one of my best friends who passed away showed me this song while we were tripping. I just randomly came across this video again and re lived that night.
Henrique Bauer its technology controlling everything and then leaving the world with nothing. Thats why at the beginning the deer tried to stop the tv thing from handing the human the remote then the tv tried to get the attention of the animals and they ignored it so the technology piece got mad and destroyed everything and tried to remake everything so everyone sits on the couch and puts their face in the tv and everyone becomes like mind controlled. Then in the end the technology falls and the only thing left was the same deer who tried to stop it from happening
My worst trips were a hell I wouldn't wish on anyone, it's like becoming schizo. My best trips on the other hand were heaven and I had taken just enough to have no dysphoria
my friend showed me this music video a long time ago and the beginning scene with the deer running has always stuck with me as a disjointed memory, I never thought I'd actually find it again
me as well, I've watched one time when it was suggested by RUclips and didn't remember it's name, then I tipped on search: music video acid trip and founded hahahahaha
Can we appreciate the animation though? I love the sketchy detail to it. And dude with how detailed this trippy ass video is you know the animators cried after it was done.
Nah i get this fucked up from joints and bongs,ect. I do have a low ass tolerence tho. Also mine isnt laced none of my buddies get fucked off there asses.
This feels like a world where all human life has been absorbed by some screen ai who went on a rampage and when it figured it out it had no audience anymore and the animals weren’t interested in the same things that kept humans entertained, so in a desperate effort it tries to create it’s own audience, which if that was cool enough these visuals are incredible!
I love the colorful animals at 0:31, 1:09 and 2:06, the people walking at 2:27 and that ear thing they did at 3:33. Well, the entire animation is flawless, in my opinion. Every frame by itself is a drawing that you can look at and go "wow that's amazing".
check out riders on the storm(cover) - infected mushroom. It's what I think the animation was originally made for. Anyway, it fits that song perfectly.
According the the video artist THIS is the meaning in his own words: "The album art features a post-human New York City. I kept listening to the song and picturing the music playing out over the decrepit remains of humanity. I could see the animals roaming, not paying any attention, not being able to distinguish the music from any other series of noises. From there I began to feel like our technology would truly miss us. Our forms of entertainment and communication would sit around, dreaming of a day when people would be back to watch and listen."
So if I understand this correctly, the machines became sentient, and when they longed for mankind they started creating clones by doing that unwrapping thing on a lot of animals and then putting them back again as humans?
Dragonstar13 Yes. Of course the SONG has its own "not-as deep," meaning as well. But you would have to be a Blockhead fan and know the "Music Scene," album cover to get it. But maybe you are a Blockhead fan :)
More people need to listen to this whole album, not just this even though it’s a great song. I think The Music Scene(2009) is probably one of the best instrumental hip hop albums of the last few years
@@Vyyy290 Ive never heard of those people, I did listen to a psytrance album before so I know what it is. This kinda sounds like it so I just assumed it was.
I have watched this video high over 6 times, I've done research and I'm ready to state my theory/analysis. The screens appear in a post apocalyptic world. The screens face an empty chair that shows a humans seat print. The screens are then submerged by tentacle like beings. The screens are struck by light and become alive. The screens realized they needed an audience to have a sense of purpose. Therefore, they attempt to create a artificial human being to watch the screen. The screens reach out to hand the human a remote but a deer jumps in front of it and the screens become attracted to the deer. So the screens tear the deer a part and strip it of its spirit. The deer manages to escape but the screens are now attracted to all animals and beings of nature. It now becomes mobile to get the attention of the animals but the animals are not interested. The screen becomes angry and completely takes over nature, merging all beings into one living stream controlled by technology. The screen realizes it still requires humans to watch it, so it presses a button and begins to form individual human beings. The humans are manipulated by the screens and nature begins to be abandoned. The screen now begins to take notice of the other television screens that appear to be lonely. The screen takes control over all technology and becomes even more powerful. The screen has enough power that it decides to create one giant human made up off all beings in nature to watch one large screen. Humans were stripped of their individuality. The screens outnumber the human and become too powerful for the human to survive. The human then breaks apart, freeing all the animals and spirits. The screen now has one last chance to take over nature, so it creates one more human. Except this human is no longer human, this human is the screen. The screen has no audience, therefore it becomes unsustainable and dies. Where you then watch which i believe to be is the end of mankind. At the end of the video we see an elk peering at the scene from a distance. The elk is the last existing animal in the world. I personally believe the elk represents hope that nature will always be there even if humans become extinct.
Tess Christie you put into words, exactly how my brain sees this on the other side. I can feel it in my tingled nerves all over my body. Thank you. Beautiful person. 💜
Zoe Papillon What do you mean about it? I knew those lyrics way long before, that`s why I`ve surprised how perfectly they fit video theme anyways. Go find some new ways to speak to people without getting annoyed, get aducated, son.
I think it's the Media, after being abandoned by humanity, tries to manipulate animals/nature into watching TV, but it seems uninterested, so it tries to attack nature and force it to bend to its will. Media then tries to replicate humanity using nature, but ends up failing due to nature's resistance. Basically, it's Media failing to enslave nature, and that nature triumphs in the end.
Everyone is searching for a meaning, but I think it's actually asking a question. We create things to serve us. When we are gone, what is their purpose?
+Fixie Man I'm pretty sure it's more basic than that, mostly just showing the disconnect from nature, and how people get so content with things that don't matter.
The most life changing thing i ever did tripping was watch the whole Broadway play of American idiot on my TV like the songs and the story hit different
No jokes, I think this is still one of the most formative pieces of music video animation out here on youtube, till this day?? I'm glad I get to watch it again (:
Im in awe Im in fear Its just so beautifully fluid and colorful and has such a meaning that I cant help but feel in my heart. Your artwork really is a reflection of your self because I have never seen something so uniquely incredible before.
So I just put on a random playlist and start gringing my buds. And at the exact moment as I start rolling the joint, I suddenly hear "we call that a joint." Lovely coincidence and lovely music.
first watched this when I was 17 in high school in my friends basement. Now im 27 with a wife and soon kids. Damn youtube recommended making me realize how fast time goes by.
I'm not sure exactly WHAT happened here, but I know it wouldn't have happened if that deer hadnt jumped in front of the chair so. Whatever this is, it's his fault
HIS FAULT?! can't you see fellow... the dear SAVED the man in the chair, And because he saved his live, He was granted the obligation to show his his un for-scene future in which he was saved from.
My interpretation of this is that television and a lot of things we create tend to become our way of finding satisfaction and we push our desire to unhealthy levels. The animals in the video ignore such things like watching t.v. because they are being natural. We keep trying to satisfy ourselves instead of simply existing like the animals.
I watch this all the time when im high, it never fails to show me just how much expression can be captured in art like this - it's a really beautiful piece of art to me :)
MutterBilk Media you are crazy lol xD It takes up to 2 months for a single SIMPLE animator to make a average 1-2 minute film working nonstop. Considering how complicated this one is, it prolly took 2 months per 1 minute. This is just to animate, then you need to color it and compose it...it's really hard work and it would take few months even for a group of animators. When I was working in the studio it took us 2-3 weeks to make 1 minute of stop motion [it was group of 3 people working from 8am to 8pm]
I usually listen and watch the vid/ song as I’m going to sleep at the time in my trip when it’s time to go to be. It’s been a routine for me and I’m glad others enjoy this at least a bit in one way or another
There's definitely a psychedelic influence to the animation. In my opinion, the main message the artist is trying to convey here is that: "investing too much energy and dependency on our own creations and devices will eventually lead us to our own doom. Yet nature always finds a way and prevails, and we must not forget that we are all in this together, for we are all residents of planet Earth, both animals and humans alike". Here's my interpretation of the animation: The orb-like organism with the eye (0:15) represents humanity's presence on Earth, human ingenuity, and synthetic devices in the form of a cyber life form (an Artificial Intelligence, much like Skynet from Terminator) that attempts to eradicate mankind. We'll call this strange organism 'The Eye'. The Eye sets out to observe and learn about the universe and it's surroundings. But in doing so, the Eye unknowingly leaves a path of destruction in it's wake (0:52) - think of it as our carbon footprint if you may, or the depopulation of animals and wildlife due to our overconsumption, etc. Although the animals are exposed to the Eye (or alternatively, the influences and consequences of our presence on the planet), they are content and satisfied with the life they are leading on their own in mother nature; turning away and ignoring the 'TV screen' (if you look closely, the Eye attempts to replicate and imitate the animals on the screen by ridiculing them after observing them - 0:58). Annoyed and angry that the animals are unaffected by the 'TV screen' (1:05), the Eye is determined to learn more about the animals. It achieves this by breaking down the animals into smaller bits and pieces (1:10) and shining the spotlight on them - forcibly abducting the animals from their natural habitat (much like how humans created zoos) in order to obtain all the data it possibly can (1:16). The Eye then processes all of the extracted animal information into a river of data (1:19). The Data River is then re-packaged by the Eye and released back into the Manosphere (1:36) so that humanity may learn about the outside world via television (ironically, the more we learn and progress, the more we box ourselves in with our petty inventions - 1:39). Mesmerised and stimulated by the contents on the screen (1:44), man unknowingly spends more and more time in front of the TV as it is more 'convenient' to learn in the comfort of our own homes rather than out in the real world. It should be noted that the more attention humanity gives to entertainment, the more entertainment humanity will provide for themselves (From 2:08 to 2:21, note how the animals are multi-coloured and seem more lively - the Eye purposely presents all the data it collected from the animals in an alluring, appealing manner so that we are captivated and imprisoned within our own devices). As time progresses, Man becomes more and more sedentary in our decadent and 'superior' lifestyle of TV, the internet, and all the other distractions we've created for ourselves in the 21st century. Even those who initially resisted the temptations of such distractions eventually fall under the pressure and norms of humanity and their peers (2:32 - the humans here tried to turn their backs on the TV, but ultimately still succumb to it at 2:44). The Eye keeps the humans occupied and distracted while progressively placing more and more humans into a repetitive 'trance' of silly and pointless entertainment (2:45). Due to the overexposure of pointless content from the TV screen, Man gradually loses their intellect and creativity and the human race spirals down into stupidity. Simultaneously, the Eye keeps mankind monitored by planting new eyes everywhere (3:00) while humanity remains oblivious to the Eye's intentions. The Eye makes it's move on mankind (3:05); abducting several human beings and disassembling them into data much like it did previously with the animals (3:07) in order to gain a better understanding of the human race. Equipped with enough data, the Eye is finally able to put the whole of humanity under it's spell (3:18) - the orange human being at (3:29) represents humanity as a whole. With humankind distracted, occupied and dumbed down, the Eye is able to swiftly eradicate the human race with little to no resistance (3:34). Although man was eradicated, all the animals that had it's data collected and thus 'consumed' by mankind via television are re-released into the wild (3:37). With humanity wiped off the Earth and enough data collected, the Eye creates a physical vessel (4:04) for itself to assume power. It appears to be successful at first; existing in the shape of a man (4:07) and blinking it's eyes. However, due to the lack of human ingenuity, creativity and emotion that humans thrive in but robots lack, it withers and dies shortly after it's birth (4:19) - leaving behind only a scrap of our existence here on Earth. The deer (an animal known for it's psychedelic tendencies), wise to ignore mankind's devices of distraction and depend on themselves for their own happiness, watches quietly from the distance as mankind destroys itself with our own creations (4:52). The story portrayed in the animation represents the artist's prediction of the near future if humanity continues to wallow in the devices and distractions we've created for ourselves. It also serves as a reminder to humanity that we do not need material objects to be happy/satisfied and that we have much to learn from the animals in this respect. Comment your thoughts below!
Interesting since we can see that happening in realtime now. Going back to nature and living with it is the only way. Having a distanced myself from "society" i feel myself like the deer in the end.
Saw this years ago on the big screen at an animation festival hosted by my university. The bit with the outstretched hand falling through the colors at 3:50 was euphoric to witness on that scale
I didn't remember the name of this video so I LITERALLY googled "music video with lots of colors and a deer and a guy with a tv on its head" and this popped out. I am not dissapointed
this music video is what i think it would look like if you stuck your head into some kind of portal of dark or forbidden knowledge. you're only in it for a moment, but you've seen countless lives go by. it's abstract and indescribable and absolutely horrifying in every way. you wish you could un-see it, but you never can. you feel sick. as an artist, i'm super impressed.
I feel like this video is about you’re trying to find a part of yourself, and when you can’t you fall apart. Leaving that one piece to be alone forever.
I was smoking kush with my old friend back in the day and he randomly put this song on, I still play it from time to time, hope you doing good out there Castro
“You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years were rrreal fucking high on drugs." -Bill Hicks
I think the story is, blockhead wanted to entertain the animals, they weren't impressed, so it destroyed them and made people to entertain. the other computers notice, blockhead tried to entertain them too, so it made a giant person watching a tv. then it was too much and couldn't support it, so, without thinking clearly, blockhead became power thirsty, and made a giant human that is a tv. it was then too much to support itself so it completely collapsed. the moral is that if you constantly try to get more, you loose everything. that's my opinion.
And it seems that it somehow continued to live as a deer in the end of the video, which for me basically means that sometimes we make so much complex things to a point where we lose ourselves in it, and in the end maybe the greatest joy one can achive lies in the simpliest things in life.
This is my favorite Music video of all time, have probably watched it 100 times over the years. I like to think that the meaning behind it is as deep as the visuals. I can't even imagine the mind of the artist as he created, but its fascinating. I interpret it to mean: Nature came first -> Then Humans, led by the consumer machine, consume for their pleasure and forget all about nature -> Humans fall and/or go extinct, and even after that nature lives on. And I kinda like the end, how the buck is looking at the human creation remains like "WTF"?
The first video I watch when I first ever smoked weed, brings back many memories, I’ve never been as high as I was that day watching this, I wonder if I’ll ever get that high again, different times man, times just keeps going and going weather your ready for it or not, scary
As someone who has taken quite of acid, I actually do get a lysergic vibe from this. Not necessarily the visuals, but the message it delivers. It's like a breakdown and rebuild kinda vibe for me
or you could just enjoy life without being too analytical like most people on acid, just because some dude said something doesn't make it true we all have different perception on reality
I watched this with a friend a long time ago while we were baked and man this gave, a really great experience it was so trippy we loved every single second of it.
After watching numerous AI generated videos and playing around with Microsoft Bing AI image generator for several days I remembered this music video I first saw in the age of 15 and realized that despite it being 13 years old it feels like such a great caricature on how AI generators perceive, process and represent the visuals of our world. AI takes them, processes as just empty visuals without understanding the way they live and interact with the world, turns it all into one uniform mass and then tries to sculpt what you want out of it, it can seem convinsing but it always lacks the feeling of life, it's always empty and sensless. This understanding made this video even greater for me, even though I realize it's not about it.
thats beautiful. i didnt ecen think avout that but i love what you have wrote. i first saw it at around 12, have always had such a fascination of the concept of machines, thjnfs inspired by nature, turning around and perverting the very creatures that inspired its existance into disgusting homogenous products. very muhc a reflection of the way ai thinks.
It's amazing how the song, animation and weed go well together specially the since the song is about weed. It's like the both the song's artist and animator did a perfect job to design the moment that flows perfectly for us. Great job
My best friend Marcus played this when we were coming up on some of the strongest mushrooms I’ve ever eaten and honestly it was one of those experiences you never can tell anyone about bc it was so ethereal. After that we both went down a hole and they took hold of us but 10/10 going to do it again but will keep this video on repeat
I watched this multiple times on multiple drugs, it feels different all the time. Often it seems very critical towards society to me, but I often felt like it’s like a love letter to this feeling you get when you got the ‚flow‘. Yeah I’m high right now, but I hope you get what I’m trying to explain
This video constantly reminds me that even completely scene drawn animation is even more organic than even the cell animation plus painted backgrounds that were common in the 'golden age' of animation.. And no doubt even more time consuming.
On a highly related topic, to anyone unsure about doing psychedelics, I’d highly recommend them, you don’t really need them but if or when the time comes and you’re mentally ready, I’d suggest doing them with close friends, or have atleast one trip sitter that you absolutely trust. And do them safely, as in recommended amounts and in a safe space. And in all seriousness, have a good time
Had a trip playlist on the other night tripping on 1.5g Liberty Cap lemon Tek, remembered hearing this song, and just spent 3 days finding it. Awesome.
this music video and song have always really spoke to me, and have been so powerful to me. i feel like everyone needs to see this, to understand this before it's too late-more than it already is too late. but im sure many wont get it/will refuse to get it/care/etc.
From time to time I go back to this video. I used to love it when I was on high school, thought it was the strangest most intelligent thing I've ever saw. Today I just feel sad it's been so long something touched me in such a way.
@@bryanmurphy276 no it's not bro. You're on the page for the actual song and video. This was used by adult swim for their off the air show but it is woven into other music videos.
Went to see blockhead perform at silk city diner in Philadelphia. Extra chill dude played a tight set. But turns out the dude who did the animation, Anthony Sheppard, didn't even do it in collaboration with blockhead, he just did the animation project on his own accord. I asked Blockhead about it and he said he had no clue it was even made or anything about it for a while but thought it was awesome. Even better is Anthony from Philadelphia or at least lived in Philadelphia at the time. Crazy how an unofficial collab can be pretty much considered official at this point tho.
![Stuck In the Sound - Let's Go [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/52Gg9CqhbP8/mqdefault.jpg)
one of my best friends who passed away showed me this song while we were tripping. I just randomly came across this video again and re lived that night.
That's powerful man
Damn bro, hope it brings you comfort instead of grief.
Stay strong all love here ❤️🤞🏼
While trippin and remembering my good amigo who passed away 2 months ago. Saw your comment and gave me chills. How I wish they were here… RIP
im sorry for your loss, i feel that dude. a lotta my friends have passed, it's so bittersweet when those memories pop up.
Who has the brain and the hands to animate something like that ? That's impressive.
Animated/Directed by Anthony F. Schepperd.
It really is impressive to imaginary something as weird yet creative as this!
Ever tried acid? ;)
Their hands their poor poor hands
...Or creativity?
no lsd was filmed in the harming of this video
not the bittest slight
@@toshir0m1 If you have tripped before the comment makes much more sense.
@@brendangalvin3414 Yes I have. Slit test the night bot.
oh thank god
the scream of the butterfly is barely visible over the sound of orange
This is genuinely the most beautiful animation i have ever seen in my entire life and I’m not exaggerating at all
Go for felix colgrave pal. Fever the ghost SOURCE for example. This us just... good.
Panda Bear - Boys Latin
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This is pretty typical of 90's EDM videos. You should seek them out. There's some awesome video "loops" out there.
Shroom Room animated this music was made by Blockhead
@@237homer238 wow that was some cartoon network dogshit hahah and the music is bad too
Some of the best visuals I've ever seen in my life.. true masterpiece of creation.
What's the meaning of video? What you think is?
Henrique Bauer its technology controlling everything and then leaving the world with nothing. Thats why at the beginning the deer tried to stop the tv thing from handing the human the remote then the tv tried to get the attention of the animals and they ignored it so the technology piece got mad and destroyed everything and tried to remake everything so everyone sits on the couch and puts their face in the tv and everyone becomes like mind controlled. Then in the end the technology falls and the only thing left was the same deer who tried to stop it from happening
@@Luhmoyn Nice
I made a choice to come back to this comment thread while I had slept and wasn't high, but now it just makes LESS sense!
Electric sheep is good too
This song saved me from the worst trip ever. I'll never forget how good this song feels
My worst trips were a hell I wouldn't wish on anyone, it's like becoming schizo. My best trips on the other hand were heaven and I had taken just enough to have no dysphoria
What were you on?
@@geertgietman drugs
@@a.m.e.i_8410 no shit, which drugs
@@geertgietman gee I wonder
I don’t smoke weed anymore but this will forever make me feel a certain way
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Dude, same
Dude forreal this brings back so many memories of being in high school
@@Unholyspirit ion mess with any of those drugs got a job I wanna keep
Manny congrats on the job but man this hit me a different way on shrooms.
seeing this for the first time while high was an unbelievable experience
my friend showed me this music video a long time ago and the beginning scene with the deer running has always stuck with me as a disjointed memory, I never thought I'd actually find it again
La Luna glad you did
me as well, I've watched one time when it was suggested by RUclips and didn't remember it's name, then I tipped on search: music video acid trip and founded hahahahaha
We call that a joint
I remember this artwork was used in a zeds dead video a long time ago like 2012
Wtf, exact same as me. I always remember that untangled deer from some trippy video, then I found this again.
I keep returning to this video every couple years and I still have new revelations every time I watch it. Truly an artistic masterpiece.
waiting for ya, champ
Hey listen!
"I dont think that was weed bro"
Damnnnn i feel you 😂
4:01 "We call that a joint"
Don’t do drugs kids
@@user-nq2pf9vv5q whoops
some trippy shit right here too ruclips.net/video/zyqVlILfA2M/видео.html
Can we appreciate the animation though? I love the sketchy detail to it. And dude with how detailed this trippy ass video is you know the animators cried after it was done.
It was animated by just a single person
This is that dimension you visit when you rub your eyes too hard
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Ah thank you finally and accurate representation
@@antonyvenneri6264 stop spamming your shit here.
Hahahahahaha
Or smoke DMT
"we call that a joint"
That's acid, my dude.
Or a god joint more like
tis a trippersnipper
watched this the first time i tripped acid, shit was nuts
*Watches while tripping, enters new plane of existence*
Nah i get this fucked up from joints and bongs,ect. I do have a low ass tolerence tho. Also mine isnt laced none of my buddies get fucked off there asses.
Can we all just appreciate this gorgeous animation thanks to whoever brought us this work of art
credits are in the box below video: Animated/Directed by Anthony F. Schepperd.
You think it’s amazing now, watch it while high
Slayrix right?
check dis out yow ruclips.net/video/zyqVlILfA2M/видео.html
This feels like a world where all human life has been absorbed by some screen ai who went on a rampage and when it figured it out it had no audience anymore and the animals weren’t interested in the same things that kept humans entertained, so in a desperate effort it tries to create it’s own audience, which if that was cool enough these visuals are incredible!
Adding on to your theory, there are vines at the beginning. These vines may be the AI robots.
Holy fucking shit! This animation is unbelievable! The music is great too but the way it's synchronised with the animation makes it ten times better.
I love 1:33
I love the colorful animals at 0:31, 1:09 and 2:06, the people walking at 2:27 and that ear thing they did at 3:33. Well, the entire animation is flawless, in my opinion. Every frame by itself is a drawing that you can look at and go "wow that's amazing".
check out riders on the storm(cover) - infected mushroom. It's what I think the animation was originally made for. Anyway, it fits that song perfectly.
Dramawind woow 👀 right
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According the the video artist THIS is the meaning in his own words:
"The album art features a post-human New York City. I kept listening to the song and picturing the music playing out over the decrepit remains of humanity. I could see the animals roaming, not paying any attention, not being able to distinguish the music from any other series of noises. From there I began to feel like our technology would truly miss us. Our forms of entertainment and communication would sit around, dreaming of a day when people would be back to watch and listen."
So if I understand this correctly, the machines became sentient, and when they longed for mankind they started creating clones by doing that unwrapping thing on a lot of animals and then putting them back again as humans?
red_pharoah
Yeah, so the actual artist of this video actually has the meaning in a COMPLETELY different way then what most people are commenting.
whoa
That's pretty interesting. Seems like the artist is thinking outside of the 'human' thinking box.
Dragonstar13
Yes. Of course the SONG has its own "not-as deep," meaning as well. But you would have to be a Blockhead fan and know the "Music Scene," album cover to get it. But maybe you are a Blockhead fan :)
When you take one too many gummy vitamins
Those Flintstones be hitting hard, my guy
@@tcarroll777 Im not your guy, my dude
Full of Vitamin A
@@firstarsch2221 im not your dude, my friend
Ryan E. I’m not your friend, my nigga
More people need to listen to this whole album, not just this even though it’s a great song. I think The Music Scene(2009) is probably one of the best instrumental hip hop albums of the last few years
100% agree, The Daily Routine is definitely another song on the album that tells its own story
Im pretty sure this is psytrance
@@ayeslpirninsev nah psytrance is stuff like vini vici or gabry pote, astrix, phaxe
@@Vyyy290 Ive never heard of those people, I did listen to a psytrance album before so I know what it is. This kinda sounds like it so I just assumed it was.
@indiesoku2939 Thank you, good call.
*suddenly it all makes sense*
You reach level 3 enlighment too, fam?
made sense when i was high
I tripped my face off to this and understood ALL.....
@@brasstacksboxing409 it was so clear
KestrelSB well if you watch this peaking on acid it won’t make sense per se but something will happen
I have watched this video high over 6 times, I've done research and I'm ready to state my theory/analysis.
The screens appear in a post apocalyptic world. The screens face an empty chair that shows a humans seat print. The screens are then submerged by tentacle like beings. The screens are struck by light and become alive. The screens realized they needed an audience to have a sense of purpose. Therefore, they attempt to create a artificial human being to watch the screen. The screens reach out to hand the human a remote but a deer jumps in front of it and the screens become attracted to the deer. So the screens tear the deer a part and strip it of its spirit. The deer manages to escape but the screens are now attracted to all animals and beings of nature. It now becomes mobile to get the attention of the animals but the animals are not interested. The screen becomes angry and completely takes over nature, merging all beings into one living stream controlled by technology.
The screen realizes it still requires humans to watch it, so it presses a button and begins to form individual human beings. The humans are manipulated by the screens and nature begins to be abandoned. The screen now begins to take notice of the other television screens that appear to be lonely. The screen takes control over all technology and becomes even more powerful. The screen has enough power that it decides to create one giant human made up off all beings in nature to watch one large screen. Humans were stripped of their individuality.
The screens outnumber the human and become too powerful for the human to survive. The human then breaks apart, freeing all the animals and spirits. The screen now has one last chance to take over nature, so it creates one more human. Except this human is no longer human, this human is the screen. The screen has no audience, therefore it becomes unsustainable and dies. Where you then watch which i believe to be is the end of mankind.
At the end of the video we see an elk peering at the scene from a distance. The elk is the last existing animal in the world. I personally believe the elk represents hope that nature will always be there even if humans become extinct.
Tess Christie you put into words, exactly how my brain sees this on the other side. I can feel it in my tingled nerves all over my body. Thank you. Beautiful person. 💜
Exactly
No one cares
blue famine Lol thanks for being a shitty person. I guess there has to be negativity so we know what positivity is. Have a beautiful day. You need it.
Yeah..what he said!?
I get it.
ruclips.net/video/5XcKBmdfpWs/видео.html
'And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made..'
xXxDjShamblesxXx de we consume entertainment, or does it consume us?
xXxDjShamblesxXx
That`s a very deep catch, my friend!
Zoe Papillon What do you mean about it?
I knew those lyrics way long before, that`s why I`ve surprised how perfectly they fit video theme anyways. Go find some new ways to speak to people without getting annoyed, get aducated, son.
tecky17 The music's changed but the message has stayed much the same I feel. I thought it fit.
Amazing
One thing I will say is that I respect the creativity of whoever animated this
Video is hypnotizing. Sat there for a good 5 minutes video without blinking. Sort of ironic to the meaning of the video.
Sibgha Rather Ik
Now, watch it high
high as clouds
I think it's the Media, after being abandoned by humanity, tries to manipulate animals/nature into watching TV, but it seems uninterested, so it tries to attack nature and force it to bend to its will. Media then tries to replicate humanity using nature, but ends up failing due to nature's resistance.
Basically, it's Media failing to enslave nature, and that nature triumphs in the end.
Everyone is searching for a meaning, but I think it's actually asking a question.
We create things to serve us. When we are gone, what is their purpose?
mind blow
*blown
I feel like it is saying we are always being controlled
I love this
+Fixie Man I'm pretty sure it's more basic than that, mostly just showing the disconnect from nature, and how people get so content with things that don't matter.
I first found this while looking for trippy videos to watch while high about 12 years ago. Still one of my favs
I don't think I'll ever forget the first time watching this while tripping this shit is life changing if you can get the message
The most life changing thing i ever did tripping was watch the whole Broadway play of American idiot on my TV like the songs and the story hit different
its literally life chainging, like evolotion
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN
But what is the message, i trip and watch but it seems pointless, also not this song but knights in white satin song with this video
The hidden magical part of youtube.
***** Okay thank you
+musicforthewin2 Hidden? 4 mil views?
My point was that this genre of music is hardly advertised
+musicforthewin2 lol k
+BrandonJ TheBJ lol , what is 4000000 to 8000000000
No jokes, I think this is still one of the most formative pieces of music video animation out here on youtube, till this day?? I'm glad I get to watch it again (:
same as usal
Absolutely LOVE how the off-beat rhythm brings it back at 1:41 .. Good stuff!
Definitely my favorite part. 2:07 is pretty cool too.
Im in awe
Im in fear
Its just so beautifully fluid and colorful and has such a meaning that I cant help but feel in my heart.
Your artwork really is a reflection of your self because I have never seen something so uniquely incredible before.
So I just put on a random playlist and start gringing my buds. And at the exact moment as I start rolling the joint, I suddenly hear "we call that a joint."
Lovely coincidence and lovely music.
Love it!
Just remember
Don't do vegetables,
Stay in drugs,
Eat your school.
Stay in vegetables
Eat your drugs
Don’t do school
original comment ha ha
what is drugs?
what is reality?
Don’t your school stay in eat
Every time I listen to this song I can't help but stop what I'm doing to just be mesmerized by the fantastic animation.
You gotta watch MovaKween - Downward Remix. It will definitely put you in a trance lol
first watched this when I was 17 in high school in my friends basement. Now im 27 with a wife and soon kids. Damn youtube recommended making me realize how fast time goes by.
Just came here with a similar story. How is life going for you?
I'm not sure exactly WHAT happened here, but I know it wouldn't have happened if that deer hadnt jumped in front of the chair so. Whatever this is, it's his fault
HIS FAULT?! can't you see fellow... the dear SAVED the man in the chair, And because he saved his live, He was granted the obligation to show his his un for-scene future in which he was saved from.
The deers was the representation of spiritual life of many of the ancient civilizations
#sarcasm #irony
Lmfao
It's supposed to be an anticonsumer message.
My interpretation of this is that television and a lot of things we create tend to become our way of finding satisfaction and we push our desire to unhealthy levels. The animals in the video ignore such things like watching t.v. because they are being natural. We keep trying to satisfy ourselves instead of simply existing like the animals.
btw, the video animation and music are really awesome too!
Nice interpretation but your obvious and typical observation is wrong sadly, the artiste isn't that predictable
I remember first watching this on Off The Air on Adult Swim when I was 10. Saying it blew my mind is an understatement
I watch this all the time when im high, it never fails to show me just how much expression can be captured in art like this - it's a really beautiful piece of art to me :)
I stay up on adult swim just to watch this, i love these videos
I wonder how many hundreds of hours this animation took to make.
we used prooters. Took a day.
Hinarf Narfy What are prooters? Computers?
With a small team of 4 or 5, I'd say it took maybe a few days to a week. Then again, I don't know.
Milk.
MutterBilk Media It's made by ONE animator: Anthony Schepperd and took 5 months to finish.
MutterBilk Media you are crazy lol xD
It takes up to 2 months for a single SIMPLE animator to make a average 1-2 minute film working nonstop.
Considering how complicated this one is, it prolly took 2 months per 1 minute. This is just to animate, then you need to color it and compose it...it's really hard work and it would take few months even for a group of animators. When I was working in the studio it took us 2-3 weeks to make 1 minute of stop motion [it was group of 3 people working from 8am to 8pm]
We call that a joint...
I aint never seen a joint that looked anything like that before..
phone nose I mean... that´s what i heard from the song... ¨We call that a joint, we call that a joint, we call that a joint...¨.
+Nicodamus Yeah I heard the same thing. 😅 But I chose to ignore it and make a shitty joke instead.
SO SUE ME
phone nose k :/
its the joint between television and humans man thats why it repeats it man
I usually listen and watch the vid/ song as I’m going to sleep at the time in my trip when it’s time to go to be. It’s been a routine for me and I’m glad others enjoy this at least a bit in one way or another
There's definitely a psychedelic influence to the animation. In my opinion, the main message the artist is trying to convey here is that: "investing too much energy and dependency on our own creations and devices will eventually lead us to our own doom. Yet nature always finds a way and prevails, and we must not forget that we are all in this together, for we are all residents of planet Earth, both animals and humans alike".
Here's my interpretation of the animation:
The orb-like organism with the eye (0:15) represents humanity's presence on Earth, human ingenuity, and synthetic devices in the form of a cyber life form (an Artificial Intelligence, much like Skynet from Terminator) that attempts to eradicate mankind. We'll call this strange organism 'The Eye'.
The Eye sets out to observe and learn about the universe and it's surroundings. But in doing so, the Eye unknowingly leaves a path of destruction in it's wake (0:52) - think of it as our carbon footprint if you may, or the depopulation of animals and wildlife due to our overconsumption, etc. Although the animals are exposed to the Eye (or alternatively, the influences and consequences of our presence on the planet), they are content and satisfied with the life they are leading on their own in mother nature; turning away and ignoring the 'TV screen' (if you look closely, the Eye attempts to replicate and imitate the animals on the screen by ridiculing them after observing them - 0:58).
Annoyed and angry that the animals are unaffected by the 'TV screen' (1:05), the Eye is determined to learn more about the animals. It achieves this by breaking down the animals into smaller bits and pieces (1:10) and shining the spotlight on them - forcibly abducting the animals from their natural habitat (much like how humans created zoos) in order to obtain all the data it possibly can (1:16). The Eye then processes all of the extracted animal information into a river of data (1:19).
The Data River is then re-packaged by the Eye and released back into the Manosphere (1:36) so that humanity may learn about the outside world via television (ironically, the more we learn and progress, the more we box ourselves in with our petty inventions - 1:39). Mesmerised and stimulated by the contents on the screen (1:44), man unknowingly spends more and more time in front of the TV as it is more 'convenient' to learn in the comfort of our own homes rather than out in the real world. It should be noted that the more attention humanity gives to entertainment, the more entertainment humanity will provide for themselves (From 2:08 to 2:21, note how the animals are multi-coloured and seem more lively - the Eye purposely presents all the data it collected from the animals in an alluring, appealing manner so that we are captivated and imprisoned within our own devices).
As time progresses, Man becomes more and more sedentary in our decadent and 'superior' lifestyle of TV, the internet, and all the other distractions we've created for ourselves in the 21st century. Even those who initially resisted the temptations of such distractions eventually fall under the pressure and norms of humanity and their peers (2:32 - the humans here tried to turn their backs on the TV, but ultimately still succumb to it at 2:44).
The Eye keeps the humans occupied and distracted while progressively placing more and more humans into a repetitive 'trance' of silly and pointless entertainment (2:45). Due to the overexposure of pointless content from the TV screen, Man gradually loses their intellect and creativity and the human race spirals down into stupidity. Simultaneously, the Eye keeps mankind monitored by planting new eyes everywhere (3:00) while humanity remains oblivious to the Eye's intentions.
The Eye makes it's move on mankind (3:05); abducting several human beings and disassembling them into data much like it did previously with the animals (3:07) in order to gain a better understanding of the human race. Equipped with enough data, the Eye is finally able to put the whole of humanity under it's spell (3:18) - the orange human being at (3:29) represents humanity as a whole. With humankind distracted, occupied and dumbed down, the Eye is able to swiftly eradicate the human race with little to no resistance (3:34). Although man was eradicated, all the animals that had it's data collected and thus 'consumed' by mankind via television are re-released into the wild (3:37).
With humanity wiped off the Earth and enough data collected, the Eye creates a physical vessel (4:04) for itself to assume power. It appears to be successful at first; existing in the shape of a man (4:07) and blinking it's eyes. However, due to the lack of human ingenuity, creativity and emotion that humans thrive in but robots lack, it withers and dies shortly after it's birth (4:19) - leaving behind only a scrap of our existence here on Earth.
The deer (an animal known for it's psychedelic tendencies), wise to ignore mankind's devices of distraction and depend on themselves for their own happiness, watches quietly from the distance as mankind destroys itself with our own creations (4:52).
The story portrayed in the animation represents the artist's prediction of the near future if humanity continues to wallow in the devices and distractions we've created for ourselves. It also serves as a reminder to humanity that we do not need material objects to be happy/satisfied and that we have much to learn from the animals in this respect.
Comment your thoughts below!
Thanks! I put a lot of thought into it while I was stoned and I remember being determined to identify the deeper meaning behind the animation.
Interesting since we can see that happening in realtime now. Going back to nature and living with it is the only way. Having a distanced myself from "society" i feel myself like the deer in the end.
this really tripped me out thanks for letting me understand 👍🏽
who?
Really I just thought someone took lsd
I dig the vibes. This song is still good after all these years. Acid Jazz needs to make a comeback.
15: get trippy watching this on weed
17: get trippy watching this on ecstasy
18: get trippy watching this on acid
27: get trippy
Milla Sensi 42
nah not on x lad haha
Joe Howard id say 17 is coke
Get some dmt
u died at 16
Saw this years ago on the big screen at an animation festival hosted by my university. The bit with the outstretched hand falling through the colors at 3:50 was euphoric to witness on that scale
Anthony Scheppard is a beast. Great visual art and great music rolled into one is the best.
I didn't remember the name of this video so I LITERALLY googled "music video with lots of colors and a deer and a guy with a tv on its head" and this popped out. I am not dissapointed
Kids, don't stay in and watch TV, go out in nature and do drugs.
the only reason im hear is to watch this tripping
Something tells me that would be a much better outcome.
Agreed..
whiro77 then watch this
Smonk the kush in the bush
Okay so this is the original song to this video. So glad to finally find it. I’ve seen countless songs being used with this video.
this music video is what i think it would look like if you stuck your head into some kind of portal of dark or forbidden knowledge. you're only in it for a moment, but you've seen countless lives go by. it's abstract and indescribable and absolutely horrifying in every way. you wish you could un-see it, but you never can. you feel sick.
as an artist, i'm super impressed.
Pause this anywhere and you have a perfect desktop wallpaper!
not really
In 1:04 hahaha
Eu fiz isso e fiquei com a imagem da bunda amarela sentada no sofá
3:14 hmmmm
True
One of my favorite things is to find different songs, whether its edm or dubstep to go along with the video. Such an awesome piece of work.
It’s a good song on its own and crazy animation but there’s also symbolism here
I would love to read the book version. Such interesting philosophy at play here
Read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. That's a start
There’s a book?
Pictures speak more than 1000 words
Me too
i's would like to drink diarrhea
I feel like this video is about you’re trying to find a part of yourself, and when you can’t you fall apart. Leaving that one piece to be alone forever.
Music video: technology is taking over us
Us while watching using technology:
*w i l d*
Irony
😂
@@jamiemelton1930 fr
Your name takes me back to the story of a couple friends ben doverson and anthony jabloemi
Clyde frog
2:55 is where we are at in the story. the colossus is threatened by our observation and transforms itself in order to completely subsume us
I was smoking kush with my old friend back in the day and he randomly put this song on, I still play it from time to time, hope you doing good out there Castro
“You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years were rrreal fucking high on drugs."
-Bill Hicks
That's a Tool's song
Tool baby
drugs are bad mkaay
Tool used that Bill Hicks quote in a song yes
There's too many things for my brain to process.
I've been very into animation and music lately and just came across this. One of the best things i've seen. Very inspiring!
I grew up watching this, and now that I make animated music videos this is what I aspire to still!
What software you use for that?
Discovered this almost 10 years ago. Still here listening and continuing to share.
I think the story is, blockhead wanted to entertain the animals, they weren't impressed, so it destroyed them and made people to entertain. the other computers notice, blockhead tried to entertain them too, so it made a giant person watching a tv. then it was too much and couldn't support it, so, without thinking clearly, blockhead became power thirsty, and made a giant human that is a tv. it was then too much to support itself so it completely collapsed. the moral is that if you constantly try to get more, you loose everything. that's my opinion.
Shelley Lazzaro That's actually exactly what I thought first time around watching this. It's not a bad take on it either!
And it seems that it somehow continued to live as a deer in the end of the video, which for me basically means that sometimes we make so much complex things to a point where we lose ourselves in it, and in the end maybe the greatest joy one can achive lies in the simpliest things in life.
This is my favorite Music video of all time, have probably watched it 100 times over the years. I like to think that the meaning behind it is as deep as the visuals. I can't even imagine the mind of the artist as he created, but its fascinating. I interpret it to mean: Nature came first -> Then Humans, led by the consumer machine, consume for their pleasure and forget all about nature -> Humans fall and/or go extinct, and even after that nature lives on. And I kinda like the end, how the buck is looking at the human creation remains like "WTF"?
The first video I watch when I first ever smoked weed, brings back many memories, I’ve never been as high as I was that day watching this, I wonder if I’ll ever get that high again, different times man, times just keeps going and going weather your ready for it or not, scary
Me too bro. I remember making this video the first thing I watched. I swear it felt like an hour long movie. We really all do live similar lives.
I found this song while stoned and I'm so glad I did.
same lol
Does the clip make sense while stoned ? Kappa
Same. Those few times when recommendations pay off
I usually roll my eyes at "trippy" videos, but this is actually pretty creative.
After all these years this is still amazing.
10 years ago, I discovered this music video.
One of my all time favorites.
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@@baltrus5915 I'll save it for later. It looks like I would enjoy it a little bit more under the influence of psychedelics.
When people that have obviously never taken LSD talk about what taking LSD is like...
Yup nothing like laughing for 12 hours 😒
I mean, you don't *see* all this. But you could *feel* it.
Visually this is more like Salvia or DMT.
@Aiden McArthur Nothing to be proud of mate,im some random guy on the internet, but dont do acid til you're much older....
@@eloquitodelaesquina tru 🌠
As someone who has taken quite of acid, I actually do get a lysergic vibe from this. Not necessarily the visuals, but the message it delivers. It's like a breakdown and rebuild kinda vibe for me
When people talk about their trips(lsd) and are like "I just laughed for 12 hours" I always think to myself.. *DID YOU LEARN NOTHING!?*
see you get it.
@@AbeDorf18 Terrence McKenna: "psychedelics are for the intelligent, they dont work on stupid people"
Gavin Ramsey I love that man
Bro my same fucking thoughts everytime i drop i always learn something
or you could just enjoy life without being too analytical like most people on acid, just because some dude said something doesn't make it true we all have different perception on reality
reminder for myself this video is about how things and amazing times end and now you sit and look back and feel like you did not enjoy it enough
Lmao, this comment reminds me of when high me always writes shit for future me, except I actually have a dedicated Google doc for it.
@@grimbogremlin4291 thats smart ngl
I watched this with a friend a long time ago while we were baked and man this gave, a really great experience it was so trippy we loved every single second of it.
*_HOW IT FEELS TO CHEW FIVE GUM_*
*Stimulate your senses*
See crap 💩 I have just been in
Good
I'm trippin and this comment t made my life so good 😂😂😂
This one too funny I’m so high too😂
that deer at the end was like, what the fuck did I just see.
Aletse Sellav We all were
A.F. Schepperd created the entire animation just under 5 months, only working within Flash.
After watching numerous AI generated videos and playing around with Microsoft Bing AI image generator for several days I remembered this music video I first saw in the age of 15 and realized that despite it being 13 years old it feels like such a great caricature on how AI generators perceive, process and represent the visuals of our world. AI takes them, processes as just empty visuals without understanding the way they live and interact with the world, turns it all into one uniform mass and then tries to sculpt what you want out of it, it can seem convinsing but it always lacks the feeling of life, it's always empty and sensless. This understanding made this video even greater for me, even though I realize it's not about it.
Same thought when I saw the monkey with the bananas going through its head haha
thats beautiful. i didnt ecen think avout that but i love what you have wrote. i first saw it at around 12, have always had such a fascination of the concept of machines, thjnfs inspired by nature, turning around and perverting the very creatures that inspired its existance into disgusting homogenous products. very muhc a reflection of the way ai thinks.
god finally a good and insightful comment into the visual storytelling and not just "ehehe drugs"
Happy 420 to everyone who came to watch this after getting high! We’re all on your level x
How do you know
I am high
ROGER GAMINGYT wait how do u know I’m high
Wait I want talking about you
@@meg3167 because I am high
This video has such a deep meaning. We are all stuck on our screens it takes away from going outside and exploring nature
It's amazing how the song, animation and weed go well together specially the since the song is about weed. It's like the both the song's artist and animator did a perfect job to design the moment that flows perfectly for us. Great job
How is this song about weed? 😆 🤣
@@chave6907 because it says "We call that a joint" about 10 times, it's about getting high
My best friend Marcus played this when we were coming up on some of the strongest mushrooms I’ve ever eaten and honestly it was one of those experiences you never can tell anyone about bc it was so ethereal. After that we both went down a hole and they took hold of us but 10/10 going to do it again but will keep this video on repeat
I watched this multiple times on multiple drugs, it feels different all the time. Often it seems very critical towards society to me, but I often felt like it’s like a love letter to this feeling you get when you got the ‚flow‘. Yeah I’m high right now, but I hope you get what I’m trying to explain
Yeah sure dude
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what
What a work of art! Whoever made this,I'm legitimately so fucking proud of you....
This video constantly reminds me that even completely scene drawn animation is even more organic than even the cell animation plus painted backgrounds that were common in the 'golden age' of animation.. And no doubt even more time consuming.
İ used to get high and watch this,it blew my mind everytime,artistic fluidity of trippy animation and the shivering symbolic meaning in every drawing.
You def gotta watch MovaKween - Peachy
This video is 10 yrs old, yet it makes so much sense right now in 2020.
On a highly related topic, to anyone unsure about doing psychedelics, I’d highly recommend them, you don’t really need them but if or when the time comes and you’re mentally ready, I’d suggest doing them with close friends, or have atleast one trip sitter that you absolutely trust. And do them safely, as in recommended amounts and in a safe space. And in all seriousness, have a good time
Had a trip playlist on the other night tripping on 1.5g Liberty Cap lemon Tek, remembered hearing this song, and just spent 3 days finding it. Awesome.
this music video and song have always really spoke to me, and have been so powerful to me. i feel like everyone needs to see this, to understand this before it's too late-more than it already is too late. but im sure many wont get it/will refuse to get it/care/etc.
I would love to understand this visual message
@@richardkatongole5067i think the message is that humanity is in the proccess of destroying itself with technology
@@richardkatongole5067i think the message is that humanity is in the proccess of destroying itself with technology
My friend is watching this while she trips the fuck out on LSD.
I think she's having an existential crisis.
I first seen this on acid, fucking craaaaazy. in a good way.
This animation is on a whole other level.
Bajle un o oco
From time to time I go back to this video. I used to love it when I was on high school, thought it was the strangest most intelligent thing I've ever saw. Today I just feel sad it's been so long something touched me in such a way.
this was my jam in middle school. just found it again. still holds up
Would love to watch more videos like that. Full lenght movie coming soon?
This is from Off The Air an Adult Swim show.
@@bryanmurphy276 no it's not bro. You're on the page for the actual song and video. This was used by adult swim for their off the air show but it is woven into other music videos.
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@@antonyvenneri6264 this is awesome, thank you
@@michaelneiss9513 thank you my friend
me before watching this: eh i’m not that high maybe this’ll just enhance it
me rn: 👁
👁👁
👄
JAJAJAKAKAKKAA
🎈👏😂
Sameeee
This is a legendary song and video. Never turned back since Uncle Tony's Coloring Book. Thanks Blockhead.
Went to see blockhead perform at silk city diner in Philadelphia. Extra chill dude played a tight set. But turns out the dude who did the animation, Anthony Sheppard, didn't even do it in collaboration with blockhead, he just did the animation project on his own accord. I asked Blockhead about it and he said he had no clue it was even made or anything about it for a while but thought it was awesome. Even better is Anthony from Philadelphia or at least lived in Philadelphia at the time. Crazy how an unofficial collab can be pretty much considered official at this point tho.
socks it is crazy indeed , he’s a genius