I remember you mentioned Frances at the end of one of your Mr Bungle videos and is the only reason I even discovered Mars Volta in the first place. It’s only a slight exaggeration when I say that listening to Mars Volta has changed my life.
I saw them in LA this most recent tour. The crowd was horrible but it was easily the BEST CONCERT IVE EVER SEEN. I've been to a ton of shows this year (GY!BE, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Hiatus Kaiyote and Flying Lotus (!), and more) but I was NOT expecting TMV to put on such a fantastic show. That's the most energy and happiness I've ever felt by a live music show in my life. Crowd was horrible but I didn't even care, the music was just so good. Best band ever, and Frances The Mute is definitely in my top 5 albums of all time. Amazing video, thanks for uploading man.
I discovered The Mars Volta about 8 months ago through this album, I found it at a thrift store having only heard "The Widow" previously, and was like 'fuck it, why not' I did not get what I expected Anyway TMV is probably my 4th favorite band now
I used to dance along to Cassandra and the raw bark part suggests that it's time to move the pelvis, progressively towards sexual movements. It's not just the lyrics, everything in the music is going to culminate with an orgasm more clearly described by the guitar.
As for the ending of The Widow, I think it's alluding to drowning ("Pale runs the ghost/Then I'm swollen on the shore"), and those disjointed keys are a musical soundscape of being trapped by the water, unable to break free. Granted, I also used to think that the wild sax solo at the end of Cassandra Gemini was supposed to be Cassandra being r@þəð, so what do I know?
I think Frances the Mute is meant to be a sort of no context spoiler right at the start, which would be filled in as you go Which maybe also explains why they weren't *that* miffed to lose it
I’ve always thought that the title track was placed during the atmospheric parts of cassandra. Like while Cygnus is having this drugged or un drugged epiphany he hears a phone ringing as a hallucination that reminds him of what he heard from miranda, or hearing the spirit of Frances
I really like this album as well. It came out very close to when I was born, and my dad would always play it when I was little. Of course I never thought about there being a story, but I always loved L'Via L'Viaquez, and I just drove close to 9 hours to Columbus, OH to see them (and got lucky enough to be by the stage near Omar). Thanks for the explanation.
This video is insane.. I've known about the Mars Volta for a long time as they've influenced many of my favourite bands. However I only recently started listening to their discography and I'm so glad that I did. Thanks for the in depth analysis and I'm so jealous you got to see them live, I hope they'll come to Europe some time soon 🙏
@@VanemanaAMVs bands like Hail the Sun and Circa Survive, If you don't know them and enjoy them, I'd also recommend bands like a lot like birds, the Fall of Troy and Stolas
I found The Mars Volta through the song Tetragrammaton in 2006 and went through the albums, and ever since I mantain that Cassandra Gemini is Omar's Magnum Opus and Frances The Mute is the best album of all time for me. I've been listening to Pink Floyd, Rush, Throbbing Gristle and other references, but this album just doesn't get out of my mind.
I can't avoid write everything I think about the album. I consider Frances The Mute the fifth best album of all time, in my opinion it is surpassed by Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (obviously), Five Peace Band Live by Chick Corea & John McLaughlin and Romantic Warrior by Return To Forever. The 5 albums that I mentioned (and adding to the complete soundtracks of Halo and The Lord of the Rings), are not only the compositions that have transmitted the most feelings and emotions to me, and continue to transmit when listening to them, they are also the works that best I was completely understood, which I feel should not be considered music, but something more than being named eighth wonders. I think that no praise, no acclamation by everyone, not even the best possible place that is given to them, will do them justice, because they are so perfect in every way... I still remember the first time I wanted to get into The Mars Volta, when I first heard Frances The Mute, and when I finished doing it, what was my final verdict on doing it? That the only thing I liked was the cover, because the rest was the weirdest and most pretentious shit I had ever heard in my life, I belittled it, and everything related to the band, I left it in oblivion for a while. By the time I decided to give the band another shot, the album itself (and I'm honest, I did it to kill time, I'm thank you for doing it), and finished listening to it again, I felt like I had gotten hooked on it. little, and then I wondered, man, or am I really the problem? Because, what I still hadn't been able to understand at that time with FTM, is that I was dealing with a very different work from what I always used to listen to, something more than a simple album, so when I decided to listen to it again, I said to myself, pay more attention to the album, take into account everything it is offering you, let yourself be embraced by that strange and unique magic that you are barely getting to know, its spirituality, let yourself be carried away by all its qualities, its atmosphere, its lyrics, its rhythm, its aggressiveness, its sinister, calm, crazy, sad and epic tone, and then you can more comfortably give your verdict, because little by little I was realizing all those details for each blessed second that passed when each glorious song sounded, I was realizing that everything was beginning to make sense, as if it had been about having managed to transcend into another reality. Seriously, in all my years of life, had I found something that I didn't know was part of my life and I was? scorning unfairly? There came a time when I couldn't stop listening to the album without resting, appreciating everything about it more and more, I even got to study it, and discover its architecture and melodic engineering behind it, study it again, analyze it, I no longer care. I could get it out of my head, I couldn't help not thinking about it, humming the lyrics and the melody... By this point I was already completely sorry for not having misjudged it from the beginning, for not having understood it, each new Playing it is like a new experience for me, a new satisfying journey, and for me not every album manages to do that, with FTM I found solace, I found a part of me that will never go away, I found everything I like of music, will always have a place in my heart. If I had to keep only 2 The Mars Volta songs, they would be without a doubt Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus & Cassandra Gemini, as well as Kashmir, Stargazer and Achilles Last Stand, are the songs with which I show my inner self.
tbh with music reviews i just kinda shoot the shit. just watch interviews from the mars volta and maybe bring a thesaurus given his lyrics are kinda ridiculosu
@@DarkShines86 Honestly I've been surprised by how quickly things start to fall into place once you start thinking the right way. Only real challenge is that I know fuck all musical terminology
Funny, I was at that show and I also flew to Dallas that day but when I got to the airport I realized the cheaper ticket I bought was for a different month so I had to blow another $250 to get there. I've seen Volta and Omar many times so I felt underwhelmed by this show, mainly because the drummer was just not as stunning as any of their drummers. I did think Cedric performed better than any other time I've seen him. His voice is way more controlled these days.
The ringing in the opening of Frances the Mute is the sound of altar bells, albeit with a echoing distortion applied to them. To me it conjures up the visual of a traditional Catholic mass, and each time the altar bell rings we see a snippet of Frances's awful life and the true nature of the perverted clergy that lies beneath the outwardly sacred public façade put on by the church.
I'm sure you are aware of the "song" Frances the Mute that was cut from the album I'm not sure if I heard you talk about it during your video but if by some chance you aren't aware of it you should really listen to it such a shame it was cut from the albym .
@@Theybo2 i guess you could make an arguement saying that the story as a whole can be interprited as a message against some kind of religious hipocrasy or how the church has fallen or something like that. To be fair good storys can have bad people as protagonists.
De-Loused >> Frances the Mute >>>> the rest of the discography continues decreasing in quality with each subsequent release. Literally every song on De-Loused is perfect, while on Frances, The Widow is good but ultimately forgettable.
If we're comparing every album to deloused, then yeah the self-titled album and other ones before it are horrible at being that album. Their last three albums are pretty good at what they do in my opinion, even if it isn't the same vibe as the ones before it
JEW-LEEO is killing me
I'm very dumb and i cringe now that I look back at this video lmao trust me i realized it soon after i uploaded it.
@@Theybo2 it’s ok :) you’re not dumb you just didn’t know. My family is Mexican. I love your video.
Idk if someone alr said but the chirping in the beginning of Miranda are coquis, a frog native to Puerto Rico 28:08
I remember you mentioned Frances at the end of one of your Mr Bungle videos and is the only reason I even discovered Mars Volta in the first place. It’s only a slight exaggeration when I say that listening to Mars Volta has changed my life.
They were my favorite band in middle school and they're still one of my core influences
I saw them in LA this most recent tour. The crowd was horrible but it was easily the BEST CONCERT IVE EVER SEEN. I've been to a ton of shows this year (GY!BE, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Hiatus Kaiyote and Flying Lotus (!), and more) but I was NOT expecting TMV to put on such a fantastic show. That's the most energy and happiness I've ever felt by a live music show in my life. Crowd was horrible but I didn't even care, the music was just so good. Best band ever, and Frances The Mute is definitely in my top 5 albums of all time. Amazing video, thanks for uploading man.
I discovered The Mars Volta about 8 months ago through this album, I found it at a thrift store having only heard "The Widow" previously, and was like 'fuck it, why not'
I did not get what I expected
Anyway TMV is probably my 4th favorite band now
I used to dance along to Cassandra and the raw bark part suggests that it's time to move the pelvis, progressively towards sexual movements. It's not just the lyrics, everything in the music is going to culminate with an orgasm more clearly described by the guitar.
As for the ending of The Widow, I think it's alluding to drowning ("Pale runs the ghost/Then I'm swollen on the shore"), and those disjointed keys are a musical soundscape of being trapped by the water, unable to break free. Granted, I also used to think that the wild sax solo at the end of Cassandra Gemini was supposed to be Cassandra being r@þəð, so what do I know?
I think Frances the Mute is meant to be a sort of no context spoiler right at the start, which would be filled in as you go
Which maybe also explains why they weren't *that* miffed to lose it
My favourite album of all time.
Just like me fr
I’ve always thought that the title track was placed during the atmospheric parts of cassandra. Like while Cygnus is having this drugged or un drugged epiphany he hears a phone ringing as a hallucination that reminds him of what he heard from miranda, or hearing the spirit of Frances
Good pfp
I really like this album as well. It came out very close to when I was born, and my dad would always play it when I was little. Of course I never thought about there being a story, but I always loved L'Via L'Viaquez, and I just drove close to 9 hours to Columbus, OH to see them (and got lucky enough to be by the stage near Omar). Thanks for the explanation.
This video is insane.. I've known about the Mars Volta for a long time as they've influenced many of my favourite bands. However I only recently started listening to their discography and I'm so glad that I did. Thanks for the in depth analysis and I'm so jealous you got to see them live, I hope they'll come to Europe some time soon 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Influences on who exactly? I could do with a rabbit hole if I don't know em already.
@@VanemanaAMVs bands like Hail the Sun and Circa Survive,
If you don't know them and enjoy them, I'd also recommend bands like a lot like birds, the Fall of Troy and Stolas
@@florasock4292 I haven't heard any Stolas or Hail the Sun. Thanks for the recommendation.
I found The Mars Volta through the song Tetragrammaton in 2006 and went through the albums, and ever since I mantain that Cassandra Gemini is Omar's Magnum Opus and Frances The Mute is the best album of all time for me. I've been listening to Pink Floyd, Rush, Throbbing Gristle and other references, but this album just doesn't get out of my mind.
Yes absolutely same here brother they fucking killed it i saw them at Royal oak theater in Royal okay Michigan
I was there too!! 🤘🏽
I can't avoid write everything I think about the album.
I consider Frances The Mute the fifth best album of all time, in my opinion it is surpassed by Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (obviously), Five Peace Band Live by Chick Corea & John McLaughlin and Romantic Warrior by Return To Forever. The 5 albums that I mentioned (and adding to the complete soundtracks of Halo and The Lord of the Rings), are not only the compositions that have transmitted the most feelings and emotions to me, and continue to transmit when listening to them, they are also the works that best I was completely understood, which I feel should not be considered music, but something more than being named eighth wonders. I think that no praise, no acclamation by everyone, not even the best possible place that is given to them, will do them justice, because they are so perfect in every way...
I still remember the first time I wanted to get into The Mars Volta, when I first heard Frances The Mute, and when I finished doing it, what was my final verdict on doing it? That the only thing I liked was the cover, because the rest was the weirdest and most pretentious shit I had ever heard in my life, I belittled it, and everything related to the band, I left it in oblivion for a while. By the time I decided to give the band another shot, the album itself (and I'm honest, I did it to kill time, I'm thank you for doing it), and finished listening to it again, I felt like I had gotten hooked on it. little, and then I wondered, man, or am I really the problem? Because, what I still hadn't been able to understand at that time with FTM, is that I was dealing with a very different work from what I always used to listen to, something more than a simple album, so when I decided to listen to it again, I said to myself, pay more attention to the album, take into account everything it is offering you, let yourself be embraced by that strange and unique magic that you are barely getting to know, its spirituality, let yourself be carried away by all its qualities, its atmosphere, its lyrics, its rhythm, its aggressiveness, its sinister, calm, crazy, sad and epic tone, and then you can more comfortably give your verdict, because little by little I was realizing all those details for each blessed second that passed when each glorious song sounded, I was realizing that everything was beginning to make sense, as if it had been about having managed to transcend into another reality. Seriously, in all my years of life, had I found something that I didn't know was part of my life and I was? scorning unfairly? There came a time when I couldn't stop listening to the album without resting, appreciating everything about it more and more, I even got to study it, and discover its architecture and melodic engineering behind it, study it again, analyze it, I no longer care. I could get it out of my head, I couldn't help not thinking about it, humming the lyrics and the melody... By this point I was already completely sorry for not having misjudged it from the beginning, for not having understood it, each new Playing it is like a new experience for me, a new satisfying journey, and for me not every album manages to do that, with FTM I found solace, I found a part of me that will never go away, I found everything I like of music, will always have a place in my heart.
If I had to keep only 2 The Mars Volta songs, they would be without a doubt Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus & Cassandra Gemini, as well as Kashmir, Stargazer and Achilles Last Stand, are the songs with which I show my inner self.
Nice pfp vtw
It's pronounced L'Via L'Viaquez, hope I helped
You’re not stupid, my man. Mistakes strengthen you. Keep it up
I appreciate it. But i did grossly mispronounced julio.
This makes me want to take a crack at covering Bedlam in Goliath.
PLEASE do i would love to see it
@@Theybo2 Related note, any tips for research? Particularly with Bedlam being *steeped* in the esoteric.
tbh with music reviews i just kinda shoot the shit. just watch interviews from the mars volta and maybe bring a thesaurus given his lyrics are kinda ridiculosu
Careful, that album is a beast…literally…
@@DarkShines86 Honestly I've been surprised by how quickly things start to fall into place once you start thinking the right way. Only real challenge is that I know fuck all musical terminology
Did y'all know John Frusciante of RHCP wrote and recorded the intro and second guitar solo of L'via?
Sort of common knowledge he's collabed a lot with them
Omar and John also have an instrumental collab album of guitar improv. Highly recommended if thats your vibe
Funny, I was at that show and I also flew to Dallas that day but when I got to the airport I realized the cheaper ticket I bought was for a different month so I had to blow another $250 to get there.
I've seen Volta and Omar many times so I felt underwhelmed by this show, mainly because the drummer was just not as stunning as any of their drummers. I did think Cedric performed better than any other time I've seen him. His voice is way more controlled these days.
Dude i have no idea what it is with texas but they're super cursed.
I guess not many people know that the man,..in the right corner,.in the background,..cover of de-loused,...that is cedric,...
This is not a video about deloused but cool!
@@Theybo2 but about the MARS VOLTA,..and fans understand what i mean
The ringing in the opening of Frances the Mute is the sound of altar bells, albeit with a echoing distortion applied to them. To me it conjures up the visual of a traditional Catholic mass, and each time the altar bell rings we see a snippet of Frances's awful life and the true nature of the perverted clergy that lies beneath the outwardly sacred public façade put on by the church.
Hey uh so about that minecraft skin. Where'd u get it?
search frances the mute on minecraft skins
Mars Volta and their inability to give any of there story's main characters a normal name, like they can't name some guy John
Haha I love it. John, That Ghost Just isn’t Holy Anymore
I'm sure you are aware of the "song" Frances the Mute that was cut from the album I'm not sure if I heard you talk about it during your video but if by some chance you aren't aware of it you should really listen to it such a shame it was cut from the albym .
34:36
Finally, a good video, dedicated to an album that should be considered cultural heritage.
Much appreciated
Dang, it sucks dat The mars still aint too popular
kinosaw man
What
This story seems more tragic that uplifting. Not a good story, sorry. But rooting for the villan is not something that a good story does :/
I fail to see how antihero =/= good story.
@@Theybo2 i guess you could make an arguement saying that the story as a whole can be interprited as a message against some kind of religious hipocrasy or how the church has fallen or something like that. To be fair good storys can have bad people as protagonists.
Meanwhile pitchfork gave this album 2/10
We dont talk about that Review
Wtf??? Was it because of the ambient sections? I can't imagine why else
De-Loused >> Frances the Mute >>>> the rest of the discography continues decreasing in quality with each subsequent release. Literally every song on De-Loused is perfect, while on Frances, The Widow is good but ultimately forgettable.
I disagree but i see why you feel this way.
Sure??? Noctourniquet is goregous,..
If we're comparing every album to deloused, then yeah the self-titled album and other ones before it are horrible at being that album. Their last three albums are pretty good at what they do in my opinion, even if it isn't the same vibe as the ones before it
nah man frances and amputechture are like the peak of the band's musicianship and composition. de-loused is more straightforward emotionally though.
Respectfully I have to disagree. Amputechture it’s almost perfect. The new album it’s pretty awesome too.
Could you do a review on The Bedlam and Goliath?!??!
I finished DITC yesterday and just finished this one just now…
Seriously solid content.
I discuss tbig in my tier list video.