I saw this comment on the original video by Kashaun McGhee and it might help you: "I have a legit theory to this MV. So the song is about love, a bad breakup to be specific, and how the guy(The one who's pride is hurt and he crashed his car) is feeling lonely and awful and basically all of the bad emotions that come with breakups. So in the video, the band isn't poisoning the people with their food. They actually made it with love. It just turns out that love is so destructive and powerful, the people got addicted to it and wanted more. They craved and desired it so much it destroyed them and killed them. I don't know, that's just my dumb theory lol."
Their videos are always super metaphorical. (Everything they do is really) Tillians father was a member of scientology, I think the music video and lyrics talk about the pain and fucked up parts of religious trauma. Atleast that's my way of interpreting it. As for Jon acting weird and crazy, that's just Jon LMAO! he kinda cooky
Lyrics are about a break up and addiction. As is the video. Basically the break up was caused by someone having an addiction. They didnt figure it out until the significant other left them. They let their addiction take over their life until it was basically too late. Until, they finally snapped and tried to kill themselves. They lived and that's when they realized what the other person was trying to bring to their attention. The hollow phone is basically the person has moved on, and he calls them to say that even with all they went through he still loves them. The video shows that people have vices, and everyone has things that they enjoy. But if you have too much then you lose your self. You get caught up in the moment and a lot of times when you figure it out its too late or you are already dead.
Dude, literally stumbled on your channel and watched all your vids one after the next. DGD is my all time favorite band. You gotta start hitting up some of those older albums though, some really good stuff on their earlier albums. You can even catch our boy Will Swan (Weeknd’s Cousin) doing the screaming (dirty vocals) on the album Happiness. Check out the song ‘Tree Village’ on that album. That album also has Strawberry Swisher Parts I and II on it. Also: Downtown Battle Mountain (Jonny Craig instead of Tilian) - Lemon Meringue Tie, Antlion Dance Gavin Dance (Self-Titled) - Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine, Rock Solid Downtown Battle Mountain II (Again Jonny instead of Tilian) - Basically the whole album, but my personal favorite is Thug City Acceptance Speech (Tilian’s debut and recurring vocalist) - Doom & Gloom, Demo Team And from there you’ve been doing songs from Instant Gratification and onwards, so. Damn good job otherwise. P.S. don’t forget our boy Tim Feerick on bass.
I really hope you one day decide to review Tilian’s new music video Anthem. Gonna double check your videos to see if maybe I missed it. Great video! Gave me a good laugh.
Bro, please stop sleeping on Unearth. You are missing out on some of the kings of metalcore. Please check out there song this glorious nightmare oh, I swear you'll want to check out their whole discography
I think the point is more about how the biggest wrecks/wildcards you've been involved with are reflexively your closest confidants; I can attest to how I would often contact a girl I used to know when I needed that familiar catharsis. It's a song that should be considered a warning for those who have felt that way. I think the music video has almost nothing to do with the lyrical purpose but it does hint at the delicious toxicity of these kinds of relationships. I wouldn't take it any farther than that. Definitely feels like a John Mess production.
@Suzanne Nichols Damaged pride and vulnerable, all my fears are open now Never thought this would hit me so hard Staring at my hollow phone, not sure if you're coming home Bed still smells like I'm not all alone again I know we fucked it all up this time We got so high (Couldn't see the bottom) I just crashed my car And it got me thinking of you So I just thought I'd call To tell you, to tell you I, to tell you I still love you My mental image impaired, undid the braids in my hair I rain destruction in the fight of my inner feels Remove the tricks of the trade, you're just alone on the stage There's no witness, fly your soul through the windshield Damaged pride and vulnerable, all my fears are open now Never thought I could hurt you so hard Staring at my hollow phone, wondering if you've found your home Feel like I deserve to die alone again We really fucked it all up this time We got so low (Only for a second) I just crashed my car And it got me thinking of you So I just thought I'd call To tell you, to tell you I, to tell you I still love you Take a sip from the drain, the flavor tastes like nothing Or nothing tastes the same 'cause nothing is never there I know what I'm talking 'bout, believe the words in my mouth 'Cause I can say that it was all just a metaphor In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (You know that I won't stop) I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I'm coming back on top) In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (Don't call that it's a flop) I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I got the refs on lock) In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (Damaged pride and vulnerable) I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I'm coming back on top) In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (All my fears are open now) I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I got the refs on lock)
I've been a long time DGD fan, and yes, as @Monika Lopez said, Jon Mess does have nonsense lyrics, but most of the time, they fit in with the theme of the what Tillian sings. So in the case of this song, it's a break-up song. What I thoroughly enjoy about Mess' lyrics are how interpretive they are, and can be. To me, his first verse is talking about the mental impact of a bad break up. "I rain destruction in the fight of my inner feels", paired with the previous line "My mental image impaired" implies self doubt, and asking if he wasn't good enough for the other person in the relationship. "Remove the tricks from the trade, your just alone on the stage" to me is just a straight up line conveying how alone and empty you can feel after a relationship ends. Then the last line "There's no witness fly your soul through the windshield". In correlation with Tillian's line "I just crashed my car", I feel like this line can be literal from Tillian, but then when put into the context of what Mess is saying, it could be figurative. "I just crashed my figurative car, I'm broken because we split up, as if my soul flew through the windshield." OR in a more literal sense if you take into consideration the lyric right before soul through the windshield, "There's no witness", which could be that he waits until he's alone to express just how much in sorrow he truly is on the inside. Either way, both sets of lyrics play on each other, and makes you think about two types of scenarios someone could go through during a break-up. The next verse John screams I feel really paints a picture of going down the spiral of drinking away his feelings, or alcoholism. "Take a sip from the drain". Alcohol can come from a tap, and overflow goes into a drain. In a way, he's saying he feels he doesn't deserve the tap, because as mentioned previously in his last verse, he doesn't believe he's good enough. "The flavor tastes like nothing". He is so numb to the taste of alcohol, it tastes like nothing. He then further explains the taste of nothing with the next line "Or nothing tastes the same because nothing is never there". But this line has double meaning, because again, last verse he feels empty. His soul went through the windshield. He is numb to everything, therefore everything feels the same, which brings up the question, "can something even be what it is if its the same as everything around it?" Which would imply that it's nothing, and not really there. "I know what I'm talking 'bout, believe the words in my mouth". The line before this sounds crazy, but he's not crazy because he is only trying to describe how he feels. He knows what he is saying. I believe the lyric "believe the words in my mouth" isn't necessarily a demand, but a plea. "Cause I can say it that was all just a metaphor". This is still anchoring on "nothing tastes the same because nothing is never there", meaning that if him saying that DOES in fact come across as him acting crazy over this break-up, and you as the listener believe the way he is dealing with said break-up is crazy, he can always fall back on explaining it away as a metaphor, and to not take him seriously. Again, this is playing on the theme of feeling defeated, and having self doubt. I feel that he truly believes that he makes sense to himself, but he can feel easily invalidated in these feelings by someone simply saying "No, you're acting crazy" because the place he is in is so vulnerable and raw. And then finally his ad-libs during the outro. "You know that I won't stop, I'm coming back on top, Don't call that it's a flop, I got the refs on lock". Even though he knows that it's over between him and his ex, he knows that things will get better in time. Giving the song a hopeful ending. No matter how dark of a place you can be in, you can rise out of it. "Don't call that it's a flop", Don't count him out just yet. "I got the refs on lock", I take this meaning that he is the referee to his own future, and it's a play on paying off the refs in a sports game to give an unfair advantage to a certain team. Well in this case, he is the ref, and he has the advantage because he knows he will come out of this better than ever. You then pair those two lines with Tillians ad-libs on the very last verse, which are the first two lines of the song, and you have a super uplifting ending to a rather, dark and sad song. "Damaged pride and vulnerable, I'm coming back on top, All my fears are open now, I got the refs on lock". Right now, he's hurting, but he's going to come back stronger, everything he feared that would happen as a result of the break-up happened, but he's his own referee in this game (the ex-relationship) and he ISN'T going to be betrayed by himself. Betrayed by the Game. This is how I interpret the song anyways. The song title is purposely misleading, and the song has you thinking it's dark and sad, but at the end, comes around to being a hopeful ballad of ones self-worth, and picking yourself up off the ground to get out there and try again.
Bro, if you’re loving DGD, try some of their older singers work too. Not quite as talented as the current one. But still very good! Kurt Travis (the first singer)- NASA, Hot water on Wool Jonny Craig (second singer)- it’s safe to say you dig the backseat, Blue dream And the current guy Tilian, do Evaporate!! You’d see how this bad as evolved into one of the best out there ✌🏼✌🏼👌🏻👌🏻
Brother, you gotta react to Metallica's song Ride the Lightning out of the Ride the Lightning album. Easily their best song. Keep up the good work man. God bless!
>"on a mission to get all the band members' names right'
> FORGETS MY MAN TIM ON BASS
We all know Tim is the least memorable lol
@@thatoneadamkid24 😠🙃😭
@@thatoneadamkid24 his writing is sooo good if you really listen to it, bass in general is always forgotten 😔
@@thatoneadamkid24 excuse me?
@@dudewhy6953I said what I said.
I saw this comment on the original video by
Kashaun McGhee and it might help you:
"I have a legit theory to this MV. So the song is about love, a bad breakup to be specific, and how the guy(The one who's pride is hurt and he crashed his car) is feeling lonely and awful and basically all of the bad emotions that come with breakups. So in the video, the band isn't poisoning the people with their food. They actually made it with love. It just turns out that love is so destructive and powerful, the people got addicted to it and wanted more. They craved and desired it so much it destroyed them and killed them. I don't know, that's just my dumb theory lol."
I agree it's about love, but I think it's about the fuxked up relationship between him and his father, who was in scientology.
Always wait for his DGD reactions. I know this will be good
This has got to be their best song where all the parts come together. So many sounds that make up the round, especially the guitar.
This song was my first introduction to DGD and I’ve never stopped listening to them ever since. RIP Tim 🙏
Always look forward to your DGD reactions!
LOL these DGD reactions always bring out the best D Gibby videos
Bruh your intro gets my hyped up every time 😂😂
GIBBY GANG! LET'S Dive all the way in! You're my best friennnnd....
You forgot Tim Feerick.. The bassist
Gibby is casual
You gotta hit head hunter/ blood wolf by them. Everything the do bangs but those are my personal favorites
I agree, although Into The Sunset is pure 🔥🔥🔥
@@justintaylor8645 fo sho. And I didn’t even put it on here but evaporate? Pure heat. Especially the outro.
Their videos are always super metaphorical. (Everything they do is really) Tillians father was a member of scientology, I think the music video and lyrics talk about the pain and fucked up parts of religious trauma. Atleast that's my way of interpreting it.
As for Jon acting weird and crazy, that's just Jon LMAO! he kinda cooky
Lyrics are about a break up and addiction. As is the video. Basically the break up was caused by someone having an addiction. They didnt figure it out until the significant other left them. They let their addiction take over their life until it was basically too late. Until, they finally snapped and tried to kill themselves. They lived and that's when they realized what the other person was trying to bring to their attention. The hollow phone is basically the person has moved on, and he calls them to say that even with all they went through he still loves them.
The video shows that people have vices, and everyone has things that they enjoy. But if you have too much then you lose your self. You get caught up in the moment and a lot of times when you figure it out its too late or you are already dead.
Dude, literally stumbled on your channel and watched all your vids one after the next. DGD is my all time favorite band. You gotta start hitting up some of those older albums though, some really good stuff on their earlier albums. You can even catch our boy Will Swan (Weeknd’s Cousin) doing the screaming (dirty vocals) on the album Happiness. Check out the song ‘Tree Village’ on that album. That album also has Strawberry Swisher Parts I and II on it.
Also:
Downtown Battle Mountain (Jonny Craig instead of Tilian) - Lemon Meringue Tie, Antlion
Dance Gavin Dance (Self-Titled) - Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine, Rock Solid
Downtown Battle Mountain II (Again Jonny instead of Tilian) - Basically the whole album, but my personal favorite is Thug City
Acceptance Speech (Tilian’s debut and recurring vocalist) - Doom & Gloom, Demo Team
And from there you’ve been doing songs from Instant Gratification and onwards, so.
Damn good job otherwise. P.S. don’t forget our boy Tim Feerick on bass.
Mayneee you gotta give their bassist, Tim some credit. Haha he’s in the band
Bro I'm effing DYING at your confused looks and sounds 🤣 Welcome to DGD bro, they're so far out there and it's just one reason I love them so much.
I really hope you one day decide to review Tilian’s new music video Anthem. Gonna double check your videos to see if maybe I missed it. Great video! Gave me a good laugh.
Bro, please stop sleeping on Unearth. You are missing out on some of the kings of metalcore. Please check out there song this glorious nightmare oh, I swear you'll want to check out their whole discography
Unearth is one of the heaviest live bands I’ve ever seen. So good.
Love that you love DGD
Yeayy!!! My favorite band 😍😍😍😍😍
I dig the 1st phorm! Our apparel team don’t miss!
Lettssss goooooo🔥🔥🔥 about time some dance Gavin dance 💯
The other guy you saw was Tim Feerick on bass guitar
love dance gavin dance!!
Jon Mess gets his recognition. :')
Maybe by the 100th DGD review you'll get the band right.
When Will said this song 'bout paper, he meant THAT paper$$
DGD-Strawberry Swisher pt3!!!! must react!!!
great reaction bro, keep the grind goin 👌🏼
DGD won't get the love on channels like this like they deserve.
DGD-tree village , 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 they are my fav and this song is awesome
Can’t always take DGD lyrics so literally mang
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!
You gotta give Red's "Perfect Life" a listen to. Its a short song, less than 4 minutes but it has a super powerful msssage
Abolish the CDC
I think the point is more about how the biggest wrecks/wildcards you've been involved with are reflexively your closest confidants; I can attest to how I would often contact a girl I used to know when I needed that familiar catharsis. It's a song that should be considered a warning for those who have felt that way. I think the music video has almost nothing to do with the lyrical purpose but it does hint at the delicious toxicity of these kinds of relationships. I wouldn't take it any farther than that. Definitely feels like a John Mess production.
Summertime gladness official video by dgd
(Silent jealousy) By X Japan!!
I'd need to know what he's screaming to know what to say about this song. Good sound from this group though. I liked.
Just FYI lyrics won’t make much sense. The screamer (Jon Mess) had a lot of nonsense lyrics but that’s what makes this band so much fun.
@Suzanne Nichols
Damaged pride and vulnerable, all my fears are open now
Never thought this would hit me so hard
Staring at my hollow phone, not sure if you're coming home
Bed still smells like I'm not all alone again
I know we fucked it all up this time
We got so high (Couldn't see the bottom)
I just crashed my car
And it got me thinking of you
So I just thought I'd call
To tell you, to tell you I, to tell you I still love you
My mental image impaired, undid the braids in my hair
I rain destruction in the fight of my inner feels
Remove the tricks of the trade, you're just alone on the stage
There's no witness, fly your soul through the windshield
Damaged pride and vulnerable, all my fears are open now
Never thought I could hurt you so hard
Staring at my hollow phone, wondering if you've found your home
Feel like I deserve to die alone again
We really fucked it all up this time
We got so low (Only for a second)
I just crashed my car
And it got me thinking of you
So I just thought I'd call
To tell you, to tell you I, to tell you I still love you
Take a sip from the drain, the flavor tastes like nothing
Or nothing tastes the same 'cause nothing is never there
I know what I'm talking 'bout, believe the words in my mouth
'Cause I can say that it was all just a metaphor
In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (You know that I won't stop)
I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I'm coming back on top)
In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (Don't call that it's a flop)
I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I got the refs on lock)
In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (Damaged pride and vulnerable)
I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I'm coming back on top)
In my heart and in my own mind, in my soul (All my fears are open now)
I know that they ain't never gonna break me (I got the refs on lock)
I've been a long time DGD fan, and yes, as @Monika Lopez said, Jon Mess does have nonsense lyrics, but most of the time, they fit in with the theme of the what Tillian sings. So in the case of this song, it's a break-up song. What I thoroughly enjoy about Mess' lyrics are how interpretive they are, and can be. To me, his first verse is talking about the mental impact of a bad break up. "I rain destruction in the fight of my inner feels", paired with the previous line "My mental image impaired" implies self doubt, and asking if he wasn't good enough for the other person in the relationship. "Remove the tricks from the trade, your just alone on the stage" to me is just a straight up line conveying how alone and empty you can feel after a relationship ends. Then the last line "There's no witness fly your soul through the windshield". In correlation with Tillian's line "I just crashed my car", I feel like this line can be literal from Tillian, but then when put into the context of what Mess is saying, it could be figurative. "I just crashed my figurative car, I'm broken because we split up, as if my soul flew through the windshield." OR in a more literal sense if you take into consideration the lyric right before soul through the windshield, "There's no witness", which could be that he waits until he's alone to express just how much in sorrow he truly is on the inside. Either way, both sets of lyrics play on each other, and makes you think about two types of scenarios someone could go through during a break-up.
The next verse John screams I feel really paints a picture of going down the spiral of drinking away his feelings, or alcoholism. "Take a sip from the drain". Alcohol can come from a tap, and overflow goes into a drain. In a way, he's saying he feels he doesn't deserve the tap, because as mentioned previously in his last verse, he doesn't believe he's good enough. "The flavor tastes like nothing". He is so numb to the taste of alcohol, it tastes like nothing. He then further explains the taste of nothing with the next line "Or nothing tastes the same because nothing is never there". But this line has double meaning, because again, last verse he feels empty. His soul went through the windshield. He is numb to everything, therefore everything feels the same, which brings up the question, "can something even be what it is if its the same as everything around it?" Which would imply that it's nothing, and not really there. "I know what I'm talking 'bout, believe the words in my mouth". The line before this sounds crazy, but he's not crazy because he is only trying to describe how he feels. He knows what he is saying. I believe the lyric "believe the words in my mouth" isn't necessarily a demand, but a plea. "Cause I can say it that was all just a metaphor". This is still anchoring on "nothing tastes the same because nothing is never there", meaning that if him saying that DOES in fact come across as him acting crazy over this break-up, and you as the listener believe the way he is dealing with said break-up is crazy, he can always fall back on explaining it away as a metaphor, and to not take him seriously. Again, this is playing on the theme of feeling defeated, and having self doubt. I feel that he truly believes that he makes sense to himself, but he can feel easily invalidated in these feelings by someone simply saying "No, you're acting crazy" because the place he is in is so vulnerable and raw.
And then finally his ad-libs during the outro. "You know that I won't stop, I'm coming back on top, Don't call that it's a flop, I got the refs on lock". Even though he knows that it's over between him and his ex, he knows that things will get better in time. Giving the song a hopeful ending. No matter how dark of a place you can be in, you can rise out of it. "Don't call that it's a flop", Don't count him out just yet. "I got the refs on lock", I take this meaning that he is the referee to his own future, and it's a play on paying off the refs in a sports game to give an unfair advantage to a certain team. Well in this case, he is the ref, and he has the advantage because he knows he will come out of this better than ever. You then pair those two lines with Tillians ad-libs on the very last verse, which are the first two lines of the song, and you have a super uplifting ending to a rather, dark and sad song. "Damaged pride and vulnerable, I'm coming back on top, All my fears are open now, I got the refs on lock". Right now, he's hurting, but he's going to come back stronger, everything he feared that would happen as a result of the break-up happened, but he's his own referee in this game (the ex-relationship) and he ISN'T going to be betrayed by himself. Betrayed by the Game. This is how I interpret the song anyways. The song title is purposely misleading, and the song has you thinking it's dark and sad, but at the end, comes around to being a hopeful ballad of ones self-worth, and picking yourself up off the ground to get out there and try again.
@hydn150 i fully agree with your interpretation. it's exactly what i had in mind. im so glad you put it into words so eloquently !
Do some old DGD from Downtown Battle Mountain 1 and 2! Some of their best stuff on those albums with the original line up.
Or whatever I say is royal ocean.
......... the cat
When he said "Paper" he meant "Money"
You should check out termina, the abyss and edge of time
Bro, if you’re loving DGD, try some of their older singers work too. Not quite as talented as the current one. But still very good!
Kurt Travis (the first singer)- NASA, Hot water on Wool
Jonny Craig (second singer)- it’s safe to say you dig the backseat, Blue dream
And the current guy Tilian, do Evaporate!! You’d see how this bad as evolved into one of the best out there ✌🏼✌🏼👌🏻👌🏻
Jonny Craig is the first singer.
EN EL REFUEGO
I know I'm late but.... Cat x
Oh man. You forgot Tim on bass, fool!!
Do some old dgd! Like pre 2010
React to Circa Survive!!!
Do wolf and sheep's clothing next
You are my inspiration to me for me to start a TH-cam channel
Wat up G dog. Check out we just lost a great hip hop artist DMX at age of 50 yrs. He was before 2pac check out he's song's DMX Ruff Ryder's.
More Avenged Sevenfold!
Gotta react to Kittie brackish
Brother, you gotta react to Metallica's song Ride the Lightning out of the Ride the Lightning album. Easily their best song. Keep up the good work man. God bless!
Lol what about Tim and Andrew
Please do hail the sun parasitic cleanse you'll love it
On listening to music
pog
React to fields of bone by black veil brides
Thank goodness you took down those Trump signs
NF?????????????????
Gibby! React to Decapitation Fornication by Infant Annihilator with lyrics. Its about time you learn definition of brutal.
Do “someone” official music video by Nick Nittoli! Song has been on repeat for me in my Spotify playlist !!
NF
LMAOOOO CORONA VIRUS
love the reaction as always. Can you react to AK's newest song No Games
You should react to “en el refuego” - grupo diez 4
You react way too much to the video. Pay more attention to the actual product.
SOAD is so much better
NF