The Midnight - River of Darkness (Official Audio)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- From The Midnight's "Nocturnal"
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Mainstream music cannot compete with this
I'm glad it's not. This is music for only people like us. This is special. They don't deserve it
@@jacquelinebalaszek8217 FACTS, but it does boggle my mind as to why its not. I mean it IS WAY BETTER than "mainstream"
Different strokes my man. Not everyone is a music nerd. Some people just like a little background noise and don't really care what it is, and that's fine. Anyway, if you think this pseudo-retro throwback thing isn't mainstream, then you're not paying attention to what's poppin' on the radio lately. Even if The Midnight will always be a niche band (they've always intentionally been about 80's nostalgia, which while it sounds good, is admittedly a little dorky), the idea of using contemporary sensibilities and production techniques on 80's/90's sounds without directly aiming for giving that nostalgia hit has definitely been mainstream for a little while now.
Three things I love about The Midnight
1) Voice
2) Sax
3) Beat
And melody !!!
the amazing bassline also 👍
you forgot the amazing lyrics
Lander McGoblin yesssssss!!!!
4) everything
The Midnight always nail the sax solos.
William Penn saxxiest sax this side of Bob Seger
Smack Millan Damn right it is
I disagree
@@notsure5955 You can have your wrong opinion, that's fine
This song hits deep in me heart
It hits deep, in what's left of mine too
Me too!
Same here, their music/sound hits my soul for some reason.
Me too Mattie
Good in red is the same way
I don't believe The Midnight understands how they are saving lives with their music. I love them, everything they put out is magic.
Absolutely truth my friend 🤘🏻🥲
The midnight is so underrated.
Too much underrated
Actually it's better being underrated so they don't attract the normies and casuals that ruin everything they come across. I was happy listening to K-Pop when it was unknown to the masses but left it for good once it became mainstream due to the toxic fans and the music itself starting to become generic rubbish.
@@Se7en398 so you prefeer artist not being succesfull so you can call yourself an "cultured intellectual that only likes obscure things" grow up, KPop its better now than when wasnt popular.
@@RogueBeatsARG No, it isn't...
@@brian_sand theyre experimenting a lot more now, at least some groups
"I wonder if they'd notice. If I slipped away"
I slipped away ; and they noticed.
I slipped away, and they noticed.
@@JWilder357 Good for you.
I know they are supposed to evoke an 80's atmosphere, but something about their sound takes me back to warm Summer evenings in the late 70's when I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world.
I suppose I could say I feel journey's music from the 70s has a similar feeling.
@@lavolpe8525
I hear Glen Frey and Don Henley. Think You Belong To The City and Boys Of Summer vibe.
@@Powermad-bu4em yeah, seems like a driving/memory scene from miama vice
Miami
Probably the vibe and the words
Guys... Please don't stop to make me dream... My life is better with your Music in my ears! Italy listen to The Midnight!
sitting in front of the Pantheon Roma
So uhhh... still ok?
@@s2korpionic in perfect shape dude
lostboy83 Anche tu qui eh?
@@IlNordFiero tra i pochi eletti...ebbene si!
Hey, if your listening to this your one cool person and I love you.
I love you too, Zachary Elkins
Love you too man
Wow, this may be the most positive UA-cam comment thread I've ever seen. Well done, kids.
love you too bro!
Thanks man spread positivity in this negative world.
"Look I know you miss her man, but..
But you can't keep doing this to yourself
She's moved on
Meanwhile you're out there just
Walking the streets at night
Alone, in a river of darkness"
Hawki is this quote from somewhere? Or is it original. I’ve been trying to figure it out for months lol
Seems to be original. Google only pops up with this song.
strangly these are the words I needed to hear. 😿😿😿
So this one is a tribute to all of us who have been cheated on? :p
The Doomer's mantra
Play this while driving at night on an empty highway. Bonus points if it’s raining.
Yes.
Damn you are spot on
@@sr-m3725 haha right?
And you are driving Honda Civic 8
@@patryk8619 the only car to drive while listening to the Midnight
That sweet bitterness ... my god. 80's will always have a special place in my heart. I'm a 90's kid but the 80's just captures my soul.
Same my friend same. A generation in which I wish I lived in but I missed it...just barely.
I'm a 2000s kid and just discovered this band, they're so good and have gotten me hooked on synthwave music.
1990 but 80s at heart feel ya G
The sax is just such a nice touch.
I would say the sax is the focus here, and is bad to the bone intense
I’m 56 and it’s 2024 talk about taking me back to the 80s. Damm I’m old love ❤️ this song my goddaughter and
...and what??
Your body is 56.
I'm 21 and I love the 80s more than anything, even tho I've never experienced it. I feel as if I have a old soul and feel when I listen to this music I can time travel to where I wanna be 🙏🏻🔥🔥
Hey, Future person. If you’re listening to this in 2040, you have amazing taste. -From the Past, 2022. Rock on 🤘
I'm so into this kind of music. It's like the 80s never went away 😊
So, The Midnight holds a special place in my heart, and maybe this song in particular. . . When I first discovered them (which was sadly only last year, 2019), I was going through my worst breakup that I've ever been through. Now, I'm usually rather picky with who I date, however, I was head over heels for a girl that, ultimately, was no good for me, used me, and ended up moving on to someone else without batting an eyelash. . . At the beginning of our relationship, it was so. . . beautiful. . . She showed me a side of her that I couldn't help but fall in love with. . . I would've done anything for her. . . Alas, through time, the spark seemed to disappear for her, and her true intentions showed. . . And we argued, so much, over things we shouldn't have been arguing about. . . By a certain point, I wondered if she even had any feelings for me to begin with, or if it was just a game for her, and upon finding out some undesirable information regarding things she was doing behind my back, things she though she was deceiving me on, I had to break up with her, and it was rough. . . Anyways, it took me so long to get over her, and when I used to listen to this, I would get this strange, beautiful, sadness that I feel the song encapsulates so well. . . A feeling of longing and hope for something that's now gone. . . So long I had associated sadness with this song, though I still loved it, longed for it, maybe even, so to speak, I don't know. . . Now, months later, and alone, with a fresh head on my shoulders, this song has a new sound to me, and a new meaning. . . In a way, the song is more beautiful than I've ever heard it before, and it only just started happening a couple weeks ago. . . I may not understand it 100% yet, but the sadness I felt for so long is fading, and now when I hear this, I can only smile. . . I saw them live here in Florida a few months ago, and what I wouldn't give to see them live again. . . Truly a group that has touched my heart. . . Sorry for the sap, but maybe someone can relate :) Stay safe and happy y'all. . .
We can all relate. What would we do in these times without music?
@@chadbaker8705 Isn't that the truth :)
@RecklessMage N Yeah man, the Midnight tend to have that effect. . Keep your head up, everything happens for a reason. . I know that sounds cliche, but it does get easier through time. I'm not gonna lie, I still think of her and everything. . But the weight feels a bit more lifted as time goes by. Stay strong, and don't walk through that River of Darkness. . It doesn't help. .
You are an absolute king, my friend
@@bastilian Hahah, thanks my dude :D
1 person is still walking the streets.. alone.. in a river of darkness.
Mr. Solo, now there are 22 people walking down the street ... in a river of darkness
@@pedrofelipepamplona1944 28 now
@@julianulloa4943 30 now
62
78 now! Hope they stop walking
The sax reminds me of 'Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City' What a wonderful time. Some people remember, some wish they were there once, some just want to be there.
That's the vibe. Wet Miami streets with Lambo's rolling through.
"You belong to the City. You belong to night. Living in a RIVER OF DARKNESS, beneath the neon lights"- Glenn Frey
Now that you mention it. I can hear it. It is similar.
I just found The Midnight today😯 Wow..I think this is the best sound I have ever heard!
Amen!
80s beats are so dope!!! Can listen to them all day.
Here is one Indian guy who plays The Midnight while driving back home from work on the highway at night and yes as someone pointed out, best when it's raining. Love from India 😘😘
I used to be the one
I used to be your getaway dreamer
I couldn't get enough
Thinking that we would last forever…
Very similar to FM-84 "Running In The Night". But these 80's chord progressions helped to define 1984.
Doesn't matter how much i turn the volume up, it's never loud enough for this song
So true!!!!
I can't move on 😔 it's breaking me piece by piece I don't want to give up. She was my whole life.
I know it hurts..
Just know, theres worse things than breakup and heartache..
Im not Trying to diminish your heartache..
I'm just being honest with you. I'm tired of re learning the same lesson that things can always be worse too. But we keep learning it because it's true.
For example, right now, as we speak, someone is being held against their will probably tortured. Just wishing death would come. So I try to tell myself as long as I have freedom of movement. Then i'm in a much better position than I realize. Just take it day by day and be grateful that you're not suffering worse than you are. Because life is a true hell for many people. Again, I'm not trying to take away anything from your feelings. I'm just speaking from experience. I was held against my will before and it was fucking hell. It made me wish that I can just go through heartache Instead.
God bless you in your life and grant you peace
This is something great.
That saxophone just took the song to an entirely different level! Great job guys!
It always does. The melody is always great. Then the sax comes in to layer it and it's just... euphoric. Not sure how else to describe it. Takes a 9/10 song to an 11/10. They always kill it on the sax without over doing it.
This legitimately sounds like a actual song from the 80s, from a singer from that Era, This Group is Amazing!! The 80s have came back to Life,😎🎶 ♥
You basically could of replaced all the tracks in Cyberpunk 2077 with The Midnight's albums and it would of been great.
EXACTLY. EX-FUCKING-ACTLY. For the lighter song could have gone with "The Midnight" "FM-84" "Timecop 83" and for the darker more gruesome songs they could have gone with "Gunship" "Essenger" "Scandroid".
But the game didn't turned out to be that epic
.
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That would have just leveled down The Midnight too
Mark my words there will be a great “cyberpunk game” one day that will give these incredible sounds somewhere to belong to in the gaming world… one day there will
Add some Gunship in there!
It would be an offense to The Midnight to associate their awesome and incredible music with that complete dumpster fire of a game.
I can't stop listening to this 💜😌... A masterpiece song.
Through a series of events I couldn't control, I lost my girl and I lost all but one friend. I wish so much to slip away because I know I would leave unnoticed. I found The Midnight though. Thank you for your music. It's helped me alot.
bud thedog *hugs*
I'm going through something similar right now... It will be alright eventually I guess
Exactly what I was thinking man thanks
Crazy how one song can bring so many strangers with similar issues together. I hope things have gotten better for you all...🥰
You are a mind reader aren't you? Lol :)
This is the best song of The Midnight
Everything is perfection!
You guys make the best retrowave music on the planet. Period!
80mph in a Camaro on the freeway. City lights passing by over the crepuscular backdrop. The vibe hits her just right, and she looks over at you with a distinction she can't explain as you concentrate on the road, en route deeper into her imagination.
heavy shit 😎
Love this ❤
[Intro]
Look, I know you miss her man, but...
But you can't keep doing this to yourself
She's moved on
Meanwhile you're out there just
Walking the streets at night
Alone, in a river of darkness
[Verse 1]
Glowing windows in the buildings from the elevated train
I see a thousand different stories pass
And faces without names
Forget why I came here
And I forget why I stay
And wonder if they'd notice
If I slipped away
[Verse 2]
What if I kept going
If I don't get off tonight
What if I ride this to the edges
Through the darkness to the light
[Chorus]
Could I find you there?
Could I find you there?
If I slipped away?
[Verse 3]
What if there's no answer
We're all just hearts that have to fight
Through the dangers of the rapids
Through the darkness to the light
[Chorus]
Could I find you there?
Could I find you there?
If I slipped away?
[Outro]
Look, I know you miss her man, but...
But you can't keep doing this to yourself
She's moved on
Meanwhile you're out there just
Walking the streets at night
Alone, in a river of darkness
there is always one of your kind, the kind i love
Thank You!
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Hope they pin this comment
This is still on my UA-cam rotation!! One of my favorite songs!
The Midnight is an incredible band. I love them very much. This song is a masterpiece 👌 I hope that they perform in my country, Greece, someday.
dude the music is so good i cant believe my ears
the last part with the sax is so intense
and then th beat comes back
so perfect
argh
The word “cool” was born in the 80’s .
This track is hypnotic, endorphins abound.
This was the first song I heard from you, blown away. I'm hooked now with synthwave. This gives great vibes. The feeling that the 80s are somehow with U. I was not born yet but can imagine it were great times then. Keep doing what your doing man. And never get rid of your saxophone. ❤❤
Don't even know how I dealt with my depression before finding The Midnight
The fact of the matter is, you didn't
@@JC_WT I agree with your username
@@JC_WT i agree with your comment first rather
"Forget why I came here
And I forget why I stay
And wonder if they'd notice... If I slipped away"
The line i connect with the most.
You dont have to anymore , the hidden secret unveiled and revealed , they wont notive ever
Why does this feels so good to listen?, i wonder...
Beautiful 😍 song 🎵 love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 ❤ 😍 💖 ❣
Man, this picture fits this song perfectly.
I am currently at a dark place, Ive been listening since 2020 and can say your music makes it all better
same... fan since 2020 and my life sucks
"Shadows", "Crystalline" and "River Of Darkness" are my fav tracks from Collateral.
Imho "Collateral" is the more mature The Midnight album so far.
pile333 You mean, Nocturnal, not Collateral
True!
Steven Tan 😂
Don't forget about Vampires too!
I've just discovered The Midnight and I am completely obsessed now. SO grateful to have found this band. I get such perfect 80s vibes and it's giving me life! And again with the saxophone! Beautiful work! Thank you!
Vengo escuchandola hace 3 años aproximadamente y no me canso de escucharla. Se convirtio en un himno!!!
Have to say that this is the most beautiful synthwave song of all time. So underrated!!!
This song is special, i added it to my list, removed it, missed it, added it again.
My phone refused to play it, removed it, a friend kept imagining his old life with his ex, the lyrics of this song plays in my head, gave him a link, he loves it too.
And now basically everytime i play this song i get the same feeling as if im hearing it for the very first time.
Such a special feeling, and i love it.
This music make me feel half here and half in past there I think i was living...
Sax to the max!! So many emotions when it comes in blasting!. The midnight has made this instrument suddenly interesting to me. Thank you.
I don't know why this isn't already a classic.
This saxophone riff seriously takes me to the sky....
I'm supposed to be a metal head, but why do I keep coming back?
'cuz you got taste...
You're not the only metalhead here....
Lol, me too
Same haha :)
Also a metalhead here. 33 years old. Greetings from Argentina!
"look, i know you miss her man. but you can't keep doing this to yourself.
she's moved on. and meanwhile you're out there just.. walking the streets at night, alone, in a river of darkness." ♡ fave
The sax is amazing.
*sex
My favorite song on Nocturnal for sure! I can't wait for your new music!
πzza Because product by timecop1983
Man i never believe how prophetic the intro speech would be in 2022. I first heard this masterpiece in 2019 and i listened to it regularly since. In January 2022, before the new year's month even ended, she just vanished from her job and all phone calls went unanswered. No one seemed to know anything. The lyrics of this song has since been describing me . The building where she used to work is across the street from my office. so i found myself staying after hours to do extra work- then at 8 pm. I turn off everything and step onto the balcony , my tie and jacket fluttering in the cool night breeze.
I sit on the chair i rolled out from the office, reach into my jacket and take out a cigarette. for a brief moment the flame of the lighter illuminates my face and the disappointment and hope i still have. I take a strong inhale of the rich tobacco and blow the smoke with a cool quiet demeanor.
and this song is playing on my phone and my thoughts are on her "where shall i look next?" "why did she move on and never said anything? we weren't strangers. she used to light up like a grand christmas tree everytime she saw me and we talked."
the shock of her gone messes with my brain- i wake up every night at odd random hours wondering if I hallucinated her and the 2 years we been really good friends.
Well i have gotten too old to die young so for what its worth, im going to pursue this to the end-at least until i get the answers i'm looking for.
Bro on Headphones HOLY SHIT this sounds amazing I could sleep, wake up, eat, work, drive, walk, play and dance with this 1 song I could do anything!
how is it possible for a song to go this hard
Oh man midnight is just my piece of true heaven on earth!
Hands down the BEST song by The Midnight
I'm a simple man - if there is a sax, I save song to favorites
River of Darkness is exactly where I am right now.
"Look, I know you miss her man.
but you can't keep doing this to yourself. she's moved on...
Meanwhile you're out there just- walking the streets at night. Alone, in a River of Darkness"
Whos here feeling there vibe in 2024. Love you guys always. 🫶🏾
Meeee ❤
Always
Yesssuuuurrrrrrrr
Thank you The Midnight, I´m happy to meet your music of the soul.
Listened to this while walking through New York while it was raining at night. Best feeling ever...
This genre is an escape from a reality😌
Used to always play this on late night drives in my car, sadly it was wrecked a week ago in an accident. So this brings back warm memories for me. Love this song!
This song is absolutely beautiful.
The Midnight makes beatiful songs you only hear in your dreams
Omg I freaking love this song its literally my favorite i love listening to it whenever I'm cooking or getting ready for work
Almost the end of 2024 and I’m still obsessed with this song.
Who, is listen this music during the quarantine.
yes
Me too grew up in 80s love this music new fave blinding lights the weekend..
me too!! From Rome!
Same, from California
I just discovered this Band
I love this song and this band.
Brings back good memories, Late 80s I remember when I used to ride my 1987 1000R Ninja thru the streets of Los Angeles.
Midnight in my opinion is the best new retro song maker , their songs is like magic i really go deep in them , but more intresting thing is we all unites under music lets enjoy it wile we can . LOVE YOU MIDNIGHT
Perfect stuff. Secured me as a permanent listener :)
Love the LA vibes
I just discovered this type of music on pandora. It was FM-84 and their song Running in the Night. And now ive discovered The Midnight..... I'M HOOKED!!! It's just excellent music!! Thank you!!!
Listen to GUNSHIP
Definitely need to check out Gunship and Timecop1983
Me too! I found all about FM-84, Gunship & The Midnight thru Pandora during 2020 quarantine times. I was listening to Grimes station and they just happen to play them. And now I'm totally hooked! All this new music got me thru it all.. I wanna go to their concert!
If my friends don't listen to this and feel what I feel. See what I see. Then I'm good being alone with this slapping at night in a river of darkness alone.
Was actually walking the street alone staring up at the sky after my girl of 8 years left. Such a powerful song.
How ya holdin up my guy?
Goosebumps, this song hits deep and it's simply phenomenal! It makes me feel nostalgic about a time I never lived and things I've never done. While listening to this song, everything starts to be possible. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Dude im in love with this 🥺🥺
Best song ever
This music helped me thru the pandemic , listening it while biking overnight on Manhattan bridge and sometimes it was at midnight always after work ,I just loved that smoke a jay ,ride ,music aaaaaa pure medicine for those times.
Damn I miss the 80’s so hard 😢❤❤❤❤❤
Old but trust me i have traveled twenty years from the future just to listen this because we lived in an era where there is no music like this.
First heard this song in 2020 during a late night drive in the rain…haven’t stopped listening to it since. Something about the Midnight and the sax solos are just beautiful and they give you this almost painful sensation of joy in your chest, ya know? Rlly wanna see them live one day 🎷🌃☔️
This song is so relaxing! It just makes you travel through your mind. Great work! The sax part fucking awesome.
That's great 😅 this music makes a travel through my mind,I stand here now and I imagine I am at the city
This song should be a #1 hit for the next 5 years
2023 here. So glad I found these guys.
Still my favorite The Midnight track ever.
The saxophone is everything! 🎷
hell yea
Indeed!
Such a vibe driving to this Thursday night/Friday morning (1am) or Friday night or sat morning (1am)
I've heard this song so many times before, but right now it hits different 💔
It's strangely comforting though
Masterpiece. I hope you guys will play that live again.
That saxophone is crazy