Aesop has struggled with mental health issues and isolation, so you are definitely picking up on that vibe. Some context about this song is that it comes from a concept album heavily influenced by Aesop taking a journey to South America and Southeast Asia, to include his experiences with ayahuasca. The beginning of the album starts off with a song about being at the gates of the “spirit world.” Jumping Coffin is roughly in the middle. Using the metaphor of the spirit world for a novel experience or a challenging psychedelic experience, Aesop is in the middle of a paradigm changing experience and realizing that sometimes you have to “let it in.” One of the things often taught to folks looking at psychedelics is not to fight the experience.
You do an impressive analysis for a first listen and only knowing a dozen of his songs. This track appeared on his album titled Spirit World Field Guide. A concept album following a narrator through an alternate world, including "hallucinatory images of killer eels, magic spells, and people on the run" and "anecdotes, recipes, survival tips, warnings, maps, and drawings". The image of the rabbit is used in other videos from the album. Maybe you can add The Gates or Kodokushi from said album to your list. Nice reaction.
Helll yeah, if you like the cryptic style aes carries. Rob Sonic is great, and Hail Mary Mallon (a collaboration between Aesop and Rob) is amazing. Dope video!
A coffin is also a skateboarding term, and I think Aes used to skate? I’m almost positive he did, just not quite enough to commit 100%. Gives another layer to the skateboarding aspect of the video though. Your catching onto the loner/ghost themes reminds me of one of my favorite songs of his, also from this album (probably not a good one for a reaction but I’d sure love to see it): I go from a homie to bogey and ghost; I’m sorry if you know me as both. (From Gauze.)
the only thing that tries to live forever is cancer. it literally turns off the expiration date of the cell in hopes of becoming immortal. everything in our known uNiVerse is evidence that once something alive, dies, it becomes even MORE connected to LIFE & provide life STRENGTH, that we were taking when we were alive mouth-breathers...just saying I LOVE WHEN AES SATURATES U IN HIS WORDS & THEN ENDS W/ 'SUP' sooooo funny within all the depth of seriousness
One of my favorite things about his music is the multiple layers of possible meanings. Here are a few: 8:45 addy-address. When your location is off the map (thar be dragons was a spot in the middle of the ocean on old globes, possibly in the location of Indonesia where Komodo dragons were found) 15:20 never left the etch-a-sketch is an interesting way to say, never made it past the drawing board 16:25 retreating into solitude and doing drugs to escape Also of note: 1:45 he used rotoscoping to create this music video 20:20 it’s related to the rest of the music videos for the Spirit World Field Guide album. You’ll have to watch them all in order for any of it to make sense That line about “it’s all jazz, like an alphabet to Saul Bass. You should really look him up and his work. He invented type font, in my opinion. At the very least, he was a visionary pioneer
I really enjoy all these details, the capability of individual interpretability of his music is one of the things I greatly respect him for. Also, very cool that this was rotoscoped! The movement felt very real, but I couldn't figure out how they did it. I'm interested in what you said about Saul Bass too, I might look into him for a later video!
I had no idea who Saul Bass was until I heard this song. The flow of these particular bars hooked me, so I decided to look him up. Boy was I shocked. I’m looking forward to your assessment of his work, if you choose to do a deep dive on it
I'm a huge cinephile, and Saul Bass is like the patron saint of title treatments. His work on the titles for so many movies, Anatomy of a Murder and The Man With the Golden Arm being a couple of personal favorites, absolutely revolutionized storytelling through lettering.
The visual effect is called chromatic aberration. it comes from defects in camera lenses, TV processing chains, etc. Later, it became popular to simulate. Great video by the way!
@@CliffSedge-nu5fv He is new, these themes are dense and with little to no built in rap thesaurus, this content is tough. He is stitching together re occurring loner themes and having fun in the over sensory. Great is accurate, considering 9/10 people you ask to decode Ase can't and won't.
Aesop has struggled with mental health issues and isolation, so you are definitely picking up on that vibe. Some context about this song is that it comes from a concept album heavily influenced by Aesop taking a journey to South America and Southeast Asia, to include his experiences with ayahuasca. The beginning of the album starts off with a song about being at the gates of the “spirit world.” Jumping Coffin is roughly in the middle. Using the metaphor of the spirit world for a novel experience or a challenging psychedelic experience, Aesop is in the middle of a paradigm changing experience and realizing that sometimes you have to “let it in.” One of the things often taught to folks looking at psychedelics is not to fight the experience.
You do an impressive analysis for a first listen and only knowing a dozen of his songs. This track appeared on his album titled Spirit World Field Guide. A concept album following a narrator through an alternate world, including "hallucinatory images of killer eels, magic spells, and people on the run" and "anecdotes, recipes, survival tips, warnings, maps, and drawings". The image of the rabbit is used in other videos from the album. Maybe you can add The Gates or Kodokushi from said album to your list. Nice reaction.
You are clearly getting more comfortable. Another great analysis man. Congratulations on 100. Here’s to 1K
Kudos brother! Thank you for reacting!
Thanks for sticking around!
Helll yeah, if you like the cryptic style aes carries. Rob Sonic is great, and Hail Mary Mallon (a collaboration between Aesop and Rob) is amazing. Dope video!
A coffin is also a skateboarding term, and I think Aes used to skate? I’m almost positive he did, just not quite enough to commit 100%. Gives another layer to the skateboarding aspect of the video though.
Your catching onto the loner/ghost themes reminds me of one of my favorite songs of his, also from this album (probably not a good one for a reaction but I’d sure love to see it): I go from a homie to bogey and ghost; I’m sorry if you know me as both. (From Gauze.)
the only thing that tries to live forever is cancer. it literally turns off the expiration date of the cell in hopes of becoming immortal. everything in our known uNiVerse is evidence that once something alive, dies, it becomes even MORE connected to LIFE & provide life STRENGTH, that we were taking when we were alive mouth-breathers...just saying I LOVE WHEN AES SATURATES U IN HIS WORDS & THEN ENDS W/ 'SUP' sooooo funny within all the depth of seriousness
This video is cancer.
One of my favorite things about his music is the multiple layers of possible meanings. Here are a few:
8:45 addy-address. When your location is off the map (thar be dragons was a spot in the middle of the ocean on old globes, possibly in the location of Indonesia where Komodo dragons were found)
15:20 never left the etch-a-sketch is an interesting way to say, never made it past the drawing board
16:25 retreating into solitude and doing drugs to escape
Also of note:
1:45 he used rotoscoping to create this music video
20:20 it’s related to the rest of the music videos for the Spirit World Field Guide album. You’ll have to watch them all in order for any of it to make sense
That line about “it’s all jazz, like an alphabet to Saul Bass. You should really look him up and his work. He invented type font, in my opinion. At the very least, he was a visionary pioneer
I really enjoy all these details, the capability of individual interpretability of his music is one of the things I greatly respect him for. Also, very cool that this was rotoscoped! The movement felt very real, but I couldn't figure out how they did it. I'm interested in what you said about Saul Bass too, I might look into him for a later video!
I had no idea who Saul Bass was until I heard this song. The flow of these particular bars hooked me, so I decided to look him up. Boy was I shocked. I’m looking forward to your assessment of his work, if you choose to do a deep dive on it
I'm a huge cinephile, and Saul Bass is like the patron saint of title treatments. His work on the titles for so many movies, Anatomy of a Murder and The Man With the Golden Arm being a couple of personal favorites, absolutely revolutionized storytelling through lettering.
The visual effect is called chromatic aberration. it comes from defects in camera lenses, TV processing chains, etc. Later, it became popular to simulate.
Great video by the way!
Thanks! I couldn't think of the name for it.
Please do p.o.s optimist next
Ooooooor it’s a bit of a love letter to his friend
Keep grinding man, great breakdowns on dense material. You rock!
No, they are not great. These lyrical breakdowns are nonsense.
@@CliffSedge-nu5fv He is new, these themes are dense and with little to no built in rap thesaurus, this content is tough. He is stitching together re occurring loner themes and having fun in the over sensory.
Great is accurate, considering 9/10 people you ask to decode Ase can't and won't.