Kurt Vile - Girl Named Alex (Live on KEXP)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2013
- KEXP.ORG presents Kurt Vile performing "Girl Named Alex" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 12, 2013.
Host: Stevie Zoom
Audio Engineer: Jackson Long
Cameras: Shelly Corbett, Justin Wilmore & Patrick Richardson Wright
Editor: Justin Wilmore
photo by Bebe Besch
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I think about this song all the time.
And Alex...
I named my girl dog Alex... after "girl named Alex.. "most folks,don't get it...too bad for them
It's pure genius. His best song ever
same
I have a daughter named Alex... So definitely I think about this song all the time. 😬🌹
dammit time flies, but still I think about this song all the time
Kurt Vile is the cure for pain
boy do we need it
@@inkwell6330 Absolutely
It never ends
Kurt Vile. Best thing since sliced bread.
Steve Gunn on acoustic guitar!!! What a lineup.
his haunting slide work makes this version so much better than the album version.
how this only has 4,500 views is beyond me. What a tune, what an album, what a man! Favourite song on the album.....on that's no mean feat! ALLLL THE TIIIIIME
the hit count went up significantly
I discovered this song in 2023 and it is outstanding.
A song I actually like to have stuck in my head.
he is a poet
I love this song so much...I want to live in my infinity fantasy too
Infiniteh fantasy! x
Had this on repeat. Never get bored.
Feel blessed I found this.
finally, a song about a girl named alex
In the dawn's early light
I recall a girl named alex
She and mark, they were happily wed
At least in my head
I think about them all the time
I think about them all the time
Think about them all the time
Think about them all the time
I wanna live all the time
In my fantasy infinity
There I will never be abandoned
There I'll have a handle against
Everything that will never happen to them
And me
Hey that's what I say
I wanna,
I wanna walk out into the night
Without it bein runnin away
From a bad day in my brain
For the sake of a strip that I could be cruisin
In the comfort of a sportscar illusion
I think about them all the time
I think about them all the time
Think about them all the time
Think about them all the time
Hey that's what I say
this guy reminds me so much of Neil Young in his early days. I'm not comparing their work, it's just that phisically, the atittude, the way he sings..
Neil was a lot more aggressive in his fingerpicking
I totally agree, only he's original, just as neil was. He listened to a lot of Neil Young growing up, so I suspect the influence is embedded.
@@Schodboyblves I wasn't aware that Neil Young fingerpicked. I've never seen him...
Sometime he uses a pick, other times he plucks ther time he uses his finger as a pick. I heard g him say he develop,his playing style because his left,hand was weaker than his right because he had polio - so he plays real fast with his right hand ands lower with his right... makes sense
... the extended notes and simple riff.. but then when he gets cooking on both hands ...ok'd, Neil...,
Makes a good stiry
yeah. and someone put it well, in a comment on another vid, melancholy without being depressing, but hes even better at doing that than niel was
this guy does the name Kurt justice within the music scene.
Maybe I came to Kurt late, but some things are timeless.
Vile's fret shape after he hits the pedal for the instrumental part @ 433 is straight up sick. Thumb on D, G open & middle finger on B. This song's in an alternate tuning as well. The version of this on Wakin on a Pretty Daze blew my little musician's brain when I first heard it. I still sit gobsmacked with my mouth hanging open when I play it. Vile is one seriously talented musical prodigy.
is he barring E A and D with his thumb?
Who are the three sad people that do NOT like this!! Fszz!!!
this is the perfect song for me to end my day with. thank you, kurt.
This is an excellent album, great job Kurt!
Pure genius.
I love the guitar, it sends me into a trance!
This is incredible.
Great song
I never knew how good this band was until I discovered one of the members is my distant cousin from Pennsylvania. I discovered this music on accident.
I love this man so much
What a girl...
Beautiful
❤ love this one
Amazing creativity
favorite song
So strange seeing Steve Gun on rhythm guitar, considering he's got his own full blown solo career going on now too. Very cool to see two very talented songwriters playing together 👍🏻
love for kurt
That break at 4:30 is the best :)
mike vonkikenurash ❤️❤️❤️
A no mames que buena rola 🙏
Wow!
He continually reminds me of Miles Davis. He kind of floats above the time and it all makes sense.
the drummer does look like Russell Brand, if he had Andre the Giant living inside his skin.
my soulmate
I wanna hear an album with Jesse on acoustic, rob on bass, and kurt on acoustic. No drums.
He listened to Bob Dylon a lot in his youth i suppose.
THEM THEM THEM
Venite in Sardegna a suonare, cazzo!
Saremmo felicissimi.
Grazie
Magari!
What pedal is he using at the end to get that extraterrestrial sounding noises?
Romey Sullivan I think it is a looper / delay pedal by Line 6
It is like alien sex haha x
This song takes on a new meaning whilst the edible melts in ones tummy.
Neil Young - 1972
Stephen Tyler on guitar?
Anyone else get a modern Tom Petty vibe from Kurt?
anyone know what keyboard that dude is playing?
For get practice
Back when Steve gunn was in the violators
Why did he leave?
@@Warrogue1 he plays solo, has amaszing albums you should check him out, his tiny desk concert is incredible.
Does anyone know which alternative tuning he uses ?
+manueldelsol12 All strings one full step down, except for the third string
DGCGAD
Thanks a lot ! :)
You're welcome dude.
Kurt Vile is awesome, and his songs are really nice to cover. (:
Yeah, I learned "Pretty pimpin" and it's so cool to play !
gooood track! drummer looks like Russell brand
When did Russell Brand take up drumming?
:)
He needs some reverb!
Russell Brand on Drums hah
Who knows what this song is about?
A girl named alex and her husband mark who were happily wed, at least in his head. That he thinks about all the time...
A fantasy infiniteh!x
divorce. alex is is mom "In the dawn's early light" is beginning of his life. "There I will never be abandoned. There I will have a handle against everything that ever happened to them and me" Dad leaves. "Sports car illusion" Mommy/daddy issues compensation. just my 2 cents...
check out lyrics genius. i recall a good explanation on there.
It's called Girl Called Alex
skatingpolly505 it is..
I MET A MAGICIAN IN THE FOREST......he granted me three wishes....Dillane wrote it ....its called 'all's lost...i shot the albatross'....^*^.........>>>
Asdf Metal altruistic go
ahahahah
You know the drummer is looking like a wee bit like Russell Brand.. 😉
the drummer looks suspicious indeed
I hate to be a killjoy and usually don't bother commenting on videos I don't like but after reading a review by Kristin Kolb on Counterpunch that said this was the best song of 2013 I had to give it a try. What I thought was that this song was uninteresting, simplistic, and played without talent--very amateurish. The melody (or lack of) was terrible, the lyrics--I haven't a clue just pointless, the singing boring, and the point of the electric guitar coming in and pretending to put some emphasis on trite lyrics was stunning. And to top it all off it ends with a clown whanking on his over abundance of pedals as if to say.......what? If you think I don't like this song you couldn't be more correct.
Who are you supposed to be?
*****
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
because where is the chops? these guys don't have any chops. anybody could do this. if you don't have chops you just should give up. give me chops any day.
***** When you wrote that somebody declared this the best song of 2013, I wasn't surprised. I think maybe you started listening to the song with skewed expectations.
Personally, I'm answering you because I really want to see my own explanation as to why this song is kinda mind-blowing. First and foremost, lyrics: This song exemplifies the Hemingway sorta method of understatement. The song communicates a very oblique, difficult-to-pin-down emotion. The lyrics are roundabout (a la Hemingway) because the emotion is so scarcely communicated. The solo, for example, is there not just as an obligatory guitar solo or whatever, but to sort of go deeper into this complex emotion.
The complex emotion is, as discussed prior to the solo, about this guy remembering a girl who, for whatever reason, things did not happen with for the narrator. IDK: You know what I mean? You see this girl, and, shit, she's with this guy.
Fuck it, man, embrace the sportscar illusion.
And those fukcin' random power chords that don't really go anywhere...
And that fuckin' keyboard at the end...
Plus, this song's placement on the album is spot-on.
Great song