedaisy729]

...and to think, I waited until now to listen to them because I thought their name was stupid...

well, not everything's changed!

[aokay25]

modern love by bowie intro

[PanLamda]

Everyone seems to copy 80s post-punk/new-wave bands like The Smiths, Joy Division, The Cure etc. and 90s showgaze ones like Ride, Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine these days. Nice try but nothing like the originals. Im not a old fart lost in nostalgia or something. Its just the truth. :P

[thousandthys]

@PanLamda it's cool though, if you like all of the old originals, i like having new music reminiscent of the classics :)

[sheepeasy]

@PanLamda Haha.. I'm 17 and I think most kids my age can appreciate that most of this shit is a ripoff of the past. The only thing that seperates modern day knockoffs like this band and people from the genuine era: soul. This band is soulless and have nothing of any value to say. The smiths = emotional, well written.

[trufiend138]

@sheepeasy nice to see an observant kid!!! if I choose to listen to this band it would only be for a "hot minute", 4 the reasons u just said..its kinda nostalgic but not very good

[DavidF89999]

@sheepeasy Your age explains your opinion.

[sheepeasy]

@DavidF89999 How? Because my generation aren't a bunch of idiots or because you don't like people younger than you having opinions different to your own?

[jaidaphire]

@sheepeasy He meant your "cottaging" age, Clive. You know, the number of years you've been hanging around the toilet stalls at train stations catching and spreading various STDs.

[DavidF89999]

@sheepeasy Don't flatter yourself, and you're way off in terms of what I meant.

[GlimmeringInTheSun]

I love their name, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart.

[rapsoloes]

Wow...... nice, nice, nice¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[buster1837]

souns alot like th smiths.

[yugga4]

 .....and a flash of the Go-Betweens, Pre-fab Sprout?

[Eltroim]

catchy tune.

[juliruelas91]

Now this is Music people!

[dan2granby]

fuckin great band stumbled on them by accident...

[Invisiblefiyah]

this band sounds EXACTLY like a mellower Black Kids

[ArbeitmachtfreiX]

this band is all my favorite music in only one band

its nice to found something like this today!

[28Sofi]

Really sweet music, but still nice to hear as it's not that mellow!!

[Glezpau]

ME ENAMOREEEE

[starofinanna]

Wow, this takes me back to the 80's.

[Greenfuzz138]

this is great neo post punk. with great class. reminds me of the first time i fell in love

[Invisiblefiyah]

@Greenfuzz138

neo post punk/?!?1?!?!?

[kitchenmachine]

I like this band, and this song. Very similar rhythm to "Someday" by the Strokes though, I must admit.

[confusionandme]

Man it's a great song, just like "Modern love" :3

[onitamark26]

such a beautiful song

[Hedwig214]

David Bowie-Modern Love

[Pindakaas40]

i used to be in love now im just a teenager

[hightimesbruce]

A band doesn't sound like the Smiths unless they have a Morrissey-like singer behind the mic. Kip's voice is way too fragile to even come close.

[weihoozie]

@hightimesbruce

I think the reason most people make the Smiths distinction is because of the jangly guitars. I personally don't agree, but to each their own. The band sounds like the older Slumberland noise pop bands like Black Tambourine and Sarah Records shoegazey stuff like Secret Shine to me more than anything else including The Smiths.

[DelScorcho11]

@weihoozie I think it's mostly because anytime people hear anything that reminds them of 80's era pop music they think of the smiths, if they don't know anything else from that era.

[macmillan420]

@hightimesbruce The guitar melodies are similar in style though.

[BunnyHanyou]

oh wow I REALLY like this.

[lorelajg]

...the way you lived your final days a teenager in love with christ and heroin...these lyrics and the music after make me wanna cry, so beautiful, this is such a beautiful band.

[ethel3456]

o good the smiths LIVE...

[edwin20ism]

this song is beautiful

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

I think it's about a girl who loses her virginity to a guy she doesn't love and ends up overdosing on heroin.

[mrchristian87]

a teenager in love fels like your gonna die if your not with that person

[asarthou]

the smiths !., absolutly

[superdupergoody]

A TEENAGER IN LOVE WITH CHRIST AND HEROIN <3

[alexislovezmusic]

the band rocks to da core..

[jacobywankenobi]

nice tunes, catchy, good energy...but I detect a slight faux-british accent in the singer...that kind of irks me

[sexyEmma4u]

Its only bands like THE PAINS and EARTH CULTURE that really know how to kick ass!!!!

[claybangers]

nice dude

[xTheBright]

right now, lots of micachu, liars and some abe vigoda, blood red shoes, broadcast, department of eagles,

(actually I don't like pains of being pure at heart, just checking them out, cause maybe I would like them) (but I don't. With all the respect for people who do)

[kancoet]

indie bands are starting to sound too much the same, it's repetitive and dangerously becoming a fad... there goes hope for a better light in the music industry (unsurprisingly a global phenomenon)...

[xTheBright]

yes. there ARE a lot of indie bands sounding too much the same, but there are still a lot that don't

not EVERY indie band sounds the same

so

horay, still hope for a better light in music!

[kancoet]

yes, i agree... some, meaning in a limited hand-full of musicians... in general most of them sound the same... yet another pop sensation in the making... got any good music you can recommend bright? you should check out wotgorilla they have a channel here in you tube

[Qaafqq]

sarah records artist..

[muppetnut]

They sound a lot like Belle and Sebastian, actually.

Pretty awesome though.

[shredheadbob]

wow. totally made my day

[Franshesh]

*sigh* check out The Strokes- Someday.

[EllexStripe]

only the tune in the beginning...

[confusionandme]

@Franshesh I prefer this song.

[vandeus1967]

ネオアコ世代にはたまらんな。

こりゃしばらくハマるかも？

[realitytvfans123]

old song been copieed too many times

[emrinder]

@realitytvfans123 listen to the lyrics it's not a Dion and the Belmonts cover

[giostellina22]

..very nice.,.something similar to Smiths,dont'you think?

[SimplySuperSexy]

i cant understand them...only problem =/ besides its kinda 60s to me lol =)

[klustercode]

Nostalgic 80s sound. Neo romantic emo lyrics. Perfect :)

[onionfusion]

so good

[HayLindon]

love the pains.

[isolatedoddball]

Great track! The track sounds quite 80s-esque, and it's very joyful and riveting.

[SILVAULISES20]

first time i hear this song ... I can describe it in a word .... WONDERFUL ...

[kevsash]

chords anyone?

[takinson]

They have a very nostalgic sound. It makes me happy and sad at the same time.

[SusanaC18]

I feel exactly the same!

[BunnyHanyou]

@takinson

totally agree :O, wow. You hit the nail right on the head.

[jame089]

I saw them live in Bristol the other day and thought exactly the same when I heard this song.

[secretskata]

The drums in the beginning reminded me of The Rakes.

[ElTurtleChikito]

Goth!!

#_#

[Daphuhnuh]

There's just something about this band. :) Their songs give me such a warm, happy vibe. I should buy this album.

[pennydreadful666]

I'm falling in love with this band more with every song

[AirportMonkey]

Reminds me of The Smiths

[hippiehoneeB]

isnt it magical?

[sparksdini]

More like Bowie's Modern Love.

[virginiaisadoll]

@sparksdini I thought the same thing when I heard the intro

[Zunecrazy]

@sparksdini Right? Still. I love this song.

[minoviaesunazombie]

@AirportMonkey I think the same. The beginning is so smiths

[superdupergoody]

@AirportMonkey maybe the instruments but the vocals...no. they're wonderful and different.

[gloomyoutlook]

@AirportMonkey

except, this isn't the melodramatic mulings of a middle aged manic depressive.

[samgilesss]

i love this song.

cos it says heroin in the lyrics and stuff

and that makes it cool

[InFlames231]

Juxtaposed with loving Christ makes it ingenius.

[Hurnkinder]

r you stupid?

[newasthespring]

this is my favorite song off the album. But the rest of them are also fantastic. I can't go a day without listening to them.

[areyoureceivingme]

The most exciting band!

[nachotubea]

The record cover is so belle and sebastian and the music too...

[simcut]

that makes it so fucking brilliant, love Belle & Sebastian :D

[kieft74]

Yes Bowie .... modern love ....

[Turferosonico]

David Bowie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[l33tmaster104]

I absolutely love this song, but it's so fucked up. Damn it, I love The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and everything they make so much!

[FlorestaDeQuedas]

"He said you were dead all along

He was wrong. He hadn't lived a day the way you lived your final days..."

[mushroomleg]

i think this song is about shooting dope. i hope it is anyway. best song on their album. ftw.

[mushroomleg]

actually, i am a gay junkie dying of AIDS... so... D:

[jessemaurais]

The opening of this song is a little too much like Modern Love

[guilhermeappolinario]

totaly looks like modern love...

[ondesmartenot3]

Kurt is Oh sooo cute

[Zoujirosama]

I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mab24pred]

they were good live :)

unfortunately, i didn't share the lead singer's wish that The Cockpit was a gaybar haha

[newworldorder123]

Keep up the good work!!!

Great stuff...

[pcoll04]

Sharleen Spiteri there on the left in the blue cardigan isn't it for the first 30 secs of the video.

[forrrrreal]

smooth. pure. like water i guess. such a unique vibe, too. the music & the image.

[LeaheyHoo]

Watch the Pains of Being Pure at Heart live in NYC on my profile!

[themilney]

ha, geez, judging by this song they're playing to a pretty happy & uplifting zombie generation....

[VideoL0ve]

same as someday of the strokes, but i love it <3

[SirDobsley]

same exact thought. same rythym, drums, guitar, everything except the voice.

but more soothing

[Amused80]

Pound....we can't all be fans of Nickelback.

[kszychu23]

I know it is unfulfillable wish..but i hope to see you in Poland

[kszychu23]

PURE..:)

[backto80]

Great optimistically song !

[WaffleKopter]

It's a great song, but I would hardly call it optimistic.

[exe21]

ver nice