Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away (lyrics)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2014
  • Fly Away song by Lenny Kravitz from his album "5" This is my first video, hope you enjoy! :)
    / neilc
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  • @neilcic
    @neilcic  8 лет назад +20261

    Someone recently confirmed for me that Lenny Kravitz heard this and his reply was "What the hell"

    • @MastaGeneral
      @MastaGeneral 8 лет назад +337

      first

    • @invisiblemoosenz
      @invisiblemoosenz 8 лет назад +1142

      I'm not sure how it could have been anything else. That sounds like the video hit its mark.

    • @Kbbrianne
      @Kbbrianne 8 лет назад +727

      I am so happy. This is truly the world that I love.

    • @08bourquem
      @08bourquem 8 лет назад +546

      like a milky way

    • @midnightshawarmallama4012
      @midnightshawarmallama4012 8 лет назад +226

      Neil, can you do a remix of Disturbed- Sound of Silence?

  • @SundayCatchy
    @SundayCatchy 7 лет назад +5056

    So I was at a bar in Indonesia recently, and somebody requested Fly Away. The guy running the music accidentally brought up this video, and I about lost my mind laughing.

  • @elainejsta
    @elainejsta 4 года назад +3979

    Neil is the type of artist I respect because he only uses his talent and skills for evil instead of good

  • @picturethis8611
    @picturethis8611 5 лет назад +2831

    Only windows movie maker transitions could produce such a perfect thumbnail

    • @bobygreen8429
      @bobygreen8429 3 года назад +58

      I thought it was one of those AI generated people at first

    • @EvE-zenbymr
      @EvE-zenbymr 3 года назад +70

      Not only that, but knowing Neil he probably exported and chose that thumbnail rather than letting one autogenerate. It's just… perfect.

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox 3 года назад +16

      @@EvE-zenbymr RUclips autogenerates three thumbnails, which you can choose from

    • @RadicalSharkRS
      @RadicalSharkRS 3 года назад +1

      you beat first comment how

    • @turtlemusic1509
      @turtlemusic1509 3 года назад +10

      @@TorutheRedFox You can also upload your own.

  • @JediTreeSmoker
    @JediTreeSmoker 5 лет назад +3160

    Dude I downloaded this version by mistake and I put it in my work music playlist thinking it was the original. This shit was blasting through the store all day. I didn't even know because you can't hear the radio up at the register.

    • @runicsniper4043
      @runicsniper4043 5 лет назад +547

      J491 what’s funny is there’s another comment saying they heard this playing at a store

    • @Mobcertainty
      @Mobcertainty 5 лет назад +251

      An Internet User I heard this at target like 2 years ago with my grandmother. It was a pleasant surprise

    • @Zulf85
      @Zulf85 5 лет назад +94

      Just like a dragonflyy

    • @Leurak
      @Leurak 5 лет назад +104

      I'd buy a Milky Way there

    • @tropicarls
      @tropicarls 4 года назад +35

      you didn't even know you wanted to get away

  • @HaxaPlays
    @HaxaPlays 8 лет назад +6520

    I love the second layer of humor in that it's a parody of 2009 era lyric videos on RUclips. God damn genius.

    • @WinstonPoptart
      @WinstonPoptart 8 лет назад +307

      more like 2007 or 2008

    • @joeyvfx_official
      @joeyvfx_official 8 лет назад +164

      more like 2008.5 i'd say

    • @fourcrippledhorses
      @fourcrippledhorses 7 лет назад +215

      more like 1902
      trust me
      i was there

    • @ReactAsyIum
      @ReactAsyIum 7 лет назад +47

      MORE LIKE it's time to stop

    • @surroundgatari
      @surroundgatari 7 лет назад +27

      I was thinking that, which is probably not a good thing. I feel like alot happened inbetween 2008 and 2009

  • @Erandros
    @Erandros 6 лет назад +3536

    I love how he adds some pauses at the intro to make it sound like the guitarist sucks
    EDIT: apparently it wasn’t intentional, RUclips messed up the audio or something...

    • @corndogggggggggg
      @corndogggggggggg 4 года назад +560

      bass comes in like half a beat late as well just to top it all off

    • @raccoonlad
      @raccoonlad 4 года назад +120

      How did I never notice this lmao

    • @JuicyJews
      @JuicyJews 4 года назад +63

      Lenny Kravitz IS the guitarist along with everything else..so yeah lol

    • @TransistorBased
      @TransistorBased 4 года назад +54

      It just sounds like it's really botched in WMM

    • @ClamDigger_
      @ClamDigger_ 4 года назад +67

      I swear to god when I first heard this years ago those pauses weren't there.

  • @beefhound
    @beefhound 5 лет назад +351

    I love how the opening riff is slightly off tempo just to make you extra uncomfortable

    • @IstasPumaNevada
      @IstasPumaNevada 3 года назад +18

      It reminds me of when you'd download a song off limewire, and it would be mostly okay but have a couple hiccups, but you couldn't find a cleaner version.

    • @hujiba
      @hujiba 3 года назад +11

      It wasn't like that originally and youtube messed it up somehow

    • @Vitorio582
      @Vitorio582 3 года назад +12

      @@hujiba RUclips didn't mess up, RUclips made it better

  • @Mendosa666
    @Mendosa666 7 лет назад +2435

    I love how the moment you pick up that something's off it just gets exponentially worse

  • @thomaskaaz1
    @thomaskaaz1 7 лет назад +2391

    "copyright 2014 no copyright intended" I was dead before it even started

    • @quantumblauthor7300
      @quantumblauthor7300 3 года назад +38

      There is no copyright
      Give me your milky way

    • @juliusjoa3463
      @juliusjoa3463 Год назад

      No copyright lyrics in the video is going to sing with me
      Note: I sound like Sonic the Hedgehog from Sonic Colors.

  • @TheIncredibleStories
    @TheIncredibleStories 2 года назад +81

    "Just a little fuckin dragonfly" is so fucking funny. This is genuinely so genius. I wouldn't have thought 7 years later in my mid 30s I would come back to this and laugh more than when it came out.

    • @jamie150741
      @jamie150741 Год назад

      The pic accompanying that line is the cherry on top

  • @oOChocoStar64Oo
    @oOChocoStar64Oo 4 года назад +926

    I heard this version before I heard the actual song so when the “true” version of this song came on the radio one day I thought I was having an aneurysm

    • @memelord9416
      @memelord9416 4 года назад +103

      not hearing "I wanna eat the sun" is the biggest disappointment

    • @baddong2190
      @baddong2190 2 года назад +16

      I still havent listened to the original years after first seeing this video. Neil's cultural impact for ya

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Год назад +17

      i legit prefer the mixing in this and whenever i hear the original i just think "this sounds like shit, who tf mixed this"

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just like a dragonfly

  • @Amins88
    @Amins88 9 лет назад +513

    You wanna know the funniest part of the joke? The people who legitimately feel like listening to "Fly Away", searching RUclips for a lyric video, and clicking on this.

    • @Drewdjanssen
      @Drewdjanssen 6 лет назад +5

      That’s what happened to me!

    • @chrissyyduh7164
      @chrissyyduh7164 6 лет назад +4

      Adam Nowak You ruined the joke dude

    • @Drewdjanssen
      @Drewdjanssen 6 лет назад +2

      You can’t ruin this! It’s too funny

    • @jar0fflies
      @jar0fflies 6 лет назад +2

      With a thumbnail like that, who wouldn't click it

  • @DownClownTownFrown
    @DownClownTownFrown 9 лет назад +217

    This is the first video listed when you search "Fly away lyrics" and the third listed when you just search "Lenny Kravits fly away". That means a good number of people who click on this won't know whats coming.

  • @catboyslim202
    @catboyslim202 5 лет назад +1155

    It went from 2000's lyric video, to shitpost, to commercial, to nightmare fuel. Only Neil can do this.

    • @darkerharvest
      @darkerharvest 3 года назад +2

      *yes*

    • @MortanAMrk
      @MortanAMrk 2 года назад +17

      2000s shitpost commercial
      what is this?
      Drops of Jupiter?

    • @ColonelClusterFunk
      @ColonelClusterFunk 2 года назад +13

      The Lenny Kravitz dragonfly has been etched into my retinas for years since I first saw this

    • @Menvajea
      @Menvajea Год назад +1

      @@MortanAMrk TELL ME

  • @glamrockbandit
    @glamrockbandit 4 года назад +651

    Ok, so I recently became a fan of Lenny Kravitz, and while my sister and I were hanging out in her room one night, I decided to get some Lenny Kravitz videos going.
    I come across this, and while my sister had suspicions about this not being the actual lyrics before we started it, I genuinely thought this would be a normal lyric video of Fly Away.
    We start the video, it seems normal (mostly, though it sounded off and that's where my suspicions began), then the vocals happen.
    We have a laugh, assuming it's just gonna be the lyrics constantly repeating.
    We were DEAD wrong.
    The Milky Ways kick in, everything gets crazier, and we lose our shit. The further it went, the more we hollered.
    Needless to say, it was the best video of that night, and to this day my sister sings the first verse of the actual Fly Away like it is in this video.

    • @ClFUR
      @ClFUR 3 года назад +26

      that's just the neil experience!
      if you haven't yet, I'd recommend listening to his mouth albums (mouth sounds, mouth moods, mouth silence) as well as his original music (Lemon Demon)

    • @randomstranger623
      @randomstranger623 3 года назад +6

      @@ClFUR Damn. Go check Mouth Dreams, man.
      Or if you have, thoughts?

    • @ClFUR
      @ClFUR 3 года назад +7

      @@randomstranger623 I think I wrote that before mouth dreams released
      and I like it! pee wee inc, Whitehouse, and Just a Baby are probably my favorites

    • @howdylanky
      @howdylanky Год назад +1

      these are actually the real lyrics btw

    • @ripelivejam
      @ripelivejam Год назад +1

      Lenny kravitz has fans?

  • @CatalystEXE
    @CatalystEXE 8 лет назад +4023

    I remember this song sounding a little different when I used to listen to it. Must be the compression

    • @dooplon5083
      @dooplon5083 8 лет назад +163

      Nah man, they changed the pitch to avoid copyright.

    • @dooplon5083
      @dooplon5083 8 лет назад +8

      ***** If you're a dead account, why are you posting?

    • @dooplon5083
      @dooplon5083 8 лет назад +2

      ***** Ah.

    • @SHOKK_
      @SHOKK_ 8 лет назад +24

      +Dead Account; Look At Pinned Post. Used to be Ling-Ling. Everyone is dead on Google+

    • @evanfortunato2382
      @evanfortunato2382 7 лет назад +2

      CatalystEXE YO OH MY GOD IT'S CATALYST! WHAT'S UP!!

  • @lort8334
    @lort8334 8 лет назад +3059

    imagine all the people who clicked this thinking it was the actual lyrics

    • @jvirgreen
      @jvirgreen 8 лет назад +43

      +hubert cumberdale, you taste like soot and poo!

    • @Optiganone
      @Optiganone 8 лет назад +30

      +hubert cumberdale i did

    • @aratron141
      @aratron141 8 лет назад +15

      +hubert cumberdale i skipped it thinking it was the song. i accidentally played just now haha i was like whuut haha

    • @DJWarwing
      @DJWarwing 8 лет назад +49

      +hubert cumberdale But it is the actual lyrics. What are you talking about?

    • @lort8334
      @lort8334 8 лет назад +26

      DJ Warwing wow your right "I wanna fuck milkyway" is definatly how it goes! I remember now!

  • @Phoenix-ug1ru
    @Phoenix-ug1ru 3 года назад +69

    all jokes inside, that visual effect of eating the sun is really beautiful

  • @skinlesscletus8825
    @skinlesscletus8825 5 лет назад +859

    My friend got all the way to "I want to eat the sun" till he realized it was a meme

    • @richardcarter8751
      @richardcarter8751 4 года назад +60

      That took a long time lmao

    • @srfiipi2096
      @srfiipi2096 4 года назад +27

      @@richardcarter8751 really, really long time

    • @DADVIDS
      @DADVIDS 4 года назад +11

      No he didn't.

    • @cadeholcomb
      @cadeholcomb 4 года назад +33

      I wanna FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU JUST LIKE A DRAGONFLY

    • @JRC99
      @JRC99 4 года назад +15

      I'm sorry to say that your friend is a dumbass

  • @WheresPoochie
    @WheresPoochie 9 лет назад +2146

    It's like when a kid is singing at a talent show and forgets the lyrics.

    • @monkybros
      @monkybros 8 лет назад +42

      yoozy cutie I wanna *boogie* like an animal! *get down, get down!*

    • @Bleenderhead
      @Bleenderhead 8 лет назад +37

      +WheresPoochie He sings the songs that remind him of the songs that remind him of the _piss_ beneath my toes.

    • @ChadConnor
      @ChadConnor 7 лет назад +41

      I want to eat the sun

    • @qwertyuiop2924
      @qwertyuiop2924 7 лет назад +41

      I wanna be a dragonfly

    • @oneforty1623
      @oneforty1623 7 лет назад +90

      "I wanna fuck Milky Way"

  • @MatthewMcDermott6
    @MatthewMcDermott6 8 лет назад +628

    The fact that this was made on Windows Movie Maker makes it 5x better

    • @jackpitman15
      @jackpitman15 8 лет назад +52

      He had to install an older version to make it too

    • @QWERTYCommander
      @QWERTYCommander 8 лет назад +41

      +Matthew McDermott IIRC Windows Movie Maker doesn't render in HD; it seems Neil just recreated the Movie Maker style.

    • @stick6969
      @stick6969 8 лет назад +30

      +QWERTYCommander I think he made the base video with all the milky way stuff in wmm, and the audio, the mask part, and the dragonfly part at the end were made in something else, because the video is in widescreen

    • @Personofel
      @Personofel 8 лет назад +26

      +Matthew McDermott he definitely had to use something like premiere to make the effects like when he eats the sun

    • @stickjoint8770
      @stickjoint8770 4 года назад

      @@Personofel he probably animated lenny eating the sun and turned it into a gif
      Then he put it in the movie maker

  • @TreeFullz
    @TreeFullz 2 года назад +311

    I will never, ever forget the moment me and my two buddies had this video pop up for us when we were tripping on acid. It autoplayed and we giggled because it was obviously an old school video some kid fan must have made.... It took us until Lenny's head on a dragon fly to understand that it wasn't the real song. The feeling of absolute confusion from the acid and this song twisted my head and gave me such an uncomfortable joy, but throughout I felt my whole body coming up and getting so into the song and new lyrics. Absolutely hilarious experience. And when the alien appeared I said "holy shit, this video was made specifically for people in our situation, high as hell and accidentally finding it." Honestly, changed my life. So many feelings.

    • @apples7084
      @apples7084 Год назад +8

      If you like this, listen to the Mouth Albums from Neil. Mouth dreams is the best album to listen to while tripping

    • @neondennon
      @neondennon Год назад +7

      “I want to get fuckin high
      I wanna eat the suuuunn”

    • @user-zy5dp8fl8n
      @user-zy5dp8fl8n 7 месяцев назад

      This is hilarious!! I found the RUclips poop genre on L once and we were convinced the video was tripping with us lololol such ecstatic laughter

  • @pielord33321
    @pielord33321 4 года назад +642

    Neil that is the worst thumbnail I have ever seen. I love it.

    • @SeveralMice
      @SeveralMice 3 года назад +9

      *best

    • @pikariocraftf2802
      @pikariocraftf2802 2 года назад +7

      @@SeveralMice - THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST part of wakin' up if Folger's in your cup

  • @ampersandman757
    @ampersandman757 8 лет назад +545

    Who the fuck sits back and thinks of natural cane and corn sugars when eating candy?

    • @TehLuvablePup
      @TehLuvablePup 8 лет назад +108

      Apparently Lenny Kravitz.

    • @guttsii356
      @guttsii356 8 лет назад +28

      I sure do when I eat a Milky Way while watching this.

    • @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX
      @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 7 лет назад +3

      I do

    • @dinkules
      @dinkules 7 лет назад +20

      After hearing this song, I don't think anyone could resist doing just that.

    • @asrieldreemunov472
      @asrieldreemunov472 7 лет назад +70

      You need to make the time for it.

  • @holymackerelthethird2478
    @holymackerelthethird2478 9 лет назад +1436

    This is a whole new level of irony. This is an art form of irony. A new genre of irony. And we shall call it "Neil".

    • @WorldFungusChamp
      @WorldFungusChamp 9 лет назад +129

      Neil-core. The next step is post-Neil.

    • @LimeGreenTeknii
      @LimeGreenTeknii 9 лет назад +14

      kazooga 1234 It's ironic that you say that, and your name is kazooga 1234

    • @papplemanger2
      @papplemanger2 9 лет назад +4

      kazooga 1234 I think it's ironic that Neil made a Lenny Kravitz song, what with him being famous for harry potter and being on youtube.

    • @papplemanger2
      @papplemanger2 9 лет назад +4

      kazooga 1234 You clearly don't get sarcasm or satire.

    • @papplemanger2
      @papplemanger2 9 лет назад +13

      kazooga 1234 Wow. I can't believe how insanely closed-minded you are. You really don't want to admit that it was entirely possible that I was mixing sarcasm with satire to make a joke about irony. Just lighten up and stop judging people. You're not smarter than everyone and you'll never have friends with an attitude like that.

  • @rhondawithabook8001
    @rhondawithabook8001 6 лет назад +300

    The other day one of my students (who is five) was being silly and saying, “I’m so hungry I can eat a whale! I’m gonna eat the sun!” And I was like, “you’re gonna eat the sun? Like Lenny Kravitz?”

  • @MegaFPVFlyer
    @MegaFPVFlyer 4 года назад +56

    0:17 i fucking love how he made that transition between the two pictures as slow and awkward as possible. especially the abomination it creates if you pause it while it's fading

    • @jamie150741
      @jamie150741 Год назад

      Nobodys talking about this enough

  • @TheKrou
    @TheKrou 9 лет назад +707

    This is now the 2nd result if you google "lenny kravitz fly away", 1st if you google or youtube search "lenny kravitz fly away lyrics", and 3rd if you youtube search "lenny kravitz fly away"

    • @FTWOBR2000
      @FTWOBR2000 9 лет назад +142

      Life can be beautiful sometimes.

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone 5 лет назад +3

      @@FTWOBR2000 From the perspective of a misanthrope.. Beautiful I think

    • @staudinga
      @staudinga 4 года назад +1

      As it should be

    • @jayvette8936
      @jayvette8936 4 года назад +1

      I just search "I want a milky way"

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 4 года назад

      Life, uh, finds a way

  • @LazyScoutJace
    @LazyScoutJace 7 лет назад +743

    The Mars Company should seriously just take this and make it a commercial.

    • @jonjon4634
      @jonjon4634 5 лет назад +31

      Llanfabon Milky Way! A taste you can fuck!

    • @CWargh63
      @CWargh63 4 года назад +19

      Small print during commercial 'Please do not try to actually eat the sun. You will just end up looking like a jackass.'

    • @sincerecinnamon
      @sincerecinnamon 2 года назад +2

      I want a milky way rn, ngl

  • @brandunk924
    @brandunk924 6 лет назад +294

    Just lost my job.. This vid managed to put a smile on my face even despite this day being the worst I've prob had in a while. Thank you for this.

    • @keechoocalzone8712
      @keechoocalzone8712 3 года назад +7

      did you get a new job since then

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 3 года назад +7

      Did you get a new job?

    • @tau-5794
      @tau-5794 2 года назад +2

      @@ijemand5672 It's been 4 years I'm pretty sure the guy's been hired at least once in that time.

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 2 года назад +5

      @@tau-5794 do you have a job?

    • @LoudGamerzTM
      @LoudGamerzTM 2 года назад +7

      sounds like a good opportunity to get f'kin high and eat the sun

  • @nightrain5150
    @nightrain5150 6 лет назад +49

    This is one of the most dementedly sublime things I've ever seen.

    • @kumquatmagoo
      @kumquatmagoo 6 лет назад

      I've been binging on his remixes/mashups all week. Love them.

  • @ThioJoe
    @ThioJoe 9 лет назад +934

    It just kept getting better and better. I died at "I want to eat the sun".

    • @TaxEvasionUS
      @TaxEvasionUS 3 года назад +9

      Thank you sir for doubling my internet speeds, you're a legend

    • @adamandsethdylantoo
      @adamandsethdylantoo Год назад +10

      I mean "I wanna get fuckin' high, I wanna eat the sun" is one of the hardest lines i've ever heard in a completely unironic sense

    • @zeandiaz1791
      @zeandiaz1791 7 месяцев назад +2

      Just like a dragonfly

    • @tyyer
      @tyyer 5 месяцев назад +2

      (With you)

  • @Unpopular50
    @Unpopular50 7 лет назад +105

    The zoom in on KravitzFly after the oh Oh OH YEAH kills me every time.

  • @taimarg
    @taimarg 4 года назад +32

    Iam convinced this is a top 5 video on the internet ever

  • @oingusboingus7305
    @oingusboingus7305 5 лет назад +55

    Hearing the normal song always makes me laugh and I can’t go to department stores anymore

    • @sigurdgram
      @sigurdgram 3 года назад +5

      I choose to believe that these two things aren't related.

    • @microsoftsam_yt
      @microsoftsam_yt 2 года назад +3

      I heard "Fly Away" playing in Trader Joes last weekend and I could barely keep a straight face because I kept thinking of this video.

  • @theneedledrop
    @theneedledrop 9 лет назад +5753

    This is so much like the humor that was all over Newgrounds in the early 00s.

    • @Ambocom
      @Ambocom 9 лет назад +1039

      Neil was a pioneer in that humor

    • @Nate_ROB_
      @Nate_ROB_ 9 лет назад +67

      ***** do you know who you just called a dingus?!

    • @wizlez
      @wizlez 9 лет назад +222

      anthony fantano does not have a sense of humor

    • @Nate_ROB_
      @Nate_ROB_ 9 лет назад +30

      that statement can be proven wrong so many times over that it's actually hilarious.

    • @wizlez
      @wizlez 9 лет назад +198

      Nathaniel Jurcago he is good at pretending that he has a sense of humor in the same way a psychopath is good at pretending to be your friend

  • @PoorStargazer
    @PoorStargazer 7 лет назад +173

    "I want to get away, like a dragonfly." Words to live by.

  • @chikari123
    @chikari123 2 года назад +40

    Years ago I discovered this by accident while trying to look up the real song. Thank you so much Neil.

  • @uelssom
    @uelssom 6 лет назад +836

    I saw Lenny Kravitz at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
    He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
    I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
    The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
    When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

    • @milangiroux
      @milangiroux 5 лет назад +56

      @@thegoosh6469 it's a copypasta

    • @thegoosh6469
      @thegoosh6469 5 лет назад +14

      @@milangiroux Sorry, I honestly knew about this for a while and never changed it. Thanks for the reminder.

    • @coreysmithson4002
      @coreysmithson4002 4 года назад +17

      This is one of the funniest things I've ever read

    • @user-df1hv3co4p
      @user-df1hv3co4p 4 года назад +15

      Is this a fan fic?

    • @delphia3K
      @delphia3K 4 года назад +13

      @@user-df1hv3co4p no it happened

  • @Ichiboy900
    @Ichiboy900 9 лет назад +923

    It took me until the Milky Way to realize this was a joke.

    • @spicydoge3847
      @spicydoge3847 7 лет назад +32

      The first time I saw this I thought it was the original song with the lyrics... boy was I wrong :D

    • @fordsrest
      @fordsrest 5 лет назад +3

      Spicy Doge BOY WERE THEY WRONG.

    • @steampoweredmaniac5359
      @steampoweredmaniac5359 5 лет назад +1

      That long huh?

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone 5 лет назад +1

      @@steampoweredmaniac5359 Hey look! It's a guy that thinks only pranksters/attention seekers (probably in this case) can joke about copyright. Because only dey have duh smarts to do dat

    • @AgsmaJustAgsma
      @AgsmaJustAgsma 4 года назад +2

      I only had to see that stupidly slow transition between photos of Lenny Kravitz at the beginning to know that it was going to be your typical Neil Cicierega remix.

  • @JeffRamos9000
    @JeffRamos9000 8 лет назад +40

    We played this all throughout my best friend's bachelor party weekend. I hope this makes you proud.

  • @strideryourself
    @strideryourself 2 года назад +9

    my friend can recognize the video link. i’ve sent it to him so many times that he knows it when he sees it. hell, the link is even in the wallpaper on my laptop. classic video, thank you neil.

    • @JigParm
      @JigParm 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/8t-iFr9q1I8/видео.html

  • @jjju3
    @jjju3 3 года назад +24

    Ive never listened to this song and if I didn't know who Neil cicierega was I would have just assumed this is what it was

    • @-fv
      @-fv 3 года назад +1

      same lol

  • @Starhartdeer
    @Starhartdeer 7 лет назад +607

    i've never seen a better commercial for milky way.

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox 3 года назад +4

      I crave Milky Way every time I hear this
      help

  • @oobndroobw
    @oobndroobw 9 лет назад +67

    This is the first video that pops up if you type "lenny kravitz fly away lyrics". So basically anyone genuinely looking for this song is going to be trolled. Well done sir!

  • @noyboy125
    @noyboy125 3 года назад +4

    Once in a while, when the algorithm smiles upon me, I am blessed with this in my feed

  • @abra_kadavr
    @abra_kadavr Месяц назад +2

    Gaslighting people by convincing them that this is the original is one of the few things that still bring me joy in life.

  • @MorticiaObscurum
    @MorticiaObscurum 8 лет назад +901

    Not being a fan of Kravitz, I really thought this is the original song. Well, this version is now the original version for me.

    • @ilackedtheheart
      @ilackedtheheart 6 лет назад +31

      I actually like Lenny Kravitz and this is official for me too.

    • @yaboy2124
      @yaboy2124 6 лет назад

      MrFlipperInvader782 I'm lost too

    • @orchid570
      @orchid570 6 лет назад +7

      I’ve never even heard of Kravitz until my friend sent me this.

    • @unwelldanny7108
      @unwelldanny7108 5 лет назад

      @@ilackedtheheart same

    • @JimmyValmer88
      @JimmyValmer88 4 года назад

      name you uncultured swine

  • @Bleenderhead
    @Bleenderhead 9 лет назад +44

    That slow fade at the beginning is fantastic.

  • @ryannfrad7089
    @ryannfrad7089 2 года назад +20

    This is amazing. Years later, I still come back to it. I can't get enough Milky Way.

  • @rassilontdavros3004
    @rassilontdavros3004 5 лет назад +6

    I find that watching in 240p really enhances the experience.

  • @samwoodson9603
    @samwoodson9603 9 лет назад +1054

    "I want a little milky way" I fucking pissed my ass at that part

    • @joe450x
      @joe450x 9 лет назад +109

      That's unhealthy

    • @CorvoAttano21
      @CorvoAttano21 9 лет назад +1

      ^ True dat.

    • @samwoodson9603
      @samwoodson9603 9 лет назад +37

      You guys don't know what it's like to be truly happy

    • @CorvoAttano21
      @CorvoAttano21 9 лет назад +2

      Yes I do. Darude-'Sandstorm.

    • @samwoodson9603
      @samwoodson9603 9 лет назад +34

      That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

  • @gamefootage3288
    @gamefootage3288 8 лет назад +42

    I'm glad someone finally got their hands on the original cassette tape version.

  • @zolt3ch656
    @zolt3ch656 4 года назад +33

    Those harmonies that start at @2:50 actually sound really nice

    • @bup6340
      @bup6340 10 месяцев назад

      I thought the same.

  • @hisfavworstnightmare
    @hisfavworstnightmare 2 года назад +7

    that flash of that picture at 0:40 made me laugh harder than i should have

  • @theneedledrop
    @theneedledrop 9 лет назад +2553

    Genius

    • @andreabluemoon87
      @andreabluemoon87 9 лет назад +13

      i love this song!!!

    • @cjs372
      @cjs372 9 лет назад +11

      i'm a dragonfly

    • @g1MisterBo
      @g1MisterBo 9 лет назад +8

      Ant on Bee Fan Novel is here!!!

    • @hd-sp7lt
      @hd-sp7lt 9 лет назад +3

      ArtFluids Aesthetics Fantano

    • @realitysimulator2304
      @realitysimulator2304 9 лет назад +4

      Antonio Fandangro is my favorite musician review guys.

  • @lunatunny7594
    @lunatunny7594 8 лет назад +144

    This has more views than the actual lyrics video.

  • @doomderp
    @doomderp 3 года назад +6

    Of course Niel made this, he's behind every goddamn facet of my childhood, I can't escape this man, he's made a deal with the lemon devil

  • @jaceyjohnson8922
    @jaceyjohnson8922 4 месяца назад +8

    I haven't heard the original song so this is normal to me

  • @bassetts1899
    @bassetts1899 9 лет назад +1122

    what even is humour? what is irony? what is sarcasm? neil, i don't even know any more. you've broken me to the point where this is hilarious.

    • @Floydthefuckbag
      @Floydthefuckbag 9 лет назад +88

      Neil Cicierega transcends comedy.

    • @extrasugo
      @extrasugo 9 лет назад +37

      Floydthefuckbag
      post-comedy

    • @neilcic
      @neilcic  9 лет назад +171

      Your username answers your questions

    • @hazel61kinzel
      @hazel61kinzel 9 лет назад +14

      The phrase you're looking for is "surrealist parody."

    • @snakeinthegrass453
      @snakeinthegrass453 9 лет назад +4

      It's like Tim and Eric

  • @JesusVEIVO
    @JesusVEIVO 7 лет назад +56

    This was the biggest ride of my life

  • @cognitivetriad
    @cognitivetriad 5 месяцев назад +5

    This is the funniest thing I've heard in years 😂🤣

  • @BeeGuns
    @BeeGuns 3 года назад +13

    It’s always the third “dragonfly” that gets me. Up until then no one notices the song is different

  • @siliodon
    @siliodon 9 лет назад +92

    This belongs in the Museum of Modern Art.
    I'm not even joking.

  • @nightbringer99
    @nightbringer99 7 лет назад +24

    I watched this while high one time because I remembered how funny it was. I'd never got to the end before. Scared the shit out of me.

  • @katurday1817
    @katurday1817 6 месяцев назад +6

    Still gold

  • @meris8486
    @meris8486 6 лет назад +92

    That moment when you realise the guy who did this is the same guy that did Brody Quest, Harry potter Pupppet pals and the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.
    What a talented man.

    • @TaxEvasionUS
      @TaxEvasionUS 3 года назад +5

      Two trucks having sex

    • @meris8486
      @meris8486 3 года назад +2

      @John Wesley Harding
      Who could forget, those are excellent

  • @some14u2no
    @some14u2no 8 лет назад +293

    That was some Hotline Miami shit at the end.

  • @-.leah.-
    @-.leah.- 9 лет назад +10

    The thumbnail for this video is the best thing ever

  • @synthmalicious7541
    @synthmalicious7541 4 года назад +3

    the thumbnail gets me every time

  • @st4r64
    @st4r64 6 месяцев назад +3

    Every time i hear the regular version on the car radio, i want to put this version on because it's immensely better.

  • @ReactAsyIum
    @ReactAsyIum 7 лет назад +108

    This little gem. Best kept secret of the internet.
    I thought I had seen it all. Nope. Not until today.

    • @buttface1202
      @buttface1202 7 лет назад +5

      ReactAsylum just a little fuckin dragonfly

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone 5 лет назад

      In other places it's called misleading and fraud xd

  • @BandoTheBear
    @BandoTheBear 8 лет назад +736

    I heard the original version at the grocery store the other day and it felt weird

  • @JFrombaugh
    @JFrombaugh 6 лет назад +59

    Note to self: Don't listen to this while stoned. Or you'll be wanting a Milky Way too.

    • @CWargh63
      @CWargh63 4 года назад

      Lord, no.

    • @sweesbees
      @sweesbees 3 года назад +2

      or you get fuckin high and want to eat the sun

    • @luxie8097
      @luxie8097 3 года назад +1

      Instructions unclear. Ate a dragonfly, fucked the sun and left the milky way galaxy on a stone.

  • @TorutheRedFox
    @TorutheRedFox 3 года назад +27

    the worst part about this is that it's literally mastered better than the original song

  • @dickdickdickdickduck
    @dickdickdickdickduck 9 лет назад +17

    subtle, understated,, post-meme minimalism,, absolutely stunning piece of work

  • @rektassley
    @rektassley 9 лет назад +77

    "or even stars."
    - Lenny Kravitz

    • @jackpitman15
      @jackpitman15 8 лет назад +3

      It could all be stars

    • @anthonyalvarado5194
      @anthonyalvarado5194 4 года назад +5

      Well it could just be stars

    • @Circuitssmith
      @Circuitssmith 4 года назад

      The Lenny Kravitz in the video is like a controlling girlfriend.
      “I don’t know, whatever you want to see”
      “How about we go-“
      “Let’s go and see the stars”

    • @aporue5893
      @aporue5893 2 месяца назад

      *milky way*

  • @Hayden-tx7jh
    @Hayden-tx7jh 6 лет назад +8

    The best part of this is that it flows so well, you could play up to the second verse before anyone even knows something’s different. Bravo 👏

  • @meli_lemon_real
    @meli_lemon_real 2 года назад +4

    i think this is neil’s funniest video idk what it is about it

  • @Zoritos64
    @Zoritos64 8 лет назад +45

    The description is perfect.

  • @Inic
    @Inic 8 лет назад +624

    I wish I was a dragonfly made out of Milky Way®

    • @cosmicturban2797
      @cosmicturban2797 8 лет назад +20

      just like a milky flyyy

    • @calebhagen2861
      @calebhagen2861 8 лет назад +14

      Dragon way
      Milky Fly

    • @ChadConnor
      @ChadConnor 7 лет назад +17

      I wish that I could fly INTO THE SUUUUUUN
      i wish that i could fly
      and get fuhkin high
      like a dragonfly

    • @DragnSly
      @DragnSly 6 лет назад +1

      (With you)

    • @ripelivejam
      @ripelivejam 4 года назад

      jus a lil fuckin sun

  • @Agos226
    @Agos226 2 года назад +2

    I love this is more viewed than all the actual lyrics videos of Fly Away

  • @OxuStudio2
    @OxuStudio2 7 лет назад +3

    I'm so upset I didn't discover who Neil was until this year--I've been watching and listening to his stuff for years without knowing his name.
    Conclusion: Neil paved a LOT of different genres of internet humor under the radar like a hidden genius.

  • @cinebst
    @cinebst 7 лет назад +95

    The end always makes me jump. Holy shit.

    • @ThatOneToucan
      @ThatOneToucan 2 года назад +1

      He achieved his goal of metamorphosis into a dragonfly!

  • @burpitola
    @burpitola 8 лет назад +52

    This kills me everytime.

  • @townicus5908
    @townicus5908 3 года назад +2

    I've listened to this so much that it's now the original.

  • @gabrield.8999
    @gabrield.8999 3 года назад +7

    1:39 this pitch-shifting always makes me lose it !

  • @ShadesAtKnight
    @ShadesAtKnight 8 лет назад +58

    I am in tears. Thank you for this.

  • @ClosetPankin
    @ClosetPankin 9 лет назад +24

    I want you to picture the people who tried to legitimately find the lyrics for this song and found this video. I want you to picture those people.

  • @slayboss6476
    @slayboss6476 3 года назад +1

    I've been scouring the internet far and wide for people with the same sense of humor as me. You, sir, capture my ambitions perfectly.

  • @zeratul78
    @zeratul78 2 года назад +2

    Never fucking gets old, thank you Neil Cicierga, genius

  • @JimSterling
    @JimSterling 9 лет назад +1768

    Love it.

  • @timmowarner
    @timmowarner 9 лет назад +44

    This is not bad for a first video.
    Keep it up and you could get a following.

  • @manwithdominantclaw5320
    @manwithdominantclaw5320 3 года назад +4

    I've been a huge fan for many years and I've just started digesting Mouth Dreams but I had to come back and appreciate that this still leaves me in stitches.
    First time I saw it was in the days before the algorithms, so I'm really appreciative that somebody once told me

  • @trashman1791
    @trashman1791 3 года назад +2

    Everything about this is brilliant

  • @arminjorgenson5990
    @arminjorgenson5990 9 лет назад +190

    Let's make this the first search result when someone types in "lenny kravtiz fly away"

    • @RD500v2
      @RD500v2 9 лет назад +7

      Armin Jorgenson its 5th which isn't too bad, he should have put something like OFFICIAL VIDEO or a buzzword like that :')

    • @StudioScarecrow
      @StudioScarecrow 9 лет назад +14

      Armin Jorgenson It's the first for "lenny kravitz fly away lyrics"!

    • @fordsrest
      @fordsrest 5 лет назад +1

      OMG ITS 3RD.

  • @user-kk9ho5pz9m
    @user-kk9ho5pz9m 9 лет назад +316

    Great job for a first video, keep working at it!

    • @saintspy150
      @saintspy150 9 лет назад +3

      He has a lot more than this, lol

    • @SerratedMilliner
      @SerratedMilliner 9 лет назад +93

      Monticuno Chuples thatsthejoke.jpg

    • @saintspy150
      @saintspy150 9 лет назад +4

      Serrated Milliner I wrote that shit when I was exhausted. You're probably right though, but you never know.

  • @SoapheadPog
    @SoapheadPog Год назад +3

    neil did not predicted the internet, he created it

  • @southside7889
    @southside7889 3 года назад +2

    This may very well be the single most well edited video on the world wide web