Of Montreal - So Begins Our Alabee [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

[TheNoVaEmpire]

Canada <3 JB <3

[TheMangoqueen]

FAVORITE OF MONTREAL SONG. HANDS DOWN! c:

[SithMustard]

Polyvinyl, why do you upload shit mono versions of great songs? As the source of such awesome videos, you should be uploading the the highest quality possible.

[B33fisGud]

Gah i fucking love the sunlandic twins.

[Jobdart]

what an incredible song. just phenomenal.

[starcharm]

this song is about his daughter, the birth of his daughter. he does not want to disappoint her as a father and shes brought so much into his life. a really beautiful song, wish my father dedicated a song to me. haha. im in love with this band

[imlivinfortheweekend]

Drugs.

[Joselyn548]

What does he says at 2:35 ?? People .... they're dreaming???? (or something like that)

[ApplePickingAaron]

Why the fuck are people giving grammar lessons on such an awesome song? Listen to the song your birds and dance.

[irishchamp18]

the song is the odyssey = )-'''

[vpew]

and i never want to be your friend the abject failure.

that has to be my favorite line of any of their songs... don't know why.

[lakai958]

@vpew same here

[moonmonsoon]

@vpew it's "friendly abject failure"

[1hunt75]

I love Of Montreal, ANd I love how very strange their videos are. It's awesome.

[wedd456]

yay sunlandic twins!!!!

[Snarlez]

man good song! not many people know this band. this has to be the most Interesting band.

[kingjstin]

i love of montreal.. kevin barnes is truely a genious.. but it really depends on what you mean by interesting... like odd? because i can tell you a band that is far more "interesting"

[Jender42]

to vid: don't give trigger me epilepsy lmao.

[8cmn]

I think I'm too sober for this video.  In fact, I think I'm too sober for all of Of Montreal's videos.

[nedwons2]

I feel the same way too, they're so addicting.....

[Joselyn548]

of montreal's music is like a drug I just can't stop listening to their songs. I mean is been like a year now of listening over and over the same songs!!!!

[JackWillison]

:D love

[fashionandmusic921]

Alabee better be thankful that she has Kevin of Of Montreal to write her a groovy song.

Srsly.

[TSpaven]

"You're my mousy aesthete, you're my buoyant cherub, it's true." <3 I love that line!

[QueenCavalier]

Kevin Barnes is a genius.

[tecneon]

Its really cool but It sound more like odessy than alabee

[thedenzel877]

they are saying odyssey, but i forgot why alabee is in the title instead

[tecneon]

ah thats good I thought my ears went bad XD

[JakeObBeren]

Alabee is his daughter, and I think he wrote this song about her, that she is "his odyssey". Not entirely sure that's the reason for the "odyssey" but it would make sense (:

[thedenzel877]

well... that really helps, thx ^_^

[patloop000]

Alabee is Kevin Barne's daughter's name.

[theallegory]

Kevin Barnes's daughter... not "Barne's"

[rmassassin]

Towards theallegory:

Technically, it's not Barnes's either.

It's Barnes'.

Good try though.

[8cmn]

@rmassassin Actually, no, it's not. It's a common misconception; unless the word both ends with an s and is plural, you add apostrophe s. Thus, it's Barnes's, because Barnes isn't plural.

[theallegory]

technically, Barnes's and Barnes' would both be accepted.

but Barnes' is more proper, and that's what i thought i wrote...i guess i made a typo.

[paniccat]

@rmassassin faggot thinks he is smart by correcting elementary level grammar on the internet

[booktapes]

@rmassassin No, the possessive of "Barnes" is "Barnes's."

[Ifrit013]

@rmassassin Both are correct.

[Somone23]

dude.

[tecneon]

what?

[Somone23]

nothin bro

[tecneon]

awsome song

[GoodMusicStation]

great beat(:

[freakindinosaur]

i know alabee ;D

she goes to my school?

[DearRitaxx]

shes like a year old lol fail

[neetykeely]

lucky alabee :D

[ardvarkd]

Voted one of the best bands by triple j (top indie aus radio station)

All I say is a title well earned

[kingofthetots]

you do know your music

[stop08it]

polyvinyl has so many great bands

[madmaxoftherails]

IF i didn't know Of Montreal, and someone told me this was from the 80's, i wouldn't question it for even a second

[TrainerOsky]

lower-case "o" hence of Montreal. Just so you know. =P

[HavokInHeaven]

this video is beautifully seizure-iffic!

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

I can't wait to see them in July...at the Hollywood Bowl...who else is going???? Let's go together...would love to meet some new fans...email me...fans of Of Montreal.

[Wearygigapet]

is that Kevin dancing at the beginning?

[dustbunn4321]

what a fantastic song! this band is amazing

[PrinzPav]

Isn't it a cover from an other band ?

[HaspligerHugo]

ühühühü kr.

[Zygiro]

Alabee is his daughter.

[blackmath8]

i like their older stuff better like sunlandic twins album....

[stevenconnor08]

this is on sunlandic twins....

[MultiPringle]

ohh babyy....miiighty fine this is...miiighty fine;))

[StormyLoveHypothesis]

The Sunlandic Twins is the album that introduced me to Of Montreal.

It's fucking extraordinary.

[lwest68]

Me too...I am now forever lost in Montreal:)

[neurotrash84]

anyone else feel this video majorly fails to do the song justice?

[indignantpenguin]

YES, this video is GARBAGE. the song lives a life of its own.

[PenguinJockey]

@neurotrash84 It does, but I think this shorter version of the song is better.

[MrVincentGoldman]

@neurotrash84 The hell you on about?



[erwin687]

this song and album is so much better than any of there new stuff.any one that thinks im right cheak out the cherry pell album by of montreal. :D

[animeandy2153]

(B This song made me want to name my future daughter Alabee.But I doubt my wife would agree. Perhaps if I played her this song...*scratches chin *

[TheUser7]

They were at Norman Music fest a few weeks ago, it was so awesome, they projected the videos on the surrounding buildings, it was so awesome.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

Of Montreal does amazing visual pieces...love it.

[DieDrummer4Life]

I just saw them on Friday night in COlumbia Missouri. Best concert of my life

[ryanwilhite]

Love it, sounds so 80's

[aimchick123]

lol i listen to this all the time on my ipod along with disconnect the dots.

[woodlie]

he has cool dance movements imo

[KEVINTheMADCAP]

one of my favorite songs off the album

to anyone reading this...

if u ever have the opportunity to see of Montreal live, DO IT

it will be one of the most amazing experiences of your life

...unless u just totally suck

[woodlie]

2nd

[nikkyb127]

Agree 100%. Just saw them on Friday and I am already looking for the next live opportunity!

[PlanetCalledCamden]

going to see them this summer! oxegen festival, here I come!

[seasonmulanda]

I wish I would have. their older albums so good!!!!!!! but now i feel if i went to a show, they'd play all their new stuff.... I didnt like their newest album, did u?

[KEVINTheMADCAP]

it grew on me, and after i saw them it was all i could listen to for at least a month

[zeofart]

You should go to a show! I wasn't a fan of their newer stuff at first either, but it grew on me. But, the shows are always really fun.

[neglectoid]

the new albumb is phenominal

[Wearygigapet]

Skeletal Lamping is the best album they have ever done.

[TrainerOsky]

I disagree, I think best album overall goes to Hissing Fauna. Skeletal Lamping has some amazing lyrics, but Hissing Fauna has so many great songs on it. I can listen to it top to bottem no problem. Not the same with Skeletal, although it takes second.

[sensweep]

I believe Hissing Fauna is the best album not only cuz of the great songs but also the AMAZING transitions

[plooshness]

he's so sexy

[lpoolfan08]

my friend had a siezure from this.  No im kidding.

[LittleMissBrianna]

I ❤ this song.

[xtinacorrigan]

first heard of this band about a year and a half ago and just found out theyre coming to ireland in january!!i canNOT w8 2 c them!!!gotta go get a ticket rite now!!!

[Ryuco]

this video deeply scares me X_X so much color!!!! XD good work tho

[Lameeeee]

i wish he was my dad!

[eatsleepmusic]

I would rather have him as a weird uncle, I think, but yes.

[Lameeeee]

but then your name wouldn't be alabee and you wouldn't have this amazing song about you!

[bikinikillerr]

weird dirty uncle...ANYTIME!

[plinianguy]

When his face starts breaking up around the 2 minute mark, it just reminds me of Picasso.

[rileyrooster679]

is this song about his daughter alabee?

i like it..

[nolanpotter1]

yeah

[Lnknprk93]

only good to riding to. Odyssey electronical bmx video=D

[monteoner]

of montreal are soooooo underated

thorourly good shit

[Wintermute10101111]

Seconded

[karmapolice225]

don't you mean seocnded

[animeandy2153]

hahaha

[p00nsofth3w0rld]

this is one of my favourite songs everrrrr

the chorus just gets me going!

[coldalarm]

Awesome dancing. :D

[XAntiViolenttX]

every time i listen to this song i feel like jumping, screaming.. gives me so much energy. yess, it's just soooo good.

[MackProductions]

Very, very fun.

[dkusa2]

gotta say... Of Montreal has a unique talent for working some of the most obscure English words and literary references into their music.

"I've been a gloomy petragogue..."

"With a quill as weepy as Dido..."

Vegan in Furs is the best song of theirs for that, though.

good stuff.

[manateewarrior]

completely agree

[HowJamp]

It's "gloomy Petrarch".

[eatsleepmusic]

I swear to God that these guys and the Decemberists are the only reason I broke 700 on the verbal portion of the SAT. They should cut out all of those training sessions and just have kids listen to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? instead.

[ninjaspoonmastr7]

hahaha, listen to the shins lyrics to, they use some good ones, same as LCD Soundsystem. I love bands that actually put a lot of thought into their words.

[lorisgirl]

that is so true! Shins have an amazing vocabulary in their lyrics, and put to good use, too. Their poetry is just unbelievable.

[zenocomplex]

haha, right on.

[jts224]

haha i started watchign this and thought my friend slipped somthin in my drink. trippy.

[nativecutie01]

wat tha!

[Materetsky]

the videos are to be expected. trippy.

but the amazingness of hte music makes up for any quality that the videos lack.

:)

[mrmyersham]

i don't think the videos lack at all.

they're crazy, but thats what's so cool about them

[lkydangerckwa]

i like cartoon kevin with real kevin superimposed. it's cool.

[mycatpetra]

trippy maaan.

[psyccubus]

It's Oddessey, isn't it? Not Alabee.

[psykodrak]

no.

its alabee.

lyrics don't have to match a song title.

[trivium666fan]

no they dont. but they should at least have something to do with the song, haha "wraith pined to the mist" has nothing to do with the song, its so abstract its just stupid, at least this one matches somehow, haha

[odie77]

Alabee is the name of his daughter, and the song is entirely about her. Every word is well accounted for in this song, whether metaphorically or literally

[rickdanko1]

his kid is named Alabee. that is the title

[chickenflicker]

Most amazing song in existence.

[namestolen]

Love the song, but the video is less than impressive.