Ben Caplan manages to be such a cool dude, and yet when he begins to sing its like some strange mucky and deep thing burrows forth from his throat. This stuff shakes you to the core with the strangest vibrations. Keep it the hell up, man.
Most definitely. Berthold Brecht-->Tom Waits--> B Caplan. Because Human Nature never changes And Nature rhymes with Manure When tasted under artificial Light
I did a cover of down to the river for my music college audition I had only gotten half way through and had already drawn a crowd I was also excepted into the course directly after the only thing missing was everybody clapping Caplan your a muse and a scholar twisted genius of our time The moment we accept that your a sinner You Baptize us in the light of the divine
This guy is so lit I’ve been listening to his music for days he goes back-and-forth between a Frank Sinatra 1940s kind of thing to whatever this is he is truly amazing and one of a kind
Spotify's algorithm recommeded me this today and I've already lost the count of how many times I've looped your songs. Sad I'll probably never see the stage play but so glad I get to enjoy your music because goddamn. This makes me want to applaud at the screen
This particular song drew my attention about 2 months ago so i had liked it but forgot about it. Today it played in queue and i remembered about it and checked out the artist. Already listened to most i can find, even the album removed off spotify. What a treat
It's 03:39AM and I'm completely mesmerized with that song! What a huge master piece! I can't even say what I'm feeling right now, seriously! That's crazy.
Whoa! How did I not listen to this masterpiece until now? I'm shocked and I've been listening for an hour. Thank you, but not just a thank you. very much! Greetings from Turkey!
listening to this while drawing blew me away and also gave me so much creative inspiration. perfect song for a morally ambiguous or epic villain character
I've recently learned about my own dark origins and about the nature of life, and this song appeared for me at a critical point of my journey. It is what many would consider evil and blasphemous, but it is more true than any holy book or hymn, and that irony is lost on the so called righteous. I relate to this on a very deep level. Your voice, like a bellows, stokes the flames of passion, forging crude truth into fine and beautiful music.
You have such power, such charisma and such energy when you sing, Ben! I really do hope that you'll come back to Italy sooner or later, it would be wondrous to see you on stage again!
I discovered Mr Caplan yesterday and I think I've listened to almost every song on every album and I am amazed by every one of them but this one in particular has me fixated and fascinated by the lyrics. It's the whole song but mostly the second to last verse that begins with "We have given you all Adam" and ends with "For the days are run by those who haven't slept".... I would love it so much if @BenCaplan could explain the meaning behind this song especially that verse and or the story behind it. I don't feel like cracking open the Bible is going to do much good here somehow, although I could be wrong.
I think we just experienced the shortest possible difference between someone's emotion and our ears. Every single moment of this song, in music and lyric, speaks volumes of brilliant, raw emotion.
I'm still baffled that Ben once said in an interview that the lyrics are actually meant kind of ironic... Taken literally, I think, this is one of the greatest songs ever written. Also: read Pico della Mirandola!
heard this recently thanks to listening to random bullshit that Spotify gave me after listening to a lot of "grimy" music. Little drop of Poison and some other Tom Waits songs. This is one of my favorite songs i have ever heard, I havent heard a song that has inspired to write in such a while. Thank you and GAWDDAMN BROTHER
I am kinda writing a book... a novel. And this song pushed me to do it. Here's a little fragment ( context : both guys are dead, living in hell, hell is not so bad, they work there, they are currently in a pub on earth ): "Levi : - You know, I found that with every little mistake and regret and tear shed, your eyes open more and more to the colours of the world, and it's beautiful, and it's mad, but it is not yet done. You now see the storm, yes? But what do you do? Do you try to face the wind, sails tied and a prayer? Or do you wait out the rain in some cozy hole in the bay? - he paused, and then after a sigh somewhere at the border between acceptance and despair, he continued - And now look at us mate. In a hole, drinking our shit off. What a bloody spectacular way to spend one's afterlife! Terry said nothing, and looked, and sought, but there were no answers at the bottom of his glass. Ah! Sadly, abandon will not do either, he thought. But he drank anyway. He didn't need answers now. It was kinda too late. He needed to undo himself and the knot that formed earlier in his throat, and answers... He will have forever to look for them. The rain was pouring down as if to drown the world. Thunder clashed with the storm left unsaid between the two. The storm grew fond of that place and did not plan to leave." Thanks, Ben! You were what I needed most when I lacked any compass in my life, and now I grew very fond of the idea to visit Canada and come see you perform. It would be one of the most fantastic things I would achieve in this life, as you are great beyond what my poor words can say.
Never stop writing!! Ben Caplan's music has been inspiring me with my fanfic, not an original story but one in a sense, and it has helped me get so much better at the craft. Keep up the great work and follow your dreams! Your writing is amazing!!
This is a fucking masterpiece. I first heard of you because of Down to the river. Then I fell in love with 40 days and 40 nights. NOW THIS?! Amazing Ben.
Yeah man, Ben you are a badass that deserves some praise bro. You carry a weight in your voice like an honest politician few and far can copy you man and I hope you get more followers soon
Wait till you realize it’s from the musical “Old Stock:A Refugee Love Story” and every single song from it reaches out and grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. You’ll start with lots of laughs and then you’ll turn a corner and you’ll be weeping in deep grief.
Im amazed by this. What a voice you have. As a previous commenter said; "It's like a song for a Disney villain..".. You really captured that kind of atmosphere. Great preformance. Would be awesome if you made a teaching video with tips how to develop a powerful voice like yours!
This man's voice will move mountains, if this generation lets him!! XD Fucking shout out to you Ben!!!! You keep producing pieces like this, Honey i have no doubt you will exceed your own expectations.
Part of this songs lyrics sections from a text called The Oration on the dignity of man by Giovanni pic della Mirandolla. I can only recommend reading it, it's very interesting.
"There are good deeds only devils can commit" goes EGREGIOUSLY HARD
The man has poured his soul into this im surprised hes got any still left in his body
Like a song for a Disney villain, but with words that matter. Thanks for sharing
My thoughts exactly.
Man we must be clones cause I thought literally the same thing
Ply the vestments of the righteous. Make sure the body armor snuggly fits. Words to live by!!
Ben is a real life disney villain, this is true.
@@Alan-wp9yn lets hope so
Ben Caplan manages to be such a cool dude, and yet when he begins to sing its like some strange mucky and deep thing burrows forth from his throat. This stuff shakes you to the core with the strangest vibrations. Keep it the hell up, man.
This man needs to get some more attention!!!! YOU DA MAN!
spread this shit like aids!! this guy is awesome
Dude needs to create a musical, it would be amazing
I did! This song is from it. 🤣🤣
The play is called Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
@@bencaplanmusicI love the album. How did I not know it was a play!?
Most definitely.
Berthold Brecht-->Tom Waits--> B Caplan.
Because Human Nature never changes
And Nature rhymes with Manure
When tasted under artificial Light
@@bencaplanmusic This is so exciting to read. I adore your work! :)
I did a cover of down to the river for my music college audition I had only gotten half way through and had already drawn a crowd I was also excepted into the course directly after the only thing missing was everybody clapping
Caplan your a muse and a scholar
twisted genius of our time
The moment we accept that your a sinner
You Baptize us in the light of the divine
What an honour! Congrats on being accepted into the music program!
Spotify put this into my Weekly mix and WOW. I am addicted to this song. That voice, the music, the lyrics. Just wow.
The theatrics of it. The fucking PASSION in this performance is spellbinding alone.
That's where I found him too. Was listening to some old playlists last night & wow I'd forgotten how powerful this was.
This guy is so lit I’ve been listening to his music for days he goes back-and-forth between a Frank Sinatra 1940s kind of thing to whatever this is he is truly amazing and one of a kind
The dynamics of his vocals is perfect for the imagery he creates. A true artist!!
Spotify's algorithm recommeded me this today and I've already lost the count of how many times I've looped your songs. Sad I'll probably never see the stage play but so glad I get to enjoy your music because goddamn. This makes me want to applaud at the screen
Exact same story here.
Same
This particular song drew my attention about 2 months ago so i had liked it but forgot about it. Today it played in queue and i remembered about it and checked out the artist. Already listened to most i can find, even the album removed off spotify. What a treat
I want this man's voice
And his beard
Work on it... doesn't grow overnight
I want this man for the evening
The rhyme scheme is glorious in this song, holy shit. Ben is quality on so many levels.
2024 so much shit to plough through, we need Ben C more than ever!
I started crying when he sang this live. It just strikes such a chord of truth that it really fucks me up
This has never been more relevant than it is it today. We the people have the power.
I love the dark/ beautiful feeling of bens music. The pub version of “strangers” is my absolute favorite. It’s so gruesome
I'm so in love with this performance. You can tell that everyone had such a great time ❤
He is singing that song with his whole body! You can literally feel the song by seeing him sing :O
Jamie's face at 3:14 is pure gold. I mean he just knows that it's so effing good.
What is this genre? Because I need MORE
WHAT IS THIS?! This song is like glue on my mind
Watching him sing is like watching someone being possessed by voice, But what a voice it is.
Yes! It's pretty amazing.
It's like he's channelling Tom Waits but he's not dead
Honestly these are easily the best lyrics I've ever heard in my entire miserable life
It's 03:39AM and I'm completely mesmerized with that song! What a huge master piece! I can't even say what I'm feeling right now, seriously! That's crazy.
OKAAAAAYYYY THIIISSSS IS A CRAZY VOICE ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 LYRICS BEYOND PERFECT PLEASE GIVE HIM APPRECIATION ❤❤❤
The Great Canadian Sasquatch this mans music is pure soul keep it up Ben 💯🇨🇦👌🏻💚
This song is one hell of a bitter truth. Addendum: a bouquet of bitter truths.
Is it not a bouquet none the less?
This song stuns me every time I hear it.
His performances keep giving me Jim Morrison vibes. Absolutely loving it.
Whoa! How did I not listen to this masterpiece until now? I'm shocked and I've been listening for an hour. Thank you, but not just a thank you. very much! Greetings from Turkey!
Greetings from Turkey gardaşım. His musical quality is the best thing that I've ever seen in my fucking life. Incredible.
@@AlperanAkpnar We talk the same language and in the same country but our heart meets the another culture. Weard. Isn't it?
@@alperkayar7307 It is my brother. This will save us from who plough the shit.
listening to this while drawing blew me away and also gave me so much creative inspiration. perfect song for a morally ambiguous or epic villain character
Gives me the chills every time I listen to this song. I love all the instruments it makes the song for sure!
Just came out from the Show in Wilton Music Hall in London. Goose bumps. Brilliant!
What a fucking megaton-bomb of a song, when the world ends i know what i'll be blasting from my speakers!
The most metal saxophone of all time. HANDS DOWN
I've recently learned about my own dark origins and about the nature of life, and this song appeared for me at a critical point of my journey. It is what many would consider evil and blasphemous, but it is more true than any holy book or hymn, and that irony is lost on the so called righteous. I relate to this on a very deep level.
Your voice, like a bellows, stokes the flames of passion, forging crude truth into fine and beautiful music.
This song & these lyrics. Wow man.
love you Ben, thanks for all that you do. You are a Blessing on this tortured world.
An Anthem, for our times. Thank you for this Mr Caplan.
I am so happy I found this man
Still a masterpiece
Truly a masterpiece
This is f##### awesome. Need I say more? No. this speaks for itself...
Damn Fabio on sax is killing it!!
I'd fucking love to hear cry me a river sung by @bencaplan
As a greek I'm proud💪 keep going man. we are here. We are fewer at this side of music but we are still here
this song has so much soul i wanna sing my voice raw just to it
You have such power, such charisma and such energy when you sing, Ben! I really do hope that you'll come back to Italy sooner or later, it would be wondrous to see you on stage again!
Just chills all over me the whole time I'm listening to this
I discovered Mr Caplan yesterday and I think I've listened to almost every song on every album and I am amazed by every one of them but this one in particular has me fixated and fascinated by the lyrics. It's the whole song but mostly the second to last verse that begins with "We have given you all Adam" and ends with "For the days are run by those who haven't slept".... I would love it so much if @BenCaplan could explain the meaning behind this song especially that verse and or the story behind it. I don't feel like cracking open the Bible is going to do much good here somehow, although I could be wrong.
no yeah. love his work but this song... holy shit this is criminally unknown
Holy shit! What just happened?
I think we were visited by Jesus again tbh
I think we just experienced the shortest possible difference between someone's emotion and our ears. Every single moment of this song, in music and lyric, speaks volumes of brilliant, raw emotion.
Pure fucking genius
I'm still baffled that Ben once said in an interview that the lyrics are actually meant kind of ironic... Taken literally, I think, this is one of the greatest songs ever written. Also: read Pico della Mirandola!
Takes a special character to view it otherwise
heard this recently thanks to listening to random bullshit that Spotify gave me after listening to a lot of "grimy" music. Little drop of Poison and some other Tom Waits songs. This is one of my favorite songs i have ever heard, I havent heard a song that has inspired to write in such a while. Thank you and GAWDDAMN BROTHER
here again. still love it.
I am kinda writing a book... a novel.
And this song pushed me to do it.
Here's a little fragment ( context : both guys are dead, living in hell, hell is not so bad, they work there, they are currently in a pub on earth ):
"Levi : - You know, I found that with every little mistake and regret and tear shed, your eyes open more and more to the colours of the world, and it's beautiful, and it's mad, but it is not yet done. You now see the storm, yes? But what do you do? Do you try to face the wind, sails tied and a prayer? Or do you wait out the rain in some cozy hole in the bay? - he paused, and then after a sigh somewhere at the border between acceptance and despair, he continued - And now look at us mate. In a hole, drinking our shit off. What a bloody spectacular way to spend one's afterlife!
Terry said nothing, and looked, and sought, but there were no answers at the bottom of his glass. Ah! Sadly, abandon will not do either, he thought. But he drank anyway. He didn't need answers now. It was kinda too late. He needed to undo himself and the knot that formed earlier in his throat, and answers... He will have forever to look for them. The rain was pouring down as if to drown the world. Thunder clashed with the storm left unsaid between the two. The storm grew fond of that place and did not plan to leave."
Thanks, Ben!
You were what I needed most when I lacked any compass in my life, and now I grew very fond of the idea to visit Canada and come see you perform. It would be one of the most fantastic things I would achieve in this life, as you are great beyond what my poor words can say.
Never stop writing!! Ben Caplan's music has been inspiring me with my fanfic, not an original story but one in a sense, and it has helped me get so much better at the craft. Keep up the great work and follow your dreams! Your writing is amazing!!
I applaud someone who creates with words
But i admire someone who's words create
In other people
Keep writing
Keep finding ur way
Your an inspiration
Andrei Pufu send that ducking book my friend, want to read it all 😍
@@ramsesespinola6 same
I want to acknowledge you for your ability to create pictures with words :D
Amazing song! It would not be out of place on Tom Waits "the black rider" or "bone machine" albums. New favourite artist.
Been listening to Caplan for the past 4 months, great voice, great music.
These lyrics are so Negan from the Walking Dead. love the lyrics, voice and the thundering sound
Seen this live last night in Wallaceburg one of the best shows I’ve ever been to🤙
Holly! That was Amazing! Another great song!
I'm blown away, you're an amazing artist Ben. Come to Salt Lake City sometime!
Always so much emotion, sincerely a treat.
Frickin music is so real a true mastermind love your music ben Caplan
Hey Ben! You are the best musician I have ever seen! I wanna be like you!
This is a fucking masterpiece. I first heard of you because of Down to the river. Then I fell in love with 40 days and 40 nights. NOW THIS?! Amazing Ben.
Yeah man, Ben you are a badass that deserves some praise bro. You carry a weight in your voice like an honest politician few and far can copy you man and I hope you get more followers soon
Damn… a movie should be made based around this song
Wait till you realize it’s from the musical “Old Stock:A Refugee Love Story” and every single song from it reaches out and grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. You’ll start with lots of laughs and then you’ll turn a corner and you’ll be weeping in deep grief.
@@chrisrees1858 hmmm not really into musicals lol but I will try it out… at least until this song plays 😬 thanks for the info 😊🤟
im so looking forward to telling people ben caplan was my favourite singer well before he made it big
Loved your show in Edmonton!
This is insane! I NEED MORE!!
you, ...I don't even know how to complement you properly at this point! Your writing is above reproach!! I have raging man love for you right now!
This could be a song for a stage musical. Excited to see him in April at the NAC!
it is for a stage musical lmao
Top songs of all time right here 🔥🔥🔥
Im amazed by this.
What a voice you have.
As a previous commenter said;
"It's like a song for a Disney villain.."..
You really captured that kind of atmosphere.
Great preformance.
Would be awesome if you made a teaching video with tips how to develop a powerful voice like yours!
This is R rated Disney villain music. I like it.
Which animation?
Finding this comment solidifies what I've said about Ben for years. This is what I say when i explain him to people...
I'm from Egypt and i really like your voice
Absolute masterpiece!!!!
I need more of this!!!!!!!
Genius.
Goddamn, its nice seeing a live take of this track.
Holy god damn fuck. Where you been my whole life?! Such talent!!
This man is my Jesus, and I'm not even religious
This man's voice will move mountains, if this generation lets him!! XD Fucking shout out to you Ben!!!! You keep producing pieces like this, Honey i have no doubt you will exceed your own expectations.
Part of this songs lyrics sections from a text called The Oration on the dignity of man by Giovanni pic della Mirandolla.
I can only recommend reading it, it's very interesting.
I just saw you in “Old Stock” in Charlottetown…I was memorized by your outstanding talent. Trying to find your CDs …
Most intense voice I ever heard.
Why- why did it take me this long to find you. 🥺❤
ohhh man, caplan..... you the Man.
Masterpiece nuff said
Hi, I've found about you on VPRO vrije geluiden and I just want to say that you are a amazing singer and that I can't wait for more :-)
Good deeds only devils can commit. We are about to see this come to life.
Please come to Los Angeles!!
I love this fucking song. Ben Resparked my desire to play music.
Keep this shit up sir.
chills every time
Love this guy's style.. it's unreal.
What a masterpiece.
Great lyrics. Like always
I love it keep it up mr.
Super Ben Caplan!! Beautiful voice!