Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky [Official Video]

Featuring: Matt Drews
Directed by Bobby McHugh//\ bobbymchugh.com
Director of Photography: Jacob Rosen
Steadicam Operator: Daniel Mimura
First AC: June Zandona
Choreography: Kate Wallich
Styling: Michele Andrews
Art Director: Christopher Harrell
Edited: Chris Ophoven
Color: Bryan Smaller
Production Coordinator: Max Cleary
Very special thanks to Maria Bianco
biancoartists.com
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[@nihilismmatters]

I’ve been listening to this song for four years and today I realized how amazing and weird it would be to sing this at karaoke. Anyway, love you guys and thanks for being part of such important of my life.

[@joshyeung.]

it'd be fun to make a karaoke version of this... might do it for fun one day and put it on youtube

[@joshyeung.]

Karaoke version of Beautiful Blue Sky - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnephWhjaKl4mdk

[@joshbutts3143]

its quite hard to sing without running out of breath! "hows the family hows the family hows the family hows the family fancy seeing you here fancy seeing you here...." etc

[@MeatSnax]

​@@joshbutts3143I just watched a live performance of this and I never figured that he's actually gotta sing all that. I guess I assumed he just put it on a looper

[@megsky1980]

I always perceived “how’s the family, how’s your health been, how’s the church, how’s the job, fancy seeing you here, time went off again, beautiful weather today’ as an annotation of the everyday brief conversations you have with people to pass time. Idk how to explain it. Just the same old questions being thrown around day to day

[@NishiA7X]

Same

[@megsky1980]

@@forbehshad yes same x

[@ineffablemars]

@@megsky1980 same

[@TheSaltyGendo]

They are that if they are asked out of ettiquete and not because of genuine curiosity or sympathy.

[@crumble20]

Yes!

[@ania6094]

beautiful melodies, beautiful song, beautiful video, beautiful dance, beautiful weather today

[@302foundd]

This song makes me punch the air every time. I love it.

[@Nerromakuol]

Fancy seeing you here, fancy new hair, fancy new hair. There's no way back now!

[@gbrs6280]

With the light coming down over your shoulders Saying, "What is that sensation? What is that sensation?" With the light coming down over your shoulders Saying, "What is that sensation? What does that sign say?" War plane Condo New development Time again People coming up They been together now And time again I feel alright War plane Condo Oil freighter New development I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright Well, how's the family? How's the family? How's the family? How's the family? How's your health been? How's your health been? How's your health been? How's your health been? Fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here Time and off again, time and off again, time and off again, time and off again Beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today How's the church? How's the job? How's the church? How's the job? How's the family? How's the family? How's the family? How's the family? Beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today Fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here Time and off again, time and off again, time and off again, time and off again It's all that we have, it's all that we have Just that and the big, beautiful blue sky I'm no longer afraid to die Cause that is all that I have left Yes! Yes! And I'm no longer afraid to dance tonight Cause that is all that I have left Yes! Yes! War plane Condo New development Time again People coming up They been together now And time again I feel alright War plane Condo Oil freighter New development I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright Beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today Time and off again, time and off again, time and off again, time and off again Fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here How's the church? How's the job? How's the church? How's the job? How's the family? How's the family? How's the family? How's the family? Fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here, fancy seeing you here Beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today, beautiful weather today Time and off again, time and off again, time and off again, time and off again Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, nice to meet you, nice to meet you Time and off again, time and off again, time and off again, time and off again It's all that we have, it's all that we have Just that and the big, beautiful blue sky I'm no longer afraid to die Cause that is all that I have left Yes! Yes! And I'm no longer afraid to dance tonight Cause that is all that I have left Yes! Yes!

[@krrrcht]

beautiful weather today

[@reptariguess]

+krrrcht beautiful weather today

[@Rohan-yn2ts]

beautiful weather today

[@GlenKnedlik]

beautiful weather today

[@Pygmy_God]

Beautiful weather today

[@ColeKerr]

Beautiful weather today

[@mauonline]

Great song. It reminds me a lot of Life Without Buildings.

[@blondedorange5713]

3 years later, i find this comment, and i am blessed by this comment.

[@makkietakkie]

@@blondedorange5713 so am i, i thought the same

[@tommyo.3535]

"If I lose you in the street, if I lose you in the street" "How's the family? How's the family?"

[@gioTheX]

Thanks

[@philipslimak5675]

One of the most important songs ever written and yet to be understood by many

[@ZAPOMAGO]

still trying to find out some explanation, can you expand on the subject for me please?

[@philipslimak5675]

@@ZAPOMAGO it's all about the world perspective it conveys. This is a song about acceptance. It's a rare value found in modern discourse. And it's also all about HOW it's been written and performed. What words the guys found to express it. I was saying primarily about the fact that the song is quite unknown

[@ZAPOMAGO]

I like it alot

[@philipslimak5675]

@@ZAPOMAGO cheers mate :)

[@clayguy33]

He had me at warplane, condo

[@selfempower3960]

Matt Drews is an incredible mover

[@lucasazevedodecastrobonfa1723]

My favorite song from 2015, glad to see they made a music video for it

[@unclebitchie]

Yeah, I love it, too. Definitely one of my top songs of the year.

[@SunshineClementine]

Oh my gosh, haven't heard this in awhile and will never, ever stop listening to it! Love! x

[@Kris-cl5nl]

I wrote a song with my bf's daughter (she was 10 at the time). She wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music. I was looking for it here today on YT and couldn't find it. It was called "clear blue sky" found this instead :) googled them and learned they broke up and some members started a new band.

[@nickwest_acoustic]

This song makes me weep uncontrollably and I don’t know why

[@LordTetsuoShima]

2:58 "I'm no longer afraid to die...That is all that I have left... YES...YES" "And I'm no longer afraid to dance tonight,...Cause that is all that I have left... YES...YES"

[@ivanblanton081]

FUCKING LOVE THIS

[@Ramone_JiuJitsu]

My Favorite part!

[@calixtonavarro31]

This is one of my favorite songs to listen to while I'm going for a run.

[@deniserogers1936]

Just beautiful

[@euphemiaknw7696]

same as it ever was

[@ryanbrown2556]

Bruh literally put it on right after I heard this for the first time because it genuinely feels like The Talking Heads started this genre in rock music. Shout out to you for peeping the vibes🤘🏽

[@selfempower3960]

not in a bad way.

[@ineffablemars]

fancy seeing you here

[@henrycordy]

Magnificent song!!

[@auroraborealisz]

im glad i found this

[@Rohan-yn2ts]

fancy seeing you here

[@micmoh1462]

Rad song for everyday meditation

[@allcitiesarebeautiful]

one of the most beautiful songs ever written!!! YES!!!

[@DarrellLEE-uw3fz]

#allcitiesarebeautiful Yes!....

[@StrangeMachines1]

Yes.. yes!!

[@timhouston1638]

You should go dancing!

[@artboyee]

Reminds me of The Fall

[@28Josereyes]

Such a masterpiece! Incredible song and music video! 🎸🥁

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

I like the part when he says "Yes!"

[@DeeDude]

He sounds very passionate about it

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

@@DeeDude Yessss!

[@666benhicks]

Giving this another blast in respects to my boys Ought calling it quits today. Remember like it was yesterday hearing this song for the first time after a brutal breakup. Have never cranked a song louder. "I feel alright, I feel alright. I feel alright, I feel alright"

[@deepdriedinkelvin]

aww sorry to hear, this was my most listening to song on Spotify last year

[@MeatSnax]

Bummer that they broke up, but I feel like Ought is one of those bands that will splinter off into like 6 just as good bands like Duster or Cap'n Jazz

[@iammrbeat]

How's the family?

[@slomber7034]

How's the family?

[@ryandeeken1554]

@@slomber7034 How's the family?

[@nhourmess]

@@ryandeeken1554 How's the family?

[@blacctheangrypope958]

@@nhourmess How's the family?

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

Fancy seeing you here!

[@deathbyzen]

Chet Hanks is a helluva dancer

[@selvanegrra]

This is the exact way I'm feeling right now. Also, it's sunny outside.

[@pitfighter871]

Spaces and Languages are going together

[@megzma1989]

Saw these guys recently, this song is just as beautiful live

[@hedasnoujammer]

This is soooo The Fall… but still great. I can almost hear Mark E Smith in this song.

[@suzie5813]

I'm not complaining.

[@hedasnoujammer]

' but still great' was not the right wording. I love The Fall and this song 😍

[@bigkspicy8257]

A lot of people are saying this sounds just like The Fall. I'm not too familiar with them but I very much hope that comparison is true because I would love to hear more songs like this! Could you point me to a track or an album that sounds similar?

[@hedasnoujammer]

@@bigkspicy8257 There might be better examples. But first songs that come to mind is: "C 'n C's Mithering" and "New Face In Hell" from the "Grotesque" album. Or "Get A Hotel" from "The Frenz Experiment" album.

[@AirBallers31]

Will I ever listen to a song I love more than this?

[@providief]

the song made me dance this way today and i hadn't yet seen the video. great piece of work. thank you

[@gbrs6280]

will replay this song as long as i'll be no longer afraid to die

[@DeeDude]

Love from the U.S.

[@eworthington100]

Reminds me a bit of the absurdist old school punk like television and talking heads.

[@naesatt]

Ethan Worthington reminds me of Iggy Pop.....❤

[@stuartpotterton6701]

Definate marquee moon influence... unltimately leading to some dissappointment when tom verlaine doesnt fly in with a solo. But i still liked it.

[@thelert]

And Henry Rollins, Lou Reed. I really like this!!

[@flapjack6495]

I was thinking the same thing! talking heads!

[@hautepumpernickel]

Also a bit of the Fall

[@harryburrows2112]

Almost made me cry... almost.

[@feliciaff1009]

I know this feeling 🤝

[@AlmiNia]

this is beautiful.

[@worrywirt]

this song and video are tailor-made for me. Thank you

[@NoMusicTheory]

fits like a glove

[@smartaleci]

This song had me at hello 🥰

[@Samodrei]

this is the most beautiful video i've seen in a while. i'm almost in tears

[@plus2986]

love this song so good live as well

[@artifactsandfungus1424]

Just saw the film "Seconds". Made me think of this song.

[@alwayslate444]

loved every second

[@hectordorantes9988]

When he says yes it sounds as if Kim Gordon was singing

[@cassmoore4719]

Yes

[@Efro1632]

YES. I was trying to place that.

[@ck675]

Can not unhear, holy shit

[@celiaayneto9232]

yes

[@tinakeil2567]

love the movement in the video (and the music of course)

[@stevenventon7520]

Reminds me alot of the fall amazing song the vocalist sounds just like theirs

[@fernandar.2481]

I feel alright I feel alright I feel alright feel alright I feel alright I feel alright

[@Ch4ins4w]

YESSSSSS

[@onlyyesterday1967]

Lovely

[@masanggerjunioridhogusti8837]

me to my friends after quarantine: "fancy new hair, fancy new hair, fancy new hair"

[@TheRemedyR0ckZ83]

Fancy seeing you here

[@ricardokool1]

just great

[@DarrellLEE-uw3fz]

( Ed Sullivan) Voice.😂😂😂

[@juanpalerm6436]

So a few years ago, this was not the video. There was a video with a blind girl and it was mesmerizing and beautiful...now I cant find it. Not official? Too controversial? It was a beautiful video.

[@deepdriedinkelvin]

fucking love this band

[@TimothyStabers]

mde never dies (happy fathers day)

[@eloi.G]

Nick foreva

[@selfempower3960]

i am back again, i am back again, i am back again...... you get the gist. So fucking good xxxx

[@alexhumphries4057]

Love this. It gives me Flowered Up - Weekender vibes but with different questions What could be better than that?

[@kuronblue]

people who hate small talk: ANGRY NOISES

[@therealrobin8128]

what kind of mental state do i have to be in to find this band appealing ( saying it in a good way)

[@ck675]

Imo - acceptance and perseverance. Deciding to accept optimism despite the contrary

[@MachineTube18]

Sky is nice and blue today in PA. almost past this year, just a bit more to go.

[@unwound9869]

The Fall must be one of their influences…

[@3angelmiike]

TUNE!!

[@leenhares]

havin' eargasms

[@joshyeung.]

Karaoke version of this song - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnephWhjaKl4mdk

[@Anthony-v6Anthony__9e3]

Heads up: crucial information about refunds

[@SyrupBuccaneer]

GOD I STILL LOVE THIS FUCKING ALBUM

[@Betty-u4Betty___3g]

This serves as formal notification of the successful receipt of the BTC transaction.

[@oaoj835]

fancy your new hair

[@delilablack5921]

LIKE.

[@Paul_484x]

Your funds went on a walk, here's how to bring them back home.

[@DanteOlivieri]

Fancy you here

[@edwardspence5361]

That is me when I go to tesco and there are no jaffa cakes

[@lishi9528]

zen

[@tonychaez420Sexfood]

When I first hear this I thought it was the hold steady

[@What-vr6lp]

Reminds me of Sonic Youth

[@matthewrobison4109]

Little Storyboard P influence? Either way it’s cool.

[@boredomes]

now THIS is ripping off the fall

[@williamc8801]

Inspired by more like. Nothing wrong with that when this is the result.

[@mightguy123456]

Wouldn’t say “ripping off”, but yes-Ought is heavily influenced by The Fall and many other art punk bands.

[@miguel-vo1cb]

It’s only the way he sings sounds a lot like mark e smith vocals, instrumentally this band sounds nothing like the fall

[@kolinevans9127]

What how did I miss the clip?

[@jeanpierrenossa2653]

Yo, they Broke up today

[@thekoala038]

HOWS THE WEATHER HOWS THE WEATHER HOWS THE WEATHER

[@worrywirt]

he reminds me of james mcavoy

[@Nancy__1umj]

Hey, I have some great news I can't wait to tell you!

[@educamell]

It’s like I wrote those lyrics.

[@daveyhu]

They way I'd imagined it, you could *smell* that oil freighter watching the video. Everything would take place outside in daylight to a sunny, flawlessly blue sky. Maybe some grainy, 70s footage for visuals. Love the song, hate the video :(

[@lukepenner8804]

I would've been perfectly fine if Ought didn't pick up on the fad of interpretive-dance music videos. It's gonna take me a while to be able to listen to this song without seeing this Justin Timberlake-ass dude passin' the orb and shit. Who am I kidding this is still one of the best songs ever but this video is still "Lotus Flower" level bad.

[@dalehawkins9324]

i think the idea is that he's figuring it out... the song is that... it's shit... you're lost... but there's a way to figure it out, ride it out... that's my takeaway

[@franklinhaubrich2565]

Yeh I agree. Or I don't necessarily think the video is bad, but I simply hated watching it. It was depressing and boring.

[@videohole8569]

I respectfully disagree. I find it absolutely beautiful, everything about this video is something I love.

[@franklinhaubrich2565]

fair enough!

[@AudhamEnThaTokyo]

I've loved that song for a while and regularly listen to it, but it's the first time I'm watching the video. I 100% agree with you. Boring, artsy interpretive dance's been ruining things for too long. This has to stop.

[@jamesgreen4984]

Pp

[@alejandrouribe6680]

this band broke up today, sad, why it be like this. I am bout to throw up and puke on milk

[@lewisparrin3467]

Poor man's Mark E. Smith.

[@michaelmoran5346]

EXACTLY!!!!!!! Damn, kids, get some perspective and stop copying so completely. Spot on, Lewis. I was heading down the list to write exactly what you wrote.

[@JoeProulx]

It's too bad that you think that, cause I love this. I get what you're saying, and of course he's listened to The Fall a lot in his day. And Talking Heads. And Television. But, I honestly don't care if the point he's making is fantastic and the instrumental is great too. That's just me though.

[@tylerhowell1009]

Lewis Parrin I prefer Ought's music over The Fall, but that's just me.

[@artboyee]

RIP Mark... someday the kids will stumble on the genius of your work.

[@WisGuy4]

I saw the band Ought at a concert this past Friday, August 18th and discovered that they have turned the ordinary process of becoming a professional musician/artist/artisan/writer/actor/performer, etc... (i.e. study the craft, practice, receive instruction, practice some more, gain proficiency, develop an unique perspective, then become professional) on its head. Here's the likely conversation that started off this band, featuring Tim Darcy (vocals, guitar), Ben Stidworthy (bass guitar), and Matt May (keyboards). Timmy-Timmy Darcy: Boys! Boys! I have a FABULOUS! idea! Now that we have instruments, let's start a band, start touring, and become ROCK STARS! Ben Stidworthy: Uhhh, Timmy-Timmy, we've only had a few lessons and have been playing for only a few months. We'd need to practice for years and learn how to play. You can't even play Smoke on the Water yet. Matt May: Yeah, Benny's right. I can sorta play Jingle Bells and Chopsticks, but that's about it. Sorry Timmy-Timmy, but we're about a million miles away from being good enough to become rock stars. Do you even know the difference between a note and a chord? You can't be a rock star if you can only play one or two chords. Timmy-Timmy: Ooooh Matty! [pouts and whines] - you don't know anything! This is the year 2011! You don't need to know how to play instruments to be a rock star! The Black Keys have plenty of two-chord songs and even a one-chord song on El Camino, and they sold millions of albums! What about Maroon 5? They play the same couple of three or four chord rhythms for all of their songs, just spent a few minutes coming up with some catchy vocal harmonies, and they're the biggest rock band in the world! I'm tall and svelte just like Adam Levine, and I think I'm prettier! Ben: Uhhhhm...... Timmy-Timmy: And boys! I have been practicing MY MOVES! I have spent hundreds of hours in front of a mirror grooving, and dancing and vamping! I can look so DREAMY! and deep, you'd just cry if you saw all my MOVES! And have you seen what BEAUTIFUL skin I have? I don't even have a beard yet! I probably won't need to shave until I'm some really old, middle-aged dude, like when I'm 31! Sometimes when I look in the mirror I get so pretty, I just start to sob! Matt: Well, he does walk with a sexier sway than my girlfriend. Ben: And he really is prettier than the last two girls I dated. Matt: You know that guy Tim Keen? I hear he's a pretty good drummer and he's been in a band before - maybe if we could get him to play with us, we could actually do this. If we have one person who knows how to play, maybe we can fool people into thinking we're a real band. Timmy-Timmy: I don't know about that. I'm the only one who can be called Timmy-Timmy! I'm the Real Timmy-Tiimmy! Ben: Ok, no problem, we'll just call him something else. ...... And thus Ought was born. ======================== It is very clear that those who are fans of this band have absolutely no knowledge of music, whatsoever. I have seen well over 400 guitar-oriented blues and rock acts in the past four decades, and dozens more concerts of various other types of music from bluegrass to classical to jazz. I have seen a few groups that were more off-key (probably because they were blitzed out of their minds) but never once have I seen any group who so obviously did not know how to play their instruments. This summer I saw a high school alt-rock/punk band that averaged about 14 years of age. The 15 year-old girl who was the band's lead guitarist, had exponentially more talent playing a cheap Ibanez clone than pretty-boy Timmy Darcy had playing his sweet Telecaster - honestly, it would be like comparing a mediocre Pop Warner player with a decent Division III starting player. When I saw Ought warm up for The New Pornographers (themselves not possessing an overabundance of talent, notwithstanding their several heavily-played radio hits), my buddy and I turned to each other and we both exclaimed something to the effect of "These guys don't actually know how to play." We both commented that the band's pretty-boy face did not seem to know how to string together more than two chords per song. There were a couple of vapid teenagers there who were jumping around dancing (to what, I'm not sure), but for those of the audience who were actually paying attention, more of them had a puzzled or bored look to their faces. We started talking with some guys who were well into their 30s and they too, were amazed that no one in this band other than the drummer seemed to have a clue about what to do with their instruments - they also noticed all the one or two-chord songs and the fact that Tim Darcy seemed a hell of a lot more into his style than his music. While I don't think that Ought will ever become a household name, I think they are a very clear-cut example of what has gone wrong with music over the past 10 to 15 years. With the rise of the singing contest reality TV shows like American Idol and The Voice, control of the music industry seems to have shifted from a focus on the 15-30 male demographic to the 12-40 female demographic. Most women and girls these days like hearing a pretty voice and want a pretty face to go with that voice. They don't give a rat's arse about musicianship, unless the musician is on a reality TV show and is a child prodigy. And much of the younger male demographic is now viewed as being fans of hip-hop, which is also not a source of musicianship, where simplistic rhyming, angry gesticulating, plagiaristic sampling, and brash misogynistic boasting takes the place of artistry, genuine creativity, and skill . So what has happened to rock as a genre? It has died. I'll prove this by suggesting a comparison of a laughed-at pop band from decades past to what passes nowadays as a "rock" superstar group. What was the most ridiculed band of the 80's? It would have to be Flock of Seagulls, wouldn't it? Let's take their two most famous songs, I Ran (So Far Away) and Space Age Love Song, and compare them to the two most up-tempo, "rocking" Maroon 5 songs you care to name. What will we find? Yep, that band of Brit-pop doofuses with the ridiculous hair have much more complex, aggressive and interesting guitar passages (i.e. solos, something that is altogether absent from the music of the so-called biggest "rock" band in the world nowadays) than Adam Levine and company, ones that display vastly more musical talent than that guy who plays "lead" guitar in Levine's band (whatever his name is - he's completely interchangeable with any of hundreds or thousands of other guys who mail-in their rhythm guitar performances). Honestly, go do a google search for some karaoke versions of Maroon 5 songs - you'll hear the same 3 or 4-chord background rhythms on all their songs and it will be hard to tell them apart - their songs have vocal harmonies, but no tunes. Sure, Adam Levine is one of the most charismatic individuals and financially successful entertainers on the planet, but let's be honest, if no one had ever heard of him, none of the judges on his show would turn their chairs for his singing. I'm sure Ought would cite to Velvet Underground and other artsy-dull bands that poseur/wannabe types always claim as influences, all those guys really want to do is be Maroon 5. Tim Darcy, to do that, you'll need to learn one or two more chords per song. And come up with some slightly catchier hooks and harmonies. So you'd basically have to double your musical repertoire. Given how simplistic and limited your skills as musicians are, it wouldn't actually take a whole lot more to be twice the group you are now. Go get some lessons with talented music teachers and I bet you'd be able to double or triple the complexity of your music in just a week or two.

[@13nmt]

I couldn't agree more. Such a shame.

[@xavierjones9735]

your old and irrelevant lol

[@WisGuy4]

"your old and irrelevant lol [sic]" Little boy, be polite or I'll have your mommy take her iPhone back and then no internet for you. Learn something about music and you'll see that my comments that the members of Ought are talentless are completely accurate. Learn something about grammar and you won't post comments that look like they were typed by an 8 year-old who repeated first grade twice. Grow up a bit and you will realize that guys don't use phrases like "LOL" - you sound like a pre-teen girl or a spinster cat lady.

[@leonardodondi3529]

WisGuy4 Conceited

[@leonardodondi3529]

WisGuy4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3XLd4x6aZqIqtU

[@hazmat151]

what is this i don't even

[@RukiDance]

Nothing to do with absurdity, lol