You know, this is probably the 15th time I've rewatched this video and until today I never noticed the standing syringe on the electric keyboard at 0:12 . The video is wonderful, the song catchy, the music excellent, the editing cuts brilliant, and the Uncanny Valley Violations significantly disturbing yet enrapturing to ensure the propagation of fan-worship. Shades of the Muppet Show with great charm and a lingering "creep me the fuck out" factors which make it all the more addictive.
I want to own a Rock-afire set sooooooo bad! I loved these guys. I used to go to the Showbiz pizza place in Denver Colorado in the 80's the games and ride I don't remember! This band I do! This was so cool to see again :) thank you to the one that made this:)))))))
Amazing. It truly fits this song. As a post-apocalyptic fiction fan, this is a fabulous video, combining that 80/90s retro effect in animatronics, coupled with the verbage in the song, to form *the* recreation of this song in sentiment... Rock-A-Fire, thank you!
I can't get this out of my head because of your amazing use of repurposed and reprogrammed animatronics. It lends a lot to the song, and vise versa. It's strangely moving and almost haunting- and gives an eerie feeling, similar to the Bradbury story "there will come soft rains". I feel as if they are left alone playing after we have all been reduced to irradiated ashes at the end of the world.
i love this song fromAacrade Fire missed out seeing them live in belfast but love all their songs and this was is just brilliant makes me feel like im lost in a nightmare though lol sometimes nightmare's are exciting and Arcade Fire is definitly that!
Forget today's corny haunted houses; THIS is what nightmares and demonic dreams are made of LMAO no wonder they softened the setting with CEC's new band!
@streetvan97- couldn't disagree more. To describe the Arcade Fire as a band no one wants to hear is a little naive to say the least.
I love the choice of songs. The White Stripes and especially MGMT are strokes of genius. This Arcade Fire video is awesome! Keep up the good work. And maybe throw a Journey song in for streetvan97.
i think the fact you've been doing songs that are outside the general mainstream only adds to the quirkyness of having an animatronic cover band. the hip-hop ones are amazing mostly bc of how incongruous it is. this indierock cover is also awesome, bc i can realistically see this band making a video like this. they are major label i think, you should contact the bands and see if they'll pay you to do a video. that would make way more money than bids.
i think the fact you've been doing songs that are outside the general mainstream only adds to the quirkyness of having an animatronic cover band. the hip-hop ones are amazing mostly bc of how incongruous it is. this indierock cover is also awesome, bc i can realistically see this band making a video like this. they are major label i think, you should contact the bands and see if they'll pay you to do a video. that would make way more money than bids.
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How does the bidding work? You get these bands no one wants to hear really winning because these video s are advertisments for them. Stick with classics and the video s will be much more popular. Bohemian Rhapsody would of been four or five times as popular as this video.
Went to school for business. Just my two cents. Good work though.
@streetvan1997 I'm thinking about exactly that. If the bidding had been higher, it would be worth it to me. But I am not getting enough bids to do songs that no one has heard. I think you will start seeing more of what you're suggesting in the near future. I will still pick unknown songs from the bid list to do from time to time, but, with the bids being so low, i can't make a business out of it or even pay the cost of the work. So, you're right. Thanks!!
You though of looking into using Blip.tv and going with their advertising program meaning every time someone watches your video on Blip.tv an ad plays before your video and you get a cut from Blip.tv (blip.tv/faq/advertising/) probably won't be much unless you can boost viewers but something to consider (if you can get more viewers).
You though of looking into using Blip.tv and going with their advertising program meaning every time someone watches your video on Blip.tv an ad plays before your video and you get a cut from Blip.tv (blip.tv/faq/advertising/) probably won't be much unless you can boost viewers but something to consider (if you can get more viewers).
@streetvan1997 You may have gone to school for business, but suggesting that a band such as Arcade Fire is a band that "no one really wants to hear" means your concept of good music may likely come from a jukebox at a po-dunk Pizza Hut. Broaden your musical horizons and open your eyes to good music of today. Bohemian Rhapsody - seriously? As if Wayne's World didn't drive that one into the ground almost 20 years ago...
this is a great video. my childhood is gone just like the Rock A Fire explosion and Showbiz Pizza has been wiped out. and one day we will all be gone and the memories of Beach Bear and Fats Geronimo will cease to exist. actually, i didn't care much for beach bear cuz he was creepy. man, i wanna go play skeeball right now but i'm stuck at work.
It's a depressing notion that the Rock-Afire Explosion could potentially be the only survivors left to sing this sad song someday... along with a random stray H-Man to inject them with a daily dose of the Generous Alchemist's Life Serum.
Does this show even exsist anymore? Theres one here at Fun Zone here on Long Island but they stopped using them and they closed the pizza room...And the one at Nathans Fun House works but they move kinda slow at times and sometimes they even get jammed in the middle of the sshow
@Magicking788 No, got took over by Chuckie Cheese, several fans have shows though and there are a few (generally in bad condition) at public places around.
@wonkycrayons That rly sux...There is one over here in Fun Zone by where I live its about 20 minutes...They were working and repairing the show but even though they were fixing it I saw them do a test run and it still was running rly slow
Aaron, you have a gift. from 30 years ago to today, you kept these 'tronics to perfect "health" as i would say. what you are doing to these bots are the greatist thing i could ever see from you. Thank you and Chris Thrash for bringing The Rock-afire Explosion back!
Fucking Dook really hitting them drums hard .lol.WTF were they putting in Mitzi's eye.She don't get lubed like that.I know I used to work on that show when I was younger.
I wen to Funzone here on Long Island Farmingdale yesterday and they have the Rock afire explosion and the entire time I was there it wasnt working...I saw the characters but they werent moving at all they were just standing there doing nothing I dont know what had happened
I *think* it's a reference to the original video for this song, which has some creepy visuals involving people injecting other people with really big-ass needles. That's just my guess, though.
you just stick that in there and fill her up ? doesnt it like leak all inside or are you injecting it into specific chamber ? I thought the inside of those things was pretty open.
It's cool how Arcade Fire's lead singer's voice sounds alot like Beach Bear already. Awesome! Although I am not sure I get the syringe into Beach Bear's neck and then into Mitzi's eyes. What's up with that?
a fun way to look at the video is to imagine a nucular holocaust has occured and one of the things left behind is the extinct artists songs programed into old childrens robots. (well i thought it was a cool idea)
a fun way to look at the video is to imagine a nucular holocaust has occured and one of the things left behind is the extinct artists songs programed into old childrens robots. (well i thought it was a cool idea)
This is actually very good, its wierd how well the polar bears motions work so well, especially mid song when it gets heavy and hes rocking back and forth
Yeah that eyeball syringe is kinda creepy... any reasoning behind that? Otherwise that was AMAZING. I think Arcade Fire should just use this as THE video for this song. Great editing and the movements were so spot on. Although imagine what could be done with the 2nd gen bots ;)
The Rock-afire Explosion rocked out my seventh birthday party. We abused the Billy Bob mascot and made him cry. My younger sister consoled him though. The song falls into place well with the robots movements. Cool.
Coincidence? I think not. Best video in a long as time. Shameless Arcade Fire plug: I made a slide show about the stock market crash to Windowsill. Check it on my little YouTube page.
Nearby where I live there's a "Billy Bob's Wonderland" with the Explosion on display. I wish I could pass on these great song programs, especially this one. The place would double in awesomeness.
Lol everyone is commenting about the injections when they have not seen the actual music video to this song. I think (if you mind can wrap around it) it would kinda give you an idea behind "the injection"
How amazing it would be to be able to go to a venue and enjoy the Rock-afire Explosion with current popular tunes!
I honestly think there would be a significant demand from all age levels to view this type of entertainment. If it could be coupled with an eclectic atmosphere with a nightclub type approach, but also with no age limit restrictions. I can see whole families attending for the entertainment value.
Has anyone noticed in the beginning, there's one of those needle serenges in front of the gorilla? lol These robots sort of creep me out, but it's pretty cool at the same time. I wonder what that dude was doing when he injected something into the bear's neck. Weird O_o
Good thing I don't do hallucinogenics. I would be having the most bad psychotic-break trip of my life watching this. Oh lordy.
On the other hand. The music was very well performed and the animatronic creatures superbly crafted (Uncanny Valley levels of "Creeping me the heck out").
did they just randomly pick a song by the arcade fire? i dont think so. in order for the machines to understand this song they must have progressed through all forms of primative music(or at least what available in digital storage) up through to all the music right before the explosion. while the other robots are busy learning to use raw materials and collecting/preserving the blood,the musician robots are trying to find out what it means to feel.
In some sci-fi stories, artifice like robots and computers are the only remainders of humanity's technological advances, and they preserve humanity's "memories" and sometimes teach the remaining humans about their own past. In the case of nuclear holocaust, it's conceivable that not only would technology exist as physical artifacts, but the electronic communication shared among people could be preserved. Maybe nobody could read or appreciate it.
Bingo! And to give a little more of the story in the Rock-afire video, the robotic creatures have learned that if they inject themselves with human blood that they can procreate like humans. So, the future of society will be Rock-afire Explosion-like looking creatures roaming the Earth, giving each other human blood injections (considered a drug in the robot world) having robot sex and singing good ol' Rock and Roll. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Seriously? That's it?! KICK AWESOME! Dook and Mitzi for the win!
But now that I think about it, why does it have to be Dook giving the injections? I'm guessing it's because he's the most human member of the group (the only domesticated animal, after all, not to mention he has the most human body type next to Mitzi). Am I close?
Have you read, "The Circuit of Heaven" by By Dennis Danvers? The plotline is that a crystalline "cyberverse" is created and most of humanity has abandoned their bodies with Earth while their mind lives on in the computational universe of "The Bin". There are "helper creatures" which kind of resemble animatronics whom have useful bits of multiple personalities uploaded into them to guard the children of important people in "The Bin". These creatures would make an interesting side story to it
I get the feeling that when the people have gone, and the earth is empty, the machines will keep on singing for mechanical ears.
markthewhalekiller 2 days ago
this is so bizarre but I'm not gonna lie....I sort of enjoyed it
samwings 2 weeks ago
what the fuck is this??
willzer808 3 weeks ago
Better than acid.
MarxAviano 4 weeks ago
You know, this is probably the 15th time I've rewatched this video and until today I never noticed the standing syringe on the electric keyboard at 0:12 . The video is wonderful, the song catchy, the music excellent, the editing cuts brilliant, and the Uncanny Valley Violations significantly disturbing yet enrapturing to ensure the propagation of fan-worship. Shades of the Muppet Show with great charm and a lingering "creep me the fuck out" factors which make it all the more addictive.
Matrix29bear 3 months ago
there is 1 in barbours ville at billy bob's wonderland!
Emdolly2002 4 months ago
@fanprograms whats the red stuff injected into the band????
irockutube72real 5 months ago
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MrCatfail 5 months ago
1:25 wattttttttt
ooweirdoo 5 months ago
@ooweirdoo YESSSSS!
Jordamo 2 weeks ago
Their eyes are sketchin me out...
NokhemPhenom 6 months ago
I want to own a Rock-afire set sooooooo bad! I loved these guys. I used to go to the Showbiz pizza place in Denver Colorado in the 80's the games and ride I don't remember! This band I do! This was so cool to see again :) thank you to the one that made this:)))))))
bssalazar 8 months ago
This should be the actual music video for the song.
markthewhalekiller 8 months ago
Amazing. It truly fits this song. As a post-apocalyptic fiction fan, this is a fabulous video, combining that 80/90s retro effect in animatronics, coupled with the verbage in the song, to form *the* recreation of this song in sentiment... Rock-A-Fire, thank you!
llahlahkje 9 months ago
Get rid of the subtittles. you don't need them.
The5thNinjaTurtle1 10 months ago
I can't get this out of my head because of your amazing use of repurposed and reprogrammed animatronics. It lends a lot to the song, and vise versa. It's strangely moving and almost haunting- and gives an eerie feeling, similar to the Bradbury story "there will come soft rains". I feel as if they are left alone playing after we have all been reduced to irradiated ashes at the end of the world.
TheArchDandy 10 months ago 6
If Chuck E Cheese did this it would be sooo much better
robotleg619 11 months ago
@robotleg619 freak
DjekStudiosMovies 5 months ago
This was my first Arcade Fire experience as well. God bless Arcade Fire, and God bless the Rock-a-Fire Explosion!
radiohedge1 11 months ago
I thought of this when they won the Grammy last night. My first exposure to them two years ago was this video.
asf7sg89 11 months ago 3
@asf7sg89 MINE TOO!!! that's so weird, isn't it? i guess the best publicity is viral videos!
lucyinthesky16 11 months ago
This video made me realize youtube can have talent. cherish it! and subscribe so i can have yer icon
jerrycarney 11 months ago
The syringes being shoved into their neck and eyes was kind of messed up. haha
TheSlutWolf 11 months ago 2
i love this song fromAacrade Fire missed out seeing them live in belfast but love all their songs and this was is just brilliant makes me feel like im lost in a nightmare though lol sometimes nightmare's are exciting and Arcade Fire is definitly that!
bold67 1 year ago
Forget today's corny haunted houses; THIS is what nightmares and demonic dreams are made of LMAO no wonder they softened the setting with CEC's new band!
kromed488 1 year ago
the first time i saw this i thought this was the original show these robots preformed.
jerrycarney 1 year ago
Dook is giving Beach Bear a shot at 1:29
ready2wiggle 1 year ago
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meatriot 1 year ago
this video in what year was made? it looks new
nismocuaad 1 year ago
@nismocuaad august 2008, I'm guessing. These are all fairly recent.
executioneer 1 year ago
@streetvan1997 this song is amazing......and being as though im from the showbiz era this was great to see....
danr0k 1 year ago
@streetvan97- couldn't disagree more. To describe the Arcade Fire as a band no one wants to hear is a little naive to say the least.
I love the choice of songs. The White Stripes and especially MGMT are strokes of genius. This Arcade Fire video is awesome! Keep up the good work. And maybe throw a Journey song in for streetvan97.
RockAndRollFun 1 year ago 2
dude i love this song
DJSoyBoy 1 year ago
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i think the fact you've been doing songs that are outside the general mainstream only adds to the quirkyness of having an animatronic cover band. the hip-hop ones are amazing mostly bc of how incongruous it is. this indierock cover is also awesome, bc i can realistically see this band making a video like this. they are major label i think, you should contact the bands and see if they'll pay you to do a video. that would make way more money than bids.
dirtgrl 1 year ago
i think the fact you've been doing songs that are outside the general mainstream only adds to the quirkyness of having an animatronic cover band. the hip-hop ones are amazing mostly bc of how incongruous it is. this indierock cover is also awesome, bc i can realistically see this band making a video like this. they are major label i think, you should contact the bands and see if they'll pay you to do a video. that would make way more money than bids.
dirtgrl 1 year ago 3
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How does the bidding work? You get these bands no one wants to hear really winning because these video s are advertisments for them. Stick with classics and the video s will be much more popular. Bohemian Rhapsody would of been four or five times as popular as this video.
Went to school for business. Just my two cents. Good work though.
streetvan1997 1 year ago
@streetvan1997 I'm thinking about exactly that. If the bidding had been higher, it would be worth it to me. But I am not getting enough bids to do songs that no one has heard. I think you will start seeing more of what you're suggesting in the near future. I will still pick unknown songs from the bid list to do from time to time, but, with the bids being so low, i can't make a business out of it or even pay the cost of the work. So, you're right. Thanks!!
Aaron
fanprograms 1 year ago
@fanprograms
You though of looking into using Blip.tv and going with their advertising program meaning every time someone watches your video on Blip.tv an ad plays before your video and you get a cut from Blip.tv (blip.tv/faq/advertising/) probably won't be much unless you can boost viewers but something to consider (if you can get more viewers).
Psy500 1 year ago
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@fanprograms
You though of looking into using Blip.tv and going with their advertising program meaning every time someone watches your video on Blip.tv an ad plays before your video and you get a cut from Blip.tv (blip.tv/faq/advertising/) probably won't be much unless you can boost viewers but something to consider (if you can get more viewers).
Psy500 1 year ago
@streetvan1997 yeah i can actually picture rockafire doin Bohemian Rhapsody. That would be a wonderful video!!!!!!!!!!
tylermoviepro 1 year ago
@streetvan1997 You may have gone to school for business, but suggesting that a band such as Arcade Fire is a band that "no one really wants to hear" means your concept of good music may likely come from a jukebox at a po-dunk Pizza Hut. Broaden your musical horizons and open your eyes to good music of today. Bohemian Rhapsody - seriously? As if Wayne's World didn't drive that one into the ground almost 20 years ago...
lukewoodard 1 year ago
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@streetvan1997 Wow what a stupid fuck you are if you don't know this song.
CaptinPenguin 1 year ago
so creepily good... hmmm
seanpdpd 1 year ago
This could be their music video! Holy crap this is so creepy and weirdly awesome.
mwright83 1 year ago
5:04 no she just got done blazing and needed some robot clear eyes
lakaisb 1 year ago
this is a great video. my childhood is gone just like the Rock A Fire explosion and Showbiz Pizza has been wiped out. and one day we will all be gone and the memories of Beach Bear and Fats Geronimo will cease to exist. actually, i didn't care much for beach bear cuz he was creepy. man, i wanna go play skeeball right now but i'm stuck at work.
lukintube 1 year ago
WHAT THE FUCK.
I NEED 150 CC'S OF BRAIN BLEACH STAT
BeatlesWooHoo 1 year ago
It's a depressing notion that the Rock-Afire Explosion could potentially be the only survivors left to sing this sad song someday... along with a random stray H-Man to inject them with a daily dose of the Generous Alchemist's Life Serum.
lanternmatango 1 year ago
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NutsInGuts 1 year ago
I guess you really can't delete your comments, nice to know.
NutsInGuts 1 year ago
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NutsInGuts 1 year ago
curious, what was going on from 1:26-1:31?
twinki731 1 year ago
@twinki731 Greasing the robots I believe
nevin540 1 year ago
i will never see something as amazing as this ever again
bensers 1 year ago
Does this show even exsist anymore? Theres one here at Fun Zone here on Long Island but they stopped using them and they closed the pizza room...And the one at Nathans Fun House works but they move kinda slow at times and sometimes they even get jammed in the middle of the sshow
Magicking788 1 year ago
@Magicking788 No, got took over by Chuckie Cheese, several fans have shows though and there are a few (generally in bad condition) at public places around.
wonkycrayons 1 year ago
@wonkycrayons That rly sux...There is one over here in Fun Zone by where I live its about 20 minutes...They were working and repairing the show but even though they were fixing it I saw them do a test run and it still was running rly slow
Magicking788 1 year ago
any body else notice the lyrics are all off?
TuffGhostFated 1 year ago
holy wow, the Moon! I had forgotten all about the Moon. How could I ever forget (the Moon)?
Thx f0r this
TonyJabroni1zillion 1 year ago
2 questions. 1, is this the real music video for this song? 2: is the song about nuclear apocalypse haha?
EinYeTi 1 year ago
when are they doing "never gonna give you up"?
corncornrocks 1 year ago
Aaron, you have a gift. from 30 years ago to today, you kept these 'tronics to perfect "health" as i would say. what you are doing to these bots are the greatist thing i could ever see from you. Thank you and Chris Thrash for bringing The Rock-afire Explosion back!
showbizpizzablog 1 year ago 9
arcade fire and a electronic band that used to play in arcades. Makes perfect sense to me.
jerrycarney 1 year ago 2
heh i just realized the dude doing the injections is dressed up in the drummers outfit
jerrycarney 1 year ago 2
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jerrycarney 1 year ago
Oh my godddd! Yesssss!
Jezzikuh 1 year ago
Fucking Dook really hitting them drums hard .lol.WTF were they putting in Mitzi's eye.She don't get lubed like that.I know I used to work on that show when I was younger.
Biohazard2thous4 2 years ago
this is pretty incredible. good stuff going on here.
mathiasbromage 2 years ago
Incredible, this is crazy . . . @DanjoFox, I actually kind of like the robot dog's drumming doing that.
WerewolfofWebster 2 years ago
AWESOME ENDING!!!!
DJuanHS 2 years ago
I wen to Funzone here on Long Island Farmingdale yesterday and they have the Rock afire explosion and the entire time I was there it wasnt working...I saw the characters but they werent moving at all they were just standing there doing nothing I dont know what had happened
Magicking788 2 years ago
It's really really sad isn't it, and i grew up watching them!
tylermoviepro 1 year ago
Studies have shown that these creatures may not preform well in captivity therefore the injections are necessary.
tarrded 2 years ago 8
Why do you show them sticking the needle thingy in her eye? It's a little creepy. Great song and great video though!
KItKatGirl2596 2 years ago
I *think* it's a reference to the original video for this song, which has some creepy visuals involving people injecting other people with really big-ass needles. That's just my guess, though.
GeekSexSymbol 2 years ago
@KItKatGirl2596 The needle is a reference to the Arcade Fire Video. I think its a mind control serum.
smillar98 1 year ago
this was a combination of nostalgia and nightmare fuel for me
*curls up into the fetal position and begins rocking*
fredrickpendragon 2 years ago 3
@fredrickpendragon
I can agree with that.
sparkish808 2 years ago
The only problem is that you can hear the robot drummer bleeding onto the track. Sort of takes away from the magic
DanjoFox 2 years ago
Wow!!! Aaron Fechter, this pure golden genius!!
Lowebrau 2 years ago
Wow, that's like a piece of performance art. You should get a gallery rep man, that's really something.
YoikoHibiki 2 years ago
Watching him inject oil into Mitzis eye was kind of creepy..im just saying.
brokeawd 2 years ago 2
could not imagine viewing this video at the peak of a shroom high
deftoned21 2 years ago
you just stick that in there and fill her up ? doesnt it like leak all inside or are you injecting it into specific chamber ? I thought the inside of those things was pretty open.
turkaderr 2 years ago
bon sang quelle claque!! 5 stars.
jacknapier37 2 years ago
I think this may be the best thing I've ever seen. 5 stars.
gotilk 2 years ago 20
terrifying. good song though
Brickhouseent 2 years ago 4
I thought the sirynge was a candle at first. I guess robots need oil. They must have put it in the video just to add to the weirdness.
awatson1968 2 years ago
It's cool how Arcade Fire's lead singer's voice sounds alot like Beach Bear already. Awesome! Although I am not sure I get the syringe into Beach Bear's neck and then into Mitzi's eyes. What's up with that?
matthewschartz 2 years ago 5
wow, this is almost eerily fitting for the arcade fire tone. like this was destined to be!
Eludiac 2 years ago 21
Wonderful Job Aaron! This is one of my favorite Rockafire videos keep up the excellent work!!!
tylermoviepro 2 years ago 2
Simply sublime. It's interesting how a different approach to the video presents the song in a new and different light.
ericdeuce 2 years ago 4
Better than the official video Arcade Fire made. :D
Danosuke 2 years ago 5
amazing
G3858 2 years ago
a fun way to look at the video is to imagine a nucular holocaust has occured and one of the things left behind is the extinct artists songs programed into old childrens robots. (well i thought it was a cool idea)
RossEStern 2 years ago 2
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queshaw 2 years ago
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That was my impression too. This is my favorite video, maybe ever. Arcade Fire should make a deal with who ever did this and the rockafire people.
queshaw 2 years ago 2
Why did you copy and paste my comment and post it as your own. Are you that unoriginal and dull?
jerrycarney 1 year ago
no i was just bored so i did that
RossEStern 1 year ago
heh ya responded honestly, im no longer hateful.
jerrycarney 1 year ago
a fun way to look at the video is to imagine a nucular holocaust has occured and one of the things left behind is the extinct artists songs programed into old childrens robots. (well i thought it was a cool idea)
jerrycarney 2 years ago 5
That was phenomenal.
JohnnyFoxDarko 2 years ago
<3 The Arcade Fire
laur8520 2 years ago
3:58 what r they doin to the puppets eye?
thrillogy24 2 years ago
Um, there's only one puppet in the Rockafire show, and it's controlled by a robot...
luccaskunk 2 years ago 4
I know,
what the heck ARE they doing?!!?
SPB
showbizpizzablog 2 years ago
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I cant stop listening to this song. Seriously its amazing. I just got the ringtone at DownloadEveryTone . Com you should get it its amazing too!
littlelxilh 2 years ago
kinda creepy robots...
nice song though
wicketyspickety 2 years ago
4:37 some one blew up
markandchad 2 years ago
Thanks Captain.
nickatwork 2 years ago
amazing. that was so super cool! great song, great moves by the animals, I love how the moon and the oohs towards the end!
niccicoco80 2 years ago
This is so great! Reminds me of childhood trips to Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza. I love this song already, but this is fun.
jessicajetset 2 years ago
i honestly think this is great
onionbob 2 years ago
what is this i don't even
sunpocket 2 years ago 3
This is actually very good, its wierd how well the polar bears motions work so well, especially mid song when it gets heavy and hes rocking back and forth
jerrycarney 2 years ago
what the this is amazing i don't even
danobaka 2 years ago
What?
nickatwork 2 years ago
i think the "i don't even" is a band
wicketyspickety 2 years ago
Doubt it.
nickatwork 2 years ago
The polar bear sings the song excellentely, go robots
jerrycarney 2 years ago
They're as scary as they were 15 years ago.
samiamscogin 2 years ago
LMAO, well fucking said... 24 years ago for me, and it still haunts me
allyjar 2 years ago
I have shed three tears watching this...This truly is what I have been waiting for
KlausAsimov 2 years ago 3
Forgotten robot nostalgia and Arcade Fire melancholy. This video is too powerful. Poor guys. Keep rockin'.
escot9 2 years ago 4
did you see at the end of the video someone put a shot right in mitzi's eye
funlovingreek2006 2 years ago
great. i forgot about these creatures. the ones i have seen had a giant mouse named chuck in there.
bluewhalesarenice 2 years ago
greatness
DrewTangNYC 2 years ago
Ah....... the....... neeedles? Why? What?
mangobanna 2 years ago 4
Thank you for making these videos. I'm glad someone is keeping these characters alive.
smillar98 2 years ago 2
Somebody's been thinking rather than drinking. Maybe if we all started thinking rather than drinking, maybe we could actually be making something.
okcitykid 2 years ago 4
It's nice to see the band doing some serious music these days
metaphysicalangst 2 years ago 3
what is up with the shots???!!! ffffrrrreeeaaaakkkyyyy!!!
hwirth 2 years ago
that's tha shit
salma288 2 years ago
3:57 !?!? nightmares :0[
hellolesly 2 years ago
fucking epic
sparelead777 2 years ago
4:25 those are weed bushes haha...
sprocket2005 2 years ago
wow...if we know obscenity when we see it, then we also know greatness when we see it - this is it.
djangoz 2 years ago
This is like art.
RoosterToot 2 years ago 3
3:45 I love how his eyes go cross on "mind". Great video.
infrafan 2 years ago
This is fucking beautiful.
pmd44 2 years ago
joder que miedito da el oso
volodosio 2 years ago
the drummer looks sooo paranoid hahahahahaa
i adore this song.
and now i will always see that horrifying blonde bear when i listen to it.
ChristinaMarieNYC 2 years ago
Yeah that eyeball syringe is kinda creepy... any reasoning behind that? Otherwise that was AMAZING. I think Arcade Fire should just use this as THE video for this song. Great editing and the movements were so spot on. Although imagine what could be done with the 2nd gen bots ;)
NickRyderSGC 3 years ago
the syringes were in the original video that the band did, which, in my opinion, that video wasn't half as good as this one!
lucyinthesky16 2 years ago
this is beyond creepy.
this is beyond awesome.
1percent 3 years ago 3
Epic epic epic again. I'm subscribing to this channel. I love this idea, and GREAT song choice for this one.
PissoPuyo 3 years ago 4
I guess it's because I haven't had sleep in a while, but this is really disturbing me.
WakeupHicks 3 years ago
this is truly incredible. what is going on with the eyeball syringes?
kitriallen 3 years ago 4
The picture of the crying bear at 1:02 made me spit out my Gataorade from laughing.
Diatonic5th 3 years ago
dude that was smokey the bear, he couldn't prevent enough forest fires.
robotleg619 2 years ago
The Rock-afire Explosion rocked out my seventh birthday party. We abused the Billy Bob mascot and made him cry. My younger sister consoled him though. The song falls into place well with the robots movements. Cool.
JustinFinney 3 years ago
they made it so the song falls in place fool!
skump13 3 years ago
best RFE vid yet!
the20thcenturyfox 3 years ago
I love the drawing of the crying bear during "And if my parents are crying." Aaron Fechter, I do believe you are a genius.
elliecation 3 years ago
Let's do the math.
Rock-afire = Arcade Fire Rocks
Coincidence? I think not. Best video in a long as time. Shameless Arcade Fire plug: I made a slide show about the stock market crash to Windowsill. Check it on my little YouTube page.
TheBloodener 3 years ago
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p3on 3 years ago
3:47 the eyes!
richj005 3 years ago
holy crap my favouritest song ever rock-afire style!
christopherawesome 3 years ago 2
He's a dog, and there's no propeller (they're little antennae). He does kick much ass, though!
CharonTheSabercat 3 years ago
Nearby where I live there's a "Billy Bob's Wonderland" with the Explosion on display. I wish I could pass on these great song programs, especially this one. The place would double in awesomeness.
TheMocketeer 3 years ago
Lol everyone is commenting about the injections when they have not seen the actual music video to this song. I think (if you mind can wrap around it) it would kinda give you an idea behind "the injection"
Katimashi 3 years ago
How amazing it would be to be able to go to a venue and enjoy the Rock-afire Explosion with current popular tunes!
I honestly think there would be a significant demand from all age levels to view this type of entertainment. If it could be coupled with an eclectic atmosphere with a nightclub type approach, but also with no age limit restrictions. I can see whole families attending for the entertainment value.
Izatar 3 years ago
Has anyone noticed in the beginning, there's one of those needle serenges in front of the gorilla? lol These robots sort of creep me out, but it's pretty cool at the same time. I wonder what that dude was doing when he injected something into the bear's neck. Weird O_o
WolfOfDusk 3 years ago 2
Good thing I don't do hallucinogenics. I would be having the most bad psychotic-break trip of my life watching this. Oh lordy.
On the other hand. The music was very well performed and the animatronic creatures superbly crafted (Uncanny Valley levels of "Creeping me the heck out").
Matrix29bear 3 years ago
YEAH! At 1:27 somebody injects something into his neck.....
mapleslide 3 years ago 2
i could swore i saw someone giving an injection to beach bear in the neck while he was singing
funlovingreek2007 3 years ago
This is amazing. Thank you.
adrianneleighg 3 years ago 2
whoever set this whole thing up is just amazing
ohboy38 3 years ago
did they just randomly pick a song by the arcade fire? i dont think so. in order for the machines to understand this song they must have progressed through all forms of primative music(or at least what available in digital storage) up through to all the music right before the explosion. while the other robots are busy learning to use raw materials and collecting/preserving the blood,the musician robots are trying to find out what it means to feel.
heperd 3 years ago
In some sci-fi stories, artifice like robots and computers are the only remainders of humanity's technological advances, and they preserve humanity's "memories" and sometimes teach the remaining humans about their own past. In the case of nuclear holocaust, it's conceivable that not only would technology exist as physical artifacts, but the electronic communication shared among people could be preserved. Maybe nobody could read or appreciate it.
KittyGoCrazy 3 years ago 2
Bingo! And to give a little more of the story in the Rock-afire video, the robotic creatures have learned that if they inject themselves with human blood that they can procreate like humans. So, the future of society will be Rock-afire Explosion-like looking creatures roaming the Earth, giving each other human blood injections (considered a drug in the robot world) having robot sex and singing good ol' Rock and Roll. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Aaron
fanprograms 3 years ago
Yay! Do I win anything? Do the lascivious bots promise to spare me?
KittyGoCrazy 3 years ago
No, they aren't in charge of who gets spared, unfortunately, but, if you're lucky, they may be able to use some of your blood..
fanprograms 3 years ago
Seriously? That's it?! KICK AWESOME! Dook and Mitzi for the win!
But now that I think about it, why does it have to be Dook giving the injections? I'm guessing it's because he's the most human member of the group (the only domesticated animal, after all, not to mention he has the most human body type next to Mitzi). Am I close?
notpurple 3 years ago
Damn it. Sorry Dad, forgot I was logged in on your account.
CharonTheSabercat 3 years ago
Have you read, "The Circuit of Heaven" by By Dennis Danvers? The plotline is that a crystalline "cyberverse" is created and most of humanity has abandoned their bodies with Earth while their mind lives on in the computational universe of "The Bin". There are "helper creatures" which kind of resemble animatronics whom have useful bits of multiple personalities uploaded into them to guard the children of important people in "The Bin". These creatures would make an interesting side story to it
Matrix29bear 3 years ago
BADASS
iloverocks1989 3 years ago 2
that's a beautiful moment @ 3:47
blue27019 3 years ago
I cant stop watching this
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