I feel the exact same way, it gives me a 90s vibe even though I don’t know what the 90s was like but I feel like I’ve been there, a strange nostalgia indeed
There is a Japanese term: Mono no aware. It means basically, the sad beauty of seeing time pass - the aching awareness of impermanence. These are the days that we will return to one day in the future only in memories. - The Midnight
At the concert in London, Tyler gave a beautiful piece before this song played. He said something like "when the world has come out of it's current crazy period, I hope whatever happens, we come out of it with more kindness and understanding for the working class everywhere".
Where is my neon soaked night drive with a scorpion leather jacket then? I can't find my fingerless gloves, my rear engine cherry red car NOR my high rise apartment with hologram 75 feet dancing women and advertisements outside my window. LIES I TELL YOU LIES YOU TELL.
Well..don't we all buddy? The very reason songs like these click is because we crave for something that won't ever be :) . By the way I'm waiting for america 2 as well, a post invasive, a more humbler, a more connected to the roots type of america, a place which used to inspire many.
Maybe because it mourns the loss of the ideal that was the America Simon and Garfunkel sang about, instead there is poverty and hopelessness, the American Dream has died somewhere along the way
Lyrics... I made my home in a ten-ton bomb And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’ But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin' She was born in a tenement walk-up With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults She said ‘everything's easier in here’ Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash When the music is through, no she don’t look back I’ve come to look for America too All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days Or cursing or praising our name But the best we could do is to enter the void Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem Don’t they see that we’re starving? Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash When the music is through no she don’t look back I’ve come to look for America too And we stole the car on the 4th of July I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night I’ve come to look for America too ...and of course, thank you guys for the music.
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I recently read something about how folks stop falling in love with new musical acts around middle age. I don't know if that's the reason, but this is the last musical act I've liked like this much, and as far as I'm concerned, it's a well-earned honor.
This cover art bears a close resemblance to a shopping mall my mother used to take me to on the weekends during the early 90's. It had tons of natural light streaming in from glass ceilings, similar coloring and styling to this image, palm trees and plants, and actually had a pizza place (Sbarro) right next to the arcade, which also had those warped glass panels very similar to the ones shown here. Even my younger brother said the same thing when I showed him the artwork. In later years, the mall began an irreversible decline until it was little more than a ghost town with a handful of shops. They finally closed it late last year. It was one of those emblems of a simpler time that I sometimes wish I could return to. Looking at this image after having long since lost count of the times I've listened to this album, it just reminds me of the ways I relate to the themes in Kids, and makes me want to go look for my own America 2... knowing we'll never recapture what we've lost. Still, I'm thankful for all those memories from a simpler time, some of which include pizza by the arcade. Thanks The Midnight for creating a way for us to step back in time, if only for a few minutes at a time.
Great story man, really touching indeed. There was a simpler time during the 80s and 90s, I would never trade my childhood during that timeframe for nothing and like you, I wish I could return to it again, even for a little while. That is why The Midnight is such a great band, it connects on a personal level and transports you to another time, where the nostalgia hits hard.
The artwork and the amazing lyrics of America 2 by The Midnight are the emblem of melancholy for having lost something we loved and hoping we can have it back sooner or later.
Pile333@ It is not a sad song about loss if you ask me. It is a love story about a young couple who both grow up in rough circumstances, but especially the girl who is more than likely a stripper maybe? I am not sure what Tyler Lyle means by " like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash". All I know is she has made her mind to get out of her situation and to chase after the american dream and the ideal of freedom with her boyfriend. So they steal one of there parents car's on independence day and the boyfriend sells off his guitar for gas money to drive as far way from the bad old life and past as possible all through the night. Chasing those ideas of the American dream and freedom. Its about a young couple running away for the bad past the only thing they have is their love and the hope of a better future.
I think its both really. It's happy for the reasons you've stated. But also a melancholic, looking back at the happy times, with the sort of sad fondness for things that are no longer around or things that you have experienced. Both the music and lyrics have a positivity for the future, with tinge of melancholy of what could have happened or what is to happen. To me anyway.
One of the best songs by The Midnight. it fascinates me the huge amount of comments about the "uplifting" values of the song, where it's clearly a very sad song about a bright past that perhaps was just a mirage and never existed and the sad reality we live in... it's called "America 2" in reference to Simon & Garfunkel's "America" song, but it could truly be called "World 2", it's a universal theme across every country on Earth these days. Within that sad context it's immensely beautiful, and the stark contrast between the deeply sad lyrics and the synthwave beats and production elevates its message even higher. The 80s was truly the apex of happy Earth vs. today's bleak and consumed Earth. A masterpiece. But not really the blissful upbeat song many happen to see here. Reflect on the lyrics, thrive for a better world for all.
Agreed. It's about the illusion of the "American dream" and how living and "making it" in America isn't the end of all your problems. Because that dream isn't really attainable by those who want it most. And while the sound is dancey and fun, the lyrics carry the weight.
First few lines....already my favorite Midnight song. Being 28 and meeting a certain someone who is out of my life this hit me so hard I had to leave the bar to listen to it on stereo and jam out like it's 1988
Guillermo Moreno i hope you get her, man. (or him? or whoever haha) but if you don't...life still tends to surprise you in the most unexpected of ways :)
onarionaa Yeah, surprises like growing bold, ugly, fat and in debt and waking up one day smelling like vodka next to Ronda, asking yourself; “wtf happened!?” Go for it now my friend, time is ticking!!!
The Midnight, if you ever read this comment, just know that you are one of the best bands ever in music industry. And that PLEASE never stop giving us these WONDERFUL songs. We LOVE YOU! 💓
I made my home in a ten-ton bomb And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’ But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin' She was born in a tenement walk-up With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults She said ‘everything's easier in here’ Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash When the music is through, no she don’t look back I’ve come to look for America too All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days Or cursing or praising on name But the best we could do is to enter the void Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem Don’t they see that we’re starving? Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash When the music is through no she don’t look back I’ve come to look for America too And we stole the car on the 4th of July I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night I’ve come to look for America too
OMG what a beautiful song. Now hearing this song i want to go to America so desperately. I feel sad for the 9/11 attacks. Love from India. Long live THE GREAT AMERICA.
It sounds like they're going back to the Endless Summer kind of feeling when you listen to their songs. Nocturnal was nice, but I just can't listen to it when it's bright outside, it's a stricte night-time album. Perfect for driving around downtown at night when it's raining. This on the other hand, this just goes.
Its going to be amazing. I can't wait for GUNSHIPS new album too. I swear GUNSHIP, THE MIDNIGHT, and TIMECOP1983 are all amazing. Used to love futurecop! they are the reason I got into this genre but they kind of fell apart.
I think if these are tracks for the new album, they feel more like Days of Thunder, but with that more positive, nostalgic vibe of Endless Summer. While Endless Summer felt like something you'd drive past sunny beaches to, Nocturnal was like its dark counterpart, shared musical themes, but at night... Nocturnal is my favourite album of theirs so far though. Endless Summer comes a close second.
I noticed that the scene is the same as "Lost Boy" just from a different angle/perspective. Hope to see more song covers like this - its so interesting! And of course, the song is a amazing as usual. I just love and adore The Midnight and every song that is put out of a pure 10/10 and there is never a bad song from these guys!
I take satisfaction in knowing that as I get older and time passes and I come closer to death that I am eternal. We all are. Our souls live forever. What a blessing it is to be “here” and experience this world. So much left to be experienced.
Listening to this magnificent music, while staring at the picture, I can only imagine what kinds of stories and events happened around this now abandoned mall, back in the time when it was the hotspot around the town, like that PizzaZone shop next to the entrance. The sign says "Permanently Closed", and there's a few tables left outside, like mute witnesses of the glorious past this place had. Maybe lots of happy hours right after school happened there, friends got together and had happy chats about this cool new cartoon, or that terrific pair of sneakers from Nike, or how that new Ghostbusters movie was awesome to watch in the big screen. Maybe young couples went there to celebrate their teenage love with some slices o' pepperoni and Coca-Cola. I can imagine many of the customers hit the arcade next to it, to play some Asteroids, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Tron, and other kick-ass games... no worries about anything, because the future obviously was going to be bright and shiny, the good things of those days were going to be kept, after all, right? You just don't throw good things away like that, you keep them, learn to replicate them, right? Therefore, why care about a thing? That place was once the representative of our carefree times, long after the World Wars, and long before our modern crises. The '60s all the way up to the early '00s were like this: carefree, bright and blissful. How I long for a future like my past.
Jester Head i think it's something to do with her being young means she can't enjoy the song, which is bs because it's one of the best songs I've ever heard.
Tyler we are coming to see you at manchester, you are a simply brilliant singer and song writer. You have changed our family and the troubles we have faced. You actually dont realise the impact your music has had on this family. I studied 5 years in sound engineering and discovered you guys years ago and i have always pushed you guys and shown my whole family your music. Everyone is hooked and 4 of us are coming to Manchester 26th July. Tyler you and Tim have created something that is truely special, you guys are motivating and building people up who may or may not feel good about themselves, you guys are abosulte positivity to the core. Tyler you are an absolute lyrical genious and singer to match (how are you not breaking into the UK charts) Tim we need to have a drink together, your production is flawless and the arrangment is superb, I only wish i could get my compositions as good as yours. Anyway guys if you see a banner at manchster 26th July please invite us up on stage because we will gladly duet with one of your songs. we live the midnight...................love you guys.
I'm happy I heard about this band. I might not have been born in the 80s, but with this music, I can imagine how life might have been back then.🥰🎸🎤🎤😎🇺🇸🤩💙💙😍🇺🇲💜❤🧡💚🎧
Driving on a curvy road on a motorcycle over the lake while listening to this song is what I live for. This song is a real tear jerker for me so beautiful
Beautiful and clean blue sky and clean water. And a time when people had bright smiles and hope and joy to be able to do anything... I can't forget those days even now. Images of those memories in a hidden warehouse beyond my memory.
@@jarryd8167 You are as strong as you are, due as much to your failures as your successes, we all carry that. It is hard to see but in time things turn...nothing stays the same.
I love driving through the night down here in south western California to The Midnight. These are the kind of moments I enjoy now yet someday I know I will miss it all forever
Guys the song is about finding America, too. This is not about a second incarnation but rather of realizing that where we live now is NOT the America that was promised. It is about 2 broken people, with broken dreams and an entire childhood of broken promises. "I'll be there" says the father, yet he never shows. "I love you" says the mother as she drops the children off at day care. "It wont hurt" says the older boy as he steals the girls innocence. A childhood so filled with trauma and lies that the only escape is an A-frame cabin on the mountain, high above it all, far away from the madness of memories. She's so broken that though bruised she dances into the night to survive. He strums his guitar on the sidewalk with no place to call his own, nobody to lean on, and no idea where the next meal will come from. Then one Fourth of July night, a passerby drops a ticket into his change filled guitar case. He looks at the address and recognizes the club, and figures the party food will substitute for a meal. Upon entering the club he is surprised at how few people are noticing his unkempt appearance, as they distract themselves with debauchery. The music is loud, fireworks (or maybe gunshots) can be heard outside, and even the food tastes dirty to him. As he is about to leave the announcer queues up a new track, as she saunters onstage. She is scantily clad, moving as through molasses, and beat up so much so that the announcer makes a dig about her appearance. The crowd cheers and jeers, and as she begins removing articles of clothing the homeless man is horrified. As the only man with eyes to see, he recognizes that though outwardly this is 20-something woman she is just a girl who has faced a lifetime of suffering. He feels helpless as she sheds piece after piece until nothing remains, forcing the man to look away. The set finishes, and like an animal she gets on all 4's to pick up her earnings. His blood boils. Pretending to be a musical act, he is able to get backstage to find the girl. She is not like the other dancers who get their own green room; instead she just has a backpack in the corner next to the costume racks. When he first meets her she is about to inject a fresh syringe of heroine that he promptly knocks away. She looks at him furious for a moment, but when she sees tears forming in his eyes he stops looking like that late 20's homeless man and instead she sees a boy trembling from another of father's beatings. Their eyes tell 2 lifetimes worth of stories in a matter of seconds, and they embrace each other as though lovers who had been separated for ages. She tells him her boss will find them, he tells her with a confident smile that he can try. She has the keys to her pimps car, he thinks her will is so broken she wouldn't dare. The money they have together wouldn't get them far enough, but he promises to pawn his guitar as soon as they are clear. They both pause to think about the irreversible choice they are about to make. She looks terrified, uncertain, ready to forget it all ever happened when he places a hand on her shoulder and says softly: "I've come to look for America, too."
I was watching videos of abandoned malls the other night, some from where I grew up, and it was so sad and happy at the same time...so many memories cascading like waterfalls. sigh....
I listen to this again after I’ve listened only a couple of times and it becomes my new favorite Midnight song! Every Midnight song is my favorite! How do they do this!
My parents song is "America" by Simon and Garfunkel "we've all gone to look for America" but it makes me sad and sentimental to hear it now. This song, on the other hand, is a subtle shout out to nostalgia that fills me with PURE JOY.
This sound always zaps me back in time. It's my go to music when I need to slow down and breathe. Please keep making music guys, the midnights early :)
I've loved EDM for a while, and still do. But this... this band just speaks to me. Brings me immense euphoric feelings. I love this band. The Midnight, please never stop making this kind of music. This is my favorite song by you thus far, while many others are a close second. Thank you for sharing your gift with us 🤍
this song reminds me of my ex girlfriend and it's mad depressing I miss her even though we hate each other right she moved on fast from me and I'm still over here hurting missing her voice, and her face it just hurts knowing you lost a girl you dreamed of and she slipped through my fingers I'm hurting so bad today wasn't a good day and I just wish I could hear her voice and see her cute text messages again I wish..
@@projectapocalypse8274 I'm a woman lol and I'm doing great I was 19 at the time and "gay" I'm 21 now have an amazing husband and I'm about have a baby so I'm so blessed and grateful with my life :)
Well, I come here just to say that I've been listening this music over and over and it remembers me SO MUCH of Mr. Robot. Man, it feels exactly the track for Elliot. So much feelings for that series, great memories!!!
It’s a funny kinda nostalgia this songs envokes. Takes me back to my childhood/teenage years but doesn’t make me wish I could go back. It makes me smile before turning to move on. Great jam!
“If America is so good, where is America 2?” Just got uploaded, and it’s pretty dang beautiful. I really wish the time stamp on the bottom was July 4 1984, tho Either way I’m going to need a 10-hour version.
This song brings back memories I never had.
Same here.
I feel the exact same way, it gives me a 90s vibe even though I don’t know what the 90s was like but I feel like I’ve been there, a strange nostalgia indeed
A good story has a powerful affect on us humans
@@tokyosen5717 same here too my man
Dude I was literally describing the same thing!!
There is a Japanese term: Mono no aware. It means basically, the sad beauty of seeing time pass - the aching awareness of impermanence. These are the days that we will return to one day in the future only in memories.
- The Midnight
Well said! So beautiful phrase it is.
That’s a beautiful quote.
It has to be one of the most beautiful phrases ever.
My heart. :( 👍
...or in the virtual.
At the concert in London, Tyler gave a beautiful piece before this song played. He said something like "when the world has come out of it's current crazy period, I hope whatever happens, we come out of it with more kindness and understanding for the working class everywhere".
Bucket list band for me. Hope you enjoyed the hell out of that experience. I will
Love this
They’re trying to make it as hard as possible. Evil sick fucks. But we persevere, and will always make things good regardless how hard things become ❤
Jesus Christ ❤
America is for the poor huddled masses no human is illegal❤
There’s something so unapologetically magical about this music. It always lifts my spirits and helps me remember life isn’t all bad.
same
Yes this always lifts my spirits. Synthwave is such an amazing genre!
Unrelated, since when did Mordecai become so ripped? He reminds me of a JoJo character.
Same feeling buddy!
Couldn't have said it better myself!
I wanna live in a world as aesthetic as these images that’s full of incredible music like this.
SwordBreaker925 we do
Where is my neon soaked night drive with a scorpion leather jacket then? I can't find my fingerless gloves, my rear engine cherry red car NOR my high rise apartment with hologram 75 feet dancing women and advertisements outside my window. LIES I TELL YOU LIES YOU TELL.
yes yes yesss
Well..don't we all buddy? The very reason songs like these click is because we crave for something that won't ever be :) . By the way I'm waiting for america 2 as well, a post invasive, a more humbler, a more connected to the roots type of america, a place which used to inspire many.
Meee tooo :((((((((((
This band has honestly changed my life.
😃
A world where these guys have not been all over TV is NOT a meritocratic one.
Same bro
Nothing better than The Midnight after a rough day
Thank you for existing !
Daniela Arechiga have a good rest you're so cute as if this song was made for ya 😊
Seriously super long day at work this is much needed 🤘🏻
I just did a marathon lol
Seriously, ever so truer words.
Daniela Arechiga Agreed. There is nothing like The Midnight for the drive home from work.
I dont understand why this song makes me so emotional.
Maybe because it mourns the loss of the ideal that was the America Simon and Garfunkel sang about, instead there is poverty and hopelessness, the American Dream has died somewhere along the way
bro same
Cause is good
The Midnight can literally do no wrong. One of the most consistently amazing bands in the genre.
Yes, together with FM-84, Timecop1983 and maybe Robert Parker or .. czcams.com/play/PLGc0tZZeugwM7otNXNbM0A3hpgKPklWUF.html
Anonymous Pro you have fm attack for retromance too
What do you mean? FM Attack isn't in the same league if you ask me.
Yeah Timecop1983 is fantastic! I've only heard some FM-84, and I don't know the other, I'll have to check em out
Justin Dye Yeah! That “When you grow up, your heart dies” song from Gunship is brutal!
Lyrics...
I made my home in a ten-ton bomb
And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’
But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin'
She was born in a tenement walk-up
With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults
She said ‘everything's easier in here’
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through, no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains
With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days
Or cursing or praising our name
But the best we could do is to enter the void
Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem
Don’t they see that we’re starving?
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
And we stole the car on the 4th of July
I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night
I’ve come to look for America too
...and of course, thank you guys for the music.
Can't wait to own it on cassette.
CD s are just around the corner
What about 8 track 😉
What about 2 inch 24 channel studio master tape?
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Would love to blast it on a pair JBL L100s or a pair of Klipsch’s Heritage speakers thru a Pioneer SX-1250 stereo. Talk about a throwback.
Who ever is listening to this song right now. Your music taste is great
I've fallen in love with this group, for me, they capture what Retrowave is all about better than anyone. I hope this never ends.
Thank you i never knew what this genre was called. I just called it The Midnight Genre. Retrowave.
@@gabodee the midnight sounds like a great genre name though to be honest lol
I recently read something about how folks stop falling in love with new musical acts around middle age. I don't know if that's the reason, but this is the last musical act I've liked like this much, and as far as I'm concerned, it's a well-earned honor.
This cover art bears a close resemblance to a shopping mall my mother used to take me to on the weekends during the early 90's. It had tons of natural light streaming in from glass ceilings, similar coloring and styling to this image, palm trees and plants, and actually had a pizza place (Sbarro) right next to the arcade, which also had those warped glass panels very similar to the ones shown here. Even my younger brother said the same thing when I showed him the artwork. In later years, the mall began an irreversible decline until it was little more than a ghost town with a handful of shops. They finally closed it late last year. It was one of those emblems of a simpler time that I sometimes wish I could return to.
Looking at this image after having long since lost count of the times I've listened to this album, it just reminds me of the ways I relate to the themes in Kids, and makes me want to go look for my own America 2... knowing we'll never recapture what we've lost. Still, I'm thankful for all those memories from a simpler time, some of which include pizza by the arcade. Thanks The Midnight for creating a way for us to step back in time, if only for a few minutes at a time.
Your story touched me. Thank you for sharing.
Great story man, really touching indeed. There was a simpler time during the 80s and 90s, I would never trade my childhood during that timeframe for nothing and like you, I wish I could return to it again, even for a little while. That is why The Midnight is such a great band, it connects on a personal level and transports you to another time, where the nostalgia hits hard.
This song is deeply addictive.
The artwork and the amazing lyrics of America 2 by The Midnight are the emblem of melancholy for having lost something we loved and hoping we can have it back sooner or later.
Pile333@ It is not a sad song about loss if you ask me. It is a love story about a young couple who both grow up in rough circumstances, but especially the girl who is more than likely a stripper maybe? I am not sure what Tyler Lyle means by " like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash". All I know is she has made her mind to get out of her situation and to chase after the american dream and the ideal of freedom with her boyfriend. So they steal one of there parents car's on independence day and the boyfriend sells off his guitar for gas money to drive as far way from the bad old life and past as possible all through the night. Chasing those ideas of the American dream and freedom. Its about a young couple running away for the bad past the only thing they have is their love and the hope of a better future.
I think its both really. It's happy for the reasons you've stated. But also a melancholic, looking back at the happy times, with the sort of sad fondness for things that are no longer around or things that you have experienced.
Both the music and lyrics have a positivity for the future, with tinge of melancholy of what could have happened or what is to happen. To me anyway.
Yeah, based on the information they've provided, this and the whole album seems to be focused on reminiscing the younger days.
@@DrnMontemayor well in that case I think so far theyre spot on! XD
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You guts are my favorite musical group
*G U T S*
love the Midnights guts.
You've got a lot of guys to say something like this.
It takes guys to enjoy these guts...
@@Pellbort gold
Why is your music always so perfect??
Because they had a vision of what they want to make and they did it with love. That's how pretty much all good things in a world was created.
its art
One of the best songs by The Midnight. it fascinates me the huge amount of comments about the "uplifting" values of the song, where it's clearly a very sad song about a bright past that perhaps was just a mirage and never existed and the sad reality we live in... it's called "America 2" in reference to Simon & Garfunkel's "America" song, but it could truly be called "World 2", it's a universal theme across every country on Earth these days. Within that sad context it's immensely beautiful, and the stark contrast between the deeply sad lyrics and the synthwave beats and production elevates its message even higher. The 80s was truly the apex of happy Earth vs. today's bleak and consumed Earth. A masterpiece. But not really the blissful upbeat song many happen to see here. Reflect on the lyrics, thrive for a better world for all.
Agreed. It's about the illusion of the "American dream" and how living and "making it" in America isn't the end of all your problems. Because that dream isn't really attainable by those who want it most. And while the sound is dancey and fun, the lyrics carry the weight.
First few lines....already my favorite Midnight song. Being 28 and meeting a certain someone who is out of my life this hit me so hard I had to leave the bar to listen to it on stereo and jam out like it's 1988
Guillermo Moreno i hope you get her, man. (or him? or whoever haha) but if you don't...life still tends to surprise you in the most unexpected of ways :)
onarionaa when the music is through no she don't look back
...I've come to look for America too
onarionaa Yeah, surprises like growing bold, ugly, fat and in debt and waking up one day smelling like vodka next to Ronda, asking yourself; “wtf happened!?” Go for it now my friend, time is ticking!!!
Quite agree my favourite song as well,but Sunset is not far behind
The Midnight, if you ever read this comment, just know that you are one of the best bands ever in music industry. And that PLEASE never stop giving us these WONDERFUL songs.
We LOVE YOU! 💓
I made my home in a ten-ton bomb
And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’
But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin'
She was born in a tenement walk-up
With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults
She said ‘everything's easier in here’
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through, no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains
With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days
Or cursing or praising on name
But the best we could do is to enter the void
Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem
Don’t they see that we’re starving?
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
And we stole the car on the 4th of July
I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night
I’ve come to look for America too
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I like the tantalising moment before I press the "Show more" button... Should read "Show punchline"
loving the Monster Squad name lol
You just had Near-Death-Experience, friend.
Sweet name my dude! A favorite from my childhood.
Never stop making music please.
Sweet Jesus, how have I lived all this while without knowing y'all. You are a blessing, please don't stop creating music. Lots of love from Malaysia
i thought i'm the only one here from malaysia. Keep on synthwaving my dude.
MOST UNDERRATED BAND !!!!!!
"We stole a car on the fourth of July"
>80's mall aesthetic
*This banger predicted Stranger Things 3*
TODFTHR =)
Or, the Stranger Things 3 team are The Midnight fans...
OMG what a beautiful song. Now hearing this song i want to go to America so desperately. I feel sad for the 9/11 attacks. Love from India. Long live THE GREAT AMERICA.
It is weird that I am un-ironically saddened by the permanent closing of Pizza Zone.
Me too man. Me too.
Same here, dude. Maybe they'll replace it with a Burger Express? We can hope
A nod to all the malls that crapped out over the years, long before the virus came to finish off those that were still on life support.
I have a really good feeling that their next album will be their best work so far without a doubt
It sounds like they're going back to the Endless Summer kind of feeling when you listen to their songs. Nocturnal was nice, but I just can't listen to it when it's bright outside, it's a stricte night-time album. Perfect for driving around downtown at night when it's raining.
This on the other hand, this just goes.
Its going to be amazing. I can't wait for GUNSHIPS new album too. I swear GUNSHIP, THE MIDNIGHT, and TIMECOP1983 are all amazing. Used to love futurecop! they are the reason I got into this genre but they kind of fell apart.
I think if these are tracks for the new album, they feel more like Days of Thunder, but with that more positive, nostalgic vibe of Endless Summer. While Endless Summer felt like something you'd drive past sunny beaches to, Nocturnal was like its dark counterpart, shared musical themes, but at night... Nocturnal is my favourite album of theirs so far though. Endless Summer comes a close second.
I noticed that the scene is the same as "Lost Boy" just from a different angle/perspective. Hope to see more song covers like this - its so interesting!
And of course, the song is a amazing as usual. I just love and adore The Midnight and every song that is put out of a pure 10/10 and there is never a bad song from these guys!
I take satisfaction in knowing that as I get older and time passes and I come closer to death that I am eternal. We all are. Our souls live forever. What a blessing it is to be “here” and experience this world. So much left to be experienced.
I never heard some really great music, like this group in my 27 years of life
Beautiful, beautiful track. I always think about my childhood and better times when I listen to The Midnight.
I wonder if I will be able to just drive a car in Cyberpunk 2077 with The Midnight in the background, not killing anyone, observing the city...
that would be amazing
Same man I want a option for song playlist where you can edit your list like gta
While driving a Tesla Cybertruck
With those windows!
Too Bad Even The Radio Stations Of Cyberpunk Is A Mess. FULL OF HIP HOP CRAP
One of the best choruses in your entire discography. Impossibly catchy.
Please come to Florida!! 🙏👏🏽
Just Frank
we gotta make our screams as loud as possible Florida is for sure waiting for a concert
For fucks’s sake YES PLEASE!!!
I absolutely love the artwork for this album. It’s crazy nostalgic
If you wanna see more the artist is Aaron Campbell. They are so beautiful and awe inducing
I was born shortly after the 1980s, but your music helps fill my imagination of what my childhood and teen years could have been like. Lovely music.
Listening to this magnificent music, while staring at the picture, I can only imagine what kinds of stories and events happened around this now abandoned mall, back in the time when it was the hotspot around the town, like that PizzaZone shop next to the entrance. The sign says "Permanently Closed", and there's a few tables left outside, like mute witnesses of the glorious past this place had. Maybe lots of happy hours right after school happened there, friends got together and had happy chats about this cool new cartoon, or that terrific pair of sneakers from Nike, or how that new Ghostbusters movie was awesome to watch in the big screen. Maybe young couples went there to celebrate their teenage love with some slices o' pepperoni and Coca-Cola. I can imagine many of the customers hit the arcade next to it, to play some Asteroids, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Tron, and other kick-ass games... no worries about anything, because the future obviously was going to be bright and shiny, the good things of those days were going to be kept, after all, right? You just don't throw good things away like that, you keep them, learn to replicate them, right? Therefore, why care about a thing? That place was once the representative of our carefree times, long after the World Wars, and long before our modern crises. The '60s all the way up to the early '00s were like this: carefree, bright and blissful.
How I long for a future like my past.
So much satisfaction.. *Sighs out heavy breath* ❤️
Really happy to be here ealry to hear this lovely work
Is 80eighty song you're so bad
Reaper Andrew I've been losing sleep over this comment what does it mean
Rob Bartlett I'm glad I'm not the only one, I read the comment about 10 times over wondering if I was being slow or if it genuinely made no sense.
Jester Head i think it's something to do with her being young means she can't enjoy the song, which is bs because it's one of the best songs I've ever heard.
@@reaperandrew2488 The thirst is REAL
Tyler we are coming to see you at manchester, you are a simply brilliant singer and song writer. You have changed our family and the troubles we have faced. You actually dont realise the impact your music has had on this family. I studied 5 years in sound engineering and discovered you guys years ago and i have always pushed you guys and shown my whole family your music. Everyone is hooked and 4 of us are coming to Manchester 26th July. Tyler you and Tim have created something that is truely special, you guys are motivating and building people up who may or may not feel good about themselves, you guys are abosulte positivity to the core. Tyler you are an absolute lyrical genious and singer to match (how are you not breaking into the UK charts) Tim we need to have a drink together, your production is flawless and the arrangment is superb, I only wish i could get my compositions as good as yours. Anyway guys if you see a banner at manchster 26th July please invite us up on stage because we will gladly duet with one of your songs. we live the midnight...................love you guys.
some more gold, Thanks
This band will be in the hall of fame. Mark my words
Go on a walk and put this song in your earbuds. Fall, the beauty, the music..Makes it magical! Well done.
Listening to this over and over. Someone special introduced this song and band to me. Nostalgic!
I'm happy I heard about this band. I might not have been born in the 80s, but with this music, I can imagine how life might have been back then.🥰🎸🎤🎤😎🇺🇸🤩💙💙😍🇺🇲💜❤🧡💚🎧
Driving on a curvy road on a motorcycle over the lake while listening to this song is what I live for. This song is a real tear jerker for me so beautiful
Amazing music...
The Midnight always has completed me
my top 3 songs from The Midnight
The first song I heard from these guys
I got hip to The Midnight in January of 2020 and I swear I’ve played this one at least 1,000 times since
Beautiful and clean blue sky and clean water. And a time when people had bright smiles and hope and joy to be able to do anything... I can't forget those days even now. Images of those memories in a hidden warehouse beyond my memory.
happy 5 years to this amazing song!
The artwork for these is absolutley amazing, am I right?!
America was cancelled.
The Midnight announces America 2.
I wish there was an America 2 where I could start all over and forget this one ever existed.
I have faith in my country. And with that, I hope we can start anew. Get it right.
Electric Boogaloo
@@jarryd8167 You are as strong as you are, due as much to your failures as your successes, we all carry that. It is hard to see but in time things turn...nothing stays the same.
@@jarryd8167 bro..makes me wanna cry
And in years kids will look back on this kind of music and feel nostalgic about a time they never had the luxury of knowing.
I love driving through the night down here in south western California to The Midnight. These are the kind of moments I enjoy now yet someday I know I will miss it all forever
I found this by chance on spotify and I’m glad I found it.
Guys the song is about finding America, too. This is not about a second incarnation but rather of realizing that where we live now is NOT the America that was promised. It is about 2 broken people, with broken dreams and an entire childhood of broken promises. "I'll be there" says the father, yet he never shows. "I love you" says the mother as she drops the children off at day care. "It wont hurt" says the older boy as he steals the girls innocence. A childhood so filled with trauma and lies that the only escape is an A-frame cabin on the mountain, high above it all, far away from the madness of memories. She's so broken that though bruised she dances into the night to survive. He strums his guitar on the sidewalk with no place to call his own, nobody to lean on, and no idea where the next meal will come from.
Then one Fourth of July night, a passerby drops a ticket into his change filled guitar case. He looks at the address and recognizes the club, and figures the party food will substitute for a meal.
Upon entering the club he is surprised at how few people are noticing his unkempt appearance, as they distract themselves with debauchery. The music is loud, fireworks (or maybe gunshots) can be heard outside, and even the food tastes dirty to him. As he is about to leave the announcer queues up a new track, as she saunters onstage.
She is scantily clad, moving as through molasses, and beat up so much so that the announcer makes a dig about her appearance. The crowd cheers and jeers, and as she begins removing articles of clothing the homeless man is horrified. As the only man with eyes to see, he recognizes that though outwardly this is 20-something woman she is just a girl who has faced a lifetime of suffering. He feels helpless as she sheds piece after piece until nothing remains, forcing the man to look away. The set finishes, and like an animal she gets on all 4's to pick up her earnings. His blood boils.
Pretending to be a musical act, he is able to get backstage to find the girl. She is not like the other dancers who get their own green room; instead she just has a backpack in the corner next to the costume racks. When he first meets her she is about to inject a fresh syringe of heroine that he promptly knocks away. She looks at him furious for a moment, but when she sees tears forming in his eyes he stops looking like that late 20's homeless man and instead she sees a boy trembling from another of father's beatings. Their eyes tell 2 lifetimes worth of stories in a matter of seconds, and they embrace each other as though lovers who had been separated for ages.
She tells him her boss will find them, he tells her with a confident smile that he can try. She has the keys to her pimps car, he thinks her will is so broken she wouldn't dare. The money they have together wouldn't get them far enough, but he promises to pawn his guitar as soon as they are clear. They both pause to think about the irreversible choice they are about to make. She looks terrified, uncertain, ready to forget it all ever happened when he places a hand on her shoulder and says softly:
"I've come to look for America, too."
Now that is one of the reasons why I'm grateful for life 💫
I know you wonderful folks will never read this but I love you I'm so happy for you and all your success you truly deserve it
Ugh I can’t explain how much I love this song
I use this song to test speakers. One of the best sounding album from 2018, period.
The "permanently closed" signs in these new artworks make me more sad than I can say
Damn you have some dangerous eyes and observations...
The disease and listen to the Sadie song of badass
...but the arcades are on ;-)
To me, it seems like it says "even happy times will eventually end", as depressing as that sounds haha
I was watching videos of abandoned malls the other night, some from where I grew up, and it was so sad and happy at the same time...so many memories cascading like waterfalls. sigh....
I truly believe The Midnight is not capable of making a bad song. Excellent work as always.
TheMidnight, the best Synthwave music ever :)
Futurecop!
Yes, and Timecop1983 u.u
And le cassette too !
I listen to this again after I’ve listened only a couple of times and it becomes my new favorite Midnight song! Every Midnight song is my favorite! How do they do this!
My parents song is "America" by Simon and Garfunkel "we've all gone to look for America" but it makes me sad and sentimental to hear it now. This song, on the other hand, is a subtle shout out to nostalgia that fills me with PURE JOY.
Nice wake up in Switzerland! I need more. 😁
Let's get lost playing those arcade machines with the sunset over the top windows.
Jose Maria Carrasco hell yes. I was born in 1993 and this still sounds like a plan
This sound always zaps me back in time. It's my go to music when I need to slow down and breathe. Please keep making music guys, the midnights early :)
"All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains with an A-Frame cabin and nobody counting our days"
I seriously *Feel* that line
I've loved EDM for a while, and still do. But this... this band just speaks to me. Brings me immense euphoric feelings. I love this band. The Midnight, please never stop making this kind of music. This is my favorite song by you thus far, while many others are a close second. Thank you for sharing your gift with us 🤍
The music of the midnight is for me like honey to bees i love it
Honey is bee vomit
this song reminds me of my ex girlfriend and it's mad depressing I miss her even though we hate each other right she moved on fast from me and I'm still over here hurting missing her voice, and her face it just hurts knowing you lost a girl you dreamed of and she slipped through my fingers I'm hurting so bad today wasn't a good day and I just wish I could hear her voice and see her cute text messages again I wish..
I hope ur doing better man.
@@projectapocalypse8274 I'm a woman lol and I'm doing great I was 19 at the time and "gay" I'm 21 now have an amazing husband and I'm about have a baby so I'm so blessed and grateful with my life :)
Heard this song earlier I love it
Beautiful and magical
Notification says uploaded 15 minutes ago. 15 minutes ago was midnight on the east coast. I see what you did there. Great song btw
No se me ocurren mejores temas para dejar volar mi imaginacion hacia un mundo libre de gente toxica.......best actual music!!
This is the best music I've ever heard in my life. I'm 34. I grew up on pop rnb rap rock country and tejano. This is legit perfect music
Absolutely loving this.
Such a positive and meaningful track.
I clicked so fast
I think I just broke the left-click on my mouse.
SAME HERE
Ahah same and like too
I never gave a damn so fast.
I clicked so fast then I came so fast.
June 4th, 1984... that was my 1st birthday!
I love this America 😥❤
Well, I come here just to say that I've been listening this music over and over and it remembers me SO MUCH of Mr. Robot. Man, it feels exactly the track for Elliot. So much feelings for that series, great memories!!!
This is addictive
This is my favorite track produced in the last 5 years. Easily.
It’s a funny kinda nostalgia this songs envokes. Takes me back to my childhood/teenage years but doesn’t make me wish I could go back. It makes me smile before turning to move on. Great jam!
They were phenomenal in Sacramento last night
I can't believe I only discovered this now. Thank you for the awesome music!!!
I'm going through a break-up right now, and this song heals my heart
I am from south west of France and I always hope to hear sounds like you do them :)
Holy sh*t I heard the intro and I knew this is the song that I've been looking for my whole life ❤️❤️❤️
Cara, como eu amo essa música 😍😍😍
“If America is so good, where is America 2?”
Just got uploaded, and it’s pretty dang beautiful.
I really wish the time stamp on the bottom was July 4 1984, tho
Either way I’m going to need a 10-hour version.
First one has to end first for the sequel to drop.
Oh man, they have done it again. This is just stunning.
The Midnight are my favourite musical time machine.
Please bless us with more new music guys you guys are awesome