This song was played like crazy on the rock stations in the 90s

@Strat1084

2 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite songs

@purple_flowers9107

Жыл бұрын

And in highschool!! LoL

@peterdyste1247

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@obecean

Жыл бұрын

Low & Teen Angst sound fantastic to my ears still today. I admit my bias re: Cracker, though seems both their big hits have aged well & now sound better with age like wine (cheese &crackers) radio hits during time frame (music of around 30 years ago) to include some personal fave bands that had awesome hits, some recently even . Cracker released several ‘killer. no filler’ albums after hits records since as well.

@obecean

Жыл бұрын

the hits are there on other records, though airplay was nonexistent.

Love this band, but most haven't heard of them.

@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS

2 жыл бұрын

I still have the CD.

@TheGorignak

2 жыл бұрын

@@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS yeah, lots of good songs on Kerosene Hat.

"A million poppies gonna make me sleep". Pretty sure it's about opiate addiction. I've always thought the "girl" could be heroin.

@NefariousKoel

3 жыл бұрын

... like some junkie cosmonaut?

@meghanmonroe

3 жыл бұрын

It's definitely about heroin.

@matthewschaible409

3 жыл бұрын

This

@wanderoutdoors6094

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a metaphor

@heconelove5854

2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderoutdoors6094 Ive been watching some of these younger reviewers and its like the newer generations didn't get the memo on metaphors and non linear song writing. They have a better chance of success if they just comment on the music than trying to uncover obscure meanings.

This is one of my favorite songs period. Atmosphere and groove are our of this world

this is a great old 90's song.

Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll - all experienced as chaos and mixed up together. Genius song, a portrait of how the writer sees life.

Glad to see somebody do Cracker. You're the first as far as I know. Their other popular song worth hearing is Teen Angst.

India, I gotta admit, I been cheatin on you and watching Jamal too and tonight he recommended everyone subscribe to his brother and to India Reacts!

Now you have to check out their previous incarnation as Camper Van Beethoven. Eye Of Fatima, Take the Skinheads Bowling, etc.

@loveleamoon3005

4 жыл бұрын

Durand Compton Pictures of Matchstick Men! Thanks for the memories 🥰

You might want to check out The Toadies - Possum Kingdom as well as Water's Edge and Cumbersome by Seven Mary Three. Came out around the same time.

@amberpressley2410

4 жыл бұрын

Possum Kingdom, yes yes yes

@kewlstorybro115

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, possum Kingdom

The actress in this video played Nancy on Rosanne. (Sandra Bernhard).

@TheGorignak

4 жыл бұрын

She was big for a moment. Too controversial for MSM.

@scottkinney8678

4 жыл бұрын

Sandra Bernhard collaborated with the Butthole Surfers and did a cover of Heart's Barracuda. Very hard single to find unless you really dig deep in the KZread archives

@burmajones803

4 жыл бұрын

She was in King of Comedy and was a recurring guest on David Letterman. She made him so uncomfortable. Tons of laughs. I love her!

This song rocks! It's a great example of when music was music, great lead riffs it just makes you rock out!

One of the great 90's songs!

A brilliant tune from my high school days that has aged very well. Still rocks quite robustly some 25 years later. But, growing up without MTV back then, I had no idea that Sandra Bernhard was in the video!! Good lord, did I have a crush on her. Those lips, that sneer.... absolutely devastating.

Crank it up! Dysfunctional relationship ahead! Girlfriend from hell, always beating him up bad, but like an addict he keeps coming back for more. "I'll be with you girl, like being low -- Hey, hey, hey, like being stoned" ...

Good choice! I haven't heard this song in a while.😁

This was really good song one of the best from that genre

I suggest "Take the Skinheads Bowling" by singer David Lowery's other band, Camper Van Beethoven as well as "Happy Birthday to Me" by Cracker.

@RockChickFace

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you were a fan of Mark and lards graveyard shift on radio 1😁what a show that was

awesome reaction!! i still have their cd since the 90s !

Remember. Lowrey does not write in an autobiographical way. He tells stories about characters. Written in first person though not about him but often about his observations of others. This is that.

Long time fan of your reactions India!! Love your true soul vibe. You feel it!❤❤

One of the reasons why I subscribed to you was this 🎵....thank-you 👌🙌

In this , David Lowery of tries to convince a girl to go down with him - not an easy sell. Lowery has never been clear on the meaning, but his record company did make him sign a letter saying that the lyric was "like being stone" in an effort to convince radio stations that the was not about drugs.

@davem.2191

4 жыл бұрын

Source: Songfacts

India, this has been an epic day on the music journey - like every tune and there's a whole bunch of them! Funny about "Low" - never heard it in full with proper audio, always something messed up.

Check out the band Tonic ("If You Could Only See") and Filter ("Hey Man Nice Shot")

This song gave me respect for American 90's music, along with Rage Against the Machine and BodyCount.

David Lowery was never a heroin addict. I believe the song is loosely based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. "A million poppies gonna make me sleep". They fall asleep in a field of poppies in the story. Also, when he says "Gonna walk the streets behind a green sheet of glass", when the characters arrive at Oz they are made to wear glasses with green lenses so everything is a shade of green.

Good tune. And also, que lindaaaaaaa

Got see TV them in the mid 90's they were Great !

dude, i love watching your shit! keep on keepin on! love your energy

Great song! and they still tour today

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. India I if you liked this one I think you'll like eurotrash girl by the same band

Great song! Totally agree the lyrics show a more sinister side. "Just one rose" "junkie cosmonaut" "poppies" lines mean its heroin. I think it's an addict struggling with his desire to get his gf to try it. He knows that's wrong but also wants someone to be low with him. I love how the lyrics start with romanticizing the drug then get more real and messed up as he continues.

Great band from the 90s. Catchy song from the brit pop era. 😎😁

Cracker is criminally underrated. Good video!

@obecean

Жыл бұрын

Right. Ive seen Cracker dozens times since late 90s in many different venues. Its fantasy like to catch them in fairly small clubs they play mainly, so I’m glad band’s underrated or whatever. IMO Cracker is lost festy bonanza In all honesty, I really think the summer festival promoters are missing out on Cracker - band is no doubt national treasure I caught them@. 2004 Bonnaroo Cracker but exception proves rule. Underrated clearly, but is that right word?? Result is due to clueless music industry clowns focused on social media bot approved acts while seeminly ignoring /unaware of many other dozens of artists of such caliber that do have large followings overall especiallu combined-untapped.

@obecean

Жыл бұрын

Result of being underrated complex equation. But largely due to categorization by marketing specialists who map demographics & charts working snf living inside “averages mentality’ who create groom Frankensteins “influencers” in toxic social media money mining models. Flawed maps inpervious to actual terrain of music lovers .

You got it🙌 heroin. She’s given us so much musically and artistically. 😅

"Teen Angst" and "This is Cracker Soul" are two other good ones of theirs.

That was Sandra Bernhard driving the car !!! Haha 🤘🏼🤘🏼

@mournblade1066

3 жыл бұрын

I THOUGHT that looked like her. If any chick could get a dude's ass in the ring, it would be her.

holy shit! lol : ) Awesome! Thanks!

hes being literal being stoned like stones getting thrown at him

you cool, I like how you examined the song and enjoyed it

Wow, someone actually reviewing Cracker. Very cool! check out Big Dipper.

The girl is heroin, his addiction, his low And she's kicking his ass

Check out the Fleet Foxes. They appeared around about 2004/5. They bought about a more mellow and introspective movement. Beautiful harmonies. Choose White winter hymnal, Ragged wood, You're protector. Great.

This song always gives me chills and tears. It’s deep, girl. Check out Electric Six! They have an awesome song called, Escape from Ohio! And a ton of other awesome music...but, Escape is our anthem here. Used to live in the CBus! 😎🤩 Get you a grilled cheese from The Dube!

Going to see Cracker next weekend SEP 9 & 10. P+H. 🤘😎🤘

addiction..... great song

🔥🔥🔥

I always felt like he is completely intoxicated and infatuated by her - desire for what he will never have.

Here is a couple songs from them I like. "Sinaloa Cowboys" and "Ain't gonna suck itself". The first is a sad ballad, the second is just funny.

Love your video

Greatest song ever written with four chords.

One of my favorite songs in college!!!

This was my anthem Richmond VA

YES !!! I really like their song "Get Off This"

Love this band from their start. Check out their sing "Infirmary". All me....

"Being with you girl is like being alone.... hey, hey, hey, like being stoned. He's addicted to her, but he wishes he wasn't, cause she's a weight around his neck... Which makes him wish he could bring her down as low as he is.

My interpretation: A song about a super dysfunctional relationship... but the nuance is defiantly based on heroin. Poetry.

I have no idea about meaning... never thought about it. The emotion and offset sounding guitar was always what grabbed me. Great reaction & analysis of lyrics though!

This was the kind of grunge music from the 90s that was arguably better than Pearl jam and Nirvana.

React to Stereo Mc's with the song Connected! 👌

@mournblade1066

3 жыл бұрын

What a truly wonderful tune!

Yes, as many have noted, there are a lot of drug references is this song. But IMHO this is not actually a song about drugs at all, it’s a song about sex.

The 90's were short & original.not born out of something else.LUDGHUM

India, my girl he's saying that the girl is his drug. Nice song.

Hi India. Please react to Heart - You're the voice!! Thanx!

The Frey- You Found Me

Drift away is awesome

Hola !! Que tal si Reaccionas a Micro THD ? Podría ser con la canción " Besame sin sentir " o por que no con " Cafune " ... O que tal los dos !! Me encantan tu vídeos !! Saludos desde Colombia !!

Now, go listen to Camper Van Beethoven, doing Pictures of Matchstick Men.

He's saying being with her is like getting high- the good and the bad of it.

I think it's about the girl who makes him feel likes he's on heroin.

Although the writer obviously likley has specific insight into what the lyrics mean to them, to me it's more mostly a bunch of cool sounding phrases... But the general impression that I got from it was different than yours. First thing that I think shouldn't be somehow missed (especially since the first thing showed in the video is a hand picking up a stone) is that the primary definition of being stoned is to be literally repeatedly hit with stones, likley as one lays helpless on the ground, or something like that. But the big impression that I was left with is that he feels comparitivley inferior to her

I much prefer the singer's other band, Camper Van Beethoven. Look up songs like "The History of Utah", "Where the Hell is Bill", "Tania", "I Was Born in a Laundromat".

Try listening to. 30 Days In The Hole. By Humble Pie. Be Safe

Check out Cowboy Mouth Jenny Says the drummer sings so he plays the drums & sings

You don't understand the lingo. Don't try to understand the 90s, just ride the wave.

Please react to "waiting for a star to fall" from Boy meets Girl !

They were fun. They have some very cool songs... Teen Angst is great: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZmaKmqWqh9qWqLA.html My fave is Get Off This: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oW1-y7xmma3Ne84.html There are also some great songs under the name Camper van Beethoven.

He is talking about relations

Check out "St. Cajetan"

Heroin is sometimes called “girl”

@williambray5723

3 жыл бұрын

H is boy

She's the drug, she's bringing him low.

Or vice verse.

He's comparing his relationship to his girlfriend to drug addiction. She abuses him and he keeps coming back, like an addict.

He is talking about getting low as in sex and comparing it to getting high. He is pushing for sex.

This band in my opinion kinda of sounds like Tom petty

Sandra Bernhard

Such sexy song

Sandra Bernhard kicks ass. Too funny. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZmhmrlxnLupdbw.html

Hola soy fiel seguidor de tus reacciones, quiero pedirte por favor si es posible que reacciones a una hermosa canción con una voz increíble de Laura Pausini, la canción es dedicada a su abuela, te lo agradecería mucho! Gracias de antemano! Este es el video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZY6arZmolJnQqZc.html

Pretty sure he's saying that her love brings him down.

Unsolicited tip, don't feel the need to parse every word. Music is more about music than lyrics. You talk a lot about the lyrics and the video and take everything literal but offer little to no musical insight regarding the layers, composition, production quality, guitar solos, intros etc. You know like an actual musical review.

Uncle Cracker is a better singer and has a beautiful voice.

@cjhere2224

4 жыл бұрын

Let's agree to disagree.

Always loved this 90"s song that lazy guitar 🎸 sound

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Hola soy fiel seguidor de tus reacciones, quiero pedirte por favor si es posible que reacciones a una hermosa canción con una voz increíble de Laura Pausini, la canción es dedicada a su abuela, te lo agradecería mucho! Gracias de antemano! Este es el video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZY6arZmolJnQqZc.html