We Are Scientists - The Great Escape

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • Official video of We Are Scientists performing The Great Escape from the album With Love & Squalor.
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Komentáře • 643

  • @dorastrong5300
    @dorastrong5300 Před 2 lety +90

    Me playing Burnout revenge and making drift mpves with a broken car and smiling a lot because of this awesome music.❤

  • @softHighligher
    @softHighligher Před 4 lety +200

    It looks like he’s being followed around by depression and anxiety, which often go together. He tries to live his normal life, but the stupid things done out of depression and anxiety make him annoyed and they add up. He’s the only thing in the way of his own escape. He tries to escape but then goes back home and falls asleep with them again, the unsuccessful escape adding to the desperation.

    • @ghostfox13
      @ghostfox13 Před 3 lety +33

      No thats the drummer and the other guy.

    • @Heavilybased
      @Heavilybased Před 2 lety +16

      @superads91 why can’t it be open to interpretation? Everything is subjective

    • @Headead5231
      @Headead5231 Před 2 lety

      O

    • @NickSBailey
      @NickSBailey Před 4 měsíci

      @@Heavilybased it can but also interesting to know what the writer intended, saying that sometimes I've misheard a lyric that changed the whole meaning of a song then was disappointed later when I found out lol

    • @alexsetterington3142
      @alexsetterington3142 Před 22 dny

      Looks like they need to lighten up a bit. They don't look like much fun

  • @thomaspatrickparker6648
    @thomaspatrickparker6648 Před 7 lety +160

    This album had some great lyrics and powerful instrumentals. It really is one of the most underrated albums ever made in my opinion. It's definitely something that will endure the ages, for me atleast.

    • @hamer_shark878
      @hamer_shark878 Před 5 lety +4

      Thomas Patrick Parker there playing the album in full this year for the 10th anniversary get yourself down to one of the gigs will be epic

    •  Před 5 lety

      I agree with you mate

    • @shithead666
      @shithead666 Před 4 lety

      @@hamer_shark878 I missed that tour even though they played near me, will never forgive myself lol

    • @thinkofsomethingcooler
      @thinkofsomethingcooler Před 2 měsíci

      Me too

    • @thomaspatrickparker6648
      @thomaspatrickparker6648 Před 2 měsíci

      @@hamer_shark878 saw this comment 5 years too late. Maybe I'll catch the 20 year tour

  • @JustaRadioboy
    @JustaRadioboy Před 4 lety +115

    I remember me as a weird and confused 14 years old boy being hypnotised by this music video and this song. Now that I'm almost 29 (and I'm still weird and confused) I feel like that was a really magic moment of my life, rock and alternative songs, the beautiful music of MTV and the incredibile desire to fully live my life. I'm in quarantine right now (I live in the North of Italy) I think about my life all the time. I don't know if I'm happy or not, but I certantly know that music was and still is the best part of my entire life. Davide.

    • @martezjful
      @martezjful Před 2 lety +3

      same age

    • @descartergosum
      @descartergosum Před 2 lety

      Same here!

    • @notsotrvgic9104
      @notsotrvgic9104 Před 2 lety

      I’m about to turn 26 but honestly understanding wasn’t much of an objective until I came back to this song randomly and yeah it always had a story to tell

    • @robexists
      @robexists Před rokem

      Fun fact about the video: directed by The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer, before they did the SNL Digital Shorts.

    • @solaris_cc4353
      @solaris_cc4353 Před 4 měsíci

      Hope you're better now :)
      Saluti dalle Marche, 26

  • @user-dl2er3ql4b
    @user-dl2er3ql4b Před 5 lety +106

    Verse 1]
    Making my escape
    Making my escape
    Tell myself that everything's in shape
    Everything's in shape
    But me
    How long can this take?
    How long can this take?
    Tell myself that everything is great
    Everything is great
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up
    [Verse 2]
    Breaking both my hands
    Breaking both my hands
    Telling me to take it like a man
    Take it like a man
    I can't
    I don't understand
    I don't understand
    Please repeat whatever you just said
    Nothing's making sense
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up
    [Verse 3]
    They're breaking both my hands
    They're breaking both my hands
    They're telling me to take it like a man
    Take it like a man
    Well fuck that
    I don't understand
    Said I don't understand
    Said please repeat whatever you just said
    'Cause nothing's making sense
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up

  • @mattd1659
    @mattd1659 Před rokem +33

    We need a critical reappraisal of WAS in 2022. This album has aged so much better than most of their contemporaries

    • @thinkofsomethingcooler
      @thinkofsomethingcooler Před 2 měsíci

      Truly. I always prized it as one of the best albums of the year above the “biggest” bands. Had it on repeat. Such a good concert tour too. Low key lots of banter indie venues…I felt so lucky to see them in Brooklyn bc they are from NYC and were so psyched to be there.

  • @tristanroussel7482
    @tristanroussel7482 Před 10 lety +215

    Burnout Revenge

  • @HoChiMints2007
    @HoChiMints2007 Před 10 lety +62

    CRASHED!
    AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN!
    TAKEDOWN AVENGED!

    • @v3spasian
      @v3spasian Před 10 lety +6

      haha burnout used to get me so hyped, the music is perfect

  • @MJ-om5go
    @MJ-om5go Před 8 lety +168

    they will never know what this song meant to me when I 13

  • @giovannidalben5474
    @giovannidalben5474 Před 2 lety +17

    this song was a banger to do some takedowns on Burnout Legends back in the days

  • @jairmendez6583
    @jairmendez6583 Před 3 lety +32

    This song is my anthem. its been stuck in my head for a long time

    • @Chrisverine
      @Chrisverine Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah me too and everytime I hear this it reminds me of compact type 1

  • @mrpotato9992
    @mrpotato9992 Před 2 lety +30

    I don't understand why they don't have as much support if their songs are very good

  • @xmummamolsx9233
    @xmummamolsx9233 Před 5 lety +21

    I don’t think I can explain how long I have been searching for this song and the lengths I have gone to, easily say 7 years

    • @jeremyfoot8996
      @jeremyfoot8996 Před 4 lety +1

      Damn
      Happy you finally found it

    • @remember1ify
      @remember1ify Před rokem

      I WAS IN THE SAME BOAT. I heard it at a buddy's house on guitar hero then never again for a decade plus. But the sound was caught in my head until today. Painfully underrated

  • @farhanmahalludin
    @farhanmahalludin Před 10 lety +60

    good tune for racking up that takedown counter

  • @Duckingitout
    @Duckingitout Před 7 lety +28

    I found and listened to this song in late 2010, it was among my favorite study music playlist in my freshman year of college. Now it's 2017. Man, how time flies.

  • @FahdMahmood64
    @FahdMahmood64 Před 8 lety +46

    Omdz this song always helped me win on Legends

    • @deandrebraxton1994
      @deandrebraxton1994 Před 8 lety

      same

    • @jairmendez6583
      @jairmendez6583 Před 4 lety +5

      The chorus would hit right when I'd get that big ass drift on the red bridge allowing me to overtake the other car

  • @LamarCarthern
    @LamarCarthern Před 7 měsíci +2

    The amount of nostalgia and happiness this song gives me is insane miss playing Burnout legends.

  • @MarlonBrando420
    @MarlonBrando420 Před 4 lety +14

    Still an absolutely great three piece band. Such a full sound. Such good choruses

  • @seanzimmerman1488
    @seanzimmerman1488 Před 3 lety +4

    Since no one else has seemed to say if, Shawn White snowboarding on the wii is what helped me find this song

  • @user-hi4sm3ig5j
    @user-hi4sm3ig5j Před 8 lety +82

    I wish I was three people. There'll be someone to talk to.

  • @Clodd1
    @Clodd1 Před 2 lety +7

    So many memories with this album. Timeless...

  • @johnahearn9839
    @johnahearn9839 Před 9 lety +33

    Haven't listened to this in years I saw a vids of a dog on Facebook trying to break through the gate it was entitled the great escape and I randomly think of this video

    • @saulibus1
      @saulibus1 Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah that's angels, ancestors and spirit guides all at work mate X

  • @oldcaptainjack
    @oldcaptainjack Před 7 měsíci +1

    Back in 2008 I remember overhearing a student trying to impress some girls with his guitar. He was playing the exact tune from the start of this track and trying to somehow pass it off as his creation he'd just written (they clearly didn't know the song....) so I had to introduce them all to this gem. I'm sure he was grateful I prevented his copyright infringement case before it began :)

  • @jamesdubeck4920
    @jamesdubeck4920 Před 2 lety +5

    Years later and this is still a banger.

  • @glitch_wurld
    @glitch_wurld Před 11 lety +6

    Most underrated band of all time

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek Před 10 lety +22

    burnout legends... memories...

  • @PerpetualCalamity
    @PerpetualCalamity Před měsícem

    I remember the original MV/visuals. Y’all were in a wooded park (I think) and suddenly dashed off at different paces. I distinctly recall one band member running with a cup of water as he struggled not spill it. Literally the first video I ever watched on CZcams as a kid. It’s a core memory❤

  • @onarcotx1
    @onarcotx1 Před 13 lety +8

    Excellent song wicked vid, love the dancing bit, Burnout rocks.

  • @AllAmericanBeaner68
    @AllAmericanBeaner68 Před 4 lety +6

    I HAVE to thank the Burnout games for showing me this legendary group.

    • @Chrisverine
      @Chrisverine Před 3 lety

      You have to thank to Legends and Revenge

  • @JasonnnHD
    @JasonnnHD Před 9 lety +50

    Burnout!!!

  • @Chrisverine
    @Chrisverine Před 3 lety +2

    Everytime I hear this it always reminds me of compact type 1

  • @stealahb
    @stealahb Před 7 měsíci +1

    it is 9 pm. January 2024. i'm in the kitchen looking for snacks and this song plays in my head. haven't listened to it in a while and it's like a call from an old friend.

  • @OsSabbathOzzy
    @OsSabbathOzzy Před 8 lety +10

    essa música fez parte da minha infância

  • @dhan07404
    @dhan07404 Před 4 lety +4

    I was today years old when I realised akiva Schaffer directed this
    Also this is a banger in burnout revenge

  • @SURENITY
    @SURENITY Před rokem +6

    This was one of my favorite songs of my childhood.
    I never knew how relatable this song truly is until I became a young adult.
    Burnout Revenge was the fuel to my childhood!

  • @uglynovagames561
    @uglynovagames561 Před 8 lety +201

    im here because i know good music

  • @virgo18187
    @virgo18187 Před 13 lety +5

    This band is definitely under appreciated

  • @remember1ify
    @remember1ify Před rokem +2

    I spent over a decade with the tune of this song floating around in my head with no way to look it up since I'd forgotten the lyrics. I finally remembered some lyrics and found a match, and my heart is aching. This song had me in a trance when I'd first heard it and is by far the worst earworm I've ever had. Hearing it again brought back the same somber but excited feeling I'd had the first time i heard it forever ago

  • @Agothygoth
    @Agothygoth Před 2 lety +2

    This band and this song just made my summer.

  • @pinkiselarose4973
    @pinkiselarose4973 Před 5 lety +18

    Who in 2019?? 🗣️

  • @BruhPoole
    @BruhPoole Před 7 lety +30

    BURNOUT lol ..the memories

  • @wenaldy
    @wenaldy Před 8 lety +27

    The Lonely Islands directed this video. Wait wasn't this clip on thelonelyislands channel before?

    • @fearstreak7462
      @fearstreak7462 Před 8 lety +8

      That's how I found WAS, lonelyisland.

    • @faantz6924
      @faantz6924 Před 8 lety +4

      Found some great videos through The Lonely Island original website...Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt by We Are Scientists and Eagles of Death Metal too! EODM's best video is known by it's catchphrase: "The boy's bad news!" Song is featured in a lot of soundtracks but the music video features a guitar that plays people's clothes off, Dave Grohl and Jack Black. I'm not sure if Lonely Island directed that vid...but worth checking out!

    • @lunaticpathos
      @lunaticpathos Před 4 lety

      Yup. Honestly introducing me to this album is my favorite thing The Lonely Island ever did, not to discount how great they are.

  • @barniganmcpoyle3547
    @barniganmcpoyle3547 Před 3 lety +2

    Heard this song in 2008 I think. It's taken me all that time to find it again!

  • @jordanspencer2157
    @jordanspencer2157 Před 4 lety +8

    I've been listening to the under the sea version for so long that this version feels foreign now

  •  Před 5 lety

    This is a magnificent tune about modern times depression and how everybody starts to notice you're not okay, but the only thing you can do is wait a little more...

  • @daddysmurf9880
    @daddysmurf9880 Před 7 lety +7

    Sick ass dance moves my man

  • @deandrebraxton1994
    @deandrebraxton1994 Před 8 lety +15

    burnout ps2 has the best music ever

  • @revowen2906
    @revowen2906 Před 3 lety +3

    Am I only in 2021 still heard this song?

  • @HoldenCoffield
    @HoldenCoffield Před rokem +2

    One of the first songs I ever learned to play all the way through.

  • @existential_lamp
    @existential_lamp Před 10 lety +3

    Love Michael's face at 2:15

  • @MrSethplaysbass
    @MrSethplaysbass Před 12 lety

    i'm pretty sure hes saying "but me" because the phrase before that is "everythings in shape everythings in shape BUT ME"

  • @MeeMowCat
    @MeeMowCat Před 11 lety +3

    Love this band. They are soooo un-appreciated.

  • @jerryzamora7965
    @jerryzamora7965 Před 6 lety +1

    MTV's Discover and Download brought me here!
    RIP middle school years!

  • @rusheena
    @rusheena Před 13 lety +1

    I haven't heard this song in 2 yrs, but I still know it by heart:)

  • @The_Engineer_Guy
    @The_Engineer_Guy Před 2 lety

    I still come back to this Song. Just love it. And i will be back very soon again. Thank you guys for this amazing Song.

  • @discotech6178
    @discotech6178 Před 6 lety +5

    Ahhh the old memories about burnout legends

  • @lynzoido
    @lynzoido Před 4 lety +5

    Late noughties. Best time ever in history of time. Like if agree...

  • @StudioMod
    @StudioMod Před 11 lety

    Remember when they were on TV?
    Damn -- those were good times that I wasn't wise enough to appreciate.

  • @user-iu2ux7vw1l
    @user-iu2ux7vw1l Před 8 lety +35

    That sound like uk.

    • @saulibus1
      @saulibus1 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, they was popular in UK indie scene But he's got a full on American accent

  • @faantz6924
    @faantz6924 Před 8 lety +2

    Entertaining video-and the song stands the test of time. Still got a great hook, danceable, sing along hook, fantastic concept lyrically and visually. Also fantastic in live performances!

  • @rashadhart6264
    @rashadhart6264 Před 9 lety +69

    burnout takedown!!!🔥

    • @javiersalcido2911
      @javiersalcido2911 Před 8 lety +6

      burnout legends

    • @cutecat3662
      @cutecat3662 Před 8 lety +9

      +Rashad Holmes burnout revenge

    • @BorisTreukhov
      @BorisTreukhov Před 8 lety

      +Rashad Holmes the weirdest thing is that after playing Burnout on PSP I managed to visit their concert in Moscow quite by chance - they were supporting M.U.S.E. Resistance tour

    • @prajaktabiliye4086
      @prajaktabiliye4086 Před 8 lety +4

      Psp burnout

    • @OsSabbathOzzy
      @OsSabbathOzzy Před 8 lety

      Burnout revenged

  • @GEO906
    @GEO906 Před 2 lety +4

    :,)

  • @vanrok
    @vanrok Před 13 lety +1

    The Strokes and We Are Scientists are the best indie bands that ever came out from America

    • @graw211
      @graw211 Před rokem

      agreed artic monkeys and dioyy aslo dude!!

  • @Lyothere
    @Lyothere Před 5 lety +1

    So much memories of Burnout Legends for me. I remember that I was playing it on PlayStation Portable ! (PSP)

  • @ericzatkalik7058
    @ericzatkalik7058 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Love this song, Burnout Revenge.

  • @kazalack
    @kazalack Před 15 lety +1

    Good job

  • @MrRyouichi100
    @MrRyouichi100 Před 11 lety +1

    good song!

  • @CriscoToe
    @CriscoToe Před 14 lety

    finally, had the rhythm to this song stuck in my head for a week

  • @mihalic17
    @mihalic17 Před 13 lety +1

    Saw them yesterday on MUSE's warm up - They're really great performers I must say!

  • @TOONARMYable
    @TOONARMYable Před 9 lety +22

    Burnout !

  • @lindsay96
    @lindsay96 Před 12 lety +2

    i love this song! thank you lonely island for getting me here xoxo

  • @ConorSantyPower
    @ConorSantyPower Před 13 lety

    great tune and top comments are brilliant

  • @tssnmm
    @tssnmm Před 4 lety +2

    I had their CD! 😭

  • @MorrisPumpeR
    @MorrisPumpeR Před 9 lety +29

    Burnout Legends :D :D :D

  • @manent3774
    @manent3774 Před rokem +2

    burnout legendsssssssssssssssss

  • @NickRamone0
    @NickRamone0 Před 15 lety +1

    Franz Ferdinand and We Are Scientists = awesome

  • @tssnmm
    @tssnmm Před 4 lety

    I still hv this cd.

  • @fn0va
    @fn0va Před 4 lety +1

    fun fact: This video was directed by Akiva Schaffer, from the lonely island

  • @PM5KU3
    @PM5KU3 Před 11 lety +1

    Yes it was, Burnout Legends I believe is the game you're referring to.

  • @INTERPOLFAN17
    @INTERPOLFAN17 Před 12 lety +2

    I accidentally clicked on the video and now i love the song.

  • @gabrielmoseslee
    @gabrielmoseslee Před 8 lety +6

    I love burnout Legends

  • @Qwayzar
    @Qwayzar Před 15 lety

    the singer reminds me of brett from FotC. awesome song.

  • @acquiescence5331
    @acquiescence5331 Před 5 lety +4

    That frontman stares at the camera more than Eve Lawrence.

  • @h3art_3y3s
    @h3art_3y3s Před 3 lety +1

    Fuck this song is still so good.

  • @thatkidfrankieC
    @thatkidfrankieC Před 11 lety +1

    god ive missed this song, i havent heard it in a long time.

  • @freespeakingmonkey5503
    @freespeakingmonkey5503 Před 9 lety +1

    great muzik

  • @EonNite
    @EonNite Před 12 lety

    Nothing was more fun than drifting into a boost to this song!

  • @ГеральтизРивии-ь6п

    We Are Scientists have most funniest clips

  • @thisbambibites
    @thisbambibites Před 14 lety

    I have nothing to say about this song except that it is amazing.

  • @schizophrenichipster7666
    @schizophrenichipster7666 Před 7 lety +11

    I've never played burnout just here cuz of my taste in music

    • @DrMan-nh3bg
      @DrMan-nh3bg Před 4 lety +1

      Well is knowing this song from burnout bad? People are just here because they like the song, doesn't matter if they are here from burnout or any other reason.

  • @imonster242DRohrer44
    @imonster242DRohrer44 Před 13 lety

    I remember this one time when I wasnt playing burnout and I found this somg on my own. Good times :)

  • @PeteWentzRocks96
    @PeteWentzRocks96 Před 13 lety +2

    Keith Murray in the shower = perfection. I absolutely love this band!

  • @hidekel1218
    @hidekel1218 Před 6 měsíci

    Esta canción la conocí en Burnaout y me gustó. Pero no note que al final del video el que canta estaba llorando 😢, dios no creí que la depresión fuera así.

  • @gunudown3
    @gunudown3 Před 15 lety

    Thats exactly where I remember this from, best burnout ever

  • @SuperGamer87
    @SuperGamer87 Před 13 lety

    5 people must be deaf to the sound of awesomeness.

  • @samanthahunt2940
    @samanthahunt2940 Před 6 lety +1

    Still a tune!

  • @blossom10593
    @blossom10593 Před 15 lety

    that dance seen was the best.

  • @Sladverr
    @Sladverr Před 14 lety

    I think its saying that some of us have too much going on in our lives and we need to just get away from it all sometimes, or it'll run our lives.

  • @nazarrei6863
    @nazarrei6863 Před 3 lety +2

    Burnoooouuuuuttttttt legeeeeeeeendssss i need to return to the 2007

  • @MysticHalim
    @MysticHalim Před 15 lety

    love