this song is infectious. you really can't stop listening to this song no matter what you try. I tried a bunch of things, I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to remind myself how *I tried so hard*
highly recommend putting this in the music playlist at a party and then watch from afar as all the confused heads begin slowly turning to look at the laptop
Imagine if we got to live in a library socialist utopia where since there's an iriduceable minimum musicians don't need to make money to live good lives so all formerly copywriten music is now in the creative commons and people treat mashups and plunderphonics as the art they are.
@@AAAAA_BRAD I took a break from this song once and even though I tried it all fell apart, and what it meant to me will eventually be a memory and I'm back here listening again
People talking about how the instrumental is all cheery makes me think that they've never heard the original Doobie Brothers song. Yeah the instrumental is upbeat, but the lyrics are about unrequited love, about a man who loves a woman who doesn't love him back. It's a bit depressing, and frankly, pretty similar in tone to the Linkin Park song.
yeah I've read the lyrics of this song specifically, and it says that this mashup is criticizing the original In The End by having it be paired with What A Fool Believes
Being subscribed to DeSinc *Then finding this video* Is like finding your Brother on a deserted Island after 2 years and he's just been making really weird Sand Castles the whole time.
I love how DeSinc keeps coming back to pay his repects and Neil just watches without answering like a dad to his attention seeking child. What a dynamic.
"'The End' begins a thematic arc at the heart of Mouth Moods addressing the perverse allure of nihilism. The angsty vocal, lifted from Linkin Park’s 'In the End', is set against the bright and lively instrumental to the Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes'. Thus, while the song initially appears very bleak, Cicierega uses the juxtaposition to make a tacit criticism of the nihilism espoused by Linkin Park: 'In the end, it doesn’t even matter' is just 'What a Fool Believes'.”
I'm pretty impressed with how little of What A Fool Believes this actually contains. This remix is *entirely* using he instrumental section at the very start, the rest is just what he added on top of it. It's honestly incredible. Its still varied enough to be interesting the entire time.
You're absolutely right; he duplicated Michael McDonald and Bill Payne's synth lines, some of Tiran Porter's basslines, and even some handclaps note by note, and it sounds absolutely flawless and completely in line with the original
@@arpodyssey7913 Memories are nice and all, but I don't think you are remembering all of the songs' parts. As you yourself are implying, you only got so far. ...In fact, it didn't even matter.
I like how towards the end singing gets distorted, like the thoughts of someone losing their shit because they cant get over how all their effort was for nothing. "I don't know why, I don't know why, I don't know why" It's that feeling when your project is almost completed and the file corrupts last minuet.
i really love how neil added some extra bass/percussion/synth as the song went on so the first 8 bars of What a Fool Believes didn't feel too monotonous
i actually always thought he had just used a full instrumental of the original song, but after listening closely, youre right, he added a bunch of his own instruments on top of it, like the clap, thats really cool
I truly believe that if neither of the original songs existed and the only remnant left of the two was this mashup, it would be one of the most popular songs of all time, surpassing both its parents.
awesome, you're that guy whose comment I can't dethrone. you earned your spot at the top it seems and I can't rip it away no matter how hard I try. keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to explain in due time *all I know*
Next time you see happy old people go and talk to them about the secrets of being happy. They will all tell you the same thing, "happiness is a choice". It's morbid to realize your time on this planet is short, but it's the best way to remind yourself to just enjoy it.
This song, like most of Neil's work, is more brilliant than first meets the eye. The two songs mashed here, In the End and What a Fool Believes, are in their own ways about the same topic: harboring feelings for someone who could never hope to return them. So not only do these two songs somehow mesh well as music, but the lyrics of Linkin Park are just as relevant as the music of the Doobie Brothers 30 years apart.
I once listened to this song on repeat for about an hour while I was trying beat a hard boss in Elden Ring. The lyrics captured how helpless I felt, meanwhile the music was constant enough to help me focus, and upbeat enough to keep me from quitting. 10/10, would recommend.
I was thinking nothing could be better than Bustin. But damn, Neil. You fucking nailed this song. Thanks so much for making this album. I'm confident in saying this the best thing that's come out of 2017 so far.
This song is basically “if nothing matters and everything is meaningless anyway, why not just enjoy the time we have?” which is pretty nice and inspirational honestly
I just want everyone to know that the song Neil used for the background music is called “What A Fool Believes”. Thus he’s saying that it’s foolish to believe “it doesn’t even matter how hard you try” meaning this song secretly motivational and I love and hate that
This is an unexpected emotional trip just like every other of his albums. if u can atleast guess one of the mashes just by hearing the first track ur a genie.
Blobbiac, there's far better comments out there. I'm just a fifteen year old wasting my life away listening to mashups. But in the end, it doesn't even matter.
The beauty of this song is the juxtaposition of the songs that were sampled. "In The End" and "What a Fool Believes" sound like complete opposite songs, and yet they're both about the same thing: a man mournfully resigning himself to his failures.
That is an unsettling image that will haunt your soul for all eternity of Larry King. Up next, Phil Collins! *Brief drumroll then more Tim Allen grunts*
As a Nihilist, I'm confused. Nihilism is always presented as this negative belief system. Nothing matters, all will crumble, but there's a freedom in it. Nothing matters and value is subjective, so I get to decide what matters and what I choose to be significant is the most significant. I also believe there's no free will, so I don't even really choose. I'm not here to make choices, I just find meaning in whatever I'm doing and I am the ultimate authority on how important it is. This is why The Oracle from The Matrix is my favorite: "You didn't come here to make the choice, you've already made it. You're here to try to understand WHY you made it."
@@ZeroToNowhere Those who believe there's no such thing as free will do so to detach themselves from the poor choices they make of their own free will.
I have a friend who still listens to LP in his 20s, I used to joke about how cringey that was. Now I realize, I was the one being cringey... Who the fuck am I to judge other people's taste in music. RIP Chester
I can see myself in 50 years listening to this again after years and having the biggest smile in my face. Going back to this every once in a while makes my day much, much better. I hope Neil knows how much these mashups mean to some people
It's somewhat odd. The lyrics of this song describe a bitter reminiscence of love long lost, whereas the original music to this song, What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers, is the backdrop to a sad fool who still doesn't recognize his one time fling/obsession with a woman will ever come to be. Natural sequel to the latter song, perhaps? The original subject of that song becoming angered at his perceived rejection despite never having been accepted in the first place, still in denial, blaming the love interest for his failure? Regardless, a very intelligent pairing, it's more than just an arbitrary choice imo. Kudos to Neil.
Unironically this might’ve been my song of 2020. This song is catharsis. This song speaks to the sublime. This song is the beginning. This song is The End.
I hope this is what Linkin Park becomes a few years in the future. Like, one of the guys is all "Hey guys, I think we're being a little too depressing" and then they decide to change their image and become like a 70's funk band.
I'm still convinced like 2.5 million plays of this are by me. I fucking love this so much. It's been years and I can't help but come back and listen to it all the time. I love you Neil
The user "Caledio" said something that made me think: he analyzed the song's lyrics to portray how two tunes with such an opposite tones create a clever commentary on the futility of destructive nihilism, using the happy music of "What a Fool Believes" to contradict the message of "It doesn't even matter". He also concluded that the lesson it portrays could perfectly be summed up with *"In the end, it doesn't even matter" is just "What a Fool believes".* My reasoning slightly tweaks this last summary into a different version which includes the title of this song (The End), while keeping the meaning Caledio observed in the original. This song uses the extreme inconsequentialism of Linkin Park's lyrics to ridiculize destructive nihilism, making use of the directly opposite feeling conveyed by "What a Fool Believes" to remove the impact of the original message. In this scenario, Linkin' Park could be considered the personification of "the fool" who inadvertedly follows an autodestructive path for no real reason. Using the original names of the songs much like Caledio did, we can obtain a nice mention to this mashup and the intent of it, packed in a simple sentence: *In "The End", it doesn't even matter what a fool believes*
That comment didn't age well given the suicide of their lead. I'd go with the thesis of other users here: life is meaningless so we might as well enjoy ourselves.
I honestly feel like people are looking too deep into this song. The real meaning of it is just so simple. Do you want to know why he mixed The End with What A Fool Believes? Just simply look at the tracklisting. Why is it in the middle? Thinking it's actually the end of the album is just what a fool believes. It's most likely just that. And Neil probably just thought it'd be funny to put a depressing song over an upbeat instrumental. That's really it.
i love this mashup beyond words and i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try
@DeSinc don't worry, it's just one of the many side effects. The others Include but are not limited to; Having a bad camera Using glitches and tricks to beat everything Your accounts username and password to both be changed to DeSinc within 1748 hours of your first reply I hope you enjoy the experience!
I started listening to neil when this album came out. out of all the songs this one makes me really nostalgic, and fills me with a certain sense of comfort.
I'm having a tough time deciding which is better, "The End" or "Floor Corn". They're both incredible in their own way. Damn you, Neil and your mashup skills!
And now a track from Mr. Neil Cicierega you may know it as "The End" but It's The Doobie Brother ft. Linkin Park with "What a fool believes in the end"
I can imagine it. >school talent show, next contestant is about to perform >suspiciously confident girl walks up on the stage in front of the mic >doobie bros instrumental starts playing >0:16, girl starts singing to lyrics to In the End by Linkin Park >visible confusion from everyone in the audience >she keeps going >"omfg, why does this actually work so well?!" >chorus begins, girl is belting it, giving it absolutely everything, 100% serious >audience begins to vibe >second verse, girl seems genuinely angry and scarily committed to the bit >second chorus, girl's mood completely shifts, exuberantly singing like she's in a musical >bridge begins, audience's brains are all collectively melting at how well it's working >girl starts screaming the lyrics like chester does, she does it so well too like there's genuine talent here >final chorus, audience begins to cheer simply for this girl's dedication to the bit >girl starts repeating "i don't know why, i dOnT kNoW whY" while shaking onstage like Thom Yorke does >instrumental ends >"it doesn't even matter how hard you try" >girl dabs and walks off the stage >audience fucking loses it The performance wins the talent show by a landslide, despite the girl leaving before being given her award, proving her point of how _it really doesn't matter how hard you try_
I cannot listen to any of the songs separately, this mashup damaged my brain in a way I can't recover from. 10/10 will dance to this till the day i die.
When you're in your twenties and have to pretend to be a functioning adult who has everything together despite never really working through your insecurities in your teenage years and still feeling shitty inside but you have to have to keep going anyway, maybe if you fake the happiness enough it will become genuine and people won't notice.
God i rememebr when this song just came out, it helped me through such a hard time in my life. It's been around 5 years now, this will always be timeless to me
(It starts with one) One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to explain in due time (All I know) Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away (It's so unreal) Didn't look out below, watched the time go right out the window Trying to hold on, didn't even know I wasted it all just to watch you go I kept everything inside And even though I tried it all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I I tried so hard and got so far But in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to remind myself how (I tried so hard) In spite of the way you were mocking me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so [far] Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me in the end I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually be a [Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/neil-cicierega/mouth-moods/the-end.html] Memory of a time when I (tried so hard) I tried so hard and got so far But in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I tried so hard and got so far But in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) I tried so hard (I don't know why) (I don't know why) (I don't know why) (I don't know why) (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) (It doesn't even matter how hard you try) *Repeated to end*
This is the song that introduced me to Neil Cicierega and subsequently Lemon Demon. Since then my life has become exponentially better. Things certainly aren't the way they were before, but at least among the madness we have droplets of happiness :)
![In The End [Official HD Music Video] - Linkin Park](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/eVTXPUF4Oz4/mqdefault.jpg)
neil if you're reading this you've been an inspiration for more than you realise. thanks for being you
this is the real content from desinc
i've put my trust in you, pushed as far as I can go, for all this, there's only one thing you should know.
Welcome back lol
You should get some therapy imo xD
HOW
this song is infectious. you really can't stop listening to this song no matter what you try. I tried a bunch of things, I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to remind myself how *I tried so hard*
you really need to get off this
Go seek some help
I love your stuff man, but you need a psychiatrist. We're all worried for you.
Oh, nice to see your Bi-Monthly comment on this video.
For some reason I’m compelled to see what you have to say ever month.
I was wondering if you had come back, you absolute fucking madman.
I've played this at every live DJ set I've done for 6 years now and it never fails to get people absolutely insane on the dancefloor
Absolute W gigachad DJ
You know your a good DJ when you have the only good rapper as your pfp
Kiddie: how funny, this has been in my first tower for FIVE years!
Parapha the DJ 🔥
imagine feeling the need to tell people you're a DJ in youtube comments LMFAO
Its now impossible to listen to this song without thinking of the man who devoted his life to this song. godspeed, soldier.
he tried so hard, rip desinc.
what happened
@@scidark899
Nothing, afaik. He commented like a month ago
@@scidark899 I tried too hard and got too far
@@DeSinc goddamnit desinc
yeah I'm still here by the way
oh ok
Same
Nice
In the end, does it even matter?
reply to this comment if you are still here
highly recommend putting this in the music playlist at a party and then watch from afar as all the confused heads begin slowly turning to look at the laptop
I've done that with Wow Wow a number of times. Neil is so damn good, people must hear.
Also, love your content, mate.
this right here is commitment to the hustle
nice
My guy stop you need help
Wow you’ve been on this for fucking years
When you get the neutral ending in a game
Tfw you get the ending on normal mode instead of hard mode
Qwerty Bear. when you get the canon ending/revenge at last ending in duck season
This does kind of have a Sonic CD sound to it
@@KROUNRBLX i think they are front facing arms
LOL, so true!
imagine if we somehow manage to get to the timeline where neil gets ALL THE RIGHTS to upload all of his mashups to streaming services
I hope his songs can get licensed for movies!
@@daelen.cclark i know right, we should be able to have more mashups in soundtracks!
@@supathechest
For comedic effect, if nothing else!
Imagine if we got to live in a library socialist utopia where since there's an iriduceable minimum musicians don't need to make money to live good lives so all formerly copywriten music is now in the creative commons and people treat mashups and plunderphonics as the art they are.
I wonder if DeSinc still listens to this song on the reg
whocantexplain probably
ye
@@DeSinc You're still listening to this regularly over a year later. Didn't look out below, watched the time go right out the window.
@@DeSinc absolute son of a madman
@@AAAAA_BRAD I took a break from this song once and even though I tried it all fell apart, and what it meant to me will eventually be a memory and I'm back here listening again
here I am, back here yet again on this video. probably the hundredth play anniversary? I'm really not even joking
Absolute madman
same it’s so good
That makes 3 of us
Same
bitch there aint no chance you like this song more than me
the only other vaguely good mashup I've heard is psychosocial baby, and it doesn't even come close to this one in terms of raw quality
This really is the best thing ever created
you are not wrong. this song invokes a unique emotion that cannot be experienced any other way. except death possibly, can not confirm.
Hey DeSinc. Welcome back. Hope you're doing well.
You mean Psychosalad?
@@mmy2k48 no that song is nothing more than a joke song and it's not actually decent and catchy like psychosocial is
People talking about how the instrumental is all cheery makes me think that they've never heard the original Doobie Brothers song. Yeah the instrumental is upbeat, but the lyrics are about unrequited love, about a man who loves a woman who doesn't love him back. It's a bit depressing, and frankly, pretty similar in tone to the Linkin Park song.
I know the song, I just haven't looked up the lyrics. I'll go listen to it again thanks.
It talks about love..? I thought it was talking about how hard life is-😭
@@moviestarplanetchann i think they mean the instrumentals lol
yeah I've read the lyrics of this song specifically, and it says that this mashup is criticizing the original In The End by having it be paired with What A Fool Believes
I want the world to know about this song tbh
pls
aurelio like I mean the *whole* world
my name is jeff
dont we all
Mouth Strats
well I'm back. I might be getting a tiny bit sick of this song, maybe. I'm not sure yet so I'm back again to verify
DeSinc still here ey
You might be getting a tiny bit sick of it, but in the end, it doesn't even matter.
when's the next comment
Get out of here and found more glitches
Slave!
Tfw desinc is more active here than his own youtube channel
Being subscribed to DeSinc
*Then finding this video*
Is like finding your Brother on a deserted Island after 2 years
and he's just been making really weird Sand Castles the whole time.
It's gotten so weird to the point he's made a sand village with little sand families and sand children that go to sand school
@Rafael Gašpar It's somewhere, I'll give ya that
relatable
i found this song bc it was the first on his "good music" playlist 3 years ago lol it's true :D
Usopp real?!?
This is the funkiest existential crisis I've ever had
Lmao
Wow
Good Profile picture
I love how DeSinc keeps coming back to pay his repects and Neil just watches without answering like a dad to his attention seeking child. What a dynamic.
Yes lmao
In the end, it doesn't even matter.
neon genesis evangelion
@@fursona_au_chocolat The random out of contextness of this reply is amazing, but true.
@@layne05 oh my god i thought i posted it as a regular comment
When you're in the van with Dad and the sound from his radio station is louder than your headphones....
Your dad listens to Lincoln Park?
M Fitzburger LMAO nailed it, this thread is pure gold
Rustle The Musical Gorilla. Ah, the old TH-cam switcheroo
Hold my edge, I'm going in!
Your dad has his own radio station?
"'The End' begins a thematic arc at the heart of Mouth Moods addressing the perverse allure of nihilism. The angsty vocal, lifted from Linkin Park’s 'In the End', is set against the bright and lively instrumental to the Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes'. Thus, while the song initially appears very bleak, Cicierega uses the juxtaposition to make a tacit criticism of the nihilism espoused by Linkin Park: 'In the end, it doesn’t even matter' is just 'What a Fool Believes'.”
i salute you, sir
Galaxy brain analysis
Huh. Neat
hey caledio
I get that it's a joke and all, but jesus christ that is a punchable comment.
I honestly can't even remember what the original sounds like anymore. This is so fucking great.
🥺🥺🥺 you hurt my soul 😂
I'm pretty impressed with how little of What A Fool Believes this actually contains. This remix is *entirely* using he instrumental section at the very start, the rest is just what he added on top of it. It's honestly incredible. Its still varied enough to be interesting the entire time.
You're absolutely right; he duplicated Michael McDonald and Bill Payne's synth lines, some of Tiran Porter's basslines, and even some handclaps note by note, and it sounds absolutely flawless and completely in line with the original
I like how DeSinc is slowly going crazy listening to this song, and I am too
Things just aren't the way they were before
@@arpodyssey7913 Memories are nice and all, but I don't think you are remembering all of the songs' parts. As you yourself are implying, you only got so far.
...In fact, it didn't even matter.
You should listen Linkin Park - In The End
@@immesurbel1274 i am.
Hes been commenting for the past three years
When you want to be super edgy but you're having a great day
I know this comment is 10 months old but holy fuck yes.
I know this response is one month old but a perfect response, take my upvote!
I know this comment is a year old but holy hekin yesserino
@Bulbmin 66 I know your comment was 4 days ago, but heck yeah! ^^
Benoît Marcotte I know this comment is 10 hours old but IN THE END IT DOESN’T EVEN MATTER
I like how towards the end singing gets distorted, like the thoughts of someone losing their shit because they cant get over how all their effort was for nothing. "I don't know why, I don't know why, I don't know why" It's that feeling when your project is almost completed and the file corrupts last minuet.
Oh my god relatable
When you draw on the wrong layer:
i really love how neil added some extra bass/percussion/synth as the song went on so the first 8 bars of What a Fool Believes didn't feel too monotonous
i actually always thought he had just used a full instrumental of the original song, but after listening closely, youre right, he added a bunch of his own instruments on top of it, like the clap, thats really cool
Desinc really likes this song
I truly believe that if neither of the original songs existed and the only remnant left of the two was this mashup, it would be one of the most popular songs of all time, surpassing both its parents.
Duncan McManus what were both of the songs called?
"What A Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers, and "In The End" by Linkin Park.
deSinc your comments brought me back - thank you.
absolute fortniter
Crazy I just found this again too
awesome, you're that guy whose comment I can't dethrone. you earned your spot at the top it seems and I can't rip it away no matter how hard I try. keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to explain in due time *all I know*
@@spiderham5514 Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
@@endervista1724 watch it count down till the end of the day
wtf this song makes me feel like i'm swimming on land
Gasp it’s overwatch man
It's literally a " when you're depressed but you don't wanna show it/you actually aren't" song (at least for me)
Oh and ayyy Pro genji
*it's high noon*
wtf are you doing here lol
*casually walks on water*
This is genuinely enjoyable
Amazing profile picture there.
seven asses and name
seven asses Nice Game Grumps refrence in your name.
LOL
Our lord and savior, Jontron. Lmao
Here 2020 before DeSinc. Really though, he's right. This song is like watching your home explode from inside of it's remains in the future.
I thought I made this comment for a second because of the profile picture.
@@jarthuzad4551 no fckin way
@@ZSRoach Yes way lol
ye
@Troy Davis They just showed one of the characters in a riddle, literally yesterday
It's been a while since DeSinc has commented here, I hope he's doing okay.
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i was having a pretty bad day but then Neil Cicierega saved me , thank you neil thank you...
ZeRealityHD same
maybe he's gonna be the one who saves me, too
it saved me too young one...
It doesn't even matter how hard you try.
Next time you see happy old people go and talk to them about the secrets of being happy. They will all tell you the same thing, "happiness is a choice". It's morbid to realize your time on this planet is short, but it's the best way to remind yourself to just enjoy it.
When you're playing Shadow the Hedgehog and eating Fun Dip
oh i've been there
This song, like most of Neil's work, is more brilliant than first meets the eye. The two songs mashed here, In the End and What a Fool Believes, are in their own ways about the same topic: harboring feelings for someone who could never hope to return them. So not only do these two songs somehow mesh well as music, but the lyrics of Linkin Park are just as relevant as the music of the Doobie Brothers 30 years apart.
Turns out that Linkin Park with cheerier music is actually a Persona 4 battle theme.
holy shit... you are right!
I keep hearing Lotus Juice's voice in this song.
Oh God can't unhear it
I've actually been thinking about Persona while listening to this song, especially 5.
They should put this in P4G as DLC.
Hope DeSinc's doing alright.
course I am
DeSinc
STILL here huh? I can respect that.
@@DeSinc you're a hero, Neil too
@@DeSinc always good to check in huh
@@cyanquick4007 Chester also
this song combines both the good and bad parts of middle school
So in other words, what middle school is.
yeah man i listened to the doobie brothers in middle school all the time
All six years of it
That was high school for me.
Sounds like College to me.
Knowing the names of the two songs combined with the lyrics and tone contrasting honestly motivates me.
We're all gonna make it.
The new Persona 5 soundtrack sounds great
I am now legitimately curious to hear what Persona music sounds like
h
Labedincoln Do give the OST a listen. Persona 3 and 4 have great stuff.
You'll learn how to ♪BURN MY BREAD♪
can anyone recommend specific songs?
Desinc is more active on this one video’s comment section than his own TH-cam channel
I once listened to this song on repeat for about an hour while I was trying beat a hard boss in Elden Ring.
The lyrics captured how helpless I felt, meanwhile the music was constant enough to help me focus, and upbeat enough to keep me from quitting. 10/10, would recommend.
My hard elden ring boss is severe depression
The fact that DeSinc found this song means that we are, in a way, in the best timeline
I was thinking nothing could be better than Bustin. But damn, Neil. You fucking nailed this song. Thanks so much for making this album. I'm confident in saying this the best thing that's come out of 2017 so far.
Cosmic Turban he neiled it
ok I'll kms
The world needs your puns whether they know it or not.
i agree you are needed!
Cosmic Turban ok lol
Cosmic Turban You are shit m8
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
In the end, it doesn't even matter
I put my trust in you
Compo Flask I had to fall to lose it all
Matthew W-C
i don't know why
By some weird coincidence, The Doobie Brothers and Linkin Park both have a song called 'One Step Closer'
Knowing Neil that was probably planned.
@@Kezsora He should've combined those songs.
@@cyandinomashups Two steps closer
'One Step Closer' by the Doobie Brothers was their final album, while 'One Step Closer' by Linkin Park is their debut single
@@aimbotarrow5981 doobie brothers is linkin park?
the original: nothing in life matters 😔💔
this version: nothing in life matters 😎🥳
Now that's what I call optimistic nihilism!
Doobie Brothers original: grooviness!
This version: existential grooviness!
Oof
This song is basically “if nothing matters and everything is meaningless anyway, why not just enjoy the time we have?” which is pretty nice and inspirational honestly
facts
“Wait, it’s all Desinc?”
*”Always has been.”*
i tried so hard
waited for the update
but in the end
its never gonna happen
I just want everyone to know that the song Neil used for the background music is called “What A Fool Believes”. Thus he’s saying that it’s foolish to believe “it doesn’t even matter how hard you try” meaning this song secretly motivational and I love and hate that
This is an unexpected emotional trip just like every other of his albums. if u can atleast guess one of the mashes just by hearing the first track ur a genie.
It feels like either uplifting acceptance of Existentialism, a bounce-back from a breakup/firing, or both.
This song lost its edge.
I guess you could say it isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
eboyblue3 The best comment I've ever seen.
Blobbiac, there's far better comments out there. I'm just a fifteen year old wasting my life away listening to mashups.
But in the end, it doesn't even matter.
eboyblue3 EEEEEY!!!! I FOUND WHERE MY PEOPLE AT!!!!
eboyblue3 everyone is a fifteen year old on the internet
25, I've been listening to Neil since 2001.
I have been listening to this one song for hours on end. I can't listen to this without physical moving my hands or feet alongside the beats. Dandy.
I don't remember writing this a year ago, but I'm back again. Dandy.
@succboi568 later you'll comeback. right?
The beauty of this song is the juxtaposition of the songs that were sampled. "In The End" and "What a Fool Believes" sound like complete opposite songs, and yet they're both about the same thing: a man mournfully resigning himself to his failures.
Coming back to this song and reading DeSinc's comments again and again makes me feel like we are very alike.
After accidentally full-screening the video and seeing the face reflected in the glasses, I still can't unsee the grin now in normal view. D:
senseisleepyhead oh god, thank you/i hate you for making me notice that
senseisleepyhead Who is that?
I actually have no idea who that is, but it's still creeping me out...
That is an unsettling image that will haunt your soul for all eternity of Larry King. Up next, Phil Collins! *Brief drumroll then more Tim Allen grunts*
microkorgi & senseisleepyhead, it's one of the members from Barenaked Ladies I think
this song is so comforting i love it so much
DeSinc is always here, believe me.
_he's right behind me, isn't he_
@@charlottebiscuit4133 WEE WOO WEE WOO
And I am here, again. Desinc is right, you will be back once you listened.
"I tried so hard and get so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter"
-What a fool believes
Neil was cooking on a whole different level.
R.I.P. Chester, at least you got to be Cicierega-ed before the end.
@@affableauthority2155 Your joke doesn't even have a punchline
shadow33399 He got "Cicierega-ed" in the end.
Am I missing something. Who the fuck is Chester
Oh shit never mind I remembered
@@rhondacupples1943 Sal didn't remember who Chester was, making him tonight's biggest loser
Nihilists: "The world sucks, there's no point to living, the only meaningful action is suicide, all is dust"
Existentialists:
as an existentialist who knows a bunch of nihilists i can confirm this is accurate
As a Nihilist, I'm confused. Nihilism is always presented as this negative belief system. Nothing matters, all will crumble, but there's a freedom in it. Nothing matters and value is subjective, so I get to decide what matters and what I choose to be significant is the most significant.
I also believe there's no free will, so I don't even really choose. I'm not here to make choices, I just find meaning in whatever I'm doing and I am the ultimate authority on how important it is. This is why The Oracle from The Matrix is my favorite: "You didn't come here to make the choice, you've already made it. You're here to try to understand WHY you made it."
@@ZeroToNowhere Those who believe there's no such thing as free will do so to detach themselves from the poor choices they make of their own free will.
@@remobothic That's an interesting assertion, so how do you justify free will in the face of hard determinism?
@@ZeroToNowhere Hard determinism is just the name for the philosophical position that free will doesn't exist. What's your point?
I have a friend who still listens to LP in his 20s, I used to joke about how cringey that was.
Now I realize, I was the one being cringey... Who the fuck am I to judge other people's taste in music.
RIP Chester
What is LP
@@filipfilip1507 linkin park, the guys who sang the lyrics in this song
@@wingedfish1175 Now I want Neil to do an Eminem/Linkin Park mashup: The Nothing Matters LP.
@@wingedfish1175oh my god I thought it meant LP as in vinyl
I can see myself in 50 years listening to this again after years and having the biggest smile in my face. Going back to this every once in a while makes my day much, much better. I hope Neil knows how much these mashups mean to some people
me too
It's somewhat odd.
The lyrics of this song describe a bitter reminiscence of love long lost, whereas the original music to this song, What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers, is the backdrop to a sad fool who still doesn't recognize his one time fling/obsession with a woman will ever come to be.
Natural sequel to the latter song, perhaps? The original subject of that song becoming angered at his perceived rejection despite never having been accepted in the first place, still in denial, blaming the love interest for his failure? Regardless, a very intelligent pairing, it's more than just an arbitrary choice imo. Kudos to Neil.
^ needs more likes
Are you ok?
Herr Doktor von Nuremberg I need you to do more mashup analyses.
who hurt you
Huh
THIS JUST GOES SO ASTRONOMICALLY HARD ITS UNREAL
Unironically this might’ve been my song of 2020. This song is catharsis. This song speaks to the sublime. This song is the beginning. This song is The End.
I hope this is what Linkin Park becomes a few years in the future. Like, one of the guys is all "Hey guys, I think we're being a little too depressing" and then they decide to change their image and become like a 70's funk band.
you may be getting your wish
BAH-DA-YAA-
Somebody hasn't heard the lyrics to What a Fool Believes
:(
o o f
I'm still convinced like 2.5 million plays of this are by me. I fucking love this so much. It's been years and I can't help but come back and listen to it all the time. I love you Neil
When everything is going to shit but you are still having a good time
For the record it could be the complete opposite where you feel like shit but things are A ok
@@i3eaniie602 the complete opposite sounds more fitting but the first comment is more relatable
Purified Element yes I can agree
"When everything is going to shit but you're still having a good time." Ah yes, college.
*your*
A song called The End being the 9th to last song on the album truly exemplifies the energy of the album.
POV: You’re looking for the newest DeSinc comment
me rn lmao
The user "Caledio" said something that made me think: he analyzed the song's lyrics to portray how two tunes with such an opposite tones create a clever commentary on the futility of destructive nihilism, using the happy music of "What a Fool Believes" to contradict the message of "It doesn't even matter". He also concluded that the lesson it portrays could perfectly be summed up with *"In the end, it doesn't even matter" is just "What a Fool believes".*
My reasoning slightly tweaks this last summary into a different version which includes the title of this song (The End), while keeping the meaning Caledio observed in the original.
This song uses the extreme inconsequentialism of Linkin Park's lyrics to ridiculize destructive nihilism, making use of the directly opposite feeling conveyed by "What a Fool Believes" to remove the impact of the original message. In this scenario, Linkin' Park could be considered the personification of "the fool" who inadvertedly follows an autodestructive path for no real reason. Using the original names of the songs much like Caledio did, we can obtain a nice mention to this mashup and the intent of it, packed in a simple sentence:
*In "The End", it doesn't even matter what a fool believes*
Hello zl i finally found a jtoh player
That comment didn't age well given the suicide of their lead.
I'd go with the thesis of other users here: life is meaningless so we might as well enjoy ourselves.
I honestly feel like people are looking too deep into this song. The real meaning of it is just so simple. Do you want to know why he mixed The End with What A Fool Believes? Just simply look at the tracklisting. Why is it in the middle? Thinking it's actually the end of the album is just what a fool believes. It's most likely just that. And Neil probably just thought it'd be funny to put a depressing song over an upbeat instrumental. That's really it.
@@P0Pdart T'is but a joke lad. Over-analyzing and deconstructing this song is not a move you're meant to take seriously
@@rokaq5163 lol
Even the comments that aren't by DeSinc are talking about him. I think he might like this song.
i love this mashup beyond words and i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, i don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try
everyone here is just secretly DeSinc, no matter what they say
@DeSinc don't worry, it's just one of the many side effects. The others Include but are not limited to;
Having a bad camera
Using glitches and tricks to beat everything
Your accounts username and password to both be changed to DeSinc within 1748 hours of your first reply
I hope you enjoy the experience!
Hey past Desinc, I'm gonna leave this up, but you were kinda stupid posting this. I mean noone except Desinc is gonna read this.
@DeSinc I apologise, I just only realised this recently and needed to find people to talk to about it
@DeSinc yea, remind ourselves some more
what no im not
desinc is a really cool guy btw you should subscribe to him
Me walking out of exams: upbeat, yet knowing I failed hard
why is this so relatable
The "At least it's over" feeling
God YES
😂😂😂
when your anti-depressants kick in, but your bipolar kicks in at the same time.
Real shit!
oof
What
Negi1001 HAH
TrUe
I started listening to neil when this album came out. out of all the songs this one makes me really nostalgic, and fills me with a certain sense of comfort.
I'm having a tough time deciding which is better, "The End" or "Floor Corn". They're both incredible in their own way.
Damn you, Neil and your mashup skills!
National Sperm Bank of America In the end, it doesn't even matter
National Sperm Bank of America wow wow
woah.
I actually can't stop listening to this someone please help
Faverelli same I just csnt
Have you tried turning it off then on again?
Faverelli same. I have an obsession with Neil's music.
And now a track from Mr. Neil Cicierega you may know it as "The End" but It's The Doobie Brother ft. Linkin Park with "What a fool believes in the end"
I can imagine it.
>school talent show, next contestant is about to perform
>suspiciously confident girl walks up on the stage in front of the mic
>doobie bros instrumental starts playing
>0:16, girl starts singing to lyrics to In the End by Linkin Park
>visible confusion from everyone in the audience
>she keeps going
>"omfg, why does this actually work so well?!"
>chorus begins, girl is belting it, giving it absolutely everything, 100% serious
>audience begins to vibe
>second verse, girl seems genuinely angry and scarily committed to the bit
>second chorus, girl's mood completely shifts, exuberantly singing like she's in a musical
>bridge begins, audience's brains are all collectively melting at how well it's working
>girl starts screaming the lyrics like chester does, she does it so well too like there's genuine talent here
>final chorus, audience begins to cheer simply for this girl's dedication to the bit
>girl starts repeating "i don't know why, i dOnT kNoW whY" while shaking onstage like Thom Yorke does
>instrumental ends
>"it doesn't even matter how hard you try"
>girl dabs and walks off the stage
>audience fucking loses it
The performance wins the talent show by a landslide, despite the girl leaving before being given her award, proving her point of how _it really doesn't matter how hard you try_
i can imagine this was ac/vc as well
Dude, I think you just made a music video LOL
my mom was born in 1966, so i’d imagine this sounds like her childhood and adult years arguing with each other
this is part of the mourning process to me
This is my reason for living rn. Thank you, Niel, for teaching me to believe again.
End of the decade, gonna listen the Neil for the rest of it
I cannot listen to any of the songs separately, this mashup damaged my brain in a way I can't recover from. 10/10 will dance to this till the day i die.
When you're in your twenties and have to pretend to be a functioning adult who has everything together despite never really working through your insecurities in your teenage years and still feeling shitty inside but you have to have to keep going anyway, maybe if you fake the happiness enough it will become genuine and people won't notice.
...you are okay dude?
Jeez I guess I should have expected someone to Come after me this Hard
Shit, man, this is really specific. Are you doing okay?
Sounds like a you problem
:(
When searching "The End" the only two videos that appear higher than this one are both Diss Tracks.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
its 7 for now
And NOT MINECRAFT?
Now it's fortnite
Take me with you
This is a perfect summation of the human condition.
I don't even look at Neil's edits as memes anymore. I just see them as improvements.
we all know this as one of the only songs you can constantly listen to and not get bored or annoyed by it
DeSinc please come back… we all miss you man
i found desinc's music playlist and it unfortunately hooked me back into the genius Neil Cicierga is. listen to Reaganomics by him
already have, sir
God i rememebr when this song just came out, it helped me through such a hard time in my life. It's been around 5 years now, this will always be timeless to me
(It starts with one)
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to explain in due time
(All I know)
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
(It's so unreal)
Didn't look out below, watched the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, didn't even know
I wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to remind myself how
(I tried so hard)
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so [far]
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a
[Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/neil-cicierega/mouth-moods/the-end.html]
Memory of a time when I (tried so hard)
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
I tried so hard
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
*Repeated to end*
Linkin Park was significant to all of us in one way or another.
I'm gonna be blasting the shit out of this for a while. Sing on, Chester.
so true.
(for me it was the symbol of agoura high school stonerbro culture :P)
Rip Chester Bennington: he tried so hard.
I don't think he made my life better or worse
This is the song that introduced me to Neil Cicierega and subsequently Lemon Demon. Since then my life has become exponentially better. Things certainly aren't the way they were before, but at least among the madness we have droplets of happiness :)
No matter how many times i listen to this over the years it never loses it's charm.
This videos comment section is just a historical document about how DeSinc iniciated an accelerated backhop to losing all of his sanity
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