Jon Brion - I Was Happy With You
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Live @ Largo
Lyrics
it was a break in communication
that’s what i’ve been told
for lack of evaluation
feelings unchecked and uncontrolled
and I was always living in my head
not speaking with my heart
isn’t that what you fucking said
cause your mind ripped us apart
but I was happy with you
however I looked
whatever I did
whatever it was
i was happy about
the ins and the outs
the ups and the downs
the pros and the cons
i was happy with you
if it makes me a fool
maybe i am
maybe i was
i always counted us a lucky
for being on the right track
but not a day goes by without me
taking note of the fact
well it surprised me when you said
we’ve been wrong for quite some time
am I so easily misled
perhaps i’m really blind
but I was happy with you
however I looked
whatever I did
whatever it was
i was happy about
the ins and the outs
the ups and the downs
the pros and the cons
i was happy with you
if it makes me a fool
maybe i am
maybe i was
stop sending me the message
that we were nearly done
it’s part of everyone’s rite of passage
to have to fucking leave someone
i can’t tell you what you’ve got in store
or what you’re missing cause
it’s not my business anymore
it probably in fact never was
but I was happy with you
however I looked
whatever I did
whatever it was
i was happy about
the ins and the outs
the ups and the downs
the pros and the cons
i was happy with you
if it makes me a fool
maybe i am
maybe i was
PROTECT THIS VIDEO. This is the best quality recording of this song in existence.
Zoe Piel Seriously.
Share it everywhere, I wish this was on spotify
And the quality is not good
This is why Mac Miller loved working with this man so much.
This is amazing. I could see Mac geeking over this. 😂
I used to see him at Largo in LA almost once a month. That club was magic
Jon was doing this when he was in Jr. high. He is a special person with a gift of creating all types of music. He was one of the most talented students I had at MJ Whalen jr. High in Hamden Connecticut. His mind was on a different level from the other students. He would play one instrument at a time and put it all together as a band by over buying all the instruments. Super person then and a super musician now.I wish I could have helped him more back then.I enjoy all his videos.
That’s awesome and
HAMDEN - aHA; that explains a LOT.....he & Jason (hopefully; both of whom were at a private wedding down around there - SOMEwhere along the Cross-Merritt year before last, I'm aware) The Grays 'en TOTO' (who I missed 30 years ago next month with Toad in Boston, due to AWFUL upper-respiratory congestion - and I've KICKED myself HARD, ever since - but air quality ALONE then, was TERRIBLE) are on any 'bucket list' of musicians for me to SEE yet.....
Man you can really see how musically in sync he and Elliott Smith were.
Both were genius
@@amargado445too true
Could have been modern day Beatles... Jon~ Paul and Elliott~ John
Perf
@@poorpremenstrualdarling : to me, Elliott was CLEARLY a second coming of GEORGE, though.....
this is the most underated thing in existence
Maybe the most unknown thing that should be known. Not underrated by anybody that knows.
I watch this AT LEAST once a week
These kind of coments make me happy
Ivan Same!
Me too!!!
Right there with you!
I saw JB at the Largo about nine years ago. He played along to a violin piece played backwards or something. It was magical.
i keep going back to this brilliant clip...boring my friends with it...the song is incredible. ...wish he would release another solo album. ...this man is an abdolute genius....
I'm right there with you. I've listened to it about 15 times in the last couple of days. He's so brilliant!
jon brion has the weirdest/coolest drum feel of anyone i've ever heard.
When I saw him at Largo years ago Hal Blaine was there to check out the gig, he was apparently a fan of Brions drumming too.
Very Ringo like
@@BluesSky Basically every Beatle. This song could be on the second side of Abbey Road.
Miss the old Largo shows
So very much
Damn Jon, save some talent for the rest of us.
I love that I can hear the beatles influence. That guitar work sounds like the brain child of harrison and les paul.
Valente Mercadillo I also get an Elliott Smith vibe as well 🎶
There's a bit of "When we was fab" in the guitar part.
The effortless way he does everything is so astounding. This is such an incredible song, composition, and performance. It has such lyrical depth, and sonically it's up there with some of the greatest songs written in the last century. Just all around untouchable. Bravo, Jon.
AWESOME....I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s WHEN THE GRAYS CAME OUT AND IT IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO MY TOP 10 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. - A KILLER WAY TO FIND JON AND FOR HIM TO FIND ME.
damn I love Jon's music.. had the opportunity to watch him live @ The Largo back in 2011 and it was unbelievable, he was solo on stage with a bunch of different instruments and loop pedals. so awesome
This is quite simply the BEST video on CZcams. Everything about this song is brilliant - chords, those solos, lyrics. It's those solos though - perfect melodies, just a joy to listen to over and over. I had tears in my eyes the first few times I watched/heard it. One day I'll see Jon Brion perform live. One day maybe we'll hear a follow-up to Meaningless. Thanks for a great video
This man is truly a musical treasure.
This is so insanely incredible, under-rated, and complex!!!
This guy's got soul, country, rock and what not - genius! Whish he'd hook up with Jason Falkner sometime again.
an absolute delight--Jon is maybe the only bona fide genius I know, and I share the stage with him at Largo when the stars are right...this video is masterful, captures the joy and energy of his performance art, to say nothing of being a masterclass in guitar, singing, nd being a human being in love with life. Nicely done...
+Stephen Patt I've wanted to fly out to LA for one of the Largo shows for a long time. do you when the next one is scheduled, i seem to have a hard time finding info on them
+awilco12 Howdy--I'm not always onstage w Jon, but he does this regularly, usually last Fri in the month--feel free to call Largo, talk to Flanagan and get some seats reserved--they do sell out. Also, the website usually has accurate info. The show varies immensely--depending on the stars, Jon's mood, etc...sometimes a massive attack of techno with loops (as in the above brilliant video), often with special guests--I've joined Jon onstage playing upright bass with guests Rickie Lee Jones, Gillian Welch, Benmont Tench...it's always creative, fun to the max. Take care, S
thank you so much for the info and the contact I really feel i would love any of those shows. if the stars align and it is a night you are there, i will insist on buying you a drink
@@awilco12 What if he's a recovering alcoholic??? Lol...
This is fantastic. It made me smile to watch Jon Brion having such a good time. His music is so freaking spine tinglingly good
He is really really really really talented.
This is insane. He is so underrated. I really want to see him perform at Largo some day..
And somehow I find Jon Brion sometimes sounds like Paul McCartney solo tracks, of course in a good way. I mean especially some of the tracks of the 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard' album. I wonder if it's only me thinking so.
Might also be that Jason Falkner played on that album- and Jon and Jason go way back😂
I wish I could "like" this multiple times. Keep coming back for more. Fascinated.
This song is making my day every single day these days!
He played the full one-man-band version of this last night at his show at Largo (11/17/17). Still as amazing as ever. Love, love, love it!
You Make My World Rock Aw man, I almost went to that show...
The term "genius" has been all but rendered meaningless in our present times.
That said... Jon Brion is indeed a musical genius.
You know a musical genius when the composer can be given a bucket of random chords none of which are musically related
and sew them together with a logically coherent melody. A melody that sounds inspired and deliberate. Brion can do
this effortlessly. But then why shouldn't he? After all, his musically melodic brain is linked in with the likes of the
Beatles (mainly McCartney), Brian Wilson, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Lamm and Pankow from the original Chicago, Stevie
Wonder, Queen, and ELO, just to name a few. And they all draw from the same pool which traces its roots back to Bach,
Mozart, Beethoven et al.
A true genius has no need to proclaim their abilities to others. It is a title imbued on them from others in their
field.
Yet we live in a world today where the word "genius" has been reduced to this:
Donald Trump proclaiming "I'm a very stable genius" when in truth he is the exact opposite; an unstable ignorant
moron.
or...
Kanye West is hailed as a musical genius by many of his fans but in truth to anyone with a developed musical ear what
he creates musically is uninteresting and doesn't even rise to musical mediocrity. I'm speaking here of music, not
drum loops or lyrics.
Those are just two examples of how the social media age we live in today has completely polluted the once fresh spring
of creativity and originality by slapping the title of "genius" onto anyone they like in the moment.
Jon Brion swims in that fresh spring. Brion -- IS -- the real deal. But don't take my word for it, go and watch the
movie "I Heart Huckabees". If Brion's musical score doesn't convince you of his unique genius or that very movies
closing song "Knock Yourself Out" (a truly brilliant song both musically and lyrically, but mostly musically) if that
movies music doesn't do it for you then I would suggest you binge listen to some Beatles and or some classical music until
something inside you "clicks" on.
Jon Brion has earned the title genius. But who cares about words anyway. Just put on your headphones and let his music
wisk you off to a happy place. You won't be disappointed.
Yes a double genius, a geniunius.
Thanks for the recommandation !
I agree but you know what Jon worked with Kanye and said he's a genius
@@SM-tj6qp Go away. Shoo.
.....I'm NO fan of #45 myself, but - COULDN'T we just AVOID the LESS-than-FULLY-informed POLITICAL commentary for ONCE????
God this is amazing I love Jon so much - thank you for this - I can't believe I haven't seen it
....this is beyond words. ...great song too....wish he would gig in the UK... .
I always enjoy this song!
Masterpiece .full stop
Sweet Jesus Jon, please release this. I’ll pay so much money for it.
I'm thumbs-up # 488~~ I was happy with this tune[still grows in happy)...
Jon is the rare of the rare gifted who needs no qualification from an otherwise corridor-muzak Others washed in a swath of banality tunes on boring Radio abroad in hallways.
He is the newest Elvis who forever leaves the building for the builders.
Thank you Juan..Thank you Jon. Let every lady turn a happy thing on.
Complete genius 👏👏👍
This is awesome.
What is happening to my life?!? I just watched this three times! Incredible!
this is just the greatest fucking song and performance ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon Brion is so underrated man
*jaw on the floor*
Instant Joy
Come back to non-score projects Jon!
Jesse Clift He’s too much of a perfectionist I think. Dr. Dre has a similar problem, they’re fine working on other peoples’ projects but they can’t get their own stuff together.
That guitar bro, so good
Really like and enjoyed this!! Talent plus!!
The best !
Love the vintage guitar
all time favorite
Everybody's got to be somebody.
Jon is a Beatle
well, i have a recording of his one man band doing a cover of "And your bird can sing" and sounds better than the original , so..
Juan Pablo Varela haha i can perfectly imagine... someone had to carry on that tradition
@@mamanomepegues87 definitely curious to hear this
@@michaelvanwagenen6599 gonna upload it soon
I'm getting a Ben Folds vibe, but with guitar.
.....EXACTLY - yet another GENIUS who emerged in the 90's (ALONG with Jon, Jason, Kevin, Jeff & Elliott - I'd ADD Aimee, the Manning Brothers & Andy, a LOT of others, but.....
how did he do this live?>
impressive
crazy talent
Good lord!
Great energy & fantastic arrangement man
Beautiful!!!
Love it. Am soooooo jealous of cool piano players
elliott smith vibes
mad groove
What is the make of that great guitar....I think I've seen Ben Folds with one on his Sarah Bareilles podcast ....
OH MY GOD.
Goddamn.
the pickups he’s using?
It's almost like a lost Beatles track. Was it intentional?
If the Beatles were 1 people yes
spock84 They’re probably one of his biggest influences
You can easily hear it
What album is this from
This is from the Largo DVD, right?
yes
Is there a version that shows the full performance with loops from start to finish?
i have an audio recording live from start to finish , but sadly not a video.
@@mamanomepegues87 I have one from Tonic. It’s great but I really wanna witness it. I saw him at Largo once a couple years ago and he didn’t do any looping stuff, I got the sense that he’d moved past that. Was still an incredible show but I’d kill for *this* show
@@mamanomepegues87 I'd love an audio copy of it if that's possible? Please?!!!
Anyone know what guitar that is?
It's a Guyatone LG-60B.
Thanks!
I hear the Beatles
What guitar is that?
It's a Guyatone LG-60B.
Beatles meet Squeeze.
He's a fucking talented bastard. Love his album 'Meaningless'. That drum fill at the start does sound very much like 'Disillusion' by Badly Drawn Boy however.👀
Emitt rhodes didn't have to try as hard
Ben Folds Five w/guitar...