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Listening to The Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni (thoughts and opinions)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2020
- Listening to Cassandra Geminni by The Mars Volta
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There's more creativity in this song than a lot of artists have in their whole careers.
After hearing the newest album they put out I miss this level of creativity 😔
@@thevolta89 listen to it some more, i tought the same, but you have to become a better LISTENER yes or yes, it might be more polished, but it is there, trust me. I've been listening to ORL/CBZ since 98, it's just gotten better and better :3
@@thevolta89 Nah, rather you were hoping that after a decade of inactivity they would return to do the same thing. And there's already a lot of that in the band as well as in what Omar has done as a solo artist.
@@thevolta89 nahh it is creative! Its their own take on pop music, and its done amazingly! Sure, its not as hectic and overstimulating as their other albums, but its still amazing
Frances the mute is the greatest album that will ever be written
Fun Fact: The Miles Davis comparisons are on point. When this album was recorded, Omar would write parts for the other musicians without giving them context of the songs. They were basically playing self sufficient songs and were overlayed in post.
@BallisticWeenie They were given no context, and were NOT given any, or allowed to listen to any of the other musicians recorded parts.. each musician played and recorded their parts to a metronome, one-on-one with ORL.. Their first time hearing what the songs would later sound like on the album, was over the course of just a small handful of shows, as rehearsals of sorts (that just sounded like improvised jams, as they were just incorporated into songs.. what I mean is they weren’t like “this next one is a song from our upcoming album..” The set lists didn’t have the names of songs from the upcoming album.. for instance on The Mars Volta Live album .. not ScabDates .. the jam in the middle of Drunkship of Lanterns is actually one of the first full band rehearsals of Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus.. when recording of the album was finished, and they could finally hear the album as it was intended (besides the few times they sort of partially debuted them as jams during the performances of songs from DeLoused) they only had about 2-3 weeks of a break from touring, with a few full band rehearsals of the entirety of the album, before they began the touring in support of Frances the Mute.. They also opened up for RHCP during the North American leg of the Stadium Arcadium.. where in many instances John Frusciante and Flea would play with TMV on any songs that they were featured on in the album, and during the intermission break of the RHCP set, when Frusciante would come out to usually play a cover of a song, he would bring out Omar Rodriguez Lopez and instead play songs from his 6 solo albums released in 2006 that featured him.. for ex Anne, or Lever Pulled..
A fun fact that drives me mad! Hard to believe that anyone could play this tight without hearing what the rest of the band was doing! Even the basic rhythm tracks are so elaborate with multiple time changes!!
This ain't just a song, it's a full body and soul experience. Every time I listen to it it gives me goosebumps and takes me everywhere.
He did it, absolute mad lad
after the first part, oh he is doing the whole thing.
my exact first 3 words
I have had this tradition since 2010 of listening to this song on any flight I’m on. It’s great it shaves off a good 30 minutes.
I also listen to the Mars Volta on flights! Flying long haul and waking up to the scary ambient stuff from Frances the mute is a unique experience
The best part is that he doesn’t pause and give his reactions periodically like others do
We get to enjoy his facial reactions and listen along as he's digesting the music
Tarantism is just unreal. That drop into it and the shredding, still gets me, all these years later (8:03)
The crazy part is this is a basic song structure. Intro, verse, chorus, verse chorus, bridge, chorus, outro. It's just the bridge is like 8 different parts and is 20 something minutes long.
I think it's hilarious that you needed to take a 5 hour break. The song is insane. Great react.
Totally justified break IMHO!
Absolutely
The Mars Volta is a band that are definitely an acquired taste. It’s such an assault on the cerebral cortex. When I first discovered them it took some time to digest and appreciate how phenomenal they truly are.
My first time I remember thinking, "I need to be alone with this.. this is too much. Ima do it on mushrooms.. been in love ever since lol.
I consider myself profoundly lucky to grow up with this band. I remember clearly church camp summer 2005, top bunk, Frances the Mute in the CD player, blowing my 16 year old mind.
Yeah and many have short attention spans when it comes to music so don't want to digest entire albums or songs like this. They're missing out
Well put, that’s pretty much my experience. At first I couldn’t break through their wall of sound and it sounded like garbage to me, later on it finally clicked and it felt like a new dimension opened in my ears. I’ve never heard another band like them, truly amazing
No different from any other prog band I'd argue. I think especially already listening to King Crimson helped me understand these folks quick.
As someone who has listened to the Mars Volta almost 20 years now, watching someone listening to Cassandra Gemini for the first time and adequately describing the thorough assault on all senses it is, everything about this video fills me with joy.
They manage to find an aggressiveness not found in the hardest of metal, complexity that spans across so many genres and styles, musicality and playing of the absolute highest level and yet somehow make it into an ear worm. Hooks that stay with you for years, accents that you only discover after the 50th time listening, too much to unpack for one brain. If you ever find the time, the entire Frances the mute album is a masterpiece, well worth the time and then some. I saw the opening show of the european Frances the Mute tour back in 2005, still without a doubt the most impressive concert I've ever experienced, they somehow managed to be even more impressive live.
The first time I heard this song was on an afterglow comedown of an intense acid trip...needless to say I fell in love with this piece of music and listened to it in the car for a week straight.
Haha! Nice 👌!
Jon Theodore was the drummer for their first 3 lp's.
And now he's falling asleep behind the kit for QOTSA
@@TisTheDamnStickSeason lol. That is a major change for him.
@@TisTheDamnStickSeason the live performances are great w him tho, hope he lets it loose on the next record.
I saw them live just after this album came out. Yes, they did perform the whole thing, and yes, straight through with no breaks. Absolutely brilliant.
Saw them do the same with The Bedlam in Goliath at Voodoo Fest. Not a word, stepped on stage and jammed til the end of the album.
I had the privilege of experiencing the mars volta live 5 times. I saw them at the Greek in LA on the Frances tour. My buddy and I had the worst fuckin seats, but 30 mins before the show, he mentioned that his aunt knew the sound engineer at the Greek and he could upgrade our seats. We went to the sound area or whatever the hell its called we asked for him. Will never forget his name, Greg Nelson
. Dude ended up hooking us up with pit tickets and I saw Cassandra Gemini in its entirety, and I was 15 feet away from the band.
All hail Greg Nelson. May his name be remembered in perpetuity!
Same experience at Roseland ballroom in NY. the whole. damn. thing. I could almost touch Cedric! Life changing
I feel like people are too impatient with volta, so it's good to see stuff like this getting around now
Also around 18 mins when you say it's the track that keeps giving... that guitar melody actually sounds a lot like a bit from the jam rodriguez lopez did with flea and john frusciante back in the day. Just 2 guitars and a bass, it's on youtube somewhere, you would enjoy it
I love Volta. I don't get impatient. Sometimes I find them grating on my ears though to be honest. They've done some really great stuff though but sometimes to me there are parts that are unnecessary. I guess it depends on my mood
that was a project they did called automatic writing
Did anyone find it?
“There’s no light, in the darkness of your inner regions”!
Such an awesome lyric! Like most of their songs!
"twenty-five snakes pour out your eyes, yeah." Cedric is a MASTER lyricist and no one can tell me otherwise
I'm starting to feel a miscarriage coming on
A lot of people don't realize how fucked up the story on this album really is because they don't take the time to dissect the lyrics, but hoo boy is it dark
100
Love Cedric but he's hardly a lyricist in the traditional sense - the majority of his lyrics are automatic writing
Have you ever read his accompanying story for De-Loused? Wild stallyns!
Hi, Jim! This song was a bold move. TMV always brings a musical tsunami over you, doesn't it! I never get bored of them.
Yikes! I made it through alive....!
I’ve noticed that after each listen things in the real world sound more crisp and delicate for a few hours. This track is like doing stretches for your ears and brain.
I wish I could have the experience of hearing this album for the first time again. Even after my 10,000th listen it still doens't get old.
You're very brave for taking on this one. It's quite a lot to take in and to digest on a first listen. What a band, though, incredible.
>see video length
>it's a reaction to the 32 minute version
LET'S GOOOOO
I could binge reactions to this song all day long
Yep
Listening to this is literally like taking an acid trip, with no drugs in your system! It’s like the creation of a mad genius, with an entire band pulling it off!
One of my favorite tracks by TMV. I love driving around blasting this shit. The only track I could say I like more is The song Frances The Mute, which wasn't even on the album because a lack of disc space and they had to release it on an EP prior to the album's release. The only band I know of who released a title track for an album that wasn't on that album, lol.
Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” was released on Physical Graffiti, which came out after Houses of the Holy the album.
Queen's Sheer Heart Attack was released on News Of The world in 1977, and the album Sheer Heart Attack released in 1974
Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
Hahaha damn, I thought I was the only blasting this shit in my car driving around town as well. Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt is usually right after 👍
@@Francis_The_Mute336 Which one Cassandra Gemini, or Frances The Mute? If you want to get weird looks from people, play "The Bible and the Breathalyzer"
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to listen to this! The drummer is John Theordore on this album.
He finally did it!! I've seen them play this live. What an experience.
Truly lucky. They only played it all the way through live a handful of times from what I’ve gathered. Must have been amazing! This is my favorite song, I’ve literally got a tattoo about it covering half my arm lol
I had to see them 4 times to catch it, but they did it
@@LaceChaser pop
Well you just listened to the best song ever made and that ever will be made. You can now die a happy man with no regerts.
I had to chew on this album for months before I could swallow. Its even harder to digest lol. It's probably one of my favorite albums of all time. Just because they won me over after me resisting and resisting from fully embracing this album. Man, i give you props for not quitting out half way! Cheers!✌️
Don’t give up we out here
Jim, I think I speak for everyone when say you NEED to listen to their song Tetragrammaton! It’s almost 17 minutes of some of the most mind blowing music you’ll ever hear
Saw this live at the Greek Theatre in full. I miss them live. I miss them in general. Thanks for the TMV love.
In LA? I was there too. Glorious night
@@alvinduran5540 Yessir
Seeing Volta live at the Greek was, hands down, the most incredible musical experience of my life
(Greek in Berkeley)
I was there! Simply sublime and at the peak of their career. So glad we got to experience it.
Incredibly brave for you to tackle this monster, and that's exactly what it is. One of the greatest musical moments ever created, hands down. Loved watching you hear this for the first time, it melted my brain back in 2005 😜
Your comment about absolutely loving this but knowing people who would completely hate it is so accurate! Happy to see you fell on the love side... and I couldn’t agree more. Still listen to this amazing song and album all the time. It’s innovative and timeless. Great video Jim. My recommendation from here is pretty “out there” but I think you might like it: Limerent Death by The Dillinger Escape Plan.
This album or pretty much TMV as a whole were a sound that took a lot of people time to wrap thier heads around what they were listening to. At first listen, I couldn't make it through the first track and had to turn it off. I never really liked but a couple of songs of theirs but, as with all things.. time and repetition became the road map for an appreciation for music I had never had before. Deloused & Frances The Mute are what I would consider albums that quite literally changed my life. There's no going back after truly taking these albums in. One of the most misunderstood, under appreciated, and pioneering groupings of talent the likes of which I may not see again in my life time. The Mars Volta, if you don't get it the first time around Sisyphus; you know what you need to do.
Finally a friend I can listen to Mars Volta with!
It’s a great song, great album, great band. The box set is incredible!
Back story to the track?
Thank you so much for doing this one Jim, I really appreciate it and it is one of my “Jim bucket list” tunes. The first half is just an aural assault that is so intense and seems to escalate section by section. I don’t think my heart could take it if the entire 32 minutes was at that same intensity.
It is just a very exciting piece. One of the first times I really listened to it, I was sitting in my car one lunchtime and I was just transfixed by those opening 16 minutes or so. It was a game changer for me and made a lot of other music seem dull.
Of course you post this right as I’m leaving for a 14 hour car ride! LOL
Way to go Jim!!! We will watch this when we get to our destination!!
You are the man!!
Did you get there in the end? Hope the journey wasn't too onerous!
Jim Newstead
You checking up on us made my day and made me laugh pretty good! Thanks!
We made it on our journey just fine but are now dealing with the remnants of the hurricane that passed through. We haven’t had the glorious 45 minutes of time it will take yo enjoy this video but trust me, it’s been an itch I’ve been wanting to scratch. We will probably get to it soon. I hope!
Be well all. Hug your loved ones.
If you can imagine, my first exposure to this song was live. They had the balls to open with this song and I swear it felt like it was 2 hrs. I'm pretty sure they only played 5-7 songs as it was. They played Cygnus and Widow for sure. It was insanity.
I knew Deloused in the comatorium, i can't remember if Francis was even out yet.
Edit: well fuck I was wrong! Here's the set list for those interested:
Drunkship of Lanterns
Concertina
Cygnus...vismund cygnus
Roulette Dares
Take the veil cerpin taxt
The Widow
L'Via L'Viaquez
Cassandra Gemini
This is my favorite compilation of music by TMV. I get the itch all the time and have to listen to the entire album uninterrupted. That being said, it certainly puts one in a daze but the anticipation for what is coming next is almost addictive... You hear it in other music sometimes but this really satisfies that crave for a sonic journey where you get to have your cake and eat it too.
Just a fun FYI - that's Flea on the trumpet
Holy shit I didn't expect you to actually do it. I wish I had your brain, it took me many listens to penetrate TMV but you get 80% of it on the first round!
I’ve listened to this many times back when it came out. I got lost in it spectacularly. Masterpiece
Wonderful. Dig deeper on TMV mate. Almost, definitely not torture. Genius. It gets better when you listen a few times through and can find more nuances, additional depth and incredible musicianship. The acoustic ending mimics the start of the album. Really should give the first half a full listen as well. Love your channel, Jim.
I’m so jealous you get to experience this for your first time! It’s such a dense mind blowing song, always put it on when I’m going for a long run or bike. Definitely gets the lead out! 😅
🎶 no, there's no light in the darkest of your furthest reaches 🎶
🎶 shock lest shackles free you
volt face cons
abandon you again
i won't feel, not this time 🎶
a momentous task indeed to take this masterpiece on. glad you did.
Epic!!! Man try with roulette dares or in absentia...
For some reason, Omar's noise solo around 20:50-21:30 reminds me of every quiet moment of small talk with a stranger.
Meccamputechture...
Wow you finally did it congrats 👍
The payoff when the chorus from the first section comes back in at the end is just incredible - but it only hits if you listen to the whole thing. Can't just skip to the last 5 minutes. The satisfaction is gone having not made it through the entire 30+ minutes.
Thanks for sharing Jim! I've been watching your videos for a good while now, and I enjoy your solo work as well as your reaction videos. TMV is a tough nut to crack and I'm always on the lookout for a favorite new track as my exposure to them has been limited up until recently. If you haven't yet heard it already, Cicatriz ESP is an absolutely banging track. Accessible and catchy are not terms i would normally attach to a TMV song, but this song has both qualities and then some. Timely and topical lyrics, it has that too. "beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague" oh yeah, and did i mention the Santana style breakdown? Fucking smoking. I would be very curious to see your reaction to it, as would a great many of your followers in my opinion. Thanks again for the reaction, please check out Cicatriz ESP, you will be blown away. Cheers mate!
Wow such a brave epic comeback :D This band/song is is out of this world!
So glad you listened to this song. I had gotten some of The Mars Volta stuff way before I discovered your channel but you really made me appreciate them in ways I didn't know how to before. Because of that I picked up a couple more albums back in the spring and Frances the Mute being one of them. When I got to Cassandra Gemini I knew this had to be a song for one of your videos. I listened to this album a lot for the first several weeks just so I could digest it all and make sense of it and this song just got better and better with each listen.
Couldn't agree more, one of the best "pieces" of music ever written. A modern day symphony if you ask me lol It's definitely a lot to take in for the first time but going back will make you appreciate it even more because you'll discover so many parts you didn't even notice the first time!
We got there... we got there and back.
Being that, I guess I could say, I’ve waited over a year for this video I wanted to give it our due respect and wait until we could both sit down and really enjoy it.
Couldn’t have expected anything more from it. Jim, they sure are fun aren’t they? Love how you get through your description articulating the way we all feel after hearing these gems for the first time. Well done.
There are no limits to the number of times one can explore and enjoy this prog opus. I’ve maybe listened to this track (nah, too many to guess) ___ times and I felt like I heard a overdubbed Cedric run I’ve never heard before. Truly they are one of a kind. Even if you never reacted to another Mars track you’ve done a wonderful service. I’m guessing it won’t be the last though.
Cheers!
Awesome man, thanks so much for checking out more Volta!
best song ever recorded.
Thanks for reviewing this album!!
Wonderful you did this. Thank you 😊. You need several listens, for sure, but still, thats the first listen.
Every time I listen, a new layer reveals itself.
I didn't get a notification of this until today. Haven't watched it yet, I think you're going to love this haunted cacophony!
What am I saying? You already have! Something else, eh? Even better live, I hope to see them again. It'll happen, I don't think they can stay apart for very long.
What better way to spend the time waiting on my GTA Summer update downloading, cheers, man!
Frances is something to behold. So under rated. It's fucking great. Thank you
Stoked you got around to it
🙌it finally happened🙌
Thank you! I was one of the many asking for this. It does things to me too lol
Always down for more Volta, the stuff on Amputechture is fine work. Day of the Baphomets, Meccamputechture and Tetragrammaton are the fucking holy trinity.
Also maybe check out Godspeed You! Black Emperor if you have the patience and the track Rosa Rugosa by Anywhere which I’m pretty sure Cedric did the drums for. (Anywhere’s lineup is rarely the same from track to track)
You should check out The Mars Volta live album, Scabdates. Even if you don’t react to it it’s a great listen. Is was put together the same way as Cassandra and most of the longer TMV songs by combining recorded sections and piecing them together to form one longer piece. Scabdates does this with bits and pieces of songs from their 2004 & 2005 tours. It’s also chaotic and a bit tedious to listen to in places, but it’s a beautiful piece of work.
100%
Bless you for this. Love the TVM vids
Late to the party. I used to crank the volume on my zune....lmao, back on deployment and ride the bus on my day off in Baghdad every 3rd week. Some days I'd miss my stops on purpose and just jam this song straight through..sneaking glances through the drawn blinds at the war destroyed city. That's a memory, dunno good or bad but it's one I'll carry till my grave
love your content thank you
Bloody amazing! So many people I've tried to turn onto MV they just don't get it!, cheers fron Calgary Canada 🇨🇦
Good one, Jim. Glad you're alright, mate! 😜
If you like brass, check out the band COMO ASESINAR A FELIPES, song INTERIOR part I & II
Ejaleeeeh!
Love your channel ❤
I subbed after this video!
Well done!
I'm so addicted to watching these.
If I am already wanting to listen to some TMV then I might as well watch someone's virgin mind break while I'm at it... I have a problem.
In all seriousness though bruv I really enjoy your content and I hope to see lots more!
This is funny I was just listening to this today, first time in a bit and I was like oh yeah.. This is my favorite Mars Volta song. Duh!
Melechesh - Multiple truths next pls ! Its a rare hidden gem that sets a high standard for the very band that created it. It's a very tasty and fascinating mix between beautifull melodic lines and mystic a thmosphere and sick heavy riffage. The thematic and lyrics are at least as fascinating and they quite well balance the message with the instrumentation. There are definitely black and death metal influences but that's doesn't really tells you a lot about their sound. Can't wait to see you reaction !
Keep up the good work, sir. Thank you.
Thanks, will do!
Look at The balls on you mate!
Great job 👌it's a mind melt for sure 🤯
Boom!
Is really cool 😎😎😎😎
Just stumbled on your channel, I really like hearing your thoughts at the end!
Hell yeah
You sir are the man.
PLEASE LISTEN TO ROULETTE DARES!!!!
People are so impatient with TMV, just cause a song is a slow burner or is long as hell doesn't mean it sucks!! Just chill and enjoy the vibes h8rs
I can understand not liking Volta, but what a privilege it is to *get* and love them
Love this jam. Ive seen many of your videos. Sometimes you gotta step back and recharge ya know? Lol you should check out Altesia The Prison Child is awesome
they are releasing full discography vinyl boxset in april. get one while you can :D
Too late.... it sold out across the world within minutes of going on pre order. 😔
It is very funny because in this song I always focus in the bass and drums.
17:59 watching you vibe with the bass before you mentioned it was cool
I'm told this is to be considered as one movement but the ending part connects with the start of the album.
Listening to this album is a process to be taken slowly
You’re not wrong!
25 wives in the lake tonight
@Tyler Hawksmoor I find it odd that I get a notification to the reply you made to a comment I made (that for some equally odd reason, I cannot find) but from that notification I can read that you say something along the lines of “I (me) know a lot of information, but that I made up a good bit of information towards the end.. you say flea never played with TMV(at a live show), and that John only played with them a handful of times(at live shows).. Now, John only playing with them a handful of times makes the most sense considering he’s on far more tracks and they only toured together so often.. but I was at the show.. I went there MORE for TMV than I did RHCP... and perhaps it was only for a short little while but Flea most certainly did play. It was a long time ago (2003).. and Juan Alderete WAS there.. so maybe it was more of a guest spot.. a “don’t get yourself too worked up and cheat the people (the majority) of what they paid to see” spot.. idk... you tell me..
buena reaccion..
The middle-ish is so good!