I always thought it was about Sophie Scroll a 21 year old college student and core member of the German resistance group the "White Roses;" hence the line "white roses in her eyes"
@@kylemedlin3268 Jeff magnum said in an interview the line "white Rose's in her eye" was written at a time before he knew the white rose resistance movement, if I remember correctly
@@fred2796 just because it references Anne Frank doesn't mean it can't reference anyone else. I don't recall Anne Frank ever being a boy in Spain, but hey it is called Holland 1945 right? Clearly she's only historical reference that could be in the song and everything else is random words without any meaning.
Everything with this album hits me. From the Jesuses and the semen stained mountain tops to the tomatoes and ashes raining from an aeroplane. A masterpiece from the beginning too the end
Sucks that Oh Comely, easily the most impactful and moving song on the album, isn’t even mentioned. If you haven’t heard that song, do it. The lyrics give me chills.
Natasha May DiMarco can’t disagree with that.. it’s so great so perfect in its own way.. music 🎶 which was made to make us believe the sprite of .. something like life or even more.. can’t say can’t say.. just keep playing and one day we know or maybe not.. !
For some reason I don't like the fact that most of what was animated was just verbatim images from the songs. Maybe I am over interpreting the intentions of the tracks, but I feel like it isn't so cut and dry like that.
Pretty mediocre video, to be honest. You can pretty much tell the narrator is just reading from a piece of paper and doesn't actually have any personal interest in the band in the slightest. Just stuff pulled from the wiki, and the transcribed interview with Jeff. Makes light-hearted of the serious nature of of the band and the members.
All I'm saying is there's 50 videos about In The Aeroplane Over The Sea that get paraded around by these channels, and no one says a word about On Avery Island (The Other equally great NMH album), or any of the members solo projects. Scott Spillane's The Gerbils, Jeremy Barnes Hawk And A Hacksaw, Julian Koster's The Music Tapes. They stick with this mediocre content and it's just boring. It's presented as if it were something a highschool student was forced to make for a class. That's all I have to say.
@@blitzkrieg6963 Exactly!! On Avery Island is so wonderfully complex and beautiful and heartbreaking and it absolutely needs to be talked about more. Not to mention all the other wonderful E6 projects that go virtually unnoticed by the general public.
Also Jeff performed for the Occupy Wall Street protestors! He's super turned off by the "meme" image his work has take on, but still is a fantastic guy.
That album is an indie legend! It's a timeless and unique piece of art. (Not to mention the overload of 90' nostalgia!) Weirdly my favourite song from it (beside title track ofc) is "Communist Daughter", it's soo melancholic, comfortingly gloomy, and way too short.
okay... cool video. It's nice that I've learn about the lucid dreams and reading of Ann Frank's book by the lyricist. But.... I think the lyrics, and how they relate with the music, could have been explored more in depth. HOW HEARTBREAKINGLY sad and beautiful it is all. "Two Headed Boy" is probably the most beautiful and saddest song I've heard in my life: this whole story of a malformed kid trapped in a glass jar and the main character trying to console him talking about a wonderful future (that might not come) and acceptance and love
for fans of this album - try jeremy enigk’s album return of the frog queen. it actually predates ITAOTS by two years and foreshadows much of its sound and vibe, even the lyrics are similarly surreal and dreamlike, with a very majestic, whimsical, rustic sort of vibe. the songs feel like strange fairytales or fables much like this album
1. Oh comly 2. In tbe aeroplane over the sea 3. King of carrot flowers pt2. 3. 4. Holland 1945 5. Ghost 6. Untitled 7. King of carrot flowers 8. Two headed boy pt. 2 9. Communist daughter 10. The fool 11. Two headed boy Im my personal opinion
I saw their 2nd to last show ever(apparently). They blew everyone's fucking minds. Their sing saw player has so much charisma and Jeff seems just as mysterious as his lyrics make him out to be. But Damn,, that sing saw guy is rad.
This cuphead expansion looks wild
W@
Cameron A. Uhhbffhhj
Shut up, Ian.
#RIP
The King of Carrot Flowers is surprisingly easy
Communist daughter is hard, just be prepared.
Really dropped the ball not mentioning Oh Comely which literally ends with someone in the studio screaming Holy shit at just how amazing the song was
i think that it was also because jeff recorded it perfect in one go the first time.... so fuckin cool
@@uu8634 and he was only supposed to be doing a sound check for the song but just went for it
@@damesoumbi really? That’s cool. I thought it was only me who heard that guy screaming
I just heard it, that’s hilarious
Strange how Oh Comely wasn't even mentioned once.
That's just a testament to the greatness of the album.
Roken2323 that is weird, it’s like 8 minutes long so it does take a chunk of time. It’s one of my favorite songs on there.
Oh hey Aidan
Yeah they snuffed the best song here
I also think that Oh Comely is more of a centrepiece to the album than Holland 1945 but whatever.
Luke Berrie it definitely is
Everybody gangsta,
till the carrots start walkin’
Now do one for the masterpiece Angelic 2 the Core by the Maestro Cory Feldman
A man of culture, I see.
A Modern Masterpiece, Indeed.
Truly chilling
yung spaghetti siri,is ehdjjwgswga
*dOnt TeLL mE YoUR LiIiIIiIiiIiiIIIES*
I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSTTTT
One of my favourite ever musical moments, and I don't even believe in him!
JESUS CHRIST I LOVE YOU YES I DOOOOOO
Dammit you did it first
@@danielb7204 Damn u Ian O'C
/mu/ in a nutshell
He is literally singing about Anne Frank, not a figure like her.
I always thought it was about Sophie Scroll a 21 year old college student and core member of the German resistance group the "White Roses;" hence the line "white roses in her eyes"
i think youre oversimplifying it a little bit
Kyle Medlin it’s literally called Holland 1945 what the fuck are you on
@@kylemedlin3268 Jeff magnum said in an interview the line "white Rose's in her eye" was written at a time before he knew the white rose resistance movement, if I remember correctly
@@fred2796 just because it references Anne Frank doesn't mean it can't reference anyone else. I don't recall Anne Frank ever being a boy in Spain, but hey it is called Holland 1945 right? Clearly she's only historical reference that could be in the song and everything else is random words without any meaning.
The most pitchfork video ever created
Is that a compliment or
I think that’s up to interpretation.
This is the most hipster thing ever created
👁
well its about the most pitchfork album, so ...
*What's wrong with an album about loving Anne Frank?*
*Nothing that's what.*
Everything with this album hits me. From the Jesuses and the semen stained mountain tops to the tomatoes and ashes raining from an aeroplane. A masterpiece from the beginning too the end
Its weird how these incomprehensible lyrics make you so emotional and wanna cry
@@adibzouak6106 2 years later it is still as wonderful as i remember it being
Don't forget the Communist Daughters!
I love how they gave Jeff Mangum sunken eyes and huge eyelids like he hasn’t slept in the last ten years lol
Sucks that Oh Comely, easily the most impactful and moving song on the album, isn’t even mentioned. If you haven’t heard that song, do it. The lyrics give me chills.
“Theeeee Onlyyyyy Giiiiirl Iiiiiiiiiiiiii’ve eveeeeeeeeer loooooooooooved”
Was born with roses in her eeeeeeeeyyyyyyeeeeeessss
But then they buried her alive
One day in 1945
ADAM COLE!!!!!
With just her sister at her side...
I don't like those eyelids
Juan Pablo Maurer your mom does tho
They're so weird...
Agreed. Just fucking terrible and annoying.
cry abt it then lol
Memes aside i unironically love this album to death
Same here
Everyone who's heard it does.
THE ONLY GIRL I'VE EVWR LOVVVVVVVVVVED
G
@@biotudo9471 AND WHEN HER SPIRIT LEFT HER BODY HOW SHE SPLIT THR SKIES
Gustave Mangum u have good taste my fren
WAS BOOORRRNNN WIIIITH ROOOSEEES IIIIIN HEEEEEEEERRRR EEEEEEEEYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS
ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME.
Natasha May DiMarco can’t disagree with that.. it’s so great so perfect in its own way.. music 🎶 which was made to make us believe the sprite of .. something like life or even more.. can’t say can’t say.. just keep playing and one day we know or maybe not.. !
You can remove "ONE OF" bit too.
this is real
True af
NOW IMMA LET YOU FINISH
BUT NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL HAD ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
The eyelid thing made sense on Jeff, but it's just creepy on Anne Frank.
Would be really cool to see an animation of Weezer's Pinkerton.
Pedro Gilberto yess! I love pinkerton! Its one of my all time favorite albums!
no
@@KendrickMegaFan Why?
@@kve5520 Not as influential or meaningful as ITAOTS.
@@names9769 And?
For some reason I don't like the fact that most of what was animated was just verbatim images from the songs. Maybe I am over interpreting the intentions of the tracks, but I feel like it isn't so cut and dry like that.
agree. Showing images lyric-by-lyric really kills a song
Definitely
ARE YOU RECORDING
Sidekick 821 don’t fuck with mr. milk hotel
This has been, and always will be, one of my most cherished albums of all time.
This was unbelievable ! Do the same for Arcade Fire’s Funeral PLEAAAAAAAAAAAASE
YESPLEASEPLEASE
bookends, great call
The world NEEDS TO KNOW Funeral
Diogo Saldanha it’s my favorite album of all times !!!
The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
Very entertaining. I didn't realize the lyrics were inspired by jeff's lucid dreams, that makes a lot of sense
IS THAT A CAMERA
ARE Y O U *RECORDING ME*
Do it to madvillainy
I wish I could explain how his music makes me feels. It’s the most gut wrenching feeling ever.
My son just introduced me to Neutral Milk hotel. Didn’t realize what I’d been missing!
That trumpet solo in the title track gives me chills every time
This album will forever hold a special place in me, soaring above like an aeroplane over my mind
That blinking animation was disgusting
I love this record, but... we all know you need to cover Angelic 2 the Core
Corey Feldman's Magnum opus
Album of the Century
not a fan
@@nicolaschavez6710 we got a kidz bop fan in here
@@ThatOneGuy7550 because i dont agree with you...
all time favorite.
timeless masterpiece.
etc.
mach3 Why would you add a ”tl;dr” to something that short lol
Pretty mediocre video, to be honest. You can pretty much tell the narrator is just reading from a piece of paper and doesn't actually have any personal interest in the band in the slightest. Just stuff pulled from the wiki, and the transcribed interview with Jeff. Makes light-hearted of the serious nature of of the band and the members.
You must be extremely annoying and boring at parties
All I'm saying is there's 50 videos about In The Aeroplane Over The Sea that get paraded around by these channels, and no one says a word about On Avery Island (The Other equally great NMH album), or any of the members solo projects. Scott Spillane's The Gerbils, Jeremy Barnes Hawk And A Hacksaw, Julian Koster's The Music Tapes. They stick with this mediocre content and it's just boring. It's presented as if it were something a highschool student was forced to make for a class. That's all I have to say.
@@blitzkrieg6963 Exactly!! On Avery Island is so wonderfully complex and beautiful and heartbreaking and it absolutely needs to be talked about more. Not to mention all the other wonderful E6 projects that go virtually unnoticed by the general public.
The album is mediocre so it fits
Oh Comely is their best song ever why the hell wasnt it mentioned
"no new songs followed though"
Ferris wheel on fire EP: am I a joke to you?
Those aren't new songs.. just songs that were never released until 2011
Y'all shown contact Jeff to see if you could do a full animated album experiences.
Do one of these for loveless or Illinois
Ruven S yes do Illinois
YES
they've done some sort of video for loveless iirc
yes illinoise would be so freaking good
well made. the art just adds to the surreal-ness of the band. love this so much :))
Slime Boy is part of Neutral Milk Hotel
Let that sink in
The sink needs your help
¿Why do you think Slime Boy is best Boy? 👌
Also Jeff performed for the Occupy Wall Street protestors! He's super turned off by the "meme" image his work has take on, but still is a fantastic guy.
/mu/ approves
not anymore, remember hipster victory?
No we don’t.
That album is an indie legend! It's a timeless and unique piece of art. (Not to mention the overload of 90' nostalgia!)
Weirdly my favourite song from it (beside title track ofc) is "Communist Daughter", it's soo melancholic, comfortingly gloomy, and way too short.
Me too!!!
These kinds of videos are made for people like Me to feel like an intellectual for listening to Neutral milk hotel.
okay... cool video. It's nice that I've learn about the lucid dreams and reading of Ann Frank's book by the lyricist. But.... I think the lyrics, and how they relate with the music, could have been explored more in depth. HOW HEARTBREAKINGLY sad and beautiful it is all. "Two Headed Boy" is probably the most beautiful and saddest song I've heard in my life: this whole story of a malformed kid trapped in a glass jar and the main character trying to console him talking about a wonderful future (that might not come) and acceptance and love
Oh man this is so cool! What awesome animation, great job!!!
I wish this video never existed
Undoubtedly one of the most unique albums ever made.
I love this pitchfork concept but hate that nerdy talking voice spoiling the whole thing.
"trumpet solo"... wow, okay. the writer obviously has never heard either a trombone or trumpet before.
That was a nice tribute for the most popular "un"popular album. I have a vinyl AOTS hanging in my study. Probably most listened CD I've had.
Please, please do it with Belle and Sebastian's If you're feeling sinister
They have made like an hour long documentary on it already. Just search for it
The only album I have cried to every time I listen to it.
I would say this album really got discovered in the early 2000s
for fans of this album - try jeremy enigk’s album return of the frog queen. it actually predates ITAOTS by two years and foreshadows much of its sound and vibe, even the lyrics are similarly surreal and dreamlike, with a very majestic, whimsical, rustic sort of vibe. the songs feel like strange fairytales or fables much like this album
This is such a good album, have any more?
@@crucko4099 idk the decemberists probably
@@DougerArt Any specific album?
@@crucko4099 castaways and cutouts. i personally very much like the song "grace cathedral hill" for one.
@@DougerArt Okay I'll check it out thank you!
One of these for The Glow Pt. 2 would be legendary
Man you guys are going to praise this album until your death huh
Certainly seems so.
Until our ashes will fly in the aeroplane over the sea
There good albums Bront
@Stella was a diver and she was always down huh. I guess it just sells well then
@Stella was a diver and she was always down what? no, it got a 10 pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5758-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea/
"a small orchestra of inspired weirdos." this is exactly how I would describe my friends whenever we're all together in one place.
""No new songs have followed"? Uh, Ferris Wheel on Fire, an entire EP???
All songs on Ferris Wheel on Fire were recorded before ITAOTS
did not know that
MaddoMeep Little Birds
@@pkarrk6893 ah yes you're right, Little Birds is the last thing they've made
Standing on the sea-weed water
Semen stains the mountain tops
Ben Griffin ıyı kolay kolay o
This is so cute
Couldn't watch because of the eyelids.
This is one of those albums where you’ll either absolutely love it or absolutely hate it. I’m proud to say that I’ve been a frequent enjoyer.
Imagine not being able to enjoy this album. Just sad to think about.
IIIIIIIIII LOVEEEE YOUUUUUUUU
JESUUUUS CUHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST
A little dated but my favorite 'Clickhole' article:
news.clickhole.com/disgusting-isis-just-released-a-2-star-review-of-in-t-1825123183
okay now do this for everything from the liner notes!
Ok /mu/
I got to see them in Sydney in November 2014, just beautiful.
i wish there was a video of just the animation with the songs and not someone interrupting again and again.
I am obsessed with the first 30 seconds of this video
The artstyle is so cute, love it
This really explains what this album feels like ... a dream
Is this Nardwaur narrating?!
Additional music was released under the NMH name. Go listen to Ferris wheel on Fire on Soundcloud.
i swear the starting guitar strings sound like, smell like teen spirit.
Ngl the songs with fuzz are peng.
Does anyone know the name of art style used like the theatre curtain, doll heads, old antique like decorative things etc….????
art nouveau?
This isn’t that good at talking about the actual album????
No matter how great this album is it can never top 1 2 buckle my shoe
Oh God
Title track is one of the best songs of all time
I dont know what the maximum amount of appreciation that can given to this album is. I dont know if it can ever be reached.
caught their last gig in Belfast, it was beyond words, played the whole album without communist daughter. 10/10.
The related videos
Are so odd
Saw Jeff at a show in NY last weekend. He looks like Mick Foley now.
whattt
i thought he was all reclusive and didn’t do shows anymore?
I hope he's doing well.
@dixie t I'm assuming he means he was part of the crowd, or at least in the building.
Yeah, he was in the crowd. Hawk and a Hacksaw show.
@@we88881 V vi V - h gbhxhzsnyzf
Happy Birthday Anthony Fantano, You were born approximately 3 decades ago
The trumpet solo in aéroplane is actually played on mellophone or marching euphonium typically.
[untitled] is the best song on the album. Don’t even @ me.
Nah oh comly
Gustave Mangum Oh Comely is great but untitled gives me emotions that few other songs ever have.
@@HotStrange I love every song on this album
1. Oh comly
2. In tbe aeroplane over the sea
3. King of carrot flowers pt2. 3.
4. Holland 1945
5. Ghost
6. Untitled
7. King of carrot flowers
8. Two headed boy pt. 2
9. Communist daughter
10. The fool
11. Two headed boy
Im my personal opinion
I saw their 2nd to last show ever(apparently). They blew everyone's fucking minds. Their sing saw player has so much charisma and Jeff seems just as mysterious as his lyrics make him out to be. But Damn,, that sing saw guy is rad.
The carrots look like they would be in an episode of chowder
Do one for American Football’s Self Titled
this band won a Brazilian fan.
I like the album it’s a good album but not a top 500 in music history
You kinda see where car seat headrest got his influence.
Two headed boy makes me feel uncomfortable
'Everything Is' is their top album/ep
I hope they’re making new animation channel. I really love this animation
There will never be another music like this
Tell whoever animated this that they did an absolutely fantastic job. This was beautiful.
One of the greatest albums ever made, i dont give a fuck what anybody says.