The album that revived MGMT

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Most people will recognize MGMT for three singles: “Time to Pretend”, “Electric Feel” and “Kids”. These trifecta of festival anthems were Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser’s attempt at writing the poppiest songs possible with the goal of selling out. And much to their surprise, it worked! But those three tracks were made to mock modern-day pop music; they weren’t a great representation of what the band wanted to be known for, despite how much success it would garner the group. Victims of their own irony, what initially began as a joke would go on to overshadow the majority of their subsequent work.
Following their debut, the pair would vow to never make another radio-friendly hit -- instead veering into neo-psychedelic experimentation. Five years and two critically-panned releases later, fairweather fans would jump off the bandwagon. Congratulations was a prog-rock jab at mainstream music and their self-titled release was an even more dense acid-rock affair. But their latest offering seems to have ended their Little Dark Age. Their fourth record would be the band’s reset button and a welcomed return to what MGMT does best -- having fun with their music again.
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@Infaziation 3 года назад

Little Dark Age is such a great album

@RandomRabbit007 3 года назад

Nah, first 2 albums were the best

@ImNotFine44 3 года назад

Nope

@bugass81 3 года назад

yeah i love Me and Michael and When You Die. great album

@DavidSmith-zd2rp 3 года назад

I've completely come around to it. Could care less whether it's as good as O.S. or not. Just like it for what it is

@ordotectonicus8585 3 года назад

And the song

@KaosMasterX 3 года назад

THEY PLANNED THAT SONG/BEAT OF WHEN YOU DIE IN 2008 BY LOOKING AT A ROLLERCOASTER??? AAAAAH FUCKING GOLDEN

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 8 месяцев назад

his shoulder went viral

@momon4266 3 года назад

"When you die" is such a master piece, it sounds like the Beatles

@MessiRonaldo-ex4pl Год назад

thats what i thought at first lol. sounds like st sgt peppers

@MessiRonaldo-ex4pl Год назад

the album in general not the song

@MessiRonaldo-ex4pl Год назад

one last thing left to try is also a master piece

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 8 месяцев назад

When i ferst heard it i had a semi

@MobbareKurtz 3 года назад

The funniest thing about MGMT is that when making Time To Pretend, they we're trying to think of the poppiest song ever and thought "Ah, Dancing Queen". So they made Time To Pretend the same bpm as Dancing Queen and what's more, at the end of the song, if you listen closely you can even hear the classic Dancing Queen ascending piano fill. I never recognized it until I heard them talk about it in the Song Exploder podcast

@mrpandabites 3 года назад

Congratulations convinced me MGMT weren't just a flash in the pan. It is easily their best album.

@Helaw0lf 3 года назад

Same here! They broke the sophomore effect other bands/artists struggle to conquer.

@moonlander9012 2 года назад

Agreed, Congratulations is severely underrated though.

@Kay-vr4ft Год назад

congratulations is better imo

@Chinaski629 Год назад

Black star lyric

@animalvoices2249 Год назад

Congratulations is my favourite album of all time.

@timeladyana9872 3 года назад

i was actually surprised when i saw little dark age going viral on tiktok, i had accepted this nice album had went over the radar of pop music but im glas it's getting the light it deserves, i really like it a lot.

@divyanshsingh9369 2 года назад

It went viral on RU-vid as well

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 8 месяцев назад

My favorite is Double Half Moon Insertion

@cringetrender 3 года назад

Feels so good to see a sequel to the video that got me into you, and even had me as a Patron for a while! Thanks Middle 8 💖

@user-qt6ud3sp6w 3 года назад

Same! It was the first video I saw on this channel and it had me hooked

@nifty8327 3 года назад

Honestly MGMT’s self titled is very underrated. It has some amazing music in it and some of their best lyrics

@OfficialKip 3 года назад

For me its mostly just too much in one song. But some of the songs on it are peak MGMT. Alien Days, AOOF.

@gabrielsaladbar3547 3 года назад

I probably like 6/10 songs but those 6 songs are some of my fave MGMT songs. And it’s by far their most psychedelic album. “ORPHAN OF FORTUNE” might be a top 3 song from them imo

@xneon3428 3 года назад

Mystery disease you noobs

@nifty8327 3 года назад

@@xneon3428 plenty of girls in the sea is amazing tho

@bobmarvin7341 2 года назад

@@gabrielsaladbar3547 Agreed. Mystery disease bops hard too

@pabloamgarcia28 3 года назад

These guys still fuel the psychedelic desires of modern society.

@ummok5316 3 года назад

for sure

@cloudboi4357 3 года назад

I know it seems slightly irrelevant when discussing MGMT's increase in confidence as a band, but I still believe it's worth noting the fact that Little Dark Age also recieved a bit more mainstream acclaim than their last album due to the track 'Little Dark Age' becoming a popular TikTok audio. While it didn't completely launch the band into the spotlight again, it still gave the band just enough popularity for a bit that I feel like it should be at least addressed.

@comradeelmo8923 3 года назад

Good Point

@zappin4596 3 года назад

i agree brother, Tiktok is slowly becoming a vessel of unintentional marketing for a lot of musicians nowadays i've noticed. One example is Surf Curse with their track Freaks, released half a decade ago and only now reaching somewhat of critical acclaim, solely because more and more people are being exposed to it from one of the largest mediums of contemporary entertainment

@ewww21 2 года назад

It didn't really take the song off tho, it got big on tik tok like 2 years after

@jeremyc9593 Год назад

@@zappin4596 Absolutely. I'm glad that Surf Curse song didn't get suspended in obscurity forever, and if it takes something like Tik Tok (which isn't my thing) to rescue good music, then I'm all for it.

@phrogthejam2998 Год назад

Little dark age came before tiktok. If anything is contributing to their new fans, they are probably the young people who listened to kids, time to pretend, and electric feel. But of course, that is how most of us became mgmt fans anyway. There's just a big indie pop scene going on rn

@me-nah3343 3 года назад

"Congratulations" is so good! "Siberian Breaks" 👌.

@Tamingmyimpala361 3 года назад

Hand It Over could be a double entendre. The song is about MGMT’s record label, taking “what’s rightfully theirs” but it’s also about accepting your own mortality, hence, “handing it over,” adding to the recurring themes of death in the album

@realoliver9912 2 года назад

A lot of it is actually about the presidency, but I agree with you, there's definitely elements of that within the song

@paulj6138 3 года назад

Little Dark Age is about 4 years old Is there a new LP from MGMT label??? During pandemic they should have streamed a performance like many artists have already done. I still remember the Amazing live gig from Letterman Ed Sullivan Theater 😜💙❤️👍👍

@dragon-id5uj 3 года назад

yeah what the heck? feels clickbaity

@marcosposse3750 3 года назад

I dont think hes saying they're coming back now. Although w little darkage blowing up on tik tok at one point, it did give them a small comeback in 2021. But I think hes just talking about how they came back when little dark age came out. Just my impression of the vid.

@dn4339 3 года назад

They’ve posted on instagram about new music soon

@ryanlikeshiking 3 года назад

Funny enough, I met Andrew about 2 weeks ago and he said they were going into the studio the following week

@epicstudio7185 3 года назад

But here is the thing. The video about Oracular Septacular was about 2 years ago or so. But the album was released in 2007 so I don't see an issue in this video, because release date was only 4 years ago not that big of deal

@dms5341 3 года назад

Congratulations is one of the greatest albums of all time.

@pthomasgarcia 3 года назад

Is it?

@milanklaui5158 3 года назад

With Congratulations being my all time favourite, I'm a bit biased, but it's incredibly unique, creative and intriguing

@KoenRH2803 3 года назад

Hell yeah it is

@godofthunderwastaken 3 года назад

This is why I still grieve in stereo

@johnpaulcross424 3 года назад

Guess they burned the page on their Little Dark Age

@BobbyGeneric145 Год назад

Dude, the opening audio with the Time to Pretend riff as a ghostly echo... BRILLIANT! I already knew what the theme of the narrative was going to be just by that.

@EzioAuditore1500 3 года назад

4:20 ok this was so amazing to watch and see he kept this idea alive

@Blarg 3 года назад

*MGMT and Gorillaz are a huge inspiration to me!*

@StrikerTheSlacker 3 года назад

Hello

@jesseculp9452 3 года назад

@@StrikerTheSlacker sup

@iDayVids 2 года назад

Love the gorillaz. Been listening to this artist from Perth named Razegod who reminds me a lot of the gorillaz in certain instances. Makes a really wide variety of music, similar to how xxxtentacion had a very wide range of sounds. She is, dont run and Snake are all great songs

@fuckdott7308 6 месяцев назад

@@iDayVids check out Particle Kid

@reed6445 3 года назад

This is an amazing sequel to the video you made a couple years ago. Just amazing!

@carmentaborda971 3 года назад

Oracular Spectacular is a great album, one of the albums of my life...

@raymundoo2879 2 года назад

I agree! Congrats is their best but oracle spectacular is a masterpiece. Of moond birds and monster gives me goosebumps every single time I hear ir

@KoenRH2803 3 года назад

Congratulations isn’t badly received, is it? It’s my all-time favorite album and I’m definitely not the only one. Admittedly I’m much more into the psychedelic side of their catalog than any of their pop tracks.

@deekoei 3 года назад

My favourite OAT too!

@TheRealBlueSwan 3 года назад

Yup. 100% their best.

@HotStrange 3 года назад

S/T is my favorite but Congratulations is very very close.

@KoenRH2803 3 года назад

@@HotStrange S/T is my close second favorite too! :)

@coreyedwards159 3 года назад

it was upon release, saying that it's polarizing now would be like saying something like fight club is polarizing, like tons of people like it now in retrospect lol

@TheRaphaelxau 3 года назад

Love those guys, they marked my teenage years. A lot of my memories have MGMT songs playing at the background like a soundtrack. I'm here for MGMT as long as they are crafting music

@andrewthepancake 3 года назад

So happy we got a sequel to this. You really did the band justice.

@ducki1970 2 года назад

The vibe I get from the song little dark age is like no other I love that song

@augustocesarmusic1661 2 года назад

Yes

@Rkitt8 3 года назад

Congratulations is in my top 10 of all time. I think the general consensus is that it’s a brilliant album. I was traveling through the Baltic states on a deployment when it came out and it was my soundtrack going through the Polish, German, Finnish, and Estonian countrysides and cities. Every time I put the album on it takes me back there.

@ummok5316 3 года назад

Congratulations and mgmt are beautiful albums, they have amazing sounds all throughout especially listening from beginning to end.

@ordotectonicus8585 3 года назад

I love how the little dark age song has experienced a boost in popularity because of history memes (tributes would be more appropriate). It's how i discovered mgmt

@jessenorman91 3 года назад

a middle8 video about Frank Ocean would make my life

@salamandertommy666 Год назад

In The Afternoon is such a good single

@chadsatomicdustbin9516 Год назад

This fan never dropped off. Love all the albums and ‘In the Afternoon’, Stellar!🤩

@basedkitty 3 года назад

“Fair weathered fans” was a nice touch, Mr. 8.

@ickybobclay26 3 года назад

You should do a video on Ratatat since they are kinda coming back with different solo acts

@TheCyanSqueegee 3 года назад

Ratatat is so great and I almost never hear anyone talking about them. Maybe I'm just not in the right circles. Weird coincidence with both MGMT and Ratatat being featured on Pursuit of Happiness. I remember finding out MGMT did the backing vocals on the chorus and freaking out because I was already a huge fan had never realized it was them. You can definitely hear Andrew's voice though.

@mattcurtis 3 года назад

Remember they annouced they would make a song called Corona? I thought they would mention that in this video. The last song i know that they made was in the afternoon and somewhere in the world? I think its called. What happened to Corona? Mgmt is my fave band, they inspired me cuz i waa making similar muzic when i discovered them, i didnt discover them until the Congratulations album, i waa behind ha, the 1st song i heard was flash delirium and i thought this just a bunch of noise until near the end and suddenly fell in love with the song and then the album and the next albums, their whole discography. I bought tickets to see them but covid happened. Maybe someday. My favorite album is actually the self titled album, mgmt, with cool song no.2, mysterious disease (interesting), alien days, imtrospection...i play that album over and over to this day!

@Justinmeatybonds 3 года назад

Love this band. Every time I bring them up the response is, "they're still making music?"

@mylo9753 2 года назад

I seriously love congratulations

@nerdrocker89 3 года назад

MGMT never went anywhere for me, I love all of it.

@paranoid97 3 года назад

Little Dark Age & Congratulations are my top fav albums of them, classic stuff filled with psychedelic, emotive synths and playful tunes ❤️

@TheCyanSqueegee 3 года назад

I really haven't seen much to suggest that Congratulations was poorly received. In fact, Oracular Spectacular was actually not that well received if we are going by critics because I think a lot of them were expecting more like the singles only to find the rest of the album was completely different and disjointed in style. What I remember for critical reactions to Congratulations was that they were surprised by the sudden shift in style, but many still found the album to be musically engaging and complex. If we are talking about fan reactions (not counting people who just listened to the singles from Oracular as fans, not to be snobby or anything but just that they weren't really there for the band itself, just for the rave music), then Congratulations is probably the most widely beloved and has the greatest following. They may have lost in sheer number of listeners, but the fans who stayed had much more positive reactions. Now self-titled on the other hand, completely different story. Very very polarizing from what I have seen (I personally don't really enjoy listening to it). For this reason, I think it's weird to call the Congratulations and S/T era their "little dark age" because for many Congratulations was their peak. I personally always believed the "Little Dark Age" was supposed to just refer to Donald Trump's presidency. Also, In the Afternoon is such a banger and so underrated and underappreciated. As You Move Through The World is also a great proggy trip-out soundtrack.

@matt-ns3nn 3 года назад

As you move through the world is crazyyy

@brenon4741 3 года назад

what you're talking about? most people hated congratulations back then, mainly popular magazines (but quite influencial at that time) and the reaction it got from people who loved the first album was underwhelming at best

@TheCyanSqueegee 3 года назад

@@brenon4741 huh maybe you're right, I was mostly going by the Wikipedia "critical reception" section because I couldn't remember the exact reviews from when Congratulations initially dropped. I think it's fair to say that maybe the reaction was mixed at the time, but it has still now achieved cult status and is widely considered their best project by a sizable portion of their fans.

@brenon4741 3 года назад

@@TheCyanSqueegee yep!

@6joe16ful 3 года назад

Weekend wars, the handshake, the youth, and future reflection has been my life lately

@Kiriafycso 3 года назад

your first video got me into mgmt’s music. loved them ever since

@spilled_beans 3 года назад

I don't know if I should feel embarrassed that I really love their first album and had their artistic meaning fly over my head. 👁👄👁

@perrodetokio Год назад

Same here

@moritzmuessig Год назад

They dropped a new Album and its super experimental again :D

@cadenbenton6235 Год назад

Unfortunately its not new, its actually a live show from 2011

@abel3736 3 года назад

omg my favorite band, i’m really stoked to see another video essay on them

@DoctorMaxis935 3 года назад

So glad to see a follow up to your first MGMT video! It was my first video from yours I saw and MGMT is my favorite band so this is a good day!

@Lin-wi2zm Год назад

You know a bands good when a everyone's favorite album is a different album

@falsegod.969 5 месяцев назад

Little Dark Age was my introduction to this band, I haven't looked back since

@SebastianTinajero 2 года назад

Congratulations is one of my favorite records to throw on whenever I’m painting

@Jayslo1357 Год назад

Oracular spectacular was the soundrack for so many students at university in 2008 and 2009. Myself being one of them. Good Times

@neotower420 Год назад

noticed the same thing, when I hear electric feel it takes me back to that time in such a weird way, I think it's partly an acid flashback to a memory from bonnaroo back then

@greatsupper 3 года назад

Congratulations and the self titled album are so freakin good man.

@visualspark6308 Год назад

Just because it’s not commercially friendly does not mean Congratulations isn't an awesome album

@TommCC 3 года назад

So glad that you made another video about MGMT!

@EmoBoi91 2 года назад

I feel so bad cuz I just recently dove deep into mgmt and now they’re one of my favorite bands 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 Congratulations needs more recognition

@dreamspot3417 3 года назад

This record had a huge impact in my life, electric feel was the first music video I ever saw sitting in my living room floor watching MTV before school. Little dark age resparked that initial love and beauty of mgmt

@neszero 3 года назад

jesus christ i’m old

@damndoor3570 3 года назад

Nothing about as you move through the world 😭😭

@mitchlmitten5874 3 года назад

Been waiting for this one. Fantastic job!

@dondrapery Год назад

Love She Works Out Too Much. So clever.

@JWSOLOMAN5000 3 года назад

Maybe 4-5 years back my hair was like Andrews VanWyngarden's (I've also been told I look like him lol). I was working at an airport, and passengers were just starting to come through the store whilst I was setting up the checkout. I could sense someone was there waiting to pay so when I turned to serve them I was met by a guy who looked and dressed exactly like Ben Goldwasser! We both looked at one another in shock for a few seconds before continuing. It was so funny. He was probably shocked by my shock or something but I genuinely thought it was Ben until I saw his passport.

@loversspit 3 года назад

You're seriously one of my favourite channels. I adore everything you put into a video, the craft is impeccable. Thank you once more! I adored this video

@ryangilmourXT 3 года назад

Little late but good video. Liked their neo psychedelic jams but they do pop quite well. Love psychedelic pop, Kevin Barnes has been my love during the SARS. Want to see what they do independently.

@john_x_two 3 года назад

I actually enjoy Litte Dark Age far more than any of their previous albums. It's so odd, fun, and catchy as hell. For as poppy as it seems, it's such a different style than what you get from someone making "pop" songs.

@pseudonoises Год назад

i actually prefer the mgmt album... i think it has some of the strongest songs in their discography and its music gives such a high. also the album art is my personal fav

@psychedelicpiper999 Год назад

Yeah, Little Dark Age felt like a letdown, a fan service album where they had to reign themselves in hard. Both Congratulations and the self-titled album proved they have so much more potential.

@dababy7400 3 года назад

Thank you for an update from your old mgmt video

@christopherrusch 3 года назад

thank you so much for this episode, loved it! i feel you could do a great one on Alt-J

@kennedyreynolds8567 3 года назад

Love this video - LDA is one of my favorite albums of all time! That bit about the origin of When You Die blew my mind!!

@ainaaina4505 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE their album little dark age🌼 been a part of my life since it was published ngl

@paulsmallmusic 3 года назад

I subscribed to you after seeing the MGMT video and it's so cool to see this follow-up!

@catniphunter7107 3 года назад

I’ll be honest, I don’t really want the mgmt fan base to be tainted but also I don’t want to be a gatekeeper so I’m conflicted. Little dark age is fucking legendary

@coreyedwards159 3 года назад

what a rough internal conflict to have, man i hope mgmt never gets big and has millions of streams of their songs on spotify even on songs besides the singles from oracular spectacular, that would sure suck

@catniphunter7107 3 года назад

@@coreyedwards159 I don’t think you really understood what I meant. Let me sum it up for you. I don’t want tik tok kids to ruin the song for me

@coreyedwards159 3 года назад

@@catniphunter7107 how do "tik tok kids" ruin a song for you?

@catniphunter7107 3 года назад

@@coreyedwards159 because I hate the app and the culture around it

@coreyedwards159 3 года назад

@@catniphunter7107 so stay off the app, that simple. no need to be a paul joseph watson about the whole situation.

@ypbd6943 3 года назад

dude you animation skills are amazing now Great video !

@barbarossavr 3 года назад

You should do 'The Libertines and how they re-instilled energy into british rock'

@rahe2141 3 года назад

Ok so those pop songs were them tryna sell out but how were they still so damn good? Like is anyone denying how good those songs are, cause I love those alongside MGMTs other music

@judastheman 3 года назад

Say what you want about the self titled album, it has two of their best songs: Alien Days and Introspection.

@JeffysPlayhouse 3 года назад

Fuck no lol

@AYVYN 4 месяца назад

I like their less popular music but pop can’t be understated, most pop music now is bland but would be considered alternative 20 years ago. The goal is to make an indie song so good it becomes the new pop.

@charliervrs 3 года назад

Self titled is such a mature psychedelic masterpiece, it's a shame you and other MGMT fans are so quick to dismiss it.

@psychedelicpiper999 Год назад

Agreed. Bunch of noobs with no background knowledge in psychedelic rock apart from the odd Beatles album.

@post_ironik 3 года назад

...Self-titled is my favorite album of all time. T_T

@sophiar5847 3 года назад

ive been waiting so patiently for this video!!

@markolijus 3 года назад

Had a great luck to see them live in Slovenia, Congratulations tour... Amazing band, still one of my favourites..

@Chelseajustwatches 3 года назад

Actually started listening to MGMT because of your first video about them, and Congratulations is now one of my favorite albums

@gabrielcandido2492 3 года назад

Every time I watch a Middle 8 video, it gives me an insane will to listen to the band they're talking about

@punxet 3 года назад

yes, yes and yes!

@lastghostcookie 3 года назад

I love kids. Wait

@dracoquintas9141 3 года назад

I just started listening to their music, so this video came just in time for me lol

@samm2608 3 года назад

Still waiting on that Jack White vs Black Keys video that I was promised

@sawer6440 3 года назад

i fucking love mgmt man i keep on listening to indie rokkers

@yashcfc4 3 года назад

Great video as always! Can you do an analysis on Prince? Would love to gett your thoughts on his artistry.

@shaykrupper6585 3 года назад

Anyone else favour self titled over the other albums?

@psychedelicpiper999 Год назад

I do. But I was already listening to psychedelic rock and all the experimental artists that influenced that album. It’s an amazing musical statement.

@Armedtotheknee 2 года назад

What’s the background music that start at :28

@lottasaari8484 3 года назад

Your last video of them got me into MGMT! I clicked sooo fast haha

@_zoehhhhh 3 года назад

yaaayyy another mgmt vid by middle 8 yayyy

@anthonypfranco 3 года назад

Have to chime in here. Congratulations had the best, as in most fun and original single of that year; Flash Delirium.

@Marcelo-ms4od 3 года назад

I just watched the previous video some weeks ago and thought "yep, they made a great comeback"

@michawrzosek5417 Год назад

I'm really glad that I've come across those videos, I realised I approached MGMT wrong

@JWSOLOMAN5000 3 года назад

I really struggle to listen to the trinity of pop songs (Time to Pretend etc) any more, so much so that I have to skip them entirely. I love Congratulations so much! I randomly bought the CD I guess around the time it came out, expecting it to be synth pop but loved the weirdness regardless. It wasn't until after that I realised I hadn't heard the whole of the first album, so I was amazed to find it was more guitar based. That's when I understood the real MGMT. I found the self titled album to be really dark and so that's how I've always remembered it, but I stuck the record on a few weeks back and it isn't at all how I've built it up to be, so I highly recommend you go and give it another listen! I'm really pleased to see that Congratulations is loved by so many people though!!

@raymundoo2879 2 года назад

IMO MGMT is probably one of the best bands to ever exist

@cynical182 3 года назад

4:26 I KNEW THAT SOUND BYTE SOUNDED FAMILIAR. what an absolute trip yo ❤️

@connor3198 3 года назад

Congratulations and Little Dark Age are some of my favorite albums of all time. Love MGMT!

@katiarobinowicz 3 года назад

I wish they would try to sell out again. Fact is, their music was worth more than they realize. When I hear it, there's such a connection. It activates me.

@psychedelicpiper999 Год назад

Little Dark Age is them selling out again. The “Me and Michael” video refers to that. And hey, I feel that way about “Congratulations” and their self-titled album. It means more to me than you’ll ever know.