Ariel Pink - Black Ballerina (Official Audio)

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  • @_crimewavves
    @_crimewavves 2 месяца назад +7

    This is honestly one of the best songs ever written. The chorus is so posh and sexy but also playful, what a bop.

  • @basehead617
    @basehead617 9 лет назад +198

    I love how the guy says "she's a topless DANCER lad!" like it's the most unheard of possible thing..

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 4 года назад +16

      I think he says it more in a "what's better than that" way

    • @seandelaney4421
      @seandelaney4421 4 года назад +11

      Massive Douche it sounds like a sailor who only ever gets to see women twice a year

    • @SiameseDream97
      @SiameseDream97 4 года назад +4

      @@seandelaney4421 The character “One-Eyed Willy” is a personification of Shotgun Billy’s penis. Willy, as a character, represents Billy’s sexual needs and more carnal instincts.

    • @gutentaco
      @gutentaco 3 года назад +13

      LMAO, I have always imagined them as Rick introducing one of his friends to Morty

  • @canalenterparasair
    @canalenterparasair 10 лет назад +211

    this album is amazing

    • @midnightdive
      @midnightdive 10 лет назад +1

      Whoa dude, wasn't expecting to find you here.

    • @sapodetenis
      @sapodetenis 9 лет назад +1

      Cap'n Symmetry tbh i've been surprised too

    • @sapodetenis
      @sapodetenis 9 лет назад +1

      Cap'n Symmetry not now

    • @midnightdive
      @midnightdive 9 лет назад +1

      Sophia Ribeiro Prado C'mon, when people ask you to get wasted with them there's no where or when

  • @Far592
    @Far592 3 месяца назад +6

    Best song ever made

  • @pinkkerbs
    @pinkkerbs 10 лет назад +149

    This is my favorite track off the POM POM album so far.
    It's just perfectly wistful, romantic, and playfully humorous in only a way Ariel Pink can be!

    • @estefanicampos6992
      @estefanicampos6992 6 лет назад +5

      I though the album name was
      1oo m 1oo m 😂

    • @Disburseterse
      @Disburseterse 5 лет назад +11

      "Romantic"?!?? Allright dude

    • @Crisgatito
      @Crisgatito 2 года назад +1

      @@Disburseterse dude was just using random generator words

  • @Srailex
    @Srailex 6 лет назад +126

    I just discovered this last night and have been playing it on repeat ever since.. I feel like I've found a strange, paradigm-shifting, undiscovered fruit. New possibilities and pathways are aligning in my mind.. It's just so euphoric and brilliant down to every last detail.

    • @elrabeechum5180
      @elrabeechum5180 4 года назад +4

      That's how it is with the whole album! Hope ya got into it!

    • @slippyfinger.bandit6230
      @slippyfinger.bandit6230 3 года назад +1

      Listen to early Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

    • @leafybleu8814
      @leafybleu8814 Год назад

      ​@@slippyfinger.bandit6230 very, different.

    • @AquaElfano
      @AquaElfano Год назад

      You seem t pretty loquacious, 4 years, I take it that you have found new stuff since then, yeah?

    • @artistik6465
      @artistik6465 Год назад

      Do you even go to this school?!

  • @mosesxxx2001
    @mosesxxx2001 10 лет назад +122

    Can't explain my pure love for this. "Elevators. Manufactures." = Magic

    • @burritogamer3984
      @burritogamer3984 5 лет назад +17

      that deep, lulling voice and the way he just says it, is fucking perfection

    • @SadNachos
      @SadNachos 4 года назад +9

      WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 3 года назад +8

      @@SadNachos Who knows, sounds cool as hell though

    • @colonelcampbellsoup6318
      @colonelcampbellsoup6318 3 года назад +2

      Its so striking, I love it.

    • @redskywalker3374
      @redskywalker3374 3 года назад +2

      Elaflavors ....Manual drivers !!

  • @corkskrewclubhouse93
    @corkskrewclubhouse93 10 лет назад +90

    I can't get enough of this one right now. Elevators? Manufacturers? What the fuck does that mean? I don't give a damn. I love Ariel.

    • @regmoore5156
      @regmoore5156 9 лет назад +27

      what goes up must come down?

    • @martindye
      @martindye 8 лет назад +8

      I thought it might have a sexual meaning, which would fit in with the theme of the track!

    • @sabrinasjourney
      @sabrinasjourney 7 лет назад +1

      Alan Parson's project "What Goes Up" goes surprisingly well with this song

    • @Grace-jb7me
      @Grace-jb7me 2 года назад +5

      I read somewhere that it's about how there's a whole industry around pleasure so the elevator is the high while the manufacturers are the product designers/suppliers of the elevator.

    • @renegramer2489
      @renegramer2489 2 года назад

      Same I love this music 💖

  • @diannagonzalez8498
    @diannagonzalez8498 Год назад +10

    Still blasting this song every now & then

  • @itsukarine
    @itsukarine 8 лет назад +50

    This gives me really strong Devo and new wave vibes. I love it.

  • @jake4435
    @jake4435 10 лет назад +33

    fucking incredible, have to agree that this is one of his best tracks in years

  • @saltemann3581
    @saltemann3581 9 лет назад +296

    cheekiest bassline in the history of music

    • @albertoalfaro3892
      @albertoalfaro3892 6 лет назад +8

      Is a copycat, the original is from Luis Miguel - Sera que no me amas

    • @basehead617
      @basehead617 6 лет назад +43

      Ridiculous comment. It shares none of the same musical motifs, it's just another straight 8th-notes bass part, there's been tens of thousands of those.

    • @VisivisiV
      @VisivisiV 6 лет назад +7

      @@albertoalfaro3892 So... You mean The Jackson 5's - Blame it on the Boogie? =D

    • @pjr5913
      @pjr5913 5 лет назад +1

      is koh on bass ?

    • @pjr5913
      @pjr5913 5 лет назад +1

      @@Disburseterse get fucked

  • @glamforever6
    @glamforever6 8 лет назад +35

    This song never gets old

  • @simbacrompir
    @simbacrompir 4 года назад +8

    Back when i was young I was cycling around south America, and two days as i was climbing to 2nd highest city in the world (potosi) i listened to this for two days on repeat. No people, only alpacas, me and elevators manufacturers.....

  • @drYossary
    @drYossary 10 лет назад +31

    Witty, bizzare and eclectic trip, easily AOTY. I give Black Ballerina 5/5 but the best is yet to come. I have no words to express how good "White freckles" and "Not enough violence" are, you just gotta experience it. Ariel, you beautiful chameleon, you did it again!

  • @Jerkcurb1
    @Jerkcurb1 10 лет назад +52

    I love it! So Ween Pure Guava era !!!

    • @mckayladevallance7837
      @mckayladevallance7837 6 лет назад +5

      WEEEEEEN

    • @Chameleonardodavinci
      @Chameleonardodavinci 5 лет назад +3

      YESSS great taste!!!

    • @GreasyMcNasty
      @GreasyMcNasty 4 года назад +1

      hehe team Ween up in here ^_^

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 3 года назад

      Definitely gives me GodWeenSatan vibes

    • @TuningFreak23
      @TuningFreak23 3 года назад +1

      Never heard Pure Guava before, listening to it right now. Cant find any song that comes close to this one. Am I missing something?

  • @Megera85
    @Megera85 10 лет назад +32

    I can groove to this all day long.

  • @brerogers1824
    @brerogers1824 7 лет назад +9

    at a red light, in Atlanta, im jamming..this is up LOUD..a mom n her 12ish yr old daughter are getting down..i look over and the mom yells, " GREAT JAMZ"!!! IMA LIKE OKAYYYYY

    • @williamrobinson7568
      @williamrobinson7568 6 лет назад

      Maybe mom and the kid are hip to AP. It's possible. She has an ear for good music apparently

  • @MsNovemberry
    @MsNovemberry 6 лет назад +138

    "Uh, uh...she's a girl?!?"
    Lol. That is my favorite line in the song.

    • @leo-wi9cn
      @leo-wi9cn 5 лет назад +23

      and the awkward silence afterwards

    • @MsNovemberry
      @MsNovemberry 5 лет назад +5

      @@leo-wi9cn lmfao.

  • @christospolydorou598
    @christospolydorou598 10 лет назад +12

    It takes an uncanny talent like Ariel Pink to make a six minute track feel like half that length. To my ears he has obviously been inspired by Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody - its multilayeredness. One of my personal faves of 2014. I wish I had his hair.

  • @sphynia-cat8250
    @sphynia-cat8250 5 лет назад +11

    Manages to be really smooth while being silly and charming. Its a bop honestly?? 😍😍

  • @locksh
    @locksh 6 лет назад +20

    1:16 I'm completely addicted to his flow in this verse

  • @lll-bm1cp
    @lll-bm1cp 3 года назад +38

    I love seperating the art from the artist!! and I love this song!!

    • @Tom______________
      @Tom______________ 2 года назад +14

      Why would you want to separate? Whats wrong with the artist?

    • @video.treasures
      @video.treasures 2 года назад +7

      stfu ariel is cool as fuck

    • @zors1900
      @zors1900 2 года назад +17

      @@Tom______________ nothing. FJB

    • @cornflakesyuh3235
      @cornflakesyuh3235 2 года назад +12

      @@zors1900 yep FJB

    • @LadyFranch
      @LadyFranch 2 года назад +1

      @@Tom______________ he saw trump speak at the Whitehouse during a riot

  • @Flomes
    @Flomes 10 лет назад +13

    Ahhhh, why can't i stop replaying it?

  • @Nigelrioux1
    @Nigelrioux1 10 лет назад +15

    Dope track Ariel, will have on vinyl. You're the most wonderful alien on this planet.

  • @Itstherealme-cn5pt
    @Itstherealme-cn5pt 5 лет назад +8

    This is my favorite joint on this album! Soo weird and the groove is infectious. :)

  • @belanorshigby2281
    @belanorshigby2281 8 лет назад +9

    this is my all time favorite song thanx Ariel

  • @sammogriffiths9084
    @sammogriffiths9084 10 лет назад +21

    wow. just sheer, unapologetic, unhinged genius. LUSH.X

  • @imeanokaysureman
    @imeanokaysureman 7 лет назад +7

    When Ariel Pink isn't too wrapped up with nostalgia and cheese, he is capable of some of the most amazing pop.

  • @Tennascull
    @Tennascull Месяц назад

    I feel like this song was made for me. I have loved and cherished it for so many years thank you, Ariel Pink.❤

  • @AlanWinter
    @AlanWinter 10 лет назад +10

    Just heard this on BBC 6Music. Loved it!

  • @CastorQuinn
    @CastorQuinn 10 лет назад +246

    "I like your areolas ... baby". Fucking classic.

    • @expelos8571
      @expelos8571 3 года назад +7

      And "Elevators, manufacturers" so good to listen

  • @Dom213
    @Dom213 10 месяцев назад +4

    Honestly think this is Ariel's best song. But Life in LA live is hard to beat tbh.

  • @zelarotkram
    @zelarotkram 3 года назад +5

    I love ariel pink

  • @4ad_official
    @4ad_official  10 лет назад +41

    Ariel Pink has shared a new track, along with details of a North American tour and Australian dates, scheduled for 2015.

    • @quantafunk
      @quantafunk 10 лет назад +3

      .

    • @mrzodiacx
      @mrzodiacx 10 лет назад +2

      ***** What the actual fuck are you talking about?

    • @tvvaindriver
      @tvvaindriver 10 лет назад +3

      Emil Jonsson
      Just nod and smile dude.

    • @cherichub
      @cherichub 10 лет назад +1

      *****
      Seriously what are you gibbering on about?

    • @cherichub
      @cherichub 10 лет назад +1

      Please point out where and when i asked you for an answer, erm yup i didnt - so MYOB!

  • @jacobmenden6551
    @jacobmenden6551 10 лет назад +19

    best ariel since worn copy

  • @PlayBetterJazz
    @PlayBetterJazz 5 лет назад +3

    love the chorus on this one

  • @pd7287
    @pd7287 9 лет назад +212

    Areola Pink.

  • @nicolaaaaaaaas
    @nicolaaaaaaaas 5 лет назад +4

    This song deserved a vid

  • @Submachine_
    @Submachine_ 5 лет назад +4

    I love this song

  • @westeyes1111
    @westeyes1111 8 лет назад +190

    wish i had a haunted old sex pirate to guide me through new and exciting situations

  • @MeloIZCor3
    @MeloIZCor3 10 лет назад +5

    Such a good album.

  • @TheSaullus
    @TheSaullus 4 дня назад

    The sound of my life❤

  • @midoricries
    @midoricries 6 лет назад +18

    Ariel should do voice acting !

  • @AndrewRamirez47
    @AndrewRamirez47 3 года назад +5

    1:35 🔥 “black ballerina!” Gets me every time

    • @redskywalker3374
      @redskywalker3374 3 года назад

      ever time , ever single little time ? add the ys it reads better ...thanks

  • @daveystrange
    @daveystrange 10 лет назад +4

    Stay with us Ariel. You're always welcome as far as I'm concerned. :D

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 9 лет назад +4

    Absolutely brilliant !! Thanks BFM for playing this awesome track.

  • @Creamy360
    @Creamy360 10 лет назад +64

    thank you based ariel

    • @Mynd0fC4
      @Mynd0fC4 7 лет назад +2

      Matthew White #basedfamily #taskforceinthebuilding #basedgod #lilb

    • @joelalexander4513
      @joelalexander4513 3 года назад +1

      I know,....riiiiiiiight?!??!?!? LOL

    • @joaquinlopeztorres1071
      @joaquinlopeztorres1071 3 года назад

      well that aged poorly

    • @joelalexander4513
      @joelalexander4513 3 года назад +4

      @@joaquinlopeztorres1071 poorly? lol..it aged remarkably. You're kidding

    • @joaquinlopeztorres1071
      @joaquinlopeztorres1071 3 года назад

      @@joelalexander4513 taking part in the capitol riot is based now? lol

  • @TheAwexome
    @TheAwexome 10 лет назад +1

    holy fuck i literally cant stop listening to it. been on repeat since i woke up and i am getting sick of how it sticks in my head

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 6 лет назад +1

    Back again after a few too many drinks. Love it.

  • @marekjanik1117
    @marekjanik1117 10 лет назад +3

    Very Ariel Pinkish song! Woooo!

  • @bodylan11
    @bodylan11 3 года назад +4

    I think I know every word of this fucking awesome song

  • @antonSCORCHIN86
    @antonSCORCHIN86 10 лет назад +1

    this song is amazing especially the bit in the middle, awesome songwriting

  • @shimmercore
    @shimmercore 10 лет назад +2

    I dig the new tunes and I'm looking forward to hearing Pom Pom!

  • @danielrauch643
    @danielrauch643 10 лет назад +11

    Personally, the areola has always been my favorite part

  • @HeadWiggRozz
    @HeadWiggRozz 10 лет назад +80

    sounds a bit Devo-ish.
    Ariel is having fun.
    So am i!

    • @Neel-ff4mn
      @Neel-ff4mn 7 лет назад +2

      HeadWiggRozz Morty can Whip It good...
      The black ballerina that is

  • @funkyVibes
    @funkyVibes 9 лет назад +158

    arei'ola pink

  • @antoniodominguez7484
    @antoniodominguez7484 10 лет назад +1

    I love this track, I love Ariel Pink!! Greetings from Ubrique!!

  • @magneticopi
    @magneticopi 4 года назад +27

    -Hi Billy, how do you like the #1 strip club in L.A?
    -Uh... It's okay I guesSSS

  • @progenyprodigy
    @progenyprodigy 10 лет назад +13

    This is so advanced, I'm entranced high as fuck on a great ride of sounds.

  • @m.mariusmassett4425
    @m.mariusmassett4425 10 лет назад +27

    My ears just came.

  • @_Zaira
    @_Zaira 3 года назад +4

    Woahhhh, thank you to the comments for telling me what that was suppose to say, I was really confused with help from literally no one.

  • @cloudforest4087
    @cloudforest4087 3 года назад +4

    At first I did not understand the art/music this man was playing. I simply dismissed it as a fella with pink hair. Now I went through Pandora's curated playlist "A-Z of Ariel Pink". Discovered pleasant tracks. Did I mention that I even tripped with his music; very pleasant vibe, like you are listening to some groovy underground stuff.

  • @sealevelbear
    @sealevelbear 10 лет назад +1

    Great! Can't wait for the album x2 now!!

  • @qbrosious7634
    @qbrosious7634 4 года назад +380

    This became the blueprint for every Jack Stauber song.

    • @jonathanmontero7973
      @jonathanmontero7973 4 года назад +86

      How could you say something so brave yet so controversial

    • @meganova7600
      @meganova7600 4 года назад +11

      That’s a reach

    • @godissecondtome
      @godissecondtome 4 года назад +30

      @@meganova7600 being obviously hyperbolic isn't reaching lel

    • @elrabeechum5180
      @elrabeechum5180 4 года назад +24

      Oh I'd agree, from the vocals to the synth-sound to the snare! Jell-o's a closer ancestor in terms of lyrical content tho.

    • @qbrosious7634
      @qbrosious7634 4 года назад +14

      @@elrabeechum5180 Jesus it is! I never noticed that one but I see Jack Stauberisms in most recent Ariel pink. Espescially Pom Pom

  • @Grace-jb7me
    @Grace-jb7me 3 года назад +17

    The billy dialogue sounds like if Mr.krabs/Flying Dutchman was talking to Morty

  • @pitachog
    @pitachog 4 года назад +6

    this somehow reminds me of burning down the house by talking heads 🎶

  • @TsarCzar9
    @TsarCzar9 10 лет назад

    blown away once again.

  • @sukermercado
    @sukermercado 6 лет назад +6

    This song gives me such Zappa vibes in the skit part :)

  • @TimDuffieRules
    @TimDuffieRules 4 года назад +5

    When Billy said "oh, uhhhh..."
    I felt that.

  • @ericweston7431
    @ericweston7431 10 лет назад +9

    Good god,how good you not listen to this every day?

  • @microwavesurfin8150
    @microwavesurfin8150 5 лет назад +6

    When he says: "inventors, manufacturers"... that's Ziggy!!!

  • @shananabark
    @shananabark 10 лет назад +2

    This is true art :D

  • @marcamilibia
    @marcamilibia 3 года назад +5

    The two guys from 2:10 remind me so much to Murdoc and 2D from Gorillaz

  • @MBArkestra
    @MBArkestra 9 лет назад +433

    This song smells like a cigarette stained velvet chair

    • @NobodyCaresALot
      @NobodyCaresALot 5 лет назад +3

      @@Disburseterse everything commented looks bad over time on the internet. Including my comment.
      Me: ass
      Everybody else: (nothing)
      Me: lol normies

    • @ab7dasker
      @ab7dasker 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah or like motel carpeting. Musty and a little sticky.

    • @joelalexander4513
      @joelalexander4513 3 года назад

      @@NobodyCaresALot normies.
      yeah, that'll get ya absolutely nowhere, chief.

    • @redskywalker3374
      @redskywalker3374 3 года назад +1

      a lucky strike perhaps ...don't smoke cigs ..even if u see me smoking...well ..i will be going now ...

  • @zinc.___
    @zinc.___ 3 года назад +3

    ariel pink has the most interesting group of fans ever- it's so cool

  • @297fihsy
    @297fihsy 10 лет назад +1

    Freakin incredible

  • @matthieufernandez6871
    @matthieufernandez6871 10 лет назад +1

    Awesome. Reminds me of 'Let's Dance.'

  • @aedelus
    @aedelus 4 года назад +4

    Dancer

  • @kosmapogo
    @kosmapogo 4 года назад +3

    Me and the boys were just about to start listening to old LP's and do some good ol' whisky, but the tuner was set on Polish Public Radio (Program 3)
    - Switch it off.
    - Yep (moving towards tuner, the the pompoms started pompoming"
    -STAHP! That's good! That's great! -What is that? SHAZAM! Ariel Pink, released a day before.
    That's how we met.

  • @JPMoooonchild
    @JPMoooonchild 10 лет назад

    san francisco show tonight! can't wait...

  • @skyjuiceification
    @skyjuiceification 5 лет назад +2

    Damn this is good.

  • @dwelleronthethreshold9484
    @dwelleronthethreshold9484 5 лет назад

    I've never heard anyone do Terry Bozzio and i've no complaints. Way too infectious.

  • @TitioOthers
    @TitioOthers 10 лет назад +25

    It is so awkward, but I can't stop listening to this. "Elevators, manufactures."

  • @thomasrainbow
    @thomasrainbow 10 лет назад +1

    Liked it immediately

  • @ckg3362
    @ckg3362 8 лет назад +3

    So fucking genius, I love ARIEL

  • @ustexasjoe
    @ustexasjoe 10 лет назад

    Right on!

  • @AaronRClark
    @AaronRClark 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing

  • @namjunerobot
    @namjunerobot 10 лет назад +1

    love it.

  • @sofa4817
    @sofa4817 10 лет назад +3

    so good :')

  • @metalgearemily
    @metalgearemily 4 года назад +5

    I used to listen to this with my dad when I was like 10, I found it again and now that I listened to the lyrics I really don’t think this appropriate for me lmao.

  • @schnaarbar5786
    @schnaarbar5786 4 года назад +2

    wow this is weird. I love it so much

  • @Locrian1
    @Locrian1 10 лет назад +7

    This is class. I love the coded messages in his music. If ya don't know, you don't deserve to understand.

  • @dominikgatarek8955
    @dominikgatarek8955 6 лет назад

    At the begining of the song he sound like Klaus Nomi. Great album.

  • @rentalVHS
    @rentalVHS 10 лет назад +1

    luv it

  • @popmastaa
    @popmastaa 4 года назад

    I relate to this song

  • @zebbleganubi723
    @zebbleganubi723 3 года назад +1

    top o' da mornin to ya billy

  • @joeymorangarza
    @joeymorangarza 10 лет назад +1

    Hurry up Nov 18!!!

  • @dizzydays
    @dizzydays 10 лет назад +1

    great !

  • @MoonLinusJ
    @MoonLinusJ 10 лет назад +2

    Pink is the new black