This song is a lot more than about starring into space. It's about lost and the will to live. About escaping the pain of living and crossing over to the next life. It's a brilliant song.
I think it's also not necessarily about literal death or suicide. It can also be interpreted as withdrawal from society and life, into your own mind. Psychological death.
i've been rocking defenders of the faith for the past 2 weeks. rock hard ride free and the sentinel are both bangers! i can't decide which i like better.
The lyrics, which were written by singer Rob Halford, revolve around a depressed person who has entered a nearly apathetic state of mind and finally dies, most likely by his own hand.
Bro. I love this. Cause when I listen to it. I think of a man who is helpless in the world. He wants peace but can’t have it. I think I knew someone like that. Unfortunately they passed away. But every time I hear this song it reminds me of him on his last days.
Loved the song for years. But, you need to read Halford’s comments about what this song is really about.!! I equate it to bohemian rhapsody and the true meaning of those lyrics..
Great song. Older Priest rules. I'm still holding out for Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver off of Sad Wings of Destiny album. A two part song that I consider Rob Halfords vocal masterpiece. Its a great lyrical story for Brad and a musical rollercoaster journey for Lex. You will definitely like that one. Thanks .
The song is about someone who has withdrawn into their on mind and is non verbal to those on the outside . Almost as if in a coma. He suffered a trauma so deep that he escaped the real world by retreating in his own head until he died and truly set him free.
40 years ago I heard that this song was about Euthanasia. The person in the story is in a vegetative state, being cared for - washed, cleaned, fed by others. No sign of life until the moment he's about to die - awakened he smiles because now he is free.
Yeah, I don’t know why they struggled so much with the meaning. The lyrics are pretty clear. The person deliberately withdrew into the safety of their mind because they thought the world is not fit to live in.
@@cameronsmith8328yep. I saw someone on songmeanings make a very interesting comment. Apparently they had a background in working in psychiatric hospitals. They said the song may not be about literal death or suicide, but rather that character literally withdrawing into their own mind, a kind of escape into madness. A catatonic state.
For decades, I have cherished the solo from. Glen Tipton in this song. It’s got such piercing and fluid movement, and just sears across every chord change throughout. This is Tipton’s opus. It’s reassuring to see others in the comments confirming this. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to see him play this solo, as Beyond the Realms of Death wasn’t always part of their set. Aside from Victim of Changes, possibly the greatest of Priest songs.❤
I've been listening to Judas Priest for the majority of my life and Halford's range still amazes me!! I don't think many people would disagree that Black Sabbath were the pioneers of heavy metal, but I've got them 1a and Priest 1b. Tipton and Downing's twin axe attack really changed the game!!
@@johndonson1603 There's a band that they somehow haven't done yet. How's that possible? Love UFO!! I'll see your 3 songs and raise "Only You Can Rock Me", "Too Hot To Handle", and "Doctor Doctor". Michael Schenker is a beast!! Brad and Lex should definitely check them out!
To me, the album STAINED CLASS was their watershed moment and also for it's impact upon heavy rock music. It set a new standard and influenced countless bands to come. You should do more songs from this album. 😊
Early Priest...no words to describe. There has never been anything quite like it. Yeah, that's why they are called the Metal Gods. Like others have mentioned already, the sweet spot is the first 8 albums. Love your content!
A great classic Judas Priest song. Also check out Dreamer/Deceiver Tyrant, Genocide, Sinner, Diamonds and Rust, Exciter, Hell Bent for Leather, Take on the World, Running Wild, Grinder, United, Living After Midnight, You Don't Have to Old to be Wise, Heading Out to the Highway, Riding on the Wind, Bloodstone, Screaming For Vengeance, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Love Bites, and Locked In
OK, but where's The Ripper, Sinner, The Hellion/Electric Eye, Victim Of Changes, Between The Hammer And The Anvil, Dissident Aggressor, Take These Chains Off, Tyrant and Desert Plains? Edit: Oh and Devil's Child??
That first guitar solo was why so many of us had been voting for this song on your "Great Guitarist' feed. Some of Mr. Glen Tiptons best soloing. William C. central Indiana.
@@vinceruland9236 The first long solo from every live version I've seen is all Glen. The second solo is all K.K. It's an interesting trick Mr. Tipton does at the end of that first solo, he puts the headstock of his guitar up against a speaker cabinet on his Marshall stack and gets some really good feedback that way.
@@Bionicycle interesting. They both complimented the band so well. I think their 70's music is so underated in metal. I wish there wasnt such turmoil now.
@@vinceruland9236 Yeah, I would love to see the band back together in (more or less) original form, but with the feuding between K.K. and the band and Glen's Parkinson problems I don't see it happening now. Too bad, it could be great.
it really is awesome! It is a great transition from the heaviness of the solo section back to the slow lyrics. Tipton is really an underrated guitarist from the 80's.
I'm an old metal head from the 60's I've listened to Judas Priest all the way from their 1st album Rocka Rolla ... Unleashed in The East is still one of the best metal albums ever!! This was Live!! This song in my eyes is about a person that just can't deal with the world and it brutal environment of how people treat each other . He/she withdraws into himself to protect themselves from the world then finally withdraws soo deep he/she smiles and passes on to a better place. Love you guys and what you do!!
The very best version of this song is found on the 1979 "Unleashed in the East" live album. Take a listen to that.....it's a real gem, pure perfection!
Yeah awesome 2 great guitarist taking separate solos thier ultimate best priests finest work of art finally you guy's played this OMG!!!! I'VE suggested this over and over again and now you tasted the real judas priest
This was the from Stained Class. Written by Rob Halford and former drummer Les Binks. The album also had a cover of Spooky Tooth's song Better by You, Better than Me. Two young boys in Nevada shot themselves with a 12 gauge shotgun. One of them died and the other survived with a disfigured face. The family's file a lawsuit against Judas Priest because the boys had listened to the song. The lawyers talked about subliminal messages. They heard a voice saying Do it. The case was dismissed by the judge. Halford explained how it was made and the judge said it was a coincidental convergence of a guitar chord with an exhalation pattern
In the documentary the BBC (I believe) made, they also showed Judas Priest in court with excerpts from their own albums with one line being able to be interpreted as "please mister penguin may I have some ice-cream please" much clearer than the "voo-it, voo-it" that was supposed to mean "do it".
Next of theirs, try The Sinner off of Unleashed in the East, it is an incredible banger and if you want a killer guitar solo, you came to the right place! Enjoy. 🎸
Thank you for playing this ,I was lucky winner. I wanted them to hear some of their older operatic songs before they move on , they didn't play this album in U.S. so few know how great it is . Saints in Hell is my favorite but I thought Brad might like it. He didn't hate it .
It is about a person that chose to shut out the world he didn't care for and live in a world of his own making. His death freed him from any possibility that he would have to deal with the real.
Lex for sure is a Metalhead. There was a video of Priest playing this live in the 70's on some tv show - before they all started wearing leather. Hard to find that video, but if you ever do - the performance is phenomenal.
Priest were the first band to proudly declare themselves a heavy metal band, but if you think about it, Sabbath's Master Of Reality is the first all heavy metal album.
@@electricwizard3000 yeah I've thought about it quite a bit, as phenomenal of an album that Master of reality was it still had the remnants of blues in the music. One of the things that Judas Priest did was completely remove blues from their music.
I'd agree with that. Other 70s bands generally are still too much in the hard blue rock style, or prog. Stained Class sounds very startlingly metal overall, and doesn't really have that distinctive 70s rock sound, so doesn't specifically evoke that era unlike other 70s albums by other bands. You would not use songs off Stained Class is you wanted to evoke 70s rock in a film, for example. There's something different about it.
This is pre "fast food" Priest. They weren't thinking of how much radio play they'd get when they recorded this one. It always begins as music. It always ends as money. You can shoot musical arrows into the air all day long, but eventually your going to need to aim at a bank. This song is an example of Judas Priest at their best.
It is about a person who slips away from reality and lives in a world he creates in his own mind where he either feels safe or happy or at least content where he doesn't have to deal with the reality of life. Basically a song pertaining to mental illness. Very delicate subject and perceived (as planned I'm sure) by the individual listening. Whatever it's about is up to the interpretation of the listener.
I agree. It's also possible to see it as about someone in a coma, or suffering late stage serious illness. Or an elderly person perhaps bedbound suffering dementia. Or someone with PTSD. But, I think it's mostly portraying psychological malady rather than something physical. The character is catatonic depressive and withdrawn from society due to their mental illness, and in fact escapes into their own psychological reality. Rather like Comfortably Numb, perhaps. The second verse portraying their death may or may not be literal. It's a well written song really as it is meaningful, bit has flexibility.
My friend and my brother and I did a Judas Priest Top 20 list (yes, we’re that geeky) and this was my number one Priest song. Neither of them had this song in their top 20. From that day on, I knew they are both insane.
Judas priest unleasted in the east is, in my opinion, one of the best live albums ever! Diamonds and rust, Green manalishi, Victim of changes, too many to list on that album.
Great to see you guys enjoying the mighty Priest. In 1987 when I was 17 my mother took me and my mate to see Priest at Sheffield City Hall ( England btw ) on their Ram it Down tour. Then in 2017 I took mother to see Priest in Glasgow ( Scotland ). Both times they were absolutely fantastic. They are one of the best live acts around of any genre. If you get the chance to see them, do it. Check out their Rising in the East concert. It's on youtube somewhere. That guitar sound always gives me goosebumps. Peace and love ✌ And Metal 🤘
Priest had been listening to a little Styx.... this sounds eerily similar to "Suite Madame Blue." You should check it out.... And yes, Dennis DeYoung wrote it before "Stained Class" was released.
Lex is totally right about guitar solo's from the 70's & 80"s they were generally a lot longer and more compositionally interesting....great reaction from you two as always thanks!
This album was my introduction to Judas Priest. It remains my favorite of all their albums. All the songs are so good. BTROD is my favorite, followed by Saints in Hell, and then Exciter. All fantastic songs for their own reasons.
Yes! Thanks for getting around to this. One of my favorite Priest songs. I suggest one of my other favorites-Burning Up. You should also definitely do Hell Bent For Leather. 🤘🏻
yeah then he astrally projects his sould beyond the realms of death into Leather Daddy Heaven where he's free to speak with his own kind.. it was an era where a Leather Daddy couldnt just come out to the public.. he lost the will
He had an epiphany of life and realized that it doesn't matter what you do you can't change the way other people feel or think about you. He gave up because he knows no matter y he did he couldn't convince people about reality
It's pretty much about a catatonic man and his inner thoughts, which are quite heavy. Not really a 'feel good' track, but that's part of what makes it so heavy.
@@POWER-LINKS for them reacting to a Killer jam by PRIEST?!!🤔😎🔥 I learned to play guitar from this album. The Whole Lp Rocks! Hope I answered your question. 🙂🍹
One of the BEST guitar solos ever recorded. A masterpiece!
Actually, THE best.
Indeed
Which one, cuz there are two in this song lol
They are both great, 1st one is Glenn, 2nd is
KK @1JMB1
You damn right!!!
This is my favorite Priest song. It’s one of the greatest rock songs ever written, imo.
Agreed, have you heard UFOs "Love to love" well worth a listen if you love this.
@@johndonson1603 Yes! I love that song.
This song is a lot more than about starring into space. It's about lost and the will to live. About escaping the pain of living and crossing over to the next life. It's a brilliant song.
I think it's also not necessarily about literal death or suicide. It can also be interpreted as withdrawal from society and life, into your own mind. Psychological death.
@@MidnightIsolde yes, all of that, but these black NPCs are too dumb
@@ViegasSilvanpc 😂
To me it’s about death of a previous self. To change into a new you. It’s about growing from child to adult.
@@ViegasSilva they just didn't catch the lyrics the first listen. It took me a few times to really get it.
That Tipton solo is 🔥. One of my favorites of all time.
One of the best songs by Judas Priest🤘 'The Sentinel' is another one worth checking out🤘
i've been rocking defenders of the faith for the past 2 weeks. rock hard ride free and the sentinel are both bangers! i can't decide which i like better.
Agree fully!
@@hoopsmccann639 The 1-2 punch of Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith to end the album is one of my favorite endings to an album.
Those two songs are amazing I love judas priest
SWORN TO AVENGE!!!
The lyrics, which were written by singer Rob Halford, revolve around a depressed person who has entered a nearly apathetic state of mind and finally dies, most likely by his own hand.
Bro. I love this. Cause when I listen to it. I think of a man who is helpless in the world. He wants peace but can’t have it. I think I knew someone like that. Unfortunately they passed away. But every time I hear this song it reminds me of him on his last days.
Then he goes into Leather Daddy Heaven to speak with his own kind... Male Supremacy and BDSM in the afterlife bro ahhahah
Loved the song for years. But, you need to read Halford’s comments about what this song is really about.!! I equate it to bohemian rhapsody and the true meaning of those lyrics..
The first Harmony and acords introducing criate by Les Bink
Great song. Older Priest rules. I'm still holding out for Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver off of Sad Wings of Destiny album. A two part song that I consider Rob Halfords vocal masterpiece. Its a great lyrical story for Brad and a musical rollercoaster journey for Lex. You will definitely like that one. Thanks .
Can't agree more..long live the God Father's of Heavy FREAKIN Metal!
Yes let's see if they will indulge in this one
Yes this is a MUST listen to JP song. Both parts (Studio version ONLY). The live version is nowhere near as good.
My favorite from "Sad Wings of Destiny". I put that album (just aged myself) above several others that are more popular.
@@beernmetal6964 Yup.. and Vengeance right behind it.
Although, Unleashed In The East has to be their greatest offering ;)
The song is about someone who has withdrawn into their on mind and is non verbal to those on the outside . Almost as if in a coma. He suffered a trauma so deep that he escaped the real world by retreating in his own head until he died and truly set him free.
Tipton’s solo is perfect! That tone is unreal.
40 years ago I heard that this song was about Euthanasia. The person in the story is in a vegetative state, being cared for - washed, cleaned, fed by others. No sign of life until the moment he's about to die - awakened he smiles because now he is free.
Yeah, I don’t know why they struggled so much with the meaning. The lyrics are pretty clear. The person deliberately withdrew into the safety of their mind because they thought the world is not fit to live in.
I read it’s a veteran with real bad ptsd
@@cameronsmith8328yep. I saw someone on songmeanings make a very interesting comment. Apparently they had a background in working in psychiatric hospitals. They said the song may not be about literal death or suicide, but rather that character literally withdrawing into their own mind, a kind of escape into madness. A catatonic state.
That first solo to me is soul crushing the guitar weeps and it fits the lyrics perfect .
Wow! Those guitar solos are out of this world. Best guitar solos evers.
The guitar work in this song is absolutely incredible.
This is probably my favorite Judas priest song to me it feels like their stairway to heaven. I like all priest though I must confess.
Me too, has been my favourite for decades. The solo is sublime
@@slates1969 My favorite also. To me, this song has an old scorpions feel to it. Especially the intro. With the acoustic guitar. And the build up.
Yeah, to me this is Priest’s own Stariway To Heaven. I also think the solos in this are even better than Page’s in Stairway.
This song is a slap in the face of all haters who say Priest has got only silly typically 80's lyrics. This is a masterpiece
For decades, I have cherished the solo from. Glen Tipton in this song. It’s got such piercing and fluid movement, and just sears across every chord change throughout. This is Tipton’s opus. It’s reassuring to see others in the comments confirming this. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to see him play this solo, as Beyond the Realms of Death wasn’t always part of their set. Aside from Victim of Changes, possibly the greatest of Priest songs.❤
Halford's singing is spectacular here, particularly the slow parts.
Really shows his range!!
Definitely one of THE best guitar riffs ever.
Great great priest song that doesn’t get enough love and airplay, and one for the best guitar songs in metal history
I've been listening to Judas Priest for the majority of my life and Halford's range still amazes me!! I don't think many people would disagree that Black Sabbath were the pioneers of heavy metal, but I've got them 1a and Priest 1b. Tipton and Downing's twin axe attack really changed the game!!
Sabbath were heavy but priest are metal.
Mate UFO possibly top them both, "Lights out" "Love to love" "Rock bottom." doesn't get much better than that.
Although i do love JP.
@@johndonson1603 There's a band that they somehow haven't done yet. How's that possible? Love UFO!! I'll see your 3 songs and raise "Only You Can Rock Me", "Too Hot To Handle", and "Doctor Doctor". Michael Schenker is a beast!! Brad and Lex should definitely check them out!
@@johndonson1603 UFO, Budgie and Riot are all bands that were at the hardest edge of hard rock. My favorite era for the rock/metal genre was the 70's.
To me, the album STAINED CLASS was their watershed moment and also for it's impact upon heavy rock music. It set a new standard and influenced countless bands to come. You should do more songs from this album. 😊
Early Priest...no words to describe. There has never been anything quite like it. Yeah, that's why they are called the Metal Gods. Like others have mentioned already, the sweet spot is the first 8 albums. Love your content!
A great classic Judas Priest song. Also check out Dreamer/Deceiver Tyrant, Genocide, Sinner, Diamonds and Rust, Exciter, Hell Bent for Leather, Take on the World, Running Wild, Grinder, United, Living After Midnight, You Don't Have to Old to be Wise, Heading Out to the Highway, Riding on the Wind, Bloodstone, Screaming For Vengeance, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Love Bites, and Locked In
Uhhh... you left out The Green Manalishi, MM.
@@kevinlents9545 Yes I did, please forgive me
@@metalmark1214 No forgiveness necessary, Mister Mark. Wonderful tune. Happy Easter Sunday to you 😀
OK, but where's The Ripper, Sinner, The Hellion/Electric Eye, Victim Of Changes, Between The Hammer And The Anvil, Dissident Aggressor, Take These Chains Off, Tyrant and Desert Plains? Edit: Oh and Devil's Child??
Jawbreaker is so underrated imo...
The drums are so underrated in this. Definitely one many of favorites from Priest.
When I was in the Army I had this on cassette tape, and I played it on a loop almost constantly used to drive my roommate in the barracks crazy
That first guitar solo was why so many of us had been voting for this song on your "Great Guitarist' feed. Some of Mr. Glen Tiptons best soloing. William C. central Indiana.
Didn't Kk have a solo as well, or are they both GT's? You can almost hear the change-up.
@@vinceruland9236 The first long solo from every live version I've seen is all Glen. The second solo is all K.K. It's an interesting trick Mr. Tipton does at the end of that first solo, he puts the headstock of his guitar up against a speaker cabinet on his Marshall stack and gets some really good feedback that way.
@@Bionicycle interesting. They both complimented the band so well. I think their 70's music is so underated in metal. I wish there wasnt such turmoil now.
@@vinceruland9236 Yeah, I would love to see the band back together in (more or less) original form, but with the feuding between K.K. and the band and Glen's Parkinson problems I don't see it happening now. Too bad, it could be great.
@@Bionicycle at least I got to see them back in the day. They always put on great shows!!!
This band had some of the *best* album covers in the late 70s!
still got my 8-track of this from school days
This is one of their best and that sustained note from Tipton solo is amazing! Try Dreamer Deceiver.
it really is awesome! It is a great transition from the heaviness of the solo section back to the slow lyrics. Tipton is really an underrated guitarist from the 80's.
Actually It's K K Downing.
Sorry KK played the second one.
RIP my best friend Mick...we'd listen to Priest for hours on end! Happy Days!
I'm an old metal head from the 60's I've listened to Judas Priest all the way from their 1st album Rocka Rolla ... Unleashed in The East is still one of the best metal albums ever!! This was Live!!
This song in my eyes is about a person that just can't deal with the world and it brutal environment of how people treat each other . He/she withdraws into himself to protect themselves from the world then finally withdraws soo deep he/she smiles and passes on to a better place. Love you guys and what you do!!
This is one of the best metal solos I've heard
The very best version of this song is found on the 1979 "Unleashed in the East" live album. Take a listen to that.....it's a real gem, pure perfection!
Yeah awesome 2 great guitarist taking separate solos thier ultimate best priests finest work of art finally you guy's played this OMG!!!! I'VE suggested this over and over again and now you tasted the real judas priest
This was the from Stained Class. Written by Rob Halford and former drummer Les Binks. The album also had a cover of Spooky Tooth's song Better by You, Better than Me. Two young boys in Nevada shot themselves with a 12 gauge shotgun. One of them died and the other survived with a disfigured face. The family's file a lawsuit against Judas Priest because the boys had listened to the song. The lawyers talked about subliminal messages. They heard a voice saying Do it. The case was dismissed by the judge. Halford explained how it was made and the judge said it was a coincidental convergence of a guitar chord with an exhalation pattern
"Stained class", not "glass".
@@erikthompson619 You are absolutely right. I have always read that as Stained Glass
In the documentary the BBC (I believe) made, they also showed Judas Priest in court with excerpts from their own albums with one line being able to be interpreted as "please mister penguin may I have some ice-cream please" much clearer than the "voo-it, voo-it" that was supposed to mean "do it".
One of my best concert memories is watching Rob sing this from the 5th row at Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Ohio back in the 80s🤩
Along with this song, Run of the Mill and Dreamer Deceiver are IMO the essential 70's Priest songs. Obviously you can't go wrong with any of it.
You nailed it! 💯
Not only JP songs, but rock/metal music in general
I kind of picture this as a sequel to and continuing story of the guy from Run of the Mill.
Bob nailed it ,,,its got the lyrics ,tone,and feel of ,life
Which we cannot obtain ,
Beyond the realms of death !
Next of theirs, try The Sinner off of Unleashed in the East, it is an incredible banger and if you want a killer guitar solo, you came to the right place! Enjoy. 🎸
HELL YES!!! 70s Priest just hits different!
Lex is a total ROCKER
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Thank you for playing this ,I was lucky winner. I wanted them to hear some of their older operatic songs before they move on , they didn't play this album in U.S. so few know how great it is . Saints in Hell is my favorite but I thought Brad might like it. He didn't hate it .
My favorite Judas Priest song, and my favorite guitar solo by anyone from any band.
What a Song guys!!! You nailed it on this piece!! Really love you guys - you do a great job!
Definitely check out The Sentinel off of Defenders of the Faith. One of their best imo.✌❤🇨🇦
This is why Judas Priest is one of my GOAT heavy metal bands.....really epic in vocal and instrumentals.
If you like this check out "Dreamer Deceiver" from Sad Wings of Destiny
Agree.. I probably on of the best songs JP ever did..IMO.
Seconded!
Thirded lol
Fourd
"You got another thing coming"
"Screaming for vengeance"
More modern Priest songs. Thanks for this one!
One of just the many,many great songs from the HEAVY METAL SONGS FROM THE HEAVY METAL GODS!!!
It is about a person that chose to shut out the world he didn't care for and live in a world of his own making. His death freed him from any possibility that he would have to deal with the real.
Like a more extreme form of autism, that’s my take on it. A person who is physically helpless but whose brain is active and incredibly intelligent.
Exactly.👍👏
Lex for sure is a Metalhead.
There was a video of Priest playing this live in the 70's on some tv show - before they all started wearing leather. Hard to find that video, but if you ever do - the performance is phenomenal.
Judas Priest Stained Class is the first true heavy metal album in my opinion. Every song on this album kicks major ass.
agree, not one bad song , JP's best.
Priest were the first band to proudly declare themselves a heavy metal band, but if you think about it, Sabbath's Master Of Reality is the first all heavy metal album.
@@electricwizard3000 yeah I've thought about it quite a bit, as phenomenal of an album that Master of reality was it still had the remnants of blues in the music. One of the things that Judas Priest did was completely remove blues from their music.
@@neillenet291 Fair Point.
I'd agree with that. Other 70s bands generally are still too much in the hard blue rock style, or prog. Stained Class sounds very startlingly metal overall, and doesn't really have that distinctive 70s rock sound, so doesn't specifically evoke that era unlike other 70s albums by other bands. You would not use songs off Stained Class is you wanted to evoke 70s rock in a film, for example. There's something different about it.
One of my all time favorite Priest tunes !
This is pre "fast food" Priest. They weren't thinking of how much radio play they'd get when they recorded this one. It always begins as music. It always ends as money. You can shoot musical arrows into the air all day long, but eventually your going to need to aim at a bank. This song is an example of Judas Priest at their best.
Probably my favorite album by them.
It is about a person who slips away from reality and lives in a world he creates in his own mind where he either feels safe or happy or at least content where he doesn't have to deal with the reality of life. Basically a song pertaining to mental illness. Very delicate subject and perceived (as planned I'm sure) by the individual listening. Whatever it's about is up to the interpretation of the listener.
I agree.
It's also possible to see it as about someone in a coma, or suffering late stage serious illness. Or an elderly person perhaps bedbound suffering dementia. Or someone with PTSD. But, I think it's mostly portraying psychological malady rather than something physical. The character is catatonic depressive and withdrawn from society due to their mental illness, and in fact escapes into their own psychological reality. Rather like Comfortably Numb, perhaps. The second verse portraying their death may or may not be literal. It's a well written song really as it is meaningful, bit has flexibility.
rob is domain , the range unique and one the greats vocal ever all genres
My friend and my brother and I did a Judas Priest Top 20 list (yes, we’re that geeky) and this was my number one Priest song. Neither of them had this song in their top 20. From that day on, I knew they are both insane.
Great reaction, great song Priest is awesome. Try Delivering the Goods.
The song is obviously about someone so depressed they totally check out from reality enter a catatonic state and then happily die
Love Glenn Tipton - One of the Best!
My fav by the and its Glens best solo by far Its flawless
Proof why they're called THE METAL GOD'S ! Enough SAID !
My all time fav Priest song!!!!!!
Yeah, I'm back! I gave up Brad and Lex for Lent. So many great reactions to watch. Happy Easter.
oh yes masters of metal ,priest are truly one of the greatest in most influential metal bands around . CLASSIC stained class awesome album
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
one of my favorite songs when i was 15 with long hair and a guitar now i got more but i still can't play it.
That first solo by Glenn Tipton was the best rock guitar solo of all time.
YES!!!! one of my favorite Priest Songs
Whole album is amazing
"Better by you, better than me" next please
...."Everybody ...everybody knows..."
that solo is perfect
Lex spot on with her solo re-enactments..😄
A Beautiful couple with a really cool Channel 🤙
Ur right, the solos are a trip. One of the best metal guitar duos ever, and Les Binks drumming was awesome
My favorite Priest song
you two are awesome. I love your quick and no-nonsense reactions!
Judas priest unleasted in the east is, in my opinion, one of the best live albums ever! Diamonds and rust, Green manalishi, Victim of changes, too many to list on that album.
Have a listen to " Strangers in the Night" you might change your mind.
@@johndonson1603 I have to agree with Chad on this one.
Such a beautiful song. Great record
Great to see you guys enjoying the mighty Priest. In 1987 when I was 17 my mother took me and my mate to see Priest at Sheffield City Hall ( England btw ) on their Ram it Down tour. Then in 2017 I took mother to see Priest in Glasgow ( Scotland ). Both times they were absolutely fantastic. They are one of the best live acts around of any genre. If you get the chance to see them, do it. Check out their Rising in the East concert. It's on youtube somewhere. That guitar sound always gives me goosebumps. Peace and love ✌ And Metal 🤘
Run of the mill, next to this , or dreamer deceiver
Priest had been listening to a little Styx.... this sounds eerily similar to "Suite Madame Blue." You should check it out.... And yes, Dennis DeYoung wrote it before "Stained Class" was released.
I love Invader and the self-titled song from this album
It's about someone who's had enough and can't be dissuaded from giving up on life.
Beautiful piece of Art
Probably "The" song that got the Parental Warning on music!
Lex is totally right about guitar solo's from the 70's & 80"s they were generally a lot longer and more compositionally interesting....great reaction from you two as always thanks!
Yet Another Masterpiece! 💖 Thank You! 😎💪 P.S. The albums tittle track is also a Killer ! ! 😎🤘
This album was my introduction to Judas Priest. It remains my favorite of all their albums. All the songs are so good. BTROD is my favorite, followed by Saints in Hell, and then Exciter. All fantastic songs for their own reasons.
Stained class is one of the finest albums ever to see daylight. Amazing truly. Utterly brilliant.
My favorite Judas Priest song.
Great Solo!!!!!
Yes! Thanks for getting around to this. One of my favorite Priest songs. I suggest one of my other favorites-Burning Up. You should also definitely do Hell Bent For Leather. 🤘🏻
I think he's in a catatonic state and nobody understands what he dealt with.
yeah then he astrally projects his sould beyond the realms of death into Leather Daddy Heaven where he's free to speak with his own kind.. it was an era where a Leather Daddy couldnt just come out to the public.. he lost the will
Not sure which guitar solo I like better... Both kick ass.. Favorite Priest song🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
One of my favorite songs of all time!
He had an epiphany of life and realized that it doesn't matter what you do you can't change the way other people feel or think about you. He gave up because he knows no matter y he did he couldn't convince people about reality
It's pretty much about a catatonic man and his inner thoughts, which are quite heavy. Not really a 'feel good' track, but that's part of what makes it so heavy.
Perceptive Brad. You have a good grasp on it on this song.
I. Love. This. Song!!!❤🔥🤘😎💯
Thank you.
I'm confused. Thank who, for what?
@@POWER-LINKS for them reacting to a Killer jam by PRIEST?!!🤔😎🔥 I learned to play guitar from this album. The Whole Lp Rocks! Hope I answered your question. 🙂🍹
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