Flashing version sounds like the memories of someone going through it and Tame more like the memories of someone watching it (I don't know how to describe it)
What I want to know is what are the faint chattering voices saying throughout? There's clearly some overlaying conversations occurring throughout the song in both tame/flashing versions and trying to interpret them or pick up what they're saying requires a better ear than mine even with a headset. Any ideas?
i feel like the "Tame" Version shows more of the real "story" and the "Flashing" version shows what simon saw, a corrupted vision of what happened that was more chaotic and distorted due to his punishment
probably the best song in the album with how many little details and references it has that unfortunately had the negative side effect of making it the one song everyone gravitates towards when interpreting the album, disregarding a lot of the nuance of the other songs as "it's just the main character talking crazy because his brain got fried, don't look to deep into it"
Something i realized is that the reason the clean version is reversed is probably before the actual electrocution (explaining the background voices in clean),when distorted starts it could imply that the first electric shock started and the 'glitch' parts in it are the electricity getting worse,bending his mind and distorting simon into an unrecognizable person,the 'doctor i cant tell if im not me' line shows that he cant even tell if he really is himself anymore.
Just gonna add this comment: The reason for the two versions is one is a recollection, one is while it's happening. The reversed (tame) version is what's happening AS it's happening. That's why there's chatter, dude's in a mental asylum (condemn him to the infirmary) sent there by his father (No it's not an actual judge, what judge calls the defendent "resident minor"? That's his son) The background talking is to give us an idea of what's really going on. There's very specific audio chosen that's meant to reflect things like old time basic cable (TV Land reruns) and people arguing in an asylum. What happened is serious shock therapy. Dude fully disassociated after finding his lover murdered by the Anglerfish and rather than helping people are trying to make him be more "normal" (See how the serfs work the ground? And they give it all they got. And they give it all they got. And YOU'LL give it all you got) Editing real quick to go over some misconceptions: - No he didn't murder her. Considering he was never tried for murder he didn't do it. We learn from the interlude that it was common knowledge that she was murdered. The fact that he never actually stood trials means it wasn't him. -The Anglerfish/Sirens is the one who actually murdered the love interest. There's a reason why they say they'll be atoning, not our protagonist who gets a happy ending via The Whale. -The protagonist is suffering from Disassociative Identity Disorder, not schizophrenia. We know this because in Murderers he constantly refers to "they" before finally coming full circle and finally realizing "I was in the forest looking to see the trees but none were there.." -The Protagonist is in Purgatory. He's been in a loop and that's why the Miracle Musical was put on by The Whale (Yes, really. Joe Hawley's the one who put it on and The Whale is him. The Whale is basically God.) in order for things to be different enough to where our protagonist can FINALLY process his life and move on.
@@weapon-x Simon (the protag) IS a minor, but no him referring to the judge as "father" is a Freudian slip. It is his father. That's why the judge can sentence him to a mental hospital and shock treatment which even for the time would be considered highly controversial. If he didn't have power and authority over the protag as his father there's no way he could be sentenced to shock treatment.
I can’t edit on mobile so I’ll add what I wanted to say here, it feels like the tame one is from a more sane point of view while the flashing one is the insanity of the speaker
You missed the "one, two" at the start of the tame version and how the flashing version also speaks "service fee" before the distort and the guitar in the second chorus I also don't really get what "loud chanting" means lol, neither do I hear the people chatting before the guitar strum before the second chorus contrary to the "acoustic" theme of the tame bridge, there's actually an electrical noise at 2:24 overall, great comparision!
2:35 Just noticed there’s whistling in the background that sounds like Labyrinth. Other people have probably noticed it before but I just did and it sounds cool. I love those little details that go over your head and then you finally notice it
Amazing work you did. It helped a lot to try and understand the whole of the album. Couldn't have done better with just Filmora and a reversed video. Edit: I rewatched the video a couple of times hearing and testing many differences and i found a kind of reliable theory. The Tame version happens hand to hand while the protagonist in question is sent to the electric chair. The Flashing happens after and it is the mind remembering the situation, deduced by the whole glitch, distortion, heavy sounds and electric tunes it has. This may be proven by some specific differentes in each song. 1. In the Tame version i think the reason why it has more *Guitar distortion* while playing the heavy piano pauses from Murders is because the protagonist remembers the murder being a lot more chaotic since it is his mind holding a grudge against the murder, but in the Flashing version the distortion isnt added because his mind isn't correctly functioning and he is now the chaotic monster he thought the murder was. This may be thanks to the electric chair messing up his axons & dendrites (his neurons), part that is said in both versions. 2. Following what i said, the "Help me, Axondendrite" part is said in both versions and it is his brain calling for help. In the Tame part it's heard a lot better because he's "awake" (or in its five senses) and feeling it all and how it happens. On the other hand, at least i can't hear the "help me, axodendrite" part on the Flashing version, maybe because his mind tries to not remember the feeling of the hurtful chair anymore since his energy was probably spent after the distorted part. 3. Again, i deduce that the distorted mixture of the opera, hawaii and the murders piano scene is his mind going through the pain once again. Maybe it got more activated while in the happening.
This comparison is honestly fascinating. I did just think the reversed song was then played forwards. I love that it got distorted and garbled where you think the song is playing as it should, but it's a "glitchy" version instead
