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  • Rodriguez - Cause
    'Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
    And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
    And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
    While the rain drank champagne
    My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
    'Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
    Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
    Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
    'Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumors
    But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
    And I make sixteen solid half hour friendships every evening
    'Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
    And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
    Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
    And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
    'Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
    And I explained that I had overpaid them
    So overdued I went to the company store
    And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
    So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
    'Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
    'Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
    In weekends of whiskey sours
    'Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?

Комментарии • 126

  • @michaelgerardbauer7027
    @michaelgerardbauer7027 Год назад +11

    You could count on the fingers of one hand the people who have ever written a song as good as this.

  • @michellemordaunt-bexiga4177
    @michellemordaunt-bexiga4177 Год назад +12

    One of the most genius artists and desperately decent, humble musicians of this century. Doctor Rodriquez, Wayne University is indeed honoured to name you a Humanities Ph.D alumni. I honour you with this, one of your finest, most painful songs, every Christmas.

  • @MrTheknee4
    @MrTheknee4 5 лет назад +45

    cause the sweetest kiss i ever got is the one ive never tasted.. unrequited love. this guy is a genius.

    • @Shelley550
      @Shelley550 3 года назад +4

      Ãh yes, my fave lyrics, how profound ~

  • @jamiejackson1531
    @jamiejackson1531 3 года назад +40

    I've was lucky enough to come across Sixto shortly after he was first released in Australia . People talk about Bob Dylan being this amazing artist but he has absolutely nothing on Sixto in my opinion. The emotional intensity and depth of Sixto's sound and lyrics are second to none. He is a true artist and deserves the recognition that was far to long in coming

    • @heronguerra2248
      @heronguerra2248 2 года назад +4

      I agree with you and your views; l love Bob Dylan, yet he's no better than Rodriguez in my. opinion; and Bob lacks the humility of Rodriguez big time!

    • @francoiswilliams
      @francoiswilliams Год назад +1

      Korrek

    • @warrentully5622
      @warrentully5622 Год назад

      My brother Rob was told if he got fit we will put a green and gold on you ,but hey thanks but no thanks,

    • @bambukoinnovations
      @bambukoinnovations Год назад +3

      Absolutely! Sixto's play of words go beyond that of Dylan, or Lennon. But I totally agree with the fact that Sixto remained true to his humanity. Never let the failure of his early musical career ruin him, and the fame and success he tasted later in life get the better of him. A true master. I cried watching the Searching for Sugarman. I'm crying now listening to my favorite song. Thank you, Sixto. Rest in Freedom. From the Philippines.

    • @mr.colbycheese6625
      @mr.colbycheese6625 Месяц назад

      Agreed, I love the great musical poets like Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens, but they have absolutely nothing on Rodriguez

  • @findgold1111
    @findgold1111 Год назад +3

    RIP Mr. Sugar Man. Thanks for your songwriting and the positive legacy you left for us who listened to you ❤

  • @Shelley550
    @Shelley550 3 года назад +15

    "Cause how many times can u wake up in this comic book, & plant flowers" ~👌🏽
    Profound lyrics in ãll his music, a humble genius🌟

  • @leMUrian023
    @leMUrian023 Год назад +5

    "cause the smell of her perfume, echoes in my head still."
    Rest in peace. SugarMan.

  • @charleyhill9867
    @charleyhill9867 2 года назад +9

    I was born in 80 and I just discovered him.
    This song is now a favorite. Almost anyone can identify. Good voice too.

  • @arnica436
    @arnica436 5 лет назад +18

    I cannot believe only 55,5k people viewed this video...masterpiece written and composed by one of the greatest artists of the music history. Many years in the shadows.What a waste!!! But a priceless gift that one day someone made a documentary about him. Thank you Mr Rodriguez for existing.

  • @yachtabaco
    @yachtabaco 3 года назад +10

    I love all of your songs. But this is at the tippy top of the list for me !!!!! 👍👍✌✌❤

  • @Alsatia28
    @Alsatia28 2 года назад +7

    Discovered this song only a couple years ago and was immediately transported back to my very childhood in the very early 70's. It's amazing how just the sound of a particular song that you've never heard in your life can be instantly identified to a specific time. This song is a gem wrapped up inside a time capsule.
    I wonder how many listeners younger than Gen X will get the now historical reference to planting flowers.

    • @vs52217
      @vs52217 11 месяцев назад

      What does it mean?

    • @Alsatia28
      @Alsatia28 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​​​​​@@vs52217it's a counter culture / Vietnam War reference. Some of the war protesters of the time were know as flower children (hippies).
      Sometimes during a protest, they would hand out flowers to the police officers or later the National Guard troops there tasked with keeping order. Part of "make love, not war".
      But in this song, that youthful optimism and hope has waned and the singer laments that, as nice as that sentiment is, passing out flowers isn't doing much to turn the tide of problems beating down the country. Things were in great turmoil at the time.
      Above all, this song is about losing hope and losing the fight against growing jaded and cynical.

  • @nordmagie9697
    @nordmagie9697 10 лет назад +26

    because I lost my job... two weeks before christmas....... what a song!!! this my man....
    oh rodriguez.. we don't have singers like you.. plz don't leave

  • @oscar8159
    @oscar8159 7 лет назад +90

    the most underrated artist I've ever seen... suuperb lyrics and outstanding human being, this gentleman is the very definition of humility, I'm a big fan since I saw the documentary

  • @ErnestPiffel
    @ErnestPiffel 3 года назад +8

    Dusting off my old records from early '80s. So many memories of pot-induced clouded parties. Saw him in Australia. He's up there with Cohen, Dylan, Tindersticks as a lyricist. A friend described him as a cynic, and that's true but I also I feel the despair from songs like Cause that can bring me to tears. "how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?".

  • @frankjamesenglishartist
    @frankjamesenglishartist 4 года назад +12

    Love the song and artist, we hung out and lived intensely together in the late 90's and early 00's in the Cass Corridor of Detroit.. My building manager of Sheridan Court Paul Steele was Rodriguez's best friend, Paul had a jam room in an old coal bin in the basement.. Paul and i became serious friends and artistic collaborators in the 90's and thats when i met and befriended Rodriguez.. he walked all over our dangerous neighborhood, he showed up while we were painting landscapes in the city.. Many hours jamming in the basement, rooftop and more, much philosophizing.. Sony kept him on the back burner all those years w a promise to sometime make a movie about him.. Those were intense and important times.. I was and still work hard to save the planet, Detroit and more but the world is so manipulated in every sense.. I told everyone the tipping point for global warming action was passing 20 years ago.. We can still do something but i am tired of being abused by the art world, music industry, Detroit, the USA and more..

    • @francoiswilliams
      @francoiswilliams Год назад +2

      Cool bro...I listened to the music in late 70s in highschool in ZA...

  • @cestdenisquildit3992
    @cestdenisquildit3992 2 года назад +4

    J"adore ce titre..je ne m'en lasse pas de l'écouter! d'une t'elle profondeur, d'intensité..pfffff merci à vous Mister Rodriguez d'avoir existé!

  • @johannsmith7836
    @johannsmith7836 4 года назад +7

    STUNNING...AND SO VERY SAD...BRILLIANT !!!

  • @kingpininfo4506
    @kingpininfo4506 4 года назад +8

    Cause this has always been my favorite Rodriguez song.

  • @Pysees868
    @Pysees868 7 лет назад +17

    This is sadly beautiful, I'm fighting back tears. I can feel feel what he sees.

  • @wazup269
    @wazup269 6 лет назад +12

    May God keep on blessing you Mr.Rodriguez, we love you and your wonderful music.

  • @Garion1227
    @Garion1227 2 года назад +2

    I am so very thankful for Searching for Sugarman! Otherwise I would have never come across this amazing man’s incredible music!

  • @ericfreund3496
    @ericfreund3496 5 месяцев назад

    'Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
    'Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
    Wow! Those 2 lines always blow my mind. So great.

  • @sboman8134
    @sboman8134 3 месяца назад

    The man was a lyrical genius. Looking back to the days when we could have a casual conversation, walking through the neighborhood, it would have been a great time to talk about his lyrics and the experiences behind them. I remember him playing a song or two at local clubs... But I really didn't know his songs until the time when us Detroiters learned he was famous, then we could find his music online and I eventually bought some CDs... and he was a little harder to catch up with.

  • @marcpupier7167
    @marcpupier7167 3 года назад +4

    superbe chanson et les violons que dire du bon travail

  • @jamesinparis2
    @jamesinparis2 10 лет назад +15

    A great song by a great man... ahead of its time because so much of its time.

  • @Nairotics
    @Nairotics 8 лет назад +15

    the best song i have heard for a lifetime. Fathomless sad and wonderful. How inspiring. Rodriguez i didn't know you but now i really admire your art!!!!

  • @mydogfloyd
    @mydogfloyd 5 месяцев назад

    He is a hero 🇿🇦

  • @tordg.477
    @tordg.477 4 года назад +5

    I'm speechless..wow! what a voice and lyrics 💞

  • @hendrikdebruin4012
    @hendrikdebruin4012 2 года назад +4

    The best - on par with Leonard Cohen. Awesome video thanks.....

  • @linuxxxunil
    @linuxxxunil 4 года назад +8

    I share this every year on Facebook two weeks before Christmas.

    • @MiklosKoncsek
      @MiklosKoncsek Год назад

      I saw what you did there :) good job !

    • @linuxxxunil
      @linuxxxunil Год назад

      @@MiklosKoncsek what i did there? not sure what you mean but guess what... i walked off the job Dec 8 2022 lol.

  • @kavafi
    @kavafi 3 года назад +2

    Detroit praznih src ... Nobelova nagrada za spregledanost!

  • @marcoantoniomarquesdesouza4264
    @marcoantoniomarquesdesouza4264 3 года назад +3

    Great song ! Great musician !

  • @peppinoratzinger
    @peppinoratzinger 9 лет назад +19

    Masterpiece

  • @fabzlab1980
    @fabzlab1980 6 лет назад +3

    He is one of the most humble man in the music world

  • @tomaszpolaszek
    @tomaszpolaszek 6 лет назад +3

    Ciaryyyy jestem zakochana w nim i jego muzyce jak to nikt go nie zauważył .... Życie nie jest sprawiedliwe

  • @mydogfloyd
    @mydogfloyd Месяц назад

    Greatest song, ever.

  • @sugarjoe50
    @sugarjoe50 6 лет назад +5

    Haunting string arrangement-excellent.

  • @enriquegranados5179
    @enriquegranados5179 6 лет назад +4

    Una hermosa canción en cualquier tiempo o país.
    ¡Das un ser vivo y te devuelven una medalla!

  • @mariepaul72
    @mariepaul72 7 лет назад +11

    the movie: Sugar Man... is good.. :)... no self interest: being of service in contributing to humanity :) that is a pure heart :)

  • @annoconnor6954
    @annoconnor6954 3 года назад +2

    oh boy what a singer ,gives me goos bumps

  • @isaiasJulioErodriguezGonzalez
    @isaiasJulioErodriguezGonzalez 6 лет назад +6

    it's a mix between Tim Buckley and Nick Drake... amazing mixture of sound and mellow melodies.... I Luv him!!!!

    • @eduardomota2429
      @eduardomota2429 6 лет назад +2

      Julio E. Isaias Rodriguez Glez. I agree completly...and echoes by Cohen.

    • @Shelley550
      @Shelley550 3 года назад

      I don't think Rodriguez should or can, be compared to ãnyone.!.

  • @sindbadconstantin8581
    @sindbadconstantin8581 4 года назад +2

    Son chef d'œuvre !

  • @AB-yk7jf
    @AB-yk7jf Год назад

    L homme que l on a écarté pour laisser passer bob dylan.....
    Un artiste authentique......ça manque à la planète 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @72phobos
      @72phobos Год назад

      Faut arrêter de lire ou de raconter des conneries complotistes... Bob Dylan qui a le même âge est connu depuis le début des années 60, Sixto Rodriguez a fait 2 albums en 1970, 10 ans séparent les 2

  • @andrzej7525
    @andrzej7525 8 лет назад +3

    Szkoda ze na Topie Wszechczasow mojej ulubionej Trojki nie bylo wczoraj miejsca dla TEGO goscia. Po prostu ciary.

  • @vinnymaran9282
    @vinnymaran9282 3 года назад +1

    Que Maravilha!!!Muito grato Rodriguez!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

  • @lilaski
    @lilaski 8 месяцев назад

    I ended up here because I lost my job two weeks before christmas... Getting fired can be a blessing

  • @johnmatrix7003
    @johnmatrix7003 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful. Harmony plus. Good vibes, ultimately.

  • @rogerioneg
    @rogerioneg 4 года назад +2

    belíssima história desse cara.. great emocion...

  • @naiacea
    @naiacea 7 лет назад +10

    mis felicitaciones al artista que hizo el vídeo, es precioso :)

  • @jpcosta2655
    @jpcosta2655 7 лет назад +3

    ..just great this man....... !!!!

  • @TheOrzabalsixty
    @TheOrzabalsixty 6 лет назад +4

    Great video!!!!! Thank you so much!!!

  • @SPLENDIDZEN
    @SPLENDIDZEN 7 лет назад +3

    , Thumbs up number 400..., ¡VIVA RODRÍGUEZ!...

  • @ariadnamarti6641
    @ariadnamarti6641 6 лет назад +4

    Tema delicioso, sólo apto para apetitos musicales exquisitos.

  • @massimobertolotti5518
    @massimobertolotti5518 2 года назад

    Bravoooo........

  • @johndunn5272
    @johndunn5272 3 года назад +1

    Queen of Diamonds

  • @lucmercierqc
    @lucmercierqc 8 лет назад +5

    Rodriguez Shine!

  • @sindbadhollande6153
    @sindbadhollande6153 6 лет назад +2

    Un chef d'oeuvre !!

  • @inesmargon
    @inesmargon 10 лет назад +3

    Estupenda la música y el video con imágenes de la película. Gracias

  • @adambrander1275
    @adambrander1275 6 лет назад +33

    every time i hear this i get goosebumps. he leaves bob dylan in the shadows.

    • @shashsrivas
      @shashsrivas 3 года назад +3

      If you hear Like A Rolling Stone properly, you would probably not make this statement. Yeah he's good but Dylan is Dylan.

    • @Shelley550
      @Shelley550 3 года назад +4

      Rodriguez & Dylan, are 2 different artists, styles etc, they are both Brilliant!! Although I'm more partial to Rodriguez, he's in a class of his own like no other.

  • @silvirober
    @silvirober 6 лет назад +4

    thumbs up Oscar..

  • @tomschlid8428
    @tomschlid8428 6 месяцев назад

    einfach großartig

  • @maiktiroschke3515
    @maiktiroschke3515 Год назад

    Ruhe in Frieden!

  • @SueWhittaker
    @SueWhittaker 6 лет назад +2

    Legend!

  • @vannorden8023
    @vannorden8023 7 лет назад +5

    So deep...

  • @dieodieo3685
    @dieodieo3685 5 лет назад +7

    Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
    And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
    And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
    While the rain drank champagne
    My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
    Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
    Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
    Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
    Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours
    But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
    and I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening
    Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
    And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
    Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
    And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
    Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
    And I explained that I had overpaid them
    So overdued I went to the company store
    and the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
    So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
    Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
    Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
    In weekends of whiskey sours
    Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?

  • @MeGoingHome
    @MeGoingHome Год назад +2

    the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted

  • @jph6272
    @jph6272 3 года назад +1

    Song of my life

  • @fernandoiturburu2607
    @fernandoiturburu2607 6 лет назад +6

    glorious and sad like any masterpiece

  • @barakcohen3612
    @barakcohen3612 Год назад

    What a heart ranching song and story

  • @ErnestPiffel
    @ErnestPiffel 3 года назад +4

    Do you think he wasn't popular in his own country because he sang of the poverty and despair and the illusion of the American dream? (Im Australian and he was big within my cohort).

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 7 месяцев назад

    Long live Detroit I lost my job two weeks before Christmas.

  • @marcosjeofla
    @marcosjeofla Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @CARLOSMORA71
    @CARLOSMORA71 8 лет назад +2

    ....obra de arte !!!!!

  • @TonyAlfaro2022
    @TonyAlfaro2022 7 лет назад +4

    Beatriz, crazy editing, fantastic.

  • @marciomanolui
    @marciomanolui 4 года назад +1

    Linda!

  • @elmerodir
    @elmerodir 4 года назад +3

    Rodriguez should be the president, imagine that?

  • @VassilisBmhs
    @VassilisBmhs 6 лет назад +1

    GREAT video, way to go

  • @yulldabordo6003
    @yulldabordo6003 5 лет назад +2

    genial

  • @lilyb7504
    @lilyb7504 2 года назад +2

    'Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
    And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
    And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
    While the rain drank champagne
    My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
    'Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
    Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
    Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
    'Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumors
    But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
    And I make sixteen solid half hour friendships every evening
    'Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
    And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
    Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
    And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
    'Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
    And I explained that I had overpaid them
    So overdued I went to the company store
    And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
    So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
    'Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
    'Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
    In weekends of whiskey sours
    'Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?

    • @AB-yk7jf
      @AB-yk7jf Год назад +1

      🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 for you lily

  • @mayra1566
    @mayra1566 2 года назад

    The Murder Squad Podcast sent me here

  • @qezenfermusabey9876
    @qezenfermusabey9876 8 лет назад +4

    Ilk kesfelediyim musiqicidir,cenab Roadriguez.Searching for Sugar man filminden...

  • @eduardomota2429
    @eduardomota2429 6 лет назад +3

    Like Cohen in your best moments...

  • @johnbell573
    @johnbell573 4 года назад +2

    beautiful lyrics , but has anyone seen CAUSE live on media ?

  • @giovannipera7240
    @giovannipera7240 Год назад

    Hey, sto ancora aspettando che tu mi dica quante volte puoi alzarti in questo fumetto e piantare fiori… R.I.P.

  • @heronguerra2248
    @heronguerra2248 2 года назад +2

    Blown away by Rodriguez! As often happens to amazing artists; watched Searching for Sugarman. Mesmerizing, like a surreal fairytale! Fantastic poet and musician. The man's humble demeanor puts so many artists to shame! Love Bob Dylan, but he's very arrogant; just watch Don't look back film; so arrogant it's disgusting. He's an asshole to work with, according to many musicians.

  • @MrTravisClay
    @MrTravisClay 10 лет назад +3

    Superb! Suberb! Suberb!

  • @josl1694
    @josl1694 7 лет назад +2

    merry christmas...

  • @miglondon
    @miglondon 3 года назад +2

    Someone can tell me the location from the last few seconds?
    Is that Michigan, Detroit?

    • @kennyobrien
      @kennyobrien 3 года назад +1

      The last few seconds of footage, with the mountain in the distance, is in South Africa. It's taken from the documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man."

    • @miglondon
      @miglondon 3 года назад +1

      @@kennyobrien Thank you!

  • @user-fj6cm5cj7d
    @user-fj6cm5cj7d 2 месяца назад

    😎💔🎉

  • @smudgewedgin8814
    @smudgewedgin8814 4 года назад +2

    funny how things haven't change much...

  • @rumpraisin
    @rumpraisin 10 лет назад +1

    And effect.

  • @klauda7346
    @klauda7346 10 лет назад +6

    He was disliked by the black community in the Seventies. Jimi Hendrix as well, when he performed in Harlem, cause he proposed Bob Dylan Songs. The political correct can be as rassist as there ennemies, thats a lesson.

  • @danielslade6241
    @danielslade6241 Год назад

    May he rest in peace... I'm not okay with that...

  • @r.s.lapoint1178
    @r.s.lapoint1178 4 года назад

    100 in bitcoin at vid date. yykes millions!

  • @ferrolterraqueo
    @ferrolterraqueo 6 лет назад +1

    es.scribd.com/mobile/doc/173690719/SIXTO-RODRIGUEZ-SUGAR-MAN-Letras-en-espanol-de-sus-albumes-Cold-Fact-y-Comming-From-Reality