Music Albums Affected by 9/11
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0:00 Intro
0:23 The Blueprint - Jay-Z
2:59 The Disintegration Loops - William Basinski
6:12 Geogaddi - Boards of Canada
8:52 - News at 11 - 猫 シ Corp.
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Any other albums you could think of? I could definitely make a part 2 of this
I remember hearing from somewhere that Gerard Way was saying MCR’s debut record was partially inspired by the 9/11 attacks and I guess that tracks with a lot of the lyrical content of it. Though I’m sure some of it is coincidental since the album was going to themed around death and dark imagery beforehand.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
The album was planned to be released (and initially leaked) on the exact date of September 11, 2001, but initially shared on Wilco's website on the 18th, shared for free against the label's wish.
The album itself features the twin towers of Marina City complex.
The infamy behind the album is that the coincidentally related between the release date they have planned, the cover art motif, the lyrical content of the song (eg. "Jesus, Etc."), and the 9/11, critics and fans alike calls the album unintentionally prophesized the tragedy in a weird way.
I mean the song "Jesus, Etc." had this one line in the lyrics: "Tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad sad songs". Isn't that a bit eerie.
Party Music by The Coup, and Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Last Forever by Explosions in the Sky both had eh understandable issues, owing to cover art, look either up...
The song “New York City Cops” was planned to be on The Strokes debut album, “Is This It?”, which was released on September 11th. A song criticizing the titular police, the song had to be removed and replaced on American releases.
The album "Magnification" by Yes was released on September 10th 2001. It had to be re-released on December because of how horribly it sold.
INVESTIGATE 3/11
What is 3/11?
the Japanese tsunami?
edit: i looked it up, i now get the reference.
@@antichristian74 I think the 11 is a day, not a year, but then again, not all calendar systems are layed out the same
Tyler the Creator: :DDD
@@VaporRonin It's a reference to The Eric Andre Show.
I'm surprised My Chemical Romance isn't on here. Gerard Way had a meeting in NYC that day (probably not in the Twin Towers since it was for a cartoon company) and witnessed the towers fall. MCR formed shortly after and changed the lives of millions of angsty pre-teens across the world.
Also System of a Down. Toxicity and especially Chop Suey took on a whole new meaning post-9/11, which helped SOAD reach the people who were appalled at both the attacks and the government's reaction
Came for Geogaddi, stayed for the genuinely interesting information on other albums too. Keep up the good work!
Same😂
Long live boards of canada
"The Glow Pt. 2" by The Microphones was also released on 9/11
The song "You'll Be in the Air" hits differently now and ever
Well, it was released the same day as the attacks. So 9/11 had no effects on the production of the album itself
@@pepperbytez8128 That's the same deal with The Blueprint so it doesn't mean that much
this makes the drastic change between i want wind to blow to the glow pt 2 much more meaningful and impactful
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Forgot to mention Mink Car by They Might Be Giants. The label it released on crumbled after 9/11, and left it without a physical release for years after it’s original release on 9/11 until 2022.
God Hates Us All by Slayer comes to mind since it came out that day lol
Glad someone mentioned this, it was my first thought.
Look at the lyrics to Disciple again, slowly
or Machineheads 'crashing around you'' single coming out the week before!
Why was this not in the video…come on kids
I wanted to make a comment about them but couldn't remember verbatim @@ValleyMansonOfficial
one of my favorite facts about the strokes’ debut album “is this it” is that the american release was on 9/11 and originally contained a song called “new york city cops” that was making fun of cops in new york city, stating that “they ain’t too smart.” it’s a great song that’s on the vinyl prints in the U.S. and all other international versions, but it was replaced on CDs and digital releases by “when it started,” a totally serviceable replacement.
Bush had a single running at the time called “Speed Kills”, and after 9/11, they retitled it to “The People That We Love”. I remember that song receiving tons of airplay during the post 9/11 period.
Came to post about this! Well done.
Not to nitpick but I don’t think music was being widely released digitally quite yet. Digital music and mp3 did exist but major labels were very slow and reluctant to embrace the technology. I could be wrong, I admit.
Or maybe I misunderstood what you meant.
@@SmokeyChipOatley the album was released on different months in different countries before the US. It was supposed to release on September 25 in the US but after the attacks it was postponed to a couple weeks later and the song change was made. I'd also like to mention that I like "When It Started" much more than "New York City Cops" and also think it is a much better fit on the album. I know people in person and online that feel the same way.
interpol's "turn on the bright lights" might be one of my favorite albums that mostly focuses on learning to move on from the attacks, all from the perspective of actual NYC citizens that formed a band
it's atmospheric and moody, but hopeful in very rare occasions, and for that i think it's like one of my favorite 2000s post-punk records of all time
0:00 Intro
0:23 The Blueprint - Jay-Z
2:59 The Disintegration Loops - William Basinski
6:12 Geogaddi - Boards of Canada
8:52 - News at 11 - 猫 シ Corp.
American Idiot by Green Day is a great summary of post 9/11 era. Music was no longer looking up to future, no more happy-go-lucky.
huh? American Idiot is about the most poppy, happy album
Green Day has made sonically
I see they needed some really heavy shit like green day, no more happy songs on the radio lmao
@@poindextertunes Yes, it is. In '04, Green Day released this; American Idiot, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "American Idiot". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of pre 9/11 world and the disillusionment of America. It's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey, Paul!
@@sandr6769bro really pushing the Green Day agenda
I think They Might Be Giants’ album Mink Car deserves an honorary mention, even though it doesn’t make the album sadder (it’s a very happy album) it just so happened to release on the exact same day as 9/11 😭😭😭
If anything it impacted its sales, which sucks because Mink Car is easily one of their best albums!!
That was my immediate first thought
yep! I was about to comment about this (btw, the label mink car was released under was HQ'd in the WTC)
Jimmy Eat World released Bleed American in July 2001, with a lead single of the same name. It was later changed to self-titled and the single renamed Salt Sweat Sugar.
Leftover Cracks first album, Mediocre Generica, was released on 9/11. Their second album was aptly titled Fuck World Trade.
The Coup was set to release their album "Party Music" in September 2001, but the album was delayed... because the original cover art had two members blowing up the world trade center.
The Microphone’s Album The Glow Pt. 2 came out on 9/11 - one of my all time favorite albums
The Full of Hell and Nothing Collab is also built around 9/11, specifically about the falling man image
Toxicity by System of a Down at one time was slated for a 9/11 release, but was pushed back since it is an overtly political rock album made by a band from middle eastern descent.
The pushback did not really shield them from unfair criticism though. There were no shortage of patriotic blowhards who had a lot to say about how Chop Suey somehow glorified terrorism. Thankfully, it blew over in no short order and people were just able to appreciate the record without a buncha conspiracy theories muddying the waters.
Yes Bush evil Blah blah feel better now?
@@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226 No :(
Toxicity was the no 1 album on the Billboard 200 for week of 9/11
@@banjoplayingbison2275 Wait it was? I thought it had gotten delayed.
Aight,, well, news to me!
@@KnaveMurdokif I remember correctly it was released like a week before 9.11 and radio stations would stop playing songs like chop suey because of 9.11
I think it was the second time that I played Geogaddi, my wife - who is not at all prone to hyperbole or judgment - said to me, "It sounds...evil." To this day, it is still a difficult listen for me. As for September 11, we didn't want the TV on because we didn't want to further upset our kids...so I was keeping an eye on Internet stories through our iMac and keeping track of the email group I belonged to, checking in on friends and family, while cartoons played in the background - the local PBS station was the only channel not covering what was happening.
I never heard of the album until this and your comment just intrigued me paired with the videos description and I got hardly halfway through the first song and said "nah that mans wife is right I ain't inviting any spirits to me today"
@@benamisai-kham5892 Honestly, it's a very good album; the songs have some incredible texture, the way that all BoC albums do - but everything on it is so unsettling in its sound...not merely dissonant but "wrong" in some fundamental way...that I rarely listen to it. I prefer Music Has the Right to Children. It's uncanny how they can do it - in the same evocative way, Tomorrow's Harvest SOUNDS bleak and decayed and abandoned - and still, is well worth the listen.
I get what you mean about News at 11. That's how I've explained the album to people--it's the music pushing back at reality, resetting the day, trying desperately to hold on to what really does feel like another world we lost that day.
Vaporwave really helped carry me through the pandemic, and I still listen to News at 11 every morning at work with my coffee.
"The Disintegration Loops" truly is a harrowing experience. I've only ever listened to it once, and I remember being left with this blank, empty feeling afterward. As you said, liminal. Not happy, not sad, just... there. I've been able to return to "Everywhere at the End of Time," but I've yet to return to "The Disintegration Loops." I feel like I should again, as it's definitely a work of art.
I would say News At 11 is the quintessential signalwave album.
I think el-p’s first solo album, fantastic damage, deserves a mention. It might be kinda redundant to mention bc the blueprint served a similar purpose for a wider group of people, and el has stated that 9/11 didn’t have much influence on the album bc that’s how he was feeling already before then, but it’s post 9/11 release made a lot of the lyrical content on the album perfectly fitting for a post 9/11 NY
I love NEWS AT 11. It's such a fascinating record. Listening to it is like peeking into an alternate universe in which September 11, 2001, passed by as just another ordinary day. At the same time, it lines up perfectly with Catsys Corp's broader concept of music that serves as a requiem for lost futures.
I actually have two copies of it; one of the picture disc vinyl copies, as well as a cassette copy.
If you do a part 2 about this topic, you might include the eighth studio album of Mariah Carey, Glitter.
The album also drop on 9/11 as Jay Z’s, but her results were anywhere close to his.
The album came after a rough time by the end of her contract on Columbia Records. Her ex husband (CEO of he old label) stole part of her album’s concept and include on singles of a fresher new singer. A movie was also released to add to the marketing campaign, but after attacks no one was feeling safe to go to the theaters.
Her new contract with Virgin is consider one of the biggest fails in industry music to this day and her career almost come to an end.
I remember my first favorite album being System Of A Down - Toxicity, that album also came out close to 9/11. I doubt that album would have been nearly as popular given that 1- they are of middle eastern descent and 2- the political lyrics of the album
It was literally No1 on the Billboard 200 on the week of 9/11
One of note off the top of my head: is Slayer - God Hates Us All. More of an honourable mention as it was released on 9/11/01, but the events didn't really have much effect. Oddly enough, it was delayed prior due to concerns of the album cover and mixing issues. Once released, it actually performed pretty well. Given that it's Slayer, it's likely that they didn't get much radio play outside of dedicated metal stations, so they didn't really miss out on much promotion-wise.
The band Dream Theater released their live album "Live Scenes from New York" on 9/11 and the cover depicted a burning heart with the statue of liberty and the twin towers inside, talk about bad timing. The cover had to be changed of course
Oh nice, so you are of italian origins, i am italian living in naples, nice to know that, and yes I remember the rehardshall and all the media coverage of the 9/11 disaster in italy, they interrupted my favorite show on tv, I was very upset as a kid at the time
Beastie Boys '5 Boroughs' definitely.
Geogaddi is my favorite album of all time. When I first started listening to it, I was doing a lot of research on 9/11, and it really began to shape my adult viewpoint of the world. Geogaddi was the soundtrack.
While this process was happening, I read that interview from Sandison, the one where he says they poured all that dark energy they experienced from 9/11 into the creation of the album. My mind was blown, it already FELT like a 9/11 album to begin with, so having him confirm it deeply inspired it made it all the more real
Y'know I think this is something more people should talk about- the day they began to have an adult perspective on 9/11.
I lived through it but I was 4 and don't remember it happening, only being told about it from everyone older and learning in school.
I didn't really start to understand it until my last year of highschool when I could actually take a step in the shoes of the stuff we were shown, because my teacher actually treated us as adults and showed us a lot of great videos that showed us how everyone else seen it on that day, and the reactions. She really gave us a huge immersion for the class period. It was heart breaking and sorrowful, understanding why some jumped even...
To pull from the stuff my Dad has said: They Might Be Giants and Bob Dylan both had albums release on the day of the attacks. They Might Be Giants released "Mink Car" on that day and Bob Dylan released "Love and Theft." I don't know much about Bob Dylan's release, but They Might Be Giants sales were definitely affected. Also they generally try to do shows in New York either near or on the day of 9/11 now because of it.
News At 11 is one of my favorite vaporwave albums
verysmallbites covered the Shaq album Superfriends Vol. 1, which had features from Dr. Dre, Questlove, Ice Cube, Nate Dogg, Ludacris, Black Star, Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men, members of Korn, Nick Hexum and Chad Sexton of 311, and reportedly Michael Jackson.
This would have been one of the biggest crossover albums ever, but after the release was scheduled for September 11, the album was pushed back to October, and eventually shelved. Some tracks have leaked but it has never been released in any official capacity.
As I have also said numerous times, News at 11 is our version of a particular moment in William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust. It was asserting that "every Southern boy" could mentally evoke the moment before Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg where the future still seemed possible and the fateful moment didn't occur where it will all not happen. So for us who remembered both that day and a number of days prior to it, this album provides a way to "remember" it as just a typical fun day like any other. The Liberty Edition *really* plays into the "alternate timeline" idea.
Shoutout to christtt's deep dark trench. If News at 11 was about "what could have been instead", deep dark trench was all about dealing with it. It's basically an aural grieving session and catharsis.
Australian group called Gerling released a Album called When Young Terrorist Chase the Sun on September 11...had to be pulled off the shelves...
Not the whole album, but one of the songs on MCR’s first album is about Gerard Way’s experience witnessing the events of 9/11 from across the river. The hopelessness, fear, grief, anger, and confusion of those moments really comes through.
can’t forget Mediocre Generica by Leftöver Crack that came out 9/11/01, the same band that said “fuck world trade” in a song in 1999 and used the burning towers for an album cover in 2004
The Strokes removed the song New York City Cops from their debut album Is this It after 9/11
not an album, but the NZ band Shihad changed their name to Pacifier for about 2 years post 9-11when focusing on the US market due to the similarity with the Arabic word "jihad"
Geogaddi is one of my favorites. I've tried my best to get into Music Has The Right To Children, but never succeeded; that album lacks the unsettling atmosphere of Geogaddi. That it was being recorded literally during 9/11 just adds to the legend.
Geogaddi is the best album ever for me
No mention of Porcupine Tree and their album In Absentia? They were writing and recording in NY during that time and one of the songs was literally written in the aftermath of the attacks
Slayer's album "God Hates Us All" was also released on 9/11 2001.
I believe "Demons Dance Alone" (2002) by The Residents was written directly as a response to 9/11
A Funk Odyssey by Jamiroquai came out in the US on 9/11 💀 Songs you might know from the album is "Little L", "You Give Me Something", "Main Vein", and "Love Foolosophy". Just really odd to think of someone getting the album and then seeing that uhhhh yeah
911 by Gorillaz and D12 (Em doesn't sing in it) is also a song that wouldn't exist without 9/11 having happened.
Clicked for Boards of Canada.
Should’ve had *Gorillaz - Demon Days*
Great video!
Morbid fact. Slayers album "God Hates Us All" was released September 11th, 2001
interesting side fact is that “gyroscope” on geogaddi found its way onto the soundtrack of “sinister” i think it gives a haunting view as to the aftermath of the towers falling but i could be wrong
Wait, Americans don't talk about terrible things happening in countries other than USA? Why were you so suprised that Italy was talking about such an event?
Dude, when I flew in from Aus to party with you guys in New York, listening to News at 11 while I was walking around Manhattan felt vastly different and more impactful than when I first heard it. Especially when I visited the museum before I went home.
Nicely done video as always, brother!
iirc Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco was supposed to drop on 9/11 and had to be postponed
Such an incredible video. Chennington still killing it in 2024
This was a great video! If you can, do check out the song Life and Death by Pisca. It is such a captivating song about 9/11. Their work is amazing and I think deserves your attention!
honestly was surprised that Mink Car by TMBG wasn’t mentioned. Although maybe the content itself wasn’t affected by the event, but rather that it was out of print due to Restless going down that day
News At 11 is such a masterpiece.
I’m so bummed the video album (Liberty Edition) was taken off of CZcams. It was so perfect
I'm glad that this video had a deep dive into Geogafdi, but I'm amazed that My Chemical Romance wasn't brought up. Gerard left his Cartoon Network internship to pursue music specifically because of 9/11. You could even possibly say thag 9/11 is the reason The Umbrella Academy exists, which is interesting since that series is built around time travel.
30 seconds? Damn, I was fast
0:18 right as I saw the boards of Canada album I was hooked
The Moldy Peaches' self titled debut was also dropped on 9/11, making the track NYC's Like a Graveyard really awkward
Greatest music CZcamsr upload schedule ever.
Should have included Demons Dance Alone by the Residents. That one is such a strange and fun mess, especially the concept for it.
Paisan! That's where my grandparents are from too.
Interesting idea for a topic of video considering that it's April.
Where’s “God hates us all” by Slayer?
EKT IS SOLVED
Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" came out that day too
Not sure if you've ever watched Melevisione, a children's TV show that aired on Rai 3 between 1999 and 2015. On that fateful day the program was suddenly interrupted due to the breaking news of the attacks and many children ended up seeing the tragedy unfold in real time (me included).
Jay-Z also had a song come out after 9/11 called "A dream" which sampled Biggie's "Juicy", specifically the lyrics "time to get paid, blow up like the world trade"
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The last part of that line was removed in the sample
Thug World Order by Bone Thugs n Harmony was highly altered before being released. A lot of the songs that referenced being against the police and government were taken off. Tracks that would be released or leaked later such as "Secret Agent Man" and "Nation of Thugs" With songs containing lyrics like "We sick of police and these scandals. .44 Magnum bust randomly at em" made them have to scrap a lot of the songs that were originally intended for their 2002 Thug World Order album.
Unwound's Leaves Turn Inside You (2001) also a touchstone of this moment; 9/11 effectively contributing to the death of the band
I think you should check out vektroids album 777 pig danger , it came out earlier this year and it’s one of the most dark sounding albums I’ve heard
that channel is cool
"Speed Kills" was the single out by Bush at the time, not good for their career lol. And Jimmy Eat Worlds album "bleed American" , also out around that time, was renamed.
Disintegration loops is prolly my favorite album
Chris Ott has one hell of a takedown of Disintegration loops.
God bless the USA
To be honest I think geogaddi is a lot more effective because I've been listening to boards of Canada for a long time since I was in kindergarten and the nostalgia The band has gave me especially music has the right to children and in a beautiful place on a country it actually takes me back when I listen to them
If you'd like to listen to the album. Here is a remastered version for free!
geometriclullaby.bandcamp.com/album/news-at-11-remastered
You forgot one important band: My Chemical Romance
No
@@bobsbigboy_ yes
No
How are people saying no when MCR literally said themselves that they were formed because of 9/11
@@oldsammyboy8916 so?
Jay selling that much during the worst times this country has faced is crazy especially since he was a predominantly nyc artist
Why didn't you mention Dream Theater's Live Scenes from New York? which not only was released on 9/11 2001, but aldo featured the Twin Towers in flames on the front cover, which for obvious reasons was changed in later releases of the album. One of the most insane coincidences I've ever seen.
911 I was supposed to watch a news story about animals at the zoo. I'll never get to know
Ben Folds- Rockin the Suburbs
The Disintegration Loops were recorded before 9/11, it's just the cover art that ties it to the event.
What about Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol?
Brotherhood of the Bomb by Techno Animal came out that day. I think you can guess what happened with that album title 😂
9/11 affected by Music Album: "The Coup"
How did you manage to not include The Coup's Party Music here? Like, actually how?
MCR is my favorite example, cuz they were formed after Gerard way witnessed the towers falling in real time on the way to work. (Also Skylines and turnstiles is a great song about 9/11 as well)
would the discographies of bands that formed because of 9/11 count? like death from above 1979 and my chemical romance
Live Scenes from New York by Dream Theater released on 9/11, they had to change the cover because it featured the New York skyline (including the twin towers) in flames
True story even scarier
Albums affected by 9/11 before 9/11 actually happened there are alot of them alot of people were secretly in the know
How did you not talk about Deep Dark Trench in this lol, good video still tho
Pad are you brave enough to cover Doc Weasel
God hates us all by slayer was also released on 9/11
ministry released a trilogy of albums related to 9/11, the bush administration and the usa’s position/role/image on the world stage following 9/11. “houses of the mole”, “rio grande blood”, and “the last sucker”. they did not pull any punches, manipulating george w’s speeches to say things like “i’m an a**hole!” and especially lambasting usa’s presence in the middle east and the military industrial complex that fuelled their involvement there.
Man didn’t talk about slayer god hate us all
Slayer “God Hates Us All”, send tweet
Saw Boards of Canada had to click
can ye do a documentry on contraversial breakcore artist and how bad they been?
LOL, hehehe!
simyootaneous? plane'arium!
no mention of dream theater live at the marquee smh