Black Country New Road - 'Athens, France' (Official Lyric Video)

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  • @rckkatansky5783
    @rckkatansky5783 3 года назад +213

    The last 2 minutes of this song are easily my favorite musical moment of 2021, what an amazing album too

    • @MrGravityRider98
      @MrGravityRider98 3 года назад +10

      Check out No Drum and Bass in the Jazz Room by Clever Girl if you haven’t already, similar sound :)

  • @2586Filip
    @2586Filip 3 года назад +141

    I'm actually glad the album versions are different. I wasn't really interested in listening to an album full of songs I'd already heard, but I ended up really enjoying it.

  • @fj12n3
    @fj12n3 3 года назад +176

    Don't agree with the others, this version feels like a massive improvement

    • @henryorhank
      @henryorhank 2 года назад +16

      I feel like it might just have to do with which version you heard first and are used to. I heard the album version first and prefer it much more

  • @thebeatgoesround9265
    @thebeatgoesround9265 9 месяцев назад +14

    Injury Reserve brought me here. It’s a damn shame I didn’t know about this amazing UK band sooner.

    • @SyoDraws
      @SyoDraws 4 месяца назад +3

      Ayy me too 😊

    • @ImNOTaROBOT1234
      @ImNOTaROBOT1234 Месяц назад +1

      Brad Taste In music and Anthony Fantano as well as Obscure Reviewer and Fellow Radiohead Fanboy, DAVECHER got me here 🎉😊❤

  • @lukeberrie3942
    @lukeberrie3942 3 года назад +290

    I actually prefer this version to the original. The lyrics sound more mature and they really fit the overall themes of the record much better. Also like the outro more than the original one, just sounds really pretty :)

    • @Revealingstorm.
      @Revealingstorm. 3 года назад +43

      @@DontJinxItYet let me guess you just started listening to indie music and now you think you're hot shit compared to everyone who listens to "normie" music. You'll grow out of it eventually. I did at least.

    • @8bitdiedie
      @8bitdiedie 3 года назад

      @@Revealingstorm. Isn’t Tame Impala and Weezer indie?

    • @nhmjackson31
      @nhmjackson31 3 года назад +15

      @@8bitdiedie both bands have been signed to major labels for most of their careers. Can't be indie when you are signed to a major label.

    • @paranoidandroid6691
      @paranoidandroid6691 3 года назад +17

      @@DontJinxItYet u can’t be talking when you have a playlist called F# A# infinity (vinyl version) and then proceed to fill the playlist with the CD version lmao

    • @Claire.blain.
      @Claire.blain. 2 года назад +10

      @@paranoidandroid6691 hi you commented this a year ago but i wanna remind you that you won because bro deleted his comment DIRECTLY after you said that lmao

  • @brennanboone1879
    @brennanboone1879 2 года назад +24

    absolutely love the instrumental breakdown at the end of this one

  • @tozepereira5178
    @tozepereira5178 3 года назад +71

    This was my favorite recent album for several months. Now Injury Reserve released this new LP and I got a new hook, very unexpectedly. Superb hip-hop(?) .
    And guess what?, they're sampling Athens France as well as Sweaters by Black Midi. Not an obvious connection. In common?, they're superb.

    • @ta-mu
      @ta-mu 2 года назад +1

      is it the same song (superman that) that sweaters by black midi being sampled?

    • @carlospompeu3491
      @carlospompeu3491 2 года назад +1

      @@ta-mu No. Sweater is sampled in Knees.

  • @theaphextriplet
    @theaphextriplet 3 года назад +20

    seeing all the discourse around the lyrics and i honestly think it's cool that they took the reception they got about it and instead of complaining rather listened to the people who pointed out what they disliked and why, possibly reflected on it and then applied what they've learnt by changing the lyrical content to something more palatable. artists are human and should be allowed to grow and change (be it their craft or opinions) too :)

  • @duckIife
    @duckIife 3 года назад +83

    i actually like this more muted version, it fits in with the rest of the album and almost feels like a sequel to the original bc of “I wanna find out what it’s like” / “I guess I found out what it’s like” and the “I think she’s still waiting for us there” part. and the “I have learned so little from all that I’ve lost” tying in with Sunglasses’ lyrics makes me think it’s some sort of reflection on the subject rather than the original which is this huge manic reaction. still like the original more but I have 0 doubt this will grow on me

    • @parislane43
      @parislane43 3 года назад +5

      i agree that it almost feels like a sequel to the original because of the changes they made! I think it's really cool.

  • @Sirdklynx92
    @Sirdklynx92 3 года назад +115

    Slint for sure, but I can hear Unwound vibes as well here

    • @TheAnalPunisher
      @TheAnalPunisher 3 года назад +2

      Jawbox also

    • @Spitson7771
      @Spitson7771 3 года назад +7

      Sonic Youth chord progression though because it sounds very avant-guarde

    • @thegreengrocer99
      @thegreengrocer99 3 года назад +3

      Unwound ♥️

    • @MYNAMACHEF
      @MYNAMACHEF 2 года назад

      Unwound absolutely
      Especially in the middle bridge

  • @emittl
    @emittl 3 года назад +63

    Absolutely loving these new mixes, and such a great album too

  • @AidenP361
    @AidenP361 2 года назад +11

    Gosh I just LOVE the instrumental

  • @foodoflove7222
    @foodoflove7222 3 года назад +489

    people are really making meme comments because isaac changed some lyrics that he probably felt really uncomfortable singing. that's... a choice

    • @TheMadalucard
      @TheMadalucard 3 года назад +136

      At least what I have read is that the changed lyrics were taken from personal experience in order to fuel Isaacs original manic breakdown vocals, which spawned from stage fright freaking him out for real when singing lead at first. That shit isnt sustainable to sing all the time since sooner or later you get confident in your singing and the lyrics change context and become unfitting.

    • @chases7896
      @chases7896 3 года назад +88

      The people that are pissed are the changes are kinda dumb. Id rather have him change it than not be comfortable with the song and never perform it again.

    • @sincerelyme1193
      @sincerelyme1193 2 года назад +25

      Seriously dude, it's his right to change it, especially when he himself has a horrible experience tied to it. I can listen to the original and this anytime I want so no need to complain.

    • @saintelsewhere6513
      @saintelsewhere6513 2 года назад

      @@TheMadalucard Where did you read this?

  • @samnash1734
    @samnash1734 3 года назад +13

    Strong Clever Girl vibes in the outro with the horns, really dig it.

  • @TaylerMadeAudio
    @TaylerMadeAudio 3 года назад +13

    Fuck me the outro is gorgeous...

  • @yaylah7314
    @yaylah7314 3 года назад +66

    Very Slint-esque. Very good.

    • @jonathanhanks6434
      @jonathanhanks6434 3 года назад +4

      Not really

    • @corda93bg
      @corda93bg 3 года назад

      @Dante Calienno who has the best?

    • @jonathantom8425
      @jonathantom8425 3 года назад +1

      @@jonathanhanks6434 tritone means slint

    • @d333ds
      @d333ds 3 года назад

      @@corda93bg blackmidi

    • @mykedsgn6933
      @mykedsgn6933 2 года назад +17

      @@jonathanhanks6434 are you kidding me? I like this song but the first half is a total rip off of nosferatu man lol

  • @ralahlen
    @ralahlen 3 года назад +22

    I' ve just discovered this band. Very interesting.

  • @bentley230
    @bentley230 3 года назад +191

    she loves pop culture, she has "thank u, next" stuck in her head, RIP

    • @iambadatpickingusernames6669
      @iambadatpickingusernames6669 3 года назад +14

      Why did they change this song? So disappointing. Like it's still better than most stuff other bands are putting out, but the original was insane.

    • @thc_freebaser
      @thc_freebaser 3 года назад +3

      @@iambadatpickingusernames6669 so fans don't get bored I reckon, go to that version if ya like it?

    • @zack-ne1li
      @zack-ne1li 3 года назад +78

      @@iambadatpickingusernames6669 they felt uncomfortable with the lyrics and felt they were borderline misogynistic and the band didn’t feel comfortable playing/singing that version anymore so they decided if they were going to keep playing it they would have to change the lyrics. this is even reflected in the new version’s lyrics like that first line “where i wrote lines i had wished i never said”

    • @johnathom-v3y
      @johnathom-v3y 3 года назад +2

      @@zack-ne1li this even extended to sunglasses, where they took out the fuck me like you mean it line. although i personally think that line was fine i understand it

    • @kingofcarrotflowers2930
      @kingofcarrotflowers2930 3 года назад +6

      @@zack-ne1li i don't understand how the original is misogynistic

  • @jw1zard606
    @jw1zard606 3 года назад +300

    Actually starting to like this more than the single version

  • @femdomsHMU
    @femdomsHMU 2 года назад +82

    She better stop smiling at me before we have an issue.

  • @beepst
    @beepst Месяц назад +1

    BCNR sounds so strange because while you have the beautiful instrumentation with violins and brass instruments, you also have those angular/angsty dissonant guitars inspired by David Pajo lmao.

  • @moinonplus.
    @moinonplus. 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love this song that gives me a weary sense of hope at the end.

  • @AqmalShah
    @AqmalShah 8 месяцев назад +2

    That snare tone tho 😮‍💨😮‍💨

  • @vinhxo2k632
    @vinhxo2k632 2 года назад +11

    She flies to Paris, France, I come down in her childhood bed
    And write the words I'll one day wish that I had never said
    Now all that I became must die before the forum thread
    The cursed vultures feed and spread the seeded daily bread
    And I guess I found out
    What it's like
    Oh, I am very young
    But I am working
    Working on the glow-up
    I am the richest girl in every room
    Mainline to the UE BOOM
    They ask me
    "Why don't you sing with an English accent?"
    Well, I guess it's too late to change it now
    In the rural American town fairground
    I go 'round and I go 'round
    It's a great wide gulf between intentions and what ground met me
    I check my phone and make the sound
    Like "Theme From Failure" performed, but for just you
    Like the new road built out of Black Country ground
    I have learned so little from all I lost in 2018
    I think she's still waiting there for us, somewhere
    Underneath what we built to keep the waters clean
    It's a one-size-fits-all, hardcore, cyber-fetish, early-noughties zine
    She sells Matcha shots to pay for printing costs and a PR team
    She's recently enlightened and for some reason, that fazes me
    It won't give up, too soft to touch and how hard could it really be?

  • @betzalelabrams2177
    @betzalelabrams2177 2 месяца назад +1

    After all these years, I prefer the single version (just because of Isaac's raw emotionality) but I really, really like how reflective this version is

  • @boydston
    @boydston 2 года назад +11

    absolutely addicted to the drummers cymbal playing in the first part

  • @labbraworld
    @labbraworld 3 года назад +5

    I’m so happy I found this beautiful thing...

  • @davidcinnamon7616
    @davidcinnamon7616 2 года назад +7

    Goodbye Isaac.

  • @pabloantonio2088
    @pabloantonio2088 2 года назад +9

    5:00 🛐

  • @nustreetchild11
    @nustreetchild11 3 года назад +6

    I just think they're absolutely awwwesome!

  • @will2764
    @will2764 3 года назад +12

    Good morning gentlemen

    • @bernieman82
      @bernieman82 3 года назад +12

      good morning, captain

  • @stereoagnostic
    @stereoagnostic 3 года назад +8

    People always seem to mention Slint as an influence, but am I the only person who also hears some Joan of Arc inspiration?

  • @nurturejirou
    @nurturejirou 3 года назад +7

    How should I sample superman that from injury reserve?

  • @jud6080
    @jud6080 3 года назад +9

    ok this kinda grew on me, it’s still my favourite song of theirs

  • @loopy4laughs
    @loopy4laughs 3 года назад +6

    Ugh this is so good *cries* I love it :-)

  • @쿼크
    @쿼크 Год назад +1

    GOOOOOD!!

  • @viniciuscapodalio5558
    @viniciuscapodalio5558 2 года назад +5

    1:20 Breadcrumb Trail?

  • @TheHavvoc123
    @TheHavvoc123 3 года назад +5

    i just recently discovered them, and like the album versions more than the singles.

  • @bludbathh810
    @bludbathh810 3 года назад +1

    This is music

  • @bananabanana-b2h
    @bananabanana-b2h Год назад +2

    2:06 what are the wind instruments used here? 👁

  • @alechats5184
    @alechats5184 3 года назад +1

    the time has come

  • @beatmurda
    @beatmurda 3 года назад +2

    That begining is hunting me

  • @nopants4259
    @nopants4259 3 года назад +7

    these lyrics are better

  • @sbnator3124
    @sbnator3124 3 года назад +38

    No more sourdough bread :(

  • @governmentlessness
    @governmentlessness Год назад +4

    Paris, Greece

  • @Adyman182
    @Adyman182 2 года назад

    This is just the riff to Love Buzz by Shocking Blue inverted

  • @hiddentrack
    @hiddentrack 3 года назад +7

    Me gustó esta versión más que la anterior.

  • @giantsizecharms8290
    @giantsizecharms8290 3 года назад

    yes

  • @ozmer
    @ozmer 3 года назад

    Vocals sound like Les Savy Fav

  • @mikethomas2191
    @mikethomas2191 3 года назад +13

    I am working on my glow up as well

  • @dlmfernand0
    @dlmfernand0 2 года назад +3

    Come to Mexico

  • @alansurreales
    @alansurreales 3 года назад +3

    La mujer invertida me asustó.

  • @Tagsjeusnrgj1235
    @Tagsjeusnrgj1235 3 года назад +4

    This sounds strangely similar to folk implosions “keeping score”

  • @austinschumacher4157
    @austinschumacher4157 Год назад +1

    you're all going to xoth camp

  • @andygtmo
    @andygtmo 3 года назад +1

    Just listen to the song...

  • @ch0dey
    @ch0dey 3 года назад +6

    i miss the drums at the end from the single :(

  • @8sjjsksk
    @8sjjsksk 3 месяца назад

    Superman that

  • @jud6080
    @jud6080 3 года назад +64

    where the f word at

  • @joemode843
    @joemode843 3 года назад +6

    We made it fellas

  • @jadenlowiskinigrench2740
    @jadenlowiskinigrench2740 3 года назад +1

    👏

  • @cft462
    @cft462 3 года назад +4

    Does the other version have the Phoebe Bridgers shout out?

    • @tylerkeller7120
      @tylerkeller7120 3 года назад +1

      yes it do

    • @johnrobertson4718
      @johnrobertson4718 3 года назад

      What’s the deal with the Phoebe Bridgers reference? Seems random.

    • @matt23012301
      @matt23012301 3 года назад +2

      @@johnrobertson4718 she says 'why do you sing with a british accent' to herself when she actually doesn't, so I guess them saying why don't you when they actually do is a way to satirize that

    • @coenyap
      @coenyap 3 года назад +4

      @@matt23012301 Actually the song that contains the line referenced is about her ex boyfriend Ryan Adams

  • @fidemomos
    @fidemomos 7 месяцев назад

    q perro temazo

  • @TheAnalPunisher
    @TheAnalPunisher 3 года назад +6

    serious Slint vibes

    • @TheAnalPunisher
      @TheAnalPunisher 2 года назад

      @Fabrizzio Salazar if you disagree you obviously don't have a fuckin clue who i'm talking about

  • @johnathom-v3y
    @johnathom-v3y 3 года назад +22

    am i the only one who actually likes the new versions?

    • @ohwow9870
      @ohwow9870 3 года назад +11

      I like this version of Athens better, but I somewhat prefer the original sunglasses still

    • @jogalde1
      @jogalde1 3 года назад +2

      @@ohwow9870 same

    • @trademark5124
      @trademark5124 3 года назад +1

      @@ohwow9870 same

  • @jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj0
    @jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj0 3 года назад +3

    Basically la dispute but with more jazz bridges lmao 🤣

  • @iambadatpickingusernames6669
    @iambadatpickingusernames6669 3 года назад +52

    Really disappointed that you guys ditched the original version. It was so good. This is still good, but the original just had this incredible manic energy to it.

    • @pinkpools
      @pinkpools 3 года назад +2

      This can be said about every song on this EP.

    • @arch_dornan6066
      @arch_dornan6066 3 года назад +7

      @@pinkpools it's an album not an ep

    • @arunistrying
      @arunistrying 3 года назад +2

      @@pinkpools mainly sunglasses and this, sunglasses was a huge letdown

    • @Viletuff
      @Viletuff 3 года назад +9

      @@arunistrying really? I love the new sunglasses

    • @jonathanhanks6434
      @jonathanhanks6434 3 года назад +1

      Couldn’t agree more. Thanks to the uploader for keeping this version alive

  • @bagboimuffin4814
    @bagboimuffin4814 2 года назад

    ArtGrid

  • @logan4x6
    @logan4x6 3 года назад +5

    Way. To. F*cking. Go, Injury Reserve.

  • @Marita.G
    @Marita.G 3 года назад +1

  • @HansDerGerman
    @HansDerGerman 3 года назад +1

    Definitely prefer the single version of this and sunglasses, maybe unpopular opinion. Not butchered, just too the emotion out of it.

  • @antu2646
    @antu2646 3 года назад +15

    good but original better

  • @potato44_
    @potato44_ Год назад +1

    the

  • @gutierrezdiazmanueldejesus4441
    @gutierrezdiazmanueldejesus4441 3 года назад +1

    Hola nwn

  • @vraisairs9201
    @vraisairs9201 3 года назад +1

    Idk how to feel about the mouth sounds

  • @lfkw2484
    @lfkw2484 3 года назад +35

    look how they massacred my boy

    • @ohwow9870
      @ohwow9870 3 года назад +15

      I’ve kind of grown to like this version more

  • @vraisairs9201
    @vraisairs9201 3 года назад +2

    I didn’t realize Talking Head was back

    • @joeboi3146
      @joeboi3146 3 года назад +2

      How does this sound like the talking heads?

    • @ambyjim
      @ambyjim 3 года назад +2

      Yeah that was my thought too. Definite Talking Heads vibe going on, particularly in the vocal delivery.

  • @zoesparklepants4156
    @zoesparklepants4156 3 года назад +3

    I kinda get Sufjans Steven vibes

  • @manbanana6745
    @manbanana6745 3 года назад +2

    This version is good but it lost all the energy & excitement rip

  • @joeboi3146
    @joeboi3146 3 года назад

    What the hell are these hobo johnson teir lyrics?

  • @danielzza100
    @danielzza100 3 года назад +7

    Feel like Slint should be listed as writers on this track... shameless

  • @hymcound
    @hymcound Год назад

    this band will be forgotten about in 3-4 years

    • @andrewoid4711
      @andrewoid4711 Год назад +1

      Why?

    • @hymcound
      @hymcound Год назад

      very generic unispired music in the vein of arcade fire and the national@@andrewoid4711

    • @EazzyLilE
      @EazzyLilE 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@hymcoundi dunno abt that, their music is insanely unique from the ones I've heard. give "the place where she inserted the blade" a listen.

    • @hymcound
      @hymcound 9 месяцев назад

      "the place where she inserted the blade" and the whole "ants from up there" album utilizes an overdone cliche of repeating chords and chough-singing inserted in songs that may or may not end in "climaxes", the whole albums (AFUT) atmosphere is just amazingly out of touch, do they geniuenly think that adding a charli xcx reference to their boring song makes someone emotional (not out of irony or out of pocket funny)? just insufferable all around. @@EazzyLilE

    • @EazzyLilE
      @EazzyLilE 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@hymcound i just think the song sounds good man, to each their own.

  • @DontJinxItYet
    @DontJinxItYet 3 года назад +1

    why did they change the lyrics? this version feels so soulless in comparison :/

  • @manbanana6745
    @manbanana6745 3 года назад

    God please bring back the original version please this is not it

  • @George_
    @George_ 2 года назад

    heck no

  • @lossratioband
    @lossratioband 3 года назад +1

    It's like slint meets BadBadNotGood. Not very original.

    • @wompus6570
      @wompus6570 3 года назад +34

      Most new sounds in general are just mixtures of already existing genres, all music is derivative.

  • @josephjoseph4938
    @josephjoseph4938 3 года назад +1

    tublr-core w/ cringy lyrics