Avenged Sevenfold Presents Breakdown: "Almost Easy"
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2018
- Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates talk about the writing and recording process for the song "Almost Easy" from their album, "Avenged Sevenfold."
Directed & Edited by Rafa Alcantara
Produced by Alex Reese
& TWENTYFOURCORE Productions
LYRICS:
I feel insane every single time
I'm asked to compromise
'Cause I'm afraid and stuck in my ways
And that's the way it stays
So how long did I expect
Love to outweigh ignorance?
By that look on your face
I may have forced the scale to tip
I'm not insane, I'm not insane
I'm not insane, I'm not, not insane (I'm not)
(mother) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(said it all) Come back again, it's almost easy
(You'll learn your lesson) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(but first you’ll fall) Come back again, it's almost easy
Shame pulses through my heart
From the things I've done to you
It's hard to face but the fact remains
That this is nothing new
I left you bound and tied
With suicidal memories
Selfish beneath the skin
But deep inside I'm not insane
I'm not insane, I'm not insane
I'm not insane, I'm not, not insane (I'm not)
(mother) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(said it all) Come back again, it's almost easy
(You'll learn your lesson) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(but first you’ll fall) Come back again, it's almost easy
Now that I've lost you, it kills me to say
(Hurts to say)
I've tried to hold on as you've slowly slipped away
I'm losing the fight, I've treated you so wrong
Now let me make it right
(Make it all right)
I'm not insane, I'm not insane
I'm not insane, I'm not, not insane (I'm not)
(mother) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(said it all) Come back again, it's almost easy
(You'll learn your lesson) Come back to me, it's almost easy
(but first you’ll fall) Come back again, it's almost easy
Syns face as they listened to just jimmys chorus vocals.....you can tell he still misses his best friend. As do we all
That’s a good thing they should miss him
We all do my friend... We all do.
Anything with jimmy on this series you could see it hurt
FoREVer
I still remember when the news came out, I almost passed out. I was so sad. I used to live and breathe a7x back then. it fooking reaped me apart
Hearing Jimmy's voice alone still gives me chills
XxLorasch35xX absolutely. Almost easy to tear up
Yeah
You ain't lying 😔
I miss him like crazy
Too good to be trashed ♡
When they played the clip of all of them singing “mother said it all.” That gave me chills.
Lil Knee Grow samee
Me as as well especially when he played then all individually
When the revs voice came in around 4:55 it felt like an angel just entered the room
i got chills :(
that Chelsea Grin EP pic though
they stopped it bc they were starting getting sad
P
@@Thomas-id9oy yes
I'd like to see this with A little piece of heaven, that song has too many elements and it would be nice to hear every element in detail!!!
Check out the documentary they made on the self titled album, they pretty much do this with all the songs on that album. Especially a little piece of heaven, they tell the full story, it's amazing.
me too
@@win3058 this? ua-cam.com/video/ie7MipmgS50/v-deo.html
@@NoelUnderwood that's the one!
@@win3058 right on, thanks! I just watched the whole thing, didn't know it existed!
Please ! Breakdown A little piece of heaven.
YES I NEED THAT
"COME HERE YOU FUCKEN BITCH"
FUCKING YES
HOW HELL YEAH
Lol the video is gonna be an hour long bc ALPOH has too many details
I don't understand why Zacky don't sing more . He has a awesome voice
Ikr ! He has unique voice
Runaway best song by avenged sevenfold zacky vengeance vocals only
It's like a angel singing.
Yeah I love his vocals
@@atikaindriana992 i'm agree with you
3:29 Matt's vocal = goosebumps
hey
INDEED!
@@SlebenGates hey
note the tuning
So glad they're featuring older songs too 😍 can't wait for this one!
hey
Syn laughing cause we have to wait 2 days for it to start
Syn not insane syn not insaneee...
Because he is remembering the old good times with The Rev
666 likes hshs
4:56 as you can see when they hear the rev voice they are quiet, they really miss him so much and look at their faces damn MISS YOU JIMMY!!
Romy Ferrer and also at 7:45
Hey dude!!!
@@princesssynystergates204 your name tho
esajulma420 ahahahahaha. gotchu
@@princesssynystergates204 syn gets emo🥺🥺
Zacky: Is that a keyboard or is that jimmy
Syn: I think that’s Jimmy
😂😂
*AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
PLEASE CHEK ALIP BA TA COVER DEAR GOD
@@junianggoro3519 norak
You guys please breakdown Save Me !!
And please play it live ! I really think it's a better closer than Unholy Confessions.
oh fuck yes
let this have full public support
This
Yeayeayea
Rest in Peace Rev. We miss you!
Everynody misses Jimmy 😭
Im still miss him :(
😿😿
@jonathan kayina jimmy is a gates son
@jonathan kayina you make me a sad panda asking questions like this..
I love how humble Syn and Zacky can be. Especially about their other bandmates, but still be funny as fuck!
Matt isnt
@@codysampson8614 Matty is humble if you look at some videos
10:00 I love how Zacky enjoys and like still can not believe how The Rev did that part of the drumming.
never gets old
I really would love to see save me next
That song is insane
Dubu Dubu that’s why I would love to hear it, there’s a channel that I’ve heard a demo from save me, but it was set private
that’s my favorite song off of nightmare and definitely one of, if not my FAVORITE avenged song !
Agreed
Agree
Would love a breakdown of Sidewinder! Even better if they brought in Papa Gates to help break it down since he was featured on the song!
synysterjazmyngates honestly that song is bad ass also strength of the world would be dope
Yes
UP
Fucking love sidewinder.
Same here
6:02 Regardless of Syn's self-criticism: the tempo integration of Almost Easy was amazing. If you listen to the riff at half speed, you can really hear Syn and Rev battle. TOO GOOD. You guys vibed so heavily that I think you filled in each others gaps. The Rev was so beautiful in his ability to range vocally and with the set. "Is that a keyboard in there or is that Jimmy?"
hey
2:04
Syn: Well you could probably play that better than I could
This right here is why Syn is such a cool guy, eventhough he's known as one of the best guitarist of this time, he's still so damn humble. Every interview he's been in with Zacky, he always ALWAYS gives Zacky credit each and every time.
true, that makes me so happy. I think sometimes people kinda forget about zacky as he is the rhythm guitarist, but Syn makes sure that he is always included. Gates is a great dude.
If you noticed, in the music video for Afterlife, Syn points towards Zacky's part like "This guy here" when the solo hits,
@@angshumanc4473 Haha noticed that as well.
Zacky is honestly a beast too, when they play hail to the king live he even takes the main riff for a bit between Syn's solo and the bridge
syn KNOWS how hood zacky is, i respect them both
The Rev is the brain of Avenged Sevenfold
Was😥😪😭
"was"
Eh the stage is probably their most technical and pregressive sounding record yet
The rev was definitely here during nightmare
Indiiigod666 not all of it. Nightmare is their only album where they had Mike Portnoy playing drums because the rev passed before he had recorded everything.
Please never stop making music. You guys absolutely floor me.
Yaaaasss girl! Agreed 100%
yes AGREED
Agreed.! :D
You still on the floor?
5:29 is probably the best vocal harmony ive ever heard. Its so beautiful. I almost cried hearing just The Rev's part.
7:19 Jimmy’s voice here always gives me shivers. I love it. “Slowly slipped away”
I really missed the Rev.
The rev don't even know who you are
@@radhialbacadabra6183 and then who are you?
Radhi Alba edgy
@@radhialbacadabra6183 fuck u idiot
amastarisel he’s a just a troll on the internet don’t even bother with that person they will get what they deserve later in life
"this song was going to be in transformers the movie and then it wasn't, it transformed into not being in the movie" -zacky
Need for speed prostreet
Jerks!. (Meaning #MichaelBay)
But they used in one Movie, One of the MOST Depressing Linkin Park Songs... Ever.
(No Offence to Linkin Park, I am a Fan) But that Song makes me CRY!.
Wait when did he say this?
0:24 Not exact quoted Words. But close enough.
It was on the Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack what was supposed to be in the 2007 Transformers movie soundtrack
I keep comming back to listen to the "Barber Shop Quartet" part
The best barbershop quartet
lmfao I died when he said that
Exactly what I’m here again.
I'd go to their barbershop 😅
I love how they talk about Jimmy. You can tell he was such a dear friend.
Jimmy's voice is so unique
Was*
@@marcordzmuniz7278 Nah his voice *is* so unique. It still exists in everything he ever sang on.
@@marcordzmuniz7278 IS
@@marcordzmuniz7278 is unique
@@marcordzmuniz7278 IS unique. His legacy lives on
I love How High M. Shadows Gets
Val??!!? Can you get the dog? It keeps running into the wall
Waste Plays I imagine that “Shadowfist” was Matt getting hit in the nuts right before singing
Andrew Pappas yeah Because I’m pretty Sure he gets into the 5th Octave Which is Really High
@Shallex it was a joke.
Yeah, his vocal range is quite impressive.
Seeing Syn tries to hide his sadness when he hear Jimmy's voice gives me tears
I can't imagine how they felt listening to the revs voice in these recordings.
Seeing Syn’s face in 6:49 really got me
Avenged Sevenfold - Shadow Fist
Lol
LETS GO BABYNEXTSONG
Lol
Matt sounded like he was trying to sing Judas Priest’s _Painkiller,_ but I’d listen to that song
We have a new direction!
4:19 When you're a 6 year old in walmart and you can't find your mom
😂😂
Thank you for this comment 🤣
Yes
Lmao😂
Fr lmao 🤣
The bridge vocals of Jimmy is my all time favorite thing and this will forever be my favorite song by them because of the way it’s written
Brompton Cocktail next!
Aidan Lyons YES!!!
Would be cool but I doubt it. A7X doesn't even perform that song live anymore because of Jimmy's death, so I would doubt it if they broke it down. Prolly Nightmare, or Beast and the Harlot are next.
SnappyCar4 man screw that, I’m so damn sick of hearing those songs by now. They need to get back into playing the stuff that’s cool instead of just popular. They all hate playing beast and the harlot but it’s popular so they still play it at a good amount of concerts. Any real fan would gladly take a song like God Hates Us or Brompton Cocktail over one of their more generic and overplayed songs like Hail To The King
@@aidanlarose6901 They've done a breakdown of Brompton. Search up "Making of Self Titled Album", they show how they've come up with every song on that album.
Gnash then why did they do an episode for almost easy?
Breakdown Save me
It would be like an hour and a half long video
I'd watch that hour and a half long video...
@@marielmanuel5662 I know but it would them a long ass time to do it
they'll cry..
Id watch that even if it lasted 24 hours. I swear
6:10 Oh yes, that feeling when you try to listen closely and realize some parts are in 6/4, but it flows so naturally that you never noticed…
6/8?
@@LennoardRai more like 6/4. too slow for 6/8
@@emmywillow6599 yeah and 6/8 is usually felt in 2 sets of 3 but this is just straight 6
@@LennoardRai nah its definetly 6/4 in the starting then it converts in the end
9:35 i love zacky's tattoo on his neck, foREVer
This was very entertaining! Nice to see Syn and Zacky having a good time :)
best part is when Syn forgot about the solo xD
Miss you, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Greatest love from Indonesia
For as much as they were laughing about it, can we stop to appreciate Matt’s range? Dude nailed that high pitch.
4:19 started as a joke leads to incredible touching experience about all of us miss the rev
jimmy's voice at 5:02 give us some thrilling throwback... damn..
if, somehow, they could break down I Won’t See You Tonight Part 1, then I myself would also break down
Chills bro
Or part 2
Man, Jimmy’s voice is just awesome, can never unhear it now on this song!
I cried at Jimmy’s harmony. Sounds like an angel crying for help.
So amazing to see Jimmy old videos. You guys are amazing 🔥🌹 #oldschool
These behind the scenes videos are so good! 🤘🏻
This is one of my favorite songs. I never looked at these behind the scenes videos before and didn’t realize that Jimmy wrote this song. He truly was gifted!
I'd say Synsyter Gates is one of my most big inspirations ever for me to play guitar.
As a band kid and all around music nerd, I love this band for being so outside of the box in terms of time signature changes, weird harmonies, and chord progressions that don’t follow the I, VI minor, IV, and V. Everything is so different but it works every time
"Man we could've been a barber shop quartet"- Zacky
If only Gates could grow a stache...
@@donkeymanusa6364 that would be perfect
12 years ago. Holy shit guys, this song was released 12 years ago! Man, that is hard to even wrap my head around.
Breakdown episode "bromptom cocktail please" i love that song in particular the rev whisper after intro.
Little Piece Of Heaven breakdown. That song always had me wonder wtf was going through your guys minds lol
Deez Nughts that was all the Rev, man. My favorite song by A7X. I’d love to see a breakdown of it too!
ua-cam.com/video/fxpNO-wx3L8/v-deo.html
Mauricio Garza Rodríguez thank you!
Deez Nughts they already did a breakdown of that song
They Break it down a bit in another Video.
I think it's called; "Avenged Sevenfold, A Little Piece of Heaven Commentary."
Or check My Playlist... Avenged Sevenfold: Other Stuff
Hope that helps.
I would love to see bat country at some point
Yeah that has to be on the list
Yes!!
They did.
I could listen to just the drum track to this song forever. It’s so incredibly technical and the Latin beat switch up is probably one of the best things ive ever heard in music it’s just so creative and completely changes the song.. rip jimmy you saved my life with this song years ago
Honestly I fell in love with this band in the early years.
I really hope they do making of fiction. As a tribute to jimmy
That's defiantly not happening, that song is not a song to breakdown. The band still has a hard time with his loss, and I think they will just not even think about doing fiction. Now I think they may do ALPOH in honor of Jimmy though, it's a big fan favorite.
SnappyCar4 that’s a really good point. They most likely wouldn’t be able to make it through the video because of all the emotion.
Lol Nightmare and St James were already bittersweet tributes to him. I don’t think they’d want to overdo the tributes to him. Let’s simply appreciate that we’re seeing them in good spirits while revisiting Almost Easy.
@@RobbieM5290 Nightmare the song was never a tribute to him. The music video was, but the song itself had nothing to do with him.
@@JZJ7777 Nightmare as an album, and definitely the video over the song. Absolutely agree.
Jimmy had such a unique way of singing and writing. I miss him.
As a straight man I have to admit, syn's the most beautiful being on earth 😮
Heck yes
As a lesbian i have to admit, syn's the most beautiful being on earth :o
The Rev's voice is incredible, unmatched.
Oh snap I thought they were only doing "The Stage" album songs and "Mad Hatter". This is awesome! Almost Easy is one of my favorite tracks.
RIP Rev. The greatest song writer and greatest drummer ever for Avenged Sevenfold!!
Thank you for making these breakdowns. It is so cool to see how these songs were produced!
Who else started to cry when they heard the rev sing at 5 min
Meeeeeeeeee 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Show jimmy playing the piano more. 😥🙏
I never seen these video clips anywhere of jimmy drumming! Show more videos of jimmy drumming. There isn’t enough drum cams on Jimmy.
Daniel Ornelas Check out their Making of their self titled album. Should be on UA-cam. Most of the clips in this video are in that behind the scenes. Some of my favorite A7X moments
I imagine most bands have tons of unreleased studio footage, I really want to see some from Slipknot recording their self titled or Iowa if any footage exists of course
@@Mythiqoeatsbreadladdd Slipknot has some footage of them recording at Indigo Ranch, Korn has a lot more footage of the studio though. Seems like Slipknot doesn't really like talking about the old days so I doubt we'll ever get to see in depth footage from back then
We love these breakdowns, Just don't stop please!!!!!
This brings back all the memories of when this first came out and the hours I spent listening to the songs and airdrumming along 😍 Jimmy will forever be my first love and no one can ever top him on the drums ❤
Can't wait to see this. Love Almost Easy. Hope the next "Breakdown " is about Shepherd of fire. I don't talk music lol!! but I love the heavy sound of drums, bass, guitars, Synysters lead parts and the bridge all throughout the song. Of course the vocals too.
foREVer🤘🖤
Thanks for likes☹
Masters!!!! I hope y’all will be touring again soon! You’ve made such an impression on myself and my kids growing up with y’all. ❤️❤️❤️from NC
the way the guys interact with each other is so special 🥺 they mess around, but get the job done without being jerks to each other the way other band members tend to be with each other. there’s lots of love there.
DO A BEAST AND THE HARLOT BREAKDOWN
Syn would refuse to do beast and the harlot lol
Why would he refuse?
@@ChipmunkAsylum he hates the song, he said it in an interview
So that’s why the never play it live. Seen em three times and they’ve never played it. First song I heard from the band too
ChipmunkAsylum he hates playing it live because 1 he thinks it’s cheesy and 2 he hates playing it live because the song requires lots of back up vocals from synyster and he hates standing still on stage he likes to move around
Imagine if they did this for exist... It would be an actual movie... My popcorn is ready!!❤❤
Josie bring in Neil DeGrasse Tyson to break down all of the science behind it. Just make it into a documentary. Lol
@@brandonmut2432 holy shit YES!!❤
Hell that video would have to be like a series, what is that song like 13 minutes and 40 seconds or something? They'd just laugh for like the whole first episode
@@brandonmut2432 there isn't that much science behind it, its just a bunch of facts said one after another. Still amazing though.
5:05 : The Rev singing with his beautiful voice
Syn: Crazy xd
Man Revs vocals are so incredible!
They were all pretty good on the track. Stop glorifying one Ober the other because he died.
Do second heartbeat next!
The harmonies on this song still send chills down my spine.
Thank you guys for this gem! Jimmy’s voice man
I get Goosebumps everytime they play those harmonies! ❤
I like this kind of content. Because of the old days of the video making. Especially in indonesia that the avenged sevenfold will be happy. I'll wait for the next video.😀
next " save me please"
A_ Feed agree
8:06 just remember the "danger line" song 😭
holy shit
bro that's true lol
The chords are a little different to the Danger Line outro. Almost Easy is in the key of C#min, and the chords during the bridge are C#min-E-B-G#. Danger Line is in Dmin and the chords are Bb-F-C-Dmin. It’s actually a different chord progression.
I could listen to that vocal breakdown for days, so awesome!
7:57 so nostalgic, the gone good old times :'D
We really needed that. God that brought back so many memories
Absolutely love this. Keep up the good work
I absolutely love this album just for the fact that everyone’s voice was included, it’s such a cool thing to hear the different layers that went into all of it
The next, "Afterlife"
Please do a breakdown of Brompton Cocktail
My all-time favorite a7x song, yes please.
You guys created the best childhood possible for so many of us. We love you.
Genuinely one of my favorite albums ever. Always feel like you can just tell when artists are able to play around and go for it.
Amazing video! Amazing song! Amazing band! R.I.P Jimmy what an amazing artist you really were!
This song is a master piece. i miss the Rev
ed rage I agree with ya
One of the most fun videos i've seen on youtube, thank you all, fantastic
Thank you for this!
Come on! We al surely want Bat Country and Beast and The Harlot to be broke down!
Yes!!
Beast and the Harlot is unfortunately one of Syn's least fav songs to play.
Beast and the Harlot especially, since there's an impossibly high "Shadow Fist" stem at the end of the last chorus. I would love to hear that single'd out and solo'd, and poked fun of by Brian and maybe Matt himself.