American Football - Honestly? [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2010
- From the album American Football.
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only TRUE EMOS listen at 144p
lmao
I listened at 144p on 0.25x speed to really give each note space to sink in deep and MEAN something,
get on my level.
@@bigol9223 that's insane. And one above normal is decent
too emo becomes V A P O R W A V E
Same
That final riff blows my mind every time. It's that kind of riff that makes you envious that you weren't the one to write it. Absolutely brilliant stuff.
Honestly though
That riff reminds me of one of the song Song of the Stars from Dead Can Dance
well at least we can play it lol
it's been 4 years since I discovered this band, to this day this is my favourite song of all time and it's mainly because of that outro. I can't put into words what this song means to me and how it makes me feel, I'm just grateful that this bands exists
True.
Got high as shit, walked into a field and laid down for two hours listening to American football, staring at the sky and trying to make meaning of this thing we call life
mood
@@PolyvinylRecords thanks for sharing my mood, polyvinyl social media manager person :)
Hey Saki, I'm there and I get it. I'd love a field, I'm stuck inside, I'm an introvert, but I love that I found someone who gets it.
Lol hope you're doing well
Based
Discovered this album in an abusive relationship. She made me feel horrible about myself all the time. It was also my first relationship, so it went on and on with me thinking this was what a typical relationship was like. Finally ended it, and three years later met an amazing woman. This album again serenaded an evening for me, but this time it was beautiful and easy--not painful and difficult to comprehend; an evening with a new person that brought me nothing but peace and joy. This song is really about the passage of time, what changes, and what we learn.
Damn, dude. Our stories almost mirror eachother.
Glad you got out of it bro
good stuff
Beautiful. Glad you’re in a better place now
"so it went on and on with me thinking this was what a typical relationship was like.."
It's unfair when that's how people learn about these things. Horrible experiences that leave a mark.
To call American Football's music therapeutic would be a gross understatement. This is deeply healing music. God bless this band.
Check out “Owen”
As someone that never listened to emo growing up, for some reason, this song makes me feel nostalgic for the days when i had my first crush, the days of getting up and watching tv before school, the days of trying to no cry because of all the verbal bullying, the days of getting through the day and being optimistic about the fact that you did it, you made it through life, and maybe tomorrow will be better. Maybe i'll get an A on the test, or my friends will call me, or someone will go out with me, or maybe my favorite band will make a new song, or I'll go to the beach with friends. It's all over now tho. But at least this song reminds me of those feelings.
It's sad how everything goes away in time isn't it...
It's hardly emo. This is math rock.
@@mookiedt tbf this album notably removed the original post-hardcore element of emo, but it's still certainly emo. yes it is math rock. it's also post-rock, math rock, indie rock, and even jazz fusion (that's a bit of a stretch but I digress). most albums can be defined by many genres. at the end of the day, it's the vocal delivery that makes it emo, as well as the scene it was part of. you can definitely trace this sound back to earlier emo; it still has that DIY punk flair to it and is a logical evolution from emo's starting place in the grand scheme of things. after all, this is the guy from cap'n jazz.
@@damesoumbi how jazz fusion? I've never heard that before
@@coolname8133 time sigs n guitar n stuff. hard to explain
I don't know any other song which conveys such an intense teenage angst feeling
your piano cover is great... lol just happened to see u here
this is literally the exact opposite of teenage angst. He describes his teenage feelings as See-through which sums up teen agnst
Théophile Phanoune listen to Dear Diary, My Teen Angst has a Bodycount by From First to Last and From the Depths of Dreams by Senses Fail
@@jayburriswayne5403 Gross
Any Midwest emo song
Why did I have to grow up so fast? I’m not afraid of time just genuinely concerned on how fast this shit went by.
Dude for real 😳
Chris Cox not really 😕
Fat Man nah I felt that
Same im gonna graduate this year and it feels like i completely wasted my highschool years, never been in a single relationship or parties or anything.😔
I feel this, I was 14 when I first got this album. Sadly, your brain is better at saving / recording memories as you get older, its a shitty double edge sword I guess
This reminds me of the type of music my dad would play in the car when I was little. He doesn’t play it as much anymore, but sometimes he’ll put in a CD. When he does listen to it he changes. I see a shadow of what he once was when he was younger. Before I was around. I like him better when he’s like this, but most of the time he just acts like an old man. My mother is the same way too. It’s hard to believe she’s a doctor now, but my dad said she dyed her hair, wore black, listened to grunge, alternative, emo, and rock music. I find it hard to believe that they went to concerts and stood in the middle of the mosh pit. They’re both 40 years old now, and I love them for who they are. But sometimes, I like to see who they once were. Back when they were teenagers. Back when they were in the “prime” of their lives.
I can relate. When I was little, my father was lean, clean shaven, and had black hair. My parents used to go to all of the clubs in the '90s when Oasis first came out; they're in their fifties now and my father has gray hair and a beard and does seem like an old man now.
This is exactly why society is bullshit. Everyone let's the stresses and the money change them and if you resist that you're viewed as immature when you're actually more mature than those people who let it consume them and try to fit in to societal expectations
Life's constant turmoil and the struggle with nostalgia always brings me back to the Kinsellas. As well Stardlyer 59...My 40 was last year....
@@aurora8749 It's not more mature to hold onto those teenage feelings. It's not mature to let the stresses of life change you, but it is an unfortunate reality for most. You do have to grow up, though.
@@godwarrior3403 It's not "holding onto teenage feelings" to enjoy life. That's a ridiculous notion.
DADAC#E
The important thing about the riff is to play the third note (D) on the open third string, so that it rings.
Damn, how do you tune the G string without snapping it?:(
Well, you can tune the strings lower and then put a capo. But I still prefer doing it without a capo because the sound is clearer. So usually I tune to Db Ab Db Ab C Eb (less dangerous)
Kevin Mason
Oh, and I forgot an important point. You actually play the main riff with just your DAD strings so if you don't want to play the "eerie ambient" that starts around 2:00, a drop D tuning is sufficient. Even the little melodic motives can be played nicely in standard.
Anyway you play it, have fun
You could use lighter gauge strings too
I'm overjoyed at this album's popularity even today. The fact that they, first of all re-issued the album and second: created a music video for "Never Meant" after 15 years of letting the project sit, is amazing/bold. I respect what these guys are doing and they deserve the publicity. Let's all just hope that they use the money from the re-issue to create more music as i'm sure their entire fan-base would enjoy!
And I’m overjoyed by its popularity today.
You cannot underestimate how much I'm overjoyed at this comment too!
This song sounds like a long farewell to the 90's... beautiful, beautiful song
When the power chord hits you at 1:52... I can't think of another songs that has transitioned better this way. I really want what this song wants.
Its an open chord mang. open A with a D.
but agreed with everything else!
What ? It's actually a power chord. Or just a fifth chord if you prefer
As far as I know, he just strums the open strings here.
People usually describe the second half of No. 13 by The Pixies in a similar vein to the one in this song. It has a different vibe but it's also an ambient solo type dealio
@@ViktorTheMusician nice
I personally love the 4 mins of Chords. The music winds down much like life does. i enjoy closing my eye's and imagining my life from start to finish, and the ending fits perfectly.
Bruh, you just made me sad..
Thank you.
This song defined a part of my life in my memory. Definitely.
Michael Papion Same. Junior year.
Don’t you mean honestly?
@@elijahbarnes155 genius
i hate my town so bad for not having any people with this certain taste of music. this song. this band is fucking gold.
i always come back to this song when i'm numb and need to feel something
Only found this band very recently, and I'm obsessed.
Charlie Prevost you still obsessed? 5 years is a while
DisarMy I wonder too
@@DisarMn same.
Still like them?
I’m finding them a little later than you , but still recent lol
Honestly, the beginning of the song sounds very magical.
Honestly,
this is by far the best song from the album IMO.
Honestly,
this song is quite suitable to listen wherever you go.
Honestly? Is the title of the song.
I discovered this album today and i can't stop listen to. It's completely amazing
same
omg I feel like this comment goes perfectly with the pfp
@@hotrobloxnoobp8055 LMAO I hadn't even noticed how it fits well
you dont wanna grow up, this is a serious comment, im 19 and i remember finding this on /mu/ when i wasnt even 14 yet. i was completely what you would call a loser but i was more in touch with myself then than i could ever muster now.
ps :time capsule
You can always try and work things out with yourself, its important to take a step back and take care of yourself from time to time.
I just heard them like a week ago. I listen to them and their EP always when i come at 12am to home, such amazing non-angry or egoic music.
Especially at this moment of the day.
I like them because they sound in my mood, not sad not happy, just okay.
Plus they are freaking good musicians.
This album will always have a special place in my heart, so many tears shed, laughs shared, and heart to hearts.
I’m glad the kinsella brothers made this album, I believe there’s memories everyone has had with this st and I think that’s so fucking beautiful
I'm here because my boyfriend is midwest emo, and i love him with all my heart. So, i'm listening to the music he likes. I am more punk rock, and heavy metal, but i am really really liking this!
Oh wow, tis song gives me a very strong feeling. I love it!
Lol, you're commenting your comment?
Hope you guys are still doing good
It's 5:24am, I still can't sleep. That instrumental is very comforting and healing. I may just let it cradle me to sleep.
Im so glad for all of the never meant memes youtube recommended because it just made me rediscover and relive American football. It hits so hard
Those power chords really make you look back and say "wow, that happened."
Beautiful song, it makes me cry everytime I listen to it...
fuck yeah beautiful guitar riff
try listening to it on a clear, starry night with a cup of hot chocolate. maybe I'm just a sucker for spacey songs (especially long intro/outros like this)
Better without the cup of chocolate for me. Just the cold night... Even better when you're drunk
Bless you for making it a cup of hot chocolate. Not a can of beer, or weed. Hot chocolate is where it's at.
@@theophilephanoune9176 What is it with people who need to be drunk in order to enjoy good music?
if ur into spacey songs, then ur going to like this one. ruclips.net/video/zI9HmnvFHyY/видео.html
smaller cathedrals try enjoying music on molly, you’ll never drink again
A absolutely tidal wave of a song.. Decades later still rings like it was released last week.. Brilliant
To the memories and the music that takes us there
15 seconds into the song, playlisted.
Without a worry about how the rest of the song will turn out.
Honestly, I can't remember teen dreams
All my teenage feelings and their meanings
They seem too see-through to be true
All the whos are there but the whys are unclear
Picture this, a long-awaited, sickening kiss
How does it feel to know
Explain how you've re-written history
These things change despite the complicated beginning to all of this
Honestly
thank u ♡
Amazing words. Still hold up.
all the "who's" are there
but the "why's"
are unclear
Yo u guys gotta realize this made by 18 year olds wtf so epic
@John but he's not talking about his own age. he's talking about the band
John dumb head
they were in their early 20s but still pretty impressive
Not 18, they were 21-23
Age doesnt matter if you really set your mind too it
So many feelings condensed into a single song...
such an underrated band. might be my favorite song by them
This song makes me think of how much my life is a disaster honestly.
Take care man, best of luck with everything
@@andrewmasc3174 thanks man, same to you 👍💯
@@lensmccracken3678 I appreciate it man
How ya doing bud
@@FluxFreeman I'm doing better then when i wrote this message a year ago, still swimming. Thank you for you're concern man.
I love this band more than i love myself
Listened to this album in full for the first time, this really put me in a trance. No other album has done that to me before.
have you heard peripheral vision by turnover
Such a sweet song and album, I love it so much
It’s amazing how much this reminds of early Explosions in the sky and early Modest mouse in one
Thank you based god
No trouble to tell by the rhythm that they are influenced by Mineral, so great
this song man
Yahoo! Launch brought me here.
If only I could listen to this for the very first time... again.
Holy fuck I am a loser.
I just want to have a genuine crush on a girl, even if I get rejected. At least I would feel authentic sadness instead of nothing at all
ocalaballa Please, don't say that. I would prefer feel nothing at all than to suffer the way I'm suffering now because I loved someone who didn't love me
That's sad, man.
ocalaballa Trust me, you don't want to feel that. When you get known that he/she doesn't love you yet it feels really depressing, and you start to have thoughs late at night about why all of that happened, isn't good to the heart feel like this, but it's just the facts of life. :(
the trooper Still though my dude, there is a very pleasant bittersweet feeling after the initial hurt passes. It's definitely better than not being able to feel anything.
At first I wanted to say "get over it" to y'all, but instead I'll tell you that you can do it. Just stay strong and let time do it's healing. I spent about a year of my life depressed over a girl and am about to spend another one, apparently. I'll just tell you to keep trying.
song brings back nostagic feelings everytime! great song!
i love how theyre music changes tone and isnt just continuous...
is it just me how thinks they have a stroke of genious?
So awesome !
pure magic
Has been listening this song from 2013 till today and I'm crying thinking in my teenage days, what simple was all bro
Beautiful
Last riff deserves a Nobel prize
ALL MY TEENAGE FEELINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before peep we had this.
Muffins X yup. This would also sound like a great peep sample, especially at the ending of the song.
yea
imagine comparing peep to this.
I wonder how many kids were conceived to this song...
hopefully mine
Six so far.
Probably none, the people that wanted to probably had no emo gf
beautiful
im not crying ur crying
Nah, I'm dying :'c #DatEmoLyfe
This is such a good song
The middle part reminds me of the outro in Jimmy Eat World's "Goodbye Sky Harbor"
This is the song that got me into loving Polyvinyl as much as I do. It truly is a shame that these guys only recorded the one album, because they could have put out some truly amazing music.
This aged well.
@@shanemiller3188 Indeed :")
Here we are a couple of years later, we have another album
I love this song so much. It's easily the best American Football song, no doubt. Everything from the bright, reverberating guitars to the steady, melodic bass to the passionate, somber vocals really makes this a masterpiece.
If anyone's interested, I have a video of me covering this great tune on the bass on my channel. Check it out if you'd like.
TheNachoHombre This. I see why Never Meant is their big hit and I love it too but this song was always my favorite along with Emotional.
fav by them
Awesome
i found this album 4 years ago when i was 15, and it helped me a lot trough the high school
listening to this on the public computer in my mental hospital at full volume :p
only thing i regret is not hearing this before i was 18
Seems like they already did put out some truly amazing music.
Always think of my best friends growing up. We’ve grown a part but honestly I can’t remember all those teen dreams anyway.
Forever my sad mood song.
seein' em soon
Adams song by blink always reminds me of this
People always talk about never meant but they never talk about this one, no idea why.
Esta canción me hace retroceder 4 años atrás . :,)
It’s a shame they split up after this album, American football could’ve really been one of the greatest 90s bands
Nick George it was 99 they could have been a 00s band
Septagrim they actually have LP2 and LP3, idk what this dudes talking abt
@@Deaujo They split up and then they reformed and made the second and third LPs
they split up because they moved away from each other, other than the fact that they've reformed, they all had different avenues in life that they ended up taking. happens
They have 2 more albums
о май гад какой же это кайф кайф кайф
целую, это просто великолепно :*
thank you johnny marr
tio salamanca 😳
Miss you a lot
This is mz chrushes favourite song.He blocked me a week ago for no reason at all.
Now when ever I hear thisn song it just remindes me of him and I break down.
It's a good song,but now because of him I fell sad when ever I hear it.
if you see this
i miss you
IWillGiveYouAHug itll be okay.
:(
IWillGiveYouAHug hey man , my ex likes this song . and it makes me think of him too , but shit happens ! you're gonna be okay regardless .
I'm pretty sure hes gonna feel bad about it later on , sometimes people just do things for no reason , but they're not terrible people !
ems the bunny . Thanks man :)
lol
The ending makes me feel like I'm single handedly fighting an army against all odds bare handed in an earth shattering battle to protect my dog
This song kicks ass.
Make sure you check The One Up Downstairs and Owls, two other brilliant emo/math rock bands which the Kinsella brothers were also a part of. Both similar sounding to American Football.
Good song to cry to
I can't remember my teenage feeling or their meanings either...too many rehabs/psych centers/ tragedies. " I guess I'm a pretty sick guyyy." -Patrick Bateman.
The first quarter of this song is enticing to listen to.
if i didnt know who this was i'd think it was a Pinback song. So good....
For me its the best
5:19 it's time to sleep after boring party
Do you know the name of this riff?
This is reflective music. Lay in your bed and open your mind
#TYBG
1:52 is so good
❤❤
fucking brilliant
I listen to this album and kinda just realize i didnt have a childhood, like ive always been treated like an adult or late teen, never got to really hang out with friends, or have hobbies for the longest time, took me down a really bad habit, at least im 4 months sober though
Fair enough.
yes.
They remind me of Death Cab. Which is a fantastic thing.
Cool