Sleep Token - Alkaline (Reaction) Is This Their Gateway Song??

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  • @Jezebelsdirtymelon
    @Jezebelsdirtymelon День тому +13

    Vessels attention to detail with this song and the placement on the album is so clever.
    Not acid or alkaline = a neutral pH of 7.0. What has a pH of 7.0? Water does. What’s the elemental theme of the album? Water. It is also the 7th song on the album. There are 12 songs on the album so it’s slightly past the middle of the album (perfectly misaligned). Plus it’s just an amazing song.

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +1

      🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
      🖤

    • @Jezebelsdirtymelon
      @Jezebelsdirtymelon День тому +1

      @@CasualReactions ya he’s that good 🖤

    • @Jezebelsdirtymelon
      @Jezebelsdirtymelon 23 години тому +1

      @@CasualReactions also slightly past the middle would make it alkaline on the pH scale. 🤯

    • @Jezebelsdirtymelon
      @Jezebelsdirtymelon 22 години тому +1

      Sorry for so many separate comments. Bear with me I’m a little 🍃💨 up at the moment.
      You asked what we thought the song was about. Given the above chemistry lesson. If you go back and listen to the lyrics in a different mindset. I can only speculate but I believe the song is referring to the album itself and the catharsis he achieved through writing it.”I’m caught up in her design and how it connects to mine. I see in a different light the objects of my desire”

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  10 годин тому +1

      I like this, and I feel like there's no wrong answer. He seems to leave the perfect amount up for interpretation. Oh and I pinned your comment because its awesome! 🖤

  • @emriding8263
    @emriding8263 21 годину тому +4

    I feel crazy telling people sometimes, but it's like Sleep Token's music has pierced my soul. I've never had music resonate with me the way theirs does. It has all the feels in the best way 🖤

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  10 годин тому +1

      I feel crazy saying it too, but everyone here gets it!!

  • @heatherbennett4512
    @heatherbennett4512 День тому +14

    ❤ I love this song. It's so straightforward, and just good. Live he does little steps forward from the beginning beat. They call it walkaline 😂

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +1

      @@heatherbennett4512 😂 nice!

    • @heatherbennett4512
      @heatherbennett4512 День тому +2

      ​@CasualReactions it's also one where he fondles his mic stand a lot lol. He tries to make it very intense 😂.

    • @heatherbennett4512
      @heatherbennett4512 День тому

      ​@@CasualReactions now that you've got this far I'm gonna send you more live videos.

    • @TheJenoire
      @TheJenoire День тому +2

      @@heatherbennett4512 yep, the intense walkaline, those hands and that mic stand was definitely a very special combination 🔥🥵🔥🥵🔥

    • @heatherbennett4512
      @heatherbennett4512 День тому +1

      @@TheJenoire 😏 seeing it live was the best

  • @urfvsuthrngal318
    @urfvsuthrngal318 День тому +5

    Loving seeing you go through this journey and opening up to and with us! Vessel is all of our therapist i think 😂 🖤🖤 worship 🖤 🙌

  • @raoulduke8003
    @raoulduke8003 День тому +6

    Vessel is out here doing "shadow work" for the whole world.

  • @TheJenoire
    @TheJenoire День тому +11

    "What thee fuck did we just watch?"
    Correct response🤣

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому

      🤣

    • @Jezebelsdirtymelon
      @Jezebelsdirtymelon 12 годин тому +1

      @@TheJenoire i think we watched Vessel take his power back after it was lock in a box for however long. Now he’s unstoppable. I wish they did more videos like this. They are so insightful.

  • @76NOSAJ
    @76NOSAJ День тому +4

    Vessel is a scientist, it's about chemistry ;)
    To me, it's about changing perspectives to love someone with all their imperfections. 🖤
    worship

    • @76NOSAJ
      @76NOSAJ День тому +2

      The video is about about Vessel using his hand dancing powers, that Sleep gave him, to triumph over the forces of evil. 😆

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому

      Haha that's awesome!

  • @Dogoodthings314
    @Dogoodthings314 7 годин тому +1

    Another amazing reaction brother. Favorite band of all time. Glad Taylor is back....rumor is it's Mk.gee time soon?? ;)

  • @wendypierce5621
    @wendypierce5621 10 годин тому +1

    I love the diversity of Sleep Token’s music. There are heartbreaking things, but there are also three minute bangers like Alkaline. It’s easier for me to hang out in those difficult emotions because I know a breath of fresh air and big hooks is just around the corner.

  • @BPhillips2000
    @BPhillips2000 День тому +5

    Automatic upvote for the dog. Doggos always get upvotes 😊

  • @michelleweeks4263
    @michelleweeks4263 23 години тому +1

    Let's go!! Here to worship with you 🙏

  • @sliversoulfly
    @sliversoulfly День тому +5

    This was the first ST song I heard. Was just listening to a metal mix done by YT about two years ago and this came on. I probably listened to it about 20 times in a row. Went back to One, all the way up to TPWBYT. Very few bands can grab ahold of a person the way this one did. Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, Falling in Reverse have been the only other bands that I dove through everything they did after hearing something by them. They're really just that good. If you ever plan on reacting to Euclid, which I'm sure a lot of people will suggest, I'd highly recommend going through the EP's and the three albums before it, there's a reason it's last. It's a fantastic song on it's own, but when you realize that it's constructed from the songs that came before it, and the pure call back at the end is breathtaking. While not as obviously emotional as some of their other work, the joy and finality of it makes me weep every time I listen to it. There are so few musicians putting out art like this and it's truly a blessing to get to witness it happen. I'd agree with you and say this is one of the songs I'd play to introduce someone to the band. If they have an emotional response to the change in the middle, they'll become a fan. Great reaction and insight.

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +1

      This is a really good comment, I love those bands as well! I was a Ronnie fan from when There's No Sympathy For The Dead played on my stereo for like a year straight lol. And yes Euclid will be the last song for sure, I started thanks to comments like this, all the way back at the beginning and am going in order. Life changing 🖤

  • @tjh5716
    @tjh5716 День тому +3

    What up? The journey continues. Another great song.

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому

      Getting back into the full swing of things again! Hope all is well, appreciate you being here. I'm stoked to be getting closer the the next album!

  • @jslady5662
    @jslady5662 9 годин тому +1

    I think this song says "shes not bad, shes not good, but theres nothing like her"! To me anyway. Thats what i love about their music. Its kinda take it how u need to use it with them and im just happy to be here for it. ❤❤❤

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  57 хвилин тому

      'Take it how you need to use it' Perfect!

  • @TB-sp9jy
    @TB-sp9jy День тому +4

    Here to Worship ❤

  • @Chasingmoundbuilders
    @Chasingmoundbuilders День тому +2

    It’s my interpretation that much of his lyrics are regarding a “she” being his anima. His soul. He seems conflicted internally as we all are by nature. Some people just have a way of putting it that is so magnetic. Vessel has this ability. Everything he writes is a flex. In regard to alkalinity. Like the alchemists of the past, this is a metaphor probably for the concepts of polarity.

  • @CasualReactions
    @CasualReactions  День тому +8

    Ok so after listening to this song all week I think I fully understand what's going on. But I'd love to hear what this song does for you guys!

    • @ObsoleteSHN
      @ObsoleteSHN День тому +1

      The Apparition is such a good song (and guess what, it's one of the only songs they never played live). If you haven't checked yet you should listen to Take Me Back To Eden too 🫶

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +5

      ​@@ObsoleteSHN I'm going in oder from the beginning! This is like my 20th or so Sleep Token video

    • @Chasingmoundbuilders
      @Chasingmoundbuilders День тому +1

      His relationship with “sleep” Hypnos… comes forward in a way that is like a toxic relationship. What you’re describing in this video is something that can happen with any art that is driven by the spirit of the depths as Jung would call it. And in that same vein, these albums are vessels version of liber novus. It’s a psychopomp. If you let it. It will cause change in you.

  • @DeathColdBeer
    @DeathColdBeer День тому +2

    Worry not. Metal Tears! Always. If i tear up its because metal is in our eyes"

  • @saranaturegirl123
    @saranaturegirl123 11 годин тому +1

    All I know is my life is better for having Sleep Token in it. A catchy, short and easy to listen to song. Lyrics not too complicated for once. Just a token of his appreciation on the complexities of his significant other imho

  • @jeanproctor3663
    @jeanproctor3663 День тому +2

    This video is immense isn't it? And don't you think that Vessel could script the most awesome horror film ever? I *knew* you'd both love it! By the way, the part where that last man was grabbed, it was a giant hand that got him. 😁

  • @PapaSriracha_
    @PapaSriracha_ 17 годин тому +1

    'Are you really okay' should be up there for one of your next reactions with Taylor, I think it will be quite confronting for you both, plus its a beautiful song

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  10 годин тому

      I try to get her here for as many as I can, but I'll put an star by that one!

  • @andrewnicholson5851
    @andrewnicholson5851 День тому +2

    This song is super dope not my favorite but definitely top 10 glad that you guys liked it.

  • @DeathColdBeer
    @DeathColdBeer День тому +2

    Peter Prometheus Parker" nice lol .........i lost my cat of 16 years 2 months ago. I want a new kitty.
    When the time comes... male this time. I shall call him..."Vessel Kitty"

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +1

      Hell yea! She has a couple cats as well, this little guy travels better lol

  • @GeeWhizical
    @GeeWhizical День тому +1

    Dude, not that ur not a cutie but I'm really digging these ones with Taylor 😉 welcome both of you to the ST club❤

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  10 годин тому

      LOL yea I really like having her on the channel! I'm still getting used to talking to just a camera, but when she's around I feel more like my normal self

  • @haydenmccauslin1435
    @haydenmccauslin1435 20 годин тому +1

    Definitely not my favorite band but this song has always been a banger🎉

  • @tiffy3260
    @tiffy3260 День тому +2

    Glad that you brought back your emotions from the previous video, coz it felt like you were holding back a lot back then. 😁
    Strangely, i don't really like this song, except for the drumming. I think i take it too literally, it sounds like he's describing her as someone who's indecisive, always in the middle, neither in love or out of love. But i guess most people interpret it as he thinks she's so special. Haha. 🤷
    But i always get excited when i play the whole album straight, and this song comes on, coz i love the songs after this one..😊😊😊

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому +1

      Thank you! Yea I knew this was going to be kinda long because I left a lot on the table in the Fall For Me video.
      So you're favorite songs are coming up after this banger!! 🤯

    • @tiffy3260
      @tiffy3260 22 години тому

      @CasualReactions hahaha 2 of them at least i really really like 😁
      the others i like only because i've heard them less, as the songs after alkaline (with the exception of the closing song) were never played live, i think. So they feel like a secret treat for full album listeners hahaha 😂

    • @dun9295
      @dun9295 12 годин тому +1

      I get the same interpretation. Vessel describes her in a way that leaves me thinking he loves her, but can’t understand why, almost like infatuation. “Either way I’m into it”, he doesn’t care what she is, only that he’ll do whatever he needs to get her to love him back. There’s desperation in this one, to me.

    • @tiffy3260
      @tiffy3260 12 годин тому +1

      @@dun9295 yea like she's "whatever", and he's "i knowww, we're meant for each other!" Hahaha glad im not the only one who interprets it that way 😂

  • @DerrickCharles5750
    @DerrickCharles5750 День тому +1

    Do you mind reacting to the band, As I Lay Dying with the song “Burden?”

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому

      I've been an AILD fan forever!!! I listened to that one right when it cane out lol

    • @DerrickCharles5750
      @DerrickCharles5750 День тому +1

      @ lol I’m sure. Would you do an Imminence song?

    • @CasualReactions
      @CasualReactions  День тому

      @DerrickCharles5750 ok I have their entire re recording they recently released in a playlist to do a full album reaction/review. I'll get to it soon and I'm stoked af for it. I want Taylor in on that action though

    • @DerrickCharles5750
      @DerrickCharles5750 День тому

      @ yeah the last song lazy legs is my favorite off the album. I was gonna ask if you can do heaven shall burn by them unless you did that one already lol

  • @wickedPrints3256
    @wickedPrints3256 23 години тому +1

    Short but sweet. The lyrics are great but aren't they always?