Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025
- Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
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Starring (in order of appearance)
Sleater-Kinney
Glory! Bangs
Courtney Barnett
Bones Sloane & Dave Mudie
Magda Szubanski
Tim Rogers
The Finks
Tweedy
The Drones
Garret and Will Huxley, Gabi Barton
Sunny Leunig
Vincent Juggernaut
Tain Stangret
Izzi Goldman and John
Nicholas & Thea Jones
Batpiss
Loose Tooth
Camp Cope
Jo Syme (Big Scary)
East Brunswick All Girls Choir
Paul Kelly
Michael Leunig
Meaghan Weiley, Jess Tyler, Thommy Taranto (Milk! Records)
Jen Cloher
Fraser A. Gorman
Ouch My Face
Marni Kornhauser & Radar Rad
DIRECTOR: Sunny Leunig
DOP: Matt Wood
PRODUCER: Emma Haarburger
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Danielle Thiris
ASSIST CAMERA: Anthony Rilocapro
ART DIRECTOR: Marni Kornhauser
ART DEPT: Josephine Wagstaff, Sarah Hopper
GAFFER: Thommi Hacker
BEST GIRL: Hannah Palmer
GRIP: Fraser Lever
COLOURIST: Matt Wood
VFX: Tristan Mclachlan
EDITOR: Sunny Leunig
MAKEUP/COSTUME Selena Pretzel, Lou Mclaren
DRONE OP: Christopher Lansell
SOUND: Sunny Leunig, Mark Mitchell, Jack Pender
STILLS: Helga Leunig
Thanks to: John and Izzi at the Nicholas Building, Joel Barnett, Brad @ Phoenix Post, Katie Saava, Pippa Martino
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LYRICS
Oliver Paul, twenty years old, thick head of hair worries he’s going bald. Wakes up at a quarter past nine, fare evades his way down the 96 tram line. Breakfast on the run again, he’s well aware he’s dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere.
Feeling sick at the sight of his computer he dodges his way through the Swanston commuters. Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man, sleeping in the corner of a Metro bus stand. He screams “I’m not going to work today! Gonna count the minutes that the trains run late. Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans.”
Headphone wielding to the Nicholas Building, he trips on a pothole that’s not been filled in. He waits for an elevator, 1 to 9, a lady walks in and waits by his side. Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin. Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton. Vickers perfume on her breath, a tortoise-shell necklace between her breasts. She looks him up and down with a Botox frown, he’s well used to that look by now.
The elevator dings, and they awkwardly step in, their fingers touch on the rooftop button…
“Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof, you’ve got your whole life ahead of you you’re still in your youth, I’d give anything to have skin like you!”
He said, “I think you’re projecting, the way that you’re feeling, I’m not suicidal just idling insignificantly. I come up here, for perception and clarity, I like to imagine I’m playing Sim City. All the people look like ants from up here, and the wind’s the only traffic you can hear” He said, “All I ever wanted to be was an Elevator Operator can you help me please?!”
“Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof, you’ve got your whole life ahead of you you’re still in your youth, I’d give anything to have skin like you!”
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This is actually one of the best written songs I’ve ever heard.
How is Courtney Barnett not more famous? She's incredible.
Well, she is getting there. Appearances on American TV shows "Austin City Limits", "Late Show With Stephen Colbert", and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" have helped!
I bought the t shirt. People have asked wtf is that. I explain rock chick new album
Talent is unpredictable, cant put it up in a can.. eh
Get her on Joe Rogan's podcast
Because America prefers shitty artists like Cardi B.
Shes so elegantly awkward. Love love love
Described in some write-ups as a tomboy, which seems pretty accurate. Very charming.
+Ewan MacColl why bring up sexuality?
The cameos from all of the legendary Aussie artists is amazing!
Imagine only just hearing about Courtney Barnett, listening to a random song, loving it, seeing there's a music video, clicking on it and immediately seeing your favourite band Sleater Kinney. Thats when you know your gonna vibe with this music :)
Based
And stumbling upon a random comment and discovering Sleater Kinney
Her lyrics always make my brain tingle 😌
I love this so much because I've walked passed that elevator so many times but never in it cos i use the stairs to go to retrostar and muses of mystery and even the sewing shop where the store lady yelled at another lady once and it scared me, and that means i can't dispute that this elevator does in fact lead into all these places and i love that
This isn’t about suicide. It’s about someone rejecting society (tearing off his tie) and going to the roof to look down on a crazy society filled with crazy people. He understands elevator operator’s job is a humble job. They understand life’s ups and downs. The person who sees the boy on the roof thinks the boy is on the edge literally and metaphorically, and is going to jump, but that’s just a rash conclusion based on stereotypes. I am an English teacher and I know and.... I’m in love with Courtney.
Courtney is a total legend. The amount of thought that goes into her songwriting in unsurpassed. Soon she might even be able to afford to replace the 'Sharpie held on with a rubber band' capo?!
all while sounding so incredibly effortless
Saw her at Longitude in Dublin at the weekend and she was easily the best thing about the whole weekend. Amazingly talented woman.
Wow! What a fantastic homage to Melbourne music and culture! Magda, Tim Rogers, Paul Kelly, Michael Leunig! Brilliant work.
Sad I didn't see Mark Seymour as Hunters and Collectors are one of my favourite bands, especially the early stuff😊😊
0:30 Visited Melbourne for the first time the other week. Sleater Kinney deciding to walk is the single most relatable thing about this video!
Yes my girl Courney killin it!!! I remember the first time i heard her. I was trying on a shirt in a california shop that was way too expensive when "depreston" came on. Now whenever i hear that song it has such a special feel to it. Love this girl.
The first time I hear this song I became immediately obsessed with it. I have been studying it ever since. I love the hand clapping and that third chord progression change (the rise). It is so cool and the way the rhythm changes is intoxicating.
gotta love all those cameos, i saw sleater-kinney and jeff tweedy for sure
i was searching for the comment when i saw Tweedy
Sleater-Kinney and Courtney Barnett!! What an awesome time
I ♥Courtney!
I love how the stories in the songs are so clear that it would be very easy (and trite!) to make a video clip about them but the videos always tell a completely different story!
The end of this song is the best
i could not stop smiling through this entire thing! fav Courtney song! i was expecting a literal visualisation from the story in the song but i love this just as much
Love the cameo from Sleater-Kinney at the beginning of this amazing video :)
after giving it another listen the lyrics are pretty genius
I saw her live yesterday, she is just amazing!
this song kinda changed my life. I'm extremely suicidal and just having one of your personal idols sing this songs really does it for me.
Darth
Akam
You sound like an teen trying to be edgy. Try harder next time
@@starvingboyinafrica9463 I didn't know having mental illness is a synonym of trying to be edgy, youtube user Starving Boy In Africa. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us, whatever would we be without you!!!
@@akamisdarth you comment just screens attention seeking that’s all
@@starvingboyinafrica9463 oh my god shut up you're being rude for no reason whatsoever. It's both boring and pathetic. Bye 🥱🥱🥱
its amazing those guys had a left handed guitar
As a Melbournian i LOVE this video clip. Great work Barnett and the Nicholas Building
Agreed and as a Melbournian living in Seattle, the Sleater Kinney cameo makes it even more heart warming.
sleater kinney and courtney barnett? YES PLEASE! great vid!
I love this music. All hail to queen Courtney!
I'm so happy every time I see the Tweedy
like the tweedy cameos
I loved seeing Sleater Kinney and Jeff and Spencer Tweedy! Adorable video.
love the sleater kinney, jen cloher, and camp cope cameos!
*_AH_* i discovered Sleater-Kinney half an hour ago and i can't believe that i just recognized them now after rewatching this video! omgg
Sleater-Kinney rock, and they dig Courtney.
+freaktab11 ever since that comment i've seen different videos of them and boy do they rock indeed! :D
That strange 30 second stretch where she quietly walks over to the balcony and looks down strikes me in the gut every time I see it. I'm not sure why.
Can't break the 69-
Guaranteed you'd never get me up there.
yes
Because everyone loves the buzz of standing on the edge with the wind in their hair, but then everyone's had intrusive thoughts too
~0:30 "I'm just doing bitcoin these days." One of those little things I just never caught for the longest time. These froot loops at the start, they're the real stars of the whole thing.
honestly the jeff tweedy cameo made me fan girl over two of my favorites being friends
Well Done Miss Courtney... Love the song and Sleater-Kinney ladies are an amazing touch.
Well played!!
I thank God for You. Love, Light, Peace, Music and Joy
This song, video production, EVERYTHING is incredible. I am in love with her.
I got a very simple message out of the ending bit there. "Don't off yourself, play some music instead!" And I love that message.
00:11 sleater kinney!!
Screamed!
Rock Videos Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is in this as well.
Her videos are always fun to watch
ive actually seen magda wait for an elevator when she was going on the set of the project. totally waved to her. this gave me flash back
I was that little "boy" on the 96 working top of the amp building years ago.This vid is in my imaginary rage playlist :p classic.
Yes! Been listening to the song forever, and now a great video for it!
I love the Sleater Kinney cameo in the beginning.
No ones gonna bring up Paul Kelly bowling? The legend himself
Uncle tim with the frisbee!
Surly bowler...
too bad he shot smack his entire career...he could've been better
So many appearances by other celebs
@@ozinusa Pharmacological determinism at it again. What if smack is what made him so great?
this song keeps me alive
Just add this video to the long list of brilliance this fine album has achieved, CB3, your rockin it!!!!
Amo a Courtney .
Saludos desde Perú...
Courtney really can't do anything wrong, can she? Delightful, as always.
Breath of fresh air. x
Possibly the best song ever recorded.
As if I couldn't love her any more she comes out with a sweet new vid with an SK cameo 😍😍😍
That little fillip at 2:55 makes my legs go cray-cray.
I always think about "Jumpers" by Sleater-Kinney when I listen to this song so seeing them in the video was pretty weird but very cool.
Never saw this before, It's amazing! I love it. Why isn't Courtney Barnett more famous? Good question. Can we change that?
How good is this. SO GOOD. SO VERY VERY VERY GOOD
I first saw her on SNL, and I kinda liked the music, but I couldn't quite figure out why. Then I click on this video and the first thing I see is Sleater-Kinney. Now I know what she reminds me of.
Courtney Barnett as an elevator operator clapping in the elevator with nuns is my spirit animal.
I just came across this old comment and I realize how this could possibly be offensive to some people. What I meant was that particular scene resonated with me on a deeper level. I used the term “spirit animal” without recognizing its nuanced implications, and I apologize. I could have phrased that better.
Track "Courtney Barnett"
on Bandsintown
"Elevator Operator"
Oliver Paul, twenty years old
Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald
Wakes up at quarter past nine
Fare evades his way down the 96 tram line
Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware
He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere
Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams
"I'm not going to work today
Going to count the minutes that the trains run late
Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans"
Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in
He waits for an elevator, one to nine
A lady walks in and waits by his side
Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
Vickers perfume on her breath
A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts
She looks him up and down with a botox frown
He's well used to that look by now
The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
I'd give anything to have skin like you
He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling
I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
I come up here for perception and clarity
I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity
All the people look like ants from up here
And the wind's the only traffic you can hear"
He said "All I ever wanted to be
Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?"
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
I'd give anything to have skin like you
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
I'd give anything to have skin like you
Alexander Stark Tks!
You make my day
1:45 glad to know the blue ladies from the dog days are over video are doing good!
I will never stop loving this video
It's a thought of conforming to dead end norms.
I love Courtney who is a punk at heart like me!
So, one of my favorite musicians creates this video for one of my favorite songs, and includes a whole beginning featuring my favorite band! AAAAAAAA!!!!
Courtney, man you rock. Love this video and the new song, Tell Me How You Really Feel, I came here to see. I saw you in DC, now I'm in ABQ. Please come to NM. You would sound great at the Santa Fe Opera House. See you soon, fingers crossed. Love!
ITS THE SLEATER KINNEY GIRLS IN THE PARK
yes!
This is the first time I've actually watched the video for the song. So excited to see them!
They also appeared in this Sonic Youth video ruclips.net/video/AU0IiziwvAA/видео.html
And Tweedy
Yes!
That pause on the roof was so perfect that I actually got emotional.
I love it.
OH YEAHH!! SO MANY CAMEOS...DAMN THEM LYRICS! WOOT!!
Got a vibe like Sheryl Crow's "All I wanna do", except in ocker Strine.
Awesome song.
Love the cameos by Magda, Paul Kelly and Michael Luenig. They all wanna get on Courtney's bandwagon.
I thought Sheryl Crow too,
ISn't that Tim Rogers on the beach too?
LOVE it. Cameos galore.
This isn’t about suicide. It’s about someone rejecting society (tearing off his tie) and going to the roof to look down on crazy people. The elevator operator’s job is a humble job. They understand life’s ups and downs. The persona thinks the boy on the edge of the roof is going to jump but that’s just a rash conclusion based on stereotypes.
Woo Hoo! Sleater Kinney cameo. :) Love them!
Whoah where was this my whole life? I'm hooked
The video reminds me of the lift from the ABC show 'Lift-Off', where the doors would open at random spots like St. Kilda beach (sans Tim Rogers!) and people would just get in and out. Love the video and CB3, keep it up and visit LA soon!
A reference we would not get in the U. S. Thanks for getting us hip.
All Australians who grew up in the late 80s and 90s will get this reference - it's a good comparison.
I thought that was Tim!
bloody brilliant. CB you're the greatest thing since sliced bread and 420 pies
Simply fantastic......!!! Well in
Courtney needs to be #1. She is so dam great along with the band.
Love the Ouch my face cameo, and the Finks as well
I love this lirycs, sounds and MV very much
I listened Courtney Barnett's songs in Fuji rock festival 2019 first
Her play stayil was so cool
I know right? I’m Japanese and love her just as much. I can proudly say my sister attended the same school as her 😊
So so awesome
So cooool, can't stop smiling ^^
Such a great voice she has, no doubt!
Thought this was a Jim Bianco cover , another great song about being an elevator operator, bet it be a great cover ala Courtney Barnett because she ROCKS!!!🤘
We had the great pleasure of seeing Courtney and her band play earlier this year at the Pints Club in Darwin, what a blistering gig, Courtney is fantastic live, her guitar playing brilliant, her band are so tight, how come she isn't more popular here in Australia? The Americans love her, one of her tracks is played on the soundtrack of Season 1 of "Animal Kingdom", one of her other songs was used in Season 1 of "DC : Titans", come on Australia wake up, your musical taste is polluted by the crap you hear on The Voice or Australia's got Talent or the generic crap you hear on most commercial FM radio stations.There is so much fantastic talent in Australia especially with the female singers, Courtney Barnett, Mama Kin, Sarah Blasko, Jen Cloher, Jess Riberio, to name a few.
Careful what you wish for, she plays bigger and bigger gigs here (deservedly!) so enjoy the intimacy while you can!
edit: that was three years ago, sure the auzzies have caught up? thought y'all were in the future (time zone gag)?
“So town hall is it a town or a hall” gotta love the Americans and Slater Kinney even more😂😂
GOD I LOVE THIS
Yes!
Pure joy! Love it.
"town hall, is that a that a town, or a hall?" That's an incredible question
You know you’re cool if you get Sleater-Kinney in your video. They also appear in Sonic Youth’s Nevermind (What was it Anyway)
Sleater-Kinney and Courtney Barnett in the same video! Love it!
Brilliant -Courtney is totally excellent
One of my favorites!
Love this it's in my soul
Thank you for making my heart full again, love you for this
All kinds of brilliant
(listen to the song) : this rocks
(read the lyrics carefully) : omfg a goddamn masterpiece
Perfect song.
Courtney is brilliant with the band to boot