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55476285 No.55476285 [Reply] [Original]

So what is "The Glow" mean anyway?

>> No.55476311

>>55476285
Fire, the Soul, Love i think

>> No.55476353

ur mom

>> No.55476365

nooo don't meme thtis

>> No.55476473

>>55476365
its only a meme if you jinx it

>> No.55476474

>>55476285
MY BLoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD FLOWS HAAARSHLEEEEEEEEE

>> No.55476490

We're all the glow.

>> No.55476494

>>55476474
>>>55475682

>> No.55476501

The warmth of having a gf.

No literally that's what it is.

>> No.55476519

the glow is his boothole after getting assfucked. He talks about getting fucked in the ass on 'I felt your shape'

>> No.55476527
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55476527

>>55476501

>i felt your shape

>> No.55476529
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55476529

>>55476501
nah it ain't

>> No.55476535

>>55476494
thank you

>> No.55476544

>>55476501
I want to cry now, thanks anon.

>> No.55476549

>>55476519
damn..

>> No.55476567

>listening to meme albums
shiggy

>> No.55476587

>>55476285
There was a song on the previous album called the Glow that was about his gf. They broke up afterwards and that inspired this album.

>> No.55476595

The glow to me represented the sense of wonder you feel in general when perceiving the world around you when you're young.

That's just how I read into those lyrics anyways

"I took my shirt off in the yard
No one saw that the skin on my shoulders was golden
Now it's not
My shirt's back on
I forgot my songs
The glow is gone"

Seems like he's talking about how the warmth of the sun seems gone, he's more reserved. If the glow is gone, why live?

>> No.55476596

>>55476567
This makes me comfortable because its an absolute meme insult

>> No.55476605

>tfw the glow is gone
>tfw you go back to feel alone there
>tfw you go back to wipe it clean

>> No.55476611

>>55476587
>>55476501
These.

>> No.55476620

>>55476596
:O

>> No.55476632
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55476632

>>55476529
>yfw you realize "the thunderclouds broke up" refers to the fact him and his ex were in a band called the thunderclouds

The glow was his old gf.

The mountain is his new gf.

The sauna is actually his sauna.

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55476653

>not finding your own meaning through metaphors in lyrics.

Who cares what the artist was feeling, it's all about how you feel.

>> No.55476665

>>55476595
This actually makes a lot of sense.
Instead of glow I've always used to word "colorful" or "color" to describe it to myself but it's the same concept.

>> No.55476668

>>55476632
XD

>> No.55476673

>>55476653
>it's all about how you feel.

What if what I feel is about how the artist was feeling?

>> No.55476675

>>55476653
you're kinda right, but with an artist as personal as phil, it's kinda hard not to care

>> No.55476690

>>55476673
:O

>> No.55476705

>>55476653
Yeah

but I still want to know

>> No.55476737

>>55476653
Are you telling me it's okay to self-insert, anon? Because I already feel ashamed of how often I do that as it is

>> No.55476738

>>55476653
>tfw I honestly just felt like the album was exploring an irradiated forest like Chernobyl the first time I listened to it.

>> No.55476762

>>55476595
based off phil interviews, no. the glow represents the beauty or substance in life he's lost and the glow pt.2 is about being alive despite that, forcing on to do more and be more. Thats why its an especially beautiful album to me, none of it is truly bleak

>> No.55476780

>>55476737
Why feel ashamed about the way you are?

>> No.55476799

>>55476632
you're...chatting shit

>> No.55476802

>>55476762
can't the beauty and substance he lost be the "glow" that that anon describes as "representing the sense of wonder you feel in general when perceiving the world around you when you're young."?

>> No.55476817

>>55476802
well its not about age, its about general loss

>> No.55476821

>>55476780
Because I hate myself

>> No.55476824

>>55476762
I don't follow his work very closely it's just what I take away from it personally.

>> No.55476832

i don't think phils words are meant to be analyzed THIS much

>> No.55476866

>>55476832
It's fun and knowing how this board is it's probably one of the only real music discussions on /mu/ today

>> No.55476867

>>55476824
well thats cool, totally but like i guess if you're making speculations about what HE meant you should probs know more about him

>> No.55476917

>>55476867
But I literally said "the glow to ME represented..."

>> No.55476928

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Wc5ILU-7M
>You will never sing with Phil.
Why even live?

>> No.55476935

>>55476762
To be fair, the whole "wonder as a younger person" still rings quite true even with that broad meaning understood.

Phil consistently refers back to the island of Mount Erie, where he has said he spent much of his time when he was younger. A recurring theme early in the album is that Phil is remembering all the good times he had there, how much he loved it, and returning to it now, that warmth, that "glow", is gone; the Moon in particular voices that melancholy.

So in a way, that anon was kind of right. Part of the album is indeed Phil realizing there's much more than the glow he's lost, but a good part of is that memory of the past.

It's more apparent in Mount Eerie, but the Glow, Pt. 2 also makes a big deal out of how tiny and insignificant your problems, your feelings, your life really is in the face of nature and the universe. It doesn't matter if your glow is gone, it doesn't matter if you die, it'll still be there.

>>55476799
The first two points are actually true.

>> No.55476939

>>55476917
:/ sorry dude

>> No.55476969

>>55476935
ye i know that, they were a beach boys cover band come on u think i'm some plen
Also the two posts you replied to were both me

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55476992

>>55476969
Spooky.

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55477067

>>55476992
spookier.

>> No.55477126

>>55476935
This
I remember during the break after my first semester in college I went to the beach house where my ex girlfriend and her family used to live. It was like 3am and I found out that the entire complex was more or less abandoned. We hung out there a lot and I even lost my virginity there. Then I walked on the beach back home and listened to the Glow Pt.2 for the first time and the whole thing really resonated with me. Especially fucking The Moon. That's probably the closest I've ever gotten to feeling that tumblr-eque emotion of "OMG he totally wrote this song about me!!"

>> No.55477199

>>55477126
i'm not going to uni yet so i'm probably gonna keep experiencing the feels of tgp2 throughout my life, i like it that way

>> No.55477211

>>55476992
>>55477067
Rare pics of Phil not wearing sandals

>> No.55477238

>>55477211
holy shit why didn't i notice

>> No.55477263

Imagine being a musician reading a serious discussion about your music. Man that must feel good.

>> No.55477288

>>55477263
Phil deserves it

>> No.55477322

>>55477263
This is my main drive in becoming a musician.
I just really want to make something that impacts someone's life.

>> No.55477384

>>55477211
Honestly how can Phil go hiking around in sandals, especially up in Washington?

>> No.55477443

>>55477322
Same.
Let's make a band together and fuck

>> No.55477465

>>55477443
Can I join?

>> No.55477473

>>55477465
c'mere

>> No.55477497

>>55476632
I'm pretty sure The Glow is life and The Mountain is death.

>> No.55477498

>>55477263
are there REALLY people out there who see his music as nothing more than typical indie folk? like i see how you could maybe write it off as that if you only listened for like, 2 minutes but honestly i just don't understand that sentiment

>> No.55477519

>>55477473
Tfw afraid of being a great lover but a otherwise shitty musician

>> No.55477524

its about his failed suicide attempt

>> No.55477527

>>55477067
this made me laugh so fuckin hard

>> No.55477543

>>55477524
he explicitly said nothing hes ever done in music is supposed to reference suicide bro

>> No.55477548

>>55477498
>friend asks me to play the mt. eerie record I just bought
>first track comes on
>"what the fuck even is this, is this just an intro song or something or the actual album?"
:(

>> No.55477553

since this already seems a phil general, have you guys seen that thing that he did with a belgian tv?

>> No.55477564

>>55477527
phil is so based

>> No.55477568

>>55477524
Did he really attempt to? When?

>> No.55477579

>>55477548
which album? why don't you just kill him?>>55477553
its fucking great, the skateboard keked me up

>> No.55477582

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D01fszNmqQ
this is still one of the funniest videos i've seen

>> No.55477586

>>55477543
He can say that but that does not change the fact
>I faced death with my arms swinging

I don't actually think he attempted suicide but I'd like to think he did spend a good amount of time dangerously exposed to the elements trying to die but not in a really intensive way.

Imagining him sitting and pouting on the shores of Mt. Erie is probably more realistic.

>> No.55477598

>>55477568
idk i read it in a thread like a year ago

>> No.55477615

>>55477579
Mt Eerie the album

>> No.55477618

>>55477586
Well death only appears in phils music when he's discussing mortality and the slow approach of death so that reference is probably more about him living without care and caution

>> No.55477630

>>55477615
in fairness that ain't accessible
>>55477598
you read bullshit

>> No.55477634

>>55477615
To be fair the Sun takes forever but it's worth it.

It is actually a little unexpected if all you've heard is the Glow Pt. 2 though.

>> No.55477651

All these crackpot conspiracy theories are making me laugh
The Glow = the imaginary superhero Phil pretended he was as a kid

>> No.55477699

>>55477582
i always found this host really cringeworthy but phil is funny in it

>> No.55477774

>>55476529
>>55477651
notice how the labelled area is where 'the soul' is - the glow is the human spirit

>> No.55477793

in common culture "the glow" refers to the feeling you get from opiates.
listening to the music I can sorta hear it.

what if he broke up with his gf and got fukked up and wrote the album

>> No.55477794

>>55477774
>the soul is in the chest
>not the brain

Egyptians please leave.

>> No.55477816

>>55477793
Phil wouldn't do that he's not a degenerate

>> No.55477822

>>55477794
lol, i didn't draw it on him. however, i wish i had seen phil's naked chest in person

>> No.55477841

>>55477793
rave/drug culture =/= common culture

>> No.55477846

>>55477816
exactly what i was gonna say

>> No.55477856

>>55477816
Phil only does drugs that come out of the ground.

>> No.55477859

How do I write songs like Phil? I want to be black Phil.

>> No.55477864

>>55477841
lol i'm not well versed on rave culture and fuck off are opiates for raves

>> No.55477865

>>55477856
>he thinks opiates come from space

>> No.55477875

>>55477859
>black
>songs
just rhyme about weed or something

>> No.55477907

>>55477859
Ty come back to the skype group

>> No.55477920

isn't this album about freezing to death and reflecting on your life while you die?

>> No.55477926

>>55477875
XD

>> No.55477936

>>55477841
opiates=/=raves.
i read a lot of books, some of which were autobiographical and dealing with drugs.
I thought this was relatively common knowledge


>>55477856
opium poppies m8

>> No.55477947

>>55477920
No it's about not freezing to death and reflecting on your life while you don't die.

>> No.55477968

>>55477947
No it's about wanting to freeze to death and reflecting on your life while you want to die

>> No.55477991

>>55477936
>Because I read a lot of books on drugs I assume this terminology is common knowledge

>> No.55477994

>>55477875
But I want to inspire feelings in people

>> No.55478010

>>55477968
no its about freezing your life to death on your while you die to want

>> No.55478028

>>55477907
Who?

>> No.55478031

>>55477968
>No it's about wanting to freeze to death and reflecting on your life while you want to die

Does not contradict my post.

>> No.55478083

>>55477991
I just read normal books.
I thought you americans were literate. why don't you read books?

>> No.55478133

>>55478083
>normal books
>resorting to lolamerica tier posting
Apply yourself.

>> No.55478146

>>55478083
I can't understand a word of this

>> No.55478160

>>55478146
kek

>> No.55478165

>I want wind to blow
>My clothes off me
>Sweep me off my feet
>Take me up and bring me back
>Oh, where I can see
>Days pass by me
>I have no head to hold in grief
Damn...

I've never really listened to the lyrics in this album before

>> No.55478174

>>55478083
>some of which were autobiographical and dealing with drugs.

You read books ("a lot", in your words), that were, in your words, "dealing with drugs".

>I thought you americans
>you americans
>you

? ? ?

>> No.55478205

>>55478165
holy fuck what were you doing, its beautifully written

>> No.55478208

>>55478165

>>55476474

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