One of the most underrated, undervalued, under appreciated and under recognized talents in the history of music. Only those who know, know what a pure gem this woman is. Thank you being you and nothing less Aimee!! Much love from a huge fan in Canada! 🇨🇦❤️🙏🍻
I agree!! She is so amazing!! I saw her with 'til Tuesday back in 1987 at a small local club in RI. Still one of the best shows I've ever seen! I love her!!!
Aimee Mann should've won the Oscar for Best Original Song for Save Me from P.T. Anderson's Magnolia. Not only is that movie emotionally staggering, but Mann's song is incredible and fit the mood so well.
Fab song, granted, but what about Wise Up?!?! The soul of the movie is in that song. And much as Aimee has written scores of fab songs since, Wise Up remains her peak for me.
@@reubenfinklestein4496 It wasn't eligible because it appeared on the Jerry Maguire soundtrack. And I don't know why it wasn't even nominated then... The Academy has a way of usually choosing the most treacly songs.
So I’m like the biggest hugest super fan of only two “bands’… Pearl Jam and Aimee Mann… that makes me what just I am. And without them- would NOT have made it through life without their help - always a song to rest my brain when times get tough ❤
I fell deeply in love with Aimee's music after seeing the video for 'voices carry" when i was in group home for fucked up kids..I still remember where i was standing in the living room of the home i was in alone watching the Tv and feeling the first feelings of feeling like a big sister(that i never had) was watching over me,and i felt flooded with love,love that i was rarely if ever given s a child and never as a teenager from abusive parents thats didnt want me........and that was a very pivotal moment in my life. Thats the power of music,folks...and specifically the power of Amy.
Aimee Mann does this bright/melancholy, sweet hook, minor chord-twist dark pop thing that just fucking kills me. In a good way. It's weirdly too rare in rock music. Any band that can do this as good as Aimee Mann, you'll make me emotionally crumble and feel like life's beauty is indisputable.
kinda like pixies "where is my mind". that one is a little darker though. This song is largely I, vi, iii, V. "where is my mind is mostly I, vi, III, IV. i feel like i know more songs that are similar but cant recall sadly.
Count me in this group. Played the heck out of my CD of the album back in my Uni days half a lifetime ago, still keep coming back to it a half lifetime later in 2021.
"I'm With Stupid' was one of the great things about the 90's, truly. And let's not forget Jon Brion, who had more than a small part in its creation. Both, gems.
It's a strange thing. Listening to Queens of the Summer Hotel brought me back here. Not to Lost in Space et al. Because sometimes you can be a Kennedy AND a Roosevelt, in one lifetime perhaps ?
Yes. This is noticeably different from her eighties stuff. Weird to see the til Tuesday lead singer dressed grunge and sounding a bit AoR. But now I realize why I heard of her in the first place it was her solo tour in the nineties and some of my friends were songwriters and huge squeeze fans.
Going all the way back to 1995’s I’m With Stupid, Mann was already on top of her game as a solo artist in just her second attempt. And she had already mastered the formula of marrying impossibly catchy tunes to words that simmered with disappointment and dismay. Exhibit A: the melodically springing and lyrically stinging “That’s Just What You Are.” This was a point in Mann’s career where her frustration with the machinations of record companies and the music industry in general often fueled her lyrics. Indeed, the person being addressed in “That’s Just What You Are” could be an ex-lover or an A&R man. What sets Mann apart on songs like this is her ability to deliver a verbal takedown without seeming vindictive or nasty, making her argument always seem like the commonest of sense. “That’s Just What You Are,” co-written with producer Jon Brion, also demonstrates Mann’s expert adherence to meter and cognizance of internal rhyme. The very first two lines (“In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye/No guts to sever so forever may we wave goodbye”) manage to both display her nimble wordplay and sum up the situation with no-frills efficiency. For the remainder of the song, the narrator casually dissects this guy’s claim that his behavior is immutable and the result of some long-ingrained character flaw. “I won’t fall for the oldest trick in the book,” she insists. “What’s the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears?” she queries in the second verse, and it’s the kind of zinger that would put a normal guy on the ropes. But the whole point of Mann’s song is that this person she’s addressing lacks the conscience that would allow these complaints to register. “Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy,” she says, suggesting that the simplest of moves toward congeniality are seemingly beyond him. In the bridge, the melody arches upward and Mann’s vocals betray the hurt the narrator is obviously feeling at continually running into the same wall. “Now I could talk to you till you’re blue in the face/ But we still would arrive at the very same place/ With you running around and me out of the race.” Finally she finds herself reluctantly agreeing with his position, realizing that what she’s asking of him is simply impossible: “So maybe you’re right nobody can take/Something older than time and hope you could make/It better that would be a mistake.” Mann finally relents in the closing moments: “So take it just so far/ ’Cause that’s just what you are.” By that time, she’s blanketed on backing vocals by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, songwriting team for Squeeze and a pair that knows a thing or two about pop music excellence. In an interview, Mann defended her proclivity for downbeat material. “I don’t understand how people can just listen to purely happy music,” she said. “And writing music that is just straight ahead and happy with no conflict, it’s like going to the gym or something. It feels like a chore.”
Jon Brion is criminally underrated. Just had to say that. Of course Aimee Mann is great, we all know that. Jon Brion is an absolute musical genius though. Can't even count how may times I've seen him at Largo (best thing to do on a Friday night in LA). My introduction to LA was getting a corn beef at Canter's and then going across the street to wait in line for standing room at the original Largo on a Friday night to see JB. God that was amazing!
This video could have come out today and I would believe you. Aimee Mann you are timeless. Customizing your roller skates, the platform sneakers, power clashing with a middle part and white ankle socks. Perfect tonal make up into some see through green sweater that Tay would wear. Oh yeah and the lyrics happen to be hauntingly beautiful.
bummed that this edit cuts the best part of the song, from the outro: "you're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you/even when it is apparent where your actions will take you."
I am here because I love Aimee Mann, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford all on THIS Song! Back up vocals by Glenn, Aimee, and Chris, guitar solo by Glenn.
+Larry Matarasso Hey thanks Larry - once I read your comment I could hear their voices. Saw them all perform here in Toronto a few years ago at a small venue - brilliant.
@A Grocery Geek both are on it - glenn tillbrook is more noticeable - higher voice doubling the 'that's just what you are' line. you have to listen more for chris difford singing along - he sings lower, a crisp baritone just burbling along underneath. actually from 2:30 you hear glenn(high), aimee (mid) and chris (low) at the same time
And just like with Ms. Mann, Difford + Tilbrook are still grossly underappreciated by the masses that have their brains firmly wedged in their arses. Thankfully, there are those of us who know better.
I’m with stupid is still one of my favourite albums. The production, songwriting and musicianship is stunning. I can not think of another album that has the variety of tones as this album. Aimees’ voice, lyrics and tone is pure magic.
It's because Michael Penn loved the Beatles. He produced this album in a very similar way. Back then, they wouldn't play anything that sounded like it. 😿www.youtube.com/@akashicrecordmedialtd.7457
I met Aimee Mann at LaGuardia airport in Ny I was working for Tsa It was one of the best moments of that horrible job What an honor She is so sweet and humble Such an incredible talented lady I love her
I feel sad because Amiee was never recognized or popular. I know people called hipsters (I hate being called that) listen to her, but she is a great talent and she should have been recognized fer it.
Saw Aimee in a small venue... The first band was really strong... Aimee then takes the stage and proclaims to us: "Weren't they F@#%$&& awesome?? Aimee is a fantastic songwriter!
One of those perfect songs and artists, that I heard almost 30 years ago, at my homeland cross the Atlantic, and stayed with me since. I cherish this kind of songs. They are true gems of music 💙🎼🎸🙂🙏
I was watching clips at 3 in the morning back in the 90s, and saw this girl naked in the back of a double decker bus, some black school girls and milk everywhere. It was another very strange song.
Shortly after She started her solo career, I met her by chance walking down the street with some of her band mates. She was very friendly and one of the prettiest wominz I ever met.
Chris Difford's "harmony" chews your ankles, all through the song... the vinegar the hooks need. Just don't tell the record company, they are spending a lot of money on this, yeah ?
In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye No guts to serve us so forever may we wave goodbye And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook By saying there is no use changing 'cause That's just what you are That's just what you are Acting steady always ready to defend your fears What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears By suggesting that a change might be a thing to try Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy It's not like you would lose some critical piece If somehow you moved point A to point B Maintaining there is no point changing 'cause That's just what you are That's just what you are Now I could talk to you till I'm blue in the face But we still would arrive at the very same place With you running around and me out of the race So maybe you're right, nobody can take Something older than time and hope you could make It better, that would be a mistake So take it just so far 'Cause that's just what you are That's just what you are That's just what you are Acting steady always ready to defend your fears What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears You're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you Even when it is apparent where your actions will take you That's just what you are And that's just what you are That's just what you are That's just what you are
Aimee Mann's lyrics are often insightful and unique and too often poignant - It is rare that we don't at some point find ourselves in such a position however briefly that may be.
This and Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" are awesome. It's amazing how intense the dark New Wave tones of "Voices" contrast with this light and airy song, and yet they're definitely the product of the same person.
I’ve been a fan of her post-1999 works, but man this is a good song. I need to go back further. I was cool with Till Tuesday. She charms and amazes no matter what genre. What a gift.
Such a great song. Great arrangement. The vocal backing harmonies add this extra richness to Aimee's crisp lead. Makes thinking about my ex more pleasant.
This Aimee Mann 1994 Hit, "That's Just What You Are," Would Be Playing In America On Sirius XM's The 90's On 9, Music Choice's The 90's, Sirius XM's Lithium, Music Choice's Classic Alternative, Music Choice's Rock, And Syndicated Radio's Backtrax USA: The 90's.
The Song hit 93 weird how it works her biggest solo hit in the US also was used in Melrose Place to think i watched that show.Amazing style Aimee she's got her Band in the 80s and Solo in the 90s talented not many can plan or say that
Fun fact: This song has been covered by Japanese pop artist Bonnie Pink. Whose music I would recommend to fans of Aimee Mann in general (especially her older works from this era, as her newer stuff is a bit more poppy) -- it has a very similar style! It's very obvious WHY Bonnie Pink would've covered this song once you hear her body of work, as Aimee Mann was a clear influence on her. (It's a really good cover, too!)
Taylor Swift and Adele have nothing on this girl and her break-up songs. My favorite female artist, for YEARS!!! And glad she hasn't got caught up in all that media glitz. We, who know GOOD music get to keep her to ourselves this way!
I fell in love with Amys music back in 1986-87 Til Tuesday got me through a shitfuck breakup in another country.( Germany) and I still love it today. She was so underrated back then :/ I'm glad 30 years later shes still getting recognition.
The comment section: 28% talking about Opal/Steven Universe 70% talking about how good this song is 1% talking about how creepy it is 1% talking about the clothes
I listened to this song as a kid and now im back here as an adult and finally understand the meaning and dam that screws with your head to think you were so innocent as a child
Aimee in someways reminds me of Carole King. Both extremely talented song writers and musicians. Different era and different music but incredible artists. Very impressive also how Aimee has kept herself in such great shape. Oh and those incredibly gorgeous beautiful eyes!
I need to trust myself. You never help me. Every time I trust you guys. It goes right back to you using me. You have to trust yourself before you can trust others. Speilberg.
this video was part of the end credits of Melrose Place season 3 back in 1994 in 2 or 3 episodes because this song was included in the first official soundtrack of the show: Melrose Place The Music. I watched that show in a former mexican cable channel called TeleUno
One of the most underrated, undervalued, under appreciated and under recognized talents in the history of music. Only those who know, know what a pure gem this woman is. Thank you being you and nothing less Aimee!! Much love from a huge fan in Canada!
🇨🇦❤️🙏🍻
I completely agree with what your saying & thank you! So well spoken! Love her!!!!
Are u serious? La😂😂😅😂at 🤡
I agree!! She is so amazing!! I saw her with 'til Tuesday back in 1987 at a small local club in RI. Still one of the best shows I've ever seen! I love her!!!
I kind of like that Aimee isn't loved and celebrated by everybody it's like being part of a special club being a fan of hers.
Aimee Mann should've won the Oscar for Best Original Song for Save Me from P.T. Anderson's Magnolia. Not only is that movie emotionally staggering, but Mann's song is incredible and fit the mood so well.
yes!
Lapis lazuli 💖🥵
Fab song, granted, but what about Wise Up?!?! The soul of the movie is in that song. And much as Aimee has written scores of fab songs since, Wise Up remains her peak for me.
@@reubenfinklestein4496 It wasn't eligible because it appeared on the Jerry Maguire soundtrack. And I don't know why it wasn't even nominated then... The Academy has a way of usually choosing the most treacly songs.
Aimee Mann should’ve won an Oscar for her performance in “The Big Lebowski”. The carpet pissers made sure she didn’t.
She's always been so ahead of her time .
I used to play this song, directed at my emotionally and physically abusive stepfather… he’s gone now, but I still love this song. Thank you, Amiee❤️
She's one of the greatest female artists of all time and is entirely underrated and under appreciated!
Or the greatest artist gender not considered! She is Paul Simon level songwriter and a better performer
Artists period.I would say it goes like Paul Simon, Elliot Smith, Aimee Mann
Agree 100%.
She should have won that Oscar for “Save Me” back in 2000
So I’m like the biggest hugest super fan of only two “bands’… Pearl Jam and Aimee Mann… that makes me what just I am. And without them- would NOT have made it through life without their help - always a song to rest my brain when times get tough ❤
I fell deeply in love with Aimee's music after seeing the video for 'voices carry" when i was in group home for fucked up kids..I still remember where i was standing in the living room of the home i was in alone watching the Tv and feeling the first feelings of feeling like a big sister(that i never had) was watching over me,and i felt flooded with love,love that i was rarely if ever given s a child and never as a teenager from abusive parents thats didnt want me........and that was a very pivotal moment in my life. Thats the power of music,folks...and specifically the power of Amy.
There are a lot of good people in the world who will love you - if you haven't found them yet, be open to it and keep looking. :)
Damn, this really hit me. I hope you found what you were looking for, thx for sharing.
Abusive parents... and toxic people... I had a deep experience me too... You're welcome I can clearly understand...
Nathan, hugs across the globe ♥️
God bless you I hope your life is better now Many blessings to you
This song bring sad but sweet emotion to me. From Japan
Aimee Mann does this bright/melancholy, sweet hook, minor chord-twist dark pop thing that just fucking kills me. In a good way. It's weirdly too rare in rock music. Any band that can do this as good as Aimee Mann, you'll make me emotionally crumble and feel like life's beauty is indisputable.
kinda like pixies "where is my mind". that one is a little darker though. This song is largely I, vi, iii, V.
"where is my mind is mostly I, vi, III, IV.
i feel like i know more songs that are similar but cant recall sadly.
I loved it in 1995 and I still love it in 2019.
Me too
February 2020 Aimee Mann rocks 😘
Moi aussi !. France.
Count me in this group. Played the heck out of my CD of the album back in my Uni days half a lifetime ago, still keep coming back to it a half lifetime later in 2021.
Loving it in the 2021😁
Truly an amazing musical talent, great music, great lyrics!
"I'm With Stupid' was one of the great things about the 90's, truly. And let's not forget Jon Brion, who had more than a small part in its creation. Both, gems.
It's a strange thing. Listening to Queens of the Summer Hotel brought me back here. Not to Lost in Space et al.
Because sometimes you can be a Kennedy AND a Roosevelt, in one lifetime perhaps ?
Gotta love Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze on the background vocals...
It's the Squeeze sound. Wonderfully done. Doesn't anybody else hear this???
Yes. This is noticeably different from her eighties stuff. Weird to see the til Tuesday lead singer dressed grunge and sounding a bit AoR. But now I realize why I heard of her in the first place it was her solo tour in the nineties and some of my friends were songwriters and huge squeeze fans.
Chris Difford from Squeeze sings back up vocals on this.
And Glenn Tilbrook
Going all the way back to 1995’s I’m With Stupid, Mann was already on top of her game as a solo artist in just her second attempt. And she had already mastered the formula of marrying impossibly catchy tunes to words that simmered with disappointment and dismay. Exhibit A: the melodically springing and lyrically stinging “That’s Just What You Are.”
This was a point in Mann’s career where her frustration with the machinations of record companies and the music industry in general often fueled her lyrics. Indeed, the person being addressed in “That’s Just What You Are” could be an ex-lover or an A&R man. What sets Mann apart on songs like this is her ability to deliver a verbal takedown without seeming vindictive or nasty, making her argument always seem like the commonest of sense.
“That’s Just What You Are,” co-written with producer Jon Brion, also demonstrates Mann’s expert adherence to meter and cognizance of internal rhyme. The very first two lines (“In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye/No guts to sever so forever may we wave goodbye”) manage to both display her nimble wordplay and sum up the situation with no-frills efficiency. For the remainder of the song, the narrator casually dissects this guy’s claim that his behavior is immutable and the result of some long-ingrained character flaw. “I won’t fall for the oldest trick in the book,” she insists.
“What’s the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears?” she queries in the second verse, and it’s the kind of zinger that would put a normal guy on the ropes. But the whole point of Mann’s song is that this person she’s addressing lacks the conscience that would allow these complaints to register. “Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy,” she says, suggesting that the simplest of moves toward congeniality are seemingly beyond him.
In the bridge, the melody arches upward and Mann’s vocals betray the hurt the narrator is obviously feeling at continually running into the same wall. “Now I could talk to you till you’re blue in the face/ But we still would arrive at the very same place/ With you running around and me out of the race.” Finally she finds herself reluctantly agreeing with his position, realizing that what she’s asking of him is simply impossible: “So maybe you’re right nobody can take/Something older than time and hope you could make/It better that would be a mistake.”
Mann finally relents in the closing moments: “So take it just so far/ ’Cause that’s just what you are.” By that time, she’s blanketed on backing vocals by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, songwriting team for Squeeze and a pair that knows a thing or two about pop music excellence.
In an interview, Mann defended her proclivity for downbeat material. “I don’t understand how people can just listen to purely happy music,” she said. “And writing music that is just straight ahead and happy with no conflict, it’s like going to the gym or something. It feels like a chore.”
Jon Brion is criminally underrated. Just had to say that. Of course Aimee Mann is great, we all know that. Jon Brion is an absolute musical genius though. Can't even count how may times I've seen him at Largo (best thing to do on a Friday night in LA). My introduction to LA was getting a corn beef at Canter's and then going across the street to wait in line for standing room at the original Largo on a Friday night to see JB. God that was amazing!
This video could have come out today and I would believe you. Aimee Mann you are timeless. Customizing your roller skates, the platform sneakers, power clashing with a middle part and white ankle socks. Perfect tonal make up into some see through green sweater that Tay would wear. Oh yeah and the lyrics happen to be hauntingly beautiful.
bummed that this edit cuts the best part of the song, from the outro: "you're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you/even when it is apparent where your actions will take you."
Bingo. Love that lyric, and the little throwaway counterpoint melody.
Marisol Cortez Thanks for that lyrics...
Same, I think that’s the case for her live shows as well which is pretty lame
So glad that steven universe brought me here. this is a whole new world of great music, im definitely a fan now!!
Jan Dabao she is awesome!
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I am here because I love Aimee Mann, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford all on THIS Song! Back up vocals by Glenn, Aimee, and Chris, guitar solo by Glenn.
I had no idea, Squeeze/Mann collab???
Yeah. The truth is that there is nobody else doing it like Aimee. A true american gem. Her lyrics are things to be studied
Jewel maybe?
Great Artist, beautiful woman, beautiful voice.
I'm here for the Fuck You lyrics. Live for this song.
One of the best FU songs ever.
all of her songs are the best FU songs ever.
😌
Great background vocals from Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze on this track.
+Larry Matarasso Hey thanks Larry - once I read your comment I could hear their voices. Saw them all perform here in Toronto a few years ago at a small venue - brilliant.
Thanks for pointing that out about the backup vocalist. I thought it was Tim Finn of Crowded House.
@A Grocery Geek both are on it - glenn tillbrook is more noticeable - higher voice doubling the 'that's just what you are' line. you have to listen more for chris difford singing along - he sings lower, a crisp baritone just burbling along underneath. actually from 2:30 you hear glenn(high), aimee (mid) and chris (low) at the same time
And just like with Ms. Mann, Difford + Tilbrook are still grossly underappreciated by the masses that have their brains firmly wedged in their arses. Thankfully, there are those of us who know better.
Still one of the greatest female artists of all time
And very pretty too
I'm totally a fan of Aimee's solo career.
Aimee Mann is allowed to mix two different plaids, damn it! She's just that bad ass.
She's so freaking talented!!
Absolutely 😇
I’m with stupid is still one of my favourite albums. The production, songwriting and musicianship is stunning. I can not think of another album that has the variety of tones as this album. Aimees’ voice, lyrics and tone is pure magic.
Totally agree
It's because Michael Penn loved the Beatles. He produced this album in a very similar way. Back then, they wouldn't play anything that sounded like it. 😿www.youtube.com/@akashicrecordmedialtd.7457
I met Aimee Mann at LaGuardia airport in Ny
I was working for Tsa
It was one of the best moments of that horrible job
What an honor
She is so sweet and humble
Such an incredible talented lady
I love her
Hello Neelia, You're strong for being able to do a job like that.....god bless you and thank you!!
I feel sad because Amiee was never recognized or popular. I know people called hipsters (I hate being called that) listen to her, but she is a great talent and she should have been recognized fer it.
Totally agree
Alexander Punj hey I listen to rock and metal and I love her she's brilliant
Alexander Punj well that just how it is
Alexander Punj *for
How can anyone agree with this... " She has won two Grammy Awards and was named one of the world's ten greatest living songwriters by NPR in 2006."
I just found a cassette tape with a bootleg radio recording of this song and am now here.....nostalgic bliss
Saw Aimee in a small venue... The first band was really strong... Aimee then takes the stage and proclaims to us: "Weren't they F@#%$&& awesome?? Aimee is a fantastic songwriter!
Cyndi Lauper wrote this.
Aimee Man is SUCH A TALENT!!!! Deal with it........
Aimee is incredible and so underrated because she is a true singer songwriter and musician. Her lyrics are beyond clever.
One of the best songwriters we got. And a great guitarist.
She is a good guitarist too.and a very beautiful woman ♀️😊
Heard it over my dad's radio. Love it.
I used to listen to this on the radio doing Geometry homework. I've never forgotten the song. Probably my favorite 90s song.
This song takes me back to grad school mid-90s, the best years of my life
One of those perfect songs and artists, that I heard almost 30 years ago, at my homeland cross the Atlantic, and stayed with me since. I cherish this kind of songs. They are true gems of music 💙🎼🎸🙂🙏
Melrose Place theme. Also often played on MTV Morning Mania here in Asia. So Nostalgic.
I loved her way before Steven Universe because she is from Til Tuesday but her voicing Opal makes me love her more.
I was watching clips at 3 in the morning back in the 90s, and saw this girl naked in the back of a double decker bus, some black school girls and milk everywhere. It was another very strange song.
Thanks for telling us, you gem.
I was in elementary when this came out. Music this good never gets old.
She is amazing. Check out the harmony that comes in at 0:49 -- you might recognize those voices from Squeeze!
Shortly after She started her solo career, I met her by chance walking down the street with some of her band mates. She was very friendly and one of the prettiest wominz I ever met.
we are kinda blessed to be around while this terrific talent is making great music...
I had never heard of her before! What a beautiful song. Love it.🤗👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
One of my favourite songs
Already an all-time favorite song, it jumped a few hundred spots up my list when I learned it's Difford and Tilbrook on harmonies.
Chris Difford's "harmony" chews your ankles, all through the song... the vinegar the hooks need.
Just don't tell the record company, they are spending a lot of money on this, yeah ?
Suddenly remembered this tune, started to Google for "Aimee Mann" and got to this page. Still love this song even in 2022.
In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye
No guts to serve us so forever may we wave goodbye
And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move
When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove
I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book
So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook
By saying there is no use changing 'cause
That's just what you are
That's just what you are
Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
By suggesting that a change might be a thing to try
Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy
It's not like you would lose some critical piece
If somehow you moved point A to point B
Maintaining there is no point changing 'cause
That's just what you are
That's just what you are
Now I could talk to you till I'm blue in the face
But we still would arrive at the very same place
With you running around and me out of the race
So maybe you're right, nobody can take
Something older than time and hope you could make
It better, that would be a mistake
So take it just so far
'Cause that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are
Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
You're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you
Even when it is apparent where your actions will take you
That's just what you are
And that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are
Aimee Mann's lyrics are often insightful and unique and too often poignant - It is rare that we don't at some point find ourselves in such a position however briefly that may be.
Very clever lyricist ... Always loved this and Save Me ...
@@uvp5000 so true
I saw her open for Squeeze in Chicago in 2008 at Ravinia. Perfect pairing. Magical damn show.
This and Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" are awesome. It's amazing how intense the dark New Wave tones of "Voices" contrast with this light and airy song, and yet they're definitely the product of the same person.
One of the most underrated artists without a doubt
I’ve been a fan of her post-1999 works, but man this is a good song. I need to go back further. I was cool with Till Tuesday. She charms and amazes no matter what genre. What a gift.
Such a great song. Great arrangement. The vocal backing harmonies add this extra richness to Aimee's crisp lead. Makes thinking about my ex more pleasant.
The male backing vocals are what really caught my attention on the radio.
Background vocals by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze
@@peterschwartz3367nice!
It's deff 90s with that plaid hehe
I’ve been loving this song for 28 years. I still cant get enough of it.
She is truly a musicians musician. She is absolutley aporeciated, one of the greats!
I Love This Aimee Mann 1994 Music, "That's Just What You Are," Which Became A Top 25 Rock Hit In America, And A Top 95 Hit In America.
Under appreciated in an age of autotune, greed and unoriginality. Pure talent and heart.
there was once an option on cable TV to pay and watch videos and I think I paid $1.99 just to watch this video just once. Money well spent.
one of the survivors of the media plague. This is a rare one this is.
always ready to defend your fear. know people like this, they stay stuck forever. sad.
This Aimee Mann 1994 Hit, "That's Just What You Are," Would Be Playing In America On Sirius XM's The 90's On 9, Music Choice's The 90's, Sirius XM's Lithium, Music Choice's Classic Alternative, Music Choice's Rock, And Syndicated Radio's Backtrax USA: The 90's.
Wow! Great song, I found Aimee Mann because of Opal!
The sounds flooding the shadows of my mind, creeping into the darkness, pulling me back into the world that is mine.
Glen Tillbrook from Squeeze does the amazing harmony.
This music is great
When I think absolute best singer-songwriter, I play Aimee Mann.
I can still remember every single word of this song, it's been decades since I last heard it in high school 😍
Aimee Mann is a treasure. on top of being a great songwriter, she is one of the most charming live acts I've ever seen
Aimee was and remains one of the best in the music business.
I can't stop listening 🎧
Her voice just so beautiful 🤩❤
this is the best song aimee mann made (in my opinion)
The Song hit 93 weird how it works her biggest solo hit in the US also was used in Melrose Place to think i watched that show.Amazing style Aimee she's got her Band in the 80s and Solo in the 90s talented not many can plan or say that
Fun fact: This song has been covered by Japanese pop artist Bonnie Pink. Whose music I would recommend to fans of Aimee Mann in general (especially her older works from this era, as her newer stuff is a bit more poppy) -- it has a very similar style! It's very obvious WHY Bonnie Pink would've covered this song once you hear her body of work, as Aimee Mann was a clear influence on her. (It's a really good cover, too!)
UUmmmm? everyone is saying how good a singer she is. Well she looks ageless as well. Some people are just blessed.
Taylor Swift and Adele have nothing on this girl and her break-up songs. My favorite female artist, for YEARS!!! And glad she hasn't got caught up in all that media glitz. We, who know GOOD music get to keep her to ourselves this way!
I fell in love with Amys music back in 1986-87
Til Tuesday got me through a shitfuck breakup in another country.( Germany) and I still love it today. She was so underrated back then :/ I'm glad 30 years later shes still getting recognition.
I’m Here Because AIMEE MANN IS A PHENOMENAL SONGWRITER, VOCALIST 🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷▶️▶️▶️🌏🌏▶️▶️▶️🙏🙏💙💙💙💜💜💜💚💋💋🌸🏄🏽🏄🏽🌺🌺
Incredible album
She is amazing ❤
The comment section:
28% talking about Opal/Steven Universe
70% talking about how good this song is
1% talking about how creepy it is
1% talking about the clothes
Right? 20 years from now people will say, "How did anyone think that was style?!"
I like the clothes lol
Opal
Yes Flannels
It's a killer song, and Aimee Mann is a babe.
I listened to this song as a kid and now im back here as an adult and finally understand the meaning and dam that screws with your head to think you were so innocent as a child
2020! Still loving this song!
France.
Can’t say enough good things..
Aug. 21, 2023: School supplies shop in Israel brought me here. Heard this playing on the background and I quickly googled it. Nice song! 🎉
Aimee Mann songs just hit you right in the gut.
Voglio ascoltare la canzone di Aimee Mann che ora l'ho visto stamattina questo video. Ora ti lascio cantare.
A special artist.
Perfect lyrics - 2021
im addicted to this song
fantastic music. nice background harmonies from the squeeze guys too.
i don't get tired of this song
Aimee in someways reminds me of Carole King. Both extremely talented song writers and musicians. Different era and different music but incredible artists. Very impressive also how Aimee has kept herself in such great shape. Oh and those incredibly gorgeous beautiful eyes!
I need to trust myself. You never help me. Every time I trust you guys. It goes right back to you using me. You have to trust yourself before you can trust others. Speilberg.
Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of Squeeze are the backing vocalists!
this video was part of the end credits of Melrose Place season 3 back in 1994 in 2 or 3 episodes because this song was included in the first official soundtrack of the show: Melrose Place The Music. I watched that show in a former mexican cable channel called TeleUno
I was in my pjs. watching aimee in her Pjs..how cool is that. made my day....lol thanks aimee girl...
Beautiful Always