2024 and this absolute classic banger will NEVER get old. Ever. If you haven’t seen them live yet in life, DO IT.

Anyone else still loving this in '23? Was great the first time around, and just gets better!

@hnsrsmssn

3 жыл бұрын

yeah I'll never forget seeing this live in 2017 at Coachella

@gowiththeflow02

3 жыл бұрын

in love since 2013

@MusicMakingEnglishMan

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t remember when I first heard it, but never forgot it, can’t believe how old it is either

@vincentmercer6416

3 жыл бұрын

@@orphanoforbit7588 You sound like a really happy individual, you had to run a comment down just because you could? Maybe next time don’t read the comments? Enjoy the song, shut the fuck up and have a great day!

@estevefernandezcerdan8748

3 жыл бұрын

66 66666

7 years past and i’m still here, never tired 🥺😭❤️

@nilgarch6725

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@kakitrapaidze9950

3 жыл бұрын

This track is a witness to existence 💙

@cluylala

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@yuliyasputanova2497

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@gabyxxop4333

3 жыл бұрын

Me too omg

Hey from 2024, this is still one of the best track of all time

The world was reeling from the effects of the Covid pandemic and my country Nigeria was in the midst of a protest against police brutality and bad governance when I heard this song, I was living in a bad kingdom and I fell in love with this song ‘twas my calm through the storm

@munazee6206

9 ай бұрын

Love this! Still living in a Bad Kingdom, but we outchea. 🇳🇬 Naija for life

A late friend showed me this years ago, blew my mind. It came into my mind again, 7 years later. My late friend committed suicide and I miss him dearly. If you see this bro, I'm still here.

@nichtimmer9134

3 жыл бұрын

so sorry!, i feel with you! All best to you!

@InspektorJLee

3 жыл бұрын

I hear ya!

@3mepleasenow

3 жыл бұрын

☹️

@caitturner5678

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about your friend, Chick. It's awful to lose people like that. Your connection through Moderat is beautiful, especially a piece heavy with meaning like this. Wishing peace to you.

@rflbeastboirflclan8108

3 жыл бұрын

I feel ur pain

I can’t believe i’ve been living without this song in my life…

@serious6037

Жыл бұрын

Aww hun.

@ronj9933

9 ай бұрын

22 million views and I’m hearing it for the first time today 😢

@barbaramertens2838

5 ай бұрын

Same here, a suggestion that passed by last week...

"this is not what you wanted, Not what you had in mind.."

Vibrates the fucking concrete.Its good to be alive.

@mojo76

8 жыл бұрын

Fuck yes :)

@squidsquid6327

8 жыл бұрын

+Discodroid Z i want to upvote u, but it will ruin the 69 upvotes.

@LuisHurtado1

7 жыл бұрын

;)

@h00dboy

6 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@cw4861

6 жыл бұрын

Well fucking said, wish there'd be a way to save a comment

i just cant wrap my head around how talented some people are..the producers, the singer, the Illustrator...

@nichtimmer9134

3 жыл бұрын

Realy truh

@christineilling3306

Жыл бұрын

and the lights guy!

@masterninja9716

Жыл бұрын

Their videos are polished and their mastery of their apparats and mode selektions are better than Nigel Godrich’s. Seeing them live really makes it clear that they’re on another level. Another plane. It left me speechless. My cheeks were jiggling from the bass. I could only laugh in awe.

This really was ahead of it's time. Still listening today.

@Yolo-mc2vr

2 жыл бұрын

Still to date actually.

@markisaki979

8 күн бұрын

Because it's still relevant today. Even more so today than ever.

yesssss this is 2024 already and still one of the most Bad-ass beat melancholic and beautiful piece ever conceived

Here it ends No one’s gonna shed a tear No need to shout Just to stand the silence well spent time In the early morning’s haze You sit and wait Watching full glasses through blank eyes This is not What you wanted Not What you had in mind Vacuous winter stare Worn out version of yourself To tough to fall But not strong enough to turn This is not What you wanted Not What you had in mind :*

@leroyc3868

11 ай бұрын

❤

@yts70r135

8 ай бұрын

Up

@luciferlucero

6 ай бұрын

Nor what you had in mind.. 💛

@desi3837

6 ай бұрын

❤

@mrf9893

Ай бұрын

My man

Holy shit, I just realised that this is fucking well done.

@avriohaliu4245

7 жыл бұрын

shit, fucking, shit again... (about comment)

@larryschot5625

7 жыл бұрын

Teen Suicide Hi- i !-)

@ineslambert7557

3 ай бұрын

we all had this moment :)

first day of listening to 'Bad Kingdom' by Moderat for one full year

Song der mich in diesem Jahrzehnt am meisten geflascht hat, oft denkt man ja, oh ganz nett, aber als ich den zum ersten mal gehöhrt habe hat der mich richtig gespaced! Extrem geil!!!

@xGimbal

5 жыл бұрын

Entwickelt sich mehr und mehr zu meinem absoluten Lieblings-Lied. Und das ist eine wohl überlegte und langfristige Aussage. Ich kenne wenige Stücke, die emotional eine zumindest ähnliche Wirkung bei mir auslösen.

if you look for more, "moderat" is a collaboration between "modeselektor" and "apparat". there you can find much more. they are both ridiculously good on their own.

@mightyanus.whyisthistaken

10 жыл бұрын

The meaning of "Moderat" is in german a status and means moderat or neutral

@kurtilein3

10 жыл бұрын

NoSmarties4U yes, well, thats right, but its still a collaboration between the electronic music producers "modeselektor" and "apparat".

@mightyanus.whyisthistaken

10 жыл бұрын

Oh didn't know that nice one :) thanks

@524Lissa

4 жыл бұрын

@Little Chaq it's also the intro song for the TV show "Dark", apparently! I only realised that today!

@ilrin

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, I did not know modeselektor

Well, at least now I know I'm not epileptic.

@shinaplayschu7149

6 жыл бұрын

ikr LOL I actually thought about that too while watching xD

@MrLinneaux

6 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@empyrean1696

6 жыл бұрын

meeee tooo

@katvolver

5 жыл бұрын

I actually am epileptic, and this hasn't caused any problems for me, thank god lol.

@alapfoku

5 жыл бұрын

@@katvolver saame

This song is a whole world for me. "watching full glasses through blank eyes" is one of the best lines concerning our present society I've ever come across. It doesn't get much better.

@AngryOscillator

8 ай бұрын

Vacuous Winter Stare - 3 words paint a 1000 pictures. And its not even their first language

If you are wondering if there is any explicit meaning to the animation, they (the animators) said this in an interview: We wanted to draw an image of a man who wants to escape from the system of military and injustice he was born into. He turns towards literature, aesthetics and dandyism in the early ’60s and gets involved in the same mechanisms of cruelty he once wanted to escape from. Starting with high ambitions and getting stuck in the power structure that is ruling most of [today’s] world is the main story behind it.

@samg295

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining+

@KerazyJoe

5 жыл бұрын

simply fantastic, thank you.

@PekaesSS666

5 жыл бұрын

sounds like Stanisław Lem kind of scenario

@UnlimitedMullets

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Paran0i3dchick

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining it made me remember this quote he who fight monster should look into himself not to become a monster and if you gaze into the abyss the abyss will gazes into you

I'm 70 years old, I can't understand this. But I'm sure you youngsters have a blast listening to it.

@ameren110

4 ай бұрын

The story is set against the backdrop of South Africa during Apartheid in the 1960s. The protagonist was born into a wealthy family and has big ideas for how to change the world for the better. But once he gets into power, he finds that power corrupts. He starts making shady deals with politicians, gets involved with criminal elements, etc. Eventually it all falls apart like a house of cards.

@MentesCuriosas0022

3 ай бұрын

Fazer igual

Τhis is exactly what I wanted

@hichamlorenzo

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Lammers exactly !

@garppppp

4 жыл бұрын

@Paul Lammers god dammit! XD

@estbn95

4 жыл бұрын

@Paul Lammers jajajajajajaja

@BrownEyePinch

4 жыл бұрын

What? A slap in the face?

@VideobyAurelien

4 жыл бұрын

tu kkjnke

This song is timeless. Everything is perfect, from the pure bass to the aerial lyrics and the hard hitting but minimalistic drums… this is what I wanted!

one of these times that i wonder "seriously who disliked this?" ..

@builttoresist225

8 жыл бұрын

exactly :D

@jurajbutko5654

8 жыл бұрын

+Alice Dourountaki There is no account for one's taste.

@marcopelaezfernandez4573

8 жыл бұрын

+Alice Dourountakilost people who has been told wrongly or just they let it go with the video recommendations..Or just people with an horrible taste in music

@lucarossi5604

4 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@Mtematiks

Ай бұрын

NO WAY ! Atleaist you are dumb !

Discovered them at core festival 2023 it was AWESOME I fell in love on the spot !

@pijcab

6 ай бұрын

Oh buddy buddy buddy, we was listening to these back in 2014-2015, welcome to the club tho!

It's a German Band, I'm proud....A very good song with a Hammer Light Show at the end

Cant believe this is almost a decade old

Eighth day of listening to 'Bad Kingdom' by Moderat for one full year

I had to pause the episode just to find this song lmao Niceeeeee.

@ProteusL

3 жыл бұрын

Same here bro

@albertorainho3580

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProteusL same

@nicocba2007

3 жыл бұрын

but this isn't the one from Dark

@byakugan2173

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you just love it when that happens? What series?

@Akuzoo

3 жыл бұрын

@@byakugan2173 "DARK" its on Netflix, its a freakin' masterpiece.

George Orwell’s animal farm...does matter how good your intentions are to escape the greed and capitalism, you always get drawn back to that exact same structure. Powerful stuff in this video.

This is on repeat nonstop for me. Beautiful melody, beat, prose. Amazing work. Heals my soul. But I feel pain when I hear it.

Dont let this song die. Please! It's up to us now

@Diesel1992x

Жыл бұрын

Never

@Victor-kv4jt

Жыл бұрын

it's gained 2 million views since the first time I watched it. It'll be fine

2021 living my best life. Haven't thought about this song since uni. Such a gem

What starts off looking like any other music video ends up being one of the most moving things I've seen in years. Damn son.

@Mtematiks

6 жыл бұрын

True that !

@Uwern1

5 жыл бұрын

What a shame.

Der schönste Song auf der Welt!!! Wenn es einem schlecht geht, hilft er immer, und es geht weiter, und es gibt einen Weg.♥♥♥🎄🌟🎁🧸

@JensVanDeAarde

Жыл бұрын

hör mal Moderat - Let in the Light oder Bicep - Sundial

Fourteenth step of listening to 'Bad Kingdom' by Moderat for one full year

Totally ahead of its time. The voice got so much room and delay, perfect produced.

glad so many people discovered Moderat through dark, would suggest checking out appart and modeskeletor too,their personal music is amazing too !

not sure if the music or the illustrations are better.. but I could probably stare at these pictures a whole day. great style!

@hellmonk11

10 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, the story you can read from the pictures as well!

Fucking chills... I knew of guys like Apparat and Max Richter before Dark but that show has one of the best soundtracks of all time imo, this is just art.

A master-piece (chef-d'oeuvre in my tongue) from top to bottom and from bottom to top. MERCI MERCI merci.

such a powerful video, so much said in 4 1/2 minutes

@mijunglist

8 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah!! Gary Busey!!!!

@jordiejonny

8 жыл бұрын

+Gary Busey Like what?

@LuisHurtado1

7 жыл бұрын

Billy Hundley fckn right

@Bootstrap193

7 жыл бұрын

umm..

@tomlawrence1498

7 жыл бұрын

Go watch Ben Kahn- Savage (you'll see what I mean)

Got here because of a Polish rap duo called "Dwa Sławy" - in one of their interviews, they cited a performance of this song as the best live gig they've seen. Well, I can see where they're coming from - it must have been incredible live.

How did this track not blow up in the USA back 2013. This would've been a huge hit as this style was trending back then .

This song is continually climbing my all time favorite list. I dig it more each time I listen. I love you Moderat, thanks❤

@emmanueloluga9770

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the magic of the song. It rings louder as time goes

one of the best videos ever

Why have I only just discovered this masterpiece!

i hear bits of Drum n bass and I love it

@MonkeytownRecords

3 жыл бұрын

We use only the best ingredients!

@halfexcat1822

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeytownRecords 😂

Struggled with methamphetamine for 6 years and almost died after trying heroin for the first time near the beginning of my new years in recovery. The day after the incident I was exposed to this video and sobbed like a baby. Good video. Good song. Really put things into perspective.

Perhaps, I've played this song a million of times....

Moderat might just be the best thing to happen to electronic music in a while. Such fresh and creative productions. Really a great thing they have going. Can't wait for the third album to release!

@anguilliasKR

6 жыл бұрын

moderat and bonobo both, very defining for the sound of electronic music

@Botchulism_asdf

6 жыл бұрын

I know this was from 2 years ago, but I couldn’t agree more!

@CHROMIUMHEROmusic

5 жыл бұрын

Little Chaq just checked this one out because of you, thanks man

@haroldmcfarlane4160

2 жыл бұрын

Tobago too!,,

@edaduvenci3458

Жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more

Ich liebe euch dafür das ihr nicht zurückschreckt die Wahrheit seit jener Zeit zu zeigen und ich bin seit dem ich ich 15 bin mit eurer mucke therapy(rt) Wer das verstehen kann lässt mehr als nur ein like da Ich hoffe ihr bleibt auf dem grossem kurs

This song gets better and better wtf

This track does not get old!

Still listening to this in 2018, this song is an addiction for me...

@kameonquillen3529

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! It is a constant in my playlists.

Thank you moderat for existing in my time

02.September `17 Berlin `Wuhlheide`..so excited..love this track..One of the best tracks I`ve ever heard...and "Wuhlheide" was amazing, unbelievable...can`t find the right words..THANK YOU MODERAT

2013 'til infinity with this song

5 years and still one of my favourite videos of all time. Legendary.

@duulcrimson264

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Es ist was es ist und das was ich sehe ist so tiefgründig melancholisch und so tief ehrlich

I never heard before about this song. I'm Impressed, so many emotions in this!

The part from 3:12 and onwards is the perfect setting for an elating experience you only live when you close your eyes while being sunbathed, laying down on an isolated beach and the person you cherish is nearby sharing the silence you both create. No words only gentle touching and immerse calmness. You exist

The collaboration with Apparat in Dark is the best decision they made. Brilliant

@sxrr42

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeytownRecords yeah of course but I don't think it's totally a coincidence that they chose this track, regarding of the series intro ;)

@Bartimaeeus

3 жыл бұрын

isn't the singer of moderat apparat? so there really isn't a collab there .

@joeltreliving7330

3 жыл бұрын

was the moderat version of bad kingdom in dark ? I can't remember

@vedant4226

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeytownRecords There are two Apparat Tracks in there though, Definitely Goodbye & Joel too.

@piepflitze788

3 күн бұрын

Moderat in itself is a collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat.

Музыкальный шедевр! И видеоряд крутой

Moderat: what a discovery for me!!

@SmilezGER

7 жыл бұрын

JurgenG are you serious??? People like you should be banned from getting it. Luca must be so pissed off cause of suckers like you

Discovering this song was the highlight of my December. Absolutely love it!

@mrfro35

7 жыл бұрын

+Antonia Purle same

@Mtematiks

6 жыл бұрын

Same here !

Closing song saturday at Field Day festival set. Crowd was singing so loud..incredible beauty

just found this i'm into double figures listening and that bass at the beginning about a second or two in just blows me away .

@MrChillerNo1

9 ай бұрын

don't forget to check out the rest from moderat. Some gems they have.

One hour on repeat and you feel free again.

The best in the world in their category at the moment.

Woke up one morning with only the words in mind:! this is not what you wanted".....some tunes in my head, couldn´t remember the band or songname...found IT again---since then, in loop modus, thanx, Moderat!♥

I'm in love with this sing

Heard this in a clothes store earlier today and couldn't Shazam it cause it was a bit too soft. Thank goodness I caught some of the lyrics + it was the first result from Google

@Nisfornarwhal1990

9 жыл бұрын

ooh, what shop?

@Karrimor18

9 жыл бұрын

Nisfornarwhal1990 Edgars, you probably won't know it if you aren't from South Africa

@Nisfornarwhal1990

9 жыл бұрын

Ahh well, still, nice to know theres a shop in this world that plays sick music

@hoon4tw

9 жыл бұрын

Karrimor18, Do you feel lucky? Because this is a great song from a good second album, but Moderat's first album was just better song for song. Yet stumbling upon Moderat must feel like finding a treasure. Now that you know there is more than "Bad Kingdom", what do you think of Moderat?

@nilz__

9 жыл бұрын

hoon4tw My girlfriend introduced me to them when we went to seen them live in a defunct cast iron gasometer. I'm so glad I went with her as it was the best live performance I've heard. The sound of the venue was just great.

2022! Best of the best!

I still can't believe i get to see a new album live next year. MORE D4TA!

I really like this song, but the video, along side the music, is my favourite music video that I've seen as it really connects me to my granddad who passed away over 20 years ago. He served in Africa in the 2nd world war in the desert rats and then after the war moved back to Africa in a high position within imperial tobacco in " rhodesia " Zimbabwe renamed by a colonial racist megalomaniac james rhodes. My granddad didn't like what was happening around him, moved back to England and told me many stories the have a similar thread to the depictions iin this video. Amazing !

woah this is good. the production couldn't be better

@kurtilein3

10 жыл бұрын

thats what you get when two really good producers of electronic music team up

this song is just so beautiful, the music, the lyrics

@demented11

7 жыл бұрын

8scatterbrain8 +óoo

Bass still hits... lyrics more true than ever!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GREAT, HAPPY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANKS FOR THIS GREAT CLIP

After re-watching this recently, I finally realize how much meaning and symbolism there is in the video.

This was an awe inspiring experience live.

South Africa is so beautiful!

Dark S03E01. There there's a song. I knew I've already heard it, the lyrics, the melody, but the song was different. Then it came as a flash and it led me back here. I like how Apparat made the intro song for this amazing series and that there is also a Moderat cover in it.

I can't stop watching this video, it is pure art. Thank you Moderat for your music. LOVE AND PEACE

Close your eyes, feel the sound of the song, and just let yourself go to other world.Amazing song!

@theliam9848

5 жыл бұрын

But Im driving...

@themichaelc10711

5 жыл бұрын

theliam Then boy you beter hope you have luck on your side

@leeparkes4538

5 жыл бұрын

theliam. Hahahaha!

@easye49

5 жыл бұрын

This songs even better on acid

@pedrosaldarriaga1683

3 жыл бұрын

@@theliam9848 XD

A friend of mine gave this song for me with saying 'Listen. It's awesome'. It's still is.

See you at Tbilisi Open Air in summer

It's called magic!

This Is the world...

ladies and gentlemen, this is modern electronic music at it's best. This era has great music too.

Kocham klimaty, ale w rzyciu nie spotkałem tak wymownej i pięknej piosenki.Dziękuję za tak piękne doznania❤.

8 years of their release.. still one of my favorite music videos. Maybe one of the best videos in the last 10 years? ;-)

Übertriebenes Brett !!! Läuft bei mir auf dauerschleife.

@annafridm971

4 жыл бұрын

Wuhu ein Deutsches Kommentar 👌🏻😂

@duulcrimson264

4 жыл бұрын

Zeitlos schönes Stück 😍

@MultiCranks

4 жыл бұрын

@@duulcrimson264 Danke !! Ohne die Benachrichtigung das jemand hier kommentiert hat, wäre der Song bei mir in Vergessenheit geraten. Nun läuft er wieder auf Dauerschleife. ❤

@helmutdschulnigg5798

Жыл бұрын

Stimme dir zu 1.0000000% zu! Einfach unglaublich das Lied!

Found this song in 2020 and it helped me cross COVID crisis, thank you

Once in a while, music produces something greater than all of us. This is it.

This stands as one of the most powerful expressions of what is going on. Love it. Thank you!

Вспомнила про эту замечательную песню, спустя очень долгое время. ♥️ Звучит все так же прекрасно и видео великолепно.

its incredible how only two colours and pictures with no movements can create such a deepness in a video. there is literally a third dimension in this twodimensional world

Isint this a great time to be alive..with music like this ...how can I really hold back!