K's Choice - Everything For Free Lyrics

2020 anyone?

this is the 1st cd I bought coming to London in 1999 from South Africa

Thanks Jason :) Merry Christmas!!! Together forever eternity. LOVE infinity 🕯 i Love u 🙋God💋

She’s a « man » now...what a waist

After all this years, I'm still not sure if this one or Shadowman...you know what I'm talking about...

This song is incredibly important to me.
Back in 1998 I was 12 going on 13, I was very fond of this local radio station that had created a community between the producers and the audience. My favourite producer had a soft spot for this particular song and he would play it often, I quickly fell in love with it and recorded it on tape so that I could play it on repeat (rewind-play, rewind-play). This marked my transition into teenagehood: until then I'd been listening to lighthearted pop music, I was a proper tween who liked all the boy-bands and girl-bands of the time, but once puberty hit and K's Choice became my favourite band, I started discovering other genres of music (on the rock spectrum) and with it came my intellectual awakening. I associate the best things of my teenage years with the turning point that came with this song.

found this in 2019
great song

This song is Above the Line! If you read the comments here and on other 90s songs you can see so many people that say 90s are simply The Best time for Music and for any skeptic this is very overestimating, But... It's simply the Pure Truth!!! The Institution called MTV that popularise and help to singers and creators of Music create The best of the Best Songs and Music Videos!

This could be the new Theme song for the Democratic Candidates running for President. Everything for Free...

i am bipolar....this song is amazing

1:20 holy shit sexy Sarah (quoting my gf)

oh my god thank you thank you <3 :(( I had the memory of this song and the video but couldnt find it for 15 years you made my life beautiful today thanks for uploading omg <3

Same here, actually I was looking for it for 18 years! Great memories from my teenage years.

Love this music and band. My teenager years were so good. Love Sarah so much and her haircut. Next month gonna do the same as hers.

every 3 4, take control, neveralt, bs - is not a break space every 3 4 everything for 3 thought

Hi my name is billy, have you been here before, can I show you around? Its very pretty here. Are you here to stay, cause this is a special day. My name is billy, and its my birthday! You can come if you want, its my party down the hall. Don't tell them! I'm not troubled like these other people, I'm not sad or have depression like they say. I'm just tired. Before they daily lights out call they took me in a room, they think I'm crazy. But I'm not. I like it here, its nice in here, we get to color, and we get snacks, sometimes we talk in a circle, but its nice here, its safe. (Where I'll go, what I'll become, or who I am, or what I'll be, I'll never know, but I am sure that I'll get everything for free, as long as I stay here.)

This is the story of a psych ward. If anyone has ever been, this is exactly what one of the patients would say..... They give you a feeling of being safe by reverting you to child like instincts, the only thing you can do all day is color, and pretend, they remove all sharp objects, and you have all the time in the world to think about what you will become, who you are, and what happens next. And you get filled with doubt, but every morning you wake up and feel that doubt you realize that you're safe there......some people can grow past it. But there is always a billy, whos condition will never allow him out. Everything is free for billy, because he/she is trapped within their own mind, they're damaged, and the only thing keeping him or her stable is the safety these places give....Its kinda sad....

Самая трогательная из всех песен

One of my favorite 90's alt-rock bands that I will probably never start listening to again. R.I.P. that era.

Who's watching this in 2019? I am!

Fuck yeah great music is timeless!

from an age when MTV was always running in the background...with actual music...

So true

Лапуня

one hit wonder, and not this song noise crap

The guy in this video is one of the psychology lecturers at the University I work at! Small word!

Sounds current even today. I bet if Foo Fighters did a cover of this track now, 20 years later, it would be a massive hit worldwide.

So beautiful voice and beautiful woman

Thanks for letting me find this. Similar, not quite sure who is crazy.

god i found this song after so long

This band is very underrated

20 years....still cool

I remember i recorded this video clip on my VHC back then it was so awesome !

I forgot how much I missed music like this.

Chammillionaire Sampled this “Think I’m Crazy” https://youtu.be/IzhYQYYbho4

Les annees passent si vite et pas une ride pour ce titre. Nostalgique

filmed in Downtown Los Angeles garment district

A damn classic

this song is better than i expected

"have yoy been hete before?" ....exactly

90's = the best music decade ever!

Eric Allen Nirvana is king of music

Simply one of the best songs ever.

elle est trop sexy!!!!!!!

They should have played this at Obama's inuaguration

AMAZING

MTV '98

One of the most original rock bands ever! This song rocks!

fkn awesome song

Is this Type O Negative?

Heywood Jablowme I like this band , but let’s not insult Type O Negative

je pleure mon adolescence

that song is still bad ass.

Nostalgia..... Teen years come back please! You're forgiven....

You're god damn right, bro !

Hell that was my 30s and I played this song in a cover band back then... I've gotten old AF and all my parts hurt. Sure stage dives seemed like a good idea at the time.... just takes one show where the sea of humanity parts and you and your jazz bass meet concrete with the full force of gravity and, well, it's not good... trust me... 🤕

when they make this video ? in 1998 ?

+yousri ouanes well.. yes.

Thank you 😁

@yousri ouanes Np :)

I actually dreamed listening to this song last night (last time I've listened to was more than 8 years ago). and then I come here and see this bullshit about "this intro is an example of what NOT to do". yeah, fuck your opinion! no one asked you, and no one cares about your "mixing world". no one heard about you, fucking dj wannabe.

I remember when they used to play this on the Radio.

I like this song alot

Yes roundabout

dislike people who don't lije thisss eaaah

cucuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

FANTÁSTICO

I always assumed this was about a woman in a publicy funded mental institution that maybe had a retarded development age, like 9 or 10 years old

This intro of this song is considered as an example in the mixing world of what NOT to do. LOL...I can see why this is not popular.


Check for yourself: page 66 in Mixing Audio by Roey Izhaki 1st edition.

+TheChosenOne I was sent here by izhaki as well. I agree with in the main part the vocal isn't loud enough. But don't really agree with theafter the intro the level burst make you jump off your seat...it's the song's feature.

> not that popular
> 500,000 views

thats what sent me here too lol

TheChosenOne Then screw the mixing world...

Thanks for the book reference. Having no technical background I cannot argue, even though I've never been bothered by what the author points, neither the balance not the voice level. The tech side of music production seems very interesting, though, and I'm sure the production / mixing process can make a huge difference.

Is there a synth on her voice or is that her natural voice?

@Omar Kanafani I cannot speculate on what the effects might be throughout the entire song. But if you mean in the very beginning of the song, then yes. She definitely has an effect on her voice in the opening lines of the song. I think, if I remember correctly, there is a "callback" later in the song that repeats that same opening line again - and the odds are it also uses the same processing with a "synth" effect on it.

+Jason Davis some modulation effect...

It's a light chorus effect.

Cool Voice…(*´Д`*).｡.:*♪

Haunting lyrics. Shows just how special this band is. They should have tapped this sound more. The harmonies are perfect.

@Joe Whitney Many of their songs feature the same dynamic, regarding harmonies.

"Believe" is another great song by them that has a close sound to this one. Nice harmony

i forgot the title of k's choice popular song here in the Philippines back in the 90's along with their Not an addict song..then i stumbled here and actually found it..this is the song..

ganda din yung kanta nilang believe :-)

superb track! stays good after all this time

My wife and I actually had the incredible privilege of seeing K'S Choice live back in 2003. The venue changed at the last minute, so there only ended up being about 30 people there. After the show, while everyone else was leaving, my wife and I were still having drinks. Sarah and Gert came over to our table and struck up a conversation with us. We ended up chatting with them for about thirty minutes, just shooting the proverbial shit, telling stories, and having laughs. We told them we were sorry that more people couldn't make it because of the venue change, and Sarah said "we've traveled all over the world playing to large crowds at festivals, and we actually prefer playing to small groups these days. Better interaction with the fans that way". After their crew finished loading their stuff, they autographed a few things, gave us hugs, and out the door they went. Kind of cool to get to hang out with a band in a small venue after seeing them six years earlier at a large festival where I couldn't get within 200 feet of them.

@WarmothGuitarist Awesome story. They really are great musicians. I had a stare-down match with the singer from Type-O Negative once. I didn't even know who he was. Yeah...that's as close as I've gotten to anyone of any celebrity. Needless to say, the guy was a douche. ;-)

I've been to three of their concerts, always in small venues, and I think it suits them: kind of more intimate, more in touch with the audience. Never had a chance to actually meet any of them, but they genuinely seem like good people. Look at them on stage !

That is the best...I didn't get to see K's Choice, but I have a similar story with Brandi Carlile. The venue was an old church that was converted into a concert venue. There couldn't have been more than 150 people there and it was just the trio doing an acoustic getting back to their roots tour. This is pre-parenthood for all of them. After the show 5 or 6 of us were hanging out in the parking lot after everyone had left just shooting the breeze of finding the rarity of similar music lovers in Florida. Brandi came out and asked where there was something to eat near there and the caravan of us ended up going to Denny's at 11 at night. It was awesome.

Elle est belle Sarah.

The harmonies in this song are just pitch perfect and it makes this song so great and just addicting 

The singer and guitarist are brother and sister and grew up on Beatles, thats why they harmonize so well.

shall I tell a story?!! (= everything for free.......

Great song.

Peter Christopherson was a great director

@***** yup

I've heard this song for years and always wondered what the lead vocolist looked like. thanks for the upload, was very neat

@herron321 Oh, she's so beautiful here, right? It makes a straight guy sad she's not available to us... not that myself or any other straight guy should assume that we could get her if she were open to the idea. ;)

She is beautiful. She reminds me of my ex-wife. I sure do not want to marry her !  And she is gay. Nothing to fear !

est ce vrai ke  cest un groupe belge

wow, I think the woman singing is so sexy. I don't know if that makes me gay or not. That I always feel so attracted to women and become so enamoured with them when I see something I like. I am a woman and I would like for someone to answer me that.

@Jason Davis she USED to be sexy, one of the most beautiful women ever, i had such a crush on her. now she looks horrible, like an ex.con

@GD Liebheart no she doesn't. She just wears her hair differently these days. Her face is nearly the same. 

@cashmere_curls Not at all.

@homemadehuman Well, who among us doesn't age and look worse now than we did when we were in our early 20's? I mean, that's humanity!!

@Jason Davis And I agree with the original commenter. She was gorgeous at this time. I am one of the many men who was attracted to this gay woman at the time, even though I knew it wasn't "going to happen." I still admired her natural beauty.

I have plenty of chills when I hear Sarah sing. This group is magical and Sarah is beautiful.

This group seems one spanish: Dover, great both :3

@Jason Davis she meant on bad english that the groups looks /is very similar to a spaniard rock band called dover. and no, they aren't.

@Sandra Puig Are you kidding?. Nothing at all. Maybe this song can remind you to a very particular song of Dover, but their styles (and voices) are completely different.

Vale pues no ¬¬ que malos que sois jopetas

No me peguéis D:

Bueno, porque lo has pedido por favor... ;)

i love this song!

My old roommate used to date him like 10 years ago. He is a musician lived in Georgia for a while and the last I heard he is in the UK

I love her voice, not to mention she,s beautiful...

Love this band, love Sarah's solo stuff. Saw them in concert here in London Ontario. Small venue. Great. Gracias por la musica. MH

Does anyone know who the guy in the video is?

The archetype European 90s era Rock band - excellent!

90s Fuck yeah!

I love this song. Thanks for posting a HQ version. I've listened to this song a thousand times since I found this link in February.

Hehe, no MaJuV, I believe there was only ever this version. I am from the USA and never saw a different cut.

ooh, cool. It's the European version of the clip. I heard they had to cut out the guy burning the money in the US-version of the clip.

Yeah, I guess you are reading the same book I am. I agree that the guitars make you jump. It is probably that the intro (and the ending) is too quiet for the rest of the mix. I also read that the vocals are not loud enough, but I do not agree. Her voice cuts through that mix without any problem. I guess it is a matter of taste... A great song, in my opinion, regardless...

LOVE IT ^^

+1 αμα σας εφερε εδω αυτο το ρεμαλι ο Αλεξανδρος Πετρακας!!!!
respect!!!

thanks! best K's Choice song ever! I love those guys :) did u notice the little yellow duck on the guy's shoulder at 1:14...? ;)))

aawwww, Sarah is such a pretty woman! I want to marry her!

I absolutely <3 Sarah Bettens, In every concert she's cool & sincere, in every song she's smooth...She & her band will not be the first great bunch to be under-appreciated.

You rock Sarah & K's-Choice!

Aww i love what this song reminds me...1998

yeah well come visit belgium!

when you see the music video you can see Sarah's expression in Bart's face of whoever that is

Some people are even more beautiful without makeup on ^_^

Sarah looks more beautiful at 40 than 25 : ), the video is a bit kistch, but it's a great song!!

Exactly man! like, i miss the old MTV and going to real concerts that doesnt blind you with their flashy lights and over the top stages to compensate the lack of talent of whoever is performing nowadays.
BRING THE GENRE BACK!!!!!!
WE WANT TO SEE AGAIN THE ROCKSTARS MAKING HEADLINES ABOUT THE CHAOS THEY HAD DONE!!! NOT FUCKING BIEBER AND HIS NEW HAIRCUT OR FUCKING BOOB REDUCTION!
relax Im not mad. Im from the 90s, Im cool.

ahhh 90s reminiscing. you can never go wrong. except for the boybands, those were mistake that should have sprouted in the early 2000s.

I came here because I was informed this mix had level issues.

It did not disappoint. The guitar explosion at ~:30 is quite extreme. I'm glad I was warned - had I adjusted my speakers to the intro levels, I'd be deaf now. lol

Also, thanks for the HQ! Seems like a decent song.