Animal Collective - Screens

[wackitywack]

@Dougolai I don't think so but I doubt you'd want to listen to it without the visual aspect. There are some amazing pieces of music on Oddsac but alot of it's soundscapes which were written to accompany the visuals. It kind of needs to taken as a whole in my opinion aside from a few tracks such as this, Mr Fingers, Tantrum Barb which work as stand alone pieces.

[voodoochiley2k]

alot like the beach boys.

[VcookiemonsterV]

you know how a song makes you feel a certain way. they accomplished it with visuals that perfectly match the song. mid lake did a good version with "it covers the hillsides" too.

[MrGethsemane]

Animal Collective will always be associated with psychedelic drugs. They just go together so well.

[fadoodle100]

got home from school. grandma said there was a package with my name on it, I PEED EVERYWHERE IT WAS ODDSAC! gosh i love this movie<33 1000000 stars:)

[KINGANGELLUM]

by this album, its not just creative beautiful music, its seasoned classic jams of perfect understanding. If anything goes right in society between now and forever, animal collective will be in the history books

[avedic]

one of the things that I love about panda and avey, besides the sheer creativity, is the effortlessness of it. it's like the concept of "tao." they're definitely tapping into some sort of flow. nothing ever sounds forced. weird? hell yes...and i love it. no band sonically does anything remotely like this...this good. i just love how unpretentious, un-thought-out, and so very in the moment their melodies and rhythms are. now to go listen to panda's song 'boneless' which is perfect, of course.

[MichaelMikeMcgregor]

@nauseousqueasy I wish I did! ;)

[glyneerose]

It's about how we're all in our screens, right now, see, I'm in my screen typing this and I know what he means to feel frail when I'm lost in so many screens and I hardly know of the natural things

[FizzyMilkFilms]

I think I probably sing this at least once a everyday, the vocals are just so deliciously delicate haha

[rayraygottago]

@TheTrackstatus this is so true. Everyone asks me how I can listen to it, it's just a bunch of noise, and I tell them it's creative and if you actually take the time to listen to some of their stuff you'll find a band that's like no other.

[haikat4]

this song is so obviously about tripping face. "outer-space that I can never touch." "crippling my abilities to breathe and take a step out from my usual places." seeing screens?? these guys have obviously tripped on a lot of shit

[nauseousqueasy]

@haikat4

i think it's about being true to yourself and not letting all the outside influences of the material world influence who you are. not all their songs are about drugs, in fact most aren't...

[MichaelMikeMcgregor]

@nauseousqueasy Ha, well the drug would be "Life" amongst other influences of what they are going through at the moment in time...who care's if chemicals and other drugs are involved... accept it either way.. and don't hang yourself on one side of the truth because INFACT you don't know what is truth

[allUneedISLove420]

@nauseousqueasy ya but you have to admit this music is influenced by psychedelic drugs. It might not be about drugs but tripping on acid while listening on this was what it was made for. beautiful song though

[romerorepeat]

@nauseousqueasy I'd venture to say that you're both wrong. The song is pretty obviously a lamentation of the prevalence of technology in our lives. The "outer space i can never touch" is the internet, which "cripples my abilities to breathe and take a step out from my usual places" because we tend to filter our internet experience to our own interests and beliefs.

As for the song being anti-materialistic, I'd argue the opposite. The lyrics definitely favor the tangible over the virtual.

[az0r22]

@nauseousqueasy What a lame answer .

[DCBuzz18]

@haikat4 well no shit. you here the watery-ness and bubbling in the backround? thats what acid is and yes they're big acid heads

[gregorygumpas]

@haikat4 most of acs song are up to interpretation, but i think this one would offend them.

[gregorygumpas]

@gregorygumpas also, i think this song is obviously about being constantly distracted from the outside world by SCREENS..

[gregorygumpas]

@gregorygumpas ALSO, for them to make a song at this point that was meant to be about drugs, using the metaphor 'screens'... would be extremely dumb and corny, and they would never do that. that would be terrible.

[boomkilla12345]

Sounds like Halloween.

[thepurplebottle6]

fucking flawless <3

[tongue17]

chills

[NEDM404]

if you replace screens with faces it all makes sense

[plasticineporters]

goosebumps. o_o

[thevibedied]

wow i need to watch oddsac again, i must have been so fucked i don't even remember this song.

[avedic]

speaking of...screens....i just opened up 2 browser windows, each with this video. then i hit play on each a bit off synch, but on beat, so it gave a roundabout type of effect. works super well with this song...and many other AC songs. SO many more subtle harmonies are generated that way. it's intoxicating to listen to

[xjakemarinx]

@avedic youre a genius

[lmfviolet78]

@avedic I just tried that, and it was incredible! If you start the second one a full measure off from the first. I'm doing this with all their songs now...or maybe this one but with like 5 browsers open instead of 2

[avedic]

@lmfviolet78 haha...excellent. I actually started doing that with my own songs as a way to inspire creative ideas. Or I'll take two of my songs and mash them together, ala Girl Talk, and see how it sounds. Usually it's just muddy and incoherent....but every now and then a gem shines through and it sounds amazing. I now use this idea, mashing up my own songs, to write new stuff all the time. It leads you into really creative territory you never would have thought up on your own.

[mofolarry]

Chronological order:

1.- Pet Sounds

2.- Sgt. Pepper's

3.- Merriweather Post Pavillion

[multifunktionsebene]

@mofolarry Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished friend

[jddeitz2000]

@multifunktionsebene

An absolutely amazing album.

[TheDirtyHarry]

I'd like to stay with natural things organic as my skin that peels

And not so often enter in to outer space that I can never

Touch...AWSOME!

[FarmersUnlimited]

Anyone want to try and develop some chords for this song? I suck at playing by ear, and this would be a fun song.

[RyanWatson]

I don't understand the comparisons with Noah to Brian WIlson. Doesn't Brian Wilson blow a big dick? Noah doesn't blow any dick.

[nauseousqueasy]

@RyanWatson

listen to Pet Sounds i think it will change your mind

[RyanWatson]

@nauseousqueasy I've heard Pet Sounds and it sounds nothing like Panda Bear. Besides, that album is ancient and does not count for Brian Wilson as an individual.

[jddeitz2000]

@RyanWatson

Get your ears checked bro. AC and especially Panda Bear sounds just like Pet Sounds.

[silentsean602]

@nauseousqueasy Smile is one of the greatest works of music ever conceived, coming from a huge AC fan. i understand the comparison, their production is both immaculate.

[1ofdiamonds]

@RyanWatson Ur the only dick-blower round here "Ryan"

[RyanWatson]

@1ofdiamonds Gotta make a living. Your mom knows how it goes.

[KidGoats]

@RyanWatson

listen to SMiLE and smiley smile. I think it will change your mind.

[silentsean602]

@RyanWatson Clearly you dont know anything.

[InfraSensei]

@RyanWatson disagree but that was a pretty hilarious comment

[MankerCamron]

@RyanWatson listen to SMiEL by Brain Wilson

[MichaelMikeMcgregor]

@RyanWatson You "Blow" dick..... Slit your own throat buddy!

[Wharrrrrgarbl]

@RyanWatson Lol'd so hard. Yeah, Brian Wilson blows a big dick.

[osufan77]

So.....soo.....good.

[nacharov]

so magic melody. brilliant song

[laaadddy]

this album brought so many emotions.

[osufan77]

@laaadddy

Yeah, this whole experience of ODDSAC has hit me pretty heavy.

[soulseeker300]

brian wilson is still alive so I doubt it.

[manshowboy487]

panda bear is sooooo much better than brian wilson

[LouReedsBooks]

This seriously should have been the ending to ODDSAC. The ending they have now sucks.

[zackamundo22]

@LouReedsBooks woahwoahwoah! The ending is so good! C'mon, how many movies end with a foodfight between a bunch of girls in a room in a field... hahah

[pablopizahh]

this should be considered the new pink floyd or beatles this is so perfect and mysterious and just art I want this to be the soundtrac kin my head when im dying

[hoolagoatt]

thank you for uploading this...this song is soooo good and after watching oddsac i wanted to listen to it again so bad :)

[romeodoesjuliet]

@nauseousqueasy

haha no doubt. yeah its a poster an art book, digital edition and mp3 formats of all songs

[romeodoesjuliet]

so smooth this one Mr. fingers and tantrum barb are just soo intoxicating. what happened is pretty great to

[mysticsack]

awesome favorite song in the film !!!!!!!!

[thetoyboytoy]

grandissima canzone!

[germansoccerfn]

So beautiful.

[guruu13]

awesome panda bear is the reincarnation of briann wilson

[yorunokurai]

@guruu13 no. that's magic kids

[Archetype77]

@guruu13 brian wilson's not dead.

[jcskater89]

thank you thank you thank you!