What is so sad is that so many of these people were just looking for acceptance and community. It was so moving to see people from all different walks of life, ethnicities and races coming together as a family. It's so tragic what happened to them all.
exactly...it's so incredibly sad...every time i watch this, I cry. it could've been such a wonderful community...you can tell most of the people there wanted that. they just wanted to live off the land and help one another.
Every time I come back to the story of the people's temple I'm filled with sadness. The beauty that could have come from this community of people had it not been basterdized by greed 😔
Yeah but they were easily brain washed with nonsense and manipulated, but of course when it comes to relgion of some that go to church are easily naive and will fall for anything
Yes, White Nights and the aftermath. All strewn together and on the cover of magazines and papers worldwide. Truly, such a waste. The saddest thing was that Jones while cruel and evil had convinced many of a very idealistic world which seemed both beautiful and for a a short while, close to attainable.
From the Director: "For this music video we didn't want to put a spin on the footage or the peoples lives-instead we wanted to re-tell and humanize their story. Lastly, I am moved to say when we completed the video we were able to preview it for some of the survivors of the Jonestown Massacre, who expressed their appreciation of our focus on the lives of the People's Temple members as opposed to exploiting the graphic images of the final tragedy. " I think you people should really calm down.
@@trentonpaul598 I think this story better shows how absolute power corrupts absolutely and how manipulative people can be than the failures of Marxist teachings. Socialism can actually work in small cult like groups as long as you aren’t run by a psychopath with absolute power. If you want to see how Marxism fails it’s better to look at the USSR
This video is PHENOMINAL. How has it not recieved more attention? How has it not recieved the attention it deserves? This video is a piece of cinematic and musical genius.
I think that reality of a law suit is a shame. The way the band presented the history of what happened in the manner in which they did is pure genius. It is a way to convey a message which needs to be conveyed. Cults such as the one in Jonestown come and go and if one life can be saved through creative means such as this video, then to hell with the lawsuits.
The truth is people that join cults are humans just the same. Sometimes people don't think they are joining a cult when they join one. Research about how cults form and how people get stuck in them...just advice.
I studied the Jonestown massacre back in school and it's truly eerie, especially the audio of Jim Jones getting his people to begin the suicide process. That's where the "it's living that's treacherous" comes from. Don't listen to the recording if you're trying to sleep lol.
Some people thought the band was being ignorant by inserting themselves into these historic videos. I thought it was a great artistic achievement of human expression. Gosh, I haven’t heard this band in a while. Where am I going?
It's clear that they did it this way to add shock value, they honestly could've just spliced in their own new scenes instead of trying to make it look like they were right there with them. It doesn't bother me but there's no point sugarcoating it lol
@@clockworkNate I found it really humanised the whole situation for me. Sometimes - when watching events that happened before I was born - I can often become disconnected / de-sensitized. Putting themselves in the video amongst those caught up in this situation gave it a modern reference more of a connection?
To the people who've never heard of Cults, most of their songs are far more than what the mind could interpret first hand. They definitely deserve more praise for their unique take on the art form
my passion for niko's content has led me to breaking down each and every bit of he's and just feel every single thing in my soul and so is this song too
This is among the greatest music videos of all time----I grew up just when MTV had its beginnings and have seen most of the great music videos of all time of all genres----but THIS is a classic! Fantastic song too by Cults. I remember the Jonestown Massacre as a young kid and how it scared me---918 people died, many of them children.
Oh wow, this is serious. It's such a cute sounding song; I didn't realize it had the final speech of Jim Jones before the mass suicide/massacre playing in the background. Clever name play, great message, and awesome video.
Bro, I smile with him. With all of them. It’s fucked up how easy it is to be like “wow that’s so amazing that everyone is so happy” but you still get that feeling of “maybe something is wrong” and obviously there was but he’s so charming that I understand why they loved him.
Natalie Gill He actually tested people's loyalty early on by having them drink punch at the San Fransisco temple and telling them it was poisoned. That was a few years before they even established Jonestown. He had it planned long before it happened.
This video is a work of art. So well produced. And they're not afraid to put themselves out there, so to speak. Love coming back to it every couple of years.
The lyrics go perfect with this video. The lyrics can have different meanings to whom you focus on. There are 4 different perspectives: Children, believers, the ones being held against their will, and Jim Jones. The last lyrics are "I think that you should wake up, I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way" The children to their parents, the believers to the non, the ones that want to leave the cult, and Jim Jones to the MEDIA. The video is so real it hurts my heart and brain.
You said it perfectly Calvin. You're the only other person I'm aware of who really got it, though I know there are many. You are a gifted thinker. Would you ever consider reading the poetry of Dylan Thomas? He writes the way you described this video. It's really mind-expanding stuff with deeper meanings that highly empathetic people like yourself will enjoy discovering. D Thomas is the poet that Bob Dylan named himself after. I think you'd enjoy DT's poetry. Stay free and peace, from Los Angeles.
@@0mega.mechan1c. thanks for the kindly words. I have always wanted to have a career path in poems, but you are the first person to spurm me on. To follow my dream, so to say, and write lots & lots of reams. Wow I'm chiluffed like you cudent be leave!! Also I'm gushy and embarr***ed. I must be confess time now though, to my fan bro. I copied everything I said from the Reader's Digest word for word. And yes thanks for you honestly, it happens every day on every continent on this planet known as earth. I'm selling my telly on you tube check it out what's uuup? If you could travel I want to go to Hollywoods
omg, i've watched the jonestown documentary twice, have read multiple acounts of what the people's temple was like, and listened to jim jones's last sermon and i wouldve never guessed this song was about this! im so happy to see someone bring this into the light even more, great message.
The song "Go Outside" by Cults is a catchy indie pop tune that has a dark and sinister backstory. The song samples the voice of Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple cult, who orchestrated the mass murder-suicide of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978¹. The song's lyrics contrast the desire to go outside and enjoy life with the urge to stay inside and avoid reality. The song's music video, directed by Isaiah Seret, depicts the life of the cult members in Jonestown, with the band members playing the roles of the Jonestown band². The video also shows the final moments of the tragedy, when Jones ordered his followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid². The song's meaning can be interpreted in different ways. Some might see it as a critique of religious oppression and blind faith, as Jones manipulated his followers into believing that death was preferable to living in a treacherous world. Others might see it as a metaphor for a toxic relationship, where one partner wants to break free from the other's control and negativity. The song could also be seen as a personal reflection of the band members' own struggles with depression and anxiety, as they expressed in interviews. The song's catchy melody and upbeat tempo contrast with its dark lyrics and theme, creating a sense of irony and tension. The song is a reminder that life is precious and should not be wasted on fear or misery. Source: Conversation with Bing, 12.9.2023 (1) Cults - Go Outside Lyrics | Genius Lyrics. genius.com/Cults-go-outside-lyrics. (2) Cults - Go Outside Lyrics | SongMeanings. songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858827799/.
I think what I love about it, is not that it's glorifying Jim Jones, the event, or any ideology like that, it's taking a positive uplifting song and juxtaposing it to hungry souls who wished to emit that same positive energy even if it ended in tragedy. I think it's a positive way to acknowledge the tragedy while also taking lessons from it
I must say this is the best music video ever. the first time I watched this I got goosebumps and I couldn't look away. jonestown massacre was terrible but I was smiling throughout the video.
I agree completely-- hands down the best music video I've ever seen other than "No One Does it Like You" by Dept of Eagles. I've always been fascinated by the Jonestown Massacre, especially being from and living in the Bay Area my whole life. The way they integrated the band into the footage is remarkable. The most haunting image is the opened cooler filled with Kool-Aid and Cyanide.
Lyrics: Intro: But to me, death is not- Death is not a fearful thing, it's living that's treacherous Do not be afraid to die If these people land out here They'll torture some of our children here, they'll torture our people They'll torture our seniors, we cannot allow this Actual singing part: I, I really want to go out I really want to go outside and stop to see your day You, you really want to hole up You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away I, I really want to go out I really want to go outside and bathe in light all day You, you really want to hole up You really want to stay inside in the cave where you lay Well, I know what's good Exactly 'cause I have been there before Yeah, I know what's gold Exactly those things night cannot behold I, I really want to go out I really want to go outside and stop to see your day You, you really want to hole up You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away I, I think it's good to go out 'Cause if you don't you'll never make a memory that will stay I, I think that we should break up I think I want to live my life, and you're just in my way (These are from Google, if the lyrics are wrong I'm sorry!)
I don't know if it's kind of messed up for me to say this, but it's nice to see everyone smiling, laughing, and dancing in the first minute of the video, despite the fact that they all committed suicide
I always kind of heard this song as expressing something similar to that. People can ''go outside'' and experience life or they can stay stagnant and alone, but everybody struggles to balance the two. Jonestown forced those two impulses to smash into each other at full force. It's all horribly sad and everyone smiling and laughing makes it's even sadder.
The original video was taken down. The band had to change the video to end differently because in the original video it showed the band and the actual people trying to get away in that plane dead on the runway along with showing all the rest of the people there dead.
Thankful for those that don't forget about how cults give undue influence, keep people inside pretending to be happy, and how destructive that cults are. Any one can be possibly tricked and trapped.
At least some get this wasn't a joke and the video just depicts religious people smiling in worship. This before the cult became very harsh and deadly. Also at least some realize this is about Jones Town, and are sympathetic or empathetic. So many abusive cults still exist.
I really want to go out I really want to go outside and stop to see your day You really want to hole up You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away I really want to go out I really want to go outside and make it light all day You really want to hole up You really want to stay inside and not care where you lay Well I know what's good Exactly cause I have been there before Yeah I know what's good Exactly those things night cannot behold I really want to go out I really want to go outside and stop to see your day You really want to hole up You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away I think it's good to go out cause if you don't you'll never make a memory that will stay I think that you should wake up I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way
My thoughts exactly Maureen. All these poor people deserve to be remembered, misguided as they were. The children had NO choice and no fault of their own. This song is a fitting tribute.
there was a cult that started a small town with over 900 people and at one point they were all forced to drink koolaid that was laced with poison and those who resisted were shot and killed. They rest drink the poised and died, including the elderly and children. You can read about it hereen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
To think that there was actually a time during my own lifetime (albeit whilst I was rather young), when broadcast news sets were fairly humble, even homely affairs, and those in front of the cameras more or less stuck to delivering the who, what, when, where, how, and why - from bombarding folks with personal opinion/propaganda from either nasty side of the spectrum...
The weirdest thing just happened to me. I clicked on this video because vevo suggested it to me and when the news guy came on I was like I'm not up for discovering a new band today so let me look for that song that was used for the brothers advert in the UK. And before I stopped this video the bells started chiming and I realized this was the song!! Some moments in life are freakin perfect. I CRIED MAN TEARS .
this was my favorite song when i was younger because it was on mlb the show and i didn’t really think much of the meaning but after listening to it today i really understand the meaning and its pretty deep. still a very good song that’ll always be apart of my childhood
This is so brilliant that they were able to integrate themselves with the real footage of Jones and the PT. So haunting and eerie. It’s such a beautiful song so to match it to such sinister imagery just adds to the power of the project.
@@Thracianking51 It was called Morningland. It still exists. It was friendly at first. Then it turned into a proper cult and most sensible people left including my sister. We were looking for God but got misdirected.
Holy shit.. I just saw this video for the first time… Something about the song was cool but dark… I had no idea the video was this sick and twisted. I absolutely love it!🔥🔥♥️♥️
SmakoSmell Art is only distasteful when it intends to be; and even then, is it? By being distrustful the artist tries to send a message that transcends the original act.
Phenomenal video. The message this video is intended to convey will indeed be conveyed to those intellectual enough to understand. This video is a work of genius pure and simple. For those who find it distasteful, look up the lyrics, read and listen along. Maybe you will get something after all out of the video.
SBuRRkE Dye How can you say the video sucks? Do you really believe that? If you do, you have no idea the genius behind the editing which took place. This video deserved a grammy.
What is so sad is that so many of these people were just looking for acceptance and community. It was so moving to see people from all different walks of life, ethnicities and races coming together as a family. It's so tragic what happened to them all.
exactly...it's so incredibly sad...every time i watch this, I cry.
it could've been such a wonderful community...you can tell most of the people there wanted that.
they just wanted to live off the land and help one another.
Every time I come back to the story of the people's temple I'm filled with sadness. The beauty that could have come from this community of people had it not been basterdized by greed 😔
Yeah but they were easily brain washed with nonsense and manipulated, but of course when it comes to relgion of some that go to church are easily naive and will fall for anything
Yes, White Nights and the aftermath. All strewn together and on the cover of magazines and papers worldwide. Truly, such a waste. The saddest thing was that Jones while cruel and evil had convinced many of a very idealistic world which seemed both beautiful and for a a short while, close to attainable.
Communist cults are never good for people's health.
Every time I watch this I get chills. It's so surreal seeing the band members put themselves in these videos.
Kristen Van Houten I actually quotes the very first part once and I feel terrible about it now knowing what actually happened
From the Director:
"For this music video we didn't want to put a spin on the footage or the peoples lives-instead we wanted to re-tell and humanize their story. Lastly, I am moved to say when we completed the video we were able to preview it for some of the survivors of the Jonestown Massacre, who expressed their appreciation of our focus on the lives of the People's Temple members as opposed to exploiting the graphic images of the final tragedy. "
I think you people should really calm down.
Anybody have the source for this? I want to read/watch the interview now
Listen to the tapes.... socialism kills.
@@trentonpaul598 I think this story better shows how absolute power corrupts absolutely and how manipulative people can be than the failures of Marxist teachings. Socialism can actually work in small cult like groups as long as you aren’t run by a psychopath with absolute power. If you want to see how Marxism fails it’s better to look at the USSR
@@user-vk2cd9qw7i There is a podcast called 'Cultish' with the tapes.
Socialism never works for an extended period. I will disagree with you there.
@@trentonpaul598 socialist policy works if done democratically and ethically
I came across Niko a few months ago and this is why I am here. Timeless song❤️❤️
NIKO OMILANAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
YES THIS IS A NIKO CLASSIC
Niko brought me here! What a great song!
Agreed
Cool, fuck this Niko shit
This video is PHENOMINAL. How has it not recieved more attention? How has it not recieved the attention it deserves? This video is a piece of cinematic and musical genius.
Because the families of the victims threaten to sue that's why
I think that reality of a law suit is a shame. The way the band presented the history of what happened in the manner in which they did is pure genius. It is a way to convey a message which needs to be conveyed. Cults such as the one in Jonestown come and go and if one life can be saved through creative means such as this video, then to hell with the lawsuits.
+Byron Benguche' so, if it only receives a bit of attention, they won't sue?
+Segundoo Ron I agree this video was awesomely eerie and yet kinda sad..because we all know what happened to all those poor people
+charlie mundae not all know , but those that see the history uncensored do.
"Death is not a fearful thing, it's living that's treacherous"
Thanks for saying that!
Duty is heavy like a mountain, death is light like a feather...
@@TheJuggalo909 fantastic quote. whereis it from? is it yours?
@@0mega.mechan1c. thats a quote from jim jones
@@iamkurazakii the original quote was from Jim Jones. I don't think the one your commenting about is. I could be wrong tho.
After researching the Jonestown Massacre for the past couple of days, this song has a very sinister touch to it.
mario mandujano Most of their songs are about cult life
I guess that's why they're called the cults?
The truth is people that join cults are humans just the same. Sometimes people don't think they are joining a cult when they join one. Research about how cults form and how people get stuck in them...just advice.
I'm Guyanese, when I first heard this song, I was like wait is that Jim Jones they got at the start there? Felt a bit weird but still love the song
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I studied the Jonestown massacre back in school and it's truly eerie, especially the audio of Jim Jones getting his people to begin the suicide process. That's where the "it's living that's treacherous" comes from. Don't listen to the recording if you're trying to sleep lol.
And then the nonsense about how the CIA is going to come in and torture their children. If there's a Hell, I know where Jim Jones is.
Some people thought the band was being ignorant by inserting themselves into these historic videos. I thought it was a great artistic achievement of human expression. Gosh, I haven’t heard this band in a while. Where am I going?
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It's clear that they did it this way to add shock value, they honestly could've just spliced in their own new scenes instead of trying to make it look like they were right there with them. It doesn't bother me but there's no point sugarcoating it lol
@@clockworkNate I found it really humanised the whole situation for me. Sometimes - when watching events that happened before I was born - I can often become disconnected / de-sensitized. Putting themselves in the video amongst those caught up in this situation gave it a modern reference more of a connection?
@DT-zq8bu I agree, especially since cults are often something people question how others get so easily involved in them, it's a humbling piece
Even after all these years this is still an under appreciated visual and audio masterpiece
To the people who've never heard of Cults, most of their songs are far more than what the mind could interpret first hand. They definitely deserve more praise for their unique take on the art form
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@@fovosthanatos1761you remind me media literacy is dead
This is my Quarantine Anthem 😩
Me too!!!
ANTI-QUARANTINE
You would think this would be on all the commercials right now...
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This has to be the most well done and edited music video of all time being able to blend The singers and actual Jonestown footage
my passion for niko's content has led me to breaking down each and every bit of he's and just feel every single thing in my soul and so is this song too
Cults did a music video involving a cult. Powerful!
Joy Ogundare wonder how they got the idea
so sinister. and the beginning of the song also gives me an uneasy feeling
This is among the greatest music videos of all time----I grew up just when MTV had its beginnings and have seen most of the great music videos of all time of all genres----but THIS is a classic! Fantastic song too by Cults. I remember the Jonestown Massacre as a young kid and how it scared me---918 people died, many of them children.
THE BIGGEST MENACE
Oh wow, this is serious. It's such a cute sounding song; I didn't realize it had the final speech of Jim Jones before the mass suicide/massacre playing in the background. Clever name play, great message, and awesome video.
This song is timeless and the video connected is so enlightening. Crazy ass Jim Jones.
kinda creepy. Jim Jones and the people's temple all smiling and dancing little did they know how it would end in just a few years
oh, jim knew
Bro, I smile with him. With all of them. It’s fucked up how easy it is to be like “wow that’s so amazing that everyone is so happy” but you still get that feeling of “maybe something is wrong” and obviously there was but he’s so charming that I understand why they loved him.
george allen it’s so perfect and happy ... to the extent that something feels off
Natalie Gill He actually tested people's loyalty early on by having them drink punch at the San Fransisco temple and telling them it was poisoned. That was a few years before they even established Jonestown. He had it planned long before it happened.
@Sam Cadman some did and alot did not. He lied to those people and stole all thier money and left alot of them with no choice but to stay.
this is a beautiful song, I feel something every time a listen to it, all of Cults songs speak to me differently, and I will never stop loving them
still love them?
for anyone familiar with the subject matter, incredibly stirring
i think this is a touching video, putting the person watcing the video in the shoes of the people involved
I never get sick of this song
are you sick of it yet?
@@WlkrJR No.
@@bauer444 W
I was brought because of Vampire Diaries
@@WlkrJR nope - this is my go to when I need to let a cult member know to go outside.
Five years on I still haven't come across a more disturbing (but well made) music video than this. Good work!
CarterTheUnstoppableFaxMachine look up Paranoid Android by Radiohead.
Fantasy by Dye
@@enriquecastillo3729 yeah nah fair enough that is pretty twisted
2019 and I'm just now finding this?! This is an amazing piece of work!
This video is a work of art. So well produced. And they're not afraid to put themselves out there, so to speak. Love coming back to it every couple of years.
god this video is so eerie. It get even eerier when you learn the lyrics.
The lyrics go perfect with this video. The lyrics can have different meanings to whom you focus on. There are 4 different perspectives: Children, believers, the ones being held against their will, and Jim Jones. The last lyrics are "I think that you should wake up, I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way" The children to their parents, the believers to the non, the ones that want to leave the cult, and Jim Jones to the MEDIA. The video is so real it hurts my heart and brain.
You said it perfectly Calvin. You're the only other person I'm aware of who really got it, though I know there are many. You are a gifted thinker. Would you ever consider reading the poetry of Dylan Thomas? He writes the way you described this video. It's really mind-expanding stuff with deeper meanings that highly empathetic people like yourself will enjoy discovering. D Thomas is the poet that Bob Dylan named himself after. I think you'd enjoy DT's poetry. Stay free and peace, from Los Angeles.
@@0mega.mechan1c. thanks for the kindly words. I have always wanted to have a career path in poems, but you are the first person to spurm me on. To follow my dream, so to say, and write lots & lots of reams. Wow I'm chiluffed like you cudent be leave!! Also I'm gushy and embarr***ed. I must be confess time now though, to my fan bro. I copied everything I said from the Reader's Digest word for word. And yes thanks for you honestly, it happens every day on every continent on this planet known as earth. I'm selling my telly on you tube check it out what's uuup? If you could travel I want to go to Hollywoods
I bet if you cut his heart off it will stink if you breathed some of the tainted or contaminated fumes. Bring me a
Who’s listening to this in quarantine in 2020?
Phase 1 and still on Cults 🎵✌
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You know it girl
@@mikejenkins9577 yea
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omg, i've watched the jonestown documentary twice, have read multiple acounts of what the people's temple was like, and listened to jim jones's last sermon and i wouldve never guessed this song was about this! im so happy to see someone bring this into the light even more, great message.
The song "Go Outside" by Cults is a catchy indie pop tune that has a dark and sinister backstory. The song samples the voice of Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple cult, who orchestrated the mass murder-suicide of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978¹. The song's lyrics contrast the desire to go outside and enjoy life with the urge to stay inside and avoid reality. The song's music video, directed by Isaiah Seret, depicts the life of the cult members in Jonestown, with the band members playing the roles of the Jonestown band². The video also shows the final moments of the tragedy, when Jones ordered his followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid².
The song's meaning can be interpreted in different ways. Some might see it as a critique of religious oppression and blind faith, as Jones manipulated his followers into believing that death was preferable to living in a treacherous world. Others might see it as a metaphor for a toxic relationship, where one partner wants to break free from the other's control and negativity. The song could also be seen as a personal reflection of the band members' own struggles with depression and anxiety, as they expressed in interviews. The song's catchy melody and upbeat tempo contrast with its dark lyrics and theme, creating a sense of irony and tension. The song is a reminder that life is precious and should not be wasted on fear or misery.
Source: Conversation with Bing, 12.9.2023
(1) Cults - Go Outside Lyrics | Genius Lyrics. genius.com/Cults-go-outside-lyrics.
(2) Cults - Go Outside Lyrics | SongMeanings. songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858827799/.
I think what I love about it, is not that it's glorifying Jim Jones, the event, or any ideology like that, it's taking a positive uplifting song and juxtaposing it to hungry souls who wished to emit that same positive energy even if it ended in tragedy. I think it's a positive way to acknowledge the tragedy while also taking lessons from it
It was flavor-aid not Kool-aid.
Thank you for citing sources.
I must say this is the best music video ever. the first time I watched this I got goosebumps and I couldn't look away. jonestown massacre was terrible but I was smiling throughout the video.
I agree completely-- hands down the best music video I've ever seen other than "No One Does it Like You" by Dept of Eagles. I've always been fascinated by the Jonestown Massacre, especially being from and living in the Bay Area my whole life. The way they integrated the band into the footage is remarkable. The most haunting image is the opened cooler filled with Kool-Aid and Cyanide.
I’ve been watching this since I was a kid
i believe this is what they meant when they said they wanted to humanize their story, not exploit it. they only wanted to be happy
Lyrics:
Intro: But to me, death is not-
Death is not a fearful thing, it's living that's treacherous
Do not be afraid to die
If these people land out here
They'll torture some of our children here, they'll torture our people
They'll torture our seniors, we cannot allow this
Actual singing part: I, I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and stop to see your day
You, you really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away
I, I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and bathe in light all day
You, you really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside in the cave where you lay
Well, I know what's good
Exactly 'cause I have been there before
Yeah, I know what's gold
Exactly those things night cannot behold
I, I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and stop to see your day
You, you really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away
I, I think it's good to go out
'Cause if you don't you'll never make a memory that will stay
I, I think that we should break up
I think I want to live my life, and you're just in my way
(These are from Google, if the lyrics are wrong I'm sorry!)
I don't know if it's kind of messed up for me to say this, but it's nice to see everyone smiling, laughing, and dancing in the first minute of the video, despite the fact that they all committed suicide
look up why it started, jones was against segregation and wanted full integration and equality but at bothered a lot of good ol' folks in the USA...
I always kind of heard this song as expressing something similar to that. People can ''go outside'' and experience life or they can stay stagnant and alone, but everybody struggles to balance the two. Jonestown forced those two impulses to smash into each other at full force. It's all horribly sad and everyone smiling and laughing makes it's even sadder.
Charles Puckett I know that. He seems so charming
TigerLily what
The majority were force fed and injected with cyanide laced Flavor Aid. It wasn't suicide for most.
i can't believe there are only 1 million views on this.....
The original video was taken down. The band had to change the video to end differently because in the original video it showed the band and the actual people trying to get away in that plane dead on the runway along with showing all the rest of the people there dead.
Everytime I watch this I tear up.
Thankful for those that don't forget about how cults give undue influence, keep people inside pretending to be happy, and how destructive that cults are. Any one can be possibly tricked and trapped.
At least some get this wasn't a joke and the video just depicts religious people smiling in worship. This before the cult became very harsh and deadly. Also at least some realize this is about Jones Town, and are sympathetic or empathetic.
So many abusive cults still exist.
Always heard this growing up in nz
I've been looking for this song for past couple of years and finally found it! This means a great deal to me.
Silence. Just flat out amazed by this group. Chilling lyrics to an upbeat tune ... really breaks through the barriers.
How are the lyrics chilling? I think they seem quite light and playful.
R.I.P to the brave heart, Congressman Leo Ryan.
He died doing what our representatives are supposed to be doing -- protecting people.
The editing to the video still blows my mind
Perfect close harmony. Sounded like a double tracked vocal
WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE WITH THIS ONE!❤🎉
ndl
This video is probably the most disturbing video ever made and nobody even realised . Amazing
how?
@@hvnnlyy because all the people in the video except the artists are dead because they were in a cult and it was mass murder
I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and stop to see your day
You really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away
I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and make it light all day
You really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside and not care where you lay
Well I know what's good
Exactly cause I have been there before
Yeah I know what's good
Exactly those things night cannot behold
I really want to go out
I really want to go outside and stop to see your day
You really want to hole up
You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away
I think it's good to go out
cause if you don't you'll never make a memory that will stay
I think that you should wake up
I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way
I love you man, everybody else is writing there unimportant thoughts on here.
@@jaimeestrada1502 *their
@@technicaldeathmetalhead go away auto correct nobody likes you
Thank you for existing.
I remember making a Christmas themed amusement park in an arctic tundra biome in Minecraft, winter 2012, to this song, I was 13, good times❄️
So chilling, and to juxtapose it with such an upbeat. And of course, the ladies phenomenal singing, I mean did I just experience life or what
Such a good music video, absolutely incredible. Why this wasn’t in any best of lists of the 2010s, I’ll never know.
I have to say that I am impressed with this video. This was genius to incorporate the footage in this.
I will never, Never, EVER see this song the same again
I read a comment saying The Weeknd sampled this song for his song 'Outside" from the mixtape 'Echoes of Silence' and that's how I'm here. I hear it.
Who is here 2019...and is haunted by this song. ..the most haunting is the people in the real film photeage died.
My thoughts exactly Maureen. All these poor people deserve to be remembered, misguided as they were. The children had NO choice and no fault of their own. This song is a fitting tribute.
Covid19 lockdown made me search for this lost gem of a song.
I really want to go out....
NEW NORMAL ANTHEM
Oh man this is actually terrifying now that I know the backstory..
What is it?
there was a cult that started a small town with over 900 people and at one point they were all forced to drink koolaid that was laced with poison and those who resisted were shot and killed. They rest drink the poised and died, including the elderly and children. You can read about it hereen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
Np
Omfg......I had that story in mind when I was watching. I had no idea I knew exactly what I was watching lol 😅
I AM OBSESSED! I COULD LOOP THIS SONG AND VIDEO ALL DAY!~
2021 things havent changed much but my love for great music
This footage just gives me the chills.
Kinda creepy if you ask me all them smiling, dancing but if only they knew
Thanks Niko
To think that most of these people were dead not long after this was filmed.
TBH it breaks my heart seeing these followers alive and well all while knowing what events lay ahead of them
Except for kazoo kid
To think that there was actually a time during my own lifetime (albeit whilst I was rather young), when broadcast news sets were fairly humble, even homely affairs, and those in front of the cameras more or less stuck to delivering the who, what, when, where, how, and why - from bombarding folks with personal opinion/propaganda from either nasty side of the spectrum...
Wait I outta ask but how did these people die?
@@wolfgang6442 lookup Jonestown massacre.
I've watched this three times today. Unsettling.
NDL FOREVER 💛
The weirdest thing just happened to me. I clicked on this video because vevo suggested it to me and when the news guy came on I was like I'm not up for discovering a new band today so let me look for that song that was used for the brothers advert in the UK. And before I stopped this video the bells started chiming and I realized this was the song!! Some moments in life are freakin perfect. I CRIED MAN TEARS .
I wish affro's would come back. They're perfect globes of curly awesome that need to be a thing again.
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yup i agree
+KipperTheArt They're slowly making its way back with young people
+sageandbone im one of them lol at least trying
I'm sorry but I'm no help. My hair is as straight as they come and thin. I would if I could.
Most underrated song of all time.
this was my favorite song when i was younger because it was on mlb the show and i didn’t really think much of the meaning but after listening to it today i really understand the meaning and its pretty deep. still a very good song that’ll always be apart of my childhood
young geniuses for this one.
*"death is not a terrible thing, it's living that's treacherous"* ~ jj
Beautiful chilling song knowing what went on there
Brilliant video. Using the Jim Jones cult massacre as the backdrop of their music video. Well done.
I wonder what were these people even believe in and for what
Depression in stressing brings out the best of u!!!!!!!!!
Thinking of everyone in this video today. RIP the people of Jonestown.
This song hitting all kinds of different April 2020
“ I really wanna go out” 🥺🥺
They looked soo happy.. I can't :( :(
Great tribute through music. Should be more of this as reminders of what should stop.
I only got to see yall once 3 years ago. If another tour happens I'll be front and center this time.
this gave me goosebumps bc its so good and make me feel uncomfortable at the same time
I've low-key was expecting the worse to happen Idk
"but to me death is not a fearful thing, it's living that's treacherous."
A statement that only a mad man would say, now all them innocent souls are left in whatever underworld/limbo they're in
ndl where ya at
Why is cults the best band ever i wish younger generations would listen to this after hundreds and decades of years
Bästa låten låten avmattias och Lillemor och fina låten avmattias och Lillemor Dahlberg!....
This is so brilliant that they were able to integrate themselves with the real footage of Jones and the PT. So haunting and eerie.
It’s such a beautiful song so to match it to such sinister imagery just adds to the power of the project.
The song with video clip is just a moment when Jesus created something in his best lifetime
I and my family were in a cult when this happened. I remember this like it was yesterday. We left soon after this made the news.
That sounds interesting, what was it like?
@@Thracianking51 It was called Morningland. It still exists. It was friendly at first. Then it turned into a proper cult and most sensible people left including my sister. We were looking for God but got misdirected.
Holy shit.. I just saw this video for the first time… Something about the song was cool but dark… I had no idea the video was this sick and twisted. I absolutely love it!🔥🔥♥️♥️
Iconic, kind of in the same way pumped up kicks is iconic
this is the most powerful video of this decade! I think. Remember people; its just a video. I like it. Well done Cults!
Jonestown was real
SmakoSmell Art is only distasteful when it intends to be; and even then, is it? By being distrustful the artist tries to send a message that transcends the original act.
if you're from the ndl, you're a legend:)
I love their videos, they're so creative
listen to the song again!!!
omg when you finally find out whose talking in the beginning of the song
"Go outside" hits different
Bravoos song och det var ju bara fina låten avmattias och Lillemor Dahlberg och Anna ö lilja.
This has that same retro magical vibe as Alvvays - Dream Tonight Love it!
omg i love alvvays
What a wierd coincidence that was just listening to there first album like hours ago
He is the founder of NDL.... The Biggest Menace
Phenomenal video. The message this video is intended to convey will indeed be conveyed to those intellectual enough to understand. This video is a work of genius pure and simple. For those who find it distasteful, look up the lyrics, read and listen along. Maybe you will get something after all out of the video.
Song is great, video sucks.
SBuRRkE Dye How can you say the video sucks? Do you really believe that? If you do, you have no idea the genius behind the editing which took place. This video deserved a grammy.
segundooron I wish I could meet the group personally. I am a physician in NYC. Maybe I will get lucky...Again, great work, phenomenal video. Dr. Ron
This song inspired so many of my poems.
No matter the circumstance it is awesome to see such strong human spirit