Hey everybody, I just released the part 2 to this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mhixdCOav2Q.html (it's way better than this one) ❤
Another interesting thing: My Chemical Romance was started as a response to 9/11, and the first song they ever wrote, Skylines and Turnstiles, was written about the attacks. 10/10 you should listen to it.
9/11 inspired the creation of my chemical romance, whose lead singer inspired the creation of Twilight, which inspired the spin off comedy known as 50 shades of grey
I think the prime example would be an Album by Slayer called "God Hates Us All". Specifically Track 2 "Disciple", not only was the Album released on 9/11/01, but the lyrics are something that also didn't age well. A few of my favorites are: "Not once has anyone ever seen Such a rise of pure hypocrisy." "Strive for peace with acts of war The beauty of death we all adore." (This one tho...) "Pessimist, terrorist targeting the next mark Global chaos feeding on hysteria Cut throat, slit your wrist, shoot you in the back fair game." "Man made virus infecting the world Self-destruct human time bomb." Slayer somehow managed to write a song about a horrible tragedy and the hypocrisy that followed after, before it all even went down.
An example I can think of is 'Variations on a Cloud' by ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical). It was released on 9/11/12 and was primarily based on 9/11. The thing is, its not explicitly mentioning the attacks. It has vaguely suggestive lyrics like "it's a little bit of magic to end the world" and "ok jump to end it all". Although, I believe that it is about the importance of remembering the tragedy as the lyric "keep it coming back" is repeated over and over again.
some say that the whole Hawaii Part II Album was connected to 9/11 because of the name, featured songs (Dream Sweet in Sea Major and Introduction to the Show if i remember correctly) and the words of main creator of Miracle Musical Joe Hawly. Joe referenced 9/11 many times then talking about Hawaii Part II and it's easy enough to find the words in songs that reference the incident and i think it's very cool
i must mention, hawaii part ii in its entirety also has a vague theme of 9/11. joe hawley stated that the roman numerals in the title represented the twin towers and he also called miracle musical a “world trade center musical” in this interview: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pGZE4nYci7U.html. the theme isn’t very obvious, however, some lines from songs in the album that can easily be connected to 9/11 are “all mine towers crumble down, the flowers gasping under rubble” from the mind electric (which might not be intentional, but still can be interpreted as a reference to 9/11.), “believe me darling, the stars were made for falling, like melting obelisks as tall as another realm” and “it feels like flying, but maybe, we’re dying” from dream sweet in sea major, “you’ll live forever tonight” from introduction to the snow, and “throw yourself and you’ll live forever tonight” in space station level 7 (i don’t know if that translation is correct, but it’s something like that). labyrinth in general is most likely about trying to escape the twin towers. there’s so much more, but these are just the ones off the top of my head.
The Band System of a Down released their second album, Toxicity, a week before 9/11, and the band's reaction was intense. Not only did their nation get attacked, but they also made an entire album calling out US foreign and domestic policies. Many radio stations around the nation didn't play any of the new System songs cause of the events of 9/11 and the subjects that SOAD focused on with the making of Toxicity. Which adds fuel to the fire of the cultural importance and impact of toxicity. Also, a side note the lead singer of the band Serj Tankian wrote an essay on the events of 9/11 and from his point of view which criticizes United States Middle Eastern policy leading back from the early 1900s up to then. Many people thought Serj was applauding the terrorist but in reality, he was trying to shed light on why the attacks happen and how trying to fight terrorists only creates more terrorists. And to Serj's credit, the point he had was correct as 20 years after 9/11 the effects of the war on terror and the United States foreign policies are still affected worldwide.
This is the essay Serj wrote excellent read that puts everything into perspective of the time post 9/11 Understanding Oil By Serj Tankian 9/13/2001 "The brutal attacks/bombings this week in New York, and Washington D.C., along with threats of attacks there and elsewhere in the country have changed our times forever. While the mass media concentrates on the details of the destruction, and the blanketed words of politicians, I will attempt to understand and explain the events from the fence. BOMBING AND BEING BOMBED ARE THE SAME THINGS ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE FENCE. "Terror is not a spontaneous human action without credence. People just dont hijack planes and commit harikari (suicide) without any weight of thought to the action. No one in the media seems to ask WHY DID THESE PEOPLE DO THIS HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION? "To be able to understand the answer to this, we must first look at our U.S. Mideast Policy. During most of the 20th century, U.S. businesses have worked on attaining oil rights and concessions from countries in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. After WWI, secret back door deals by our State Dept. yielded oil rights from then defeated Turkey to fields in what is now Iraq and Saudi Arabia, in return for looking the other way at a crime against humanity, the Genocide of the Armenians by the Turks. Oil profits have been the motivating factors behind many attempts at counterinsurgency of democratic regimes by the CIA and the U.S in the Middle East (such as Iran in the 1950s, where the Shah replaced the Prime Minister who refused to give up oil rights to the U.S., and since the people couldnt deal with the Shah, an extremist government headed by the Ayatollah Khomeini ultimately prevailed). During the Iran-Iraq war, America supplied both sides with weapons and advice. These are not the actions of a rich superpower wanting peace. Lets not forget that Saddam Hussein, before being Americas vision of the Anti-Christ, was a close ally of the U.S., and the CIA. So what was the firm belief system of consecutive American administrations that caused all this to occur ? PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL LEAD TO HIGHER OIL AND GASOLINE PRICES. Lets not also forget the power of the Arms industry, disguised as defense, that still sells billions of dollars of weapons to the area. Therefore it has not been in the short-term economic interest of the U.S. to foster Peace in the Middle East. Using the above reasoning, the U.S. has encouraged extremist governments, toppled democracies, as in the case of Iran to replace it with a monarchy, rigged elections, and many more unspeakable political crimes for U.S. businesses abroad. Lets not also forget the Red Scare. During the war between the then Soviet Union and Afghanistan, the U.S. armed and supported the Taliban, a fundamentalist Muslim organization, and allowed them to export opium and heroin out of their country to pay for those weapons. Therefore the Taliban rose to power and control with the help of the U.S.A. Today, the bombing of Iraq still continues, no longer covered by the media, the economic embargo still remains, killing millions of children, and recently, while the world and the U.N. General Assembly have cried out to bring in peacekeeping forces into Israel and Palestine, to end the escalated war and recent assassinations, the U.S. has vetoed the rest of the Security Council and has halted the possibility of peace, there, in the most volatile place in the world. "People in Serbia, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan to name a few have seen bombs fall, not always at military targets and kill innocent civilians, as the scene in New York city yesterday. The wars waged by our government in our names has landed smack in the middle of our living room. The half hour of destruction closed down all world financial markets, struck the central headquarters of our military, and had our leaders running into bunkers, and our citizens into fear and frenzy. What scares me more than what has occurred is what our reactions to the occurrences may cause. President Bush belongs to a long generation of Republican Presidents who love war economies. The media has only concentrated on the bombings, if you will, and what type of retaliations are looming for the perpetrators. What everyone fails to realize is that the bombings are a reaction to existing injustices around the world, generally unseen to most Americans. To react to a reaction would be to further sponsor the reaction. In other words, my belief is that the terror will multiply if concrete steps are not taken to sponsor peace in the middle east, NOW. This does not mean that we should not find the guilty party(s), Bin Laden, or whoever they may be, and not try them. Put simply, as long as a major injustice remains, violence precipitates to the surface of life. "Native American folklore, the Bible, Nostradamus, and many other major religious beliefs point to this era with the visuals of yesterdays disasters, and conditions of ecological disasters we experience daily in our lives today. War, rumors of war, famine, long burning fires, etc., are at our doorstep. We can prevail over this possible vision with the power of the human spirit, understanding, compassion, and peace. ITS TIME TO PUT OUR NEEDS FOR SECURITY AND SURVIVAL, ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH PEACE, ABOVE AND BEYOND PROFITS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES. SOLUTION: "The U.S. should stop sidestepping the U.N. Security Council, and allow U.N. Peacekeeping troops and missions to the Middle East. Stop the violence first. "Stop the bombing and patrol of Iraq. "With today's gains in the use of alternative fuels, develop them to full usage with autos and other utilities, to make the country less dependant on an already depleting natural reserve, oil. By initiating peace, we would have already shaken the foundations of support for Bin Laden, and/or all those that sponsor activities like those we saw yesterday, and break the stronghold of extremists on the world of Islam. On the other hand, if we carry out bombings on Afghanistan or elsewhere to appease public demand, and very likely kill innocent civilians along the way, we[']d be creating many more martyrs going to their deaths in retaliation against the retaliation. As shown from yesterdays events, you cannot stop a person whos ready to die."
I think System of a Down’s entire toxicity album releasing a lil before 9/11 is an odd coincidence. My uncle claims that when he was 9 he literally thought Serj was the terrorist hiding in plain sight 😂
"Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot One that smiled when he flew over the bay" System of a down - Jet Pilot Released 1 week bofore 9/11 alongside the rest of the Toxicity album
Wilco's album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: - Originally slated for release on 9/11/01, postponed due to record label issues (there's a whole documentary about it) - Album cover with the Twin Towers (the ones in the Marina City complex in Chicago) - A lot of oddly prescient lyrics as well ("tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad sad songs", a song titled "Ashes of American Flags", etc.)
Yep, was expecting this one. Great album, but crazy coincidences with the original release date, some of the lyrics (in "Jesus, Etc." especially), and even the album cover a bit. "Voices whine Skyscrapers are scraping together Your voice is smoking..."
Omg I actually never made those connections before. I actually listen to heavy metal drummer and jesus etc. frequently. I never made those connections because it was released in 2002 but its creepy just realizing all these coincidences.
Dream Theater released their live album Live Scenes from New York the day of 9/11, which just so happened to have cover art that depicts the Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty engulfed in flames. Immediately pulled from shelves, my dad was lucky enough to get two before it was pulled.
One song from this band Tally Hall . It’s called Variations on a Cloud. It was also about 9/11 but. You wouldn’t even be able to tell because it’s such an upbeat song.
A great example is william basinski's disintegration loops, it's a collection of his old tapes that started to rot so he decided to record them, he recorded the first part on 9/11 so the project became associated with the event (was inaccurate a little, he finished the first part on 9/11)
I believe he actually finished all of them on 9/11 and just started playing it in the streets while it was happening, and then slowly released all of them slowly
One song that is also kind of coincidentally linked to 9/11 is the King Crimson song "Coda: I have a dream". It's a song about various tragedies in history and one lyric mentions "the bombing of the world trade", from the 1993 bombing of the world trade centre. But coincidentally the song was released a year before 9/11.
There's a They Might Be Giants song called "Man, It's So Loud in Here" off their album Mink Car (released on 9/11/01) that features the line "They revamped the airport completely / Now it looks just like a nightclub / Everyone's excited and confused". Post-9/11 airports don't particularly resemble nightclubs but they certainly had to change a fair bit. I guess there are also a lot of references to death on that album but that's just par for the course with TMBG
TMBG were in Manhattan at Tower Records for the midnight release of Mink Car. They got stuck in Manhattan for a couple of days because of the events on 9/11. I can't listen to the title track of that album without thinking if 9/11. "I got hit by a mink car driven by a guitar; and, the Silver Surfer says that it's all in your head, when you're 24 karat dead."
Oh yeah, I watched the documentary Gigantic which showed the band's history and stuff and seeing their performances promoting Mink Car just days before the attacks is crazy...
The Strokes released “Is This It?” In 2001 one and the song “NYC Cops” got cut from the album in the wake of the attack. The band thought it might be in poor taste to release a song with a hook that goes “New York City cops, they ain’t to smart” in the wake of the tragedy, but I think the song has aged beautifully since.
The very bizarre one that I love is how Limp Bizkit made the music video for "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" on top of the World Trade Center and just so happened to win a VMA for it on September 10th, 2001.
Some more: wake me up when September ends (originally about his fathers death, now associated with 9/11). The art booklet of radiohead's amnesiac which was released in early 2001 had a lot of pictures that vaguely resembled 2 towers collapsing
I’m surprised you didn’t cover the song sang at the stage performance at the Trade Center in the plaza on 8/13/2001. There was an artist singing the blues about wanting to be remembered when he’s 6 feet in the ground and how “we will all fade into oblivion”. The video is called, “World Trade Center Visit By Jim and Lina 8/13/01”. It’s a nice glimpse into the world a month before the attack and even a look into the Windows of the World Restaurant.
As an added note about the video, the stage and pavilion setup were destroyed when the towers fell and there’s some photos and even a video out there when looking for the stage in the plaza on the day as a lot of jumpers ended up going through it or landing near it. (View at your own discretion) There are some other songs attached to the attack as well but, I don’t remember the names but while not directly referencing the attack, played in the complex and/or the Marriot when the attack took place. I believe it was either a Coldplay or U2 song but, I don’t remember which.
Another update because this video got me going down a rabbit hole: One of the songs that played in the plaza at the time of the attack was “How Deep is Your Love” by The Bee Gees (as it was part of the plaza’s playlist). It was a very specific version of the song from Environmental Muzak that was actually rediscovered last year and uploaded to a channel called PRE-9/11 WTC. It’s actually a really nice cover. There’s actually an active effort to locate and archive all the songs that used to play in the WTC plaza.
The song "She's Always A Woman" by Billy Joel is one I singlehandedly remember because it was played in the WTC Plaza on 9/11. There's footage of it, it's eerily haunting cause every few seconds, there's banging sounds. Those banging sounds are bodies from the towers hitting the ground.
.... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
I was looking for a comment about this, because I was going to comment on it. I saw a video of a man filming the towers burning and the debris crashing on the ground, while the song plays in the background. Pretty eerie stuff knowing what happened that day.
Another ‘fun’ 9/11 and music connection fact. The band Dream Theater released a live album called ‘Live Scenes from New York’ with the album artwork depicting a burning NYC skyline on Sept. 11th, 2001. The album was shortly recalled later that day and replaced with a new cover.
The music most connected to 9/11 for me is Slayer's God Hates Us All. I had just picked up the cd from Best Buy and was blasting the song in the car when my mom called and told me about the attack. I'll never forget that moment.
Not really a song but a performance: Michael Jackson performed his 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden the night before the attacks, and was actually supposed to be in the towers the next morning for a meeting. He overslept and semi-luckily, by the time he woke up i believe the South Tower had already hit
I find it freaky how the album “The Glow Pt. 2” by The Microphones was released on 9/11 (September 11th, 2001), and has a track named “You’ll be in the Air”, just way too specific of a coincidence
"How deep is your love" by the Bee Gees. An instrumental of this song continued to play in the plaza as fire fighters arrived. I've noticed this song included in several tribute videos to the WTC
There’s an entire band “inspired” off of 9/11 actually and it’s the most hated/loved, my chemical romance. The backstory is basically that the lead singer Gerald way was on his way to the towers with they were attacked which made him create the band (hopefully this is right I just remember a friend telling me this) 😅
@@Marro245 I always felt "The Only Hope For Me Is You" off the Danger Days album is also heavily referencing 9/11, although I don't see a lot of people talk about it
SOAD’s album toxicity is the most infamous example. it was released on september 4th 2001 and featured a song called Jet Pilot and the lines “i don’t think you trust in my self righteous suicide i cry when angels deserve to die”
The Jet Pilot lyrics were pretty forth telling, that's for sure! {Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot One that smiled when he flew over the bay Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot One that smiled when he flew over the bay} 😬 I love SOAD, they are remarkable live, their sound is so unique, their approach to protesting world issue is massively intelligent. And I gotta say as well, Surj, and the band too, but Surj is very brave for writing his essay on days after the attacks. Hes not afraid to take the bull by the horn and tell America what went(still is) worng and why that even happened. No sugar man, and he's is middle Eastern, still Didn't gaf! People lost their damn rinds after that day- kicking the shit out of middle Eastern l P.s ... Homeboy is correct in the "self righteous suicide" lyrics.
If you ever want to make another video on a kind of similar vein to this, I would suggest checking out the Clear Channel Communications' ban list. In short, after 9/11, the CCC, now IHeartMedia, released a massive list of songs to be pulled from their radio stations, and since they owned most of the radio stations in the country, it meant they were effectively banned from radio play. These included some understandable choices, like AC/DC's "I Feel Safe In New York City" or Don McLean's "American Pie," considering that's entirely about a deadly plane crash, some... questionable choices, such as the entirety of Rage Against The Machine's discograophy for being deemed "too anti-american," and some outright bizarre ones, such as The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian" being banned for "referencing the Middle East" or Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for... I honestly have no idea.
My Chemical Romance was kinda inspired by 9/11 and a bit of their first album (I Brought you my bullets you brought me your love) has several references to 9/11, especially skylines and turnstiles since that was written after Gerard Way witnessed it. Their most recent song Foundations of Decay had references to Gerard witnessing the event
Miracle Musical released Hawaii: Part II on 12/12/12 at 12:12:12 AM, the album contains references to both the 9/11 and pearl harbor attacks. Before that, Variations on a Cloud was released on 9/11/12, much more directly referencing the 9/11 attacks
Oddly enough, a spin-off band of Tally Hall (called Miracle Musical) has rumours that their album , Hawaii: Part II, is an allegory for 9/11 And, also, Gorillaz made a song with the band D12 about 9/11, literally called 911.
This is the perfect recipe for the jump scare at the end. Talk about a sensible topic that everyone agrees was a tragedy and explain some things that are eirily linked to them. All with an eerie aura, and weird feeling to it until BANG!!!! Scared the actual shit out of me, 10/10.
I WOULD say My Chemical Romance’s first album “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love” is connected to 9/11, however that album is a result because of 9/11
There are also album covers: Supertramp's _Breakfast in America,_ The Coup's _Party Music,_ Dream Theater's _Live Scenes from New York,_ Squad Five-O's _Bombs Over Broadway,_ and probably dozens more. For what it's worth, the massive synchronicity surrounding 9/11/01 is probably not mere coincidence. In television and film, this is most clearly seen, with TV shows like The Lone Gunman, movies like Back to the Future, etc. It seems that, for whatever reason, 9/11 had to happen, and we always knew it would.
hawaii part II is also related to 9/11 (though i dont remember if its confirmed or purely theorized.) you should look into it, very cool. also dude i cant. possibly take you seriously with you playing a roblox recreation of the world trade center as the background footage im sorry
My mom loves the moldy peaches album and I grew up on the album through car rides and various playing of the album. I was on a ride with my gf one day, played the album and we were talking about it, looked up when it was made and was suprised to see it literally came out on 9/11. I didn’t even think about the song New York graveyard until the video, pretty wild. There’s a lot of popular media that got released close to 9/11, something Star Wars related as well but I can’t remember what it was.
it’s kinda crazy you didn’t include or mention probably the most famous 9/11 music connection, mariah carey’s eighth studio album, glitter. the album was a commercial failure, which she partially blamed on 9/11, hell one of the most insane 9/11 images is a billboard for the album with the towers burning in the background
Miracle Musical's Variations on a Cloud was made as a tribute to 9/11. The old music video has actual footage of the event while puppets sing over it, but it was changed to just clouds and the puppets when people thought it was trying to mock the event.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Not only was it supposed to come out on 9/11/01, it has a song called Jesus Etc. which has lyrics frighteningly poetic of the event. "Tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad sad songs" and "skyscrapers are scraping together your voice is smoking, and last cigarette's all you can get, turning your orbit around."
I think another song that’s a bit similar to 9/11 is “You’ll Be in the Air” by The Microphones. It’s definitely not as similar as these two songs but it does mention passengers on an airplane. And the album that the song is from just so happened to release on September 11th 2001.
similar to what @GutBucket said, System of a Down's 'Toxicity' album came out on sept 4th and had songs on it like 'Aerials' and 'Jet Pilot'. Along with the line "self-righteous suicide" in the song 'Chop Suey!'. The lead vocalist, Serj Tankian, is from Lebanon, which also happens to be where one of the terrorists was from. I'm not implying that they had any affiliation with what happened, simply pointing out some odd coincidences :))
One of the songs which played at the World Trade Center Plaza is called “Heaven’s Missing An Angel” I know there are two rap song albums which have very poorly aged covers. One is of the main singer blowing up the World Trade Centers and another has a silhouette of a plane on the towers.
Believe by Yellowcard is a beautiful song, and it was written to the first responders who risked their lives during the attack. Now, Yellowcard is my favorite band but i 10000% recommend people listen to this song its so good
Off topic but I'm actually friends with the guy who made that Roblox recreation of NYC! His entire interest is in 9/11 and life before the twin towers, really cool guy.
Another cool song coincidence I've run into before is a song called Pandemic by Dr Creep. They say the lyrics "2020 combine with c0r0nav1ru5, bodies stacking" and "this v1ru5 is human" but the song came out in 2013 in their album, I Am the Storm. Fantastic video btw.
There are so many weird coincidences tied to this tragedy. You handled it well, being a day we will never forget. I was eating un-toasted (how I always east them) chocolate fudge pop tarts. And unsweetend iced tea.
You know you're old when someone starts by saying "in case you don't know about 9/11...". Like damn, I was writing a video script for the mario movie to relate to young millenials and some zoomers by mentioning a hypothetical situation of getting Mario 64 as a first Mario game....And that made my cousin feel old, now I know how he feels lmao
Yes, it's a *big* coincidence. But it's still just a coincidence, ok? There aren't big coincidences and small coincidences... Seinfeld quote paraphrase 😄 I jest of course. This indeed must be acknowledged as freak level of coincidence. Did we tick off a hyperdimensional being or something? Because this is how I'd expect one to mess with people.
Did you know that the band Dream Theater's album "Live Scenes from New York" was released on 9/11, but also was a commodity because either had the Twin Towers still on the cover?
Phil Elverum's song "You'll be in the air" is weirdly descriptive of the events that happened 9/11/01. Not only does the song feature lyrics such as "You'll be in the air, in some hours you'll be over the sea, lost in the other passengers on the plane" the album was released that exact day.
The Simpsons Trump clip came out after Trump announced his presidential campaign. The 'prediction' was in a future episode where Lisa mentions a budget crunch President Trump. Also, the way you worded it, you made it sound like Olympic sank. She remained in service until the 1930s and was quite a popular ship. She definitely had her fair share of collisions with other ships, but none of them sank her.
Hawaii Part ii also has 9/11 connection and most people only mention Variations On A Cloud but let me explain my interpretation since Hawaii Part ii has two meanings one being a man being possessed, killing his wife, going crazy, then dying just to realize he doesn’t really love his dead wife anymore and that they don’t feel love, however if all the songs have a 9/11 meaning then here’s my interpretation, “Introduction To The Snow”: this song may mean the people that lost all hope/ know they’re dead already since they’re inside the towers hoping “you’ll live forever tonight” “Isle Unto Thyself” could mean the process of the people outside the towers watching and hearing about the attacks as they unravel, wondering the American Dream/meaning since the 9/11 attack made America have a bad image since the promise of America was that it and its people would never get harmed. “Black Rainbows” this one is tricky since it doesn’t really have any resemblance to anything to the towers or attacks, however it could be as simple as someone remembering happy memories now horrified as they die “White Ball” could also mean the people within the tower who are lovers, loving till they die, dancing, singing, till they burn or collapse. “Murders” are the people who fake it, for example in the original band called Tally Hall (mostly the band behind this project) made a song and animation called “Hidden In The Sand” that shows different things for example it shows how the people act all happy and friendly at first but as soon as the boat starts sinking, it shows people’s true nature, pushing people, trying to get out, only to die quickly, however the captain who always falls with the ship, dies last, with Honor, so Murders could mean the people in 9/21 who showed their true nature trying to get out, while the people stuck left with hope, were getting out or dying saying their last wishes and prayers for their love ones, or in most unfortunate cases, with fear. “Space Station Level 7” this one’s a bit weird for 9/11 theme, but my guess is the people within the plane since most calls from the plane knew they were going to die since they couldn’t really do anything against the terrorists which is why SSL7 has many Heaven theme/topic “The Mind Electric” probably my favorite song could mean the people losing themselves within the building, and the chaos outside, sort of being a climax to everything showing all the chaos happening in the reverses section but in the unreversed part showing the chaos but we understand it a little bit better and in the end the song ends with “never they ponder wether electric calming if you look at it right” “Labyrinth”: this could definitely mean the people in the towers trying to get out but find no exit and in the end lose hope “Time Machine” is most likely the people remembering their happiest memories, while trying to convince others to remember with them. “Stranded Lullaby” could mean lovers in the song who aren’t happy but rather spending their time alone together trying to think happy but just think about the bad things “Dream Sweet In Sea Major” Is a reprise of “Introduction To The Snow” but it continues Which reminds me of a person, I unfortunately forgot his name but his story was he went up the towers where he would find people and sing “it’s a proud day to be American” trying to cheer up people instead of leaving them in dread like how my interpretation of “Introduction To The Snow” is but instead the people die happy, happy to be American, unfortunately the person who went up the tower to save or at least cheer up the people, died in the attack and May everyone who died in the attack rest in peace. “Variations On A Cloud” is the people on top of either tower. Arguing, both being either Religious or non believer, whether they should jump or burn.
For Violet Jessep for the Titanic, the Olympic never sank, she rammed through a submarine and collided with the Hawke sure, but she was scrapped for pieces after 2 decades of service, she never sank
Another fitting example would be Let the bodies hit the floor by Drowning Pool, if I remember correctly they stopped playing it on the local rock radio station where I live for a bit. I was also super young at the time so that could of been something made up?
I'm just old enough to remember seeing footage on tv when I was younger of this. Some of these people in the comments are too young to know the chaos surrounding what happened, but I'm literally not surprised with so much writing on the wall (that song as the no.1 single, all these bands' names and songs being prophetically titled, The Simpsons, etc.) how we've all sort of devolved into conspiratorial nuts. Nothing was ever really healthy about this place when considering its history, but things have never been the same since. They literally still charge a tax for all passengers when flying for this event even though it's been two decades now. The past twenty years have been nothing but reactionary in response to threats that weren't even what we were told they were, and I remember reading about it in magazines before social media took off. Had no clue about the bands and the songs and all that being such a coincidence until many years later.
There is one sign you forgot about that I know of, limp Bizkit performed rolling on top of the world trade center on the 10th of September 2001, they were the last group to perform on the wtc
I love the Moldy Peaches. I’ve heard a fair share of weird music, and while some may be weirder than it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything weird in the same way as that album. Kinda annoys me that they have this cutesy twee band reputation because of Anyone Else but You and Juno, because they are so out there and silly with their music.
I remember I was taught this song in 4th grade: "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson. It's a country song from 2002, but it gets that feeling across, even if you weren't there to experience the terror.
I thought you were going to mention Rollin' by Limp Bizkit, as the music video of the song has parts filmed at the top of the WTC, and receiving an MTV VMA award and being thanked by the WTC management team days prior to the attack.
hey! the strokes also ended up dropping their critically acclaimed debut in the us on 9/11 “is this it?”. The album was released beforehand internationally with the track “New York City Cops” talking about how “they ain’t too smart”. this track would be promptly removed in replacement for “When it Started?”
There’s also a World Trade Center in Dubai United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, which is also where the British Embassy is over there. They also have a German Embassy, and an Italian Embassy.
-Rockin The Suburbs by Ben Folds was released on 9/11. Technically a city was "rocked" but still weird -the movie Donnie Darko came out around the time of 9/11 and revolves around the story of a plane engine crashing into a house
