I am 64 yrs old, saw The Beatles live on Ed Sullivan, saw The Doors in 1967, lived thru the 70's, Zeppelin, and 80's new wave, etc. Without a doubt the mid 90's from 1994 to about 2001 or 2002 was the single greatest 7-8 year period of music EVER. Don't ask me why, maybe it's a personal thing, maybe it's the alt rock movement in full swing by then, but I know other ppl feel the same way too....I'm not alone. This song by The Eels was in late 1996 when a ton of great alt rock was happening.
I like New Wave, Retrowave, and everything in-between, and was a teenager in the era of this type of music (19 in 1996), and this particular song has always spoke to me, especially how dark things became for me in the late 1990s (less dark these days; I'm practically the welcome wagon at times😁).
You are correct indeed, young folks seem to think they know it all because they listen Miley and Justin.... haven't a clue on what they missed out on, sad in many ways
This was the first mp3 I've ever downloaded from that newfangled "Internet" thing. It was 1996 or 1997 i believe. It was at a friends' place, since I didn't have internet connection back then (that afternoon was actually the first time I've ever seen it), and wouldn't have it for another 2 years. He told me he could find me any song I want, and I asked this one since I loved it at the time. I believe we downloaded that extremely low-quality mp3 for at least 45 mins, and then he gave it to me on a floppy disk. Happy days.
@Ryan Jude Bernardo: Most of us in UK didn't have home access to the net till after 2000. Middle class snobs & upper class ponces may have had it earlier but I'm talking about the working class, the crux of society.
Damn right. So much variety. Sometimes it seems like metalheads and Nirvana fans think the mid-‘90s/early-‘00s was a low point for music. Maybe for them it was, but not for the rest of us.
io penso che tutto sia legato non tanto al periodo musicale quanto alla musica che ha accompagnato la nostra adolescenza ... la musica ripristina e rinvigorisce i ricordi. Per me è stato il punk degli anni 70 (77/79)...ma non mi è mai piaciuta la nostalgia e per questo continuo ad avere curiosità per cose attuali, come per andare a ripescare cose ancora più indietro della mia nascita......
G damn, Bran Stark - if I wasn't looking at your name and "1 year ago", I'd have sworn that I typed that comment. I had a feeling this might be the case going into this song - that nostalgia might make a sharp, last minute u-turn into melancholy, but I went in anyway.
It makes me feel like my entire body is made of honey, and that honey is just spreading blissfully into the world around me, turning everything into the physical manifestitation of the feeling you get/got when your true love first crawled into a warm bed with you under the covers, and softly put their arms around you, making you feel in equal parts warmer and cooler at the same time as they held you and you felt their legs entertwine with yours..... Sorry guys, I articulate things oddly, but that's what I feel when I hear this song. lol
@@Dani92670 no if ur going to believe the bible and u know history or u don't have to know ur history. just do a search on the seige of jerusalem in 70AD and u will find that the prophecy the bible jesus of luke 21:20 that when jerusalem is surrounded by armies then know that destruction is nigh. this prophecy was fulfilled in 70AD when titus and his armies did more than surround jerusalem they all but leveled it to the ground. that would mean a 20 year old person witnessing the bibles account of the crucifixion would only of been approx. 57 years old. and also making matt 24:34 'truly this generation SHALL NOT pass till all these things be fulfilled.' and the jesus also said, matt 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom..... that would of been those christians of the bible who were behind the walls seeing prophecy happening right before their eyes. but is it any wonder the WORLD controllers don't wish for this to be known. person it is 2020. time for our VISION to also be 20/20 and see with our eyes. hey but i get it, to each there own.
The singer, Marc Everett is the son of physicist Hugh Everett who worked out the multiple universe theory. The idea that all possibilities are played out in other realities to infinity in either direction good or evil.
Yeah, that's truly awesome. Another awesome rock stars from the 90s - Kim and Kelley deal are daughters of another physicist - Robert Edward Deal who was one of the inventors of the nuclear weapon (really!).
Life is hard And so am I You'd better give me something So I don't die Novocaine for the soul Before I sputter out Before I sputter out Life is white And I am black Jesus and his lawyer Are coming back Oh my darling Will you be here Before I sputter out Before I sputter out Before I sputter out Guess who's living here with the great undead This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head, once again Life is good And I feel great 'Cause mother says I was A great mistake Novocaine for the soul You'd better give me something to fill the hole Before I sputter out Before I sputter out Before I sputter out Before I sputter out
Every time I think I've heard just about every good song from the 90's, I end up finding a gem like this and my mind is blown. Good God, I wish music today sounded this good!
Paris, 2019... First time in a French supermarket, Novocaine For The Soul (unedited) blasting on the overhead speakers is one of the most surreal musical moments I've had. It was then I finally appreciated the beauty of this track.
1996= The Best MTV music videos= EELS, Alanis Morissette, Silver Chair, Björk, No Doubt, Oasis, Blur, Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys, Marylin Manson, Beck, etc, etc
@@FrankLightheart Well, according to his Bible Mr. Jesus was unfairly killed and therefor now requires legal representation leading to possible financial compensation. A theoretically preposterous modern day situation brilliantly highlighted by 'E' as an allegorical tale about the complexity and dull absurdity of first world living...superb lyrics that leave their mark on me and have me chewing over the content 25 years later!? Then there's the lyrics ''...this paint-by-numbers life...'' what a phrase :-)
Thinking the same, and somehow feeling at home, comfortable between my usual roaming on the internet among the great amounts of whiners out there, even though we seem to be doing the same here, as we feel old and "tomorrow´s food".
danny haobam pass the Dutchie. Nice bait and switch. This jam means so much to so many.. joker that I am and supporter if sarcasm and encourager of others conflicting opinions.. be them different than my own.. all the better that I myt be made aware of a different point of view.. tho very well it may influence and change my own.. so be it. Blind following the blind just means u like being led. And thats ok, too. Most folks are sheeple. They dont even know why they follow.. Cept. that its easier to be part of a hive mentality. It frees one up from the responsibility of the self. Im a SHEEP(LE) DOG. Dont know why I do it either cept u fuzzy silly shits need looking out for. Dont thank me for my service, citizen. Thank me for a lack of questioning why I did what I continue to do. Be well and sleep tight knowing bad shit happens wen good people do nothing. Cuz confused tho we are bout our current directives... we still have the concept thats its for you, the citizens, that we do it. Thanks for fielding this rant. In the wee hours wen thetruth begins to bite. . . I aint no nice guy after all.
1996 in my opinion, was The best year of the 1990s, i'm latín and recives good music from everywere! México, England, Iceland, Argentina, Guatemala, U.s, Brasil, Germany, Spain, Japan, Canada, Colombia, my country and etc. Well many countries, and I speak specifically of rock and pop.
I only learned this a few years ago, that he's the son of the inventor of the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. Very cool! I highly recommend the article "The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett " in Scientific American.
I forgot all about this song. I graduated in 1997 and remember the radio playing this song around that time. Time keeps moving forward. I know have not heard this song since then. Am so thankful for finding these songs that I have not heard in years.I want to go back to the 90’s. Better times.
@@princesscat1232 honestly there's so many other great bands that don't have any songs over 1 million views its definitely well appreciated, I hear the song multiple times a week on the local alternative station and it's very well rated on music websites its definitely adequately appreciated
Almost 20 years ago, fuck sake, 20 years already :/ I don't even feel old, 35, but miss my teens :D I remember a party where a girl I really liked got wasted and fell asleep on a pile of coats on a bed, the DJ went on an Eels binge and played about an album and a half of Eels tunes, I planted my arse down on a guitar amplifier by the bed and drunkenly assumed guardian status playing air drums to Eels songs and questioning anyone that wandered in to the bedroom. Then I remember coming-to with my torso half way under the bed with her trying to drag me up by my arm and saying "You've had too much to drink, fella!" and I replied with something along the lines of "I'll keep you snuff m'lady, I've barricaded the fridges!" and then she looked after me for a bit while I vomited in to a wellington boot. Just general teenage shit, I suppose.
I'm the same age - 36 in three weeks time. I still don't think myself an 'old' man but I really am approaching, if not already, middle aged, it sucks! Live young, think young, act young and love good music that is all you can do to stay young. Jeez last time I looked I was 22...pfff time flies. It really does. If you are in your teens or twenties, enjoy them, they are gone before you know it. But like this song says, life is great!
I've always loved this song, since I was a kid. It's amazing and emotional, it never gets old. The music is perfect. The violin is a bonus. The lyrics are great too.
I'm a Gen X-er that JUST discovered this song last year. Ya..... I don't know how the hell I missed it, but this in one of the BEST f**king songs of the 90's I've ever heard. And I missed it.
I listen to whatever I like from whatever year because I don't try super hard to fit in. I do what I want and if you think my personal taste in music is shit, then it sucks your simple minded and judgment. May all you "I was born in the wrong generation blah blah bullshit" mature one day.
Herm1881 Nobody here said they were born in the wrong generation Girl...so that was a wasted rant at no one in particular...We saying we MISS those years...and who ain't mature?
'93-'96 - Great time for alt-rock. I had moved out to L.A., and it was a wonderful life soundtrack. Just one great song after another. Many had catchy simplified intros, like Novocaine, where everything kicks in - for example: Gel (Collective Soul), Meantime (Spacehog) or Cannonball (Breeders). The broken down beginnings were the best. :D
just finished his autobiography "Things That Grandchildren Should Know". Great read! I basically became an Eels fan overnight :) I actually vaguely remember watching this music video when I was a kid (6-7 years old)
Let's be honest: The reason we listened to music like this by bands such as the Eels in the 90s, is because majority of mainstream music in that decade was crap: boy bands, Eurodance, techno, r&b, Celine Dion etc. This "alternative" music is what we escaped to from those corporate, manufactured pop crap the industry churned out in the 90s. We listened to this music because bands back then were bolder, weirder, more experimental, more rebellious and more honest. A lot of this music came from the artists' heart, passion, creativity and their wanting push the boundaries of what their music can do. And now? We're seeing the new generation of bands who owe a lot to these bands like Eels than Celine Dion. Younger bands who are inspired by them to take up their legacy and push music further. Back in 90s, this music was our oasis in the desert of manufactured pop. A balm for our then teenage angst. A true novocaine for our soul.
+MrThealmighty1 The least I could recommend are some shoegaze or indie bands like: Ringo Deathstarr Whirr No Joy Chaos Chaos Nothing Pains of Being Pure At Heart Deerhunter I Break Horses A Place To Bury Strangers And that's as much I can think of. I'm sorry if they weren't as quirky as Eels. I'll keep updating if I find any great bands from today. Meanwhile, check out KEXP on TH-cam. The channel showcases wonderful performances by various Indie bands from all over the USA.
+Zedfinite Thanks man, I'll check them out. I'm put off a lot of music now because I can't get over the autotune, as long as I don't notice any autotune I'm fine, as it seems to rob a voice of character to me. That's why I end up listening to older stuff where it's not so obvious or not used e.g. 70s Elton. What do you think of e.g. foals? A lot of indie bands now sound generic and autotuned to me and they are not any exception but people go crazy for them
a brilliant track , a personal favourite, the time it was released and the music scene at the time were miles ahead of today ...shame stuff like this isnt more well know
I'm 15 and my mum and dad listened to the eels in the car when I was around 9. This was my favourite song then. I listened to it again a few days ago and I didn't realize it was about that at all when I was younger lol. The eels are amazing I love I like birds :)
When Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg discovered E and his band, they knew they had potential to. Superstardom, and wanted them to sign to their new company Dreamworks, but Spielberg is busy with live-action film & television production, and Katzenberg is busy building his animation division with construction on a campus in Glendale , so it was David Geffen who is the music guy along with his 3 music biz partners including Mo Ostin & his son, signed the trio and became the first band ever to be signed to Dreamworks Records and the rest I say is history happy 30th anniversary Dreamworks
Life is hard And so am i You'd better give me something So i don't die Novocaine for the soul Before i sputter out Life is white And i am black Jesus and his lawyer Are coming back Oh my darling Will you be here Before i sputter out Guess whose living here With the great undead This paint-by-numbers life Is fucking with my head Once again Life is good And i feel great 'cause mother says i was A great mistake Novocaine for the soul You'd better give me something To fill the hole Before i sputter out
E, Tommy and Butch Eels people, life is hard and so am I This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head, once again Wonderful and still sounds as fresh and magical as it did when it came out
I am 64 yrs old, saw The Beatles live on Ed Sullivan, saw The Doors in 1967, lived thru the 70's, Zeppelin, and 80's new wave, etc. Without a doubt the mid 90's from 1994 to about 2001 or 2002 was the single greatest 7-8 year period of music EVER. Don't ask me why, maybe it's a personal thing, maybe it's the alt rock movement in full swing by then, but I know other ppl feel the same way too....I'm not alone. This song by The Eels was in late 1996 when a ton of great alt rock was happening.
honestly, probably the last greatest period in music that 7-8 years .. it hasnt been the same since
I like New Wave, Retrowave, and everything in-between, and was a teenager in the era of this type of music (19 in 1996), and this particular song has always spoke to me, especially how dark things became for me in the late 1990s (less dark these days; I'm practically the welcome wagon at times😁).
You are correct indeed, young folks seem to think they know it all because they listen Miley and Justin.... haven't a clue on what they missed out on, sad in many ways
God Bless, so lucky🤙
MOOD
"Life is hard, so am I."
That's how a song is supposed to begin !
Yup
its not easy being a hipster...
@@akvam9069 Life is hard and so is the object I've become after living it. Glasses don't make the hipster before modern hipsters were a thing.
I was thinking "there's s lady who's sure all that glitters is gold" but yeah what he said
"her daddy works in porno now that mommy's not around, she used to love her heroin but now she's underground".
This was the first mp3 I've ever downloaded
from that newfangled "Internet" thing. It was 1996 or 1997 i believe.
It was at a friends' place, since I didn't have internet connection back then (that afternoon was actually the first time I've ever seen it), and wouldn't have it for another 2 years. He told me he could find me any song I want, and I asked this one since I loved it at the time.
I believe we downloaded that extremely low-quality mp3 for at least 45 mins, and then he gave it to me on a floppy disk.
Happy days.
great
Kids today will never know just how real the struggle was, man... 😂
4 hours for a 30 second clip of a song over AOL with a 14.4k modem? MY Pentium 75 HP at least had a 56k modem lol...
then you were so hi-tech that time, ididnt even had access to the internet until after 99 XD
@Ryan Jude Bernardo: Most of us in UK didn't have home access to the net till after 2000. Middle class snobs & upper class ponces may have had it earlier but I'm talking about the working class, the crux of society.
We were spoiled with music in the 90's
*'90s
Damn right. So much variety. Sometimes it seems like metalheads and Nirvana fans think the mid-‘90s/early-‘00s was a low point for music. Maybe for them it was, but not for the rest of us.
@@BlueSkyCrystalsmetal head here.... nirvana is garbage but 90s music absolutely rocks!
nirvana mite been ok if the whiny hack ever wrote an original song before he went splat
@@rickwebb1000well, personally for me nirvana isn’t garbage but I guess we all have different tastes and preferences😅
This song fills me with joy, remembering my teenage years in the 90s, also incredible sadness, knowing that the 90s will never be back again.
I was a teen in the 90s too. It was unmitigated torture, all of it. Take me to the 80s before I learned how shitty the world is.
io penso che tutto sia legato non tanto al periodo musicale quanto alla musica che ha accompagnato la nostra adolescenza ... la musica ripristina e rinvigorisce i ricordi.
Per me è stato il punk degli anni 70 (77/79)...ma non mi è mai piaciuta la nostalgia e per questo continuo ad avere curiosità per cose attuali, come per andare a ripescare cose ancora più indietro della mia nascita......
But they are.
90s are back now.
So post 90s music everywhere so we make it famous again not only in fashion and techno haha
My nostalgia is dangerously crossing into melancholy after listening to this song.
G damn, Bran Stark - if I wasn't looking at your name and "1 year ago", I'd have sworn that I typed that comment. I had a feeling this might be the case going into this song - that nostalgia might make a sharp, last minute u-turn into melancholy, but I went in anyway.
You're not wrong 💚
❤
@The American ❤
It makes me feel like my entire body is made of honey, and that honey is just spreading blissfully into the world around me, turning everything into the physical manifestitation of the feeling you get/got when your true love first crawled into a warm bed with you under the covers, and softly put their arms around you, making you feel in equal parts warmer and cooler at the same time as they held you and you felt their legs entertwine with yours..... Sorry guys, I articulate things oddly, but that's what I feel when I hear this song. lol
Louis Theroux writes some great songs man.
+Danny James ...this one? Written by Mark oliver Everret ("E") and David Goldenberg
It’s been 8 years and I’m the first one to laugh 😂😂😂 It does look like him!
😂
One of the greatest videos in 90’s alternative history
One of the best lines in a song ever, 'Jesus and his lawyer are coming back'
Absolutely....unless you are a Jew - cause you got some 'splainin' to do.
🔯
Agreed!
@@Dani92670 no if ur going to believe the bible and u know history or u don't have to know ur history. just do a search on the seige of jerusalem in 70AD and u will find that the prophecy the bible jesus of luke 21:20 that when jerusalem is surrounded by armies then know that destruction is nigh. this prophecy was fulfilled in 70AD when titus and his armies did more than surround jerusalem they all but leveled it to the ground.
that would mean a 20 year old person witnessing the bibles account of the crucifixion would only of been approx. 57 years old. and also making matt 24:34 'truly this generation SHALL NOT pass till all these things be fulfilled.'
and the jesus also said, matt 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.....
that would of been those christians of the bible who were behind the walls seeing prophecy happening right before their eyes.
but is it any wonder the WORLD controllers don't wish for this to be known. person it is 2020. time for our VISION to also be 20/20 and see with our eyes.
hey but i get it, to each there own.
@@THESUNIAM I'll take things that never happened for 500 Alex
The singer, Marc Everett is the son of physicist Hugh Everett who worked out the multiple universe theory. The idea that all possibilities are played out in other realities to infinity in either direction good or evil.
Ricky Woodson Difference between «potential» though and «being played out.» His dads theory is wrong HENCE why he penned the song.
+Ricky Woodson, there's no such thing as "good or evil" in science....only cause and affect.
E is a super intelligent dude, some of his theories on how the world works are very eye-opening indeed.
Yeah, that's truly awesome. Another awesome rock stars from the 90s - Kim and Kelley deal are daughters of another physicist - Robert Edward Deal who was one of the inventors of the nuclear weapon (really!).
You said it so well Ricky. I hope to meet you someday.
"This paint by numbers life is F***ing with my head". One of the best song lyrics EVER!
Life is hard
And so am I
You'd better give me something
So I don't die
Novocaine for the soul
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Life is white
And I am black
Jesus and his lawyer
Are coming back
Oh my darling
Will you be here
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Guess who's living here with the great undead
This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head, once again
Life is good
And I feel great
'Cause mother says I was
A great mistake
Novocaine for the soul
You'd better give me something to fill the hole
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Smash song
This was played on my mother's funeral. She tought me, among other things, what good taste is. RIP Mama.
❤
So sorry for your loss❤
stop
🙏🏾🙏🏾
Lucky mate. Bless her.
Every time I think I've heard just about every good song from the 90's, I end up finding a gem like this and my mind is blown. Good God, I wish music today sounded this good!
I’m blown away this was made in the 90s. It sounds so modern.
They're still going and even better!
It does, you just gotta look in the right places
try black country, new road or black midi
As someone who was in his prime then I truly think many people that came after really missed out.
The 90's...the golden era of music.
Yes it was, one example of amazing songs with melodies, mood , meaning
The last decade of any individualism
Long live the 90s
So much garbage music. But also equally so much good music!!
Love the 90s
golden era of and for many things. Glad I am alive and was back then too.
dude its hard to believe that this came out back in 1996.. this sounds like something totally new & modern & futuristic & of course awsome!!!
I dont wanna sound like an old grumpy man but seriously who could drop a track good like this one in 2023 !? 😅
@taiwanmc absolutely no one
I don't care what anyone says. The 90's was THE decade for music
+Marc Davis i dont care what you say
No DOUBT!!
+Marc Davis
+Ben Lovell Yes, they where better in the '90s as well.
+Marc Davis No, the 60's was the decade for music... And THEN the 90's. ^^
Paris, 2019... First time in a French supermarket, Novocaine For The Soul (unedited) blasting on the overhead speakers is one of the most surreal musical moments I've had. It was then I finally appreciated the beauty of this track.
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like Eels
1996= The Best MTV music videos= EELS, Alanis Morissette, Silver Chair, Björk, No Doubt, Oasis, Blur, Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys, Marylin Manson, Beck, etc, etc
Alanis Morrissette why does that name keep coming up today? That's like the 5th time.
alanis Morissette rules! ;)
Alex Taylor isnt it ironic ?
@@RobBob555 good one.
Sheryl Crow💘
Holy shit....just rediscovered this song. Haven't heard this in ages
For the life of me I can't recall what other 90s song this sounds like, but when I find it i will tag it
Me too
Soul coughing
Isn't that the best when you rediscover a song you used to love
Me too a forgotten memory just came back
I’ve never heard of this song and this is definitely my era. Crazy good video. I’m glad I saw this before I sputtered out
Jesus and his lawyer are coming back.
@James Ritchie I just always liked that line.
...As if the second coming of Jesus is gonna involve some legal battle...
@@FrankLightheart Well, according to his Bible
Mr. Jesus was unfairly killed and therefor now requires legal representation leading to possible financial compensation. A theoretically preposterous modern day situation brilliantly highlighted by 'E' as an allegorical tale about the complexity and dull absurdity of first world living...superb lyrics that leave their mark on me and have me chewing over the content 25 years later!? Then there's the lyrics ''...this paint-by-numbers life...'' what a phrase :-)
..and his LAWYER! Repent yerself, Sinners!
🦾
I know.. Jesus needs a lawyer..😁😁😁
I remember being a kid in the 90s and seeing the video on MTV ,seeing it again after many years as a 36 year old man definitely gave me nostalgia .
Thirty six is NOT old, get off of your ass and live!!!
"Jesus and his lawyer are coming back" that line always made me laugh!
I miss the 90s so much
To this day, still an amazing band. So many great songs on every album. Used to dirt road drink to this album in high school.
Jeeezuss!!! Nearly 20 years ago, I feel like I'm gonna wake up tomorrow dead at this rate!! Great record,mind! :)
20 years but I feel great cause mother says I was a great mistake
3 years closer, Jimbo.. Figured out how to stop time yet?? I'd take a copy of that instruction manual..
Hope yr still kickin’ Jim 😊🤘🏼
The comment section here seems to be a fucking 90s nostalgia club. But if it is then I'm joining in.
Thinking the same, and somehow feeling at home, comfortable between my usual roaming on the internet among the great amounts of whiners out there, even though we seem to be doing the same here, as we feel old and "tomorrow´s food".
I missed the 90s by one year (born in 2000) shiiiit
danny haobam pass the Dutchie. Nice bait and switch. This jam means so much to so many.. joker that I am and supporter if sarcasm and encourager of others conflicting opinions.. be them different than my own.. all the better that I myt be made aware of a different point of view.. tho very well it may influence and change my own.. so be it. Blind following the blind just means u like being led. And thats ok, too. Most folks are sheeple. They dont even know why they follow.. Cept. that its easier to be part of a hive mentality. It frees one up from the responsibility of the self. Im a SHEEP(LE) DOG. Dont know why I do it either cept u fuzzy silly shits need looking out for. Dont thank me for my service, citizen. Thank me for a lack of questioning why I did what I continue to do. Be well and sleep tight knowing bad shit happens wen good people do nothing. Cuz confused tho we are bout our current directives... we still have the concept thats its for you, the citizens, that we do it. Thanks for fielding this rant. In the wee hours wen thetruth begins to bite. . . I aint no nice guy after all.
I have a trembling fear that there are music lovers out there that haven't heard this aural bliss.
Jesus and his lawyer is coming back .. one of the best lyrics ever
"This paint by numbers life is F***ing with my head." Not a more true phrase has been uttered.
I miss the 90's. So much.
One day you'll wake up and you'll be 90, if your life takes you to that age.
Me too, it is like something happened to the whole world
ugh, me too. it's spelled '90s or 90s though
@@UnderMyPillowRadio True, the world was more understandable then
MTV , no cell phones , friends around
I always thought it was neat that his dad was Hugh Everett, the Quantum Physicist.
Alternate realities are real!!
1996 in my opinion, was The best year of the 1990s, i'm latín and recives good music from everywere! México, England, Iceland, Argentina, Guatemala, U.s, Brasil, Germany, Spain, Japan, Canada, Colombia, my country and etc. Well many countries, and I speak specifically of rock and pop.
I only learned this a few years ago, that he's the son of the inventor of the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. Very cool! I highly recommend the article "The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett
" in Scientific American.
@@Luortizsolorzano 96 going into 97 had the craziest songs
@@wengemurphy His father was hell for him.
A under appreciated masterpiece
I forgot all about this song. I graduated in 1997 and remember the radio playing this song around that time. Time keeps moving forward. I know have not heard this song since then. Am so thankful for finding these songs that I have not heard in years.I want to go back to the 90’s. Better times.
Millions of fews. It's adequately appreciated I'd say.
@@thebeardedjohn 8 million views isn’t a lot, a lot would be 100 mill or more
@@princesscat1232 honestly there's so many other great bands that don't have any songs over 1 million views its definitely well appreciated, I hear the song multiple times a week on the local alternative station and it's very well rated on music websites its definitely adequately appreciated
They’re still appreciated! Just bought tickets for June!
This album does not get anywhere near the recognition it deserves
Almost 20 years ago, fuck sake, 20 years already :/ I don't even feel old, 35, but miss my teens :D
I remember a party where a girl I really liked got wasted and fell asleep on a pile of coats on a bed, the DJ went on an Eels binge and played about an album and a half of Eels tunes, I planted my arse down on a guitar amplifier by the bed and drunkenly assumed guardian status playing air drums to Eels songs and questioning anyone that wandered in to the bedroom. Then I remember coming-to with my torso half way under the bed with her trying to drag me up by my arm and saying "You've had too much to drink, fella!" and I replied with something along the lines of "I'll keep you snuff m'lady, I've barricaded the fridges!" and then she looked after me for a bit while I vomited in to a wellington boot.
Just general teenage shit, I suppose.
cool story bro
Jello Tophat Get some new phrases, that one stopped being cool in 2011.
Rad.
wow that was a dope ass story lol 😂 But yeah man we the same age and yeah time has flew by✈doesnt feel like it but it has😕
I'm the same age - 36 in three weeks time. I still don't think myself an 'old' man but I really am approaching, if not already, middle aged, it sucks! Live young, think young, act young and love good music that is all you can do to stay young. Jeez last time I looked I was 22...pfff time flies. It really does. If you are in your teens or twenties, enjoy them, they are gone before you know it. But like this song says, life is great!
I've always loved this song, since I was a kid.
It's amazing and emotional, it never gets old.
The music is perfect. The violin is a bonus. The lyrics are great too.
138 people are a big mistake :3
191 :P
The 90s were my generation as well......f@"k it lets have one giant reunion.....😪
""Life is hard... so am I, you better give me something, so I don't die" and life still's till the same
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like Eels
Seriously underated song. What a classic.
I love this song reminds me of how great the nineties were
My brother would agree. He's been trying to bring the 90's back...for years. Haha
Shelby Wiederkehr Did your brother build a time travel machine? :D
Cat H the last great decade for music . electro, rock,hip hop, reggae, there was so much creative !
The 80's were better.
The 90's weren't that great musically.
"This paint by numbers life.." genius just like the song.
tweakradje
This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head.....
I love that line.....
I paint my own life. I don't like being told when to pee.
Life is hard, and so am I, you better give me something, so I don't die
My dad played Ells to me when I was a teen, I'm so glad he did
You missed an E
I'm a Gen X-er that JUST discovered this song last year. Ya..... I don't know how the hell I missed it, but this in one of the BEST f**king songs of the 90's I've ever heard. And I missed it.
I miss the 90's. Get me the f*** out of here!
+Kerry Viens Im out :) Before i Spuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Aww I'm with you there man...take me back to 97/8....*sitting back thinking*Those days Fkin ROCKED..... fades out...........
U like blink182?
I listen to whatever I like from whatever year because I don't try super hard to fit in. I do what I want and if you think my personal taste in music is shit, then it sucks your simple minded and judgment. May all you "I was born in the wrong generation blah blah bullshit" mature one day.
Herm1881 Nobody here said they were born in the wrong generation Girl...so that was a wasted rant at no one in particular...We saying we MISS those years...and who ain't mature?
More than 15 years later and "novocaine" is still the anthem of my life.
This song came out at the perfect time, such an awesome phase of music, and always takes me back
Man, haven't heard this in decades. The 90s was the best decade. Damn, I'm old
Gang of squirrels running wild.
Trigger Happy! Yes! (Trigger) happy days! :)
Nobody move! We're just after the nuts!
'93-'96 - Great time for alt-rock. I had moved out to L.A., and it was a wonderful life soundtrack. Just one great song after another. Many had catchy simplified intros, like Novocaine, where everything kicks in - for example: Gel (Collective Soul), Meantime (Spacehog) or Cannonball (Breeders). The broken down beginnings were the best. :D
Mean time Spacehog - oh now you're talking!
This song was actually playing on the radio. In 2014. Best song I ever heard on it, so happy it played.
this band sounds between beatles ,Blur & radiohead !!! well done ..!
IKR
The Riff DOES sound similar to "No Surprises" by Radiohead
The riff is note for note "borrowed" from Eric Clapton's Let it Grow.
dont forget Beck.Eels took his influence from him
Maximiliano Gabriel very well done
What a perfect, beautiful song haven't heard since the 90s.
Still amazing after all these years! Happy 2021 everyone!
Hey, a better 2022 to you. Let's do it righteous this time.
this song gives me goosebumps
kind of like eels back then however don't like video as only listen to music on radio back then at this time far too busy for that shit then.
LornaEvelynn - wow you're gorgeous
this guys father is a scientific genious and this guy is a musical genius, i love it
just finished his autobiography "Things That Grandchildren Should Know". Great read! I basically became an Eels fan overnight :) I actually vaguely remember watching this music video when I was a kid (6-7 years old)
Absolute 90’s gem.
Thank you Jesus Christ. 😊🎉❤😂
Masterpiece
I didn't realize just how brilliant this band was...and still is "Beautuful Freak"...one of those classic albums :)
How is this the first time I’m hearing an amazing song such as this?!
Bad taste for music..but now everything is good
I found this because his father Hugh Everett III was great physicist and he invented theory of Multiverses.
One of my favorite songs ever
This song is a real masterpiece
Let's be honest: The reason we listened to music like this by bands such as the Eels in the 90s, is because majority of mainstream music in that decade was crap: boy bands, Eurodance, techno, r&b, Celine Dion etc. This "alternative" music is what we escaped to from those corporate, manufactured pop crap the industry churned out in the 90s.
We listened to this music because bands back then were bolder, weirder, more experimental, more rebellious and more honest. A lot of this music came from the artists' heart, passion, creativity and their wanting push the boundaries of what their music can do.
And now? We're seeing the new generation of bands who owe a lot to these bands like Eels than Celine Dion. Younger bands who are inspired by them to take up their legacy and push music further.
Back in 90s, this music was our oasis in the desert of manufactured pop. A balm for our then teenage angst. A true novocaine for our soul.
+Zedfinite what bands would you recommend checking out nowadays?
+MrThealmighty1 The least I could recommend are some shoegaze or indie bands like:
Ringo Deathstarr
Whirr
No Joy
Chaos Chaos
Nothing
Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Deerhunter
I Break Horses
A Place To Bury Strangers
And that's as much I can think of. I'm sorry if they weren't as quirky as Eels. I'll keep updating if I find any great bands from today.
Meanwhile, check out KEXP on TH-cam. The channel showcases wonderful performances by various Indie bands from all over the USA.
+Zedfinite Thanks man, I'll check them out. I'm put off a lot of music now because I can't get over the autotune, as long as I don't notice any autotune I'm fine, as it seems to rob a voice of character to me. That's why I end up listening to older stuff where it's not so obvious or not used e.g. 70s Elton. What do you think of e.g. foals? A lot of indie bands now sound generic and autotuned to me and they are not any exception but people go crazy for them
well said
+Zedfinite It was just good, there was no reason, some of us just gravitated to the sound
Trigger Happy TV?
Still one of the best videos ever made!
One of the BEST songs from the awesome 90s!
In the multiverse there's an Earth where The eels became multi-platinum stars.
E's dad would know all about that.
Still one of the best videos ever made!
What can I say? This song rocks! :-)
Holy flashback Batman!
Probably the only hit song ever to include the word sputter. Love it!
I could listen to this on repeat...
Utterly brilliant track i can listen to this anytime and just love it....
Miss the 90s
Pas de regrets.. mais heureux d'avoir connu et vécu cette époque exceptionnelle ..
One of the best structured songs this non-musician has ever heard. Quality lyrics to boot. Quite simply, a timeless track.
Los 90s fueron Grandiosos ! Pero el New wave de los 80s fantásticos lo supera !! No hay nada mejor ! 🤘😎🎸🎹🖤
a brilliant track , a personal favourite, the time it was released and the music scene at the time were miles ahead of today ...shame stuff like this isnt more well know
I'm 15 and my mum and dad listened to the eels in the car when I was around 9. This was my favourite song then. I listened to it again a few days ago and I didn't realize it was about that at all when I was younger lol. The eels are amazing I love I like birds :)
Hi! 25 years now? Do you still listen to Eels? :) genuinely curious.
Cheers!
Who’s sputtering out?
I've been sputtering out for 50 years. I think sputtering doesn't cover it any more
The Eels are AWESOME in concert!
Absolutely, if you ever get the chance to see them, do.
@@Mano1963 100%
When Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg discovered E and his band, they knew they had potential to. Superstardom, and wanted them to sign to their new company Dreamworks, but Spielberg is busy with live-action film & television production, and Katzenberg is busy building his animation division with construction on a campus in Glendale , so it was David Geffen who is the music guy along with his 3 music biz partners including Mo Ostin & his son, signed the trio and became the first band ever to be signed to Dreamworks Records and the rest I say is history
happy 30th anniversary Dreamworks
eels is so underrated
truly yes
Life is hard
And so am i
You'd better give me something
So i don't die
Novocaine for the soul
Before i sputter out
Life is white
And i am black
Jesus and his lawyer
Are coming back
Oh my darling
Will you be here
Before i sputter out
Guess whose living here
With the great undead
This paint-by-numbers life
Is fucking with my head
Once again
Life is good
And i feel great
'cause mother says i was
A great mistake
Novocaine for the soul
You'd better give me something
To fill the hole
Before i sputter out
I listen to Eels because they are brilliant.
Oh man the best days of my life right here
1 of the coolest songs I've heard.Eels are gifted.
Who’s here in 2023?
This song never got old to me.
Spacehog, The Fly's, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, butthole surfers, nada surf, fountains of wayne
Pulp
Don’t forget about Cake
Fucking awesome!
E, Tommy and Butch
Eels people, life is hard and so am I
This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head, once again
Wonderful and still sounds as fresh and magical as it did when it came out
I'm here from Shrek :^)
Haha same man
why does he look like that meme of the dude in his garage talking about Lamborghinis and the hollywood hills
just here in my garage
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT
FAVORITE BAND RUINED
Nice try...
I just bought a new lambourgini
Jay Leno?
Hur dur I'm 18 and like old(er) music. It don't make a difference, but I'm glad I'm able to hear music like this today
Im here because of the member berries.
SnakeJones09 same
wait, how? what was the reference?
SnakeJones09 I'm just here
So sad the 'F' word is bleeped @1:47.
Very theraputetic...for the soul..Great song!