Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Save the World (Official Lyric Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
  • 'Weathervanes,' the new album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, will be available everywhere on June 9th, 2023.
    Pre-order here: orcd.co/weathe...

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  • @DoseBand
    @DoseBand Год назад +141

    Why is it that more artists don't have the balls to write like this! Jason Isbell is everything Nashville pretends to be, AUTHENTIC!!!!! Best fucking songwriter on the planet period end of story!

    • @pas6856
      @pas6856 Год назад +3

      lol

    • @lmyers9999
      @lmyers9999 Год назад +2

      Can't agree more!

    • @robertsaunders6086
      @robertsaunders6086 Год назад +1

      True

    • @gypsydust
      @gypsydust Год назад +3

      Nashville DOES write like this. I live and work here. Thing is… radios don’t play those songs.

  • @benjamingray7680
    @benjamingray7680 Год назад +113

    This man does not miss

    • @samgee2275
      @samgee2275 11 месяцев назад +1

      True-except when his wife’s influence dilutes his sound.

  • @junkyardheaven
    @junkyardheaven Год назад +59

    Well, what can one say? Those lyrics. Those guitars. Our boy's just leading the field. In any sense.

    • @senciemom
      @senciemom Год назад +3

      Jason does it again

    • @irrishful
      @irrishful Год назад +1

      Our boy. Love it. He’s my boy. Our boy hit it out of the park again

  • @lukezangari
    @lukezangari Год назад +76

    One of the truly great songwriters of his generation.

    • @savagehenryukulele
      @savagehenryukulele Год назад +2

      0:53 0:53 😮😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😮

    • @keithlacey9221
      @keithlacey9221 Год назад +7

      Of any generation...it's insane how good he is.

  • @joejanca
    @joejanca Год назад +69

    Jesus. I don't even have kids, and this song just wrecked me. Masterfully done as always, Mr. Isbell.

  • @write-to-recover
    @write-to-recover 5 месяцев назад +5

    Longtime Jason Isbell fan and public school teacher here. Thank you, Mr. Isbell, for capturing so well one of the most pressing issues of our day. "Swear you’ll save the world when I lose my grip/Tell me you're in control..." Such power and empathy in these words. The entire song provides a cathartic experience for me. "Something's changing inside my head."-- I feel this so much, as a teacher, a mother, a citizen in a dying community, and a volunteer at my local jail. I weep for our world.

    • @mr.jazzbodkelsey58
      @mr.jazzbodkelsey58 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, for what you do! It's almost like he's singing those lines to you, eh? I'm also a longtime fan of his and I was an inmate for a few years as well. Once you see the other side of life, it's hard to unsee it. Keep your head up and keep rockin' 🤘

  • @MrHillbilly49
    @MrHillbilly49 Год назад +26

    Great song, lyrics and message. It is slowly happening but Country music is on a path to do more than sing songs about drinking beer. Good on you 400 Unit for doing your part.

    • @BoldBuccleuch
      @BoldBuccleuch Год назад +3

      Well the 400 Unit is a rock band, not country

    • @theJimgenie626
      @theJimgenie626 Год назад +1

      @@BoldBuccleuch I'd argue they are a mix of both.

    • @MrHillbilly49
      @MrHillbilly49 Год назад +1

      @@BoldBuccleuch Touche' Chris, good point.

    • @BoldBuccleuch
      @BoldBuccleuch Год назад +3

      @@theJimgenie626 you can argue all you want, but Jason introduces them as his “rock ‘n roll band”. He also tore up his membership to the Country Music Association a few years ago.

    • @theJimgenie626
      @theJimgenie626 Год назад

      @@BoldBuccleuch why did he do that?

  • @gavmc
    @gavmc Год назад +30

    He's the real deal! Only the truly great songwriters will make your jaw drop with their lyrics, Jason does this all the time!

  • @titusbc
    @titusbc Год назад +19

    Jason is firing on all cylinders on this latest one… loving this new album

  • @Noneyobizniz1
    @Noneyobizniz1 Год назад +8

    Youngest son’s birthday today… I’m also a teacher. I can’t get through this song without falling apart. My boys are homeschooled because active shooter drills should not be something any child should have to go through.

  • @ilfaitfroid9739
    @ilfaitfroid9739 Год назад +21

    This song broke my heart. He has a way of putting things in to words that resonate

  • @Ljp925
    @Ljp925 Год назад +34

    “And when you said the cops just let ‘em die,” brought a tear to my eye.

    • @dannyberry8725
      @dannyberry8725 Год назад +8

      Definitely in reference to Uvalde, TX

    • @WhyTheHorseface
      @WhyTheHorseface Год назад +1

      @@dannyberry8725all it takes is a good guy with a gun, though, right? 🙄 What a country.

    • @danarzechula3769
      @danarzechula3769 Год назад +2

      It takes a mom to go in and get her kid out let the big strong men hide

    • @ProvaBeK
      @ProvaBeK Год назад +4

      ​@@WhyTheHorsefacekey word there is "good". Those cops were not good guys with guns

  • @TennesseeYaya
    @TennesseeYaya Год назад +5

    Wow Jason. Elementary classroom teacher and parent here. This hit me square in the gut, as usual; but this was soo different. So…. On target. What the hell do we do.

  • @semplecc
    @semplecc Год назад +19

    Thank you! Somebody had to write this song. Now, how do we save the world?

    • @Caperhere
      @Caperhere Год назад

      The world doesn’t need any more American style saving.Just acknowledging some of the unconscious stresses , like wondering if your child is going to be murdered at school, or the fear of becoming sick or injured when you have either no health coverage, or are paying too much money for it, or the fearful propaganda Fox News is selling for the nationalist political party, these are all stresses near peer countries don’t have to deal with.
      It’s past time to mitigate climate change problems. There is no need and no time to deal with the problems increasingly large corporations are creating in the US, as deserts are forming, fires are burning down desperately needed forests, aquifers are being drained, and all the rest of it too many people seem unaware of.

  • @NovemberSouth
    @NovemberSouth Год назад +12

    Great song 👏

  • @happihockey8601
    @happihockey8601 Год назад +12

    This is the horror every American parent feels now, when is the madness gonna stop, so honest, parents can only rely on each other not to go mad when trying to keep our children safe. Jason never holds back and writes songs that cut deep.

  • @charlesdarwin1503
    @charlesdarwin1503 Год назад +13

    Best songwriter in the game... he just keeps getting better... very rare talent

  • @jenniferotoole868
    @jenniferotoole868 Год назад +23

    This Chorus! Is 🔥 As always, he gets his sentiment across so perfectly with so few words. This will resonate with alot of people. It does with me and I don't even have school age kids. It's an exceptional conversational piece.

    • @jebebetts
      @jebebetts Год назад +4

      We’ll said, Jennifer! John Prine, who was a master of lyrical economy, once stated “Jason Isbell’s songs are clean and don’t have much fat on them”.

    • @jenniferotoole868
      @jenniferotoole868 Год назад +1

      @@jebebetts 💯💘💞

  • @robertsaunders6086
    @robertsaunders6086 Год назад +3

    Jason Isbell through his gift of songwriting is the reluctant arbiter of the 21st century. From Dress Blues to Save the World Jason represents the effects that unspeakable tragedies have on all of us.

  • @markhilston2119
    @markhilston2119 Год назад +10

    Best songwriter

  • @slipperystar
    @slipperystar Год назад +11

    Wow beautiful! That chorus is very original...the song is heartbreaking but hopeful.

  • @Vishangro
    @Vishangro Год назад +10

    Rare for a song to affect me emotionally theses days (I'm old) but this song one did. Seriously great tones on that guitar!

    • @daccaboy
      @daccaboy Год назад

      In concert it is a guitar fest…every song they kick it seriously.

  • @sandythornton5552
    @sandythornton5552 Год назад +2

    Thank you for sharing the heart wrenching soul gathering song.

  • @davidmaeglin1158
    @davidmaeglin1158 Год назад +12

    The album releases just keep getting better! I've been dying for new material, but this tests the phrase.

  • @terryoby3520
    @terryoby3520 Год назад +7

    Another Isbell song that's so true it hurts to listen...butI listen.

  • @outlawpete6728
    @outlawpete6728 Год назад +5

    Mr Isbell hits it home .. again !!.. brilliant work Sir ! ☘️

  • @gilw.9367
    @gilw.9367 Год назад +5

    The entire album is great.

  • @The79woody
    @The79woody 11 месяцев назад +1

    I don’t how this song has eluded me thus far but I’m sitting here at work listening to it alone and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Even looks like my house in the cover photo.

  • @SEKunkle
    @SEKunkle Год назад +1

    Received my copy of the disc on Monday and I've been through it several times. Amazing! I don't know how long this string of great albums will last but I'm really enjoying the ride. Thank you Jason, Amanda and the fantastic 400 Unit.

  • @jrchanning
    @jrchanning Год назад +14

    Incredible song with lyrics that really hit home.

  • @hilarylocicero6593
    @hilarylocicero6593 Год назад +3

    He really nailed what it feels like to be a parent in the US right now.

  • @BoldBuccleuch
    @BoldBuccleuch Год назад +3

    Jimbo Hart is the force behind this tune with that strong bass line.

  • @chetthehoss
    @chetthehoss Месяц назад

    Weathervanes: A collection of songs about life and death for grown-ass people. Truer words could not be spoken about this album. The music is very simple and accessible. The lyrics are powerful and carry so many messages from multiple perspectives. That ain't easy to do in a 4-minute-long song. Get it people!

  • @propguy72
    @propguy72 Год назад +4

    Another breath taking novel in a song.

  • @grandpianist
    @grandpianist Год назад +8

    This sounds wonderful and mystical. Mysterious and earthbound. Thanks, I'm headed to my classroom now. About 35 children in kindergarten at an afternoon program in a poor area of South Jersey. The foundations founder is a famous actor. Now thoughts of Parkwood come back, and I'm on shaky ground!!! I'm getting to meet the son of a famous musician at the end if this month. I don't want to miss this or my sweetheart in the philipines... my issues snd not Jason's. Sorry. Jason's music got me through covid and before that time period. Watching 24 frames from the top floor of a university hospital brought me inward and satisfied. The 400 unit is why I stay. Such a talented group!
    Best wishes always
    Robert zeligson

  • @HuSiaCat
    @HuSiaCat Год назад +8

    Always genius. Always Isbell.

  • @toddtccummings
    @toddtccummings Год назад +7

    This dude is awesome 👍

  • @chrishowell6549
    @chrishowell6549 Год назад +4

    Very cool, and we needed this. People take songs there own way, and it sounds like he's giving answers here. Preventative measures. To step in when you see those red flags like so many do, but do nothing. Be aware of your surroundings and know your exits. No matter if I'm right or wrong, we need much more of this.

  • @freyjashieldmaiden2740
    @freyjashieldmaiden2740 Год назад +17

    Will always love Jason...such raw honesty.

  • @bryanburnett8993
    @bryanburnett8993 Год назад +6

    As a guitar player…this is musically probably my favorite song out of the last three albums.

    • @phishphan5732
      @phishphan5732 Год назад +3

      Disagree, Reunions is his guitar master work. Overseas is a tour de force.

  • @commontater8630
    @commontater8630 15 дней назад

    I don't care much to use the word awesome, but...this song is AWESOME. It gives voice to the godawful feelings so many of us have about these mindboggling terrible events.

  • @marks9140
    @marks9140 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Can we keep her here at home instead, can we teach her how to fight.
    Something's changing inside my head, something's drowning out the light."
    Wow.......

  • @milesanderson301
    @milesanderson301 Год назад +2

    I wish this song didn't exist. But damn it's good! Crazy world...

  • @daccaboy
    @daccaboy Год назад +2

    Man, does he open on tour with this? Powerful…seems like a plea to God “tell me your in control…”. Thank you, Jason for your honesty.

  • @HORNHost
    @HORNHost 9 месяцев назад +1

    Such a powerful song!

  • @michaelkeogh8454
    @michaelkeogh8454 Год назад +1

    The awesome lyrics are contemporary, but the sound reminds me of my highschool days in the 80s. There's nothing like a Jason Isbell song out there today.

  • @jck956
    @jck956 Год назад +7

    Wow
    I just started listening and the lines about a school shooting and the cops letting them die
    That’s the Uvalde shooting
    And just wow those lines are powerful
    Especially since it feels so recent

  • @shanajenkins4041
    @shanajenkins4041 Год назад +3

    Thank you, Jason

  • @collin2401
    @collin2401 Год назад +7

    I'm an elementary school teacher, and we had an active shooter prank call a few weeks back. Between that and everything on the news, this song hit hard. It's hard to feel hope for the future during times like these

    • @ilfaitfroid9739
      @ilfaitfroid9739 Год назад +3

      Thank you for being a teacher. It's a really hard job right now - you are appreciated.

    • @collin2401
      @collin2401 Год назад

      @Ilfaitfroid Thank you so much, that really means a lot!

  • @hathorearthfyre
    @hathorearthfyre 11 месяцев назад +1

    Saw you on Ari Melber today. Now you've made me cry. New fan here.

  • @adamdavis4973
    @adamdavis4973 Год назад +1

    The terror of being a father in today's world, and in this world in general. Confiding in your wife, and begging for reassurance that she'll take care of the kids if the fear drives you crazy.

  • @MrShawn1377
    @MrShawn1377 Год назад +2

    Brilliant and crushing at the same time.

  • @clivebarnett9673
    @clivebarnett9673 Год назад +4

    Today's Dylan and Springsteen. A special talent.

  • @MrJgeorgeff89
    @MrJgeorgeff89 Год назад +16

    I already know this is going to be incredible live. Big Overseas vibes.

  • @jasper_north
    @jasper_north Год назад +3

    Yes!!!!

  • @jacobseal
    @jacobseal 5 месяцев назад

    Wow...nail meet hammer. Just heard this for the first time. We just had our first kid 3 months ago. He was born abroad and our friends/family cant understand why we dont bring him "home" to raise him. This song here is exactly why. It is no longer safe in the USA and we don't want to live with fear.

  • @phishphan5732
    @phishphan5732 Год назад +3

    Someone has been listening to the Police....guitar pattern, drums all sound like early-80s Police inspired. Good tune Jason.

    • @TBL4
      @TBL4 Год назад +1

      I felt a little bit of old Murmur-era R.E.M.

  • @elliotunderhill3617
    @elliotunderhill3617 Год назад +6

    What an amazing, heartbreaking song.

  • @DDSMASH74
    @DDSMASH74 Год назад +1

    Just saw JI and the 400 unit in Austin a few weeks ago. I was on holiday from New Zealand and the Dallas shooting happened when I was there. My friends and family freaked out. Come and live in NZ guys! No school shootings here!! 🇳🇿

  • @ericpeabody1555
    @ericpeabody1555 Год назад +2

    Cannot wait for the whole LP to drop next week!!!!

  • @EvanDD0127
    @EvanDD0127 Год назад +1

    So good guys! Really touching.

  • @wesking1
    @wesking1 Год назад +3

    Great work Jason. This is a solid song, and really resonates with me having a 7 and 4 year old. Looking forward to High Sierra, thanks for always making your way out to Northern CA / Northern NV

  • @robertschneider8210
    @robertschneider8210 Год назад +4

    As a contemporary poet he has few equals…. His maturity is amazing

  • @JohnMartin-cd1qm
    @JohnMartin-cd1qm Год назад +2

    Most American song written in decades.

  • @robertwilliamson5309
    @robertwilliamson5309 Год назад +3

    bravo

  • @AARONMURPHY-yx5hw
    @AARONMURPHY-yx5hw Год назад +2

    GOOD TUNE

  • @jebebetts
    @jebebetts Год назад +4

    OMG! This man’s artistic output is superhuman. I’m sure there are others,
    but I can only think of one other example where the quality does not fade from album to album - The Beatles.
    On a heavier note, Michael Jason Isbell is genuinely terrified that our children (Mercy)are not safe these days -
    in school and in public. Fear not - the activism fighting gun violence is growing exponentially. It HAS to-
    Every mass shooting does not just rain PTSD down on our communities, it creates hundreds,
    sometimes thousands of new anti gun violence advocates.
    We will prevail!!!

  • @n40tom
    @n40tom 6 месяцев назад +1

    Man if this is country then I'm now a country fan. This guy is good and he doesn't even need that phony country twang

  • @rickroybal7022
    @rickroybal7022 Год назад +5

    Another brutal truth from Jason.

  • @opuspenguin63
    @opuspenguin63 Год назад +2

    Another fine song, by a great group , rock on Jason and the band 5:09

  • @sweetmelindacor7776
    @sweetmelindacor7776 Год назад +1

    Jason is the best

  • @staciejames1820
    @staciejames1820 Год назад +1

    Awesome as always he never disappoints

  • @Deraldgjr
    @Deraldgjr Год назад

    'Swear you'll save the world when i start to slip, you'll be the first to know.' This is a call to arms for the family, friends, teachers... who realize the ones who are on the ledge of a catastrophe. Speak up and take action, you can save lives.

    • @alex37810
      @alex37810 Год назад

      yes, but we have to have someone else listen to us and be willing to help. not that he's not right, but mental health care in this country is anything but healthy or caring.

  • @keepleftmusic1
    @keepleftmusic1 Год назад +2

    Just... perfect... song after song, album after album...perfect

  • @drewcherry2794
    @drewcherry2794 Год назад +1

    It's a worst fear come to life and you worry daily if their school is next. We haven't gone very far at all with technology and such it seems if we can't keep our children from doing this. We have to let them know there are alot of times in life where you feel so sad or helpless you want to do something drastic, or you're so pissed off you feel crazy, but those are normal fuckin emotions everyone gets at some point and if you try you can work through them. Theh will come and go. I told my son that when he was 11 and he told me later no one told him that he school. Also said he wished they had pressed buisness and economics more... However, he said they barely touched on why we act how we do and why people act out like they do. He said he felt happy, sad, angry, etc., all within the same thirty seconds. I said welcome to your hormones, they can help or hurt you so learn how to control them. Everyone has a temper, but I don't understand how it comes to hurting others. Jason is the man though! Been following him for 15 years solid I know

  • @andysmith4734
    @andysmith4734 Год назад +4

    Another one knocked out of the park! Finest songwriter of his generation.

  • @matthewmartin9313
    @matthewmartin9313 Год назад +1

    This is real life in song

  • @tombell3268
    @tombell3268 Год назад +5

    Weathervanes is a damn good album, but I guess we should expect nothing less.

  • @franklentz4727
    @franklentz4727 Год назад +1

    So good

  • @hwendorff
    @hwendorff Год назад +2

    Boom

  • @michaelmcdonald9982
    @michaelmcdonald9982 Год назад

    Simply the best.

  • @derekyateswilliamsondywmus1711
    @derekyateswilliamsondywmus1711 Год назад +4

    I’m a huge fan of JI&The400Unit and also a big fan of Dawes, and my first impression of this song was that it has a very Dawes like feel, which is a damn good thing! Jason & Taylor Goldsmith are two of the finest writers in music today!

    • @snandis
      @snandis Год назад +1

      That's exactly what I thought! Even has a Dawes-like melody to kick it off; a Don't Send Me Away vibe

    • @willelliott120
      @willelliott120 Год назад +1

      Exactly. A lot of Taylor Goldsmith rhythm in the verse lyrics.

  • @davidmoloney2154
    @davidmoloney2154 Год назад

    You are leading a necessary conversation

  • @LIRA.LimpiezaRapida
    @LIRA.LimpiezaRapida 4 месяца назад

    bighugmate!!!NoDoubtYourMydearbrother!!!!!!

  • @sethie_shots
    @sethie_shots Год назад +1

    The Milky Way yields the these lyrics. Holy hell is this good

  • @JoelWende
    @JoelWende Год назад +2

    From the four or five songs already released I think this may just be Jason’s best record…and that really is saying something!

  • @1962RJP
    @1962RJP Год назад +2

    I wonder if that’s Sadler or Jason on the opening guitar work

  • @Bayneism
    @Bayneism Год назад

  • @kevinwilt2429
    @kevinwilt2429 Год назад

    Amazing album!
    Great to hear Isbell help people realize we have more than a racist white city cop problem….we have an extremely serious “police culture” problem EVERYWHERE in this country!

  • @simpleemichellelee12
    @simpleemichellelee12 Год назад +2

    I never saw it like this. Thank you. THEY done this ON PURPOSE.

  • @ChrisFP2
    @ChrisFP2 Год назад +1

    “ cops just let them die” powerful because so simply and truthfully put

  • @ScottJohnson80
    @ScottJohnson80 Год назад +6

    Subpar at best to my ears, and I love Jason. It’s a good social message that sounds like his many other songs.

  • @arthurwohlwill3837
    @arthurwohlwill3837 Год назад +1

    Great song! Alas I have heard too many great songs about kids getting shot.

  • @chrissawyer4060
    @chrissawyer4060 Год назад +8

    Okay never listen to Isbell new songs on public transit. 😂😢😅

  • @michaelmurphy2976
    @michaelmurphy2976 Год назад +1

    Parenthood brings out the beast mode !

  • @allysonfrost5750
    @allysonfrost5750 Год назад

    Jason gives me the impetus to go back and substitute teach in Tx. Retired from 30yrs. I was the best, what can they do? Fire me?🤣

    • @allysonfrost5750
      @allysonfrost5750 Год назад

      There have many signs lately, I don’t mean to imply just Isbell. But music and songwriters have always answered my most endurance questions. I’ve been lucky to be in their presence.

  • @brendanwhalen1195
    @brendanwhalen1195 Год назад +2

    Trinity...Dylan is the Father, Isbell is the Son, Paul Simon is the Holy Spirit.

  • @robertconnelyfarr
    @robertconnelyfarr Год назад

    his lyrics are like daggers

  • @gordonpearson7494
    @gordonpearson7494 Год назад

    that song ...........

  • @redg8orade
    @redg8orade Год назад

    So I'm reading The Ministry of the Future by Stanley Robinson. Who is You in this song?