Eels - Last Stop: This Town

[@jamesmcglone7560]

"Would you take me where you're going if you're never coming back" - that line gets me every time.

[@andreabrimbury5136]

Me too! Hauntingly beautiful

[@toddb6587]

The song is about his sister's suicide. 'Will you take me where you're going if you're never coming back'.

[@matthewowen5798]

@@toddb6587 ⁰00⁰0⁰⁰00000⁰+

[@robertmaybeth3434]

@@unofficialmajima617 i don't know, that was 4 years ago man. I'll delete it

[@realdjoffski]

I would. :*

[@xgeorge79]

It's been ages, but this song ain't aged a bit, a it still sounds glorius. Probably one of the most underrated songs of the 90s.

[@jackjude]

The turntable scratching has, really put it in an era.

[@EddieTheH]

15 years of this song on repeat and I still haven't used it up yet.

[@thehaikuband]

Eels are an inspiration to everyone on how to make something beautiful out of horrible situations.

[@joshgowen9298]

Damn...

[@MrJimmyTide]

Because Mark is a beautiful freak. ;)

[@ELEcomments]

A sad but touching tribute to his sister. You can feel his pain in spite of the happy sounding tones.

[@embo4887]

The Eels are a hidden gem nobody talks about.

[@archy3737]

fuck yes!

[@shutit333]

Yess, that’s really true!!

[@threebythestreet]

Hell yeah!

[@christopherwrightson4326]

I talk about them!

[@70erJahreJunge]

lol, 2,7 Million views = nobody?

[@courtneytheriault5705]

The happiest gut-wrenching song ever written.

[@zb9141]

You've got a beautiful summarization for melancholy there. "Life is funny, but not ha ha funny" (the Eels) is another one.

[@saddiqyahya535]

true story: was a teenager. saw this vid on tv. didn't know who it was. forgot about it. fast forward years later, sudden flash of memory: try to find that vid of that carrot with a dudes head. thought it was keyworded as 'carrot on spaceship' for some reason. couldn't find jack! fast forward years later. went on spotify. was on 90's playlist. scrolled down. saw name of band 'eels'. sounded familiar. maybe... just maybe... searched on youtube. saw carrot! chuckled. watched vid. had closure. life is good. thanks for reading.

[@RainBowLicious941]

I've had the exact same thing! But with the song Flyswater..

[@01dirtydirk]

My song of mystery was Bran Van 3000 drinking in L.A. I kind of knew the hook but didn't know the name of the band and for many years couldn't get the song. Oddly I was scrolling through 107.7 the End top 100 of 1998 and ther it was!! Not a bad song, check it out!

[@saddiqyahya535]

Haha, dirtydirk. I am well familiar with the 'van. Who could forget the glee album cover with the deer and rabbit. Got hooked on it after reading review of it in a newspaper back in the day. Couch surfer was one of my favs on that one.

[@01dirtydirk]

Saddiq Yahya I thought the hook went " now tell me what the hell am I supposed to do, feels like I'm stuck here in L.A, it's like I'm stuck here, feels like I'm stuck here in L.A, it's like I'm stuck here.

[@saddiqyahya535]

Haha cant remember. I really ought to add glee in my spotify account.

[@LithiumKid1976]

"Your dead, but the world keeps spinning" - unreal opening line.... going to see them in dublin next week,

[@Bytheway-2004]

How was the tour?

[@nellwillis3716]

I can't listen to this without feeling that bit of pain he's expressing through his lyrics. Hits me right in the heart.

[@lesliehoard8085]

I love this song, but it hits different after losing someone you love.

[@Redrobottyler]

See, the video is about creating life, when the song is about losing it.

[@zenonfriel]

Very touching

[@WatercraftGames]

Yeah

[@trentcreason6631]

Bad ass observation man ❤

[@dob7138911]

I just found an old video of my friend and I skateboarding to this song. I'm guessing it was around 15 years ago. He passed away about four years ago and I hadn't seen the video since I made it back then. I never paid attention to the lyrics "are you missing the dearly bereft?" until just now. It's sad that he died so young, but it made me happy to find the video and watch us having fun as teenagers. RIP dude.

[@DawgPound86]

Sorry for your loss man

[@maxineamelia7549]

This was one of my dad's favourite songs 💕 RIP Dad, i love you 💕

[@colmhauser9532]

Death is temporary, memories are forever.

[@Chimmythebrownsheep]

one of the best american bands from the last 20 years

[@Mawganb]

Have to say every time i listen to this song, it either makes me smile, or makes me shed a taer or two. atm, i'm doing both. Love this band for that.

[@DynamitriTV]

Nominated for a 1999 MTV Video Music Award in "Breakthrough Video" category, work done by the absolutely phenomenal Hammer & Tongs crew. '90s were truly a magical time to live in.

[@MichaelWacht]

Perhaps the greatest song of our time. Certainly top ten.

[@Gulftastic]

This song makes me cry big man tears. Beautiful.

[@JohnVance]

Me too

[@SiLatics56]

From one of the best albums there is that's almost exclusively about death, loss, suffering and ultimately coping. R.I.P. Auntie.

[@arturosandoval3860]

The carrot and watermelon should get a Grammy.

[@runejansen9252]

The album got 6 when it came in year 2000! Was one of the best albums that year.❤

[@reddawn1487]

What a way to celebrate his sister ,

[@mrksts1]

It has that 90s grunge sound combined with a melancholy tone. I still love it after all this time.

[@JohnVance]

It feels like the closing track to the '90s, even though it came out in '98.

[@novasite7795]

Electro-Shock Blues was the very first album I laid on my bedroom floor and listened all the way through. Great songs about grief and coming to terms.

[@MoKone5]

this song is really helping me cope with my grandmother's passing. glad a friend of mien showed me this band

[@andStack]

I cannot replay this song enough times.

[@mortallious1234]

What about now?

[@danielpixa2305]

and now ?

[@romaryasir]

I cannot stop either

[@joshgowan6040]

Facts

[@backseatsurfer5005]

@@romaryasir def facts

[@antonimoto5172]

This is probably my favorite song ever made. Every aspect is extremely well perfected. It's extremely memorable to the point I know every drop and lyric. My favorite part is : Taking a spin through the neighborhood And the neighbors scream what you talkin bout Cause they don't know how to let you in And I can't let you out

[@aquarist9000]

I still think this is one of the greatest songs of the 90s. And the video was absolutely groundbreaking at the time. One of the best live shows I ever saw was Eels at the Metro Chicago when they had a mime open for them (yes a F'n mime who was awesome). Waited outside after and got to meet E and get this autograph on my ticket stub.

[@lorennicholls5901]

heard this song at work the other day, had to find this video after I heard it!

[@slimkt]

I've loved this song since it first came out...of course I didn't know what it was about until a friend showed me the whole album. I like how E adds a poppy melody to his dark lyrics. Love his face at 2:47. :]

[@nolanzebrathree]

The most underrated and that came out in the 90's. Astonishing set of such varied albums they can be hard to pin down. I love them so much my daughter is named after an Eels song. E was very touched when I told him at a gig in Glasgow. Long live Eels 🌼

[@franohmsford7548]

You didn't name her "Spunky" surely?

[@Vikface1978]

Come on… tell us her first name…. please!

[@TheDoubleKai]

Daisy?

[@nolanzebrathree]

@@franohmsford7548 ha!

[@nolanzebrathree]

@@Vikface1978 Daisy 🌼

[@June-pg9is]

This and the rest of the album is so cathartic - it really helped me get through my mum dying (and my husband with his dad) - thanks so much.

[@mygodmanm3008]

I'm with u. Hope u are doing great, both of u.

[@TLPProfessorA]

I actually bought the CD single when it came out. Love this song! Can't believe I've never seen the carroty goodness that ensues in the video before!

[@leoschuehle1170]

This is my favorite song

[@paralympix]

Ever since i saw "on skateboard summer issue 2000" when it first came out this have been a song thats been stuck in my head and comes along every once in a while ever since.

[@Spongeboy-Ahoy]

easily the greatest song on electro-shock blues!!!

[@logan84burton]

Holy nostalgia, that was a good era for tunes.

[@gazrev7671]

So,so,so underatted. . Love The Eels.

[@runejansen9252]

Eels was big in the 90's and had a brilliant record year 2000, think got 6, one of the best labels that year!❤This record I think is his best full of feelings and love for her sister who died.❤

[@grahamkristensen9301]

"Hey, so it just made this album. It's was made after everyone in my family died within a month of each other." "Okay, what should we do for the first video?" "I was thinking we make a clone of myself out of a carrot and giving it a robot body."

[@matthewdelaney5366]

Something so surreal about this. Especially the intro so weird but it’s beautiful.

[@robycorgan]

best song of the history of music

[@skakirask]

Beautiful song from a beautiful album. "Electro Shock Blues" helped me get through tough times in the mid-00s and I love it for being a concept album moving through the stages of grief in a way. "Going to Your Funeral Pt 2" and this song represent the turning point where the music starts to feel more hopeful, as if the speaker is beginning to accept and make peace with the tragedies he's faced.

[@DRTMaverick]

This song kind of hits me a little bit, almost brings tears to my eyes when I really think about it. "you're dead but the world keeps spinnin', take a spin through the world you left." I've lost a few friends, young, late teens, early 20's, they died way before their time. Both in motorcycle accidents. I know this is about his sister, but it stlil reminds me of them. They were fun people, I want to remember them as that.

[@Bytheway-2004]

Dear mark: This album, electro shock-blues, is so amazing and beautiful, that i am planning on covering the full thing. I love all of your songs that you have made, and i wish you well.

[@AlimentariasPeru]

You're dead but the world keeps spinning Take a spin through the world you left It feels so sad when you remember he wrote this song about his sister's death

[@jericoba]

Another one of those pop songs where the lyrics or message is masked behind fun, upbeat music. Great song, lovely lyrics.

[@Succubus1982]

He wrote a lot of his songs about his family and his own depression. Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor from the same album is another one about his sister. Most of this album is.

[@barb7124]

@@Succubus1982 Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor is devastating. Beautiful, but really sad.

[@jeffcase7827]

J. Ericson, upbeat? This is Melancholy music.

[@retsoptihs0]

@@jeffcase7827 Yeah it's by far the darkest (and best IMO) album by The Eels, and Beautiful Freak wasn't exactly upbeat. As for songs about Elizabeth on Electro-Shock Blues, there's also Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor, Going to Your Funeral, My Descent into Madness, 3 Speed, Electro-Shock Blues and Climbing to the Moon. Not sure about Hospital Food, that could be about his mother.

[@levi5459]

i’ve asked a few people if they remember this song playing in the 90’s and they’ve all said no. i remember this song playing all the time

[@superzapV4]

This song always makes me think of my late father. The album "Electro Shock Blues" is a true maste piece who helps you through the mouning and even makes you believe in life at the end - genius.

[@toddb6587]

He wrote that album after everyone in his family died. His dad died of heart problems when he was young, and then when he was an adult his mom got cancer and his sister committed suicide. This song is about his sister.

[@Germania9]

You do realise he's the son of Hugh Everett, dude who came up with the Many Worlds Theory. You know, what Mr Clarke mentioned on Stranger Things?

[@mygodmanm3008]

It just started and my eyes are shitty. Thanks eels for a sound that I heard in the depths all these times. Such a happy sounding song but helped so much. YEAH! On my way

[@jaredallenramos4715]

SUCH A CATCHY SONG

[@carmenruiz5245]

I appreciate that you share your music with us, E., I can't describe what makes me feel. Thank you SO much!!!

[@tavo6258]

2021, hello. I’ve been playing this on repeat. Anyone there?

[@dangrcat]

2024 checking in. See you back in 20 years

[@Bookings767]

I knew my friend it was was worth it love much love Mark

[@johnpeek5933]

It's an underrated song. Eels is underrated.

[@ELEcomments]

This is the first time listening to this song since my dad's passing last year... I've been afraid to listen to it because of it's depressing, haunting themes of death... But this is a lovely song so I must face that fear now. Wish me luck... This one's for you, dad.

[@laurencollins2076]

I'm really pleased to see you summed up the courage to give this a whirl, and completely understand your apprehension, yes, it's a lovely song by a lovely, honest human being....like yourself! My brother decided to say goodbye 2 years ago and Mark's music is certainly a comfort. As requested, I wish you luck, and happiness in your memories of Dad ❤

[@laurencollins2076]

Ps I highly recommend Mark's autobiography Things To Tell The Grandchildren, I honestly think you'll get a lot out of it, it's very honest, dryly funny, incredibly thoughtful and touching, and surprisingly very upbeat in a way. Perhaps a good tonic for you at this time. I finished it with an overwhelming feeling of 'things maybe a bit shit sometimes, but overall, i reckon Im going to be alright, I just need to keep working on it'.

[@jtc6089]

I'm gonna be 50, Nov. 20th this year. This band has always been a favorite of mine. VERY well Produced !! GREAT thoughts and MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Tenraiden]

Happy 53 years soon!

[@WatercraftGames]

59 this year! (Jan 20th, 2024)

[@Fluffiewins]

Though I never spoke a word to him, I see E as a really good friend of mine, it's just extraordinary how he can make people relate to his songs.

[@tweakradje]

One of the best songs ever made. Thanks E.

[@math6844]

tweakradje E

[@joshgowen9298]

Dork lol

[@zb9141]

Also, thanks for the incredibly good video. Totally kickass, and even more so with consideration of the context.

[@hueynapalm]

Ever since I read about the story behind this song, I get teary eyed every time I listen to it.

[@SCPHero]

My top 5 favourite albums of all time :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))lovelovelovelvelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove

[@jackofalltrades7839]

I don’t know how many times I’ve gone to 1:56 and played on repeat. So bad ass. And yes I understood the beauty of this song otherwise. Hits deep.

[@driftercarbon]

This popped up in my Spotify Discover Weekly list and I've had it stuck in my head ever since. Little did I know until now that it had an AMAZING video to go with it.

[@ZairaAmaterasu]

One of the most beautiful videos of all time. I love me some Eels. Also their latest is very good.

[@dshock85]

The era of turntables in alt rock songs. I love the Eels

[@ELEcomments]

That was a very mid 90s thing wasn't it? Wonder whatever happened to that style?

[@kevinmulrooney3353]

Just... Just achingly beautiful

[@Breelyn15dude]

This is beautiful

[@kirHaz]

wacthed the programm last nite about his father was super cooool wicked song too

[@PatchesDaHamstr]

0:55 "what?" the way he says it and his face hahahah, love it

[@applesauce1243]

I agree :)

[@brandonthesteele]

By the end, he's on board tho :) "yeah!" 2:45

[@colquittbrett]

Hadn't listened to Electro-shock Blues in decades. Popped it on and dang y'all, it has aged crazy well. I completely forgot this video existed until this very moment. It's a warm hug.

[@TerminusEst]

I remember catching a glimpse of this video on MTV years ago as I was rushing off to catch my school bus and it was stuck in my head all day. When I got to school I asked my friend "Hey, do you know that song that has the carrot robot in the video?" He stared at me for a good five seconds before pushing past me like I had gone full weapons grade autistic. Memories.

[@ralphyboy25]

+TerminusEst HaHa.... carrot robot..... maybe if you said 'cloned hybrid carrot' he would have known exactly what you are talking about... :-) I never saw the video before, but I do remember it being played on the radio.

[@sw117]

Same. I saw this music clip only once, but it was stuck in my head. I found it via google 2 days ago :-) Frequently I looked for this song in radio, tv and internet but fail. I am living Eastern Europe.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Someone catch me up "weapons grade autistic" became a thing. This is no question.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Honestly, i've had much weirder conversations then this.

[@emmafox3284]

TerminusEst “weapons grade autistic” has to be the best thing I’ve seen in the comments section yet

[@matthewdelaney5366]

Damn would be cool to see 4K remastered.

[@grimsrudjk]

I am definitely missing the dearly bereft. Thanks, E for making a difficult part of my life easier. The entire Electro-Shock Blues album is absolutely incredible.

[@FatLeonard84]

Eels miles ahead of their time

[@MaestroOblidemon]

You are the best Mark... What would I do without your music... Eels

[@Reckonis]

Who the hell could not like this?

[@sw117]

I don't belive it. I found this song nearly twenty years, when I saw this music video on tv when I was a teenager. I saw this music video only once. I wrote "singing carrot" at google and that's it! I am happy very well "-)

[@dalenadwodny2915]

I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THE VIDEO. THIS SONG IS SO COOL. THERE MUSIC IS HARD TO FIND. I FOUND 3 OF THERE CD'S ON EBAY. MR. E'S BEAUTIFUL BLUES IS ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

[@patrickmcglynn924]

This video made a very very dark song about his sisters death a little less sad...i like it...love E and the band...

[@alexives9274]

no its about when he faked his own death in nirvana and how easy it was the world would truly believe any thing its scary really

[@davidkingsford1010]

A magnificent song❤❤❤

[@stevenmeyler7809]

Best song ever wow can’t stop listening lol

[@lindasherman7595]

Me neither!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Pay attention everybody:Eels is frightenedly talented.

[@lindakelley508]

Proof that genius is inherited--dude's dad was a preeminent quantam theorist. His fuckin music rules

[@robertmaybeth3434]

genius or brilliance - is different, but same - i get it, i know some of the backstory, . There's a book that i started to read but stopped. he did some things and saw others, some good some not, that's as far as i got, or was willing to go, more like.

[@moodstaman8149]

His dad was also called a nutter

[@JoyGrenade]

Saw this on TV when it first came out. Been completely in love with the Eels ever since.

[@christinatoledo3863]

2019 still lovin it!

[@che3694]

I felt an instant connection to this song since the very first time I heard it...it reminds me of my father who died on me when I was only 7. I had forgotten about till now scrolling through gplus and bumped into it..

[@shortymcfly3110]

Love this song... been a few years... still good

[@Fluffiewins]

Discovered this today, this must be the 21th time I listen to it. Oh God Eels makes extremely fine music. :)

[@GGsWoodworking]

Definitely their best song

[@brads3104]

Dad bought a Gateway Computer back in the 90s (cow print on the box). Came with a disk meant to demonstrate the machines computing power. Along with a Henry Rollins spoken word set, as well as various other media, there was THIS song with THIS music video and THAT damn carrot. All this time, I thought it was a fever dream.

[@rhezapramaditya2161]

brings back memories

[@SOE_s92]

Still one of the best video clip from my childhood. Thanks a lot for memories.

[@wittner82]

dear teenager im an over 30 who feels like a teenager. and when i think about my sweetest years, i remember that there was only good music. i was lucky.

[@smartalek180]

If you notice, the vast majority of comments that specify any one particular era's music as being *The Very Bestest Music Ever, Infinitely Superior to EVERYthing That Came Before and EVERYthing That Followed* indicate that The Very Best Era just HAPPENED to coincide with the years that commenter was coming of age. What ARE the odds, I ask you? SO MANY supremely lucky ppl, to happen to have been born at JUST the right moment to grow up when music was At Its Best Ever!

[@wittner82]

@@smartalek180 nice thought!

[@greentaigo2552]

Yeah I'm with smartalek180 here, I won't deny that there were some amazing bands from past era's but I will deny that music "stopped being good". In fact, I think 2016 is easily up there with 1967 and 1993 with one of the best years for music. 2016 had some incredible releases, admittedly most of which are hip hop, examples being Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown, Run The Jewels 3, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest etc. but even then albums like A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead (alternative rock), 22 A Million by Bon Iver (electronic indie folk), Blackstar by David Bowie (jazz rock), Puberty 2 by Mitski(indie), Malibu by Anderson .Paak (soul/funk/R&B), Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest (indie rock), The Glowing Man by Swans(post-rock), Redbone by Childish Gambino (soul/funk), Bottomless Pit by Death Grips (idk honestly, like industrial sort of hip hop but I never like putting it in the hip hop category), Bonito Generation by Kero Kero Bonito (electropop). All of these albums were landmarks in their genres, and honestly If 1967 didn't have both Beatles and Hendrix releasing 2 albums and if 1993 didn't have Nirvana, Snoop Dogg, Wu Tang, Tool, Tribe Called Quest and Bjork all releasing classic albums I might even make the argument that 2016 has been the best year for music from my perspective with confidence. Stuff like this happens pretty often, people from the generation before you complained about the direction music was going, people did it with the Beatles. Hell, literally Socrates has said “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." Generalization of the modern age is as old as humankind, I sort of understand why it happens, because even I catch myself complaining about how boring radio music has gotten (kind of funny how I'm remeniscing to Call Me Maybe, a song that was ridiculed at the time, because I do find it an interesting song while what I'm hearing on the radio is just a bunch of whiny semi-R&B artists) but those are mixed in with Charli XCX, The Weeknd, Dominic Fike and truth is: Those will most likely be the ones remembered as opposed to "guy sings about how he messed up the relationship but still loves her No. 4920", same as what happened with the 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s etc, which all undeniably had some shitty but popular music that people just ended up forgetting about

[@hankbarcelona7314]

​@@smartalek180damn it's almost like artistic merit is subjective

[@kurdtacolbain731]

In 1999 I lived in a tiny town in Nevada with no radio stations or music stores but I heard this song on my satellite radio. I kept a cassette tape on record/pause waiting for this song to come on!

[@ScoopedUp]

this brings back memories i never had

[@jamesbryant5147]

The most upbeat elegy your will ever hear.

[@ccarta192]

The eels..what can one say? Either their songs were really magical and made you feel or their songs were really bizarre and disconnected. I lived in silverlake when they were hitting their peak music wise and I know where alot the inspiration comes from. In fact my favorite thing to do was ride my bike early in the mornings around silverlake listening to the eels on my Walkman.

[@joshbarry2333]

Born 2005 queen and old songs like that also the eels was my childhood thanks dad💕💕

[@Frantzen79]

Life is a carousell... there is no particular meaning... we try to make it more than it is, but it is a blink of the eye... and then we are gone. And yet it is so hard to make something of it.

[@karolsaldarriaga514]

They are amazing 😮😊🎉❤. They are 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jjj___jo6]

You're dead but the world keeps spinning Take a spin through the world you left It's getting dark a little too early Are you missing the dearly bereft? Taking flight and you could be Here tomorrow Taking flight, well, you could get Here tonight I'm gonna fly on down for the Last stop to this town What? I'm gonna fly on down then fly away Well, alright Taking a spin through the neighborhood The neighbors scream What ya talkin' bout? 'Cause they don't know how to Let you in And I can't let you out What if I was not your only friend In this world Can you take me where you're going If you're never coming back I'm gonna fly on down for the Last stop to this town I'm gonna fly on down Then fly away on my way Why don't we take a ride Away up high Through the neighborhood Up over the billboards and the factories And smoke I'm gonna fly on down for the Last stop to this town Yeah I'm gonna fly on down Then fly away on my way Fly away

[@stevenphillips9685]

this song is like part classical. altrock, psychedelic with a hip hop beat Outstanding!!