Collected Animals • Floridada

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Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:31 pm

Kinda rare to get some panda bear falceto! At first I was like is that deaks but then I was like oh wait nah. Man pandas register is still so solid and high. That 'osaka' line. I love watching his face live when he goes to hits those notes and you're thinkin, oh is he gonna get up there?! And he always does. Nice.

Over all I love this shit so much. Super positive vibes. Interesting to see its the first track. What a way to set the tone. Could bring new fire to a discussion about the best opening track on an AC album. Can't fuckin wait to hear the rest. Immediately ordered all three deluxe LP's after hearing this track. Fuuucking so much stokedness beaming outta me right now!

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:20 pm

Joe Biden dug the new track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PINCtslDvI

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:47 pm

TapirMache wrote:

does anyone else get major Electric Light Orchestra vibes on the bridge of Floridada?

oooh nice, can totally hear that

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:55 pm

kafkaesque wrote:

Joe Biden dug the new track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PINCtslDvI

THANK GOD

I can now die happy

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:00 pm

It's time for a change, Animal Collective.

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:03 pm

Texas Trill wrote:

kafkaesque wrote:
Joe Biden dug the new track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PINCtslDvI

THANK GOD

I can now die happy

I hope you're not serious

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:04 pm

Haha not at all. Though I do find Joe Biden more entertaining than most people seem to

Post **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:12 pm

Someone probably already said this, but I love that the lyrics in the bridge of the song are about a bridge. That and all the catchy-as-fuck "da-da"s in the chorus make this whole "AC does a pop song" thing feel really intentional and masterful.

To me it most closely resembles the Water Curses/SJ era which has me beyond excited. Also the fat squelchy modular synths remind me of Lucky 1 and some other Down There tracks, I really hope the whole album builds on those vibes!

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:12 am

The chorus is only 'ok' to me, a little too simple or something. might get a little grating after a bit.

But the rest of it is great "vintage" AC. solid melodies and vocal interplay and interesting sounds, the whole package.

The song title is a little silly but I like the whole idea of "take a vacation to the land of Dadaism!" so it works.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:23 am

is this the crispest song they've ever made? the sounds and production are just insane, sharp and clear, the energy is so present.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:26 am

elks wrote:

I was hoping for live acoustic instrumentation this time round, but Floridada feels very PBVSGR-esque

How so? A few people have said this but I really don't see it. Maybe I just view PBVSGR songs differently.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:39 am

i like the idea of them painting a map with their travels

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:37 am

This song makes me want to travel so much and just be happy and carefree and ughhh. I only wish we got to jam to this in the summer!

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:53 am

Avey beefin on Roy Orbison hard

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:17 am

^you're also comparing a song to a whole palate of sound, i'm thinkin it might be overplayed for u right now... this song is really just making me more jazzed to see what else is in store for the record

maybe itll all click then! thats always the case for me

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:34 am

Tonese Gray wrote:

This on the other hand already feels like I've overplayed it after ten or fifteen listens.

Isn't the fact that you've given this song nearly a dozen listens some sort of testament to its quality? There are several Grim Reaper tracks I've heard once and never again because they bored me to tears but this song - in spite of its seeming banality and childishness - keeps me (and apparently you as well) coming back for more.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:50 am

Even though I like FloriDada I can understand why maybe some ppl aren't digging on it. fwiw Tonese there's this that PK posted earlier about the rest of Painting With

Sonic boom wrote:

.....floridada isnt really the stereotypical pop song .
Surprisesurprise
And i wooden say its really a repeated flavour in the disc ......
.....it sounds really broad to me......
? .......sort of variedly cohesive ......?

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:56 am

I'm confident that 80% of the rest of the songs on the album will outshine floridada. Seems to be a trend for most anco singles in my opinion.

Like floridada is already SO GOOD but the rest of the album will be even more

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:08 am

yeah for sure. I mean is Boys Latin yr favorite song off of PBVSGR? Little Fang off of Slasher Flicks? what about Todays Supernatural? My Girls?

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:18 am

Some thoughts. This song is really fun to listen to with headphones. The synth stabs throughout the verse are awesome. It's totally a pop song but has loads of depth. Love how they cut the sample just before he would've said 'wipeout' originally. The vocals seem to be mixed pretty low actually, or they're just not extremely clear to me instantly, perhaps. What else... on my most recent listen, i thought the vocals in the second section were a bit louder than the first chorus. Maybe? Also i love the gaps in the bass in the final chorus loop. Yay Animal Collective

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:17 am

what if people had subjected the chorus of Grass to as much nitpicking as this chorus?
"Pow! Pow!
Now! Now!"

lol are those the actual Grass lyrics tho?

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:27 am

i get what people are saying about the bridge being like overwhelmingly emotional in a weird way. i just get visions of myself listening to this song in the future, like this will be the one i go to when i'm old and on my deathbead, in my final hours, and they are long dead, and itll make me tear up hearing them trade off vocals there and remembering them. the melody has some kind of built in instant nostalgic feel, like i'm already nostalgic for it on the first listen.
a lot of their music makes me feel nostalgic i guess tho, in different ways.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:03 pm

also avey really brings the energy out of noah

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:06 pm

it seems totally fitting that it has a simple chorus anyway. the song's just really fun.
they can get pretty "deep" but it's nice to see them loosen up and do something this poppy and happy

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:09 pm

i feel like the verse / bridge lyrics are still pretty deep even if the chorus isn't

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:11 pm

Vovenarg wrote:

i get what people are saying about the bridge being like overwhelmingly emotional in a weird way. i just get visions of myself listening to this song in the future, like this will be the one i go to when i'm old and on my deathbead, in my final hours, and they are long dead, and itll make me tear up hearing them trade off vocals there and remembering them.

ok this sounds so cheesy but I kinda got chills reading this, definitely know what u mean. the bridge melody paired with the way it builds up right there, gets me every time
:negative:

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:18 pm

does the very beginning of this make anyone else think of chocolate girl? i keep expecting it to turn into that during the first 10 seconds or so

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:21 pm

FAF wrote:

does the very beginning of this make anyone else think of chocolate girl? i keep expecting it to turn into that during the first 10 seconds or so

I definitely see that!
one day I actually started this song and then changed it to another of their songs and it was starting out with the same note... it wasn't Chocolate Girl but there's another one out there

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:35 pm

the intro was reminding me of another song and I couldn't put my finger on it, just realized it's this jib kidder song

Spoiler: show

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:26 pm

^^yeah!

has anyone posted this Newsweek article abt the origin of the track?

wrote:

"It's sort of inspired by hating on people from Florida," David Portner reveals

lol

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:38 pm

Night Park wrote:

Spoiler: show
^^yeah!

has anyone posted this Newsweek article abt the origin of the track?
wrote:
"It's sort of inspired by hating on people from Florida," David Portner reveals

lol

lol, out of context it almost sounds like he's doing the hating himself

wrote:

"It's sort of inspired by hating on people from Florida ... I was driving in L.A. and flipping through the radio dial and came across a morning radio show where they're just talking all the time. They had a segment called, like, 'Dumb Things People Are Doing In Florida.' It kind of bothered me."

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:47 pm

"The only reason to go to Florida is to identify your daughter's dead body."- Patton Oswalt

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:59 pm

reddit.com/r/floridaman

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:12 pm

Yeah Florida is crazy and a lot of people who live hear hate it too. I think the heat and the Bermuda Triangle really gets to us.

Cool that Avey felt bad for us good people here in this weird ass state.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:00 pm

it sounds like they might be giants

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:37 pm

they are pretty great. Watch the doc about them, A Tale of Two Johns

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:47 pm

Sorry to be the party pooper in this circle jerk, but this track is severely underwhelming. Which is surprising considering the tone of the track. The chorus is painfully cheesy and not endearing. It's almost as if it's trying so hard to accessible, that it becomes unbearable. Lyrically this falls flat and sonically it's not what I enjoy about animal collective, even in there pop moments. Definitely disappointed with this one. Hope the album turns to be a major improvement.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:24 pm

WHENEVER MULTIPLE PEOPLE ENJOY SOMETHING AND AGREE ON ITS QUALITY THINGS OFTEN TAKE A TURN DOWN "CIRCLE JERK LANE", INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THIS IS ALSO SAID TO HAPPEN WHENEVER MULTIPLE PEOPLE DO NOT ENJOY SOMETHING. DAMNED IF YOU DO DAMNED IF YOU DON'T IT SEEMS. IF ONLY THERE WERE MORE THAN 2 WAYS TO PROCESS NEW TRACKS, OR FEWER PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT THEM.

WHEN I HEAR DAVID PORTNER SAY "FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA

FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADAFLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADAFLORIDADA FLORIDADAFLORIDADA FLORIDADA

FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADAFLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA
FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA FLORIDADA",

I LITERALLY FEEL PAIN, JUST LIKE YOU.

I ALSO HATE HOW I DIDN'T COME AWAY FEELING ASSURED THAT THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE HAD GONE INTO THE FLORIDADA WRITING PROCESS WITH THE AIM TO ENDEAR ME. UGH!!!

THANK YOU COUNT CHOCULA FOR GIVING AIRTIME TO SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN FEELING BUT HAVE BEEN WHOLLY UNABLE TO PUT INTO WORDS.

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:33 pm

No one is saying it was their aim to be endearing. Often the quality about cheesy media is that it has an endearing quality to it. I get it. Everyone here loves animal collective, but I think it's important to be honest when it comes to taking in music. And this does not deliver. A lot of people agree, a lot disagree. Reception for CHz was pretty mild and given the nature of this track, it's only going to polarize people more

Post **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:38 pm

Everyone I know irl that's heard the track really digs it. It's bouncy, catchy and fun but it's still very ac. Sucks your disappointed but please don't try to act as if people are being dishonest about the way they feel.