@@justiis4672 That's because aside from "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and "Cinnamon Girl", every one of their songs clock in anywhere between 6 and 13 minutes long, lol🤣. American radio will not play songs over 4 and a half minutes (unless someone's rail has been greased) so they forced the band's hand. In fact, when it came to radio edits, Peter made Josh do them, and refused to even listen to them before sending them out.
This was a very tongue-in-cheek jab at goth sub-culture. With the harpsichord, and, the little nod to the Addams Family theme. Peter Steele was an intelligent guy, who had a very dry sense of humor, and, really loved "stirring the pot". You could never tell whether Peter Steele was being serious, or, not.
In particular, itwas about his ex, who was a goth girl. She was so conceded/self obsessed she once had him hold a mirror while they were getting intimate so she could look at herself while they were in the act. Black #1 was the color hair dye she used.
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Love You to Death is probably the one you'll want to hear next. It is a perfect vertical slice of everything that makes Type O Negative unique. After that, listen to whatever you want. It's all good.
Peter Steele was an amazing human... larger than life is right... I think he was like 6' 7"? The entire bloody kisses album is amazing. And October Rust is also amazing, but so different. It's much MUCH softer, but I think even more gothic.
The good thing about Type-O-Negative is, that they don't take themselves too serious. I mean, you can read the lyrics to this song as making fun of gothic chicks being lifeless, right? LOL. Other great fun songs: "I don't wanna be me" or "My girlfriend's girlfriend". Their videos are pretty hilarious, too. For a more serious title, try "Love you to death", which has a very surprising turn in the end, with an emotional openness, that you would never expect in a dark romantic love song. I loved them. Peter Steel was iconic, a tall, self-ironic, bipolar bass guy ... that were quite some similarities to myself. I bought my first boutique bass, because I heard that he played it in the studio at an album I absolutely adored. (It was a Bogart bass from 1994, I ordered the day the first glossy catalog came, and had one of the first hundred, if not fifty, without serial) Interestingly, for the typical goth wave people of that time, Type-O-Negative was too ironic and pathetic, and they did not like the 60's references, probably. On the other hand, people of the harder rock and metal genres really liked the originality, that was in the ironic cliché game. Plus - the songwriting, lyrics and live skills were pretty solid and really entertaining... Their discography is really worth listening to. They were a phenomenon. Thanks for your reaction, I love your honest way of telling that it is full of clichés, but at the same time one could see, that you enjoyed discovering them while listening. All they did was done with intention and high entertainment factor. Have a great weekend, my Scottish dudette. These were some nice 2 last videos! Highly appreciated! Best regards! 🦇😎🤌🫀🦇
Typo-O's sound evolved over their career but remained unmistakably their brand. You should check out more of their material for two reasons. One, you may see that they are much more that what one song shows, two, you may discover that this particular song was one of the many products of their bizarre sense of humor. it's part of a much bigger picture. To say that they never took themselves too seriously is an understatement. Everything was open for a laugh, nothing was sacred. They were so irreverent so unpredictable, and attacked their joking aspects of their music so artfully that no one could really be sure what the band felt, believed, liked, or disliked. You could never get a serious answer in interviews, and Peter in particular was always three steps ahead of the interviewer like a cat playing with a mouse. It's even questionable if they even thought they were good (they were), or if they even liked having fans (they did). Sarcastic, sardonic, and snarky, it was hard to know what was schtick and what was from the heart. One could say it was theatrics. or even one big social experiment. Who knows what they really had in mind the whole time, but nevertheless the result was some really, really great music, and a lot of scowling goths cracking smiles and laughing at the world and even themselves. "Don't mistake lack of talent for genius." on the surface this Peter Steel quote is about Typo O Negative. I don't believe that it could be further from the truth.
You are very correct in all of this! I was lucky enough to meet Pete and he was quick and witty across the board! The man literally swigged a bottle of red wine and chucked it into the crowd so we could get drunk. Absolutely will never get tired of listening to Type-O! Thank you @brycephiilips2716 and Thank you as well Melisa!
@brycephiilips2716 As another long time Type O fan I was about to jump to their defence and comment about the knowingly tongue-inch-cheek nature of their music that at the same time often tackled very serious subjects... but I think you perfectly summed it up. Definitely a mistake to write them off as one-hit-wonders/one-trick-ponies - they made their music their way, had and still have a fanatical following (not just comprised on teenage girls wearing chokers 🤣🤣- though there were a fair few of those) and had a long run, only sadly curtailed by Pete Steele's death.
Really glad you discovered this kickass Gothic metal band. Peter had a helluva bass-baritone voice. He was also 6’ 8” so he never exactly got picked on. Unfortunately he did deal with real depression and probably never overcame that, but he contributed awesome metal to the world of music. Wrote a lot of killer heavy tunes. Type O has a big catalogue of great tracks; their rabbit hole is really recommended. Heavy, doomy, dark, just one of metal’s finest groups in my book. And music in general is definitely excellent therapy.
This is all right up my street. I have now decided that Peter Steele is the Dracula of metal music, no one can tell me different. Thank you again for watching my dude 🥰
Pete was a good person too; the internet is filled with stories of him being awesome to fans. They never took themselves too seriously, were always self deprecating (still remember Pete coming out onstage and being like “alright! You think we sucked last time, wait till you hear this!”) I think they’re the band I miss most and it just sucks Pete was taken so young.
This song is about a girl wanting/needing to dye her hair because her roots are showing. Black No1 is an actual hair dye color, which is incidentally, the color Elvis used to dye his hair.
Pete definitely knew The Ladies were into it. when you're 6'7" and look like Sexy Dracula, you might as well run with it. Black No. 1 is an anthemic crowd favorite, in part because of how simple it is, but i don't know that i'd call it pandering, just because campy psychedelic goth metal was their whole aesthetic. it's more of a mission statement. this is also the video edit, the full song is like 11 minutes long. they have lots of more serious songs (World Coming Down is an extremely depressing album), but Type O Negative did a good job of balancing darkness and humor. My Girlfriend's Girlfriend is one of my favorites of theirs. Love You To Death is another classic. October Rust as a whole is a fantastic album, anything off of it is worth checking out. if you're into Goth stuff, you will enjoy pretty much everything they did.
I listen to their album, October Rust, at least once a year. It has a good flow to it from beginning to end and is perfect for watching the leaves change and decorating for Halloween!
The most important person in my life had to listen to that album on the first date at her place. I thought, if she would not get that album, we might not be compatible. She was 35, I was 30. We were a couple for 14 years ...
It's pandering, mocking, self-deprecating, and parody all at once. It was the riffs and Peter's voice that caught my attention when I first heard Type O but it was Peter Steele's sense of humor that made me a lifelong fan. Also, this was the radio/single version of this song. The full song is MUCH longer and had some really good stuff cut out to make it more radio friendly.
Great song. Please check out Love You to Death by Type O. That song will give You all kinds of Anne Rice vibes...yes I am pandering! Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤
I totally second that. I think, if you had heard that song as a first introduction, you might have gotten a quite different impression. But hey, they had quite different types of songs in their repertoire, from punk attitude to 60s gogo, mixed with a metal that was sounding quite unique at its time. They were quite influencial on other musicians, believe it or not, me being one of their victims... hehehe
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Please do yourself a favor and listen to the album version / official video version. The studio works really added depth to the song.
Kenny (Guitar) sings the high parts. Pete stays in the low end, unless he's screaming vocals. Both he and Kenny scream vocals as well as sing. A lot of people think that Pete was the only singer cause he and Kenny sound so much a like in their vocals even though Kenny stays on the high end Pete stays in the low. All Peter wanted according to an interview with Kenny I watched last week was to play Beatles songs that sounded like Black Sabbath and that's how they created the sound for TON.
For the most part, Kenny did the high end stuff on stage so Pete wouldn't burn out his vioce, doing it night after night on tour. In the studio, it was a different story. Pete did most all of the vocals, except for a few rare exceptions. You are right though... when Pete is screaming in that higher register, he and Kenny do sound very similar, and it can be hard to pinpoint who's doing what parts.
I love Type O. They have described themselves as The Drab Four. As others have said they never took themselves overly seriously, and the entire album Bloody Kisses is glorious, especially their cover of Seals and Croft's Summer Breeze. The album version of this song is far better, but it was too long for radio, so the label butchered it for the version here. There is at least one entire verse cut out of this version, not to mention some incredible music. Peter Steele was a wonderful human from all accounts I've heard. I never got to see them perform live, and my elderly gothic heart is saddened by that. Again, Summer Breeze is done so gothic and dark that it never fails to cheer me up. 😊
I Dunno.... Robert Plant? (And I'm a man fer Chrissakes!!) Back in the day, Every man wished he was Robert Plant,(Me Included) And every woman wanted to be with him. I'd say that's a win/win, don't you agree? Plus, He fronted arguably the greatest Rock n Roll band in history, Led Zeppelin... (Sorry, Is my age showing?)
The popular tracks are bangers for sure but as you dig deeper in the catalog you realize how great they really are. I suggest trying a song that isnt as popular
This is a heavily condensed version of the song. Though the original is much longer, I always vastly prefer it, as I think it flows into each section a lot more organically. And yes, The Cramps do indeed rock, lol!
As pointed out, the highs aren't Peter...its the guitarist Kenny Hickey. Type O Negative actually started life as a somewhat "hardcore band". Their first album, Slow, Deep, and Hard is a direct reaction to a broken heart for Peter...its accusatory, painful, mysoginistic (with titles like "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity (I Know You're Fucking Someone Else)". The songs are bombastic and Pete does a lot of screaming. They have always trolled their fans, so much so that their second release, a live affair titled, "The Origin of the Feces", whose original cover art was a very up close shot of Pete's actual anus, was not actually live at all. It was somewhere around this time that, supposedly, Peter and Josh Silver began discussing a different direction for the band...a slower, more gothic approach, to absolutely attract goth girls, their money and their devotion. Bloody Kisses was released in '93 and it was obvious almost immediately that they had hit on something. Erotic goth began to become their hallmark, the sexuality peaking with Steele's centerfold in Playgirl Magazine in '95. Let's say of that that you were firstly, very astute in noticing Pete's huge hands. And second, lets say that the 6'8" Mr. Steele's genital region is oversized, even for him. As time went on, their sound really didn't change much, for example, all of their songs, save one, are in b standard tuning. By the time the alcoholism and addiction had caught up with Pete, he was a shell of his former self, but continued to give everything he could to the band. I met Peter and Kenny after a concert in Cincinnati wondering around the outside of the arena while Queensryche played. We talked for probably ten minutes and they both were just wonderful. So, finally, yes they were pandering to goth fans, and yes, they absolutely purposely wrote stripper music, but that doesn't mean that they didn't love the music they made and it doesn't devalue their catalog. I loved Type O enough to get their logo tattooed on my forearm... I've got some questionable tats, that ain't one of them...if you try another Type O song, make it Wolf Moon, but warning, you'll want to read up about the lyrics first....😊
They started out with a Hardcore punk sound because Peter formed and fronted the Hardcore Punk band CARNIVORE. Then when CARNIVORE broke up, he formed Type O Negative. 🤘🏼
"He has giant hands." He had a giant something else too. Every goth chick I went to high school with somehow procured copies of that Playgirl Mag. I saw them and Fear Factory when I was 12 back in like 1997 on their October Rust tour, which has still got to be one of my favorite albums ever. Burton C. Bell (ex-Vocalist for Fear Factory) saw security being rough with some guys out in the audience, like that didn't want us moshing or crowd surfing and started kicking peoples ass. Burt went full blown antiauthoritarian on stage and security literally had to hide in the back. They are about the stop the show, we were hearing there were police outside and this is right after they had tear gassed a Deicide show and they're telling us we all need to calm down etc etc. Next thing we know a couple roadies bring a chair, a side table, a stand up bass and a bottle of red wine out on the stage. A few minutes later all 6'8" of Peter Steele walks out on stage, takes a pull of wine, sits down and starts playing Beatles covers... REALLY slow. Everyone mellowed out, it was amazing and then they played a killer set. Still one of my favorite shows I've ever seen.
Ah Pete Steele was one of a kind. I love my type o tattoo still. Check out Christian woman live from Wacken! I remember when he was a playgirl centrefold lol he was a very large man indeed. The Cramps were amazing, I managed to catch them live a very long time ago. Rip Lux
My tale about Pete. I briefly met Pete when Type-o-Negative played the London Astoria on June 20th, 2003. I was backstage to meet a promotor and happened to be standing next to Pete just before they walked out on stage. I told him, "oh, this what it looks like before you go on stage". All he said was, "yep". I nodded and then walked off. A brief, however, memorable exchange.
Type O Negative were the perfect mix of The Beatles, Black Sabbath, The Misfits, The Sisters of Mercy, and Lycia. Yet they were entirely and originally THEMSELVES. RIP, Peter. 🙏🏼
Peter Steele has one of the most recognizable voices in rock music. This song is about the hair dye that Goth chicks use to dye their hair with. Black Number 1 is the darkest color black available.
I first discovered Type O Negative when the video for... I believe it was Love You to Death was included on the disk set for I think the video game Blood somewhere in the mid/late-90s. Peter Steele was a giant of a man and one of the few people who have ever been able to play an upright bass as if it was just a regular bass guitar. Always wanted to see them live but sadly never got the chance. I remember driving home to western PA from NJ one night probably in 2002, maybe 2003, and as I was driving through Philly, they had Peter Steele on the radio for an interview. Was great to listen to for the little bit I stayed in range of the radio towers.
I mean yeah, goth chicks like me ate this shit up. But if you listen to the lyrics, Peter was paying us out pretty heavily here (you can’t go out cause your roots are showing, dye Em black) They come across as a cliche but they are actually super intelligent with a pretty wicked sense of humour. Also this isn’t their best song by a mile. I LOVE them- fight me! By the time I “discovered” them the Green Man was gone… RIP giant. Hope you listen to more my dude! By the way, I adore your channel. You’re a scream in the best possible way. Love from Australia 🖤
I am definitely returning to them cos this was such a blast to record. The whole thing. I think Peter also has an amazing voice and even if it was meant to be a little tongue in cheek, I appreciate the humour of it. Thank you so for watching my dude 🥰 Im glad I could hook you in with some of my nonsense :P Big love!
I loved Type-O and was in my teenage years through my 20's when they were really popular. I'm from New York and growing up in the New York Hardcore scene and being in bands I got to know the members and their music. They're ALL really good dudes and it sucks Peter Steele isn't with us anymore. But man Peter made it weird for us dudes after he appeared in f**king naked in Playgril magazine in 1995 it seemed like EVERY girl out had seen it and talked about it while us dudes were doing everything possible to avoid the pictures because we all knew Pete it would make it really awkward hanging out with him haha But anyone who's a fan of Type-O Negative should check out Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly of Type-O Negative's band Silvertomb. My boys Joseph James ex Agnostic Front/INHUMAN and Hank Hell ex INHUMAN are also in the band and they're really freaking good! ALSO Justin Hawkins of the band Darkness has a TH-cam channel called "Justin Hawkins Rides Again and he does Reactions and he's pretty freaking hilarious and it's something you should definitely check out.
Nice. Something spectacular has happened to me actually, thank you! Now you need Love You To Death also by Type O. I'm sure it's already been mentioned but Peter Steele was like around six foot eight. Richmond!!!! ❤
Seen Type O Negative many times before he passed , the shows were great . Lots of songs you might like - Wolf Moon , September Sun , Green Man , Set me on Fire are a few , too many to list lol enjoy them if you listen for yourself.
Guitarist Kenny Hickey are also the lead vocalist in Seventh Void, Silvertomb and his new group Eye Am featuring Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), Todd Strange (Crowbar) and Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative/Silvertomb/Seventh Void). Their song Cryptomnesia and Dreams Always Die With The Sun are great stuff
Type O Negative were having a good time doing what they enjoyed and weren't trying to conquer the music world. They were humble and hard working. I appreciate what they contributed. Was it niche? Certainly. Do I prefer that to Taylor Swift trying to baby bird the world with baby food? Yes again. To each their own of course. As long as you're not hurting anyone else: go nuts.
Yeah I super enjoyed the band and I will be returning. I fully dont think that pandering is always a bad thing, but I know it can be detrimental to art. But I dont think that’s the case here. Agreed! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
Absolutely love TON. I had 'Wolf Moon' playing on a discman while I was reading Dracula and it synched with the journal of Dracula's journey to Whitby by ship. Accidental atmospherics that money can't buy. Been a fan ever since. While we're on the subject of Dracula - noticed you have Dale Sacre's official sequel. I wasn't a fan, but I've not encountered many people who know it exists
Peter Steele also fronted A band called CARNIVORE. In 1987 They released an album Called “Retaliation” Some of the most sickest Vocals from him EVER! Nothing like Type O At all. Check out “Angry Neurotic Catholics” for a real thrill, Or maybe “USA for USA” for some American Patriotism…😁
I agree with what was said about "medicine for the mind". Before I went legally blinr, I used to treat anger with videogames like Doom or Quake. I can't do that any more because my reaction time plummeted. So I went back to music. An hour of KISS, Motorhead or Twisted Sister drains out the negativity and leaves plenty of room for motivation.
Listening to Damnation by Opeth always leaves me with a smile on my face, and very often a sore neck from headbanging through that off-kilter brutal outro. Punk mosh pits are like hugs from 100's of your new best friends.
I watch your videos because you're funny, honest, unfiltered and unafraid to try new things. I will be 59 at the end of next May. UT warms my heart to know that someone significantly younger than me is looking at this genre with fresh eyes, and not dismissing it as "my Dad's music". Yes, I was 12 when I first bout an 8 track of KISS and seriously got into them, but I'm always finding bits of new stuff (Orden Ogan) and old stuff (Judas Priest, Kix, etc) to try to at least understand. Some bands (Tool, Meshuggah, Slipknot) are too weird for me. That's okay, they have their audience. I'm not the Music Police. I'm a fan, and I support the music that builds me up. And the reactors who build me up... Like you :) Peace be with you, Melissa. I hope this channel continues for a good long while. PS: Try "Heavy Chains" by Loudness :)
R.I.P. Peter Steele. One of a kind....their catalog is choc full of great songs. October Rust IMO is their best album, but every album showed a self deprecating sense of humor and Peter's writing always progressed into deeper subject matter.
I love Typo-Negative and I think this song is an anthem to that tongue in cheek humour, enjoying the ironic fun of being a goth. It captures the imagery and feel so well and adds the knowing grin and a raised eyebrow on a genre that from the outside looks so pretentious and dower but to those within is about enjoying great music and taking seriously dressing as you like.
If you, really, want the 'masturbatory stuff,' listen to their song Christian Woman. It, really, is a lot of fun; and while we're discussing 'masturbation,' while, yes, I do agree that Metal Music can be cathartic, don't masturbate to anything faster than Slayer; it doesn't go well! As for Type-O, I do enjoy some of their stuff; but, I do find them, somewhat, musically boring. What isn't boring is when Mr. Peter Steele posed for Playgirl (you can thank me later). As for his hands, yes, they're big, because hes 6' 8". Now, if you want some, really, good, Gothic Metal (Gothic Symphonic Metal, actually), BlackBriar will be your new toy-of-pleasure. Arms of The Ocean, Crimson Faces, My Soul's Demise, The Seance are great songs with which to start. A great review!
I grew up listening to Type o negative, Peter Steele such a gentle giant, every album that come out after this one he put everything he was feeling into the songs, I listened to him when he was in carnivore before Type o negative but when Peter still died so did type o negative he was irreplaceable, I also love the album October rust favorite song was "love you to death" watching Peter Steele sing it still gives me goosebumps in a good way...💚💚🥺
Hey Melisa! This band was a HUGE part of the 90s for my wife and I. This song is probably their most famous, and so is the entry point for most people, but I do NOT think it's their best work. They've got so much more to offer - "Love You to Death", "Everyone I Love is Dead" (ok, there seems to be a theme, there), but also the funny "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and their cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" (my wife's theme song, basically). Great job and Rock On! 🤘😎👍
Yeah I think this band and Danzig had a good run. It was cheeky fun and thought if, The Cure were vampires. Thought it would have been a good track on the Army of Darkness movie.
Hey Melissa glad you finally got on to Type O! Pete was a unique guy, goth personified. I saw them in 1996, they played a half hour set, but only managed three songs as their songs were so long. Brief but awesome! They definitely have their tongues firmly in cheek, and love to play to stereotypes, check out the "addams family" keyboards!
yeah this is one of their sillier songs, I just love their self depricating humour. the big hands observation cracked me up, peter was a big dude at 6ft 8 and that's probably why he's playing the double bass like that, to poke fun at himself. they have lots of good songs, a good intro to them would be 'love you to death'. it shows off his singing more. he didn't just have a deep voice but a good vocal range too. there a nice live version of wolf moon too on youtube
Love The Cramps ❤too Type O Negative had the most wicked sense of humour and Black No1 is just basically taking the piss out of goths 😂 Love Type O and Peter Steele as well. Have a listen to the full (11minute long) album version of Black No1. And I would suggest Love You to Death next if you wanna hear more Type O
Peter Steele learned into his Eastern European roots and basically became Dracula if he were a Metal artist. why i love Metal as a genre, people come up with the most unusual ideas, and some of them really work.
as previously mentioned - listen to the original cut , the band loves that people take them seriously even though they do not... i mean one of my favorites by them is "I know your fucking someone else" The Cramps "Beautiful Babes in Bikinis with Machine Guns" is fantastic. their track The Human Fly is amazing. Bad music for Bad People and Look Mom No Head i spin for my 5yr old daughter
I was always drawn to darker things growing up. Even cartoons. Ones like AAAHHH Real Monsters, or the Beetlejuice cartoon. The movie The Dark Crystal came out the year I was born. I've watched that a thousand times growing up. So it's not a surprise that I would be a fan of Type O Negative. Plus they were awsome guys too. Full of humor and sarcasm wich ruled the 90s 😂.
I mean who am i to say no to subscribing when i've been called out AND labeled a whore, you do know how to treat a dude right Melisa. Also as a side note, you giving people who get shirty a clapback, is immensely enjoyable everytime. You're a delight full stop.
Type O is quite the rabbit hole. Self-depreciating, the "drab four" are infamous for writing gothy toe tappers like Black #1 but also lengthy epics you can find on my favorite Type O album, October Rust. Peter's voice is crazy on that one, an the song writing is insanely good. I saw them in Cincinnati Ohio years ago, and Peter infamously said, jokingly, "This next song sounds like sh*t, because I wrote it on the toilet." RIP Peter. One of my all-time favorite bands, and I'm a 53 year old guy.
It might surprise you to know the album "Bloody Kisses" which this song is from went platinum and was their most popular album. Guess the pandering really worked!
Important bit of info make sure to do the tiniest bit of research and check the album song duration with the video duration or you may run into one of the many edits that the band unfortunately allowed and some cut large parts of songs out.
Type o Negative are very unique band. They have a lot of dark humor and sarcasm in their lyrics...the guys were all genius musicians and had a lot of influence in the industry but they never took themselves seriously...in the back on their Bloody Kisses album they had written "Don't mistake the lack of talent for genius" lmao. "Christian woman" and "Love you to death" are some of their more popular songs, "Anesthesia" would be a good start as well. And if you want to hear them live i recommend "Wolf Moon" live. 💚
Type O Negative are amazing. I recommend “Love you to Death” although I take no responsibility for what the song will do to anyone. Or it you want something faster “I don’t wanna be me” is also amazing
I first heard them in 1996 when they released October Rust. I’ve played that album from front to back probably more times since ‘96 than any other album. There isn’t a bad track on it.
This is always someone's first song from type o. They have so many other much much better tracks but its like a rite of passage that this is everyone's first one.
Been listening to these guys since 94 and their music will never get old for me... there is no such thing as a "bad" Type Θ album, although there are some I enjoy more than others. I recommend you check out their cover of "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts as well as the song "Anesthesia", which is one of my personal favorites. Another big fan favorite I recommend is "To Late: Frozen". I'd list a couple off of October Rust, but looking at the other comments here, that album is well covered, lol EDIT - The purpose of their music was not "making teeenagers depressed", but rather to *connect with* already depressed teenagers. 🤣 EDIT no.2 - Props for the "IT Crowd" reference! 👍
Peter was a good dude. Saw them play a few times at L'amours and he does play the stand up bass like most people play regular bass guitars. This song is a joke. Intentionally. Christian Woman was a great song as well as their cover of Cinnamon Girl. The whole album was fun. He dated a friend of mine for a bit so a few of us got to know him pretty well.
I've been a fan of Type-O since I first heard one of their songs ('Wolf Moon', if you're interested) on a Metal Hammer cover CD in 1996 (f**k me sideways, I'm old), and have loved them ever since. There's a ridiculous amount of humour in their songs, but it's all wrapped around this steamy gothic sensibility that few other bands have ever managed to pull off as well as Type-O did. Yes, I just used the word 'steamy' and the phrase 'pull off' in the same sentence, which harks back to your comment about this song being masturbatory aid for 15 year old girls with chokers, right? ANYWAY, I'm glad you enjoyed them - I would heartily recommend listening to their 'October Rust' album, as it's chock-foo of crackin' songs like this one.
Hey little sister, there is a paragraph/ line that had been Sadly changed! The line in the version, LOVING YOU IS LIKE LOVING THE DEAD; ON the original uncut album, "LOVING YOU IS LIKE F#*CKING THE DEAD!" Keep up your awesome reactions little sister!!!
These edited versions are the bane of my existence, cutting out all the best parts. This is what... half the song maybe? Ugh... Shame it wasn't the full album version, the intended version. Still though... the best ever song about hair dye basically, lol.
This was the radio friendly version. Go back for the album version in your free time. There is more to the story.
Type O has an unfortunate amount of radio edits 😢
@@justiis4672 to be fair if you are trying to get people into them, sending them the 5m version tends to work better than the 13m version
Awww too bad could've been better
@@justiis4672 That's because aside from "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and "Cinnamon Girl", every one of their songs clock in anywhere between 6 and 13 minutes long, lol🤣. American radio will not play songs over 4 and a half minutes (unless someone's rail has been greased) so they forced the band's hand. In fact, when it came to radio edits, Peter made Josh do them, and refused to even listen to them before sending them out.
This was a very tongue-in-cheek jab at goth sub-culture. With the harpsichord, and, the little nod to the Addams Family theme. Peter Steele was an intelligent guy, who had a very dry sense of humor, and, really loved "stirring the pot". You could never tell whether Peter Steele was being serious, or, not.
In particular, itwas about his ex, who was a goth girl. She was so conceded/self obsessed she once had him hold a mirror while they were getting intimate so she could look at herself while they were in the act. Black #1 was the color hair dye she used.
Please don't judge them from this song. They have SO many other songs that are incredible.
I will definitely be returning! :)
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Love You to Death is probably the one you'll want to hear next. It is a perfect vertical slice of everything that makes Type O Negative unique. After that, listen to whatever you want. It's all good.
Peter Steele was an amazing human... larger than life is right... I think he was like 6' 7"? The entire bloody kisses album is amazing. And October Rust is also amazing, but so different. It's much MUCH softer, but I think even more gothic.
October Rust is a damn Masterpiece
Actually he was 6'8". He was so tall people thought he was older than what he was. I loved his fangs and everything else about him.
@@davidryan834You got that right.
@davidryan834 BK is THE MASTERPIECE 🖤💚🖤💚
@@arthurbishop3173 fact checked it and your right hahahaha
The good thing about Type-O-Negative is, that they don't take themselves too serious.
I mean, you can read the lyrics to this song as making fun of gothic chicks being lifeless, right? LOL.
Other great fun songs: "I don't wanna be me" or "My girlfriend's girlfriend". Their videos are pretty hilarious, too.
For a more serious title, try "Love you to death", which has a very surprising turn in the end, with an emotional openness, that you would never expect in a dark romantic love song.
I loved them. Peter Steel was iconic, a tall, self-ironic, bipolar bass guy ... that were quite some similarities to myself. I bought my first boutique bass, because I heard that he played it in the studio at an album I absolutely adored. (It was a Bogart bass from 1994, I ordered the day the first glossy catalog came, and had one of the first hundred, if not fifty, without serial)
Interestingly, for the typical goth wave people of that time, Type-O-Negative was too ironic and pathetic, and they did not like the 60's references, probably. On the other hand, people of the harder rock and metal genres really liked the originality, that was in the ironic cliché game. Plus - the songwriting, lyrics and live skills were pretty solid and really entertaining...
Their discography is really worth listening to. They were a phenomenon.
Thanks for your reaction, I love your honest way of telling that it is full of clichés, but at the same time one could see, that you enjoyed discovering them while listening. All they did was done with intention and high entertainment factor.
Have a great weekend, my Scottish dudette. These were some nice 2 last videos!
Highly appreciated!
Best regards!
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Typo-O's sound evolved over their career but remained unmistakably their brand. You should check out more of their material for two reasons. One, you may see that they are much more that what one song shows, two, you may discover that this particular song was one of the many products of their bizarre sense of humor. it's part of a much bigger picture.
To say that they never took themselves too seriously is an understatement. Everything was open for a laugh, nothing was sacred. They were so irreverent so unpredictable, and attacked their joking aspects of their music so artfully that no one could really be sure what the band felt, believed, liked, or disliked. You could never get a serious answer in interviews, and Peter in particular was always three steps ahead of the interviewer like a cat playing with a mouse. It's even questionable if they even thought they were good (they were), or if they even liked having fans (they did).
Sarcastic, sardonic, and snarky, it was hard to know what was schtick and what was from the heart. One could say it was theatrics. or even one big social experiment. Who knows what they really had in mind the whole time, but nevertheless the result was some really, really great music, and a lot of scowling goths cracking smiles and laughing at the world and even themselves.
"Don't mistake lack of talent for genius." on the surface this Peter Steel quote is about Typo O Negative. I don't believe that it could be further from the truth.
This is a great comment. I do live for these little back stories I wouldn’t have found on google. Thanks again for watching my dude! 😊💜
😂 wow! Sad
You are very correct in all of this! I was lucky enough to meet Pete and he was quick and witty across the board! The man literally swigged a bottle of red wine and chucked it into the crowd so we could get drunk. Absolutely will never get tired of listening to Type-O! Thank you @brycephiilips2716 and Thank you as well Melisa!
@brycephiilips2716 As another long time Type O fan I was about to jump to their defence and comment about the knowingly tongue-inch-cheek nature of their music that at the same time often tackled very serious subjects... but I think you perfectly summed it up. Definitely a mistake to write them off as one-hit-wonders/one-trick-ponies - they made their music their way, had and still have a fanatical following (not just comprised on teenage girls wearing chokers 🤣🤣- though there were a fair few of those) and had a long run, only sadly curtailed by Pete Steele's death.
You should really listen to the album version. It's got so much more going on. Also, the albums after this were utterly beautiful.
Really glad you discovered this kickass Gothic metal band. Peter had a helluva bass-baritone voice. He was also 6’ 8” so he never exactly got picked on. Unfortunately he did deal with real depression and probably never overcame that, but he contributed awesome metal to the world of music. Wrote a lot of killer heavy tunes. Type O has a big catalogue of great tracks; their rabbit hole is really recommended. Heavy, doomy, dark, just one of metal’s finest groups in my book. And music in general is definitely excellent therapy.
This is all right up my street. I have now decided that Peter Steele is the Dracula of metal music, no one can tell me different. Thank you again for watching my dude 🥰
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Yeay! And Rob Zombie is the, uhm, yeah. Obviously. Of metal and movie and probably a few other things...
Pete was a good person too; the internet is filled with stories of him being awesome to fans. They never took themselves too seriously, were always self deprecating (still remember Pete coming out onstage and being like “alright! You think we sucked last time, wait till you hear this!”) I think they’re the band I miss most and it just sucks Pete was taken so young.
This song is about a girl wanting/needing to dye her hair because her roots are showing. Black No1 is an actual hair dye color, which is incidentally, the color Elvis used to dye his hair.
Pete definitely knew The Ladies were into it. when you're 6'7" and look like Sexy Dracula, you might as well run with it. Black No. 1 is an anthemic crowd favorite, in part because of how simple it is, but i don't know that i'd call it pandering, just because campy psychedelic goth metal was their whole aesthetic. it's more of a mission statement. this is also the video edit, the full song is like 11 minutes long.
they have lots of more serious songs (World Coming Down is an extremely depressing album), but Type O Negative did a good job of balancing darkness and humor. My Girlfriend's Girlfriend is one of my favorites of theirs. Love You To Death is another classic. October Rust as a whole is a fantastic album, anything off of it is worth checking out. if you're into Goth stuff, you will enjoy pretty much everything they did.
and that Addams family sprinkle... :)
It's exactly what you say: it was pandering a demographic but at the same time it was making fun of it. Type-O was very tongue in cheek.
I listen to their album, October Rust, at least once a year. It has a good flow to it from beginning to end and is perfect for watching the leaves change and decorating for Halloween!
The most important person in my life had to listen to that album on the first date at her place. I thought, if she would not get that album, we might not be compatible. She was 35, I was 30. We were a couple for 14 years ...
October Rust is my favorite Type O album... I still listen to Red Water every December to get all the other holiday music out of my head
Me too. It's perfection.
The instant « I’m in love » look was priceless. There is not a single gothic woman that could not melt for Peter Steele.
Honestly a wonderful voice!
It's pandering, mocking, self-deprecating, and parody all at once. It was the riffs and Peter's voice that caught my attention when I first heard Type O but it was Peter Steele's sense of humor that made me a lifelong fan. Also, this was the radio/single version of this song. The full song is MUCH longer and had some really good stuff cut out to make it more radio friendly.
Great song. Please check out Love You to Death by Type O. That song will give You all kinds of Anne Rice vibes...yes I am pandering! Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤
Ohhh!! Sounds perfect I will do! Thank you Scotty! Hope you’re well my dude 😊💜😊
I totally second that.
I think, if you had heard that song as a first introduction, you might have gotten a quite different impression. But hey, they had quite different types of songs in their repertoire, from punk attitude to 60s gogo, mixed with a metal that was sounding quite unique at its time. They were quite influencial on other musicians, believe it or not, me being one of their victims... hehehe
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Please do yourself a favor and listen to the album version / official video version. The studio works really added depth to the song.
@@imcrazedandconfusedCompletely agree. The edit is fine, but the full length original version of the song is amazing
Great song. Awesome band. Wish it was the unedited version. You should definitely give it a listen.
Type 0 is either dark and depressing or dark and funny. IYKYK
Kenny (Guitar) sings the high parts. Pete stays in the low end, unless he's screaming vocals. Both he and Kenny scream vocals as well as sing. A lot of people think that Pete was the only singer cause he and Kenny sound so much a like in their vocals even though Kenny stays on the high end Pete stays in the low. All Peter wanted according to an interview with Kenny I watched last week was to play Beatles songs that sounded like Black Sabbath and that's how they created the sound for TON.
For the most part, Kenny did the high end stuff on stage so Pete wouldn't burn out his vioce, doing it night after night on tour. In the studio, it was a different story. Pete did most all of the vocals, except for a few rare exceptions. You are right though... when Pete is screaming in that higher register, he and Kenny do sound very similar, and it can be hard to pinpoint who's doing what parts.
You're right about what it is. It's also jokingly taking the piss out of that demographic of their fans
I love Type O. They have described themselves as The Drab Four. As others have said they never took themselves overly seriously, and the entire album Bloody Kisses is glorious, especially their cover of Seals and Croft's Summer Breeze. The album version of this song is far better, but it was too long for radio, so the label butchered it for the version here. There is at least one entire verse cut out of this version, not to mention some incredible music.
Peter Steele was a wonderful human from all accounts I've heard. I never got to see them perform live, and my elderly gothic heart is saddened by that.
Again, Summer Breeze is done so gothic and dark that it never fails to cheer me up. 😊
Ill check it out, they are definitely one of my new favs. Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
Sexiest frontman ever.
Fight me.
Rest in peace Peter.
Edit: My Gilfriend's Girlfriend is awesome. 🤘
I cannot deny that magnetism! I will check it. Thanks Laura 😊💜
I Dunno.... Robert Plant? (And I'm a man fer Chrissakes!!) Back in the day, Every man wished he was Robert Plant,(Me Included) And every woman wanted to be with him. I'd say that's a win/win, don't you agree? Plus, He fronted arguably the greatest Rock n Roll band in history, Led Zeppelin... (Sorry, Is my age showing?)
The popular tracks are bangers for sure but as you dig deeper in the catalog you realize how great they really are. I suggest trying a song that isnt as popular
Another great one chicka. You had the wife cackling a couple times. Every video you do my wife says "she's great!" at least 3 times.
Love that! I’m so glad I can bring nonsense to yours and your wife’s day 😂 big love Mark 💪🥰
We love you. If you ever come to the states you are wqelcome to stay with our family. Big hugs awesome lady.@@SoulSingerDiscovers
This is a heavily condensed version of the song. Though the original is much longer, I always vastly prefer it, as I think it flows into each section a lot more organically. And yes, The Cramps do indeed rock, lol!
They are the best! :P
As pointed out, the highs aren't Peter...its the guitarist Kenny Hickey. Type O Negative actually started life as a somewhat "hardcore band". Their first album, Slow, Deep, and Hard is a direct reaction to a broken heart for Peter...its accusatory, painful, mysoginistic (with titles like "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity (I Know You're Fucking Someone Else)". The songs are bombastic and Pete does a lot of screaming. They have always trolled their fans, so much so that their second release, a live affair titled, "The Origin of the Feces", whose original cover art was a very up close shot of Pete's actual anus, was not actually live at all. It was somewhere around this time that, supposedly, Peter and Josh Silver began discussing a different direction for the band...a slower, more gothic approach, to absolutely attract goth girls, their money and their devotion. Bloody Kisses was released in '93 and it was obvious almost immediately that they had hit on something. Erotic goth began to become their hallmark, the sexuality peaking with Steele's centerfold in Playgirl Magazine in '95. Let's say of that that you were firstly, very astute in noticing Pete's huge hands. And second, lets say that the 6'8" Mr. Steele's genital region is oversized, even for him. As time went on, their sound really didn't change much, for example, all of their songs, save one, are in b standard tuning. By the time the alcoholism and addiction had caught up with Pete, he was a shell of his former self, but continued to give everything he could to the band. I met Peter and Kenny after a concert in Cincinnati wondering around the outside of the arena while Queensryche played. We talked for probably ten minutes and they both were just wonderful. So, finally, yes they were pandering to goth fans, and yes, they absolutely purposely wrote stripper music, but that doesn't mean that they didn't love the music they made and it doesn't devalue their catalog. I loved Type O enough to get their logo tattooed on my forearm... I've got some questionable tats, that ain't one of them...if you try another Type O song, make it Wolf Moon, but warning, you'll want to read up about the lyrics first....😊
They started out with a Hardcore punk sound because Peter formed and fronted the Hardcore Punk band CARNIVORE. Then when CARNIVORE broke up, he formed Type O Negative. 🤘🏼
The shortened version looses so much
"He has giant hands." He had a giant something else too. Every goth chick I went to high school with somehow procured copies of that Playgirl Mag.
I saw them and Fear Factory when I was 12 back in like 1997 on their October Rust tour, which has still got to be one of my favorite albums ever. Burton C. Bell (ex-Vocalist for Fear Factory) saw security being rough with some guys out in the audience, like that didn't want us moshing or crowd surfing and started kicking peoples ass. Burt went full blown antiauthoritarian on stage and security literally had to hide in the back. They are about the stop the show, we were hearing there were police outside and this is right after they had tear gassed a Deicide show and they're telling us we all need to calm down etc etc.
Next thing we know a couple roadies bring a chair, a side table, a stand up bass and a bottle of red wine out on the stage. A few minutes later all 6'8" of Peter Steele walks out on stage, takes a pull of wine, sits down and starts playing Beatles covers... REALLY slow. Everyone mellowed out, it was amazing and then they played a killer set. Still one of my favorite shows I've ever seen.
Ah Pete Steele was one of a kind. I love my type o tattoo still. Check out Christian woman live from Wacken!
I remember when he was a playgirl centrefold lol he was a very large man indeed.
The Cramps were amazing, I managed to catch them live a very long time ago. Rip Lux
Aw Im so jealous! Bet it was a great gig! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
My tale about Pete. I briefly met Pete when Type-o-Negative played the London Astoria on June 20th, 2003. I was backstage to meet a promotor and happened to be standing next to Pete just before they walked out on stage. I told him, "oh, this what it looks like before you go on stage". All he said was, "yep". I nodded and then walked off. A brief, however, memorable exchange.
The “highs” are Kenny singing, not Peter. And too bad you reviewed an edited (shorter) version of the song.
Type O Negative were the perfect mix of The Beatles, Black Sabbath, The Misfits, The Sisters of Mercy, and Lycia. Yet they were entirely and originally THEMSELVES. RIP, Peter. 🙏🏼
Top 5 favorite songs about hair dye🤣
story goes, they were making fun of the little goth girls, the little goth girls didn't get it and LOVED the song.
Trust me, the goth girls completely got it, and we loved it.
This is the shorter radio version, the original is a lot longer
The normal version is better than the shortened one.
Peter Steele has one of the most recognizable voices in rock music. This song is about the hair dye that Goth chicks use to dye their hair with. Black Number 1 is the darkest color black available.
It’s great! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
I love Type O, I’d like to see In Praise of Bacchus on the channel.
The Debut Album Slow, Deep and Hard was different, more Industrial Metal, even Peter Steel's former Band Carnivore. 🙂
I first discovered Type O Negative when the video for... I believe it was Love You to Death was included on the disk set for I think the video game Blood somewhere in the mid/late-90s. Peter Steele was a giant of a man and one of the few people who have ever been able to play an upright bass as if it was just a regular bass guitar. Always wanted to see them live but sadly never got the chance. I remember driving home to western PA from NJ one night probably in 2002, maybe 2003, and as I was driving through Philly, they had Peter Steele on the radio for an interview. Was great to listen to for the little bit I stayed in range of the radio towers.
This is a great comment. I do live for these little back stories I wouldn’t have found on google. Thanks again for watching my dude! 😊💜
I mean yeah, goth chicks like me ate this shit up. But if you listen to the lyrics, Peter was paying us out pretty heavily here (you can’t go out cause your roots are showing, dye Em black)
They come across as a cliche but they are actually super intelligent with a pretty wicked sense of humour. Also this isn’t their best song by a mile. I LOVE them- fight me! By the time I “discovered” them the Green Man was gone… RIP giant. Hope you listen to more my dude! By the way, I adore your channel. You’re a scream in the best possible way. Love from Australia 🖤
I am definitely returning to them cos this was such a blast to record. The whole thing. I think Peter also has an amazing voice and even if it was meant to be a little tongue in cheek, I appreciate the humour of it. Thank you so for watching my dude 🥰 Im glad I could hook you in with some of my nonsense :P Big love!
It's so very lovely hearing the Scottish accent from this woman. G'day from Australia. 😍
Anesthesia is another absolutely amazing song of theirs. But yes, definitely check out more of their songs! 🖤🖤
I loved Type-O and was in my teenage years through my 20's when they were really popular. I'm from New York and growing up in the New York Hardcore scene and being in bands I got to know the members and their music. They're ALL really good dudes and it sucks Peter Steele isn't with us anymore. But man Peter made it weird for us dudes after he appeared in f**king naked in Playgril magazine in 1995 it seemed like EVERY girl out had seen it and talked about it while us dudes were doing everything possible to avoid the pictures because we all knew Pete it would make it really awkward hanging out with him haha
But anyone who's a fan of Type-O Negative should check out Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly of Type-O Negative's band Silvertomb. My boys Joseph James ex Agnostic Front/INHUMAN and Hank Hell ex INHUMAN are also in the band and they're really freaking good!
ALSO Justin Hawkins of the band Darkness has a TH-cam channel called "Justin Hawkins Rides Again and he does Reactions and he's pretty freaking hilarious and it's something you should definitely check out.
Love Justin! Thanks for this 😊💜
Forget Silvertomb-ck out Kenny and Johnny's NEW band EYE AM. BEST thing either one of them has done since Type O Negative.
Nice. Something spectacular has happened to me actually, thank you! Now you need Love You To Death also by Type O. I'm sure it's already been mentioned but Peter Steele was like around six foot eight.
Richmond!!!! ❤
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Seen Type O Negative many times before he passed , the shows were great . Lots of songs you might like - Wolf Moon , September Sun , Green Man , Set me on Fire are a few , too many to list lol enjoy them if you listen for yourself.
2 songs that you should check out from the album World Coming Down are Everything Dies and their cover of the Beatles' Day Tripper
Guitarist Kenny Hickey are also the lead vocalist in Seventh Void, Silvertomb and his new group Eye Am featuring Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), Todd Strange (Crowbar) and Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative/Silvertomb/Seventh Void). Their song Cryptomnesia and Dreams Always Die With The Sun are great stuff
Good song choice, but again, like with Helloween, you fell for the shortened version...Pity!
And thank you for including my comment in your video. 😘🤘
Thank you too! :)
I selected this video to watch while wearing my pumpkinhead shirt to see that amazing poster on your wall. It was meant to be.
Love type o negative. Also noticed Anno Dracula on your bookshelf. That’s an awesome series
It's so good! Don’t get me started! Thank you for watching Anthony 🥰
Type O Negative were having a good time doing what they enjoyed and weren't trying to conquer the music world. They were humble and hard working. I appreciate what they contributed.
Was it niche? Certainly. Do I prefer that to Taylor Swift trying to baby bird the world with baby food? Yes again. To each their own of course. As long as you're not hurting anyone else: go nuts.
Yeah I super enjoyed the band and I will be returning. I fully dont think that pandering is always a bad thing, but I know it can be detrimental to art. But I dont think that’s the case here. Agreed! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
Absolutely love TON. I had 'Wolf Moon' playing on a discman while I was reading Dracula and it synched with the journal of Dracula's journey to Whitby by ship. Accidental atmospherics that money can't buy. Been a fan ever since.
While we're on the subject of Dracula - noticed you have Dale Sacre's official sequel. I wasn't a fan, but I've not encountered many people who know it exists
Peter Steele also fronted
A band called
CARNIVORE. In 1987
They released an album
Called “Retaliation”
Some of the most sickest
Vocals from him EVER!
Nothing like Type O
At all. Check out
“Angry Neurotic Catholics” for a real thrill,
Or maybe
“USA for USA” for some
American Patriotism…😁
Will do! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
I agree with what was said about "medicine for the mind". Before I went legally blinr, I used to treat anger with videogames like Doom or Quake. I can't do that any more because my reaction time plummeted. So I went back to music. An hour of KISS, Motorhead or Twisted Sister drains out the negativity and leaves plenty of room for motivation.
Listening to Damnation by Opeth always leaves me with a smile on my face, and very often a sore neck from headbanging through that off-kilter brutal outro. Punk mosh pits are like hugs from 100's of your new best friends.
This comment is the one! I love that you found a new outlet. Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
I watch your videos because you're funny, honest, unfiltered and unafraid to try new things.
I will be 59 at the end of next May. UT warms my heart to know that someone significantly younger than me is looking at this genre with fresh eyes, and not dismissing it as "my Dad's music". Yes, I was 12 when I first bout an 8 track of KISS and seriously got into them, but I'm always finding bits of new stuff (Orden Ogan) and old stuff (Judas Priest, Kix, etc) to try to at least understand.
Some bands (Tool, Meshuggah, Slipknot) are too weird for me. That's okay, they have their audience. I'm not the Music Police. I'm a fan, and I support the music that builds me up. And the reactors who build me up... Like you :)
Peace be with you, Melissa. I hope this channel continues for a good long while.
PS: Try "Heavy Chains" by Loudness :)
While watching note they didnt take themselves all that serious....great sense of humour!
R.I.P. Peter Steele. One of a kind....their catalog is choc full of great songs. October Rust IMO is their best album, but every album showed a self deprecating sense of humor and Peter's writing always progressed into deeper subject matter.
I love Typo-Negative and I think this song is an anthem to that tongue in cheek humour, enjoying the ironic fun of being a goth. It captures the imagery and feel so well and adds the knowing grin and a raised eyebrow on a genre that from the outside looks so pretentious and dower but to those within is about enjoying great music and taking seriously dressing as you like.
Until you've heard "Wolf Moon",you're missing out.That song,as many of their songs,is an experience one doesn't forget.
Consider it on the list! Thanks for watching! :)
If you, really, want the 'masturbatory stuff,' listen to their song Christian Woman. It, really, is a lot of fun; and while we're discussing 'masturbation,' while, yes, I do agree that Metal Music can be cathartic, don't masturbate to anything faster than Slayer; it doesn't go well!
As for Type-O, I do enjoy some of their stuff; but, I do find them, somewhat, musically boring. What isn't boring is when Mr. Peter Steele posed for Playgirl (you can thank me later). As for his hands, yes, they're big, because hes 6' 8".
Now, if you want some, really, good, Gothic Metal (Gothic Symphonic Metal, actually), BlackBriar will be your new toy-of-pleasure. Arms of The Ocean, Crimson Faces, My Soul's Demise, The Seance are great songs with which to start.
A great review!
I grew up listening to Type o negative, Peter Steele such a gentle giant, every album that come out after this one he put everything he was feeling into the songs, I listened to him when he was in carnivore before Type o negative but when Peter still died so did type o negative he was irreplaceable, I also love the album October rust favorite song was "love you to death" watching Peter Steele sing it still gives me goosebumps in a good way...💚💚🥺
Hey Melisa! This band was a HUGE part of the 90s for my wife and I. This song is probably their most famous, and so is the entry point for most people, but I do NOT think it's their best work. They've got so much more to offer - "Love You to Death", "Everyone I Love is Dead" (ok, there seems to be a theme, there), but also the funny "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and their cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" (my wife's theme song, basically). Great job and Rock On! 🤘😎👍
Hated them when they came out because I was a speed/death metal guy. Over the years I've come to enjoy a bit of them.
Listen to the opening vocal on "Nettie" and have a change of pants ready.
Will do! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
Definitely not their best song, but the most well known.
I'd love to see you explore more, they have some really great music.
More to come! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
The best song about hair dye ever composed
Yeah I think this band and Danzig had a good run. It was cheeky fun and thought if, The Cure were vampires. Thought it would have been a good track on the Army of Darkness movie.
Yes! You get it! 🤩👍
Peter was a giant of a man! 💚🖤💚
That he was! Thanks for watching my dude 😊💜
Hey Melissa glad you finally got on to Type O! Pete was a unique guy, goth personified. I saw them in 1996, they played a half hour set, but only managed three songs as their songs were so long. Brief but awesome! They definitely have their tongues firmly in cheek, and love to play to stereotypes, check out the "addams family" keyboards!
Yeah I really like them! Will definitely be returning! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
THE CRAMPS WERE SPECTACULAR!!! So was Type O Negative ....
yeah this is one of their sillier songs, I just love their self depricating humour. the big hands observation cracked me up, peter was a big dude at 6ft 8 and that's probably why he's playing the double bass like that, to poke fun at himself.
they have lots of good songs, a good intro to them would be 'love you to death'. it shows off his singing more. he didn't just have a deep voice but a good vocal range too. there a nice live version of wolf moon too on youtube
They have some great songs
I concur! :)
One of the best, a meta; band not afraid to slip it right down
Love The Cramps ❤too
Type O Negative had the most wicked sense of humour and Black No1 is just basically taking the piss out of goths 😂
Love Type O and Peter Steele as well.
Have a listen to the full (11minute long) album version of Black No1. And I would suggest Love You to Death next if you wanna hear more Type O
If there's one thing us goths love more than dark music, it's not taking ourselves overly seriously. 😅
I will do! Thank you for watching my dude 🥰
Peter Steele learned into his Eastern European roots and basically became Dracula if he were a Metal artist. why i love Metal as a genre, people come up with the most unusual ideas, and some of them really work.
as previously mentioned - listen to the original cut , the band loves that people take them seriously even though they do not... i mean one of my favorites by them is "I know your fucking someone else"
The Cramps "Beautiful Babes in Bikinis with Machine Guns" is fantastic. their track The Human Fly is amazing. Bad music for Bad People and Look Mom No Head i spin for my 5yr old daughter
I was always drawn to darker things growing up. Even cartoons. Ones like AAAHHH Real Monsters, or the Beetlejuice cartoon. The movie The Dark Crystal came out the year I was born. I've watched that a thousand times growing up. So it's not a surprise that I would be a fan of Type O Negative. Plus they were awsome guys too. Full of humor and sarcasm wich ruled the 90s 😂.
I mean who am i to say no to subscribing when i've been called out AND labeled a whore, you do know how to treat a dude right Melisa. Also as a side note, you giving people who get shirty a clapback, is immensely enjoyable everytime. You're a delight full stop.
The Cramps!!! YASSSSS! 💪🏻😌💅🏻
More Type O Please!!!!!
Will do 💜😊
Type O is quite the rabbit hole. Self-depreciating, the "drab four" are infamous for writing gothy toe tappers like Black #1 but also lengthy epics you can find on my favorite Type O album, October Rust. Peter's voice is crazy on that one, an the song writing is insanely good.
I saw them in Cincinnati Ohio years ago, and Peter infamously said, jokingly, "This next song sounds like sh*t, because I wrote it on the toilet."
RIP Peter. One of my all-time favorite bands, and I'm a 53 year old guy.
They have better songs for sure 😊
Perhaps try.
Everyone I love is dead.
I will becaus that title is glorious! Thanks again for watching my dude 🥰
Peter Steele was in a pre-Type-O thrash band called Carnivore back in the early 80's I believe...
It might surprise you to know the album "Bloody Kisses" which this song is from went platinum and was their most popular album. Guess the pandering really worked!
Important bit of info make sure to do the tiniest bit of research and check the album song duration with the video duration or you may run into one of the many edits that the band unfortunately allowed and some cut large parts of songs out.
Type o Negative are very unique band. They have a lot of dark humor and sarcasm in their lyrics...the guys were all genius musicians and had a lot of influence in the industry but they never took themselves seriously...in the back on their Bloody Kisses album they had written "Don't mistake the lack of talent for genius" lmao. "Christian woman" and "Love you to death" are some of their more popular songs, "Anesthesia" would be a good start as well. And if you want to hear them live i recommend "Wolf Moon" live. 💚
Type O Negative are amazing. I recommend “Love you to Death” although I take no responsibility for what the song will do to anyone.
Or it you want something faster “I don’t wanna be me” is also amazing
I first heard them in 1996 when they released October Rust. I’ve played that album from front to back probably more times since ‘96 than any other album. There isn’t a bad track on it.
I’ll need to check it out! Thanks for watching Matty! :)
Try Toadies- possum kingdom. They look like kids but it's got great lyrics and you'll love the music.
Oh, Peter absolutely did play the bass like that. Saw him do it live on stage more than once.
I would have loved to see it 🥰
@@SoulSingerDiscovers He was a hell of a guy. One of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Huge, though- absolutely a giant.
@@SoulSingerDiscoversgo watch some of his interviews! He was an amazing performer but also exactly what you described at the end 😊
Pete Steele, this is going to be good 🖤🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
He’s a devilish man! 👻
This is always someone's first song from type o. They have so many other much much better tracks but its like a rite of passage that this is everyone's first one.
“Functionless art is simply tolerated vandalism. We are the vandals.”
~ Peter Steele
Glorious 💜
Been listening to these guys since 94 and their music will never get old for me... there is no such thing as a "bad" Type Θ album, although there are some I enjoy more than others. I recommend you check out their cover of "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts as well as the song "Anesthesia", which is one of my personal favorites. Another big fan favorite I recommend is "To Late: Frozen". I'd list a couple off of October Rust, but looking at the other comments here, that album is well covered, lol
EDIT - The purpose of their music was not "making teeenagers depressed", but rather to *connect with* already depressed teenagers. 🤣
EDIT no.2 - Props for the "IT Crowd" reference! 👍
I know you very well. You have a horse named Angus, brothers Hamish, Hubert, Harris, they're wee devils. You love archery. 🤭🤣
Wow! Who told you that? Was it the Will o the wisp?? 😂🥰
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Yes❣️ You're awesome, another great video. 🥰
I like Type O. They were buds with Pantera and they all had a good time messing with people.
What a lovely back story! Thanks for watching my dude 😊💜
Peter was a good dude. Saw them play a few times at L'amours and he does play the stand up bass like most people play regular bass guitars. This song is a joke. Intentionally. Christian Woman was a great song as well as their cover of Cinnamon Girl. The whole album was fun.
He dated a friend of mine for a bit so a few of us got to know him pretty well.
I've been a fan of Type-O since I first heard one of their songs ('Wolf Moon', if you're interested) on a Metal Hammer cover CD in 1996 (f**k me sideways, I'm old), and have loved them ever since. There's a ridiculous amount of humour in their songs, but it's all wrapped around this steamy gothic sensibility that few other bands have ever managed to pull off as well as Type-O did. Yes, I just used the word 'steamy' and the phrase 'pull off' in the same sentence, which harks back to your comment about this song being masturbatory aid for 15 year old girls with chokers, right?
ANYWAY, I'm glad you enjoyed them - I would heartily recommend listening to their 'October Rust' album, as it's chock-foo of crackin' songs like this one.
Hey little sister, there is a paragraph/ line that had been Sadly changed! The line in the version, LOVING YOU IS LIKE LOVING THE DEAD; ON the original uncut album, "LOVING YOU IS LIKE F#*CKING THE DEAD!" Keep up your awesome reactions little sister!!!
Thank you so much for watching and thank you for the wee tidbit 😊💜
These edited versions are the bane of my existence, cutting out all the best parts. This is what... half the song maybe? Ugh... Shame it wasn't the full album version, the intended version. Still though... the best ever song about hair dye basically, lol.
I concur it is the best I have heard about hair dye :)