Animal Collective - Monkey Riches (Official Video)

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11 жыл бұрын

"Monkey Riches" from Animal Collective's album Centipede Hz, out now. Directed by Jack Kubizine.
"Elder" - Martin Pfefferkorn
"Girl" - Soeuraya Wilson
"Boy" - Paul Connor
"Rope Monster" - Joshua John Pipic
Producer - Patrick James Ryan
Director of Photography - Brian Leisring
First AC - Chris Ungco & Thomas Semple
Gaffer - Josh Kubizne
G&E - Neal Todnem
Tony Sur
Valentin Farkash
Production Designer - Julianne Irene
Set Designer - Benjamin Spinrad
Costumes and Props - Benjamin Spinrad & Julianne Irene
Hair and Makeup - Brittan White
Production Assistants - Montgomery Brown & Joe Blessings
Set Photography - John Miles Codding
Lead Animator - Steve Winfield Meyer
Stop Motion Animator - Vince Cretara
Motion Graphics - Tommi Gweilo
Stop Motion DP - John Miles Codding
VFX & Matchmoving Artist - Sam Roe
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@QuadiePoo 8 жыл бұрын

Best animal collective song. Such an underrated album

@scottEhall3 11 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, this is amongst the most normal videos Animal Collective's ever made.

@xBrainDEAD9000 4 ай бұрын

Kinda - cuz if u understand them it matches the lyrics - but they are usually most of the time are very cryptic and symbolic!

@phant0mdummy Жыл бұрын

This album is probably my favorite by them, and this song is the absolute sickest earworm.

@richardmacdougall7812 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool to see an AnCo video dapple in surrealism rather than abstract. Not that I mind abstract, it's just what we've come to expect from them.

@aaronrossell6338 10 жыл бұрын

not to be a dork, but surrealism is a form of abstraction. plus I've learned not to expect any categorical work from them, they're pretty original in my opinion.

@richardmacdougall7812 10 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I guess it is. I guess I'm just trying to contrast this with the usual Danny Perez-esque stuff.

@aaronrossell6338 10 жыл бұрын

That makes sense-- that's some super abstract crazy, awesomeness

@A_A828 10 жыл бұрын

Aaron Rossell I don't really think surrealism is a form of abstraction. If anything it's an addition or distortion imo. Surrealism loosely translates to 'on top of realism'. But I guess I can see what you mean.

@indalcecio 10 жыл бұрын

I think you mean dabble. Iono what dapple is but I think it's some weird porn thing; just sayin

@realoatmeal8660 6 жыл бұрын

LYRICS Lately I need a better plan I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands Cause I have been a cerebral spouse And my head wants to go into the emerald house And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out I don't want to knock you down But why am I still looking for a golden age? You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage Every time I look up at that blurry sun All I think about are bodies floating up Everybody ought to get that special glance Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance? It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song Does this not occur to almost everyone? It makes a monkey wretch It makes a monkey rich Lately I want to be in my heart But where exactly is my heart and where does it start? I don't want that Tylenol Can I sing and make change without crushing clams? I can help the little things but I have big plans I don't want that Tylenol It makes a monkey wretch It makes a monkey rich

@chinchirap Жыл бұрын

Nice pfp

@LiltGarden 10 жыл бұрын

My interpretation of the video is that, like the song, the video is about money and the ultimate worthlessness and uselessness it has when compared with importance of family and love. The rope is an analogy to money. The old man can make the rope and he's so good at it he can make the rope dance, he has respect from everyone. The young man is jealous of this respect and wants it for himself, thereby going to the well, working really hard on his craft and making lots of rope. Time goes by and soon the old man is dead. Further time passes and the boy is now making more rope than the old man ever did, completely filling the house with it. At the end the man realises that he has made too much. Unfortunately its too late - the rope takes his child, and eventually his wife.

@tomhanks6976 10 жыл бұрын

"I dont want to 'knot' you down"

@sandrahicho3910 10 жыл бұрын

Jake that is a really good interpretation of the song.

@rigomoon8154 5 жыл бұрын

4 years later. Fuckin love your input man.

@Armistice0 5 жыл бұрын

this is pretty good

@aaronmeade5435 Жыл бұрын

Very true I think the old man had only a few pices of rope and was happy until he made too much and couldn't handle it and eventually died and then the young man had too much rope and could not comprehend the greed and chaos

@styrofoampony270 4 жыл бұрын

why so many people hate this album lol its so fucking good

@candlerredden 2 жыл бұрын

They liked it but reception has gotten better over the years

@Munnwort 7 ай бұрын

the same reason why people hate The King of Limbs & Adore, they just don’t get it

@loki475 10 жыл бұрын

Two lines say it all for me, "All I think about are spirits floating up", "I don't want that tylenol"

@issaknifeprty 11 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan for a very long time and I love hearing various explanations because everyone gets a different meaning from their music and videos. That's the beauty of music ;) It's art. I'm sure you understand that.

@omaraorwhatever8428 2 жыл бұрын

still love that this was released on my birthday all those years ago, classic album from them i think they really honed in on what they wanted to get across on Centipede and got only better from there !

@MyNameIsNotCraig 10 жыл бұрын

I can't stop listening to this song, it's so damn good.

@vtcrowde 9 жыл бұрын

Every time I look up at that blurry sun, all I think about are bodies floating up.

@wetsphere 8 жыл бұрын

+Valerie Crowder you mean these floaters

@davidkzoo 11 жыл бұрын

A rope walks into a bar. The bartender tells him "I'm sorry, but we dont serve rope here" The rope says "You must be kidding, all I want is a drink after a hard days work" The bartender replies "You need to leave now" So the rope walks out of the bar, into the ally, ties himself up into a jumble, shags his top end, walks back into the bar. The bartender looks at him and says "We don't serve rope here" The rope looks back at the bar tender and replies "You are mistaken sir, I'm a frayed knot"

@l.ronhubbard5445 3 жыл бұрын

*bartender says "aren't you that rope that was just in here?"

@debacleworker920 2 жыл бұрын

This is such an earworm, it's insane.

@phant0mdummy Жыл бұрын

6 months later, I said the same thing. Yepyepyep.

@issaknifeprty 11 жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanation. Thank you so much!!

@Veryfoxygrandpa 11 жыл бұрын

Animal Collective always makes great music videos

@lala4yella 11 жыл бұрын

i love their music, i love their videos.. and i'd loveee to see them live one day

@DEMONMAJOR 2 ай бұрын

BUT WHY AM I STILL LOOKIN FOR A GOLDEN AGEEEEEEE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

@Olhado256 11 жыл бұрын

lol ropes

@FoodOfTheGods666 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome, AC never disappoints. Aweinspiring Tune.

@KalkiAvatar7 8 жыл бұрын

fantastic

@DevinMcMenamy 11 жыл бұрын

Great visuals on this vid.

@marfology 11 жыл бұрын

dude trippy OMG i was so high when I wathced this . NEVER AGAIN!

@Doryoku96 4 жыл бұрын

In the Afternoon by MGMT is a really good one for that. When You Die too, if you're not averse to the imagery in the video.

@marfology 4 жыл бұрын

@@Doryoku96 can you not reply to a 6 year old comment thanks, and toke on brother!

@Doryoku96 3 жыл бұрын

@@marfology I will reply to comments no matter how old! Haha I assume you're joking though. Same to you, what a beautiful plant. It's far more psychedelic and dissociative than people give it credit for. I've learned many things about how consciousness works from it.

@HAAHVVAAVV 10 жыл бұрын

Wow this is good, I hope they make it big one day.

@mu243 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I look up at that blurry sUUuun

@amazonsarah 11 жыл бұрын

That Rope Monster is excellent!!

@youbloodybloodworktimejasper Жыл бұрын

Please make a part 2

@flcl333 11 жыл бұрын

yesss!!

@drh8480 6 жыл бұрын

What a trip

@JustoBlondo 11 жыл бұрын

Gooooood explanation! :D

@MarkTaylor0 11 жыл бұрын

I think this video is trying to say something about how older generations can fuck over new ones. Ropes are basic forms of technology/human ingenuity. The old man has power over them, but instead of showing the boy or girl how to use them, he abuses the power to make the boy his slave and impress the girl. Death comes for the old man, and without anyone to control the ropes they get out of hand. We become slaves to systems we were never taught to understand because our elders were selfish.

@SR91313 4 жыл бұрын

But that's just a broad generalization. A lot of elders are genuinely concerned and trying to teach/help future generations.

@CherryVanilla69 11 жыл бұрын

Nice insight :-D

@Emuface77 11 жыл бұрын

Avey has apparently gone insane.

@Armistice0 11 жыл бұрын

I like it a lot.

@ImRockintheChexMix 11 жыл бұрын

Dope Rope

@Caioccejp 2 жыл бұрын

i want this show in Brazil so bad!

@blu-birb 3 жыл бұрын

4:22- “I like toitles”

@hijodesumatter 9 жыл бұрын

omg this is awesome joy joy joy joyjoyjoy

@styrofoampony270 4 жыл бұрын

JOY JOY JOY JOY!!!!

@EoghanJB 11 жыл бұрын

Funny, I always thought that this song had a very vibrant texture to it. Whenever I listen to it I can just imagine bright lights and flashing neon colours. This video is very brown, though, it's not necessarily what first comes to mind when I hear the song. It's a pretty good track though, probably my favourite off the album next to Today's Supernatural and Rosie Oh.

@el910l 3 жыл бұрын

esta de la deverga

@alancornelius1ghf 11 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@r0ygeebiv 4 ай бұрын

Maybe 10 years later mfs will recognize this record

@MisterTomServo 10 жыл бұрын

Once again, leave it to Animal Collective to create an oddly horrifying video which makes no apparent sense or meaning. This is one of my favorite songs off of Centipede Hz, I never would have expected a video like this. Pretty great filmmaking!

@cypoopie 11 ай бұрын

this video just turned 10 yesterday, holy cow.

@youbloodybloodworktimejasper Жыл бұрын

Where is the part 2?

@MrPotatoTrooper 11 жыл бұрын

Looks like he's at the end of his rope.

@strokesfan2002 11 жыл бұрын

In my opinion this is avey's best album vocally

@loumakesinstrumentals 3 жыл бұрын

definitely one of the best i think, but i feel like Strawberry Jam might be his best mainly because of the intense screams on it. like the vocals on Fireworks, and For Reverend Green especially

@Crisgatito 3 жыл бұрын

@@loumakesinstrumentals WO yes, every song on that album avey lyrics are just awesome

@candlerredden 2 жыл бұрын

@@loumakesinstrumentals shut up

@theaveragesquire 8 жыл бұрын

catchy as fuck

@theloopstation420 11 жыл бұрын

the old man is the monkey within, the performer who amuses. but he is overbearing, and gets easily tangled up within his own tricks. the song, and the video, are about learning to cope with being a moderately successful artist - someone who has to let the monkey within come out in order to earn a living but also try not to get tangled up in all the hype by letting the monkey get too full of himself.

@pstyrn1812 6 жыл бұрын

I like it raw

@Kweddo9 11 жыл бұрын

what are some of their older stuff that you speak of

@SOEmark 11 жыл бұрын

I saw 2 songs live and was so ill that I had to be taken home :'(

@ruidovisualmx 11 жыл бұрын

I think that trying to explain this is like trying to explain «Heart Shaped Box». But the good thing about art is that it's not gonna get mad about our interpretations

@watchingfriendsdie 11 жыл бұрын

Tthis song has more meaning then you think. so think to teach your self a sound thats taught by music with out a teacher., thats riddled with love and all its fear... many would kill for what is seeked! for few will ever find what makes it Complete! "Save the Music"

@jacktainsh3733 11 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah

@splinter360 11 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story. Play with ropes. And huge rope monster will come for you and fuck your day right up.

@imeowmeow4868 3 жыл бұрын

wait I never saw this I didn’t know it came out before the album????

@Grommetthebeast 11 жыл бұрын

This video is rope culture.

@Michael-ms8ye 11 жыл бұрын

Damn, I hate it when all my rope comes to life and eats me.

@knzegrl05 11 жыл бұрын

AnCo videos: Do not watch while sober.

@wattanane1 11 жыл бұрын

@happyparallel 10 жыл бұрын

Haven't they already?

@antiapathy464 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory alternate ending!

@Eggnog3000 10 жыл бұрын

Ropey

@Schylige 11 жыл бұрын

Dawg.

@michaelronda890 2 жыл бұрын

The still of this video actually looks like David Harbour with a long beard.

@TheBrendanio001 11 жыл бұрын

7.4

@loki475 10 жыл бұрын

They made it big years ago, where you been?

@issaknifeprty 11 жыл бұрын

Someone please explain the story in depth to me?

@unkommon2001 11 жыл бұрын

this is the edgiest video i've ever seen

@aaronfast 11 жыл бұрын

i prefer it with my eyes closed and my ears turned up.

@unkommon2001 11 жыл бұрын

songs like hey light, alvin row, i see you pan, meet the light child, native belle, pumpkin gets a snakebite.. all of those are characteristic of novel ideas told from people attempting to paint a vivid dream musically, they don't really focus on rhyme or rhythm, but they speak so intrinsically the depths of great imaginations and the lucidity of passionate artists showcasing their great concepts. This? this is just an attempt to seem like more than it is, which is pure cacophony.

@chrisgeorge619 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old ass comment, but did you really call this cacophony compared to shiz like Pumpkin Gets A Snakebite??

@nintend8232 11 жыл бұрын

Hell for one and Heaven for another? or err.. whaaaT?!

@Sensorielle 9 жыл бұрын

*edited by Cyriak

@elizabethmarcotte5823 9 жыл бұрын

they sound kind of like yeasayer during the first minute

@splinter360 11 жыл бұрын

Grovey stuff.

@justinorville 10 жыл бұрын

This video is like a spiritual process. The old man is the innate wisdom located in a person's psyche and the younger guy represents a person's ego. The deeper and older intelligence can do things that the ego tries to mimic but can't accomplish on it's own, causing the deeper wisdom to fade back into the unconscious (the old man dies.) The cosmic wisdom returns as a mystical figure bearing a diamond (the true Self) which replaces the ego and claims its rightful position within the psyche.

@michelpachecotrejo7269 7 жыл бұрын

Dividual Music :)

@lowskye13 11 жыл бұрын

simultaneously hate and like this song.

@vanhouten64 9 жыл бұрын

It's Duck Dynasty guy

@quillber 11 жыл бұрын

beardy dude reminds me of ariel pink

@pinksapple 11 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, after the disappointment MGMT's "your life is a lie" shit, I'm so glad, this is marvelous

@unkommon2001 11 жыл бұрын

very brown like a burrito against a windshield?

@Armistice0 5 жыл бұрын

YO DID ROPE MONSTER JUST PUNT THEIR BABY??? LMFAOO

@chikha666 11 жыл бұрын

Dude looks like Saruman

@vacantmoon 11 жыл бұрын

i'm just glad George Harrison finally got to be in an Animal Collective video.

@MarkTaylor0 11 жыл бұрын

Even My Girls?

@boglemeister 4 жыл бұрын

i get some reggae vibes at parts

@Sprinkleful 3 ай бұрын

Lately I need a better plan I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands Cause I have been a cerebral spouse And my head wants to go into the emerald house And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out I don't want to knock you down But why am I still looking for a golden age? You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage Every time I look up at that blurry sun All I think about are bodies floating up Everybody ought to get that special glance Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance? It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song Does this not occur to almost everyone? I make a monkey wrench I make a monkey rich Lately I want to be in my heart But where exactly is my heart and where does it start? (I don't want that Tylenol) Can I sing and make change without crushing clams? I can help the little things but I have big plans (I don't want that Tylenol) I make a monkey wrench I make a monkey rich

@Armistice0 11 жыл бұрын

Does this not occur to almost everyone?

@richardmacdougall7812 10 жыл бұрын

I'm down.

@MrLosercore 11 жыл бұрын

1:25 the guy dances like deakin

@PatThePhat1 11 жыл бұрын

Wasn't my favorite song on the album but the video enhances the music nicely. It's much more better than the last video they did, what was just awful in my opinion. I would even say this is one of Animal Collectives best music video to date.