The Mars Volta "Cavalettas" (reaction episode 333)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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In this video I react to Cavalettas from The Bedlam in Goliath by The Mars Volta.
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Underrated song. It's a lurching monster of a track.
Cavalettas is one of the weirder songs from TMV I'd say, but still pretty cool. My favorite parts are the 21/8 parts where he sings "don't hide that guilty smile, condolences won't go away". The next song though, Agadez, is awesome :)
21/8, interesting. granted i am long out from my music theory days but that section can also be counted in alternating 6/4 and 5/4 measures. that may be easier to compose and dictate for maybe. the part where Dean posts signature this song is in is (and he knows) 4/4 but i know he was referring to these other sections. the 4/4 sections are HEAVILY syncopated
edit....5/4 starts before 6/4 @ 1:44 (but prove me wrong because I am 18 years out from AP high school music theory lol)
oh man more edited... Jackson I realized your are referring to that middeling at the end, ignore my previous comments, i can count 21/8 on that part but it makes my brain hurt...but Dean, how does alternating 5/4, 6/4 sound otherwise?!
@@DavidWilliams-ic1nn Counting the alternating 5/4 and 6/4 made MY brain hurt haha. I think the main reason is because on the last beat of the 6/4 parts, the bass hits an extra note or two, so it throws you off and makes you think the 5/4 part starts one beat before it does. Never realized how complicated this song was. They also did an alternating 5/4 and 6/4 in Day of the Baphomets. It's much easier to count there :P
this was the song that hooked me on to mars volta, along with l'via. all of production choices and instrumentals are so insane and still blow me away. flute solo and chipmunk effect cedric? too great
The last two to three minutes of this song *are* Bedlam In Goliath to me. Old elements being reintroduced to be distorted and malformed into something that just hammers at you. In its own story, this is a cursed album holding an evil spirit and in those moments we hear something trying to break through and reach out to grab us through our speakers
Say it once again... Thomas Pridgens drumming changed the sound of this band in such an INSANE way! John Theodore was amazing and Cedric even said in an interview that it was a mistake letting him go, but he was there to put out some amazing albums as well! Omar has such an eye for talent!
Fun fact, Thomas Pridgen won a drum competition at a guitar center I believe at only 8 or 9 years old! Plus, he was playing against adults!!! He was sponsored by Zildjian shortly after.
oh god i think this is my absolute fav from this album
***dances***
This album is one of my all time favorites
Insane song! It reminds me of some moments in my life (like... 13 years ago) when I was totally addicted to this album.
Thank you Dean
6:26 I think that specific part is 4/4 :D
came back to listen to this. sounds like 4/4 with basically every instrument hitting the up beats hard haha especially Pridgen
Always get hype for these Bedlam in Gothian reacts! Cheers, Dean!
One of my favorite tracks by them. So chaotic & propulsive. The change-up around 3:27 is still mind-blowing
The Mars Volta firing on all cylinders here!
Broadly speaking I really like these guys. They can get into some areas of experimentation that take me out of the song as a listener, but I applaud their adventurous spirit. I'll always come back for more in spite of those moments.
Patiently waiting for Thursday’s. Especially this week. This track is fire!!!
Be back with the girls later. ☺️
Hope you like it Bill!
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Always do!! 😬
when in doubt of time signature just count 1 2 3 4 lol!
edit: speaking only of the chorus haha
annnd my brain hears 6/4 on the weird transitions but heavily syncopated or someone else can chime in who has better ears please...edit: make that alternating 5/4 and 6/4
Dean, have you read about the back story of this album and its writing? involves an old Ouija board and lots of odd happenings in the studio. pretty creepy.
I know first hand that the Ouija board can be pretty creepy!😳
@@deanwolfechannel for sure. and the one they were playing with was super old, bought in a shop in Jerusalem. not the Milton Bradley type mass produced ones. they ended up burying it somewhere lol.
Too bad they didnt ebay it for a tmv fan
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Can’t wait till you get to the last half of this album.
so chaotic & melodic
Nicely put
I don't understand how that star wars fighter jet is moving?
its hanging. airflow.
yes- it's just hanging there!
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I'll keep nagging you about Pain of Salvation. ;)
Do "Beyond the Pale" please.
...and maybe give Agent Fresco a listen if you haven't already (?). They've toured with Leprous and are both quite similar and different at the same time. I'd start with "Dark Water", but the whole album "Destrier" is great! One of my ultimate favorites from the album is "Death Rattle" (though maybe the least 'prog' song on the album). Listen to the lyrics and pay attention to the "heartbeat" from the drums. I get goosebumps and something wet in my eyes every time I really listen to this song...
Oh yes...will do pos. Ooh, not such a good acronym
I’d love for you to check out another underrated prog band Fall of Troy. Check out the track I Just Got This Symphony Goin’.
Cheers!!
ok, earmarked it
not a biggest fan of this track. cedric's melodies sound repetitive and uninspired. this LP is all over the place. I always had a feeling it's too long and that some songs are pushed to hard to work :/
edit: some parts of this songs remind me of El grupo nuevo de ORL his Crypto album. Check it out Dean
To be fair this album is all over the place. It would be impossible to make an album that didn't sound all over the place considering all the shit that happened. This could have been their best album if that guy didn't steal the tapes and the studio didn't flood.
Whoa that's a shame. Reminds me of Rush being ahead of technology and recording digitally and then losing all the files
@@deanwolfechannel plus, the drummer of the mats volta in the first three albums got fired. This drummer on this album is just as sick (maybe technically better infact), but he wasn't the right fit imo.