Sage Francis - "The Best Of Times"
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This song legitimately stopped me from attempting suicide in 2011. Now, 10 years later I have two beautiful children and life is great. Thank you Sage.
I'm so happy he found you.
This was one of the last songs I played before I tried to cut my feet off and die in the shower. I didn't die. You didnt die. Its this music that connects us. This is truth encapsulated.
Love ya dude!!
That is wonderful man! The world is better with you in it.
Keep sharing your incredible redemption experience Charlie. All pain has a purpose and no pain is wasted if it’s shared.
Coming from 2020: Sage is now married and iirc they're expecting a baby. So he did live long enough for that.
Love ya Uncle Sage ✌
DAD WHO?
BEAUTIFUL
I’ve been thinking about that whenever he posts. He’s lived long enough to see almost every one of those things happen, with the exception of grandkids. I’m curious what this would look like and what it means to him now
It’s really heart warming as someone who struggles with those same fears
He Also just went off on a full blown hate speech rage where he was censored on Instagram for it. Just screamed away a bunch of his long time dedicated fans. 20+ years for me. Down the drain.
@@brockambrose9885 lol what the fuck are you talking about
I still listen to this every time something significant happens. When I lost my job, I came back here. When I lost my car, I came back here. When I lost it all, I came back here. I found a girlfriend that I envision a wonderful future with, I was here. Just yesterday I got a kick ass job finally, I came back here and like every time am moved to tears. I thank one of my best friends for showing me Sage Francis back in High School, it's her favorite song - it's my favorite song. I had a job a few hundred miles away from home and ended up having everything stolen from me by the people I was living with. Including some Li(f)e merch, hoodies, the original #filmthepolice hoodie and a bunch of personal non replaceable items. That hurt pretty bad, but I came back here. I'm on an upswing and Sage's message feels so good. It gives me chills. Don't know why I listened to it on YT this time and typed a long personal story but if anyone needs to hear it, just remember "it's not the end of the world"
***** I understand where you are coming from on this subject. it's awesome how music influences and impacts our lives. Sage is an artist that will always have a place in my heart. Human the death dance was a massive part of my life when i struggled with addiction. Li(f)e and especially this song was and still is a keepsake to me because of the struggles of getting my life in order and eventually marrying the woman of my dreams. Now that I see my life coming to and surpassing what I didn't ever expect it to is so amazing. I thank music for helping me through my existence.
Back to this song. It seems each time I hit a milestone in my life I listen to this song. Now a father, just completed my bachelors degree, 8 years sober, and still in love with my awesome wife. it makes me smile when I think about the first time i listened to this song back in 2010. Still hits my heart the same way.
Congrats, Adrian! That's so awesome! Keep your head up and keep moving forward!
Erick Hoxter Amen
Beautifull comment my man! Thanks :)
This song needs to be played at my funeral.
This song saved my life when I left the Mormon church. I was a mess after I left mentally. But thank goodness for music
This song saves my life, over and over again.
may I go out with you lady?
No you may not.
you can say that again and again and again
this song saved my life
agreed
Can’t believe this is almost 11 years old. Man time goes quick.
I was 20 when Li(f)e dropped, and I turn 33 in just a few days. This is what you call a fuckin TIMELESS song. They could dig this up in 100 years and it'll still speak to kids and grandparents alike.
@@JameZel913 truth! I was 21.
I remember when this video dropped when I was 15 and it meant the world to me. Sitting here staring at 27 it still cuts me in two.
This song is my reset button. Every couple years I go back to this masterpiece to remind me. It’s not the end of times. It’s the best of times.
Had the opportunity to meet this man after over twenty years of listening. Coolest and most genuine artist. Told him how he helped, he graciously listened. Three hugs were enough. Grateful as fuck.
His hugs really hit hard
He's "liked" and commented on like 80% of my posts on his Facebook page. You can tell he really appreciates his fans!
I had the opportunity to shake my man's hand and should've gone for the hug. He was very respectful and probably would've hugged, no question. Got him to sign my "dollar bill of hip hop" and I loved the 60s I was in his direct vicinity. Classy dude
13 years later and Uncle Sages words still bring comfort and hope in times that don't always work the way we want them. Thank you.
The first time I heard this, I was about to graduate high school. I'm in my 4th year of college now, and I'm not doing well, as a person. I still don't know if I'll live to my next milestone, but this song gives me hope. It reminds me that I've never really felt like I was going to make it, but I HAVE made it so far. It's a good idea to hang onto. Thank god for music.
+KT Pat Well said. I'm not doing great either but you're right. Never know what's around the corner even if it doesn't look bright. All the best to you.
'It's been a long and lonely trip, but I'm glad I took it' you got this.
KT Pat : No matter what you have to keep pushing, and change will come. It's a battle that will outlast us all.
Hope you're still pushing through
Listen to the Soundtrack to Beasts of The Southern Wild especially the track Once there was a hushpuppy
that music fits every mood but at the end you are uplifted
don't do what I did for a whole semester, listen to Smashing Pumpkins Butterfly with Broken WIngs, that ain't helping
it still hits me as hard as my first time listening
This track got me through the death of my father. Thankyou sage.
Love you dude!
When you think you've got it all figured out and then everything collapses, trust me kid, it's not the end of the world. I can understand that and feel that
one of the best mc's and lyricists this poor world could offer :)
The best yet lonlyest maybe they come together
Haha ggggggggay this song is terrible
Amen 🙏🏼
@@idrawforu1235 Music is subjective.
@@thepigofill7547 555655555555555555555555555555555555
Therapy couldn't break me.
Never learned a word that would ensure safety.
So I spoke softly and I tip toed often.
The door to my room was like a big old coffin.
The way that it creaked when I closed it shut.
Anxieties peaked when it opened up.
As if everything that I was thinking would be exposed.
I still sleep fully clothed.
This dropped when I was 20, and i'm just a few moons away from my 33rd now. Been taking care of my disabled grandpa since 22... and, it's been a long long road to get to today, but - Music was definitely what kept my head above the water. Can't even count how many times I listened to this song from 2010-2014 or so...and here i am still coming back to it.
This song is so old I could have a kid thats going through all this shit themselves if they were born the same year it dropped. damn.
I just turned 30 yesterday. I always come back to this. God I was so deeply unhappy back when this first came out I heard this I broke down hard. I always loved you man and now flash forward today, I'm engaged to the love of my life and just truly grateful for all I've lost learned gained and will continue to grow but I will ALWAYS come back here Sage.
Every person and friend I’ve introduced to Sage, I use this song as a starting point. He has helped so many friends of mine with this song
I was recently bought a signed copy of the lyrics for this song. Reduced me to tears 🖤
Sage Francis is the GOAT. Back in 2010, my girlfriend at the time (now wife of 9 years), went on his website to order me some shirts and whatnot. She was able to somehow contact sage directly and explain how his music got me through some of the worst times in my life and what it meant to me. In response, he signed a CD for me and put it in the package with the order. That speaks volumes to the level of passion for the message and it's impact on those who hear it that possesses this man.
Glad you are still here, dude.
We named our daughter after Sage. He is one of my all time favorites along with Ceschi, Open Mike Eagle, Fat Mike & Kady Starling.
Trust me kid, it's not the end of the world...
my english teacher showed us this song. he was wanting us to listen to some music that had meaningful lyrics. i cried my eyes out before it started... I was reading the lyrics he handed us.
Just Me I love this, you had an awesome English teacher by the sounds of it!
Yuo should listen to this: czcams.com/video/1N0I6dbZlac/video.html
hell yeah when old heads become teachers.....you were blessed fam
We need teachers like thar
After reading some comments, I have come to realize.... Im still a huge sage fan!!
"When you think you've got it all figured out and then everything collapses…
trust me, kid…it's not the end of the world."
I wish every child could hear this - especially those graduating 8th grade, high school and even college.
Absolutely love this song
I cried.
... every time. ;_;
thecianinator me fucking too💯‼️❤️
Imagine disliking this song, even if it comes off as corny it has heart and soul in it
This man sage is depicting really in this song.
Don’t imagine this song is dumb
To this day, I can't listen to this song without crying like a baby
That last part when he's giving his hypothetical kid/his younger self advice always give me chills. Great words to live by.
Back to this song again years later and 37 now 🤦♂️ memory bringer and a tear jerker ❤️
Still brings the same emotions..
great song ❤️
Sage, you changed our lives!! ❤
I'm sure thousands of plays on this video are from me. I am a broken human, like many my story is sad, but I am no different. I've checked off many on the list, now I wait for grandkids. I've made it this far...
Back for my daily visit
13 years... damn. I feel old. But this still stays as one of the best songs. It speaks on volumes of issues. Forever love
it takes a certain kind of person to truly enjoy this, and i enjoy all the people that are enjoying this.
Feels like he is talking about the grieving process when we leave one phase of our life and see it's gone forever, for a new one to start. Scott Peck the writer and therapist said spiritual growth is a series of deaths and new births. The song is awesome!
I love putting myself in the headspace of the kid who just slipped a love letter into the wrong locker and so is convinced my life is over and then telling myself "It's not the end of the world."
I'm 45 and have been a huge Sage fan since 2002. Now I have my 14 year old son wanting to stay in the car to finish listening to this jam when we get home from soccer practice. This piece is cross-generational and is timeless. Reminds me that the very things my son is experiencing is the very things I did.
Wasnt ready for how many feelings this song would give me.
I could have done with hearing this 45 years ago when I was 12.
At 44, I still need to hear this.
Hopefully the 2 MILLION other people that watched this video were as moved by it as I was. Make the most of life while you have it.
You did live to have a kid dude. So happy for you Sage.
I have two kids that I hope never have to go thru anything I have!
This song is motivation
I USED TO LISTEN TO SAGE, EYEDEA, MR LIF, BROTHER ALI, EL P, BACK IN GRADE SCHOOL!!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!! HAD TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TONIGHT...
Your words really do touch people of all ages and races, genders, it doesnt matter. THANK YOU SAGE. your a real life superhero, ability:word play. You saved my life. so thank you.
This song has saved my life on many occasions. I have severe depression and anxiety and when I listen to this song, it makes me feel a little less alone. It makes me tear up every time. 'When you think you've got it all figured out, then everything collapses, trust me kid, it's not the end of the world.' Every time.
Thank you Sage.
👊🏻👊🏻💨 Because he doesn't reply to anything let alone his fans but cool guy right hmm
It was early August 2018 when I was introduced to this song.. . A few weeks after my son was killed in a car accident.. I told him telephone poles don’t move .. 😢😭... I got it on my iTunes account and many mornings while driving to work at 5am it’ll randomly play... Reminds me of my boy .. I crank up the volume and by the time I get to work , I wipe the tears away , get out the car, look up at the morning sky and go about my business ✊🏼
So sorry to hear this, Steve. Much love and full condolences.
@@therealsagefrancis it’s been 5 years and I’m ok… I’m blessed 🙏🏼🫡 💙 5/10/95- 7/21/18 R.I.P. Michael
Thank you Sage your music ment alot to me...
Got me through alot.
Big fan.
-bearded Reject
My coworker was playing this and it struck me oddly because of the beat. I'm glad I asked who sang this because now I'm listening for the lyrics. Now I'm almost in tears at work.
It really relates to my major depressive disorder and ptsd. Haha oh no I'm crying.
+Anubisin brings me to tears too :c sad but beautiful.
Watch Make Em Purr, it's way sadder
I'm always crying at work. This time I wasn't sure if it was from the song or the chili con carne.
Yann Tiersen - The Trial.
Corpse Lore this song is very capturing. first time i heard it i was like 16 or so. Im 21 now and still feeling this song haha
The only song on this planet that can make me cry. Every time. Every. Time.
This is what hip hop has the potential to be.
Can't believe this song is ten years old.
Halfway through, I got goose bumps
Still here in 2019 🙌
Was here in 2010 and now 2020
@@PetrolHeadMike word
Mhm..
2020
Thank You Sage...Where You been Buddy? I need more...life keeps punching me in the face.
An absolute masterpiece, flat out
cant believe ive only just liked this, the amount of times this has saved me from jumping in front of a train
Same here, not necessarily a train though
same here in a way, life saving song
Felt.
♡♡♡♡♡stay strong
This song makes me feel powerful, it's brought me light when all other things seemed dark.
discovered sage when I was a junior in high school, 2009-2010 right around the same time i found macklemore too. both local artists who uploaded their content to yt in the early early days. 2007 was pre-monetization, idk if 2009 still was. People made videos and music because it was their passion, not to specifcally persue yt fame. 2023, I'm 30, and I still like to dust this one off every now and then. few times a year. it's a good song, not just sad times. It's also the best of times, after all.
Sage Francis should become waaayyy more famous, like Emininem famous, he is one of greatest rappers I ever heard.
Sage you need to become way more famous because you sir, you sir are a inspiration.
Sage Francis is amazing, I agree. He's got solid, moving vibes. But something that Eminem has, as a rapper, is a greater command over the lyrics and rhythm of his raps. He uses words as more than words. The enunciation of them end up adding to the beat of the song, for example, alliteration and consonance is an example.
Couldn't agree more, I think he might not want to be that famous tho...
I'd rather he not be famous
He just wont be sage anymore
Hes one of my favorite artist
Strange famous 💪🏽
Abraham Martinez yo sage is famous...where you people from?
I like that he's not famous
Whenever you think back to those awkward moments you realize, that in the long scheme of things they don't add up to anything. Brilliant song.
I listened to this when I'd just been fired from English teaching in China. A job that I wasn't suited to at all, but I felt that I had no options and that life was going nowhere. Thankfully things worked out and if you're reading this it can work out for you too. Just keep going. Even if it feels hopeless just aim for stability and keep going
Every now and then I come back to this song and cry a little.
I found this song around the time my mom died. Thanks for posting it.
This just makes me chill out about all of my academic worries and life issues, like it'll be alright, it's not too much of a big deal anyway.
hope you're okay :)
Hope you’re doing well!
Pure beauty. Draws tears each and every time.
I'm not crying, you are
👊🏻👊🏻 because he doesn't care bout his true fans
The ‘technology made it easy for us to stay in touch’ line hits me so hard
I've always loved Sage. This song makes me feel like he loves me too...
Thank you for this Sage. I played this in my rehab 3 years ago. They asked us to pick a song that we loved and represented us. Im doing alot better now and still listen to this song from time to time
I remember hearing this song when in the summer going to 8th grade. I just graduated highschool 4 months ago. Time flies. I remember being bummed out over breaking up with girlfriends, thinking my life was over. How easy things were worrying about writing a book report instead of worrying about my car payment. When I was worried about being able to get the next Call Of Duty game, instead of trying to get that job. And I find myself here 4 years later, still feeling moved about this song. I'll always come back and listen to it during hard times.
7 years later, I want to thank you for this song. It is amazing.
Derek Lewis yes same
I don't care what anyone would say, this song has the ability to make me cry it's one of the best ive ever heard.
Sage Francis is officially in my top 5 of all time, that will never change
holy fuck the instrumentals and the lyrics gave me chills so much i had to pause it just to write this comment without shaking. this sounds fucking beautiful.
Mentalitarium looIwyeh
This is more than just a song, this is art, this is everything. ♥
Sage wisdom tagged up with an oracle's oratory. You're a good cat.
This was my favorite song in 2011 in 11th grade. Today I caught myself singing “it was the best of times, the end of times. I was always on deck, I was next in line” lol and came back instantly after years
This is so criminally under-viewed and underrated. 9 years on its still the most touching song I have heard.
Still one of my all-time favourite songs. Seemed like this was everything I needed to hear at one point.
Legend has it the kid is still orbiting around the planet
Such a great song, both musically and lyrically
Thank you! I love you, brother!
This song helps me cope with bi polar disorder. I feel like Sage is narrating my life. I come back time and time again. Thank you Sage.
A friend of my sons spent some time hanging out with me at the end of last summer.. he said my son Michael loved this song.. I have my iTunes on random and it always seems to pop up at the strangest times.. every time I hear it I weep... Rest easy Michael... 5/10/95- 7/21/18.. Dad loves you.. see you soon enough .
My life in a nutshell. I can't hear this without absolutely breaking down in tears, and we all need that sometimes.
The only song that actually changed my life. It put me on track to be a better person-
This is the first time I've heard this and it couldn't have come at a better time. I've had the most stressful and exhausting four or five years of my life (particularly the last six months) and I was feeling very low tonight. Hearing this has somehow taken some of the weight off. Absolutely stunning track!
Sometimes things get scary.. like when you realize you're not only interpreting words, but every actual sentance is the story of your own life... Everything without the bracers might as well been the story of my life... not only with one song either, but with spread out hits over years... truly a piece of art in its essence.
Surprisingly relevant track during these Covid-19 times.
Cant wait to see you in Denver...you've helped me through a lot of my life... including my mom passing right after my birthday a week ago...you're a gift to this world ❤
Let's face it this is the best song ever to be invented I have loved it and never gone sick since I was 15 it's amazing wish I could tell sage Francis himself xx
Tasha Tomkinson - try twitter
@@TheFreshPeddler i get to told him before his gig how much this song means to me and was in front row dropping tears when performed it
I've never really been inspired by anything other than this song, inspiration that is reborn every time I listen.
love you sage, and all the ogs at anticon too. pushed through so many rough spots with personal journals, each song a different memory, so many good spots too........ mc battles too.
I've got some letters inside of my drawer that should have been stamped and delivered One is addressed to my ex. It says, "I'm the type of man who can't be lived with"
One is addressed to my friends. It says, "I'm a mess so y'all can't visit"
One is addressed to myself, but I don't know which personality or hand to give it
Been listening since the 90s in RIWRIU boy
Man... I really like Sage. A glimpse into his soul, bare, an honest recollection of his youth, flawed for all to see. Beautiful.
I have recently come out of depression, based on a lot of reasons, but mainly having a bad childhood. I once stumbled upon this song, and I just want to say thankyou, as it seemed to perfectly sum up my life, whilst at the same time making me realise that things will get better, and this song played a huge part in my 'recovery'. So thank you for helping me out, and if you are ever in England, I will be at the gig, I owe you that much.
Most definitely a goat.....favorite artist are the most under rated
ILU Sage... thanks for everything!
Was just looking for some joints to pass to my bro who has never listened to Sage and stumbled on this absolute sickness. He can range from angst to ill to deep...not many can pull off that trifecta. Most under-rated MC of all time?? Probably...
I feel like I just had the first few chapters of my autobiography read out loud over a beat. Holy crap this song is powerful!
Only 2.5 mill views in 10 years? Y'all aren't sharing this enough.
Have a senior quote due tomorrow for the year books.
"It was the best of times.
It was the end of times." -sage francis
Or
"It's been a long and lonely trip and I'm glad I took it, because it was well worth it." -Sage Francis
I think I like the second best.
yeah definitely the 2nd one
2nd, dude, 2nd.
That'll be awesome man!
The 2nd one would be the best, such a powerful line. I'm 31 years old, and thought I'd lost all hope in music, but people like Sage Francis are starting to bring it back.
"It's best to have pressure form peers than not have peers."