I'll never forget, a few years back I was blasting this song and pulled up to a red light. The dude next to me rolled down his window, tapped on my window, and asked me what song this was. He was pumped about it lol
What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? "Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?" Maybe I should buy some old tab collars? "Welcome back to the age of jive. Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey? You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money." Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the car I'm driving? "Can't you tell that it's out of style?" Should I get a set of white wall tires? "Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile? Nowadays you can't be too sentimental Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental." Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk It's still rock and roll to me Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers 'Cause it's always been the same old scene. There's a new band in town But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine... Aimed at your average teen How about a pair of pink sidewinders And a bright orange pair of pants? "You could really be a Beau Brummel baby If you just give it half a chance. Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers, You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers." Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing? "Don't you know that they're out of touch?" Should I try to be a straight 'A' student? "If you are then you think too much. Don't you know about the new fashion honey? All you need are looks and a whole lotta money." It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me
Daisies of the Galaxy is one my top5 album of all time. The whole disc is pure diamond. It gives me the full energy and emotion of life! I would carry it wherever I go... Eels is the sound of my lightning dreams!
@Redrobottyler i think the song is about how we misjudge everything and everyone based on what we see... how the fly and mouse annoys us but thet are actually struggling for their lives. and the cop and the nun who aren't actually the way they seem on the outside. yeah, tou know what I mean. you can refrase it all you want. peace, out :)
To me it's just a delicious bit of honesty about how we all have little, horrible things we do to deal with life's frustrations, but keep secret, because you can't live your life out loud. I take this song quite literally.
Listened to this song towards the end of high school, in my freshman year of college i wrote a full report on "United States of Tara" and when the instrumentals to the beginning of this song started during my very zoned-in watch, i immediately felt amazing because this song is so bumping
so like i used to watch eddsworld back in like the late 2000s/early 2010s, never really checked what music they used. Like a week ago I’m getting album recommendations from my dad, and he sends me Souljacker and Electro-shock Blues. I check out the comments on the “That’s not really funny” video and find out that Eddsworld actually used a bunch of Eels music. For some reason this is just a really surreal feeling, that something I’m interested in now in college has connected from something to way earlier in my childhood
That is where I heard this song too, Jack. It gave the ad a very familiar or nostalgic feel even though never hearing the song or seeing the show before.
Little field mice Living under the house Never eating much Tough life for a mouse And if you think you're Gonna be spared You're wrong Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day Heat is rolling in like Hell's red rug Stinking like the Breath of Beelzebub And if you think you won't Walk on coals You will Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day The day Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day That's real good Oh yeah
I think I understand. Partially. You kill the things that bother you, such as swatting a fly, regardless of the fact that it is already struggling to live. The mouse has a tough life, yet we consider it a pest. Next it shows is deviants, like the cop skipping through the forest or the nun. Not sure how that ties in. The song also refers to how you will be judged no matter what, even if you think nothing of the deeds you have done.
The lead singer is giving a voice to the slightly dark side of the will to live. It blinds us to the needs of others out of necessity. In order to survive we have to fulfill our mortal needs, ultimately we just have to get through the day. A lot of it is summed up by the man with a test tube stumbling from the ocean. Clearly he thinks what he's doing is important, but nobody else understands why he's struggling (we're all like unknowing children). So nobody helps. It's a song about consequence
At 3:05 "That's real good", yea, that's what I say, REAL good. Extra specially good. I'll have to watch that part again. Excellent song, took me some tries to get that scale down.
@Rumpio Yes its 10 years old and i still feckin love all Eels music! This coming from someone whos been listening to them since they were 9 years old and is now 20 :L
don't know about anyone else, but this song always reminds me of kicking a bad dope habit. "Don't think twice 'bout whatever keeps you itchin'...Ice water, flyswatter, gonna get you through......the day." "and if you don't think you'll walk on coals......you will."
I call this ,,the Prozac/Fluoxetine song,,...For years I ve been on that medicine..This is what it is like. Could'nt possibly explain it more accurately in words.
@YonDoll In the Jim Carry Movie, "Yes Man". Right after the 1 min after the baby shower scene. We see jim leave his ex's apartment, and head to an elevator that seems to sop working once inside. The music is cued here.
I suspect a few decent reasons exist for cryptic and sometimes jarring symbolism or concepts. A lot of music that I find to me most profound are often containing some concept that is jarring. Perhaps some kind of a balancing mechanism.
I'll never forget, a few years back I was blasting this song and pulled up to a red light. The dude next to me rolled down his window, tapped on my window, and asked me what song this was. He was pumped about it lol
That's so cool!!
Your work is done 💜
Saw someone asking what genre this is
It's just Eels, Eels is a genre
Genre? If you like it, enjoy. If not, move on!!
What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?
"Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?"
Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
"Welcome back to the age of jive.
Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money."
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
What's the matter with the car I'm driving?
"Can't you tell that it's out of style?"
Should I get a set of white wall tires?
"Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental."
Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk
It's still rock and roll to me
Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
'Cause it's always been the same old scene.
There's a new band in town
But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine...
Aimed at your average teen
How about a pair of pink sidewinders
And a bright orange pair of pants?
"You could really be a Beau Brummel baby
If you just give it half a chance.
Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers,
You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers."
Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me
What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
"Don't you know that they're out of touch?"
Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?
"If you are then you think too much.
Don't you know about the new fashion honey?
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money."
It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me
His telephone dirty Lol.
pretty bland indie rock to be fair.
AdzBrandMusic eels certainly are....eels 🎵
This is one of those music videos that I would love to have explained in detail by the artist themselves.
even themselves don't understand all they did x)
ROui tg
ROui tgt
'under surveillance' bordering on gangstalking
I have asked my drugs, and they don't get it.
But they like it.😊
Daisies of the Galaxy is one my top5 album of all time. The whole disc is pure diamond. It gives me the full energy and emotion of life! I would carry it wherever I go... Eels is the sound of my lightning dreams!
I frickin' love this song
It has such a creepy vibe
I know the lyrics by heart
If you like things with creepy vibes, you'd love Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden and The Hole by Glen Phillips
I wrote two unpublished novels about an Elf running a Detective Agency in Modern Scotland just so I could imagine this as the theme song.
Ever thought of uploading them anywhere on the internet or putting them on Amazon's indie publishing section? I'd read the hell out of those.
So? I wrote 6 unpublished novels and this is the theme to all of their unproduced film adaptations.
I'll be the judge of that.
@@jamesryan5580 Well, competitions naturally need judges. You putting a panel together?
@@amoonlightshadow I can chip in.
One of the few good parts about high school, listening to the Eels
Eels straight up saved me in high school. Some of the most relatable music of all time tbh
Love the bird sitting Mr E's bass
I like...
birds
Was into that too, right off
I Like Birds too
Starts guitar solo
Sun is high in the sky
Ends guitar solo
Sun is setting over bay
Has he been soloing for five hours straight?
Mojoforthewin wouldn’t put it past him
Story of his life. Kind of.
They are so underrated But it is okay to be lonely here ✌️
I hate that guy underrated, what a pleb
aren't they Uk legends
Alone and happy for me personally, not lonely.
My father used to listen this in the car with me. I was 8. Thats why i'm so disturbed
that joke was punctuated well, good on you
2023 and this song still lives in my head rent free
The final music outro (over which he says "that's real good") all the way up to the bass outro fadeout is a very fine piece of music...
I absolutely love 1990's-2000's songs. Rn my fave songs r Scooby Snacks and this
I absolutely love this track.
So do I. Brilliant, isn’t it?
Yeah the whole album makes me sad and bittersweet happy for the time in life it reminds me of. Love the Eels.
That's real good
@Redrobottyler i think the song is about how we misjudge everything and everyone based on what we see... how the fly and mouse annoys us but thet are actually struggling for their lives. and the cop and the nun who aren't actually the way they seem on the outside. yeah, tou know what I mean. you can refrase it all you want. peace, out :)
I think this is the best break down for the video. Nice brain you got there friend.
To me it's just a delicious bit of honesty about how we all have little, horrible things we do to deal with life's frustrations, but keep secret, because you can't live your life out loud. I take this song quite literally.
Трек гипнотизирует, завораживает. Уже месяц не отпускает, циклично проигрываясь в голове.
That's Eels for you
this whole album is wonderful
that bassline is so cooooool
i need a movie like this
Listened to this song towards the end of high school, in my freshman year of college i wrote a full report on "United States of Tara" and when the instrumentals to the beginning of this song started during my very zoned-in watch, i immediately felt amazing because this song is so bumping
Brilliant song. Takes me back to when MTV2 was the best music channel
Exactly the same here another 11 years later
Thanks Spotify's weekly discoveries
so like i used to watch eddsworld back in like the late 2000s/early 2010s, never really checked what music they used. Like a week ago I’m getting album recommendations from my dad, and he sends me Souljacker and Electro-shock Blues. I check out the comments on the “That’s not really funny” video and find out that Eddsworld actually used a bunch of Eels music. For some reason this is just a really surreal feeling, that something I’m interested in now in college has connected from something to way earlier in my childhood
Your dad has good recommendations
That it's shot on film (I assume) makes it so much better.
The beginning part of this song reminds me of a lot of the tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Coraline, especially "Mechanical Lullaby".
That was they Might Be Giants
That instrumentals between 2:11 and 2:30. Such a gem.
That is where I heard this song too, Jack. It gave the ad a very familiar or nostalgic feel even though never hearing the song or seeing the show before.
Thank you TH-cam recommendations.
Once in a while you do deliver.
I've never heard this song before. But I LOVE it.
Can’t get enough of that intro
Crazy this songs 20 years old
Crazy that I still could find this ...
This song was on Yes Man. I had no idea it was the Eels! I love the Eels!
Little field mice
Living under the house
Never eating much
Tough life for a mouse
And if you think you're
Gonna be spared
You're wrong
Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin'
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you through
The day
Heat is rolling in like
Hell's red rug
Stinking like the
Breath of Beelzebub
And if you think you won't
Walk on coals
You will
Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin'
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you through
The day
The day
Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin'
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you through
The day
That's real good
Oh yeah
2:18
Today is the first time I have heard this song .....
I love this dude.
I think I understand. Partially. You kill the things that bother you, such as swatting a fly, regardless of the fact that it is already struggling to live. The mouse has a tough life, yet we consider it a pest. Next it shows is deviants, like the cop skipping through the forest or the nun. Not sure how that ties in. The song also refers to how you will be judged no matter what, even if you think nothing of the deeds you have done.
I love this song soo much!!!
EELS FTW!
Yes Man!
The lead singer is giving a voice to the slightly dark side of the will to live. It blinds us to the needs of others out of necessity. In order to survive we have to fulfill our mortal needs, ultimately we just have to get through the day.
A lot of it is summed up by the man with a test tube stumbling from the ocean. Clearly he thinks what he's doing is important, but nobody else understands why he's struggling (we're all like unknowing children). So nobody helps. It's a song about consequence
ye it showcases sth like the dark side of toxic positivity in survivalism
Any song that rocks a toy piano & makes you bob your head to it
Says only one thing.
There's a madd genius in the lab lol..
I'm so lucky i still have this cassette
excellent tune
So HAPPY
Lovely song
Omg, I love the movie IT!!! 😍 😍
to pio teleio kommati.... :)
awesome song......
Brilliant
At 3:05 "That's real good", yea, that's what I say, REAL good. Extra specially good. I'll have to watch that part again.
Excellent song, took me some tries to get that scale down.
this song bumps
Nothing betters this
This song is very catchy and happy
Busqué esto por años, Jajaja, ¡No señor, no señor!
I remember this on yes man it took me many hours to find that song as a kid
DUDE IM SO HAPPY MY FRIEND SENT ME HERE AAAAAAAA
voz perfeita
Tu ainda existe?
找這首歌找了好幾年😅⋯⋯
supersong..
is that an Andy Partridge look at 2 mins 20 odd?? Great song, great album, cool clip...... Mr E keeps on keepin' on!! thank god....
Dylan kussman I think
eels rock
Happy new year everyone!
I'm confused about why you were saying happy new year 2 months ago.
GforGannon I'm glad the time travel experiment worked
Carla Llama Duck + none,are !
i love it
icewater flyswater.......best rhyme ever!!!!
Ha Ha, I love E's face at 2:22. its basically everybody else's reaction to the video too XD
Never mind, best song ever.
@Rumpio Yes its 10 years old and i still feckin love all Eels music! This coming from someone whos been listening to them since they were 9 years old and is now 20 :L
Aww Fantastic!!!
Probably my favourite Eels song
I did not know there was a video for this song!
So weird it's awesome
Mr. E brought me here.... because Eels are perfect.
I firts heard this song mr yes man movie from cim carey nice song and nice movie
Brilliant!!!!
Idol
don't know about anyone else, but this song always reminds me of kicking a bad dope habit. "Don't think twice 'bout whatever keeps you itchin'...Ice water, flyswatter, gonna get you through......the day."
"and if you don't think you'll walk on coals......you will."
Love Eels 💙✨💎
I call this ,,the Prozac/Fluoxetine song,,...For years I ve been on that medicine..This is what it is like. Could'nt possibly explain it more accurately in words.
NO MAN NO MAN NO MAN NO MAN
@emikyinuyashassis you should check teh version of eels with strings, best version i've heard
The dayyyy!!!
An idol
Thanks to IENE !
Awesome!!
love flyswatter
yes man
awesome video!
New Years mix
@YonDoll In the Jim Carry Movie, "Yes Man". Right after the 1 min after the baby shower scene. We see jim leave his ex's apartment, and head to an elevator that seems to sop working once inside. The music is cued here.
Wish I knew of this song sooner, too legit
underated band..
I want music box that plays that melody!
10 years later I still don´t understand this video. On the other hand it´s Eels so what´s there to understand right? I love it nonetheless...
I love the cop for some reason, awesome band!
this is one of those songs i have to listen to several times before i can decide if i like it or not. Still don't know
Hope you liked it
I suspect a few decent reasons exist for cryptic and sometimes jarring symbolism or concepts. A lot of music that I find to me most profound are often containing some concept that is jarring. Perhaps some kind of a balancing mechanism.
On yes man
Sweet, I don't like much of EELS music but this is way awesome, better than some music from a few of my favorite bands!
YES MAN I FOUND IT AGAIN!
Swietiko me too XD
Random Ray Mears dude shows up at the window with some..thing he found in the sea, keeps playing guitar like its a normal occurrence 😂