"Finals blew, I barely knew My graduation speech, With college out of reach, If I don't find a job It's down to Dad and Myrtle Beach." There aren't a lot of artists who can encapsulate the uncertainty of life after graduation in 5 lines like that.
"Everyone I know is acting weird or way too cool" My god that is such a perfect lyric and I've discovered this song at the most absolutely appropriate point in my life. Its so weirdly accurate.
From what I understand, this song was inspired by the graphic novel, Ghost World--there was a contest some time ago (SIBL project for literacy)--the song appears on "Songs inspired by Literature, Chapter 1") This CD was for songwriters who wrote music/lyrics inspired by different literature that they read. So essentially, the song was written for this contest to support literacy.
It obviously hit me so hard I lost my ability to construct a sentence properly! It's just so cleverly written. Captures the essence of getting to the end of your formative years and not really knowing what to do, wanting to be brave but not having the guts to do it. Possibly the most under-rated songwriter of our generation.
I loved the graphic novel when I was a freshman in high school! Then, I got into Aimee Mann and heard this song and fell in love with it! Then, a year later, they made a movie of it with Scarlett and Thora Birch!
I fell in love with AM when I first heard Lucky and Telescope about 20 years ago. She has a way of pulling your heart right into the song. I just wish she would play South Florida!
I saw Aimee Mann last night in Brisbane, Australia - she is awesome. Aimee is really at peace with her work - she took requests from the crowd. Not many artists are talented enough to do that.
There is a sad and frightening feeling that comes with graduating from high school. The day after the ceremony, I returned the rented cap and gown. I was on the outside looking at the younger classes knowing those days were over.
@whisky110, I feel the same. When I heard "Voices Carry" for the first time, it was love at first sight for me. Her music has been with me ever since, whether as a solo artist or as Til Tuesday's frontwoman.
Such a lovely song, and the video is a great companion to Guster's video for "Fa Fa" in the sense that it has to do with post-education ennui, something a lot of people are experiencing right now.
the late Benjamin Lo-Fi is listening to this, typing blindly, and he thanks Aimee and ye, and we still find in the dust the songs of Benjamin the Late, and post them up on our channel here on ustube...for curious ears to hear.
xpoppiox wrote: " I knew her as a teenager in richmond virginia " "bailing this town ...." She eventually did in a huge way. I see her every time she comes back to Richmond to perform.
Does anyone know if this song has any connection to the movie "Ghost World"? I know it wasn't in the movie but the lyrics seem to go along with some of the plotlines.
@apemanstreetwalker Shes the opposite to The Beatles. Hideaously underrated compared to The Beatles who are the single most glorified thing thats ever been and ever will be. The guy that cures cancer or even comes up with a formula for everlasting life won't be spoken about in the same breath as The Beatles. Thankfully I have ears and don't go on what the media say, or should I say dictate. Beatles aren't shit but they're pretty close.
Beatles are close to shit? Your simplistic view that AM is opposite the Beatles is Moronic L&M wrote some of the greatest songs. So the Beatles are not your cup of tea. You have to shit on them but AM is great. You feel superior for having this opinion? F you, Troglodyte.
"The last one I wrote I'm calling "Ghost World." I had just read Daniel Clowes' graphic novel Ghost World, which is about two girls who have just graduated form high school, and it was one of the best things I've ever read in my life. Then, when all the stuff with Interscope was going down, I had a persistent feeling very similar to the one I had when I graduated from high school, which is, What do I do with my life now? Maybe I should just forget music altogether and do something else." Details Magazine, 1999
Right, so clearly the song was inspired by the comic (not the film, I was mistaken). Still, there's no evidence that the film was inspired by the song!
I'm not insulting The Beatles. Just their idiotic fans who worship them like religious people worship a god. I don't like them and I like their 'they're better than everything' fans even less...
Aimee Mann's "Bachelor No. 2" is one of 10 greatest pop/rock albums of all time.
Aimee Mann is best lyricist since the Beatles--and a lot of her songs have melodic Beatle quality. She writes and sings real songs.
"Finals blew, I barely knew
My graduation speech,
With college out of reach,
If I don't find a job
It's down to Dad and Myrtle Beach."
There aren't a lot of artists who can encapsulate the uncertainty of life after graduation in 5 lines like that.
truly. i hope you're doing good.
aimee is absolutly brilliant. all her lyrics are so comforting.
greetings from brazil.
"Everyone I know is acting weird or way too cool" My god that is such a perfect lyric and I've discovered this song at the most absolutely appropriate point in my life. Its so weirdly accurate.
From what I understand, this song was inspired by the graphic novel, Ghost World--there was a contest some time ago (SIBL project for literacy)--the song appears on "Songs inspired by Literature, Chapter 1") This CD was for songwriters who wrote music/lyrics inspired by different literature that they read. So essentially, the song was written for this contest to support literacy.
It obviously hit me so hard I lost my ability to construct a sentence properly!
It's just so cleverly written. Captures the essence of getting to the end of your formative years and not really knowing what to do, wanting to be brave but not having the guts to do it. Possibly the most under-rated songwriter of our generation.
Any generation.
I can't stop listening to this over and over. Too relatable.
I can't believe it's nearly 25 years since I first heard Aimee sing...! This is definetly one of my favourites.
I loved the graphic novel when I was a freshman in high school! Then, I got into Aimee Mann and heard this song and fell in love with it! Then, a year later, they made a movie of it with Scarlett and Thora Birch!
"I'm bailing this town or tearing it down or probably more like hanging around"... Those lyrics are to good
3:24, I never see her smile. I love this song. I wish she was a musician EVERYBODY knows. I love you Aimee!!!
This song is one of my favorites ever. The opening couple of chords remind me a bit of "Jet" by Wings.
Aimee Mann is one of the greats of contemporary music.
I fell in love with AM when I first heard Lucky and Telescope about 20 years ago. She has a way of pulling your heart right into the song. I just wish she would play South Florida!
loved aimee since I was about 13 and she still holds a permanent place in my heart :)
what a divinely voice!!!
She does have a talent with words. Even her Til Tuesday songs were very deep.
This is a gr8 song, its on Bachelor no.2 or last remains of the dodo.. great album
She’s so beautiful
Batchelor No. 2 best all-round rock album of last 20 years!
It's the first time i've heard this song, I really loved it.
What a great song Woo
I saw Aimee Mann last night in Brisbane, Australia - she is awesome.
Aimee is really at peace with her work - she took requests from the crowd.
Not many artists are talented enough to do that.
Only Aimee Mann could make the word "or" carry a great melody
she is awesome
Perfect song and video *****
Remembering the feelings of high school.
Almost time for another watch of Aimee's Christmas special.
This is so me right now at age 30 and having no clue what will happen once life goes back to normal. ❤️
She wrote this looking back at her 18-year-old self, the summer after graduating from high school.
@@wildmercuryfilms It was intended to be used in the movie Ghost World but the director decided not to use it.
Yay Aimee Mann!! Thanks for posting this.
40 years later she still rips through me (on repeat)
There is a sad and frightening feeling that comes with graduating from high school. The day after the ceremony, I returned the rented cap and gown. I was on the outside looking at the younger classes knowing those days were over.
@whisky110, I feel the same. When I heard "Voices Carry" for the first time, it was love at first sight for me. Her music has been with me ever since, whether as a solo artist or as Til Tuesday's frontwoman.
I know ..Aimee's perseseverence...thankyou Aimee
found the Ghost World Film, then naturally the comics (EightBall too), and now this
@keyehaw
EXACTLY. Captures the mood of confusion and just not really having a plan. Brings me back to 18.
I dont speak good english, but I know the expresssion to say what I think about Aimee Mann: ¡WOW!!!
I came here from tbe book "Im from Nowhere" by Suzanne Myers. She quoted this song a few times in the book
oh god i love this !
Top quality
nother great one....
The episode she was in was 'Sleeper', season 7....she mentioned she hates playing vampire towns.lol.
Such a lovely song, and the video is a great companion to Guster's video for "Fa Fa" in the sense that it has to do with post-education ennui, something a lot of people are experiencing right now.
I am seeing her in November in Chicago! :)
This is song is fucking amazing.
Aimee is a soldier for humanity. I love!
Agree with Nazno. Bachelor No. 2 is allround best rock album since Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band.
It's about the cahracters in the graphic novel, so indirectly yes...
interesting. I gotta get this CD.
cool, thanks. the comic is awesome as well. daniel clowes is wonderful :)
thanks!, that was really nice.. your soo lucky to meet aimee man andd michael back stage! what i wouldent give to do that/!
Si pudiera abrazar a cualquier persona en el mundo sería a Aimee Mann.
Yep. That's it right there.
have just discovered her through my brazilian idol ROBERTO FREJAT. Nice sound!
Rosa Barroca ele fez algum cover?
I only clicked "like" because there is no "adore"
thanks.i hate it when i get some thing wrong and no one corrects me. thats kinda cool.
does anyone know if this song has any connection with the movie Ghost World?
Happy Aimee Mann Day!!!!
Everyone I know is acting weird or waaay too cool....ehehe true true. I love Aimee...
hero
needs to sing higher in this maybe...just sometimes at least... Ido liek the song and Aimee is great!
I'd sell a kidney to watch her in a concert
Aimee Mann claims writing credit on this. I have not heard any different.
Wow
Am I the only one that realizes she's in Sunnydale High??? The library, the halls, the pool, the football field...all Sunnydale.
in the book it says that this is how he got inspired on by to make the book.
so i geus it does
nice
@nazno aww c'mon seriously??? the Beatles? I've listened to Aimee since 1986 and love her stuff but....the Beatles?
the late Benjamin Lo-Fi is listening to this, typing blindly, and he thanks Aimee and ye, and we still find in the dust the songs of Benjamin the Late, and post them up on our channel here on ustube...for curious ears to hear.
Bath salts are a hella drug...
Everyone I know is acting weird or way too cool, they hang out by the pool so I just read a lot and rode my bike around the school.
xpoppiox wrote: " I knew her as a teenager in richmond virginia "
"bailing this town ...."
She eventually did in a huge way. I see her every time she comes back to Richmond to perform.
Does anyone know if this song has any connection to the movie "Ghost World"? I know it wasn't in the movie but the lyrics seem to go along with some of the plotlines.
It was intended to be used but wasn't used in the movie Ghost World.
Ghost World the movie brought me here (tonight)
Found the answer myself: The comic was the influence for Aimee Mann's song "Ghost World" on her album Bachelor No. 2.
She is like a fairy.
I heard that this was written by Stephen Merritt (The Sixths, The Magnetic Fields etc.)?
Anyone know if this is true?
wasnt this song like inspired by the ghost world comics??
It was meant to be used in the movie but it wasn't because the lyrics don't really correspond much to the movie.
yep. same woman.
even i think she looks like a ghost sometimess
voice and singing style much like liz phair...
i dont think so
its kool though !!
Patton Oswalt brought me here!
@tcutie87
Not that artfully, though.
I know, imagine having a different taste in music... makes me a cretin doesn't it?
wow i've never heard some totally ruin music so well gg aimee mann
If she blew her finals and college is out of reach, how did she get chosen to deliver a graduation speech?
I think the line is "I barely knew my graduation speech". The rest is obvious...
@apemanstreetwalker Shes the opposite to The Beatles. Hideaously underrated compared to The Beatles who are the single most glorified thing thats ever been and ever will be. The guy that cures cancer or even comes up with a formula for everlasting life won't be spoken about in the same breath as The Beatles. Thankfully I have ears and don't go on what the media say, or should I say dictate. Beatles aren't shit but they're pretty close.
Beatles are close to shit?
Your simplistic view that AM is opposite the Beatles is
Moronic
L&M wrote some of the greatest songs.
So the Beatles are not your cup of tea.
You have to shit on them but AM is great.
You feel superior for having this opinion?
F you, Troglodyte.
@whimsicalocean Yeah Imagine is genius but have you heard Yellow Submarine? I thought it was a joke at first. Literally one of the worst songs ever.
I believe this song inspired the film Ghost World about teen girl graduates who don't fit in.
That is not the case
No, I'm pretty sure it's the other way around
"The last one I wrote I'm calling "Ghost World." I had just read Daniel Clowes' graphic novel Ghost World, which is about two girls who have just graduated form high school, and it was one of the best things I've ever read in my life. Then, when all the stuff with Interscope was going down, I had a persistent feeling very similar to the one I had when I graduated from high school, which is, What do I do with my life now? Maybe I should just forget music altogether and do something else." Details Magazine, 1999
Right, so clearly the song was inspired by the comic (not the film, I was mistaken). Still, there's no evidence that the film was inspired by the song!
+Sam Lichtenstein sorry, yes that's what I meant. The screenplay for the movie was co-written by the writer of the comic book, both come from that.
I'm not insulting The Beatles. Just their idiotic fans who worship them like religious people worship a god. I don't like them and I like their 'they're better than everything' fans even less...
I dont speak good english, but I know the expresssion to say what I think about Aimee Mann: ¡WOW!!!