So, any clown makeup is racist now, huh? It's a song about literally going bananas, they used a carribian accent because thats what most tropical style songs are sung in. There's recognizing racism in past media, but there's also digging for racism where there is none as well.

@ChonnyJash

5 ай бұрын

Hey! I think you've slightly misread my initial intention with this song. Your criticisms are obviously fair, it'll never be my place to tell you what to think, but I feel like it's worth elaborating a little bit. And apologies in advance. This kind of comment shows up all the time and you just happen to be the poor bastard that got stuck with a reply. First of all, Banana Man is still a great song and I still love it. The point of my cover isn't "This song is racist and bad" as much as it is "This song is great but some of the choices give me bad vibes." There are lots of individual choices - all innocent enough on their own - that add up to create a feeling of unease with it that just lingers in the background. The face paint is a big part of it. Sure, people call it 'Clown' makeup all the time but I genuinely don't know that clowns have ever looked like that. Combined with the big eyes and the character being in black and white for most of the video, it just seems touchy. BUT it's also: The Caribbean accent. Sure, most "tropical style" songs are sung in it, but those songs are also usually sung by people from the area, not white dudes from Michigan. The vernacular - somewhat related to the accent. Pronouncing words like "the" and "this" with a 'd' sound instead of 'th", saying "me" instead of "my", intentionally messing with grammar ("Here he come" instead of "Here he comes") all just feel like a sort of lazy stereotype, and are once again written and performed by 5 white dudes from Michigan. The lyrics. The song is intentionally obtuse, and can be very easily mapped to basically any metaphor you'd please, but the core, literal lyrics themselves seem just a little too reminiscent of Island stereotypes for comfort. The entire second verse specifically, which talks about dancing around flames, chanting tunes, freeing spirits etc. just doesn't sit well. Then, of course, the music itself, which I would say is the most harmless of everything I noted, and really only becomes weird once matched with the rest of it. It's a passionate belief of mine that music (as in notes, chords, harmony, melody etc. before lyrics or other context) is innocent and free, and the fact that Tally Hall wrote a playful Reggae-esque tune itself is OBVIOUSLY harmless, but using it as a base for other Island and Caribbean stereotypes is a little freaky in my opinion. Also, whose bright idea was it to inter-mingle human grunting noises and monkey screeches in the official release??? Like come on dude. (About 1:39 in the Spotify version for those playing along at home.) And FINALLY, just to top it off, I'd like to direct you to this promotional video that was made for the song 'Black Rainbows' from Hawaii: Part II by Miracle Musical, in which Joe dons the "clown" makeup (yes, the air quotes are sarcastic) to perform Native Hawaiian lyrics. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4x_ttdpgLK8lLA.html&ab_channel=Ayumi Sure, it's not part of the Banana Man 'lore', but I don't know how anyone can look at it and not think "alright that's a little weird." ... ... ...well that was a little ramble and a half. As always, no one is obligated to like my music. If you think this cover sucks then that's your right, but you're one of many people who seem to think my opinion boils down to "face paint bad >:(" and write me off as a virtue signalling weirdo. Banana Man is literally the first song I discovered by Tally Hall. I have an intense adoration for it and without it, I'd never have gone down the path I'm on now. But when I promised myself I'd cover all of MMMM and finally got around to doing this one, all of these things left a sour taste in my mouth and I couldn't justify doing them myself, which is what led me to writing the version I did. It's a great song! It's just a little weird in ways I couldn't get around, and that's okay, as long as we don't pretend they're not there.

@gio...3767

5 ай бұрын

@@ChonnyJash lol pin of shame for that dude But anyways yea @ChonnyJash I guess that is fair to say of the song. While I interpret it as just a bunch of teenagers getting high in front of a campfire or something, everyone has their versions of the interpretations, but the 2nd verse especially kind of puts a weird "island dwellers" stereotype feel to it, even if its my personal favorite part of the song. Like as you said, it's fine to wear those "rose-tinted lenses" but don't completely disregard the possibly troublesome parts, regardless of if it was accidentally or intentionally offensive.

@sarnb7293

5 ай бұрын

@@ChonnyJash Yeah you got a point, the song is kinda funny and the video too, but if you look at it right yeah is very racist in some aspects, the fact that Joe makes good music doesn't change what he did, but still I think that people don't gotta judge people's artwork because of the creator.

@sillychalk.

5 ай бұрын

@@ChonnyJash average chonny w

@NOTREGGIE1

5 ай бұрын

​​@@ChonnyJash​ I'm Caribbean ( from tobago specifically) I can remember being a child a really liking the song cuz of the Caribbean vibe it had. But as I got older it gave me an off feeling like it's mocking my culture playing into the carribean bush man stereotype. Not to say it was intentional or anything like that. And I still like the song. But I'd be lieing if I said it didn't make feel a type of way. kzread.info/dash/bejne/foqJxdxvp7PYc9Y.htmlsi=hx4-2lya7sECLpos Completely unrelated. It has that same energy

love this. “its perfectly fine to wear rose-tinted lenses, but dont neglect your other senses” its fine to enjoy things for what they are but its important to acknowledge their issues too. extraordinarily common chonny W

This cover is how I, a native of the Caribbean, learned that banana man was not, in fact, one of our silly folk songs. I'm still processing that this important part of my childhood was actually just Tally Hall the whole time.

@unfair_goofy

5 ай бұрын

what now?

@ender3154

5 ай бұрын

So tally hall was for you, what Neil Cicirega was for most Americans?

@NOTREGGIE1

5 ай бұрын

Carribean guy here to say. We do have a banana man of sorts. kzread.info/dash/bejne/foqJxdxvp7PYc9Y.htmlsi=hx4-2lya7sECLpos

@user-br4ht1cf8m

5 ай бұрын

How did you not get Chonny’s comment?

@6pek9

5 ай бұрын

@@user-br4ht1cf8m because the song is just a silly composition, it has no meaning and has been taken way too far with these theries

Banana man is one of those songs with infinite meaning, it could be about drug abuse, depression, insanity, or even the banana wars

@KatexNebula

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl I think it's about drug abuse, mainly due to various scenes in the original music video

@bloodywingrich8844

Жыл бұрын

It mentions banana alot, so it has to be about eating them

@pumpkindof

Жыл бұрын

@@bloodywingrich8844 Yeah I bet it has something to do with bananas, could be wrong though

@hovdebjo

Жыл бұрын

They said in an interview theres no hidden meaning, its just banana

@BossKnight

Жыл бұрын

@@hovdebjo the magic of art, once its released its meaning can be changed by the viewers of it

goes hard as hell, also i love how you call out the premise of the song. "what's this, fucking 1959?" lmaooo

@angeld23

2 жыл бұрын

also i gotta wonder how long you spend syncing every word in the lyrics to the song, that must be pretty tedious

@mikedoesthings2134

Жыл бұрын

@@angeld23 By now he’s probably made text generator for that

@GewelReal

5 ай бұрын

​@@angeld23furry

@angeld23

5 ай бұрын

​@@GewelReal Ok

@Matthew-np4kq

5 ай бұрын

@@angeld23 this dude hating a whole year later

When I listened to the lyrics to this song I thought. "Awe dude why?" Then I listened to the lyrics and thought "holy shit he's right" Then I rewarched the original and thought "Holy shit he's really fucking right" Good song dude. I'm glad you were able to comment on the original and contribute to it at the same time. Talented as always👍

i'm starting to think they're not a fan of banana man

@StephenMckeighen

2 жыл бұрын

You can like a song but/and criticize its faults to their extents (in both rhythm and rhyme), that's what's good about perspective and retrospective

@FallingEastward

2 жыл бұрын

It's more clear it's coming from a point of being a fan of Tally Hall, and being able to acknowledge the song is catchy as fuck, but also needing to recognize that the style in which Banana Man presents itself is ... a problem. The only reason I don't call it problematic is because that word has been ruined by the internet. The song is at its most basic, a quirky bop about tribal humans and their silly quirky lives, but in the way it presents itself with the accent and such borders on minstrelry

@LucyWest370

2 жыл бұрын

@@FallingEastward the very concept of imitating accents is racist now I guess

@FallingEastward

2 жыл бұрын

@@LucyWest370 when it's this comically absurd accent coming from white Americans with the whole joke of the song revolving around how quirky and dumb ancient natives are, yes there is some racism there. I'm not calling any of the members of Tally Hall racist, and in fact, the song is a bop; but we need to acknowledge the influences from America's long history of racism in entertainment.

@LucyWest370

2 жыл бұрын

@@FallingEastward I don’t think there are any influences here, just clowns. I think its just using the absurdity of the banana itself with the accent accentuating it to give it flavor and add to the joke, not necessarily just going “wow look how wacky these banana people are” I can definitely see how it can be perceived as such but I don’t really see it as a fair assessment once you know that it was written after a dream he had about a dude giving him bananas

Would be really cool to hear a Cabinet Man cover once Tally Hall's songs run out

@magmamouse7270

2 жыл бұрын

I will kill myself before I listen to a Lemon Demon song.

@personthatsreal

2 жыл бұрын

that would be cool as hell

@clemclemclemclemcl

Жыл бұрын

he’s gonna make the lemon demon songs even deeper, even *two trucks*

@syvvieon

Жыл бұрын

@@clemclemclemclemcl i would love LD and Weezer. oh my god, seeing a super deep cover of fucking buddy holly or two trucks would break me

@clemclemclemclemcl

Жыл бұрын

@@syvvieon it’d be my breaking point as well

Banana Man gets introspective about Banana Man.

I feel like the original song's vibe is more about the insanity of a normal man. The character seems to go off on an office filled with people. Directly after that scene he's dragged away on a stretcher. I like that this song both goes into values about insanity while criticizing the incidental racism of the original. It makes the cover so much better

Abolutely incredible. While I don't think most of the problem bits with the original song (and especially the music video) were intentional, they were/are still a huge part of it. Using a cover to both appreciate the original as well as comment on its issues is something I'd never expect someone to do, but goddammit I should be expecting the unexpected with you because you always manage to do it wonderfully and I can't wait to see more! (On a side note, this got me thinking about all the tally hall fans that have banana man merchandise and even some who went as banana man for halloween, cus I know they didn't do it intending it to be raicst but goddamn I'm sure it looks that way lol)

@ChonnyJash

2 жыл бұрын

this guy gets it

@__________________________2101

2 жыл бұрын

Good paragraph, mate. 👍

@qwertypc_game17

2 жыл бұрын

holy crap

@TheMoistMan64

2 жыл бұрын

Question, ifI’m banana man for Halloween, is it racist? Just asking for a friend

@ChonnyJash

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMoistMan64 unwise, at least

Man, I went through the "I'm 14 and this is deep" phase back when I was chronically online, and the "3 am arguing with some guy" bit was so on point my goodness.

@BlisaBLisa

7 ай бұрын

i wonder if im going through another one of those phases rn. im 22. guess i wont know until i look back on myself from the future

I like how you took the look of your own experience, cause banana man was never intentionally racist, just poor taste of the time that aged even poorer once you take the glasses off, It lets you capture the emotion of taking the glasses off the denial and acceptation that things have changed and you’ve grown older and so have the things around you and to know how its poor taste evolved to racism and needed to not let the glasses drive you yo argue with others violently on how it was right

@The_mrbob

Жыл бұрын

Wait, how can the song be interpreted as racist??

@BossKnight

Жыл бұрын

@@The_mrbob the original banana man’s way of using face paint and the accent and some lyrics which seems mocking to peoples cultures and race, (Not the best explanation you’ll have to look it up for a better explanation lol) Its obviously something that was only poor taste at the time and more accepted that turned into something pretty much everyone recognizes as bad

it is my firm belief that chonny is the 6th rejected member of tally hall and just makes songs like this to piss on tally hall

@aSophisticatedDuck

29 күн бұрын

Chonny Jash lore?

@Aeot-tz1uv

26 күн бұрын

Lore

@lydiakennedy61

24 күн бұрын

I like this one 😂

Conceptual, this is now my favourite of your songs. Using the song to criticise the song, genius

3:16 “The moral of the story is it’s perfectly fine to wear rose tinted lenses, but don’t neglect your other senses, lest you finally face the consequences” is actually an amazing message, it basically means “It’s ok to ignore some bad things that happen, but, you still have to know that some bad things are meant to happen, and some bad things *NEED* to happen, but there are some that are meant to be ignored” it’s a very important message! I know I’m late to be commenting on this video but, great cover Chonny!

@KingCrafter999

9 ай бұрын

No eyes + missed shot +mentally ill + L + bozo

@The_Heart_Acoustic

9 ай бұрын

@@KingCrafter999 how dar yu

@BoomKittyCam

8 ай бұрын

@@The_Heart_Acoustic Blind + cant bring himself to care + < mind & soul + acoustic + skill issue + get jashed

@The_Heart_Acoustic

8 ай бұрын

@@BoomKittyCam come on man i’m just tryna hang out in comment sections, let me live my life

@The_Heart_Acoustic

8 ай бұрын

@OrdinaryOinhko NOTHING I DID NOTHING BUT EXIST

i was totally caught off guard by the lyrics. this is more special than just a cover. fantastic work

Holy crap, I love that the critiquing lyrics are actually just as clever as any tally hall/miracle musical songs. "And the imitation simian?" specifically stuck out as such amazing wordplay, well done!

you should make a cover of “&” by Tally Hall, you could probably make a really cool version of it

@aidenhuls1132

2 жыл бұрын

And a taken for a ride cover

@aidenhuls1132

2 жыл бұрын

And probably some one would suggest Mind Electric

@eduard2736

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@steviegt6

2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to see a cover of &, but I'd imagine that'd come after Chonnny's done with MMMM.

@blairebelarus

2 жыл бұрын

@@steviegt6 chonny did never meant to know

I extremely love all your alternative lyrics! I hope to see your take on The Mind Electric

@drunkle_death2677

2 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for him to cover TME!

@azekia

2 жыл бұрын

I fell like it's gonna be a super happy song just for contrast

@drunkle_death2677

2 жыл бұрын

@@azekia that would actually be really funny.

@kaxi3d

Жыл бұрын

@@drunkle_death2677 that'd actually be hilarious

@maple...

Жыл бұрын

so.... how do you like it?

it cant be racist if i like the song 🔥

@engtilde

Жыл бұрын

Not really how it works

@annaranha

Жыл бұрын

i dont remember commenting that

@annaranha

Жыл бұрын

oh i got it now ''it cant be racist if i like the song'' is in the lyrics not really what i think, i just thought it was a funny line

@engtilde

Жыл бұрын

@@annaranha oh true I forgot about that when reading your comment

@mikedoesthings2134

Жыл бұрын

@@engtilde Skull and crossbones emoji

the mind, soul and heart on their free time:

even tho i don't think the song is racist, holy shit, this is incredible.

@ChonnyJash

2 жыл бұрын

honestly a big compliment. thankyou.

@crunchylettuce5446

Жыл бұрын

Oh hey, someone who's opinion isn't strongly affecting their actual feelings or outright biasing them against their whole view of something! You're rare, and appreciated.

@diamondzfriend5262

Жыл бұрын

its racist?

@BlueBerry20071

Жыл бұрын

​@Diamondzfriend apparently the music video is racist toward simians or something? I strongly doubt that Joe was thinking anything other than "haha funny birds" at the time though.

@Nikkkkkkkkkkk

Жыл бұрын

​@@BlueBerry20071 .

This is one of my favorite covers of any song I've ever heard. I wasn't expecting to see hear the changed lyrics when I clicked on this, but I love the perspective on the song they shed.

I never noticed the racist implications until listening to this version and reading the comments for this video. The song has so many possible interpretations, and I can definitely see how this can be one of them, even though I definitely don't think the potentially problematic parts were intentional. I'm still going to stick to my interpretation of drug addiction and insanity that I had before, but it's good to acknowledge the iffy while enjoying the good, because the song is still a bop.

Just realized I can now listen to a childhood favorite again as a morally aware adult. Thank you.

this left me slack jawed in awe this is such a visceral reimagining/retelling of not only the original song but also looking back as someone who's childhood was listening to tally hall, the emotions this sparked in my are indescribable im so glad you made this because it captures exactly how listening to banana man makes me feel every time.

"I like this band because of how deep and emotional the songs are!" The band:

@TallHallyHiatus

Жыл бұрын

I mean this version has a deeper meaning but yeah lol

@BlueBerry20071

Жыл бұрын

@@TallHallyHiatus I'm pretty sure I was trying to post this on the actual banana man, but youtube is stupid.

@TallHallyHiatus

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueBerry20071 oh lol

@brain0Faiden

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueBerry20071 I mean in the second part of the original song, theyre summoning demons lmao

@BlueBerry20071

Жыл бұрын

@@brain0Faiden yeah, but still, there's no deeper meaning or coherent story. It really is just funny banana song.

I can't tell if I love or hate it Edit: I fucking love this

I really like how you kept some of the lyrics while changing the context that rely on. That being said this is amazing and I really hope you continue on your endeavors.

hello, all friends of mine. this video in particular seems to be performing slightly better than most, and so i will now shamelessly plug. i will be continuing to cover tally hall's (and their side projects') songs indefinitely, so if that is something that sounds remotely interesting or exciting to you, please go ahead and subscribe. the ideas are brewing and the creativity is flowing, and this is a lot of fun, so you owe me nothing, but still. i'll not be losing nor dying any time soon. hopefully. so do consider joining the journey. you've seen me before. you'll see me again. peace.

@LordHeg

2 жыл бұрын

ill never give up, ill never give in

@Ceciless_Watcher

2 жыл бұрын

TILL IM BLOODY AND BRUISED

@JardesonGN

2 жыл бұрын

TILL I'VE BROKEN MY BONES

@dincjfs

2 жыл бұрын

@@JardesonGN TILL I WONT BE ABUSED

@sadgetrollge5614

Жыл бұрын

Bro if you made like a patreon or something I would follow fs

YES! This is what I've been waiting for! The chaotic energy combined with your changed vocals and change of tone goes amazingly well together! And, as from the previous video's, Tally Hall covers never dissapoint!

i want to absolutely hear Welcome To Tally Hall cover with COMPLETLY different lyrics, where it talks about the problems of tally hall members, what happend after Tally Hall, and some other stuff

@TheMoistMan64

2 жыл бұрын

the only problems with the members i can think of are all joe hawley,

@DaJet

2 жыл бұрын

"Whos to blame? The almighty death, I preclame, Rob Cantor is my fellow works, for a company that loves mone-y, Joe the pround red guy we adore, is my amp to high? No, turn it up more! So Grey in the back, discovering new desiase each new year, step on the gas, green is alone but will help you out if you please, forget about me, no more music, and jiggle your baddigle all over the place"

@DaJet

2 жыл бұрын

"Whos to blame? The almighty death, I preclame, Rob Cantor is my fellow works, for a company that loves mone-y, Joe the pround red guy we adore, is my amp to high? No, turn it up more! So Grey in the back, discovering new desiase each new year, step on the gas, green is alone but will help you out if you please, forget about me, no more music, and jiggle your baddigle all over the place"

@TheMoistMan64

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaJet “is my transphobia bad? No turn it up more!” Would be fitting for joe

@Ouch193

8 ай бұрын

“We’re in the broken mall, Actin’ like cannibals! We used to break the walls, Welcome to Tally Hall!”

just wanted to come back to this to really express how much this resonates with my feelings about a lot of internet arguments. "Erm you're overanalzying bro it's just [oversimplified description to make the thing sound innocent]" is an argument I've seen repeated over and over again and it always annoys me.

@electrotoxins

2 жыл бұрын

I'd argue that it's an argument with at least some basis because they're are definitely people who overcomplicate things as well as oversimplify. I'll link it at the end but have you ever seen that video with the guy in a Sombrero and poncho (think that's what it's called) going around asking people if they think his outfit is offensive? The majority of people say yes except for the people whos culture he's celebrating. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4hmt6pwZM7Zepc.html

@electrotoxins

2 жыл бұрын

@MoonPizza don't let me stop you. Tally Hall hasn't made any statements on the song (that I know of), so my interpretation doesn't carry any more weight than yours or anybody else's

this describes almost perfectly how I feel about banana man, probably one of my favorite covers of yours. Keep up the good work.

I tried to put the audio over the original music video and it was so funny hearing that goofy dude dancing while saying “you’re the cattle I’m the free”

did not expect this cover to go the way it did lol "it cant be racist if I like the song" made me laugh. I always saw the painted face and googly eyes as a clown face, which fits the songs theme of letting loose and having fun, but this is the second time I've seen someone say it looks racist so I figure my interpretation isn't the obvious one. the accent though, yeah. surprisingly profound for a banana man cover and I feel similarly to this songs idea about lots of things, most relevantly joe hawley, with the somewhat recent transphobic comments he made and how a lot of fans just outright deny it bc they like his music and want to believe in the best. I'm doubtful he's really hateful and bigoted, the way he said all that stuff was kind of nonsensical and he seems to talk like that a lot, I'm pretty sure he has some mental illness and IIRC his friends have said he shows scitzophrenia symptoms, but there are a lot of fans who outright deny he ever said the stuff he said or say with certainty that he's not transphobic despite none of us knowing the guy. anyway in my head whenever i listen to banana man I imagine its about returning to monke. the singer is a monkey, so is the banana man and everyone else, they are trying to convince you the listener to stop being so uptight and join them

@austinsanders-983

Жыл бұрын

Well, the things Joe said weren't nice, I can agree, but I just have a feeling that he was uneducated on things like the trans movement. Also, the fan couldn't just educate him on what it was respectfully, but just decided to blow everything out of proportion. That's my take. Not because I like his music. Not because I like Tally Hall. Because I think so.

@welcometofardio

Жыл бұрын

I always thought they painted the face to look like birds, especially since in the MV they're supposed to be birds, and I thought they just really liked bananas

@Datboichannel

11 ай бұрын

@@welcometofardioyeah me too

@BlisaBLisa

7 ай бұрын

@@austinsanders-983 i think the way people went about it was wrong and muddled things, its been a while since i read abt all this but iirc a lot of the claims were iffy and only a small portion was of real value. i think the ppl who were talking to him in those dms screenshots failed to see there was something obviously bizzare about the way he was talking and they engaged with him like they would a regular transphobe. it kind of feels to me the way some people with mental illnesses that can cause delusions (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) start believing in antisemitic conspiracy theories. its still harmful but it comes from a different place than a typical white supremacist, they are just in a paranoid delusional state of mind and antisemitic conspiracy theories appeal to that. its like the difference between richard spencer and kanye lol. to be clear the stuff joe hawley said was still transphobic even if it came from ignorance or mental illness, that doesnt make him a transphobic person (i dont know the guy) but what he said was

@BlisaBLisa

7 ай бұрын

my comment is about certain kinds of fans who get mad at any criticism of joe hawley. its not really uncommon behavior for fans of anyone lol, people are defensive of the things they like and they dont want an artist they love to turn out to be worse than they thought so they refuse to even entertain the idea.

This is one of my favorite songs for what it represents. A cover of the song that incorporates multiple sides of an argument for and against the original song itself, while also being an incredibly catchy song. This is perfect thanks for making this.

Holy shit. I like Tally Hall, but I LOVE these covers. The new lyrics add so much and somehow fit the original vibe of the song so WELL?? The instrumentals are so FRESH too. I've been listening to the same songs for like 5 years, it is SO GOOD to hear a fresh take that I love so so much. so good. amazing. 10/10. fantastic music. it scratches my brain just right. my monke brain is so happy, thank you Mr. Jash.

I love how agressive the commentary of this cover is, it’s like, “Oh you don’t like me criticizing your song where the original is racist and isn’t even trying to make a statement? And it doesn’t really mean anything?” *shoves lack of meaning down your throat*

@DescoNLM

9 ай бұрын

it did have meaning though

@jeffscrungle6179

9 ай бұрын

@@DescoNLM No Patrick, doing a racist caribean accent is not a substitute for meaning.

@DescoNLM

9 ай бұрын

@@jeffscrungle6179 the song is most likely talking about drug addiction and religion, if not, it has many other interpretations. Seems like you're just sensitive to me.

@jeffscrungle6179

9 ай бұрын

@@DescoNLM Yeah man I really just didn't pick up on the nuance and lyrical genius of a song with a bunch of white dudes who again are doing a racist accent, I should be the one to re-examine myself because someone called me a snowflake online, fuck off.

@nickythehickey

4 ай бұрын

@@DescoNLMan intended meaning doesn’t inherently negate the execution of said meaning. the song can be about whatever, that doesn’t mean there’s suddenly nothing wrong with the way the song is presented (that presentation being white guys singing in a stereotypical caribbean accent and making animal noises while wearing just-a-little-too-close-to-blackface-for-comfort)

this isn't anti-th or anti-banana-man, its anti-rose-tinted-lenses

@bungbananaman

Жыл бұрын

So it's anti optimism?

@dincjfs

Жыл бұрын

@@bungbananaman wdym

@alexandrahart8405

Жыл бұрын

Good way of putting it tbh

@ChipsofShrimp

Жыл бұрын

@@bungbananamananti super unrealistic optimism

@bungbananaman

Жыл бұрын

@@ChipsofShrimp ah yes. Everything innocuous has to be racist.

Never thought "Banana Man" was racist and never will. I will say, however, that I absolutely fucking love the new parts you added to this. The lyrics are well done, the sound is right on... you're very good at this. So, while I don't really agree with the message, I still love this cover and think you've actually made the song more interesting than the original. Honestly, that's quite the feat. Definitely going to subscribe just because of your creativity here. If you're still covering Tally Hall or their side projects, I think you'd be able to do a great spin on "&" or "The Mind Electric". I look forward to seeing what you produce!

@glassofwater281

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking when I first watched this. Like I don't think Banana Man was ever intended to be racist, I think it was about learning to balance work and play, and showing the guy going insane. But I can definitely see where people might think it's racist in the video. Never saw it at first

@Datboichannel

11 ай бұрын

Not intentionally racist but slightly racist nonetheless

@mrinsomniac2968

5 ай бұрын

@@glassofwater281 or maybe..the video wasent ever arguing banana man was racist? specially with the ending and the mentioning of discussing with someone, maybe banana man and the more straight foward man represent commentors arguing

HERE AFTER THE JOE DOCS :((

The banana is becoming self aware

sounds more like a tally hall song then the original song, with the underlining messages

This is banana they/them

@skinworms

Жыл бұрын

yellow crescent individual

@thomasgamer4000

Жыл бұрын

frfr

@GOATTRANSLATIONE

Жыл бұрын

Banana men

I know this remix is supposed to criticize the ignorance of the original but whenever I hear it I imagine an argument between Jack and Piggy from Lord Of The Flies. Jack is trying to influence the group to turn to their animal instincts while still answering to him as their leader. “You’re the cattle, I’m the free.” While Piggy is getting sick of Jack’s chaos and trying to bring back order. “What’s this, fucking 1959? With the painted face and google eyes?” Remember. In the book, painted faces are used to show how the group is losing their civilized nature. Similar to how the original song’s painted faces ended up showing Tally Hall’s ignorance. A common theme in this song is how not thinking beforehand will lead to mistakes. Lyrics like “Conscience begone in catchy notes” and “It’s perfectly fine to wear rose tinted lenses. But don’t forget your other senses, lest you finally face the consequences.” Which is similar to Lord Of The Flies’s theme of how falling to your animalistic desires will snuff out rational thought.

This hits different after the doc

Babe wake up, new Chonny Jash tally hall cover

I did not expect this tone from this song but i cant say im suprised

Chonny just saying "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" sends me.

Nice to see someone not hold back on critique just because they like a person/group and their work

Love that most of the lyrics are the colors of the tally hall members

When I was a child, I fell in love with Banana Man, and I had truly no idea it had racial undertones. I still have most of the song memorized. Kind of amazing I never noticed anything off about it.

@SnuuySnuuy

Жыл бұрын

you didn't notice it was racist because it isn't

@pokebronyborn

Жыл бұрын

@@SnuuySnuuy maybe "racist" is the wrong word, but the point remains. When I first found it, I had assumed it was a part of the "XD RaNdOm" culture of the time, with no deeper meaning or reference to reality.

@gudmansal3468

Жыл бұрын

tbh 1:07

@goattranslation

Жыл бұрын

Because it doesn't.

@kida5004

Жыл бұрын

​@@SnuuySnuuy making a song in broken english, singing in an accent, and having it reference things vaguely related to african culture/inspired by it isn't exactly not racist

knowing that banana man is actually pretty racist is a blessing and a curse

@grizzly7160

Жыл бұрын

how is banana man racist ?

@CircusSabre

Жыл бұрын

​@@grizzly7160the accent and broken English

I like how "rose tinted" is a term that means "to see only the pleasant things about a situation and not notice the things that are unpleasant" which makes perfect sense on this song

I love the way this was remade because the way you made it criticizes the song definitely my favorite you've made. (also do the whole world and you if possible)

Oh man, I love critically reevaluating nostalgia! For real though I think you did a fantastic job.

wrote like a dark, fucked up version of Banana Man haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality. A full stare into my twisted perspective would make most simply go insane lmao. I like the cover I just wanted to make the joke

This is one of the greatest argument-songs (songs where the lyrics are arguing with themselves) I have heard.

Now, I think the accent portrayed in Banana Man is a big part in what gives the song its iconic vocal rhythm and makes it so catchy. Is it racist - definitely, but I'm not the type of person to look too critically at a silly tongue-in-cheek song by a few funny lads. I definitely think Banana Man without the accent and surrealist lyrics isn't Banana Man. Given the choice, I'd rather live in a world with Banana Man than without, and this is coming from a banana eater with a native accent living in a tropical third world country. That being said, I think this cover is absolutely well-written and the production is liquid fire. I would love more covers in this style.

@glassofwater281

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it was ever intended to be racist at first, mostly just a song about balancing work and play while the main character's going insane. But years after discovering the song, I can see how it's racist. I didn't understand it at first when I discovered the video.

@bungbananaman

Жыл бұрын

Is it racist? No.

@LyIaKing

Жыл бұрын

@@bungbananaman Wrong. If it wasn't racist it wouldn't be funny

How the hell did this song know I was born and raised in Michigan

I always thought the racism and style were deliberate stylistic choices meant to parody stuff of the time period they are trying to capture, where black people werent even allowed to act Not to mention that since its (most likely) about substance abuse which was RAMPANT at the time it fits right in with this sort of „rose tinted“ world as you described it It is definitely important to critically look at media, and i think youre supposed to feel a little bit uncomfortable which is juxtaposed to this cheery song Love that you called it out, great reimagining

i love how this song makes banana man seem like an eldritch horror

At "choke it down" I was fucking cracking up inti several pieces.

Very interesting, I love all of your versions of their work because you make it your own and bring your own perspective to it. Very cool!

I HAVEN'T WATCHED THE VIDEO YET BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING, I WAS JUMPING WITH JOY WHEN I SAW THIS AAAA

@chelseybaines1137

2 жыл бұрын

IT WAS AMAZING OMG, SO CLEVER

Our algorithm gods have decided to show me this, but this goes really hard so I'm subscribing.

Yeah. as much as I think this song is a good time, it's definitely always a little...uh...hard to listen to. I have to say, though, with the tone this has, I'm...curious what you're going to end up doing with Two Wuv. That one's definitely......sssssomething.

@Miss.mellohi

Жыл бұрын

GOOD NEWS !!!

well this aged well..

the og banana man made me extremely uncomfortable, even though i liked the song, i couldnt get past the undertones of racism, so to say i like this version is an understatement. words cannot describe how much i love this cover, especially the bit talking about the accents

@diobrando1616

Жыл бұрын

I feel that way too but at first I didn't understand how bad it was cause I was young and I thought it was just funny face makeup and accents but now I know it's kinda messed up and Im glad I found this version because it REALLY describes how I felt about the song when I was younger and how I feel now when they talk about the racism. This is perfect and describes my experience with the original song to a tea!

@Biogrease

Жыл бұрын

i remember something slightly that said he was mimicking something else but it does look alike like mimicking blackface

@diobrando1616

Жыл бұрын

@@quantdev POV: You're privileged and white asf

@bludraws094

Жыл бұрын

@@quantdev the makeup resembled minstrel show makeup, which is a common racist caricature. people in minstrel shows would paint their faces black with red doughnut shaped lips in order to play racist versions of black characters. this was common in america, especially in the south, which is where im from. whatever you think your comment accomplished, it didnt

@9VOL9

Жыл бұрын

Bruh the racist undertones where kinda the point

Spotify, now

@jomama4510

Жыл бұрын

Hey wait it worked!

@sydmohammadali6421

Жыл бұрын

@@jomama4510 Thanks man!

@jomama4510

Жыл бұрын

@@sydmohammadali6421just doing my service for this country, fellow citizen

my guy, i found this channel through this cover specifically, so this song has a special place in my heart in some way (oh my god i said heart, chonny's charming chaos compendium reference :O)

@RafaelFlagit

5 ай бұрын

oh my god you said special, joe hawley reference :O

@ZCRIMSHAW_KATAMARI

5 ай бұрын

@@RafaelFlagitoh my god you said joe hawley, tally hall reference :O

I didn't realize of the racist tones until i heard this song, but now that i analyze this, is kinda funny how indirectly the song implies that the cartoonish racist representation of a random guy from an island is somehow more happy than every man on any office job and people should just be like that cartoon. It's kinda funny. "The banana man is a slur" "We all should considerate seriously being a banana man" Somehow very on touch on reality since the first thing that people have in mind when it comes to vacation is going to a beach. Real complex human behaviour at it's finest.

This is so cool! I'd love to see more tally hall covers in your unique style!! :)

best thing about tally hall are the first two watches on the first, you understand the beat. on the second, you understand the lyrics. this is like double that. crazy shit here, dude. keep it up

This song kinda feels like Joe Hawley in song form. A man diagnosed with schizophrenia with symptoms of delusions, disordered thoughts, and behavior cursing his bizarre psyche. The talk of morals kinda hits with the whole situation with Joe at the moment as well. But idk, this may come off as offensive when I was just looking for a deeper narrative.

This was the early defenition of analog horror.

THE BANAN CATALOGUE IS FIRE🔥🔥🔥🔥

@CircusSabre

Жыл бұрын

The banandela catalogue

They were right about JH

@TheMain__Character

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

It's amazing how you both make a cpver but also give it your own original twist and even call out the iffier parts of it Personally Banana Man is about letting go of things and stopping caring about trivial stuff or things you yourself can't control or likely will never have an answer for That's, to me, the meaning i gave to the song, "Some things just aren't worth worrying about, so just chill, relax, eat soemthing, forget about your worries, they don't matter"

I was certified born and raised in Michigan

this is the first time I've seen anyone comment about the racist aspects of the song, which I appreciate

The ethical Banana Man.

where banan

@AresOrBird

11 ай бұрын

real

Ok, so i did an analysis on this cover, and i personally think this guy just hates bananas

I dont think it's that deep, but to each their own

Never heard the original and based off these comments I don't want to. This slaps

@jknifgijdfui

Жыл бұрын

Naw the original also slaps

@safeforwork4251

Жыл бұрын

The og also slaps. Listen to it. Or else.

@kida5004

Жыл бұрын

​@@jknifgijdfui you guys better not claim to be anti-racist while jamming out to a cringe song like that 😭

@atlas3556

Жыл бұрын

@@kida5004 YOU DO NOT BANANA ALL THE TIME

@kida5004

7 ай бұрын

@CashHalvorson the racist part isn't singing about bananas, it's the accent and broken english while making references to african spiritual practices.

I never thought I’d listen to (and kinda enjoy) an edgy version of Banana Man but here I am, listening to the entire thing, not clicking off for one second Wait this is about racism? Oh shit was the original racist?

@soundeffects4205

Жыл бұрын

No

@skylarsworld9477

Жыл бұрын

it wasn't this guy's just a sorry sack of virtue signals

@rosykindbunny1313

Жыл бұрын

Not intentionally, it just didn't age well in some aspects

@skylarsworld9477

Жыл бұрын

@@rosykindbunny1313 not at all period. You mfs can’t even decide what race it’s racist against. Is it blackface or.. Caribbean..face?

@rosykindbunny1313

Жыл бұрын

@@skylarsworld9477 I'll be honest, I don't think this song is racist. Just a little bit... iffy. The fake accents and broken English are less acceptable nowadays, and while I don't think the makeup is supposed to be blackface, I can see how some people see it that way.

Hey bro, last night i found some of your covers and damn they slap ass. Good work!

this is still less of a fever dream then the original music video

Only chonny could change a silly song into one of the hardest bangers of all time and use said banger to scrutinize the less than kosher bits of the original. Well done and keep rocking on, dude

evil hall.

@heelturn2

Жыл бұрын

evi lhall ???? like evil???? leik good & evil????? lik good& evil the hit tally halla lbum ?!?!?!?? Holy bluckjs this a tally hall reference ':+(!+;';'?+)(++;)!+';-+(

@sstxrkid

Жыл бұрын

@@heelturn2are you okay im worried

@heelturn2

Жыл бұрын

@@sstxrkid ya erm j normal :3

@juanitocontenido

Жыл бұрын

​@@heelturn2r/ihadastroke

I honestly always thought banana man was made to mock the 50's cartoons n' all that, I remember seeing like an interview w/ Joe on it or smthing like that, but this one's an ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN' AWESOME version of it

I like how this song about the problematic parts of Banana Man has the googly eyes censored for some of the song. I thought that was a cute detail

This song was already about so much and now it's about itself?!?!!!???!?!!!

I’m absolutely in love with this

I dont know why but this makes my banana cult never die

Some of yall have not read the description lol

Fantastic stuff, as per usual! The way you approached this cover was super clever and thought-provoking.