The Autotelic Self (Original prog rock song)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This is a prog rock song from my 2014 album "Brighter Skies". It's quite different from the stuff on the new album, but for me personally, this is my favorite of all the songs I've made throughout the years! So it needed a video, and here it is.
Lyrics:
a world full of burdens
and other sheer distractions
can alter the mind so that
we're no longer free
confronted by permanent
stress and false attractions
we cannot enjoy our
lives the full degree
living in faulty sanity
in our new world
it's easy to get so bewitched by ads
to be good-looking, wealthy and powerful
we all have the opportunity to be imaginative
but false desires can cloud our mind
we're becoming
mindless puppets
living in a
cage of burdens
this attendance
turning into dependence
it's so hard to keep sane
living behind lock and chain
[instrumental]
we are becoming
mindless zombies
living in a
cage of burdens
this attendance
turning into dependence
it's so hard to keep sane
when our lives are spent in vain
PART 2
falling down into pieces
when you realize you've removed from
all the power and motivation
now you see it's nothing but deceit
and you feel disillusion
how could you have reason to stay here?
will your world be this way forever?
now it's all off-beat
do I have to surrender
to this place where nothing has meaning?
only my broken mind protects me
in a life with nothing to believe
thinking of new solutions
to achieve my own absolution
can I live in my own new dreamworld?
should I self-deceive?
[instrumental]
PART 4
feeling totally focused now
though unable to explain how
being carried on by the flow
staying peaceful inside of its glow
see that nothing else matters now
all your worries you disallow
living life in its purest form
far removed from the volatile norm
self-transcendence
commitment, independence and flow
an optimal experience
enhancing your resilience
reaching the perfect harmony
Composed and recorded by FreddeGredde: freddegredde.com
Drums and mix/master by Louis Abramson: jollyband.com
Animated by Will Wright: tyokio@hotmail.co.uk
Lyrics by FreddeGredde, Karen Graw and Michael Sujatta
Now I want an actual FreddeGredde video game!
Me too. :D
if you made music for one, that'd be cool too :y
The art in this video is already good enough to make a good platformer game. I even saw good game mechanics!
First year game programmer at Skövde Höskola, hook me up with an artist and we got this ;)
Erik Rodriguez do you have a website or some way of contacting you?
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
The sheer amount of talent on this channel, both within music and in animation. It's floody wonderful. Awesome. Well done. Very, very well done. Hahaha.
I love how well the video is synched with the music!
I love Louis' drum sounds and his skills... %100 my taste of drums.
This is one of the coolest video concepts I've ever seen. It reminds me of Califonication, only this looks better.
I have to comment again because I forgot how good this fucking song is.
SON. That melodic idea that's put in at around 3:45 is so fucking good, and then when it kicks in to the full riff at 5:10 (and the riff at 4:10) got DAMN
Thank you! :D Yeah I think my favorite is the theme at 4:10. (Variants of it also come in at 2:34, 3:35 and 4:44!)
Been watching your stuff since you came out with the Mega Man 9 Medley and I still come back to your stuff regularly. I bought 13/8 and Brighter Skies the day they were released (even got a cool Vulpix drawing with 13/8 you created as a gift for early buyers). I still listen to those albums all the time to this day, along with your other work. I don't know if you will ever see this, but if you do, I want you to know that I truly appreciate your gift of music. This was an incredibly well made music video to go a long with a great song!
We all need our villains. That was fantastic. Loved the symbolism, the game, and the song
This is awesome! I remember playing Pokemon to this album & thirteen eight. so connecting a video game to this is a great idea
Always love your mix of time signatures, dude. Great lyrical storytelling too!
Thanks! :) I'm just a sucker for odd time signatures.
Amazing video, awesome music! Beautiful!
Yes!!!! More love for BS! This album's been on heavy rotation for me since it came out. I'm still totally excited to hear what this new album has in store but man never stop with the prog stuff I love it. Great vid too!
Another great video!! Retro-style animation!
This clip really reminds me of little big planet. It's awesome!
I really liked the Prog Rock on your last album. Don't stop making this kind of music - you have skills here!
This video is amazing! My personal favorite on Brighter Skies is "This Fragile Existence". I also love the nylon guitar solo on "Your Life". I guess I'm just ranting about your songs now. I used to play your music for my little siblings when I drove them to school and they loved it!
Thank you! :) I also have a soft spot for This Fragile Existence. But all songs on that album are dear to me. :D
I really like the song and the animation. I would love to play this game!
I love the message of this song, and game animation is great! Maybe my fav from BS but it's so solid album that it's hard to pick a fav.
Thank you! :)
There is so much beauty and Love put into this! We can only pray that those who listen for his Message would see it and accept his salvation in Grace!
Lonely Starlight is my personal favorite but this song is close! :) Such an intriguing music video as well!
Honestly, after listening to this song for the 100th time I came to the conclusion this might be my favorite song of yours as well. Well done Fredrik, gives me goosebumps!
Awesome!! You're so talented, it's insane
waah incredible song! Especially loving the music from lvl 6, 7 and the ending. prog rock at its finest~
Thank you! :)
So beautiful! Guacamelee meets Tenacious D and the pick of destiny + pure art.
Great video and really nice song and animations again, i love this animation-style :)
This was gorgeous in every way! Great job 😃
amazing animation, and great song. really good message behind it too.
The tempo downswing near the end makes me smile inside. Every time.
Viewer # 1337 :D
Great song, and what an awesome animation to it as well!
This is awesome! Totally has a Rayman Origins/Legends feel to it
Awesome song and video!!
great song, great lyrics, great transitions and an awesome animated video for the song!
Loved the storytelling, very relatable...
Amazing. Amazing. Like everything I want in a FreddeGredde music video. 10/10.
AWESOME!
BEAUTIFUL!
my favorite song from the last album.
AMAZING, I love it. Freddie you're awesome. Greetings from Argentina!
I always liked your prog rock, but this song also inspired me to keep making music. I'm glad you decided to make a video of it
It sounds magnificent!!! I see a lot of similarities to King Crimson which is even more stupendous
Thank you! :)
I couldn't help but interpret this as the story of your youtube career. It started off with the best of intentions but your network got in the way of your creativity. So you needed time in distant lands to find once again your passion for music. Maybe I'm reading too deeply into it!
Hehe, that's one interpretation! But I wrote the song before I had any network problems! The lyrics are a bit more general than that. :)
Your concept of music is mindblowing man! :D
This is amazing
Thank you! :)
Also I miss your medleys , Please consider a batman one if possible you'd nail it :))) :D
Damn man, this is fantastic
There it finally is! I remember you showing the WIP version :D
release that game! I'm loving it already 😍
I'm loving your comeback dude
Wow, just amazing work man!
Amazing!
So Amazing, aaah i wish there was a game with your music in it. might make it someday :)
Amazing
The animation and song go so well together, it's awesome :)
This may be my fave video from you and I love a lot of your output !
Was on your website a few days back and was surprised you were over here in the Philippines. Glad to see you publish more stuff man, me and my brother are big fans. Wish we could've saw you play live or something
Super proud of how awesome this music has been. Good job man
Only having listened to it a few times, I already know that this will be one of my favourite songs by you. The composition is great, the different melodies are too and I absolutely love the video. Glad to see you've uploaded a music video of a "Brighter Skies" song! I would love to see more like this in the future.
Love the vid .. great music ... u r a talented composer !
I can't help but to think that there is an extremely artistic undertone to the story. Im thinking that in the beginning you're picking up music notes representing love for music and playing for the passion behind it, but then everything turns when you stop collecting music and start collecting money, representing corporations wanting to make a fortune off of an artist and the endgame is the artist struggling to find his passion in music again. Through all of this he is traveling and seeing the world, and in the end he found his passion in music again
You're on to something for sure! :)
My God. I watched your MegaMan 9 and Wind Waker videos nearly when they came out. I hadn't seen what you've been up to, but checking on what you've made, the fact you're below even just 500k subs is a crime of mankind. This is far beyond a majority of the music I've seen these days.
I think one reason might be that I barely posted anything between 2012-2017... And just that I've never posted regularly to begin with. And that a lot of my stuff isn't popular at all, like this one, sadly. :D Thanks though! :)
It still is absolutely a shame. The composition and instrumentation is absolutely beautiful. Prog Rock is a lost art, I say.
Thank you! It's one of my favorite own creations. :)
This is totally fantastic
Animation was awesome
Super!
Wow.
Pretty awesome. Reminded me a bit of Shantae (Well, since it's also a platformer, the parallels are obvious).
Of course the music was stunning as well.
This is so great!!
Well that's one way to tell your life story
I love your videos specially your videogame medley's keep making more😀
you deserve a lot more subs and views
amen !!
Fuck yeah, this song is so sick Fredde, I loved it when it came out.
Make a video for Meltdown lol, though I guess you kind of did.
It's more like, I made a song based on the video. :D What a weird idea... But thanks!
Dude you produce amazing content and it seriously gets better as the years go along :D Can't wait for more!
Holy shit wow, this is amazing!
Reminds me of Ronald Jenkees new musicvideo called "Quest for the jam".
I Love that the style of these two musicvideos is a game.
Continue being åsm, Fredde! :D
It reminded me of 孔明の罠 - Kaizo Trap from Guy Collins Animation. All are great, including FreddeGredde's The Autotelic Self. :)
I really like this. So cool. Good work. Awesome
Oh yeah! I love your gaming adventure on this video, also the final boss is epic XD Anyway wonderful song remembering me a little bit King Crimson and Dream Theater :)
This is great and a lot to think about.
such a cool animation and its a great idea for a game too!
You are a gift to this world.
I mean... This is just so incredibly soulful. Never cease to amaze me ☀👌
epic
Holy crap this was entertaining!! And such a great song!!!
recognized those Louis drums from the other albums!
II'mwaiting on the other half of the Disney Medley. #ImJustSayin
It's... Whoa.. I'm speechless... It Honestly felt a bit too long in the middle section, but that was worth watching!
Fantastiskt bra! Både musik och video. Det här är det bästa du gjort sen beside me. Fortsätt såhär!
Tack! :)
same, my favorite too, i STILL havent nailed the entire song on bass yet
Holy shit, I love the hell out of this, did you get inspired by any prog bands to make this and the album? I'm getting a lot of Dream Theatre vibes myself :)
RockNerd122 as far as a know, DT is one of his biggest influences
Indeed, Dream Theater was my favorite band for a long time, so they have definitely influenced me. :D But there's plenty of prog bands I like. Thanks!
FreddeGredde your allmost to 200K dude!
This need more Views!
Like tons of views of shared it several times
Santa madre de la papaya ?) espero no ser la única latina en seguirte fredde! la música, la idea del video y todo TODO realmente me encanto! amo que estés tan activo, el tenerte de vuelta se volvió una caricia al alma
Hay algunos latinos, pero no tantos como antes. :) Gracias!
amazing!!
Very cool.
dude you and I have the same exact hands whoa
Are you gonna make more songs like this one? Really loved it!
Well, I'd say there are many songs like this one on my first two albums. :) And yes, since this is the kind of music I like, there will surely be more of it in the future. Thanks!
Oh, how I've missed out! Will it be on Spotify? :)
My new album will be on spotify, yes, but it's not prog. :) The old albums, you'll have to get at freddegredde.com or bandcamp.freddegredde.com.
the game is so remeniscient of Sonic 2
There are certainly some vibes from that yeah, I grew up with all the ol sonic games so a lot of my inspiration and personal view of what a 2d platformer is was drawn from those times.
Amazing prog music from Mr Fredde! I'm glad that you're back :) Hey Fredde, what do you think about Neal Morse latest album?
I have to admit I haven't been listening properly to any Neal Morse stuff since Sola Scriptura. I just don't listen to music much at all anymore. His stuff has had a big influence on my own music though!
And thanks! :)
Sola Scriptura is an amazing album! :) Greetings from Latin America
I want this game :D
This has of course been asked before, but I do not know when or where. But I just wonder if you will be going into the Spotify world with the new album and/or the old one, maybe including some RUclips songs. The world needs to find Video Game Rock Medley, and your other great, great accomplishments. You truly rock och sätter Sverige på kartan!
You make my life better, boy
Fucking amazing as allways, makes me want to buy this album too : )
At first I thought this is a new Digimon intro :D Great stuff though
The art, music and the story, it's so beautiful! Made me think, is this your story?
Hey Freddy are you planning to do another video games medley? awesome video tho!
Planning, yes. Started, no. :D But one day!
Thanks. :)
Great! I'll stay tuned
Wow. this was pure art like your video game rock medley. You never stop to amaze me. I guess their were others that help you with this fantastic video. Give them my regards, they did a marvelous job, like you of course. Who is playing the drums? They didn't sound computer made. Anyway, keep being awesome because i will keep listen :)
Best wishes from your Swedish fellow 🖒🖒🖒🖒
It's also my favorite of yours (with This Falling World), lots of cool bridges on this song. Can you make them available on spotify please ? Everybody uses spotify nowadays to listen to music.
I'll look into it.. Thanks. :)
Has anyone had the good sense to ask YOU to compose for video games ?
Yes, actually. :D But it usually goes along the lines of "we're just about to start making a game, would you be up for making the music once we're nearing completion?" and I've said "sure, just get back to me when the time comes!" and then that's all I ever hear from them. :D
Someone go make this a real game now! Make this the Credits song.