The street and house you grew up in are the stars of the latest video from indie favorites Arcade Fire and acclaimed director Chris Milk. Really.
Go to the website The Wilderness Downtown and type in your childhood address. Suddenly, via Google Street View, the neighborhood you used to play in and the house you used to live in will be prominently and effectively featured in the video for the song "We Used to Wait."
It's pretty revolutionary stuff, which both highlights an exciting new direction for the music video and the scary detail with which Google is now recording everything.
The video is best viewed in Google Chrome. If you don't have Chrome, it's worth the quick download to be able to check it out.


























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Tuesday 31 August
By Takahashi
That is really cool. I've to hand it to the creators.
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Saturday 04 September
By p
After travelling to Erie PA this last weekend after way too long away and seeing the house we grew up in, this is perfect
Saturday 04 September
By Gwen Price
I am looking for a house in Mannsville, OK. Can anyone help me find one? It must have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. I will pay $84,000. If it's furnished, I will pay more.
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Friday 03 September
By DIANE MCACHREN
OUR LITTLE TOWN
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Friday 03 September
By debbie ortega
I'm going to shock my son!
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Friday 03 September
By Dano
This is revolutionary.
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Friday 03 September
By powermetal2000
That was awesome.
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Friday 03 September
By Ginchy
Typed in address... clicked on search... nuthin...
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Friday 03 September
By Mark
Yeah, what the DON'T tell you is that you've got to go through a half dozen downloads of Google this and Google that first... I got bored and gave up.
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Friday 03 September
By DC
I didn't find this too exciting at all!
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Friday 03 September
By Susan
I downloaded the new software and nothing - Don't waste your time on this one
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Tuesday 07 September
By Arvn4u
fpr some reason its not working
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Friday 03 September
By erikajblue
that was AWESOME!!!!!
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Friday 03 September
By Jen
this is scary. This is just prep for the New world order. the government already visual view of where we are at all times. Not cool
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Friday 03 September
By DarmaLPD
but they're not new pictures - the image of our street was at least 1.5 years old - big brother is not there YET
Friday 03 September
By Branston
You're kind of a moron. You ca prep all you want...I'm not.
Friday 03 September
By Crystal G
I really enjoyed this music video. It brought out some real feelings. Good Job
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Friday 03 September
By me
Just another way for Google to get themselves installed on your computer so they can track your surfing habits. Remember Google keeps all information it receives from your computer. They know everything about you.
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Saturday 04 September
By mindyourownkarma
Is that you,Google??? O_O
Friday 03 September
By Ann
The only problem I have with it is the pictures of my old home is shown way too quickly. I would love for it to be shown a lot slower.
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