The Wilderness Downtown Video. Power of HTML5. Music: Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

[koalagirl1234]

@pich1337 Now I know where you live.

[pich1337]

@koalagirl1234 Don't be so sure, :) I live in Cracow, not in Paris :) Now you can be sure! :)

[cleancutamerican]

Wait for it to turn around. It will, believe me it will.

[ifi51]

if you want it to work use chrome

[monkeyhead641]

i dont get it. the guy runs and some google earth sattelite pictures pop up. he turned one speed. the two places turn another speed

[DragonFighter1133]

my dad shoed me this yesterday and i thought it was amazing and yet it still is amazing super cool

[javalfra753]

my laptop will explote D:

[smithdude101]

Who came here because they couldn't get it to work?

[chinjewel1]

i did this with my neighborhood a long time ago but this one is better :)

[jzero15]

Incognito window huh?

[drgnmstrslash]

Suppose it's nice if you actually hold some nostalgia for the old days and your childhood.

For the rest of us it's a pretentious show wrapped around a pretentious song.

Oh well. Decent tech, at least.

[catherinehume83]

@drgnmstrslash Don't be fun sponge. Also why is this song "pretentious"?

[gapnu]

why do you type the direction at the beggining?

[LuanaFortal]

@theonewholovesyou2 this is sad. :(

[Sudayc]

it's sooooooo awesome

[moreautemps]

What does the birds turning into trees symbolize at the end? XD

[SweetPipsqueak]

During the first time I played this video through Google's Chrome I thought there was a really bad glitch and I was getting a bunch of pop-ups. Then once I realized it was part of the song and performance I thought it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. :)

[dsanaei]

how is this interactive?

[youtueagain]

Anyone who doesn't appreciate the beauty of this video would never understand the message of the song anyway. Both require a certain degree of sophistication and soul.

[drgnmstrslash]

@youtueagain Yes. Clearly people are just unsophisticated, and the right opinions are always universal.

Or maybe some people just don't think it's good because they don't care for the musical style or the use of technology in place of art.

[EdwardfaceTube]

you know, if you draw something on the part where you can write stuff, the birds land on the drawing.

Awesome idea!! NICE X

[deifo]

A browser taking total control of the system, opening popups and all isn't funny.

[ar059476]

cool vid, never heard any of their songs before tbf

i may purchase some albums based on this song alone

[Esoremada]

Meh it's kind of cool. TBH it would have been more visually pleasing as a music video if everything was just 3D graphics interacting with the Google Maps like at the end, that was the only cool part. The shot of feet turning around as Street View panned in a circle and a five minute clip of a guy running wasn't that great.

[VinceHaaz]

The first time I got on this website everything worked fine and I thought it was one of my greatest internet experiences ever.

It still is.

[Jimboou333]

Shoot, Should've gotten a mac.

[Freemmaann]

@Jimboou333 Don't be crazy..

[scifiwriter98]

Boring...

[swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12]

It worked, but not beautifully. Some windows just stayed black (I like to call them "Lazy Windows".) Sometimes, the music would just stop and the videos would keep going, sometimes, vice versa, and sometimes it would just completely become unresponsive! But I get the point of it and it is great!

[grayfox622]

@swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12 i think it depends on the computer you have, cause if your processor and graphics card are really low end, then that might explain your woes with it. it gave me the same trouble on my computer which has integrated graphics, but once i played it on my friends dream machine PC, it worked like a charm.

[Tionsity]

@swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12 Did you type in an address that has street-view, meaning an address where they have taken pictures from street level? Because if you didn't it would explain why some windows stayed black, because there would be no picture the computer could add in the video.

[chiccosanchez]

this is suppose to be an alternative to flash >.<

[vlassakj]

The site seems down, or is it just me ?

[swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12]

@vlassakj The site isn't down. You're probably viewing it through IE8 (Internet Explorer 8), which doesn't have HTML5. Only browsers with HTML5 can handle those sort of things. Even though Opera, Safari, Chrome, Chromium, and Firefox can view this site, I'd recommend viewing it through Chrome, Chromium and Opera 10.60. Other browsers can't take it, resulting in the browser completely uninstalling itself from your computer, becoming unresponsive, or making your computer completely shut down.

[vlassakj]

@swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12 Nope chrome is my standard browser, i tried it in firefox,IE and rockmelt. It seems that my university blocked it (or at least something the site needs to load).

[swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12]

@vlassakj OOOOOHHHH! HAHA! Well, then...........Ummm......I'm stumped. If your school blocked it, I'm not going to tell you how to hack that. That's just wrong. But if the SITE ITSELF is down...then...we're all screwed.

[vlassakj]

@swkjfhskdjfhsdkjfh12

The irony is that i wanted to show it to the class as a innovative way of webdevelopment. (the integration with google maps). Hope it nevers goes down, i like the movie to much

[chiccosanchez]

@vlassakj i disabled popup blockers in chrome and it worked for me

[mar10neeee]

Amazing! :D 

[skruffnekk]

WOW......

[reobrokerguy]

wow amazing...........

[reobrokerguy]

wow amazing...........

[borisjakovljevic]

did you know you could also draw, besides typing on that branchy window

[LindsayMurdock]

@borisjakovljevic At first I drew stuff until I discovered you could actually type haha

[thetateman25]

I closed all other windows and have a really good processor but still it kept freezing on me a minute or two in

[Tionsity]

I thought it was really cool, but it would have been cooler if the guy who ran would have run past the address you typed in, not only that they showed it in another window. Maybe they could have filmed the man running in front of one of these green walls, you know, and then the computer could have cut in the street view in the background or something.

[jonkoliefde1]

@Tionsity That's also what I thought before seeing it.. The Google streetview of your hood with the guy running through it! :)

[rawrrawrwoof]

@Tionsity That would be really cool but I wonder if they didn't do it because it would be really hard to do... The street view doesn't always show the address in the same direction with the road pointing the same way, so they'd have problems getting it to always look right.

But yeah it would have been nice :(

[Tionsity]

@rawrrawrwoof Yeah, guess you're right, it wouldn't work. Perhaps when google earth is developed more.

[beamhardbc]

@Tionsity soon!

[vbgenechten]

@Tionsity

But then he runs into cars and other stuff.

[1eodnhoj]

great music, brilliant clip..:D Love that you can type your own street in the begin page and the clip is showing pictures of your neighborhood :3

[Prankster10001]

i download google chrome just to watch this

[AviatorZero]

lucky bastard... I did this myself, but no matter how many windows I close, programs I shut down, and extensions I disable, my version is always choppy and, in the most literal sense of the word, retarded

[constantgamer247]

they really need to hide the URL bars. It would look so much better. Like the new quick time for Mac OS X looks.

[3501377]

The most beautiful thing done in world music in last 10 years!

[stogieman2]

This if fucking BRILLIANT !!!!!!

[thescarydancer]

THIS SONG MAKES ME CRY & THIS IS THE SONG THAT PREVENTS ME FROM COMMITING SUICIDE :') THANKS ARCADE FIRE

[checkerboard96]

@thescarydancer "how something so small can keep you alive"

[thescarydancer]

@checkerboard96 IDK IT JUST KEEPS ME GOIN AND THE MUSIC MAKES ME THINK WHY KILL MYSELF

[thescarydancer]

@checkerboard96 I JUST REALIZED WHAT U JUST SAID IS IN THE SONG

[checkerboard96]

@thescarydancer Haha i was hoping you would realize :)

[thescarydancer]

@checkerboard96 :)

[thescarydancer]

I DID THIS AT MY SCHOOL IN MUSIC CLASS MY TEACHER SHOWED US IT WAS AMAZING

[matt92hun]

nature strikes back...

[kassandraheartsginks]

ahh, yes(: I love, love, love arcade fire.

[hagenar]

This video moves the goalposts.

Also, it would be cool to spend your childhood at Paris's Hôtel de Ville.

[s1harmonie]

Right click, view source, please ?

[whidekitty]

it's bands like Arcade Fire that keep me from losing faith in music today.

[JonnyChannel]

@whidekitty :( and why is that? ... if you compaire plastic songs that you can hear at the radio these days ... I think that this song is not bad.. don't you think??

:)

[bmbak]

Arcade fire is the best band alive.

[qwertzu3]

i dont really understand whats going on there :-( . I need an adress which there are streetview images available for, then i enter that adress and then i see this video but pictures from that adress i entered?

[Marcianow]

Please do note, for the best experience to close down any irrelevant programs (that you can miss, to fully enjoy the video, as you get greater quality) and that the best experience is served by Chrome, due to it's full HTML 5 support. (Or any other browser with full support!)

The greatest of it I found the trees popping up in your city shots, amazing.

[a117films]

good work!! I love it!

[xFreakPyromaniacx]

I don't get it.

What's the point of all this?

[Shzero0]

@xFreakPyromaniacx demonstration of HTML5 which means game will now be able to played in web broswers which would beat shockwave graphics by a long shot, but don't expect to play games like modern warfare 2 or other high end games (not saying mw2 is) on HTLM5 just games like the old DOOM will be able to be played or maybe even counter strike (first one)

[xFreakPyromaniacx]

@Shzero0 Ohhhhhh, I c...

Thanks =)

[SimlishSammy]

Wow...that was beautiful!

[cocoiris]

fantastic film

[BigDizzad]

WOW.... that was amazing, groundbreaking to say the least I just watched this with Firefox and had no problems. My comp. isn't anything special, Intel Core 2 Quad and it worked great. No lag or anything.

[kapostrophelay]

dang.. no info on the website for my place :(

[kaloo123]

Is this France?

Beautiful video.

and your message lol

[joeweeky]

what is the music playing in this video?

[kaloo123]

@joeweeky We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire

if you like this song you should check out there other songs too

some great stuff

[DoogBoy123456]

@joeweeky We Used To Wait - by Arcade Fire

[LuksFowL]

Yes, the birds sit on the mouse draw, and a few seconds later they fly to the next page on the right side

[niiix]

AWESOME.

(if only the creator of the video would've used the typing/drawing part more wisely. Hint: if you draw something with the mouse, the birds will sit on it)

[Dman3981]

I got it to work on Apple Safari

[LuksFowL]

Nice...

[jla1038]

Cool too bad I can't get it to work on any of my PCs.

[DNmotx]

Thanks for posting this. I couldn't get it to work on my PC, so it's nice to see what I am missing.

[DannyS300194]

@DNmotx It only works in google chrome browser.

[DNmotx]

@DannyS300194 I was in Chrome, fully updated.

[MrLegendman3]

@DannyS300194 Ever tried it in firefox 4 beta 4?

[typhlo2007]

@DannyS300194 false ! It works with safari and firefox too ! You just need a powerful computer...

[supercomputer12]

thanks for posting this. couldn't get it to work on mine.

[hellomarjo]

this looks awesome

i can't get it to work for me though :P

[rojasn10]

@hellomarjo yeah neither can I!!!

[a9m0i0r]

Very nice. I've done this as well.