Colors and the kids - Cat Power

[@andrewkeen7828]

Cat Power needs to be much more treasured. This song is one of many reasons for that.

[@alexandredamasceno3455]

no words could thank her enough for this song

[@Treaure]

This song is keeping me alive

[@Thiskittenisfrisky]

This is the song I sang to my beloved cat the moment she left this world. It always breaks my heart. Such an amazing and deep song.

[@cafeen75]

Thank you all for the kind words. My neighbor was thrilled to find all his old Super 8's and wanted me to see the quality of film back in the day. After watching, I was sucked into his story, so beautiful and personal.

[@stevenmichaelwilson1915]

This is the bay area, house boats, angel island, ocean Beach, San Francisco and Mt. Tamalpais at the end in Black and White. Yes?

[@skylofttheshadowcast4636]

This is one of those songs I feel like I could live inside. It's incredible that it's not even one of her most popular songs. 'And you could say my name Like you knew my name' 'It's so hard to go in the city Cause you wanna say hello to everybody It's so hard to go into the city Because you wanna say hey, I love you to everybody' When you've felt those feelings those lines hit hard

[@jasperlufkin]

yeah this one got me

[@ElohAraphel]

Colors and the Kids makes me remember many very different and unrelated people that I have lost along the way. The beach, the shack, January nights, and Yellow Bear. I wonder what's become of them.

[@stevenmichaelwilson1915]

most unbelievably raw and emotionally moving song I've ever heard. inextricably linked to my development as a human being. you can hear her soul in the vocals

[@roddy2body]

Goodbye Jonathan, I will miss you so much brother! I'm heart broken.. took too young RIP JBI X

[@flarevrwowepic]

A true work of art. Such a timeless song, again and again, Just as beautiful as I believed it to be the first time I heard it. Chan Marshall at her greatest!

[@mikekeyes6102]

Yes indeed! I think this is the most poetic and deeply touching song I can think of.

[@RK-ti2qq]

The couple radiate a kind of joy that seems to have disappeared in our times

[@youwinoneinternets]

These videos really are lovely. Remind me of seeing all my uncles and aunts old videos from the 60s onwards, just innocent happy times. Fits the music perfectly (:

[@Heckyz]

I never get tired of hearing this...

[@wcwbtnikki]

This video is so gorgeous, and this is one of my favorite songs ever, plan to sing it or play it at my wedding here in a few weeks and this video just captures everything that this song embodies the beautiful carefree simplicity of being completely inlove with someone, really beautiful brought tears to my eyes.

[@MrSmithChart]

Thank you very much for posting. Makes me yearn for what was never really there in the first place.

[@pinguOnJutub]

"Colors And The Kids" It must be the colors And the kids That keep me alive 'Cause the music is boring me to death It must just be the colors And the kids that keep me alive 'Cause I wanna go ride away To a January night Built a shack with an old friend He was someone I could learn from Someone I could become Will you meet me down On a sandy beach We can roll up our jeans So the tide won't get us below the knees Yellow hair You are a funny bear Yellow hair You are such a funny bear Slender fingers Would hold me slender limbs would hold me And you could say my name Like you knew my name I could stay here Become someone different I could stay here Become someone better It's so hard to go in the city 'Cause you wanna say hello to everybody It's so hard to go into the city 'Cause you wanna say hey I love you to everybody When we were teenagers we wanted to be the sky Now all we wanna do is go to red places And try to stay outta hell It must be the colors And the kids That keep me alive 'Cause the music is boring me to death it must just be the colors And it must just be the kids That keep me alive on this January night. Yellow hair You are a funny bear Yellow hair You are such a funny bear

[@screwface1011]

I work for a company that transfers old super 8 film to DVD. I get such a kick outta those old movies, sans Disney World/Land. Instant time machines they are and make going to work a bit easier. This video does the same thing for me, thank you very much for it.

[@JacksenPierce]

That old guy is a good actor.

[@zeninvention]

This is stunning...thank you so much...My favourite Chan Marshall song...and this video is just incredible. Thank you so much for this. I am touched beyond words.

[@leebear1991]

this is what music videos these days need to learn from. Brilliant

[@climber910]

Thank you for mixing up such a beautiful song with such a beautiful video. :')

[@Kawazoe316]

Amazing video. Fits perfectly with this song. "I could stay here, become someone different. I could stay here, become someone better". Love it.

[@aylesburied]

Such a gorgeous synthesis of sound + image. Thank you for creating such a lovely accompaniment.

[@MoisheKapoyr]

Yessssss, Super 8 is so beautiful. Thanks for uploading this.

[@joesteen4131]

Great song, Cat Power.

[@ihavetodomyhomework]

i love this video so much. thank you for making it. very, very well done. i hope you'll make more.

[@KatClark]

I love this

[@sharkeysamuel]

god damn idk if I should cry from joy or sorrow lol

[@melissadenby2357]

I finally figured out who Chan reminds me of. It's Natalie Wood!

[@ArtBusker]

Hermosa Canción !!!!! El video tiene Magia "

[@trainsonic]

LOVE IT

[@Kotolazik]

music isnt boring to day

[@PLEROMAZERO]

The colors...

[@somberatlantic]

great fucking video.

[@rolfrykken]

Okay, I forgot how the vid images and the song bring tears to my eyes, missinf what once had, though we didn't have kids. Sorry

[@Carpettower]

I built a shack with an old friend he was someone I could learn from someone I could become I don´t know why but that part always makes me so sad T_T 1:05

[@totaltotalmonkey]

maybe because becoming someone else involves losing yourself, also it sounds like she is taking their place, perhaps they are moving away or maybe die soon.

[@Carpettower]

totaltotalmonkey I like your interpretation of it I'd never seen it quite like that

[@stevenmichaelwilson1915]

Become... that is the hope amor amid the sadness

[@stevenmichaelwilson1915]

become... that is the hope amid the sadness

[@KaansRoom]

feel like this song is about changing your mind about committing suicide. "it's so hard to go in the city, cos you wanna say hello i love you to everybody" feels like when you see the people you love, your mind changes and you embrace life.

[@taffysaur]

I take that line differently. Maybe it’s because I suffer from social anxiety, but it sounds like she wants to connect with people but something inside her is in the way. 🤷🏻‍♂️ i could be totally offbase.

[@EGOSOUP]

As a kid I grew up in a village in the country, but by the time I was a 18 i wanted to see more of the world, so I moved to ‘the big city’ (after a period as a hitchhiker). imho this line is exactly what it says- it took me a while to get used to people glaring at me, instead of like-for-like responding when continuing my old ways of saying hi to them as i passed them in the street. So to me: It’s about the loss of friendliness and positivity between strangers, that sense of we’re all in this together vs me against you. Anyway, truly fantastic album that pierces my heart still to this day, melancholy at its softest, most rapturous serene best.

[@stevengarside]

@@taffysaurYes. I take in a similar way. For me the narrator is relaying how lost and overwhelmed she feels when tagging along with her partner, who has an easy charm and just gets on with everybody. He just doesn't understand how hard it is for her to be around others and how cut off from the world she feels. Hello from the UK by the way (!) I saw Chan/Cat Power two nights ago in Manchester and I've been playing her old songs non-stop since (which alas, she didn't perform many of).

[@ituber09]

what do you mean? he did remind me of that old guy who acted in american beauty... :S

[@angelashaffer1816]

Calming

[@beatrizgomes5684]

💙

[@timleery]

nice...is this the official video? If not, it should be...

[@sabrinadazednconfused870]