Frank Black - Hang On To Your Ego (Official Video)

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[@jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis]

I could stand to hear Frank Black cover all of Pet Sounds.

[@christiananderson6761]

With Joey on lead guitar? Hell yeah

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

If you don’t have the first Frank Black album, you blew it.

[@PakeyWakey]

Incorrect.

[@Anthony-wp7tz]

@@PakeyWakeythis is also incorrect

[@sydglover4842]

I wasn't expecting to hear frank black covering the beach boys and doing a great job

[@edhelvey]

It kind of makes sense. The Pixies - much like the Beach Boys - had a great pop sensibility.

[@Ge0rgio]

decades and this still hits the same what a masterpiece of a cover 😮‍💨

[@damagedbug8848]

one of the best covers ever!

[@NormAppleton]

Heard about crypto?

[@sebastiendebaisieux3032]

Cover ??? From who ? Thanks.

[@ojgsk8ter]

@@sebastiendebaisieux3032 The Beach Boys song I know there’s an answer originally titled hang onto your ego but record execs made them change it

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Frank Black is so talented

[@noisepollution6761]

since

[@jrgraugnard6901]

I agree, but this one is a cover ^^ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZnXnnyAZtyMmZY&ab_channel=drzazgi

[@jtarantula3390]

I’m in love with this mans voice My favorite male vocalist

[@andykillian-louis6940]

Still one of the most awesome rock tunes of all time!

[@robertspear888]

one of my favorite performers. Thank you Frank Black.

[@crisnyne3190]

so much more to this man the pixies.. toty most underrated album. this one great too

[@ccgarciab]

Gotta love Joey. And Frank is fine too.

[@hernanbruno4178]

Hang on to your amigo.

[@leonelmolbert784]

Lyric: I know so many people Who think they can do it alone They isolate their heads And stay in the safety zone But what can you tell them? What can you say that won't make them defensive? So... Hang on to your ego Hang on, but I know that you're gonna lose the fight They come on like they're peaceful But inside they're so uptight They trip through the day And waste all their thoughts at night But how can I say it? How can I come on when I know I'm guilty? So... Hang on to your ego Hang on, but I know that you're gonna lose the fight And how can I say it? How can I come on when I know I'm guilty?

[@NormAppleton]

It's like advice from L. Ron Hubbard.

[@therespectedlex9794]

@@NormAppleton But you need to remedy porous ego boundaries. Do you concur?

[@SnowWhite-dr6xh]

LSD, mushrooms, take enough, good luck hanging on to your ego

[@therespectedlex9794]

@@FloatingLeaf1111 People who are mentally abused allow someone, or cannot stop them, from crossing their ego boundaries.

[@puxxle]

Did you know this video was directed by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants? Whoop!

[@NormAppleton]

Do I care?

[@nevynnowhere6322]

Sucks for him. Bad video. Great song.

[@SlippinnnJimmy]

​@@NormAppletonUr mum cares. 😂

[@nevynnowhere6322]

Okay. Well the video is. Ok. The song and fuck you is way better.

[@gillianandrews3951]

No surprises there, tastes like Flans

[@MickAneworderfan]

2:16 always adored this guitar solo.. way too short!

[@pedrowojciechowski8669]

Thanks Frank and guys

[@brianborba8299]

Loved the Tony Asher addition

[@jameshaberkamp5927]

When it first started to play I didn't think I would like it but after listening to it I do like it. It's done in a different style but it is good.

[@NormAppleton]

It sucks admit it, sunk cost falacy'

[@greyarea6688]

@@NormAppleton Fuck off bellend, you don't even know what you're talking about lmao

[@williamtoshiakisuinaga3529]

Joey Santiago , the best guitarist of alternative rock in the USA...

[@theNomadz]

take it away Joe

[@europa]

The EUROPA LUNA

[@scotttbeee2912]

No

[@smorr139]

Philippino legend

[@SirCommoner]

...who influenced Jonny Greenwood who became the best guitarist of alt rock in the UK

[@Anthony-wp7tz]

I luckily worked this corporate catering gig back in like 2012 and the company hired The Beach Boys WITH Brian Wilson for the party. They played for like an hour outside Staples Center, including this song, and my cool ass manager let me just hang out and watch the show. Epic.

[@BeatShe]

The Best cover 🤘🏼

[@NormAppleton]

of what?

[@jadenwaz9585]

@@NormAppletonBrian Wilson’s masterpiece from the “Pet Sounds” Beach Boys album!!! Check it out, it’s a masterwork. The song on the album is called “I Know There’s an Answer” because one of the band members thought these original lyrics sung in this video were to druggy for their image. Really ironic when you listen to what the lyrics are saying.

[@petestaint8312]

Wow! Fantastic. 👍

[@jtarantula3390]

Love him!

[@EuphoniaPooch]

genius chord progresser

[@zzzzzzzzzzinfo]

brian wilson eh

[@RichardSmithloves]

Saw him do this live. Good shit!

[@yianpap6093]

Lol, me too! In Montpellier in 2004 if my memory serves me right...

[@trevgreg2]

Jealous. This is one I'd love to see live!

[@RichardSmithloves]

He opened up for Belly. 1993/4 maybe. The best part is the show. My fu Manchu too.

[@MrWeedle420]

This video is one big shroom trip! lol

[@Skinnyorangemusic]

Just discovered this guy from an interview with Dave Grohl. Like a grungey Bowie. I like it

[@yambag155]

Beach boys are so underrated. Much more than surf and car songs from 1966 on

[@IYamJayJay]

Absolutely

[@christiananderson6761]

Brian Wilson is one of the most important musicians of all time

[@nevynnowhere6322]

This is such a priceless fuck you to tony. Frank is so sharp. He knows how to play the game. Mad respect to frank. Stoked he still tours with Frank black and the Catholics.

[@Brokenface]

He tours with Pixies now

[@condensermike]

SICK.

[@SnowWhite-dr6xh]

The best music is always the weirdest

[@SugarSigur]

lol...this video is full of silliness!

[@kiernanoshea5184]

many years ago when not every release was on spotify but some, there was a song in a single by albert hammond jr, and i really liked it, it was old black dawning by frank black, but i didn't knew at that time, years later i found out it was a cover, and now i've heard this album a lot through the years, and pet sounds too, but until yesterday i didn't notice this one was a cover, yesterday i was like uhm i've heard this one before

[@rollyknevels3570]

Frank’s Voice.

[@micahaguas]

is there another video showing somebody actually hanging on to an eagle or is that just something imagined in a dream?

[@johnnyhempseed84]

lol

[@johnhansen4794]

For YEARS I was convinced there was a book "Curious George swallows a wrench." Ah the little lies we tell ourselves.

[@waz3128]

haha, I grew up thinking the song was called 'Hang on to your Eagle'

[@RQBtv]

Directed by John Flansburgh the Great!!!!

[@darrylwiggins1156]

Ben ryan black is referencing that this is a Beach boys song,from their extraordinary album"pet sounds". He's also quite right.

[@fenodewitte3966]

More rocking than the Beach Boys! (y)

[@festersuncle6298]

Pixies opened for U2 in 1989 and The The (Frank Black solo) in 1993 Great Woods in Massachusetts

[@jasonlefler3456]

Respectfully, Pixies opened for U2 in 1992, not 1989.

[@festersuncle6298]

@@jasonlefler3456 It was The Cure in '89.......I got kicked out for intoxication. Ha ha ha

[@gustavogimenez6007]

Canción que tengo en mi celular que siempre escucho cuando entreno.

[@Koopakid917543]

I love this song and 2:38 is how I got my name

[@stuarthicks2696]

Yes

[@souldreamer9056]

Brian should hear this.

[@adamv4344]

Goated

[@chrissteiger4199]

Rock me Joe! Lol, the hang man

[@funnycomedian2718]

i don't know if i like the song, but i like the video. being a huge Beach Boys fan, it's hard for me to like covers of their songs. The originals are just too good..

[@greyarea6688]

It's less cover and more like a tribute. Think of it of a paraphrase rather than a direct quote.

[@chacaltube]

lv ths sng!!!

[@unextincteursestvide783]

This is an alternate video of this song , the original one had a cameo from Brian Wilson I'm pretty sure

[@ZyxthePest]

You might be thinking of Wall Of Voodoos cover of Do It Again

[@speez6106]

The best music has the fewest comments

[@speez6106]

Shut up

[@curtisjosef2689]

Yes .. Whatever happened to Pong

[@77doriella]

Mr Ego sings Hang on to Your Ego.

[@42fontenator]

Hang on.....loosely.

[@HeartlessNinny1]

Whatever happened to Pong?

[@rootreinlavery2442]

🤘🏻..

[@AllanOstermann]

I met Joey and KIM and the, as she called him, "the dweeb" drummer of a certain enterprise known as The Pixies in the lobby of a Ventura Theater downtown Ventura gig, the night after they shredded down the unwilling, formerly chaste Universal Amphitheater in "downtown" Universal City, CA. Frank Black Francis (Frances?), pre-Catholic then, was busy parallel parking a huge ass 60s Caddy Convertible, White, outside the lobby. No one is "cooler than Kim Deal", Warhols! If I get elected President, Kim, and Kelley (sorta), will be Vice President. If they'll have us, USA. But Kelley will be Brillo tested randomly :)

[@upscaleshack]

If you can't be coherent at least be verbose.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Hang on to your ego but leggo my eggo.

[@gilessanders4944]

Rev it up

[@ShannonConnor0]

If anyone can explain how they got that ripple effect please let me know

[@mcbillygoat]

Leggo my ego

[@yambag155]

I like mike loves solo stuff

[@theNuclearNixons]

L'eggo my Eggo! 🧇

[@nevynnowhere6322]

Which guy is Tony again, in original vid? Uh oh guess he lost the fight.. ;)

[@footshotstube]

yay i found it !! :) thankx #4AD had this on cassette yrs ago and thought it was "family cat" did it [ i see now they were a very pixies based band who never saw fame tho ]

[@danielscissorhands]

A Pixies based band? Frank Black is the lead singer of the Pixies, and Joey Santiego is the guitar player from the Pixies. This was from Frank's first solo album.

[@footshotstube]

yes i know but i first heard the 'family cat' do it , then gotinto the pixies from then on :)

[@user82938]

John Flansburgh invented "Pop Up Video"

[@RRDB92]

goo goo dolls needs to remake this!

[@stuarthicks2696]

I know it’s a different style but somehow I hear Syd Barrett in Joey’s guitar.

[@robertogalvez2423]

Hang on to your Kim Deal.

[@speez6106]

Listening to this as the sun goes down in a dirty old town...on mushrooms

[@LauraSeabrook]

Ah, but I know there's an answer, as well!

[@michaelgrein9279]

Leggo my eggo.

[@artemisvega8940]

As good as the original, and that's saying something cos covers are never as good. The original is FULL BRIAN. This is Frank understanding that. It's different, but done just as well. But not Better. You can never improve on the original because without it you would not have the other version. Brian and Frank both create a huge impact on popular music as excellent musicians.

[@jamiehovis7722]

Yes you can improve on the original

[@cobb_thedrummer]

Beach Boys influences Pixies and then they go on and influence every alternative and indie band after them, go figure.

[@elzbietastojecka7149]

Cover is better than original

[@wladdaimpala88]

Great cover. Glad he used the OG lyrics and not the shitty Mike Love-influenced version. That hack never did anything good ever.

[@danielscissorhands]

Yeah, Mike Love sucks.

[@thevoid99]

didn't he claim he could kick mick jagger's ass a long time ago? yeah, right. mick maybe skinny but i'm sure he can kick love's ass.

[@caioferreira101]

in fact I like the other version better... it suits the album better, I dunno

[@waz3128]

he is a fist class douche . the Adam Levine of the 60s

[@thevoid99]

@@waz3128 OH!!!!!!!!!! BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@abdelkaderbenyebka7275]

JOEY ALFREDO Santiago !!!

[@theNuclearNixons]

"Rock me, Joseph Alberto Santiago." 🎸

[@Dollsteak69]

Video=EllEssDee.

[@europa]

EUROPA LUNA

[@Andrew.Stuart]

I couldn't get into this album, try as I might.

[@yiagtkms2d]

3:08 really?

[@rbailey1240]

Yes. Mike Love received co-writing credit for "I Know There's An Answer," the re-written version that appeared on Pet Sounds.

[@gjorgjitasevski3048]

Ironic cover of Beach boys song

[@alanherrera3731]

Saitam Adrenaline le gana.

[@Pre_industrial]

hang on to your kiko

[@waytospergtherebro]

There's nothing worse than a video that tries to educate you about some other song you already don't like.

[@SearedBite]

weird cover lol

[@billlynn3196]

Meh

[@aaronchapman3]

As a fan of both the pixies and the beach boys, I expected better, no offense The tempo is just all wrong.

[@AbbaZabba007]

Crap. How to destroy a masterpiece.

[@90sArchive]

AbbaZabba007 This is better

[@moviefmusicfanan]

I hear ya! ...but, I LOVE Frank Black and the Pixies!!!

[@konnerfrost9278]

Chicken Nugget not a chance

[@tomt6142]

@@konnerfrost9278 I love the Beach Boys but this is better

[@kidsmoked]

They're chalk and cheese.. we can enjoy them both.