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Uhhhhh so BASICALLY
So there's this dumb little thirty-second video that Seth Everman made. I implore you to watch it. (No jump scares or gore or anything, but it is _weird_ and possibly unsettling in a vague horror way.)
It says a lot about my sense of humour --about my family's sense of humour-- that I think this is just about the greatest thing ever, and showed it immediately to Alys, who also thinks it's about the greatest thing ever. We have been singing-quoting-referencing it to each other her entire visit, and it's gotten to the point where one of us can just say "basically" and we both crack up.
We've also been ANALYZING it like crazy, far _far_ more than a thirty second piece of dumb internet humour deserves. Here are all our observations and interpretations so far. Why? Because. Because.
*The obvious horror is of course "that will change soon". But you can't overlook the vague sense of distress caused by the preceding line: "if you have bones". If. _If_. What...what else might I have? What do you know?
*Expanding on "change soon" there's two easy ways to interpret it: 1, the more obvious, that the state of "having bones" is going to change. 2, the more interesting to debate, the bones themselves will change. Instead of bones, soon you will have pipe cleaners, for instance.
*A third, more subtle interpretation of the above comes from looking at the song as a whole. "Hope you're good...if you have bones that will change soon". This connects the song into one whole, rather than leaving it as two separate thoughts, and posits that it is your MOOD that will be changing (or more literally, your overall state of good-ness) but only if you are a be-boned creature. (interpretation 3A)
*And of course, from above and using the first interpretation, we come to the very logical fact that, if I was good, and I stopped having bones, my good mood would change pretty fast. So it can be a more abstract mood-changing, or a specific extension of the fact that changing your bones also changes the mood. (interpretation 3B)
*Sidebar: Austin strongly disagrees with the above, because of the word "basically". The fact that it's in a different font implies that they are two separate thoughts, or something like that.
*This isn't really a piece of analysis, but we both really like the way he folds his hands into his lap at the end of the song. True commitment to the deadpan bit.
*And finally, most recently, I had a realization that I know someone who has bones for whom it will be changing soon! It's my friend Emily, who is 8.5 months pregnant. We were joking about how she currently contains >1 skeleton when I realized the obvious connection to this bone song. So maybe the whole thing is meant to be a parable of pregnancy, and the inherently transient nature of "having" bones --a second skeleton not in active use, but currently posessed by the incubating mother. (interpretation 4)
If you think this is _way_ ridiculously much thinking, you are entirely right and have grokked the gist of mine and Al's riffing humour-style. If you have your own analysis or ideas, please feel free to pass them along -the dumber the better! Support yourself with the text though, of course!
~Sor
MOOP!
It says a lot about my sense of humour --about my family's sense of humour-- that I think this is just about the greatest thing ever, and showed it immediately to Alys, who also thinks it's about the greatest thing ever. We have been singing-quoting-referencing it to each other her entire visit, and it's gotten to the point where one of us can just say "basically" and we both crack up.
We've also been ANALYZING it like crazy, far _far_ more than a thirty second piece of dumb internet humour deserves. Here are all our observations and interpretations so far. Why? Because. Because.
*The obvious horror is of course "that will change soon". But you can't overlook the vague sense of distress caused by the preceding line: "if you have bones". If. _If_. What...what else might I have? What do you know?
*Expanding on "change soon" there's two easy ways to interpret it: 1, the more obvious, that the state of "having bones" is going to change. 2, the more interesting to debate, the bones themselves will change. Instead of bones, soon you will have pipe cleaners, for instance.
*A third, more subtle interpretation of the above comes from looking at the song as a whole. "Hope you're good...if you have bones that will change soon". This connects the song into one whole, rather than leaving it as two separate thoughts, and posits that it is your MOOD that will be changing (or more literally, your overall state of good-ness) but only if you are a be-boned creature. (interpretation 3A)
*And of course, from above and using the first interpretation, we come to the very logical fact that, if I was good, and I stopped having bones, my good mood would change pretty fast. So it can be a more abstract mood-changing, or a specific extension of the fact that changing your bones also changes the mood. (interpretation 3B)
*Sidebar: Austin strongly disagrees with the above, because of the word "basically". The fact that it's in a different font implies that they are two separate thoughts, or something like that.
*This isn't really a piece of analysis, but we both really like the way he folds his hands into his lap at the end of the song. True commitment to the deadpan bit.
*And finally, most recently, I had a realization that I know someone who has bones for whom it will be changing soon! It's my friend Emily, who is 8.5 months pregnant. We were joking about how she currently contains >1 skeleton when I realized the obvious connection to this bone song. So maybe the whole thing is meant to be a parable of pregnancy, and the inherently transient nature of "having" bones --a second skeleton not in active use, but currently posessed by the incubating mother. (interpretation 4)
If you think this is _way_ ridiculously much thinking, you are entirely right and have grokked the gist of mine and Al's riffing humour-style. If you have your own analysis or ideas, please feel free to pass them along -the dumber the better! Support yourself with the text though, of course!
~Sor
MOOP!
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