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  • The official audio for The Streets - Empty Cans
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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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КОМЕНТАРІ • 167

  • @onedjrich3063
    @onedjrich3063 4 роки тому +99

    Always get goosebumps when the track rewinds and the whole album comes together!

    • @Ito614
      @Ito614 2 роки тому +1

      Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees

    • @manonfire92
      @manonfire92 2 роки тому +5

      Mike is a genius

    • @nonjaninja4904
      @nonjaninja4904 2 роки тому

      For real.

    • @PatrickSwayzeOnDbol
      @PatrickSwayzeOnDbol 2 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @janusmcmanus
      @janusmcmanus Рік тому +1

      't Ain't half bad, is it?

  • @OloffMusic
    @OloffMusic 6 років тому +118

    This song completely changed my life, one of the best bits of music ever in my opinion.

    • @OloffMusic
      @OloffMusic 3 роки тому +3

      @@paulmcdaid4329 Yeah it has, it perfectly sums up the power of positivity

    • @Rtboo13
      @Rtboo13 10 місяців тому

      Still banger this ❤❤❤

  • @Big_Tripp
    @Big_Tripp Рік тому +13

    One of the most underated albums known to man, Mike is a genius. I love hearing the piano come in on this one too.

  • @dutypaid0131
    @dutypaid0131 6 років тому +185

    one of the best closing tracks from any album to date.

    • @summumineptias
      @summumineptias 3 роки тому +5

      ...only way to end the best concept album ever mate.

    • @barirwin8559
      @barirwin8559 Рік тому +3

      It’s so beautiful

    • @blackmagik6544
      @blackmagik6544 8 місяців тому

    • @danielbloomquist9810
      @danielbloomquist9810 27 днів тому

      No matter how murky the path of darkness one has found themselves on, it is never too late to turn back and return to the light. Never.

  • @wrux
    @wrux 4 місяці тому +4

    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

    • @BricktopsPigs
      @BricktopsPigs 4 місяці тому

      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.

    • @carly-beatz-DJ
      @carly-beatz-DJ 3 місяці тому

      Here for that RIGHT now. Nothing beats these two albums.

  • @eillomesorwolrab
    @eillomesorwolrab 5 років тому +47

    crazy how talented this man is. a grand don’t come for free is toooo underrated

    • @KerazyJoe
      @KerazyJoe 5 років тому +4

      Incredible story. perfect execution. Art

    • @buzby303
      @buzby303 Рік тому

      Smart kid

    • @boxmad5523
      @boxmad5523 Рік тому +2

      Underrated ? It was the biggest album of 2004 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @simonlane8614
      @simonlane8614 4 місяці тому

      You say underrated but its 2024 and im still listening to it

    • @itsdan722
      @itsdan722 2 місяці тому

      Underrated?

  • @SiLLoHMusic
    @SiLLoHMusic 5 місяців тому +3

    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

  • @samfuller9303
    @samfuller9303 6 років тому +43

    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 😊

    • @llamanade3926
      @llamanade3926 18 днів тому

      100 percent if you listen to this one and your living it hits so hard stop looking for the black hole people stay positive not everything is as it seems

  • @KerazyJoe
    @KerazyJoe 5 років тому +23

    "I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run" is phenomenally inspirational

  • @Dario-bl1ww
    @Dario-bl1ww 5 років тому +33

    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

  • @bonytradofmelton
    @bonytradofmelton 3 роки тому +9

    Brilliant, Skinner at his best, one of the best albums ever, an i'm 52 next month. LEGEND xx

  • @imeonhere
    @imeonhere 2 роки тому +10

    One of the most underrated albums ever made.
    Solid gold start to finish.

  • @jazznolan
    @jazznolan 3 роки тому +4

    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......

  • @thecharredremain
    @thecharredremain 3 роки тому +10

    This song and this album changed my life. Thank you.

  • @markhammond2532
    @markhammond2532 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @jontonic
    @jontonic 18 днів тому

    Still getting me through hard times 20 years after its release. A true masterpiece.

  • @GamesHarderISV
    @GamesHarderISV 6 років тому +37

    This track is really powerful. Love it so much.

  • @BetWithLB
    @BetWithLB 3 роки тому +4

    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

  • @aspectratio6580
    @aspectratio6580 4 місяці тому +1

    Yup, still holds up. Absolutely sublime album. Best last track on any album ever.

  • @tiredextremely
    @tiredextremely Рік тому +2

    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."

  • @ryanmurphy5943
    @ryanmurphy5943 3 роки тому +6

    I will always remember this album and this song to close it gave me goosebumps one of the greatest concept albums ever made

  • @stephencooper5155
    @stephencooper5155 5 років тому +14

    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.

    • @mrtandemslidessbtt
      @mrtandemslidessbtt 3 роки тому +3

      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.

  • @asheater2233
    @asheater2233 5 років тому +14

    Yo this is definitely one of the emotional story's ever told in a song alongside the melody fr fr☺

  • @danielbloomquist9810
    @danielbloomquist9810 8 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @ZeroCoolBoss
    @ZeroCoolBoss 5 років тому +7

    for me, its easily the best track on the album, a great album , still one of the best music albums ive come across.

  • @Jacz1
    @Jacz1 5 місяців тому +1

    You forget how good and meaningful this is/was.... yep... awesome!

  • @spaceboy2095
    @spaceboy2095 3 роки тому +3

    3:31 : it was raining before, now the sun's shining... Such a great mood change...

  • @TheJayLordx
    @TheJayLordx 4 роки тому +7

    Easily my favourite tune by them. Skinner is a genius.

  • @MikeMiddleton323
    @MikeMiddleton323 2 роки тому +2

    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!)

  • @zorro373
    @zorro373 2 роки тому +3

    One of the best portrayals of mental health ever, not just in music but any art form. Absolutely perfect, next level genius

  • @davidhaines5224
    @davidhaines5224 2 роки тому +3

    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!

    • @dannybirch5117
      @dannybirch5117 2 роки тому +2

      The streets are there own genre, welcome x

  • @andrewwright.
    @andrewwright. 2 роки тому +2

    💔 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 💙💛

    • @iamb-side8613
      @iamb-side8613 9 місяців тому

      I'm standing here with this marvelous soundtrack, somewhat intrigued bro??? 👊🏼

  • @bradpowaschuk5782
    @bradpowaschuk5782 4 роки тому +4

    Beautiful , this song makes me smile . Memories living in the UK . Classic !

  • @SonicWavePassengerMusic
    @SonicWavePassengerMusic 3 роки тому +3

    this really embodies the 90s to me. beautiful. i miss it.

  • @beelzebub206
    @beelzebub206 2 місяці тому

    This album is such a trip bro I love these legends

  • @oijimmyslay
    @oijimmyslay 5 років тому +8

    When this switches... Genius.

  • @TrimTrimmer
    @TrimTrimmer 2 місяці тому

    It’s when you’ve done the second scenario so many times that the first scenario saves your sanity.
    You find wisdom when you do the thing you never did! Sometimes you have to walk away from people, it’ll be your second choice but you’ll only do it once.

  • @Rtboo13
    @Rtboo13 6 місяців тому +1

    Bars he add back in day still doesn't get old probably still still to this another 21 years

  • @redheadblader
    @redheadblader 6 років тому +14

    This track is wicked. The switch makes me smile :)

  • @matthewsommerville88
    @matthewsommerville88 7 місяців тому

    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

  • @iliveinacardboadbox1
    @iliveinacardboadbox1 6 років тому +6

    My favourite song by the streets and my favourite outro song on an album

  • @nicholaohanlon4220
    @nicholaohanlon4220 Рік тому

    He could do a greatest hits called scrapping yourself off the floor with past songs and still make a whole new story ... amazing

  • @thomaspps9637
    @thomaspps9637 5 місяців тому

    Absolute fcking masterpiece og. All about the lyrics n snare bass in the background. The. Best song on this album literally

  • @stueyravey
    @stueyravey 3 роки тому +1

    Magical.. Toured oz and nz with this album! The best of British!

  • @Chaotica23
    @Chaotica23 Рік тому +1

    Still makes me tear up after all these years.

  • @tobsmonster2
    @tobsmonster2 Рік тому

    Beautiful album. Held me down as much 10 years ago as it does today

  • @buzby303
    @buzby303 Рік тому +1

    First two albums were great !
    Class act
    Original

  • @ryanmurphy7976
    @ryanmurphy7976 3 місяці тому

    The album is a masterpiece

  • @samd7023
    @samd7023 Рік тому +1

    Fucking love this track.. I mainly listen to metal but this is probably one of my favourite albums

  • @maxwest6204
    @maxwest6204 5 років тому +5

    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!

    • @u0aol1
      @u0aol1 3 роки тому +1

      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

  • @CbrRob
    @CbrRob 4 роки тому +3

    One of the first albums I bought and I'm hear in 2020 never gets old

  • @KargoolElvalie
    @KargoolElvalie 5 років тому +2

    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.

    • @kawaiilotus
      @kawaiilotus 4 роки тому

      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

    • @spaceboy2095
      @spaceboy2095 3 роки тому

      @@kawaiilotus Mike Skinner IS rapping on UK Garage beats: it IS hiphop!

  • @mrtandemslidessbtt
    @mrtandemslidessbtt 3 роки тому

    This whole album was a masterpiece. And this track was breathtaking to say the least. Still gives me goosebumps to this very day.

  • @bradleyhall2079
    @bradleyhall2079 4 роки тому +1

    what a genius song and album, mate this album takes you on a journey With him.

  • @irishbaz10
    @irishbaz10 2 роки тому

    One 9f the best albums ever and this is his best song imo. I don't know how it has under 100,000 views.

  • @tallikafan
    @tallikafan 6 років тому +14

    Love this track!

  • @essendoubleO.P
    @essendoubleO.P 6 років тому +4

    I've just fallen in love with this song.

  • @thomaspps9637
    @thomaspps9637 5 місяців тому

    From 3.30 minutes...... Goosebumps

  • @roostriccardo8514
    @roostriccardo8514 2 роки тому

    Skinner, & Paul of W.Yorx, big up lads 👍👍🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @jamesefc4964
    @jamesefc4964 4 роки тому +1

    One of the greatest songs ever made ❤️❤️

  • @wulliecurrie1446
    @wulliecurrie1446 3 роки тому

    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!!!!

  • @rmac1scotlandgang379
    @rmac1scotlandgang379 6 років тому +3

    Classic track off a classic album man!

  • @sunnycheba
    @sunnycheba 4 роки тому +3

    All people eat when they are sad. He didn't wash his jeans on high. This album is an opera.

  • @Adam-jk9kn
    @Adam-jk9kn 2 роки тому +2

    Truly amazing, emotional and in my top ten tracks of all time 😀

  • @Ramon-1980
    @Ramon-1980 2 роки тому +1

    Great song.

  • @tireddwarf2460
    @tireddwarf2460 6 років тому +1

    How have I only just discovered this group.

    • @frankietray2857
      @frankietray2857 5 років тому +4

      😵
      Late to the party!
      You're here now, Enjoy kiddo 👌🤝

  • @alecmacknight
    @alecmacknight 4 роки тому +2

    for anyone feeling down - this album and final track picks you up by the boot straps...

  • @allanmclean2625
    @allanmclean2625 Місяць тому

    Also it's the end of some things I did not want end beginning of hard time's to come but something was not too be is done as this is the start of what was is equally quality ❤

  • @davidpatrick2335
    @davidpatrick2335 5 років тому +2

    like all your music the lyrics make it

  • @frankjeager9043
    @frankjeager9043 Рік тому

    This track is art

  • @ianjacka636
    @ianjacka636 5 років тому

    Best concept album of the decade.

  • @Ito614
    @Ito614 2 роки тому +2

    Still fucking goosebumps

  • @argyllseaglass
    @argyllseaglass 2 роки тому

    2022 and still get goosebumps listening to this

  • @ivanbarukcic6441
    @ivanbarukcic6441 2 роки тому

    Another one of your bests ❤️👏

  • @Th4tsUp
    @Th4tsUp 3 місяці тому

    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
    20 years later one of my important lessons I've ever learned

  • @thedon5759
    @thedon5759 3 роки тому

    MIKE SKINNER WE LOVE YOU

  • @cosmicsman666
    @cosmicsman666 4 роки тому

    Amazing Tune. Very very relevant . XXX

  • @thehypest6118
    @thehypest6118 6 років тому +4

    yeah, that's was sick

  • @wolfrace-oe2mg
    @wolfrace-oe2mg 4 роки тому

    What a tune!!!

  • @johnfreeman4432
    @johnfreeman4432 3 роки тому

    Timeless

  • @davewalktight5849
    @davewalktight5849 3 роки тому

    Nice one Mr.Skinner✌❤😎

  • @marklaverty2426
    @marklaverty2426 3 роки тому

    Boss story great album

  • @MrOasis12321
    @MrOasis12321 3 роки тому +1

    That mid-point reload

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 8 місяців тому

    Class bump…. ☘️🥁👍

  • @lucyellen4638
    @lucyellen4638 6 років тому +2

    Love this 💙

  • @joking8189
    @joking8189 3 роки тому +1

    Noone is going to fucking tell me jack!

  • @amyseaden4663
    @amyseaden4663 6 років тому

    Woooo!! Mike I love you 🤘😜🤘

  • @sunnycheba
    @sunnycheba 5 років тому

    You can run and hide put it off. Hard times will come. "Deserve has nothing to do with it."

  • @davidhines2047
    @davidhines2047 2 роки тому

    Simply real life

  • @little_bigadventure3575
    @little_bigadventure3575 6 років тому +5

    Is this a remastered version, or re-recorded version ? Sounds different to me

  • @Forget1987
    @Forget1987 Місяць тому

    Yeah and now of everything went my way

  • @davewalktight5849
    @davewalktight5849 4 роки тому

    Nice one Mike😉

  • @030__JK
    @030__JK 3 роки тому

    great

  • @natecrooklockacab9020
    @natecrooklockacab9020 6 років тому +1

    Keeping et real 💯

  • @ChowMeinWarrior
    @ChowMeinWarrior 4 роки тому

    Nice

  • @Ito614
    @Ito614 2 роки тому

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @RS-li4jf
    @RS-li4jf 6 років тому

    Dope Hip-Hop.

  • @PatrickSwayzeOnDbol
    @PatrickSwayzeOnDbol 2 роки тому

    I love the first track where he forgets the DVD and loses the money.
    Only for this one to reveal everything.

  • @jamesefc4964
    @jamesefc4964 3 роки тому

    Fucking unbelievable this song ❤️

  • @mr.nathanneil88
    @mr.nathanneil88 4 роки тому +1

    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