It is called "Aberdeen" because the lead singer, Matt Schultz kept singing the city's name while rehearsing in Aberdeen, Scotland. That's why the dragon looks like the Loch Ness monster.
Louis Walsh yeah I fucking know that hahaha, the monsters based off of that because the song is referring to a Scottish City. I never said that the Loch Ness monster was from Aberdeen. "Loch ness monster"... it's kinda in the name
... Same. Sometimes a song tells a story I'm not ready to face, and I have to avoid it until I'm ready to heal from it and put it away. Once I'm over it, the song don't bother me, and I can enjoy it anytime. Many times a song is the only one that say's :Hey, I been there too. And you can get through this.
Is there a song that you really liked but it hurts to listen to now cause you were so happy when you listened to it and now you’re at your lowest and it makes you think about where your life went wrong? This is it chief
Is it insensitive of me to be annoyed at people for feeling bad for q clay dinosaurs and not the actual song writer? Because the lyrics to this song crushes my soul and makes me want to hug the writer and tell them everything will be ok
I'm in a predicament. I love this song so much, easily my favorite song on the album, but I can relate too well to it and it makes me cry pretty often. HALP!
BillcosbyKNOWS Don't worry. Songs often generalize, so it seems like they relate directly to you a lot, even though often they don't. However, I know what you mean.
aberdeen to me sounds a lot like "a burden", which would refer a lot to the dragon in the music video. i know that's not how it's supposed to be intended, i just thought i would say this.
the video is sad but i've seen the same story concept many times and i've become desensitized to it... in fact i laughed at the lady throwing the baby away and running.. i am fucked in the mind..
I always thought he was saying something like "weeping," just exaggerated. But once the end of the song came it sounded more clear that it's just "way back"
... It makes sense it would "sound like" that because in the video he is trying to show he is not a scary monster. But the when and where... When: Way back, way back. Where: Aberdeen.
Tbh white flag and why beg fits a lot better with the music video. (White flag bcuz the monster is surrendering and they just want the fighting to stop (although they didn’t try and hurt anyone) and why beg cuz theyre begging to make friends with people and they started to give up)
Honestly I love the song but watching the video makes me think about how mean those army men were and how the dragon just wanted to be friends but in the end they shot his head of and he died and the dragon just wanted to be friends and also when I watch the video it gives me aches only because I feel bad for the dragon
I don't see how everyone thought the music video was THAT sad. I know, I know, some people are sensitive. It's just that the music video was more fucked up than sad.
There's something about cage the elephant...some hard rock, blues element...they're so much more appealing to me than other indy acts...how they're not more popular than imagine dragons or mumford n sons, I'll never know...
Frankly, some precious things are worth stealing. Gurgle gurgle goo, what a difference a day makes! Urgh-le... Archa... "A '3'. No inquiries allowed... You! of course are a... The next maybe was... Toiletsnowpeople. What maybe you're! not a 7! That's what everyone in the theatre of damnation ... $1 trillion? Ok. potential, for everyone.
Yeah something about this song makes me wish for better days, that naiver mind and when I thought my problems were as serious as it gets and id be happy some day
It is called "Aberdeen" because the lead singer, Matt Schultz kept singing the city's name while rehearsing in Aberdeen, Scotland. That's why the dragon looks like the Loch Ness monster.
thanks for the clarification!
Really? I always thought the title Aberdeen was a reference to Aberdeen, Whastington where Kurt cobaine and krist noveselic grew up.
Loch Ness monster is from Inverness
Louis Walsh yeah I fucking know that hahaha, the monsters based off of that because the song is referring to a Scottish City. I never said that the Loch Ness monster was from Aberdeen. "Loch ness monster"... it's kinda in the name
XxCrazyRedneckHackerxX nope, do a bit of research on the band and you'll find that it is based on Aberdeen, Scotland.
No other band has left the feeling like cage the elephant, the most unique band that sounds wonderful
Try the the pixies :)
When I saw the music video to this I cried.
+MyEyes My heart just died, is all
Same.
I played this song three times on the way Home
Yeah... some people just want to be accepted and loved but are rejected and hated because their different.
Didn’t we all?
I love this song, but I can't watch the music video. It such a sad video.
I only watched it once it took me a whole month to forget and it was creepy and sad at the same time.
And I like the song too.
Same, lol.
same
Biker what happens there
Because of the Monster video, I cant play this song without having a small ache in my heart.
Why I am listening to the lyrics video.
it's so sad ),:
same :(
what happened?
The music video of the song made people feel sad
Makes me think of the pixies especially the way he screams "way back way back".
absolutely, you can tell the pixies were a huge influence on these guys
Holy shit I thought the exact same way back.
6 years late, but it's almost certain that the guitar is very very very similar to Where Is My Mind? by The Pixies. Just speed up
Haven't listened to Cage The Elephant in a mad minute. Always come back to this one
This is a great song. Some days I can't listen to it because it is sad, but other days it is the only song I can listen to.
cage the elephant, and Radiohead. great taste in music
... Same. Sometimes a song tells a story I'm not ready to face, and I have to avoid it until I'm ready to heal from it and put it away. Once I'm over it, the song don't bother me, and I can enjoy it anytime. Many times a song is the only one that say's :Hey, I been there too. And you can get through this.
Daniel Borah oh my goodness I have been there, with a different song(s)
1:19 when his voice did that it was perfect
Intentional or not, it kinda fitted in the song pretty well
Matt Schultz always has a fitting voice on all of his band's music
*various insane noises*
Is there a song that you really liked but it hurts to listen to now cause you were so happy when you listened to it and now you’re at your lowest and it makes you think about where your life went wrong? This is it chief
yea 2011 was quite a year
November 24th two thousand and twenty one 11/24/21 I am here lauren a jones
And I lauren Ashley jones was born november 26th 1992
Woot its my b-day in two days lets keep each other alive love ya friend
i have to watch the lyric videos because the actual video makes me so sad... :(
Same. I have to do the same for the Shake me down video as well.
Yup!
I came to groove, not to feel.
For real :(
If you like this song, don't watch the music video.
It's such a sad video
It’s creepy
For some reason reason the music video makes me nauseous lmao
James Finlay
3 years too early
Logic, I watched the music video and now every time I listen to the song I can't stop seeing the dragon lizard creature. It's so sad..
the pixies influence is insane.
Lol I never noticed until I saw this comment bruh
Holy shit, you're actually right. It kinda sounds like "where is my mind" a little and that explains why I love it so much
Thank you! I’ve been saying this for a decade.
90% comments : how sad the video was
1% comments about the song
9% comments about how sad the video was and how the lyric video is easier to watch
Yes
Is it insensitive of me to be annoyed at people for feeling bad for q clay dinosaurs and not the actual song writer? Because the lyrics to this song crushes my soul and makes me want to hug the writer and tell them everything will be ok
And then there's me, just thinking that the song is good.
The best modern rock band. very underrated. 👌👌 #2018
@ThatGameDev barely
I'm in a predicament. I love this song so much, easily my favorite song on the album, but I can relate too well to it and it makes me cry pretty often. HALP!
BillcosbyKNOWS Don't worry. Songs often generalize, so it seems like they relate directly to you a lot, even though often they don't. However, I know what you mean.
+Lily Nicholson you must be fun at parties
These guys have Soo many underrated songs....
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who came to the lyric video because they can't handle how heartbreakingly sad the actual music video is...
I miss them so much! This brings back a lot of memories. Love this
that guitar solo is so nice
Im in love with that bass line!!!
The fact that he was chilling on a couch shows that he was just a chill guy/dragon...
this song makes me feel so good, damn, im in love with this.
Love how they started in Bowling Green and moved to London. Typically it's the other way round. Very simple song, but so satisfying.
How did I forget this gem existed??????
I'm here BC I can't take the video
Cut the cord. Cut. The. Cord. That couldnt possibly cut deeper than it does now
got me foaming at the knees.
great song
That bass line doh.
The hard breathing at the end made me so sad I almost cried
wtf?
makes me wanna name my kid Aberdeen now
Alma Carter you do know that aberdeen is a city in scotland.
Aberdeen is also a city in Washington state
Alma Carter Did you
Alma Carter I've been thinking the same thing because I'm pretty sure I'm having a girl!
I love the song one of my favorite's
I can listen to this song for 10 hrs straight
aberdeen to me sounds a lot like "a burden", which would refer a lot to the dragon in the music video. i know that's not how it's supposed to be intended, i just thought i would say this.
I love how this is in honor of nirvana.
scott austin rose it isn't, they were in Aberdeen when they wrote this
Amber Hoopes yes I know but Aberdeen is where Kurt grew up and they make loads of nirvana references in this song if you look for them.
+some Guy Who Punks ... Not familiar with Nirvana so can you please save us the trouble and point them out? :P
The song even sounds a little bit grunge-y.
Some Guy Who Punks it's referring to another city called Aberdeen in Scotland (:
i am advised by every comment on here to not watch the music video and now i have the unbelievable urge to do so!
Go do it
How do u feel now
Congratulations. You played yourself.
It's good. Sadness doesn't need to be avoided at all cost like it's some sort of plague.
The video is hilarious, just watch it
Aberdeen south dakota rocks!
FIRE
Can someone suggest some songs by other bands that would have a similar sound to this song pls!??? THANKS I RLY LOVE THIS SONG
Radiohead
Pixies
the older songs of Arctic Monkeys have this feel too. And some songs by Twenty One Pilots
the pretty reckless
Thanks for uploading the original audio, all the other ones have it edited >.
this comment is like 2 years old, but is your profile pic clover from 999?
Most of their songs have a similar structure but it's still good
the video is sad but i've seen the same story concept many times and i've become desensitized to it... in fact i laughed at the lady throwing the baby away and running.. i am fucked in the mind..
Based on the comments, I will never ever watch the official video for this song.
I already got rlly sad vibes from this song and now that I saw the dragon video😢😢😢
The video is so sad the poor guy just wanted to be friends with humans 😭
i love this bc i am LITERALLY from Aberdeen!
Ngl the “various insane noises” sound a lil sexual..
Late to the scene but thanks for the challenge to watch the video and I love *various insane noises*
my viewer brought me here this song rocks
Always thought he was saying "white flag" not "way back" :/ slightly disappointed but still a great song!
I always thought he was saying something like "weeping," just exaggerated. But once the end of the song came it sounded more clear that it's just "way back"
... It makes sense it would "sound like" that because in the video he is trying to show he is not a scary monster. But the when and where... When: Way back, way back. Where: Aberdeen.
@@wispprime4925 that's what I thought Haha
Tbh white flag and why beg fits a lot better with the music video. (White flag bcuz the monster is surrendering and they just want the fighting to stop (although they didn’t try and hurt anyone) and why beg cuz theyre begging to make friends with people and they started to give up)
@@Anonymous-zx4od I agree 4 years later and my opinion is still the same
*bass players* "doop doop doop, doobie doop, doop doop"
Honestly I love the song but watching the video makes me think about how mean those army men were and how the dragon just wanted to be friends but in the end they shot his head of and he died and the dragon just wanted to be friends and also when I watch the video it gives me aches only because I feel bad for the dragon
What about the people that got stepped on, and the dog? Wtf is wrong with you
The video for this song makes me so sad i cant watch it
Poor dragon, I can’t watch the video 😭
“Way back” sounds like “why beg ?” Or “why bang”
“why pay”?
Tbh, when I first heard it I thought he was… saying a racial slur for Mexicans that’s all I’m gonna say. I was kinda shocked at first
@@proudgermanamerican. Ohhhhh my 💀 bruh thought he said Wet- lmao
@@Cheezy_Bunz nah I really did, I heard it and I looked over to my friend and said
“Wait wtf did he say?!”
I know this was little more than two years but I am pretty sure that at the part where it says "foaming at the knees" it's saying "phoning Aberdeen"
Nah it's officially foaming at the knees
I don't see how everyone thought the music video was THAT sad. I know, I know, some people are sensitive. It's just that the music video was more fucked up than sad.
"*various insane noises*"
Lol😂
I can't watch the music vid so I had to come here..
the ending is how i feel right now
so good, this is like a Modern pixie song,and then some!
I always thought it was "why babe" instead of "way back" XD
Today I went to Aberdeen on my way to Seattle, stopped to visit Kurt Cobain's memorial park 🤟🏽💯
amazeballs
Various insane noises
*various insane noises 😂😂😂
Who's here because watching the actual video makes you too sad
im from aberdeen
I'm about an hour away 😊
#KurtCobain
LUCKY PIERRE aberdeen is the best city there is (from sweden)
wow seriously no actual comments except wich number you got in coment?
I used to think the words were 'make way, make way instead of 'way back, way back'
I thought he said got me folded at the knees
God I love this song I🎸🎸
Michael Bach he does the video got it wrong
wowee buddy roll no he's actually say "got me foamin at the knees"
Michael Bach I think foaming at at the knees makes more sense
There's something about cage the elephant...some hard rock, blues element...they're so much more appealing to me than other indy acts...how they're not more popular than imagine dragons or mumford n sons, I'll never know...
I'm from Aberdeen Washington
Thoughts On The Blue I used to live in Aberdeen South Dakota
THIS SONG IS FUCKEN BADASS!!!
saw the flame, tasted sin, you burned me once again
I thought this song was about Aberdeen,Wa.
Is good song
1:16
is this about Katherine Marie Knight?
Is this song about Aberdeen Scotland or Aberdeen Washington?
Hamagoloeoz Aberdeen Scotland
Auguro tutto il bene del mondo al Gionaaaaaaa
Its late, the lyrics to the music damn
Ohhhh he's saying way back
there's too many Aberdeens ;-;
Frankly, some precious things are worth stealing.
Gurgle gurgle goo, what a difference a day makes! Urgh-le... Archa... "A '3'. No inquiries allowed... You! of course are a... The next maybe was... Toiletsnowpeople. What maybe you're! not a 7! That's what everyone in the theatre of damnation ... $1 trillion? Ok. potential, for everyone.
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The license should be cc-0
I thought it said white Betty.
+Jack Lee it does sound like white betty now that you mention it
+Jack Lee i always thought it was waiting.. hehehe
+Jack Lee I thought he said White Fang
i thought it was white red
"various insane noises" literally sums up all the bands I like ahem Fall Out Boy (they make some weird sounds, trust me)
I came here so I didn't have to watch the dragons head explode again :(
I thought this song was about a abuse story
... the video looks that way.
@@ximoshu but in reality its about a dragon wanting to be friends with humanity, but humans are scared of it and kill it.
I don't think these are the lyrics. I feel like songs can be weird but they don't even...make sense.
Dude. It's CTE. They were probably trippin on shrooms when they wrote this.
who here has been to Aberdeen Washington
I was born there
Yeah something about this song makes me wish for better days, that naiver mind and when I thought my problems were as serious as it gets and id be happy some day
Curt Cobain.
I will probably have to stop listening to this song forever because of the god damn play dough dragon
uhhh 2024....?
Uhh 2025….?
😢