Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort (Official Video)
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Lyrics
Some boys hate themselves
Spend their lives resenting their fathers
Some girls hate their bodies
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
Saying God, make me famous
If You can't, just make it painless
Just make it painless
Assisted suicide
She dreams about dying all the time
She told me she came so close
Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record
God, make me famous
If You can't, just make it painless
Just make it painless
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
On and on, I don't know if I want it
On and on, I don't know what I want
On and on, I don't know if I want it
(On and on I don't know what I want)
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
(On and on I don't know what I want)
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
Some girls hate themselves
Hide under the covers with sleeping pills and
Some girls cut themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
Some boys get too much, too much love, too much touch
Some boys starve themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
Creature comfort makes it painless
Bury me penniless and nameless
Born in a diamond mine
It's all around you but you can't see it
Born in a diamond mine
It's all around you but you can't touch it
Saying God, make me famous
If You can't, just make it painless
Just make it painless
It's not painless
She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine
And we're not nameless, oh
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
On and on, I don't know if I want it
On and on, I don't know what I want
On and on, I don't know if I want it
(On and on I don't know what I want)
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
(On and on I don't know what I want)
Well if you're not sure, better safe than sorry
Creature comfort, make it painless
Creature comfort, make it painless
We're the bones under your feet
The white lie of American prosperity
We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat
I'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity
Just make it painless
Creature comfort, make it painless
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
Creature comfort, make it painless
“It’s not painless, she was a friend of mine and we’re not nameless” Love this part. Everyone has an impact and meaning. Everyone is somebody.
This song is deep
Literally 1000 interpretations u could take from that line and it means something different to everyone who listens to it 🎶🎶
I just really like the beat mostly but it has a good message arcade fire is a top notch troupe. I was just listening to deadzone by ladytron apparently its about surviving a car crash but i didnt get that at first just found out. I have a lot of great similar genre songs in music playlist 2 on my profile if u r looking to hear some tunes. A lot of the songs are really good but surprisingly not well known as many are independent and dont sign sign shady deals with record companies so dont get promoted as much but they are reaaaaaalllly good check it out
I thought it was about someone seeking fame and being forced to have sex with someone in power just to get ahead? MAKE IT PAINLESS!!!
@@juanalejandrogarcialay361 88
As a father who's 15 year old daughter attempted suicide about a year ago, this hit home. She's "ok" now (a few false alarms), but she's strong and resolute and getting through. And for any number of reasons, she loves Arcade Fire...
I hope that your daughter are safe, and you must show her that she never gonna be alone.
Support their likes and dislikes.. :)
I'm going through similar scenario, I took my now 15 year old son to his first arcade fire concert. I can admit my faults as a father but not not easy reasoning with a teenager. I miss him everyday and only want him to be happy. But I'm keeping my distance, my dad always pressed me hard, but the slightest criticism I have of my son it backfires and he does something worse, so I am laying low until he can figure it out himself.
Your comment almost brought me to tears. I'm the same age as your daughter and I was in a horrible mental state 2 years ago. My mom helped me through it while my dad wasn't as helpful. I'm super thankful that I'm much better now. I'm incredibly happy and proud of you for sticking with her!
I understand all that my little baby brother committed suicide a few years ago and a year after that his daughter killed herself because she could live without her father
I'm about to turn 59 years old, I enjoy this song and most all of the new alternative music. It is the music I prefer now. I'm sick and tired of classic rock. The same top 40 songs over and over, I no longer listen to rock. After 40 years I'm glad to have something new to listen to. Thank you.
I'm 37. It took you 40 years to change.
Ryan Rutten Hoy Ryan, 3 years ago I was stuck aboard a 70 foot broken boat at sea for a month and one of the crew turned on a Satellite radio with alternative music. I loved it! Mad as hell on a broken slow ass boat but so happy listening to new music. The voyage was worth it just for being turned onto the music. I'm suppose to set sail on the same vessel in two months. I will make damn sure the radio is working before we weigh anchor. Thanks mate, enjoy.
I am 35, I cherish older music as they have more soul and a story to tell, but arcade fire has revived that old musical fire, they are fucking amazing.
Theres good music out there you just have to look for it... arcade fire is amazing
I love watching interviews of them. They are just really talented, kind, talented wholesome people
I'm 9 behind you- gave up mainstream music 25 yrs ago (with a few exceptions of course) The idea that 60s, 70s and 80s rock and roll is so good that it must be played ad nauseam never made sense. The Beatles, Stones and Eagles have their place in music- just not with me anymore. There are so many great musicians that are just as talented and poignant with their songwriting but don't get the attention they deserve- well, they get my attention.
*"She came so close, filled up the bathtub and put on our first record"*
First record is called "Funeral"
holy shit these lyrics
Bundi they are amazing.
Canadians are smart
I think the lyrics point beyond the album's title. I mean, the album (funeral) talks a lot about the family and the loss of inocence the hard way during adulthood. It is really heartbreaking to picture someone about to commit suicide and listening to Wake Up, or Haiti.
I thought their first record was called "Arcade Fire"?
@@annienyan true but the most likely reference is funeral
These lyrics are unbelievable - "God make me famous if you can't just make it painless" - what a line!
@@josephmontero3398 sis are you alright he just likes a lyric
Right? And then "It goes on and on, I don't know what i want, on and on I don't know if I want it" perfectly sums up consumer culture and how it has eroded human behaviour. Brilliant.
Joseph Montero ok joseph
Joseph Montero ok boomer
Glad you got it like a did belter
"Some boys starve themselves, stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback"
Thank you. Just thank you for saying it. I haven't heard anyone say it before but you did and it means a lot. So thank you.
Me too
why would anyone say it? boys starving themselves? is that a thing that boys do? i know it's a common belief that girls do it but not boys
It's more often girls, but there are many boys who stop eating when they're depressed or who have anorexia. It just struck a chord with me, that's all.
Yes good thing a celebrity said it or no one would know it's a bad thing to do, right?
Daniel Draghici It's a problem not a lot of people talk about. It's nice that someone just mentions that it exists. It might make you feel less isolated.
‘Some boys hate themselves, spend their lives resenting their fathers.’ Finally somebody said it, not having a father figure on crucial parts of your life makes it really hard to love yourself.
Just spoke to my father for the first time in 13 years.
@1 1 Thank you
@@Ennuibody Yeah. I love myself now but took a couple decades to get here, would've been better without a garbage father. Better raised w/out a father figure than raised by an asshole bigoted piece of crap.
I'd rather not have had a father tbh. He was a physically and emotionally abusive alcoholic narcissist. Like, I wished on my birthdays that he would disappear
yes !!! LIFE IS not beautiful !! It is beautiful and horrible... that is what Disneyland does NOT tell you !!!
THEY WILL NOT ADMIT IT !!!!
I'm an old fella and listen to this on the radio it seems that somebody finally is trying to help the youth through their music
JavaMaX what age group do you mean when you say old?
Zippy oof
@Zippy gotta be 40 plus. 30 is still young dude
I think you need to listen to more popular music from these times... The lyrics are the same just a different style of music
There has always been music to help the youth. There are always will be. The issue is it tends to be frowned upon by the previous generation.
Win's voice sounds different, Régine is a beautiful disco goddess, I just had a good cry, what a time to be alive. Get me a bowl of creature comfort
Isolde E-G sounds like Damon Albarn.
I got shivers everytime I listen. This is heaven.
Goddess indeed!!
Isolde E-G Win is still one of the few talented male lead singers. he doesn't try to drown out his voice in auto-tune or rock music.
Isolde E-G Come and judge with your ears on July 18 in Florence!
BEING AWAKE AT 3AM HAS ITS FUCKING PERKS BOYS
Alessandro Cino yassss
Alessandro Cino RIGHHT
i was at work when this came out fuck
like almost all AF songs dont you thing?
*BOIS
"it's not painless...she was a friend of mine" Suicide doesn't get rid of the pain..it hands it off to someone else. Love this song. cant give it enough likes.
It's not painless
She was a friend of mine
And we're not nameless...
That bit always gets to me because you have the rest of the song describing people feeling disposable because they can't possibly live up to the ideals society sets, and then there's this bit that says 'no, you're not disposable, you have people who care who will hurt if you die and you aren't just some nameless person who can disappear without consequences.'
Think I can relate to that
He even gets on his knees while singing it, like he's desperate for people to hear it.
It hit me like a sucker punch to the stomach.
Even before this damn virus, for years, I've dealt with sever depression and suicidal thoughts. The past few weeks I've been struggling a lot. This past weekend it was really boiling over. I've listened to AF since Funeral came out, but I skipped most of this album for some reason. I found this song last week, and that single line 'it's not painless' has been something that helped a lot this weekend. Even if you make it painless on your end by taking pills or something, it will never be painless for the people in your life. I've listened to this song probably 50+ times in the past week. This line helped a lot. I would have gotten it tattooed on my wrist saturday so I would always see it and remember, but every thing is still closed cause this damn virus!
@@terryo4352 Sorry to hear you're going through a lot there Terry. I first heard this when I used to drive uber, since it was a popular song on one of the stations. Like Pumped up kicks, this song got past the radar at first. But it is not painless.
Lost a Grandma at the start of all this, lost my 15 y/o dog 2 weeks ago. I'm done with loss, if it can be helped. I met a lot of good people in the meantime, so I think we can manage this. Or I hope so.
@@terryo4352 I hope you are doing a lot better, I've also listened to this song probably 50+ times by now. I wish I could listen to it for the first time again. Best wishes to you.
"God make me famous, if you can't just make it painless." Such a powerful statement.
Science112095 agree.
Eli Martin really? Really? Just delete and you will feel better. But don't worry, I won't be checking back on results.
Science112095 my best lyrics on the new album must be officer please don't check my breath that ain't my only sin... Top class
God make me famous, if you can't just make it penis.
for me, it’s when he says “it’s not painless, she was a friend of mine”
it's a jam but those lyrics are heavy af 10/10
Alex Gomez yesss
Alex Gomez sure is man
Alex Gomez ff
heheh!
These lyrics are awful. Pretty cliched and straightforward.
Probably among the most powerful songs ever written in the past 30 years
God it hurts
I agree....
@@kevmr25 the beauty of this genre 💕
In its style it is... indeed!!
As a girl who had a suicide attempt this song hits on a deeper level for me. It’s like they knew everything that was going on in my head.
I hope your cool now. Shit's rough
Well you are a giant dork- butt for doing that.
Life can be quite happy if you look in the right places for your happiness.
I found mine in a couple of cats and my AF playlists and a few American Spirits here n there and going shooting on the weekends to get the stress out.
i used to be quite sad myself... but right now im happy on YT calling a stranger a giant dork-butt hoping i can make her smile ❤
Saw them last night after a 12 hours work shift at Best Kept Secret Festival. I was high on tiredness. Then they asked the audience to turn on the flashlights on their phones. It was almost magical.
The more I think about the "born in a diamond mine" line the more profound it seems. We're all born into the wealthiest, safest, most luxurious society of all history, yet we can't comprehend it, most are incapable of appreciating it, and many more have no way of getting a piece of that prosperity themselves. Damn arcade fire
the walkman
Agreed. Having studied history, international relations, and spending a year in Iraq, you see that all too many don't appreciate the comfort that modern life has given them
"Not appreciating the comfort that modern life has given them" is one side of the coin, the other one being the flawed economic system that only makes it possible for the very few to be fully able to enjoy the good things that the "wealthiest, safest, most luxurious" societies have to offer - "It's all around you but you can't touch it"
Best comment!
They could also be talking about the other world of prosperity right on top of us...but also what's the cost. Be good people.
@@wyleehokie Diamond mines are violently exploitative of the people who have no choice but to work there. Child labour, a cycle of poverty, death...I don't know what you guys are on about. I mean art is interpretive. But diamond mines are rarely ever used as an example of people not appreciating their circumstances, unless you own the diamond mine, in which case you definitely were not born there. But okay art is interpretive.
Blows my mind so many critics wanted to hate on this album.. it is just so good.. inspires, haunts, emotionally moves me.. doesn't get better then this
The album was pretty bad. Few songs really hit the mark. This, Put your money on me and We don't deserve love are pretty much everything this album had to offer.
@@vincentmorin9332 that’s why music is so subjective, to each their own.. I put this and reflector as the albums that affected me the most.. thought it was brilliant and the point was missed by many
It's thematically their best album IMO. The problem is, that theme is telling a lot of their target audience that they missed the message of their previous albums. It's almost like AF saying they're disappointed in them.
"It's not painless- she was a friend of mine... a friend of mine."
Wow, this hit me.
Fucking beautiful. The lyrics hit me hard and were scarily relatable. Bless this band.
Kelsey Trappedinatinybox oh yeah!! for sure.doesnt it make u feel &affect ya soul.awesome🤞✌
Omg this soo much!
#FuckHillary #ResistLiberalism
Fu*k Trump
resist republicanism
A.S. B.R. Free markets and free people. More money in your pocket. What's not to like? I feel much less oppressed under a small republican govt than under Obama's micro managing bureaucracy.
Ignore the personal politics, it's always bullshit. Look at how much better your life has become in the last 6 months
@A.S.B.R. I'm not a Trump guy, at all, in any way shape or form, nor am I a Republican, but if you're still stuck in the stage where you think every side and aspect of the organized political spectrum in this country -- that includes the party adherents -- aren't playing their own role in creating, maintaining, and excusing economic and income inequality, racism, and every other hot-button ill, you're just part of the polarized, radicalized, hypnotized mass of hatemonger zealots programmed to view and dehumanize everyone Not Like You in ways that defy rationality and logic, and perpetuate the very problems you think you're fighting via your behavior.
I love how this song makes me wanna dance, laugh and cry at the same time.
Yeah, its a pretty special thing, most songs nowadays just make me wanna laugh and cry, cry mostly though.
The perfect feelings to a perfect song...
Robin Schenk d
same
That's what arcade fire does to you lol xD
"Some boys get too much
Too much love, too much touch"
I'm so glad this was expressed in the lyrics. Because this does happens and we carry that shame withus all our lives. Thank you so much for acknowledging male sexual abuse survivors.
Anton Terry I always thought this lyric referred to guys and the proliferation of pornography but I can see your interpretation as well.
also the fact that eating disorders are widely unacknowledged in males when she says “some boys starve themselves” i remember when i first heard this song and just being in awe that someone is being inclusive when mentioning these topics
Lacey Fox This society does not acknowledge male suffering. Some of this is deliberate. Like domestic abuse. How many shelters for men are there? Feminists steer all attention toward their causes, which keeps the spotlight on women, and because of that any funding goes there.
Watch The Red Pill. A feminist director decides to expose the misogyny of the mens’ rights movement. Along the way she learns they have legitimate claims. After making the documentary, she tells you she is no longer a feminist because it comes from a biased viewpoint.
jenny misteqq i am a feminist, and if she does not call herself a feminist anymore, she most likely had a very skewed idea of what it is. and yes men’s rights activists have valid points and pain, as a feminist i acknowledge that and make points of how it could be better. mostly the only time men’s rights “activists” actually talk about men’s issues is when they are trying to talk over the issues that women have. feminism points out many wrongs that men deal with, if you haven’t seen it you aren’t looking in a true feminist place, my friend. being inclusive is being a feminist. equality.
0:00 - 4:37
*B E S T P A R T*
No 0:00 - 4:36 I don't want it to end
Thanks for that. Able to skip the worst parts now. Cheers!
I am so in love with their songs. Gonna see them tonight for the first time.
We're on the same concert?
Me too! Second time for me - best band on earth! 🌐
Okay, if you see a girl with dark hair and Donnie Darko Shirt by chance its me :)
Yes! I wish. I've seen them 4 times.
Scrolling the lyrics across the screen (with the lower notes on the bottom and the higher notes on the top) was somehow both simple and very creative.
"I'm a liar; dont doubt my sincerity."
"I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid.” -Jack Sparrow.
I already posted about this a long time ago but I attempted suicide a week before this song came out, it sort of saved my life after I got out of the psych ward. The reason I'm reposting is, I think what a lot of people might not see about the genius of this song is it both empathizes the perspective of a suicidal kid while also begging them to stop because no matter how you do it, it isn’t going to be good, you are going to hurt yourself and everyone around you. Most songs about suicide are either one side or the other, a depressing song from the perspective of a suicidal person or a song saying how much better it is to live which, no matter how well meaning, will never reach someone who is deep in that hole, trust me I know. This song is fucking genius and can genuinely save lives. Its an anthem for those in the deepest darkest trenches of their minds. Its a millennial anthem for kids trying to survive under the rule of an American dictator while adults around them continually tell them to just grow up and live with it. Its a song with empathy that tells them that yes we, the youngest generation, and we the people surviving day to day with serious mental disorders will make it. It won’t be easy but it will be worth it, because the alternative, the creature comfort of suicide that constantly idles in the back of our minds, tempting us every time life gets hard is a lie, it is never painless.
Damn well said and happy to see you're still with us
Hang in there Chris. ODAAT.
I agree with u for 90% but i disagree about the dictator, also abit with the serious mental illness thing. A lot of people do have them but a lot of people lie. Overall very good, check out a guy called Jordan Peterson, he can also save you.
canada_1981@hotmail.com
Hey man, feel free to email me if you go through times like that again. Human life is a gift fromGod, and your life is so worth living! I’ve been there, didn’t attempt it, but heavily thought about it.
stop promoting the third-rate charlatan. please seek out professional help. I've been there. it gets easier. I know you might not believe me cause I'm a stranger on the internet, but if you wanna watch a movie on rabb.it or something, let me know. you seem like an interesting person to talk to.
At first I found this messy and unlikeable. I listened to it a second time and now it's hair raisingly perfect and I love it.
saliman88 Sadly most songs on their newest album suck ):
UksiHattu12 I can direct you to the nearest audiologist IMMEDIATELY
Sounds like anyone else pop band, excuse me but no. From my perspective.
Love at first listen, for me
I wouldn't say suck... but they set the bar really high with this song and the rest are just mediocre.
You are the best band in recent years. I love you.
by far :)
Roberto Rubbi
Radiohead
Qotsa
Run The Jewelz
War on Drugs
only Radiohead
Agreed. Radiohead my fav.
I was not counting Radiohead actually, for recent years i mean post 2000, if we count the 90s there are loads more ;)
This is one of those songs that a lot of people would probably dance to without actually listening to the lyrics.
Thank you for then lyrics. All of them. Especially
“Some boys get too much. Too much love and too much touch.”
No one talks about boys being sexually abused/assaulted in songs.
And the lyrics about boys starving themselves is important bc people don’t understand boys can be anorexic but
Thanks, I never see it, in this way. 😱
Too much love and too much strive*
@@moxieswaygan no, it's touch, you can literally see the lyrics in the video (2:15)
As someone who spend time hating the reflection from the mirror, this is my comfort song
Damn I never saw it like that. I thought maybe it was even a jab at men that they are more loved and get more attention in society which is the polar opposite I find. If it is relation to sexual assault that's amazing because I wish more people spoke out about men being victims. A lot of men are in the comments section relating to the lyrics despite women primarily being mentioned. I have such a negative brain that I'm quick to assume everyone is hating men all the time but if that was a genuine shout out to men who have been assaulted I'm very grateful for them highlighting it.
"i'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity."
SONG OF THE YEAR
Wake and Listen wait for Signs of Life
"Some girls hate their bodies. Stare in the mirror and wait for the feedback."
This hits hard. I hate my body, I've tried for years to love it, but I'm not sure how.
“Born in a diamond mine it’s all around you but you can’t touch it”
The entire album encapsulates the existential exhaustion that results from this society that just encourages excess materialistic and technological consumption.
The entire song just gives me the chills and I have goosebumps throughout.
What a band AF is.
Agreed. It captures the zeitgeist and articulates how we're all feeling. But for musicians who don't exactly live 'everyday lives' it's particularly insightful and totally on point.
without technnology arcade fire would be still in there garage prolly
its more blessed to give than receive, but we still dont think so
"She told me she came so close, filled up the bathtub and put on our first record", Funeral. The feels.
I would kill myself too if I have to hear "Wake Up" one more time.
Superwhatever why do you comment so much on this video if you hate the group so much lmao
SuperFreedomRock lol kkkk kkkk
Any song David Bowie thinks is a masterpiece is A-ok with me!
I don't know if that's supposed to mean that the album changed her mind and saved her or if she put on that record to listen while she killed herself...
These lyrics are so important. I'm glad they included them in the video. Especially "stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback" That line is so good. To me he is talking about social media where people post things and wait for other people doing the exact same thing to give them feedback. I don't know if that is the actual meaning but thats what I got out of it.
People hated this album when it came out because it tried to force them to look in the mirror for real.
Brilliant song. Its both sad to hear, and reassuring telling people who feel this way someone understands. In the end they are "born in a diamond mine" and can't even see it. I hope anyone that hears their own feelings in this song, realize they were born in a diamond mine as well. Now is not the only time. And what you feel right now will not be the only feeling.
...and you want to be my latex salesman.
it is for some of us
This song perfectly encapsulates the human condition. We exist as a society in a state of shock and misery, yearning for a sense of purpose and for others attention. Yet it does not come because we want the process to be painless. So we indulge ourselves in the creature comforts like Television, Media, fatty foods, drugs and alcohol. Anything that helps us forget how hard and painful the process of living is. THERE IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED HERE, what we need to do, is actually celebrate our pain and focus on what we do actually want, for hidden within pain, is purpose and fufillment.
ToTheCore this really helped me thank you.
:)
ToTheCore Thank you and god bless
Yes, but you are missing a point. He is asking for 1 of 2 options. You explained the 2nd option.
The first option is when he asks God make him famous. In our society, some people think that if they would be “famous and rich” they’d be able to have everything they want, all of their problems would disappear, and they would live happily ever after (which is wrong because our happiness cannot be solved by something external. We need to solve it internally). These people are result oriented, wanting a result or a destination to appear magically without putting the hard work and making the journey. And, if it is not given to him easily and he as to work hard, then, at least, he wants it to be painless.
I agree with the message/lesson/conclusion you’ve given. We need to cherish the journey, the hard work, and the pain. There will be ups and downs. And sometimes we learn more from our failures than from our successes.
How do you know that what this song means
Did anyone else get goosebumps at the part from 0:00 to 4:36 ??
Richard Stone Never even listened to this band before, came up on my recommended & I dig it
Richard Stone Hell yeah. That last 1 second though... what a drag...
JamdalfTheBlack try their older stuff, it's much better
Yes I did
JamdalfTheBlack listen to suburbs and then funeral
I used to love this song, but I didn't quite know why. As my even keeled pastor today mentioned that "he thinks about death all the time" this song came to mind. I have always deeply resonated with those who focus on the "why?", who want to understand their purpose. I often felt alone in this pursuit. Matthew 5:3 Jesus says: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Our hearts are crying out for understanding and purpose and although it is a tough journey we must seek God to be filled with the Spirit we desire.
I went on a date with someone who told me he didn't like this song / wasn't that into Arcade Fire. There was no second date.
Julia Beatty I honestly understand that 100%.
I went on a date with someone and told them I liked this song and were totally into Arcade Fire. I slept with them on the second date. There was no third date!
A l e x a n d e r ok
So, where u from....🙄😏
Life is too short to date people with shitty taste in music.Good for you.
I wish I could go back in time and give this song to a friend of mine. He is no longer with us. Thank you for writing this song.
"It's not painless."
"We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat, I'm a liar don't doubt my sincerity" DAMN THAT'S DEEP MAN
i just got rejected by a guy and i’m not even mad because he introduced me to this band
listen to cage the elephant. They are so good actually
I first heard this song soon after it was released. I was driving back from the hospital where we had just turned off my Mother in law’s life support. I wanted out of my head so turned the radio up as loud as it would go. Somehow it sounded like she was talking to me through this song. She had drank herself to death. The final words of the song “it’s not painless, she was a friend of mine” still makes my eyes water a bit even to this day. She may have been an alcoholic, imperfect person, but she was kind. And more importantly she was a friend of mine.
I did the same thing when we turned off the life support for my sister. I just wanted to drown everything with very loud music.
You guys are operating on a different planet right now.
*Listens to new AF song for the first time
Me: That's not bad.
*Listens to it for the 10th time
Me: Holy shit, this is incredible!!!
Jacob Griffin Electric Blue saved this song.
Jacob Griffin is ❤️❤️
Usually the case with AF ✌️
*Listens to Neon Bible
Holy shit they are so good!
*Listens to Everything Now
Why on earth didnt i keep listening to them after Neon Bible? I better start again...
Jacob Griffin I feel the same way.
i cant explain how much i feel identified with this song after an identity crisis in my youngs twenties. The worst is while i was through that non concious storm with myself i didnt felt close to this song, and now, almost 4 years after, i feel as if i wrote it
This gives me hope that great music is still being created.
Ok boomer
This song feels like drinking the ocean by accident. It's really raw and it hurts.
Drinking all of the ocean, or just some of the ocean?
They are very distinct experiences.
you shouldn't drink the ocean by "accident", you should at least sea it coming
Thanks for the pun, it was good enough to Tide me over 'til the next one.
I know this is three months late, but your comment and description is absolute perfection. It's raw and it hurts.
Richard Reed Parry's choreography: I could drink it in all day.
It's. So. Good. I can't stop playing it. I've had it on repeat for the past 12 hours. They hit the nail right on the head. What the hell.
heh
In life you will loose friends and family, and its not painless. Music helps express whats inside, comforts because we all feel that way. This band is genus, knowing how to touch that emotion in song. Love.
I can never comment enough about this band. I love them and i feel they are so underrated. Their songs are amazing!
I cant either: Ahahahahahahaahahah jkfhnfgjknadlfjkna lkndfgnag l kndlkgn l knel kn ljne elfkef jxcpo epifegewpo f ;qmealdsngbfhl dslm tegf i eajld wgo klef joie LOLLLLL I HATE YOOUUUUUUU!!!!!!
David Bowie would be proud!
Yes!! He'd be.
Of course he would be proud of this album ! What a such powerful album different from the previous records but so good as well !!
totally agree
Swaggoat87 We know it's so true. Well said
They have song with him.
My English is bad, sor
wow
just wow
lyrics hit hard
can't stop listening
blessed
just discovered the band, can't wait to dig into them
phelto my favourite Arcade Fire song is Crown of Thorns :) just a quick recommendation for you!
You mean Crown of Love?
Jackson Page 🙈 yeah.
Sally Crosby sings OH YES pls introduce me to them
phelto Listen to Afterlife, Wake up, Sprawl ii, Ready to start, and their most prominent song Suburbs. those are their best, imo
I'm glad someone acknowledged that boys can be anorexic too.
For sure! Were not all manly men. Its one big front. Emotions in men are apparently taboo.
@@mattbar6 That's what academics mean when they speak of toxic masculinity. When society, media and authority teaches boys that the only two options they have to deal with negative emotions is internalisation or rage. When emotion is weakness, and the only way to attain is solitary self-discipline. Don't cooperate, don't share, that's "girly".
Every line hits like an atomic bomb.
i don't know if i'm too hight but shit this song is deep and heavy asf im having a existencial crisis
aNA ikr
This song represents a group in this generation
You are right
His name is Orlandus we miss you brother. I will see you on the other side when my time comes. You were loved sorry I wasn't there in your time of need.
i think this is the best lyrics i've ever heard in my entire garbage existance
A pure masterpiece.
If they crapped in a bowl and said it was their new single you'd likely also call it a "masterpiece"
I already thought that one of their song was bad, but you seem to know me better than myself
Now you can't take it back. Pity
Lol just one? Reflektor and suburbs are full of bad songs xD This is pretty bad
Mattydigs the suburbs has no bad songs on it. Personally think it's a better record than Sgt pepper, maybe better than OK computer
my favorite fucking band as a kid talking about the shit i use to do to myself as a kid and the things I faced within my own head and they are singing about it 😢 going to different institutions because I did not know how to handle life
they will always hold a special place in my heart
im proud of you for makin it through
I am glad you are here
One of the greatest songs ever
I love this trend of music lately. Don't know how to describe it. Kindof a mix of 80s style with rock? Whatever it is, I'm loving it
pretty sure we had rock music in the 80s
but yea this song is epic, this band has flown under my radar for too long, I am putting it up there with pink floyd and a pale horse called death and tool as some of my favorite bands.
Channeling Sigue Sigue Sputnik in this one
This is a masterpiece. I have been listening for hours in a loop and still did not get tired of it.
you must be hate music if u thinking this a masterpiece lol or even a good song
Me too)
Just can't stop listening to it
when he said "she was a friend of mine" his voice sounded like bowie
Lol no it didn't
David Longoria lol ok never mind
Bowie was a fan of Arcade Fire - their works are very similar
Gladys L I feel like that slowdown part and real vulnerable line is familiar through bowie
Gladys L Correct X
It was listening to Arcade Fire that helped me to get up and leave an abusive marriage. Creature Comfort and basically every song in the AF catalog is my theme song.
I love U Arcade Fire!!!
This song was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk!
Good4Josh He made an amazing job 🔥
the entire album
Peter Gash sure but the beggining of the song is pretty cool (better than Starboy for example)
Thomas Bangalter didn't produce this song. He's a producer on the album but this track is the only one so far that isn't produced by him.
HQBacon I thought I read that he co-produced the entire album?
This song is not about suicide. Yes, it mentions suicide but it is primarily about the abundance and plenty of America. It is about the shallow wants and desires of American culture. It is about instant gratification that leads to a feeling of monotony and dissatisfaction. It is about ingratitude.
Cory Funk no it's definitely about suicide. it touches on life being awful in some other part of the world but it's definitely about suicide
What part of "if you can't, just make it painless" doesn't sound like suicide? If you can't make me famous... at least make my death painless.
It looks like it's actually both from the other Official Official video?
Cory Funk : it's about how this abundance in western culture, creates people feeling they don't belong anywhere, only findind shallow responses to their despair through social media and general stereotypes, ending up wanting to die because they see how superficial life can be and cannot find their way to a simpler life with sincere relationships.
In a simpler way, many teenager think you need to be popular to exist and fit in, thus fail to create real connexions with people and let themselves die from despair and loneliness. But the message is also that there always will be someone who cares, and suffers from both the pain and the death of their loved ones.
No, it's about how our culture makes young people think if they aren't famous they don't exist. If you're "nameless" the best you can hope for is the "painlessness" of life's creature comforts. It sympathizes with the people it's addressing, but it's also telling them to get out of their narcissistic funk and start living.
I have been looking for this song for YEARS!! I heard it playing on the radio one morning at 5 while driving to work.. And now I finally found it. ❤
Best REALISTIC song ever made!**
Arcade Fire has tapped into such a juxtaposition of happy dance music and deep post-modern lyricism; a walking contradiction, the contradiction that is our lives. "God make me famous, if you can just make it painless" The truth is , "it's not painless."
"Deep post-modern lyricism" - what? Are we listening to the same song?
Over-analyzing, but at the same time I feel what you're saying.
For me the music here is top-notch (not really classic Arcade Fire style, but brilliantly executed and arranged as always) but the lyrics? I don't want to use the popular word "cringy" but come on - the whole first verse and the chorus? What is this? I'm not addressing the topic itself, because whilst being a bit cliche and not really interesting for me, it is presented in the bluntest way possible. Call it post-modern, I call it lazy writing. The simplicity does not have any function here that would justify it. I've noticed the same thing on "Everything Now", but it wasn't as off-putting as it is here.
Jakub Morawski really man, the lyrics are beautiful metaphors, and it's riddled with them, especially at the end when stating 'you were born in a diamond mine' in the last part of the song... this song has really struck a chord with me lyrically as my whole family, friends and myself all have mental illness in our lives, such as bipolar disorder, and for my sister schizophrenia. this song really touches on the depression and pressures the youth faces. I think the lyrics were meant to be blunt for the most part as people need to pull their heads out of there fucking asses and stop the stigma around mental illness, your just as shallow as your comment
Fran Martin I believe it's: "if you can't, just make it painless"
I accidentally clicked on this video. Best mistake I ever made.
Brown Guy there's no such thing as mistakes, just happy little accidents
Axman7281 unless you don't use a condom - not a happy accident
Axman7281 is that from Bob Ross?
BillyPilgrim yup
me too ☺
Everyone should dance at least once in their life like that dude in the back playing the guitar on the left . Priceless!! Dance like you don't give a dam! Live in the music brother!
This song should have been bigger, it hits you to the core
Don't care what the haters say. I absolutely adore every track so far. I can't get it out of my head. Will have it on repeat just as much as I have every other album of theirs.
AF has always evolved their sound. Every album has always been an entirely different album conceptually/musically from its predecessor. This album is definitely about irony. It's a living breathing work of irony and ART. And I happen to think it's genius.
Totally agree! 🙌🏻
I feel like the new album has really spoken to me
Ho De Anna Scolfield.Your Answer is so excellent.....Perfect answer.AF Are on The Top...
Like me Please.THE FLY.
Really gets me...just lost a way too young friend to self-destruction...I wish she was still alive so I could turn her onto this song...I think it may have helped her not self-destruct. I just love this song---my new theme song.
Exactly! They are artists first and foremost. They don't care to bend their sound any which way. It's what Bowie saw in them. :)
Last time they sounded like ABBA, this time they look like them.
I liked them better last time.
Next video will have ABBA playing instead of AF.
AsLotusFlowers the transformation is almost complete
sounds a bit like LCD soundsystem
With everything now, i got into it, after listening to it a couple of times, but this one got stuck immediately
as we walk the valley, we don't need an explanation of everything. the music is great. i'll take a hug...
Some boys get too much
Too much love and too much touch
Los coros de Régine me dan la vida entera.
I like them, too. She sounds like an alarm echoing in the psyche. "ON AND ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT!"
this made me cry. the lyrics are so heavy and relatable.. thank you, arcade fire, for another beautiful song. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album
Every time I listen to this song I genuinely tear up and lemme tell you I'm not a man who crys easy
Are you the same Matt Foley that's" livin in a van down by the river" ? Cuz if u are then that's reason to tear up itself , no?J.k.! ( ref. S.N.L. sketch from 90's w Chris Farley)
My only friend hung himself last February. He and I both struggled with manic depression and other mental illnesses. I remember we would drive up to this field in the middle of nowhere at night and get completely “shitfaced” and just talk about our feelings, music, and work. He use to cut a lot, it was especially bad toward the end. I remember when he was alive, I would think of him as the most kind, misunderstood, goofy man that I had ever met. Now that he’s gone, I’ve been falling off the deep end, resorting to drugs and alcohol because I can’t face the fact the the only person that gave a shit is gone. It’s been a year and I see him and hear him everywhere. I stopped taking acid because I can’t go a day without thinking about him.
So sorry to hear that :-(
Hey, man. I hope you're doing alright nowadays and that you're healing. Losses are definitely never easy, especially when the person you lost was so dear to you. I'm sorry you lost that person. But I hope you're doing better one day at a time. Sending you love and support. Keep your head up and the memory of your friend alive. You deserve happiness and peace of mind.
I hope you are much better now. I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't even imagine what you've been through. You sound like a strong person, thank you for sharing this. Best wishes to you, friend.
see... life is so WONDERFUL, IT IS ALWAYS BRAINWASHED INTO YOU.. love life, pro life, life is so good.
BUT is it/ Is it? life is NOT just good and wonderful.. it is also horrible and tragic.
awful things happen to you;...is there an explanation... it is the Disneyfication of the world that causes such
suffering... I know...
Your friend may not been the ONLY person that gives a shit about you. But yeah. I know that feeling quite well myself. And my best friend of like 15 years killed himself too. Don't know what to say to make u any happier but you are definitely not alone in your sadness..
Yeaaa arcade fire I love from México 🇲🇽
I Think this is the best new Arcade Fire song!
This hits different at the end of 2020....
'Some boys get too much, too much love too much touch'
You get me closer to God
Juan Carlos Cano if you're referencing what I think you're referencing then I absolutely got the same vibe from this song
Yeah, sure!! It'd be a perfect mashup ;)
Same here!
Closer's lighter sis?
This comment is not offensive only if we are talking about a band like AF
After Depeche Mode ;-)
Hafta say I'm loving everything AF is putting out right now. This is sublime.
Today while I was in the grocery store, this got me.
There's a line during the bridge;
" It's not painless
She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine
And we're not nameless, oh"
And it got me, had to have a little cry.
Last year someone I was friends with in high school took their life, I guess I haven't really fully processed the loss.
Everything going on last year really felt like more of the same, I'm upset at myself for the apathy I had at the time (I was bummed out but I don't think it really got to me at the time)
Today just hearing those words really opened up the wound.
Best track on the album by far. The soul of Arcade Fire is crystallized in this song.
I think Will is in his own music video back there.
Will is always like that it's great
crunchyonion hahahah
Ya definitely (my head)
Always!
The one going crazy is actually Richard
win holding the mic for régine ahhh
it's a LED lightning device =|
he's holding a light which has so many layers of meaning I can't even process everything right now. Fucking brilliant.
It could also mean that Win can hold a light to Regine.
Arcade fire makes me legit proud to be CANADIEN 🍁
I kept on hearing this in the 8th Grade movie trailers and after searching for over 3 months I’m so glad I found this. This song sums up life for so many teens around the world and I’m so glad it exists.
just make it painless
Only if you say "please".
please