Anaïs Mitchell ft. Greg Brown - Why We Build the Wall

[@LoL12kricki]

Feeling a sudden urge to become a firefighter, or perhaps joining some sort of "anti-fire" organization?

[@nelsonjanusson7278]

Peculiar, I've been having the exact same urge.

[@shane4018]

Haven't got a light on you by any chance?

[@BabbleCacophony]

[@ethanrichmond3992]

Don't Play With Matches

[@werewolf4358]

@@shane4018 Come now, is there really so much fire we need people to be explicitly against it? I mean, we can't just fling accusations of being an arsonist left and right for every little thing!

[@ethanrichmond3992]

I grew up very poor, still almost penniless to this day. I was a waiter - before I was a lecturer, before I was a traveling salesman - a waiter at a luxury restaurant in Piccadilly. Did you ever visit the Hotel Mille & Smith? Magnificent. Gorgeous establishment - this was all years ago, of course. Terrible what happened to that place. Apparently it started in the kitchen.

[@Zee-pi3io]

All those people..... And the furniture!

[@ethanrichmond3992]

@@Zee-pi3io You get to see how the other half lives.

[@subroy7123]

I like you. I feel like we've known each other a long time. We're a dying breed you and I.. The world is changing. Seems like everywhere you look, flames are beginning to rise.....

[@danatronics9039]

@@ethanrichmond3992 The sheer amount of shekels changing hands

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Sub Roy and we have to be very vigilant to not lose everything we’ve built... I say, you wouldn’t by any chance happen to have... A match?

[@indiemagnet]

What’s great about this song besides the pointed critique is it’s meta-structure. It actually builds verse by verse. Like a wall of ascending faulty ideologies.

[@salivala1852]

I didn't even think about that. Nice take.

[@10zTburgess]

yeh that occurred to me too. an incredibly coherent concept

[@marekwygnany924]

After having some quarrels with racists and burgeois- the most interesting part is that the wall is the part they protect. It's not the Jeebs, not the culture- it's their deep fear and desire to not be the other. They protect the wall, and burn all the hadestown to keep it. Just for being the empty shell.

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

@@marekwygnany924 that is absolutly true. I have seen this in my country's politics and in other pollitical movements.

[@PatheticHero]

YES. The builders are rationalizing the construction as they build.

[@brumafriend]

Philosophy Tube?

[@benedictli7249]

Me too!

[@TurboSilke]

yeah.. i suspect this one will have a bump in its views.. :)

[@ZaneNihi]

Present

[@victorajiboye2284]

Same

[@teardeem]

I say... you wouldn't by any chance happen to have... A match?

[@456ertdfgbgh]

don't play with matches

[@Hakasedess]

You're censoring me!

[@entitygamma1792]

Fight fire

[@FancyTophatDude]

"Our work is never done [...] and the war is never won" might be my favourite line in all of this. Fascism is never about winning a fight, it's about having an enemy.

[@1MarkKeller]

TRUTH BOMB!!

[@Arrakiz666]

Don't play with matches. There may be fire-starters all around you, but have faith in Anti-fire.

[@riccardoolivieri1159]

Could you point me to the emergency exits? I wouldn't want to burn to a crisp in this theatre in case that despicable arsonist decides to burn it down.

[@Arrakiz666]

@@riccardoolivieri1159 Worry not friend, or should I say comrade, they are where they always were- to the far left. Don't try to use the ones to the right, that's just a revolving door that leads right back to the theater.

[@PitLord777]

*raises eyebrows*

[@alexandergoloborodko27]

@@PitLord777 It's a philosophy tube reference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYCZpndpmJekg9E

[@tommagennis]

Alexander Goloborodko So was his comment?

[@BATCHARRO]

Wait people where liking this as an honest song in favor of a The Wall? Even though it sounds super sinister and when asked "what are they gonna take from us" the song says "Uh...our wall?" Media literacy fail.

[@wdirtymonkey]

"We have a wall to work upon!"

[@alex_roivas333]

also, the entire thing is circular logic (obviously on purpose) we build the wall to keep out people coming for our wall basically XD

[@BATCHARRO]

Espurr Fitzroy A Wall...to keep us free. Anyway, brb gonna go unironically por Brawndo on my daisies. It's what plants crave I saw it on a movie.

[@wdirtymonkey]

Of course.

[@sw33tshar3]

The humor to me is from twisting the songs intention. Art is subjective and Hades is a cool guy

[@centuriesofblood]

"Eurydice literally dies and goes to the Underworld-she has no say in the matter. In Hadestown, though, she makes a choice. What she chooses-Hades, and the security he promises behind the Wall-is a devil’s bargain. It doesn’t exactly cost her life, but it is a kind of death: of the heart, of the soul. By walling others out, the citizens of Hadestown wall themselves in-to hell. Eurydice quickly regrets her decision." Anais Mitchell

[@wdirtymonkey]

Chills

[@Quintinohthree]

@Cian McCabe Because it's a recontextualization of a Greek myth? The thing about myths is that they are malleable. You can change them as you like. That's what authors did with them thousands of years ago. Back then there was no set identity for any particular deity. Every author made up that identity themselves, making variations as they saw fit.

[@RK_Badin]

@Cian McCabe Literally why are you listening to the soundtrack if you hate it wha

[@Mnnvint]

On the contrary, Hades is kind - or so he thinks. He builds a wall between you and all the pain of life. It's just that blocking out the pain of life means blocking out life entirely, and it's also a full-time job. He's far from a devil. In his eyes the bargain is great. Nor does he deceive - he's just being realistically bleak.

[@TwentySeventhLetter]

I love how the mindless repetition of "We build the wall to keep us free" represents the unwillingness to spend much time thinking about the deeper reasons, so that even when it reaches the point of fallacy (we build the wall to keep out those who want to... take away our wall?), the mantra of "freedom" and keeping out the "enemy" is all that's retained.

[@zelculothesquid8201]

Oh no, people want to take away our endless toil in service of pointless ends, our slips of paper with dead people on them, and our imaginary lines drawn on a giant space rock. Whatever shall we do.

[@KingBobXVI]

@Kamil S - Lol, the point of the song just flew way over your head.

[@QuikVidGuy]

We build the wall so that we can keep building our glorious wall

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@KingBobXVI not just the point, but the lyrics

[@EggEnjoyer]

Kamil S How about you punish the criminal capitalist who illegally hires people at criminal wages. Immigrants don’t steal your job, they’re give them by greedy business owners who don’t care about you, the American people or the law

[@bryan57s]

"This song is ten years old... Any resemblance of any contemporary political figures to the King of the Underworld is purely coincidental." - Anaïs Mitchell

[@OWlsfordshire]

It was nothing new then, a total rip off of pink floyd. The game bastion have a very similar song.

[@therandomquakers]

@@OWlsfordshire A wall is a very common symbol for division.

[@HaseoOkami]

They also say " this song is ten years old, and it is based on the drakonian methods of yesterday. Yet... Here we are. Voting in a guy. Who wants to build a wall. To keep out those who stricken by the worst plague imaginable by humanity. Yes. Poverty."

[@glamgothess]

"But we all know the Underworld Boss/King archetype when we see him. Let’s not elect him President. " - Anaïs Mitchell

[@Arrakiz666]

@@HaseoOkami Poverty deliberately constructed by the people who now want to wall themselves against it, mind you. This is the fall of Rome all over again.

[@NeedForMadnessSVK]

Can we make a list of media that criticises nationalism, fascism, tribalism but somehow the critique completely misses rightwingers to the point where they unironically use the media? This song Fight club Born in the USA "Why I am not a feminist" was also presented by rightwingers as some kind "anti-feminism" book while its critique of neoliberal feminism Can someone suggest more? Also, this is one of the reasons why I cant take rightwingers seriously when they can so obviously miss someone laughing in their face and even enjoy it.

[@robertsmith6308]

Punk Rock

[@Arrakiz666]

Pink Floyd's The Wall.

[@upchuckles243]

They Live.

[@dirkverreycken6359]

Florian Geyer

[@PitLord777]

The Matrix. The term 'Redpill' comes from this film where the aforementioned 'red pill' is given by a black guy and, indirectly, his female companion. Also, all the Agents are white people with stereotypical white names (Smith, Brown, Jones).

[@adriennepfeiffer2952]

Heartbreaking song. It's a sad day when irony and reality merge. Here's reality: When the Berlin Wall crumbled, people rejoiced. Walls will never solve our problems. You want to build walls? We will always be behind you, tearing them down.

[@sw33tshar3]

Would you put any restriction on how many people may immigrate to the US?

[@upchuckles243]

@@sw33tshar3 There is enough labor to go around. It's the result of that labor that gets distributed unevenly. Poverty isn't something people ARE, it's something that is DONE TO THEM.

[@sw33tshar3]

@Matti XIII. borders are about regulating immigration and importing. Walls are a useful way to make sure people come in at official points to document them, make sure they aren't criminals, make sure they aren't importing guns/drugs, etc. If you actually want any border restrictions walls and fences are an important aspect of it. If you're not far left anarchist or far right anarchist any wall objection combined with wanting border security seems to just come from the desire to signal to people that you aren't racist.

[@sw33tshar3]

@@upchuckles243 infinite potential labor exists. The question is whether that labor produces enough value to make it worth doing. That isn't infinite.

[@sw33tshar3]

@@upchuckles243 poverty is the natural state of humans. The unnatural is desirable which is living out of poverty but that requires outside forces

[@vladimir1180]

Wow, all these people in the comments, mainly Orban and Trump supporters, who did obviously not only not grasp the meaning behind this song and understood it with *_first degree_* , but who also morally *ACCEPT* this first degree interpretation... Truly, truly terrifying stuff, that says a lot about a lot of humans.

[@braalkmath]

Hungarians know about this song through an anti-orbán video... They are not supporters.

[@shekhinah2185]

hi comrades

[@hektivity6410]

ay

[@chalkish4855]

Hey there 😁

[@gaybroshevik4180]

came here right after watching Olly. 😎

[@oliver.121]

same dude

[@Not_that_Brian_Jones]

lol, me too

[@wdirtymonkey]

That video was absolute fire. Also, great discovery - the rest of Anaïs Mitchell is really beautiful too.

[@garretnarjes782]

@@wdirtymonkey that video made me anti-fire.

[@Cyanidal187]

Mentally impoverished beings erect walls to hoard wealth.

[@Sackofbooks]

Nothing says "freedom" like a wall.

[@Mrjmaxted0291]

It seems like a lifetime ago that free people were knocking down walls.

[@jexalinne5959]

@@Mrjmaxted0291 not really since about 1989, although there must be a few cases since the Berlin wall, they just don't get enough attention. Let's make a campaign out of knocking em down. just substitute "Mr. Gorbachev" with "wall-supporter-x" and use the Reagan quotes against them. (just a thought)

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Is this song meant as satire? It's a great song either way.

[@AnzeigenameHere]

Chriscom28 this predates the “Build a wall” by about 5 years

[@jexalinne5959]

@@AnzeigenameHere Indeed. But based on history no one should've been surprised. (I am not the first nor last to point this out, but) It's a *300 BCE solution* for a *modern 21st century problem*. I should've seen it coming. Well, my limited knowledge of history isn't going to solve the problem anyway...

[@SpoopySquid]

Found this after watching Philosophy Tube. Brilliant song

[@Beery1962]

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[@da_laoban_hong]

I love how the comments on this video don't understand the song

[@Hudolinski]

Kind of horrifying.

[@themoldycrow4890]

Hades is right though.

[@da_laoban_hong]

Thank you. I'm glad, I asked for your opinion.

[@007Waffleman]

They do. Ever heard of Yankee Doodle? Doesn't mean they didn't understand the insult.

[@ashevillecat]

So similar to Springsteen's "Born in the USA" "Irony is wasted on the stupid" -Oscar Wilde

[@jacksmusiccollection]

Brings back the 60's. This is a great protest song, the irony of the Wall keeping us free when it really keeps us living in fear. Just like the endless wars in 1984.

[@nigelbentonakauapoap3691]

Have been listening to this for years now... never sounded more prophetically appropriate than today!

[@theEx0du5]

I wish people would not be so surprised by the Trump supporters coming in here and hearing their message. This song gives words to their fearful retreat; it provides a voice to the impulses that drive their worldview. This is intentional. Anaïs is a very observant songwriter and it should not be surprising to see that has she struck something that they truthfully feel.Sure, the song also shines a light on the baseness of that worldview. Sure, it reveals the ultimate prison that is built along the way, the ultimate loss of freedom in the workcamp of those fears. That too is clearly intentional, and no one should expect that a Trump supporter would hear that. They do not hear it now in the world. Fear is blinding.Possession and poverty - who is possessed and who is free - are scary things to confront. It is good to watch this song get aired to those who may not hear it's ultimate point. Any who it follows may one day share it with someone who is ready to hear it whole. It is a spell cast into the world for those who are ready. Let it do it's thing.

[@EEYore-py1bf]

All I've been seeing is people like you saying that this is what Trump supporters would hear.

[@chesterfester2327]

@@EEYore-py1bf Nobody can explain the thinking of Trump supporters quite as effectively as verbose, bromide-spewing, pompous liberals, regurgitating the same pablum they've been coughing up for the last forty years.

[@Arrakiz666]

@@chesterfester2327 Well, unfortunately we can't trust you with explaining your opinions to us, because we know you're not going to be honest about them.

[@eartianwerewolf]

This song is so deeply sad to me.

[@chesterfester2327]

@@Arrakiz666 Typical of arrogant leftists, imagining they know other people's thoughts better than the thinkers themselves. They project their own tendencies towards dishonesty and misdirection onto others, then believe this caricature they've created and congratulate themselves on feeling superior to their own dopey invention.

[@josuebartley7272]

I actually feel kind of sorry for all the Tump supporters who just now had like 5,000 leftist come and explain to them what the song is about

[@AntiFaGoat]

Yeah. Almost sorry.

[@Arrakiz666]

Don't weep for the stupid, you'd be crying all day.

[@datfisheboi6519]

Arrakiz666 Eh, I set aside a small part of my day every day to completely emotionally break down at the amount of stupid in the world.

[@danatronics9039]

Reminds me of Bastion lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2qYc5h8rrJ5j7s

[@arcticsaxifrage1000]

Arrakiz666 Holy moly. That’s probably the best thing I’ve heard all morning. My good friend, thanks. I’m going to use that everywhere I go.

[@JoshTheOther]

Perhaps the most brilliant song on an already brilliant album. Greg Brown dominates this track, the instrumentation sets a perfect tone, and the call-response verses progress with perfect pacing.

[@MyChevySonic]

It's an analogy for the closed off, far-right mindset.

[@mycookingiswet127]

no

[@itsalikay]

@@mycookingiswet127 it objectively is, sorry

[@mycookingiswet127]

@@itsalikay how?

[@mycookingiswet127]

@@itsalikay and yes i get the song's message Not saying you can't use it for that analogy but I personally don't feel like the song and the right have that connection

[@itsalikay]

@@mycookingiswet127 The song is a criticism of right wing economics, its not a far stretch from that to say it has to do with the far-right mindset

[@lexxdz]

Finally !! Waiting for so long to have a song that clearly is the hymn to shake us till we accept the face in the mirror. Last in the row was John Lennon - now we add Anais Mitchell to the big line up of (r)evolutionary humanists. Any wall is a mirror of shame.

[@theotherghostgirl337]

Yup. Glad to see someone getting the original message and not thinking it’s about why we should build a wall

[@theotherghostgirl337]

Y’all know that this is a villain song..... Right?

[@VinceGwhite]

are you stupid?

[@casualpickles5165]

@@VinceGwhite ??

[@weareallbornmad410]

Posted in 2011... now that's eerie. I suppose there's only so many ways to commit arson, huh?

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

And originally written in 2006

[@GameGeazer]

The character singing this is Hades who is you know... The king of the underworld. Did any of you fucks listen to the lyrics? "We build the wall to keep us free" is ironic.

[@MrAirsoftAss]

+Will Gervasio This is KZbin and they are Trump supporters. What did you expect? :D

[@MegaUltraguy]

+Will Gervasio Dude, it's music, people interpret it however they want. Nothing says you or any of them are 100% correct.

[@GameGeazer]

+MegaUltraguy People may interpret a piece of art however they'd like, but that doesn't change the artist's intent. Obviously I don't know Anias Mitchell, but I know enough of her music so say she wouldn't write music meaning to tear people apart and spread hate. It hurts to see such a beautiful message perverted. "everyone's a stranger hiding inside higher tax brackets." - Wookiefoot

[@MegaUltraguy]

+Will Gervasio You are familiar with Harrison Bergeron right? The story was originally a satire of how fearful people were of an overbearing government. Later, he lost the case to explain his intent, thus causing the story to go from satire to cautionary. You say people are misinterpreting it into a message of hate. Others may say it gives a message of safety or how people need to be cautious and protective of themselves from those who would hurt them/ poverty itself. Others about true freedom come from limits or some weird paradox shit like that, I really don't know. Point is: it's all subjective. Of course, stuff like modern art is just crap and requires WAY too much speculation with little effort from the "artist." On a side note, who the heck is Wookiefoot?

[@GameGeazer]

+MegaUltraguy I'm not familiar, but I'll pick up the book. Let me substitute separation for hate. In this song "building a wall" is juxtaposed against "freedom." We build a wall to keep us free. Think about that imagery for a second. The gates of Mordor were originally built to keep keep evil contained within. However, this song is too old to be about anything currently happening in politics. It's about social boundaries. That's why I brought up the Wookiefoot quote, he's a reggae-ish musician with some pretty killer lyrics. Our disagreement largely boils down to a metaphysical difference in opinion. I believe the artist's intent is important to take into consideration, you feel that art is a vessel in which to explore one's own thought's and beliefs. And I agree with you, but intent is also influences my interpretation. You also bring up an interesting point about people being afraid, and using art as a cautionary tale against the government. But the government is nothing more than an immense social construct. Some bizarre shared delusion that only exists because we believe it so. I'm not an anarchist, I think it's important to think about what walls we build and what walls we tear down. But the small walls, the ones that separate you and me. This labyrinth built of isms, gold, and education. How does it protect us? I want to trust in others.

[@realxized]

Anyone here could perhaps give me... _a match?_

[@matthewbrandt5053]

Its dangerous to play with matches. Remember to alert your comunity anti-fire if a blaze starts.

[@skobichevskii]

This song is amazing

[@detripasmaravillas]

To those who think this song is supportive of any particular candidate and their proposed action, I suggest you go to the library and read up on exactly who are Hades and Cerberus. This song is a conversation between them. But I guess some folks just do not get irony??? Ignorance is bold.

[@ycylchgames]

I love Olly's version but this singers voice is so gruff it sounds very appropriate for the song.

[@teardeem]

Oli you goddamn genius you've done it again!

[@amrvtstm5501]

You know what makes me sad? People associating this beautiful song with Trump 🙏 *Im such a Hadestown fangirl and I’ve known it for a small amount of time*

[@Mr512austintexas]

Brilliant song. It's funny to read the comments of people who think this song supports Trump's moronic idea of building a wall.

[@SuperUnbeliever]

It does support it. It's not intended to, but it does. That's funny.

[@17vwe]

^it doesn't support it. you literally can't say "build a wall to keep us free" in one sentence and be "free". Plus, the song says "we build a wall to keep out the enemy / the enemy is poverty" - continued irony, as there is already poverty (in the US), so ultimately, the wall is just partially containing that particular enemy (poverty) as well. I mean. The only part that could be supportive would be if it was taken out of the song context and only quoted, without considering the other parts of the song, which is "Because we have and they have not! My children, my children Because they want what we have got!" Those are about the only lyrics that actually "support" (Trump's) wall. but alongside the rest of the lyrics.... nope

[@SuperUnbeliever]

Vanessa Wetzel "Plus, the song says "we build a wall to keep out the enemy / the enemy is poverty" - continued irony, as there is already poverty (in the US), so ultimately, the wall is just partially containing that particular enemy (poverty) as well." You want more poverty, keep up immigration. You import the third world you become the third world. Learn from Europe's mistakes, we are fucked, Europe is finished. Europe will be a caliphate by 2050.

[@17vwe]

i'm literally telling you the literary reasons why there are continued irony in the lyrics. i am SO sorry you can't handle it.

[@SuperUnbeliever]

Vanessa Wetzel handle lol. So sorry you can't understand that immigration makes poverty worse. It increases unemployment and lowers wages, that's what it's for. Why do you think it is pushed by corporations? You think these companies do what they do out of compassion? What the fuck are you, jewish?

[@ulture]

I say... you wouldn't happen to have... a match?

[@waytoobiased]

don't play with matches

[@ulture]

@@waytoobiased play with matches if you think you need to play with matches

[@ClashLoudly]

It's so amazing that Build That Wall, from Bastion, appears in the related videos. If you haven't, go listen to it. The game has the same epic myth/Americana feel as the album, and the Narrator sounds close to Greg Brown.

[@andrebalazs9721]

Örvendek , hogy megismerhettem ezt a remek zenét , :) Köszi Orbán Viktátor

[@miku4977]

This sends chills down my back and yet I can't stop listening

[@AttilaSzakra]

This is one solid piece of art! This comment was posted in Hungary in 2015. :D

[@possumhead2812]

When I first heard this song in high school I loved it, but thought it was kind of on the nose. Things aren't really this bad right? Isn't this an exaggeration? Never guessed this song would be literally prophetic :/

[@TheMildOne]

I hope all these commenters know this is the song of the villain (facist dictator that eventually gets a slight redemption) of the musical, this is meant to be the horrific illumination of the reality of Hades and his kingdom which not a few songs later is broken by protests after a truely free person tells the workers what it's like outside of this totalitarian society.

[@Mnnvint]

He's not a fascist dictator, but a super-paternalistic company town business owner who sees it as his duty to shield his workers from the pain and emptiness of life. Such people existed, but they're a completely different type from today's capitalists (and most capitalists in their own time, too). Orpheus doesn't tell the workers anything they don't know. They're all from the outside, and they all came to Hadestown willingly (if out of desperation). They remember what the world outside was like, not least because Persephone secretly lets them have a tiny taste of it.

[@DeadWaterCo]

Lets say that you build your wall and you made it tall, but how this wall will protect you all when the enemy is within..

[@majindrew1122]

Well we deport them you dumb sack of shit. Just put a bounty on those fuckers like $500 for every illegal's head... that'd be a good start.

[@DeadWaterCo]

You missed the point completely, put the moonshine down and read the comment again. XD

[@arsalmonar]

You're RIGHT! He TO-tally missed that... illegals are not the enemy.... HILLARY IS~;)

[@DeadWaterCo]

People who run charades are insignificant, Bush, Obama, Trump, Hillary included, faces change the agenda never does. Focus on what really matters instead of creating false idols, focus on the the Bilderberg meetings and all freemasons attending to it, focus on people with actual power. Take a look at the 'Federal' Reserve and its influence. You can't fool everyone all the time. Be smart! Prove that point!

[@ashevillecat]

please deport yourself America hater

[@CalmBlue]

This album absolutely defined the summer of 2011 for me. Breathtaking.

[@hughie2910]

You wouldn't happen to have A match......

[@hughie2910]

@Saurius I like you.

[@MyDistortedWorld]

Love this song... It questions the perseverance of fear and paranoia in us all.

[@Jarjarbinks683]

Matches are very unsafe. Lesson of the day is... Don't play with matches

[@trrtere]

ezt az egyet őszintén köszönöm Viktor ! ez a zene nagyot robbantott ma nálam...

[@hat-eating-cthulu-goat3221]

Good walls serve exactly one purpose, they provide a place for people to sit on.

[@wolfsherz3279]

I have absolutely no Idea whether all the Trump people in the comments are trolling, making fun of Trump or actually supporting him...

[@camerons5494]

It is a movement

[@SybillT]

+Cameron S ...maybe a BOWEL movement.

[@camerons5494]

Better then a hernia

[@Gamer5tyle]

+Wolfs Herz I can tell you are Jewish.

[@wolfsherz3279]

+Gamer5tyle Ahaha, how so?

[@gikszervan]

Viki,köszi hogy "elénekelted" /megismertetted velem ezt a zenét,... (ami tetszik)

[@frrascon]

Philosophy tube.

[@alexkesi7237]

let me thank ελληνοφρενεια for showing me this song,damnnn it's good

[@maggiepapa22]

το ίδιο ακριβώς!!!!

[@kosmour2776]

ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ

[@dimitrisklg7931]

Το τέλος του σημερινού επεισοδίου όλα τα λεφτά.και το τραγούδι αλλά και το βιντεάκι που έπαιζε από πίσω.

[@osfposfp7319]

κι' ενα ευχαριστω στο shazam

[@tommy80jm]

Same here

[@athanasiosoldschoolas8823]

Solidarity is only weapon to change the world.stay united stay together we are all the same!!!

[@Laughhouse2go]

Any connections you see with modern times It's just cause history rhymes

[@zentralratderumherschweife1218]

End the madness of borders! Break the walls.

[@dahterrasse]

"I say... You wouldn't happen to have, by any chance... ...a match?"

[@ArtyWildmaker]

Powerful writing and performance! Flood FB with this song!

[@loor4753]

The irony. This couldn’t be more relevant now!

[@sourcerror]

Great song, greetings from Hungary.

[@declaringpond2276]

You actually fit the people in the song perfectly. They're blind to the leader they follow and what they do. Hungary is returning to primitive ways of life, hope you enjoy that wall

[@elliotxvx]

Correct me if im wrong but isnt the guy with the deep voice playing the role of satan?

[@jaxindonohue220]

Hades, but close

[@Arrakiz666]

Satan was in some ways based on Hades, so kinda, yeah. And our modern perception of Hades kind of melded with Satan.

[@Arrakiz666]

@Cian McCabe The bible is very unclear on the character of Satan. Who it is (or even what counts as Satan) seems to change between various books. The Jewish idea of Sheol, the land of the dead bears, _some_ resemblance to the Greek idea of Hades, being a subterranean realm of posthumous agony. And modern Satan has very little to do with various biblical Satans really. So yeah, Satan and Hades have and always have had some similarities.

[@astrowiz3544]

@Cian McCabe how the hell is she ignorant for offering her own interpretation of an ancient myth? You havent listened to the whole album, I reckon, so dont talk "ignorance."

[@nyarlathoteppol2177]

@Cian McCabe Actually, I think that he is pretty close to hades, but it's just a mordern interpretation of the character. Hades was the king of riches, and gold and luxuries, since they came from his domain, the underworld. He was also giving the visitors of tartarus meaningless, hard and endless task to do, as a punishment, so when we consider both of these things, it's pretty natural to have him reinterpreted as some kind of capitalist boss. Furthermore he was also one of the greek god who was the most "bound",in the sense that most of what he did in the myth was because he had to do them, and was prone to strike (unbreackable) deals . He wasn't like zeus who would pretty much do as he please, which really fit his characer in hadestown, who is on many aspect chainning himself down along with his subject. Because of that he was amongst the nicest greek god, but he would still be pretty shitty by our current standard, which is why he still is a villain here, altho a bit tragic.

[@surrealducks]

This came out way before The Wall and whatnot, but I do enjoy viewing it as a protest song anyway.

[@eggplanthose]

Much like "Idiocracy" came out a long time but is especially relevant now.

[@sevenman9672]

No it didn't.

[@Calpsotoma]

I mean, nationalism has always wanted strong borders. It seems like this song may have just latched onto that before the nationalist surge that followed Trump.

[@andrzejaraszkiewicz3026]

Philosophytube brought me here. Amazing song!

[@thewishtofly]

this reminds me of The Walking Dead game, *slight spoiler* it reminds me of carver and his people soooo much!

[@mrpvpdeath]

thewishtofly Eh..this reminds me more of World of Warcraft with that Giant Wall in Gilneas (Nerd Alert)

[@kaygratv]

Thanks for the recommendation, Olly. Big Farcry 5 vibes.

[@joanhewitt591]

Beautiful, sad, stirring.

[@MoonatikYT]

Excuse me, fellow commenter, do you happen to have a match?

[@oroszpeter]

MAGYARORSZÁG!!

[@icarus7198]

Does anyone happen have a match?

[@frocco7125]

Nice Monster Prom pic.

Ez a szám az első pozitívum, amit nulladik viktortól kaptunk :)

[@Veshandor]

ha nincs a stadionbáró sosem ismerem meg ezt a remekművet

[@hyacinth1320]

Seriously incredible song.

[@lindayoutube5094]

I don't want to live inside that wall - anyone inside who thinks they are free has been drinking the kool aid.

[@akrinornoname2769]

Walls don't really work. I'm German, one of the past Germanies tried it, it didn't work, and it'll work less today

[@PepeMiklai]

Énis Kétharmadiából jöttem, de szerintem építsék a falat! A zene mög nagyon "tecccik"!

[@ChernovGitz]

Philosophy Tube has good music taste

[@eternalmiasma5586]

I know this song has nothing to do with modern politics but this couldn’t be more accurate. Hades, someone who is DEFINITELY not a good person wanting to build a wall for no good reason and telling people it will make the world much better. This song will be playing as America burns

[@snickeringtortoise]

Thank you Garfield

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

Well if America burns from fascism, it will definitely be playing. But if we manage to get a full on ancom utopia going, then when we're burning all the big businesses we'll be playing like the song from the end of the phantom menace

[@debbycoley]

The Enemy is Poverty.

[@RenatooPapp]

Felcsút is the love,felcsút is the life.

[@Reqviemus]

You guys don't happen to have a match would you?

[@crabula]

Brilliant!

[@itsmealex8959]

Caould someone give me the context surrounding this song and it's place in the musical?

[@GamerBurgerz]

It marks the arrival of Eurydice in Hadestown and serves as a commentary on the deceptive, circular logic of nationalists. Hades holds all the wealth and power while his workers live in squalor, but he says "the enemy" (the poor) wants what "we" have. The wall exists to keep "us" free, and "the enemy" resent "us" for the work (meaning wealth) that the wall provides. The workers of Hadestown are manipulated into being not only defensive, but *thankful* for what little they have. For what little Hades has not taken from them. It's all part of the musical's wider theme of powerful people subjugating others for personal gain and the systems that keep them where they are. Also fun fact this song was written way before Trump ran for office but subtlety is dead and we live in hell so the song's become a literal commentary rather than a metaphorical one. Hope that helps! :)

[@christophersnedeker2065]

Hell is a state of mind, heaven is reality itself. -CS Lewis

[@xenonweebs5951]

philosophy tube thank you

[@pedonbio]

Ah, the sweet stench of fascism in the comments.

[@Ring0fSaturn]

This is a beautiful song, with Greg leading the chorus. Ironic that this song finds some simple-minded folk believing that it is in favor of the wall. Perhaps another reading of The Emperor's New Clothes might help shed some light on the subject. Or listen to Pink Floyd's The Wall. Try again. Try harder. This just in: walls don't work, never have, not since we've build ladders and tunnels and planes, etc.

[@peterhooper3391]

they don't prefer to try

[@TheM4A1Clan]

I wouldn't be surprised if this song were to never be disliked

[@jiffylou98]

ah how times have changed. If I could but long for the time when this was written, but longing for times past is what got us into the mess that is now.

[@AzaleaJane]

This should be an antifa anthem

[@danatronics9039]

antifire*

[@kingofthings7929]

Olly seems to have done just that.

[@AhnkandCrook]

Such amazing song and Content!

[@shiteyanyo1111]

Anais Mitchell is a genius

[@nicktea8796]

olly!!!!

[@201200304]

great song Зачем мы строим стену? Hades Зачем мы строим стену? Мои дети, мои дети Зачем мы строим стену Cerberus Зачем мы строим стену Как может стена сберечь нашу свободу? Поэтому стену мы строим Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Hades Как может стена сберечь нашу свободу? Мои дети, мои дети Как может стена сберечь нашу свободу? Cerberus Как может стена сберечь нашу свободу? Стена охраняет нас от врага И мы строим стену сберечь нашу свободу Поэтому стену мы строим Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Hades Кого врагом мы называем? Мои дети, мои дети Кого врагом мы называем? Cerberus Кого врагом мы называем? Враг это нищета И стена охраняет нас от врага И мы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Поэтому стену мы строим Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Hades Ибо есть у нас а у них еще нет! Мои дети, мои дети Ибо они хотят то что есть у нас! Cerberus Ибо есть у нас а у них еще нет! Ибо они хотят то что есть у нас! Враг это нищета И стена охраняет нас от врага И мы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Поэтому стену мы строим Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Hades Что у нас есть что должны хотеть они? Мои дети, мои дети Что у нас есть что должны хотеть они? Cerberus Что у нас есть что должны хотеть они? У нас есть стена над которой мы работаем! У нас есть работа у них нет Нашу работу никогда не переделать Мои дети, мои дети Эту войну никогда не выиграть Враг эта нищета И стена охраняет нас от врага И мы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Поэтому стену мы строим Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу Mы строим стену чтобы сберечь свободу

[@basil5510]

The vfd has gained a totally new spin now. *don't play with matches*

[@aaronbono4688]

This has so much more meaning now.

[@watchspotting]

Has anyone got a match?

[@copycat2696]

Chilling

[@ezrablanchard3692]

THE WALL KEEPS OUT THE ENEMY AND THE ENEMY IS THE BOURGEOISIE

[@Arrakiz666]

--------------> The point You.

[@johnjohn2570]

The bourgeoisie have the walls. Let’s tear them down and if that doesn’t work their is always fire.

[@Quintinohthree]

@@johnjohn2570 No, we must fight fire. Be anti-fire.

[@alhazed]

A song of duality. The wall does indeed keep them protected from the harshness of the outside world but is also a prison. How else do you stop your crops from being stolen in the night by bandits? Every home has a locked door protecting it or we would not be able to keep anything. Yet those things we covet come at the price of freedom in a different sense.

[@paulworkswellwithothers4091]

Don't play with matches