Tally Hall - Ruler of Everything

[obcessivegamer23]

This type of music is pure '80s and now it's back. Right on.

[nyxetera]

I really want to see more of this animator's work! This stuff is awesome.

[Zimandskoodge]

this is sort of creepy.....

[Zimandskoodge]

i don't understand....

[lkjkhfggd]

I still don't understand why this song is split into two songs on the album. It just makes for stupid if I'm listening on my ipod and have it on random. >.>

[kentrob90]

this band is great. reminds me of ween

[claireauxG]

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Don't know how many of you have seen this, it's not mine, but another interesting take on this song :)

[ShayShay5049]

see... the little people will one day rule

[Smullet90]

Am I misreading what is going on at 1:22?

[KumaPwn]

@Smullet90 hahaha oh you

[Pringlulz]

No description available? Sounds about right.

[Smullet90]

Babble. 

[Gearsdisraeli]

you never need to pinpoint a song's meaning.

what it means to you will always be just as good; NEVER forget that.

[Rawrfearmeh333]

WAT DOES IT MEAN

[SirSomeguy]

Well, damn. Just when I finally figure out what every lyric in the song means, I find THIS video! It'll take me forever to figure out what the video is trying to tell me!

Seriously though, this song rocks!

[fightwatcher111]

EPIC this is ....this is Lovely really

[Gamertron9000]

I'm scared

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

As far as I can tell, this is my best shot at interpreting both the song and the video.

Most of us are the high-pitched voices. We have zirconium pants– our life and our youth and vitality. It shall all fade, though, as we slowly disintegrate into chalk through the mechanical hands of time. In this, it seems as though there’s a world within a world within a world. The two-dimensional human beings are our cells and other microscopic organisms within us that give us life.

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

They’re, in a way, colonizing our bodies. The humans are portrayed by the infant-like creatures. Though we may try to fool ourselves (as the song tends to give the opinion of), we’re all childish and have a lot to learn. Our composition is what gives us our knowledge. When the microscopic man enters the baby, it immediately begins commencing plans on developing its planet. Kinda like how the Monolith in 2001 gave the gorilla-man intelligence.

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

However, above the planet, as time goes by, the Cosmos is watching– whatever THIS grand creator is supposed to be. It controls how slow or fast the mechanical hands go (the manual crank), and is responsible for all the things the residents cannot control (such as natural disaster). After the population has reached a certain level of intelligence, they decide to explore what’s out beyond their planet, as we have down here on Earth.

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

They discover themselves in a foreign place… which would be considered in our point of view, to be a pretty basic house. I think that’s in the same vibe as theories that out of our world there’s another world larger than ours, etc., etc., etc. As far as the battle at the end between the three worlds goes, I think it just goes to show that perhaps the smallest of us all can do the most damage.

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

With our sheer persistence and self-centric desires, we as the human race can extend our reach out into the infinite and establish ourselves there. We’d be less scared of at least SPACE then… since we’re obviously going to stay afraid of time forever. Perhaps our establishment in space has become more like a virus in this modern day, though, more than anything else. We want space, but space doesn’t really want us. (... *cough* Sorry, that was... textblock much.)

[jeremiah1499]

IM THROWING MONEY AT THE SCREEN BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING

[ludisrr]

Thumbs up if Tally Hall's music videos are the greatest thing Humankind has ever created!!!

[LiberalTom]

Disturbing, but beautiful. Gives me chills every time.

[TheAmazingJimmy]

Hello nightmare fuel lol.

[typeoutnow]

this music video is so creepy!!!

[FlipJick]

There was nothing I did not love about that. At all.

[BoiSkizzy]

is this a tool music video...?

[waynebradychokeabtch]

I agree with this all the way.

[anormaldude70]

The black thing is god.

[malkamusik]

Buy Good & Evil when it becomes available June 21, 2011

[RayOfSunshine355]

This is the best music video i've seen in a while

[OnanTheMan]

I think its talking about time, how its something very small that you never think about, thats the little white aliens. People will fight each other and different races will be killed and empires will grow, but in the end time is always the ruler of everything.

[jdowdeswell420]

The :13 intro is great and I love this song

[Patchie97]

For some reason, this music video reminds me of Fantastic Planet.

It's really creepy. But amazing. Just like Fantastic Planet.

TALLY HALL.

=D

[aml686]

I just noticed what 1:07 looks like...

[hatfm]

The opening of this sort of reminds me of the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". Man, while I like the demo version of this song better, I must say, this version is growing on me.

[Spartanzx4]

this couldn't be creepier if you tried

[hula2TINA4hula]

These guys rock. I wish i'd heard about them earlier.

[tomakaze23]

This song reminds me of the 'Sgt. Peppers' album by 'the Beatles'

[Oisterboy]

I love this song, and I love this video.

[chickenpoodle009]

What version is this? I'm trying to find it an mp3 and all I'm finding is the original or something. Help?

[drywall15]

I really want to see a Taken for a Ride music vid. Easily my favorite tally hall track. I don't think it got the publicity it deserved.

[terrean27]

So in the end the little parasitic blinking white guys always win. So if you ever find out you have blinking white parasites.... Don't go visit someones bathroom and make a colony. =)

[Dutchhoth]

Have you noticed how Tally Hall fans are so much nicer than fans of other bands?

LOVE this song. Listen to it all the time.

[Cyanmint]

@Dutchhoth

That is true. However, the band members on the other hand aren't as nice. I went to their concert in Boston and they were uninterested and rude. I think it was in part because everybody was asking where Joe was (he had a replacement) and that pissed them off I guess. Jukebox the Ghost guys were so nice though. I was disappointed because I went to the show because of Tally Hall, and ended up liking Jukebox better after the show! :'(

[ACDC392333]

@Cyanmint no ive met them, they are just jerks in general

[Stahi]

@Cyanmint They've always been nice to me. And the guy filling in for Joe (Casey Shea) is one of the nicest people in the world.

[Ghorse23]

@Dutchhoth although they are a great band other bands have nice fans like they might be giants, the eels, and well i guess if your talking about main stream of the new age i guees your mostly right

[azimuth457]

@Dutchhoth Cause their internet show puts us in good moods:)

[Ayselum]

@Dutchhoth That's because the sort of people who listen to this kind of music are intelligent! ^_^ Hooray for Tally Hall! :D

[Tatsuyoujo]

@Dutchhoth Baseless proclaiming that a group you're apart of is better than all other group isn't very nice.

[Dutchhoth]

@Tatsuyoujo Not what I meant haha, all I meant is you don't see much arguing on their videos, should've worded it better.

[Tatsuyoujo]

@Dutchhoth Oh, ok. I'll accept that. I hate seeing that, too. I don't know why people bother fighting on music video comments. We're here to enjoy the music. THAT ARGUING IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!

[lilsublime]

@Dutchhoth Actually, no. No I haven't noticed that. But I love the band. They secrete awesomeness.

[Doozanopia]

@Dutchhoth Awesome bands get awesome fans. It makes sense.

[Vhosis333]

damn it would be amazing to hve little creatures building stuff in your washroom. only without them all dying and killing you

[lvp20]

This video is so amazing. I honestly have never seen anything like it, and I just think it is so creative, and how it goes with the song is unexpected but works!

[drywall15]

This original cut of this song is better, but this is still pretty damn awesome

[mrtheblr]

@drywall15 i agree

[DJFirewolf]

@drywall15 I've had this song for ages and i agree that the original is better, but what a crazy song it is! hahaha i love it

[trippytheo]

@drywall15 I agree! My friend however does not, which bugs me to no end. The bizarre voices and just general sound of the original is so much more interesting to me.

[theeverlastingdark]

I never understood this video.

[myusernamewastaken09]

@theeverlastingdark It is about man talking to time.

[HannibalLectorII]

@theeverlastingdark I do not know if you're even active anymore or if you've listened to Tally Hall's songs anymore, but Ruler of Everything is about time. how time is inevitable. listen to the lyrics and the dark voice is time, while the light voice is Man.

or something, i'm a tad tired.

[universalradio]

I liked the original version better... I can't find it now. But this is wicked too.

[derebin]

@universalradio

isn't this just a higher quality reupload?

[universalradio]

@derebin @hockeytofu101 no man I have a completely different version on my ipod from quite a few years ago, still obviously by tally hall , for instance the 'deep' voice at the beginning wasn't done like that

[imdwalrus]

@universalradio Makes sense. Off the top of my head, there are three distinct versions of the song: one from "Complete Demos," one from the original Quack! issue of "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum," and a third from Atlantic's reissue of the album. As far as I can tell, the song was rerecorded each time.

[universalradio]

@imdwalrus ok thanks! I think I have the one from Complete Demos and it's my favorite. :P

[hockeytofu101]

@universalradio dude it was exactly the same this is just higher quality