*SAM SPARRO on the meaning behind 'Black and Gold'* : "I was feeling totally lost. I was making cappuccinos when I felt I should be onstage singing. That track came from looking up to the stars and seeing myself as a tiny speck in this infinite solar-system. I wrote it in 10 minutes. It just came to me one night when I was feeling lonely and wondering if God exists''
@@Slimkidd730 😂 huh?? Errr, she definitely didn't. Sam Sparro wrote this with a guy called Jesse Rogg. This is a direct quote from an interview, so Sam's own words too.
This song randomly came to my mind at 5:25am in the morning after almost 10+ years of not listening to it and I left my bed to get my headphones just so I can relish the moment of hearing such GOLD!
When a song is written well it can haunt. It can sit like a splinter in your mind for years and be triggered by something small and all of a sudden you feel in complete love with it. Well done Sam Sparro!
Same here,listened to it back in 2008.almost daily🙈and then years later I forgot even the name of the singer and the name of the song,tried to find it noumerous times but never been able to find it😅and today laying and watching MTV it just popped on the screen...my happines never ended😆🙈🙈
@RJ Woods It wasn't SingStar for me, but COD4 MW every Saturday morning during the summer. Few rounds online during the "Hits Top 20" :p That was my morning ritual lol.
IndyMode that's what I was thinking while I was listening to, and reading the lyrics and oh my gosh I can relate to every verse so much, that's not even funny...
It was way ahead of it's time, I havent listened to this song in over 10 years and I'm looking back at how different my life was to when I last heard this song.
WOW!!!! I used to BLAST this song in my car in high school, during those late night drives…. Just driving at 90mph through the backroads in north Idaho…. Windows down, the warm summer air smelling like mint front the mint fields…. This was such a crazy flashback to a memory i completely forgot……
Knew this because of Fifa 09 but as I've gotten older, I've realised just how deep this song is. Just how complex the universe is, just how complex God is. Incredible song and in another world, definitely taking home multiple grammys. Thank you Sam Sprarro
It's 2023. I got this song for free on ITunes in 2008. It just clicked in my head a few weeks ago and Holy crap, the nostalgia of being 12 is hitting hard. Man I had/have a good taste in music
Must applaud you for describing music as timeless. Not ageless. Idiots not knowing EVERYTHING in the world has an age. But no, you described it just as it is. Unchanging to anything. Unchanging with time. I love that word.
@@snoutysnouterson I don't think I've ever felt lyrics hit me as hard as these. I'm trying to think. I am obviously exaggerating, I must be, I must have other lyrics that have hit me harder (it's just I can't think of any rn) but I'm making a point lol. I notice many artists will always have that ONE awesome, stand-out song. And as I'm sure you agree, a song can be awesome, but, it's made a masterpiece by the lyrics. I will say, it's a shame we didn't hear more than we did from Sam Sparro, but I'm glad he dropped this song while he was so... temporary. I'm sure he's more than happy with the fact that this song was just so profoundly stunning and outstanding to many many people.
@@lauraaa2222 I agree, I've never had lyrics from another song hit me as hard as these, marble hall's by enya is probably one of the hardest hitters, but black and gold beats it by a fair margin. The only part I don't agree on is that I know that no other song lyrics hit harder, haha, for me anyway. Thanks for your comment :)
Mmm If the fish swam out of the ocean And grew legs and they started walking And the apes climbed down from the trees And grew tall and they started talking And the stars fell out of the sky And the tears rolled into the ocean And now I'm looking for a reason why You even set my world into motion 'Cause if you're not really here Then the stars don't even matter Now I'm filled to the top with fear That it's all just a bunch of matter 'Cause if you're not really here I don't want to be either I wanna be next to you Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold Mmm I look up into the night sky And see a thousand eyes staring back And all around these golden beacons I see nothing but black I feel a way of something beyond them I don't see what I can feel If vision is the only validation Then most of my life isn't real 'Cause if you're not really here Then the stars don't even matter Now I'm filled to the top with fear That it's all just a bunch of matter 'Cause if you're not really here Then I don't want to be either I wanna be next to you Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold (Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold) Mmm (black and gold, black and gold, black and gold) Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold, oh oh 'Cause if you're not really here Then the stars don't even matter Now I'm filled to the top with fear That it's all just a bunch of matter 'Cause if you're not really here I don't want to be either I wanna be next to you Black and gold, black and gold, black and gold Songwriters: Jesse Rogg / Sam Falson / Samuel Falson
I had a c-section almost 9 years ago. This was the first song my daughters ears heard as she came out my tummy.... loved it before, will always love it xx
When this song comes on in FIFA 23, I pause for a moment and listen - Palace away in the cup can wait. That's about the biggest compliment I can give - what a banger
Like this isn’t even a joke. It’s sooo timeless. I can see this being released in the 80s and even 12 years later! And the themes are still relevant and always will be! seeing how people will always have doubts about their faith!
Was my song when it came out. Family put it on at gatherings knowing it was "(name's) song" Now in 2023 it makes me cry cos it reminds me of my late father. "Cos if you're not really here, then the stars don't even matter / I don't want to be either....." and I smile as I'm mixed and I see him and me as the Black and Gold. When I play it I pause it so many times as tears well up. 😪😪
Omg I used to love this song. I completely forgot about it for yeeeeears and just listening to it now after such a long time. Sounds just as great today as it did back then.
It's about existential doubt, the stars hung in the dark of the night sky. If vision is validation...then material science removes any chance of us finding a meaning in existence as it's all just an accident, a quirk of physics. But why then can we think and imagine a world beyond our senses. It's a fucking amazing song, elevated to a work of genus by being funky as all get out.
+Daniel Lewis-carter 'Cause if you're not really here Then the stars don't even matter Now I'm filled to the top with fear That it's all just a bunch of matter Is this line pretty much just saying that if there really is no meaning in life, then everything doesn't matter.
Had a friend (don't talk to him anymore) back 2007 who got the hooked on this song really loved this, haven't heard it since then until right now.. what a gem
Now know it's on about God and being scared he's not real because he isn't here. Fearing it's all just a bunch of matter. Bloody deep. Loved it then, still do
He is literally taking romantic clichés in reverse like talking about stars in order to apply to a breakup while simultaneously having an existential crisis.Plus using wordplay like "matter" genius. I used to love this song as a kid but now I love it even more.
Such a beautiful song, the way it speaks of Genesis, the way darkness lives with light, the love and appreciation of seeming opposition, but speaking of the pursuit light and dark shark for each other. It reminds me of my life seeking God, the way I find the remnant of light, like fading warmth. Its there, somewhere, everywhere, not cold as some may believe, but like a sign or trail of blood that draws me.
Faith in God.... filled to the top with fear that it's all just a bunch of matter. Black sky, gold stars. If he's not here, the stars don't even matter. If vision is the only validation then most of his life isn't real!
+Sam Terry thats whats its about.... Its about God lol not jesus but God. Look it up. I think hes jewish so he talkig about jehova which i guess technically is the same as islamic and christian God
This song just slaps so hard. A friend of mine played it on a party after not listening for it for over 5 years and it had hit so hard. Damn I love this song
I remember hearing this for the first time and thinking this was Seal ironically. Great tune and artist. This is one of those ones that pops into your head at random and you have to give it a listen. ❤
This is such a great song. How it isn't a bigger hit blows the mind. I guess we'll call it an underground classic because years later it hasn't aged a bit.
I remembered this song, i heard it during my childhood and thought it was catchy. I just explored the lyrics.. this is amazing, amazing songwriting to me. Extremely deep.
I've always thought of this song as a love song, but i now see it has a deeper meaning. it's about life, and where we stand and what's here and what's not here, religion, god, doubt, fear
No it's about God. He's saying if God isn't real then nothing else matters. And if God isn't here he doesn't wanna be here either. Sam said so in an interview
Every1luvzME I saw the interview. I honestly think the song is way more complete without having restricting it to one line of semantics, but while were at it, why would a gay man believe in God, and what's with the evolution references? Those are two things that really puzzle me. He may have said it's a bout God for his fans, so he wouldn't lose more than half his listeners.
I think the references to evolution are the argument for god not being real because if we evolved from apes then God couldn't have created us and so the rest of the bible is false meaning God isn't real, hence "if you're not even here".
Billy Boreham The fact evolution is true negates Genesis, that says all animals and living beings were created, yeah. Genesis got a lot of things wrong, including the time animals needed to evolve(a day?!), the order in which the animals formed(birds first evolved in the Jurassic period and land animals in the Carboniferous period, some 100 million years before, while the Bible puts birds and water creatures in the 4th day and land animals in the 5th - WROOOONG!). Even if the days of creation weren't literal days(which is also a position you cannot defend), the order of the events would still be patently wrong. What Sam said, if fish grew legs and got out the ocean, that's what happened, basically. All life came from the sea, to the land, then partly back into the sea, then onto the sky. All living creatures evolved from sea animals, and, if you want to be more subtle about it, because there was a huge extinction in the Permian period, most of the living beings today descend from the 4% animals that survived that extinction
