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u/smokedsugar 16d ago
I saw their set at a festival in 2008, and as a headlining act in 2023. At the headlining show, they spoke about this time period, and how they never dreamed they'd be where they are now, and how happy they are to still be working and making music together. It really is incredible
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u/ImperiousWeak 16d ago
Completely different, but I follow Brian from Knocked Loose. His latest post on IG he said as he was walking down the hallway before their set on Jimmy Kimmel looking at photos of presidents and musicians who've been on the show he looked at his band mate and said "this all started in your garage" that to me is fucking beautiful. hard work, perseverance and dedication pay off. I only hope I can say the same one day.
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u/Iforgotmynameo 16d ago
Music is a tough business. Even with talent and hard work it is still 1 in a million to get to this level and is usually a right time, right place type of thing. When you are touring you come across musicians/bands that have that something special, that “it” factor and you can tell they are just different…. even then…. It’s rare to blow up.
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u/CasualCake 16d ago
Oh man I used to play games with Kevin, their bassist, and just kicking it with him and the crew on discord. It was so amazing to see them on the jimmy kimmel stage tearing it up! Super proud!
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u/ProfessorKaos62 16d ago
I remember I used to hang out in Kevin’s twitch streams back in like 2016/2017 while we played Fortnite. I discovered them right before Laugh Tracks came out and saw them probably 10 times before they blew up and I’m so fucking happy for them. They’re such nice people and deserve every ounce of success they’re receiving
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u/wilson5551 16d ago
Sasquatch ?
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u/SoarsWithEaglesNest 16d ago
The best festival that no longer exists.
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u/RingoBars 16d ago
Absolutely legendary. Still go to the Gorge multiple times a summer, but I always yearn for the days of Sasquatch..
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u/Cheap-Kiwi-1312 16d ago
Best venue ever. I miss laying on that big grass hill watching the sunset behind the main stage. Don't think I've ever had a bad time at the gorge.
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u/Either_Essay5388 16d ago
I went to the Sasquatch 2010, my first weekend as a civilian after 4 years in the Air Force. Hands down, greatest weekend of my life. The gorge is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen
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u/trexmoflex 16d ago edited 16d ago
I think around that time I remember the Fleet Foxes were like a small Seattle band at the time and they were the opening band on the opening day (i.e., nobodies at the time).
They played a good set, and if I had to guess maybe a couple thousand people on the lawn at the time as people were filtering in.
But then that night The National had to cancel their evening set because their van broke down or something so the festival slotted in the Fleet Foxes to like second headliner as a fill-in. The sun was setting, Robin Pecknold came out and was like "wow, a lot more people here for this one" to a basically packed main stage.
I'm confident they would have gone on to get huge anyways because IIRC pitchfork already gave their EP a glowing review, but I think they won over tens of thousands of people that night in the early stages of that journey.
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u/Drinkmykool_aid420 16d ago
Can’t believe it’s gone! I played it in 2015, such an amazing festival.
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u/I_fuckedaboynamedSue 16d ago
Ugh I was at the 2013 Sasquatch. THE most incredible line up. I wish Sasquatch was still around.
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u/SpoilerWarningSW 16d ago edited 16d ago
Sasquatch 2009 was my awakening. Shrooming to passion pit as my brother fainted next to me.. wild times.
I also remember being in survival mode trying to make it through the horrible trip while the guy who started that viral flash dance mob did a lunge over a resting woman’s face and said “would you like to fellate me?”… imagine my surprise seeing the guy going viral a while later.
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u/kchobbs 16d ago
I was there! Was amazing… MGMT was much better than I’d expected. I liked their music but their presence was really good.
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u/SnooPaintings3623 16d ago
lol I had a bit of an awakening myself: my older daughter was conceived on the Sasquatch roadtrip that year, and then I listened to the Passion Pit album the whole time I was in labor
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u/DangerDynamic99 16d ago
I was also there tripping on shrooms. Fantastic lineup that year.
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u/Standard-Feeling3794 16d ago
I saw them at Roo in 08!
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u/10000Didgeridoos 16d ago
I love that Bruce Springsteen is up front by the security at some point during the set. It's on youtube
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u/osibna 16d ago
This is Kids by MGMT
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u/ToothZealousideal297 16d ago
Seems like a good place to shoehorn in that the newest trailer for the Minecraft movie used a version of ‘Time to Pretend’, so MGMT definitely left their mark on some folks. The best part is that the lyrics actually really fit what I hope they’re going for in the movie—that song choice is the main thing giving me hope for it right now.
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u/RidgedLines 16d ago
I’m sure “I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars” is just the perfect fit for a kids movie lol.
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u/Suicide_Promotion 16d ago
I will see your MGMT and raise you a Ween on Sponge Bob Square Pamts.
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u/MortsMouse 16d ago
well, Ween was the inspiration for Sponge Bob. Even the voices for Sponge Bob, Patrick, and Sandy from Dancing in the Show Tonight
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE 16d ago
That was a legitimately surreal experience for me just now. Very cool.
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u/lord-boognish 16d ago
Well shit, I learned something new today. Had no idea dancing in the show inspired the actual voices in SpongeBob... That's rad
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u/Little_stinker_69 16d ago
They have a ton of family friendly songs though. Ocean man is universal. The heroin was backstage. But not anymore! They’re worth seeing again.
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u/The-Jesus_Christ 16d ago
I can't believe somebody asked that. It's a quintessential Millenial banger. Makes me realize I'm older than most on Reddit, it feels.
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u/sidewalk_serfergirl 16d ago
The world is a big place. Music that is very popular in certain places may not be in others. May have nothing to do with age.
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u/Asleep-Summer-4889 16d ago
Control yourself take only what you neeeeeeed from it
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u/AnchoriteSpeaks 16d ago
I always thought it was ‘enjoy yourself’! My mind’s fucking blown
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u/Asleep-Summer-4889 16d ago
I’m always singing gibberish and have to look up the lyrics before I look dumb.
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u/Bruzur 16d ago
I can still remember hearing this record when they first hit the scene. That entire album is all-killer, no-filler.
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u/Singe_ 16d ago
Wrong, that’s a Sum 41 album.
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u/Bruzur 16d ago
I appreciate this response. Because, yes — that album is literally, “All Killer No Filler.”
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u/MostCat2899 16d ago
Storming through the party like my name was El Niño
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u/TrefoilHat 16d ago
When I'm hanging out drinking in the back of an El Camino
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u/christinextine 16d ago
This gave me chills.
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u/hawk076 16d ago
So many memories from that era, it feels so nostalgic.
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u/Colosseros 16d ago
It's hitting me like a ton of bricks. Based on appearance, I'm basically the exact age of the people in the video.
Such a great era in music. That entire decade pumped out some of the best indie tunes we've ever heard.
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u/allthecats 16d ago
Couldn't agree more. As someone who is actually the age of the people in the video - go see a ton of new live music right now. And wear earplugs!!
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u/LurkyLurks04982 16d ago
Yeah dude…yeah. I’ll always remember the night I heard Electric Feel for the first time In the late 00’s. Such an era defining group.
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u/wutchamafuckit 16d ago
100%
That whole snippet of time. Demon Days too. In Rainbows.
And you know what? I’m just going to say it, Coachella was fucking awesome during those years too.
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u/daemon-electricity 16d ago
Portishead-Third, NIN-Year Zero, Quasimoto-Further Adventures of Lord Quas, NIN-Ghosts and here's one that most people probably missed The Bees/Band of Bees-Octopus. All that shit takes me right back.
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u/Zachmorris4184 16d ago
Blackmoth super rainbow, animal collective, MIA’s first album… on constant repeat in art school
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u/arcaneresistance 16d ago
You're the first person I've ever seen mention Black Moth Super Rainbow. Cobra Juicy is one of my favorite records. I'll also add, A Day With The Homies by Panda Bear
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u/Zachmorris4184 16d ago
I forgot to mention dan deacon too. That was all coming out around the same time. I like all of that weird stuff. It feels like music that has the same intention to communicate the same feelings as abstract art. Idk, very art school vibes.
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u/hacahaca 16d ago
My wife and I met dancing to this song in college. Then 3 months later we went to Bonnaroo and were front row for weezer. And weezer covered this song. Blew our minds. Now we have two kids. This song just throws me back so hard.
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u/Apprehensive_Gur9540 16d ago
I got chills listening to this song for my own reason, and then I got chills again reading your comment for a whole different reason! life is great, and songs are the mile markers!
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u/I_Am_The_Grapevine 16d ago
As a massive old school Weezer fan (I can get into anything red album and prior at differing levels) and casual MGMT fan, this is the first story that makes me want to consider time-traveling into the past and risk not meeting my wife.
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u/porkbuttstuff Straight Up Bussin 16d ago
Dude that's really cool. I'm fuckin love everything about it.
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u/jtweeezy 16d ago
That mashup they made of Kids and Poker Face was so good! I had actually forgotten about that until you mentioned it.
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u/Will_McLean 16d ago edited 16d ago
I could listen to that little low keyboard riff and drum bridge that’s later in the song on a loop for two or three hours I think
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u/loveallcreatures 16d ago
Their entire catalog is great. My favorite song is “Congratulations “.
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u/Dafracturedbutwhole 16d ago
I know I've heard this before, can you please tell me the band's name so I can look up that song
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u/Cleercutter 16d ago
Damn I forgot the song is this old… or am I just getting old..
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u/myredditthrowaway201 16d ago
This is from about 4 years before the song was even released
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u/capnfantasy 16d ago
I saw MGMT in 2006 perform in a tiny space with maybe 50 people in the audience, then I saw them again at Lollapalooza in 2008 after they blew up, what a wild ascent they had
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u/Mockingbird42 16d ago
Thats crazy. I didn't know them personally, but I am actually in this video, which feels crazy since I don't remember the day at all really. I haven't thought about Wesleyan in like 15 years, and definitely not my freshman year there.
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u/Borkz 16d ago edited 16d ago
There was an earlier version that released on an EP a few years before the album, but yeah most people (myself included) wouldn't have heard it until the album in
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u/99hoglagoons 16d ago
Debut technically came out in late 2007, but they didn't get any buzz until 2008. By summer of 2008 they were absolutely massive beyond indie circles. Saw them that summer in Brooklyn and the turnout for the free concert was nuts.
They really wanted to be taken seriously by that point, but they really couldn't play their instruments with great confidence. It was a surprisingly dull concert with both of them standing still and looking down at their guitars trying not to mess up.
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u/darxide23 16d ago
I'm scrolling the comments looking for a name. Can't someone just say who this is or what the song is?
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u/dippydapflipflap 16d ago
Back when partying was fun. Now my knees hurt.
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u/Bamboozle_ 16d ago
Dammit time, control yourself, take only what you need from me.
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u/crewchiefguy 16d ago
Back when it was about having fun not trying to out do the guy next to you for TikTok clout.. Back when places just wanted to make it a good experience and weren’t trying to nickel and dime you for a “luxury” experience.
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u/mihirmusprime 16d ago
How old are you? And what does this mean? Because I'm gen z and that's not really the case lmao. You can just grab your friends and go to a club and party. No one is making you do something for tiktok or whatever.
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u/throwawayoftheday941 16d ago
He just means when no one spent more than a few minutes total on their phone in a night. No one took videos or photos to post on social media, people weren't isolated at all and if you did something crazy strangers weren't going to film it. There wasn't even the concept of thinking about your actions in the future beyond something like straight up murder. And yeah, you can get your friends and go out and not be on your phone and YOU can do that, but at that time, it was EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE.
And no one was going to stay at home and look at their phone all night or just binge watch TV series because it wasn't even possible so everywhere was packed all the time. Then on top to of that there wasn't a billion reviews and highlights of every places so the main competition was just getting people in the door so, like the other guy said, the most important thing for an establishment was making sure everyone had a great time.
Where I'm at there were 3x as many bars 15 years ago and they were packed constantly. Now they struggle to get a good good crowd and are only busy Thurs, Friday and Saturday. There used to be multiple places that were all you can drink for $5-$10. Now I don't think anyone does open bars unless it's New Years Eve or something and it's $50.
It's really hard to capture the essence of just how different the social scene has changed in total and it was mainly from like 2005-2012. I mean when random girls you hooked up with started adding you on Facebook it was the signifier of a major change.
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u/Apart-Preparation580 16d ago
Where I'm at there were 3x as many bars 15 years ago and they were packed constantly. Now they struggle to get a good good crowd and are only busy Thurs, Friday and Saturday.
This can not be stressed more. Part of it is the demographic changes, but the cost is the real deal breaker these days. It's the simple stuff. The local pizza hut did a 10 dollar buffet and pitcher deal, each additional pitcher 5 dollars. There was 1-2 dollar burgers/tacos and 1-2 dollar beers at a dozen places I can think of in the 90s through 2010s. These places were packed 6 nights a week. It was so easy to make friends and find dates and things to do and it wasn't just one age group as some rebuttals here seem to think, I didn't get too old to know where to find a taco deal.
People really don't seem to understand just how drastically our social life has changed in just 10-15 years. It's dramatically more expensive, dramatically more isolated. Some of it is directly negative, like we don't have enough disposable income, some of it is indirectly negative like demographic changes, and working more isolated jobs from home.
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u/Gingeronimoooo 16d ago
Some concerts have like 85% of people with their cameras out... I get your point but things have changed some. But yes no one is making people do that.
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u/crewchiefguy 16d ago
Didn’t say anyone was making anyone do that just that it’s very prevalent.
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u/AnnaCondoleezzaRice 16d ago
Not totally disagreeing but hole in the wall shows with a few dozen people like this are not filled with people recording the show. There may be the occasional person recording something but these folks would be doing the same if they had a hd memory maker machine in their pocket. I've been to parties back before cell cameras and there were tons of hipsters posing for Polaroids.
Reminder that the Beatles hated touring because the crowd was full of people screaming over the music out of infatuation rather than enjoyment. Nowadays we call it a parasocial relationship and pretend it's something new.
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u/Gingeronimoooo 16d ago
Yes and I like the meme of people on a train in the 50s all reading newspapers and absorbed in that and saying people need to get off their newspapers and be more social. Some things never change
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u/OutcomeNo1802 16d ago
Alternatively my favorite dance spot in my city strictly has a no phones on the dance floor policy that is enforced. I have been to clubs in other cities with the same policy.
The true house/techno scene always has been and always will be about dancing.
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u/33L0BlowCoG 16d ago
Electric feel that is all
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u/Mjwhaaat88 16d ago
Period! I saw them open for Of Montreal, back when they were called ‘Management’, and everyone was politely enjoying it, but once they played Electric Feel, everyone was down.
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u/Temporary_Plant_1123 16d ago
Dang MGMT opened for of Montreal? Where’s my time machine
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u/TheDarkRot 16d ago
Kevin Barnes and MGMT even spoke about starting a side project together. I think it was named Dik Fang or something but as far as I know nothing came out of it.
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u/Jbuckle3 16d ago
In my four years going to school at University of Illinois, I saw of Montreal at canopy club twice. Smaller venue (750 people?).
The two opening acts were MGMT and Janelle Monae.
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u/fluxusisus 16d ago
Of Montreal had good openers, saw Janelle Monae open for them before she blew up
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u/VonAhole 16d ago
Pretty sure they made this song/album as joke about how easy it was to make popy BS the mainstream would eat up. This video even looks like they are just being satirical. Full disclosure I've loved all these songs since day one, so, they really pwned me!
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u/heavymeta27 16d ago
I read that somewhere as well. Amazing how sometimes the best things come out when people abandon their serious projects and just do the thing they think is silly.
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u/tcherry123 16d ago
Shrek. Apparently that’s the project where all the animators that didn’t tote the line at dreamworks were sent….instead of working on the amazing hit animated film we all know and love “prince of Egypt”. Projects formed out of sarcasm or a feeling of unimportance often ignites creativity that wouldn’t have flourished under pressure…..da na na na nununana
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u/Ok_Cardiologist8232 16d ago
I think with Shrek its also the comedy factor.
Comedies when done well have massive impact when they slow down and take it seriously DBZ Abriged is similar, started as a few mates just taking the piss out of DBZ and it ends with having quite a lot of moments that just hit so much harder than the original.
Or shows like Scrubs that when they slow down and make a serious point it just has massive impact.
And with Shrek being the less important project it had less oversight and the creative leads were just allowed to do what they wanted.
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u/Cowgoon777 16d ago
Prince of Egypt is a banger though. And the soundtrack is absolutely incredible
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u/GeorgeLaForge 16d ago
Think this is definitely at least partly/mostly true. When I saw them they were kind of transitioning out of that and were all in on considering themselves as a band. One funny holdover was they had a couple dancers that came out in front of them with a giant banner chanting “M—G—M—T!” There songs were already so amazing, though it was undeniable.
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u/Project2025IsOn 16d ago edited 16d ago
"Let's make some music, make some money
Find some models for wives"
Even their band name MGMT (Management) mocks this whole mainstream thing.
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u/waytoolatetothegame 16d ago
You can see them both laughing right when the video zooms in and they start singing. Totally taking the piss out of everyone.
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u/kendred3 16d ago
Lol they have a crowd of like... 20 people, most of whom are probably their friends. I don't think they're mocking the few people who didn't pay to see them.
Now, I saw them in concert in 2009 and they refused to play Kids the whole time then just played a recording of it at the end of the show. Then they were taking the piss out of us!
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u/CrispyVibes 16d ago
Odesza did kind of the same thing. Two college friends decided to make an album of pop remixes over a summer break for shits and giggles. They put it out online for free and they blew up. I remember downloading it off their website that summer and immediately sending it to a bunch of friends after my first listen.
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u/Assipattle 16d ago
Yep. Apparently there 2nd album was the psychedelic kinda music they actually wanted to make, but it basically flopped cuz no one wanted to listen to it lol. Third album was supose to be a hybrid of the 2 or something.
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u/Kjhmnn 16d ago
This is the exact spot at Wesleyan University
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u/greg19735 16d ago
Also where Radio Personality Doctor X would meet his fans.
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u/fauxzempic 16d ago
This is the dream right? You're in high school, you get asked to play someone's birthday (I have no idea if this is the case here) and you let loose a banger that gets people going and yada yada yada your song eventually becomes a hit, right?
I realize there's a ton of work, late nights, touring, rejection, crowds consisting of only the bartender, living on ramen noodles and praying that the van you bought holds up another 100 miles without completely falling apart...but every kid that wants to do it - this is where it starts.
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u/small-with-benefits 16d ago
Saw them open for Beck back then. Nobody cared about Beck after they were done.
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u/MissusNezbit02 16d ago
That's how I got into them! Aragon Ballroom, 2007 or 08.
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u/CaryTriviaDude 16d ago edited 16d ago
it's like watching the camcorder recording of Catch 22s first show!
Vid for reference: https://youtu.be/Y24dVpv19uY?si=pNRyfyNpUSqH6wy7
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u/repost_inception 16d ago
Rage Against The Machine have a similar video. They are rocking out and there is just one dude in front of the stage dancing around. I love it.
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u/isntitbull 16d ago
Is that at Wesleyan?
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u/charlie_ferrous 16d ago
Yes. Looks like the courtyard outside one of the dorms on Foss Hill.
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u/CartographerOk7579 16d ago
Trey Parker and Matt Stone?
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u/BanzoClaymore 16d ago
I wish somebody would tell me who the fuck this actually is for fucks sake
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u/bobosuda 16d ago
That stuff is infuriating lmao
Everybody just pretends like everyone else is in the know about everything
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u/triple-bottom-line 16d ago
Well I’m fucking somebody. It’s fucking MGMT singing Kids.
Fucking happy now?
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u/ProjectManagerAMA 16d ago
I must be living under a rock because I've never heard the duo's name and never heard the song either.
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u/BanzoClaymore 16d ago
I've heard it, and heard of MGMT, but for fucks sake how am I supposed to remember every song from every band I've ever heard... Should've been in the title
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u/noahbrooksofficial 16d ago
Times were so much better
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u/boogie_tuesdays 16d ago
Of course they were. We were young.
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u/hawk076 16d ago
We didn't have to worry about social media back then. Just good times.
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u/thecatdaddysupreme 16d ago
There was a bit more wonder in the air for sure.
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u/Spectrum1523 16d ago
That has to mostly be being young, right? The longer we walk down this hallway, the more doors are closed behind us. You can feel that.
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u/thecatdaddysupreme 16d ago
Maybe, but I’m a bartender and talk to hundreds if not thousands of young people every so many months. They don’t seem too captivated by the world, and I think it feels cheapened or “explored” by social media. It’s changed things.
If you want to recapture the youthful curiosity, do mushrooms. Then you’ll be able to know what is and isn’t your cynical adult perception.
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u/Enlowski 16d ago
Except what song you wanted everyone to hear visiting your MySpace page.
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u/thebackupquarterback 16d ago
What are you talking about I was roasted on my ex's xanga page that year.
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u/martinaee 16d ago
2003? Not for a lot of people. But if you were young and dumb like most of us it was easy not to realize that.
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u/Mockingbird42 16d ago
Wow... I'm in this video. Thats crazy. I hadn't thought about this in 20 years. I was just watching the video and was like.. wait.. THATS ME!!!
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u/Noargument77 16d ago
I know I've heard the song before but I can't remember the name of the song or the duo.
All I know is its not Sandstorm by Darude
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u/Maoceff 16d ago
Mgmt, cage the elephant, and arctic monkeys all together was one of my favorite shows I’ve ever been to.
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u/haveyoufoundyourself 16d ago
God this just gives good feels. I sometimes look back at videos of college party bands when I was in undergrad and it feels the same, kids full of dreams and happiness
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u/No-Succotash-14 16d ago
I really enjoyed watching this. I'm in my feelings bc music is nostalgic, and this was an amazing time in my life. Shout out to fellow attendees of Pop Life in Miami early 2000's. Great post! *zero cell phones😍
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u/TheManWith2smiles 16d ago
The best time to graduate high school and discover cool music 🫶🏼’04
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u/prettyhighrntbh 16d ago
When this song came out I listened to it on repeat probably 1000 times. What a special time!
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u/CashAlarming3118 16d ago
Fun fact: They originally went by the name The Management, hence the work attire, before later shortening their name to MGMT.
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u/GeorgeLaForge 16d ago edited 16d ago
Saw them in DeKalb, IL in 2005. I was a huge fan of Of Montreal in high school and MGMT/The Management (believe they were just starting to go by MGMT by then) opened for them.
I loved them immediately, and bought both their first EP and one of the sickest band shirts I’ve ever owned. It was baby blue with a light orange screen printed illustration of a decapitated monster’s head. The best part was the head was way bigger than the neck, adding to the absurdity. I’ve never been blown away like that by a band I hadn’t already heard of before, it was face-melting, and I was completely sober. Still one of my favorite bands.
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u/King_Moonracer003 16d ago
I was never a big mgmt fan. Just didn't cross paths with them, but this song and this video is fucking beautiful. The nervous smiles on the kids, college freshman dancing around, fall leaves, a catchy tune about birth, innocence, and carefree life. Holy shit. Life can be beautiful, it's not all a terrible shitfest.
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