Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait (The Wilderness Downtown full experiment - HD 1080p)

[Lia18ishes]

Every nostalgia factor; the good and the very very bad, was brought out of me in this video. I had no idea this was going to be so powerful. Bravo. I am moved. Death to suburbs.

[Defusify]

Ha chrome in france is chromium

[7Spicer1]

I can't beleave that when I waz on full screen I for got that it was'nt my computer I was looking at lol

[TheTwistedDiamond]

Oh my gosh. My name is Liv, and when the first three letters came on I felt like my heart stopped.

Then I was like OH MY GOSH STAR TREK.

Haha.

[OpiaWeird]

this is epic! <3

[TheRenetka]

this is just something amazing ! really love this idea !!!

i can see on mac it works a bit better tham windows ;/

[NickenAndersson]

Google knows what good music is, thumbs up for Google!

[buranfly]

artist

[maloriebeth]

i love this.

great work!

much love from Canada!

[maghsz]

Assassins Creed.

[empireescapeband]

...if you like this one, you might as well want to take a look at...:

Empire Escape

[Mrsqueenofthebongo]

the wilderness downtown programme rocks!

this song is a journey to my ear ! love from greece ! xxx

[kidkidkid123]

So does this work better on macs?

[132jik]

Hunter!!!!!!

[132jik]

Thumbs up if mrdoob.com brought you here

[wonkus871]

Love the song. The particular website is interesting. HTML 5 still has a way to go. Apple are brave putting all their chips on it rather than Flash.

[BlahFlan]

great song. stupid video.

[uhuya]

@BlahFlan lets see u make something like this

[munja11195i]

Arcade Fire won most of the awards on INMusic festival in my country, and audience just went crazy when they heard them (I was one of them of course)

[munja11195i]

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

[dollreb]

OGM I cant believe you wrote that in the postcard! noone ever knows about vulcans and I always feel weird when I say that and people look at me like wtf

[OakRidgePunk777]

Am I the only one who doesn't catch the significance? No hate

[ZzRvXzZ]

@OakRidgePunk777

you're not a lone... i have no idea whats going on either.

[adolfoMK1]

just like me but i wear a plastic bag on my head with two holes on it

[TheLilmissgnomer]

this is badass

[Klosse88]

Anyone else ever noticed that this songs seems to be somehow inspired by A kiss is a terible thing to waste of Jim Steinman/Meatloaf? Anyway, great song!

[NigarT]

On the website when you could type/draw I drew a penis and lol'ed when birds flocked to it.

[SchussFilms]

The Wilderness Downtown is amazing! I wish it worked this well on my computer, it was super slow and skipped a lot :(

[mrChasenMONEY]

i l,ove the trees exploding up everywhere! <3

[PadmeAmidalaSW]

Arcade fire is totally amazing. . . and I love this song. They are so creative.

[cuddlecat702]

"live long and prosper" WINNING!

[laxthe22]

This song is too strong for any website....don't match

[ChingstahJJ]

bieber takes a tumble?

[sabohat7]

this makes them so much more awesome now :D

[underBLAhOAth777]

every single song on this cd is badass. I cannot stop listening to it.

[kaloo123]

The cinematography of the guy running on the streets is beautiful! Just the composition of the colours, atmosphere, and everything else. It matches with the song perfectly, and it looks like it could belong in a scene from a brilliant film.

[pendingfun]

Ah, any two-bit JavaScript author could cook this up in couple of hours - just kidding! Awesome work! Count me amongst those that jizzed. Hmm... Or rather count me amongst the big fans of the site!

[MrShamelessone]

11 people didnt want to wait!

[666alberto]

that just

FUKING AWESOME

LOVE CHROMEEXPERIMENTS

LOVE ARCADE FIRE

[Strawberryteardropsz]

Now I know where you liive ;)

[yoann007]

@Strawberryteardropsz you can come and grab a beer anytime.

[jopa2202]

@yoann007 does that mean anybody can come ;)



[inventvamp]

that was effing awesome u have talent

[whalrus24]

It freaked me out at first, then I remembered things from my neighborhood.

I now get chills whenever I play this song.

[earzmundo]

seamlessly i jizz

[kaiman99919]

beautiful

[earzmundo]

omg...i jizzzzzzzz thrice

[jsumudio]

@earzmundo THRIIIIIICE!

[pupucower]

no fair. my video didnt play so smoothly on my mozilla vista

[spatt234]

@romallivgf if this was the actual music video id agree! but if you go to thewilderness(DOT)com, youll find that you can personalize this video to your house, the house you grew up in, or anywhere you can type in on google maps. IT BLEW MY MIND. i lived in england for a short while and i got to see my old neighborhood now that im back in boring old illinois. give the website a look! its awesome!

[drunkencomputer]

@spatt234 Childhood memories + Arcade Fire = awesome! Thanks alot, the site's great.

[Onafets94]

they're just fantstic.

[romallivgf]

It is not a good idea to shoot a music video like this. It is interesting and different but it's something you won't watch for a second time.

[thorduering]

@romallivgf

Yes, you are right! Not for the second time... but for the hundred time! :)

[romallivgf]

@thorduering be my guest

[earzmundo]

wow...impressive vid for a legendary band

[numbersoma]

you legend

[V8SilverFox]

This plays even better in Safari as it doesn't display any URL's like Chrome does ...

[cooliemomoyoyo]

sounds liek a twilight song....

[likarex]

i tried this and i think that this is a genius idea! you gotta be extremely creative to think of this and extremely smart to make it. besides, it's unlike any other music video, all regular ones. this one relates to each person very literally. at first i thought it's be fake looking, but the town or city clips blend into the video beautifully. the birds, trees and running dude (on your block!) make it unforgettable. how did you do this? i love it.

[AGigglingStoner]

fucking genius.

[likarex]

@AGigglingStoner no one can describe it better lol

[Saturn754]

this is truly amazing. extreamly inspiring

[17Larson17]

are youn kidding me!!?!?! 8 of you are stupid and have no taste! this song is amazing!

[sk81028]

this is an awesome video love the different POV's

[mystaarling]

I don't think I've ever been this emotional about a music video. A home that brought me through thick & thin, the friends and family, all the death and tragedy, and the saddest part, writing a letter to my younger self.

I don't believe I've ever said something so caring to anyone, and it was only my past self.

x

[inertiaexpire]

for me, it uses quicktime, so it doesnt play..

sucks 

[speedwill]

this song is sooooo good and the video is like wtf was that my road just now then you look again and the you have a flash back and it just warms your heart. that sound odd but that is just how it got me. im now going to listen to it like fifty more times just because i can

[onlyrock33]

wow!! que gran idea! el mejor en muchisimos años uff

[Marytbp]

If you watch it from your iPod you don't have any problem

[rkhoja]

yah that was kewl... i loved how it uses your own address to generate the video...

[serix24]

excelente video! no funciona con mi direccion en mexico pero intente otra y se veia perfecto! es unico y me fascina ser parte de esto, la mejor idea de todo el 2010!!!

[coolsims94]

I just hate that u have to download google chrome to do this......

[dariuzzolo7]

grande pezzo l'ho potuto sentire solo grazie ad un telefilm "the walking dead"...e adesso ho conosciuto questo meraviglioso gruppo che sono gli ARCADE FIRE!!!!.

[dam80n]

it's a fucking good song

[brunofujii]

@dawgy42 Quite true.

[RomkeJellema]

Thanks for the upload. As many others I wasn't able to see this on my 4 yr. old PC. Great to see this video via YouTube! Brilliant concept.

[MisterCover13]

Dommage que t'aies pas plus agrandi les cadres mais sinon beau montage :)

[jaredsiudo0]

Rules!!

[reallyamermaid]

I've tried multiple zipcodes and none work. Is there a hidden help button?

[Mizzcheergirl]

@reallyamermaid just type in all yur information. Address, Street name, state, zip code.. it will workk,.. i have to do make this for my programming class and it just needs all the help finding where yu live or what yur lookin for

[diagonalrain]

@reallyamermaid You need to have a (Google) street view for the address you are typing in. If it's just the satellite view, it doesn't work.

[lenoat702]

This html video relly pushes you your computer to the limits.

[FREAKandFAMOUS]

iii LOVE the fonttt ....

[delshad82]

too bad you cant tap on bagdad or tehran :P

[anwyn24]

This is such an incredible thing and so many people do not know about it!!

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@anwyn24 Because was only released as single in the UK.

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

No words can describe how epic this is.

[jelatinMAN]

I love arcade fire, but I'm still trying to figure out what this is about

[RaeperFawks]

I did this with my town I was like "NIIICE"

[zdkrdh]

I used Rotterdam for this video, it was a great experience

[YtLena]

very innovative, love it

[werkvee]

nice one

[genotype1]

a lot of the google maps windows don't come up for me when i play it on my computer :(

[newhopecalgary]

Amazing band but do you find a deeper message in their music?

/watch?v=Pr7hNXXyGYQ

[Alex7990]

davvero un bel video!

[kletterenkats]

Arcade Fire doesn't need to make music videos, they're fans make them for them. Incredible ones at that!

[qwertyisyourfriend]

Pretty much the best thing I've ever seen on a browser. Kudos, Google team.

[rooszinerin]

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!

[DiscoShapes]

The best music video every created.

[roker15roker15]

pretty cool!! it's awesome.. unfortunately it doesn't work with a mexican address.. haha

[josepablo32]

Live long and prosper

[well0009]

but you didn't use Google Chrome, thats why it's not so perfect as should it be. But nice anyways :)

[TheSquirrel1722]

Very nice drawing near the end :)

[AviatorZero]

I can only dream about a computer that can possibly play this video seamlessly

[hombredelpartido]

what city is this?

[93jeron]

@hombredelpartido

It's like a german city

[hombredelpartido]

@93jeron rly? interesting...thnx mate.

[93jeron]

@hombredelpartido

sorry, it isn't a german city, there is no google streetview in Germany.

The guy who oploaded this video is a france men. :)

greetz!

[yoann007]

@hombredelpartido a little french town in the south-east suburbs of Paris. The name's Limeil-Brévannes.

[ninthreaver]

@yoann007 so if i was to go there now would i see all those trees covering it? xD

[dollreb]

@yoann007 was not working with my hometown in suburbia of Budapest, Hungary. thats too bad.

[kgeiger]

@hombredelpartido But on the website you can enter any city that you want!

[Shawmii]

I almost downloaded Chrome for this. It's brilliant, really. Although it was sad to discover how the people that bought our old house apparently cut down the tree in our old garden. The song's amazing, and the concept of the video.. even more.

[Tooh3y]

Art is meaningful because it creates a connection between the subject and those viewing it. There are only a few things that are as meaningful as the memories and feelings attached to a place where we grew up. This is why its such an excellent piece of art and a great sounding bit of music.

[gsboss]

this seems like the biggest waste of programming ever. not to mention its way to big for some computers. all this work for just a shitty music video that has a picture of your road. i just think its pointless

[hagenar]

@gsboss It's a really clever video if you can see it. It generates memories of youth and makes one consider the implications of the lyrics. The world has changed. We have changed. (hands you a mirror)

But I can imagine the video might be irrelevent for 15 year old Bieber-philes. And frustratingly inaccessible for old and grumpy 286 users.

[PudgyCupcake]

@gsboss I'm sure you had a childhood once.

I'm sure you weren't this heartless back then...

You sure as hell changed, didn't you?

[Permafry42]

love the film, but my computer can't handle HTML 5....

[cris178Zune]

i tryed to play the wilderness video but i think it doesnt work with firefox only google chrome

[benyjetr35]

@cris178Zune

I watched it using Firefox

[Nintend0Nerd777]

so awesome i will die

[katlovinn]

i loooooooove this site!

[guitarDouchebaggery]

my message to my younger self: "Don't forget to pay the electricity bill"

[ILoveRedwall]

I saw that being filmed. i live on that street. I met them too!

[lordofthebrown]

Cool concept, but the song is crap. I mean, that piano part is so repetitive it's kind of nauseating.

[mattgraco]

WOOOOOW THIS IS AMAZING ARCADE FIRE IS AMAZING WHOA! :-O

[hogwartsianhobbit]

Peace and long life.

[G7I9A1]

muito legal !

[nyearseve93]

I did this with my home, and although my computer's slow I was still in awe and got the gist of the feeling - beautiful.

[DavedbTV]

Fucking brilliant!

[DangerousEn]

I got goosebumps when it asked me to write a letter to my younger self.

[puke1013]

Talking Heads anybody?

[TheCh1m3r0]

this song is genius. talking about technology and how its changed us, meanwhile the video is this cool new thing using...wait for it.....technology. i hope im not the only one that made this connection.

[drewbeee86]

crappy

[sbulos]

this sucks cause it doesn't work like this

[dallowsaratoga]

@sbulos You know what's funny? It actually does haha. (sbulos wrote this sucks cause it doesn't work like this)

[zachmasterzach]

shiiiiiii, thissa what I'ma TALKIN' about!!!

[catnaps6]

every address i try doesn't work! gahhh

[TRASHCANbeauty]

@catnaps6 Try just your town name. It worked for me.

[gaiaWild]

this project is one of the coolest i've ever come across. plus, this song is just too damn good.

[yoann007]

@laxattackdog I think you totally missed the point.

[riseup20twelve]

@yoann007 dont think @laxattackdog clicked the link somehow

[Iscutiecab]

@laxattackdog i think your eyes too close together.

[morningafter907]

@laxattackdog completely missed the point.

[Pussycat777]

@laxattackdog The part that is EPIC is when the parking lot gets bird bombed and tree sprouted at the end.

[Pussycat777]

@laxattackdog I like the part where the parking lot gets bird bombed and tree sprouted. That part is EPIC!

[ZeroShaneBob]

Probally the greatest music video I have ever seen...if this works for you then you know what I mean, it holds a certain place inside you because it's like a personalized video of your former town...If this gets popular I could see a video based off of someone's Myspace or Facebook photos, now that would be cool

[Octospidr]

@ZeroShaneBob I put in my best house as a child and ran it. I let the tears fall as they would. Best. Concept. Ever.

May creation continue to pull us in.

[kaloo123]

I saw my car when i was doing it for my neighborhood :D

Love Arcade Fire and Google. the two best things ever

[bergblomberg]

Beau vidéo !!

[rsrproductions]

Thank you for uploading this, when I tried to run it myself, my whole computer crashed. :(

[doody1414]

2 dislikes? How could you dislike this? An original idea that turned out awesome.

[JaguarPaw1]

Google YOU ARE THE COOOOOOLESSST!!

[toastrander]

holy eff.

[3501377]

Amazing, one of the best videoclip in the history!

I've listened to AF last night for the first time in my life... they are wonderful!

[liekeistofjes]

This is too great!

[assincronia]

creative and can be pretty meaningful ♥

[KehKoHaH]

this is pretty cool. i'm impressed. i liked that it flowed well with the music. thumbs up!

[jackie12627]

sucks, can't do street view on my street

[simon1boy]

FUCK! I loved this!