especially this album. i can count on one hand all of the albums that completely floored me on FIRST listen. this was one. then learning the back story made it that much more special to me.
@@buckfuttler2877 wanna hear some shit?....in ‘03, I saw them in Mexico City live; I had 3 copies of ‘De-Loused...’ all to have vanished over time, but I was hooked from the get-go; I used to listen to it walking a new city (in Mexico), but yeah, instantly hooked. I also would sit on a couch in a darkish setting enjoy it while burning one down and I was in Puerto Rico while they recorded parts of ‘Frances’, but I’ve always felt connected to them, they inspired me to keep studying Spanish and I’ve seen them five times.
Actually, my experience has been different. I read an article on TMV in Bass Player Mag and being into prog I checked out a CD in a store (back in the days when that was a thing). It was Frances the Mute I think. The first listening told me there was a reasonable chance that if I listened to it heaps I'd be a fan. So I bought it. Of course, it worked but on first listening the euphoria wasn't there. I find that with all great music - it needs 10+ listenings. I've had Bedlam for years but rarely listened to it. Recently I've been listening to heaps more TMV - especially Obelisk and Octahedron. The other day I tried Bedlam again. Was like I'd never heard it before. Fantastic. Got to Ouroborous and have had Ouroborous on repeat for a couple of days! TMV are incredible but it's not a free ride. It tales work. Very enjoyable work. For me, at least.
@@learnimplementshare3431 I totally understand this, in other video comments I have already told a very similar story. Back in the day (2006) I was still stuck on Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix, someone started playing Mars Volta for me because they thought I might like it. At first it was almost like static, just noise in which I could discern no patterns or reason. But there was something there. Random bits of Omar's guitar wailing would be stuck in my mind like thorns... and I started going back... and back, and back and back. My mind changed, my musical tastes expanded greatly, and now it's like a shot of top quality Morph right in the arm just to listen again. I try not to listen only to TMV in an attempt to make sure I never get sick of it, but so far it's still bliss every time. Ouroboros is a solid track. On Bedlam my fav has always been Agadez - something about that perfect linear build up.
That would be incredible if he did that whole album. I think it's their best produced album because Rick Rubin is just amazing at making albums flow perfectly. Once Omar took over producing for then it got a little choppier but still good. Imagine if Rick Rubin produced Amputechture
The Bedlam in Goliath is definitely super chaotic. That’s the album that this song and Goliath are on. It’s super crazy the whole time. Just absolutely bonkers.
Francis the mute is one of my favorite albums of any genre. Top tier! Their first four albums are all amazing. Check out at the drive in as well. Singer and guitarist previous band. More Post-hardcore less prog but still very high energy.
I love it when he looked at his phone at the beginning to see if the interference was coming from it...how many have done the same. Stellar song...stellar album...one of the best bands of all time.
First time I've seen them live (March 2008) was in the 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands (amazing venue with a great sound) and they performed for 3 Hours straight!!!! That was an unbelievable experience.
@@dallaradrumsHe joined a super band called Giraffe Tongue Orchestra which also consisted of members of my other favorite bands such as Alice In Chains, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Mastodon. I believe before Pridegen joined the band, they wanted Jon Theodore to join but he was already too busy with Queens Of The Stone Age (I could be wrong). This band ended up being quite sick and has an Audioslave flare to it, I recommend it to anyone who's into hard rock or supergroups.
TMV is my jam! May I suggest Drunkship of Lanterns from their first album? They had that on their setlist for a long time and also did a huge jam session inbetween the sections of the song. It's great.
Interesting fact - the Drunkship live jam they always did later became the basis for the calmer part of Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus from Frances the Mute.
TMV changed my entire outlook on the energy within music. Really enjoyed your reaction to this track. Ive never been so excited listening to a band than The Mars Volta. Life changing!! Tremulant EP is bonkers too!
They were phenomenal live! 90 minutes, non-stop. Mind-blowing! Same technical work, but just jammed out for the first 30 minutes. Then played all of the Frances the Mute album, no break.
Thomas Pridgen, the drummer on this song, is absolutely manic. If you want to see him in action, they did a live Yahoo music set a decade ago and recorded it. Goliath is a good song from the show (another song off this album with insane energy) Since you have already heard the studio version of that song, maybe check out Wax Simulacra or Roulette Dates (the Haunt of) off the Yahoo set. Both are pretty good.
Nice Jim! You do the best Mars volta reaction videos. Tetragramaton, viscera eyes, or metatron next. If you want to hear their Magnus opus 'cassandra Gemini' (34 min) you should just do the entire Frances the mute album.
Honestly... I probably get more excited than I should when I wake up and get an alert to a new Mars Volta reaction by Mr. Jim. This was a wonderful surprise to wake to today!! Great reaction as always. I laughed so hard when I saw it because of the Gojira vid from earlier in the week. Never expected the Mars followup. 😂😂 You are spot on with your assessments of this band! You have so many more songs to go. While I want you to discover their entire library I’d be dishonest if I didn’t admit that I’d prefer you share your first listens here with us! But in all honesty... you deserve the solo walk-throughs like the rest of us. Volta albums are like battles your ears and mind need to preserver through. How about a compromise? You already listened to Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt from their first album, Deloused in the Comatorium. You should take an hour and just listen to it from start-on and enjoy that wonderment like we all did. Then save the rest for us!! LOL So glad Mars turned your family sick day into a bright reaction vid! Feel better... on to the next one. Try Tetragrammaton next. 👍🏽 Be well.
@@Sir_Blobfish I'm really liking the 2 ESP songs, Eriatarka, and Televators so far. I'm also liking Goliath, Las Flores Con Limon, Un Buitre Amable Me Pico and Poincare (studio and LIVE), and Birth of a Ghost. I'm a huge Steven Wilson fan, and post-Watershed Opeth fan, so I tend to like the more melodic stuff more than the hardcore stuff. Still like Ouroboros the best so far.
Greg D'Agostino Wonderful. Glad you’re enjoying them. Based on your description just now. I can guess that their last album, Noctourniquet may be one you really enjoy. It has plenty of Mars balls in it, but with a lot more smooth-grinding sounds. Add Omar’s ambient-rich soundscapes to some sweetly delivered vocal tracks and you will find some songs I’m sure you’d like.
Mars Volta is absolutely brilliant! The rhythm section of the band, bass player and the drummer, make such an unbelievable groove in every song, though Mars Volta may otherwise time to time sound violently expressionist and chaotic while the beautiful melodies linger in between everything and brake to the surface every once in a while. And Mars Volta have hold the top quality in their music through all of their albums!
Hey, get better soon Mr Jim!! We need your candid observations at a constant speed please. Although I'm no Mars Volta aficionado, I think Amphitecture ( or someit ) from 2006 was eccentric and brilliant. Top stuff all round!!
Hope everyone feels better soon. Going through a bit of a fever myself. Bit of a suggestion for a future video for a fun listen: Demons and Wizards - The Gunslinger
Make sure you check out At the Drive-In, the singer and guitarist's previous band, and the guitarist's side project Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group. IMHO Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has made some of the most ambitious and intense music to come from that group of musicians.
You should listen to the song called Eriatarka from The Mars Volta. It's from their first record "Deloused in the Comatorium", a masterpiece. Their second record is great too, it's called "Frances the mute", you'll find a 32 min song, crazy stuff - high quality band.
Definitely the best TMV reactions on the internet. You feel the same way about this band I do it seems but the only difference is I bought De-loused the day it came out because I was already a huge At the Drive-in fan when I was younger. After listening to De-loused it really changed my perspective on what was possible in a band setting and how controlled chaos (as you and I call it) is the most thrilling musical ride that can lift your day up. So, Jim, I thank you for letting me relive my teenage years and early twenties through your facial expressions and head bobs.
Spot on! Whenever I would go on tmv marathons in headphones at a former workplace years back it would seriously last for months with nothing else being played but them for 40 hours a week! Sounds insane but its true there is nobody like them and I've seen everything from Zappa to Sade to the dead Kennedys to porcupine tree to Meshugah to pat metheney, the list is endless and their is isn't another band that has affected me like that..was lucky enough to see the first 4 album on tour too and an Omar gig to boot..love this guys reactions to them because it reminded me of my own
@@Jibjonny i remember very similar work days :) right now its caligulas horse and haken most of the time while im at work. Those 2 bands have really intrigued me lately almost as much as TMV did back in the day
@@jonnyjibjob6519 they are bit more on the modern progressive side. Think dream theater with a better vocalist and newer production. Jim has reacted to quite a few haken and caligulas horse songs
Glad you keep doing TVM, interesting to see these. Really still holding out for vismund Cygnus vismund tho! It’s truly an amazing piece of music, so much emotion and skill
Thanks for another great video Jim. Many have already suggested these, but I’m going to add the numbers.... Cassandra Geminni (from Frances The Mute) and the first 3 tracks from Deloused in the Comatorium. Both of those albums are well worth a listen. So if you are thinking of doing entire albums, start with Deloused and then move on to Frances. Many thanks
Cicatriz or Viscera Eyes next please. Every day you put out a video it makes my day because it's a song from a band I love or I find a new great band to listen to. Thank you
I subbed for your TMV stuff. Love it and love that you're even giving them a chance. Rosa Rugosa by Anywhere is my suggestion. And In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth : 3 by Coheed and Cambria
HI Jim. Congratz on the the now 10,000+ subscribers and I may say that you are deserving of it. Love the down to earth reactions you do. Keep them coming. Could I also request that you play a NEW ERA Alice in Chains song, perhaps: So Far Under or Looking in View? Many thanks and keep up the great work.
The Mars Volta is easily in my top three bands of all time. Pretty much anything else you listen to is golden, but the stuff from their first four albums in particular is incredible. Anything from the albums "Deloused in the Comatorium", "Frances the Mute", "Amputechture", or "Bedlam in Goliath" is potentially mind blowing. The album "Octahedron" is good too, but it's a lot softer than the others and isn't as popular. Though I will say that once you get used to it, it has a certain "beauty" to the music that I really enjoy. Then there's "Noctourniquiet", and which is good too but it's entirely different from everything else they've done- like almost unrecognizable. But you could react to any song from this artist and I would love it.
@@TheAlibabatree I think it's great. It's almost hard to compare it to other TMV albums because of how different it is, though. It doesn't pull me in as much personally as albums 1-4, but don't get me wrong I enjoy the music and I've definitely been in the mood to listen to it over other albums quite a few times.
@@kingofhearts642 I dont judge albums based on the artist, i try to judge for what they are. In my opinion, Octahedron is easily their worst album. Not bad by any means, but completely lacking originality. I think Deloused, Frances, and Noctourniquet are the only (almost) perfect albums they put out.
Matthew Brock we keep suggesting Cygnus.... Vismund Cygnus. I really think it should’ve been one of the first, always my intro to the band for other people
@@dustinkoehle6676 That's one of my favorite opening tracks to an album of all time. Along with the combo of Son et lumière & Inertiatic ESP on De-Loused; Bombtack on RATMs self-titled; Immigrant Song on LZ III; and pretty much every Streetlight Manifesto opening track.
Please!!! As the biggest Mars Volta fan in the world since 2001 these newer albums were bland compared to the first 3. Deloused in the Comatorium is a perfect 10/10. The second half of Frances the Mute(their second album), a 32 minute song called Cassandra Gemini is the best thing these guys ever produced. I would love some reactions to their golden years.
Man you gotta do the first album. The intro, first and second songs will explain why. Also- wiki the concept. You’re like four albums deep! You don’t want Amputechture to be underwhelming!
Great video Jim as always. Not a massive Mars Volta fan but this song was pretty good. A lot going on which I like. :) Don't forget to listen to the following songs : Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence disk two The Faceless - Autothiest Movement part 1 to 3 Carcass - Heartwork Cradle of Filth - Lord Abortion (with lyrics) By the way my phone has this suggested list of songs on predictive texting. That's how many times I have suggested these songs 😂
The 3 songs you've heard are good but I've always thought they were running out of juice by then. The entire Deloused album is full craziness you wouldn't believe. Frances the Mute as well is quite amazing
@paula yeah I definitely couldn't say any album is "by far" better between De-loused, Frances, Amputechture, and Bedlam but Bedlam to me is a close second to De-loused with Frances and Amputechture being about tied for 3rd
Given you have liked what you’ve heard of the band and you haven’t done anything off the first album, I HIGHLY recommend doing a whole album reaction for Deloused in the Comatorium. It is an absolutely phenomenal album. Failing that, can you do Cicatriz E.S.P.?
Glad you liked it! TMV dethroned Pink Floyd, of all bands (& trust me that's no small feat for me) as my favorite of all time. Took my friend 2 years of badgering to finally get me to listen to them, & finally I did. This was when they had only 2 albums out. After they clicked with me, I became the one who told HIM about new album releases & show dates. Seeing them live is like a religious experience. Anyway, if you liked this you must listen to their first album, De-loused in the Comatorium, & their as-of-now sixth & final album, Noctourniquet. Some song recommendations would be "Televators" & "Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound" off each album in order of release, respectively. A lot of fans bashed Noctourniquet but it is one of my favorites. It's different, which so many fans can't handle when their favorite band does anything out of the norm. Anyway, hope your family gets better soon, & I'm glad I found your channel. 😃
Always good to listen to some TMV! Also, add this to your list even if it never makes in on the channel you should listen to it for yourself - Band ISON song Redshift, it’s space themed drone post rock and this song is frickin unbelievably emotional and amazing
@@Sir_Blobfish it's old English writing across the top that says "The Mars Volta" and the color of the graphic is a lime green and gray...almost looks like it should glow in the dark. It has a pentagram in the middle as well as some hexagon with symbols inside of that and skeletons with wings...at the bottoms the band.
You've gotta go back to their first 2 albums. I recommend "Cygnus vismond cygnus". Arguably their best piece of music imo, this coming from a huge fan dating back to years and years ago
You really need to get back to some Rishloo my man! I really think you'd appreciate their song Winslow, among others of course :D Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun is great too as well as Just a Ride
They have got back together recently...but sadly the bassist hates Omar/Cedric now and the keyboardist passed away. I don't have much hope that what ever, if any, album they make will be as good as the older stuff.
Energetic, chaotic, but controlled. If you want something with similar qualities I suggest 'Thank You Scientist' they have a pretty jazzy sound. Listen to A Salesman's Guide to Non-Existence. Also get well soon
Haha cool Style eh? I always get the feeling TMV is like Korn meeting RHCP and then they went Prog(ish)? For me it is kinda what Insanity in Prog-Form would sound like. I always enjoyed this band tho. My recommendation this Time (ill just keep adding :P ) The Aristocrates - Spanish Eddie(If you want Insane Bass-Guitar things) OR Desert Tornado(If you want my favourite Drum-Intro).
I find it hilarious that I find Bedlam to be one of my least favorites from them but it's still such a good fucking album. Goes to show just the quality of the band as a whole.
Ouroboros is a mythic antique symbol used in tons of religions and cultures. There are hundreds of songs called like that :D So it's easy to get them confused yes
You should try reacting to a band call Mars Red Sky. i think youd like some of there work. Collector, Under The Hood, or Strong Reflection are good songs to start with i think
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I'm always completely jealous of people hearing The Mars Volta for the first time.
Jason Hawken exactly!
especially this album. i can count on one hand all of the albums that completely floored me on FIRST listen. this was one. then learning the back story made it that much more special to me.
@@buckfuttler2877 wanna hear some shit?....in ‘03, I saw them in Mexico City live; I had 3 copies of ‘De-Loused...’ all to have vanished over time, but I was hooked from the get-go; I used to listen to it walking a new city (in Mexico), but yeah, instantly hooked. I also would sit on a couch in a darkish setting enjoy it while burning one down and I was in Puerto Rico while they recorded parts of ‘Frances’, but I’ve always felt connected to them, they inspired me to keep studying Spanish and I’ve seen them five times.
Actually, my experience has been different. I read an article on TMV in Bass Player Mag and being into prog I checked out a CD in a store (back in the days when that was a thing). It was Frances the Mute I think. The first listening told me there was a reasonable chance that if I listened to it heaps I'd be a fan. So I bought it. Of course, it worked but on first listening the euphoria wasn't there. I find that with all great music - it needs 10+ listenings.
I've had Bedlam for years but rarely listened to it. Recently I've been listening to heaps more TMV - especially Obelisk and Octahedron. The other day I tried Bedlam again. Was like I'd never heard it before. Fantastic. Got to Ouroborous and have had Ouroborous on repeat for a couple of days! TMV are incredible but it's not a free ride. It tales work. Very enjoyable work. For me, at least.
@@learnimplementshare3431 I totally understand this, in other video comments I have already told a very similar story. Back in the day (2006) I was still stuck on Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix, someone started playing Mars Volta for me because they thought I might like it. At first it was almost like static, just noise in which I could discern no patterns or reason. But there was something there. Random bits of Omar's guitar wailing would be stuck in my mind like thorns... and I started going back... and back, and back and back. My mind changed, my musical tastes expanded greatly, and now it's like a shot of top quality Morph right in the arm just to listen again. I try not to listen only to TMV in an attempt to make sure I never get sick of it, but so far it's still bliss every time.
Ouroboros is a solid track. On Bedlam my fav has always been Agadez - something about that perfect linear build up.
One of their all-time best songs in my opinion.
Agreed
best album
Deloused in the Comatorium full album please!
That would be incredible if he did that whole album. I think it's their best produced album because Rick Rubin is just amazing at making albums flow perfectly. Once Omar took over producing for then it got a little choppier but still good. Imagine if Rick Rubin produced Amputechture
Yuss!
That would be an epic review indeed, love that album
Their best album. Agreed.
@collide Got me there. Yep, agreed. :)
The Bedlam in Goliath is definitely super chaotic. That’s the album that this song and Goliath are on. It’s super crazy the whole time. Just absolutely bonkers.
sometimes to a fault
my favorite of theirs. the back story makes it so much cooler.
@@brennangum6236 nah. their best work.
Anyone else agree that The Mars Volta rabbit hole is just as captivating as the Tool rabbit hole? He needs to check out more MARS!
Dakotah Robinson
not only do I agree, I’ve been saying this for over a year here on the tubes trying to spread the word.
Juan de Dios Franco Navarro
No need to attempt an explanation. Just keep listening. You already “get it”. 😉
Captivating is a great word. Great musicians also.
2 favorite bands since middle school 2001
@tomahawk bro Your comment has 0 likes and it's already overrated.
Francis the mute is one of my favorite albums of any genre. Top tier! Their first four albums are all amazing. Check out at the drive in as well. Singer and guitarist previous band. More Post-hardcore less prog but still very high energy.
I love it when he looked at his phone at the beginning to see if the interference was coming from it...how many have done the same. Stellar song...stellar album...one of the best bands of all time.
First time I've seen them live (March 2008) was in the 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands (amazing venue with a great sound) and they performed for 3 Hours straight!!!! That was an unbelievable experience.
They always work with killer drummers. Who remembers Thomas Pridgen?
Thomas Pridgen is still very much alive
Pridgeon was amazing what happened to that guy
he kills it on this album.
@@CheezBurgerWalrus He does a lot of teaching. Deantoni Parks is still very active in producing.
@@dallaradrumsHe joined a super band called Giraffe Tongue Orchestra which also consisted of members of my other favorite bands such as Alice In Chains, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Mastodon. I believe before Pridegen joined the band, they wanted Jon Theodore to join but he was already too busy with Queens Of The Stone Age (I could be wrong). This band ended up being quite sick and has an Audioslave flare to it, I recommend it to anyone who's into hard rock or supergroups.
TMV is my jam! May I suggest Drunkship of Lanterns from their first album? They had that on their setlist for a long time and also did a huge jam session inbetween the sections of the song. It's great.
Profile pic from Tool, name from Opeth?
Interesting fact - the Drunkship live jam they always did later became the basis for the calmer part of Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus from Frances the Mute.
@@Pizvo Facilis Descensus Averni - The Descent to Hell is Easy. One of my favourite parts of the wild ride that is Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus.
TMV changed my entire outlook on the energy within music. Really enjoyed your reaction to this track. Ive never been so excited listening to a band than The Mars Volta. Life changing!! Tremulant EP is bonkers too!
That whole record is immense. Really great stuff on there.
the Bedlam covers are astounding too, Back Up Against the Wall and all that.
I love that you listened to this. One of my favorite mars volta songs. I love them so much i am obsessed. Their music is so pleasing
If you like mars you should listen to more. They have so much good stuff, every album is unique, so many hidden prizes as you go along
The Mars Volta and Tool are my favorites.
Same!
Ídem 😎🙌
Damn all these years I thought I was the only one. The first 3 Volta albums are timeless.
@@killerkevin27 true
Wax Simulacra, Cassandra Gemini, Tetragrammaton, Drunkship of Lanterns...well done, Jim!
I absolutely love their song Cassandra Gemini. A masterpiece of modern prog rock, if you ask me!
Long live The Mars Volta... and Jim Newstead!
They were phenomenal live! 90 minutes, non-stop. Mind-blowing! Same technical work, but just jammed out for the first 30 minutes. Then played all of the Frances the Mute album, no break.
Thomas Pridgen, the drummer on this song, is absolutely manic. If you want to see him in action, they did a live Yahoo music set a decade ago and recorded it. Goliath is a good song from the show (another song off this album with insane energy)
Since you have already heard the studio version of that song, maybe check out Wax Simulacra or Roulette Dates (the Haunt of) off the Yahoo set. Both are pretty good.
He is such a sick drummer
My favorite song from the Pridgen era, put a smile on my face watching you experience it for the first time
Thomas Pridgen, the drummer on this album, made me want to quit playing drums the first time I heard him. Dude is absolutely bonkers.
he is a machnin
yes! More TMV, always excited to see people leaning more about them, one of my fav bands!
Nice Jim! You do the best Mars volta reaction videos. Tetragramaton, viscera eyes, or metatron next. If you want to hear their Magnus opus 'cassandra Gemini' (34 min) you should just do the entire Frances the mute album.
Matt Calabro
Yes
Yes
Yes
32 minutes but it’s ok
Tetragrammaton YES
The Mars Volta is my favorite band. ❤
Honestly... I probably get more excited than I should when I wake up and get an alert to a new Mars Volta reaction by Mr. Jim. This was a wonderful surprise to wake to today!!
Great reaction as always. I laughed so hard when I saw it because of the Gojira vid from earlier in the week. Never expected the Mars followup. 😂😂
You are spot on with your assessments of this band! You have so many more songs to go. While I want you to discover their entire library I’d be dishonest if I didn’t admit that I’d prefer you share your first listens here with us! But in all honesty... you deserve the solo walk-throughs like the rest of us. Volta albums are like battles your ears and mind need to preserver through.
How about a compromise? You already listened to Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt from their first album, Deloused in the Comatorium. You should take an hour and just listen to it from start-on and enjoy that wonderment like we all did.
Then save the rest for us!! LOL
So glad Mars turned your family sick day into a bright reaction vid! Feel better... on to the next one.
Try Tetragrammaton next. 👍🏽 Be well.
God damn those drums just sound soooo good
This is the first time I've been turned on to a band from a reaction channel. So far Ouroboros is my favorite song by them. Really great stuff.
Greg D'Agostino
Oh awesome... but just you wait!
Go buy Deloused in the Comatorium now.
@@Sir_Blobfish I'm really liking the 2 ESP songs, Eriatarka, and Televators so far. I'm also liking Goliath, Las Flores Con Limon, Un Buitre Amable Me Pico and Poincare (studio and LIVE), and Birth of a Ghost. I'm a huge Steven Wilson fan, and post-Watershed Opeth fan, so I tend to like the more melodic stuff more than the hardcore stuff. Still like Ouroboros the best so far.
Greg D'Agostino
Wonderful. Glad you’re enjoying them. Based on your description just now. I can guess that their last album, Noctourniquet may be one you really enjoy. It has plenty of Mars balls in it, but with a lot more smooth-grinding sounds. Add Omar’s ambient-rich soundscapes to some sweetly delivered vocal tracks and you will find some songs I’m sure you’d like.
When that groove slaps at 6:19. His face is perfect!!!
I love seeing peoples' reactions to Mars Volta, fully enjoyed myself, I hope you get to listen to more!
Mars Volta is absolutely brilliant! The rhythm section of the band, bass player and the drummer, make such an unbelievable groove in every song, though Mars Volta may otherwise time to time sound violently expressionist and chaotic while the beautiful melodies linger in between everything and brake to the surface every once in a while. And Mars Volta have hold the top quality in their music through all of their albums!
Hey, get better soon Mr Jim!! We need your candid observations at a constant speed please. Although I'm no Mars Volta aficionado, I think Amphitecture ( or someit ) from 2006 was eccentric and brilliant. Top stuff all round!!
Please listen to The Mars Volta Tetragrammaton, is awesome.
Hope everyone feels better soon. Going through a bit of a fever myself. Bit of a suggestion for a future video for a fun listen: Demons and Wizards - The Gunslinger
'drumming is relentless'... thomas pridgen, youngest to receive a zildjian endorsement, at age 10 (at least at the time).
The Mars Volta changed my life
One of the wildest live acts I have seen. Sweating like a pig, just watching😁. Please do more Mars Volta, you have got loads of good suggestions.
listen to them by the full album, they are quite a trip. gets better with repeated listens as well
I love it. My favorite band. I am subscribed my friend.
The bassist is smashing out 16th notes too dude!
Juan is a machine
You do the best reviews. Huge fan. Keep it up!
I just discovered your channel - I immediately subscribed. I don't really know why, but I know I won't regret it.
React to "Son et Lumiere + Inertiatic esp" by Mars Volta
Thomas Pridgen is just a fucking monster. They've had some great drummers in the band
Make sure you check out At the Drive-In, the singer and guitarist's previous band, and the guitarist's side project Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group. IMHO Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has made some of the most ambitious and intense music to come from that group of musicians.
You should listen to the song called Eriatarka from The Mars Volta. It's from their first record "Deloused in the Comatorium", a masterpiece. Their second record is great too, it's called "Frances the mute", you'll find a 32 min song, crazy stuff - high quality band.
Such a nice piece of alternative metal music. Had some Faith no more vibes. Oh btw subscribed😊
Definitely the best TMV reactions on the internet. You feel the same way about this band I do it seems but the only difference is I bought De-loused the day it came out because I was already a huge At the Drive-in fan when I was younger. After listening to De-loused it really changed my perspective on what was possible in a band setting and how controlled chaos (as you and I call it) is the most thrilling musical ride that can lift your day up. So, Jim, I thank you for letting me relive my teenage years and early twenties through your facial expressions and head bobs.
Spot on! Whenever I would go on tmv marathons in headphones at a former workplace years back it would seriously last for months with nothing else being played but them for 40 hours a week! Sounds insane but its true there is nobody like them and I've seen everything from Zappa to Sade to the dead Kennedys to porcupine tree to Meshugah to pat metheney, the list is endless and their is isn't another band that has affected me like that..was lucky enough to see the first 4 album on tour too and an Omar gig to boot..love this guys reactions to them because it reminded me of my own
@@Jibjonny i remember very similar work days :) right now its caligulas horse and haken most of the time while im at work. Those 2 bands have really intrigued me lately almost as much as TMV did back in the day
@@ryanmcgill5048 nice I'll have to check them out..haken sounds familiar may have heard them?
@@jonnyjibjob6519 they are bit more on the modern progressive side. Think dream theater with a better vocalist and newer production. Jim has reacted to quite a few haken and caligulas horse songs
The bass line is perfect for the track... someone needed to ground the piece and thread the craziness together. Mars Volta forever!!!
Glad you keep doing TVM, interesting to see these. Really still holding out for vismund Cygnus vismund tho! It’s truly an amazing piece of music, so much emotion and skill
Thanks for another great video Jim.
Many have already suggested these, but I’m going to add the numbers....
Cassandra Geminni (from Frances The Mute) and the first 3 tracks from Deloused in the Comatorium.
Both of those albums are well worth a listen. So if you are thinking of doing entire albums, start with Deloused and then move on to Frances.
Many thanks
The dynamic in Cassandra Geminni is wonderful!
You can tell he just absolutely grooved to it from the start. One of my fav songs behind Cicatriz and Take the Veil.
Cicatriz or Viscera Eyes next please. Every day you put out a video it makes my day because it's a song from a band I love or I find a new great band to listen to. Thank you
One of my favourite bands, Viscera Eyes for me is one of the best 🙌 but then again Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt is a banger too, it’s all good really
Listen to more Mars Volta! Listen to In Absentia
You made a good song listening choice. This album is a spirit board of sound!
G.P. OXO
I see what you did there! 😂😏😉👍🏽
I subbed for your TMV stuff. Love it and love that you're even giving them a chance.
Rosa Rugosa by Anywhere is my suggestion.
And In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth : 3 by Coheed and Cambria
Drummer is the prodigy, Thomas Pridgen
PGP, Pinnick Gales Pridgen, was a really cool project, too.
@@Easy_Skanking that sounds legendary, i need to check them out
@@reesedavis3499 Yes! Doug Pinnick, Eric Gales and Thomas Pridgen. Enjoy!
@@Easy_Skanking thanks
Seen em live Brisbane Australia and at the drive in. Fucking kills
HI Jim. Congratz on the the now 10,000+ subscribers and I may say that you are deserving of it. Love the down to earth reactions you do. Keep them coming. Could I also request that you play a NEW ERA Alice in Chains song, perhaps: So Far Under or Looking in View? Many thanks and keep up the great work.
The Mars Volta is easily in my top three bands of all time. Pretty much anything else you listen to is golden, but the stuff from their first four albums in particular is incredible. Anything from the albums "Deloused in the Comatorium", "Frances the Mute", "Amputechture", or "Bedlam in Goliath" is potentially mind blowing. The album "Octahedron" is good too, but it's a lot softer than the others and isn't as popular. Though I will say that once you get used to it, it has a certain "beauty" to the music that I really enjoy. Then there's "Noctourniquiet", and which is good too but it's entirely different from everything else they've done- like almost unrecognizable.
But you could react to any song from this artist and I would love it.
Noctourniquet is my second favorite TMV album. You really have to go into it with an open mind.
@@TheAlibabatree I think it's great. It's almost hard to compare it to other TMV albums because of how different it is, though. It doesn't pull me in as much personally as albums 1-4, but don't get me wrong I enjoy the music and I've definitely been in the mood to listen to it over other albums quite a few times.
@@kingofhearts642 I dont judge albums based on the artist, i try to judge for what they are. In my opinion, Octahedron is easily their worst album. Not bad by any means, but completely lacking originality.
I think Deloused, Frances, and Noctourniquet are the only (almost) perfect albums they put out.
I from elpaso texas where the mars volta came from and I love TMV reaction videos
“Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus” or “Meccamputecture”
Matthew Brock we keep suggesting Cygnus.... Vismund Cygnus. I really think it should’ve been one of the first, always my intro to the band for other people
@@dustinkoehle6676 That's one of my favorite opening tracks to an album of all time. Along with the combo of Son et lumière & Inertiatic ESP on De-Loused; Bombtack on RATMs self-titled; Immigrant Song on LZ III; and pretty much every Streetlight Manifesto opening track.
Yessss, more Volta!! Cygnus Vismund Cygnus!
CASSANDRA GEMINI (32min "complete" version) live listen, who's with me?
Drums, you say? Might want to check out Wax Simulacra
Hey Jim, do a reaction to "Birds of Fire" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. That band was an influence on TMV too.
Please!!! As the biggest Mars Volta fan in the world since 2001 these newer albums were bland compared to the first 3. Deloused in the Comatorium is a perfect 10/10. The second half of Frances the Mute(their second album), a 32 minute song called Cassandra Gemini is the best thing these guys ever produced. I would love some reactions to their golden years.
The Bedlam in Goliath is one of the best albums ever made!
How about some of Omar's solo stuff, The Palpitations form a limit or Rapid fire tollbooth might be fun, the latter in contrast to your Goliath vid.
Feels like a new Mars reaction kinda weekend to me, Jim!
Man you gotta do the first album. The intro, first and second songs will explain why. Also- wiki the concept. You’re like four albums deep! You don’t want Amputechture to be underwhelming!
Great video Jim as always. Not a massive Mars Volta fan but this song was pretty good. A lot going on which I like. :)
Don't forget to listen to the following songs :
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence disk two
The Faceless - Autothiest Movement part 1 to 3
Carcass - Heartwork
Cradle of Filth - Lord Abortion (with lyrics)
By the way my phone has this suggested list of songs on predictive texting. That's how many times I have suggested these songs 😂
Love your reviews and reactions. You should do “The Malkin Jewel” off the album “Noctourniquet” The Mars Volta 👍🏼👍🏼
The 3 songs you've heard are good but I've always thought they were running out of juice by then. The entire Deloused album is full craziness you wouldn't believe. Frances the Mute as well is quite amazing
He has done Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt, but that's the only song off De-loused
@paula We'll have to agree to disagree on that. I like both albums but to me, Deloused is in the top 10 best albums of all time
@paula yeah I definitely couldn't say any album is "by far" better between De-loused, Frances, Amputechture, and Bedlam but Bedlam to me is a close second to De-loused with Frances and Amputechture being about tied for 3rd
Awesome reaction jim....even though ur not feeling good....The Mars Volta- Cicatrez please!!!!!
I know u will love this song....becuz I do!
Given you have liked what you’ve heard of the band and you haven’t done anything off the first album, I HIGHLY recommend doing a whole album reaction for Deloused in the Comatorium. It is an absolutely phenomenal album.
Failing that, can you do Cicatriz E.S.P.?
Glad you liked it! TMV dethroned Pink Floyd, of all bands (& trust me that's no small feat for me) as my favorite of all time. Took my friend 2 years of badgering to finally get me to listen to them, & finally I did. This was when they had only 2 albums out.
After they clicked with me, I became the one who told HIM about new album releases & show dates. Seeing them live is like a religious experience.
Anyway, if you liked this you must listen to their first album, De-loused in the Comatorium, & their as-of-now sixth & final album, Noctourniquet. Some song recommendations would be "Televators" & "Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound" off each album in order of release, respectively.
A lot of fans bashed Noctourniquet but it is one of my favorites. It's different, which so many fans can't handle when their favorite band does anything out of the norm.
Anyway, hope your family gets better soon, & I'm glad I found your channel. 😃
Let me suggest you something from Italy as
- Kantiere Kairos - La lista
- Under Attack - Beyond the sea
- Inside Mankind - Magdalene
Always good to listen to some TMV! Also, add this to your list even if it never makes in on the channel you should listen to it for yourself - Band ISON song Redshift, it’s space themed drone post rock and this song is frickin unbelievably emotional and amazing
I just recently found a Mars Volta Tee shirt wish I could post it to see what year and or album its from.
Constant Flow
Describe it... I’ll help ya out... probably had it myself. 😉
@@Sir_Blobfish it's old English writing across the top that says "The Mars Volta" and the color of the graphic is a lime green and gray...almost looks like it should glow in the dark. It has a pentagram in the middle as well as some hexagon with symbols inside of that and skeletons with wings...at the bottoms the band.
Constant Flow
Don’t know that one actually! Seems familiar but I don’t know it for sure. 🤔
I’ve probably owned 10 shirts myself over the years. 😉😂
@@Sir_Blobfish Any way I could send you a picture of the shirt?
Constant Flow
Sure thing...
send it to dedufour41@yahoo.com 👍🏼
Jim, please react to any song off of "Deloused in the Comatorium" or "Francis the Mute". All songs off of those are absolute brilliance.
You've gotta go back to their first 2 albums. I recommend "Cygnus vismond cygnus". Arguably their best piece of music imo, this coming from a huge fan dating back to years and years ago
You really need to get back to some Rishloo my man! I really think you'd appreciate their song Winslow, among others of course :D Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun is great too as well as Just a Ride
They have got back together recently...but sadly the bassist hates Omar/Cedric now and the keyboardist passed away. I don't have much hope that what ever, if any, album they make will be as good as the older stuff.
Please listen to "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" by The Mars Volta. It's a masterpiece. You will not be disappointed.
You should listen to COMUS - first utterance. The singing on this reminds me heavily of it and I definitely think you’d find them interesting
More volta!!
Energetic, chaotic, but controlled. If you want something with similar qualities I suggest 'Thank You Scientist' they have a pretty jazzy sound. Listen to A Salesman's Guide to Non-Existence. Also get well soon
Good suggestion. I just listened to 'My famed disappearing act'. I have something new to dig into. 👍
HELL YEAH! OUROUORBORUS!
You won't be able to say the same about the bass player on their first album, Deloused in the Comatorium. It's Flea from the RHCP, uncredited
Haha cool Style eh? I always get the feeling TMV is like Korn meeting RHCP and then they went Prog(ish)? For me it is kinda what Insanity in Prog-Form would sound like. I always enjoyed this band tho. My recommendation this Time (ill just keep adding :P ) The Aristocrates - Spanish Eddie(If you want Insane Bass-Guitar things) OR Desert Tornado(If you want my favourite Drum-Intro).
I recommend Puya - Solo (fusion of salsa and metal)
I find it hilarious that I find Bedlam to be one of my least favorites from them but it's still such a good fucking album. Goes to show just the quality of the band as a whole.
Yeah I'd just react to the first few albums in full!
Should just do an entire mars volta series
The creation story of this particular album is...interesting.
Ouroboros is a mythic antique symbol used in tons of religions and cultures. There are hundreds of songs called like that :D So it's easy to get them confused yes
You should try reacting to a band call Mars Red Sky. i think youd like some of there work.
Collector, Under The Hood, or Strong Reflection are good songs to start with i think
The Butterfly Effect- The World's on Fire...you will love it!
Cassandra Gemini :O
Conjugal burns