The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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The video for The Avalanches 'Since I Left You' directed by Blue Source
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"I never saw Arthur again, but I'll bet wherever he's gone, he's having a damn good time."
😂😂 Brilliant.
because real fans listen to the end.
The dancing miner, he was my teacher for my musical theatre course, Steve Elias. What a legend
Of course I needed to know who he is. So cool to learn this.
just watched a documentary about Him. I know Carmarthen as I live 25 miles away. Great dancer.
What's his number!
@@clennanhwebber4068 his phone number??
...this must be him 👍
czcams.com/video/9HEZEgF4qTI/video.html
..."Where ever he's gone, hes having a damn good time"
This song and video trigger such a strong emotional response its insane. Its like you want to cry tears of absolute happiness for this gent
Yes Kid Carrino, this is called paradise
I loved this video from the moment they came out the floor not even knowing where the theme was going
Absolutely 👍
YEO FUCKING FR WTF I THOUHT IT WAS JUST ME
Yeah. The old boy at the end really sells it.
I cannot be the only one who is watching this with a big smile on my face. One of the best videos I've watched.
Stunning, lyrically and visually
Hey Darius. Isn't it a wonderful video.
I’m with you
Yes, you’re not!
It's a beautiful song, but they're only just a bit more than one hit wonders. The song was record breaker for using more than any other samples in a song till that date. Cool fact...
It's beautiful in so many ways. The miner with the moustache is so full of innocent joy.
He's so dead, too.
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
This music video is pure ecstasy, whenever I watch it it takes me to an another world, a better world altogether ❤
I have terminal cancer - and I love this video- I really hope Ill be able to do dance like that in the next world. Embrace life now.
Embrace the time you have here, and embrace the beauty of what comes afterwards ❤
❤️
good luck in the next world dude
Praying for you. 🙏🏽📖🛐
It’s been 7 months and I hope you’re doing fine, pulling through with the amazing strength you have! Praying for you my friend, I hope life treats you good whether it’s here on earth, or in heaven❤️🙏
this song is 21 years old but sounds always new , timeless
Would you believe it! Wouldn't if you hadn't said!
My god :0
I never tire of the song or the video. Absolutely beautiful work(s) of art.
A Masterpiece of Music 100%
23 ha ha
Simultaneously the happiest and saddest music video I think I've ever seen. I love it.
Amaury Sanchez // I don't feel anything. :/
agreed
You need more experience.
im literally crying
Carlos Vieira my level isn't high enough to feel these emotions. need a level 50 empathy to learn this, but mine is only 35
The Avalanches are criminally underappreciated in the mainstream.
Fuck the mainstream that's where music goes to die ✌
@@saynotothemeta993 yea, I feel you. I don't want them to go mainstream but there are plenty of non-mainstream bands that get recognized.
They don't want to be mainstream. That's too easy, and cheap.
Not really, the mainstream industry would ruin it.
@@joseconchas9757 recognition from mainstream audiences doesn't mean the mainstream industry has anything to do with you. They're not one and the same.
This was my brothers favourite song. He died last year aged 33 and we played it at his funeral. The lyrics strike differently for me now since his death. I listen to it now and feel like he's telling me he's found an incredible new world and there is nothing to fear.
Beautiful sentiment and im sure your brothers having a wicked time dancing his ass off to this on repeat.
Wherever he is… he’s having a damn good time.
big love to your brother and you
I lost both my older brothers in the past 9 years. Our brothers are definitely in a new and BETTER world now. And they are.... "Having A Damn Good Time."
I'd love to think that your brother, like the miner who danced so beautifully, accepted his fate and was brought to Heaven. Surely, he's up there having a great time and waiting for you to join him.
i always come back to this and i'm not sure what is more beautiful the music, the visuals or the comments. the joy this brings to ppl is humbling
This feels like a big metaphor for accepting death, and it never fails to make me incredibly sad and hopeful.
Yeah, well you're wrong. It represents not being able to just let go and follow your passion. To feel inhibited.
You're welcome.
@@1fastbitch434 both, you are right :)
It represents not be afraid of something new and belive in the power of new beginings x
@@1fastbitch434 They're literally miners. Pretty sure Arthur died from the Black Damp when they were stuck in the mines and what they saw was a hallucination before his death. Arthur accepted it, his friend stayed behind.
1 Fast Bitch Your passion is to be a nasty person? You have no idea what life is for.
I'm a grown man aged 63, been through alot during my life , when I watch this video it brings tears to my eyes , love it
@@Threeothree33 glad to hear it.
Me three!
Same for me if i hear that i forget all the pain in my life as i have seen this masterpiece for the first time i have started crying instantly, there is something easyness in this video and music something i really miss in my life.
58yrs young...life's a crazy journey navigating peaks & troughs, crash and burns, lessons & laughter ❤
same here mate im 57 . i remember when it first came out, great tune poignant video enough to make the strongest man weep.
As someone who met The Avalanches through Frontier Psychiatrist, I must say I didn't expect a song like this
I first discovered The Avalanches circa 2001. Since then I found joy and happiness 😊😊😊😊😊
I’m not sure where the comments went, but wherever they are, I’m sure they are having a damn good time
very good
bro for real where are they lol
**Heyy listen to Le départ by Emma Rousset *_[¨¨
yo yeah what happened to that comment that sounded like that?
lol
" I never saw Arthur again , but I bet where ever hes gone , hes having a dam good time " ......... I love that little line , x
that line actually make me sad and happy at the same time.
@@cyranova9627
Warms my heart to see the Canary survived the mine collapse along with Arthur's mate 😉
Just realised it's Sid, the smoking owner of the cafe in Only Fools and Horses 🤣
@@philbxr Yep! That's Sid ❤️ This is my favourite music video of all time and I love that he's in it.
@@philbxr this is now Canon, and it’s Denzil’s canary 😂😂
The song is titled "Since I Left You" and after reading the title that's what you will think you're hearing in the chorus. The actual sample they are using is saying "Since I Met You" and you can hear that in the song once you know what you're looking for.
I think it's a beautiful metaphor about relationships that shows it's really about how you choose to see it (or hear it in this case). Whether you hear "Left you" to "Met You" can change the whole meaning of the song and you can trick your brain into thinking whichever one you want is the truth.
Kill, kill, kill.
Ma, ma, ma.
Damn!
Yes. The original intention of the album was the Avalanches made a "trip around the world in search for love". From what I remember reading one time.
Which song is this sample from
@@why4654 You mean the "Since I left you, I found the world something new everyday?" That is Everyday by the Main Atrractions.
This is one of my favorite music videos of all time.
Oh, it's the best music video ever made.
@@lukerogers151 knights of cydonia is good
@@lukerogers151 truth
same
The song barely has three lines of lyrics yet it makes me happy, it makes me want to cry, it makes me feel in love yet heartbroken, so many strong emotions. This album is pure art and a masterpiece, one of my favorite albums of all time.
Half the comments interpret this video as being "chances we never took" and half interpret it as "Our final comforting thoughts before death" and I consider them both valid.
I prefer chances we never took... We only live once so how many chance we have in The life?
Music is open to your interpretation of it.
However, I agree it's about letting go and following your passion,.not death.
It’s both, I think. And of using your talent, that may go hidden under what we do as work for money (maybe Arthur had a talent for dancing but never used it) and now he’s finally able to take those chances he never took in life, in the afterlife. Which kind of means (from this video) that anyone who doesn’t use their talent on earth will get to use it somehow in Paradise, being able to do something they love forever without worrying about having to make a living instead. It’s a comforting thought - that, say, someone who is dying is like “I wanted to be a painter, but I never got time because I worked a really hard job”, will get to paint all they want in paradise without worrying about having to work, if that makes sense.
they aren't mutually exclusive
LiFe is Definitively Mean🌱 to 🐝✨
Lï✌🏼ed✨🙏🏼🌊
Still one of my fave songs of all time
have to agŕee. will never qùite sort this video out - but does it matter. Asher Keddie - ballerina - is just so so good. tragic she hurt her knee. could watch this forever.
I love how the Avalanches make such compelling stories in their music videos. I love how the lyrical duality between “Since I Met You” and “Since I Left You” is represented in both Miners, who both end up losing each other but ultimately (seem to) gain a greater happiness in doing so. It’s so tragic, yet so uplifting.
I’ve always loved the interpretation that Arthur was dancing for a spot in heaven and he was being judged on whether he would get into paradise or not. On top of that I like the ambiguity between “since I left you” and “since I met you” because he’s starting a new chapter and also leaving a dear friend behind.
Nope. If you do what you love and just go fo it by putting yourself out there, you will find where you belong, and your people.
Both interpretations are completely valid. Art is made for the individual to find meaning in. I feel that the loss of a loved one is the most accurate for me.
Edit: my opinion of it portraying the loss of a loved one leads it to be a visual representation of his grieving process after the accident that killed Arthur. He keeps a pet budgie as a reminder of his best friend too.
Wow, that was beautifully said
The good thing about songs, is that they are there for your interpretation. It means something different to everyone.
That also explains the “welcome to paradise!” sample.
I feel like this video represents the final words between two friends. They are both trapped in the mine and the guy with the mustache, Arthur, is dying. (I'm pretty sure thats what the guy said his name was at the end.) His friend is talking him through it, trying to calm him down. Arthur talks about his life-long dream to be a dancer, and his friend tells him to imagine getting out of this place to live that dream. So they imagine it together as he passes. He imagines dancing with (possibly) the woman of his dreams and being applauded by the judges. The reason why I think his friend isn't dancing along is because he's having a hard time accepting Arthur's death. He just stays by his friend's side, holding a tambourine. When he stands and begins to play, I think it represents his friends love and acceptance.
That's what I got from it at least, and I'm sure I'm not the first one. Beautiful music video either way :-)
Mickey Miles
The best explanation I've read. I accept that.
look at you. nice man.
Mickey Miles beautiful interpretation
Mickey Miles why did I have to read this fucking comment I'm sobbing and it's 2am!!
Mickey Miles i love how you put it. beautiful!
It's like this song was always there, waiting in-between the records
WEll..THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD...DO DOPE🦋💪🏾🇨🇺🇵🇷🥰
Thats word
One of my favourite songs ever ... 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I love this comment
That was such a beautiful comment
I love how his dancing evolves and gets better and better. He starts gently, trying out a few moves, feeling the beat. And then at 3:09 he really goes for it! He turns all professional and the music really matches with that moment where he starts to become unstoppable
that’s when he accepts death apparently
Jesus christ, this fucking song. Just how much emotion you can fit in 5 minutes.
Absolute masterpiece.
That ending... lie down on the ground, try not to cry, cry alot.
Haven’t seen it but the 9 samples that make up this song are: Everyday by Main Attraction, Anema E Core by Tony Mottola, Sky’s the limit by The Duprees, Lets do the Latin hustle by Klaus Wunderlich, Take Off Your Makeup by Lamont Dozier, By the time I get to Phoenix by Tony Mottola, Welcome to Paradise by Club Med, Daddy Rich by Rose Royce, and Younger Than Springtime by Charles K.L Davis
When I comment, it's usually just a reply to the op. But good God.. you're Gorgeous Sera. First time for everything I suppose.. stunning.. since you're on here, I already know you've got great taste in music..
Wow, now can you do that for the whole album please? ;-)
@@bigdaddy2343 yikes
Wow, interesting! I heard that this song has over 3,000 samples. There’s a whole video of all the samples (or majority)
czcams.com/video/MFEZiMyfSYI/video.html
apparently a lot of the avalanche's music at this time was heavily making good use of tons of sampling. Frontier Psychiatrist is a more obvious example of sampling use
What an emotionally complex and beautiful piece of art.
I don't know where you are now Dad, but this song is for you.
Oh fug.
My emotions were not prepared for that ending.
It is never too late to reflect about your life and what you use it for.
@@l3p3 Bro, My emotions where not prepared for this whole song, video and the full album. Nothing comes close to it.
For 18 years this song has reduced me to tears every time I've heard it. And I've heard it a lot. A true masterpiece that reaches deep into my soul.
Same!!
This song isn't 18 years old
@@nahnz2595this was released in 2000, so.. it's actually 19 year's old!!!
@@TheOnlyElle. Ewsh my bad! Good to see you've been banging fine tunes such as this for so long! Nice music taste!
@@nahnz2595 lol, I remember so well as I actually bought this track on CD!!! The Avalanches really are an amazing collective! if You like this, try listening to The Thievery Corporation, their amazing. Also, Massive Attack are another great musical outfit. Happy listening :)
This is a metaphor for heaven. The dancers are angels helping the man gain entry. The judges are saints.
Beautiful analogy 🙏🏼
I think it's more than entry to heaven.
I think because the way he lived life as well. His dancing shows his personality.
my take on it was the female dancers are straight up death. He goes nearer and nearer as he is dying. At the end of his performance he strait up died. His friend, the shy one was further away from death and did not dance with them, just sat on the sideline...
My guy, yours is the best comment on this video.@@booombasa
-> I agree. There is a quick glimpse of “crosses” on the back of the chairs when they are placed down. Also - I think the very ending is telling of what really went down: the miner’s were buried and trapped on the verge of dying saw a vision of God before being rescued.
I've only discovered The Avalanches last year. It's 2022 and I can't believe they've been turning out bangers since 20 years ago.
Same
Welcome to the fandom!
Welcome to the party, pal! - John McClane
Have a good time now welcome to paradise
I'm jealous that you avoided the 16 year wait for new stuff! enjoy
I can't explain how much I love this, the innocence and beauty is so hard to find in today's world. A perfect video.
true true :-)
amen
still gets me after all these years
I cry everytime, not a joke i swear ;-;
Melanie, you are so so right. After over 1,000 views I cannot fault this video. As you say, it is perfect. There was another video done originally - something with synchronised swimming. Glad it was not used.
That end still kills me everytime
One of the greatest songs - and albums - ever made. Zero hyperbole on my part there too, I mean it. This... this is art.
And an incredible music video to match. The mix of emotions and their intensity is... unlike any other.
Подписываюсь под каждым словом!!!!!!!!!!!
This has become more beautiful as the years have passed.
0:39 Canaries used to be used in coal mines as an early warning indicator of toxic gases.
eso quiere decir que estaban delirando a causa de los 6ases :,(
Yep time to change your canary
Makes this music video even cooler
@@leobianchi1692 Para nada, si ves la escena final el amigo dice q' despuès de 2 dìas lo rescataron (ellos estaban atrapados en la mina), y nunca màs lo volviò a ver a donde sea q' haya ido...
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@@gollumnova884 Trata de traducir bien, we: No dice eso.
¨Tres días después me rescataron, y no volví a ver a Arthur otra vez. No se a donde habrá ido a parar pero se que esta pasándoselo fenomenal.¨
This video will get you intrigued and happy with its song tone and it's dancing miner and then all of a sudden at the LAST 30 SECONDS IT RIPS YOUR HEART OUT AND STOMPS ON IT IN FRONT OF YOUR MOTHER
How can this song, with only 1 full sentence in it, carry so much more meaning than so many other songs with more lyrics
weed
The music video. Otherwise we would not know what it's about
The pain in my chest everytime I hear this song is immense, it’s stunning beautiful heartbreaking 🦋
This video gets to me pretty hard, as I spent the first half of my life being, basically, that miner who stayed behind. I like to think I'm more like the other one nowadays, but I'll always be haunted by the opportunities not taken, the dreams unpursued.
Sure, I can chase some of 'em now, and I am. But others... well, sometimes there *is* such a thing as too late. If you're young and you have dreams, chase the shit out of them. This is the time to do it. Believe me.
My Father once told me - son, just do it,- afterwoods you'll have enough time to regret it..
Just strive to be the one who ends up in the color world :), not like the other... Your life will be full of surprises my friend...
Why'd you have to go and kick me right in the feels?
Finally someone that gets the video!!!!!
For a second there I thought you said 'this video gets me pretty hard' and was quite confused
why do i cry every time I watch this
It has such a deep story and can be interpreted how u want in such amazing ways as I've learned from the comments. I love it breh
because it's so beautiful and paradise and perfet.
probably a hormone imbalance.
It's normal for music to do that sometimes. Enjoy being a human :)
Seriously, though. The moment he starts dancing my heart kinda skips.
Just found this masterpiece. Life is short, enjoy it while you can. Music is food for the soul, but food only keeps you alive.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Avalanches
🙄 Being dead isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Still the best music video of all time
The world needs more big bold beautiful bear dancers.
Why you gotta make it gay?
He/she could just mean bear as in burly and heavier set men
guy had a fat suit on
Drunken Boris Yeltsin dancing comes to mind... also on CZcams. RIV Boris.
Bears can't dance, not unless you tree back scratching. I certainly do.
So i think i may have figured this video out. Arthur. is the dancing one and the girls and judges are angels to see if he's ready to go to heaven,that's why the younger miner cant really dance or keep a tempo, because he's not ready to die.
I hadn't thought of it that way. Good theory.
That was about how I interpreted it too. Could also be a shared near death experience.
You are a genius :) wow
+Infp Island sarcasm?
That's really clever, no sarcasm.
Simple concept executed perfectly. And I'd forgotten about that look the blonde gives him. Didn't realise I'd been chasing that look since.
Ugh, I know right. So beautiful and genuine
Took me 56 years but I found it. Don't give up.
It's great to take a 5 minute vacation from the universe and just experience some pure joy.
I'm not one to cry over a music video, or any kind of cinematography for that matter. But I just couldn't stop the tears from flowing down my cheeks. They just kept coming. What a beautiful song.
Me too, my first time watching
I'm here to tell you this is still the best music video ever made.
Thank you. But...we know that already.
I think you are right about that
Frontier Psychiatrist was better but that's for a different vibe I guess.
Arthur is having a damn good time.
This song is the perfect introduction to the most perfect album there ever was
"get a drink, have a good time now, welcome to paradise."
Jack Johnston where is that even from though?
Jack Johnston It's sampled from a movie called Club Med.
Search CZcams for "Club Med 1987 Part 1" and skip to 9:20
Stu Saville omg l love you thanks!
live life, have fun, never hurt others, regret nothing.
You're not the boss of me.
would you two just kiss already
Mystery History wow,right at this moment in time,i listen to track,read your comment,it makes sense to me,merry Xmas,philosepher mate!😀
Mystery History preach.
No harm to others, I like it.
Probably the best video ever made.
Now this is a Masterpiece.
This almost brought me to tears.
This did bring me to tears
You're not crying, I'm crying! Wait...
Me too, soooo beautiful
Came here expecting another WTF video from the Avalanches.
Came out with tears in my eyes.
Goddamnit.
Every time I watch this video I cry.
Me too
Almost every time ..
same, it's so joyfull that overwhelms me lol
I wish I could cry
I think about traveling... and arranged marriages. Now do we do the thing where we ask each other why?
this videoclip is a masterpiece
This is one of the most beautiful video I’ve ever watched. Reminds me of a time I was in my shell and my friends grandmother pushed me to go have fun and I did. She has passed on and I think of her when I watch this.
I’m leaving this comment here so whenever someone likes it, I will listen to it again 😀❤️
Welcome back 😊
Thank You 😊
Time to listen, again😊
Here we go again… 😂
Me gusta
Makes me cry every god damn time. I love this music video
So good to see people commenting on each other's comments without hate and bitterness, peace and love to all
+George Bailey just kidding.
George Bailey beautifully said 🤗💟🙏
music brings ppl together.
Peace and love
Makes a nice change!
No other music video makes me tear up as much as this one
aberdeen (spelling??) by cage the elephant really got me
Season 13 Finale of Its Always Sunny
Beatmachinearon - waves. Im crying buckets
This fucking video always makes me tear up like a baby
The Avalanches might as well make a movie, every time I watch one of their music videos I'm blown away by their presentation.
This is the music my heart needs right now.
Very moving. I love how they timed the "Welcome to paradise" as soon as Arthur opens the door.
ok crying now
I have no idea why I found this music video so endearing, but it fills with me unexpected joy.
This song is so fucking beautiful it makes me want to cry.
This song makes me cry every damn time. I don't know why, but it's the response my brain says is appropriate.
So I never saw this video thank god for however it ended up on my algorithm. I adored that album it was a soundtrack for my life at the time. I’m blubbering right now. Feels good. I miss how free we used to be.
This story really got me. Dem feels... Arthur... Dance on, you terrific bastard! dance on!!
wow, this elicited an emotional response i was not prepared for, never have i had a music video actually make me spontaneously break into tears. excellent
Try Aurora + Wardruna with their song: 'Helvegen' czcams.com/video/FnkTuHP9q3o/video.html (note the lyrics)
Same thing happened to me when I watched Oh Wonders - "All We Do" video.. definitely teared up !! Really makes you think !
Same thing man, I was not expecting it at all! Beautiful music and breathtaking cinematography
Then you never heard music before, and that one is not even that great...
@@ganjaman59650 Okay.
This is an absolutely beautiful song and video.
This guy's moment of happiness makes you his biggest fan and then look on his face as it's time to go. The last bit from his friend brings all together. Then you really get it. 😥😥😥
i am crying literally the best thing ever
I'm sobbing. Don't stop the music though :')
A whole life story in a short video, amazing song and video.
The 90's !!! Beautiful X
vocals and video are perfect..
this song has like 15 total words and still makes me wanna cry every time
I remember watching this on VH1 the choreography caught my attention i was 6
This brought me to tears. Not hard, arguably, but it's just so beautiful
I had this song on repeat with my mom while cleaning her deceased parents house, getting ready to rent it out. A few weeks later there were horrific wildfires that took the newly cleaned/organized house and the house next door where my mom and I lived. Hardest thing was losing pets I've had since I was a child. I haven't heard this song since oct 2017 and I thought it would be depressing but that's just impossible. Love this song.
💜
that ending made me so sad, everything in this video was awesome, I'm glad I got to know about the avalanches
coming back at this now, after listening the song a couple of times I'd probably do like the guy in the end and not participate in the "dance" or whatever it's supposed to mean (I think it's related to dying or risking everything for happiness, something along those lines)
Beautiful in every way.
The only song that has made me cry
It didn’t make me cry, but sing about me, I’m dying of thirst made me sad
My beautiful daughter born April 21, this year. And was the most beautiful thing I could ever see. I played this song many times while she was inside mommy. I just loved her with my life. For my disgrace, life took her away from us. 9 days later she die, and I just hope, in the moment before getting in paradise, she was dancing like this. With no fear, and being happy, no pain no sadness. Just as happy as she was.
Love you Alessa, no matter where you are.
Dayemone Zelliture 🙏
Thanks for sharing your pain my brother and I hope joy, peace come your way going forward. Your pain is felt miles away, peace and love.
Мне 35 лет, я из России из города Санкт-Петербург. Я не знаю английский язык и всё перевожу с помощью гугл переводчика, так вот, в очередной раз я выделяю текст, вставляю его в другую вкладу с гугл переводчиком и начинаю читать корявый перевод.
Скажу честно, за всю свою 35-летнюю жизнь, ещё ни разу так не рыдал на взрыв и остановился читать, на моменте 9 дней, я действительно рыдал, как это делал актёр "Matthew McConaughey" из фильма "Interstellar". Вот прям так рыдал на вздрыв и с трудом дочитал перевод текста. Я не знаю что сказать, но этот клип я пересматриваю каждый год и сразу после него читать такие комментарии, ну я не знаю...
I'll bet she's dancing right now. 🌷💐
Shes dancing alright. For the Creator of all. Gets no bettah.
The Avalanches - "Since I Left You"
Fatboy Slim - "Weapon of Choice"
Gorillaz (featuring Del tha Funkee ) - "Clint Eastwood"
Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
Robbie Williams - "Supreme"
The European mtv music award for best video category and won ,,, Dam what a year wish music was like that again
AMEN to that brotha
Won against some of the most famous songs in recent history? Holy shit
this won in that category? holy shit I forgot how real mtv used to be, if even only for a while
Better times for sure.
The world needs more music like this! LOVE IT!!
I will never not cry watching this video clip
This song makes me cry every time, such a beautiful song and video. Even more poignant since my dad passed 😢
I remember watching this video as a kid and really loving it, completely forgot about it and just stumble upon it now... I still love it :)
sammeeeee
leaving this comment in hopes it brings you back to this song.
@@danforrest7709 Haha, you succeeded.
FACTS
You're still a kid if it was only 4 years ago. ;) enjoy gl hf