DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World 

A short film scene with me and Lakeith Stanfield from the FX' series, Atlanta. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zNf_LUbMhmM.html

Ahh, the joys of windows movie maker and the honest videos of early youtube. People sharing their passion and creativity and not farming for content and likes. Absolutely brilliant.

This video is what came to mind before I even saw it. A city becomes almost a sentient animal, it's veins of highways and subway lines in eternal motion. The hum of millions living in tight quarters, that groan borne from decades of urban decay and pollution. The unholy alliance of grittiness and industrial beauty. It's something you can't see on tv, you have to stand in it to see it for yourself

After I die I want to come back to life as a snare drum

take me right back to the 90s.

I used to listen to this album on the train and walk home from school, I'd close my eyes and just wander off into my own world. This is like a trip back to my childhood...amazing work man.

Someone make sure this song plays at my funeral. Thank you. x

Perfect rainy Saturday song

In the middle of a pandemic here I'm listening this with my headset, in the rain smoking a cigar watching the mountains and the lights of an empty city, hoping things get better it's sad buy beautiful somehow the silence enjoy every second

I’m 12 and I gotta say, this is a great song, I’ve been listening to this throughout the pandemic, btw everyone stay safe out there🙏

If there was ever a song that oozes New York City at night, this is it.

I've loved this song for YEARS.listend to it through so many tears.

This is the theme song of a rainy foggy night or a cold sip of water at night. such a beautiful track

The emotional rollercoaster I experience at 1:11 is unreal

Special vibes. Brilliant track and video !

I'll be listening to this well into my 80s if I'm lucky... the moonlight fucking sonata of electronica

This video inspired me years ago and still runs hard till today.

As beautiful as it gets, sometimes too beautiful for me to withstand. I don't listen to this masterpiece often as it always brings me to my knees.

Another DJ Shadow video I made few years back for "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)" Probably more potent as the homeless crisis being more prominent in Los Angeles. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QSC5tHi-Oj4.html

This song at 1AM and in the lounging room with a little light on and puffing some Indica THC is GREATNESS! VERY RELAXED VIBES!

this song makes me sad and happy at the same time

This song brings back memories of those that have passed

Divine,minD tappin creaTivity past & present for diverse,grateful ears. 🌅🌍👍🏼👍🏻💥🔥

The magic of this song is the contrast between the suburban grime and the word "perfect"

Sometimes I feel like leaving this mad city behind. This video makes me think twice.

Hope you never take this vid down man. Every time I get homesick for NY it's the first thing I turn to.

One of the most perfect Chilled Tracks Ever.

Pure genius and perfection.

Nothing but peace in the video..literally

EDM kids.. this is a real DJ

This video was shot in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, New York. Got off the D train on 18th Avenue. Cool vid dude.

now I need a slice, and a smoke, and a shot

I agree. Never take this video down. Not from NY but.... During a time in my life this song meant sooo much. I jam (jammed) out to this song. In my VW everyone knew this song. Crusin' :) Good Times!

best electronic track ever

midnight in a perfect world is the greatest title for a song, or anything for that matter, that i've ever seen

I'm an Astoria Queens kid, left 6 years ago, stuck in Houston now...this video reminds me of home. TY!

Thank you so much for the comment. Quite an honor to get mentioned as a better video than the original. Tho, I think the original is more of a 90s style of Hip Hop video from the Bay Area. If anything, the video for Unkle's Rabbit In the Headlight makes up for Shadow.

just i cried. that's all

GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS TONIGHT, NEW YEARS EVE AS THE CLOCK IS "APPROACHING MIDNIGHT" HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2018 EVERYONE.

So sad and beautiful.

one of my best tracks ever

digging those west coast guitar riffs

such an amazing and introspective song. I listen to this in the middle of the night all by myself and it just gives me reason to pause and just ponder what was, what is, and what will be.

This song reminds of my lonely years at Art college between 1994-2007.

I'm here exactly the same month and launch day of this video in 2020 by chance, to say that song is good!

I can't stop watching this. You're taking me back, damn you, back to the city, 40 years in the rearview mirror now but right back inside my head after watching this. Rainy streets and alienation and rattling rides on subways reeking of urine to destinations at one of the less-frequented stops in search of certain hard kicks that only the city could serve up. Now I, a comfortably settled old man, am sitting here missing the city all over again. Damn, this is well done. Perfect.

Great song for new years eve. "Now approaching MIDNIGHT".

I just heard this for the first time today and it's already one of my favorite songs ever!

I have listened to this on loop thousands and thousands times...and still not fed up

This is a work of art

The warmth of the sun Infinite velocity

when i die i want this to track to be played in my funeral.

Zjawiskowe, tajemnicze, ale na swój sposób uspokajające i kuszące...

For such an industrial song, this track really works while wandering around wooded lanes in Cornwall.

Perfect beat for Dr. Octagon to spit to!

Right now (16:20pm NYC overcast with slight drizzle)... Perfect song.

track of our times, simple perfect with magic voice...

Had to. come back !! 👍

A very smooth, relaxing song

I feel down in a good sense when I hear this song.

You searched for this song and looked for this video because you know it looks how it sounds

driving alone at night and listening this. WIN!

And a beautiful journey to a city I miss it definitely was.

To truly experience this album, one must buy it on Vinyl, and play it a quarter past midnight in the Perfect World. Peace and Love to ALL.

2022 still here... A flawless.neag with a.Flow on a Wave of urban solitude

This is masterpiece. And i can't understand what a feelling this track evocks but i like it.

Normally when I listen to some chilling music like this one right here and go on my daily bus ride to school / work / what ever, I get this funny moody feeling that I cant describe. I think you reach the same feeling in this video+music. Like a bus ride in the night with the perfect music.

Beautiful tune...lovely haunting song. Beats spot on & vocals. ;))

I love this video. It's truly a perfect fit to this song. This song is so good. It really takes me to a special place in the depths of my mind.

Almost 20 years old.....daaaaaamn. Hard to believe.

Insight, foresight, more sight The clock on the wall is a quarter past midnight

OMG this reminds me of my trip to NYC (I'm French). Was probably the best moment of my life. This city is just plain perfect... Inspiring in so many ways... The epicenter of so many cultural movements and a cradle of history... The climax of civilization !

You must listen to this song while your driving by train or car by night, so chilling. Mo`Wax was with Dj Shadow and Unkle one of my favourite labels. The songs of this artists remind me of my childhood.

Now I see what is a perfect world..

I missed the video because my eyes were tight closed, head bobbing, my mind reminiscing.

This is how I want to live...

Seeing DJ Shadow next month in concert for the first time....I cannot WAIT

GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS TONIGHT, NEW YEARS EVE AS THE CLOCK IS "APPROACHING MIDNIGHT" HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2017 EVERYONE.

Still think about u every day and miss you forever..

meow approaching MIDNIGHT

Great song to walk around at 10 PM to

Sure I've commented on this before but this is a beautiful piece of videography. Fits the tune so well.

5AM brought me here

One of the most influential albums of my youth. Great capturing the atmosphere. Kudos

Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. Mint Flavor. This song has spoken to me many times, late hours into the night.

Favourite track from quite possibly my favorite album

perfect soon ...perfect video ;)

its beautiful what hip hop (or trip hop) can bring together when created, sound constantly picked apart and melded back together with similiar samples from genres that could be considered as complete polar opposites. Bringing tastes, and in turn; People Together.

The pretty lights remix of this is incredible. couldn't have done it without dj shadow though

You guys are right.....this video makes me miss not only home but the city itself and all that ever happened there.....the friends I made and the friends I buried, the people I loved and then lost, all on good terms but under sad circumstances, RIP to my true ones because they will never be replaced thats for damn sure. Thanks so much for the video, it brought back so many memories in a good way. I needed that after almost a decade of being so torn up about how cold the world can be.

Making me miss home, man.

Thank you so much for the kind words, they are hard to come by these days. You have NO idea what this video truly means to a friend of mine & I, as we are 2 of the remaining few left of our once close knit group that havent turned down a wrong road only2b lost 4ever. Some were never seen again. You are right about the way art and self expression can be such an influence, and in some cases like ours, such a life saver literally. (cont.....sorry so long.....)

wow... i after 10 years i still can't say any other record touches this melodic symphony..i've listened to it over 20 times in a row(today that is) and i'm still in awe.. no other song of shadow's affects me like this... for some reason.

Nice clips of being on the train especially as it's traveling across the Manhattan bridge.

LooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL Essa musica é sensacional ... o vídeo ficou perfeito ... nossa tem nem oque falar... sentimentos que vem do coração de uma pessoa que mora em cidade grande e de noite brilha o olhar com as luzes da cidade, a lua da madrugada o marasmo de estar dentro de um transporte publico e ver a cidade, o tempo a sua volta passando, junto a sensação de estar indo para casa descansar depois de um dia duro de trabalho seguido de uma faculdade. MEU DEUS fora altas festas chapado de gole senta na madruga observa a lua se sente na obrigação de ter um tempo para ficar sozinho, refletir, pensar MEU deus essa musica me espira.

Its Midnight now. Perfect hookah music

Best Music for 8 hour drives..............Ever

A book called " good" by Summer walden took me here.😍

Friend gave me this CD in the late 90s after hearing about it on Public Radio. Thought it was good stuff. Seems even better now.

this is history