Blues Traveler - Hook (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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Official Music Video for Hook performed by Blues Traveler.
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This song is like a magician telling you how he does his trick...and then still fooling you
Spot on bro 😎
Well said
Nice one
It's like a song with the perfect...prestige.
Yess
'No matter how much Peter loved her, what made the pan refuse to grow was that the hook brings you back.' Great line! How did I not catch this after all of these years?
Cuz no one cares about the words just the beat!
It's awesome. I never cared for them in the 90's and would hear the happy little ditty of a tune around and about never paying attention. Now I realize this was one of the greatest trolls of all time.
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Cause it doesn’t matter what he says, as long as he sings with inflection.
Dude I just came down to comment that is one of the slickest lines in any song
I miss the joy and optimism of the ‘90’s. Such a fun time to be alive and young. We didn’t know how good we had it.
Read the lyrics and you'll gain a new appreciation for this song 😉
Everything was so special, innocent, and fun until that day fateful day in 2001
Ok boomer
@@HeHeeHeeheHe you say boomer like its a bad thing. My parents who have passed were boomers and taught me an awful lout. You were probably not alive during 9/11 so shut your mouth before u speak in stuff that matters deeply to everyone old enough to remember that day. By the way I'm a millenial. Have some respect for the people who died that day
@@BearConditioned r/woooosh
The 80's and 90's had real SONGS. You can go back 30 yrs later and not only enjoy, but gain a new appreciation for the lyrics
FUN FACT! Did you know that John Popper wrote this song while sitting on the toilet! LOL. His brother always argued that he put TOO many lyrics in his music. He let his brother right the opening intro; then John told him "I am going to cram as many words in there that I possibly can." With the slight drip of the water from the sink, and the echo of acoustics in the bathroom, John Popper wrote "Hook" and made history. While simultaneously giving a middle finger to the music industry. GENIUS.
Fun fact! I read this comment on the toilet!
Fun fact I read this comment from the toilet.
he went after more than the music industry with the video he went after politics as well and how they're all completely full of shite
fun fact: after John wrote this song on the toilet, everyone started calling him John 'Pooper'
Impossible unless he spent 4 days on the toilet
This is the first time I'm ever listening to this song, after my dad passed away yesterday. I can tell why it was his favorite. It sounds just like him, who he was as a person.
Anyone here in 2024 listening to this?!
Yeah
I mean He ain't lyin. I'm here too.
Hell's yes
Yeah buddy!!
Yup🎉
I love the breakdown of the hook. I can’t believe that they actually made a song focused on the hook and how shitty the song can be while still bringing you back based on a good hook. Love these guys and while they haven’t seen the same ‘success’ that is the purpose of this album. Burn the cities to the ground - because the hook brings you back.
The best part in the video is during the breakdown, the guy on the couch is flipping through channels and sees flashes of blues travelers run around video and starts to get confused looks when he sees himself on tv.
@@Mythirdeye85 fire perspective
Yes. .its the hook...brilliant...
Was 16 then and never expected it to stick the way it has...
@@brayzgame8037 Staight up..
This song was recently added to the Playlist on the work PA. It's been something I've sang since I was a kid. Life is too precious sometimes.
9 years old when this song came out. I'll be 32 next month. Wow. It's crazy how fast time goes.
None Of Your Business ...I was 10, this song is STILL wonderful.
I was 11... Ha!
I was 13. Yeah, this was really good!! My older bro loved rap, I was the odd one liking blues traveler. 😂😂
I was 7 years old when this song came out I remember it all too well
Getting old is so strange. Things 20 years ago seem like a few years to me. And meeting all these young people that dont know of anything i loved in my childhood
One hell of a vocal performance.
+Phil Savage Check out Carolina Blues by them if you haven't yet. Ridiculously great falsetto.
He's literally the only talented guy in the band.
This song has a true Hook. Amazing piece of music right here. Aesthetically significant, and should be preserved. Great job blue traveler.
This is my favorite song about fishing, ever!
😂
Someone is goong to get woooshed
Dead ass bro😂
thank you I needed that , love all , big
Lol
This entire album is a great road trip soundtrack. It was a go to in the CD days because it's awesome and you didn't have to fumble around to put in a new disk for awhile.
2020 and this song still brings me joy.
If this song doesn’t light your fire, your wood is wet.
John Dobbins hahahahaha
😂🤣😂
Pretty good analogy
I haven’t seen such a shitty comment in a long time. Thanks for the lolz, virgin
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It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
Because the Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook brings you back
On that you can rely
There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow
Was that Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook brings you back
On that you can rely
Suck it in suck it in suck it in
If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win
And then begin
To see
What you're doing to me this MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me
So desperately I sing to thee
Of love
Sure but also of rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
I've tried well no in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide
I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
And only then shall I abide this tide
Of catchy little tunes
Of hip three minute diddys
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn all your cities to the ground
I've found
I will not mess around
Unless I play then hey
I will go on all day. Hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck because
The Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hoooooook
On that you can rely
Songwriters: J. Popper
Thanks!
I just understood the lyrics of this song after not having heard it for 30 years might near. It never made sense enough i could piece together and understand. After reading the lyrics i now see the genius and deepness of the song and he is in fact telling no lie.
Thanks for posting lyrics just clicked
J Popper is a friggin Genius!
My spotify subscription is essentially the hook bringing me back. It's a reliable formula.
Easily one of the best songs ever :)
MoCtheFirst you know nothingg gold
Yes, indeed. Too bad many people won't get the meaning of the lyrics that are not that hard to hear.
Must have not heard many songs then.
Forget the haters...this song easily falls into the top 10 of the best songs of the past 30 years at least. Far Better than most of the garbage from the 1980s, 90s, and 2000's.
I was adding songs to a playlist but had to stop and listen to the whole song.
Same! 😄
this song is beyond clever... if you listen to the words it's a direct insult to the music industry and listeners... it's shows how easy it is to trick the listener with inflection in the right places and the words don't mean shit. listen to it... brilliant
dtrav it's also an insult to the American consumer in general. It's also exactly what Donald Trump and other politicians do.
why I love it!!
25 years late. The early 90s was notorious for anti-capitalist sentiment. Pearl Jam said f-u to ticket master. Listen to Hooker with a Penis from Tool, again a reference. There was even a band called Rage Against the Machine. Guess what their songs were about.
Aren't you clever
Sorry! Why do you tell that? I don't understand it! Please could you explain me that better? thank you a lot!!! This is one of my favourite song of all the times that I have heard! And I have been listening radio music since I was a child of 12 years old. So Why did you tell that? Thank you my friend here. You can write me to: franklingut@gmail.com if you want, or Add me to your WhatsApp application: 55 412 0731541. I wait very much your answer. Franklin form Mérida Venezuela. Bye!
I was sitting here high thinking about the genius of this song. It's about nothing and the lyrics are about how it's about nothing and somehow it's an amazing song thus proving the point of the song
It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
Because the hook brings you back (brings you back)
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely
There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow
Was that the hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back (brings you back)
On that you can rely
Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in
If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win
And then begin to see
What you're doing to me
This MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me
So desperately I sing to thee of love
Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feeling on the shelf
I've tried, well no, in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide
I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride till until I've died
And only then shall I abide by this tide
Of catchy little tunes
Of hip three minute diddies
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn of all your cities to the ground
But I've found, I will not mess around
Unless I play then hey
I will go on all day
Hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck
Because the hook brings you back (brings you back)
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook
On that you can rely
Thanks for sharing!
The vocals on this dude give me literal chills,still 20 years later...
He's really really good
Pops gots Pipes!
The Heart brings you back ❤
2019 The Hook brought me back !
I'm in this video playing the Master Of Ceremonies at the beauty pageant. I'm 109 years old now in September 2024 and I still love it!
This is a great song. Lyrically it's very interesting.
Jack black is dope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a genius song.... It's a direct song to the audience. Talking to us. He's just saying "you love my voice regardless of what I say. Hold my beer while I belt out this chorus. "
This song blew my mind when it came out, and the concepts it contains have been the prime filter which everything I see and hear flows through. It’s easily one of the best songs ever written and I would put it in the top ten.
Canon in D. This is a song to tell idiots that they're buying the same over and over again. Amazing diss song.
Probably one of the most brilliant songs written in the past 50yrs…also try that harp solo…do it..I fawkin dare ya
Iconic moment in time , still feel it, powerful song 🤩
Damn near 20!!24!!!
Still rocking this joint. Sh!ts like that. My manz j. Popps git some PiPES, fersure. Lov this damn song 🤙✌️🤘
Imm backkk! Close captions taught me all the lyrics years agooo
I am completely convinced that this song is what made Eminem learn how to rap fast
goddammit emma stone
Yes. She just became the sexiest female, because of the lipsinking!
I hate how much i love her
Jack Wharton Yep. Just how I feel.
No idea what this song is about, but it sure is catchy!
The 90's were awesome. Songs like this bring me back
One of the best songs ever written. It's freaking perfect 😙👌
I love when km driving and it comes on
A legend was here
One of the best songs ever❤
Definitely , me and the old man are chilling to tjhis!
Whoa who else suddenly missed Late NIght with David Letterman after seeing the cameo by Paul Shaffer?
I had no idea he was in this. Had to figure out where I recognized him from.
This song is awesome. My take is that it's about a musician who has 'Peter Pan syndrome' (inability or refusal to grow up emotionally and socially), particularly when it comes to relationships and how his 'singing with inflection' keeps girls hooked even though he is broke, procrastinating and unwilling to commit, and that makes it unnecessary for him to grow up. 'What made the Pan refuse to grow was that the hook brings you back'.
John Popper is amazing and this song showcases everything
I peaked out when this came out!
This might be the greatest song ever sang. Its in the top 5.
2023 listening. Memories of moms 1990 jeep cherokee listening to "Live 105" on the way to school
Wait so this isn't about anything?!? It's just making fun of us for liking a song about nothing?!??
It's criticizing the routine approach to popular music.
You know they are right though? I know about this song for years(English is not my first language) and I googled the lyrics just now.
Wow.Check mate.
ravensrun3: It's not a purposefully pointless song, it's only seemingly so. You said it yourself: "the whole thing about it mocking the music industry" ...
Do not lose the thread of your own thoughts.
Do not polarized, it's a matter of degree/magnitude. Of course a song can be simply catchy in order to pass time, it's just that there is way too much of them and a lot of them are not creatively fun.
But more than that it seems that the song is pointing songs that tried to make you think they are not only simple catchy tune to pass the time ...
its all about the "hook"
bob sobes no, this song is talking about everything.
Me ,VV,born in 53 love the song
There's probably a comment about this already, but you all know the guy on the couch with the remote control is Ken Ober (RIP) from MTV's cool game show "Remote Control," right? He also sees himself briefly a couple times on the TV and looks confused. That game show was great back in the day, "This MTV is not for free" indeed.
Hook ! Yeah it definitely brings you back after 25 years
The Hook brought me back. On that I can rely....
I love how the song has all the nonsense that nobody can follow... and then the hook brings you back and you're singing the song again.
3:05 - The hook brought me back to this part of the song!
Only John Popper can fucking SHRED on a harmonica. What a legend.
Absolutely, 87 baby
The hook keeps bringing me back.
Such a clever, well written, song
The hook brought me back.
I was always impressed with his harmonica skills growing up, but the dude can BELT
Superb casting for this video! The micro expressions from the actors is really good!
I love the ‘politician’! Superior facial acting!
By all this I mean who ever put this card video together was a true artist!!!!
Bravo or Brava! Well done.
Who remembers MTV's Remote Control "Game Show"?
I had the BIGGEST crush on Ken Ober. Gone WAY too soon. RIP.
came here because of the richest top 10 subliminal messages in popular songs
Same lol
Lol. Architects of the future. lol. let the veil be lifted. What arrived first. Blue Stars falling..... haha the time is near...
Zip Draw It's pretty overt. That's the point, that it's not subliminal at all.
... Emma Stone. ;)
This song is not subliminal... is really direct in his lyric.
The hook brought me back
Top 10 90’s song
Still an amazing song
I’m here because I remember Emma Stone singing it vs Jimmy Fallon on Lip Sync Battle. Anyone else?
Yep, me too
I was thinking about hooks (for hanging some art work), and I started to sing this song. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard Hook, it’s still amazing.
Help I’m addicted to this song in 2024 and can’t stop listening to it.
The hook, does in-fact, bring me back. (2024)
FACTS!
Yup came here to find it and share it with a young one....Great Stuff!
Many, many times
John popper with no penguins
count down 2024 # 47 Orange man
It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
Because the Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook brings you back
On that you can rely
There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow
Was that the Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook brings you back
On that you can rely
Suck it in suck it in suck it in
If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win
And then begin
To see
What you're doing to me this MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me
So desperately I sing to thee
Of love
Sure but also of rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
I've tried well no in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide
I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
And only then shall I abide this tide
Of catchy little tunes
Of hip three minute ditties
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn all your cities to the ground
I've found
I will not mess around
Unless I play then hey
I will go on all day. Hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck because
The Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook...
On that you can rely
who else is here just because this is a good song and absolutely no other reason.
Me!
Me
🤜
Fa real
I was taking a trip down memory lane. I remember when this came out, to the day. Of all the people who were in the room that day, I'm the only one still alive.
Still a bad ass song in 2023. Been listening to this song for for almost 30 years!!! You know why??? Because the hook brings you back!
On that you can rely 😊
i ain't telling you no lie 😊
There is something amiss.
@@BeetsByHometownBrew well i'm being insincere.
In fact I don't mean any of this.
The hook brought me back. 25 years later. He was right.
Listen to this song so many times. Had No clue that is what he says. Thought he said "the lord brings you pain". Which he sure does lol
Damn right it did
now I feel old :(
Prophetic even.
He wasn't tellin' you no lie....
I feel like an idiot because I've heard this song so many times but never realized how profound the lyrics are until now
Yeah. A pure satire song that comes out of the gates with the first refrain saying "it doesn't matter what I say...as long as I sing with inflection" and most of us were clueless after listening to it 50+ times that it was mocking us.
Same! Super appropriate for all the crap going on right now.
@@unidentifiedguy8253 to be fair, back in those days you couldn't just look up the lyrics to a song.
@@nomanejane5766 - that's a fair point, although the internet was going in 1995 when this was a hit single - could've found the lyrics online even way back then
That, my man, is the point.
Its not often you get to say that was a sick harmonica solo
kawasabi1 😂😂😂😂😂
Right!? Lol unbelievable how this guy can shred on a harmonica.
kawasabi1
Dude is jus sick on the harmonica period
Google/RUclips Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Butterfield, Jason Ricci. Harmonica virtuosi are out there 😉
Listen to Charly Musslewhite
still one of the greatest songs ever written, performed, and recorded.
i think you're stretching there a little.
29 years later and the hook keeps bringing me back.
this song was playing in our lobby one night and I said" oh man I love this song" and proceeded to sing along every word
Yup
30 years? Try 300. This Pachelbel Canon in D major. That's what he's singing about. Listen to the original. You'll never unhear it.
On that you can rely
The most self aware song ever...it straight tells you it's gonna hook you.
It's called hiding in plain sight.
authenticity resonates
@@AnnaLVajda more accurately, it could be called not hiding and telling everyone where you are, but yeah same diff
I came here to make this exact comment. Good work soldier. Its a song about itself that most people dont even understand but still love.
Let me reiterate...John popper was calling you a sucker to your face and we all just eat it up.
The best part of this song is that for years I’ve just been enjoying how good it sounds. Once you pay attention to the lyrics it reaches a new level.
They got ya
Exactly, I remember the first time I actually read the lyrics instead of just singing along and my mind was blown. Made this one of my favorite songs, it's genius
I just looked up the lyrics- and you are so right!
Howard Stern made me realize this several years ago. I sang it for 20 years w/o knowing what it was about.
They got me too. I went down a rabbit hole of young folks reacting to music I grew up with and saw the lyrics and started laughing. I had no idea how epic the troll of the lyrics was.
It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job, it's your resolve that breaks
Because the hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely
There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow
Was that hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely
Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in, if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win and then begin to see
What you're doing to me, this MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me, so desperately I sing to thee of love
Sure, but also of rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
I've tried, well, no, in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide, but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide, I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
And only then shall I abide this tide
Of catchy little tunes of hip three minute diddys
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn all your cities to the ground
I've found I will not mess around unless I play then hey
I will go on all day, hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray that's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck because
The hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook
On that you can rely
Genius 🤘
Bomb!!! 💣
Still one of the most underrated vocalists of our time. Dude can belt
Nope, really popular.
@@ArcDevErik ok well good then that legit makes me happy. I just never hear anyone talk about him
@@ArcDevErik Never heard him brought up in conversation ever bud. And I’m a vocalist. He’s got decent range but his vibrato and stylistic riffs are what define him. And yes he can belt.
Yeah no one is talking about John Popper dude... definitely underappreciated.
Yea that’s what I thought too. I never hear him brought up in any conversations, even though he’s more than deserving. One of my favorites of all time and definitely one of the best
This song is the most expert level of trolls, layers of trolling, the video is just icing on the cake. Goddamn the 90s were magical for music.
Yeah, this song trolled an entire generation.......long before the world truly understood the word "Troll"
It's even self-trolling, of course we don't care, his value is as entertainment.
Art can transcend, but to expect it to is only setting yourself up for disappointment.
All we can do is follow our hearts, even if no one understands the message or if we just enjoy respite from the world in a hook.
Ur absolutely right, ‘90s music was the peak of music IMO
@@Tonbizzle - i think that's why i actually don't like this song - it's too cynical - they're positioning a hook as evil because it's assumed that most people don't care about legitimate art as long as the hook keeps you following them and buying their music, merchandise, tickets etc.
Thank god 90’s were my generation golden era of mostly everything!!
I don’t always listen to this, but when I do, it’s ten times in a row.
...a little louder each time, too....
Every time I turn on the Pandora station 90s this song comes on First and I'm not even mad about it
It’s on my RUclips house cleaning playlist
@@amandakelley1665 and on "day trip" playlist
It does kinda hook you in! Keeps bringing me back.
As a young teen I didn't appreciate Blues Traveler enough during their 90's peak. Now 41 they're one of my faves, this song summarizes it all for me 😌
Dude me too exactly!
You guys had shit taste in music. I knew instantly they were good!!!
I liked it back in the day, but it got lost in time. I've come back to it thanks to You Tube.
Our parents would be proud we stole this cd
Same
Who else is here cause the hook brings you back?
Brought me back to.
It's actually that last verse that brings me back.
@@Agent719 That's as good a reason as any :)
Always
1996 hook brings me back 2
That harmonica solo is what brings me back no matter how bad a day that solo just melts it away
Right? I love a great harmonica and Popper is SO one of the absolute best.
Man he can blow! Harmonica and vocals. It will melt away what ails ya.
No, the hook brings you back.
I'm back again lol
Anyone know what key harmonica he used?
He really do be singin with inflection.
He really do-be-do-be-do singing with inflection!
He really is*
@@JackOfShades You really do be comin in here to flex that grammar, eh? And nothing else? Well, you do you.
@@SanctuaryReintegrate word
"do be singing" is that even english? What the heck that means? "Do be". Knob
2-23-2020
1:am
55 years old. Can’t sleep
The Hook keeps bringing me back for 30 years…
A cool song for the ages
28 - 2 - 2020 11:18 .. am
3/4/2020 21:35 23 years old because I am 'hook'ed on Blues Traveller music.
3-8-20
2:am
28.. 29? I don't really know. Not 30 though.
Sleeping well. Confused while awake.
Maybe the hook brings me back because I am the hook.
Will report findings after I suck it in suck it in suck it in.
3-10-2020
3/20/20 47 and still singing it.
Ironically, this is probably the greatest song ever made.
+Vic 2.0 SUCH A GREAT FUCKING HOOK...can't write this shit on purpose, lol...considering they never tried to write too many catchy hooks who knows how fucking good this group could have been tbh. Sometimes you wish they sold out a little more, haha.
if nothing else, it is forever relevant and true
Legit thiking same thing
@@GabrielFury-mg8du ye🏵
Most meta lyrics ever. Saw them live in Texas after Lenny Kravitz left the stage due to "heat exhaustion" and yet John Popper still belted out the harmonica for 2 hours. Love them.
Damn, I'd *_LOVE_* to see them live! I'm about to move to Texas! Love this comment . John Popper's a BADA$$!!!
Rockfest
@@okcommut3r It was actually the Horde Tour in 1996. Rusted Root, Lenny Kravitz, Dave Matthews, and Blues Traveler.
@@bwelaj Now I remember. Rockfest was a year later and it was Adam Duritz of counting crows who got a little too hot.
He was AMAZING and when I seen him live in concert, 1- at the Granda theater in Dallas 1998 and then 2- The Taste of Addison in Addison TX 2003-04. His skill at switching from his bag of mulitple Harmonicas and his voice and lyrics. MESMERIZING, Truly. May you rest in peace ❤
I miss the 90s. They seem like such simpler times through the lens of today...
+Christopher Johnson It just about had to be... I mean, here's a song that was really popular, and it was about how no one listens to the meanings in songs...
+Christopher Johnson Have you seen the movie midnight in paris? It has a pretty neat way of looking at the thought you had.
80'S through the mid 90's. Glad I was there. Great music. Great movies. I was blissfully unaware any of it would ever end.
@@KaveeshDubey It did, he covered nostalgia as a whole.
The problem is that objectively, we can say for certain that the 80's and 90's were high points of Western civilization.
@stevem2323 indeed they were, kids on bikes playing outside and adults planning get together without a bunch of phones!
These lyrics are genius level. The irony as he says he's saying nothing of importance is that he gets across how much of what we say is frivolous, and how much of what is said to us is even more frivolous. It also hits on the dangers of nostalgia and being taken in by the hooks of the way things have always been done. Blues Traveller always had good tunes, but these lyrics need a lot more thought pieces than they ever got.
Because he's simply right. Music isn't that hard if all you're going for is getting the audience hooked. The formulas are well known (and this song uses them a lot). Meaning that if the music you hear doesn't pull you in, the author is either exploring in a direction incompatible with you (which is ok but might not support a career)... or is trying to pull you in, but is just not doing the job right.
And if you follow the formula, you get the emotion you intended. You just have to sing. Go very "poetic" and fast, don't give them time to analyze the lyrics, then the audience will assume it's deep, not gibberish. Sing anything, follow the formula and current trends, you get a good result; with a bit of talent and a lot of professionalism (mostly of the producer) - a hit. It actually works.
Or you can try to truly say something. With both words and music. But you have to be much better at both to pull that off! This song simply laughs at the idea that we often assume that catchy songs are great... some are, sure, but writing a catchy one is just a matter of professionalism. Writing a good one is harder. Writing a good one that gets you hooked... that's real talent (and what most real artists, including this band, are usually striving for).
I'm not sure its saying any of that. It's saying that he/they can write a song that is absolute gibberish, but if the song has a good hook, you will listen to it over and over. The lyrics say over and over the song is just him saying random stuff, but he knows that it is the song's hook that matters, not the lyrics.
I will go on all day
Hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck
Because the hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook
On that you can rely
@indiegamelab3441 I'd agree that the lyrics are written to refer only to themselves and the relationship between singer and listener, which on its own is a commentary on pop music and its comsumption. But here we have the additional context of the video. A man is watching TV late at night. He watches portions of a beauty pageant. Pageants are notable for the emphasis of style and physical conformity over the substance of anything that's said. The emphasis of style over substance leads him to the politician who is using vocal rhythm and empty promises to pull the viewer in even though he's said nothing.
Then we get to the bridge which sounds more percussive and is difficult to follow after making two classic references. The video itself moves into chaotic channel flipping- through nostalgic stock footage. Like I say, the bridge sounds chaotic initially, but the lyrics are making clear and non-contradictory statements that the singer feels trapped by the formats of MTV (I take the price of MTV which is not for free to be conformity of musical product), and he won't write pure pop songs until he's dead (artistically rather than literally, I presume).
In the end, both the song and video seem to suggest that we should resist letting the hook bring us back and take a more critical view of the world around us. At the end of the video, the viewer turns off the TV and picks up a book on the civil war, underscoring that we should take greater appreciation of how the world has come to be.
@@indiegamelab3441 The song starts off as you say but then goes down different avenues such as how politicians talk , social propaganda "MTV is not for free" its so PC, and I believe also referring to the media overall. They all use the HOOK to bring you in much like a song does. And most all of it is gibberish at best, lies at worst. They all try to hook your feelings and emotions.
So what you are saying is, the hook brings you back.
Come back for the hook, stay for the fast verse.
And dat harmonica.
+Fatherbrain1 right on. this is such a good tune.
+Fatherbrain1 in-fucking-deed
are you saying the hook briiiinngs yooooouuu baaaack
Fatherbrain1 suck it in if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
Because the hook brings you back (brings you back)
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely
There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow
Was that the hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back (brings you back)
On that you can rely
Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in
If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win
And then begin to see
What you're doing to me
This MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me
So desperately I sing to thee of love
Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feeling on the shelf
I've tried, well no, in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide
I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride till until I've died
And only then shall I abide by this tide
Of catchy little tunes
Of hip three minute diddies
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn of all your cities to the ground
But I've found, I will not mess around
Unless I play then hey
I will go on all day
Hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That's really all this was
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
I don't rely on luck
Because the hook brings you back (brings you back)
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook
On that you can rely
Nice.
This is my in Altavista printing the lyrics from some lyrics site
@@comonena yeah?
@@zachman893 you didn’t do that?
@@comonena didn’t do what? I don’t completely understand your original comment, but I googled the lyrics, and copy and pasted them if that’s what you’re asking, 👍
This song is meant to mock the musical structure called a "hook", which is widely used in popular music.
I must have heard this song 1000 times when I was a kid, and I never even noticed how cynical it was. I guess that just proves his point lol
Wanna know the best part? The song itself is the very thing it's mocking. Hook is just another spin of Pachabel in D, probably the most popular and overused tune/"hook" in modern music. ;)
The hook is not the structure; it refers to a recurring phrase or phrases. In this case the hook is "I ain't telling you no lie". But forget about that, the brilliant part begins with "Suck it in" and the following two-voice frenzy.
dacypher22 There's a throughpoint to cynicism that leads to a whole new naivete. Frank Herbert wrote of it and I'd bet dimebags to dollars ol' Johnny boy knows the same tricks.
Stav Lefler The fact he uses both suggests he's making fun of all incarnations of that same phenomenon, regardless of medium. Heck, look which channels are being flicked between, it's a study in hooking. lol
Still leaps better then a majority of the garbage that's being churned out in 24. Thanks for the memories Blues Travelers!
Like Beyonce's rendition of, "Jolene"? I heard that once and it made me want to puke.