Jane’s Addiction, Then She Did… - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2023
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While this piece is, indeed, dark, I also find it beautifully tender. A touching tribute to the mothers (and all others) who’ve been taken before their time. An artistic expression of the great void left where they were supposed to have been, and the aching desire to still have them with us.
Here’s the link to the original song by Jane’s Addiction:
• Then She Did...
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An excellent reaction and breakdown. I always love it when you find several things in a song that really catch your musical ears and attention, your enthusiasm exploring it shows. Really interesting associations from Prokofiev in the piano part and Pink Floyd in other parts. I really like Jane's Addiction. I think they are a great example of 90s alternative rock. My own experience with them is mostly limited to their "Best of..." CD, so I don't think I have heard this before. But I really like it, and since it really has that unique artistic sound and vibe of theirs it sounded familiar just the same. Loved your lyric breakdown. They have several other really good songs for you to explore.
standing in the shower thinking....
Glad you like my piano playing!
Did you compose your part entirely or did they tell you what to play?
Was that really you?
@@undangolook at his channel...he really played it.
It was @@undango
@@geoffstradling6339 well thank you for your part on this track, musically its probably my favorite song from one of my favorite bands, lyrically they have a couple that puts them close to this one, and all their tracks are good, but this one is my top choice.
I'd highly recommend Three Days by Janes Addiction. One of my favourite rock songs.
Yes! My favorite for sure, a real anthem
It's their magnum opus for sure!
@@GAIS414Excellent use of magnum opus! It sure is that.
The whole album is perfection. ❤
Three days is almost progressive rock ❤
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your doing this one. The entire second side of this album (not to diminish the brilliant first side) is one of the most important sides of an album to my life, both musical and personal.
Same. That album came into my life at a key moment and is my absolute favorite
Agree. Thus my avatar "xiola"
Yes, I feel exactly the same, and numerous people I have talked with over the years feel that way, if your really into JA then side 2 of Ritual was the one that made them a level above all other bands ...
What we have here is a brilliant bass player that is the key to all Jane’s addictions songs. A very well harmonizing vocalist with great lungs. A drummer that can follow those two. I really think any guitar player can put some chords over that. And also heroin can make some good music. Only wish their was actual footage of this album being made
@@endtables seeing them on the Lollapalooza tour was magic, even if they were falling apart at the time. Seeing them all together again in 2009 was a nice surprise that I never thought I would get to see. I truly hope they tour again, now that Eric is back with them, this time seemingly for good?
The Jane´s music is just a beautiful ride for the imagination.
Of all the JA songs that I adore, this is the one that gets me to my core. Makes me think of my mother and the struggles she faced before she passed. Brilliance.
I think this must be a common theme … mothers always put in a brave face to their children even though they might be struggling inside.
The second section is much closer to late Led Zeppelin than Pink Floyd.
This is one of my favorite all-time songs of any artist. I also lost my mother as a child.
The second side of Jane's Ritual de lo Habitual is one of my favorite sequences of songs ever... The song before this one, Three Days, is even more epic.
I see no lies
✨ Three Days ✨
@@xiola_skye was the morning...
@@eboethrasherthree lovers in three ways.....
This makes me so happy. Jane’s Addiction are far and away my favourite band of all time. And this was the song I was hoping she would hear first if the band was ever brought into this mix. They are a band that I feel get a tremendous amount of respect and adoration from their peers in the rock world, but I feel the general public has largely overlooked them. (Fishbone is another band that’s the same way.) Jane’s Addiction’s debut studio album, Nothing’s Shocking, is my favourite album by anyone, though I love all their albums. This song is one of my favourites of theirs and has so many beautiful aspects to it. I’m happy this was the one that was chosen for your first listen.
Music is a big part of my life. I lost my hearing about a month ago in noisy circumstances that I’m told shouldn’t have had any long term effects on my hearing, but I can no longer listen to music at the moment. Since the day it happened I feel I have only regained a very small amount of my hearing, and I fear what I have now is about it. Some tests and investigation to come, but I’m probably in the boat I’m in for the duration now. This saddens me immensely. I’m waiting to be fitted with hearing aids and that may bring back some musical enjoyment, I’m told, and I sure hope it will. I’ll be lost without music. I hope I can continue to enjoy songs as beautiful as this one again soon. I’m very glad to see you enjoyed this one.
YES! Jane's Addiction!! Love this band and all their albums...🤘🤘🤘☮
Also... "Three Days" !!
✨Three Days✨
My favorite song of all time
Saw them live in Toronto in '92 at a small venue and it was transcendent - everyone was so enraptured it was like a religious experience. "All now with wings"
✨ Three Days ✨
How when their last show before 97 was fall of 91
@@christophernash1846 My bad - it was Nov. 1990 at the Concert Hall in Toronto. Saw so many shows back then it's easy to mix them up. I may have been thinking of Porno for Pyros - same venue.
Hi Amy, I went to see a band play in my local nightclub back in 1990? (I think it was 1990 might have been 88 or 89) in Northampton MA. The band was terrible so we went down into the basement where another band was set to play. It was Janes Addiction before they exploded onto the music scene. I was mesmerized for over an hour through their set. Their performance took me out of my body and into new and exciting places I never thought existed. That happenchance peek into what would eventually come to be called "alternative music" really did leave an impact on me, and as a musician opened my eyes to so many new possibilities. Been a fan ever since,
PS- If you ever get the chance, listen to their opus magnus - "3 Days" off of "Ritual De Lo Habitual"
Small world. In the 80’s my friends were a punk band up that way. I’m loving Amy’s interpretations, it’s nice to have a music reaction channel that doesn’t suck. As a musician you might like this guy too.
youtube.com/@MusicShed?feature=shared
✨ Three Days ✨
Wow what a great night you walked into🎉
Had to have been more like 87 more likely, since 88 was when Nothing's Shocking came out and that was up for a Grammy. And people forget that there were other bands making what came to be called alternative music well before them. The Cure, Depeche Mode, REM, all Alternative classics. All well before Janes. Love and Rockets, too, in the wake of Bauhaus.
I was JA's Alternative Radio promo guy at WB Records starting with "Nothing's Shocking" and through this album too. So before they broke up, I got to see them live at least 30 times. You said this -- "I was mesmerized for over an hour through their set. Their performance took me out of my body and into new and exciting places I never thought existed" -- and that is exactly how *I* felt every single time! Not everyone "got them" or took the time to dig deeper, but once you did, there's no turning back. Just an astounding band that literally helped change the face of music and youth culture.
This is one of my favorite songs, and nobody talks about it. To say I was excited to watch this is an understatement. I think it was the summer before I started high school that I heard it the first time. A friend had recommended the band to me and I bought the CD before I had heard a song on it. At the time, I had lost interest in most music- the rock at the time (c.1991) had gotten very very conventional- this was the zenith of hair metal- which was in part spawned by a couple of the bands you've listened too- Motley Crue and Bon Jovi, but considerably staler at least to me at the time. I've grown more charitable over the years to that music but I was very much over it by the time I was starting high school.
The album Ritual de lo Habitual was a challenging listen for me at this point- I didn't like it on first listen. I think it took 6 or 7 full listens before it was literally bringing me to tears. I don't think I would have the patience now, but at the time a CD was an investment and there was no internet to speak of so I just kept listening until I got it. It has grown with me over the years, especially after going through the same loss. I just find it beautiful, deeply personal, and tragic. I don't find it dark- it seems too colorful- too pretty to my ears to be called that. I am happy to report that after 30 odd years the builds still give me goosebumps and the last verse still makes me misty.
"Then She Did..." is often overlooked by the slightly longer and slightly more epic sounding "Three Days" off the same album. "Three Days" is an amazing song, btw and well worth a listen but a track about a particularly memorable sexual encounter is just never going to hit as hard for me as a song about lost mothers. Thank you so very very much for covering this track and thank you to whoever suggested it. Also, thank you for not hating it- that would have ruined my day for sure. 🥰
*also a bit of context for the last verse I recently learned: The song was written shortly after the accidental overdose of the singer's lover and friend, Xiola Blue. He is asking her to visit his mother in the afterlife- as if the song couldn't get any sadder.
This album came out the summer after my senior year, and I listened to it multiple times a day for months after. I agree it is the lesser appreciated epic of side two. It gets overshadowed by the bombast of "3 Days" and the simplicity of "Classic Girl." "Of Course" is also overlooked.
Xiola Blue went to my High School. She was a few years older than me but we shared mutual friends. At my hs reunion the summer before last there was a tribute board with the names of our classmates who didn't make it. When I saw her name (along with her best friend who was also involved with Perry and also died from an overdose) I thought about this song for the first time in years.
Three Days is also about Xiola, dismissing the lyrics as about sex is kinda messed up honestly. And though And Then She Did is truly amazing Three Days is iconic and one of the best songs of all time.
I talk about it. Glad people here do also. It's a beautiful piece of music.
Wow. That's new info to me - about Xiola spirit visiting his mother.
It is by far the most personal on the album, considering the subject, but this lady is awesome at breaking it down, the final chorus could bring me to tears and still can, not many songs do that to me ... actually there is probably a few haha,, but this is certainly one of them. That piano and strings part before Perry yells Dwell is pretty insane stuff, ... then followed by violin Of zCourse, a song I used to use in some English exams when I was young ... such a smart story,
Wow, one of my favourite songs ever. I never expected to see it on this channel because it's something of a deep cut, so this is indeed a pleasant surprise. Not seen the reaction yet but very much looking forward to it!
How you approached the song visually was fascinating and purposeful. You read into the song so fast! Really is a collage of sounds. Great song. 👍
Covering 'Then She Did' as a first listen to Jane's Addiction is stepping in pretty deep. IMHO this one, 'Three Days', 'Summertime Rolls', that's some of their most evocative work. With this one they even treat us to a bit of Miles Davis meets King Crimson in the middle.
This is in the top five of my all-time favorite songs, and I am so glad that you are featuring it. More people should experience it.
6:15 "It's not -- typical" kinda sums up so much of why we love Jane's Addiction!
Thank you, Amy. I once went to a concert in San Francisco. My friend invited me. She had told me only that it was modern classical music and of course, I didnt recognize the names. To me, the dissonance was almost unbearable. While my friend was in restroom, i struck up a conversation with older woman sitting at my right. To my admission to her that i really disliked the concert so far. She smiled and said, that You aren't a good listener! Ib was taken aback. Then she told me to educate myself about music and "do the work!" Now after watching your videos since you first arrived on RUclips, I understand what she meant.
Thank you again for teaching (all of us )about the music that I've aways loved. I'm hearing it finally. Do i dare to listen to Prokofiev ? I'll give it a try. Btw, I loved this song by jane's addiction. I'm 75 years old and the 80's were a blur to a far as music goes. Those years were spent on medical school and residency with its brutal schedule.
Yes, I'm still working part-time and I'll continue to work as ( long as have a few brain cells to rub together.?"
Too much information but I want you to know how varied your audience is. Joy of learning!
I was that weird guy with no friends who was totally consumed with music theory and composition in my twenties. So I attended many symphonies back then and completely followed what was happening. That lady is absolutely correct. Do the work, receive the reward.
My favorite was during a Finish composer's Tapiola (Jean Sibelius) where it built up to amazing proportions over many minutes, to a swirl of organized chromatic chaos, then abruptly stopped.
We all heard it. The woman way down in seating near the orchestra, the huge unintentional sigh. A massive sigh of relief. She must have been holding her breath forever. Truly beautiful human experience.
I understand this so much! I dated a musician was I was 15 and he basically told me the same thing. "You don't know how to listen" I loved music and I was completely offended. Then he told me what he meant and it changed my life. I can't stand "simple" music now lol. I think he actually broke me :)
I love this comment so much. ❤
Between this and their song "Had a Dad" no songwriter's work has ever hit me on such a personal level - having lost a father at a very young age & having a mother who, after that, was.. never the same as she had been. In fact, a whole extended family on each side was never the same. And that's where my brother and I came into the picture. Surreal and tragic.
I was his age when I first heard it.
my favorite jane's addiction song. thanks for your thoughts
First time i heard this was driving the Turnagain Arm highway in Alaska, this particular song mixed with the mother nature of Alaska is a haunting mixture, what a great song.
What pleasant surprise on this rainy morning. Jane's has sat proudly at my table of top ten for at least 35 years. I also took a few listens before finding the masterful play of emotion. I even remember where I was as well as who was with me and even the rusty Dodge Omni the underground bootleg tape was struggling to give the justice deserved by the artists. Sadly that first listen ended on the corner of 46th and Grand and I failed them. Years later on a more refined music system I found my place within their art. Peace/JT
Back in college during parties, a few of us would sneak into an empty room, turn the lights off, lie down and listen to ‘3 Days’ while under the influence of a mysterious green 🌿… wonderful memories of this band
✨ Three Days ✨
Words cannot describe how much i love this song and the album Ritual de lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction is a pretty deep dive and I'm sure we would all love to see more. Thanks for the vid!
You give a very interesting point of view for this song, some different thoughts than what i would normally have. The lyrics at the end almost always bring me to tears. My favorite band of all time. Thank you for this!
Never stop a song right when it really kicks in. Just a word of advice 😂
Yeah. I felt that in my gut….don’t press pause yet!!!!!
I get ya, but if she let it kick in, she might have forgotten the point she makes about what she’s heard so far. It’s hard for us hard core fans to stop right then, but it’s an effective cliffhanger to her thoughts. She’ll get there. I can’t imagine she wouldn’t want to listen to the whole song uninterrupted later. To our humble harp playing host: Listen to all of the album in one sitting when you a chance. The songs all work best together. JA’s first two albums are like that. Not a weak note on either one.
Wow... Amy, you taught me so much with this one. I thought I knew my Jane's Addiction before but my view was limited. You - on your very first listen - unlocked new things, especially with the modern classical similarities and the thoughts about the "visual" aspect of their music. Amazing breakdown, thank you!
You nailed the meaning. Also, it's about the shadows that our parental figures cast and how that affects our choice of partners later in life, often (it has to be said) negatively. This has always been my favorite JA song.
This was a pure joy. Thank you, Amy!
I can't help but hear this song and see it as someone with a flashlight, trespassing in crime scenes.
Jane’s Addiction was a good choice and this song was a great choice. I think the Violent Femmes and the Pixies would be interesting next steps in Alternative Rock.
Dave Novarro's chord voicings on guitar were as groundbreaking as some of the things The Pixies were doing. Jane's had a great influence on many moving forward.
I’m so glad not only that you came across this song, but that you ‘get’ it. It’s been my favorite song going on twenty years and IMO is absolute peak Jane’s
i absolutely love your breakdown, both musically and emotionally... this is one of my favorite songs, and yes, it's very powerful... while the death of perry's mother, and dave's mother are a significant part of the inspiration for this song, it, and much of the influence of their catalogue (only the first three albums as well as kettle whistle, which were all written and performed several years before their first album was released) comes from the overdose of xiola bluefriend of the band, and a former lover of perry and his girlfriend at the time, casey ... xiola was an artist very troubled by deep depression and drug addiction...
This is one of my favorite Jane's Addiction songs along with Three Days and Classic girl. I would really love to see your reaction on Three Days. Its a song about his "friend" Xiola Blue who came down to L.A. to visit for 3 days and who later died of a heroin overdose. It's such an amazing song and the solo that Dave plays is amazing and was supposedly done in 1 take.
One of my favourite songs of all time. Paints a picture in my mind every time I listen to it.
For those who aren’t familiar with Prokofiev, who she mentioned a few times, Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian neo-classical composer from the early 20th century, and he would write music that used a lot of dissonant harmonies. I did an oral report on him many many years ago and that’s pretty much all I can remember from it, other than that I liked what I heard of his and found his music very interesting.
Wowo, good analysis. You should definitely listen to and break down more of their songs. I think you would enjoy their songs in particular
This is great and best analysis of this masterpiece from jane´s addiction
So grateful for your response. This has been my favorite song since I was in middle school, in 92. I'm not a musician but an artist, so your input is so much appreciated.
Thank you.
Thank you - you have such a way of opening my mind to hear music in a whole new light.
To me, the shifts between the "gentle" and "strong" parts of the song, as you described them, evoke the range of emotions we experience when thinking of loved ones we've lost.
I've always enjoyed Jane's Addiction; for me, "Three Days" is the song that best highlights what they can do, musically and lyrically.
✨ Three Days ✨
@@xiola_skye with a username like yours, how could you not like that song, right?
This song is about Perry Farrell's girlfriend, Xiola Blue, who died of an overdose and his mother, who died by suicide.
Thank you Amy, this has always been my favorite track on Ritual from JA. I loved your analysis of "Then She Did". It was spot on. I am over the moon that you chose this track over any other of their tracks. That would have been too predictable. Ty Amy.
this is one of my all time favorite songs off of one of my favorite albums...you could do a reaction to any song on this album ...its just that good. This could also be the most beautiful thoughtful reaction I have ever heard...your ability to break down not only the music but the lyrics and the interplay between both....its amazing
Very underrated band. A good friend of mine moved out to LA for some acting jobs and ended up hanging out a lot with these guys for a year.
This song brings a tear to a dry eye
It's not quite so simple as a reflection on the death of the singer's mother, but the consideration of the death by overdose of a young artist he knew (who is also the subject of the song before it on the record), within the context of his previous experience of maternal loss, both women being artists.
I watched them perform this again last week, oddly enough on 6 June, the anniversary of Xiola's death. And Perry is still clearly massively affected by these events, even aged 65.
“The band is also associated with the funk metal genre.” … then Amy pauses and ends with her signature “Okay!!!”. We love you Amy. Another job well done. Thank you.
I first became a fan of the band during the Summer of 1989 while skating my friends swimming pool. I've seen them 15 times since and it's always fun to hear a fresh take on what I must have listened to thousands of times already. You just gained a subscriber.
I'd love to be hearing this again for the first time. Back in the early 90's when I was ten, it had a profound effect on me.
10 is cool, I was 14 ...m
I'm so happy to see you dealing with King Crimson, Pixies and Jane's Addiction - all three were sorely missing from your channel :) Apropos of this particular video, I'm thrilled to learn that the person responsible for the piano section joined the comment section - I've always loved his work in this song, and for a second I suspected this might by some chance be Mike Garson (I don't suppose JA were big enough at the time to land a collab like that, but the style is quite similar). In fact, if you haven't listened to much David Bowie yet, Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) is where their long collaboration begins with an absolute bang. Highly recommended.
Great song and video.
Thank you, Amy! This is one of my favorite Jane’s songs, and I really appreciated your thoughtful perspective. Another great song by them is Three Days. Would love to see you react to that.
Most influential band to me. Made me become a musician.
Back in 1987 they were just hitting the scene.
Crazy stuff.
Ty so much for doing this.
My friend had gone to school with Steve Perkins and had them play for her birthday on Mulholland Drive. That was just before we became friends unfortunately for me. Imagine that? Jeesh
Wonderful video Amy. It’s always interesting to see what you pick up on.
Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction were the original "alternative" "grunge" musicians! I love Nirvana and all this other Seattle bands but Jane's were doing this when hair metal was at its peak!
Thanks!! "Three days" is also a great listen...
You are wonderful
I remember having this album as a teenager. The music took me to another world, like going into a trance. I feel like it has more relation to surrealist films. Or what the inside Andy Warhols head sounded like. There is a bit of a Velvet Underground vibe.
You can pronounce "Nirvana" any way you want. Kurt's ghost told me to tell you.
Amazing band and breakdown..My favorite band growing up and one of the best live bands I've seen..
Now your getting somewhere . this is a true transcendent artist . truly original even if you hear the influences . Its the nuances of the players that you love then , in the time they were pretty untouchable. i appreciate you, thanks for touching on this ❤️🤙🏽
Really nice to hear this with your perspective, thank you.
A little additional insight, the song was for an artist friend named Xiola Blue (or Bleu) who had died from an overdose, which is why I always get choked up when he gets to the lines "will you say hello to my ma...I'd have introduced you to her." She died several years before this song was released but I believe most of the songs on the album were several years old when the album was recorded.
It kind of loses a bit of that poetry once you find out Xiola was actually Perry’s cousin and was underage when Perry starting having sex with her and getting her into heroin.
Yes! You so got this! One of my favorite Jane's songs. Thank you.
She is so cute. Explaining the intro....
This was a beautiful analysis, thank you
Thank you Mary for introducing me to Jane´s Addiction, and that sad story. You have once said best songs arer written out of despair, I think when you listened to Janis Joplin. But. thank you for introducing me to janes addiction.
Wow! Great song choice.
The guitarist once said that this was both his and Perry's favorite song. Before launching into it, they would say to each other "Let's play it for our moms." I think Perry was a great lyricist and singer exactly for the reasons you described. The spaces he leaves between the phrases. He also rarely goes for the easy rhyme. And the vocal part is often (not always) quite separate from the rhythm of the music. Your analysis reminds me of the analysis of opera. Very fitting in this case.
I would love to hear you talk a little more about the music theory behind what we are hearing. Chords, chord voicings, etc. I suspect you stay away from that because you are aiming for the broadest audience, but doing it with pop songs can be effective and interesting. What Rick Beato does, for example.
A final note, the guitarist (Dave Navarro) was deliberately spare on this song. He's a fantastic soloist, but thought a solo would cheapen this song. So he kept with the chords. It was the right choice. This is not a wanker rock song.
Wow thank you for such a wonderful breakdown as a longtime fan of them. Almost every listen to this song really hits home to me for different reason of my own & then also reminds me of what they experienced so it just is so powerful to me in that way along with the beauty of the composition involved. As you got to the end of your reaction no lie it had me very emotional but also so appreciative for your description. I wouldn't been able to speak like u did, lol while sobbing a bit. Ahh still healing it is. Thank u.
The resolution is all encompassing but it drifts back to the minor. This is a fabulous song. For a second.
I'm sure Jane's Addiction studied their Floyd properly.
and they know that pigs could fly
They were more into goth rock and punk, plenty of goth had interesting sounds like this, especially some of the post punk stuff. Not everything is Floydian, FFS.
The floor is her gallery the pictures are her paintings, this is where they are "shown"
Oh man. This takes me back to my first teenage heartbreak. Laying alone in my room, this album playing, and thinking why me? And a couple weeks go by. All will be good... ✌✌
Just discovered your critique, and I enjoyed listening to your enthusiasm for the different elements within the song very much. Thank you for sharing.
I grew up in the UK but was enthralled by the US alternative scene in the late 80s of Sonic Youth, Pixies, RHCP, Fishbone, Jane's Addiction etc, but it was JA that really made me listen to what music can do beyond the sonic (and physical) sphere. I'm a painter now, and JA really fused music (of multiple genres) with painting, poetry, philosophy and literature in a way that really shaped me (and many others I have known and met) into what I am today.
'Then She Did', apparently, was originally titled ' Then She Died', which in itself is a hugely poetic moment (personal vs commercial; art vs product). It fuses Perry's lover/friend/muse Xiola Blue's death with his mother's suicide (hence the references of "she was an artist just as you were ... would have introduced you to her" etc). The musical beauty, dissonance, fury, energy, soaring strings are all elements I related to much more so after my own mother's death, and some tragic suicides of friends. It is a mesmeric piece of work that should exist beyond 'popular music'.
It is as poetic, at times, as Eliot's The Waste Land. The difference being that The Waste Land is a universal suffering whereas 'Then She Did' is personal, but both are true testaments to suffering felt through alienation and loss - yet TSD celebrates the beauty and influence of lives that may be cut short, while celebrating their memory. A lesson to us all, yet one we only learn when we truly experience it, sadly. Big love to those who have suffered.
Thank you for your video reaction. A great analysis as always. I didn't know this song. It's a beautiful example of arena/classic rock. It has a good rock, folk and experimental arrangement and good dynamics. It has a crescendo part that is also used in the outro, which is good for the audience in a stadium.
Oh Amy, you had me at Jane’s addiction…personal favorite! Jane’s can be somewhat of an acquired taste for the uninitiated but once again you perfectly captured the essence of the song. Your descriptors contemporary, visual art, modern, meditative, not only got the song but also basically got the artist, Perry, in a nutshell. But for you it was all rather predictable! lol! Love your channel and please thank vlad or Carl or whoever you keep talking to for letting us borrow you!
Very observant description of textures and the impression of visual art in this song, that's the same way the band describes the fabric of the music. Eric Avery shows his genius in the musical arrangement.
Thank you so much for the video :)
Love your analysis.
I saw these guys play before they hit. There are no words to describe the power these guys had over an audience, I have literally seen hundreds of bands and never seen anything like them.
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Great and interesting reaction! I wish you will do Three days as well!
Anyone covering this band gets an automatic like. I'll even share it to a sub account. TY
The best way to listen to this song is to listen to Three Days right before it. The two songs really go together.
What a beautiful reaction!, i adore this song from when i first heard the LP when it came out(when i was ..hmm 17😂,incredible at the time ,my mum also died when i was 11, i always felt a strong emotional connection relating the song to that, before i even realised the songs meaning..i guess it makes sense, at 51 i still feel the epic Journey of emotions this song brings ❤, thank you for your reaction ,such a joy to watch
Great reaction Amy! I can honestly say I haven't ever heard anything by Jane's Addiction before, even though I recognize their name. I enjoyed the music and your analysis.
Did not know that song or that band. Nice discovery! Thank you.
the beginning definitely sets a smokey jazz lounge scene, as with so much of Jane's Addictions music, the music is an accompaniment to the lyrics, which tends to be the main focal point. Musically Jane's Addiction is definitely up there in my list of all time bands, but they hands down win in the poetic beauty of their lyrics even when the subject is sometimes intensely dark. Dissonance, tension, resolution, intensity, driving persistence and profound passion...Absolutely love how you connected with the music as if it was plucking on your heart strings.
Thank you , Amy!
Love Jane's Addiction.
That piano part reminds me of Mike Garson in his work for David Bowie (Aladdin Sane!).
This may be my favorite reaction/analysis yet..I still have a fair amount to go through..I can't think of a better way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday night than geeking out on some of my favorite rock songs..first off, absolutely LOVE that shirt...second, I became aware of Jane's addiction at the ripe old age of 16, when my CD choices were solely based on cover art at the music store or recommendations from friends..
I fell in love with dissonance at a very early age when I discovered I enjoyed composing songs using only the black keys on the piano..lol.. This is my favorite Jane's song..can't really explain why except on a music theory level, but I identified greatly with what was said about the room and spacing of the music in relation to the way the lyrics were used, as well as the dynamics of soft/loud soft/loud that bands like the Pixies, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana etc, all used..
Really enjoyed the analysis and still waiting for a Radiohead one..something along the lines of "Nude," "How to Disappear Completely," "Pyramid Song, " "Weird Fishes," anything from their catalog, really, excepting "Creep." Can't wait for more!!
The whole side 2 of ritual de lo habitual is one of the greatest rock recordings ever as a suite of songs and should always be listened to as one piece. Perry's songwriting is magnificent and the music is perfection so beautiful
Interesting detour - I like it!
Great band- glad you got around to them
I'm so happy you're exposing some of the most important music of my youth to a new generation😊
I would like this a dozen times if I could.
Great song, great album. Side one is catchy rock songs. Side two is complex prog songs.