MGMT - Congratulations (Official Video)

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  • MGMT's official music video for 'Congratulations'. Click to listen to MGMT on Spotify: smarturl.it/MGMTSpot?IQid=MGMTC
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    Lyrics:
    But I've got someone to make reports
    That tell me how my money's spent
    To book my stays and draw my blinds
    So I can't tell what's really there
    And all I need's a great big congratulations
    #MGMT #Congratulations #Vevo #Alternative #VevoOfficial
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  • @Jazzeinberg
    @Jazzeinberg Před 8 lety +4195

    These guys will be the ones that our children will say about "I wish I lived in this generation"..

    • @amybynight
      @amybynight Před 8 lety +34

      thats Bowie

    • @Jazzeinberg
      @Jazzeinberg Před 8 lety +7

      +amy white ?

    • @dogpupe
      @dogpupe Před 8 lety +185

      There is an MGMT videoclip where some dude posted "I was born in the right generation"

    • @Jazzeinberg
      @Jazzeinberg Před 8 lety +10

      dogpupe That's exactly my point !

    • @chickenwing27
      @chickenwing27 Před 8 lety +5

      +Why Though? wtf dude?

  • @brandyalexander3523
    @brandyalexander3523 Před 7 lety +2091

    I finally realised what this video is about.
    The whole video is a metaphor for how society treats famous people. If you listen to the lyrics its all about how fame causes you to disassociate from everything around you.
    The creature in the video is 'ugly' representing how we view stars as something to gawk at. In the video Andrew and Ben are essentially its fans or managers, just following it with little input. When the creature first loses its leg that represents how fame causes you to no longer be able to stand on your own two feet. As they continue walking it eventually loses its mouth representing how others now speak for you. Eventually the creature 'slips' and its a down hill spiral from there. The 'fans' or 'manager' dont do anything to help they just watch. Eventually the creature can't go on but they force it to by physically carrying it to its death- where it can only look at what its become. They clap at the end like the creatures whole existence and suffering was simply there to entertain them.
    Because in the end all you need is one big congratulations.

    • @kidafago
      @kidafago Před 3 lety +31

      Bravo irmão. Você realmente entendeu esta metáfora ! E eu...
      Caminhei atrás deles durante 3 anos no deserto e só quando acabou a jornada levei as " congratulations". E foi porque outros me explicaram , e eu não tinha compreendido a parada!
      3 anos sem parar no deserto da incompreensão: cansado com sede e o sol queimando meus neurônios...
      Thank you for explication !

    • @catherineaks4190
      @catherineaks4190 Před 3 lety +57

      Thank you for outstanding explanation of this video! 👍🏻

    • @ryeguy2256
      @ryeguy2256 Před 3 lety +43

      Great analysis!

    • @nickpaige8178
      @nickpaige8178 Před 3 lety +39

      this is exactly what i came to the comments looking for. Thanks!

    • @bobbybriggs8637
      @bobbybriggs8637 Před 3 lety +15

      Makes sense

  • @TheViperX21
    @TheViperX21 Před 4 lety +372

    MGMT is really underrated, and Andrew will forever be one of my favorite lyricists.

    • @andrewwilson1975
      @andrewwilson1975 Před rokem +10

      Agreed, I think it is in the top few bands in the last 15 odd years. It's also one of the few post 2000 bands that holds a candle to many of the 60's-90's

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 Před rokem +12

      He’s no doubt really good at writing abstract artistic lyrics

    • @deelong4002
      @deelong4002 Před 9 měsíci +2

      They weren't underrated at all like 15 years ago

  • @Dgusting
    @Dgusting Před 3 lety +151

    My favorite song of theirs overall. I remember my first concert was MGMT in Louisville Ky 2013. What an incredible experience, MGMT fans are all awesome. I was underage and still had immense fun and was offered anything I ever needed and more from other fans ;). However they played all their songs but didnt play this one yet so i started freaking out about to cry....then andrew says "weve got one more really good one for you" and started this gem up. I was so happy. Concerts are a distant memory now....

  • @amandalovesthesims2
    @amandalovesthesims2 Před 8 lety +1732

    This is probably the most disturbing/depressing music video I've ever watched. I somehow have an emotional attachment to the bird and I don't even know why. This is legit. Good song too.

    • @Cocog232
      @Cocog232 Před 5 lety +9

      @@nadussias I don't have the courage to watch the other videos lol

    • @mikeexits
      @mikeexits Před 5 lety +29

      @@Cocog232 "When You Die" is accurate to what dying and the afterlife is like, according to my dad who has physically died twice, and lived to tell the tale. All except the fleshy hell-ish part at the end, but it depends on your beliefs and how honest you are with yourself. If you repress everything and remain spiritually constipated up until the very end, and you believe that's what will happen after, then maybe. But for most people that won't happen.

    • @heidileeshire5959
      @heidileeshire5959 Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah. Ppl r so screwed. We can emotionally attach 2 non human, mirage creations, & this, perhaps, will be our undoing. It's a noble way 2 go tho.😈👾👽👻☠💀👹👿

    • @heidileeshire5959
      @heidileeshire5959 Před 5 lety +13

      @@mikeexits yep. Imagination leads to creation... it's the source of our physical form & origination. We r the art, the image in the gr8 mind. When we die, we become co creators, or tools of our own destruction. So what we believe, matters, literally. Believe that u matter, or u won't. Believe what u want to matter, bcuz it does, & will. Belief/will=what is...further @ the vanishing point. That dot, where u disappear, is the true point of your everything.💞

    • @sydisawesome1
      @sydisawesome1 Před 4 lety +4

      @@heidileeshire5959 love this.

  • @b3arodactyl
    @b3arodactyl Před 8 lety +1290

    one of the saddest most touching music videos I've ever seen

    • @RYBATUGA
      @RYBATUGA Před 8 lety +83

      Your profile pic is great :)

    • @colinsalles6833
      @colinsalles6833 Před 7 lety +31

      The strokes

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 Před 7 lety +10

      the strokes made one good album, MGMT made 3, they've made real art

    • @b3arodactyl
      @b3arodactyl Před 7 lety +28

      is this it and room on fire are both good albums what are you smoking
      i suppose you could argue that both oracular spectacular and congratulations are good albums but their self titled album was shit lol
      ofc music taste is subjective but looking at rym it seems to be that the consensus is that
      first impressions of the earth comedown machine and angles are all better than MGMT (3.1, 2.94 and 2.83 average across thousands of ratings vs 2.80 average for MGMT)
      granted they're all pretty bad albums (though there are a few good songs sprinkled in throughout some of them) so it doesn't much matter lol

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 Před 7 lety +11

      qzyxya room on fire is like a second attempt at making another Is This It, now the strokes just use their band as a means to make money and seem like they don't give a shit for the quality or direction they went down, people don't understand MGMT so they don't get it and call it shit, I know music is subjective and I've heard all the strokes albums and all MGMT albums, they're simply not bands that you compare to each other, totally different styles of music, Is This It and Room on Fire are good because of the rawness in the playing and Julian Casablancas has very interesting baritone later turned to a more falsetto, Angles and Comedown Machine are good too, but I wouldn't say they're masterpieces, The Strokes were mediocre to begin with, that's what made Is This It such a pleasant album because it was so simple garage rock, with great melodies, any musician is capable of that kind of sound, I just MGMT are better at writing lyrics and complicated song structures, and coming up with original sounds with modern technology, MGMT only became recognized through their commercial hits but then used that popularity to take their music down a psychedelic Doors-like kind of road with the self titled album if you ask me, my previous comment was a little harsh I admit, but the true artistry isn't in the Strokes catalog im sorry, but the Strokes did set a tone for the early 2000's and all that came after, shit, Arctic Monkeys and plenty of one hit bands owe much gratification to The Strokes

  • @cranjusmcballer
    @cranjusmcballer Před 3 lety +337

    I really love the direction MGMT went in after Oracular Spectacular. Congratulations, MGMT and Little Dark Age are very well made albums and it's great to know they're doing what they want to do now

    • @guideness6601
      @guideness6601 Před 2 lety +1

      [][]][there is this song i got recommend n i wanna recommend it to u is called Falling Ashes by the impures
      ,./,./,.,/[][][][][][][]vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    • @teodordl
      @teodordl Před 2 lety +4

      @@guideness6601 //// YES, nnnnnnn{{{{ at last!!! I Have foun....d you, my long lost $$$$son!! Wh ere were you this ##/////// entire time? === I'm SSSo happpppy the universe finnnally had us reunited! ///////// ,./,./,./,./ hhhhhhhhh I'm sobbbbbbbbbbb iiinggg

    • @jorgekinder7677
      @jorgekinder7677 Před 2 lety +7

      Comment people are smoking too muchmabey weed

    • @nicolasmoore6220
      @nicolasmoore6220 Před 3 měsíci +2

      And the new singles are so good now! Here's to a fantastic 5th record from mgmt :))

  • @NDTrendx
    @NDTrendx Před 3 lety +442

    If you're listening to this in 2020...
    CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE A GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC!

    • @armandogarciagutierrez7392
      @armandogarciagutierrez7392 Před 3 lety +5

      Today listening 😎

    • @nirstlame2843
      @nirstlame2843 Před 3 lety +1

      @@armandogarciagutierrez7392 metoo, i love this band.

    • @angelchavez4761
      @angelchavez4761 Před 3 lety +3

      i wonder what they're planning for the future

    • @giicupcake
      @giicupcake Před 3 lety +3

      If you're listening to this in 2020... congratulations you're getting old cuz i used to listen to this when i was a teen

    • @angelad5992
      @angelad5992 Před 3 lety

      thank you :D that goes for the both of us

  • @TheHilikus89
    @TheHilikus89 Před 7 lety +2368

    "I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me"

  • @juanpablo9808
    @juanpablo9808 Před 9 lety +137

    I believe the creature represents us. We carry ourselves through life in a pace of depression and sadness. We live an ugly life. Finally when we die, the only beautiful thing that is our soul is portrayed in the stars to represent that we are all beautiful. It's just what we make are life of that makes it ugly. Idk wtf I'm saying btw

    • @victorresende3140
      @victorresende3140 Před 9 lety +1

      yeeah said it all guy!

    • @stephencenters6520
      @stephencenters6520 Před 9 lety +1

      There are no souls, my man. That's a made up thing

    • @SpaceDisco1
      @SpaceDisco1 Před 9 lety

      Bring Me The Crown Well, assuming it is just a specific way our brain chemicals react with each other, influenced by our genetics and our surroundings: It's just so unique, it doesn't matter if we call it a soul or anything else.
      For real, if we actually start to scientifically decipher what makes up our personality, I'm pretty sure the scientists will still call it the soul.

    • @stephencenters6520
      @stephencenters6520 Před 9 lety

      A "soul" is a word made up by humans. Just like "time". It's not a scientific term or a natural thing. It was a word applied to a specific part to our body we have yet found out about.Would you say that other animals have souls?

    • @Martel4
      @Martel4 Před 9 lety

      Bring Me The Crown How do you know?

  • @AndyZaturno
    @AndyZaturno Před 6 měsíci +55

    Andrew looks like such a rock star.

    • @Pam-rd5dz
      @Pam-rd5dz Před 5 měsíci +3

      Gayyyyy
      Jk 😂

    • @AndyZaturno
      @AndyZaturno Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@Pam-rd5dz I am tho, so now what?

    • @Pam-rd5dz
      @Pam-rd5dz Před 5 měsíci

      @@AndyZaturno Twas a joke

  • @1onebee951
    @1onebee951 Před 6 lety +431

    Tell ya a secret. That alien thing is mgmt's creative freedom.

    • @brettlansing178
      @brettlansing178 Před 4 lety +21

      1one Bee true asf. Someone found the alien costume at a store in LA. The original. I want to buy it!

    • @sethy9046
      @sethy9046 Před 4 lety +25

      Winston Leg-Thigh this was during a time when the record company they were with was limiting their ability to make the music they want regardless of the “fans”

    • @sethy9046
      @sethy9046 Před 4 lety +9

      Winston Leg-Thigh that’s.. the point I was trying to make

    • @yikesman732
      @yikesman732 Před 4 lety +1

      @Winston Leg-Thigh you literally must have 2 braincells you obviously dont understand what hes tryna tell you

    • @yikesman732
      @yikesman732 Před 4 lety +3

      @Winston Leg-Thigh He is literally talking about before they started to make experimental music. The label WAS limiting them but then they gave them some leeway. That is LITERALLY what he's been trying to say. You dont seem to understand you and him are talking about different time periods in their career jesus christ. You are literally reading this much into a joke im-

  • @kenardbeee3905
    @kenardbeee3905 Před 8 lety +1951

    I feel bad for that poor creature. It's so depressing.

    • @morenachiappe356
      @morenachiappe356 Před 8 lety +58

      yess! same. i almost cry

    • @gopheeeeer
      @gopheeeeer Před 8 lety +50

      +kenard beee I feel bad for the person in the suit. Must be warm.

    • @nano9396
      @nano9396 Před 8 lety +4

      And I enjoyed it 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xavierd7618
      @xavierd7618 Před 7 lety +1

      gopheeeeer lol

    • @Size10.5Vans
      @Size10.5Vans Před 6 lety +3

      I'm sorry. But please send me your youtuber profile pic :D

  • @calebweissraaberg2813
    @calebweissraaberg2813 Před 7 lety +260

    Dead in the water
    It's not a paid vacation
    The sons and daughters of city officials
    Attend demonstrations
    It's hardly a sink or swim
    When all is well if the ticket sells
    Out with? A wimper
    It's not a blaze of glory
    You look down from your temple
    As people endeavor to make it a story
    And chisel a marble word
    But all is lost if it's never heard
    But I've got someone to make reports
    That tell me how my money's spent
    To book? My stays and draw my blinds
    So I can't tell what's really there
    And all I need's a great big congratulations
    I'll keep your dreams
    You pay attention for me
    As strange as it seems
    I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
    The ground may be moving fast
    But I tied my boots to a broken mast
    The difference is clear
    You throw it in your cauldron
    Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
    Steinways and Baldwins
    You start with a simple stock of all the waste
    And salt to taste
    But damn my? Luck and damn these friends
    That keep on combing back their smiles
    I save my grace with half-assed guilt
    And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
    Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

    • @nicholasniebish2774
      @nicholasniebish2774 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I always thought it was
      “But damn my luck and damn these friends
      That keep on coming back
      That’s why I say my grace with half assed guilt…”

  • @Smooth0vibrations
    @Smooth0vibrations Před 6 lety +45

    Some of MGMT'S best lyrics, the older you get; the more they mean.

  • @PaulaMurta
    @PaulaMurta Před 3 lety +68

    the kind of song that makes you cry because it instantly reminds you of how you used to feel at some point in space and time, and you miss it so badly

  • @NiqqaJim
    @NiqqaJim Před 9 lety +2676

    Felt so bad for that alien camel-bird falling down the hill :(

  • @zate1982
    @zate1982 Před 7 lety +142

    You know that strange feeling when you don't know if you're awake or still dreaming? A few months ago it happens to me when I discover this song, alone in an hotel room, preparing myself for a presentation in my job. Shitty fucking job, I've got fired and still unemployeed I'm still thinking if all this fucking life is real or not.

    • @DDG2023
      @DDG2023 Před 7 lety +2

      +Dani Burnett maybe it's not enough

    • @GBart
      @GBart Před 7 lety +7

      Mmm all the time. It's called mescaline. It's the only way to fly.

    • @maestarlight9811
      @maestarlight9811 Před 7 lety +1

      zate1982 this is my life at this very moment.

    • @Febeleh
      @Febeleh Před 6 lety

      AndroidDoctorr sicc reference

    • @yeuskas1
      @yeuskas1 Před 6 lety +1

      y es IT is and so your money debts

  • @plagueseason
    @plagueseason Před 6 měsíci +28

    I always took this song as MGMT coming to grips with success and the complicated balance of trying to please themselves, fans, and the label. They always seemed like they were destined for something greater than just being a radio band, and I think if you look at their catalog overall, they've proven that.

    • @ktmtxt
      @ktmtxt Před 5 měsíci +1

      Nah they don't care about the label and other people's expectations, I belive. They just want to do great music

  • @clintparsons3989
    @clintparsons3989 Před 2 lety +181

    If this isnt playing at my funeral, then I'm not dying.

    • @guideness6601
      @guideness6601 Před 2 lety +3

      there is this song i got recommend n i wanna recommend it to u is called Falling Ashes by the impures
      ,./,./,.,/

    • @ALittleBitCheesy
      @ALittleBitCheesy Před rokem

      @@guideness6601 Sir, say it in a way which isnt rambelings of a crack pot.

    • @irachico8379
      @irachico8379 Před rokem +1

      haha.word!

    • @fugedor
      @fugedor Před rokem +7

      Bro discovered immortality 💀💀

    • @vervor
      @vervor Před rokem

      Me too bro!!

  • @BABAMATIC
    @BABAMATIC Před 7 lety +375

    This video is very sentimental. It made me remember when my dog was dying, I really loved her, how could i explain her that I was never going to see her again? I guess she knew it better than anyone else

  • @ColossalZonko
    @ColossalZonko Před 7 lety +1178

    it really bothers me that he doesn't close his eyes when sinking in the sand...

  • @tomoyo.b
    @tomoyo.b Před 4 lety +17

    You guys have no idea how long i've been looking for this video!!!
    I saw this freaky music video as a child and couldn't get the visuals out of my head but i didn't remember the song title, singers or tune at all. So i just kept googling weird music video with camel and other things to find it but it was never successful. I gave up, and a year later, I would suddenly remember this video and look for it. And no, wow. it's just as weird as i remembered it.

    • @lesovikk101
      @lesovikk101 Před 2 lety +3

      Well, congratulations man :-)

    • @drysoup8194
      @drysoup8194 Před 2 lety

      DUUUUUDEE WTFFF SAAAAMEEEE
      I WATCHED THIS WHEN I WAS FIIIVEE

  • @joshdraken1
    @joshdraken1 Před 5 lety +22

    This song chills me out like no other. Total blessing.

  • @Brodzzzzz
    @Brodzzzzz Před 9 lety +136

    Just gonna put this out there...
    MGMT is probably the best thing since Pink Floyd.
    Along with Tame Impala.
    No other band's compare... Is there something wrong with me??

    • @inessdsf
      @inessdsf Před 9 lety +8

      Brodzzzzz no. :)

    • @TheKevlar4
      @TheKevlar4 Před 9 lety +7

      Brodzzzzz Check out The Flaming Lips and Animal Collective for more modern Psych bands.

    • @Martel4
      @Martel4 Před 9 lety +8

      Brodzzzzz Yes. You don't listen to enough music.

    • @malikharris2357
      @malikharris2357 Před 9 lety +2

      Daniel Ramirez sounds like friend of the devil

    • @lucassrensen17
      @lucassrensen17 Před 9 lety +5

      Check out Temples, you might like then :)

  • @theinternet1424
    @theinternet1424 Před 7 lety +809

    No nightmarish creepy-ass-looking alien-ostrich-turkey weird things were harmed in the making of this video.
    Except for _that_ one.

  • @ratkingpierrot
    @ratkingpierrot Před 6 lety +17

    this is my absolute favorite song, idk if anything else will ever take its place. it feels so nostalgic somehow.

  • @ericacourville4950
    @ericacourville4950 Před 4 lety +53

    It's crazy how emotional this video made me. I felt really attached to the strange creature and actually cried. And I will never watch this video again.

  • @rydubz7
    @rydubz7 Před 10 lety +74

    This video always brings a tear to my eye. As a 33 year old male it's hard to admit this but as you get older you lose loved ones and people you love and your body starts to fall apart.It's a a really sad world,but beautiful.

    • @pavelow235
      @pavelow235 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Hello from 2023, Age makes everything harder, doesn't it?

    • @LfunkeyA
      @LfunkeyA Před 11 měsíci

      the world is not that sad, or beautiful

    • @pizzabudgie
      @pizzabudgie Před 10 měsíci +3

      wow 9 years ago. i was a teen listening to this. im way past that now, in your shoes. life is crazy

    • @slimeforest
      @slimeforest Před 9 měsíci +6

      Hope your doing good in your 40s now king 🤴

    • @daffyduck5351
      @daffyduck5351 Před 9 měsíci

      Body falling apart at 33?? Wtf is wrong with you

  • @Trazorr
    @Trazorr Před 10 lety +105

    Such a sad video, but what a beautiful song. CONGRATULATIONS MGMT.

  • @Kurtvileseggnog
    @Kurtvileseggnog Před 3 lety +3

    Why did I sleep on this band. One of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Reminds me of the kinks with a hint of Pink Floyd. Band is incredible.

  • @thecinematicmind
    @thecinematicmind Před 3 lety +13

    One of my favourite songs of the 2010’s. I love the honesty of the lyrics.

  • @Berries2512
    @Berries2512 Před 8 lety +2230

    The comments section appears to have turned into a forum for people with existential anxiety

    • @ianlarimer
      @ianlarimer Před 8 lety +41

      yeah pretty much

    • @JammuRecordsTV
      @JammuRecordsTV Před 6 lety +88

      This must have been your first day on the internet

    • @wellDankGod
      @wellDankGod Před 6 lety

      You

    • @s.e.l.2591
      @s.e.l.2591 Před 6 lety +36

      Berries2512
      I guess anyone of us wasting even as little as a few seconds to write on an obviously unmeaningful and overcrowded platform such as the youtube comments section, must suffer from some form of existential anxiety...

    • @danslik1738
      @danslik1738 Před 6 lety +3

      Berries2512 I'm too lazy to look it up, but wats existential anxiety?🙃

  • @MadMan731
    @MadMan731 Před 7 lety +28

    MGMT is one of the coolest modern bands.

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L Před 2 lety +3

    I always loved this music video. The feeling of resignation is very strong in this song and is represented very well in the way they tend to the dying creature.

  • @r0se838
    @r0se838 Před 4 lety +5

    You haven't lived until you've heard this album on acid. The relief that came from the transition between Lady Dada's Nightmare to such a light and floaty song like this was crazy.

  • @nerdontwork
    @nerdontwork Před 7 lety +171

    accidentally hit the 2x speed. no regret. because i found the happiest congratulation song ever. i feel happy. congratulation!

    • @trinalps
      @trinalps Před 4 lety +26

      now you can watch the creature die twice as fast! how lovely! congratulations

    • @ketongu
      @ketongu Před 4 lety +3

      congratulations!!

    • @user-si9jy3zs1j
      @user-si9jy3zs1j Před 3 lety +4

      @@trinalps well, he's now suffers not that long

    • @nan0nina
      @nan0nina Před 3 lety +3

      OMG I ALMOST PEED MYSELF

    • @nan0nina
      @nan0nina Před 3 lety +5

      Sounds like Andrew and Ben wrote something for Mario Kart

  • @Robdog3
    @Robdog3 Před 7 lety +11

    The alien is like the knowledge from our fathers. Old and decayed, but leads the young towards enlightenment, despite the cost and destruction to itself. A selfless noble act.

  • @FroFTW85
    @FroFTW85 Před 3 lety +1

    MGMT was the soundtrack to so many of my nights and mornings of tripping. Always a pleasure cruise.

  • @williamsparrow2248
    @williamsparrow2248 Před 4 dny

    Excellent group. It's a shame that great music like this is not better known.

  • @drkfeeds8688
    @drkfeeds8688 Před 8 lety +186

    As you go through life people tear you apart instead of congratulating you

    • @whoislikegod7217
      @whoislikegod7217 Před 4 lety +4

      better start tearing back then

    • @_zoehhhhh
      @_zoehhhhh Před 4 lety +6

      Congratulate yourself then. Only you could be there for you

    • @MikuHayeon
      @MikuHayeon Před 4 lety +1

      Try not to seek validation from other people, it only makes your life feel more miserable ::/

    • @Skullflowerz
      @Skullflowerz Před 3 lety +1

      People are more focused on what is wrong with you than what is right with you.

  • @thomasrice2888
    @thomasrice2888 Před 7 lety +15

    Touches on so many musical flavors, yet retains that endearing quality that defines MGMT.
    Just watching the fireflies and enjoying my place in life.

  • @hairykim6503
    @hairykim6503 Před 6 lety +22

    This video fucks me up worse then when that horse drowned in the swamp of sadness.

    • @Honoriajoy
      @Honoriajoy Před 3 lety

      ARTAX NOOOO 💔💔

    • @Honoriajoy
      @Honoriajoy Před 3 lety +1

      @Justin JuicePack they’re referring to the horse in the never ending story.

  • @6ANUR34DT81S
    @6ANUR34DT81S Před 4 lety +19

    When I first tripped on shrooms, this song was playing and then everything started turning into Loony Tunes. The timing was so perfect that it was terrifying lol

  • @Effedoppio
    @Effedoppio Před 8 lety +68

    Such a touching song: Wes Anderson could use it as one of his movie's ending song, I already see the main character reflecting on his life while he's sitting into a quiet park.

    • @sitharasivaji
      @sitharasivaji Před 8 lety +2

      Agree

    • @Gameboob
      @Gameboob Před 8 lety +1

      Weird, I went and looked this up because i saw it as the ending song for a movie (Inside Job).

    • @chickenwing27
      @chickenwing27 Před 8 lety

      luv Wes Anderson films

    • @jerryranis4682
      @jerryranis4682 Před 7 lety +1

      Ubi would be cool but he only uses much older types of music like 60's British Invasion

  • @MsSignedUp
    @MsSignedUp Před 9 lety +129

    I can't watch the video. It makes me so sad :/

    • @reginalizard
      @reginalizard Před 9 lety +5

      jesus, i thought i was the only one.

    • @lirio7698
      @lirio7698 Před 9 lety +7

      I was crying till now with the video. :'(

    • @reginalizard
      @reginalizard Před 9 lety +29

      that little chicken dinosaur!! but at least it shines in the sky.

    • @namelessnick9791
      @namelessnick9791 Před 9 lety +1

      i dont even understand whats goin on ):

  • @jaymietownsend3258
    @jaymietownsend3258 Před rokem +2

    I watched this once in 2011, I had a vague memory of it and tried searching for years. I thought it was a dream since I couldn't find it. Jesus. Finally fucking found it!!!!

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Před rokem

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT

  • @Clarkillustrations
    @Clarkillustrations Před rokem +2

    I've always like MGMT since I first heard their hits on the radio when they first came out. I even saw them at a free concert in the mall once before they were famous! But now I love them, the more I delve into their collection I keep finding more songs I love!

  • @sleepoverjunk816
    @sleepoverjunk816 Před 7 lety +8

    This video... Made me sob and I don't understand why. This is the only time I've ever cried without thinking about it, I don't even know what just happened here but it was one of the most pure forms of emotion to exist. This video is special.

  • @jeremys6875
    @jeremys6875 Před 7 lety +989

    I feel like that ugly alien thing represents me and my life falling apart each day

    • @Scry999
      @Scry999 Před 7 lety +17

      Jeremy S congratulations, it has ended.

    • @jeremys6875
      @jeremys6875 Před 7 lety +6

      ha. i wish

    • @jeremys6875
      @jeremys6875 Před 7 lety +1

      lol yeah thats a really good anime

    • @davidnew8202
      @davidnew8202 Před 6 lety +5

      I wonder if that is what the music video is supposed to be about, Idk, mgmt is surprisingly deep sometimes

    • @UltimateEnd0
      @UltimateEnd0 Před 6 lety +2

      Reminds me of my aging dog! :*(

  • @elishasy4095
    @elishasy4095 Před 2 lety +9

    Many years later... this MV still makes me cry.

    • @ray5357
      @ray5357 Před rokem

      Me too man. Me too.

  • @ethansadberry6069
    @ethansadberry6069 Před rokem +1

    Been listening since high school. Over a decade later and it’s still as fresh as when I first heard it.

  • @d1ggitydan
    @d1ggitydan Před 9 lety +9

    I just interpret it as the creature represents their careers falling apart after the stress of having to live up to Oracular on fame that came at breakneck speeds. They're trying so hard to hold on to that feeling and success but ultimately just have to say "fuck it" and throw their fate to the sands of time and say "we gave it our all" (their expressions at the end)

  • @noahRKO
    @noahRKO Před 7 lety +244

    He's okay, that's the way, buddy alien goes back into his own planet. Everything is okay, take care, little friendly companion alien!!

    • @whenthefucdidwegeticecream6381
      @whenthefucdidwegeticecream6381 Před 7 lety +26

      Wow this is incredibly positive I love it! :) thank you

    • @peytonheslip3957
      @peytonheslip3957 Před 4 lety +17

      You made my night I love you commenter I’m so happy in my soul right now because of you I hope you have a beautiful life because you truly made mine more beautiful through that wholesome comment (this isn’t sarcasm I mean it love)

    • @MrGaxiolaX
      @MrGaxiolaX Před 4 lety

      dies in sand pit horribly

    • @bryanramirez3909
      @bryanramirez3909 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah! Yeah! Get in that there planet boi!
      *Slams naked alien-turky's head into sand*
      Whispers: that's the way is has to be..

    • @prof21
      @prof21 Před 3 lety

      -I once told you about a sailor who described drowning to me.
      -Yes, he said it was like going home.
      -I was lying. He said it was agony.

  • @darion8476
    @darion8476 Před 6 lety +7

    I'm so proud of this generation of music.

  • @roachy69
    @roachy69 Před 5 lety

    This video is a great example of having a dream that you can't really explain or how it even got into your head to dream about it in the first place, waking up feeling upset over it but you don't really know why. One of those dreams that you never forget. Brilliant

  • @mandyjb65
    @mandyjb65 Před 8 lety +113

    This is so sad for that cute creature...makes me cry.....

    • @sydbarret7765
      @sydbarret7765 Před 5 lety +3

      this is the point how in the life you know that its a cute creature instead of a terrible monster that deserved to be isolated and jailed by two guys in the middle of desert..?

    • @jobobby664
      @jobobby664 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sydbarret7765 lmao that's not what happened dippy shit

    • @audriiiiroberts3030
      @audriiiiroberts3030 Před 3 lety

      Syd Barret Jesus Christ

    • @kackah2503
      @kackah2503 Před 3 lety

      Me too

    • @konan8353
      @konan8353 Před 3 lety

      I don't care about the symbolism, that thing should not stay alive

  • @colin7901
    @colin7901 Před 9 lety +4

    What an amazing album! It took me on an amazing journey listening to this. Through space and time feeling so alive and living in the moment ready for what ever life throws at us. running through the dusty unfinished roads of an underground ghost town alone, but needing nothing more.

  • @nym5qu17
    @nym5qu17 Před 5 lety +4

    in 2 yrs this album will be a decade old and it sounds soo fresh still!

  • @incestduck1567
    @incestduck1567 Před 4 lety

    Just finished high school and I'm sparking a nice little Congratulations joint rn
    hope some of y'all in the same position
    if so Congratulations!!!

  • @jacksonlane3390
    @jacksonlane3390 Před 10 lety +18

    this video honestly makes me pretty sad, watching the thing slowly fall apart

  • @izulowa
    @izulowa Před 8 lety +299

    "I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me" another cool quote for my collection :-)

  • @uhljebatur
    @uhljebatur Před 10 měsíci +1

    Damn... I had party at my place and some random dude 50 yr old took my phone and let this song... i was like duuude... He said shut up, if you love mgmt, you are gonna be amazed. Everyone was charmed by it

  • @SamAndrew27
    @SamAndrew27 Před 3 lety +1

    To me this song means:
    When you're doing everything "right," and are successful and have what people from the outside would call a good life....but still feel empty.

  • @christianrosales4612
    @christianrosales4612 Před 7 lety +642

    MGMT and Mac Demarco need to make music together

  • @piperbarlow1672
    @piperbarlow1672 Před 7 lety +2197

    Maxmoefoe caresses a dying turkey.

    • @resmarted
      @resmarted Před 7 lety +54

      shut the fuck up. this music was around before your flavor of the week youtube celebrity

    • @biggiewiggie5557
      @biggiewiggie5557 Před 7 lety +3

      ya assblasted baby lol

    • @pizzaboireggie4058
      @pizzaboireggie4058 Před 7 lety +2

      lol

    • @user-or8in1mh1i
      @user-or8in1mh1i Před 7 lety +39

      rep757npay 'week' oh ofc sure

    • @Drilo1240
      @Drilo1240 Před 6 lety +82

      rep757npay Maxie boy has been youtube famous for 5+years tho

  • @beetee2089
    @beetee2089 Před 2 lety

    I don't feel like retyping it, but the final verse here is such a perfect, perfect comment on songwriting and the music scene culture. It's pure poetry.

  • @tekuwheeler3548
    @tekuwheeler3548 Před rokem +4

    "As strange as it seems I rather dissolve than have you ignore me"

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Před rokem

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT

  • @maggliepie4404
    @maggliepie4404 Před 8 lety +40

    I hate people who judge the band and song because they dont like the video

    • @flashgames2831
      @flashgames2831 Před 8 lety +8

      all of their songs amazing

    • @jrneobliviscaris
      @jrneobliviscaris Před 6 lety +2

      I agree. People should judge the band because they don’t like the lyrics. P.S. Love how millennial‘s like yourself think judging means disapproving of. Judging something is fine and dandy and everyone does it all day everyday. but kids these days have been conditioned by their SJW teachers to believe tolerance means approval and judging means disapproval.

    • @danslik1738
      @danslik1738 Před 6 lety

      White.Rose.Garden_ATL hater

    • @Revilkappa
      @Revilkappa Před 3 lety

      @Samuel Maurer he's right little boy

  • @ksn2632
    @ksn2632 Před 8 lety +1351

    everyone here is a philosopher

    • @quriOusmOOn
      @quriOusmOOn Před 8 lety +3

      +Keesan Haha basically.

    • @heyitsailis
      @heyitsailis Před 8 lety +52

      Querinna Obi nah, everyone's just stoned 😂😂

    • @PEPPERS777
      @PEPPERS777 Před 8 lety +20

      +Keesan everyone is a philosopher *

    • @MAGNUMNINJA
      @MAGNUMNINJA Před 8 lety +17

      +Ailis McCardle cant i be both?

    • @truthspeaks84
      @truthspeaks84 Před 8 lety

      +Keesan no, everyone here always lies... including me

  • @sgbene
    @sgbene Před 3 lety +21

    I remember listening this in high school when I wanted to have a moment to myself and it turned into hours of mgmt radiohead and bright eyes

  • @theofficialgreenkane9645

    This ghostly music video demonstrates the harsh reality of growing old. Our bodies slowly start to fail us. This video painted the picture beautifully. Nothing lasts forever. 🌟

  • @Scythe69
    @Scythe69 Před 7 lety +281

    Is this the new Star Wars trailer?!

  • @t10117
    @t10117 Před 5 lety +1

    I guess many people don't understand what it's like to see their parents elderly, and at the end of life- like dinosaurs from a different Era....Not a happy subject, but thanks to MGMT for composing a song about it!

  • @Kosh_Naranek.
    @Kosh_Naranek. Před 3 lety +1

    Man what an absolute vibe.

  • @rhorvat
    @rhorvat Před 9 lety +317

    Andrew and Ben, walking through the desert with an overcooked chicken.

  • @edmundoparra6617
    @edmundoparra6617 Před 10 lety +6

    That old-bird-aliendinosaur, is very representative the way te artist feels. We just enjoy his music, we steel a part of his soul, but when the glory days has passed away we just forget him. nobody can help him. congratulations.! great video and song btw.

  • @frais5310
    @frais5310 Před 4 lety +90

    man, these guys really deserve more fans

    • @lilahflowers6008
      @lilahflowers6008 Před 2 lety +2

      this

    • @Sky-tv7rh
      @Sky-tv7rh Před 2 lety +8

      they already have a lot of fans

    • @thecinemafox5531
      @thecinemafox5531 Před rokem +3

      @@Sky-tv7rh they do and they don’t, a lot of people love the hits but don’t really delve into the deep cuts, which are amazing on every album

    • @bloody_kisses94
      @bloody_kisses94 Před rokem +1

      i would like the comment but the number is too perfect

    • @wafflebread876
      @wafflebread876 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Sky-tv7rhnot as many as they should

  • @MAGNUMNINJA
    @MAGNUMNINJA Před 8 lety +10

    the video goes really well with the song, its almost like the harder he tries or longer he goes on the more of himself he loses! thats deep

  • @kennethmatthew9638
    @kennethmatthew9638 Před 7 lety +37

    I don't know what the song is about and, I'm not gay but, the guy with sunglasses is a very sexy man.

  • @Leonator-cz9ix
    @Leonator-cz9ix Před 3 lety +11

    [Verse 1]
    Dead in the water, it's not a paid vacation
    The sons and daughters of city officials attend demonstrations
    It's hardly a sink or swim when all is well if the ticket sells
    [Verse 2]
    Out with a whimper, it's not a blaze of glory
    You look down from your temple
    As people endeavor to make it a story
    And chisel a marble word, but all is lost if it's never heard
    [Chorus]
    But I've got someone to make reports
    That tell me how my money's spent
    To book my stays and draw my blinds
    So I can't tell what's really there
    And all I need's a great big congratulations
    [Verse 3]
    I'll keep your dreams, you pay attention for me
    As strange as it seems, I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
    The ground may be moving fast
    But I tied my boots to a broken mast
    [Verse 4]
    The difference is clear, you throw it in your cauldron
    Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn, Steinways and Baldwins
    You start with a simple stock of all the waste and salt to taste
    [Chorus]
    But damn my luck and damn these friends
    That keep on combing back their smiles
    I save my grace with half-assed guilt
    And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
    Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

    • @guideness6601
      @guideness6601 Před 2 lety

      [][]][there is this song i got recommend n i wanna recommend it to u is called Falling Ashes by the impures
      ,./,./,.,/[][][][][][][]

  • @user-sd7ks1qh5t
    @user-sd7ks1qh5t Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great Song. Played at the end of the documentary, "Inside Job"

  • @fofo12141
    @fofo12141 Před 10 lety +8

    If only this was a never ending song

  • @camham650
    @camham650 Před 9 lety +102

    I believe this creature represents ET's grandfather who came to earth also in the search for his grandson, but all is lost and this comment is dumb anyways

  • @jieronymusbosch1127
    @jieronymusbosch1127 Před 5 lety +6

    I love this song it always makes me so emotional. Resonates deep wow. Made things seem clearer in a beautifully sad way.

  • @markdominick3511
    @markdominick3511 Před 4 lety +2

    These guys are SoooOOOOO beyond their years.

  • @Rubberfooted
    @Rubberfooted Před 9 lety +28

    I love this song. And for the most part, I like the music video. I like the ideas behind it, I like that it's in the desert, and I like the whole pace of the video. But I can't look at that mutant thing. It is terrifying. I feel bad for it, and it is truly sad, but gosh--I just can't look at that thing. I really wish they did a video for my favorite MGMT song, The Handshake, and had the whole video in black and white silhouettes. That would be unreal. Unrelated to this video: ANYONE WHOSE FAVORITE MGMT SONG IS THE HANDSHAKE, I ADORE YOU. The Handshake needs to get more praise. A truly inventive, chilling, trippy, distinctive, and classic MGMT track. When I think of MGMT, I think of this song. Hell--it is my favorite song of all time. Just a hair above Bohemian Rhapsody. But to conclude, this video is great, but do some tweaking to the horrid mutant thing. Make it cute. Not frightening. Thanks.

    • @CheeseHead418
      @CheeseHead418 Před 9 lety

      ''I was a loner part'' til the beggining of ''and you convince yourself.''MAGICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL.

    • @Koual123
      @Koual123 Před 9 lety +5

      I loved the creature, it really does make you feel bad and gives a special additional flavour to the song, exactly what a music video is supposed to achieve. I wouldn't change it at all.

  • @DeineMudda313313
    @DeineMudda313313 Před 7 lety +5

    I refuse to look at the video whenever I play this song. I'm a grown ass man but this tears me apart.

  • @dannyclips8553
    @dannyclips8553 Před 3 lety

    Nothing but love. An absolute timeless gem.

  • @orion1two
    @orion1two Před 4 lety

    Guys please make some more mainstream tracks. Really miss the hits from back in the day.. easily one of the best groups of my time

  • @aylinn7864
    @aylinn7864 Před 9 lety +42

    i love their videos cause they make 0 sense so it makes em interesting...seriously they're so out there

    • @Domeneeek
      @Domeneeek Před 9 lety +5

      It makes sense if you actually try to understand it.

    • @aylinn7864
      @aylinn7864 Před 9 lety

      Dominic Fernando i usually never pay music videos too much attention; not enough to analyze them at least. what's it talking about?

    • @Domeneeek
      @Domeneeek Před 9 lety +1

      I don't know if they said anything official about the meaning of this video. It could mean anything, art, after all, is open for interpretation.

    • @aylinn7864
      @aylinn7864 Před 9 lety +3

      Well that's obvious. It's a nice video anyway tho.

    • @joshyalan
      @joshyalan Před 9 lety +3

      Seems simular to the story of Osiris, who was split into pieces, and thrown out into the desert, and then Isis collected the parts of his body and put him back together

  • @celuresuelve
    @celuresuelve Před 8 lety +3

    Spread my arms and soak up CONGRATULATIONS

  • @cantina2425
    @cantina2425 Před 6 lety +1

    the stars in snyc with the synth is a really nice touch

  • @cadeklo3851
    @cadeklo3851 Před rokem +5

    I fight back crying everytime I watch and listen ✌️peace and love MGMT🌺

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Před rokem +1

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT

  • @diegosmarinhobr
    @diegosmarinhobr Před 8 lety +134

    people live their lives waiting for tomorrow, as if they would not die. the are Always anxious and making plans for the future, as if the present was irrelevante, superfluous, just one more step to achieve the future. they spend their entire lives living this paradox, and finally when they die, well, nothing happens, the cycle just repeat itself, well congratulations!

  • @Reedster49
    @Reedster49 Před 7 lety +43

    Mother of David Bowie

  • @Leon98Leo
    @Leon98Leo Před 5 lety +6

    Damn , I teared up at the end when the synth kicks in

  • @hearbrain261
    @hearbrain261 Před 3 lety +6

    Most underrated Artist 🙃

  • @SmokinJoe1
    @SmokinJoe1 Před 7 lety +5

    Their best song, hands down.

  • @zeroneish
    @zeroneish Před 10 lety +3

    I know it's relaxing music but I like listening to these guys when I workout!