Saw them in 1993. They crashed on our living room floor. I had no idea who they were. My room mate did their sound engineering. Brilliant then, brilliant now.
Blonde redhead’s songs are just otherworldly, nostalgic and soo ethereal. This song makes me feel like i’m in a whole another dimension, far away from here, floating around, freely and carelessly in a surreal painting. After all i’ve said, there are still not enough words to describe how their music makes me feel.
Such a fantastic drummer. This drummer made me appreciate how much drums can do for a song. Probably my favorite drummer of all time, seriously. And, of course, everyone else is also amazing.
You might like to check out Topper Headon from The Clash if you aren't already familiar. Guns of Brixton, Tommy Gun and the ' heed the call out"(?) song esp. The Drummer from the Canadian group 'Battles' as well. I actually like Ringo Starr's laidback, sometimes energetic drumming too. I think her singing is really good in this song also. (Like an Asian version of a singing angel chorister in a Van Eyck painting.)
I saw them open for Interpol at the LA boxing arena. The most perfect concert I ever saw. From sound engineering, stage presence, playlist from both bands. That was 20 years ago and I still judge bands bases on that night. A standard that still hasn't been matched
they are indie that's why. i only discovered when the red hot chili peppers talked about them in a magazine i bought back in 2009. they're getting lots of attention from the meme song. good for the young generation for discovering good music.
I saw them in Seoul and I was the drunk idiot screaming for this song from the start ... live and learn (Did the same thing with Drive Blind). Anyway; they played it last. It WAS INSANE.
This has always been my favorite Blonde Redhead song (and album) since i first heard about these guys in 2006 at 14 years old. I am now 31 years old and this song has stuck with me throughout the years.
It's December of 2024 and i heard this song on a 2010 repeat of the cop show "Numbers". Spent almost an hour researching the song... I would have sworn it was by the 90s band Lush. Now I'm a Blonde Redhead fan!
Today is Jan 29, 2022. I just learned of BR Jan 25th, 2022 as they opened for another band I went to see. Sat 12 rows from the stage. I didn't know what to expect. Their set was good! This song... This song just stuck in my brain. A couple days later it was still in my head. I had to dig in and find out more about BR. Surprised to see this was posted in 2007! I thought they were a newer band! Nope.. I learned they formed in 1993 and released ~9 studio albums. How did I go so long without knowing about BR?
her voice and the music match well together. I'm not getting bored listening to this song continuosly over and over again. The song always take me to it's flow.
Truly one of the most perfect songs writen in the last ten years. Moving, liberating, spacious....makes you want to drive out to the desert, bring a huge PA and just play it out loud.....
god...the chord progressions are so divine. tasteful inversions and compound chords that just hit a certain spot in my brain that reminds me that life is perfect.
I would love to meet the 150 people that thumbs downed this brilliant band and song. Put them all in a room and just talk to them a bit, try to figure out what happened in their tragic lives to send them down such loveless paths. I just want to meet those 150 people... that's all
To be fair, only 238 dislikes around 5 years later. A very very tiny percentage of individuals... Compared to over 2 million views and 13 thousand likes... Considering how many miserable people exist, that's pretty excellent in retrospect.
@@fruub True, but many people are not really listening to music when they hear it, or don't know how to really listen at all. All they can do is hear the surface level of the song and they try to find songs that have the catchiest melody or hook in the vocal and don't know how to decipher good music vs mediocre music. There is such a thing as objectively good quality and bad quality music but people want to believe that all opinions are valid. I mean, I like lofi music and avant garde music and extremely ambient noise music and punk bands that can barely play their instruments, and I understand those things are not for everybody for sure, but certain music is undeniably aesthetically pleasing to the ear and this song definitely falls under that category. Even if it doesn't blow everybody away, it is still a head scratcher that anybody would have a hostile reaction to soothing music such as this..
One of the best songs ever written, I vaguely remember the time of my life I listened to BR for the first time, this was the first song I heard and I fell immediately in love.
Hadn't seen any lyrics here. Here's what I found: Twenty-three seconds All things we love will die Twenty-three magic If you can change your life Your tainted heart (your tainted heart) My tainted love (my tainted love) Repent now How many times As long as you live How many times The world will go around He was a friend of mine He was a son of god He was a son of a gun He was a son of god He was a friend of mine He was a son of god He was a son of a gun He was a son of god Twenty-three seconds In you I see a chance Twenty-three magic If you change the name of love Your crazy heart My crazy love Repent now How many times As long as you wish How many times The world will go around How many times As long as you want How many times The world will go around He was a friend of mine He was a son of a gun He was a son of god He was a son of god He was a friend of mine He was a son of a gun He was a son of god He was a son of god He was a friend of mine He was a son of a gun He was a son of god He was a son of god Twenty three...
a few years ago i was preg with my son, found this song and loved it... watched that movie '23' too .. and on that month he was born on 23rd :) great song always, and takes me back :)
Man...this song is -just about- perfect. As a songwriter myself, it kinda kills me that I didn't write this....it's just one of those super rare songs that come around every now and then that are just transcendent and timeless. I love the mix of the steady EDM-ish break-beat along with the shoe-gaze guitars. And the chord progressions throughout this song....gah, they're just gorgeous. It's such a _simple_ chord progression, but through the incredibly tasteful and intelligent use of inverted chords and descending chromatic bass-lines...those otherwise simple chord progressions sound undeniably rich and complex. Ok...enough ranting about how much I love this song; I could easily go on for hours about how perfect this one song is...but it's better to just smoke a bowl, let the sound wash out of the speakers, and bliss-out.... :)
I think it's all about the soul in songwriting, many musicians when asked what makes a great song/tone/style they talk about the technical sides and skills but the soul is the most important thing when you produce, when you forget all what you've learned and just let yourself go and feel it, have fun :)
avedic you sound like your bonging too much there, Cheech....better check into rehab before all your brain cells leave you and you start sounding like this all the time with no one able to pull you back down from the sky like a kite.... knowwutahmsayincChong?!
Wow. It's great they're finally getting recognition but also a little sad. They now have 6 albums. I remember seeing them at the Black Cat in Wash. DC over 5 years ago and most people had no idea who they were let alone how amazingly unique they are. Blonde Redhead stands alone.
Last Wednesday it was a miserable rainy night in London, but after seeing Blonde Redhead putting on a FANTASTIC SHOW, it felt like the sun was out shining bright and everyone was smiling :-)
Hardly. Shoegaze is such a generic catchall phrase especially when people compare everything shoegaze to MBV. MBV, from what recall, is not the only " shoegaze" group in exsistence.
Excellent!! I love these celestial sounding songs from any era. This video reminds me a lot of the Garbage "Milk" video from the 90s with the exotic lighting, but the music is a little faster pace -- although it doesn't feel fast because of that celestial sound.
23 seconds, all things we love will die 23 magic, if you can change your life Your tainted heart, my tainted love, repent now How many times ? As long as you live, how many times ? The world will go around He was a friend of mine, he was a son of god ... he was a son of a gun 23 seconds, in you I see a chance 23 magic, if you change the name of love Your crazy heart, my crazy love, repent now How many times ? As long as you wish How many times ? The world will go around How many times ? As long as you want How many times ? The world will go around He was a friend of mine, he was a son of a gun ... he was a son of god
No puedo creer que tenga 16 años esta canción he vivido más años con esta canción que sin ella, Blonde Redhead una de las mejores bandas del rock alternativo en el mundo
Perfect...sums it up. It's tasteful yet eclectic. Timeless yet contemporary. Not too complicated not too simple. Perfect chords. Perfect melody and rhythm. Just perfect. Definitely one of those songs I kick myself for not writing. It's so simple and obvious it sounds as though it was always meant to exist.
23 was the 1st cd I got by BR and needless to say I was floored by they're angelic sound , haven't heard anything like that since Cocteau Twins , BRs not getting there was also badass, love you guys, and thanx to the loader.
Saw these guys way back in 99 with unwound and wasn't too impressed. Then "the damaged coda" popped up on rick and morty, now I'm in an endless BR spiral.
I love BRH... and gonna see them perform when they come to Toronto in May..WOO can't wait.. Don't even have to blaze during the concert because I'll be on a natural high from the music...no kidding... Kazu rocks
Saw them in 1993. They crashed on our living room floor. I had no idea who they were. My room mate did their sound engineering. Brilliant then, brilliant now.
That's freaking awesome! They're freaking awesome!
They’ve around since 93!? I didn’t hear about them until 2019.
@@MS-it9vv That was my exact reaction when I heard of them for the first time around 2008 lmao
Any pics? Anyway that story is Westmeath
Ask@ redblondeheqd
In the year 2000 I heard portishead
In the year 2005 I got portishead
Blonde redhead’s songs are just otherworldly, nostalgic and soo ethereal. This song makes me feel like i’m in a whole another dimension, far away from here, floating around, freely and carelessly in a surreal painting. After all i’ve said, there are still not enough words to describe how their music makes me feel.
Such a fantastic drummer. This drummer made me appreciate how much drums can do for a song. Probably my favorite drummer of all time, seriously. And, of course, everyone else is also amazing.
You might like to check out Topper Headon from The Clash if you aren't already familiar. Guns of Brixton, Tommy Gun and the ' heed the call out"(?) song esp. The Drummer from the Canadian group 'Battles' as well. I actually like Ringo Starr's laidback, sometimes energetic drumming too.
I think her singing is really good in this song also. (Like an Asian version of a singing angel chorister in a Van Eyck painting.)
I believe the guy has jazz background, and it shows
yes i agrre the drums really caught my ear and that angelic voice compliments this song great just great
I saw them open for Interpol at the LA boxing arena. The most perfect concert I ever saw. From sound engineering, stage presence, playlist from both bands. That was 20 years ago and I still judge bands bases on that night. A standard that still hasn't been matched
Wow Interpol and Blonde Redhead??!!! That’s a dream come true.
@@slave2thedetailz I saw Blonde Redhead opening for Interpol about 10 years ago. Seems like they were on the road together more often.
what a dream
I saw them live at Laneway Festival, Australia - and they where exceptional there too!
But FUCK - Interpol & Blonde Redhead - that is a concert!
i just discovered blonde redhead today , and omg , the music is so beautiful , her voice takes me to an other dimension
wow 13 years ago, hello there!
Damn! 13 years ago...
man from the past
And I’m still listening lol ! Time flies guys, take a look around and appreciate what you have .
@@Thesp88 wow 13 years and you still reply
This song is so good, sounds very nostalgic and beautiful. I don't understand why it doesn't have more views
It has 2.4 million views; not bad for a song that predates TH-cam's rise to popularity.
Knew about the band but didn't know this existed
they are indie that's why. i only discovered when the red hot chili peppers talked about them in a magazine i bought back in 2009.
they're getting lots of attention from the meme song. good for the young generation for discovering good music.
Discovered the band shortly after listening to dna
Discovered the band from memes
One of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life
I saw them at the tool concert in Vegas last night. Never heard of them before but this song was awesome 👌
Soooo jealous🥺one of my absolute favorite songs. I Had to hear it tonight💔
Saw them in Portland. I had the same reaction, immediately after the show I started listening to these guys a bunch.
I saw them in Seoul and I was the drunk idiot screaming for this song from the start ... live and learn (Did the same thing with Drive Blind). Anyway; they played it last. It WAS INSANE.
Same in New Orleans-
They were impressive and Tool were awesome as usual..
Saw them in denver it was lit
OMG - I so relate to it's melancholic, free, vast, intimate yet lonely, timeless sound.
This has always been my favorite Blonde Redhead song (and album) since i first heard about these guys in 2006 at 14 years old. I am now 31 years old and this song has stuck with me throughout the years.
This is genuinely one of the best songs I've ever heard. Breathtaking from the very first second onwards
It's December of 2024 and i heard this song on a 2010 repeat of the cop show "Numbers". Spent almost an hour researching the song... I would have sworn it was by the 90s band Lush. Now I'm a Blonde Redhead fan!
Saw them live last night in Tulsa. They still got it.
Today is Jan 29, 2022. I just learned of BR Jan 25th, 2022 as they opened for another band I went to see. Sat 12 rows from the stage. I didn't know what to expect. Their set was good! This song... This song just stuck in my brain. A couple days later it was still in my head. I had to dig in and find out more about BR. Surprised to see this was posted in 2007! I thought they were a newer band! Nope.. I learned they formed in 1993 and released ~9 studio albums. How did I go so long without knowing about BR?
It's so nice to know shoegaze still lives.
👍
👍
almost 14 years later here I am. this song brings nostaligic memories of my life. how it changed. where will i go next?
Kazu is so original
with her voice and sound...I just LOVE it.
her voice and the music match well together. I'm not getting bored listening to this song continuosly over and over again. The song always take me to it's flow.
just discovered this song at age 23 off a "best songs of 2007" list. and wow, cant stop playing it. Instant all-time favorite.
I love this song--makes me feel so sad and happy at the same time.
This song always calls me back throughout different times in my life.
Truly one of the most perfect songs writen in the last ten years. Moving, liberating, spacious....makes you want to drive out to the desert, bring a huge PA and just play it out loud.....
god...the chord progressions are so divine. tasteful inversions and compound chords that just hit a certain spot in my brain that reminds me that life is perfect.
this one reminds me of my bloody valentine...
love blonde redhead, i've seen them many many times live in italy and their gigs rock!
I would love to meet the 150 people that thumbs downed this brilliant band and song.
Put them all in a room and just talk to them a bit, try to figure out what happened in their tragic lives to send them down such loveless paths.
I just want to meet those 150 people...
that's all
*****
how do you do Icey Bleu.
I've had the pleasure of seeing this fine group of incredible artists on several occassions.
a favorite for sure.
Everyone has their own tastes.
To be fair, only 238 dislikes around 5 years later. A very very tiny percentage of individuals... Compared to over 2 million views and 13 thousand likes...
Considering how many miserable people exist, that's pretty excellent in retrospect.
@@fruub True, but many people are not really listening to music when they hear it, or don't know how to really listen at all. All they can do is hear the surface level of the song and they try to find songs that have the catchiest melody or hook in the vocal and don't know how to decipher good music vs mediocre music. There is such a thing as objectively good quality and bad quality music but people want to believe that all opinions are valid. I mean, I like lofi music and avant garde music and extremely ambient noise music and punk bands that can barely play their instruments, and I understand those things are not for everybody for sure, but certain music is undeniably aesthetically pleasing to the ear and this song definitely falls under that category. Even if it doesn't blow everybody away, it is still a head scratcher that anybody would have a hostile reaction to soothing music such as this..
im just happy that i was on their concert in Saint-Petersburg in 2017. Adorable guys and very friendly)) Music true art.
This came out just before I was 23. It really meant a great deal to me when I first heard it. Something so beautiful.
I was so, SO obsessed with this song, I remember thinking what'd be like when I'm 23.
I'm 28 and 2 months away from 29 now, yikes.
@@joannawalek5894 I have your same age and story about this song!
I'm 28 and will also turn 29 in two months. I just found this song. This is weird.
Turning 28 this year :/
I listing this song in my 20rd, i'm 28.
I love this song so like i was 20.
Me too 🐱🐶❣
Wonderful. A good things to me to discover this band at 23 years old. Magic.
Wow. How on earth had I missed this band? This is brilliant!! :-)
One of the best songs ever written, I vaguely remember the time of my life I listened to BR for the first time, this was the first song I heard and I fell immediately in love.
This is the sort of song that nearly literally lifts me - up and out of any dark mood I might be feeling trapped by.
going to see them live in a few days when they open for tool just stopped by to see what i was getting into and was very pleasantly surprised
Hearing them live a few years back was an awesome experience. What a great band.
I’m seeing them tonight. I’ve never heard of them until a couple days ago. Looking forward to it!
Ethereal vocals...haunting music...love it!
One of the most beautiful and haunting songs I’ve ever heard.
Hadn't seen any lyrics here. Here's what I found:
Twenty-three seconds
All things we love will die
Twenty-three magic
If you can change your life
Your tainted heart (your tainted heart)
My tainted love (my tainted love)
Repent now
How many times
As long as you live
How many times
The world will go around
He was a friend of mine
He was a son of god
He was a son of a gun
He was a son of god
He was a friend of mine
He was a son of god
He was a son of a gun
He was a son of god
Twenty-three seconds
In you I see a chance
Twenty-three magic
If you change the name of love
Your crazy heart
My crazy love
Repent now
How many times
As long as you wish
How many times
The world will go around
How many times
As long as you want
How many times
The world will go around
He was a friend of mine
He was a son of a gun
He was a son of god
He was a son of god
He was a friend of mine
He was a son of a gun
He was a son of god
He was a son of god
He was a friend of mine
He was a son of a gun
He was a son of god
He was a son of god
Twenty three...
Could be a Bond theme song...
a few years ago i was preg with my son, found this song and loved it... watched that movie '23' too .. and on that month he was born on 23rd :) great song always, and takes me back :)
Man...this song is -just about- perfect. As a songwriter myself, it kinda kills me that I didn't write this....it's just one of those super rare songs that come around every now and then that are just transcendent and timeless. I love the mix of the steady EDM-ish break-beat along with the shoe-gaze guitars. And the chord progressions throughout this song....gah, they're just gorgeous. It's such a _simple_ chord progression, but through the incredibly tasteful and intelligent use of inverted chords and descending chromatic bass-lines...those otherwise simple chord progressions sound undeniably rich and complex. Ok...enough ranting about how much I love this song; I could easily go on for hours about how perfect this one song is...but it's better to just smoke a bowl, let the sound wash out of the speakers, and bliss-out.... :)
totally took a rip before listening to this song n I stumble on your comment which is spot on!!!! what a masterpiece
I think it's all about the soul in songwriting, many musicians when asked what makes a great song/tone/style they talk about the technical sides and skills but the soul is the most important thing when you produce, when you forget all what you've learned and just let yourself go and feel it, have fun :)
avedic you sound like your bonging too much there, Cheech....better check into rehab before all your brain cells leave you and you start sounding like this all the time with no one able to pull you back down from the sky like a kite.... knowwutahmsayincChong?!
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shhhhh please stop
This is quite simply one of the best songs you'll ever hear
Wow. It's great they're finally getting recognition but also a little sad. They now have 6 albums. I remember seeing them at the Black Cat in Wash. DC over 5 years ago and most people had no idea who they were let alone how amazingly unique they are. Blonde Redhead stands alone.
Absolutely terrific! Why haven't I found this song 13 years ago???
my first time listening to this as a 23 year old. feels like a completely different song now.
I saw them in Austin last year and it was the most intoxicating show I've seen in a long time.
A-one, теплые воспоминания, замечательные группы
One of those songs that's on one hand completely out there, but on the other has something to offer everyone.
This is the essence of 2007 hands down.
Last Wednesday it was a miserable rainy night in London, but after seeing Blonde Redhead putting on a FANTASTIC SHOW, it felt like the sun was out shining bright and everyone was smiling :-)
Mark is inspirational
How is it possible for a human being to have a voice as ethereal and beautiful as this?
Oh man these guys are haunted by My Bloody Valentine's ghost and I love every second of it!!!!
Hardly. Shoegaze is such a generic catchall phrase especially when people compare everything shoegaze to MBV. MBV, from what recall, is not the only " shoegaze" group in exsistence.
@@whitlowjohnonly1_2 As I was 13 years ago, I'm still just here for the music.
@@jag216 Wow. I was 29 when you wrote your original comment. Alots changed. Peace to you
Not even close
@@davidgrey6816 samE. Also MBV is the best!
i can't say in the frailty of words how much my heart adores this band.
I love this song. The opening chords reminded me of "Catharsis of Sufferance" by Darling Violet.
I found this from watching skate videos, awesome track.
I found a new favourite band. Thx guys.
Omg, I was just on their concert ❤ It was so epic.... No kidding. As good as it gets
I'm so glad I found such a timeless band through memes
This and Phoenix for me.
Saw them at the Glass House in Pomona CA almost 20 years ago. Amazing show.
Saw them live with Tool on Jan, 30th, 2022. They’ve got a new fan in me
Excellent!! I love these celestial sounding songs from any era. This video reminds me a lot of the Garbage "Milk" video from the 90s with the exotic lighting, but the music is a little faster pace -- although it doesn't feel fast because of that celestial sound.
Search shoegazing, if you are looking for similar music... ex: Beach house, still corners
23 seconds, all things we love will die
23 magic, if you can change your life
Your tainted heart, my tainted love, repent now
How many times ?
As long as you live, how many times ?
The world will go around
He was a friend of mine, he was a son of god ... he was a son of a gun
23 seconds, in you I see a chance
23 magic, if you change the name of love
Your crazy heart, my crazy love, repent now
How many times ? As long as you wish
How many times ? The world will go around
How many times ? As long as you want
How many times ? The world will go around
He was a friend of mine, he was a son of a gun ... he was a son of god
Stunning
THANK YOU FOR THE GOD DANG LYRICS :D
I've been looking for lyrics 😂
And 23 Evil Mortys
*bump*
Thank you for the lyrics , after all these years the words just got heavier. ⭐
This is the best video for a BR song yet. Wonderful song and their best album to date.
Thanks Mark
What a piece of Art! You can forget all your problems by hearing this beautiful song.
CLEARLY THE BEST SONG EVER
And every other BlondeRedHead song!
Exactly, best song!
+Serhat Sarı Kardeşim bozma be :(
Stale Meme for the damaged daha iyi değil mi be reis :"D
Stale Meme özel nedenler ayrı be reis mesela ben for the damagedi dinleyip dinleyip hüzünleniyorum, onu düşünüyorum..
who knew melancholy could feel so good. bittersweet goodness
Kazu is so pretty ❤
No puedo creer que tenga 16 años esta canción he vivido más años con esta canción que sin ella, Blonde Redhead una de las mejores bandas del rock alternativo en el mundo
Reminds me a bit of Lush - "Sweetness and Light"
Love love love love love... why haven’t I heard this before? !
One of top favorites of my whole life
Perfect...sums it up. It's tasteful yet eclectic. Timeless yet contemporary. Not too complicated not too simple. Perfect chords. Perfect melody and rhythm. Just perfect. Definitely one of those songs I kick myself for not writing. It's so simple and obvious it sounds as though it was always meant to exist.
Top 10 Best Indie Rock Songs.
blondredhead最高！kazuさんの世界観はほんとに貴重だと思う、惹かれたのはまずｶｽﾞさんの世界だし、それに双子のアンサンブルは、この世界では強いと思う
23 was the 1st cd I got by BR and needless to say I was floored by they're angelic sound , haven't heard anything like that since Cocteau Twins , BRs not getting there was also badass, love you guys, and thanx to the loader.
Amycanbe , thx love :-)
Awesome. Just heard this on Stingray Music on Air Canada. Love it.
My Bloody Valentine? Slowdive? Lush? The Nightblooms? You just have to open the shoegaze door...
I can't help listening to this amazing song. I heard that first time in the bar 'Specters' which I love the most in Shanghai.
Hoy cumplo 23!! Esta canción me emociona muchísimo ❤️❤️❤️
they're all so beautiful...
I'm just here to see what funky ass opening act Tool has in store for us this tour. Not bad.
Same. I'll be in Tampa
I just saw them for the first time, and i feel in love with them! they are so great live! best concert ive ever been to!
Love it!
This song is like some crazy folk/down-tempo/indie fusion of spiraling emotion.I think Beck would approve of these guys.
I love you, BlondeRedHead.
saw them live in Zurich and was blown away. Such beautiful melancholy.
16 year old comment wow. Can say this is the oldest comment I've seen so far. You still alive?
23 es muy buen disco, pero yo recomendaría escuchar antes Misery is a Butterlfy, EXCELENTE!!
Man to be 20 again...hearing this for the first time. How fast time flies..
He was a friend of mine, he was a son of a gun ... he was a son of god
I recall this song was few hundred thousand views and now it's 2 million.
Not gonna blow my horn but I always knew this song is too good to miss.
There is this skateboarder name Mark Suciu. He skateboarding is beautiful as this song.
See you in a few months BR. So excited about your upcoming west coast tour. Thanks. Peace and love.
Saw these guys way back in 99 with unwound and wasn't too impressed. Then "the damaged coda" popped up on rick and morty, now I'm in an endless BR spiral.
I love BRH... and gonna see them perform when they come to Toronto in May..WOO can't wait.. Don't even have to blaze during the concert because I'll be on a natural high from the music...no kidding... Kazu rocks
Mark Suciu always has the best songs
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Lush! This is so much like Lush at the peak of their form.
This song is so beautiful and simple. Why didn't I think this up?
Melody's echo chamber
Yes, her voice is similar :3
And yet, another great 4ad artist. Simply beautiful stuff.
Anyone else still listening in 2021?
Meow lol. It takes me back to the most intense time of my life.