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Car Seat Headrest's The Gun Song: A Musical Conclusion
A discussion, analysis, and visual presentation of Car Seat Headrest's "The Gun Song". While I may use Will's name, this is not at all speculative of his real life personality or life story, this is an incredibly personal work of art, and I am simply analyzing it as far removed from reality as I possibly can while acknowledging the personal experience behind it.
Please do not use this video as a substitute for actually listening to this music. Go listen to Car Seat Headrest like anywhere you can find music.
This is part 3 in a series analyzing the Twin Fantasy narrative, the other 2 videos can be found on my channel.
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Відео

a rant ft. "new" microphone
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ignore this if you don't care this is just funny to me
Car Seat Headrest's Underrated Masterpiece: IWYTKIA/IHYA | Song of the Month
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For November's song of the month, I analyze Car Seat Headrest's "I Want You To Know That I'm Awake/I Hope You're Asleep" off of the 2014 album: How To Leave Town. Follow me on Twitter: quoteth Listen to How To Leave Town: carseatheadrest.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-leave-town All music written and performed by Will Toledo, under the name "Car Seat Headrest" is used here under fair use.
Car Seat Headrest's Monomania & The Five Stages of Grief
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The sequel to my definitely critically acclaimed Twin Fantasy video essay (found here: ua-cam.com/video/gnJT8C2fYjo/v-deo.html&t). A discussion, analysis, and special presentation of Car Seat Headrest's album Monomania. I, again, am discussing the ALBUM. I may use Will's name, as this is a very personal piece of work, but do not take anything I say here as ammunition to feel like you know him b...
Car Seat Headrest's Twin Fantasy: Young Love and Romanticization
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My first attempt at delving into a video essay for the cult classic indie rock album Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest. This video analyzes Twin Fantasy as if it were a fictional story, even if I do discuss some meta elements, as it's kind of hard to properly discuss an album so outwardly personal and meta without touching on those pieces. Do not think anything I say here is some deep psycho-an...

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  • @mirihawk
    @mirihawk 3 дні тому

    This is one of my favorite songs, but I wish I never found it, if that makes sense. It's too accurate in depicting these moments of incredible resentment and fear, both smudged by love

  • @Bear-n4k
    @Bear-n4k 14 днів тому

    Gives a really good perspective on what this song is really about. And you can still come up with your own perspective. Love that. 😊

  • @KattalystFr
    @KattalystFr Місяць тому

    Bungou Gay Dogs

  • @yeetereliter680
    @yeetereliter680 Місяць тому

    We need more videos on the whole of NYM and HTLT, you’re really great

  • @AsterMcNulty
    @AsterMcNulty Місяць тому

    So you're telling me that I'm NOT supposed to feel like complete garbage whenever my partner ISN'T around to the point that I have to break up with them?

  • @kendrapersephone6231
    @kendrapersephone6231 2 місяці тому

    i think i'm in love with you<3 this may be my favourite csh song ever

  • @elijahkleinhenz4246
    @elijahkleinhenz4246 2 місяці тому

    Yes, Twin Fantasy is the greatest album of all time. It’s perfect.

  • @kooboota
    @kooboota 2 місяці тому

    cool vid !

  • @detri5634
    @detri5634 3 місяці тому

    The vine boom around 10:30 killed me LMAO

  • @joestack1921
    @joestack1921 3 місяці тому

    Oh shit , that’s a good take about the la la la’s

  • @leaoraissa
    @leaoraissa 4 місяці тому

    Something to be said about ‘misheard lyrics’ is that, when arguing the ‘inner voice’ structure, we can refer to ‘beast monster thing’, where will states once again (bc it truly is something overstated throughout his discography) that he “co-write[s] [his] songs with [himself]”. So yeah, you’re definitely onto something here!

  • @Feebowl
    @Feebowl 4 місяці тому

    Please do a video on all of NYM!!!

  • @koalabear0844
    @koalabear0844 4 місяці тому

    this is amazing man, i just finished watching all your analysis vides and they were really cool and in depth with the narrative you explained. i hope you continue :)

  • @jacobsonboi
    @jacobsonboi 4 місяці тому

    it aiint lowk because ive cried to this

  • @fagdecease
    @fagdecease 5 місяців тому

    sorry, but your interpretation of the album is totally wrong. twin fantasy is actually an concept album about anne frank.

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 5 місяців тому

      yoooour semen stained over yourrr graaaveee

  • @lowengeist
    @lowengeist 5 місяців тому

    Thank you ! This video rocks :)

  • @nyatske
    @nyatske 5 місяців тому

    We lost the lo-fi quality, I think it was fitting considering the subject matter. No matter, I still enjoy them all

  • @Linnytic
    @Linnytic 6 місяців тому

    ♡♡

  • @Trashito312
    @Trashito312 6 місяців тому

    anchorite hits so fucking hard

  • @Mosstrades
    @Mosstrades 6 місяців тому

    this analysis gets very well to what i got from the album, which is awesome. god it just really just gets me. every single one of us who went through intense codependent young love will listen to this album and go "nobody on earth relates more to this shit than me" and we are all correct

  • @peafers
    @peafers 6 місяців тому

    i wish i could put into better words how much this moved me, i realised during my watch, how much this album i can relate to a relationship that never quite happened, but i was always longing for it

  • @nilladrawsstuff
    @nilladrawsstuff 6 місяців тому

    I love twin fantasy. It may be angsty and pathetic, but it definitely has helped me through some shit

  • @toyszz5250
    @toyszz5250 6 місяців тому

    What an incredible analysis of this album. I'm currently going through so many of these emotions, and I can't relate more to these songs. I'm obsessed, and this video makes me hope I can look back to this obsession and look back on my teenage years. Live Laugh Will Toledo

  • @easterneuropeandaughterofcain
    @easterneuropeandaughterofcain 6 місяців тому

    i had a full on breakdown like 10 mins prior to finding this video. i loved it (the video); everything is explained so so so so well and you did an amazing job at presenting the songs while maintaining the disastrous heartbreak that this album entails and also the messiness of it all.. amazing video, you have a calming voice. hugs i love ur conent.

  • @Evanmnm
    @Evanmnm 6 місяців тому

    In a twin fantasy kinda relationship for the 3rd time, do I a) end things b) lose my sense of sanity and self worth as I appeal to a person who hasn’t loved me in months?

    • @Evanmnm
      @Evanmnm 6 місяців тому

      I think imma go with the latter, I’m gay im not smart

    • @Evanmnm
      @Evanmnm 6 місяців тому

      Oh he cheated on me - that’s nice

    • @olhala5644
      @olhala5644 5 місяців тому

      Limerence is fucked

  • @EannaWithAFada
    @EannaWithAFada 7 місяців тому

    Such a good album they should make real music some day

  • @colebradley2757
    @colebradley2757 7 місяців тому

    I pray will released a new album 🙏😔

  • @ccosmic.starzz
    @ccosmic.starzz 7 місяців тому

    This is by far my favourite song of all time. While the song describes a romantic relationship, I find it really resonates with my relationship with my mother, and what it felt like when I lived with her

  • @lslaaaa
    @lslaaaa 7 місяців тому

    This is probably one of the only albums that has made me genuinely cry and rethink thinks. I think it’s such a beautiful take on young romance and heavy romanticism and idealism. This album has changed me as a person in the most literal sense

  • @spacecadet_01
    @spacecadet_01 8 місяців тому

    haha this album hits so hard. it put what i felt into words and understood more about myself, great video man.

  • @koishikomeiji1387
    @koishikomeiji1387 8 місяців тому

    THIS WAS ONE OF MY TOP SONGS ON SPOTIFY IN 2023 I LOVE IT SO MUCH

  • @Ernie257
    @Ernie257 8 місяців тому

    This makes me love twin fantasy even more

  • @finnzwemer957
    @finnzwemer957 8 місяців тому

    i sat in my college's library and literally started crying over this your description was absolutely beautiful and cracked open something in me that's been cooped up in my brain for awhile

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 8 місяців тому

      This is an incredibly high honor <3

  • @tobiasrat693
    @tobiasrat693 8 місяців тому

    When are you going to record a video about the album Living while starving ?

  • @alexisga7462
    @alexisga7462 8 місяців тому

    You should make a face to face video!

  • @timaeusTechnopath
    @timaeusTechnopath 9 місяців тому

    This is one my favorite songs ever

  • @shadybat3183
    @shadybat3183 9 місяців тому

    name a happy carseat headrest song (impossible challenge)

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 9 місяців тому

      bodys kind of is, in like a fleeting, being able to momentarily shed yourself of all the pain and anxiety that weighs you down

    • @shadybat3183
      @shadybat3183 9 місяців тому

      @@quoteth my fault u right

  • @shadybat3183
    @shadybat3183 9 місяців тому

    i love car eat headrest

  • @p1xelat3d
    @p1xelat3d 9 місяців тому

    Literally art

  • @dimitratheodorou1573
    @dimitratheodorou1573 9 місяців тому

    This video is fucking amazing but just one criticism. I would suggest you use a teleprompter or something of the sort while reading your script to not read the same line twice by accident. Otherwise, I'm totally impressed by this

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 9 місяців тому

      I often read a line twice or even three times just to make sure I got a good take, but the issue with this video was I did a all-night crunch to edit it and left a couple of the extra readings in lol.

  • @HeyThereBeachKitty
    @HeyThereBeachKitty 9 місяців тому

    I wish I saved my breath for this video instead, would've been way more fitting as this is the conclusion to the whole Twin Fantasy storyline. However, I just had to write something down to just say that you beautifully and brilliantly analyzed The Gun Song in such nice detail!! Great job as always! On a side note, I didn't know you were going to re-record your Twin Fantasy and Monomania video, however I'm excited to hear that! Hope that all goes well! (Definitely a bit dated, but the point stands!)

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 9 місяців тому

      I have a camera now too so I'm planning once I'm finished up with this semester of College to really sit down and record something with way better production value. Possibly just an all-encompassing video for Tf, monomania, and the gun song + the beach trilogy and maybe a couple of other songs relating to the narrative scattered throughout the discography.

    • @HeyThereBeachKitty
      @HeyThereBeachKitty 9 місяців тому

      Woah, that sounds absolutely amazing! Sounds like a lot of work too, haha. I'm pretty confident you'll be able to manage that out pretty well. Until then, I cannot wait to see what you've got in store! Best of luck to you as always!!

  • @d1z9090
    @d1z9090 9 місяців тому

    cant believe this video only has 17k views, shit deserves so much more, great job man

  • @HeyThereBeachKitty
    @HeyThereBeachKitty 9 місяців тому

    I've been getting into CSH recently and I began with Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), and I absolutely loved it. However, while I listened to it for the first time, there were so many lyrics that I didn't really understand, and that's what made me realize that I really wanted to know more about the lyrics themselves because I usually like to understand the lyrics I'm listening to. I also had a feeling that the lyrics, and really, the album as a whole, had a WAY deeper meaning than it was presenting itself on a surface level. I eventually found your video explaining & analyzing Twin Fantasy, so I decided to relisten to Twin Fantasy again to refresh my mind on the album, and as I finished the album, I decided to watch your video. All I can say is that you opened my eyes to Twin Fantasy and made me realize that I missed so much and made me realize that Twin Fantasy as a whole was such a beautifully deep, emotional, yet depressing piece of musical art. I thank you so much for breaking down Twin Fantasy so beautifully and perfectly. I would also love to thank you for encouraging me to listen to Monomania so I could also watch your explanation on that album. It really piqued my interest that the already amazing Twin Fantasy had an actual sequel to it. So, after listening to Monomania for the first time, I then watched your explanation. At first, I didn't really understand too much. So I then decided to give Monomania another listen after a day or two later for a refresher on the album itself. After the second listen, I came back to your analysis on Monomania. You explained and described Monomania in such a beautifully fascinating way, and I sincerely thank you for that. I usually don't go out of my way to write huge paragraphs of text willingly, but I just had to thank you for both videos because they really cleared up things perfectly. Thank you so much. Also, I really liked the edits you did in both videos, such a nice and charming touch! I hope to see more from you eventually, much love :)

    • @quoteth
      @quoteth 9 місяців тому

      Wow I really appreciate this comment!! Stuff like this is really what I hoped to come from making these videos. Just trying to give people a deeper understanding of these albums that I love so much.

    • @HeyThereBeachKitty
      @HeyThereBeachKitty 9 місяців тому

      Of course! And let me say, you did an absolutely stellar job at it! Super glad I found your videos analyzing these beautifully designed albums. I genuinely can't wait to see you cover more stuff! Glad you saw the comment btw!! Much love and good luck with future projects!! <3 :)