Kanye West-Flashing Lights (BREAKDOWN)

[a12356ut]

her ethnicity is black italian, not white.

[ZONEdaTAGGER]

this has 2 be the dopest breakdown ever. me being a kanye fan, i had all my friends from school asking me what this song meant but never could i give a straight forward answer. this had me crakin up from the metaphors this dude used. and never would i think that the whole shoot stars and the shovel line would cath me by suprise like it did. great job.

[ExoticKiwiFruit]

i dont get the shovel bit? so what she doesnt belive in shooting stars...wats the shovel have to do with it?

[nomo1980]

since she doesn't belive in shootin' the star(kanye) she decides to use a shovel instead...maybe she'll use it to bury him as well.

[appleJUICEomg]

how did i never notice taht?

"she don't believe in shooting stars"

duh, i'm usually on top on these things.

[ChickenButtEddy]

Ohh now i see

clever lyrics now dat i think about it

Tigght

[samBomeo]

I never realized that last line... very clever

[jihanimani]

"she don't believe in shootin stars, but she believe in shoes and cars"

she keeps the car and shoes he gave her, but burns the mink

"you more like love to start shit, im more of the trips to florida..."

when times get hard she fights, and he just cheats

[ladigirl]

ooooh now I see

[ditsylilme]

OOOOOOOOOOO i get now...*feels retarded*

[Blu2f]

"She don't believe in shooting stars, But she believes in shoes and cars" I think it describes a girl who isn't into real romance or love (Shooting stars) but would rather have a man for materialistic reasons (Shoes and cars)

Just a thought

Oh and a metaphore is when something is said with a double or hidden meaning

:-)

[tclark108]

The lack of belief in real romance was my original interpretation, as well. However, I believe that line was the inspiration for the use of the shovel.

[y901]

pfft i knew that..

i thought this video would answer why there is not blood on the shovel after the first stab..

[jac0bm]

I'm pretty sure there's no blood cuz if they showed the blood, the vid would probably never get airtime on MTV, fuse and the sorts :P Great breakdown though, i never understood the Florida part of the lyrics!

[jassass1n]

hollly shit i hella get it now. thank you. kanyes the fucking best.

[tyrone70]

OMG! your explanation left me speechless. i'm artistically numb to music thanks to most hip-hop. this video is why Kanye is great.

[Qady2209]

Someone finally broke it down, I got it when I first saw the video, did you see the prequel to the video?

[msmartinelli]

I'm an English teacher....the interpretation here was right on target!!! Excellent job!!! I actually teach a unit on hip-hop culture and lyrics. This is such fun to do, but you have to open your mind...that is why they call music "art".

[dreamcrusher5]

okay, okay, this video is awesome.

[princesspink1981]

omg i agree the concept of this vid is genius! love all the hidden meanins that u dnt get bt this explains it all that its a deeper vid than u think at 1st!

[Sch00Lb0Y]

Oh shxx....as much as ive listened to this song.. i never grasped the concept... thought it was about a materialistic chick at first..

[ashley0195]

NOW I get it. xD

[brownaztecpride]

damn who ever did this is smart great video

[aznrapsta]

great explination

[beckoleco]

Nice

[emjaymoggs]

"she dont bbelieve in shooting stars"

that was deep as hell !

[princesspink1981]

yeah i thought the same!

[DahboMusik]

i dont want she mean she dont belive in shooting stars does she mean ... she dont believe in shooing celebrites?

[emjaymoggs]

i cnt be arsed to explain to u what a metephore is lol. . . .maybe its coz im not entirely sure myself.

sorry man

[DahboMusik]

Oh well..

[DEF454]

its a pun, a play on a word that has two meanings

[mousehound]

Its like she doesn't believe in miracles or doesn't believe in anything like shooting stars granting wishes but she does believe in spending money on shoes and cars

[FNS87]

thats whats up i give u mad props 4 this i neva really understood what was happening

[Seagerash]

awesome work man

[willium47]

kanyes fuckin retarded poser...

good voice but hes wasting his time with rap..

[studven]

kanye is a genius!!!!

[tsndav]

Yeah I felt the same way as Brysof92, they should re-release this YouTube version so that more people would understand.

I just love this shit and there's not much more to say.

[d0llipop]

music shouldnt be this damn complicated

[123Numbers456]

ur a fckin idiot, music is supposed to be complicated.

thats why its so great, and kanye west is a genius

[RickGabeSound]

lol. it has to be.

[tintedeyez]

don't listen to dess haters...good explanation ma friend....now i understand da video...

[YOWATTDAHELL]

wat the fuk man...my 6 year old sis cud have explained that to me more sufficiently

[Brysof92]

that was very helpful...i kind of knew about 75% of the song but this cleared up the other 25%

[slodere]

NOTE: This music video is best described as abstract, and can be anything you want it to be. However you want to interpret it, is what it is.

[bryan8885]

thanks now i get it

[pdink]

Did an ex really try to kill him?

[kili5896]

This is f'ing hilarious, the fact you felt compelled to even put this together. Everything in the text is so f'ing obvious. What has America come to that you need to state the obvious. What a joke. lmao

[edah238]

What the f***k is wrong with her??? She had to kill him??!!! She needs to go to a mental house. Kanye has a very.......interesting mind to make this vid..........

[ManUPhil8]

Dang. Thats good. "She doesn't believe in shooting stars" Thats deep

[NickKnackDance]

Ooh

now i get it

but i still dont get the whole beginning pt. of this video and why was that one thing "censored" and all pixely?? what was it?

[Search4Forever]

That pixelated object was the lighter fluid.

[NickKnackDance]

but why would they feel the need to block it out?

[Doomsaibot]

it was likur

[dpotvin92]

great job to whoever made this video too..

[fr3dd3]

1:15 in this movie is great :D

[TheDashMan26]

search for "Theory of a Deadman-So Happy"

It's basically the prelude to this video. Viral marketing at it's best

[dpotvin92]

holy shit thats crazy "so happy" is the prelude with the car, shovel, tape, and shit...kanyee the man

[RickGabeSound]

yep.

[noenam]

damn man...you are totally right...could be the other new version of the clips prelude of other clips as well?

[hood8787]

to da person undr me i agree 100 percent wit u cuz if u watch all three u kind of can add da peices together cuz kanye has sample all types of music into his n other ppl he produce for

[realmillions]

that was pretty good but this songs premise is not based around a "relationship" at all per say at least not in the man woman sense the whole song is a metaphor for his relationship with hip-hop much like homecoming hence hip-hop (the girl) in this video killing him, the 2nd video portrays the hip-hop lifestyle(the girl) and the 3rd video shows hip-hop killing other genres of music (people) as to say kanye was cheating on hip-hop by incorporating other styles of music in his own

[yunboyfresh]

i dont get it though, how is hip-hop "killing" him?

[djGILES10]

i really want all those people who left comments on the video like "man wtf was ye thinking...that video made no sense at all" to see this video...

[msoclassychik]

i love yuu

yuu jus made me luv kanye 10 times more

[STANDARDDDDDD]

Thanks so much 4 this. Damn Kanye is a genious

[krazikris93]

i think this song is a continuation to drunk &hot girls (guy doing a bunch of sh*t jus to get sex) then he gets caught by his gf by th paparazzi

[krazikris93]

i understood most of it but i get it now thanks

[jeralchris]

man i liked this song but i did not kno it was this deep thanks for breakin it down

[kurama125]

ok i knew all of that but the thing i dont understand is the part of the chorus that is cut out wut does he mean when he says "as u recall u know i love to show off but u never thought that i would take it this far wut do u know"

[yunboyfresh]

its the girl talking, basicially saying he didnt know she could go that far(as to kill him), what do he knows?

[kurama125]

oh ok that makes sense thank you

[dthesatisfier]

as u recall was him quoting Biggie "who ever thought hip hop would make it this far now im in the limelight....."

[crypto229]

Good job with the interpretation but I was never confused about what he was saying in the song I just think the video leaves too much out. It seems as if we are watching an ending throughout the whole video...I think a lot of people wanted to see the imagery before it got the the point of her revenge!

[msoclassychik]

yea i thnk he's gonna do tht

he's gonna have more then one version 2 the video

[jgetum]

I finally understand now. Kanye is really good with his metaphors. Thanks for the breakdown.

[jazzybooo09]

wow..now i undastand what he is trying to say

[heymaria123]

very resourceful

[JJW48002]

I get it now, thanks!

[apollo112]

good job, nice explanation x

[GheBreBeats]

Is there people out there that didn't get this?? What's wrong with the world.

[wavygurl]

yeah, that was awesome. i agree with the whole, "she don't believe in shooting stars" so she uses a shovel...genius.

[JusThatGurlMon]

Well i must say that is the best explanation of this song and video.

It goes to show that artists still feel the songs they make.

[shaastarr]

wow

[Barry822JerryB]

dat was a very good ezplanation actually.dat was koo.i think dats wat kanye meant too

[juandellsays]

lmao... i understood the video... but i thought the "shooting stars" connection was great... nice work

[smil3y04]

that...was...the supidest reason of murder i've EVER seen EVER

[mnc51]

She didn't murder him, watch where she aims the shovel....down by his crotch area. He can live, but he won't ever be cheating again...lol.

[BrezzEasyy]

i got it, u a deep brother

[dgreatestofalltimes1]

deep! well dne man

[mezzantino359]

There are so many ways to interrupt this video and the lyrics, but I think you did a fabulous job of it. Some things I thought of differently, some things I think you missed, and some you found that I definitely missed. But overall, I'd said you did one hell of a job. Two thumbs up to ya.

[article7]

you don't have any idea how many times i've tried to explain why the video is genius.

good job b.

[osas1n]

i didnt get to read the words or hear the music... i was mesmerized by that fat ass she has on her. WOW

[mrvizcarrondo]

Didnt think people really listened to lyrics these days, Thumbs Up.

[BUGSY010]

I just got hole different respect for kanye on this video, that shit is deep

[dangerboy123]

Man gooooood job on this lol I was thinking all the same things good to see I wasant the only one. the one part I didint know was the shooting stars part that part wass hot how you broke down

[illanig]

gooooood shit...you really did a good job with this

[jr602az41]

im scared of gurlz now

[Ubootedmee]

Bravo! thanks to u all those idiots will finally get the genius behind all the hidden messages :D

check out my video too!

[nbr18]

wow, thanks for this response. i always loved flashing lights and i knew there was a concept to the video but i didn't understand. thanks

[senseiemjay]

Thanks for breaking it down for all those that have no insight. I think the song and the video is nothing less than pure genius...

[jimmyjohns123]

good job dude!

[umajesty]

Good job, thanks for posting that response to my vid, you need to send this around with my video. Very entertaining!!

Majesty

Street Knowledge Media

[Search4Forever]

Thanks!