You Am I - Berlin Chair

Video for the You Am I song "Berlin Chair" which was the second single off the Album "Sound As Ever" (1993). Directed by John Curran

[@lowerend3537]

I’m Australian and started a new job recently. The guy in charge there asked me what kind of music I listen to. I had been listening to ‘Sound as ever’ recently and said that I had been listening to You am I. He replied with ‘I’ve never heard of them’ so I played him Berlin chair. He listened to the song and said ‘Yeah, they’re shit’. I don’t work there anymore.

[@camsmith7421]

Wow , he sounds like an idiot

[@TaxFraudTutorials]

fucking oath mate. We get few chances to cling to the things we hold dear, I am glad you manage to stick you your guns in spite of others.

[@agathisrobusta]

@@TaxFraudTutorials Fucking hell if I operated on those principles I'd never be employed ever and would have disowned most of my family and friends and divorced my wife. 😂

[@TaxFraudTutorials]

@@agathisrobusta I think I was drunk when I replied to this comment definitely do not recommend quitting a job over music tastes! Although I suspect it may be a joke/exaggeration

[@yommmrr]

You showed him bro

[@ninakore]

The alt music scene in Australia during the 90s was insane. A golden age of creativity.

[@Capt_Samba]

1993 sitting in the lounge room of a share house in Windsor, Brisbane, smoking and drinking with 10 other friends and a couple of backpackers blasting this. Never forget it

[@jacquityack2230]

Sounds like we were doing the same thing...ah the memories....good old days!!

[@merrybirthday]

@@BP-rn3nl the album that this song is on (“Sound as Ever”) released on the 25th of October, 1993

[@biancastephenson2602]

The days

[@callyman]

1993 in a share house on Ashgrove Ave in Asgrove Brissy that I shared with 6 women cranking this dancing in the lounge room doing exactly the same thing! Thanks for helping me recall that memory Matthew.

[@404errorpagenotfound.6]

​@@callyman I was in Ashgrove/Paddington at that time in a basically open share house with bands downstairs and DJs upstairs playing round the clock. We probs met each other.

[@witch_haunts_ghost]

"I'm the re-run that you'll always force yourself to sit through". Is one of the best lyrics ever written.

[@bradantcliff740]

I was reading a book that had the line: “…and watched him like a late night re-run” and I immediately thought of this song and came here to watch and was going to comment exactly this.

[@ricroc65]

The famous video clip stars PJ, an old boxer and his amazing dancing moves. "We just got him along, paid him some cash, put him in a silver suit and said 'dance away my son' and he did it spectacularly" says Rusty. PJ would later re-appear in the Cathy's Clown video

[@munkaccino]

"amazing" and "spectacularly" are really a stretch

[@jonchapman6821]

@@munkaccino 🖕🏻

[@HappyHumanist369]

The man is a legend!

[@Nitrotoast1]

@@munkaccino you wouldn’t get it, you’re not an Aussie

[@ironmaiden1236541]

Does he know you were setting him up to look like a fool?

[@josebalda740]

Hard and fast rock at its best. Has a place in Australian rock history Still listening in 2019. Maryland, USA. What a tune!!

[@michaelharris5370]

Hi Jose up there in Maryland US of A 👍🇦🇺your comment goes back three years and so how are you doing ?

[@WJJ1961]

One of the great Aussie bands of all time!

[@davidm159]

I fell asleep as a teenager in the 90s so many times trying to stay up and watch rage. I usually woke up when this song was on- for some reason it always did the trick, lol

[@clacclackerson3678]

A very special bit of music.

[@bridgeyboo4952]

yup

[@fordfairlane529]

And still is mmmate!

[@stephenmatijciw3191]

Divine gift

[@levandrone]

All the guys here writing sentimental things about listening to this when they were young and how things suck now 25+ years later should team up and make a fan video of them all dressed in silver jumpsuits and dancing their sad thoughts away and ignoring what they're going through.

[@DonPandemoniac]

Excellent tune, first heard it on the radio driving a cab years ago through a rough town. Stuck with me ever since

[@TheUTubeTeamSucks]

Yeah, think I know the town you mean, some of those customers were crazy!

[@ZigealFaust]

I hope your fair prices weren't too bad. I heard it costs an arm and a leg just to cross the street around those parts.

[@garyslackjaw]

I'm surprised you managed to leave the city I found it tough as shit to get out and thusly never managed it.

[@crushproductions6483]

I've heard the pedestrians in that city can be quite troublesome, hope you "looked past them" and continued with your business. Glad you made it out of there.

[@DonPandemoniac]

​@@TheUTubeTeamSucks The look in their eyes man. But hey, some offered to share a pizza

[@GlennSyndallius]

This was the song that kicked off Aussie rock in the 90s. Absolute classic, and as most of us know, half of the inspiration for silverchair's name (with Nirvana's 'Sliver')! Tim Rogers is a bloody legend, I've met him very briefly. Aussie icon, national treasure.

[@TheSpatulaCity]

A 15 year old me discovered this song 1994 as a music track that was included on an American CD-ROM computer game called Quarantine. It was probably my first music CD and the best track of the game. I totally sucked at the game but loved this song. It wasn't until many years later until I discovered the bands name and "unique" music video. Great job guys!

[@davidhusband5022]

hey kids, where do you wana go?

[@mpskinner68]

I had the same experience. It was awesome. Never figured out how to play the game

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

Me too. Amazing CD that I played until it scuffed.Great game too. "Doom in a taxi".

[@ilianaahles1547]

Why did he want to give all his eggs to us? One of the best songs ever released. And one of the coolest videos too! Still listening in 2019. Maryland, USA. What a tune!! This will never get old!

[@Sharetaahjhhshjnajn]

I thought eggs too!! Like the saying "put all my eggs in one basket" but it's aches??? 25 years on and I've only just found out I've been signing eggs the whole time 😅

[@MammothBehemoth]

Upright show runners thought the same too kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJvalICQZt2nhKM

[@robjimfleming]

Upright braught me here. The fact that it's brilliant made me come back 100 times and counting.

[@Dimension50]

I agree

[@tree_harmony]

Rob Fleming, what is Upright

[@TimmyTickle]

@@tree_harmony A TV show starring Tim Minchin

[@mikehenderson339]

To the 109 LOSERS who gave this the thumb down you have no taste at all! This songs like all You Am I tracks ROCKS!! I am in Melbourne and so hope we can have live gigs again. I have never actually seen them live but love their music.

[@Rainmanthereal]

The intro song from one of the best Pc Games ever made !!!! Quarantine 1 1994 26 yo pc gaming nostalgia right freakin here !!!

[@mxmang]

If only it was redone

[@jacquiroo]

This will never get old!

[@glassapostrophe5113]

The heyday of Australia music. I saw them in Berry this year - they were the best band there by a mile - 25 years on.

[@Neilios1000]

You Am I were always the tightest band on any bill they were on. Being that rehearsed let them lash out when they wanted, and still be in sync. Last time I saw them was when they were touring the Hi Fi Way/Hourly Daily anniversary shows. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. I think Tim is perhaps the best song writer Australia has ever produced.

[@benwatson3482]

@@Neilios1000 agreed, Tim is an under rated gem. I saw them play support in a pub bar in Chicago one time. After Tim lit the bar on fire the main band came out and chastised the crowd for not appreciating what they had just witnessed. Was a fun gig. A shame they were never able to crack the US.

[@kelleadaway8536]

Upright braught me here. The fact that it's brilliant made me come back 100 times and counting. This will never get old!

[@anthonybenn2923]

Still one of my most favorite tracks by YAI and I love the clip

[@simonepayne1989]

I saw them around this time! Epic 😃 Great memories!

[@Hyde1996]

I've got to say I'm still listening in 2019. Maryland, USA. What a tune!! I think of this song every time I ovulate, God bless.

[@triskamaxi5402]

Yep you missed a great time in music from oz then again you had elvis

[@Genny-Zee]

Why are there so many comments listening for Maryland? You all trolling? 😂

[@foreverhungry7777]

Remember when this debuted on RAGE. What a great time for tunes.

[@leokimvideo]

The song that inspired Silverchair

[@leamog]

Prince Caspian. Sit down please.

[@jamesrowden303]

I thought that was every thrash band from Seattle when they were at school?

[@contemporarymusic21]

@@yesokthen Didn't Daniel Johns admit at one point that the name was a combination of Sliver by Nirvana (misspelled to Silver) and Berlin Chair by You Am I? Anyway - awesome song.

[@Andyface79]

@@contemporarymusic21 Yes

[@sax7380]

More like the Offspring.

[@davidharte]

The old geezer dancing in this video, was a regular at Rockabilly bands at The Phoenician Club on Broadway in the late 80's and early '90's. It's a hoot to see him again all these years later.

[@foreverhungry7777]

The Phoenician. I remember after a young girl OD'd on e it ended up turning into a pokies venue. We started losing a LOT of great venues in Sydney after 1999. The Olympics really homogenised the place - took a good 10 years for some vibe to get back in the city than lock-out laws hit and so many clubs and restaurants closed down. Than COVID hit. Ay yi yi...

[@gymonstarfunkle136]

​@foreverhungry7777 what a travesty 😔

[@odonodave]

This song takes me back to Sydney, the early 90's, these guys had just released Sound as Ever. Became the part of the soundtrack for my 2nd year at art school. Such a great time to be alive!!!

[@user-dm6nf8yc4f]

Hey, 17 year old Norwegian girl here. Just found this song this year, and it blew my mind and heart to pieces. Absolutely timeless, and a real good song still! Please, please, please send recommendations in the comments of similar songs if you know any! 🙏🏼:)

[@simsurfvideo]

Powderfinger "don't want to be left out" silverchair "freak" should get you started

[@user-dm6nf8yc4f]

⁠@@simsurfvideoThank youuu sm

[@simsurfvideo]

@@user-dm6nf8yc4f no worries. My favourite band of all time are dinosaur Jr. Try starting with their song 'green mind'.

[@gymonstarfunkle136]

Not an Aussie band but Archers of Loaf "Might" and "Wrong". Also "This Is No Place" by Urge Overkill.

[@joellenhair6877]

Saw them at Waves in Woollongong when this Album cam out. One of the greatest gigs ever

[@milly9264]

i fw this song heavy

[@cbenjamin9220]

This song destroys!!! Fellow musician from canada ❤

[@clintjohnson2245]

One of the weirdest videos ever! To one of the best songs ever!

[@noneprovided689]

Just discovering this in September of 2022, in Massachusetts, USA. Damn shame I didn’t get to hear this when it was new, and I was in my teens-would’ve made a great memory.

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

Better late than never..

[@gagacrazy10]

Yep…. That was a special time that no one will ever experience again…🤫

[@SukieOOO]

This song makes me cry

[@BVargas78]

I remember this from Quarantine, 1995. Australia had some excellent grunge bands, little known outside out the country.

[@Irishman11850]

We're having a different type of quarantine now lol

[@BVargas78]

@@Irishman11850 Not just Australia, but I hear it's one of the more extreme ones in place!

[@Irishman11850]

@@BVargas78 I'm not from Australia but I hear its extremely tough

[@banteringboomer4280]

long time fan thanks to thanks to the guys i got to hang out with them back in 94.... been friends ever since....much respect for these Aussie rock royalty! well earned exceptionally deserved!

[@cams6586]

I remember listening to a recorded live show of YAI playing on JJJ - they were at a festival in the States in the late 90s. They were nowhere close to being the headline act. They are absolutely killing it. Crowd were quiet then louder and louder as the band started really getting into it. In between songs, some guy yells out "WHOOO ARRRRRE YOOOOU?". Tim replies immediately: "Who are we? Who are you? WHO ARE ANY OF US, WHO THE F&CK KNOWS???? Alright, We're Crosby, Stills & Nash - THANKS FOR PAYING ALL THAT MONEY FOR ALL THAT FREE LOVE PEOPLLLLLE"." Crowd goes nuts. Just an amazing band, so lucky to have had them performing for most of my life.

[@riloh58]

Heard this on the radio this morning and BAM! like a bullet I’m back in the 90s. So good.

[@michelleheadlam]

A real "Classic"🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@mrfoy]

One of my favourite songs... ever!

[@BloodyDeeJay]

The seizures / dancing is quite good ,can you hire this guy for party's

[@Frikoppie]

I totally remember this from a game. My favourite song in that game, you know, the precursor to GTA... Have a good day.

[@rob9340]

Good lord, this song...Learning it on guitar. Just amazing. Thankyou YouAmI for many incredible moments, and inspirations. Woohoo!

[@mmanovicemw1161]

I saw the singer walking down chapel street one day, was cool af

[@sickbobby]

MMANOVICEMW me too, ‘cept it was in Pitt St, Sydney. Uncle Timmy was rocking denim on denim but man he was still cooler than anyone could ever be. #GBTFLoY

[@Genny-Zee]

My dad walked past Andy Kent in the ‘90s in Bourke St. he turns around and goes “oh, I think I just passed Andy Kent.”

[@sammymuir]

One of the best songs ever released. And one of the coolest videos too!

[@juddbowen3858]

The 90's had the greatest aussie bands and the best music vids rock on legends

[@MrStoudemire11]

I'll ignore each golden, dragging kiss you can give. On the blankest face that you ever had to forgive. If you see my failings, see my failings through. I'm the re-run that you'll always force yourself to sit through.

[@bless5116]

Always loved this. Amazing Aussie band.

[@phongbabao2130]

I saw the singer walking down chapel street one day, was cool af I tracked down albums by almost every artist on the Quarantine soundtrack Upright braught me here. The fact that it's brilliant made me come back 100 times and counting.

[@edsonluizmayer4705]

thank you for bringing Silverchair to the light!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@antma9028]

Great song, great clip!!

[@darrenfahey8558]

Never to late,, this was my past and still is, so so good Aussie rock n roll

[@WumpaPrincess]

This should have way more attention 💕

[@jimjammy1788]

What a tune!!

[@PanasonicTooth]

I'm in love wiith this song, and also Tim Rogers' wife!

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

I thought it was his wife in this clip.

[@PanasonicTooth]

@@ProgrammedForDamage Yeah I think it is

[@floydster23]

Love this song. One of the best ever.

[@_desertwalker_]

Sunny Melkbourne. I left Perth in the early 90's to play rock and roll there. Spent 25 years there. I miss it every day.

[@Joshua-jj4xn]

Ok, that's probably enough from you now.

[@woodford3000]

My friend in high school lent me the cd single of this song and You Am I has been my favourite band ever since.

[@buttsniffa7469]

What a tuneeee!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@UniQueLyEviL]

Still listening in 2019. Maryland, USA.

[@AlbertoPaz1]

If you're not Australian I feel sorry for you Amazing song, and the bloke is rivetting to watch!

[@MissWinkle555]

I didn't realize all the years that he's saying "aches" and not "eggs" until I looked up the lyrics today lol

[@123uzuz]

Who is still lovin this in 2021?

[@callummcdonald5738]

Still loving it in 2022

[@e.pembertonjohn447]

A very special bit of music. Upright braught me here. The fact that it's brilliant made me come back 100 times and counting.

[@jeffgagen3561]

This will always kick ass. Always fresh. any day any time. Love this song

[@kellieheald]

Thank you Danielle, where ever you are

[@paulachisholm6227]

So many good memories. I loved being in my twenties. Good times xxx

[@WJJ1961]

Amazing song, and the bloke is rivetting to watch!

[@ManfromJapan12]

Sound as ever

[@WarriorsSon]

"I'm the rerun that you always force yourself to sit through" Is that you KZbin?

[@microwaveovensrock]

Only 28,000 views...Man this song rocks.

[@substandardabuse6028]

possibly the lowest budget and the best music video at the same time

[@lukeross1664]

best film clip ever to one of the best songs ever

[@cangaceirovei3968]

O que será que ele fez??? 😳😳😳

[@indianofrioecalculista9690]

Aí minha voida

[@MHP423]

Love You Am I.... Miss the 90's

[@marcsfortaner]

sounds so Samiam!

[@Discoworx]

Hard and fast rock at its best. Has a place in Australian rock history

[@becl1709]

How depressing is it reading some of these comments about some game and the people dancing,instead of maybe Tim Rogers, Rusty, Andy and the baby Davy Lane. They were guests on PlaySchool. Tim is a shit hot front man. This song definately reminds me of simpler, more innocent times. Love it!

[@aliveandkicking1]

Amazing band, love these guys

[@fasmrfas8406]

When I drive a rusty cab, I listen this, of course.

[@BryanHRBrodie]

Just discovered silverchair properly and that has thankfully led me here. Ace tune 👌

[@HoloGong]

This song has what it takes

[@micrope7199]

NEGRO 5 CHUPETINHA O que será que ele fez??😳😳

[@voidgangrecords]

KKKKKKKKKKKKK O SEUS FDPPPPP PARA DE MACAQUEAR

[@voidgangrecords]

@Louis NAO FAIS IASSO VOU TE BATER

[@voidgangrecords]

​@Louis namoral mano ces sao mt mongol posso nem ouvir musica e fica triste mais KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@TheJaoz3]

Esse negro 5 chupetinha mein

[@gabrielduran5147]

@@TheJaoz3 ãhn??

[@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs]

The Drummer Cedric Sharpley died in 2012 leaving a definitive mark on humanity

[@kerriesciberras4658]

Early You Am I, It does not get better than this

[@Foo281]

2024. Love you Tim👍

[@carlitos041185]

If you're not Australian I feel sorry for you One of the best songs ever released. And one of the coolest videos too!

[@69stains90]

Don't feel sorry for this dutchy...I came here after watching Upright.

[@user-dm6nf8yc4f]

saaame omg! Absolutely loved the show and the song. Wish I knew of similar shows and songs haha. You wouldn’t happen to know any?

[@aarondeplae7063]

Upright serie brought me here, awesome song

[@ignacio-m]

Sliver + Berlin Chair = Silverchair

[@lat-roc9733]

Just brilliant

[@ottoschneider7182]

Thanks for this song!

[@Oilerator_]

This song really was a brilliant choice for that scene in Upright.

[@mickeydee8500]

one of australia's best export !

[@xTHESALTSHAKERx]

What a song ❤

[@rodolfovelez8618]

Great Song!

[@emzytron8001]

Just brilliant..... That is all 🤩🤩

[@adamblackshaw9151]

Amazing 4 chord song. G D Em Bm. That's it :)

[@whoisthispersonagain]

I count 6. For verses I’m hearing G, Bsus2 and Bm. For choruses I’m hearing the sus2 chords of D, G and E.

[@philboath8135]

So fkn happy to find this gem again

[@jws4539]

Thank you YOUAMI!

[@tins_world299]

Love this song

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

Great Aussie band.