Neil Cicierega - Numbers

[@nachtschwarmer117]

Maybe the strangest part of listening to Neil's music in another tab is I'm never sure if those are ads or the actual music.

[@covanb6948]

Never quite sure when the song ends or if a weird ad is playing

[@strideryourself]

LITERALLY SAME. IVE BEEN LISTENING TO NEILS STUFF ON SHUFFLE WHILE IN THE CAR AND SO MANY TIMES IVE THOUGHT “is this an ad??!?”

[@GlipGlig]

bro what type of ads do you get that sound remotely familiar to whatever this even is

[@americanbagel1313]

@@GlipGlig you gotta do it to understand

[@GlipGlig]

@@americanbagel1313 I've done it before & I still think you people are insane

[@LemonSk8]

I've seen a couple people catch the CAKE sample, the slowed down bassline. But no one mentioned the track it's from is "Never There", another great subtle joke from Neil since these numbers no longer pick up.

[@alexanderdineen2476]

Today Spiderwebs by No Doubt was playing at the gym and I realized that after 7 years of listening to this version I'd never heard the original

[@alexanderdineen2476]

4 days after posting this I heard it again on the radio

[@royalninja2823]

I first listened to this album when I was 14 and had basically 0 knowledge of pop music history. It took me years to find out the backing isn't original and instead is a mix of Milli Vanilli and Cake.

[@kirbysuperstaruhh3769]

Just had a similar experience yesterday with spiderwebs playing on the TV on the music channel and I realised how much different of a mood this version brings to the chorus of spiderwebs over the original

[@jackeea_]

genuinely criminal that this banger isn't as popular as Bustin'

[@Thunderblock7889]

The part of "Sorry am not home again and walking in a spider web" sounded really sounded emotional and powerfull. As if it was a male singer with a deep voice singing a powerfull vocal. Too bad the song those lyrics belong to is nothing of that...

[@Bluey]

@@Thunderblock7889 ok thats what was being said by the deep echoy voice

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

I can never understand why Bustin is as popular as it is, in comparison to Neil's other tracks. Maybe just because it's dirty?

[@johnmuselmann7886]

@@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8I think it’s cause it simple to parse where the sample comes from, it’s more memey

[@TheeDeeM]

This song is just missing another telephone...a touch-tone touch-tone telephone.

[@natania7738]

I can totally imagine the line about Leonard Nimoy not calling back being in this

[@kikiscosmos4781]

On my AM AM RADIO (i'm crying now-)

[@Boppercat]

I’m crying authentic tears, they flow outta me when I think

[@kirbysuperstaruhh3769]

​@@natania7738 imagine if Neil sampled himself in one of these mashups lol neil cicierega neil cicirega'ing neil cicirega

[@K4ANG3L35]

I might do something like that. I already have a song idea.​@@kirbysuperstaruhh3769

[@Malletdude31]

Out of nowhere, "YOUR TELEPHONE IS LINKED TO MY WEAPON SYSTEM" lmao

[@godIikesheep]

It says right before that that if you call the number the. You get robocop gameboy, this is robocop speaking

[@Hidden4125]

That's a shitty weapon system if everyone can access it

[@moregan101]

@@Hidden4125Hey come on Robocop is trying man

[@thecaptain6520]

​@@moregan101 all he wants is an oreo

[@franconbean]

today I learned that you can change the pitch of Carly Rae Jepsen's voice to make her sound like George Michael

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

Are you referring to Gwen Stefani, because Carly Rae Jepsen's voice isn't shifted?

[@noabman4093]

+EncyclopediaBro13 Yeah, the "Here's my number so call me maybe" that repeats over and over in the beginning is slowed down

[@antijelly885]

It's slowed down to the point to where it is pitch shifted do you even know anything about sound waves you troglodyte

[@alistair2111]

imagine getting this mad over literally nothing

[@DanteDraconequus]

lol meal time, they didn't indicate not knowing that, get over youself lmao.

[@owlgoddess8534]

the fact that the numbers themselves are in sync with the beat is so vital to this mashup

[@Vern_Trertnert]

This song is an experience, Man. It sounds like the thought process of scrolling through your contacts to find someone you can open up to in your darkest hour, questioning whether you can trust them, and finally realizing after you get the machine too many times that you're all alone and there's nothing you can do about it.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Damn you good?

[@mow_cat]

its exactly specifically that feeling, what the hell

[@ghost-witch]

I think maybe you're projecting.

[@chuckled125]

Who you gon' call? Who you gon' call? Who you gon' call? Who can you call?

[@itsraininghavoc817]

@@chuckled125 Think you better call!

[@tdimensional6733]

ok, but, like, the harmonization that happens in the backing vocals at 1:25 and also at other points in the song is, like, actually really fucking appealing to me

[@Vitorio582]

Neil is a very talented guy

[@Tirgo69]

This song is just unironically good.

[@miau5878]

god ilove this part

[@lucifermorning-star9310]

I think the weirdest thing about this is how much real sadness it captures. It is a genuinely mournful song.

[@covanb6948]

How?

[@iamsickinthehead]

@@covanb6948 In a weird sense, it’s an ode to a now long gone type of promotion that children in the 90s experienced. The toll free number promotion. The combination of the spliced with the heavy vocals and track make it very mournful.

[@Tirgo69]

I think with the juxtaposing of all these various 1-900 ads, it's pretty to easy to read into it in various ways. There's viewing the outdated exploitative tactics of the '80s, appropriating whatever character or celebrity is needed to wheedle another dollar out of innocent children. There's nostalgia from a time gone by, remembering days when the phone itself was becoming more and more of a novelty, times which seem amusingly archaic compared to a current society where phones are ubiquitous and rarely considered. Point being that this song is a legit art piece and I think there are also plenty more ways to read into or interpret it.

[@nibiru2x410]

@@iamsickinthehead I promise you are looking too deep into this. It's a music shitpost about songs revolving around phone numbers and calling people. Take whatever message you want from it, I suppose.

[@pieofchart]

@@nibiru2x410 There's nothing wrong about looking deeper than normal into something as harmless as a song, no need to shoot the fellow down.

[@Jonbutter]

siri, generate a domino effect meme: smallest domino is "alexander graham bell invents the telephone", largest domino is "Neil Cicierega's Numbers"

[@thegameguy208]

Amazing how poorly a great meme translates to text

[@adenmustafa7101]

@Kai Raul yea, I have been watching on Kaldrostream for years myself :D

[@Xetarine]

@@kairaul2695 no

[@supershygamergirl2653]

The largest domino is actually touch tone telephone.

[@themandownstairs4765]

It's weird to think that it's not just youtube commenters saying "I simultaneously love and hate this" about these albums, but also actual critics

[@stational04]

I agree

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

Honestly Baby (Don't Forget My Number), an incredibly well-produced track, provides a lot of the skeleton for how good this song is, but Neil really knows how to make the beat work on top of it. 3:25-the end is heavenly.

[@Cooltink101]

@@sedme0 Thank you

[@matheuslobo4555]

I honestly think this is one of the best mashup pieces ever made

[@cryptidliker5294]

Currently listening to the Mouth Silence album for the first time. This song really caught me offguard.

[@chrisxdeboy]

This song is an absolute banger in its own right. Like I'd say it has no right to be as good as it is, but like... It has absolutely every right to be this good as well crafted as it is.

[@morelsupports]

I want this to be my ringtone. I would never pick up the phone, though.

[@robwyllie7501]

Crocodile Chop was my ringtone for a while

[@Silverwind87]

Works better as an answering machine message.

[@mialandez7900]

Poop⁰=

[@hardlyanydiggity3953]

this is one of the few mouth album songs where i got the full experience of knowing every single reference on my first listen. it was terrible i love this song

[@evrenyungjello8700]

0:38 "THIS may be the last fucking phone call you'll ever make"

[@friendoftheoyster3906]

"If youre all alone" Bustin' Flashbacks

[@docmcmoth]

I guess more like "flash forwards"

[@Idkausernamelol69]

"Let me sleep in your bed, zzzzz"

[@mrfcauthen]

I concur with ynjem. These albums are phenomenal pieces of work, even outside the realm of parody/postmodernism.

[@morganwardfilm]

really its just a really groovy way of archiving all of the popular detritus of the 90s

[@iamsickinthehead]

i concur with ynjem too. all of our sphincters have been tightened today

[@ChristianBoesch]

"Wait for the beep." Next thing you know ... "WA-WA-WAIT FO-F-FO-FOR THE BE-E-EP"

[@kiernanhowell-mackinley1733]

Best part of the track is that transition omg.

[@1secondarysmile]

SoRry, wRonG nuMbeR.

[@LauraLowe]

You gotta leave your NU̴M̸͈̈B̸̡͝È̷̛͖̙͍̺̟̹̫̬͂͗̓̄̍̽́͑̏̏̉͝R̷̻͈̖̯̗͊̿͆́̓́̈́

[@meli_lemon_real]

THE SONG EVER. SENT FROM HEAVEN. ABSOLUTELY GODLY. I AM ASCENDING TO ANOTHER PLANE OF BEING. NEIL REALLY SAID “IM GONNA MAKE THE BEST SONG EVER HEARD BY MAN” AND DID.

[@Lemon_Verus]

You....

[@xlovingstonx]

I think this is one of the most complex tracks of the whole Mouth series, and it seriously blows me away every single time I’ve listened to it over the past decade.

[@pixeldoesthings]

This is a tribute to the legacy of the telephone

[@Thunderblock7889]

Who ya gonna call?

[@christinahamilton7676]

This is the best track on Mouth Silence, and you can't tell me otherwise.

[@meli_lemon_real]

BASED AF

[@KommanderKratom]

Idk piss and Pokémon are pretty good man

[@Muffinmurdurer]

I've been going back through mouth silence and intentionally chose not to listen to my previous favourites: Piss, Best or Orgonon Gurlz. I'd say those are still exceptional songs in their own right but in terms of being thematically interesting I've really enjoyed this, 300MB, Pokémon and Furries. They all feel like an ode to the 1990s with all the ups and downs. It's a decade that created subcultures that still exist in the modern era and during this time there was the introduction of the internet and the diversification of mass media in general. Yet these subcultures had moral panics surrounding them, the minor cultural renaissance was hated and feared by conservative voices, and those new forms of media were quickly co-opted by predatory companies looking to exploit the audiences they could now reach. As someone born in the early 2000s, it almost feels mythical, but Mouth Silence lets you have a taste of the 90s zeitgeist. I still prefer Piss though.

[@Lemon_Verus]

​@@meli_lemon_real Y O U .

[@Patryc]

listen to Neil songs is like listening to all the sounds of my life growing up, this is insane

[@guytorie]

/puts this on at a party/ "LISTEN TO THIS BUT LIKE *LISTEN* TO THIS"

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

This fucking song. Five years later it’s nothing short of Neil’s best work, which is saying a lot.

[@emperorethan2713]

I slept on this album too long, this is golden

[@dnys_7827]

ditto a year later, fine internet stranger

[@haven1vh]

hello from 4 years later is this album still golden

[@GoBlueO23]

Amazing, your mixing abilities are out of this world man

[@roxef]

YOUR TELEPHONE IS LINKED TO MY WEAPONS SYSTEM

[@jeyphr]

OH SNAP!

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

I read this exactly when it got to that point in the song. Like literally, it played exactly as I was reading this.

[@radioactium]

@@r.pizzamonkey7379same hahaha

[@tdimensional6733]

1:44 "...Pick up the phone, And call- *8"*

[@Creepsington]

best part ngl

[@kiki3510]

The moment I heard the classic Nokia ringtone, I lost my shit.

[@isaacclark8299]

This is art. This is love. This is life.

[@EBit-oj5py]

For some reason I just imagine gnomes singing the “wait for the beep” part

[@0011ftw]

well now so do I

[@numaandhavoctv]

i imagine cartoon rats, maybe that's just me

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

For me it just sounds exactly like Peter Pottamus from Harvey Birdman: Attourney at Law

[@Sage-ve3pl]

I imagine angry leprechauns... god damn leprechauns.

[@Sage-ve3pl]

I'd like to make a toast to all the little garden gnomes who bravely sacrificed their lives for me...

[@kanalet8460]

i was listening to mouth silence for the first time in tbe background and i got to this one and just like. paused. why do i love this so much

[@smallcheesebread6531]

It's literal art

[@itscompletelyunderstood]

SIKE! THATS THE WRONG NUMBER

[@iomoonofjuputer]

this feels like its less of a song and more like. societal commentary.

[@Silverwind87]

The phone used to be a revelation, a turning point of technology. Now it's just a fact of life. There are no more innovations with phone calls, no special numbers, just people not picking up. And wrong numbers. All you can do is leave a message.

[@TranquilAssassin]

@Kevin Zaccaro we still are but even more so now when you think about it

[@TranquilAssassin]

Who ya gonna call?

[@jackdaw6095]

@@TranquilAssassin wicky wicky bees

[@BTMZ]

Vaporwave?

[@ynjem]

I gotta say Neil, I'm very very VERY impressed by these two albums you've put out. I didn't know you were the guy who made the Harry Potter puppet videos, and I know that those are mainly what got you popular and they're probably what your fans are waiting on the most, so if that's what you go back to do doing I don't blame you. But I personally hope you're considering to go back to mashup albums like this. It's like nothing I've ever heard, dude. You've made this pantheon where every pop hit and sensation from every generation just coexists. It's beautiful, and I fucking love this song in particular. I don't see many people talking about your albums, that's true, but I personally think they're some of the most important experiments in music I've seen in a while. Loving this shit, man.

[@dragonmarnix]

***** Going back even further than that, he was the guy that created animutation, which was pretty popular back in 2001-2005.

[@franconbean]

+Komkast22 Oh man, I loved animutations. They were so wonderfully weird.

[@fafafagat]

He is the oine who made the ultimate showdown as well. and brody quest. and bustin. He also created anumitations. He is a pioneer.

[@M-eye-uh-rawr-D]

Holy crap, he's Lemon Demon too! This guy has been popping up in my internet since I was a teenager!

[@hannahjohnston3757]

ynjem same here! I tell everyone I know about these albums, I seriously love em. I wish more ppl knew about him.

[@pHiLKizer]

Stumbled upon this while looking up Cake samples. This is pretty sick!

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

The group cake or actual cake?

[@pHiLKizer]

@@jeanmichellelaurent The group

[@paxcallow]

spiderwebs does so much work giving this song a bit of a gutpunch. the song is about the singer not wanting to answer the phone anymore because she's being harrassed by a stalker, so associating those negative feelings with the rest of the amalgamation really ties it all together at the end. "oh, it's all your fault i scream on phone calls. no matter who calls, i gotta scream on phone calls..."

[@64lu]

actually the lyric is “screen my phone calls” but your analysis still makes sense

[@paxcallow]

@@64lu What the fuck? my whole life is a lie. what do i do now

[@andrewandrew4970]

Instant song stuck in your head when you remember it. I used to play this at a warehouse I worked at and everyone loved it.

[@ilybutpleasestoptalkingabo798]

Call that number...then I'll give you my personal number...and then we'll rap.

[@dootnoot6052]

only $235874 for a year woowww

[@tyronesteelflex5518]

I see you haven't changed your profile picture since the newgrounds video.

[@GhostLink92]

The 90s were weird.

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

splicing the ringtones in among the song really brings out the nostalgia

[@meli_lemon_real]

i love this song so much. i wonder if when neil made this song he thought “wow. this is the best song ever written and that will ever be written.”

[@coolusernametotally]

ah yes spirit phone avatar

[@meli_lemon_real]

@@coolusernametotally yes

[@WetSaucySlommy]

Adding this to my list of great phone related songs

[@aprilvee9154]

i’ll tell you: this song sounds very different when exploring an abandoned yet functional minecraft server with no-one else playing

[@Bluey]

i think that may apply to all songs

[@Prozach24]

Probably your most underrated song, this is so good

[@meli_lemon_real]

neil after making the best song ever

[@MrOrgeston]

Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave a message, at the beep. I must be out, or I'd pick up the phone. Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home!

[@seanthefurcorn4859]

The fact that this is just a huge remix of songs that involves phones and numbers makes it so catchy.

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

I think I've finally found what the "oooooh-ah-oh" that plays during certain parts is from...Spiderwebs. Which I guess makes sense since it's pitched down so far.

[@TheD736]

Coulda sworn it was from who could it be now. They have a similar "ohhh wooh ohh"

[@snookerwither9955]

I can't hear it

[@Sage-ve3pl]

I absolutely adore this track

[@Loogaroo1]

The use of Kraftwerk at the end is genius.

[@neondennon]

Listening to this in a loud and crowded room for the ultimate overstimulation experience

[@KommanderKratom]

DONT LET ZELDA DOWN! One of my favorite parts of this incredible song

[@Mr_Busco]

If I had a business call for a week, this is what people hear on hold.

[@ZeeZee9]

Dope

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Apparently combining Carly Rae Jepsen and Cake makes red-hot late-80s style new jack swing.

[@meli_lemon_real]

this is the best song in the world ever written so good SO GOOD thank you neil i hope u know that I APPRECIATE THIS SOMG SO MUCH

[@kapakabibium]

meli trying not to be based for one second (impossible)

[@cal9545]

this is the single most amazing thing I've ever heard

[@handsomebrick]

Ray Parker Jr. pitch shifted to sound exactly like Leslie Jones, saying "who you gonna call," in 2014. A prophecy?

[@kltpzyxm]

Don not but his shit

[@vz2428]

@@kltpzyxm What were you trying to say? Were you high when you wrote that?

[@Mr_Ghoulie]

I really appreciate your use of the song Number, by Kraftwerk, at the end of the song.

[@ieatdetergentilikethetaste8432]

i prefer the live one they did at computerworld

[@RustyMuck]

Speed that Kraftwerk sample up by 1600%, and you'll find out all that glitters is gold. Not kidding.

[@fen4ri]

Wow this is just... Wild. What. I love this. So many separate noises coming together and still sounding good

[@JustSomeoneHi]

how did he make the "I'm sorry, the number you have reached is no longer in service" absolutely bang

[@faboo93]

Eight-sssix-ssseven-five-thhree-[Oh!]-nnine...

[@jeyphr]

It feels like something that you'd conjure up during a nightmare

[@rattyeely]

Carly Ray sounds good slowed down

[@juliusjoa3463]

And reverb

[@mraiwa1000]

@2:31 that old Nokia sound is my ringtone and my phone is sitting next to me.. I legit thought my phone was going off and I couldn't figure out how to answer it lmao

[@glikcat]

how have i overlooked this masterpiece for so long

[@christinahamilton7676]

2:21, 2:30 I never realized that there was a synth in the background. And not only that, it's Nokia.

[@meli_lemon_real]

only neil could write a banger with random commercial samples

[@meli_lemon_real]

the fucking "8675309" using a song that ISNT jenny jenny is so underrated why does no one talk about this

[@Lemon_Verus]

@@meli_lemon_real i see you everywhere

[@WannaTradePants]

"Don't let Zelda down!"

[@dootnoot6052]

Zelda got knocked down but he got up again Ganon's never gonna keep him down

[@arielhare1254]

@@dootnoot6052 Zelda is the princess lol. Link is the hero.

[@anonymousidea9119]

@@dootnoot6052Linkwumping

[@juliusjoa3463]

And King Harkinian drinks the songs that remind him of a PISS

[@2-Way_Intersection]

damn this doin numbers

[@pa5calcom]

Unreal! very impressive! Especially at 3min 45 secs - beautiful!!

[@wingedfish1175]

3:45 for convenience

[@LOC-Ness]

The Numbers Mason, What do they Mean?

[@knightsoliareofastora8133]

@CoolDerp 25 do you get the joke

[@harrietr.5073]

Thanks Numbers and Counting Backwards From Infinity for making math sound good as a song.

[@leon2550]

WAIT THOSE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS FROM TRANSMISSION IN THE BACKGROUND

[@Ticklebrush]

wig demolished

[@Bighomie39]

By the way, 867-5309 is a Tommy Tutone reference

[@RustyMuck]

Rearranged countdown numbers from David Bowie’s Space Oddity county? Yes please

[@lepurpleboi3266]

@Nathan Obral A bit late, but judging by how their said, it’s absolutely Bowie’s countdown from Oddity rearranged into Jenny’s number

[@jackhogg7316]

Today, I listened to cake and thought "where have I heard this bass line? Did they fucking steal it?"

[@MaineGemCutter]

This is godlike.

[@MyoticTesseract]

love that breakdown at 3:07

[@victorvilorn5964]

While this song makes me feel happy, it also stirs up an emotion I've got no name for. Lemmie think on it . . . I think your current interest when you first discover a good song affects the emotions it's meant to portray. I found this song and listened to it while I browsed fan art of The Magnus Archives. So I associate this song with that series.

[@ThiccMidgett]

That's called nostalgia.

[@victorvilorn5964]

. . . Lemmie' think on it. Uh, does it give you nostalgia?

[@cosmicamente6165]

Neil is an Avatar of the spiral

[@victorvilorn5964]

@@cosmicamente6165 He is pretty trippy!

[@monsterupdatewhen]

i associate annoyed grunt with that antimatter chemistry minecraft modpack and a psp reload animation, since, i listened to it on repeat while playing that modpack and the reload animation is where i first heard it. actually this is how i discovered the mouth series in the first place, but it's sad that i only just looked at the artist name, since i didn't look at it when i first heard mouth grunt

[@nathankennedyswimmer]

I was genuinely scared when this was up next on the playlist because I thought it was gonna be a longer version of Transmission

[@TestingChannel1407]

This is incredible....

[@JTC545]

This ones a masterpiece, honestly.

[@hamptoncomics]

I wish i could have this 5 minute song as my voicemail

[@GameFactsSpecial]

Sometime in the distant future digital archeologists will use this tool to understand the way we lived and who we were as a people.

[@blondeeagles]

I was wondering if he was going to put Kraftwerk in there...way at the end haaa

[@hymklmknjbv]

noah fence but this has such a strong beat it's not fair

[@vz2428]

NOAH FENCE TAKEN

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

Best thing I'll hear in years.

[@treyforest2466]

Leonard Nimoy, call me back

[@BluJean6692]

Oh Trey, baby I have bad news... D':

[@chronovac]

THE NUMBERS MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN!?!

[@stephsteph4503]

This album is so great. :3

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

this is the dopest mix

[@NatRealActual]

This album is vaporwave but the other two albums are mashups and you cant change my mind

[@NatRealActual]

I just found my comment again and I have not changed my mind

[@babypurplebat2610]

@@NatRealActual have you now?

[@aplasticsoldier9130]

Whaaaat about now?

[@mackr1940]

@deeply confused I like fire trucks and moster trucks

[@christophermorin9036]

@@mackr1940 I like tuttles.

[@lepurpleboi3266]

Did he actually mess with Bowie’s countdown for Space Oddity to make Jenny’s number?

[@thefakekepler]

except for the 0, yes

[@Febeleh]

That Cake tease!

[@jimmyjones5607]

YES! THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT TOO!!! Thought I was the only one lmao.

[@Febeleh]

@@Joe_____7 if you listened to Cake, you'd get it. There is a small snippet of one of their songs.

[@OmegaMapDesign]

Love the Spiderwebs in this one.