Steven Page Live at Borders 8/1/05- 4. War on Drugs

This is a video recording of Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies promoting his solo album "The Vanity Project" at the Wall St./Broadway Borders Store in New York City on 8/1/05. This clip features the BNL song "War on Drugs."

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• ladies
• steven
• page
• live
• the
• vanity
• project

[llenyaj]

I always felt it was the war against depression, while on anti-depressants. I saw them do this in concert right after the album dropped. People cheered when he talked about the bridge & the Luminous Veil and people jumping off it anyway. He was crying when he started playing the song. People who don't understand depression think suicide is just a joke.

[MarshallVoit]

Yeah, there's certainly a lot of darkness on their albums, even if it's sometimes in the guise of a singable, joyful melody.

They're incredibly deep, especially on BLAM and BLAMen.

[Piemanthe3rd]

So good in acoustic



[crimsonjunk]

Such a great song.

[lovebug112484]

I think Steven Page is one of the most underrated lyricists. You can feel such emotion in his songs, esp. when he's singing this one.

[freshstartcomedy]

@Kirby1701 I think because some of the higher notes are hard to hit in a setting where you can't belt

[hislipsaremoving]

"When I Fall"

[abeautifultomorrow]

Steven page rules!

[Leahlemur]

They've been deep for a long time, though, as well. People think of early BNL and they think of If I Had $1,000,000 and Yoko Ono, but they were doing really dark stuff like The Flag and Wrap Your Arms Around Me, too.

[webbovsky]

yeah, the lyrics get a totally new meaning when you know he's been doing drugs :D

[dnawrestling]

These lyrics are so meaningful in so many different ways, I wish they/he would do more of this kinda stuff. I love the happy rockin' songs and all but this is just the best.