A Brand recorded their first album, 45 RPM, in a garage in 2004. "Riding Your Ghost" became their first single on alternative radio. In 2005 they performed on the Belgian festivals Dour, Zeverrock and Ackerrock; and in 2006 several others, including Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop. In same year they also released their second album Hammerhead, and scored minor hits with "Hammerhead", "Beauty Booty Killerqueen" and "A Perfect Habitat For Foxes". In the summer of 2008, A Brand released their third album Judas. In 2011 they released their fourth album, Future You. The band is on a pauze since december 2013.
Some peace
A Brand Lyrics
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But that night when I called you a fraud
Things got out of hand.
Slightly out of our minds we were just wasting time
And you see my friend there is no end
Unless you land face down on the ground
And I need some peace of mind x2
And you realize x2
You collect mistakes like they're postcards from exotic places
And you realize you were pissing in your own backyard
While you should have said hey and solved the problem
Chorus
Slightly out of our minds we were just wasting time x2
Chorus
The lyrics of A Brand's song "Some Peace" explore the harmful consequences of living recklessly and not taking responsibility for one's actions. The first verse sets the scene of two people who believed they had everything together, only for things to become unhinged when one is called out for being a fraud. The situation escalates and results in chaos.
The chorus expresses the desire for peace of mind, indicating the emotional weight and confusion caused by the events that transpired. The second verse highlights the fact that collecting mistakes only leads to more trouble and that addressing problems head-on is the best way to find resolution. The line "you were pissing in your own backyard" is a metaphor for self-sabotaging behavior that affects individuals and those around them.
Overall, the song speaks to the importance of being accountable for one's actions and the consequences of not doing so. It serves as a reminder that living recklessly ultimately leads to chaos and a lack of peace of mind.
Line by Line Meaning
Slightly out of control we thought we had it all
We were feeling like we were in charge of everything, and we believed we had everything under control
But that night when I called you a fraud
However, on that particular night when I accused you of being dishonest, things started to spiral out of control.
Things got out of hand.
Our conflict became too intense and chaotic to handle.
Slightly out of our minds we were just wasting time
We were not thinking straight, and we were just spending our time doing useless things.
And you see my friend there is no end
And you understand, my friend, that there is no resolution in sight.
Unless you land face down on the ground
Unless you hit rock bottom and completely lose control.
And I need some peace of mind x2
I desperately require inner calmness and serenity.
And you realize x2
And you come to the realization that
You collect mistakes like they're postcards from exotic places
You tend to hold on to your errors and learn from them like precious souvenirs from your travels.
And you realize you were pissing in your own backyard
And you come to the understanding that you were causing harm to yourself.
While you should have said hey and solved the problem
When the solution to your issues was as simple as approaching them with a friendly greeting and solving them amicably.
Slightly out of our minds we were just wasting time x2
We were not thinking straight, and we were just spending our time doing useless things.
Chorus
The chorus repeats the desperate need for inner peace, which can only be achieved by coming to terms with one's mistakes and becoming aware of the harms one causes oneself.
Contributed by Julia N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Dusty Sox
o hai there, just droppin by to say good work with the launch of a new series, along with a few other words of some other stuff
this is probably the first time i'm ever gonna make a larger post of a criticism for any youtube video, and i feel like it's a bit superfluous to go in depth with critiquing this video considering someone else kinda did an analysis comment in this section, but because we have nothing but time during the quarantine i thought I might as well, so feel free to take this as you will (regardless if you heed it or not)
and while there's plenty to talk about editing and audio wise, i thought i'd go over what essentially gives the episode its substance, and that's the writing
tl;dr - look through your script next time and find out what you can cut out, not cut out, or just overall revise for jokes or scenes in general when going through your drafts, and you can really nail luffy if you ramped up his spontaneity with stronger lines
For pretty much the first half of the video, there appears to be a bit of a problem from the bat, and this is somewhat consistent within most Abridgilliance and Schmuck Squad content I've seen: forced humor. Lots of people will tend to say that "comedy is subjective", and I think that's slightly inaccurate to say; I think people's sense of humor is subjective, but it's very possible to be objective about telling when there's a joke and not a joke. There's lots of bits where I can point out where it seems to be like you're just adding in stuff or you could use a bit more "oomph" behind your jokes. Like right off the bat, Roger's line about hindsight to being the Pirate King doesn't really sound like a setup to a joke but more just him reflecting on shit. Then out of nowhere, the reaction that people get is the opposite of what you expect, which is essentially the basis of what comedy is, and had you ended it there I think it would've been fine (fell flat for me because just from being exposed to this kind of humor over time from the group's abridgments, but that's just me), but you continued on with a line from Roger to exacerbate the joke to finish. I could tell that this entire bit was a joke, but the setup to it wasn't very strong or convincing. I think you can trim the fat on those lines or maybe add a part for the executioners to have Roger play off of in order to make the joke a bit stronger and the reaction from the crowd much more warranted. Other parts like that "weird flex" bit, Luffy's "the door disappeared", and Koby commenting on Alvida's body mass after his affirmation didn't feel like jokes but more like "lines added in to try and make people laugh" (or had the same problem as the aforementioned line from Roger). They sound like jokes, but they have no place being in there or can be replaced with something a bit more hard hitting. In fact, that entire scene where the pirate was talking to the hostages didn't feel like it belonged in the first place and that you could just cut it out entirely. Scenes and lines like these create a sort of disconnect from the rest of the episode and disrupt the flow of how it was going. You could have naturally integrated jokes and witty humor if you wrote for it to happen, and granted I know this is only a 6 minute video so it's kinda hard to do that, but at that point you can just cut out those forced/unnecessary bits altogether and the video would still be mildly entertaining.
Another part to this first episode that I wanna bring up is Luffy. He seems like he's gonna be your strongest character going forward, and I can tell you guys had a lot of fun with him. I can tell that he's essentially the character in the show but with a hyperbole to all of his quirky habits and bits, especially with his spontaneity to the max. I think that's a perfectly fine choice for a character, and for the most part you did a good job. I only really wanna say that some of his lines could be stronger going forward, because there were some that felt just "lol random". The door line and the fruit comment in particular strike me as something that's weak or doesn't belong. For the door comment, I think if you wanted to play into his chaotic nature, he could've commented on something Koby had said earlier or just commented on his own situation like "Well I don't know about you, but I got a ham, so life's pretty good I guess." For the fruit line, I could tell that this retort was supposed to underplay how strong he got, but I thought you could do a bit more with it. I can't immediately think of anything off the top of my head, but you can tell just from what I'm saying that it lacked a bit of oomph. Overall, he appeared to have a great start, but these are some things you can work on if you want to strengthen the writing behind him a bit more.
I know I just wrote like an entire graduate's thesis on a 6 minute parody of the first few episodes to a shonen anime (kinda shows how mad this quarantine has made me lol), but I really want to see this go places and you guys had an interesting start. Sometimes the team has a habit of dropping into these pitfalls of what seems to be forced/random humor or whatever, and after some time of watching stuff from the Schmucks I just wanna see the team get past that, and you really have an opportunity on your hands to set that example. At the end, you guys dictate how you wanna go through with this, so feel free to take this as you will; after all, I'm just a fellow abridger hoping you guys the best of luck as you go ahead.
Thanks for reading if you did!
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jack chichei
I would like at least one One Piece abridged series to get past Arlong Park, and this actually might make it there. Excited for more episodes!
Croagunk_ Sniper
Agreed
Uraby210Incorporated
@Veronica Fernandez i wondered whether any of my fans actually spread the word about me. it's nice to know that they do.
Quinn Smith
Theirs one that skipped to crocodile
Chrono Mitsurugi
.....Chi Chei Ive got bad news.
H RAGE
I really hope that it at least makes it to Marineford
Morgan D Freeman
At times of crisis like now, we all need some peace
NikiterBurriter
I feel a void being filled
I miss None Piece
Jake Baldwin
I love that Luffy was literally just SNL Sean Connery
foney2000
Redasatomato as Alvida is the best casting I've heard so far. Everyone else is good, but she has the funnier role!