To all the people who found this by accident I hope you know that the Avalanches make all oh their songs with nothing but samples, which is dope in my opinion
@@GaryMillyz yeah thats not it. Their album Since I Left You literally has upwards of 3500 samples. Theres a huge difference between playing or singing over ONE sample (basically a backing track) and composing with samples. All the nuances of what can (or can't) be done with instruments or voices that you're trying to use now have to be found elsewhere. It's very tedious work since youre constantly listening to more and more new music for inspiration, but the end result is this weird marriage of different musical periods forming something real instruments or voices by themselves could ever accomplish (not that its objectively better, but there is a lot of merit to this kind of art)
For those saying "why was a 10yo boy hitting on a grown woman", He was NOT a boy. The boy does not exist. The man on the BENCH was the one hitting on the ticket lady! The boy was the beautiful, loveable , childish and talented person the "subway bum" imagined himself to be. But the ticket woman can only see a "subway bum" singing for pennies. Get it? Brilliant writing and heart-warming song! A+
what a heart-warming interpretation... You really hit the spot. And I kinda always see myself in this song, all the one-way passions slowly running me over...
I love that the boy's voice is so out of key, showing how imperfectly perfect he is, as he's pouring his heart out - and the woman just callously says, "really?"
man, these guys are the kings of sampling!! I went down the rabbit hole with this one... LOVE the way they incorporate other songs. Eye in the Sky is another great one!
@@Andrea-qx9vgThe main beat is lifted from "Want Ads" by Honey Cone, while the chorus is taken from "Why Can't I Get It Too" by Six Boys In Trouble. WhoSampled lists all the other ones
4 years later i'm still extremely impressed how this song manages to be about unrequited love and one of the most joyous songs in existence at the same time. Love it.
@@giuseppechiarelli8675 lol I 'should try' unrequited Love? Oh, I've been there and been the one not to requite a woman's love (personally, I didnt like that, either), Hasn't every man? What is enjoyable about loving someone that doesn't love you back, exactly? Your own self-delusion and denial?? I'm genuinely asking...for real. Because, for me, it was utter heartbreak and it destroyed my 20s by marrying a woman who fell out of love with me... So, you were saying?? I'm going to assume you don't know what unrequited means, like most people, nor have actual experiences with love. F'ing sad bro...but You're probably young, so here's some advice for when you get the courage to speak to a real, live woman: don't bother and focus on yourself, First. Period. Learning to love yourself is ridiculously more important than anything else. 'maybe you should try it'...
I don't know what it is, but no other song makes me feel this way. I think this song is absolutely beautiful, but I can't bring myself to listen to it, because it makes me want to cry. It makes me think of life, all the years behind me that I will never be able to get back, but also all the years ahead of me that I can look forward to. This song brings me both sadness, but also hope, and an encouragement to keep living.
This video gives me a highly specific sense of longing to reminisce over a place I’ve never lived, a time I wasn’t around for, and emotional combinations I’ve never felt before.
I know exactly how you feel, nostalgia for a time and place you never lived in and that maybe never existed in the first place. The Avalanches and their works are dripping with this emotion.
Amanda Mashinini no joke been getting on my recommended for years keep coming back cause I’ve saved it since it seemed like it wanted to be saved in a playlist
The first part where the boy sings is from a 1950s album by Six Boys in Trouble which could be considered the first hiphop sort of on record. The Avalanches are like, a portal opening to entirely different kinds of music.
Always bitter-sweet, that's why i love The Avalanches so, so much. Nobody else can hit that subtle feeling with such precision, which means it's genuine.
What an awesome message, gentlemen, if a lady doesn't love you back, just put on your best pair of shoes because you're not gonna change yourself for her - "If she don't love me, what can I do? / Just put on my best pair of shoes / Because I'm me". I think shoes is a metaphor for your personality or the best version of yourself and if she doesn't love you for what you are, put a better pair of shoes and find another because you're you.
Wallace represents how Sonny feels on the inside when he tries to express his feelings to Becky - beneath Sonny's leather jacket you can see he wears a letter jacket similar to the green one Wallace is wearing. Despite sitting on the bench, calmly chewing a toothpick, inside, Sonny feels small and daunted by the challenge of talking to the assertive and commanding Becky. Wallace, his dancing, the band - all metaphors for Sonny baring his heart to Becky... and then getting shot down, deflated in the end, to go sit alone on the bench. Good song, nice vid.
*That rap segment is easily among the hardest flows I've heard, goddamn.* Love finding gems like this, wish I caught onto it in 2016! My head hurts from how bursting with pride this song is.
How tf I’m a hip hop historian, a 80’s baby from Ny and never heard this til today? This Heatmakers and dipset, this Alchemist...This is that late golden era of Rap
I had that same feeling a couple years ago when I found this, it’s cause you old now, you starting to appreciate the art with a different view of the world! This song literally changed my music preferences, I’m an old head now 😂
Just a great sample and plunderphonics band as The Avalanches...hope you keep enjoying them, I discovered them 10 years ago while working on a radio station with this song ....just love them❤
"Electricity" is my favourite from them. Its like the perfect musical representation of what electricity is, bit hard to explain but you'll get it once you hear it
First thing it's so great to see this filmed in the Bronx. My heart swelled once I saw Fordham Rd. Second as soon as that guy started rapping I was like damn this guy's style sounds like one of them Camp Lo dudes from back in the day. Sure enough check out the credits and it's Sonny Cheeba! Amazing!
@tonystarks4400 The tooth pic should have have it away😂 Nobody in life can spit with a tooth pic in his mouth like Sonny, and your always forgiven. 🤜🏽🤛🏾
The best music video I’ve seen since I was a child....literally.... I love everything about this from the cinematography, to the brilliant musical back drop, to the youngster and the legendary MC Sonny Chiba
@@TachirosLament yup that's him...another fun fact is that his verse is the only new part of this video outside of the choreography of course....the actual song being sung is an old song from the early 1900s some kids from a Harlem building were recorded singing various songs...they only dropped one album together...I can't recall the name, but if I find it I'll edit my comment...if you get a chance prior to me coming back look it up....oh yea and the beat is new...but yea the kid is not really singing...the vocals are sampled
I just came across this video for the first time and was shocked when I heard the verse. Recognized Sonny Cheeba immediately. Camp Lo still making music after all these years without any commercial hits so it's good he got to shine on a song that was this successful.
@@poetparagraph I wonder why the song is credited with featuring Camp Lo when it’s just Sonny Cheeba on the verses. Geechi Suede is still in the group, right?
Karla Tuplano I know right me too! It makes me happy, I imagine driving in the back of a cab from Kennedy airport and cruising around manhattan and seeing all the skyscrapers and people walking around in a rush! New favorite music group and he reminds me of Michael Jackson in Jackson 5!
Man loves woman Woman doesn't love man back in her presence he feels like a child again But she wont pay him any attention He wants to show her how amazing he his / how strong he feels But he cant express himself properly because he's starstruck by her That's my interpretation of the video.
Anybody else just really love the feeling of this video? Like all these different people/street performers coming together spontaneously for this kid, and then one by one leaving before the girl could realise what happened. It's kinda melancholy, but it's really cool at the same time.
I think it's a metaphor for how you can be so crazy about someone and they don't even know. While all of that was going on (presumably in his head), she's oblivious to it. And of course, the heart inflating and deflating was symbolic.
Thank you, I was wondering about the kid and the other artists involved. One comment says its from Smithsonian Folkways. Yep, I just checked...here's the album: folkways.si.edu/street-and-gangland-rhythms-beats-and-improvisations-by-six-boys-in-trouble/african-american-music/album/smithsonian
*chuckle* There may be 9 songs sampled to make this track, but the FOUNDATION of it is The Honey Comb's "Want Ads." Without it, there would be no "Because of Me," at least not this version of it. It sounds just like "Want Ads" with rap added to it. Another thing... there are few things better than the original - this ain't one of them. 🙄
So much symbolism. The trumpets playing and people dancing is what he feels in his heart. The people waving the white flags in the back symbolizing him surrendering his heart to her. He only had ten cents and the sign on the window says $1 fee so he didn’t have enough for her. Wearing his heart on the outside for her and then having her say one word to completely destroy his heart. I feel you kid. I’ve been there. I’m there right now actually. If you guys see anything I missed let me know!
This is one of the dopest videos ever made. The track is superhot. The kid is sofa king adorable. The girl is super gorgeous. Everything about this video is a 10! 10's across the board!!!!
I have loved this song when it first came out and I’ve been listening to the avalanches since I was 14.. so glad seeing this video recirculate. They are a huge inspiration to me.
I first heard this song live, in california at a casino, as opener, i thought nothing of it at first. I went cause of my girlfriend, it was an alternative concert and i dont even like alternative, I love electronic music lol. But this song, this band. they stand out. I wish you all the wildest success that is fitting, of what i have built you up to be in my head. More songs like this will get you there.
I love this soooo much, the whole vibe just takes me to the past and I can't exactly describe the place it takes me to, but it looks like cold cherry colas and milkshakes with whipped cream and the sun shining and the water glistening and the breeze blowing, idk but it takes me there and I wanna stay in that place forever
The reason it doesn’t get any radio play is because the radio stations only plays stuff that have the same sound as every other song that’s playing and/or very popular. This song is great but if it were to be on the radio it would be ruined by being overplayed by the radio stations just like every song that gets radio play.
For the Bonobo fans who might've recognized a bit in this song, Bonobo sampled 'Six Boys in Trouble Why Can't I Get It Too' in the song All In Forms on the Black Sands album. Six Boys in Trouble sampled The Avalanches - Because I'm Me. Hopefully this saved you the trip, I had a rough time figuring out why 1:40 seemed so familiar to me.
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Whenever I stumble across a good new tune like this, it encourages me to keep living just to see what else people can come up with
'since i left you' is one of my favorite albums of all time. check it out
My thoughts exactly. Makes me wonder how many more hidden gems there are out there.
please listen to both avalanches albums if u like this
Don't make me tear up Zeek.
OOOOOOR try something yourself? Find motivation to lead not to follow...
To all the people who found this by accident I hope you know that the Avalanches make all oh their songs with nothing but samples, which is dope in my opinion
So you're saying they got their style from literally everyone in the 90s? Awesome 😂
Yeah now I gotta check these guys out
@@GaryMillyz I think what he finds dope is that they can make a complete song out of only samples and beats, that's what's dope.
@@GaryMillyz yeah thats not it. Their album Since I Left You literally has upwards of 3500 samples. Theres a huge difference between playing or singing over ONE sample (basically a backing track) and composing with samples. All the nuances of what can (or can't) be done with instruments or voices that you're trying to use now have to be found elsewhere. It's very tedious work since youre constantly listening to more and more new music for inspiration, but the end result is this weird marriage of different musical periods forming something real instruments or voices by themselves could ever accomplish (not that its objectively better, but there is a lot of merit to this kind of art)
I did; Its great. Camplo?
For those saying "why was a 10yo boy hitting on a grown woman",
He was NOT a boy. The boy does not exist.
The man on the BENCH was the one hitting on the ticket lady! The boy was the beautiful, loveable , childish and talented person the "subway bum" imagined himself to be. But the ticket woman can only see a "subway bum" singing for pennies. Get it? Brilliant writing and heart-warming song! A+
what a heart-warming interpretation... You really hit the spot. And I kinda always see myself in this song, all the one-way passions slowly running me over...
The hint is the hat!
Oh the hat....oh ok yeah I get it now
Woooooowwwww never knew that THX KNOW I LOVE THE VIDEO EVEN MORE
I love that the boy's voice is so out of key, showing how imperfectly perfect he is, as he's pouring his heart out - and the woman just callously says, "really?"
man, these guys are the kings of sampling!! I went down the rabbit hole with this one... LOVE the way they incorporate other songs. Eye in the Sky is another great one!
What are they sampling ?
@@Andrea-qx9vgThe main beat is lifted from "Want Ads" by Honey Cone, while the chorus is taken from "Why Can't I Get It Too" by Six Boys In Trouble. WhoSampled lists all the other ones
@@Andrea-qx9vg wines
@@Andrea-qx9vg Also the Honey Cones song "the want ads"
@@Andrea-qx9vg Also the kids vocals. They are chopped up from "Why Cant I Get Too" by Six Boys in Trouble.
4 years later i'm still extremely impressed how this song manages to be about unrequited love and one of the most joyous songs in existence at the same time. Love it.
that'z the fun of falling in love anyway
💯💯
@@giuseppechiarelli8675 love being unrequited is fun?. And 24 people agree?! Lol
@@marvinthemartian4044 you should try
@@giuseppechiarelli8675 lol I 'should try' unrequited Love? Oh, I've been there and been the one not to requite a woman's love (personally, I didnt like that, either), Hasn't every man? What is enjoyable about loving someone that doesn't love you back, exactly? Your own self-delusion and denial?? I'm genuinely asking...for real.
Because, for me, it was utter heartbreak and it destroyed my 20s by marrying a woman who fell out of love with me... So, you were saying??
I'm going to assume you don't know what unrequited means, like most people, nor have actual experiences with love. F'ing sad bro...but You're probably young, so here's some advice for when you get the courage to speak to a real, live woman: don't bother and focus on yourself, First. Period. Learning to love yourself is ridiculously more important than anything else. 'maybe you should try it'...
this album deserves the movie treatment. I love its retro inner city concept.
Rych3rInLyf3 GOOGLE The Was Soda Jerk and you'll get your wish
Go watch "The Get Down" on Netflix. It's hip-hop based but it's also very retro inner city.
Also on Gran Turismo movie on Netflix
when you wanna see creativity, you type in "The Avalanches"
My boy left his whole heart on the platform, and she says “really”
I know right!!!
she ain't had to do him so dirty smh 👎🏾😄
Typical woman
Another day another girl.
Like she don't have a choice, typical man.
I don't know what it is, but no other song makes me feel this way. I think this song is absolutely beautiful, but I can't bring myself to listen to it, because it makes me want to cry. It makes me think of life, all the years behind me that I will never be able to get back, but also all the years ahead of me that I can look forward to. This song brings me both sadness, but also hope, and an encouragement to keep living.
I cried 🥹
Yes, i feel it too
90s vibe...subway station spirit. Ticket lady. Very interesting
I like that there is always a band ready to help a brother out
Love this comment!!😃🥰
and a group of breakdancers
LMAOOOO
...and she still shoots him down.
he puts his heart on a plate and she dismisses it. she isn't the one my little brother
The music, acting, writing, cinematography, truly a work of art.
the set and chereo pretty damn good as well
The Avalanches consistently put out amazing music videos.
The boy, his courage!
This was on my recommended video . Damn I'm glad I clicked on it . This is dope .
Check out their first album - it's SICK.
O. gwap Same! I was on Tom Misch and a U.K. Rapper he works with, this came up next
Yessss! 👏
SAME! Way to go RUclips recommendations!
same, I wasnt going to click but Im glad I did
I’m just getting into Avalanches and it’s giving me the strength to continue on 🙏 I’m not joking
Since I Left You gives me life.
nothing hits harder than listening to a song for the first time
Try this if you haven't heard it. The Avalanches produce truly meaningful music to goes so deep - ruclips.net/video/wpqm-05R2Jk/видео.html
Try listening again
They say heroin hits harder the first time
hit by a car on my bike, can confirm, they hit harder than songs.
Agreed. Every time I listen. Better when shared!
This video gives me a highly specific sense of longing to reminisce over a place I’ve never lived, a time I wasn’t around for, and emotional combinations I’ve never felt before.
This!
I know exactly how you feel, nostalgia for a time and place you never lived in and that maybe never existed in the first place.
The Avalanches and their works are dripping with this emotion.
I love finding songs on accident
Thanh Ngo it has 20M views
its the best surprise
Thanh Ngo I was just thinking the same thing. It just happened.. 😁
Same
Lol yeah, it was in my recommendation 😀
The Avalanches are one of a kind. Underrated legends.
When it comes to visuals no one comes close to The Avalanches.
run the jewels, yeasayer, tyler, asap rocky/mob, ok go, ...
elmo olmen ...like i said, nobody comes close.
elmo you're absolutely right, except for maybe ASAP mob.
what about yamborghini high then?
but ja, i would put them together, i think rocky is the head of the visual ideas. so you right
i also like videos of the following artists: jungle, mick jenkins, fishing, fka twigs, die antwoord, lil yachti,
Whoever paid to have this moved up the RUclips algorithms... Thank you..
Amanda Mashinini no joke been getting on my recommended for years keep coming back cause I’ve saved it since it seemed like it wanted to be saved in a playlist
Youre welcome young man
@@bigpimpin9010 right sure
FACTS!
Totally
The first part where the boy sings is from a 1950s album by Six Boys in Trouble which could be considered the first hiphop sort of on record. The Avalanches are like, a portal opening to entirely different kinds of music.
But...he isn't......rapping. He is singing.
Thank you for that nugget of info..
They do have some nice obscure oldies samples.
Thank you for that, i knew i had heard it before
thanks bro, its have been 2 years im looking for this ask. love u man
Always bitter-sweet, that's why i love The Avalanches so, so much. Nobody else can hit that subtle feeling with such precision, which means it's genuine.
What an awesome message, gentlemen, if a lady doesn't love you back, just put on your best pair of shoes because you're not gonna change yourself for her - "If she don't love me, what can I do? / Just put on my best pair of shoes / Because I'm me".
I think shoes is a metaphor for your personality or the best version of yourself and if she doesn't love you for what you are, put a better pair of shoes and find another because you're you.
nono
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no no
no no
no no
no no
no no
no no
THERES NO LIMIT
its a sample dude
DynomiteKid65 Listen to "Why can't I get it too"
Wish I could give this song a Thumbs-Up again and again and again...every time my broken heart needs a reminder
Wallace represents how Sonny feels on the inside when he tries to express his feelings to Becky - beneath Sonny's leather jacket you can see he wears a letter jacket similar to the green one Wallace is wearing. Despite sitting on the bench, calmly chewing a toothpick, inside, Sonny feels small and daunted by the challenge of talking to the assertive and commanding Becky. Wallace, his dancing, the band - all metaphors for Sonny baring his heart to Becky... and then getting shot down, deflated in the end, to go sit alone on the bench.
Good song, nice vid.
balthazar011 great observation
👏🤘👍
THIS is how you make music and a music video! Perfection
*That rap segment is easily among the hardest flows I've heard, goddamn.* Love finding gems like this, wish I caught onto it in 2016!
My head hurts from how bursting with pride this song is.
Its Jay but what song?
@@bazglsgw1208 Nah it's Sonny Cheeba. It does sound extremely like hova though you're right
@@gamemeister27 Sonny Cheeba im a hip hip junky n im embarresed to say ive never heard of Sonny Cheeba. Ill check him out. He sounds v like Hov 🎤
@@gamemeister27 I checked out Sonny Cheeba and Camp Lo fan already.🎤 Jay used to do the fast shiit sounds 2 me as if he bit Sonnys flow.
@@bazglsgw1208 Bingo🔥🔥🔥🔥🥃🕶If ya Know U Know...
I love this old school soulful vibe this has! The instrumental is perfect
Dope. Miss this type of rap. Bring it back. Bring it back
How tf I’m a hip hop historian, a 80’s baby from Ny and never heard this til today? This Heatmakers and dipset, this Alchemist...This is that late golden era of Rap
BECAUSE YOU NEVER HEARDA CAMP LO
I had that same feeling a couple years ago when I found this, it’s cause you old now, you starting to appreciate the art with a different view of the world!
This song literally changed my music preferences, I’m an old head now 😂
Just a great sample and plunderphonics band as The Avalanches...hope you keep enjoying them, I discovered them 10 years ago while working on a radio station with this song ....just love them❤
The Avalanches are geniuses. 'Since I Left you' is another great song. I only discovered the video for about ten years after listening to it first.
"Electricity" is my favourite from them. Its like the perfect musical representation of what electricity is, bit hard to explain but you'll get it once you hear it
this is just too cute, RUclips recommendations really did a good job!
This might be one of my favorites on the album
yeah it's my favorite mainly because I'm a huge Camp Lo Fan
thestonecoldbottom love that luchini
Subways to if I was a Folk Star in the album is the best bit imo
thank you Dwayne
This kid killed it! So did the subway attendant tbh. What an amazing music video.
First thing it's so great to see this filmed in the Bronx. My heart swelled once I saw Fordham Rd. Second as soon as that guy started rapping I was like damn this guy's style sounds like one of them Camp Lo dudes from back in the day. Sure enough check out the credits and it's Sonny Cheeba! Amazing!
animbot I didn't spot it til the credits. He sounds great on this
I thought the same thing!! Good deal!! :)
animbot can't escape that camp lo sound. Too good
animbot who is Sonny Cheeba and camp lo
animbot ii
I'm a 60+ yo (white) granny - and I love this! How dear! Who wouldn't find this young man adorable? Love is hope!
I wish there were more people like you!
That hook and that kid... MAGIC!
Shout out to Sonny Cheeba with the bars on this record and being in the video. He from the Legendary Camp Lo Group.
Holy F*** that's who that is!?!? I feel soooo dumb.
Still got that tooth pick
@tonystarks4400 The tooth pic should have have it away😂 Nobody in life can spit with a tooth pic in his mouth like Sonny, and your always forgiven. 🤜🏽🤛🏾
the dada man himself
WOW!!!!!
That sound though. This is true artistic & put together very well. This kind of music will make the world grow.
I fucking love this sound. Finally bringing back the soul that's been missing.
i read it with your voice
Dwight Schrute yes we been waiting....
And we want more
Stupid me, no wonder this has an old soul vibe, "Why Can't I Get It Too" by Six Boys In Trouble came out in '59.
"Michaeeeeeeel!"
Fact. This is dwight schrute
This video slays. So subtle and beautiful
Jeffreys 5 5 yh t9yh in 5macbysorŕklin
Video is perfect. Dance choreography is perfect. Song is perfect. 1/2 of Camp Lo on the mic: Legendary.
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Trumpets rap and a good beat you won me over
😍
And sounds like something from the 50s
ruclips.net/video/c2cQ47VVzU0/видео.html
that beat is from the song "Want Ads" by the Honeycombs! Great song!
What a beautiful freaking song, it's like fresh air with all of what I usually hear. I love this and the nostalgic feel, the lyrics it all just works
Daniela Cabrera makes me never give up
Incredible! The Honey Cone/Want Ads sample, the kid singing & dancing his heart out and of corse the legendary Sonny Cheeba droppin' bars!
I didn't realize it was sampled from Want Ads until I read about it. Now it seems so obvious.
The shot at 1:53 is so iconic. You go boy!!
The brass instruments are amazing!
Thank Honey Cone. Stick Up by them was what was sampled.
Fossil Actually it's "Want Ads" not "Stick Up"
Wow. This is a beautiful fusion of simpler times and a current sound. I’m mad I haven’t heard this before today. Wonderful.
Perfect
That comes randomly on youtube, and i am like what the funk??? my ears are smiling!!! peace.
Bro the energy behind this song is unmatched, this is definitive topnotch quality hip hop! 😎👌
Straight excellence and much respect.
Glad they made a video for one of my favorite songs on the album! The Avalanches always come with the best music videos for sure!
i fell in love so fast
Natalia me too
natalia! ME TOO!!!
natalia! I KNOWWW OMG
your profile pic is so appropriate for this comment lol
Not knocking nobody but black love is Beautiful. And the struggle makes it stronger
“Every act of kindness has a ripple effect with no logical end…”
This was better than most movies I've seen in the past couple years.
That's just sad
😁
Bruh, what are movies you've whatced man?
The best music video I’ve seen since I was a child....literally.... I love everything about this from the cinematography, to the brilliant musical back drop, to the youngster and the legendary MC Sonny Chiba
#Facts
I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED HIM. the Camp Lo guy, well one of them anyway
@@TachirosLament yup that's him...another fun fact is that his verse is the only new part of this video outside of the choreography of course....the actual song being sung is an old song from the early 1900s some kids from a Harlem building were recorded singing various songs...they only dropped one album together...I can't recall the name, but if I find it I'll edit my comment...if you get a chance prior to me coming back look it up....oh yea and the beat is new...but yea the kid is not really singing...the vocals are sampled
I just came across this video for the first time and was shocked when I heard the verse. Recognized Sonny Cheeba immediately. Camp Lo still making music after all these years without any commercial hits so it's good he got to shine on a song that was this successful.
@@poetparagraph I wonder why the song is credited with featuring Camp Lo when it’s just Sonny Cheeba on the verses. Geechi Suede is still in the group, right?
Since I Left You by the Avalanches is easily one of the greatest produced albums of all time the sampling in their tracks is insane
This isn’t from that album tho.
I came here to say, I love when rappers go outside of the box with music videos. It shows a true artist
The Avalanches aren't rappers. Their entire discography consists of songs made entirely of samples.
Hate the rapping.
I think this is the cutest thing that YT ever recommended to me.
@@unirod23 thanks man, I loved it too ❤️
this is so ¨The Get Down¨ ❤
the get down is so 70's
How am I finding these wonderful artists now? How come I never heard of them before? This is amazing. This is music. This is art. This is soulful
Watch 'Since I Left You' if you haven't already x
We are in an era where we are making everyone famous except the people with real talent. Make talented people famous again!
I forgot about this song and dang it’s good even now
i found this song on accident and i'm so happy about it damn
Karla Tuplano, same thing happened to me
Karla Tuplano I know right me too! It makes me happy, I imagine driving in the back of a cab from Kennedy airport and cruising around manhattan and seeing all the skyscrapers and people walking around in a rush! New favorite music group and he reminds me of Michael Jackson in Jackson 5!
Karla Tuplano tbhh
Same here! And, OMFG is this AMAZING or what? Clearly a buried gem on RUclips.
fuck yeah me too
Man loves woman
Woman doesn't love man back
in her presence he feels like a child again
But she wont pay him any attention
He wants to show her how amazing he his / how strong he feels
But he cant express himself properly because he's starstruck by her
That's my interpretation of the video.
good analysis ;)
^^ me with the girl I like
headcanon accepted
Me too bro ^_^
OMG true!
I love when this comes up in my feed every few months and I discover again how perfect it is in so many ways.
I love how the boy suddenly has a corded microphone in the subway!! Awesome ending with the heart!
Anybody else just really love the feeling of this video? Like all these different people/street performers coming together spontaneously for this kid, and then one by one leaving before the girl could realise what happened. It's kinda melancholy, but it's really cool at the same time.
Brennan Sullivan ✨I grew up in the Bronx and Fordham Road was always the area where I either took the bus or train ✨😬
I think it's a metaphor for how you can be so crazy about someone and they don't even know. While all of that was going on (presumably in his head), she's oblivious to it. And of course, the heart inflating and deflating was symbolic.
Brennan Sullivan they got other clip in black and white
I think you will love it to
It’s super old
The kid is the rapper inner child or the innocent lover in him....
That's like every Bollywood song ever!
For those wondering, the kid singing is just sampled from “Why Can’t I Get It Too” by the Six Boys oF Trouble. The kid in the video is just an actor
Thank you, I was wondering about the kid and the other artists involved. One comment says its from Smithsonian Folkways. Yep, I just checked...here's the album: folkways.si.edu/street-and-gangland-rhythms-beats-and-improvisations-by-six-boys-in-trouble/african-american-music/album/smithsonian
The music samples Want Ads by the Honey Combs
ruclips.net/video/IkJGSnRB9RM/видео.html
The stuff is from 1955? Damn o_o
DustyRB Welcome to REAL music. :)
He's also the baddest dancer you ever saw ;p
Who knew that combining 9 songs could make one song that sounds better than all of them individually
Which 9 songs are those? From what I remember this song was sampled from one 70s song
@@jesseomollo9405 have a look on whosampled I think they're listed
*chuckle* There may be 9 songs sampled to make this track, but the FOUNDATION of it is The Honey Comb's "Want Ads." Without it, there would be no "Because of Me," at least not this version of it. It sounds just like "Want Ads" with rap added to it. Another thing... there are few things better than the original - this ain't one of them. 🙄
@@TheMercuryProject I will have a listen
@@Happy_Shopper You mean you never listened to the original songs that were sampled before you made that comment? 🤨 😑 😂😂😂
This song sealed it for me. The Avalanches are one of the most creative acts that I've seen in my lifetime and we're all lucky to have found them.
Very mahogany love & that MJ look alike kid...Sonny Cheeba flow was dope too!
I don't think he looks like Michael Jordan
brock samson Confirmed, got trolled.
kenneth fernandez...Nah Freak!
The Avalanches have the best music videos!
Absolutely refreshing! Thank you Universe. I needed this TODAY!!!
Amen brother 👍🏻😎
Something about this video just warms my heart. Adorable.
So much symbolism. The trumpets playing and people dancing is what he feels in his heart. The people waving the white flags in the back symbolizing him surrendering his heart to her. He only had ten cents and the sign on the window says $1 fee so he didn’t have enough for her. Wearing his heart on the outside for her and then having her say one word to completely destroy his heart. I feel you kid. I’ve been there. I’m there right now actually. If you guys see anything I missed let me know!
flags were pink and green...
PREACH IT!!!
Your reading too much into it go home
Spoken like a true writer...right on the mark champ. I've definitely been there.
If you like music videos with symbolism, you might like this one too: ruclips.net/video/RhhsYw2XVZI/видео.html
I can't count how many times I've come back to this masterpiece of a banger.
This is one of the dopest videos ever made. The track is superhot. The kid is sofa king adorable. The girl is super gorgeous. Everything about this video is a 10! 10's across the board!!!!
Cory Wright is that a drag race reference i see in there or nah??
Cory Wright you need to see the other one from them
More like an ATHF reference. No I ain't breaking down that acronym.
sofa king
this video is the personification of what it means to feel and live music everyday as a part of your being.
Just love this music video. It has to be one of the best ever made in my eyes. Love your music guys. Greetings from Mexico.
Vas a votar por quitarle el mandato al amlo?
@@ericktellez7632 no
@@ericktellez7632 no
Hola, también de México. 🇲🇽
Y super fan de The Avalanches.
Well aren't I glad I had upload notifications on.
If anyone’s curious, this was shot at the Fordham Road subway station in Bronx, NY. Awesome song and video!
Incredible
Yep, yep...I know it well. Born in Harlem but raised in da boogie down BX
Fordham Baldies. The Wanderers
i live one stop from there and this song just reminds me of home and happiness whenever i’m bummed out
:). I love the Bronx but haven’t been there recently
I can't believe I am just seeing this fantastic video. What a great storyline and execution💋
I have loved this song when it first came out and I’ve been listening to the avalanches since I was 14.. so glad seeing this video recirculate. They are a huge inspiration to me.
I can't believe these guys are Aussies from "Melbin," what an incredible taste in music. I love the rest of their work as well. Come back and do more!
Just discovered this song on RUclips out of nowhere and now I'm in a really really good mood because of it. What a song!
I know right! I just found this today. What cave have I been living in?
Yesssss!
Every year I return to listen to this song a different person with the same heart.
THIS SONG IS DOPE!!! BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD IT ON THE RADIO!?!...30 MILLION VIEWS IT'S A HIT SOME WHERE!!!
i think my ear buds are broken
Yeah, on RUclips
I heard it in Asda yesterday.
In Australia!
@@barfymann362 I can see why. I heard it like four days ago and keep coming back.
I first heard this song live, in california at a casino, as opener, i thought nothing of it at first. I went cause of my girlfriend, it was an alternative concert and i dont even like alternative, I love electronic music lol. But this song, this band. they stand out. I wish you all the wildest success that is fitting, of what i have built you up to be in my head. More songs like this will get you there.
Jimmy Bish Alternative isn’t even a genre lol 👎🏻 alternative what? You can’t just call music “alternative” by itself.
Those last 3 sentences Jimmy. Very nice.
I mean you totally can. alternative is a genre.
the guys have been around since the 90s lol
No offense but how old are you? It's not as prominent now, but yes, it used to be a genre.
this kid is so talented loved his album
th3FT pUnK the kid didn't make the album
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IM CRYING
LMAO
Lord Peepee u don't say
I don't always want this song, but when I do, it absolutely nails the spot.
I love this soooo much, the whole vibe just takes me to the past and I can't exactly describe the place it takes me to, but it looks like cold cherry colas and milkshakes with whipped cream and the sun shining and the water glistening and the breeze blowing, idk but it takes me there and I wanna stay in that place forever
I get you...
It's a shame stuff like this doesn't get radio play.
In Australia it does
Radio is dying anyway
The reason it doesn’t get any radio play is because the radio stations only plays stuff that have the same sound as every other song that’s playing and/or very popular. This song is great but if it were to be on the radio it would be ruined by being overplayed by the radio stations just like every song that gets radio play.
KiloCharlieOne too short of a song
My mom just sent me this song thanks mom
For the Bonobo fans who might've recognized a bit in this song, Bonobo sampled 'Six Boys in Trouble Why Can't I Get It Too' in the song All In Forms on the Black Sands album. Six Boys in Trouble sampled The Avalanches - Because I'm Me. Hopefully this saved you the trip, I had a rough time figuring out why 1:40 seemed so familiar to me.
Sean McPherson You are a genius! thank you sir!
All I want to know is why the singing parts sound like they were ripped from a VHS.
thats true, remembering all in forms bonobo
Oh my god....youre right...😍😍😍😍...thank you
well spotted
This made me cry. God bless, I'm glad that I found this video!
and i love these people which get goosebumps at this wonderful peace of music
I love the vintage vibe I’m getting
This video is made by a genius.
cinematography is just so good
it's just a regular one.
AMAZING! 1979 lives again! THANK YOU!
This video is such a vibe, nostalgic feeling, like you’re taken back to a time of innocence and purity and soul the styling is so on point 👌🙈
Very vintage with a modern twist...feelin it
Wlcome to the avalanches
As much as I often complain about living in NYC, this video just made me appreciate the magic of my home city so much more ...
deadass
Masterpiece 💯🔥