Broken Social Scene & Johnny Marr - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl

[@jammygitz]

Park that car Drop that phone Sleep on the floor Dream about me

[@IceSpoon]

Anthem for a seventeen-years old me.

[@Adombom]

Anthem for an any-age person circa 2020.

[@ilyfrankh]

Drew: I sent [Marr] a message saying, ‘Look, this is the song we’re gonna do now. We’re gonna open with this tune, and if you find it in your heart, come out.’ He called and said, ‘I’m coming.’ That was an iconic moment within the band, just due to the circumstances and the loss and the city, we were there when they were coming together. We weren’t sure what was going on. There was talk of martial law happening and all these things. And there we were, these Canadians who had this song, “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl,” and we had James and Emily with us. We had the original writers in the room and it gave me shivers. Haines: To just be saying those words, that it was this loss of life of all these literal 17-year-old girls, was just the strangest end of metaphor. The song seems to have many lives. Drew: This song just constantly keeps giving back to us. It keeps giving us moments where it breaks down that barrier, it makes a connection to everyone. It’s the power of the tune.

[@ricksamericana749]

Even 58-year-olds love this version of "Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl".

[@Pancho308]

How about the 75 crowd? :-)

[@gummo6596]

BSS is the Wu Tang of indie rock

[@macminded2010]

Best comment ever

[@sperglingrush4278]

Hell yeah

[@ThomasBaxter]

That's just gut wrenchingly beautiful.

[@gan314159]

All these years later I find this. I was at this gig, having walked around from a packed Albert Square where Tony Walsh had just delivered "This Is The Place". I recall bss talking about how they weren't sure the police would allow the gig, Kevin had flown in his dad to see them kick off the European tour, and they were nervous whether anyone would turn up; It was packed. I was so proud of Manchester's defiance in the face of brutality that night. Absolutely cracking, emotional gig.

[@kemikalrxn]

More beautiful than words can say...

[@Noodleydoo]

Okay I have tears in my eyes. I had no clue Johnny played with BSS. I would have dropped dead on this spot the second Johnny walked onstage.

[@Ceb773]

I feel like he only played this show because he's from Manchester

[@ashleyCNesbitt]

Amazing piece of music, true art for the ears.

[@84crich]

I was at this gig pretty emotional. Great video. I would love to see backyards at the end on the set but i havnt seen one uploaded by any body as yet. The lyrics took on a whole new meaning for everybody I think.

[@orlistentatious]

Do you want me to upload it? That's actually the one song from the gig that I recorded in full from the front row.

[@84crich]

That would be greatly appreciated. if not any trouble.

[@orlistentatious]

I got to, like, 70% uploaded, left the tab to do other stuff and came back to find that Safari had annoyingly refreshed and cancelled the upload. I'll definitely have it up at some point by the end of the weekend. :)

[@sapperjohnson7184]

Please do upload it!

[@orlistentatious]

Hey, I totally forgot to reupload this till this past week! It's now up on my channel for you.

[@ghazi2392]

Can't believe I was right there!!

[@michaelsmith5574]

And ALSO EMILY HAINES!!!!! AND ALSO ARIEL ENGLE!!!!!! This is all-star stuff.

[@riccardoc1711]

Best song ever

[@charlesknowlton7198]

You can never have enough guitar players.

[@shinybeast8946]

It was enough for the old blues guys who had more soul than these too cool for the room posers.

[@harmonicaboy93]

lol bringing up blues guitarists in a broken social scene video. If there ever was an ok boomer moment 😂

[@13mrpink]

brill,such a great song as well. BSS and JMarr :)

[@sonoftog10]

Thank you!

[@gav2024]

Just lovely

[@cubicamente]

Awesome

[@bnlang898]

Nothing compares to the album version

[@krysa6360]

Bleaching your teeth, smile and flash talking trash under my window 😭

[@sch3107]

smiling flash*

[@UnchainedMelody86]

Johnny Fuckin' Marrrrrrrrr

[@sonial1839]

Emily?

[@audreywalker3794]

Anyone know the chords?

[@jaquesaulait7679]

Nice. What's that violiny instrument..?

[@clmchampion]

j aquesaulait it's called a nyckelharpa

[@jaquesaulait7679]

Merci beaucoup, mon ami. Tres interessant.

[@bluebellchannel4857]

what is that bowed instrument???

[@briancox9357]

A nyckelharpa, according to a previous comment.

[@vickycushman8482]

I can't hear a word she is saying.

[@giovannigee]

Then listen to the studio version.. it's worth it. Here it is along with a fan-made video which was brilliantly done. cheers! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYDKkGp5r7Kmqas

[@lawrenceziese7391]

It’s kind of the point... notes over words...