Classical Composer Reacts to Devin Townsend singing Why (Quarantine Show) | The Daily Doug (Ep. 93)
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2021
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Devin Townsend singing his song Why during a Quarantine show (April 2020). I love his charisma and vocal flexibility!
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Devin will never just simply star in a Broadway play. Devin will eventually write and star in one.
He could do it too. Not to mention play half the parts.
His shows basically are broadway plays, but with people dressed as giant hairy ball sacks
I think it would be great for him to do Broadway for a year instead of touring for 2 years. He could totally do a dramatic and cinematic metal opera.
That's the only way he would ever star in one. However I can easily imagine him doing exactly that...
@@Bebopopotamus this
"I wanna have a beer with this guy!"
Trust me Doug, we all do.
Devin doesn’t drink. :)
What I like the most of Devin is that, besides being an awesome singer and musician, he's SUPER charismatic, he makes me smile every time I see him performing.
And it's all genuine. Nothing faked 👍
When I met Devin and suggested he would be amazing at composing and producing a production, he told me unless he has total creative freedom he isn't willing to work with studio executives by saying "I don't do well with being told what to do." And we both laughed 🤣
It was so cool to talk to him, he's an awesome dude.
I really hope he is given that opportunity to create a that production with total control!
Sounds like he should work with Joseph Kosinski
This song is "Why" Devin Townsend is my and many others' favorite Disney princess
I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Devin on two different occasions. You won't find a more humble and amusing individual in the business. Within minutes, I felt like I was talking to an an old friend rather than a well-known recording artist. Zero rock star pretentiousness from him.
A song called Genesis from the same album is musically quite interesting, would be cool to see your take on it.
Yes!!!
Just expect some double-kick critique haha
Yes the video where he is sat in front of a green screen listening to it. is awesome
Gotta do this one Doug. The official video is a freaking trip too.
YES! I would love to see your reaction!!
I have personally talked to Devin Townsend several times in the past 20 years after his shows. I must tell everybody that he might me the single nicest and most polite person I have ever met. The man loves everybody he talks to and has zero rock star ego. He is just really sincere and warm and funny in real life. What a phenomenal and truly special artist.
I'm so glad to hear that. Devin always comes across as such a warm,genuine guy who totally lacks the bullshit rock star persona.It's so nice to have it confirmed by someone who has actually met him.I think I would be completely tongue-tied if I ever met him though Lol.
This song sold me on him. My Amazon algorithm threw him my way in 2019, and I couldn't be more grateful!
His talent is unmatched.
Devin Townsend can hit octaves higher when he screams. Like above the treble clef high. It's incredible. He has absolute control of his voice in any form.
Just any live version of anything Devin Townsend will blow your mind.
Devin's sense of smart-ass humor (for lack of a better term) is hilarious ! He even looks as though he is about to burst into laughter just before beginning to sing. It looks as though he he struggling to hold it together.
What he wanted you to do (from the comfort of your own home) was sing that dissonant line that the choir was singing right before the final verse.
I met him with strapping young lad at pops in sauget il. I was a little scared to talk to him because he's actually intimidating as hell onstage. He called everyone cunts and crazy names. But he's super nice and humble lol.
As others have said, anything from Devin's Plovdiv performance is pure platinum. Personally I'm a big fan of vocal harmonies, so I highly recommend any of the stuff he's done with Ché Aimee Dorval (especially their duo project, Casualties of Cool) or Anneke van Giersbergen. The Retinal Circus performance of Grace comes to mind immediately, as does Hyperdrive. There's enough energy in any of that to power a medium-sized city for a few days.
I have been listening to casualties back to back for sometime now.
He's such a clown. What a character. Great sense of humor. And talented.,😅😂👍🍺
«The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.», Aldous Huxley
One of the many fascinating and endearing things about Devin is that, despite the fact that he's primarily known as an extreme metal/progressive metal musician, he might do ANYTHING if he's inspired to. I don't know if there's another musician (besides maybe Mike Patton) who has a more wildly varied catalog of music.
Could you imagine if Dev and Patton collaborated on something? (Universe Explodes)
That first quarantine benefit for Vancouver hospital foundation was lots of fun and so timely! Very much a "greatest hits" set, and Devin in great form, shortly after early end of his tour.. I hope you check out some of his live performances, from the minimal productions you've seen so far, to some of the fullest ones he's had. Plovdiv show was probably the peak: Devin + band + orchestra + choir from a very cool venue. The one-two opener of Truth and Stormbending, their album neighbor Failure, or the huge-sounding Higher are all standouts!
Devin Townsend is one of my favorite musicians...and I agree...Townsend would kill it on Broadway
I don't remember where I saw this, but I vaguely remember him mentioning that he had been asked to try out as Judas for a production of Jesus Christ Superstar at one point, but I don't think he enjoys being at the mercy of someone else's vision. He has been working on his own symphony called The Moth for a number of years, even getting training in orchestral arrangement. It's anyone's guess if/when it will be finished though.
He's a really interesting character to watch in interviews if that's something you're interested in. He can be sensitive, funny, honest, self-deprecating, intellectual, grumpy, or inappropriate depending on his mood. Always interesting though.
Welcome to the amazing and maniacal world of Mr. Devin Townsend. You will no longer be the same as you once were.
Devin is everyone's favourite Disney Princess.
Great reaction, Devy is something special. So proud of our hometown boy. He don't drink though and he's a vegetarian, maybe buy him a tea, he likes tea haha :)
Love the reaction as always! In this song I hear Disney too but there also seems to be heavy elements of maniacal Danny Elfman as well. Please keep the cool reactions coming
Kudos for saying Danny Elfman and not Tim Burton 👏
@@benjaminrequenez9586 haha! happens all the time doesnt it!
Devy is sober now. He has a whole series of albums dealing with his emotions going though it. Highly recommend giving each a solid listen. Ki, Addicted, Deconstruction, and Ghost
My favorites from each of these would be; Disruptr, Bend it like Bender, Stand, Kawaii. Just a suggestion...
You haven't reacted to him doing the song Deadhead, have you? That's an absolute MUST! You can check his live version at the Royal Albert Hall!
Doug, if you do end up checking Deadhead.... Don't take RAH but take Plovdiv. RAH gets blocked unless you hide or blur the video.
If you're going to buy him a beer, make it an O'Douls. He isn't much of a drinker these days. ;)
hell yeah, check out dev singing why live, it is awesome, he is wearing a tutu xD (also, Failure live at plovdiv is INCREDIBLE, full orchestra and all)
There's an interview between the guy who does the choral arrangements for Devin, and the director of The Elektra Women's Choir that's a really interesting view BTS on working on a Devin Townsend project, and his approach to music.
Link?
@@dantredogborsa7048 ua-cam.com/video/HKxQJ56pjOk/v-deo.html I think
@@sVieira151 Thank you so much. I hadn't seen that. Really interesting discussion and the comments about what it is like working with Devin were really cool. Thanks for sharing.
You should check out Devin's "Singularity" from the album Empath. It's a 23 minute-plus composition in in six parts. He recorded the album with the usual rock and metal instrumentation, but also uses a full orchestra and choir. The entire album is genius, but for the sake of simplicity, I think "Singularity" is a good choice.
Singularity is an epic piece of work, that will lead you deep into a rabbit hole, guides you through a big chaos, leads you back out of it savley and rewards you with a most beautiful anthem, that will get stuck in your head for months. It's a masterpiece, again.
I saw on the news, Devin has been engaged to score a children's show in UK. Also, interesting fact about Devin, he has synesthesia, he sees sound as color. He has a few other quirks as well, but such an interesting and creative person. Funny thing, I saw him live at an outdoor music festival here in VA as lead singer for Strapping Young Lad, years ago, and all I could really recall was his hair, his 'skullet' as I have seen it called. Bald on top and lots of long hair all around. I discovered him as a solo act a couple of years ago. I highly recommend Deadhead from Royal Albert Hall and Stormbending...this music video is really amazing and it was so appropriate as I found it New Years' weekend 2018/2019. cheers!
I'm SO glad you did this react. Devin is one of my all time favs, and 'why' is one of my personal favourites. I tuned in to his nhs uk charity gig doing these. Wonderful moment and raising money for the uk ?? Wonderful humble incredible talent.
I'm so happy you came back to Devin. He is awesome! I love this song, his singing is amazing. That whole Empath album is crazy good. He is such a great performer, charismatic and generous. I hope you do some more reactions on his songs, maybe with the piano?
You should listen to "Mountaintop", Daddy" or, "Bones" from "Casualties of Cool" with Che Aimee Dorval. A different, more folky side of Devin with lovely harmonies.
What a pleasant surprise. Thank you for my favorite artist of all time. I'm really glad you did this vulnerable basement performance. His musical theater style makes me smile ear to ear. It's been very cool to hear your thoughts on Devin. I'm guessing that you could become somewhat of a fan. I certainly appreciate each one of his songs that you check out. Cheers
I think starring in someone else's Broadway musical would be a huge step back for Devin. He already, as you said "has audience eating from his hands". Only his audience is much much bigger.
I can definitely see Devin writing and starring in his own musical some day.
''Scratching but amazing'' It's amazing because is scratching! (and high!) hahaha
Devin is Brilliant🤘😎🤘
Devin is the man, great voice and humble. BTW love your shirt Snoopy is my hero.
This is my favorite devin Townsend performance, thanks for reacting.
The octopus gets me every time lol. He would be so fun to have a drink with
Fun fact. He wanted to be a Musical composer when he was young. Imo there are many songs with relations to Musical like sounds
When you said you'd heard it before I was pretty bummed, but then I realised you were watching this particular performance for the first time and WOOOOOOOOO :)
I'm really glad you're loosening up a tiny bit on the fry stuff. Especially with Devin. It just adds to his amazingness
Your reaction at 5:39, lol, I giggled :D Thanks for the awesome reaction!
I think the fact that he is conducting the production of the video as part of his performance is pretty cool!
That's the thing that's great about Devin. When you were watching Kingdom you weren't so into the screams but because of how flawlessly he does it here had you right in the moment! I think he knows how to use his voice to get the colour he thinks best fits what his vision requires at any given point. And when he performs live, you have his charisma and stage presence to ground it so nothing feels out of place. It's wonderful.
I suggest you check out Stormbending or Deep Peace (both live in Plovdiv). Thanks for another great reaction!
Deep Peace has one of the most beautiful (imo) guitar solos ever crafted. Kinda reminds me of Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Summer). "Failure" is another great track from that concert.
I’ve become more accustomed to ‘extended vocal techniques’ recently...thanks.
@@Doug.Helvering This is an outdoor show in a Bulgarian amphitheatre, featuring Orchestra and Choir of State Opera, Plovdiv - - - this shouldn't alienate your more classical audience too much
Its funny you mention a stage production featuring Devin. Last year when I saw him live, he said he is putting together a show based off of one of his albums - it will be amazing if he pulls it off
Heard this song too many times... still makes me super happy
I started listening to Devy around 2008 or so, and I've seen him evolve into this fully-fleshed mega nerd, and just become so comfortable being an absolute goon in front of people. It's a vulnerability you just don't see very often because everyone wants to be perceived so seriously. He just.. is. And he's content with that. And it makes him all the more refreshing to listen to.
The part where he laughs and you comment about how good it is to see him amusing himself; On the album version of this, that gap is filled by Elliot Desgagnés of Beneath The Massacre doing a low death metal growl of "let me go home...". Dev admits he can't really do low growls. When performing the song live, he gets the audience to do it instead and he probably thought of the thousands of people watching the initial broadcast sat at home growling "let me go home" in the bedrooms etc and it made him laugh.
Check out Devin with Steve Vai!
Awesome to hear Anthony Warlow being randomly mentioned! Being a fellow Aussie I grew up with him being on the local stages and screens. His rendition of the Anthem from Chess is still one of my absolute favourites
Spec.....friggin'......TACULAR!!! Oh brother, this is EPIC. I'm going to watch this 10 more times!
OH! You have to watch Devin's video for Lucky Animals! More for the video than the song even, though it's good too. He's just so much fun to watch.
An American drinking Guinness????? I now have to re-evaluate my jaded view of you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was howling with laughter through his whole quarantine series. It was a hoot and a highlight of the shit housery of 2020
Checking out your other stuff. Obviously late finding you but as an Irish man I appreciate Guinness!
Solid content my man!
Our sweetest Disney Princess from Canada.....apears with a Black Tutu for this Song Live on Stage !!!!
Devin is the man, had the pleasure of seeing him live 5 times so far! I’m going to recommend Meshuggah’s Clockworks (live) or Bleed (Live), I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your thoughts, particularly on the heavier stuff. Pay close attention to the drums, Tomas Haake is a legend
Having seen him live twice, He is the single most amusing and fun act I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. You think he's funny and charismatic on the videos? They don't capture the magic of being there front row. He's absolutely incredible and will have you laughing until you're tearing up. Absolutely monster of a performer
I've only seen him once on the Empath tour(I'm a bit late to the party unfortunately)but I completely agree.Devin is definitely a unique talent and his chemistry with the fans has to be seen to be believed.He certainly rocked the black tutu look when I saw him performing this in 2019.The band were amazing too.
This was ALL live he did a live quarantine shows i think there was like 2 weeks of it? haha been so long, it was EPIC and funny i have been a fan of Devin Townsend ever since Strapping young lads
Devin doesn't drink but he will have a veggie smoothie with you 😁
Devin is the gift that keeps on giving..
Listen to 'Still My Bleeding Heart' from the album 'Vai'.
Yes absolutely that's a great recommendation! The album is called Sex & Religion though
Yeees please! Devin & Steve
Oh, yes. One of my all time fave tracks.
Well, that was fun! Pretty sure those last few 'interesting' notes were borrowed from his song Stormbending, the video and/or song of which is very worth a listen...one of my favorites to use when introducing someone new, to Devin!
Devin Townsend has been an INCREDIBLE vocalist since the beginning of his career. Not just good. Incredible. He hid it a bit in SYL but if you can dig thru that catalog, you'll hear some vocals parts and harmonies that defy logic (especially for the time period). His solo stuff is full of vocal layers that are pure earcandy too.
He’s currently writing a musical/symphony called the moth. I can’t wait
I recommend Deep Peace (Live in Plovdiv) of Devin's, there's one of the most emotional and heart touching guitar solos ever written.
Genises, best tense release of the century. Live version is awersome, but the video animation on the official video is next level ✌️😊
The dude is just magnetic
Man I can't get enough of these! I'd love for you to break down some older prog :D
Supper's Ready would be amazing (even just the last section Apocalypse in 9/8)
I want a beer with you two!
That's entertainment for you right there! 😍
Devy has about 30 different musical hats he wears. His LP empath basically covers every genre you can think of. He’s a genius.
I am happy there is someone seeing Devins enourmous potentials. You need to listen in on some of his amazing compositions outside what might be your comfort zone. Hehe.
Try ”Genesis” for one.
Please!
Cheers!
Devin always deliver.
My dad had a vhs tape of Jeckyl and Hyde. Mainly because he loves "This is the Moment" so much. But the lead role was none other than the legend himself, David Hasselhoff.
They ruined that show by casting the Hoff
@@Doug.Helvering ha - concise retort.
@@Doug.Helvering agree. People should listen to Anthony Warlow. Head and shoulders above anyone else I’ve heard. While he was recently Daddy Warbucks on the Broadway revival of Annie, that doesn’t show him off at all.!Was also Enjorlas on the Les Mis symphonic recording in the early 90s. Also has a ‘Music of the Night’ from Phantom rendition on one his solo albums that has many on Phantom forums saying is the best. An awesome voice. Also ex Opera Australia.
Love to see you react to a Phish song... something like Reba, You Enjoy Myself or Foam.. great channel, I learn a little bit every time I watch!
I just drove past the Guinness brewery in Dublin 15 mins ago. If you can get your hands on it, you should try Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.
Greetings from Ireland.
Thanks. I’ll look for it!
I can't remember if you said you're from Colorado; but, if you are - and you love stouts - check out an Imperial Stout called Mephistopheles by Avery Brewing Co. It's 18% of stouty-goodness. Another great reaction video. Cheers! :)
pfff, he can have a total show on his own🤩
No matter how many times I heard It, always makes me laught.
Nice reaction again! Unfortunately for you, Devin doesn't drink no more, but I guess he would gladly appreciate a coffee instead! I suggest you check out "Deep Peace", "Pixilate" or "Ki" from Mr. Townsend!
My favorite beer. Excellent choice.👍🥴🤳🍺
Devin does a podcast where he talks about all his albums in chronological order. You obv get into his mindset and where he was at the time he wrote them plus the last few shows he’s talked about his current project ’Puzzle’. He is up to ep 13 for the album ghost.
This amazing man left a dookie in Steve Vai's guitar case. He definitely lives his own life, constantly.
He flies so under the radar, that needs to change. His fans really need to step up their game.
There is a band I’ve discovered awhile back and I would love to see your reaction to them. Their name is Dirty Loops and the song is called Work Shit Out... they are a jazz fusion pop band
Hevy Devy is top tier Disney princess.
if you've not yet, could you try Storm by Devin? it has a waltz feel and always reminded me of musicals my mother would listen to when i was young haha especially the intensity it climbs up to at the end, the notes he holds while changing from operatic to metal screams. i personally love it haha or the more popular Deadhead from the same album?
and if you wanna get wild, try his old band Strapping Young Lad, alot heavier with mostly screaming, but the back and forth vocal and insane second verse of Shine is something to behold. CHEERS
There's a version of this song you need to see, and not for the musical performance alone - Order of Magnitude dvd live version. And read the rescription :)
It's... better than most comedies.
I would invite you both a couple of beers :D
I agree, Devy two old totally slay at Broadway. Fun fact: Sebastian Bach of 80’s band Skid Row played Jekyll and Hyde on Broadway.
If only we could have Freddie Mercury and Devin performing together... If only!
We all love Devin, its ok
Nice vid, Doug, how about some John Zorn one day?
Ziltoid the Omniscient is kind of a musical
Should watch the animated video. So good.