"The World Was So Easy" Lost video - SOLVED!! -Song/Vid : "Just Passin' By" - Big Picture(1994)
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- As per your requests -- This is a grab from an, almost degraded to the point of oblivion, dusty, old, VHS tape from 1994. Thanks to all the Lostwave community and others for their dedication to bring lost music back into the light! I wrote this song as a challenge to see if I could make a chorus in the time signature of 9/8 - in my very early days of songwriting ( not proud of the lyrics, haha!) - and it ended up scoring us a record deal! The video was shot just north of Toronto, Canada. I can't recall the director's name. Big Picture was a band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The odd time signature of the chorus made for very strange dancing at shows! Thanks to all of you for reaching out and subscribing to this channel and for listening and searching the internet for new music! - Asif Illyas
/ theworldwassoeasy
More music by A. Illyas:
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Please subscribe to this channel if you feel like hearing more! Thank you! - Zábava
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Oh my goodness, this is amazing! Thank you sir for uploading this. I'm Ethan, the one whose baby tape contained this song. For much of my life, I've wondered what song this was and I was always hoping it would turn up out of the blue. Unfortunately it didn't. So 3 years ago, I took it to the internet in hopes that someone can identify it. We speculated that it aired on February 20th, 1996. Who would've thought that it would be found on that exact day 28 years later? It feels like divine intervention to me. Thank you sir for making this amazing song and finally putting an end to my mystery once and for all.
Wow! That’s so cool… what an amazing turn of events that led to this! I had forgotten about this song until you lit the spark to light it from the dark!
@EthantotheMax Well, looks like you finally found the song and the video after 3 years. Audio yesterday and Video today, That's incredible.
February 20th was my birthday! This song was found on my birthday :DDD
@@NightmaresStuff Happy belated birthday. The community and I pitched in and got you some solved lostwave.
I'm gonna be honest, I thought this was never gonna be found. I mean, all we had was a 3 second clip that ends mid-sentence. I guess you should never doubt the power of the internet
Quality still better than bank security cameras
XD
Because is a profesional work for a music video... is more polish. :]
Technically it should be really good because it's a professional music video (and assume it's shot on film)... but all there's left is this crusty old VHS tape.
@@SantiagoMonroy5they contacted the director so we might be getting a hd version
@@SantiagoMonroy5so the hq version is now lost media
finally, that guitar dude can finally jam for more than 3 seconds
his name is asif illyas (in case you didn't know yet) also this is his yt channel
Its so uncanny to see it go past "The world was so easily"
Isnt it actually “I never thought the world was so easy”
@@conorthebaplayer"I never thought the world was so easily won
real
@@codyryan9789 smooth
I kinda thought it was the guitarist singing. Surprised it wasn’t him lol.
0:48 The clip that once bothered Ethan for years.
Just three seconds long
I NEVER THOUGHT THE WORD WAS SO EASILY-
@@HVY526I NEVER THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS SO EASILY WON…
@@algomaone121i dont hear "i never thought"
Lol thx
Hearing the full version is like scratching an itch you had for years.
I had the 7 year itch times 4 😂
@@EthantotheMax😂😂😂
I love how they're ALL wearing suspenders
I remember thinking…hmmmmm…..ALL OF US to wear suspenders? 🧐
Ngl i like the suspenders@@asifshakingthetree
@@asifshakingthetreeDidn’t notice at first 😂
that's suspicious
The girl isn't wearing suspenders
☑ Full song
☑ Band members
☑ Music video
☑ Full album
☑ *Live video!!!*
☑ Spotify release
☑ Acoustic version
🟦 Lyric video
🟦 Remastered video
🟦 Band tour (if possible)
Closest we have so far to a Spotify release are releases on Deezer and Apple Music.
It's been out on CZcams Music since yesterday, so maybe Spotify is a matter of days.
band tour, chill bro T.T
He said if possible
@@CoverByJordan "(if possible)"
i love the fact that it's in such a strange time signature, just makes it stand out so much more than if it was just in 4/4
if i remember correctly, asif (the guy who wrote the song and owns this channel) wrote it as some sort of challenge
nice, they were tryna flex those creative muscles@@blue_staf4563
ah i see i just read the description! bro was on that 9/8 wave @@blue_staf4563
It's like country prog and it's glorious
This song is just further proof that canadians are musical masters
lowkey, yea...
paula toledo, vital sines,
big picture, they are
masters of the art of sound.
my house is full of records.
so is my garage, barn too,
and RV. i've heard it all.
but, big picture. ain't never
heard anything like this.
why do you
talk like this
please help@@jennydeaf9O9
@@jennydeaf9O9 Don’t forget Barenaked Ladies and Rush!
Justin Bieber is trash
dont forget lapfox trax
I find it so funny that the lost 3 second clip is actually in higher quality than the found full video 😂
Absolutely love this song by the way
I think the official audio might be overlayed over the video tape audio here. The video seems to be quite damaged after all these years.
If that short 3 second clip wasn't recorded, we would certainly never know about this incredible work ❤
Thanks so much! I'll be sure to let the other band members know...
@@asifillyas5981you guys are awesome!
Benny already knows@@asifillyas5981
@@asifillyas5981lmao what
hi matthew
It's like the type of music your dad heard playing in a diner in the 90's and decided to go buy the album, then you stumble upon it in a dusty box full of cassettes in the attic 30 years later.
me looking at EKT: c'mon do something
🗣
Ikr
I'm pretty sure ekt is a hoax at this point, even Like The Wind is like 67% Statues in Motion ffs
Edit: Ayyyyy 😏
It's a good hoax though, lots of good covers came from it so no big loss
@@deletdis6173nah, just mid. I hope it gets deleted off the internet and everyone forgets about it
yeah the entire lostwave fandom at this point is either
a) prodding at ekt with a stick hoping something will happen in the search
b) certain it's a hoax
Who would've gussed the attire we see Asif wearing in the original 3 second clip was actually a costume theme that the entire band was wearing for the music video.
I think I still have those suspenders….
@@asifshakingthetree wow, all these years later! It's still surreal hearing the full song, not to mention you are the first artist from a lostwave song I've ever messaged to online. I hope the full 1994 album gets posted at some point, because if this song is any indicator, the rest should be an absolute jam.
I will try and do that for you! Thank you so much
@@beterotato6757
MR. ABSOLUTE NUTCASE VOICE OVER GUY!?
@@chobies5383 yes that is me. I'm a big lostwave fan if you couldn't already tell
Once all lostwave songs get found, this should be the end credits theme.
there will always be more lostwave, but if there was some kind of movie or documentary about lostwave, this is definitely a great credits theme for that.
So does that means Curly Toes and Raspberry144 mb’s G*re Song Gets Found 💀
@@mohdzulnizamardianshah4590raspberry114mb isn't even a song lmao
I TOLD YOU GUYS IT WAS “I NEVER THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS SO EASY”
Yeah but that didn’t help in the search.
easily
It's "I never thought the world was so easily won,"
The music video has been found! Let's go! Mystery fully solved!
Lostwave is definitely on a streak, ever since finding "Kenya Dance" in early December 2023. I feel like this streak we have going isn't gonna end anytime soon.
Watching this comunity working is like watch an Scooby-Doo episode, so cool
It's a really amazing idea and community! Thanks!!
I have a feeling the big guys are also coming to found lostwave part
Falta Like the wind
pleeeease cancion de alicia next
Big Picture Fans if the album on vinyl will exist later this year
👇
I NEED to own this on vinyl. It would be the absolute highlight of my collection. Let's make it happen, everyone!
It was never pressed to vinyl… the only vinyl I have pressed is for an album from 2012 called “ Synesthesia “ … if you would like, I can upload a stream of that whole album…and get you a real copy of the vinyl …. Let me know - thank so much!
@@asifshakingthetreewhere can I buy it?
@@asifshakingthetreeI'd love a vinyl copy of your other album!
@@marcovega3523 hi - can you send me a private message?
The world is so easy now thanks to Chris Murphy, Lee Rosevere, and most importantly Asif Illyas. ❤
Hi kurran… thanks for alerting me to this!
@@asifshakingthetreeYou’re welcome!
Why do I get the feeling I’ve heard the name Chris Murphy before??
This must be the best thing that could have happened in February 2024
funky
by royal treatment plant
IN FULL
that too
I found my lost love 50 years after and we're engaged.❤
Full album now up on streaming services...
jimmyshid here, i didnt help in this hunt for the song but a friend of mine was up to his chin obsessed with it, when it got found i heel clicked like a leprachaun, glad it was found, anyway, i hope someone can restore this piece of art music video
Hi! I’m the guy in the original 3 second video…. I tried to find a better version bjt couldn’t …I’m sure it exists on a betacam somewhere… thanks for listening!
@@asifshakingthetree Holy shit its you the funny guitar guy, nice to finally know who the mysterious man is
yo
HISTORY. I absolutely adore this song & am so glad it & now it’s music video have been found!!
Thanks for listening and watching!
Not lying here, tears came to my eyes watching this, i've been on this search for not very long but it really brings me a nostalgic vibe. Beautiful
Warms the heart to read this, thank you!
Same thing here!
0:48 is where your looking for.
0:49
I'm glad that this song got identified in the end. You might not be proud of the lyrics, but this is easily one of my top 10 favorite lostwaves, and at this point I've listened to several hundred of them (both lost and found). The way it got identified was especially heartwarming. Nice to see a fellow artist recognizing another and giving them the recognition they deserved.
Thanks so much! I'll try and get the rest of the album up here if I can!
*easily?*
I am getting emotional listening to this. The power of the internet! Thanks everyone who searched, and thanks so much to you making and uploading this song
It’s quite inspiring, yes!
This deserves so much more recognition! This song has been stock on my head all day, since I first discovered it a couple of days ago. So catchy, and I love the use of 9/8 time signature 😌
Thank you so much… the 9/8 is tricky but, somehow, makes it stick more…
0:49 ngl, sorta expected a new vid to start when that part showed up.
Thankfully it didn’t
Arguably one of the best lostwave songs to be ever found.
It still hits hard even until this day
it's crazy how a 4:36 song would get lost and there was nothing but only 3 seconds left.
btw great song, this one definitely goes to my playlist
i cant believe that the guy from the original clip was able to provide the full video, wow. wish it was higher quality
wait its the same guy fr?
Yeah the same goatee guy@@lanudaseret7915
@@lanudaseret7915 yes it was me! :-)
It’s all I could find…a dusty old VHS … I am trying to track down a better version if possible
@asifshakingthetree if it is the only vhs u cam find , then it alright won't change the fact its a banger
There is something very beautiful to me about these lostwave searches. Through the searches we are exposed to the storied palette of mankind’s creative history, and we discover and revere the works of so many brilliant minds, even if we may never know their names. A lot of lostwave songs I would have never listened to otherwise, but I’m always glad I did. To know that beautiful art exists all around, waiting to be found, makes living in the world just a little bit easier. Thank you, Big Picture.
It's incredible to know communities like yours exist. I've been struggling to get my music heard for decades..this is truly special to have people listening. ♥
@@asifshakingthetreei’m glad you’re being heard at large now man, a great song like this needed to be credited to someone!
Thank so much! I really appreciate it!
Will let the others know as well@@zukothegoat
This is the first music video in many years that I was eager to watch
Lyrics:
Just thе оther dау І waѕ passіng you by
Тhinking of that the things I knew were true
Just the other day was a time in my lifе
When I thought the song I sang was new
Аnd I thought: I won’t be lonely anymore
Вut оh no
Just the other dаy I was pasѕing you by
Looking for a сhange in thе spot of mу lіfe
I never thought the wоrld was so easily won
Just by realizing that you got someone
To say: You won’t be lоnеly аnymore
But oh no
‘Сause it would be so hard to be feeling so good
When I knоw that ѕeeing you mеans waiting waitіng
Waiting so long so long
Ѕo long so long
Sо long so long
So long so long
Just the other day I was pаssing you bу
Thinking that the path І tоok waѕ right
Always on the road that nobody’d taken
No one ever said it led back to mе
But you sаid: Yоu won’t be lonely anymore
But oh no
‘Cause іt would be so hard to be feeling so gоod
When I know that sеeing you means waiting waiting
Waiting so long ѕo long
So long sо long
So long so long
So long so long
I’d tell myself that I wаs wrоng
When I was right
I found іt hard to convince myself
So I’m wondering why
I’m wondering whу
I was just pasѕing by
Waiting so long so lоng
So long so long
So long so long
So lоng so long
I was just passing by
I was just passing by
I was just passing by
Such a bittersweet feeling. The mystery has finally been solved and a great song has been discoverd from that search, which many of us are overjoyed about. At the same time however, there is no more mystery now that the song has been found and that somewhat dampens to excitement of actually finding the full song.
That’s why I kinda find the lost wave community idiotic. After you find the song all the allure and interest is gone…which makes the efforts put into the search meaningless. So much effort for small reward. It amounts to nothing.
@@koelael2660 it's not like that at all. the songs most of the times become way more famous than they were before and new people can know about cool bands and singers. for example, i was really invested on the dance for hours a day song and when it was found, i fucking loved it! i also listen to more royal treatment plant songs now and so are other people with other lost waves that have been found. don't be a pessimist, hannah montana once said "it ain't about what's waiting on the other side, it's the climb" and that's how i end this comment 👍
If a three second clip of your writing was enough to spellbind the internet, that's saying something about your songwriting prowess. It was just three seconds, but it was three very strong seconds, I hummed them to myself for months!
I'm very happy you shared this with us, and I'd personally love to see this entire album on Spotify.
Humanity was missing a great song! This song is really beautiful... I never thought it could sound so deep!
The sound is so good, it's like a road trip with the one you love
SO HAPPY THIS GOT FOUND!!!!
0:48 my favorite part
Amazing how this was successfully found in full from just a 3-second snippet
This song was found on the same day that a longer sample of Try To Smile Again was posted on CZcams, and Try To Smile Again was eventually found as well, so MAN! The coincidence! Oh yeah, and Ethan, who posted the tape containing the short 3 second long sample of the song said that they recorded the song on February 20 1996 and it was solved exactly 28 years later.
That’s pretty crazy yeah…. It all has happened with so many coincidences! Almost makes me buy into the simulation theory of the universe, hahahaha!
I got into the whole album through the lostwave community, honestly a pretty unique band, with some ambitious composition and arrangements, takes it well above its initial concept
Thank you! It’s pretty cool to be connected to music enthusiasts like yourself. Thanks for listening and I look forward to providing more music and videos, cheers!
this year is off to a great start with finding lost music! hope we can find "Everyone Knows That" soon
Another wonderful hit made by the legendary Randal Turner???
Personally, I’ve lost hope in EKT. Too muddled with misinformation..
This aged great
@@WetFootFungus72 me too?
WE FOUND THERES A MAN AND NOW THIS?
UGH YALL IM SO HAPPY.
This mysterious 3-second song was finally fully found... Congratulations to everyone! I never thought the world was so easy 🎉
What a day! Now You are one of the most famous owners of the Parker Fly guitar Mr. Illyas!
Haha! It was a great instrument!
This feels like a dream 😭
This song is literally my wake-up alarm everyday. My Mom enjoyed it the first couple times I played this in her car, but then we both remembered she hated country music. Still, underrated masterpiece.
I just can't believe how much time this music remained lost. Like it wasn't even just 1 song, these guys made 2 albums!!! I started my journey on the lostwave community because of digital girl (which ended up being a hoax) and I'm glad I got here. Big Picture deserves more recognition!!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for finding the video and for making such amazing music video! Greetings from Perú
Wow Peru! I’ve always wanted to go… I adore the music from there! Thank you for your comments!
Thank you so much for this beautifull song and video i really loved it and i hope many more people get discover more of your work. This is proof that music is forever.
Hope one day you can visit my country and if you do, deffinetly come with a list of the dishes you want to try!@@asifshakingthetree
And if you want to listen to some of my countrys music, for rock i recommend "Pedro Suarez Vertiz", for punk "Libido", for folklore "William Luna", "los kjarkas", "Pelo de ambrosio" and "Eva Ayllon", for mix of techno folklore "Damaris" and for cumbia "Grupo 5" and "Chacalon"
Tysm and god bless!@@asifshakingthetree
1:19 SODA 🥤‼️😅😁🥶
Greetings from Poland! One of the best songs i ever heard.
the fiddles, the jaw harps,
the slidey guitars, the
shifting time signatures,
my ears are literally
shimmering this music
is so damn good.
Ok now I need the 30 years later reimagining/remake of this song. Absolutely love it!
this would be sick
Yeah, that needs to happen (he will probably change the lyrics)
@@briwu why wiuld he do that
@@heyjude6680 he said in the description that he wasn’t proud of the lyrics
so happy to see this found, crazy it was found from a mere 3 seconds!! thank you for posting this for us to see ^_^
then again, kenya dance was found just with a 4 second snippet
awesome! Thanks for your music Asif, I'm a new fan as well! And there's nothing wrong with 9/8 choruses!
Thank you so much Lee!
Its crazy how these guys never took off! They sound like a mix of savage garden, dave matthews and crash test dummies, truly a hidden gem of the 90s! ☺️👌❤️
i did not expect this to be found
Me neither. I thought this would go the route of the most mysterious song on the internet and everyone knows that and just be one of those eternal internet mysteries. But we were able to find it just from a 3 second video clip.
It makes me sad to think that I most likely would have never known this song if it was never lost, kinda ironic as well
0:49 - 0:51 That clip that haunted for more than Ethan’s quarter of life
This is history
Oh wow, I never thought it'd be possible to find this from just a 3 second clip...I'm in heaven.
I just found out about the entire Lostwave genre/community maybe three weeks ago, and learned of this song maybe a week ago. I’m delighted to see such a big mystery solved so quickly after I joined in on the fun!
This really is a beautiful song. Life is so funny, you never know what’s going to come along and shake things up. Hoping to see big things come from this for Asif and these awesome musicians!
i only just heard about this a little bit ago from ShaiiValley's video discussing lost media/internet anomalies but this is a genuine banger of a song!
very happy that this (and the rest of big picture's records) were preserved, especially by one of the original band members!
huge thanks to you, ethan and everyone who contributed to the song and its' search! yours truly, a random 19 y.o. from texas ❤
Thank you so much! It’s been epic to see all the positive energy this discovery has brought all of us!
I am literally shaking right now!!! I can’t believe it!!! These people found it!!!
this is probably one of the only "country" songs I really like lol, the 9/8 time signature is amazing and the chorus is so catchy!!
This is more folk
@@clintonpilled yeah I realize that now
Wow! So happy this mystery has finally been solved. I have been obsessed with this search and that short 3 second clip since December, trying to think outside the box on how I would solve the mystery, cross referencing bands and artist from the early 90's with an absurd amount of RPM magazines that I found online, trying to find that exact couch (I think it's a jacquard couch? not really sure ) even today I was staring at the pixels in that photo frame to see if I could make out what exactly it's an image of, It looks like a skeleton smoking to me, not sure how finding that exact photo or frame would have helped the search but it was more like putting puzzle pieces together and eventually having an "A ha! I figured it out" moment
I was even discussing with my mother a while back where this was filmed, If it was an unfinished basement, 60's house/garage, farm, bohemian tent, my mind went places clearly lol. The stained glass window was the strangest part but I had seen 90's country music videos that featured that as a motif just having windows in front of the camera for some artistic reason so I guess it was common at the time
Also I had read an article about NCN where they said they had collected some music videos up until October 1994 so I guess this was one of them, instead of being a new song at the time the famous 3 second clip played on the network (it wasn't new when it played)
Anyways I'm glad the search can finally be put to rest and hopefully we can make more massive and successful lost media finds and discoveries this year, I had fun joining in on the search even if I did it mainly solo
God bless you Asif and Ethan for this fun and wild ride it was a great way to start off the new year!
Love from Sydney, Australia
Your music has finally gone global, Congrats Asif!
Man oh man, that breakdown at 3:23 is lovely. I mean, really great!
Yess!!!
Finally, I Can Die In Peace ✌️🕊️
Now Just """Everybody Knows That, Ulterior Motives"""" needs to be found
literally every other lostwave >>>>>>>>> EKT
Despite the video being lower quality than the original snippet, I’m still happy we found the whole music video for Just Passin’ By or The World Was So Easy.
This is peak 1994. It sounds like how the Friends apartment set looks. Reminds me of Michael Penn and Rusted Root. The fiddle and acoustic backing are phenomenal touches. This certainly would have made it bigger if the record companies weren’t afraid of anything non-4/4.
Thank you! Yes that is true…. It is a strange time signature for a pop song for sure!
Making this video must have been so much fun. The sets are so elaborate. I'm so, so glad that we get to see it today and that all of that effort and the resulting beauty wasn't lost to time.
This is one of my favorite songs that i have listened to! It has such an unique and beautiful sound! Im so glad it finally got found! Thank you, Asif Illyas!
Ever since it was found, I´ve been listening to it , bout 20 times a day, i really love it. Thank you for this song
1:14 - "Waiting so long" fits so perfectly here.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for uploading this. I have been obsessed with the song ever since I heard the initial snippet. You guys are seriously underrated and I would love to hear more of the band. The whole day yesterday I was listening and trying to figure out what time signature that was in the chorus lol, if I seriously start making music I definitely want to include wacky music theory stuff like that. You make it sound so good, thank you for blessing us with such an amazing song!!
Cara, isso foi muito rápido! Como conseguiram encontrar literalmente tudo dessa música num espaço tão curto tendo literais 3 segundos disponíveis?! É por isso que eu amo a comunidade de lost media!
Mano slk foda demais man
A musica que eu espero muito é a EKT( everyone knows that) eu amo essa musica
FUCK YEAH THIS SHIT IS BETTER THAN WHAT WAS HEARD IN THAT 3 SECOND CLIP!!!! LETS GOOOOOO
0:49
It's so strange to hear this part now and have a sequel, Something feels wrong even though it's right.
Goddamn, this is beautiful! Also, this sounds so 90s, it seems like something that would play in Notting Hill
This song is incredible! I love how you played with the time signatures. Thank you so much for your help!
Glad you like it! Thank you so much!
You did an amazing and so nice sounding work! I am so happy that lostwave managed to bring this masterpiece back on the surface😃😃😃 good luck and all best wishes for everyone!!
There's (an admittedly brief) segment about Big Picture where they talk about the cost of making a video (specifically this one). Look up "Street Cents - Complete Episode - 1994" and zoom to the 17m mark (I couldn't link it in comments).
This is such a fantastic song I hope they know someday that people are appreciating their art all these years later
Now the world is more easy
Thank You for this awesome Music Video Asif!
I really dig your parker fly Mr. Illyas. Good song too.
Thank you for this amazing song. Say if I'm in class, reading a book, I sing this song in my head to calm the speed, and make me relaxed. Once again, thank you ❤
Wow, genuinely amazed this was found. This is amazing. Great stuff guys.
What a vibrant music video to accompany a beautiful song. It's wonderful to know that such chain of events has given this work a revived interest.
Great find, and song!!
Acoustic version here: czcams.com/video/ng_3dTZxKNE/video.htmlsi=I0SeqwIPPt9EdIFg
Are you planning to upload the music video for “Under the Birdbath”?
@@Aidnicchi! I don’t have a version of that unfortunately…. We will try and find one if possible…
@@asifshakingthetreeI made a furby AI cover of EKT everyone knows that czcams.com/video/cDTNe7I_Zi0/video.htmlsi=VAjJXh2Xj_Ht17Zz people should make AI covers of lost songs
@@asifshakingthetree czcams.com/video/V6g-0-iW1dk/video.html I found this one, but If you find another one would be great. Also, Are you planning on releasing the album that contains this song (Under the Birdbath) on spotify or another platform? Greetings from Chile!
His Here Bert Raccoon and Lisa Raccoon?
This is a genuinely good song. I'm so glad it was found!
I recognize the guitar at the start from "Ascent of the Cloud Eagle" by Necros!
Thank you for this brother ❤ love from Cyprus!
I still can't believe they actually found it!
I love your song!! sounds like a sunset in the 90s ❤