Jesse Malin State Of The Art (Official Music Video)

Official music video for Jesse Malin's "State of the Art" off his 2021 album, Sad and Beautiful World.

Produced by: Jesse Malin, Geoff Sanoff, and Derek Cruz
Video directed by: Xander Strohm and Dave Stekert

Lyrics:
Staring out the window as I ride on
I've been thinking about the world, where I've been and gone
Rolling like a river that heads upstream
I hear you're happier now since you got clean
They put you through the paces when you were young
And they still drink the Kool-aid back where you come from
You walked around town with your collar up
And you never got off on that racist stuff
Living in the state of the art
I'm trying not to take it to heart
While everything is falling apart
I know you wanted more this time
Oh, it's been a while since I heard from you
I know you don't like talking when you're feeling blue
I think I get it, man, cause I'm the same
When everybody else is trying kill the pain
I heard you called your sister from a holding cell
And your friends from the protest, they all wish you well
Another broken system and some killer cops
I read the papers and I cried a lot
Living in the state of the art
I'm trying not to take it to heart
While everything is falling apart
I know you wanted more this time
You always saw the sadness behind my jokes
While all your other friends were busy blowing smoke
Rolling with the punches in a world of lies
With Johnny on the jukebox singing Born To Cry
Like a faded picture of a starless night
All your dead heroes couldn't get it right
You find the silver lining as the thunder rolls
Well the night is dark but the moon is gold
Living in the state of the art
I'm trying not to take it to heart
While everything is falling apart
I know you wanted more
I know you wanted more
We all want something more this time

[mapatterson]

Get well soon Jesse. I wish you all the luck in the world.🥰

[thiscorrosion]

If this isn't a hit song, it'll do until the hit gets here!

[salribera]

This is one cool dude, Don’t kill his fame. Great lyrics and tune .Signed A .Fan.

[chrisplese]

Yet just the next Malin song to get stuck in my head forever. You know like all those times when songs got stuck in your head and you just wanted them to go away except when it comes to Jesse here and the things he does you just never wanted to go away you wanted to stay in your head forever because it gets in your blood and it gets in your soul and you're just hoping that there's maybe one more song that you haven't found and of course there is because he's got a lot of albums out so you just got to go and explore and check out each song and see what's waiting for you just like that avocado spinach dip that you had over at your friend's house back in 93 I mean it was good but you didn't think it was going to be as good as it was you know what I'm saying so sometimes you just got to go you know you got to turn over the tongue in your shoe you know you got to run you got to grab a hold of the leaves and tear them off making sure it's not poison ivy because maybe that asteroid that's headed this way from the Oort cloud is coming just for you and no one else and maybe that's something to celebrate

[jacquelinedillon]

The beautiful Cat Popper defining "statuesque" here! Great fun and an awesome song. Where can I buy that robe? And that pizza guy looks shady. Excellent job Jesse and The Jesse Malin Band.

[waynesworld]

Love your work Jesse. I play in an acoustic duo with a mate and we play some of your stuff, Broken Radio (I’m the Boss), Shining Down and Don’t Let Them Take You Down. Hi from Tasmania!

[knockingatyourdoor]

Dude is one of the best songwriters we have today

[redemptivepete]

I know Jesse is a self proclaimed Elton John fan. This has echoes of Crocodile Rock to me. Maybe it's the juke box reference?
Crocodile Rock for grown ups anyone?

[chicharito]

Awesome song, great video! Can't wait to see you perform this live.

[lizheir]

Awesome Video to an awesome song! Great location and pool! Love it!

[SharonMcwilliams]

Wee discovery 💡 with gratitude to YouTube ❤ love this ❤️🎸🤘🏻💎 #Stateoftheart ❤😊

[johnnylep]

Great stuff, really can’t wait for the new album!