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'City Looks Pretty' is taken from Courtney Barnett's album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' out now! courtney-barne...
Out on Milk! Records, Marathon Artists and Mom+Pop
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Video by Courtney Barnett
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Words & Music by Courtney Barnett
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Lyrics
The city looks pretty when you been indoors
For 23 days I’ve ignored all your phone calls.
Everyone’s waiting when you get back home
They don’t know where you been, why you gone so long.
Friends treat you like a stranger and
Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well
Spare a thought for the ones that came before
All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal.
Sometimes I get sad
It’s not all that bad
One day, maybe never
I’ll come around
The city takes pity on your injured soul
N heavenly prose ain’t enough good to fill that hole.
Everyone’s soaked in animosity
It’s vicious in winter, you never say what you mean.
Friends treat you like a stranger and
Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well.
Wakin’ up to another dismal day
You got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful.
Sometimes I get mad
It’s not half as bad
Pull yourself together
N just calm down
I’ll be what you want oh when you want it
But I’ll never be what you need
And the city looks pretty from where I’m standing...
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@frieda2718 6 лет назад

Sometimes i sit and think and sometimes i just listen to this song over and over again

@hoganholo99 6 лет назад

Sometimes I just think and sit

@uhhh_adam 6 лет назад

Signalschwarz same

@mrinvisible9644 4 года назад

I don’t think much

@jorgejunior1372 4 года назад

Yea same. The lyrics and instruments in this song fantastic. I don’t know where I’d be without this song.

@shravaniedhate1354 3 года назад

i can n't ignore the intense voice, I am never going to get bored of this song.

@andreas3304 6 лет назад

I'm sure this precious Australian will be one of the grands of our generation.

@Moondancin 6 лет назад

Indeed. Aussies are killing it wit music these days. Check out these guys. Rolling Coastal Blackout Fever - French Press Dope Lemon - Marinade

@jannikberridge 6 лет назад

Caring Is Creepy can't forget Alex Cameron and Kirin J Callinan.

@Ksaver91 6 лет назад

Check out Tiny Little Houses. Their debut is pretty good, espacially if you like bands like Pavement or Modest Mouse.

@Moondancin 6 лет назад

+Jannik Berridge +Ksaver91 Thanks for the suggestions!!

@jillianfrances2488 6 лет назад

okay trueeee

@wookiewhat 6 лет назад

that shift in the middle was excellent

@deus7085 6 лет назад

Same here

@mikebasketball11 5 лет назад

Almost brings me to tears... :)

@titusrichardson539 5 лет назад

Yes very well placed and it gives a moment to quickly reflect on what you already heard 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@RazzleDazz72 5 лет назад

Indeed

@luisdiz8303 4 года назад

Damn i must be the only one that hates the shift

@mtgasa 4 года назад

"Your friends treat you like a stranger and, the strangers treat you like their best friends, oh well"

@arcl14543 3 года назад

just read it while she was singing it

@marcowilliams1841 3 года назад

Real shhh

@serveandscore 6 лет назад

I don't play FIFA (anymore) but I always check out their playlist to discover awesome tunes like this :)

@ebob4177 5 лет назад

True. Fifa always has the best songs.

@elkingrecarte9082 5 лет назад

But look now fifa 20 has the worst playlist

@arthurgarton4104 5 лет назад

Elking Recarte it has 2 maybe 3 good songs.

@elkingrecarte9082 5 лет назад

@@arthurgarton4104 yes it has two or three, but have less alternative and indie songs. Just compare fifa20 soundtrack with fifa 09 or fifa 14

@R9Allan 4 года назад

Same. I'm on PES now, but always check their playlist. It's the best part of the game nowadays.

@willowwaters3815 6 лет назад

The city looks pretty when Courtney's music plays in headphones

@mikebasketball11 5 лет назад

Lovely :)

@roachkid6367 4 года назад

The second half of this song is so beautiful. It's the kind of music you can just close your eyes and appreciate.

@marciorodrigues183 4 года назад

Music industry needs more songs like this.

@lucapasseroni6371 2 года назад

best part of this wonderful song

@thewhatness 6 лет назад

I'm glad to be alive at a time where I can experience the release of music like this firsthand.

@creepyclown3551 6 лет назад

Well said, she's awesome.

@thaddeuswinslowcooper8962 6 лет назад

I KNOW RIGHT! Just when I thought for sure we were the era of shit music, I'm starting to see an array of great music come out of nowhere. Really makes me happy that I need not be so cynical anymore lol

@tomwilko7841 6 лет назад

you would have loved the 90s!

@bacongaming5447 6 лет назад

Courtney is one of those artists who don't care all about money. She's doing what she loves, even though she wouldn't make much money for making this kind of music these days.

@fellkzz 5 лет назад

same

@vitormelomedeiros 4 года назад

"The city looks pretty when you've been indoors for 23 days"...

@tdmm 4 года назад

Relevant

@superjeesh2777 4 года назад

Thought it was 20 straight days

@mathezeu8448 4 года назад

3 months

@Jerry11201 4 года назад

and this is reality for some of us when the outside realm is smiling welcoming us to come out. usually its the first step that's the hardest lol

@dylanfromtwitch7538 4 года назад

It’s been 100 days + and it still looks like shite

@tobyalderwield3462 5 лет назад

The city looks pretty when you been indoors For 23 days I've ignored all your phone calls And everyone's waiting when you get back home They don't know where you been, why you gone so long Friends treat you like a stranger and Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well Spare a thought for the ones that came before All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal [Chorus 1] Sometimes I get sad It's not all that bad One day, maybe never I'll come around [Verse 2] The city takes pity on your injured soul And heavenly prose ain't enough good to fill that hole Everyone's soaked in animosity It's vicious in winter You never say what you mean Friends treat you like a stranger and Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well Wakin' up to another dismal day You got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful [Chorus 2] Sometimes I get mad It's not half as bad Pull yourself together And just calm down [Outro] I'll be what you want oh when you want it But I'll never be what you need And the city looks pretty from where I'm standing...

@rajsilwal08 5 лет назад

just sign the bloody deal toby!!! COYS

@stevesaldanha75 5 лет назад

@@rajsilwal08 😂

@R9Allan 4 года назад

This Outro is class!!!

@serotoninaV 4 года назад

More than 40 days you mean

@serotoninaV 4 года назад

Coronavirus

@kennylitto 5 лет назад

I don't know why from 2:38 this song makes me wanna cry and think of so many deep things! ✨

@kingjam3s540 2 года назад

sameeeee

@adityagoel4224 5 лет назад

3:58 gets me every time

@Waynimations 6 лет назад

I was gonna shower but I guess I'll just listen to this for a few hours

@xxLivvy212xx 6 лет назад

Listen to it in the shower for a few hours

@xinruiying1507 6 лет назад

good commend~

@Waynimations 6 лет назад

Olivia Sun I’ve taken this tip and utilized it in my life

@vincentwheatley523 6 лет назад

Cb. Is my goddess. Fin

@alexmannrocks 4 года назад

I used to get random bouts of sadness or just overly stressed from work, school, and everything else that was going on in my life. I would love to just get out sometimes and go wonder around the city I lived in or wherever I was at the time to try to get away from things and take in the rest of the world that wasn't part of mine. As tough as some of those times were, I miss it since I felt like there was more going on and there was still a hopefulness things can change in my favor. This song totally was a mood back then. I had and somehow still have the same sentiment now despite being in a calmer environment, but still feeling isolated. I miss my random walks around the city, looking for more that was out there in the world

@OMAXER2012 4 года назад

This song is unbelievably underrated

@robertclarkyoung9141 4 года назад

Yes it is.

@stvbrsn Год назад

By whom?

@sigmund5 6 лет назад

She is one of the top 3 musical artists of the last 20 years-said the old guy who listened to too much. She does everything very well.

@lucasargrew5993 Год назад

Don't worry, you're not the only old guy that listens to too much.

@50ShadesOfEndo 6 лет назад

This new album might turn out better than her debut

@TGMusk8011 5 лет назад

Came here thinking I just wanted to listen to that killer slow riff at the end, turns out I actually meant the entire song

@hoibsh21 Год назад

Courtney is Australia's greatest female popster export since Olivia Newton John!

@t1money358 6 лет назад

I just thought about about courtney barnett and BAM an upload 18 minutes ago and i just learned that theres's a new album, today's a good day.

@serotoninzero 6 лет назад

You should definitely go listen to the other two singles then because they are also awesome.

@shadyweeze 6 лет назад

She is easily one of the best songwriters out there right now, can't wait for the new album

@drugly542 5 лет назад

I feel like this song is talking about like running away from home and getting lost in this psychedelic garden. And coming back to see that all the people you knew aren’t people you knew at all. And people that just met you treat you much friendlier. But it also has a point to say about getting lost in this psychedelic garden about how it just feels like your filling a empty void with meaning less nonsense. But it’s easier to fill it with something meaningless rather than fill it with something very meaningful.

@strictlynorton 6 лет назад

A special person proving effortlessly how special she is.

@thehobowhisperer 6 лет назад

This song has a Pavement feel about it to me. I love it.

@TheScottoline19 4 года назад

bob won ton - I was thinking the same! And a little Sonic Youth too.

@fifadillon3819 2 года назад

Coming back to this song it helped a lot with my loneliness 3 years ago. I’m still lonely but no where near what I was like 3 years ago. Will always think of those times when I hear this song.

@janahijazi5899 6 лет назад

this was extremely beautiful on *every level possible*

@maahrooreekee4295 5 лет назад

Great to see someone with great taste in music and with an Asuka profile pic

@david05111 5 лет назад

There’s something about the solo at the end that I just love. It’s the tone, the harmony with the rhythm guitar, everything...simple, but awesome

@Internationale7 6 лет назад

i know i'm drunnk and mentally weird rn but honestly if you're out there courtney, i'm going through a really shitty time off my life now and your music is making all the difference, you fecking rock

@jenjerry4754 5 лет назад

You my friend are in need

@justmart4455 5 лет назад

She does fecking rock

@scott0111 9 месяцев назад

Ditto

@user-tt3qw2js5p 6 месяцев назад

Feck yeah

@danielalvarado-angeles8514 5 лет назад

"I'll be what you want oh when you want it, But I'll never be what you need."

@lilkevin2162 3 года назад

Tht hits🥲

@ashg1635 5 лет назад

that switch up at 2.40 is the best switch up ive ever heard on a fifa game

@parkerbing1 6 лет назад

Gosh this record is gonna be a god damn CLASSIC

@laurentsabayo5683 6 лет назад

It's like there are two songs in one. It's perfect !

@abelramirez7320 6 лет назад

Was not expecting that psychedelic outro. Amazing.

@thedeejtable 6 лет назад

amen bro. Check out her live version... she really makes use of the gain on her amp and it sounds way heavier

@WonkieNJ 6 лет назад

Who else just dropped everything as soon as this popped up?

@HANGtheDJ420 5 лет назад

I really enjoy the line "the city takes pity on your injured soul" I'd like to incorporate that into my graffiti. Then hopefully people would google it and discover this awesome song.

@YatagarasuTomiyasu Год назад

Bro where is the graffiti so i can see it on Google Maps

@pipeofmagritte9547 6 лет назад

i want this song playing from 2:42 in the background of my life when i'm spinning away in the madness of bright, strobing city lights blinding my vision

@dichts 8 месяцев назад

Wow listening to this since its release and it never gets old. Love this so so so so so much

@EMC2Scotia 6 лет назад

Like a journey thru a city, from nights onset to collapsing sunset

@bnp777 5 лет назад

I adore the way you slow down the pace at (2:32), Gorgeous track!

@caelinthacker4106 4 года назад

I feel like this is the perfect song to listen to while I'm stuck inside from the quarantine

@56postoffice 5 лет назад

I have to say, even if you're not a *FIFA* fan, you gotta admit their choice of tunes over the years have been cracking.

@user-bh2zu2ec3r 6 лет назад

her sound has definitely changed since her first ep, but it's still just as beautiful ❤️

@vantrickpaughney3830 6 лет назад

Is it legal to fall in love with the album a month before it is released?

@stonegold2040 6 лет назад

Nope. Its rare to find an album thats 3 singles could each be described as indie masterpieces. Plus I bought an exclusive 12” with this song and “Sunday Roast” on it which is another great song off this album.

@fuckyshityfuckshit 6 лет назад

Metalosis Maligna - it’s a grey area. It’s not technically illegal but it dosent look good in court

@kaeltkottmir 5 лет назад

Similar to some movie that will be released in 5 months later

@sliffman1 5 лет назад

Submit to my handcuffs because it's got me too

@hokmner 4 года назад

One of the few good songs in FIFA 19

@mistressmelvin2169 6 лет назад

Yessss omg I'm so happy I just woke up to this! Thank god the Australians operate while North Americans sleep

@patpetersen7645 3 года назад

like a cascade of loveliness.

@deus7085 6 лет назад

2:38 so great, so melow..... at the same time made me feel sad, the guitar and drums ..... like when u reach the end of something so good u know it will never be as good ever again.

@foothd7i683 Год назад

Nostalgia its just an unexplainable feeling

@lequinntessential 6 лет назад

Isolating yourself from what's out there hides you from so many unpleasant things that evoke cynicism and weariness. The thought of how short-lived solitary repose has to be for one to survive in such a connected world only brings about even more existential dread and defeatism. Her lyrics really gets one thinking. That aside, I love the galvanising, galloping energy of the guitars that welcomes this track, which then morphs at the 2.5 minute mark into something effervescent, as if someone has popped open a can of soda.

@lequinntessential 6 лет назад

Tanvi Anand I could be one ;) anyway I just wanted to say that her lyrics are very relatable, and she is capable of some really great guitar work. Depreston for instance

@BrokenAntelope 6 лет назад

Quinn Lee haha I love your description of the songs progression

@YouKnowUAreRight 6 лет назад

Michel Kuhn how

@michelmusik 6 лет назад

There are just different formality levels. Talking about how "one does this" is fitting for a term paper but sounds a little odd in a casual conversation in the RU-vid comments. It just feels like trying too hard. I just pointed it out because I really liked the comment until this point.

@lequinntessential 6 лет назад

Great point. My brain slaps context in the face sometimes when it's too eager to express itself - thanks for highlighting that!

@njunge34 3 года назад

This song makes me feel like I just moved to Portland or Seattle on my own and now I'm in a struggling band and we're trying to become famous while also meeting new interesting people through the night life.

@markjames6712 3 года назад

I rate graham coxon from blur as one of the greatest and most creative guitarist geniuses of our modern time and Courtney with her use amazing use of tones and effects is most definitely the closest comparison I can find! Oh god love you Courtney Barnett you are a nation treasure and must be protected! ❤️

@laaaarwood 6 лет назад

Courtney is effortlessly brilliant, i can't think think of a song by her that i don't like, so hyped for this new record, power to Courtney!!

@wintervear7 6 лет назад

You are one of the artists that makes me thing that music's future is not lost

@the1nonlyfiver1 Год назад

The live version in the park puts this studio one to all kinds of shame , in a great way !

@amag140696 6 лет назад

I'm sitting here listening to this song for the first time, with a needle in my arm at a plasma center, and I couldn't be more at peace. Courtney is the best.

@codyspatz6698 6 лет назад

Gotta make a little cash for tha green.

@domsyadams358 6 лет назад

One of the most underrated places to be when you listen to music!! :-)

@sidlicious1439 5 лет назад

Shooting up smack while shopping for a new tv i dig that

@ps3forever15yearsanniverse2 5 лет назад

Parece que ela vai fazer um show no Brasil esse ano. Canta muito!

@mingpowman76 6 лет назад

This makes me so happy. Music is getting better and better

@robertcubinelli4961 4 года назад

Sensational fresh new music. It's what we need now in this UPSIDE down world we live in.

@cheemurai8542 4 года назад

Surprising how this video has almost a million views and 2 comments as of writing

@elijahdaniel8058 4 года назад

well all the comments are very recent so im guessing older comments have been removed or smt

@MrBrno 6 лет назад

What a masterpiece!

@darrenmallette4977 3 года назад

Its a song you don't want to end

@psychomaji 6 лет назад

This is great. I was worried this album wasn't going to be as good as the other two but everything I've heard so far has been siiiiiick

@lorettagrassi9345 2 года назад

The best soundtrack of FIFA ,all times

@mjproebstle 4 года назад

this is some of the best music i have heard in decades...what a smile this is

@Fuckoffslag 6 лет назад

All this new music from Courtney is making for a great 2018 summer anthem!

@Larry...W 6 лет назад

Another instant classic from our friend Courtney

@tiisetsothandile8420 2 года назад

"Spare a thought for the ones that came before. All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal"😩💔

@Koshirozation 6 лет назад

i want to go to any party to just take over the music at the end when its 4am and everyone is ready to leave, just so i could play this and dance in a happy-sad aeroplane robert smith way well okay, not any party

@mellychan71 5 лет назад

nobody really cares if you....just kidding

@CesarLopez-nz4po 3 года назад

Maybe a nice little adventure night with buds. And when everyone's tired and calm pop something like this on.

@purplepeter2867 3 года назад

Wouldn’t want to party with u lol. It’s definitely not a party song. Just shit you play in your headphones at home haha

@MrNinjakat27 4 года назад

I wish I could hang out with Courtney Barnett

@ilikematches2 6 лет назад

this is about as good as it gets, thank you.

@notyouraverageinternetuser 6 лет назад

Thank the lord that there is still good music being released nowadays!

@merryn9000 6 лет назад

amazing!! her best song yet IMO

@alexaguillen9011 3 года назад

Beautiful. No other words to describe it. Work of art.

@brotherhh2491 5 лет назад

Cant get enough of this!

@pathduck 6 лет назад

All music vids should be shot in super-8, it makes everything look pretty.

@goingtobeok 4 года назад

This is now my quarantine anthem.

@OwainOwine 6 лет назад

I'm moving to Australia just for the music I swear, Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Pond but to name a few.

@danielryan5448 6 лет назад

Don't forget Sticky fingers and DMA's

@domsyadams358 6 лет назад

Yesss they are our best bands!!! Soooo many more good ones though :D

@kendurham6784 6 лет назад

Be sure to check out Jen Cloher. Courtney's significant other and a great artist in her own right. Start with Regional Echo and Loose Magic - both with Courtney's signature guitar work. The latter is about a Dirty 3 gig - another cracking Melbourne band.

@smurfette_blues7922 6 лет назад

owain bestley also alex cameron and kirin j callinan

@futuristicorange3895 6 лет назад

owain bestley don't forget the jungle Giants and velociraptor

@johnminster3205 4 года назад

I like Courtney the best of all of today's musicians, her and her band.

@cggarrod 6 лет назад

Her new album is going to be really good from the sounds of it. Exceptionally good

@loganleorobert 6 лет назад

Damn Courtney is killin it yet again, that new album is gonna be spicy

@edgarherdous3585 6 лет назад

I really like this. She is a refreshing voice, for sure...

@JimmyLBass 6 лет назад

Great song. Looking forward to the full album.

@creepyclown3551 6 лет назад

Gosh, I love her

@ludwemlenzana8362 6 лет назад

She's back !

@robertclarkyoung9141 6 лет назад

She never went away!!

@JarlyShots 6 лет назад

Montage after montage just went thru my head of memories from like 20 years ago ha thanks

@MrNinjakat27 4 года назад

I love Courtney Barnett she’s awesome

@dralder 3 года назад

her sense of melody is arousing

@izaactheberean6860 2 года назад

She used the number 23 in "Depreston" as well.

@petenstein247 6 лет назад

Probably need to listen this a dozen times to understand all the reasons why this is so good, but on first listen another thumbs up for Court.

@alexaguillen9011 4 года назад

I love this song so much

@johnIZaUWL 6 лет назад

I’m having FLASHBACKS to 1995😳😎😎❤️❤️ is anyone else?!!? Like Jen Trynin meets Veruca Salt am I right?????

@thelemone3951 6 лет назад

ive spent abt half my day trying to find words as to how i feel about this song, and honestly im speechless im really excited abt the album, this is phenomenal!!!!!