The Avalanches are an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia… Read Full Bio ↴The Avalanches are an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia. They are well known for their use of eclectic sampling, having created their debut album, Since I Left You (2000), entirely out of over 3,500 samples of obscure records, movies, and television shows. This is famously demonstrated on their hit single "Frontier Psychiatrist".

Before this, they were a hip-hop group with the single album Rock City and the EPy El Producto. After a 16 year hiatus, they released their sophomore album Wildflower (2016), which was followed by We Will Always Love You (2020).

2. A defunct American surf rock group
NOTE: The former band actually got their name from the latter, as The Avalanches' " Ski Surfin''" album was known to be their favorite album.
The Avalanches was an instrumental surf rock studio group, active in the 1960s, which included Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, David Gates (later of Bread) and Hal Blaine. In 1963 they recorded an LP Ski Surfin', which was re-released in 2007.

Since I Left You%021
The Avalanches Lyrics

Where's Dexter?
Get a drink, have a good time now
Welcome to paradise

Since I left you
I found the world so new

Since I left you
I found the world so new

I found the world so new

Since I left you
I found the world so new
And every day

Since I left you
I found the world so new
And every day

Since I left you
I found the world so new
And every day

Since I left you (yeah)
I found the world so new

And every day (yeah)

And every day

And and

And and
Since I left you
I found the world so new
And everyday

Since I left you
I found the world so new
And everyday

I found the world so
I found the world so new

Since I
I found the world so
I found the world so new
Since I left you

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Jimmy Webb, Edward Drennen, Jeanne Salo

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Comments from YouTube:

@jbskaggs7200

2y↑3.9K

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.

@saynotothemeta993

2y↑224

Embrace the time you have here, and embrace the beauty of what comes afterwards ❤

@lolcindydarling3642

2y↑40

❤️

@ImTanasinn

2y↑140

good luck in the next world dude <3

@angeladay1534

2y↑70

Praying for you. 🙏🏽📖🛐

@box15yearsago55

2y↑102

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❤️🙏

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@mkey570

29w↑130

"I never saw Arthur again, but I'll bet wherever he's gone, he's having a damn good time."

@powerup5778

3y↑5.2K

The dancing miner, he was my teacher for my musical theatre course, Steve Elias. What a legend

@michaela6796

3y↑262

Of course I needed to know who he is. So cool to learn this.

@SuperDenism

3y↑124

just watched a documentary about Him. I know Carmarthen as I live 25 miles away. Great dancer.

@clennanhwebber4068

3y↑36

What's his number!

@powerup5778

3y↑38

@@clennanhwebber4068 his phone number??

@Texaca

3y↑11

...this must be him 👍

https://youtu.be/9HEZEgF4qTI

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@dariushenry88

3y↑2.6K

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.

@wilsonwindridge9019

3y↑24

Stunning, lyrically and visually

@christinemomy8018

3y↑8

Hey Darius. Isn't it a wonderful video.

@askywithanalibi4948

3y↑6

I’m with you

@giovannifranzetti6214

3y↑5

Yes, you’re not!

@garrierichards8649

3y↑10

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...

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@rollespil1000

8y↑204

It's beautiful in so many ways. The miner with the moustache is so full of innocent joy.

@NaNoWhisp

7y↑36

He's so dead, too.

@sebasbritish

7y↑10

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

@BatkoBrat

4w↑1

This music video is pure ecstasy, whenever I watch it it takes me to an another world, a better world altogether ❤

@patrick20000

26w↑91

I’m leaving this comment here so whenever someone likes it, I will listen to it again 😀❤️

@colemarsh13

4w↑2

Welcome back 😊

@patrick20000

4w↑1

Thank You 😊

@KeepItReal1

4w↑1

Time to listen, again😊

@patrick20000

4w↑1

Here we go again… 😂

@AP-rl3fq

3w↑1

Me gusta

@ryanjones7446

41w↑461

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.

@connorshaw-case6030

31w↑19

Beautiful sentiment and im sure your brothers having a wicked time dancing his ass off to this on repeat.

@criscornhole7786

30w↑28

Wherever he is… he’s having a damn good time.

@AlbertRomo

22w↑11

big love to your brother and you

@mrouija1964

15w↑4

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."

@TransDelek

11w↑3

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.

@kidcarrino1069

3y↑1.1K

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

@DracoVolantus

3y↑13

Yes Kid Carrino, this is called paradise

@martinwalker7473

3y↑9

I loved this video from the moment they came out the floor not even knowing where the theme was going

@clivebonneywell6967

3y↑2

Absolutely 👍

@samyabdelsalam1131

3y↑9

YEO FUCKING FR WTF I THOUHT IT WAS JUST ME

@Trigormike

2y↑7

Yeah. The old boy at the end really sells it.

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@flashdelirium2

7y↑3.1K

Simultaneously the happiest and saddest music video I think I've ever seen. I love it.

@Cristian-oo1df

7y↑13

Amaury Sanchez // I don't feel anything. :/

@7kVestra

6y↑3

agreed

@cavvieira

6y↑18

You need more experience.

@zoned7609

6y↑36

im literally crying

@hello47sandwich

6y↑9

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

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@Evanator404

3y↑103

..."Where ever he's gone, hes having a damn good time"

@anthplant6366

1y↑224

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

@anthplant6366

@@Threeothree33 glad to hear it.

@Antony_Jenner

47w

Me three!

@JJ-dg6lf

42w↑3

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.

@tynkirbell599

41w

58yrs young...life's a crazy journey navigating peaks & troughs, crash and burns, lessons & laughter ❤

@freespeechoneeach

40w↑1

same here mate im 57 . i remember when it first came out, great tune poignant video enough to make the strongest man weep.

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@Iamfromprague

22w↑12

Jesus christ, this fucking song. Just how much emotion you can fit in 5 minutes.

Absolute masterpiece.

@FistyClown

4y↑2.3K

The Avalanches are criminally underappreciated in the mainstream.

@saynotothemeta993

4y↑106

Fuck the mainstream that's where music goes to die ✌

@FistyClown

4y↑25

@@saynotothemeta993 yea, I feel you. I don't want them to go mainstream but there are plenty of non-mainstream bands that get recognized.

@1fastbitch434

4y↑37

They don't want to be mainstream. That's too easy, and cheap.

@joseconchas9757

4y↑7

Not really, the mainstream industry would ruin it.

@FistyClown

4y↑20

@@joseconchas9757 recognition from mainstream audiences doesn't mean the mainstream industry has anything to do with you. They're not one and the same.

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@jambojones123

7y↑227

" I never saw Arthur again , but I bet where ever hes gone , hes having a dam good time " ......... I love that little line , x

@cyranova9627

3y↑7

that line actually make me sad and happy at the same time.

@residentelect

3y↑2

@@cyranova9627
Warms my heart to see the Canary survived the mine collapse along with Arthur's mate 😉

@philbxr

3y↑7

Just realised it's Sid, the smoking owner of the cafe in Only Fools and Horses 🤣

@lukerogers151

@@philbxr Yep! That's Sid ❤️ This is my favourite music video of all time and I love that he's in it.

@dadparker_9011

@@philbxr this is now Canon, and it’s Denzil’s canary 😂😂

@matiasli8326

3y↑164

I’m not sure where the comments went, but wherever they are, I’m sure they are having a damn good time

@visualdrone

3y↑1

very good

@StevenF8

3y↑3

bro for real where are they lol

@avalonerios

**Heyy listen to Le départ by Emma Rousset *_[¨¨

@waltwhitman7545

yo yeah what happened to that comment that sounded like that?

@mrpaddy3318

3y↑653

this song is 21 years old but sounds always new , timeless

@joshhaine6452

3y↑10

Would you believe it! Wouldn't if you hadn't said!

@josuemanuelparejacontreras7975

2y↑8

My god :0

@phlontstu

1y↑1

I never tire of the song or the video. Absolutely beautiful work(s) of art.

@Leandro-X.2024

46w↑1

A Masterpiece of Music 100%

@MarkPetersen-lm2il

21w↑1

23 ha ha

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@arthurpprado

52w↑110

As someone who met The Avalanches through Frontier Psychiatrist, I must say I didn't expect a song like this

@johnjackson9059

52w↑4

I first discovered The Avalanches circa 2001. Since then I found joy and happiness 😊😊😊😊😊

@voiddl7573

2y↑108

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.

@thecyclingscot9403

3y↑170

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

@jake-y

2y↑18

that’s when he accepts death apparently

@Filmer8594

3y↑1.7K

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.

@RealBradMiller

3y↑7

Kill, kill, kill.
Ma, ma, ma.

@animathakur9936

3y↑21

Damn!

@Bram25

3y↑81

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.

@why4654

3y↑5

Which song is this sample from

@Bram25

3y↑32

@@why4654 You mean the "Since I left you, I found the world something new everyday?" That is Everyday by the Main Atrractions.

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@prisonerofgore

5y↑997

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.

@TheOnlyElle.

5y↑9

Same!!

@nahnz2595

5y↑6

This song isn't 18 years old

@TheOnlyElle.

5y↑37

@@nahnz2595this was released in 2000, so.. it's actually 19 year's old!!!

@nahnz2595

5y↑8

@@TheOnlyElle. Ewsh my bad! Good to see you've been banging fine tunes such as this for so long! Nice music taste!

@TheOnlyElle.

5y↑9

@@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 :)

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@SamusAranlol

52w↑61

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.

@InternetLobster

3y↑280

This is one of my favorite music videos of all time.

@lukerogers151

3y↑13

Oh, it's the best music video ever made.

@jameskid81

41w

@@lukerogers151 knights of cydonia is good

@czarnyHiszpan

18w

@@lukerogers151 truth

@flynnmartschinke5189

4w↑1

same

@HuntarioReviewsEverything

3y↑428

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.

@badeugenecops4741

3y↑12

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.

@dingodave89

3y↑49

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.

@naivenitara

3y↑2

Wow, that was beautifully said

@badeugenecops4741

3y↑3

The good thing about songs, is that they are there for your interpretation. It means something different to everyone.

@connor48880

2y↑11

That also explains the “welcome to paradise!” sample.

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@tamajinn

8y↑632

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.

@Martiiin2008

8y↑3

true true :-)

@janimeramen9068

8y↑4

amen

@briandougherty7751

8y↑15

You are so right, Melanie. My heart sings whenever I watch this video.

@kevinmeacock7535

7y↑8

still gets me after all these years

@Kaiwala

6y↑3

I cry everytime, not a joke i swear ;-;

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@seraxx1973

4y↑492

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

@bigdaddy2343

4y↑5

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..

@fuxake

4y↑9

Wow, now can you do that for the whole album please? ;-)

@Laurarat

4y↑90

@@bigdaddy2343 yikes

@kianna3968

4y↑8

Wow, interesting! I heard that this song has over 3,000 samples. There’s a whole video of all the samples (or majority)
https://youtu.be/MFEZiMyfSYI

@gemstonegynoid7475

3y↑2

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

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@Wolfman-rd1pv

2y↑62

How can this song, with only 1 full sentence in it, carry so much more meaning than so many other songs with more lyrics

@jameskid81

41w↑1

weed

@bylethhresvelg3434

37w

The music video. Otherwise we would not know what it's about

@DocTchi

10w↑6

I don't know where you are now Dad, but this song is for you.

@francisolajide3769

6y↑60

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.

@renwatkins4481

Me too, my first time watching

@mickeymiles351

7y↑4.9K

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 :-)

@Blackneo1808

7y↑311

Mickey Miles
The best explanation I've read. I accept that.

@Reshae

7y↑93

look at you. nice man.

@huntrrams

7y↑85

Mickey Miles beautiful interpretation

@candyqueenify

7y↑182

Mickey Miles why did I have to read this fucking comment I'm sobbing and it's 2am!!

@pprincess9823

7y↑40

Mickey Miles i love how you put it. beautiful!

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@fauzirahman3285

2y↑171

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.

@TentinQuarantino_

2y↑5

Same

@TheBobasbro

1y↑2

Welcome to the fandom!

@frank9592

1y↑1

Welcome to the party, pal! - John McClane

@huntrrams

1y↑2

Have a good time now welcome to paradise

@1angelsigh

15w↑1

I'm jealous that you avoided the 16 year wait for new stuff! enjoy

@denismugerin

15w↑5

Arthur is having a damn good time.

@ziggymogaming2726

4y↑1.3K

This feels like a big metaphor for accepting death, and it never fails to make me incredibly sad and hopeful.

@1fastbitch434

4y↑71

Yeah, well you're wrong. It represents not being able to just let go and follow your passion. To feel inhibited.
You're welcome.

@xoen6

4y↑95

@@1fastbitch434 both, you are right :)

@rosstoogood3896

4y↑39

It represents not be afraid of something new and belive in the power of new beginings x

@brutusrex

4y↑138

@@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.

@joannaferris2232

4y↑9

1 Fast Bitch Your passion is to be a nasty person? You have no idea what life is for.

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@markwinfield5377

3y↑394

It's like this song was always there, waiting in-between the records

@buttaflybronx1606

3y↑1

WEll..THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD...DO DOPE🦋💪🏾🇨🇺🇵🇷🥰

@Nonse7se

3y↑1

Thats word

@thabitzahalka

One of my favourite songs ever ... 😢😢😢😢😢😢

@xbenci

3y↑6

I love this comment

@ianlomax2470

3y↑2

That was such a beautiful comment

@jeanoltt

1y↑67

Just found this masterpiece. Life is short, enjoy it while you can. Music is food for the soul, but food only keeps you alive.

@chrispolo840

1y↑4

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

@dixonpinfold2582

1y↑1

🙄 Being dead isn't all it's cracked up to be.

@GoRoundandRound

2y↑30

The pain in my chest everytime I hear this song is immense, it’s stunning beautiful heartbreaking 🦋

@TanstA

3y↑93

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.

@talynhastime9343

4y↑431

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.

@joeldiaztin6139

4y↑4

I prefer chances we never took... We only live once so how many chance we have in The life?

@1fastbitch434

4y↑1

Music is open to your interpretation of it.
However, I agree it's about letting go and following your passion,.not death.

@seraxx1973

4y↑23

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.

@jazzynyc_99

3y↑8

they aren't mutually exclusive

@fanaticforager6610

3y↑1

LiFe is Definitively Mean🌱 to 🐝✨
Lï✌🏼ed✨🙏🏼🌊

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@Cooverdamn

3y↑40

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.

@naivenitara

3y↑2

Ugh, I know right. So beautiful and genuine

@gapper3

10w

Took me 56 years but I found it. Don't give up.

@hastonmclaren3319

1y↑57

What an emotionally complex and beautiful piece of art.

@gingergreek

8y↑92

Still one of my fave songs of all time

@bradman1100

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.

@JonatanTimson

10y↑31

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

@anthonyfuchs9787

1y↑112

This is a metaphor for heaven. The dancers are angels helping the man gain entry. The judges are saints.

@sukhdevchana4164

41w↑8

Beautiful analogy 🙏🏼

@smallnuts2

39w↑12

I think it's more than entry to heaven.
I think because the way he lived life as well. His dancing shows his personality.

@booombasa

30w↑7

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...

@javiercadena4207

23w

My guy, yours is the best comment on this video.@@booombasa

@donqphotography

21w↑2

—> 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.

@kirbypufocia

32w↑4

bawling my eyes out

@K00014595

9y↑277

So good to see people commenting on each other's comments without hate and bitterness, peace and love to all

@awolatlarge

8y↑32

+George Bailey just kidding.

@lindapopa9902

6y↑2

George Bailey beautifully said 🤗💟🙏

@JessicaDiazKindnesskillsevil

6y↑3

music brings ppl together.

@tooty1981

6y↑2

Peace and love

@stephendawe5768

6y↑1

Makes a nice change!

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@lukerogers151

4y↑162

I'm here to tell you this is still the best music video ever made.

@Stompaholik

3y↑5

Thank you. But...we know that already.

@leanin2it

1y↑1

I think you are right about that

@FreezeDidThis

Frontier Psychiatrist was better but that's for a different vibe I guess.

@HellVedaKa

1y↑11

This has become more beautiful as the years have passed.

@lukerogers151

4w↑4

Still the best music video of all time

@DStash

9y↑9

Very moving. I love how they timed the "Welcome to paradise" as soon as Arthur opens the door.

@TheSanvichMann

4y↑375

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

@baskoning9896

Try Aurora + Wardruna with their song: 'Helvegen' https://youtu.be/FnkTuHP9q3o (note the lyrics)

@melissadeville3136

4y↑1

Same thing happened to me when I watched Oh Wonders - "All We Do" video.. definitely teared up !! Really makes you think !

@47negus

4y↑7

Same thing man, I was not expecting it at all! Beautiful music and breathtaking cinematography

@ganjaman59650

Then you never heard music before, and that one is not even that great...

@HAZARDOUS88

@@ganjaman59650 Okay.

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@matthewoberton1830

29w↑4

Now this is a Masterpiece.

@NNITRED

3y↑19

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. 😥😥😥

@Reikis645

9y↑127

That ending... lie down on the ground, try not to cry, cry alot.

@MagpieDynamics

7y↑251

Oh fug.

My emotions were not prepared for that ending.

@l3p3

It is never too late to reflect about your life and what you use it for.

@reggieziet

@@l3p3 Bro, My emotions where not prepared for this whole song, video and the full album. Nothing comes close to it.

@ElAnvaBar

2y↑4

This story really got me. Dem feels... Arthur... Dance on, you terrific bastard! dance on!!

@kellyluck1626

5y↑1.5K

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.

@MsSoulProvider

5y↑77

My Father once told me - son, just do it,- afterwoods you'll have enough time to regret it..

@igorbalanovski182

4y↑16

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...

@100GTAGUY

4y↑36

Why'd you have to go and kick me right in the feels?

@1fastbitch434

4y↑15

Finally someone that gets the video!!!!!

@friendswithbenedicts9753

4y↑22

For a second there I thought you said 'this video gets me pretty hard' and was quite confused

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@wininspn

3y↑145

0:39 Canaries used to be used in coal mines as an early warning indicator of toxic gases.

@leobianchi1692

3y↑3

eso quiere decir que estaban delirando a causa de los 6ases :,(

@rebuttalc2075

3y↑9

Yep time to change your canary

@Tmdexter

3y↑2

Makes this music video even cooler

@gollumnova884

3y↑4

@@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...

†

@michellefernandez3155

3y↑1

@@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.¨

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@newklear2k

1y↑11

This song is the perfect introduction to the most perfect album there ever was

@DeviIInADress

3y↑39

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.

@maryburke5423

35w

💜

@KarinFlower

4y↑122

I love this song & the amazing video, I lost my mum a few weeks ago & I bloody hope this is what she got... Dancing & fun... She deserved that so much...

@ccjones813

3y↑5

My mom just passed on the 28th an I’ve pictured her dancing ever since she suffered from COPD for several years and she’s free to breath deep ass breaths from dancing and having a great time enjoying being able to dance an move an he’ll walk without oxygen tube up her nose an not having to stop to get her breath loosing her is by far the most soul rocker I’ve ever had an I’ve lost so many loved ones but never MY MOM God rest her soul as to your mom an I’m sending you peace ☮️ my friend in grief

@KarinFlower

3y↑1

@@ccjones813 Thank you - I truly feel your loss.. Sending comfort from your friend in grief.....

@rickylafleur9855

3y↑1

Losing his mom ain't easy. Love to you both.

Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final
- Rainer Maria Rilke

@francescomanzo3939

3y↑1

so Sorry for your Loss! :( D:

@chrissawyer4060

I'm sorry you lost your mom.

@DrPepperDERF

8y↑114

No other music video makes me tear up as much as this one

@canijust101

5y↑1

aberdeen (spelling??) by cage the elephant really got me

@ml92222

Season 13 Finale of Its Always Sunny

@Biotechnick

Beatmachinearon - waves. Im crying buckets

@yannd8524

6w↑1

Music is one of the most powerful things ever!

@mudleydatthews

14w↑4

Amazing how the sample with violin and electric bass at 2:53 STILL hasn’t been found. It’s the most beautiful part of the song.

@stitchfaces

9y↑116

This almost brought me to tears.

@Kaiwala

6y↑6

This did bring me to tears

@giantred

6y↑4

You're not crying, I'm crying! Wait...

@allblacksaint

6y↑1

Me too, soooo beautiful

@IgorMartinsSpecail

9y↑32

that ending made me so sad, everything in this video was awesome, I'm glad I got to know about the avalanches

@IgorMartinsSpecail

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)

@saiyamoru

1y↑16

I think this is one of the most beautiful music videos I've ever seen and it's made me cry multiple times now.
I've been that kid on the side of the dance floor, wishing I was out there but too scared to move, and I think now of all the opportunities I might have had if I had just decided - been able to - get out there and forget my self-consciousness. I identify with tambourine guy but I wish I could be the dancers.

@Mugsy0407

4w↑1

This song is so magnificent it doesn't need a brilliant video as well ............ but it got one!!!

@ANBUxHATAKE

6y↑1.8K

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.

@pSmurf954

6y↑8

Dayemone Zelliture 🙏

@musicvideos2695

5y↑64

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.

@slava54321

5y↑14

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...

@diane9247

5y↑29

I'll bet she's dancing right now. 🌷💐

@abundantharmony

5y↑11

Shes dancing alright. For the Creator of all. Gets no bettah.

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@bentodaro6707

8y↑2.2K

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.

@perforongo9078

8y↑119

I hadn't thought of it that way. Good theory.

@stripedhyenuh

8y↑72

That was about how I interpreted it too. Could also be a shared near death experience.

@infpisland9295

8y↑13

You are a genius :) wow

@bentodaro6707

8y↑2

+Infp Island sarcasm?

@diptongomongo

8y↑46

That's really clever, no sarcasm.

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@tyddlup

1y↑12

OMFG I FORGOT THIS EXISTED!!! I was a kid when this was released and haven't thought about it since. Hearing it again has made me smile!

@andreystegantsev2007

1y↑26

i remember seing this video as a teenager at mtv russia back in the beginning of the 2000s and it gave me shivers. im 41 now but i still cant stop tears coming to my eyes whenever i see this. a masterpiece

@malishpsih

1y↑2

тоже слезу пустил :,(

@grahamdevereux

Credit to the avalanches as they wonder either best song or best video at the awards. Same year of release

@Ghostacy

8y↑44

That end still kills me everytime

@goblinbastard

8y↑758

why do i cry every time I watch this

@BingusEternal

8y↑22

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

@aFrench88channel

8y↑17

because it's so beautiful and paradise and perfet.

@LCash-ro5kp

8y↑46

probably a hormone imbalance.

@evillttlimp

8y↑22

It's normal for music to do that sometimes. Enjoy being a human :)

@evillttlimp

8y↑15

Seriously, though. The moment he starts dancing my heart kinda skips.

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@donk5058

1y↑11

The Avalanches might as well make a movie, every time I watch one of their music videos I'm blown away by their presentation.

@thelastminutegifts

9w↑2

Loved this song and this video depiction for 14 years.

@brantalones

8y↑61

That last part got me, what is stopping anyone from having "a damn good time" anywhere they go. I hope to be half the man Arthur was.

@graciebara8280

8y↑2

well said!

@walls_of_skulls6061

5y↑2

I hope to 1/10 of the dancer he was, God damn

@vick207

Well, depression and sadness can hold you down. Hope nobody here is going through that

@theorrymusic

9y↑55

"get a drink, have a good time now, welcome to paradise."

@theorrymusic

Jack Johnston where is that even from though?

@StuSaville

9y↑9

Jack Johnston It's sampled from a movie called Club Med.
Search YouTube for "Club Med 1987 Part 1" and skip to 9:20

@theorrymusic

9y↑1

Stu Saville omg l love you thanks!

@Tconcept

25w↑4

A whole life story in a short video, amazing song and video.

@brrosee

3y↑43

this song has like 15 total words and still makes me wanna cry every time

@GrinningMonk

9y↑94

I still rate this as my all time greatest music video. Not only is the track great, but it just seems to give me this emotional whack that few others do. And that blond is divine.

@globaltvandmovies4905

2y↑1

Totally agree. It’s truly magical.

@keysilver7744

9y↑82

Came here expecting another WTF video from the Avalanches.

Came out with tears in my eyes.

Goddamnit.

@frankkuzava9822

5w↑1

The Avalanches- they ushered me through a suicidal depression. ❤️

@EleCtRoNicArTifY

3y↑22

This fucking video always makes me tear up like a baby

@dpke1

3y↑42

this videoclip is a masterpiece

@hawkenparker1790

3y↑34

This song makes me cry every damn time. I don't know why, but it's the response my brain says is appropriate.

@RSFoxGalassi

3y↑66

Every time I watch this video I cry.

@AntonymesMusic

3y↑3

Me too

@olegmikhailichenko974

3y↑1

Almost every time ..

@nazaret9500

3y↑1

same, it's so joyfull that overwhelms me lol

@Nate-wf5hk

I wish I could cry

@theoriginalmonstermaker

I think about traveling... and arranged marriages. Now do we do the thing where we ask each other why?

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@melaniesmith1313

9w↑3

Wow! I was mot expecting that! Beautifully done!

@MadamFoogie

7y↑815

The world needs more big bold beautiful bear dancers.

@Theboomdoctor

5y↑18

Why you gotta make it gay?

@chrysgalarza190

5y↑32

He/she could just mean bear as in burly and heavier set men

@TheCldmstrsn

5y↑5

guy had a fat suit on

@matthewkagemann3328

5y↑2

Drunken Boris Yeltsin dancing comes to mind... also on YouTube. RIV Boris.

@mariongonzalez2621

4y↑2

Bears can't dance, not unless you tree back scratching. I certainly do.

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@nikelliott9057

4y↑30

This song makes me cry every time, such a beautiful song and video. Even more poignant since my dad passed 😢

@cherrybakewell1338

1y↑9

I have so much affection for this song. I passed the good taste in music baton on. My eldest son went to a gig you did in Manchester, I think you were going on to Glastonbury. He sent a clip of this live as he know how much this song means to me., 🕊💌

@Thischannelisdeadhelp

1y↑16

It’s been 22 years and I still remember this brilliant tune and the video. What a masterpiece! Love it a lot.

@ThatMadCat

6y↑204

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 :)

@anna6217

2y↑1

sammeeeee <3

@danforrest7709

2y↑2

leaving this comment in hopes it brings you back to this song.

@ThatMadCat

2y↑2

@@danforrest7709 Haha, you succeeded.

@mrcr33py

FACTS

@III-vg4dp

You're still a kid if it was only 4 years ago. ;) enjoy gl hf

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@Hi-fq9xc

4y↑23

I have to say this is the most meaningful music video I’ve ever seen, most music videos are total nonsense but this one holds a sad/heartwarming backstory to it that reaches deep into the soul.

@JulianaSantos-fy5wb

41w↑11

It’s amazing how not only this is one of the greatest songs of all time (feels like a love letter to music itself with all its samples) it’s also the best music video out there.

@_jrosier

11w↑2

I watch this video at least once a year and it always pumps me the heck up

@martrex2

8y↑20

This is the music my heart needs right now.

@pete2neat

8y↑74

This is an absolutely beautiful song and video.

@annerb1000

4w↑1

Oh the memories of dancing in my room to this.❤

@MysteryHistory

8y↑2.6K

live life, have fun, never hurt others, regret nothing.

@hotdogmachinegun6145

7y↑66

You're not the boss of me.

@jevonmahoney

7y↑74

would you two just kiss already

@stephedawe2230

7y↑11

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!😀

@Pct3ch

7y↑10

Mystery History preach.

@Ironman840

7y↑10

No harm to others, I like it.

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@aFrench88channel

8y↑65

This song is so fucking beautiful it makes me want to cry.

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