Arcade Fire - Afterlife (Official Video)

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  • čas přidán 20. 11. 2013
  • The music video for Arcade Fire's "Afterlife" written and directed by Emily Kai Bock off the album Reflektor.
    www.arcadefire.com
    "Reflektor" on iTunes: smarturl.it/reflektoralbumit?I...
    Production Company - ICONOCLAST
    Executive Producers: Kathleen Heffernan, Charles-Marie Anthonioz
    Director of Photography: Evan Prosofsky
    Special thanks: Justin Benoliel at Ramble West Productions
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  • @pblsoriano
    @pblsoriano Před 9 lety +4831

    uno de tantos problemas que yo he encontrado en Hollywood es, que los mismos latinos que ya son famosos y tienen nombre , se olvidaron loduro que es progresar y suvir esa escalera del exito. Yo le doy gracias a dios que siempre soy muy positivo , siempre habriendo las puertas no nomas para mi pero tambien los que vienen detras de mi . Les doy las gracias a los fanaticos de Arcade Fire por el apoyo, Mil gracias su amigo Pablo

    • @dinoraparra2355
      @dinoraparra2355 Před 9 lety +30

      pablo soriano Amén.

    • @trikisllamas2964
      @trikisllamas2964 Před 9 lety +10

      pablo soriano ánimo tocayo

    • @dallastrapassociation6143
      @dallastrapassociation6143 Před 9 lety +87

      Where is the translate button when I need it

    • @pblsoriano
      @pblsoriano Před 9 lety +414

      Logan Wheeler one of the many things I have encounter in Hollywood , is that the latinos that have achieved fame and fortune, they forgot how hard it is to climb the ladder of success, I give god many thanks every day , I am positive,always opening doors not just for me but also the ones coming behind me. Thank you ARCADE FIRE fans for your support. Best Pablo.

    • @dallastrapassociation6143
      @dallastrapassociation6143 Před 9 lety +80

      yeah the music video was a real tearjerker and the acting was superb. BEAUTIFUL I SAY, BEAUTIFUL

  • @yetijoeyetijoe
    @yetijoeyetijoe Před 2 lety +187

    My mom and dad were in the hospital together with Covid in November 2020. My dad recovered but we lost our mom. This is my first time watching this video. Makes me think of them. Yes, I feel sad for losing her but I feel even more sad for my dad. Imagine being married for 52 yrs then bam! They are both from Mexico and my dad dresses like the dad in this video. I see my family in this video. We all miss her.

    • @spacequeenruby
      @spacequeenruby Před rokem +1

      Reminds me of my parents too

    • @gmarounf7472
      @gmarounf7472 Před rokem

      Did they put your mom on Remdesivir ?

    • @cm2208
      @cm2208 Před 11 měsíci +3

      She's with ya always

    • @gmarounf7472
      @gmarounf7472 Před 11 měsíci

      Was your mom given Remdesevere ? Not sure how to spell it...

    • @paddyoclown
      @paddyoclown Před 5 měsíci +2

      hard times. lost my mother as well couldn't get in to see her with the restrictions. i know alot of people had it bad and even worse

  • @smartfifa2788
    @smartfifa2788 Před 9 lety +1888

    This isn't just a video. This is art.

    • @Abasha2003
      @Abasha2003 Před 8 lety +7

      SmartFifa Exactly right.

    • @sidewalkart
      @sidewalkart Před 7 lety +22

      this is love this is the human race .. this is the kindness of family. thank you #arcadefire

    • @magicpowers
      @magicpowers Před 7 lety +4

      Aldito Hernandez yes this reminds me of the earlier works of (insert favorite artist)

    • @sidewalkart
      @sidewalkart Před 7 lety +5

      This is life, this is love, this is what fire looks like in the human spirit. This is something that at times can I feel so much towards. I know there are many good fathers out there who love the children they were lucky to be given. LOVE.

    • @jamesrobertarchbald6357
      @jamesrobertarchbald6357 Před 7 lety +5

      lol shut up

  • @ethanani3853
    @ethanani3853 Před 9 lety +933

    SIMULTANEOUSLY CRYING AND DANCING IN MY SEAT

    • @longtermbookworm5071
      @longtermbookworm5071 Před 8 lety +5

      SAME SHIII Ethan Ani

    • @jonahdaves9695
      @jonahdaves9695 Před 7 lety +2

      Ethan Ani b

    • @Robert-ye7ds
      @Robert-ye7ds Před 7 lety +1

      I came here to write this :D

    • @ZEEBEE2469
      @ZEEBEE2469 Před 6 lety +6

      Me too. To be honest, I never really paid attention to Arcade Fire but decided to listen to them today. A few of their song have brought tears to my eyes.

    • @TroyboyTv
      @TroyboyTv Před 6 lety

      i thought it was me alone

  • @bidibibip
    @bidibibip Před 2 lety +127

    This is a masterpiece - how each of the three remember the mother in their dreams. I can't watch this video without ugly-crying, it touches something so deep 😭😢😭

  • @kryst3642
    @kryst3642 Před 10 lety +65

    I love how at 6:15 the older son dreams of being in the back seat with his mother, with no (visible) driver in the front seat. Which calls to mind "In The Backseat", a song similarly about Regine's mother:
    "I like the peace
    In the backseat
    I don't have to drive
    I don't have to speak
    I can watch the countryside
    And I can fall asleep"

  • @YouJohnPsycho
    @YouJohnPsycho Před 9 lety +499

    I started watching this video because I always hear this song on the album but never watched the video before and I just ended crying my eyes out.

  • @HetLevenuiteenDa
    @HetLevenuiteenDa Před 6 lety +296

    Since you passed away mom, I can't stop listening to this song every single fucking day. You have no idea how much I miss you because life isn't life without you mom after all ♥

    • @katherinesotomorales2279
      @katherinesotomorales2279 Před 6 lety +10

      HetLevenuiteenDa Hope you're dealing with your pain the best way possible, lots of love from Chile .

    • @aprilwaterbury162
      @aprilwaterbury162 Před 2 lety +4

      Contact her. We have these abilities God made possible. Amazing Universe we live in. We are a direct contact to God and everything and everyone.. 🥰

    • @PatoLindemann
      @PatoLindemann Před 2 lety +3

      You will see her again. One Day. :)

    • @timvitkuske
      @timvitkuske Před 2 lety +6

      she is proud of you

    • @davidakutscher9118
      @davidakutscher9118 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm so sorry for your loss. It's been 16 since I lost my mom and I miss her so much.

  • @GoldenWave
    @GoldenWave Před 8 lety +440

    I've never cried so much over a music video. This was beautifully touching.

    • @KyUHLz
      @KyUHLz Před 8 lety +1

      Go watch the music video for Little Motel by Modest Mouse

    • @danielschloss1111
      @danielschloss1111 Před 5 lety +1

      I’ve been watching this all day and laughing and crying with all the emotions this song brings back. Anyway awesome power in this song.

    • @danielschloss1111
      @danielschloss1111 Před 5 lety +1

      Carlos Hernandez you cant replace what you feel with logic. It’s crazy to accept.

    • @pumpkinsmiles
      @pumpkinsmiles Před 3 lety +1

      @@KyUHLz That's on my crying playlist :)

    • @Abhi_sr99
      @Abhi_sr99 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@KyUHLzI watched it 😢😢

  • @adrianasantananav
    @adrianasantananav Před 10 lety +81

    Not afraid to admit that I cry each time I watch this video.

  • @emyli20
    @emyli20 Před 4 lety +189

    My girlfriend just passed away and this song reminds me so much of what we had. I miss her so much.

    • @electric7man
      @electric7man Před 2 lety +10

      I know this is a year late, but peace be with you. I'm suffering the same too. It's a struggle, but we have the afterlife

    • @Chadthefatherbear
      @Chadthefatherbear Před 2 lety

      Damn. Keep going strong. Hope all is well

    • @rydz656
      @rydz656 Před rokem

      Hilarious.

    • @gmarounf7472
      @gmarounf7472 Před rokem

      @@rydz656 Douche.

  • @johnpetercreighton409
    @johnpetercreighton409 Před 7 lety +449

    Watching this video, listening to the music, for the very first time since my mother suffered her stroke and died, I was able to let myself feel the sadness of remembering her the way she was when I was a little boy. She was so incredibly beautiful and very intelligent, creative, and brave.

    • @christopherjohn1123
      @christopherjohn1123 Před 7 lety +21

      Thank you for sharing.

    • @gorecioran5950
      @gorecioran5950 Před 7 lety +10

      Oh... Sorry. It's always sad but beautiful remember someone who you've love with this music. We make them live in the memories that came with the music that we listen. My grandma died in August and i always remember her when i listen to some emotional song.
      Sorry for my bad English, anyway.

    • @potusa83
      @potusa83 Před 7 lety +10

      bless you for sharing, this video is a beautiful reminder of how precious life is (the before and after)

    • @Telekinesisrael
      @Telekinesisrael Před 7 lety +9

      I'm so sorry, sending you positivity and lots of love
      That's beautiful that you remember your mother that way

    • @pablosoriano2434
      @pablosoriano2434 Před 6 lety +4

      I know what you feel , i lost my mom this year. my hart and my prayers are with you ..

  • @gaia5141
    @gaia5141 Před 10 lety +35

    I like the fact that the father is the only one not sleeping while "meeting" her because he so hardly and intentionally looks for her by crossing dark streets and removing mountains of snow. While kids meet their mom unconsciously during their sleep in the sleep as she will always take care of them

  • @ygorpaes911
    @ygorpaes911 Před 7 lety +156

    i lost my mom on february this year, and this song means all to me. ARCADE

  • @bitbeak
    @bitbeak Před 8 lety +396

    This song hits me every time, with the video... how do you stop the tears

    • @81elizardbreath
      @81elizardbreath Před 8 lety +2

      me too! :'( But I can't stop watching!

    • @cthuluallhail3161
      @cthuluallhail3161 Před 8 lety +27

      You can't, just let them flow!

    • @maryjoana6618
      @maryjoana6618 Před 6 lety +3

      But after you cry...remember..
      There s an afterlife..
      So..Complete your mission and smile
      You Will get there

    • @ronaldquintana8749
      @ronaldquintana8749 Před 5 lety +2

      I crawled into bed with me wife and just quietly sobbed.

    • @markwilken2492
      @markwilken2492 Před 3 lety +1

      Watch one for The Cinematic Orchestra called To Build A Home. One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, but it’ll break your heart as well. Take care

  • @megaman90
    @megaman90 Před 10 lety +74

    This music video made me teary because I understand what it means to lose something important in a family. Mother or father.

  • @GeminiWoods
    @GeminiWoods Před 10 lety +28

    Made me tear up when he hugged his wife. Hurts to lose someone.

  • @MrStylesp9
    @MrStylesp9 Před 10 lety +30

    After watching this video, I was reminded that I should be grateful for what I have and for family because others have it much worse. Sometimes we take all these things for granted.

  • @samiam20100
    @samiam20100 Před 10 lety +220

    Main point, appreciate your loved ones when they're alive, not dead, life can always take an unexpected turn. I learned that last month, expected to see my granpa over the summer, as he lived in Mexico. He was so ecstatic, he left us last month. I could not comprehend he was gone, I was awaiting his text, how could he be? But it was his time. Don't waste time in imperfections of one another

    • @skate4life1616
      @skate4life1616 Před 10 lety +2

      well said

    • @fricreizi
      @fricreizi Před 10 lety +3

      what if there are no loved ones, and people desinterest me?

    • @Lucky466
      @Lucky466 Před 10 lety +8

      fricreizi Change your outlook, there are. Choose happiness as a priority in life and people will interest you too.

    • @DeezTuck78
      @DeezTuck78 Před 8 lety +3

      This has been a couple years now, but I am sorry for your loss. Rest in peace to your Grandfather xo

  • @christiansaldana4200
    @christiansaldana4200 Před 10 lety +622

    The mother is gone and the father has two kids to raise and love. He sells flowers and has a tough time economicly but he tries his best for his two kids. He tries to instill religion in them both and tries to keep thr latin culture alive in his youngest son and tries to keep the oldest out of trouble, his relationship with the oldest is tough because theyre both depressed for the mothers passing. The oldest seeks parties to cope but inside he also wants to please god and is conflicted by his two desires. At the end family love brings them together and have the mother and religion to unite them. Well thats what i got from the video after seeing it one time. Aeesome song and great video.

    • @mateoq7065
      @mateoq7065 Před 5 lety +18

      yes, and also police may be haunting them as they may be "ilegal". Fucking cops

    • @moe17moe
      @moe17moe Před 5 lety +18

      Nice Hollywood ending you script there. But it's pretty clear to see they only get what they want and need, in their dreams. Life sucks.

    • @CarlosHfam
      @CarlosHfam Před 4 lety +3

      Not not if they "work it out" like the song says.

    • @MultiCappie
      @MultiCappie Před 4 lety +8

      Religion is cancer. Nobody wouldn't benefit by turning away from it. Even the *_paid_* churchmen would be far happier living in reality.

    • @chrishache7167
      @chrishache7167 Před 4 lety

      Who asked? Leave me look at it the way I want to. People go ruining allot because their arrogance has taken a form from perhaps thinking no one loves them, or they think they're the number one gift for/to mankind, just take a nap and it'll be fine and dandy.

  • @jessicapulido5161
    @jessicapulido5161 Před 10 lety +74

    Beautiful message. Being Mexican myself we value and hold our parents to high respects. Our moms are the back bones of the family what keeps us together. I am grateful for what I have and thank God every day.

  • @Ciclopea2
    @Ciclopea2 Před 10 lety +61

    Wow, made me cry, the impact of losing and learning how to live without someone as important as your mother or the love of your life and just meeting them in your dreams, so beautiful.

    • @JogaDanbg
      @JogaDanbg Před 10 lety +16

      It shows also that the love doesn't die after someone's death. In dreams lies all the love.

    • @irapplefritter
      @irapplefritter Před 10 lety +2

      The subconscience is more powerful than we all realise.

    • @marisadepeche
      @marisadepeche Před 10 lety +3

      When a Nice Mother dies the life is a bit after life. You die a bit too.
      Love the video. Made me feel again when I lost my Mum when I was 28years.
      :(

  • @jasontankable
    @jasontankable Před 9 lety +105

    I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked on this video, but it wasn't this.
    This was sad and beautiful, and it makes me want to wake up my mother and hold her.

    • @Raptor3400
      @Raptor3400 Před 9 lety +12

      Do it, my friend, hug her tight, kiss her cheek and tell her that you will love her till the end of time. When she is gone you will regret every chance you didn't do it.

    • @ChristopherJamesG
      @ChristopherJamesG Před 9 lety

      Raptor3400 Amen.

  • @ChocoRobz
    @ChocoRobz Před 10 lety +35

    So teary eyed... How everyone misses the comfort of their mother...

  • @73i20
    @73i20 Před 10 lety +488

    The reason for using a Mexican family I think is that in our culture we are not just family oriented people, we are also so mother oriented, our mom is untouchable, almost like a saint, and losing the mother is losing the backbone of a family which makes this video, or at least to me as a Mexican that has been apart from my mother for a while, a more profound and painful tragedy.

    • @angelfatal
      @angelfatal Před 10 lety +10

      Wuicho Estrada Well, It's true that the love for a mother is universal, but I think that it's most obvious on latin families

    • @ferrolblix3873
      @ferrolblix3873 Před 2 lety +7

      Mothers are awesome...and this explains a lot about Mexican families, at least the picture we get from the movies

    • @nikkiberetta912
      @nikkiberetta912 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank You for the insight

    • @RF-sf9ku
      @RF-sf9ku Před 2 lety

      Understood, but why do they have the father selling flowers in the street? Is that just what they think all Mexicans do? That's something people do when they've first come over and have no skills. This dad is in his 50s and while they don't live in a mansion, it's a decent little cottage in LA (not the best housekeeping, but that's probably bc the mom is dead). In real life he'd be a truck driver or something similar.

    • @DonnaMGullotto
      @DonnaMGullotto Před rokem +1

      🌹♥️Mamma 💫

  • @stalkingself
    @stalkingself Před 10 lety +63

    I liked the video and how each member of the family were handling/experiencing the loss of the wife/mother, and especially how the father contrasts with the black and white imagery. Well done!

  • @BearFierce
    @BearFierce Před 2 lety +37

    Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” - Jamie Anderson

  • @taevue
    @taevue Před 9 lety +31

    Where there is struggle, there is success.

  • @tommy4540
    @tommy4540 Před 10 lety +80

    The afterlife is less about what happens to the dead after they're gone, but what happens to the living.

  • @Erics5th
    @Erics5th Před 9 lety +68

    This band makes so much more than music.. They make art.

  • @joeblack9745
    @joeblack9745 Před 8 lety +25

    "Hope it was just a glimpse of you like looking through a window, or a shallow sea, could you see me?" Gets me every time. I love this song

  • @ChristopherJamesG
    @ChristopherJamesG Před 9 lety +195

    Happy fathers day, and thank you to all the Dads who don't reach over the table and hit there sons when they ask stupid questions. Those are real men.

    • @christophermcbride7686
      @christophermcbride7686 Před 8 lety +12

      you said it, Chris. a powerful moment.

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hi, I invite you to see this analysis that we did with its protagonist
      czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html

  • @vi_as_in_vinyl
    @vi_as_in_vinyl Před 10 lety +136

    What a powerful piece of art - this song and the video, together. Who doesn't experience loss? Who doesn't contemplate their own mortality? Who doesn't wish that they could still hold a loved one who has died? Regrets, uncertainty, pain … we all know the emotions that this song evokes. It's utterly relatable. I love it. And I adore Arcade Fire.

    • @Acesopro
      @Acesopro Před 10 lety +6

      It makes one feel that it is a "blessing" and a "curse" to have existence.

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hi, I invite you to see this analysis that we did with its protagonist
      czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html

    • @dianaaguilera181
      @dianaaguilera181 Před 3 lety +1

      Totally agree ♥

  • @pblsoriano
    @pblsoriano Před 8 lety +671

    el nombre de el actore que la hace de mi hijo es justice Lucero.

    • @TheLastAngryMan01
      @TheLastAngryMan01 Před 5 lety +13

      pablo soriano Cool name. The scene at the end is especially touching.

    • @enriquegarcia2770
      @enriquegarcia2770 Před 5 lety +13

      Saludos señor mis respetos

    • @dolosino
      @dolosino Před 5 lety +5

      Un saludo desde España, Pablo. ¡A seguir luchando en otros proyectos!

    • @angiemartinez1064
      @angiemartinez1064 Před 5 lety +7

      Maravillosa su participación don Pablo Soriano,me trajo recuerdos y más que nada la actual situación de mi abuelo extrañando a su esposa.
      Mucho éxito en sus proyectos.

    • @Teddysgonnaplay
      @Teddysgonnaplay Před 4 lety +3

      mis respetos señor, es usted un muy buen actor.

  • @melicruzr
    @melicruzr Před 9 lety +140

    Why is it so hard for me to explain how much I enjoy this video? It almost brings me to tears, Christ.

    • @essexband
      @essexband Před 9 lety +2

      :D

    • @SKATER29334
      @SKATER29334 Před 9 lety +3

      It's a pretty depressing video.

    • @LoneWolf-ug7me
      @LoneWolf-ug7me Před 9 lety +1

      You Cute :3

    • @camaleon9
      @camaleon9 Před 9 lety +3

      Melissa Cruz The very first time i heard the song it made me dance, but now I have seen this (really really beautiful) video, and I can relate the lyrics and the images, I can do nothing but cry while I dance listening it.

    • @SanderMarskamp
      @SanderMarskamp Před 9 lety +2

      camaleon9 I've got the exact same thing! First I thought "Hey, catchy beat!", but now I actually fully understand the lyrics and listen to it in a completely different way.

  • @utimcavoy26
    @utimcavoy26 Před 2 lety +32

    It has been almost a year since I first heard this, I still listen to it.
    Too much difficult to explain..
    It’s not just a song, it’s a feeling actually

  • @sleep_is_awesome2838
    @sleep_is_awesome2838 Před 2 lety +16

    I have to watch this video every once in awhile because it lets me unleash my grief. I feel like this is an accurate representation of how we deal with the loss of somone we love. Those dreams and memories are all that are left to keep them real. They make them seem present, the way they comfort us with our memories of them.

  • @RebornHumanoidTV
    @RebornHumanoidTV Před 10 lety +15

    It made me cry.
    The first CZcams video in about two years to actually make me start crying.
    Emily and Arcade Fire are absolutely wonderful together...

  • @MAl-ov3qh
    @MAl-ov3qh Před rokem +13

    I’ll dedicate this song to my late mother. It perfectly encapsulates our relationship. Things left unsaid, feelings not shared.
    When love is gone, where does it go?

  • @armcus0
    @armcus0 Před 4 lety +55

    I feel stupid for crying alone in the dark while this is on, but I just can´t stop myself.
    Is so strong this feeling of not having a hug from some love of mine

    • @tiago9679
      @tiago9679 Před 4 lety +2

      funny how you say that because i feel stupid for NOT crying to this video.

  • @azulmidnightful
    @azulmidnightful Před 10 lety +29

    Black Orfeu version was about the Afterlife when your soulmate is gone . Your partner . This Mexican Family version is about another love in our lives . Our Mother . When love is Gone . Where does it goes . And where do WE go . Again second time Arcade Fire had make me cry . Omg the emotions keep pouring still . Hope everyone enjoyed as much as I did

  • @jennscott9272
    @jennscott9272 Před 10 lety +218

    when love is gone, where does it go?

    • @sofiteeeniaa
      @sofiteeeniaa Před 10 lety +15

      Love can't be gone...is always inside you.

    • @tbloogz9330
      @tbloogz9330 Před 10 lety +15

      sofiteeeniaa Love itself is always inside of you.
      But what about love for a single person?
      That one person.
      The person whose name made your heart race.
      The love you have for them isn't inside of you to begin with.
      They build their love inside of you;
      A slow building process where they use the trust you've given them to break away the walls that shield the world from the real you.
      Piece by piece
      Memory by memory
      They chisel their way past your walls and plant themselves firmly at the center of your person.
      That love wasn't always inside.
      And there's no guarantee that it'll stay there.
      Sometimes love sticks around forever,
      But love often finds some way of disappearing.
      Sometimes love fades.
      Sometimes it explodes out of existence.
      Sometimes it seems to disappear overnight.
      Sometimes it stops being romantic love.
      Sometimes you find that the one you love doesn't light up when they see you anymore.
      Sometimes the eyes that you fell in love with shoot you a look that dismantles you from the inside out.
      Sometimes it's you who doesn't look at them the same anymore.
      Sometimes the very traits and idiosyncrasies that you fell in love with become the things you can't stand about them.
      Sometimes the little things that made your blood boil become the things you miss the most.
      Sometimes you wish they could keep you awake another night;
      At least then they would be there.
      Sometimes you spend days thinking about the things you would have said differently.
      Sometimes you spend years.
      Sometimes you have to choose:
      Do you remain friends and endure the pain of platonic friendship?
      Or do you sever ties and endure the pain of complete loss?
      Sometimes they choose for you.
      Sometimes the person you comforted through countless sleepless nights
      The person you held and promised to be with forever
      The person who loved you for who you were, not who you tried to be.
      The person who was there for you through everything.
      Through deaths
      Through job loss
      Through successes and failures
      Through cancer.
      Sometimes, someday that person might tell you that their love for you is gone.
      Sometimes you wake up, and at some point that day you'll finally admit to yourself that you've both been holding onto something that neither of you want anymore.
      Sometimes you find that your love is gone.
      You admit it to each other.
      Sometimes you admit it through talking.
      Sometimes you shout things at each other in the heat of the moment that you'll spend years wishing you could take back.
      Sometimes all of that happens.
      Sometimes none of it does.
      Sometimes that love is gone.
      We know it's gone
      But where did it go?
      And where do we go?

    • @maite8705
      @maite8705 Před 5 lety +1

      To Heaven.

    • @swisschris81
      @swisschris81 Před 4 lety

      Love in a family after the passing of a loved one, is like a faulty wiring; it just takes a little bit of mending, but with care it will shine bright again.

    • @MrMaharba101
      @MrMaharba101 Před 4 lety +1

      Love never leaves.

  • @juliusebola9389
    @juliusebola9389 Před 3 lety +12

    Love is energy. It can never be destroyed.

  • @josematos2752
    @josematos2752 Před 7 lety +154

    Afterlife, oh, my God, what an awful word
    After all the breath and the dirt and the fires are burnt
    And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go
    And after all the hangers-on are done hanging in the dead light
    Of the afterglow
    I've gotta know
    Can we work it out?
    We scream and shout 'till we work it out
    Can we just work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out
    'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out
    Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next
    It was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window
    Or a shallow sea
    Could you see me?
    And after all this time
    It's like nothing else we used to know
    After all the hangers-on are done hanging in the dead light
    Of the afterglow
    I've gotta know
    Can we work it out?
    Let's scream and shout 'till we work it out
    Can we just work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    But you say
    Oh
    When love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And you say
    Oh
    When love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    And after this
    Can it last another night?
    After all the bad advice
    That had nothing at all to do with life
    I've gotta know
    Can we work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    Can we just work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    But you say
    Oh
    When love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And you say
    Oh
    When love is gone
    Where does it go?
    Oh
    When love is gone
    Where did it go?
    And where do we go?
    It's just an afterlife
    It's just an afterlife
    Pós-vida, oh, meu Deus, que palavra terrível
    Após toda respiração, e sujeira, e os fogos estarem queimados.
    E após todo esse tempo, e após todas as ambulâncias irem
    E após todos os parasitas haverem cansado de se agarrar à luz morta
    Da fosforescência
    Eu tenho que saber
    Será que podemos resolver isso?
    Nós gritamos e berramos até resolvermos isso
    Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso?
    Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso?
    Até resolvermos isso, até resolvermos isso
    Até resolvermos isso, até resolvermos isso
    Pós-vida, acho que vi o que acontece a seguir
    Foi apenas um vislumbre seu, como olhar por uma janela
    Ou um mar raso
    Você conseguiu me ver?
    E após todo esse tempo
    Não é como nada que costumávamos conhecer
    Após todos os parasitas haverem cansado de se agarrar à luz morta
    Da fosforescência
    Eu tenho que saber
    Podemos resolver isso?
    Vamos gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso
    Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso?
    Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso?
    Mas você diz
    Oh
    Quando o amor acaba
    Para onde ele vai?
    E você diz
    Oh
    Quando o amor acaba
    Para onde ele vai?
    E para onde nós vamos?
    Para onde nós vamos?
    Para onde nós vamos?
    Para onde nós vamos?
    E depois disto
    Ele pode durar outra noite?
    Depois de todos os maus conselhos
    Que não tinham nada, afinal, a ver com a vida
    Eu tenho que saber
    Será que podemos resolver isso?
    Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso?
    Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso?
    Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso?
    Mas você diz
    Oh
    Quando o amor acaba
    Para onde ele vai?
    E você diz
    Oh
    Quando o amor acaba
    Para onde ele vai?
    Oh
    Quando o amor acaba
    Para onde ele foi?
    E para onde nós vamos?
    É apenas um pós-vida
    É apenas um pós-vida

  • @TheAzurefang
    @TheAzurefang Před 10 lety +14

    That's some pretty powerful stuff...a very slick production, and a rare instance of a music video making a song better. The family was very easy to relate to and sympathize with. Wow.

  • @sgtPepper067
    @sgtPepper067 Před 9 lety +21

    i genuinely feel bad for anyone who doesn't realize how amazing these guys are

  • @215ILLicit
    @215ILLicit Před 3 lety +15

    Brings me back when music/videos meant something.

  • @isme333
    @isme333 Před 8 lety +32

    Why did I cry so much?

  • @hiwayM9
    @hiwayM9 Před 10 lety +33

    I have to tip my hat to this Emily Kai Bock for effectively drawing an undiluted picture of a single concept. She was so adept as to make me feel for the pure tragedy of this story- I almost felt it was beautiful tragedy, but then that would have cheapened it some I think. I almost wanted some hope to be implied at the end- but that certainly would not have been very true to life, or death.
    Huzzah Ms. Bock.

  •  Před 10 lety +22

    the best song from Reflektor

  • @BONZAI26
    @BONZAI26 Před rokem +3

    This song overwhelmes me with emotion

  • @kylepost1908
    @kylepost1908 Před 9 lety +17

    This video/song makes me cry everytime

  • @MD-bl3sz
    @MD-bl3sz Před 10 lety +7

    I think that song is about losing someone you loved deeply but also trying "to work it out" with love ones who are alive, who are around you...so" work it out" without "scream and shout" - because then everything is even harder....that is my impression and massage I received...

  • @btriplets96
    @btriplets96 Před 10 lety +41

    This is an absolutely fantastic video. It evokes a series of emotions that other music videos fail to even attempt to mention. This is why Arcade Fire is the best band of the 21st century!

    • @chadinterrupted
      @chadinterrupted Před 10 lety

      Go watch, "The Waiting Makes Me Curious" by, Fear Before. If you liked this video and thought it was emotional, I think you'll like what I recommended to you.

    • @savanaviolenta
      @savanaviolenta Před 5 měsíci

      Pure emotional art,that gets me every time.This thing hits deeper than anything I've ever heard.

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 Před rokem +4

    This song has been my companion since 2013...

  • @pitbull_garage
    @pitbull_garage Před 7 lety +67

    this song makes me cry, even when I don't have great loses in my family, but I always ask me what happen next?

    • @elliottgetz8782
      @elliottgetz8782 Před 7 lety +11

      love never goes away, it just goes to a different place!!..

  • @GATEJUMPER1
    @GATEJUMPER1 Před 10 lety +25

    to me the guy is a widower who is just trying to keep is family together .

    • @BUrffer17
      @BUrffer17 Před 10 lety +2

      I see it as a widower trying to keep his family together, through finding love (the flowers on the side of the road). He's searching for a mother figure for his sons, who are both searching for a mother figure, or simply, another loving force. They find these loving forces, in the form of the their wife/mother in their dreams when they are brought together at home: the youngest son being held by the mother when he snuggled up next to dad and fell back asleep, and the older son dreaming he was being held my the mother while his father was awake and running his hand through his son's hair. There's more to the first dreams too, but that's too much in one comment, and I would add that it seems to me a theme you could draw from this is to love while you can, but what makes this song and video such great artwork is that each, individually and together, can be interpreted multiple ways.

    • @JigglypuffTutorials
      @JigglypuffTutorials Před 10 lety +1

      Brian Urffer I interpreted the flowers as his job. In southern california its common to see people selling flowers at freeway off-ramps and whatnot.

  • @nunyabusyness4998
    @nunyabusyness4998 Před 10 lety +18

    It's ridiculous how much this affected me, especially the little boy's dream. When he laid his head on his mother's shoulder, I lost hold of my emotions. That never happens.

  • @nicksjamin1
    @nicksjamin1 Před 8 lety +21

    the most beautiful music video on the internets. Not even a contest.

  • @carolinariveraalvarez6087
    @carolinariveraalvarez6087 Před 8 lety +21

    I though that was just me that always cry with this song and video but now I realize that is a general feeling and the effect. I saw the band live and omg, it was awesome....

  • @TheCreatorsProject
    @TheCreatorsProject  Před 10 lety +217

    [Premiere] Watch Arcade Fire's new video for "Afterlife," directed by Emily Kai Bock and produced by The Creators Project.

    • @JeromeLeif
      @JeromeLeif Před 10 lety +1

      Most people do not like spamming on youtube, but these people certainly worthy of sharing!
      *watch?v=kFDMJa_fZt0*
      Adore Them!
      I provided the youtube URL on top

    • @EmilyHummingbird
      @EmilyHummingbird Před 9 lety +1

      When your name's Emily too...

    • @DaggerXIV
      @DaggerXIV Před 8 lety +7

      +FemininEm When you realize... That's a really fucking generic name.

    • @EmilyHummingbird
      @EmilyHummingbird Před 8 lety +1

      +MayMez True, but still...

    • @DaggerXIV
      @DaggerXIV Před 8 lety +9

      FemininEm Sorry, I must've been on edge when I said that to you, lol.

  • @KennethBryant
    @KennethBryant Před 9 lety +26

    wow! This made me think about my dad when my mother passed away. I hope they are together again in heaven. I miss and love you both.

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hi, I invite you to see this analysis that we did with its protagonist
      czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html

  • @Taooflu
    @Taooflu Před 10 lety +12

    Nice bit of video storytelling, if you're a father or a mother, you can't help but feel that twinge in your heart.

  • @Incerti_dumbre__
    @Incerti_dumbre__ Před 7 lety +61

    es imposible no soltar un par de lagrimas con este tema

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hola Camila, mira este análisis que hicimos con el protagonista de este videoclip czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html 🔥

  • @olivierken69
    @olivierken69 Před 7 lety +23

    I've just lost a dear friend of mine. Last night I saw him in my dreams, back with us in the club acting like nothing happened... It reminded me of this song and clip.

    • @creativecredence850
      @creativecredence850 Před 3 lety

      Oh, it was just a glimpse of you. Like looking through a mirror, or a shallow sea. Could you see me?

  • @CarolinaDeAtheyVids
    @CarolinaDeAtheyVids Před 10 lety +39

    This is my first characterization role and I am so glad that are so many views in a couple of days. Couldn't ask for +++. Beautiful work from Pablo, Justice, baby boy. As a singer that I am I love the song! As an actress...love the piece and we are already getting some international critique from Film critics! Awesome. Beijos.

  • @blandlife4ever
    @blandlife4ever Před 4 lety +5

    One of the beautiful things about this is that the mother was the salvation in each of their nightmares.

  • @curtishumphrey4011
    @curtishumphrey4011 Před 3 lety +5

    This song has stuck with me for years, every time I hear it I get emotional

  • @isaackov
    @isaackov Před 10 lety +27

    This is devastating...and beautiful.

  • @mark60005
    @mark60005 Před 10 lety +10

    this is so beautiful and sad... im crying.

  • @JackGrim127
    @JackGrim127 Před 3 lety +13

    I have reminisced about this video for years. Re-watching, years later, it is just at emotionally engaging at it was then. Literally, no words can describe this video. It melds art and human emotion in ways only dreams and memories can grasp.

  • @stashray
    @stashray Před 8 lety +32

    I read somewhere that Man probably began believing in an Afterlife as a result of dreaming. The claim is Man would lose a friend or a member of his group or tribe and later on he would have dreams with that person in them. He'd awake and be convinced that he'd just saw him/her. And so he'd believe that they are living somewhere else, an afterlife.

    • @jcbmedia40
      @jcbmedia40 Před 7 lety +6

      stashray Just from experience I would have dreams of my parent's after they died that felt so real you wake up freaking out. They feel very real. Never had dreams that intense before. It seriously feels like you are with them. Eventually those dreams go away until you have that one day you dwell on them and start looking at pictures. I can't even do video's. That shit is way to much.

  • @aleksandarpetic357
    @aleksandarpetic357 Před 10 lety +8

    Was vacuuming the house this afternoon and stopped because I heard a catchy tempo of this song...Made sure I Google the FM station playing it and record what it was and from whom.
    I just saw the video and wow - did it make me tear up (I'm a single dad of a young boy).
    Beautiful lyrics, excellent tempo and mesmerizing video and performance - cheers!

  • @Will_WAR
    @Will_WAR Před 3 lety +6

    Arcade Fire gave grief a heartfelt beat and I'm so grateful for it. 20 years later and the sting of losing my mom is always fresh but songs like this guide me through. 💙

  • @deolimar1977
    @deolimar1977 Před rokem +8

    Every time i listen to this song and video i cry ...my mother passed away in 2011 but i feel always the love and smile she gave us ❤

  • @stop08it
    @stop08it Před 10 lety +17

    My heart hurts when I watch this. I know I'll be having similar dreams of my mother and father one day.

  • @christinek1295
    @christinek1295 Před 7 lety +5

    Mammas are the best... every generation will look to their ma💗

  • @philanthropicgangsta
    @philanthropicgangsta Před 10 lety +6

    i love these characters. i love the minimal dialogue. the moment when the man holds her in the black and white room was so much. his face. and you felt that you wanted him to just hold on forever.

  • @tomaspedraza8653
    @tomaspedraza8653 Před 9 lety +12

    its been a long time since a video doesnt make me feel like this, it breakes my heart, theres nothing more important than family for a mexican, im so proud. Thanks for the video arcade fire.

  • @frankh9321
    @frankh9321 Před 10 lety +5

    Having 2 kids around the same age - I cannot imagine them without their mother. It just pains me to watch, but I cannot look away from this video. It hits home like nothing I've seen in some time. Amazing and I'm stunned. Thank you Arcade Fire and Emily Kai Bock for this perspective on life/loss and the reminder to say "I love you" more often to the people that matter to me most.

  • @morektiontyprtbm2577
    @morektiontyprtbm2577 Před 10 lety +65

    you guys realy say thnx to vintagebeef ..!
    nice song btw :>

  • @Katx11
    @Katx11 Před 9 lety +5

    God, I have to hold back my man tears every time I watch this video.

  • @johannaconstantino457
    @johannaconstantino457 Před 7 lety +216

    una canción que te llega alma acompañada por un vídeo que es capaz de transmitir el vacío que deja alguien cuando se

  • @feistyfidget2406
    @feistyfidget2406 Před 3 lety +5

    This totally kills my mood, but I just can't stop searching it out. It's so real.

  • @valepandath
    @valepandath Před 8 lety +79

    my grandmother is dead today... and I am well because I think I am going to dream with she.

    • @ShamSham519
      @ShamSham519 Před 7 lety +7

      panda yang both my grandmothers have visited me in dreams. Our consciousness is not tied to our physical bodies, we leave it every night when we sleep. We experience other realms of reality/dimensions where anything is possible, including getting in touch with love ones who's physical bodies have died. :)

    • @valepandath
      @valepandath Před 5 lety

      that's so true :)

    • @rodo6795
      @rodo6795 Před 5 lety

      My grandmother died two months ago. And she visited me in my dreams too. ♡

    • @inkoinfinity2
      @inkoinfinity2 Před 5 lety

      @@rodo6795 both my granddad's died before I was born, and both my grandma's died in the 2010's.Along with that my grandma in law also died the 2010's. Only my granddad in law is still here.

  • @adelynfeirra5668
    @adelynfeirra5668 Před 8 lety +470

    My teacher told me to listen to Arcade Fire...

    • @mayycheng
      @mayycheng Před 8 lety +106

      Your teacher is cool

    • @the6fttallpizza427
      @the6fttallpizza427 Před 8 lety +11

      OMG my teacher would never tell me to listen to it because she is a girly girl!

    • @adelynfeirra5668
      @adelynfeirra5668 Před 8 lety +5

      I had a girly girl teacher for 3rd block and I hated her!!! Then again, I did get detention for making her listen to Caraphernelia by PTV...

    • @samanthalyons8081
      @samanthalyons8081 Před 6 lety +9

      It's funny you say that, because I was just thinking how perfect this music video would make for an english class considering all the imagery, symbolism, and metaphorical aspects which are implemented.

    • @roseability86
      @roseability86 Před 6 lety +7

      Your teacher is a wise person.

  • @ElAndruGarcia
    @ElAndruGarcia Před 7 lety +242

    perdí a mi padre hace poco y este video refleja mucho de lo que mi mamá,mi hermano menor y yo sentimos cada que lo recordamos, muchas gracias por esta canción y video tan hermosos! gracias Arcade Fire! saludos desde México

  • @yonatanlevi2615
    @yonatanlevi2615 Před 3 lety +3

    This video, whomever filmed it, must know what it's like to dream.
    The pain and happiness that the father feels, knowing he's holding his wife, knowing its a dream when he sees the water rushing through;
    The entirety of it, I've experienced it too many times, and each time is more sad than the last

  • @armandoaguas7956
    @armandoaguas7956 Před 10 lety +12

    Being Chicano I've seen my parents struggle with work and appreciate all the hard work my father has done for his family and all the love and comfort my mother has provided for her husband and my siblings and I. Power to the people who come to the states for a better life opportunity

  • @canchume
    @canchume Před 10 lety +30

    this song always make me cries lol

  • @6Khal
    @6Khal Před 8 lety +10

    ONE THE BEST SONGS OF EVER

  • @phylleedrianalagos1728
    @phylleedrianalagos1728 Před 9 lety +11

    i cried. this is amazing

  • @miiinamayhem
    @miiinamayhem Před 9 lety +27

    what a beautiful video. I already loved the song, but this video took it to another level.

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hi, I invite you to see this analysis that we did with its protagonist
      czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html

  • @landsaroundtheworld
    @landsaroundtheworld Před 10 lety +6

    I can't remember the last time I had such an emotional reaction to a video. Kudos all around.

  • @IndieVibes2024
    @IndieVibes2024 Před 3 měsíci +1

    i have my son in law to thank for introducing me to arcade fire their music is pretty awesome this coming from a 60 year old but now i cant get enough of them lol

  • @dariotoledo1230
    @dariotoledo1230 Před 7 lety +12

    I think that arcade fire are really underated, i mean they do incredible music.

    • @janeochoar967
      @janeochoar967 Před 3 lety

      Hi, I invite you to see this analysis that we did with its protagonist
      czcams.com/video/_0B-yJnUno4/video.html

  • @davek2687
    @davek2687 Před 10 lety +7

    What I get from the video is... When you lose someone in your life and have a dream about that person it's almost like seeing them again. So, they're always with you in your mind. Kind of like a blues song... it's sad but comforting, if you get my meaning. Great video and a nice change up from the giant heads.

    • @trevorjohnson7290
      @trevorjohnson7290 Před 10 lety +3

      "I know you're living in my mind / It's not the same as being alive." -Supersymmetry

  • @indyrod321
    @indyrod321 Před 10 lety +10

    This video is really beautiful, the story is quite Incredible. Its better than most feature films put out this year and this video is only like 7 minutes!?!? Emily Kai Bock did an amazing job directing this video and Arcade Fire did a fantastic job making this song, I love Arcade Fire.

  • @filhoprado
    @filhoprado Před 4 lety +5

    I'll never be able to watch this video and do not cry.

  • @Scott-sd1zj
    @Scott-sd1zj Před 5 lety +5

    I definitely have some rain on my face now. Beautiful video.