Wait, What, Really? Hawaii Part 2 Dream Sweet in Sea Major - Old Composer Reaction

[@ocomolinaehain1795]

Fun Fact: I think I remember seeing on some Reddit post that the album (Hawaii: Part ii) was released on 12/12/12, when everyone thought the world was gonna end, so this would have been the last album ever released/listened to.

[@thomasmilne1613]

it was also released at 12:12 am

[@texturethief]

And it also features 12 songs, but the 12th song is a single, called “Variations on a Cloud,” which features a some parts of some Tally Hall songs, like “Ruler Of Everything,” from the “Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum” album.

[@Val.not.foundd]

@@texturethieftbh that’s just so saddening

[@texturethief]

@hiimswitch That would’ve been 2 hours, 4 minutes and 44 seconds of the album + single (Yes, I did the math.)

[@texturethief]

@hiimswitch Fr

[@earleroy]

the figure behind the moon is an anglerfish, and the "white ball" is his light, luring prey directly to their death

[@TheTrueXaver]

my dumbass thought that was the moon

[@earleroy]

@@TheTrueXaver it is a moon but the moon is also the light of the anglerfish, implying the white ball they sing of in track 4 is just bait set by a predator beyond

[@rileytheirrelevant-iconmen]

@@earleroy so it was foreshadowing murders?

[@earleroy]

@@rileytheirrelevant-iconmen not necessarily, I see it more as a representation of the end of the journey as it's summed up in dream sweet, where the protagonist in his dying mind is lured by a divine goddess (likely taking the form of his dead lover) up towards "kingdom come", only to find out it was a mirage, the goddess was a siren, and he will be atoning "above a shining star" for eternity this is just my interpretation of course, you could see the whole album a number of ways

[@Spindinglous_Glingle]

“That’s no moon” lookin ahh

[@l99minaty]

the whole album, "hawaii: part II", is quite the trip. worth checking out at least once i feel

[@jasperk5562]

Especially if you have a good ear for composition, this album is a masterpiece! Recurring melodies, each voice is a part of a different character, it's beautiful. Takes many listens to get the subtlety of many wonderful technical/editing flairs, and the music builds the story!!

[@superchilledgrease]

​@@jasperk5562 i agree with the story part!! my theory is that song 1.a man called simon travels to hawaii because he feels depressed and wants to cheer himself up. 2. this is about him meeting a girl called stella and they got along very well. 3. this is stella's POV of meeting simon. 4. they confess their love for eachother and they dance together while the sun falls down. 5. they go out on a picnic for a little date , simon has (schizophrenic) visions of someone trying to murder him. he's hungry and he no longer sees the "murderer" he grabs a rock and murders a bunny but that was his girlfriend. 6. is stella ascending to heaven, simon mourning her loss and the cops finding out what happened. 7. he pleads insanity thinking it would get him out of this but instead he gets electroshock therapy and makes him way more insane than he actually is. 8. him is getting sent to a mental hospital and he gets a vision that he is in some sort of video game to get him away from what previously happened. 9. is him regretting what he did and thinking what he would do if he had a time machine. 10. is him sailing out to sea but he runs out of food and the boat eventually sinks then he dies. 11. is him dreaming for exactly 7 minutes before going to heaven. he looks up to his lover up in the clouds and he reunites with her. truly a bittersweet ending. but there is actually a hidden track : candle on the water. this was a gift for 2 fans who pased away. i believe it is stella's vision of the 10th song. she wants to guide her lover to safety even after what he did to her. she knows he regrets it. the lyrics "ill be your candle on the water" what she means by "candle on the water" is actually her guiding him to safety. a source of light. i don't entirely believe that variations and hawaii pt ii are connected, but there could be a possibilty.

[@TheGemHead]

I know it's been yearly a year already, but I've listened to this album 5 times today. HOW DO I STOP

[@lahencke]

💯

[@Zylosxf]

Fun fact: the song is 7 minutes long, which is the exact time that the brains lasts for after dying, remembering every great memories

[@Iambrokebruv]

this song is actually 7 minutes and one second long the last one second is actually just silence

[@Falling_star146]

Actually, it’s not remember every great memory it’s going back through every memory to find something to help us from death because we’ve never experienced death

[@antumnanya4144]

​@@Falling_star146 i though this was just a theory

[@dennisvanes1975]

That emo kid where the brain only lives for 1 minute: 👁👄👁

[@RyderTaylor-d3d]

Just wait till you find out the “lore” of this soundtrack.

[@__Poli_]

Just some background: This song came from an album called Hawaii: Part II, made by Miracle Musical which includes almost all members of a band called Tally Hall I recommend listening to the album in it's entirety, there's a story behind the album, and it's really good

[@3-5-9-0]

Not really all members, Andrew Horowitz (green tie in Tally Hall) wasn't in Hawaii: Part II

[@__Poli_]

@@3-5-9-0 I know, that's why I wrote "almost all"

[@moudura2448]

This is literally me when i meet a girl in hawaii and we fall in love with each other but then i kill her for some reason and then get caught and condemned to the infirmary where i plead insanity but i'm not actually insane and then they try to cure my fake insanity with electrocshock therapy but that makes me actually go insane and then i try to escape on a boat but i lose all sense of direction and die and then meet my ex girlfriend in heaven but then i get sent to hell

[@__Poli_]

@@moudura2448 that is so me 🗣️🗣️

[@Jibitzz]

@@3-5-9-0he did write some songs so in some way he still is apart of the album even if he isnt actually lol

[@underwaterdojo]

Holy moly. 32 mil. I remember when it was just a few thousand. My daughter recently played it for me and i was like, “Dude we own this “ its funny how she never cares much for it until she found it on her own.

[@shradibop]

why is that so funny to me

[@WD_RatLad]

"Feels like kind of a tripping on acid vibe" does he know?

[@pixelplayz3268]

Ironic, isn't it?

[@mynymum]

He had too many bananas

[@SuperketchupMan02]

Know what? Im curious

[@Dr.Lilacwillseeyounow]

Not sure if this comment is referring to the theory that Joe Hawley (one of the ppl who made Hawaii ii) has schizoprenia, or the fact that he and his band (Tally Hall) made a song titled Banana Man that basically sings about getting addicted to drugs lol​@@SuperketchupMan02

[@BigBoyCarp]

Knowing the album really well and seeing the chat speculating and talking about the vibe of the song puts a smile on my face they don't know :)

[@kuro-the-silly]

same, "i have a feeling this song has a dark meaning" oh boy lemme tell you

[@ToastBoastOfficial]

@@kuro-the-silly”does he know”

[@inventivefrog8899]

Finally, a music reactor that doesn't instantly dog on all the music I like

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

Lmao real

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

You know its a channel full of gamers cause the way chat uses to describe "Jazz" and "Swing" are "Bioshock" and "Fallout" lol It was great seeing someones glee at taking this musical journey for the first time its dark and magical

[@dong7474]

Lmfaoooo this was too funny to me. I hadn’t thought of it in that perspective.

[@ahihi7706]

I didn't play any of them but those are such a vibe

[@durrnip]

in case anyone didn't know, this is Miracle Musical, a project by some of the members of Tally Hall

[@buttermilkjesusx]

Tally Hall fuckin SUCKS

[@Voltrix-fd4it]

A siren sounds like the goddess who promises endless apologies of paradise 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@cloudbloom]

Check out the first track from this album it's my personal favorite!

[@razorsedge64ify]

So just to note about the genre changing constantly, if you listen to the whole album each of the songs in order have those different genres. So listening to this song which is the last on the album goes back through the whole album in genre order

[@ThatCzechGuy]

You should definetly listen to the entire album. You will notice that its all molded together, all culminating in this final song.

[@dartharck]

Personally found this randomly and it was a banger dude I listened to this while I play games sometimes

[@theredknight3736]

I want to ask if you heard their other songs?

[@Barna_123]

If you see the album picture, the white ball, aka the moon is the luring of death, if you dont know the lyrics, the main character wish to head to the moon with his "lover" It is really fun to discover the lore behind this album❤ it needs to be appreciated more

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

I knew about that but HOLY SHIT WHITE BALL?? As in the name of the song? I assumed ball meant like a gala, a dance. Not a sphere.

[@dylanaustin8537]

I heard someone say this sounds like a song playing in an old diner after the apocalypse.

[@thatonerat6683]

10 months ago Hawaii: Part ll was at 32 million now it’s at 46 million

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

This album was released in ghe late 2010's if i remember correctly. It's a concept album about... I forget but it's a darker concept. Something to do with a murder, mental health and heaven. This album is a love it or hate it album. From what I remember the artist is not the best person, to put it lightly. There is a great video essay by youtube channel Fort Collins Productions explaining the concept btw. Definitely worth checking out, this album is a trip and a half.

[@lautreamontg]

So I went to look into the accusation you mentioned and found that the artist in question (Joe Hawley) seems to have persistent and deep mental health issues that are being exacerbated by a fanbase that doesn't seem to understand personal boundaries or appropriate behavior with someone suffering from profound mental illness. Instead of saying the person isn't a good person, or delve deeply into whether or not the unverified acts he did are real, confabulations of his illness, or some combination of both, it would be best to do what his bandmates say, and leave him alone. Interacting with him does not help him, and it doesn't right any possible wrongs he may have committed. I felt moved to post this because it seems like the fanbase cannot stop going on to his social media accounts to ask him about the allegations, and it's clear from those social media accounts that he's not well at all or even able to engage with them in a rational way. Really sad because this video Geebz posted was my first exposure to his work, and it's beautiful and luminous. It's sad that he seems absolutely lost right now.

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

@@lautreamontg he was a member of Tally Hall before this, if I remember correctly. He got kicked out or something. Some kind of drama. But yeah, he seems to be a hated guy for what he did (I honestly don't remember what) Things like Schizophrenia, Dementia etc. are always tough cause they inherently change the person and if they make bad choices its an incredibly complex moral dilemma of "is it their fault/are they accountable" and it just sucks for everyone at the end of the day, especially the person with the mental health in question. They need to be taken care of, but its not always safe for others to do so. Not saying he has Schizophrenia specifically, just saying his mental health got in the way big time, and yeah the constant hatred and pestering for a response is not helping. If we all leave him alone, he might get better but maybe not. Time will tell. I wish him the best.

[@l99minaty]

@@V.F.D.DaleSalvador He didn't get kicked out or wathever, he was pretty much fine back then. The band collectively decided to go on hiatus in 2011 (for reasons like school like in joe's case or just wanting to make their own stuff), which evidently isn't ending anytime soon. All the drama surrounding joe is quite recent.

[@Beep325]

Late 2010s? It was released in 2012.

[@alecboi777]

12/12/2012 at 12:12 AM

[@monkeychief1904]

This is a really interesting analysis! 100% you should check out the whole album in order, it’s got a whole sort of story. And it does a lot of wacky stuff and it’s incredibly pretty

[@snowmonster42]

I loved the sleighbells just because! That's the best reason to do sleighbells.

[@toastedpenguin23]

the sleighbells would lowkey make this an amazing song for a christmas/winter figure skating routine

[@yodizzle]

Oh!! I love quite a few songs from this album! Murders in particular

[@alecboi777]

gotta love The Mind Electric

[@tatteryt]

every song is a banger fr

[@Oxebruh]

If you liked this track or at least found it interesting you should check out the entire album it is very cool! Hawaii Part II by Miracle Musical. There is no Hawaii Part I as far as I am aware.

[@TheHadrian]

there is, it’s called “good & evil” by tally hall. The writers are the same on both albums, and they are canonically connected

[@3-5-9-0]

​@@TheHadrianNope, Good & Evil is about opposites and Hawaii: Part II is telling a story

[@Aphelia.]

When I saw "reaction" in the title I was scared of some loud exaggerated praise lol, I'm glad you just commented on it with your knowledge of music. Good stuff. This song is like a medley of all the songs in the album hawaii part ii

[@theeyeflashwithoutabudget171]

i came to this after watching brads video.. thank you, i think you saved my faith in hummanity.

[@beacom419]

This is just a snippet from an impressive mucosal piece that tells an entire story. The full track is really impressive and worth checking out.

[@c0dejj853]

I can respect anyone who casually mentions Outer Wilds. Great reaction, not too little where it seems like you're adding nothing, not too much where chat can't enjoy the song.

[@christophergolden1635]

I never expected this

[@cloudbloom]

Same, I found this album a few years ago and it was one of the strangest/coolest surprises. Nice to see Geebz checking it out

[@j.m.3648]

This popped up on my youtube recommendations around 6 months ago and I've been coming back to it again and again. Such an amazing track

[@non-ol3ul]

0:23 the one thousand yard stare from a war veteran meme pop up in my head on a heart beat

[@HippieMafia813]

This song brings me and otherworldly joy that always causes me to shed a tear, It's so many things at the same time. Maybe this is what a dying mind sounds like

[@justacommenter9389]

Info This is from the album "hawaii Part II." The album is made by members from tally hall (amazing band) and other assorted people. The album follows a man with schizophrenia through his decaying memories of a loved one and the realization of his sins (which is referenced at the end of this song). The song "the mind electric" shows the court trial (for unknown charges) of the man, which ends in him being sent to "the infirmary," which is an insane asylum. After the court trial bit of the song, the man begins electro shock therapy, (a way to treat mental illnesses) the song descends into glitchy static chaos and bits of other songs mashed together into an oddly sweet cacophony. At the end of the cacophony, the man awakes from his electro shock therapy and the ending plays. At the end of "Dream Sweat in Sea Major," the man dies. Following the "we will be attoning a past eternal through a past above a blinding star" after the bit plays the final ending plays, "Bye, hi. sigh, hawaii. We never meant to part, sublime thy art. one light, higher than the sun. invisible to some, until it's time. This line refrences his punishment and realization of his sins and crimes. "One light higher than the sun" refrences God (or some higher being) and "invisible to some until its time" refrences the often realization of one's crimes/wrong doings right before death as they realize they may or may had been a good person. Amazing album, listen to it. EDIT: After listening again, the song "murder" in the album implies he killed someone (in the actual musical the song is based on, a girl is murdered). This song also has the iconic line. "All, for nothing at all..... All. for nothing at all."

[@Marilynn_1275]

Commenting so that I will be able to find this again. This is a great explanation!

[@justacommenter9389]

@@Marilynn_1275 thanks

[@olciaquku3715]

I love that the beginning of this soong always triggers some reactions its so cool

[@raindeer9787]

Its funny to see the people in live chat weirded out and uncomforted by one of my favorite songs xD

[@keepingitcomingback]

IT IS EXACTLY 7 MINUTES LONG BECAUSE OF THE BRAIN AND STUFF BECAUSE THE CHARACTER DIES IN THAT SONG OMG

[@CoopersCrazy]

I didn't like this album very much at first, but I keep finding myself coming back to listen to it and it unlocks something deep in my brain

[@Myndzfn]

Do you know the backstory?

[@CoopersCrazy]

@@Myndzfn Have I touched the Miracle Musical iceberg? Yeah, but I doubt I know everything

[@iancollins9960]

Chat: "I think this is going some where dark" This is the last song that contains songs "Murders" and "Minds Electric" xD Ain't hidin SHIT

[@smileyshy3d]

Another good song by the band member bora karaca(also part of the band cojum dip) did a song i'd like to recommend similar to this "moon waltz in E-major"

[@kandihustty5610]

YES been waiting for you to get to this song. Been recommending this and Redrock Refuge for years!

[@timmyDR]

I love this song! So weird you randomly found it too, but I'm glad you did!

[@MrMixedGamerz]

YOU SHOULD REACT TO THE WHOLE ALBULM ITS SUCH A WORTH WHILE TRIP!!!

[@requiem165]

love this whole album

[@tuney7319]

The album was released on 2012 with a single releasing the next year on september 11 (yes that release date was intentional) the album was made by joe hawley who was on a band called tally hall, he cites the beatles as his biggest inspirations. Currently joe is a solo artist but he’s not doing too well, other band members cited that he’s fighting with mental issues but i won’t get into that.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

5:35 chat: “just to be safe, I do not claim any energy from this song” is funny xD

[@Anarchodemsyak]

Please do the full album! Its an experience.

[@Techy504]

Even Sylvester Stallone is doing music reviews these days

[@Futility-u7y]

Does anyone else get goosebumps listening to certain music?

[@GatileoGatilei]

I would get so lost while listening this song, and the album

[@Curiacity]

This whole album is like witnessing someone capture lighting in a bottle, and every time I listen to one track I have to go through the whole album, the whole story is a musical journey .

[@homeofinstrumental1955]

This song so unique

[@TheAutisticFrog]

“released 5 years ago”

[@ValuableTactics]

hey man, love your reaction vids, just wanted to request this because no one EVER did a reaction video on this ost which is sad. So do you think you can make a reaction vid on Trepang2 OST? It sounds really unique, hardcore, and there are plenty of tracks but feel free to choose any if you can't make a reaction vid on all of them. With that said, i really hope i can finally see a reaction vid on it because it bangs.

[@RazorSharpMC]

No but you actually have to listen to the Mind Electric now

[@wesleydraves1281]

Background info in the story of the song: the album start on a nearly exact copy of the opening of the song which describes the singers loneliness. However over the album he falls in love with a woman in Hawaii. The woman is killed however, and the singer is framed for her murder. The album ends with him leaving the psych ward he was kept in for years, as he goes out to sea. He sings this ballad before eventually taking his own life so he can, hopefully, be reunited with his long dead lover. The album delves a lot into literary metaphors, allusions, and pentameter to tell a story that people are still trying to fully explain after the 10+ years the album has been out. The lead singer, and writer of the album Joe Hawley is assumed to be mentally unwell after various incident in the previous years. If you want to hear more of his songs. He was in the indie band Tally Hall

[@Eric998765]

never heard of this before. the early part gives me fallout vibes

[@Marilynn_1275]

Ohh, I love this song!

[@Echo16006]

You need too listen to The Mind Electric in this album.

[@tabris_06]

BEST SONG IN THE WHOLE ALBUM.

[@Echo16006]

@@tabris_06 AND STRANDED LULLABY AS WELL

[@tabris_06]

@@Echo16006 YES. STRANDED LULLABY'S OUTRO IS JUST AMAZING.

[@kuro-the-silly]

the good portion of the album starts at "introduction to the snow" and ends at "dream sweet in sea major"

[@Echo16006]

@@kuro-the-silly FR!!

[@bethnormal]

❤❤❤

[@stitchgor3]

Love miracle musical!:)

[@unripetheberrby6283]

3:06 hahah 😂 Anyway, 3 minutes in and having a good time listening to you talk about it 😊

[@pixelplayz3268]

Now I wanna see him react to Murders.

[@TheD4rkZEK]

I saw the thumbnail and I went "Raul Menendez, is that you?"

[@andrewloya76]

Love Tally Hall! Sucks their no longer playing.

[@Iambrokebruv]

they're just on a looongg lonnngg hiatus 💀

[@andrewloya76]

Saw Andrew, Ross and Bora in Ann Arbor a few weeks ago.

[@Iambrokebruv]

@@andrewloya76 lucky

[@xboxgamer2274]

Always watch the full album if u wanna listen to one of them

[@PotatoAces]

This one always makes me think of the Three Body Problem.

[@myautodidacticism]

Please Listen to the enitre album. I love the damn thing so much it brings me to tears.

[@aflickingbadger7489]

You should listen to The Mind Electric or White ball Next, they're from the same album as this!

[@drjvoices]

This album is good, I suggtst murders by the same band, or the mind electric

[@Just_Dez]

Fun fact: this whole album is about a guy being accused of killing his girlfriend

[@Retr0ver4]

Feels like the sims to me

[@therealshrinemaiden6898]

i love this album so much

[@DIFFFF-p7n]

Im gonna play this song if the world was about to end..

[@memesonw3386]

Please, please, please react to the full album: Hawaii part II

[@Saturn.starzz_]

Do the whole album, makes it WAY better, better than it already is

[@Dsyelcix]

Tim Burton vibe was spot on

[@HeinHtet-jo3wy]

You should listen at end of the Milky way

[@CherniyEgor3038]

the #heavymetal in descripsion is just 💀

[@DilaccioLuna]

you should listen to space station level 7

[@xdeathplays2777]

This could work with a classic Pixar film or Disney not the new stuff

[@Pengviin0001]

iirc it was used in wall-e haven't seen it in years so i forgot if this was true

[@andrewloya76]

You should check out "Ruler of Everything" by Tally Hall.

[@AexisRai]

This is the *_second to last_* track on the Hawaii: Part II album, under the group name Miracle Musical. (There isn't a part I.) The first track on the album sounds very similar to this one and introduces some of the musical ideas that this track fully expands on. Is there a reverse of "reprise"? This track is that. So these two are bookends to the album. Sort of. I think there might be a different version of this track which actually "ends" satisfyingly; but as you noticed, the end of this version of the track is this growing synth beat, and it simply cuts off. That is because "Dream Sweet" is meant to transition directly into "Variations on a Cloud", which is the *_actual last song_* on the album, and which contains musical allusions to earlier tracks throughout the album and also to tracks in the artists' other repertoire under the group Tally Hall.

[@gregcosta95]

it's very broad way. i think thats what they where going for

[@sarooussy]

you really need to react to the lore, or things by tally hall/mirikaru musicaru in general

[@E.O.L.W.W]

you should react to Will Wood

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

:- D

[@JakkzOfficial]

670th like

[@samaleks4390]

This is by Tally Hall, I believe.

[@NikoLovesPancakes]

Yup 100% Tally Hall

[@elive1367]

I respectfully act as a hater, volunteering myself to have part of my mind sacrificed by being closed off from this pretentious hoobly-haw. I mean, you don’t even have to tell me you go out looking for goose-feather stockings if you listen to this type of music.

[@jjizzler9592]

Bro this is the most pretentious youtube comment ever written

[@duoduos9221]

u gotta have been on some shi when u typed this my man cuz idk wtf u were thinking when typing this 😂😂

[@elive1367]

@mandarinablue8438 Heh heh, nah bro. I’m the SIGMALPHA 😈

[@ThatCzechGuy]

You should definetly listen to the entire album. You will notice that its all molded together, all culminating in this final song.