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Maynard let us record the last song - Grand Canyon by Puscifer with all 3 bands playing, if you're curious! th-cam.com/video/YuKpkqqie9s/w-d-xo.html
Thirteenth step is in the group of 5 albums I would take to a desert island.
Never thought of this concept, now I have to go back and listening to my favorite albums and choose my personal 5 haha
OMG now so curious. What are the other 4? Is Mer Des Noms on the list??
@@kaicanyonellis
In no particular order:
- APC - Thirteenth Step
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Type O Negative - The Complete Roadrunner Collection
- Tool - Lateralus
- Lorn - The Maze to Nowhere
@@JakeDiMare Love all of these, especially how you said "one Type O Negative album isn't enough" LOL
You sir, are a man of culture. I will have to check out the Type O Negative album, because the rest of those are absolute masterpieces 👍
The Package and The Noose are probably my most treasured from the record.
Josh Freese is a genius.
APC make magical music. This album changed my life.
The Japanese edition of Thirteenth Step has an extra 53 seconds on The Package, which features a final "take what's mine" in Maynard's head voice while the rest of the arrangement is gradually taken apart until it's just the two guitars repeating the main riff against the looping 3-pattern.
I think the original fadeout was probably a good choice to maintain some energy and pacing into Weak and Powerless, but the extended version does an even better job showing us that we're right back where we started, while also allowing us to better hear the slight note variations that tease us in the fadeout version.
oh wow I gotta hear that!
Yessss! I was hoping someone mentioned it.
I definitely prefer this version.
Glad to see someone resonate with this song as much as I do. The dynamics in this song from feel to energy to frequencies - it's a master class for sure. You're awesome - it would be great to see you unpack "disillusioned" - song makes me emote wet things.
Love Josh's drumming on this.
I also love how his breathing gets more intense and audible towards the end of the heavy part
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. My world stopped and I wanted it to stay stopped. As a musician, I also related to these lyrics so very much
Finding your channel was like finding out about a great band for the first time. Your passion is infectious!
Totally agree. There's nothing like the overflow of emotion AND brain power that ixi brings to her videos. Long may she reign!!!!
I want her to be my music teacher
Im so excited for Sessanta, and im even more excited if they're playing this song and holy crap grand canyon with all 3 bands???? Im so ready
The guitar part you were asking about in the first heavy section is dead notes being played across multiple strings. The strings are muted with the fretting hand - as opposed to a palm mute, which uses the picking hand - and the result is less tonal than a palm mute would be. The harmonics you hear are what you get when you do it with heavy distortion. In the last repetition of that section it sounds like he plays a natural harmonic instead. I think what you're talking about in the guitar solo is just a delay effect. I'd never noticed that before; it works really well there with how the lead guitar never lets up, so you can't hear the distinct repetitions as it's just another layer on top.
Thanks for going over this song. I loved listening along for all the ways that the intensity very subtly rises and falls.
Yeah the harmonic I hear in that first heavy part sounds like it's muted with a finger between the frets 2 and 3, giving the seventh harmonic. It's the first harmonic in the series that's far enough away (more than 25 cents) from any note in 12 tone equal that it's clearly a distinct microtone, it's about 31 cents flatter than a minor seventh, so it can sound pretty dissonant in this context. That's probably why he used it, it's the most dissonant harmonic that still rings out loudly and easily when played this way so it's intuitive here, but as far as how it feels I find the seventh harmonic in the context of all this Dorian mode stuff ends up being particularly emotive.
37:55 In the video she picks out the note as a B, as close as you can get on a keyboard, but it's just a little flatter than that. The other less-dissonant harmonic that pops out would be the sixth harmonic (the fifth, up two octaves, G#). Also since these are muted power chords, these harmonics also have their own fifths (and heavy distortion brings out even more overtones)
@@silphv I figured it was probably about there, I obviously don't know as much about harmonics as you do though :P
I think that's also just a very natural place to rest, especially when you're playing the power chords up there anyway.
@@henryambrose8607 Yeah absolutely, he probably didn't overthink it. I think riffing in that area of the neck just sounds extra rich with distortion. I can't help but think of Zero by Smashing Pumpkins that works 3 or 4 harmonics in that area into the riff itself
This is the best, your first person I’ve found that does this theory on a perfect circle
The Thirteenth Step is a masterpiece. One of the best sounding records of all time. The songs are absolutely amazing. Those guys are rare musicians. Thank you for going through The Package. It would be so awesome if you could do more like you did for Mer de Noms but it's no small amount of effort.
oh wow I was at Sessanta the same day and boy was it an absolute dream😍 Easily the best show i have been to in the last 3 years, every second of it was breathtaking!! I’ve seen APC and Puscifer before (they along with Tool are some of my favorite bands too) but never seen Primus and i was just on a high the whole time so much so that i had to take my shoes off on the lawn just to feel every vibration〰️
they played so many great songs and i loved how they alternated setlist!
The best part of your analysis is the segment from 30:25 to 31:10. It is the same way I feel when I listen to that part of the song. It is a masterpiece. I could see them in the sessanta sessions the two nights where I live
Josh is absolute beast on drums whichever band he's been played!
Maynard is such a genius... that's the main reason we love everything he does... Much love Lady IxI 😘you are a star for putting so much effort in explaing the mystery 🥰 it hurts so good... i want more 🙏
I love love love how you just go through a lot of the music I've loved through the years and giving new insight on it
Drummer here. At the very beginning (before the tom rims enter) I don't even think these are drums. Sounds like drum sticks on a very hard surface, a laminated table or something like that. Sounds Ping-pongy.
21:45 This is hitting the head of the snare drum, but with the snares disengaged, snares engaged around 28:55
That was fantastic analysis of "The Package"! I very much enjoyed how you explored the details of the vocals, guitar, and even the drums. Also, I especially enjoyed the parts where you talk about being moved emotionally by the song.
The Noose and The Nurse Who Loved Me were my favorites but this album doesn't take a single wrong step.
Please do the same with "Blue"!!
That song is just BEYOND pure bliss and genius
As soon as I hear the intro to Blue I'm transfixed! The guitar tone is otherworldly
@@iximusic I like Breña!
@@Azihayya You might like this video then! th-cam.com/video/20ojrrb7R40/w-d-xo.html
Call an optimist
really wish I'd gone to the show, so I'm (and the rest of us are) riding vicariously on your concert high :P
Ixi you have such a perfect blend of fangirling, being so engrossed in the song and dissection of it and music theory. It is such a pleasure to watch. I'm a musician and studied music theory and I get that giddy excitement when I realise some musical genius and feel compelled to understand it so I can fan over it more 😂
Love what you do and the way you do it🙏🏻♥️
I was at the Woodlands/Houston show this past weekend. Seamless and mind-blowing in every aspect! The Package is one of my all-time favorite tracks so I am thankful it was chosen as the opener. Thanks for breaking it down!
I got to see the first show in Boston! Amazing!
This might be one of the great album openers of all time.
Thank you for a most enjoyable and enlightening Easter egg hunt! The attention to detail is most satisfying. Rhythmic conundrums are tons o' fun, as are recurring motifs - and APC's got 'em.
Great analysis! I think I have found a new favorite channel. ❤
I absolutely love all these breakdown videos, but what gets me the most is seeing your joy, especially at the same moments as the music gives me joy. It's something I can only describe as: YES!!!
God I'm glad I got my fill of Maynard back when it was affordable to go see him in Tool or APC.
My favourite thing about how he sings the chorus is how he makes it legato, falling into a [n] sound between words so they're all connected. "Lii-ee-[nn]-to-get-[nn]-what-[n]-I-[n]-need-[n]-now." The [n] is always a fifth below, it's the lowest note in this vocal line and filling it in between every word makes it like a pedal tone, so his vocal melody has its own harmony rooted on G# minor basically.
At 37:40, that guitar sound is just a muted harmonic. Sounds badass.
Great analysis, Ixi!! much appreciated and enjoyed.
when APC toured Thirteenth Step i saw them live in christchurch nz. amazing show. Maynard cloaked in shadows behind curtains. Howerdel and Iha were beasts. Freese was awesome too. he had this massive dark china by his floor toms that sounded amazing. had rivets like a sizzle or something i think. also remember jeordie white pointing out a girl in the crowd for a roadie to collect but she wanted none of it. funny af.
I thought I loved this album before I watched this video, but you opened up a whole new level of listening to me, and I love it even more now. Thank you!!!!
I first saw you in the context of your Meshuggah reaction/unpacking. You are FABULOUS. Just wanted to say so. ❤
Key of geebz mentioned 😎🤙🏼
Thank you ixi! One of my all time favorites. ❤
Now we gotta wait and listen for what he's gonna drum on the Fooies next record. I've just heard Josh is joining them, ain't it fancy seeing him here as well.
Please keep doing what you do!
Buy ixi a lipstick!
your analysis videos are grear, I hope to see more!
I just saw Sessanta too! Never saw APC live and was so glad I did. And I also drove 2.5 hours each way to see them..... worth it!
Once again: thank you!
I love your breakdowns, I love your brain, I love your knowledge of music theory. I would absolutely love for you to get to know Masayoshi Soken a japanese composer. I think he's brilliant. I think you would also like a lo of his his music that he has composed for Final Fantasy XIV.
@iximusic: I scrolled through the comments on this video after listening to it on the drive to work this afternoon, and while I'm not the biggest fan of A Perfect Circle, I like your channel. Your analysis helped me get a greater appreciation for APC beyond simply being 'another one of James Keenan's side projects'. Thank you for what you do.
I'm not the biggest fan of this album, though I enjoy it. However this song is pure gold. Wonderful analysis as always.
Just Like You Imagined is the best song ever written by the way.
this song gets me very emotional too 😭
Thank Ixi! I love it. I definitely heard some new things in the song I hadn’t heard before and I probably listened to that song over a hundred times😊
The outsider is good but the 2 big standouts sonically, composition, lyrics, and mood are this and the noose.
So please contue through the album cause id lovebto see you break down the beat and meaning of the noose.
I've so enjoyed the in-depth analyses of NIN that you've done, which have made me discover and love the band, that I was pleasantly shocked to discover that you were analysing a track that's on a loop in my playlist - The Package. The tuning of the bass in C#, a tone and a half below E, gives the song such a deep, visceral feel that it gives me goose bumps when the riff comes on. You've made me pay attention to details I hadn't noticed, even though I listen to this track at least once a week (only slightly less than "Like You Imagined"). Thank you!!!
Nearly all APC songs are played in C#. It does do a lot for their sound I think.
"oh no I'm gonna cry"
lol that's cute
I come back to this song over, and over, and over.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I've been watching clips from San24 non stop oooooooooo❤❤❤❤
Absolutely love this song and have for years and years. Your breakdown was fantastic and really helped me identify many of the things I love about the songwriting. Cheers!
Absolutely a master piece. Thank you so much
At 42:15, pretty sure those are octaves (actually the same exact note) being played on 2 different strings at the same time, but with a bend on the lower one. So, the 2 strings are played together but starting a whole step below on the lower sting. And, then you bend up and into the target note to make that screamy, wide, out of tune sound.
What draws me to you is your happiness to details. Your grasp on descriptive words to clearly understand what I couldn't otherwise. ❤
THIS MOMENT...
Love the excitement
Yes, the tones are overlapping on the guitar for sure - the beating is there on the piano too, but with that aggressive distortion you're hearing them much more loudly. What's remarkable is how much that beating is somehow in time. As if it's rhythmically consonant with all the rest of the sonic insanity
Would love to see "When the levee breaks" off Emotive one day but thankful for all of these. Thankyou
I bought this album and my first listen was in my 1992 Mazda 929. It had a “decent” sound system.
I had it cranked in the beginning, then the bass hit and blew out my two front speakers.
This is one of my all time favorite albums. I would take it into different recording studios as one of my two “reference albums”. The other being Dark Side of the Moon.
You use the album to figure out how a room and speakers sound. I know it so intimately that I can tell the difference in it depending on the room.
Thank you for getting into this album. I’ve been hoping you would do it.
When this came out I reveled in its darkness. Now that I've lost it crushes.
This was the first song I've ever seen play live by a band i listen to, and I love how my first reaction of The Package was just goosebumps, a feeling i wish to never forget
This reminds me of the outdo to Ashes to Ashes. It repeats the same 3 chords over and over, but the vocal line repeats every 4 of those, so the whole thing loops every 12 chords. However, differently than The Package, the melody changes to match the chord, but it is different depending on what phrase is being said. Tricky to sing at first.
I'm very jelly you were able to go!! The Package is def in my top 3 APC songs! I'm about to spend a lot of time learning to drum it because of you haha!
thank you so much for this awesome video!
I just did a drum cover of this on my channel a few weeks ago, and the orchestration of the drums alone is done so bloody well. Great choice, Ixi!
will have to check it out!
This was such a great breakdown, please do more APC! And as someone else mentioned, the Japanese edition of this song has an extra 2 minutes on the end of the song. It's on TH-cam but it sounds like it's been pitch-shifted by a half step (or in between steps) and I can't find the original anywhere. That's the only version of the song I listen to now though!
That outro was unexpected and a perfect way finish. Thanks!
Thank you very much Ixi, that was amazing...
That's so funny, I was just talking to my friend about this song the other day.
I had such an evolution of love with this album. Coming from a full-time Tool listening past, I discovered and loved Mer de Noms cover to cover because it had such a new environment for MJK to play with. But, arriving to my first few listens of 13th, I was absolutely infatuated with the singles of the album, and found The Package as almost a barrier to entry. I reluctantly admit that I would skip it often to get to the meat of the album.
That said, upon further listens I discovered the sheer euphoria of sinking into this song's nuances of rhythm, unbelievable dynamic crescendo, and masterful through-line of that repeating riff. I love how you call the motifs "Protagonists", it really gives a new perspective to the journey you take with familiar sounds in a song and how you want to see them evolve/come home/stay the path/experiment with new things etc.
Your passion is infectious ixi, thank you so much for posting these.
I remember the moment I first heard this song, when that heavy part kicks in. I was in my parents’ back yard as a teenager with some silly bass-boosted skullcandy headphones on and it blew my mind.
Just to add on the guitar crunch part, his left hand is probably around the 5th fret so you get that B harmonic. The more pressure he puts on the strings the less harmonics he gets. He starts letting up and gets more string vibrations and the gets the harmonics coming through.
thanks a lot! i always loved The Package so so much as it deals with so less in the most dramatic way.. the dynamics are huge, in every instrument, in the vocals as well. So strong. Love watching your videos! :)
And...as I am watching right now...dorian is great...I always have to think of Thomas Newman's fantastic score for "American Beauty".
thanks for the video, this song is amazing, wish I could sing it someday, have a nice day!
wish someday I get this deep of musical knowledge, feels like missing always something even if I've already listened thousands of times
So menacing. . .. damn . I almost couldn't take it in fact
( jesus I need the Beatles after this )
That piano rendition of yours around the 13:30 mark would not be out of place on NIN's Still.
The soft staccato in the opening is so nervous and fidgety.
Omg , could you please hum all of Maynard's songs...
Would you consider analyzing any primus songs? Granted they are a tad goofy. But they have some really standout songs with great arrangement and instrumentation
Add a really soft ng to lie at 26:30 makes it a little easier to get there
Am I the only one who hears the first bass note (C#) as an upbeat to the second note (E), making the E the downbeat/one? This shifts the whole song by one beat and the snare ends up on the three, so a typical backbeat. I've heard the song like this since I was a teenager, and I'm having a really hard time learning it the way you hear it. Was hoping this problem would be addressed here. Thanks anyway for your sensitive analysis, I share all your emotions! ❤
I think finding out how something amazing works only makes it more amazing. Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer are what they are because they take the time to craft songs, rather than just take a 'sick beat' and regurgitate a repetitious hook over it. Thank you for doing this, and I'm glad you got to see them live... :)
Is there anything i can do so you'd analyze Rosetta Stoned? 😂
The part "but i forgot my pen........" Is so intoxicating for me, I would loooove to hear what you'd feel there
Sooooo…. pretty sure 46:30 is the musical equivalent of edging.
You so lucky, pity you didn't get the Tool song
Hi @iximusic, loved your breakdown of this song. Also I share the restraint not to reverse engineer such incredible songs but this one just stays intact and beautiful and gripping as ever. Question tough, do you know there is a Japanese edition of this song? I hope you don't because then you can make a follow up video on this one. I've found a version on TH-cam:
th-cam.com/video/NjwdefAXsak/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Spoiler alert: it's longer!!! 😂😊
We need more videos about Maynard's bands
I went to the Woodlands show and it was amazing as expected! What do you think of Puscifer?
Fantastic! I only knew a couple of their songs but they put on a helluva show. Solid. I loved Carina and Maynards vocal harmonies.
@@iximusic I recommend catching a Puscifer show next time they come through. Their live shows are very theatrical and they always have a great sound quality.
Have you heard ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ by Jacob Collier? Definitely a song to be amazed at while listening it always gets me. No instruments just Vocals
The whole thing is in 4/4. That part just doesn't feel like it because of the speed. It's like 8th notes broken up over a couple measures. 3+3+3+4+3 = 16 It definitely doesn't feel like 4/4 but I would still write it that way.
I get such strong suggestions of Smalltown Boy (Brinsky Beat) from the start. Anyone else?
Hi ixi!
If I purchase the PIGGY membership on Patreon, what are the chances it'd be picked for an album listening party?
Have a nice day!
A decently decent chance! I am publishing a poll tonight with a few album options for this month's listening party. Want to add an album request?
@@iximusic here or on Patreon?
On Patreon!
You haven't analyzed this album yet? It's one of my favorite albums
At 38:30 I think it's a natural harmonic
Hey, idk if you can hear this on your system or not, but theres a really high pitched whine in the background of some parts of the video. Maybe your mic? It seems to start when you speak but its not consistent
It's the air conditioner unit outside. It's a huge problem :( I did the best I could to remove it.
they're ummmm.......rimshots... they have to have another name. a geebz reference! OMG, i just realized this song is about getting drugs from the dealer, or plug as the kids nowadays say. 27:21 interesting delivery madam. To me now it's the character going to a dealers house and they're trying to friendly/friends and he's like "give me my drugs and take my money(take what's mine) so i can get high already" and the very end is him high off his ass.
Awww, some songs can't help make you cry if they matter enough. I can't listen to supernatural (acoustic) by flyleaf with bawling... just thinking about it.
Songs aren’t about anything
Yeah haha what are they called? I'm pretty sure a rimshot is when they hit the stick against the rim while hitting the snare head, so it sounds like a loud, cracky snare. But just sticks on the rim? "rimsticking" haha. It all sounds terrible
@@iximusic in the industry, it’s known as a rimjob **budum tss**
@@iximusic I'm pretty sure what we're both thinking of are rimshots along with the comedic ba dum tsss.
Am I missing something? Sounds like the run of the mill "dark" arrangement, and a ho-hum composition. Bands like Faith No More or SOAD have done 10 times better stuff... If anything, it is cringy how derivative this sounds...