MGMT - "Kids" Original 4/20/03 Concert Part 5

[@alexdeschenes243]

How did youtube know that this is exactly what we all needed on December 1st 2024?

[@cablevamp3163]

Right?

[@sebs6508]

I'll question the algorithm with suspicious intent another day 🎶

[@comeEZREALare]

how is this possible?

[@m2km7k]

cause it was posted 3 days ago maybe

[@SanaakShipaluk]

TikTok, KZbin, they’re amazing!

[@metrichotrods1763]

This is culturally significant. The last few summers before smartphones were released were the peak.

[@scambaitnaansense512]

I can remember 05-06 being the last years before everyone was on their phones

[@Funkincense]

Crackberries

[@daviddevoe8810]

@@scambaitnaansense512 not everyone had iphones in 07, they were a gimmick for fancy people at first

[@scambaitnaansense512]

@daviddevoe8810 true most of the rich kids had them but the sidekick 2 had internet access and the windows phone did too along with blackberries

[@daviddevoe8810]

@scambaitnaansense512 the internet was terrible man

[@ericjohn1231]

I miss this world so much.

[@remiesmith7027]

And this is after it got substantially crappier post 9/11... We've been on the downtrend for a long time now.

[@YTXZSO]

The world is what you make it. Enjoy yourself.

[@PHANTASME.S]

We all do.

[@JamesRussell69420]

Equivalent version of this today would be people standing still on their phones/split in groups of 3 discussing 'their next move'. This is such a sanctimonious cringey wrong-generation comment, but that's the truth. I wish I'd been 20 back in the mid aughts instead of the late teens. I remember cool stuff like seeing college kids shoulder to shoulder along each floor of a hotel downtown during Mardi gras. Like just lined down it dancing and a crowd on the ground dancing during the middle of the day. I pass that hotel every Mardi gras and it's just scattered people going here/there. Same number of people, everyone disconnected. F**ing sad man Give me the solar flare tbh

[@Jacques_le_Blanc]

@@YTXZSO NO! The world is the world. Your world is your world, but that's something different, that's your life.

[@phant0mdummy]

Graduated in 2003. This was it man. Life was way cooler before Facebook and iphone took over.

[@t0tesrept1l1an4ever]

Thank god someone got this on film

[@eughyuck]

i’d add to that, thank god only 1 person got this on film. Nice that everyone else was vibing :)

[@t0tesrept1l1an4ever]

@@eughyuck well said you're so right

[@daelimefive]

6 years before the 1st i phone came out.

[@OscarGonzalez27]

Fuck that hits hard ​@@eughyuck

[@Frodokeuh]

yes but i got seasick from the filming skills lol

[@brokeboifrank]

just two friends making art and being silly together its so beautiful this is what life is about

[@roterfuchs8201]

Never truer words my broski, may i add nothing as beautiful as two friends playing a sunrise game of wet biscuit together & not worrying about who wins, the joy is competing

[@philmaddox-x8t]

We need more fartin' around with friends

[@TheUsed-to]

on acid

[@jmz2144]

I'm just imagining this concert at some college, amazing

[@nicholaskaufhold]

And making money

[@ethanewilde69]

insanely historical, made me emotionally for some reason

[@alexdeschenes243]

Made me feel like I was there, living 2003 with them all

[@SanaakShipaluk]

Same 😅

[@coltonc7832]

You can never go back.

[@indyheaton6796]

With ya

[@Aieieo]

Kinda weird tbh

[@jacobsorini]

The slightly awkward dancing, the genuine smiles, and the little off key singing make this one hell of a beautiful video.

[@danvitty5442]

Very awkward dancing. It’s good though, this song needs to have the awkward dancing to feel right lol

[@thirdeyesurvivor3886]

That kid riding around on his scooter has no idea what an amazing time he was in

[@jessieb.7188]

I miss the early 00s. We had everything we needed technologically-wise and nothing we didn’t. What came next messed up everything.

[@crptnite]

I miss going to the library to use the computer. I actually procrastinated a lot less and was more productive when it wasn't all jumbled up in one thing I can conveniently use to distract myself from those things I should be doing...

[@jessieb.7188]

@@crptnite For the past year, I've made it a habit to go to the library once a week. I am so accomplished on those days - I read a ton of pages out of whatever book I'm reading at the time, and I get so much work done - way more than the rest of the week combined!

[@loui7210]

The world is just messed up right now. It's pure hell.

[@ThomDammers]

Take me back

[@KalibMonday]

Yeah now we are being spied on 😮

[@triptothemoon8171]

Imagine being one of 30 odd people dancing away to this banger being performed by two students on their college campus. And then years later turning on the TV and seeing tens of thousands of people getting into the exact same groove when those two students are now performing it at Glastonbury and Coachella.

[@BootsORiley]

Performing this to a massive crowd spilling out of the tent at Bonnaroo

[@BenLevinger]

I went to Wesleyan the following year. Got to see them a bunch of times on campus. It was awesome! They were The Management back then. Definitely surreal when they hit it so big.

[@Polemicahead-c5s]

people trully vibing with the song. great example of "i knew them before it was cool"

[@FasterthanSpeed414]

No

[@flukshun]

​@@Polemicahead-c5s"i liked them when they were still on campus"

[@jeromevelasco6796]

We didn't realize how lucky we were to live in the 90s and early 2000s.

[@nekkropiate]

I grew up in the town where this college is, Wesleyan University, I got to play a bunch of shows there, it was always a wild time on that campus! Also, the movie PCU is about the same school. Check it out!

[@Bdot1588]

@@nekkropiatePCU stinks

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

The last glimpses of spectacularity then

[@nicholasduron9827]

Early 2000s? You mean like during the War on Terror??? During the BUSH presidency?

[@jeromevelasco6796]

@@nicholasduron9827 Bush and Hilary must be judged for what they did respectively.

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

Here before 50 million views

[@igge]

Here for my daily dose of MGMT

[@ducatixclutch008]

Later

[@ANGELxINxDESARKNS]

DailyDoseOfInternet, are you gonna put these guys on the news?

[@TheChupacabra]

Welp here goes the floodgates

[@drpancake4103]

Here at daily dose comment before 1k

[@NickBirge]

Video of song from 2003. Song is released in 2008. Song becomes popular is 2013, and becomes a cultural phenomenon. This video is going to be in a museum.

[@Blortoblorto]

Sorry to poop on your parade but this song was a sleeper when released but was big a few months later.

[@tv-noizu]

Pues fue de mis favoritas desde la primera vez que escuche su 1er album, junto con time to pretend allá por el 2008

[@RandumbR6Clips]

Real

[@yohannreynaga546]

Popular el 2013?, yo la adore ni bien salio, y al cabo de unos meses ya hasta estaba en MTV

[@STS777]

Lol this song was a world wide phenomenon already around 2010

[@laxrox456]

Guys were absolutely having the time of their life tripping balls and playing their music, such a magical time that must’ve been.

[@chubber5496]

Ha that’s what I’m saying. Everyone’s like “it’s 2 friends being silly and living life” ofc they are, they are tripping balls playing this dope as song to a crowd of people

[@RandumbR6Clips]

Real

[@marcomerkbruno]

What a masterpiece. Those people attending had no idea they were blessed with this exclusive performance 5 years ahead of the release of the song.

[@alirezamodares5797]

Exactly 💯

[@ryanb3721]

they are bad live. you can’t expect a crowd to be blown away

[@Gumby_Gumba]

@@ryanb3721 they were babies, they got better lol

[@cameronburns6404]

@@ryanb3721wym? This looks like an awesome concert

[@skep2923]

People sound pretty into it.

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

This is instantly in the top 10 KZbin videos ever uploaded

[@guesswhosbizzacccc]

U ain’t lying

[@afterforever2765]

It's so great!

[@Tauya]

Real

[@RandumbR6Clips]

Real

[@HamChex]

Stop asking me to wrestling! I won't 😢

[@TM-ri3ii]

This video is like staring into a sun of nostalgia. If you look for too long, it'll hurt you.

[@elimanjarrez5250]

Took me about 1.5 seconds

[@patrickbronson5117]

I see I’m not the only one getting sad lol

[@aldoali6173]

Yes indeed

[@idontwantone132]

beautiful way to put it

[@roman87ljp]

like if we were seeing a world we lost centuries ago but it was just yesterday.

[@imgermain]

Damn, they had the song perfected in 2003? This is a real never give up on your dreams story.

[@ringwormsherm]

God damnit bring me back. Not a phone in sight. No social media BS. Just people LIVING

[@Tideman11]

People were living life in the moment...

[@sunheru]

Bro go to a party or backyard concert I guarantee you won't see phones unless for pictures.

[@bigtechnazis3554]

​@@sunheruI'm going to assume your 20 or less and have no idea what he's even refering to.

[@sil5429]

@@bigtechnazis3554 He is kinda right tho, people makes everything worse than it actually is. I bet when we look back at the time we are living now, we want to go back. We should just enjoy our lives, no matter how bad the conditions are.

[@bigtechnazis3554]

@@sil5429 maybe you should look at the studies of how it's shortening our attention spans, awareness levels, and lowering our I.Q. That's pretty bad bud. Like you're gonna sit here and tell me you haven't tried to get somebody's attention who's just gone lost in the phone, you'd just be an out right lier. It is literally causing mental disorders.

[@ColeRees]

Shoutout to the (more than likely) skater guy who whipped out his crazy expensive Sony camcorder to capture this beautiful moment in high definition. We take videos like this for granted nowadays. This is exactly what cameras are for: capturing the most important moments to save, cherish and share with those around us. Camera guy, you are a hero.

[@kasel1979krettnach]

and this person knew exactly no one else would be filming, it was only on her/him to capture everything. not some 10 seconds clip, the whole thing. how well he did it.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

It was a Canon Source: video description

[@StucklnAWell]

With a username like Rad Scientist you can be SURE the dude is a skater.

[@MrPeanutToes]

This made me cry hahaha

[@neaumusic]

yea even the audio is good, so crazy and surreal

[@MarshallCommaDave]

These guys were truly committed to not taking themselves seriously.

[@nizer7147]

It’s almost like you can see that they’re not taking it seriously but in little moments you can tell they understand they’re in the middle of something very special

[@gringo9170]

They are so careless. Great vibes.

[@sonoluminescent]

*carefree

[@gringo9170]

@@sonoluminescent Oh you are right. Thank you! I'm not a native speaker. Although it sounded odd to me I couldn't find a better word.

[@skym3372]

You can say, its almost like they’re being “kids” 👀

[@Quizack]

Man, this is just pure humanity. Everybody is chill. People are dancing. The vibes are immaculate.

[@mhill3884]

This must have been before the enrichment?

[@YangiTheCat]

so sad... imagine how happy those kids would've been if they had tiktok

[@Quizack]

@@YangiTheCat I agree. Poor kids. They can’t even donate to NPC streamers and watch people dance and lip sync! Very sad stuff

[@w.hendrixx]

No phones in sight

[@influjoestelar28]

a world that doesn´t exists anymore

[@Tauya]

Dude who recorded this video is a blessing to society 🤗🌼

[@williamfooks]

Wowsers, I didn't realise how I missed the 2000s, no phones just a fucking mess of laughter and couldn't give a shit

[@mazda9624]

I had absolutely *NO* idea the song was this old. They already had the entire thing down in 2003!

[@DjBolt11]

Well this was played 5 years before they officially came out with it. And got popular in the mid 2000’s

[@mazda9624]

@DjBolt11 I know that the song was officially released in 2008, but I was shocked to hear that the song was 90% there 5 years prior.

[@JoshuaTootell]

The last 10% was probably just studio work. This is basically complete ​@@mazda9624

[@fhudge4068]

@@DjBolt11thanks for repeating what they said

[@Anonymousaggro]

@@DjBolt11 I assumed that its release on the Time to Pretend EP in 2004/2005 was the original version of the song. Very surprised to find out that Kids was at least two years older.

[@bertramuzerson]

Stopping the concert to have a stickfight is peak 🖤

[@TheUrbanSpacemanProject]

The song continued, it was an extended stick fight bridge solo.

[@brettmoncer4018]

Right like the name of the song is KIDS AND THATS WHAT THEY WERE IN THAT MOMENT!

[@Christopher8008]

Hahaha hell yeah!

[@_vae]

it is a mans deepest impulse.

[@Christopher8008]

@@bertramuzerson My 4 year old challenges my 10 year daily.

[@patrickcarpenter6258]

We need to ban social media. The people look so happy.

[@romanval69]

Dunno about that, they probably had a MySpace band page ;)

[@VapenBake]

​@@romanval69I'd like to see you open MySpace on your phone in 2004

[@srpacific]

There was social media in 2003 it just wasn’t designed to mess you up yet

[@MeghanMartin]

Yet I bet you have a smartphone you use all the time. And before you say anything about me, no, I don't own a smartphone and I never will.

[@kondijaka]

Just make the individual choice to go to a cheap concert performed by a band you have never heard of.

[@nerrade]

I was only vaguely familiar with this song before. To see these awkward young guys performing it live seems so hopeful and happy. It makes me love this song. Youth has passed me by but I can almost feel it again watching this 🙂

[@giatti]

20 years later and this song is still one of the most poignant and wistful takes on the loss of childhood innocence

[@tryptamine-loopring-eth]

The cameraman knew exactly what to capture and when. Master of their craft.

[@vanillatwice]

literally thought this as the kid on the scooter scooted by

[@MyBestPalJimbo]

Hell yeah

[@tryptamine-loopring-eth]

@@vanillatwice Lol yup that's exactly what did it

[@Getaloaf]

@@vanillatwicelook up camera guy from kids bro he diddyyy Jrrrrrr

[@edwinlutui5029]

imagine being one of the people in the crowd 20 years later hearing it on radio, nostalgia hit

[@ads94116]

I would cry every single time

[@attk177]

Honestly, you probably wouldn‘t even remember you heard that song before

[@dhaniel93]

@@attk177you're more likely to remember sounds than an old visual memory. i'm sure you'd remember this classic

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

​@@attk177They would most likely remember. The crowd came to see them perform for a reason. They knew them, most of them probably personally. And it was such a memorable performance. Hearing them get signed would make them hometown heroes. And it wasn't that much later than the song blew up on national radio, which means it was big their regional area first. They were performing for 2-3 years more before they got famous

[@mojo_sports]

this is unbelievable footage. there's something special about seeing somebody or a group before they were famous.

[@Al-kb2xl]

I love the ones of No Doubt in their very early days too

[@mojo_sports]

@@Al-kb2xl ill check those

[@TreeMovies]

So many bands write their best songs first and spend years perfecting them. It’s clear that from the minute MGMT wrote Kids they knew they had created an absolute banger

[@jacobjaramillo3192]

This is so comforting. Ive been working on a song, writing, erasing, rewriting for months now and people keep telling me i have to finish it already but if its not (close to) perfect I dont see the point in releasing it when its not at its full potential yet. I dont care how long it takes 😤

[@josudonnay1099]

The best performance of this song I have seen so far. The melody sounds more clear and more authentic than in the later more tuned verssion. At 1:03 the melody is so cool, and on the comercial verssion has lost that charm.

[@mariliacunha56]

me too! I prefer this one

[@fabiansalasarellano7129]

True

[@n-wordpass5024]

The melody and chords sound more like 2003 i dont know why maybe i‘m putting this one up

[@whatwhatwhat7]

Scooter kid fits so well with the entire vibe of this

[@Radscience]

@@whatwhatwhat7 scooter kid was actually the ice cream man’s son. He was kind of an honorary member of the crew. Wonder what he’s up to now

[@alexdeschenes243]

I need an a deep dive and update.

[@TheUrbanSpacemanProject]

​@@alexdeschenes243scooter kid is scooter man now

[@sndmurderer]

I literally thought it was staged 😂

[@wil.ottosson]

YES

[@redacteduser0]

god this is what live music is about. fuck being cool. have fun.

[@blondeeagles]

in the early-mid-2000s dancing came back after the hangover of grunge finally got wafted away. This was the vibe of Matt & Kim at the time too. Dan Deacon, etc. Was fun time period! Almost nu-ravey

[@Nach0s187]

@@blondeeaglesdancing was huge through the nineties due to eurodance being popular, it carried over into the early 2000s and died in the early 2010s

[@teerikangas]

I totally agree but those guys are cool af anyways

[@nixverstehenzwiebelmuster]

Having fun = being cool

[@R3tr0t]

Somehow the all the goofing around made this feel even more melancholic.

[@ashtonnn777]

RIGHT

[@KahinAhmed72]

How come?

[@thirtytet]

I think this is the best version of this song.

[@jetaimehayr]

Smiling with teary eyes. Love this innocent chaos.

[@davidriesmeyer248]

After like 20 years of KZbin's, this is the greatest thing that will ever be uploaded in it's history. This is life manifest.

[@BWOSandman]

This might just be the most genuinely pure video I have ever seen. It had me way more emotional than I expected to be. It’s like it instantly unlocked all of my memories of being a goofy creative kid in college surrounded by goofy creative friends and making amazing short films, onstage improv, and witnessing the start of everyone’s dreams, not just their careers, together and having nothing but fun the whole way. This helped me realize that 10 years later, I’ve lost that spark, and so have most people around me. Sure I’m older and have other things going on now, but those are the relationships I terribly miss and want to have again. I found this video during a time where everything is stagnant and I feel like my only option is to move to another city and start over. I think I just need to be wherever that spark still is. Everyone’s saying it in the comments and they’re right. This is what life is all about

[@thewiseowl8804]

R.I.P. I didn't go to college and now I’m too old to have that experience. I should just delete myself at this point.

[@FrozenNoiseSakuraba]

​@@thewiseowl8804college for sure wasn't this all the time eh. We tend to remember the past and seeing good old days but 10 years from now you will look into now and think these were also the good days so try to enjoy what you have

[@TheCalvinWalker]

@@thewiseowl8804stay with us. There are still adventures to be had.

[@LosNachosBS]

I have thought about what you shared here. Wouldn't be the obvious answer, that moving to another place won't solve anything because this "spark" is nowhere to be found but in yourself? In your relations to goofy creative friends? I'm not sure another city can offer you anything you couldn't have right tomorrow at wherever you are now. Why not start with people that are around you, who inspire you, who you can get goofy with and explore whatever you are up to? Creative people are everywhere. You seem to be one of them, so you made the first step already...

[@BWOSandman]

@@LosNachosBSNot when those other cities have significantly more of your given industry and isn’t in a state that kinda overall sucks, lol. ​​But being more serious, I totally get what you’re saying, and to a degree you’re right. But I’m coming from a place that has already exhausted that option of finding what’s here, and after 6 years I’m deciding for myself that I have better things (and places) to put my effort into before I get any older and lose the ability to change my location. I want to like where I’m at, but it’s not a place I ever considered home.

[@kasel1979krettnach]

Who ever filmed this deserves an Award . Captured the energy so well .

[@julio3691]

Two friends having fun. Wow, gratifying to see how far they've come.

[@harveymanfred]

I’ve watched this 20 times and sent it to everyone I know. I can’t even explain the magic of this and the time it represents. Just goofy fun years and being silly and enjoying life. No phones, no social media, no depressing reality of the world. As a now 41 year old I really miss this.

[@manuelogando6063]

Saw this on Twitter had to watch on KZbin

[@KekszNET]

Same here 🎉🎉🎉

[@scorpa6929]

me too.

[@jenniferjones5193]

Yea me too

[@IxQuit]

Crazy that this was 4 years before Oracular Spectacular came out and it's exactly the same.. All the lyrics are in place, just everything. What a great little slice of MGMT history these videos are.

[@gonelucid]

No this is clearly different than the finished product

[@MortalShores]

@@gonelucid you are dumb the composition, lyrics, and production are exactly the same

[@HORNGEN4]

Not production or vocals, but absolutely the fundamental elements are unchanged...melody, lyrics, structure. Also yes, many of the production choices are already present.

[@CW0123]

I bet you think this sounds like Weezer and Deftones 🙄

[@rdrrr]

It's in a different key, I think?

[@martinandrewsnz]

I love that the crowd instinctively know they're listening to something special. No one knew the song but they're compelled to get up and dance

[@szeremeta]

in earlier parts they reference "the song" seems it was known already this one was a banger

[@MyBestPalJimbo]

It has such a unique and memorable sound, but this was the first time a crowd heard it anywhere. Amazing

[@evan1788]

@@szeremetaagree their friends new it slapped

[@muecke5012]

I don't know why, but as beautiful as the song is, it just brought tears to my eyes. It's probably because the world was somehow better back then and the song brings back all the feelings from back then.

[@intermodal_0]

Wow, what a time and place. The girl dancing with the 40 really ties this whole performance together.

[@awkwardsavage]

I wanna thank the algorithm for recommending me this today, just goes to show hard work can pay off in the end.

[@slushmoment]

i think everyone's just being shown this at the same time lol

[@MarcIsStillAlive]

Lmao ​@@slushmoment

[@alexdeschenes243]

We’re here with you

[@chaoabordo3399]

Hard working yes, but passion is above.

[@l.ronhubbard5445]

And how you can sabotage all your hard work by releasing a bunch of avant-garde noise that nobody wants to hear lol

[@harrisonkay9602]

We got the original MGMT Kids performance before GTA 6

[@DCW2]

Shut up dork 🤡

[@julianongpin1336]

Fuck GTA6

[@MicroTurtl]

We got GTA 5 before GTA 6

[@KokokazooFF7]

​@@MicroTurtlHOLY SHIT. HOW IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS

[@susie8799]

“Enjoy yourself, take only what you need from it” no song will ever capture how nostalgia feels better than this song in all of it’s bittersweet joy

[@carmods6142]

Unbelievable how this was captured on film. Extraordinary. It reminds you of how much better life was back then

[@Sehr_Gediegen]

This feels so surreal - 2003 and such a high audio/video quality for a private occasion. Makes you feel like a time traveler!

[@jrose161]

seriously, the quality of the video is insane for 2003

[@CyrusLogie]

It's not, it was just stored in analog film instead of being repackaged a thous d times digitally.

[@NatsumiTakanawa]

​@jrose161 it's 2003, not 1973 lol Digital cameras was already the standard by this time. It's good quality for sure, but it's not something unbelievable.

[@odinmarin]

This is so trippy I'm in this dorm studying right now & they were also my first "favorite" band. Literally so healing

[@sagat080]

Oh wow where is it?

[@CharlieZook]

Wesleyan

[@MattZimbler]

lol. felt the same way and I wsa in Down 1 in 1997

[@BrendanKelso]

HI ODIN!

[@jlouis4407]

Woah

[@TaylorRock-h5f]

I cried when they started running around. Overwhelmed with joy. They really were kids literally and the figurative joy and silliness of it all.

[@rodrieme]

this is such a legendary moment of human history tbh

[@neoepicurean3772]

This video encapsulates the rock'n'roll dream; You and your buddies make some tunes in a garage or a bedroom, you hope that you can play them for a few friends who don't know the words. 20 years later, play in front of 100000 strangers who know all the words. Just how something can come out of your brain and cover the globe. It's almost magical.

[@InsideTSX]

This video was 2 years before the release of the song. "Kids" was released in August 2005 in their EP called Time To Pretend. The name of the band was not MGMT at the time, it was The Management.

[@forevergrowin]

Having a hit record, playing it to people who have the time of their lives when they hear it must be an incredible feeling. The happiness in this video all around is amazing.

[@zechs5079]

This was before they had a hit record

[@forevergrowin]

@zecks5079 my bad for the confusion I used hit record as a hit with the people. I know that this song eventually transpired as a true hit record in the industry.

[@jlouis4407]

This was years before the hit record

[@forevergrowin]

@@jlouis4407”and now we’ll play that song” crowd starts cheering that’s a hit in my book

[@aevictorya5434]

i always knew that this song was so 2003 and not 2007 i cannot explain why

[@PHANTASME.S]

True.

[@tylerfrees9321]

By 2007, trees no longer wanted to be haunted

[@toneyrush49]

Had that late The Faint vibe that was late 90’s early 2000’s

[@kasel1979krettnach]

agree

[@blondeeagles]

@toneyrush49 which was basically Ladytron

[@PCap1969]

If a new civilization ever supersedes our current one. I pray they find this video and see us for what we truly are. Just a bunch of kids who love to be happy an live life. Not this evil world we are in now. Such a beautiful time can’t help but get emotional.

[@flokhemwong48]

i cant stop watching this. this must be one of the most iconic moments ever. Everything about this is so real and pure. Cameraman did great capturing the whole thing making me feel like i am part of this experience, especially when they started chasing each other. Much love

[@matthewhives3266]

Just two bros having a tree fight

[@beatrixrs]

And a kid in a roller kkkkkkk

[@jord99n]

this looks like it came out yesterday, 2003 and 1989 all at once

[@HeihachiMishima48]

1989 was full on 90's. Pick something from the early-mid 80's.

[@naterocks96]

A bunch of music dorks having an immaculate time. This kind of feeling can't be imitated

[@Pioje22]

This video is so real it makes me tear up…life before phones and social media was different in a better way, you’ve gotta be older than 30 as of December 2024 to understand what I mean.

[@ThatsJustRich]

Crazy that this was 4 years before their debut album that made them a staple in modern day music. Love this bands music, now I love the dudes behind it too. Some kind of unexplainable happiness just creeps over me watching this, like its watching a time capsule into something simpler and different.

[@andrefornia]

One of the best songs of all time. Still can’t believe they wrote it so early in their careers. Thanks for uploading this. This is amazing!

[@grady1370]

And they wrote it to make fun of pop music at the time…

[@gruemoka5314]

0:16 Just vibing, living the moment

[@Ryan-hc2vz]

@@MikeLaRock88 ur weird

[@KrztsztofJóżwik]

Od tej sekundy zaczęli być razem zespołem 😎😍

[@Yeen666]

These guys got potential fr

[@ashtonnn777]

They did well once they got famous, my fave band in 2010

[@vermiform]

I think these guys are gonna go somewhere

[@ashtonnn777]

@vermiform they already have, this was before they became famous

[@Yeen666]

@@ashtonnn777 we are being sarcastic lady

[@ashtonnn777]

@Yeen666 oh okay man

[@richkoehler6237]

0:41 was every day before the iPhone.

[@nikoledalessandro1872]

This footage is incredible

[@FatTracksMusic]

This is a whole different level of nostalgia... I felt my soul leave my body. We all needed this

[@mymusicaljesus]

I just realized that I was 19 when this performance happened 😐😑😩

[@oncebelowjoy]

Who ever took this video needs a raise

[@Khajagsoudjian]

The cameraman made one of the best music videos without knowing it 😃❤

[@ACommonCliche]

Imagine just being a couple of friends making music for fun and out of nowhere the whole world is singing your songs. Inspirational!

[@mikediva]

They performed this version at just like heaven fest!

[@Radscience]

@@mikediva I’m glad you saw this video Mike. We actually worked together on an Old Spice spot. I animated the singing heads. Also recreated that room in 3D for Milkblood

[@marshallholland2248]

the Time To Pretend EP Version

[@aztec7676]

I hope these guys know that millions of college kids made lifelong epic memories with this as the backdrop theme song to those memories. Thank you, the world needed this band!

[@stefaelmoon3702]

Seeing this and imagining that years later thousands of people would be singing this song at a completely packed Glastonbury, it's simply incredible.

[@OfficialClintJames]

What's so motivating about this video, is this is it's right at the point where you see these two kids can make something great happen. But you also see the false ceiling that a lot of us stop at. Keep going above and beyond. ❤

[@Craiglanstrum1987]

Man….where did the last twenty years go?? Best years of my life….

[@willow.bell.illustration]

Not me, almost 40 and still waiting on mine 🥴

[@2112Primus]

that bridge, where they put that same melody over the major chord progression instsad of minor is so fuckin beautiful man

[@moozartney]

That sounded so good!

[@joebro175]

time stamp?

[@TronciM]

​@@joebro175At the end

[@joebro175]

@@TronciM thx bro🤞🏻

[@michaeltrevino201]

No idea what this means but hell ya brother

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

I’m a 31 year old broken musician who has tried and failed tried and failed, lost bands left and right due to ppl Briton drugs or even destroyed by my own hands. Seeing the joy and smiles in these younger days and the joy has brought tears to my eyes. Humans are beautiful by design and sometimes we can see into the light through these cracks in time.

[@scorpa6929]

This time, bro.

[@lanternlanguages-ielts4158]

Time to get an office job

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

@@lanternlanguages-ielts4158I’d rather cut my own throat than have it cut for me.

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

@francosola6874thank you, god bless!

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

@@scorpa6929this time in the one. God bless!

[@thunderhorse689]

Pretty awesome that the album version didn’t really change.

[@Greensaddy42]

In 1993 I was on campus at San Francisco State University and a couple of guys were sitting on the grass playing guitar and drumming on an empty box. It was Toad the Wet Sprocket. I mean they did not have the same trajectory as MGMT but watching this clip makes me reflect on how cool it is for those people now who are dancing around knowing that they were watching the birth of a really amazing band.

[@CSMerc31]

This honestly feels like a fever dream. Watching this takes me back to a time that was pure bliss. A time before smart phones and social media. A time where people truly connected. A time where people were people. I honestly wish for nothing more than society to revert back to this simplicity. Enjoyment of the moment in it’s purest form

[@GlowackiGOES]

I miss our old world so much. Growing up in those times was truly the best. We were all so authentic, without a care about being overanalyzed or overly judged for our every action. I’ll always cherish the memories of those days.

[@gina000]

You can still be like that 💜

[@frankjay5557]

its all perspective, I can say the same years before this as well. therefore lets be free to be authentic without a care now

[@gayformoleman]

This is such nostalgic footage. It feels quite rare to see such humble beginning of something so modern-day iconic.

[@andrewcra]

Mind boggling how a melody that simply climbs and descends the B-flat major scale, omitting only one note, took until then to come up with and makes you wonder how many more ingenious earworms are left "undiscovered."

[@zakariasdream]

infinite

[@larrydav1d]

i first heard the hook on some amateur skate video i downloaded from LimeWire in like 2004 or 2005 and spent hours trying to find the name of the band/song. what a time to be alive for these wesleyan kids who got to experience this.

[@larrydav1d]

oh and side note: if i recall correctly, i couldn’t find the name of the band/song. iirc it wasn’t until years later i heard it again and found search results.

[@TopBinsContent1]

What an absolute joy to watch Simpler times Bet they had no idea what was ahead and also how big their song would be ❤❤

[@curzuay]

This video is your sign from the universe to start today, no matter what it is.

[@zakariasdream]

right on

[@HavelockVetinari]

Imagining traveling back in time to tap someone in the audience on the shoulder and whisper in their ear "This song will define a generation. You're witnessing history right now"

[@coldcoffees8711]

Might be my video of the year. There's so much I love about this video man. - The song itself, what a banger. Add on the fact that these guys were initially just a comedy/parody band, they had no idea how big they'd become and how many people would love their music. - "Not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment" seems to be a phrase that is way overused in 2024, but this might be the epitome of that. It's so amazing to see people smiling, dancing, enjoying the music. It's impossible not to smile along with the people in this video, what a simpler time. - The quality of this video, seriously, there's another clip on KZbin of them performing Kids at a festival 1 year later and the quality is so grainy you can barely see 7 pixels total, but the definition on this is beautiful. Serious props to the person who whipped out their camera and decided to start recording - we all owe you. - The fact that this video has gone undiscovered for 2003 - I'm a huge fan of unearthing lost media (Ulterior Motives anyone?) and this feels like another case of finding a gem that was sitting in some drive for 21 years. The years are passing us by, that is both sad and beautiful.

[@scubawithatuba]

Humanity won’t ever be this pure. I never thought I’d miss those times as much as I do now.

[@rbfplacid]

I’ve listened to this at least a dozen times over the past month. These were such good times in college in the early 2000s.

[@rickjames892]

Thank you so much for this. It was a great way to end 2024. It’s been a horrible year and I really needed to see this. 😊

[@INOT-h1c]

I feel you man

[@snowjack1-u4y]

Smile! 2025 will be worse.

[@DjBolt11]

I think the reason we resonate with it so much, is because we are able to see what it means to live the moment, and just have fun. What it means to be human. Nowadays, life is lived for social media, and it’s standards so people aren’t their genuine self anymore. This was life before social media

[@mickyfitz29]

Really amazing how much of the song was written and composed this early, even though the official studio version seems to use different synthesizers (or just different patches). These guys had an ear for melody.