X-Mas Lights to Please/Streets from Popmart

[AiRMaRcI9o0]

The Video speaks for itself. Pretty impressive.

YouTube - U2 - Popmart Where The Streets Have No Name

 

[Jive Turkey]

Holy crap

 

[Casamares]

Awesome

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

 

[powerhour24]

Damn, U2 just made Christmas lights relevant again!

 

[corianderstem]

So is this an actual thing? Like some person set up these lights to synch up with the song, and people hear it if they drive by? Or is it some fun internet manipulation?

 

[bono_212]

Regardless, I love these things

 

[powerhour24]

Also, if you notice that user's got some other videos of previous years done with other U2 songs, I love how they're live recordings too.

YouTube - City of Blinding Lights - 2008

 

[powerhour24]

So is this an actual thing? Like some person set up these lights to synch up with the song, and people hear it if they drive by? Or is it some fun internet manipulation?

It's definitely real, if you watch the whole thing there's far too many details to have been an edit-sync, I went in wondering the same thing.

 

[cobl04]

surely an internet/movie maker/etc manipulation, but awesome all the same

 

[prbiker15]

Spectacular really. Especially when Streets kicks in - in the first video. Real or not, must have alot of patience.

 

[bonocomet]

Nice!

 

[bono_man2002]

Lovely! especially the COBL one!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

it's not an internet manipulation, you can go see it in person... i was ready to expect this to be incredible cheese, but that was pretty cool.

ERDAJT Holiday Christmas Display

ultraviolet is friggin sick..

YouTube - U2 - Ultra Violet

and they did fucking fez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HueNSMnEi3A

 

[corianderstem]

it's not an internet manipulation, you can go see it in person... i was ready to expect this to be incredible cheese, but that was pretty cool.

Thanks for confirming. Now I'm even more impressed!

 

[bono_man2002]

Even awesomer!

 

[IWasBored]

that was way more badass than i thought it would be.

there is (used to be?) a guy around here who would sync up his lights to 2 or 3 different instrumental versions of christmas songs on a loop and if you parked outside, synced up your radio to whatever channel it was being transmitted over (there was a big sign in the yard saying "tune to 91.3" or something), you'd get the same effect. i always thought it was pretty lame, they didn't really match up very well, and christmas songs have always made me a little homicidal...

 

[Hewson]

Great stuff...love Fez.
Hope he doesn't have the kind of lights where if one bulb goes out, they all do...would be a bitch to check all those strands a la Clark Griswold.

 

[IWasBored]

 

[powerhour24]

They did Fez?? Wow, they're even more of a diehard than I thought! That one was especially awesome.

 

[Lila64]

WOW!

Watching Magnificent now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJPFpHB6Bkg

 

[Lila64]

Starts with a snippet of All I Want Is You into Streets...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_e4lgZgx

 

[bonocomet]

Oooh Fez is my favorite so far.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Fez was sweet!

 

[gvox]

This has gotta be the best thing I saw this Christmas!

On their About page they give U2 first thanks for inspiring them to do the lights "To U2 - for the incredible inspriation their music has provided my life. This display simply would not have happened without them."

 

[Purplereign]

can not it has taken me so long to discover this thread ~ WOW!!!!!!