The boy with the arab strap

[soothsayer1985]

Makes me want to make a galaxy of Arts & Crafts

[wokshot71]

I am a lazy get, and she's pure as a driven snow !

[geupelboi]

This song is almost too bittersweet to listen to... Bittersweet is a feeling that is sometimes more than I can handle. And this song has it. It's a beautiful song, but there's this kind of fragrant, fleeting sadness in it, too.

[420travismc]

@geupelboi absolutely, bittersweet sums this song up wonderfully..... bittersweet, and slutty, great song.

[kk360]

I heard this song from one of my legit friends who listens to good songs, sharing music is fucking important, share your favourite tunes with your friends and you'll discover the world.

[jambo130864]

Top top tune

[xRyaNx55]

0.8/10.

[philipsmog]

@xRyaNx55 yes I just found that pitchfork review which they deleted from their website! I think this tune in particular merits the album a 3.8 at least!

[lyonslaforet]

The Boy With The Arab Strap is among the most important albums released in 1998!

[TotallyGraceful]

I heard this first on- wait, who the heck cares?

[mattvjmeasures]

f**kin' joyous :-) !!

[rocketfrako00o]

All Tomorrow's Parties

[MiriamKappa]

molto bella =)

[RareMusicAtAll]

this is an offense to Smiths work...

[jaggerandrea1]

@RareMusicAtAll - that is ridiculous...this song is awesome, and Stuart murdoch has always said he has long admired the Smiths and was partly inspired by them....

[PilExtremeGT]

500 days of Summer!

[988150]

How i met your Mother got me here

B & S you guys r awesm

[ecklesmecken1]

Its just got that sense of nostalgia that we all love!

[ecklesmecken1]

Love the bit between 2.36 and 2.49. Don't know why

[ComeOnOut]

this song was in 500 days of summer? o.o my dad used to love belle and sebastian and now i do too :3

[thegazzamataz]

teachers ;-0

[MinkoMillo]

I don't see what is wrong with people enjoying the music in a movie so they read the end credits and look up the song. Isn't that a good thing for the artist? I mean the movie producers need permission to use the song in the movie anyway so you'd think that the artist's intention is to be more known by allowing them to use their song.

[ri394]

is it just me or is the opening riff very similar to queen's "crazy little thing called love"?

[transonicbuoy1]

@ri394 Yes.

[singlemindimmersion]

@ri394

Only so many riffs out there lol

[madscottydaniel]

Who the fuck are the seven folk who dont like this? You tone deaf tits! :-//

[TheOfficeNinja]

DAMN YOU 500 DAYS OF SUMMER! Teenage hipster girls aren't even supposed to like my music.......

[hollygoesRAWR]

i heard 'i dont love anyone' on THIS IS SKATEBOARDING. cuz im old school like that, and i stumbled upon this wonderful tune while looking for more of thier music. i lufff it.

[igster999]

Fumando de bitchy!

[pepectm]

I'm going to post on "500 Days with Summer", thumbs up if belle and sebastian brought you here.

[theblindvisionaries]

I just umm found it without anything because I just like belle and sebastian okay?

[davidfregoli]

I heard this on a Belle & Sebastian Album!!

[dzioora]

dont let them become too commercial, join the cult.

[dzioora]

colour my life in the chaos of trouble

[princeofplo]

I HEARD IT AT BILL ODDIES 60TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. AMAZING!

[heloisetmb]

Color my life with the chaos of trouble.

[SugarTown55]

Is it just my imagination or is this song plagiarised from "Gigolo Aunt" by Syd Barrett?

[MissingINo]

@SugarTown55 I really don't see the similarity.

[IronicallyVague]

@SugarTown55 - You could also say it's a lot like Floyd's Atom Heart Mother

[IronicallyVague]

What an odd and unique song...

At first glace of the title you'd think it was a childish & almost pornographic song but after listening it's more like a salute to life or more of a philosophical view of what we all call life..

pretty cool whatever it is...

[MissingINo]

@IronicallyVague Childish and pornographic in the same sentence?

[IronicallyVague]

@MissingINo - Your adorable...

Throw on a beanie cap and skip on over to my house

[MissingINo]

@IronicallyVague Okay.

[placidcasual83]

It is a mechanical alternative to viagra.

[cr4shish]

@jdsilo R U SURE??

[cr4shish]

arab? u mean arabic?

[jdivision91]

Sweet...

[iblowglass1]

Good number of likes

[BigHeadCross]

thanks summer <3

[nijey]

@BigHeadCross Summer was such a ho, thanks Belle & Sebastian

[venostar]

love it!!!!!!!

[22jakeer]

BEST SONG EVER.

[TheTechnoTurtle]

Why does it skip the last line? "Sunday bathtime could take a while"

[1Lozzix1]

I love the fact that he says Arab correctly.

[TheTechnoTurtle]

Even my father said I was born in the wrong time. I was meant to be an 80's rocker. Instead, I was born in the 1990's. What a joke

[CoolCrashKid]

Boom my delivery came.......Now im the boy with the Arab Strap ha haaaaaa = D ...

[annedrodgyness]

Belle and Sebastian <3

Teachers <3

[ivanxdxd2008]

Fucking hipsters, how do they work?

[Blue6flowers]

CAN U TELL ME WHAT IS MEANTHE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP

[bobbydylanio]

@Blue6flowers An arab strap is something you put on your... penis... in order to keep it... hard... for longer...

[Blue6flowers]

@bobbydylanio What is this stupid talk, do you want to see my penis Arabic

[SIMONCOW311]

@Blue6flowers umm....... ok

[jungsbodyguard]

@Blue6flowers What the fuck are you talking about?

[Blue6flowers]

@jungsbodyguard Who allowed you to enter in speech

[jungsbodyguard]

@Blue6flowers Luckily, I'm not in Saudi Arabia, so I can "enter in speech" whenever I like on a youtube comments page. Getting back to the point of my comment; Bobbydylanio's explanation of an 'arab strap' is correct. It's a sexual device that is used to sustain an erection. Why did you have such a strange response to it?

[Blue6flowers]

@jungsbodyguard Because I did not understand anything of this stupid video

STRAP?!?!?

[jungsbodyguard]

@Blue6flowers This isn't a stupid video. The song has incredibly intelligent, baroque lyrics. Your English just isn't good enought to understand them. I'm not criticising that, I can't speak or write a word of Arabic. But I wouldn't go on a video in Arabic and start saying it's stupid because I don't understand it. It's called an Arab STRAP because you strap it on to your penis. Make sense now?

[Blue6flowers]

@jungsbodyguard I'm not English sorry it's just translation

[jungsbodyguard]

@Blue6flowers I know you're from Saudi Arabia. I said that it's a complicated song, so if you don't speak english fluently, it's hard to understand.

[jenamitoitoi]

@Blue6flowers Look it up, he's, uh...telling the truth...unfortunately.

[k386]

... Sunday bath time could take awhile.

[MrTarriq]

This really is as good as it gets music-wise, simply perfect

[66ott7]

what is an Arab Strap?

[Ozymaddyas]

@66ott7 google it? I'd steer clear of google images though...

[zakdaviesa]

@66ott7 its a band

[Ozymaddyas]

It was the themetune of Channel 4's 'Teachers' before it went anywhere near 500 Days of Summer:)

[mcrobba]

Teachers :D

[beboptube]

This is the band Jack Black's character disses in the movie "High Fidelity" but I want to hear more of them.

[fiathesofa12]

i wish people would stop going on about where they heard this music. Its annoying seeing "I heard this on...." all over youtube. Its a great song and a great band, doesn't matter how you found out about it!

[GunsOnRoof]

@fiathesofa12 Jeez, you don't have to read comments if you don't want to.

[Hubahubatime]

@fiathesofa12 I HEARD IT FROM THE GRAPEVINE

[LeonMonkeyhead]

Belle and Sebastian are too precious to have Hollywood's cloven hooves stamped all over their songs.

[misscolorfuldreams]

"color my life with the chaos of trouble" > best quote EVER

[adamjek22]

What are some other good songs by them?

[immadeofplastic]

@adamjek22 judy and the dream of horses piazza new york catcher another sunny day i'm a cuckoo expectations sukie in the graveyard she's losing it i didn't see it coming marx and engels these are my personal favourites. Listen to those and then go from there. I finally got to see them live the other day and they were incredible. DEFINITELY go and see them if you ever get the chance. Hope you become a Belle & Sebastian convert!

[TheFellarocker]

JUST FLAWLESS!!

[genevieve777]

Ha! Heard it from " All The Days Before Tomorrow' :)

[jungsbodyguard]

You've missed out the "sunday bath time will take a while" lyric at the end of this video. I like that line. It's very quiet but it should be there as the music fades away.

[ScarlettStreet]

Like how everyones like "ohh 500 days of summer" whateverl i heard of then in the fourth episode of how i met your mother.

[pullumpkin]

got me through, the artists not the song

[Cookster5]

Love the song, hate the creepy Regina Spektor peering at me in the suggested videos...

[JohnnyQBlaze]

give me summer of 98 or 99 and let me chill with this song all the through the vivacious humidity of the hot Tennessee nights!

[patrickthestarfish19]

bobbie friar likes this song :/ shame

[patrickthestarfish19]

bobbie friar likes this song :/

[david552]

I remember this song from John Peel :-)

[MaryMust]

who the fuck cares where you heard it?

[jiffcat]

you can get arab straps on ebay but I can't see how they work.

[watson2078]

5 People are constantly updating their hit parade of their ten biggest wanks

[RDBrilliance]

This song is beautiful.

-Look how easy it is to make a relevant, necessary comment!

Dry your eyes kids, and listen to the song.

[Usmaman07]

i heard of this song through hearing the most recent belle and sebastian single on the radio, and browsing a little through their back catalog. i didn't even watch 500 days of summer. suck it, hipsters.

[daveybabey55]

I heard this song on the UK series "Teachers"

[boxtongue]

This video, oh just gives me the best of memories.

[akaraabasz]

500 days of summer brought me here. I stopped the movie just to listen to this song :)

[rebreh1029]

I heard of this through pitchfork...does that make me hip.

[breeischeese]

Why does it matter who heard the song first? Just enjoy it instead of making pretentious comments. 

[sivvyx01]

Oh blah - I don't even remember this in the lame-ass film 500 Days... I remember this from when I was 21 on New Years morning listening to this very hung over in a spa tub - that's all that matters.

[Cheesy503]

I love this song! <3 I heard this waaay before 500 Days of Summer :')

[0flakey1]

I FUCKED LOADS OF POSH BIRDS. YOU ARE DIRTY OLD CUNTS. I HAD TONS OF DRUGS AT THE TIME.CANT GET A shag now. cos im thick. like ya mum

[DannyCozzi]

@0flakey1 There's that sass I can never get enough of on youtube.

[kangurome]

great tune !

[badazzpresidents23]

I don't remember how I found this bad. And it doesn't really matter. Thank you. Goodnight. Tip your waitress.

[ChristopherMcLeod1]

Colour my life with the chaos of trouble

Cause anything's better than posh isolation

[Newworldfortomorrow]

people are talking about that 500 days of summer, I first heard this from the tv show Teachers lol

[dubsss1]

color my life with the chaos of trouble :)

[jimmychauv]

Is it true that the Autumns composed this song? Is composing the same thing as writing a song?

[jimmychauv]

I heard this song 500 days before the summer before the day that 500 Days of Summer came out.

[artysmokes]

One of the best lyrics ever written is almost hidden at the end of this song: "You're constantly updating your hit parade of your 10 biggest wanks."

[Joebycool]

There needs to be a LOVE button for Belle and Sebastian!

[ThursdaysAreFunny]

type in "belle" why does belle amie come up before belle and sebastian in the drop down box :l

love this song so much(:

[sedorexox]

This song is just so sweet it makes me smile every time I hear it, it's so happy (:

[BlackChiWhite]

(: 500 Days of Summer introduced me to a lot of great music. Why does it matter where people are getting this? As CandySedatives, everyones gotta figure out bands/songs from somewhere!

[TheSheefs]

Hmmmm... I'd say Belle and Sebastian don't mind that suddenly they have loads of fans because their song was in a movie?

[savingmandyy]

I think people should really get over their fucking superiority complex. It's song, that we all love. Can't that just be another? No one is better than anyone and no way of finding this song is better than any other. But god damn it we found this beautiful piece of art, and we all love it. The end.

[heeelnoo]

i have no idea what "500 days" is, but what i do know is that this is the outro from Teachers, and it's a great song.

[dudethedud]

@heeelnoo its a movie that came out its called 500 days of summer and one of the mai character was introduced into the movie by showing how she has more going for than just being another pretty face by saying while other girls were writting quoting (don't remeber lol) summer was qouted in her year book saying color my life with the chaos of trouble. which brought all the movie fans here.

[Newworldfortomorrow]

@heeelnoo And intro lol :)

[crazylatingirl94]

500 days of summer or not, the song is nice.

who fucking cares where you got it from, just be happy other people share your taste in music and get over yourselves. people who act like knowing a song before it was used for a production gives them some sort of self worth are pathetic. you'd think a person would have a little more to live for.

[jlsrobinson]

fuck 500 days of summer, give me more music like this

[ScaringSophie]

I fucking love this song.

[jiripitbul]

just best

[delshayDiCamilliano]

omg. anyone who comments on what i sad almost a fricken YEAR ago really needs to stop. get over it.

[CizinManikThorns]

@swinnbar its a device to retain an erection.

[TheTechnoTurtle]

500 Days of Summer FTW

[TruckT1]

Love B & S and this song. Was gutted it was used for that awful TV Show Teachers, but cant blame them for royalties.

[delshayDiCamilliano]

Guys....I wrote this almost 10 MONTHS AGO. Get over it. Geesh.

[quazmangle]

what about the programme on channel 4 "teachers"? this song was the theme tune to that! you can watch it on 4od. i haven't seen 500 days of summer, i accidently saw them perform :)

yay for glaswegian music!

[runindie24]

Why is it that everything B&S makes is pure gold?

[Forbrtishesyesonlyy]

who is this guy?!?!?!? :)

[Oxford2202]

Unbelievable, 50000 views for a song this good?! It is impossible to listen to this without clapping, lol

[TheTenderhooligan]

First heard this when I was 5 and my dad had it on cassette in his old Saab car... I used to beg him to rewind it and play it again and again :P

[apes2008forever]

I love Belle and Sebastian. :)

[MindYourOwnDamnMedia]

it was in a sk8rat video

[qo47]

Whats 500 days of summer?

[micichh]

congratulations..you're such a hipster. you heard this before 500 days of summer. you must be proud.

[gohansupersayan]

@micichh Fucking douche it's a good song regardless so GTFO

[FungusMossGnosis]

@micichh

The only movies I've seen with B&S music: 'Storytelling' and 'Juno'.

I'm not self-congratulating, and this sure as hell doesn't make me "hipster," but as a matter of fact I bought this album when I was 15 at amoeba records, and spent many a memorable day learning these songs with my friend in Buena Vista Park.

Where you find music doesn't brand what kind of person you are. The important thing is that it was found.

I heard 500 Days was a good movie; I'll give it a look.

[Richybwa]

@micichh Yeah, that's right, and Summer is a self centred self obsessed cow. So fuck her and her film.

[CatieTheCyberMew]

@micichh Haha, you're awesome.

[kamikadze1300]

exactly- teachers :)

[SetThePace88]

Never mind 500 days of summer what about Teachers... anyone remember that?

[blueblup]

i actually first ran into belle and sebastian in the "juno" soundtrack, and i started to like them, and found more of there songs. there nice, and their music always make me happy ^^ ... now i want to see 500 days of summer because of them...^^'

[69AfroThunda69]

@blueblup See kids, this is how hipster marketing works.

[ThinkinLegitimately]

This is GAY and so is whoever replies to me trying to defend this gay, stupid, pointless video.

[coldyellowplay]

@delshayDiCamilliano i did find it through 500 days. i get how a true fan feels about people liking music because of a movie they heard it in, but better heard it there than never at all right?

[MissesTwishes]

@musewembley17 My exact thoughts! Teachers FTW! :D

[callmekittyplz9]

@delshay I totally agree, but sometimes it takes mass media to open up the masses to what's really great about music. i'll admit that 500 days of summer turned me on to this song... but I listened to the whole album and now, I'll continue listening to even more. Same thing happened with Dido when Eminem had that song a long time ago.

[musewembley17]

TEACHERS!!!

[IDontKnow733]

Teachers.

[VanishMeantime]

It's so beautiful on the ukulele.

[phsychoshredder]

I found out about this song through the channel 4 series Teachers.

[lbee1234]

Brilliant song, melody and lyrics are just excellent. Such an underrated band can't wait to see them in December :D x

[twozeroohnine]

@futurestar94britfan

medium can also mean something through which things can be transmitted or carried out. don't pick on people unless you're right.

[futurestar94britfan]

i love the ending

[dee9740]

amazing song love it

[myoglobinclacfj]

I LOVE mp3iffy it WORKS just google mp3iffy.

[iamnotyourwhore]

i loved belle and sebastian ever since i heard them on the juno soundtrack. couldnt stop listening to them after that.

[accidentsinspace]

I bought this LP the weekend before it was actually released.

[Kevhuman]

think you will find that as well as being a band an arab strap is something else too. A sex aid in fact.

[ryanmul1]

another gem of a band from the post post card scene . the drummer youst to live round the corner from me in glasgow