The song is about his mother, who was paralyzed on one side from an aneurysm in her early thirties, and she never again could walk on her own, while speaking let alone singing, while holding her coffee, regardless of her state of dress. I picture her just above bedridden, as this would be what she would have struggled to attain. His pain is beyond obvious once you know and listen again.
2024 and still listening to this amazing song by this amazing band and front man and now a devout Christian at 57 and I totally understand where my brother Maynard is coming when you listen to every lyric and know the exact back story of why he wrote what he did about his beloved mom and her faith. ❤❤❤😢😢😢Like Jesus, Maynard hates hypocrites and those who claim to be Christian but judge and condemn. God Bless You, Maynard James Keenan.
@@wylinmusic yea im not sure why he did the lyrics like that if he meant something else. I wish he would have done it different. Maybe the lyrics wouldn't have made a good of song or something.
I fully understand where he's coming from as well. After my years of living I am now a child of God but not religious, more spiritual. I dislike all religion but am nice with the people are long as they respectful, which most are when things are going well. just to let everyone know all religions cannot be proven right just like they cannot be proven wrong. But there are so many out there and logically only one can be right but you will never now until your in the next life. My suggestion, love God and always try to be a good person.
diamond dragon plays i went to one of they're concerts in st Louis around 9 months ago and they didn't play it from what I've heard they Don't do this song live very much
To all live bands: This is the kind of performance, focus, dedication and approach you should have toward giving an epic live performance. Take note, this is how you do it. Now go practice and maybe someday you will be 1/10th as good as these guys.
I agree that this is a top notch performance. But at least people are doing something, working, following the example of apc and trying to be good, not talking crap online
Totally, goosebumps every time. Gotta say though, I listen to the album version all the way through - over and over - just to hear that part through to the end, ending in THAT final chord. If I could find one fault in this performance it would be that I was gagging to hear THAT chord, and felt a bit robbed when they went for the generic wall of sound instead... Still awesome though.
Every time I hear this howl with the harmonic layers in the background I get choked up. Its haunting, gritty, broody, and beautiful all at the same time.
How great and how rare it is for the live version of a song to be as good or better than the studio version. That's how freaking good of a band they are. Total awesomeness.
kids are really right about what they say, being now 53 years old i must say these days there just isnt music like we used to have during eighties and nineties, EPIC
Not to mention the wig. He's a performance artist along with the rest of his amazing talents. It's not like he woke up 5 minutes beforehand, I hope you realise this.
THIS SONG was supposed to be played like this : WITH RAGE,with intensity and without any trace of shame for anything or anybody... wow,what a performance,SIMPLY MAJESTIC... ALL HAIL PERFECT CIRCLE !!!! thanks for posting this masterpiece,man !!!
The cymbals are nasty only if you listen at higher volume, but the S in the voice is present even at lower volumes and is so harsh. Overall, the mix is okay, if you compare it to what disasters there are on youtube, but it's not that great and not even close to being better than the studio version :D
He did all for YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for my english, but this is the best scream I ever heard! Epic!
Among everything else that's been said about this amazing performance, I want to point out that the vocals were mixed so beautifully that they had pristine clarity without overwhelming the mix and that for the first time, I could hear Paz clearly on backup. I saw APC on their first headlining tour waaaaay back in the day. This took me way back. God, what an album, what a group, what a song.
I wish it was better quality, but this has always been my favorite performance of this song by far. When I first watched this performance, I was absolutely convinced that I had just watched a flawless performance. Maynard's voice was god-like. Freese was ruthless. Paz played in this one. Perfect.
They will ALWAYS be sooo good and so cool...All members of the band are A+ in every aspect. Same goes for Tool! I've been listening as a huge fan of Tool since about 15 and A Perfect Circle since they've been around; I'm now 30. Why isn't music good like this anymore?; I can't bare MTV or MUCH for more than a few seconds these days...
Lyrics: You're such an inspiration for the ways That I'll never ever choose to be Oh so many ways for me to show you How the savior has abandoned you Fuck your God Your Lord and your Christ He did this Took all you had and Left you this way Still you pray, you never stray Never taste of the fruit You never thought to question why It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side Praise the one who left you Broken down and paralyzed He did it all for you He did it all for you Oh so many many ways for me to show you How your dogma has abandoned you Pray to your Christ, to your god Never taste of the fruit Never stray, never break Never---choke on a lie Even though he's the one who did this to you You never thought to question why Not like you killed someone It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ As if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you Did it all for you He did it all for you..
I try not to mix the music with the message. This band is so amazing to listen to. There is a part of me that feels a little guilt when I hear the message though. I'll never stop listening to the incredible musicianship, but at the same time, there is some confliction. Am I alone in this? Just sayin" LOL!
+Marko Fahrenheit I think of it like an expression of frustration, words indeed are pretty clear, but I kind of feels more like a statement that he doesn't believe God exists, more than saying God is bad...
"He did it all for you" has got to be the most releasing moment of emotion ever.
cathartic
Maynard like a Boss, rolls out of bed with his robe and a mug of coffee and kicks ass.
lmfao, couldn't have said it better. Good shit!
bkushner69 LIKE a boss? shiiiit....
bkushner69 boss
The song is about his mother, who was paralyzed on one side from an aneurysm in her early thirties, and she never again could walk on her own, while speaking let alone singing, while holding her coffee, regardless of her state of dress. I picture her just above bedridden, as this would be what she would have struggled to attain. His pain is beyond obvious once you know and listen again.
I feel sorry for him and his mom.... but this song is really good..
God fucking dammit, this was the best lineup of A Perfect Circle in my opinion
Agreed.
2024 and still listening to this amazing song by this amazing band and front man and now a devout Christian at 57 and I totally understand where my brother Maynard is coming when you listen to every lyric and know the exact back story of why he wrote what he did about his beloved mom and her faith. ❤❤❤😢😢😢Like Jesus, Maynard hates hypocrites and those who claim to be Christian but judge and condemn. God Bless You, Maynard James Keenan.
You have it all wrong my guy. He literally is saying that her faith did her no good
Oops
@@wylinmusic yea im not sure why he did the lyrics like that if he meant something else. I wish he would have done it different. Maybe the lyrics wouldn't have made a good of song or something.
I fully understand where he's coming from as well. After my years of living I am now a child of God but not religious, more spiritual. I dislike all religion but am nice with the people are long as they respectful, which most are when things are going well. just to let everyone know all religions cannot be proven right just like they cannot be proven wrong. But there are so many out there and logically only one can be right but you will never now until your in the next life. My suggestion, love God and always try to be a good person.
Maynard just got out of bed, walked in to the stage and picked up the mic.....what a singer!! Love APC
Exactly!!!😀
Fuck off
lol yeah
I would have died to see this live. This song always gave me the chills when I was a teen listening to them and tool.
Marc Loya how often do they play this
diamond dragon plays i went to one of they're concerts in st Louis around 9 months ago and they didn't play it from what I've heard they Don't do this song live very much
Damn paz looks 🔥... Maynard voice live is spot on.... So good
Matthew Pugh I just heard them play it at Honda Center!!! gave me chills to hear it live, and it was my first time seeing Maynard live..
@@genericyoutubeprofilename6670 they were in St. Louis?! 😭😢😡🤬 I'm literally right there! How were his vocals?
To all live bands: This is the kind of performance, focus, dedication and approach you should have toward giving an epic live performance. Take note, this is how you do it. Now go practice and maybe someday you will be 1/10th as good as these guys.
I agree that this is a top notch performance. But at least people are doing something, working, following the example of apc and trying to be good, not talking crap online
I know that this post is 14 years old,but I'm willing to guess that "op" has never been in a band.
3:18 over and over and over again.
Totally, goosebumps every time. Gotta say though, I listen to the album version all the way through - over and over - just to hear that part through to the end, ending in THAT final chord. If I could find one fault in this performance it would be that I was gagging to hear THAT chord, and felt a bit robbed when they went for the generic wall of sound instead... Still awesome though.
Every time I hear this howl with the harmonic layers in the background I get choked up. Its haunting, gritty, broody, and beautiful all at the same time.
he totally had more but let it off gracefully
How great and how rare it is for the live version of a song to be as good or better than the studio version. That's how freaking good of a band they are. Total awesomeness.
You r so Correct.!! It's Really Really Magical 😍
This might be one of the best live performances of this song, ever. And I miss Paz in APC.
Me, too. Paz is such a bad ass.
Since she’s not in The Pixies anymore, maybe she could come back?
Paz
Paz is so amazing,a wonderful,talented musician and a breathtakingly beautiful woman
I'll admit, this is one of my favorite recordings of this song.
kids are really right about what they say, being now 53 years old i must say these days there just isnt music like we used to have during eighties and nineties, EPIC
That end scream in perfect harmony is so hard to perfect live ! Unbelievable job by the three of them
Leave it to Maynard to show up in his underwear, a bath robe, fuzzy slippers and a cup of coffee. HA! perfect!
lol. fact!
Matt Goodfellow And than completely nail the performance. Especially the draw at the end. God damn how is he so good.
Matt Goodfellow. He used to come on stage in a banana hammock....or speedos
A perfect representation of his Mother, Judith.😉
Not to mention the wig. He's a performance artist along with the rest of his amazing talents. It's not like he woke up 5 minutes beforehand, I hope you realise this.
THIS SONG was supposed to be played like this : WITH RAGE,with intensity and without any trace of shame for anything or anybody... wow,what a performance,SIMPLY MAJESTIC... ALL HAIL PERFECT CIRCLE !!!! thanks for posting this masterpiece,man !!!
I love how he throws all of the guitar picks to the audience. Such a sweet little move.
Everytime I hear this or 3 Libras, it gives me the craziest yet happiest feeling... takes me back to shows, being young, no cares but the music...
Sara Boc everyone cares
never seen a cuter chic than Paz hold it down on a bass like that
That 1st album is still really special
I wish Paz the best .....
It's amazing how long he can keep the note in "he did it all for YOU"!!!!!
Went to Sessanta, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Primus. When APC broke into “Judith”, the place went fucking nuts!
Love the bass player A Perfect Circle-Judith(live) ... Badass
#PazLenchantin
Why
Isak Rousk cause she's good and hot. Should be obvious
3:18 FUCK YEEEEAAH! This is so damn GOOOOD! Got shivers!! \m/\m/
Paz Lenchantin ♥
For fucks sake this sounds _better_ than the studio version. Wow...Whoever mixed this did an *excellent* job.
Very true, there is a lot of volume being produced in that song and somebody hit a home run keeping it balanced like that. Also, Paz is beautiful.
You are kidding, right? The "s" and cymbals in that frequency range are literally piercing through my brain. It's much louder than the other spectre.
I don't notice any issues with the drums / cymbals but I'm listening on studio monitors not headphones...
The cymbals are nasty only if you listen at higher volume, but the S in the voice is present even at lower volumes and is so harsh. Overall, the mix is okay, if you compare it to what disasters there are on youtube, but it's not that great and not even close to being better than the studio version :D
Lol you guys are critisizing a mix based on a UA-cam video. There are a few extra factors at play you know.
This strangely sounds like the original record version. And Paz is so damn fine.
Just as beautiful live as it is studio. Very few artist can do this. APC is, and will always be, number one.
Maynard Motherfuckin James Keenan needs to be cloned over and over again so the world is never without him
i love it i feel this song
I give you this amazing song while finishing my morning coffee. Slippers bathrobe action! God i love Maynard😍
Best version of judith right here
He did all for YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for my english, but this is the best scream I ever heard! Epic!
Among everything else that's been said about this amazing performance, I want to point out that the vocals were mixed so beautifully that they had pristine clarity without overwhelming the mix and that for the first time, I could hear Paz clearly on backup.
I saw APC on their first headlining tour waaaaay back in the day. This took me way back. God, what an album, what a group, what a song.
I have been listining to tool for years but never heard them until recently im fucking mesmerized by maynard
I wish it was better quality, but this has always been my favorite performance of this song by far. When I first watched this performance, I was absolutely convinced that I had just watched a flawless performance. Maynard's voice was god-like. Freese was ruthless. Paz played in this one. Perfect.
Im here in 2018. Still love them more than anything new
Same
Good god Maynard is the man. Not to mention one hell of a band behind him.
I love Maynard's coffee mug!
I just got goosebumps, simply breath taking I love this performance.
one of, if not the greatest singer/songwriter of the last 20 years
and they say ...rock is dead?? so much power in one song.so much art in a band.
rock really i dead.. this shit was back in 99-2000
+Gabe D One of Maynard's other bands, Puscifer, released an album relatively recently.
I just think this "band's music" would not be popular anymore
+爱白乎猴猴 you right
+Gabe D and people still listen to it today so therefore it's not dead
Still one of the best live performances ever
Still is kick ass stuff in 2019 👍
Raw, pure, crispy sound, I love this live version
listening 12 years later still having the same shivers
could watch this day and night. One of the best Rock Songs ever made!
this is Fckn hot ...one of the best videos...one of the best metal songs ever
Frank Devin it's not metal
best TV show(CANAL +) from France ,from the best period ever ..........90'S
They will ALWAYS be sooo good and so cool...All members of the band are A+ in every aspect. Same goes for Tool! I've been listening as a huge fan of Tool since about 15 and A Perfect Circle since they've been around; I'm now 30. Why isn't music good like this anymore?; I can't bare MTV or MUCH for more than a few seconds these days...
I've seen these guys a number of times in concert, both as an opening band, and as a headliner. They always kicked ass!
At 3:23-3:33 where Paz, Billy, and Maynard are all singing together is my favorite part in any song ever.
I keep coming back once in a while to watch this video. One of the best live perfomances ever. APC were so fucking good live in the Mer de Noms era.
Best song in the world
Your such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever choose to be.
Maynard is Hot Hot Hot and one of the best singers.EVER!!!
+Tina Johnson Maynard is better heard than seen. :]
Selene Raven you are right!
Agreed
It's a shame (I think) he doesn't get recognized for his vocal and lyrical talents.
To me, this is the perfect song. Bitching lyrics, ballsout drums, slide and heavy guitar parts... awesome.
Better than the actual video! Listening in 2017 \m/
I love how they just leave at the end with all the French clapping, Merci beaucoup!
Maynard's voice is f...king amazing in this vid!!! and Paz is soooooo hot!
One of the freakin BEST live perfomances ever!!!!!
Josh Freese hits fucking hard.
This is a hell of a performance. Flawless.
1:58 rock Goddess feeling the music, sexiest shit i've seen
Right?! I noticed too. Love it
Amazing live ctmareee
Lyrics:
You're such an inspiration for the ways
That I'll never ever choose to be
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why
It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed
He did it all for you
He did it all for you
Oh so many many ways for me to show you
How your dogma has abandoned you
Pray to your Christ, to your god
Never taste of the fruit
Never stray, never break
Never---choke on a lie
Even though he's the one who did this to you
You never thought to question why
Not like you killed someone
It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ
As if he knows the reasons why
He did it all for you
Did it all for you
He did it all for you..
best live performance I've seen for Judith...final vocals are just perfect
paz lenchantin 2:25
A perfect performance... Best Line up ver of APC. Maynard a truly god
Professor Snape on vocals everyone..
arnel marasigan yeaap thats true
And voldemort on guitar
Noooooooo... Trent Reznor is Snape.
Most amazing video. takes my breath away.... his voice is way out of this universe...
best drum fill 2:47
I'm so grateful to Maynard in many many ways..writing THIS masterpiece woh..just gratitude!!!🎵🎶🎤💖
Anybody listening to this 2019?
This is a badass song. From the most badass vocalist. Damn he has the best voice. I mean the BEST. MJK.
Fuck ya
2020, worst year for most people, best year ever for me. I discovered Tool and APC.
ups, no, it's 2021:-)
Can we talk about Josh freese for a moment? What a savage beast slaying the weak with his rhythms.
love PAZ
God damned amazing!
MJK rocking my world in a robe, wig, & coffee cup in hand.
Most def would.
1:58 bass player she's fucking hot!
the mix is so clean. incredible song
2:28 Josh Freese FTW
I'm gay, but I think Paz is really hot.
I'm bisexual and I Think Maynard is really hot !!!
I'm straight and they are both hot
Twisted
You never taste of the fruit ? Hahaha
Timothy Cole im hetero but i would fuck maynard :D
Awesome video, I love it. Very high energy.
omg ............. that "climax" , as maynard calls it ...
Amazing. That was about as badass a video as you're ever going to see on youtube.
Dave Mirra on drums. R.I.P.
Pretty sure thats josh freese
Im almost 100% sure that is my man josh freese
It’s Josh Freese on drums!
I Love "Judith". One of my all-time faves, it brought A Perfect Circle to my attention.
Thanks for this great vid!
I try not to mix the music with the message. This band is so amazing to listen to. There is a part of me that feels a little guilt when I hear the message though. I'll never stop listening to the incredible musicianship, but at the same time, there is some confliction. Am I alone in this? Just sayin" LOL!
What do you think the message is?
not alone man...
+Marko Fahrenheit I think of it like an expression of frustration, words indeed are pretty clear, but I kind of feels more like a statement that he doesn't believe God exists, more than saying God is bad...
+Gunnar Lambert yes, you are right
+IronchaRiotrider
That we make, if you are indend an atheist ;)
ugh his voice is perfection
Ironchariotrider, we'll said. The biggest mental placebo in human history. False belief in a god makes the absolute of death so much less frightening.
Absolutely amazing! Maynard is the greatest period.
Beautiful.
yes I noticed the first time.I watch this more than once a day.
kick ass song!
love the rest of their songs either!
god i love paz
Omg, 15 years ago, and here i am, 2021, lovin apc 💜
great vocals. great band. great sound
They do a really awesome job live!!
praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed, He did it all for you
this is one of his best live , sounds very much like the recording . love all maynard.
BEST SONG EVER!!