EP23 - Shadows by The Midnight - Reaction + Lyric and Production Breakdown
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- We start off season 3 with a certified banger: Shadows. This song brings us into the new world @themidnightofficial has built for Nocturnal, and it's dark! We hear from Tim McEwan on this new sound coming off of Endless Summer, explore the lyrical meaning, break down the production and of course hear from fans like you. Oh and there's an exclusive giveaway!
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Listening to Shadows by @themidnightofficial
6:35 - Post episode discussion
7:28 - Isolating the vocals and breaking down the lyrics
9:56 - Tim talks about showing Shadows to Tyler
11:49 - Isolating instruments and discussing the song production
14:03 - How Tim made the "Neon On The City" drop
14:50 - Tim talks about the drop
15:46 - Shadows demo from 2020 ARG
16:25 - Fan thoughts
21:08 - Outro
Listen to Shadows: • Shadows
Interview Snippets from Silent Studios Podcast (which appears to no longer be available).
Demo from The Midnight Wiki: themidnight.wiki/wiki/Shadows
Neon Highways by @madebyskovie featuring @timwoodruff : open.spotify.com/track/7cmtEw...
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No one skips Shadows. No one!
"Kissed you when I saw you
Stared deep into your eyes
I meant to say 'I love you'
But instead I said goodbye"
There's so much meaning behind those lines. My favourite lyric of Shadows by far.
Great video, as always! :)
Shadows was the song that got me into The Midnight, really. I was listening to random synthwave songs on youtube a few years ago, they were playing in the background but when I heard the first sounds of Shadows I was like "NOW HOLD ON FOR A SEC". Everything about this wonderful song is perfect, I love that how that combination of ambient sounds at the beginning, the music, Tyler's voice, the lyrics, the drop and the sax solo work together so well! The mood of being lost and alone on a rainy night in a big city full of shadows it creates is incredible. I've listened to Shadows hundreds of times already and I doubt I'll ever get tired of it :D
I can't even describe how I felt when I heard it live last week in Berlin for the first time and was able to sing it with Tyler. It was a truly magical experience.
Thanks for this video and this channel, guys!
Thanks for finding us!
"Up from the dirty black water
A shadow void of form
Raised itself out of the river
And it climbed upon the shore"
I love this part because it's so descriptive and moody, it shows off Tyler's lyrical abilities really well.
My favorite line from the song:
“ The shadow pooling underneath me as it follows on the ground”.
This gives such a sense of a dark wet road with light coming down from above, and the shadows shifting as the water trickles along.
I just love how patient this song is as it develops. So many artists have so much to say and try to cram it in with 1000 words in a song. This has words, gaps, and building energy through the whole record that says so much more!!
“Shadows” is the first song I heard from The Midnight, and it remains my all-time favorite to this day 💜
“I’m a stranger to myself, on these streets I’m someone else” is my favorite lyric from the song. I can relate to this especially when I’m walking around downtown San Francisco, I feel like I need to be a totally different person to “blend in.”
Looking forward to the rest of Nocturnal!
Dudes, thanks for the shoutout. Zach is a super talented producer. Stoked that I got to play guitar on it!
Thank you, Tim! It was awesome having you on the track, and we so appreciate you watching! 💜
Shadows is my ALL TIME fave song of The Midnight. It INSTANTLY relaxes me and is really nice to chill out to. Thanks for covering my fave song by them!
Thanks for watching!
Been a casual fan of their music and just recently came upon this Gem! Synthwave Forever
Loved this analysis of one of my most favorite songs, thank you!!
this track so powerful, it laterally makes me cry sometimes
Play in in you car and let the bass go trough your body. The song gets even better. Drive by night. The start of this song is acctually 10 of 10. Highest raiting music!
“I’m a stranger to myself On these streets I’m someone else”
These lyrics resonate with me as being in a new environment after moving recently. Great video as always.
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Quite possibly the best work by The Midnight on this album, love the deep dives you guys take into these songs
yeah, vaporware at its very finest, checkout night drive by timecop1983 ...very close stylistically
People who never listened to this song are really unfortunate. 2 min of silence
“I meant to say "I love you"
But instead I said goodbye”
Oops! Hate when that happens!
This song is an absolute gem. Nocturnal is underrated.
“I don't know why I do it
I apologize but it's too Late
A single tear and you leave me here and
Shadow slips away”
These are my favorite just because at this point in the story the damage of hurting someone you love, the realization kicks in and it’s too late to fix it
My favorite line has gotta be the opening line "The City carved a silhouette, on the ocean after dark"
So glad your back for season 3. Love listening (and watching) your podcast!
Love your guys podcast, love how you guys help bring a new perspective to the songs we know and love, but neon on the city is my favorite lyric, the drop is killer!
Thanks so much for this comment! It means the world to us. 💜
I'm so glad a channel like you does this stuff with The Midnight. I can't wait for you guys to review America Online (saved my life)
"Shadows in the city
I'm stranger to myself
On these streets I'm someone else"
Thanks, Adam! Happy to have you along for the ride 😊
"Neon on the city" WHAT!?!?! I always thought it was Tim saying "I feel real pretty" Man, i've been hearing it wrong for so long. ;p
We are glad you learned something new! And thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for showing my comment on the show guys. Big fan.
Thank you for sending in your thoughts! We appreciate you :)
“For all my good intentions
There's a shadow in the dark
He comes to me infrequently
And breaks your perfect heart
I don't know why I do it
Apologized but it's too late…”
Oof. If that doesn’t speak to anyone honest with themselves, I don’t know what will. Amazing song.
Keep up the great work, guys! Always a pleasure 🤙😎
The music is best. I always listen in morning to make my day good.
What I like about The Midnight is they're a full band, not just a dude and a computer, I've seen some videos/shorts on UA-cam and Instagram, and I got to say they're electric!!
That demo though, could be a good slight return track!?
Got really into this album while I was living alone in the Netherlands through last winter. Shadows was the perfect song for dark, gloomy, foggy nights in Amsterdam. So much storytelling in a single song. I always think of it as a song coming from the loneliness after the dark parts of ourselves rear their ugly heads at the worst times, especially to those we love.
"I meant to say I love you but instead I said goodbye."
"I don't know why I do it, I apologize but it's too late, a single tear and you leave me here and the shadow slips away."
"Like a demon in the dark, come to tear us apart."
Awesome visuals, awesome song.
Awesome video as per usual.
My favourite lyrics are definitely "I meant to say I love you but instead I said goodbye"
I can't see myself listening to this song without shouting this line !
Same here. One of the lines in the song I always shout in my car when I'm jamming to this song!
"For all my good intentions there's a shadow in this dark, it comes to me infrequently and breaks your perfect heart"
This song and the whole album changed my life. I can't describe how much I love this, all I wanna do is night drive while getting this feeling of nostalgia with a little bit of darkness.
I found you guys a few weeks ago because of your Owl City reaction videos on your other channel. He's one of my absolutely favorite people. But The Midnight has been one of my top favorites right along with Adam Young. I was listneing to Deep Blue and for funsies I started searching for people reacting to their music (because I've never thought to watch videos of that before). ...Imagine my surprise to see you guys pop up again lol
Dunno how I managed to be oblivious to this channel until now, but it's great! You two have excellent taste, if I do say so myself 👀👌🏽
Now I'm imagining a The Midnight remix of an Owl City song lol Or a collab.
This is seriously crazy! Happy to have found you through both our channels. A collab of some sort would break our brains! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Favorite lyrics in Shadows - I'm a stranger to myself, on these streets I'm someone else. Love the editing and graphics in this episode!
Neon on the blacktop, there's a gentle rain downtown
Music video idea: a midnight concert, but it's just you two airplaying instruments.
lmao 🤣
@@AfterTheMidnight it's one of the wholesome things i like about your podcast 😅
As someome who discovered The Midnight through Vampires, any song from Nocturnal is incredibly nostalgic for me. So glad to see you react to it!
It’s sooo cinematic!! 💜
"Shadows in the city
I'm a stranger to myself
On these streets I'm someone else"
Not just the lyrics but the way Tyler sings these lines is amazing!
My interpretation of it is that the streets make such a strong impact on him that he becomes... someone else.
Lovely stuff!
Shadows took me a minute to get used to. Ironically, I don't live in a city so it's hard to be in the moment for this one. I love the lyric, "Like a demon in the dark. Come to tear us apart." That imagery really elevated this. I always picture a shadow turning into a demon and haunting our protagonist walking at night. Just really cool I think
"I'm a stranger to myself
On these streets I'm someone else" love this because on the outside your personality is different from the inside.
This song and "Vampires" are a masterpiece, congratulations guys! Greetings from Uruguay :D
Shadows in the city
I'm a stranger to myself
On these streets I'm someone else
Shadows in the city
Like a demon in the dark
Come to tear us apart
bout time we review the best album!!!
"Shadows in the city /
I'm a stranger to myself /
On these streets I'm someone else /
Shadows in the city /
Like a demon in the dark /
Come to tear us apart"
These lines resonate with me a lot because it's leading up to the drop, and I can relate to them in some aspect: "I'm a stranger to myself" - I am not who I want to be at this time.
"From the dirty black water, a shadow void of form raised itself out of the river and it climbed upon the shore"
Such good scene setting lyrics 👌
Dude these music breakdown videos that you guys put out is absolutely amazing. Love both your inputs but specially love when you're bopping to the music haha. Best part of the video for me
Thank you so much!
For all my good intentions
There’s a shadow in the dark
It comes to me infrequently
And breaks your perfect heart
Great ep, guys! 💜
Lost Boy is my favourite song so I'll go with that - "We were the rebels, lone survivors
We were the cult of deep sea divers
We were young once then we grew old
We were shining, we were fool's gold"
Aww yeah! After the Midnight is back at it again! Shadows is one of the greats!
“I don’t know why I do it, apologize when it’s too late
A single tear as you leave me here, and the shadow slips away”. Gets me everytime and reminds me of all the times I had good intentions and still messed it up.
Stoked to have you along for the ride!
Ohh guys!! Now you've got finally deeper into The Midnight with their greatest masterpiece. Here I'm gonna ask you something to throw light upon. So please..
I'm really fascinated by the concept of 'neon city', 'neon signs', 'neon lights' or electric visuals in synthwave. And particularly the neon drenched artwork of this album. I really wanna dig into it.
* Can you explain in brief about their relevance with this genre or the 80s? I would love to know from you🙏🏼
Shadows is fantastic! What a great song, I mean how high can you set the bar for the rest of an album? Although I love this one most, the whole album is an epic masterpiece. The atmosphere is awesome, and the design of the cover is my favorite from The Midnight and is very fitting.
I don't know why I do it
I apologize but it's too late
A single tear and you leave me here and shadow slips away
I was just listening to this song during work when this video uploaded. Great minds think alike!
Great vid guys! Excited for the new season. Had a long day at work and it was nice coming home, turning this on, and feeling like i was hanging w/ my dudes and vibing to the midnight.
Easily my fave lyric: I meant to say "I love you" / But instead I said goodbye
P.S. If I don’t win can I buy a shirt?
That’s awesome that we got to be a part of your day! We’re still trying to figure that out, hopefully we will have more details about it soon!
Favourite lyric when i think about it has to be:
For all my good intentions
There's a shadow in this dark
It comes to me infrequently
And breaks your perfect heart.
Dang it, all this time I thought he was saying Cowtown, not Downtown 😫
Great epi guys 👍🏽
🤣🤣
Ive benn listening to The Midnight 2012-2013. Nocturnal is the greatest album. Its easier to talk about the songs that arent so good because they are few from The Midnight.
I meant to say "I love you"
But instead I said goodbye
"Neon on the city?" - that's not what I hear. It's more like "Beyond our city", no?
That aside, this is the greatest track The Midnight have ever made. Lyrics and production, untouchable.
I (Ryan) thought it was that for so long, but this tweet from a few years ago from The Midnight confirmed it was “Neon On The City”, it’s just so pitch bent it’s hard to hear.
Tweet: twitter.com/themidnightla/status/1181148342933262336?s=46&t=P-hI_amyo6Gzcm3MeZ1xiA
@@AfterTheMidnight Thank you for the reply! It's always bugged me 😊 keep up the great work.
always thought it was “the unknown city”
@@CodyT3212 Oh man! Now that's what I hear! 😊
I meant to say I love you, but instead I said goodbye
Amigos me encantan su contenido pero tengo un problema, no sé inglés y me cuesta entenderlos, me gustaría saber si algún día pueden ponerle subtitulo en español a sus videos para poder entenderlos mejor. Bueno se les quiere mucho. 🔥🙌
Absolutamente lo haremos mejor con esto. Gracias por ver!
I don't know why but unfortunately the silent studios podcast is not playing on my spotify. May be it's expired or so. Corrupted file 🤔🤔
Aww sorry about that! You may have better luck on UA-cam. We find that many creators will usually share to both platforms. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@AfterTheMidnight well that's fine but I think you forgot or overlooked a question that I've asked you in a previous comment of this video. Please see to it again if you can. Thanks🧡
Ah sorry about that! That’s a good question, and is definitely subjective. I think to me neon sort of represents city life at night. A lot of tracks in the synth genre make me feel like I’m driving at night, or I’m in some cyberpunk type future. I’d say that’s my take but that’s a great question. -Zach
@@AfterTheMidnight Really appreciate your answer sir. But does it mean the album NOCTURNAL is based on cyberpunk or cybernetic themes in your opinion?
To be honest I think both! It gives me vibes of both genres.
I often have unpopular opinions from most folks about The Midnight lyrics. They aren't my *favorite* lyrics but when Tyler sings "I don't know why I do it, I apologize but it's too late," I always yell "GO TO THERAPY YOU JERK." Cause the previous lyrics, "It comes to me infrequently and breaks your perfect heart," implies it's happened before. This song makes me so angry (even though I love it). Like man, grow up and leave people alone and work out you shit.