You know, the more you listen to this song, the more the off-beats and funky tempo shifts start sounding completely normal.It's honestly one of the most brilliant songs I've ever heard
The offset in terms the off beat made me feel like I’m not sober or something at first. Boy is it wonderful of a sound now. Love this song so so so much.
The song starts off so discordant and chaotic with all of the stray notes in the guitar and bass, but it gradually pulls itself together. It never quite becomes a perfectly comfortable melody, but the chorus has a slight pop sensibility that adds a bit of satisfaction where it is needed most. It's such a strange feeling to listen to, a satisfaction that is delivered 90% but leaving you wanting more. I really, really like this song.
This is why I love this album. I was mind blown by its sound the first couple of times I listen to it... its such a fascinanting album. They went ahead at exploring new sounds, and I was very comfortable with all the songs in the first listens. This is my fav album from theirs, right after Frengers.
I really wish Rick Beato would do a "What Makes This Song Great?" video for this one. That heavy syncopation and dissonance has always been what makes Bo such a unique talent.
I discovered this band when I was 17.... I’m 27 now. Holy shit. I’m just now realizing how much they influenced my music taste today and how ahead of their time they were (are). I’ll always love Mew💕
In which we make sure no one got hurt What is it that you do? You gotta get back up yourself We know so much So much we do (No answer) In a word you were told That it'd fix your shaky home And what got made Was broken too Just a field with you Switching seats with you Tears us apart (I don't want it to) Some peculiar fix The two of us Counting us out (I don't want it to) (Overnight, turned all grey) What is it that you do? You gotta get back up yourself We know so much So much we do (No answer) In a word you were told That it'd fix your shaky home And what got made Was broken too
For some weird reason I'm having a 2009 flashback, clicked on about 5 random songs, then realized they were all the same year. Culminating with this absolute masterpiece..
Mew is one of the best bands to come from the nordic countries (although Sigur Ros and Kent are up there too ). I love their unique riffs, beautiful melodies and their rythmic creativity while still maintaining instant catchiness in their songs. I think how they treat rythms (quirky beats and tiny details to keep the beat more surprising) sets them apart from their contemporaries who are more straight forward.
It took me 8 years to find this song again. I saw them live once years ago and couldn’t remember the song name and I finally found them by looking up the venue’s concert history lmao. I’m so glad I did, this song is transcendent 🫶🏼
I dont know about you guys, but this song... the rythm, the guitar.. the vid!! THEY'RE ALL SOOO FREAKING AWESOME!!!! Relaxing, but still inviting you to scream!!! Its just unique!! I love it!!!! IT DESERVES SOOOOOOO MANY MORE VIEWS!!! C'MON PEOPLE!!! LETS SHOW THE WORLD WHAT REAL MUSIC IS LIKE!!!!!
This simply knocked all of me down. What a daring and stimulating composition. Just when I thought that the song and Mew could not soar to any other colourful places, off they went. 🌻
In which we make sure no one got hurt Oh Anna and Sammy too What is it that you do? You gotta get back up yourself We know so much So much we do (No answer) In a word you were told That it'd fix your shaky home And what got made Was broken too Just a field with you Switching seats with you Tears us apart (I don't want it to) Some peculiar fix The two of us Counting us out (I don't want it to) (Overnight, turned all grey) What is it that you do? You gotta get back up yourself We know so much So much we do (No answer) In a word you were told That it'd fix your shaky home And what got made Was broken too Just a field with you Switching seats with you Tears us apart (I don't want it to) Some peculiar fix The two of us Counting us out (I don't want it to) Just a creed with you Switching seats with you Tears us apart (I don't want it to) What are we going to do? I'd really like it if you Turned out the lights as we planned It's gonna hurt when we land (I don't want it to) Why did you go? Lots of different reasons So many, you can't even count You think it's right Jumping off the seesaw Or do you just want it to be?
Damn this song definitely sounded like 7/4 timing for me for awhile, but now I hear it at 4/4 timing with really interesting syncopation. Damn Mew never disappoints.
I'm totally agree with you. i've been listening to Mew for about 4-5 years (now i'm 17), i definitely think they deserves all the credit. i'm glad there are still some people who appreciate them and keep supporting them up until now, even though it's not as big as mainstream artists.
mew is dissonant, and that's why they're one of my favorite bands. they rarely write their songs around simple major chord progressions like most bands....they instead use unresolved, jazzier chords than the norm, more like 'shoegaze' bands than pop bands, and that's largely why their music sounds so unique and non-generic. listen to the progression in the chorus of 156. i love chords like that but 'mainstream' listeners generally don't.
i know the intro can sound like its in an odd timing but i promises you its in 4/4 me and my drummer dissected it. the guitar and bass drum come in on the and of 1 for the first measure then just the one on the second measure then leave that pause when it repeats the third measure landing on the and of one again. they really set this up to sound like its odd with the guitars curt sliding and random bass drum hits but its just 4/4 absolutely amazing piece. one of my all time favorites.
so fucking UNORTHODOX!.. i mean the beat, the timing,the riffs,THE VOICE,the ART of their MUSIC,oooh!..so magical,specially when your high,it makes you Imagine fantasy stuff,.Im just soaring right now..I swear! ...Its so beautiful but yet so rare,you know.. its like our own hidden gem.lets keep this song a secret!! Please.for MUSIC SAKE!
Maybe!! I dont know Yet! But perhaphs its about this alienated "someone" finding another someone right? I mean almost everything Is 'bout finding love in here
![Mew - Conforting Sounds [Live in Copenhagen].9/9](/img/1.gif)
You know, the more you listen to this song, the more the off-beats and funky tempo shifts start sounding completely normal.It's honestly one of the most brilliant songs I've ever heard
Must’ve listened to this song a lot
The offset in terms the off beat made me feel like I’m not sober or something at first. Boy is it wonderful of a sound now. Love this song so so so much.
I hope you still feel this way 10 years later, I sure as hell do!
This is what makes mew, mew - absolutely stunning arrangements and timing, it's perfection
I was just wondering if Bo is influenced by Mark Ribot at all...longshot and forgot to ask when we met :(
The song starts off so discordant and chaotic with all of the stray notes in the guitar and bass, but it gradually pulls itself together. It never quite becomes a perfectly comfortable melody, but the chorus has a slight pop sensibility that adds a bit of satisfaction where it is needed most. It's such a strange feeling to listen to, a satisfaction that is delivered 90% but leaving you wanting more. I really, really like this song.
soulbend yep, you captured this song
soulbend so I do I very much agreeD:
This is why I love this album. I was mind blown by its sound the first couple of times I listen to it... its such a fascinanting album. They went ahead at exploring new sounds, and I was very comfortable with all the songs in the first listens. This is my fav album from theirs, right after Frengers.
the riffs have a King Crimson/Robert Fripp element that I never used to notice, but it seems pretty clear now many years later.
I really wish Rick Beato would do a "What Makes This Song Great?" video for this one. That heavy syncopation and dissonance has always been what makes Bo such a unique talent.
I discovered this band when I was 17.... I’m 27 now. Holy shit. I’m just now realizing how much they influenced my music taste today and how ahead of their time they were (are). I’ll always love Mew💕
Not sure about ahead of their time but they are pretty cool
Lucky you
Same, I'm 29
same, i'm 28
I also discovered them when I was 17. I'm 22
This songs reminds me a better time, when everything was simpler. I used to close my eyes and relaxing so easily..... what a good times....
i feel it too. went from heavy metal to indie and loved them from the first sounds.
this may possibly be one of my favorite songs of all time. i never get tired of it.
I'm Japanese, MEW's music is great ! I wonder why it hasn't become more famous.
Totally. I can't believe I never heard them before because this slaps
I blame Taylor Swift
Because them normies prefer things that can be more easily consumed man.
It can be said for lot of things, not only music.
Porque Mew no es para cualquiera. Saludos desde México 😊
👌
everybody thought i was weird when i listen to this in 2009 ...hahha love it
Feels!! this was the first song i've heard of them and none understood how much i liked this tune.
We still think you’re weird, but you have a great taste in music😉
Me too. Remind me when I was junior high school listen radiohead's hail to the thief album
Everybody you knew then sucked
Dude!! Me too 😂
I never get tired of this song, always is like the first time.
In which we make sure no one got hurt
What is it that you do?
You gotta get back up yourself
We know so much
So much we do
(No answer)
In a word you were told
That it'd fix your shaky home
And what got made
Was broken too
Just a field with you
Switching seats with you
Tears us apart
(I don't want it to)
Some peculiar fix
The two of us
Counting us out
(I don't want it to)
(Overnight, turned all grey)
What is it that you do?
You gotta get back up yourself
We know so much
So much we do
(No answer)
In a word you were told
That it'd fix your shaky home
And what got made
Was broken too
One of the greatest songs ever created. Not even exaggerating
Favorite song of 2009 and still one of the best I've ever heard.
I think this piece deserve at least 5million views....
Stefan Hartono no! Let it stay this way
This is 2020, and they sound amazing.
For some weird reason I'm having a 2009 flashback, clicked on about 5 random songs, then realized they were all the same year. Culminating with this absolute masterpiece..
I’m in love with the guitar but the drums changed my life
I loved this in 2008 or 2009. I still love it now, nothing else sounds like it. Mew is such a great band, love them so much!
still big, for sure
This band is creative AF.
Love Mew!
This is one of my all-time favorite tunes.
Mew is one of the best bands to come from the nordic countries (although Sigur Ros and Kent are up there too ). I love their unique riffs, beautiful melodies and their rythmic creativity while still maintaining instant catchiness in their songs. I think how they treat rythms (quirky beats and tiny details to keep the beat more surprising) sets them apart from their contemporaries who are more straight forward.
Lo escuché por primera vez en el 2009 y en pleno 2020 lo sigo escuchando!!!
X2 y ahora en 2021
2022
I love every single bit of this song
It took me 8 years to find this song again. I saw them live once years ago and couldn’t remember the song name and I finally found them by looking up the venue’s concert history lmao. I’m so glad I did, this song is transcendent 🫶🏼
Is there anybody out there ?
#2020
👋
Nah just u
2024
Years and years later this song strikes such a nerve and hits so hard 😢
One of my favourites bands, saw them in 2009 and really wish they'd come back to London
No words can describe how great it feels listening to this...
I found this on a random channel at 3:30 am when i couldn't sleep. Best 5 minutes of my life, i cant explain what i felt.
I dont know about you guys, but this song... the rythm, the guitar.. the vid!! THEY'RE ALL SOOO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!
Relaxing, but still inviting you to scream!!!
Its just unique!! I love it!!!!
IT DESERVES SOOOOOOO MANY MORE VIEWS!!! C'MON PEOPLE!!! LETS SHOW THE WORLD WHAT REAL MUSIC IS LIKE!!!!!
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
This simply knocked all of me down. What a daring and stimulating composition. Just when I thought that the song and Mew could not soar to any other colourful places, off they went. 🌻
I love this. It's like... elf rock.
In which we make sure no one got hurt
Oh Anna and Sammy too
What is it that you do?
You gotta get back up yourself
We know so much
So much we do
(No answer)
In a word you were told
That it'd fix your shaky home
And what got made
Was broken too
Just a field with you
Switching seats with you
Tears us apart
(I don't want it to)
Some peculiar fix
The two of us
Counting us out
(I don't want it to)
(Overnight, turned all grey)
What is it that you do?
You gotta get back up yourself
We know so much
So much we do
(No answer)
In a word you were told
That it'd fix your shaky home
And what got made
Was broken too
Just a field with you
Switching seats with you
Tears us apart
(I don't want it to)
Some peculiar fix
The two of us
Counting us out
(I don't want it to)
Just a creed with you
Switching seats with you
Tears us apart
(I don't want it to)
What are we going to do?
I'd really like it if you
Turned out the lights as we planned
It's gonna hurt when we land
(I don't want it to)
Why did you go?
Lots of different reasons
So many, you can't even count
You think it's right
Jumping off the seesaw
Or do you just want it to be?
This is the first Mew song I know and I'm liking it so much. Probably should check out more of them:)
Damn this song definitely sounded like 7/4 timing for me for awhile, but now I hear it at 4/4 timing with really interesting syncopation. Damn Mew never disappoints.
"I hear it at 4/4 timing with really interesting syncopation. Damn Mew never disappoints." Your right that is what I here too. Very interesting.
Lord Crump 5/8
I think it starts off 5/8 and then goes to 4/4
Ja, jeg synes ogsa.
nah its 4/4 the whole way, listen to the snare and you can tell.
Can't help but feel the guitar in this was inspired by Health & efficiency by this heat.
Jordon Giacinti came here to say this
This song brings me back
2021...still amazing.
I need more song like this
Still my favorite song ever
I remember 10 years ago, when I listened to this song and I cared less about things. :/
yep, that seems to happen (ditto).
Holy crap, where have I been?! I'm a big Tool fan, so this is right the hell up my alley of fun music. Man that have a lot going on. Love this.
Here in 2019
I love it
The drums are just sublime!
I'm totally agree with you. i've been listening to Mew for about 4-5 years (now i'm 17), i definitely think they deserves all the credit. i'm glad there are still some people who appreciate them and keep supporting them up until now, even though it's not as big as mainstream artists.
Because it is pure art!
Time passes and this song does not lose his punch
Beyond perfection
Una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado en toda mi vida
still rockin to this! 👌🏻💯
This song is worth remembering
The whole album it`s hard to hear and swallow the first time, but the second time... my God... It`s a masterpiece!!
This song is just so beautiful!!
For everybody just discovering Mew, be sure to check out "Hawaii" song from the same album as this gem. It's at the same level of awesome!
I love this band!
This needs more views! MEW
I absolutly love this song
The bass though. So good.
Just hear it again and again, then you will never stop listen this :D :D
mew is dissonant, and that's why they're one of my favorite bands. they rarely write their songs around simple major chord progressions like most bands....they instead use unresolved, jazzier chords than the norm, more like 'shoegaze' bands than pop bands, and that's largely why their music sounds so unique and non-generic. listen to the progression in the chorus of 156. i love chords like that but 'mainstream' listeners generally don't.
I Love the way I get drug just with the intro😂😍😍😍
Hot girl
i know the intro can sound like its in an odd timing but i promises you its in 4/4 me and my drummer dissected it. the guitar and bass drum come in on the and of 1 for the first measure then just the one on the second measure then leave that pause when it repeats the third measure landing on the and of one again. they really set this up to sound like its odd with the guitars curt sliding and random bass drum hits but its just 4/4 absolutely amazing piece. one of my all time favorites.
Finally a music video that doesn't have people saying why they're here and no arguments. Now I'm happy :)
so fucking UNORTHODOX!..
i mean the beat, the timing,the riffs,THE VOICE,the ART of their MUSIC,oooh!..so magical,specially when your high,it makes you Imagine fantasy stuff,.Im just soaring right now..I swear!
...Its so beautiful but yet so rare,you know..
its like our own hidden gem.lets keep this song a secret!! Please.for MUSIC SAKE!
This was the first song I ever listened to high. Pretty terrific if you ask me.
Beautiful song
This song is like the greatest dream you've ever had, but you remember it afterwards.
One of the best music vids of all time.I wish i could live in a place like that.
everyday i listen to this song ... :)
this song is so addictive
Lo que alguna vez me mostro MTV como amaba estos sonidos raros y safados
C'mon 1 million! Let the Mew streak continue.
i very love this song
good morning sirs
@@beanerup1030 hi
Procurando por esse video a 5 anos, até que enfim achei. Parabéns aos envolvidos kkkk BR
Ps. Obrigado playlist da Vh1 Mega hits.
im obsessed with this song.
The version of "Palace Players" in this video is slowed down (and in a slightly different key) than the original album mix. Anyone know why?
I don't know why, but it IRKS ME
Absolute peak Mew. After nearly single-handedly reviving prog, they go beyond and release this magnum opus.
Heartwarming
still my favorite song
@ 1:48 THE sickest bassline of all time. Period. Put some headphones and go on a journey.
its been a decade and i still have no idea what this means
Maybe!! I dont know Yet! But perhaphs its about this alienated "someone" finding another someone right? I mean almost everything Is 'bout finding love in here
Genious piece of music...
Organized chaos ❤️
I love Mew. They changed my perspective on music, what it means, what it is. May Mew live on in glory.
i wish i could reset my memory.. i want that feeling of "holy moly, the drums aren't random at all!" back..
2018 folks? You're the real ones.
2019. Almost 10 years I saw this video clip on MTV Hits here in Brazil.
How bout 2019
2020 boi
that is the best intro to a song. ever.
Mew, sepan que su música llegó hasta el ultimo lugar del mundo, gran banda, salu2 desde Chile
re upload it in 4k!!!
amo! esta canción! me trae tantos buenos recuerdos desde la primera ocasión que la escuche!
Cómo me hace volar esta canción, es algo celestial 😍😽
No hay palabras para describir la maravilla de video, ni mucho menos de la canción.. VISITEN MEXICO!!
Still love them to bits, and can't wait for the new material this year.
god damn mew is so good !
Una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado en mi vida 💛
2019 where u at guys?
In 2020.
Gabriela Calcáneo that make 2 of us now ✌🏼👽
@@ameersayur make it three.
One of my fav songs. Great band
This song always put me on a cosmological direction.
My friend Stephanie introduced me to this band!!! :D
Best Mew song ever!
This is such an amazing song and an absolutely beautiful video. I love Mew!!