Andrew Bird - Armchairs

[Osmodiwald]

Hey, those are the Hoppipolla old people!

I love everything about this video.

But especially the music.

[IIBandAidII]

Glorious video. Man those seven minutes were great.

[KyddRunaway11]

does anybody know what style of video production this film would be considered? sorry if its an obvious answer!

[jessydoll420]

ummm michael jackson jackoloantern

[jessydoll420]

what the fuck do you mean "coldplay"? i thought this was fucking andrew bird? what the shit?

[forgetmenotKP]

ลื่นไหล...

[05nimzob]

andrew bird created angry birds ?

[TheMsEmadee]

HOPPIPOLLA/VIOLET HILL from 0:33-1:22; these are segments of Sigur Ros/Coldplay videos..

[marcoabl123]

great song but the video...

[Salvadorrr2324]

He reminds me of beirut for some wierd reason e.e

[AronaDaal]

i think i see some TV on the radio in there...

[Tanuj0091]

woah! im getting high !

[vaginalgirlslaughter]

I dreamed you were a cosmonaut of the space between our chairs and I was a cartographer of the tangles in your hair.

[Omgberto]

@vaginalgirlslaughter Genius lyrics. So good.

[Ani69zice]

excelente!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[melodicdreamer72]

Time is a crooked bow! How did I end up here alone without her? She must be standing tall upon my years, forgotten. I am left in a deep and dark hole holding only memories of her and the things we shared. Or is it all in my head? Time's a crooked bow!

[MultiRajusaha]

ilove this song

[MrrANDOM34]

love this song

[Edlin261]

hoppipola, then violet hill, and i think a kaki king video?

what other videos is this made out of?

[SquirrellOFC]

@Edlin261 I believe at 2:00 that is Death Cab for Cutie's video for "What Sarah Said."

[hipsternoob]

@Edlin261 what sarah said... thats the french people that dont fit with the song...

[reiergv]

the best video i've seen

[TheDanification]

awkward pause

[Calvakins]

This is the meaning of life. We are alway's going to grow old, but it doesn't mean we still can't be silly!

[ashleyrfields]

Beautiful video for a beautiful song.

[lunasspecto]

Funny that YouTube is telling me that the song contains Coldplay's "Violet Hill" because you used clips from its video. I thought YouTube only did audio matching, but apparently they've got video matching, too.

[SupremeColZod]

all your armchair belong to us

[ZR1599M3DBRGT4s]

A bunch of people think they're funny when they say something "witty" that relates to the people who comment on the number of people who dislike a video...

You're stupid.

[RatherCrunchyMuffin]

@ZR1599M3DBRGT4s That was a terrible rehashing of his good point. People have been leaving the whole "9 people must be deaf" sort of comment for so long its just become stale and nauseating.

[TheThingsLaurenLoved]

@RatherCrunchyMuffin I love you. :) Hahaha. People take things to seriously.

[TheThingsLaurenLoved]

@TheThingsLaurenLoved And I can't spell the word "too". :P

[SupremeColZod]

9 people are not owners of an armchair LOL haha im funny

[666AMC666]

1:21 reminded me of the Beatles

[Lea233]

love love love

[Rainbubbles1]

What's the video called at around 2 mins to 2:23? Does anyone know. Thank you! and love this song!

[Jasonzxzx]

Some people who dislike amazing videos do not deserve witty replies.

[PopeLeo27]

@Xykthedeity

I agree.

"Song by: Coldplay"

One of the most disappointing things I've seen today.

[theroadsofar]

I was just thinking to myself as I watched the beginning of this video, I haven't listen to Sigur Ros in such a long time and I started to put their name in the search box when the old couples came in and I realised why I had the sudden craving.

[ttreiop]

beautiful.

[UmbrellaSkies5]

DAMN! this is a great ass song!

[Saubhika]

wooow, this video is amazing <3

[Fantasticawesomeguy]

Who made this video? It's great.

[Xykthedeity]

Lol, It says "song by Coldplay". That's not even close to accurate!

[666AMC666]

@Xykthedeity totally agree!!

[KrikXela]

This song is almost as sad as watching David Tennant's Regeneration in Dr. Who... :(

[ecs5106]

i really don't understand how anyone could make a comparison between andrew bird and coldplay. at all.

[gabelogan56]

@ecs5106 Right there with you man. They aren't even in the same Kingdom. Nevermind Phylum, Order, species, etc. Very weird comparison.

[knivesandpeppers]

Andrew Bird reminds me of Andrew Bird.

[redkitty909]

@knivesandpeppers Really? He reminds me of Dr. Stringz.

[grizzlybear3120]

@redkitty909 hahaha yes!

[Tuluzg]

@redkitty909 I think Andrew Bird and Dr.Stringz are related!

[MadiMe123]

@redkitty909 There's no one like Andrew Bird :)

[veriboredgirl]

am i the only one who loves andrew bird AND coldplay? they're both unique in different ways. must we always compare apple with orange?

[mtbfan101]

@veriboredgirl Oranges are better.

[DJScreamingParrot]

omg. its nothing like Coldplay.Coldplay has no soul or real feelings. If you want to listen to Coldplay go ahead but dont compare a real artist like Bird to that sucky band.

[soccer4life911]

Andrew Bird reminds me of a mix between Coldplay and Pavement.

[ladypant97]

This song relaxes me.

[unknownrevelation]

@TheThingsLaurenLoved you couldnt have said that better

[wallpaperkilla]

@TheThingsLaurenLoved 30 people want to share their armchair with you....hahaha jk. I totally agree.

[williamhenkel]

@TheThingsLaurenLoved Wait, how many?

[iShowIPods]

Definitely search Brokenrecordsindieheadphones.b­­logspot.com into google if u like this!!!

[LouLaVallee]

I'm in love.

[CatastrophicDisease]

Fuck. I hate watching people cut themselves.

[julienriachi]

mhm

[Gud2BJosh]

People think Creative, think music, think togetherness. stupid people stop 1uping theres no point

[luisboy11]

8 ppl have broken armchairs.

[professorcrey]

damn I just noticed there is a scene in the video with someone cutting themselves. Damn that's morbid and I don't know how I didn't notice in the dozens of times I've seen the video before.

[melodicdreamer72]

What you all have just listened to is one of the most gifted musicians of this time.

[beatnikmichelle]

wow i used to know only one andrew bird song. and now, after hearing this one, i want to know them all. god that was amazing.

[jjtxgrrl]

GENIUS!

[1casualchick]

Search youtube -barnacle.

Lmao this song is used for a barnacle's penis documentary.

[TheCrow1313]

I think ive heard this song before. The intro especially strikes me as extremely familiar. Is the into sampled from another song? Was this in a movie or TV show?

[tempotbk]

@TheCrow1313

yu's a cocksmoker - rectum ranger

[Retretu]

what song is the video starting at 33 seconds and lasting to 1 minute from?

[h3115r3p3ntanc3]

@Retretu it's from andrew bird

[Stella111x]

@Retretu I think it's from the music video for Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros

[Retretu]

@Stella111x

indeed it is! thank you oh so very much!

[Wendellerins]

Andrew bird is genius! Enough said! No comparisons! His music is his own sound...so let's just enjoy it. :)

[colmharryrules]

this song, cheryl cole, is to you

[colmharryrules]

this song, cheryl cole, is to you

[jeremyarnoux]

he is a present from god

[defton24]

wwhy this song makes me cry and being so happy at the same time?

this is so emotional! i just discovered this guy.. nice...

[BlueCynder666]

Sigur ros video! xD

[narwhalscool]

where are all these clips from. i know the one with the old people is from a sigur ros music video.

[chessmeister]

"Why do people try to compare music" IDK, maybe human nature, and we care about our own opinions...

[icelandsigurros]

@chessmeister Record companies brought about ideas of competition in music because of artist promotion and so forth. You should try thinking about things rather than dismissing them as "human nature"

[chessmeister]

@icelandsigurros musical competition has been around for far longer than record companies... far longer than records... far longer than any type of recording.

Maybe you shouldn't be quite so condescending, if you don't mind me saying.

[lionbeast87]

@chessmeister Your the one being condesending 

[telebizion]

body chills at 6:46

[axepete]

I totally agree with your comment manzilla86

I've never understood peoples need to compare any art with another.

It's as futile as trying to compare Monet with Walt Disney

Listen .... then if you enjoy invest in another listen ... if not, leave it alone.

As the great Oliver Norville Hardy once said " People should never knock anything unless they, themselves, have something better to put in its place "

Andrew Bird is sensational ........... so, in their own way, are Coldplay

[Cyrstan]

i love you esp in dr strings. im gonna marry you

[emecix]

dude thats not okay

[narwhalscool]

this song... is so good. it makes me wanna cry.

[spooninspoon]

...Joy...

[batbogeyhex]

Grab a hold of your bootstraps and PULL LIKE HELL. until gravity feels sorry for you and lets you go.......

<3

[April6243]

I don't think i like his music? :/ (Just my opinion though) Good for you if you like him! :) Have an awesome day YouTube People!!

[trumpetmastaska]

I see some Radiohead-ish stuff within his music..

[chickenwakll]

top notch video

[sarouelala]

like coldplay? jeff buckley maybe, just maybe..but not coldplay

awkward pause ..yeah..theirs always that shit

[pepzicola]

sigur rose video

[ilanasatori]

bravo to the person who composed this video. very well done. 

[argylejegirl]

awkward pause <3

[spooninspoon]

this song has become an addiction for me... makes me think of how many other artist out there this good that have been underated by whatever means

[TheWelby73]

Better than ColdPlay? So different anyways. Why that comparison? Better than sliced bread?

[spooninspoon]

This song has so much goin on throught the whole thing, you have to listen to it again, it has some real emotional qualities

[StarlingMaster]

Does anyone know if this video is fan made? Some of the same footage (old people jumping in puddles) I've seen in the Sigur Ros video for "Hoppipola".

Either way, I love this song, and the video is absolutely beautiful.

[eromattiffarg]

@StarlingMaster Fanmade, footage belongs to neither.

[ChickenChild88]

@StarlingMaster it contains footage from teh sigur ros video for sure, and scenes from Coldplay's violet hill. think it might just be a mashup of the person's favorite music videos?

[kawaiibeans]

4:31 - 5:00 AMAAAAZING

[meganbene]

I'm so confused.... Coldplay? Sigur Ros?

[liddlexxleahxx01]

ew, coldplay.

[rs0834]

this song is mellow and depressing in a good way ..in the same way a girl u care4 about, wants nothin to do with you lololol!

[jaso19]

reminds me of radio head and cold play put together

[eromattiffarg]

Wtf video from sigur ros and it says this is Coldplay?

[ZKLKZK]

@eromattiffarg I know, is this really his video or is it sigur ros's?

[eromattiffarg]

@ZKLKZK I don't believe the footage belongs to either but they used it in hopipolla

[heylookitsnana]

Please stop comparing Andrew Bird to Coldplay. I can understand how this song might remind you of Coldplay, but his other music is very different. I mean, try the song "Why?" or "Herectics" or "Thrills." Granted, two of those songs are from Andrew BIrd's Bowl of Fire and not just Andrew Bird, but my point is that the overlap between Coldplay and Andrew Bird is not that big.

[riku1neo]

The intro is absolutely epic!!!!

[rasselas16]

Love this. But why is coldplay there?

[peace4allyo]

Why do people insist upon comparing him to Coldplay? I really don't see how it's relevant seeing as this is a Bird video lol.

[Thombomb818]

i love love love love love love love this song

[Peown5853]

andrew bird cant be compared to coldplay, but this song is so good it doesnt even matter

[bananarchy311]

beautiful music.

[aprilbloom1]

I never thought I'd see coldplay footage to this song. But without saying "which is better" because I love them both, I'm just going to say... I liked it.

[Edelien]

This song makes me feel really, really happy. Andrew has such a knack for creating melodies!

[pinkjethrozepp]

Coldplay's music is a whiny and pretentious endeavor at best, whereas Andrew Bird plays from the soul, as true artists tend to do. There is no comparison; Andrew Bird is in an entirely different league.

[aprilbloom1]

Hmm, I love both Andrew Bird and Coldplay as much as each other. I agree that Andrew Bird plays really straight from the soul, and that his music is so passionate, but Coldplay is just the same in my eyes, maybe a little more polished and a little less true to their emotions? It depends on the listener I think. Coldplay's music really manages to get under my skin, and I relate to it so personally. Andrew Bird is the same, this song is just perfect. However I don't expect everyone to love it...

[ReverendDamaged]

@pinkjethrozepp All the other comments are blurs compared to this hardened truth.

[riku1neo]

I wonder if this kind of music will be the future. You know how 90's music 'sounds' like 90's music. Will Andrew Bird's and Coldplay's music become the new norm of this decade?

[mark0248]

this is a Sigur Ros music video

[junkevin]

waay underrated artist

[peace4allyo]

Does anyone know if he's coming back to the US? I checked his website and it only has two dates here. Is his tour ending? I hope not :(

[1987lanial]

Saw him play at the Sydney Opera house last night..flawless performance..exquisite..world class..couldnt tell where the violin started and his voice anded..

[peace4allyo]

I don't get why Coldplay even came up if this is Andrew Bird's video?

I seriously am going to meet him one day. His music is so influential (sp).

[cowboyspwn23]

I want to see who didn't rate this a 5 so I can punch them in the face.

[manzilla86]

I don't get why there are so many people here saying Andrew Bird is better than Coldplay. You may think he is (which I do), but it doesn't matter what we think.

Why do people try to compare music? It's a worthless endeavor. Listen to what you like and let others do the same without attempted shame.

[Bdeck2010jazz]

@manzilla86

deff agree here. everbody should take a moment and listen to this guy.

[food123123]

@manzilla86 no but he is

[Skankindragon1]

Agree.  And yes, coldplay has Faded in terms of What they used to be. they went from Yellow to U2 quite quickly. @manzilla86

[spooninspoon]

@manzilla86 I just think people want him to be as popular as coldplay...He is very underated for such a good artist

[SuperSquirrl01]

@manzilla86 It doesn't sound like Coldplay at all

[manzilla86]

@SuperSquirrl01 Read my comment again, I never said anything like that. 

[SuperSquirrl01]

@manzilla86 Nono I agreed with you that it doesn't sound like coldplay :P sorry. I already thought u would misinterpretate it xD i wasn't very clear.

[insanityvideoskid]

@manzilla86 Because some people listen to one song and make judgment over the artist's entire career. If too many people say that one is better, they may check him out again and find that they like him. It has nothing to do with shame.

[LittleBrotherofWar]

@manzilla86 There is not even a comparison to me. Two completely different types of music. The style, the production stance, the live set-up, the entirety. This, of course, is just my humble opinion. 

[idrinkjason]

this is so amazing. like sooo amazing

[Arialu]

it was well done. stop ragging on coldplay. i could have been anyone else but chris martin walking in the snow and no one would say anything. it's just a guy walking in the snow... he didn't put it in there b/c it's chris martin so get over it.

[whittles77]

Beautiful

[SundanceCrave]

comparing Coldplay to Andrew Bird is like comparing poop to the Beatles. you just dont do it.

[9ner]

This is bird's best, and one of my favorite songs ever.

[spooninspoon]

@9ner agreed been a fan since 05 fell in love with the song like last week went to buy this album the other day at like 4 different music shops couldnt find it!!

[Threepwud]

@9ner Almost his best, it is very very good! I do however prefer Wait, from his Oh, The Grandeur! Album. Awesomeness abounds.

And I'm not including Doctor Stringz, we all know that is Bird's greatest song.

[9ner]

@Threepwud - Thats your opinion

[Threepwud]

@9ner Of course, and it was in jest :P

[9ner]

@Threepwud and an unfunny jest it was

[ConsumptionMayCause]

*Coldplay = deuce wallet shuffling

[CandL181]

apparantly consumptionmaycause ignorance

[laodicea100]

Both coldplay & Andrew bird are great. I agree Ab is much better though

[anonimityoflife]

3:38 is delightful

[funkyiceman]

You can't put Coldplay in an Andrew Bird video!!!

[CandL181]

its like putting a bigmac in a rack of lamb

[atribecalledcrest]

this song is amazing. One of Bird's best.

[bleepmeep]

what a confuing vid.....love andrew bird... but whats going on in his head???

[magazinemind]

love the song, interesting visual collage...

[Lunacyxxx]

coldplay - violet hill

[smitharik0]

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

[SarsPirate]

Why is hoppoipolla up here anyway? lol