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  • Official Video for “Helena Beat” by Foster The People
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    Chorus:
    Yeah, yeah, and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah, yeah, and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight
    #FosterThePeople #HelenaBeat #Torches
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  • @user-cr9zg6kd6y
    @user-cr9zg6kd6y Před 4 lety +1910

    Torches is such a great album

    • @Enzo-tg8uo
      @Enzo-tg8uo Před 3 lety +29

      Underrated imo

    • @user-cr9zg6kd6y
      @user-cr9zg6kd6y Před 3 lety +47

      @@Enzo-tg8uo I agree! There's not one bad song there, and personally I think it's their best album

    • @Enzo-tg8uo
      @Enzo-tg8uo Před 3 lety +20

      @@user-cr9zg6kd6y I love that album! My favorite song form that album is call it what you want

    • @masonp.6255
      @masonp.6255 Před 3 lety +29

      @@Enzo-tg8uo Dude, none of the songs are even average, I am usually very picky with my music, but I have 9/10 of the songs on my playlist! Hard to choose, but Dont Stop has gotta be my favorite

    • @abbygonzalez2505
      @abbygonzalez2505 Před 3 lety +11

      @@masonp.6255 same it’s so painfully underrated and i never shut up about this album i love it sm

  • @mathematicalmuscleman
    @mathematicalmuscleman Před 6 měsíci +132

    Got to admit, the Torches album is absolutely amazing and well worth listening to on an idle Friday sunny evening.

    • @RandyKimKimballRandall
      @RandyKimKimballRandall Před 5 měsíci +1

      I agree with you 100%. I just wished they released a live album from that era. Their live music was incredible

    • @simply-living8523
      @simply-living8523 Před měsícem

      I’m in LOVE with this album. My brother put me on and I can’t get enough

  • @xx_shithead_xx9
    @xx_shithead_xx9 Před 3 lety +437

    Pumped Up Kicks: "Who are you?"
    Helena Beat: "I'm you, but better."

  • @d.a.v.e.3.3.
    @d.a.v.e.3.3. Před 20 dny +28

    It's 2024 and I still jam this song all the time.

  • @thatismcob1514
    @thatismcob1514 Před 5 lety +3032

    This one of those songs after listening to it for the first time your like “yea it was good” but the more you listen to it the better it gets for some reason

    • @SpaceGhost999
      @SpaceGhost999 Před 5 lety +85

      The entire torches album was that way for me, personally. Now it's one of my favorites.

    • @flawedsanity
      @flawedsanity Před 4 lety +36

      Agreed. Even after all these years, it remains a defining and iconic album for me.

    • @SpinoRexzillaEN25
      @SpinoRexzillaEN25 Před 4 lety +31

      When I first heard it I went "Wow, this is one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life." Most songs get better the more you listen to it.

    • @jackallensworth8736
      @jackallensworth8736 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes, I quite agree! Gets beddah an' beddah!

    • @youtubeaccount6561
      @youtubeaccount6561 Před 4 lety

      That Is Mcob agreed UwU.

  • @user-uq4kn2by7i
    @user-uq4kn2by7i Před 3 lety +549

    Mom: why don't you play with the neighbors kids?
    The neighbors kids:

  • @shanewright93
    @shanewright93 Před 2 měsíci +47

    Still jamming to this in 2024

  • @jshnitzel9726
    @jshnitzel9726 Před 2 měsíci +13

    This song helped me when i was rock bottom and suicidal
    Thank you ❤

    • @louislynch1590
      @louislynch1590 Před 5 dny +1

      I won’t pretend I know your pain, but I will praise your courage!!!

  • @diegobarreras
    @diegobarreras Před 5 lety +1483

    N O S T A L G I A

  • @Stucks_
    @Stucks_ Před 8 lety +4264

    What I love about Foster The People is that they're not trying to be just another alternative band, they have their own sound and Mark is such a talented singer/songwriter. This band is way too underrated!

    • @marxizim
      @marxizim Před 8 lety +107

      underrated ? nigga they were one of the most popular alternative / pop bands a few years ago. where have you been? I'm not saying they're not good, I love them, but I can name a handful of bands that have this same sound

    • @ALegendthateatslunchatam
      @ALegendthateatslunchatam Před 8 lety +18

      +David Ponce 5 years ago

    • @himynameis6625
      @himynameis6625 Před 8 lety +26

      "Underrated"
      yeah not the word i would use.

    • @himynameis6625
      @himynameis6625 Před 8 lety +4

      there you go!!!

    • @Collball1234
      @Collball1234 Před 7 lety +136

      No, they are underated. If you listen to each song, they put a ton of work into each one. This is a talented group, but unfortunately, they only have one hit song, and it's rarely played on the radio do to it's implications. This is a talented group, and they don't receive much recognition for their work (besides pumped up kicks). That is the definition of underated.

  • @badvibesforever5896
    @badvibesforever5896 Před 3 lety +1156

    The child actor that took off the helmet at the end is Zachary Haas he unfortunately passed away a couple days ago he was my buddy in middle school and we would talk all the time.... rip brother 🙏🏻🙏🏻💕

    • @NFBOFFICIALL
      @NFBOFFICIALL Před 3 lety +23

      ♥️🙏🏾

    • @therealsofagirrl79
      @therealsofagirrl79 Před rokem +40

      Damn I'm sorry,that scene when the older guy makes the lead singer a kid and he ages at least 20 years older always teared me up, it's really extra sad to know that kid isn't with us 😞

    • @therealsofagirrl79
      @therealsofagirrl79 Před rokem +14

      Damn me too, I hope this person was joking or being a troll

    • @badvibesforever5896
      @badvibesforever5896 Před rokem +38

      @@therealsofagirrl79 not trolling, I wouldn’t joke about one of my friends passing, it was an unfortunate accident all I can say is may he rest in peace 🧡

    • @therealsofagirrl79
      @therealsofagirrl79 Před rokem +9

      @@badvibesforever5896 I'm sorry 😔 may he rest in peace

  • @elijahugm3661
    @elijahugm3661 Před 2 měsíci +85

    Anyone else here in 2024?

  • @Linkmon99
    @Linkmon99 Před 5 lety +4116

    Never gets old

    • @deadforcex2407
      @deadforcex2407 Před 5 lety +40

      You could say that again this album is the only music I listen to in school explains why I have no friends lol

    • @sarahgarcia1713
      @sarahgarcia1713 Před 5 lety +13

      Omg linkmon u listen to these songs

    • @memyselfandthem6747
      @memyselfandthem6747 Před 5 lety +13

      I don't even listen to indi but I'm addicted to foster the people.

    • @KahlieNiven
      @KahlieNiven Před 5 lety +8

      indeeds, so young and so old ... (geez already 8 yrs ago ?)

    • @hitlertoni
      @hitlertoni Před 5 lety +1

      Ae

  • @isabellemaciel692
    @isabellemaciel692 Před 4 lety +1927

    I do not know how many times my dad played this song.
    he is 47 and he never liked new bands , then he knew foster the People when I showed him.
    he love this song so much, and i will Always remember him when I listen to this; even more now, that he is away .
    thanks foster. you guys make beautiful things .

    • @nicole-wo5pw
      @nicole-wo5pw Před 4 lety +4

      Isa Leicam yo can your dad adopt me

    • @monicaaalucc
      @monicaaalucc Před 4 lety +6

      Isa Leicam same...my dad is 43 though 😂

    • @Taveren17
      @Taveren17 Před 4 lety +37

      I'm your dad's age and my kids introduced me to these guys. We're not as old as you think.

    • @thedonald1029
      @thedonald1029 Před 4 lety +18

      One of the few bands of today that people who grew up in the 90s could appreciate

    • @girohead
      @girohead Před 4 lety +12

      Yep, I'm a few years older and was just thinking what your dad and others think. I am always intrigued by bands' styles and influence. When I saw live versions of these guys I was like 'whoa, I've not seen that much electronica for over 30 years. Drum machine, beats, multiple keyboards and upbeat tunes (even if darker lyrics) make this group have a somewhat classic and extraordinary beat. Very cool. 10 years later but still consider this worthy modern music.

  • @nickgianesin5254
    @nickgianesin5254 Před 20 dny +6

    This song still holds up

  • @wade_says
    @wade_says Před 2 měsíci +8

    This song and video will always be special to me. One of their best songs and features a blue heeler, a dog breed I’ve owned my entire life. The video inspired me to get one so I did the same year this video released. He sadly passed away last year. He gave me the best 10 years I could ask for. RIP Rocky. I really miss this version of Foster the People. Wish they could have stayed together. Torches was special.

  • @miniyes8908
    @miniyes8908 Před 4 lety +531

    "I took a sip of something poison but ill hold on tight" Neat lyrics.

    • @HouseNHaunted
      @HouseNHaunted Před 4 lety +17

      Me and my college buddies would always start our night off with this song and pulling vodka/rum swigs etc haha.

    • @LinasVepstas
      @LinasVepstas Před 3 lety +35

      Actually, it's kind of an anti-drugs song (so I've heard) - a critique of bored, idle rich kids - kids of Hollywood celebs, can't ever be as great as Mom & Dad are, so give up, get through the day, get so high, can't even sit in a chair without falling out of it. But hey, hey, it's OK. (I don't know if it's pathetic, or what. Can you deal w/ it? Mom&Dad are high-voltage live-wires w/ tons o' natural talent, and what am I? Chopped beef? A normie raised w/ best-of-the-best world-class everything everywhere? What does that make me? A zero? (Someone called Billy Corgan a zero and he wrote a song about it. Check it.) What do you do, when you got it all and you got nothing?)

    • @joshuafernando4069
      @joshuafernando4069 Před 3 lety +2

      *Amen*

    • @supercucho12
      @supercucho12 Před 3 lety +16

      @@LinasVepstas Hell in a beat > Helena Beat. This song is supposed to be about heroin.

    • @michelemichele7178
      @michelemichele7178 Před 2 lety +1

      @@LinasVepstas take alot of drugs & spend alot of ( mom & dad's) $$$$, usually!!

  • @Lenny2006
    @Lenny2006 Před 3 lety +2033

    12 years later if you’re still listening to this you’re a legend
    (I'll make sure to update the number of years every year)
    So how's it going all you Legends? - Lenny 2024

  • @romeotobar7055
    @romeotobar7055 Před 3 lety +759

    Early 2010’s were the golden years for alternative music.

    • @Knailz
      @Knailz Před 3 lety +38

      Mmmmm No. You have to keep going back another 15-20 years.

    • @sebwatson1
      @sebwatson1 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Knailz yeah nah yeah nah shut up

    • @LuciferDSatan-vn8gl
      @LuciferDSatan-vn8gl Před 2 lety +19

      Uhhh, the 1990's has a bone to pick with you. Q101 Chicago 4 life.

    • @Nick-nl3dy
      @Nick-nl3dy Před 2 lety +30

      08-2013 was a pretty good run

    • @PhaseSkater
      @PhaseSkater Před 2 lety +15

      @@Nick-nl3dy yup. Now it’s just tiktok cringe songs

  • @bella_ninja_9606
    @bella_ninja_9606 Před 2 lety +7

    Modern day "Lord of the Flies". One of the coolest videos ever.

  • @sarthakmadhwan791
    @sarthakmadhwan791 Před 5 lety +633

    Still can’t understand how this song doesn’t have a billion views 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @tano1432
      @tano1432 Před 4 lety +13

      Cuz rock is dying

    • @melissalesley2982
      @melissalesley2982 Před 4 lety +13

      I always wonder the same when I hear other good songs. People like to hear popular things and forget to listen to music.

    • @schooler5372
      @schooler5372 Před 4 lety +5

      Jonathan Gutierrez I wouldn’t say rock is dying, I’d say we’re entering an age of rap but I guarantee in 10-20 years the populous will change

    • @miguel9943
      @miguel9943 Před 4 lety +9

      Because pumped up kicks was their popular song, just like Magic’s song Rude, John Legend’s All of me.

    • @luismode-
      @luismode- Před 4 lety +13

      Simple, people nowadays don’t like this kind of music anymore. Rock is dying, sadly. All the people want to listen is bullshit like cardi b, j Balvin, Ozuna, Rosalia and all those shit stuff

  • @alisonbello2937
    @alisonbello2937 Před 8 lety +1600

    torches is one of the best albums forever

  • @bruceohandley2024
    @bruceohandley2024 Před rokem +116

    I am a guy brought up on 70's and 80's rock, but I really like these guys. I lost my mother a month ago and to me it represents keeping going when things are at their worst. It encapsulates her sudden bad turn, her struggle and unexpected death, getting the late night phone call, telling and comforting my kids, the wake, the funeral and all the other arrangements. This encapsulates being completely lost. It was like "sipping poison and having to hold on tight".

  • @GnosticSeeker369
    @GnosticSeeker369 Před 3 lety +154

    Seriously how did they craft a song so perfect

    • @Akraroshidere
      @Akraroshidere Před 2 lety +5

      Skill and talent

    • @1ofthewizards330
      @1ofthewizards330 Před rokem +3

      Good question. I have heard this song a few times over the years and immediately loved it. I never knew what it was called or who it was by until today. I heard it on the radio at work and Shazam-ed it. I have more respect for Foster the People now, and the song sounds even better hearing it on my home speakers.

    • @stephensoto4310
      @stephensoto4310 Před rokem

      Their music is just perfect in general…I was in high school when they started to blow up and I’ll never forget the ride they gave us in the early 2010’s ❤️

    • @Toasxy
      @Toasxy Před rokem +4

      Look up Donald Marshall

    • @couldntcomeupwithapropername
      @couldntcomeupwithapropername Před 10 měsíci

      Songcraft

  • @rayrayroberts
    @rayrayroberts Před 7 lety +673

    *I TOOK A SIP OF SOMETHING POISON BUT I HOLD ON TIGHT*

    • @bbnnbb789
      @bbnnbb789 Před 7 lety +26

      yeah yeah n I'm alright

    • @albert5838
      @albert5838 Před 7 lety +5

      Ray-Ray Roberts god dammit not bill again

    • @chrisstandingbear1947
      @chrisstandingbear1947 Před 6 lety +1

      like when i drank some real absinthe one time

    • @JoshuaBarretto
      @JoshuaBarretto Před 6 lety +1

      I thought it was "sip of something potent".

    • @brianng9765
      @brianng9765 Před 6 lety +3

      More like "but I *cough* hold on *cough cough* ........ tight

  • @mamudamu
    @mamudamu Před 6 lety +512

    I should marry this song

  • @dumbasscunt441
    @dumbasscunt441 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I always liked this better than pumped up kicks

  • @m.c.6933
    @m.c.6933 Před 2 lety +79

    Musicians say they make music to help people… this song… I was listening to this song when I was 19, living in Las Vegas by myself, afraid of everything. I was isolated and I never got to pursue what I wanted to there because I was unshakably sick for two months!! I was there to pursue an artistic career of sorts. I was also setting up an art studio and started to have a drinking problem because I was so sick, and I was contemplating suicide and other reckless things. “Yeah, yeah, and it’s okay…. I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way” this line has held me down somehow envisioning my hands tied behind me to just SIT DOWN no matter how uncomfortable and miserable I am. It hit my bones. I have PTSD and I don’t live an easy life, and I’m 23 now and I still go back to this line in my head sometimes like it’s magic. So yeah, in case foster the people reads this…. you’ve helped me in the darkest times of my life.

    • @chrisbelcher5320
      @chrisbelcher5320 Před měsícem

      It’s amazing what touches you in that spot, once it has you,it doesn’t let go!

    • @jbshiva865
      @jbshiva865 Před 27 dny

      I hope you are doing better now.

  • @beanbon7469
    @beanbon7469 Před 5 lety +128

    A great message at the end.
    Eat your past.

  • @spookmagooked3017
    @spookmagooked3017 Před 3 lety +368

    But the most important question: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOG?!

  • @carbon6390
    @carbon6390 Před 15 dny +1

    FTB is consistently dope.

  • @kellybrackin7294
    @kellybrackin7294 Před 4 dny +1

    Love the blue heeler!

  • @dark_star888
    @dark_star888 Před 7 lety +253

    This is seriously one of my favorite songs of all time

  • @christinatuttle8442
    @christinatuttle8442 Před 7 lety +515

    This song is so underrated

  • @ohbilly9832
    @ohbilly9832 Před 3 lety +89

    Reminds me of all the highschool parties I never went too

  • @dabombman2183
    @dabombman2183 Před 3 měsíci +8

    I don't know what it is about the video but I wish the studio version had the same intro as a kid it scared me, but now coming back to listen after 5 -10 years that intro brings back so much nostalgia

  • @100mrgalaxy
    @100mrgalaxy Před 10 lety +36

    I'm sort really LiKe obsESSED with this band

  • @ragokueod
    @ragokueod Před 5 lety +282

    o.o this guy's voice is infectious. He can hit those high notes but it doesn't sound strained. Not to mention Foster the People are truly awesome with their music. When I first heard I would do anything for you I was very surprised that Foster the people would even do a love song but damn they did it so well that I actually consider myself a fan because they do so well on their music. Helena beat is no exception. Funny thing is if you're one of those music listeners who isn't impressed after the first 10 seconds this song really isn't for you, but if you have more patience than that you'll find a song worth listening to and adding to your playlist. 😊

  • @jessicolan
    @jessicolan Před rokem +66

    Still the best indie album for me. Still listening to it up to this day. Nostalgia at its finest. First listened to this as a high school student in 2011, and now as an adult who is finding out what to pursue in life 😅

  • @dominic._
    @dominic._ Před 3 lety +30

    i'll never forget my friend telling me to listen to torches in 2011. i'm forever grateful i made that decision

  • @TheDoubleDeuced
    @TheDoubleDeuced Před 6 lety +543

    Lord of the Flies meets Mad Max and The Thief Lord

    • @SamSam-ub3rw
      @SamSam-ub3rw Před 5 lety +12

      seriously i was searching comments hoping to find Mad Max references.

    • @polanialmoni6274
      @polanialmoni6274 Před 5 lety +4

      Mad Max! first thing that came to my mind!

    • @02JASP
      @02JASP Před 5 lety +3

      The beginning remind me to Resident Evil: Extinction. XD

    • @december4629
      @december4629 Před 4 lety +3

      When I first saw this I thought of LOTF too lmao

    • @JohnDoe-fr1id
      @JohnDoe-fr1id Před 4 lety

      A Brony.

  • @adobeslats6200
    @adobeslats6200 Před 9 lety +30

    Foster the People is still one of the most underrated bands ever! They are so incredible.

  • @rileywelton3243
    @rileywelton3243 Před rokem +12

    Best album of the last decade hands down. This is my favorite ;)

  • @RavenTheShamanTarot
    @RavenTheShamanTarot Před 2 měsíci +2

    Miss these days. I used to live in Miracle Mile, LA.

  • @beanbon7469
    @beanbon7469 Před 6 lety +363

    If this becomes the world, hit me up to join my guild.
    Requirements: none
    Skills: basic combat

    • @karmicvibez6377
      @karmicvibez6377 Před 5 lety +27

      You need to have requirements bro. Otherwise you'll get stuck with a bunch of useless moochers who can't even shoot lol

    • @sadsavagesomething1387
      @sadsavagesomething1387 Před 4 lety +3

      Put me on the list also I wanna say you should have the requirement of mediocre survival skills

    • @rafaelsaniel7089
      @rafaelsaniel7089 Před 4 lety

      This should be the requirments to join a guild
      Requerments:toughness,emotionally tough,skilled hanf to hand combat,skilled gunsmanship
      healthy body,strenght,skilled survivalist.
      you can still join but you wont be that usefull

    • @dwntherabbithole9785
      @dwntherabbithole9785 Před 4 lety +2

      ....you can't say you have no requirements and require basic combat.

    • @l0sts0ul89
      @l0sts0ul89 Před 4 lety

      Kk

  • @madeegie
    @madeegie Před 4 lety +114

    My mom always played this song in the car when I was younger and it was one of my favorites. I never knew the name of it but the other night I bumped into it after listening to another song by Foster and I started crying bc it’s such a good song and I recognized it as soon as it turned on.

    • @Andreatduren
      @Andreatduren Před 3 lety +3

      Songs take you back so deep. Your mom's taste in music was top tier. 🙌🏽💯🙌🏽

    • @fernandasosa3417
      @fernandasosa3417 Před 3 lety +1

      Music are a beautiful time machine...

    • @j.heartbreaker6604
      @j.heartbreaker6604 Před 2 lety +2

      Same my mom and dad always used to put foster the people and daft punk on, best memories.

  • @drewlincoln8110
    @drewlincoln8110 Před 2 měsíci +4

    This is what I thought the pumped up kicks music video would be lol

  • @FaizanJaved
    @FaizanJaved Před 3 měsíci +1

    "Helena Beat" - foster the people
    +
    "Electric feel" - mgmt
    On repeat - awesomeness

  • @JSchmitty
    @JSchmitty Před rokem +9

    Absolutely phenomenal! I'd choose this over pumped up kicks any day!

  • @snagc4b427
    @snagc4b427 Před 7 lety +76

    One of their best songs
    Sooooo underrated

    • @andrepereira744
      @andrepereira744 Před 5 lety +1

      It was a single back then soooooo is pretty far from underrated

  • @47goonz44
    @47goonz44 Před 9 měsíci +12

    This is seriously of the best albums of all time. No skips whatsoever.

  • @_.theeweeknd._
    @_.theeweeknd._ Před 2 lety +131

    It's 2022 and we still jamming. Foster The People are amazing!!

    • @MaxxRemKing1
      @MaxxRemKing1 Před 10 měsíci +4

      its 2023 where TF did time go?

    • @alex200211
      @alex200211 Před 8 měsíci +2

      2023 ❤

    • @Bradenfinnegan22
      @Bradenfinnegan22 Před 5 měsíci +2

      2024 😮

    • @frog_haus
      @frog_haus Před 4 měsíci

      You beat me by a month @@Bradenfinnegan22 I'll be back for 2025. It will be mine!

  • @jonah1561
    @jonah1561 Před 7 lety +86

    Mark Foster looks so awsome in this video!

    • @rickyg8462
      @rickyg8462 Před 7 lety

      Burning To Flames he falls down alot...even when he's on stage

  • @Daltonis8
    @Daltonis8 Před 7 lety +271

    The best song of Foster The People, I really love this band.

  • @jjth3bat
    @jjth3bat Před 3 lety +48

    Happy 10th anniversary to Torches!
    This song still slaps hard.

  • @planetxtk7567
    @planetxtk7567 Před 9 lety +8

    It's crazy. They make the songs sound so happy but the lyrics are always so sad. That makes this song just as sad as songs by artists that actually HAVE sad moods to their music.

  • @marihanna.elizabeth
    @marihanna.elizabeth Před 4 lety +291

    Sometimes life it takes you by the hand
    It puts you down before you know it
    It's gone and you're dead again
    I've been in places and I won't pretend
    That I make it I just fall on my head
    When it's strange to take a walk downstairs
    Sweep you all up on a corner and pay for my bread
    You know that I cannot believe my own truth
    To show what a truth, it's got nothing to lose
    Yeah yeah and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah yeah and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight
    You know those days when you wanted to choose
    To not get out of bed and get lost in your head again
    You play the game but you gotta cut
    'Cause you're coming down hard your joints are off stud
    I tried to say that's not the only way
    I never knew if I could convince myself to change
    You were pacing, I was insecure
    Slip and fall I got the calls of the prison I was living in
    Yeah yeah and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah yeah and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight
    Yeah yeah and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah yeah and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison, a sip of something poison
    Yeah yeah and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah yeah and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight
    Yeah yeah and it's okay
    I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
    Yeah yeah and I'm alright
    I took a sip of something poison, a sip of something poison

    • @ayden3133
      @ayden3133 Před 3 lety +8

      Hearing the lyrics is one thing, but actually reading them gives it a whole new meaning

    • @marihanna.elizabeth
      @marihanna.elizabeth Před 3 lety

      @@ayden3133 agree

    • @diegoosucks
      @diegoosucks Před 3 lety +11

      The first line is actually “hair” not hand! Its confusing but its true (i have the CD and it has a lyric booklet lol)

    • @Rorschach220
      @Rorschach220 Před 2 lety +1

      Oooweeeeeooooooweeeeooooooo

    • @xc7525
      @xc7525 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeeee thank you!!

  • @sandraplm8135
    @sandraplm8135 Před 3 lety +111

    Almost 10 years later. This song and the entire album brings me many beautiful memories. They defined the type of music I enjoy today, I'm so happy I met them when they started and be able to follow their later works. Thank you guys!

  • @Katzenkaiser4
    @Katzenkaiser4 Před rokem +8

    how does this still not have several hundreds of millions of views?

    • @timwebb4422
      @timwebb4422 Před rokem

      Must need to add WAP to the title for them to listen lol great song ,awesome video and one kick ass band

  • @Shanemo007
    @Shanemo007 Před 8 lety +173

    mark foster has a unique voice

  • @nickdelacruz6775
    @nickdelacruz6775 Před 5 lety +33

    Torches was/is supremely underrated

  • @sabinescholler3624
    @sabinescholler3624 Před 2 lety +5

    Is anyone here with me 2.2.2022 to hear this underrated masterpiece🤩♥️???i love this song 🎵 for so many years now.Great song&awesome video!!

  • @wyattdavenport16
    @wyattdavenport16 Před 2 lety +3

    it was 2011. my fist day of 7th grade . I remember i just had got the fallout 3 collector's edition from my mom. That morning i woke up to helena beat on mtv and got dressed with my window open and the only visible thing was clouds. Thinking if this is the start i can't imagine what's next. 11 years later im 22 and i still have that as one of my best memories....

  • @kenedaninja
    @kenedaninja Před 9 lety +21

    I used to HATE this song, don't know why, I absolutely LOVE it now! Brilliant video too.

    • @liamferry4010
      @liamferry4010 Před 9 lety +2

      same lol

    • @dastardlydaring5142
      @dastardlydaring5142 Před 9 lety +4

      I loved it since I first heard it. I had no idea who Foster The People were when it came out, and I had to search the internet desperately with lyrics I remembered from it to find out what it was. Still is one of my favorite songs, and a great video too.

    • @MinelasRs
      @MinelasRs Před 9 lety

      c00l

  • @Helena96
    @Helena96 Před 9 lety +22

    I wish my name was Helena...
    Oh, wait, my name is Helena! :D

  • @Stbeca
    @Stbeca Před 3 lety +10

    I'm still here and I'm been crying to the song today

  • @casuallad735
    @casuallad735 Před 3 lety +10

    This is better than pumped up kicks for me. The Chorus is so catchy. Makes u wanna dance

  • @r.8738
    @r.8738 Před 4 lety +24

    "I took a sip of something poison, a sip of something poison huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuu huuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuu uuuuiuuuuuuuuiuuu

  • @mathmachine474
    @mathmachine474 Před 8 lety +8

    Honestly, despite how depressing this song is, it's my favorite song ever!!!

  • @brunoromano7350
    @brunoromano7350 Před rokem +95

    I remember getting this song for free on iTunes months before Pumped Up Kicks hit the charts... I was so happy for them and listened to Torches a lot. Good old days.

    • @arturosaavedra3839
      @arturosaavedra3839 Před 10 měsíci +2

      This happened to me with M83 Hurry Up, we're dreaming!!!

    • @daniellenicholle6670
      @daniellenicholle6670 Před 9 měsíci

      @@arturosaavedra3839 I got both Helena Beat and Midnight City free off iTunes as well, and ever since they've been some of my favorite bands. I listened to Helena Beat on repeat for an entire day.

  • @DrBeauHightower
    @DrBeauHightower Před 3 lety +1046

    Better than pumped up kicks by a mile

  • @xChemistryFTWx
    @xChemistryFTWx Před 6 lety +21

    "You know those days when you wanna just choose to not get out of bed, get lost in your head again?"

  • @henrybullwinkle6828
    @henrybullwinkle6828 Před 9 lety +315

    Man Malcolm did pretty good after his show ended
    1:36

    • @ashlinahan
      @ashlinahan Před 9 lety +18

      I don't feel like this comment got the attention it deserved :p

    • @henrybullwinkle6828
      @henrybullwinkle6828 Před 9 lety +5

      Ash Linahan Give it time, it will happen.

    • @Woffak
      @Woffak Před 9 lety +5

      4 Months Later... XD

    • @henrybullwinkle6828
      @henrybullwinkle6828 Před 9 lety

      ***** in a world of cannibalistic children hell bent on reverting your age for the name sake of strengthening their child army you're damn right.

    • @cynthiabarther2921
      @cynthiabarther2921 Před 9 lety

      ***** sR

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 Před 3 lety +133

    I like this song even more than Pumped Up Kicks and that was a great tune.

  • @sakilook
    @sakilook Před 2 lety +4

    I cried listening to this I want my childhood back :(

  • @extreme-7820
    @extreme-7820 Před 9 lety +6

    Finally i find a song that deserves every single view of the 18 mil it got.

  • @papageorgio6076
    @papageorgio6076 Před 10 lety +6

    Never knew this song was by foster for the people. Great song, but how does it have only 13mill should have alot more.

  • @hannahrhodes6468
    @hannahrhodes6468 Před 3 lety +6

    When you find out your favorite song for a few years was released on your birthday 💕

  • @brandidavis8506
    @brandidavis8506 Před 2 lety +1

    torches is a testament to smiling thru the tears. an anamoly. music can save your life

  • @AwesomestParks
    @AwesomestParks Před 3 lety +21

    Life lesson: don't stop in the middle of the road in a apocalyptic street, or you'll regret doing it

  • @wellimdumb4237
    @wellimdumb4237 Před 3 lety +24

    This song is a masterpiece

  • @SuperOrangeOrange
    @SuperOrangeOrange Před 4 měsíci +1

    Any time I hear this song I remembering being in a club in Bunbury, WA in 2013 dancing with an Estonian girl. She had a boyfriend so nothing ever happened but I remember her having the cutest dance.

  • @endless_n1ght
    @endless_n1ght Před 8 dny

    Hermano no me la creo que ya sacarán su 4to disco, LOS AMO

  • @rubenrodriguez4423
    @rubenrodriguez4423 Před 10 lety +15

    at the end he killed all of em'

  • @JadaXox
    @JadaXox Před 4 lety +4

    I don’t think ANYONE understands how long I’ve been looking for this song!!!! Haven’t heard it in years holy shittttt

    • @braddsmith2081
      @braddsmith2081 Před 2 lety +1

      Oh my God!! I know how it feels! I just found the name of it today, in 2021. I’m about to go to work, and I’m FLOATING!!!

  • @kiranadammahadev5842
    @kiranadammahadev5842 Před 2 lety +1

    This song was way ahead of its time.

  • @_d6ri
    @_d6ri Před 5 měsíci +1

    the tvd vibesss, makes me wanna rewatch the show

  • @bereniceortega3370
    @bereniceortega3370 Před 3 lety +5

    I just want to thank my brothers for playing this song and making me grow up with these types of songs 🥴🤍

  • @danapieee
    @danapieee Před 7 lety +17

    I love his tune in this one

  • @leprekon8174
    @leprekon8174 Před rokem +2

    Underrated song, pumped up kicks gets all the love but this is one of those songs that still sounds amazing 11 years later.

  • @ien2023
    @ien2023 Před rokem +2

    This is one of those song where you heard that chorus from somewhere else but you dont know where.

  • @PyroDexxRS
    @PyroDexxRS Před 9 lety +290

    The little dancing asian kid was the highlight ;)

  • @LOKUS11
    @LOKUS11 Před 3 lety +6

    This song will never get old and will be one of the greatest Foster the people songs ever created.

  • @chrismorrison2805
    @chrismorrison2805 Před 2 lety +1

    Raised on the Jam and Beatles. So great to hear a REAL fucking band write the words!

  • @danielamaya2350
    @danielamaya2350 Před rokem +6

    Five years listening to this gem and I still can't get enough

  • @loljustice31
    @loljustice31 Před 9 lety +9

    Their singer is so hot!

  • @iivvrryy
    @iivvrryy Před 8 lety +13

    This is hands down my favorite FtP song and the best music video I've ever seen.

    • @DarthNicky
      @DarthNicky Před 8 lety

      +PhoenixPoptart What about Take On Me's music video?

    • @iivvrryy
      @iivvrryy Před 2 lety

      6 years later and I still stand by this.

  • @Entertainment0verdose
    @Entertainment0verdose Před 10 měsíci +3

    God I love this song it’s very personal to me, loved this song when I was young and still had a stable family and a home my old pets years were I only had to worry about my schoolwork and cartoons but even as I grow up I can look back and reflect on my past and the people who made it great this song will always be here and forever remembered.

  • @ariesradke6193
    @ariesradke6193 Před 3 lety +5

    I loved listening to this song when I was struggling with my teenage years. Then I went to prison and this song didn’t help any. Kind of helps right now. Helping me remember what I was thinking of achieving in life.

  • @jeffryamirol6068
    @jeffryamirol6068 Před 4 lety +296

    It's almost the end of 2019 and im still here..