when i was a junior in high school, i worked at a tea place. i remember listening to race on repeat, and one night i just ran home to gnaw. it always makes me emotional to remember how free i was.
you’re still as free as you once were, don’t let your worries, fears and other obstacles get in your way. my favourite thing to do to reset my head is to walk barefoot on grass or sand and then just breathe and watch strangers go on about their lives
I agree 🩷 I think the only other artist who evokes similar emotions, is Elliott Smith imo. Who I love so dearly and is how I came to discover Alex G as he's mentioned a lot in relation to Elliott.
Original voice and lyrics, inspired chord progressions, beautiful melodies... Many famous songwriters will never have half is talent. He deserves to be known.
Personal opinion but I feel like skill like this may come somewhat from talent, but a good deal also arises from hard work and prolonged uninterrupted engagement with the craft
@@colincassidy1194 Agreed. With him its hard to tell since he seems like a v private person.. but thats what makes him cool, that he doesn't show his process, or doesn't show himself 'working hard'. he makes it seem like he goes into his bedroom and just records bangers effortlessly.
Kassia 1000000 I totally agree man it’s god tier, i wish i could’ve been here more than anything. this seems to be the only live version of Fighting around as well
When I listen to gnaw I don't feel angry. I just feel sad but like I need to do something about it. The other night I put in my earbuds, put my put the song on repeat and my phone in my pocket, and just ran as fast as I could down the road until my lungs and my legs literally couldn't take it anymore. I didn't run anywhere in particular, but it was still nice to get that out.
i first listened to this concert at the start of 10th grade in my hometown attending a catholic school i hated with friends but no idea who i was, but i was so happy. now, approaching my last year of high school, im in a new province with new friends who don’t really get me like my old ones did and i attend a school i don’t care about and i just feel so dreadfully indifferent to everything. i wish i had appreciated everything more. alex g just brings it all back, he was the soundtrack to a simpler time and now im actually physically sick with nostalgia. still, these songs remind me of my friends and memory is a wonderful thing. just struggling with the concept of change.
change is so hard man, been thinking about my childhood a lot. i think the sweet spot in it all is finding a way to repurpose our memories into the present so we aren’t just stuck watching them in the past
when older folks tell me there’s no more legends in music or ask who are we gonna be listening to 50 years from now like we listen to The Beatles, I tell them Alex G.
i forgot alex g's name and for years i wondered how to find this again. Spotty plopped him in my discover weekly one day and that was wild when boom holy shit yes and now i can come back to this and sit down with yall and be like hello again old friends
this just got to be one of the best videos ive seen of Alex performing. a still shot with a yellow lamp next to just Alex sitting playing his guitar and singing his songs with a group of funny people listening, laughing and singing with him
it took me one day to finish my first song and its quite good i believe. it defo needs improvement but its not hard to write a riff. just play with your guitar and other artists’ songs and then you’ll get your ideas and authenticity
As a songwriter, Alex G has me constantly hating myself with this kind of amazing material. Aaaah, my god. He's just too good at that shit. It's all so likable! I just... I.. I just.. ugh
Alex G helps with bipolar sometimes. Usually when I’m manic which sucks as bad as depression. The house he’s in reminds me of the kitchen of a house that hosted touring bands when I was in high school. I used to go there at lunch and play organ.
i just saw him in concert a couple months ago and it was incredible, but took place at a fairly large venue. I loved it. i love him. I always will. but i can only imagine what it must've been like to see him like this....if only. jesus.
This performance this video will be with me till i leave this earth. Can never take away seeing him in Asheville in 2015 or so at a small ass venue that doesnt exist anymore singing along to deep cuts and matt cothran being there and like fifteen other ppl
im 13 and im trying to write music lol. Ive been watching a lot of tutorials on how to do this, that, how to sound like him, her, whatever. But after seeing stuff like this ive come to realize i should really just be having fun with what im doing, and make things i like. i dont need to get so caught up in all this other stuff
I remember when my brother show me this video when it has like 700 views o less y can't remember but that sandy version was magic I love this video so much
I miss being able to do little shows like this..... Times have changed so much and those people are all gone for one reason or another.. What I wouldn't give to turn back time.
I have come back to this video dozens of times now. If I had a time machine, being here in this moment would be very high on my list. Thanks for the tunes Alex
idk if its just me but he genuinely helps me with coming up with songwriting ideas. it really helps since i always get stuck in traps of wanting to say smth but not being able to express it. ty
i saw an alex g gnaw edit, the first clip being this video, which made my love for gnaw. it brings back memories when i moved from london to new zealand, i was living with one of my aunts and eventually we bought a house. a month later, we took ownership but we couldnt move in yet, it needed lots of fixing up. every morning, me and my dad would drive to the house, i would sit on the floor of his office playing roblox with my friend from england, when they eventually went to sleep and the day went on i would play guitar, explore the house, then i stumbled across the edit i saved to my camera roll a while back. i managed to find the name of the song, gnaw. im a mostly a self taught guitarist and i learn a lot by ear, so i learnt the last part of gnaw, the part in the edit. i just sat there at night playing it. this was a rough time of my life so i cried a lot, and whenever i was crying, i would play gnaw on guitar and sing while sobbing. not long ago i noticed i used to do that in england with the first ever alex g song i learnt on guitar, pretend. its been just over 9 months since i moved to new zealand and i didnt expect to feel so happy so fast. im not even depressed anymore, and i have been for years, but that genuinely wouldnt have happened so fast if it wasnt for alex g, i love you alex g.
i come back to this video every few months. probably my favourite video to exist. i wish so bad that i could have experienced this in person, and i hope i can experience something similar in my future
I'm in highschool school now and listening to him makes me enjoy life, wherever I am. There's a rush of nostalgia whenever his music is playing. He truly is an inspiration
such a great artist who perfectly expresses teenage pain, ppl usually overlook teenage emotions as something pointlessly angst y or just complaining. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt that way, listening to music with painful lyrics and saddening melodies and all my family would do is overlook the feelings that were very real for me. When I listened to the music like this I felt seen, but mostly by alex g, I’m not crazy and singled out for feeling this way. I love this guy more than the world.
Artists inspire by legendary TV appearances and big-venue shows and that's great but for me this intimate, humble performance where everyone feels connected sparks the most inspiration.
when i was a junior in high school, i worked at a tea place. i remember listening to race on repeat, and one night i just ran home to gnaw. it always makes me emotional to remember how free i was.
im a junior in high school right now and hope to be as free as you were.
@@kylieramirez7231have fun, be brave, do uncomfortable shit, pursue new experiences. you are only young once and it goes by in flash. dont waste it.
you’re still as free as you once were, don’t let your worries, fears and other obstacles get in your way. my favourite thing to do to reset my head is to walk barefoot on grass or sand and then just breathe and watch strangers go on about their lives
as long as your body allows you to you can always go for another run
Him struggling with the Gnaw riff make it so authentic.
That’s shits hard as fuck you have to be able to dislocate your finger 😂
@@quasar1 No he actually said he thought the riff was hard
@@quasar1 I thought you were just being cocky but rewatching the video and watching his hands he's definitely doing it on purpose
@@skwmusic5233 He does actually mess it up at first, then plays it up in a joking way.
@@headygz yeah for the verse, but the riff is all on the high e and thats it.
alex g evokes an emotion that no one else will ever be able to evoke
I agree 🩷 I think the only other artist who evokes similar emotions, is Elliott Smith imo. Who I love so dearly and is how I came to discover Alex G as he's mentioned a lot in relation to Elliott.
somewhere between heartbreak and hope
Original voice and lyrics, inspired chord progressions, beautiful melodies...
Many famous songwriters will never have half is talent. He deserves to be known.
Personal opinion but I feel like skill like this may come somewhat from talent, but a good deal also arises from hard work and prolonged uninterrupted engagement with the craft
Those inspired chord progressions are from Elliott Smith.
@@colincassidy1194 Agreed. With him its hard to tell since he seems like a v private person.. but thats what makes him cool, that he doesn't show his process, or doesn't show himself 'working hard'. he makes it seem like he goes into his bedroom and just records bangers effortlessly.
God bless
He's been makin music since a young teen so he's had some time to hone his craft and talent
everyone vocalizing with alex in gnaw is so good
ugh yeah it makes me miss singing with my friends
@@annalisep.1376 I hope you're doing ok, we are all trying it seems. I miss my friends too
This dude is so fucking talented.
Sure is.... it runs in our family !
@@DavidAllenScoli are you related to him
@@simmisharma Also thats him and I in my picture so your answer is yes
@@DavidAllenScoli word y'all look alike
@@DavidAllenScoli can u ask him to come 2 Detroit and tell him we share a birthday thanks love you
This has to be the best Alex g setlist ever
Kassia 1000000 I totally agree man it’s god tier, i wish i could’ve been here more than anything.
this seems to be the only live version of Fighting around as well
I come here every day just to listen to fighting live
@@jumbom5519 fighting is also on the Golden Tea Live too i think
@@masa_g_ no way I found you here too 😭 i always see you on tiktok
for real
i look so dumb watching this sobbing, with my screen 1cm away from my face
GAHAH SAME
im staring at the screen smiling like an idiot personally
i come here to cry every six months
It’s been 6th months!!
Real af
Back?
I'd have gone to some pretty embarrassing lengths to have been there for this. Man.
i agree
would give every last penny i have to see him live
me fkn too.
This show is more inspiring to me than any musical performance I've ever seen
Phil Bender-Simon I couldn't agree more
+1
Lol When I don’t feel like recording I watch this video
@@sebastiano420 i recorded some and i think im gonna edit them tomorrow if i wont be lazy
but yeah, he is really inspiringggg
Bold statement
When I listen to gnaw I don't feel angry. I just feel sad but like I need to do something about it. The other night I put in my earbuds, put my put the song on repeat and my phone in my pocket, and just ran as fast as I could down the road until my lungs and my legs literally couldn't take it anymore.
I didn't run anywhere in particular, but it was still nice to get that out.
it's so cute when he struggles with the cords and the crowd starts singing too :'')
id buy this on dvd
The crowd singing along to Memory gives me goosebumps
And people
i first listened to this concert at the start of 10th grade in my hometown attending a catholic school i hated with friends but no idea who i was, but i was so happy. now, approaching my last year of high school, im in a new province with new friends who don’t really get me like my old ones did and i attend a school i don’t care about and i just feel so dreadfully indifferent to everything. i wish i had appreciated everything more. alex g just brings it all back, he was the soundtrack to a simpler time and now im actually physically sick with nostalgia. still, these songs remind me of my friends and memory is a wonderful thing. just struggling with the concept of change.
message just started playing i’m going to puke
change is so hard man, been thinking about my childhood a lot. i think the sweet spot in it all is finding a way to repurpose our memories into the present so we aren’t just stuck watching them in the past
when older folks tell me there’s no more legends in music or ask who are we gonna be listening to 50 years from now like we listen to The Beatles, I tell them Alex G.
real
i forgot alex g's name and for years i wondered how to find this again. Spotty plopped him in my discover weekly one day and that was wild when boom holy shit yes and now i can come back to this and sit down with yall and be like hello again old friends
Welcome back man, stick around for the new album around the corner :D
this just got to be one of the best videos ive seen of Alex performing. a still shot with a yellow lamp next to just Alex sitting playing his guitar and singing his songs with a group of funny people listening, laughing and singing with him
Gnaw is most beautiful
he has twice as much spirit than the average artist
I wish so badly that I can do something like this someday... This is so beautiful
U can!
how’s it going!
*I'm hoping to do the same with my guitar! I wish you the best Prism! Also I rate the protogen pfp!*
it took me one day to finish my first song and its quite good i believe. it defo needs improvement but its not hard to write a riff. just play with your guitar and other artists’ songs and then you’ll get your ideas and authenticity
@@S-KROKkeep going it’s the only way to get better
mind blowing how unbelievably talented he was even when he was younger
As a songwriter, Alex G has me constantly hating myself with this kind of amazing material. Aaaah, my god. He's just too good at that shit. It's all so likable! I just... I.. I just..
ugh
I’m sure Alex feels the same about someone he admires but he kept at his craft as should you. And maybe someone one day will view you in that light
@@mikogale I used to say the exact same thing.
0:00 sandy
2:47 people
4:40 rules
7:22 gnaw
10:10 after ur gone
12:26 fighting
15:10 the same
17:36 think
18:39 message
20:03 trade
21:55 memory
23:58 change
26:10 be kind
Much appreciated
Is sandy on TH-cam? If so can someone send link
always nice to see a tracklist from a familiar face
@@theactorjohnlarroquette this is the sweetest youtube comment i've ever read
@@acetoaster7540all of these songs are on yt
he’s really good at writing about people who need to go to therapy lol
Fr
Alex G helps with bipolar sometimes. Usually when I’m manic which sucks as bad as depression. The house he’s in reminds me of the kitchen of a house that hosted touring bands when I was in high school. I used to go there at lunch and play organ.
alex is the best, i really luv his music. my fav (:
so true ive been on a binge of his stuff tonight
Id never be able to go to an Alex g concert cuz i’d just cry
Maybe it'd feel good to cry
can confirm this happens
I went by myself and I cried
SEEING HIM TWICE IN THE SPAN OF 2 DAYS THIS AUGUST!!! I CANT WAIT
@@halloweentreehousehow was it !!!
him starting with sandy gotta make me ball my eyes out
I wish I could hear gnaw for the first time again
same, its still an amazing song but the first few times i heard it it was incredible
the first time i heard it i was tripping up north, riding in a friends car as we drove up a mountain. beautiful.
i just saw him in concert a couple months ago and it was incredible, but took place at a fairly large venue. I loved it. i love him. I always will. but i can only imagine what it must've been like to see him like this....if only. jesus.
ik i wasnt there but i think of this night a lot
i love how goofy he is despite nailing every single song like he did during recording.
I can't help but choke up while I'm watching this. tears in my eyes chills down my back lump in my THROAT!!!!
This performance this video will be with me till i leave this earth. Can never take away seeing him in Asheville in 2015 or so at a small ass venue that doesnt exist anymore singing along to deep cuts and matt cothran being there and like fifteen other ppl
what songs did he do??
crazy how different cameras can completely change the feel lol
yup
8 years later and this still slaps
im 13 and im trying to write music lol. Ive been watching a lot of tutorials on how to do this, that, how to sound like him, her, whatever. But after seeing stuff like this ive come to realize i should really just be having fun with what im doing, and make things i like. i dont need to get so caught up in all this other stuff
Yeah it really does take time to find your own lane. It’s all about doing it a lot.
This video could make any single soul love alex g
I've found that singing to this and having a nice cry heals the soul.
He played all the fuckin classics, thats so sick
this version of after ur gone makes me feel some type of way
someone gets it
I remember when my brother show me this video when it has like 700 views o less y can't remember but that sandy version was magic I love this video so much
I still ride my bike around town singing all the lyrics out loud - truly songs that sing to the soul 🩷
i come back to watch this video every week, he’s so talented and beautiful. honestly
hey my name is david im 25
im 25 too, xavier
Hey my name is David I’m 19
I'm 25 too
hey david
Now you're 27!
Alex is a real musician
I wish I could have been in there for gnaw, the whole place was almost like spiritual
I’d give anything to be at this show. Sandy gives me the chills. I feel it.
I miss being able to do little shows like this..... Times have changed so much and those people are all gone for one reason or another.. What I wouldn't give to turn back time.
I have come back to this video dozens of times now. If I had a time machine, being here in this moment would be very high on my list. Thanks for the tunes Alex
i remember listening to this when all i knew was trick, hits so much harder having been immersed in his stuff for a couple years
I come back to this again and again
The thing that made alex g's music so likable early on was the fact that it was youthful and free. Pure expression and experimentation
I love this version of Gnaw so much
alex jesus
Gsus*
too far man hes a person not a god
@@Aubreylovezslimes why are you replying to an 8 year old comment
@@JesseOrSomething cuz i can why u worried abt it
@@user-gy4we5rt4y Gඩා (ok i'm sorry)
i just love alex g so so much
idk if its just me but he genuinely helps me with coming up with songwriting ideas. it really helps since i always get stuck in traps of wanting to say smth but not being able to express it.
ty
im so in love with his music
He played Cards at this show too and it was sweet.
i saw an alex g gnaw edit, the first clip being this video, which made my love for gnaw. it brings back memories when i moved from london to new zealand, i was living with one of my aunts and eventually we bought a house. a month later, we took ownership but we couldnt move in yet, it needed lots of fixing up. every morning, me and my dad would drive to the house, i would sit on the floor of his office playing roblox with my friend from england, when they eventually went to sleep and the day went on i would play guitar, explore the house, then i stumbled across the edit i saved to my camera roll a while back. i managed to find the name of the song, gnaw. im a mostly a self taught guitarist and i learn a lot by ear, so i learnt the last part of gnaw, the part in the edit. i just sat there at night playing it. this was a rough time of my life so i cried a lot, and whenever i was crying, i would play gnaw on guitar and sing while sobbing. not long ago i noticed i used to do that in england with the first ever alex g song i learnt on guitar, pretend. its been just over 9 months since i moved to new zealand and i didnt expect to feel so happy so fast. im not even depressed anymore, and i have been for years, but that genuinely wouldnt have happened so fast if it wasnt for alex g, i love you alex g.
alex g just gives me this lil feeling in my chest
best video on the internet
sitting in my room with covid and this is making everything so much better. fastest 30 minutes of my life
i come back to this video every few months. probably my favourite video to exist. i wish so bad that i could have experienced this in person, and i hope i can experience something similar in my future
The audience clapping to gnaw so sweet
my favorite recording of him
This is his best live set in my opinion
The most talented guy I can’t wait to see him live
elliott smith pfp is so real
@@lunawtfffduster pfp is so real
@@joellarsen3281 you get it
This could pretty easily be my favorite youtube video ever
Man this gets me going
I'm in highschool school now and listening to him makes me enjoy life, wherever I am. There's a rush of nostalgia whenever his music is playing. He truly is an inspiration
this is the best video i think i’ve ever watched
Same
10 years ago is crazy 🥲
*The Ooh'ing on "Gnaw" is just incredible. I'm beyond emotional :')*
this is the best video out there
The energy in the room...
God ikr the energy is so good😭
such a great artist who perfectly expresses teenage pain, ppl usually overlook teenage emotions as something pointlessly angst y or just complaining. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt that way, listening to music with painful lyrics and saddening melodies and all my family would do is overlook the feelings that were very real for me. When I listened to the music like this I felt seen, but mostly by alex g, I’m not crazy and singled out for feeling this way. I love this guy more than the world.
I watched this so many times
he is so amazing he makes me sob
Artists inspire by legendary TV appearances and big-venue shows and that's great but for me this intimate, humble performance where everyone feels connected sparks the most inspiration.
I'm so happy there was another camera to record Be Kind
Why?
there is something quite magical about the way alex performs
Starts with probably my second favourite song of his and ends with favourite. Amazing set list.
i love him so much its actually crazy
I’m not crying, you are. 😂 (I’m drowning in my tears listening to this set list but it’s cool.) (it’s not.)
i love him so much i could cry
i will never stop wishing i was at this show....
Also if I didn’t mention this, this REALLY gets me going!!!
im realyly drunk and this is jsut so beautiful ive listened to it o many times >
People is so amazing to me.
he looks so young !!
I wish I was in this room damn. Impeccable vibes. Loved him as an artist before but I’m just so in love with this right now I can’t explain it
Rules is amazing.
This is so good I love Alex Jesus 🫶
Fuck these songs mean so much to me, been listening since middle school now I’m in college :(
the first time i listened to alex g was in 2015, time flies so fast and im still sad...
You are fantastic Alex
alex g and seattle! everything is perfect