Gotye - Seven Hours With A Backseat Driver (Official Music Video)

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  • The official music video for “Seven Hours With A Backseat Driver” by Gotye. From the album Like Drawing Blood. Get the album here: gotye.lnk.to/LikeDrawingBlood
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    Video Credits:
    Directed, designed and animated by Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp at Rubber House www.rubberhousestudio.com
    Additional animation by Neil Sanders, Gavin Mouldey, Alex Grigg, Peter Lowey and Jérémy Pires
    Additional design by Marlo Meekins
    Music credits:
    Produced by Wally De Backer
    Mixed and mastered by Francois Tetaz
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  • @searchandestroy69
    @searchandestroy69 Před 8 lety +485

    This dude is incredibly talented. Both Gotye and the animators

    • @slobdosh
      @slobdosh Před 3 lety +4

      Hi, I am writing an article about Gotye and what fans think about his modern pursuits. Would you mind if I interviewed you for it?

    • @Moody__Mango
      @Moody__Mango Před 2 lety +1

      @@slobdosh how did the article go?

    • @slobdosh
      @slobdosh Před 2 lety +5

      @@Moody__Mango I'm happy with it, thanks for asking

    • @Moody__Mango
      @Moody__Mango Před 2 lety +1

      @@slobdosh awesome.

    • @ilostthepasswordformymainaccou
      @ilostthepasswordformymainaccou Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@slobdosharticle link or where to find?

  • @Chilloxable
    @Chilloxable Před 8 lety +1417

    zootopia looks great you guys

  • @chelseamore7304
    @chelseamore7304 Před 8 lety +757

    Pretty disappointed this doesn't last 7 hours

  • @honeyeyebrow9933
    @honeyeyebrow9933 Před 8 lety +1514

    (Oh man this is long I didn't mean for this to be so long sorry)
    My interpretation is that it's about a young person realising what the world is really like; first, everything is working in a perfect routine like clockwork. The bird is like a parent, pulling on the reins and keeping the elephant on track. The elephant is happy and she sees the world around her in a pretty innocent light; the other animals are going about their own business together, and the giraffe gives her a polite nod as she goes past. The bird ('parent') is like a backseat driver in that it is guiding the elephant and steering her, showing her where to go. But as soon as the parent leaves for a short time, the elephant gets uneasy. At 1:36 she hears something (probably something obscene) and turns to see what it is, and her expression is clearly a 'wtf was that' look. Down in a dark, out of the way part of the town, she sees lots of inappropriate things going on and is clearly alarmed, especially after the leopard winks at her.
    The parent returns and tries to tug her away from those things, and pull her attention away from them as well, but she keeps turning to look back at it, seeming fascinated but disturbed. At 2:13 the bird sees other birds - other parents - flying freely together, and narrows its eyes disapprovingly at them. I think this is because the bird is determined to guide the elephant in the right direction, and sees the others as slack parents who gave up trying with their children because they just wanted their own freedom. The bird tugs harder and harder on the elephant's hair, but rather than being put back on track the elephant starts crying because the bird is being too harsh. The elephant seems sulky and resentful of the bird after this. Then she begins noticing that something is off about all the other animals. They are all either engaging in sexual activities, have red eyes as though they're on drugs, or are trying to eat each other. Now that she's seen the things happening in the dark place, she can never un-see it and she's noticing that the world isn't really a safe and happy and innocent place like she thought, it's a scary and dangerous place that's full of corruption and filth. Then, in comes temptation. The leopard from before. She spots him eyeing her intently from a roof top and she can't take her eyes off him, she seems really unnerved. This distracts her so much that she completely ignores the bird pulling her hair to stop at the red light, and she steps right into the traffic, falling and breaking the town. She's lying on the ground surrounded by the broken remnants of society, and then she is surrounded by angry animals. The parent, the bird, tries to come to her defense, squawking at the leopard (telling him off) but he swats the bird away with ease. The elephant is on her own now and the parent is powerless in the face of this situation. The leopard holds out a hand to the elephant, and she accepts. She accepts the temptation and becomes just like the other animals that she saw in the dark corner. She's different now, she's become part of the perversion, as her face at 4:35 proves. She's seen how things really are, and her curiosity has outweighed her initial caution and uncertainty.
    As the bird flies away, we see that its face is sad and regretful. In the end, the bird - just like the other parents, the other birds from before - had 'failed' as a parent, failed to protect the elephant from the world, and there was no way to go back now that the elephant knew that she didn't have to obey the bird's rules, she could do whatever she wanted now and the bird had no power over her anymore.

  • @EnxhioKotoni
    @EnxhioKotoni Před rokem +76

    I play this song on long drives when the "backseat driver" wont shut up. Surprisingly 30 sec in and they always shut up

  • @eduardoromerod9017
    @eduardoromerod9017 Před 9 lety +463

    Don't need to say a word... to tell a story.

  • @thebusinessgoat
    @thebusinessgoat Před 9 lety +588

    When somebody that i used to know was a big hit i didn't care about gotye's music because i thought his other songs are like that but damn i was wrong. this is awesome.

    • @hoinickjijbentenpik
      @hoinickjijbentenpik Před 9 lety +26

      awesome profile pic :D!

    • @jakmanxyom
      @jakmanxyom Před 8 lety +12

      ***** This vid's a whole goldmine for profile pictures.

    • @hijgjjdkygbjhguftiyuuyyu2206
      @hijgjjdkygbjhguftiyuuyyu2206 Před 8 lety +3

      +hoinickjijbentenpik nice name.

    • @asralyn7339
      @asralyn7339 Před 8 lety +18

      +Mr. G. Ruff Always give an artist about three pieces from different albums if you can. I love that people know him for his whiny yet compelling breakup song, and then you have songs like this that tell the story of anxiety, or the love song to his Cotillion keyboard. I love his unique, strange sense of creativity.

    • @reijoheiskanen7979
      @reijoheiskanen7979 Před 7 lety +1

      Mr. G. Ruff 😄😄😄😄

  • @GranukeGamingProductions
    @GranukeGamingProductions Před 8 lety +302

    I think I've smoked too much Gotye for one day...

  • @pescando
    @pescando Před 11 lety +107

    Seeing this in concert was especially crazy. Everyone in the audience has that glazed, confused/amazed look on their face. Cool video.

    • @jirahcohleenolosan3764
      @jirahcohleenolosan3764 Před rokem +6

      U lucky u got to see him in a concert.

    • @pescando
      @pescando Před rokem +6

      @@jirahcohleenolosan3764 I really was. You’re right. I think we all keep hope alive that one day he may tour again.

    • @Brownsville83
      @Brownsville83 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Take a tab and this would trip ya out

  • @ShaneTheHunter
    @ShaneTheHunter Před 9 lety +108

    from the rubber house website: "Our third animated music video for Gotye is a coming of age about a sexually naive elephant and her co-dependent crow."

  • @harbingerwolf1179
    @harbingerwolf1179 Před 9 lety +30

    I love how the crow in the end is just like "Nah man fuck dis shit im out..."

    • @blaketto
      @blaketto Před 7 lety +9

      more like "i failed"

  • @someguy7376
    @someguy7376 Před 7 lety +49

    I'm pretty sure this is the deleted scene from Dumbo when he gets drunk

  • @LordToasterOven
    @LordToasterOven Před 8 lety +63

    This is like an anxiety induced fever dream. I love it.

  • @arkman2237
    @arkman2237 Před 3 lety +84

    This song is all about the realization of the true nature of the world as a young an naive person, and also about coming of age when all our hormones propel us into finding one another attractive, the elephant struggles with this , she’s naive and understanding how things work, might be and in fact is overwhelming, she also struggles with parent figures, if you want to see it this way, the bird on her head might easily be one of two things, the representation of a parenting figure who tries with all his strength to guide trough the good path her daughter only to miserably realize that this is also useless, because once her daughter realize truth she will never go back to be that obedient child. Or you can also see this as the struggle of our consciousness to keep us safe of the unknown, that which we don’t totally grasp becomes unmapped territory and that causes anxiety and despair, at the beginning you see a person used to her daily routine, each day passing by, but as this elephant starts to go places she also starts to see some things without the knowledge to understand what they mean, the adult world in this case, she then internally starts to rebel against her old nature, as most of us do when all of our hormonoes kick in during adolescence, she surrenders herself to her nature, realizing it’s also a part of herself and not something to be afraid of. This my little grain of sand about what I believe the interpretation the video might be about, feel free to comment, this kind of symbolic videos are awesome because of it.

    • @tarod3
      @tarod3 Před 10 měsíci +3

      I agree. All these replies saying it’s about corruption and sin and disturbing.

    • @InferiusInsane
      @InferiusInsane Před 7 měsíci

      Your average NYC experience

  • @matthewbrown1617
    @matthewbrown1617 Před rokem +11

    You know, I remember watching this video when I was quite a bit younger and I didn't really get the symbolic nature of everything. I just thought it was a bit pervy and anxiety inducing. Now though, I think I see that this is all about growing up and losing your naive perceptions of reality. You realize that everybody's screwing each other and screwing over each other and that behind the facades that people put on, they're really just doing all those things that you were told you shouldn't do by your parents. Then eventually you just become one of those people and that last bit of childish naivety is gone.
    Watching the video now I definitely think it is much deeper than I realized upon watching it the first time. It's amazing what 15 or so years will do. At least it feels like it's 15 years ago.

  • @quackquer8013
    @quackquer8013 Před 9 lety +58

    Has anyone ever though that the video could've meant about doing the right thing? The elephant symbolized an average man/woman going on with his/her life while the bird represented the elephant's well being as the elephant would stay composed with the guidance of the bird. When the bird left, this represented the elephant clueless and vulnerable as he started to discover an even darker side of the world (drugs, pornography, theft, malicious intents and the like.). When the bird comes back however, the elephant was already losing and no longer listening to the bird, no matter how much the bird may pursue. In the end, the bird and the elephant's sides conflict and the elephant loses it.

    • @healersinbound
      @healersinbound Před 7 lety +1

      Quack Quer the bird was hurting the elephant tho

    • @haphoerart
      @haphoerart Před 4 lety

      Parents i guess
      Im literally crying rn

  • @rogerioferrari2386
    @rogerioferrari2386 Před 4 lety +44

    A round of applause to the animators as well!

  • @727tara
    @727tara Před 8 lety +487

    Is it just me or does this video give you major anxiety?

    • @gorgonee
      @gorgonee Před 8 lety +33

      +HOWIEDOIT It's kinda disturbing I guess. And the music itself isn't very soothing either haha.

    • @jadervangelis2191
      @jadervangelis2191 Před 7 lety +8

      It does!

    • @ConvincingPeople
      @ConvincingPeople Před 7 lety +44

      It is an extremely tense video, and more than a little unsettling.

    • @pythonatearubyonrails3541
      @pythonatearubyonrails3541 Před 6 lety +2

      HOWIEDOIT yes.

    • @bayoubandito
      @bayoubandito Před 4 lety +9

      HOWIEDOIT yeah I watched this a long time ago when I was a little younger and I though it was scary almost lmao

  • @niftythegoblin
    @niftythegoblin Před 8 lety +45

    This reminds me of all of the strange things in my childhood.

  • @Ikesleo
    @Ikesleo Před 3 lety +420

    Repeat after me: GOTYE IS NOT A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

    • @TheThinkingPhilosopher
      @TheThinkingPhilosopher Před 2 lety +8

      GOTYE IS NOT A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

    • @exedeath
      @exedeath Před 2 lety +9

      Using amount of albums sold as a way to gauge quality is a ultra shitty idea.
      Imagine a ultra famous band with 20% quality, this means 20% of people that listen to the band will like it, this famous band has 1 million people that listened to their songs and so 200000 people that like them, now imagine a underground band with 80% quality, this underground band has 10000 people that know them and so 8000 people that knows them, thats 25X times more people liking the famous band despise it having 4X times less quality. This happen because you are counting only the likes and its being biased toward famous stuff, a way to counter that is to allow you to dislike it, so with more fame you will also have people that hate you countering those dislikes.
      Thats why removing dislikes from youtube was a mathematically wrong idea.

    • @DocWorm
      @DocWorm Před 2 lety +2

      Idk what planet you're on where a no-words environmental soundtrack is a "second hit" for an indie pop superhit but you do you

    • @marcsuta2408
      @marcsuta2408 Před 2 lety +3

      GOTYE IS A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

    • @DocWorm
      @DocWorm Před rokem +1

      @k1000 you're

  • @sherinnepz600
    @sherinnepz600 Před 10 lety +46

    i think this is about all the things around us, drugs, sex, prostitutes, and the elephant is innocent and doesnt know what all those things are and the bird tries to help him/her to not fall for those things. when the bird leaves for a while, the elephant realizes everything around him and gets scared because he doesnt know about drugs or sex. when the bird comes back, he is tramatized but at the same time he suddenly wants to try these things out and then he runs away from the bird who has been helping him and turns into the others and experiences all tht bad stuff

    • @goblintak4647
      @goblintak4647 Před 5 lety

      Yeah

    • @arcadeyous
      @arcadeyous Před 5 lety +2

      That's how furries are made
      Edit: the ones that are into yiff of course

    • @stefanmarcher5266
      @stefanmarcher5266 Před 4 lety +2

      I think it's more than that, it's about the ego and a more positive message.
      It's about that the ego that is shut of, while the bird is away, and you see behind all your mindsets, limitations and things you're actually afraid of. Once you saw it, you can't get it out of your head, you try it and realize that it's nothing to be afraid of. And then your fear, the bird, flies away.
      What you you think?

    • @haphoerart
      @haphoerart Před 4 lety

      Maybe the birds are our parents(if we have a good pair or a great single parent)

    • @haphoerart
      @haphoerart Před 4 lety

      @@stefanmarcher5266woahhh
      Different perspectives

  • @posttyped11
    @posttyped11 Před 9 lety +94

    i think it's about thinking about what i think it's about when i'm not thinking about what other people are thinking it's about

  • @VinVertigo
    @VinVertigo Před 10 lety +36

    Thank you so much for crediting animators and designers in this! I hat how big companies will make something and give no credit to the art or design work behind it. I want to know where I can find more if I like the aesthetic!

  • @tannerbarnes7392
    @tannerbarnes7392 Před 10 lety +66

    Don't let other push you around. I think. Gotye's videos are all so symbolic. I liked this one.

    • @brandonhancock9378
      @brandonhancock9378 Před 10 lety +28

      The way I see it is that the bird is like a parent or government that kind of feeds you knowledge in a way that keeps you pure, but when you finally start taking control of your own life you notice how everything isn't what it seemed.
      The beauty that was once there when you were ignorant, is now scary because you can see it for what it really is, and it can be extremely scary to the person, you will feel threatened and it can possibly destroy you mentally.
      But eventually you'll have to rely on yourself, and fit into society, and that'll be how you cope with the fear of the world outside of the ignorant mind that we all have had.

    • @tannerbarnes7392
      @tannerbarnes7392 Před 10 lety +2

      Very insightful.

  • @layceelay5382
    @layceelay5382 Před 4 lety +51

    It's weird that one of Gotye's only popular hits wasn't the best and everything else he does is. How does that work

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 4 lety +7

      Someone That I Used to Know has that pop folk flair I guess...and Kimbra. Naked Kimbra.

    • @katherinemorelle7115
      @katherinemorelle7115 Před 3 lety +4

      STIUTK is a pretty good song, and Kimbra has a gorgeous voice. But it’s definitely not his best work, just his most popular.

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Před 3 lety

      Everything else ? Hum, no... But it's only my opinion. STIUTK is a great song, far better than most of his work and in my relatives I'm not the only one who thinks that.

  • @EhBoing
    @EhBoing Před 10 lety +134

    Too bad elephants remember everything they see. Poor elephant. :c

  • @sofapillow7660
    @sofapillow7660 Před 4 lety +3

    that leopard kinda thicc tho

  • @jadoneugene
    @jadoneugene Před 10 lety +79

    I think the Crow is innocence (sexual or otherwise), and when it leaves, the power of curiosity takes over. The Crow ( innocence) isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can be controlling.
    Also, the fact that they're animals is pretty important. Elephants don't walk on two feet. They aren't coordinated. The only way they become that good at walking is when someone (a trainer or something) directs them to do it. The same way, animals aren't careful (sexually or otherwise) unless something is preventing them from being careless. None of the animals are careful, nor do they help each other like the elephant was being led to believe.
    Back to the innocence: when the innocence goes away, the carelessness takes over, and the elephant's inner wild (sexual or otherwise) is brought out. Permanently.

    • @sayandutta0310
      @sayandutta0310 Před 2 lety

      I think crow symbolizes society or religious fanatics preventing elephant to find its true sexuality..

  • @KrystelLucas
    @KrystelLucas Před 11 lety +3

    Reminds me of times when my eye catches something new and intriguing and I just can't look away. Then afterwards, I begin to see it everywhere and I've never noticed it before then.

  • @michaelmeloni6059
    @michaelmeloni6059 Před 10 lety +4

    When you try to analyze something that makes you feel something so strongly you just end up simplifying it down to a psychology instead of letting it be an art. This is truly incredible though.

  • @nickmorales7451
    @nickmorales7451 Před 4 lety +8

    I`m glad people still are interested in this great artist

  • @poopoo5309
    @poopoo5309 Před 7 lety +53

    i guess my interpretation was the fuckin leopard jaguar thing resembled lust. everything was fine and dandy with the bird (which I'm guessing resembled a parent or guardian) controlling the elephant but you know. lust came in and fucked shit up, showing how much emotions can drive us to do destructive things without even realizing what you're doing.

    • @oh-bobby-oh-boy8559
      @oh-bobby-oh-boy8559 Před 7 lety +6

      Shits deep in the land of Gotye...

    • @tarnation7148
      @tarnation7148 Před 7 lety +1

      Breea-Breezy damn straight.

    • @themarquess
      @themarquess Před 7 lety +20

      Haha, I read it in different light. The crow was repressing the elephant and causing it discomfort. When the repressed emotions finally boiled over it became destructive. But all the other animals who were not repressed were functioning fine and not destructive. And in the end they help the elephant learn to live in peace by embracing its own sexuality.

    • @dezraz9868
      @dezraz9868 Před 7 lety

      yeah... exactly.

    • @theatomicbonbon3717
      @theatomicbonbon3717 Před 7 lety

      Thank f*ck for my asexuality

  • @GLAASJEMELC
    @GLAASJEMELC Před 7 lety +8

    I love Gotye's music videos. They're always filled with beautiful artwork by great artists. I have started to try out new art styles to develop my skills (which aren't that great) but take a lot of inspiration from the artists featured in Gotye's music videos. They're always a great example of 'if you just finish your work, it will always look good'. The music video for Graffity 6's Stare Into The Sun is another good example

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting Před 2 lety +5

    Just remembered this video today. I lucked out when I remembered it was a Gotye video. "Elephant erotica video" is now in my history with... questionable results.

  • @Nikolai1939
    @Nikolai1939 Před rokem +1

    I just realized this is only instrumental, the visuals tell a story so well I didn't realize that till the halfway mark

  • @snubnosedmonke
    @snubnosedmonke Před měsícem +1

    i was so immersed in this funky stressful animal world i just forgot it was a music video for a gotye song! incredible storytelling through music and animation

  • @wandpile
    @wandpile Před 3 lety +4

    hallucinating sexy leopards on your morning commute? it's more likely than you think

  • @illegalprogram
    @illegalprogram Před 8 lety +8

    This elephant just crashed in non-euclidean space

  • @kadenhouser4407
    @kadenhouser4407 Před 3 lety +3

    This shits trippy

  • @justinisforgiven5040
    @justinisforgiven5040 Před 3 lety +3

    A representation on how innocence is so easily preyed upon and taken advantage of in our world.

  • @korisam99
    @korisam99 Před 9 lety +70

    It's about growing up. The bird is the elephants parent, once the parent gives the elephant freedom, it sees the world for what it really is. The elephant is shocked and frightened at first, but once she realizes that she does not have to follow the birds rules anymore, she decides not to. She then does whatever she wants in the new world she has discovered.

    • @mariorocksit
      @mariorocksit Před 9 lety +3

      lol you got a sketchy mentality or youre a piece a shit troll either way that sucks .-.

    • @mariorocksit
      @mariorocksit Před 9 lety +5

      ***** not stupid, just stating my opinion,sit down . look at the world around you & the temptation. the only one who truly gave a fuck bout the elephant was the bird .the panther didnt give a shit bout the city getting destroyed or genuinely about the elephant he just wanted to corrupt the innocence of the elephant.if it was truly bout growing up the elphant would have grown to ignore the temptation. you obviously dont know shit bout growing up.

    • @matt036
      @matt036 Před 9 lety +3

      Mario Ortiz Nah dude it's kind of the opposite if that although it's much the same thing. It's like the bird is religion or government or society trying to keep the elephant on a set track when the elephant actually finds that it wasnt to be doing all the fun stuff like being in a non-heterosexual relationship or whatever. Sure if you hate non-heterosexual, non-queer things and you hate alcohol then you'd take the side of the birdy

    • @amycroysdill4518
      @amycroysdill4518 Před 9 lety +1

      Mario Ortiz It is about growing up. You tell me, you didn't see temptation when you got older. Everyone does, every child does. one point of time, you will see something; you'll see it and you have no choice but to see it and you can never forget what you sow no matter how hard you try to ignore it because now your aware. Drugs, killing, sexuality, sex, all of it...over seeing one little thing and the worst part of it all; parents can't control it. No matter how hard they try. They can tug and pull but it only causes discomfort and strain and fear; the reason why the elephant fell. She (or he) was so afraid, so confused and the bird tried to force the elephant to move that she (or he) fell; a mistake, a regret. She (or he) destroyed everything in her (or his) path. The panther did care about the town being destroyed but when he came up to the crying elephant, scared and afraid, all there was in his eyes was understanding. We all been through it, we all fell and we all wanted to look to the right. It only makes it worse when someone tries to tug at you but in the end, you will always find happiness

    • @matt036
      @matt036 Před 9 lety

      Godsend I'm a guy

  • @Skula427
    @Skula427 Před 8 lety +11

    Why isn't there a seven hour version of this? It seems the logical jump to make.

  • @nolawest5183
    @nolawest5183 Před 9 lety +2

    I just got my Sebring Convertible running again, & I'm like the "Guy on the Green Snake" @ 0:37...! YaHooWee! With the top down (even if it's ~Freezing Winter Temps~); my girls & I are like Cruising down the street waving to everyone & Pumpin' Up Gotye!!! Thanks man for this upload!
    ~ peace

  • @zacksika
    @zacksika Před 10 lety +7

    I think the meaning behind it is that the bird represents social acceptance and the elephant represents people. The bird drives tries to drive the elephant from his desires, represented by the tiger, because they are not socially accepted. The disaster is when social acceptance and regulation is destroyed, but the elephant is better off that way because without the social regulation, he can do as he pleases and meet the desire that he wants to. The message of the video is to do as you please and to ignore social acceptance if it brings nothing to you except misery.

  • @shreyakmanandhar9232
    @shreyakmanandhar9232 Před 4 lety +5

    0:24 just brought my brightest smile :) :) :)

  • @clairebrowne9883
    @clairebrowne9883 Před 11 lety +5

    This was incredibly fun to see live! as they danced around with rubber chickens and a melodica you could tell Gotye and his band were having a great time, and when 3:21 hit, you could feel the bass in hum in your chest.

  • @RyanL95lol
    @RyanL95lol Před 9 lety +3

    this video is about the chaos and corruption behind the perceived order of the world. At first the elephant is under the illusion that what he sees is all that is, but eventually he starts to discover that the world is not what it seems. The bird is the part of him that wants to ignore himself and his feelings and just keep acting in the way society wants him to act. But eventually he has a "breakdown" so to speak and the bird flies away and he is free to act the way he wants.

    • @kraftyrevolution
      @kraftyrevolution Před 9 lety +4

      nope, its about getting assfucked for seven straight hours

  • @Avengercatgirl99
    @Avengercatgirl99 Před 9 lety +3

    This song makes me think of the worst things and it doesn't even have words: fear, death, loss of innocence...I don't even know. It's so freaky and yet captivating...

  • @jackskelly5420
    @jackskelly5420 Před 11 lety +9

    I absolutely love Gotye and all his music...he is a pure GENIUS!

  • @TheITzPsYcHo
    @TheITzPsYcHo Před 10 lety +48

    I think the bird was trying to protect the elephant, and all the other animals at the end had already gotten rid of their "bird". So the bird flew away knowing that its elephant had become evil or something of that nature.

  • @RonaldinhoReborn
    @RonaldinhoReborn Před 11 lety +2

    I saw him live at Riverstage, and when they did this song...at 3:20, that driving droning note was so loud and powerful and fantastic, it should have knocked us over. It was amazing, and god I wish that could be replicated with headphones.

  • @TheArrangment
    @TheArrangment Před 10 lety +4

    Lots of symbolism in this music video

  • @thereverendepi_gee565
    @thereverendepi_gee565 Před rokem +5

    the music and the video are ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE !

  • @minimicrosoftplus2421
    @minimicrosoftplus2421 Před 9 lety +7

    Oooooooooooookayyyyyyyyyyy..... this won't haunt my dreams at all

  • @namornivek
    @namornivek Před 11 lety

    What I got from this vid was a bird driving an elephant around town, the bird goes to get something and that elephant see what hides in the darkness and likes it, after that he realizes everything he thought was innocent (like the red eyed giraffe, or the yellow duck entering and the black ducks leaving unclothed, the snake and the mouse) turns out to be much more than it seems and he wants to experience it.

  • @MJ47106
    @MJ47106 Před 11 lety +2

    Because the song has so many perspectives, I personally believe that when we grow into our adolescent years and adulthood, we begin to observe things in a new light without guidance from parents/guardians. We cannot have our eyes awkwardly hidden by our parents if we see something that isn't right. But because we are now independents, our eyesight has much more freedom to roam.

  • @LetzMakeup
    @LetzMakeup Před 11 lety +6

    How wonderfully bizarre!! Absolutely perfect for the instrumental, brilliant piece of animation ^_^

  • @adarumusic6435
    @adarumusic6435 Před 9 lety +5

    Dedicating a good portion of whenever I take my next LSD trip or shroom trip to watch Gotye videos lol

  • @realblackqueen1
    @realblackqueen1 Před 4 lety +2

    I used to watched this song over and over when I was 5

  • @Yulka646
    @Yulka646 Před 8 lety +1

    My interpretation is that the bird controlling the elephant is you sober and the elephant is your intoxicated self slowly losing control

  • @cartomanterica
    @cartomanterica Před 10 lety +26

    From my point of view, the video is about sexuality and desire. The bird means the high consciousness of the elephant making efforts to keep him safe from promiscuity and his natural tendency to the lack of pudency. He fights against those growing and useless desires invading the elephant´s innocent and young mind, desires that would bring empty experiences and risks. Facing the useless attempts to guide the elephant through a path it might consider safer and productive, the bird finally give up and follow other birds that gave up also... 02:10 The result is the dominance of desires over rationality.

    • @muisjeskoelkast
      @muisjeskoelkast Před 10 lety +2

      you my man gave exactly the answer i was looking for

    • @beau4588
      @beau4588 Před 5 lety

      omegaa you're so well spoken

  • @immortalpotato5376
    @immortalpotato5376 Před 3 lety +3

    dont watch this when high

  • @rajbhansinghshekhawat2810

    Alternative title - When you finally pay attention to what's happening around you

  • @laicka45
    @laicka45 Před 9 lety +2

    I don't think the bird is as bad as depicted in some comments (in fact in nature, birds over elephants even keep them safe from diseases) that's a safe relationship. It's even said that birds which sit on elephants chirp loudly when they see predators. But here the bird go away for less than a minute so it obviously worry the elephant. This one is too focused on the animals behaving "strangely" to remember that he got someone who take care of him/her right over is head. He discover other "rules" on a completely different level: the bird is focused on the road, the elephant is focused on the people on the road.
    So yeah, I think it's more about routine and the way anxiety can make its way in it.
    If the bird make the elephant stop to trafic lights it's too keep the elephant safe.
    For the title, it certainly question the relationship between driver and backseat driver. In that case, the bird don't even bother himself with the elephant, the driver, who's too focused on details to care about trafic lights anymore...
    In the end, the elephant seems to have find another form of safety based on biaised relationships so the bird leave because they take different ways of life.

  • @trumpetman10105
    @trumpetman10105 Před 8 lety +60

    I feel sorry for the bird

  • @roccoflips
    @roccoflips Před 10 lety +3

    Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think this video is about the elephant being told what is right by the bird, and then finally gets to think for himself once the bird is gone.

  • @mcfly4959
    @mcfly4959 Před 4 lety +2

    is anybody gonna talk about the fact that with a little help from my friends by the beatles comes up as the lyrics for this song

  • @RosieInmanArtist
    @RosieInmanArtist Před 9 lety +8

    what the actual fuck is happening

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean Před 8 lety +6

    You know, sometimes I find the titles to Gotye songs almost as entertaining as the songs they're about. :p This one's cool, it's like..."Tom Waits Lite".

  • @miataman89
    @miataman89 Před 11 lety

    This video to me illustrates how easy it can be to feel ostracized and singled out for being different, it can seem like everyone is against us, but in reality it's a misconception and infact they aren't against you at all but instead, on your side.

  • @wanderingsolstice9473
    @wanderingsolstice9473 Před 7 lety +2

    Essentially, the loss of innocence.

  • @olivecool
    @olivecool Před 4 lety +4

    jeez i first saw this when i was much younger but now i understand things
    also it's still a bop

  • @candylouison
    @candylouison Před 10 lety +7

    I always feel like im popping pills every time I watch a gotye MV....who needs actual drugs! ^^

  • @meowcusthegreat4270
    @meowcusthegreat4270 Před 10 lety

    I really like the message here. Its a happy elephant (child/teen/or anybody) who is guided on this path by the crow (parents/family/friends) but when the crow is absent the elephant doesn't realize the reality in which the crow was trying to convince. The crow tries to keep the elephant on the path (not saying the path is good or bad) but the crow is a small influence on the big elephant. So when he/she sees the world for what it really is it can't help but to fall for it. Great song hehe

  • @anon6056
    @anon6056 Před 3 lety

    1:35 I love the animation here, the way her head turns its so good

  • @hornedwindrider
    @hornedwindrider Před 10 lety +10

    I feel weird because I don't see the bird as a parent metaphor. The story in my opinion is about sexual tensions, and here we have an elephant who going further with his life is learning more and more about sex from the society, and while it does the bird actually is a pro-sex voice of its' body... that's why the leopard freed the bird, because it had fulfilled elephant's sexual need...
    I really don't know why, but it's the only way I see it. The point is that the music itself defines that feeling through the video

  • @kingnameless8348
    @kingnameless8348 Před 4 lety +4

    Me: *Tries to fall asleep
    Me again: *My brain at 2am

  • @diniehaziq7750
    @diniehaziq7750 Před 4 lety +1

    This song brings me smile

  • @regnbuetorsk
    @regnbuetorsk Před 4 lety +1

    not a single word in the whole video, and yet says sooooooooooo much

  •  Před 9 lety +5

    I didn't know there is a clip for this song. Love how it gets weirder for the end. I wonder what Gotye will come up next time :) Love his albums so far.

  • @jsundt9024
    @jsundt9024 Před 8 lety +7

    I really like that this video portrays the viewpoint of the female with an elephant that is clearly a woman. She's relatable and funny and a real parody of the quandary too many women find themselves in - being misguided and/or silenced and/or manipulated by voices inside and out about how to be "appropriately" sexual.

  • @miatroy
    @miatroy Před 10 lety

    THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT SHOULD HAVE 400,000,000 VIEWS THANK U

  • @poofer16
    @poofer16 Před 8 lety +1

    I love all the cartoon video's Gotye has. He had that one mainstream song but I personally like all of his other songs. I really hope he keeps making more. I saw a video of how he creates his music, and gosh, he puts in a ton of work for each song. Plays all the instruments, one at a time, laying it over the previously recorded instrument, until he has a song.

  • @demogrocc8651
    @demogrocc8651 Před 4 lety +3

    another masterpiece. we need your music now :

  • @javiermartineztheboss8645

    Al chile me pongo bien marihuano escuchando esta rolita, like si tu también...

  • @marceleuropa1611
    @marceleuropa1611 Před 3 lety +1

    Listening to Gotye in quarantine ❤️

  • @morganm4151
    @morganm4151 Před 5 lety

    I've been searching for this for years... finally. Thank you Gotye. The rhythm has been stuck in my head for too long!

  • @SindhuS
    @SindhuS Před 9 lety +18

    This video reminds me of Gorillaz but slowed down. Been tripping on this through 7 repeat plays. Yay! to good music :)

    • @PixelatedPeach
      @PixelatedPeach Před 9 lety +7

      A lot of Gotye's songs/videos and Gorillaz songs/videos have the same feel =) I remember I've always been a huge Gorillaz fan, and then the first Gotye song/video I saw was "You're Heart's a Mess" and that has a very similar aspect to Gorillaz and that's why I started enjoying Gotye. Of course, I enjoy Gotye as their own thing now, but it was a the similarity to Gorillaz that got me into them in the first place =)

  • @klallamcedar0099
    @klallamcedar0099 Před 10 lety +35

    I think its about a naive female elephant finally learning about sexual orientation and breaking free from the oppressive crow.

  • @denniskinuthia6201
    @denniskinuthia6201 Před 5 lety

    PRETTY MAGNETIC STORIES IN YOUR SONGS .

  • @TheRowdyTiger
    @TheRowdyTiger Před 11 lety +1

    The bird and the leopard are two sides of the same coin. They both want to control/guide the elephant to do what they want (either with their beak or teeth).
    Of course, pretty lil artsy videos like this can be interpreted 100 different ways.

  • @Callofthevaffles
    @Callofthevaffles Před 10 lety +4

    Objectively the best thing of all time. No but really, one of the best instrumentals ever, and the music video is a mezmerising, robust yet subtle masterpiece. Truly a work of art.

  • @skipr.powell6651
    @skipr.powell6651 Před 8 lety +3

    it took me 4 passes to actually grasp the message here---VERY GOOD STORY MESSAGE REPRESENTATIONS/. meaty material here! AWESOME!

  • @ndelwalushaba4931
    @ndelwalushaba4931 Před 8 lety

    utterly amazing the video left me on edge and says that any acts in a relationship are good as long as we are both happy

  • @_.michxel._
    @_.michxel._ Před 3 lety +3

    I wish people knew about this song along with “Somebody that I used to know”

  • @ponsceline2529
    @ponsceline2529 Před 2 lety +4

    This song and “Did You Call Me?” by Lukaz just hits different in early 2022. Times may be tough but everything going to be okay in the end. I hope everyone is doing well. I love you! 💕

  • @moonkingdomify
    @moonkingdomify Před 10 lety +9

    da fuk did I jusf watch.

  • @Cronidan
    @Cronidan Před 10 lety

    the message is: be the best father/mother you can be

  • @kawasaki2011
    @kawasaki2011 Před 11 lety

    I can't stop watching this. Day after day, its been consuming me...

  • @blahgolem7479
    @blahgolem7479 Před 8 lety +6

    zootopia, now in theators

    • @poopoo5309
      @poopoo5309 Před 7 lety +6

      you spelt theatres wrong, man.