The Avalanches - Because I'm Me (Official Video)

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Download, Buy or Stream Because I'm Me by The Avalanches taken from the album Wildflower: EMI.lnk.to/TheAvalanchesID
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Lyrics:
[Hook]
If she don't love me, what can I do?
Just put on my best pair of shoes
Because I'm me
Because she said, "He's the one that drill the charms
Honey let's go wrong"
I just want to know
What's wrong with me?
Being in love with you
[Verse 1: Sonny Cheeba]
Yeah
9th grade had the jingles of the swinging rainbow jacket
Lost lingo, Bronx's only Django
Snap, he'd got less tougher
That's where my props go
That's where my pops went
See my percentage is a pennant to the planet
Knock it out the ball park, Frankie
I should not tire this tire
To a better love, let the wings spread
It'll always come back, baby
Come back, shellac black, baby
A come back, flat black paint on a Chevy
[Hook]
If she don't love me, what can I do?
Just put on my best pair of shoes
Because, I'm, I'm me
Because I'm me
Because I'm me
Because I'm me, I'm me
[Verse 2: Sonny Cheeba]
Never mind my tone when I told Pretty Tony
Listen to my tone, you ain't catchin' you a Tony
Award-winning walk when you running with a shottie
Why you running from us?
Why you messing with us?
We ain't got no guns, we just let the bears witness
The Grizzly, maybe Polar
You ain't ready, you ain't ready 'ready rolled up
Pulling a machete, cut the bamboo paper
And let's roll out baby
[Hook]
I just want to know
What's wrong with me?
[Instrumental]
"Watch the shit, it's good"
Many thanks to Roof Studio, Vako Gvelesiani (Wallace’s Friend),Cuchifritos Frituras (comidas Criolla in the Bronx), Milk Studios, The Brooklyn United Marching Band, the W.A.F.F.L.E Dance crew, and Andrew “Goofy” Saunders.
Music video by The Avalanches performing Because I'm Me. (C) 2016 Modular Recordings, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
CAST
Wallace PRINCE MALACHI
Sonny Cheeba AS HIMSELF
Becky MORGAN GREEN
Dancer 1 TYREE SOWELL
Dance 2 DASHAWN MARTIN
Dancer 3 DAMIAN MORALES
Trombone JAIRE BROWN
Mellophone ROYAL ALLAH
Trumpet JAHLIL ALLAH
Trombone MEKHI PRINGLE
Flag Bearer 2 DESTINY COX
Flag Bearer 3 TAJARE BERRY
Subway Commuter CRAIG BANISTER
Subway Commuter BIANCA TAMMARO
DIRECTOR Greg Brunkalla
CINEMATOGRAPHER Max Goldman
PRODUCER Lia Mayer-Sommer
PRODUCTION COMPANY STINKFILM and WALTER PICTURES
MANAGING DIRECTOR/EP Jeff Baron
PRODUCTION MANAGER Nick Fuller
CHOREGRAPHER Soraya Lundy
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kenton Cummings
PRODUCTION MANAGER Macha Tsarenkov
1ST AC Chris Muller
2ND AC Justin Zverin
GAFFER Haroun ibn-Mock
GAFFER Josh Matista
GRIP Danyal Niazi
GRIP Billy MacCarney
BEST BOY GRIP Ryan Connell
SOUND MIXER Greg Mann
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Sara K White }
ART DIRECTOR Naomi Munro
SET DRESSER Holly Cox
ART PA Lauren Nester
ART PA Rocio Gimenez
ART PA Nisa Schoonhoven
STYLIST Melissa Vargas
STYLIST ASSISTANT Hannah Lacava
STYLIST ASSISTANT Stephan Lacava
KEY CARP/SCENIC Zeke Decker
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR Dario Giminez
CONSTRUCTION GRIP John Schluter
LOCATIONS Michael Sibley
Johnny Urband
Jhonatan Castro
HAIR & MAKE-UP Isata Allen
HAIR & MAKE-UP Tania Bogun
PA/ TRUCK DRIVER John Nunn
PA/ TRUCK DRIVER Tarik Hudson
PA/ TRUCK DRIVER Farad Abdulrahman
PA Kim Whitfield
PA Elena Grosso
INTERN Oksana Nabokova
INTERN Emily Lauer
ADDITIONAL ...

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@Until2morrow 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I stumble across a good new tune like this, it encourages me to keep living just to see what else people can come up with

@fruitypeebils 4 жыл бұрын

'since i left you' is one of my favorite albums of all time. check it out

@MrMistermastermax 4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Makes me wonder how many more hidden gems there are out there.

@notmyfirst 4 жыл бұрын

please listen to both avalanches albums if u like this

@Gboyestika 4 жыл бұрын

Don't make me tear up Zeek.

@cameronh7608 4 жыл бұрын

OOOOOOR try something yourself? Find motivation to lead not to follow...

@mjohnson5030 3 жыл бұрын

For those saying "why was a 10yo boy hitting on a grown woman", He was NOT a boy. The boy does not exist. The man on the BENCH was the one hitting on the ticket lady! The boy was the beautiful, loveable , childish and talented person the "subway bum" imagined himself to be. But the ticket woman can only see a "subway bum" singing for pennies. Get it? Brilliant writing and heart-warming song! A+

@ecsantana 3 жыл бұрын

what a heart-warming interpretation... You really hit the spot. And I kinda always see myself in this song, all the one-way passions slowly running me over...

@Professa_J 3 жыл бұрын

The hint is the hat!

@sahasraracinema6428 3 жыл бұрын

Oh the hat....oh ok yeah I get it now

@jacksoncordell2820 3 жыл бұрын

Woooooowwwww never knew that THX KNOW I LOVE THE VIDEO EVEN MORE

@drftingfromshor 3 жыл бұрын

I love that the boy's voice is so out of key, showing how imperfectly perfect he is, as he's pouring his heart out - and the woman just callously says, "really?"

@Wonderhussy 10 ай бұрын

man, these guys are the kings of sampling!! I went down the rabbit hole with this one... LOVE the way they incorporate other songs. Eye in the Sky is another great one!

@Andrea-qx9vg 8 ай бұрын

What are they sampling ?

@superwhizz114 7 ай бұрын

@@Andrea-qx9vgThe main beat is lifted from "Want Ads" by Honey Cone, while the chorus is taken from "Why Can't I Get It Too" by Six Boys In Trouble. WhoSampled lists all the other ones

@alexslingluff 6 ай бұрын

@@Andrea-qx9vg wines

@joshuasplitt9732 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@Andrea-qx9vg Also the Honey Cones song "the want ads"

@uzaironf1704 9 ай бұрын

I don't know what it is, but no other song makes me feel this way. I think this song is absolutely beautiful, but I can't bring myself to listen to it, because it makes me want to cry. It makes me think of life, all the years behind me that I will never be able to get back, but also all the years ahead of me that I can look forward to. This song brings me both sadness, but also hope, and an encouragement to keep living.

@KandyMortemson 5 күн бұрын

I cried 🥹

@mravocadoman2999 4 жыл бұрын

To all the people who found this by accident I hope you know that the Avalanches make all oh their songs with nothing but samples, which is dope in my opinion

@bluv812 4 жыл бұрын

So you're saying they got their style from literally everyone in the 90s? Awesome 😂

@themindset4164 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah now I gotta check these guys out

@themindset4164 4 жыл бұрын

@@gsam3461 I think what he finds dope is that they can make a complete song out of only samples and beats, that's what's dope.

@xanderpauls 4 жыл бұрын

@@gsam3461 yeah thats not it. Their album Since I Left You literally has upwards of 3500 samples. Theres a huge difference between playing or singing over ONE sample (basically a backing track) and composing with samples. All the nuances of what can (or can't) be done with instruments or voices that you're trying to use now have to be found elsewhere. It's very tedious work since youre constantly listening to more and more new music for inspiration, but the end result is this weird marriage of different musical periods forming something real instruments or voices by themselves could ever accomplish (not that its objectively better, but there is a lot of merit to this kind of art)

@TheBrimadd 4 жыл бұрын

I did; Its great. Camplo?

@paperokami8144 3 жыл бұрын

4 years later i'm still extremely impressed how this song manages to be about unrequited love and one of the most joyous songs in existence at the same time. Love it.

@giuseppechiarelli8675 2 жыл бұрын

that'z the fun of falling in love anyway

@owen7185 2 жыл бұрын

💯💯

@marvinthemartian4044 Жыл бұрын

@@giuseppechiarelli8675 love being unrequited is fun?. And 24 people agree?! Lol

@giuseppechiarelli8675 Жыл бұрын

@@marvinthemartian4044 you should try

@marvinthemartian4044 Жыл бұрын

@@giuseppechiarelli8675 lol I 'should try' unrequited Love? Oh, I've been there and been the one not to requite a woman's love (personally, I didnt like that, either), Hasn't every man? What is enjoyable about loving someone that doesn't love you back, exactly? Your own self-delusion and denial?? I'm genuinely asking...for real. Because, for me, it was utter heartbreak and it destroyed my 20s by marrying a woman who fell out of love with me... So, you were saying?? I'm going to assume you don't know what unrequited means, like most people, nor have actual experiences with love. F'ing sad bro...but You're probably young, so here's some advice for when you get the courage to speak to a real, live woman: don't bother and focus on yourself, First. Period. Learning to love yourself is ridiculously more important than anything else. 'maybe you should try it'...

@Neillan Жыл бұрын

*That rap segment is easily among the hardest flows I've heard, goddamn.* Love finding gems like this, wish I caught onto it in 2016! My head hurts from how bursting with pride this song is.

@bazglsgw1208 Жыл бұрын

Its Jay but what song?

@gamemeister27 Жыл бұрын

@@bazglsgw1208 Nah it's Sonny Cheeba. It does sound extremely like hova though you're right

@bazglsgw1208 Жыл бұрын

@@gamemeister27 Sonny Cheeba im a hip hip junky n im embarresed to say ive never heard of Sonny Cheeba. Ill check him out. He sounds v like Hov 🎤

@bazglsgw1208 Жыл бұрын

@@gamemeister27 I checked out Sonny Cheeba and Camp Lo fan already.🎤 Jay used to do the fast shiit sounds 2 me as if he bit Sonnys flow.

@darylegranderson3332 Жыл бұрын

@@bazglsgw1208 Bingo🔥🔥🔥🔥🥃🕶If ya Know U Know...

@TheGreat1121 Жыл бұрын

Shout out to Sonny Cheeba with the bars on this record and being in the video. He from the Legendary Camp Lo Group.

@tonystarks4400 5 ай бұрын

Holy F*** that's who that is!?!? I feel soooo dumb.

@bakersdirtydozen 5 ай бұрын

Still got that tooth pick

@MikeNice619 4 ай бұрын

@tonystarks4400 The tooth pic should have have it away😂 Nobody in life can spit with a tooth pic in his mouth like Sonny, and your always forgiven. 🤜🏽🤛🏾

@flyingbutthole 3 ай бұрын

the dada man himself

@MikeYoungofDetroit 19 күн бұрын

WOW!!!!!

@Rych3rInLyf3 7 жыл бұрын

this album deserves the movie treatment. I love its retro inner city concept.

@25pappy 7 жыл бұрын

Rych3rInLyf3 GOOGLE The Was Soda Jerk and you'll get your wish

@KevnVEVO 7 жыл бұрын

Go watch "The Get Down" on Netflix. It's hip-hop based but it's also very retro inner city.

@Mads_MH 3 жыл бұрын

I like that there is always a band ready to help a brother out

@victoriousleeb3525 2 жыл бұрын

Love this comment!!😃🥰

@G17x 2 жыл бұрын

and a group of breakdancers

@ytho369 Жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO

@electrontube Жыл бұрын

...and she still shoots him down. he puts his heart on a plate and she dismisses it. she isn't the one my little brother

@josefk.122 2 жыл бұрын

Video is perfect. Dance choreography is perfect. Song is perfect. 1/2 of Camp Lo on the mic: Legendary.

@1goldbaby Жыл бұрын

@JerryBattiste 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I could give this song a Thumbs-Up again and again and again...every time my broken heart needs a reminder

@DJROWDY 3 жыл бұрын

My boy left his whole heart on the platform, and she says “really”

@laylacicconi8447 3 жыл бұрын

I know right!!!

@AtheneHolder 3 жыл бұрын

she ain't had to do him so dirty smh 👎🏾😄

@lordjohnson48 3 жыл бұрын

Typical woman

@dewmontain123 3 жыл бұрын

Another day another girl.

@mariasands5607 3 жыл бұрын

Like she don't have a choice, typical man.

@amandamashinini5387 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever paid to have this moved up the KZfaq algorithms... Thank you..

@dadeee7776 4 жыл бұрын

Amanda Mashinini no joke been getting on my recommended for years keep coming back cause I’ve saved it since it seemed like it wanted to be saved in a playlist

@bigpimpin9010 4 жыл бұрын

Youre welcome young man

@laxuscullen 4 жыл бұрын

@@bigpimpin9010 right sure

@d.ferrell2639 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS!

@JahTube 4 жыл бұрын

Totally

@sonnystarshine4591 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible! The Honey Cone/Want Ads sample, the kid singing & dancing his heart out and of corse the legendary Sonny Cheeba droppin' bars!

@Hfhsk 2 жыл бұрын

This video gives me a highly specific sense of longing to reminisce over a place I’ve never lived, a time I wasn’t around for, and emotional combinations I’ve never felt before.

@MrXavilook 2 жыл бұрын

This!

@MagpieDynamics 2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly how you feel, nostalgia for a time and place you never lived in and that maybe never existed in the first place. The Avalanches and their works are dripping with this emotion.

@Bram25 2 жыл бұрын

The first part where the boy sings is from a 1950s album by Six Boys in Trouble which could be considered the first hiphop sort of on record. The Avalanches are like, a portal opening to entirely different kinds of music.

@ludy41 2 жыл бұрын

But...he isn't......rapping. He is singing.

@bronzebomber814 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that nugget of info..

@100GTAGUY 2 жыл бұрын

They do have some nice obscure oldies samples.

@alistermoore5481 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that, i knew i had heard it before

@brandonwagner3877 2 жыл бұрын

thanks bro, its have been 2 years im looking for this ask. love u man

@zayzoo948 7 жыл бұрын

This was on my recommended video . Damn I'm glad I clicked on it . This is dope .

@thepromman 7 жыл бұрын

Check out their first album - it's SICK.

@rasarmusic1 7 жыл бұрын

O. gwap Same! I was on Tom Misch and a U.K. Rapper he works with, this came up next

@dacharisse 7 жыл бұрын

Yessss! 👏

@athruzjohana 7 жыл бұрын

SAME! Way to go KZfaq recommendations!

@danielmullis8062 7 жыл бұрын

same, I wasnt going to click but Im glad I did

@Findpepperbridge 8 ай бұрын

I came here to say, I love when rappers go outside of the box with music videos. It shows a true artist

@OkKhaos 8 ай бұрын

The Avalanches aren't rappers. Their entire discography consists of songs made entirely of samples.

@Expressionistix 7 ай бұрын

Hate the rapping.

@lynncurtis7642 14 күн бұрын

The young man in this video is so talented and cute.❤❤❤

@TontoGoldstein81 3 жыл бұрын

The music, acting, writing, cinematography, truly a work of art.

@G17x 2 жыл бұрын

the set and chereo pretty damn good as well

@robinfox4440 Жыл бұрын

The Avalanches consistently put out amazing music videos.

@tosin.o 7 ай бұрын

The boy, his courage!

@linhexists 5 жыл бұрын

I love finding songs on accident

@elmerovero7528 5 жыл бұрын

Thanh Ngo it has 20M views

@Lordpianz 5 жыл бұрын

its the best surprise

@epluvslee 5 жыл бұрын

Thanh Ngo I was just thinking the same thing. It just happened.. 😁

@petalanimations1193 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@abhinavthakur8232 5 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah, it was in my recommendation 😀

@debl9957 5 ай бұрын

I love how the boy suddenly has a corded microphone in the subway!! Awesome ending with the heart!

@720cinema8 2 жыл бұрын

The 1st time I heard this song, it was about 30 minutes before my ex drove over to break up with me, due to her infidelity. This was, like, September 2018, and along with the chorus having eerie relevance to what was to happen, the song comforted me through the night.

@apexnext 2 жыл бұрын

Least she was honest and you know the truth. Still hurts, still sucks, she still less than awesome, but she could have strung you along for longer and done more damage I'm sure.

@ghostnappa2311 2 жыл бұрын

Im glad you've made it here with us. Going through a messy divorce myself and comments like this on songs help me have hope its been really rough.

@mashthemtators Жыл бұрын

@@ghostnappa2311 i hope your doing alright my dude

@andrewosei328 Жыл бұрын

It gets better, going through my divorce now.

@bigdog3204 Жыл бұрын

JONNY DOESN'T KNOW!!!!!😀

@Snow-ej5fm 4 жыл бұрын

nothing hits harder than listening to a song for the first time

@EdSpeaking 4 жыл бұрын

Try this if you haven't heard it. The Avalanches produce truly meaningful music to goes so deep - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdahoJBhmriWep8.html

@steventhedog94 4 жыл бұрын

Try listening again

@hullinstruments 4 жыл бұрын

They say heroin hits harder the first time

@MrJizzinmypantz 4 жыл бұрын

hit by a car on my bike, can confirm, they hit harder than songs.

@ZeeboidThrok 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Every time I listen. Better when shared!

@indyrod321 7 жыл бұрын

When it comes to visuals no one comes close to The Avalanches.

@elmoolmen3902 7 жыл бұрын

run the jewels, yeasayer, tyler, asap rocky/mob, ok go, ...

@indyrod321 7 жыл бұрын

elmo olmen ...like i said, nobody comes close.

@bptnmrphy3991 7 жыл бұрын

elmo you're absolutely right, except for maybe ASAP mob.

@elmoolmen3902 7 жыл бұрын

what about yamborghini high then? but ja, i would put them together, i think rocky is the head of the visual ideas. so you right

@elmoolmen3902 7 жыл бұрын

i also like videos of the following artists: jungle, mick jenkins, fishing, fka twigs, die antwoord, lil yachti,

@JerrisEverydayPeople 2 жыл бұрын

I love when this comes up in my feed every few months and I discover again how perfect it is in so many ways.

@totoriina43 Жыл бұрын

How tf I’m a hip hop historian, a 80’s baby from Ny and never heard this til today? This Heatmakers and dipset, this Alchemist...This is that late golden era of Rap

@flyingbutthole Жыл бұрын

BECAUSE YOU NEVER HEARDA CAMP LO

@chuckplaysgames7925 Жыл бұрын

I had that same feeling a couple years ago when I found this, it’s cause you old now, you starting to appreciate the art with a different view of the world! This song literally changed my music preferences, I’m an old head now 😂

@katherinemartinez7768 7 күн бұрын

Just a great sample and plunderphonics band as The Avalanches...hope you keep enjoying them, I discovered them 10 years ago while working on a radio station with this song ....just love them❤

@DynomiteKid65 7 жыл бұрын

What an awesome message, gentlemen, if a lady doesn't love you back, just put on your best pair of shoes because you're not gonna change yourself for her - "If she don't love me, what can I do? / Just put on my best pair of shoes / Because I'm me". I think shoes is a metaphor for your personality or the best version of yourself and if she doesn't love you for what you are, put a better pair of shoes and find another because you're you.

@17001 7 жыл бұрын

nono

@DynomiteKid65 7 жыл бұрын

@RoasterMcdougalify 7 жыл бұрын

no no no no no no no no no no no no THERES NO LIMIT

@guerillawhite3083 7 жыл бұрын

its a sample dude

@lostmyedge_ 7 жыл бұрын

DynomiteKid65 Listen to "Why can't I get it too"

@MrPeanutToes 7 жыл бұрын

This might be one of my favorites on the album

@thestonecoldbottom 7 жыл бұрын

yeah it's my favorite mainly because I'm a huge Camp Lo Fan

@whodat855 7 жыл бұрын

thestonecoldbottom love that luchini

@SpookNukem 7 жыл бұрын

Subways to if I was a Folk Star in the album is the best bit imo

@SuperHoggar 9 ай бұрын

Always bitter-sweet, that's why i love The Avalanches so, so much. Nobody else can hit that subtle feeling with such precision, which means it's genuine.

@robertmills3462 Жыл бұрын

this video is the personification of what it means to feel and live music everyday as a part of your being.

@jamesonthomas9583 5 жыл бұрын

For those wondering, the kid singing is just sampled from “Why Can’t I Get It Too” by the Six Boys oF Trouble. The kid in the video is just an actor

@gabbymcdee6480 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was wondering about the kid and the other artists involved. One comment says its from Smithsonian Folkways. Yep, I just checked...here's the album: folkways.si.edu/street-and-gangland-rhythms-beats-and-improvisations-by-six-boys-in-trouble/african-american-music/album/smithsonian

@joyceregina4887 5 жыл бұрын

The music samples Want Ads by the Honey Combs kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9F6eraft6idgoE.html

@dustynut6494 5 жыл бұрын

The stuff is from 1955? Damn o_o

@GobyTSB 5 жыл бұрын

DustyRB Welcome to REAL music. :)

@redemptionfrog9348 5 жыл бұрын

He's also the baddest dancer you ever saw ;p

@balthazar011 4 жыл бұрын

Wallace represents how Sonny feels on the inside when he tries to express his feelings to Becky - beneath Sonny's leather jacket you can see he wears a letter jacket similar to the green one Wallace is wearing. Despite sitting on the bench, calmly chewing a toothpick, inside, Sonny feels small and daunted by the challenge of talking to the assertive and commanding Becky. Wallace, his dancing, the band - all metaphors for Sonny baring his heart to Becky... and then getting shot down, deflated in the end, to go sit alone on the bench. Good song, nice vid.

@x1ic1x 4 жыл бұрын

balthazar011 great observation

@DETSRC313 3 жыл бұрын

👏🤘👍

@completechaos1550 Жыл бұрын

Not knocking nobody but black love is Beautiful. And the struggle makes it stronger

@videoselections3421 4 ай бұрын

This kid killed it! So did the subway attendant tbh. What an amazing music video.

@animbot6817 7 жыл бұрын

First thing it's so great to see this filmed in the Bronx. My heart swelled once I saw Fordham Rd. Second as soon as that guy started rapping I was like damn this guy's style sounds like one of them Camp Lo dudes from back in the day. Sure enough check out the credits and it's Sonny Cheeba! Amazing!

@TayTheDay 7 жыл бұрын

animbot I didn't spot it til the credits. He sounds great on this

@cyphi1 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing!! Good deal!! :)

@Trepidity 6 жыл бұрын

animbot can't escape that camp lo sound. Too good

@roronoaz4lyfe1947 6 жыл бұрын

animbot who is Sonny Cheeba and camp lo

@djharrisburgdjharrisburg826 6 жыл бұрын

animbot ii

@KiloCharlieOne 6 жыл бұрын

It's a shame stuff like this doesn't get radio play.

@Fanchus 5 жыл бұрын

In Australia it does

@shhs1227 5 жыл бұрын

Radio is dying anyway

@HunterLikesFilms 5 жыл бұрын

The reason it doesn’t get any radio play is because the radio stations only plays stuff that have the same sound as every other song that’s playing and/or very popular. This song is great but if it were to be on the radio it would be ruined by being overplayed by the radio stations just like every song that gets radio play.

@Werewulff333 5 жыл бұрын

KiloCharlieOne too short of a song

@eminemilly 5 жыл бұрын

My mom just sent me this song thanks mom

@laurieberry162 Жыл бұрын

The kid reminds me of my nephew. He never sang before for me, but he has a great sense of humor that he doesn’t see. Now his voice is deep. When he was ten, he would sound like this guy. He has a good talent in other areas. His is going to be a famous man from the national basketball association. My family loves him. Because I Am Me.

@timothypersaud4986 2 жыл бұрын

They really took a bunch of different songs and audio clips n made a really beautiful song that moves people's hearts make so.wthing outta nothing that's the definition of a survivor

@dwightschrute4560 5 жыл бұрын

I fucking love this sound. Finally bringing back the soul that's been missing.

@santhypaezyeah 5 жыл бұрын

i read it with your voice

@jlewis122 5 жыл бұрын

Dwight Schrute yes we been waiting.... And we want more

@dwightschrute4560 5 жыл бұрын

Stupid me, no wonder this has an old soul vibe, "Why Can't I Get It Too" by Six Boys In Trouble came out in '59.

@DanielaGREY 5 жыл бұрын

"Michaeeeeeeel!"

@chandara_kumar 5 жыл бұрын

Fact. This is dwight schrute

@omarwar9294 7 жыл бұрын

reminds me of a young Michael

@Gustavo_2010 7 жыл бұрын

Omar war ovos

@vyllyb 7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of young Michael meets Jay-Z :D

@danzer0 7 жыл бұрын

I think it was their intent. That place reminds the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets stration from "Bad".

@arpressurewashing5221 7 жыл бұрын

danzer0 ...Yeah or like MJ on the movie Wiz in the subway scene.

@connorcampbell7261 7 жыл бұрын

im thinking thats the sample, i dont know for sure yet.

@ARDEMDE 2 жыл бұрын

Just love this music video. It has to be one of the best ever made in my eyes. Love your music guys. Greetings from Mexico.

@ericktellez7632 2 жыл бұрын

Vas a votar por quitarle el mandato al amlo?

@elsajii 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericktellez7632 no

@halaken6831 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericktellez7632 no

@salazartrejo610 8 ай бұрын

Hola, también de México. 🇲🇽 Y super fan de The Avalanches.

@nateo2131 2 жыл бұрын

The instrumental in this is beyond amazing. I grew up listening to a radio station called CKLW. Although the station was in Windsor, Canada it was known as "The Motor City Station". If I were to sum up the sound of Detroit in the early 1970's I would point to this tune.

@dafreezer 4 жыл бұрын

Sampled from: Six Boys In Trouble - Why Can't I Get It Too The Honey Cone - Want Ads

@muslimfarelirsanto4135 4 жыл бұрын

thnx, alwas nice to remind people for the original artwork

@lr8786 4 жыл бұрын

I suspected it was sampled but its still a dope song.

@psychicandice 4 жыл бұрын

This is so odd. I just found the song Want Ads the other month ago by accident and thought “god this is such a dope ass song, that’s begging to be sampled” then I heard this song and thought “what is that sample? I swear I’ve heard that before.” I didn’t even put two and two together before reading your comment.

@samuelkirk2099 4 жыл бұрын

@@lr8786 The album that this track is located on features over 3750 samples!

@aliner11 4 жыл бұрын

Obrigada, freezer

@thatpandasamuraisamuraipan345 5 жыл бұрын

Trumpets rap and a good beat you won me over

@jesicalynn4299 5 жыл бұрын

😍

@clitcrusader4897 5 жыл бұрын

And sounds like something from the 50s

@arcanum3010 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZiThJdou7zehWQ.html

@tucsonwebuyhouses1465 5 жыл бұрын

that beat is from the song "Want Ads" by the Honeycombs! Great song!

@Nick_fb 8 ай бұрын

I don't always want this song, but when I do, it absolutely nails the spot.

@Chino-xq8tc Жыл бұрын

Bose headphone commercial brought me here, now im vibing to the album

@liverpools 4 жыл бұрын

This was better than most movies I've seen in the past couple years.

@thenextoneisreallylong8587 3 жыл бұрын

That's just sad

@mostdefmodest 3 жыл бұрын

😁

@pemandangantube2468 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, what are movies you've whatced man?

@helsinki 6 жыл бұрын

'It would be cuter not here' You still have a chance kid. Wrong location thats all.

@freshencounter 5 жыл бұрын

helsinki Excellent location!! 😝 Homesick for the Bronx!! Just the wrong girl...

@trinalps 5 жыл бұрын

especially that he's a _kid_

@karim-fi2tb 5 жыл бұрын

He has no chance, a 10 year old trying to win a 20 year old girl's heart

@angelwilliams2944 5 жыл бұрын

jack bone I see what you did there 👏🙌👏

@holymosey2556 5 жыл бұрын

lol srsly

@justdope1963 2 жыл бұрын

Track is still flawless. Everything from the sample to the kid in the video.

@sallysson Жыл бұрын

Something about this video just warms my heart. Adorable.

@phantommagnolia 7 жыл бұрын

Hi ( sorry for my bad english)

@notch7751 7 жыл бұрын

lol dude

@bohmischeart 7 жыл бұрын

(cries in Spanish)

@nettocop1 7 жыл бұрын

Hi ( sorry for my bad english)

@micahbenally5139 7 жыл бұрын

Dorian Emin-Jeong (Sneezes in Navajo)

@FrancoDifilippomicro 7 жыл бұрын

hola! (sorry for my poor awful ninja english)

@thekookstups 6 жыл бұрын

i found this song on accident and i'm so happy about it damn

@valdew4710 6 жыл бұрын

Karla Tuplano, same thing happened to me

@ryanolnowich4409 6 жыл бұрын

Karla Tuplano I know right me too! It makes me happy, I imagine driving in the back of a cab from Kennedy airport and cruising around manhattan and seeing all the skyscrapers and people walking around in a rush! New favorite music group and he reminds me of Michael Jackson in Jackson 5!

@carlosdelgado2511 6 жыл бұрын

Karla Tuplano tbhh

@SIRCRACKALOT 6 жыл бұрын

Same here! And, OMFG is this AMAZING or what? Clearly a buried gem on KZfaq.

@burbabur 6 жыл бұрын

fuck yeah me too

@happyholidays9071 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of energy I was instantly filled with stumbling upon this I must listen to more

@RSCL_BEATZ Жыл бұрын

So others can enjoy, here are the lyrics: If she don't love me What can I do? Just put on my best, pair of shoes Because Oh, I'm me! Because she said, he's the one That thrill her charms Honey lets go wrong I just want to know! Whats, wrong with me Be in love with you... Yeaaaaah... 9th grade had the jingles of the swinging rainbow jacket Law slain go only Django Snap he accomplished That's where my props go That's where my pops went See my percentage is a pennant to the planet Knock it out the ball park, Frankie I should not tire this tire To a better love, let the wings spread It'll always come back, baby Come back, shellac black, baby A come back, flat black paint on a Chevy If she don't love me What can I do? Just put on my best pair of shoes Because, oh! I'm me Because, oh! I'm me Because, oh! I'm me Never mind my tone when I told Pretty Tony Listen to my tone, you ain't catchin' you a Tony Award-winning walk when you running with a shottie Why you running from us? Why you messing with us? We ain't got no guns, we just let the bears witness The Grizzly, maybe Polar You ain't ready, you ain't ready 'ready rolled up Pulling a machete, cut the bamboo paper And let's roll out baby I just want to know What's wrong with me?

@nicolebeatty3676 4 жыл бұрын

THIS SONG IS DOPE!!! BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD IT ON THE RADIO!?!...30 MILLION VIEWS IT'S A HIT SOME WHERE!!!

@lawrup 4 жыл бұрын

i think my ear buds are broken

@rellgreen6558 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, on KZfaq

@spook9155 4 жыл бұрын

I heard it in Asda yesterday.

@barfymann362 4 жыл бұрын

In Australia!

@isadoreducasse9822 4 жыл бұрын

@@barfymann362 I can see why. I heard it like four days ago and keep coming back.

@bronzewolf6464 6 жыл бұрын

Anybody else just really love the feeling of this video? Like all these different people/street performers coming together spontaneously for this kid, and then one by one leaving before the girl could realise what happened. It's kinda melancholy, but it's really cool at the same time.

@MariaTorres-np6qi 6 жыл бұрын

Brennan Sullivan ✨I grew up in the Bronx and Fordham Road was always the area where I either took the bus or train ✨😬

@SoloDallasII 6 жыл бұрын

I think it's a metaphor for how you can be so crazy about someone and they don't even know. While all of that was going on (presumably in his head), she's oblivious to it. And of course, the heart inflating and deflating was symbolic.

@riad1902 6 жыл бұрын

Brennan Sullivan they got other clip in black and white I think you will love it to It’s super old

@korzeniek78 6 жыл бұрын

Brennan Sullivan I only seen almost empty subway

@TsarOfTheStar 6 жыл бұрын

The kid is the rapper inner child or the innocent lover in him....

@coreyoden3786 2 жыл бұрын

Sonny Cheeba is always 70's cool! Dude is Black Ceaser, Goldie and Blackula all wrapped up in one!

@mshaheed9409 5 күн бұрын

I feel like he just gave her the performance of a lifetime. She was underwhelmed. Move on young man.

@LWCreates 6 жыл бұрын

Man loves woman Woman doesn't love man back in her presence he feels like a child again But she wont pay him any attention He wants to show her how amazing he his / how strong he feels But he cant express himself properly because he's starstruck by her That's my interpretation of the video.

@SupaUgly_Number0ne 6 жыл бұрын

good analysis ;)

@thomasaldredge653 6 жыл бұрын

^^ me with the girl I like

@leethasbro 6 жыл бұрын

headcanon accepted

@fallingpizza11 6 жыл бұрын

Me too bro ^_^

@jorgealejandromateojulca5563 6 жыл бұрын

OMG true!

@Crowborn 7 жыл бұрын

The brass instruments are amazing!

@mrkl1216 7 жыл бұрын

Thank Honey Cone. Stick Up by them was what was sampled.

@GeneralTarik 7 жыл бұрын

Fossil Actually it's "Want Ads" not "Stick Up"

@3squ1l0 Жыл бұрын

I'm coming back to this almost 6 years later and the unrequited affection still hurts

@ajhook7890 2 жыл бұрын

This is a sweet tune! Always got to keep looking forward - the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard!

@ador3m 6 жыл бұрын

That hook and that kid... MAGIC!

@daniela8415 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful freaking song, it's like fresh air with all of what I usually hear. I love this and the nostalgic feel, the lyrics it all just works

@LondonMcGregor 6 жыл бұрын

Daniela Cabrera makes me never give up

@jackballjohnson3468 Жыл бұрын

This song makes me sing and cry at the same time, how’d you all do that to me?

@fhernandoa.b.3932 7 ай бұрын

Dude, got this song years ago and lost it on my old Spotify account, but watching GT made me remind it! Almost driving me crazy cos it ain't in any 'official' playlist. Gotta save it once again this hidden treasure!

@michaellappin9913 3 жыл бұрын

The Avalanches are geniuses. 'Since I Left you' is another great song. I only discovered the video for about ten years after listening to it first.

@deviateedits 2 жыл бұрын

"Electricity" is my favourite from them. Its like the perfect musical representation of what electricity is, bit hard to explain but you'll get it once you hear it

@Happy_Shopper 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew that combining 9 songs could make one song that sounds better than all of them individually

@jesseomollo9405 2 жыл бұрын

Which 9 songs are those? From what I remember this song was sampled from one 70s song

@Happy_Shopper 2 жыл бұрын

@@jesseomollo9405 have a look on whosampled I think they're listed

@TheMercuryProject 2 жыл бұрын

*chuckle* There may be 9 songs sampled to make this track, but the FOUNDATION of it is The Honey Comb's "Want Ads." Without it, there would be no "Because of Me," at least not this version of it. It sounds just like "Want Ads" with rap added to it. Another thing... there are few things better than the original - this ain't one of them. 🙄

@Happy_Shopper 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMercuryProject I will have a listen

@TheMercuryProject 2 жыл бұрын

@@Happy_Shopper You mean you never listened to the original songs that were sampled before you made that comment? 🤨 😑 😂😂😂

@dangerchris1915 2 ай бұрын

This song sealed it for me. The Avalanches are one of the most creative acts that I've seen in my lifetime and we're all lucky to have found them.

@noceilings1 Жыл бұрын

How can you seriously dislike this song??

@spicybrownbean784 4 жыл бұрын

I love this old school soulful vibe this has! The instrumental is perfect

@sebo641 5 жыл бұрын

her hair does look nice

@gian323 5 жыл бұрын

yeah I wonder what she put in it

@chiefcaptn1922 5 жыл бұрын

@@gian323 peanut butter and glue

@Mas0808 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah she's a pretty girl

@FS-gt9ww 4 жыл бұрын

Hard

@peterfiolet 4 жыл бұрын

no it does not

@superflink 2 жыл бұрын

This made me cry. God bless, I'm glad that I found this video!

@forcemarine Жыл бұрын

Just saw Avalanches live and they were a fantastic show, highly recommend.

@svill1010 7 жыл бұрын

That kid is way cooler than I'll ever be

@clelvis225 7 жыл бұрын

well to be fair you didn't set the bar very high

@seanflood7151 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect to see such savagery in this comment section

@christinakay6842 6 жыл бұрын

agreed

@jocastac1 6 жыл бұрын

surge same here lol

@SkunkRiverCycles 6 жыл бұрын

Visit Skunk River Cycles.

@alinedantas8738 7 жыл бұрын

this is so ¨The Get Down¨ ❤

@XxCOOKEExxMONSTARxX 7 жыл бұрын

the get down is so 70's

@gh0stl1k3 7 ай бұрын

i cried the first time i saw this video. avalanches changed my life forever and showed me what truly being in love with music is

@thomasfurgalack2577 2 жыл бұрын

This song had me dancing uncontrollably. Well done.

@thomasfurgalack2577 2 жыл бұрын

Poor kid

@holzman00 4 жыл бұрын

If anyone’s curious, this was shot at the Fordham Road subway station in Bronx, NY. Awesome song and video!

@wilsonwindridge9019 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@careymagic 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, yep...I know it well. Born in Harlem but raised in da boogie down BX

@oldskool423 4 жыл бұрын

Fordham Baldies. The Wanderers

@chrryszn 4 жыл бұрын

i live one stop from there and this song just reminds me of home and happiness whenever i’m bummed out

@stevebean1234 4 жыл бұрын

:). I love the Bronx but haven’t been there recently

@Insandom 5 жыл бұрын

When all you have is a dime because you spent all your money on back up dancers, feats, and a blow up heart.

@kanekaallen1120 5 жыл бұрын

@exsonsaavedra 5 жыл бұрын

Sakara stfu

@robroberts9051 5 жыл бұрын

And it's still not enough for the cow.

@ronaldforbes7016 5 жыл бұрын

I think he's also telling her, however subtly, that she's a dime. If she'd have gotten it, he could have mic-dropped after that, but then this video wouldn't be. This.

@geniegreentrees 5 жыл бұрын

It's perfection. 💚

@finishedarticle7953 4 ай бұрын

The way she says " .... really?" at the end!

@K.Alyssa 7 жыл бұрын

I got a Michael Jackson vibe when he was a little kid. ♡ I love this

@justiceforjoggers2897 6 жыл бұрын

I don't mean to be overly rude here, but is that before or after the brutal beatings his father received? I would assume that being a young white lass, you would better understand the plight of black children in America, and the constituent racial biases held against themselves and others, furthering the push down poverty and filling more prisons than Northern Korea. I really like asians

@georgiefellow3484 6 жыл бұрын

Cola Botels what happened to you are you ok?

@anthonygloria5192 6 жыл бұрын

Cola Botels Wtf are you talking about and what does that have to do with getting a Michael Jackson feels from this song?

@justiceforjoggers2897 6 жыл бұрын

앤투니 lmfao

@redpillswallowed1925 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's a coincidence.......far less talented than Michael though.....not even in the same ballpark.

@masteryas21 7 жыл бұрын

That comes randomly on youtube, and i am like what the funk??? my ears are smiling!!! peace.

@mikey6538 2 жыл бұрын

please bring me back to my childhood... the sampling of songs... epic feelings of joy

@offwithhishead2556 Жыл бұрын

I haven't listened to this track for a couple of years, REALLY still gets me! 😊😊

@theabraham8164 7 жыл бұрын

That boy needs therapy.

@gaymanlover 7 жыл бұрын

Theodore Bronev He's crazy in the coconut!

@thataytay 7 жыл бұрын

He's psychosomatic!

@blakeblends 7 жыл бұрын

He was white as a sheet...

@Tiffaniii1805 7 жыл бұрын

And he also made false teeth!

@pinecrustjuise 7 жыл бұрын

When I count 3

@arpressurewashing5221 7 жыл бұрын

Very mahogany love & that MJ look alike kid...Sonny Cheeba flow was dope too!

@kennethfernandez4460 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think he looks like Michael Jordan

@Archives.4365 7 жыл бұрын

brock samson Confirmed, got trolled.

@arpressurewashing5221 6 жыл бұрын

kenneth fernandez...Nah Freak!

@nickslice14 8 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorites by the avalanches, it amazes me more people don't know about them but it's always a treat showing someone for the first time

@skegesssketer8605 28 күн бұрын

From Thailand listen everyday.

@bonisromero141 4 жыл бұрын

That kid looks like Michael Jackson when he was a little boy

@Zorklis 4 жыл бұрын

maybe that's the idea they were going for?

@TheSmily4ever 4 жыл бұрын

thats why i clicked:D

@greenaum 4 жыл бұрын

He's attracted to an adult woman so probably not him.

@greenaum 4 жыл бұрын

Nah R Kelly would've tried to piss on her through the hole in the booth.

@greenaum 4 жыл бұрын

She's employed working at night so she's definitely an adult woman. So too old for R Kelly.

@chinookvalley 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a 60+ yo (white) granny - and I love this! How dear! Who wouldn't find this young man adorable? Love is hope!

@petrvorlicek466 4 жыл бұрын

I wish there were more people like you!

@kateblood5372 7 ай бұрын

This is SO GOOD!!!

@aura6485 7 жыл бұрын

this is just too cute, KZfaq recommendations really did a good job!

@poetparagraph 3 жыл бұрын

The best music video I’ve seen since I was a child....literally.... I love everything about this from the cinematography, to the brilliant musical back drop, to the youngster and the legendary MC Sonny Chiba

@DETSRC313 3 жыл бұрын

#Facts

@TachirosLament 2 жыл бұрын

I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED HIM. the Camp Lo guy, well one of them anyway

@poetparagraph 2 жыл бұрын

@@TachirosLament yup that's him...another fun fact is that his verse is the only new part of this video outside of the choreography of course....the actual song being sung is an old song from the early 1900s some kids from a Harlem building were recorded singing various songs...they only dropped one album together...I can't recall the name, but if I find it I'll edit my comment...if you get a chance prior to me coming back look it up....oh yea and the beat is new...but yea the kid is not really singing...the vocals are sampled

@goodfellabeats Жыл бұрын

I just came across this video for the first time and was shocked when I heard the verse. Recognized Sonny Cheeba immediately. Camp Lo still making music after all these years without any commercial hits so it's good he got to shine on a song that was this successful.

@vytalman Жыл бұрын

@@poetparagraph I wonder why the song is credited with featuring Camp Lo when it’s just Sonny Cheeba on the verses. Geechi Suede is still in the group, right?