Aw. Wow. It was really cool to see someone kkeying into what Marsha was intended to cummunicate. Those were my girlfriend's rats. Glad you enjoyed the record, thankks for the kkind words.
omg i cant believe you actually watched my vid, I have no idea what to say other than please keep making music!! and try to find safer places to trip balls than in casinos
"He cums radiation" is most likely a reference to nuclear familys. The normal album has themes of the idealistic American dream and its ties to the nuclear family. The nuclear family being the idea that you should have a wife and you children, were you able to procreate twice you would create a "nuclear family". This ties into "he cums radioation" as his 'radioactive' seed created this nuclear family. May not have worded it the best but that's how I see how it
Damn, that’s well inferred. Good job, that makes sense and I never would have figured that out by myself. Thank you, for letting me understand why cums radiation.
@@satansamba hey, is think ur pfp is from the DSMP. So please don’t support Will Wood. First of all you’re racist, you can’t support DSMP. And second of all Will Wood would hate you.
Enjoy what you want, man, dont listen to some stranger trying to belittle your interests in the name of some weird musician that they have not met and do not understand. The DSMP is just fairly harmless minecrafters doing minecraft, while myself and many others may disagree with the cultivation of their fandom, these criticisms don’t reflect on the actual content they produce. Have fun with what you have fun with! Will Wood wouldnt hate you, because will wood would simply not give a shit about any of this.
surburbia overture is literally the best thing, i heard that one and thought "yeah, this one's my favorite, everyone else go home" 2econd 2ight 2eer comes close, but nothing tops surburbia overture. nothing.
Laplace’s Angel and I/Me/Myself imo are just above Suburbia Overture, because Vampire Culture is probably the best part of the album, but the whole song can’t be Vampire Culture alone and needs the other two parts to work, meanwhile LA(HP?HP!) and I/M/M are perfect on their own and self-contained!
One of the first songs I’ve listened to is “Hand Me My Shovel I’m Going In.” I appreciate the points you made, from the darker undertones of the songs with the analysis of mental illness, to self-identity and exploration. It was a well-made video, you sounded passionate in your response, and I’m bopping to the music in the background and Will Wood in general.
Fun fact: Will wood absolutely loves Stranger things! You can hear references to the show in some of his songs. for example the song “...Well, better than the alternative” used to be called “Millie rolls a 7” which is referencing the actress who plays 11, Millie Bobby Brown and the fact that he said he had a daughter named Millie for a year as a joke. He dose not have a daughter. Has he said he has had a daughter? Yes. Will is an interesting artist and that definitely reflects on his music.
Will Wood's entire discography comforts me in a really deep way because it feels like it reminds me that even though I might be a little weird and have some issues, I'm not the only one with those issues, and even though I don't really know what I'm doing, everything will be okay. I/Me/Myself helps me so much specifically because I've always had a weird relationship with my gender (as many lgbtq folks have), and it really makes me feel validated. I just love the music and its message so much, and god it slaps so hard too. Love this video! I never see anyone talk about the tapeworms.
finally people are recognizing Will Wood! I myself have discovered him with "Dr. Sunshine Is Dead" and i absolutely do NOT regret looking deeper into it
OHMYGOD ME TOO! I was randomly recommend this song by Spotify and I ABSOLUTELY loved it! After that I was recommended "I/me/myself" and I feel ij love with this song, I still come back to it. Funny enough, I did not realize that those songs were from the same person. Well, after those songs I fell into a rabbit hole and I do not wish to get out
I remember when "Dr. Sunshine Is Dead" was trending in the animation meme community for a bit a few years ago. So I guess that was technically my first Will Wood song. But I actually went deeper into Will Wood after hearing a song used as someone's youtube outro: "I/Me/Myself." I feel like both of these songs were most fans' first
finally someone talks about this album, its a masterpiece, also great video and i think that the "he cums radiation" line means that the toxicity runs in their blood? as in like, the father raises his kids to be just like him or something. but thats just a guess
I think greetings from merrybell township isn’t just about that sitcom vibe, but more about how the atomic family dynamic can be, and IS a toxic expectation for a family. Hiding everything beneath the facade of a perfect family is bound to lead to some kind of mental turmoil. You can make this into the discovery of self that will wood usually explores, like you can be accepted by the people around you at the cost of your individuality, and personal goals. I think it’s pretty neat.
“Oh, there’s a fucking mosquito in here.” *mlg noscope* But in reality, this is a really lovely review of the album! I’m so glad that you found enjoyment in this album and that you managed to get the deeper meanings of each individual song.
3:54 I think it might either be about Radio stations using radio waves Or it’s reference to how exposure to Radiation can affect your gametes along with being a nod to suburban concept of The Nuclear Family ,The lyrics could be alluding that the “HE” in perspective is seen as the perfect image of suburban life. Or it’s a red Herring
This was a really cool video, I've been listening to the normal album non-stop ever since it was released and i always love to here what other people think of it as well.
me too! i had a full day dedicated to memorizing the lyrics to blackbox warrior-okultra and trying to get up to speed with 2econd 2ight 2eer. definitely the best album of the decade for me
I got into will wood about 2 months before The Normal Album dropped and let me tell you how ridiculously hyped I was for it to come out!! Will has just this incredible talent for mixing genres and I’m always blown away by how good everything sounds. He’s truly one of my all time favorite artists!
Listen to his other two albums. Very different, yet similar themes, just from a different perspective almost. Will Wood's music is very stylistically diverse, yet cohesive like that.
''Ch-ch-chameleon peacocks are talk of the town Well, word gets around on hit number stations He cums radiation'' i thought it was pretty obvious it mean a person whos sexuality was found out, peacock is a bird who looks by today's society really gay while a chameleon is an animal who changes color aka can camouflage often changing from the really bold color to express itself to natural color to bend in its surroundings by association it means a closted gay person, ''word gets around'' means that people in that town have a suspition on thier orientation and gossip and '' on hit number stations'' means that their secret was found out and people talk about it on the radio with ''He cums radiation'' means that the act he done is view by people as something unspeakable and toxic in nature
@@emottoazuka3028 thank you, English is not my first language so I'd tried as best as i could to make that comment readable despite my limited knowledge in this language
fully agree but I think that specifically the line "he cums radiation " might be actually a reference to how the media talked about the aids crisis? placing the person as dangerous and toxic as you said. it's in the 70s so i wouldn't doubt it
@@data6022 I'm not an American so i don't know all the cultural events that happened there but after Google a little i think you might be on to something
I always thought it was a spin on how toxic the baby boom was on American culture, using "radiation" specifically to reference that it took place during the Arms Race/Cold War
YES YES MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WILL WOOD, I’ve literally listened to all his songs like a million times each and it’s still fresh and it still hits hard. Will Wood is one of the coolest people in the world whether he knows it or not.
Marsha Thankk You is one of my favorite songs of all time too, I did the "ain't your you-dentity at stake" section for a performance for one of my classes aaaaa I also performed the dialogue section of BlackBoxWarrior after rehearsing constantly for like... Four months everyday. It KILLED me.
I don't know how youtube decided Will Wood was someone I needed to listen to but I'm so glad it did cause the Normally album is now my favourite album of all time and I've been listening to the full album stream on repeat anytime I want music in the background for weeks now. Every. Song. Slaps. How did he do that, it's incredible.
dude around 15:20 I was like "wow this music is a bop, it sounds so familiar though, where did I hear it" and then it slapped me in the face and you brought back a repressed fandom memory. good music taste but also how dare you make me re-experience homestuck edit: YOU'RE ALSO INTO DREAM SMP WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE SO MANY DSMP FANS ALSO HOMESTUCKS
ive been vibing to this album since it came out, i love every song on it and they all hit so good, and even his older music hits me right in the groove and feels, especially chemical over reaction
I/Me/Myself is my trans anthem without a doubt and makes my heart race whenever I hear it. It’s one of my absolute favorite songs off the album, not to mention the rest of it 😳
@@weezerfan427 oh I understand that. Songs not necessarily ABOUT being trans doesn’t mean I can’t see them through that light. Like “the middle” isn’t ABOUT being trans, but as a trans person I can interpret the lyrics in such a way yanno? I/Me/Myself gives me a lot of thought on my early transition and my Pre transition. Even if it isn’t the intention.
@@mothernyxious7097 ahh gotcha! That makes sense. People regularly say that the song has a trans message, while Will has said heaps that ain’t. Hope all works out for ya, and sorry if I sounded like a jerk there, just reread my comment. Hope you have a great day pal
i've known Will Wood for quite some time already, but it took me some time to listen to the normal album. idk how to explain that, but i,,, really hated it at first? was so used to Will's fast and crazy songs, that some of the flower ones really didn't vibe with me. but after giving the album another chance, i just fell in love. my personal favorite is i / me / myself. many people think it has transphobic undertones, while i (a trans guy, who used to identify as nonbinary) has never really seen that until someone pointed it out. i just saw, and still see, this song as a gender crisis song lol. i get why some poeple might think it's transphobic, especially with the "all identities are equally invalid, dont you think there's a way that you can live without it?" lines at the end, but given the context of the entire song,,, it's really fitting. Will used to identify as nonbinary for some time, until he realized that liking traditionally feminine things doesn't make him any less of a man and that he's cis, and there's nothing i can respect more. it breaks my heart to know that some of my trans siblings did actually attack him and called him transphobic or accused of faking being nb for clout. i get their anger (esp bc many people actually do fake being trans/nb or comes out as a joke) and maybe disappointment that some musican they liked isn't like them, but that's really not the way,,, i'd trust a cis person who had a gender crisis and discovered they're truly cis more, than a trans person who questions and invalidates someone's gender. i really vibe with that song, because i also like some traditionally feminine things and don't feel any less of a man because of that!!
I was introduced to Will Wood by a bunch of my friends so when I discovered that him and his music were not, in fact, well known, even in the alt/punk community I try to surround myself with, I was very surprised. Now trying to convert people into liking Will Wood as they rightfully should! Top Teir video, and I highly reccomend Skeleton Appreciation Day in New Vestal.
I found him originally through BlackBoxWarrior, but didn’t really think much of him before Cotard’s Solution. That song was the song that got me into him and is STILL my favorite to this day.
If you enjoy will wood, I’d recommend listening to lemon demon! He’s a bit more popular due to the rise of ranboo and his connection to him, but, Lemon demon is an almost more tame version of will wood! My favourite song by him is redesign your logo, which focuses on some pages released by Pepsi that goes into too much detail about their logo; even going into things such as the geo-magnetism and what smiles would look like on the logo. But he’s super talented and I’d definitely recommend him :)
YES SOMEONE GETS IT! REDESIGN YOUR LOGO IS A BANGER AND MY FAVORITE TOO (also i was a fan of him before i was a fan of ranboo so it's funny seeing them become associated with each other lmao)
I love lemon demon and will wood equally. also, just to correct you, lemon demon was popular before ranboo. he first got popular around 2005 (i think. correct me if Im wrong) with the song; The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny on newgrounds.
Glad to see someone else really likes '...well better than the alternative' and 'outliars and hyppocrites: a fun fact about apples', theyre both really good songs
So happy to see someone talking about Will Wood! I heard was Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity and I’ve been hyperfixated on his music since then. Glad to know a portion of the rest of the world has been too
Everything is on point, including the straight facts about being introduced via Tally Hall. I got introduced backk in May of 2020, went from "Ruler of Everything" on MMMM to "Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In!" on Self-ish. "... well, better than the alternative" on Normal album is so extremely good, all of the songs are, but I DEFINITELY agree with you that "Marsha, Thank You for the Dialectics, But I Need You to Leave" is one of the best songs ever written. I only wish that you'd include lyrics when you're playing sections of music, Will Wood sings heckkin' fast at some points. Anyways, you earned a likke and a subscribe from me fam.
as a tally hall fan as well I found Will wood through Spotify recommendations. I think the first song I heard was suburbia overture and now I’m obsessed with his work haha
This is awesome I love seeing people talk about will wood. Would you possibly ever do something like this for his album self-ish? It's one of my favorites and the music video for hand me my shovel, I'm going in is by far the coolest. The album does deal with a lot of themes of identity and also psychedelics.
i do love selfish, but i dont plan on touching on will wood again. no matter how much heart i put into it i feel it it feel cash-grabby and like im only doing it for the clout, as this is by far my best performing video. unless something big happens I'm not revisiting the good sir will wood
@@confusedNarrator I understand. Honestly I just got excited to see more people introduced to his music. He’s one of my favorite artists and I listen to his music nonstop.
Was waiting for a Will Wood review for a long time, glad to have found this. Suburbia Overture is the biggest highlight for me, one of my favorite songs of all time. Marsha is a second for me
Listening to this video in the background while working. Didn't expect to be hit with Dave's PQ theme at 12:05 and had some whiplash. Also, insert obvious 2econd 2ight 2eer joke here and all that.
the normal album is by far my favorite album and will wood is defiantly my favorite artist. his songs have a chaotic, yet comforting vibe to them and i love it so much!
I Think I can best describe Will Wood and his wonderful works as anthems for the mad. Whether you have, are, or will be suffering from anything mental, Will has somehow made those feelings into a song. If I had to choose words for a description of him... It's a Mad Genius Singing From Experience.
Laplace's Angel is such an important song to me. At least based on my subjective interpretation of it, it perfectly captures the feeling of trying to come to terms with the terrible things you've done and trying to justify it to yourself as you having no other choice as a result of trauma and/or mental illness. Just really getting caught up in that loop of self justification to avoid guilt, that you gotta get out of before you can grow as a person.
The main connection that I found like instantly between Love Me, Normally and Love, Me Normally is the iconic music line you hear in the chorus, like the saxophone solo the song is known for. It's much more present in Love, Me Normally, but it's very clearly played by a piano to sound softer/less aggressive in Love Me, Normally, almost like it's... I wanna say foreboding, which feels right but also doesn't. It feels like a warning that doesn't look like a warning until the thing is there and you're like "Oh shit, the thing" I dunno if any of this is right, if I'm off, please correct me-
As someone whose favorite album ever is The Normal Album, I was SO glad to see this pop up in my recommended. Will Wood deserves so much more recognition than he gets.
Aw. Wow.
It was really cool to see someone kkeying into what Marsha was intended to cummunicate.
Those were my girlfriend's rats.
Glad you enjoyed the record, thankks for the kkind words.
omg i cant believe you actually watched my vid, I have no idea what to say other than please keep making music!! and try to find safer places to trip balls than in casinos
He was watching this AND didn't give an answer to the question about why Marsha has two kk's and then kkept two kk's in the comment, absolute legend
Hi Mr wood
I love your songs so much ahhh
Woodrow Wilson
If you think Vampire Culture is his attempt to destroy his voice, Listen to Cotards Solution.
The entirety of Self-Ish besides Self- is Will Wood’s attempt to destroy his voice
Thermodynamic lawyer and Mr Capgras aswell
brothat's my favorite song lmao
I think he just has vocal cords of steel.
@@ellieofthebeast7952 And - Ish. The slow songs of the album- And don't forgot about Chemical Overreaction. The song literally starts like-- AAAAAAAAA
“MONKEY BRAIN GO OO OO OO WILL WOOD GOOD”
I felt this in my soul
14:39
I READ THIS COMMENT AS HE SAID IT IN THE VIDEO
@@skabitabop4757 WHAT SAME
literally me
"He cums radiation" is most likely a reference to nuclear familys. The normal album has themes of the idealistic American dream and its ties to the nuclear family. The nuclear family being the idea that you should have a wife and you children, were you able to procreate twice you would create a "nuclear family". This ties into "he cums radioation" as his 'radioactive' seed created this nuclear family.
May not have worded it the best but that's how I see how it
i thought it was like fat man referring to the bomb
Damn, that’s well inferred. Good job, that makes sense and I never would have figured that out by myself. Thank you, for letting me understand why cums radiation.
Or his podcast about the apocalypse, "Life in the World to Come"(cum)
i thought it was spider man
@@greatestyoutuber hmmmmm!?!?
i just find it hilarious he actually faked having a daughter for a few years going as far as hiring a 9 year old to pretend to be his daughter.
LMAO HELP I-
he wh- actually I can believe that lmao
the fuck????????
Best part is the term "hiring" can be used very loosely. In fact it was his friend's little sister who he bribed with an Amazon voucher
I-i always thought it was "becomes radiation" not... THAT.
My theory is that his family is toxic.
Uh. Thats the best I can do.
@@elvingearmasterirma7241 I actually like that thank you. It makes me feel better about the lyric for some reason
@@anactualbird6801 it means you dont have the mental image of a man
Cumming radiation.
Some things should stay metaphors
SAME
i thought it was becomes radiation too but considering it’s will wood , i’m not surprised that’s the actual line
Momento mori actually was the key to cureing my existential crisis.
It was We Close Our Eyes - Oingo Boingo for me. But that's valid :)
jazolf LITERALLY SAME
SAME
mine was personally when somebody needs you from the camp here and there soundtrack but pop off ig
Mine was the “the black parade” album by my chemical romance then I heard momento Mori and it was gone for good
title: the best album u'v never heard of
me, who found this video through listening to the album: *ohoho, but i **_have_*
Yep. It was in the recommendations while I was listening.
same
Same here
same lmao
@@glassesguy4086 your pfp made me extremely excited
WILL WOOD APPRECIATION GANG
YEEESSSS
@@satansamba hey, is think ur pfp is from the DSMP. So please don’t support Will Wood. First of all you’re racist, you can’t support DSMP. And second of all Will Wood would hate you.
@@Bennettthefunk what??? How I genuinely don't know
Enjoy what you want, man, dont listen to some stranger trying to belittle your interests in the name of some weird musician that they have not met and do not understand. The DSMP is just fairly harmless minecrafters doing minecraft, while myself and many others may disagree with the cultivation of their fandom, these criticisms don’t reflect on the actual content they produce. Have fun with what you have fun with! Will Wood wouldnt hate you, because will wood would simply not give a shit about any of this.
@@Bennettthefunk genuinely wtf does this mean😭 I've been trying so hard to decipher it but every time I do I get more confused-
surburbia overture is literally the best thing, i heard that one and thought "yeah, this one's my favorite, everyone else go home"
2econd 2ight 2eer comes close, but nothing tops surburbia overture. nothing.
Fucking agree but love, me normally came close second for me
True, true, but black box warrior is a REALLY close second for me
Laplace’s Angel and I/Me/Myself imo are just above Suburbia Overture, because Vampire Culture is probably the best part of the album, but the whole song can’t be Vampire Culture alone and needs the other two parts to work, meanwhile LA(HP?HP!) and I/M/M are perfect on their own and self-contained!
@@natqevalhiindisguise141 laplace's angel is the weakest song on the album ngl
@@scarl2t I will not stand for laplaces angel slander
As a person whose favorite song is 2econd-2ight-2eer I'm very pleased to be 222nd like!
222nd*
@@_Jabberwocky_922 Thanks for the correction, English isn't my native language ^^
221st like on this comment, 1 more and the prophecy will be fulfilled
443rd like
Marsha’s also my favorite. Such a fun one to play live. Awesome video man!
oh my god thank you so much! ah I cant believe how amazing you guys are and how much you love your fanbase ahhhhhh
Fuckin Will Wood man. So good and so unnoticed, it’s a crime that more people don’t know about this album, or this band!
he’s so underrated it hurts 🥲🥲💘
One of the first songs I’ve listened to is “Hand Me My Shovel I’m Going In.” I appreciate the points you made, from the darker undertones of the songs with the analysis of mental illness, to self-identity and exploration. It was a well-made video, you sounded passionate in your response, and I’m bopping to the music in the background and Will Wood in general.
I thought I heard a little earthbound music back there.
Fun fact: Will wood absolutely loves Stranger things! You can hear references to the show in some of his songs. for example the song “...Well, better than the alternative” used to be called “Millie rolls a 7” which is referencing the actress who plays 11, Millie Bobby Brown and the fact that he said he had a daughter named Millie for a year as a joke. He dose not have a daughter. Has he said he has had a daughter? Yes.
Will is an interesting artist and that definitely reflects on his music.
Will Wood's entire discography comforts me in a really deep way because it feels like it reminds me that even though I might be a little weird and have some issues, I'm not the only one with those issues, and even though I don't really know what I'm doing, everything will be okay. I/Me/Myself helps me so much specifically because I've always had a weird relationship with my gender (as many lgbtq folks have), and it really makes me feel validated. I just love the music and its message so much, and god it slaps so hard too. Love this video! I never see anyone talk about the tapeworms.
YOOO FEEL YOU, SAME AAAAAAAA
LOVE THE MUSIC SO MUCH AND IT'S JUST- AAA SO AMAZING
@@alexpane3405 Genuinely I love your energy
@@ButchBirdie THANKS :D/
claiming my "liked willwood before they were cool" ticket rn
me too
wdym hes been always cool since his muisc career
Same
5ame 5ere
Me too!! I found him in early 2020 because of pro/con
memento mori is peak existential crisis music and I love “take it away, hands” with my whole being
"well thank you for the alternative"
genius
finally people are recognizing Will Wood!
I myself have discovered him with "Dr. Sunshine Is Dead" and i absolutely do NOT regret looking deeper into it
OHMYGOD ME TOO! I was randomly recommend this song by Spotify and I ABSOLUTELY loved it! After that I was recommended "I/me/myself" and I feel ij love with this song, I still come back to it. Funny enough, I did not realize that those songs were from the same person. Well, after those songs I fell into a rabbit hole and I do not wish to get out
I dont know how my life would be if I didn't discover that ai video of dr sunshine is dead
I remember when "Dr. Sunshine Is Dead" was trending in the animation meme community for a bit a few years ago. So I guess that was technically my first Will Wood song. But I actually went deeper into Will Wood after hearing a song used as someone's youtube outro: "I/Me/Myself." I feel like both of these songs were most fans' first
Memento Mori 🤝 Just Around the Corner 🤝 The Whole Being Dead Thing 🤝 Remains of the Day
HEY YEAH YOURE RIGHT
🤝 Dead! by MCR
finally someone talks about this album, its a masterpiece, also great video
and i think that the "he cums radiation" line means that the toxicity runs in their blood? as in like, the father raises his kids to be just like him or something. but thats just a guess
Wait thats actually smart
That and it’s a reference to one of Spider-Man’s iterations where he kills a pregnant MJ with his radioactive Spider-Splooge
AND THAT'S AN AMAZING HYPOTHESIS
Or --- OR! It's a reference to /the nuclear family/
@@freedomsavage2668 that’s literally all I could think of when I heard that line Lmao
I think greetings from merrybell township isn’t just about that sitcom vibe, but more about how the atomic family dynamic can be, and IS a toxic expectation for a family. Hiding everything beneath the facade of a perfect family is bound to lead to some kind of mental turmoil.
You can make this into the discovery of self that will wood usually explores, like you can be accepted by the people around you at the cost of your individuality, and personal goals. I think it’s pretty neat.
A memento mori is not only a reminder of death, but also a reminder to make the most of the time you have left
“Oh, there’s a fucking mosquito in here.” *mlg noscope*
But in reality, this is a really lovely review of the album! I’m so glad that you found enjoyment in this album and that you managed to get the deeper meanings of each individual song.
The autogenerated captions (10:42): _wOolWOoD_
Also the autogenerated captions (10:58): _somehow does THIS_
11:17 dude that part ending without the rest is so painful wtfff lmaoo
I really liked vampire culture cus it's so calm and warming at the beginning then gets more threatening mid way of the song
‘Well better than the alternative’ IS SO DAMN GOOD THOUGH
Nice mosquito kill
hey! nobody ever talks about will wood and he’s my favorite! thank you! great video, man!!
Hell yes, i LOVE will wood so much. Make sure you listen to Self Ish too its really strong!!
Self-Ish is how i got into will wood and it is GREAT
BRO I NEED MORE FRIENDS THAT LIKE WILL WOOD
my favorite band ;-;
WILL WOOD SUPREMACY HECK YES!!! finally he is getting recognition
3:54
I think it might either be about Radio stations using radio waves Or it’s reference to how exposure to Radiation can affect your gametes along with being a nod to suburban concept of The Nuclear Family
,The lyrics could be alluding that the “HE” in perspective is seen as the perfect image of suburban life.
Or it’s a red Herring
This was a really cool video, I've been listening to the normal album non-stop ever since it was released and i always love to here what other people think of it as well.
I've also been listening to it nonstop, its just so good aaaaa
me too! i had a full day dedicated to memorizing the lyrics to blackbox warrior-okultra and trying to get up to speed with 2econd 2ight 2eer. definitely the best album of the decade for me
So have I, got the brainrot :):
oh yesss YESSS appreciation for "nerve to steal nerves of steel from under bacchus' bloody nose"
i look forward to seeing more of your content!!
I got into will wood about 2 months before The Normal Album dropped and let me tell you how ridiculously hyped I was for it to come out!! Will has just this incredible talent for mixing genres and I’m always blown away by how good everything sounds. He’s truly one of my all time favorite artists!
Listen to his other two albums. Very different, yet similar themes, just from a different perspective almost. Will Wood's music is very stylistically diverse, yet cohesive like that.
''Ch-ch-chameleon peacocks are talk of the town Well, word gets around on hit number stations He cums radiation'' i thought it was pretty obvious it mean a person whos sexuality was found out, peacock is a bird who looks by today's society really gay while a chameleon is an animal who changes color aka can camouflage often changing from the really bold color to express itself to natural color to bend in its surroundings by association it means a closted gay person, ''word gets around'' means that people in that town have a suspition on thier orientation and gossip and '' on hit number stations'' means that their secret was found out and people talk about it on the radio with ''He cums radiation'' means that the act he done is view by people as something unspeakable and toxic in nature
thta's really thought out and a great analysis
@@emottoazuka3028 thank you, English is not my first language so I'd tried as best as i could to make that comment readable despite my limited knowledge in this language
fully agree but I think that specifically the line "he cums radiation " might be actually a reference to how the media talked about the aids crisis? placing the person as dangerous and toxic as you said.
it's in the 70s so i wouldn't doubt it
@@data6022 I'm not an American so i don't know all the cultural events that happened there but after Google a little i think you might be on to something
I always thought it was a spin on how toxic the baby boom was on American culture, using "radiation" specifically to reference that it took place during the Arms Race/Cold War
YES YES MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WILL WOOD, I’ve literally listened to all his songs like a million times each and it’s still fresh and it still hits hard. Will Wood is one of the coolest people in the world whether he knows it or not.
Marsha Thankk You is one of my favorite songs of all time too, I did the "ain't your you-dentity at stake" section for a performance for one of my classes aaaaa
I also performed the dialogue section of BlackBoxWarrior after rehearsing constantly for like... Four months everyday. It KILLED me.
I don't know how youtube decided Will Wood was someone I needed to listen to but I'm so glad it did cause the Normally album is now my favourite album of all time and I've been listening to the full album stream on repeat anytime I want music in the background for weeks now. Every. Song. Slaps. How did he do that, it's incredible.
eridan,,
PLEASE do a analysis video like this one on “In Case I Make It,” Wills newest album. I really love it and it’s right up there with The Normal Album.
dude around 15:20 I was like "wow this music is a bop, it sounds so familiar though, where did I hear it" and then it slapped me in the face and you brought back a repressed fandom memory. good music taste but also how dare you make me re-experience homestuck
edit: YOU'RE ALSO INTO DREAM SMP WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE SO MANY DSMP FANS ALSO HOMESTUCKS
Man leaving over minute of dead air at the end of the video, few things more Will Wood than that
He has pet rats, actually! I think be brought his own cats for the recording of the music video.
ive been vibing to this album since it came out, i love every song on it and they all hit so good, and even his older music hits me right in the groove and feels, especially chemical over reaction
I/Me/Myself is my trans anthem without a doubt and makes my heart race whenever I hear it. It’s one of my absolute favorite songs off the album, not to mention the rest of it 😳
Dont mean to rain on your parade, but it’s not actually about being trans, and rather about being the stuff they mention in the vid lol
@@weezerfan427 oh I understand that. Songs not necessarily ABOUT being trans doesn’t mean I can’t see them through that light. Like “the middle” isn’t ABOUT being trans, but as a trans person I can interpret the lyrics in such a way yanno?
I/Me/Myself gives me a lot of thought on my early transition and my Pre transition. Even if it isn’t the intention.
@@mothernyxious7097 ahh gotcha! That makes sense. People regularly say that the song has a trans message, while Will has said heaps that ain’t. Hope all works out for ya, and sorry if I sounded like a jerk there, just reread my comment. Hope you have a great day pal
i've known Will Wood for quite some time already, but it took me some time to listen to the normal album. idk how to explain that, but i,,, really hated it at first? was so used to Will's fast and crazy songs, that some of the flower ones really didn't vibe with me. but after giving the album another chance, i just fell in love. my personal favorite is i / me / myself. many people think it has transphobic undertones, while i (a trans guy, who used to identify as nonbinary) has never really seen that until someone pointed it out. i just saw, and still see, this song as a gender crisis song lol. i get why some poeple might think it's transphobic, especially with the "all identities are equally invalid, dont you think there's a way that you can live without it?" lines at the end, but given the context of the entire song,,, it's really fitting. Will used to identify as nonbinary for some time, until he realized that liking traditionally feminine things doesn't make him any less of a man and that he's cis, and there's nothing i can respect more. it breaks my heart to know that some of my trans siblings did actually attack him and called him transphobic or accused of faking being nb for clout. i get their anger (esp bc many people actually do fake being trans/nb or comes out as a joke) and maybe disappointment that some musican they liked isn't like them, but that's really not the way,,, i'd trust a cis person who had a gender crisis and discovered they're truly cis more, than a trans person who questions and invalidates someone's gender. i really vibe with that song, because i also like some traditionally feminine things and don't feel any less of a man because of that!!
I was introduced to Will Wood by a bunch of my friends so when I discovered that him and his music were not, in fact, well known, even in the alt/punk community I try to surround myself with, I was very surprised. Now trying to convert people into liking Will Wood as they rightfully should! Top Teir video, and I highly reccomend Skeleton Appreciation Day in New Vestal.
i mention that skeletal appreciation is actually my fave in that album in my other ww video!
I definitely recommend you reviewing Self-Ish next! Great video btw!
Memento Mori gave me an existential crisis and then immediately cured it
I found him originally through BlackBoxWarrior, but didn’t really think much of him before Cotard’s Solution.
That song was the song that got me into him and is STILL my favorite to this day.
I really enjoyed hearing you talk about my favorite album
If you enjoy will wood, I’d recommend listening to lemon demon! He’s a bit more popular due to the rise of ranboo and his connection to him, but, Lemon demon is an almost more tame version of will wood! My favourite song by him is redesign your logo, which focuses on some pages released by Pepsi that goes into too much detail about their logo; even going into things such as the geo-magnetism and what smiles would look like on the logo. But he’s super talented and I’d definitely recommend him :)
I found will wood through lemon demon they're both amazing
YES SOMEONE GETS IT! REDESIGN YOUR LOGO IS A BANGER AND MY FAVORITE TOO (also i was a fan of him before i was a fan of ranboo so it's funny seeing them become associated with each other lmao)
my favorite song by lemon demon right now is Indie Cindy & The Lullabies!! i love lemon demon
I love lemon demon and will wood equally. also, just to correct you, lemon demon was popular before ranboo. he first got popular around 2005 (i think. correct me if Im wrong) with the song; The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny on newgrounds.
indeed. i have listened to spirit phone like 8 times now
I got absolutely obsessed with love me normally
Then memento mori
This album is addicting
Glad to see someone else really likes '...well better than the alternative' and 'outliars and hyppocrites: a fun fact about apples', theyre both really good songs
So happy to see someone talking about Will Wood! I heard was Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity and I’ve been hyperfixated on his music since then. Glad to know a portion of the rest of the world has been too
Everything is on point, including the straight facts about being introduced via Tally Hall.
I got introduced backk in May of 2020, went from "Ruler of Everything" on MMMM to "Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In!" on Self-ish.
"... well, better than the alternative" on Normal album is so extremely good, all of the songs are, but I DEFINITELY agree with you that "Marsha, Thank You for the Dialectics, But I Need You to Leave" is one of the best songs ever written. I only wish that you'd include lyrics when you're playing sections of music, Will Wood sings heckkin' fast at some points.
Anyways, you earned a likke and a subscribe from me fam.
bold of you to assume I haven’t heard of it
I don’t know if the intro was a nod to Love, Me Normally, but if it isn’t it’s a funny coincidence
15:27 Those are his significant other’s pet rats; Oyster boy, Strange boy, and Bert.
I love this album so much and I love your review of it!!! Love seeing people who also appreciate great things
Im obsessed whit his songs. I've been listening to "the song whit five names" everyday for the last month
I love this video so much! I’ve been listening to the normal album nonstop since it’s release and I’m so glad more people are appreciating will Wood!!
Awesome takes
Will Wood has a K related typing quirk. Can’t you spot a homestuck when you see one?😊
I'M SO NORMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
as a tally hall fan as well I found Will wood through Spotify recommendations. I think the first song I heard was suburbia overture and now I’m obsessed with his work haha
Found it funny as hell that I found him after binging tally hall and then found you through the same way RUclips has a pretty good algorithm lol
MARSHA THANKK YOU FOR THE DIALECTICS IS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE SONG IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT
"Take it away, ham" -William Woodson and the parasites
Woodrow wilson and the worm tapes
FINALLY. Someone talks about him!
An extremely underrated RUclipsr talking about an extremely underrated musician...
This is awesome I love seeing people talk about will wood. Would you possibly ever do something like this for his album self-ish? It's one of my favorites and the music video for hand me my shovel, I'm going in is by far the coolest. The album does deal with a lot of themes of identity and also psychedelics.
i do love selfish, but i dont plan on touching on will wood again. no matter how much heart i put into it i feel it it feel cash-grabby and like im only doing it for the clout, as this is by far my best performing video. unless something big happens I'm not revisiting the good sir will wood
@@confusedNarrator I understand. Honestly I just got excited to see more people introduced to his music. He’s one of my favorite artists and I listen to his music nonstop.
@@confusedNarrator top 10 replies made before a completely changed opinion
14:39 I've never related to a statement more
Was waiting for a Will Wood review for a long time, glad to have found this. Suburbia Overture is the biggest highlight for me, one of my favorite songs of all time. Marsha is a second for me
When I realized Homestuck music was playing in the background, I panicked a bit lol
Listening to this video in the background while working. Didn't expect to be hit with Dave's PQ theme at 12:05 and had some whiplash. Also, insert obvious 2econd 2ight 2eer joke here and all that.
you ANGER ME SIR. WHY DO U CUT OFF THE SONGS AT THE BEST MOMENTS
thankk you for saying outloud somesthing i had for months
now listen to self-ish and cry will's name remind our brains of this album's identity
the normal album is by far my favorite album and will wood is defiantly my favorite artist. his songs have a chaotic, yet comforting vibe to them and i love it so much!
DNC CJDNFBFK YOU REALLY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD THERE WITH THE FUCJINF DAVE STRIDER PESTERQUEST THEME OH MY GOG DJFBDJD
I Think I can best describe Will Wood and his wonderful works as anthems for the mad. Whether you have, are, or will be suffering from anything mental, Will has somehow made those feelings into a song. If I had to choose words for a description of him... It's a Mad Genius Singing From Experience.
Laplace's Angel is such an important song to me. At least based on my subjective interpretation of it, it perfectly captures the feeling of trying to come to terms with the terrible things you've done and trying to justify it to yourself as you having no other choice as a result of trauma and/or mental illness. Just really getting caught up in that loop of self justification to avoid guilt, that you gotta get out of before you can grow as a person.
The main connection that I found like instantly between Love Me, Normally and Love, Me Normally is the iconic music line you hear in the chorus, like the saxophone solo the song is known for. It's much more present in Love, Me Normally, but it's very clearly played by a piano to sound softer/less aggressive in Love Me, Normally, almost like it's... I wanna say foreboding, which feels right but also doesn't. It feels like a warning that doesn't look like a warning until the thing is there and you're like "Oh shit, the thing"
I dunno if any of this is right, if I'm off, please correct me-
So glad to see Will Wood getting the attention and love he deserves through vids like this :)
I love me a 1900s sitcom lol (2:22)
Straight up masterpiece!
Fun fact: Music apps funnel tally hall listeners towards will wood. Despite their somewhat unrelated genres, that pipeline exists for a reason.
I want it on vinyl so bad. Someone told me this is the Wanda vision of albums and idk how I feel about that
man you really get it this is so pog
I’ve been listening to Will for a couple years now, I am so glad that his is starting to pick up more of an audience. His music is absolutely amazing.
wow i didn't realize this video was yours!!! he is my new obsession, he deserves more!
Will wood appreciation y’all!
been a will wood fan for well over a year now and i never noticed the difference between “love me, normally” and “love, me normally” haha
I LOVE THIS ALBUM. thank god it's getting more appreciation
As someone whose favorite album ever is The Normal Album, I was SO glad to see this pop up in my recommended. Will Wood deserves so much more recognition than he gets.
Thank you this is epic