Barenaked Ladies - Am I the Only One (The Bathroom Sessions)

[enlightenedone676]

Saddest some ever.

[Firegrl1031]

he is so amazing. i love him! such a great natural voice. his voice gives me tingles!

[Esther5650]

@gel907 What is the story behind this song?

[494dvd]

@Esther5650 it was suppose to be about his future wife but then his brother died in a motorbike crash and then he wrote it for his brother

[1961webby]

@494dvd its a love song! where do you get this nonsense?

[1961webby]

@494dvd its a love song! where do you get this nonsense?

[JAYARESBasement]

I love and have loved this song for a very long time <3

[gel907]

This song is even better once you know the story behind it!!

[ToddySpLz]

ed I just want to say, your awsome and im so sorry that the US doesnt recognize that as much as we do! This stuff hits me. REAL. being real! You guys are just normal guys and your not on my list of celebritys to meet because you already show it. Your not fake! Thank you bnl! -Todd Calgary

[Tezliolansti7]

dude..tabs or a video lesson PLEASE!! and thanks! ^_^



[paletitas13]

your voice is great :]

[AsheAFK]

Ed... this song is one of the most beautiful you sing. Tears every time. I'll always love you guys.

[spxmet]

Songs like these are why I'll always like these guys.

[stevemunoz21]

very good job man, very good. i cried haha. but i wish i could play guitar and sing :(

[MrFrankyGification]

@stevemunoz21 You can, anyone can. Just have faith in yourself and do what makes you happy.

[LoverStyleJump]

@stevemunoz21

You can learn, man, like Ed and everyone else did :)

[llucashamilton]

please please please tab, someone, anyone

[Edchick28]

Ed beautiful job. You can still bring me to tears with this song.

[Opie1229]

What model Taylor is he playing here? Looks like a custom job...?

[adamgore1]

@Opie1229 910 im pretty sure and im pretty sure it is custom

[1PsychedelicCheese1]

this is fantastic...i love this song. Kudos honey. Its wonderful.

[rnau1980]

One fo my FAVORITE BnL songs of ALL time! Makes me cry a bit every time I hear it, so beautiful! Funny to think of how far back in their catalog it goes!  Love the acoustic versions of all the songs here!

[gashnor321]

I love BNL, and this is actually one of the first songs I found on YouTube after getting into them, and the first one that got me into the awesome bathroom sessions. I still wish the entire original band was together, it's still good, but not the same.

[irdpop]

This reminds me of a friend who passed away in high school. After all these years it still stops me in my tracks and makes me long to say hello again. I love this tune. Thank you for posting it.

[lightweight101]

I hadn't heard this song before checking out some of the other bathroom sessions. I wish I'd found it sooner, this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

[Sethaldor]

6 tone deaf people rated on this video... how can i tell? 6 thumbs downs

[LittleAshes101]

This is great, good job, I loved it.

[TheBawbag88]

fucking love it

[AsLongAsFiyeroIsMine]

I adore this song. I adore Ed. I adore the Barenaked Ladies.

[littleruka]

Barenaked Ladies are my first love. This song is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. I tried finding the guitar tabs for this, but couldn't, and I'd love to cover it. Does anyone happen to have good tabs for it? Thanks.

I love you, BnL!

[tpl2000]

@littleruka Whether or not you can find tabs, it should be pretty easy to cover just following this video. It's a little obscure where his pinky is going, but it's definitely a Bmaj chord for most of the intro, and skips into C#min for a little bit. (0:54)

Without a guitar in my hands and a little more time to sleep, I couldn't give you the rest of it, but that should be a good start. Just make sure you have the capo, or it'll be pretty difficult.

[littleruka]

@tpl2000 Thanks!  Yeah, I've been trying to play it by ear, I just always like to make sure I'm doing it as close to the original as possible as far as chords/notes go. I'm honestly surprised that nobody on the Internet has made a decent tab of this, because it's absolutely beautiful.

[crederules]

Ed is so awesome! BNL concerts are the best concerts I've ever gone to!

[WeOneNow]

F***ing beautiful song. Is there a 'how-to' for guitar players like the one for 'crazy'?

[FarmBoy4Life89]

Ed really knows his stuff. This has to be one of my all time favorite songs from them. Ed always has so much meaning behind his songs. For once ... genuine music with meaning! Love it!

[Drumnbeats3]

seriously one of the best songs in recent memory. people don't make music like this anymore.

[gageegsu]

One of my favorite BnL songs EVER.

[simonfrederickson]

If you ever find a song more meaningful kick it in the nuts ,it's lying

[jed6195]

I absolutely love this song. This whole album is good, but this song is probably the best of your slower stuff

[marcuswoodruff]

its been a while but herre I am.. love you bro

[marcuswoodruff]

@marcuswoodruff dang, no one wants to be a part of this

[smileybone3010]

damn I love ed's guitar

[Ashadowman]

Great song Ed....it got stuck in my head ...learned it the next day. I played it live and they really liked it.

ashadowman #1 Music

[0marigolds]

the acoustics in my bathroom don't sound like this - fantastic

[SkunkworksCanada]

cherish*

[SkunkworksCanada]

Thanks for wowing us with your beautiful music once again.

I'm so sad things aren't just the way they used to be. No matter what, we'll have the music from over the years and I know I'll charish it is gold.

[HLedger4Life]

This is a great song so powerful im shocked that more people dont know this one

[Lyynyyrd]

I lost my brother four months ago to a careless driver in a motorcycle crash. This song makes me bawl my eyes out.

[silverchickenbat]

Wow, this is a song that I wish I couldn't relate to, but love huts sometimes as seen here.

[jhsyodles]

I love this song...that was really nice!

[Watabird]

beautiful. Eddie you are awesome!

[AGINCOURTMAZDA]

Makes me Happy :)

[dramaqueen72891]

i love the way he uses the spare melody to just cut right through you. so good, just lovely.

[jman7792]

fucking awesome

[citystarz99]

hes one of my favorite acoustic musicians

[54spiritedwill54]

this is really a great song.

[marcuswoodruff]

sorry Theedgrerob, my bad, missuderstood... rock on

[Aerodyynamic]

this is such a sad song. i love it.

[XxStavrosxX]

Absolutely beautiful song. Love the acoustics of your bathroom (who would've thought?)

[marcuswoodruff]

lol, Theedgerob, wake up and smell the BNL, this isn't a cover

[Theedgerob]

lol I KNOW!!! Read it again, I'll make it clearer.

"This guy's the lead guitarist and sometimes singer of the actual band that released this." (lead singer now.)

then read

"No wonder it's a good "cover"!". See how cover is in speech marks? I was messing with someone that previously called it a cover.

I know this is Ed's song. I know he wrote it for his brother who unfortunately died in a motorbike accident and I know this is the guy I met 30 minutes before BNL's Southampton show in 2007. :P

[marcuswoodruff]

really, my bad, didn't read them all,,. was drunk

[2drunk4this]

........am I the only one?

[doomssss]

this is a great song, and the median is a really smart way to adapt to these times, it;s a great twist to the norm for these types of art over the internet. wish i could figure out what cd's i dont have their music for :D

[angeladouglas]

Beautiful song, one of my favorites. good job :)

[61938kitty61938]

He looks like my PE teacher. o.O

[edrobertsonfan]

holy cow.. then your PE teacher is HAWT :D

[victoriap1981]

you and BNL are awesome I love your music you rock!!!!!!!!

[graemecow01]

One of my favorite songs. Glad to know you continue to play it.

As an aside, I still have the tape with the yellow cover and the flower on it from the days before Gordon.

[Doublejoe321]

you have made the best video of this song on youtube....no one has the real thing...and you have the best cover...GREAT JOB :D!

[seanfarisonline]

well, its from his album though ..

great job? its fantastic :)

[thekidwiththefa]

This is Ed Robertson from the Barenaked Ladies >_>. It is the real thing.

[Noellenc]

LOL COVER? This is the man :)

[Daharen]

Lol, its cool though man, no hard feelings... After all a lot of people expected them to be way bigger then they are. The fact that their not doing studio sessions is just sort of weird. However, you gotta admit considering their following this type of recording is pretty intriguing to say the least. But yeah these videos look more like really good covers then the type of things you'd see a typical group doing.

[Theedgerob]

yeah this was posted by BNL's official YouTube account. This guy's the lead guitarist and sometimes singer of the actual band that released this. No wonder it's a good "cover"!

[Pr0m0terL0cal]

Dude.... That is ED ROBERTSON who did this video.. This is NOT A COVER...

You must be a real fan...

Jeeeebus...

[jessereid99]

this is really a great song.

[eyrfleba666]

Never get tired of this song. It seriously really beautiful. He does a fantastic job with just his guitar. Great voice too!!

[jacobbowles]

amazing energy

[Sonic8231]

Great song Ed. Every time I have listened to it over the past decade plus, it has touched me.

[MariposaGirl1981]

hey ed, who did you write this song for, I've been wondering for 14 yrs now

[arcticdav]

Ed wrote this for his brother who died in a motorcycle accident. Puts a different spin on it when you know what it means. This is truly one of Ed's best songs.

[Noellenc]

Aww that makes me cry when I hear it in that light! It sounds like he's singing about a girl with the 'hair down in front of your eyes' part.

[onestepback]

I think you're confusing this song with "Go Home". I know that song is written about his brothers death.

[onestepback]

I stand corrected.

[lindzrea]

This song and the song "Leave"off of the Stunt album are both about his brother being killed in a motorcycle accident. "Leave" is about his brother haunting him in hotel rooms along the tours

[satan207]

amazing...

[Arcemedes26]

Certainly this is one of my favourite BNL songs. Thanks for putting it up. These guys always remind me of playing street hockey in Scarborough.

[Dragonflygirlcc]

man I love this man...I want him to sing to me!

[ladiesandboys]

What a touching song!

[InSearchToPacify]

I understand youre a busy man ed but i would greatly appreciate it if you would illuminate on how to play this song!

[BlingyDamon3]

well yeah i guess he did do a good job considering thats his song...people, that's ed, one of the lead singers for BNL

[wasabininjapants]

this is really great! love bnl and am so excited for the rama show in september! please do as many as you can from maybe you can drive. such an amazing album!

[theTOOJ]

wait, is this the actual lead singer?

[fitty650sx]

Yeh dude, that' Ed. :)

-scotty

[theTOOJ]

this is easily the best cover i have ever heard.

if i heard only the music, nobody could convince me that this was some youtube guy.

It sounds exactly like the CD track.

congratulations and keep it up.

[Anearion616]

Fool

[MariposaGirl1981]

excuse me do you have a problem?

[fionaolia]

I've been searching for this song for ages! Sounds great, good job!

[thomhale]

Absolutely fantastic.

Don't know whether to put down my guitar forever or whether to never let it go after watching things like this.

[harper44]

does someone have tabs or chords for this?

i cant find them..

[Hippychickali]

I had to stop watching because I'm in tears. I've heard this song so many times . . . even before I went to the Maybe You Should Drive tour at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, NS where they don't let you dance! This performance is just so raw and honest . . . like a bathroom. :)

[mlkohs]

he looks like he's going to cry at 2:35

[Dudy11]

I just discovered the bathroom sessions *shame on me* and I was more than happy to find my favorite (ok at least top 5 favorite) song there!! Beautiful!

[mexapina21]

nice man!!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. you did it justice =)

[bgoble1000]

of course he did. It's his song!

[Heath0507]

This is my favorite BNL song!

Amazing...

[W3BKINZ4LIVE]

luv bearnacked ladies ive been 2 see them

[thesithwithashotgun]

How the fuck do you live with yourself, posting your damn advertisements for pornography on such a deep song? It's this kind of thing that royally pisses me off. BTW, in case anyone didn't know, this song is about Ed's brother who died in a motorcycle accident in '94(?). It really affected him personally, and he also wrote "Leave" about his brother's ghost haunting him in hotel rooms while on tour. Two great songs about the sad motorcycle accident that took Ed's brother's life.

[Leahlemur]

Though the story detailed in the song is different, I've heard that Asleep at the Wheel was also inspired by the accident.

Am I the Only One is such an amazing song. "am I the only one, who had to dress you up, and see how you fell down? Am I the only one, who needs you to go, go on without me?"

[thesithwithashotgun]

Interesting. Where did you hear that?

[Leahlemur]

I read it in an article some months ago. I'll send you a link if I'm successful in re-finding it.

[BooNube]

One of my very favorite songs by you guys. Great version too.

[WretchedLives]

Hate to say it...but I cried. I love this song SO MUCH and it's so hard for me to find. ^^ Thank you for posting!

[lnlysoul7]

i first heard this song on "Tru Conffesions" and i fell in love with it.

[Xwtz]

This Song is so great. I love it.

[nicole090976]

The Barenaked Ladies are the best there is on question about it, I love these sessions, Please, Please release a DVD of these, as we don't get to see you guys in Australia!!!! We Miss you come on down to the land down under for a visit.

[lukasd66]

Awesome. What a heartfelt song.

please please please do "The Flag" One of my favorite songs by you guys.

[SeventhEve]

I love this song so much.

[mslizzybella]

After buying iTunes Original and hearing the story along to this song it feels even more beautiful(which I didn't think possible). Absolutely aching and strong and ... wow. Just reminds me as to why whenever asked who my favourite band is I don't even blink before saying Barenaked Ladies. (The same response for a good ten years now. :D)

[thechasedlife]

On a more positive - I love the fact that you're doing this reminds me that there is still good music out there.

just one request: could you put up either The Flag or Brian Wilson? They're a bit older but they've always been my two favorites.

[thechasedlife]

O.o.... do you even know who this is?

[BooNube]

Wanna be's who've sold several million records? You're a fucking idiot.

[medsquick]

its ed robertson - the guitarist in the band u pratt

[f0rkz]

lol, fredanan you are a moron. This song is great.

[Raskolnikki]

. . . . . that IS Ed. . are you retarded?

[bottechia]

Great song. I would love to see the guitar tabs for this.

[Youlisatube]

Wow that's amazing! I love Youtube! haha

[gabrielladaniyelle]

i heard this song on the movie "My Girl"

[shawn44442]

umm is that really ed robertson ?

[FrauGloer]

Yep, sure is. :-)

[angelicharmony]

Wow, you post on here? That's awesome! (:

[MrAli87]

This is such a good song, just found it, thanks for putting it up, i love it.

[richblc]

Thanks Ed!

Love it, Can't decide between this one or 'War on Drugs' as my favourite..but then I always was a cheery sort of fellow!

[anastasiabrown]

Ed, you are most amazing. Thank you for sharing you gift.

[ginalvsbnl]

I don't know if this song is harder for you to perform due to it's meaning, but it was beautiful. You can tell that it comes from the heart and I appreciated it. *hugs*

[KaKlick]

Thank you for posting this one Ed, as others have said, this is also my favorite (and that's saying a lot) glad to have heard you do this one live on the E2E tour a couple years back. Been waiting for this one to come along here, since it's all you and an acoustic anyway...

[everettallthetime47]

i love this song

[jinglebell06]

Dear Ed, Learning that this song was written about your brother, and not a love song, makes this song very emotional for me. I almost always want to weep when I listen to "Am I the Only One?". Thanks so much; it's one of my all-time favorites.

[copasgrande]

jesus, it's about time!!!! lol, i was waiting for that!

[Tierna]

My all time favorite BNL song. Thanks for this!

[danrobbo]

This is the greatest song of all time. I have loved this song for so long so thanks... and thanks for finally getting it on here. You rocked in London! Dan

[tsafarg]

maybe you should drive is my favourite album. though many songs are kind of sad...

[MAXGREENE79]

Ed your songs have gotten me through so much, please keep making music and sharing it.

[coffeechica]

Yay, I was waiting for you to get to this one. Thank you, Ed!

[mdheaded]

maybe my favorite song of yours, ever. just brilliant.

[fadeindreams]

Thank you so much...really brilliant in an unnervingly soul grabbing sort of way.

[maveness]

Verrrry nice, of course! Thanks - Marie

[pradagae]

Beautiful song. Presque aussi beau que vous soyez. Ouais juste flirtant non chaque jour je fais faire l'occasion ceci.

[acrossthec]

Awesome. One of my favourite songs. Rawk on Ed.

[snoopy45]

I love this song sooo much. Thanks so much for this =) xxx

[reallymzungu]

New t-shirt? Oh, and a good song too...

[saffronboots]

Tech comment: Boy have I been playing this wrong (Drop D Capo 2)! So, you stay in standard tuning with partial Capo 2nd fret on strings: 1-5. Tricky trick Ed! But much easier. Thanks for the vid.

[rockandrollqueen22]

**Applause**Applause**Applause­**

By far, my absolute favorite!! 5 stars Ed!!!

[JimBobTamson]

i <3 ed's face [=

[lightupmyroom]

This is exactly the song I needed to hear right now.

Thank you so much.

[DizzoMonkey]

This is one of my favorite BNL songs by far. I'm so glad that Ed did this one!

[wayamy27narf]

Did you get me to tear up? Yes, yes you did. Beautiful

[dlconnell]

Clearly my favorite so far! Love you all!

[gordan]

This is the one I've been waiting for since you started posting these bathroom sessions Ed. Thank you!

[djdevo]

Cool Beans!

[cynicalwordsmith]

thanks Ed.

[FarAwayPlace]

Thanks Ed. That was really special. I really enjoy seeing you play guitar. It inspires me to play mine.

[rudolphjslik]

i am convinced that you put this up because i asked. i love you.

[okiedokay]

terrific/can't wait for the next one.

[StartButtonNews]

One of my favorites off of MYSD, I love the Bathroom Sessions, I am hoping for a DVD!

[estellefm]

Thanks ED! That is so good.

[plswtfud]

Thanks ED. Makes me want to remodel my bathroom.

[prchck123]

Thank you so much for posting this song! Ed you are just amazing!

[hazeleyedbaker]

WOW, I think I love this one most of all so far.

[ajreherman]

simply amazing...

[Jon1Eve]

Holy crap! That was amazing. Ok..My favourite changed...again!

[JimBobTamson]

<3 it =]

[doogallas]

you've convinced me to go buy as many barenaked ladies albums as i can find tomorrow

[doogallas]

i could only find 1 album...