EL VY - Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo) (Lyric Video)

[@maxyulu]

Love it! Why only comments from seven years ago? This is my 2023 song😁

[@kiarashawnita1017]

Fun fact: I purchased a used Chevy equinox back in 2019 and this CD is to this day stuck in the player..cant get it out and I never knew the name of the band just recently decided to google a few lyrics I remembered and this is definitely the song and band!

[@LadyUndeath]

Happy accidents! :D

[@codymichael4982]

Seems as if the value of that vehicle does indeed continue to appreciate, and captivate ❤

[@jasonalperin9414]

Has a bit of that nostalgic 1980,s sound!!!!

[@idesofmars]

God damn i love this 80s revival sound going around music right now

[@Romelle81]

+idesofmars I do too. I call it station wagon music. I googled this song to see if it was an 80s song or not.

[@jijst5]

How is this 80's music?

[@idesofmars]

Jijst5 just the style is very reminiscent of the 80s

[@jijst5]

Huh, which band do you mean?

[@idesofmars]

Jijst5 there are many bands out there contributing to the new wave retro sound. EL VY is just one of them

[@HotPepperGaming]

Super digging the vibe.

[@jesusgerardoGM]

Hot Pepper Gaming Wait...what ? I didn't know these worlds could collide.

[@radcolortiedye6718]

Ditto. On replay

[@thejeffgordon95]

Hot Pepper Gaming That quickshot video, eh. ;)

[@DustinBlackwell]

+Hot Pepper Gaming One of my favorite KZbin channels talking about one of my favorite band's new projects! This is the best!

[@amritt1989]

listened to them for the first time in a flight coming back home after serving 7 months on an oil tanker, had too much wine, now el vy comes under "happy memories" in my brain

[@SintiendolamusicaSLM]

Berninger's melancholic indie rock & Knopf's risky experimentalism are joining for this autumn. The music season couldn't have started any better! x EL VY

[@sapphicjester]

This song is so catchy! Puts me in a good mood and gets me motivated. I need more music like this.

[@kevingarywilkes]

Played this for my grandmother. She's temporarily in a nursing home. She loved it.

[@charlottecorday8494]

She still there?

[@jocazjoejo]

Great! Now this song is stuck in my head.....

[@alyst0000]

I heard this for the 1st time playing overhead in a store last month. I've been obsessed with it ever since. ❤

[@richimp71]

What a collaboration, this is one of those tracks that just rattles around your head.. Brilliant

[@Prettymapleleaf]

Matt Berninger's voice kills me

[@astasollilja677]

Me too!

[@docbrown68]

I rarely comment on, well, anything, but this song brings me to happier times in my life, Thank You, EL VY.

[@charlottecorday8494]

You're welcome!

[@4ad_official]

EL VY is the musical collaboration between Matt Berninger, vocalist and lyricist of The National, and Brent Knopf, the Portland musician and producer best known for his work in Menomena and his more recent band, Ramona Falls. Their debut album 'Return To The Moon' will be released on October 30th via 4AD.

[@TheHotseatAu]

Any news on an Australian Retail release? My local stores haven't even heard of El Vy.

[@hwinkler4343]

+Hardly Serious Gaming give it time. brand new band

[@TheHotseatAu]

+hwinkler4343 i hear you. they are new but both of the artists arent. i just wish more people were as excited as we are at hsg!

[@TheDWeeks]

I thought I heard "The National" in there!

[@graypi1gram]

+Dan Weeks Ditto!

[@Mr.Scintillant]

So cool to heard Matt's voice with that kind of music, it fits so well ! It could be great if The National try that kind too, if they made a new album.

[@CriticalPopcorn]

Samouraï Panda That wouldn't really make sense. Not against bands trying 'new' things - which ever band should want to do - but I'd figure this track is do something outside what they already know. Which is great!

[@thatsmyboye]

this is why lyric videos are important. otherwise we'd have people singing "don't make me wait for you at the corner of eat 'n' park, don't make me wait for you at the surfin' teen wall" to themselves

[@KerryJeanLister]

Love this so much. Sounds like the lost song from an old John Hughes soundtrack!

[@normancornell1999]

Matt’s voice has a direct line to my soul.

[@evehampton3560]

IVE BEEN LOOKINF FOR THIS SONG FOR A WEEK I FINALLY FOUND IT THANK JESUS MY MISERY IS OVER

[@musemaniac191]

I can't believe this is really happening - Matt's voice fits in like a glove. Can't wait for this album to come out!!

[@helenhadfield9290]

Amazeballs of a song! Loves on the first listen!

[@27Theoc]

Brilliant!

[@LarsMacReady]

+Helen Hadfield LiS fan?

[@CheapVinylRecordsUK]

This track was added to the Friends of Great Music Club (Facebook) playlist for August 2015

[@KellyOKellyComedy]

This is dope!! Love the beat with Matt's vocals. Can't wait to see them in San Francisco at the Independent

[@pbls1]

This bass line is so cool!!

[@TheVeravanwyngarden]

I think everyone will love/loved this track at their first listen! 🌝🌝🌝

[@Gquebbqco]

Usually my favorite songs last for about 2-3 weeks - this has been my favorite song for 3 months...never gets old!! Great job guys!!

[@awaw4739]

Still your favorite?

[@cupcaakes]

Probably listening to this on repeat until I get sick of it, which I probably won't. ❤️❤️

[@delawareteacher1182]

You guys are AWESOME! Delaware's Loving this...

[@Hardbody94]

Excited to hear some new Matt Berninger!

[@radcolortiedye6718]

This is what great pop music aspires to achieve. Breezy, pulsing forward momentum, an admirably, infectious hook and tight flow throughout.. Bright, smart, fun and danceable. Definitely one you can shake that azz to. Never heard a Berninger performance groove like this before. Hope this influences rubs off on the next Nation LP. Leave some of the doom and gloom in the past.

[@jbizer]

Can't wait to hear more and see them live this fall!

[@QuietHollersBand]

Can't wait for this record.

[@dougaljames4027]

It's like the slightly poppy vibes from "Sunshine on my Back", but on crack. Love love love.

[@erikhernandez1226]

thanks 91x for playing this song

[@tarttooth6022]

These lyrics are like dialogue from Bad Lip Reading videos.

[@bostourn]

Soooo true dude lmao

[@TreeKharma]

Lmao

[@bleachie]

I'm really hooked on this song, heard it a few times on my local alternative radio station. Sad they haven't played it in a while.

[@TaybearXD]

What is this song about? I love it but can't decipher the meaning. His voice is amazing.

[@vegasj305]

+Taylor Research the lyrics and think you will find everything sounds great, as in life, until find it's all a hoax!! For example, you like someone and they tell you to meet them at the Serpentine Wall......take a look at what that looks like. Or, for the political.......Return to the Moon...yet people are still dying here on earth. Where would money be better spent? It's an AMAZING song just by the sound, then you try and find out the meaning and it gets even better! Like who is Didi Bloome, another awesome prank!!!????

[@jeffcornell3180]

The wife heard this on XM Radio yesterday so I thought I'd give it a listen, and I like it!

[@tomstestkitchen]

I love this song!

[@laurensdemoor3755]

This album is going to be awesome!!!! Greets from Belgium

[@davidthomas9272]

Love it. Nice shout out to landmarks of his hometown of Cincinnati (Eden Park and Serpentine Wall)

[@stevestarcreatorofapplejob2624]

One of my favourite songs ✌🏻️👍🏻🎶🎶🎶

[@jamesbrewster9765]

Just heard this for the first time on 6 Music - really, really like it. May have to get a couple of tickets for the London show tomorrow!

[@ADataDreamer]

Looking forward to seeing them at JBTV!

[@peteflynn3923]

This is great. I'm glad I heard it.

[@devanperrill4756]

I am here because i heard this on the radio & fell in love.

[@stargirlwonders3035]

I am in love with his voice. Its a fun song to dance too.

[@jillianujvary2150]

Eden Park is in Cinci, Oh. I've been there, it's beautiful. I'd wait there.

[@MichaelSDoyne]

Serpentine Wall too - i'd like to know more about the background for the song - looks like the group's from Portland

[@jacobwaller92]

@@MichaelSDoyne Matt and most of The National grew up in Cincy. He writes little callbacks in his music all the time.

[@mdr48371]

This song still slaps in 2019

[@evie5375]

2020 and still going hard

[@rosem4699]

Yep!

[@ga69y]

2022 and it still goes hard

[@charlottecorday8494]

Slaps harder than Will Smith!

[@Iamtheknees]

This is the best! When will you visit the Netherlands again? ❤️

[@Funj0b]

+Iamtheknees 3 december 2015 in de melkweg ;)

[@Iamtheknees]

+Funj0b thanks. zag het vorige week. Maar helaas al uitverkocht 😭 zo jammer

[@cwlreaper2532]

+Iamtheknees true

[@qVICKYq]

I love this. So refreshing. 2015 is a good year :D

[@sickofthelies99]

F'ing genius and I'm speechless. Great song!

[@jbtvonline]

Great song!

[@losangelesrealestateagent8942]

Fantastic Lyrics and music... the styles to say... speaking for the times through the lines.

[@ThePANDA1885]

Stuart Maconie brought me here and for that I shall be forever in his debt. Finally 2015 has delivered something with listening to!

[@bking9955]

I really dig this song ,gonna check out more their music,,

[@darrenshannon446]

when two great worlds collide, great job guys

[@Scrimpets1]

AHA! I KNEW I recognized the vocal as (until I just looked this up) "The National" guy. I really like this song. Good luck to Matt and Brent then, I wish them continued success.

[@geafran1985]

piel de gallina. good job!

[@BimblorBingus]

after Trouble Will Find Me and this song, im convinced Matt is one of the best lyricists since Leonard Cohen. can anyone recommend more bands with amazing lyrics and a baritone type of voice like Matts??

[@LeeA3865]

Stiffy Pigsmell looking for this type of band for a long time, since I've discovered The National...

[@caitlynbylsma]

Beat happening

[@andychavez4817]

nick cave and the bad seeds maybe

[@marottacarlo]

+Stiffy Pigsmell Try with them: Nick Cave, San Fermin, Black English, Bill Callahan, Madrugada, Murder By Death, The Magnetic Fields, ...

[@Callewaerty]

+Stiffy Pigsmell lyricisim is OBVIOUSLY Bob Dylan i'd try some Lou Reed aswell, Bowie

[@STP420D]

Thought I was listening to a new or old Nationals song. Well, sort of, but man I this song is fun (Matt has such a killer cool voice and style). Buying the album for Halloween!

[@cobprog]

Love this tune! On replay....

[@CTS55555]

I actually like this song! That's a surprise. You've got a 60 - 90's decade punk and ska music listener here @ 36 years old. I've also been listening to "indie" music since age 19 when the Strokes surfaced(only like their first 3 albums)but I have never once been into the hipster scene though, lol.

[@javierrodriguez4707]

Did just Matt do a no-falsetto A4 at 3:51? That's absolutely crazy for a baritone-bass like him.

[@javierrodriguez4707]

The Clash 18 Okay, after relistening the song a thousand times I think that the word "corner" is a falsetto. He reach F#4 though, not bad at all.

[@spacejesusadventure]

+The Clash 18 It's not really. Baritone singers generally have quite thick vocal cords and can achieve falsetto without a lot of difficulty. If he hit it in chest, on the other hand, that would be impressive.

[@javierrodriguez4707]

Patrick Bateman Yes, I realized he was using falsetto. I really look up Matt because he's the first singer that I hear with exactly the same voice type as I have, so I usually try to find out which note he's hitting and sing along. I think he's in midway baritone and bass. He sounds too deep for a standard baritone imo, so hitting G as he does (I should live in salt) is rather impressive now.

[@chuckpulumbo8017]

Love this jam

[@amandamontiel3209]

so into this song atm, it's so good, i love it

[@lun.a]

Me and my brother always sang this song when we were younger now i dont see him that much anymore and this song reminds me of him

[@IndieGlobeMusic]

Very good!

[@Aiur]

High quality music right here

[@Un42N8_1]

Got t-boned by a minivan with apparent stealth technology on the way to my sons hockey game while this track was playing. Ahh....nostalgia....hahaha.

[@thebindir]

Great Stuff! Thanks for making it!

[@ruckuspenguins3426]

The 6 people who didn't like this video must be from that awful Footloose town.

[@TheMagicalSock]

Beaumont!

[@KellyOKellyComedy]

+Ruckus Penguins hahaha!

[@CarbonatedTurtle]

+Ruckus Penguins I don't get your hipster reference, but maybe some people are tired of the same old boring, unoriginal indie pop that's saturating the internet these days. The annoyingly pretentious song title doesn't help either.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

+Carbonated Turtle I didn't know the movie, "Footloose" was hipster. People use the term "hipster" way too loosely nowadays. How do you even know the song title is pretentious when you don't even know the reference to Footloose? Sure, the song isn't super original, but does that have to be criteria for all songs? The song still sounds good. It's still better than a majority of what the radios play. Go back to your Katy Perry, Maroon 5, or whatever crap you listen to.

[@CarbonatedTurtle]

+Christian B "How do you even know the song title is pretentious" Easy. Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo. This is probably the most pretentious sounding thing I've ever read in my life.

[@valerielove9837]

where is the group from. and who is Didi Bloome ? and who is dancing in the video from behind. cant see his face. dances well. unique song and music. something i have never heard before. i love it.

[@Syruscleat]

Notice his politeness, stating "Please" in his request "Return to the moon." I find that admirable...

[@mechonok]

Can't stop listening to it!

[@DILLVIDS]

would love to listen to this live.

[@Casino007Royale2]

Best opening line of all time?

[@hwinkler4343]

one of them

[@bobfriedman409]

Lennonesque lyric !

[@rossnelson4139]

perhaps, very perhaps

[@ericwilson6994]

scratch off gets him triple Jesus and he trades it in for Siamese twins

[@JotaJotaDobleV]

" Did you really think i could ever go on without you?.................. I'm not a genius! "

[@blakesentenza6324]

Thanks for the upload, I'm lovin it!

[@itworks92]

You can definitely see Matt's love of Pavement shining through in the lyrics. I haven't listened to any of Knopf's previous stuff, but I will now.

itworks92 Listen to Ramona Falls (Rather than Menomena)

[@summerteeth99]

Menomena- Friend and Foe album

[@harrisonjoseph2000]

pure genius - another example of how diverse matt is - love to see another collaboration with justin vernon - a whole album would be great!!!

[@christinaabc123456]

Taylor brought me here

[@oldham42]

+christinaabc123456 damn u swifties are quick

[@May-ml4tg]

+Jordan O (Ponydigger9) lol i aint even a swiftie just follow ger on insta.

[@May-ml4tg]

+May Elmi her

[@idkmyname5027]

me too

[@likekick8982]

Taylor brought me here too ... I herd this song when she posted her pic on insta and now I'm hearing it again

[@Raw420Films]

Beautiful song, is it a love song?

[@SeanDeetz31]

Kinda reminds me of "The The". Heard this on 88.1 KDHX and had to look it up. STL community radio is my savior!

[@transtorna2tube]

Amazing, come to Peru !!

[@markblue4280]

Great song , asinine video!

[@converse036]

Couldn't be more excited about this collaboration

[@editsbyike]

I think I've at least deciphered the first couple lines. "I scratched a ticket with the leg of a cricket" means he took a chance with his music and "I got triple Jesus" means it was a miracle that he was successful. That's all I have so far, thoughts?

[@johngammon3897]

Just heard for first time on Sirus/XMU download 15 - top download of the week and I have to AGREE. Love this tune.

[@valerielove9837]

where is this group from? I love the song, found it on you tube.

[@ericwilson9828]

These guys rock!

[@dr.rosseustacegeller4984]

Fantastic little song. I love it. :-)

[@juanpjlozano93]

Gosh, my first thought was "OMG THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE NATIONAL" XD

[@MarbleHercules]

+jupajauregui93 Lol same here. Then i happened to hear it again, and i was like theres no fucking way this is just a coincidence.

[@rogelandiaghost]

Lol I was going to comment this :D

[@moejartin3258]

Seriously, what a happy coincidence! This project seems to counterbalance the national's melancholic undertones quite nicely

[@mariamaria12907]

can I use this song for my next video to Play it as sort of background Music? :) I'll film a video of at trip in London with goprohero4. of course i would refer to you.

[@wladimiromartinezdeano9076]

conoci este video en octubre del año pasado y hoy he vuelto a verlo tiene un montón de visitas¡

[@nuestromundo5815]

From guitar center to Shazam now on KZbin listening this

[@muitajk]

One of my absolute favs 🇰🇪

[@eduardotadeuferrarisalvala3541]

Two brilliant minds!

[@stylehabits]

So contagious ..

[@gesuiti22]

Great Track!!!!