Seems so slow

[@MrMajorTime]

"How far can you throw a stone?" "Don't know; never missed yet..." Fascinating for me is that within each Flash incarnation, we see a man developing techniques to handle the eerie consequences of accelerated speed-both physical AND psychological. For each advance there is a new set of adjustments to assimilate. The character grows into his own ever-increasing abilities, constantly evolving, learning about himself. Ironically, even Flashes' colors are STOP and CAUTION, never just an abandoned GO!

[@Tidepod_Prince]

Probably one of the best analysis about the Flash

[@kaiyedy828]

“How far can you throw a stone? Dunno I haven’t missed yet” I feel stupid, because I don’t get this?

[@djantouahmed7319]

"How far can you throw a stone? " "Don't know, never missed yet" That sounds stupid.

[@dustind4694]

@@kaiyedy828 If you're aiming at something, you're only going to find out how far you can throw if you both 1) throw as hard as you can and 2) miss.

[@philliptraum2788]

The haters in this thread also continue searching for something that they already found, simply so it isn’t in the last place they looked.

[@toshkong2464]

This really brings my childhood back. I was 10 years old

[@Reese3x]

No bap😂😂😂

[@superspider6276]

Same

[@cerebralassassin777]

12 years later and this still hits something different ❤️❤️❤️

[@whocares4932]

15 years strong 💪

[@soarin64]

@@whocares4932 now 16 years

[@Aurex524]

16 years now i will never forget this

[@jjr929]

❤️

[@acephantom903]

Next year this video can vote.

[@MeshaMichaelSavio]

This song just amazing. It gives a whole new look to The Flash, showing that super-speed isn't the only thing that the flash has. Viewing the world on an entirely different sight that no other person, and only a very few superheroes can see in. Just the emotions in this song could be a major part of a movie if they planned to make one.

[@erikrulez17]

indeed.

[@tombrown457]

I forgot about this, I remember watching this over and over when I was a teenager. I revisited it because I saw a clip off the flash defusing lex and brainiac and I instantly thought of this. 16 years later it's still one of my favorites. This aged like fine wine.

[@jasonkoroma4323]

Bro exactly! thats how you know we had good childhoods.

[@crazedexplorer]

I want to hear this song play when the final episode of The Flash airs

[@grid3072]

it did not : (

[@JoatGamer]

Every time I hear this song, I am blown away by the thought of his super speed affecting his sense of time and how he perceives the world around him.

[@erikrulez17]

agreed

[@gamesbrad4675]

10 years and I still keep coming back

[@haiynuts]

same man

[@screaminginside45]

My childhood. I remember watching this everyday when I was young, only yesterday did the song popped back into my head. Love it!

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

The Flash very recently became my favorite ever superhero, and this song represents my image of him perfectly.

[@BigMac8000]

After 9 years, still coming back. *sigh*

[@TheCoomer]

Almost 10 years now, But it had seems so slow to me.

[@Getwright-]

BigMac8000 same here

[@tonygonzalez9220]

Nostalgic

[@lidaaletap2646]

12 now damn

[@nakga2player27]

@@lidaaletap2646 2019 huh?

[@brucewayne8322]

Crazy how time flies was 10 jaming this fell in love with flash now time keeps dragging

[@MrMajorTime]

Yes. We owe an IMMEASURABLE gratitude to Carmine Infantino for paving the way for ALL the modern, streamlined depictions of every comic book hero (and villain!) to follow. Carmine (literally) single-handedly launched The Silver Age Comics with Barry Allen-with emphasis firmly placed on sci-fi speculation: "what would it be like to be the fastest man alive?" Carmine's painstaking drawing style, with multiple Flash's tracking across a single board, created a novel motif that has yet to be matched!

[@phxntom-striker]

I remember watching this as a 5 year old... I am now 14 years old and a freshman in high School. Time truly does drag on.

[@nightboiii]

do you have aids yet?

[@phxntom-striker]

@@nightboiii do you have cancer yet?

[@markcontreras1579]

Sure does buddy sure does .

[@haiynuts]

@@phxntom-striker same i remember being a freshman graduate this year

[@phxntom-striker]

It's been 4 years? Jesus...

[@InfiniteCorker]

The flash IS the most amazing super hero. The song fits him perfectly. All in all I think this is going to be one of those videos i will treasure for many years to come =)

[@MrAnimeAMVmaker]

I remember when this video had only 100 views, its hard to believe its been 17 years I lost count of how many times Ive listened to this

[@lorvincent]

Every few months for close to a decade, I've come back to watch this AMV. I only just noticed the view count is now over 1.5 million... that is awesome. :) Time keeps dragging on... We'll see in another decade.

[@AscendAudio-1]

lorvincent

[@anomaly395]

Still coming back in 2020?

[@ericsilberman1416]

@@anomaly395 2023

[@GEROKII]

Time keeps dragging on

[@maswasembuze6488]

My favorite super hero. So many personalities in one character. His human blessing is that he gets very hungry and tired and that puts him back on ordinary speed.

[@weely31]

DC: makes a silly guy who's really fast One random guy: makes this banger of a song

[@maseqins]

After all these years ive missed watching this.

[@nm11111111able]

For too many years have come back to this video....too many years, and it keeps hitting me every time. The one thing, this is called the Ballad of Barry Allen, and this entire video is about Wally West XD

[@Noname72105]

The animated universe's flash was Wally's name and personality with Barry's history.

[@arthurr7499]

Since 2006, when this tribute first came out, and I heard this song for the first time 16 years ago, I’ve waited for a Flash movie to come out on the big screens. Today, I get to do that. Thank you for this tribute and thank you Jim for a great song to the greatest superhero who has made the greatest sacrifices for humanity and the entire multiverse.

[@erzan]

This video combined with the music.... it makes me just smile. I love the Flash.

[@Circa.Bereshith]

Bruhhhh I remember this video😭 still a huge Wally fan till this day

[@milkmanmcgee6683]

WHEN I TELL YOU I LOVED THIS VIDEO WHEN I WAS A KID IM NOT LYING

[@oneperson2person]

I'll say it again. This song is perfect for The Flash. I love it when musicians can capture the essence and tragedy of heros, this one portrays the flash admirably and the person who made the amv picked very fitting scenes. =)

[@IcePokeTwoSoon]

This is still the best AMV I have ever seen by a long shot. Amazing compilation, and truly the reason flash is my favorite DC hero. I was 10 when I first saw this, I’m 23 now and I still draw a visceral, emotional response from this.

[@bludluva]

Flash is by far the most underestimated, under appreciated league member. They’re lucky he’s too busy goofing around to really explore what he can do. When he stops messing around and digs deep, he took down the amalgamation of Superman’s two worst enemies

[@SamiC572]

This is one of my favorite songs ever! I love Flash!!!

[@tsa_Yama]

The older I get the more I appreciate growing up with flash as one of my favorite superheroes. I always felt that while being a speedster is amazing it could be extremely lonely. I've always suffered from loneliness and used various forms of art to cope but the flash always stands out in my mind. Barry Allen in the animated series always managed to show such a level of humanity and kindness towards everyone around him that I was just overwhelmed as a kid. Thank you for creating this video and introducing me to this song. These clips brought back alot of happy memories.

[@Chief-vf6lf]

Can you believe there are videos that was uploaded 15 years ago. So nostalgic. I feel old and it scares me not gonna lie.

[@christopheranthonydolan]

Nostalgic as hell

[@alicedarhk9790]

I love the clip where Barry casually changes costumes in front of Batman ar superspeed. AKA- Wally just strip changed in front of his teammate/ best friends adopted dad. It must feel like he's wearing Nothing at all Nothing at all Nothing at all

[@anthonyquiroz96]

This been my favorite song since I first heard it as a freshmen in high school. At the time I fell deeply in love with the love of my life but she fell in love with my best friend.... time keeps dragging on.

[@NobuGizmo]

I can't begin explaining how much I love this video. Found it about a week ago, and I must have watched it about a hundred times! Thank you for making my life more awesome :D

[@nabinec9673]

i was 5 or 4 when i first heard of this song and i still remember this and this might be the most nostalgic thing that has happened to me so far in my life

[@shaidyn8278]

It saddens me that this has 1.5 million views, but the song on the artist's channel has 32,000.

[@Gorjak13]

+Shaidyn whats the name of the channel?

[@shaidyn8278]

+StrawHatGraze Jims Big Ego

[@worst_leader1238]

Shaidyn I don't even know the artist

[@shaidyn8278]

Not only did I give the artist's name in the comment above yours, it's in the video's description. It's "Jim's Big Ego".

[@razwanahmed89]

I always assumed the song was called seems so slow

[@matthewdelacruz923]

Who still comebacks to this every year 2021

[@s22rose3]

18 years later… wow this is nostalgia

[@markcontreras1579]

I been watching this since I was a kid and brings back many memories i always said this song should be in the live action films

[@Iadad]

Man i need this song on the new flash tv show. hell even the beat would get me hype....excuse i gotta go watch the next episode.

[@francesatty7022]

next SEASON you mean! whoop whoop

[@jl7165]

how do you like the show so far

[@skilstopaybils4014]

I've never stopped watching this.

[@ARex-2001]

Great video but it's funny to me how the song is called the Ballad of Barry Allen but all the clips he used were of Wally West.

[@cixcubed]

Thought the same thing

[@thedoctor9779]

They're aren't a lot of clips of Barry Allen cause his character hasn't been used that much, but they're using him a lot more now. We've seen him in animated movies, in the show Young Justice, got his shown The Flash, and is going to be a founding member in the new Justice league movie that's coming out.

[@Golddragon71]

I always thought the song should be named Ballad of the Scarlet Speedster. That way the song can be applied to any of them. Jay and Barry in the Comics, Wally in the Justice League animated series etc... Truth is I always felt this was really more from Wally's perspective as he used the "Cosmic Pause Button" trick in the comics long before they ever put it in the TV shows or whatever. (Flash #30 1987-2009 was the first time)

[@andreaprochowski4717]

Golddragon71 The guy who made this song's uncle(or some relative) was actually the one who created the character of Barry Allen. So that's why the song specifically refers to him.

[@tabaributler2225]

@@andreaprochowski4717 Also the part where he say's I wish i'd never gone to my lab represent barry for me.

[@konradsarvo5706]

I remember watching this when I was little and now here I am watching it again

[@tehubernessofuber]

For everyone who doesn't know, the song is based around the Flash's worst fear. His power isn't super speed, it's control over time. He can slow time town temporarily and just walk. But with his time like that, walking is super speed to everyone else. His worst fear is that he'd be stuck in that state, time slowed down hundreds of thousands of times, forced to wait multiple hours for some one to finish a sentence.

[@GoblinLord]

I thought his power was straight Superspeed, but in all of its forms, including Quickened Perception. His speed does transcend time (because Comics) which is why he can run so fast he can break the time barrier. Most of the time it's the Reverse Flash who manipulates Time, in one instance their power is Making himself faster while making The Flash slower, so it just ends up looking like he's outpacing the Flash.

[@markxlr8s]

Why does this song fit my life

[@christianmathisenjr1800]

Love this video. Perfect song choice for The Flash. Great work. Keep it up.

[@CovenantD]

It was written by a relative of a Flash writer as a tribute to the Fastest Man Alive, so yeah, perfect choice

[@rancher8]

I really liked the edit at 3:04. Thanks for the vid and introducing me to the song. They are both awesome.

[@sportplug2053]

I still remember watching this when I was 6 or 7

[@Captain_Mercury]

damn same

[@Temerith]

The flash is undisputedly the funniest and most lighthearted hero in existence( to me that is). Always able to change the mood and just have a good time even in the most serious of situations.

[@jvpisot]

Barry Allen is the Best Flash for me :/

[@alexanderrodriguez579]

Used to listen to this as a kid. I have no idea what reminded me of it but I’m so happy I got to hear this again

[@captainzenbi]

There's something sad about this song that touches me a certain way.

[@CaptCook121]

captainzenbi I couldn’t agree more

[@UraniumIridium]

Why am I here? Because I like the Flash of course!!

[@grantcobb4253]

This is what having ADD feels like, and it's like Brainiac is the stand-in for the disorder and we get to watch Barry Allen kick the snot out of it. So cathartic.

[@vane2690]

The Flash that fight Brainiac was Wally, well the flash that appears in this video is Wally West

[@chasenorte2347]

wish i could go back to when i found this as a child

[@bonemaster1445]

this video should of got more than 1 million views

[@stephanosioannou1825]

it kinda has you know xD

[@bonemaster1445]

more like 2mill or 100mil

[@stephanosioannou1825]

bone master yeah xDD

[@MP-kj5ur]

16 years later and it still hits!!

[@Spawn223311]

if dc makes a solo movie about flash, they should remake this song into something better for it

[@YungRandy98]

For years I looking for song 😁feels so good to find it

[@chrissternfeld8976]

I can't believe it's been 11 years

[@aidenflame1576]

Im back this song just keeps me coming bacn years later its a banger song!

[@sasukeuchiha-uq1ic]

yay flash is my favorite superhero

[@Maxat4]

I never get bored with this song, musta listen to it over 100 times.

[@kevinmyers8705]

This song is perfect for the flash

[@bitgamer509]

song was written by a family nmember of the person that created flash. It is meant as a flash song.

[@NecoMimi43]

A song for Flash! Aw hell yes and it strives to capture the meaning of his powers., Sweetness

[@bigman_industries]

DC will always be superior when coming to animated TV shows; closest Marvel has gone is EMH, Avengers Secret Wars, and Spectacular Spider-Man.

[@Maxat4]

The best dipication of the Flash ever, really shows the true flash. Great work.

[@rickflett2264]

Poor Barry.. for all the downsides to the league all their greatest battles in the future. Involve his death... Still. The Flash is one of the top 5... but we know what's gonna happen to him. So, we wait for time to catch up to him. Run Barry :).

[@AscendAudio-1]

Rick Flett

[@cjfhotshot2838]

At least wally will take up the mantle

[@jetblack1164]

I seen one of those Flash episodes! Best quote mentioned about the Flash; "Plays a fool, to hide a warrior's pain.."

[@bigjavo36]

maybe it should just be called "the ballad of the Flash" so it can apply to any of the flashes.

[@phoenixtran544]

would be a great idea, especially as Wally is mainly shown.

[@mylesb2046]

How do you know it's Wally?

[@bigjavo36]

because most of those clips are from justice league and justice league unlimited and wally was the flash in those cartoons.

[@mylesb2046]

Oh.

[@davidluna7]

well, it would only be for barry since barry is the only person that "How I wish I'd never gone into my lab Experiment that night before lightning flashed Around me" happened to. Wally was visiting barry's lab not his own and bart is barry's grandkid so he was born a speedster. jay inhaled "hard water" so it wasn't him myles burrus it is wally west in the video, barry had died in the 80's and has only recently been brought back.

[@adumlarp999]

The Flash has always been one of my favorite super heroes. Probably my favorite one that actually has super powers. I usually like guys like Batman or the Punisher who don't have powers. This song is pretty cool, thanks for introducing me to it.

[@nygmakemecry8453]

Yeah, the Flash from the JLU cartoon was Wally West, not Barry Allen, but I love this song nonetheless.

[@Xatalla]

I mean it kind of fits both of them, and then especially Wally since he ends up being faster than Barry

[@Xatalla]

Errrrr......Yes they do. Wally I especially; he's LITERALLY connected to the speed force and can't be unconnected. Bart had to live in a reality engine until his metabolism could be slowed down via a race because it moved too fast and he would have died without it. They don't turn it 'on and off' when they get their powers, it is ALWAYS ON. Pretty much every speedster in DC is connected to the Speed Force, but it's not like they can just sever it when they want to.

[@TheLastGarou]

@*:･ﾟSee you, Space Cowboy。 Ignoring an admittedly cool scene in the otherwise execrable 'X-Men: Apocalypse,' Pietro's powers don't work that way. He only gets an enhanced time sense while actually *moving* at super-speed, to keep up with what he's doing. He doesn't actually get time-dilation effects while standing still.

[@dikrox6151]

@*:･ﾟSee you, Space Cowboy。 Well, having in count that Since Jay garrick to Bart allen are a lot, but a lot faster than the speed of light, and thousand of times faster than Pietro, they deserved more this song than Quicksilver.

[@creeper1785]

Here after 10 years❤⚡

[@mylesb2046]

The flash is my baby. My main man. I'm on a track team. I dusted every kid in my grade. Literally! When you can shoot lightning, vibrate through objects, and go into alternate dimensions, you know your a boss. Even though Impulse is faster then flash though.

[@Ozzy6111999]

He's not faster than Barry or Wally.

[@arokingzaze4415]

supah nova He is

[@Ozzy6111999]

No, he isn't. Look up which Flashes are the fastest.

[@arokingzaze4415]

supah nova If you are talking about Flashes then impulse as flash is faster but kid impulse is only faster then Barry

[@druudru5356]

Arokingzaz E Wally West is the fastest speedster in DC Universe.

[@doctorwholover1012]

Can't. Stop. Watching. This. Video. Overload. Of. Awesomeness. Help!

[@oliverbarnard1479]

If you put the playback speed to 0.25 it will give a small idea of how everything sounds to the Flash

[@dikrox6151]

And pretty, pretty much small, having in count that Barry perceive things in attoseconds.

[@blah7983]

John I mean he can slow down to normal speed, but running across the ocean, much less any distance longer than that must take forever to him. I know Wally West particularly had a hard time separating perception speed from running speed.

[@KrisRebelInkEverett]

I miss this show,i used to watch it all the time when i was little.

[@nathaniel6210]

This song is really sad to be honest. Doesn't fit wally's cheerful character. Even though the song isn't about him to begin with

[@thedoctor9779]

That's because they're hasn't been use of Barry Allen's character, but that going to change as DC will present his character more. Take for instance the new show they came out for The Flash, and Barry Allen will appear in the new justice league movie.

[@noonenowhere877]

Honestly I was always of the impression that Wally is cheerful as a coping mechanism. And it isn't like Barry Allen is actually all that outwardly angsty either. Most Superheros have more than one face to them. Why people assume that people who hide behind masks aren't hiding in more ways than one I'll never understand.

[@ericsilberman1416]

@@noonenowhere877 Wally was introduced to Speed Force when he was much younger; he had a chance to grow into it, so it was more like his choice. Barry Allen was already a fully-formed adult with a full life (job, house, marriage); this shift to the Speed Force was a huge shock to him.

[@bigsteamfan]

I never thought that Flash was a particularly awesome hero, but, DAMN, you make him look more amazing than Superman...

[@themundane5163]

Barry Allen How is Nora doing?

[@rochelleoconnor3387]

LEAVE BARRY ALONEE!!! xD

[@markxlr8s]

Every year I’ll come back and listen to my fav song

[@djones_02]

Anyone in 2021?

[@domoo8145]

Here

[@luviemassacre]

Coming back after 15 years much love

[@Exterminator4546]

anyone here in 2022?

[@Kite_GU]

This video is amazing. It alone gives The Flash far more depth than the show ever did.

[@ryanobondo2774]

So crash

[@offjvlone8969]

Dude I love saying that

[@Racerx215]

14 years ago and still come back I love this

[@vinny8589]

I have request tehbasil can you perhaps please use this song with the CW footage of The Flash TV series ? I honestly wanted to do it myself but sly my laptop lacks the power and space to do so would you please consider making this request a reality ? I'm quite sure it would draw more viewers in .

[@Lv37Bizarro]

I second this request.

[@richarddenton9215]

Me too. All apposed?

[@vinny8589]

yay people agree with me ^_^

[@offjvlone8969]

Lol

[@thewolf8660]

Richard Denton thats 4 yes's and 0 no's....anyone else?

[@supersage3000]

10 years ago! Dang! Felt like it came out yesterday

[@thedoctor9779]

This song is about Barry Allen, it has his name in the title, Jim's Big Ego specifically said its about him, his origins is included in the lyrics, as well as his emotional state of how he perceived the world. Not saying it can't be used in any other videos for parody or music video purposes or if it fits well with another well-know speedster, you just can't change the story or the character it was meant for. At this point I don't care if it aggravates you anymore, so suck it crazybird.

[@tehbasil]

ive only commented on this athousand times by now, this video is almost 10 years old. when it was made there was no animated bits with barry. learn to read a time stamp

[@thedoctor9779]

+tehbasil I'm sorry this comment wasn't aimed at you, I know all about the fact that clips of Barry Allen were either scarce or nonexistent since most of the animated shows used Wally West or a mix of them both. This was aimed at an irritating commenter who's been bothering me lately, his name is at the end of the comment. I apologize again for the mix up and should've included that it wasn't aimed at the creator of the video.

[@tehbasil]

ah sorry there doctor (good choice on which one by the way) i'm terrible at noticing these comments. im terrible at following the youtube threads on this end.

[@crazybirdybird4312]

+The Doctor Congratulations on finding the edit button! Because if that was what you said in the first place then it would have been a simple matter of a misunderstanding that would have been easily solved a long time ago. Anyway I’m happy you learned something from all this.

[@thedoctor9779]

+CrazyBirdyBird I touched no edit button, I've used the same argument over and over. You've just been to slow or too thick headed to understand until just now.

[@ramiRr100]

I just love this video its just amazing. (perfect song)*Tick (best moments of new flash)*tick (amount of views thanks to everyone)*Tick CANT GET ENOUGH OF IT!!!!

[@bleepsy]

This is hilarious when you speed it up.

[@alexander_the_great6638]

It also fits the music and the video much better

[@tolgakasap2606]

its been 14 years and im still feeling for a speester when listening to this song

[@maximumeff0rt64]

Anyone 2021

[@Racerx215]

Man this song brought so many tears to my eyes because I remember listening to this about 7 8 years ago when everything was good and I was happy my father was still alive my mother was still alive and my grandmom was still alive now everything is no per say shit but I was so happy and miss those days I really miss everyone

[@DuplicateGamer13]

Dude the song is called the ballad of Barry Allen but you keep on using Wally west

[@tehbasil]

at the time of making this video there wasn't any barry allen footage, so unless i used a crapload of super friends clips this video wouldn't have existed.

[@mylesb2046]

No the song is called Seems So Slow, right.

[@DuplicateGamer13]

myles burrus no it's called "Ballad Of Barry Allen"

[@davidluna7]

i thought kid flash in the teen titans was bart allen. not for any canon reason, but just because teen titans aired at the same time as Justice league/Justice league unlimited and they weren't allowed to use any of the same characters in each others shows. Plus i didn't think wally could phase through walls but kid flash can on the teen titans could without explosions

[@mylesb2046]

Mr.Minecraft Technically the song is called Seems So Slow, but whatever.

[@far55winds]

new found respect... the flash is truly amazing

[@crazybirdybird4312]

Why does everyone get so peeved when they use the ballad for Wally West? Are Barry Allen fans just paranoid, or am I missing something?

[@thedoctor9779]

The song is called Ballad of Barry Allen, so I think that has something to do with it.

[@francesatty7022]

we can all just agree that the flash (wally or barry) is awesome

[@crazybirdybird4312]

+The Doctor So a song can only be used for the person/character that they were made for? Don’t you think that’s a little absurd?

[@thedoctor9779]

+CrazyBirdyBird +CrazyBirdyBird in this case yes, the artist wrote this song specifically for DC's Barry Allen (The Flash). You can use it as background music in other videos for parody purposes, but you can't change the story or who the person it was meant for.

[@crazybirdybird4312]

+The Doctor Well that is an unfair and irrational expectation. It’s more likely that Barry Allen fans are just being snobs. After all I can’t imagine Barry himself would have a problem with other speedsters using his song.

[@Reickou]

man amazing! flash had to be in his coolest moment in that fight with lexniac