Understanding Mr. Brightside

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Because it's great, that's why. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-understanding-mr-brightside I was a teenager when Mr. Brightside came out, and if I'm being honest, most of the music that came out when I was a teenager didn't really have much staying power. Like, I still love a lot of it, but even the biggest hits of the era, at least in rock music, seem to have largely faded from the public consciousness. So why is Mr. Brightside different? How has it managed to so quickly establish itself as a timeless icon when it sounds so thoroughly dated? It's clearly of its era, and yet it's transcended it in a way that few other songs from that movement have. But why? Merch: http://standard.tv/12tone Discord: https://discord.gg/pq2QBEw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@12tonevideos Email: [email protected] Script: https://tinyurl.com/36sr6r4d Huge thanks to our Elephant Club members: Susan Jones Jill Jones Duck Howard Levine Kevin Wilamowski Len Lanphar Warren Huart Ken Arnold Elaine Pratt William (Bill) Boston Chris Prentice Jack Carlson Christopher Lucas Andrew Beals Dov Zazkis Hendrik P Thomas Morley Jacob Helwig Kelly Christoffersen Davis Sprague Donal Botkin Stephen Cook b-rom Hendrik Stüwe Dan Bonelli Kevin Boyce Damien Fuller-Sutherland Darius Rudominer Luke Ian Seymour Dhruv Monga Ken Jones Obadiah Wright Carlos Rendon Neil Moore Kylie McInnes Jody Michael Mol RAD Donato Reiji Kobayashi Catherine Berry Jon Hancock Matt Ivaliotes OrionWolfie Laurence T Maloney Oliver Marchand Kai Chris Davis Liz Webb Luke Klima Fred Kroon HardScale Chris Piro Matt Robbins Ryan Evans Shanta Kaneshiro Chris Burgess Leigh VanHandel Aaron Boodman Timothy Halloran Leo Bellantoni Steven Fines Mikko Koli Direangel Jonathan Lonowski And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gene Lushtak, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, Oliver, Anna Work, Adam Neely, Dave Mayer, CodenaCrow, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Blake Boyd, Charles Gaskell, Trevor Sullivan, Tom Evans, David Conrad, Ducky, Chris Connett, Kenneth Kousen, h2g2guy, W. Dennis Sorrell, Andrew Engel, Peter Brinkmann, naomio, Alex Mole, Betsy, Tonya Custis, Dave Shapiro, Jacopo Cascioli, Rafael Martinez Salas, Walther, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Jim Hayes, Scott Albertine, Evan Satinsky, Conor Stuart Roe, ZagOnEm, Dragix PL, רועי סיני, Kottolett, Brian Miller, Pamela O'Neill, Thomas Morgan, Mark James, Matty Crocker, Adam Ziegenhals, Mark, Amelia Lewis, sonicolasj, William Merryman, Ryan Mayle, Justin St John-Brooks, DialMForManning, JD White, Andrew Wyld, Joe Johnston, A Devoted Servant of the Holy Water Bottle, vivi mouse emoji, Claymore Alexander, gunnito, Graham Orndorff, Daniel Sim, Drunk Wookiee, Taylor Malik, Douglas Anderson, Foreign Man in a Foreign Land, Boomer Dell, Paul Tanenholz, Tom, William Christie, Jeffrey Mann, Joyce Orndorff, Stephen Tolputt, Patterner, Messier42, Mark Mitchell Gloster, Andy Maurer, William Spratley, Samuel Ollesh, Don Jennings, Cormag81, Derek Hiemforth, Bryan, Mikeyxote, Milan Durnell, Dan Whitmer, Thel 'Vadam, Mireille C, N Zaph, David Dynes, M3RK Chaos Official Patreon page, Peter Golbus, Ceri Williams, Marc Testart, Carlfish, Kyle Kinkaid, Peter, Michael Morris, Bill Owens, Martin Romano, George Burgyan, Kenneth Boardwine, Belinda Reid, Matthew Soddy, Mike Wyer, DraconicDon, John W Campbell, StellarDrift, Isaac Hampton, Jimmy2Guys, Megan Oberfield, acefusti138, morolin, An Oni Moose, Ken Birdwell, Blue 5alamander, Panda, Cliff Hudson, Olivia Herald, Donnie, Macy Allen, doug lute, Patrick McKenna, or dahan, Ethan Savaglio, Robert Bailey, Deirdre Saoirse Moen, Elizabeth Reckers, Alin Nica, Simiusmagnus, juneau, Sina Bahram, Ira Kroll, Patrick Minton, Justin Katz, Roahn Wynar, Chuck Dukhoff of The Stagger Lee Archives, Bob D'Errico, Robert Shaw, and Shawn Beshears! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold!