Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire presents Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 дек 2011
  • Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire presents Sprall II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) (Official Video)
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    Lyrics
    They heard me singing and they told me to stop
    Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
    These days, my life, I feel it has no purpose
    But late at night the feelings swim to the surface
    Cause on the surface the city lights shine
    They're calling at me, "come and find your kind"
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
    That we can never get away from the sprawl
    Living in the sprawl
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
    And there's no end in sight
    I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights
    We rode our bikes to the nearest park
    Sat under the swings, we kissed in the dark
    You shield my eyes from the police lights
    We run away, but we don't know why
    Black River, your city lights shine
    They're screaming at us, "we don't need your kind"
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
    That we can never get away from the sprawl
    Living in the sprawl
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
    And there's no end in sight
    I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights
    They heard me singing and they told me to stop
    Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
    Can never get away from the sprawl?
    Living in the sprawl
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
    And there's no end in sight
    I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights
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  • @lizzieolsenwife
    @lizzieolsenwife 2 года назад +2483

    ive been looking for this song for 3 years, its my dads favorite song and he used to play it for me when i was a kid and we would dance around the living room. he passed away in 2018 and all ive been doing is looking for this song and i just remembered me calling it the angel song because he told mne the women singing were angels. i looked up arcade fire angel song so many times i cant count. then i remembered seeing something about mountains. i found it now and i can finally just listen to it.

    • @lox6887
      @lox6887 2 года назад +89

      I'm elated you've found it :) your da had great taste

    • @lizzieolsenwife
      @lizzieolsenwife 2 года назад +22

      @@lox6887 thank you

    • @lizzieolsenwife
      @lizzieolsenwife 2 года назад +9

      @Dark Chocolate you too, thank you so much

    • @therivergod849
      @therivergod849 2 года назад +15

      my dad died in 2020...glad you found it...peace and love and beauty, and happiness.

    • @lizzieolsenwife
      @lizzieolsenwife 2 года назад +8

      @@therivergod849 my condolences, im so sorry for you loss, peace love beauty and happiness to you too, my friend

  • @IntimateAlien
    @IntimateAlien 8 лет назад +2188

    Walking down the street listening to Arcade Fire in Headphones is one of the best feelings.

    • @alexanderpytko5394
      @alexanderpytko5394 7 лет назад +39

      So is driving down the street listening to it.

    • @potusa83
      @potusa83 7 лет назад +54

      so is falling down the street and listening to it.....hurts but its worth it

    • @maxamcdaxa
      @maxamcdaxa 7 лет назад +24

      doing anything and listening to them...

    • @beasley716
      @beasley716 6 лет назад

      Three primary colors

    • @sensating5660
      @sensating5660 6 лет назад +1

      We agree.

  • @carlosenriquez3859
    @carlosenriquez3859 2 года назад +454

    I’m 51 years old and I’m just discovering AF now. These guys are incredible

    • @fixinggood
      @fixinggood Год назад +9

      I'm happy for you.. their entire discography is beautiful!

    • @alonsogutierrez6556
      @alonsogutierrez6556 Год назад +4

      Music is good, band members... not so much

    • @juanalejandrogarcialay361
      @juanalejandrogarcialay361 Год назад +3

      They're awesome

    • @Anthony-wp7tz
      @Anthony-wp7tz Год назад +2

      @@alonsogutierrez6556 what do you mean?

    • @bstrac77
      @bstrac77 Год назад +5

      @@alonsogutierrez6556 So you are going to crap all over the entire band because of one person's behavior? Behavior that we are led to believe was consensual. And behavior that was made public 3 days before a world tour 🤷‍♂

  • @aaronmiller7954
    @aaronmiller7954 2 месяца назад +15

    I still listen to this song multiple times a day

  • @dianab3018
    @dianab3018 9 лет назад +2778

    is this one of the best songs that exist? the answer is yes

  • @LucreDenouncer
    @LucreDenouncer 4 года назад +201

    The best thing about this track is how the prechorus gets progressively intense

    • @InstaCrg_077
      @InstaCrg_077 Месяц назад +1

      A song can be perfect an this song is one example of it , is just SO GREAT

  • @davegreen6838
    @davegreen6838 3 года назад +92

    I used to listen to this in Korea, looking from the mountain tops at the infinite sprawl of buildings. It meant everything in those moments.

    • @austinbecton5341
      @austinbecton5341 3 года назад +1

      Hello from Cheongju hahah

    • @hannahb9873
      @hannahb9873 3 года назад +1

      Wow.

    • @paulsings3140
      @paulsings3140 3 года назад

      Did you serve in the military in korea?

    • @BEERBOMB113
      @BEERBOMB113 2 года назад +1

      Amazing Im certain you'll remember that feeling forever

  • @pamelakivi3531
    @pamelakivi3531 3 года назад +558

    This was my "train song" taking the train into the city for internships and classes before i moved here. has since become an anthem of sorts. There's nothing like watching the world go by glistening and promising and small and gigantic.
    Whoever is finding this tune in 2021, sendin you the utmost love and positive vibes. The world is small, but we can and will get away from the sprawl.

    • @enigmab0x865
      @enigmab0x865 3 года назад +4

      thankyou i needed this right now. hope you have a good day/night much love

    • @pamelakivi3531
      @pamelakivi3531 3 года назад +1

      @@enigmab0x865 that warms my heart :) sending you all the good vibes and love !!!

    • @KarlVonSchneider
      @KarlVonSchneider 2 года назад +3

      Thank you so much! I just found this beauty about a month ago and going tru the comments saw yours… got a tear out of me while reading it and listening this felt a little bit of happiness! Hope you are ok and thanks again for ur vibes! 🖤🌹

    • @matiaskern6539
      @matiaskern6539 2 года назад +2

      Love your words!, thanks for the vibes I’ll send you the same back to you!!!!

    • @timhoovermusicman
      @timhoovermusicman 2 года назад +3

      January 6th 2022

  • @davek2687
    @davek2687 10 лет назад +879

    Love Regine's voice. She needs to front more songs on their albums.

    • @ezri6585
      @ezri6585 6 лет назад +17

      you got your wish

    • @wojciechturski7976
      @wojciechturski7976 6 лет назад +2

      Why are you reading this? 😂true ,her vocals on electric blue are off

    • @youtubeviewer9574
      @youtubeviewer9574 6 лет назад +17

      Reminds me of Heart of Glass by Blondie

    • @colehartgrove1491
      @colehartgrove1491 6 лет назад +33

      Teddy Holiday That's not at all what those lyrics mean.

    • @ram2122tech
      @ram2122tech 5 лет назад +22

      Teddy Holiday I saw them live and her vocals are everything. She did the Electric Blue high note just like on the original song.

  • @jassandhar9442
    @jassandhar9442 10 лет назад +1430

    Underrated Arcade Fire song in my opinion. Amazing production, message, and of course the singing. One of my favourite Arcade Fire song in this album.

    • @mayycheng
      @mayycheng 8 лет назад +7

      ahh I agree!

    • @devondaniels4323
      @devondaniels4323 6 лет назад +1

      What's the message

    • @thegooseinator9614
      @thegooseinator9614 6 лет назад +48

      I dunno about underrated. It's an amazing song but I usually see it and Rebellion (Lies) being regarded as the band's best songs.

    • @tatealfrobinson
      @tatealfrobinson 6 лет назад +56

      The message is about getting away from city life (the sprawl) and doing things in the dark. It's about how the city is viewed as a place of anonymity, yet they always have the lights on, like someone is always watching. Its also about placing value on life's simple things

    • @mousecomtotla1
      @mousecomtotla1 6 лет назад +31

      This is not just an underrated Arcade Fire song, but it's just overall the most underrated song! Everything about this song is just so beautiful: the lyrics, the message, Regine's voice, her childlike manners, the music, that killer instrumental after the second chorus... I can't think of a song more beautiful than this one!!! Although this band is really famous, they are still extremely underrated!!!

  • @t_r_a_v_e_l_l_e_r
    @t_r_a_v_e_l_l_e_r 3 года назад +163

    "They're screaming at us, 'We don't need your kind.'"
    Really felt that. Especially at these times.
    This song... Never gets old. And so underrated.

    • @upgoyxtirzruz
      @upgoyxtirzruz 3 года назад +3

      What do you mean by these times?

    • @jekyllynch6168
      @jekyllynch6168 3 года назад +15

      I want to like this comment but you better not be some antivaxxer nut lol

    • @craigjohnson8240
      @craigjohnson8240 3 года назад +10

      @@jekyllynch6168 It's called pro-choice. You might not like it but that's what it is .

    • @artuszara2684
      @artuszara2684 2 года назад +1

      @@craigjohnson8240 are u in favor of abortion?

    • @Joe-qg6yv
      @Joe-qg6yv 2 года назад +5

      a Bolsonaro's (brazilian president) supporter said LITERALLY, with no alteration, these words to a friend of mine and the entire group while we're standing quiet in a corner of the town's square. "Look at your kind. We don't need your kind".

  • @MikesHouseWash
    @MikesHouseWash 9 месяцев назад +12

    It’s 2023 and I’m just discovering this song. LOVE IT

    • @disgustika
      @disgustika 6 месяцев назад +1

      I grew up a few blocks from where all this was filmed, still blows my mind LOL

  • @SparklyGutz
    @SparklyGutz 7 лет назад +724

    How does every single Arcade Fire song manage to make you feel so nostalgic? This is only my second time hearing this song and I feel like I've known this band forever. I love coming across bands like this so much

    • @mrp3ero
      @mrp3ero 6 лет назад +5

      Mikaela Howard it happens to me with The Decemberists.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 5 лет назад +6

      Mikaela Howard it’s also extra nostalgic because all those places are minutes away and that mall is gone, it’s now an ugly strip mall

    • @ykjay202
      @ykjay202 5 лет назад +2

      Well said!

    • @AnotherOrangeJulius
      @AnotherOrangeJulius 4 года назад +6

      Because it sound like ABBA.

    • @AdamBlack
      @AdamBlack 4 года назад +4

      siouxsie and the Banshees , kate bush . youve forgotten their music but they live in you waiting a reminder

  • @NoPlanesGo
    @NoPlanesGo 10 лет назад +615

    I love everything about Regine, from her child-like mannerisms, to the way she dances as if no ones watching. She's such an inspiration to me.

    • @Skyrilla
      @Skyrilla 5 лет назад +6

      I don't know but I love her legs. Haha.

    • @buzby303
      @buzby303 5 лет назад +1

      Well said B.P 😉👍🏼

    • @hahdhsjsjrkfn
      @hahdhsjsjrkfn 5 лет назад +1

      Amen BP

    • @ninaperssonsv
      @ninaperssonsv 5 лет назад +15

      The Canadian Björk

    • @archerj.maggott1372
      @archerj.maggott1372 3 года назад +8

      For me, it's the guy at 3:57 who gives me hope that even a tall, goony-looking guy with thinning hair like me can potentially look cool while dancing.

  • @patkloovay8505
    @patkloovay8505 3 года назад +26

    jesus christ i weep with happiness wheni hear this ......

  • @philmontgomery95
    @philmontgomery95 2 года назад +183

    I love Regine and how full of life she is. You can see it in her face. You can see it in the way she dances. You can see it in the way she sings. It is so inspiring.

    • @owenpangman8691
      @owenpangman8691 Год назад +4

      I just saw them play yesterday, and she is such an amazing force. Unbelievable stage presence.

    • @Jaydubbz
      @Jaydubbz Год назад +1

      you put into words what I couldn't. ty

    • @donlightfoot9608
      @donlightfoot9608 Год назад +8

      It's so refreshing after watching so many put on mock faces for the camera. Her energy seems real and contagious.

    • @Pheonick
      @Pheonick Год назад +1

      You can hear it in the audio, but its another thing seeing her visually, recorded or live

    • @paulgnsn554
      @paulgnsn554 Год назад +1

      Her vocals are an amazing mix of Debbie Harry and Bjork. There's something incredibly genuine and raw about the emotions she puts into her performance. She lives the words.

  • @davelui6257
    @davelui6257 2 месяца назад +49

    Better than taylor swift

  • @yeahiagree1070
    @yeahiagree1070 3 года назад +40

    i think literally the greatest song created in my lifetime

    • @phillipjordan4297
      @phillipjordan4297 3 года назад +2

      I’m 15 and just found it!

    • @benn255b3
      @benn255b3 3 года назад +3

      @@phillipjordan4297 lol I was 15 when I found them I'm 28 now enjoy them 😃

  • @ivoryisis
    @ivoryisis 2 года назад +43

    I see this song as symbolism against restrictive and rigid conformity, with how the people all look the same and are wearing the same colors. At the end Regine bursts out like a butterfly in neon colors, rejecting this absolute restriction. Love it.

    • @DatcleanMochaJo
      @DatcleanMochaJo 3 месяца назад

      What a tired message. All people conform eventually.

  • @biaaraujo472
    @biaaraujo472 3 года назад +22

    I saw this live, each time Regine sang "I need the darkness someone please cut the lights" the theater went completely dark, it was simply *amazing*

    • @sunsetpeach7y
      @sunsetpeach7y 3 года назад +3

      Amazing what a experience

    • @biaaraujo472
      @biaaraujo472 3 года назад +3

      @@sunsetpeach7y it was one of the best concerts i've ever seen, maybe the best

    • @ealter95
      @ealter95 21 день назад +1

      Yup, every time

  • @RzOhlin92
    @RzOhlin92 6 лет назад +180

    One of the reasons I love Arcade Fire so much is they help you "wake up" and see the reality we are living in for what it is... and instead of getting down, you realize how much beauty you can create out of the realization. :')

  • @marcoloya
    @marcoloya 3 года назад +49

    Hipster AF. I love it. For anyone that doesn't know, the Sprawl is a concept invented my William Gibson who's actually considered the father of the Cyberpunk genre. The Sprawl is a conglomerate of a lot of cities into one huge super city.

    • @sabre6449
      @sabre6449 2 года назад +6

      Nice fact mate

    • @Allen-vz6cq
      @Allen-vz6cq Год назад +1

      Sounds like Los Angeles county, or basically from there all way through orange county on to San Diego, it's one continuous city all the way to Mexico

  • @kmdn1
    @kmdn1 2 года назад +138

    I love this album for the sheer reason that they're writing about like the *least* sexy thing a rock band could possibly write about- the SUBURBS. But they created something totally unique and new but simultaneously truly relatable, like a shared memory of a home that doesn't exsist
    anymore.
    The fleeting 70's-90's suburban American experience was shared, despite what state you lived in, anywhere across the country, "move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass". It's that childhood experience, running around barefoot between your house and the neighbors' that you could have only had back when there *was* that freshly-laid, jet-black, sun-soaked pavement of the street right up next to that lush, cool, green grassy suburban lawn, coated in water droplets from the sprinkler... before the time when parents preferred their kids to stay inside, inside the safety of their houses and before the fascination of the internet took every kid's attention away from running around outdoors. It was a very specific place in time but it was also *every* place.

    • @alexisclutter1575
      @alexisclutter1575 Год назад +7

      You can write!

    • @witchykittyy
      @witchykittyy Год назад +5

      I’m poor from another country so I never experienced this but I love this album so much lol

    • @tealmer3528
      @tealmer3528 Год назад +6

      And in Canada too! They're a Canadian band.

    • @tealmer3528
      @tealmer3528 Год назад +6

      @@witchykittyy Heads up -- the suburbs kinda suck despite how much money they cost. If you manage to move to the US or Canada, don't go to the suburbs. Stick to the city.

    • @weavs90
      @weavs90 Год назад +2

      Man, spoken from the heart. It really made me reflect back on the days of being young again. Not a care in the world or major responsibilities

  • @GymAndSun
    @GymAndSun 2 года назад +106

    I can’t decide what’s more mesmerizing and exciting - Arcade Fire’s music, the quick cut sequences, or Regine’s dancing. 😆
    Props to the director for making an excellent accompaniment.

    • @timhoovermusicman
      @timhoovermusicman 2 года назад

      Regine is a beautiful name.

    • @davidmendizabal9892
      @davidmendizabal9892 2 года назад +2

      This goddamn video made me feel like i was fire, the dancing si something else

  • @Charlito732
    @Charlito732 3 года назад +49

    "The Suburbs" came out ten years ago... cheers.

    • @Aleph-Noll
      @Aleph-Noll 3 года назад +1

      yeah wild, the suburbs is still one of the best most complete albums ever made in my opinion

  • @austinbecton5341
    @austinbecton5341 3 года назад +232

    So many of these shots seem taken straight from my hometown. Arcade Fire is the band of our generation. So many of us grew up resenting suburbia, or at least held/hold conflicting feelings about it, even if we didn't realize it at the time. It feels empty, mind-numbingly sterile and isolated. It feels familiar, too, of course. In cities across the American interior, hundreds of thousands of Millennials have been trying to rebuild their urban cores and return to the communities and values that the 1980's destroyed. I hope we can find a way to cope with the all the destruction and decay.

    • @fredquesnel1855
      @fredquesnel1855 2 года назад +15

      LaSalle represent! The empty field is literally 5 minutes away from my childhood home. They are building condos there now...

    • @Anthony-wp7tz
      @Anthony-wp7tz 2 года назад

      Read my comment above, I think we share a lot in common in that regard

    • @jeanphilippe44
      @jeanphilippe44 2 года назад +3

      Oh yeah! I recognize rue Shevchenko, Lasalle. Maybe the vacant lot at the beginning has now condos...🤪🤑

    • @ryanbrouk1568
      @ryanbrouk1568 Год назад +8

      melodramatic dribble nonsense.

    • @austinbecton5341
      @austinbecton5341 Год назад +10

      @@ryanbrouk1568 ok boomer

  • @HekateGalanthias
    @HekateGalanthias Год назад +88

    A few years ago, I took a midnight drive through my old neighborhoods listening to this album, I don't think I've ever cried that hard.

  • @kylel4799
    @kylel4799 2 дня назад

    Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw, MI. RIP. It's still "open", but empty. Let's all dance there in our hearts.

  • @Anyaaarr
    @Anyaaarr 10 лет назад +296

    ah regine has to be the sweetest, most wonderful woman in the music industry

    • @eoghanii7049
      @eoghanii7049 10 лет назад +3

      Bilinda butcher back in the day...

    • @AnilaMirza
      @AnilaMirza 9 лет назад +12

      You're right, she's the sweetest..
      Just look at how cute she is !

    • @jtizzo3696
      @jtizzo3696 6 лет назад +1

      Anya Levkouskis bjork

    • @TheSubmissionChannel
      @TheSubmissionChannel 5 лет назад +1

      … until you meet her in-person, in real life.

    • @tiago9679
      @tiago9679 4 года назад

      Win Pagan why? (just asking, not really familiar with arcade fire)

  • @kenneth6731
    @kenneth6731 5 лет назад +11

    I walked out the door. It was early in the morning and the church bells were ringing. It was cold and the air was crisp. I was warm though, I had just heard my new favorite Cyndi Lauper song come over the air on my pocket radio. I went on to have one of the best days of my life. That was in 1983. This song took me back to that day better than the DeLorean in BTTF ever could have. This young lady has an old soul, and it's glowing brighter than the Sun. This is pure genius, you know that right?

    • @marcelloribeiro2750
      @marcelloribeiro2750 4 года назад +3

      I just enjoy a lot your comment. Peace.

    • @kenneth6731
      @kenneth6731 2 года назад +1

      ​@@marcelloribeiro2750 Thank you for you kindness, peace and blessings to you and yours.

  • @scholasticpie
    @scholasticpie 2 года назад +23

    This song evokes emotions and feelings that I didn't know I had deep inside my subconscious. The best I can put it in words is yearning for the
    timeless idyllic existence when you only remember melancholic loneliness, un-raveling the coiled up dimensions of joys and sorrows of human interactions
    and attempting to characterize the infinite ripples of our sadness with finite attributes.

    • @krista6538
      @krista6538 Год назад +1

      Absolutely, I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s absolutely a yearning song.

  • @Hayyden
    @Hayyden 2 года назад +106

    *"We rode our bikes to the nearest park*
    *Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark*
    *We shield our eyes from the police lights*
    *We run away, but we don't know why"*

    • @donald984
      @donald984 2 года назад +6

      That whole verse is amazing

    • @lunatuna5203
      @lunatuna5203 Год назад +2

      Nice haiku 😁

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Год назад +1

      Is that supposed to be deep?

    • @Moondancin
      @Moondancin Год назад +1

      @@NormAppleton Well.. it is a song and it sounds like she’s reflecting back to youth.
      I can’t tell if you’re a lonely troll or just slow in the head.

    • @finnthekreatormusic5397
      @finnthekreatormusic5397 Месяц назад +1

      No but it's nostalgic and relatable, don't be an asshole​@@NormAppleton

  • @KanwarAnand
    @KanwarAnand 8 лет назад +78

    This song reminds me of the streets of New York and walking back to my apartment stoned when it was fucking cold. Their music became a soundtrack to life.

    • @mkrump9403
      @mkrump9403 8 лет назад

      +spaceydecember ... Which sector of New York?

    • @KanwarAnand
      @KanwarAnand 8 лет назад

      +M krump midtown

    • @mkrump9403
      @mkrump9403 8 лет назад

      ((By google map this sector have alot of buildings)) In the video: we see more suburb houses kind... Ho well I respect for your view of it.

    • @KanwarAnand
      @KanwarAnand 8 лет назад +1

      Well their music also says,
      "Someone please shut the lights."
      or
      "Feel like I've been living in a city with no children.."
      or
      "Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours"
      or
      "I don't want to live in America no more."
      or
      "They're screaming at me, come and find your kind" (Talking about street lights)
      So it was very very relevant.

    • @KanwarAnand
      @KanwarAnand 8 лет назад +2

      We used to get so high on Arcade Fire that I sold my SLR and flew to Chicago to watch them in concert. It didn't cover the cost but it was worth the late 20's tomfoolery.

  • @margotgeorgia
    @margotgeorgia 8 лет назад +153

    She is too adorable. I love her voice and her mannerisms she's so childlike and cute

    • @Chris_WG
      @Chris_WG 4 года назад +1

      I love this comment the most.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 4 года назад +3

      Aaron she is hardly fat. We are just used to seeing super skinny women in music videos or super toned women. Most women are not like that.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 4 года назад +4

      Aaron if you think she is fat you have issues.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 4 года назад +2

      Aaron who cares if she put on a few pounds. That’s quite normal.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 4 года назад

      Aaron fine that’s your view but putting on a few pounds is different to being fat.

  • @TonyVorell
    @TonyVorell 2 года назад +6

    RIP Paul farmer

  • @brookewalsh8839
    @brookewalsh8839 3 года назад +126

    This album came out my senior year of high school. And this song resonated with me soooooo much. As a young person growing up in the suburbs I fully believe it had a deep impact on my development from a teenager into an adult. One of the best Arcade Fire songs ever

    • @valeriearndt9788
      @valeriearndt9788 2 года назад +3

      Came out my sophomore year of college and I couldn't agree more. Will forever hold a sacred place in my heart.

    • @georgednfl8408
      @georgednfl8408 2 года назад

      No one asked

    • @AngelBien
      @AngelBien Год назад +2

      @@georgednfl8408 yeah, but I'm grateful this kid shared that

  • @Renfipan
    @Renfipan 7 лет назад +248

    Regine is so beautiful 🐻

    • @alexanderpytko5394
      @alexanderpytko5394 7 лет назад +25

      Yeah, Win is a very lucky man.

    • @luk11c4
      @luk11c4 6 лет назад +3

      not really...

    • @Momo-zz2tf
      @Momo-zz2tf 5 лет назад +2

      She ist sweeeeeet like sugar

    • @cdbinkley1888
      @cdbinkley1888 5 лет назад

      luk11c4 that’s not regine that’s Michael C Hall (Dexter) with a wig!

    • @SabinaCesar2024
      @SabinaCesar2024 5 лет назад

      because she is haitian.

  • @edmurawski1129
    @edmurawski1129 3 месяца назад +4

    This song is saving my life right now thank you 😢

  • @dtrYeti
    @dtrYeti 2 года назад +20

    Heard this song in a mall one time around closing time. The mall was empty and this was just blaring it was pretty cool.

  • @christianperez2462
    @christianperez2462 2 месяца назад +2

    love, love, love!!!

  • @Kridian01
    @Kridian01 10 лет назад +14

    It was a shitty morning until I heard this song. Never underestimate the power of music.

  • @Sochilinda
    @Sochilinda 8 лет назад +223

    Her singing makes me smile and feel immediately happy :) Love this song :)

    • @alexanderpytko5394
      @alexanderpytko5394 7 лет назад +8

      She has a gift!

    • @JCR585
      @JCR585 4 года назад

      Same her buuut with electric blue. The concert in gdl. Mexico last year was crazy.

  • @ralphlazio505
    @ralphlazio505 3 года назад +38

    I’m 48 years young and I LOVE these hipsters tunes. So stocked I ran into this band. Making the best outta the end of this 2020 🎶🔥👍🏼

    • @h2oespi541
      @h2oespi541 3 года назад +4

      Listen to neighborhood 1and 2, afterlife, half light II, some of the best me thinks

    • @CalculusVariations99
      @CalculusVariations99 Год назад

      keep lifting.

    • @ralphlazio505
      @ralphlazio505 Год назад

      @H2oespi - ‘Neighborhood 1 and 2’ …. are these albums by Arcade Fire?

    • @macaroni7639
      @macaroni7639 Год назад

      @@ralphlazio505 they’re songs

  • @martaboccato7206
    @martaboccato7206 Год назад +28

    This has been my favorite song for so many years and just a few days ago I had the gift to see Régine perform it live... I was literally in tears. She is so full of life and Arcade Fire is such an amazing band.
    Love from Italy 🧡

  • @iwasthewalrus9204
    @iwasthewalrus9204 8 лет назад +527

    This song is like the sequel to Blondies "Heart of Glass". This song is better, in my opinion. The Suburbs is one of the best albums ever released.

    • @OakCliffTX82
      @OakCliffTX82 7 лет назад +10

      Always reminds me of The Promise, by When in Rome... But yeah, I hear blondie too

    • @chadgrisham1165
      @chadgrisham1165 5 лет назад +15

      I was thinking Heart of Glass too haha

    • @LucreDenouncer
      @LucreDenouncer 4 года назад +5

      Kind of, but I think it makes a better sequel to Modest Mouse's "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" since it has the lyric "the malls are the soon-to-be ghost towns"

    • @Sevro720
      @Sevro720 4 года назад +3

      iWASthewalrus9 saying The Suburbs is one of the best albums is way too much, but Sprawl II is one of my personal favorites.

    • @spinningchrysalis4061
      @spinningchrysalis4061 4 года назад +2

      Funny you should say that: ruclips.net/video/PDw_KyWBWeo/видео.html
      It has Chris Stein's approval, too.

  • @christianbecker8108
    @christianbecker8108 5 месяцев назад +3

    This song makes you realize how beautiful life is.

  • @EdsonConciertos
    @EdsonConciertos 3 года назад +3

    5.1 Million views, 4 Million are mine 🖤

  • @neilcampbell4039
    @neilcampbell4039 Год назад +14

    One of the best front to back albums in history

  • @dominicgagnon5964
    @dominicgagnon5964 8 лет назад +311

    i live in the neighborhood shes in haha sweet! MONTREAL REPRESENT!

    • @giancarlorodriguez964
      @giancarlorodriguez964 8 лет назад +10

      Have you seated on the bench at 1:50 ?

    • @dominicgagnon5964
      @dominicgagnon5964 8 лет назад +17

      haha probably i used to play football on that field

    • @Damouis
      @Damouis 5 лет назад +2

      @Jonathan Lyman Lasalle/Verdun

    • @mortlieb8239
      @mortlieb8239 5 лет назад +4

      I visited Montreal and stayed in Longueuil this last summer. Wonderful place, can't wait to visit again.

    • @retailreminisce
      @retailreminisce 5 лет назад

      What is the name of the shopping mall she is inside of at 2:50?

  • @rudyavila327
    @rudyavila327 7 лет назад +95

    just when I thought I have heard most of what music has to offer, I then came across Arcade Fire, and I now know I am foolish to have ever thought that.
    I just for the 1st time heard of this band, and I find them refreshing with a different meaning in my life as I'm walking during the middle ages of my life👏💯☆

    • @TommyTorit
      @TommyTorit 5 лет назад +1

      I feel ya rudy, hope your well brother

    • @ruthmccann8995
      @ruthmccann8995 4 года назад

      Check out Funerals, Neon Bible, Reflektor, and Everything Now. They are all the albums that Arcade Fire have released so far.

    • @celieboo
      @celieboo 4 года назад +1

      Funerals and Neon Fire and the Suburbs 💕

  • @sugarblunt
    @sugarblunt 24 дня назад +1

    Gives me goosebumps, saw them at Coachella and this song takes me back

  • @freecake1
    @freecake1 3 года назад +13

    So much of their songs have such relevant subject matter. Assuming this song is about urban sprawl. Something that has shaped the face of American, and other western cultures the world over. By increasing the reliance on automobiles. And creating widespread light pollution stretching for miles. (I need the darkness someone please cut the lights)
    Such a great album

  • @beautronics
    @beautronics 6 лет назад +41

    "They heard me singing and they told me to stop" Please never do that, Régine!

    • @tats5880
      @tats5880 5 лет назад

      You sing your little heart out nobody going too tell you to stop hon

  • @wilpharaoh3276
    @wilpharaoh3276 3 года назад +48

    I just found this song for the first time. This is easily the best thing to happen in 2020!

  • @tombrannagan1449
    @tombrannagan1449 Год назад +7

    This song on repeat has snapped me out of a semi depression. Some dopamine, endorphin releasing brilliance. Thank you

  • @icord50
    @icord50 2 месяца назад +1

    I recognize many of the scenes from suburban Lasalle & Queen Elizabeth Park in Verdun. I lived nearby and at 74, love this group.

  • @DamnedConservatives
    @DamnedConservatives 3 года назад +96

    Me and the 3yr old in the car. I put this song on.
    5 seconds in 3yr old says "Daddy, this is my favorite song!"
    Song ends. 3 yr old: "AGAIN!!"
    Insists we play it over and over every time we're in the car.
    I think this kid will turn out okay.

    • @casualcausalityy
      @casualcausalityy 2 года назад +4

      Yeah they've got great taste in music already, that's not a bad sign!

    • @lakeshoresubtleties
      @lakeshoresubtleties Год назад +1

      Next road trip one you need is Brian Q. Quinn's "Drive, Drive, Drive". You're welcome.

    • @what-fn5fk
      @what-fn5fk Год назад

      W

  • @naoma123yea
    @naoma123yea 7 лет назад +325

    They heard me singing and they told me to stop,
    Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock,
    These days, my life, I feel it has no purpose,
    But late at night the feelings swim to the surface.
    'Cause on the suburbs the city lights shine,
    They're calling at me, 'come and find your kind.'
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
    Then we can never get away from the sprawl,
    Living in the sprawl,
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains,
    And there's no end in sight,
    I need the darkness someone please cut the lights.
    We rode our bikes to the nearest park,
    Sat under the swings, we kissed in the dark,
    We shield our eyes from the police lights,
    We run away, but we don't know why,
    And like a mirror these city lights shine,
    They're screaming at us, 'we don't need your kind'
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
    Then we can never get away from the sprawl,
    Living in the sprawl,
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains,
    And there's no end in sight,
    I need the darkness someone please cut the lights.
    They heard me singing and they told me to stop,
    Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock.
    Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
    Can we ever get away from the sprawl?
    Living in the sprawl,
    Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains,
    And there's no end in sight,
    I need the darkness someone please cut the lights.

  • @shibbidydoowop
    @shibbidydoowop 2 года назад +5

    This and Mike snow's "animal" are my all time mid 2010's songs to jam out to and not have a care in the world

  • @dariohalfaxa1742
    @dariohalfaxa1742 4 года назад +11

    Years ago I was with my ex girlfriend. We had to go to the disco and she was busy with the make-up in the bath, listening to this song. I didn't know and I asked the title. After years, I'm used to listen this yet. We broke up but I love remember that period. We were such happy and in love. Thanks for everything. ♡

    • @karinabelman_
      @karinabelman_ 2 года назад +1

      My exboyfriend sang this one to me, I loved him so much and we broke up because the timing was just not right. I always listen to this or sing this when I'm really stressed and it always calms me down :)

  • @mismay360
    @mismay360 7 лет назад +33

    It's been 7 years since I first heard this song, and it still gives me goosebumps.

    • @Ngis
      @Ngis 6 лет назад +1

      Its been four years for me and the love still keeps growing.

  • @KelseyWallace
    @KelseyWallace 9 лет назад +74

    She's literally so perfect

  • @juanalejandrogarcialay361
    @juanalejandrogarcialay361 Год назад +2

    But Late at Night...Those Feelings Swim To The Surface...

  • @vlassismissos9986
    @vlassismissos9986 6 месяцев назад +2

    Every time I listen to the song the world gets smaller

  • @jeffreykazanjian2399
    @jeffreykazanjian2399 5 лет назад +12

    This song is so good it's almost beyond my emotional capacity. To appreciate it fully is like trying to touch the sun.

  • @roxanneazul
    @roxanneazul 4 года назад +644

    Anyone watching this in 2020 like did y'all predict the future?

    • @otxov2897
      @otxov2897 4 года назад +8

      Right??

    • @ChadMichaelSimon
      @ChadMichaelSimon 4 года назад +13

      Exactly. This exactly captures how my soul feels right now.

    • @mertman1
      @mertman1 4 года назад +6

      You should check out Josh Turner’s acoustic version.

    • @roxanneazul
      @roxanneazul 4 года назад +1

      I will do that

    • @Beilmanimal
      @Beilmanimal 4 года назад +10

      By the time the first bombs fell, we were already bored.

  • @wmw05
    @wmw05 Месяц назад +1

    This song reminds me of looking out over the Bay Area and Buenos Aires...

  • @geoffreyheckroodt2018
    @geoffreyheckroodt2018 3 года назад +162

    2010: Man, those masks are weird.
    2021: Man, why isn't Regine wearing a mask like everyone else?

  • @spapi3880
    @spapi3880 5 лет назад +17

    Her smile is almost as beautiful as her voice.

  • @nelhern2677
    @nelhern2677 6 лет назад +305

    All I want to know is who told her to stop singing.
    We need an inquiery. Measures have to be taken.

    • @l3LindinG
      @l3LindinG 4 года назад +20

      *punches pretentious things, quits clock*

    • @ArmageddonSpeaking
      @ArmageddonSpeaking 4 года назад +15

      i literally don't understand why she wasn't the full time lead singer of this band. lol. like i don't mind other dude but her voice and skills are amazing. i assume maybe the guy is the writer though and wants to sing? who knows. not me.

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 4 года назад +5

      @@ArmageddonSpeaking if I've learned anything from arcade fire over the years is that each member has something to contribute and is an artist in their own right.

    • @ArmageddonSpeaking
      @ArmageddonSpeaking 4 года назад +1

      @@johnturtle6649 i mean sure yes absolutely, with arcade fire or any other creative collaborative group. that is normally how it works in this business.

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 4 года назад

      @@ArmageddonSpeaking normally in the business artists have side projects when they want to be the one in control

  • @johnmahaffey6570
    @johnmahaffey6570 Год назад +4

    55 years old and just found this incredible band sow them on SNL. God I love that show.

  • @edwinbrandongener43
    @edwinbrandongener43 2 года назад +5

    After how many Years I found This Spectacular Music

  • @ianhawkins8456
    @ianhawkins8456 4 года назад +34

    Listening to this in COVID quaratine.....still so, so good.

    • @jaynebarber9751
      @jaynebarber9751 3 года назад +2

      7 months later, still in quarantine, still listening

  • @piglet2548
    @piglet2548 5 лет назад +26

    Her movements are so unnatural..yet so adorable..

  • @rochesterjohnny7555
    @rochesterjohnny7555 Год назад +2

    ArCaDe FiRe ArE sOoOoOoOoO gOoD

  • @8BitNaptime
    @8BitNaptime 9 месяцев назад +2

    key change around 3:18 is epic

  • @coolcat3815
    @coolcat3815 3 года назад +8

    it's 2020... HOW have I gone almost a DECADE without hearing this song till now!?!?!?!

  • @toriwoods9800
    @toriwoods9800 3 года назад +12

    When my kids were still at home, and used to blast this tune; . Turn it up son! Mam was an instant fan!!!

  • @deannawolford4523
    @deannawolford4523 3 месяца назад +1

    I've been punching the clock for years now at the grocery store. So far, no one has told me to stop singing.
    Sometimes I sing this song to myself as I punch in. 😀

  • @mari.s_143
    @mari.s_143 9 месяцев назад +1

    In the beginning the sounds make me smell grass and think of summer

  • @danilopfvr
    @danilopfvr 2 года назад +42

    Eu agradeço todo dia por poder ouvir e sentir essa música. É indiscritível o sentimento que ela me passa

    • @juliamaria1836
      @juliamaria1836 2 года назад +1

      sinto exatamente o mesmo. Acho que nunca vou conseguir compor uma música, pq essa já expressa tudo que eu poderia dizer

  • @keithbiz85
    @keithbiz85 5 лет назад +27

    It's 2019 and I just discovered that they made a video for this song.
    I'm so happy that it exists and that it's nothing like I ever imagined it would be.

  • @gentwo2741
    @gentwo2741 2 года назад +1

    ...god, I love everyone on this page. You are my people! Not because you like this song, but because you've got some depth. The best part of this song for me is @ 2:59 to 3:14, which is basically a "whoaa, what's happening? sh#% is going sideways" moment, moving into 3:15 where Regine catches the beat and flips the whole song in a different direction. I love the little smile that comes across her face at 3:14/3:15 (she's like, watch, I got this ya'll). It very much seems the cathartic break in the song. Beautiful independence breaks out at that point. Also cheers to the little rebel @ 2:04, breaking sync with the group.

  • @qnniikq
    @qnniikq 3 месяца назад +1

    Previously, I thought other songs were my favorite but then once I heard this song I realized this song is the best!!!!!!!!!

  • @Gustavo2918
    @Gustavo2918 6 лет назад +20

    I love Regine's voice and she's so beautiful

  • @Gio-kq2fp
    @Gio-kq2fp Год назад +4

    I'm jealous of the people who have yet to hear this absalute banger for the very first time, so many years past and it still gives me that same feeling of awesomeness inside, it's in my top 3 songs from this magnificent band

    • @SuzanneO707
      @SuzanneO707 8 месяцев назад

      I played it to my sixteen year old daughter. She loves it to bits.

  • @piykhd136
    @piykhd136 Год назад +2

    She's beautiful in so many ways and I hope she realises her own worth

  • @SGT_USMC_
    @SGT_USMC_ Год назад +10

    11 years later and its the first time I've heard this masterpiece?!

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Год назад

      Y'know I want to like this band but Win Butler is a raging asshole and Regine is pretty arrogant too. The rest of the band is great.

    • @freeman2399
      @freeman2399 Год назад +1

      Better late than never :)

    • @SuzanneO707
      @SuzanneO707 8 месяцев назад

      @@freeman2399 Yeah.

  • @OrangeD00D
    @OrangeD00D Год назад +4

    one of the best albums of the 2010s...

  • @dfviewer2007
    @dfviewer2007 5 лет назад +42

    The day I quit my job, this is the song I shall play

    • @DAWNOFBLACKHEARTS
      @DAWNOFBLACKHEARTS 3 года назад

      Did you quit your job?

    • @matnewton6869
      @matnewton6869 2 года назад

      Any updates?

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 2 года назад

      Should have picked Ready To Start as that song IS about quitting your job

    • @TheMisterman1972
      @TheMisterman1972 2 года назад

      What you waiting for buddy?
      If it's that bad, sort yourself an improved alternative and quit.
      Life's too darn short!
      Ha, I just realised the original comment was two years old. 😄

  • @su3gu872
    @su3gu872 4 года назад +7

    The use of Paper in this video is such an artful metaphor. And seeing Regine break through it in a red Pheonix dress with those peg leg shoes is absolutely freeing to the soul. I love the high pitched defiant optimism of this song. 'they heard me singing and they told me to stop!'', such is life when you have the luxury of self expression through Art.

  • @boonebrannon539
    @boonebrannon539 3 года назад +14

    Probably gonna be lost in the mass of comments, but you guys guided me through the worse era of my life. I made it though and I feel infinitely stronger. So thank you. Thank you for saving me.

    • @pamcn2270
      @pamcn2270 Год назад

      N with that keep going xxxx

  • @MrWhiskers65
    @MrWhiskers65 4 года назад +7

    Another amazing Montreal creation!... Cirque de Soleil and Arcade Fire are two of the best representations of what makes Montreal so so uniquely special!
    If you haven't been there before I suggest that you go... and if you don't speak any French then don't worry because everyone there speaks English and is super friendly! It has a Europeanish feel to it (if I had to think of a made up word to describe it, especially old Montreal, beautiful!)
    In 2008 I spent a couple weeks there, stayed in a quaint, clean and 200+ year old hotel for $60/night just off
    St. Catherine's street & a 5 minute walk to Downtown and old Montreal... Even in Calgary at that time you couldn't find a comprable hotel room for less than $150 & an average room was just over $200 per night then.
    This is the thoughts of a Calgarian.

  • @tramluudesigner1788
    @tramluudesigner1788 Год назад +3

    Praying for sweet Regine's heart. Hoping it's not 💔

  • @Hubbledriver
    @Hubbledriver 3 года назад +2

    Every life as a purpose.

  • @noelletv3313
    @noelletv3313 Год назад +2

    This song inspired my d&d campaign of adventurers travelling to unexplored areas of a continent after natural disasters wiped out all records and technology, it's not just about slaying monsters and dungeons, but learning about the world, appreciating nature, and creating a safe place for us all. The lyrics really inspired the idea of opening your mind to new worlds and ideas, mountains beyond mountains.

  • @dinanour4962
    @dinanour4962 6 лет назад +13

    regine is literally the most beautiful thing in the world

  • @aetoski8724
    @aetoski8724 Год назад +5

    Honestly, it's perfect.. one of the best songs I've ever heard
    ... Same with Wake Up for that matter

  • @killatay2818
    @killatay2818 2 года назад +1

    The absolutely BEST video post 1990's for me!

    • @killatay2818
      @killatay2818 2 года назад

      The way the "boy" dancers let it totally go is everything, 'cause you can't always find a bunch willing do so in a Rock/Dance music video.

  • @painpapadopoulos8120
    @painpapadopoulos8120 6 месяцев назад +2

    This song is so uplifting.