It's weird to watch this video in 2024 because these are people who died, died. I salute you, brothers.

@johnnymeyer4253

14 күн бұрын

Irony will always be everywhere.

Love this man! I wrote him when I was 13, he actually wrote me back & signed my copy of The Basketball Diaries.He changed my life, love this beautiful man. The poetry he shared with us will live on. RIP Jim,Bowie, Lou, Ronson.. Many more..

@charlesrast4235

4 жыл бұрын

Great American poet Jim Carroll!♥️

@daveneily407

4 жыл бұрын

And I love you Mary Jane,that story and love is........a REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING!!!! KEEP pushing your kindness idk but appears to me a.selfleaa

@sixstringedthing

3 жыл бұрын

Still got my cheap paperback re-release with Leo on the cover as per the movie poster. Haven't watched the movie since the 90's. The book is very well worn though. We'll eventually lose all the good ones, but we keep their art and the gifts they gave us alive in our memories. Hope you're doing well. Stay safe, and cheers from Australia. Peace ;)

@starlynne1395

2 жыл бұрын

Thats so neat what a cool memory and story to tell.

@gnarcky6ix6

2 жыл бұрын

Thats so cool!

I was on the same Methadone program as Jim for about 30 years. I saw him almost everyday. What a gentle, shy, quiet, and entirely human creature he was. I really miss my friend, Jim Carroll. UPDATE APRIL, 2023: After 45 years on a methadone program, I finally completed a two year long detox 16 days ago, and I am completely off of methadone. For Jim and all my friends who didn't make, Godspeed and safe journey.

@wizeazz101

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, I never met Jim, his music was introduced to me in 1984. That is the persona that has always come through.

@reykjavik82

7 жыл бұрын

hope you are totally clean now

@WolffBachner

7 жыл бұрын

I do not do any drugs but my methadone. Getting off of methadone after 42 years of continuous use on a legal program is not something I want to try unless I move to a state that allows medical marijuana, which, by the way, is being tested by Israeli addiction specialists to promote a healthy detox from long-term methadone maintenance. Marijuana oils and extracts might be the way of the future for opiate withdrawal.

@reykjavik82

7 жыл бұрын

wolff, being on methadone is not clean. unfortunately being on methadone is like being in liquid handcuffs. to bad you never experience total freedom from drugs.

@reykjavik82

7 жыл бұрын

i never pretended to decide for you. good bye

Jim Carrol and Lou Reed .. unbeatable. Rock on and on and on

@kathleenmdalton4711

8 ай бұрын

& ON ❤

@louiesalinas4720

5 ай бұрын

crazy

@pelucrespins8562

24 күн бұрын

And they died died... Rest in peace. There must be a heaven for artists.

Jim Carroll is the greatest poet from that counterculture and punk generation. His books never get old and his crackling voice is so soothing

I encountered Jim twice in my life. First time was at Urban Outfitters in Philadelphia around '86 where he was set up at a table to do a meet and greet and sign autographs and there was nobody in line and he looked lonely and bored. Second time I saw him in the early 90's on Polk st. San Francisco, I was walking on the sidewalk and all of a sudden there he was walking past me with a stone faced look all in his thoughts like a giant Irish phantom, skin as white as chalk. He was one the palest skinned people I've ever seen and tall as a tree. He had a startling appearance. In high school I worshiped this song for it's truth and heartbreaking poetic reality. Sung with an urgency and passion. Timeless!!!!

@mariopalos9238

Жыл бұрын

At an Urban Outfitters. Man.

RIP Jim, Lou & the great guitarist Robert Quine. 3 more people who died.

@JessicaTurnertorious

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph B Thank you! And we're all still dropping like flies even if it may have been before "our time" it was their time...memories are reminders of where we come from. Ginger Baker's here and so is David Gilmour, Nick Cave etc....

@JessicaTurnertorious

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph B Thank you! And we're all still dropping like flies even if it may have been before "our time" it was their time...memories are reminders of where we come from. Ginger Baker's here and so is David Gilmour, Nick Cave etc....

@dorengarcia5097

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph B Love Jim Carroll... its nice to se Robert Quine... I saw him play with Richard Hell. Very interesting guitar player.

@WolffBachner

7 жыл бұрын

mr. q was a character. and one hell of a guitarist.

@patrickmcglynn924

6 жыл бұрын

All bad asses for my money...so sorry that they have moved on..

I salute you Jim Carroll!

@zachhesse9178

7 жыл бұрын

:(

@johnnyscifi

4 жыл бұрын

Basketball diaries was based on Jim Carrol, right?

@johnvadenais472

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyscifi He wrote it when he was a teenager.

One of the most underrated artists Of the 20th/21st century r.i.p. "Neither of us had come this far to die with strangers" Jim Carroll

@louiesalinas4720

2 жыл бұрын

i really loved the Movie. Basketball Diaries" Wahlburg. Leonardo D

@adamfree9903

Жыл бұрын

SO right Eric. When I was a kid I had got a couple of breaks and had directed a video for the Stones using a thermographic camera and IT WAS THE STONES anyway Jim was being repped by Earl McGrath who was the then president of RS Records. He introduced me to Jim and his about to be wife, Rosemary, The coolest nicest human. This song is so raw but loving as well I am not religious but Jim and this song make me believe in something other. Peace.

Best memory was seeing him do a spoken word in Detroit back in the 90's. He talked about sitting in the back of a kiddie beauty pageant at Detroit Metro and feeling like a creeper but he couldn't stop watching the ridiculousness of it. He was fucking awesome that night. Just remember him reading from a notebook wearing a fur hat. He looked around the room where we were sitting on the floor yelling out suggestions and he smiled, nodding his head and said,"This is cool. Yeah, I like this. You guys get it."

@shorelined1

2 жыл бұрын

Great story. That's awesome.

Talk about an anthem for celebration of life. Many people may view this song as negative. I find this song so uplifting. I, like many people have lost friends. When this song was released in the 70s I was totally blown away. One of my favorite all time songs. RIP Lou, Robert and Jim!!!!

@gingershelleywells6306

Жыл бұрын

Happy Dia de los Muertos, present and absent friends.

@Aint_no_senators_son

Жыл бұрын

I blast this song in my garage. It's a salute to people we lost and a realization our time is limited too. I salute Jim too.

@BrLoc

Жыл бұрын

Just FYI.....It was released in 1980.

@karensweeden5038

Жыл бұрын

​@@gingershelleywells6306esto sister

@twofiveb

2 ай бұрын

This song helps me accept my mortality and celebrate the life I have lived so far, knowing it’s gonna end one day, and the people I have known that aren’t with us anymore.

When this song first came out.. 79 or 80. I really liked it. None of my friends did. No one i knew liked it.

@firefly44220

Жыл бұрын

This song is amazing and all my neighbors know it too 🤘

Robert Quine on guitar is outstanding in this video, and all the other musicians are superb. I love this song.

Been listening to "Catholic Boy" since 1985, never gets old.

@spookybaba

2 жыл бұрын

I been listening to Catholic Girls, since 1978. 👍

Catholic Boy is one of the most underrated, unknown records. Perfect start to finish. RIP Jim Carroll you are a true poet and legend!

@Gr13fKvlt

11 ай бұрын

Still have the original press from my father after he died. That record is sacred to me for several reasons.

@yoldodira232

6 ай бұрын

It’s too late🎸

Jim Carroll was so underrated. Genius.

@Unclemoparman

Ай бұрын

😂

Jim is such a different human, ordinary but different. He for sure was ahead of us... rest in peace

Forrest Tod Thomas Sept 12 1966-Jan 29 2010 Tod, I miss you more than all the others This song is for you my brother

Lou Reed, Jim Carroll, Bob Quine...we should all stop and reflect on just how much we've lost in the last thirty years...

RIP everyone who is gone. We'll all be along shortly enough.

Saw Jim Carroll at First Avenue in Minneapolis back when his Catholic Boy LP came out. in the early 80's. He rocked the joint.

@markstang4593

3 жыл бұрын

I was at that 1980 First Ave. show. Great band. Saw him again in 1981 open for the Boomtown Rats in Minnespolis.

@stephenflowers8516

2 жыл бұрын

I used to live on First Avenue So. Small world.

@shmaryarosenberg2546

Жыл бұрын

I was at that First Avenue show. It was great. Went with my friend Robert Buergenthal.

It's 2020 and I'm still listening......and still not able to sing along word for word without messing up a bit. One of these days! (oh who am I kidding, these days I need an extra breath just to get thru the chorus, lol) Thanks for the song Jim, you're missed!

First heard this when i was 17 i didnt think at the time that people could actually live or die like this.i was shattered and consumed by this musical point of view.love you jim.a poet to the end.sleep well.

RIP JIM I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. I WAS 5 YEARS DANCING TO YOUR BAND, IM 40 NOW AND A BLACK MAN. IM GOING TO USE YOUR SONGS IN MY MOVIES

I saw Jim @ The Thunderbird CC in Tyngsborough MA w/ The Ramones back in the 80's What a great show!

a solemn song made better with Reed celebrating along with Carroll. Iconic but seldom appreciated. Thanks.

Love that Robert Quine is on this video with Lou Reed backing...great video RIP boys..thanks for everything you will never be replace

Oh man, I miss both these guys so much.

@CalCali1658

7 жыл бұрын

We share yur pain!

@patrickmcglynn924

6 жыл бұрын

Moira Russell all 3 of them now...

Jim Caroll and Lou Reed....and what a f---ing wicked song!!!

I was at this show!

@billyves1

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky You ;-) !

@ryuzakl

3 жыл бұрын

Wow so luckyyy!!

@Snakeytash

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I was

@susancioban-dwyer2569

2 жыл бұрын

I was at this show too. Run DMC was the opening act and they were not popular with this audience who mostly booed and yelled out insults. When this concert was first broadcast on MTV, the audience reaction to Run DMC was cleaned up and doctored with to make it sound like the crowd was cheering them on.

@lenmitchell4164

2 жыл бұрын

@@susancioban-dwyer2569 I still remember the one song they played - It's Like That - before walking off the stage leaving the turntables going. They tried to get the audience involved by asking, "What do you want?". The audience yelled "you off the stage". I think it was way too early in the rap genre for people to digest. I remember being kinda blown away by the sound but not knowing if I totally liked it or not.

Jim Carroll on fire, still alive, live.

@billymorton5909

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately tho He isn't alive now 🙁

I watch this video frequently. The drummer and the bassist look like they're having the times of their lives. RIP Lou Reed RIP Jim Carroll RIP Robert Quine You were all fantastic artists.

It's too late... to fall in love with jim carroll

@jules8159

3 жыл бұрын

But it's too soon... To ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb

@0biwan77

10 ай бұрын

But not Margot Robbie!

Two of the greats reciting a great piece of poetry.

Look how young they are Near 40 years since Was 22 in 84 What a time to be ALIVE Nowadays ,,,,,,, sheeeeesh

Wish I could push I love button. I especially love this version for some reason

Amazing and so sad to lose these two.

Saw him play on the UC Berkeley campus back in the 80's for a free concert. He opened with the song Sweet Jane by Lou Reed and just mesmerized everybody there. His aura was as strong as Bowie's.

I would've given everything just to be able to meet him once. He will always be my hero. May he rest in peace.

@zachhesse9178

7 жыл бұрын

right on. i had no idea he answered fans letters. I would have wrote him. Such a class person. Great writer/musician/artist

@waltwhitmanleaves

5 жыл бұрын

I met jim at the party in nyc at the Hard Rock Cafe for the movie Party for the DiCaprio film I asked him about old ny and old school hoop guys Jim was polite and great

I've had so many people in my life die in the last few years, I'm listening to this to make myself feel better. Great version, ironic that Lou, Jim and Robert are all dead now...I'm watching dead people play and sing while I think about dead people

@CharMinsky

4 жыл бұрын

yootuba now in the virus times. All are shadows of death. We saw the harbingers of these times. God bless you.

@spookybaba

2 жыл бұрын

Be thankful! There ain't been anyone like them for over 30 years. You shared time on earth with them 😉

@jessovenden

Жыл бұрын

I’m raising a glass to absent friends.

That intro in the movie, man. This movie was so crazy and Gunn it's an amazing director, unique. One of the best comic book movies ever made.

@Spookydeadite

2 жыл бұрын

Now go watch the basketball diaries, its his biography... im glad James put this song... hopefully it'll make them look into Jim's life

@unholyroller11

2 жыл бұрын

I screamed when this was in the movie. Like for a while lmao and my husband started it over 🤣 Loved this song forever.

@Frak1O

2 жыл бұрын

@bob harley the suicide squad

@scottchester7468

2 жыл бұрын

Comic book??? WTF

@Frak1O

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottchester7468 suicide squad is originally a comic book

Jim, Lou and Robert RIP

Great video! I could make a list like this. I lived fast & didn't die young! Almost but not quite. Been off Speed about 25 years. I'm 60 now. Glad I saw Jim Carroll in the 80s.

amazing artists, RIP, this version is amazing

Great performance by a great singer supporting a great writer and a great band. Nothing to add, just enjoy.

most my friends are dead, so are these cats, life is tough

Robert, Jim, and Lou have joined the eternal honor roll

@stuartahrens272

4 жыл бұрын

Top, stuff from, the best time of my friends are, gone for good reason the Drug s

@stuartahrens272

4 жыл бұрын

Tops

@stuartahrens272

4 жыл бұрын

Top, Stuff drugs and alcohol for a Thought

@stuartahrens272

4 жыл бұрын

Quick question about the same to you soon best wishes for your feedback

Never saw Lou and Jim on the same stage before.

Pure Soul... destroyed by the word. I love you Jim!

This song helps me sleep sometimes. It helps me to accept my mortality and celebrate the life I have lived so far knowing that no matter what, no one is getting out of this gig alive. And celebrating all the people I have known that can’t be with us anymore.

What a great version of this tune!!!

This bassist is killing it

This is so great! So glad I found it!!!

HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS!!??!!

I have the movie on Jims childhood struggle with drugs the basketball diaries and thought is was excellent how he got well and turned his Struggles into a way to help others get a grip on their own personal demons

@peterbellini6102

5 жыл бұрын

Basketball Diaries might be DeCaprio's best work IMHO.

2024_____and yet still SO IMPACTFUL!!! Rock on for Life!

I saw Lou Reed live on this tour. November 1, 1984. In Los Angeles

@chriswatson6662

8 жыл бұрын

your soooo lucky I bet it was great. .

@rickjohnson9191

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Laurence. I saw Lou in London at hammersmith odeon

Both Jim Carroll and Lou Reed have died. Like Jim Carroll said at 2:51, I miss them. I have the solo version on a cassette tape at my old house. Might retrieve it someday, I really like it.

As much as its cool that he did this w/Lou Jims band rocked this so much harder.

@KenHelsingborg

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought it was a little flat compared to the original.

@jdustan

3 жыл бұрын

definitely agree. good version but missing that 'punch'.

saw lou and jim poetry reading at Danforth hall Toronto..so amazing and now they're both people who died.

@stevewright6483

3 жыл бұрын

So did I. About 83?

I think of all the people I loved who never made it out of high school when I hear this. I love you all my brothers.

Jim Carroll w Lou Reed backing him. Hardly gets much better.

And I salute you brothers

Ricky od'd in 2014 the heroin he mainlined was too clean. Elyse took her life while hopping on train. She couldn't stand the mess living in her brain. Jim, Lou, Rick, and Elyse, I love you more than all the others, may you find peace....

The 34 people that turned this down........you all need to experience different music. That's what keeps me alive.... ...different music. Enjoy it all!!!!!

I was lucky enough to see Jim Carroll at an outdoor concert in the early 80’s, also at the show was the Ramon’s and Eric Burden

Jim Carroll & Lou Reed... What else !?

Buenísimo!! La voz temblorosa de Lou le da todo el corte en los coros.

Jim was a huge Lou Reed fan so I am sure he loved this.

GOLD!

Lou Reed and J.C.!

Stil listen to it everyday..

RIP Jim Carroll, you were our friend and you died. 1949-2009, my friend Ricky King, miss you Ricky .

I wish I encountered jim as a young kid in the 90s but I did encounter him through his words. Rip

O verdadeiro diário de um adolescente, é crescer e ver todos morrendo! Saudo a todos que já se foram...

New Sensations world tour Lou Reed - vocals, guitar Robert Quine - guitar Fernando Saunders - bass Peter Wood - keyboards, accordion Lenny Ferarri - drums Jim Carroll - guest vocals on his song "People Who Died." He covered Reed's "Sweet Jane" on his last album with the Jim Carroll Band "I Write Your Name" (1983)

@davidwright8371

4 жыл бұрын

Peter wood slipped on a wet kitchen floor ..and died..

@davidklein1903

2 жыл бұрын

And Peter Woods died as well

@GKalabza

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidklein1903 Leaving just Fernando Saunders and Lenny Ferrari! RIP all

I salute you brother...

Holy fuck i had no idea this ever went down...

thgis is one of my feel good songs...... I have NOT DIED

@maoconnor4241

7 жыл бұрын

Funny, I feel the same way it's an up song for me. When I was a teenager my brother introduced me to Jim Carroll and his music.

@DonnaSnyder

3 жыл бұрын

This is an anthem that raises my energy, too. I used to dance this so hard. Before we even knew each other out was a powerful song for my lady husband. He died, too, at 54. Twelve years after I was first widowed by a 44 year old man who loved this song among so many more (he was a public radio dj) all across the spectrum of music. Mis muertitos bailan, para siempre.

EXCELLENT!!!

The raw emotion on Jim;s face- He really misses his friends. They aren't coming back. They aren't in heaven either. They're fucking dead. And now so is Jim, Lou, and the great guitarist here Robert Quine. I miss my dead friends. Fuck.

For all the friends we lost HEY Tina keep a seat at the bar for me

This is a great song and I love how much the drummer is into it.

Back then when you died you died,no lives matter crap like today but people where real people, and this is how we remember the days no one remembers unless you were there,jim was true to his words!

But thank you all of you out there for listening because that's the best part of the whole thing is sharing that's my favorite part until all the princess that you had that died I am so sorry and I wish you all the best and all the love in the world God bless you all thank you so much 🙏

Love it- period

Brilliant performance and nice sound quality!

I love the man

Omg this is incredible. Thx...

Was anybody cooler than Lou Reed?

@JP-jb7ts

2 жыл бұрын

Nope

This song is so sad, so real and will never die. Jim Carroll

This song is awesome...makes me think of people ive lost... Rip jim and lou... thats rad that jim carroll ans lou reed got together for this song had no clue

Thank you for putting this up

Pure rock n roll

The true real punker. RIP Jim Carroll.

AWESOME

Very good! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Jim carroll, legend. Amazing song.

so good!!!

Very nice guitar solo(s)