The Presets - Girl and the Sea (Official Video)

[@RunFaster011]

For anyone who doesn't know this music video is a homage to the 1979 Russian animated film "Tale of Tales". It is widely considered the greatest animated film of all time. Was super excited to see the presets use this film as their inspiration.

[@ChaoSTrophicS]

thank you for the info

[@Lyndanet]

It’s done so beautifully thank you for sharing the 411 .

[@stormway289]

It is "widely" considered if barely anyone has ever heard or seen it?

[@erinloveswendy]

@@stormway289 I wonder who directed the Music Video called "Girl and the Sea".

[@sphinxscu2022]

​@@erinloveswendy dunno about any of that, but to call something the greatest animated film of all time... Bold statement. Like saying the best movie ever made came out of India

[@musicisbrilliant]

THIS SONG IS LEGENDARY! FUCK. So few people appreciate it too! Which means its ALL FOR US! Its all the more special to me because of that fact. Its our little secret.

[@mowgli123456789]

+musicisbrilliant You almost just described the definition of hipster.... which I most certainly must also be.. :/ lol

[@looseeya]

This band is legendary. Period!

[@MonsieurChapeau]

I couldn't agree more. It's absolute genius and marked the beginning of an era that has since been obscured. But the sound was so fresh then. So unlike anything being played at the time and a perfect pop song too.

[@mandyhazen2515]

Few songs make me cry, and this is one of them. I remember listening to the song/ watching this music video in my early 20s and was just captivated. I am so moved by this song's message that it brings me to tears every time. I need to add that the director of this video is a true artist. The wolf sitting next to a dwindling fire at the end really shows the pain he's feeling when the girl leaves him.

[@chrispowell4456]

Hi

[@nervchemnitz]

Same here. I can't listen to this song with out tears appearing. Not sure if tears of sadness or tears of happiness or why at all. Just happens.

[@klaritavital]

mee too.

[@carlanguers]

Lovely thoughts!

[@btdfw]

This song only brings positive emotions to me. The music, bright and optimistic to me.

[@ashswan7092]

so many years later and this song still makes me feel things deeply

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

I agree with you Ash!. I feel this song very deeply in my heart!!, it's timeless!!.

[@josephg32541]

There is something about the melody that just cuts straight to your soul.

[@erinloveswendy]

@@josephg32541 Did this Music Video called "Girl and the Sea" come out on Friday, September 9, 2005?

[@AdamBorseti]

Man, I remember driving all around Massachusetts back in like 2005/06 trying to find a CD store that had the "Beams" album..... I saw the video for "Are You The One?" on MTV one night as a young teenager and was instantly a fan, then I started collecting whatever of their music I could fine. Eventually I found the album at a Strawberry's store in Natick if I remember correctly. I played the SHIT out of that CD. Now I look back on those days that I hated in the moment, full of teenage anxt and naivety, and I miss them like an old friend. It's hard to believe that was my life..... actually, it's hard to believe anything existed before 2020.

[@benji274]

Hard to believe 20 years have gone by already. Still my favourite of theirs

[@TheCormTube]

I cannot believe this song is 20 years old!? In my head it was about 10!

[@Yosho2k]

It's a fucking crime that The Presets aren't huge everywhere.

[@unnecessaryfairy]

+Yosho2k Yeah... I can't believe this video has so few vies. It's about 800k, when I posed. The clip is amazing. =/

[@maskedguitarboy7725]

+Yosho2k i agree

[@sugarayofsunshine]

+Yosho2k They are ahead of the world.

[@ryanpatrick9685]

I agree. Saw them in Cleveland when they were touring Apocalypso. I remember my brothers and I all talking about how we caught them before they blew up. Makes no sense that they didn't get bigger.

[@rakeshnelapati7286]

Yosho2k t

[@alandouglas7969]

De 2007 do dvd da Quiksilver... até agora 2019 ......muita nostalgia... paz pra todos...

[@kaaniguirra6018]

sim mano,🤘🏽🎵🏝

[@MrSuparadise]

Na verdade ele já apareceu no Quiksilver Country de 1997 …. Tem o filme no meu canal. Eu tinha em VHS SÓ TRACK PESADA.

[@alandouglas7969]

@@kaaniguirra6018 ✌️

[@alandouglas7969]

@@MrSuparadise grato pelas informações irmão, não sabia.

[@gabegoldswain]

Yea bru same

[@maddisonbutler6773]

This song takes me on a journey. After all these years, still in my top 5.

[@brandonjoselindemarcypugin7098]

Agreed ♡

[@guystokesable]

Just yes

[@jeansebastientlebreton]

#Truth

[@kirstyriver7689]

All these years? Could be five minutes for all I know x

[@latenightlogic]

...all these years. 2004? 😕 It’s time to get going on my life.

[@sandraparlin]

I agree with your interpretation. My best friend just passed a few weeks ago from substance abuse.....she nodded off in the bath tub and went under. =( Her father was always there waiting and trying to help her get better but in the end the addiction was too powerful and now my best friend is gone....and I miss her terribly.

[@justinw2232]

Sucks😭

[@VHFonFire]

It’s 13 years later and I’m just now seeing your comment, but this internet stranger just wanted to say I hope you’re doing well in your life, and that you’re surrounded by love

[@crookedwiretap89]

Probably the only presets song i ever found that actually seemed to go deeper than just pump up dance music

[@thatholiday]

You should probably listen to their album Pacifica then

[@DW-rs1pr]

I listened to this today and a tear came to my eye

[@Krinkov]

Ive loved this song for over 10 year but now that i have a little girl Ive finally realized this video is about the unconditional love a father has for his daughter, even when she grows up and leaves him. But then comes back at the end. I love this.

[@ianryder4879]

Lived in Aus when this was new...takes me back to a magical time 😊

[@cinammondream]

Hard to describe what this song means to me. Difficult to put it into words. The freedom it expresses...

[@esteveslorena]

Its 2019 and i still listening this Song... remember Kelly Slater ripping...

[@luisf.r8146]

2020

[@rafaelcampos86]

13/12/2020 - and 15 years have passed after then moment

[@mcpato22]

2021

[@garethmitchell7723]

This to me is the story of everyone who I have been with and who has moved on one way or another, it is bitter sweet

[@discodivo]

one of the only truly magical pop songs of the new millenium, rare quality for it's time

[@rollargirl23]

The girl was born a mermaid- meant to live a different life than most. She could hide her secret but at the end, that was who she was meant to be. The wolf was her protector, her family, who raised her unconditionally and understood she was different. At some point she leaves him to explore, he is sad and understandably feels betrayed. He rips off his own tail, a piece of himself to throw into the water. It is not lost however, she finds it and at the end as winter is coming she emerges from the water. The apples are no longer rotten and wormy- they are new and shiny. I feel this is a metaphor of the unconditional love between a parent and a child.

[@Birndogger]

I get a profound sense of sadness and hope when I see this lovely video.

[@ggtamayo]

This is one of those songs that just haunts the bowels of my musical soul. So eerie, so beautiful, so trippy. I love the shit out of it.

[@BubbaLudwig]

One of my all-time favourite song/video combo and the one that really echoes the loss I feel when I think of my unfulfilled desire of become a father and having a daughter to take care of. I’m a little heartbroken each time but it's still, somehow, a beautiful sadness.

[@s3a_cr3atur3]

First heard this on a surf video like 16 years ago. Almost forgot this masterpiece 🤘🏼

[@Boweevel]

nearly the end of 2021 and still fkn loving it fella's! Masterpiece

[@eamonshields]

!00%

[@anthonycantu8879]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@brygianmode]

Have to say, this is by far The Preset's best track!

[@minitstop]

Still one of my favorite things to bump after all these years. This song slams!

[@cicconefortin]

minitstop I totally agree with you, on of my favorites too! n,n

[@thewizz6697]

I love this song, first heard it on the Quiksilver Soundtrack for Young Guns. Could listen to it all day. Sick Film-clip

[@brittinea]

I would like to thank the OC for introducing me to this amazing band I still can’t get tired of after so many years 🔥

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

It's an outstanding Australian band!!!, I love them!!!

[@kway745]

This song was my introduction to these guys. Listened to the rest of their catalogue since; some good stuff, but still none of them hit me quite like this one. Amazing track

[@cooliestguy45]

I completely forgot this song, I first heard it in High school and now I dont even remember where I found it from. its been almost 13 years since then... this is magical.

[@candz13K]

This is still and probably always be one of my all time favourite videos. Love this band!

[@ivetagurko]

Candz Kaal here’s the inspiration for it russianfilmhub.com/movies/tale-of-tales-1979/

[@GloryDaze73]

I always cry when I see this...❤❤❤

[@lucianoestebang.c.7257]

I love this song, it's really stunning, deep and it also has a perfect beat!. Regards from the south of South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina!!

[@benji274]

Love that there are several equally valid interpretations of what this song means. It goes to show what a work of art it is.

[@colonelmilk2586]

Ben's Beard great comment

[@westcoastaerialimagery4690]

First time I heard this was on a surfing video many many moons ago, god damn it still slaps

[@JHNNtube]

Love this song forever and always.

[@geturphil69]

One of the best songs of all time

[@candz13K]

this is still on my top 10 of ever - haunting, beautiful and sweet.

[@el_apolloo]

One of the best songs, no doubt.

[@Frankagator]

I never understood this song in such depth before. Thanks.

[@ceciliemortensen2158]

One of my forever top 10 favourites ❤❤❤

[@thiagooliveira9459]

Sempre choro vendo essa obra prima.

[@pheargoth]

fifteen years on, and I still love this track. One of my all-time faves.

[@johnmarlow1681]

This is absolutely wonderful.... Its like Royksopp,... but from a different angle: simplistic tripout and a pleasure to the mind!.....

[@Observationfreak]

I'm pretty sure she returns in the end, or at least, you are lead to believe she most possibly will, since she pops out of the water and look up at the cliff where the wolf is.

[@mattsince69]

I gave this LP called 'Beams' by The Presets to my then friend of 15 years (her name Sarah) as a Birthday present, and she roundly dismissed it like I had stepped on her cat. She was the only person I thought would like this album, however, I was incorrect to the nth degree. She loves Goldfrapp and Morrissey and the like, so, I thought maybe this would be good for her...oh well... Anyway, I quite like the nuance and atmosphere of the tracks themselves...and especially the quality of the melody and lyrics. Such a richly textured and vibrant use of both. Cheers to the PRESETS!

[@milkm53785]

Just found out about these guys a couple of months ago. Why cant we get good music like this on American radio??

[@CDVHistorian]

+milkm53785 I found it on Pandora-or it found me. Inspired song.

[@magicpowers]

Ron Coddington me too. i missed some good songs. wish i hadn't but at least i did eventually get them

[@TheProntoOne]

I don't know how i missed this film clip for so long. Very cool clip, yet depressing at the same time.

[@TheSharkhugger]

one of my best songs ever, music video brings a lump in the throat x x

[@bj3peters]

Such a beautiful clip for one of my favourite Preset tracks...

[@ffragsks]

I wouldn't mind watching a full movie animated like this ! It's rly beautiful and cute !

[@KodiacPanda]

I really hate these advertisements. But lovely video and song, the Presets are amazing!

[@marcoaurelioamorim3968]

Puro som do surf, arrepia .Muito som com certeza!!!!!

[@SeachelleMichelle]

that's so beautiful and so sad at the same time :(

[@Kyliegh4]

It has been years and I still can't be sick of this song, definitely in my top ten songs of all times

[@playlistismo]

@ > The Presets 🎶> Girl And The Sea 💿 > Beams p > 2005 🎬︎ > Lee Lennox

[@bj3peters]

One of my favourite songs from the 2000's.....

[@JaimeEatsMusic]

I am really enjoying all of the different interpretations of what this song is about, can there be more discussions like this for every song? It is cool that so many people find such different meanings and concepts in this song.

[@obnoxiousowl761]

Speechless

[@dvonpm4881]

I could watch this video forever :) Well done song, well done video :)

[@TLOUStrategist]

Gorgeous...both musically and visually as well. Paints quite the picture...

[@remembermorrison]

I haven't heard this song in years and Pandora played it as well. Great song.

[@freddielongbottom7859]

One of my favourite songs and the video compliments it perfectly.

[@mh2289]

The best video ever.

[@amandahall4234]

I remember hearing this on goth radio shows in the day. Then I saw them support the Faint at the Gailic club. . It’s a saw them before they were famous moment. But yeah it was goth radio that got me on to them. Th ese days they’de have the Faint as a support.

[@guzoid3287]

I woke up this morning with this song in my head. I hadn’t listened to it in a few years. Strange, but thank you brain for reminding me of this gem.

[@EternalIntelligence]

what a beautiful song, and what a beautiful video to go along with it. simply amazing.

[@jkgray7638]

Timeless and I'm super picky.....Presets ... you have a livid passionate dancer HERE .. then the lyrics=MINT👌 Not many albums can play in full BUT .....I'ts like falling in love all over again....THANKYOU✌

[@tommy622222]

Underrated means that people don't give it enough credit, support your argument it's a great song

[@natasharawrs]

I downloaded the song on iTunes from the free weekly songs, best decision ever made

[@kaylajohns685]

I could watch this video forever :) Well done song, well done video :) Directed and animated by Lee Lennox Still one of my favorite things to bump after all these years. This song slams!

[@bigpoppa1487]

The Presets at their finest.

[@jackkelly4668]

So underrated

[@EmiliitaRosivel]

The fact that one of their songs made it to FIFA 13 made me so happy! about time! but this is the best song ever!

[@aus777]

Every time I play this song - I end up replaying it 15-20 times :) not sure why???

[@user-mo3no6hn8l]

Always loved this one by The Presets. Such a beautiful but melancholy tune 💜

[@vacovic84]

2023 y me voy encontrando está joyita. 😻 🇲🇽

[@juanpedrofernandez1408]

El estribillo es sencillamente majestuoso!!!!

[@Mikey669]

Beautiful video...remarkable.

[@SurrealisticSoother]

so touching .. the wolfie took care about the girl

[@1dreamfoundationcanada]

wow this song is so powerful, watching the wolf all alone makes me so sad i almost cried

[@alisonrolleston4420]

I stil love this song it's kind of haunting, gorgeous.....

[@AceEmoKid]

Wow, this is just amazing. The song kind of has an eerie feel to it, which just adds to the sheer brilliance of the video. And I have to say, I love the whole vintage, cut out paper style the animator gave this music video! Overall, fantastic video--It makes you sort of think about what this video means and what the artist was trying to say....

[@ivetagurko]

AceEmoKid here’s the original cartoon that inspired the video, you can read about its meaning on Wikipedia when you search Tale of Tales 1979 russianfilmhub.com/movies/tale-of-tales-1979/

[@chrisherself]

Heartbreakingly exquisite.

[@kristinemullins5227]

Holy shit the symbolism. The golden apple. All of it. I've only just seen the film clip now.

[@rushworksgraphics]

quite simply...........beautiful......love the song and the video is outstanding, welldone to whoever produced/made it.

[@holdmybeer]

some of the best bass lines are so simple.

[@3773122]

Выше всяческих похвал. И видео, и музыка.

[@looneyngilo2]

Woah. I'd never really watched the video closely, and now I'm brokenhearted for the wolf. Man...

[@ivetagurko]

looneyngilo2 you might like the cartoon that inspired it russianfilmhub.com/movies/tale-of-tales-1979/

[@INDUSTREATE]

One of the best bands, ever.

[@AmarilloStarshine]

So baked... oh my god the awesomeness....

[@asligar3887]

So beautiful video and song 🌬💕

[@wiredirony]

It's been years since I've heard this tune (never knew there was a video!) up until I heard the remix recently at a lounge. The Cut Copy remix is just as great.

[@Скелетомания]

I was a kid this video scared me but now revisiting it I can feel all the love and soul put artist !

[@kazu1979leko]

Esta es la banda mas psicodelica del mundo la mejor!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@discodave6153]

Song and video are very beautiful

[@marcoaurelioamorim3968]

Esse som é fora do normal,arrepiado quando ouço,som do surf!!!!

[@willsollo8258]

Marco Aurélio Amorim finamente um brasileiro que curte!!!! Kkkkk

[@MrSuparadise]

Quiksilver Country de 1997…..tem no meu canal. Na playlist TRACKS E SURF MOVIE

[@RockBoy81]

This is just beautiful.

[@gabydkruel]

Su voz !!! Me encanta esta canción !