Robby Hecht - "The Ends and the Means"

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • A lyric video for Robby Hecht's original song "The Ends and the Means." Drawing by Lee Ferris.
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  • @Ronesby
    @Ronesby 6 месяцев назад +4

    I cry to this a lot. Our world is in agony.

  • @garch13163
    @garch13163 7 лет назад +124

    Cecil sent me. I always follow his instructions. The recommendations are always good.

  • @johnevans8752
    @johnevans8752 4 года назад +31

    Yes. This was the weather in Nightvale, but this is the first time the weather in Nightvale made me pause and look up the song.
    This song is a pacifist, Jesus preachin' throat punch to every dogma I grew up believing. Beautiful.

  • @littleginge25
    @littleginge25 7 лет назад +91

    What beautiful weather we're having. 💜

  • @FirstnameLastname-pm1in
    @FirstnameLastname-pm1in 5 лет назад +51

    This one of the best damn anti-war songs ever

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 4 года назад +1

      Uh... you’ve obviously never heard the beautiful poetry of Private Baldrick then! But yeah jokes aside I agree.

  • @lrmull
    @lrmull 7 лет назад +65

    I've listened to this song at least 5 times today. I heard the first verse on the weather of Welcome to Night Vale and I had to pause it so I could listen to it when I was fully paying attention. This is beautiful, and somehow even with its mournful and sorrowful tone, it gives me comfort. I can't wait to hear more of this music. It's really stunning.

    • @spikewolfwood6754
      @spikewolfwood6754 7 лет назад +3

      Samezes! When I listened to the weather today this was easily one of the best songs that I've heard on Nightvale radio.

    • @lucky-howard
      @lucky-howard 2 года назад +3

      @@spikewolfwood6754 Haha, reading this immediately after pausing nightvale same same but 4 years later. It's so lovely

  • @Redcollie88
    @Redcollie88 6 лет назад +16

    Night vale brought me here; I am not a Christian, but I admit that I cried at the last verse.

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 4 года назад +3

      Well, it’s not really an explicitly Christian song. That may seem weird to say, since it’s about Jesus, but it’s more about him as a human being rather than a living god. And how his word has been corrupted over the years. Which I can fully agree with even as a complete atheist. Jesus may not have been the son of God, but I do think he was a great man, and his name has sadly been greatly misused to justify a cycle of violence he would have detested.

    • @symphony_in_plaid4592
      @symphony_in_plaid4592 3 года назад +1

      I do happen to be a Christian and hearing that last verse in a WTNV episode really shook me up. That episode destroyed me anyway, but this song not only absolutely fit the mood of the episode, but made me even sadder. Very emotional experience for me.

  • @GwenShep
    @GwenShep 7 лет назад +119

    Welcome to night vale sent me and I'm so glad they did because this is beautiful, keep up the amazing stuff!

  • @rlvids9889
    @rlvids9889 День назад

    Holy shit I remember hearing this on night vale 7 years ago I forgot about it and recognized it by the thumbnail just now I loved this song

  • @junohenderson9802
    @junohenderson9802 7 лет назад +62

    hearing an actual weather report made me so uncomfortable

  • @SuperBuzzy57
    @SuperBuzzy57 6 лет назад +9

    Fantastic and profound, 61 years have passed yet this is new to me . You see ? All life is poetry.

    • @JohnDoe-cm9ou
      @JohnDoe-cm9ou 2 года назад

      Beautifully said and even sad, all life is poetry

  • @nicholasmiller1541
    @nicholasmiller1541 7 лет назад +54

    Impeccable songwriting. I found your song on Spotify, but came here to read the lyrics with the song. They are very powerful, succinct, and even though I'm an agnostic I appreciate such a very beautiful thought.

  • @mishystellar1742
    @mishystellar1742 7 лет назад +27

    Man, I think this is by far my favorite weather to date. Such a strong song. I love it.

  • @pollyrg97
    @pollyrg97 5 лет назад +3

    My country (New Zealand) has just suffered its first terrorist attack. This is the song I need tonight as we reel from events that, in the words of our Prime Minister, are not who we are.

    • @MrEpeeFencer
      @MrEpeeFencer 5 лет назад

      You're prime minister is a fool.

    • @aetherel
      @aetherel 4 года назад

      It's been a little while now. I hope things are going... better?

    • @pollyrg97
      @pollyrg97 4 года назад +1

      @@aetherel Thank you for asking. We haven't had a further attack. Sadly, the one year anniversary commemorations were cancelled due to Covid-19 - those are an important part of our national grief process. It hurt us. It changed us. But I think we're doing okay.
      Edited to add: I mean, apart from the epidemic.

    • @aetherel
      @aetherel 4 года назад

      @@pollyrg97 Good to hear that you're doing okay. Stay safe!

  • @charlieweasley2534
    @charlieweasley2534 4 года назад +1

    “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” Ernest Hemingway

  • @BMX1985
    @BMX1985 6 лет назад +4

    This song is so strong and profound and that's the reason you will never hear this played on any mainstream media outlet , radio etc but I'm so glad I stumbled upon this song . Truth in every verse. God bless u

  • @ginnybee1478
    @ginnybee1478 7 лет назад +15

    Bittersweet song to give an echoing voice to the daily news. Some communal grief leading to hope. Thank you for sharing your voice, your song, your thoughts.

  • @bellaknoti
    @bellaknoti 7 лет назад +19

    I came here from Night Vale, too. I barely have words. Let's just say I was totally and sadly with you until the last verse, and then you made me cry. It's a beautiful song; I love it when a song has a story or a message to it. Thank you

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya 6 лет назад +6

    This is one of the best weathers to date its been occupying my mind for nearly a year since it was released and I still come back to hear the song again

  • @AMS51000
    @AMS51000 6 лет назад +3

    Another brought here by Night Vale. And many thanks.

  • @FromOrbit
    @FromOrbit 3 года назад +1

    Hey man, I don't know if you read these comments, but I have something I wanted to tell you. Though I guess it's more for me than for you.
    I found this song almost four years ago when it appeared in episode 107 of Welcome to Night Vale. The music was beautiful and slow, and the message was a kind of tragic I was noticing more of as I was getting older. It stuck with me. Over the next four years, I stopped listening to Welcome to Night Vale, I guess I grew out of it, but I never stopped listening to this song.
    Every few months, my mind would drift back to that one melancholy song about wars, businessmen, and Jesus, and I'd come back here and have a listen.
    In all this time, it's meaning has changed for me. When I first heard it, it was about the pointless cruelty of war, how nothing gets better because no one tries. "Never mind 'thou shall not kill.'" But now it's about hope. Hope because there are people trying.
    "With every word you ever say,
    You teach the world to live that way."
    Thank you for this song, and for everything it has meant to me.

  • @bmckelvy5717
    @bmckelvy5717 7 лет назад +9

    Not often do I hear a song that really gets to me. Thanks for this.

  • @JSF15th
    @JSF15th 5 лет назад +3

    Welcome to the blessed part of RUclips.

  • @Elemarth
    @Elemarth 7 лет назад +4

    This is the first Night Vale weather I've really loved. It's beautiful and thoughtful and amazing.

  • @zoewells3160
    @zoewells3160 4 года назад +1

    This fits the melancholy tone of the WTNV it was in so well. Gonna be honest, I’ve fallen SUPER behind on that series, haven’t listened in AGES, but I remembered this randomly and now I really want to both catch up on WTNV and listen to some music by this artist as well.

  • @wafflesthevilwarrior
    @wafflesthevilwarrior 7 лет назад +10

    Lovely weather.

  • @corpseinthesky6111
    @corpseinthesky6111 Год назад

    Like many people in this section I first heard it in WTNV all these years ago, it left a deep impression on me and every now and then I just need to listen to it again

  • @Duffren
    @Duffren 8 месяцев назад

    Here we go again.

  • @fenzz5511
    @fenzz5511 7 лет назад +8

    Great weather today :)

  • @MugetsuFused
    @MugetsuFused 6 лет назад +3

    These once benign flying machines.

  • @hiothezebra
    @hiothezebra 7 лет назад +3

    This literally speaks to me on a spiritual level. Thank you for writing and performing this, Robby.

  • @BardWraith
    @BardWraith 7 лет назад +6

    I love this. Got me right in the feels.

  •  5 лет назад +3

    This song is chilling. Beautifully woven, and I especially love the twist - songs with feelings that creep up on you like this are the best ones. Thank you for the inspiration.

  • @jadereynolds1204
    @jadereynolds1204 6 лет назад +2

    what a beautiful song

  • @radioactiveferrets
    @radioactiveferrets 7 лет назад +1

    This is definitely my favorite Night Vale weather report by far.

  • @MattHabermehl
    @MattHabermehl Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @Ceromaz
    @Ceromaz 7 лет назад +4

    It's been a while since a song really touched me emotionally.
    Amazing job.

  • @haster9597
    @haster9597 7 лет назад +2

    Came here from Welcome to Nightvale and I absolutely love this song :D

  • @leviathan6326
    @leviathan6326 7 лет назад +2

    I nearly cried.

  • @joeym.reliford3442
    @joeym.reliford3442 7 лет назад +4

    So beautiful 💜💛💚 keep up the good work Mr. Hecht.

  • @LauraBeans420
    @LauraBeans420 5 лет назад

    This song makes my heart ache in the best way possible, I seriously can’t help but cry whenever I listen to it

  • @JoshMonreaux
    @JoshMonreaux 3 года назад +1

    The Weather was strong that day.

  • @jagreene100
    @jagreene100 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks to Welcome to Night Vale, I found this amazing artist, you are a wonderful story teller Robby!

  • @mariekedavis3713
    @mariekedavis3713 7 лет назад +10

    Heard your song on Welcome to Night Vale, and I LOVE IT! Keep making music, man!

  • @AbelGarciaDorado
    @AbelGarciaDorado 6 лет назад +1

    I still amazed that this song has only 25k visits :o

  • @skullisbones
    @skullisbones 4 года назад +1

    incredible song

  • @juliegrower4024
    @juliegrower4024 6 лет назад +1

    This is a beautiful, truthful and well expressed song. Thank you Robby.

  • @cheshirematt5261
    @cheshirematt5261 3 года назад +1

    Im worried this song might always be relevant

  • @spikewolfwood6754
    @spikewolfwood6754 7 лет назад +1

    And now for the weather! 🌪⛈

  • @juniperabbott2614
    @juniperabbott2614 3 года назад +1

    This is SPECIAL. thanks, Cecil.

  • @anielbezuidenhout6174
    @anielbezuidenhout6174 2 года назад

    Back here again.

  • @vreaper45
    @vreaper45 7 лет назад +4

    Such a great song, keep it up

  • @oerskmip1439
    @oerskmip1439 5 лет назад +2

    I'm actually not here from nightvale even though I do listen to it. I found the song before the weather came I guess...

  • @omerimonroe9732
    @omerimonroe9732 7 лет назад +4

    i love it man

  • @AlexMunz-bg3bc
    @AlexMunz-bg3bc Год назад

    Now this is how you do Jesus

  • @ssnowypug
    @ssnowypug 2 года назад +1

    love this!

  • @chrispriest7424
    @chrispriest7424 7 лет назад +44

    When you can pull off writing a 3rd verse about Trump then the 4th verse about Jesus you're a damn good songwriter :)

    • @viking-astronaut
      @viking-astronaut 7 лет назад +6

      literally has nothing to do with someone's ability as a songwriter but okay

  • @justeundonut-moi.7979
    @justeundonut-moi.7979 3 года назад +2

    107 : The missing sky

  • @vriskaserket3271
    @vriskaserket3271 7 лет назад +3

    /GOOD WEATHER/

  • @jerrypowers3616
    @jerrypowers3616 Год назад +2

    A wonderful song. I play it before my college classes on deontological and consequentialist arguments over the morality of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

  • @umbraarcturus2238
    @umbraarcturus2238 6 лет назад +1

    The song of our times, unfortunately.

  • @thomaslecomte1570
    @thomaslecomte1570 6 лет назад +7

    I'm not really sure what the third verse is about (the one between 9/11 and Trump/other politicians). Would someone bé so kind as to share their idea ?

    • @KittenSickle
      @KittenSickle 6 лет назад +9

      it's about how war is entertainment for us, screened and televised, and about political pundits yelling at each other on tv about right and wrong without ever fixing anything -3-

    • @oakappleinc.5269
      @oakappleinc.5269 6 лет назад +12

      Second Iraq war. CNN and other media outlets basically live-streamed the entire invasion using night vision technology. Talking heads breaking down the reason to invade Iraq when the terrorists were mostly Sauds. "Justice was a household word"; everyone felt like we needed to do "something".

    • @KittenSickle
      @KittenSickle 6 лет назад +2

      oh interesting take from someone more educated than me!!

    • @jasonkoon6513
      @jasonkoon6513 3 года назад

      That line about we cheer the black and flashing greens destroyed me, that from the safety of America we treat the life and death of thousands like it's a game. Wow.

  • @annikaberg1350
    @annikaberg1350 7 лет назад +5

    👍🤜🤛👏👌💯

  • @ricejuice8982
    @ricejuice8982 3 года назад

    (Didn't know this was a WtNV weather report but happy anyway)

  • @relei
    @relei 6 лет назад +1

    1:18 "They justify the memes"

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 4 года назад

      Why did you feel like this was comment that needed posting?

  • @robertpatridge1005
    @robertpatridge1005 7 лет назад +3

    Cecil sent me. MAGA!

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 4 года назад +5

      I wonder if you came to this song thinking "hey this sounds good” and then read the comments are were "hang on, it means WHAT?”.

  • @MrEpeeFencer
    @MrEpeeFencer 5 лет назад

    Virtue signaling in song form.

  • @denzilwilliams3463
    @denzilwilliams3463 7 лет назад +1

    Yawns, shit