A “pantaloon” is a foolish pantomime character. The lyrics suggest that time will make fools out of us all. The protagonist watches his grandfather’s mind deteriorate followed by his father’s. As he grows older, he begins to follow in his elder’s footsteps despite his attempts to do the opposite, losing his mind just as they did.
I agree with everything you said above, but I think also to add to that. We just see these other two men whom he clearly respects lose their mind and we don’t know why. But finally, we do know why because how could anybody stay sane With death lurking over your shoulder? It’s an unknown unknowable void. And plus your friends they fertilize the ground that you’re walking on. How could that not make you insane of course you’re gonna lose your mind surrounded by death knowing your next or at least soon. Almost makes more sense honestly if we embraced going out on our own terms
Pantaloon: “He’s been around so long he changed his meaning of a chair now.” Kitchen Sink: “I’m a kitchen sink, you don’t know what that means, because a kitchen sink to you, is not a kitchen sink to me.”
a lot of tyler's lyricism revolves around faith (especially in this album) but ALSO around the fear of growing older. it's really prevalent in his older work, and watching his mindset shift as his work grows (in legend, oldies station) is honestly kind of beautiful
Yay!! This song is def weird but its one of my favs from this album! Excited to see more from this album! Thanks guys! P.s. a Pantaloon is "a foolish old man" sometimes known as senile and sad sometimes it's more silly. I think he's talking more about the serious definition. Getting old and losing purpose and your wits is hard to accept and i think that's sort of what he's talking about.
at the beginning of the song Ty sings" your grandpa died, when you were nine. they said he had lost his mind' i feel this song is about first his grandpa, then his dad, then him becoming old and dying and being the last one left/not remembering anyone. He even changed the meaning of a chair at the end. dementia runs in families i wonder how much Tyler worries about that, especially since in Legend, his other grandpa ALSO died from dementia/alzheimers so he has it doubly in his DNA. shit i just made myself sad😔
I love this song so much, it is about Tyler's grandpa who had dementia and his fears that it may be hereditary (your dad is now the pantaloon) its incredibly poignant when complimented with Legend from Trench after his grandpa's passing
Unless Tyler is talking about a different grandfather, the one referred to in Legend was still alive by this time. I'd like to think he's writing from the perspective of his father, who saw Tyler's great grandfather die long before Tyler was born. Now he's voicing what he imagines his father's experiencing. "Now, it's your turn to be alone/Find a wife and build yourself a home." Tyler hasn't quite reached this stage in his life yet so this seems to line up with him imagining his dad reaching maturity.
This song is so catchy, another favorite of mine. Y'all NEED to do Tyler's No Phun Intended. I PROMISE you won't be disappointed!! C'mon ... I'll send you cookies or something as a bribe!😂😂
I adore this album so much, and watching your reactions is like listening to it with fresh ears. You guys are awesome, thank you for continuing this journey for us.
I always associated this song with dementia or similar memory issues. Thanks for watching. This has motivated me to listen to the older stuff again. I forgot how much I love it.
This is one of my favorites from the album. Lyrically sad and deep, but so much fun to dance to. The song is bipolar, even more so than their other songs. 😆
oh, I just realize that your probably doing Friend Please next (if your counting addict with a pen as the live one you did a while ago) and it's going to be a rough one, but I'm still excited
Lyrically...this is such a hard hitting song. Its inevitable for most of us as we grow older. Also, i think tyler can get away with stuff others cant because he is very unapologetically himself...i mean how many artists just come out playing accordians and keytars, and somehow make it cool 😅
The song pantaloon is really an underrated song if you’re not looking for emotion in music… I felt this song so much in my past that it’s just a cool jam to go back to as to remind myself that I am not in that dark place anymore. Thank you to Twenty One Pilots for bringing actual substance to music! Love you guys, Eric and Kyle are such great content creators and just well rounded and awesome individuals! ❤❤❤
in a 2013 show tyler talked about how his grandfather had been (not in these specific words) diagnosed with dementia. in a 2018 show he would make a comment Legend, specifically the line "wish she knew you--" being about jenna, who started to date in 2012 and married in 2015, trench (the record legend is on) being written 17-18. if you listen to this album tyler is often confront death, cold, finality, and aging. moreso even on the set of songs he put on iTunes as a high schooler in 2008-2009 under his own name, entitled No Phun Intended.
I love this song. Really, i love all of them, but the Pantaloon is really underrated. I take this song an seeing the inevitable walk towards death that we all take and how we decline mentally as we age.
21 pilots always has their vibe and I love that bc their music will never get old. I am begging you guys to react to Glass Spiders by Hot Milk. They are a somewhat smaller band like Catch Your Breath is that should have WAY more listeners.
This is a good song, you can see him perform this one live like 12 years ago and it was so emotional! This song I still don't fully know what it's about, all I know is that they're pants
Wearing pants is right.. the man who wears the pants.. and that's the guy who will always be a little loony .. for better words. That Tyler understood this way too early as a young man.. as you can depict in the T∅P lyrics that live forever. 😅 Love the "LOSE YOUR MIND!" LINE. Tyler is the Pantaloone 💯
In comedia dell'arte, pantaloon were worn by the old man character. They are a type of pants. He's not necessarily a fool, but an old man that may be slipping with his mind a little. All characters in that art form had a specific costume/mask they wore.
I wanna see you guys dive back into Polaris soon! the newest album is an all time great & I think you’d really find it emotional and hard hitting considering the tragic events that went on while making the album.
This song is so quirky in it's own way! I'm (not) ready for you guys to listen to Friend Please, one of my favorite songs from them! Be prepared to get teary eyed.
This is one of my favorite songs, of many of theirs! That i´ve been listening to on repeat for a loooong time when I just found out about them. Looking forward to see and hear you reactions to Friend, Please and (Not on this album though) Ruby!
thank you guys for continuing this journey!! always love to see your reactions! also, are you guys hyped for The Line?! its TOP's newest single coming out november 23rd (they made it for season 2 of Arcane on Netflix)
this song is about his grandpa on his father's side, the same one he years later wrote legend about. his grandpa suffered from dementia, and apparently as the lyrics go, it's something that happened to his grandpa's father and also his grandpa's grandpa. the lyrics go chronologically, and as our main character grows older he starts to lose touch with reality ultimately becoming the pantaloon. there's a pic tyler's mom posted like 10 years ago of a very young tyler (around 13 yo maybe) with his grandpa and the caption was "tyler and the pantaloon".
Im glad you looked into the meaning, embarrassed to say i never bothered, i figured it was the whole "kitchen sink" thing where only Tyler would know what it meant and we were supposed to let it mean to us whatever we could come up with on our own. That being said even though i love this song i never really felt that i understood it. From your video and the other commenters, now i think i get it. Thanks guys. Great video.
Oh God, Thank's guys for the video! Huge greetings from Ukraine! I love your reactions for music, and Twenty One Pilots is my the most loved band! I'm clicking the like button and waiting for "Addict with the pan" ! "March to the sea" - my the best, but all of them in this album are gorgeous! THANK'S!
I certainly also believe there's a level of bias that goes into listening to their earlier stuff after having heard the newer stuff first. It's cool to see where they came from, and how much they've improved, so it's easier to forgive the slightly grinding vocals and less amazing quality.
I've been waiting for your take on this. I love this song! Eric nailed it - this really should be dumb as fuck but with Tyler singing it, it's poignant and relatable. I couldn't love this band any more and going on this journey through all the albums with you guys is absolutely fantastic! I can't wait for Friend, Please. 😍
THE PANTALOOON (i honestly don’t know why i love this song so much it just feels right to me) After you’re done with self titled you should go thru some regional at best, or even if u can find no phun intended. ik you already did kitchen sink but the rest of them definitely hit just as hard
I really wish you will react to their MTV unplugged or the tyler joseph storyteller session. It's a good way to witness the extent of their creativity. 😊
I’d love to see you two react to the song “fink you freaky” by Die Antwoord. I tripped out the first time I saw it. All I could say is “What the hell am I watching?” lol
With this it’s worth knowing his grandfather suffered from dementia… so I’m assuming this is the way he saw the deterioration of that & contemplated how we can all progress to that state as we age.
The first time I heard this song I had to pause 5 seconds in because my grandpa DID die when I was 9 and I was like If I relate to the FIRST lyric, what will the rest of the song hold for me?
A “pantaloon” is a foolish pantomime character. The lyrics suggest that time will make fools out of us all. The protagonist watches his grandfather’s mind deteriorate followed by his father’s. As he grows older, he begins to follow in his elder’s footsteps despite his attempts to do the opposite, losing his mind just as they did.
Thankyou. Pantaloon is a literal meaning to this SENIOR. Keep reaching for music and truth.
I agree with everything you said above, but I think also to add to that. We just see these other two men whom he clearly respects lose their mind and we don’t know why. But finally, we do know why because how could anybody stay sane With death lurking over your shoulder? It’s an unknown unknowable void. And plus your friends they fertilize the ground that you’re walking on. How could that not make you insane of course you’re gonna lose your mind surrounded by death knowing your next or at least soon. Almost makes more sense honestly if we embraced going out on our own terms
Well said my friend
i cant wait to see their reaction to trapdoor or air catcher
I’m looking forward to all the rest of Self Titled! Such a seminal album, and my most replayed album. ✌🏻
These are definitely my two favourites, I can’t wait
Or taxi cab
I'm itching for that Trapdoor reaction
TAXI CAB AND JOHNNY BOY!
This whole album is about faith
Yup. It sounded familiar when I first listened to it. The struggles are real.
Pantaloon: “He’s been around so long he changed his meaning of a chair now.”
Kitchen Sink: “I’m a kitchen sink, you don’t know what that means, because a kitchen sink to you, is not a kitchen sink to me.”
a lot of tyler's lyricism revolves around faith (especially in this album) but ALSO around the fear of growing older. it's really prevalent in his older work, and watching his mindset shift as his work grows (in legend, oldies station) is honestly kind of beautiful
Yesss!! Some of us have found that character arc along with him in life. Oldies station being a favorite for this very reason. 💌
Yay!! This song is def weird but its one of my favs from this album! Excited to see more from this album! Thanks guys!
P.s. a Pantaloon is "a foolish old man" sometimes known as senile and sad sometimes it's more silly. I think he's talking more about the serious definition. Getting old and losing purpose and your wits is hard to accept and i think that's sort of what he's talking about.
at the beginning of the song Ty sings" your grandpa died, when you were nine. they said he had lost his mind' i feel this song is about first his grandpa, then his dad, then him becoming old and dying and being the last one left/not remembering anyone. He even changed the meaning of a chair at the end.
dementia runs in families i wonder how much Tyler worries about that, especially since in Legend, his other grandpa ALSO died from dementia/alzheimers so he has it doubly in his DNA. shit i just made myself sad😔
I CANT WAIT TO HEAR FRIEND PLEASE!
My neck might brake from head banging
That's my fave off this album. Very Muse-like!
so excited for you guys to hear isle and taxi cab!!
So stoked for taxi cab and Johnny boy
@@johnmartin3749I love Johnny Boy
I’m so excited for Friends, Please
thanks for your reaction! I´m SO excited for friend please and trapdoor
So excited for you to hear taxi cab :) I love his young voice and his unique sounds. This one has always been one of my favorites.
I know you've done "Addict With A Pen" already but please do the studio version too!!!
I love this song so much, it is about Tyler's grandpa who had dementia and his fears that it may be hereditary (your dad is now the pantaloon) its incredibly poignant when complimented with Legend from Trench after his grandpa's passing
Unless Tyler is talking about a different grandfather, the one referred to in Legend was still alive by this time. I'd like to think he's writing from the perspective of his father, who saw Tyler's great grandfather die long before Tyler was born. Now he's voicing what he imagines his father's experiencing. "Now, it's your turn to be alone/Find a wife and build yourself a home." Tyler hasn't quite reached this stage in his life yet so this seems to line up with him imagining his dad reaching maturity.
I've never been this early, but thanks for uploading in my lunch break. Hi from Argentina
This song is so catchy, another favorite of mine.
Y'all NEED to do Tyler's No Phun Intended. I PROMISE you won't be disappointed!!
C'mon ... I'll send you cookies or something as a bribe!😂😂
Agreed. More great songs from Tyler.
I adore this album so much, and watching your reactions is like listening to it with fresh ears. You guys are awesome, thank you for continuing this journey for us.
I always associated this song with dementia or similar memory issues. Thanks for watching. This has motivated me to listen to the older stuff again. I forgot how much I love it.
This is one of my favorites from the album.
Lyrically sad and deep, but so much fun to dance to. The song is bipolar, even more so than their other songs. 😆
oh, I just realize that your probably doing Friend Please next (if your counting addict with a pen as the live one you did a while ago) and it's going to be a rough one, but I'm still excited
Lyrically...this is such a hard hitting song. Its inevitable for most of us as we grow older.
Also, i think tyler can get away with stuff others cant because he is very unapologetically himself...i mean how many artists just come out playing accordians and keytars, and somehow make it cool 😅
Also the melody in Vignette is much inspired by this song, like they have very similar choruses
I automatically hit the like button then watch the reaction. Great job as always.
theres a twentyone pilots remix of time to say goodbye its just straight rapping
Begging for this!! Eric would be in heaven lol
IT'S AMAZING THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO IT
ITS SO GOOD
That's really Good
I absolutely adore that song.
The song pantaloon is really an underrated song if you’re not looking for emotion in music…
I felt this song so much in my past that it’s just a cool jam to go back to as to remind myself that I am not in that dark place anymore. Thank you to Twenty One Pilots for bringing actual substance to music!
Love you guys, Eric and Kyle are such great content creators and just well rounded and awesome individuals!
❤❤❤
The fact that I was tired and hurt when I listened this one for the first time made it special to me. Thanks for keeping the journey alive. |-/
in a 2013 show tyler talked about how his grandfather had been (not in these specific words) diagnosed with dementia. in a 2018 show he would make a comment Legend, specifically the line "wish she knew you--"
being about jenna, who started to date in 2012 and married in 2015, trench (the record legend is on) being written 17-18.
if you listen to this album tyler is often confront death, cold, finality, and aging. moreso even on the set of songs he put on iTunes as a high schooler in 2008-2009 under his own name, entitled No Phun Intended.
I love your journey so far. I am so excited every time I get the notifs ❤🌻
Hi depression, here we go again
U good?
Oh my God how i love this song, i really think St is one of their best albums
this is a gem... so unique and weird song...but brilliant!!! bitterness, irony, meaning, emotion, theatre... Tyler Joseph!!!💀👽💖🎶🟦⬜🟦🌻
Can’t wait to see your reactions to friend please, air catcher and trapdoor!
Could you guys react to Linkin Park's new album? I would love to watch it 🙏
We MUST get the new Dax ft Tom Macdonald reaction… Listen I don’t make the rules!!
I love this song. Really, i love all of them, but the Pantaloon is really underrated. I take this song an seeing the inevitable walk towards death that we all take and how we decline mentally as we age.
I can't wait to see the Taxi Cab reaction, By far my favorite TOP song
Well done. Thanks for the reaction and your time. Looking forwards to all the TØP albums reactions.
21 pilots always has their vibe and I love that bc their music will never get old. I am begging you guys to react to Glass Spiders by Hot Milk. They are a somewhat smaller band like Catch Your Breath is that should have WAY more listeners.
This song gets stuck in my head SO often and I still love it.
4 minutes is wild!!
My favorite song of the album by the way
I'm excited as I've been waiting for them to listen to this song
After this album you should definitely react to whole mtv unplugged, it’s fire!
100%
This is a good song, you can see him perform this one live like 12 years ago and it was so emotional!
This song I still don't fully know what it's about, all I know is that they're pants
Wearing pants is right.. the man who wears the pants.. and that's the guy who will always be a little loony .. for better words. That Tyler understood this way too early as a young man.. as you can depict in the T∅P lyrics that live forever. 😅
Love the "LOSE YOUR MIND!" LINE.
Tyler is the Pantaloone 💯
Taxi Cab my guys that is my eternal favorite from them, seeing how Tyler tried so many things in his first record as a band is really awesome
I used to skip this one but the older I get the more I like it, idk why 🙃
So early. I feel like I’m breaking the rules.
You have some real treasures ahead of you. So glad you're doing this 😍
Always love your reactions on TØP! Can't wait for the rest
In comedia dell'arte, pantaloon were worn by the old man character. They are a type of pants. He's not necessarily a fool, but an old man that may be slipping with his mind a little. All characters in that art form had a specific costume/mask they wore.
I wanna see you guys dive back into Polaris soon! the newest album is an all time great & I think you’d really find it emotional and hard hitting considering the tragic events that went on while making the album.
This has always been a favorite of mine
🤘🏼🔥⚡💜🎶
Uff si despues de terminar este album se vienen con No Phun Intended🔥
Still my all time favorite album from them. Glad I get to see y'all go through it.
Yay I got the notification today!!
This album is amazing & the artwork is my all time favorite! Glad you guys are enjoying the older stuff!
Also I am (not so) patiently awaiting your Taxi Cab and Addict With a Pen reactions 🥲
This song is so quirky in it's own way! I'm (not) ready for you guys to listen to Friend Please, one of my favorite songs from them! Be prepared to get teary eyed.
This is one of my favorite songs, of many of theirs! That i´ve been listening to on repeat for a loooong time when I just found out about them.
Looking forward to see and hear you reactions to Friend, Please and (Not on this album though) Ruby!
❤
thank you guys for continuing this journey!! always love to see your reactions!
also, are you guys hyped for The Line?! its TOP's newest single coming out november 23rd (they made it for season 2 of Arcane on Netflix)
this song is about his grandpa on his father's side, the same one he years later wrote legend about. his grandpa suffered from dementia, and apparently as the lyrics go, it's something that happened to his grandpa's father and also his grandpa's grandpa. the lyrics go chronologically, and as our main character grows older he starts to lose touch with reality ultimately becoming the pantaloon. there's a pic tyler's mom posted like 10 years ago of a very young tyler (around 13 yo maybe) with his grandpa and the caption was "tyler and the pantaloon".
Im glad you looked into the meaning, embarrassed to say i never bothered, i figured it was the whole "kitchen sink" thing where only Tyler would know what it meant and we were supposed to let it mean to us whatever we could come up with on our own.
That being said even though i love this song i never really felt that i understood it.
From your video and the other commenters, now i think i get it. Thanks guys. Great video.
Oh God, Thank's guys for the video! Huge greetings from Ukraine! I love your reactions for music, and Twenty One Pilots is my the most loved band! I'm clicking the like button and waiting for "Addict with the pan" ! "March to the sea" - my the best, but all of them in this album are gorgeous! THANK'S!
I certainly also believe there's a level of bias that goes into listening to their earlier stuff after having heard the newer stuff first. It's cool to see where they came from, and how much they've improved, so it's easier to forgive the slightly grinding vocals and less amazing quality.
It's a song about life cycle. Absolute gem of a song. It's easily in my top 10 TOP songs. Oh, btw, leave song "Oh, Ms. believer" for Christmas week.
"this should be dumb as fuck and it's not" 🤣
Great to see you guys again! Great videos, awesome content!
It is a catchy song! Great one guys!
Best part about this album is you get to look at Tyler and say “oh you’ve always been this way, huh?”
eagerly waiting for every song on this album
Loving this
I've been waiting for your take on this. I love this song! Eric nailed it - this really should be dumb as fuck but with Tyler singing it, it's poignant and relatable. I couldn't love this band any more and going on this journey through all the albums with you guys is absolutely fantastic! I can't wait for Friend, Please. 😍
THE PANTALOOON (i honestly don’t know why i love this song so much it just feels right to me)
After you’re done with self titled you should go thru some regional at best, or even if u can find no phun intended. ik you already did kitchen sink but the rest of them definitely hit just as hard
I love their older music SO MUCH!!!
For real, this album is so precious and Tyler was so young when he wrote it!
SO excited to be here this early omg
Pantaloon = looney
you guys have to react to the MTV series by twenty one pilots!!
hey!! been watching you guys for ages, I just saw the boys in auckland it was unbelievable!
I really wish you will react to their MTV unplugged or the tyler joseph storyteller session. It's a good way to witness the extent of their creativity. 😊
vignette feels
I’d love to see you two react to the song “fink you freaky” by Die Antwoord. I tripped out the first time I saw it. All I could say is “What the hell am I watching?” lol
omg friend please next its gonna be so heartbreaking
With this it’s worth knowing his grandfather suffered from dementia… so I’m assuming this is the way he saw the deterioration of that & contemplated how we can all progress to that state as we age.
Self-Titled is definitely an acquired taste, but the Pantaloon turns into a vibe over time lol
air catcher is gonna be great
Love the tøp content!
This track so gooddddd
Much love from Sudbury Ontario Canada
YEEEAAAASSSSSS FINALLY!!!!!!
CANT WAIT FOR TAXI CAB OMG
this album is so fire omg
I just realized that "all your friends fertiliz the ground you walk" is litterally that when you get older the people you know die and are buried 😭
GREAT reaction guys.
Please listen to the live version of Addict with a pen!
The first time I heard this song I had to pause 5 seconds in because my grandpa DID die when I was 9 and I was like If I relate to the FIRST lyric, what will the rest of the song hold for me?
React to aespa armageddon please
#rykerroad #thedetour #thecampfire #thecavecast #screamsofsanity sent me!
I listened to this with a friend of mine a few years back he said it made him think of dementia, i thought it was a interesting take on it
pls do time to say goodbye (tyler's version) after self titled i beg
Have you guys listened to this group - Jimmie Strimell was a former singer from Dead By April. Writing The Future - Dear Mom (feat. Jimmie Strimell)