The Morning Benders - 'Excuses (Yours Truly Session)'

[@slashthumbslime7000]

just checking in years later, and yep, still a masterpiece

[@PaulieMainor]

Haha hell yeah. I had this saved on an old playlist.. Yes it is !

[@hotsaucejunior4]

damn, just came here to do the same!. still holds up! a friggin classic!

[@kentarostory9961]

CORRECT!!!💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@defjeph]

Yup.

[@justinabush]

Ditto 😂

[@sageastreaus7905]

To believe this song is 13 years old now and still carries this much weight til this day. Absolute banger 🔥

[@kaste5511]

showed that to my friends they said wtf are u listening to ? we no longer friends np bro

[@katdefiance]

Still listening in 2024 ❤

[@christianwilliams2446]

Me too! Just sent this to a friend ❤️

[@andrewmetzger3778]

allwaayyysss!

[@Sjaak1981lee]

Favorite song.. ❤

[@devinwilliams2242]

Takes me back to my highschool years ❤

[@sebastiendebande1846]

That song was my wife and I first dance, at our wedding... Best waltz ever, for that occasion ! Now we can't hear that song without falling into each others arms..

[@joshlizaola5619]

Sebastien Debande 😢😭

[@AlbertVillaroman]

isnt this song about old people doing the 69?

[@priscilla.toscano]

Oh okay goals🥺

[@theginos1171]

I love that

[@damiensteinrich9677]

I danced with my wife in our kitchen to this song

[@CH33BO_OFFICIAL]

*edit* 12 years later. Metal head to the core. Still busting out a lil man cry when I listen this. You know that cry where you're kinda laughing but you can't catch your breathe so you just bow your head and giggle? Yep . That's the one!

[@802Garage]

Same.

[@dhrikalyxoxo1185]

Me too

[@flashdaz05]

It’s in the new Samsung (Christmas 2020) advertising!

[@gabieeefreshh]

Also same

[@k2000dy]

Me too. on December 2020..

[@staywoke354]

Man this song haunts me in the best possible way. So bloody beautiful.

[@Foxys1974]

Yep! That’s how I describe it! Haunts me! In the most beautiful/painful way

[@AwesomenessHippopotamus]

Samsung reminded me of this song. Can't believe it's been 10yrs

[@Ripper146]

Was watching commercial and was struck by it

[@drdoggogogo]

thought it is just me 😂

[@ThreadsJack]

Hahaha ye same although the samsung version sounds like absolute trash compared to this. I hate how adverts do cover versions of artists songs so they don't have to pay the artist as much.

[@HokageOfTheWeed]

I never heard it till I saw the commercial the melody was just so dreamy so I used Shazam on the commercial and a couple minutes later i found the best song I ever heard

[@noahh805]

Saaaame, I was like yahhhhh let’s gooooo!

[@hellolove1211]

I totaled my car to this song

[@dazerantics]

+Desiree Hodak totally worth it

[@hellolove1211]

+dazerantics really though it was

[@cheezeman6]

+Desiree Hodak lol

[@jdogmarchan5772]

did u get arrested?

[@uh-lee-sha5319]

I totaled mine to "Star Man" by Bowie.

[@RaySecoli]

Still one of the greatest recordings of all time

[@d.j.brewer1326]

Ray Secoli masterpiece

[@weberkent]

Haven't listened to this since... 2011(?) It's 2020... your GD right this recording is a masterpiece.

[@tikitakatotalfootbal]

Truly, the best

[@Bradcurran]

have watched/listened to this so many times over the years

[@michaelcooper2141]

I just found it again.

[@fischeralan]

+brad curran me too

[@BasharAlhani]

+brad curran me too it's a unique way of performing

[@siziaparas]

+brad curran ditto!

[@m-13-m]

I listen/sing this to my 16 month old at bedtime ever night for the past few months. Never gets old!

[@mariyambareeraa204]

“We’ll still be best friends when all turns to dust” is one of most beautiful things I’ve heard so far ❤️

[@AndrewS-wj8be]

It really is beautiful

[@esauonline]

Told someone I was with for 8 years that when we first got together. I’m less than dirt to her now and could care less if I didn’t wake up. BUT THAT BAR IS STILL PERFECT!!!! Just makes me cry now

[@DoomsdaYPunK009]

If God strolled through a park humming a tune, this would qualify to be the one.

[@gilbag]

#TRUTH

[@rusozawr4969]

A TV commercial brought back some memories and I was like wait - I know this music. Shazamed it and was like OHHHH, I used to listen this on repeat :D Another song for our advent playlist xD

[@cjones589]

OMG SAME - a Samsung Galaxy Commercial lol

[@600euros]

i couldn't pull out shazam in time, had to rack my brain..but I found it!!

[@nihkolas]

how amazing is this performance, frozen in time, a bunch of people in tune. Timeless

[@cristinasol2820]

people with great taste in music come here.

[@Aiur]

So, so true

[@uh-lee-sha5319]

Agreed

[@SMateus69]

Thuth

[@iruhamforuji]

Pong agreed

[@oscarj6928]

Reminds me of So much as well

[@Aiur]

Still fucking great after all this time

[@tomanatrix15]

+Aiur so true

[@stevieb89]

still fucking great 6 years after this comment

[@Aiur]

*AND* *STILL*

[@tiffanycool13]

My mom always liked my music whenever I would play it around the house and in the car, but she would never learn artists or songs, she just enjoyed it. However, this song instantly stuck out to her and she would always ask me to play it. Reminds me of her every time I hear it!

[@thomasgooden]

is she doing ok?

[@saranm1235]

Awesome exp.. Same here

[@Aro_Mxl]

I used to listen to this song daily 9 years ago. And somehow I just forget about it, until now. I just spend the last 2 hours trying to remember the lyrics and even did stupid searches on Google like "song with violin and the drums intro". Glad that I found it again!!

[@TheRickytiky]

I remembered because I'll never forget the name of their other band POP ETC

[@600euros]

I googled "da dum da dum asian singer taste me" Lol

[@StillOnTrack]

I remembered "Big Echo" for some reason even though it's not in the title only the description, and searched it in my KZbin history

[@fransupertramp6778]

I'm honestly shocked by how good this is. Music at its finest. Everyone should listen to this.

[@mglenwright09]

only gets better with time too. i miss this time for music dearly

[@eekembookum]

I found it. After three years of vaguely remembering incorrect lyrics and typing them into wherever I could, I found it. Thank you for answering my prayers, Genius Lyrics.

[@catchacloud]

Same!

[@michellekosek5631]

Me. Right now. 3 hours it took. But I found it.

[@speshalkei]

wish they made more songs like this, its just such a dream.

[@yasha.]

as soon as the beat came back after the chorus, sounds so good when he comes in with "we are so smooth now"

[@maddieramirez8609]

Agreed💚👏

[@ender4555]

Agreed, he was so smooth now with that turn and transition! I love the way that he flows "edges are beaten driftwood whittled down" together. I've been playing that part on repeat for the last half hour, lol.

[@archy2frank2]

I always come back to this video around Christmas time.

[@balbirsingh.]

Yeah! Same here

[@HunterTheG_]

Saw this on December 15th, 2019. Can confirm

[@goddamnadina]

Me too! This is a fall/winter song for sure.

[@noahfrancis4525]

welcome back

[@SuperStaticbeat]

same here! December 22 2021

[@Caleb.in.Europe]

My wife and I used this version of the song as out exit song from the ceremony. Great song!

[@keskeskester]

no other song gives me more motivation, happiness and good vibes and takes away the negative feels like this one! it pushs me so hard!!

[@liamzinedinegarciaceron5904]

hey bro!

[@auds7938]

my and my beloved’s wedding song. thank you

[@carltonwatts6468]

Danced with my wife to this song for our wedding 😊

[@donnabethturnage4446]

Noticed this was used in a Best Buy/Samsung Christmas commercial and I'm hoping that a whole new generation of folks will be turned onto this AMAZING song ❤️ a Reese's commercial introduced me to it about 10 years ago 😊

[@eddiegomez4249]

shazam’d it from the best buy commercial and couldn’t believe they had chosen such a good song for a commercial haha. Ended up looking it up on youtube and found this amazing video

[@graemefarrell4983]

How did i never hear this 10 years ago.. What a tune..

[@aqpexpredator]

Still here in 2019 you're voice is more than beauty.

[@Lil-Britches]

2023 still here damn I'm 32 I was so young and naive. I smile upon what was, but find happiness is what is.

[@michaelcooper2141]

I love coming back here. I wish I could have been in that room while they were recording.

[@marcelmedinanavarro3760]

Very lucky people 😍😍😍

[@malamvjer]

I revisit this song every year for the past 10ish years, still gives me chills

[@luigipagnotta6820]

I discovered this song after watching the movie “a case of you”. It is sang at the very end of the movie. That was in 2013. And since then I can’t stop listening to it. It is a masterpiece and gives so much positivity

[@andrewsk8man]

Skateboarding showed me this along with so much other great music. Torey pudwill hallelujah!

[@lukevarien3584]

I looked this up in 22 to feel nostalgic about 2010. This song was part of the soundtrack of the "summer of my life"

[@japonica30]

365 people have no idea what they’re talking about. Anyone with a smidge of musical background can appreciate this. I’m so glad I listened to this again. We need more of this in 2020.

[@bix3622]

There isn't another song like this, it's amazing

[@skipstreet]

There is a whole decade with music like this. He has he was inspired by Phil Specter. Look it up.

[@jgarcia9613]

+Eugene Street true that

[@skipstreet]

+Javier Garcia have you listened to more of their music. They changed thier name to pop ect. It's pretty good stuff.

[@jgarcia9613]

+Eugene Street I've been reading comments have heard about their name change I also have been reading mixed results about their new stuff but I'll for sure check them out

[@GetH0NEY]

This is a cover lol. But yes it is amazing!

[@healwithmare]

Anyone listening in 2020? I loved this song so much back when I was a young college student #memories 💕

[@uhdil9976]

@@BreaktheTrend same. Used to listen to these guys and all of their friends in this video fairly often between 2008-2014. Miss this wholesome SF/Bay Area music scene.

[@healwithmare]

@@BreaktheTrend I’ve seen that commercial too! Brings back so many memories ☺️

[@unclestarwarssatchmo9848]

I just found this gem!

[@301gobluehailmich1]

Me lol, such a great song

[@arelibart]

I remember first listening to this song as the intro to "The New Normal" series, and I was trying so hard to find it. Now I FINALLY did it. And after hearing the whole song, I felt complete. Still a banger after 13 years.

[@andrewm6244]

I only have one memory associated with this song. Sleeping at my grandparents house because my parents were out of town and there was a plumbing issue at my house. It’s an odd memory to associate with such a pretty song, but hey. Music is music

[@favan3418]

You tried to taste me And I taped my tongue to the southern tip of your body Our bones are too heavy to come up Squished into a single cell of wood I made an excuse You found another way to tell the truth I put no one else above us We'll still be best friends when all turns to dust Dum-da-dum Da-dum da-dum Da da-dum Da-dum da-dum Da dum Da da-dum We are so smooth now Our edges are beaten, drift wood whittled down Old bodies slip when they make love We'll mine our sparks to shoot us above

[@Soldier_Sean]

The song and this video together are the definition of friendship. God bless humanity.

[@PitaBorges]

❤

[@Soldier_Sean]

@@PitaBorges hola Pilar, estas de acuerdo con lo que dije?

[@PitaBorges]

@@Soldier_Sean yes, amazing song.

[@Aydee2020]

This is some godlike music.

[@TheNthPeterLEE]

Oh yeah!

[@ScabbyCrab]

Biblical.

[@hypnotooad]

That base part! This is what happens when a perfect amount of great musicians come together.

[@TheMrDoMo]

i will always come back to this song no matter how much time passes. please never delete this.

[@sierraw8305]

This song just does something to my soul everytime I hear it... I get chills when they start harmonizing

[@littlepigboy]

2020 & I found this again after struggling so hard to remember the name of the band only to see them listed in a Land of Talk performance 10 min ago. My nostalgic heart aches.

[@5ystemError]

Aw now I have to go relisten to Land of Talk. It's been so long.

[@didgemartin8053]

I’m with my girlfriend for almost 4 years now because of this song! We both loved it first time we talked and have been together since❤️Thank you-The Morning Benders 😭

[@virajkamdar9207]

I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me. I choose to adore you from a distance, for distance will shield me from pain. I chose to kiss you in the wind, for the wind is gentler than my lips. I choose to hold you in my dreams, for in my dreams you have no end.

[@Foxys1974]

Omg… reading that was food and beauty to my soul… thank you. I wish you the same, that I just got from your comment! Love from the uk 🇬🇧

[@queenvitta]

Im sure my comment is still here from YEARS ago... Love this Beautiful Music.. It truly is a Masterpiece!

[@isaacsolo]

the dude in the back at 2:20. i've watched this so many times and just noticed that.

[@dannisayseffyou]

Lolol

[@THEmaggspie]

hahahaha epic!!

[@shawnanderson6227]

Homie has the one move like how they dance in Charlie Brown lol. Pioneered the Harlem Shake.

[@trash8229]

Thank you, Samsung for introducing me to such an amazing song.

[@vishnukaradan]

All time favorite ❤️

[@iGrafxi]

I still revisit this video so constantly

[@konsole_kris1984]

First time I ever heard this song was in the Reese's peanut butter cup commercial, instantly hooked!!!

[@daisyash4726]

This song.... I can't put it into words..... IM CRYING TEARS OF JOY!!!...... his voice......AAAAHHHHH...... the storyline..... JESUS CHRIST I FREAKIN LOVE THIS BAND SO MUCH!!!!

[@ANNAtotheELISE]

10 years later and still in love with this song! ♥️

[@jacobdorado9338]

This song will always feel timeless. Definitely going down as a classic track for sure!

[@towersofmidnight]

Still one of the most epic and special videos I've ever seen, and I was watching this 3 girlfriends and 2 cars ago haha. "We'll still be best friends when all turns to dust"

[@EnglishRain]

This is a song you keep coming back to once every couple years after good deal of memory wracking

[@drin]

The movie "A case of you" just reminded me of this beautiful song. So many memories ❤️

[@milkwhistle]

i miss this band.

[@creeptones]

Listen to POP ETC! The Morning Benders changed their name to that

[@goddamnadina]

Oh, this song just moves me in ways I never thought possible. Such brilliant lyrics and the violins and his voice. I melt.

[@iEdher]

I listened to this on 2010 and I had a serious issue while trying to remember who played this back in the days, so I read all my conversation history that I had with my BFF and GOSH! Worth IT!

[@Aro_Mxl]

That just happened to me!

[@LeilaSidawy]

And now me, too!! Took me hours and I almost gave up. So glad i didn't

[@SidGolan]

Happened to me. Each time I tried to recall who this song and the live recording was by, I would always think it was The Airborne Toxic Event, although I could never find the song in their discography. Until I stumbled upon my own post of this song on FB from a decade ago and finally had the joy of listening to Excuses by The Morning Benders again.

[@fatymah1138]

i just had to youtube “we are so smooth now” 😂

[@justtakeaway]

my father introduced me to this song, it's such a staple in my childhood. thank you for the incredibly dear memories!

[@albelnox99]

STILL FUKING GOOD. 12 YEARS ON.

[@Plantlady99]

I love this version. Coming here is like comfort food

[@blakeengland9468]

Man, the nostalgia. This session is still special, crazy it’s been 10 years. Anyone know where to find Big Echo (and any MB album for that matter) on vinyl?

[@lilguava70]

I heard this for the first time yesterday, I fell in love with it and was shocked that a guy who can barely speak two damn sentences in a minute was capable of singing like that.

[@yanndesdevises7670]

Trying it this friday with 20 friends!

[@jacquig8630]

13 years later and this is still one of the most magical songs to me🥰

[@BassmanisBA]

He sounds like he's smiling while he sings... I love it.

[@DrMario-no8kz]

2020 and this song is still perfect

[@jlaymone]

I first heard this song on the final scene of the film A case of you. It's a ball dance. Been hooked since then!

[@ShinjiGomez-sx4yk]

still listening to this song♥️♥️

[@sherry6894]

Sitting at my computer this morning and started wondering whatever happened to Morning Benders because I love this song so much only to discover Pop ETC. Had no idea but I a, so happy they are still around.

[@cartunetoon96]

every now and then I remember finding this video on youtube YEARS ago and the live music just making my chest feel like it soared. Still hits man

[@catchacloud]

SAME. exactly.

[@cameroncieglo7467]

The backup singer in the dark red flannel is totally in love with the singer...

[@ejh2066]

This would have to be one of my favourite songs of all time. It has a special spot in my heart. This is an incredible recording, what I would give to have been in that room!

[@humancarolina]

I'm not a hipster, but I would loooove to go there. Who doesn't this is great music

[@taeainthere]

Shoutout the Reese’s gear commercial. Such nostalgia

[@iwasthewalrus9204]

Not only is this song amazing, but the environment just looks so wonderful. Everyone looks so happy :)

[@mahthah]

iWASthewalrus9 That's what happens when musicians get together and create something wonderful. I miss it, I miss it a lot....*sigh!*

[@slushpuppii]

10 years later and I rushed back after hearing it on a samsung commerical

[@lovelylychee2255]

Actually yeah that is why I came back!

[@christiandiaz]

same!

[@dominikmalicki5932]

me too :)

[@beverlytan467]

likewise! and i still loved this song!

[@brandonsmith8839]

THATS WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME

[@Dabombgirl8438]

yeah it's been three years and i watch this religiously never take this for granted!! cherish it

[@esauonline]

Since I was a kid this song has sent me to another world ❤

[@esauonline]

Still does ❤

[@chev311e1]

This guy is a genius.. holy crap. Conducting, singing, playing guitar, it's unfair.

[@AndrewS-wj8be]

Yeah, wow, it really is something to see it all put together. There used to be a word for composers who make music like this: Genius.

[@gwenpugh3365]

Forever re watching, probably my favorite live musical recording ever. Completely absolutely madly beautiful

[@mikekauchak4547]

Had this on loop for the past 4 hours... FnAwesome.

[@mosijevon1778]

I've Loved This Song Every Since I First Heard It On The Reese's Commercial. Great Song

[@warnerbrotherproductions2112]

I can't believe I've watched this 3.3 million times. I need to chill.

[@Movethismountain]

How could I forget this song... I remember listening like 10 years ago as a teenager, almost 30 now still etches in my brain. I'll dance to this song at my wedding. Such a wonderful performance.

[@JonahLoeb]

I wish I could've been there. Not to see the performance, but to convince Christopher Owens to keep Girls together.

[@Stu_Br]

I wish I could buy this version of this song, it's just perfect.

[@LuizCavalcanti]

How cool! Loved it

[@ThugLivin703]

youtube to mp3 converter google search EASY

[@coconut1586]

I feel like i been looking for this song for so long

[@chrisl8563]

I love the 50s style of this song. So good!

[@saulocorona5913]

Almost 10 years since I heard this beautiful tune and I keep returning here from time to time just to remember there's still beauty in this world.

[@thekarlyjade]

I think that the method of recording with a large group of people is BEAUTIFUL. It must be so uniting and exhilarating being all scrunched into a smallish recording studio with all those people making music. Thank you, The Morning Benders, for your beautiful music and words :) Your music fills my whole being with joy!

[@paytopray1468]

Does this sound like a lost track from in the aeroplane over the sea to anyone else?

[@abhay6445]

YES YES YESSSS!!!!

[@bamadave83]

I can see that, but really just in the percussion

[@gwendolynkimes2798]

I actually thought this was a neutral milk hotel song the first time I heard it :o

[@SquishieMarshmalloo]

I find this so much more beautiful than the album version :3

[@andybronce7483]

CHUCK brought me here...Feels like GOOD OLD WAR...and this is MUSIC...nice one THE MORNING BENDERS i love this song...and now LSS strikes me...

[@Anna-kw5ix]

Samsung ad..I knew now why I loved the ad. Totally 4got how beautiful this song was ....