Official video for "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by Arcade Fire, taken from the album Funeral, out now on Merge Records. Vinyl / CD: www.mergerecord... Download: apple.co/1TBaYEO Stream: spoti.fi/1R0gIpP Directed by Josh Deu
I remember bein 15 listening to this album. My parents both alcoholics and fighting. I had just read the giver. I used to sneak out to my friends down the road to chill somewhere less aggressive. The idea of a tunnel from my window to yours means a lot to me
I'm 15 now and thankfully my parents don't argue as much as they used to when my dad still drank. I just found this band about a month ago and this song about a week ago. For me, the idea of tunnels kinda bring forth a way of hanging out with friends without having to worry about covid. Sorry don't want to take away from you original comment, it just struck a chord with me lmao
That sucks man, I remember being 19, 20ish and leaving that kind of shit behind. Starting college and driving around a 67 mustang I got cheap. Greatest soundtrack to starting a new life. I feel blessed for this album. The best baroque comes from Canada!
@@elmaisbestgirlremisbestwai1502There's always a better way. Everyday is a new to find it. Recreate those memories and make new ones. You have every right to make whatever you want to out of your life. It's not a selfish thing. How will you ever share what you've learned then otherwise? Sorry just wanted to give you some encouragement while I'm having a beer! Cheers to good taste in music! 🍻 And to hell with Covid!
undying memories of this playing on my ipod walking the montreal streets on a snowy night in 2004. And i felt like everything was right. And this song, this song was this city. And i miss those days so bad it hurts.
I wrote this comment in a notebook from high school 3 years ago. I loved this song when i was 16. Thanks for saying this, it's exactly how I feel. Im 19 now on my own in Rochester ny and the memories of where i used to be and old friends and my bedroom in Columbia Sc. I hope you're doing good man this comment is in my mind daily
In the second verse, the part where Win sings: "And the bedrooms of our friends" accompanied with those strong background vocals brings me chills every time. What a powerful song.
Same when both my parents died. In The Backseat really struck me - "my family tree's losing all its leaves" hit me so hard, and the thought that I now had to stand alone, take the wheel and steer, having been peacefully going along with it. Cried my eyes out.
And if the snow buries my... My neighborhood And if my parents are crying, Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours You climb out the chimney And meet me in the middle The middle of the town And since there's no one else around, We let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know Then our skin gets thicker from living out in the snow You change all the lead sleeping in my head As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn... Then, we tried to name our babies But we forgot all the names that, The names we used to know But sometimes, We remember our bedrooms and our parent's bedrooms and the bedrooms of our friends Then we think of our parents... Well, whatever happened to them?! You change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn It's the song I've been trying to sing... Purify the colors, purify my mind Purify the colors, purify my mind And spread the ashes of the colors over this heart of mine!
The instrumental that starts around 3:42 is one of the most breathtaking musical moments I can recall in recent memory. It’s heartbreaking and hopeful all at once
This has me visualize a young kid who’s parents who are poor and always fighting, so the kid likes to escape to see his friend and became lovers in escaping chaos and finding life together. He seems to be singing in emotions of nostalgia and sadness mixed with happiness.
There is something about Tunnels that never grows old. Its recently become my all time favourite song. I'm talking 17 years of music listening, over 2000 cds, over varying genres and several Indian Oceans and Baltic Seas.
I met the love of my life at 18 and my worst fear is that its really just like this song... a teenager's dreams of leaving their town with their lover by their side... I love him so much and I could've never guessed that he would be the one to love me like this
I remember taking my late father to the airport which was about a 2 hour drive and this was one of the only albums I had that was listenable for him. He really liked this song. I’m glad I got to share this band with him.
my all time favorite song.... so powerful, so nostalgic, so energetic, so melancholic. This song is a jewel, a landscape with beautiful snowy mountains, a sunny afternoon with your beloved... this is art.
my gf made a cd with some songs on it cuz i was driving across the country, this one about the tunnel from here to there resonated with me. I cant hear this song without thinking about her, even though she left me. We were together for 6 years though. better to have loved than to have never loved at all.
Neighborhood #1 got me into Arcade Fire. Will never forget the moment I listened to this album, not knowing the gems embedded in it. A classic in my eyes. Reflektor is fucking awesome too.
I remember when I first heard this song. It was like Paranoid Android, E-Bow the Letter or Smells Like Teen Spirit in that its impact on me struck me right between the eyes. It still does 16 years later. Magnificent.
ichwilldasvideo3 : was gute Musik angeht, sind wir ein Entwicklungsland. Aber manchmal möchte man die guten Sachen eigentlich mit niemandem teilen. Hauptsächlich weil's eh nicht verstanden wird... Alles Banausen! ;)
there's a crescendo, an acceleration then a perfect saturation of the numerous instruments + the simple and beautiful text + the sad but strong voice of Win Butler + the fact that we can feel they play for playing not for the success ... real artists
This song brings me right back to when I first heard it, hungover in bed with an ex girlfriend. I can remember everything about that day, just from listening to this, so it's got extra emotional impact for me..
The song inducts you to it and the album on first listen, and the succeeding tracks give further justification on why you should heed to their call of keeping your ears peeled. Great album from the get go.
still remember the first time I listened to this song, all feelings mixed up by a melancholy that I didn't know where it came from. glad to listen to it ten years later and notice that the aura and the magic involved are at the same place I found it first.
I haven't cried in years but hearing this song for the first time made me want to, it's beautiful and I cant describe how it makes me feel. This song might be humanity's greatest achievement and everything has gone downhill from here😂
I totally agree. I have been lucky! Music influences have been vast. know musicians,sound people and fellow musicphiles. But for whatever reasons this song ( and really all songs arcade) blows my mind Everytime I hear it. Musically speaking it's perfect.
Hah! that's too funny. I just asked my kid what tumbler was and he said it's like Twitter but for hipster dbags. So ,no. I don't listen to anything suggested by tumbler u mannerless ass hat. Show some respect for your elders get a Spotify account and try listing to The mystic Braves or even some Animal House. They will both change that attitude of yours
I don't know what Tumblr is. I don't use social media or forum websites. My extent of socializing on the internet is limited to RU-vid comments in all honesty And whats with all the vulgarity and rudeness? All I said was you "You haven't heard the band Toe." Didn't know that was so highly offensive as to merit being called a hipster douchebag and a mannerless ass-hat. I have to say that escalated real quick. I still highly recommend the band "Toe". Maybe listen to them and then come to a conclusion? Or you know, don't; and just say insulting things and come to conclusions with no experience/evidence. And I haven't heard enough of what? Arcade Fire? I've listened to the Arcade Fire since their album Funeral in like 04'. And listen to your elders? How do you know I'm younger than you? Maybe I'm a 60 year old woman. Shit people, cool your jets.
@@alejandroaguilar9223 florence + the machine are the best band of the past decade, i’d say radiohead released one of the best albums of the 2010s with AMSP, but the strokes do not even hit my top 50, soz lmao
You guys are honestly my favorite band. I grew up on big shiny tunes and punk o ramas. My brother was a metal head and I really looked up to him. So I got a good taste in metal too. But sometimes your songs make me fucking cry... So much talent in this band man SO MUCH FUCKING TALENT. Will Bulter. It was almost like destiny you became so big. Your grandfather would be so proud of you... Everyone is so proud and grateful. The entire band and chemistry is what brings it all together. Please NEVER EVER BREAK UPPP. The world needs you... I need you...
Lyrics: And if the snow buries my My neighborhood And if my parents are crying Then I'll dig a tunnel From my window to yours Yeah, a tunnel From my window to yours You climb out of the chimney And meet me in the middle The middle of the town And since there's no one else around We let our hair grow long And forget all we used to know Then our skin gets thicker From living out in the snow You change all the lead Sleeping in my head As the day grows dim I hear you sing a golden hymn Then we tried to name our babies But we forgot all the names that The names we used to know But sometimes we remember our bedrooms And our parent's bedrooms And the bedrooms of our friends Then we think of our parents Well, what ever happened to them? You change all the lead Sleeping in my head to gold As the day grows dim I hear you sing a golden hymn The song I've been trying to sing Purify the colors, purify my mind Purify the colors, purify my mind And spread the ashes of the colors Over this heart of mine
My girlfriend left to Canada 3 months ago, I was waiting desperately to see her face and give her all of my love. Last monday she called to tell me she wasn't going back and that it was over. She would've come back in 3 more months. Now the only thing i have is the memory of my times with her, and this great music to keep struggling for the day we reunite.
This band is the torch bearer of rock after the amazing greats of the 60s-90s. Arcade Fire is carrying on the legacy of Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, U2, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc. I just wish more younglings learned about great music through Arcade Fire.
This song, the first I'd heard, changed my life. People say this kind of bs all the time. I was lucky enough to see them from the side of reading stage, one of the best nights of my life. Then I was introduced to Win and Regine. And didn't say a word ha ha x
I wish I'd found this song about 9 years ago when I was still a teenager. Man, this just captures that isolation, alienation, and desire for escape so well. It still hits me so hard because, obviously, you can never fully escape those feelings. When I listen to this song it just takes me back.
This song is always going to mean a lot to me, it's inseparably tied to my life and has been for more than 5 years. The memories this song evokes always make me tear up to be honest. Funeral is just such a romantic and emotionally charged album that I think really captures that feeling of being young and going through a time of great change in your life. Tunnels is certainly an incredible song, the way it builds and builds towards that great crescendo. The lyric you change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold will always be one of my favourites.
I love this album. The opening piano and distant guitars, the build up. The whole album builds and lulls. My Dear Dad died shortly before I heard this album; it helped me mourn. I was obsessed with this album. And eventually, via a few serendipitous occurrences, I met both Win & Regine, just me and them for a couple of minutes. Naturally, I was totally stumped for words. I don't hero-worship generally speaking, but did feel at that moment a bit stunned to be with these people who deeply helped me and thrilled me with their music. Sorry if this is mawkish.
this song brings back so many good memories but it's also bittersweet. the whole album of Funeral is phenomenal. I want to cry whenever i hear this song. it was such a good time in my life. it feels like someone else's life
Really paints a picture in your head, like the sun rising or raindrops cleansing a troubled mind, a very youthful nostalgia, a longing for a more innocent time of life
It's hard to believe that through all these wars and bad times that humanity has been through we can still be happy. Its hard to believe that someone can make something this beautiful in such a time of despair. Giid job Arcde Fire, you will be one of the greats
big cities devour those like you and i, getting lost is too easy. but i live for music like this, and what might have been something awfully beautiful.
Thank you AF for making my walks to school, break ups and seasons going, memorable to the fullest. Though mostly in a depressing way, I think the music made all the pain at the time irrelevant to what was being put into my head. Cannot thank you enough for helping me.
And if the snow buries my, my neighborhood. And if my parents are crying Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours, Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours. You climb out the chimney, And meet me in the middle, the middle of the town. And since there's no one else around, We let our hair grow long, And forget all we used to know. Then our skin gets thicker from Living out in the snow. You change all the lead Sleepin' in my head, As the day grows dim I hear you sing a golden hymn Then we tried to name our babies But we forgot all the names that The names we used to know. But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms, And our parents' bedrooms, And the bedrooms of our friends. Then we think of our parents, Well what ever happened to them?! You change all the lead Sleepin' in my head to gold, As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn, The song I've been trying to say. Purify the colors, purify my mind. Purify the colors, purify my mind, And spread the ashes of the colors, Over this heart of mine!
The psychedelic intro zooming into the house as the background bells, with their distorted sounds play just gives me chills, this song is so nostalgic, listened to this as a kid on road drips too New Hampshire, :)
Funny, how in our youth that we think are so vital to our life begin to become a memory be it painful or unfinished. 30 years later you wake and wonder where it all went. I remember having so many friends in my twenties now I'm 51 and wondering what happened and where they went, some suicide, some death, some family. I'm now have one friend that I often feel me & her missed life's boat..
I love it how the arcade fire treat their instruments and choose the words to write the lyrics to the powerful songs they make, they give themselves to the bone, it's like some orgasmic trance, like making love to the music and to all the inner feelings!! it's like that moment when you're about to come, the climax is arriving, it's splashing goosebumps all over you, it's growing, it's making you vulnerable and filled with expectations, hope and yearning, only this song is making all that to your brain and to your heart, they are about to explode, about to burst, about to jump out of you!
In the beginning of the song, they're kids and talk in hypotheticals and future tense. In the middle of the song they're teenagers and speak in present tense. At the end, they're adults and speak in past tense.
Brings me back memories when i was 6 years old and my step dad and mom use to play this album all the time. Whether it was Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, Broken Social Scene, or any other good ol indie rock groups that my parents use to always play in the car. 11 years later this is still golden and forever will be!
"Brings me back memories when i was 6 years old and my step dad and mom use to play this album all the time" What awesome parents. :) I truly wish I was exposed to more (good) music as a child.
Just came back from Seoul, South Korea, this was album was on repeat while I was there for 1 month. Perfect album for exploring such an amazing place. Nothing like riding the late night subway, and having this song come up. I will forever associate this album with my experience.
This song is somehow stress relief! It's like taking out on yourself... and it's not that bad.... and you don't even know why It brings Joy and sadness, and excitement,, it's weird, but I love it. Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire are brilliant, this album for me is the best and this music I hear every day. This band is a real one "that kind" that have been missing with the past of the years. They are music meaning: THE ART that is disappearing: Win and the group are Winners and is lovely when some persons are trying to understand why or how, specially some interviews I've seen... that is beautifull, hope they continue like this and go over their own expectations creating this purity and original sound..life. I'm sorry for my bad english. I'll be waiting for them this year, here in Portugal at NOS ALIVE...I'm so happy!Take care of each other.
this was my favourite song off the album, and hearing them play it live at T in the park was mind blowing , what a great performance. but of course hearing them play this at edinburgh castle was also pretty special
One of the most cherished albums of our time. The #2 most critically praised album of the decade even! A timeless classic! ...134, 00 views... People. What the hell.
I found this herd of musicians playing on a radio station in 2007 The two songs on repeat were No cars go and Keep the car running. I loved hearing them in rotation over a few weeks but hadn't made the effort to seek further knowledge of the band until I heard a new song on the radio from the Neon bible album. The beginning of the song made me pull over to the curb and focus all my attention on this new song playing named Intervention. The line - Working for the church while your family dies - caused an eruption inside. I now had a brand new, super urgent, life saving errand to run....find the album and buy it. and find out more about the individuals who created this new sound that was taking hold inside my big, crowded head which had been, unbeknownst to me, invaded by a small terrorising army of fake sounds and noises that I knew had taken up residence inside my head but I was never able to find them so thank you arcade Fire for shining a light on those other sounds and voices that were all fake and untrue.
Funeral fue un disco con un sonido muy complejo que cambio mi forma de ver la música actual. Esta canción, junto con Laika, Crown of Love, Wake Up y la genial In the Backseat son obras geniales
