I’m ready for it I’m ready to move from 90s, to turn of century & 2000s nostalgia What crazy…. Rly crazy to me, is being nostalgic for the period right after 9/11 Like… how bad have things become to be nostalgic for that? Still. I am
This is a rare example of a music video that improves the song. The marrying of story, music and dancing in this video is purely genius. One of my all time faves.
My girlfriend introduced me to Dirty Vegas in 2006 and we spent a lot of evenings together listening to this, she became my wife in 2011 but then cancer took her in 2018, I wish I could dance to bring her back
@@Leandro-X.2025.Alkebulan Not true, The bible and indeed most if not all religions have been captured by the authorities and powers that be to make you a subservient slave to their sick system. I have had 3 near death experiences and i didnt go to hell or indeed heaven (man made constructs)but i can confirm life or at least your soul does go on and it is magnificent. Im not trying to be contrary but i have to tell my truth and indeed there are thousands who describe remarkably similar experiences.
I'm 44 and it makes me miss the lack of responsibility of my youth, but in every other way I thank God that those days are behind and that I am living the best days of my life. I wish all readers and listeners the best. Never give up. My life sucked ass til I was maybe 38 or so. Keep fighting. As Ling as you're alive, there's more to write in your story.
I know what you mean. I'm 46 and no matter how dark things can seem, you always have to look for the light. You can't bring the past back, but that's what memories are for. Don't miss out on the present and look forward to the future.
Im 59 in my Garage listening to this now..My son passed at 21 ..21 yrs ago..Music is so beautiful..I listen to certain songs because I dont want to forget.
Love the final moment with the guy casually asking the girl out for coffee. Such a simple gesture that reflects the optimism and hope being transferred from the dancer to the people watching
Honestly, it's an argument no one will ever win. Whatever era you grew up in is gonna leave the biggest imprint on you. Everyone is right and no one is right.
I remember this playing on MTV while my older brothers were setting up our PS2 to play Tekken! Home alone on a summer afternoon so all we ate was pizza and three 2 liter bottles of Pepsi and 7up from noon till sundown! Good times!
Yes I remember they (MTV) played this ever morning while I got my kids ready for school who are now in their 30's and 20's heard watching Bourne and it took me back
The magic of this song is in remembering how when you were young, you listened to this song and loved it for the beats, yet to meet people in your life that you didn't know existed. Then days passed and years passed and we met them and lost those special people to time and circumstances. Now, 18 years later when, you are no longer a kid with infinite possibilities and the world being your oyster and having developed the ability to feel the pull of nostalgia and "what-could-have-been" on your heart strings, this really, really hits hard.
I still remember the day this video was being filmed. My cousin lived down the street on Leanord Ave. and we were craving Chronies hot dogs, we go up to the light and realized its blocked off because they are filming something, realized months later it was this dirty vegas song when we saw it on MTV. Good times.
You may like this then, I was in Baltimore Maryland. The boardwalk, we were in a casino far too young to actually do anything, but I heard this song playing and it's stuck in my head, and there I was boogie boarding just riding the waves in the Atlantic Ocean, Gray sky, waves and I heard that song in my head the whole time. One of those memories you don't always remember but you never forget.
It's gonna happen to yoooooou. We tend to forget the negative and focus on the positive. Even kids who grew up in the great depression will often view it favorably.
I was using a laptop under a table listening to this song through Napster or Kazaa in 2000 in Toronto Canada on a school field trip. I'm not sure if the song was stolen. I apologize to the artist and everyone involved in making this song possible.
@@ulmo1737 My sister told me about looking at water helps people because they have certain kind of waves I'm not sure what kind she said. I remember being at a pier in Florida or Virginia I'm not sure with my dad and a boardwalk in Miami listening to No Way Out by Puff Daddy and the family. I think being by the water gives outstanding memories.
This song bring a little tear to my eyes every time. It always reminds me of the loves I have lost in my life and reminds me to hold on to what I have left
me too....for me I just think about the time my family came to United States and we were all happy to start our journey...Everytime I listen to this track I go back in time for a split second and feel everything all over again..it's so surreal
The part that resonates with me is how the boy and the girl observers meet, share the story...and then plan to go together for coffee. Another relationship possibly starting during a ceremony to try and summon a lost love.
Ditto. It has taught me to count my blessings. I took for granted what I had then, but realize it now. Be greatful for what you have (and enjoy the small things in life) before time makes you.
I'm so excited to add this video to my collection right next to the terrible quality one I have with the Mitsubishi version of the video I downloaded 15 years ago.
I remember when this song came out...I was 20 and thought it was a real jam. But man...what the hell did I know about life at 20? Fuck all, that's what. Now I'm 42 and this song hits like a freight train running down hill at top speed.
I’m 26 and this was one of the first songs I have a conscious memory of being on the radio. I look at all the comments of people in their 40’s and 50’s and truly envy the time you lived in, I would do anything to have grown up and had heard music like this as a teenager/adult. Love reading the stories, I’ll try to remember that I can make the best of today even if it’s in the present..
Eighties and nineties race wasn't even a thing, it was a wonderful epoch! Economy was going good and equality for all was everywhere and everybody just enjoyed one another as people and awesome entertainment like this!🤗🥰🤗
I was a teenager when this hit. This video and mood felt like a ephemeral splash of water in a desert, it sucked until I went to a techno music festival and didn't feel alone, not just because all the weekend dance radio stations didn't play stuff like this (nor did I hope for them to, even though it was on VH1 even then).
I am almost Forty Nine. My first time listening 09 February Twenty Twenty-Three I traveled through time and space In a matter of minutes memories flooded down my cheeks with hot boogers. The happy trees help.
Besides the romantic and nostalgic theme, I really like how the dude just goes, and dance because he feels like it, without caring if he'll be mocked, seen as a weirdo, or worse by the other pedestrians. One of the best music videos ever and the song is just timeless.
And he doesn’t acknowledge the speculation from the bystanders whatsoever. I’m sure his reasons for dancing go far deeper than her just not showing up.
I woke up needing this song, because I needed someone while I was asleep and then I woke up… She’s always with me but never really here. I dream of the one girl I’ve ever really loved, and she seems so real in dream state that I swear sometimes I could feel her, but it’s merely an illusion: The Cruelest Illusion. There’s nothing like a dream of unrequited love to ruin my day before it starts.
turning 40 this year, used to dance the night away to this song. Me and my girl at the time would be out every chance we got at the clubs. We were young and free, my first love. Happily married now to my beautiful wife with kids and all. Hearing this brought back lots of memories, hope she is out there doing her best. Here's to Days gone by, Amy.
@Adrianna George nah. This man straight up disrespecting his wife and the mother of his children. Sitting here in the TH-cam comments reminiscing about a past fling.
That’s crazy me and my ex heard this song in the Mitsubishi commercial as well. She’d do the “ dance” while playing this song when we’d be coming home from wherever our exploits would take us late at night
I was at Chronis (where the video was filmed) East L.A. last week and he is still dancing there , once a year around mid June he shows up and dances all day
This is quite possibly my favourite music video ever. The track, the story, the visuals. They just all align so perfectly. Still get misty eyed watching it. Simply superb. Oh, and by god that man can dance.
I thought it was just me. They nailed it, for sure. The slow-mo spin moves are so dope. I dig it when the guy at the end asks the woman out for coffee. Genius.
This song tugs at my heart strings every time I hear it. Being 50, I really, really regret the one lost love. I will never, ever have that woman back, no matter what. Being young, you have the entire world in front of you. Then, one day, its largely behind you. Live you life, and love.
I feel you on losing that one love. 😕 I lost my first fiance to a plane crash, met and dated other women. Attempted to have a second fiance but when ever my second fiance acted up, I would grow cold 🥶😤 because my heart ❤ was with the first fiance that is 6 feet under.
@@katherinekilgore5097 yes I know it’s 90s vibe though and honestly the adult years all blend together after awhile. It’s my youth. Still in my 20s in 2002. Feels like yesterday to be honest 🥲❤️
My favourite part of this music video is the end of it. Although the dancing guy didn't get his lover back (outside of his own mind), the two middle aged people who were watching him all day might've found love over a cup of coffee. It's almost as if the dancing broke through their jadedness and made them believe in the possibility of love again. ❤💚💙
Glad to know I’m not the only one that has such strong sentimental value to this song. I love reading everyone’s comments and stories, the 90’s were a great era.
In high school this was just a song and a track off a "Best of" genre cd. Now, 20 years later it's a song about the one that got away who no matter what whether you're married, single or dating you think about someone you once knew who you would do anything to have back. The video is the essence of loss, regret and moving on with life but not really moving on. Like the people in the video say: He does it every year in hopes she'll come back. 20 years later it's a song that will have you thinking about the one you met at a club who you shared a brief summer with, like myself, who sadly they're married now and moved on but you will always hold those best times with you.
I got married at 19 in 2008, divorced legally in 2017 and seperated in 2014. She was 6 years older than me, but obviously things didn't work out and I'm obviously a piece of shit.
I’m 41 years old and damn I get in my feelings everytime I hear this song, this song takes me back to the early 2000’s when all my friends were still ALIVE,we were all so young,partying,having fun,and not a care in the world….so many great memories and good times.
I’m turning 39 next month. Years went by and this song is already more than 20 yrs old and I’m not the same person I was when it came out. And although I understand that many things changed for better, I miss being young.
I feel you on that loss, I'm 42 and I'll be 43 next month, I've lost so many friends and family but I just keep looking for healthy ways to cope with the loss and remember those who I have lost and the impact they have made on me.
@@MrNajibrazak I'm w/ ya there ... odd that there's a distinct difference for those of us in our late 40s for this song/video than those in their early 40s.
Musical instrumentation kinda hit its peak around that time. You'll find a LOT of songs from the 00s that sound "modern" because style is pretty cyclical.
@@kyuven originality died in the 90’s with honorable mentions to around ’05. Rise of the internet killed original thought and gave birth to copy creation/reboots
@@simonetrance Yeah. There’s good and bad music any time, anywhere. But think about how unique music was in the 70’s, then 80’s, and 90’s. Then it’s been the same for 20 years.
This songs comments talk about it hitting different when yoire in your 40s it hits different when someone shows you a gem like this and its twice my age😭
This song is so nostalgic. Reminds me of early 2000s evenings. Palm trees. Riding in a car w the top down. Perfect amounts of melancholy, paradise and longing. Can anyone recommend similar songs that fit this vibe?
'Cloud Nine' by Jamiroquai. You won't regret it, I promise. Fits that vibe perfectly! Also? Try 'Seven Days in Sunny June' by Jamiroquai, and 'Electric Mistress' by Jamiroquai. 😘
@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 Seriously, try that Jamiroquai song I mentioned above, 'Cloud Nine'. Has that same kind of summer sunset, melancholy and longing vibe the original poster mentioned that 'Days Go By' does. Promise.
Definitely. I never really paid attention to back in the day because I just thought it was a guy dancing and just loved the song, but in looking at it now and seeing a story to it's a really cool simple concept and actually goes with the song. Some videos over do it imagery and has very little to do with the song.
@@johnburke5017 I think the ghost of her showed up, he saw her, felt peace and then walked off into the sunset feeling content like his younger self. The energy of his younger self is what you're seeing walk away. They gave a hint this is a once a year ritual for him. He does it so he can conjure her up and see her again. They drop hints she could've died that one day she didn't show up. So it's why her ghost is in her same clothes or not older. I'm into spiritual and metaphysical stuff so this make sense on a metaphysical level, not on the surface though.
@@rashb3994 Thanks, rash. Very same here - wasn't over enthusiastic about the song, meh'd over the video, back then. Now, though. Maybe' it's that I'm now about the age of the man dancing? I don't relate to the lost-love aspect as much as it is a 'keep going' aspect. Here's another 'keep going' song that had nothing to do with that one, and I swear I'm not going through a stage of where I need such songs - this one popped into my head two evenings ago after not hearing it for over 20 years. th-cam.com/video/T33JAlkznTI/w-d-xo.html
I guess the message in this song is a universal one that transcends time and language as well. I'll always remember her, it's bittersweet and I wish things could have been different, but I'm grateful I got to know her at all. I think many of us here and perhaps billions around the world have a similar story and feel a similar way about somebody special to them, I'll always love this song for that reason, much love to anyone who may be reading this, you are awesome and I wish you all the best in the days to come.
Man. I was in a dirt bike accident in 2001. I was in the hospital for 3 months. When I finally came to, this was the first song I heard. I remember missing music so much. I was finally well enough to change the hospital tv from the news, to mtv. I remember still being so drugged up, that I felt like I was there watching him dance. Now when I watch this video, it brings back so many memories. This song has a special place in my heart for sure!
mussIc is it own kind of therapy for people for different reasons my mum died last year youtube been a saviour for me listening to different songs you tube radio vinyl or music format of choice I was listening to this morning until my sister Louise phone call me to go shop with her and my brother Peter only get a chance to finish off where I left off just now
I was in US Navy separations when this jam was on the radio. I remember feeling bad cause I screwed up my military career. Depressed for days, and one cold winter morning in Great Lakes Illinois during breakfast line up this was playing in the chow hall and I remember feeling alive again. Thanks 🙏🏽
Next month I'll be 39. When this song came out my friends and I were into street racing, working on our cars, going out, getting laid and skateboarding. Now, 20 years later, im seeing the 17-19 year olds I work with talk about and do all the things I was into, im pretty jealous. Wish I could go back and do it all over again. Time flies, live your life every moment, take every chance, reach out to opportunity, and let there be nothing to regret.
No reason you can’t do that still. I’m 31 and hang out around a bunch of 40+ year olds who are still living carefree and enjoying that lifestyle but with more money now!
A lot of music videos at this time and before were basically short films. It's what made music videos such an art form. Shame it's not so common anymore. If you likes this you'd really like Roger Sanchez If I had a heart video.
@@riphihe if you look into the moves, it was inspired by the movie ("Breakin'") in the 80's, with a bit of, in the 2000's type stuff, not even close to 2019 stuff, but it set a visual for its time, place, and purpose. Hope it sheds alittle light...
ill tell you a story guys.....this is about my cousin Charlotte who married Steve.....they split up back in 99......went there seperate ways but then both went to my brothers wedding in Italy.....they then got back together......cool eh ?
I was in the US Army when this track came out. We used to blast it in our hangar as we worked on our Black Hawks. Man, how time flies. Life goes by so quickly.
I remember driving my car at night in 2002 when it came out. What a beautiful night and had the window open. What a great ambiance this song kicked off when I'm just cruising and just chilling and driving and grooving too this song ! It made me wanna dance and think 💬🤔. Reflect , chilling and good techno beats at night 🌉 are at times the best medicine 💊 and meditate. So cool 😎. I remember that because it was after 9/11 and the world 🌎 needed musical healing? Plus I kept thinking 🤔 of lost love that got away, but in a weird and soulful, cosmic healing kind of way? Really needed this song when it came out. Very outter worldly yet so close to home. Too all who read this; just get in your car 🚗 and drive with this song on when the night is warm and no clouds in the sky with your car window open and just drive ! No talking!!!! And listen !!!! The music 🎵 will take you elsewhere for a short while. It's good medicine if you just need to be alone but don't wanna stay home 🏠 at night. Try it
This song was my childhood hearing it constantly in the 2003 Mitsubishi Commercial, reconnected with it after all these years when I heard it at a fair!
3:55 Do us a favor please make a short movie of how it all started using the same ppl I will watch it a million times 😅 can I be in it I'm getting old only thing I want more than $$$$ is to see the movie plz 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This love story is deep. Makes you think about that one love you just can't live without and will do anything to bring them back if only for a moment. Timeless.
Aw I remember when this song came out I was in first grade. And my grandma thought this song was so cool she went to the music store to by this cassette tape for her little Jetta 😂 aww
It was such a bop when it came out! I was 20/21 and it was a great time to be alive. When they put it on the car commercial I was low-key excited because I got to hear it more often.
I'll never forget this song cause I listened to it when I took breaks while studying for the NY bar exam. It was my get up and dance and get my energy back so I could study for another 12 hours. Man I'm old, it seems like yesterday but almost 20 years ago.
I've listened to this song so many times and I loved it growing up. But now that the love of my life has passed this song now has a completely different meaning.
My friend I hope all is well with you I could only imagine hearing this song and thinking of somebody so dear because I haven’t even lost anybody and this song makes me tear up so my heart goes out for you my friend be strong remember all the good things you ever had with this person and know she loved you the most she ever could im sure… hope all is well with you
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It's weird that so much time has passed that we are now nostalgic for the early 2000s. I'm 42 and it's scary how fast it went by.
I was 11 wen this hit, i feel how u do at 32
I’m ready for it
I’m ready to move from 90s, to turn of century & 2000s nostalgia
What crazy…. Rly crazy to me, is being nostalgic for the period right after 9/11
Like… how bad have things become to be nostalgic for that?
Still. I am
I think i was 15 when this song came out
Yes sir. I'm 40 and would break dance to this in Dallas
I was thinking the same.
One of the most iconic songs/music videos of my generation. Still listening on Feb 24th, 2024.
So. Many. Memories.
Right with ya on Feb 29th, 2024.
...... MITSUBISHI
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
May 2024 here it just popped back in my head!
This is a rare example of a music video that improves the song. The marrying of story, music and dancing in this video is purely genius. One of my all time faves.
whats the city theyre in
@@timothyjburton Hhaha cool thanks for letting me know
True, but Dirty Vegas and Mitsubishi kinda dropped the ball. The video and the commercial should've been tied together
Not rare, every video from the 80s was like this
@@johnniedanger1796 True, today's music is like drinking hot garbage truck water
My girlfriend introduced me to Dirty Vegas in 2006 and we spent a lot of evenings together listening to this, she became my wife in 2011 but then cancer took her in 2018, I wish I could dance to bring her back
I rip my out my heart for you and your loss. She maybe gone on the earth plane but she is and always will be with you forever. ❤
One day you will dance with this amazing lady again, I promise.
God bless, my friend. She will help you find another.
@@Simplyrecovery Beautiful comment, however, that can only happen if you believe in YAHUAH & The Holy Son Yahusha Aka The Holy Christ.
@@Leandro-X.2025.Alkebulan Not true, The bible and indeed most if not all religions have been captured by the authorities and powers that be to make you a subservient slave to their sick system. I have had 3 near death experiences and i didnt go to hell or indeed heaven (man made constructs)but i can confirm life or at least your soul does go on and it is magnificent. Im not trying to be contrary but i have to tell my truth and indeed there are thousands who describe remarkably similar experiences.
I'm 44 and it makes me miss the lack of responsibility of my youth, but in every other way I thank God that those days are behind and that I am living the best days of my life. I wish all readers and listeners the best. Never give up. My life sucked ass til I was maybe 38 or so. Keep fighting. As Ling as you're alive, there's more to write in your story.
😂same
Appreciate the "hope" as today I need it.
Yes. So true at 55.
I know what you mean. I'm 46 and no matter how dark things can seem, you always have to look for the light. You can't bring the past back, but that's what memories are for. Don't miss out on the present and look forward to the future.
Still sucks most days at 43. Still going feelin as if ive been cursed. Still goin.
This song hits harder when you are in your 40`s
um, obvi. 🙋🏼♀️🍷 #lakelife
i hate you 🤣😭🤣
Exactly, I am 41 and it reminds me of my early to mid 20s, best times of my life. I get very nostalgic when I listen to this song.
For sure brings back memorys
It hits hard in my 20s
Im 59 in my Garage listening to this now..My son passed at 21 ..21 yrs ago..Music is so beautiful..I listen to certain songs because I dont want to forget.
so you had a child at 17. Should have been a better father
@@jessesmollet6352and your mother should’ve swallowed you up but you don’t hear anybody telling you that though
@@jessesmollet6352 that projection though
I am sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how painful it is. May God touch you and bring you peace.
@@jessesmollet6352 says the guy with jesse smollet as his username
Miss the boom box days.
Me too!❤
Love the final moment with the guy casually asking the girl out for coffee. Such a simple gesture that reflects the optimism and hope being transferred from the dancer to the people watching
Yes.😂
That's incredibly brilliant perspective... thanks immensely for your brilliance
@@chefbenardee1408 That's too kind! I just wanted to share my enjoyment of this brilliantly simple video.
guess this moment started the same story from the beginning
Do you work in theater?
I had forgotten how this is one of the most amazing music videos of all time
Yes it is I definitely agree with you 💯
it is
I consider it to be one of the best of all time and within the top 50 that I think are the best.
I remember watching this on MTV in the early 2000s as a teen. One of the records that got me into house music.
Music? on MTV??? That can't be right...
MTV was something else back in the day
on fuse channel.
Same bruh
This song got took me on a track to find Crystal Method and down a whole rabbit hole of LSD festivals and trap bass house etc
Can anyone else agree that the 1990s and 2000s had the coolest music????
I can attest to this.
and music videos.. creativity is something we lost in value
They were great, but the 80's are still on the top.
@@paulfurman6240 close, but no cigar ;-)
Honestly, it's an argument no one will ever win. Whatever era you grew up in is gonna leave the biggest imprint on you. Everyone is right and no one is right.
I remember this playing on MTV while my older brothers were setting up our PS2 to play Tekken! Home alone on a summer afternoon so all we ate was pizza and three 2 liter bottles of Pepsi and 7up from noon till sundown! Good times!
Major feels on that one, sounds like a good time 🌞
Sounds awesome the feels of that feel fr fe
@RJ Massachusetts what character was your fave on Tekken?
Yes I remember they (MTV) played this ever morning while I got my kids ready for school who are now in their 30's and 20's heard watching Bourne and it took me back
Same
This is a classic song that takes me back every time.
to Abe lincoln?
Dancing Abe Lincoln from Clone High - (3D model)
@Steve k
Wow I see you every where
This song will always remind me of when Dave Chappell made fun of the Nissan Z commercial
When Dirty Vegas tells a universal story about love, lost and regret...it's eternal.
Daughter love ❤❤
There is some hope. At the end of the video, the dancer's story brings two people together. No one knows how it will end, but a connection was made.
Beutifuly put!!!
Legend has it he’s still there dancing today
No, it's true.
I heard that.❤
Here he goes again,... again.
funny!
False! I visited Chronies the other day, he was not present. 😂🤣😂🤣
The magic of this song is in remembering how when you were young, you listened to this song and loved it for the beats, yet to meet people in your life that you didn't know existed. Then days passed and years passed and we met them and lost those special people to time and circumstances. Now, 18 years later when, you are no longer a kid with infinite possibilities and the world being your oyster and having developed the ability to feel the pull of nostalgia and "what-could-have-been" on your heart strings, this really, really hits hard.
Real talk
100% this
Bruh .. 💯
internet poetry dont get stuck in the past looking at it through rosy glasses you forget how beautiful now is
Is this song 18 years old??
Everything about this track and film clip is perfect. Always has been.
Always will be
Agreed. Total perfection.
I just farted
@@Timkast If I farted then I sharted
Legend has it he’s still dancing today.
😂😂😂😂😂
Never stop.
We all are.
He shows up... same day every year... and dances from sunrise to sunset.
I hope that she is dancing with him.
I still remember the day this video was being filmed. My cousin lived down the street on Leanord Ave. and we were craving Chronies hot dogs, we go up to the light and realized its blocked off because they are filming something, realized months later it was this dirty vegas song when we saw it on MTV. Good times.
Bet you didn't expect it to be as big of a song/video as it came to be did you well I guess no one did 😅
@@CharlieBronson55 dope
Yes Sir! Lived a couple blocks down on Williamson Ave, wondering why the hell Chronis was blocked off.
Visited LA from NY and made a special detour to eat at this place last night.
Wow
I absolutely love reading everyone's memories of this song and how they were loving life during this time. Such great times and great music.
You may like this then, I was in Baltimore Maryland. The boardwalk, we were in a casino far too young to actually do anything, but I heard this song playing and it's stuck in my head, and there I was boogie boarding just riding the waves in the Atlantic Ocean, Gray sky, waves and I heard that song in my head the whole time. One of those memories you don't always remember but you never forget.
It's gonna happen to yoooooou.
We tend to forget the negative and focus on the positive. Even kids who grew up in the great depression will often view it favorably.
I was using a laptop under a table listening to this song through Napster or Kazaa in 2000 in Toronto Canada on a school field trip. I'm not sure if the song was stolen. I apologize to the artist and everyone involved in making this song possible.
@@ulmo1737 My sister told me about looking at water helps people because they have certain kind of waves I'm not sure what kind she said. I remember being at a pier in Florida or Virginia I'm not sure with my dad and a boardwalk in Miami listening to No Way Out by Puff Daddy and the family. I think being by the water gives outstanding memories.
Dance Dance Revolution!!!
I remember jamming this at Rave's in the early 2000's, what a hell of a time that was!
Hell yeah dude I’m with you 🤘
One pill~15$~ROLLS BALLZ for 8 hours
Yep 2000 is when it all started to go down hill from there, good days long passed now 2022 just trash.
@@joshualewis7898 miss that
Amen
RIP to my aunt, she LOVED this song and it got maximum air play in her Camry. Good times. Miss you Tee Tee.
Tochter
Tochter
Beautiful how our loved ones can live on in music.
I still listening this old school 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤌🏽 spiiiicyyyy 2024...
This one's for you Dad...
Days go by and still I think of you...
Major! 🎵🎶
right on..mine too :)
Same! I miss my dad
🫂
❤ same for my mother that passed last week ....much love and respect from indiana!
This song bring a little tear to my eyes every time. It always reminds me of the loves I have lost in my life and reminds me to hold on to what I have left
me too....for me I just think about the time my family came to United States and we were all happy to start our journey...Everytime I listen to this track I go back in time for a split second and feel everything all over again..it's so surreal
The part that resonates with me is how the boy and the girl observers meet, share the story...and then plan to go together for coffee.
Another relationship possibly starting during a ceremony to try and summon a lost love.
Ditto. It has taught me to count my blessings. I took for granted what I had then, but realize it now. Be greatful for what you have (and enjoy the small things in life) before time makes you.
me too!!!!!!!
every single time
This is so nostalgic. This song hits different now that I'm in my 30's. This will be forever my jam.
Cuz its sick.
PERFECT music video. Study this, people.
Now listen to "on my mind" by Diplo
♥️♥️ I'm with you on that one, 31 years old and still love it just as much!
I'm 35 , remember this song, i'm 20 tonight
I'm so excited to add this video to my collection right next to the terrible quality one I have with the Mitsubishi version of the video I downloaded 15 years ago.
I remember when this song came out...I was 20 and thought it was a real jam.
But man...what the hell did I know about life at 20? Fuck all, that's what. Now I'm 42 and this song hits like a freight train running down hill at top speed.
I’m 26 and this was one of the first songs I have a conscious memory of being on the radio. I look at all the comments of people in their 40’s and 50’s and truly envy the time you lived in, I would do anything to have grown up and had heard music like this as a teenager/adult. Love reading the stories, I’ll try to remember that I can make the best of today even if it’s in the present..
Eighties and nineties race wasn't even a thing, it was a wonderful epoch!
Economy was going good and equality for all was everywhere and everybody just enjoyed one another as people and awesome entertainment like this!🤗🥰🤗
I was a teenager when this hit. This video and mood felt like a ephemeral splash of water in a desert, it sucked until I went to a techno music festival and didn't feel alone, not just because all the weekend dance radio stations didn't play stuff like this (nor did I hope for them to, even though it was on VH1 even then).
I am almost Forty Nine.
My first time listening
09 February Twenty Twenty-Three
I traveled through time and space
In a matter of minutes memories flooded down my cheeks with hot boogers. The happy trees help.
I am 45 I used to dance like that guy with this song. Great memories !!!
Most ppl envy not living I those times. Same like you I grew up with all this music
Besides the romantic and nostalgic theme, I really like how the dude just goes, and dance because he feels like it, without caring if he'll be mocked, seen as a weirdo, or worse by the other pedestrians. One of the best music videos ever and the song is just timeless.
His eyes are set on something of bigger value. ✈
Some people go to a Cemetery to memorialize their loves ones. Once a year he dances to memorialize the loss of his love. 💔
And he doesn’t acknowledge the speculation from the bystanders whatsoever. I’m sure his reasons for dancing go far deeper than her just not showing up.
Indeed, but I would add that he is doing it out of longing, of desperation, of despair, of missing her, of wanting her... without her.
I woke up needing this song, because I needed someone while I was asleep and then I woke up… She’s always with me but never really here. I dream of the one girl I’ve ever really loved, and she seems so real in dream state that I swear sometimes I could feel her, but it’s merely an illusion: The Cruelest Illusion. There’s nothing like a dream of unrequited love to ruin my day before it starts.
turning 40 this year, used to dance the night away to this song. Me and my girl at the time would be out every chance we got at the clubs. We were young and free, my first love. Happily married now to my beautiful wife with kids and all. Hearing this brought back lots of memories, hope she is out there doing her best. Here's to Days gone by, Amy.
Awesome story.
Fuck Amy, she isn't the mother of your kids or your wife. What is wrong with you man.
@Adrianna George nah. This man straight up disrespecting his wife and the mother of his children. Sitting here in the TH-cam comments reminiscing about a past fling.
@@Industrious420 weirdo
@@Industrious420 Lmaoo youre kinda right in a way but everyone has memories you know
This was way ahead of it's time! Still an amazing song and the lyrics mean more now in 2024!
I remember first hearing this song in the Mitsubishi commercial. I was still a teenager back then. Now it feels like the remnant of some other life...
This
And thanks to that commercial I bought my Mitsubishi Spyder lol
That’s crazy me and my ex heard this song in the Mitsubishi commercial as well. She’d do the “ dance” while playing this song when we’d be coming home from wherever our exploits would take us late at night
@@i.c.s.8531 lol yeah buddy. My 1st car had to be and was one, fed red. I miss that car.lol
@@neff02 good ol times
Legend has it he’s still there today dancing
I was at Chronis (where the video was filmed) East L.A. last week and he is still dancing there , once a year around mid June he shows up and dances all day
Impossible, he caught Covid.
This song has been with me for decades. Yet it feels it was only yesterday.
You got that right. Timeless, particularly with that bass & beat. Definitely one of my all time favorite songs.
To me, two decades ago pretty much *was* only yesterday.... it's 4 or 5 decades ago that I miss...
Found this video by accident, had totally forgotten about this song. Was like a slap in the face thinking about the days when this was new, loved it.
Not sure if people understand just how poetic and powerful the music video is
Man. I can’t believe it’s 2023 and this song is still great. I forgot how awesome the video was. 😂
Say thanks to Gta 5
This is quite possibly my favourite music video ever. The track, the story, the visuals. They just all align so perfectly. Still get misty eyed watching it. Simply superb. Oh, and by god that man can dance.
Totally agree! This has been one of my top music videos for nearly 20 years now! Love the song, story, visuals and dance moves!
I thought it was just me. They nailed it, for sure. The slow-mo spin moves are so dope. I dig it when the guy at the end asks the woman out for coffee. Genius.
Yeah misty eyed 😔
Perfection on every level
I'm not creating anything anymore because you know who. Enjoy your profits boys.
my grandpa died yesterday, and now this song has a whole new meaning for me.
same with my dad....
This song tugs at my heart strings every time I hear it. Being 50, I really, really regret the one lost love. I will never, ever have that woman back, no matter what. Being young, you have the entire world in front of you.
Then, one day, its largely behind you. Live you life, and love.
I get it, I’m there too yet I’m 39. I know I’ll never have that love ever again. Wistful...
Better to have loved, and lost... To never have loved that deep at all. Cherish that lost love, my friend.
@@tojiroh I do. Every day :)
I feel you on losing that one love. 😕 I lost my first fiance to a plane crash, met and dated other women. Attempted to have a second fiance but when ever my second fiance acted up, I would grow cold 🥶😤 because my heart ❤ was with the first fiance that is 6 feet under.
Love is the greatest gift of all!
This gets more relevant every time I listen to this song.
As the days go by?
This song came out a couple years after my Dad passed from cancer. When I heard it back in the day it reminded me of him. Still does.
🫂🤗
I’m 50, it’s 2024, and this is still my favourite video of all time. I just love it. I think cause I get nostalgia for both the 80s and the 90s 😂❤❤❤
This was in 2002. Great song though
I'm 55 and still jam to that! I remember when it hit the club I was bartending at!
I live next to that burger joint. I watch this video every time I eat there or it comes up.
I'm 49 in October and same!!
@@katherinekilgore5097 yes I know it’s 90s vibe though and honestly the adult years all blend together after awhile. It’s my youth. Still in my 20s in 2002. Feels like yesterday to be honest 🥲❤️
My favourite part of this music video is the end of it. Although the dancing guy didn't get his lover back (outside of his own mind), the two middle aged people who were watching him all day might've found love over a cup of coffee. It's almost as if the dancing broke through their jadedness and made them believe in the possibility of love again. ❤💚💙
Glad to know I’m not the only one that has such strong sentimental value to this song. I love reading everyone’s comments and stories, the 90’s were a great era.
90s? This song came out in 2002
@@saulthechicanootaku still reminds me of euro dance in the 90s. Great era!
In high school this was just a song and a track off a "Best of" genre cd. Now, 20 years later it's a song about the one that got away who no matter what whether you're married, single or dating you think about someone you once knew who you would do anything to have back. The video is the essence of loss, regret and moving on with life but not really moving on. Like the people in the video say: He does it every year in hopes she'll come back. 20 years later it's a song that will have you thinking about the one you met at a club who you shared a brief summer with, like myself, who sadly they're married now and moved on but you will always hold those best times with you.
Wonderfully said!
noooooooooo I hate it when thingsmakeme think of her
I got married at 19 in 2008, divorced legally in 2017 and seperated in 2014. She was 6 years older than me, but obviously things didn't work out and I'm obviously a piece of shit.
r. you are ok bro, give you a break. Life goes beyond relations, just be true to yourself.
Bro you have no idea how I feel rn reading what you just said all of it is true I have lost people myself and yes days go by they do indeed🙏🏼
No matter how old you get we are kids at heart ❤ Never grow up & let it die, stay forever young 💯
I’m 41 years old and damn I get in my feelings everytime I hear this song, this song takes me back to the early 2000’s when all my friends were still ALIVE,we were all so young,partying,having fun,and not a care in the world….so many great memories and good times.
I feel you bro.
I’m turning 39 next month. Years went by and this song is already more than 20 yrs old and I’m not the same person I was when it came out. And although I understand that many things changed for better, I miss being young.
I feel you on that loss, I'm 42 and I'll be 43 next month, I've lost so many friends and family but I just keep looking for healthy ways to cope with the loss and remember those who I have lost and the impact they have made on me.
i just turned 48. this song hits harder if it describes u at this age.
i wish i can still keep on dancing like that to see her again.
@@MrNajibrazak I'm w/ ya there ... odd that there's a distinct difference for those of us in our late 40s for this song/video than those in their early 40s.
Seriously one of the best videos ever made for a song. Love the storytelling.
Where you from mate 🤣🤗🤗💪🏾👊🏾
Ditto!
I was kinda hoping that his girl would have come back to him
2021, Still Listening. What a tune.
I reckon it'll never get old, this is one of those "fine wine" type tunes.
@@mud5377 2022 coming up. Still here.
@@sarfrazali2947 Never gonna leave :D
First time hearing this. Been too busy with life i guess. Now 60 and slowin down and catching up with what i missed.
Dec 2024 I'm here
The simple longing for connection in this song and video still rock hard today
When I was kid I was so confused. Now I’m 34 and cannot stop crying.
The empty darkness just pours
That's ART doing its job.
Goosebumps bro
@Cicada 3301 stfu then
@Cicada 3301 one day when you grow up, you'll understand...not today, not tomorrow....but one day
Amazing song!!!😢 im 42 and this make me remember “times dont go back”
Am I the only one surprised by how incredibly modern this song sounds? It could’ve been released in the 2020s and not sounded outdated
Musical instrumentation kinda hit its peak around that time.
You'll find a LOT of songs from the 00s that sound "modern" because style is pretty cyclical.
the video not so much lol
@@kyuven originality died in the 90’s with honorable mentions to around ’05. Rise of the internet killed original thought and gave birth to copy creation/reboots
@@simonetrance Yeah. There’s good and bad music any time, anywhere. But think about how unique music was in the 70’s, then 80’s, and 90’s. Then it’s been the same for 20 years.
@E Rowan *Lack of originally has entered the chat* “oK bOoMeR 🥴”. I’m Gen X you toddler
And days still go by and we still listen to this masterpiece 🎵🎶🎵🎶
This song hits harder when you're a little down on life and need those good times back in your heart to keep on living your best life
He is killing the dance moves 🔥🔥🔥
Song still hard in 2023
I still contend that Dirty Vegas is criminally underrated. Love this video. Love this band.
Daughter love ❤❤
This songs comments talk about it hitting different when yoire in your 40s it hits different when someone shows you a gem like this and its twice my age😭
Shout out to all the people who lost someone in the process of achieving greatness.
I remember getting up in the morning for school watching this on MTV and VH1 video in 2000
The song was released in 2002
This song is so nostalgic. Reminds me of early 2000s evenings. Palm trees. Riding in a car w the top down. Perfect amounts of melancholy, paradise and longing. Can anyone recommend similar songs that fit this vibe?
How about Owl City's "Good Time?" I heard it during passing period when I was in middle school and also has the elements.
'Cloud Nine' by Jamiroquai. You won't regret it, I promise. Fits that vibe perfectly! Also? Try 'Seven Days in Sunny June' by Jamiroquai, and 'Electric Mistress' by Jamiroquai. 😘
This song is a league of its own. I’ve never really found anything that matches this vibe. It’s just its own thing.
@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 Seriously, try that Jamiroquai song I mentioned above, 'Cloud Nine'. Has that same kind of summer sunset, melancholy and longing vibe the original poster mentioned that 'Days Go By' does. Promise.
@@Gobble_de_Goop I’ll have to look it up. Thanks.
Early 2000's Music was ABSOLUTE MAGIC MAN!! Being a teen then & in the 90's was SO SO GOOD. I'm 40 now but still play all these songs NON STOP
God damn - in retrospect, this is perhaps one of the best music videos ever made.
@@johnburke5017 The video jumps time between the young and old self, and perhaps the dream. Not sure what you are caught up on.
Definitely. I never really paid attention to back in the day because I just thought it was a guy dancing and just loved the song, but in looking at it now and seeing a story to it's a really cool simple concept and actually goes with the song. Some videos over do it imagery and has very little to do with the song.
@@johnburke5017 I think the ghost of her showed up, he saw her, felt peace and then walked off into the sunset feeling content like his younger self. The energy of his younger self is what you're seeing walk away. They gave a hint this is a once a year ritual for him. He does it so he can conjure her up and see her again. They drop hints she could've died that one day she didn't show up. So it's why her ghost is in her same clothes or not older. I'm into spiritual and metaphysical stuff so this make sense on a metaphysical level, not on the surface though.
@@rashb3994 Thanks, rash. Very same here - wasn't over enthusiastic about the song, meh'd over the video, back then. Now, though. Maybe' it's that I'm now about the age of the man dancing? I don't relate to the lost-love aspect as much as it is a 'keep going' aspect. Here's another 'keep going' song that had nothing to do with that one, and I swear I'm not going through a stage of where I need such songs - this one popped into my head two evenings ago after not hearing it for over 20 years. th-cam.com/video/T33JAlkznTI/w-d-xo.html
no doubt
I watch this video on repeat from sunrise to sunset on the same day every year. It’s some sort of ritual.
Did she ever come back?
Your girl I mean
What day ?
you wanna get some coffee?
As a young child I just loved the song... as a man, I've lived it.
Wise One We have become our own self fulfilling prophecy
Deep man
"We cannot learn without pain." Aristotle
@@AlanIanIngram Spookily accurate. So I'm learning to be more deliberate about what I profess...
@@Onyx_Primal646 crazy, right?
This song is so meditative for me, like it just sets this super clean, fresh vibe!
I guess the message in this song is a universal one that transcends time and language as well. I'll always remember her, it's bittersweet and I wish things could have been different, but I'm grateful I got to know her at all. I think many of us here and perhaps billions around the world have a similar story and feel a similar way about somebody special to them, I'll always love this song for that reason, much love to anyone who may be reading this, you are awesome and I wish you all the best in the days to come.
March 2023 and still a banger. Goosebumps guaranteed
i'm not crying. you're crying.
Nice!!!
Man. I was in a dirt bike accident in 2001. I was in the hospital for 3 months. When I finally came to, this was the first song I heard. I remember missing music so much. I was finally well enough to change the hospital tv from the news, to mtv. I remember still being so drugged up, that I felt like I was there watching him dance.
Now when I watch this video, it brings back so many memories. This song has a special place in my heart for sure!
mussIc is it own kind of therapy for people for different reasons my mum died last year youtube been a saviour for me listening to different songs you tube radio vinyl or music format of choice I was listening to this morning until my sister Louise phone call me to go shop with her and my brother Peter only get a chance to finish off where I left off just now
Binary sunset chaser - I am fully recovered now, thank you! I pop in every once in awhile to reminisce. Such a great song!
Great story.
Te deseo mucha salud! Aquí se esta comensando a usar las música en hospitales para dar terapias ocupacionales y físicas. Eso da resultados positivos.
Music is a power that can’t be described or measured by science, it is truly magic.
winner of the gold medal 2024 Olympics
yea someone was bound to say it
yeah, I had to come back and watch this to get that crap taste out of my mouth from watching that POS Australian.
Best comment in 2024. 😂
Raygun got robbed
lol
I was in US Navy separations when this jam was on the radio. I remember feeling bad cause I screwed up my military career. Depressed for days, and one cold winter morning in Great Lakes Illinois during breakfast line up this was playing in the chow hall and I remember feeling alive again. Thanks 🙏🏽
Awesome how a pure dance track makes me feel melancholic as well. This one is perfection.
Strange hearing this song as a kid and experiencing it as an adult
OOF ye
True true true
I've only heard this as an adult
@@Mawds69 I was born in 95 lol
Have to agree.
After hearing it at nearly 40 it was surreal to see it thru different eyes...
This is not only breakdancing.
This is pop lock wave
Complete package.
🥇🕺🏿✌🏾
He sees her at the end. Even if its just a glimmer, it was worth it.
indeed...
He walks away alone at the end of the song..she wasent really there...he still just...feels like she is.
Next month I'll be 39. When this song came out my friends and I were into street racing, working on our cars, going out, getting laid and skateboarding. Now, 20 years later, im seeing the 17-19 year olds I work with talk about and do all the things I was into, im pretty jealous. Wish I could go back and do it all over again. Time flies, live your life every moment, take every chance, reach out to opportunity, and let there be nothing to regret.
Real Talk, its not too late tho bro
Know what you mean, I turned 40 at the end of last year. It’s flown!
Time n tide,and fuck yeah....
No reason you can’t do that still. I’m 31 and hang out around a bunch of 40+ year olds who are still living carefree and enjoying that lifestyle but with more money now!
@@panchovilla1910 you must live somewhere extremely cheap, good for you!
Dude I finally found this song after almost 10 years. God bless
lucky. for me, 20 years.
You're also looking for 'O Fortuna' you're welcome stranger.
One of the best short films ever. This wasn't just a video. This was a short film beautifully done . ❤❤❤
A lot of music videos at this time and before were basically short films. It's what made music videos such an art form. Shame it's not so common anymore.
If you likes this you'd really like Roger Sanchez If I had a heart video.
There's just something about that story, the music and the video that makes me keep watching.
i didn't know there was a story to it....
@@riphihe if you look into the moves, it was inspired by the movie ("Breakin'") in the 80's, with a bit of, in the 2000's type stuff, not even close to 2019 stuff, but it set a visual for its time, place, and purpose. Hope it sheds alittle light...
A story most of us can relate to I think
sine qua non
ill tell you a story guys.....this is about my cousin Charlotte who married Steve.....they split up back in 99......went there seperate ways but then both went to my brothers wedding in Italy.....they then got back together......cool eh ?
I was in the US Army when this track came out. We used to blast it in our hangar as we worked on our Black Hawks. Man, how time flies. Life goes by so quickly.
Tempus fugit
@@SC-sf8xt Amore minet ..
❤
This song popped up in my head out of nowhere this morning. I don't think I've heard it in at least a decade.
I saw a meme earlier that said " millennials when the Mitsubishi commercial comes on" and it was a guy dancing lol
Same with me I'm born in 89
I remember driving my car at night in 2002 when it came out. What a beautiful night and had the window open. What a great ambiance this song kicked off when I'm just cruising and just chilling and driving and grooving too this song ! It made me wanna dance and think 💬🤔. Reflect , chilling and good techno beats at night 🌉 are at times the best medicine 💊 and meditate. So cool 😎. I remember that because it was after 9/11 and the world 🌎 needed musical healing? Plus I kept thinking 🤔 of lost love that got away, but in a weird and soulful, cosmic healing kind of way? Really needed this song when it came out. Very outter worldly yet so close to home. Too all who read this; just get in your car 🚗 and drive with this song on when the night is warm and no clouds in the sky with your car window open and just drive ! No talking!!!! And listen !!!! The music 🎵 will take you elsewhere for a short while. It's good medicine if you just need to be alone but don't wanna stay home 🏠 at night. Try it
Daughter love ❤❤
I played this in my DJ set last week and had a major flashback. All these years and this song is still one of the best
This song was my childhood hearing it constantly in the 2003 Mitsubishi Commercial, reconnected with it after all these years when I heard it at a fair!
Same here.
summer 2002.
3:41 People have never realized that she did turn up in the end :)
3:55 Do us a favor please make a short movie of how it all started using the same ppl I will watch it a million times 😅 can I be in it I'm getting old only thing I want more than $$$$ is to see the movie plz 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This love story is deep. Makes you think about that one love you just can't live without and will do anything to bring them back if only for a moment. Timeless.
days go by and i still listen to this in 2019
first listen here. missed out...
X10
And I in 2006!
The song sounds like it could be the theme song to 2050
yeah, me 2
Classic song still listen to this song til this day
I was 11yrs old when this song came out and i was OBSESSED! Hands down one of the greatest music videos of all time.
Aw I remember when this song came out I was in first grade. And my grandma thought this song was so cool she went to the music store to by this cassette tape for her little Jetta 😂 aww
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I was 7 years old hearing this on a car commercial. Now I’m 25 paying bills. Days go by
It was such a bop when it came out! I was 20/21 and it was a great time to be alive. When they put it on the car commercial I was low-key excited because I got to hear it more often.
🤣4sure they do!!
@@shoutyspice The Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial?
and still i think of you
lol Chapelle show did a parody of that same Misubishi Eclipse commercial.
I was 18 when this song came out. Now I'll be 40 this year. The days did go by for sure. 8^I
I was 18 going on 19 when the song came out But yes I'll be 40 this year as well.Tell me are you a 1983 baby?
You not the only one, I just turned 39 and I can't believe I wanted to watch this again, wow just wow
85 baby here. Those were the days
Same here my friend
Same here mate where u from 🤗🤗👊🏾💪🏾
I'll never forget this song cause I listened to it when I took breaks while studying for the NY bar exam. It was my get up and dance and get my energy back so I could study for another 12 hours. Man I'm old, it seems like yesterday but almost 20 years ago.
I've listened to this song so many times and I loved it growing up. But now that the love of my life has passed this song now has a completely different meaning.
My friend I hope all is well with you I could only imagine hearing this song and thinking of somebody so dear because I haven’t even lost anybody and this song makes me tear up so my heart goes out for you my friend be strong remember all the good things you ever had with this person and know she loved you the most she ever could im sure… hope all is well with you
STOP asking about the year when we listen this. Will be here forever
Still feeling this Vibe in October 2024 ❤
Yasssss🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Not going to lie--this gets me every time. I was the young man, now I'm the old man. Days go by.