A lot of people don’t realize but it honestly takes a lot of skill to dance that bad that well

@pkcowzah3369

3 жыл бұрын

It's an equally blessed skill to dance bad..equal in freedom to a good dance

@bryanhersman4037

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to some bad dancing?

@Marigold976

3 жыл бұрын

I should know, I’m the worst lol

@bethroesch2156

3 жыл бұрын

You're right. I couldn't do it lol

@mooneymakes359

3 жыл бұрын

Napolean Dynamite was better

This was my Dads favourite song. He loved this silly film clip. It's the 3rd anniversary of his death today. Still gives me a giggle and makes me smile thinking of him on hard days like today. Peace and love to anyone missing someone. Rest in peace pops xxxxx

@austinkelter8394

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@obmguitarist

Жыл бұрын

He's smiling right now, I can guarantee

@z1kp2

Жыл бұрын

❤ peace friend

@Dake2504

Жыл бұрын

Peace bro/sis

@stevenohenries5127

Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Tory’s pops, you had some glorious taste in music dude ✌🏻

Me and my dad used to dance around the living room to this when I was a kid. We'd really go for it too, proper going nuts. He passed away 3 days ago. And he requested this be one of his funeral songs because it's "our" song. I love you so fucking much dad. I'll miss you forever.

@camdenwise5816

11 ай бұрын

Bless his precious soul, and you and your family's precious hearts! ❤

@denalinde

11 ай бұрын

Every time you hear this song, you’ll have a little piece of your dad with you. RIP 💜🕺🏼💃🏽

@christianesohn7564

10 ай бұрын

Ich bin sehr gerührt..möge dein Vater in Frieden ruhen

@adrianime5838

10 ай бұрын

jesus, that makes me cry.

@reinhardt5405

10 ай бұрын

When you do see him again, he'll be waiting for you with this song 🙏

Who listen this great song on 2024?

@SeverineClairand-jq5iw

3 ай бұрын

Me 😂

@VolandoconH

3 ай бұрын

Me! From buenos aires

@maudealegria8291

3 ай бұрын

Me 🥹

@metalhead2619

3 ай бұрын

Ruby Gillman brought me here

@duaneninjaray

3 ай бұрын

🤟🏾

Imagine if you were in the crowd thinking what the hell am I seeing, then to look back and understand you just witnessed one of the greatest music videos of the 90’s

@VeroSCIA

Жыл бұрын

Info in Description: Spike Jones produced video for $800. Won multi MTV awards. Voted #1 of the Top 100 videos of all time!

@pepperfly9667

Жыл бұрын

No back then that was cool

@pepperfly9667

Жыл бұрын

That how ya get star power Ya got to hustle and bussle

@pepperfly9667

Жыл бұрын

And he so smart look at the location and time ...plus very very good

@bruceellenburg429

Жыл бұрын

It would make me dance in a circle with the others....lol

The story of the video is pretty amazing. Its deliberately made as a bit of a joke to look cheap. MTV originally rejected it for broadcast as they thought it wasn't professional TV standard. Then Norman Cook had to explain it was meant to be bad. The song took off, people thought the video was hilarious, and against the odds, it ended up winning the three awards at the 1999 MTV awards! When they were filming, someone was frantically running around getting legal permission from all the people in the background shots so it could be used.

@keacluster

4 жыл бұрын

Spike Jonze looks so darn happy

@RaineSim

4 жыл бұрын

Tech Geek... I'm glad they pushed to get it out. It's an anthem for all sorts of tributes

@bluegyrl75

4 жыл бұрын

I sincerely think this music video is one of the best of all time. I love flashy stuff too, but there’s just something about how sweet and real this video is that I love.

@RaineSim

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluegyrl75 💯Facts

@Studio29Ng

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining that Tech Geek. I didn't know the video's history, I just like it.

God I miss the 90's, early 2000's. Please take me back.

@dopiaza2006

2 ай бұрын

I'd start with the 70s!

@vanessav.c.9795

29 күн бұрын

That's my very best wish too!!

@ZekeBurns-om3yt

17 күн бұрын

You all wouldn't last 5 minutes without the Internet.

@As-jj2rc

15 күн бұрын

Me too! I would give my kidney to go back.

@lisawhite6058

6 сағат бұрын

Couldn’t agree more!!

the 6 piano notes/chords that make up the melody of this song feel perfect. This is a perfect song to symbolize the end of an era in your life. graduating HS/college, moving out of a living space, a friend moving away, etc.

The KZread generation will never understand how baffling and exhilarating it was to witness this bit of counterculture appear on cable television in 1998.

@janinevillasenor6771

3 жыл бұрын

This was the first ever Tictok

@graphixch

3 жыл бұрын

My god are you correct. This period of time was just so damn fun.

@MilkyG666

2 жыл бұрын

@@graphixch before the massive expansion of the internet was the greatest time

@graphixch

2 жыл бұрын

@@MilkyG666 Totally agree. Take me back! lol

@moisesmatias1125

2 жыл бұрын

KZread most fun videos were only possible thanks to this kind of disruptive culture that they started back then. Those were really fun times. Being different actually meant something not artificial.

Making a fool of yourself in front of a crowd, not giving a F, not expecting any reward, just doing your thing. Being happy and proud. They have my respect.

@enricovankeeken1624

Жыл бұрын

*?thEn - i guess - Í have your respect ..and i thank you for that! / wishing you a hAppy ´23 / and MY name is nUtt$ ricky :-)*

@xkittykraze11x

Жыл бұрын

The grammar in this comment...

@fry5544

Жыл бұрын

🌈 Amen 🌈

@DR3ADNOUGHT

Жыл бұрын

@@xkittykraze11x imagine caring about grammar on the internet

@gabrielgabrielgabrielgabriel46

Жыл бұрын

Well... I think it was more like someone creating this videoclip called extras agency, choosed ppl looking like random muricans, asked for coming in a totally random clothes, gave them 100-200 bucks each and cd radio and said: you have 1hr to arrange joint performance looking like some randoms having a good time and dancing in front of onlookers. And that's it xD An open secret that most of nowadays yt vids with pranks, gold diggers etc. works like dat.

I remember watching this on MTV back in the day and being like "who are these people and why are they so enthusiastic and yet dancing so weirdly". Many years later, now I know. Its not about how you dance. Its about the joy OF BEING ALIVE AND AMONG OTHERS YOU TRUST LOVE AND ENJOY BEING WITH. Thanks Fatboy!

@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor

6 ай бұрын

Right on

I’ve cried watching this a couple times before, there’s just something that gets to me in how silly yet completely serious they dance in front of everyone

@3NC3PH4L0N

Жыл бұрын

Its the humbleness of being yourself that caught you ;) Try it for yourself. You might enjoy being edgy

@squattingheads

Жыл бұрын

every performance is silly in a way

@AdamHolland-Adz

10 ай бұрын

For me it's the fact that they all look like they could be perfect strangers, ordinary people. And yet they all come together to dance in syn. Not extremely well, but that's not the point.

@sallyjoan

10 ай бұрын

@@AdamHolland-Adz what are you on about, not extremely well? You're talking out of your arse again.

@TheMusicLauncher

7 ай бұрын

Be cringe, be free @@3NC3PH4L0N

wtf is wrong with me watching this at 3 in the morning and crying it's so beautiful tho

@snowyowl6670

3 жыл бұрын

My dad loved it? ❤️

@hodiau016

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepitau8601 Estas agrable renkonti revulon ;P

@gregc2467

3 жыл бұрын

You remember a time,when life was better ?,well thats the reason I cried,either that or the bottle and a half of Chablis.

@sharonsekhon9475

3 жыл бұрын

it is. we miss each other

@LucasHighwalker

3 жыл бұрын

same here fam, same here

Nothing is more bitter sweet than nostalgia. What I would do to be young again watching this on MTV for the first time again. Cheers to anyone reading this in their 30's we lived good years in the 90s.

@tron.44

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@enricovankeeken1624

Жыл бұрын

*there´s this "strange" thing about me ..there are alOt🙃actually! i "jUst" turned 57 ... i wouldn´t wAnt to be (even) One DAY younger*

@cevherselimgunday2252

Жыл бұрын

Cheers for that!

@MirissStargazer

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! I wish you a sweet day!

@ed6160

Жыл бұрын

Amen....

I remember when our professor back in university used to show his love for music videos, and we all were fascinated. He also told us that this one was his favourite one. He couldn't explain why. He just said that it had something special that really touched him. Today, I can understand why. Rest in peace wherever you are, professor.

@alexzin7242

Жыл бұрын

В нём есть искренность. Это главное. Хоть я и россиянин, ч понимаю это. У нас часто такого нет.

@Youtibeviewer

2 ай бұрын

Life is awesome and death is a part of life...

The applauding by the bewildered crowd still processing what they just watched is heartwarming

Never realized how precious life was during these times this was my childhood

@satchelsatchel

3 жыл бұрын

never i realized my precious life until lost whos got my golden soul

@johnward9604

3 жыл бұрын

Dude ur like 18 you hadnt been born when this song came out lol

@elijahstiles1821

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnward9604 lmao why you hatin I was grown up around music like this you bum can’t listen to music like this cause I wasn’t born when it came out?

@johnward9604

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahstiles1821 you sensitive wuss it was a joke and you cried

@alex-qd6of

2 жыл бұрын

Better times.

Thank you Fatboy Slim for the memories back in 1998. 2022 and your music still motivates this 65 year old to get up and...DANCE!

@lisafedele7932

Жыл бұрын

Dig it! Right on my friend! Born 61'

@PlejikOnEverest

Жыл бұрын

its from slovak einstein series

@bigguy321

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I first heard this song in 2009 while riding to a work appointment with a favorite coworker. It came on the radio and she squealed with delight, cranked it up and seat danced while we drove to the appointment. Now, 14 years later, I work from home but when it came on the radio the other day I remembered that afternoon and cranked up the volume and started dancing around my home office.

@Reina0101

5 ай бұрын

I love it! ❤

Anybody else remember when society was something you enjoyed being a part of?

@donsutton1954

3 ай бұрын

1970?

@anng.4542

3 ай бұрын

When it was safe and fun to do stuff like this in a California city...

@kirsty_iso

3 ай бұрын

and it wasn't always hyper edgy doing anything slightly beyond the reg

@emilysansone1861

2 күн бұрын

Astute, my friend

best music video ever made. Nobody cares how they look or what others think of them, just free, having fun, and being stupid. Pure innocence. The guy who doesn't understand why they are enjoying themselves who shuts down the music is a prime example of people who aren't comfortable in their own skin. I think it's brilliant. There's a message behind the video in my opinion.

@SisterCaliGal

Жыл бұрын

playful times are important!

@daynasmum529

Жыл бұрын

If this is the best music vid ever made you are super-easy pleased.

@alexzin7242

Жыл бұрын

Этот ролик - образец свободы! Я из России и знаю, что это такое.

@realeyesrealisereallies97

Жыл бұрын

@@daynasmum529 you say that like it's a bad thing...

@Whitesaber211

11 ай бұрын

That guy who shuts music was the manager of the cinema the interaction between the director of the Video (the guy leading the dance) went on a lot longer as he explains what they're up to and I think hence the jump hug

This song means so much to me, it was played at my fathers funeral and I can’t tel you how happy I am every time I hear it, just thinking back about all of the good time we had together

@BenPass12

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss

@Burt472

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your loss...I know what that means unfortunately..... A brotherly hug from Italy

@ShadowG72

2 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful, man, fr

@alexgavinchuk5555

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. It's on my final playlist too.

@VestigialHead

2 жыл бұрын

I have to praise you like I should.

We played this song at my wife's wake. Celebrate the loved ones you have, always and forever.

@aimeebozify

7 жыл бұрын

Oh...the feeeeels

@TheBaggadonuts

7 жыл бұрын

Rip.

@paulmcgrath5259

7 жыл бұрын

Respect.

@MUDSWAT

7 жыл бұрын

131 likes but not one sorry. :/ I'm sorry for you loss!

@TheDotComKid84

7 жыл бұрын

Sorrys are generic when someone dies. There are no words..

Played this as our entrance song to our wedding. Always makes me smile watching this music video or whenever I hear this song!

@James-if3kc

9 ай бұрын

Nobody cares. People like you are narcissists who want the attention of the world on them at all times.

@jondasilva5989

5 ай бұрын

I used this in my speech 🎉

I can't get enough of this. It's so powerful what's going on here. The energy is superb.

@daynasmum529

Жыл бұрын

Power? energy? did i miss something?

The first time I ever seen this on MTV my friends and I just smoked a joint and we were like”what the fuck did we just watch” lmao

@designafriendgirl

3 жыл бұрын

Fr 😂😂😂😂

@seanortiz1050

3 жыл бұрын

I love those moments

@babydoll8165

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/omWisbV9ppypY6w.html

@fearnot8218

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I remember being in highschool thinking 🤔 "are these people special??!" Lol, such a GREAT vid and song!

@mkayokay3192

3 жыл бұрын

And you couldn’t even rewind bro.....just imagine that pain

Love that everything about this video screams 90's and yet is absolutely timeless. Brings me back to when MTV still played music and I was a kid and started to actually sort out my own taste in music.

@leoroth6162

Жыл бұрын

YES!! ITS SHIT THESE DAYS LOL

@MT-rr1og

Жыл бұрын

Before reality TV before social media

@santikim8134

Жыл бұрын

@卍 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉𝟦𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓊𝓁𝓏 卍 It is - so cheap it’s free ✌🏽

Spike Jonze is the main guy dancing here (also the director of the video)

This is dance in its purest form, immaculate.

Even from a deep depressive mood, this music and video made me smile. That's pretty amazing.

@MrChristian

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to read, Cameron. I’m there also. I keep hoping though. Hang in there. One hour and one day at a time

@TreeFrogOnATree

2 жыл бұрын

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TIME FOR EXERCISE

@MrChristian

2 жыл бұрын

@@TreeFrogOnATree Does that help you? Maybe that’s what I need to do

@xriskynoob

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrChristian It really does help

@bastianmrdn394

2 жыл бұрын

Mucha Fuerza Cameron, Saludos desde america del sur, Argentina!!!

apparently this was filmed “guerrilla-style” (without the location owners’ permission), so nobody in the background knew what the hell was going on (except for Norman, obviously). so yes, all of the reactions are 100% genuine. they really just happened to witness a flash mob dancing to Fatboy Slim.

@CJonesApple

3 жыл бұрын

I believe they were actually dancing to a different song.

@satchelsatchel

3 жыл бұрын

@@CJonesApple does not every one

@jaidoua1

2 жыл бұрын

@@CJonesApple i highly doubt it considering at the beginning it sounds like they are actually playing it before it fades to the overlayed song, also 2:11

@DiegoRuiz1991

2 жыл бұрын

The leading dancer is also some dude known as SPIKE JONZE!!!

@endamccallion1073

2 жыл бұрын

Norman is not in the video

This video is so weird and I love it. And I really liked to see the people standing around and actually _watching_ and not filming. Many things were great before the time of iPhones etc etc.

Fatboy Slim was the 90s!!

@davidsmith-uo7lj

20 күн бұрын

Right soul brother ❤

this was before anybody even knew what a "flash mob" was

@satchelsatchel

3 жыл бұрын

A flash mob is a flash mob. Cavemen formed a flash mob to dance during the middle of their dinosaur barbeque. Perhaps you mean “before the expression ‘flash mob’ was coined.”

@ayeyuh6920

2 ай бұрын

@@satchelsatchel oh my god shut up bro.

Dude dancing is Spike jonez ..his name is almost nowhere in these comments and that's a shame..

@benjaminscherliss4594

3 жыл бұрын

Literally just came here because I just told my wife I didn't realize it was him until about a year ago!

@j.hardison8262

3 жыл бұрын

I found out today. Holy crap.

@paceky1556

3 жыл бұрын

And is the director :P everytime you wonder who made an epic 90's video , its 9/10 spike jonze :)

@dduel

3 жыл бұрын

That makes so much sence! Thank you!

@musikista022

3 жыл бұрын

Being John Malkovich's director? wow

I'm Brazilian and this initial introduction to the song reminds me of a gospel song here in our country. It's incredible how universal the song is because it's practically the same melody

Thank you Mr Cook for creating this masterpiece and thank you Camille Yarbrough for unknowingly creating the backbone of it all those years earlier. ❤️

after all these years, this still cracks me up. this is probably one of the best music videos of the 90's. this won 3 vmas from mtv vma in 1999. initially i thought this was scripted, like the "background audiences" were paid actors. this was actually for real, they didn't even bother to get any permission from the theater's owner to do this cult like dance in front of that place lmfao.

@Robin-zl3px

5 жыл бұрын

this is probably the best music videos ever

@Oxana_Y

5 жыл бұрын

tootsie|troll® , me too😀

@rawunlimitedvlog7408

5 жыл бұрын

@Brandon S Original flash mob before there was even a word for it! 😀

@grjdytjghgfjdjdf

5 жыл бұрын

Best music video ever. It is so bad that is is beyond so good. It is so awesome. So spectacular. So sublime that you will tear up and wish Spike put you in the music video and you have this epic claim to fame of being in this video for this incredible song.

@loyalfish2761

5 жыл бұрын

This is so great. Sooo great. They are free.

I was deep in the trenches of a ballet company when this video came out. A lot of us looked down on the video in a very snooty way, claiming it was not "real" dancing. Nowadays I realize.. this is EXACTLY how dance is supposed to be!

@leonpashe8342

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@deionamariemuhammad628

2 жыл бұрын

No you were right. As a teen, I thought the dancers were exploited handicapped adults 🥴

@rpavlich

2 жыл бұрын

Well...it was acting so yeah

@kimi4440

2 жыл бұрын

@@deionamariemuhammad628 lol the dude dancing is spike jonze!

@kimi4440

2 жыл бұрын

it looks awkward because this is all a prank, they just showed up and started making a music video in front of this theater because they thought it would be a good concept for a film but obviously they look nervous and like they're making things up because this was really a one and done thing- they are being kicked out like the guy shutting the music off.

Absolutely brilliant. Sending Praises to you and everyone who understands.

I find it so refreshing to see that people back then just stood there and watched the group performing and nobody's filming with their smartphones. Feeling quite nostalgic right now.

Spike Jonze (The director of the video) and Norman Cook are friggin' LEGENDS! Still holds up to this day!

@leoSaunders

Жыл бұрын

he's the guy in the striped shirt too

@johnjordan961

Жыл бұрын

Fact check: True

@davidrunyon8328

Жыл бұрын

Is Norman the dancer in stripes?

@GAZ-TRX

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrunyon8328 No, that's Spike Jonze

@guerocoolarrow8382

Жыл бұрын

This and island on the sun, marvelous work Mr. Jonze, wherever you may be

one of the most uplifting pieces of music ever made.

@daynasmum529

Жыл бұрын

have i missed something?

@jax993

Жыл бұрын

Sure does & my daughter is in Sydney 2nite at FBS’s concert in 2023 so so kool I saw him has 2 b at least 23yrs ago he was insane! ❤😊

@BarryHart-xo1oy

3 ай бұрын

Very,very true.

This is such a classic, puts a tear in my eye. Man I miss the 90s and early 2000s

2023 and I´m still thinking that Praise You is one of Fat Boy Slim´s best songs. The video is pop culture, one of the best ever.

The very best part of this video.......NO CELL PHONES OR CAMERA PHONES. This was the real deal back then which made it more special. Loved them on the vma's in 99. Man I truly miss the 90s...what an amazing decade!

@gonzalesboi2016

3 ай бұрын

You mean smartphone

The funny thing is that the outfits they're wearing are now very much the "aesthetic". Pioneers.

@bdg4life820

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha True True

@MarvinGuatemalanBoy

2 жыл бұрын

They also predicted the amateur people making amateur viral videos in social medias.

en los 90s, pensaba que este era uno de los mejores videos musicales,, estamos en el 2023 y aun sigo creyéndolo 🥲

I love when people get together like that, create this energy and do something incredible like this.... god i miss the 90s

Over 20 years later and it's still joyously, beautifully silly.

@jawaratoyloy7780

3 жыл бұрын

Fuckin love it

@rimuladas3466

3 жыл бұрын

great, i'm officially old, song still rocks

@MichaelEnglish88

3 жыл бұрын

Eh! 24 years!

@joeysumulong8872

3 жыл бұрын

It still amazes me every time i watch.

I was 85 when this song first came out and now I’m dead. Crazy how time flies by!

@dmitrijs33

Жыл бұрын

😀😀😀👍

@kamipersonal2687

Жыл бұрын

😁😚😁

@EM-yp1cf

Жыл бұрын

That's how it is. Stuff happens and then you're dead.

@kabakamukasa6835

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry bro, u will reincarnate back on earth soon and do it all over again 😂😂

@yellow01umrella

Жыл бұрын

Coca-Cola doesn't taste the same as it used to.

One of my favorite jams of my summer holidays of 1999 when I was 15 and I'd watch this video with such joy on MTV. 🥰

@danijelazikic6473

8 ай бұрын

Same

The 90s were awesome!

The first ever recorded "Flash Mob", as you can tell they were ahead of their time. The 90's man. Good times!

@lindadolan4686

4 жыл бұрын

Arsenal FC aka,

A bit more about this clip. it looks incredibly basic, but they actually went out of their way to look bad. They picked really bad tracksuits and awkward clothes, and then purposely did bad dancing. There was an earlier version of the clip with the crowds faces blurred out, because they hadn't sorted the permissions from the crowd. It was shot in guerilla style, so the camera wasn't obvious to the people there. The main dancer is director Spike Jonze, in rather ordinary glasses and a shirt. Norman Cook is in the crowd and appears at the end, but he's edited out in this version. Spike Jonze loves elaborate practical jokes so this is was his style. Roman Coppola worked on it, brother of Jonze's wife at the time, Sofia Coppola.

@satchelsatchel

3 жыл бұрын

i was not there at the time

@anonimouse4678

3 жыл бұрын

Work if art

@lamontallen9435

3 жыл бұрын

No this wasn't done intentionally.... It was just done...😂😂

@travisc7506

3 жыл бұрын

It also literally cost $800 to make yet managed to win 3 VMA awards in 1999. It's actually pretty genius.

@sargentstephens45

3 жыл бұрын

Just curious, but the guy who switched the music off then tried to move them on, was he part of the act?

The guy turning off the music just made them more powerful

People are so unhappy! Instead of just letting that little kid inside enjoy the sight, even if it's confusing, most just stood there, baffled! We don't need to understand everything! But we can smile and just take it in sometimes! Smile today.... isn't there enough frowning in the world?!

I swear to God that their dance routine is what they had us doing in elementary school for in-class exercise

@facesbysusanna

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@lilienlambare

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA.

@neberoni

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to go to that school

@markandresen1

3 жыл бұрын

It's likely that was the only way they were able to restart together after the 'management' switched off the player...

@satchelsatchel

3 жыл бұрын

thats where they learned it

I love the fact that they are just having fun, I mean there's is no super complicated choreography and overqualified performers. They are just themselves having some fun. This is so inspiring.

This makes my soul happy. I wish i could find the bames of the people and tell them thank you for this.

Everything Spike Jonze touches is gold!

Fun fact: this was filmed at Fox Bruin theatre in Westwood, LA. The same Place where Margot Robbie goes to the movies in Once upon a time in Hollywood.🔥

@AtheistOrphan

3 жыл бұрын

Really? Wow! I didn’t know that. Thank you.

@carlosrivas1629

3 жыл бұрын

The movies are Practical Magic and Star trek insurrection just let you know how old this is.

@jonathanhart2622

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered where it took place. Also this video has canceled my existential depression for a good amount of time.

@galleryofrogues

3 жыл бұрын

Westwood has the most GORGEOUS old movie theaters, it’s so awesome.

@jenlarge9036

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

Wow. What's beautiful about this is that each individual in the audience will have a story to tell that day during dinner, over the phone, at work the next day, in the kitchen with a wife, and everything in between.

The very pinnacle of what dancing is all about!! Fantastic.

And Fatboy slim from what I can gather you are a lovely, modest man

This made me tear up. The beauty of acting out in a joyous way - and how damaged everyone is in line around them - awkward, retentive, pent up, self-conscious. And how much worse things have gotten. People brazen enough to step up and act the fool..........................they're vital, precious, and powerful to humanity. They hold the keys!!

A couple of years ago, I discovered that all my favorite music videos were made by Spike Jonze. What a genius.

I luv the little blond taking her role seriously

Cool news about the cinema in this classic music video! In Feb 2024 a group of 35 filmmakers purchased the Westwood Village and Bruin theaters to preserve them as moviegoing destinations long into the future. (They are landmarks built in 1931) The new owners include J.J. Abrams, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Chris Columbus, Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Rian Johnson, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher McQuarrie, Chris Miller, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Phillips, Jason Reitman, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang and Chloé Zhao.

@artala544

Ай бұрын

Was Bradley Cooper really on this list, the Actor?!

I have never seen something that has made me want to live my life so freely before EVER

@lmack161

8 жыл бұрын

***** no

@adrianfayrce4542

8 жыл бұрын

+M Rodriguez Don't worry, it'll pass. You'll be sleeping in all day, binging on Seinfeld and ice cream again in no time. :)

@adrianfayrce4542

8 жыл бұрын

***** I try.

@Pabluk

8 жыл бұрын

+M Rodriguez i love you for say that...

@ApPillon

8 жыл бұрын

why the long face 😂😂

It's so refreshing to see people actually standing around and *watching* something as opposed to holding up their phone and be recording.

@chrisjames5188

2 жыл бұрын

1999 a better time before social media

@masinhunt9500

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisjames5188 As a 16 year old who didn't expierence the 80s or 90s, I agree

@Ultrasemen

2 жыл бұрын

dont worry, eventually eye implants with recording will be invented and then people will watch again... with their own eyes... well, not their own own eyes...

@Ultrasemen

2 жыл бұрын

also if on every event someone with good camera would be recording and uploading publically, people wouldnt have to record by themselves to preserve the moment... but since they can't rely on others they do it themselves, with their crappy phone cameras, because otherwise the moment will be gone and will become just a fading memory slowly getting destroyed in the brain

@goodarnold3307

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ultrasemen I kind of feel sorry for you

This video and music combination is the most ludicrously perfect thing to have ever been devised by man. Perfect.

I have to PRAISE YOU 👏 😂🎉❤

I’m glad the comment section is finally open after 10 years 🙌🏻

@ANTINATALIST_lewis

3 жыл бұрын

Yoooooooo

@thuyen_brian5615

3 жыл бұрын

Letsss gooo

I remember when Spike Jones and his dancers performed this at the VMAs with those light up robes it was so awesome

Best music video ever. I love it. No money, only love and passion.

One of the best videos ever

Back when the Internet was fun. I miss fun internet.

@ocruadlaoic

5 жыл бұрын

That's racist

@TheKavo97

5 жыл бұрын

How’s this got anything to do with the internet? Genuinely asking, did this dance group start online?

@monstersince

5 жыл бұрын

we all do @1RedHyena

@damo0666

5 жыл бұрын

1RedHyena the Internet is still fun if you look in the right places 😀

@gronkcunt1044

4 жыл бұрын

Its not like the internet has changed dude, there is still old shit online

I absolutely love Fatboy Slim. He was a huge part of the music scene and everywhere from 1997-2002. What great and fun times

Fkn love this song. The questionable choreography and the confused spectators makes it even better 😂

This video and song is a conduit of psychological expression in my personal life. I was recently divorced when this song came out and had very negative feelings and remorse. This one song gave me permission to be me and to just say "Fuck it, I am having fun!". Life is good. Enjoy it while you have the chance. I am sure there were other people feeling oppressed at the time and feeling like it was time to "Praise You". This song represents a very positive and pivotal time in my life. Thanks goes out to Fatboy Slim!

@lotomusic1360

Жыл бұрын

Nice message. I'll keep it in mind. Right now I am in one of my worst times: my two puppies die, my family rejects me and despises me, I don't have a job, and my neighbors hate me. My image is negative. I lost all my money during the pandemic and my dreams went to hell

@datadude67

11 ай бұрын

@@lotomusic1360 At least you have a keyboard and electricity. And fingers. Also, I hate your neighbors too.

@TheHigherVoltage

11 ай бұрын

@@lotomusic1360 It's been 3 months. If you read your OP and you're still in that rut - slap yourself in the face, turn KZread off, and do something positive. Right now.

@lotomusic1360

11 ай бұрын

@@TheHigherVoltage I am worse than three months ago !!!!!!.

@TheHigherVoltage

11 ай бұрын

@@lotomusic1360 Then whatever you're doing isn't working. Change tactics!

Ladies and gentlemen.. The man.. The myth.. The legend... Mr Spike Jones!

@jwd3344

5 жыл бұрын

was just about to comment and ask if that was spike Jones. Thought Id look through the comments first aha

@freggittlegamint2830

4 жыл бұрын

I almost forgot that this is how I learned of him.

@frydsaman6857

4 жыл бұрын

jonze

@Misshowzat

4 жыл бұрын

Who?

@Misshowzat

4 жыл бұрын

@@linkin49park182 Is he a musician?

When I listen to this in the morning before work, I always have a good day.

The best part of this video is that the movie Practical Magic is playing at the Village Theatre in the background sign... I've watched this video many many many times and never noticed that sign until now... I haven't thought about that Practical Magic movie in forever... I think it's got Sandra Bullock in it I believe

I was born back on 12th January 1999 my dad tells me this song was playing when I was being birthed so it means a lot to me this song ❤️❤️

@danharrodian

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday

Spike Jonez is the most underrated creator.

@JsHutton10

4 жыл бұрын

the skate videos he has directed (yeah right, fully flared)are in a league of their own too..

@bonethugsfiend

3 жыл бұрын

Being John Malkovich is a great movie.

@tylerp3327

3 жыл бұрын

So glad he won an Academy Award. He’s on a whole other level of creativity. Video Days is an amazing skate flick

@holdencaulfield8429

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah fuck Hal Ashby

@user-pu1bs9eh7v

3 жыл бұрын

john malkovich and Her!

This feels nostalgic and gives a sense of peace that joy exists in any way, shape or form ❤🥺😍

Damn. Time flies. We were so happy and we didn’t know. Look the state of the world.

Our anthem when we make it through the Coronavirus.

@nedumnwanze4120

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@samfiadrangus9188

4 жыл бұрын

I fucking hope not.

@Gfors85

4 жыл бұрын

Long live socialism! Capitalism had its turned and when things got rough, profits is not the way to go. we must take care of eachother.

@JohnSmith-ij1dd

4 жыл бұрын

You're right. That's why they taught us how to wash our hands at 1:26, and to say hello with one foot at 2:50.

@ANTINATALIST_lewis

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Love, passion, dedication and good vibes. That is all that matters.

@calebvanderbyl306

2 жыл бұрын

ay Disco Elysium

I still cannot believe it's Spike Jones, the fact puts this to a whole another level. Love it.

I have never seen something that has made me want to live my life so freely before EVER The 90's man. Good times! wow! 2019 and still laughing great piece of work

@moonasha

4 жыл бұрын

i was just thinking that. Look at everyone in that video. They look so happy. I miss the 90s

@bonhamcarter4488

4 жыл бұрын

@@moonasha me too!

@karlasanders7263

4 жыл бұрын

Same! It makes me laugh too much every time, I don't even understand fully why. Just so joyful.

@abraxaseyes87

4 жыл бұрын

But they will look back on the 2020s as vintage and say "remember when it was just humans that ruled the world" or "look at the antique iPhones grandma had to use"

@booshank2327

4 жыл бұрын

The late 90s were peak human optimism. Everything felt like it was going in the right direction and that the new millennium would see humanity blossom. I wish we could get back there, only have broadband capability that we do now and internet as well developed sans Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc - KZread would make the cut though in my utopia, for sure 🙂

“Through the hard times and the good.” ✊✊✊ Shoutout to those still coming here in 2023!

@robertprovost1536

11 ай бұрын

The hard poor times of my childhood where memorable with music like this

@NoxCattus

11 ай бұрын

I was homeless in '98-'99 so seeing this for first time lol. Came here from the new Rita Ora video that samples this :)

It's interesting to see not a single mobile phone out recording it. Nowadays every single person watching would have one out.

All of your comments is exactly where we need to be headed as a society.

Loved the 90s. Wanna go back

@dexterellis7818

3 жыл бұрын

Build a time machine, and I will join you! 😁

@stevenkies4740

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I would like to go back to the '80s yes. However, I would do anything to go back to the '90s to get the hell out of 2020 of course. And i am a 45 yr old man.

@davychan101

3 жыл бұрын

1999 to be exact, that seemed to be the best year.

@Rob4617

3 жыл бұрын

@@dexterellis7818 Me too!

This absolutely reminds me of my friend who passed away last year.. may she dance away in heaven in her special crazy way... rest in peace dear Karen Atkins... LOVE YOU ALWAYS

@The7thCircuit

4 жыл бұрын

God bless.

Jesus.....this is the first time in 20 years that ive watched thid video. What a flashback!

Took stones. And they killed it. One of my favorites. Not that it matters. Just leaving a footprint and will be gone soon. Bad news today from the Oncologist. But everyone has to keep fighting this crap. Stay tough, stay strong and never, ever, ever let the bastards keep you down.

This is what would later inspire Napoleon Dynamite's dancing routine.

@delete--5563

3 жыл бұрын

Ehhh okay lol.

@sav-

3 жыл бұрын

@@delete--5563 haha you don’t seem too convinced lol

@MM-vo6qi

3 жыл бұрын

Was just about to post this, lol.

@tiggersmith7393

3 жыл бұрын

Vote Pedro.

@lizzybethnj617

3 жыл бұрын

Damn i was gong to post that

This is an actual flash mob before there were flash mobs. Search KZread for the documentary on this video. The guy who cuts off the music is the movie theater manager. This was filmed in one take, and then they left.

@LDacic

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. This is the pinnacle of human freedom from chains of anxiety that modern life brings about. (I think flash mobs existed throughout the '80s?)

@kosk11348

5 жыл бұрын

@@LDacic No, there were no flash mobs in the 80s. They weren't really a thing before people starting having cell phones with cameras. Or maybe there were flash mobs and the only people who knew about them were the eye witnesses and everyone just thought they were crazy.

@djlobb

5 жыл бұрын

@@letshugandlove324 Well, probably yes and no. He found that guy dancing to Rockafella skank and contacted Norman about doing a video clip for it. They were already part way through shooting the video for Rockafella so they ended up using the guy (Richard I believe his name was) for Praise You. EDIT: That was Spike Jonze, he used a pseudonym. lol.

@toomanyaccounts

5 жыл бұрын

@@kosk11348 the term and concept are quite old. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob#Precedents_and_precursors

@pebblepod30

5 жыл бұрын

Wow