Sad Kermit - Needle in the Hay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Hiho, Sad Kermit the Frog here. For my second music video I covered Elliott Smith, a man who could truly appreciate despair, loneliness, and heartache.
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I blame Jim Henson for this. He always put pressure on Kermit the most, and it took a toll on him.
Jim Henson was a god among men. Kermit's downfall was getting mixed up with Oscar and Snuffleupagus. And spending weekends with Ernie and Bert.
nobody spends weekends at Ernie's and Bert as they spend the weekend in bed.
Kermit took a lot of physical abuse in a relationship and this was a low point. Thankfully it was brief as his family and friends were always there to make him smile. I won’t hear a bad word said about Jim. If the world was full of people like Jim Henson, it wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in now.
@Gin Weston You are right bro, once Kermit caught that pig bitch getting two way'd by Oscar and Bert frog lost his grip. We tried to get him in rehab the guy was using 8 bags a day and drinking a bottle of Crown every night. Sad shit to watch.
Kermie was actually sexually molested by Bert and Ernie. This sort of thing can leave deep scars.
It's weird how this is actually a great cover
Yes
What do you mean lol? I heard elliott smith did a cover of this song.
@@princesidon6606 probably true to be fair
Can you imagine a Sad Kermit Cover’s Album? I have been waiting ever since first watching this over a decade ago
@@donpato91there is an album! It’s on band camp and has like 7 songs
Elliott Smith was such an amazing lyricist and songwriter, that even a cover version by a derpy green frog puppet evokes emotion. That's legacy.
Maybe Kermit wrote it first and Elliott stole it
Yeah
"even"?
@@mr.platypus280 Even, yes. Don't be odd.
Mr. Platypus this is a comment made a year ago, what are you doing? I mean, no shame, but woah man, no need for that
wish Elliott could see this. He'd laugh his ass off.
I'd pay to see that ):
And he'd probably still be alive too if he had seen it....omg.
apparently he hated royal tenenbaums
@@shady9044 He's better off gone. Trash music.
Y'all need some Éabha McMahon in your life.
@something distinctly nonhuman i did too…i think rushmore, tenenbaums and life aquatic were wes’s best. his newer work is really great, but it feels like it lost a bit of the emotion that these 3 had
Man, it's REALLY not easy being green...
today kermit is blue😞
I love how this is 12 years old and yet fits so well with current day memes
2019 - Normal(ish)
2020 -The world is in Lockdown.Sitting in isolation listening to Kermit covering Elliot Smith.
this comment really sums up my state of mind last few months. Summer 2020 baby!
Yeah.
It’s Elliott, broski
@@wizardlizard55555 lol thanks Emily,,,lol thanks Emilyyy
The Royal Kermitbaums
awesome.
The Royal Tennemuppets
Gotta acknowledge how true they stay to the song. They could have easily shortened the instrumental parts and made their lives easier, but they respected the song.
heaven adores you, so sad such a beautiful musician could die so young, we love you kermit
I feel so lucky to live in a world where this video exists
lol made a depressing song more depressing yet funny at the same time
sherpaderp dingo it's like shindelers list... In sppppaaaacceeee
Where is shaving in front of the mirror
That is just straight up funny. And his little like super depressed gestures man so good. It’s like I don’t know. Have you seen the thing word goofy sings the evanescence song? That’s hilarious too but this is awesome. Just the fact that Kermit is smoking that’s ridiculous I love it whoever made this is a goddamn hero
@@fattmusiek5452 it's a reference to a movie where the character in the scenes, shaves by the mirror then slits his wrists
My dad said I should stop listening to frogs.
lol
This song takes me back to my lowest points in life. Strung out and thin. No hope.
Poor Elliott
I hope you are doing better. If you are depressed, seek help.
Strung out again half of basement on a hill is even more brutal to me. This is a depressing banger classic. I mean goddamnit just says “you want to be proud that I’m getting good marksSSSSS”
No one does that. That’s sibilance
And it’s referring not to grades but marks on his arm. That’s dark as hell. But strung out again off of basement on a hill
Like the use of augmented chords, it’s straight up just as ugly as it feels to be that way. And then you have the song “pretty (ugly before)”
Which is a beautiful song. Absolutely about amphetamines. “There is no nighttime, it’s only a passing face“
Sweet guitar lick.
“is it destruction-- that you require to
feel?
Like somebody wants you, somebody more for real”
(ugly--- before--)
Also I think twilight is literally the most sad song ever written potentially. Like literally come at me with the satyr song. Damn so good
@@fattmusiek5452 Ever heard True Love? That's gotta be one of his darkest songs. It's like a Basement-era recording I think.
@@CaptainPancakes doood yeah. I have!! It’s super intense. Some of his latest material before he passed, right?
The ES book I read-
Some dude recalls his reaction to hearing elliott re-emerge and this guy was blown away.
Do you think it was finished?
I wonder what basement on a hill, (True Love didnt make it on, not sure why),
But i wonder how basement would sound of elliott mixed/produced it. I feel like there are small things he would have refined
but irs soo good.
Cheers man!!!
Wow. Pressured by Jim Henson, divorced by Miss Piggy, suffered through drugs and alcohol, and raped by the piano dog......and to think, he’s had the same facial expression through it all. Kermit, you’re a trooper....
It's actually a cover that unironically works with Kermit's voice
Wow, the new Muppets movie is going to be rather dark.
3:45 so this is where the Kermit in the shower meme came from
no its from the last music video Hurt
"I'm gonna kill myself tomorrow"
I was disappointed when Kermit didn't drop that line :(
Seano299 That line always confused me since, well....he slit his wrists pretty much immediately after without waiting a day.
Cory Lovingood That's because it's a quote from a movie.
***** Quoteception
+Cory Lovingood He just couldn't bare waiting that long
Mark L thanks mom.
The vocal doubling was especially perfect.
15 years later this is still a banger
needle in the heeeaaaaayyyyyyyy.
Love this, it's fucking ingenious. Elliott Smith is one of the best songwriters of all time and this does him justice in a skewered, satirical way. Brilliant.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the Royal Tenenbaums reference. =)
All these years later, I still cry a bit at: "You oughta be proud I'm getting good Markssss"
you know this is an old vid when you see a MySpace account there.
This is a legendary treasure of YT.
this isnt the real kermit the frog its just a puppet i can see the strings.
Best comment ever😂😂
They're not actually strings, it's a metaphor
n o s h i t
I read this in the rhythm of the song XD
even if it were the real kermit youd most likely still see the ''strings'' (btw theyre called puppet rods dumbass)
0:54 how the hell do you get a puppet to blow smoke rings
I'd like to think that Jim Henson would appreciate this dark new direction his character Kermit has taken after his death.
wait ppl know this is an epic reinactment of the wes anderson film right-
Still the best internet age video ever
this is clever
this comment deserves a reply after ten years of hard work entertaining 35 people
@@gkdunch Thanks! lol
@@ithemeparkOFFICIAL You're still alive after 10 years, wow!❤️
I love the fact this is all a massive "The Royal Tenenbaum's" reference and people are blaming Ms. Piggy, Jim Henson, for causing Kermit to command /die.
Anyone know if Kermit survived this? Would really like a guitar tutorial
well for the kermit version, we would have to take a pair of crochet needles through your wrists to get the right sound
Some guy named Elliot Smith did a pretty decent cover so I just got the tabs from that
hows it sound, kermits pretty close??
It's good, just fails to capture the same level of despair as kermit's version. If anything it feels a bit contrived.
I love kermies accent when he says hay
"So leave me alone, you oughta be proud that I'm getting good marksssss" lol, love the way Kermit sings it
I wish I could watch Elliott watch this
R.I.P. Mr. Smith
wow, surprisingly excellent!!
one of the better eliot smith covers, not just the ones done by animals
omg am i the only one who thinks kermit sounds cute when he sing needle in the hay
No. I've been in love with Kermit (musically speaking) since the early days of PBS and Sesame Street.
Adrenaline0413 what the fuck dude
I love his inflection of “hayyyyyy”
So so much derp
Royal Tenenbaums reference galore.
Finally someone else notices
Yep!
Congratulations.
Durrrr really?
Seriously? How could someone not know that already? 😂
The bouncing foot, the fade ins and outs, cutting the collar off - brilliant
Why is this still hella emotional even sigh Kermit singing... like imma cry
Kermit + Elliott Smith 🥺😔💖.
Hope Kermit's doing fine quarantining in his swamp.
NOOO KERMIT DON'T DO IT YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!!!
This video looks like really cute and sad aswell! I want to cuddle Kermit
I think we all knew that the train wreck that was Miss Piggy in Kermit's life would one day drive him to this, she was so full of rage and anger, it is enough to drive any small amphibian to desperation. Such a dear and tender soul, lost too soon.
Discussion topic - Miss Piggy: The Courtney Love to Kermit's Cobain?
Amphibious and porcine relations in the 21st century, let's Sus this out, I think we can, for all that is good and green, but it ain't easy.
I was "removed" from my father's funeral for playing this in his honor.
Rip
I've been replaying this song over and over
It ain't easy being green ;(
it aint easy being this cool
@@gabemealey5130 I forgot I even said, this and coming back here brings some nostigla, thanks for that today!
This is one of the cleverest things I've ever seen!
Kermit actually looks a little like Luke Wilson.
of course it was dark, it was a suicide note
hahaha
wtf are you talking about, if anything King's Crossing was the "suicide note" song. Needle in the Hay was released long before he died.
hahahah you don't know what you're talking about, google it
ben "can we read it?"
it's about heroin use
needle in the heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyn
Your hand on his arm
The hay stack charm around your neck
Strung out and thin
Calling some friend trying to cash some check
He's acting dumb
That's what you've come to expect
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
He's wearing yr clothes
Head down to toes a reaction to you
You say you know what he did
But you idiot kid
You don't have a clue
Sometimes they just get caught in the eye
You're pulling him through
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Now on the bus
Nearly touching this dirty retreat
Falling out 6th and Powell a dead sweat in my teeth
Gonna walk walk walk
Four more blocks plus one in my break
Down downstairs to the man
He's gonna make it all ok
I can't beat myself
I can't beat myself
And I don't want to talk
I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet
Whenever I want
So leave me alone
You ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
From a huge Elliott Smith and Muppets fan - this is superb. It's been in my favorites for ages... Thank you! :-)
Kermit is so talented! I wish I could play just by slapping against the guitar
I feel like not everyone is understanding the Royal Tenenbaums spoof. Fantastic stuff
This.... this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen! It's so funny... I loved how he covered a good song too!
When Jordan Peterson feels the weight of the world
I'm here because of the Drunks and Dragons podcast episode 99. Love it
MY MAN!
Dylan Mellon just finished that episode!
Yessss!!! This song still gives me the feels every time I hear it too
Oh Kermit please get some help. we all love you and it hurts us to see you like this. praying for you buddy.
12 years later and I somehow love this cover more than the original now.
"Needle in the Hiiiiiiiii!!!!!!"
It's not easy being green....
I'm blue if I was green I would die?
Thanks 🙏🏾 (just got off shift from my job on a detox unit - putting strung out “kids” to bed 🛌 - as you can imagine this captures the feeling precisely 🐸)
Thanks Barry?
rjm 420 Got here the same way
back to my weekly re-watch
Really well done,love it,Royal Tennenbaums shout out
I like to think Jim Henson would approve of this were he alive today. Jim, I hope God is enjoying your puppeteering and talents since he had to take you early!
PEWDIEPIE DIDN'T BRING YOU HERE. THIS IS KERMIT HOW DOES HE HAVE TO RELATE TO THIS. GOD FUCK NO I'M..
Maddy Rae Elliot Smith brought me here
Deuce Wayne fuck pewdiepie
Drunks and dragons brought me here
Beautiful
Is it bad that I like this version of the song better than the original? This is so good.
this is the perfect mix of funny on depressive, not too much of either, not too little either
Funny and Depressive*
@@tarotsport1451 You can just edit your comment, but this works too I guess
Why didn't a muppet Dudley come to the rescue?
jajaja!
jajaja!
Would muppet Dudley be played by Beaker?
It might sound disingenuous when I say this but I really mean it. Incredible homage to Royal Tennenbaums and also this is a genuinely good cover. I always felt like that scene could have been so much heavier than it is. They chose to edit it in a sorta funny way but the crumpled part of my heart wishes it would carry more weight to it and leave you devastated. The editing of his favorite memories makes it so heavy but they immediately lighten the mood by cutting the song short and getting him help.
Yeah but that's whats so wonderful about Richie's life, is that he had people so close to him that were able to act so quickly and save him. Richie was very loved by his family even though he didn't feel that way most of the time and he felt deeply conflicted about his feelings for his sister, he may have kind of hated himself but the people closest to him loved him deeply.
Wes Anderson doesn't really make devastating movies. Everything he has made is filled with warmth and optimism and love.
@@theperfectdoug very well put
Clean up on aisle Kermit.
this brings me to tears. ;--;
Thanks @Razzadopp. I really liked this movie. Man, I was 14 when that came out. that was 14 years ago.
Alex Jones "They're turning the frogs Gay!
This is the worst/best thing I've ever seen.
Love the shaving part, Great addition for this song specifically
I so wish you had done more of these! This is amazing! Checked out your myspace and listened to the rest of the songs you covered as Kermit....Wow! I'm blown away at your talent!
Solid "The Royal Tenenbaums" reference. Solid.
I love how it flashes him looking at a picture of miss piggy, and then he's blowing rowlf. Hilarious!
According to Spotify, this is an official cover by Kermit the Frog
I've never been so sad and had a goofy ass grin on my face at the same time. I would ask if there were something wrong with me...............but I already know the answer to that.
there's nothing wrong with you, mate
i know it's been nine years since you posted this comment but I hope these words help you a bit, take care, love
@@josedavidarellanoroman5107 thank you. "Everything that happens to me, that I don't like, is my fault. If I want a different outcome, I must take a different action". These words aren't for everyone, but they turned me in the right direction. Thanks for reaching out. I hope you are having an amazing day.
This is beautiful
Great video! Great homage to Elliott too
this is my favourite version of this song. kermit is just a beautiful frog with a fractured psyche and a tortured soul.
i cant even listen to the original version, i prefer this kermit version
Try the pewdiepie version
wow
growing up I never noticed how sad kemit was.
he hid it well,
poor sad kermit
p.s geat job
"needle in the heeeee-eeee"
ahahaha priceless
this might be the best thing ive ever stumbled across
Is it wrong that I'm laughing at this? This video is a parody of the suicide scene of Royal Tennenbaums.
Nah it's a parody. It's supposed to be funny :P
+John Dunn I was wondering that too. Glad I'm not the only terrible person.
John Dunn I laughed when the stuffing comes out of his arms instead of blood. I thought that was really finny.
@@fionnobrien4262 good eye, I thought that was more cream 😂
probably one of the best videos on youtube
its ok i didnt feel like sleeping tonight anyway
Thank you Drunks & Dragons for letting me know this exists. My life is complete.
damn, my boy kermit is in bad shape, syringes in every video, what a tortured musician... fantastic production , great job
p.s. what a good imitation of kermits voice and damn he's strokin that guitar right on time
My two favorite people! Kermits harmony is as good as elliotts!
RULE!
It's funny, because the first time I listened to the real song, I though his voice sounded just a little like Kermit. It's a great song, I love Elliott, it just always came to mind the first couple times I listened to it. Especially in the beginning of the song.
Grumpbump!
This sounds nice to listen to and is effortlessly funny at the same time