Obvi by some of these comments some ppl don't appreciate this wicked band. np but honestly ppl should take their attention off of the junkyard of garbage songs being played on the radio rite now and focus more on bands like these. just sayin
i remember the first time i saw this on muchmusic...it was SUPER different and weird, and yet everytime it was on i had to watch the whole damn thing just because the song and video are sooooooooo dope...
Yeah! Beat that rich guy's ass! He took your porridge and used it for dog food! Beat him! Beat him! Tss...rich people...really stuck up and arrogant! Thinking they're better cause they have money...money ain't power...
I stopped following popular music for about ten years (kids). Recently, I've been looking at lists, checking out bands. This song really blew me away. It's so gripping, catchy, and original. I tend to think that everything that CAN be said in rock has already been said. But these guys seem to making something truly new out of the fragments of rock.
one of da best songs ever created... isnt it? a masterpiece, i love this amazing song; the sound reminds me to a strange felling, i dont know how 2 say it =/
This is where I am from also, we had a huge snow-icing rain storm in 1998 and the power went out for a few days. Wires, poles, trees were broken.... this is kind of where the idea came from for this song : )
I read that they named the band after an arcade fire that broke out in there town and alot of there friends died, I thought the album was named after it for the funerals did not know that.
They named it Funeral because during the writing process they lost a bunch of family members. As for the band name, i'm pretty sure they just named it that because it sounded cool haha!
@repoman12 found this: The band are currently working on their third album, due for a late May 2010 release with a single expected early in the year. The band's booking agent has also stated that live shows will be expected in the summer and will most likely begin with seasonal North-American festivals. The album is being produced by Markus Dravs who produced their last album, 2007's "Neon Bible", and engineered by Marcus Paquin who has also previously worked with the band.
@jan56780 Probably my 2 favorite current groups. I'm from the states and there is a large amount of groups here that feel it necessary to scream their song's as a testament to how large they think "it" is. Don't be afraid to sound different, a very unique band with a very unique sound!
it's obvious youknow very little about music. "bland and complete shit" maybe... for idiots like you that cant really get the message! Radiohead's for the poets, writers, people with the sence of hopelessness... alot of their songs are based on books but you probably think they're bland and complete shit too. Arcade fire's easier to love i guess... commercially speaking of course... Don't get me wrong i like Arcade Fire... but had to say somethin cuz you're coment is just quite simply ridiculous
Return to the Sea by Islands and Surfer Rosa by Pixies would be my first recommendations right after Funeral. Bell Orchestre has got some awesome stuff too.
No this was the official video, mad actually, i remember seeing this for the first time, and just wondering why the song was so catchy, hahaha little did i know!
ohhh right i get you. i'll listen to their early stuff some more :) thats cool i guess, i love both modest mouse and the pixies also... add me as a friend, i have none on youtube yet... :)
Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' was released a few months after Modest Mouse's 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News' (which was their 4th album already) in 2004.
That song does have something to do with Modest Mouse... But this doesn't stop it from being an excellent one.
why did the munchkins destroy the power lines and kill the people? the people shouldn't have died they were just trying to stop the evil munchkins, I think the person who made this hates aristocrats too much
This music video is a clash of dirty homeless street kids Versus yuppy-snobby-ass rich people that won't share their money! I think that's what this is showing...in my opinion.
this came out when I was a kid...I was so scared of this, now, I'm still freaked out by that
Kill3rKat1998 3 weeks ago
I remember when I first saw this video. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. still do haha
angrybeaversfan 1 month ago
32 people listen to bullshits and total stupidly songs very similar to Marron 5!
konvicce 5 months ago
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redneckjesus3 5 months ago
Akon. TI. Afroman. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The Dayton Family. 50 Cent. Dr Dre. Tobymac. System Of A Down. Escape The Fate.
highislandjackasses 7 months ago
Arcade Fire found the light!
linkarmhan17 10 months ago
Great video and song. Looks like the final chase scene from Belleville Rendezvous.
muteboyuk 10 months ago 4
"Is it a dream, is it a lie? I think, I let you decide."
anEllenJamesian 11 months ago
"i heard you were into awful music so i got you a Maroon 5 CD" -Family Guy
bustmaster420 11 months ago 20
This song got me into Arcade Fire.
ReticentIndignation 11 months ago 18
@ReticentIndignation
same here :D
Lmaoboat 11 months ago
love this song XD
animemo22 11 months ago
This song can stay on your mind for days... I just have to hear it again, and again, and again X_X
SomeSunshineOutside 1 year ago
love!
yolo1998 1 year ago
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yulreyna 1 year ago 43
@yulreyna lol. normally I hate the "x amount of people" jokes but THAT was fresh and kind of funny.
GenesisTree 1 year ago
@yulreyna Hey I like Arcade Fire and Maroon 5!
DorkfishHa 9 months ago
rock on! xD
AtomicEnerG 1 year ago
Are you fucking serious radiohead is amazing
I spank it to neighborhood number 3
Arcilios 1 year ago
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anEllenJamesian 1 year ago
"the power's gone out in the heart of man"
Greatest lyrics of all time
chillybearB 1 year ago
@chillybearB so true in American society......
psychokillercrab 1 year ago
This song make me so happy!!!!!!!!
99firegirl 1 year ago
This song literally makes me bob my head.
AlannahClaire 1 year ago 2
@AlannahClaire On what?
Amunkriket1 1 year ago
Smiling ears awesome music from Montreal CANADA!!! <3
reellytreble 1 year ago 6
30 Ne-Yo Fans voted on this video.
cljdude 1 year ago 4
The glockenspiel is such a magical instrument.
rawker617 1 year ago 6
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mranonam 1 year ago
This song has such a power to it. Just wanna turn it up so loud it surrounds you.
alaricskatdance 1 year ago 6
@alaricskatdance you have any idea how right you are?
organoidmofo 1 year ago
Owyyttabdf
SharniWalker 1 year ago
greatest song of the decade!
Jdub14000 1 year ago 2
...arcade fire....their lyrics are truely indescribable, perhaps sadisticly beautiful?
MrBarackObonga 1 year ago
is this hte new album?
hereHehereHE 1 year ago
@hereHehereHE dude. this song was on their first album, Funeral. awesome song.
Marypeter18 1 year ago
you're an idiot
ReturnofSargathia 1 year ago
@hereHehereHE new album the suburbs i recommend you the song sprawl II is best one from the new album
expertonmusic 1 year ago
This video is garbage. good song though.
0utgoingMessages 1 year ago
the drumming sounds exactly like Temper Trap's Sweet Disposition....but this came out before....hmmm.
jkellzer 1 year ago
this videos fucked.
....it's so great.
song's even better
SocialButterflyxx 1 year ago
@SocialButterflyxx @Braves0056
Darkriftisdean0800 1 year ago
i love this song! <3
FayariMustang 1 year ago
Fantastic song
This was a staple at a local bar. I remember thinking this was Modest Mouse and listening to album after album trying to find it.
sacramentalist 1 year ago
This video kicks ass xD I'll admit i didn't particularly care for this song when it was first released but it grew on me. A definate favorite.
SightSeeing200 1 year ago
This song got me intrested in Arcade fire and ive never regretted it. they never let you down!
MrPuppypups 1 year ago
Ovo ovde je svojevrsno jebanje keve!!!!
dulekenz 1 year ago
1,000th like! wooo, lets get 990,000 more!
miserablemammal 1 year ago
Beatles of 00's and 10's!!
Leadhead444 1 year ago
They should make more songs like this one
harrymuse 1 year ago
this is the best song of 2000- 2010??
search in google
7r0nhjyn 1 year ago
I just wanna take this to some massive place with tons of people, BLAST IT ON A BOOMBOX and just watch everyone step in time :)))))))
Thenameschuro 1 year ago
some of these characters remind me of the nightmare before Christmas characters
DrVDoom 1 year ago 3
best band from canada so why no radio play all i here is nickleback does canada even have nickles
stevan33ify 1 year ago
@stevan33ify of course we have nickels.....there the 5 cent coin.....
Thenameschuro 1 year ago
nice vidio
7r0nhjyn 1 year ago
Obvi by some of these comments some ppl don't appreciate this wicked band. np but honestly ppl should take their attention off of the junkyard of garbage songs being played on the radio rite now and focus more on bands like these. just sayin
indie has its benefits too ;)
darbsterino 1 year ago
trippy as shit but AWESOME ASWELL
chickenbeforeegg 1 year ago
i remember the first time i saw this on muchmusic...it was SUPER different and weird, and yet everytime it was on i had to watch the whole damn thing just because the song and video are sooooooooo dope...
ezwelchman 1 year ago 3
there's nothing i want to do more than listen to arcade fire all day long
comeonnowsugar 1 year ago 2
I love when the power goes out.
Bobman4671 1 year ago
i love their little hoods bobbing around :)
jskaterkid95 1 year ago
Us Kids KNOW!
Green Movement for Iran
nadi59 1 year ago
First time I saw this video, back when I was like 13, I thought it was one of the best video ever created.
I, obviously, still feel the same way about it.
dumbwakeup 1 year ago 3
Yeah! Beat that rich guy's ass! He took your porridge and used it for dog food! Beat him! Beat him! Tss...rich people...really stuck up and arrogant! Thinking they're better cause they have money...money ain't power...
steven8807 1 year ago
Arcade Fire has the unique talent of making a song so innocent but you can still feel badass listening to them!
kletterenkats 1 year ago
@MrEire2010 its because too many people by into this mainstream crap that isnt even music anymore and just give up on finding the real music
JoshTheAngryViewer 1 year ago
best of the neighbourhood songs in my opinion
Obliviouslie 1 year ago
@Obliviouslie with out a doubt
sinkypie7 1 year ago
@Obliviouslie this and #1
MW2Hints 1 year ago
Excelente Rola....MAGNIFICA
TheAstroVox 1 year ago
love this song...../
Lori3658 1 year ago
bass is epic
chittyroo 1 year ago 5
if u dont like this song u need help
megakilroywashere 1 year ago 2
I loveee this song.
emszily 1 year ago
i can die a little happier now that ive heard this song
megakilroywashere 1 year ago 2
Montreal FTW
jvandervalk 1 year ago 4
this song has single-handedly redefined my definition of good music.
jackfn1234 1 year ago 3
Is this what its like in Canada... damn
jackfn1234 1 year ago 2
one of my all time favourite songs! And that´s saying a lot!
UnleashedPassion1 1 year ago
this song used to trip me out when me and my friends used to get well stoned in his caravan every night. gd times
chazswaz87 1 year ago
awesome, totally awesome!
JeromeMooi 1 year ago
Looks like the Mayor from Nightmare Before christmas
LuvKing87 1 year ago 35
@LuvKing87 haha, that's what i thought!
S1nep 1 year ago
@LuvKing87 I totally agree.
fouguesparisiennes 11 months ago
@LuvKing87 After that whole 'Christmas incident' he lost the next election and hasn't been seen since apart from this little cameo.
jayellucaz 10 months ago
me gusto
sagazhotmailcom 1 year ago
Qu'e b'arbara!
Calanndria 1 year ago
the well n the lighthouse is good tooo
AJS8299 1 year ago
the music to this song is amizin, i define anybody to proove me wrong...
rosskillie 1 year ago
@rosskillie that made 0 sense
criplife4life 1 year ago
cant wait for leeds fest arcade fire r gonna rock the shit outa me ooohhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhh!
bigggrickkk 1 year ago
This reminds me so much of Grapevine Fires.
Leyko4 1 year ago
@Leyko4
lol how? they're both awesome, but death cab= arcade fire? not so much
bloorazor 1 year ago
subliminal message bombs :P kinda cool
Franzlimones 1 year ago
This video reminds me of grade 8 back in 2004/2005 : ' )
xspithiax 1 year ago
@xspithiax oh buddy I hear ya haha
killerleaffan101 1 year ago
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For some reason, I really don't like this band...
They lack something that grabs me.
JPGallagher09 1 year ago
the style of this video makes me think of world of goo
MrBerrySlice 1 year ago
I stopped following popular music for about ten years (kids). Recently, I've been looking at lists, checking out bands. This song really blew me away. It's so gripping, catchy, and original. I tend to think that everything that CAN be said in rock has already been said. But these guys seem to making something truly new out of the fragments of rock.
In short, I love this song.
hallowrrrld 1 year ago 15
i fell in love with a song (8)
budahgirl9110 1 year ago
greatt songggg
aelsone 1 year ago
They is a bunch of crazy m.f.ers. And you either love or really hate this music. But I seem to like it's crazy charm.
royalsteven 1 year ago
there's this delightful old world quality to the whole Funeral album which seems to be echoed in this video
TheOceanOfNotions 1 year ago
one of da best songs ever created... isnt it? a masterpiece, i love this amazing song; the sound reminds me to a strange felling, i dont know how 2 say it =/
well, incredible xD perfect!
MvsTain3 1 year ago 5
juggin7
miles off with your explanation,nicely made up though ill give ya that
boetang 1 year ago
Well he is right about the name for Funeral it says they were dealing with death on the inside of the album cover.
Devvy66 1 year ago
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1234bluebluepurple 1 year ago
the hoodlem jawas reek havock on stereotypical fat cats of the early 1900s
floorpuddle 1 year ago 2
so beautifull
seapockets 2 years ago
This song is incredible!
snowzonetelevision 2 years ago 40
i really like the beginning of this song
slappy1233 2 years ago 2
Great song! 5 stars. Montreal?
WeOneNow 2 years ago
yes they're from Montreal !
This is where I am from also, we had a huge snow-icing rain storm in 1998 and the power went out for a few days. Wires, poles, trees were broken.... this is kind of where the idea came from for this song : )
1234bluebluepurple 1 year ago 2
My favorite song now:)
andrew39611 2 years ago
i heard they called it "Funeral" cuz it recorded in the cold Canadian north, apparently its as cold as death xD
Mattmoo36 2 years ago
@Mattmoo36 actually ccoes members of the bands Family died
PLeasureJet 2 years ago
no it wasn't because of that. they called it funeral because there were a lot of deaths on their families
awestrokes 2 years ago
I read that they named the band after an arcade fire that broke out in there town and alot of there friends died, I thought the album was named after it for the funerals did not know that.
mrbear41208 2 years ago
@mrbear41208
I read the reason online. When some kid beat up Win Butler as a kid, he told him this story about an arcade catching fire, and all these kids dying.
BeatlesWooHoo 1 year ago
They named it Funeral because during the writing process they lost a bunch of family members. As for the band name, i'm pretty sure they just named it that because it sounded cool haha!
juggin7 1 year ago
when is the new album released anyone?
repoman12 2 years ago
@repoman12 found this: The band are currently working on their third album, due for a late May 2010 release with a single expected early in the year. The band's booking agent has also stated that live shows will be expected in the summer and will most likely begin with seasonal North-American festivals. The album is being produced by Markus Dravs who produced their last album, 2007's "Neon Bible", and engineered by Marcus Paquin who has also previously worked with the band.
Thusyanthan 2 years ago
@Thusyanthan wouldn't it be the fourth album?
joorster 2 years ago
@joorster yes your are right but I dont think they count the EP's as a full length "album".
Thusyanthan 2 years ago
it's out....
CalemBendell 2 years ago
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all time favorite song!!!
SwindianBoy 2 years ago 2
nice song
123degrootskater 2 years ago
Kinda reminds me of "Optimistic"
darkevilsin 2 years ago
radiohead :)
orwin90 2 years ago
@orwin90
Radiohead yes.. but WHY?
3LARI 2 years ago
@3LARI because Radiohead is awesome. and so is Arcade Fire.
jan56780 2 years ago 60
@orwin90
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
3LARI 2 years ago 2
@jan56780 Probably my 2 favorite current groups. I'm from the states and there is a large amount of groups here that feel it necessary to scream their song's as a testament to how large they think "it" is. Don't be afraid to sound different, a very unique band with a very unique sound!
RBGHfam 1 year ago
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@jan56780 Radiohead is bland and complete shit. Don't put them in the same boat as The Arcade Fire.
sporkjuice 1 year ago
it's obvious youknow very little about music. "bland and complete shit" maybe... for idiots like you that cant really get the message! Radiohead's for the poets, writers, people with the sence of hopelessness... alot of their songs are based on books but you probably think they're bland and complete shit too. Arcade fire's easier to love i guess... commercially speaking of course... Don't get me wrong i like Arcade Fire... but had to say somethin cuz you're coment is just quite simply ridiculous
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@sporkjuice Holy god you must be joking.
NINmindfreak27 1 year ago
"Bland"
I can understand why a halfwit might call Radiohead "pretentious" but "bland"?
This makes be think you've barely heard any of their material since they've created music in just about every genre there is.
soyousay18 1 year ago 3
@soyousay18 Bland!!! Do you know what that word means even!!
lyndy2010 1 year ago
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psychokillercrab 1 year ago
NICE
MeggieCook 2 years ago 2
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que asco de cansion no se por que tantos mk la escuchan
SuperHardyjeff 2 years ago
no es un asco. es increible. pero tienes tu derecho a tener tu propia opinion - ya sea equivocada o no :P
FmTutorials 2 years ago
good song whats there new album called
karsty11 2 years ago 2
funeral :)
VicKyCusTard 2 years ago
@karsty11 uh ... this is from their first album
sarcasmagasm 2 years ago
thanks for reply! I need to work through all elbows albumns first but i might give this a look in the future.
Simon0 2 years ago
excellent stuff!
bigetalls1 2 years ago
ce titre a des faux airs de Bowie! : ))
schtroumphette7 2 years ago
can someone post the lyrics
ShootAAppleOffMyHead 2 years ago
There's a lot of lyrcs in this song! Just search in google, they'll be loads of sights with the lyrics. Def worth a look, outstanding lyrics!
Shithouse1 2 years ago
I can't wait for their new album Early Next year. They are my favorite Band.
SpacZebrasBrokenEggs 2 years ago 4
they have a new album coming out!? :DD!!!!
rjxeatsxshitt 2 years ago 3
Fuck yes they do. May 2010. Gotta fuckin love this band it's instruments and vocals. IT's compelling.
I can't wait to hear their singles released a few months before the album comes out.
I know, the news of the fourth Arcade fire album made my day.
SpacZebrasBrokenEggs 2 years ago 7
can someone recommend me any other albumns i might like if i liked funeral. (i already got neon bible, didnt like it as much as funeral)
Simon0 2 years ago
Return to the Sea by Islands and Surfer Rosa by Pixies would be my first recommendations right after Funeral. Bell Orchestre has got some awesome stuff too.
Aggrobacillus 2 years ago
alright thanks. I already heard the pixies albumn. I like quite a lot of pixies.
Simon0 2 years ago
this song makes me thinkkk (:
its so deeep :p
atuhlove 2 years ago
Unbelievable lyrics. I love this song <3
lovelyweapon 2 years ago
No this was the official video, mad actually, i remember seeing this for the first time, and just wondering why the song was so catchy, hahaha little did i know!
gaz126 2 years ago 4
Isn't this the same illustrator who U2 just used for their video? Just curious.
gavingump 2 years ago
official
bronchiti 2 years ago
Is this the official video to the song or is it made by a fan?
bodnotbod 2 years ago
This is the official vid
RoadRageRocker 2 years ago
Why is modest mouse here and pixies?
MrPortalmaster 2 years ago
Yuppies vs. street kids!
I'm homeless in Seattle so
that's what this video reminds me of...
steven8807 2 years ago
with a computer?...
smokelakes 2 years ago
i agree..
1coldjosh 2 years ago
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phelpsy224 2 years ago
and modest mouse is just copying the Pixies.
so it doesn't matter.
personally i think arcade fire is ten times better than modest mouse!
AnnaBananax2 2 years ago 2
modest mouse copy the pixies? they dont sound similar in any way... explain some more please? modest mouse are brilliant.
darkdaysindecember 2 years ago
modest mouse's early stuff is soooooooooo copying the pixies. not even funny.
i love modest mouse, i'm just saying....
AnnaBananax2 2 years ago
ohhh right i get you. i'll listen to their early stuff some more :) thats cool i guess, i love both modest mouse and the pixies also... add me as a friend, i have none on youtube yet... :)
darkdaysindecember 2 years ago
Whaaat??? Are you serious? Let me hear your band so I can tell you who you were inadvertantly "copying"
Sharpster7 2 years ago
Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' was released a few months after Modest Mouse's 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News' (which was their 4th album already) in 2004.
That song does have something to do with Modest Mouse... But this doesn't stop it from being an excellent one.
MrPeuh 2 years ago
i hope latter you can visualize them.. the next step in technology
1coldjosh 2 years ago
I really, really love listening to song while I'm walking on my school's campus with the headphones on HELL YEAH
poeticjournalism 2 years ago
i think arcade fire was known for their sound before modest mouse. i love arcade fire's sound :)
likespaintball 2 years ago 3
why did the munchkins destroy the power lines and kill the people? the people shouldn't have died they were just trying to stop the evil munchkins, I think the person who made this hates aristocrats too much
iknowmy3table 2 years ago
This music video is a clash of dirty homeless street kids Versus yuppy-snobby-ass rich people that won't share their money! I think that's what this is showing...in my opinion.
steven8807 2 years ago
schlecht
Scheissbeatz 2 years ago