Always watch the live video- Always- -You get so much more of the feel of the song by watching them. Take it from me and the rest of the Porcupine Tree huggers.
As someone who has watched the video many times, I will say that listening is definitely it's own experience. Not better necessarily, but a unique experience that I enjoy very much
@@travismcginnis7515 In general, I think the a first reaction should be with no knowledge of lyrics and no video. But, with PT, somehow, seeing the live performance adds to the appreciation rather than muddling it.
It's definitely worth watching the live performance video. You get a much better idea of the instrumental skill involved - especially the drumming - and the lighting/video effects are excellent too. I hope you watched it straight after this. 🙂
@@DPDDD3 Even if you don't watch it, just listing to their live performances is a great experience. They play so well, and Gavin is usually a little higher in the mix. And, truly, the best listening experience is with eyes closed anyway.
I can't speak for others but for me, the point of watching these reaction videos is the pleasure of sharing the experience with someone experiencing it for the first time. Unfortunately, you didn't actually have the full experience. With this band, just listening to a live performance is like kissing someone through plexiglass.
Some suggestions though. Sound of Muzak, Blackest Eyes, Sentimental, Fear of a Blank Planet, Deadwing, Prodigal, Futile. Among many others of course. Enjoy.
Since you enjoyed this it's worth watching the live video of it, if for no other reason than it helps you fully appreciate how incredible the drummer, Gavin Harrison, is. Loving your Porcupine Tree reactions and hope there are many more. My favorite band of all time, hands down. To me this song is about kids being over medicated by parents and doctors instead of really dealing with their problems (my mother is a bitch, my father gave up ever trying to talk to me), and the character in this song is disconnected from family, relationships, and grief, going through life like a zombie, unable to feel or escape or find peace because of being heavily medicated (I'm totally bored but I can't switch off). The concept of the album deals with bipolar and attention deficit disorders in children. Some other Porcupine Tree recommendations: Don't Hate Me (studio version), Lightbulb Sun, Dark Matter, Baby Dream in Cellophane, Glass Arm Shattering, The Blind House, Time Flies, but really you can't go wrong with any of their music.
The Guy Who We Never See in Their Videos For Some Reason? Recommends Not To See the Video Live and Listen With Head Phones To the Young Lady? It's Like Going to a Concert With Your Eyes Closed...
Bruh... lol you guys really missed out by not watching the video, I dont know how you would think the video "wouldn't be worth it"... watch it on your own at least. Best regards
I am totally baffled by U suggesting to the young lady that's it's better to listen only to the song and not to be watching and listening to appreciate the bands performance playing live... Just like we do seeing concerts live!
I think cod philosophy is actually talking about the video game Call Of Duty. It's a very famous series of war games among young people. Many gamers spend many hours glued to those games and do nothing else with their lives. And some even "live" their lives according to those violent worlds depicted in these video games.
Cod philosophy, sometimes cod-philosophy, is a term for the personal philosophy of the masses, or the philosophical musings of one who has not formally studied philosophy. The word "cod" comes from first syllable of "codswallop", and so the term carries with it a negative connotation. In another word: pseudophilosophy
@@liquidshadows79 yes, i know about that. It's actually Steven Wilson playing with words, because the whole album is about youth today and the problems involving their inaptitude to fit in society nowadays. Progress, role models, competition, bullying and so on are issues that lead youngsters to self seclusion and seek relief in things like MTV and CoD (as an example). Then parents seek professional help, psichiatrists who load them with pills to keep them under control, numbing them and actually making them run a never ending vicious circle. So you're right, but i think so am i. At least, i believe i am, but you can always do a research on the lyrics of this song.
Good evening! I enjoy your channel, and have watched several of your reaction vids in the last couple of days. You both have excellent voices, and I like your intelligent commentary. Hearty congratulations on discovering Porcupine Tree! Steven Wilson is the supreme musical genius of the planet! His eponymic work is masterful, and loaded with amazing variety and diversity, his project Blackfield is incredible, and features some of the very best "dark love songs" ever created (I call them - among other descriptions: "Existentialist anthems"), No-Man (which is known to probably less than 1 percent of avant-garde music seekers) created and recorded many of the best songs of the Nineties, IEM (an acronym for Incredile Expanding Mindfuck) is retro psychedeliuc rock supreme!, Storm Corrosion (abso-brilliant collab with Mikael Akkerfeldt of Opeth, who is a very good friend of Wilson), is trippy, ultra-gorgeous and has a very nice psychedelic feel and vibe which intentionally evokes the Dark Ages, and, and ... I could type on forever about how wondrous and wonderful Steven Wilson is! I am glad you have discovered "Anesthetize" as it is one of the mighty Tree's very best masterpieces. So is "Mellotron Scratch", which I could tell you enjoyed. The severely over-recommended track "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is absolutely mediocre and constantly overrated and overplayed. Those I call "comment clones" obnoxiously recommend it over other P. Tree songs, for some mysterious reason. They have led astray many rection video hosts, and they don't know what they are talking about! Anyone who praises "Arriving Somewhere..." above all other Tree songs does not know the Tree! ("Arriving Somewhere..." is a decent song, but it is average for the Tree, and is relatively lame and shallow, and does not feature the brilliant psychedelic elements of earlier Tree... Early Porcupine Tree is the best Porcupine Tree!... Moreover, the ignoroids praise the jam segment of "Arriving Somewhere..." without realising that many Tree tunes have much better jams and instrumental sections!). As ho-hum as "Arriving Somewhere..." is, the version on Steven Wilson's "Home Invasion" DVD is quite superior to the excessively touted version on the "Arriving Somewhere" DVD. I do recommend it, as it includes a cool and unique intro... On "Deadwing" alone, several songs: particularly "Lazarus", "Mellotron Scratch", and "Open Car" are much much better than "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here". These Porcupine Tree gems, for which I have marked with asterisks the ones I enthusiastically recommend for you to review, are better, by parsecs, than "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here": This Long Silence Footprints Nine Cats Voyage 34: Phase I Voyage 34: Phase II *Up The Downstair *Not Beautiful Anymore *Fadeaway *Always Never ****The Sky Moves Sideways Phase One ****TheSky Moves Sideways Phase Two ****Moonloop (every version, including the ineffably gorgeous live version on "Coma Divine") ****Stars Die (Steven Wilson's mother's favourite P. Tree song) ****The Moon Touches Your Shoulder ****The Sky Moves Sideways: Alternate Version ****Idiot Prayer (absolutely unique, groovy, and ultra-trippy, with blistering guitar!) Signify ****Bornlivedie Dark Matter Waiting Phase One Waiting Phase Two Intermediate Jesus (artful psychedelic sludge, with a wicked voice overlay) ****The Sound Of Noone Listening ****Mute Neural Rust ****Disappear (all four versions! - This is one of the greatest songs in the history of music, of all genres!) ****all of "Coma Divine", which in my perspective and that of some music critics is the pinnacle of live albums - and the album and CD artwork are awesome! Stranger By The Minute Even Less Even Less Part Two Tinto Brass ****A Smart Kid (atmospheric sci-fi genius, with evocative lyrics and instrumentation) Mesmer III ****LIghtbulb Sun (a must-listen!) ****Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled (another must-listen!) Russia On Ice (unique and special masterpiece with an amazing groove and transitions) The Rest Will Flow (almost a country-and-western song: supremely mellifluous, smooth and lovely) Lazarus (easily in the Top 10 prettiest and most sublime songs invented by humans) Collapse The Light Into Earth (for this one, brace yourself, as you might cry) (the aforementioned Mellotron Scratch and Open Car, which you have already enjoyed, explored and reviewed) My Ashes Way Out Of Here (the studio version and the poignant, overpowering live version on the "Anesthetize" DVD! - Steven Wilson wrote this for a female teenage fan in Wisconsin, U.S.A., who died from a train collision while walking to a Porcupine Tree concert) Sentimental (NPR's Song Of The Month in October 2007) Half-light (particularly the live version, which features a very unusual and innovative guitar!) Cheating The Polygraph Normal What Happens Now Octane Twisted Drawing The Line (the intro is spooky and the verses haunting and magical, but the chorus is just so-so) ****The Seance (short and simple, but so very sweet!) ****I Drive The Hearse (a work of utter genius, with cryptic yet understandable lyrics) ****Time Flies: the "radio edit" version and the original much longer version, as it contains a blistering, beautifully sludgy instrumental section in the middle - this masterpiece deserves a "double" review, of the version from the Grammy-nominated "The Incident", and the perfect, flawless, enormously enriching and entertaining live version from the DVD "Octane Twisted"!) I know I have forgotten many which I could have included! Thank you in advance for reveviwing whichever songs you might choose from my recommendations. --Cosmic Chris
I would like to see you play live, this song was played in combination with another opus with the workshops of Porcupine Tree Russian of ice .... it was a bomb !!!
Wtf... Why not watching the live video? 😂 It doesn't make any sense to be honest. But keep on putting in the work guys... I appreciate your journey (even if this was a bad choice)
I'm enjoying your post listen discussion / analysis of Porcupine Tree. I agree with the other commentors that you should have watched the performance for your first reaction. The Anesthetize lve album has songs from several albums and, thus, covers several subjects rather than a central theme.
The last section and the loss of someone in the waves is the explanation as to why he is so messed up in the first section and why the drugs are necessary.
I'm still liking this because I think this live version is better than the album version. But I still am more upset than I really should because you said that this great performance would not be worth watching!! >(
@@initum1599 Oh, ok! :) And as for the next PT song, Hatesong but please check out the video as well! ;) ua-cam.com/video/O5nAA_QXBPY/v-deo.html Not that many lyrics to analyze, but just great performance from them all! :) (especially Gavin Harrison)
The studio album is called Fear of a Blank Planet. The live recording of the concert in Tilburg, NL was later released as a BluRay disc and CD called Anesthetize. Both are also song titles from this concept album based upon a book. I think that you should listen to the song Fear of a Blank Planet now. I don’t think that you understand who the protagonist in this story is yet, or why he is taking pills. This song may help. The scene on the shoreline is nearly impossible to understand without reading the book (or Wikipedia 😉). The most fascinating thing in the live performance, in my opinion, is the work of the drummer, Gavin Harrison. Porcupine Tree has broken up, but Gavin has done well since the breakup. He plays with King Crimson now.
Oh .. I have been wondering about that "surfer" part of the song.. It seems so out of place. I guess I'll have to read the book then.... If I can find it. :D
Loving the Porcupine Tree videos. Would be great to see a reaction to Lazarus or Sentimental by them in the future. Both rather short but very beautiful songs.
Love your approach on the reaction. Very refreshing and unique. There is a lot to explore with Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson. Would love to see you dive into Pink Floyd and Nightwish if you have not heard them before. I am a fan of your channel. Looking forward to what you do next.
Wow. I have not heard this song before. I am, like many others on your channel so it seems, taking this journey with you and listening all their songs you listen to for the first time, alongside you. Can't wait other songs you've done so far. As for my feelings about the meaning of this song. I feel like it is largely about what society expects from people and how that same society very quickly tries to numb you with medication you might not want, but even need. I thought the Cod philosophy was actually referring to school shootings being directly linked to Call of Duty games. The violence enfusing peoples rage (I do not share this opinion, but it felt like that was where they were getting at in the lyrics). Beautiful song, almost brought me to tears the same way Wings for Marie pt 1 & 2 did of Tool.
Man.. She missed out on the video. It just adds to the atmosphere of this piece. Hope you watched it with video at some point. This is a masterpiece on its own. And Steven Wilson's music / songs cannot just be heard in isolation. He himself has said it that an artist produces music in an album and usually thr sequence of the pieces and the story it tells is important. So no wonder its hard to understand the context of this piece (although, personally i got it after listening it to a couple of times and later realised that it's fairly clear, from the title). Gavin H on the drums is another thing about this video. The number of shifts in rhythm and patterns and the ghost notes...ooooh.
The song is the first person account of a kid who has behavioral "disorders" (ADD/ADHD/Bipolar/etc) and is given a drug to anesthetize him. It is a general theme of the album its from. The music's progression you will notice reflects his progress from sober and getting more chaotic to taking his pills and being high and sedated on the drug at the end.
You definitely have to watch the live portion of this, not just the audio. Gavin Harrison on drums is just beautiful to watch. Steven Wilson layers the music like Pink Floyd layering. It is just beautiful and haunting sounding. If you ever try Pink Floyd I would suggest my favorite album of all time Pink Floyd - Animals. That and Rush - Hemispheres are my two most favorite albums ever.
album version + lyrics or the live concert video from Tilburg... but not a mixture of the 2! I know you don't want to distract from the music, but it would provide some context, seeing the band live and or course the beast that is Gavin Harrison!
Favorite band. Would see them live in a heartbeat. That being said I would recommend studio version for most of their discography, especially if you wanted to refrain from focusing on video. I feel I'm in the minority here but I just think there's details in the production/mix that your missing live (perhaps in-person at the show it's a different story) There's definitely exceptions: Time Flies, Hatesong, a few others that are 100% a step up live; only if you were watching them perform live though. Encourage you to check out the studio version on your own time, but nonetheless glad you experienced one of the best songs ever! 🙂🤘
You may be in a minority, but I agree! The multi-layered and textured instrumentals can best be heard the way Wilson intended in the studio versions. The track 'Fear of a Blank Planet' is one example, along with some of his solo efforts (the studio versions of Home Invasion/Regret #9 and Drive Home are vastly superior to the live versions, mainly thanks to Guthrie of course). That being said, no reason not to watch the live versions too at some point.
I'm so glad you liked the live version ! You should definitely watch (not necessarily on video) the first song you listened to from this band, Trains, but live. Something unpredictable happens during the performance and it becomes a communion with the public. In the future, I suggest you react to the live version of "What happens now ?". It's not one of their most famous songs and it doesn't have that many lyrics, but it's peak progressive rock. It also features some Tool-like mathematical rythm magic. I don't know how much they cost today but if you can't find some songs, they released at least three concert dvds and blu-rays : Arriving Somewhere, Anesthetize and Octane Twisted. They're all great.
It seems you’ve gotten a lot of negative reaction for having not seen a different version, but you did react only to the version you experienced. Your analysis of that experience was honest, cogent, and enjoyable. Love your channel.
@@initum1599 There is a stand up routine by American comedian/philosopher George Carlin “on fat people” that talks about consumerism and the American condition. It is raunchy and scathing, to be sure, but it is worth a watch, as it relates to this.
I’m always surprised people suggest the live one over studio. They are both great, but the audio quality (especially bass) is always better from studio, PLUS Alex Lifeson from Rush is in the studio one!
Well, at least if you can't watch Steven Wilson's performance you have a beautiful face to look at...not that there was much going on inside of it, apparently...but who cares? Neither one of them had a clue, let's face it.
Could you react to a song from the Steven's latest album? It's called "Count of Unease" from The Future Bites. I think it's such a beautiful and melancholic song.
I really enjoy it, but I wish you could've been watched the performance as well... or just listen the studio version for a better experience. Anyways, great video
Another great reaction guys. Glad you enjoyed this epic track. I'm sure you have watched the live video by now. Gavin Harrison's drumming is a highlight (as always). The Anesthetize CD/DVD is the entire concert at Tilburg, starting with the whole 'Fear of a Blank Planet' album, from which Anesthetize comes, followed by a selection of their older material. Looking forward to next week's reaction! :-)
Always watch the live video- Always- -You get so much more of the feel of the song by watching them. Take it from me and the rest of the Porcupine Tree huggers.
As someone who has watched the video many times, I will say that listening is definitely it's own experience. Not better necessarily, but a unique experience that I enjoy very much
@@travismcginnis7515 In general, I think the a first reaction should be with no knowledge of lyrics and no video. But, with PT, somehow, seeing the live performance adds to the appreciation rather than muddling it.
It's definitely worth watching the live performance video. You get a much better idea of the instrumental skill involved - especially the drumming - and the lighting/video effects are excellent too. I hope you watched it straight after this. 🙂
I dont get why would she listen to the live version without watching it? What's the reason? LUL
Yeah. Like that's pretty much a big part of the point of watching it live. It was a really dumb decision.
@@DPDDD3 Even if you don't watch it, just listing to their live performances is a great experience. They play so well, and Gavin is usually a little higher in the mix. And, truly, the best listening experience is with eyes closed anyway.
Luminol .. not a PT song but Steven composes a marvelous set of movements. Jazz prog. at its finest.
I can't speak for others but for me, the point of watching these reaction videos is the pleasure of sharing the experience with someone experiencing it for the first time. Unfortunately, you didn't actually have the full experience.
With this band, just listening to a live performance is like kissing someone through plexiglass.
Some suggestions though. Sound of Muzak, Blackest Eyes, Sentimental, Fear of a Blank Planet, Deadwing, Prodigal, Futile. Among many others of course. Enjoy.
Since you enjoyed this it's worth watching the live video of it, if for no other reason than it helps you fully appreciate how incredible the drummer, Gavin Harrison, is. Loving your Porcupine Tree reactions and hope there are many more. My favorite band of all time, hands down. To me this song is about kids being over medicated by parents and doctors instead of really dealing with their problems (my mother is a bitch, my father gave up ever trying to talk to me), and the character in this song is disconnected from family, relationships, and grief, going through life like a zombie, unable to feel or escape or find peace because of being heavily medicated (I'm totally bored but I can't switch off). The concept of the album deals with bipolar and attention deficit disorders in children. Some other Porcupine Tree recommendations: Don't Hate Me (studio version), Lightbulb Sun, Dark Matter, Baby Dream in Cellophane, Glass Arm Shattering, The Blind House, Time Flies, but really you can't go wrong with any of their music.
The Guy Who We Never See in Their Videos For Some Reason?
Recommends Not To See the Video Live and Listen With Head Phones To the Young Lady?
It's Like Going to a Concert With Your Eyes Closed...
The whole concert at 013 in Tilburg is great.
I've heard this track probably 100 times now. Love it every time. And I first heard of porcupine tree 2 years ago. Buckle up.
I hope she listened to the studio version later - for this one, you have to see the facial expressions and movements of the performers.
Bruh... lol you guys really missed out by not watching the video, I dont know how you would think the video "wouldn't be worth it"... watch it on your own at least. Best regards
I am totally baffled by U suggesting to the young lady that's it's better to listen only to the song and not to be watching and listening to appreciate the bands performance playing live...
Just like we do seeing concerts live!
No kidding, I really excited until that guy ruined it
I apologise for my typographical errors. I was typing in the dark...
Porcupine Tree- Russia on Ice
Nice! Way Out Of Here live @ Tilburg next!
Hatesong by porcupine tree (live version) buuuuut with video pleaseeee, I like your reactions guys
I always cite the drums/guitar duo in the end of Hatesong as the best thing I've ever heard in music !
Yes, yes and yes! :)
Definitely!
I think cod philosophy is actually talking about the video game Call Of Duty. It's a very famous series of war games among young people. Many gamers spend many hours glued to those games and do nothing else with their lives. And some even "live" their lives according to those violent worlds depicted in these video games.
Cod philosophy, sometimes cod-philosophy, is a term for the personal philosophy of the masses, or the philosophical musings of one who has not formally studied philosophy. The word "cod" comes from first syllable of "codswallop", and so the term carries with it a negative connotation.
In another word: pseudophilosophy
@@liquidshadows79 yes, i know about that. It's actually Steven Wilson playing with words, because the whole album is about youth today and the problems involving their inaptitude to fit in society nowadays. Progress, role models, competition, bullying and so on are issues that lead youngsters to self seclusion and seek relief in things like MTV and CoD (as an example). Then parents seek professional help, psichiatrists who load them with pills to keep them under control, numbing them and actually making them run a never ending vicious circle. So you're right, but i think so am i. At least, i believe i am, but you can always do a research on the lyrics of this song.
@@Capitaomac1 you very well may be right. I could see SW playing around with context, and it definitely fits the theme.
Good evening! I enjoy your channel, and have watched several of your reaction vids in the last couple of days. You both have excellent voices, and I like your intelligent commentary.
Hearty congratulations on discovering Porcupine Tree! Steven Wilson is the supreme musical genius of the planet! His eponymic work is masterful, and loaded with amazing variety and diversity, his project Blackfield is incredible, and features some of the very best "dark love songs" ever created (I call them - among other descriptions: "Existentialist anthems"), No-Man (which is known to probably less than 1 percent of avant-garde music seekers) created and recorded many of the best songs of the Nineties, IEM (an acronym for Incredile Expanding Mindfuck) is retro psychedeliuc rock supreme!, Storm Corrosion (abso-brilliant collab with Mikael Akkerfeldt of Opeth, who is a very good friend of Wilson), is trippy, ultra-gorgeous and has a very nice psychedelic feel and vibe which intentionally evokes the Dark Ages, and, and ...
I could type on forever about how wondrous and wonderful Steven Wilson is!
I am glad you have discovered "Anesthetize" as it is one of the mighty Tree's very best masterpieces. So is "Mellotron Scratch", which I could tell you enjoyed.
The severely over-recommended track "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is absolutely mediocre and constantly overrated and overplayed. Those I call "comment clones" obnoxiously recommend it over other P. Tree songs, for some mysterious reason. They have led astray many rection video hosts, and they don't know what they are talking about! Anyone who praises "Arriving Somewhere..." above all other Tree songs does not know the Tree! ("Arriving Somewhere..." is a decent song, but it is average for the Tree, and is relatively lame and shallow, and does not feature the brilliant psychedelic elements of earlier Tree... Early Porcupine Tree is the best Porcupine Tree!... Moreover, the ignoroids praise the jam segment of "Arriving Somewhere..." without realising that many Tree tunes have much better jams and instrumental sections!). As ho-hum as "Arriving Somewhere..." is, the version on Steven Wilson's "Home Invasion" DVD is quite superior to the excessively touted version on the "Arriving Somewhere" DVD. I do recommend it, as it includes a cool and unique intro... On "Deadwing" alone, several songs: particularly "Lazarus", "Mellotron Scratch", and "Open Car" are much much better than "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here".
These Porcupine Tree gems, for which I have marked with asterisks the ones I enthusiastically recommend for you to review, are better, by parsecs, than "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here":
This Long Silence
Footprints
Nine Cats
Voyage 34: Phase I
Voyage 34: Phase II
*Up The Downstair
*Not Beautiful Anymore
*Fadeaway
*Always Never
****The Sky Moves Sideways Phase One
****TheSky Moves Sideways Phase Two
****Moonloop (every version, including the ineffably gorgeous live version on "Coma Divine")
****Stars Die (Steven Wilson's mother's favourite P. Tree song)
****The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
****The Sky Moves Sideways: Alternate Version
****Idiot Prayer (absolutely unique, groovy, and ultra-trippy, with blistering guitar!)
Signify
****Bornlivedie
Dark Matter
Waiting Phase One
Waiting Phase Two
Intermediate Jesus (artful psychedelic sludge, with a wicked voice overlay)
****The Sound Of Noone Listening
****Mute
Neural Rust
****Disappear (all four versions! - This is one of the greatest songs in the history of music, of all genres!)
****all of "Coma Divine", which in my perspective and that of some music critics is the pinnacle of live albums - and the album and CD artwork are awesome!
Stranger By The Minute
Even Less
Even Less Part Two
Tinto Brass
****A Smart Kid (atmospheric sci-fi genius, with evocative lyrics and instrumentation)
Mesmer III
****LIghtbulb Sun (a must-listen!)
****Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled (another must-listen!)
Russia On Ice (unique and special masterpiece with an amazing groove and transitions)
The Rest Will Flow (almost a country-and-western song: supremely mellifluous, smooth and lovely)
Lazarus (easily in the Top 10 prettiest and most sublime songs invented by humans)
Collapse The Light Into Earth (for this one, brace yourself, as you might cry)
(the aforementioned Mellotron Scratch and Open Car, which you have already enjoyed, explored and reviewed)
My Ashes
Way Out Of Here (the studio version and the poignant, overpowering live version on the "Anesthetize" DVD! - Steven Wilson wrote this for a female teenage fan in Wisconsin, U.S.A., who died from a train collision while walking to a Porcupine Tree concert)
Sentimental (NPR's Song Of The Month in October 2007)
Half-light (particularly the live version, which features a very unusual and innovative guitar!)
Cheating The Polygraph
Normal
What Happens Now
Octane Twisted
Drawing The Line (the intro is spooky and the verses haunting and magical, but the chorus is just so-so)
****The Seance (short and simple, but so very sweet!)
****I Drive The Hearse (a work of utter genius, with cryptic yet understandable lyrics)
****Time Flies: the "radio edit" version and the original much longer version, as it contains a blistering, beautifully sludgy instrumental section in the middle - this masterpiece deserves a "double" review, of the version from the Grammy-nominated "The Incident", and the perfect, flawless, enormously enriching and entertaining live version from the DVD "Octane Twisted"!)
I know I have forgotten many which I could have included!
Thank you in advance for reveviwing whichever songs you might choose from my recommendations.
--Cosmic Chris
I love the clap in the beginning to sync audio, hahaha!
I would like to see you play live, this song was played in combination with another opus with the workshops of Porcupine Tree Russian of ice .... it was a bomb !!!
Wtf... Why not watching the live video? 😂 It doesn't make any sense to be honest. But keep on putting in the work guys... I appreciate your journey (even if this was a bad choice)
One of my favorite band's best song. Thank you for reacting.
For me is the best song of Porcupine Tree
WE BE VIBIN'
If you do more Porcupine Tree (And I hope you do) please consider the ethereal Lazarus by them. it is haunting.
I'm enjoying your post listen discussion / analysis of Porcupine Tree. I agree with the other commentors that you should have watched the performance for your first reaction. The Anesthetize lve album has songs from several albums and, thus, covers several subjects rather than a central theme.
This is a masterpiece!
The last section and the loss of someone in the waves is the explanation as to why he is so messed up in the first section and why the drugs are necessary.
OH YEAH!!!!!
I'm still liking this because I think this live version is better than the album version.
But I still am more upset than I really should because you said that this great performance would not be worth watching!! >(
Makes me sad that you did not see this great performance. :(
We have after recording
@@initum1599 Oh, ok! :)
And as for the next PT song, Hatesong but please check out the video as well! ;)
ua-cam.com/video/O5nAA_QXBPY/v-deo.html
Not that many lyrics to analyze, but just great performance from them all! :) (especially Gavin Harrison)
Hatesong, for sure
Love the reaction but disagree...highly suggest watching video to truly appreciate the experience.
This!
X2
Nice Reaction, please react to The Start Of Something Beautiful-Porcupine Tree, you will like it
Definitely a beautiful song
The studio album is called Fear of a Blank Planet. The live recording of the concert in Tilburg, NL was later released as a BluRay disc and CD called Anesthetize. Both are also song titles from this concept album based upon a book. I think that you should listen to the song Fear of a Blank Planet now. I don’t think that you understand who the protagonist in this story is yet, or why he is taking pills. This song may help. The scene on the shoreline is nearly impossible to understand without reading the book (or Wikipedia 😉).
The most fascinating thing in the live performance, in my opinion, is the work of the drummer, Gavin Harrison. Porcupine Tree has broken up, but Gavin has done well since the breakup. He plays with King Crimson now.
Oh .. I have been wondering about that "surfer" part of the song.. It seems so out of place. I guess I'll have to read the book then.... If I can find it. :D
Good song . Happy to see you again guys
The Gathering - Travel (TG25: Live at Doornroosje - unofficial video). thx
Loving the Porcupine Tree videos. Would be great to see a reaction to Lazarus or Sentimental by them in the future. Both rather short but very beautiful songs.
Love your approach on the reaction. Very refreshing and unique. There is a lot to explore with Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson. Would love to see you dive into Pink Floyd and Nightwish if you have not heard them before. I am a fan of your channel. Looking forward to what you do next.
Thank you, we will consider other bands too. Thanks for recommendation (he)
Wow. I have not heard this song before. I am, like many others on your channel so it seems, taking this journey with you and listening all their songs you listen to for the first time, alongside you. Can't wait other songs you've done so far.
As for my feelings about the meaning of this song. I feel like it is largely about what society expects from people and how that same society very quickly tries to numb you with medication you might not want, but even need. I thought the Cod philosophy was actually referring to school shootings being directly linked to Call of Duty games. The violence enfusing peoples rage (I do not share this opinion, but it felt like that was where they were getting at in the lyrics). Beautiful song, almost brought me to tears the same way Wings for Marie pt 1 & 2 did of Tool.
great video. React to "TESSERACT - Of Matter (Live at Sphere Studios)" please :)
I believe it's time for Opeth.
I agree
Porcupine tree is a great performers. You should watch the video.
Man.. She missed out on the video. It just adds to the atmosphere of this piece. Hope you watched it with video at some point. This is a masterpiece on its own. And Steven Wilson's music / songs cannot just be heard in isolation. He himself has said it that an artist produces music in an album and usually thr sequence of the pieces and the story it tells is important. So no wonder its hard to understand the context of this piece (although, personally i got it after listening it to a couple of times and later realised that it's fairly clear, from the title). Gavin H on the drums is another thing about this video. The number of shifts in rhythm and patterns and the ghost notes...ooooh.
The raven that refuse to sing, KING GHOST, Self. Steven wilson. PLEASEEE.
The song is the first person account of a kid who has behavioral "disorders" (ADD/ADHD/Bipolar/etc) and is given a drug to anesthetize him. It is a general theme of the album its from. The music's progression you will notice reflects his progress from sober and getting more chaotic to taking his pills and being high and sedated on the drug at the end.
Would you go to a live concert to see your favorite band with your eyes closed?????
You definitely have to watch the live portion of this, not just the audio. Gavin Harrison on drums is just beautiful to watch.
Steven Wilson layers the music like Pink Floyd layering. It is just beautiful and haunting sounding. If you ever try Pink Floyd I would suggest my favorite album of all time Pink Floyd - Animals. That and Rush - Hemispheres are my two most favorite albums ever.
Greatness! 😎
You gotta watch the video. If nothing else to watch Gavin crush the kit.
album version + lyrics or the live concert video from Tilburg... but not a mixture of the 2! I know you don't want to distract from the music, but it would provide some context, seeing the band live and or course the beast that is Gavin Harrison!
great reaction
Favorite band. Would see them live in a heartbeat. That being said I would recommend studio version for most of their discography, especially if you wanted to refrain from focusing on video. I feel I'm in the minority here but I just think there's details in the production/mix that your missing live (perhaps in-person at the show it's a different story) There's definitely exceptions: Time Flies, Hatesong, a few others that are 100% a step up live; only if you were watching them perform live though.
Encourage you to check out the studio version on your own time, but nonetheless glad you experienced one of the best songs ever! 🙂🤘
You may be in a minority, but I agree! The multi-layered and textured instrumentals can best be heard the way Wilson intended in the studio versions. The track 'Fear of a Blank Planet' is one example, along with some of his solo efforts (the studio versions of Home Invasion/Regret #9 and Drive Home are vastly superior to the live versions, mainly thanks to Guthrie of course). That being said, no reason not to watch the live versions too at some point.
Here we have to listen to the whole album Fear of an Empty Planet, because it's a concept album ....
Fear of a Blank Planet, you mean
@@Capitaomac1 oukej, yes!!!👍💯👏
Yessss
Should watch the video
I'm so glad you liked the live version ! You should definitely watch (not necessarily on video) the first song you listened to from this band, Trains, but live. Something unpredictable happens during the performance and it becomes a communion with the public.
In the future, I suggest you react to the live version of "What happens now ?". It's not one of their most famous songs and it doesn't have that many lyrics, but it's peak progressive rock. It also features some Tool-like mathematical rythm magic.
I don't know how much they cost today but if you can't find some songs, they released at least three concert dvds and blu-rays : Arriving Somewhere, Anesthetize and Octane Twisted. They're all great.
And lyrics wise, I think you would love "Time flies" !
React to Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes, being the dvd live version and watch the video, dissect the lyrics after its finished.
Why not watch it if you going to listen it live ??
I just copy what Willa Sacco wrote:
Always watch the live video- Always- -You get so much more of the feel of the song by watching them.
the next MUST artist: PLINI, i suggest everything xd
DO PINK FLOYD ALBUMS! dark side of the moon, animals, wish you were here and the wall. PLEEEASSEE
It seems you’ve gotten a lot of negative reaction for having not seen a different version, but you did react only to the version you experienced. Your analysis of that experience was honest, cogent, and enjoyable.
Love your channel.
Thank you :)
@@initum1599 There is a stand up routine by American comedian/philosopher George Carlin “on fat people” that talks about consumerism and the American condition.
It is raunchy and scathing, to be sure, but it is worth a watch, as it relates to this.
I’m always surprised people suggest the live one over studio. They are both great, but the audio quality (especially bass) is always better from studio, PLUS Alex Lifeson from Rush is in the studio one!
You should react to "BURGERKILL - KILLCHESTRA" ; )
What exactly is the point of reacting to a live performance without watching it? You should know that you missed quite a show.
Should have reacted to the live video 🍄
Big mistake not playing the video.
Guys...You will hate yourself if you do not listen to "Don't Hate Me" by Porcupine Tree. (LOL) Really!
Awwwwwwwwwwwww
The video is great...missed character and ambiance..very unique stage experience
Well, at least if you can't watch Steven Wilson's performance you have a beautiful face to look at...not that there was much going on inside of it, apparently...but who cares? Neither one of them had a clue, let's face it.
Who is this phone a friend dude?
Could you react to a song from the Steven's latest album?
It's called "Count of Unease" from The Future Bites.
I think it's such a beautiful and melancholic song.
I really enjoy it, but I wish you could've been watched the performance as well... or just listen the studio version for a better experience. Anyways, great video
I interpreted “cod philosophy” to be C.O.D. Philosophy; Cash-On-Demand; decadent, consuming, impatient, bored, shallow outlook.
Great react, lov yall cheers from brazil, more porcupine and them maybe a Journey through opeth's habbit hole.
Should’ve watched video.
whit out video? really? the whole experience ruined
Another great reaction guys. Glad you enjoyed this epic track. I'm sure you have watched the live video by now. Gavin Harrison's drumming is a highlight (as always). The Anesthetize CD/DVD is the entire concert at Tilburg, starting with the whole 'Fear of a Blank Planet' album, from which Anesthetize comes, followed by a selection of their older material. Looking forward to next week's reaction! :-)
The video is great but the music stands on its own.
CON philosophy! not Cod philosophy...
It's "cod philosophy", as in the English word codswallop (meaning, it's bullshit).
Downvoted for not actually watching them play live.
Τhis is not reaction.Only listening
So stupid not to watch it. I don't get it girl