not to be a dork, but surrealism is a form of abstraction. plus I've learned not to expect any categorical work from them, they're pretty original in my opinion.
Aaron Rossell I don't really think surrealism is a form of abstraction. If anything it's an addition or distortion imo. Surrealism loosely translates to 'on top of realism'. But I guess I can see what you mean.
LYRICS Lately I need a better plan I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands Cause I have been a cerebral spouse And my head wants to go into the emerald house And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out I don't want to knock you down But why am I still looking for a golden age? You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage Every time I look up at that blurry sun All I think about are bodies floating up Everybody ought to get that special glance Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance? It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song Does this not occur to almost everyone? It makes a monkey wretch It makes a monkey rich Lately I want to be in my heart But where exactly is my heart and where does it start? I don't want that Tylenol Can I sing and make change without crushing clams? I can help the little things but I have big plans I don't want that Tylenol It makes a monkey wretch It makes a monkey rich
My interpretation of the video is that, like the song, the video is about money and the ultimate worthlessness and uselessness it has when compared with importance of family and love. The rope is an analogy to money. The old man can make the rope and he's so good at it he can make the rope dance, he has respect from everyone. The young man is jealous of this respect and wants it for himself, thereby going to the well, working really hard on his craft and making lots of rope. Time goes by and soon the old man is dead. Further time passes and the boy is now making more rope than the old man ever did, completely filling the house with it. At the end the man realises that he has made too much. Unfortunately its too late - the rope takes his child, and eventually his wife.
Very true I think the old man had only a few pices of rope and was happy until he made too much and couldn't handle it and eventually died and then the young man had too much rope and could not comprehend the greed and chaos
still love that this was released on my birthday all those years ago, classic album from them i think they really honed in on what they wanted to get across on Centipede and got only better from there !
I've been a fan for a very long time and I love hearing various explanations because everyone gets a different meaning from their music and videos. That's the beauty of music ;) It's art. I'm sure you understand that.
Funny, I always thought that this song had a very vibrant texture to it. Whenever I listen to it I can just imagine bright lights and flashing neon colours. This video is very brown, though, it's not necessarily what first comes to mind when I hear the song. It's a pretty good track though, probably my favourite off the album next to Today's Supernatural and Rosie Oh.
A rope walks into a bar. The bartender tells him "I'm sorry, but we dont serve rope here" The rope says "You must be kidding, all I want is a drink after a hard days work" The bartender replies "You need to leave now" So the rope walks out of the bar, into the ally, ties himself up into a jumble, shags his top end, walks back into the bar. The bartender looks at him and says "We don't serve rope here" The rope looks back at the bar tender and replies "You are mistaken sir, I'm a frayed knot"
Once again, leave it to Animal Collective to create an oddly horrifying video which makes no apparent sense or meaning. This is one of my favorite songs off of Centipede Hz, I never would have expected a video like this. Pretty great filmmaking!
I think this video is trying to say something about how older generations can fuck over new ones. Ropes are basic forms of technology/human ingenuity. The old man has power over them, but instead of showing the boy or girl how to use them, he abuses the power to make the boy his slave and impress the girl. Death comes for the old man, and without anyone to control the ropes they get out of hand. We become slaves to systems we were never taught to understand because our elders were selfish.
@@marfology I will reply to comments no matter how old! Haha I assume you're joking though. Same to you, what a beautiful plant. It's far more psychedelic and dissociative than people give it credit for. I've learned many things about how consciousness works from it.
definitely one of the best i think, but i feel like Strawberry Jam might be his best mainly because of the intense screams on it. like the vocals on Fireworks, and For Reverend Green especially
I think that trying to explain this is like trying to explain «Heart Shaped Box». But the good thing about art is that it's not gonna get mad about our interpretations
the old man is the monkey within, the performer who amuses. but he is overbearing, and gets easily tangled up within his own tricks. the song, and the video, are about learning to cope with being a moderately successful artist - someone who has to let the monkey within come out in order to earn a living but also try not to get tangled up in all the hype by letting the monkey get too full of himself.
Tthis song has more meaning then you think. so think to teach your self a sound thats taught by music with out a teacher., thats riddled with love and all its fear... many would kill for what is seeked! for few will ever find what makes it Complete! "Save the Music"
Lately I need a better plan I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands Cause I have been a cerebral spouse And my head wants to go into the emerald house And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out I don't want to knock you down But why am I still looking for a golden age? You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage Every time I look up at that blurry sun All I think about are bodies floating up Everybody ought to get that special glance Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance? It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song Does this not occur to almost everyone? I make a monkey wrench I make a monkey rich Lately I want to be in my heart But where exactly is my heart and where does it start? (I don't want that Tylenol) Can I sing and make change without crushing clams? I can help the little things but I have big plans (I don't want that Tylenol) I make a monkey wrench I make a monkey rich
songs like hey light, alvin row, i see you pan, meet the light child, native belle, pumpkin gets a snakebite.. all of those are characteristic of novel ideas told from people attempting to paint a vivid dream musically, they don't really focus on rhyme or rhythm, but they speak so intrinsically the depths of great imaginations and the lucidity of passionate artists showcasing their great concepts. This? this is just an attempt to seem like more than it is, which is pure cacophony.
Wasn't my favorite song on the album but the video enhances the music nicely. It's much more better than the last video they did, what was just awful in my opinion. I would even say this is one of Animal Collectives best music video to date.
This video is like a spiritual process. The old man is the innate wisdom located in a person's psyche and the younger guy represents a person's ego. The deeper and older intelligence can do things that the ego tries to mimic but can't accomplish on it's own, causing the deeper wisdom to fade back into the unconscious (the old man dies.) The cosmic wisdom returns as a mystical figure bearing a diamond (the true Self) which replaces the ego and claims its rightful position within the psyche.
Best animal collective song. Such an underrated album
Oddly enough, this is amongst the most normal videos Animal Collective's ever made.
Kinda - cuz if u understand them it matches the lyrics - but they are usually most of the time are very cryptic and symbolic!
This album is probably my favorite by them, and this song is the absolute sickest earworm.
Very cool to see an AnCo video dapple in surrealism rather than abstract. Not that I mind abstract, it's just what we've come to expect from them.
not to be a dork, but surrealism is a form of abstraction. plus I've learned not to expect any categorical work from them, they're pretty original in my opinion.
Oh yeah, I guess it is. I guess I'm just trying to contrast this with the usual Danny Perez-esque stuff.
That makes sense-- that's some super abstract crazy, awesomeness
Aaron Rossell
I don't really think surrealism is a form of abstraction. If anything it's an addition or distortion imo. Surrealism loosely translates to 'on top of realism'. But I guess I can see what you mean.
I think you mean dabble. Iono what dapple is but I think it's some weird porn thing; just sayin
LYRICS
Lately I need a better plan
I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands
Cause I have been a cerebral spouse
And my head wants to go into the emerald house
And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out
And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out
I don't want to knock you down
But why am I still looking for a golden age?
You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage
Every time I look up at that blurry sun
All I think about are bodies floating up
Everybody ought to get that special glance
Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance?
It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song
Does this not occur to almost everyone?
It makes a monkey wretch
It makes a monkey rich
Lately I want to be in my heart
But where exactly is my heart and where does it start?
I don't want that Tylenol
Can I sing and make change without crushing clams?
I can help the little things but I have big plans
I don't want that Tylenol
It makes a monkey wretch
It makes a monkey rich
Nice pfp
why so many people hate this album lol its so fucking good
They liked it but reception has gotten better over the years
the same reason why people hate The King of Limbs & Adore, they just don’t get it
My interpretation of the video is that, like the song, the video is about money and the ultimate worthlessness and uselessness it has when compared with importance of family and love.
The rope is an analogy to money. The old man can make the rope and he's so good at it he can make the rope dance, he has respect from everyone. The young man is jealous of this respect and wants it for himself, thereby going to the well, working really hard on his craft and making lots of rope. Time goes by and soon the old man is dead. Further time passes and the boy is now making more rope than the old man ever did, completely filling the house with it. At the end the man realises that he has made too much. Unfortunately its too late - the rope takes his child, and eventually his wife.
"I dont want to 'knot' you down"
Jake that is a really good interpretation of the song.
4 years later. Fuckin love your input man.
this is pretty good
Very true I think the old man had only a few pices of rope and was happy until he made too much and couldn't handle it and eventually died and then the young man had too much rope and could not comprehend the greed and chaos
still love that this was released on my birthday all those years ago, classic album from them i think they really honed in on what they wanted to get across on Centipede and got only better from there !
I've been a fan for a very long time and I love hearing various explanations because everyone gets a different meaning from their music and videos. That's the beauty of music ;) It's art. I'm sure you understand that.
Please make a part 2
Every time I look up at that blurry sun,
all I think about are bodies floating up.
+Valerie Crowder you mean these floaters
Two lines say it all for me, "All I think about are spirits floating up", "I don't want that tylenol"
I can't stop listening to this song, it's so damn good.
This is such an earworm, it's insane.
6 months later, I said the same thing. Yepyepyep.
Every time I look up at that blurry sUUuun
Maybe 10 years later mfs will recognize this record
Funny, I always thought that this song had a very vibrant texture to it. Whenever I listen to it I can just imagine bright lights and flashing neon colours. This video is very brown, though, it's not necessarily what first comes to mind when I hear the song. It's a pretty good track though, probably my favourite off the album next to Today's Supernatural and Rosie Oh.
BUT WHY AM I STILL LOOKIN FOR A GOLDEN AGEEEEEEE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Awesome, AC never disappoints. Aweinspiring Tune.
A rope walks into a bar.
The bartender tells him "I'm sorry, but we dont serve rope here"
The rope says "You must be kidding, all I want is a drink after a hard days work"
The bartender replies "You need to leave now"
So the rope walks out of the bar, into the ally, ties himself up into a jumble, shags his top end, walks back into the bar.
The bartender looks at him and says "We don't serve rope here"
The rope looks back at the bar tender and replies "You are mistaken sir, I'm a frayed knot"
*bartender says "aren't you that rope that was just in here?"
Animal Collective always makes great music videos
Wow this is good, I hope they make it big one day.
lol ropes
Brilliant explanation. Thank you so much!!
i love their music, i love their videos.. and i'd loveee to see them live one day
Once again, leave it to Animal Collective to create an oddly horrifying video which makes no apparent sense or meaning. This is one of my favorite songs off of Centipede Hz, I never would have expected a video like this. Pretty great filmmaking!
omg this is awesome joy joy joy joyjoyjoy
JOY JOY JOY JOY!!!!
I think this video is trying to say something about how older generations can fuck over new ones. Ropes are basic forms of technology/human ingenuity. The old man has power over them, but instead of showing the boy or girl how to use them, he abuses the power to make the boy his slave and impress the girl. Death comes for the old man, and without anyone to control the ropes they get out of hand. We become slaves to systems we were never taught to understand because our elders were selfish.
But that's just a broad generalization. A lot of elders are genuinely concerned and trying to teach/help future generations.
fantastic
Avey has apparently gone insane.
dude trippy OMG i was so high when I wathced this . NEVER AGAIN!
In the Afternoon by MGMT is a really good one for that. When You Die too, if you're not averse to the imagery in the video.
@@Doryoku96 can you not reply to a 6 year old comment thanks, and toke on brother!
@@marfology I will reply to comments no matter how old! Haha I assume you're joking though. Same to you, what a beautiful plant. It's far more psychedelic and dissociative than people give it credit for. I've learned many things about how consciousness works from it.
In my opinion this is avey's best album vocally
definitely one of the best i think, but i feel like Strawberry Jam might be his best mainly because of the intense screams on it. like the vocals on Fireworks, and For Reverend Green especially
@@loumakesinstrumentals WO yes, every song on that album avey lyrics are just awesome
@@loumakesinstrumentals shut up
Great visuals on this vid.
That Rope Monster is excellent!!
4:22- “I like toitles”
this video just turned 10 yesterday, holy cow.
i want this show in Brazil so bad!
I think that trying to explain this is like trying to explain «Heart Shaped Box». But the good thing about art is that it's not gonna get mad about our interpretations
Looks like he's at the end of his rope.
the old man is the monkey within, the performer who amuses. but he is overbearing, and gets easily tangled up within his own tricks. the song, and the video, are about learning to cope with being a moderately successful artist - someone who has to let the monkey within come out in order to earn a living but also try not to get tangled up in all the hype by letting the monkey get too full of himself.
Dope Rope
Tthis song has more meaning then you think. so think to teach your self a sound thats taught by music with out a teacher., thats riddled with love and all its fear... many would kill for what is seeked! for few will ever find what makes it Complete! "Save the Music"
wait I never saw this I didn’t know it came out before the album????
catchy as fuck
Gooooood explanation! :D
I like it a lot.
What a trip
Nice insight :-D
yesss!!
Fantastic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory alternate ending!
Lately I need a better plan
I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands
Cause I have been a cerebral spouse
And my head wants to go into the emerald house
And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out
And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out
I don't want to knock you down
But why am I still looking for a golden age?
You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage
Every time I look up at that blurry sun
All I think about are bodies floating up
Everybody ought to get that special glance
Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance?
It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song
Does this not occur to almost everyone?
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
Lately I want to be in my heart
But where exactly is my heart and where does it start?
(I don't want that Tylenol)
Can I sing and make change without crushing clams?
I can help the little things but I have big plans
(I don't want that Tylenol)
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
songs like hey light, alvin row, i see you pan, meet the light child, native belle, pumpkin gets a snakebite.. all of those are characteristic of novel ideas told from people attempting to paint a vivid dream musically, they don't really focus on rhyme or rhythm, but they speak so intrinsically the depths of great imaginations and the lucidity of passionate artists showcasing their great concepts. This? this is just an attempt to seem like more than it is, which is pure cacophony.
I know this is an old ass comment, but did you really call this cacophony compared to shiz like Pumpkin Gets A Snakebite??
I saw 2 songs live and was so ill that I had to be taken home :'(
esta de la deverga
oh yeah, after the disappointment MGMT's "your life is a lie" shit, I'm so glad, this is marvelous
Cool.
Wasn't my favorite song on the album but the video enhances the music nicely. It's much more better than the last video they did, what was just awful in my opinion. I would even say this is one of Animal Collectives best music video to date.
what are some of their older stuff that you speak of
*edited by Cyriak
They made it big years ago, where you been?
Ropey
Someone please explain the story in depth to me?
this is the edgiest video i've ever seen
This video is like a spiritual process. The old man is the innate wisdom located in a person's psyche and the younger guy represents a person's ego. The deeper and older intelligence can do things that the ego tries to mimic but can't accomplish on it's own, causing the deeper wisdom to fade back into the unconscious (the old man dies.) The cosmic wisdom returns as a mystical figure bearing a diamond (the true Self) which replaces the ego and claims its rightful position within the psyche.
Dividual Music :)
Where is the part 2?
AnCo videos: Do not watch while sober.
and the true beauty is that that's only one of a few good interpretations of the song/video. i love AC
This video is rope culture.
I like it raw
Haven't they already?
Grovey stuff.
Damn, I hate it when all my rope comes to life and eats me.
i prefer it with my eyes closed and my ears turned up.
Hell for one and Heaven for another? or err.. whaaaT?!
YO DID ROPE MONSTER JUST PUNT THEIR BABY??? LMFAOO
The still of this video actually looks like David Harbour with a long beard.
they sound kind of like yeasayer during the first minute
Fuck yeah
i'm just glad George Harrison finally got to be in an Animal Collective video.
Dawg.
Hold up, this may not be the best music video they've made (in my opinion anyway), but the song is great
Moral of the story. Play with ropes. And huge rope monster will come for you and fuck your day right up.
I'm down.
It's Duck Dynasty guy
very brown like a burrito against a windshield?
YOU TAKE THAT BACK APPLESAUCE IS THE SEXIEST VIDEO OF 2013
Does this not occur to almost everyone?
But why does the sun man cane slap him tho
hate the song - love the video!
Why do you think he started by saying "I THINK..." and not "IT BLATANTLY DOESN'T" ?
CHz>MPP
what is this, some new "meme?"
i dont understand the ending of the video after the old man dies
I like to hula?
1:25 the guy dances like deakin
LOL!!!!!!!! You are the smartest person on the internet! Congratulations!
i get some reggae vibes at parts
beardy dude reminds me of ariel pink
Really now.