The Beths - "Expert In A Dying Field" (Official)

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  • "Expert In A Dying Field" features on The Beths' forthcoming album "Expert In A Dying Field", out September 16 via Carpark Records and Ivy League
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    CAST
    The Beths:
    Elizabeth Stokes
    Jonathan Pearce
    Benjamin Sinclair
    Tristan Deck
    And starring Larry Killip as himself
    CREW
    Director: Frances Carter
    DOP: Olly Harris
    1st AC: Caleb Corlett
    Gaffer: JP MacDonald
    Best Boy: Bevan Crothers
    LX Assist: Ezra King
    Editor: Frances Carter
    Titles: Lily Paris West
    Location: Larry Killip
    Thanks to Drew Wright and Metrofilm
    LYRICS
    Can we erase our history
    Is it as easy as this
    Plausible deniability
    I swear I’ve never heard of it
    And I can close the door on us
    But the room still exists
    And I know you’re in it
    Hours of phrases I’ve memorised
    Thousands of lines on the page
    All of my notes in a desolate pile
    I haven’t touched in an age
    And I can burn the evidence
    But I can’t burn the pain
    And I can’t forget it
    How does it feel
    To be an expert in a dying field
    How do you know
    It’s over when you can’t let go
    You can’t stop
    Can’t rewind
    Love is learned over time
    ‘Til your an expert in a dying field
    The city is painted with memory
    The water will never run clear
    The birds and the bees and the flowers and trees
    They know that we’ve both been here
    And I can flee the country for the worst of the year
    But I’ll come back to it
    How does it feel
    To be an expert in a dying field
    How do you know
    It’s over when you can’t let go
    You can’t stop
    Can’t rewind
    Love is learned over time
    ‘Til you’re an expert in a dying field
    Can we erase our history
    Is it as easy as this
    Maybe in other realities
    The road never took this twist
    And I can close the door on us
    But the room still exists

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  • @jaybleu6169
    @jaybleu6169 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Maaaaaaan... that line "I can close the door on us, but the room still exists." just hits me right in the feels.

    • @stonecutter2
      @stonecutter2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      "And I know you're in it." I agree, this is powerful stuff and this line hits hard and sticks with me. I took it initially as those we've been with, but we broke up with. I sometimes see it from the point of losing a loved one, in the sense that no one is ever truly gone so long as you remember them - they live forever in you, and the stories you tell of them. They are always with you should you need them.

    • @MarkSibly
      @MarkSibly 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      She's an incredible lyricist (as well as musician!) so many of her lines just hit so hard!

    • @derpizzaman1050
      @derpizzaman1050 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      me when I turned 8 months old and just got object permanence.

    • @meabhmurphy9090
      @meabhmurphy9090 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, not a lot of songs make me cry but this one does

    • @TheGreyHermit
      @TheGreyHermit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And in the video when he walks out with his tea and the band kicks in after that line......just yes.

  • @ianmitchell5169
    @ianmitchell5169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    There's nothing I love more than a band whose members are all singing

    • @Robil63
      @Robil63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too 🤩😍🎸

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an opera fan I'm with you, this band sucks ass

    • @ianmitchell5169
      @ianmitchell5169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@julesl6910 I didn't ask if you were

    • @nankerphelge3771
      @nankerphelge3771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And they all live together collecting various bits of ancient arcana while someone's dad serves coffee and tinkers with worn out electronics.

    • @JC20XX
      @JC20XX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! From Beatles to Pixies lol

  • @Pumpmaster77
    @Pumpmaster77 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I keep coming back to this song (and, shit, I'm 64 years old). Love this band and this song is pure pop perfection!

  • @Jeremy-hx7zj
    @Jeremy-hx7zj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +894

    this is one of the best metaphorical pretenses I've heard in a love song in a looooong time. brilliant

    • @hurkamur1
      @hurkamur1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      If you like live music, do not miss them.

    • @fasdafasfl1
      @fasdafasfl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hurkamur1 good reply

    • @stonecutter2
      @stonecutter2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@hurkamur1 I missed them and have deep regrets, please people heed this warning.

    • @remindmesometime1855
      @remindmesometime1855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whats the(a) metaphorical pretense(?)) In this song

    • @SparkleDairyFumSchrein
      @SparkleDairyFumSchrein 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stonecutter2 was waffling on whether to see em or not, just bought tickets for the toronto show and plan on travelling 8 hours in februrary :)

  • @ManLikeStone
    @ManLikeStone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    This song is precisely calibrated to destroy me. The music and the singer's voice are absolutely captivating, and the lyrics hold my most cherished core values in front of me and demonstrate that they are, at best, beautifully tragic, at worst, meaningless.
    Curiosity? Perseverance? No, in the long run, expertise in any subject won't matter. Kindness? Love? You know those things aren't magical, they take work to be good at, and in the end expertise in any subject won't matter. One way or another, my love for anything, anyone, will eventually be obsolete.
    And that chorus?! It tugs at my heartstrings, then yanks them until they break, then leaves me to bleed out on the floor… a little puddle of catharsis… then I play it again. 3 more time
    Well done, The Beths, I hope you’re proud of yourselves.

    • @BigKC3
      @BigKC3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is the most concise and well written deconstruction of this song that i've come across, you've gotten at exactly why it's so powerful to me, and no doubt the majority of the people who keep coming back to it.

    • @abellopez.
      @abellopez. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      We must be bound by something. Nice breakdown. I have been acutely drawn to all those things you wrote.
      Favorite line that I just realized "can't stop, can't rewind". Throwback to VHS 🫠 era.
      ...and (poetically) you can't! Stop and rewind
      Ugh! Sigh*

    • @tktezza
      @tktezza 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They fucking rock as well, can't stop!

  • @ebolapie
    @ebolapie ปีที่แล้ว +121

    "i can close the door on us, but the room still exists, and I know you're in it"
    fuck, man :'(

  • @TeamWalsh
    @TeamWalsh ปีที่แล้ว +86

    can we talk about how good these lyrics are?

    • @MindinViolet
      @MindinViolet ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s refreshing to hear intelligent, thought-provoking lyrics after endless insipid pop songs about romance.

    • @infantryhawk
      @infantryhawk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      No but actually. I'd never heard this band before and this came on autoplay. I wasn't immediately hooked by the guitar riffs, it's not bad, but similar to stuff I've heard before,so I almost clicked off the video-- but I gave it a chance through the opening lyrics and was transfixed. This lyrics here are absolute poetry of another breed.

    • @jackburton2680
      @jackburton2680 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, absolutely not. You can't talk about that.
      The fuck was the point of your comment here!?

  • @normanno8514
    @normanno8514 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    the greatest final minute of any song ever?

  • @matthewpolk1275
    @matthewpolk1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    It’s a rare moment in life when you hear a piece of music and instantly realize you have a new favorite song. It’s the feeling of seeing a comet - and knowing that you may never experience it again, which causes you to savor it all the more.

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're so right, seeing a comet is about how boring this is.

    • @lyricbot8513
      @lyricbot8513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It doesn't happen frequently enough, which is why I'm so happy it did today!

    • @JC20XX
      @JC20XX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@julesl6910 why are you here?

    • @BVK_LastPlace
      @BVK_LastPlace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Holy shit, this.

    • @nankerphelge3771
      @nankerphelge3771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Putting out well written and well-crafted pop songs like this one shows that the Beths are an expert in a dying field.

  • @violao206
    @violao206 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The notepad that reminds us "Love is learned over time" at minute 2:43. Brilliant!

    • @abellopez.
      @abellopez. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There's a lot of Easter eggs lyrically and hidden in the video. The guys shirt, for one.

    • @violao206
      @violao206 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@abellopez. I geeked out on an hour-long video where the guitarist leads us through their rehearsal/recording studio where they grind out the sausage, and he mentioned some amp guru that keeps all their amps and gear in good nick. I have to believe it is the very dude in this video. That tech guy is a doppelganger for my 2nd quarter college electrical engineering professor Mr. Greyill(sp?). They called him "the holy grail" because he had a rep for separating the wheat from the chaff. He had a heavy rep, but I did not find him too tough because I already had 2 years of electronics in high school, but man, there was about a 50% attrition rate in that class. I guess he lived up to his reputation. The chap in the video so reminds me of him.

  • @sngle_plyr_only
    @sngle_plyr_only 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I'm a year late to the comment party but I just discovered their music about five days ago. Goosebumps, chills, and for the four minutes and eleven seconds of this video, the entire world around me disappeared. This is the divine art of songwriting at its very best.

    • @iainsimpson5658
      @iainsimpson5658 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I discovered them about two years ago, and I think I still listen to this song at least once a week. The combination of harmonies, great lyrics, and abundant hooks just hits perfectly.

  • @dd.rhythm
    @dd.rhythm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I can feel the love and admiration for "Dad" in this video. Beautiful song and beautiful video. Well done!

  • @JesseNenninger
    @JesseNenninger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    As a professional in a dying field, also going through the end of a very long term relationship, this song hits deep. Thank you for giving voice to my feelings.

    • @alejandrorivas4585
      @alejandrorivas4585 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I hope you are ok 🫂

    • @JesseNenninger
      @JesseNenninger ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@alejandrorivas4585 hurting, but moving forward as best as I can. Your words have helped more than you can know. Thank you.

    • @davidzivan2736
      @davidzivan2736 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      jesse you expressed the power of the song perfectly and if you can feel it you are alive and going to be ok

    • @vectoralphaSec
      @vectoralphaSec ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah a lot of jobs will die and disapear with AI soon one day.

    • @JesseNenninger
      @JesseNenninger ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vectoralphaSec not what is happening in my field

  • @brianmumper4398
    @brianmumper4398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Elizabeth Stokes has no peer in the songwriting category of forever. This song rocks me like no other.

  • @joshualaird5303
    @joshualaird5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1693

    Never heard of the Beths but this is an instant classic

    • @jalengoode3266
      @jalengoode3266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Welcome! You’re gonna love it here lol

    • @petirgarda1005
      @petirgarda1005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      You should check more of their earlier works, guaranteed you're going to like it.

    • @mysticenergyarts
      @mysticenergyarts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      the back catalog is no joke..

    • @peterwilliams2858
      @peterwilliams2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agreed on both points.

    • @smattc
      @smattc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ditto

  • @mikes8012
    @mikes8012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Am 62. An engineer in imaging and an amateur radio enthusiast.
    Between Canon announcing the end of the Single Lens Reflex Camera, The extinction of records, The disinterest my own son has in radio communication, the extinction of four stroke motorcycles and tractors without clutches??
    Yes. It feels bad. Wrong somehow.
    But. My old Pioneer SX 70 played this song beautifully over a Bluetooth receiver with an audio to RCA adapter.
    :-))

    • @matthewgumbley1714
      @matthewgumbley1714 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Hi, I'm a software engineer and a radio amateur too - and yes, this song hit home precisely. I could be the gentleman doing the soldering... and if The Beths ever tour the UK, they'd be welcome to play in my garage :)

    • @stonecutter2
      @stonecutter2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I own this album on vinyl and it sounds wonderful, records are very much alive and need your support :). Buy a cheap record player and spin that vinyl like you used to.

    • @violao206
      @violao206 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      60 years old. 3 Generations of musicians. My twin brother's son is uninterested in studying music. I had high hopes for my nephew carrying the torch forward. We are a family of engineers chemical, electrical, and business managers. But we all have all been musicians. It seems that we have come to our familial artistic end, and it is heart-wrenching.

    • @lenore-bw6qz
      @lenore-bw6qz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I got my Ham Radio license a few years ago, and I'm 25. I do Ham Radio with my dad, and I'm hoping to get my younger sister interested when she gets a bit older. I guess what I want to say is that there are still some younger people who are interested in keeping these hobbies alive!

    • @teleguy5699
      @teleguy5699 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel ya. I love radio, SLR cameras, and hardcover books for a start.

  • @k8zhd
    @k8zhd ปีที่แล้ว +110

    As an old retired analog electrical engineer, this really speaks (or rather sings) to me. Very catchy tune, and I do love the all-too-familiar items that populate the house. Including the old guy soldering -- I identify with him, including his delight in the group performing in the garage.

    • @slash196
      @slash196 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is on location in that guy's house.

    • @k8zhd
      @k8zhd ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@slash196 Makes it even more authentic! This song and performance is "trending" in the "antique electronics" online community. It certainly touches my heart.

    • @thedonutpug5021
      @thedonutpug5021 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @k8zhd Hey so I know I'm just some random person on the internet, but I have a question to ask from your experience. I'm studying engineering right now(Mechatronics and Mechanical) and I'm about to finish my first year, I honestly have always been afraid of a day where I'm an expert in a dying or dead field. A person with ages of studying and experience that no one has an interest in, and I genuinely want to know just, how do you cope with that? how does one address the fact that going into any field like this, chances are some day, all the knowledge I have will be obsolete?

    • @k8zhd
      @k8zhd ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@thedonutpug5021 There is no constant but change, and keeping up/changing with the flow of new technology is important. Learning is never obsolete, though some techniques or devices will go out of fashion or be superseded by new technology. My college training (BSEE '71) in bipolar transistors and RTL logic was obsolete in a few years but provided the necessary background for all that followed. My knowledge of analog (NTSC) television cameras allowed me to diagnose a flaw in the digital processing of an HDTV system.
      Stay interested in what you're doing, keep up to speed with technology trends, and you'll be fine. Mechanics is basically timeless & I think mechatronics (perhaps in forms we can't envision now) will provide you plenty to keep you engaged and challenged.
      You may be too young to notice that "dying" fields rarely actually die. Vinyl records and chemical photography, for example, are enjoying a resurgence, and those who were experts in those fields are sought after again. Keep the faith!

    • @L1ama
      @L1ama ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wish they could've used a CRT scope though lol

  • @fuzzdeluxe2719
    @fuzzdeluxe2719 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    As a middle aged curmudgeon, constantly bemoaning the state of modern music, I looked this song up the other day following a Reddit recommendation. Binged on the three albums since and The Beth’s are honestly the contemporary best band I’ve heard in years. Great melodies and clever lyrics with just the right combination of indie jangle and crunch. Love ,em!

    • @tedheinrich
      @tedheinrich ปีที่แล้ว

      If you like the Beth's you should check out Alvvays

    • @grantpichla
      @grantpichla 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also check out Michigander. Not a miss in their whole discography - excellent!

    • @joebaer1358
      @joebaer1358 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Check out Ty Segall, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, big thief, mac Demarco, Wand, Allah Las, La Luz, and maybe the frights if ya like punk. Theres more names but thats a few to get you started

    • @MrShagification
      @MrShagification 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're not looking hard enough if you don't like "modern music" Right now is by far the best time in history for music creation and discovery. And it's not even close. There's more good music to listen to right now than you'd ever have time to listen to in your lifetime

    • @briannawilliams97
      @briannawilliams97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I completely agree

  • @betteryearentertainment4004
    @betteryearentertainment4004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    The more I listen, the more I believe that this is one of the best songs of the year.

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're delusional

    • @AAjax
      @AAjax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The more I listen, the more I believe its just one of the best songs.

    • @BVK_LastPlace
      @BVK_LastPlace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Am slain

  • @ceterfo
    @ceterfo ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The song is so fire because if you're in a niche hobby especially in the modern day you can empathize with the feeling of this even if you completely ignore like the underlying love song. We're not even completely ignored because yeah a hobby is something special

  • @motorwolfe
    @motorwolfe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    sometimes I fear what the future may hold, but you might be one of our best defenses.

  • @andrewgalvin4559
    @andrewgalvin4559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    I had a very acrimonious falling out with some friends about a year ago, and I've missed them every day to the detriment of my mental health. The line, "I can close the door but the room still exists with you in it" summarises everything I've felt. You guys really are the best ❤

    • @GAFCASTsupport
      @GAFCASTsupport 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have wondered if my ex feels this or not ? Song seems to be a mash of both our feelings

    • @tuhlunksss
      @tuhlunksss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      whoa, I read your comment just as she sang it!! first time listening. spooky…

    • @garydelcourt2791
      @garydelcourt2791 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Call your friends…life is too short…

    • @uncertaintyprincipal1751
      @uncertaintyprincipal1751 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "I can close the door on us/But the room still exists" is brilliant, yes. Another way of stating that the past is not dead, in fact it's not even past.

  • @fien111
    @fien111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Plausible deniability? I swear I've never heard of it...."
    Obvious as hell but god damn it's a good line.

  • @gwokstar
    @gwokstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's something so satisfying about the view of the mug and record with the words "Expert in a Dying Field" exactly as the tune reaches that point in the lyrics.

  • @m0peds
    @m0peds ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how the song builds to a massive finale, the jangling guitars and everyone singing interesting harmonies layers upon layers of noise, it’s so catchy and naive viewed alongside the commercial music that gets rammed down our throats.

  • @williamperkins2160
    @williamperkins2160 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I woke up this morning with The Beths playing in my head. Walked the dog listening to The Beths. Now on TH-cam listening to The Beths. I stumbled across this band about a year ago and they’ve been my obsession since.
    This is really one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Fantastic lyrics, great harmonies and the video is so well thought out and done.
    It’s criminal that The Beths aren’t hugely popular.

  • @LarryKillip
    @LarryKillip ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes! One Million!!

  • @fewpoundcory
    @fewpoundcory ปีที่แล้ว +44

    big shoutout to larry killip!!! hes had this room ready to go for filming for several decades

  • @mrstrongest
    @mrstrongest 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Man! I think this song just reduced the rest of "pop music" to a hill of beans. And the video did the same for all the lousy TV shows and movies that are overrunning the world. Absolutely fantastic, and hooray for Larry Killip for the absolutely essential ambiance!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🏆😊

  • @carpeimodiem
    @carpeimodiem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Dammit Beths... why do ya have to write a song that literally describes my whole headspace right now?! I mean way more than a tough breakup. Must be the simulation. 10/10

    • @alexiblue6503
      @alexiblue6503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I feel the same way 😭
      At least we’re not alone

    • @timofyraskolnikov7070
      @timofyraskolnikov7070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@repasiv neither the song nor the op are about any of that. It’s about getting over someone you’ve learned to love.

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I give up

  • @joshburton6471
    @joshburton6471 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've heard this song countless times since it's release but it doesn't matter - the final "love is learned over time" still gives me shivers. One of the greatest of all time.

  • @mickeymassuco2674
    @mickeymassuco2674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    This song is so incredibly well written

    • @readyfretgo
      @readyfretgo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      [whispers]
      They ALL are. 🥝 🎸

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know if you're aware, it was written by the drummer's 3 year old daughter. But good on her right?

  • @MrNerdHair
    @MrNerdHair 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the Rigol DS1052E cameo at 2:35! It's a solid scope, though I must say I prefer the 1054Z.
    There's something deeply hopeful about doing vacuum tube work with a digital storage oscilliscope instead of an old-school analog one. We move on, our new growth fertilized by the ashes of the past.

  • @hannahk.summerville5908
    @hannahk.summerville5908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Omg I love it. "I can close the door on us but the room still exists" is such a brilliant line👌🏻

  • @benton804
    @benton804 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have listened to this song so many times, It is one of those things that existed before set down to ink. The Beths are too young to tarry in this lane. I hope each of them all the love they deserve for the fine series of records they have given us.. Me, in my sixties, this song changed what I did and said today and tomorrow. Thank you.

  • @matthewpolk1275
    @matthewpolk1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Yes. The lyrics are beautiful and the vocal interplay amongst the band members is somehow simultaneously soothing and exciting - but the warm, fuzzy guitar intro also satisfies an internal need that I didn’t know I even had.

  • @tommylucatiel7911
    @tommylucatiel7911 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I discover this band AND they are playing with the national, in my town. Omg. The tickets are $120 for general standing though, lol. What an emotional rollercoaster.

  • @PinkiePyro2011
    @PinkiePyro2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    Had to rewatch the vid a second time, cos the first time I hit replay I could only listen to the song while my eyes welled up with joy. The lyrics are just the most beautiful poetry, and it's delivered beautifully with amazing audio, I really love this track so much in just a short amount of time!

    • @IvisibleCat
      @IvisibleCat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      indeed

    • @polibo5559
      @polibo5559 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      indeed

    • @GiddyGoons
      @GiddyGoons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out their other songs you'll love them

    • @PinkiePyro2011
      @PinkiePyro2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GiddyGoons ohmygod it's already out I thought there were five more days to go?!

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't worry, on the third view your eyes will take a crap on your face in the form of salty tears when you realize you saw this three times and your life only got worse

  • @GordetteGal
    @GordetteGal ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I can't get enough of this song!
    Driving home from the hospital to find out my cancer is in remission and heard it! Howled it so loud and lovely 🩷

    • @briannawilliams97
      @briannawilliams97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Congratulations. I hope you stay healthy

  • @XxYwise
    @XxYwise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Literally found this minutes before boarding a plane to take me 900 miles from the person who destroyed what ten years built, to basically get an Eternal Sunshine treatment on what's left of my mind. About to switch to airplane mode, but downloaded the song and will be listening for the duration of the flight, I imagine... Thank you algorithm, and thank you Beths!

    • @NothingYouHaventReadBefore
      @NothingYouHaventReadBefore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's incredibly painful. How is it going?

    • @XxYwise
      @XxYwise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@NothingYouHaventReadBefore Thanks for your concern! This song helps every day, usually multiple times a day, lol. Being somewhere different helps with the problem mentioned in the third verse... overall, however, the room still exists.

    • @NothingYouHaventReadBefore
      @NothingYouHaventReadBefore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@XxYwise I'm sorry, I can't even imagine that. I hope you know that the room will always be there, but you can close the door. Give yourself space and time ❤

    • @XxYwise
      @XxYwise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you... so much.
      Been listening to this one ever since it happened, btw: th-cam.com/video/1uQFlNa1Dk0/w-d-xo.html

  • @chrisstoh2975
    @chrisstoh2975 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The old dude reminds me so much of my dad it's insane, I miss him 💙

  • @thomascrochunis6183
    @thomascrochunis6183 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    As a lover of power pop, this is really exceptional. Musically precise, beautiful harmonies within the song's structure, but then the smarts of the writing...oh my. This is indeed an instant classic.

    • @me05501
      @me05501 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lots of smart touches in the video too. Love the lyric reveals, especially on the amp tech’s shirt.

    • @rchenson9110
      @rchenson9110 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love Power Pop too and this song is perfect!

    • @lexismore
      @lexismore ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@me05501 Yes! It's so...soft? kind? and yet cool.

    • @lexismore
      @lexismore ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@me05501 Also the shirt reveal comes at a time when you're already half-expecting it but not really looking for it. At that point in the song they say how there are these moments when it seems things could have gone another way - ope but then there they are, set in stone.

  • @mattdonnelly1972
    @mattdonnelly1972 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can't believe how fantastic this song is. I've listened to it over a dozen times...and counting. The Beths are best thing to come out of New Zealand since kiwifruit and Lord Of The Rings movies.

  • @Mussoi7000
    @Mussoi7000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    i really identify with this song but not because of a break up, but because i'm a huge frustrated nerd

    • @jonathanrash7286
      @jonathanrash7286 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      At least you're not a frustrated nerd who like paleontology -- and living in Jurassic Park.

  • @truwth
    @truwth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Love the way their song lyrics are always cleverly saying something simple. Fits the music like a glove.

    • @neoniastarz
      @neoniastarz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its like listening to a friend telling you about their day. so intimate and conversational. best song about ai takin our jobs ive ever heard.

    • @tortfeasor99
      @tortfeasor99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "I can close the door on us, but the room still exists" is a great line.

    • @dakineprotoss
      @dakineprotoss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neoniastarz its not really about ai taking our jobs

    • @neoniastarz
      @neoniastarz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dakineprotoss it was a joke … ai will take all our jobs and relationships tho :(

  • @tdirgins
    @tdirgins 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just saw the Beths for a 2nd time in less than a year. They are the REAL DEAL!

  • @kuriakos
    @kuriakos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    As an expert in a dying field, I endorse this absolute bop. You've made a new fan.

    • @frogman1
      @frogman1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what's the field?

    • @AustenSummers
      @AustenSummers ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@frogman1 Wrigley Field

  • @corvinc888
    @corvinc888 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One million views, and just in time for the anniversary of the album release! Go on, Beths!

  • @Philantrophist94
    @Philantrophist94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This song is by far the best thing youtube has ever recommended to me. Listened to it at least 50 times in the past week, feels like the algorithm knew exactly what i needed. So glad i found this band :)

    • @marshall3759
      @marshall3759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chills, I feel this so hard

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi it's TH-cam, recommend you to reorder your time release pants shitting medicine

    • @AAjax
      @AAjax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same. One random recommend later, and I now have a new favourite band.

    • @BVK_LastPlace
      @BVK_LastPlace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Painfully so

    • @TurnOneWin
      @TurnOneWin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also discovered The Beths via the algorithm this week. Have been listening non-stop! (Commenting especially so more people get the recommendation)

  • @leelevingate
    @leelevingate 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't know who The Beths are except they have written an addictive song I can't stop playing.

  • @wanderfunk
    @wanderfunk ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The easy switch between pitch and falsetto is everything.

  • @horstwollaeger3852
    @horstwollaeger3852 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a mostly-a-little-bit-sad indie-fan from cologne. This song is full of heart. I clap hands in my living room.

  • @moonbyrocket
    @moonbyrocket ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love that they play that final chord 5 times instead of the traditional 3. Because this song is that damn good.

  • @TheGritherr
    @TheGritherr หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m glad this song got the recognition and love it deserves. Loved it from the start.

  • @gabeuscorpus
    @gabeuscorpus ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This song has lived in my head for two months now, and it's helped made it a better place. Thank you.

  • @happycamper5012
    @happycamper5012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it's the little touches I love.. The album title is "Expert in a Dying Field" (btw, TANZA was a NZ record label from '49-'56), the line at the bottom of Larry's t-shirt , "Maybe in other Realities"

  • @lincolnstern1
    @lincolnstern1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I bought the album on the strength of this song and I ended up buying all the back catalogue,best new music I've heard in years

  • @abrumtherealtor5030
    @abrumtherealtor5030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This should be the ending theme for a tv show or a movie. That's the vibes I'm getting from here

    • @_Webpersona
      @_Webpersona 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's called pop music.

    • @arthinox3317
      @arthinox3317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@_Webpersona I feel like a lot of pop songs don't evoke that kind of feeling, but then again it's pretty subjective.

    • @nonstickpansexual4540
      @nonstickpansexual4540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would've fit in perfect as a song on scrubs

    • @erafourohfour
      @erafourohfour 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      coming of age movies

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's the ending theme for this shit band

  • @lukemarlow9441
    @lukemarlow9441 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never has a song deserved the Silver Scroll as much as this one.

  • @henrietta12345
    @henrietta12345 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "I can close the door on us
    But the room still exists
    And I know you’re in it"
    Sand in the eye, every time.

  • @michaelangelomiller9542
    @michaelangelomiller9542 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    🎶Can't stop, can't rewind, love is learned over time, til you're an expert in a dying field...🎶
    As someone who just became single yesterday, those words hit me right in the feels.

  • @adamprestin28
    @adamprestin28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Larry seems to be living his best life. Everyone go give his videos some views! He also masters all of the Beths' albums!

    • @ericlayton8888
      @ericlayton8888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's his channel called?

    • @adamprestin28
      @adamprestin28 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericlayton8888 th-cam.com/users/LarryKillip

    • @LarryKillip
      @LarryKillip 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericlayton8888 th-cam.com/users/LarryKillip

    • @bakaVs
      @bakaVs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ericlayton8888 th-cam.com/users/larrykillip

  • @craniifer
    @craniifer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not only an amazing song, but a testament to music videos not being a dying field themselves.

  • @TomboFry
    @TomboFry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love The Beths, so so much. This song is wonderfully amazing for so many reasons, as are all their other songs - they're creative, inspiring, uplifting, strangely apt, soppy but not cheesy, and there are an endless number of emotional ways to describe them. I want to scream out my enthusiasm and tell all my friends about how great The Beths are.

  • @JGlassy
    @JGlassy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love the lead singers voice, such timbre and quality! And the drink server guy!!

  • @RichMalyon
    @RichMalyon ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Instantly knew it was a great song from New Zealands best band, became my song of the year and now has the Apra Silver scroll for 2023! well earned

  • @johnbeck2837
    @johnbeck2837 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Best song of 2022 hands down and it’s not even close thank y’all so much!!

  • @alecty15
    @alecty15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song gets better every time I listen to it

  • @HarryLawlor
    @HarryLawlor ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Everything about this is perfect. The Beths just keep getting better and better.

  • @frickermints
    @frickermints 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow!!!! This is the reason I can't stand when people say they don't like music nowadays. Here is a prime counter example!

  • @herrmandelkow8407
    @herrmandelkow8407 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just can't get this song out of my head. Thank you! Bye from northern Germany.

  • @emmahird2795
    @emmahird2795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the metaphor of this song. Expert in the dying field of loving a person.

  • @jmohr00
    @jmohr00 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the vocal harmonies at the end get me every time

  • @uncertaintyprincipal1751
    @uncertaintyprincipal1751 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In my perfect world a song like this would be a runaway #1 smash hit. So much better than 98% of what's on the radio.

  • @blackstratblues
    @blackstratblues ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Larry Killip as himself is just perfect. Love this song!

    • @Kae6502
      @Kae6502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for this! I was wondering who that man was in the video. After finding his website, it now makes sense why he's in the video. What an amazing person! Also - seeing someone soldering in a music video make me happy. I LOVE building electronic kits! :) I've been hearing this song on SiriusXMU for awhile now. Fantastic song, I love it!

    • @blackstratblues
      @blackstratblues ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kae6502 Check out this charming song by Larry: th-cam.com/video/LEQOgz_BO-4/w-d-xo.html

  • @adawofford2732
    @adawofford2732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Absolute killer pop song. Hits every single mark, maybe even some I didn't know existed. Bravo! Brava! Tres bien!

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know I'm dead after hearing this drivel

  • @Jamthecoolerator
    @Jamthecoolerator ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best song Elizabeth Stokes has written up to this point in her career.

  • @CaiominTwin
    @CaiominTwin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:53 my favorite melody of this song. sounds so beautiful every time

  • @seanbush5056
    @seanbush5056 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is one of those songs that comes along & just hits all the right buttons. Seriously crushing on these guys right now, fantastic band!

  • @dragondix
    @dragondix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think about this a lot. You’ve captured the bittersweet / wistful vibe perfectly.

  • @ReelBigMike
    @ReelBigMike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +948

    Me: This band doesn't sound like they're from New Zealand.
    The Beths: 🎵When ya cahnt lit gou, when ya cahnt lit gou🎵
    Me: Ah, there it is.
    Fantastic track. Been on repeat all day.

    • @gazzamuso
      @gazzamuso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      They're definitely from Nuu Zullund 😆

    • @rachaelknudsen8801
      @rachaelknudsen8801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Also the way she sings Erase like it has a z in it. Delightful!

    • @gailcirillo3294
      @gailcirillo3294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Eykspuht

    • @GiddyGoons
      @GiddyGoons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Am inveyus whuy pritind am naut

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OMG Totally! They sound like they're from Korea, oh wait that's where professional musicians come from

  • @johnetgar1217
    @johnetgar1217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The pre-chorus is literally the sound of a heart soaring

    • @thehollywoodfarmer
      @thehollywoodfarmer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As the soul takes flight from this wretched world? Yeah feeling that

  • @thatrandomfanboy1438
    @thatrandomfanboy1438 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not sure if anyone else can hear it but I swear she has to have imogen heap as a inspiration for her singing. This song has definitely risen in my repeat playlist.

  • @dljennings
    @dljennings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My heart knew to cry before my brain did. Brilliant lyrics.

  • @zeelowsguys
    @zeelowsguys 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is such a lovely happy kiwi tune well crafted. Hope to see these guys in Nelson next month

  • @bonsaitomato8290
    @bonsaitomato8290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every now and again the TH-cam algorithm gives you something worth watching. I just discovered this band today and I’m already a fan. As a Gen Xer who grew up on bands like this I especially appreciate the self referential irony of this song .

  • @starsigngd
    @starsigngd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    this comes out at 4:30 AM for me but i guarantee i'll be there

    • @starsigngd
      @starsigngd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah it was good

    • @jon.bo_
      @jon.bo_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@starsigngd hell yeah it was

    • @magnificloud
      @magnificloud 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAMEE

  • @ec8107
    @ec8107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow, I just crawled out from under a rock and discovered this yesterday. I listened to the whole catalog. 🤯 The melodies, harmonies and songwriting. Absolutely incredible.

  • @lizwrites2463
    @lizwrites2463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m not typically a fan of love songs/breakup songs but I’ll make an exception for the fantastic lyricism and metaphors of this song

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you TH-cam algorithm, for letting me hear this. I feel like this band is fresh out of an early 1990s indie rock compilation album. What a gorgeous song! I can't wait to hear the whole album.

  • @Randomadventuresofmatt
    @Randomadventuresofmatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is better than 99.9% music playing on the radio. Thanks TH-cam for recommending my new favorite song!

  • @bpt5150
    @bpt5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Can we erase our history
    Is it as easy as this
    Plausible deniability
    I swear I've never heard of it
    And I can close the door on us
    But the room still exists
    And I know you're in it
    Hours of phrases I've memorized
    Thousands of lines on the page
    All of my notes in a desolate pile
    I haven't touched in an age
    And I can burn the evidence
    But I can't burn the pain
    And I can't forget it
    How does it feel (how does it feel)
    To be an expert in a dying field
    And how do you know (how do you know)
    It's over when you can't let go
    You can't let go, you can't stop, you can't rewind
    Love is learned over time
    'Til you're an expert in a dying field
    The city is painted with memory
    The water will never run clear
    The birds and the bees and the flowers and trees
    They know that we've both been here
    And I can flee the country for the worst of the year
    But I'll come back to it
    How does it feel (how does it feel)
    To be an expert in a dying field
    And how do you know (how do you know)
    It's over when you can't let go
    You can't let go, you can't stop, you can't rewind
    Love is learned over time
    'Till you're an expert in a dying field
    Can we erase our history
    Is it as easy as this
    Maybe in other realities
    The road never took this twist
    And I can close the door on us
    But the room still exists
    How does it feel (how does it feel)
    How do you know (how do you know)
    Can't stop, can't rewind
    Love is learned over time
    'Til you're an expert in a dying field
    Oh, an expert in a dying field

    • @billobyrne
      @billobyrne ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally poetry! Thanks for that!!

  • @jorgelab453
    @jorgelab453 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What A SONG! Crunchy guitars with sweet and great melodies, cannot love it more

  • @stephensmith799
    @stephensmith799 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A startlingly original topic for a song👍👏🏼🫡

  • @mephiston001
    @mephiston001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it me, but once you watch this song, youtube doesn't let you forget it... like it's always in my recommended... always.
    Good thing I like the song 😀

  • @ForTheCurie
    @ForTheCurie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For all the experts in dying fields, renaissances happen. Keep loving your niche expertises for as long as it makes you happy.

  • @brendansimons6811
    @brendansimons6811 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't stop playing this song. It's been on repeat in my head for three days. So good.

  • @itsjudemydude
    @itsjudemydude ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve listened to this song like 50 times over the course of the last four-ish days and only just now listened to it with headphones in and no outside sound, and HOLY SHIT YOU NEED TO. There’s so many layers of vocals and instrumentals that I only just noticed were there. EASILY skyrockets into my top 5, this song goes so hard

  • @michaelvincentgaddi8743
    @michaelvincentgaddi8743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love how The Beths, through their lovingly crafted songs, understand our souls so very well. "Can we erase our history? Is it as easy as this? Plausible deniability, I swear I've never heard of it."

  • @jackdandy
    @jackdandy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Album of the year. They're one of the best bands I've heard for awhile.