Aphex Twin - Xtal

[Redsuit11]

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[AeSoPRocK100]

can someone tell me the significence of 2:55 except that the date is 4/20 lol

[buchmui]

@AeSoPRocK100

Columbine High School massacre



[Redsuit11]

@AeSoPRocK100

did you know that is also Hitler's birthday?

[ri58tki69ylo584573ur]

@Redsuit11 awesome i didnt know that!

Epic. Awesome. Beautiful! SO MUCH WIN! :'D

Eric was big fan of Der Führer (Heil Hitler!) He must have deliberately chosen that date for the legendary lulz to take place.

[calumjlindsay]

this is such a tune

[MrGermantim]

Didnt even notice its 240 p till I checked

[hidalgo699]

Fuckin awsome and beautiful music.

[EdificeArchitect]

..may all sentient beings find peace.. =*|

[Alyxm]

3:46 And then I think about how we are creatures in this existence, playing with the world around us not realizing our vulnerability, power corrupts all and it blinds us to what really matters. Sorry but your video with this music really does make me think.

[Alyxm]

3:21 Sometimes I still don't believe we have this power

[uanbator]

fly fly in brain..

[JanJoosdt]

Fuck, this is good!! :-)

[lisandevice]

they all float down here georgie.... they allllll float

[YouGotGunYouGotGun]

this is like mad sex in my ears

[Daryl93TillInfinitY]

i get the point of the video and the impact its trying to make.....but i would much rather watch fluffy bunnies.butterflies and cute kittens while listening to this song

[TipuTei]

Listening to Aphex Twin and watching the world burn, crumble and blow up. Almost as awesome as it sounds.

[assmunchtv]

@TipuTei Best comment ever, im writing that down. Seriously

[AlbertX78]

Favourite AFX's track!!

[AsciiKid]

I get it. He's clock-work-oranging us.

[afxtal]

Clearly this is my favorite song.

[brnghkmrs]

@afxtal true

[SPKcentral]

Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, in a speck on one in a blink. That's us, lost in space.

[bluckagungo]

I think people only talk about drugs and oher people's lives because they've got no substance and/or are way too insecure and start to question those around them. If you're doing this, chances are, in my mind, you live in a big city--more insecure people than the rest.

[edilcanidal]

@bluckagungo You do realise that you are talking about other peoples lives? 

[FTWCM]

9-11 was an inside job

[ThunderFarts420]

ants that live in a speck of time soon forgotten. you are universe in and to yourself, live right and how you like. its the only brief moment of time you can.

[HANNIBAL30ro]

...look at them falling.. :(.........who ever did this to them maybe thought that they will go to a better place cause i dont believe that beings with such a cold heart really exists :|..or is it just me thinking that? ... 

[XxIncarnationxX]

@HANNIBAL30ro I think it's just you. I think it's more for hate than love.

[XConvergence]

Dr. Strangelove, or how I learnt to stop worrying and love the atom bomb.

[xpez]

hmm looks familiar to 911

[DMillion106]

Meaningless comment which neither adds nor detracts from how good this music is.

[ZooYorkVenom]

Wonderful song, and wonderful video. Sad but beautiful. The clip at 0:44 was especially sad, the way he just kinda stands there.

[funtimeadventures]

Does anyone know what that first building to be imploded is?

[walidb123]

yes, absolutely.

[kryptathon]

I kind of find myself staring into nothing for the entire song :p

[aeopmusic]

I take it that your "Tha" video is going to be post apocalyptic?

[dklustick]

2:26 is messed up...

[DoctorFunkensteinMD]

I love the video. I think it's a reminder that among all the horrors of the world there is still the beauty of music. Nice juxtaposition & irony. IDK I think about really fucked up shit all the time though so it might just be me :/

[WYarranton]

@DoctorFunkensteinMD No mate, you're spot on.

[inspired1969]

The most expressive sex in my life what i had

[JosephKnight93]

every time i come to this video i always CRACK UP at whatever comments are on the front page!

[shamelessfootfucker]

Where can I get a good burrito?

[tommyknox5150]

Ron Paul 2012 - The Peace Candidate | The only one

[jontykint]

No problem! I tend to talk like that all the time. Sometimes it gets me in trouble! Haha x

[yoann66623]

@jontykint ahah ok!^^

[scorpionicdecline]

Haha oh look..the video completely and utterly mismatches the music. nice music tho

[Lrrrrrrrr]

@ri58tki69ylo584573ur Hahahahahaha! Awesome!

[Grindshock]

@ri58tki69ylo584573ur Two lines of writing is too long for you?

[Alyxm]

@ri58tki69ylo584573ur prepare to be banned from youtube.

[Emmoseezee]

I love this video. It brings me back to our reality.

[jontykint]

@yoanne66623 if you had heard any aphex twin albums you would know that it isn't on "Drukqs" you fucking idiot.

It's the first track on S.A.W.

[yoann66623]

@jontykint Oh fuck!! I'm very sorry, I said a mistake... i'm very sorry :/

but you don't have to talk to me like that!!!

[codypalooza]

amazing video. aphex twin holds a genius outlook on life.

[sukoshioni]

why did you make this?

[wellofff]

If you came to this video to argue or talk about drugs you clearly just don't get it.

Just enjoy the music.

[03lucky]

@wellofff Wow that is pretentious. How else is one ment to understand *it* without thorough debate and explored ideas? maybe the people that are arguing have trouble dealing with *it* and simply want to discover. how about we all stop telling each other what to do, so we can genuinely enjoy the music?

[onlyrealnumber]

@03lucky I don't think he wanted to come off as meaning 'I get this, and you don't.', I just think that he was tired of the fact that so many people mentioned that getting high is the only way to fully appreciate this kind of music.

Then again, after reviewing some of the comments, I don't see many centred around drugs. Maybe you're right.

[Alyxm]

@wellofff what about the video? :P

[BHUTANISPARTOFCHINA]

awesome song here wow cool indeed

[myge32]

what album is it?

[yoann66623]

@myge32 this is "Drukqs" album

[razedeezy]

I look at this video as a stark contrast between the beautiful and almost peaceful melody of Xtal, symbolizing what we can strive to be if we learn to love each other, and the harsh and brutal nature of the human race, demonstrating how hateful and violent we can be.

Organic yet cybernetic, new yet ancient. So beautiful it brings a tear to my eye.

[HANNIBAL30ro]

@razedeezy waw i have the exact feeling while looking at this video.very good comment,i wanted to say the same thing but i`m two weeks later :)

[inthegaia]

love this song

but don't need this video bitch

[FrobblOo]

this video/music combination is srsly weird, i mean, i cant see a paralel between the song and the video but at the same time i sit here and stare at completely catched by it. i think this video shows how beautiful this song is, because this two things are the exact opposites. the song is incredibly beautiful and makes you want to forget about everything horrible, the song is inner peace. the video on the other hand shows the worst things ever.

[keynesiantakeover]

wow... this is the most emotionally moving song/video I've ever seen... god I wish it wasn't.

[keynesiantakeover]

@keynesiantakeover: that is: 'God', with a capital G...

[pchatzii]

but mushrooms kill too

... they kill brain cells

[duto009]

@pchatzii

Have plenty of those.

[TheUglyMushroom]

@thefirstcrack Yes.

[FractalRaver]

Such contradictory imagery to such a chill song.

[stoykaks16]

The exact reason why i think there is no god.

[AngelTheTigress]

Shit happens.

[TheHowlscastle]

This video is kinda disturbing. Was not expecting footage of bodies from 911 suicides

[thefirstcrack]

what's not to understand? the point of the video is that killing is fucked up in every sense and that we should all just chill the fuck out and do mushrooms.

[komischefichtn]

@thefirstcrack lol +1

[TheGarden1988]

@thefirstcrack amen sir. amen.

[1337rynke]

@thefirstcrack

Killing is fucked up, agreed! But uhm.. Don't drugs imply crime? Drugs => must come from someone => illegal business => crime => alludes to killing?

[thedz0]

@1337rynke I pity your process of thinking..

[1337rynke]

@thedz0 You might wanna put an explanatory angle on your response, otherwise I'm going to ignore it. You think your drugs come from your friendly neighbor drugdealer? It's so naive it almost hurts. If you really believe in peace, you should avoid drugs. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

[musclebundt]

@1337rynke Only because we decided that drugs should be illegal. If drugs were legal, taxed and regulated, we could eliminate so much crime and violence.

[1337rynke]

@musclebundt I agree to some extent with what you're saying. I assume you're not talking about E and angle dust, but more "friendly" drugs like weed and shrooms. The problem with these drugs though, are the aftermath of years of use. Drugs should be handled with great care because of the still unknown repercussions. I agree, though, that a legalization of weed would benefit us all in some way.

[ri58tki69ylo584573ur]

@1337rynke yeah we must put weed in cereals, feed it to our kids. is guuud. weed must be used to destroy sperm quality and fetal cannabis syndrome is hot

[Alyxm]

@thefirstcrack no one deserves to die, even those who would kill..

[Alyxm]

@thefirstcrack 2:30 onwards I think I started crying...

[STIPanda]

@thefirstcrack Youre an idiot...this has nothing to do with killing. Its natural disasters mixed in as well...so ya...go tell nature to stop killing. Lay off the mushrooms you goomba.

[soronefabrik1]

@thefirstcrack fuck drugs

[Krayt1138]

@thefirstcrack Finding it slightly ironic that you should mention "mushrooms" with the vid showing several nukes going off... Pun intended?

[Gabja]

Disliked the video , not the music.

[entenfang]

i dont get the video

[ninogogiahsvili]

@entenfang People are assholes! Got it now?

[buckshot488]

Love the song just can't get over the static noise

[juspraetorium]

ah we have ourselves a troll here, ladies and gentlemen.

[superpsion]

The song and the video tells us "No body can mess up with mother nature " !

[xalener]

Playing the most violent and/or visceral games on the market with this in the background just feels so right. I don't even know what it is. It just makes the art direction aspects of the game pop. It makes me appreciate it more than if I were listening to whatever "high octane" shit one would blast while playing gears of war or battlefield 3.

[stayawayAK]

I'm so confused.

[SprayVomit]

Amazing video!

[OfficialDevro]

Great track!!

[xXxTwiggyzLovexXx]

I am in love with Richard D. James. <333

[DBCOOPER888]

Oh yeah, if I didn't say it before, this imagery is absolutely perfect for the song.

[DBCOOPER888]

Probably the best track they've ever done.

[okki1982]

me encanta escuchar esto mientras me lio un porrito. neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

[MEGALOLACAUST90]

@sismyfavouriteletter And the world would probably be a better place for it. If videos of death and destruction appeal to you, then no wonder you want to kill yourself you poor depressed bastard.

[throwindembows]

This song is many things: beautiful, sharp, dull, crisp, soft, lush, bare and even urgent. The events which this video depicts has effected my life in ways I cannot describe. This song encompasses a single view (of many) I have of what occurred that day in New York. Loss doesn't necessarily have to be remembered with sadness, it could be reminisced with solidarity.

[ri58tki69ylo584573ur]

@throwindembows loss is euphemism for good riddance u gay cocksucking FAGGOT.

[MEGALOLACAUST90]

This is a bad attempt at being a art fag. While I cant say much for the other videos people made for the same track by using pictures of dreamy landscapes, they still do a better job. You have bad taste sir.

[sismyfavouriteletter]

@MEGALOLACAUST90 hahaha - we share a planet you and I. I'm going to hang myself now.

[666767]

@sismyfavouriteletter have you fucking hanged yourself yet if i get no reply then yes you have

[CaptainBanglawala]

So damn perfect for a shroom trip this is.

[marschiee]

@CaptainBanglawala

for real

[Wraaaaaaag]

love from my earphones

[AmandaFaithpw568]

lol i need a man

[AlbertX78]

Close to ideal music.

[ipreferns]

LETS USE DISASTER AS ENTERTAINMNET! YAYYYY.

[eratosthanes]

In college... I made a lot of friends... Learnt a lot about life and love... And took my first steps towards adulthood. But frankly guys.. I just cannot imagine any moment I might miss after my 4 years are over except for that hopeful, bright feeling I got when listening to Xtal every morning while drivin to college... n to think...I actually heard this song while trying to impress a chick!!!

[PeterCurry1]

That's the most depressing video I've ever seen. Tracks no bad though.

[222Sucram]

I had only listened to drukqs and TBH i didnt get all the hype around AFX but now going through his earlier albums i see it now, the mans a genius in my eyes.

[VooDooSaintSixSixSix]

and somehow it ensures me that everyhting is ok, this world we live in is nothing but an illusion, but we gotta learn from it.. thats y were here

[VooDooSaintSixSixSix]

this makes me calm

[UrsulaMurphy]

how is d name xtal pronounced btw ?

any1 no?

[ClitMuthafuckinMASTA]

@UrsulaMurphy Lol I believe it's pronouced "Crystal" as in crystal oscillator.

[ystme]

趣味の時間。

時間が引き戻される〜。

(Posted by Youtube Stream for iPhone (yst.me) on behalf of ochanma at twitter)

[Rotbeere]

it seems to be easy to destroy the effects of such a great track with an extremely non-fitting "fan video" which depicts more the atmosphere of aphex' track "hankie", not "x-tal". seriously, this video sucks great.

[krozer05]

Yeah it's a relaxing song and a disturbing video but that's ok.

[shaneshakyid]

when i was a lad it was adamski, 808 state, the orb, orbital, shades of rhythmn, voodoo ray !!! but then i heard aphex twin !!! he is equal 2 not netter than 808 state tho! not bad for 1 man !!! but adamski was mega in 88 !!! and that WAS THE YEAR !!! ;)

[UrsulaMurphy]

i NEVER get tired of listening to dis tune

The beginning is just beautiful

I first heard of Aphex Twin through seeing two of his videos Come to Daddy

and Windowlicker on The musik channels

he is pretty gd dis is hes best i think

x

[Maria2010shelley]

Beautiful song, but the video you have put it to is grim



[KSava]

"I personally find this very powerful and mesmerizing. Brilliant combination, despite all that transpired on screen."

Not despite, but because of.

[chappyhardcore]

great video, a bit on the bleak side but very good!

[OpsTheories]

its ibiza

[LadawnTranlb245]

hrm i am ur girl

[FeelingFreshSon]

Can somebody give me a serious reply on what the appeal of Aphex Twin's music is? I'm not dismissing it I just can't figure it out! I did order Drukqs though because, even though I don't "get" it, the music is very interestingly textured.

[ihateaaronanderson]

@FeelingFreshSon well maybe quit buying music that doesn't appeal to you. Aphex grew up on a farm. His life and music are simple pleasures so I think just quit trying so hard

[FeelingFreshSon]

@ihateaaronanderson

Well I enjoy it but I just see some comments like "oh this brings tears to my eyes" or something like that. I think it's good but not THAT good. I'll just give it some time.

[ihateaaronanderson]

@FeelingFreshSon i don't think it'ssupposed to bring tears to your eyes lol

[Slushpuppy457]

beautiful video. a sad/haunting song set to tragedies...really makes you want to cry. good work.

[bighouseboy7]

i heard this song in a video about the amish in class today. got a friday school for shouting out aphex twin fuck yeah!

[Daftb0y]

For anyone who wants to know the melody of the singing girl, i think its:

d, g, f , b flat

f, e flat, d, c

f, f, b flat

[kometgraffone]

This dosent really have anything to do with this song but ladies and gentelmen.

Fuck the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or beter known as NATO for the war crimes they commited on the people of Sirte in Libya. And have a war free and peacful day here in the hypocritical matiarialistic and chauvinist west. :)

[94ABLE2002]

@kometgraffone You are literally crazy. I hope you catch a Tomahawk missile, BRO.

[rhubarb575]

this video is perfect

[IIlIIIl]

no irony, just how things are.

[1178sunflower]

I think that this video is great.It presents the irony of human self-destruction,it's sickness and stupidity.Well done.Everyone sees the music in their own way,don't judge.

[Snakypak]

@Dallaz292

You fail to neglect the fact that it's fucking amazing.

[dickw33d]

video does not go along with song, at all! Your dumb video detracts from this amazing, ambient soundscape

[Requiemes]

What the fuck are you talking about, this song is not a pokemon theme, there is not juxtaposition here

[UKPatchy]

I used to walk up the road every morning to this beautiful song. I'd feel the snow crunching under my feet and I'd be freezing. I'd see all the lights of the cars headlights coming down the road towards me. I'd feel euphoric...I'd tell my self that this world was perfect... and for those few minutes. It was. <3

Thank you Aphex Twin.

[robotdancer100]

@UKPatchy Very well said! :)

[Aurin316]

@UKPatchy .. man, woman, I dont care. May I give you a hug?

[WaRMaCHINE789]

@UKPatchy probably the greatest comment i have ever seen on youtube

[TheClarenceter]

@UKPatchy Fucking loser.

[MrMunchhead]

@TheClarenceter Fucking asshole.

[TheClarenceter]

@MrMunchhead Fucking useless American lardo.

[MrMunchhead]

@TheClarenceter Not Fucking American

[TheClarenceter]

@MrMunchhead What are you trying to be then?

[MrMunchhead]

@TheClarenceter I simply dont understand why you called him an asshole, though his comment was pathetic and superficial there was no need to insult him

[TheClarenceter]

@MrMunchhead Shut it American

[ri58tki69ylo584573ur]

@MrMunchhead Fucking NIGGER.

[ml07kaup]

@UKPatchy Its all in the present moment my friend, everything else is irrelevant.That's what it means to be alive. May you be peace and may peace be upon you.

[kw1ksh0t]

The video for this track speaks like no other, it's perfect for it

[ValorousFogey]

FUCK THIS VIDEO FOR THIS TRACK.. not tasteful at all..

[bettiesalbanese65465]

mmh cute girl waiting to be discovered