Cold War Kids - "Robbers" (Music Video)

[Slappy240]

That old lady totally wiped her booger on his shirt.

[TheCrimper]

Oh and I thought the lyrics were relating directly to the guy in the video. He get's hassled by thugs, he sulks past the flowers, he just pulls out stuff from nowhere (glasses, popsicle), and his 'victims' are staring back at him. That doesn't explain the old lady and the color-changing items, but meh whatever.

[TheCrimper]

This song reminds me of high school, then it reminds me of how horrible of a person I was back then, then it makes me cry.

Good song.

[SylvanaForrester]

I felt sorry for him. Then I saw that he's a litter bug and I thought "Good. Get him. He has it coming."

[CiaoBello21]

I nearly died listening to this song.

[1SNAKESAREAWESOME1]

. . . sorry but before i watched this video i did not see evidence of a fat tourist looking dude. . . - -". . . plus at the end, he seemed rather friendly with his grandma. . .

[SmashBox73]

Sooo wonderful. Sigh.



[armsofdelmar]

ok i like this song, but my first impression of this band is their songs are all a little similar, huh? thougths anyone?

[ArezinHIT]

@armsofdelmar

idk if they sound similar, but i think the band could def be produced better

[feathersflowerssleep]

was this taking place at a vintage car convention or is this town's main drag filled with lots of 'em???

[Honken1995]

What does underrated mean? I'm a stupid boy. I know, you don't need to type it.

[loganklaw]

@Honken1995 It means that people don't consider it as good as it actually is.

[ArabMcArab]

@wow, boy do i agree with you on the catcher in the rye. cant stand that fucking book! beatles, disagree. certainly overated.. but happy lennons dead, no way dude.

[lhlover52]

These guys performed at my jr high in 2005 I think?

[ohhyuzzzy]

i dont get it

[wallenmusic]

I love this band! they are absolutley brilliant!

[Ev1sc3rati0n]

I can has Sasquatch?

[BaconRouge]

15 people are deaf.

[crazyequalsfun]

They sure do like black and white videos dont they... this song is so beautiflly crafted though and nates lyrics drift through untouched by the world it seems

[prettypennies]

How did this video make any sense??? GREAT song but this video had no real point to it other than certain things in red..

[fishers138]

@prettypennies You're thinking too much. It's just some fat poorly dressed dude walking around. It doesn't need a "point".

[Jenesaislu]

15 people are retarded and have no taste for music. they probably listen to britney spears...

[senechuss]

Wow i can't describe how i feel when i'm listening it.

[MYBONESAREWEAK]

Good song to jam out to while driving

[wateresource]

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T LISTEN TO IT.

THEY'RE A GREAT BAND, IF YOU DON'T LIKE, DON'T LISTEN.

[all4agape]

Incredible lyrics!

[fearlessfergi]

best song ever...so sit on it

[LisasLullaby]

I hadnt heard them before just now. Good song. I hope to hear the album soon.

(Here comes the shameless plug for my sister, Lisa Tucker’s “SHY,” but it’s a GOOD SONG!)

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[slapadabass]

This band sucks!!!! The singer sounds like he had his balls cut off!!! The drummer can't play past a 1 2 3 4 beat!!! Did I mention that this band SUCKS!!!

[illtakemy]

@slapadabass fuck you

[imthefly]

@fitzy940 I think you're using this saying the wrong way...

[fitzy940]

@imthefly How? besides my shitty english ("your'e" - idk what i was thinking lol) he left a comment badmouthing a band on their video. He went out of his way to write a comment on a video HE didn't like. He's commenting on how he thinks the band is shit to people who already enjoy this sound (therefore the converted LOL)

[imthefly]

@fitzy940 haha I guess. its usually used when someone is trying to convince someone something that the people already agree with. For example if someone came here and commented how and why people should like this band, and everyone already does. Thats preaching to the converted. I guess it works both way, just never heard it the way you used it haha

[Idance2breath]

@slapadabass go take a music lesson, you deaf dickcheese! what do u consider "good" music? justin bieber?? get a life and stop trolling.

[WINFIELD32750]

@Idance2breath stop bringing up justin beiber everywhere, you ruin youtube

[Idance2breath]

@WINFIELD32750 i dont bring it up everywhere.

[ediblehatred]

Great song. Shitty video. Black and white douchery. Didn't fit my image at all- not that its supposed to but with a song filled with so much imagery I just expected more.

[tjdunigan]

orange circle

[ShowerKid9991]

jonah hill stunt double...

[TheRiteOne100]

nov 12 oakland cali

[beatear]

i told my brother when he learns this on drums, ill give him some money, he didnt accept the deal :(

[muahahaha101]

@beatear Its actually a pretty simply drum beat....

[Who2Are1You]

@beatear It's played using brushes. Give ME money, and I'll do it. Ha ha..

[MRMJFANS]

great vid awesome

[muhbawz]

Okay so what is the significance of the color red, the dropped popsicle, everyone looking at him, and the old lady hugging him at the end? I'm lost...

[MrDenice620]

@muhbawz I think those things are all symbolism for the apathy, the struggle, and the acceptance of his own personal demons. It runs a direct parallel to the lyrics... Live performance welldone! Anyone know where and when?

[RSRatornra]

@muhbawz its prolly his mom, maybe he's retarded? so everyone makes fun of him?

[noznibor]

@RSRatornra Your a retard.

[RSRatornra]

@noznibor I was hoping I was! :D

Now I can throw shit at you, curse you out, slap you, bite you, fart on you, derp on you, and spit on you with you still looking like an asshole! :D

[ShaunG84]

This is a different version from what's on the album. Where did this version come from?

[rpznt]

a bit of a live version, not the LP track, me likey

[holdaas1993]

I didn't know Jonah Hill was a Cold War Kids fan

[phillylos]

i watched it once for the song, but then i watched it again for the film. nicely done. you can direct.

[DemonicSolider]

I liked it but didn't really get the point

[RiverPhoenix1993]

@DemonicSolider thats the point lol

[koolmexican]

this video and song has like a "waking life" feel to it. u know?

[fadenrock]

i only realized now that cold war kids are cool and so laidback which i like about them

[mkermon1]

the sound was intended to be that way mr. divine monkey

[heavenlymonkey]

shame the sound quality's so bad ...

[MrDenice620]

@heavenlymonkey for a live performance- sound quality is pretty good... I love the subtle emphasis' and accents put in to this song's performance- this work of art begins to take on a whole new entity.

[blah2994]

what an underrated band!

[clooky04]

HA! by the by, a pickpocket snatches watches, a peeping tom watches snatches

[DanManFlan]

@clooky04 stay up all night thinking that up?

[wormogun]

two robbers stole a hole shipment of viagra, their two hardened criminals

[StefhoneyFTW]

Oh wow, he does have a striking resemblance to Jonah Hill (I believe that's his name.)

[funhunter671]

the fat guy in the vid reminds me of the kid from the movie "super bad"...i keep lookng for "McLovin" in the background...lmao

[ImpureForce]

@funhunter671 reminds me a cover of Fatboy Slim's 'You've come a long way, baby'

[4DownGTiR]

I saw these guys a few years ago. When they played this song they turned off all the lights and flashed a torch around the crowd, it was cool.

One of the best gigs I have been to, these guys are amazing.

[NGMmedia]

I LOVE this video! what editing software did you use to edit this??

[elitai]

Oh dang that is crazy, haha i know this might have been obvious but I just noticed that on 2:27 you see the stroller and the baby and when the camera focuses on the main guy and then zooms out again u see a old lady on a wheelchair. idk if it has a connection haha it just caught my eye. I guess it could show that we are robbed in a variety of ways, in this case being robbed from out life and youth without knowing. Being robbed in every aspect without knowing. THERE IS ROBBERS EVERYWHERE!!! haha

[MilkHoneyTea]

it would be insane not to love this song ..but I think I´ve probably heard it in a movie can someone please help me ?? I thought it was Elizabethtown but it wasen`t i checked the soundtrack like a 100 times ...but I don`t know where else to check -.- .. can someone help please ?

[ImTestingSleeping]

The Jungle Book.

[jguelker85]

love it

[orangeorphan]

where was this shot?

[unsheathed18]

this song is so damn chill

[ogolthorp]

This song is chill? I find it haunting.

[xXNoseXgrinDXx]

this song is about fine art, glass, porcelain, and silver...

[austinsaotome]

yeah cause Scarborough Siddartha is so damn insightful. stfu.

[ragnarok31]

are you fucking blind you prick, the song is about robbers and that man is stealin everythin he walks past your dickhole

[thedtp123]

@Fliphouse089 die. please

[flyingmunkay]

ha ha i love his shades in the end they make him look HAWT XD

[moparsbymosher]

the guy in the vidio is just simply trying to blend in all though he is clearly from a distant planit where they too can not spell wourth a dam ether.

[nickatwork]

So what you're saying is that your from this said planet?

[seswisme]

i like his trousers

[Trokzies101]

Well I think he reaches into her pocket or something and steals that red car behind her...So it's not that sweet but I don't know I can't see that well

[llpeach]

Does anybody notice that he walks by things and suddenly has them? Sunglasses, ice-pops, etc.? Ironic that the name of the song is Robbers, no? He's stealing something from every object that changes color.

[tRICkCitY123]

gee! your thinking REALLY hard

:D

[Tatertot5319109]

Its a video about how he is just being himself, but showing how it is so hard to do that in our society today.

[invallidusername]

whats with the red at the end?

yeah it is kind of like pleasantville

[wafflestuffer2]

reminds me a lot of Roman Polanski's first short film, Two men and a wardrobe

[ljunklen]

why everyone in this clip is staring at that guy?

[stokazz]

cause he's hot

[realSlaymor]

Stop your lame spam.

Your band sucks.

Try 'battle of the bands' with the rest of the 'idol' hacks.

[hiltonsafari]

Like littering makes him a free spirit or something? lol

[CortWild]

is this video official?

[OrionSound]

Nice tune

[IAHkind]

I love this Song.

[djgph]

PLEASANTVILLE!!

[cooltobehip]

look harder next time for something to bitch about

[pellertpale]

@cooltobehip It should read, "look harder for something to bitch about next time."

[ryan4144]

@pellertpale i liked the original sentence structure best, it saved the point and the curse for the end which made the sentence very powerfully back weighted.

[hiltonsafari]

Could you have?? Really???

[omegateny11]

could some one explain the ending to me..

[mtvlover1]

COLD WAR KIDS ARE AWESOME

[stingray816]

@mtvlover1 Youre a boob. Have ew ever heard of the Beetles?

[Ev1sc3rati0n]

@stingray816 Beatles*

[PrairieDon1021]

@stingray816 Beatles are garbage. They top the list of the worlds most overrated things:

1. the Beatles

2. Catcher in the Rye (I do give it props though for getting John Lennon shot)

3.Phil Jackson

4. Lil Wayne

[stingray816]

@PrairieDon1021 OH mai gosh. Why you hating on the lennon-ator?

You knows whats over rated? Praire DONs!!!!!!!! ooooooooooh. hahahaahh

[bleubeurd]

@PrairieDon1021 How dare you? The Beatles are legendary. Call them overrated, but they've started the era of "real" music. They don't make those anymore these days.

[Baparacha]

great song from em video eh but im seeing them in san diego street scene baby!!!!!

[dannymex]

oh wow this was filmed in old town orange.

I work in on of the shops down there :)

Awesome video by the way.

[Tatertot5319109]

i love it!

[johnhawley123]

the video is kinda like the movie pleasantville

[laughlovefuck]

I love that movie!

[plumsauce5]

seriously. and like all the old movies. like what's up with that?

[mlinger]

favorite for life.

[YoungStuna16]

Shit song.

[bkisme]

Fuck You.

[bkisme]

whoops. that was a comment to the idiot down below who said "shit song"

[sleepbandit]

funny

[blablallii]

great lyrics

[Marthevoid]

i love this song and the video too! this is a portrait of life, i love it!

[dcameron3116]

alright well this was well shot with the colour transitions but as the video went on i was hoping some point to a fat man walking around the streets would come clear...but it didnt

[brokenjustice]

the dam guy littered what a turd lol

[2hotty5734]

can anyone explain that to me. cuz it totally did not make sense to me

[KindAusErde]

Sense is overrated...

[BeatleSoph]

I gues the black&white/color thing is like in "Smallville" where people's emotions give objects their colors back.The guy ist fatter than the others in that city, so they all pick on him and stare,they're the Robebrs who want to tell him what to think,but he doesn't seem to care,even though he does notice.His being different makes him more aware of others who are different too, like the homeless guy on the bench and the old lady at the end, who he makes happy

At least that's how I understood it.

[Waxthumper]

Stop making sense

[BeatleSoph]

Sorry. Should have known that writing this down just in case anyone's interested and expecting people who don't care to ignore it would, of course, be extremely offensive.

[nothintosee]

Great video

[SKANKxADDiCTiON]

aww.

I love this.

it was cute.

[d4808sk4t3r]

cute.

:)

[orlando586]

WOOT!

[rbk46]

I was gonna watch some stupid cat video but i just could not bring my self to do it, it was to good to turn off

WOOT!!!111!!!!

[jherrg]

this video makes me smile

this song makes me sing

[The0Super0Pig]

the best music clip in the world...

I think it.

[Naugalicious]

wow

beautiful and poetic

It's this band and Beirut, they both can make music like no one else can.

[scarlettb23]

yo completely agree 100%

[srahat22]

beirut is the greatest

[Linker1991]

why would you say that on a Cold War kids video?

[bannanaboat1]

What is the significance of the items changing color after he leaves them? The flowers in the beginning that he touches, the popsicle he drops on the ground, and then the antique fire truck after he embraces and leaves the old woman...

[jules10109]

I just think it's puuuuurty! LOL ;)

[Ellizo]

Honestly a brilliant video, though the songs different from the album version its still awesome.

Does anyone think the drum be sort of goes with the video? Like at the start with vehicles wheels go with the drums.

[wolfparade77]

you mean with the train??

ya Thats what i though too!

[cybadaz]

best lyrics to a non rap track ive heard in a long time

[Bucknut72389]

So you mean to tell me theres a rap song with good lyrics?

[Brasko64]

...Idiot much?

[jayshwan]

Yes there are plenty. Don't let mainstream tarnish rap's reputation as there are plenty of underground rappers whose lyrics contain beautiful meanings in it. Cybadaz statement is perfectly sound if you've been listening to mainstream rock these days, look at bands such as Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco, isn't their lyrics just as generic as what you hear from Souljah Boy and chamillionaire? I strongly urge you to look into Cyne & Atmosphere if you want a better opinion of rap

[funkytakedownkid152]

totally agree. another great group to look up is Jurassic 5

[JTarver295]

Yea, atmosphere has some great lyrics. Sweatshop union is good too. Cold war kids have some great songs, this one is a personal favorite of mine.

[hollipoppop]

beautiful x

[1022KeV]

I like the cold war kids soooooooooooooo much!

[The0Super0Pig]

to be honest, i don't understand this video, why does everybody look at him??? Is it coz hes fat?? :(

[toiletsrus]

it's about being different and thinking for yourself i believe. that's the impression i got. notice how things become colored when he does something you don't expect/he does something "different"

[ArcticGirli]

this song is just

soooo perfect!!!!!

love it.

(:

[cal823a]

maybe its coz hes walking confidentally and without his shoulders slouched even tho hes fat. hes got like confidence and peace. people take notice of people like that. and hes waving and stuff i just noticed.

[rockie4379]

God, the Cold War Kids are amazing. I can go a whole day with this album on replay.

[inluvwithsylar]

Me too! I swear God must have inspired them when they created it.

[frankjozef]

I love the video. Great song, like all from Robbers & Cowards!

[BarbraofSeville]

Great tune!

[BugzzBunnyy]

is there...any deeper sense in this vid?

does all the people just look at the guy because hes fat? oô

[Hootervations]

I was wondering this myself--he's overweight, but not so fat that you'd stare at him.

[imago88]

cool video, awesome song...that album is just soo good!

[LifeSoulAz]

I feel like that guy in the video....alot of the time.

[daninhoqotsa]

This guys rules. Greetings to all fans from all over the world especially from Poland!!!

[itsjojomon]

i love this band sooo much!

they are AMAZING! :D

[Balsch]

beautiful

[rhcp27tom1]

only just heard this band but i can tell im gunna love them ! , what a song.

[orjan69]

Great live music..

I went to a concert in Oslo, Norway with CWK. They rocked the house down!