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

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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 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lizzieolsenwife 3 жыл бұрын

@@lox6887 thank you

@lizzieolsenwife 3 жыл бұрын

@Dark Chocolate you too, thank you so much

@therivergod849 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lizzieolsenwife 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IntimateAlien 8 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanderpytko5394 8 жыл бұрын

So is driving down the street listening to it.

@potusa83 7 жыл бұрын

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

@maxamcdaxa 7 жыл бұрын

doing anything and listening to them...

@beasley716 7 жыл бұрын

Three primary colors

@sensating5660 6 жыл бұрын

We agree.

@carlosenriquez3859 2 жыл бұрын

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

@fixinggood 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alonsogutierrez6556 Жыл бұрын

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

@juanalejandrogarcialay361 Жыл бұрын

They're awesome

@Anthony-wp7tz Жыл бұрын

@@alonsogutierrez6556 what do you mean?

@bstrac77 Жыл бұрын

@@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 🤷‍♂

@pamelakivi3531 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pamelakivi3531 3 жыл бұрын

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

@KarlVonSchneider 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@timhoovermusicman 2 жыл бұрын

January 6th 2022

@jassandhar9442 10 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

ahh I agree!

@devondaniels4323 7 жыл бұрын

What's the message

@thegooseinator9614 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@dianab3018 9 жыл бұрын

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

@christiancamilo 7 жыл бұрын

yes yes yes

@Gary_DeAfrique 7 жыл бұрын

Still...

@carotenuto7938 7 жыл бұрын

really, it is!

@christiancamilo 7 жыл бұрын

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

@jaredmartinez4525 7 жыл бұрын

Diana B Yes, it is 💚

@davegreen6838 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Cheongju hahah

@hannahb9873 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@paulsings3140 3 жыл бұрын

Did you serve in the military in korea?

@BEERBOMB113 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Im certain you'll remember that feeling forever

@johnlawrence4975 Ай бұрын

Can’t even get away from the sprawl in Korea

@t_r_a_v_e_l_l_e_r 4 жыл бұрын

"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 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by these times?

@jekyllynch6168 3 жыл бұрын

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

@craigjohnson8240 3 жыл бұрын

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

@artuszara2684 3 жыл бұрын

@@craigjohnson8240 are u in favor of abortion?

@eoj_dlc 2 жыл бұрын

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".

@NoPlanesGo 10 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@buzby303 5 жыл бұрын

Well said B.P 😉👍🏼

@hahdhsjsjrkfn 5 жыл бұрын

Amen BP

@ninaperssonsv 5 жыл бұрын

The Canadian Björk

@archerj.maggott1372 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@davek2687 10 жыл бұрын

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

@ezri6585 7 жыл бұрын

you got your wish

@wojciechturski7976 7 жыл бұрын

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

@youtubeviewer9574 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Heart of Glass by Blondie

@colehartgrove1491 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ram2122tech 6 жыл бұрын

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

@philmontgomery95 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Jaydubbz Жыл бұрын

you put into words what I couldn't. ty

@donlightfoot9608 Жыл бұрын

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

@Pheonick Жыл бұрын

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

@paulgnsn554 Жыл бұрын

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.

@GymAndSun 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Regine is a beautiful name.

@davidmendizabal9892 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SparklyGutz 7 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

Mikaela Howard it happens to me with The Decemberists.

@Cassxowary 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@AnotherOrangeJulius 4 жыл бұрын

Because it sound like ABBA.

@AdamBlack 4 жыл бұрын

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

@LucreDenouncer 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kmdn1 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

You can write!

@witchykittyy Жыл бұрын

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

@tealmer3528 Жыл бұрын

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

@tealmer3528 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ivoryisis 2 жыл бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

What a tired message. All people conform eventually.

@user-gj8gi1wr6r 2 ай бұрын

Could be a critique of urban industrialization and consumerism as well

@RzOhlin92 6 жыл бұрын

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. :')

@truthfulnice 2 жыл бұрын

💚💚💚

@Anyaaarr 10 жыл бұрын

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

@eoghanii7049 10 жыл бұрын

Bilinda butcher back in the day...

@AnilaMirza 9 жыл бұрын

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

@jtizzo3696 6 жыл бұрын

Anya Levkouskis bjork

@TheSubmissionChannel 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tiago9679 5 жыл бұрын

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

@HekateGalanthias Жыл бұрын

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.

@austinbecton5341 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Anthony-wp7tz 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jeanphilippe44 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanbrouk1568 2 жыл бұрын

melodramatic dribble nonsense.

@austinbecton5341 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanbrouk1568 ok boomer

@Sochilinda 8 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanderpytko5394 8 жыл бұрын

She has a gift!

@JCR585 5 жыл бұрын

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

@aaronmiller7954 5 ай бұрын

I still listen to this song multiple times a day

@eddiew2325 3 ай бұрын

no i do

@patkloovay8505 3 жыл бұрын

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

@biaaraujo472 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing what a experience

@biaaraujo472 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ealter95 3 ай бұрын

Yup, every time

@margotgeorgia 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Chris_WG 4 жыл бұрын

I love this comment the most.

@kimberleysmith818 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron if you think she is fat you have issues.

@kimberleysmith818 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kimberleysmith818 4 жыл бұрын

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

@brookewalsh8839 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@georgednfl8408 2 жыл бұрын

No one asked

@ABB14-11 2 жыл бұрын

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

@fortstaunton Ай бұрын

This album was the soundtrack to my senior year! Back when I lived in endless desert sprawl of Phoenix, Arizona. The housing bubble/recession stalled many neighborhoods so my friends and I would always smoke weed in the half-built homes 🤣 There was nothing to do and I couldn’t wait to leave for the city. Sometimes I find myself missing the simplicity of life back then. If I could have it back, all the time that I wasted, I’d only waste it again…

@jeffjohnson419 Ай бұрын

@georgednfl8408 What’s it like having a flounder shoved up your asshole?

@marcoloya 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Nice fact mate

@Allen-vz6cq Жыл бұрын

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

@yeahiagree1070 3 жыл бұрын

i think literally the greatest song created in my lifetime

@phillipjordan4297 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 15 and just found it!

@benn255b3 3 жыл бұрын

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

@axars_ Ай бұрын

this song means so much to me

@user-zu2jo7zz4d 26 күн бұрын

Same. Just listened to for the first time in years. Will try not to make that mistake again. 🕺

@scholasticpie 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@larissavieira-rq9pj 2 ай бұрын

I'll never forget the hug Regine gave me this year at a concert in Brazil. Unforgettable!

@misterdinkly 2 ай бұрын

Lucky. Thats great

@MikesHouseWash 11 ай бұрын

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

@disgustika 8 ай бұрын

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

@rudyavila327 7 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

I feel ya rudy, hope your well brother

@ruthmccann8995 4 жыл бұрын

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

@celieboo 4 жыл бұрын

Funerals and Neon Fire and the Suburbs 💕

@Hayyden 3 жыл бұрын

*"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 2 жыл бұрын

That whole verse is amazing

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Is that supposed to be deep?

@Moondancin Жыл бұрын

@@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 4 ай бұрын

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

@ralphlazio505 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@CalculusVariations99 2 жыл бұрын

keep lifting.

@ralphlazio505 2 жыл бұрын

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

@macaroni7639 2 жыл бұрын

@@ralphlazio505 they’re songs

@ivaldesbau 4 күн бұрын

Since I arrived in Canada 6 years ago, there was a very vague, unique and empty feeling I developed by walking neighborhoods and shopping malls. Arcade Fire put words to those feelings with this song. "...and there's no one inside!" Yes! The strange phenomena of empty buildings and corridors in Canada could be meh, but it tells a story to this me as a foreigner.

@kenneth6731 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

I just enjoy a lot your comment. Peace.

@kenneth6731 2 жыл бұрын

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

@KanwarAnand 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

+spaceydecember ... Which sector of New York?

@KanwarAnand 8 жыл бұрын

+M krump midtown

@mkrump9403 8 жыл бұрын

((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 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@martaboccato7206 Жыл бұрын

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 🧡

@Charlito732 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Aleph-Noll 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Renfipan 8 жыл бұрын

Regine is so beautiful 🐻

@alexanderpytko5394 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Win is a very lucky man.

@luk11c4 6 жыл бұрын

not really...

@Momo-zz2tf 6 жыл бұрын

She ist sweeeeeet like sugar

@cdbinkley1888 5 жыл бұрын

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

@SabinaCesar2024 5 жыл бұрын

because she is haitian.

@gilestighe1906 3 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful voice

@freecake1 3 жыл бұрын

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

@icord50 4 ай бұрын

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

@KelseyWallace 10 жыл бұрын

She's literally so perfect

@mismay360 7 жыл бұрын

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

@Ngis 6 жыл бұрын

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

@withershin 2 ай бұрын

2:03 - the dancer second stage left. I love this video. it's been 12 years and still here I stand.

@wilpharaoh3276 3 жыл бұрын

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

@1701gerardo 2 жыл бұрын

Same, but 2022.

@Anthony-wp7tz 2 жыл бұрын

Wow so glad you both think so

@dominicgagnon5964 8 жыл бұрын

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

@giancarlorodriguez964 8 жыл бұрын

Have you seated on the bench at 1:50 ?

@dominicgagnon5964 8 жыл бұрын

haha probably i used to play football on that field

@Damouis 5 жыл бұрын

@Jonathan Lyman Lasalle/Verdun

@mortlieb8239 5 жыл бұрын

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

@retailreminisce 5 жыл бұрын

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

@neilcampbell4039 Жыл бұрын

One of the best front to back albums in history

@JeffLivingston-zl6oh 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely.....

@AndyRosebrook 4 ай бұрын

To every fan of this song out here, I'd recommend finding their performance of this in Butler's backyard during the pandemic. It's just the two of them and it's one of the coolest performances of the song I've seen.

@toriwoods9800 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jeffreykazanjian2399 5 жыл бұрын

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

@naoma123yea 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@ihopeyoulikemymusicifnotim1306 8 жыл бұрын

thanks, i was wondering what she was saying.

@oscarrg1477 5 жыл бұрын

I really Love you

@davalleyguy5020 5 жыл бұрын

Copy and paste has been found! Seriously, she brings a tear to my eye for some reason. 48 y/o soft heart I have

@leesnyder9144 4 жыл бұрын

@josemesquita2448 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks.

@danilopfvr 2 жыл бұрын

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

@juliamaria1836 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Nicholas9279 3 ай бұрын

I love her.

@spapi3880 5 жыл бұрын

Her smile is almost as beautiful as her voice.

@MrKapothi 8 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece of one of the best bands in th world.

@DamnedConservatives 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lakeshoresubtleties 2 жыл бұрын

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

@what-fn5fk Жыл бұрын

@MrWhiskers65 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@ruthmccann8995 6 жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE Régine Chassagne, her vocals are amazing and it's why i love this song

@Gustavo2918 6 жыл бұрын

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

@christianbecker8108 8 ай бұрын

This song makes you realize how beautiful life is.

@su3gu872 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mikeavery9273 10 жыл бұрын

god i can just listen to her sing for the rest of my life. She has the best singing voice ever

@Kridian01 10 жыл бұрын

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

@snads8415 4 ай бұрын

The fact that Bowie championed Arcade Fire, just goes to show how great they are

@nowisrelative 3 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to this song, from time to time, for ten years. I still start bawling like a baby by "we run away, but don't know why" and it's downhill from there.

@nelhern2677 6 жыл бұрын

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

@l3LindinG 4 жыл бұрын

*punches pretentious things, quits clock*

@ArmageddonSpeaking 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

@@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 4 жыл бұрын

@@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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@krishnamurti4577 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite Arcade Fire song. Dancing on my own. Just beautiful.

@tombrannagan1449 Жыл бұрын

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

@ProudIsrael 11 ай бұрын

@dariohalfaxa1742 4 жыл бұрын

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_ 2 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@jenstait7913 5 жыл бұрын

Still one of the best songs to date.. little gem!

@stagingthefilm 6 жыл бұрын

Sitting here in tears at the sheer mastery of everything in this video. It’s indescribably beautiful on a spiritual level.

@Cassxowary 5 жыл бұрын

I am minutes away and it looks better than real life! That being said, I miss that mall which is now an ugly strip mall...

@dtrYeti 3 жыл бұрын

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

@crimsn80 Жыл бұрын

I saw them live a few weeks ago in Chicago! The arena was packed and electric.... don't let the tabloids fool you! What an amazing live band! They sound just like the album and Regine is a treasure. I keep reliving that concert, I could've stayed forever! I can't wait to see them live whenever that will be!

@craigramsay53 Жыл бұрын

Chicago was a great show. AND the support for our (KANPE, Régine's foundation for Haiti) booth was incredible. People wanting merch and wanting to know more about the band, KANPE, and Haiti kept us running all night!

@keithbiz85 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@christinez1392 4 жыл бұрын

Try "We Exist"!

@dinanour4962 7 жыл бұрын

regine is literally the most beautiful thing in the world

@roxanneazul 4 жыл бұрын

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

@otxov2897 4 жыл бұрын

Right??

@ChadMichaelSimon 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mertman1 4 жыл бұрын

You should check out Josh Turner’s acoustic version.

@roxanneazul 4 жыл бұрын

I will do that

@Beilmanimal 4 жыл бұрын

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

@nicholasstorey6745 4 жыл бұрын

I remember first hearing this when I worked in a supermarket years ago whilst at college. Used to find myself humming along while scanning customers's shopping through the checkout. Bugged me for ages as I didn't know what it was called, so pleased I managed to find it. Great back then, still great today. Very powerful and nostalgic.

@shadowpresident4203 4 жыл бұрын

Good thing your manager didn't catch you. They'd have probably told you to quit these pretentious things, and just punch the clock.

@mykameakulpa 10 жыл бұрын

This band is soo unique...lovin it

@collegeboy362 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

@johnmahaffey6570 Жыл бұрын

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

@gentwo2741 2 жыл бұрын

...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.

@thenarcopath488 6 жыл бұрын

I have always been in love with her voice.. literally since i first heard it in 8th grade.. im 22 now and working at a pizza joint i love, living in The Mountains.. far far from the grey san diego city.... Colorado... i Love you...

@LunarLilith333 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a beautiful song.

@alejandrostubing9044 4 ай бұрын

Love This Band..!

@maxtew6521 4 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful video. No album has gone from "okay" at release to "masterpiece" a couple of years later in my life like 'The Suburbs.' Great album.

@l3LindinG 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best tunes I've ever heard.. Lyrical geniuses. And that Baseline Is beyond Legendary! Thanks, yet again for being awesome. 👍😎

@KristofferSkjrestad 7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't a big fan of this song at first, but it has grown so much on me! Now it's definetely in my top ten list of Arcade Fire songs. I just love how it makes me both happy and melancholic. Lyrically one of their best along with Neighborhood 1# (Tunnels), (Antichrist Television Blues), Keep The Car Running and The Suburbs.

@BradleyLayton 3 жыл бұрын

Used to live near Sproul Rd in the suburbs west of Philadelphia. This video could have been shot along Sproul Rd, or I suppose any similar Sproul-like sprawling neighborhood across our great nation. Love the concrete. Love the parking lots. Love the abandoned shopping malls. The underutilized sports fields. Rain on the bicycle. The singer reminds me exactly of one of moms from our little circle of friends: cheerful anxiety. This song makes perfect sense.

@noelletv3313 Жыл бұрын

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.

@iwasthewalrus9204 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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

@chadgrisham1165 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Heart of Glass too haha

@LucreDenouncer 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@spinningchrysalis4061 4 жыл бұрын

Funny you should say that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hqqnkq6qvKi7laM.html It has Chris Stein's approval, too.

@dfviewer2007 5 жыл бұрын

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

@DAWNOFBLACKHEARTS 3 жыл бұрын

Did you quit your job?

@matnewton6869 3 жыл бұрын

Any updates?

@iliketrains3495 2 жыл бұрын

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

@TheMisterman1972 2 жыл бұрын

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. 😄