That's insane. This is just a standard indie-pop/rock track with generic saxophone and forgettable vocals. It's not even that catchy; I'll forget about it in 10 minutes. But whatever, yeah best song of an entire decade, sure.
Destroyer, how are they so underground even after releasing so many distinctly amazing albums? Give five different people the same Destroyer song, and you'll get five completely different interpretations. That's the beauty of genuine music.
@@doctrinedoomsday6953 Ratio'd. ... Seriously though, the song's a self-aware (or somewhat self-aware) lyric that's looking at what happens if you go off in pornland. Hence, "all sounds like a dream to me" and "chasing cocaine" and Mom opening the literal *blinds* to show a man dying in a desert. Songs don't all have to be rock music or country or opera or whatever, nor do they need the prettiest vocals.
I remember when this album came out. It was fantastic, but went under the radar. I think it was a little ahead of its time. If it were to be released now I think it would be much more noticed
When it had come out, I had been a New Pornographers fan for a few years (Dan has written songs for them and toured with them.) I learned of Destroyer from his association, and I noticed that Destroyer seemed to hardly get any views at the time. This was uploaded in 2011, and it got around 300k views shortly after release, which seemed like a huge number in comparison. I also didn't take to Destroyer very well back then, though I didn't hate the music. That has only just changed, I've started liking them a lot more now.
A lot of indie music was like that in the 2010s. So many groups and bands and artists that didn’t get enough play, that were just such great music. Miss that era a little. I found out about Kaputt late at Coachella and was HOOKED.
is there something about a video of a thirsty whale, boy, and old man that would require you to say "but" do those disqualify a video from being likable?
I was listening this song and album when I was in Bunker, on my vacation in Barcelona. Always reminds me of the dry mood of the day and even noatalgic feeling . What a priceless memory...
8 years later... still one of the best albums of the decade. i can't believe the composition. the poetry. my favorites are bay of pigs, blue eyes, and this.
Não precisa comentar em inglês cara, tem brasileiro que curte Boa música também 😅😅 um dos melhores videoclipes da história, passava muito na mtv em 2011
God. I ran away from home once with these group of friends. I had a backpack full of beer and over half a gallon sized. baggie filled with edibles. My friend would keep playing this song and it brings me back to those 4 days like it was yesterday.
Wow. You just never know when you're going stumble across something amazing. There's so many different sounds and styles in this. I love it. Can't believe this is 8 years old. Can't believe this is a glorious 6+ minutes!
I saw them yesterday on the rhine "im fluss". This was really epic, I was in one of the boats right in front of the stage. The only comment that Bejar made about the concert was: "You must be very lucky when you're in a boat now!" Yes, indeed my man - I was!
I totally get this, all of it, the lyrics, the objects and imagery, the content matter, even how the guitar sounds like a tenor sax for just a couple notes around 2:18, it all makes sense. I love it.
I can’t believe this is from 9 years ago, I thought it was from 2019-2020. Sounds so good, I wish I would’ve found it earlier, but I’m glad it popped up.
Wasting your days Chasing some girl's alright. Chasing cocaine Through the backrooms of the world all night. Wasting your days Chasing some girl's alright. Chasing cocaine Through the backrooms of the world all night. Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME, All sound like a dream to me. All sound like a dream to me. All sounds like a dream... Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME, All sound like a dream to me. All sound like a dream to me. All sounds like a dream... Step out of your toga and into the fog, You are a prince on the ocean... (In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye) Step out of your toga into the ocean, Look they got your prints on the fog... (In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
awesome video!! first time I watched it I got impatient and moved to the next, thinking that this one would be all about the beautiful women dancing with the nerd.. I'm happy I gave it a second chance! good actors, great idea, and the funny technical aspects were used in a quite creative way... Besides, I really enjoyed watching Destroyer live (although it's true that the show made me very sleepy - but it was in rainny sunday, so it was a good match)
I really love this song and the whole video too. a friend of mine must kind of hate me, because I always show him this video with the same fucking cool Damn emotion and admiration every time we are drinking like when it was the first time I show him the video.
Apparently 2011 was way more musically awesome than I knew. Almost daily, youtube recommends music from that year, and the songs are awesome! WTF?! Did I not deserve it back then? Lmfao
I agree. Juxtaposition. Nerd so fully at ease and confident in a pack of hot girls, just blows nose, all nonchalant. Greasy hair, bad glasses, acne, but just full on confidence. Very amusing to me.
I love the beggining of the lyrics of this song: I mean "wasting your days chasing some girls, alright chasing cocain" is just genious. It talks about making yourself completely sincere without actually caring about what the truth is, jus t alangid feeling, I love it
I saw Destroyer at the House Of Blues in 2011 this group is so chill.Everybody sleeps on their CD and Kaputt and Downtown is thier best songs too me.Dude in this video looks like a young Michael J.Fox
Destroyer fue considerado en el año 2011 uno de los mejores vídeos del año por los críticos. La canción que da nombre al disco 'Kaputt' es de los más graciosos de ese año, un frki baila por el mundo rodeado de bellas mujeres, completamente alucinante.
Seems to me the video is all about desire. The young kid wants a woman. The old man wants water. The whale wants to fly. At the end they all crash, but the old man is content with drowning, the whale is content with surviving, and the young kid still wants to fly. It's a great video. Great song, too.
Actually the video is about loneliness and ejaculation. He was on the computer looking at ladies, and in the beginning he blew his nose into a tissue in the dreamy lady world, symbolizing ejaculating into a tissue while looking at ladies on the internet. The old man needs the "wet" water that could symbolize moisture from women, but he remains "dry". The old man could be the boy who lived his whole life without being with a woman. And then the sperm whale. And then the white balloon that looks like a sperm cell.
Mykel Montes The dude is walking through a fog grasping at dream women, it's literally smoke and mirrors. Seems like this video is about people (or whales) grasping for extraordinary dreams given their circumstances, being below but wanting to be above. There's always a reality check at the end, because life's not a dream. You gotta take the good with the bad and learn that the best happiness is earned. Maybe you just need to get laid or smoke some some weed instead of passively venting your loneliness on TH-cam.
Man this song is like all drugs together in one, so adictive, a year passed since I first heard it and I love it even more, so lucky to have seen them live at Barcelona.
I've listened to this song a thousand times and love it. But I did not expect this level of genius in the video. The best thing about it is how it is so ironic and silly and yet it seduces me on a like serious level haha. Fuck yeah Destroyer!
How did I miss this for 8 years? And why did it all of a sudden pop up in my suggestions?
Same here.
The algorithm my friend. Same here lol but I already knew about this song.
I was recommended this out of the blue as well.
same
Glad a lot of people are discovering Destroyer now. Check Dans other band The New Pornographers as well
The early 2010s was an unsung golden age of music.
Hear, hear!
HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY KAPUTT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
Eso lo explica todo! Wow 10 años han pasado claro yo estaba en Rio de Janeiro hace 10 años cuando escuché por primera vez este tema! Excelente!!!!
Haha curious on the story behind the "thank you"
👀
Haha. Kills me every time the kid makes his entrance with that parting hand gesture.
This is such a fine record.
Yesss!!! I’ve been looking for this song since 2015, 9 years ago!!!!! Finally I found it!!!! What a gem
I'm 75 years old and love this music.
Hopefully you're 82 now. 👌
Music knows no age.
He’s the old man from the dessert.
Nice i like it too Kristoph💪❤️
Are you still alive today?
Now that it's December 2019 I think it's safe to say this is the best track to come out of the 2010s.
Roelf Kromhout -Hear Here 🥂!
@@markmcarthy596 That's a tough sell, but it's one of the best.
Totally agree
That's insane. This is just a standard indie-pop/rock track with generic saxophone and forgettable vocals. It's not even that catchy; I'll forget about it in 10 minutes. But whatever, yeah best song of an entire decade, sure.
@@eosapienrancher4045 you're an idiot. What do you think is a good song then?
Destroyer, how are they so underground even after releasing so many distinctly amazing albums? Give five different people the same Destroyer song, and you'll get five completely different interpretations. That's the beauty of genuine music.
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Had no idea what this would be before watching it. Left pretty pleased
Same my dude. Left pretty content
DITTO × 3
I never get tired of this song.
weak music taste, weak mentality.
Yaaaaaaawnnnn
i never get tired of this clip
@@doctrinedoomsday6953 What are you even on about you gigantic ball bag.
@@doctrinedoomsday6953 Ratio'd. ... Seriously though, the song's a self-aware (or somewhat self-aware) lyric that's looking at what happens if you go off in pornland. Hence, "all sounds like a dream to me" and "chasing cocaine" and Mom opening the literal *blinds* to show a man dying in a desert. Songs don't all have to be rock music or country or opera or whatever, nor do they need the prettiest vocals.
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I remember when this album came out. It was fantastic, but went under the radar. I think it was a little ahead of its time. If it were to be released now I think it would be much more noticed
When it had come out, I had been a New Pornographers fan for a few years (Dan has written songs for them and toured with them.) I learned of Destroyer from his association, and I noticed that Destroyer seemed to hardly get any views at the time. This was uploaded in 2011, and it got around 300k views shortly after release, which seemed like a huge number in comparison.
I also didn't take to Destroyer very well back then, though I didn't hate the music. That has only just changed, I've started liking them a lot more now.
A lot of indie music was like that in the 2010s. So many groups and bands and artists that didn’t get enough play, that were just such great music. Miss that era a little. I found out about Kaputt late at Coachella and was HOOKED.
I bought this album freshman year and have cherished it ever since.
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How am I only hearing this record today? So lush and gorgeous.
Kaputt is considered an indie classic so no there's others
This reminds me The Pet Shops Boys sound, it's like going back in time.
longoneaway lol almost a decade later
Sounds like Al Stewart and 80's Roxy music.
I bought this album about a month ago and I am totally obsessed! Freaking genius!
This video is about three thirsty individuals. A boy , a whale and a old man :) but it's one of my favorite videos.. So it's special in every way.
cool
is there something about a video of a thirsty whale, boy, and old man that would require you to say "but"
do those disqualify a video from being likable?
@@lovesongofdewdrop they implied something.. stop defending them!!
Ok not gonna lie
I clicked because of the thumbnail
Good song tho
I’m here because of the thumb nail too!
Same
We all did bro lol
You got to check destroyers catalogs and also the new pornographers
You are late bro..its a classic song by Destroyer.listen again
I was listening this song and album when I was in Bunker, on my vacation in Barcelona. Always reminds me of the dry mood of the day and even noatalgic feeling . What a priceless memory...
8 years later... still one of the best albums of the decade. i can't believe the composition. the poetry. my favorites are bay of pigs, blue eyes, and this.
And your eyes… let’s talk about your eyes now.
Downtown though!!!
suicide demo for kara walker always puts me in such a good mood ♡ such a irresistible album
I'm so late to this party that everyone's gone home.
Hey, I just got here too. Want some coke?
This song changed me when I first heard it at MTV, 11 years ago. Regards from Brazil!
Não precisa comentar em inglês cara, tem brasileiro que curte Boa música também 😅😅 um dos melhores videoclipes da história, passava muito na mtv em 2011
all sound like a dream to me
Beautiful music. I can see the sound when I listen to the songs. Definitely one of my favorite albums of all time.
For all the newly Destroyed, welcome, the whole album is as amazing as this one song
Destroyer's video's are TRIP-EEEEE!! very 80's inspired, makes me feel like I'm back 85/86.
God. I ran away from home once with these group of friends. I had a backpack full of beer and over half a gallon sized. baggie filled with edibles. My friend would keep playing this song and it brings me back to those 4 days like it was yesterday.
I haven't seen a music video this good for ages
I'm getting a weird early-2000s Broken Social Scene vibe from this... and I LOVE IT!
This really reminds me of early 80's Bowie! All the way up to the 'Black Tie, White Noise' years, even some from the 2000's.
Dann Kriss yes very much I agree good ear!
His 2000 album "Streethawk: A Seduction" is super Bowie-esque too!
As a fan of New Order I'm really glad I found this type of music.
agreed!!
Chasing cocaine to the backrooms of the world all night........
TRIPLE DOT havent we all been there?.....
Yo triple dot I’m there my man
Yep, when that line hit, a lot of ppl felt that.
Hmmm... double entendre achieved but not intended lol
Cocaine? Ha! I'm still chasing dat X to the ends of this earth!!!
Wow. You just never know when you're going stumble across something amazing. There's so many different sounds and styles in this. I love it. Can't believe this is 8 years old. Can't believe this is a glorious 6+ minutes!
Listened and loved this song/album for over nine years and I am just now finding the majestic awesomeness that is the Official Video!
Same
When daydreams are just mirages. We are all dying of thirst for what we desire. It can be like trying to survive in a sweltering desert.
I saw them yesterday on the rhine "im fluss". This was really epic, I was in one of the boats right in front of the stage. The only comment that Bejar made about the concert was: "You must be very lucky when you're in a boat now!" Yes, indeed my man - I was!
I totally get this, all of it, the lyrics, the objects and imagery, the content matter, even how the guitar sounds like a tenor sax for just a couple notes around 2:18, it all makes sense. I love it.
So I was 8 years late....... Huh (sad)........... ☹️
TH-cam still figuring things out.
I remember when this came out. Great album. Thx to Fantano
story of my life Luke . dont be too down on yourself.
LA MEILLEURE RECOMMENDATION TH-cam DE TOUS LES TEMPS. DU GÉNIE. DE LA MÉLANCOLIE À GOGO. DE L'HUMILITÉ. ON FERME SA GEUELE ET ON SOURIT AU MONDE.
I can’t believe this is from 9 years ago, I thought it was from 2019-2020. Sounds so good, I wish I would’ve found it earlier, but I’m glad it popped up.
Destroyer has this top-shelf song writing, which we already knew, but this vid, man, it is one of the best vids I had seen in a looooong time
Still my favorite song in 2021.
Such a masterpiece, just now to discover it.
🎂🎉🍰 Destroyer’s Kaputt turns 10 today! Happy Birthday!
Destroyer and Garcia, thank you!
Ни чего себе песня 11 года. А услышал эту круть, только сейчас! Отличная тема!💜👍🎸🎨
Best piece of decade. So beautiful.
I want to watch a full movie about the young dude at the beginning of the video.
Lol
It's called Harry Potter
I got a Hostel vibe
This has amazed me a couple of times, especially the trumpet gets better everytime. Smooth an deep.
Wasting your days
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Wasting your days
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Step out of your toga and into the fog,
You are a prince on the ocean...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
Step out of your toga into the ocean,
Look they got your prints on the fog...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
In the sky, in your eye
Pinch, in the sky, in your eye
I wrote a song for America, who knew?
I wrote a song for America, who knew?
Who knew?
The algorithm's at it again it seems. 👏🏼
My friend showed me this song when we were in middle school and it's really bringing me back right now
This feels so early 90's, and its awesome.
Há álbuns geniais. Melhores de que perfeitos. Os seguintes ficam sempre a perder..
I really like the song ,mixing so good, every part sounds so warm
One of the best songs and videos EVER.
awesome video!! first time I watched it I got impatient and moved to the next, thinking that this one would be all about the beautiful women dancing with the nerd..
I'm happy I gave it a second chance! good actors, great idea, and the funny technical aspects were used in a quite creative way...
Besides, I really enjoyed watching Destroyer live (although it's true that the show made me very sleepy - but it was in rainny sunday, so it was a good match)
it's a wonderful video and a Dream i Always had as a Young lad. But it is only a Dream and will stay that way. Oh the carefree youth
I will always remember when I discovered this album, or maybe it found me.
if it wasn’t for covid-19 quarantine i wouldn’t have been mindlessly scrolling through youtube and found this. thank you covid19.
Cheers C O V I 9 🦠
You're welcome.
Chy- na says you're welcome.
this song makes me feeling a summer boy thanks
Is and will be my favourite all time best ;) There wasn´t ever a similar smooth song, you gotta agree!!!
Imagination saved the kid, old man died but felt like a kid once again.
A marvellous song. Thanks so much for letting me find it here. I discovered it today.
The sound is perfect.
Best wishes from Salamanca, SPAIN!!!.
that was quite enjoyable.. I've heard nothing like this and have seen no video like this. stumbled across this song on songza right now glad I did
I really love this song and the whole video too. a friend of mine must kind of hate me, because I always show him this video with the same fucking cool Damn emotion and admiration every time we are drinking like when it was the first time I show him the video.
Yes why isn't everybody like that? I got to believe everyone used to be when they were young.
I absolutely love this beautiful song; soo happy I discovered Destroyer. My new favorite artist.
What an amazing masterpiece to find during quarantine
Apparently 2011 was way more musically awesome than I knew. Almost daily, youtube recommends music from that year, and the songs are awesome! WTF?! Did I not deserve it back then? Lmfao
Incredible video, incredible song. Thank you Destroyer
Spotify hooked me up with Painter in Your Pocket in my discover weekly a little while back. Big time Destroyer fan now
One of the all time great songs🙌🙌 welcome to the fan base
Am i the only one who cant stop watching the intro where he breaks through all the chicks. Something about that kid is so entertaining .
As if he had any chance with them, even with a 2 pockets of diamonds.🤣😂🤣😂
I agree. Juxtaposition. Nerd so fully at ease and confident in a pack of hot girls, just blows nose, all nonchalant. Greasy hair, bad glasses, acne, but just full on confidence. Very amusing to me.
His demeanor
this kid must be in his twenties now.
@@skeletspook He lives in LA and is just slaying it, beating them off with sticks.
How is this not considered THE greatest music video of all time?
I’m 8 years late to listen to this heavenly track.
I love the beggining of the lyrics of this song: I mean "wasting your days chasing some girls, alright chasing cocain" is just genious. It talks about making yourself completely sincere without actually caring about what the truth is, jus t alangid feeling, I love it
I saw Destroyer at the House Of Blues in 2011 this group is so chill.Everybody sleeps on their CD and Kaputt and Downtown is thier best songs too me.Dude in this video looks like a young Michael J.Fox
Definitely have slept to this album.
Wow.... Amazing song, amazing video... reminds me the 90's music video masterpieces.
I listened to this whole album so much between' 2012-2014.
God I love this so much
I thought this was a goofy looking comedy and then when I listened I actually loved the song. Was pleasantly surprised.
the visuals on this are insanely good
Missed the 10 year anniv! Still a great song
Nunca canso de escutar essa música 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Is that Internet celebrity and Julia Roberts friend Rich Evans?
He looks like Rich Evans and Edward Furlong's love child.
this is one hell of a crossover
The song and the music video give each other justice. Fantastic storytelling!
Bro still got that dial-up internet.
Destroyer fue considerado en el año 2011 uno de los mejores vídeos del año por los críticos. La canción que da nombre al disco 'Kaputt' es de los más graciosos de ese año, un frki baila por el mundo rodeado de bellas mujeres, completamente alucinante.
still addict to this track ;)
Today this album turns 10 years old.
Damn! It's been that long! 😯
Great Band, great sound! I saw them in Primavera Sound Porto (Portugal).
this song beat War on Drugs to the sound by 4 years
this song is nothing, dont kid yourself.
@@doctrinedoomsday6953 it's greeeeaaaattttt
Rondo brothers they toured together? Fan fact! Liberals want to steal our constitution
@@garrettwest3419 Wtf
sort of. it’s a bit poppy compared to war on drugs, who are more like classic rock.
this is awesome i dont understand how this isnt viral
cause arent for every one understanding
Nossa ouvir de mais isso... Nostalgia...
Aplausos....excelente tema....saludos desde Lima-Peru
Seems to me the video is all about desire. The young kid wants a woman. The old man wants water. The whale wants to fly. At the end they all crash, but the old man is content with drowning, the whale is content with surviving, and the young kid still wants to fly. It's a great video. Great song, too.
Actually the video is about loneliness and ejaculation. He was on the computer looking at ladies, and in the beginning he blew his nose into a tissue in the dreamy lady world, symbolizing ejaculating into a tissue while looking at ladies on the internet. The old man needs the "wet" water that could symbolize moisture from women, but he remains "dry". The old man could be the boy who lived his whole life without being with a woman. And then the sperm whale. And then the white balloon that looks like a sperm cell.
Mykel Montes
Firstly, that is not a sperm whale.
Secondly. nothing, you made the video look weird
Aditya Sharma Right, because up until my comment, the video wasn't weird.
Okay it is pretty weird. But I like it somehow. :p
Mykel Montes The dude is walking through a fog grasping at dream women, it's literally smoke and mirrors. Seems like this video is about people (or whales) grasping for extraordinary dreams given their circumstances, being below but wanting to be above. There's always a reality check at the end, because life's not a dream. You gotta take the good with the bad and learn that the best happiness is earned.
Maybe you just need to get laid or smoke some some weed instead of passively venting your loneliness on TH-cam.
i'm looking destroyer ships and youtube shows me this 😂😂
all hail randomness of utube
So True!!!!!
ha ha ha... same here
chefen
You forgot to add how shit this song is.
Man this song is like all drugs together in one, so adictive, a year passed since I first heard it and I love it even more, so lucky to have seen them live at Barcelona.
in love with this one!
I've listened to this song a thousand times and love it. But I did not expect this level of genius in the video. The best thing about it is how it is so ironic and silly and yet it seduces me on a like serious level haha. Fuck yeah Destroyer!