Animal Collective - Leaf House

[NUGSOUNDS]

check out my new stoney music channel :)

[xxLivvy212xx]

reminds me of local natives somewhat

[MrBlalalalla]

@xxLivvy212xx This was out WAY be for the Local Natives.

[xxLivvy212xx]

@MrBlalalalla ...I'm aware

[failureavatar]

Amazing video that you made! It works perfectly with the song. :)

[Android480]

I only have one earphone. this isnt working....

[alexbutlerful]

was it really saying *kittehs....* *MEEEEOOOOOOWWW*

[aperolling000]

This whole time (for like 3 years) I thought that was the original video to the song. *I didn't bother reading the description until now.* This is a great video.

[amytee1231]

I love AC and this song is sooo brilliant. The vid is inspiring too, well done :D

[cowboydanisoutofgas]

feepdingg

[insert1wittynamehere]

No one gives a fuck if you do drugs or not. You aren't cooler for smoking or taking drugs and you aren't better for abstaining from drugs and weed. Just shut up and listen to Animal Collective.

[cowboydanisoutofgas]

contrary to popular belief deakin is actually good on his own

[StephanieKellyy]

blazing so hard to this

[Qena]

GOD PEOPLE SHUT UP! who cares if you do drugs or not. its about if you enjoy the music or not. Pop all the lsd you want or stay sober. if you enjoy the music while your high, thats great. if you like the music sober, Thats equally great. the point of music is to be heard, not to complain about the fanbase.

[MiquelFox]

Lol you dont know shit bout Anco befo you listened to them on acid punks. gtfo. they want u to trip to it so just stfu

[TheCommentFish]

awsome stop motion

[pielady211]

This song is so amazing :) We watched this in art today and now I LOVE IT! :DD

[pellebee]

@pielady211 you watched this in your art classs??? really? thats amazing. Please tell me more about it. Best !

[GannonSlayer1437]

Probably my favorite track off Sung Tongs.

[thejarz]

amazing!

[blackmaxi]

It is insulting yes but most inspiration in the arts nowadays are drug related. And this is coming from a guy who constantly is being called a hipster and a drug user. I'm not sayin that its like stoner music or anything but animal collective music has a big relationship with psychedellic drugs or just pure psychedelia as with Amorphous Androgynous. Just let people think what they want to think everyone gets a different message from art.

[Pedrotheporcupine]

I hearby deam this video sexually innopropriate. The lion and the tiger do it and the puppy is eating the doll out and it looks like they all kill the doll.

[ijustneedmyself84]

This is quite possibly my favorite AC song. I'm dancing by myself in the kitchen right now!

[XxFugufishXx]

@Flishination Thanks. Guess it's time to start listening to it all then.

[XxFugufishXx]

Leaf House, Did You See the Words, Who Could Win a Rabbit, Reverend Green... Anyone have any other suggestions for me?

[LivyBear95]

Come on guys. Enjoy the music and settle down. (: 

[alli0smiles]

DRUGS.

[leyawn16]

@str8died no, you couldn't even interpret what i said correctly. you experience it differently BECAUSE you reach such a state of mind. but my point is that state of mind which makes a deeper appreciation of music possible should be achievable while sober, that's all. if you've tried out any psychedelic drugs you should know what i'm talking about.

dont even bring in buddhism here

[benmq100]

and anyway, what does it matter, this is a fucking amazing song either way, quit all the agro and sit back and chill the fuck out.

[leyawn16]

lol at all those that say listening while high changes the musical experience.

it probably makes you appreciate it more but that's just because you're more vulnerable at the time..if you need to rely on drugs to reach that state of mind then you've got issues

[str8died]

@leyawn16 wow really? is that your argument against the pot heads that listen to AC? when your high you just experience things differently not because you "reach a state of mind." i mean damn..... you can reach a different state of mind?! let alone without drugs??..... you Buddhist?

[str8died]

THIS IS A COMMENT SECTION. IT'S USED FOR COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO. AND IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO AC HIGH THAT'S COOL AND IF YOU DON'T THAT'S COOL TOO. EITHER WAY YOU'LL ENJOY IT.

[tongue17]

dude yes you dont have to do drugs to like animal collective and appreciate their music, but i would give it a try its fucking incredible. if anything it makes you appreciate them more it's like a whole new world. they're like the best, most creative group ever. i don't know how they do it

[rawrshank]

Drugs are great!

[omg6696]

who the hell is Animal Collective

[palbo4]

@omg6696 this band

[acornelf]

not that great...

[woainiYOKI]

meow.....kitties

[djpottsi]

youtube.com/watch?v=25dVNSDFuK­8

brother sport remix

[Hopffnung]

this video is awesome!!! I really like creative persons, the spark of imagination!!!, specially not to follow lineal thought school. VIVE LA CREATIVITE!!!

[palbo4]

am i the only one who loves animal collective but doesn't do drugs?

[DiogaShin]

@palbo4 yes

[palbo4]

@DiogaShin haha thought so...

[sightseek3r]

@palbo4 Nope

[lmfviolet78]

@palbo4 yes! high five! I have yet to listen to AC high and I'm OBSESSED with them. I'm glad I learned to like them without drugs.

[palbo4]

@lmfviolet78 haha same here! high five!

[tonydark6]

@palbo4 no



[boomkablamo]

@palbo4 yes.

[GypsC]

@palbo4 lol "drugs"

[palbo4]

@GypsC why the quotes?

[orajeladdict]

@palbo4

Yes. Get with the program and smoke some weed already

[palbo4]

@orajeladdict no!

[orajeladdict]

@palbo4

Fair enough.

[Angel77792]

@palbo4 No you are not =) I love Animal Collective and I do not do drugs =)

[palbo4]

@Angel77792 :)

[tylervagrancy]

KITTIES.

[thepurplebottle6]

I remember hearing this song while me n my 3 best friends were in one of our backyards trippin on cid, chillen in a tent smokin a promethazine blunt to this jam. twas a gooooood night

[facecheek]

i literally laugh evry time i hear the ending of this song.

[bezwaarlijketruffel]

AC, the ultimate good mood maker.

[pickleweasle9786]

*spits*

[fadoodle100]

lol what is brittani doing in the suggestions list lol??

meowwwwwwww

[luckynatedawg]

2:11... wat.

[Jolfawnzo1]

my cat Sailor had her kittens while i was listening to this today,it was quite the moment

mmmmeeeooooooowwwww

[ElizabethExtravagant]

fucking insanity <3

[Envee211]

@piemaster22

It's not "druggie" music, but it is definitely regarded by many as "a band to listen to while tripping or high because it makes it 10 times more amazing."

[EndOfTheW0rld]

Kitties.

[oceantree5000]

this is without doubt the finest psychedelic band of the modern era... breathtaking.

[oceantree5000]

fucking stunning music. animal collective are the best band ever.

[googlemanic]

UGH!!! U DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON DRUGS TO LIKE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S MUSIC!!!!!

AND IM SO SICK OF CONFORMIST USING THE TERM "HIPSTER"!!! IT'S LAME AS FUCK AND IT MAKES U SEEM IGNORANT!!!

U should listen to Animal Collective because u like it not because u THINK it'll make u look cool.

On every single Animal Collective video i always see 10,000 comments about drug related experiences while listening to their music. Its insulting to their artistic talents.

[crazydude159]

@googlemanic I dont really think its insulting but it is irrelevant mostly. Still this song is good on drugs for me atleast

[elithepozeur]

@googlemanic I respect your desire to not conform, but Animal Collective IS the modern day trip music. They do for me what Pink Floyd did for my dad 25 years ago. If you don't enjoy Animal Collective under the influence, then it's not unlikely you're a "hipster" or indie kid or equivalent. They're coming out with a visual album... it's gonna be psychedelic as FUCK!

[alliant]

@elithepozeur

that came out last summer man

[alliant]

@elithepozeur

but i totally agree with you. this is the most psychedelic band i can think of.

[Envee211]

@elithepozeur

lol are you trolling? They already came out with that over a year ago. It's called Oddsac.

[lmfviolet78]

@googlemanic Thank you!! thats right. While I admit that this would probably be crazy if you're high, i mean, i'm not high right now and I'm really enjoyin it! it's awesome stuff and their music is really intelligent.

[luquey949]

@googlemanic Thanks for speaking up, I really appreciate it. Finally someone gave a piece of their mind.

[deathwish959]

@googlemanic so one time to went to bed listening to animal collective, and i woke up high

[McLaReN212]

@googlemanic youre a freak

[peachpitharddrill]

@googlemanic Someone's not a big smoker ha

[benmq100]

@googlemanic Taking drugs doesn't make you ignorant, thats just a stereotype fed to you by the media, many boffins take drugs. It's not insulting to their music either, and most people taking drugs listening to this appreciate it just as much when sober too, just in a different light. People consume music in different ways... its ignorant to not realize and accept that. people take different things from music and art. Who are you to dictate to people how they should enjoy it?

[googlemanic]

@benmq100 I'm not dictating how people listen to music, now thats n insult on me. I just think its insulting to only be able to enjoy their music while doing drugs. Which it seems like 65% of the people commenting.

[TheCrimper]

@googlemanic Fuck yeah man. I don't have to be stoned or tripping on powerful psychedelic drugs to appreciate the delicious ear candy that is Animal Collective. Listening to Animal Collective is like being on drugs in and of itself.

[iamjoedubois]

@googlemanic Yeaaah,

you're annoying.

[fdelliott2]

@googlemanic druggy druggy drug drug hipster

[LElongboarder904]

@googlemanic How the hell is it insulting? Animal Collective is meant to be trippy which gives you an enhanced drug experience. If anything it's a compliment to their work.

[ZXC77777]

@googlemanic That's right!

[ZACHDISASTER]

@googlemanic Wouldn't it be better to say that Animal Collective appeals to both audiences? I think they would appreciate that more if you're referring to their "artistic talents".

[flyinchipmunk5]

@googlemanic i mean most of their inspiration came from acid trips and such but i can see where your coming from

[moonsugar1]

@googlemanic Is it not just as ignorant to say that people shouldnt be allowed to talk about their drug experiences whilst listening to a song?

Your falling on your own sword a bit there mate.

[googlemanic]

@moonsugar1 Sigh, since people wanna be simple minded, ill reiterate myself. What I meant was that, u dnt have to be a drug addict to appreciate their music. People should like the music because they like it not because one thinks it'll improve their social status. Did i make myself a little more apparent?

[mikeweckstein]

@googlemanic What are you talking about? I love tripping and listening to salvia. God gives me high fives and tells me I'm cool when I do.

[SEVVER69]

aaaaoooooooaaaaaaoooooaaooaooa­aooaaaaa! aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa

[nokturnal5647]

This is a really awesome video. And of course, Animal Collective is mind-blowing.

[alaskay0ung]

KITTIES!

[mtgreen3645]

1:03-1:24 <3

cigarettes increase your high by 10%

Leaf House increases your high tenfoldd

[Youngeightfourfive]

I'm so high.



[brendanapoluza]

This is so original, like who comes up with this shit seriously!

[SomethinRofl]

Does this song remind anyone else of Simon and Garfunkel a little?

[dimlyFourOwls]

Family life, dude. It's rough.

[MrJesusjuice1990]

meowww

[VagueApparitions]

This reminds me of Jan Svenkmajer's work.

[TheMeggsnBacon]

Swag

[Anchorte]

@TheMeggsnBacon Go to a Justin Beiber song an do that ur searching in the wrong place.

[fatcatSBwhat]

One reason I like Animal Collective so much is because many of their songs lack videos, giving artists like youself oppertunities to give their own perspective on the song. Great animationm keep it up!

[zon411]

@gerkmc you fail



[SammyL0k]

THIS HOUSE IS SYAaAaAaAaAaAaD

[MightyMartel]

I didn't realize I was hipster because I like Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday. Go fuck yourself, haha. I hate everyones preconception about liking music. I can't help what I like, I don't care where it comes from as long as it makes sweet love to my ears.

[Galoag2012]

mewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww­wwwooooo mewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwo­ooooooo mewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooo­oooooo

mewooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oowowowowow

[jesusejesus]

I've never commented on this video though i've been coming to it for years. Thank you....it captures this song beautifully.

[cramham]

COACHELLA!!!!!!!

[MegaMartinez88]

what the hell is a hipster

[chocotoxinconcoction]

@MegaMartinez88 hipster was a white person in some time around the 20s or 30s who tried to act cool and get into jazz clubs though there was almost exclusively a black community. that's where the term hipster was coined

[MegaMartinez88]

@chocotoxinconcoction Perhaps I should rephrase... What the hell is a hipster in today's context?

[Nuuave]

House of Leaves, anyone?

[pashedmotatos]

MEOWWWW.

Kitties. :^)

[ryandrums1001]

he part around 0:54 reminds me of some kind of native american chant

[scarredsky]

great video.

[WeFoundAtlantis]

Awesome song, awesome video!

[ayyeden]

i recited the lyrics of this song in class for a poetry thing

i brought win 2 everyones day that day

[FFScantgetadamnname]

Kitties

[wallflowersociety]

this song makes me orgasm

[Chikagba]

I like the chord changes at 2:02 to 2:24 right before the "kitties" part very brilliant shit!!

[oogaboogan]

@403Skateboarding you're a pretentious douchebag. shut the fuck up.

any "cool points" you thought you earned by using the oh-so-cliche "I LIKED THEM BEFORE THEY WERE POPULAR" bullshit just went into the fucking negatives. what a fucking tool. only a hipster would brag about something like that.

[mysticblue436]

WAIT. WAIT. This is a fan vid? Holy shi-

[troy7531]

Utilizing your rehearsed and extensive vocabulary does not distinguish any uniqueness in your rhetoric or mode of thought and it certainly does not give you vivid sentimental confluxity in your speech.

I like this song its sick.

[oogaboogan]

@troy7531 way to both bash on pretentious people and be one at the same time

[troy7531]

@oogaboogan

that was the point nignog i was mimicking

[oogaboogan]

@troy7531 yet the result is the same

[gaara034]

To be completely honest, I believe this is one of the best songs on the Sung Tongs album. I mean all the other songs are great, but this gives me the most extreme chills down my spine like you could never begin to imagine. It captivates my very essence and it sends me swirling into my mind...My eyes roll to the back of my head as I imagine people dancing around a fire with painted bodies near the beach. Beautiful song.

[h3adcrabbio]

IF there is any song that has a backmask it is this one. Maybe its the everymanhybrid side of it but there is something sinister in this song. It seems "empty". I like it but it gives me a bad feeling like Lavender Town. I meant The rabbit song. woops

[h3adcrabbio]

IF there is any song that has a backmask it is this one. Maybe its the everymanhybrid side of it but there is something sinister in this song. It seems "empty". I like it but it gives me a bad feeling like Lavender Town.

[lel0070]

animal collective appeals to my insanity and make me feel like its okay. Instead of pressure to be normal like everyone else, Animal Collective makes me realize weirdness can manifest itself in amazingly beautiful and creative ways and they inspire me to embrace my own and appreciate what makes everyone else unique. I've discovered love and beauty actually do exist and I've got a new appreciation for ...well, everything. The world isn't a terrible place after all

[jaydamon]

I got so high one night, put on my headphones and played this song at full blast, and had the best outer body experience of my life.

[Zagrebish]

@jaydamon If you want a real mind-fuck experience, you should read the book it's based on: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. You will never be the same.

[MisterDubelina]

@jaydamon i really can imagine that! im gonna try to find out :)

[alphabetshit]

@jaydamon SO TRUE. especially parts 1:00 - 1:27. Dude, it was so fucking trippy. I was like WHOA. All I could do was lay my head down.

[Dylork]

@jaydamon Nice! What is an outer body experience though? Do you have another body outside of your regular body in which you had an experience? KITTIES!!!!!!!!!!



[Bulldog22031]

@jaydamon it's "out OF" body experience.

[supasta3]

omg this video. this song. this band. everything about this makes me drool.

[alliant]

it is such a shame for this band to get the negativity they do. you would think these were political videos by looking at the comments. it's so profoundly stupid. human beings are Fucked.

[musicksol]

Do they do any songs that you don't have to be tripping on acid to enjoy?

[dimlyFourOwls]

@musicksol All of them :).

[goodsirphelps]

reference to House of Leaves perhaps???

[rockyhard1]

IRONIC!!!!!!!!

[cabbage0dusk]

From 2:23 is the best and relates! lol

[kbrown69ing]

hipster

[MOOTAR1000]

wtf is this

[SpoonHysteria]

0:25 Elder Scrolls: Oblivion screenshot

[sexmagician222]

This video compliments this song so well. Kudos fine sir.

[dinosaursarekool]

technically the hipster .... SHH! i'm listening to music.

[MyLacesAreOut]

I liked this song before it was considered hipster.

[tjnguyen]

@MyLacesAreOut i liked this song before and i will always like this song, just because people label it doesnt mean u dont have to like it. Im not a hipster, most hipsters dont even know who Animal Collective are... Animal Collective forever and always hipster or not!

[SigurTibbs]

hipsters don't like to be called hipsters...thats how you know they're hipsters?

I wish I was a hipster. maybe I am?

[killkill0]

@SigurTibbs

you can't be a hipster because youre black.

but you can be a blipster.

[SigurTibbs]

@killkill0 Sadly =\. I'll just become a hippie. Black people were hippies too, and Beatnics.

[killkill0]

@SigurTibbs

Dude, I'm just kidding, black people can be whatever they want, including hipsters. It's just that the main demographic of that group of people tend to be urban middle class whites.

[jeang123]

@killkill0 If you knew anything about hipsters you would know that the original hipsters were black and that even though you wouldn't be able to tell today...the origins of hipsters are basically black jazz musicians from the 50s and 60s. Get your facts straight killkill0

[killkill0]

@jeang123

Technically the original hippies were white people who were influenced by african culture and music, during the the 1920s, 1950s was second wave.

[ladiiluv]

@killkill0 kill yourself. fucking pig.

[DVA5212]

at 2:01 the song creates the most perfect awesomeness my ears have ever expierenced

[Mukamera]

This song never leaves your head/heart ... makes you wanna love the One

[blazian88]

What is a...... HIPSTER?

[TaylorConrad8098]

I'm glad some people are actually talking about the music rather than arguing about who's more pretentious.

[xitsJohnfoolx]

true hipsters are just really individual people haha to put it simply. not trying to start an arguement or anything just hoping to clarify or make people ponder a bit and forget stereotypes. hahah everybody have a nice day (:

[xitsJohnfoolx]

honestly a true hipster is one who isn't trying to be, and doesn't care if they are one or not. true hipsters could care less what you think. they're like artsy, classy punks. there's no true set "hipster nature". trying to define "hipster behaviors and hipster things to do" and stuff like that is a waste because really your touching on kinda wanna be hipsters. ugh haha i'm overstating things and maybe taking it a bit to far but, really you can't define it because it's nature is indefinable.

[eatsleepmusic]

The looks I get from people when I sing along to this album with my headphones on are PRICELESS.

[MiloDC]

@eatsleepmusic Cool, I wish people would look at me funny when I sing along to *my* hipster albums.

[thevenomexists]

@eatsleepmusic Hahaha oh god me too....

[pkgrip]

@eatsleepmusic

i'm just imagining that right now, and it's hillarious

[Armistice0]

@eatsleepmusic I gotta try that. I usually only do Radiohead and Merriweather. Their older gems are tough indeed, rise above your own ego and everyone else's. Paying homage in the most powerful way you know...sing to the world. Crush the insecurity, if you were a nuisance, someone would ask you to stop, and you would politely oblige.

Kitties.

[Envee211]

@eatsleepmusic

THIS HOUSE IS SAAAA-AA-AA-AA-AAD

UH UH UH AH AH

UH UH UH AH AH

UH UH UH AH AH

[singforxanthi]

meaw kitties :D

[dlg725]

it really doesn't matter what a hipster is or who a hipster is or if saying one thing makes you a hipster. it doesn't matter flat out and ya know if someone wants to call themselves a hipster so what? let them its no big deal how does it affect you? why do any of you care about all this hipster debate type shit?