Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Official video for "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by Arcade Fire, taken from the album Funeral, out now on Merge Records.
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Download: apple.co/1TBaYEO
Stream: spoti.fi/1R0gIpP
Directed by Josh Deu

[@starrycat1]

If someone asked me what growing up and coming of age feels like, I’d show them this song

[@anthraxdonuts]

YES

[@starrycat1]

@@anthraxdonuts so glad someone else understands :’)

[@evanjones-hazledine2404]

I love how this song builds and builds and builds

[@sharonhousden605]

That is the beauty of it. I thought that too 💕

[@Winterharbourmusic]

Yeah the way the tempo gets quicker and quicker is so good

[@karenlimcardenas3292]

Hey tu "L" si llegas a ver mi mensaje GRACIAS , gracias por haberme mostrado está gran banda!! (Hace 12 años) 🖤

[@natshagordon9415]

@@sharonhousden605 all@@

[@SiLatics56]

And builds.

[@BonoLightier]

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.

[@emmaporritt5910]

Same

[@tuckerlivingston]

I like how he sings " There's no one else around" best delivery of all time

[@jasonhernandez2454]

JUST LIKE nEIL, GREAT LIRYCS, POWERFUL sONG.

[@reacher29]

Can only imagine the pride that this band felt when they recorded this track. Stunning, timeless masterpiece. Truly incredible gathering of musicians

[@goodhorsehymn]

Arcade Fire peaked with the opening track of their debut album. Such a stunner.

[@malcolmpayne8211]

A little bit harsh but yes it IS their best song!

[@squal6216]

it sounds harsh but considering how many highs theyve hit since it softens the blow, I think the surburbs is a close second of their songs

[@inside1283]

Sprawl II is better

[@wakinguponjupiter7505]

i believe there is no such thing but this song is pretty amazing@@malcolmpayne8211

[@abcdefzhij]

No it really, really isn't@@inside1283

[@BgFutre]

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!

[@albuspercivalwolfricbriand8282]

Uhhh wow...

[@laneislame4886]

GUYS WE FOUND THE GUY

[@dickslayer111]

WORDS!

[@vitokoskullerx9345]

The final lirycs are just wow ❤

[@hughglass3692]

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

[@hugom.4516]

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.

[@briannataveras8642]

This song makes me sad and happy and nostalgic all at once.

[@mariaelizabeth1401]

Will always be one of my favorite songs. Makes me cry every time.

[@emmaporritt5910]

It does me too. Everytime.

[@chrishoefler2098]

Me as well but I love it

[@juancarloshernandezflores9518]

Listen to maps yeah yeah yeahs

[@tubenachos]

Wow dude, I'm going to kick my own ass for not discovering this band sooner.

[@Katzenkaiser]

besser spät, als nie...

[@elliottgetz8782]

Yeah--- the best ---

[@galileoorozco5217]

as a matter of fact, I did it for the same reason... ;)

[@ichwilldasvideo3]

es gibt zu wenig Deutsche, die Arcade Fire hören

[@Katzenkaiser]

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! ;)

[@ericwhitehead6451]

The intensity of their music is what draws me to them. Beautiful, brilliant, disturbing.

[@deirdrekiely6187]

^ ^ YES.

[@ferretdash]

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.

[@thedananti]

gives me nostalgia for something that possibly never existed

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

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.

[@Bammonb]

I have listened to a lot of music throughout my life - a vast array. This may be the best song ever written.

[@binkster76]

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.

[@pietroaretino6390]

You haven't heard the band Toe then.

[@binkster76]

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

[@pietroaretino6390]

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 KZbin 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.

[@dylanhoven238]

yes, yes it is

[@jimwolfgang9433]

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.

[@pippengaming]

where did you meet them

[@christiankellerman9206]

This is one of the greatest songs of all time

[@juancarloshernandezflores9518]

Yes It is

[@juancarloshernandezflores9518]

Also listen to Interpol

[@howardsmith6609]

I'll second that. It's most certainly in my top 10 favourite tracks of all time.

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

@@juancarloshernandezflores9518What do you recommend for someone who has unsuccessfully tried getting into Interpol?

[@deadjnkie]

agreed

[@FishingforFisher]

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.

[@e2kyoi]

George Fisher Lucky! My koreaboo (lol jk) self would love to visit s.korea someday

[@bloxgurt]

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, :)

[@CEIVE4EVER]

Missing the old good times... How I loved this song.

[@ryanrhodes2478]

this cd got stuck in a car cd player so all you could play was this album.. gotta be an act of god

[@timvitkuske]

One of my favourite songs of all time and their best as far as I'm concerned.

[@paolocastillo7171]

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

[@vvschi548]

Such a beautiful song.....

[@a.v5658]

If anyone is listening to this please appreciate that you have good music taste

[@Limeydawg-1973]

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..

[@saijennaofmidworld3098]

I am entirely obsessed with this band! my god, just YES

[@sapien82]

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

[@rodolfolopez3730]

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!

[@eshka-tv-1]

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

[@justhere5518]

this album is a masterpiece♡

[@markforrest9958]

yes

[@NOELSON341]

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.

[@pitercon98]

2019... This still being a masterpiece

[@yaelrodriguezcuapio998]

The best of all time !

[@9satan]

2020.. stil

[@danielestupinan2036]

Still gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it.

[@pedroretorta9373]

And forever will be.

[@climber910]

I hope they never stop playing this song at their gigs. It's fucking beautiful...

[@mrsjones8976]

One of my all time favourite songs

[@atticuskoch2965]

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.

[@liamreid5407]

This is one of those rare songs that make me cry every time I listen to them.

[@timeforachange12]

I think this is their ultimate song.

[@danieljames95]

I could never get tired of this song. I hope their next album brings back some of the Funeral sound.

[@kermit1473]

These folks are amazing artist!!!

[@alexiskatsogiannos7468]

Its so kickass euphorising! Its french drama youth and rebellion! I love this song.

[@KanwarAnand]

Spread the ashes of the colour over this heart of mine. The goosebumps came to say hello.

[@dsastree84]

Pero que maldita energía tiene este tema. emblemático álbum.

[@Caine61]

This song sounds like it could fit the closing credits to a coming of age film with a bittersweet ending.

[@stephenrigby7650]

This is one awesome band at work; enjoy it, it's the soundtrack of your lives!

[@robcrellen9171]

Always and Forever!

[@frankblack83000]

First track of first album for ArcadeFire! Genius at 00:01 ! Rendez vous en 2098

[@teugene5850]

This song almost took my life one night.... but it also saved me...

[@benholland5135]

What a tune...the whole album summed up a mad part of my life ..x

[@kermit1473]

If u have lived in a winter world.... Wow soo accurate! Plus it's a song from a Texas boy to an a franche girl he met in Montreal playing drums

[@kuka4082]

What if i... dig a tunnel... from my window to yours... Ahahah, just kidding... Unless...?

[@tofufregit]

MY REGGIE IS READY

[@gerbilpmc]

😳

[@Alexander-gj9ms]

This is the arcade fire we know. The sound, the mood, the imagery, the shadows, the glimpses of light, the emotion, the music, the art.

[@emovirginscumx4550]

I don't think I can handle life anymore with this band being so fucking perfect

[@lilianasilvacouto1705]

I growing up with Arcade Fire.

[@tomharding]

I fucking love how much energy they give off in this music video, even if you only see them playing for 50% of the time. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[@snorkeldawg4555]

I want to build a tunnel to my friends in Eastern Europe during this endless quarantine

[@kangaroo7299]

I get chills and smile whenever I hear the opening. This song and album is perfect

[@sgtPepper067]

MY GOD this is amazing

[@BullishBear777]

kids in tunnels think about that .

[@RJ-ix4gw]

My generation may suck, but damn am I grateful to have been brought up on songs such as this

[@popebalmus2442]

this touched my heart it brings me back to my old memories

[@artifexsui]

I remember the first time I listened to this, has been almost 10 years and still it feels so WOW

[@taeyeeeeon]

우진쌤이 추천해주셔서 들으러 왔어요!!

[@lncosx]

노래 근데 내취향임

[@gustavolacerda4005]

the beginning of this song is just magical

[@stephenrigby7650]

A year on and it's still feckin marvellous

[@thinglizzy2718]

I was traveling through Europe when I was 16, and somehow got tickets for Pre Reflecktor Arcade Fire in Copenhagen. It seriously changed my life. I’m 28 and have seen them 5 times

[@torscabinetofcuriosities]

Win had serious hair back then.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

He always seemed to have long hair

[@Simpobee]

Best Album 1 Track 1 ever. Funeral, released 15 years ago today.

[@WHUSean]

What a fantastic song.

[@zombiekore]

The first time I ever experienced snow this song had just come on my ex’s playlist. It was the first time I ever heard the song. It was like a movie and I’ll never forget what a perfect moment it was.

[@MrDigre89]

Just such a brilliant song !

[@apetarapetar]

best song ever... can´t get enough of listening... still cannot believe I missed their concert in Prague last year... OMFG ... unexplicable...

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

This album I listened to from 2003 for 5 years in Brazil it kept me sane.

[@MariaCastro-jx2wf]

I'm always gonna love you, Neighborhood #1, always; so awesome, so beautiful and sublime song. My soul is crying.

[@pauldelaney7538]

Love this. A brilliant, multi talented, underrated( in the UK IMO) band. Beautiful lyrics and music.xxxxx

[@humanbeing4841]

This song makes me want to cry. I want to, but I can't.

[@Iefita]

Totally in love with Arcade Fire and this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@annali8366]

im sorry but why are there dislikes on this song

[@dhiakhaldi2034]

Stupid people who don't appriciate such a song :D

[@tarantulamadness6191]

Not everyone in the world is like you, people are all different if you didn't already learn that in school, people have different tastes and opinions, it's like saying "Why do people like blue cheese?" because they are fucking gross that's why.

[@teamcyeborg]

i know right they must have missed the like button.

[@lukebradford]

I don't know. This is my first time listening to this, and I'm already thinking this is the best song I've ever heard. BTW, it's the only song I've ever listened to, to make me emotional.

[@redplague]

It's funny how such a thing as personal taste exists isn't it?

[@SL04]

Magic. That's all I know how to say. The song that made me fall in love with them almost a decade ago now.

[@Numerial0.0]

The sound of my childhood.

[@doodlethebeagle2078]

🙏 Saw your band live at Palo Alto, Download Festival, way back 20 yrs ago, still gives goosebumps ❤

[@marieblue]

Though deeply metaphorical and open to numerous interpretations, the initial inspiration for the lyrics to “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” (2004) came from Regine Chassagne’s experience with the 1998 North American ice storm. She was living in Montreal at the time and the ice storm left the city in darkness for over a week. 💚🧊💜

[@chain20009]

La fin du morceau où les musiciens crachent leurs tripes est magnifique.

[@piglet2548]

Always makes me cry.

[@steviekutys]

This song means more to me than most will ever know.

[@bobbycritz]

this got me through 7th grade and as a junior i still find the value in this album

[@jeffreybabor2585]

I am a harsh music critic and the first time I heard this song I played it like 20 times finding something more every time I played it and I still play it on guitar 🎸

[@jupiterjill2240]

They really do well with the "up" beat and the dance-groove in this, still loving it yet again!

[@ivanorozcobocanegra4446]

Masterpiece , i LOVE this song.

[@tomyrosicky]

When people say modern rock bands suck....

[@sophiekuchinka1605]

ikr

[@chicocarvalho1172]

This song is from 2004. It isn't recent

[@ChildOfAnAndroid]

@@chicocarvalho1172 2004 is hardly a long time ago unless you were born in 2000.

[@piglet2548]

There aren't many

[@lukebradford]

Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay are the best of modern rock IMO.

[@anaperugorria9348]

The greatest love song in history.

[@CallMeOpia]

this band gives me life.

[@tomryannova]

Totally agree

[@chrisduckz]

I went to see Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium in 2005 and just before the gig I went into HMV and bought this album and slipped it in my coat pocket. During the gig I got covered in a pint of urine (no joke) and on the way back home nearly threw my coat away because it smelt so bad but remembered I had the cd in the pocket so decided against it. Anyway not sure why it’s relevant other than I remember it I vividly because the next day I heard this song and pretty much fell head over heels in love with it and the band and have to say it’s just perfection.

[@paulcurtis1639]

Poetry and art all in one. Beautiful.

[@Jonny5-o9j]

I dont know any of you. But i love you if you love this song. I hope one day we are at a bar, or something and this song plays and af fans unite for a couple of minutes our beliefs, skin color, sexual orientation, political side, means nothing and we just remember how besutiful life n music can be to bring people together. Arcade fire will definitely be one of the bands that will go down in history in my heart lol love yall. Take care of each other! Live life 💜💙💛

[@Stoneman180190]

My love for arcade fire will never die. Even though I didn't really like Reflektor

[@ArcherJ6]

Especially Everything Now... It was pretty bad...

[@omarmickelson1204]

I used to not like Reflektor, but it's grown on me a lot! They are still one of my all-time favorite bands, but I don't care for Everything Now at all

[@jodywhelan7995]

What a Special Band. Unbelievable

[@danitoalzate1997]

I wanna cry, love this song.

[@kayulpuput]

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

[@agnesboyd-t3q]

In art analogy terms this song reminds me of the "The Scream " by Edvard Munch . You feel the emotions tearing through your soul and know the feeling that so many people suffer in human existence like the terrible wars going on just now where there is no hiding place for the victims ,