The people who got to see this had no idea how lucky they were….

@dimwitted-fool

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure they do now

@andrimatthiasson5718

Ай бұрын

it's probably not enjoyable if you're unfamiliar with a band

as much as I want him to stay, I can understand how performing this album is hard for Isaac. In every performance of Basketball Shoes I've seen, Isaac is on the verge of tears screaming the last lyrics. It's incredibly powerful, but I can see how that displaying that level of vulnerability to a larger audience than ever can be very hard on his mental health. Sad to see him go but I respect his decision :c

@ottobuco

Жыл бұрын

i think afut was a huge catharsis for him which also left a huge gap in his life. I think that's why he left the band. I mean imagine having to keep performing songs that remind of your lowest point in life. I understand him completely.

@oscarpeters5309

11 ай бұрын

i just hope in 9 years or so they do an anniversary tour of ants from up there and isaac is in the right mental state to perform it

I am the farthest thing from a nationalist but the UK has unwittingly done it again

@davidsv1123

Жыл бұрын

Avrg uk dweller when they get stabbed at night

@clx_uds

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidsv1123 mf really replying to a year old comment with that 💀

@oscarpeters5309

11 ай бұрын

britain cant do much good but we damn know how to make music

7:42 even lewis was like “aye man u good?” lmao

i come along here and listen to this every day. when the actual studio version is made, i will miss the people talking and coughing in the front row

@jmbrow772

3 жыл бұрын

this didn't age well

@c4rtelmike

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmbrow772 why? we're still waiting for a studio version?

@jmbrow772

3 жыл бұрын

@@c4rtelmike yeah, album came out and this was not on it 😭 Edit: NOT on it

@c4rtelmike

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmbrow772 its not on it?

@jmbrow772

3 жыл бұрын

@@c4rtelmike oh my bad. It's NOT on it.

this song hits me in the g spot

@miguel-vo1cb

3 жыл бұрын

That’s something Patrick Bateman would say

@edjamaz4636

2 жыл бұрын

Let's see Paul Allen's g spot

@pedroantonio5565

Жыл бұрын

I should write a song about having a wet dream about Patrick Bateman

Godspeed You! Black Country

@ochiai3

Жыл бұрын

Godspeed You! black midi, New Road

@magpie-yf8gf

11 ай бұрын

@@ochiai3 *ejaculates*

@RPKgaming6

6 ай бұрын

@@magpie-yf8gfliterally

I actually love the background chatter in the opening moments

@stewarttaggart7764

3 жыл бұрын

The coughing makes me anxious...

@joshcraft197

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewarttaggart7764 it was a different time

when/if this gets released i will probably be calling it one of the greatest songs ever written i think

@Ben-kf3tb

2 жыл бұрын

It’s gonna be on the new album ‘ants from up here’

@aidansey9332

2 жыл бұрын

The song finally came out today and I can pretty comfortably say it’s one of the best things I’ve ever heard

@dabricio

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidansey9332 based as fuck

@MrMorganMakesMusic

2 жыл бұрын

bingo

@-carter-8681

2 жыл бұрын

Correct.

their debut album is going to be fucking incredible. these guys only got 2 singles out right now and they are one of the most exciting bands around right now

@totalgarbage2053

4 жыл бұрын

L I’m more hype for this album than my inevitable death tbh

@Mit852

4 жыл бұрын

@@totalgarbage2053 idk man, seeing what lies beyond this plane of existence is pretty enticing. If you want we could go there together

@totalgarbage2053

4 жыл бұрын

Womb Raider see you there my friend

@BedIntruder2107

4 жыл бұрын

I like their sound but for some reason I just can't get into the vocals :(

@bentley230

4 жыл бұрын

still waiting :'(

this version of this song with the original concept and lyrics is one of the most raw, uncompromising and beautiful things ive ever seen

@James-do7fz

2 жыл бұрын

also isaacs refusal to give up haha

This hits even harder now. Thank you for everything Isaac, truly inspiring and one of my favorite artists ever, wish him nothing but the best. Thank you thank you

Pretty fuckin psyched to be able to say I'm on the studio recording of this

@HumbugD

2 жыл бұрын

drop the bts footage king

@blakedavis9493

2 жыл бұрын

are you one of the background singers on the final part?

@blackcountrynewroadie

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakedavis9493 “Additional drums on Basketball Shoes by Basil Tierney”

@cuteasxtreme

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackcountrynewroadie all the drums on this are killer man. You’re an inspiration.

@blackcountrynewroadie

2 жыл бұрын

@@cuteasxtreme I would absolutely love to take credit for the whole song, but it’s all Charlie My part is in the song 9:44 and onwards ❤️

Love that the sax player is wearing a Oneohtrix Point Never shirt

So sad I’ll probably never experience this live. Maybe that’s the beauty of it. A song frozen in time.

this might be my favorite music performance of all time. so much pain and suffering that Isaac turned into an epic masterpiece. insane.

This video should be in rock and roll hall of fame

I'm a new fan that just found out about BCNR after Ants From Up There came out. It's incredible they have been putting out this quality of music from the get go. Very cool that they had this masterpiece in the oven for 4+ years. Sad it took me this long to find out but still glad I'm here.

@PotatoMaGobinus

2 жыл бұрын

This is always what I'm thinking, I find a song and fucking love it, hail it as a masterpiece and find out it came out years ago, which begs the question, how many songs haven't we heard that are fuckin amazing???

@zerois2801

Жыл бұрын

@@PotatoMaGobinus so many out there hidden I’m sure even I find occasional random gems

this is literally the best song ever written

@mrzzzzz2846

4 ай бұрын

you are right

Part I [Verse 1] I have this dream about Charli XCX Finding her way to me on a train From the London Eye to the Big Ben She knows who I am She's studied my prose She's read all of my texts I've died like 15 times inside just watching her undress [Verse 2] She grows like my mother with the same warm brow Like childhood holidays gone I say something weightless like "Where the hell did you fall from?" But she understands me Looks at me with wide еyes like she's found God again Shе's in soft focus all around me I can't see the football game On my dad's sofa We are still And we never look at our phones anymore Part II [Verse 3] I can't think of anything better Than your hands on my sweater Drown in me like boyfriend jeans I shouldn't have wrote you that letter Believe me, I'll try to be better Wearing me Charli, in dreams Oh! I should not have wrote you that letter Believe me I'm tryin' to be better Wearing me Charli, in dreams Oh Charli Oh Part III [Chorus] In my bedsheets, now wet Of Charli, I pray to forget In dreams, my face still in your breast Oh, your generous loan to me Your crippling interest In my bedsheets, now wet Oh Charli, I pray to forget In dreams my face still in your chest Oh, your generous loan to me Your crippling interest

@dizzypear

10 ай бұрын

he really wrote a whole ass song about a wet dream he had of charli xcx, and then reworked it into one of the best songs ever made

one of the best saxophone lines I've ever heard, can't stop listening

Dawg idk how I didn’t realize this the first like thousand times I watched this but I think the final like VERY final chorus at like 13:10 is completely improvised by Isaac. After the beautiful noisy wall he looks up at everyone and hits the massive low D chord and starts singing again, and everyone else looks at him like “oh shit we’re goin again?” Like Charlie’s drums even take a second to get in the tempo again bc he wasn’t expecting it, but they still all come back in to make it again and it sounds so so so beautiful. Idk why but like this adds soooo much to this performance for me like damn they really can read off of each other so fuckin well. Continually impressed Everytime !!:!:&8:9/022”202

@conjointoates

2 жыл бұрын

Isaac actually talked about this exact performance with Britt Walford in some interview. I remember him saying that he doesn't like this last bit and actually finds it a little bit emberrasing. look up ninja tune podcast with bcnr. they're talking about it at around 46:14 if anyone's interested.

@joshcraft197

2 жыл бұрын

@@conjointoates also like the very BC,NR tidbit that Isaac randomly doing that was a reference to some Neil Young show they went to where he kept repeating the last part of a song over and over and they thought it was hilarious as well as amazing and so Isaac thought it would be funny to attempt that here as a reference to an inside joke that they had about that, with mixed results in his opinion, as you mention

@MikePickeringMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@joshcraft197 That'll be Keep On Rockin' In The Free World, a good example of which is this 10 minute live performance. Hahaaa. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIaay9mCmKqal7g.html

@deadseatransform

Жыл бұрын

@@conjointoates holy shit had no idea they did a podcast together

@lewislockwood9402

Жыл бұрын

I love watching Charlie's face when he suddenly sits down again lmao

I just noticed the guy whistling Sunglasses (?) at 0:57

I’ve literally seen this so many times, I can’t get over how perfect this performance is. Everything about it is perfect, from the people talking, the filming and obviously the music. I really wish to see them live at least once.

@miguel-vo1cb

2 жыл бұрын

update never got to see this era of bcnr :( excited for what the future brings tho thanks isaac ❤️

@rehsuekul8706

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguel-vo1cb I’m literally bawling my eyes out at these comments and this one broke my heart. I’m with you

There is so much chaos and then beauty emerges. This band always makes me cry.

This is such an incredible composition. I'm so sad they didn't get to have their breakout year this year, but I'll be waiting for them when they're able to come back.

Confirmed as the closing track on LP2 for anyone wondering :)

@domjondomjon

2 жыл бұрын

It's a much weaker song tho these days huh

@dinosaurhotline

2 жыл бұрын

@@domjondomjon ?

@frackingfluidinjection

2 жыл бұрын

@@domjondomjon did we watch the same video??? this is probably their strongest song yet

@domjondomjon

2 жыл бұрын

@@frackingfluidinjection absolutely love this version of it but saw em play it live again recently and it's had wholesale changes

@pipe

2 жыл бұрын

@@domjondomjon lots of lyric changes but that would be it. Instrumentally it’s pretty much the same or even better. We’ll just need to get used to the definitive version, same as most of us did with Athens, France/Sunglasses.

Thank you for everything Isaac, you are a musical genius. Everyone watching this knows that already. Wishing you all the best mate, thank you again for all you have given us. we all are incredibly grateful for your art. X

cool contrast to the studio version, both versions go hard, would've been interesting to see a polished version of basketball shoes with these lyrics but ah well the band now is still sick.

Farewell Isaac, thanks for this song

so glad i ordered the vinyl with the live recordings… holy god Isaac Wood is incredible

I used to think this live performance couldn't be topped, then the studio version came out. Now I listen to this version with naive nostalgia, this might still be my favourite live performance on youtube.

@os_p

Жыл бұрын

Check out Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall (kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJaAxMh9YNzFd5c.html) - might be even better than the studio version

was really looking forward to seeing this song live in february. hope isaac comes back one day but glad he’s taking steps to help himself out.

Holy shit we’ll miss you Isaac.

jesus christ any album with bread song and this on it is like instantly a 9 lmfao

@levimckinley5822

2 ай бұрын

This comment aged well

i think this is genuinely my favorite song of all time

the fact this doesn't have millions of views is a grievous shame

A couple years ago this randomly popped up in my recommended and I loved it, but kind of forgot about the band after a while. When their first album came out I didn't really like it and was disappointed this song wasn't there. Now Ants is out and is instantly one of my favourite albums of all time.

i've come back here every month for the past 2 years and it still hits just as hard

Fuck it I don't want a studio version. The intenstity of Issac's performance is enough for me to tolerate the recording artifacts and I've watched this video so many times that the voices at the start add to the atmosphere, to the point that it makes me feel like I'm actually there. This is genuinely the closest thing to a gig I've experienced during lockdown, and I'm more than happy to have this immaculate performance indelibly linked to this strange period of my life. x

@joshcraft197

2 жыл бұрын

Same except for me this comment (section) is also a key part of that memory chain of now indelible associations with this video/song

@averyparkway679

2 жыл бұрын

wait till you get a load of their queen elizabeth hall set :)

@averyjohnson138

2 жыл бұрын

After this comment, I wonder what your thought of the studio version is

@alexruthbone6358

2 жыл бұрын

Dissatisfied?

@thatoneveryfunnychannel2482

2 жыл бұрын

ironic that the intensity of his performance was what would make him leave dam

i come back to this video at least once a week

@logansobel3567

Жыл бұрын

crazy how we didn't even know each other two years ago...time flies.

@ashercohen8440

Жыл бұрын

@@logansobel3567 this is gay

I need their debut album right now , I need more BCNR in my life 🔥😬

@horselookinghumanheadass

3 жыл бұрын

Well... hope u preordered buddy

The only thing that can save 2021 is the studio version of this.

@maxmalavenda

2 жыл бұрын

You're getting it february next year!

@jacel987

2 жыл бұрын

Good news

@joshcuneo2782

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad he changed the lyrics

@pertombre

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshcuneo2782 still hits like a truck coming to me with 180 kmh

@alexruthbone6358

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshcuneo2782 srsly tho

Stumbled on this randomly and just wanted to say not only is it outstanding, but I wish I had your musical maturity at that age. Good luck guys, you're going to do great things.

Best music I've heard in a very long while, this video is a gem.

Brilliant, they are something very special indeed.

Thank you for recording this beautiful piece of music.

thanks for uploading this!

I cannot express how much joy this video has brought me everything about it is perfect. The crowd adds so much it feels so nostalgic.

I LOVE the album version of the song but this one amazing too, the rawness of Isaac performance is unbelievable. hope he’s doing well now

Never will a more beautiful song ever be written about Charli XCX. Charli needs to see this.

@user-gw8gn9fm1x

3 жыл бұрын

am i the only one who find the lyrics kinda creepy? the instrumental is clearly beautiful tho

@hecknose5506

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gw8gn9fm1x isn't the point of the lyrics to be creepy?

@Max-nq8jj

3 жыл бұрын

@@hecknose5506 Yea that's what makes it great loll. It's these super creepy lyrics but also kinda beautiful at the same time. Creates this weird dissonance.

@punpunpunyama9271

2 жыл бұрын

@@Max-nq8jj kinda like pinkerton

@eliasmsv3156

Жыл бұрын

@@punpunpunyama9271 i hate how right you are. I'm so conflicted on that album

i keep coming back to this they need to release this

probably a few mondegreens in here but still, lyrics: 2nd edit ;-) i have this dream about charli XCX finding her way to me on a train from the london eye to the big ben she knows who i am she's studied my prose she's read all of my texts i die like 15 times inside just watching her undress she grows like my mother with the same warm brow like childhood holidays gone i say something weightless like where the hell do you fall from? but she understands me looks at me with wide eyes like she's found god again she's in soft focus all around me I can't see the football game on my dad's sofa we are still and we never look at our phones anymore i can't think of anything better than your hand on my sweater tell me please am i the boyfriend you need? i shouldn't have wrote you that letter believe me i'll try to do better oh tell me charli please screams I should not have wrote you that letter believe me i'll try to be better where it means charli in dreams screams oh charli my bed sheets are wet oh charli i pray to forget in dreams my face is still in your chest oh your generous loan to me your crippling interest my bed sheets are wet oh charli i pray to forget in dreams my face is still in your chest oh your generous loan to me your crippling interest

@patrickbenson3522

4 жыл бұрын

I have basically the same, few changes I have this dream about charli XCX finding her way to me on a train she grows like my mother with the same warm brow like childhood holidays gone(?) drowning me, like boyfriend jeans

@domjondomjon

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickbenson3522 Could well be, hard to decipher at times. Still not sure if it's 'my fate is still in your debt' or "my face is still in your breath /chest' too. Beautiful song though, should be the centre piece of the album assuming they're gonna do one.

@patrickbenson3522

4 жыл бұрын

@@domjondomjon I think it's my face still in your chest. I've got an MP4 (better quality than this) if you want it, shoot me an email at pjbenson27@gmail.com. It's such a gorgeous, complete song though. I don't think I could comprehend a more perfect album closer than this. I've seen them 3 times and somehow I'm still flawed with every listen. We are so lucky to be around for their breaking out

@domjondomjon

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickbenson3522 thanks I'll take you up on that offer. yeah they're amazing, caught the YES show and saw them in Salford in the summer. Missed out on tickets for the January manchester show tho :-(

@moleyy6735

4 жыл бұрын

I kept wondering why people referred to this as Charli XCX, I completely missed that in the first line! 😂. Bravo sir!

Stadium music in front of 20 people. Amazing.

the saxophonist at the front is wearing a oneohtrix point never t-shirt and I think thats pretty based ngl

the amount of times that i've watched this and didn't leave a comment yet. so, i love this song with all my youth. te amo black country, new road

This is absolutely incredible, I cannot wait to hear more and more from these guys.

@1fh

4 жыл бұрын

Woah really bro that's pretty insane dude, wanna kiss or something idk

@tongxammo

3 жыл бұрын

The poignant lyrics about wet dreams and Charli xcx really brought a tear to my eye

Absolutely amazing.

6:47 is amazing

@HumbugD

4 жыл бұрын

I definitely prefer the second section of the song to the first

@Granniemama

3 жыл бұрын

Love the look on Lewis’ face there, it’s like he knows they’ve got something very special on their hands

this breaks me in the most beautiful way I can't even be mad I end up crying every time I listen - hope you're doing well out there right now Isaac, thanks for everything, but especially for this

Now they released the album of the century

I heard it has Charli XCX in it so I checked, and I am hooked 💖 Wow

@turqdeth

2 жыл бұрын

u must not like her inclusion 😅

God, what I would do to go back a month and listen to this album for the first time again.

Even better than the studio version. Mind-blowing.

Thank you Isaac.

the memory XIU-XIU never die! thanx new dive in U!

this my favorite thing of all time

literally the best band ever

took so long to discover them but glad i’m here :D

My new favorite song ever

I don't know how many times I have seen this video. And the fact that probably I will not ever see this album live kills me. Hope Isaac is well 💙

this is probably one of thr best songs ever tbf

Now that this song is out, we can all say this is the one of the most beautiful compositions out there.

bless you humbugd for the greatest video on youtube

popular music will never be the same once these blokes are done with it

wow this is incredible

A song about a wet dream about Charli XCX makes me cry

Love this version but the drone line in the studio version is so fucking good

I need more of this

thank you

@joshcraft197

2 жыл бұрын

glad to see someone else came here feeling the same thing

this rendition of the song will forever be the superior one. there's a certain exposed and unashamed truth that this one brings to the table that I've not heard in most music.

love the fact that after they’re done isaac wants to go another time, and all of them start playing for him to get out it of his system, so adorable

yeah i’m crying

Would have been great to see these guys in 2018-19

@rehsuekul8706

2 жыл бұрын

Or at all

SO. BEAUTIFUL.

Best live performance

I just got into this band but this uncensored version is so good because it feels so personal and intimate

how pretty this good! fave!

Such an intimate performance, god tier i almost fucking cry

@dimwitted-fool

Жыл бұрын

I swear to god….you looked right at me…..

love you isaac

Holy, so they already had this song this long ago? That's even crazier because they had this good of a song from the get go

Masterpiece

Wish BCNR would stop censoring themselves. These lyrics and themes despite being uncomfortable are so much more interesting and rich than the new abstract watered down versions

@ciarankelly3726

2 жыл бұрын

i kinda get you but at the same time imagine being charli xcx and hearing this song.

@rightonrightonrighton

2 жыл бұрын

@@ciarankelly3726 Yeah she'd probably not like it, but it's not really up to her and if there's no malicious intent, who cares.

@HumbugD

2 жыл бұрын

@@rightonrightonrighton The songs an interesting commentary on parasocial relationships. I honestly doubt Charli would care considering she's so sex positive

@domjondomjon

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely this. Their raw instincts are amazing, shame to keep watering tracks down

@alongalostaway

2 жыл бұрын

#Stop muzzling isaac

really digging the opn shirt

What an amazing performance! I heard in an interview the rest had no idea Isaac would go into the final section again I'm surprised how fast they locked into it again.

Idk why but it gets me crying

the name wet sheets fits the bands vibe more tbh

@HumbugD

4 жыл бұрын

It just fits the song better, unsure why it's basketball shoes

@catluvr478

Жыл бұрын

@@HumbugDI always thought it was because the drums and stuff sound like basketballs hitting the ground (maybe I’m just delusional)

@colourcollider

Жыл бұрын

@@catluvr478its because the drummer at the time of recording was wearing jordans hence the name basketball shoes

please don't ever delete this

Nicely recorded audio

this song is so fucking good.