I used to come here and listen to this song and watch this video for hours and hours... I don't know how many years ago (around 6 or 7, maybe). I was certainly numb at this particular time and this version of "You Really Got A Hold On Me" is deep and kinda soothing and so well performed by Zooey and Matthew, plus the video which captures perfectly the vintage atmosphere of the song with all the ads, and cartoons and old movie scenes, it was like a mental prison, but I liked to be here cause while I was listening to it I could forget about how badly hurt I was, even if it was for a while. Now this video surfaced around my recommendations and here I am once more. I'm glad I can say: "Now I'm fine and I got over it" and I can appreciate it properly. I'm "alone" but sooo mature right now and I learned a lot with my past experiences - like we all should do. Take your time, cry and mourn what you've lost but don't forget you can't be like this forever. Give yourself a little space, improve yourself and grow. Sometimes life sucks hard, but better times will always come
I feel so deeply identified with the things you wrote. I keep coming here to let things go and to navigate all the feelings this beatiful song, interpretation and video cause me. This congregation of artwork is a mental corner that I visit time from time and it's nice to know i'm not the only one ! Thank you so much to the beatiful soul that put all these pieces together.
At first I thought The Beatles version was the best. Then I heard this one. Zooey and M Ward fuckin kill it. They totally nail that somber and empty vibe. I love the older doo-wop versions of this song as well, but the way they covered it perfectly portrays the dread and desperation of unrequited love.It's been years and I can't believe that I still don't like her; but I love her. I still don't want her; but I need her. I need her like Kanye needs Jesus. I need her like California needs rain. I still think about her from the moment I wake up until the moment I crawl back in bed. And she will NEVER feel that way about me. That shouldn't invalidate my existence; but fuck if it doesn't make me feel that way most days. Music like this is triggering yet a godsend at the same time. At least I know I'm not the only human being to feel this way. To be so lost in desire you become apathetic about everything else... Including yourself. So all I can do is smoke a fat jay and listen to this song in the background... and try to cherish the beautiful times spent with her rather than wish I could have them back. It's hard; society tells me to be a man, that I shouldn't feel emotions like this. Well maybe when I grow up I will be a man one day. But for now I am ashamed that I am rendered so pathetically helpless by the absence of her in my life. That I feel literal physical heartache over her still. That I still yearn for the days where all she had to do was smile at me and it would spark flight to the butterflies in my stomach... Perhaps I am not strong. I hope I'm not the only one who comes to this video sharing these feelings. Safe travels my friends. Watch out for the love bug; it's a dangerous thing.
the kind of music you listen to when you are deeply thoughtful.... alone in you room, remembering her and everything about her, as her memory slowly fades away.... and you start sleeping, ironically, with a smile in your face.
I'm going through some difficult shit right now, and this song just gets to me. I've been listening to it on repeat for hours at a time for the last few days, and as stupid as it sounds I feel like it was written about me
M. Ward is fantastic - so are the old cartoons in this video. I wish we could go back to the good ol' days - even though I wasn't around for them in the first place.
Oh my God. This song. The guy I like put it on when we were listening to his iPod and was like, "Do you know this song?" And I was like, "No." And he goes, "You should... Because you really got a hold on me...." Our 4 year anniversary is in a week. (:
I remember always listening to this version and watching this video back in 2011 when I was like 17. I just thought about it again and I’m happy it’s still here!
I don't like you, but I love you Seems that I'm always thinkin' of you Oh, you treat me badly I love you madly You really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold on me) You really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold on me) I don't want you, but I need you Don't wanna kiss you, but I need to Oh, you do me wrong now My love is strong now You really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold on me) You really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold on me) I love you and all I want you to do is just Hold me Hold me Hold me Hold me... I wanna leave you, don't wanna stay here I don't wanna spend another day here Oh, you do me wrong now My love is strong now You really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold on me) I said you really gotta hold on me (you really gotta hold) I love you and all I want you to do is just Hold me Hold me Hold me Hold me... Hold me...
I heard them on World Cafe (NPR) yesterday and I promptly bought their 2nd album. Now I'm talking it up to friends today. World Cafe is an excellent way to discover groups.
Seriously, thank you for making this video. I watch it before going to sleep at night and it makes me feel a little better about everything. Puts me in a beautiful and peaceful place (which is hard to come by). Again, thank you. I love this.
If you like someone you want them. If you love someone you need them like a cigarette smoker needs nicotine. It's a messed up cycle because the more you like someone the closer you are to needing them and that can turn bad quickly. That's what this song says to me anyway.
Great video. Takes me back to all those nights at the drive-ins as a kid. I wish there were still a few of them that survived- especially after I started dating.
I have BPD so I know what you mean. It always touches a nerve with me and pretty much sums up my relationships but from the point of view as a sufferer, Still love the song though.
