Neko Case "People Got A Lotta Nerve"

Neko Case Music Video "People Got A Lotta Nerve"
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[@circling-girl]

I love the lyrics to this song, honestly, because you have to realize that Neko isn't saying that she's a man-eater. She's literally singing from the animal's perspective. This song is about animals going insane from being kept in captivity and then killing people, and her wondering why anyone is surprised by this. So great, I love the subject matter that she chooses!

[@diojiwoolf4723]

I think it's comparing her experience with relationships to a frustrated animal lashing out against captivity. I don't think it's the animal rights anthem we've been looking for.

[@YaelTiferet]

@@diojiwoolf4723 as someone who is very much not an animal "rights" person (animal welfare is another matter) I don't think you have to believe that meat is murder and nobody should ever own pets to think people are stupid for not expecting mistreated, caged wild animals in bad zoos to want to eat them.

[@diojiwoolf4723]

@@YaelTiferet What? I'm just saying she's using caged wild animals as a metaphor in the song. It's a parable not an anthem.

[@danzinder179]

@@diojiwoolf4723 definitely a metaphor in a few directions. Also a huge FU to Hall and Oates.

[@fjdubya5726]

I've always identified with those elephants who get SICK and TIRED of performing to the expectations of others.

[@ianfink2751]

I remember my mother listing to this song often while I was in the backseat of the car. I remember a few of the lyrics and decided to search for it. I almost gave up until discovering this, still great like I remembered. Thank you mom!

[@matthewsan78]

Whoever did this should do all of Neko's videos. The style just fits her music so perfectly! Love it.

[@lelehart3]

Her music is so refreshing and the melody just rings like bells all around. Its really really nice. I just love her.

[@bookjunk]

I could not agree more. Her work is always interesting and wonderful, but she really nailed it with Nothing to Remember. Not only is the song itself hauntingly beautiful, it also ties in perfectly with the spirit of the film. Just all-around awesome.

[@comradehermit9320]

I love it. Reminds me of those old Madeline books. Maybe a wee bit darker. I love it.

[@PeachesTV]

twelve little girls, in two straight lines...

[@humanearthling1484]

I think it's the artist Julie Morstad

[@susanware1988]

I used to watch this wonderful video years ago and have just spent an hour or two trawling through Neko's videos to find it as I'd forgotten the title. As soon as I saw the words 'People Got a Lotta Nerve', I knew I'd found it again.

[@FrIgHtNiGhT71]

This song is SOOO good!!!

[@MysticalChicken]

I saw her live (for the first time) earlier tonight and she played this song with this video on the screen behind her; it was the first time I saw the video and I had to see if KZbin had it, since I loved it to pieces.

[@RichLeighton]

Every time I listen to Neko Case, I instantly feel positive about humanity again! :-)

[@JennMartinelli]

Agreed - I love her!

[@SouthernSara7]

Let me listen to this ONE more time...after I have already listened to it a thousand.

[@andaloudog]

What a beautiful album.

[@101Volts]

I just bought her new album yesterday. I'm enjoying it so far, Gotta love the booklet that came with it too. (Dated July 10, 2009)

[@yomama9567]

Miss Neko, I love this new version of your video. I think that you are trying to encompass all of "civilized" ways. Always, a beautiful voice

[@jumpsuitjesus]

Seen her for the second time on monday night. She was looking fine, sounding great and drunk as hell. Oh, she was with My Morning Jacket as well. Great show.

[@WildCat2002Russ]

@premick22 That would make sense too. Some people don't understand that wild animals are unpredictable at times and they end up being injured or worse. I really like the song. This one is on my favorites.

[@1peterosboro]

She's got some Stevie Nicks in there, which isn't a bad thing :)

[@ivanova2505]

Ok, I came here because of Scott Pilgrim and stuff. In his last volumen they mentioned this group as an inspiration and now I'm in love with this.

[@letusbelennon]

this is so neko. I love her. Listen to that voice! magic

[@sidDkid87]

Public Radio helped me discover Neko Case! And I can NEVER repay that favor. Neko Rules!!! People Got A Lot Of Nerve listening to commercial radio : )`

[@roneugenius]

She's an American Treasure in this lost forgotten good country...

[@jerrygu5316]

Make America Neko Again!

[@LordSprakIV]

So... just make everyone in America be Neko Case? There's a cause I can get behind!

[@Mr.Saltwater]

She's Canadian.

[@LordSprakIV]

Nah, she's from the US. She's just a member of a Canadian band

[@Me24Eric]

Definitely American, but an honorary Canadian. lol

[@blahblah14u]

Lovely tune. Great song!

[@RF-bc4ij]

I love this! She's so talented!

[@dcardenal]

Beautiful animation, like a Victorian field manual. Love the greyhounds and falcons.

[@z1522]

There are very few singer/songwriters who create something that exists on another plane, where the whole is greater, more mysterious and evocative than the words or melody alone. For me, Kate Bush could do this decades earlier; Neko is a modern evocateur, in the same vein - songs are simultaneously gorgeous, lush, while the words tell an entirely contradictory story. Tom Waits, entirely different in every respect, and earlier Springsteen as well, managed this magical trick.

[@MsSilentfairy]

what can i say except that she gets the point across, in the best way and i have shared.....xo

[@kokorokoprinz]

@polarfleecy I almost went to school at Acadia University in Wolfville, though I'm American, and as I visited Nova Scotia, there was a beautiful loneliness to the land that you described. Brought me back. Thank you.

[@ratanx]

So this girl is caught in an endless loop? Great video, great song. Middle Cyclone might be my favorite Neko album yet.

[@sunshine91671]

really awesome video for this great song!

[@Ashlady2u]

Love this song

[@101Volts]

"You know, they call them _killer_ whales..."

[@grakamachelle8039]

"It will end again in bullets fired..."

[@danzinder179]

I'm a little late to the game here but this might be my favorite verse in any song.

[@bluesharpandy]

Wonderful Video! Neko Case is great!

[@mkzayzay]

this song is far too short, but oh how i love it.

[@sidDkid87]

@tomaperson nah, Neko is not saying "don't f*#k with animals" . . . she's saying "don't be shocked if the animals act like animals when you f*#k with them" . . . perfect example is the guy (Treadwell) who thought that he could live with Grizzly Bears, regrets? he's had a few . . .

[@crustycarl35]

THIS SONG IS SO KATCHY I LOVE IT ❤❤❤

[@DougM63]

best gray day music ever made....thanks Neko.

[@lejci38]

so cute video, great!!!

[@diojiwoolf4723]

It's crazy to me that this song predicts the exact circumstances of the Seaworld Killer Whale attack years before it happened...

[@lirikk6452]

2018 ...Love...

[@jhnhcks57]

Hooray!

[@Osiris3657]

great song

[@mellowlimelight]

You're right-- I didn't even really appreciate Neko Case until I listened to her while I was out in the country.

[@mangoliouskiwi]

@MindfreakMCR Agreed! Years before! She's awesome!

[@101Volts]

I don't own any of her albums just yet. I like this song though and the artistic qualities in her music videos are astounding. (Comment dated July Fifth, 2009)

[@cleanslate2004]

the man song seemed like Punk Fusion Pop, and this one more more like Indie fusion Pop. Variety is good, resists getting stuck !

[@kcbomber]

@UncleIrv Not to split hairs, but Buck Owens' 1954 recording of "Louisiana Swing" with Bud Hobbs was considered the genesis of the Bakersfield Sound. Haggard helped popularize it in the early 60s, but he didn't "form" it. Although, I surely agree with your sentiment in the comment. Modern mainstream country doesn't sound like country at all.

[@keithmainjr9736]

deep as it gets ❤

[@walkiewawtmire627]

This is the song that WXPN used to feature, one of the few 'XPN gets right these days.

[@walkiewawtmire627]

This is a great song---Animal Rights!

[@carolyntalbot947]

Anthem-worthy.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

@GetmGhost Agreed. Her lyrics are so often so dark and disturbing, juxtaposed against what's often upbeat, cheerful music, they're almost perverse.

[@bradfield2266]

It’s what she does best! She really knows how to put the GORE in gorgeous.

[@yadwig]

Lyrics So the saying says An elephant never forgets Standing in the concrete cave Swaying side and sing They walked over the ocean And their dreams they dreamed awake Until the lights grew dim Until the cop cars came Everybody tells me this is crazy, yes I know But I'm a man man man man man man man eater But still you're surprised when I eat ya You know they call them killer whales But you seem surprised When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank Where you can't turn around It took half your leg and both your lungs And I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it I'm a man, man, man, man, man, man, man eater But still you're surprised when I eat ya It will end again in moonlit song It will end again in moonlit song

[@burdbrane2861]

Lyric corrections..... So the saying says An elephant never forgets Standing in a concrete cave Swaying sad and insane. ............ It will end again in bullets fired It will end again in bullets fired.

[@THFC4JB]

I really do love Neko.

[@DTevr89]

I'm really starting to like this song!! :D

[@101Volts]

And now The New Pornographers are one of my favorite bands. I am just getting started buying albums from each member's solo careers/other bands.

[@markwitte303]

2022-3 still a great song.

[@DragonballRegeneration]

Interesting, video.

[@ManuelTavares]

Cool ...

[@101Volts]

Drowning out worlds of confusion, misinterpretation and whatnot...

[@ewgwf]

Really? I loved them instantly... :)

[@BodeVanLot]

Lyrics remind me of Margaret Atwood's "Siren Song". I love the contrast between the upbeat rhythm and the dark theme.

[@voidedsoup]

@jonwin105 Neko Case left me to discover how awesome Neko Case is.

[@DougM63]

Thought of this right away.......

[@OoMASEoO]

Catchy song. And in the words of Chris Rock, "That killer whale didn't go crazy! That killer whale went KILLER WHALE!"

[@Cutecrusher25]

Damn this song is a lot better than I remember.

[@101Volts]

Keep listening, Give her music a chance. It took me almost two months to become a fan of The New Pornographers, A band she sings with sometimes. My point is you can't really judge music until you've given it a lot of time.

[@TheAutisticCat]

In your case persistence paid off.

[@michaeljosephmerritt7611]

I learned that Neko Case is really saying she is a Man Eater. I you listen to Hold On, Hold On, she is saying the same thing. She attracts men, but, she is a punisher.

[@realvsmith]

💖

[@tjconr2132]

trippy, dark, interesting animation

[@Charlie-jl7fb]

'People got a lotta nerve' [Verse 1] So the saying says, "an elephant never forgets" Standing in a concrete cave, swaying sad and insane They walked over the ocean in their dreams they dream awake Until the lights grew dim, until the cop cars came Everybody tells me, this is crazy, yes, I know it [Chorus] I'm a man-man-man, man-man-man-eater But still you're surprised-prised-prised when I eat ya [Verse 2] You know they call them killer whales But you seem surprised when it pinned you down To the bottom of the tank, where you can't turn around It took half your leg and both your lungs When I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it [Chorus] I'm a man-man-man, man-man-man-eater But still you're surprised-prised-prised when I eat ya Yes, I'm a man-man-man, man-man, man-eater But still you're surprised-prised-prised when I eat ya [Outro] It will end again in bullets fired It will end again in bullets fired

[@MegaLittlebrick]

[@101Volts]

Yes, Persistence pays off very much when it comes to music. For me, The best music takes time to appreciate and The New Pornographers turned out to be jewels. I just had to do some digging and now with a little more digging it has led to even more music I enjoy.

[@RaoulDuke504RC]

Yep, me too.

[@RohelineEesti]

thumbs up if KZbin left you to discover how awesome Neko Case is

[@101Volts]

Well, They first caught my attention in early October last year and then I got their albums Challengers and Electric Version on Christmas. Honestly, They didn't interest me much until I bought Twin Cinema on January Third or so. I then listened to Twin Cinema for a month and a half before enjoying Challengers and then it took another two months and a week before I liked Electric Version. I bought Mass Romantic sometime in April or May and just started liking it in the last month or so.

[@circling-girl]

I love that the tiger ate the little girls who were brushing him.

[@theotherhands]

all songs on that album are too short!!!

[@MuffintopWarrior]

What the fucking shit did I just watch!?!?!? ....What ever it was I strangely compelled to watch it again....strange.

[@Esieron45]

@101Volts same here i listen to it every 8 seconds.

[@brianstrain3888]

I just heard this song at my local McDonalds.

[@orangelemonade5830]

i know it's been a while since this song but can anyone recommend me any more of her songs that have a similar vibe to this?

[@wildmercuryfilms]

It doesn’t have a similar vibe, but “Margaret vs Pauline” is my favorite Neko song.

[@Southsideslayer]

Also I like your username is awesome! Is the shell of the turtle made of bacon or did you cook something that looks like it or is there such a food as turtle bacon!!!?

[@DaveFeinComedy]

FMIII..kay

[@Pictor100]

I love the ironic ending in this video. Earlier on in the song, Neko relates how people think she's a maneater, and then she ends up getting eaten herself! Gotta love her sense of humour!

[@bradfield2266]

This is not about Neko at all, it’s all 100% literal-she wrote it about people being too stupid to realize that certain wild animals can be really deadly. That’s it. No metaphor, not Neko-as-wild-animal, or woman-as-maneater.

[@hooskerdu1]

I think it's safe to say that you missed the point of the song..

[@americandevil]

10,000 Maniacs

[@wowbobwow37]

Been a fan of Neko through The New Pornographers, but am pleased that True Blood has brought in a mess of new fans to this force of nature.

[@spinningreelsofrhyme]

Neko is a genius...

[@Bifftannen26]

I hope VH1 Never plays this video i'd hate for them to ruin this i love this song

[@101Volts]

@ChoyceFamily Unusual? Keep listening, You may become hooked on it. That's how I ended up liking so many artists.

[@byronbrown11]

i heard this before she was famous

[@shimmysgirl]

Actually, it's Julie and Paul Morstad

[@HannahWho]

Someone pleeeaaaassse tell me the artist for this video. i've been in love with this art since i was 9 and i want to know who did the illustrations!! thanks x

[@lwilson9383]

Julie Morstad

[@emilycosgrove1656]

So for Christmas I'm putting together a playlist of some of the most important songs for me and my dad (it's his present) and when I was little I used to say I had a list of my "scary songs" I don't know why I called them that I wasn't afraid of them😂 for some odd some reason this song was on there at the bottom tier of scariness (oh yeah I ranked them based on how "scary" they were) but I remembered how much I loved this song. But I could not for the life of me find it I've been searching for an hour because I could only remember the verse "man man man eater" keep in mind I was like three or four when this song came out we don't listen to it often enough for me to remember the actual title because when I was little I just called it man eater...Normally in that situation I ask my dad but I couldn't ask him because duh. So I went back into his deep Spotify playlists (best of the 2000s) to try and find either the song or the artist. I finally found the song that I remembered and thought it was it. I listened to it and immediately knew it wasn't the song (I still really like that song we used to listen to that one too it was "I'm an Animal") but that it was definitely the artist. So I looked at the list of her songs and went through the lyrics for all of them till I finally found it I'm not even kidding I started crying. 😂

[@astrocupid3345]

so underrated tho

[@kristenbrutto1]

:)

[@Iman_mohamadreza]

morality Lady.

[@Gunnar-Peterson]

@GetmGhost She was nominated for a Grammy.

[@Issicra]

Yes... it's a great song. Without looking, I'm guessing this is the same artist/animator that did the Fox Confessor artwork / videos.

[@g33kthegirl]

Is the animation in this video done by Julie Morstad?

[@godjihyoplssteponme4285]

I saw this song when I was at Buffalo Wild Wings