Classical musician reacts & analyses: WOLF TOTEM by THE HU
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Sir Hairless reacts to The Hu's "Wolf Totem"
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Did I warn you this was going to be different than my Faouzia requests? 😂
Thank you so much for this reaction. I can't say more without crying.
@@ms.chuckfu1088 Certainly quite different
When I saw the title I could not believe my eyes.😅😃🤭
I never expected you to react to The Hu Band.😂😂
I have been a big fan for many years. They have toured all over. I love this incredible War Chant.🤘🔥🤘 I also find the tension created by the harmonics and music provides almost as much energy as a cup of Turkish coffee😏😅🤭
I love almost all thier music but my favorite is their ballad "Mother Earth" where they collab with LP version.
It feels a bit weird to be listening to a complete breakdown of music that is meant to be "experienced" with your whole body, not listened to with detachment.
Seems almost wrong somehow.🤔
That said, I was very grateful for the education and knowledge. This was very interesting. 🤔
I am a Metal Gal and my first love is Dimash but The Hu is in my top 10.❤
🥰🥰Much love from a Canadian Dear🇨🇦
The tension caused by the harmonics definitely gets the heart going!
That's just how my brain works when I hear music - I can't help it I still feel/experience the music with my body too though, don't worry As I mentioned in the video, I think my body's experiencing of it was very confused 😅
They are very popular and have toured the world. I have seen them in person and they were great.
Same.
The "animal sounds" were supposed to be horses and falcons.
For another excellent Hu song, try their first major video, Yuve Yuve Yu.
So glad you reacted to them. I never knew I needed heavy metal Mongollian throat singing in my life but I did. I go to see them any time they're withing 300 miles of me. The energy they bring to their live performances is unreal. My favorite song is Yuve Yuve Yu and I am Mongol. They did a beautiful collaboration with Lzzy Hale from Halestorm called Song of Women, the video is very sweet. I've been to hundreds of concerts in my almost 60 years and they are definitely in my top 10 favorite, maybe top 5
You seeing and hearing analyzing this primal sounds is quite a exciting journey - thank you for that. My most favorite artist is Dimash, but this kind of music is unbelievable too - I saw the Hu many times. There is a colap with Lzzy Hale its a must - western music overlaying and mixed with the sound of the Hu. The Hu wrote the song and Hale wrote the Lyrics and the western part - stunning. Song of Woman.
Love from Austria 🇦🇹
I love that you reacted to this! I love throat singing! I find it utterly fascinating and was so lucky to get some lessons in Tuvan throat singing in college so I can get an overtone if I try though I’m definitely not very good. It’s a cool sensation though and it really messes with people who have never heard someone making two different sounds at the same time. I also love folk music. I’m not a metal fan however because of the folk and the throat singing I came across The Hu years ago. I think I’m like you in that I really appreciate their music and it certainly gets the blood pumping but it’s not really something that I would seek to listen to outside of something like preparing for battle (which I hope I never would have to do). It does give you that conflicting emotion of “that’s terrifying, I hope they’re on my side” that is that intimidating impressiveness that you never want to hear from enemies but hope to cultivate in those who defend you. Here in the US there’s this amazing group of bikers who stand guard night and day outside of children’s houses for children who have been abused and are feeling intimidated by their attacker. They will escort the child to school and stand guard outside the school and they will fill the courtroom when the child is there to testify. They realized that if they could provide these hurt children with a defender who was more fearsome than the monster that attacked them they could help the child finally feel safe again and find their own strength and courage. This song suits that group. I have a deep appreciation for both but would not seek it outside of circumstances that I hope to avoid. Well I should say would not seek it for casual listening, your analysis was something that I definitely wanted to see right away and I enjoy sharing the Hu with others simply to experience it. Thanks as always for your analysis! So cool.
When you get to Samaltau by Dimash from the Tokyo Jazz Festival, you will see another ancient instrument, the kobyz, played by a master musician who plays with him frequently. It makes sounds like animals, wind, hawks and eagles as well as musical notes. It is a shaman's instrument, centuries old and equally eerie. After your mental trip to Mongolia, you can visit the steppes of Kazakhstan.
I've seen the kobyz in action already in a couple of Dimash performances 🎶 It's cool!
@@SirHairless You really need to hear sing Dimash sing something traditional in his mother tongue.. He's terrific in any language but the deep connection he has to Kazakh language & culture is just something else 💙🦅 Samaltau is a good example, but Adai + Daididau from the Bastau concert is a thing of profound beauty & I hope it's on your list 💙🦅
I agree. He hasn't seen dombra as well.
@@isabelfortuneteller All are on my list 👌 We'll get there!
@@SirHairless Yaaasss you're in for some pure magic
Check out The Hu’s collaboration with Lizzy Hale, “Song of Women”!
Yes please, I love this song
Holy cow that was intense! This feels like something Bear McCreary would write for Sons of Anarchy or something. Also...that's a lot of hogs for the Mongolian steppes, right? Still, digging it and it was super fun to check them out! Cool reaction!
Grew up with The Who, now put on The Hu to exercise too. The internet has so expanded music for my 70+ year old ears. Thank you for your fantastic reactions.
I was wondering if The Who played any part at all in their name
I really respect folks who say "this makes me uncomfortable and I think that's great "
I have to say that watching Sir Hairless chanting "Hu! Hu!", was amazing. Terrific analysis.❤❤❤❤
So very happy that you've reacted to The Hu! Thank you! Really enjoy your analysis, and the slap on the dome!
Russia is very close to Asia. And since childhood, even in kindergarten, we studied various cultures with a music teacher through songs and dances of the peoples who were part of our country, in the USSR. Therefore, these sounds do not scare me. They act almost the same as rock) In childhood, we often indulged in imitating this singing. We also tried to talk during this penalty) It's cool, believe me) Tickling sensation in the throat) And at the end, a whistle or squeak resembles how it happens when a log is on fire, before it cracks, it makes exactly the same sound)
I strongly advise you to listen to this band again. And then listen to how an instrument called a khomus or a vargan is played (from the Old Slavic "varga" - mouth or the Greek "organon" - instrument) - a musical instrument in the form of a tongue freely oscillating in the opening of the frame, set in motion by a finger or pulling a thread).
After hearing it, you, with your perfect hearing, will understand a lot ..)
Thank you so much for the reaction, Sir)
Конечно мы больше знакомы и с культурой Азии и культурой Европы и Запада. Думаю ,все мы в детстве имитировали этот звук!😂👍 Нас он не пугает, но с монгольскими байкерами я не хотела бы встретиться!😜 Реакция сэра очень забавная!
Love this , so am delighted you are are analysing it. . It’s really primal and the instruments are beautiful and singing is so powerful.😊
Hi Sir Hairless! Good band The Hu! Orient has a different and surprising kind of music and musicians!! Regards!!
Had such fun watching your face😂
The horse preceding the motorcycles - perhaps this is a picture of the old culture leading the way and the new culture following in their own way?
Great thinking 👌🏽
Cuando cierro los ojos se siente como un mantra que te da fuerzas y energías para seguir adelante. Parece un haka de batalla de los jugadores de rugby los Old Black. Me emocionan mucho estos temas tribales de antaño, de pueblos originarios. Me dan la impresión de honestidad, sencillez y fuerza a la vez. Gracias por otra obra maestra y master class, mi niño de ojitos cristalinos, un fuerte abrazo de madre.
Very nicely said 🙌🏽
Ethnic metal! Yes. The Hu has been one of my favs for a while. Here is a suggestion for a reaction: "canon in D but it keeps getting jazzier" by the genial Hiromi Uehara.
Fascinating. Definitely rhythmic with such unusual sounds. It’s truly amazing what the human voice can create.
I remember reading an anthropologist theory that these types of vocalizations (singing) preceded spoken language. This video certainly makes me understand this theory better.
Fascinating! A little scary... great fusion of two very different style. Droning songs are all about the energy and transe inducing repetition. As a musician, I was not attracted to that style. I thought it boring but I remember having to cover a very popular song in that style and being shocked at how fun it was to perform. It sure gets the crowd going. “We will rock you” comes to mind, in a friendlier, less aggressive mood. Raaaaaaaaw! 😉Thank you for exposing us to music of the world. 🤗
one of the best reactions and analysis of the Hu - on a side note, The Wolf Totem - black was war, white was peace
I'm sure you've reacted to Tengri, a Mongolian singer, singing 'Heaven'. He sang in The Singer, the season after Dimash. He has since performed with Dimash.
I love their Jasmine duet, sung in 3 languages with some throat singing to top it off! Wonderful ❤
If you enjoyed analyzing this, I'd love to see your reaction to Song of Women which is a collaboration with The Hu and Lizzy Hale of the rock/metal group Halestorm. She wrote English versus to go with their combined traditional and metal instrumentals and throat singing. It's an absolutely beautiful performance and combines a lot more melodic versus with the folk feel. It's also very emotional too with the empowering message of the song.
I agree! This song is amazing. I hope to see it on the channel 🥰
I'm always a fan of musicians incorporating traditional instruments and techniques into modern music. The Hu does a wonderful job of that. Another group from Mongolia that I enjoy is Hanggai. They also fuse traditional folk techniques with modern music. Thanks again for providing more musical insight into the sounds I enjoy.
Their primal beat always gets me. Love them and your detailed commentary.
I've never heard anything like it! I don't hate it. It really caught my attention when the Rock elements kicked in, in an obvious way. Very interesting, I love the tribal vibe of it and the way they tie in their folk storytelling to the modern vibes. Thanks for this!
they are just incredible. ❤❤❤ them so much.
Yay! So happy that you did this one!! This is epic! So powerful! Love this so much :) The tribal instruments! Love your analysis and observations. No matter what else one may think, this definitely gets your attention and holds it. They come across very formidable and intimidating. And yes, it is catchy too! This is not one to ignore and is definitely something memorable.
Yuve Yuve Yu, Song of Women featuring Lizzy Hale and Mother Nature featuring LP are awesome! Please react to them.
Very good!🐺
Love the Hu!
I don’t know (of course) The Hu band. Never been in that genre much but very interesting. A cross between the soundtrack of The Last Samurai, The Wild One and Easy Rider. Great analysis of something so unfamiliar.
I love this band -- especially for chopping stuff in the kitchen.
You might really like SONG OF WOMEN with Lzzy Hale (metal singer who is the frontwoman for Halestorm) AND The Hu. It is quite different.
I heard this few years ago when my daughter share it with me. I was fascinated then as I still am now. I like that people take cultural music from their ancestry and turn into a more modern sound. Shows how proud they are of their heritage.
I like your reaction and thoughts more than any other I've seen. Really enjoyed the deep analysis of the beats and sounds.
First, I have to say that to really experience this viscerally I recommend seeing them live. It is a powerful experience not to be missed. Second, the bird sounds are indeed falcon sounds. Third, the musicians not only have years of training in traditional music, they have also been trained in classical western-style music. Their instruments are the traditional ones expertly modified to look cooler on stage. The bikers are an actual motorcycle club recruited to appear in the video. They have other songs which are clearly them, but sound completely different.
They do this as a collaboration with Jacoby Shaddix it's awsome. Their music so lends itself to be a base then overlaid by more modern singing. Black thunder with Bad Wolves singer is my favourite so far. ❤
This band was the gateway to my favorite band , Band Maid.
💀👹💀👹💀👹💀👹💀👹 ............
I was wondering if you would step into this war music ... not jump in , but sneak around the corner. he he he .. all right , if I go a concert of The Hu , and I see Sir Hairless & Eli - ( from Voiceplay ) standing together & chanting at the top of their lungs with war paint on their faces ... 😵💫 ... I am going to freak out !!!!! Now that I think of it , that sounds pretty fun ... " HU ...... HU ....... HU ........ HU ........ HU ....... HU ......... HU .... Huuuuuuuuuuuuuu "
I like that your channel takes you new and somewhat scary places, Sir Hairless. 👱🧔♂️👨🦲🧔♂️👨🦲🧔♂️👨🦲🧔♂️👩🦲
Send me Eli's contact info and I'll try organise it
@@SirHairless that would be such a hoot !!! This song has that vibe of preparing for war. I love the mix of cultural folk sounds and voices with a modern Rock feel. Unlike you ... I have been a fan of bands like Metallica, and Sound Garden and Van Halen and many others since my teens. But , I am always ready to get introduced to different cultures and different musicians and vocalists.
The more you branch out, the more your preferences are going to change. It’s like trying new foods. If it’s close to what you already like, you will initially like it more than something that is very different. But the more you get out of your zone, the more something different might immediately resonate. You’ll see.
Thanks for doing this.
BTW - A perfect next course after this is Emma Stevens 2019 cover of Paul McCartney’s iconic “Blackbird” sung in the Mi’kmaq (Mic Mac) language.
It’s simply done, but so beautiful.
The opposite of agitated. Enjoy.
Very interesting! I’ve listened to several kinds of throat singing, but this is my first time hearing this group. Fascinating. Thanks for your analysis!
I have been a fan of The Hu for a couple of years now, what a surprise to see them on your channel. Great analysis! I think you would really enjoy this live performence of a more peaceful and melodic song Shireg Shireg ua-cam.com/video/X2ZyV4wCX8c/v-deo.html It is my favourite of theirs, you can really see the different instruments and the singing is beautiful
to me it sound like a sea shanty very interesting i have to say.
Agree.
Fantastic! I loved it. Very different from the throat singing of the Inuit in Canada, at least to my minimally trained mind.
you don't listen to this music you feel it
If you’re willing to go down this path of very different “primal” music, I would also suggest checking out Heilung, specifically their song “In Maidjan.” It will definitely be a completely different type of music and give you a new perspective, and it’s one of my favorite live performances out there to boot. Keep up the awesome work!
It is interesting that although the aesthetics of such music are unusual, it was not this that immediately attracted my attention, but the semantic similarity of "Wolf Totem" to the song "Valhalla calling me". Both songs are appropriate before a big battle. To these songs I would add "Storm" by the folk group Otyken (it is not so militant, but it directly warns that it is better not to go to the East with a war).
I've never experienced this in music, so I can't be sure, but it seems like some kind of international social psychology phenomenon. Just in case, I looked at the activity of the Sun - it also gives an alarming signal, because it is in a growth phase with a cyclical peak in 2025.
I liked the reaction video. You might want to watch The HU in collaboration with other artists. A really great one IMO is with Izzy Hale of Halestorm doing Song of Women.
Excellent analysis, can confirm they are just as good live. Possibly easier for my ears to accept the more, clashing or discordant parts after years of extreme metal. I didn't get any jarring sensations on first listen but oh yeah does it pump you up.
* smack * * smack *
Morning Sir H!!!
These guys are REALLY getting a lot of play.
Yes……throat singing is so very interesting. May I recommend Mathias Duplessey for melding various traditional styles and instruments with western influences. He does throat singing. He’s also has songs from China, the Near East, and the Steppes. Tea Girl and Sanghi Qolom are a couple of my favs.
TTFN SIR H!!!
p.s. Mongolian songs try to incorporate nature/animals+birds into the piece. They hunt with raptors and that early sound is very bird of prey calls. You will find horse hoofs as well, and note the horse head on the instruments.
Thanks for the info! *smack smack*
dude, i've wrote this on a few other reaction channels but you gotta try tuvan throat singing. not because i am tuvan or something, i just like throat singing and ethnic music and they are lots of levels above mongolian ones. they have different tones and more styles and more notes at the same time. of course i love "the hu" too, that's why i am here. cause also i am a metal fan and they are closer to my favorite genre. but huun-huur tu for instance, although much chiller, has an astonishing level of the art of throat singing. if you are interested i'd say to check am out or more recent tuvan bands. anyways, cheers.
edit: spelling, also an old school guy named kongar-ool ondar (r.i.p.) is great too.
I'm listening to them rn. 😂😂😂
I taught myself to sing with overtones from UA-cam tutorials. I can only do one octave so far, well, the major 7th chord notes, but my cat hates it! He looks at me with disgust & scarpers under the furniture!
Amazing! Bravo to whoever recommended this song!
Good example of throat singing.
This song was my introduction to the "Hu'.. It is still my favorite.
Ancient Instruments in modern use
I hv mention b4 to u Mother Nature by The Hu Band ft LP 👍
Hello Sir, thank you for this very different and interesting reaction/analysis (and the Patreon who recommended it)! I came across The HU some years ago, when I became very interested in Mongolian vocals. I think both throat singing and their peculiar string instruments are super cool and I enjoy the primal vibe of the song and it’s particularly nice to have contact with a sample of their cultural background. I hope you won’t be intimidated with the 'battle vibe' of this song to the point of not feeling curious to explore further and discover more music within the metal universe ;)
Haha I don't think I've been intimated away from the metal universe completely
@@SirHairless That’s great to hear! I’m very intrigued to discover how much emotional permeability your ears (and mind) have to different types of musical stimuli😄
Epic!! 🔥🔥🔥
Very different but mesmeric, definitely a metal beat...
Hi, when it comes to this kind of music, have you reviewed Heilung? They position themselves as performers of archaeological music. If you look globally, there is a some similarity with HU, especially in the most famous compositions - Alfadhirhaiti and Krigsgaldr.
No I haven't! This is the first thing of this kind of music I've done a video on (the most similar video otherwise would probably be Dan Vasc!)
Kevin has learned to do throat singing for Pentatonix 😮j
You should react to Yuve Yuve Yu
what are we supposed to say.... If you need the opposite to calm Back down, try Mei-Ian or if you Like human made animalsounds with tribal Songs try Snow Raven Just to get also the other extreme....
But to be honest, the Hu Sounds great.
First of all i really like this song. It strikes some primal string in me.. idk.
But you seem to enjoy orchestral stuff , interesting song stuctures and a great voice with good technice but i havent seen you do any reactions to Nightwish..
Yes they tecnially are branded as a "symphonic metal band" but not too metal and not all the time..
I find them really interesting in their musical stucture and usage of interesting instuments. Defenetly not the usual 4/4 to the floor.. (😉if you know you know)
Please take a listen to the "Ghost Love Score" from the wacken festival 2013.
You will enjoy it! Promise.
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Nightwish has been recommended to me before a number of times! Unfortunately, I can't react to all the new artist recommendations I get at once; I want to slowly ease into them I do polls for the channel members to decide which new artist to do next (the recent winner was Dan Vasc). Maybe Nightwish will be in a future poll fairly soon 😊
And if not, I will react to them eventually (the more I receive a recommendation for an artist, the more it catches my eye )
@@SirHairless If you're up to a 20-minute-long piece, their "The Greatest Show On Earth" is quite the thing and one of my straight up favorite pieces of music. I'd find the Tampere performance, the Wembley performance is still great but in Tampere they are clearly having an absolute blast and it shines through.
This song sounds to me like a warlike matra, that is supposed to get you in the mood for a fight. Throat singing is somehow strange and yet also fascinating. But I'm not sure I could listen to this type of singing for a longer period of time. This song in particular creates a certain aggressiveness in me. Very unusual to my ears, which are more attuned to melodic, harmonic sounds.
Your thoughts echo mine
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maybe this one will be more familiar ? ua-cam.com/video/QpxA_ZxGX_M/v-deo.htmlsi=R5s_XNAvB86WcTFp The HU - Sad But True (Official Music Video) there is also Sad But True (Behind the Scenes) - The HU
puh, that´s too much war, battle and destruction for me, the lyrics as well as the music. I think we have enough war going on in the world, so I definitly prefer harmony and peace in music.
The traditional mongolian overtone music is in general very calming, relaxing and a good choice for a meditation, to feel this connection to the earth and the spiritual realm.
I find it interesting that their way to hold their fists in the sky seems to be threatening - like it often is - but when Dimash does the same thing it has a total different energy, even if he is wearing traditional "unirorms". It´s that intention of the music - conquer or unify - seeing the world as a place of fighting and struggeling or a place of peace and love...
Very interesting point you make! It shows how powerful music can be to shape emotional context
Part of me understands better how Genghis Khan took over so much of the world… part of me wonders how many of these guys are programmers, accountants, or lawyers in their day jobs.
Hahaha exactly! 😆
11th century war cry
Sounds quite minimalistic to me, so I like it. However, that throat singing doesn't sound too beautiful to my ears. It would be interesting to turn this into an orchestral piece featuring a didgeridoo, a contrabassoon and contrabass saxophone.
I don’t think this si song for war. For me it sounds more like a pack of wolfs showing their strength, their redlines to compete and maybe their loyalty to the pack. And since title is (Wolf) Totem , means something that helps you to connect with this primal instincts. To actively connect with rough, strong part of the Nature. But… I have to admit when I first heard Yuve Yuve Yu I had goosebumps, but I can not connect with other songs.
Haha yes, not literally! I like your interpretation, especially the connection to the primal instincts 🐺
But when you look at the lyrics, coupled with the fact that some of their lyrics contain old Mongolian war cries (which I will assume pertains to this song), I would say that there are undeniable war-like feelings It's certainly not peaceful (to me...maybe to others it is, and that's the great thing about music - it affects us all differently!)
Ha Ha-lol Sir 😂
I’m sorry, I just broke out laughing when you introduced them as a Mongolian Metal Folk band, it soo doesn’t seem to fit.
I’m back after getting it together and I’ll continue the intro…
Avi can throat sing! The song is pretty cool , very similar to Native American music.
I Love the beat! I think it’s sorta unusual, but I am not Mongolian.
It is interesting checking out different cultures music. It Does sound intimidating.
It’s very tribal. It’s not going on my playlist however.
💖R/A🎼 👀
I just realized it reminded me of a children's song Nick Nack Pstty Wack give a dog a bone..😊I just started singing it putting that songs words in. OMG!
This video was my introduction to The Hu many years ago and I was hooked immediately-guys in leather on motorcycles? What can I say. 🤷🏼♀️
They have done a number of collaborations. My favourites are The Woman’s Song, with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, and Mother Nature, with an incredible performance by LP. (I think you would be much less intimidated by that. 😊)
Thank you for stepping outside your comfort zone for this one 👍
Not my cup of tea !