the first song I ever heard by Reuben, and first time I ever saw Frank Turner... little did I know that they would both become my some of my favourite musicians :)
Soft little body Swollen by the sun Waiting for the break That he knows will never come Four brittle limbs Weak from under-use And a head full of words Long green hair Funny looking dude Big mouth on him And a wicked attitude And at first impression He must seem kind of rude But he does his best, yeah? And anyway... I want to be Just like you Get myself a job And a really cool tattoo I'm walking home Beside you Your hair is long and blonde And your eyes are both bright blue I want to be just like you In all I do Jimmy got drunk On his way to class Swinging from the roof Showed everyone his ass And if you ask him why He shakes his head and laughs "There was nothing for it" Stacy got laid Boyfriend number one! Took him to her room And had a little fun She's wearing out her voice Telling everyone And you can't ignore it And anyway... I want to be Just like you Get myself a job And a really cool tattoo I'm walking home Beside you Your hair is long and blonde And your eyes are both bright blue I want to be Just like you Get myself a job And a really cool tattoo Really cool tattoo... Don't take it so hard You always take it so hard Don't take it so hard Don't take it to heart It's only 'cos I like you You are everything I wish I could be And maybe if I'm like you Baby would you like me? You're dressed Like a Victorian at a swimming pool You're dressed Like a deadly lethal ninja assassin All in black I want to be just like you... I want to be Just like you Get myself a job And a really cool tattoo I made you Trent Reznor Spinning on his back With a motorised action You made me A red and black scarf I wear it round my neck But no motorised action No motorised action...
I love Reuben SO MUCH - ever since I tuned into MTV for the first time, halfway through Let's Stop Hanging Out. Guys, if you're reading this, please consider re-forming.
lol, Reggae Jerk, i just cracked up when it came up with that coz of the studio episodes when it happened, lol. This is a legendary video, and even better as you filmed half of it in the west end centre. SAVE THE WESTY!!!
The rock overload occurred just as I noticed Frank Turner was in that video all along! Argh, I shoulda seen it comin'. This is a great video, by the way.
I saw this performed live on friday and it is just FANTASTIC live. Jamie got us all to sing the duet bit in the crowd and the bass solo was also very funny, all in all the whole show was just such fun and I was lucky enough to be RIGHT IN FRONT OF JAMIE!! oh im a lucky girl!
Whatever happened to these guys? I remember hearing this song on kerrang when I was about 14 and loved it. I swear it was only ever played on kerrang once and never seen again. Still a fantastic tune though.
For everyone wondering what 'Deadly Lethal Ninja Assassin's have to do with this song: 2:38-2:48, third time through of "You're dressed like a Victorian at a swimming pool, all in black", but if you listen carefully you can hear that John Fairfax (the second scientist guy) is actually singing "like a deadly lethal ninja assassin". And that's the same recording you can hear them doing in one of the Making Of vids on here [= Great song, great band.
@BowerBomB no, in the background someone shouts over 'a victorian at a swimming pool' with 'a deadly lethal ninja assassin' it's hard to make out but if you listen carefully you can hear it :)
glad they got frank turner in the vid, wouldn't be the same without him. they even had him come out when they played this at guilfest this year, it was awesome.
One of the coolest songs I have ever seen... Really? Oky IT WAS DEFINITLY THE COOLEST THING I HAVE HEARD ALL DAY! Can I post it on myspace to all the girls who dont even see me!?
cool, i really like reuben, seen them a few years ago when their last album came out, they have a good stage presence, loadsa energy and really driven songs. Me likes
I love how the comments are all like "OMG....Frank Turner". Not to take anything away form Frank Turner as he is a legend (Bring back Million Dead please)…..What about Paul Townsend.....he was the best part about Hundred Reasons. Silver will forever be my favourite Hundred Reasons tracks.
The more I see this video, the more I believe that "E" is the singer from Hell is For Heroes and "D" is the guitar player. Great band, nice song, I miss them
@TheAwesomeJordan i think it was..... its amazing how small a world the british music scene can be..... would love it reuben came back to support frank or vice versa...... please guys.... pretty please? Oh heres a lineup and a half: Freeze The Atlantic, Reuben, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls..... Me want.
I'd take a spinning Reznor doll but I would prefer a life size replica of each member of Reuben that would play their back catalogue all day... And spin.
I'm pretty sure they have broke up. They just put it in less obvious wording on their website so they didn't sound lame. It's a massive shame I seen them live for the first time in 2001 and have just recently got back into them. They're proper cool guys and totally deserve to make it big Jamie is a really talented song writer.
@DraGothify its paul townsend from hundred reasons...i think he is also in freeze the Atlantic a band guy and jon from reuben made with E frank turner..but ill have to check look them up on here...not as good as reubenbut thats hard to be as good but they stil pretty good!
@VideosOfJordan errrr the whole line would be 'your dressed like a Victorian at a swimming pool, all in black' so it is about the victorian but it's just an Annalergy.....
