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The Black Keys — It's Up to You Now
Album: Turn Blue
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Released: 2014
Length: 3:06
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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You wanted to love, but you didn't know how
That's okay, it's up to you now
It got so bad to where I wouldn't allow
But no more, it's up to you now

Let you go so you could go...
Go to town
It's up to you now
It's up to you now

You smoke cigarettes and you act like a clown if you want
It's up to you now
You do what you like and now you wonder why they're gone
It's up to you now

Let you go so you could go...
Let you go so you could go...
It's up to you now
Comments (62)add comment
 TerryS wrote:

Dirty smoky back room, rattle of pool cues while downstairs these guys are letting loose.



You're making me  and wanting to 
Posted 1 year ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
 nickmetalx3317 wrote:

You don't have to be a cook to know that what you're eating is shit.



But a cook knows if it tastes like shit to you it's because you have poor culinary taste.
Posted 2 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE! ...lousy recording quality!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:

Could be better...sound is muddled...
It's like there's a flannel shirt hanging over mike or speakers or both...




Go listen to Buddy Guy's "Sweet Tea." It's a stylistic choice.
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
These guys remind me of a fidget spinner...super cool for about 6 months and everyone jumped on board...probably deserve to be just collecting dust in a drawer now...
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Saw them here in Edmonton a while back.  Solid performances all around, great show.  Would see them again any day of the week.
Posted 3 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Totally groovy 
Posted 4 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
never realized how much the intro of this song connects to Joni's "Jungle Line" until I heard Bill mix it with "Dreamland."
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Saw them at the Tabernacle in ATL about 15 years ago.  I still can't hear you.

Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
+1 after reading all the neg posts, like tryin to balance it out, ya know? Call it a 7 and move on.

LLRP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:

This band does nothing new, and what little they have to offer is throttled by the most cynical production known to current recording techniques. Finding this sort of music enjoyable is a clear indication that your state of mind resembles balloons attached to a hatstand.
 
How sweet. A meaningless comment with a cutesy little insult. Classy.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
I looked up "meh" and found this song. 
Posted 5 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
That's better
Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
 Richard_Gold wrote:
Love reading all the negative posts - why not attach a link to a track you have made and we can all critique it ?
 
You don't have to be a cook to know that what you're eating is shit.
Posted 5 years ago by nickmetalx3317    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
pretty rudimentary guitar work here
 

So it's not Robert Fripp playing, who cares? 
It's still enjoyable as a whole.

EDIT: As I was writing this, the guitar 'solo' started - that was somewhat painful  , but I still stand by 'enjoyable as a whole'.
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Love reading all the negative posts - why not attach a link to a track you have made and we can all critique it ?
Posted 5 years ago by Richard_Gold    [ Reply ]
Mmmm, Crunchie!
Posted 5 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:

This band does nothing new, and what little they have to offer is throttled by the most cynical production known to current recording techniques. Finding this sort of music enjoyable is a clear indication that your state of mind resembles balloons attached to a hatstand.
 
Right.  If you don't have the same taste in music as ppoop, you're stupid.  Didn't you know?
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

So what? They have an original sound; catchy songs. Is RP playing your song? Can we hear your not so rudimentary guitar work? You do realize that there are many musicians who are much better than those we hear here and radio. That part is irrelevant. It's about being different, new, and catchy. This band has those qualities but evidently you're not able to see it.
 
This band does nothing new, and what little they have to offer is throttled by the most cynical production known to current recording techniques. Finding this sort of music enjoyable is a clear indication that your state of mind resembles balloons attached to a hatstand.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
pretty rudimentary guitar work here

 
So what? They have an original sound; catchy songs. Is RP playing your song? Can we hear your not so rudimentary guitar work? You do realize that there are many musicians who are much better than those we hear here and radio. That part is irrelevant. It's about being different, new, and catchy. This band has those qualities but evidently you're not able to see it.
Posted 6 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
pretty rudimentary guitar work here
 
Yeah, he seems to thrive on the rudimentary, lo-fi, muffled, retro sound.  Sometimes it seems pretty tiresome to me but they're having fun and lots of folks like it.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
pretty rudimentary guitar work here
 
Yeah, he seems to thrive on the rudimentary, lo-fi, muffled, retro sound.  It's gotten pretty tiresome to me but they're having fun, I guess.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
pretty rudimentary guitar work here
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 jtdenver wrote:
FWIW, I think I heard Guns n Roses.  {#Ask}

floydoftherocks wrote:
Ripped off Gomez with this one...

 

 
Funny - some part of the song brought back memories of Rammstein's Engel:) that whistling and guitar riffs
Posted 7 years ago by malamucha    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
These guys have a 60s sound too...like the troggs..or the seeds.  the 'fuzzy' sound is intentional
Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
poseurs
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
mr. brownstone at the intro no?
Posted 8 years ago by AAdanielAA    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:

Could be better...sound is muddled...
It's like there's a flannel shirt hanging over mike or speakers or both...

 
Even this is better than his Arcs project - the album sounds like a quickly-turned out set of demos to my ears.  I have listened to it a few times but the crummy sound means that it gets tiresome really quickly.
Posted 8 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Industrial-strength. 7 to 8.
Posted 8 years ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
Ripped off Gomez with this one...

 
And the White Stripes with the obvious name and the guitar/drum duo schtick.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
rippin good time
Posted 8 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
FWIW, I think I heard Guns n Roses.  {#Ask}

floydoftherocks wrote:
Ripped off Gomez with this one...

 


Posted 8 years ago by jtdenver    [ Reply ]
Ripped off Gomez with this one...
Posted 8 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
PSD here I come.
Posted 8 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Moving away from the heartbeat. Buzzcocks
 
Posted 8 years ago by Carnwaj    [ Reply ]
All us pygmies in the deep jungle be dancing to this...
Posted 9 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
  AndyJ wrote:
Could be better...sound is muddled... 
It's like there's a flannel shirt hanging over mike or speakers or both...
  
Proclivities wrote:

I think that's the sound they were going for - actually, I think it was a chamois shirt.

 
In my mind's eye - It is several shirts, and they all belong to groupies.
"Garage Rock" Lives!! 
Posted 9 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
Today I'm hearing Stranded In the Jungle.

The David Johanson version. 
Posted 9 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Increasing the size of the album cover and then scrolling up and down is doing fun things on my monitor.  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}

Cool track, too.
Posted 9 years ago by Bone    [ Reply ]
Great sound.. but definitely too heavy for this time of the day..We have late morning {#Laughing}
Posted 9 years ago by Ginetta    [ Reply ]
Low-fidelity, low-quailty music with annoying vocals. TBK stock-in-trade.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Could be better...sound is muddled...
It's like there's a flannel shirt hanging over mike or speakers or both...
 
I think that's the sound they were going for - actually, I think it was a chamois shirt.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I almost like it and then I hear lots of reasons to not like it.
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]

Could be better...sound is muddled...
It's like there's a flannel shirt hanging over mike or speakers or both...


Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Good music, but the singing is more annoying than Sting and Chris Martin rolled into one. And they are played to ****ing death on rp.
Posted 10 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
love it !{#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by Yoko_no    [ Reply ]
One must realize that played live, this must be purely deafening. Earplugs advised.
Posted 10 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
I've given this album a few listens now and no growth.  I'm afraid it's time to say it's not me it's you.  What happened to you Black Keys - you used to be cool.
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Yep, I can imagine this, though no longer in the UK with the smoking ban. Don't forget the sticky carpet and guys with tattoos on their necks...

So far, a dreamier and less crunchy album than their previous effort, so it might take a bit of listening to really take off in Riley Towers, but worth the effort I reckon.
 
Although I was at the Brixton Academy not that long ago and loads of people were smoking in the audience - cigarettes, joints and pipes - but mostly mostly cigarettes. It was like the old days!
Posted 10 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
This is just OK. Nothing too great here.
Posted 10 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Definitely like this more than other tracks I've heard from the new album..

 
Spot on!!
Posted 10 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
...reminds me a bit of the black angels, as does the album cover!..
Posted 10 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Mr. cab driver won't stop to pick me up...
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
I wonder how long it will be before I hear what this album sounds like rather than only hearing what it doesn't sound like?
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Definitely like this more than other tracks I've heard from the new album..
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Dirty smoky back room, rattle of pool cues while downstairs these guys are letting loose.

 
Yep, I can imagine this, though no longer in the UK with the smoking ban. Don't forget the sticky carpet and guys with tattoos on their necks...

So far, a dreamier and less crunchy album than their previous effort, so it might take a bit of listening to really take off in Riley Towers, but worth the effort I reckon.
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Dirty smoky back room, rattle of pool cues while downstairs these guys are letting loose.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Do I hear Bombino??
Posted 10 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Dang that is some sweet wall rattling sound.
Posted 10 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 Amyjacksoncc wrote:
A howling, trippy good time ...
 
Looking forward to the tour this fall {#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
A howling, trippy good time ...
Posted 10 years ago by Amyjacksoncc    [ Reply ]