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In summery: No way, no how, three extremely young sisters should be able to compose an album of this complexity…in their second language! I’ve heard it 100 times plus and it still blows my mind! Great job Wave!
This was actually an suggestion/assignment/challenge from their music teacher, and what they accomplished as teenagers is something that groups with decades of professional experience have not tried/accomplished. It shows their professional dedication and music writing and compositional skills and competencies. This was discussed in one of their online chats 2 or 3 years ago.
Great reaction! This album is a masterpiece written by teenage girls!! I still can't understand how they wrote this incredible album. They are overwhelmingly talented! Viva The Warning !! ⚡⚡⚡
Great reaction Wave. Listening to the entire album in a sitting, really taking it in, truly captures the emotional roller coaster Dany, Pau and Ale created. That they did this, as their second album, is just staggering. Everything, from their youthfulness to their relative musical experience to their limited life experience, should have made this endeavor impossible. Instead, they deliver genius level musical compositions with deep and dark lyrics, emotionally riveting melodies and vocal moments that take you on a journey that rips at your heart and tears at your soul. How, in the world is it possible? The level of talent and vision necessary is mind blowing. It’s the darkest novel of unrequited love set to music. Poetically. Musically. Experientially. It just kills.
It’s a very mature effort for as young as they were. I’ve heard worse from some much more experienced, much more popular, bands. I’d like to see them do another concept album someday.
I hate sounding like a fanboy, but it’s impossible not to when listening to it. I’ve listened to tons of albums and many concept albums, this stands up there with DSOTM and other classics. It would’ve been amazing had a trio of 20 ish male British rockers made this, it makes it that much more special that 3 girls mostly in high school from Mexico wrote it. It still blows my mind.
Your interpretation of the piano ending of Ugh is the first time I've heard that. It fits the storyline perfectly. She is in her head thinking about this other person who doesn't know she exists. The lonely piano is her realty. Great job!
It's their second album. "XXI Century Blood " was their first album. 😁👍 If you really want to know what The Warning had in mind when they wrote each song, go to their channel and check-out Vlogs #23 (chap. 1 & 2) #25 (chap 3) and #26 (chap 4).
@@WavePotter yes!!! And XXI century blood has a great professional music video as well!!!! And before that album they digitally released Escape the Mind, their very first EP… The Warning technically started with that EP. You can tell they progress for sure but they are all good!
Wave! Love that you took the time to do the whole album at once. Much of the album lyrics are intentionally vague so each listener has their own interpretation. However, I don't know who wrote those song "Abouts", but many of them are way off what Dany, Pau and Ale said about each. Also, it seems that they were poorly translated from Spanish, were "Him" and "her" are easily reversed. The album is almost entirely told from one person's perspective, "The Queen". She has a good side, Usually sung by Pau, and an evil side, sung by Dany. Pau sings lead in the first and last song, and trades back and forth with Dany in Sinister Smiles, where her inner sides are fighting for control of her. Helpful Hint, she kills the dude she is after in Stalker (yes, the murder occurs in the 5th song) and she is standing over his corpse by the end of the song. The song Hunter is sung by The Grim Reaper, who is after the Queen, because she has gone so crazy she has tried to take over his throne in hell. (Yes, really). So keep in mind, most of this album in inner monologue in the Queen's head, and it makes more sense. ;) Oh, and the song P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C. has defined a new subgenre... "Cheerleader Punk". LOL..She is so crazy by this point that she has Cheerleaders in her head, egging her on. (ex: The chorus and the "Hey, Hey, Hey"s) LOL It is MUCH more intense to watch the live performance of their album release from Lunario CDMX. It is MUCH more intense that the studio album. Dany completely inhabits the Queen's persona. It is SPELLBINDING. If you loved the album, the live performance will leave you speechless. (And their is a whole video screen production of it in the background) Also, QOTMS is NOT their first album. It is their 3rd record. The first is an EP of 6 songs called "Escape the Mind". Their first full LP is "XXI Century Blood". One of the best debut albums I have ever heard. It has songs in many subgenres of rock and you will understand why I call them "The Swiss Army Knife" of Rock. For the high quality live versions of all of XXICB, watch the performances from The Dakota Bar from their YT Page.
Even both, the Lunario concert and the Foro Didi one, the songs have more power than in the studio version. Plus the facial expresions of Dany while singing adds a lot to the performance.
According to DPA, the murder happens at the end of Stalker. QOTMS was released in 2018 and NOT their first full length album. That would be XXI Century Blood released in 2017. Perhaps you should review that one just like this one in one go. There will be some songs off that album that will likely get played when you see them on April 27th.
Really enjoyed your album review! One note about the end of this album that I just find pure genius. The last line of The End is “Start again!” Then if you start the album again from the beginning with Dust to Dust you get the lyric “In THE END everything just turns back into Dust to Dust...” So they’re subliminally telling you to replay their album.😂
I'm at the end of "Ugh" right now, and I like what you said about the piano being a snap back to reality. I'll carry that with me. Back to the video...
Excellent review/reaction Wave! Love your insights and musical knowledge. The girls said the story was interpretive, so your understanding was as good as any other I've heard. Sometime you need to see the live performance of this album at the Lunario. Dany's performance is incredible.
he wasn't given the chance to interpret. Those annotations sent him in a direction which was out of his control. Whoever wrote those was not very familiar with The Warning. Even medium obsessed fans have seen enough from the ladies or from TWA to know the intended basic meanings of the songs. The Warning has put out vlogs for the very purpose of explaining the framework of the story. There is plenty of room for interpretations of various flavors within that framework. I mean, really, a couple he's that should have been she's, and the story of QOTMS goes out the window. I am so sad about the whole affair. Somebody should find those annotations and, either correct them, or delete them. Theh may as well have said QOTMS is about a a wall paper hanger who doesn't like odd numbered Wednesdays, if the Falcons won; truck, worm, squishy.
@@johnafagerquist8235 It does take on a whole new meaning if you know the girls said the killing was at the end of Stalker. But I've seen others go down the path Wave did. My take on it is that at the end of Stalker he's dead, with Red Hands she's feeling the guilt, and with The Sacrifice she's justifying what she did. Then it gets crazy. 🤪
I didn't mind getting these one at a time, but I definitely really enjoyed a full album reaction like this! So cool! Also as others have said Pau sings lead on Dust to Dust and The End, and in Sinister Smiles Dany/Pau share vocals. I think the only thing I miss seeing you react this way is not seeing you react to the live versions! You should do a little binge reaction of the rest of those one day too...we wouldn't mind! Anyway it has been so fun following you on this journey! QOTMS is their second album, I look forward to you reacting to their first album XXICB one day! As well as any new music from The Warning as always! Enjoy your concert, I'll be seeing them 4 days later in Flint Michigan!
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they dont just come to play, they've got things to say. ale the thunder, dany the lightning, & pau the storm. Check out the music video, XXI century blood.
Thanks WP! A truly great album. For me, the album itself is much more haunting and intimate, especially when heard in one go as you have done here. Great, atmospheric compositions and effects throughout; a rock opera for the ages!
Great idea to check out the full album, it's an extraordinary piece of work and deserves a chance to be heard. Your expression of astonishment was priceless. Thank you Potter.
Just imagine this masterpiece being recorded and produced by Mr. Bendeth with Ale 5 strings inferno bass, Dany PRS and a more skilled Pau.... 🤯 Great reaction Wave! I still amazed by this masterpiece and the Warning talent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You can tell by the QOTMS songs they played in recent concerts that the songs sound even better now than before. The evolution is beautiful to see. 🤘😃🤘
This album is so well constructed but to me you have to see them live @The Lunario to squeeze every drop of rock n roll. Dany is in character and she captivates like a dangerous siren. Great reaction Wave always get more musical understanding with your breakdowns. 🤘⚡️🤘
Thanks Wave... This album Will haunt you and get stucked in your head. You are going to come back to It a lot and everytime you Will Discover new details... At such a Young age compose that album is just pure Madness and genius. Second album (after "escape de Mind" (EP) and "XXI century Blood" (first album)) this composition IS probably the most insane profesional haunting dark and infectious piece of art you Will find out there from a teen band. Something remarkable. Even more if you think the band was independent at this time. P.d : really Hope you'll add their Channel to your list of cool channels to visit.
This was great! I had listened to all these songs before but not straight through in one sitting and not carefully looking at the lyrics. Definitely gained a much better appreciation of all the songs after watching this and it got me that much more excited to see them live on 4/24. This is the year that I see the bands I fell in love with during quarantine in 2020 live in concert. The Warning, Band-Maid, and still holding out hope Nemophila will tour besides the Aftershock show.
You might not recall this but on your initial reaction to "Ugh" you loved the outro Dany played on the guitar. In fact, you played it more than once and I mentioned that on the studio track it is played by piano, not guitar. Wondering which you thought was better. I find the piano more haunting.
I’ve been waiting for this! You did the same great job we’ve all come to expect, of course. You may remember I was the one who commented that your 1 song at a time approach wasn’t right for a concept album like this. This takes me back to the days of sitting down with headphones on, and listening to albums like Close To The Edge, Dark Side Of The Moon, or Misplaced Childhood, all the way through… not distracted by anything else. Just being immersed in the worlds, stories, and feelings, created by the music. Can’t wait to see them on May 5th in Baltimore!
Yeah, for a first listen this is best. The songs are all great on their own, once you’ve heard the album, but to take it in as a whole the sum really exceeds the individual parts. I really, really, love this album.
You hit the nail on the head when you said Dany's guitar solos are melodic. She once said that when she composes a guitar solo she thinks of it as a melody line. It shows. I would much rather have a guitar solo that I can follow and hum along with than shredding that is more showing off than melodic. That guitar solo in "The End" could have gone on for another 5 minutes for me. When you eventually hear the solo in "Show Me the Light" from their first full-length album (QOTMS is their second) it will make you cry. Have tissues handy.
Queen Of The Murder Scene, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THEMES OF THE QOTMS CONCEPTUAL ALBUM WHICH BEGINS WITH DUST TO DUST AND ENDS WITH THE END, YOU MUST LISTEN THEME BY THEME IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S PSYCHOTIC LOVE FOR A MAN, AN EXCELLENT SONG WITH A GREAT SOLO BY DANY, A TREMENDOUS BASS LINE BY ALE AND AS ALWAYS PURE POWER WITH PAU ON THE DRUM
Wave (cool name, by the way), Love following your walk thru of this album. You are so spot-on with your interpretations and those little items you catch. I am listening to your reaction in stages myself and am just loving it!!!
Thank you for your time and effort for this incredible reaction. From a non musician, I always take credence in all your opinions and analysis of the songs you react to. I can say actually listening to the whole album again, in order, with you and your breakdown reconfirm to me that this is actually a masterpiece of great song writing, musicianship and performance. Not only Dany with her vocals, but her sisters contribute to a performance full of passion and emotion. They are living the moment with the character and portraying the story perfectly through music. This is actually their 2nd full album. 21st century blood is their first full album. You have reacted to survive from this album. Other songs of note is the title track, unmendable and Black holes. Another great album and not forgetting Whem I'm Alone. You should check these out before your concert. Thanks again for a great reaction.🤟
Thank you for the great reaction Wave Potter! I love your breakdowns and your attention to small details. You are connecting to the songs emotionally too. It's so refreshing for me to see someone who can really appreciate the music, The Warning's music especially :) . I really like your insights and I can see that you are a true musician and an awesome person. Thank you once again! I'm very grateful for every The Warning reaction you make. Take care!
I'm at "Red Hands Never Fade", and I think the little annotations you're reading were (possibly) written in Spanish, and then just crammed through Google translate. I imagine you'll figure out the main character is the Queen, and the love interest is the one murdered. He was murdered during "Stalker". Dany said she was sing to a corpse for those last, haunting lines. In RHNF, she is speaking to the dead guy. Not necessarily to the corpse, but in a spiritual, she can sense his presence, kind of way. Ok, the annotations appear to be written by someone who is not actually familiar with the story of the album. "He" was the love interest, she killed him. She's in her own head from RHNF on. Ok enough from me, I think. Back to your reaction, at "The Sacrifice"
They were fully independent on this record. They're signed now so of course production is gonna be better. Money is part of the Mayday album. They still have 5 more songs to release to complete the album. The independent production on this and XX1 Century Blood were immaculate.
Its crazy... the first song i hear from this album... The Warning & VOB have one similarity... The feel of the guitar and the drums... but obviously them both are different but in one way... you will have find way similarity... about them... which its very cool hhe...
These girls amazed me about 5 years ago when TEDx uploaded the video of their 3 song set ( I later found out this was their second performance at TEDx). So when they released this album i was surprised how they had progressed in just 2 years and a conceptual (story) album was a tremendous accomplishment. I can’t wait to see them in Berkeley April 19th and then again in October along with Band-Maid at the Aftershock Music festival in Sacramento. Have a great time at the Warning concert and the Band-Maid concerts in October.
Dude, I’m 64 years old and have followed them since September 20th 2018 and have been a Patreon and will be a supporter for life! They are a Phenomenon 39 originals and many covers. Seen them twice in 2020 with TWA from nine countries at the Whiskey. Seeing them three times this year, one supporting Halestorm
One conversation I’d would have loved to listen in on is after the gals played songs for their parents…. As a parent, having a child describe songs of psychosis, murder, grief and more which will be performed has to be jaw dropping. Great job, Wave. If you’re up for it, the Lunario concert has this whole album debut. Foro Didi also, but not in straight order, but better audio generally and vocals. And, multiple acoustic versions of these which are just great. Rock on! 🔥🤘#NumberlyGarfs
I don't watch many reactions, but I do enjoy yours. The little snippets on that lyrics page are kind of jacked up, IMHO. I think somebody was using a translator and not really getting the story right, at least the way I see it. Try thinking along these lines. Pau and Dany are playing 2 characters, well 2 personalities of the same person. Dust to Dust - Pau singing, it's actually the ghost of the protagonist coming to tell you the story. "Hey come on in and let me tell you this sh*t that went down" Starting with Crimson Queen, Dany takes over the vocals and takes you inside the mind of this love sick woman, and lets you see the story through her eyes. At the end of stalker, she has the lifeless body of her love interest in her arms, singing "look at me my dear, I love you so, cause I am yours and you are mine" In Red Hands, she starts to realize what she has done. Sinister Smiles is a duet between Dany and Pau trading off vocals. The chorus? Break break, just break apart. Her personalities are splitting into two When you get to Hunter, a third character arrives, the Grim Reaper. He wants revenge because she stole his crown by killing someone. Fun fact, at one time they planned for Ale to sing Hunter, but when they went to the studio, they just abandoned the idea and Dany sang it. Ale does occasionally sing it live if Dany is feeling under the weather, or needs a break on her vocals. In the end, we are back to Pau singing as she is dying from wounds inflicted by the Hunter. That's the short version of my take on the album.
I love The Warning - and this album. But your expert analysis has given me an even greater appreciation for this masterpiece than I had before. Thank you.
Pau said in an interview that when she wrote the initial draft of the lyrics the album was a series of songs about murder. She was going thru her emo-teen angst period. When she shared the songs with Ale and Dany as a group they decided to make an underlying story to connect the songs to the common theme and the concept of the rock opera was what they came up with.
Just listened to this compete reaction again. Wave- you have done a masterful job walking through this album and I will probably go through this again.... and again! 🤘🤘🤘⚡⚡⚡😍😍😍
I dunno if anyone has said it here, but UGH was almost cut from the album due to the band not being able to get it the way they ( mostly Ale lol ) wanted it. She named the song BTW. Their parents pressed them to complete it, and get it right. Stalker was sorely hated by their mother. She felt it too dark, violent, too creepy. It was Pau that insisted it be included because it is the pivotal part in the story, where the girl does the actual murder of her 'lover' that is never to be. The insanity takes over from here. Stalker is my second favorite song off the album. In Red Hands the murder is done and she's actually talking to a dead body..In Sacrifice we see the 'Queen' taking over the girl's mind, but as an seemingly innocent friend there to help. Know that this is all in the girl's mind, the whole conversation. The Queen is tempting her, to just surrender. In Sinister Smiles, the girl is actually arguing with the Queen, who is tempting her as some sort of savoir from what she's done, again, all in her head. But the Queen wants more blood, and the girl is not on board, and is wrestling with the consequences of her actions. Dull Knives is my fav off the album, albeit so short. At this point, the girl has pretty much surrendered to the Queen, and embraces the need for further bloodshed. She cannot resist anymore. The title track, is my 3rd favorite. I love the breakdown, and Dani's solo. In this, we see the Queen has lost patience with the girl, and is taking over. You will kill, or I will kill you is the ultimatum. Ale's bassline is also really dirty. Love it! BTW, Koroso means to kill with murderous intent. Much different from just to kill. In Psychotic, the girl is taken over and the Queen is in control. She doesn't care anymore. She's warning that she's gonna kill again. Note that fans have dubbed this song as cheerleader punk even as dark as it is.. somehow TW made it a fun catchy song. The scream is Dani. Hunter is an interesting song. The Grim Reaper has entered the picture. It is telling the Queen that it is the 1 that controls who lives and dies. It's a warning that it is coming for the girl/Queen. It has the 'title'. The End has a ton of different interpretations. The girl is dying, we don't know what exactly happened to her, but the Queen, the alter ego, is dead and she is dying as well. It is a song of confession, of remorse, guilt and shame. Pau really delivers it. Think about the big bands such as Iron Maiden that are known for concept albums...this 1 is just as good!
Thank you Wave for laying this album out and explaining every song. I have grown to love this album even more!!!! I will be seeing The Waning at a small venue in Flint, MI on May 1st myself. Cheers!!
I saw these girls on concert last Friday in NYC. I was first row, these girls rock the stage I love them so much !!! They are so talented!!!! I almost got Paulina sticks but unfortunately I left earlier, still I enjoyed the concert!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This album is a work of genius. I really enjoyed your reaction. You should do the 1st album XXI CENTURY BLOOD. It’s also an amazing album with some absolute bangers including my favourite song “Unmendable”.
Day off for a holiday, and I spent 1.5 hrs of it watching this. LOVED IT!! I still get the goosebumps and happy faces, when I see others reacting to this masterpiece. 🤘❤🔥🤘
This album is a MASTERPIECE. Nice video. Que alegria que vas a poder ir a verlas,esperamos con ansias tus comentarios. Paulina dijo en una entrevista que cuando estaba escribiendo QOTMs era su EPOCA EMO. xD The Warning ORGULLO NACIONAL.
The point you make regarding their album as a story is a good one. It’s like they are storytellers first and they just happen to use music as the stage. But really, even with Mayday, all their songs feels like stories.
Pau sings Dust to Dust, half of Sinister smiles, and all of The End, also Money is part of the Mayday album they still need to release 5 more songs then Mayday will be complete.
Great video , I found this album maybe a year ago now and every time I listen to it my mind gets blown away. masterpiece is an understatement. This is easily in my top 3 albums of all time (right up there with Appetite , and Master of Puppets) These girls have renewed my love of music and I am super grateful for that and I am yet to be disappointed by any song I have heard. great job and I am glad that you enjoyed your journey with it. this is about the time of the concert you mentioned as well so I hope you have a blast there :)
Great reaction Wave Potter now you can go ahead and do this whole album live from Lunario where they played the complete album live in order in front of an audience but that would be asking to much 😁but thanks again cheers
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@@WavePotter Rosie has to watch out. We are developping a beautiful musical bromance ☺☺☺☺. Last week you delivered a shining diamond with your Yoyoka documentary (with the support of Glen and Rosie). You already had a very professional interview with Daisy Pepper and now the entire QOTMS analysis of my favorite band. As the other heroes of TWA have already mentionned the live version of QOTMS is even better. In some songs Dany and or Pau sing from heaven to us. I really am curious how Crimson Queen and Stalker will sound when they play it this year. It will be a great year with you seeing live Band Maid and The Warning amongst others. I hope you and Rosie get invited back stage. It will give great footedge and another great experience you deserve. By the way I am so happy to hear that you are still working out. Health is everything as we've seen with TH. Finally you'll already been notified but Yoyo and Ellen together was really great. The confidence Ellen plays with is great to see. The Wisky jam has only produced one video and Yoyoka really carries the song and the band. 12,5 years old and already a leader. Arigato Yoyoka. WHILE WRITING I JUST UNDERSTOOD FROM ONE OF MY OTHER DEVICES THAT THE BAND MAID TOUR WILL BE EXTENDED♥♦♣♠.
Great reation!! This album QOTMS is a Masterpice!! What I listened about this album that Paulina basically is the mastermind behind this lnsane lirics. They all the 3 of them had to change some words and lines cause it was way more extreme and gore!!
Pau is young andhas a tendency exaggerate her contribution to the song writing at the expense of her sisters and had on several occasions had to admit their song writing is a collaborative process. There are certain devisive elements in the fan base however who want to perpetuate the idea that Pau is the genius if the band and the other two just hangeroners.
Hey Wave! Glade you made it. I bet you didn’t recognize Pau at first, singing Dust to Dust? But the final belting (5:00) was performed by Dany; also in Sinister Smiles if one pays no attention, then you miss Dany and Pau switching vocals; but this gets better, and many many didn’t catch that Pau whispers the song along with Dany on Dull Knives (check it out again) it’s almost imperceptible 😀. Finally it’s not their first album, it’s actually the third one. Now since we’re in reverse mode, how about the second album consisting in 13 songs? It’s called XXI Century Blood, and the first song is “hominym” (yeah that word again) the video has a very well crafted story please do react at it, here is the link… ua-cam.com/video/syTyga3lVL0/v-deo.html
Great reaction. I totally agree. To me, Q.O.T.M.S is an instant classic. Now go and watch them play the full album live. You won't be disappointed. 🤘😎⚠️
This is one of those Albums bands write early on that our grandkids will discover in 30 years and blow their minds. It's a hard Album to top for me. I hope they stay on these tracks and don't detail too much from this style. Love it. And to think Ale was like 14 when this was written and maybe 15 when she performed it live. Mind boggles.
thank you for this excellent reaction and review of lyrics! It is currently my favorite album (I'm in my 50s). I personally feel that your interpretation of the lyrics makes more sense than even what pau describes was her original intent... but that's what I love about the album... it works for lots of listeners and genders without any right or wrong. The Warning have stated clearly that they love the different interpretations of their lyrics.
Very nice reaction / Per vlog she killed her love intrest in stalker/ In red hands she is panicking and talking to his dead body.She is saying she is sorry and it was just a mistake. / in the sacrifice Her bad side is coming out and states to the good side to follow her and she will make it better. Then the rest of the album is a fight between her good side and bad side.
You definitely have to see the album presentation on Lunario CDMX. the emotion clearly passes through the performance. and then listen to some songs from the first album, such as Black Holes, Show me the light, exterminated, runaway… try to see the performances at the daytona bar, because the sound is very good. Keep up the good work!
I will see you there at the Fineline! If you are interested there are a couple of us from the Twin Cities area going to Rockfest in Cadot to see them. 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
As much as I love Mayday I think in the future when people look back on the warning QOTMS will be considered a greater album. What separates the warning from the pac of other young would be artists on you tube is their growth. Most of the youth online never gets past novelty act status
Great job. You really should watch the Lunario CDMX live version of these songs, though.. You'll get why when you see them. Actually better than the album imo
Great great review of the whole album! 4 years ago, they all were teenagers… well, two of them still are today… isn’t the quality of the compositions, of the arrangements unbelievable? So much talent in these three girls! Watch Stalker from the Lunario show, Dany’s performance is breath-taking! Dull Knives is a must see in the live version from their cave for the charity event deTour… and Hunter was once sung by Ale when Dany had to save her voice, when they opened for Stryper… ua-cam.com/video/kdA9HatBPc8/v-deo.html Ale singing lead is like a rare gem! Thanks, greetings from Germany ⚡️👍🤘
In Stalker the description was wrong that you got. She has the person she loves captive and kills him at the end. With the dynamic change in the last lyric you mentioned, she was singing to his corpse. Red Hands Never Fade is her conscience wrestling with what she had done.
If you wanna see where some of the darkness comes from in some of their scales and keys, listen to Caifanes. One of the all-time top Mexican rock bands (80-90s). Those scales and keys sound very “Mexican rock” to me as I grew up with those sounds. I like to think it’s the affinity with death, the magical, of Mexican culture. The kind of culture that fuels Día de Muertos.
An excellent reaction (and I've seen a lot of them) I really liked that you covered the musical arrangements and production of the album but you also focused on the lyrics and you fully immersed in the story. That is a great merit because not everyone in all the reactions is able to cover everything, so I take my hat off to your great work, it was really very entertaining to watch, I really enjoyed it. I dare to suggest that you now watch the concert live at El Lunario in CDMX (Mexico City) ua-cam.com/video/9VciU3gMMUY/v-deo.html because it has the particularity that it was the presentation of the album QOTMS and although the height of the city affected Dani at times, the emotions and character that you noticed in the studio recording is multiplied by dozens in this presentation, I think you will enjoy it a lot Note: In the comments of the video of the concert at El Lunario you will find the setlist Enjoy!!!
To me CHOKE is the sequel to QOTMS. In CHOKE the CRIMSON QUEEN has trascended, i.e, she has accpeted her negative emotions and incorporated her shadow-self in the Jungian sense. In CHOKE the CRIMSON QUEEN is finally liberated from a life of suffering; she has reached the NIRVANA and is no longer in the endless cycle of pain and suffering that her previous life was.
As others have said, the annotations are completely misleading. Look at the entire album as a duality - Pau's parts are the "self" and Dany's are the "queen." People with this kind of psychosis will create alternative personae, usually to protect the "self" from past or present trauma. I believe that's who the "queen" is - the power that is there to assist a young woman who is emotionally fragile and traumatized. Sometimes the self will indulge that power, and in this case, she goes over the edge. Look at the lyrics with fresh eyes and listen for the voice changes with this in mind.
Why do you do this to me smh the live performance of this album is soooo much better! The studio album doesn’t do it justice IMO but love your channel btw lol keep up the great work
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No way, no how, three extremely young sisters should be able to compose an album of this complexity…in their second language!
I’ve heard it 100 times plus and it still blows my mind!
Great job Wave!
Well said. And thank you!
This was actually an suggestion/assignment/challenge from their music teacher, and what they accomplished as teenagers is something that groups with decades of professional experience have not tried/accomplished. It shows their professional dedication and music writing and compositional skills and competencies. This was discussed in one of their online chats 2 or 3 years ago.
Great reaction!
This album is a masterpiece written by teenage girls!!
I still can't understand how they wrote this incredible album. They are overwhelmingly talented!
Viva The Warning !! ⚡⚡⚡
Great reaction Wave. Listening to the entire album in a sitting, really taking it in, truly captures the emotional roller coaster Dany, Pau and Ale created. That they did this, as their second album, is just staggering. Everything, from their youthfulness to their relative musical experience to their limited life experience, should have made this endeavor impossible. Instead, they deliver genius level musical compositions with deep and dark lyrics, emotionally riveting melodies and vocal moments that take you on a journey that rips at your heart and tears at your soul.
How, in the world is it possible?
The level of talent and vision necessary is mind blowing. It’s the darkest novel of unrequited love set to music.
Poetically. Musically. Experientially.
It just kills.
Beautifully said. I can’t wait to listen to this on repeat and really start to wrap my head around the story and music.
It’s a very mature effort for as young as they were. I’ve heard worse from some much more experienced, much more popular, bands. I’d like to see them do another concept album someday.
I hate sounding like a fanboy, but it’s impossible not to when listening to it. I’ve listened to tons of albums and many concept albums, this stands up there with DSOTM and other classics. It would’ve been amazing had a trio of 20 ish male British rockers made this, it makes it that much more special that 3 girls mostly in high school from Mexico wrote it. It still blows my mind.
Your interpretation of the piano ending of Ugh is the first time I've heard that. It fits the storyline perfectly. She is in her head thinking about this other person who doesn't know she exists. The lonely piano is her realty. Great job!
I’m so glad you appreciated the interpretation! Thank you for the comment!
It's their second album. "XXI Century Blood " was their first album. 😁👍 If you really want to know what The Warning had in mind when they wrote each song, go to their channel and check-out Vlogs #23 (chap. 1 & 2) #25 (chap 3) and #26 (chap 4).
Woah! Thank you for letting me know! Looks like i have another 13 tracks to add to my watchlist!
@@WavePotter yes!!! And XXI century blood has a great professional music video as well!!!! And before that album they digitally released Escape the Mind, their very first EP… The Warning technically started with that EP. You can tell they progress for sure but they are all good!
@@WavePotter There is also an EP that comes before XXI Century Blood called Escape the Mind
I've waited SO LOOOOONG!!!
Btw Wave, Pau sings Dust To Dust, The End, and she shares vocals with Dany on Sinister Smiles 🤘
Awesome job. You mentioned Dany's singing style at 56:35. I suggest you watch the concert videos of this album. She plays the character perfectly.
Wave! Love that you took the time to do the whole album at once. Much of the album lyrics are intentionally vague so each listener has their own interpretation. However, I don't know who wrote those song "Abouts", but many of them are way off what Dany, Pau and Ale said about each. Also, it seems that they were poorly translated from Spanish, were "Him" and "her" are easily reversed. The album is almost entirely told from one person's perspective, "The Queen". She has a good side, Usually sung by Pau, and an evil side, sung by Dany. Pau sings lead in the first and last song, and trades back and forth with Dany in Sinister Smiles, where her inner sides are fighting for control of her. Helpful Hint, she kills the dude she is after in Stalker (yes, the murder occurs in the 5th song) and she is standing over his corpse by the end of the song. The song Hunter is sung by The Grim Reaper, who is after the Queen, because she has gone so crazy she has tried to take over his throne in hell. (Yes, really). So keep in mind, most of this album in inner monologue in the Queen's head, and it makes more sense. ;)
Oh, and the song P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C. has defined a new subgenre... "Cheerleader Punk". LOL..She is so crazy by this point that she has Cheerleaders in her head, egging her on. (ex: The chorus and the "Hey, Hey, Hey"s) LOL
It is MUCH more intense to watch the live performance of their album release from Lunario CDMX. It is MUCH more intense that the studio album. Dany completely inhabits the Queen's persona. It is SPELLBINDING. If you loved the album, the live performance will leave you speechless. (And their is a whole video screen production of it in the background)
Also, QOTMS is NOT their first album. It is their 3rd record. The first is an EP of 6 songs called "Escape the Mind". Their first full LP is "XXI Century Blood". One of the best debut albums I have ever heard. It has songs in many subgenres of rock and you will understand why I call them "The Swiss Army Knife" of Rock. For the high quality live versions of all of XXICB, watch the performances from The Dakota Bar from their YT Page.
Thank you for sharing all these insights! I expected more from Genius lyrics.. 🙄😅
Even both, the Lunario concert and the Foro Didi one, the songs have more power than in the studio version. Plus the facial expresions of Dany while singing adds a lot to the performance.
According to DPA, the murder happens at the end of Stalker. QOTMS was released in 2018 and NOT their first full length album. That would be XXI Century Blood released in 2017. Perhaps you should review that one just like this one in one go. There will be some songs off that album that will likely get played when you see them on April 27th.
Really enjoyed your album review! One note about the end of this album that I just find pure genius. The last line of The End is “Start again!” Then if you start the album again from the beginning with Dust to Dust you get the lyric “In THE END everything just turns back into Dust to Dust...” So they’re subliminally telling you to replay their album.😂
Wow! That is so clever. Thanks for sharing!
Have it both on CD and vinyl. Maybe the best album ever written, composed and recorded by three teenagers.
100% I find it one of the best albums ever written.
"Horizontal" by the Bee Gees is not far behind 🤔
Thank you for the extensive reaction! This album is so great! 🤘
My pleasure! Thank you for watching Jonas! :)
I'm at the end of "Ugh" right now, and I like what you said about the piano being a snap back to reality. I'll carry that with me.
Back to the video...
I'm glad you appreciated that! Thank you!
always pleased to watch a QOTMS reacction, never get tired of it, idk how many time i´ve reacted to this album from diferent people.
Excellent review/reaction Wave! Love your insights and musical knowledge. The girls said the story was interpretive, so your understanding was as good as any other I've heard. Sometime you need to see the live performance of this album at the Lunario. Dany's performance is incredible.
he wasn't given the chance to interpret. Those annotations sent him in a direction which was out of his control. Whoever wrote those was not very familiar with The Warning. Even medium obsessed fans have seen enough from the ladies or from TWA to know the intended basic meanings of the songs. The Warning has put out vlogs for the very purpose of explaining the framework of the story. There is plenty of room for interpretations of various flavors within that framework. I mean, really, a couple he's that should have been she's, and the story of QOTMS goes out the window. I am so sad about the whole affair. Somebody should find those annotations and, either correct them, or delete them. Theh may as well have said QOTMS is about a a wall paper hanger who doesn't like odd numbered Wednesdays, if the Falcons won; truck, worm, squishy.
@@johnafagerquist8235 It does take on a whole new meaning if you know the girls said the killing was at the end of Stalker. But I've seen others go down the path Wave did. My take on it is that at the end of Stalker he's dead, with Red Hands she's feeling the guilt, and with The Sacrifice she's justifying what she did. Then it gets crazy. 🤪
I didn't mind getting these one at a time, but I definitely really enjoyed a full album reaction like this! So cool! Also as others have said Pau sings lead on Dust to Dust and The End, and in Sinister Smiles Dany/Pau share vocals. I think the only thing I miss seeing you react this way is not seeing you react to the live versions! You should do a little binge reaction of the rest of those one day too...we wouldn't mind! Anyway it has been so fun following you on this journey! QOTMS is their second album, I look forward to you reacting to their first album XXICB one day! As well as any new music from The Warning as always! Enjoy your concert, I'll be seeing them 4 days later in Flint Michigan!
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they dont just come to play, they've got things to say.
ale the thunder, dany the lightning, & pau the storm.
Check out the music video, XXI century blood.
Thanks WP! A truly great album. For me, the album itself is much more haunting and intimate, especially when heard in one go as you have done here. Great, atmospheric compositions and effects throughout; a rock opera for the ages!
Great idea to check out the full album, it's an extraordinary piece of work and deserves a chance to be heard. Your expression of astonishment was priceless. Thank you Potter.
Just imagine this masterpiece being recorded and produced by Mr. Bendeth with Ale 5 strings inferno bass, Dany PRS and a more skilled Pau.... 🤯
Great reaction Wave! I still amazed by this masterpiece and the Warning talent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You can tell by the QOTMS songs they played in recent concerts that the songs sound even better now than before. The evolution is beautiful to see. 🤘😃🤘
@@abjbusti8586 That's right!
This album is so well constructed but to me you have to see them live @The Lunario to squeeze every drop of rock n roll. Dany is in character and she captivates like a dangerous siren. Great reaction Wave always get more musical understanding with your breakdowns. 🤘⚡️🤘
It's Pau that's singing on Dust to Dust!
Oh duh... I made that same mistake the first time i heard Dust to Dust! 🙃 😅
I wish more people did this! WARNING ARMY UNITE
Thanks Wave... This album Will haunt you and get stucked in your head. You are going to come back to It a lot and everytime you Will Discover new details...
At such a Young age compose that album is just pure Madness and genius. Second album (after "escape de Mind" (EP) and "XXI century Blood" (first album)) this composition IS probably the most insane profesional haunting dark and infectious piece of art you Will find out there from a teen band. Something remarkable. Even more if you think the band was independent at this time.
P.d : really Hope you'll add their Channel to your list of cool channels to visit.
This was great! I had listened to all these songs before but not straight through in one sitting and not carefully looking at the lyrics. Definitely gained a much better appreciation of all the songs after watching this and it got me that much more excited to see them live on 4/24. This is the year that I see the bands I fell in love with during quarantine in 2020 live in concert. The Warning, Band-Maid, and still holding out hope Nemophila will tour besides the Aftershock show.
You might not recall this but on your initial reaction to "Ugh" you loved the outro Dany played on the guitar. In fact, you played it more than once and I mentioned that on the studio track it is played by piano, not guitar. Wondering which you thought was better. I find the piano more haunting.
I’ve been waiting for this! You did the same great job we’ve all come to expect, of course. You may remember I was the one who commented that your 1 song at a time approach wasn’t right for a concept album like this. This takes me back to the days of sitting down with headphones on, and listening to albums like Close To The Edge, Dark Side Of The Moon, or Misplaced Childhood, all the way through… not distracted by anything else. Just being immersed in the worlds, stories, and feelings, created by the music. Can’t wait to see them on May 5th in Baltimore!
Yes I remember! That’s why I decided to do this, so thank you! It was worth it.
Yeah, for a first listen this is best. The songs are all great on their own, once you’ve heard the album, but to take it in as a whole the sum really exceeds the individual parts. I really, really, love this album.
Thanks for reaction !!! this album is amazing
Don't forget she is fighting with herself. Battling two persons in herself. Stalker the deed was done
You hit the nail on the head when you said Dany's guitar solos are melodic. She once said that when she composes a guitar solo she thinks of it as a melody line. It shows. I would much rather have a guitar solo that I can follow and hum along with than shredding that is more showing off than melodic. That guitar solo in "The End" could have gone on for another 5 minutes for me. When you eventually hear the solo in "Show Me the Light" from their first full-length album (QOTMS is their second) it will make you cry. Have tissues handy.
Queen Of The Murder Scene, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THEMES OF THE QOTMS CONCEPTUAL ALBUM WHICH BEGINS WITH DUST TO DUST AND ENDS WITH THE END, YOU MUST LISTEN THEME BY THEME IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S PSYCHOTIC LOVE FOR A MAN, AN EXCELLENT SONG WITH A GREAT SOLO BY DANY, A TREMENDOUS BASS LINE BY ALE AND AS ALWAYS PURE POWER WITH PAU ON THE DRUM
Wave (cool name, by the way), Love following your walk thru of this album. You are so spot-on with your interpretations and those little items you catch. I am listening to your reaction in stages myself and am just loving it!!!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! Thank you Tim!
Thank you for your time and effort for this incredible reaction. From a non musician, I always take credence in all your opinions and analysis of the songs you react to. I can say actually listening to the whole album again, in order, with you and your breakdown reconfirm to me that this is actually a masterpiece of great song writing, musicianship and performance. Not only Dany with her vocals, but her sisters contribute to a performance full of passion and emotion. They are living the moment with the character and portraying the story perfectly through music.
This is actually their 2nd full album. 21st century blood is their first full album. You have reacted to survive from this album. Other songs of note is the title track, unmendable and Black holes. Another great album and not forgetting Whem I'm Alone. You should check these out before your concert.
Thanks again for a great reaction.🤟
I was trying to remember where that song was! Thank you so much for the kind and informative words Chip! I'm really glad you appreciated the video. :)
Thank you for the great reaction Wave Potter! I love your breakdowns and your attention to small details. You are connecting to the songs emotionally too. It's so refreshing for me to see someone who can really appreciate the music, The Warning's music especially :) . I really like your insights and I can see that you are a true musician and an awesome person.
Thank you once again! I'm very grateful for every The Warning reaction you make. Take care!
Thank you so much for the kind and thoughtful words! I’m glad you appreciate what I do! 😊
I'm at "Red Hands Never Fade", and I think the little annotations you're reading were (possibly) written in Spanish, and then just crammed through Google translate. I imagine you'll figure out the main character is the Queen, and the love interest is the one murdered. He was murdered during "Stalker". Dany said she was sing to a corpse for those last, haunting lines.
In RHNF, she is speaking to the dead guy. Not necessarily to the corpse, but in a spiritual, she can sense his presence, kind of way.
Ok, the annotations appear to be written by someone who is not actually familiar with the story of the album. "He" was the love interest, she killed him. She's in her own head from RHNF on. Ok enough from me, I think.
Back to your reaction, at "The Sacrifice"
They were fully independent on this record. They're signed now so of course production is gonna be better. Money is part of the Mayday album. They still have 5 more songs to release to complete the album. The independent production on this and XX1 Century Blood were immaculate.
Its crazy... the first song i hear from this album... The Warning & VOB have one similarity... The feel of the guitar and the drums... but obviously them both are different but in one way... you will have find way similarity... about them... which its very cool hhe...
These girls amazed me about 5 years ago when TEDx uploaded the video of their 3 song set ( I later found out this was their second performance at TEDx). So when they released this album i was surprised how they had progressed in just 2 years and a conceptual (story) album was a tremendous accomplishment. I can’t wait to see them in Berkeley April 19th and then again in October along with Band-Maid at the Aftershock Music festival in Sacramento. Have a great time at the Warning concert and the Band-Maid concerts in October.
I'll be at the Fine Line in Minneapolis. It will be the first time I will see them live. I can't wait. See you there Wave!!
Dude, I’m 64 years old and have followed them since September 20th 2018 and have been a Patreon and will be a supporter for life! They are a Phenomenon 39 originals and many covers. Seen them twice in 2020 with TWA from nine countries at the Whiskey.
Seeing them three times this year, one supporting Halestorm
Thanks! My wife & I hope to see you at the Fine Line!
One conversation I’d would have loved to listen in on is after the gals played songs for their parents…. As a parent, having a child describe songs of psychosis, murder, grief and more which will be performed has to be jaw dropping. Great job, Wave. If you’re up for it, the Lunario concert has this whole album debut. Foro Didi also, but not in straight order, but better audio generally and vocals. And, multiple acoustic versions of these which are just great. Rock on! 🔥🤘#NumberlyGarfs
I don't watch many reactions, but I do enjoy yours. The little snippets on that lyrics page are kind of jacked up, IMHO. I think somebody was using a translator and not really getting the story right, at least the way I see it. Try thinking along these lines. Pau and Dany are playing 2 characters, well 2 personalities of the same person.
Dust to Dust - Pau singing, it's actually the ghost of the protagonist coming to tell you the story. "Hey come on in and let me tell you this sh*t that went down"
Starting with Crimson Queen, Dany takes over the vocals and takes you inside the mind of this love sick woman, and lets you see the story through her eyes.
At the end of stalker, she has the lifeless body of her love interest in her arms, singing "look at me my dear, I love you so, cause I am yours and you are mine"
In Red Hands, she starts to realize what she has done.
Sinister Smiles is a duet between Dany and Pau trading off vocals. The chorus? Break break, just break apart. Her personalities are splitting into two
When you get to Hunter, a third character arrives, the Grim Reaper. He wants revenge because she stole his crown by killing someone. Fun fact, at one time they planned for Ale to sing Hunter, but when they went to the studio, they just abandoned the idea and Dany sang it. Ale does occasionally sing it live if Dany is feeling under the weather, or needs a break on her vocals.
In the end, we are back to Pau singing as she is dying from wounds inflicted by the Hunter.
That's the short version of my take on the album.
This is very helpful! Thank you. And I’m grateful that you appreciate my videos!
I love The Warning - and this album. But your expert analysis has given me an even greater appreciation for this masterpiece than I had before. Thank you.
Those song description always seem to be two to three songs behind what's really happening at that moment. lolol
21st century blood another masterpiece all songs are great Pau shines on a couple of their classics it's different but all The Warning
Pau said in an interview that when she wrote the initial draft of the lyrics the album was a series of songs about murder. She was going thru her emo-teen angst period. When she shared the songs with Ale and Dany as a group they decided to make an underlying story to connect the songs to the common theme and the concept of the rock opera was what they came up with.
Thank you for doing a reaction to the whole album. Great job 👍👍Love The Warning love the album ❤
Just listened to this compete reaction again. Wave- you have done a masterful job walking through this album and I will probably go through this again.... and again! 🤘🤘🤘⚡⚡⚡😍😍😍
Love this álbum 🤟 Best conceptual álbum in years for me . Super reaction .
I dunno if anyone has said it here, but UGH was almost cut from the album due to the band not being able to get it the way they ( mostly Ale lol ) wanted it. She named the song BTW. Their parents pressed them to complete it, and get it right. Stalker was sorely hated by their mother. She felt it too dark, violent, too creepy. It was Pau that insisted it be included because it is the pivotal part in the story, where the girl does the actual murder of her 'lover' that is never to be. The insanity takes over from here. Stalker is my second favorite song off the album. In Red Hands the murder is done and she's actually talking to a dead body..In Sacrifice we see the 'Queen' taking over the girl's mind, but as an seemingly innocent friend there to help. Know that this is all in the girl's mind, the whole conversation. The Queen is tempting her, to just surrender. In Sinister Smiles, the girl is actually arguing with the Queen, who is tempting her as some sort of savoir from what she's done, again, all in her head. But the Queen wants more blood, and the girl is not on board, and is wrestling with the consequences of her actions. Dull Knives is my fav off the album, albeit so short. At this point, the girl has pretty much surrendered to the Queen, and embraces the need for further bloodshed. She cannot resist anymore. The title track, is my 3rd favorite. I love the breakdown, and Dani's solo. In this, we see the Queen has lost patience with the girl, and is taking over. You will kill, or I will kill you is the ultimatum. Ale's bassline is also really dirty. Love it! BTW, Koroso means to kill with murderous intent. Much different from just to kill. In Psychotic, the girl is taken over and the Queen is in control. She doesn't care anymore. She's warning that she's gonna kill again. Note that fans have dubbed this song as cheerleader punk even as dark as it is.. somehow TW made it a fun catchy song. The scream is Dani. Hunter is an interesting song. The Grim Reaper has entered the picture. It is telling the Queen that it is the 1 that controls who lives and dies. It's a warning that it is coming for the girl/Queen. It has the 'title'. The End has a ton of different interpretations. The girl is dying, we don't know what exactly happened to her, but the Queen, the alter ego, is dead and she is dying as well. It is a song of confession, of remorse, guilt and shame. Pau really delivers it. Think about the big bands such as Iron Maiden that are known for concept albums...this 1 is just as good!
amazing reaction, congratulations. Long live the warning 🤘🤘
Thank you Wave for laying this album out and explaining every song. I have grown to love this album even more!!!! I will be seeing The Waning at a small venue in Flint, MI on May 1st myself. Cheers!!
I saw these girls on concert last Friday in NYC. I was first row, these girls rock the stage I love them so much !!! They are so talented!!!! I almost got Paulina sticks but unfortunately I left earlier, still I enjoyed the concert!
Thanks for your reaction. I love this band and album. QOTMS is an epic evil Rock Opera that should be made a movie. ✌🏻😎
Or to Broadway at least?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This album is a work of genius. I really enjoyed your reaction. You should do the 1st album XXI CENTURY BLOOD. It’s also an amazing album with some absolute bangers including my favourite song “Unmendable”.
Day off for a holiday, and I spent 1.5 hrs of it watching this. LOVED IT!! I still get the goosebumps and happy faces, when I see others reacting to this masterpiece. 🤘❤🔥🤘
This album is a MASTERPIECE. Nice video.
Que alegria que vas a poder ir a verlas,esperamos con ansias tus comentarios.
Paulina dijo en una entrevista que cuando estaba escribiendo QOTMs era su EPOCA EMO. xD
The Warning ORGULLO NACIONAL.
This is actually their 2nd full length album. XXI Century Blood was their first.
The point you make regarding their album as a story is a good one. It’s like they are storytellers first and they just happen to use music as the stage. But really, even with Mayday, all their songs feels like stories.
Pau sings Dust to Dust, half of Sinister smiles, and all of The End, also Money is part of the Mayday album they still need to release 5 more songs then Mayday will be complete.
Great video , I found this album maybe a year ago now and every time I listen to it my mind gets blown away. masterpiece is an understatement. This is easily in my top 3 albums of all time (right up there with Appetite , and Master of Puppets) These girls have renewed my love of music and I am super grateful for that and I am yet to be disappointed by any song I have heard. great job and I am glad that you enjoyed your journey with it. this is about the time of the concert you mentioned as well so I hope you have a blast there :)
Great reaction Wave Potter now you can go ahead and do this whole album live from Lunario where they played the complete album live in order in front of an audience but that would be asking to much 😁but thanks again cheers
CONGRATULACIONES, HICISTE UN EXCELENTE TRABAJO, CERTERO Y PUNTUAL DE LA OBRA DE ARTE QUE HICIERON LAS HERMANAS VILLARREAL ¡¡VIVA THE WARNING!!👍🤟⚡⚡⚡💯💯💯💯💯🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
React also to their acoustic version of sinister smile, hunter and the end
Two masterpieces: the album and your reaction.
😅 I appreciate you Salty. Thank you!
@@WavePotter Rosie has to watch out. We are developping a beautiful musical bromance ☺☺☺☺. Last week you delivered a shining diamond with your Yoyoka documentary (with the support of Glen and Rosie). You already had a very professional interview with Daisy Pepper and now the entire QOTMS analysis of my favorite band. As the other heroes of TWA have already mentionned the live version of QOTMS is even better. In some songs Dany and or Pau sing from heaven to us. I really am curious how Crimson Queen and Stalker will sound when they play it this year. It will be a great year with you seeing live Band Maid and The Warning amongst others. I hope you and Rosie get invited back stage. It will give great footedge and another great experience you deserve. By the way I am so happy to hear that you are still working out. Health is everything as we've seen with TH. Finally you'll already been notified but Yoyo and Ellen together was really great. The confidence Ellen plays with is great to see. The Wisky jam has only produced one video and Yoyoka really carries the song and the band. 12,5 years old and already a leader. Arigato Yoyoka. WHILE WRITING I JUST UNDERSTOOD FROM ONE OF MY OTHER DEVICES THAT THE BAND MAID TOUR WILL BE EXTENDED♥♦♣♠.
They have said that Hunter is Death itself hunting the Queen
Great reation!! This album QOTMS is a Masterpice!! What I listened about this album that Paulina basically is the mastermind behind this lnsane lirics. They all the 3 of them had to change some words and lines cause it was way more extreme and gore!!
Pau is young andhas a tendency exaggerate her contribution to the song writing at the expense of her sisters and had on several occasions had to admit their song writing is a collaborative process. There are certain devisive elements in the fan base however who want to perpetuate the idea that Pau is the genius if the band and the other two just hangeroners.
Hey Wave! Glade you made it. I bet you didn’t recognize Pau at first, singing Dust to Dust? But the final belting (5:00) was performed by Dany; also in Sinister Smiles if one pays no attention, then you miss Dany and Pau switching vocals; but this gets better, and many many didn’t catch that Pau whispers the song along with Dany on Dull Knives (check it out again) it’s almost imperceptible 😀.
Finally it’s not their first album, it’s actually the third one. Now since we’re in reverse mode, how about the second album consisting in 13 songs? It’s called XXI Century Blood, and the first song is “hominym” (yeah that word again) the video has a very well crafted story please do react at it, here is the link… ua-cam.com/video/syTyga3lVL0/v-deo.html
Great reaction. I totally agree. To me, Q.O.T.M.S is an instant classic. Now go and watch them play the full album live. You won't be disappointed. 🤘😎⚠️
This is one of those Albums bands write early on that our grandkids will discover in 30 years and blow their minds.
It's a hard Album to top for me.
I hope they stay on these tracks and don't detail too much from this style.
Love it.
And to think Ale was like 14 when this was written and maybe 15 when she performed it live.
Mind boggles.
thank you for this excellent reaction and review of lyrics! It is currently my favorite album (I'm in my 50s). I personally feel that your interpretation of the lyrics makes more sense than even what pau describes was her original intent... but that's what I love about the album... it works for lots of listeners and genders without any right or wrong. The Warning have stated clearly that they love the different interpretations of their lyrics.
NO LIMIT!!! THE WARNING STRAIGHT TO OUTER SPACE. ¡¡ VIVA 🇲🇽THE WARNING !!!👍🤟⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡_💯💯💯💯🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Very nice reaction / Per vlog she killed her love intrest in stalker/ In red hands she is panicking and talking to his dead body.She is saying she is sorry and it was just a mistake. / in the sacrifice Her bad side is coming out and states to the good side to follow her and she will make it better. Then the rest of the album is a fight between her good side and bad side.
You definitely have to see the album presentation on Lunario CDMX. the emotion clearly passes through the performance. and then listen to some songs from the first album, such as Black Holes, Show me the light, exterminated, runaway… try to see the performances at the daytona bar, because the sound is very good. Keep up the good work!
I will see you there at the Fineline! If you are interested there are a couple of us from the Twin Cities area going to Rockfest in Cadot to see them. 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
Somebody REALLY needs to update the interpretations in Genius Lyrics.
As much as I love Mayday I think in the future when people look back on the warning QOTMS will be considered a greater album. What separates the warning from the pac of other young would be artists on you tube is their growth. Most of the youth online never gets past novelty act status
Excellent reaction Mr Potter! Those girls are genius aren’t they?
Great job. You really should watch the Lunario CDMX live version of these songs, though.. You'll get why when you see them. Actually better than the album imo
Great great review of the whole album! 4 years ago, they all were teenagers… well, two of them still are today… isn’t the quality of the compositions, of the arrangements unbelievable? So much talent in these three girls! Watch Stalker from the Lunario show, Dany’s performance is breath-taking! Dull Knives is a must see in the live version from their cave for the charity event deTour… and Hunter was once sung by Ale when Dany had to save her voice, when they opened for Stryper… ua-cam.com/video/kdA9HatBPc8/v-deo.html Ale singing lead is like a rare gem! Thanks, greetings from Germany ⚡️👍🤘
Overall, for me, the best album ever written. Even considering Pink Floyds "Animals".
In Stalker the description was wrong that you got. She has the person she loves captive and kills him at the end. With the dynamic change in the last lyric you mentioned, she was singing to his corpse. Red Hands Never Fade is her conscience wrestling with what she had done.
If you wanna see where some of the darkness comes from in some of their scales and keys, listen to Caifanes. One of the all-time top Mexican rock bands (80-90s). Those scales and keys sound very “Mexican rock” to me as I grew up with those sounds. I like to think it’s the affinity with death, the magical, of Mexican culture. The kind of culture that fuels Día de Muertos.
An excellent reaction (and I've seen a lot of them) I really liked that you covered the musical arrangements and production of the album but you also focused on the lyrics and you fully immersed in the story. That is a great merit because not everyone in all the reactions is able to cover everything, so I take my hat off to your great work, it was really very entertaining to watch, I really enjoyed it.
I dare to suggest that you now watch the concert live at El Lunario in CDMX (Mexico City) ua-cam.com/video/9VciU3gMMUY/v-deo.html because it has the particularity that it was the presentation of the album QOTMS and although the height of the city affected Dani at times, the emotions and character that you noticed in the studio recording is multiplied by dozens in this presentation, I think you will enjoy it a lot
Note: In the comments of the video of the concert at El Lunario you will find the setlist
Enjoy!!!
To me CHOKE is the sequel to QOTMS. In CHOKE the CRIMSON QUEEN has trascended, i.e, she has accpeted her negative emotions and incorporated her shadow-self in the Jungian sense. In CHOKE the CRIMSON QUEEN is finally liberated from a life of suffering; she has reached the NIRVANA and is no longer in the endless cycle of pain and suffering that her previous life was.
Their second full length album. 20th Century Blood was the first.
The first song, Dust to Dust, is Pau singing, not Dany.
I have a feeling the synopsis of the songs were translated from Spanish. The hers/ his are translated the same "su".
As others have said, the annotations are completely misleading. Look at the entire album as a duality - Pau's parts are the "self" and Dany's are the "queen."
People with this kind of psychosis will create alternative personae, usually to protect the "self" from past or present trauma. I believe that's who the "queen" is - the power that is there to assist a young woman who is emotionally fragile and traumatized. Sometimes the self will indulge that power, and in this case, she goes over the edge.
Look at the lyrics with fresh eyes and listen for the voice changes with this in mind.
Thank you! Very helpful! I’ll keep this in mind when I watch the Lunario performance!
Thanks Dude!
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just stumbled across your reaction, hope you've had the chance to find the correct symptoms for the album 😉
Why do you do this to me smh the live performance of this album is soooo much better! The studio album doesn’t do it justice IMO but love your channel btw lol keep up the great work
No.... Sorry this is their 2nd LP after : "XXI Century Blood", and their first EP: "Escape the Mind".
Great reaction!! Cheers!!! 🍷
Fantastic album.
Goosebumps!
That's actually Pau rather than Dany singing the opening song, Dust to Dust. Hence, not as growly as you expected.