The Cat Piano

[theGalvanizah200]

this is just PURE GENIUS

[EaglesOfSaturn]

The animation is similar to that in Felidae can't explain why I Think that though :s

[sgoodspeed93]

@EaglesOfSaturn more like Feline-dae, amiright? Ehhh

[tibertruth]

@EaglesOfSaturn oh so im not the oinly one whos seen that movie! dont seem like many have...

[jiggerlicious]

awesome



[FailMeNot]

How did i end up here?

[0wn4dg3]

Ultimate.... Fury Dream?!

[micholly]

That was properly strange.

[Frequency404]

If they were like real cats he'd have just shat in the piano player's shoes.

[holdsund4y]

I... I'm torn: the art is incredible, Nick Cave's voice is amazing, but the subject (and considering it was true) is way too disturbing for me to watch thoroughly...

[TheRehabKat]

My God , this is delicious!

The style, sounds, colors, NICK CAVE'S VOICE.

No wonder this one won an award...

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[AmayaHinageshi]

I'm feeling pretty disturbed. Like, to be truthful, that was disturbing. Though it was kinda awesome at the same time...

[choc0lata]

I love how his voice reminds me of cat's purrring

[Xmello517]

I just love the theme to this video the words and how it describes it

[shiningstar10112]

one of my most favorite vid's ever great animation and love the pom u did a great job :)

[sadroses2]

My God, this is beautiful. The writing, the narration, the animation...all sewn together wonderfully.

I am breath taken.

[Xmello517]

This is a really good video I Love it and Also love the theme to it

[briannebiggie]

The diction in the narration is incredible and the animation is very unique. You did an amazing job at this, and I hope one day I can become this talented.

[Luverofanime]

anyone know where to download this?

[HelloImHenriette]

Love nick cave, love animation, love poetry and love cats! this is so brilliant my head is about to burst!

[Eldiste]

It's strange, it kind of reminds me of Poe in a way. Dark, sinister, but somehow still beautiful. I like it.

[IamDaCapo]

This remind me a ps2 game but i dont know the game name ... :/

[MichaelChin1994]

@IamDaCapo The style is kinda close to the cartoon cutscenes of Sly Cooper.

[IamDaCapo]

@MichaelChin1994 Yes , what a good game was it ! I remember . :DD

[MichaelChin1994]

@IamDaCapo One of the best games I've EVER played ever!

[MichaelChin1994]

._. I'm so jelly of your talents.

[kanumbra]

Wow I loved this!!

[CosmicAussie]

The writing in this is wonderfully witty.

Well written words wash in waves, waxing, winding, working wonderfully within ones whole.

[videosthatwhatever]

where is morgan freeman's narration XD

[videosthatwhatever]

where is morgan freeman's narration

[pinkspotthekitten]

O.o

[Ardhamon5000]

Man, this was a really well done short. So much work put into the animation and artwork. I absolutely love the style put into the characters, it's not cutesy or anything, and it fits the story completely. I also love the way you did the music as well. The dark and twisted sound that's mixed in with the classic feel.

Nick Cave did great with the narration. He had this calm and cool tone and also did great with the scared tone in his voice.

Nice work, man.

[crimsonblood1718]

Nick cave has a great voice for this. 

[Chowder2689]

This is my favourite avant guard film

[galixartistry]

Im on the amazing side of youtube again.

[pleimanis]

Am I the only one who thinks all Nick Cave touches turns to gold? Seriously, his voice transforms this from great to fuckin' awesome.

[Seofangurl]

h-how can one dislike this?!

[homesauce2000]

What a fantastic film. I watch it a hundred times and it never gets old. I long to create 2D animation as great as this. Makes me wish I could live in a music filled city with a celestial female <3

PS: I love the monochromatic schemes of blue in a black background. Reminds me of JumpStart 4th Grade: Haunted Island when the color schemes and atmosphere looked exactly like this.

[BlooperfazR]

That was a very GOOD video!! it should be a movie owo

[Roxas131413]

That...was horrific and beautiful...

[br0k3nr0b0t]

It's like Lackadaisy and Saladfingers had a baby.

[alexookpik]

I'd recognize that voice anywhere. In fact, it took all of 30 seconds.

[ThePsychGreen]

This gave me shivers. I've fallen in love with it. Well done! Bravo!

[CatherineWitherell]

This is a wonderfully done video and I love the poem! Thank you for sharing it!

[lofibuffet]

my soundcard died so I didn't hear the music, but that is a terrific piece of storytelling and animation. Well done, kudo's!!!!

[fallenangel7191]

This is so beautiful and haunting and wondrous and, really, words sort of fail me.

[noahcism]

The moral of the story is don't fuck with Nick Cave

[Debussy1990]

excellent video!!!

[slovan]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

[chrisoulicius]

it's been my favorite almost three years now and i still have eargasm by nick's voice ; PPPPP ....... and eyegasm by the amazingly beautifull animation!!!! SIMPLY A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!! huge amounts love from greece ^^!!!!

[drancov]

Bravo, excellent short animation.

[maiamartinez13]

wow what a lovely animations i love the background it brang out the mood so very well

[angelsmurf16]

O.O that was amazing. the animation style, the poetry. Beautifullly dark.

[GrennKat]

beautiful



[GitanillaOZ]

Fantastic short

[Hovdehify]

Just perfect

[JosiePika]

/claps heartily

I haven't something this artistic on YT since ever!

[keithmoon90]

Incredible, not just the poem but the animation and the style, so dark! awesome film!!

[elisabetemfsilva]

This is so amazing!!! =O

[StevO1942]

that guy nailed so much pussy

sorry... so sorry

[ZXtales23]

@StevO1942 Dont be sorry =))) Good call there man :))))

[Roxor41]

@StevO1942

Don't be, it was the funny thing to say.

[TurtwigGirl]

@StevO1942 I feel bad for laughing at that XD

[RoofLifter]

@StevO1942 My god, I had this sad beutiful feeling after watching the movie. Then I saw your comment: can't stop laughing xD

[StevO1942]

@RoofLifter Hi I'm Steven, The feeling destroyer

[aaaaasssss22]

What is this shit

[HINDERIZED]

They abused many pussies in this video.

[ZippoTheArtist]

i wasnt listening to wat he was saying but wen he read the book i was like trying to hear wat he was saying o_o

[0sbraz0]

awesome animation!

[TheKillingpie]

and i love this fucking world to make this....but i hate the world to mate my

(i hate me life)

[TheKillingpie]

and i love this fucking world to make this....but i hate the world to mate me

(i hate me life)

[SailorV1234]

youtube needs to get rid of the dislike button. i can't fathom how one person could dislike this video let alone over 40

[TheEternalForest]

It's a horrible shame that the Cat Piano, or Cat Organ, was indeed a real thing.

The person who invented it over 350 years ago was an emotionally troubled person and apparently, the pain of the cats, and how they made music with their pained screeches made him laugh and brought him out of his melancholy. Kind of bothersome that someone can be entertained by something that sickening.

Anyways, great video, well done.

[mrturtlebobington]

@TheEternalForest I'm not suprised. Almost everything bad is a human invention

[TheHarlequinHatter]

@TheEternalForest

It was invented, but never built. no worries. All that existed of it were blueprints.

[banifi]

@TheHarlequinHatter you sure? cause that would make me really relieved...

[TheHarlequinHatter]

@banifi Yeah. it was basically the 14th century version of trolling.

[DaiNExx101]

I LOVE THIS!!!! THE LOOK AND THE CATS!!!!!!! <3 WOW how horrible CAN people get?? :'O

Just wish the person talking was a tad bit more animated...

[sshemley]

395,800 views...Atleast 300k of that is just me

[MousePADDING]

Jesus fucking Christ

That was beautiful.

[TheMetalhund]

that is a very god video, that is nice !!

[N0W4N]

This is too beautiful for words~!! I cried tears of awe watching this.

[daisy2356]

It moved me to tears.

[nikkitaws]

I do not know much about English language but I understand , and I have to say that I find it amazing. congratulations

(sorry for my bad english)

[bigbluechevy12345]

FANTASTIC



[DerflaProductions]

it seems deep even if it's not. but its still just stunning

[AbacusManify]

I saw this before it was on Reddit :P

[sniperspywalker]

Beautiful but the idea of the Cat Piano is so horrible :P

[JudinA]

Amazing.

[JarvisComics]

This is beautiful.

[Zombieman132]

this is pretty fudging amazing. like seriously, a masterpiece.

[wickedwitchwest12323]

pretty awesome

[Tygress99]

dude......Amazing!

[antiokloodun]

Thanks stumble upon:

I burst forth,

with rambunctious gratitude,

for setting this in my path,

i loved the style and its attitude.

[StevO1942]

I raped the Like button

[semion5]

Amazing art

[semion5]

The art and poetry are exceptional

[sk8achris]

Is there any way I can get a copy of the script / dialogue from this film?

[119pepero]

The characters' facial expressions and the poem with its rhymes reminds me A LOT of 'Vincent' by Tim Burton...

[skatofatsaaa]

perfect

[RaveBladeSpill]

This is just about as creepy as felidae.

[whitelilysong]

Wow. AMAZING.

[spicydreamer]

beautiful. Absolutely stunning. Wow...

[dundeecake]

Is it sickening I knew exactly how a device like the Cat piano would work the moment he mentioned its name?

[200puppy7]

my brother showed this to me he was right this was good

[ntco390]

Reminds me of Lackadaisy. :)

[Duo993]

Great story...

[mckflipflop]

this is amazing!

[iHateDuckButt]

fucking AMAZING video. Sad story. My question is, did they use needles or did they pull their tails? I wiki'd it (and you know how wiki is at time.)

[CryptidHunter13]

@iHateDuckButt It used Nails, from what I have read.

[YaoiBishie4Eva]

I feel bad for saying it but curiousity is killing me. Am I the only one that wants to know what that guy was playing and if there's a whole song?

[ultimaterockr18]

Bro.

[chrisherself]

A marriage of narrative and visuals.... executed with such a sublime skill it's nearly inhuman.

[bilyisbored92]

Great Story

[bryan3412]

Kinda spooky. But AMAZING STORY!

[KapushaAntonio]

Шикарный мультфильм! Кошки, нуар, затягивающая атмосфера(не только за счёт сюжета, но и благодаря музыке и закадровому голосу, они меня буквально загипнотизировали:)). Преклоняюсь перед авторами и спасибо тому, кто разместил видео здесь!

[DeamonReaper95]

I don't even know what words can discribe this! It's just simply AMAZING!!!

[waterflame89]

this was fantastic! made my day

[Yoshi317]

Dude I'm like.... Speechless

[RatedP4penguines]

oh kitty! D:

[myjohndotcom]

that was amazing. truly amazing.

[JunkieSmurf]

holy shit that was awesome

[jenny709a]

Yes, freecartoons is having this animation. It has great dimensions, good critics, it is completely over-the-top animation. At times surprising, at some parts so funny, it has elements of drama, comedy and action, great combination acted by the best players. Great choice, if you ask me. Must see!

[caraszmatic]

I think I just had an ear orgasm caused by the amazingly eloquent prose of this short film.

[Volcanic9]

sort of not okay to just burn down a light tower

[fang11803]

That was amazing!

[donbasuradenuevo]

@ Murakami fans: Those cats should totally be grateful it was not Johnny Walker and his flute who visited their town.

[Otterwearinggloves]

375,650 views for this.

22,488,871 for "Crazy cat, loves water."

I fucking hate the world.

[H4rdQu0r3]

@Otterwearinggloves

just deal with it....you know the whole history the ppl who did something new and innovative get surpressed by the majority of ppl who can't do anything with it because it's too complicated or something else..

same with art...95% of the world population can laugh about a stupid animal...but not even 5% can see how amazing and wonderful a single picture, a song or a little clip can be...it's really sad but there's no way to change it... :(

[Naurore]

@Otterwearinggloves

Come on . . . you know you clicked it. . .

[TheChrissy473]

My boyfriend claims the cat piano is real. And that makes me want to kill people.

[jazzsaxage]

@TheChrissy473 your boyfriend was not kidding. Next time, use Google/Wiki; if you search for "cat piano" you'll see it was once a very, very real thing.

[TheChrissy473]

@jazzsaxage Ugh...I'm too faint of heart. People are sick.

[Zodiakwolfy]

"The Milk Bar."

...I lol'd.

[AiydynnIggy]

This is some of the best,words I've ever heard.So detailed,some Ive never even heard of before! Truley wonderful,but the Cat Piano is a cruel device...

[GArbedg]

very interresting but that's cat tortures and it has to stop know

[GArbedg]

very interresting but that's cat to

[MsMyooo]

AMAZING

[MayuhoHiruhota]

OMG!!! I'm litaraly trembaling!!! The story is so sad and beautiful!!!!

[Rackupballs]

@iPoprocksmissylol Credits are at the end… durr.

[flarex17]

Love it an epic eleven out o five

[patkaybites]

This was shown in our English class and I loved it, the moment I even heard the first few seconds of beautiful poetry. The narration was just marvelous, it gave me the chills. I almost cried because it was so beautiful! It's just sad though that my classmates aren't capable of appreciating such beauty......

[losttheways]

Great great work



[GreenHeart92]

Get that HUMAN, get it, get it!!!

[nameofthepen]

Totally terrific! A thousand thanks for the upload.

[sirmango38]

Never before has something literally gave me the chills.

[SockChampion]

wow.

[troblsomtwins829]

best short movie in the universe. i love it!

[skooler8]

There was such an instrument: search "Cat organ" in wikipedia

[detectivetiger1]

amazing 

[PetiteHummingbird]

and yeah, i think it´s intentional but i just had to mention it. "howl" was a quite good movie. and the poem is excellent.

[PetiteHummingbird]

i don´t know if anyone has already mentioned similar notions, but this reminds me of "howl" (the movie) and it´s animation sequences by eric drooker. and the way cave reads reminds the way ginsberg (james franco in the movie) read "howl" (the poem) during the movie (:

[avataraxe]

See on freecartoons-us. I was talking on the phone, when cartoon started..I didn't believe it would be such a big deal.. But than I saw the first action scene, and I stayed my mouth opened..I left the conversation..at the moment..I enjoyed watching this..Surpringly not good, GREAT cartoon!!

[Pooky1991]

This is actually based off of something that actually happened.

[unusualcatperson]

6:25

Play him off, Keyboard Cat!

[angelofmusic1992]

This totally blew me away. Such an amazing story. I'm glad it had a happy ending, even though it got all slashy in the middle. I love it!

[xxxRossRachxxx]

One of my favourite shorts :)

[tommike65]

@orwellianson Nick Cave -.-

[QueenBoadicea]

@tommike65 Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? Wicked!

[oendelcba]

Melhor que sexo



[orwellianson]

Is that Neil Gaiman as the Narrator ?

[HagenTheMaster]

Thank you, StumbleUpon.

[hushnlisten1]

...his voice .....

[Koloszrodosthe]

Now putting a real review not the crap from 23 hours ago, This poem is a masterpiece a work of art on the level of... Picasso even! And the animation is pretty good too. I held my breath all the way through. Stealing another comments idea in a way I AM going to raid a morgue. NO 10 Morgues, just to give you enough thumbs up! Brilliant. And at one or two points humorous. "Smokey Hookahs and Smoking Hookers" Heheh.

[visionofmalkav]

I'll spare you all the pretentious attempts to sound witty and bohemian and just say that this was really cool and well done. Great work, and thanks for uploading it!

[Koloszrodosthe]

Smokey hookahs and Smoking Hookers.

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

Your link is bad, and you should feel bad.

[LucyLuTheLioness]

Oh my, how amazing!

[ChajaYudelevitz]

What-

I-

it's-

I don't even...

I can't start to explain how amazing this is. I don't have words for. It's like it's staring right at e and heals my soul through magic.

This right here - it's better than sex.

[SocialistSahramia]

if anyone wants, i wrote the lyrics to the poem if anyone wishes to have them.

[capofgiza]

What a horrible-sounding piano. :[

[MarkP0rter]

i cant believe someone made an animation based on a boing boing article. this has to be one of the best animations i have ever seen. animationwise, artwise, the fact it got NICK CAVE to narrate it. the poem was written very well, the rythm of it, the music of it, the choice of colours and character design. this thing is GENIUS

[trackstar192]

what amazing diction! beautiful poetry, every line.

[LittleKhlodiMonster]

This is like.. beautiful. except for the blood spilling and stuff, but i mean, this. is. beautiful.

[FelineAficionada]

This was an amazing creative and poetic piece. Beautifully animated and I loved the narrators voice.

[xrysopsari]

Is this the full version of the film?

[TheEpona92]

wow, that's amazing and incredibly creative