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I love this album, the mask of normalcy slowly falls away throughout the songs

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Looking forward to reacting to more. 🙂

Do the whole album! It’s one pf my favorites of all time, and it’s a VASTLY under appreciated artist in the reaction space.

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have just recorded my reaction to the second song on the album. It should be posted within the next few days. I'm very intrigued and intend to do the whole album. 🙂

@thegamingwubba

2 ай бұрын

@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh Looking forward to it!

This is such a good video! I highly recommend will wood thank you for this video

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

20 күн бұрын

Thank you! More Will Wood to come. 🙂

will wood is a VERY talented artist. his songs often center around critiquing society while also drawing a few references to his BPD(?) and his history with substance abuse. the normal album is a great album to start with, but he also has 4 other albums with slightly different vibes but are still beautiful. one of my favorite parts about his music is that it usually doesn’t conform to an actual genre, so you just have to listen to the song to see if you like it. i stand by the fact that will wood has not wrote a bad song, though

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting and the information. He sounds like a very interesting artist. Since I like many genres he might just be right up my alley. Have a great day. 🙂

Will Wood is amazing, I just discovered him maybe 6 months ago and went on a nice little hyperfixation vacation.

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome. I have only heard this song so far, but I am intrigued. 🙂

@godzillaeyes

2 ай бұрын

@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh I would suggest BlackBoxWarrior - OKULTRA next, especially the live in studio vid, but the non-live one is just as good. :)

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

@@godzillaeyes Thank you. I think I'm going to go through the Normal Album in order first, but I've added this to my list. 🙂

@godzillaeyes

2 ай бұрын

@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh awesome, I think that song is on The Normal Album. I specifically rec that song because you liked the piano on this one.

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

@@godzillaeyes I looking forward to it. 🙂

Omg Will wood!! I love this album and definitely reacting to the rest of the album, also yes that is Will in the album cover. Will was my favorite artist for about 3 years however he is on an indefinite hiatus. The main theme of the album in my opinion is to challenge what people consider as “normal” and taking it past its limits. Lots of wills music have deeper meanings behind them and many genre bending instruments.

@C0mput3-

3 ай бұрын

Also Will’s band is called Will Wood and The Tapeworms and Will is the singer and pianist, Mike Bottiglieri on Guitar, Matt Berger on Alto Saxophone, Mario Conte on Drums, Vater Boris on Bass, and Rob Schaefer on trumpet.

@C0mput3-

3 ай бұрын

Also fun fact Will grew up in suburbia

@C0mput3-

3 ай бұрын

One of the main things I’ve seen about the song is the theme of the citizens of the suburb being like “Vampires” who drain you leaving you “blue and cold” or in other words sad and apathetic leaving you in a state of not wanting to follow their culture that they are trying to force onto you to make you normal as some suburbs would consider you outliers if you didn’t follow their norms

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments and information (including added comments below). I appreciate it. Will Wood seems like an interesting character. I'll probably go through the album in order. I'm very interested to find out what normal is - been searching to try to be normal for a long time now - lol. (Don't think that's ever going to happen, but I do a great imitation of it if I do say so myself.) 🙂

@elfietheespeon9462

2 ай бұрын

This is an interesting perspective! I always thought the "Vampires" being referred to in "Vampire Culture" were the rich. In a way, the culture of suburbia was created for middle aged families to mimic the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Whole cultures are built around the idea of creating a picture-perfect image, but who decides what's in that image? Ultimately, the image of suburbia is a hollow one with hollow ideals, striving for a perfection they will never reach, all the while those they aspire to be couldn't care less what their blood type is. There are people who sell "normal" as a commodity, and they will not stop until you're - as Will himself put it - "Blue and cold."

Im looking forward to seeing you react to more will wood in the future!

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm going to be posting one in a day or two if all goes well. 🙂

Sorry I didn’t see this sooner - college finals were a nightmare. But regardless, I’m here now, and holy cow! This was absolutely worth the comment, especially seeing your analysis of the lyrics. One song in, and you already nailed the theme!! You seemed to have a lot more ideas about the lyrics and their themes, but you ended the video before you could get into them all. I personally prefer longer videos myself, but I can understand the scheduling restraints (this is the longest song on the album). That being said… What were those other ideas??? Now that you’ve taken the time to think about it, were there any new insights you gathered?? The lyrical mastery of Will Wood is truly something to behold - every time I listen to it, I notice something new. Thank you so much for taking this recommendation, and now I can say this with certainty: you’re going to LOVE the rest of the normal album.

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments. All best wishes on the results for your finals. I don't have anything to add for this song at the moment; however, like you, I expect I would extract more every time I listened (or read through the lyrics - or both). I have recorded my reaction to the second song on the album (the album is well beyond "Normal" in my opinion - lol) and will be posting it tomorrow (barring death - the grim reaper and I have become friends of late, but you never know when it will change its mind). 🙂

So the gist of this song is basically just about how fake, toxic and predatory 'perfect' middle class suburban living is. A lot of the first section's lyrics are almost ambient in nature - some of them do have a deeper meaning but a lot are just there to establish our 'setting' of the perfect suburbs while showing little flashes of the ugly truth underneath. The second section, to me, is where the mask comes off and we see that, under the hood, the fancy sports car has just as much nasty oil sloshing around as any other car. I also see it as a sort of fundamental rejection of all this 'playing nice' and just letting go of any and all cultural norms. The third section is a lot harder to pin down. I guess its just kind of an overview that wraps everything up in a nice little bow. Some stand out lyrics (to me, anyways): "It takes a village to fake a whole culture." ie. everyone's pretending like there's a tight-knit community in sort of subconscious collaborative effort to make culture where there is none. "Ch-ch-chamelion peacocks are talk of the town." ie you're camouflaging by showing off. Wearing trendy new clothes that make you stick out, not really because you like it, but because you don't wanna be the unfashionable one. "You cocked and sucked your lack of empathy, pulled the trigger with your foot to prove you've got blood, didn't they want your blood, so why apologise for being blue and cold." I take this as these middle class people draining out their empathy and (metaphorically) killing themselves (or maybe even... 'shooting themselves in the foor', eh? eh?) in an effort to mimic the true rich elite. Basically the suburbians are the elite vampire's livestock, but they're all screwing themselves over just to try and be vampires themselves, and then blaming themselves when they inevitably get sucked dry (of life, enthusiasm, money, whatever. Metaphorical 'blood'). You can also see this back in the first section when he says that we "Breed out [our] incisors." "Do you know the difference between blazing trails and slash and burn? Going against the grain and catching splinters." This coming right after '(Vampire) Culture', which basically just "fuck you and your stupid fucking 'culture'", I personally interpret this as a kind of cautionary word and acknowledgement that just because middle class culture sucks, that doesn't make the brazen disregard for any and all cultural norms we see in '(Vampire) Culture' good either. Also, yes, you're bang on with the radiation stuff being to do with how 'suburbia' and its culture evolved out of the dark times of the cold war. Basically, I think its just a clever way to tie into that whole 'not as nice as it seems' theme. There are other things I could individually analyse but if you care that much you can just look at the genius page or smth lmao. I just wanted to talk about some lines I, personally, found interesting.

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's always interesting to see what others think. Given the complexity and variety of the lyrics, I fairly certain there isn't "one" way to interpret the "meaning." I love it when lyrics, poetry, stories, novels, etc. can have multiple layers and meaning. Once it's out of the author's (performer's) hands, it's out there! Lol. 🙂

I loved the reaction!! If you're looking for recommendations I recommend listening to Behold, The FUTURE by Lemon Demon

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

a very good react! you should do mroe will wood

@rjjsreactions-rk7zh

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am planning on going through the Normal album. 🙂