Sam Roberts - Detroit '67

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ReimTime100

Are you thinking that Detroit is in Canada? That is what it seems to say in your "speech"....

[chullybeans]

doesn't anyone else feel like playing Hotel Dusk after hearing this?? XP

[jedimasterdredy]

@chullybeans indeed

[system9697]

from Montreal Qc. ladies and gents, Mr. Sam Roberts...

[VilainVill]

niice

[Taytersjenks]

Sam is canada's way of apoligizing for the whole "Bieber Incident"

[BRiZiFa]

@Taytersjenks sam came before beiber

[jedimasterdredy]

@Taytersjenks thank u thank u thank u thank u

[977Sarah]

one of my favourite songs by sam roberts

[inomyguns12345678910]

who noticed sams loans

[paol951x]

This song gives me goosebumps everytime. Windsor cant't tell you how this story ends but we'll be rite along side with you. We love Motown.

Long Live Detroit!

[porterism100]

There's nothing like having a bar with about 80 people in it singing this song in unison!

[ReimTime100]

I'm Canadian from Toronto and this is one of my favourite songs. The great thing about Canadian music is that it always represents Canadian values and with this song and video just re-iterates it. To me what Sam is getting at with song is that right now Detroit is struggling but let's get back to the basics and remember Detroit for who it really is. I love this song!! Makes me feel proud to be a Canadian!. Detroit is on it's way back up.

[bababooey7576]

@ReimTime100 I was having trouble trying to express the same thing! (Toronto, born and raised)

[wikiwangster5000]

love the blues

[charles4hl]

Probably the best Sam robert video !!! Drinking tapped Beck's beer haha

[clownhunter12]

The greatest part of the video is how he just gets hammered past the point of comfortable and let them film it.

[equaleverything]

ＳＨＵＴ　ＵＰ　ＡＮＤ　ＥＮＪＯＹ　ＴＨＥ　ＭＵＳＩＣ！

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[canuckdeerhunter26]

wow...great video, great song! love the old clips, I was just using one of those multie-guns for the lug nuts a couple weeks ago! Go Detroit!....and Flint ;-)

[SCROGY]

Stop buying so damn many foreign cars America. Have some pride in your domestic products. There is little reason to buy foreign now as the quality gap is all but gone and American cars are some of the best in their classes.

[BizzMarki]

I'm pretty sure that's a bar in Canada, not Detroit... I see Alexander Keith's on tap! 2:53

[iampoopman]

I love how they've blacked out the word "Beck's" on the bottle but everybody still knows, hwhat bros

[chrisg20x]

This song is amazing

[in2itivelady]

Detroit needs to wake up and realize it has to let the manufacturing dinosaur of the past is dead. They need to invigorate the city's economy by embracing new industries--sustainable, knowledge and skill based industries that corps can't afford to send to Mexico or China. This nostalgia and clinging to past glory doesn't help things.

[SCROGY]

@in2itivelady Really? So I guess that's why Ford's products have been steadily improving and GM has been staging a big comeback? Not to mention Japanses quality has been slipping over the last decade quite noticably Exactly what industries are you referring to?

[canuckdeerhunter26]

@in2itivelady Thats the kind of negative, pro-globalization bullshit that got us here in the first place.

[skrilla88]

Check out Sam's latest song " I Feel You" on my channel.

[CJDiggs]

can't stand this useless mormon commercial every time I see a video of Vevos. not sure what they were going for with it but they can't be winning over too many quality recruits.

[CanadaguyRudey]

Was born in Windsor.... such a loss and the blame goes back to the politicians and people who support Walmartization of the USA.

[1867andy]

Wasn"t old enough but time for rebuilding =)

[elementsk8er821]

anyone noticed freddie mercury behind him in the bar?

[guitargod91000]

you suck

[AskG0d]

One person was from Toronto.

[MotorCity1370]

The speaker at the very beginning was Jerry Cavanagh, who was mayor during the '67 riots. It came from a promotional film that was shot in '63 or '64 as part of Detroit's bid for the 1968 Olympics, which were awarded to Mexico City.

[MotorCity1370]

A great song...a real homage to my hometown!

[TheDarryross]

Faved this video) It almost made me cry though I never do that and never been to Detroit but heard and seen enough to have this feeling of ufairness

[cnm2908]

@Carpacino22, Detroit is pronounced as "day-twah" in French- as I've been told and as I have researched.

[falconlord5]

@cnm2908 Which French dialect?

Not every French speaker speaks the same, after all.

[man61x]

@cnm2908 in french its day-troah... not day-twah

[iheartlesbiantunafis]

@man61x damn 'tards.

[Carpacino22]

@cnm2908 i speek french fluently and its pronounced day-trwat

[cnm2908]

Sam Roberts knows his history. He graduated from college with a Bachelor's in History. He's from Quebec. Quebec, Ontario and Detroit, down through New Orleans, were all part of what was known as New France, until about 1760. And Mr. Roberts wrote a song chronicling Detroit, pronounced as "Day-twah" in French. It's refreshing to have someone sing a positive song about Detroit for a change.

[in2itivelady]

@cnm2908 Um he graduated with a degree in English.

[lollypooo]

sam roberts has some mighty talent :) can't wait to hear him today when he comes to my hometown :D

[RadioFreeCanada1]

Angel of Harlem knock-off....

[gunsandroses69]

@RadioFreeCanada1 what the hell, how?

[tquait2001]

General motors is coming back....

[chicasalvi]

Sam rocks! glad he made this one : )

im from windsor ont, but I <3 Detroit!! an amazing time, all the time!!

anyone recognize the bar? pls tell!

[tara022]

3:31 - Gordie Howe! :)

[MsRosa88]

What bar is that?

[laturtelle]

I'm Canadian; love Sam. Loved this song right off the bat. BUT... about 1:30 into it there's a couple of flashes of the Chrysler assembly line of **OBVIOUS** Barracudas! My mom had one in 1965! Another HUGE reason I love this song!!!

[Srceodizno2142]

Amazingly catch and addictive! :)

[trojaninnc]

Great video. I do business in Detroit (I live in North Carolina) and love going there. People that say "why are you going to Detroit" don't understand what a great city it is.

[FCHardcore]

i live in in windsor, ontario. we can't survive without detroit at our back. love the D!

[Cloudburst]

This song is a riot! No pun intended ;)

[DepressedKittyFan]

Sam is so hot, and I'm a guy

[TheMooseMuncher]

@DepressedKittyFan

I'm a girl, and I'd second that.

[probot65]

raybans are cool

[TheDarkLord5x5]

where can you find the piano sheet music for this whole song?

[carmickj]

what sunglasses was he wearing? were they ray bans?

[stormmaster666]

yeah there where ry bans

[echobarty]

growing up in The D wa actually ok ,we had a nice home and great neigbors.We stuck together.this song is sad but reflects greatness also

[budstryker]

VEVO GTFO YOUTUBE FFS

[beansix]

a next-generation-straight-good-­looking-Rufus Wainright?

[ZazaGamore]

@8845806

oh lord, god forbid your city should become popular!!

Dude, its rock n' roll. Listen to the lyrics and look and how the video is put together. The point is that it is about the nature of nostalgia. Forgive the man for making an awesome video and not doing "any real research" on your city. Its a love letter man, pal.

[racheljessica21]

Great song and I LOVE the video..i like the comparison old vs new. Crazy how much has changed.... cant go wrong with a hometown video.

[waltercmoore]

what bar are they drinking in?

[ZmanHot]

Holy shit, it had Metro Beach! Which happens to be in the confines of Harrison TWP. where I live!

[pal4913]

Detroit still rocks!

[LickMyJunk]

This Canadian captured the essence of D-town better than any American.

[BobDoisneau]

There was no place like home. I was 7 years old during the riots and remember them well. Frightening times. Sadly it will never be what is once was.

[04TGP]

This song makes me want to drive around in Detroit, maybe ill do that in the spring.

[japanisefishmarket]

favourite Sam Roberts song by far

i just walked downtown today and this song just skipped in my head the whole time

great tune, me and my band cover it:P

[SomeJackass29]

I like the song a lot, but being born and raised here, the last minute or so really kinda shed a tear. I was not around (born) yet for the 67 riots, but I was certainly born to see the aftermath years later. I like Sam Roberts' song. But Christ Almighty do we have some work to do. Long live Detroit! We'll be back soon enough (already here)!!!!

[TATER1971]

Catchy as hell

[sandytimex]

Great song