"Yes, the song is a true story. My friend CC and I used to work at this bar in Gainesville called the Top. She was the bartender, I was the doorman. We used to hang out after closing, getting high, having drinks, listening to records. We both had each other's names tattooed. Life moved on and we fell out of touch. A little over a year ago I got a call telling me that she had been murdered. At the funeral her mother asked me to write a song for her, so I did."
Years after drifting apart, said friend thought that Grace had written “Thrash Unreal”about her, which is a song detailing an aging partier and drug addict. Although this was not true, Laura never got the chance to tell her friend this before her untimely passing. After the funeral, the friend’s mother] took me aside and told me that CC thought the song “Thrash Unreal” was written about her, that it had hurt and embarrassed her, that they had talked about itas recently as a week before her death. She made me promise on the spot to write a song that made up for it. So I didn’t sleep for about a week, until I wrote “Because Of The Shame”. The song itself is heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen, particularly “No Surrender” as Grace and her friends would frequently listen to Springsteen while they were smoking.
I changed my My Views probably 6 months ago and I turn into a Republican and I see myself as a pussy ass poser but at the same time I see myself loving the bands I've always loved and if Tom Gabel or Laura Jane Grace wants to come up and give me a hug and give me some advice about life that I could take into consideration because I felt the same way he and or she did at one point in time but I grew out of it I don't know if it was the right a wrong move but I feel like I've done the right thing and I feel like you've done the right thing for yourself I don't agree with this transgender s*** but I love you as a person as a woman and as a man cuz I knew you as both end
Thank you for sharing this quote. As a vegetarian/vegan graduate PhD student at UF, I used to hang around The Top a lot (the ancho black bean cakes are the best!). I thought that the song was about the person you described. At the time, I knew Laura but called her Tom, Warren was still in the band and was a freegan pioneer, and I was dating a riot grrrl who was best known for the wide-scale circulation of her zines and her involvement with getting WFTA off the ground. G'ville will always have a special place in my heart!
They felt it a'lot stronger when they wrote it on heroin and then played it in front of masses lol. Could not imagine the endorphins rush they suppress when doing their thing live.
@@NatiBo-hn6fwidk lol, I've probably listened to this song a few thousand times and it still kills me every single time. You're right though, of course.
I stay clean because I put the work into my recovery but the lyrics to Against me!'s songs help me want to put the work in. I thank laura jane for being strong in her life struggles so I can have inspiration to be strong in mine. And I thank her band for being so accepting of their friend, it shows us all that true friendship exists and we don't have to settle for a crowd when theres a handful that truly love us!
The Lily Project its good that you work your recovery because if you're not working on recovery you are working on a relapse. however even though the song starts out talking about getting high its not about losing someone to addiction. it was written about an old friend who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was murdered by being shot. when tom/laura called her mother to give condolences the mother asked him (@ the time he was still tom....not trying to be disrespectful by any means. trans rights all the way in my book and that starts by addressing them by the proper name and using the proper pronouns to suit the person) to write a song for her daughter who had remained a huge against me! fan despite them no longer being close.
@The² Lily Project; You are very linguistically talented... I really appreciate the way you made it very clear that Against Me! was NOT the singular and magical force behind your sobriety, that YOU used hard work, and inner strength to get sober and maintain your sobriety, Against Me! was the motivational soundtrack that made it a little more sweet sounding along the way. I hope you're still going strong with your sobriety, as for me.... well.... I'm not doing so well, my demons are resilient, hateful little monsters that have their claws dug in much too deep in my scarred and bloody flesh to allow me the blissful and much longed for peace of a substance free day and a nightmare free night.... There's always hope, but because of the shame I am still dirty tonight....
FennexIsTheName La guitare acoustique peut prendre n'importe son, même le métal. Les gens semblent souvent oublier qu'on a pas besoin nécessairement d'arrangement musicaux à en plus finir. Quand un artiste donne une couleur, une émotion à une chanson il n'y a rien de mieux que le live. Même si il y a parfois quelques petites fausses notes.
The beauty of it is that you can choose. I love when bands will do both, but sometimes it sucks if the one you prefer isn't studio recorded, or if there's no good quality live version. There's a few songs that I love that have no good recordings, and it breaks my heart! If anyone out there by chance have any of these, I'll gladly trade you for it. BAND-SONGS-INFO 1. J CHURCH - Stupid lesson - there's a bad quality live version on an album. 2. JAWBREAKER - for esme, elephant, Gemini - there's some bad quality live versions floating around. 3. JETS TO BRAZIL - afterhour perfection, 6 song demo - afterhour perfection has a few good quality live videos out there, but there was an earlier version where it was it was "rockin" all the way through (does anyone have a studio version? I've heard it was recorded for "orange rhyming dictionary" but never found it.) I also need a good quality version of the 6 song demo, the one I have is really bad! Thanks guys
God I love this song, one of my best friends took her life when I was 15. I watched her mother bury her with tears in her eyes, and Laura is so right, it wasn’t her words that shook me, it was the resemblance they shared. Our lives are like the wind… Or like sounds… We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away…
laura is beautiful and she's so brave for rocking the deep voice even today. idk if she was out in this video, but god her voice is so raw and beautiful here.
Laura is such an amazing singer, I really regret the time she played a show in my small city. I went hiking instead but really wish I saw her sing as she has become one of my favorite artists, someday I shall see you sing and play and that day will become the greatest day of my life.
Saw them live way back in 2006, and still the best show of my life. Trees in Dallas, Tx. With Smoke or Fire and The Soviettes. Killer show. (and way too few people there.. but that's being a punk in Tx)
I can't stop listining to this song. Simple, honest and from the heart. When all you have is a guitar and a voice and you can make time stop for 3 minutes, that's when you have done something brilliant.
Never even heard Against Me! before this song. I read a lot about the story behind this song and about (formerly) Tom's life choices to continue life as a woman. Major respect for this person's talents and courage. I am definitely a fan.
"We used to get high together instead of getting high alone." That's really what it's all about in the end, our need for connection, our need to feel like someone is in this with us, to share the pipe...peace or otherwise...especially otherwise. #AgainstMe
The saddest part of how true what you just said, it seems that since I stopped getting high, I've got noone left to sit with. It hurts. But im not getting high anymore. Though im still sitting
You’re an idiot. Laura has come out and stated that the hormones don’t effect her voice at all, and if you actually listen to recent albums her singing voice sounds exactly the same. Don’t be an ignorant jackass
Yeah, you've got to do voice training or get VFS, which is costly and has a very long recovery time. Voice training is good for speaking, and works on pitch, resonance, and how you say certain sounds. However, with singing it's less applicable, just because of vocal range and all that. Although I would say some of her enunciation is a bit different.
@@fairguinevere666voice training can help with singing, if my friends are any example. i believe from what i've heard that laura just didn't want to alter it too much? she has a beautiful voice, like, insanely powerful, and if i were in her place i would love it too. she did change enunciation a bit, might just be getting older, or changing her style a bit, or personal preference. very striking! as a singer, she is a MASSIVE inspiration to me.
So, I was working the other night...this girl comes in and she's like, fucking gorgeous. And says "OH MY GOD THIS IS A GOOD SONG!" Because I had my ipod playing on a speaker and I had Against me playing and this song was on. We talked for a good few minutes and she was like "I didn't know anyone even knew of them in this town!" it was awesome.
God.... I'm in a sober living right now, just learned the song but wish so badly I could belt it out without getting yelled at hahaha! She's an amazing artist
Fantastic band. Laura Jane Grace is amazing and the best kind of "role model", an honest one. Punk is all about being honest and authentic and Against Me! embodies the concept.
Every time I come back to this video and listen to this song, I can't help picking up my guitar and playing along. I don't know what it is about this song in particular but there is a rare contagious energy to it and it makes me feel connected.
Laura and Against Me's music in general have given me the courage to start the process of accepting myself as genderfluid. Laura is an amazing role model. Screaming her lungs out at shows and then getting manicures with her daughter at the salon. :)
iv only just found out about this fantastic band thanks to alternative press! Her voice just blows me away the lyrics just everything is fantastic! even the guitar is beautiful sounding! im in love!
This is talent at it's greatest. A one take video that sounds this good... Fucking amazing. Plus the heart-wrenching emotion that comes with this song? Absolutely fucking epic. The destroyed garage was an excellent touch. This video should have far more than the views that it does have.
"Hey stop at this abandoned building up here. I need to get some shit off my chest." that's the conversation they had right before this video was shot.
I LOVE it. ..... just a guitar and an awesome voice and awesome lyrics in a run down shed and it still can gimme chills better than stuff coming straight out the studio
Tom Gabel wrote this song about a friend of his named C.C. who was killed. He wrote this song for her. The guitar line sounds a lot like "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen. This was also intentional, Tom said, because he and C.C. would hang out together and listen to him together. He said he made it that way so it would remind him of those nights he spent with her. Cheers :)
Bless you, Laura, and everyone else. We’re with you all and stand strong beside you no matter what~ You’re all loved and supported, fully and forever so be free and enjoy life because you have friends that have your back.
I saw her perform acoustically this year at punk rock bowling for the first time. She blew me away and made the opening acoustic artists sound so small. She's amazing! ❤️
Listened to this song many times before she came out and would have never imagined that Tom Gable would turn into Laura Jane Grace. People can be so good at hiding things and no one would even suspect it.
Talking Sink Have you heard the song "Pretty Girls"? She changed lyrics because she didn't want anyone knowing. She redid the song with the actual lyrics she had written back then.
wow, just wow. I'm only discovering this and its amazing and very sad at the same time. This is art and emotion all wrapped into one song, as it should be. Thank you.
This is how I record my songs too-live & in one take! It doesn't get anymore raw than this-no need for studio tricks or autotune, just pure, raw, talent & feeling! Real music by someone who understands real struggle-Laura...you are awesome! Good for you, finding yourself, being true to yourself in the face of adversity, of others expectations & helping to educate those who don't understand! You give voice to those who so often are silenced by fear & discrimination! You go girl! RocknRoll!
I'm so proud of you, Laura. Your music with AM! has gotten me through my mother's suicide, my brother's heroin addiction, and helped me get the strength to be happy and follow my dreams. I'm happy I got to meet you guys a few years ago! Rooting for you to find your true happiness
It is not about that. It is about an old acquaintance of his that died. Her mother told him that she believed that the song "Thrash Unreal" was about her. That is why he said "If something I said hurt you, that was never my intention".
see this, this kinda irks me. Because she has had a sex change, every creative decision she had is related. Everyone in infinitely complicated, she should not be know as sex change musician.
this makes me disheartened as well as in sure it does Tom to see that all anyone is talking about is this part of his/her personal life that has nothing to do with the music. lets comment on how we've listened to against me since high school or how the music's changed over the years or something cliché like that. That's what you see on every other good bands songs. 1st comment i read coming here was 'she's beautiful... And something about goin straight.' have any of these bandwagoners heard disco before the breakdown or reinventing axle rose?????
+JJ Weaver I got beef with the sex change only cause of the change in vocals due to hormone changes soul is still thee though for sure, just preferences in sound
+nubzar1 it's funny when he 1st said he was becoming a she I said damn now his vocal chords will change... that's gay. but I haven't noticed a difference except for in actual speech...?
+nubzar1 Hormones and Gender Reassignment Surgery don't affect trans women's voices. Change in voice comes with vocal lessons. It's also something that just changes over time for everyone.
We used to get high together, instead of getting high alone. I can't remember the last time I saw you. I can't remember the last time we talked. You left home for a fresh start, Working as a waitress down in Bradenton. With my name tattoo'd into your skin. Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability I am numbing myself completely. Can you hear me right now? I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes. It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared. Don't it feel so detached and unreal? Don't it seem so far away? Like the past never happened, or like nothings ever changed. With your casket open in front of me, Your eyes closed and your lips silent. With my name tattoo'd into your skin. Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability I am numbing myself completely. Can you hear me right now? I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes. It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared. I didn't listen to the preacher. I couldn't look your husband in the eyes. I'm not sure what I meant to you then, So I'm not sure what I owe you now. But if something I said hurt you I swear it was not my intention. With your name tattoo'd into my skin. Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability I am numbing myself completely. Can you hear me right now? I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes. It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.
I watched and listen to against me since Axel rose Album. This is the Artist that I know love and miss. These are once in a lifetime moments that will wait for no one. Thankyou against me! Words can't describe how much your music changed my life for the better.
First I was a bit confused, but then I was like it's the punk spirit! If I don't support her what the FCK would become with the rest of humanity. If we punks (as usual) set the example again?
The very best band I have ever heard and will probably ever hear in my life. I would write how much I love them but I don't have enough room in the post so all I will say is thank you to Against Me! for the amazing music. It has, in many ways, affected my life in a very positive way. (:
RockME AllDeus Who gives a shit? I mean, what right do we even have to speculate on or give two fucks about her underwear, when we should be enjoying the fact that she makes good music.
When a guy with only his guitar and his voice makes sound a song as Epic as this one, then you ask yourself if there's anything can beat that? Can't wait to see new videos and hear new material from Against Me! we need a new record!
This is so Florida, I was lucky to grow up just down the road from Gainesville and got to experience such a great music scene. This video reminds me of home
"Yes, the song is a true story. My friend CC and I used to work at this bar in Gainesville called the Top. She was the bartender, I was the doorman. We used to hang out after closing, getting high, having drinks, listening to records. We both had each other's names tattooed. Life moved on and we fell out of touch. A little over a year ago I got a call telling me that she had been murdered. At the funeral her mother asked me to write a song for her, so I did."
Thus made me so sad to read this.... Idk why. But i felt something
Years after drifting apart, said friend thought that Grace had written “Thrash Unreal”about her, which is a song detailing an aging partier and drug addict.
Although this was not true, Laura never got the chance to tell her friend this before her untimely passing.
After the funeral, the friend’s mother] took me aside and told me that CC thought the song “Thrash Unreal” was written about
her, that it had hurt and embarrassed her, that they had talked about itas recently as a week before her death. She made me promise on the spot to write a song that made up for it. So I didn’t sleep for about a week, until I wrote “Because Of The Shame”.
The song itself is heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen, particularly “No Surrender” as Grace and her friends would frequently listen to Springsteen while they were smoking.
I changed my My Views probably 6 months ago and I turn into a Republican and I see myself as a pussy ass poser but at the same time I see myself loving the bands I've always loved and if Tom Gabel or Laura Jane Grace wants to come up and give me a hug and give me some advice about life that I could take into consideration because I felt the same way he and or she did at one point in time but I grew out of it I don't know if it was the right a wrong move but I feel like I've done the right thing and I feel like you've done the right thing for yourself I don't agree with this transgender s*** but I love you as a person as a woman and as a man cuz I knew you as both end
@@tomblair5379 Tom Blair, in America, people are free. Get over it, snowflake.
Thank you for sharing this quote. As a vegetarian/vegan graduate PhD student at UF, I used to hang around The Top a lot (the ancho black bean cakes are the best!). I thought that the song was about the person you described. At the time, I knew Laura but called her Tom, Warren was still in the band and was a freegan pioneer, and I was dating a riot grrrl who was best known for the wide-scale circulation of her zines and her involvement with getting WFTA off the ground. G'ville will always have a special place in my heart!
That's music, someone pouring out their soul. Doesn't need production, just someone with a camera phone in a busted out garage
Theres times when this song doesn't make me cry. Todays not one of those times.
Truth.
Helcolina Plasticine i feel you
This song- especially THIS acoustic version- guts and heals my very soul.
I don’t know how musicians can sing songs like this without breaking down. 😓🖤
Practice
They felt it a'lot stronger when they wrote it on heroin and then played it in front of masses lol. Could not imagine the endorphins rush they suppress when doing their thing live.
@@NatiBo-hn6fwidk lol, I've probably listened to this song a few thousand times and it still kills me every single time. You're right though, of course.
I stay clean because I put the work into my recovery but the lyrics to Against me!'s songs help me want to put the work in. I thank laura jane for being strong in her life struggles so I can have inspiration to be strong in mine. And I thank her band for being so accepting of their friend, it shows us all that true friendship exists and we don't have to settle for a crowd when theres a handful that truly love us!
The Lily Project its good that you work your recovery because if you're not working on recovery you are working on a relapse. however even though the song starts out talking about getting high its not about losing someone to addiction. it was written about an old friend who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was murdered by being shot. when tom/laura called her mother to give condolences the mother asked him (@ the time he was still tom....not trying to be disrespectful by any means. trans rights all the way in my book and that starts by addressing them by the proper name and using the proper pronouns to suit the person) to write a song for her daughter who had remained a huge against me! fan despite them no longer being close.
Keep on.
BURNEDTORSO 666 I love your words, “If you are not working on recovery you are working on a relapse”
💯💯💯💯💯 Thrash Unreal is my recovery anthem
@The² Lily Project;
You are very linguistically talented... I really appreciate the way you made it very clear that Against Me! was NOT the singular and magical force behind your sobriety, that YOU used hard work, and inner strength to get sober and maintain your sobriety,
Against Me! was the motivational soundtrack that made it a little more sweet sounding along the way.
I hope you're still going strong with your sobriety, as for me.... well.... I'm not doing so well, my demons are resilient, hateful little monsters that have their claws dug in much too deep in my scarred and bloody flesh to allow me the blissful and much longed for peace of a substance free day and a nightmare free night....
There's always hope, but because of the shame I am still dirty tonight....
Laura is one of the finest damn songwriters of our time. 🌹🌹🌹🌹
why did this singer quit the band ? atleast the new girl sing pretty much the same
So raw, this song is pure heart.
So good!
vkgoeswild arranged a cover of this song on piano today. P.S. Love your work
Huberman! Love you dude, great work.
Even your taste in music is incredible
Love when Against Me goes acoustic!
I think of them like Nirvana in that respect, they really sound amazing unplugged.
Absolutely hits different when acoustic
Why do I love all the acoustic versions better??
I'm with ya on that one
FennexIsTheName La guitare acoustique peut prendre n'importe son, même le métal. Les gens semblent souvent oublier qu'on a pas besoin nécessairement d'arrangement musicaux à en plus finir. Quand un artiste donne une couleur, une émotion à une chanson il n'y a rien de mieux que le live. Même si il y a parfois quelques petites fausses notes.
same.
The beauty of it is that you can choose. I love when bands will do both, but sometimes it sucks if the one you prefer isn't studio recorded, or if there's no good quality live version. There's a few songs that I love that have no good recordings, and it breaks my heart! If anyone out there by chance have any of these, I'll gladly trade you for it. BAND-SONGS-INFO
1. J CHURCH - Stupid lesson - there's a bad quality live version on an album.
2. JAWBREAKER - for esme, elephant, Gemini - there's some bad quality live versions floating around.
3. JETS TO BRAZIL - afterhour perfection, 6 song demo - afterhour perfection has a few good quality live videos out there, but there was an earlier version where it was it was "rockin" all the way through (does anyone have a studio version? I've heard it was recorded for "orange rhyming dictionary" but never found it.) I also need a good quality version of the 6 song demo, the one I have is really bad!
Thanks guys
I love them too
God I love this song, one of my best friends took her life when I was 15. I watched her mother bury her with tears in her eyes, and Laura is so right, it wasn’t her words that shook me, it was the resemblance they shared.
Our lives are like the wind…
Or like sounds…
We come into being, resonate with each other.
Then fade away…
The acoustic version here is beyond beautiful in every possible way. I wish I had a copy.
laura is beautiful and she's so brave for rocking the deep voice even today. idk if she was out in this video, but god her voice is so raw and beautiful here.
She publicly came out in 2012, but she might have been out to family members and the band at this time?
This song feels like it was written for my only soulmate that I'll ever have the privilege to have. Rest in peace sweet Carlos
I can't stop myself from singing the whoa-ho-o-ho-ho
GORGEOUS VOICE AND GUITAR!! As a transman and singer songwriter, she is my HERO! Thank you for being so brave!!!
Why are you calling this man a she?
@@MountainIce007 What are you on about? He's not talking about any man, he's talking about Laura Jane Grace.
Shes a trans woman
@@MountainIce007 You're less than the dirt I piss on
Laura is such an amazing singer, I really regret the time she played a show in my small city. I went hiking instead but really wish I saw her sing as she has become one of my favorite artists, someday I shall see you sing and play and that day will become the greatest day of my life.
Saw them live way back in 2006, and still the best show of my life.
Trees in Dallas, Tx. With Smoke or Fire and The Soviettes. Killer show. (and way too few people there.. but that's being a punk in Tx)
Every time that I listen to this song, I have tears running down my face before it's over. Rest easy Bree, wherever you are..
I can't stop listining to this song. Simple, honest and from the heart. When all you have is a guitar and a voice and you can make time stop for 3 minutes, that's when you have done something brilliant.
Never even heard Against Me! before this song. I read a lot about the story behind this song and about (formerly) Tom's life choices to continue life as a woman. Major respect for this person's talents and courage. I am definitely a fan.
"We used to get high together instead of getting high alone." That's really what it's all about in the end, our need for connection, our need to feel like someone is in this with us, to share the pipe...peace or otherwise...especially otherwise.
#AgainstMe
The saddest part of how true what you just said, it seems that since I stopped getting high, I've got noone left to sit with.
It hurts. But im not getting high anymore. Though im still sitting
incredible song. brought tears on. sorry for your loss, Jane. Pain creates the best songs unfortunetley.
I remembered today how much I love this band, and this woman
Laura is so ridiculously talented. Stunning whether she's electrified and screaming from a stage or solo with just her voice and an acoustic guitar.
I met him years ago in the beer garden. He's not a nice dude at all
@@PM-qp5he You're less than the dirt I piss on
@@PM-qp5he Your deliberate misgendering of her really makes you seem like a reliable source here.
@@warriormouse3005 im a dragon. And laura has xy chromosomes.
wow her voice is ~so~ amazing, never heard this song acoustic before.
*His* voice - the vocal chords are part of the body, which "Laura's" case belongs to a man, which was totally fucked up by hormone treatments.
You’re an idiot. Laura has come out and stated that the hormones don’t effect her voice at all, and if you actually listen to recent albums her singing voice sounds exactly the same. Don’t be an ignorant jackass
Christina D and her singing voice is fcking aweome!
Yeah, you've got to do voice training or get VFS, which is costly and has a very long recovery time. Voice training is good for speaking, and works on pitch, resonance, and how you say certain sounds. However, with singing it's less applicable, just because of vocal range and all that. Although I would say some of her enunciation is a bit different.
@@fairguinevere666voice training can help with singing, if my friends are any example. i believe from what i've heard that laura just didn't want to alter it too much? she has a beautiful voice, like, insanely powerful, and if i were in her place i would love it too. she did change enunciation a bit, might just be getting older, or changing her style a bit, or personal preference. very striking! as a singer, she is a MASSIVE inspiration to me.
So, I was working the other night...this girl comes in and she's like, fucking gorgeous. And says "OH MY GOD THIS IS A GOOD SONG!" Because I had my ipod playing on a speaker and I had Against me playing and this song was on. We talked for a good few minutes and she was like "I didn't know anyone even knew of them in this town!" it was awesome.
dimnot2000 are you married now bc i think that’s an amazing story of how you met hah
so youre the douche playing music out of a speaker
OMFG I didn't know "Against Me!" till now....
First listening and... LOVE it!
!!! You will never be disappointed...:)
And there's a bunch of material to listen to. Very high output band.
Good. Now never come back to the comments. For your own sake.
Kloule never ;) i learned the guitare part^^
Check out Tom Gabel...Harsh Realms!!
God.... I'm in a sober living right now, just learned the song but wish so badly I could belt it out without getting yelled at hahaha! She's an amazing artist
running _dead stay strong. You're in my thoughts
I hope you're still doing well :)
Laura Jane's songwriting makes me feel so many emotions.
Man alive! Such a great group! The return of Rock and stories of life in the world. Love em all!
This song really hits home..
Epic. I always come back to this. I love old Tom Gable live footage
Fantastic band. Laura Jane Grace is amazing and the best kind of "role model", an honest one. Punk is all about being honest and authentic and Against Me! embodies the concept.
Every time I come back to this video and listen to this song, I can't help picking up my guitar and playing along. I don't know what it is about this song in particular but there is a rare contagious energy to it and it makes me feel connected.
Oh god, my heart! She sings with so much passion!
I recently have come out as a trans woman to a small group of people and I only had the courage because of Laura ❤
Laura and Against Me's music in general have given me the courage to start the process of accepting myself as genderfluid. Laura is an amazing role model. Screaming her lungs out at shows and then getting manicures with her daughter at the salon. :)
You are a beautiful light upon the darkness. Never stop shining!
You are worth everything. Shine! And be a beacon in the darkness.
good luck with your journey to freedom
Good onya mate, hope you're happy.
iv only just found out about this fantastic band thanks to alternative press! Her voice just blows me away the lyrics just everything is fantastic! even the guitar is beautiful sounding! im in love!
I don't know who tf she's singing about, but this song makes me feel and cry for that person.
This is talent at it's greatest. A one take video that sounds this good... Fucking amazing. Plus the heart-wrenching emotion that comes with this song? Absolutely fucking epic. The destroyed garage was an excellent touch. This video should have far more than the views that it does have.
i love her this is a+ go laura jane grace you beautiful woman
after reading her book this song makes me tear up
"Hey stop at this abandoned building up here. I need to get some shit off my chest." that's the conversation they had right before this video was shot.
Her voice is just ♥
Agreed.
His
Against me is Tom. Whatever ze wants, it is the voice.
@@joeshmo5247 *her
@@joeshmo5247 *her
I have to listen to this on a daily basis. ❤
I LOVE it. ..... just a guitar and an awesome voice and awesome lyrics in a run down shed and it still can gimme chills better than stuff coming straight out the studio
Tom Gabel wrote this song about a friend of his named C.C. who was killed. He wrote this song for her.
The guitar line sounds a lot like "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen. This was also intentional, Tom said, because he and C.C. would hang out together and listen to him together. He said he made it that way so it would remind him of those nights he spent with her.
Cheers :)
A beautiful, talented individual... and the lead singer from a kickass band!
She's always been so beautiful and her personality makes her the ideal trans role model in my opinion.
Wow! I just found this band. Love their lyrics and the strength of each member to make amazing music- no matter what anyone haters say. Keep it up.
Bless you, Laura, and everyone else. We’re with you all and stand strong beside you no matter what~ You’re all loved and supported, fully and forever so be free and enjoy life because you have friends that have your back.
Close your eyes, and just listen to the beautiful music flowing into your ears. Who cares?
the best fucking version
I saw her perform acoustically this year at punk rock bowling for the first time. She blew me away and made the opening acoustic artists sound so small. She's amazing! ❤️
Amazing heartfelt song. Reminds me of my best friend who passed way too early in his prime almost 10 years ago. Thank you for the beautiful music
my #1 favorite by them. pretty much speaks to my soul. so good.
Listened to this song many times before she came out and would have never imagined that Tom Gable would turn into Laura Jane Grace. People can be so good at hiding things and no one would even suspect it.
Brandon Black The only giveaway was a verse in the ocean.
Talking Sink Have you heard the song "Pretty Girls"? She changed lyrics because she didn't want anyone knowing. She redid the song with the actual lyrics she had written back then.
she's so beautiful
Brianna Cavanaugh He*
lollego10 nah she's a woman!
MuddahNatur nooo lol
lollego10
how come you think so?
lollego10 She came out as trans a few years ago. So yes she is a girl...
wow, just wow. I'm only discovering this and its amazing and very sad at the same time. This is art and emotion all wrapped into one song, as it should be. Thank you.
This is how I record my songs too-live & in one take! It doesn't get anymore raw than this-no need for studio tricks or autotune, just pure, raw, talent & feeling! Real music by someone who understands real struggle-Laura...you are awesome! Good for you, finding yourself, being true to yourself in the face of adversity, of others expectations & helping to educate those who don't understand! You give voice to those who so often are silenced by fear & discrimination! You go girl! RocknRoll!
I love you, Laura Jane. I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU.
I'm so proud of you, Laura. Your music with AM! has gotten me through my mother's suicide, my brother's heroin addiction, and helped me get the strength to be happy and follow my dreams. I'm happy I got to meet you guys a few years ago! Rooting for you to find your true happiness
I love this song, I cry everytime I hear it thank you for writing it, its so beutiful
Always loaded with power and passion, always.
this was about the time she come out want it, its really amazing just like all her songs
It is not about that. It is about an old acquaintance of his that died. Her mother told him that she believed that the song "Thrash Unreal" was about her. That is why he said "If something I said hurt you, that was never my intention".
see this, this kinda irks me. Because she has had a sex change, every creative decision she had is related. Everyone in infinitely complicated, she should not be know as sex change musician.
Evelyn would be proud
So much angst in this wonderful human. Her pain is our music. Thank you.
Well done, never heard this song for some reason ty for upload
why does noone care about the music anymore. these comments are ridiculous. who cares what they look like?! It's punk.
this makes me disheartened as well as in sure it does Tom to see that all anyone is talking about is this part of his/her personal life that has nothing to do with the music. lets comment on how we've listened to against me since high school or how the music's changed over the years or something cliché like that. That's what you see on every other good bands songs. 1st comment i read coming here was 'she's beautiful... And something about goin straight.' have any of these bandwagoners heard disco before the breakdown or reinventing axle rose?????
+JJ Weaver my thoughts exactly
+JJ Weaver I got beef with the sex change only cause of the change in vocals due to hormone changes soul is still thee though for sure, just preferences in sound
+nubzar1 it's funny when he 1st said he was becoming a she I said damn now his vocal chords will change... that's gay. but I haven't noticed a difference except for in actual speech...?
+nubzar1 Hormones and Gender Reassignment Surgery don't affect trans women's voices. Change in voice comes with vocal lessons. It's also something that just changes over time for everyone.
Tom was handsome AF, and Laura is pretty AF. Just a beautiful human, inside and out.
I know you meant well with this comment but please dont use Laura's deadname in any context
My best friend when times get hard. Such an inspiration. Saw you when I was 16 at Toads, again at 22. Thank you.
I've never heard a song that shook me the way this did! Simply AMAZING !!
Fuck punk lives again in this band thank you
This version is so much better than the studio version. You can really hear the emotion here in Laura's voice
This song hits home for me. The song took on a whole new meaning for me when I lost a very close friend to OD while I was trying to get clean myself.
such amazing acoustics everywhere
We used to get high together, instead of getting high alone.
I can't remember the last time I saw you.
I can't remember the last time we talked.
You left home for a fresh start,
Working as a waitress down in Bradenton.
With my name tattoo'd into your skin.
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
I am numbing myself completely.
Can you hear me right now?
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.
Don't it feel so detached and unreal? Don't it seem so far away?
Like the past never happened, or like nothings ever changed.
With your casket open in front of me,
Your eyes closed and your lips silent.
With my name tattoo'd into your skin.
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
I am numbing myself completely.
Can you hear me right now?
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.
I didn't listen to the preacher.
I couldn't look your husband in the eyes.
I'm not sure what I meant to you then,
So I'm not sure what I owe you now.
But if something I said hurt you
I swear it was not my intention.
With your name tattoo'd into my skin.
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
I am numbing myself completely.
Can you hear me right now?
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.
Well this song is even sadder now after reading her book :(
This is still one of my favourite things ever. So so beautiful
Courage, like a graceful swan floating across a peaceful lake, while frantically paddling beneath the surface.
Lol Bradenton is a terrible place for a fresh start.. Awesome song and awesome artist.
is the band from the area? I mean im not used to Braden-tucky ever being mentioned in songs!
Ah it appears you've decided to read the comments! Don't! Let this be the last comment you ever read! Don't!! Do!! It!!
+Memelord :)
+ghost boy edits Nice try Zakk.
thnx fren
stellar y didn't I listen haha
I wish I had listened. I should really just stick to watching videos and pretending the comments sections don't exist
I watched and listen to against me since Axel rose Album. This is the Artist that I know love and miss. These are once in a lifetime moments that will wait for no one. Thankyou against me! Words can't describe how much your music changed my life for the better.
Forever grateful for this gift.
First I was a bit confused, but then I was like it's the punk spirit! If I don't support her what the FCK would become with the rest of humanity. If we punks (as usual) set the example again?
wow. shes always been a cutie. wow.
Gayyyyye
was...hes pretty fucking ugly now.
his lyrics grow with you as an individual... love the music, acoustic just shows the true emotion
The very best band I have ever heard and will probably ever hear in my life. I would write how much I love them but I don't have enough room in the post so all I will say is thank you to Against Me! for the amazing music. It has, in many ways, affected my life in a very positive way. (:
I thought he was one of the dudeliest dudes ever, but she's more and more beautiful every time I see her as Laura Jane Grace :)
She used to wear her mask well...:p
She wore her mask well...:p
RockME AllDeus Who gives a shit? I mean, what right do we even have to speculate on or give two fucks about her underwear, when we should be enjoying the fact that she makes good music.
RockME AllDeus Keep hoping because that is the single most unlikely scenario I have ever seen.
RockME AllDeus And?
If I gave a fuck about keeping up with the latest trends, I'd be arguing on kik or some other site that isn't youtube.
brasileiros de bom gosto ... comentem em baixo de onde vcs são !
santa catarina aqui.
rio de janeiro!
Recife
Rio Grande do Sul :D woow nao esperava algum br por aqui! haha legal!
Curitiba-PR mas nascida em Jundiaí-SP , essa é a música mais linda e triste do mundo ♡
One of my favourites for years now!!
When a guy with only his guitar and his voice makes sound a song as Epic as this one, then you ask yourself if there's anything can beat that?
Can't wait to see new videos and hear new material from Against Me! we need a new record!
#socialmediamontana approves this song!
You can really see how as he's playing he's hurt just by playing the song, it looks like he's stuck thinking about her while playing.
that guitar sounds so amazingly beautiful.
This is so Florida, I was lucky to grow up just down the road from Gainesville and got to experience such a great music scene. This video reminds me of home
Tom or Laura, he/she can sing like a motherfucker, and write songs anyone can get into and understand
strong, talented, smart, beautiful...... she is
Laura Jane Grace
the power in that voice.... great tune
Beautiful and inspiring. THIS is what life is all about. Loving yours.