The Streets - Empty Cans (Official Audio)
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Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt to add a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step (and later grime) movement. Skinner was initially an outsider in the garage scene. Although his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium, he listened first to hip-hop, then house and jungle.
The Streets biggest hits include “Blinded By The Lights”, “Dry Your Eyes”, “Don’t Mug Yourself”, “Fit But You Know It”, “Let’s Push Things Forward” and “Has It Come To This”. The iconic Streets catalogue also includes the albums “Original Pirate Material”, “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”, “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”, “Everything Is Borrowed” and “Computers and Blues”.
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This song completely changed my life, one of the best bits of music ever in my opinion.
@@paulmcdaid4329 Yeah it has, it perfectly sums up the power of positivity
Still banger this ❤❤❤
Always get goosebumps when the track rewinds and the whole album comes together!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees
Mike is a genius
For real.
yeah, the first track losing his thousand quid, only for the last track to reveal everything!
and all the middle with Simone and the drugs n alcohol.
edit: the bass and kick on Empty Cans is very memorable.
't Ain't half bad, is it?
one of the best closing tracks from any album to date.
...only way to end the best concept album ever mate.
It’s so beautiful
❤
"I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run" is phenomenally inspirational
crazy how talented this man is. a grand don’t come for free is toooo underrated
Incredible story. perfect execution. Art
Smart kid
Underrated ? It was the biggest album of 2004 🤷🏻♂️
You say underrated but its 2024 and im still listening to it
I don't think there's a single streets song that you can't take a life lesson away from after listening to it and this is one of those songs,I put it on when I'm going through shit and it helps give me a different perspective on everything 😊
One of the most underated albums known to man, Mike is a genius. I love hearing the piano come in on this one too.
Every so often I listen to original pirate material and a grand don't come for free from start to finish for that hit of nostalgia
Mate i wish i could listen to them both again for the first time.
Skinners a true British musical genius.
No ones even been capable of copying his style.
This track is really powerful. Love it so much.
Thanks for the vids buddy.... A had the the greatest girl growing up listening to this album.... Sadly she had to leave this world a little bit early but we shared the greatest of moments and thanks to this album we both loved cruising in my n plate Nissan sunny Sri.... Loved her so much.... Great times
Dry your eyes mate...
❤️
One of the most underrated albums ever made.
Solid gold start to finish.
Brilliant, Skinner at his best, one of the best albums ever, an i'm 52 next month. LEGEND xx
Mike you're an utter genius
More poet than any poet laureate this country ever produced
A geezer
A man of the people
You utter ledge......
I remember this coming out and it being one of the first albums I could listen to all the way through without skipping. Snobs couldn't see past the working class references but fuck me they missed out on one of the best albums of this century so far and we're a fifth of the way through it. What a beautiful, original song and idea.
Big facts mate. Exactly same for me. It blew my mind when the album finished and I was just sat there, bewildered. An absolute cult classic album.
For me the best song on the album. One of the rare perfect albums you can listen to every song without skipping or getting bored. But this one is definitely the icing on the cake
This might be the most underrated song I've ever heard. All the years later still an absolute banger. You could live your life by this whole album
This song and this album changed my life. Thank you.
Yo this is definitely one of the emotional story's ever told in a song alongside the melody fr fr☺
Bars he add back in day still doesn't get old probably still still to this another 21 years
I bought this album the weekend it came out. I listened to the whole thing in the bath. The switch in Empty Cans was the icing on the cake. Absolutely brilliant end to a perfect album.
Easily my favourite tune by them. Skinner is a genius.
I will always remember this album and this song to close it gave me goosebumps one of the greatest concept albums ever made
for me, its easily the best track on the album, a great album , still one of the best music albums ive come across.
When this switches... Genius.
Not even the worst day of your entire life is insurmountable if you refuse to abandon your post, if you hold on to hope, and most importantly, if you continue putting one foot in front of the other.
Giving up won't make you strong. Living WILL.
this really embodies the 90s to me. beautiful. i miss it.
Found out about this album from a Canadian university lecture in a marketing course in 2004. Bought the cd, never looked back. Just a masterpiece, and to this day in 2022, still am in awe of how the story flows and closes. (Still have the cd too, and it still plays!)
My favourite song by the streets and my favourite outro song on an album
Beautiful , this song makes me smile . Memories living in the UK . Classic !
This track is wicked. The switch makes me smile :)
I listened to this album again after 10 years. Took me right back and this ending is so beautiful. It really captures how sad life can be, but still tells you, "keep your chin up."
3:31 : it was raining before, now the sun's shining... Such a great mood change...
I first heard this album on the on-flight entertainment from Johannesburg to Dallas. Must have listened to it 5 times, maybe more - got right into the story. When I got home, I bought the CD. The only rap album I own....outstanding!
The streets are there own genre, welcome x
You forget how good and meaningful this is/was.... yep... awesome!
💔 and you left it with me...and I listened
what happened that day was something special....I listened to you, I never listen to anyone back then but you was different, words can't describe how I feel now your gone....wish I had time to listen some more 😢
thank you mark, I'll never ever forget you 💙💛
I'm standing here with this marvelous soundtrack, somewhat intrigued bro??? 👊🏼
Absolute fcking masterpiece og. All about the lyrics n snare bass in the background. The. Best song on this album literally
Woke up with this one in my head today. Haven’t listened to it nearly 6 years. Great music has a way to nudging you back to it
From 3.30 minutes...... Goosebumps
Magical.. Toured oz and nz with this album! The best of British!
I have the biggest respect for The Streets (especially Mike) I don't care what people say, but to me he is the best poet I know. so vivid, so clear and the music is spot on capturing the ambient of the lyrics and the story. it's the same on OPM, AGDCFF best albums imo. underrated AF!
AGDCFF is the go to album when my days are going a bit shit. There's something about Empty Cans that brings my head out my ass and planks me back on Tierra Firma
One of the first albums I bought and I'm hear in 2020 never gets old
I've just fallen in love with this song.
First two albums were great !
Class act
Original
One of the best portrayals of mental health ever, not just in music but any art form. Absolutely perfect, next level genius
He could do a greatest hits called scrapping yourself off the floor with past songs and still make a whole new story ... amazing
Fucking love this track.. I mainly listen to metal but this is probably one of my favourite albums
Love this track!
This whole album was a masterpiece. And this track was breathtaking to say the least. Still gives me goosebumps to this very day.
Beautiful album. Held me down as much 10 years ago as it does today
If I want to sit in and drink Super Tennent's in the day, I will
No one's gonna fuckin' tell me jack
But can you rely on anyone in this world? No, you can't
It's not my fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans
Everyone wanted this to all go wrong for me from the start
It's fucked up that a man's life can just be attacked
Watching This Morning with a beer is much better than relying on
Known cunts for mates I was given that don't have my back
Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me
But I laid it down, telling him to fuck right off, chap
Phoned this company out the Yellow Pages
Told them to take away the TV, fix it quick snap
The next day they took away the TV
Told me they would repair the little bit
That's broken 'round on the back
I thought that'd be that, but the next bit was on top
This was where it all started to get a bit out of hand
No one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life?
Introduce it up your jacksie
'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
The TV man comes back later, knocks on mine
To say he's found something in the back of the TV
I'm looking at it absolutely speechless
Can't quite believe he's trying to pull this fucking stunt on me
I knew it was a simple case of the power supply gone on the back
But he's trying to tap me up for more money
He says, "It's not like that," and I'm like, "Fuck off and die"
And stick up my two fingers and one more to make three
And he says, "Don't talk to me like that," and "I don't understand"
My face is in his face, I tell him I understand perfectly
And he grabs my shirt and I grab his face with my hand
So he brings his fist up and twats me a good one on my cheek
Then I'm trying to pull his head down
So I can knee it, but he's got my ear
He's twisting it 'round so much it's really hurting me
And we both go down on the floor, and he pushes my head
Back onto the corner of the fridge, which is total agony
Then he gets up and runs out of the kitchen and out of the door
Shouting stuff to me, slams his door, shouting to me
So here I am in my house, drinking on my own settee
Everyone's a cunt in this life, no one's there for me
No one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life?
Introduce it up your jacksie
'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
If I want to sit in and drink Super Tennent's in the day, I will
No one's gonna fuckin' tell me jack
But can you rely on anyone in this world? No, you can't
It's all my fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans
I sat in the kitchen, all fucked off
Imagining over and over what they were all doing behind my back
Dodgy things going on, actions I regretted
Stain bottle with a pipe and tin foil on the mat
Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me
And I felt like just telling him to fuck right off, chap
But what he said about wanting to do
The right thing by both mates
And then opting to stay out? It seemed to match
But I told him he could make it up by fixing the TV
He said that's the least he could do to square things flat
I thought that'd be that, but then the next bit was mad
This is where everything started to all turn back
It's the end of something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
He had to unscrew about fifteen screws
Before he could pull the panel off the back
To get in the fecking thing
But just as he did so, he said he saw summat
That slipped inside behind the panel down the back of it
Must have been some leaflets or a bill maybe
I didn't wanna lose the bill in case it was a final warning
So we both tried to get the back off and work out
If there were any more screws to get out or if we left any in
And when he looked down the back of the TV, his eyes just froze
Before he rammed his hand in, saying, "No shit!"
He's looking at me absolutely speechless
He can't quite believe what he's trying to pull out the slit
I get up, wondering what he's smiling about
He's shaking his head at this point with the biggest of grins
I look down the back of the TV and that's where it was
In all its glory: my thousand quid
It's the end of something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
About two this afternoon, the last of the people left my house
'Cause they never stop chatting 'til all the racket's gone
I really feel like things clicked into place at some point
Or maybe it's the fact that me and Alison really got on
Or maybe it's that I realised that it is true
No-one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison
No-one except yourself that is, no-one except you
You are the one who's got your back 'til the last deed's done
Scott can't have my back 'til the absolute end
'Cause he's got to look out for what over his horizon
He's gotta make sure he's not lonely, not broke
It's enough to worry about keeping his own head above
I shut the door behind me, huddled up in my coat
Condensation floating off my breath, squinted out the sun
My jeans felt a bit tight, I think I washed them too high
I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run
It's the end of something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
It's the end of something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
It's the end of something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
This song changed my view on hip hop music and I now like it. This album is probably one of the best albums I have ever heard and this end track is in my top 10 fave songs.
im gassed that you got into some sick music but this aint hip hop it's more based off garage if anything, just tryna say yeah
@@kawaiilotus Mike Skinner IS rapping on UK Garage beats: it IS hiphop!
what a genius song and album, mate this album takes you on a journey With him.
Still fucking goosebumps
One of the greatest songs ever made ❤️❤️
All people eat when they are sad. He didn't wash his jeans on high. This album is an opera.
Classic track off a classic album man!
One 9f the best albums ever and this is his best song imo. I don't know how it has under 100,000 views.
for anyone feeling down - this album and final track picks you up by the boot straps...
Still makes me tear up after all these years.
Another one of your bests ❤️👏
Best concept album of the decade.
Everyone has been here surely well most people will get the lyrics don't have a clue why mike skinner is not raved on about more than he duz he's a total genius whole albums all sow together with the best way of all great album's GENIUS!!!!
Class bump…. ☘️🥁👍
yeah, that's was sick
Skinner, & Paul of W.Yorx, big up lads 👍👍🤩🏴
like all your music the lyrics make it
What a tune!!!
Woooo!! Mike I love you 🤘😜🤘
Great song.
2022 and still get goosebumps listening to this
Amazing Tune. Very very relevant . XXX
Truly amazing, emotional and in my top ten tracks of all time 😀
MIKE SKINNER WE LOVE YOU
How have I only just discovered this group.
😵
Late to the party!
You're here now, Enjoy kiddo 👌🤝
This track is art
Love this 💙
Timeless
Boss story great album
Nice one Mr.Skinner✌❤😎
Dope Hip-Hop.
Keeping et real 💯
That mid-point reload
Nice one Mike😉
You can run and hide put it off. Hard times will come. "Deserve has nothing to do with it."
great
❤
💚🔥🔥🔥💚
Aye.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nice
Simply real life
1st half of the song = Alcohol
2nd half of song = sober
in Mike Skinners life or yours?
Not true
Fucking unbelievable this song ❤️
I love the first track where he forgets the DVD and loses the money.
Only for this one to reveal everything.
Is this a remastered version, or re-recorded version ? Sounds different to me
No just better quality really
I just listen to the CD 💿
Noone is going to fucking tell me jack!
right now my life is so fucking fucked i wish the last part of the song did not exist....
sugar is bad for you.
When was this released?
It was on the album 'A Grand Don't Come for Free'
2004
If I want to sit in and drink super tenants in the day I will
No one's going to fucking tell me jack
But can you rely on anyone in this world?
No, you can't
It's not my fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans
Everyone wanted this to all go wrong for me from the start
It's fucked up that a man's life can just be attacked
Watching this morning with a beer
Is much better than relying on
Unknown cunts for mates I was given
That don't have my back
Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me
But I laid it down telling him to fuck right off chap
Phoned this company out the yellow pages
Told them to take away the TV and fix it quick snap
The next day they took away the TV
Told me they would repair the little bit
That's broken round on the back
I thought that would be that but the next bit was on top
This was where it all started to get a bit out of hand
No one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
The TV man comes back later, knocks on mine
To say he's found something in the back of the TV
I'm looking at it absolutely speechless, can't quite believe
He's trying to pull this fucking stunt on me
I knew it was a simple case of the power supply gone on the back
But he's trying to tap me up for more money
He says it's not like that and I'm like "Fuck off and die!"
And stick up my two fingers and one more to make three
He says "Don't talk to me like that", and I don't understand
My face is in his face, I tell him I understand perfectly
And he grabs my shirt and I grab his face with my hand
So he brings his fist up and twats me a good one on my cheek
Now I'm trying to pull his head down so I can knee it
But he's got my ear
He's twisting it round so much that it's
Really hurting me
And we both go down on the floor, and he pushes my head back
Onto the corner of the fridge which is, total agony
Then he gets up and runs out the kitchen, and out of the door
Shouting stuff to me, slams his door, shouting at me
So here I am in my house, drinking on my own settee
Everyone's a cunt in this life, no one's there for me
No one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike
That's why I'm acting nasty
You know what you can do with your life
Introduce it up your jacksie
If I want to sit in and drink super tenants in the day I will
No one's going to fucking tell me jack
But can you rely on anyone in this world?
No, you can't
It's all my fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans
I sat in the kitchen all fucked off
Imagining over and over what they're all doing behind my back
Dodgy things going on, actions I regretted
Stain bottle with a pipe and tin foil on the mat
Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me
And I felt like just telling him to fuck right off chap
But what he said about wanting to do the right thing by both mates
And then opting to stay out? It seemed to match
But I told him he could make it up by fixing the TV
He said that's the least he could do to square things flat
I thought that would be that but then the next bit was mad
This is where everything started to all turn back
The end of the something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
He had to unscrew about fifteen screws
Before he could pull the panel off the back
To get in the fecking thing
But just as he did so, he said he saw something
That slipped inside behind the panel
Down the back of it
Must have been some leaflets or a bill maybe
I didn't want to lose the bill in case it was a final warning
So we both tried to get the back off and work out
If there was any more screws to get out
Or if we left any in
And when he looked down the back of the TV his eyes just froze
Before he rammed his hand in, saying, "No shit!"
He's looking at me absolutely speechless
He can't quite believe what he's trying to pull, out the slip
I get up wondering what he's smiling about
He's shaking his head at this point with, the biggest of grins
I look down the back of the TV and that's where it was
In all its glory?my thousand quid
The end of the something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
About two this afternoon the last of the people left my house
'Cause they never stop chatting 'til all the rackets gone
I really feel like things clicked into place at some point
Or maybe it's the fact that me and Alison really got on
Or maybe it's that I realized that it is true
No one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison
No one except yourself that is
No one except you
You are the one who's got your back 'til the last deeds done
Scott can't have my back 'til the absolute end
'Cause he's got to look out for what over his horizon
He's gotta make sure he's not lonely, not broke
It's enough to worry about keeping his own head above
I shut the door behind me, huddled up in my coat
Condensation floating off my breath, squinted out the sun
My jeans feel a bit tight, think I washed them too high
I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run
The end of the something I did not want to end
Beginning of hard times to come
But something that was not meant to be is done
And this is the start of what was
This shit is hilarious