GIRLS | HELLHOLE RATRACE

[@elkvineink1991]

Months ago I bought this album because I find the album cover so beautiful. I swear I never heard of this band before I bought the CD. I thought it's one of the best albums I have ever bought so far.

[@LSUOdyssey]

YES! and it could've been 4x as long, a great history of the making of yeahwedidthat.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-uncomfortable-legacy-of-girls-album.html?m=1

[@deathchips926]

you found a treasure. This album stays in my head rent free

[@fmsyntheses]

RIP in peace Girls, you were my favorite band ever for a while. I haven't enjoyed being sad this much since Psychocandy.

[@ARMONUMENTAL]

+Crocmaster McGeezax "RIP in peace" wat

[@chihuahuainacone]

RIP in peace is a meme. it's funny because it's redundant, obviously.

[@SamClark-q6y]

Great band. . .ahead of their time. . .I'll always love their early 60s vibe

[@jlksaxon8869]

​@chihuahuainacone They are no longer a band, and the bass player died some years back. RIP seems appropriate to me.

[@jlksaxon8869]

​@user-do7yz6sf8j I think this still sounds fresh because they echoed music from an unforgettable bygone era, yet also introduced something new. They weren't concerned about sounding like fags either; much like Bowie, Morrisey, and Bret Anderson, and that must take courage and self belief. I only wish they'd been able to continue with the original members:( The singer's solo stuff hasn't yet grabbed me in the same way. Maybe it's a little too faggy for my tastes. which was always a line they were close to crossing, in my humble opinion.

[@bforce909]

How many lives has this song saved. This song is so powerful.

[@ShinkeiDEI]

bforce909 me

[@jayjoob]

me

[@katsd.5573]

Me, in this right moment.

[@geokramer1711]

I've been in and out of hospital, at some points under the mental health act. Last week I was admitted by my psychologist: I had no life left in me, my heart still beat but surviving isn't living and I was simply surviving at that point. I'm so glad, I remembered about this song from a short film I adore, I'm Here (dir. Spike Jonze). it helped me no longer survive. But live.

[@LFjuniorful]

This girl hated me and I loved her, she cheated on me and I tried to hang myself but then this appeared and now I’m into a 2 years relationship with an angel haha.

[@max2734]

I wish this genre/era would come back

[@jacob_yancosky]

Yeah when this album came out it was the perfect time in my life I bumped it a lot then

[@raff23able]

Goood times. Can’t keep living like that for long periods though. Chet died and last I heard Chris Owens was living in a car. Still loved Girls full sound track to some epic times !

[@Saintdream3]

@@raff23ableWho did you hear that from he is happily married living in LA

[@raff23able]

@@Saintdream3 who are you talking about ? I haven’t heard anything about Chris in years last thing I heard he was living in his car ? If he’s happily married that’s awesome to hear.

[@Saintdream3]

@@raff23able He has an Instagram account active. Him & his wife pose all the time. They are def not homeless

[@DJCarvey]

RIP Chet JR White. I know you’ve been gone awhile, but the music you and Chris made has always captured the love of San Francisco. SF needs another band like Girls now that Chris has left the city…

[@Dynamics1957]

This shit gets better and better..

[@papafrita96]

Modern classic, still can't believe they're gone. I'll always love them!

[@keeping_it_realty]

Jesus. You make it sound like they died in a terrible accident.

[@Scott_Silver]

The bass player died

[@joelbeaudouin1676]

I listened to that song thousand times 10 years ago, it totally disappeared from my memory before an unexpected flashback yesterday morning, in a Starbucks in Berlin...

[@Kuskspmu]

romantic

[@joe7755_]

i keep coming back to this song. when i first heard it, i was in a really dark place. its like that first ray of sunshine that tells you a new day is coming. keep going, i love you!

[@ewfq2]

What the fuck man, a man's just expressing his feelings, and he's not wallowing in self pity and weakness, he's actually still retaining a glimmer of hope, that takes strength.

[@Kieitup]

Word

[@JohnBGoodeMusic]

There's something so foreboding in the sweatshirt that Chris is wearing. I am writing this in 2022, almost the end of the year now, so much has been shit. . .yet so much more has been BEAUTIFUL. All the bad has been triumphed with beauty. It's like the song is reaching through time and into the future with that ancient sage advice of LOVE! Simple, poignant, and heart wrenching in such a lovely way. Dance and laugh the years away. Love 22 and beyond! Thank you Girls.

[@izzibeatmaker]

i come back every year. this song makes me feel alive !

[@RyanStone-mr5yx]

On a car ride home my best friend was telling me how close he was unaliveing himself, we discussed without getting into details. Had a heart to heart and after that we both love Girls and played HellHole Ratrace, On full volume we sang that song together all the way home. That was 5 years ago, I want to believe this song saved both of our lives, this song holds a special place in my heart. Thank you Girls, I bet you saved so many of us with your music

[@psychomaji]

Rest in peace JR. A truly under appreciated talent Xx

[@Millii_5254]

I'm sick and tired of the way that I feel I'm always dreaming and it's never for real I'm all alone with my deep thoughts I'm all alone with my heart ache and my good intentions I work to eat and drink, and sleep just to live Feels like I'm never getting back what I give I got a sad song in my sweet heart And all I'll really ever need is some love and attention And I don't want to cry my whole life through I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me Sometimes you just gotta make it for yourself And sometimes, sugar, it just takes someone else Sometimes you just gotta make it for yourself And sometimes, baby, you just need someone else And I don't want to cry my whole life through No, I wanna do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I wanna do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me Sometimes you just gotta make it for yourself And sometimes, honey, you just need someone else And sometimes you just gotta make it for yourself And sometimes, darling, you just need someone else But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah I wanna do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I wanna do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah I wanna do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I wanna do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah I wanna do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I wanna do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah I wanna do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah I wanna do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on, come on and dance with me

[@SolidSnake935]

Not having friends has brought me here, since the song was first released.

[@Kieitup]

Some walk the journey alone I do by choice and it’s music like this helps

[@grim882]

I always come back to Girls

[@TopExtremeGames]

This song just utterly destroys me, I can't help but fall into tears, especially when the heavy guitars come into the mix.

[@markrobertbb]

Hope the people who connected with this song at some point are in a much better place in their lives now 🙏

[@evmercury]

This is one of the few songs that manages to exactly express my actual feelings. It's so beautifully emotional. Love it so much.

[@rgna_a]

this is breaking my heart, rest in peace Chet JR White

[@cristianmveloso]

Listening to this all night until I fall asleep. "I don't wanna cry my whole life through.."

[@ekodirgantara2098]

every time i broke up, i will listen to this.. give me some weird calm and clarity

[@lolsilva2983]

I remember when I heard this song for the first time, I was too young and I felt exactly like this, things were going sadly, this lyric made so much sense.

[@pulpluis]

this is one of the best songs i've ever heard in the last year..

[@Nephelokokkygia1215]

This was the theme song for being in your 20's living in SF in '09-10 ❤️

[@starky2k]

This song and video bring me back to a time I'll never forget.

[@debbiepink8234]

I grew up with song , my older siblings always played this in the summer of 2009 and I was 10 at the time. It’s funny that now I can relate to this song and it’s hurts so bad.

[@nickgrant6480]

Well Chris and jr never quite got the success they deserved, but they wrote a few of the best songs of ALL time. R.i.p chet jr white I'll never forget his work till the day I die

[@fish1849]

So many memories about this song.... 9 years ago i broke up with my ex,and i play this all day in the winter of 2010,this song really save my life in that time. Now i get married and had 1 daughter,time will change everything and everyone,i don't miss my ex and past,life will goes on,still love this song.

[@kendall5696]

I can relate to this song so much it sounds like it was written for me

[@sirvladharkonen6200]

Kendall F you are white, you dont know what pain is

[@kendall5696]

SirVladHarkonen race doesn't have anything to do with the amount of emotional pain one feels. We're all the same on the inside

SirVladHarkonen You're a dumbass (as is the idiot who gave your asinine comment a thumbs up).

[@brokebum3914]

@@sirvladharkonen6200 sjw

[@Babyloser19]

Anyone still listening to this? I'm alone I guess...all comments from years ago! TT

[@luispinheirodosmontes7219]

I'm listening to it now (2019)

[@alexhendrikx5699]

[@elimgarak4667]

Still here.

[@SnakeNbake]

Still here!

[@elimgarak4667]

Glad I'm not alone in this. Thanks you guys!

[@sidrocker]

Great song! Had the happy opportunity to see them live here in Rio - yesterday! These guys ROCK!

[@deannaroszlin2521]

i discovered this song from apple music shuffle when i was sort of struggling for exam and the guy i talked to just disappeared. somehow i feel connected to the song and kinda relatable. thank u

[@varanmerten]

This is the best song from the best band I've heard in ten years. Touching...

[@NegativeMass85]

Probably one of the most moving vids I've ever seen. Breathtaking, especially the end. Unfortunately my life was nothing like this when I lived in SF... I wasn't one of the 'beautiful' people. But this is what it SHOULD have looked like!

[@saibata750]

I looked in the mirror today. Damn I’m old lol. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. As I age there’s this graceful aura about it that I can’t put my finger on. It’s like I’m grateful for having the chance to witness the growth, failures, opportunities, pain, loss, of those I love near and dear. But also of myself. I want everyone to know that you are an infinite project unto yourself. There is no road you cannot take, no obstacle you cannot face. You are endowed with the bravery and courage of being human. And this strength alone can lead to things you have never thought of. But has been inside you nonetheless. The movement of time and the universe is within us and is not separate from us. We are the universe. We are it. So do not shy away from doing what you love. Do the things that make you uncomfortable and that challenge you. You can do it. I believe in you. And I’ll always be with you.

[@Honeycombe88]

Wonderful song. Great video. I'd never heard it before it was running in the end credits for the Australian tv series Spirited that I saw on Amazon Prime.

[@elpresidenty]

"The only true paradise is the paradise one has lost." - Marcel Proust

[@emptyparkinglotat3am]

forever in love with Girls

[@marssilver]

💔 Rest in peace JR...your ears and musical input will always be appreciated and remembered

[@lilSakuraDreamer]

It's such a bittersweet song. Very powerful lyrics, it really does help you get through any day.

[@lokitagaby17]

You don't really get this song until you find yourself at rock bottom.

[@gerardogutierrez6282]

I have never related more to a comment in my life!

[@wun__]

yes

[@siomusicchannel]

all my friends are coming back from a trip on friday. this song just embodies the image i have in my head of the night we will have. just us all together, again. smoking drinking laughing, passing around joints and celebrating in eachothers happiness. living in the moment, completely. beautiful image. cannot wait till friday

[@andyjennings5190]

This is pure brilliance in my book. Powerful doesnt even begin to explain it. A genius. Andrew x x

[@Christianthemagician_]

I discovered this song yesterday and this is beautiful

[@iloveulll]

these lyrics travel deep into my spine and connect with me in such a way that we are one! sorry if that sounds super dramatic but seriously...it's so beautiful

[@dogperson432]

The girl who broke my heart sent me this a long time ago. She was the only one who ever understood me and made me feel like I could be loved, like I was okay. She said that this song reminded her of me. I miss her.

[@jordang632]

finally a video for this jam...and what a video it is!!! Absolutely beautiful...bravo

[@kevo3132]

A friend showed me this song back in 2009, our senior year of highschool. We both loved the sound waves at the end of the song, e incorporated it into our music. I recently picked up my dusty guitar and I had this whole song recorded on an old CD. Finally found it again.

[@prul]

Chet was such a good man and one of the coolest peeps in the SF scene. Seeing him in this video makes me cry

[@GavinoFelix]

Well, clearly people just moved on and didn't do a single thing whatsoever, and now we don't have one of the greatest producers of my life. People find it easy to let go and move on, and I get it when it's just regular old depressives or relapsing old friends - but when it's someone that was able to produce this shit so proper you just let the world down and are merely letting yourself move on and not recognize how unethical it is to let people you love just not be here anymore. I've been sober for over a decade but I'm an anomaly, and everyone that loved him should've been trained in administering narcan - simple as fuck.

[@christiannn6230]

Found this song on an Apple Music playlist a few months ago and wow- it’s become one of my all time favorites

[@TheANATOMIKAblogmag]

"Hellhole Ratrace" I'm sick and tired of the way that I feel I'm always dreaming and it's never for real I'm all alone with my deep thoughts I'm all alone with my heartache and my good intentions I work to eat and drink and sleep just to live Feels like I'm never getting back what I give I've got a sad song in my sweet heart And all I really ever need is some love and attention And I don't want to cry my whole life through I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me Sometimes you've just got to make it for yourself Sometimes sugar, it just takes someone else Sometimes you've just got to make it for yourself Sometimes baby, you just need someone else And I don't want to cry my whole life through I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me Sometimes you've just got to make it for yourself Sometimes honey, it just takes someone else Sometimes you've just got to make it for yourself Sometimes darling, you just need someone else But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah, I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah, I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah, I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me But I don't want to cry my whole life through Yeah, I want to do some laughing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and laugh with me And I don't want to die without shaking up a leg or two Yeah, I want to do some dancing too So come on, come on, come on Come on and dance with me

[@elimgarak4667]

I found this at a perfect time in my life. Now I'm finding it again in a harder time. Saving my life honestly.

[@pedrotfsilva]

why my entire day crumbled when I listened to this song for the first time early in the morning? man I'm messed up inside and this song just showed me that...

[@thesadpunk]

Safe journey, Chet. Thank you for the music 🖤

[@falconhoof6]

The truth is once you look past societal conditioning we can actually all be friends. We're forced to separate and be part of groups different from one another. In our rawest form we are the same and want to love and be loved. It's simple really.

[@Mikey415abrea]

RIP Silver Crest donut shop and diner. This video is a look back into time. Being in my mid 20’s in the late 2k’s this hits home. Wednesday at Pop’s Thursday’s at Elbo Fridays at Delirium/Kilowatt. SF will always be home. Long Live JR White

[@dylanbarnette7673]

This was the best part of my trip, when thia song same on randomly. God that was such a fun night

[@missmorganskauge]

God, I miss Girls. I love Christopher's solo stuff but it's just not the same, you know?

Wait...............did they break up??

[@missmorganskauge]

lurch321 Unfortunately :(

[@buildscharacterz]

i kno

[@huzishio]

Tonight 11/06/19 Im still listening to girls and I'm not depressed I just like this melancholy atmosphere.

[@scottEhall3]

I used to think that bands like Girls or Ariel Pink's HG had kinda stupid lyrics. Then I realize, "Dude, this is what you think everyday of you're life and you know it." This song in particular is so freaking honest.

[@austinellis7322]

come on almost 1 million views they deserve it, this is and will be my number one group

[@elizabethgarcia1290]

I miss this band so much !!

[@Will-zc7pf]

Eu também 😢

[@jakehallford1505]

This song is six years old jesus I'm not supposed to feel this old.

[@LastBankJob]

+Jake Hallford Just you wait. Enjoy yourself.

[@lovecomesbutonce]

10 years now, how ya holding up

[@lauraeiriarte]

@@lovecomesbutonce still here !

[@Codestuh]

When I heard this play in 'I'm Here' I was like HOLY SHIT I never thought i'd hear Girls in a movie

[@novaleeparker667]

Those good times, the club will never come back, just memories now... its crazy

[@youdbettertube]

This is like the best song ever

[@shineymcshine]

Rest in peace, thank you for this masterpiece.

[@rohbotsinlove]

whenever i'm down i listen to this song and everything gets better. i swear, it's magical.

[@PacoRiv]

i like their sound in general and especially this song...we'll see if they are still around in a year or two. lately there have been a lot of bands like this and they come and go in a year

[@travisg528]

christopher owens lyrics and voice paired with their music is PERFECT. simply heartfelt and emotional. i love everything he does, what a beautiful mind...

[@deusrivera5783]

Gracias por mostrarme esta cancion Nati, te amo

[@smhdoodlol]

i used to listen to this song obsessively as a high schooler. i rediscovered it today and the lyrics resonated with me *more*....... i have no more positive things to say about that other than: this is an amazing song

[@Imgriis]

A heart break brought me here.. this song will forever be my fav.

[@danielle888e]

I can’t believe Its been nine years I miss a lot of things 😔

[@Deedot1028]

I love this song and video so much.

[@BURNANNATOR]

If my life had a theme song this would be it.

[@alangomezfigueroa4089]

just this past friday (two days ago) that I listened to this song for the first time, where have I been?

[@budagum]

One of the most infectious songs of the last decade.

[@showyourblitz]

In about March of this year I sort of started becoming depressed--I still have no idea why--And in maybe May I heard this. It truly made me sit down and just reflect. I guess I'm coming back to watch it now because I'm starting to feel sad again. I'm a freshman in high school and things are just getting to me, and this is sort of the rock that is holding me up because when you think of it, you can't live your whole life upset. I don't want to die, I want to dance.

[@heyitsmeeeJC]

Listening to this a decade later... wow I feel old.

[@FrenchBalmyNight]

same ... was 20. teenage time oh my, where are you

[@picturemute3291]

RIP JR - your music will always inspire me and countless others. Gone too soon

[@Djnti]

Pretty good song. The humbleness of the music vis-à-vis with the sincerity of the lyrics makes this song and in reality, the whole Girl's Album one of my top5 picks of the year, and it's slowly showing how american bands are getting back to their quality, which has long time been on a hiatus. Go Girls! (and animal collective, grizzly bear, fleet foxes)

[@BrandyAlex80]

Amazing! I'm buying the album right this sec. Can't wait to hear it all!

[@odinmp5]

2021 an this song is helping me a lot.

REST IN MAGNIFICENT PEACE BIG Z.. YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY AND NOW I DREAM OF YOU. I MISS YOU, LOVE YOU. TI AMO PAPA - I HATE HEROIN - LOVE IS THE ANSWER

[@iasiia]

i love this song! gonna see these guys at acl 2010! its my new favorite band!

[@cmerenuge]

@fantasytrashcan not over indulgent, beautifully done. thank you for this.

[@rrrick1000]

this is just f***ing great. they have something special going on.

[@mattsuperfreak]

How the fuck does this not have a million views

[@stevenkillthatbowl]

right?!

[@fredfrancke3723]

Almost there

[@VentusK]

+matthew woodall wowzas it's almost as if...a million distinct clicks didn't happen on this video!

[@emptyparkinglotat3am]

made it :')

[@elimgarak4667]

Good news bud :)

[@RogertheDon]

Everybody is different. Everybody, around you, feels the same song in different ways. So respect each other who doesn't like this song and who does like this song. For me this is an incredible song, I love 'Girls', their debut album called "Album" is 'Album of the Year'. Look at the 'Best of 2009' lists of music magazines...

[@sarahkiser6556]

I wish I could do this stuff with my friends.

[@dw070]

this music makes me feel all sombre and like its their last night out ever.

[@hexenductionhour]

I've just heard this song for the first time. It is amazing.

[@Honeycombe88]

I love this video, this song.

[@Potimus_Ripme]

Amazing video, great song... just great!

[@GenisSage4]

The drummer for this band is actually my brother. Also I think that they are a really cool band. I put their entire album on my iPod!!!!

[@kennique7634]

Feeling optimistic even when the world is falling apart

[@juliesemple71]

amazing song. i love it!

[@icyghost666]

This song really is so beautiful.

[@1angelsigh]

put this song when I was first with my girlfriend. she'd gone through a break up, and I'd had a shitty time in my early to mid 20s. she got it immediately and we started slow dancing. pretty sure it'll be played at our wedding.