Noah Lennox really loved his dad. Noah said this about him in an interview, "He was a surgeon, but in 2002 he got brain cancer and died. My first solo record, Young Prayer, was all about him. He was the biggest influence on my life and his death still affects me now." Dave Portner, Noah's band mate, directed the video for Tropic of Cancer. It's like Animal Collective re-shot the last scene of the 1982 movie "White Dog." But instead of the dog representing racism, the dog in the video represents cancer. It's owner, whom I presume to be Death, let's the dog loose and it literally tears the panda family apart. But Noah and Dave depict the heartbreaking event in a beautiful, serene manner. The parade is over but I don't think there could be a better eulogy for Noah's dad than this song and video. It's easy to be bitter about losing a family member to cancer. In a weird way, listening to the lyrics of this song and watching the video has brought me a little more peace.
Noah Lennox really loved his dad. Noah said this about him in an interview, "He was a surgeon, but in 2002 he got brain cancer and died. My first solo record, Young Prayer, was all about him. He was the biggest influence on my life and his death still affects me now." Dave Portner, Noah's band mate, directed the video for Tropic of Cancer. It's like Animal Collective re-shot the last scene of the 1982 movie "White Dog." But instead of the dog representing racism, the dog in the video represents cancer. It's owner, whom I presume to be Death, let's the dog loose and it literally tears the panda family apart. But Noah and Dave depict the heartbreaking event in a beautiful, serene manner. The parade is over but I don't think there could be a better eulogy for Noah's dad than this song and video. It's easy to be bitter about losing a family member to cancer. In a weird way, listening to the lyrics of this song and watching the video has brought me a little more peace.