I agree with the others that his EMGtv performance of Kingdom is amazing. I think that you calling yourself a theatre kid might mean that you like his performance of Why from his quarantine fundraiser even more. Both performances are solo with recorded music and voices behind him. Both of them are must see performances if you liked Deadhead. Here's a link to Why - th-cam.com/video/xsd4ZkFVOHY/w-d-xo.html
The hand puppet was Ziltoid the Omniscient - the title of one of his albums. The original puppet creation had the remains of Devin's own "snot encrusted" dreds. Look up "Devin Townsend skullet" to see Devin's own combination of balding and long hair.
Oh yeah he's been at it for a lil' bit.. He was discovered by Steve Vai in the nineties and went on to be his lead vocalist for an album/tour. His screams are like no-one else's, especially combined with his awesome clean singing. Glad you appreciate his style too! He's also super chill and funny, which you'll see if you react to more of his stuff as I hope you will ;)
Welcome to a whole new world with Devin. As a huge fan, there's over 30 albums intertwined with genre bending music. In other words, you might not like everything. But there's a ton of gold that grabs you. As he matured his voice only got better, and every performance more epic than the last. He's the one of the only artists that always takes it up a notch live. As an old dude living in constant severe pain - I discovered Devin and his music and spoken words are one of the biggest blessings in my life. And I find that incredible Cheers
So first of all, 4:26 was the moment you made me click "subscribe" because I have watched this performance and reactions to it many times and you are the FIRST person I've seen to point that out. I hadn't even noticed it yet!
If you love crowd interaction, PLEASE like...for the love of God...watch his Kingdom EMGTV performance. It's a solo performance but his voice and energy are off the friggin hook in that video💯💯💯
That "Puppet" is 'Ziltoid The Omniscient' is a character created by Devin and it also the title of his 10th album which is a concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid from the planet Ziltoidia 9.
Thank you, so very very much! I knew you'd enjoy his vocals. He's been around since the '90s and he does a lot of clean with fry scream type stuff. Wait until you hear Higher by him with Anneke Van Giersbergen live 2017. Again, thanks
I actually like that she started from this one because that performance of Kingdom isn't even near one of his best live performances (which are the ones from RAH and Plovdiv)
6:51 You looked a little confused. He was poking fun at the audience, they were all claping at different times and he said. "Love's a bitch for sure, but if any point in time you feel like it you know, pick a tempo"
That venue is the Royal Albert Hall in London, one of the most beautiful and legendary venues for classical music for over 100 years. Increasingly it's been getting hired by rock bands to give their fans an extra-special night.
Just about Devin's best performance is The death of music from Plovdiv. It doesn't get anywhere near the amount of reactions it should it's definitely the one you should react to ... everyone and their dog does the EMGtv one!
Devin has such a great voice, always had, even back to his first professional job as the lead singer for Steve Vai’s band (yes I am that old as to have seen them!). His scream is amazing as well. Other will recommend the EMGTV video, personally I would recommend one of his duets with Anneke, preferably live. Love you kookiness as always Charis 😉💜. Perhaps the lady is implying the baby is Devin’s, and that is why love is a bitch?!
You just saw Dev for the first time I take it? He is a very diverse and crazy good singer/guitarrist/composer/producer/human being. You just saw a fraction of it. I recommend ”Vampira” with Devin Townsend Band. You will laugh and be in awe at the same time. Its a halloween song but just go! Cheers!
i was in the front row of a small club show he did and at the end he came out and gave everyone a high five but there was no barricade where i was standing so he just gave me a hug
Saw Devin a few years ago. managed to get to the front row in a small theatre. AT the end of the show he walked from left to right, shaking hands with every person in the front row, while looking us straight in the eyes and saying 'Thank you'.
If you like Devin's clean voice it's worth looking up his live performance of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables. It's pretty special.I love the chemistry between him and his fans too.
There are so many paths to travel when roaming in the Devin Provincial Forest. His live bits w/Annicka VonG'sbergen-something are precious.; His sets in the Retinal Circus tour are just insanity (lots of stage-stuff going on) Ah, just grab a handful of darts and start throwing... the DevinHeads will keeping bugging you til you've done every last video....kinda like the NightWishers. As always, my best advice is 'let you be you'.
A couple of things, firstly Devin was ill for this show. He still played over 2 hours and this was at the end of the set! Devin as a performer changes styles constantly, his albums are often a surprise to fans when they are released. He is a massive fan of musicals and musical theatre (he does "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis at times, there us video of him doing it in one of his Quarantine shows) which he happily includes in his music. Some of his stuff is heavy and brutal (anything by Strapping Young Lad an earlier band of his will scare the crap out of you 😀) yet can do also have mellow at times country meets ambient in his canon (check out Casualties Of Cool). The puppet isn't trolling, loads of folks had them as they were on sale at both this and his "Retinal Circus" shows in London (and probably elsewhere). The puppet is a Ziltoid puppet which is a character that he has 2 albums about, the first telling how he arrives on earth, asks for the universe's best cup of coffee and is disappointed when it is "tepid" so he decides to destroy our planet,... honest that is the story 😂. Ziltoid often makes appearances on screen at some gigs and occasionally in person! I recommend that you check out for your OWN entertainment (bugger us lot watching your reactions😀) the video for The Retinal Circus, a one off gig that was music and circus with dancers, choirs, trapeze artists, contortionists, aliens, aliens giving birth through 7 foot vaginas (can I say that on your page???) etc. It is an aural and visual treat as well as bloody hilarious at times. As a person who loves theatre I believe you would thoroughly enjoy the show! Cheers, have a good day.
For more humor, audience interaction and amazing vocals, check out Devin singing a Disney-like song and wearing a tutu (at the request of his backup singers) th-cam.com/video/Fgrik7HDKQ4/w-d-xo.html
The puppets' name is Ziltoid. He is omniscient and tried to destroy Earth after being served an inferior cup of coffee. That being said, her did save us all from Princess Battaria and her Poozers.
I've watched this music video plenty of times but I've never noticed what was on that lady's phone before, you have an amusing focus! You like Devin, I'm hearing? That makes me glad, I hope you'll listen to more of his music. Effectively everything of his is worth it, live and studio both, one very fun studio song of his that I'd like to recommend to you is Transcendence, from the album Transcendence.
This was his first ever public appearance, first time trying the screaming thing. He seems to sort of have a knack for it. He's since never performed publicly again. Became a hermit. Periodically screams still, though, to himself. The puppet woman has been involved in a palimony/child-support case with Devin for years. You can see that the baby and Devin have matching pates. The baby also has a mean scream, I understand, especially going from clean to the harsh.
This is so far from my comfort zone, but I Love Devy's voice. His diction is still good, you can follow his words, it's more than just a car crash coming out of his mouth. Loves him some power chords. He sings Broadway really well, too, all clean.
At 10:28 "That's nuts!" It certainly is, when you realise he's coming off a throat infection at the time, and it's in the second half of a 2:40 hour show. Unbelievable.
He's a very talented, funny, very charismatic person who had some issues in his life but he dealt with them. You should check out this video of a gig gone totally wrong due to technical difficulties so he has to entertain the crowd: th-cam.com/video/pYQmUNzkYAQ/w-d-xo.html Also check the collabs with Anneke van Giersbergen like 'Ih Ah', 'Grace', 'Hyperdrive', 'Awake', 'Supercrush' and many more. Anneke van Giersbergen and her band The Gathering were one of the reasons Floor Jansen of Nightwish chose to go metal.
While i like kingdom and i absolutely suggest you watch it. I also advice you to watch Devin Townsend projects - Grace. This song is theatre on it's own, together with great music :)
Devin is my all time favorite artist. He's incredible. He's got over 20 studio albums over his career and all are of varying styles. Also the puppet is a Devin thing. Lots of people bring them to his shows so it's not unusual to see them in the crowd. You should check out more of his stuff. I recommend Kingdom (EMGtv version) and Death of Music (from this same show).
@@CharisSellick Yes'm, and he's done that before, just kinda powered through the show when he's not feeling well. He was getting over a cold at the show I went to just before COVID cancelled the rest of his tour, and he still rocked it (though some songs he switched out because he'd "sound like Marge Simpson" in his words).
I think there is a lot of modern prog metal bands that you'd appreciate Charis! In some similar veins to this or some of the Spiritbox stuff you've heard. For the vocal side of things I'd definitely recommend the group "Tesseract". They've had 2 different vocalists but both incredibly talented (as are the band as whole ofc) & their music is very emotive & sort of a journey when it comes to sections/structure. You can't go too wrong with song choice, but you may want to check out tracks with the different vocalists for 2 different types of performances or perspectives. 😁🤘👍
You should check out some older Nightwish. Like anything from their first album "Oceanborn", or their song "Bless the Child". Also, Metallica has a very famous album where they play live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. (S&M) So obviously, it's pretty theatrical. lol I think you'd like it! Take care!
I agree with the others that his EMGtv performance of Kingdom is amazing. I think that you calling yourself a theatre kid might mean that you like his performance of Why from his quarantine fundraiser even more. Both performances are solo with recorded music and voices behind him. Both of them are must see performances if you liked Deadhead. Here's a link to Why - th-cam.com/video/xsd4ZkFVOHY/w-d-xo.html
Yes! This one!
I support these statements wholeheartedly.
I dunno. I like the concert version of 'Why' where he comes out dancing in a black skirt/dress and gives out stuffed animals.
@@martinatzejensen6787 me too. And would suggest that too!!!
The hand puppet was Ziltoid the Omniscient - the title of one of his albums. The original puppet creation had the remains of Devin's own "snot encrusted" dreds. Look up "Devin Townsend skullet" to see Devin's own combination of balding and long hair.
Yesssss
I'm gonna add to this peer pressure here. EMGtv Kingdom. My God what a performance.
Oh yeah he's been at it for a lil' bit.. He was discovered by Steve Vai in the nineties and went on to be his lead vocalist for an album/tour. His screams are like no-one else's, especially combined with his awesome clean singing. Glad you appreciate his style too! He's also super chill and funny, which you'll see if you react to more of his stuff as I hope you will ;)
Yeah he's the king
He's from BC. Chill and funny just go without saying ;)
Welcome to a whole new world with Devin. As a huge fan, there's over 30 albums intertwined with genre bending music. In other words, you might not like everything. But there's a ton of gold that grabs you. As he matured his voice only got better, and every performance more epic than the last. He's the one of the only artists that always takes it up a notch live. As an old dude living in constant severe pain - I discovered Devin and his music and spoken words are one of the biggest blessings in my life. And I find that incredible Cheers
So first of all, 4:26 was the moment you made me click "subscribe" because I have watched this performance and reactions to it many times and you are the FIRST person I've seen to point that out. I hadn't even noticed it yet!
If you love crowd interaction, PLEASE like...for the love of God...watch his Kingdom EMGTV performance. It's a solo performance but his voice and energy are off the friggin hook in that video💯💯💯
But there's no crowd interaction in that performance 🤔
@@sasquatchsiosaurus nah makes perfect sense if you love burgers you should go to pizza hut they have a great ice cream section.
@@cthree7792 🤣 ah, it all makes sense. Your explanation is my favourite thing now. 😄
That "Puppet" is 'Ziltoid The Omniscient' is a character created by Devin and it also the title of his 10th album which is a concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid from the planet Ziltoidia 9.
Speaking of trolling. Devin Townsend is the troll-meister! And we love him for it.
Thank you, so very very much! I knew you'd enjoy his vocals. He's been around since the '90s and he does a lot of clean with fry scream type stuff. Wait until you hear Higher by him with Anneke Van Giersbergen live 2017. Again, thanks
You should check out Devin Townsend - Kingdom. The EMGtv one.
💯 this.
You'll love hearing his vocal range on that one. Also, he's an incredible performer and the video really shows off his entertaining he is.
I actually like that she started from this one because that performance of Kingdom isn't even near one of his best live performances (which are the ones from RAH and Plovdiv)
The baby was trying to call Devin and the woman with the phone was just seeing if Devin would take the call or not.
Devin is an absolutely amazing entertainer, composer, musician...... you name it!
Oh Devin's got projects! You just name a genre lol. From death metal to country to New age, he's got 'em all!
6:51 You looked a little confused. He was poking fun at the audience, they were all claping at different times and he said. "Love's a bitch for sure, but if any point in time you feel like it you know, pick a tempo"
That venue is the Royal Albert Hall in London, one of the most beautiful and legendary venues for classical music for over 100 years. Increasingly it's been getting hired by rock bands to give their fans an extra-special night.
this is one of my favorite tracks to rock out to.... thank you so much!!! i never noticed the lady with the phone!
Im a simple man..., I see someone introduced to a legend and enjoying it... I like!
Devin Townsend is the single most brilliant musician on the planet.
Now you need to do the song "Grace." It'll literally take you to church.
The venue is the Royal Albert Hall the same Royal Albert Hall that the Beatles mentioned in their song A “Day In The Life”.
Devin is amazingly talented and an awesome person to boot!
The hand puppet is Ziltoid which is a character concept created by Devin, he has two albums based on him.
Just about Devin's best performance is The death of music from Plovdiv. It doesn't get anywhere near the amount of reactions it should it's definitely the one you should react to ... everyone and their dog does the EMGtv one!
Death of Music will give you goosebumps !
5:50 - Yeah...
The dude's catalog is FULL of incredibly impressive vocal performances. It's a fun rabbit hole to spend some time in.
Devin has such a great voice, always had, even back to his first professional job as the lead singer for Steve Vai’s band (yes I am that old as to have seen them!). His scream is amazing as well. Other will recommend the EMGTV video, personally I would recommend one of his duets with Anneke, preferably live.
Love you kookiness as always Charis 😉💜. Perhaps the lady is implying the baby is Devin’s, and that is why love is a bitch?!
As many times as Ive seen this song, never noticed the phone... Your powers of observation are incredible lol
I so appreciate you saying that instead of just telling me to pay attention more lol
@@CharisSellick I have no criticism at this time. Well done.
You just saw Dev for the first time I take it?
He is a very diverse and crazy good singer/guitarrist/composer/producer/human being.
You just saw a fraction of it.
I recommend ”Vampira” with Devin Townsend Band. You will laugh and be in awe at the same time. Its a halloween song but just go!
Cheers!
i was in the front row of a small club show he did and at the end he came out and gave everyone a high five but there was no barricade where i was standing so he just gave me a hug
You might also like his Acoustic live performance of Bring him home from a gig in New Zealand. Devin's great sense of humour shining through here.
Was that the Auckland show in Avondale??
@@devdog616 Hi There I don't know but it's the one from 06/09/19 if that helps
Saw Devin a few years ago. managed to get to the front row in a small theatre. AT the end of the show he walked from left to right, shaking hands with every person in the front row, while looking us straight in the eyes and saying 'Thank you'.
The mad scientist of metal!
I saw devin at a small venue in 2012 and he kissed me on the forehead during "by your command" and my life has been changed
That 2nd phone photo was actually a Devin selfie believe it or not.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you like Devin's clean voice it's worth looking up his live performance of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables. It's pretty special.I love the chemistry between him and his fans too.
the hand puppet is called Ziltoid. its one of Devin's characters.
Check out Devin Townsend, the song called Why. From the Empath album. Very Disney-Eque.
Theater Kid needs to watch his live stuff from Retinal Circus!
Two more clips from this show. The Death Of Music and closing song Universal Flame, where Devin brings out his son.
Devin Townsend - Grace(retinal circus) and The Gathering - Travel(TG25: Live at Doornrooosje)
There are so many paths to travel when roaming in the Devin Provincial Forest.
His live bits w/Annicka VonG'sbergen-something are precious.;
His sets in the Retinal Circus tour are just insanity (lots of stage-stuff going on)
Ah, just grab a handful of darts and start throwing... the DevinHeads will keeping bugging you til you've done every last video....kinda like the NightWishers.
As always, my best advice is 'let you be you'.
"DevinHeads will keeping bugging you til you've done every last video"
As a fan of Devin's work, I can confirm this. lol
March of the poozers is a good into to ziltoid (the hand puppet) and they did a good performance at royal Albert Hall.
A couple of things, firstly Devin was ill for this show. He still played over 2 hours and this was at the end of the set!
Devin as a performer changes styles constantly, his albums are often a surprise to fans when they are released. He is a massive fan of musicals and musical theatre (he does "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis at times, there us video of him doing it in one of his Quarantine shows) which he happily includes in his music. Some of his stuff is heavy and brutal (anything by Strapping Young Lad an earlier band of his will scare the crap out of you 😀) yet can do also have mellow at times country meets ambient in his canon (check out Casualties Of Cool).
The puppet isn't trolling, loads of folks had them as they were on sale at both this and his "Retinal Circus" shows in London (and probably elsewhere). The puppet is a Ziltoid puppet which is a character that he has 2 albums about, the first telling how he arrives on earth, asks for the universe's best cup of coffee and is disappointed when it is "tepid" so he decides to destroy our planet,... honest that is the story 😂. Ziltoid often makes appearances on screen at some gigs and occasionally in person!
I recommend that you check out for your OWN entertainment (bugger us lot watching your reactions😀) the video for The Retinal Circus, a one off gig that was music and circus with dancers, choirs, trapeze artists, contortionists, aliens, aliens giving birth through 7 foot vaginas (can I say that on your page???) etc. It is an aural and visual treat as well as bloody hilarious at times. As a person who loves theatre I believe you would thoroughly enjoy the show!
Cheers, have a good day.
For more humor, audience interaction and amazing vocals, check out Devin singing a Disney-like song and wearing a tutu (at the request of his backup singers) th-cam.com/video/Fgrik7HDKQ4/w-d-xo.html
Check out his vocal range video. One of the few that can hit near any note in near any key perfect
Maybe we should send her requests for reactions to buildings and hand puppets since that is what her heart "flutters" over. XD
Oh man, i love this band
If you like cleans and harsh vocals you should check out Trivium :D
The puppets' name is Ziltoid. He is
omniscient and tried to destroy Earth after being served an inferior cup of coffee. That being said, her did save us all from Princess Battaria and her Poozers.
If you like theatre try Devin Townsed "Quarantine concert", you will not be disappointed.
"She has a hand puppet..."
Hey now. You address The 4th Dimensional Ziltoid The Omniscient by his proper title, you hear me?
Satellites - Periphery
Reptile - Periphery
Satellites - Periphery
Reptile - Periphery
Satellites - Periphery
Reptile - Periphery
pEeR pReSsUrE
You should watch his kingdom live EMG video... Pure showman.
Devin trolling the crowd for failing to clap in tempo is gold.
I've watched this music video plenty of times but I've never noticed what was on that lady's phone before, you have an amusing focus! You like Devin, I'm hearing? That makes me glad, I hope you'll listen to more of his music. Effectively everything of his is worth it, live and studio both, one very fun studio song of his that I'd like to recommend to you is Transcendence, from the album Transcendence.
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I will wait patiently for the notification 😊
If you like clean and harsh vocals, you have to check out Opeth! Harlequin Forest from the royal Albert hall is great
This was his first ever public appearance, first time trying the screaming thing. He seems to sort of have a knack for it. He's since never performed publicly again. Became a hermit. Periodically screams still, though, to himself.
The puppet woman has been involved in a palimony/child-support case with Devin for years. You can see that the baby and Devin have matching pates. The baby also has a mean scream, I understand, especially going from clean to the harsh.
He does a magnificent version of "Bring Him Home"
It's only available on the CBC facebook video page though
I NEED TO SEE THIS!
There are many versions on TH-cam, I recommend the one at Eindhoven... he gives a good speech too!
This is so far from my comfort zone, but I Love Devy's voice. His diction is still good, you can follow his words, it's more than just a car crash coming out of his mouth. Loves him some power chords. He sings Broadway really well, too, all clean.
At 10:28 "That's nuts!" It certainly is, when you realise he's coming off a throat infection at the time, and it's in the second half of a 2:40 hour show. Unbelievable.
Haha that picture of the baby you said the lady was trolling with on her phone is a picture of Devin😆
He's a very talented, funny, very charismatic person who had some issues in his life but he dealt with them.
You should check out this video of a gig gone totally wrong due to technical difficulties so he has to entertain the crowd: th-cam.com/video/pYQmUNzkYAQ/w-d-xo.html
Also check the collabs with Anneke van Giersbergen like 'Ih Ah', 'Grace', 'Hyperdrive', 'Awake', 'Supercrush' and many more.
Anneke van Giersbergen and her band The Gathering were one of the reasons Floor Jansen of Nightwish chose to go metal.
While i like kingdom and i absolutely suggest you watch it. I also advice you to watch Devin Townsend projects - Grace. This song is theatre on it's own, together with great music :)
Never saw the woman with the baby pic before)) good catch ))
Feel like the Kingdom video is a better introduction to Devin and his style but this video really shows off the big sound of his music
Thats not a baby, that's a picture of Devin's face all scrunched up lol
Bastard, same concert.
The death of music.
One other song of his that doesn't get anywhere near enough love from the reactors is Universal Flame, also from Royal Albert Hall
Devin's cool, and nice job on your part, cute ^^
Fit for a King - Vendetta
lol lets peer pressure her into this one bahaha
Devin Townsend Project - Grace (retinal circus version).
Feel good vibes 😃
Ps I will.repeat this constantly until I get what I want 😋
Can you react to Alter bridge - black bird.. thanks for the reactions 👍🏼
periphery when?
Devin has a thing with stuffed animals, thats why some people are holding then in the crowd.
You should really do Devins Kingdom at EMGtv and also his song 'Why'
Devin doing Kingdom at this video: th-cam.com/video/nubJjB95VdY/w-d-xo.html
What person thought this was a better idea that anything from retinal circus for a theater kid to react to? Grace perhaps?
You should react to his song Ih-Ah. The live version is good, and has a really wholesome interaction :)
Devin is my all time favorite artist. He's incredible. He's got over 20 studio albums over his career and all are of varying styles. Also the puppet is a Devin thing. Lots of people bring them to his shows so it's not unusual to see them in the crowd.
You should check out more of his stuff. I recommend Kingdom (EMGtv version) and Death of Music (from this same show).
Yeah so... that's Devin with his face scrunched up on the phone. 100%.
Kingdom enough said lol
Oh, and as for other Devin Townsend suggestions:
- Why? Quarantine/Show
- Kingdom (live at EMG)
- Stormbending
The woman is obviously facetiming her baby to see the show lol.
Clearly!
Try this Devin bit out. It's more up close, and shows his comedic side too. haha. th-cam.com/video/nubJjB95VdY/w-d-xo.html
Leprous- Running Low
And he was sick when he did this show, I think tail end of a fever?
Really?!?
@@CharisSellick Yes'm, and he's done that before, just kinda powered through the show when he's not feeling well. He was getting over a cold at the show I went to just before COVID cancelled the rest of his tour, and he still rocked it (though some songs he switched out because he'd "sound like Marge Simpson" in his words).
why did you guys not recommend her "Why"? It's literally a musical, perfect for a "theatre kid" to get into devin
Gotta add it to the list!
I can hear the guitar riffs but the ringing in my ear is distorting the vocals. I'll have to listen to the studio version.
i like her ,shes silly .good silly .
oK... you got a sub because of that WOMAN'S PHONE!!!!
If you like cleans and screams check out the band Periphery and the song Make total destroy. I doubt you won't like it
Never saw this detail with the baby photo. Maybe she thinks he is the messiah or at least an enlightened guru and wants him to bless her child? :D
I think there is a lot of modern prog metal bands that you'd appreciate Charis! In some similar veins to this or some of the Spiritbox stuff you've heard. For the vocal side of things I'd definitely recommend the group "Tesseract". They've had 2 different vocalists but both incredibly talented (as are the band as whole ofc) & their music is very emotive & sort of a journey when it comes to sections/structure. You can't go too wrong with song choice, but you may want to check out tracks with the different vocalists for 2 different types of performances or perspectives. 😁🤘👍
Next Reaction Deadsquad - curse of the black plague. Indonesian metal band
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REACT TO SLEEP TOKEN 'HIGHER' AND/OR 'THE LOVE YOU WANT'. Please, you will not be disappointed.
You should check out some older Nightwish. Like anything from their first album "Oceanborn", or their song "Bless the Child". Also, Metallica has a very famous album where they play live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. (S&M) So obviously, it's pretty theatrical. lol I think you'd like it! Take care!
Devin super epic super cool 🤘👍
Did you say don't be a peter? 😂
A Peter is someone who watches all my videos and doesn’t sub. Lol I have been saying it for like a year now.
I am just getting old