The Avalanches & David Berman - A Cowboy Overflow of the Heart (unreleased demo)

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  • @MasDouc
    @MasDouc 3 роки тому +50

    "Tears were standing in my eyes, like deer before they bolt."
    That line crushes me every time. I wish David Berman could have lived a little bit longer on the love of that dog. RIP.

    • @DeeAlCooper
      @DeeAlCooper 3 роки тому +2

      God damn it that line is perfect

  • @DeeAlCooper
    @DeeAlCooper 10 років тому +125

    When the seatbelts the only hug you've felt in weeks.

    • @jeanmichellelaurent
      @jeanmichellelaurent 3 роки тому +5

      When wrong numbers are the totality of your social life

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 3 роки тому +5

      The obscure strategies of wildlife; only flummox the hell out of you, kid.

  • @Mutant_Renegade
    @Mutant_Renegade 5 років тому +105

    Rest in peace my man. May your words live on forever. ❤

  • @smiley__4919
    @smiley__4919 5 років тому +68

    why do i feel like ive stumbled upon a sacred shrine deep in the woods

    • @Hafafuk
      @Hafafuk 3 роки тому +3

      Because in a way you have…this is oddly special

  • @michaeljkerrigan91
    @michaeljkerrigan91  8 років тому +143

    Damn near started crying when I heard Saturday Night Inside Out. So much has changed for me in the 16 years following Since I Left You, and even since uploading this demo. The wait was entirely worth it. Thank you, Avalanches.

    • @SuperOrangebird
      @SuperOrangebird 8 років тому +1

      that song is one of the best they've made, buuuut I wish FJM didn't feel underused, a wonderful closer anyway :)

    • @bearsurprise1
      @bearsurprise1 8 років тому +5

      Lizzy K. thank you for doing this. straight up cried when I heard the first notes of "Because I'm Me" and by the time I got to "Saturday Night Inside and Out" I was a desert.

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey 4 роки тому +2

      OMG no way... David... I can't believe this is even available. My heart is breaking. I want this song played at my funeral. RIP David. Thank you Lizzy. Thank you Avalanches. I can't believe they did it again. Thank you everyone who loves this. Yes you.

  • @CeeRoyJenkins
    @CeeRoyJenkins 3 роки тому +22

    The man can paint a picture with words. Holy smokes.

  • @PapaBean4200
    @PapaBean4200 3 роки тому +7

    Wow, this hurts my heart that I'm late to this party. Revolution in process, brother. Rest easy!

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +22

    Please let your eyes be a friend to me again
    Its just malfunctioning teardrops
    A cowboy overflow of the heart

  • @motionsuggests
    @motionsuggests 2 роки тому +9

    I adore his work in Actual Air but this piece is just sublime. perhaps it's just getting to hear that world-weariness inside of his delivery.
    relight relight and relight. rip DCB.

  • @saul_japancakes
    @saul_japancakes 5 років тому +13

    Rest in peace David. Thank you for some of the prettiest words I've heard in my lifetime.

  • @DestroyProvolone
    @DestroyProvolone 5 років тому +37

    R.I.P.... "Saturday Night Inside Out" means a lot to me

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +28

    I've been told you can live a long long time on the love of a dog
    And that things get bitter and bad when the people are wrong
    And sleep can be had for the price of a song
    Late in the day, when the options are gone
    When the seatbelt is the only hug you've felt in weeks
    When wrong numbers are the totality of your social life
    The obscure strategies of wildlife
    Only flummox the hell out of you kid

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 3 роки тому +4

      My favorite is: "It was like I was stretching my arm through the cat-door to Heaven. I was thinking, I could lick the frosting off these summer days if the nights were half as sweet." What a beautiful and soul-crushing way to express hesitant hopefulness through the prism of depression.

  • @matureyoungman
    @matureyoungman 3 роки тому +5

    when the seatbelt is the only hug you've felt in weeks, when wrong numbers are the totality of your social life. damn

  • @DAFIZZIF
    @DAFIZZIF 5 років тому +13

    Rest in Peace David. I used some of your words in my dad's eulogy recently. I know it likely wouldn't have made a difference, but I wish I had the chance to tell you how much you meant to me.

    • @attentionscum9040
      @attentionscum9040 5 років тому +6

      I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Using Berman in your Dads eulogy would have been beautiful - I wish you could have told him too. There are so many things so many of us wanted to say, but it all boils down to gratitude

  • @joaquinmartinez6269
    @joaquinmartinez6269 2 роки тому +6

    I miss David so fucking much

  • @joshdough1845
    @joshdough1845 3 роки тому +9

    who tf would've thought poetry could make me cry. pure poetry.

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 3 роки тому +1

      That's why poetry is so great. It's the only true way to see the world through someone else's experience. Check out more of David's poetry, specifically the poem: "Imagining Defeat"

  • @jamesholbrook8910
    @jamesholbrook8910 11 років тому +8

    I've been in love with Actual Air for over a decade. So glad to hear this now....

  • @mhbackman
    @mhbackman 3 роки тому +4

    We need your words more than ever, David. But also glad to have these breadcrumbs on UA-cam to help us get through.

  • @KlurckColombus
    @KlurckColombus 12 років тому +12

    You're first album changed my life please . . . 12 years later i need that change again

  • @something215
    @something215 3 роки тому +2

    Such comfy small town vibes, beautiful

  • @SleepBomber
    @SleepBomber 5 років тому +9

    Our greatest living poet.

    • @SleepBomber
      @SleepBomber 5 років тому +13

      Well, shit.

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 5 років тому +1

      @@SleepBomber you jinxed it.

    • @SleepBomber
      @SleepBomber 5 років тому +1

      @@MasDouc don't...

  • @jakemiller9461
    @jakemiller9461 5 років тому +19

    Unbelievable...RIP Berman :(

  • @1angelsigh
    @1angelsigh 8 років тому +48

    This is on Saturday Night Inside Out :3
    Avalanches sampled themselves so that they can be sampled whilst they're sampling

    • @pannenkoekspek
      @pannenkoekspek 8 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @JamieRobert_
      @JamieRobert_ 8 років тому +5

      They actually got him to re record this I believe as it doesn't sound exactly the same

    • @jeanmichellelaurent
      @jeanmichellelaurent 3 роки тому +2

      @@JamieRobert_ No it's the same There is just a couple lines cut out

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +9

    You tell me you can live a long long time on the love of a dog
    Things get bitter and bad
    sleep can be had
    Late in the day when the options are gone

  • @kortexsirvasil
    @kortexsirvasil 12 років тому +5

    I love it. Probably not what most people expected, but it's just beautiful.

  • @doomkow
    @doomkow 11 років тому +16

    Well their first album was entitled 'Since I left you' But then again other great artists like Deltron 3030 also make albums 10 years apart. A true masterpiece isn't a thing to be rushed. Production of an album that lasts, that you can listen to over and over without tiring of it. Always finding something new and inviting within cacophony of instrumentation.

    • @lghjsdtugfkgfjgtru
      @lghjsdtugfkgfjgtru 8 років тому +8

      how do you feel now, one week before the official release of Wildflower?

  • @joshuanelson3692
    @joshuanelson3692 3 роки тому +1

    This is beyond amazing! How have I not heard this?!
    "An angel finally came and shut my mouth".

  • @Petit784
    @Petit784 4 роки тому +3

    Really sweet to hear them honour him on their new album.

  • @pleasenononsense
    @pleasenononsense 10 років тому +8

    this is awesome. David Berman never fails to impress

  • @Studentofgosset
    @Studentofgosset 12 років тому +4

    "I've been told you can live a long time off the love of a dog"
    Each to their own.

  • @Ikkaku9999
    @Ikkaku9999 12 років тому +1

    It isn't complex. It isn't meant to be a brand new revamped killer single like other bands. This, is the Avalanches. Emotion is what the music is built on. Just listen to the words, and the background music's harmony with the words, and you'll notice the completeness and serenity. This, is what the Avalanches is all about.

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +10

    I first saw her in a mega store
    The day glow raven born into a free fall
    Like plastic easter basket grass
    Falling from an overpass
    The fulfillment of a 10th grade prophecy
    A motel masterpiece
    Blind to the branching possibilities
    Blind to linked impossibilities
    Teardrops were standing in my eyes
    Like deer before they bolt

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 5 років тому +1

      The deer line gets me every time.

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +5

    Me, like a banged up dog walking half sideways
    I adored the way she modified my mornings
    When I'd wake up in the calm shoals of her bed
    Somersaults and smoke in a universe of sleep
    Before she slipped into her heritage and disappeared
    And now every second thought is of control

  • @forestbirdgirl
    @forestbirdgirl 5 років тому +8

    RIP My Friend.

  • @brendancadogan6235
    @brendancadogan6235 12 років тому +1

    Been far too long. guys. This is the perfect way to return, most beautiful thing I've heard since Fleet Foxes' Lorelei.

  • @BaileysMariner
    @BaileysMariner 12 років тому +2

    Think of it more as the band saying 'yes, we are still here' than an attempt to rock the place. If and when that second album shows up, no doubt it will be a work of art. Just like this track!

  • @MJAGSALOG
    @MJAGSALOG 12 років тому +4

    If anyone has the lyrics to this poem, that would be awesome. I can't stop listening to this.

  • @gsboss
    @gsboss 5 років тому +3

    avalanches need to make another new album just to accompany this single track.

  • @linglingjr
    @linglingjr 12 років тому +5

    if you release a new album I swear it will be the best thing ever.

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 5 років тому +5

      Well, you were right. He came back with his masterpiece and then left forever...

    • @gy7uj917
      @gy7uj917 2 роки тому +3

      and it was

  • @mendezzoso
    @mendezzoso 7 років тому +7

    my heart, my soul, my chest

  • @Calistan100
    @Calistan100 12 років тому +1

    Wow. Never thought these would collaborate. Wonderful.

  • @Alex_Mac_
    @Alex_Mac_ 5 років тому +2

    You can hear the instrumental hook from Strawberry Number 23, which was later sampled in an Avalanches song ft. Freddie Gibbs. Think it was put out as a b-side.

  • @HindsightDelight
    @HindsightDelight 8 років тому +3

    fucking beautiful, It makes me shed tears near the end.

  • @domboyandrice
    @domboyandrice 12 років тому +2

    love how the music wants to break free behind the talking, not long now!!

  • @jonathanaird7986
    @jonathanaird7986 12 років тому +1

    Not many songs can get me to cry.

  • @brendancadogan6235
    @brendancadogan6235 12 років тому

    Its a demo. And its still better than anything anyone else is doing right now.

  • @Mutant_Renegade
    @Mutant_Renegade 12 років тому +2

    I'm crying a bit right now that was so good

  • @SpeedyZook
    @SpeedyZook 12 років тому +9

    God I fucking miss David Berman.

  • @xray40k
    @xray40k 12 років тому +2

    I like this a lot.

  • @perspii2808
    @perspii2808 11 днів тому

    This shit tears me open every time

  • @zenbuddah420
    @zenbuddah420 5 років тому +1

    beautiful

  • @ArcturusBows
    @ArcturusBows 12 років тому +1

    What kills me most about this is that you can hear the next track starting at the end

  • @1jckinnick
    @1jckinnick 12 років тому +1

    Berman is back!

  • @PSUS
    @PSUS 12 років тому

    The music in the background was beautiful, I wish it was louder

  • @thisisntmyname
    @thisisntmyname 11 років тому

    It's almost been a year since this was released and there still hasn't been any news of a second album? Bummer.

  • @bushyboy515
    @bushyboy515 11 років тому +4

    Goddamn, the feels. Why'd you leave us for so long, Dave? Things would be so different.

    • @SleepBomber
      @SleepBomber 5 років тому +1

      He's baaaaa-aaaaack!

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc 5 років тому +1

      @@SleepBomber You jinxed it

  • @MrCommenter2000
    @MrCommenter2000 12 років тому +2

    well this is the coolest shit I've heard in a while

  • @bingchilling0195
    @bingchilling0195 6 місяців тому +1

    Shi is making me cry man

  • @luckythree227
    @luckythree227 4 роки тому +2

    theres something really different about this, its like an art form.

  • @wearethenightparty
    @wearethenightparty 11 років тому +2

    Reminds me of Leonard's reading of a thousand kisses deep.

  • @meanxbean
    @meanxbean 5 років тому +2

    RIP ♥️

  • @toratecommentandorsubscrib9359
    @toratecommentandorsubscrib9359 8 років тому +23

    I prefer this version. DCB sounds unfamiliar on the album song.

    • @davidreiff5206
      @davidreiff5206 5 років тому +1

      Agree.

    • @poego6045
      @poego6045 5 років тому +3

      Also, the instrumental fits the tone better I feel

  • @rockomundo
    @rockomundo 12 років тому +1

    Super good.

  • @Champiness
    @Champiness 12 років тому +1

    0:38 perfect use of Bob James - Sign Of The Times!

  • @SoSoSpaced
    @SoSoSpaced 12 років тому

    I'm a huge fan of the Avalanches but not a huge fan of spoken word/poetry type music, although the more times i hear this song the more it grows on me. Regardless, im in love with the song in the background (of what little i can hear). If anyone knows what song this is, i'd love to know!

  • @a_fallen_temple
    @a_fallen_temple 11 років тому +1

    Speculation says this February of 2014. We can only hope.

  • @RSC510714
    @RSC510714 12 років тому +1

    worth the wait :)

    • @jafonzeiscool
      @jafonzeiscool 8 років тому +1

      hey i was scrolling through the comments and saw this. u seem like a cool guy?

    • @mendezzoso
      @mendezzoso 7 років тому

      ......nnniiiccceee

  • @ziegogoboy
    @ziegogoboy 11 років тому +4

    APPARENTLY, though we've been lead to believe other rumors as well, the new album is supposed to drop 2014. HERE'S HOPING.

    • @a_fallen_temple
      @a_fallen_temple 11 років тому +3

      I've heard the same, lets all hold hands and hope.

    • @Mattman967
      @Mattman967 10 років тому +2

      lol

    • @ziegogoboy
      @ziegogoboy 10 років тому +1

      Mattman967 2015 and no album. GAH. SO MUCH TEASING.

    • @ruad2642
      @ruad2642 7 років тому +1

      2016 it was

  • @DarkKnight906
    @DarkKnight906 4 місяці тому

    0:09 "We inaugurate the evening..."
    0:30 "I'd see fireworks not supposed to be..."
    1:36 "I first saw her in a megastore...
    1:52 "The fulfillment of a 10th grade prophecy..."
    2:01 "Blind to the branching possibilities..."
    Sampled in The Avalanches - Saturday Night Inside Out. RIP David Berman! 🕺🌃❤‍🩹

  • @Nophera
    @Nophera 11 років тому +5

    PLEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEEE MAKE SOMETHING!!!

  • @thepridz
    @thepridz 12 років тому

    12 years... then this.

  • @TheCubicleNinja
    @TheCubicleNinja 12 років тому +22

    As bad as you guys seem to make this, what if this is the opener or closer of a new album?

    • @ruad2642
      @ruad2642 7 років тому +43

      damn you were right.

    • @WezzyCruze
      @WezzyCruze 4 роки тому +4

      Broooo, you were on the money.

  • @blueelectricsmoke
    @blueelectricsmoke 12 років тому

    They've stated on the twitter that this track is just a one-off, btw.

  • @Dtrollmancan
    @Dtrollmancan 12 років тому

    12 years I'm in a different dimension =O

  • @Quebedify
    @Quebedify 12 років тому

    WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AAAAAAAHHH

  • @DebaKLe
    @DebaKLe 12 років тому +2

    Powerful, felt a little like Ginsberg.

  • @diskochimp
    @diskochimp 12 років тому

    Let's hope so.

  • @Studentofgosset
    @Studentofgosset 12 років тому

    Have you heard Tom Waits narrating Nirvana by Bukowski? Awesome.

  • @TheHelloWizard
    @TheHelloWizard 12 років тому

    'Yes, We Are Still Here' would be a pretty good title for the album...

  • @ians3801
    @ians3801 7 років тому

    Was this demo just released via UA-cam? Avalanches just wanted to use this vocal part for something on Wildflower?

  • @avefiggy2128
    @avefiggy2128 8 років тому +2

    😍😍😍😍😍

  • @darksiderhythm
    @darksiderhythm 12 років тому

    Wow.

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +3

    I guess in a way I long to be rad
    When I was with her it felt wrong to be sad
    Did I tell you an angel finally came and shut my mouth?
    There was a smile and a tear in her voice too
    And she taught me to relight, relight and relight again

  • @nold3203
    @nold3203 10 років тому

    August/September 2015. Mark my words. That is the time.

    • @nold3203
      @nold3203 10 років тому

      it will be. i'm sure. it's the perfect time for it.

    • @LegitFUry
      @LegitFUry 9 років тому +1

      N Tertaining It's never coming out, their obviously trolling.

    • @nold3203
      @nold3203 9 років тому

      Captain Stingray let's just say i know someone who works very closely with one the members, and she's told me that in February of this year the album was almost complete

    • @nold3203
      @nold3203 9 років тому

      Spencer Lemay that's because i was joking? but also keep in mind that it's gonna be a random drop. nobody will know ahead of time when it releases.

    • @Dummiesch2
      @Dummiesch2 9 років тому

      +N Tertaining God I hope so. Two days to go. Been waiting for a new avalanches album for so long

  • @hyztix
    @hyztix 11 років тому +2

    C'mon man! Give them a break! Give them another 10 years...

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +4

    We inaugurate the evening
    Just drumming up a little weirdness
    It gets late so early now
    The waves come in in mountain phases
    Linked in posibilities
    Branching posibilities
    I'd see fire where it's not supposed to be
    In the empty library, at super time
    By the respirating basement door
    The dog eats out of an old tambourine on the floor

  • @SuperAleaiactaest
    @SuperAleaiactaest 12 років тому

    dude can you post the link to that?

  • @dontstaylong
    @dontstaylong 3 роки тому +1

    i could lick the frosting off these summer days if the nights were half as sweet.

  • @DissidentIV
    @DissidentIV 12 років тому

    Well, at least we have the Sleepy Bedtime Mix for Young Ones.

  • @Zildjian207
    @Zildjian207 12 років тому

    4:35 of pure tease

  • @anonandake749
    @anonandake749 4 роки тому +2

    Read here. One days DCB lyrics will be studied in high school, hope soon! genius.com/David-berman-a-cowboy-overflow-of-the-heart-annotated

  • @hellotheo
    @hellotheo 12 років тому

    Shuggy Otis hanging out there in the background

  • @diskochimp
    @diskochimp 12 років тому +1

    I'd rather hear it w/out The Avalanches tbh.

  • @HJManson
    @HJManson 12 років тому

    holy shit i thought the news of a second album was a joke

  • @DAFIZZIF
    @DAFIZZIF 12 років тому +2

    >Implying David Berman (and Silver Jews) and The Avalanches aren't equally as awesome.

  • @Yusra17
    @Yusra17 12 років тому +1

  • @davidreiff5206
    @davidreiff5206 11 років тому +2

    It was like I was stretching my arm through the cat-door to heaven
    I was thinking
    I could lick the frosting off these summer days
    If the nights were half as sweet

  • @ienjoytimesplitters
    @ienjoytimesplitters 11 років тому

    Sounds like the voice of Stabby Stabby!

  • @gsboss
    @gsboss 8 років тому +2

    and you wonder why the new album is half assed. this track is gold

  • @pr00de
    @pr00de 12 років тому

    eh, doubt that