This is is one of my favorite bands of all time. And this song is underground gold. 20yrs wow, cant believe its been that long. ha, they have influenced my music. Cheers
I’m almost certain it’s stylized as Pg. 99. They’re credited with being pioneers of the actual screamo sub genre (not what the uninitiated refer to as screamo purely because there are harsh vocals). This song has always been oddly unsettling to me. But thanks to them, I fell in love with bands like Touché Amore and La Dispute.
Also the vocals on this song were primarily done by the bassist Brandon who is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band City of Caterpillar and the vocal style of that band is much more like this song than any of pageninetynine's other material is.
“More art than Music”, glad you caught yourself on that haha but also, it’s a bit true for the album in general. I know Avant Garde is a specific thing, but it’s what I use when I talk about stuff that just doesn’t quite fit into the usual ‘music’ box and I’d definitely put much of this album in that. I defs didn’t expect you to like this, but I’m glad you got some intellectual satisfaction from it at least lol. My personal pick from them would be “In Love With an Apparition”
You really should react to songs by Leonard Cohen ("Hallelujah" being his most famous one, but start with "Suzanne" his first ever song, or with "Famous blue raincoat" - or any other of his songs). Leonard Cohen also wrote "Take this waltz" if you like waltzes. 13 years after this song was released Leonard Cohen died in his house falling down the stairs. Spooky.
This song is an outlier in their discography. Most of their music is hyper chaotic/aggressive with screaming. In the context of the record it’s a really good change of pace.
Also pg.99 has 2 singers so maybe include another one of their songs next week if you’re still interested in hearing more. Also my suggestion fir multiple singers week would be ambulance vs ambulance by the blood brothers.
I only own their album "Document #5", so they may have changed their sound since then. But judging from that album, these vocals are not typical for them. You reacted to Converge in your Metalcore week and I expect a similar reaction to pg.99's other music. Very chaotic, extreme vocals and instruments. If there's ever gonna be an "Insanity" themed week, I suggest "pg.99 - By the Fireplace in White" :P Your face at the beginning was priceless. But I'm glad that, in the end, you got something interesting out of this song musically and for the theme.
Leonard Cohen is legendary songwriter. Seriously? Also, he got lucky this time, he read too far into a song title, but the song actually starts as a dissonant waltz.
Awesome to see your perspective here. Loved this band and many like it, as a weird high school kid. Still listen to these guys on occasion.. mostly when I'm hating my job and just need to power through the night lol. I'd like to see you review iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook. Vaguely similar style of music, with a far less polished sound. Really I just wanna see you squirm hahahaa. Cheers!
You blew my mind when you said you didn't really know who Leonard Cohen was. He's one of the best songwriters of the 20th century, probably only behind Bob Dylan in terms of his lyrical/poetic genius. You've probably heard many of his songs without knowing it before. Perhaps his most famous is Hallelujah, which was featured in Shrek. As for this track... nah, not my thing. It's arty I guess, but there's a difference between arty and artful. In that way it reminds me a bit of The Velvet Underground, which is the band that started the whole "sound as art" thing in popular music.
Had to look up Hallelujah and yup, I'm familiar with it. I don't think I've ever heard the full thing but that super popular bit describing the chord changes was instantly recognizable. I wonder how many other songs of his I might have heard. Bob Dylan is a name I'm aware but can't tie a song to the name. Guess I got two homework assignments 😀
@@CriticalReactions Good grief, man, now I'm just feeling sorry for you! :D Bob Dylan is my favorite musical artist ever and on my Mt. Rushmore of greatest artists in any medium, period. When I did my "Top 100 Artists" for Sputnik I wrote that he's one of the handful of artists (like Shakespeare) that basically created a whole universe out of his immense body of work. As for songs, Like a Rolling Stone is one of the top ~5 most important rock songs ever written: basically transformed what people thought could be done in popular music. Some other huge songs include: Mr. Tambourine Man, Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are 'a Changin', Just Like a Woman, All Along the Watchtower, Visions of Johanna, Every Grain of Sand, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Tangled Up in Blue, Desolation Row, Subterranean Homesick Blues... Bob Dylan is right there with The Beatles in being a profound part of the fabric of popular culture (especially American culture).
@@CriticalReactions "You don't really care for music, do you?" This Leonard Cohen line came to my mind for a reason... Bob Dylan won the Nobel prize in literature for his lyrics, and Leonard Cohen is (in my and some other's opinion) even the better lyricist. You really should dive into these two, they made music history.
Leonard Cohen ☝️🤷🏻♂️ If you ever watched the intro and theme song to The Sopranos ☝️👍Series... That is the quickest reference...🗣️ 🤔☝️I mean he plays with ULCERATE... You should react to them to refresh your memory 🧐 This reaction is equally effective when watched on 🤐 mute... The song had the same dynamic on the metrical meters in my mind as well 🧐 It was interesting to try to snap your fingers to.... Might have gave me a mild stroke 🤔 Undecided on this one😂🤦♂️
Punk, waltz and Leonard Cohen? Does not compute. The first album I bought was the sampler 'Fill You Head With Rock'. At the age of 16 I was introduced to so much excellent, diverse music, much of it not heard on the radio, and including Leonard Cohen, who I'd describe as minimalist, folksy, melancholic.
LC was pretty punk rock in his own right...not in his sound, of course, but in his insistence on carving his own path musically & in his attitude. As for this song...I actually didn't mind it at all. Singer reminds me in his delivery of Jonathan Davis, almost crying as he sang. The instrumentals reminded me of a less noisy Sonic Youth, or even Drice Like Jehu (BTW, everybody should listen to "If It Kills You" by DLJ).
@@ignoblesavage5559 The vocals reminded me of Robert Smith of The Cure, who was my saviour band of the 80s, but I won't be buying or listening to any of their output.
This is is one of my favorite bands of all time. And this song is underground gold. 20yrs wow, cant believe its been that long. ha, they have influenced my music. Cheers
I’m almost certain it’s stylized as Pg. 99. They’re credited with being pioneers of the actual screamo sub genre (not what the uninitiated refer to as screamo purely because there are harsh vocals). This song has always been oddly unsettling to me. But thanks to them, I fell in love with bands like Touché Amore and La Dispute.
went from good music to shitty music 😔
Also the vocals on this song were primarily done by the bassist Brandon who is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band City of Caterpillar and the vocal style of that band is much more like this song than any of pageninetynine's other material is.
Amazed you did this band! They put on one of the better live shows I've seen (with City of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, and Thou in NOLA).
Loved this reaction. Saetia is my favorite band in this realm. “One Dying Wish” is another incredibly personal and devastatingly emotional song.
“More art than Music”, glad you caught yourself on that haha but also, it’s a bit true for the album in general. I know Avant Garde is a specific thing, but it’s what I use when I talk about stuff that just doesn’t quite fit into the usual ‘music’ box and I’d definitely put much of this album in that.
I defs didn’t expect you to like this, but I’m glad you got some intellectual satisfaction from it at least lol. My personal pick from them would be “In Love With an Apparition”
Would absolutely love to see you react to one of their longer songs like By The Fireplace In White. Insane song that just hypnotizes you.
man was speechless for a full minute
I feared by the look in your face at the first 10 seconds that you had regreted choosing this one xdd. Nice song specially at the vocal work.
Leonard Cohen is a famous singer songwriter. Hallelujah amongst other songs
You really should react to songs by Leonard Cohen ("Hallelujah" being his most famous one, but start with "Suzanne" his first ever song, or with "Famous blue raincoat" - or any other of his songs). Leonard Cohen also wrote "Take this waltz" if you like waltzes.
13 years after this song was released Leonard Cohen died in his house falling down the stairs. Spooky.
This song is an outlier in their discography. Most of their music is hyper chaotic/aggressive with screaming. In the context of the record it’s a really good change of pace.
Also pg.99 has 2 singers so maybe include another one of their songs next week if you’re still interested in hearing more. Also my suggestion fir multiple singers week would be ambulance vs ambulance by the blood brothers.
@@hanspenner535 haha i actually recommended that song for multiple singers on his patreon but it didnt win the poll :(
I only own their album "Document #5", so they may have changed their sound since then. But judging from that album, these vocals are not typical for them. You reacted to Converge in your Metalcore week and I expect a similar reaction to pg.99's other music. Very chaotic, extreme vocals and instruments.
If there's ever gonna be an "Insanity" themed week, I suggest "pg.99 - By the Fireplace in White" :P
Your face at the beginning was priceless. But I'm glad that, in the end, you got something interesting out of this song musically and for the theme.
Leonard Cohen is legendary songwriter. Seriously?
Also, he got lucky this time, he read too far into a song title, but the song actually starts as a dissonant waltz.
Awesome to see your perspective here. Loved this band and many like it, as a weird high school kid. Still listen to these guys on occasion.. mostly when I'm hating my job and just need to power through the night lol.
I'd like to see you review iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook. Vaguely similar style of music, with a far less polished sound. Really I just wanna see you squirm hahahaa.
Cheers!
We might be doing "bands who don't use spaces in their names" week and that is a perfect group for that theme. :)
The beginning of the song, In Love With An Apparition is the only cool thing Kurt Cobain ever said. I like the song too.
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
You blew my mind when you said you didn't really know who Leonard Cohen was. He's one of the best songwriters of the 20th century, probably only behind Bob Dylan in terms of his lyrical/poetic genius. You've probably heard many of his songs without knowing it before. Perhaps his most famous is Hallelujah, which was featured in Shrek.
As for this track... nah, not my thing. It's arty I guess, but there's a difference between arty and artful. In that way it reminds me a bit of The Velvet Underground, which is the band that started the whole "sound as art" thing in popular music.
Had to look up Hallelujah and yup, I'm familiar with it. I don't think I've ever heard the full thing but that super popular bit describing the chord changes was instantly recognizable. I wonder how many other songs of his I might have heard. Bob Dylan is a name I'm aware but can't tie a song to the name. Guess I got two homework assignments 😀
@@CriticalReactions Good grief, man, now I'm just feeling sorry for you! :D Bob Dylan is my favorite musical artist ever and on my Mt. Rushmore of greatest artists in any medium, period. When I did my "Top 100 Artists" for Sputnik I wrote that he's one of the handful of artists (like Shakespeare) that basically created a whole universe out of his immense body of work.
As for songs, Like a Rolling Stone is one of the top ~5 most important rock songs ever written: basically transformed what people thought could be done in popular music. Some other huge songs include: Mr. Tambourine Man, Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are 'a Changin', Just Like a Woman, All Along the Watchtower, Visions of Johanna, Every Grain of Sand, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Tangled Up in Blue, Desolation Row, Subterranean Homesick Blues... Bob Dylan is right there with The Beatles in being a profound part of the fabric of popular culture (especially American culture).
@@CriticalReactions "You don't really care for music, do you?" This Leonard Cohen line came to my mind for a reason... Bob Dylan won the Nobel prize in literature for his lyrics, and Leonard Cohen is (in my and some other's opinion) even the better lyricist. You really should dive into these two, they made music history.
You should listen to something by Pygmy Lush. I would pick God Condition or A Good Day to Hide.
Yesss
Leonard Cohen ☝️🤷🏻♂️ If you ever watched the intro and theme song to The Sopranos ☝️👍Series...
That is the quickest reference...🗣️
🤔☝️I mean he plays with ULCERATE... You should react to them to refresh your memory 🧐
This reaction is equally effective when watched on 🤐 mute...
The song had the same dynamic on the metrical meters in my mind as well 🧐
It was interesting to try to snap your fingers to....
Might have gave me a mild stroke 🤔
Undecided on this one😂🤦♂️
Real ones know this is "skramz" and not "screamo"
nah man, its kittenviolence bruh
Ayyyy
skramz 👹👹👹
Skramz forever
react to saetia!!
Punk, waltz and Leonard Cohen? Does not compute. The first album I bought was the sampler 'Fill You Head With Rock'. At the age of 16 I was introduced to so much excellent, diverse music, much of it not heard on the radio, and including Leonard Cohen, who I'd describe as minimalist, folksy, melancholic.
LC was pretty punk rock in his own right...not in his sound, of course, but in his insistence on carving his own path musically & in his attitude.
As for this song...I actually didn't mind it at all. Singer reminds me in his delivery of Jonathan Davis, almost crying as he sang. The instrumentals reminded me of a less noisy Sonic Youth, or even Drice Like Jehu (BTW, everybody should listen to "If It Kills You" by DLJ).
@@ignoblesavage5559 The vocals reminded me of Robert Smith of The Cure, who was my saviour band of the 80s, but I won't be buying or listening to any of their output.
This song was a...challenging...experience. The anguished look as you tried to figure out what had just happened pretty much mirrored my own.