Wolf Parade - Kissing The Beehive [At Mount Zoomer 2008]

[thisusernameisclever]

4:48 is in my top 5 favourite solos of all time. saw them at sasquatch last year. incredible song and band.

[accountfrozen]

I always thought he said "You held your cup in the air and called it anchor time" but lyrics site say "you held your cock in the hair and you called it a guitar".

Wat

[Klumpmeister]

@accountfrozen Its "Throw your hat in the air and call it a guitar, put your face to the glass and call it good cinema.

[electrictoothsyndrom]

This is an amazing song. The first time I heard it I knew it was something very special. Wolf Parade could disband tomorrow and this song will live forever.

[TheBSG]

I hear modest mouse in this so much. Epic truly is the only word, too. It carries such a vibe. Good mashup.

[tuckman226]

What do the words mean at 6:25?

they are on the paper in the hangman's hand

"discite institiam moniti"

[alexerify1]

"Discite Justitium moniti" is latin for "learn justice by admonition"

[frapascu]

"I wish I could believe in you"

Yeah! Great!

[perpy111]

Only one word can describe this EPIC.

[Klumpmeister]

dude this is definatly an acid trip! man this trippy!

[MrToonaPhish]

i love the breakdown at 4:10

[ICouldLiveOnMusic]

me too, so much

[ICouldLiveOnMusic]

although I really like the part before it too, at 3:24 :)

[roboonfire]

This was magic in its finest form. Thank you

[yellowfeathers321]

learn justice by admonition

[Alexer566]

Very nice. I couldnt find the last word, moniti, translated but it looks like you got it.

[puzzola32]

first, epic, epic, epic....

second, look up the latin inscription on the courthouse....

third, read the poem "the hangman" by maurice ogden...

about pitchfork and their placing music within a context, who knows, but place this video & music within the context of the bush 2 era and the torture debate, and it is one of the most fucking brilliant things i've ever seen.

please read the poem and look up the latin.

amazing. nobody would go to the trouble to create this without a contextual meaning.

[TheOneThatFlewOver]

Friend, I would go farther and say the song, in the context of civilization is fucking brilliant

[Sharpeye424]

Best song. Ever.

[TheSkiesAlive]

Definitely one of their better new songs.

[brightlyeyed]

I quite enjoy this song.

[KYARAX]

the beggining and from 4 18 to 4 50 were the besst parts but all of it is beast

[xXJOSHIETHESK8ERXx]

I love the middle

[KYARAX]

thats really weird but awsome

[StephDalo]

man, when it picks up really close to the middle, it drives me crazy because i love it so much.

[tylercal0]

best song ever

[WePandas]

Leaving At Mount Zoomer outside the top 50 albums of 2008, but adding things like Kanye West, Fleet Foxes, Hot Chip and Lil Wayne... Sometimes I really don't get Pitchfork. Ah well, who cares.

This song is so epic and the video really fits. Awesome! <3

[rockpapercynic]

Oh wow, really great song! Also, whoever decided to pair this with the video from the "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden (which is also really cool) has done something epic.

[MariahRae27]

fucken epic...gotta love wolf parade...

[Frethaygil]

Fire in the hull fire in the hull fire in the hull uh uh oh uh uh oh uh uh oh.

[Flame3230]

hole. fire in the hole. =p

[simplysaid73]

wished i could believe in who you are

[Irietwins]

love it!!!!

[musiliac]

most gut-punching song since "doin the cockroach" by modest mouse. the breakdown at 3:28 delivers 37 clinically precise jabs to the heart. honestly, it buckles me every time. pitchfork stand condemned for giving the album a lukewarm review and leaving it out of their year end top 50. shame! guess they're too bust camping it up over cut copy, congratulating each other over the election of obama, and attending each others' cocktail parties to have much time to feel disaffected...

[seattlejam]

Well said, I couldn't agree more!

[promhouse]

Considering that like 1 and 10 reviews on Pitchfork get higher than a 7 and a half, I'd say it's not a bad score. Mount Zoomer is an excellent CD but not as good as Apologies to the Queen Mary. I will agree that it did deserve a spot on the 08 top 50 though.

[IrishHops]

that's actually a brilliant comment, as i think you've keyed-in on the fundamental flaw of pitchfork's reviewing... although being very intelligent and insightful, they (re)view music from a different prism than some kid listening to a song in his room after a shitty day, trying to make sense out of the world... the "depth" that they see in music often comes off as superficial and pretentious, whereas real depth can't be weighed... Obama changes nothing to that kid, but this song has meaning

[musiliac]

don't wanna hate on the pitchies too much. i learn a lot form the site. but i reckon in this case some sort of political wrangling upset the democratic process. petrusich called this song "histrionic". that infuriates me! it's as if she gives herself permission to grade them down because they cross some line of taste that, for her, marks the crucial boundary between CONTRIVING to SOUND alienated (which is, like, so cool), and actually EXPRESSING REAL alienation (embarrassing and distasteful).

[IrishHops]

oh yeah... overall pitchfork has been great for me in expanding my musical tastes... they're smart and on the cutting edge, but it's annoying that they have the tendency to frame their music critiques based on issues outside of the music itself (prejudice on some occasions?)... they want to breakdown music eras in very precise way (but also often inaccurate)... thematically, Kissing the Beehive doesn't fit the Obama era music we're supposed to embrace... alienation, longing are still real though

[PositiveJoshua]

I counted... it is precisely 37.

[joshsanchez21]

Well done, sir. Very clever. : )

[drummerxxc]

this is epic!

[turbok11]

genius

[Zynukthoom]

pure brilliance

[patrickh4]

best wolfparade song on live at mount zoomer (or was it apologies to the queen mary?)

[degausser8]

its the last song on mount zoomer...

an absolute epic ending to any album

[CAR18MEN]

was this video made by wolf parade or seattlejam????

[Frethaygil]

According to the description, neither. It's credited to Melrose Productions Inc, made in 1964. I'm pretty sure Seattlejam was just the one to match the song and video together.

[EfrumTheRtrdedRabbit]

This would be a great plot for a movie. Nice job.

[kurohead]

theses guys write the most despressing shit I love it

[mewMEWmusic]

Amazing. :D

[xXAjaxXx]

Damn these two go good together. Great find.

[technotetris]

love

[danielmpass]

easily the best song on the album

[wlfman11]

Epic.

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

3:06

[MattSilver711]

This is not just a song. It's like five awesome songs in one. Love it.

[Jackpacific556]

Traduction: learn to live correctly.

Traduzione: provate a vivere correttamente

[Goth7illa]

discite iustitiam moniti!

[alex24less]

I love this song!!!

[repmidwest]

This album kicks ass. Its a total LP (long player). An ipod shuffle would not do this album justice. It doesnt have all the poppy-dancey songs that "Apologies..." had. Its really mellow but builds up to this song. I usually hate 10minute songs but this one just keeps building and building.

[mateofleckito]

i have no hope in music anymore. this sucks and so does the radio

[Alianger]

Great film, crap song, and thumbs down!

[MRlachlan]

wow,

i hadn't heard much off at mount zoomer,

and i loved Apologies to the queen mary

and was not sure whether to buy this new album straight away

i just listened to kissing the beehive for the first time,,

i am going out tomorrow to get this album

[auzio]

there so talented.

wow.

there so good

good musicians

good band

[cernakolobezka]

Absolutely amazing

[Madisonmofo]

I'd like to know a bit more about the film. Does the original have narration? Pretty haunting.

[truatfe]

The original was set to Herschel Bernardi  reading the poem "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden.

[Thedinny]

film is an adaption of a poem called "the hangman"....look the poem up puts the video into perspective

[house25]

song of the year.

[sik92]

i agree.

[gambie09]

crazy ass video, crazy ass music, loved it

[TheRedBayonet]

I absolutely adored that video. Thanks.

[mapend]

we all know how the music died...

[drummerxxc]

great song who made this vid though is it official?

[TheBSG]

I just tripped for an hour.

[kurohead]

What's with the protractor?

[Nirvana4me007]

amazing.

[truatfe]

Very Dali-esque

[darkpau]

dali-esque my arse, you underestimate Salvador so much

still, the video is really impressive, it's just that this song should be pictured in more dynamic way

[truatfe]

I really don't think I underestimate Dali at all, I've study his work a lot, and i think that wen gallows begin to grow in the video they take on similar characteristics to his abstract style.

[rdmilleraz]

DRUGS

[maeghan1edits]

Amazing. Is this the official video? If not, it should be.

[kamontheroad]

it's been a while that I haven't heard an awesome song like this. The clip is pretty damn good too.

[frengers465]

this is a little disturbing

[house25]

mosh pit!!

[level9wizard]

Just saw these guys at the Metropolis in Montreal and it was amazing.

Level up!

[rabalski]

love wolf parade...their songwriting is brilliant...nice to have something that isnt shitty and made to make money/another excuse for trend bitches to be more trendier

[meandillar]

what are you crazy? of course they do it to make money. why do you think they promote themselves? if they didnt do it to make money they be still playing in local bars to 30 odd people. of course they love making great music but they also need an income. what better way to make money?

[rabalski]

listen man, many bands have proven that being sincere and original works...money is just an extra bonus that comes with it.

[meandillar]

thats just it... you have no idea if they are being "sincere" or not. In the end, they are striving to make good music, and who knows, they could be doin it cater for all the alternative art fags who refuse to consume certain music because its "popular". In the end, i bet they would rather make music for an income than wash dishes. i find it funny that as soon as bands start makin "popular" music they are labelled as sellouts. maybe they enjoy it and the money is an added bonus...

[yellowfeathers321]

jsut cuz people dont like popular music doesnt make them a fag

most radio rock and rap sucks tha ballz

[mongoinlaw]

raps tight yo!

[dssk83]

hahaha I don't think many people got the joke, because it had a thumbs down.

[TheOneThatFlewOver]

I think it's fairly easy if one challenges oneself daily, and grasps the subjectivity of taste, to be able separate sincerity from it's opposite.

[lacirca]

Merci !

[BamRyan]

I listen this song every morning. Wakes up - shower - turns on this song - breakfast - fixes hair and stuff - work.

Yes, you needed to know this.

[123sean5]

works really well good effort..best song on the albumn and ever by wolf parade. So different from Apologies to the Queen Mary

[LuPoneLips]

I flipping love this song.

[longlivethefuture]

very enjoyable.

[bluberripie767]

manthe song rocks and it's haunting too, just like the video. Good Job and Wolf Parade is alright with me!

[otherfool]

Fire in the Hole! Nice film too...

[smokeylaroche]

just saw these guys at the sub pop festival outside seattle. they played the whole mt zoomer album except bang your drum, and runner, sons and daughters, and ill believe in anything from apologies. this song was by far the highlight.

[WrongHandLane]

Masterpiece

[chubalez]

Vraiment interessant, merci beaucoup!

[Noeud524]

The song is simply amazing.

I'm going to see Wolf P for the third time in a show. Hope it's gonna be freakin' cool like the other time!

Wolf Parade ca rock et vient de Montréal

[danielle190]

i am going to see you in a few hours in pontiac, mi!! my first time hearing this song, hope your concert is good too!

[aworldofviolets]

best song on the album.

[Ug1yCasanova]

well done.

[babiboeing]

this song is a masterpiece... see you in montrealllllllll....

[123sean5]

song fits realy well with video tbh

[123sean5]

nice film... brill song

[ivancurtis]

good film, great song

[hermelmet]

encroyable