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  • Опубліковано 19 сер 2010
  • MGMT's official music video for 'Congratulations'. Click to listen to MGMT on Spotify: smarturl.it/MGMTSpot?IQid=MGMTC
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    Lyrics:
    But I've got someone to make reports
    That tell me how my money's spent
    To book my stays and draw my blinds
    So I can't tell what's really there
    And all I need's a great big congratulations
    #MGMT #Congratulations #Vevo #Alternative #VevoOfficial

КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @TheViperX21
    @TheViperX21 5 років тому +402

    MGMT is really underrated, and Andrew will forever be one of my favorite lyricists.

    • @andrewwilson1975
      @andrewwilson1975 Рік тому +10

      Agreed, I think it is in the top few bands in the last 15 odd years. It's also one of the few post 2000 bands that holds a candle to many of the 60's-90's

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 Рік тому +12

      He’s no doubt really good at writing abstract artistic lyrics

    • @deelong4002
      @deelong4002 10 місяців тому +2

      They weren't underrated at all like 15 years ago

  • @brandyalexander3523
    @brandyalexander3523 7 років тому +2131

    I finally realised what this video is about.
    The whole video is a metaphor for how society treats famous people. If you listen to the lyrics its all about how fame causes you to disassociate from everything around you.
    The creature in the video is 'ugly' representing how we view stars as something to gawk at. In the video Andrew and Ben are essentially its fans or managers, just following it with little input. When the creature first loses its leg that represents how fame causes you to no longer be able to stand on your own two feet. As they continue walking it eventually loses its mouth representing how others now speak for you. Eventually the creature 'slips' and its a down hill spiral from there. The 'fans' or 'manager' dont do anything to help they just watch. Eventually the creature can't go on but they force it to by physically carrying it to its death- where it can only look at what its become. They clap at the end like the creatures whole existence and suffering was simply there to entertain them.
    Because in the end all you need is one big congratulations.

    • @kidafago
      @kidafago 3 роки тому +31

      Bravo irmão. Você realmente entendeu esta metáfora ! E eu...
      Caminhei atrás deles durante 3 anos no deserto e só quando acabou a jornada levei as " congratulations". E foi porque outros me explicaram , e eu não tinha compreendido a parada!
      3 anos sem parar no deserto da incompreensão: cansado com sede e o sol queimando meus neurônios...
      Thank you for explication !

    • @catherineaks4190
      @catherineaks4190 3 роки тому +57

      Thank you for outstanding explanation of this video! 👍🏻

    • @ryeguy2256
      @ryeguy2256 3 роки тому +43

      Great analysis!

    • @nickpaige8178
      @nickpaige8178 3 роки тому +39

      this is exactly what i came to the comments looking for. Thanks!

    • @bobbybriggs8637
      @bobbybriggs8637 3 роки тому +15

      Makes sense

  • @Dgusting
    @Dgusting 3 роки тому +158

    My favorite song of theirs overall. I remember my first concert was MGMT in Louisville Ky 2013. What an incredible experience, MGMT fans are all awesome. I was underage and still had immense fun and was offered anything I ever needed and more from other fans ;). However they played all their songs but didnt play this one yet so i started freaking out about to cry....then andrew says "weve got one more really good one for you" and started this gem up. I was so happy. Concerts are a distant memory now....

  • @cranjusmcballer
    @cranjusmcballer 3 роки тому +343

    I really love the direction MGMT went in after Oracular Spectacular. Congratulations, MGMT and Little Dark Age are very well made albums and it's great to know they're doing what they want to do now

    • @guideness6601
      @guideness6601 2 роки тому +1

      [][]][there is this song i got recommend n i wanna recommend it to u is called Falling Ashes by the impures
      ,./,./,.,/[][][][][][][]vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    • @teodordl
      @teodordl 2 роки тому +4

      @@guideness6601 //// YES, nnnnnnn{{{{ at last!!! I Have foun....d you, my long lost $$$$son!! Wh ere were you this ##/////// entire time? === I'm SSSo happpppy the universe finnnally had us reunited! ///////// ,./,./,./,./ hhhhhhhhh I'm sobbbbbbbbbbb iiinggg

    • @jorgekinder7677
      @jorgekinder7677 2 роки тому +8

      Comment people are smoking too muchmabey weed

    • @nicolasmoore6220
      @nicolasmoore6220 5 місяців тому +2

      And the new singles are so good now! Here's to a fantastic 5th record from mgmt :))

  • @TheHilikus89
    @TheHilikus89 8 років тому +2388

    "I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me"

    • @thesheriff5198
      @thesheriff5198 6 років тому +9

      TheHilikus89 as strange as it seems

    • @wastefellow2569
      @wastefellow2569 6 років тому +5

      I thought it was "piss off"

    • @kathymiljevich9434
      @kathymiljevich9434 6 років тому +1

      Awesome lyrics.

    • @ethanlewis5993
      @ethanlewis5993 6 років тому +14

      TheHilikus89 Best lyrics in the whole song. That or the first lyrics of the song

    • @scottsmith8162
      @scottsmith8162 6 років тому +1

      Did you come up with that one yourself?! I love it!!!

  • @Jazzeinberg
    @Jazzeinberg 8 років тому +4231

    These guys will be the ones that our children will say about "I wish I lived in this generation"..

    • @amybynight
      @amybynight 8 років тому +34

      thats Bowie

    • @Jazzeinberg
      @Jazzeinberg 8 років тому +7

      +amy white ?

    • @dogpupe
      @dogpupe 8 років тому +186

      There is an MGMT videoclip where some dude posted "I was born in the right generation"

    • @Jazzeinberg
      @Jazzeinberg 8 років тому +10

      dogpupe That's exactly my point !

    • @chickenwing27
      @chickenwing27 8 років тому +5

      +Why Though? wtf dude?

  • @AndyZaturno
    @AndyZaturno 7 місяців тому +60

    Andrew looks like such a rock star.

    • @Pam-rd5dz
      @Pam-rd5dz 7 місяців тому +3

      Gayyyyy
      Jk 😂

    • @AndyZaturno
      @AndyZaturno 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Pam-rd5dz I am tho, so now what?

    • @Pam-rd5dz
      @Pam-rd5dz 7 місяців тому +1

      @@AndyZaturno Twas a joke

  • @Smooth0vibrations
    @Smooth0vibrations 6 років тому +48

    Some of MGMT'S best lyrics, the older you get; the more they mean.

  • @b3arodactyl
    @b3arodactyl 8 років тому +1298

    one of the saddest most touching music videos I've ever seen

    • @RYBATUGA
      @RYBATUGA 8 років тому +83

      Your profile pic is great :)

    • @colinsalles6833
      @colinsalles6833 7 років тому +31

      The strokes

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 7 років тому +10

      the strokes made one good album, MGMT made 3, they've made real art

    • @b3arodactyl
      @b3arodactyl 7 років тому +28

      is this it and room on fire are both good albums what are you smoking
      i suppose you could argue that both oracular spectacular and congratulations are good albums but their self titled album was shit lol
      ofc music taste is subjective but looking at rym it seems to be that the consensus is that
      first impressions of the earth comedown machine and angles are all better than MGMT (3.1, 2.94 and 2.83 average across thousands of ratings vs 2.80 average for MGMT)
      granted they're all pretty bad albums (though there are a few good songs sprinkled in throughout some of them) so it doesn't much matter lol

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 7 років тому +11

      qzyxya room on fire is like a second attempt at making another Is This It, now the strokes just use their band as a means to make money and seem like they don't give a shit for the quality or direction they went down, people don't understand MGMT so they don't get it and call it shit, I know music is subjective and I've heard all the strokes albums and all MGMT albums, they're simply not bands that you compare to each other, totally different styles of music, Is This It and Room on Fire are good because of the rawness in the playing and Julian Casablancas has very interesting baritone later turned to a more falsetto, Angles and Comedown Machine are good too, but I wouldn't say they're masterpieces, The Strokes were mediocre to begin with, that's what made Is This It such a pleasant album because it was so simple garage rock, with great melodies, any musician is capable of that kind of sound, I just MGMT are better at writing lyrics and complicated song structures, and coming up with original sounds with modern technology, MGMT only became recognized through their commercial hits but then used that popularity to take their music down a psychedelic Doors-like kind of road with the self titled album if you ask me, my previous comment was a little harsh I admit, but the true artistry isn't in the Strokes catalog im sorry, but the Strokes did set a tone for the early 2000's and all that came after, shit, Arctic Monkeys and plenty of one hit bands owe much gratification to The Strokes

  • @amandalovesthesims2
    @amandalovesthesims2 8 років тому +1752

    This is probably the most disturbing/depressing music video I've ever watched. I somehow have an emotional attachment to the bird and I don't even know why. This is legit. Good song too.

    • @Cocog232
      @Cocog232 5 років тому +9

      @@nadussias I don't have the courage to watch the other videos lol

    • @mikeexits
      @mikeexits 5 років тому +29

      @@Cocog232 "When You Die" is accurate to what dying and the afterlife is like, according to my dad who has physically died twice, and lived to tell the tale. All except the fleshy hell-ish part at the end, but it depends on your beliefs and how honest you are with yourself. If you repress everything and remain spiritually constipated up until the very end, and you believe that's what will happen after, then maybe. But for most people that won't happen.

    • @heidileeshire5959
      @heidileeshire5959 5 років тому +3

      Yeah. Ppl r so screwed. We can emotionally attach 2 non human, mirage creations, & this, perhaps, will be our undoing. It's a noble way 2 go tho.😈👾👽👻☠💀👹👿

    • @heidileeshire5959
      @heidileeshire5959 5 років тому +13

      @@mikeexits yep. Imagination leads to creation... it's the source of our physical form & origination. We r the art, the image in the gr8 mind. When we die, we become co creators, or tools of our own destruction. So what we believe, matters, literally. Believe that u matter, or u won't. Believe what u want to matter, bcuz it does, & will. Belief/will=what is...further @ the vanishing point. That dot, where u disappear, is the true point of your everything.💞

    • @sydisawesome1
      @sydisawesome1 5 років тому +4

      @@heidileeshire5959 love this.

  • @1onebee951
    @1onebee951 6 років тому +442

    Tell ya a secret. That alien thing is mgmt's creative freedom.

    • @brettlansing178
      @brettlansing178 5 років тому +21

      1one Bee true asf. Someone found the alien costume at a store in LA. The original. I want to buy it!

    • @sethy9046
      @sethy9046 4 роки тому +25

      Winston Leg-Thigh this was during a time when the record company they were with was limiting their ability to make the music they want regardless of the “fans”

    • @sethy9046
      @sethy9046 4 роки тому +9

      Winston Leg-Thigh that’s.. the point I was trying to make

    • @yikesman732
      @yikesman732 4 роки тому +1

      @Winston Leg-Thigh you literally must have 2 braincells you obviously dont understand what hes tryna tell you

    • @yikesman732
      @yikesman732 4 роки тому +3

      @Winston Leg-Thigh He is literally talking about before they started to make experimental music. The label WAS limiting them but then they gave them some leeway. That is LITERALLY what he's been trying to say. You dont seem to understand you and him are talking about different time periods in their career jesus christ. You are literally reading this much into a joke im-

  • @clintparsons3989
    @clintparsons3989 2 роки тому +191

    If this isnt playing at my funeral, then I'm not dying.

    • @guideness6601
      @guideness6601 2 роки тому +3

      there is this song i got recommend n i wanna recommend it to u is called Falling Ashes by the impures
      ,./,./,.,/

    • @ALittleBitCheesy
      @ALittleBitCheesy Рік тому

      @@guideness6601 Sir, say it in a way which isnt rambelings of a crack pot.

    • @irachico8379
      @irachico8379 Рік тому +1

      haha.word!

    • @fugedor
      @fugedor Рік тому +7

      Bro discovered immortality 💀💀

    • @vervor
      @vervor Рік тому

      Me too bro!!

  • @juanpablo9808
    @juanpablo9808 9 років тому +139

    I believe the creature represents us. We carry ourselves through life in a pace of depression and sadness. We live an ugly life. Finally when we die, the only beautiful thing that is our soul is portrayed in the stars to represent that we are all beautiful. It's just what we make are life of that makes it ugly. Idk wtf I'm saying btw

    • @victorresende3140
      @victorresende3140 9 років тому +1

      yeeah said it all guy!

    • @stephencenters6520
      @stephencenters6520 9 років тому +1

      There are no souls, my man. That's a made up thing

    • @SpaceDisco1
      @SpaceDisco1 9 років тому

      Bring Me The Crown Well, assuming it is just a specific way our brain chemicals react with each other, influenced by our genetics and our surroundings: It's just so unique, it doesn't matter if we call it a soul or anything else.
      For real, if we actually start to scientifically decipher what makes up our personality, I'm pretty sure the scientists will still call it the soul.

    • @stephencenters6520
      @stephencenters6520 9 років тому

      A "soul" is a word made up by humans. Just like "time". It's not a scientific term or a natural thing. It was a word applied to a specific part to our body we have yet found out about.Would you say that other animals have souls?

    • @Martel4
      @Martel4 9 років тому

      Bring Me The Crown How do you know?

  • @NiqqaJim
    @NiqqaJim 9 років тому +2688

    Felt so bad for that alien camel-bird falling down the hill :(

    • @XxKnuckleSOverlorDxX
      @XxKnuckleSOverlorDxX 9 років тому +61

      PJ MasterDiddy SPOILER ALERT EVERYONE

    • @TheTalkingMoose1
      @TheTalkingMoose1 9 років тому +48

      PJ MasterDiddy " alien camel-bird" seems about right... xD

    • @gavin3488
      @gavin3488 9 років тому +2

      PJ MasterDiddy Same.

    • @rullylukita
      @rullylukita 9 років тому +2

      PJ MasterDiddy new species call alien camel-birds lol

    • @pamuQPrincess
      @pamuQPrincess 9 років тому

      PJ MasterDiddy :(

  • @plagueseason
    @plagueseason 8 місяців тому +29

    I always took this song as MGMT coming to grips with success and the complicated balance of trying to please themselves, fans, and the label. They always seemed like they were destined for something greater than just being a radio band, and I think if you look at their catalog overall, they've proven that.

    • @ktmtxt
      @ktmtxt 7 місяців тому +1

      Nah they don't care about the label and other people's expectations, I belive. They just want to do great music

  • @NDTrendx
    @NDTrendx 3 роки тому +443

    If you're listening to this in 2020...
    CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE A GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC!

    • @armandogarciagutierrez7392
      @armandogarciagutierrez7392 3 роки тому +5

      Today listening 😎

    • @nirstlame2843
      @nirstlame2843 3 роки тому +1

      @@armandogarciagutierrez7392 metoo, i love this band.

    • @angelchavez4761
      @angelchavez4761 3 роки тому +3

      i wonder what they're planning for the future

    • @giicupcake
      @giicupcake 3 роки тому +3

      If you're listening to this in 2020... congratulations you're getting old cuz i used to listen to this when i was a teen

    • @angelad5992
      @angelad5992 3 роки тому

      thank you :D that goes for the both of us

  • @Trazorr
    @Trazorr 10 років тому +106

    Such a sad video, but what a beautiful song. CONGRATULATIONS MGMT.

  • @kenardbeee3905
    @kenardbeee3905 8 років тому +1955

    I feel bad for that poor creature. It's so depressing.

    • @morenachiappe356
      @morenachiappe356 8 років тому +59

      yess! same. i almost cry

    • @gopheeeeer
      @gopheeeeer 8 років тому +51

      +kenard beee I feel bad for the person in the suit. Must be warm.

    • @nano9396
      @nano9396 8 років тому +4

      And I enjoyed it 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xavierd7618
      @xavierd7618 7 років тому +1

      gopheeeeer lol

    • @Size10.5Vans
      @Size10.5Vans 6 років тому +3

      I'm sorry. But please send me your youtuber profile pic :D

  • @tomoyo.b
    @tomoyo.b 4 роки тому +23

    You guys have no idea how long i've been looking for this video!!!
    I saw this freaky music video as a child and couldn't get the visuals out of my head but i didn't remember the song title, singers or tune at all. So i just kept googling weird music video with camel and other things to find it but it was never successful. I gave up, and a year later, I would suddenly remember this video and look for it. And no, wow. it's just as weird as i remembered it.

    • @lesovikk101
      @lesovikk101 2 роки тому +3

      Well, congratulations man :-)

    • @drysoup8194
      @drysoup8194 2 роки тому

      DUUUUUDEE WTFFF SAAAAMEEEE
      I WATCHED THIS WHEN I WAS FIIIVEE

  • @joshdraken1
    @joshdraken1 5 років тому +22

    This song chills me out like no other. Total blessing.

  • @BABAMATIC
    @BABAMATIC 7 років тому +377

    This video is very sentimental. It made me remember when my dog was dying, I really loved her, how could i explain her that I was never going to see her again? I guess she knew it better than anyone else

  • @MadMan731
    @MadMan731 7 років тому +28

    MGMT is one of the coolest modern bands.

  • @ratkingpierrot
    @ratkingpierrot 6 років тому +18

    this is my absolute favorite song, idk if anything else will ever take its place. it feels so nostalgic somehow.

  • @thecinematicmind
    @thecinematicmind 3 роки тому +13

    One of my favourite songs of the 2010’s. I love the honesty of the lyrics.

  • @rydubz7
    @rydubz7 10 років тому +75

    This video always brings a tear to my eye. As a 33 year old male it's hard to admit this but as you get older you lose loved ones and people you love and your body starts to fall apart.It's a a really sad world,but beautiful.

    • @pavelow235
      @pavelow235 Рік тому +5

      Hello from 2023, Age makes everything harder, doesn't it?

    • @LfunkeyA
      @LfunkeyA Рік тому

      the world is not that sad, or beautiful

    • @pizzabudgie
      @pizzabudgie Рік тому +3

      wow 9 years ago. i was a teen listening to this. im way past that now, in your shoes. life is crazy

    • @slimeforest
      @slimeforest 11 місяців тому +6

      Hope your doing good in your 40s now king 🤴

    • @daffyduck5351
      @daffyduck5351 11 місяців тому

      Body falling apart at 33?? Wtf is wrong with you

  • @calebweissraaberg2813
    @calebweissraaberg2813 7 років тому +264

    Dead in the water
    It's not a paid vacation
    The sons and daughters of city officials
    Attend demonstrations
    It's hardly a sink or swim
    When all is well if the ticket sells
    Out with? A wimper
    It's not a blaze of glory
    You look down from your temple
    As people endeavor to make it a story
    And chisel a marble word
    But all is lost if it's never heard
    But I've got someone to make reports
    That tell me how my money's spent
    To book? My stays and draw my blinds
    So I can't tell what's really there
    And all I need's a great big congratulations
    I'll keep your dreams
    You pay attention for me
    As strange as it seems
    I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
    The ground may be moving fast
    But I tied my boots to a broken mast
    The difference is clear
    You throw it in your cauldron
    Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
    Steinways and Baldwins
    You start with a simple stock of all the waste
    And salt to taste
    But damn my? Luck and damn these friends
    That keep on combing back their smiles
    I save my grace with half-assed guilt
    And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
    Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

    • @nicholasniebish2774
      @nicholasniebish2774 5 місяців тому +1

      I always thought it was
      “But damn my luck and damn these friends
      That keep on coming back
      That’s why I say my grace with half assed guilt…”

  • @PaulaMurta
    @PaulaMurta 3 роки тому +68

    the kind of song that makes you cry because it instantly reminds you of how you used to feel at some point in space and time, and you miss it so badly

  • @darion8476
    @darion8476 6 років тому +8

    I'm so proud of this generation of music.

  • @nerdontwork
    @nerdontwork 7 років тому +172

    accidentally hit the 2x speed. no regret. because i found the happiest congratulation song ever. i feel happy. congratulation!

    • @trinalps
      @trinalps 4 роки тому +26

      now you can watch the creature die twice as fast! how lovely! congratulations

    • @ketongu
      @ketongu 4 роки тому +3

      congratulations!!

    • @user-si9jy3zs1j
      @user-si9jy3zs1j 4 роки тому +4

      @@trinalps well, he's now suffers not that long

    • @nan0nina
      @nan0nina 3 роки тому +3

      OMG I ALMOST PEED MYSELF

    • @nan0nina
      @nan0nina 3 роки тому +5

      Sounds like Andrew and Ben wrote something for Mario Kart

  • @thomasrice2888
    @thomasrice2888 8 років тому +15

    Touches on so many musical flavors, yet retains that endearing quality that defines MGMT.
    Just watching the fireflies and enjoying my place in life.

  • @elishasy4095
    @elishasy4095 2 роки тому +10

    Many years later... this MV still makes me cry.

    • @ray5357
      @ray5357 Рік тому

      Me too man. Me too.

  • @frais5310
    @frais5310 4 роки тому +92

    man, these guys really deserve more fans

    • @lilahflowers6008
      @lilahflowers6008 2 роки тому +2

      this

    • @Sky-tv7rh
      @Sky-tv7rh 2 роки тому +8

      they already have a lot of fans

    • @thecinemafox5531
      @thecinemafox5531 Рік тому +3

      @@Sky-tv7rh they do and they don’t, a lot of people love the hits but don’t really delve into the deep cuts, which are amazing on every album

    • @str33t_sp1r1t
      @str33t_sp1r1t Рік тому +1

      i would like the comment but the number is too perfect

    • @wafflebread876
      @wafflebread876 6 місяців тому

      @@Sky-tv7rhnot as many as they should

  • @Brodzzzzz
    @Brodzzzzz 9 років тому +136

    Just gonna put this out there...
    MGMT is probably the best thing since Pink Floyd.
    Along with Tame Impala.
    No other band's compare... Is there something wrong with me??

    • @inessdsf
      @inessdsf 9 років тому +8

      Brodzzzzz no. :)

    • @TheKevlar4
      @TheKevlar4 9 років тому +7

      Brodzzzzz Check out The Flaming Lips and Animal Collective for more modern Psych bands.

    • @Martel4
      @Martel4 9 років тому +8

      Brodzzzzz Yes. You don't listen to enough music.

    • @malikharris2357
      @malikharris2357 9 років тому +2

      Daniel Ramirez sounds like friend of the devil

    • @lucassrensen17
      @lucassrensen17 9 років тому +5

      Check out Temples, you might like then :)

  • @ColossalZonko
    @ColossalZonko 7 років тому +1183

    it really bothers me that he doesn't close his eyes when sinking in the sand...

  • @user-ee6gj1ld5p
    @user-ee6gj1ld5p 4 місяці тому +2

    Это всё такое же чувство, как хранит старого пса.

  • @Kurtvileseggnog
    @Kurtvileseggnog 3 роки тому +3

    Why did I sleep on this band. One of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Reminds me of the kinks with a hint of Pink Floyd. Band is incredible.

  • @drkfeeds8688
    @drkfeeds8688 9 років тому +188

    As you go through life people tear you apart instead of congratulating you

    • @whoislikegod7217
      @whoislikegod7217 4 роки тому +4

      better start tearing back then

    • @_zoehhhhh
      @_zoehhhhh 4 роки тому +6

      Congratulate yourself then. Only you could be there for you

    • @MikuHayeon
      @MikuHayeon 4 роки тому +1

      Try not to seek validation from other people, it only makes your life feel more miserable ::/

    • @Skullflowerz
      @Skullflowerz 4 роки тому +1

      People are more focused on what is wrong with you than what is right with you.

  • @zate1982
    @zate1982 8 років тому +143

    You know that strange feeling when you don't know if you're awake or still dreaming? A few months ago it happens to me when I discover this song, alone in an hotel room, preparing myself for a presentation in my job. Shitty fucking job, I've got fired and still unemployeed I'm still thinking if all this fucking life is real or not.

    • @DDG2023
      @DDG2023 8 років тому +2

      +Dani Burnett maybe it's not enough

    • @GBart
      @GBart 8 років тому +7

      Mmm all the time. It's called mescaline. It's the only way to fly.

    • @maestarlight9811
      @maestarlight9811 7 років тому +1

      zate1982 this is my life at this very moment.

    • @Febeleh
      @Febeleh 7 років тому

      AndroidDoctorr sicc reference

    • @yeuskas1
      @yeuskas1 6 років тому +1

      y es IT is and so your money debts

  • @r0se838
    @r0se838 4 роки тому +5

    You haven't lived until you've heard this album on acid. The relief that came from the transition between Lady Dada's Nightmare to such a light and floaty song like this was crazy.

  • @Robdog3
    @Robdog3 7 років тому +11

    The alien is like the knowledge from our fathers. Old and decayed, but leads the young towards enlightenment, despite the cost and destruction to itself. A selfless noble act.

  • @MsSignedUp
    @MsSignedUp 10 років тому +129

    I can't watch the video. It makes me so sad :/

    • @reginalizard
      @reginalizard 9 років тому +5

      jesus, i thought i was the only one.

    • @lirio7698
      @lirio7698 9 років тому +7

      I was crying till now with the video. :'(

    • @reginalizard
      @reginalizard 9 років тому +29

      that little chicken dinosaur!! but at least it shines in the sky.

    • @namelessnick9791
      @namelessnick9791 9 років тому +1

      i dont even understand whats goin on ):

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L 2 роки тому +3

    I always loved this music video. The feeling of resignation is very strong in this song and is represented very well in the way they tend to the dying creature.

  • @Leon98Leo
    @Leon98Leo 5 років тому +6

    Damn , I teared up at the end when the synth kicks in

  • @sleepoverjunk816
    @sleepoverjunk816 7 років тому +8

    This video... Made me sob and I don't understand why. This is the only time I've ever cried without thinking about it, I don't even know what just happened here but it was one of the most pure forms of emotion to exist. This video is special.

  • @Effedoppio
    @Effedoppio 8 років тому +68

    Such a touching song: Wes Anderson could use it as one of his movie's ending song, I already see the main character reflecting on his life while he's sitting into a quiet park.

    • @sitharasivaji
      @sitharasivaji 8 років тому +2

      Agree

    • @Gameboob
      @Gameboob 8 років тому +1

      Weird, I went and looked this up because i saw it as the ending song for a movie (Inside Job).

    • @chickenwing27
      @chickenwing27 8 років тому

      luv Wes Anderson films

    • @jerryranis4682
      @jerryranis4682 7 років тому +1

      Ubi would be cool but he only uses much older types of music like 60's British Invasion

  • @FroFTW85
    @FroFTW85 3 роки тому +1

    MGMT was the soundtrack to so many of my nights and mornings of tripping. Always a pleasure cruise.

  • @hearbrain261
    @hearbrain261 3 роки тому +6

    Most underrated Artist 🙃

  • @mandyjb65
    @mandyjb65 8 років тому +113

    This is so sad for that cute creature...makes me cry.....

    • @sydbarret7765
      @sydbarret7765 5 років тому +3

      this is the point how in the life you know that its a cute creature instead of a terrible monster that deserved to be isolated and jailed by two guys in the middle of desert..?

    • @jobobby664
      @jobobby664 4 роки тому +2

      @@sydbarret7765 lmao that's not what happened dippy shit

    • @audriiiiroberts3030
      @audriiiiroberts3030 3 роки тому

      Syd Barret Jesus Christ

    • @kackah2503
      @kackah2503 3 роки тому

      Me too

    • @konan8353
      @konan8353 3 роки тому

      I don't care about the symbolism, that thing should not stay alive

  • @Scythe69
    @Scythe69 8 років тому +281

    Is this the new Star Wars trailer?!

  • @hairykim6503
    @hairykim6503 6 років тому +23

    This video fucks me up worse then when that horse drowned in the swamp of sadness.

    • @Honoriajoy
      @Honoriajoy 3 роки тому

      ARTAX NOOOO 💔💔

    • @Honoriajoy
      @Honoriajoy 3 роки тому +1

      @Justin JuicePack they’re referring to the horse in the never ending story.

  • @Clarkillustrations
    @Clarkillustrations 2 роки тому +2

    I've always like MGMT since I first heard their hits on the radio when they first came out. I even saw them at a free concert in the mall once before they were famous! But now I love them, the more I delve into their collection I keep finding more songs I love!

  • @Berries2512
    @Berries2512 8 років тому +2232

    The comments section appears to have turned into a forum for people with existential anxiety

    • @ianlarimer
      @ianlarimer 8 років тому +41

      yeah pretty much

    • @JammuRecordsTV
      @JammuRecordsTV 7 років тому +88

      This must have been your first day on the internet

    • @wellDankGod
      @wellDankGod 6 років тому

      You

    • @s.e.l.2591
      @s.e.l.2591 6 років тому +36

      Berries2512
      I guess anyone of us wasting even as little as a few seconds to write on an obviously unmeaningful and overcrowded platform such as the youtube comments section, must suffer from some form of existential anxiety...

    • @danslik1738
      @danslik1738 6 років тому +3

      Berries2512 I'm too lazy to look it up, but wats existential anxiety?🙃

  • @MAGNUMNINJA
    @MAGNUMNINJA 8 років тому +10

    the video goes really well with the song, its almost like the harder he tries or longer he goes on the more of himself he loses! thats deep

  • @PrometheusForUs
    @PrometheusForUs 4 роки тому +8

    this is definitely one of their best songs

  • @wnd2845
    @wnd2845 Рік тому +11

    I love this song!!! It’s so soothing to my ears.

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Рік тому

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT

  • @edmundoparra6617
    @edmundoparra6617 10 років тому +6

    That old-bird-aliendinosaur, is very representative the way te artist feels. We just enjoy his music, we steel a part of his soul, but when the glory days has passed away we just forget him. nobody can help him. congratulations.! great video and song btw.

  • @maggliepie4404
    @maggliepie4404 8 років тому +39

    I hate people who judge the band and song because they dont like the video

    • @flashgames2831
      @flashgames2831 8 років тому +8

      all of their songs amazing

    • @jrneobliviscaris
      @jrneobliviscaris 6 років тому +2

      I agree. People should judge the band because they don’t like the lyrics. P.S. Love how millennial‘s like yourself think judging means disapproving of. Judging something is fine and dandy and everyone does it all day everyday. but kids these days have been conditioned by their SJW teachers to believe tolerance means approval and judging means disapproval.

    • @danslik1738
      @danslik1738 6 років тому

      White.Rose.Garden_ATL hater

    • @Revilkappa
      @Revilkappa 3 роки тому

      @Samuel Maurer he's right little boy

  • @-.__
    @-.__ 2 роки тому +12

    I'm here because I'm an alcoholic

  • @cadeklo3851
    @cadeklo3851 Рік тому +5

    I fight back crying everytime I watch and listen ✌️peace and love MGMT🌺

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Рік тому +1

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT

  • @Colincamper
    @Colincamper 9 років тому +4

    What an amazing album! It took me on an amazing journey listening to this. Through space and time feeling so alive and living in the moment ready for what ever life throws at us. running through the dusty unfinished roads of an underground ghost town alone, but needing nothing more.

  • @theinternet1424
    @theinternet1424 8 років тому +811

    No nightmarish creepy-ass-looking alien-ostrich-turkey weird things were harmed in the making of this video.
    Except for _that_ one.

  • @nym5qu17
    @nym5qu17 6 років тому +4

    in 2 yrs this album will be a decade old and it sounds soo fresh still!

  • @nose-bleed
    @nose-bleed 3 роки тому +4

    and here is another music video that I saw on MTV as a child, and that never left my mind. I am 20 years old now and I cannot express how happy I am to find it again :)))

    • @kermitclassified
      @kermitclassified Рік тому

      Cool man! There’s so much stuff that I wish I could find again.

  • @jacksonlane3390
    @jacksonlane3390 10 років тому +18

    this video honestly makes me pretty sad, watching the thing slowly fall apart

  • @izulowa
    @izulowa 8 років тому +299

    "I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me" another cool quote for my collection :-)

  • @jieronymusbosch1127
    @jieronymusbosch1127 5 років тому +6

    I love this song it always makes me so emotional. Resonates deep wow. Made things seem clearer in a beautifully sad way.

  • @dannyclips8553
    @dannyclips8553 3 роки тому

    Nothing but love. An absolute timeless gem.

  • @ksn2632
    @ksn2632 8 років тому +1350

    everyone here is a philosopher

    • @quriOusmOOn
      @quriOusmOOn 8 років тому +3

      +Keesan Haha basically.

    • @heyitsailis
      @heyitsailis 8 років тому +52

      Querinna Obi nah, everyone's just stoned 😂😂

    • @PEPPERS777
      @PEPPERS777 8 років тому +20

      +Keesan everyone is a philosopher *

    • @MAGNUMNINJA
      @MAGNUMNINJA 8 років тому +17

      +Ailis McCardle cant i be both?

    • @truthspeaks84
      @truthspeaks84 8 років тому

      +Keesan no, everyone here always lies... including me

  • @rhorvat
    @rhorvat 9 років тому +317

    Andrew and Ben, walking through the desert with an overcooked chicken.

    • @palemoonlight96
      @palemoonlight96 7 років тому +28

      Renata Horvat more like undercooked lol

    • @bluesolace9052
      @bluesolace9052 5 років тому +9

      That’s why you order Dominoes

    • @BasedRanger
      @BasedRanger 4 роки тому +9

      Aren't we all just overcooked chickens wandering through the desert?

    • @user-bo6dk9rx6z
      @user-bo6dk9rx6z 3 роки тому +1

      @@BasedRanger ??

  • @Kosh_Naranek.
    @Kosh_Naranek. 3 роки тому +1

    Man what an absolute vibe.

  • @ethansadberry6069
    @ethansadberry6069 Рік тому +1

    Been listening since high school. Over a decade later and it’s still as fresh as when I first heard it.

  • @SmokinJoe1
    @SmokinJoe1 7 років тому +5

    Their best song, hands down.

  • @aylinn7864
    @aylinn7864 10 років тому +42

    i love their videos cause they make 0 sense so it makes em interesting...seriously they're so out there

    • @Domeneeek
      @Domeneeek 9 років тому +5

      It makes sense if you actually try to understand it.

    • @aylinn7864
      @aylinn7864 9 років тому

      Dominic Fernando i usually never pay music videos too much attention; not enough to analyze them at least. what's it talking about?

    • @Domeneeek
      @Domeneeek 9 років тому +1

      I don't know if they said anything official about the meaning of this video. It could mean anything, art, after all, is open for interpretation.

    • @aylinn7864
      @aylinn7864 9 років тому +3

      Well that's obvious. It's a nice video anyway tho.

    • @joshyalan
      @joshyalan 9 років тому +3

      Seems simular to the story of Osiris, who was split into pieces, and thrown out into the desert, and then Isis collected the parts of his body and put him back together

  • @MajoringTom
    @MajoringTom 6 років тому +1

    New MGMT carrying the old MGMT to a certain death. Great music video.

  • @markdominick3511
    @markdominick3511 4 роки тому +2

    These guys are SoooOOOOO beyond their years.

  • @jeremys6875
    @jeremys6875 7 років тому +992

    I feel like that ugly alien thing represents me and my life falling apart each day

    • @Scry999
      @Scry999 7 років тому +17

      Jeremy S congratulations, it has ended.

    • @jeremys6875
      @jeremys6875 7 років тому +6

      ha. i wish

    • @jeremys6875
      @jeremys6875 7 років тому +1

      lol yeah thats a really good anime

    • @davidnew8202
      @davidnew8202 6 років тому +5

      I wonder if that is what the music video is supposed to be about, Idk, mgmt is surprisingly deep sometimes

    • @UltimateEnd0
      @UltimateEnd0 6 років тому +2

      Reminds me of my aging dog! :*(

  • @fofo12141
    @fofo12141 10 років тому +8

    If only this was a never ending song

  • @riddledrhythms8821
    @riddledrhythms8821 6 років тому

    From musician to musician, you have got some wonderful tunes here! 🎼💞🎻🖤

  • @roachy69
    @roachy69 6 років тому

    This video is a great example of having a dream that you can't really explain or how it even got into your head to dream about it in the first place, waking up feeling upset over it but you don't really know why. One of those dreams that you never forget. Brilliant

  • @Reedster49
    @Reedster49 7 років тому +43

    Mother of David Bowie

  • @AboveTheHumans
    @AboveTheHumans Рік тому +5

    Wow what an underrated music video; this is a masterpiece! These guys should be in the film industry!
    His lyrics and their music is highly underrated. Their music helped me so much on my path of evolution. 🙏🏽 Blessings and love to these souls!

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Рік тому +1

      Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT :)

  • @piperbarlow1672
    @piperbarlow1672 7 років тому +2195

    Maxmoefoe caresses a dying turkey.

    • @resmarted
      @resmarted 7 років тому +54

      shut the fuck up. this music was around before your flavor of the week youtube celebrity

    • @biggiewiggie5557
      @biggiewiggie5557 7 років тому +3

      ya assblasted baby lol

    • @pizzaboireggie4058
      @pizzaboireggie4058 7 років тому +2

      lol

    • @user-or8in1mh1i
      @user-or8in1mh1i 7 років тому +39

      rep757npay 'week' oh ofc sure

    • @Drilo1240
      @Drilo1240 6 років тому +81

      rep757npay Maxie boy has been youtube famous for 5+years tho

  • @SamAndrew27
    @SamAndrew27 3 роки тому +1

    To me this song means:
    When you're doing everything "right," and are successful and have what people from the outside would call a good life....but still feel empty.

  • @bondanielthebear4658
    @bondanielthebear4658 3 роки тому +1

    This song and the album itself are criminally underrated

  • @noahRKO
    @noahRKO 8 років тому +244

    He's okay, that's the way, buddy alien goes back into his own planet. Everything is okay, take care, little friendly companion alien!!

    • @whenthefucdidwegeticecream6381
      @whenthefucdidwegeticecream6381 7 років тому +26

      Wow this is incredibly positive I love it! :) thank you

    • @peilish777
      @peilish777 4 роки тому +17

      You made my night I love you commenter I’m so happy in my soul right now because of you I hope you have a beautiful life because you truly made mine more beautiful through that wholesome comment (this isn’t sarcasm I mean it love)

    • @MrGaxiolaX
      @MrGaxiolaX 4 роки тому

      dies in sand pit horribly

    • @bryanramirez3909
      @bryanramirez3909 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah! Yeah! Get in that there planet boi!
      *Slams naked alien-turky's head into sand*
      Whispers: that's the way is has to be..

    • @prof21
      @prof21 3 роки тому

      -I once told you about a sailor who described drowning to me.
      -Yes, he said it was like going home.
      -I was lying. He said it was agony.

  • @juicejoy1
    @juicejoy1 5 років тому +2

    This video teaches me a lot about keep walking even when you are falling apart

  • @midnightinaperfectworld4037
    @midnightinaperfectworld4037 3 роки тому +1

    How he becomes a million of shining stars :") that's what we all are

  • @Rubberfooted
    @Rubberfooted 9 років тому +28

    I love this song. And for the most part, I like the music video. I like the ideas behind it, I like that it's in the desert, and I like the whole pace of the video. But I can't look at that mutant thing. It is terrifying. I feel bad for it, and it is truly sad, but gosh--I just can't look at that thing. I really wish they did a video for my favorite MGMT song, The Handshake, and had the whole video in black and white silhouettes. That would be unreal. Unrelated to this video: ANYONE WHOSE FAVORITE MGMT SONG IS THE HANDSHAKE, I ADORE YOU. The Handshake needs to get more praise. A truly inventive, chilling, trippy, distinctive, and classic MGMT track. When I think of MGMT, I think of this song. Hell--it is my favorite song of all time. Just a hair above Bohemian Rhapsody. But to conclude, this video is great, but do some tweaking to the horrid mutant thing. Make it cute. Not frightening. Thanks.

    • @CheeseHead418
      @CheeseHead418 9 років тому

      ''I was a loner part'' til the beggining of ''and you convince yourself.''MAGICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL.

    • @Koual123
      @Koual123 9 років тому +5

      I loved the creature, it really does make you feel bad and gives a special additional flavour to the song, exactly what a music video is supposed to achieve. I wouldn't change it at all.

  • @theblacksheep1000
    @theblacksheep1000 8 років тому +91

    DAMN! THE SAME THING HAPPEND TO ME WHEN WE WENT TO THE DESERT!

  • @adamarisceja3494
    @adamarisceja3494 Рік тому +6

    This song instantly makes my eyes well up with tears

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Рік тому

      Hey i've got a band recommendation if you like MGMT, you should look up The Doublejumps

  • @sgbene
    @sgbene 3 роки тому +21

    I remember listening this in high school when I wanted to have a moment to myself and it turned into hours of mgmt radiohead and bright eyes

  • @DeineMudda313313
    @DeineMudda313313 7 років тому +5

    I refuse to look at the video whenever I play this song. I'm a grown ass man but this tears me apart.

  • @zeroneish
    @zeroneish 10 років тому +3

    I know it's relaxing music but I like listening to these guys when I workout!

  • @thetravellingcomposer9883
    @thetravellingcomposer9883 6 років тому

    Thanks so much for uploading. Always a wonderful way to start out the day! Even better way to start out a studio day. 🎹❤️💗💘😃💚💟

  • @gawdspeed
    @gawdspeed 3 роки тому +3

    I love how to stars twinkle to the arpeggios at the end

  • @celuresuelve
    @celuresuelve 8 років тому +3

    Spread my arms and soak up CONGRATULATIONS

  • @muarifsumahar9139
    @muarifsumahar9139 7 років тому +8

    all these times listening to this song.. and I've just seen the video

  • @williamsparrow2248
    @williamsparrow2248 Місяць тому

    Excellent group. It's a shame that great music like this is not better known.

  • @famousmidnight
    @famousmidnight 4 роки тому

    Guys please make some more mainstream tracks. Really miss the hits from back in the day.. easily one of the best groups of my time

  • @kermitclassified
    @kermitclassified Рік тому +11

    Looks like we're having rotisserie tonight.

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Рік тому

      Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT :)