J Mascis - Old Friends (Official Video)

[@BREDNBUTTER]

I love how the new music sounds the same as the old stuff… not in a boring way… but in an authentic, familiar, nostalgic, quality guaranteed way. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Feel the Pain for the first time on MTV. Been a huge fan of DJ and J. Ever since… rock on.

[@thomasborges4216]

Sounds just like them in a great way

[@throbalot]

It reminded me of Foo Fighters

[@eliasmg9144]

This might be my comfort album of the year

[@tealightuke]

ah yea it's kicking in now.

[@Koffieleuter]

🍄

[@chrisallen8045]

Currently watching this ~5 times a day because my toddler son is obsessed with it. “MORE MONSTERS GUITAR” Been a Dinosaur Jr/J Mascis fan for 20+ years but this is killing me.

[@Thinginator]

Listening to this as my dog slowly dies of old age and health problems. Goodbye old friend. You will be remembered.

[@mattrennie6876]

😢😢

[@BirdDogg]

The first time I heard Jr. I drove 80 miles to the music store to buy the cassette. Hearing your voice again made me bawl. Thank you for being here

[@pbrown7501]

"Do not be afraid, child. I have attuned my shifting 4-dimensional form to the vibe of 1980s puppetry."

[@azraelus1]

Ancient One: "Aaannd they've gone insane again. Damn."

[@abc.6223]

*is more afraid but can't look away*

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

ITs disturbing

[@laeonflux]

What in the Fraggle Rock, Eureeka's Castle, Space Muppet apocalypse is going on?

[@helpfulcommenter]

AI

[@shawnwilliam466]

😂 true

[@LCOmusic]

I don’t know but I want to befriend all but one of these creatures (looking at you, 0:14)

[@velosoul7395]

😂 Jim Henson on acid

[@laeonflux]

@@velosoul7395 So High on acid he changed his last name from Henson to Henderson

[@marcbelisle5685]

I passed on the chance to dabble with the harder stuff in college. I never thought KZbin would be giving it away for free 20 years later.

[@jaydub5515]

I don't know why this has popped up on my feed a couple times over the last few days, but I'm super glad I finally clicked on it. Wicked cool jams! ✌️😎👍

[@lixie1]

This makes me happy!

[@SUNND0GG]

I watched this on shrooms and now every single one of these characters are my friends

[@Roflcrabs]

Wow you sound super interesting.

[@Jake-pz7oi]

I’m jealous… seem like great guys

[@andreasprokscha6357]

i am so glad, the thumpnail made me click, i just love the video and the sing fits so good, like it very much!

[@blackiefitzpatrick6611]

Great tune J!!! (Alec from POTB)

[@Emulous79]

Cthulhu meets Fraggle Rock.

[@justinlowe]

Well, I like this.

[@wayward.wallace]

beautiful story arc

[@cnobyl]

Absolutely in love with this video. Its so very cool!

[@sloanlance]

Very good song and such a FUN video. I was attracted by the odd cover photo, but I'm staying to explore the channel for the music!

[@iarts]

this is soooooo good! congratulations! nice work!

[@PurpleVR111]

J hope you come to Vancouver BC ❤

[@Aiamano9]

It’s like a dream How was this made?? I like the shifting

[@JaysonBucy]

The dulcet tones that shut down the dueling dissonance inside my brain and the guitar talent that defined my youth. Thank you for the music J.

[@jonathanporter5223]

Damn yo, LSD is a helluva drug. That being said, I'll have wherever J Mascis is having. Actually, make it a double. Yeah.

[@TangleWireTube]

That’s one of the coolest music videos I’ve ever seen!

[@lowkeysoundsystem6174]

I think this shit's starting to kick in. 🫠

[@urdin2242]

Holy shit, I listened to this 4 times before I realized who it was. Damn J. You’re still out here doing it.

[@girofrank]

These monsters are great, is it a new show? Film?

[@selenawatters4028]

This is so viscerally upsetting. Fantastic work- thank you!

[@NevTheDeranged]

I feel like there's a 100% chance this video unlocked at least one new phobia in the human collective unconscious.

[@InAHollowTree]

I can't wait until 10 or so years from now when someone comments "OMG, this video scared me as a kid!" 🤣

[@djjjjj]

Sockpuppets!

[@rminkof]

& fetish :(

[@AlBeready]

wait til they get a load of me.

[@foxopossum]

We can hope

[@mdw1977]

J, thanks for ingratiating yourself to my kids. We’ve watched this a lot. Great song.

[@EricSmith-fp4gq]

Love your music J. Thank you for so many great songs over so many years. You are a musical treasure. Hidden in our pockets like a beautiful secret.

[@seencapone]

Nice -- this is one of the highest-end A.I. generated videos I've seen so far.

[@OmegaSMG]

Few days late, but I just found this today. This is a good way to start my 23rd birthday, thank you J

[@peteytwofinger]

happy birthday pal !

[@K.J.734]

Howdy, just wanna wish you a belated Happy B. Day!🎁🍻 🤟🐻‍❄️

[@TheSlickmicks]

I was going to tpye about how much J Mascis sounds like the lead signer from one of my favorite bands in the 90s. Then I looked it up and learned he is the lead signer. I remember being poor in Northampton and hanging outside Pearl Street to listen to Dinosaur Jr. with a few of my good friends back then.

[@TheWorldBelow360]

It’s how Cthulu and his mob relax when they’re not on the job.

[@photondance]

Hm. What is Cthulhu’s job?

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Indeed! They're only doing evil in dreams. While they're awake they party with colorful monsters!!!

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

🐙 🦑

[@Mxxnmuk]

My mom is related to Cthulhu and they do this irl but naked

[@user-wk2ot3oi5v]

😂😅

[@avoiceinthedark2028]

Love jt, love u

[@ciaranmeeks9431]

Any other 70s kids remember Sigmund & the Sea Monsters?

[@pattyd.7248]

cute video, cute song, love it. glad I clicked on it, because the animation looked sooo great, lol...

[@zacheryamansfield]

Very NICE!

[@SunshineClementine]

Timeless. That voice I know! Hey-daze of it all. x

[@AGENTARMES]

It was so grey and miserable outside right now, and I just wanna crawl inside this colorful muppet dream forever

[@-ChromeDome-]

Hell no this shit looks freaky as fuck.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

​@@-ChromeDome-yeah thats a hard no.

[@whiteglitch]

its more like a colorful nightmare 🫣

[@Roflcrabs]

I'll take grey and miserable reality over AI garbage.

[@ChristopherRoberts-vz4hf]

My favorite!

[@BostonRobb]

AI, the digital mushrooms. Brilliant

[@fistyann8434]

This is on par with Zappa claymation.

[@360.Tapestry]

since experimenting with psychedelics, i've concluded that human consciousness is just god's ai

[@foxopossum]

😂😂😂 AGREE

[@phoenixdavida8987]

Yup

[@Bryman5000]

The dreams I remember the most look like a.I. videos

[@sarahpeterson9422]

This video is so unique and fun to watch! I love this! ❤

[@lyssums]

KZbin cranked this out to me because of the visuals. I've never heard of this band. I'm not into music much these days. But I stuck it out. Great video. Decent sound too.

[@TrippedGian1]

Dinosaur Jr are alternative/indie rock legends since the 80s and J is the lead singer/guitarist doing his occasional solo gig. You should have plenty to dig into

[@lyssums]

@@TrippedGian1 thanks for the info! I've definitely heard that name before.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Same! The visuals brought this to me, but the song was cute & catchy too. Every now and then, the algorithm does me a solid.

[@FoundryStreetJason]

This is the best music video I've ever seen. I love it.

[@lovingtondude88260]

Still blowing my mind after all these years. You're the best, J!

[@HelloXiuXiu]

I have found my tribe. ❤ It's always a joy to hear your music, sir!!!!

[@nashmj]

This is the cutest nightmare fuel ever.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Brilliant song, J. This is one of the best videos of all time.

[@sanyatesGRIA]

Eureka’s Castle on acid

[@ThePerilLounge]

~ I had to reset my stupid password here to sign in just to 'like' this because this is super duper. Ps. Expialidocious J. Come back to Vancouver if you can.

[@mohdazizi6515]

since the songs and videos were released I found myself watching it 17 time in a day.if j mascis was a girl it would be fun

[@RoboticDragon]

New listener, going through a dive of suggested videos on youtube, the colourful image of this video pulled me in, and I am lad it did.

[@markward4532]

I’ve watched this about 15 times in the last 24 hours, mesmerising

[@DuggyDugunder]

J's always so warm and comfortable like a thick old effed-up sweater that you'll never throw away despite how your sister might wrinkle her nose when you turn up in it.

[@inphanta]

This is the perfect description. 😊

[@joeoge9347]

you keep old sweaters, nice. very sustainable.

[@atomictraveller]

you don't even mind if it starts to get some holes in, that only makes it nicer still.

[@reginareviere2517]

you don't let anyone else wear that sweater because it still smells like your dad after all this time... it shouldn't because it's been such a long time but it does and no one else even noticed so you know if you let them wear it, even once, it'll never smell the same again and that'll be just another thing you couldn't keep because you didn't keep it like a secret.

[@frostrootrecords]

Hah I’m wearing that sweater right now!

[@AlthosWTF]

Trippy video!

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Pretty cool. Like the music, love the video.

[@travkatz]

I can't tell you how much I love this.

[@kevint.5381]

How do I live there

[@foxopossum]

Yeah so good. I know this is a new jam, but yet it somehow takes me back

[@elenaldosbarbosa]

O gênio J. Mascis nunca decepciona! Que álbum incrível.

[@nicolatesla2315]

Effing love

[@kidauxx.evoLoN]

i dont know what the hell i just watch but im a little happy i saw it but also a little traumatized

[@morganchadwick394]

Awesome video!

[@Don_VitO]

This is my dream❤❤❤

[@hnaku8748]

Listening to Mascis will never not be a pleasure.

[@abundantharmony]

meh

[@360.Tapestry]

he definitely has his own signature sound... not a particularly great sound, but it's got the nostalgic vibe going for it, i guess

[@josephellis4006]

The video does a great job of hiding the absolute Blah that is this song..

[@coalblooded]

This is gorgeous.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

For those wondering, the visuals in this music video are AI-generated. That's why they're so bizarre. It looks like they also took the last frame of some segments, put it into the same AI, and told it to create an animation based on that image, which would be why figures occasionally freeze up and cause everything to morph into something a little different.

[@robertcrystals]

yeah, probably in Runway

[@Skitdora2010]

Extra fingers popping up is a dead give away. No artist would draw pointless extra hands and fingers unless a toddler. Animator cheats were 4 finger hands for ease of animation. Energy and time are special constraints for humans.

[@fetaljunk]

It's unfortunate that many here are referring to the creator as the "artist". I like playing with AI art, but though getting all of these clips together might have taken a lot of time and trial and error, the person responsible is more of a "creative director", and not an artist. Of course there are plenty of non-AI "artists" out there that I would never consider as such either.

[@robertcrystals]

@@Skitdora2010 just play with Runway ML for a few hours and you can pick it a mile away. The bulging movements are a giveaway.

[@airofindifference4994]

The whole thing kind'a makes me sad. The references to Jim Henson or Don't hug me I'm Scared. I wonder what the reaction will be to an AI generated J Mascis song? e@@fetaljunk

[@chemistryset1]

These visuals have an Infinite Jest quality about them; i.e. The Entertainment. Incredible, I can't get enough.

[@czwirner]

I feel like theres going to be a lot of 4 year old J Mascis fans soon

[@zephzoota]

This is Del the Funky good to see u with some new shit brother!

[@saravis56]

I need to get smoked up and watch this on a bigger screen.

[@jayshaft3179]

Thanks! I needed that, even if my brain didn't know it.

[@cobblerama]

That was one of the trippiest AI things I ever dreamed.

[@wallymoon666]

~Lyrics~ True sound, way down I won't follow with you I don't follow you Grimace, regress I don't like the outcome I don't want to go Say it's a wasteland Make it a great plan Old friends defend Stance I don't agree, no I don't wanna go Say it's a wasteland Give it the wrong hand No, I won't be back again You belong And say it's coming up again It won't be long If you said it's up to me Make me cry Explain it all and just appear I know the world's behind me I know you had enough of fear, real I know the world mistakes here I know there is no good take on you, you Say it's a wasteland Make it a great plan Old friend, don't bend I can't take another, I won't take it all We're gone and moved on I'm not going back there I'm not gonna crawl Say it's a wasteland Say it's a wasteland

[@justhellbound4206]

I feel like the lyrics were generated with ai too. They don't make much sense. I think they generated the lyrics with ai and then made music that would work with it, and then also generated the music video obviously. Pretty clever either way.

[@ryansturgess5358]

The lyrics make perfect sense if you've ever had to leave a low energy soul sucking relationship. ​@@justhellbound4206

[@wisdomlounge4452]

I'm not sure if it's advisable to view this just before going to bed🌝😳

[@zmaxx21]

I shouldn’t watch this at bedtime since it will give me cotton candy nightmares.

[@djjjjj]

Brilliant video. Made me want to learn AI video. 😊

[@Roflcrabs]

"learn AI video?" You punch in a prompt, make a cup of tea, come back and it's done. There's nothing to learn.

[@djjjjj]

@@Roflcrabs okay. Thanks!

[@shockincj3597]

This song is AMAZING and the video is SOOOO COOL!!! Gettin me into my feels, much love everyone 😎🤙❤️

[@jaysmartin]

Clicked for the video stayed for the tune 🤙🏼

[@teetoys76]

All the Dinosaur art come to life .

[@shroomzzz]

I was a kid who watched MTV from the day it launched up they started doing reality TV. I miss music videos! J rocking this one out!

[@JimmyZorn-r7m]

Jimmy was here valentines day 😔 alone 2024

[@welfaredad]

This is freaking awesome.

[@markfaulkner8965]

This is one of the best LSD wavy gravy videos Ive seen in a loooong time.

[@calamityjana2476]

I wish there was a behind the scenes to how they animated this. It would be cool to see more stuff in this style.

[@Roflcrabs]

It's generated by AI so the behind the scenes would just be a guy sitting at a computer for a couple of hours editing footage crapped out by some algorithm.

[@DaniF-0621]

Sesame Street, Muppet show, Ghostbusters, Spirited away, Space Dandy etc etc

[@thefeelcompany]

That snare sound has to be J.

[@drewdunn2066]

I've loved this guy for over 30 years now. He hasn't changed a bit. Neither have I.

[@zdangermou5e329]

I love this comment. ❤

[@KinseiSensei]

Fuck yeah dude, so good. 🤘🏼😄🤘🏼

[@giacomomari4916]

wow

[@NeuralDagger]

Very cool video, love this track, I'm going to listen to all i can now, but i felt this "Matthew Sweet" vibe and that's a good thing

[@ariad-music]

great song and amazing creative video! brings some joy!

[@likecrazyhorse]

Yeah, that just unlocked some old strychnine in my spine

[@EvaKatzra]

I did not know I needed AI rainbow puppets to barf directly into my eyeballs. Thank you internet person.

[@smalpree]

I thought this was some LSD version of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters ;-)

[@ks_cerealkiller]

This feels like the dreams I have after eating curry and sour gummy worms before bed.