So the genre has been become to be known as Swancore named after this bands Guitarist Will Swan. Its a sub-sub-genre of post hardcore that has a mix of pop singing mixed with occasional screaming and elements of math rock, key changes, unusual timing signatures and occasional timing changes. They typically do the general pop structures with verse, pre-chorus, chorus or verse, chorus, bridge with slight variations to kinda keep it interesting. The clean Vocalist is Tillian, hes the 3rd vocalist in the band (the other 2 split off to start other bands with a variation of this style) and Jon the harsh vocalist (guy outside the plane/flight attendant
@@sean_mccaddenPlease tell me you're a s1u+ for the Robot with Human Hair saga??!! It warms my heart it lasted through both vocalist lineups, I've loved dgd for 13 years, but I can't help but feel Tilian and Jon (Mess, not Jonny Craig) provide more stability.
Lmfao great reaction, would love to see more. Listening to Dance Gavin Dance for me took some practice and has, imo, made me at all competent at hearing musical intricacies in other music. Their song structure is always different with some exceptions and their unclean vocalist normally doesn't want his lyrics to be taken too seriously. This is actually one of the simple structures for their songs so if youre interested in hearing more be prepared for more confusion/mind blowing lol.
"Was there a guy outside the window?" That's just Jon Mess. He's apparently some sort of deity or something? We still have yet to figure that out- but everyone (including the band members) just lets him do whatever he wants. The important thing is that he wants you to matter to you. I don't know about you, but that makes me feel really good about myself.
I really feel like this is the dichotomy of someone in pain and all the friends trying "cheer you up". 10000 words worth of memories of heartache of love and loss and pain and your dipshot friend out the window of a plane
Absolutely enjoyed your reaction! Have been a DGD fan for many many years, and have seen many different reactions to first listens.... I'm happy to have shared yours, with you, and hope you listen to more! They are a remarkable band with an incredibly convoluted history, an avid fan base, and GREAT MUSIC! Please expose yourself to a few more of their tracks, and let us share in your journey! (You're quite funny, too!)
Hi! I found this video through the other DGD reaction videos I’ve watched, and I like that you’re able to comment more on musical structure. I wanted to let you know that 99% of their songs, maybe all of them, are written music first, lyrics second. The instruments are set down and then sent to the two vocalists (Tilian (cleans) and Jon (dirties)), and they form the harmonies and melodies around the music. That’s why a lot of Jon’s screams will syncopate with the guitar and why Tilian’s harmonies seem to weave around the music. I thought that might be helpful info for future reactions! Take care!
Youre confused? good. as you should be lol That was greatness. Thats what that was BUT probably not the best song to react to DGD for the first time tho Check out "Inpsire the Liars" (you'll be confused about the video too but that one is about Tilians dad and scientology. Check out "Deception" and "Philosopher King" to hear different styles from Tilian.
I have no idea what that was either xD. Sounded good though. As always, loved the video. I'd suggest listening to Alt-j sometime on here (maybe start at "An awesome wave"?) would love to see what you think about them!
I loved this reaction XD I wouldn't get too caught up in trying to figure out the meaning or structure, most of DGD's songs switch up rhythm a lot and it's hard to predict the upcoming "sections" when listening for the first time. Tilian Pearson (the clean singer), is where most of the meaning of the song comes from, if at all. Jon Mess (the "Messy" vocalist, if you will), usually spews random lyrics that are mostly for getting a kick out of. One perfect example is this is a song from them called Count Bassy. I won't leave any spoilers, but if you listen to it while reviewing the lyrics, you'll see what I mean. Think of Tilian as being the 'sense' and Jon as being the 'nonsense'. {The also applies for the previous clean singers of the band, except for "Happiness" where Will Swam (Guitarist) replaces Jon Mess.}
Lyrically, that’s about as cohesive as DGD gets. The “screamer” Jon Mess generally writes his lyrics very abstract, often seemingly having no connection to the rest of the song lyrics. It’s inherently confusing, but in a good way imo.
If you enjoy being thrown-off with expectations in songs and not knowing where things are going to go- I have 3 band recommendations for you: 1. A Lot Like Birds Two of their albums (Conversation Piece, and No Place) even feature one of the old clean vocalists from Dance Gavin Dance, Kurt Travis. And the album No Place is a concept album. 2. The Fall of Troy This is an older 3-piece band that was one of the staples of math rock. They had a large influence on a lot of other post-hardcore bands that came after them. 3. Maximum the Hormone This is a japanese rock band. Describing them does no justice to their work- they are an experience. To be brief, people call them a mix of System Of A Down, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, death metal, and Japanese pop. Every member sings. The drummer is a girl. My recommendation for entry-points are their songs Yoshu Fukushu, What's Up, People?!, or Bu-ikikaesu!!.
some say gavin is johnny's(first clean vocal of the band) turtle. some say it's a close friend of one member that love to dance. at the end of the day no one really knows HAHAHA i really enjoy your review. i hope you can react to some of these song dance gavin dance with johnny -elder goose -Lemon Meringue Tie dance gavin dance with kurt -tree village -uneasy heart weigh the most dance gavin dance with tilian -we own the night -prisoner -inspire the liars
Best advice right here. The music videos dont follow the lyrics, theyre their own self contained stories and almost every music video has some reference to a past one, so dont get to caught up about understanding whats happening in the videos unless you wanna watch all of them and piece together all the references yourself. Which is a lot of fun in its own right. The song lyrics have their own meaning that you can always see if its on genius.
The song and the video have meanings independent of each other but they do in fact both have meaning. You can most likely deduce the videos story after a second or third viewing
lyrically it's about healing from past mistakes and not letting the bad parts of your past destroy your present and future the videos meaning though? I don't know lmao
Their videos are usually only tangentially related to the song. If it helps, think of the clean vocals as the main story of a play and the dirty vocals as the greek chorus.
Hello my friend!!! Just popped in to check on ya 😊 Thought I might catch a glimpse of the new place 🤷♀️🤣 As for this song ... I am totally with you!!! I very much enjoyed the structure (look how much you have taught me 😂) and the melody ... but I am so confused!!! Haha They actually kinda sorta remind me of a “lite” Thirty Seconds to Mars 🤷♀️ I LOVE TSTM so nobody come @ me for that!!! 😜 I’m just saying .... Anyhow, you know I’m patiently waiting on the NF reactionanalysis 😉🤣 ... hope all is well!!! 💞
@@TheMuserResolute saw the photo in your “Community” tab, which gave me the IG link ... sent a request!!! You definitely keep us using our 🧠😂 thanks Teacher!!! Just waiting to be accepted now .... wow, that really reminds me of high school 🤦♀️🤷♀️😂 haha
Loved your reaction, you should react to them playing live "Dance Gavin Dance - Man Of The Year (Tree City Sessions 2 Live)" its amazing, and you can see him sing this effortlessly live! and the clean vocals is done by Tilian Pearson, and distorted vocals by Jon Mess!
Great reaction, just a forewarning for other songs you got like a 10% chance any of the lyrics mean anything. They usually just sing non sense really really well, and even if the song does mean something, usually the video doesn't lol.
@teacher! Watch Bo Burnham's Inside on Netflix - very curious what you think of the whole thing and especially a few of the songs. Welcome to the internet and All eyes on me especially (this one gives me goodebumps). Veeeeery curious. Enjoy, it's a weird ride!
"im not following the structure. I'm confused" (not even 60 seconds in) maybe listen to the song and let it play and unfold instead of stopping it every 10 seconds? Like just let it play for a bit jfc. I wouldn't try to understand ANY song (let alone a DGD song) for the first time by stopping it every few seconds. I get its a reaction/commentary vid but c'mon dude....
That used to annoy me so much too when I’d watch others do the same😆 then I realised the motivation for me watching was not to hear an analysis/opinion, but to just listen to the song in another way and fulfil my confirmation bias. This is a trap many viewers fall into when watching “reaction” videos without knowing it. I’ve been there as a viewer and 100% understand where you’re coming from. It’s frustrating.
So originally the band's name was supposed to be "Dance turtle (tortoise) dance" and then someone asked Jon Mess (the Dirty Vocalist) what the turtle/tortoise's name was and he was like "...Gavin obviously" so they became dance gavin dance
Hi. Why don not you react to Iranian music? Why ? I wanna to request to most special music you have ever seen and heard all over your life. please please please react to this maser of music of IRAN . I promise you blow away. He passed away several month ago . he is IRANIAN big man ❤ listen to this: Mohammad Reza Shajarian: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
“I’m trying to find the meaning of this song” said this guy and every dgd fan 🤣🤣
this band is truly a treat. they're so diverse musically and all of them are incredibly talented.
you havent heard any of his high notes yet...
facts
Death of a Strawberry woooooo
Here comes the winner G5
You've just been dance gavin danced my friend.
Lovely reaction, keep up the dgd work and i'll stick around it's been really entertaining
Thanks 😊
So the genre has been become to be known as Swancore named after this bands Guitarist Will Swan. Its a sub-sub-genre of post hardcore that has a mix of pop singing mixed with occasional screaming and elements of math rock, key changes, unusual timing signatures and occasional timing changes. They typically do the general pop structures with verse, pre-chorus, chorus or verse, chorus, bridge with slight variations to kinda keep it interesting. The clean Vocalist is Tillian, hes the 3rd vocalist in the band (the other 2 split off to start other bands with a variation of this style) and Jon the harsh vocalist (guy outside the plane/flight attendant
One of the most solid and succinct descriptions of Dance Gavin Dance I have read so far. 👌
@@C.M.M.23 Thank you! Im a pretty big fan and love diving into unique sub-genres
@@sean_mccaddenPlease tell me you're a s1u+ for the Robot with Human Hair saga??!! It warms my heart it lasted through both vocalist lineups, I've loved dgd for 13 years, but I can't help but feel Tilian and Jon (Mess, not Jonny Craig) provide more stability.
that homie's low singing notes in this song lmao
Lmfao great reaction, would love to see more. Listening to Dance Gavin Dance for me took some practice and has, imo, made me at all competent at hearing musical intricacies in other music. Their song structure is always different with some exceptions and their unclean vocalist normally doesn't want his lyrics to be taken too seriously. This is actually one of the simple structures for their songs so if youre interested in hearing more be prepared for more confusion/mind blowing lol.
Visible confusion : the video.
Hahaah love it, i keep rewatching it
"Was there a guy outside the window?"
That's just Jon Mess. He's apparently some sort of deity or something? We still have yet to figure that out- but everyone (including the band members) just lets him do whatever he wants.
The important thing is that he wants you to matter to you. I don't know about you, but that makes me feel really good about myself.
I really feel like this is the dichotomy of someone in pain and all the friends trying "cheer you up". 10000 words worth of memories of heartache of love and loss and pain and your dipshot friend out the window of a plane
Hahah love this. More DGD! Inspire the liars or man of the year would be great!
when the music teacher says “help me” you know it’s something good
Every dgd fan, serious face, surprised, laugh, serious, happy, confused. In that order lolol
I love DGD reactions. If you keep going deeper into them it gets even better, such an amazing band
Absolutely enjoyed your reaction! Have been a DGD fan for many many years, and have seen many different reactions to first listens.... I'm happy to have shared yours, with you, and hope you listen to more! They are a remarkable band with an incredibly convoluted history, an avid fan base, and GREAT MUSIC! Please expose yourself to a few more of their tracks, and let us share in your journey! (You're quite funny, too!)
Hi! I found this video through the other DGD reaction videos I’ve watched, and I like that you’re able to comment more on musical structure. I wanted to let you know that 99% of their songs, maybe all of them, are written music first, lyrics second. The instruments are set down and then sent to the two vocalists (Tilian (cleans) and Jon (dirties)), and they form the harmonies and melodies around the music. That’s why a lot of Jon’s screams will syncopate with the guitar and why Tilian’s harmonies seem to weave around the music. I thought that might be helpful info for future reactions! Take care!
"confused yet intrigued".. Welcome to DGD my friend.
Man of the year Three city session two, will blow off your mind
Love them! They are crazy prog, u never know what u are going to get. They are awesome live also.
Youre confused? good. as you should be lol That was greatness. Thats what that was BUT probably not the best song to react to DGD for the first time tho Check out "Inpsire the Liars" (you'll be confused about the video too but that one is about Tilians dad and scientology. Check out "Deception" and "Philosopher King" to hear different styles from Tilian.
😆 Thanks!!
I have no idea what that was either xD. Sounded good though. As always, loved the video.
I'd suggest listening to Alt-j sometime on here (maybe start at "An awesome wave"?) would love to see what you think about them!
Heya!! Thanks as always for watching my videos!! Hopefully i'll be able to check alt-j out. Hope you've been well 😊
Vocalist is Tilian Pearson he replaced the original vocalist Jonny Craig in 2012
The first 2 minutes got me dying as a DGD fan 🤣🤣💀
I loved this reaction XD I wouldn't get too caught up in trying to figure out the meaning or structure, most of DGD's songs switch up rhythm a lot and it's hard to predict the upcoming "sections" when listening for the first time. Tilian Pearson (the clean singer), is where most of the meaning of the song comes from, if at all. Jon Mess (the "Messy" vocalist, if you will), usually spews random lyrics that are mostly for getting a kick out of. One perfect example is this is a song from them called Count Bassy. I won't leave any spoilers, but if you listen to it while reviewing the lyrics, you'll see what I mean. Think of Tilian as being the 'sense' and Jon as being the 'nonsense'. {The also applies for the previous clean singers of the band, except for "Happiness" where Will Swam (Guitarist) replaces Jon Mess.}
Please react to more of their music...
Lyrically, that’s about as cohesive as DGD gets. The “screamer” Jon Mess generally writes his lyrics very abstract, often seemingly having no connection to the rest of the song lyrics.
It’s inherently confusing, but in a good way imo.
welcome to the wonderful world of dgd 😂🙌🏻
my man got his mind blown lmao
First time hearing them..
I’m w/ you … great tune & confused!
Rock at its Best I guess! ❤️🔥🤘🔥
Great Reaction Friend ..Looking good!
Following the structure is impossible with DGD but they are really so fantastic and unique!
Could you please check out Dance Gavin Dance's live bridge performance of Man of the Year. Insane live vocals
If you enjoy being thrown-off with expectations in songs and not knowing where things are going to go- I have 3 band recommendations for you:
1. A Lot Like Birds
Two of their albums (Conversation Piece, and No Place) even feature one of the old clean vocalists from Dance Gavin Dance, Kurt Travis. And the album No Place is a concept album.
2. The Fall of Troy
This is an older 3-piece band that was one of the staples of math rock. They had a large influence on a lot of other post-hardcore bands that came after them.
3. Maximum the Hormone
This is a japanese rock band. Describing them does no justice to their work- they are an experience. To be brief, people call them a mix of System Of A Down, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, death metal, and Japanese pop. Every member sings. The drummer is a girl. My recommendation for entry-points are their songs Yoshu Fukushu, What's Up, People?!, or Bu-ikikaesu!!.
Loved the reaction. You should do man of the year tree city sessions live, or prisoner. Tilian's range can get much higher lol.
This band has a incredibly unique sound. If you enjoyed this you should definitely check out Prisoner by them!
Just saying, It wouldn't be Dance Gavin Dance without these two duo's man.. These guys are awesome together and same for will and matt
some say gavin is johnny's(first clean vocal of the band) turtle. some say it's a close friend of one member that love to dance. at the end of the day no one really knows HAHAHA
i really enjoy your review. i hope you can react to some of these song
dance gavin dance with johnny
-elder goose
-Lemon Meringue Tie
dance gavin dance with kurt
-tree village
-uneasy heart weigh the most
dance gavin dance with tilian
-we own the night
-prisoner
-inspire the liars
The fear in this mans face
Best advice right here.
The music videos dont follow the lyrics, theyre their own self contained stories and almost every music video has some reference to a past one, so dont get to caught up about understanding whats happening in the videos unless you wanna watch all of them and piece together all the references yourself. Which is a lot of fun in its own right.
The song lyrics have their own meaning that you can always see if its on genius.
Welcome to the music genre called : Swancore
The song and the video have meanings independent of each other but they do in fact both have meaning. You can most likely deduce the videos story after a second or third viewing
lyrically it's about healing from past mistakes and not letting the bad parts of your past destroy your present and future
the videos meaning though? I don't know lmao
Their videos are usually only tangentially related to the song. If it helps, think of the clean vocals as the main story of a play and the dirty vocals as the greek chorus.
You should listen to Blue Dream it’s with Jonny Craig you’ll hear the difference between the two vocalists
Hello my friend!!! Just popped in to check on ya 😊 Thought I might catch a glimpse of the new place 🤷♀️🤣 As for this song ... I am totally with you!!! I very much enjoyed the structure (look how much you have taught me 😂) and the melody ... but I am so confused!!! Haha
They actually kinda sorta remind me of a “lite” Thirty Seconds to Mars 🤷♀️ I LOVE TSTM so nobody come @ me for that!!! 😜 I’m just saying ....
Anyhow, you know I’m patiently waiting on the NF reactionanalysis 😉🤣 ... hope all is well!!! 💞
Thank you!! Just finished setting up. Stay tuned 😉
@@TheMuserResolute can’t wait!!!
Dropping some behind the scenes stuff on my Instagram. Not sure if you follow/have Instagram but feel free to check it out 😊
@@TheMuserResolute saw the photo in your “Community” tab, which gave me the IG link ... sent a request!!! You definitely keep us using our 🧠😂 thanks Teacher!!! Just waiting to be accepted now .... wow, that really reminds me of high school 🤦♀️🤷♀️😂 haha
@@Śħẽĩłã done 🙂
I don’t understand the structure.
Dance Gavin Dance: yes.
Lol
Loved your reaction, you should react to them playing live "Dance Gavin Dance - Man Of The Year (Tree City Sessions 2 Live)" its amazing, and you can see him sing this effortlessly live! and the clean vocals is done by Tilian Pearson, and distorted vocals by Jon Mess!
Great reaction, just a forewarning for other songs you got like a 10% chance any of the lyrics mean anything. They usually just sing non sense really really well, and even if the song does mean something, usually the video doesn't lol.
Day 5 of asking you too react too riots - Stuck in the sound, for some reason none of ur new videos were coming up in my recommended...
That’s weird! Glad you managed to catch this one.
That’s DGD for ya lol
@teacher! Watch Bo Burnham's Inside on Netflix - very curious what you think of the whole thing and especially a few of the songs. Welcome to the internet and All eyes on me especially (this one gives me goodebumps). Veeeeery curious. Enjoy, it's a weird ride!
rule 1 with DGD, never try and follow their lyrics
Don’t try to understand the lyrics most of them are random that’s Jon’s or john’s thing. Idk the correct spelling for his name
All of their songs mix clean and unclean vocals
Check Man of the year
Who is this guy!?
Please could you watch Gjons tears Eurovision 2021
'Heya!! Thanks for your comment. I watched it all this year so already have seen this. What an amazing vocalist he is
@@TheMuserResolute agreed
"im not following the structure. I'm confused" (not even 60 seconds in)
maybe listen to the song and let it play and unfold instead of stopping it every 10 seconds? Like just let it play for a bit jfc. I wouldn't try to understand ANY song (let alone a DGD song) for the first time by stopping it every few seconds. I get its a reaction/commentary vid but c'mon dude....
That used to annoy me so much too when I’d watch others do the same😆 then I realised the motivation for me watching was not to hear an analysis/opinion, but to just listen to the song in another way and fulfil my confirmation bias.
This is a trap many viewers fall into when watching “reaction” videos without knowing it.
I’ve been there as a viewer and 100% understand where you’re coming from. It’s frustrating.
So originally the band's name was supposed to be "Dance turtle (tortoise) dance" and then someone asked Jon Mess (the Dirty Vocalist) what the turtle/tortoise's name was and he was like "...Gavin obviously" so they became dance gavin dance
Hi. Why don not you react to Iranian music? Why ?
I wanna to request to most special music you have ever seen and heard all over your life.
please please please react to this maser of music of IRAN . I promise you blow away.
He passed away several month ago . he is IRANIAN big man ❤
listen to this:
Mohammad Reza Shajarian: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert