We Are Scientists - The Great Escape

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  • @dorastrong5300
    @dorastrong5300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Me playing Burnout revenge and making drift mpves with a broken car and smiling a lot because of this awesome music.❤

  • @thomaspatrickparker6648
    @thomaspatrickparker6648 7 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    This album had some great lyrics and powerful instrumentals. It really is one of the most underrated albums ever made in my opinion. It's definitely something that will endure the ages, for me atleast.

    • @Curseofarosleaks
      @Curseofarosleaks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thomas Patrick Parker there playing the album in full this year for the 10th anniversary get yourself down to one of the gigs will be epic

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree with you mate

    • @shithead666
      @shithead666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Curseofarosleaks I missed that tour even though they played near me, will never forgive myself lol

    • @thinkofsomethingcooler
      @thinkofsomethingcooler 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too

    • @thomaspatrickparker6648
      @thomaspatrickparker6648 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Curseofarosleaks saw this comment 5 years too late. Maybe I'll catch the 20 year tour

  • @softHighligher
    @softHighligher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    It looks like he’s being followed around by depression and anxiety, which often go together. He tries to live his normal life, but the stupid things done out of depression and anxiety make him annoyed and they add up. He’s the only thing in the way of his own escape. He tries to escape but then goes back home and falls asleep with them again, the unsuccessful escape adding to the desperation.

    • @ghostfox13
      @ghostfox13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      No thats the drummer and the other guy.

    • @Heavilybased
      @Heavilybased 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @superads91 why can’t it be open to interpretation? Everything is subjective

    • @Headead5231
      @Headead5231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      O

    • @NickSBailey
      @NickSBailey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Heavilybased it can but also interesting to know what the writer intended, saying that sometimes I've misheard a lyric that changed the whole meaning of a song then was disappointed later when I found out lol

    • @alexsetterington3142
      @alexsetterington3142 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looks like they need to lighten up a bit. They don't look like much fun

  • @JustaRadioboy
    @JustaRadioboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I remember me as a weird and confused 14 years old boy being hypnotised by this music video and this song. Now that I'm almost 29 (and I'm still weird and confused) I feel like that was a really magic moment of my life, rock and alternative songs, the beautiful music of MTV and the incredibile desire to fully live my life. I'm in quarantine right now (I live in the North of Italy) I think about my life all the time. I don't know if I'm happy or not, but I certantly know that music was and still is the best part of my entire life. Davide.

    • @martezjful
      @martezjful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same age

    • @descartergosum
      @descartergosum 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here!

    • @notsotrvgic9104
      @notsotrvgic9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m about to turn 26 but honestly understanding wasn’t much of an objective until I came back to this song randomly and yeah it always had a story to tell

    • @robexists
      @robexists ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact about the video: directed by The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer, before they did the SNL Digital Shorts.

    • @solaris_cc4353
      @solaris_cc4353 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you're better now :)
      Saluti dalle Marche, 26

  • @jairmendez6583
    @jairmendez6583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This song is my anthem. its been stuck in my head for a long time

  • @mattd1659
    @mattd1659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    We need a critical reappraisal of WAS in 2022. This album has aged so much better than most of their contemporaries

    • @thinkofsomethingcooler
      @thinkofsomethingcooler 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Truly. I always prized it as one of the best albums of the year above the “biggest” bands. Had it on repeat. Such a good concert tour too. Low key lots of banter indie venues…I felt so lucky to see them in Brooklyn bc they are from NYC and were so psyched to be there.

  • @giovannidalben5474
    @giovannidalben5474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    this song was a banger to do some takedowns on Burnout Legends back in the days

  • @Duckingitout
    @Duckingitout 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I found and listened to this song in late 2010, it was among my favorite study music playlist in my freshman year of college. Now it's 2017. Man, how time flies.

    • @descartergosum
      @descartergosum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      2022 is so sad and polarized

    • @yiltrfrontline
      @yiltrfrontline ปีที่แล้ว

      Try 2023 bro

    • @zackp1717
      @zackp1717 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Reading this in 24

  • @xmummamolsx9233
    @xmummamolsx9233 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I don’t think I can explain how long I have been searching for this song and the lengths I have gone to, easily say 7 years

    • @jeremyfoot8996
      @jeremyfoot8996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn
      Happy you finally found it

    • @remember1ify
      @remember1ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I WAS IN THE SAME BOAT. I heard it at a buddy's house on guitar hero then never again for a decade plus. But the sound was caught in my head until today. Painfully underrated

  • @あくびゅり
    @あくびゅり 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Verse 1]
    Making my escape
    Making my escape
    Tell myself that everything's in shape
    Everything's in shape
    But me
    How long can this take?
    How long can this take?
    Tell myself that everything is great
    Everything is great
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up
    [Verse 2]
    Breaking both my hands
    Breaking both my hands
    Telling me to take it like a man
    Take it like a man
    I can't
    I don't understand
    I don't understand
    Please repeat whatever you just said
    Nothing's making sense
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up
    [Verse 3]
    They're breaking both my hands
    They're breaking both my hands
    They're telling me to take it like a man
    Take it like a man
    Well fuck that
    I don't understand
    Said I don't understand
    Said please repeat whatever you just said
    'Cause nothing's making sense
    Well, how am I doin'?
    [Chorus]
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    I got a great idea
    I'm gonna wait right here
    While everything is adding up, up, up
    Everything is adding up, up, up

  • @MarlonBrando420
    @MarlonBrando420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Still an absolutely great three piece band. Such a full sound. Such good choruses

  • @farhanmahalludin
    @farhanmahalludin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    good tune for racking up that takedown counter

  • @YouTuber1303
    @YouTuber1303 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Back in 2008 I remember overhearing a student trying to impress some girls with his guitar. He was playing the exact tune from the start of this track and trying to somehow pass it off as his creation he'd just written (they clearly didn't know the song....) so I had to introduce them all to this gem. I'm sure he was grateful I prevented his copyright infringement case before it began :)

  • @LamarCarthern
    @LamarCarthern ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The amount of nostalgia and happiness this song gives me is insane miss playing Burnout legends.

  • @MJ-om5go
    @MJ-om5go 9 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    they will never know what this song meant to me when I 13

    • @2ndsnake899
      @2ndsnake899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Let me guess, Burnout?

    • @eeestnn5756
      @eeestnn5756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      so true

    • @davidand.mp4
      @davidand.mp4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They will if you tell them 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @salvadoralba8207
      @salvadoralba8207 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahahahahaha

  • @Clodd1
    @Clodd1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So many memories with this album. Timeless...

  • @onarcotx1
    @onarcotx1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Excellent song wicked vid, love the dancing bit, Burnout rocks.

  • @ericzatkalik7058
    @ericzatkalik7058 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this song, Burnout Revenge.

  • @FahdMahmood64
    @FahdMahmood64 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Omdz this song always helped me win on Legends

    • @deandrebraxton1994
      @deandrebraxton1994 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @jairmendez6583
      @jairmendez6583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The chorus would hit right when I'd get that big ass drift on the red bridge allowing me to overtake the other car

  • @mrpotato9992
    @mrpotato9992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I don't understand why they don't have as much support if their songs are very good

    • @karlbrady9823
      @karlbrady9823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They do , sell out gigs when there in UK small venues ! Top band🎸

  • @EclipsetheVeil
    @EclipsetheVeil 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Haven't listened to this in years I saw a vids of a dog on Facebook trying to break through the gate it was entitled the great escape and I randomly think of this video

    • @saulibus1
      @saulibus1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah that's angels, ancestors and spirit guides all at work mate X

  • @HoChiMints2007
    @HoChiMints2007 11 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    CRASHED!
    AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN!
    TAKEDOWN AVENGED!

    • @v3spasian
      @v3spasian 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      haha burnout used to get me so hyped, the music is perfect

  • @jamesdubeck4920
    @jamesdubeck4920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Years later and this is still a banger.

  • @tristanroussel7482
    @tristanroussel7482 11 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Burnout Revenge

    • @Fergus99
      @Fergus99 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That game... so good!

    • @Bloodfangdragon
      @Bloodfangdragon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've only ever played burnout takedown :(

    • @tristanroussel7482
      @tristanroussel7482 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Takedown is a good game too !

    • @slepopeo247
      @slepopeo247 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i got my psp and i just played with this song the burnout revenge, i totally luv that game

    • @zainalazhari9843
      @zainalazhari9843 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soundtrack 😙

  • @Agothygoth
    @Agothygoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This band and this song just made my summer.

  • @seanzimmerman1488
    @seanzimmerman1488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Since no one else has seemed to say if, Shawn White snowboarding on the wii is what helped me find this song

  • @glitch_wurld
    @glitch_wurld 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most underrated band of all time

  • @nicholasmcgee7936
    @nicholasmcgee7936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was obsessed with this band while i was in high school. 14 years later and they frequent the same bar as me in Brooklyn. We've become friendly. Small world lol

  • @user-hi4sm3ig5j
    @user-hi4sm3ig5j 9 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I wish I was three people. There'll be someone to talk to.

  • @remember1ify
    @remember1ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I spent over a decade with the tune of this song floating around in my head with no way to look it up since I'd forgotten the lyrics. I finally remembered some lyrics and found a match, and my heart is aching. This song had me in a trance when I'd first heard it and is by far the worst earworm I've ever had. Hearing it again brought back the same somber but excited feeling I'd had the first time i heard it forever ago

  • @ChristianMercado-41hornet
    @ChristianMercado-41hornet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everytime I hear this it always reminds me of compact type 1

  • @PerpetualCalamity
    @PerpetualCalamity 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember the original MV/visuals. Y’all were in a wooded park (I think) and suddenly dashed off at different paces. I distinctly recall one band member running with a cup of water as he struggled not spill it. Literally the first video I ever watched on TH-cam as a kid. It’s a core memory❤

  • @virgo18187
    @virgo18187 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This band is definitely under appreciated

  • @jerryzamora7965
    @jerryzamora7965 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MTV's Discover and Download brought me here!
    RIP middle school years!

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    burnout legends... memories...

    • @angel.negro1
      @angel.negro1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And takedown & revenge

  • @barniganmcpoyle3547
    @barniganmcpoyle3547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Heard this song in 2008 I think. It's taken me all that time to find it again!

  • @OsSabbathOzzy
    @OsSabbathOzzy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    essa música fez parte da minha infância

  • @HoldenCoffield
    @HoldenCoffield 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the first songs I ever learned to play all the way through.

  • @dhan07404
    @dhan07404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was today years old when I realised akiva Schaffer directed this
    Also this is a banger in burnout revenge

  • @tssnmm
    @tssnmm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still hv this cd.

  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a magnificent tune about modern times depression and how everybody starts to notice you're not okay, but the only thing you can do is wait a little more...

  • @MrRyouichi100
    @MrRyouichi100 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good song!

  • @stealahb
    @stealahb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it is 9 pm. January 2024. i'm in the kitchen looking for snacks and this song plays in my head. haven't listened to it in a while and it's like a call from an old friend.

  • @ram_stick_samurai
    @ram_stick_samurai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Legit one of my favourite songs just because of my Dad's PSP and a .cso copy of Burnout Legends.

  • @faantz6924
    @faantz6924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Entertaining video-and the song stands the test of time. Still got a great hook, danceable, sing along hook, fantastic concept lyrically and visually. Also fantastic in live performances!

  • @ConorSantyPower
    @ConorSantyPower 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    great tune and top comments are brilliant

  • @existential_lamp
    @existential_lamp 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love Michael's face at 2:15

  • @AllAmericanBeaner68
    @AllAmericanBeaner68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I HAVE to thank the Burnout games for showing me this legendary group.

  • @MeeMowCat
    @MeeMowCat 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this band. They are soooo un-appreciated.

  • @The_Engineer_Guy
    @The_Engineer_Guy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still come back to this Song. Just love it. And i will be back very soon again. Thank you guys for this amazing Song.

  • @SURENITY
    @SURENITY ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was one of my favorite songs of my childhood.
    I never knew how relatable this song truly is until I became a young adult.
    Burnout Revenge was the fuel to my childhood!

  • @rusheena
    @rusheena 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't heard this song in 2 yrs, but I still know it by heart:)

  • @MrSethplaysbass
    @MrSethplaysbass 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i'm pretty sure hes saying "but me" because the phrase before that is "everythings in shape everythings in shape BUT ME"

  • @hidekel1218
    @hidekel1218 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Esta canción la conocí en Burnaout y me gustó. Pero no note que al final del video el que canta estaba llorando 😢, dios no creí que la depresión fuera así.

  • @Qwayzar
    @Qwayzar 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    the singer reminds me of brett from FotC. awesome song.

  • @BruhPoole
    @BruhPoole 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    BURNOUT lol ..the memories

  • @kazalack
    @kazalack 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job

  • @CriscoToe
    @CriscoToe 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    finally, had the rhythm to this song stuck in my head for a week

  • @wenaldy
    @wenaldy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The Lonely Islands directed this video. Wait wasn't this clip on thelonelyislands channel before?

    • @fearstreak7462
      @fearstreak7462 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's how I found WAS, lonelyisland.

    • @faantz6924
      @faantz6924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Found some great videos through The Lonely Island original website...Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt by We Are Scientists and Eagles of Death Metal too! EODM's best video is known by it's catchphrase: "The boy's bad news!" Song is featured in a lot of soundtracks but the music video features a guitar that plays people's clothes off, Dave Grohl and Jack Black. I'm not sure if Lonely Island directed that vid...but worth checking out!

    • @lunaticpathos
      @lunaticpathos 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup. Honestly introducing me to this album is my favorite thing The Lonely Island ever did, not to discount how great they are.

  • @jordanspencer2157
    @jordanspencer2157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've been listening to the under the sea version for so long that this version feels foreign now

  • @StudioMod
    @StudioMod 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember when they were on TV?
    Damn -- those were good times that I wasn't wise enough to appreciate.

  • @freespeakingmonkey5503
    @freespeakingmonkey5503 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great muzik

  • @LessThanJayson
    @LessThanJayson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw this at 15 and thinking it was “gay”…..
    I’m 28 now and this is still homoerotic as hell but also pretty deep when you look at the ending of the video…
    Still I love this fucking song…

  • @shadowking501
    @shadowking501 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome song

  • @Lyothere
    @Lyothere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much memories of Burnout Legends for me. I remember that I was playing it on PlayStation Portable ! (PSP)

  • @gunudown3
    @gunudown3 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats exactly where I remember this from, best burnout ever

  • @NickRamone0
    @NickRamone0 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Franz Ferdinand and We Are Scientists = awesome

  • @imonster242DRohrer44
    @imonster242DRohrer44 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember this one time when I wasnt playing burnout and I found this somg on my own. Good times :)

  • @TheMajesticKnight
    @TheMajesticKnight 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember this, this is so nostalgic omggg

  • @GEO906
    @GEO906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    :,)

  • @tssnmm
    @tssnmm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had their CD! 😭

  • @mihalic17
    @mihalic17 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them yesterday on MUSE's warm up - They're really great performers I must say!

  • @kitkatkid090
    @kitkatkid090 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    awsome

  • @THeBesTTHereIz951
    @THeBesTTHereIz951 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing . . . The best song I've ever heard.

  • @mrkael123
    @mrkael123 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    very good

  • @ariellas0mami
    @ariellas0mami 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely love the dancing!

  • @beardsley777
    @beardsley777 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    SO AWESOME AT TRAMLINES

  • @aretsam5047
    @aretsam5047 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this music man it is great

  • @EonNite
    @EonNite 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nothing was more fun than drifting into a boost to this song!

  • @blossom10593
    @blossom10593 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    that dance seen was the best.

  • @JasonnnHD
    @JasonnnHD 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Burnout!!!

  • @lindsay96
    @lindsay96 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love this song! thank you lonely island for getting me here xoxo

  • @Josias603
    @Josias603 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    the first time I heard this song was playing "Bornout-Legends" :D

  • @thatkidfrankieC
    @thatkidfrankieC 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    god ive missed this song, i havent heard it in a long time.

  • @Sladverr
    @Sladverr 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think its saying that some of us have too much going on in our lives and we need to just get away from it all sometimes, or it'll run our lives.

  • @jasminehill94
    @jasminehill94 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this song!!!! XD

  • @comgeekputer
    @comgeekputer 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's like they were conjoined at the hip. Wild vid. Love it.

  • @deandrebraxton1994
    @deandrebraxton1994 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    burnout ps2 has the best music ever

  • @michellelister4299
    @michellelister4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it

  • @soldat182
    @soldat182 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i've got a great idea,
    im going listen to this song over and over again coz its soooo good!

  • @TazzKeKo
    @TazzKeKo 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this song,it's great.

  • @MyHaloFan117
    @MyHaloFan117 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome!

  • @MysticHalim
    @MysticHalim 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    love

  • @discotech6178
    @discotech6178 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ahhh the old memories about burnout legends

  • @Tycoti22
    @Tycoti22 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Lonely Island for this awesomness

  • @evageassr1913
    @evageassr1913 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @vanrok
    @vanrok 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Strokes and We Are Scientists are the best indie bands that ever came out from America

    • @graw211
      @graw211 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed artic monkeys and dioyy aslo dude!!

  • @chamber20projects
    @chamber20projects 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I listened to this once, years ago.

  • @uglynovagames561
    @uglynovagames561 9 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    im here because i know good music

    • @lazyvampire4920
      @lazyvampire4920 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah me too

    • @jesusortuno5069
      @jesusortuno5069 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Lovely Mafs samee

    • @perkyydevilus4934
      @perkyydevilus4934 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hehe lol

    • @saulibus1
      @saulibus1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm here cos if you hear this in an indie club you can kiss a girl

    • @leftindarkness870
      @leftindarkness870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And you learned it from burnout revenge right? ;)

  • @AmyMaCoolbeans
    @AmyMaCoolbeans 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this song !!!!!!