When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea - Lyrics ,

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  • Опубліковано 19 лют 2010
  • I am the fountain of affection
    I'm the instrument of joy
    And to keep the good times rolling
    I'm the boy, I'm the boy,
    You know the world could be our oyster,
    You just put your trust in me,
    Cause we'll keep the good times rolling
    Wait and see, wait and see....oh wait and see!
    His exhaltation, a sweet disintegration.
    A few discolorations, then it comes along
    up is why he chooses, the kisses and the bruises
    There ain't nothing he refuses, then it comes along
    It comes along, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!
    [Chorus:]
    When I'm up I can't get down
    Can't get down, can't get level
    When I'm up I can't get down
    Get my feet back on the ground
    When I'm up I can't get down
    Can't get down, can't get level
    When I'm up I can't get down
    Get my feet back on the ground
    He just needs, something to blind him
    Something to wind him up
    It won't take long to find him
    When it comes on strong.
    Wise guys are grinning, street lights are spinning
    The night is just beginning, and then it comes on strong
    It comes on strong, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!
    [Chorus]
    Oh it comes on strong, and I am lifted.
    It comes on strong, and I am lifted.
    I am lifted, I am lifted!
    [Chorus]
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  • @Danielthedrummer
    @Danielthedrummer Рік тому +5

    I’m a punk rocker and this band is my guilty pleasure

  • @_myhorsesonny_
    @_myhorsesonny_ 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m from Newfoundland and I absolutely love great big sea! The music is so joyful too plus I’ve known all of great big sea’ music for sooo long

  • @TheBeatles193
    @TheBeatles193 13 років тому +15

    Whenever I listen to GBS, it takes me right back to the maritimes. They have such a unique sound. Love this song!

  • @adriannawelch7670
    @adriannawelch7670 3 роки тому +17

    My father loves this song
    Most of my favorite memories of my slightly traumatic childhood consist of me and him listening to this

  • @sharonconstable8146
    @sharonconstable8146 3 роки тому +3

    Discovered this band while driving from Innisfil, Ontario to Bell Island, Newfoundland. Unforgettable.

  • @krystamapplebeck384
    @krystamapplebeck384 7 років тому +9

    love this song!! dad introduced it to me and being half newfie of course I will love it!!

  • @davemason4055
    @davemason4055 7 років тому +145

    I think all true Canadians have some Newfie in their hearts. I know I do.

    • @Mentallychallenged91
      @Mentallychallenged91 7 років тому +4

      Dave Mason kiss the cod
      hail the queen

    • @davemason4055
      @davemason4055 7 років тому +3

      Sean
      and pass me a beer, eh

    • @Abs0lut3Cyner
      @Abs0lut3Cyner 7 років тому +2

      Dave Mason I do as well, I love being Canadian.

    • @davemason4055
      @davemason4055 7 років тому

      +[Internal SCreams] Always. Especially during the playoffs :D

    • @RoyalGhost-27
      @RoyalGhost-27 7 років тому +1

      In my blood

  • @user-ns8ld5sn7k
    @user-ns8ld5sn7k 2 роки тому +2

    Cool tune hi 👋 from Ireland

  • @envolopee
    @envolopee 7 років тому +7

    When i was a kid i def heard "kisses i mean bruises". And i always heard "it comes on strong" both times.

  • @lydiashpinxin8052
    @lydiashpinxin8052 Рік тому +2

    i love this song so much

  • @warrencampbell6862
    @warrencampbell6862 8 років тому +39

    GO CANADA
    fukcin love this country

  • @lovablekitties
    @lovablekitties 13 років тому +2

    this song is awsome

  • @mrquackadoodlemoo
    @mrquackadoodlemoo 13 років тому +2

    now THATS music!
    how can anyone hate this song?

  • @JeanneW777
    @JeanneW777 6 років тому +1

    OK, so I heard this song on the radio and the lilt in the vocalist's voice and the fiddles which I thought sounded like some of the Celtic folk groups... I was curious so I looked this up here only to discover Great Big Sea is from Canada. Oh…. Wikipedia says Great Big Sea is doing rock interpretations of Newfoundland folk songs which draw from Irish, Scottish and Cornish heritage. Nice! Like it! Got played on 92.5 The River Independent Radio station here in Haverhill, MA. 😊

  • @lol64677
    @lol64677 11 років тому +4

    I love this song sooo much! It's amazing to be canadian

    • @Chanchification
      @Chanchification 2 роки тому

      This is a cover of a British song

    • @JohnSmith-gf8gk
      @JohnSmith-gf8gk 2 роки тому +1

      @@Chanchification Canada is a cover of a British country so it fits lol

  • @Krysten55
    @Krysten55 11 років тому +16

    I can't believe my Dad thinks this group sucks! What is wrong with him?! My oldest sister loves this group, though. I think this is all that she listens to...

  • @horsestar5068
    @horsestar5068 5 років тому +5

    Oh my god i love this song ive known it for so long. A Canadian as myself i love it! Anyways anybody who is reading this comment i hope you have a great day!

  • @Coltybearmusic
    @Coltybearmusic 12 років тому +3

    thanks for posting this, i first heard this song when i was just a lad, about 4 years old to be exact, and for years i've been trying to find the name of the band for this familiar song and for those past 12 years, i never knew that the band who wrote this song, was the greatest blues band of all, Great Big Sea.

    • @Chanchification
      @Chanchification 2 роки тому

      They didn't write it, it's a cover of a British song

  • @daniellewood92
    @daniellewood92 12 років тому +1

    awesome tune! love GREAT BIG SEA!

  • @CrImSoN1708
    @CrImSoN1708 9 років тому +29

    That chorus is just so damn catchy! Not to mention the fiddle riff (I think it's a fiddle?).

  • @marysmith2095
    @marysmith2095 7 років тому +3

    Oyster Band! Where are they now? You know they have talent.

  • @anitahuzul9649
    @anitahuzul9649 2 роки тому

    It reminds all people who remember this song. From when it first came out that it’s a good classic with passion

  • @Riverxocean
    @Riverxocean 2 роки тому +1

    This song was playing in my sewing class before covid started

  • @adamspitzig5496
    @adamspitzig5496 12 років тому

    i just went to ottawa folk fest the other day because GBS was there. i love them!!!!!

  • @SpaceC4se
    @SpaceC4se 10 років тому +2

    quintessential great big sea track :)

  • @aaliyah5984
    @aaliyah5984 7 років тому +20

    damn. proud to be canadian tbh

    • @clementwolf4081
      @clementwolf4081 3 роки тому

      i was not in the best moods before listening to this, a beer later and i was looking up history stuff on blimps ...
      i highly suggest to look up ww1 zeppelin not too deadly but scary as hell while listening.

    • @Shadethewolfy
      @Shadethewolfy 3 роки тому +1

      I have relatives that live in Canada; does that make me an honorary Canadian?

    • @ItsFritzDaCat
      @ItsFritzDaCat 2 роки тому +1

      @@Shadethewolfy yes 🙂

  • @samkelly9912
    @samkelly9912 11 років тому +1

    THIS SONG IS THE BEST!!!!

  • @parisgladue7360
    @parisgladue7360 9 років тому +2

    Awesome

  • @lilftaman16
    @lilftaman16 12 років тому

    Best song i have ever herd!!!!

  • @JimBobTheDestroyer
    @JimBobTheDestroyer 13 років тому +1

    MY favorite Band
    end of story

  • @TheChaoticEntity
    @TheChaoticEntity 13 років тому

    @TheBeatles193 Amen to that. Moved to Alberta four years ago, and I miss the coast so damn badly...

  • @NA-fz5sd
    @NA-fz5sd 8 років тому +1

    Ah this takes me back.. XP..

    • @michelmarion5355
      @michelmarion5355 10 місяців тому

      Me too. Back to when great music existed.

  • @Malaika5018
    @Malaika5018 12 років тому +1

    Me and my friend listen to this daily. love great big sea '3

  • @elisaisaac5934
    @elisaisaac5934 9 років тому +1

    I love this song

  • @JoeyLaslo
    @JoeyLaslo 12 років тому

    Best Band.
    Period.

  • @Alan-oo2cq
    @Alan-oo2cq Рік тому

    Ilove Great Big Sea such a great bar band Always plenty drunk at the end .Its the East Coast ,I swareGod Bles Canada and all its parts thats for sure😎👍🇨🇦

  • @BOG0690
    @BOG0690 8 років тому +4

    this was on much music way back when i was a weeee lad

  • @maddies3010
    @maddies3010 12 років тому

    i went to 2 of their concerts their AMAZING

  • @miguelsmanzz4210
    @miguelsmanzz4210 Рік тому

    recuerdo un cover del gran canal CMT Country MusicTelevision 1998

  • @mcbossboy5109
    @mcbossboy5109 11 років тому +3

    I've loved this sing for 3 years and I still do. And your awesome because if you are newfie I am to(please answer if you are newfie or not)

  • @sillybazza985
    @sillybazza985 6 років тому

    Nice version .

  • @sambenoit9899
    @sambenoit9899 4 роки тому

    I remember sitting in the car going to Newfoundland in the summer to see my grandparents and this song would play and my family would Jam

  • @MetaKnightpwz
    @MetaKnightpwz 11 років тому +41

    Personally, I think they are the best Canadian band!
    ....if anyone mentions Nickleback after this, they need to be slapped.

  • @ErrSid
    @ErrSid 12 років тому

    lol Newfies.. nuff said XD love you guys

  • @cannacare34
    @cannacare34 3 роки тому

    Hell yeah

  • @SliC3oFicE
    @SliC3oFicE 13 років тому

    @TheChaoticEntity Amen, im in edmonton right now, but soon to be home, sweet salty home

  • @Shampoo450
    @Shampoo450 11 років тому +28

    This song should be in a Viagra Ad

    • @Scarlet_Phoenix
      @Scarlet_Phoenix 3 роки тому

      Hahaha and now that's the only thing I can think about. Thanks for that lol

  • @bluewolverine40
    @bluewolverine40 11 років тому +1

    i first heard this 102.3 now radio dot com

  • @camerongranger3378
    @camerongranger3378 9 років тому +3

    This brings me back to grade 5 xD

    • @Nonamesareleft99
      @Nonamesareleft99 8 років тому +1

      +Cameron Granger First cd I ever owned.

    • @williamhardway6436
      @williamhardway6436 4 роки тому

      Me mum rock this album when I was little. "Garfield, you were never little" "When I was young."

  • @farcry223
    @farcry223 12 років тому +2

    Who think gbs is the best newfoundland band ever

  • @mickeyrats974
    @mickeyrats974 3 роки тому

    This is a great song....and a good cover of it. Not written by the GBS though. Oyster Band wrote it.

  • @samuelbousfield4342
    @samuelbousfield4342 8 років тому

    I'll go with that

  • @farcry223
    @farcry223 12 років тому

    Great big sea and Newfoundland ftw am i right!

  • @gaspode18
    @gaspode18 11 років тому +2

    It might be amazing to be Canadian but this is an English song. Written by Oysterband.

  • @robertfitzpatrick7658
    @robertfitzpatrick7658 8 місяців тому

    When you coming back to Brandon manitoba

  • @darkangel333ful
    @darkangel333ful 4 роки тому

    Comes.on.strong

  • @BenJagermaster
    @BenJagermaster 11 років тому +1

    gway yere all bollixs by GOD BLESS NEWFOUNDLAD

  • @MetaKnightpwz
    @MetaKnightpwz 11 років тому

    ...are you stalking me? XD

  • @PrairieMcFox
    @PrairieMcFox 11 років тому

    Oh that makes sense I'm from the west, so I only speak one language and even then not very well. XD But both are correct and I was taught to spell it like "Canadian" with an "a" instead of an "e". Nice to speak with a easterner makes Canada feel a bit smaller.

  • @sagedent3185
    @sagedent3185 10 років тому

    Folk rock/folk pop.

  • @TheLastHylianTitan
    @TheLastHylianTitan 5 років тому

    This might be a dumb question but what is this song about? Is it about staying positive? Being too much a dreamer to focus on reality?

  • @ChilledCanadian
    @ChilledCanadian 8 років тому +8

    you crazy newfies :p, from a caper

  • @KegorianRune
    @KegorianRune 11 років тому

    then what are they?

  • @sarahjewell9143
    @sarahjewell9143 10 років тому +11

    is this the greatest Bi-Polar anthem ever written?

    • @michelmarion5355
      @michelmarion5355 10 місяців тому

      I can relate... I'm bi-polar but gratefully no more depression. Love my happy pills to keep me stable & high on life. Amen to being positive & surrounding myself with positive influences like the Bible. The truth shall set you free. God does not lie.

  • @26dacloudsurfer003
    @26dacloudsurfer003 11 років тому

    Someone help me, I listened to a "when I get up I can't get down" song in a store and it was jazz I think and sung by a woman. Very nice beat and I can't find it here in UA-cam, someone know about it?

  • @mgreen329
    @mgreen329 11 років тому

    GBS country band!? HAHA omy...

  • @allanosmond1
    @allanosmond1 12 років тому

    Well the 301 one other ones standing should help him :)

  • @TheLastHylianTitan
    @TheLastHylianTitan 4 роки тому

    What is this song about?

  • @Mickey5777
    @Mickey5777 12 років тому

    he cant get down from the tree :o

  • @XxCityofLostAngelsxX
    @XxCityofLostAngelsxX 11 років тому

    12 now

  • @Robmar420
    @Robmar420 12 років тому

    @DemonDancingDove That was the point of the comment.. I usually hate those kind of comments but that was actually good haha

  • @thepretentiousgentleman
    @thepretentiousgentleman 10 місяців тому

    I always thought I’d get an “Exit Only” sign on my ass.
    But I’ve had a prostate exam since I had that idea so… 🤷‍♂️

  • @BOG0690
    @BOG0690 8 років тому +3

    i have newfie in my heart. yaarrrr!

  • @joshhemingway7986
    @joshhemingway7986 2 роки тому

    I love how the video is 12 years old buy less than 200 comments

  • @mcbossboy5109
    @mcbossboy5109 11 років тому

    I lived there for 2 years moved and went back for a year and moved its because I'm newfie.

  • @HalcaeonArt
    @HalcaeonArt 12 років тому

    @XxFREAKINGSPARKLESxX Typing that kind of contradicts this entire song, just letting you know. ;)
    You're up, don't let them get you down. :D

  • @Malenrick
    @Malenrick 11 років тому

    actually I'm from Ontario, and i grew up french so i think its a habit to spell it that way, of course i don't even know if its spelt that way in french since i suck with spelling things, especially names, if I'm correct its "Canadian" in English right?

  • @BenJagermaster
    @BenJagermaster 11 років тому

    gway boy wil ya

  • @Sigma_Quack
    @Sigma_Quack 5 місяців тому

    Wait is he talking about being high?

  • @KegorianRune
    @KegorianRune 11 років тому +7

    to me they are the best country band in the world. I mean hell I can't stand this genre so if a band can make ME love then then they did SOMETHING right.

    • @sophiemeade304
      @sophiemeade304 6 років тому +1

      KegorianRune it not cuntry it's celtic. Maybe that's why you like it

  • @Krysten55
    @Krysten55 11 років тому

    That's what she said...

  • @PrairieMcFox
    @PrairieMcFox 11 років тому

    Are you a Québecer? If not then why do you spell it "Canadien"? I know the term was originally spelt as such, and referred primarily to francophones. But generally you don't spell it like that.

  • @machinamawatcher
    @machinamawatcher 13 років тому

    @suzannejmartin Watched that, then came back to this. comparing them, I have deduced one thing; GBS took that song, and awesome-afied it.

  • @visonism
    @visonism 11 років тому

    yea it shouldnt be put down

  • @dandyo.8233
    @dandyo.8233 5 років тому +3

    Although I'm also Canadian, Ymfah introduced me to this band through Ordinary Day.
    Why do I think anyone cares?
    Uhh...

    • @dharmeme6853
      @dharmeme6853 3 роки тому

      I first heard them through the chemical worker's song

  • @calvinhobbescinnamon
    @calvinhobbescinnamon 11 років тому

    Looks like 9 cant get it up now......

  • @darkangel333ful
    @darkangel333ful 4 роки тому

    When.im.up.i.cant.get.down

  • @Malenrick
    @Malenrick 11 років тому

    actuolly i got no clue anymore if its canadien or what

  • @LstCowboy
    @LstCowboy 14 років тому +1

    Nice, still prefer both of the Oysterband originals.

  • @onelonelypickle
    @onelonelypickle 11 років тому

    So is humor nothavicus.

  • @bloddboy00
    @bloddboy00 12 років тому

    2 people can't get down

  • @MetaKnightpwz
    @MetaKnightpwz 11 років тому +1

    Oh, I'm sorry... and here I was thinking that I was actually ALLOWED to voice my opinions without discrimination...I guess everyone's wrong at one point in their life, huh? :)

  • @DemonDancingDove
    @DemonDancingDove 12 років тому

    @Robmar420 Heh, I've been told I'm really bad with those jokes, so I'm trying to restrain myself.

  • @roycekaye8005
    @roycekaye8005 9 років тому +5

    This is from my neck of the woods sorry about you tube comercials

  • @Malenrick
    @Malenrick 11 років тому

    since its the internet nobody knows if your being rude or disrespectful to the band or your saying your opinion, which is why normally people say IMO or in my opinion that there music isn't that good and that i don't like it, your allowed giving your opinion but since the internet is full of trolls and assholes normally if you don't make it specific that your not saying the band sucks but that you specifically don't like it then people take it the wrong way, which is probably why blind reacted.

  • @Krysten55
    @Krysten55 11 років тому

    Thirteen more people have an erectile dysfunction.
    I was about to say a comment like yours. I knew somebody was going to say something like that.

  • @evilblackknight99
    @evilblackknight99 12 років тому

    narofan966 make that 2

  • @CanucktotheCore
    @CanucktotheCore 12 років тому

    @mrquackadoodlemoo people who dont like newfies, Newfies FTW!

  • @MetaKnightpwz
    @MetaKnightpwz 11 років тому

    Nothing really, I just like GBS's music better. :/ I was just kidding about the slapping part, but now that I look at it... it does kinda seem like I have something against them, doesn't it? X)

  • @CoronaMage
    @CoronaMage 5 років тому

    Even balance itself needs to be balanced. Ascension isn't wrong. Push through to the truest birth. What is formed through will is left behind as relics of immense interactions long since passed.