Townes Van Zandt - Dead Flowers - The Big Lebowski

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  • @Joelomite
    @Joelomite 10 років тому +401

    This movie really ties my life together.

    • @AlwaysHalloween000
      @AlwaysHalloween000 9 років тому +1

      too funny , ilove it

    • @CrazyRayTv1
      @CrazyRayTv1 9 років тому +16

      I suggest you do what your parents did, GET A JOB SIR!

    • @AlwaysHalloween000
      @AlwaysHalloween000 9 років тому +3

      damn i wish i did have a job,been trying for 18 months

    • @LongBitcoinShortXRPiss
      @LongBitcoinShortXRPiss 7 років тому +7

      I am the Walrus?

    • @markchas4554
      @markchas4554 7 років тому +11

      I have not had a job since June 2009. Just in my basement room with a baggie, rolling papers, and a roach-clip. Never been happier.

  • @mbjasondify
    @mbjasondify 5 років тому +123

    Townes would have loved the Dude. Only Townes could cover a Stones song and make it his own. RIP Townes, a Texas star that burned so bright and too short of a life.

    • @ericloveday3647
      @ericloveday3647 5 років тому +4

      Yeah, few can pull it off. Glad to see a few are still listening

    • @bigg53er
      @bigg53er 2 роки тому +11

      I went years thinking it was townes's song only recently did i find out it was a cover. RIP townes

    • @corgio1260
      @corgio1260 2 роки тому +4

      @@bigg53er for what it’s worth I found that out only today by reading this comment haha

    • @prestonhill5269
      @prestonhill5269 2 роки тому +6

      Absolutely his version is what I feel it was supposed to be it's so much more powerful and honestly one of my favorites of all time

    • @samnic1998
      @samnic1998 7 місяців тому

      Melanie did it

  • @markfullarton9
    @markfullarton9 4 роки тому +54

    .. back in 2010, late November my Aorta blew apart on a Saturday.. around noon. they call it a type A aortic dissection and it kills dudes at least 80% of the time, if not immediately, then during surgery.... a week later, after the open heart surgery, they were finally successful in waking me up for a couple of minutes.... My angel said that my family were all worried sick and waiting with bated breath to know how I was doing.... if I was gonna live... She asked What can I tell them. I said I love you baby. Tell them the dude abides...smiled and fell into sleep again... Thank you dude, for the smiles and good feelings. We love you man. Townes, brother, the same is true for you.

  • @citeriorcf
    @citeriorcf 11 років тому +83

    one of the best films ever

    • @oldpossum
      @oldpossum 11 років тому +13

      Yeah, that's just like ahh your OPINION, man :-)

  • @airborne022
    @airborne022 4 роки тому +45

    This is the absolute best movie ever made.

  • @scottculliton1008
    @scottculliton1008 Рік тому +38

    this is my favorite version of this song

    • @castinajig
      @castinajig 4 місяці тому +2

      I heard this song my whole life played it in bands 1000 different times never liked it until I heard this version

  • @ivangoldberger289
    @ivangoldberger289 Рік тому +13

    This movie is a legend.

  • @UncleFishbits
    @UncleFishbits 3 роки тому +30

    From a Rolling Stone article on how T. Bone Burnett secured the rights to this song:
    A tougher get was Townes Van Zandt’s cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Dead Flowers,” which plays over Lebowski‘s closing credits. “[Former Stones manager] Allen Klein owns the rights to it,” Burnett says. “He wanted $150,000.” Burnett begged Klein to just come down and watch an early cut of Lebowski. “It got to the part where the Dude says, ‘I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man!’ Klein stands up and says, ‘That’s it, you can have the song!’ That was beautiful.” For the record, Burnett agrees with the Dude (“[The Eagles] sort of single-handedly destroyed that whole scene that was brewing back then,” he says), but the line infuriated Glenn Frey. “I ran into [Frey] and he gave me some shit,” Jeff Bridges says. “I can’t remember what he said exactly, but my anus tightened a bit.”

  • @RogersGirl88
    @RogersGirl88 3 роки тому +19

    The greatest greek tale ever told, a few thousands years late.

  • @MrMickthemonster
    @MrMickthemonster 11 років тому +31

    That rug really tied the room together.

  • @jimrebr
    @jimrebr Рік тому +19

    This cover of the Stones hit, Dead Flowers, is a Townes Van Zandt masterpiece, no one else can top Townes. The Coen Brothers were wise to have this song to end The Big Lebowski or The Dude movie, as I call it, lol 😂I am a huge fan of TVZ, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steven Buschemi, Julienne Moore, everyone in that movie, especially Jesus 😅Just recently got a beautiful new persian rug that really ties the room together.❤ Watched The Big Lebowski last week, again, can never get tired of this movie, or Townes Van Zandt ❤❤❤

    • @wheelmanstan
      @wheelmanstan Рік тому +4

      I love when I hear Townes in a random show or film..I've heard his stuff in at least 2 tv shows and 4 movies. Sometimes I like the fact it ain't so well known...even though he is clearly the greatest ever. Hell of Wheels used Waitin' around to Die...really cool version from his Far Cry From Dead album.

  • @erikdrake6317
    @erikdrake6317 4 роки тому +30

    In your wisdom Lord you took Donnie from us as you took so many flowering young men at Khe Sahn, Lan Doc, and Hill 364!

    • @codysmith5602
      @codysmith5602 4 роки тому +11

      These young men gave their lives, and so did Donnie... Donnie who loved bowling

    • @ShaunC-s.c.
      @ShaunC-s.c. Місяць тому

      Hill 364!

  • @richardknights2436
    @richardknights2436 3 роки тому +10

    I must live under a rock. I have only just discovered this song.
    Where I have I been all its life.

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 2 роки тому +1

      IKR! That guitar work is amazing.

  • @RenzBeats
    @RenzBeats 6 років тому +41

    I sat up alone in my almost completely empty bedroom with just a mattress and small bedside drawer one night, spent my last money on a bottle of Kahlua, very shitty vodka ($22 AUD) and milk, and watched this drinking White Russians all night. Felt more wholesome then I have in a long night. Live your best life friends.

    • @bigLeb213
      @bigLeb213 6 місяців тому +1

      Sounds like an absolute dream

  • @billwhite9703
    @billwhite9703 2 роки тому +5

    Great version and a top choice for this movie. This great movie.

  • @lewstone5430
    @lewstone5430 2 роки тому +10

    Used to play this version at open mic, defined my life at the time.

  • @WuCurdy
    @WuCurdy 6 років тому +21

    Watch this vid about 4 times a week. Takes me into the vibe of the movie's ending every time. Sometimes, you just have to abide.
    Had a conversation with a friend today who dreams about owning an orchard one day. She said "Did I tell you, I came up with a name! Abiding Orchards." I told her it was excellent. To me it meant an orchard that abides by the laws of creation. Didn't realize until I got home that she was actually thinking about the adjective form of "abiding" : (of a feeling or a memory) lasting a long time; enduring.
    I think the two go hand in hand. Today deepened my appreciation for the verb AND the adjective.
    Abide abidingly my friends.

    • @ShaDHP23
      @ShaDHP23 5 років тому +3

      That's the key to abiding. Sometimes you have to be okay with the curve balls life throws you, and sometimes okay is okay.

  • @philipvitale6555
    @philipvitale6555 9 років тому +24

    Nicely done. Still one of those films you can never get enough of.

  • @ryandonovan5205
    @ryandonovan5205 2 роки тому +7

    Great job putting a song by the greatest singer on Earth in the greatest movie on Earth

    • @jesusoftheapes
      @jesusoftheapes 2 роки тому +1

      Coen brothers are good at that. Between BL and No country for old men you are talking about the two best made films in history.

  • @rayraygearhart
    @rayraygearhart 10 років тому +14

    Townes was the bomb and of course there's The Dude. He abides.

  • @BBQMAN81
    @BBQMAN81 10 років тому +6

    best movie of all time ever will be always wind at our backs sun on our faces

  • @meetchyohanesse9852
    @meetchyohanesse9852 11 років тому +64

    I like your style, Dude.

  • @lyoncountyyoutube7224
    @lyoncountyyoutube7224 11 місяців тому +2

    My all-time favorite movie. The Dude abides

  • @keithschilhab7759
    @keithschilhab7759 Рік тому +5

    Careful man, there's a beverage here!!

  • @RevZafod
    @RevZafod 8 років тому +45

    Great edit with Townes' cover. And I speak as a three-time winner of the Best Walter trophy at LebowskiFests: LA 2005 and 2007, and NYC 2006. You done good.

  • @AlwaysHalloween000
    @AlwaysHalloween000 8 років тому +69

    if i'm on my death bed in the hospital and i got some choice to watch any movie while half awake this is what i want to see

    • @babygrowingparadise
      @babygrowingparadise 8 років тому +13

      I didn't see the initial "if" and I was already worried for you man

    • @deadpaul6415
      @deadpaul6415 5 років тому +2

      The dude abides

  • @robinnoel1396
    @robinnoel1396 6 місяців тому +1

    Just a man trying to live his life. Totally upended by things beyond his control. Feels very real circa 2024.

  • @airborne022
    @airborne022 4 роки тому +5

    Best movie ever

  • @jacobmoreno7706
    @jacobmoreno7706 5 місяців тому +2

    This is the most wonderful thing I've seen in quite some time

  • @unitedsongbirds
    @unitedsongbirds Рік тому +12

    The power of film will always be part of the culture! Great work putting this together. Love Townes version...gone too soon 💔🎸🎶

  • @zachsimmerock5257
    @zachsimmerock5257 10 місяців тому +5

    Its Sunday morning March 10th 2024...And i just wanted to start todays "service" with a song and a prayer.. I do hope you will join me. " best movie ever,BTW".......wasnt intended on blasphemous sound.... Have a great Sunday Lebowskians!

  • @wowmachineradio
    @wowmachineradio 9 років тому +36

    Nice job on the editing and capturing the narrative of the movie in the lyrics. Its the perfect song to conclude that movie.

  • @tobbes_ruhrdyne
    @tobbes_ruhrdyne 7 років тому +9

    By far one of the best fan made Vids put together. Thank ya!

  • @YeseniaV92
    @YeseniaV92 10 місяців тому +3

    Something about this song is so sad to me. I guess it's the theme of being disappointed in one's life's outcome - so much so that the person in question is ashamed to see someone from their past that they were once close with. Hits close to home for me lol and I'm sure many others

  • @baseballfanatixx1
    @baseballfanatixx1 11 років тому +12

    RIP PSH. Rest easy man. Jim Carrey: "For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much. Bless your heart."

  • @SteaksauceandRob
    @SteaksauceandRob 9 років тому +16

    4 people have never bid goodbye to a sweet prince

  • @amattchronism
    @amattchronism 4 роки тому +4

    this AMV makes me nostalgic for that great feeling of watching this film. it's amazingly impactful. great job

  • @jameshepburn6805
    @jameshepburn6805 8 років тому +9

    baked chillin to dis song, magic.

  • @caves51
    @caves51 2 роки тому +2

    I tell ya … that rug really ties that room together

    • @cathywright6558
      @cathywright6558 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, it just disappeared at the end did you see 👀 it? It was just gone.

  • @TheRick8866
    @TheRick8866 3 роки тому +6

    You’re officially legend for making this

  • @patrickmultimedia
    @patrickmultimedia 2 місяці тому +2

    2024 ! great song greater movie!!! live on .... THE DUDE ABIDES!

  • @JPGPakua
    @JPGPakua 10 років тому +4

    A bit of Lebowski taiji with the coffee mug, love it.

  • @kevinsanderson4860
    @kevinsanderson4860 2 роки тому +1

    609 Venezia Ave, Venice LA, the dudes apartment. I also looked up the bowling alley, it was torn down in 2002 to build an elementary school

  • @ArmySquirrel1
    @ArmySquirrel1 8 років тому +12

    the dude abides man

  • @rocknrollhippy771
    @rocknrollhippy771 8 років тому +10

    Love Townes, love the flick. The Dude abides :)

  • @peyotrip
    @peyotrip 8 років тому +1

    such a great movie

  • @ericloveday3647
    @ericloveday3647 5 років тому +1

    The Late Great Mr. Townes Van Zany ladies and gentleman. May have also heard a little song called Poncho Y Lefty. Watch him on Heart Worn Highways with a teenage Steve Earl

  • @reveddro319
    @reveddro319 9 років тому +1

    best movie EVER!!!

  • @bascule23
    @bascule23 6 років тому +2

    Very nicely put together, thanks :)

  • @masdalbretto5456
    @masdalbretto5456 Рік тому

    Best sound track for sure

  • @eljeffe5938
    @eljeffe5938 6 років тому +3

    Townes was very talented man. Gone too soon

  • @artwilmeth6944
    @artwilmeth6944 7 років тому +4

    Ha great edit
    The Dude abides

  • @ericpine4844
    @ericpine4844 6 років тому +1

    Fantastic video for the song and movie! Great job!

  • @lolomcspanky
    @lolomcspanky 4 роки тому +2

    This was really well done, thank you!

  • @88HaZZarD88
    @88HaZZarD88 11 років тому +1

    epic movie and song !

  • @toncistanic7471
    @toncistanic7471 9 років тому +26

    I like your style, man. Thank you for this and I must say, I do like the part where you edited the video by yourself. I think The Dude would appreciated that. This is a good edit. And a thoroughly one

    • @razwanakram4446
      @razwanakram4446 7 років тому

      Tonci Stanic
      The dude abide' s

    • @ocoop
      @ocoop 3 роки тому

      the dude abides

  • @ChrissieLynchie
    @ChrissieLynchie 11 років тому +1

    Very nicely put together video. Thanks!! :)

  • @limbekcs
    @limbekcs 11 років тому

    seems like you made my weekend, this was just the video needed, thanks Nikolas!
    and yes, the dude abides!

  • @admtech69
    @admtech69 3 роки тому +2

    “F*ck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.”

  • @skihik591
    @skihik591 11 років тому +1

    Great edit. may the dude be with you

  • @MichaelCherau-kt8gy
    @MichaelCherau-kt8gy 4 місяці тому

    The greatest comedy ever

  • @A2Kx
    @A2Kx 9 років тому +28

    Say friend, you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?

    • @dylanhughes8457
      @dylanhughes8457 8 років тому

      +jin soo I see your waiting for the summer of 2016 also.

    • @wildazcat25
      @wildazcat25 7 років тому +3

      Sioux city sasparilla?

    • @treygilmore7978
      @treygilmore7978 6 років тому

      wildazcat25 that’s a good one

  • @RowanMakin-yd3cb
    @RowanMakin-yd3cb 4 місяці тому

    Wow, I never realized how much The Dude gets thrown around and startled before.

  • @jenton70
    @jenton70 10 років тому +5

    I never noticed that Donny was rocking an orange Slice at the bar. lol

  • @tobiasoellers146
    @tobiasoellers146 4 місяці тому

    Soooo good

  • @ihateyu9603
    @ihateyu9603 11 років тому

    Outstanding video!!! Thanks!!!!!!

  • @affirmativedave.1846
    @affirmativedave.1846 8 років тому +12

    Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
    Talkin' to some rich folks that you know
    Well, I hope you don't see me in my ragged company
    Well, you know I could never be alone
    Take me down, little Susie, take me down
    I know you think you're the queen of the underground
    Send me dead flowers every morning
    Send me dead flowers by the mail
    Send me dead flowers to my wedding
    And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
    Well, when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
    Making bets on Kentucky Derby Days
    Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
    And another girl to take my pain away
    Take me down, little Susie, take me down
    I know you think you're the queen of the underground
    Send me dead flowers every morning
    Send me dead flowers by the mail
    Send me dead flowers to my wedding
    And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
    Take me down, little Susie, take me down
    I know you think you're the queen of the underground
    Send me dead flowers every morning
    Send me dead flowers by the mail
    Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
    And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
    No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave...

  • @Syveck
    @Syveck 9 місяців тому

    This is good sad music for someone passing away

  • @michaeldavenport6972
    @michaeldavenport6972 3 роки тому

    This just stoned me to my soul.

  • @warrenpeterson8296
    @warrenpeterson8296 6 місяців тому

    Breautiful job

  • @walterlippmann6292
    @walterlippmann6292 12 годин тому

    well done

  • @johnmurphy6259
    @johnmurphy6259 3 місяці тому

    love it

  • @iainmacfadyen1101
    @iainmacfadyen1101 Місяць тому +1

    Merica didn't give one dusty fuck about him when he was alive now there's a picture of him in every bar in texas

    • @TheCowboylogic
      @TheCowboylogic 20 днів тому

      You bet! When he was alive, he was a drunken, pain-in-the-ass junkie. The minute he died he became a Hero. But the sumbitch sure was a maginficent wordsmith.....

  • @TheYajrennat
    @TheYajrennat 11 років тому

    this is very well done

  • @riseagan
    @riseagan 8 років тому +33

    This video makes me feel very at peace.

  • @johnrimbaud5312
    @johnrimbaud5312 10 місяців тому

    Big up for the montage dude,
    Thats, a fan act.
    From belgije🇧🇪🖤

  • @SAMMOFIDEL
    @SAMMOFIDEL 10 років тому +1

    Love this

  • @briano.1503
    @briano.1503 7 місяців тому

    My favorite movie ever made.
    ✌💀👍

  • @williambloom7391
    @williambloom7391 14 днів тому

    How Bridges and Goodman didn't earn academy awards is beyond me.

  • @robertpayne6781
    @robertpayne6781 11 років тому

    The dude abides. I take comfort in that

  • @quadleaf95
    @quadleaf95 8 років тому +5

    Better than the original and it's hard to top the Stones.

    • @fcktheonlythingmissingisu3792
      @fcktheonlythingmissingisu3792 6 років тому +1

      This is original TOWNES VAN ZANDT wrote this song.

    • @hendrikheemels8615
      @hendrikheemels8615 5 років тому +1

      @@fcktheonlythingmissingisu3792Bullshit, this song is fucking written by Jagger and Richards. Look it up, dude.

    • @michaelsacco4212
      @michaelsacco4212 2 роки тому +2

      No he didn’t. Jagger and Richards

  • @МихаилСергопольцев

    Большой Лебовский, одна из главных работ братьев Коэнов. Комедия, детектив, драма, если хотите, можете и боевик с триллером сюда добавить. Кто-то просто посмеется, причем до слез, кто-то задумается, и для того и для другого причин будет более чем достаточно. Фарс, театр абсурда, стеб над целыми киножанрами, сильная драма о месте личности в современном мире, все это о нем, о Лебовском.
    Для сыгравшего его Джеффа Бриджеса, эта роль стала настоящим звездным часом. Пофигист в расцвете сил, получился из него замечательный. Он не такой как все, его не очень-то интересуют окружающие его люди. Он чужд любого тщеславия, ему все равно кто и что о нем подумает, он не гонится за призраками: благосостоянием, положением в обществе, престижной работой и прочим. Потому что лентяй, спросите Вы. Да вот не все так просто.
    Было время, когда молодой Джеффри был активистом, имел четкую гражданскую позицию, пытался сделать этот мир лучше, но решил, что все это бесполезно и не имеет ровно никакого смысла. Так Джеффри стал просто Чуваком, который живет на пособие по безработице, играет в боулинг, не любит когда его называют по имени и плевать хотел на весь остальной мир. Но судьба веселая штука, и не хочет оставлять Чувака в покое. Два злодея врываются в его дом, и заставляют на некоторое время оказаться поближе к другой жизни, которую Коэны населили довольно колоритными персонажами.
    Давно известно, что у братьев, актеры второго плана, практически всегда на высоте. Не стал исключением и Большой Лебовский. Отличный дуэт Джеффу Бриджесу составил Джон Гудман, сыгравший ветерана Вьетнама, трогателен третий друг, в исполнении Стива Бушеми, отличный монолог от Сэма Эллиота, яркая роль будущего оскароносца Ф. С. Хоффмана, даже Тара Рейд, видимо в первый и последний раз в своей карьере, смотрелась вполне достойно, наверное потому что играла саму себя.
    Чем заканчивается фильм? Да по большому счету ничем. Чувак пожил несколько дней насыщенной жизнью, побывал у копов и парочки миллионеров, помог странной дамочке стать матерью, развеял по ветру прах друга, забрал новый ковер, повстречался с целой кучей порномагнатов, нигилистов детективов и прочих уродов, разочаровался во всем этом, и снова пошел играть в боулинг.
    Нравится ли Коэнам их герой? Безусловно. Как ни странно он оказывается единственным нормальным персонажем во всей истории. Советуют ли они нам жить так же как он? Не обязательно, но подумать о том, сколько в нашей жизни всего ненужного, а что на самом деле важно, это пожайлуста. Жизнь довольно мерзкая штука, главное прожить ее достойно, не изменяя себе, а мы, к сожалению, очень редко это понимаем. Ergus

  • @aleisterlowenstein9526
    @aleisterlowenstein9526 10 днів тому

    Makes me think of the rich folks in my family.

  • @jesusoftheapes
    @jesusoftheapes 2 роки тому

    who would have thought this Stones song had so much juice without them singing it?

  • @WerGor
    @WerGor 7 років тому

    Einfach geil gecovert.

  • @hanks2567000
    @hanks2567000 6 років тому +1

    Townes and Jimmie Gray..singin' at Springwater

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay 4 роки тому +3

    The Dude abides. I don’t know about you, but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowin he’s out there, takin ‘er easy for all us sinners.
    Well, that about does it, wraps it all up.
    And It was a pretty good story. Don't you think? It made me laugh to beat the band. Parts, anyway. I didn't like seein' Donny go. But, then I happen to know that there's a little Lebowski on the way. I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself down through the generations. Westward the wagons, across the sands of time until we - ah, look at me. I'm ramblin' again...

  • @sunlightofspirt
    @sunlightofspirt 9 років тому +5

    That's because it's not meant to be understood it's meant to be enjoyed

  • @jeffh3328
    @jeffh3328 8 років тому +19

    Yeah well, you know, that's like your opinion, man

  • @bartmart1234
    @bartmart1234 11 років тому

    Thanks man

  • @airborne022
    @airborne022 4 роки тому

    If you are too young to remember this movie you are too young to remember to life

  • @sidDkid87
    @sidDkid87 10 років тому +4

    j'adore

    • @sidDkid87
      @sidDkid87 10 років тому +1

      ***** Cervezas pour moi, s'il vous plait, Mika ; )`

  • @markstocker5121
    @markstocker5121 4 місяці тому

    The Dude abides.

  • @planreview
    @planreview 3 роки тому +1

    Nice Marmot

  • @harrygraham923
    @harrygraham923 10 років тому +1

    happy birthday Townes March 7th

  • @pwreric
    @pwreric 8 років тому

    Great vid. top notch song fits right into movie. except for Kentucky Derby part I guess

  • @dennisdevine3382
    @dennisdevine3382 7 років тому

    The Dude! Enough said.

  • @DamionBordelon
    @DamionBordelon 8 місяців тому

    Reminds me of a guy I knew once.

  • @frankie6643
    @frankie6643 9 років тому

    3:08 is ending part of song

  • @acl9183
    @acl9183 8 років тому +13

    Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women man