ILikeSpice123 Well if we assume that the gravity that Spike was experiencing was the same as Earth's, then a 2 minute fall would be far long enough for Spike to reach Terminal Velocity, at which the average human falls about 1000 feet every 6 seconds. Using this we can calculate that if the length of the song had actually represented the length of the fall, then Spike would have fallen from roughly 20,000 feet in the air, about as high as turboprop passenger planes do. If he had fallen for 11 minutes and 29 seconds straight under the same conditions then he would have had to have fallen from 115,000 feet, which is roughly the same as 35 kilometres, which is very far above the minimum height needed to see the curvature of the earth. At this height Spike would be above the Ozone layer and thus without any special protection would be susceptible to bursts of solar rays and gamma radiation. Additionally there would be no oxygen whatsoever until he reached around 25,000 feet, meaning he would die of suffocation in the 10 minute wait to reach air. While he would certainly not be near outer space at this height, or even close to orbit height, this is the level at which Weather Balloons are flown. If he somehow managed to survive the deadly gamma radiation and the lack of air to breathe, it would theoretically be a fall he could survive, as people have survived falls at terminal velocity in the past, although usually breaking all of their bones and going into a coma in the process.
@@lucrio4088 Well we know from heavy metal queen that Spike is pretty well adapted to outer space so maybe this is what happened, and he broke all his bones hence the full-body cast.
*cracks knuckles* Alright, so according to the scene on UA-cam at ua-cam.com/video/gKrkQUBysMk/v-deo.html, Spike gets thrown at 0:46 in. We'll assume that flashbacks take place during the fall, take up their own amount of time, and that he hits the ground when he passes out in his flashback. So 110 seconds of falling, coupled with Mars' gravity of 3.711 m/s^2. Although right now Mars' surface air pressure is 0.6% of Earths, we'll assume that they introduced a similar atmosphere to Earth to make it easily habitable. Spike is 6'1" and weighs 155 pounds, or 70 kg, and the throw/push from Vicious would equate to an initial velocity of around 10 km per hour, or 2.8 metres per second, which the Mythbusters proved would be required to break glass with a human. Running the numbers, Spike fell from an altitude of about 3,400 metres, or 11200 feet, and reached a maximum, and terminal velocity of 32.9 m/s. This equates to 2303 N using F=ma where M is 70 kg and A is 32.9 m/s. Unfortunately, it takes 4000N to break a femur, and so a few ribs at the most were all that he would have broken. It is entirely possible that he broke a few bones being smashed through the glass, but being an old church the glass would likely be brittler than the new glass used by the Mythbusters. And finally, all of that was pointless, because it's in slow motion. In reality, the church looks similar to the west view of St. Vitus' Cathedral, in Prague, in which its main window is only about 40 m high. His fall would have been less than five seconds at the maximum, and only resulted in about 1100 N.
@h...........................I first saw this scene in 2001 when it first aired in the US. Changed my life and my view on art forever…… I will forever be grateful to this song/scene and yoko kanno
Around late 2017, I got into Cowboy Bebop and when I heard this song as Spike was falling, I fell in love with this song. I used to listen to this beautiful song as I fall asleep, with many depressing or positive thoughts roaming in my house. Some days later after first listening to this song, I suffered a house fire. I can no longer listen to this song without remembering the smell, the ashes of my room and living room, the long... longest five-minute wait ever for the firefighters to come as the inside of my house slowly burned into ashes. Life was never the same anymore.
Damn. Your story gives me chills. My best friends house had a gas leak and exploded burnt down... it always hurt so bad to imagine her pain. Your story makes me think of her and all the other people who have experienced that. I'm so sorry and I hope you were able to go back to normal at some point.
i remenber one time i saved my sister from being eletrocuted and i ending up being eletrocuted... i nearly died... afther that i ended crying in the corner for 30 minutes... because of the eletricity i literally started to fall on my own knees... the fall was only 2 secondsbut for me it´s looke like the longest 3 minutes of my life
i bought the DVD collector's set 3 or 4 years ago, and it came with something like a podcast. it was a DVD of all the Japanese voice actors coming together and rewatching the series in 2008, 10 years after the original run of the show, and talking about how their lives changed and the world changed since then. the way they sounded it seemed like they were in a different planet in 2008 just from remembering 1998. it's now been 21 years since then. This world seems unrecognizable from back then.
Damn, That's beautiful. I should see if the DVD I own has that. I doubt it, but that sounds like it'd be really nice to watch. Kind of sad when I think about it, the world really is completely unrecognizable. I could never describe it, but the reason the past always seems so distant to me, is because it's just so.. different than what it's like now.
These sad themes had their one times to shine, so that you were instantly reminded of those scenes. The scenes where you realize Spike has been past crying for some time time. There’s nothing left in him that makes him want to live.
Endgame Summary In Session 1, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being brought on by a woman. Laughing Bull: Swimming bird will meet a woman. The bird will be hunted by this woman. And then death. Spike: One more time. Laughing Bull: What's that? Spike: I was killed once before by a woman. Spike is speaking of Julia. Losing her love was so painful as to be considered a form of death. He was left in a detached dream-like purgatory from that day on. In Session 26, Julia is shot in front of Spike. White doves fly by in slow motion. Horror, shock, and agony are expressed in Spike's left eye. He screams her name, drops his weapon, and runs to her. He takes her in his arms. Hears her last words, which are inaudible to the audience. Spike looks down at his lost love and then up to the sky. The camera is now focused on Spike's right eye, which is shaking in a disturbing manner. The camera zooms into Spike's pupil and everything fades to black. The next scene is of Laughing Bull predicting Spike's imminent death. Holding Julia's coat, Vicious speaks of Spike. Vicious: A beast that has lost his place. He has nowhere to return to now. He will come. Vicious is both right and wrong. Spike will come, but he does have somewhere to return to one last time. Two rose petals are shown blowing away in the wind. Spike returns to the Bebop and tells Jet a story. An allegory about his life which he uses to explain why he will never return. Spike: There once was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, and he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for. The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant he was free. He met a white female cat, and the two of them spent their days together happily. Well, years passed, and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life. Jet is keenly aware that Spike's death looms in the horizon. He is wary of the tale's implications. When Spike gets up to leave, Jet asks him one last question. Jet: Is it for the girl? Spike: [beat] She's dead. There's nothing I can do for her now. This is true. Julia is dead. There is nothing Spike can do for her. This does not lessen the impact she has on the events that are about to unfold. Jet understands this. Upon hearing of Julia's death, he has a resigned if devastated reaction. He knows exactly what this means for Spike. Faye confronts Spike while holding him at gunpoint. She knows that he is marching towards his death. Faye: Where are you going? Why, are you going? You told me once, to forget the past, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, but you’re the one still tied to the past, Spike! Spike does not deny this. Instead, he explains the truth about his eyes. The camera spans from his left eye to his right eye. Spike: Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture. Faye: Don’t tell me things like that; you’ve never told me anything about yourself, so don’t tell me now! Spike: I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over. This is not the first time Spike has expressed this sentiment. One of his most revelatory quotes was said in the teaser for Ballad of Fallen Angels. Spike: The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air. I wake suddenly from my dream. There is no music box! And yet there it is. A tiny one nestled in my hand. And I awaken from my dream again. As if I were peeling an onion. It’s a dream no matter how far I go. I can never reach reality. Trapped in an endless nightmare. Spike is so affected by the loss of the woman he loves that even an item she once possessed haunts him. It is her death that has finally woken him from his detached dream-like state. Faye shares with Spike that her memory has returned. She explains that there was nowhere for her to go back to. She pleads with him to stay. Spike ignores her please and instead leaves her with these parting words. Spike: I’m not going there to die; I’m going to find out if I’m really alive. I have to do it, Faye. Faye is not comforted by this statement. The audience should not be comforted either. Spike's words eerily echo what Jet said to him in session 25. Jet: Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive. Faye cries and shoots off her gun. An act reminiscent of the 21-gun salute that is used in the military to honor the fallen. Spike walks away from Faye without looking back. He is never shown thinking about anyone from the Bebop again. The song "See You Space Cowboy" plays as Spike leaves the Bebop. "Everything is already over", You say with closed ears The words only flow Towards a tomorrow without peace "There's nothing that won't change" Even if my life ends This love will not disappear It's something that will live forever Even if dreams are hidden in darkness I got a rainbow Rainbow in your hands... The camera focuses on Spike's left eye. The eye that sees Spike's past. The lyrics begin as Spike is recalling romantic memories of Julia. He thinks of the first time he saw Julia and was captivated by her beauty. He thinks of a time when he made love to Julia and she cradled him in her arms. Given that Spike confided to Jet just the previous session that Julia was a part of him, the image shows a moment in Spike's life when he felt whole. Spike: She was a piece of me I had lost. She is my other half that I had longed for. The song continues to play as Spike attacks the syndicate. It is a ballad of undying love alluding to lovers being reunited in the afterlife. When Spike faces off against his hated rival, Vicious makes a proclamation. Vicious: So, you're finally awake. I told you before, Spike. I'm the only one who can kill you and set you free. Spike does not deny this. But makes a proclamation of his own. Spike: Those words apply to you as well, Vicious. During their fight, there comes a moment where the two disarm each other by swapping weapons. Vicious getting Spike's gun and Spike getting Vicious's katana. It is at this moment that Spike makes a statement of great significance to both men. Spike: Julia passed away. Let's end it all. Vicious: If that's your wish. The rivals return their weapons. Spike shoots Vicious but gets sliced across the abdomen. Vicious's death comes quickly, while Spike lingers as was foreshadowed. Vicious: Don't forget, a snake's venom poisons slowly after the bite. Spike watches Vicious's body fall to the ground, spends but a few seconds looking at him, then looks up to the night's sky. The camera is focused on Spike's right eye. Now calm. Spike sees Julia. This is the first time in the entire series that Spike is shown seeing Julia with his right eye. In session 13, during an auditory flashback, Spike and Julia discuss his eyes. Spike: My left eye sees the past. Julia: What about your right eye? We do not hear his response. In the penultimate scene of the series, we are specifically shown what Spike sees with his eye that sees his present. He sees her. In Spike's vision, Julia is cast in a white light. She says her last words to Spike, this time they are audible to the audience. Spike is shown reflected back in Julia's eye. He glumly concurs with her. Spike is then completely engulfed by a blinding white light. The scene fades to white. This light is reminiscent of the divine light that is cast upon a soul that is ready to ascend to heaven. Julia: It's all a dream. Spike: Yeah. Just a bad dream. From white we transition to the final scene of the series. It is now day. A white light is now cast over the entire syndicate. Spike smiles, points a finger gun at the remaining syndicate goons and says "bang". This is a callback to Wen from session 6. As Wen was dying he asked Spike if he understood the relief that came with one's own death. In response, Spike threw Wen's harmonica up in the air, pretended to shoot it while saying "bang", but then said "as if". When Spike says "bang" this time he is acknowledging that he now understands that relief. Spike falls to the ground. He is never shown moving again. White doves are shown flying over Spike's body. White doves also flew by Julia when she died. The camera follows an ascension into the heavens, while the song "Blue" plays. The song's lyrics allude to a soul ascending to heaven. Free Wanna be free Gonna be free And move among the stars You know, they really aren't so far Feels so free Gotta know free Please Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seems I'm so free No black and white in the blue Everything is clearer now Life is just a dream, you know That's never-ending I'm ascending At the end of the credits a star goes out but never falls. In session 13, Laughing Bull informs the audience to what a falling star truly is. Child: A star just fell from the sky. Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior. A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. Child: What warrior is it? Laughing Bull: A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm. Where the great spirit awaits us all. Given that the star we are shown does not fall, it is reasonable to infer that the soul the star belonged to did make its way to the great spirit that awaits us all. That soul has broken away from the cycle of death and rebirth and is never coming back. As was foreshadowed to happen to Spike in the fable of the tiger striped cat, who followed his love into death and never returned.
Thankyou for explaining this song.maybe u can make a video of explaining this song lyrics bcoz there are more people who want to know the meaning of this song.
Thank you so much for this wonderfully written piece. You made some really great points and connected the dots. I teared up reading it at midnight in the dark while this ethereal song looped in the back.
watched this scene for the first time watching late night adult swim. literally dropped what i was doing and sat stunned as i watched, absolutely insane. the best cinematography, music, everything. the magnum opus of television. doesnt matter if its an anime. i will never forget this scene.
I went back in time when I finally found this song on your channel whatever you do keep it here for a long time more people will learn about Bebop and listen to this song and I pray they feel the same way in their own ways keep up the good work.
Listening this and get some flashback of good things before the COVID 19 attack like hanging out with friends, going somewhere else for nice things and many more
ewn... extroverts.... there´s two kinds of introverts... normal:don´t like to be around too much people INTROVERTIX:like being alone the diference? eventually the normal will want to go out whit other people eventually... but the other will and can just stay alone forever and don´t care about it
Spike: Years ago, back when I was much younger, I was afraid of nothing. I had not the slightest fear of death. I was ready to die anytime. But then I met a special woman. She made me want to go on living. For the first time, I was afraid of death. A feeling I’d never had before. Electra: Where is she now? Spike: She went away.
I remember the first time I heard this. it felt like some one kicked me in the bollox. That grasping for Air pain like the tears can't come quick enough. It's so beautiful. But feels like dying.
Remember me, how a fool I was, how a fool I am and how a fool I will be. Maybe is because of my parents, maybe is because of my sister or maybe is simply me, we see the question as we want I guess. In the end, we all die alone.
I'll always love you Saul. Wherever you are, your place in my heart is cemented. My first love. Our story was quite something. I've never worn that jacket again since we first met after hundreds of hours on MSN. You were everything I hoped you would be. We went our different ways, but it doesn't hurt. It's just how it goes sometimes. You'll always be my first love. We worked but it just wasn't meant to be in the long term. I still think about you. I hope you still think about me, Saul. I hope you're ok, chicken. You made me happy beyond belief.
You arrive home, and find the love of your life unconscious on the ground. You cry and scream, holding them in your lap, calling the police for an ambulance as their pale face lays in your palms. They smile, knowing their time is done but their lover is with them, and your face streams with tears, knowing your lover is fading away. As the ambulance arrives and the door swings open with the flashing of lights, your lover whispers lowly, “I’ll remember you, please remember me,”. You cry even harder, squeezing them tighter than you’ve ever before, “I will!”…”I WILL!”. And they drift off, their eyes shutting forever. Their memory your despair; and Green Bird plays on in your mind forever.
Right? I hadn't seen this show in a _LONG_ time, but I remembered that it was amazing, but couldn't perfectly remember why I felt that way. Once I got to this part, all I could think was "Ooohhhh. That's why."
Honestly I just found this video after another one of green bird and just can say this had me shaking my head as I listened to this come up randomly while working on a chapter for class. I am a pharmacy tech major and just this song (as someone who does not watch the anime but just listens to the music) is such a fitting mood for me after my first exam yesterday for a introduction to the pharmacy practice course I am in. Nobody was confident in passing (all assuming B's and C's and probably even worse), we all just wanted to pass (since its 60% of the grade and all this person gives is exams) but next week Wednesday (9/22) is the next test and we already are prepping our graves knowing we may go down together with not passing. optimism was not really being shown here for this one class as much as the other ones we have to take. This song fits my mood as I just try to hope for the best and try to keep my head up, since right now there is so many negative thoughts and anxiety running through me.
edit: I got an 86 on that test. My professor read my email of pure concern of not passing that class like the fears of having failed the test badly and she just said no you actually passed it luckily with an 86 and here is my list of little concerns I had with your test which I would say I have with others too... so yeah thank god lmao. Honestly thank lord for that but after that email everyone asked did she post the results like nope not yet just wrote in the email mine to help calm down my anxiety
Hearing this song brings me back to the moment where I felt most alive, and it's kinda funny, because I remember thinking that it would have been the perfect moment to die.
There is no song that has an effect on me the way this one does. No matter where I'm at or what I'm doing, if this plays, I will have involuntarily have tears come to my eyes and get all choked up. But it feels good. Such a strange occurrence.
_cactus girls of the Sahara: ..we can cross this desert, and find that KFC.. and surprise Sieg, who will lose to our superior cacti camouflage idea.._ *Cactus Juice Maker, (right behind them): NOPE!*
perfect song to listen to while watching your life flash before your eyes as you fall...
From a church window
And also leaving two grenades behind to blow up that guy.
For now. It is the time to remembering the good times before the covid 19 's disease
@@sanken21 times are still good ^-^ if not better
If I'm falling I want to listen to one week by Barenaked ladies and remember every moment I had a slice of pizza.
I'm glad the original song is only under two minutes. I would be worried if spike was falling for 11 minutes and 29 seconds straight.
ILikeSpice123 Well if we assume that the gravity that Spike was experiencing was the same as Earth's, then a 2 minute fall would be far long enough for Spike to reach Terminal Velocity, at which the average human falls about 1000 feet every 6 seconds. Using this we can calculate that if the length of the song had actually represented the length of the fall, then Spike would have fallen from roughly 20,000 feet in the air, about as high as turboprop passenger planes do.
If he had fallen for 11 minutes and 29 seconds straight under the same conditions then he would have had to have fallen from 115,000 feet, which is roughly the same as 35 kilometres, which is very far above the minimum height needed to see the curvature of the earth. At this height Spike would be above the Ozone layer and thus without any special protection would be susceptible to bursts of solar rays and gamma radiation. Additionally there would be no oxygen whatsoever until he reached around 25,000 feet, meaning he would die of suffocation in the 10 minute wait to reach air. While he would certainly not be near outer space at this height, or even close to orbit height, this is the level at which Weather Balloons are flown.
If he somehow managed to survive the deadly gamma radiation and the lack of air to breathe, it would theoretically be a fall he could survive, as people have survived falls at terminal velocity in the past, although usually breaking all of their bones and going into a coma in the process.
Lucrio Zora good thinking
@@lucrio4088 iirc the episode took place on Mars, so the fall would have been a lot slower and less lethal, but it would still hurt like hell.
@@lucrio4088 Well we know from heavy metal queen that Spike is pretty well adapted to outer space so maybe this is what happened, and he broke all his bones hence the full-body cast.
*cracks knuckles*
Alright, so according to the scene on UA-cam at ua-cam.com/video/gKrkQUBysMk/v-deo.html, Spike gets thrown at 0:46 in. We'll assume that flashbacks take place during the fall, take up their own amount of time, and that he hits the ground when he passes out in his flashback. So 110 seconds of falling, coupled with Mars' gravity of 3.711 m/s^2. Although right now Mars' surface air pressure is 0.6% of Earths, we'll assume that they introduced a similar atmosphere to Earth to make it easily habitable.
Spike is 6'1" and weighs 155 pounds, or 70 kg, and the throw/push from Vicious would equate to an initial velocity of around 10 km per hour, or 2.8 metres per second, which the Mythbusters proved would be required to break glass with a human.
Running the numbers, Spike fell from an altitude of about 3,400 metres, or 11200 feet, and reached a maximum, and terminal velocity of 32.9 m/s. This equates to 2303 N using F=ma where M is 70 kg and A is 32.9 m/s. Unfortunately, it takes 4000N to break a femur, and so a few ribs at the most were all that he would have broken. It is entirely possible that he broke a few bones being smashed through the glass, but being an old church the glass would likely be brittler than the new glass used by the Mythbusters.
And finally, all of that was pointless, because it's in slow motion. In reality, the church looks similar to the west view of St. Vitus' Cathedral, in Prague, in which its main window is only about 40 m high. His fall would have been less than five seconds at the maximum, and only resulted in about 1100 N.
One of the GREATEST songs from one of the GREATEST scenes in ALL of anime!!!
I was actually speechless when I first saw this scene
More like greatest of all time.
I know wanna make you fall outta a window
@@4ra4ra4ra ppl like you should really shut up. there is a difference between the anime and the stupid real life movie
*Just like that....sing to me.*
I want the guy to sing in a heavy american accent
YoU sInG oFf KeY
@@williamszy2827 bruh I want it to be southerner style lol
tone deaf.
This is literally the song that I will remember for the rest of my life
@h...........................I first saw this scene in 2001 when it first aired in the US. Changed my life and my view on art forever…… I will forever be grateful to this song/scene and yoko kanno
Around late 2017, I got into Cowboy Bebop and when I heard this song as Spike was falling, I fell in love with this song. I used to listen to this beautiful song as I fall asleep, with many depressing or positive thoughts roaming in my house. Some days later after first listening to this song, I suffered a house fire.
I can no longer listen to this song without remembering the smell, the ashes of my room and living room, the long... longest five-minute wait ever for the firefighters to come as the inside of my house slowly burned into ashes.
Life was never the same anymore.
Damn. Your story gives me chills. My best friends house had a gas leak and exploded burnt down... it always hurt so bad to imagine her pain. Your story makes me think of her and all the other people who have experienced that. I'm so sorry and I hope you were able to go back to normal at some point.
Sorry to be so behind in seeing these comments but I sincerely wish/ hope you are well
Its only after weve lost everything.. that were free to do anything
i remenber one time i saved my sister from being eletrocuted and i ending up being eletrocuted...
i nearly died... afther that i ended crying in the corner for 30 minutes...
because of the eletricity i literally started to fall on my own knees... the fall was only 2 secondsbut for me it´s looke like the longest 3 minutes of my life
Thus is the essence of the made up moniker of 'cowboy bebop" that which can be experienced but never explained. 🍻
i bought the DVD collector's set 3 or 4 years ago, and it came with something like a podcast. it was a DVD of all the Japanese voice actors coming together and rewatching the series in 2008, 10 years after the original run of the show, and talking about how their lives changed and the world changed since then. the way they sounded it seemed like they were in a different planet in 2008 just from remembering 1998.
it's now been 21 years since then. This world seems unrecognizable from back then.
What about the English voice actors? Did they provide commentary as well?
Things seem the same.
@@Aaron48253 No sadly, the English voice actors weren't apart of the commentary in the video.
A A Thanks I bought it. It’s great
Damn, That's beautiful. I should see if the DVD I own has that. I doubt it, but that sounds like it'd be really nice to watch. Kind of sad when I think about it, the world really is completely unrecognizable. I could never describe it, but the reason the past always seems so distant to me, is because it's just so.. different than what it's like now.
*Are these...tears?*
Everytime the piano kicks in I swear I could happily die.
While fallin out a window
@@fusiontoa18 no heart failure would be fine.
@John the Skub miner ok.
It’s so amazing
@@patrickraftery1815 liver failure for me
So long ..... Space cowboy
I'm not going there to die, I'm going to find out if I'm really alive.
When graduation from school or college is ended and got some flashback during that time
I think this song goes well at a funeral or wedding.
Huh, a sing that celebrates life and death... Sounds right
Also goes well with window repair
I want this played during my funeral pyre!
Graduation maybe also suitable. Cause there'll be many good memories
Shameful! Not one person has made the obvious joke... Fine, I will. "What's the difference?"
These sad themes had their one times to shine, so that you were instantly reminded of those scenes. The scenes where you realize Spike has been past crying for some time time. There’s nothing left in him that makes him want to live.
Never knew how calming work can be when you listen to this
Endgame Summary
In Session 1, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being brought on by a woman.
Laughing Bull: Swimming bird will meet a woman. The bird will be hunted by this woman. And then death.
Spike: One more time.
Laughing Bull: What's that?
Spike: I was killed once before by a woman.
Spike is speaking of Julia. Losing her love was so painful as to be considered a form of death. He was left in a detached dream-like purgatory from that day on.
In Session 26, Julia is shot in front of Spike. White doves fly by in slow motion. Horror, shock, and agony are expressed in Spike's left eye. He screams her name, drops his weapon, and runs to her. He takes her in his arms. Hears her last words, which are inaudible to the audience.
Spike looks down at his lost love and then up to the sky. The camera is now focused on Spike's right eye, which is shaking in a disturbing manner. The camera zooms into Spike's pupil and everything fades to black.
The next scene is of Laughing Bull predicting Spike's imminent death.
Holding Julia's coat, Vicious speaks of Spike.
Vicious: A beast that has lost his place. He has nowhere to return to now. He will come.
Vicious is both right and wrong. Spike will come, but he does have somewhere to return to one last time.
Two rose petals are shown blowing away in the wind.
Spike returns to the Bebop and tells Jet a story. An allegory about his life which he uses to explain why he will never return.
Spike: There once was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, and he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for. The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant he was free. He met a white female cat, and the two of them spent their days together happily. Well, years passed, and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life.
Jet is keenly aware that Spike's death looms in the horizon. He is wary of the tale's implications.
When Spike gets up to leave, Jet asks him one last question.
Jet: Is it for the girl?
Spike: [beat] She's dead. There's nothing I can do for her now.
This is true. Julia is dead. There is nothing Spike can do for her. This does not lessen the impact she has on the events that are about to unfold. Jet understands this. Upon hearing of Julia's death, he has a resigned if devastated reaction. He knows exactly what this means for Spike.
Faye confronts Spike while holding him at gunpoint. She knows that he is marching towards his death.
Faye: Where are you going? Why, are you going? You told me once, to forget the past, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, but you’re the one still tied to the past, Spike!
Spike does not deny this. Instead, he explains the truth about his eyes. The camera spans from his left eye to his right eye.
Spike: Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture.
Faye: Don’t tell me things like that; you’ve never told me anything about yourself, so don’t tell me now!
Spike: I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over.
This is not the first time Spike has expressed this sentiment. One of his most revelatory quotes was said in the teaser for Ballad of Fallen Angels.
Spike: The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air. I wake suddenly from my dream. There is no music box! And yet there it is. A tiny one nestled in my hand. And I awaken from my dream again. As if I were peeling an onion. It’s a dream no matter how far I go. I can never reach reality. Trapped in an endless nightmare.
Spike is so affected by the loss of the woman he loves that even an item she once possessed haunts him. It is her death that has finally woken him from his detached dream-like state.
Faye shares with Spike that her memory has returned. She explains that there was nowhere for her to go back to. She pleads with him to stay.
Spike ignores her please and instead leaves her with these parting words.
Spike: I’m not going there to die; I’m going to find out if I’m really alive. I have to do it, Faye.
Faye is not comforted by this statement. The audience should not be comforted either. Spike's words eerily echo what Jet said to him in session 25.
Jet: Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.
Faye cries and shoots off her gun. An act reminiscent of the 21-gun salute that is used in the military to honor the fallen.
Spike walks away from Faye without looking back. He is never shown thinking about anyone from the Bebop again.
The song "See You Space Cowboy" plays as Spike leaves the Bebop.
"Everything is already over",
You say with closed ears
The words only flow
Towards a tomorrow without peace
"There's nothing that won't change"
Even if my life ends
This love will not disappear
It's something that will live forever
Even if dreams are hidden in darkness
I got a rainbow
Rainbow in your hands...
The camera focuses on Spike's left eye. The eye that sees Spike's past. The lyrics begin as Spike is recalling romantic memories of Julia. He thinks of the first time he saw Julia and was captivated by her beauty. He thinks of a time when he made love to Julia and she cradled him in her arms.
Given that Spike confided to Jet just the previous session that Julia was a part of him, the image shows a moment in Spike's life when he felt whole.
Spike: She was a piece of me I had lost. She is my other half that I had longed for.
The song continues to play as Spike attacks the syndicate. It is a ballad of undying love alluding to lovers being reunited in the afterlife.
When Spike faces off against his hated rival, Vicious makes a proclamation.
Vicious: So, you're finally awake. I told you before, Spike. I'm the only one who can kill you and set you free.
Spike does not deny this. But makes a proclamation of his own.
Spike: Those words apply to you as well, Vicious.
During their fight, there comes a moment where the two disarm each other by swapping weapons. Vicious getting Spike's gun and Spike getting Vicious's katana. It is at this moment that Spike makes a statement of great significance to both men.
Spike: Julia passed away. Let's end it all.
Vicious: If that's your wish.
The rivals return their weapons. Spike shoots Vicious but gets sliced across the abdomen.
Vicious's death comes quickly, while Spike lingers as was foreshadowed.
Vicious: Don't forget, a snake's venom poisons slowly after the bite.
Spike watches Vicious's body fall to the ground, spends but a few seconds looking at him, then looks up to the night's sky. The camera is focused on Spike's right eye. Now calm.
Spike sees Julia. This is the first time in the entire series that Spike is shown seeing Julia with his right eye.
In session 13, during an auditory flashback, Spike and Julia discuss his eyes.
Spike: My left eye sees the past.
Julia: What about your right eye?
We do not hear his response.
In the penultimate scene of the series, we are specifically shown what Spike sees with his eye that sees his present. He sees her.
In Spike's vision, Julia is cast in a white light. She says her last words to Spike, this time they are audible to the audience. Spike is shown reflected back in Julia's eye. He glumly concurs with her. Spike is then completely engulfed by a blinding white light. The scene fades to white. This light is reminiscent of the divine light that is cast upon a soul that is ready to ascend to heaven.
Julia: It's all a dream.
Spike: Yeah. Just a bad dream.
From white we transition to the final scene of the series. It is now day. A white light is now cast over the entire syndicate.
Spike smiles, points a finger gun at the remaining syndicate goons and says "bang".
This is a callback to Wen from session 6. As Wen was dying he asked Spike if he understood the relief that came with one's own death. In response, Spike threw Wen's harmonica up in the air, pretended to shoot it while saying "bang", but then said "as if". When Spike says "bang" this time he is acknowledging that he now understands that relief.
Spike falls to the ground. He is never shown moving again. White doves are shown flying over Spike's body. White doves also flew by Julia when she died.
The camera follows an ascension into the heavens, while the song "Blue" plays. The song's lyrics allude to a soul ascending to heaven.
Free
Wanna be free
Gonna be free
And move among the stars
You know, they really aren't so far
Feels so free
Gotta know free
Please
Don't wake me from the dream
It's really everything it seems
I'm so free
No black and white in the blue
Everything is clearer now
Life is just a dream, you know
That's never-ending
I'm ascending
At the end of the credits a star goes out but never falls.
In session 13, Laughing Bull informs the audience to what a falling star truly is.
Child: A star just fell from the sky.
Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior. A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet.
Child: What warrior is it?
Laughing Bull: A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm. Where the great spirit awaits us all.
Given that the star we are shown does not fall, it is reasonable to infer that the soul the star belonged to did make its way to the great spirit that awaits us all.
That soul has broken away from the cycle of death and rebirth and is never coming back. As was foreshadowed to happen to Spike in the fable of the tiger striped cat, who followed his love into death and never returned.
Thankyou for explaining this song.maybe u can make a video of explaining this song lyrics bcoz there are more people who want to know the meaning of this song.
My heart feels warm after reading your comment 💕
this green bird version fits for this comment almost the exact time that i read it the song goes on as well as i finish reading it
Thank you so much for this wonderfully written piece. You made some really great points and connected the dots. I teared up reading it at midnight in the dark while this ethereal song looped in the back.
Absolutely perfect summation. Well done. I doubt anybody could have done better.
Thank you for this. Legitimately.
Such a sweet melancholic sound.
The perfect length to listen to this wonderful song whilst laying on de evergreen.
...whilst sitting on der toilet
watched this scene for the first time watching late night adult swim.
literally dropped what i was doing and sat stunned as i watched, absolutely insane. the best cinematography, music, everything.
the magnum opus of television. doesnt matter if its an anime. i will never forget this scene.
Thank you! I've been wanting this forever, such a great song but just to short sometimes!
I'm happy you appreciate it, if you have any other music that feels too short, I'll happily work on it (or at least try to :L )
I went back in time when I finally found this song on your channel whatever you do keep it here for a long time more people will learn about Bebop and listen to this song and I pray they feel the same way in their own ways keep up the good work.
Whenever she sings the evergreen part I just imagine this song playing while the evergreen ship was slowly getting stuck in the suez canal.
Perfect way to cry in bed while listening to this or while your falling
Listening this and get some flashback of good things before the COVID 19 attack like hanging out with friends, going somewhere else for nice things and many more
You can still do that
ewn... extroverts....
there´s two kinds of introverts...
normal:don´t like to be around too much people
INTROVERTIX:like being alone
the diference?
eventually the normal will want to go out whit other people eventually...
but the other will and can just stay alone forever and don´t care about it
Very dramatic, my friend
Seen the anime,don't remember this song,makes my heart soar.
Ep 5
when spike is falling from the chapel window
First found this song in an mlp animation when I was 13 called Friendship Was Magic. Good times
Sounds like leaving and forgetting something important behind, something very important that you can't recall.
Spike: Years ago, back when I was much younger, I was afraid of nothing. I had not the slightest fear of death. I was ready to die anytime. But then I met a special woman. She made me want to go on living. For the first time, I was afraid of death. A feeling I’d never had before.
Electra: Where is she now?
Spike: She went away.
cowboy bebop movie is peak
This song feels at what’s the heaviest on your heart❤️. Great song💯
And I learned the day I died it was all a dream, a weight carried, now relieved
Beautiful and sad. I'm ready for a 10hr version
it's so peaceful...
Who can identity as Spike falling through the window while this is playing? Moi.
Me too.
I love listening to this while having depressing thoughts.
*n i c e*
Thank you so much for this! I love this song and it’s just the best on repeat :)
One of the best scene in the anime entertainment
My favorite anime of all time
Beautiful !
Happy New year.
You failed.
this is the perfect song to listen while watching my life fall appart
Everytime I listen to this, I think back to memories I had with my lady or my band mates
Ah shit, here we cry again
Thank you so much man ! This scene is epic, ans that song not that easy to find
You’re gunna carry that weight
Ouch. This song hit me right in the feels.
Danke zauberhaft und passend in Anime einfach großartig wunderbar das es geladen wurde. Danke
I'm just watching a bad dream I never wake up from
Beautiful song ♥️✨
I love this sound :)
Thanks for doing this.
if this doesn't play at my last moments or funeral, then im going to be restless
I remember the first time I heard this. it felt like some one kicked me in the bollox.
That grasping for Air pain like the tears can't come quick enough. It's so beautiful. But feels like dying.
Recently broke up with my ex.
This song helps to reminisce about what was; what could have been, might have been, and what is.
Accept what is. and move on. I can relate..
And what will be.
that's called the whata shoulda coulda boogie
Its been 2 years and I'm still stuck in the same place.
@@Azraelseraphim Find another woman jesus christo man
So this is what you hear in heaven,right?
it HAST to be!
Yes seamlessly done. Thank you. I needed this
See you Space Cowboy
Love this
I wanna pop a Vicodin , forget about everything , and pass out while listening to this
This is my favorite song the past cpl months. Wonder what the next will be.
This song gon hit at my funeral
Remember me, how a fool I was, how a fool I am and how a fool I will be.
Maybe is because of my parents, maybe is because of my sister or maybe is simply me, we see the question as we want I guess.
In the end, we all die alone.
15 Nov 2020. Still carrying that weight
11 April 2023. Still carrying that weight.
12 April 2023. Still carrying that weight
This song scares the shit outta bad spirits
Perfect song to listen to as you fall down a broken escalator
you're gonna carry that weight.
Thank you
This my friends is what death sounds like
TEARS
This is what you hear as you're being lifted up into heaven.
Or descending from a window
This loop helps my sanity stay sane
Forever
I'll always love you Saul. Wherever you are, your place in my heart is cemented. My first love. Our story was quite something.
I've never worn that jacket again since we first met after hundreds of hours on MSN. You were everything I hoped you would be.
We went our different ways, but it doesn't hurt. It's just how it goes sometimes. You'll always be my first love. We worked but it just wasn't meant to be in the long term.
I still think about you. I hope you still think about me, Saul.
I hope you're ok, chicken. You made me happy beyond belief.
Am I alive....or am I dreaming?
both....
I feel like this song sounds like an origin story of a tragic hero.
I promise you when the piano solo beings the church doors will open and I’ll walk down the aisle to this song playing in the background
Adrenaline is a helluva drug.
see you, space cowboy ...
Thank goodness I finally found it …
You arrive home, and find the love of your life unconscious on the ground. You cry and scream, holding them in your lap, calling the police for an ambulance as their pale face lays in your palms. They smile, knowing their time is done but their lover is with them, and your face streams with tears, knowing your lover is fading away. As the ambulance arrives and the door swings open with the flashing of lights, your lover whispers lowly, “I’ll remember you, please remember me,”. You cry even harder, squeezing them tighter than you’ve ever before, “I will!”…”I WILL!”. And they drift off, their eyes shutting forever. Their memory your despair; and Green Bird plays on in your mind forever.
Life is hilariously cruel
The moment when you say to yourself: "Holy shit this is the best show I've ever seen."
Right? I hadn't seen this show in a _LONG_ time, but I remembered that it was amazing, but couldn't perfectly remember why I felt that way. Once I got to this part, all I could think was "Ooohhhh. That's why."
My happiness depends of this
마음의 정화가 된다
Honestly I just found this video after another one of green bird and just can say this had me shaking my head as I listened to this come up randomly while working on a chapter for class. I am a pharmacy tech major and just this song (as someone who does not watch the anime but just listens to the music) is such a fitting mood for me after my first exam yesterday for a introduction to the pharmacy practice course I am in. Nobody was confident in passing (all assuming B's and C's and probably even worse), we all just wanted to pass (since its 60% of the grade and all this person gives is exams) but next week Wednesday (9/22) is the next test and we already are prepping our graves knowing we may go down together with not passing. optimism was not really being shown here for this one class as much as the other ones we have to take. This song fits my mood as I just try to hope for the best and try to keep my head up, since right now there is so many negative thoughts and anxiety running through me.
edit: I got an 86 on that test. My professor read my email of pure concern of not passing that class like the fears of having failed the test badly and she just said no you actually passed it luckily with an 86 and here is my list of little concerns I had with your test which I would say I have with others too... so yeah thank god lmao. Honestly thank lord for that but after that email everyone asked did she post the results like nope not yet just wrote in the email mine to help calm down my anxiety
@@churry0204 lobe to see stories of success
Hearing this song brings me back to the moment where I felt most alive, and it's kinda funny, because I remember thinking that it would have been the perfect moment to die.
Perfect song for studying or sketching
I'm so god damn drunk while trying to fix my lighter listening to this song
I hope there wasn't any injuries from this! xD
That is such a vibe
Mood
SEE YOU COWGIRL SOMEDAY,SOMEWERE!
Perfect joshua torah holy holy life sz
There is no song that has an effect on me the way this one does. No matter where I'm at or what I'm doing, if this plays, I will have involuntarily have tears come to my eyes and get all choked up. But it feels good. Such a strange occurrence.
Is it bad that i'm listening to this on repeat because i'm in a miserable mood rn?
You Sing Off Key.
Adding to my list of songs to die to. 👍
who is listening to this during qurantine
Remembering good things before the quarantine, like hanging out with friends at cafe, outdoor things, chit chat face to face and many more.
The defenestration theme song.
They held ledge....
Dream to wake up
Can you do a version that's like 4 mins? Subbed and liked ty for putting this up.
Thanks for the support and I'll PM you about the 4 min version :)
For the soul
i have a theory... and whatif... our lives are actually the moment in death where you see your own whole life in your eyes
_cactus girls of the Sahara: ..we can cross this desert, and find that KFC.. and surprise Sieg, who will lose to our superior cacti camouflage idea.._
*Cactus Juice Maker, (right behind them): NOPE!*