I’ve heard this song a million times growing up never payed attention to the lyrics. Man I just left my first apartment I lived in for 7 years straight so many memories. I was so excited to move (better place, better neighborhood & neighbors ) but I cried like a baby when I had to shut that door. I just drove by it yesterday I want to tell them get the hell out of my place 😂 good reminder of life. Everything is temporary appreciate it while you got it and who you got it with
When this came out, I was happy and relaxed. Now all of these years later, my life is like this song. That sucks for me. I could have taken it better when I was younger. 😶💯
This was me and my husband's song. We got married july 1995 the month after high school. He passed away exactly one week ago today. He passed on 12-12-2021. My heart is shattered. Married for 26 years.
I couldn't amagine losing my significant other after tht long of marriage. I'm so sorry for your loss. Just remember your husband lives on through this song in your heart
Just got back from my cousin's husband's funeral. They were married over 20 years. Had a 15yr old son. He was 52. Died of a bloodclot in his lung. Life can be beautiful but sometimes a beauty is a real bitch.
Funny, I’m 44 now (graduated HS in ‘98) and I heard this song the other day for the first time in years! I’ve since replayed it 4-5x lol. Brings back so many memories. I must be going through some things because even though I’m not moving, it still seems incredibly relevant to my life. PS- officially added to my Apple Music playlist
After my first roommate passed in 2019, I visited The Old Apartment, 1-108. We lived there from 2010-2012, after I moved out of my mother's house. I didn't go inside, just checked out the outside, poured him a shot of rum and a Dew chaser, and lit up a smoke, hung out outside just outside the balcony we used to chill on all the time, then left. RIP Jeremy, those couple years were amazing and I got to explore A LOT about myself that I wouldn't have been able to if I stayed at home.
3:00 “Only memories, faded memories, blended into a dull tableaux.” Every time I hear this lyric, makes me think of memories of childhood and deceased family members becoming less and less clear, me forgetting them, in a sense.
The old Barenaked Ladies and the new Barenaked Ladies are simply two different bands. This music is gold. I wish Stephen was still in the band, has never been the same without him.
@@edp3202long story short, family. It's somewhat complicated and there's a lot of details. But bottom line is, he wants to be a full time part of his kids lives more than be in a world famous band.
Blasted this song for maybe 5 hours over and over in 1998 on weekends while refinishing the basement in our first house. And somehow my family didn't run out screaming!!😅
@@intsoccersuperstar1 Yep these are the two best, but If I had a Million Dollars is right up there also. I could go on and on about some others also LOL.
I've always loved this song, from the first time I heard it, in my 20's. Here I am, today, just turned 48 a couple days ago, and I'm in the process of moving in to a new place together with my bf, who I've known since the age of 10. It's kinda bittersweet, since I've been staying with him pretty much the past yr at his old apartment. This song came to mind and I had to hear it. It's taken me back in time to the place I was then and creating more memories for me today. Timeless! Good stuff!
This song was my life in the late 1990’s. I loved this song so much. Now remembering back, I rarely think about it. I have been married for 23 years to my true love
When did the song come out? If anyone knows. Guhhhl, I just turned 41...just lost my husband, just two weeks after our 10th Anniversary...I've been jumping song to song and this is such an iconic song; however the song sounds more angry than I remembered it..heh . 😊 Our son is at his grandparents ( former in-laws , not sure what to call them nowadays )... Wild Guess is Year 1998 for this song).
One of the most nostalgic songs Ive ever heard. So many people can relate to "the old apartment" regardless of how old they were when they lived there, whether it was as a kid, or during college, or moving out for the first time. Im happy that BNL is finally getting some well deserved recognition since big bang theory exploded. Thank you speakers corner for helping uncover this gem of a band.
They were on the Friends soundtrack in like 1995, this song was played on Top 40, and One Week was a huge hit. I think they’ve been getting recognition in the States for a long time. 🤓
@@MegCazalet Yup; actually 1st heard them on the radio in 1993 when "If I Had a Million $s" broke. Having the BBT theme song is just another feather in their cap, though it's a big feather.
@@JoeVideoed Speaking of TV soundtracks, they were also played in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets. It was What a Good Boy. It made me want to have the job of picking songs for emotional moments on tv. What a wonderful job. Personally, I think Scrubs had the best.
Just reading the comment section on most songs I grew up loving such as this one is so inspiring and touching. Some of the most genuine displays of emotions and memories that a song created coupled in the moments with a loved one that binds together on each person respective being. Bands such as this is truly incredible.
Man, I remember being 9 years old and hearing my aunt Jen listen to them, she was a huge fan. And I loved them simply because she did. Now after having moved from my home of 30 years in Buffalo NY to North Carolina I am overcome with such strong emotions from this song that *every time* I hear it I get teary eyed. This song reminds me of home, my family, my youth... All of which I crave and miss with such strong adoration... One of the BEST songs by BNL - thank you for this song, none other compares. 😭
This is one of my favorite songs. Just yesterday I had an “old apartment” moment and had a rush of nostalgia. Such a meaningful song that’s relatable to so many.
I am 20 years old, I grew up listening to this song- even met Kevin Hearn at a restaurant in muskoka when I was younger. I just got my first apartment downtown Toronto, for all the folks reminiscing about being my age in the comments, this song and it’s impact is still alive and well :)
I miss Steven Page! They provided the sound track to my life during those university years. It would be awesome when this whole CoVid19 scare is over, they would come back together and play old their old stuff, especially "The Old Apartment".
20 years after we ran off to Florida and 3 days since the marriage ended I arrived back in Florida and just took a pic of our old apt while listening to this song….😞
Man, this song evokes pure nostalgia! Old Apartment brings me back to my carefree early 20's! 90's Top 40 at it's best! BNL will always remain one of my favorite 90's bands!
I spent a year in an apartment block where some of my friends live. I moved out because my roommate was moving out of town, but some of my friends are still there. Whenever I go back to the building, this is playing in my head. I look forward to telling my kids, this is where we used to live...
I heard this song as a seven-year-old kid. We had a 90s Macintosh, and one of the operating system discs it came with had this song on there as a multimedia demo. It made no sense to me at the time. At all. "We bought an old house on the Danforth / she loves me and her body keeps me warm / I'm happy there." What's the big deal then, I thought to myself? He still has the girl. He's doing well. And now he has a house and everything. Why is he worried about his old apartment? Fast forward to my late twenties. I've lived in a few apartments now, and each has been an upgrade - in some way or another - from the previous. But a few weeks ago, I started reminiscing about my last place. I went through some rough times while I lived there, but I also grew a lot. I went through an era of my life that I now recognize is classic. It's where I lived when I first met my girlfriend; the apartment we would stumble back to after drinks when we had just started going out and barely knew each other. I'm happier and better now than I was back when I lived there, but somehow, I miss the hell out of that apartment. I intentionally drove two towns over so I could drive past it the other day. I don't want to take my life back to that point in time or anything, but I just really get nostalgic for it sometimes and wouldn't mind reliving that era for a night or two. It took twenty years, but I know what this song is about now. It's about missing an old era, even if you are perfectly happy with your current life. The apartment I live in now as I sit here and type this is tiny, but it's the first apartment I've ever had all to myself without roommates. It's the first place I've ever decorated exactly how I wanted. It has been the setting to my first experiences as an independent adult with a real job, living in the city. It's where I finally found the inner peace and comfort with myself that I have yearned for my entire life. And it's where I have continued to fall in love with my girlfriend. I don't know how long I'm going to be here, but I know that when it becomes time to move on, I am going to miss the hell out of this place. If you're still reading this essay of a comment, what I'm trying to say is: this is a timeless song that any city dweller can relate to. It's one of those songs that makes more and more sense as you grow older. It's a song that evokes deep feelings that take years - maybe even decades - to cultivate. Thank you for the music, BNL.
Fading memories, blending into dull tableaux. We don't want to forget our memories, this happens to be about home, but it come be about anything, a person, a thing, a time we don't want to forget.
Interesting vibe. Takes true talent to be unique and original. There's a little humor here, coupled with a serious undercurrent of melancholic nostalgia for times gone by. Places hold energy and evoke feelings, especially places we call home for periods of our lives. Love this tune.
Just moved… from the house that became my home for the past 6 years… it was a magical place… a cottage, tucked back from the road and hugged by Redwood Trees…. Completely gutted to have to leave. And I KNOW I can only go forward….. but damn does this song resonate right now!
"Why did I have to break in? I only came here to talk." - My favorite line. I actually had to take anger management because of and extremely similar scenario.
I’ve been watching this performance for over a decade now. It’s so powerful. Michael is so engaging. Noelle is fun to watch. Both are incredible vocalists.
This song just hit my emotions tonite, It took me back to 1992 Me my Woman and a baby boy, there were holes punched in the drywall, We were two children with a child of our own, we are all alive, but me and that woman hate each other, that whole lifetime has been blown away, The boy is now 33 years old, The point is don't make babies with unstable people, It's not just 18 years, It's Forever
Ahh I remember my 1st apartment. I was 18 yrs old. Stepdad kicked me out of my house. Got an apartment 2 weeks later. Lived there for 6 years. Now, 24 years later, been living in my house I own for 19 years. Great memories. Women I had over. Friends hanging out. Parties on the weekends. Man, life was easier back then. Oh well, back to today's reality.
Ive been on a huge BNL kick these last few weeks.. growing up in the 90's/00's in Canada, you couldn't escape these songs and now I just want to listen to them all the time
This always makes me nostalgic for my first apartment. I was 17 and dumb as hell, out on my own against the world for the first time with only my high school best friend by my side. Memories of late nights getting high, watching whatever looked good on Netflix, coming home late from work, first romances, heartbreaks, my first winter as an adult in the city, my 18th birthday, the place filled with all sorts of reptiles and fish, the kitchen that we hardly used cause it was too damn small.... so many memories. I've moved several times since that apartment and no where has felt like home. I feel as though someday I will return to it, and I'd be more than happy to return to it someday.
I moved out of my child hood house a few months ago and this song right now is kind of hard to listen to because I still miss my old house but I know one day this song will make me smile. I am also only 16 so I know none of my friends know this song but it is special to me right now
IMO, Absolutely one of the most under appreciated bands of all time. Their entire discography is great and they have recorded some of the signature songs of my life. Brian Wilson, The Old Apartment, If I had a million dollars..... it doesn't get any better. Too bad about the lead leaving though. If you don't know BNL, you really do - if you watch The Big Bang Theory.
+circlemoyer I think it mostly holds up, but it lost a lot of its edge . . . got a bit blander and less clever. Still better than most other things out there, though, and absolutely great as long as you don't compare them to the best of their old stuff. :)
***** Totally agree! Though I'd say they're a bit more pop-alternative, but close enough. Definitely one of the most eclectic bands out there. (Also, while I still think Grinning Streak is great and All in Good Time is pretty good, their newest album sucks a bag of sweaty dicks. Silverball? The title song's okay, but most of them are unmemorable and kinda hokey.)
These guys put out a few great songs in the late 90s. It was a good time. In college and having fun during times that seem much simpler than they are in 2016.
Great song! I haven't heard this in about 20 years, and they randomly play it on the radio the other day. Really takes me back in time to the good ole 90's. I really like what the song does at 2:22
I did this once, ten years after I lived there. The place was going to be torn down and had a fence around it. The orange carpet was still there and the dark paneling. I stood on the balcony over the creek, dressed in a black suit with sunglasses and thought of the time I made enchiladas for everyone. That was over 30 years ago. A new building is there now.
This song brings me back to my teens.. my high school sweetheart.. she is my wife today! But our past? My childrens future.. I get to relive it all and then some!
A story-song with poignant nostalgia - of remembering the bad, hurtful echoes of the past having changed & through it all, a feeling of longing for what was, that it had meaning & significance. An unresolved aching ~
First time hearing this song / watching this music video was when my dad subscribed to Mac Addict Magazines that had a Cd-Rom included, and hands em to me. I was in High School.. this was around the 90s and had a Mac Performa. They have shareware and freeware, all that, and a digital version of the magazine to read I think. I just seen this video stood out and played it.. and I loved it and I hear it on and off from time to time.
The nostalgia of the "old apartment". Any city dweller has it. My first Boston rat trap apartment was the worst place I ever lived...yet somehow I love it. Maybe it reminds me of new found independence. But really it lead to so many funny stories. Wouldn't trade it for 1,000,000 dollars.
it is a great song that really captures the feeling that you have thinking back about your old apartment....those days when you're just starting out, when things were young, new and fresh....when you had no idea what you were really doing, but the innocence in that made everything seem so great.....great song BnL
I think this song is really about going back to a place and time that once was. Remembering that first apartment and who you shared it with, even if you’re now miles and years apart. Those memories are not forgotten. CT.
Back in about 2007 (or whenever John Tavaris was about to be drafted bc he was there), I attended a fundraiser dinner in Toronto and Steven Page was a guest singer. Small venue, and I was astonished that when he was singing everyone around me was talking, rattling glassware, and shmoozing. Shame. What a voice. Great songwriters.
My first apartment was miserable, I hated the neighbors, I was dead broke even though I worked like a dog, the windows would freeze over every winter because I couldn't afford to pay for heating and there was no AC and only one small window in the 'bedroom' could be opened so we would boil every summer, the landlord would come in an steal from me when I was at work, I found out the walls were lath and plaster when I messed up my hand punching one and knocking a big hole in the plaster, I never patched that hole, the only thing good about those times was my girlfriend and even our relationship was rough, I eventually made enough money to get out of there, my next place was only a little better but at least no one stole from me while I worked, eventually I married my girlfriend, went to college, got a better job, and bought an old house where I live now. My life is so much better than it was when I was in my old apartment, but I'll never give up my memories no matter how bad thing use to be or how good they are now, those miserable times made me who I am now. Next time I'm in the area I should drive by that old place and see what it looks like.
Hits so close to home. Makes me think of my wife and I's first apartment when we were first dating. It was a shithole, but we made it work and we still do.
I’ve heard this song a million times growing up never payed attention to the lyrics. Man I just left my first apartment I lived in for 7 years straight so many memories. I was so excited to move (better place, better neighborhood & neighbors ) but I cried like a baby when I had to shut that door. I just drove by it yesterday I want to tell them get the hell out of my place 😂 good reminder of life. Everything is temporary appreciate it while you got it and who you got it with
Great comment.
O to be young again stay where your at young man
I love this song. It has lots of meaning
This song just hits home more and more the older I get
man that is so generic
Broken glass. Broke and hungry. Broken hearts and broken bones.
Sums up my twenties to a tee.
me rn
Yep! 💔😂😂😂
So true.. watching this makes me look at my mangled knuckle... Yes it happened punching the door casing.. brilliant I know lol.
Same,
When this came out, I was happy and relaxed. Now all of these years later, my life is like this song. That sucks for me. I could have taken it better when I was younger. 😶💯
Jesus this was good music - still is!
Damn right
This was me and my husband's song. We got married july 1995 the month after high school. He passed away exactly one week ago today. He passed on 12-12-2021. My heart is shattered. Married for 26 years.
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️
I couldn't amagine losing my significant other after tht long of marriage. I'm so sorry for your loss. Just remember your husband lives on through this song in your heart
Very sorry. You guys had a great song. In a couple years you will smile instead of cry. Wishing you the best along the way.
"This is where 'WE' Used To Live"🙏
Just got back from my cousin's husband's funeral. They were married over 20 years. Had a 15yr old son. He was 52. Died of a bloodclot in his lung. Life can be beautiful but sometimes a beauty is a real bitch.
Funny, I’m 44 now (graduated HS in ‘98) and I heard this song the other day for the first time in years!
I’ve since replayed it 4-5x lol. Brings back so many memories. I must be going through some things because even though I’m not moving, it still seems incredibly relevant to my life.
PS- officially added to my Apple Music playlist
I have a Bare naked Ladies greatest hits CD in my car CD player right now. Great driving music
After my first roommate passed in 2019, I visited The Old Apartment, 1-108. We lived there from 2010-2012, after I moved out of my mother's house. I didn't go inside, just checked out the outside, poured him a shot of rum and a Dew chaser, and lit up a smoke, hung out outside just outside the balcony we used to chill on all the time, then left. RIP Jeremy, those couple years were amazing and I got to explore A LOT about myself that I wouldn't have been able to if I stayed at home.
3:00 “Only memories, faded memories, blended into a dull tableaux.” Every time I hear this lyric, makes me think of memories of childhood and deceased family members becoming less and less clear, me forgetting them, in a sense.
Yes
I’m lonely for the past
The old Barenaked Ladies and the new Barenaked Ladies are simply two different bands. This music is gold. I wish Stephen was still in the band, has never been the same without him.
Hard agree.
Definitely. He has to be one of the most powerful baritone singers in contemporary music. Truly not the same without him.
Why'd he leave?
@@edp3202long story short, family. It's somewhat complicated and there's a lot of details. But bottom line is, he wants to be a full time part of his kids lives more than be in a world famous band.
@@Gunner192 yes 🎉
Blasted this song for maybe 5 hours over and over in 1998 on weekends while refinishing the basement in our first house. And somehow my family didn't run out screaming!!😅
This is by far my favorite song by them. I can't even explain why, its just perfect in every way. Plus it suits my personality.
100%
What a Good Boy is my 1A to Old Apartment’s 1
@@intsoccersuperstar1 Yep these are the two best, but If I had a Million Dollars is right up there also. I could go on and on about some others also LOL.
I've always loved this song, from the first time I heard it, in my 20's. Here I am, today, just turned 48 a couple days ago, and I'm in the process of moving in to a new place together with my bf, who I've known since the age of 10. It's kinda bittersweet, since I've been staying with him pretty much the past yr at his old apartment. This song came to mind and I had to hear it. It's taken me back in time to the place I was then and creating more memories for me today. Timeless! Good stuff!
This song was my life in the late 1990’s. I loved this song so much. Now remembering back, I rarely think about it. I have been married for 23 years to my true love
I’m old now, f- me! Lol
When did the song come out? If anyone knows. Guhhhl, I just turned 41...just lost my husband, just two weeks after our 10th Anniversary...I've been jumping song to song and this is such an iconic song; however the song sounds more angry than I remembered it..heh . 😊 Our son is at his grandparents ( former in-laws , not sure what to call them nowadays )... Wild Guess is Year 1998 for this song).
Good for you! Have a happy life♡
🎶 She loves me and her body keeps me warm.. 🔥
I don't know why, but this song always makes me really emotional.
I hear ya
It's because there's kind of a sadness to it.
One of the most nostalgic songs Ive ever heard. So many people can relate to "the old apartment" regardless of how old they were when they lived there, whether it was as a kid, or during college, or moving out for the first time.
Im happy that BNL is finally getting some well deserved recognition since big bang theory exploded. Thank you speakers corner for helping uncover this gem of a band.
radioportishead OMGosh yesss
The old Speakers Corner days! Gah Miss those days
They were on the Friends soundtrack in like 1995, this song was played on Top 40, and One Week was a huge hit. I think they’ve been getting recognition in the States for a long time. 🤓
@@MegCazalet Yup; actually 1st heard them on the radio in 1993 when "If I Had a Million $s" broke. Having the BBT theme song is just another feather in their cap, though it's a big feather.
@@JoeVideoed Speaking of TV soundtracks, they were also played in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets. It was What a Good Boy. It made me want to have the job of picking songs for emotional moments on tv. What a wonderful job. Personally, I think Scrubs had the best.
My Dad taught me to have a good taste in music. 90's kids Rock!
Wrong
😂 Alternative Rock from the early/mid 90s to roughly the mid 2000s is simply the best music.
Far and away the best genre IMO.
This night quickly evolved into a 90's kick
Oh good, I'm not the only one. These years used to be mine, I want em back!
#allthetime
#lakelife
#wishiappreciatedcollegemore
🍷🍷🍺
The 90s will do that man lol
It happens. I've been diving between this, Matthew Good, and Moist for the last 2 hours.
Yeah buddy. Mix in some Alanis eh!
Just reading the comment section on most songs I grew up loving such as this one is so inspiring and touching. Some of the most genuine displays of emotions and memories that a song created coupled in the moments with a loved one that binds together on each person respective being. Bands such as this is truly incredible.
Man, I remember being 9 years old and hearing my aunt Jen listen to them, she was a huge fan. And I loved them simply because she did. Now after having moved from my home of 30 years in Buffalo NY to North Carolina I am overcome with such strong emotions from this song that *every time* I hear it I get teary eyed. This song reminds me of home, my family, my youth... All of which I crave and miss with such strong adoration... One of the BEST songs by BNL - thank you for this song, none other compares. 😭
Go Bills! Hey. Hi. I'm from the rez in Irving. Hope you are well!
I’m living in my old apartment. I know that I’m going to miss this place. Six years have flown by. I shed a little tear as I look back.
This is one of my favorite songs. Just yesterday I had an “old apartment” moment and had a rush of nostalgia. Such a meaningful song that’s relatable to so many.
I am 20 years old, I grew up listening to this song- even met Kevin Hearn at a restaurant in muskoka when I was younger. I just got my first apartment downtown Toronto, for all the folks reminiscing about being my age in the comments, this song and it’s impact is still alive and well :)
I remember shortly after my mom left my dad. I heard him playing this song on repeat in the middle of the night.
This song always takes me back to good times. I will always love this band!!
Or even difficult times that don't seem so bad now.
@@33Luger Or even the miserable times that you wonder how you ever managed to survive.
Way under rated ❤
I miss Steven Page! They provided the sound track to my life during those university years. It would be awesome when this whole CoVid19 scare is over, they would come back together and play old their old stuff, especially "The Old Apartment".
Steven Page is in a trio now and they do a lot of BNL hits, including this one
This is one of my favorite songs in the history of songs. ❤
I hate it that this song makes me cry every time. But I still HAVE to hear it. It's like picking a scab.
20 years after we ran off to Florida and 3 days since the marriage ended I arrived back in Florida and just took a pic of our old apt while listening to this song….😞
I’m sorry. You’re why this song makes me cry.😭
Their best song…case CLOSED!
No one will ever argue this fact.
Does anyone else get goosebumps listening to this...?
+jordan390a still do
yess, u feel a part of the story like dude this was my apartment why did you patch over the whole i punched when i was drunk.
oh yes! man can you say memory lane? Dont we all wish that we could go back? Love this song.
Oh Yea
jordan390a no I am not into being a burglar. But I do like this song
Man, this song evokes pure nostalgia! Old Apartment brings me back to my carefree early 20's! 90's Top 40 at it's best! BNL will always remain one of my favorite 90's bands!
Kelly Blanchard Filter Take a Picture also.
Ditto …..spot on comment!!!
@@terekwhite9712 yes!!!!!!!
You couldn't have said it any better
As i get older each year this song means more and more with every memory that fades away
Heard this on my siriusxm the other day for the first time and holy shit it shook me. Can't stop listening. It's like a story of my life 20 years ago.
I’ve been listening to this song for most of my life.
What a gift to hear it for the first time.
I spent a year in an apartment block where some of my friends live. I moved out because my roommate was moving out of town, but some of my friends are still there. Whenever I go back to the building, this is playing in my head. I look forward to telling my kids, this is where we used to live...
I heard this song as a seven-year-old kid. We had a 90s Macintosh, and one of the operating system discs it came with had this song on there as a multimedia demo. It made no sense to me at the time. At all. "We bought an old house on the Danforth / she loves me and her body keeps me warm / I'm happy there." What's the big deal then, I thought to myself? He still has the girl. He's doing well. And now he has a house and everything. Why is he worried about his old apartment?
Fast forward to my late twenties. I've lived in a few apartments now, and each has been an upgrade - in some way or another - from the previous. But a few weeks ago, I started reminiscing about my last place. I went through some rough times while I lived there, but I also grew a lot. I went through an era of my life that I now recognize is classic. It's where I lived when I first met my girlfriend; the apartment we would stumble back to after drinks when we had just started going out and barely knew each other. I'm happier and better now than I was back when I lived there, but somehow, I miss the hell out of that apartment. I intentionally drove two towns over so I could drive past it the other day. I don't want to take my life back to that point in time or anything, but I just really get nostalgic for it sometimes and wouldn't mind reliving that era for a night or two.
It took twenty years, but I know what this song is about now. It's about missing an old era, even if you are perfectly happy with your current life.
The apartment I live in now as I sit here and type this is tiny, but it's the first apartment I've ever had all to myself without roommates. It's the first place I've ever decorated exactly how I wanted. It has been the setting to my first experiences as an independent adult with a real job, living in the city. It's where I finally found the inner peace and comfort with myself that I have yearned for my entire life. And it's where I have continued to fall in love with my girlfriend. I don't know how long I'm going to be here, but I know that when it becomes time to move on, I am going to miss the hell out of this place.
If you're still reading this essay of a comment, what I'm trying to say is: this is a timeless song that any city dweller can relate to. It's one of those songs that makes more and more sense as you grow older. It's a song that evokes deep feelings that take years - maybe even decades - to cultivate. Thank you for the music, BNL.
Fading memories, blending into dull tableaux. We don't want to forget our memories, this happens to be about home, but it come be about anything, a person, a thing, a time we don't want to forget.
LOL I was looking for this comment this is where I saw this video too on that disc
It was Mac OS 8.0, from back in 1997.
Great story. They were 26 when they wrote this. Younger than you now. Crazy eh?
Interesting vibe. Takes true talent to be unique and original. There's a little humor here, coupled with a serious undercurrent of melancholic nostalgia for times gone by. Places hold energy and evoke feelings, especially places we call home for periods of our lives. Love this tune.
Well said ❤
Just moved… from the house that became my home for the past 6 years… it was a magical place… a cottage, tucked back from the road and hugged by Redwood Trees…. Completely gutted to have to leave.
And I KNOW I can only go forward….. but damn does this song resonate right now!
This is by far my favorite BNL song. I love it! Especially the vocal harmony at the end... good stuff. Gotta love the 90s baby!
One of the most powerful songs ever written 💯
"Why did I have to break in? I only came here to talk." - My favorite line. I actually had to take anger management because of and extremely similar scenario.
How is your temper this year? 🤣
A LS This is possibly the most underrated comment on the internet.
@@worldismyashtray it certainly deserves more attention ha
Ditto
It happens.
I’ve been watching this performance for over a decade now. It’s so powerful. Michael is so engaging. Noelle is fun to watch. Both are incredible vocalists.
Huh
This song just hit my emotions tonite, It took me back to 1992 Me my Woman and a baby boy, there were holes punched in the drywall, We were two children with a child of our own, we are all alive, but me and that woman hate each other, that whole lifetime has been blown away, The boy is now 33 years old, The point is don't make babies with unstable people, It's not just 18 years, It's Forever
I never liked this song until now... as I am doing the final cleaning of the place I lived for the past ten years. Now, I finally get it.
I've learned to take a bunch of pictures of my apartment before packing up my stuff.
@@toastedjoe1013 good idea. Crazy how you become attached to a building.
Yes.
Ah the Danforth! Love the Greek restaurants and souvlaki! 😎
Bringing back so many memories….of when I used to think 30 was old lol now I’m 45 and this song is considered a classic 😭 lol where did the time go??
Ahh I remember my 1st apartment. I was 18 yrs old. Stepdad kicked me out of my house. Got an apartment 2 weeks later. Lived there for 6 years. Now, 24 years later, been living in my house I own for 19 years. Great memories. Women I had over. Friends hanging out. Parties on the weekends. Man, life was easier back then. Oh well, back to today's reality.
If walls could speak right ?
@patrickt6130 you're not kidding, lmao.
I only thought I could relate to this in my younger years, but now that I’m 46 it’s uncanny.
Some songs never get old!
Ive been on a huge BNL kick these last few weeks.. growing up in the 90's/00's in Canada, you couldn't escape these songs and now I just want to listen to them all the time
This always makes me nostalgic for my first apartment. I was 17 and dumb as hell, out on my own against the world for the first time with only my high school best friend by my side. Memories of late nights getting high, watching whatever looked good on Netflix, coming home late from work, first romances, heartbreaks, my first winter as an adult in the city, my 18th birthday, the place filled with all sorts of reptiles and fish, the kitchen that we hardly used cause it was too damn small.... so many memories. I've moved several times since that apartment and no where has felt like home. I feel as though someday I will return to it, and I'd be more than happy to return to it someday.
Question is..... do you still have your high school friend!!🤘
I moved out of my child hood house a few months ago and this song right now is kind of hard to listen to because I still miss my old house but I know one day this song will make me smile. I am also only 16 so I know none of my friends know this song but it is special to me right now
Just seen them in milwaukee and they played it for encode. Such a positive fun show
Without Steven it's not "them"
IMO, Absolutely one of the most under appreciated bands of all time. Their entire discography is great and they have recorded some of the signature songs of my life. Brian Wilson, The Old Apartment, If I had a million dollars..... it doesn't get any better.
Too bad about the lead leaving though. If you don't know BNL, you really do - if you watch The Big Bang Theory.
Mike Hipp Steve and BNL are both making songs seperately- twice the awesome music!
Mike Hipp I hope I'm not alone in thinking the new stuff holds up! Quite enjoyable, really. Grinning Streak might have been my favourite album of 2013
+circlemoyer I think it mostly holds up, but it lost a lot of its edge . . . got a bit blander and less clever. Still better than most other things out there, though, and absolutely great as long as you don't compare them to the best of their old stuff. :)
***** Totally agree! Though I'd say they're a bit more pop-alternative, but close enough. Definitely one of the most eclectic bands out there.
(Also, while I still think Grinning Streak is great and All in Good Time is pretty good, their newest album sucks a bag of sweaty dicks. Silverball? The title song's okay, but most of them are unmemorable and kinda hokey.)
The so-called self-proclaimed, "enlightened ones" do not prefer other genres but their own...
Killer live band. This is my fav song of theirs. IT HIT HOME !
These guys put out a few great songs in the late 90s. It was a good time. In college and having fun during times that seem much simpler than they are in 2016.
Jason Camp no doubt. I'd go back now if I could
Right on and roll up a fattie.
2016 ain't got jack on 2020
We all didn’t realize we were living some great times in our early twenties during 99-2000
@@appalachianhomegirl9019 Those of us who did knew it would not last :)
Great song! I haven't heard this in about 20 years, and they randomly play it on the radio the other day. Really takes me back in time to the good ole 90's. I really like what the song does at 2:22
I heard this last on the night before freshmen year in high school. The last 8 years has flown by.
The lyrics make me nostalgic in a way I'm unable to explain
I love BNL. This was my favorite song of theirs.
cant say i love them but this song and Brian Wilson are great
"Oh so now we need a short hand for the Barenakedladies? that's how FUNDAMENTAL they are?"
@@BBGirlSamus **makes a notch under Classic Wingers**
It's their only song i like 💖
This song, for all its heartbreak and anger, is filled with hooks. This is where we used to live. I want them back. Broke into the old apartment.
YES!!
I did this once, ten years after I lived there. The place was going to be torn down and had a fence around it. The orange carpet was still there and the dark paneling. I stood on the balcony over the creek, dressed in a black suit with sunglasses and thought of the time I made enchiladas for everyone. That was over 30 years ago. A new building is there now.
Great story
If you ever experienced being evicted and survived the emotions that followed you are a strong soul !
Hello how are you doing
Ah... the nostalgia of 90s and that apartment! 😁
I’m with you. I lived every damn word of this, apart from stalking and B&E
This song brings me back to my teens.. my high school sweetheart..
she is my wife today!
But our past?
My childrens future..
I get to relive it all and then some!
Literally quivering. These voices have moved me like no other - since there were just two of them, playing for free on Tuesdays at the 'Bow...
I’m a middle of the road of millennial and this gives me so many memories....
At 20 this song was lots of fun..at 40 it gives me the distinct feeling of attending my own funeral.
Well said!
Heard that. Good memories at 1610 John Street Apt 1 1999-2004
nailed it...ex's....
A story-song with poignant nostalgia - of remembering the bad, hurtful echoes of the past having changed & through it all, a feeling of longing for what was, that it had meaning & significance. An unresolved aching ~
First time hearing this song / watching this music video was when my dad subscribed to Mac Addict Magazines that had a Cd-Rom included, and hands em to me. I was in High School.. this was around the 90s and had a Mac Performa. They have shareware and freeware, all that, and a digital version of the magazine to read I think. I just seen this video stood out and played it.. and I loved it and I hear it on and off from time to time.
The nostalgia of the "old apartment". Any city dweller has it. My first Boston rat trap apartment was the worst place I ever lived...yet somehow I love it. Maybe it reminds me of new found independence. But really it lead to so many funny stories. Wouldn't trade it for 1,000,000 dollars.
This song takes on a whole new/ different meaning when you become an adult
I always sing this in my head whenever I would visit my old apartment. As a homeowner, I sometimes miss my old place. Many memories: good and bad.
Been there...and done that...song tells it all.
There's always that one ex that you hate so much because you love them so much....
Also known as this video, amazing song, harsh video
Why can't music be like this again?
it is a great song that really captures the feeling that you have thinking back about your old apartment....those days when you're just starting out, when things were young, new and fresh....when you had no idea what you were really doing, but the innocence in that made everything seem so great.....great song BnL
So literal, great song, haven’t listened in a while
Hello how are you
December 13th 2020 and this song popped in my head. Bittersweet 💔😭
Hello how are you doing
This song hits nostalgia on every level.
I think this song is really about going back to a place and time that once was. Remembering that first apartment and who you shared it with, even if you’re now miles and years apart. Those memories are not forgotten. CT.
Hey, I never knew they made a music video for this song!
I think that they need to bring this style back ! Times were so good then
Amen
the style never left...its simply not a part of the music industry's radio play. try spotify
I'd pay to listen to Stephen Page sing names from the phone book.
Unique and enjoyable voice!
That made me laugh. He is amazing.
Hilarious!
I hear thats his new gig. Since you know in concert he cant play any of the hits cos everyone else wrote em lol
Back in about 2007 (or whenever John Tavaris was about to be drafted bc he was there), I attended a fundraiser dinner in Toronto and Steven Page was a guest singer. Small venue, and I was astonished that when he was singing everyone around me was talking, rattling glassware, and shmoozing. Shame. What a voice. Great songwriters.
Just makes me think of my old home. Moved away in 95. Really pissed me off we were leaving a great house. I wish I could buy it back one day.
I miss that decade and the fabulous music ! Blessed to have lived it !
Whenever I hear a BNL song it makes me wish I was Canadian just once.
I saw them in concert and it was AMAZING!
I'm back I never get sick of this song it brings back so many memories
Only memories, fading memories, blending into dull tableaux..
I want them back 😭
My first apartment was miserable, I hated the neighbors, I was dead broke even though I worked like a dog, the windows would freeze over every winter because I couldn't afford to pay for heating and there was no AC and only one small window in the 'bedroom' could be opened so we would boil every summer, the landlord would come in an steal from me when I was at work, I found out the walls were lath and plaster when I messed up my hand punching one and knocking a big hole in the plaster, I never patched that hole, the only thing good about those times was my girlfriend and even our relationship was rough, I eventually made enough money to get out of there, my next place was only a little better but at least no one stole from me while I worked, eventually I married my girlfriend, went to college, got a better job, and bought an old house where I live now. My life is so much better than it was when I was in my old apartment, but I'll never give up my memories no matter how bad thing use to be or how good they are now, those miserable times made me who I am now. Next time I'm in the area I should drive by that old place and see what it looks like.
This song hits differently in my mid 30s with a good career.
I haven't listened to this song for roughly 4-5 years and i still remember ever single word..
Coming back to song my boy? It's been another 5 years
Heard this in a grocery store today as I was picking up children’s Tylenol. Last time I heard it was a much different lifestyle. Nostalgia gut punch.
Wonderful song, love it!!
Hits so close to home. Makes me think of my wife and I's first apartment when we were first dating. It was a shithole, but we made it work and we still do.
Here to read the dull tableaux…
Love this song and always will
I'm 42 and desperately miss these days. They actually came to my school to perform. Anyone else?
I grew up on this music, beer, and weed! I
Right On Bro and all noted.
Don't forget the shrooms!
@@dirkdiggler7727 oh ya, the shrooms were so awesome !!
Me to. Still do
"I tore the phone out of the wall."
Back when phones were connected to the wall.
It is/was considered domestic violence because it cut off the victim’s ability to get help. I wonder if it’s true of crushing a cell phone.
Reminds me of high school. Most of us started in an apartment. Then moved on to a townhouse and eventually a single family home.
Miss listening to this with my pops on the way to his work it was 12 years ago when I used to go
Steven Page has such a distinct style