I was introduced to this song because it was used as a break after a story about opec reducing production and crude oil prices increasing on Marketplace. And it was the only good thing about the story. Thank you! 🎉
This song perfectly summarizes my mindset on any given day. Thanks for solidifying the misanthrope that is me. Anyone wanna throw snowballs at passing cars?
specifically the chorus is making you imagine a powerful western politician/oil tycoon is just some guy in their friend group, who theyre complaining about because instead of wanting to be normal or have fun and live life he's obsessed with bombing the middle east. dramatic irony, it re-frames your normal way of thinking about politicians in a comical way but which also illuminates, besides being evil, how *strange* powerful politicians are.
If you want a serious analysis: at face value it's an anti-war song about some warmongering psycho who shoots down the narrator's ideas for the sake of bombing. But metaphorically, I think this song is actually supposed to just be about a dude who keeps suggesting they do the same thing over and over again and annoys his friends doing it. Furthermore, just based on how the lyrics change slightly from second person to first person ("and once a year, I act like I was glad I was born"), I think the song is ultimately about the narrator himself, mocking himself for acting like an irresponsible and petty tyrant who is unable to change his ways.
@@antgrantranti typed out a very long, detailed explanation of what the song is about but i guess youtube deleted it. basically it’s ironic in that it asks you to imagine a war-mongering politician as a normal guy, someone in your friend group, and he’s just so annoying because instead of wanting to do anything fun or interesting, all he wants to do is b*mb the m*ddle east (censoring bc idk what word or phrase the youtube robot deleted my comment for). it paints this picture in service of highlighting how not-normal, and crazy politicians really are- because we usually think of the people who make these decisions that k*ll so many people as detached from the life we actually experience, we don’t fully appreciate that evilness and insanity - putting that kind of person into a situation that’s more relatable to us as people, like a friend group, helps you to appreciate it. this is the same reason why we see serial k*llers as uniquely evil, but see generals and the politicians who choose to go to w*r, who k*ll hundreds of times more people than any serial k*ller could dream of k*lling, as not only normal, but also sometimes noble. Put a behavior that seems far away and foreign into your day to day life and it becomes suddenly real.
I really like this song. The repetitive but inconsistent lyrics gives a fun feeling of the singer improvising the song as it goes.
im a cheekpilled face-maxxing cheek freak
Just heard this tune for the first time today on the radio…couldn’t stop laughing, great job guys.
good to have u with us
Can’t stop singing along. It’s so infectious I need a vaccination
💉❤️🩹
Me: man can we just go to the park or something
Obama:
"That's why they call me o-BOMB-a!"
Once every blue moon, Spotify's Discover Weekly actually directs me to kickass music.
I'm literally from the Middle East and I LOVE THIS SONG!
I was introduced to this song because it was used as a break after a story about opec reducing production and crude oil prices increasing on Marketplace. And it was the only good thing about the story.
Thank you! 🎉
CHEEKFACE THIS IS A LITERAL BANGER OMG I LOVE IT
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This song makes my bike rides so fun.
Hey Cheekface. You must not change at all. Your brand of indie and power pop is incredible and can’t get enough. Best of luck in the future
This song is like if somebody did System of a Down in the style of the B-52’s.
This sounds like if Jello Biafra was in The Wiggles
who else discovered this song bc of that one Spamton pmv?
Me
Same
YEAH
Yea'
Me
the most underrated song ever
Cheekface you guys are soooooo AWESOME 👌 👏 👍!!!!!
thank you
First song I'm hearing by you (thanks, UA-cam recs), but I already know I NEED MORE
this chorus is a cancer I cannot stOP LISTENINGGGG I LOVE IT
a great cancer tho
I love this type of music sm
this might be my fave from the new album
catchiest chorus of all time i swear
why is this so underrated im concerned
Cake vibes, love this
Did, did you know about the drone strike?
back here for november 5 reasons
this one rocks how do you guys do it
practice i guess
ANOTHER BANGER
This song perfectly summarizes my mindset on any given day. Thanks for solidifying the misanthrope that is me.
Anyone wanna throw snowballs at passing cars?
sooooociallllllll commentary!
This band is just me fr
what a bop
Relevant
Is the Bonfire of the Vanities line a rreference to Savonarola?
yeah and it’s kinda scrambled with we didn’t start the fire by billy joel lol
real tf2 gaming music
Еду за котом в зимнюю ночь под эту песню . Спасибо
I can never tell what the hell your songs are about but may god strike me this second if this isn't catchy
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Alright , might be dense, but can someone just plainly tell me if this is a some kind of post-ironic protest song or something? I am not that bright
not post-ironic, this is just straight up, classic irony
specifically the chorus is making you imagine a powerful western politician/oil tycoon is just some guy in their friend group, who theyre complaining about because instead of wanting to be normal or have fun and live life he's obsessed with bombing the middle east. dramatic irony, it re-frames your normal way of thinking about politicians in a comical way but which also illuminates, besides being evil, how *strange* powerful politicians are.
@@AliceYobby greeeeaaaaat
If you want a serious analysis: at face value it's an anti-war song about some warmongering psycho who shoots down the narrator's ideas for the sake of bombing. But metaphorically, I think this song is actually supposed to just be about a dude who keeps suggesting they do the same thing over and over again and annoys his friends doing it. Furthermore, just based on how the lyrics change slightly from second person to first person ("and once a year, I act like I was glad I was born"), I think the song is ultimately about the narrator himself, mocking himself for acting like an irresponsible and petty tyrant who is unable to change his ways.
@@antgrantranti typed out a very long, detailed explanation of what the song is about but i guess youtube deleted it. basically it’s ironic in that it asks you to imagine a war-mongering politician as a normal guy, someone in your friend group, and he’s just so annoying because instead of wanting to do anything fun or interesting, all he wants to do is b*mb the m*ddle east (censoring bc idk what word or phrase the youtube robot deleted my comment for). it paints this picture in service of highlighting how not-normal, and crazy politicians really are- because we usually think of the people who make these decisions that k*ll so many people as detached from the life we actually experience, we don’t fully appreciate that evilness and insanity - putting that kind of person into a situation that’s more relatable to us as people, like a friend group, helps you to appreciate it. this is the same reason why we see serial k*llers as uniquely evil, but see generals and the politicians who choose to go to w*r, who k*ll hundreds of times more people than any serial k*ller could dream of k*lling, as not only normal, but also sometimes noble. Put a behavior that seems far away and foreign into your day to day life and it becomes suddenly real.
Who else came from Deltarune?
Spamton-core/pos
Did you also see that one pmv?