alt-J - Tessellate [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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12 жыл бұрын

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Directed by Alex Southam

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@bradleypeterson2322 9 жыл бұрын

Wish I knew more people who liked this type of music.

@s0.weirdd 9 жыл бұрын

Bradley Peterson oh me too, i've been searching people who likes this music but i don't find it in my country HAHA and i just think ''why i born here?'' D: it's sad.

@skepticonolion5970 9 жыл бұрын

Bradley Peterson This music is a genius Work ! Fools come and say " illuminati ' without trying to resolve the secrets of this master chief !

@dcasasorozco 9 жыл бұрын

***** no, and stop being an spammer, I'm tired of the same comment on every Alt J video

@skepticonolion5970 9 жыл бұрын

***** You know more music ? smt like Alt J ? :)

@GabrielDayot 9 жыл бұрын

Bradley Peterson Me. Indie is the best.

@FlyingTiger2099 7 жыл бұрын

Alt-J: unofficial soundtrack of every cool thing, everywhere.

@InvisibleYetVisible 5 жыл бұрын

I promise you, you couldn't be further from reality.

@ChrisD__ 4 жыл бұрын

@@InvisibleYetVisible Official soundtrack of the Ingress anime though.

@InvisibleYetVisible 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisD__ maybe. But this shite music is nowhere near good

@ChrisD__ 4 жыл бұрын

@@InvisibleYetVisible Good is subjective. This song isn't as good as Alt-J's other songs, but it's still a banger. But what I said is that IS in the OST for that show. It's the theme song!

@elisabettamalchiodi5949 3 жыл бұрын

well said

@ZoeSimza 3 жыл бұрын

"Three guns and one goes off, one's empty, one's not quick enough" That lyric is fucking fire.

@salonsoares2179 2 жыл бұрын

That's from the movie . The good the bad and the ugly.

@jollygrapefruit786 2 жыл бұрын

@@salonsoares2179 it's not an actually line right though? It's just a reference to how the scene played out.

@alfonso365 Жыл бұрын

What does it mean?

@InvisibleYetVisible Жыл бұрын

It's so clever and it's actually a metaphor for the singer's homosexuality. He's in the middle of a triple cock meat sandwich but in the end, he only gets a gob full of one as one of the others gets stage fright and the other has already unloaded onto his face. These are genius lyrics. Forget Dylan, Hendrix etc. Alt J are truly the greatest poets of all time... Their fanbase made up predominantly of hippy Arts students definitely agree.

@ZoeSimza Жыл бұрын

@@InvisibleYetVisible Um...no, actually it's supposed to be a reference to a Clint Eastwood movie, not a metaphor for a gay threesome, but I guess points for creativity?

@E115xGaMiiNGxHD 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else listen to Alt-J when they're really high? Me and my friends discovered Alt-J by accident when we were high. Hunger of the Pine was the song we found. All of us sat in silence, just listening and when the song ended, we felt like we'd all gone to another world then came back. Funny because once we went to Amsterdam, sat in a coffee shop, high af and my friend said "imagine if hunger of the pine came on now" ... 2 or 3 songs later it did! The whole coffee shop went silent and embraced the amazing music. Thumbs up if you get high to Alt-J! 👍

@globalsmileangelia Жыл бұрын

Bruh they're amazing but high...they're out of this world. I literally play their songs on repeat and they hit JUST AS HARD

@karsonball2619 3 ай бұрын

Zapped off some Jack Herrer listening rn, brother

@JinxMarie1985 3 ай бұрын

Fuuuuk yes alll the time!!

@ash_tray 5 күн бұрын

Yes. I used to smoke a lot in high school and I’d just cut on Alt J and close my eyes. It was so nice.

@E115xGaMiiNGxHD 5 күн бұрын

@ash_tray Yes! Eyes closed or in the dark, listening to ALT-J hits different! If you still smoke, try doing it listening to one of their newer songs called "Chicago".

@iamfranke9442 8 жыл бұрын

Heard them live. That moment, when thousands of people started singing "Uuuuuh, let's tessellate" gave me goosebumps. Simply unforgettable.

@amandasmith7560 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to MANY concerts and they were by far my absolute favorite

@torosalvajebcn 3 жыл бұрын

at that point the crowd started tessellating?

@youtuberconsuming6411 2 жыл бұрын

imagine paying good money to see this incredible singer only to have to listen to him be drowned out by thousands of fans singing off key

@Vitaminj1973 2 жыл бұрын

So what did y'all do? Lay tile or something?

@dariusrucker5820 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I was there

@elanvital9799 8 жыл бұрын

I could watch that guy say "Let's tessellate" all day.

@user-br7rk8hh3f 8 жыл бұрын

Ikr? Who is he

@elanvital9799 8 жыл бұрын

+Qub1 oh, you sweet man. Thank you!

@ChickenHootdog 7 жыл бұрын

IGOR STEPANOV!! hes really hot lmao you guy should add him on instagram

@umbra1016 7 жыл бұрын

Well, it seems the video casting did his/her job. He's actually the alpha in the entire video.

@20firebird 7 жыл бұрын

tbh hes kinda ugly

@velikolepniyreptiloid2906 6 жыл бұрын

No other group ever managed to achieve such harmony in such diversity and complexity of sound. Great.

@jwljwljwwwwl Жыл бұрын

Laughs in Nine Inch Nails

@Kwawzeye00 Жыл бұрын

@@jwljwljwwwwl I love you

@KaneyoriHK Жыл бұрын

@@jwljwljwwwwllaughs in (many bands)

@Jay-xh6py Жыл бұрын

6 underground, fkj & masego and the list goes on. Lots of talent out there. All of it isn’t marketable so you’ve never heard of it. But hey that’s most things in life for most people.

@notcosteffective9920 3 ай бұрын

Ur world is very small

@usamamalik6708 3 жыл бұрын

Sons of Anarchy introduced me to this masterpiece..

@andresmacedo8246 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@alro5776 3 жыл бұрын

same

@froglove123456789 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@youssefgouda5900 2 жыл бұрын

Season 6 episode 5

@SirRafacioni 8 жыл бұрын

For those who didn't get the point of the video. This makes a reference to the famous Rafaello Sanzio painting, School of Athens, and shows modern society state of decay, by showing drugs, prostitution and swag culture. A brilliant comparison is the high af Platon, triping in his "world of forms".

@smoshbooz 5 жыл бұрын

Alt-J is pretty much the same as its ideal form tho 😏

@avarierea 5 жыл бұрын

and the shark is there cos of?

@freeassange402 5 жыл бұрын

Copy of xavior naidoo

@TinnedWaffles 4 жыл бұрын

Also theres a clear shot of the painting on the guys shirt at 0:04 lol

@voidishprattles4319 4 жыл бұрын

Idk about that, I see it more as, these people are the modern scholars of a modern philosophy... I'd go into it but I don't want to rn lol 😅

@waldoperedo7713 8 жыл бұрын

"Triangles are my favourite shape", Illuminate confirmed

@prtiptrash7398 8 жыл бұрын

It's their symbol

@Alex-vw5cm 8 жыл бұрын

+Emmi Heart their symbol is the delta sign but yeah

@stephanykaelinpenamendez6123 8 жыл бұрын

+Trixi trxi Why people always looking for illuminati things in everything? God look for good things to do...

@waldoperedo7713 8 жыл бұрын

Stephany Kaelin Peña Méndez Like commenting on other comments that I don't like?

@stephanykaelinpenamendez6123 8 жыл бұрын

+Trixi trxi Exactly, like saying to others dont look illuminati in music :D

@rogueart7706 4 жыл бұрын

Just discovered this band on Pandora..yes I've been living under a rock...point being is that this band is awesome. New chords, new melodies, new lyrics, totally fresh and alive. No recycled horse shit. It sounds atomic!

@shreytiwari3684 4 жыл бұрын

Please listen to Taro

@rogueart7706 4 жыл бұрын

@@shreytiwari3684 I've been listening to all of them.

@teanytraciable 11 күн бұрын

@rogueart7706 i live under a rock too 💙

@elizabethtabares5180 6 ай бұрын

Bite chunks out of me You're a shark and I'm swimming My heart still thumps as I bleed And all your friends come sniffing Triangles are my favorite shape Three points where two lines meet Toe to toe, back to back, let's go My love, it's very late 'Til morning comes Let's tessellate Go alone my flower And keep my whole lovely you Wild green stones, alone my lover And keep us on my heart Three guns and one goes off One's empty, one's not quick enough One burn, one red, one grin Search the graves while the camera spins Chunks of you will sink down to seals Blubber rich in mourning They'll nosh you up, yes, they'll nosh the love away But it's fair to say, you will still haunt me Triangles are my favorite shape Three points where two lines meet Toe to toe, back to back, let's go My love, it's very late 'Til morning comes Let's tessellate

@Dylan871xx 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it 👍

@jmadz9054 5 ай бұрын

Wow

@MsMsStephanie 9 жыл бұрын

it's a definite modern day refference to a painting by Raphael - School of Athens

@christianjuarez7618 9 жыл бұрын

Stefānija Jančevska THANK YOU! I know I had seen it before but I didn't know the name.

@bryangallardo3000 9 жыл бұрын

Stefānija Jančevska good eye

@eriviscale2 8 жыл бұрын

+Stefānija Jančevska Wow I actually learnt something useful from youtube comments. Go figure.

@eriviscale2 8 жыл бұрын

+Stefānija Jančevska Wow I actually learnt something useful from youtube comments. Go figure.

@ptitseigneur 8 жыл бұрын

+Stefānija Jančevska I knew that :D great painting btw

@uddhabchoudhury 8 жыл бұрын

Alt-J is slowly starting to become one of my favourite bands

@lancaster6035 6 жыл бұрын

Uddhab Choudhury Good that you have the privilage to go slow because for me it was like getting hit by a bus

@ManthanPandYEAH 11 ай бұрын

Is it still true ?

@uddhabchoudhury 11 ай бұрын

@@ManthanPandYEAH still is

@idontfeelreadyyettohaveagoodna 4 жыл бұрын

The part about the three guns and the search for the grave while the camera spins is a reference to the famous italo western "The good, the bad and the ugly" from 1966 by Sergeo Leone. The three protagonist share indeed a very interesting relationship that keeps seemingly changing throughout the entire movie.

@Dantheman-nf9xk 3 жыл бұрын

Hey thats a very good point, especially ones empty, ones not quick enough. Always great to find these references :)

@andreww3278 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see someone else figured that out too! Great movie!

@jadeabailey7371 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I know you. Do you have an imvu account?

@mlapamusic 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't till years after I fell in love with this song that I found out it was about sex haha

@TheAmishWay 3 жыл бұрын

@Александр Наумов Russia does have the sexiest girls

@nikitadas9671 3 жыл бұрын

Is it?😳

@elisabettamalchiodi5949 3 жыл бұрын

i think referring to sex with "let's tessellate" is genius, imma use it for sure

@rachelstephens3656 3 жыл бұрын

I think tesselate means to lay tiles in an intricate complicated pattern. I think it’s about argument and confrontation.

@elisabettamalchiodi5949 3 жыл бұрын

@@rachelstephens3656 actually the drummer said: “Well, obviously, in maths tessellating is when things fit together and the song is basically about sex.” but I also like your interpretation :)

@rksoare 10 жыл бұрын

This is such an insightful video! For those of you that don't understand what tessellation is, it is filling a plain with objects (or tiles) that fit perfectly into one another (similar to what you see in a mosaic). So all the talk about triangles is particularly appropriate, although in this video I think it is pretty clear tessellate is being used to describe sex (ie a penis fitting perfectly into a vagina). But what is really great about the music video is that it is a recreation of the "the school of Athens" by Raphael. The original mural had some of the greatest mathematical minds in history, notably Pythagoras and Euclid.

@forameusxiv 10 жыл бұрын

The song (in my opinion) isn't about sex itself, although that is riddled into the first bars of the song. I think its about relationships between people. He starts off with how much he loves this person and how the sharks (other people) come in to steal the bait. But then the gun goes off and she leaves him. Triangles ARE'NT his favorite shape because there is a third person in-between every relationship according to him, thus referring to the tessellation of every triangle, every "relationship".

@Wolfy2160 10 жыл бұрын

None can deny that this song is extremely complex, especially for today's musical audiences. I think they are going to become the next Pink Floyd.

@ChaiCoffee69 2 жыл бұрын

Illuminati?

@93FilmsandMedia 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChaiCoffee69 confirmed

@erinhenley1995 2 жыл бұрын

Superbly expressed! @Remi Soare

@blesssthefall1 9 жыл бұрын

Three out of four members of Alt-j studied Art, so it's no wonder they knew about Raphael's masterpiece! Their urban adaption is truely great, well thought and stuff: creative minds know no boundaries, especially if they write tunes this marvelous :3

@idonthaveaname42 Жыл бұрын

What's it called again

@soft-drink-enjoyer 11 ай бұрын

@@idonthaveaname42 the painting is called 'the school of athens'

@terrestrialgmusic 27 күн бұрын

Wah. It's a reference to a painting which was shown on a t-shirt in the first five seconds of the video? No way. You're joshing.

@bmy5teriou525 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe the low. number of likes for this amazing song. I remember when this first came out. I listened to it over and over. Hopefully it reaches more people.

@dalgron 6 жыл бұрын

This song... it flows... too good.. I really wish I knew someone who loves this kinda music like I do.. or someone who listens to Alt J...

@amandaweale2146 9 ай бұрын

Loads of us

@oOBlindyOo 8 жыл бұрын

The camera guy pissed all these people off somehow

@dolphlundgren2820 7 жыл бұрын

haha!

@torayan3525 7 жыл бұрын

hahaha!

@freak1310c 7 жыл бұрын

except for the hot dancing chicks

@pattita90 7 жыл бұрын

hahaha yep

@ethanbeanhead1291 7 жыл бұрын

He was probably wearing a trump/hilary mask

@paNICK402 9 жыл бұрын

from Alt J, the next level is Glass Animals. And the level before Portugal. The man.

@sirenthewolf8315 9 жыл бұрын

Yesssss glass animals! They're amazing live too

@Pharmadelic 9 жыл бұрын

triangle :3

@ayyykassie 8 жыл бұрын

+Nika Arevadze yas !

@everadept 8 жыл бұрын

+Nika Arevadze Wow thanks for the recommendation Glass Animals is great.

@alejandrinahs 8 жыл бұрын

ha, very right. great bands. Try "Alabama, too.

@saffi7999 Жыл бұрын

Why all Alt-j's songs are so great? I can't stop listening to them

@maksymiliankempa9122 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS PURE ART.

@HONORTONUMERIC123 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah...

@thatguywhoswatchingu 8 жыл бұрын

This song can play on repeat like 10 times in a row and i'm totally satisfied the whole time

@AshleyHuttonTheBoredBlog 9 жыл бұрын

May I thank Sons of Anarchy for introducing this amazing song. Though there might be a deeper meaning to what I'm seeing in the video, it's not quite what I was expecting when I heard it. I love this song.

@Wendigone772 9 жыл бұрын

Right!? That scene was made so much more powerful through the use of this song. Im glad someone else agrees

@AshleyHuttonTheBoredBlog 9 жыл бұрын

Will do

@BabyKakesChannel 9 жыл бұрын

i also found alt-j thru sons of anarchy..so glad i did. i love them.

@nikateymurzadeh8284 9 жыл бұрын

This was on Sons of Anarchy? Which episode!? I love Alt-J. T_T

@AshleyHuttonTheBoredBlog 9 жыл бұрын

Though I do not remember which episode, it was amazing.

@JJJRRRJJJ Жыл бұрын

Saw alt-j by chance at a festival 10 years ago. Never heard of them at the time. I’m still listening.

@BabvBlues 3 жыл бұрын

every part of my body feels this

@dennraeh 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, verified person. Have a good day.

@selyob-elnollidia5089 3 жыл бұрын

I’d imagine

@lindamaxwell9722 3 жыл бұрын

I feel ya

@pistol0grip0pump 3 жыл бұрын

You and me both, goosebumps and waves making my hair stand on end. Like someone closely whispering in my ear, Alt-J seem to have that effect on me 😂

@nallibyorjuela1029 2 жыл бұрын

Jaja hobo xd

@nickobree5207 9 жыл бұрын

Listening to this song and checking out the lyrics, I see the song as a PoV from three people in a love triangle, where two people love one person. One of them is deeply in love with the protagonist but is misunderstood and mistreated, the other one is more confident and possessive, and the third is the main protagonist who enjoys the attention she is getting.. This is how I see it. So the first verse is the PoV from our first character, Mr. Misunderstood, he feels helpless and torn down by the girl he loves, her friends too mistreat him and although he only wants to love her, she does nothing but hurt him, and he has accepted this with lyrics like "Bite chunks out of me, You're a shark and I'm swimming, My heart still thumps as I bleed" Even here, you can see he loves her and keeps doing so through the pain. The next set is the Chorus, this is the PoV of our protagonist, who says that "Triangles are my favorite shape" because she enjoys the attention from two guys that she gets, "Toe to Toe, Back to Back let's go." Is what I see, an allegory for a western standoff, where the two guys are fighting it out for the love of the girl. The third set, the Verse now is Mr Possessive, with lyrics like "Go alone my flower" and "And keep us on my heart" it makes the point that he likes her to only think about him, and he is aware this other guy is infatuated with her, this is him telling her to not go down that path, and to keep her mind on Mr Possessive, not Mr Misunderstood. The next Verse is about three guns, each gun being a different person, "Three guns and one goes off, One's empty, one's not quick enough" Now at first we don't know who it is who shot the gun, Ie.. Took one other person's life, but we know that it is Mr Misunderstood's turn in his verse, and this means it could be him who shot? Who killed Mr Possessive? No.. "One burn, one red, one grin" The "One Burn" is the death of our Mr Misunderstood, we know this because of "One Grin" which would come from Mr Possessive, who doesn't like Mr Misunderstood because of the last verse, the "One Red" is the emotions of the Protagonist, who in my eyes is angry at how the triangle is broken.. Then the next verse comes from the girl's perspective, and she is mourning the death of the guy she lost, maybe the decision of having a love triangle like this is haunting her? Or maybe the lingering feeling that his death is her fault. "You will still haunt me " The final chorus is Mr Possessive, Triangles are his favorite shape, the love triangle he enjoyed because in the end he came out as the winner in this mess, in his eyes, everything went well. This is how I see the song, it's probably not what Alt-J were thinking when it was written and sung, but I like to over-analyse and enjoy the storytelling that my imagination can conjure!

@CRZYCH1CNA 6 жыл бұрын

Nick O'Bree that was deep

@gabomorales1783 6 жыл бұрын

You're on crack

@zeroxnueve6802 6 жыл бұрын

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@carolinaendean4996 6 жыл бұрын

Nick O'Bree Wow! Amazing comment (; thanks for writing it

@stupidnh0k 5 жыл бұрын

Nick O'Bree your cmt must be on top. Ty so much.

@pranaypremkumar4717 3 жыл бұрын

Just recently started watching Sons of Anarchy. Yes I know I'm way late to the party but I was so pleased to hear this song there. It brought me back here again after all those years before I heard this ❤️

@oek8496 5 жыл бұрын

Ingress's opening.I like this song.

@TisZaid 10 жыл бұрын

This track fucks my soul up in so many different ways. I zone out into a realm of thought. A continuous journey of imaginative evolution when i listen to this on repeat.

@Crash-mi8os 10 жыл бұрын

this is one of the best youtube comments ive ever read in my life. and ive been watching youtube videos for half of my life. masterpiece of a statement

@adamlaughery3739 3 жыл бұрын

2021 agrees

@heatherbenson545 Жыл бұрын

Thats beautiful

@zarzia271 Жыл бұрын

That’s deep deep

@simonvowles2879 21 күн бұрын

Did lots drugs as kid , alt j , good shit

@Niko-jl6ef 3 жыл бұрын

It took me 9 years to actually look up the word tessellate. This song is god tier.

@gabrielcesar96 3 жыл бұрын

I honestly only come back here after so many years listening to this song, to hear the beginning. The first 15 seconds is soooo great!!!!!!!!!

@stoola8890 9 жыл бұрын

did anyone else find it really hot when it showed him first saying "let's tessellate"....

@emilygafford1156 9 жыл бұрын

lol

@jeepersmcgee3466 9 жыл бұрын

Yes, and I'm straight

@andrewdeaville7979 9 жыл бұрын

I went and found the GIF on tumblr and watched it loop for longer than is healthy.

@Mikeztarp 9 жыл бұрын

Then you guys must be triangles. No offense.

@niclikescakes 9 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure he could use his ears as wings and fly away.

@TheKekelol 8 жыл бұрын

Triangles are my favorite shape. Three points where two lines meet.

@elianbarnes9628 8 жыл бұрын

+John Feltham hahaha

@lhermine9256 8 жыл бұрын

+John Feltham I'm sure even women love triangles, don't they ?

@TheKekelol 8 жыл бұрын

no doubt

@kirbykinnie3691 8 жыл бұрын

+John Feltham im confused ∆ thats not how a triangle works...? ∆ IM CONFUSED

@elianbarnes9628 8 жыл бұрын

I must have been drunk I don't remember commenting that and I don't find this funny. Haha. Wow.

@orangjoos1037 4 жыл бұрын

I get chills watching this, the good, no, great chills it’s so amazing

@kevinchills Жыл бұрын

I love that I can't use words to describe what it is that makes alt-J so captivating... its ∆✨🌀🎱

@munchiemadness4208 10 жыл бұрын

Long live SOA! I've heard this song hundreds of times on 94.5 The Buzz and already knew it so when it happened to be on my favorite show I found that to be awesome. Sutter always knows how to visually set the scenes and always finds the perfect song for the occasion!

@tyred_guy3017 7 жыл бұрын

so, I couldn't understand any of this, but when I could after all the intense panning I hear TRI ANGLES ARE MY FAVORITE SHAPE

@slapinchicken 7 жыл бұрын

Lol as soon as i scroll down to the comments and read this those lyrics play

@andreww3278 3 жыл бұрын

@@panchikofan123 you should stay in school then and pay more attention in English class.

@myssie-theanimedevourer5835 5 жыл бұрын

PHENOMENAL SOUND! This really makes me feel awesome!

@dariorobertherma7169 5 жыл бұрын

This song's a masterpiece!!

@jakesivertsen3482 9 жыл бұрын

this song is freakin awesome

@foxmcgill8187 10 жыл бұрын

To anyone who doesn't know the meaning of tessellate (like the actual word) it means to decorate with mosaic, most commonly colored glass.

@kennethoyler5533 10 жыл бұрын

That doesn't mean that's what the song is about. In interviews I've heard Joe say he wrote the song about making love. Most of their meanings are around an abstract topic

@evieprichard3993 10 жыл бұрын

When two shapes tessellate it means they slot perfectly together. It's just innuendo.

@InvisibleYetVisible 10 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, music like this breeds pseudo intellectuals like yourself and all the people who have replied to your fuckwit of a comment. Do you really think this music is clever? Do you feel more intelligent listening to it? Do you go round with a smug sense of self-importance listening to this tripe, looking down on the minnows as they listen to their inferior simpletons music? "Oh dear me Gilbert, I saw that boy from that dirty estate again the other day, he was wearing a Van Halen shirt, plaahhh, what a pleb'. This? This pretentious shit, is some of the most boring, ordinary music you can listen to. There's nothing clever about this pal, musically or lyrically. This smug style of 'hipster' trash has all been done before and better. Musically, this is about as pathetic as it gets. I think the best way of referring to it is 'stealing a living'. The lyrics sound like they're an after thought, written on a piece of paper after the music was completed, probably the day before they were due in recording. "Go alone my flower, And keep my whole lovely you" - You actually think that's clever? They're some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard. No wonder this junk is enjoyed by students, I'm guessing it makes them feel clever in between their sociology classes. Fucking triangles, shove them up your arse.

@richardmbowman 10 жыл бұрын

InvisibleYetVisible And why are YOU listening to this "tripe," this "hipster trash" & checkin' out the brothas in the video all the while railing against it and the ppl who like it? Are you off of your medication again? (and about shoving things up somebody's ass, 'scuse me, "arse"....well, never mind...)

@InvisibleYetVisible 10 жыл бұрын

Richard Bowman Someone told me I should check out Tessellate by Alt-J. Am I not allowed? Is there a rule against it?

@mitchyfuller1622 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, absolutely phenomenal vocals, “ toe to toe, back to back, let’s go “

@tracedavis4007 Жыл бұрын

I can close my eyes when listening to this and go to a completely different dimension inside my head, where this world just fades completely away for a few minutes. All songs make me feel emotion, but few make me daydream. Hope anyone reading this is well. Remember to be kind today, it's easy...

@tiffanylamott9318 8 жыл бұрын

i like the rhythm it is calming

@wbmommyx 10 жыл бұрын

Its a metaphor on the famous Fresco painting by Raphael/"School of Athens". It was a meeting of renaissance minds. Tesselate is a v. "to patch a quilt", perhaps these are our generations movers & shakers? Got it? Good shit!!!

@madeleinep.828 4 жыл бұрын

I’d barely even heard of these guys until today and I cannot believe I hadn’t??? They’re so good.

@arthurwegele8613 4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed you can hear their music for the first time or since 5 years, it will always be the same

@Emrousse771 4 жыл бұрын

Me, studying for my geometry test while listening to this: Triangles are my favorite shape 👁👄👁

@wartune942 8 жыл бұрын

Genius piece of music as well as the video. The collaboration of the instruments working together in this song and + one group of people representing so many different stories/scenarios is just awesome. Topping it of with a kick ass voice and way to sing. 3 points where 2 lines meet. Perfect.

@stephanieteulings1337 9 жыл бұрын

In love with the voice of this guy. I really DO dig this group! 😍

@entheogenetisis5644 2 жыл бұрын

As a curator of fine art, there is so much to change in the imagery of this official video. A final product delivering true tesselations in rhythm of an underlying romance is well worth the challenge.

@ginachristine7721 Жыл бұрын

PROFOUN:|)

@simbo7427 2 жыл бұрын

This boys are so talent! Must see more! This is Handmade Music!

@proeurotraining 9 жыл бұрын

These guys are unreal... all there songs are deep!

@DianaB-vm1hj 8 жыл бұрын

i feel like there's lots of references to art in alt-j videos, is that deliberate or? like this is the school of athens painting by raphael, and in the first frame of the breezeblocks video is a reference to ophelia, and the hunger of the pine seems to be a nod to st sebastian. either that or i'm reading WAY too much into this lmao

@lindseyrjacoby 8 жыл бұрын

The three guns line is a reference to The Good, the Bad and The Ugly

@DianaB-vm1hj 8 жыл бұрын

really? i had no idea, thanks!

@findusuli 7 жыл бұрын

alt-J is a very poetric band, the lyrics have in every line subtext. I definitely wouldn't be surprised if the same goes in some way for their videos.

@jeremys6960 7 жыл бұрын

it seems like there is some reference to the triangle also, he mentions it in the lyrics and everyone has the delta tattoo, the mathematical symbol for change. in the school of athens painting one of the main characters shown is Pythagoras who contributed his famous theorem on them as well.

@findusuli 7 жыл бұрын

The whole song's about a love triangle I think, haha. (But only because I read it on genius.com and it makes too much sense xD)

@joshuaobot8053 5 жыл бұрын

Been looking for this song for an hour 😰🔥🔥

@ikashahkhan350 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s here in 2020 😎♥️

@allanponce2540 3 жыл бұрын

Me🤪

@BeberuTony 3 жыл бұрын

Yoh

@ikashahkhan350 3 жыл бұрын

@@allanponce2540😎

@kryptonkiller 3 жыл бұрын

2021

@preposterous1212 9 жыл бұрын

I found both the song and the video sharp and creative. The music is almost erotic to me, it haunts me. And the video too! It's awesome to see they made a reference to the School of Athens in such an ironic but objective way, regarding nowadays. They're pretty cool. Preeeeeeeeeeetty cool.

@noelyork1439 9 жыл бұрын

Someone who actually gets it. I agree with you 100%!!

@preposterous1212 9 жыл бұрын

Awww, thanks

@richardmbowman 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad to see that someone is appreciative of something like this. It ain't exactly "high art" but it entertains & makes one think. Too many ppl simply are offended....for no effin' good reason.

@muffinsandcoffin 9 жыл бұрын

I get what they were trying to do with the video.. Very original idea. I love that. But I don't really see the relation between the video and the song... Do you?

@kaiteep 9 жыл бұрын

Totally with you on the eroticism and feeling of being haunted by it. It all just strikes a perfect chord inside for me.

@tilakraj9392 8 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated song.

@Zephyr_Weiss 5 жыл бұрын

Watching Ingress right now and this is the theme :D

@JustCallMeCypher 5 жыл бұрын

finished the series

@Zephyr_Weiss 5 жыл бұрын

@@JustCallMeCypher I have the mobile game ingress prone and it's actually kinda fun lol

@JustCallMeCypher 5 жыл бұрын

same just started a couple days ago and its all because of the animation

@JustCallMeCypher 5 жыл бұрын

Enlightened for life

@monica8833 5 жыл бұрын

Yessss ! 👍

@Robotic-fh6um 2 жыл бұрын

wouah ! du Grand Art ! Bravo, alt - J , comment nous transporter dans un cercle ....spirale...génial !

@frankieoh2679 8 жыл бұрын

this song does things to me...

@Beztija 10 жыл бұрын

One of the best video ever made, used it on my presentation about the influence of Greece on Ocidental Lifestlyle. The concept of the delta, de painting by Rafael Sanzio, it's all just perfect and way more justified than any other music video so far.

@onetoomanycats83 10 жыл бұрын

Can you speak more about this? Interesting stufff. Was trying to look up more on the Delta concept, and the painting itself but couldn't find much.

@Beztija 10 жыл бұрын

mysteriousstrangr313 www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread904591/pg1 that page has interesting stuff about it, and the concepts are based in real facts from the greek culture. enjoy

@D.G.K.B. 2 жыл бұрын

Ich werde nie vergessen wie ich diesen Song damals zum ersten mal gehört habe 😍

@hangitover 8 жыл бұрын

Those dislikes are from people who think dislike means dis-I-like

@xocoyoltzin3032 8 жыл бұрын

@danielm7412 7 жыл бұрын

Hahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahha!!!!!! Soooo original.

@joshriver75 7 жыл бұрын

clever +1

@d_b7464 7 жыл бұрын

No because when you hover over the dislike button it says "I dislike this" so saying "I dis-I-like this" makes 0 sense and it's horrible grammar. So your comment is dumb and meaningless.

@joshriver75 7 жыл бұрын

d[^_^]b Are you serious? -_^ You need to brush up on your humor comprehension.

@sofiaangelica42 10 жыл бұрын

Gente...que música!

@DancingDeity 2 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence to come back to this song/video exactly 10 years after it uploaded.

@nancyhernandez2271 7 жыл бұрын

I CAN'T GET OVER THIS SONG

@26elwis 9 жыл бұрын

this video looks like a huge painting of this century...

@kbeyer91 8 жыл бұрын

This song gives me goosebumps

@111usul 2 жыл бұрын

still completely fresh, their best album

@Swaggs303 5 жыл бұрын

Love the beats on this. Massive!

@mzk1221 3 жыл бұрын

Sons of Anarchy brought me here 4 years ago and I’m so glad

@alyislam9445 3 жыл бұрын

Miss sons

@SolCresta3405 3 жыл бұрын

What episode? I mostly think of Ingress when hearing this song.

@SeanMeds 3 жыл бұрын

@@SolCresta3405 s6 e5

@SolCresta3405 3 жыл бұрын

@@SeanMeds Gotcha.

@dr.anniethompson7660 3 жыл бұрын

@@SolCresta3405 I'm here from Beauty and the Beast, Season 1 Episode 21 Date Night

@brubrubrubrubrubru Жыл бұрын

10 anos desse lançamento já e até hoje toca. Perfeita demais ♡

@Jason-yk1nt 3 жыл бұрын

The good the bad and the ugly reference gets me every time

@ChizzleMedia 10 жыл бұрын

I'm not usually in to this type of genre... BUT THIS IS LYRICAL METH

@DreamAndBelieve13 8 жыл бұрын

I listened to Ellie Goulding's cover first and was like wow this amazing! So I decided to check out the original and omg! Even better!

@lizadeleon2965 5 жыл бұрын

If I wasn’t in love with this band before, now I really am.

@wartune942 6 жыл бұрын

so man brilliant moments in this video man. Hearing this live was fantastic.

@IcathianRains 9 жыл бұрын

I listened to this for the first time when I was high. It's fucking bad ass even when you're not. Damn I love this band.

@adrianmillan2121 4 жыл бұрын

Ufff que buena rola... Los vengo escuchando hace como 4 años y se la siguen rifando... Saludos desde México...

@ranjithasenthilvel1069 6 жыл бұрын

What an addictive song!

@Carlos-hl7xl 6 жыл бұрын

This MV is sooooo 2000's. Loved it.

@marlon1oo1 7 жыл бұрын

This is a very special song.

@frostyeverclear Жыл бұрын

I never get ad's on this video. Thank you Alt J

@MainelyCannabis 5 жыл бұрын

This video says so much, amazing directing and idea. great fkn song too.

@TiagoStille 10 жыл бұрын

"Three guns and one goes off, one's empty, one's not quick enough" is a reference to the final scene in the (excellent) movie "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". During a duel with the three titular characters, Blondie (the good) shoots first, hitting Angel Eyes (the bad) before he can hit any of them. Tuco (the ugly) had a empty gun, given to him by Blondie. Tuco had a habit of betraying him, so he made sure it would not happen this time. I know it's a spoiler, but the movie is from 1966, almost 50 years old! Thought someone might like to know this little trivia.

@Whytho2000 Жыл бұрын

Such a good movie. I remember watching it when I was really young with my dad. The Ecsasy of Gold playing while the camera spun. I was as hyped up as Tuco was.

@louisegirard2095 6 жыл бұрын

A great song for the season 1's end of a great serie 😍 : atypical 💖

@rodolfoki 6 жыл бұрын

i was looking for this song the entire day i just love it.

@Charmedsas1 Жыл бұрын

The imperfects ✨✨

@duuds4726 5 жыл бұрын

Como eu amo essa música, aaaaaah. Sz

@theartofwareu 5 жыл бұрын

haha this song is now in a anime called "Ingress the animation"

@Seven-jz1hd 5 жыл бұрын

A good one :)

@raycabanillas3478 5 жыл бұрын

yes i do xd

@tyleraldstadt 5 жыл бұрын

Just started it

@tevinmuparadzi4594 5 жыл бұрын

Very good anime on Netflix, it actually bought me here

@noof7512 5 жыл бұрын

Just finished it Love the anime Especially the music !

@Arziil 5 жыл бұрын

exquisitely riveting, the Choreo•graphic coordinates of the body!! ay yay yay!

@daly5297 8 жыл бұрын

i swear they're the only band that i have trouble recognizing the lyrics of their songs . lucky english-speaking bastards !

@geoff3610 8 жыл бұрын

Hey we can have a hard time too. These guys are German, I think, so accent isn't completely gone. And he mumbles a lot of them

@daly5297 8 жыл бұрын

geoff3610 no , I'm pretty sure this band is british...look it up if you don't believe me

@AAARREUUUGHHHH 8 жыл бұрын

+daly5297 They're from Leeds.

@tylerblack5838 8 жыл бұрын

Well their lyrics are hard to make sense of which adds to it.

@raoulajay98 8 жыл бұрын

+geoff3610 they're from Leeds mate xD

@arturovelazquez8169 9 жыл бұрын

SOA Brought me here! Awesome song.

@RevPVP 4 жыл бұрын

For anyone who is confused. They aren't saying the triangle has 2 lines. They say that the triangle has 3 points and at every point, there will always be two lines that meet. Every triangle follows that rule.

@jaihind413 4 ай бұрын

I love alt J!!

@chrismalone5325 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Good,Bad, and the Ugly reference in this song ;)

@1Goalie1 4 жыл бұрын

Circles are my favorite shape. No points where all lines meet

@cristinaherrera5321 4 жыл бұрын

Several years ago, I made a drawing of a cirlce with a triangle in the center. I wrote, "We are triangles suspended in orbs". I used to discuss this thought-theory.