I love how every three to four minutes, a bunch of the crowd starts clapping like the song is going to end. But no. This is Tetragrammaton. This song never ends.
A lot of people say Pridgen overplayed but I think he fit this era perfectly. Bedlam was basically brutal prog and Thomas brought his free jazz/improv influence upfront in the live performances
Exactly, he simply did what he was being asked to do (and pulled it off very well). He’s actually a more versatile drummer than what many people gave him credit for, I think.
Cedric may be a hit or miss live, but the guy is still such an excellent singer. Not only he writes the craziest lyrics, but also some of the best vocal melodies in rock.
Yeah he's definitely rough around the edges when he tries to sing high notes. It's not that he can't hit the high notes, it's just that he doesn't hit them consistently and the distortion effects can exaggerate the sound of missed note. That and he was probably high as fuck.
I saw them perform live at Cains Ballroom in Tulsa, OK. They went for damn near 3 hours and the crowd is livid yelling for an encore. Cedric and Omar look at each other, then look at the drummer. I shit you not Thomas Pridgen hits a solo and ramps it all the way up; we got a 45min encore :)
@@myrajoyce783 Man, it had to be like 5-7 years ago? Not 100% sure, it's been a LONG-TIME. The second time it was a smaller group on stage and the crowd had some dick heads. Someone threw a water bottle on stage and left almost instantly after that. Don't blame them.
WOW, consider yourself lucky to have seen a TMV encore. They only did encores in their very early touring days. But the way you described it doesn't sound like a traditional encore where the whole band leaves the stage, waits like 5 min, then comes back. Plus, encores are usually around 10 mins of music, 1-3 songs. Not 45mins like you got. I wonder if those extra 45min were just part of their planned regular setlist? And they were just tunning/preparing for the next 45min? They're known for playing long shows. A lot of their songs are longer than 10mins. And when they play them, they often extend solos, making those songs even longer. Seen them live 5 times, all those shows lasted around 2½ hours (actual playing time) at least. 🤷🏾♂️
Pridgen is on a whole other level. 2 hours of some of the most challenging drumming I've seen performed, and he's looking like he just warmed up. Scanning the crowd, smiling and nodding at people, and he's just gunning you down non stop.
At the Drive-In: We've wrote and mastered a new sub-genre lets go our separate ways and diverse into whatever. The Mars Volta: Welcome to the next gen of music fuckery.
what makes them them is the variety of influences. There's a part of this song that sounds like the punk band Flipper (The Rosalyn Carter bit), partly inspired by egyptian singer Oum Khalthoum who they listened to a lot, robert fripp like guitar riffs, pink floyd, jazz. It's got it all @@molagbal5313
Tell me it's over Rusbel awaits I've been to the surface And nothing is there Eyelids sank muffled In the nerve aura sound But when she awakes Will she still be with us My heart is darkclots Leap year is late How did you get here Ask all but the bait From a christ that went hissing Constricting his cells We summon by candle by book and by bell Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside of God Mirrors to the animals The sermon goes mourning Pricking it's hail Slothful the child That preys on the seed Shall behead the drough Wound under sleeves I hope you have room In a thicket of vines Give me a moment To clean what you've stole The streets will hang high Stretch ribs and let taste We'll cover the smell with silver nitrate Mending the cuts of your prosthetic faith Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside of God Mirrors to the animals Then so long Dear mnemonic Assume the form You've given me and I'll spill Now hold on Just hold my hand Say that they made you But you brought your own leash Tell me no more no Say I'm the last one Outside By the drift You read my will Of thread and itch Failure to comply As failure to decease And still you won't know everything I've built the fall Sulking drained the fall of my pale will Swarming by your steps Licking the ankles of blasphemer guilts It only meant to drape a plastic Over the stuck pig scalp of head To cover the sock where the flatline had spread The kiosk in my temporal lobe Is shaped like rosalyn carter She says my map is home again But torn face down I have only but a million blemishes To tell you all about In the end they just gagged me To make him come out Gas me the hind Of your five legged snare Tooth picks the eye But no things there Down drags your waltz Cross the alter top From a sleep that Depravation knew Trespass your form I'm void of dusk I'd ask to look But the mask stays on You'll levitate Teutonic print Cruelty is the wrath Of my instrument In the end they just gagged me To make him come out You locked the cuffs Arsenic erupts Will you drink the shadow Of my red hair You and your false Witness to God You've one in the chamber But your finger got stuck Let slip the sound Of a cry for help But all was lost On the night you walked Palms speak through eyes Serve your memory lost I contaminate with insignias In the end they just gagged me To make him come out Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside of God Mirrors to the animals Wait till it get my hands on you I won't forget a face that left me Just you wait Till I get my hands on you I can't You won't remember Unwrap my corpse And let it thaw In the eye of the needle I can't get out They'll check my wrist I'll faint a pulse I'm not the human You thought I was If you pet the night Sixth pentacle dice If you roll the seven St. michael dies They'll be no ransom Don't shut my mouth I scald the answer You're afraid of
Amo esta versión de Tetagramaron. Sencillamente espectacular, fuera de serie, extraordinario, maravilloso, sencillamente hermoso, genial. Pareciera que cayeron directamente desde más allá de los límites del Universo conocido y aterrizaron en el escenario ❤.
Saw them a few days ago, this is the rebirth of one of the greatest prog rock bands in history my friends. Hand on, hold tight, and enjoy the second go round on this ride!
I don't know how these guys do it, but they're a prog band that is sloppy sometimes, and when they are it works in such a punk rock way, they straddle the line perfectly and make both worlds work for them. It make stuff like the Tetra intro sound like its in free-time.
Thomas didn't do a very good job of a lot of the earlier stuff, he often over plays the parts and loses the bar line. But also this band was never really a "prog" band even though everyone labels them as such. They definitely come from a more punk background then most prog musicians.
I don't understand people complaining about this era, they wanted a more chaotic style as shown in boy album and love shows, it was Omar's artistic vision lol so who are we to decide it's bad
@@MrCrispCookie does he play double kick? I’m not that familiar with his playing here but he’s like a train with no breaks. He’s coming and there’s no stopping him
@@ExternusArmy He plays single kick, there's a video somewhere on RUclips where he talks about how he plays like that on a single pedal. Absolutely insane stuff
Very impressive rendition of this song. Musicianship is so strong. Its clear that Theodore did the work in the studio, his ability to support the songs was just amazing, not taking anything away from Pridgen.
Any time I did psychedelics with my good friend back in the day we would sit in my car with my system cranked up and play this song from start to finish. My favorite Volta song.. RIP buddy.
This is, for me, like watching early Santana playing a mash up of Zeppelin and Yes! I freaking love it! Sounds like HEART OF THE SUNRISE and WHOLE LOTTA LOVE at times! I hope the rest of their stuff is like this! This is the first time hearing I'm hearing them. Sad, I know, but true none the less.
Well...I look at it this way....they always say...save the best for last...so its always nice to stilk have a unique first time experience on music thats been around. I know this band for about 20 years and this song is new to me, also
@@sunyata1016 I'd argue that performances before the release of Ampertecture Cedric still sang and focused on singing well. The mid-era of Volta lead to poor live vocal performances. Adding squeaky vocals on Bedlam didn't help
@@redshiftproductions7158 he clearly fucked his voice up sometime between Frances and Amputecture, and just never said anything. It's all been downhill since.
Now I know what could have happened if Robet Plant had joined Santana Band and together they had gone to a bunch of Punk gigs and a Jazz Festival, ha-ha
This song is easily in top 5 of At The Drive In/The Mars Volta songs, the virtuosity of everyone in the band to shape the unique sound that the song has, the insane melody that gradually sinks you into nostalgic darkness and then explodes with euphoria and makes you dance like never before. It is simply brilliant.
Chris Carter He is badass and a child prodigy, but I liked their former drummer Jon Theodore way more. He's the one who actually recorded the drums to this song before he left the band, so if you like the drums they're actually Jon's beats. Luckily he's the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.
The best hard rock band of the last decade, bar none. They left Cookie Monster metal in their dust, and delivered rock that have the true reference points of Zeppelin and Sabbath. Here's to hoping they get remembered for the awesome band they are/were.
I think people are just so into it trying to understand whats going on. Its a lot of tingling info going to your brain. I feeling like that classical music has . Its cool to know these song and follow them. Not all can.
This live performance is boss. A lot of The Mars Volta live performances I find are just mixed so terribly so they can't capture the right balance of each instrument and you end up hearing a muddled mix of junk. This is pretty good.
@@gustavosalmeron2013 next gen doesn't understand rock and roll live. Some rough performances doesn't mean their talent and creatively aren't way above average.
To the people that say this was a bad audience, I saw these guys at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NY in 2010, and it was incredible, but you know what? I sat in my balcony chair, and just watched them in amazement, frozen in place. One guy tried to tell us all to get up and dance, but none of us listened, we were mesmerized by sheer talent and artistry. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. The band does not care if you are dancing, they are performing and we are there to listen.
i agree, i hate when people judge crowds. even if someone isn't a fan and just standing still they may be having a good experience still. it's just dumb. you can't tell someones experience by looking at them cuz not all people express themselves with their body. japanese crowds for example everyone just stands there and does nothing and at the end everyone claps politely
it makes me sad that pretty much all decent quality live footage we have of amputechture are without jon theodore and cedrics voice already being shot. :(
I don't know what it is, the sound engineering, the drum set, or Thomas, but I every single time he wacks the drums I can feel the strength behind every motion and I love it.
Mitch Grenke i honestly cant stand their lyrics. I felt like it was the weakest part of this band. Its ok to be abstract but shit needs to make at least some sense for me to like it. Cedric said himself none of this is meant to make any sense. Just random words vommited in a page. Anyone can do that.
"Anyone can do that". You're so wrong. Maybe lots of people think they can do it, but finding the right words that will, the words of the late Mark E Smith "put a chill up the spine" is ridiculously difficult. Just from this song alone, the list of great lines is massive. "Eyelids sank muffled in the nerve aura sound" "We summon by candle by book and by bell" "Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence" "The sermon goes mourning" "We'll cover the smell with silver nitrate" "Outside by the drift You read my will of thread and itch" "The kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like Rosalyn Carter" "Gas me the hind of your five legged snare Tooth picks the eye but nothing's there" "I'd ask to look but the mask stays on" "I contaminate with insignias" Each of those lines is great for different reasons. A lot of them have no real meaning as far as I can tell, they're just collections of words that sound good together, but you just try writing something like that.
The drumming in this song is really wild! I'd actually like to hear the intensity just pulled back a notch, in the heaviest, loudest parts anyway. I'm a big fan of TMV though.
No, they come from deep space, in a faraway galaxy of which mere mortal men cannot ever visit for the fear of disintegrating from the energy of the Mars Volta's music
I just love how Omar shakes his head at 1:17 in total disagrement with whatever it was TP just played. Granted TP is a great dummer, he just couldn't contain himself to play Jon's epic beats!
everyone calm down about his voice! If he put no passion into it and just concentrated on "hitting the right notes" the energy and passion would be gone. TMV is the GOAT! (greatest of all time)
Honestly I'm shocked i found this randomly looking up yhwhs real pronoucation may you take heed and do not speak the real way it is said if you didn't know may it be forgiven. This stuff sounds like rush. I like rush honestly this is amazing and reminds me of my stuff I honestly am from 1987 and I started playing at 16 and started developing some skill at 18 by 21 I was recording and placing on RUclips. If your curious I have over 100 songs. Not trying to ad just was shocked this was in existence. They say punk but I'm sure it's like metal with amazing screams before wolfmother had their share in the game I want more of this band to be honest these folks rock. Cheered me up.
I really dont get it why is everybody complaining about the vocals... they are amazing and creating an atmosphere that is Cedric's signature. If you will go on and search precisely for wrong or false notes you will find em for sure, but if you will let yourself flow with the whole music you will get an amazing experience.. let your stereotypes go people
I'm not sure the world will ever be ready for this band..I love it...I'm hearing several reminders of other bands...I'm even hearing King Crimson for some reason...Zepplin.....Or Plant or something...I fucking love it.......
He has talent. He has speed. But will NEVER EVER be a better drummer than Jon Theodore. He knew as a drummer that you can do so much MORE with LESS. Jon is still the best drummer TMV ever had and will have. Even Omar said one of their biggest mistake was letting him go.
Can't agree with this more. This level of technicality is just unnecessary and kinda gets old after a while. You wanna save the shredding till the end.
@Hooked On Chronics Yes but I think that, while Jon Theodore probably could play Pridgens Parts pretty equally, Thomas Pridgen never quite caught the sheer groove that Theodore had in his Songs
I agree. Thomas is more like Keith Moon (and I love Keith Moon), but Jon is more like Phil Collins or Vinnie Coliuta, in that he can make a ridiculously complex time signature sound simple and danceable.
@@kappalauzius1273ah you on drugs lmao Thomas is light years better ahead of Jon and he was at 16 years old tbh!! Lol we not gonna be delusional bruv… 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
I hate hate hate the way Thomas Prigeon takes a song like this that's so delicately balanced and smears the Bedlam in Goliath drum approach all over it. Granted Octahedron hadn't come out yet, but that's the record where TP really shows that he's capable of arranging drums that work for the song, which is what everyone misses about how Jon Theodore played these old songs. And what's worse is it's not even his fault, Omar told him to play that way until Octahedron when he decided all the instruments needed to take a more straight forward approach.
+Jerry Rose When I hear people talk about Thomas ruining Mars Volta songs, It makes me wonder. Really. You know when you're listening to Meccamputecture and Bedlam and your brain is jumping around wildly doing back flips and bouncing from the walls? You can thank Thomas in a large part for that. Why would you want someone to hold themselves back in such a way when you would never have had such unique experiences as those album without the members of the band doing what they do best? all of them. shame on you.
The Tetragrammaton refers to the "true" name of God given in Jewish (and then later Christian) scripture. It is named such because the name is represented by 4 Hebrew characters. In English the most common representation is YHWH- from which we get "Yahweh."
una obra maestra del progresivo! TMV ya tiene un lugar especial en las paginas del artRock... veamos cómo suena el materia de este año, segun palabras del mismo cedric no habrá bateria zumando por los oidos como un mosquito, ni canciones de 20 min... será punk del futuro. Veamos q nos tiene preparado Omar :)
I don't know how anyone can point out something wrong with this performance. keeping up with tempo is not a drummers' task, it is everyone's. besides, everytime they nail it getting back "in the tune" together and the guys are having so much fun, you can tell that by their expressions. chill out and enjoy, bitch!
I agree that Thomas did overdo the drumming but that groove at 12:16 is pretty fucking cool! Altho he may have some drummer tourettes I still have huge respect for the guy. So much talent! And also, I will agree that this was an off night for Cedric :/ he still sounded pretty good tho. Huge respect for him as well!
Pridgen won the Guitar Center Drum-Off at age 9 and at age 10 was the youngest recipient for a Zildjian endorsement in the nearly 400 year history of the company.He was also the recipient of a 4 year scholarship to BerkleeCollege of Music in 1999 at the age of 15; he was the youngest musician to ever receive this scholarship..To make it short-when it comes to drumming,Thomas Pridgen is God
4:57 through 5:11. EPIC. From Omars note bending, to TP's fill in slam at 5:02, to the bands come back with the accents leading into Ced's vocals. Hardcore pure musical strength.
I love how every three to four minutes, a bunch of the crowd starts clapping like the song is going to end. But no. This is Tetragrammaton. This song never ends.
lol
The song never ends.
It's also jazz! In between masterful music sections, the audience claps! Just like a brilliant improvised section from a jazz band ;)
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Bahahah. Too true
A lot of people say Pridgen overplayed but I think he fit this era perfectly. Bedlam was basically brutal prog and Thomas brought his free jazz/improv influence upfront in the live performances
I couldn't agree more my friend!
@@ExMeroMotu91aa1aq1a11aa11a1qaqaaa11qqqa
Exactly! That's exactly what Omar was looking for in this era for TMV and Thomas conveyed it perfectly
Exactly, he simply did what he was being asked to do (and pulled it off very well). He’s actually a more versatile drummer than what many people gave him credit for, I think.
Be a lot cooler if he played in time, though. Juan was fighting for his life up there.
the guy with the maracas is killing it
@aimiarc the guy with the maracas's name is Marcel Rodriguez Lopez.. he is Omar's brother..
That’s Marcel, alright. Omar’s baby brother and percussionist.
De lejos el más virtuoso XD
Dude he’s crushing the maracas. I can’t hear him at all but I’m sure it’d be grooving if I could.
@@ExternusArmymaracas aren’t an instrument. Maracas are a lifestyle.
Cedric may be a hit or miss live, but the guy is still such an excellent singer. Not only he writes the craziest lyrics, but also some of the best vocal melodies in rock.
Yeah he's definitely rough around the edges when he tries to sing high notes. It's not that he can't hit the high notes, it's just that he doesn't hit them consistently and the distortion effects can exaggerate the sound of missed note. That and he was probably high as fuck.
lets admit it, hes terrible here
This is such a hard sound to reproduce live. So much love for these guys.
He's using a mic that changes his pitch
@@colbymarks8887 pretty sure hes talking about all the other shit like the guitar, percussion, all that yknow
@@colbymarks8887 it doesn't change his pitch, it's just an effect, he sings those notes himself
@@colbymarks8887 you're confusing a normal chorus effect with autotune and pitch shifting
I saw them perform live at Cains Ballroom in Tulsa, OK. They went for damn near 3 hours and the crowd is livid yelling for an encore. Cedric and Omar look at each other, then look at the drummer. I shit you not Thomas Pridgen hits a solo and ramps it all the way up; we got a 45min encore :)
Holy shit I would’ve loved to see that I’m from Tulsa. Do you remember when you saw them?
@@myrajoyce783 Man, it had to be like 5-7 years ago? Not 100% sure, it's been a LONG-TIME. The second time it was a smaller group on stage and the crowd had some dick heads. Someone threw a water bottle on stage and left almost instantly after that. Don't blame them.
WOW, consider yourself lucky to have seen a TMV encore. They only did encores in their very early touring days. But the way you described it doesn't sound like a traditional encore where the whole band leaves the stage, waits like 5 min, then comes back. Plus, encores are usually around 10 mins of music, 1-3 songs. Not 45mins like you got.
I wonder if those extra 45min were just part of their planned regular setlist? And they were just tunning/preparing for the next 45min? They're known for playing long shows. A lot of their songs are longer than 10mins. And when they play them, they often extend solos, making those songs even longer. Seen them live 5 times, all those shows lasted around 2½ hours (actual playing time) at least. 🤷🏾♂️
Pridgen is on a whole other level. 2 hours of some of the most challenging drumming I've seen performed, and he's looking like he just warmed up. Scanning the crowd, smiling and nodding at people, and he's just gunning you down non stop.
Finest rock band of our generation.
At the Drive-In: We've wrote and mastered a new sub-genre lets go our separate ways and diverse into whatever.
The Mars Volta: Welcome to the next gen of music fuckery.
Music fuckery haha brilliant
They are basically a King Krimson offspring in terms of their prowess for experimental fusion of different genres.
what makes them them is the variety of influences. There's a part of this song that sounds like the punk band Flipper (The Rosalyn Carter bit), partly inspired by egyptian singer Oum Khalthoum who they listened to a lot, robert fripp like guitar riffs, pink floyd, jazz. It's got it all @@molagbal5313
I still remember messaging my friend, THE MARS VOLTA ARE EVEN BETTER THAN ATDI!
does anyone else notice, how badass the bass player is?!...#Juan'sabeast
isaac del valle he's the fucking super glue of the Mars Volta!!
Thats Juan Alderete. Check out his 80s stuff. Class act, my friend.
He was recently in an accident and was put into a coma, hoping he will make a full recovery.
Yesssss
Juan was a legend
Tell me it's over
Rusbel awaits
I've been to the surface
And nothing is there
Eyelids sank muffled
In the nerve aura sound
But when she awakes
Will she still be with us
My heart is darkclots
Leap year is late
How did you get here
Ask all but the bait
From a christ that went hissing
Constricting his cells
We summon by candle by book and by bell
Glossolalia coats my skin
Glycerin and turbulence
Stuffed the voice inside of God
Mirrors to the animals
The sermon goes mourning
Pricking it's hail
Slothful the child
That preys on the seed
Shall behead the drough
Wound under sleeves
I hope you have room
In a thicket of vines
Give me a moment
To clean what you've stole
The streets will hang high
Stretch ribs and let taste
We'll cover the smell with silver nitrate
Mending the cuts of your prosthetic faith
Glossolalia coats my skin
Glycerin and turbulence
Stuffed the voice inside of God
Mirrors to the animals
Then so long
Dear mnemonic
Assume the form
You've given me and I'll spill
Now hold on
Just hold my hand
Say that they made you
But you brought your own leash
Tell me no more no
Say I'm the last one
Outside
By the drift
You read my will
Of thread and itch
Failure to comply
As failure to decease
And still you won't know everything
I've built the fall
Sulking drained the fall of my pale will
Swarming by your steps
Licking the ankles of blasphemer guilts
It only meant to drape a plastic
Over the stuck pig scalp of head
To cover the sock where the flatline had spread
The kiosk in my temporal lobe
Is shaped like rosalyn carter
She says my map is home again
But torn face down
I have only but a million blemishes
To tell you all about
In the end they just gagged me
To make him come out
Gas me the hind
Of your five legged snare
Tooth picks the eye
But no things there
Down drags your waltz
Cross the alter top
From a sleep that
Depravation knew
Trespass your form
I'm void of dusk
I'd ask to look
But the mask stays on
You'll levitate
Teutonic print
Cruelty is the wrath
Of my instrument
In the end they just gagged me
To make him come out
You locked the cuffs
Arsenic erupts
Will you drink the shadow
Of my red hair
You and your false
Witness to God
You've one in the chamber
But your finger got stuck
Let slip the sound
Of a cry for help
But all was lost
On the night you walked
Palms speak through eyes
Serve your memory lost
I contaminate with insignias
In the end they just gagged me
To make him come out
Glossolalia coats my skin
Glycerin and turbulence
Stuffed the voice inside of God
Mirrors to the animals
Wait till it get my hands on you
I won't forget a face that left me
Just you wait
Till I get my hands on you
I can't
You won't remember
Unwrap my corpse
And let it thaw
In the eye of the needle
I can't get out
They'll check my wrist
I'll faint a pulse
I'm not the human
You thought I was
If you pet the night
Sixth pentacle dice
If you roll the seven
St. michael dies
They'll be no ransom
Don't shut my mouth
I scald the answer
You're afraid of
Amo esta versión de Tetagramaron. Sencillamente espectacular, fuera de serie, extraordinario, maravilloso, sencillamente hermoso, genial. Pareciera que cayeron directamente desde más allá de los límites del Universo conocido y aterrizaron en el escenario ❤.
Mars volta will be missed...Thank goodness for these recordings, wish everyone of you guys the best...thankful for that you guys have done.
They are baaaaaaack!!!
I'm so glad this isn't true anymore and I get to see them in two weeks
First show back is tonight!!!
@@FlyingPirahna1 lucky you!
Saw them a few days ago, this is the rebirth of one of the greatest prog rock bands in history my friends. Hand on, hold tight, and enjoy the second go round on this ride!
2021, I'm still listening them
Nostalgia
Vivir
This just in
2021, I’m just discovering them.
Bet ya feel very unique :)
We got the whole damn gang here!
Cedric, Omar, Juan, Ikey, Adrian, Thomas, Marcel... man, this was classic Volta!
who ever thought a bunch of latino indie virtuoso musicians would be the ones to bring back the afro!?!? haha they're so talented
I don't know how these guys do it, but they're a prog band that is sloppy sometimes, and when they are it works in such a punk rock way, they straddle the line perfectly and make both worlds work for them. It make stuff like the Tetra intro sound like its in free-time.
+Sure Umm
I think with them, groove and feeling were more important (or as important) as the technical aspects
The drummer actually fucked the into. How can you not hear that lol? He’s badly out of time and you can see Omar shake his head in disappointment.
Thomas didn't do a very good job of a lot of the earlier stuff, he often over plays the parts and loses the bar line. But also this band was never really a "prog" band even though everyone labels them as such. They definitely come from a more punk background then most prog musicians.
@@boogabuga7657 If TMV isn't a prog band then prog doesn't exist
I don't understand people complaining about this era, they wanted a more chaotic style as shown in boy album and love shows, it was Omar's artistic vision lol so who are we to decide it's bad
thomas pridgen monstro sagrado na bateria! inacreditável!!!
This band is on another level than most music today.
10 years later and this is still true
@@milkmeapollo9048 FR
Those drums man, insane sound. I can’t stress enough about how difficult this is to play on drums, coming from a drummer.
Thomas Pridgen is crazy. I saw them live and dude, recordings don't do this man justice. The way he plays the kick drum, relentless
I agree
Both Pridgen and Theodore are insanely good
@@MrCrispCookie does he play double kick? I’m not that familiar with his playing here but he’s like a train with no breaks. He’s coming and there’s no stopping him
@@ExternusArmy He plays single kick, there's a video somewhere on RUclips where he talks about how he plays like that on a single pedal. Absolutely insane stuff
Think that's obvious to non-drummers too
Very impressive rendition of this song. Musicianship is so strong.
Its clear that Theodore did the work in the studio, his ability to support the songs was just amazing, not taking anything away from Pridgen.
Any time I did psychedelics with my good friend back in the day we would sit in my car with my system cranked up and play this song from start to finish. My favorite Volta song.. RIP buddy.
This is, for me, like watching early Santana playing a mash up of Zeppelin and Yes! I freaking love it! Sounds like HEART OF THE SUNRISE and WHOLE LOTTA LOVE at times! I hope the rest of their stuff is like this! This is the first time hearing I'm hearing them. Sad, I know, but true none the less.
Well...I look at it this way....they always say...save the best for last...so its always nice to stilk have a unique first time experience on music thats been around. I know this band for about 20 years and this song is new to me, also
Better late than never, I always say! Looks like you've got some catching up to do. 😉
Dude I hope you checked out their discography since this comment. If you like this you’re gonna love the rest of their stuff as well
@@blairhicks7129 i have not, but i will! Thanks for the heads up! Always looking to find great music! ✌
Totally got that, Jon Anderson vocals, just amazing! My oldest daughter introduced me to this band, holy shit, loving them
This has got to be the most bad ass Mars Volta song
I can't get enough of this concert! How wonderful would things be if our friends and neighbors loved their music! Ha ha! Good!
How beautiful music can be AND unpredictable. Awesome set.
Cedric plays two instruments live:
His vocals
and his FANTASTIC BODY MOTIONS LIKE HOT DAMN GURL
What vocals lol....he cant sing for shit live...and im probably the biggest mars volta fan...but i have to be truthful...there just a studio band
@@sunyata1016 I'd argue that performances before the release of Ampertecture Cedric still sang and focused on singing well. The mid-era of Volta lead to poor live vocal performances. Adding squeaky vocals on Bedlam didn't help
His afro is another third instrument
@@redshiftproductions7158 he clearly fucked his voice up sometime between Frances and Amputecture, and just never said anything. It's all been downhill since.
I always thought Cedric should have maracas live so they would be playing the rythmn of his dancing.
Now I know what could have happened if Robet Plant had joined Santana Band and together they had gone to a bunch of Punk gigs and a Jazz Festival, ha-ha
And got themselves the duracell bunny on drums...
@@frankyeichler3303 Energizer* but yeah pretty much lol.
Kazuya in Germany we call it the Duracell bunny, my bad
@@frankyeichler3303 they're two different things tbh
This song is easily in top 5 of At The Drive In/The Mars Volta songs, the virtuosity of everyone in the band to shape the unique sound that the song has, the insane melody that gradually sinks you into nostalgic darkness and then explodes with euphoria and makes you dance like never before. It is simply brilliant.
I listen to it once a day (not on purpose, I always just happen to), I cannot imagine I'll ever get bored of it
that drummers fucking sick!!!
Chris Carter looks like a certain football player turned wrestler
i always come back to check if my "Like" on your comment is still there. Thomas Pridgen is a beast.
Chris Carter He is badass and a child prodigy, but I liked their former drummer Jon Theodore way more. He's the one who actually recorded the drums to this song before he left the band, so if you like the drums they're actually Jon's beats. Luckily he's the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.
The best hard rock band of the last decade, bar none. They left Cookie Monster metal in their dust, and delivered rock that have the true reference points of Zeppelin and Sabbath. Here's to hoping they get remembered for the awesome band they are/were.
I love that out of this lame crowd you can spot the few hardcore volta fans
Love that huh.
i lol'd
I think people are just so into it trying to understand whats going on. Its a lot of tingling info going to your brain. I feeling like that classical music has . Its cool to know these song and follow them. Not all can.
Let em enjoy the music
I like to imagine everyone in that audience just had a spiritual awakening of some sort.
This live performance is boss. A lot of The Mars Volta live performances I find are just mixed so terribly so they can't capture the right balance of each instrument and you end up hearing a muddled mix of junk. This is pretty good.
10 years later...
It is just too chaotic, It must be hell to mix so many stuff happening at the same time.
Not to mention Cedric's horrible vocals
@@brandonharris9160 horrible voz? Vos podrías cantar mejor que el? O a lo sumo como el? Es pura envidia lo tuyo.
@@brandonharris9160 how is his vocals bad lmaooo
@@gustavosalmeron2013 next gen doesn't understand rock and roll live. Some rough performances doesn't mean their talent and creatively aren't way above average.
greatest living guitarist co-fronting one of the best bands of all time performing their finest song. can't wait to see them live.
To the people that say this was a bad audience, I saw these guys at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NY in 2010, and it was incredible, but you know what? I sat in my balcony chair, and just watched them in amazement, frozen in place. One guy tried to tell us all to get up and dance, but none of us listened, we were mesmerized by sheer talent and artistry. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. The band does not care if you are dancing, they are performing and we are there to listen.
Gay
i agree, i hate when people judge crowds. even if someone isn't a fan and just standing still they may be having a good experience still. it's just dumb. you can't tell someones experience by looking at them cuz not all people express themselves with their body. japanese crowds for example everyone just stands there and does nothing and at the end everyone claps politely
1:13 Thomas pifia todos los golpes y el gesto y la cara que le hace Omar son gloriosas!
THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME
This might be the greatest song ever made.
Sick as fuck. one of my favorite mars volta songs! just omar and Cedric in at the drive in. show was sick as hell. can't wait till mars volta reunion
Tony Tony Tone it will sell out immediately and I can't wait. They are insane
Still waiting
@@victorfelixcpsr Might not happen now that Ikey Owens is gone.
Well, good news then
Miss you, guys! This music blowed my mind for years
Thank God music like this exists... .
it makes me sad that pretty much all decent quality live footage we have of amputechture are without jon theodore and cedrics voice already being shot. :(
@5:53 the crowd thought the song was over! Lol 😂😂 not even half way!
I don't know what it is, the sound engineering, the drum set, or Thomas, but I every single time he wacks the drums I can feel the strength behind every motion and I love it.
Coming from a drummer, all of the above lol. Drums are also loud AF when we play that way. Amps up to 10... or 11 hehe.
The kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like Rosalyn Carter.
+Mitch Grenke every time
Mine too...it can't be a coincidence that all four of us have it...
I'll have what he's having
Mitch Grenke i honestly cant stand their lyrics. I felt like it was the weakest part of this band. Its ok to be abstract but shit needs to make at least some sense for me to like it. Cedric said himself none of this is meant to make any sense. Just random words vommited in a page. Anyone can do that.
"Anyone can do that". You're so wrong. Maybe lots of people think they can do it, but finding the right words that will, the words of the late Mark E Smith "put a chill up the spine" is ridiculously difficult. Just from this song alone, the list of great lines is massive.
"Eyelids sank muffled in the nerve aura sound"
"We summon by candle by book and by bell"
"Glossolalia coats my skin
Glycerin and turbulence"
"The sermon goes mourning"
"We'll cover the smell with silver nitrate"
"Outside by the drift
You read my will of thread and itch"
"The kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like Rosalyn Carter"
"Gas me the hind of your five legged snare
Tooth picks the eye but nothing's there"
"I'd ask to look but the mask stays on"
"I contaminate with insignias"
Each of those lines is great for different reasons. A lot of them have no real meaning as far as I can tell, they're just collections of words that sound good together, but you just try writing something like that.
They were the Van Der Graaf Generator of our time....
+Maxwell Montgomery i was just thinking the same.van der graaf generator,favourite band all time.
@@generator6808 ..Peter Hammill was never out of tune! its ok the guy create is own style!
The drumming in this song is really wild! I'd actually like to hear the intensity just pulled back a notch, in the heaviest, loudest parts anyway. I'm a big fan of TMV though.
Honestly the best Mars Volta comment on youtube.
@seantyler Thomas feels the groove too. He just feels it in a way most people can't comprehend.
wow just wow this song is amazing live? what disbelief Omar and Cedric were amazing !!! this album is my favorite
rip ikey owens
2024 still sounds 20 years ahead of its time.
Honestly, is this the best song ever written?
10:01 my favorite part when cedric starts singing again - love it
CTFU I wish the album version also ended with a "YAHOOoOOoo"
Me too
Juan is so fucking solid holy shit. Underrated anchor for the band
Battles, mars volta, Animals as leaders !!... Breakfast, lunch and dinner for my ears and my brain \M/
uno de los mejores temas del mundoooo!!
Pridgen plays so much more chaotically than Theodore lol. Certainly a different way of playing this song.
No, they come from deep space, in a faraway galaxy of which mere mortal men cannot ever visit for the fear of disintegrating from the energy of the Mars Volta's music
This live set Is the only reason I still use yahoo.
I just love how Omar shakes his head at 1:17 in total disagrement with whatever it was TP just played. Granted TP is a great dummer, he just couldn't contain himself to play Jon's epic beats!
Could be the greatest intro to any song ever? Idk.....
fantastic drum works... the only mathrock energetic performer at mainstream culture popular... i love this band since...
VIVA MEXICO!!!!!
Yo pensaba que sistem of down tenía adrenalina! ! . Esto es como una tormenta eléctrica cayendo sobre mi con sus rayos y truenos !Y relámpagos! !!!!
Gustavo Rodriguez ve la versión de Cicatriz en Tokio, la transmitió MTZ, hasta la piel se te pone chinita.
These are the kinds of groups I'd sit on a chair or a sofa while listening in a concert... and I'll become numb and ecstasic.
I watch this several years later with a cup of tea and a cheeky pour of whisky in said tea.
everyone calm down about his voice! If he put no passion into it and just concentrated on "hitting the right notes" the energy and passion would be gone. TMV is the GOAT! (greatest of all time)
muy king crimson el tema, esta bien bueno el tema...
Se escucha harta influencia de Crimson, pero lo encuentro sonando mas a Yes
No comparen a ninguna de las 3
I bet a majority of those people didn't know this song is like 15 mins long of awesomeness
2022 THE MARS VOLTA TOUR!
Jon theodore el único capaz de tocar el intro de esta canción.
1:12 ahi falla Pridgen por querer tocar tanto firulete y Omar gesticula una cara de ojete insuperable. Al poco tiempo lo rajaron de la banda al grone.
@@Francisco_DeAguirre jajajaja sí y todavía menea la cabeza en señal de desaprobación como diciendo "la peíste"
Honestly I'm shocked i found this randomly looking up yhwhs real pronoucation may you take heed and do not speak the real way it is said if you didn't know may it be forgiven.
This stuff sounds like rush. I like rush honestly this is amazing and reminds me of my stuff I honestly am from 1987 and I started playing at 16 and started developing some skill at 18 by 21 I was recording and placing on RUclips. If your curious I have over 100 songs.
Not trying to ad just was shocked this was in existence. They say punk but I'm sure it's like metal with amazing screams before wolfmother had their share in the game I want more of this band to be honest these folks rock. Cheered me up.
I really dont get it why is everybody complaining about the vocals... they are amazing and creating an atmosphere that is Cedric's signature. If you will go on and search precisely for wrong or false notes you will find em for sure, but if you will let yourself flow with the whole music you will get an amazing experience.. let your stereotypes go people
I'm not sure the world will ever be ready for this band..I love it...I'm hearing several reminders of other bands...I'm even hearing King Crimson for some reason...Zepplin.....Or Plant or something...I fucking love it.......
8:00 - 10:30 includes some of the most incredible grooves i have EVER heard :D
He has talent. He has speed. But will NEVER EVER be a better drummer than Jon Theodore.
He knew as a drummer that you can do so much MORE with LESS.
Jon is still the best drummer TMV ever had and will have.
Even Omar said one of their biggest mistake was letting him go.
Can't agree with this more. This level of technicality is just unnecessary and kinda gets old after a while. You wanna save the shredding till the end.
@Hooked On Chronics Yes but I think that, while Jon Theodore probably could play Pridgens Parts pretty equally, Thomas Pridgen never quite caught the sheer groove that Theodore had in his Songs
Lol no Thomas is way better
I agree. Thomas is more like Keith Moon (and I love Keith Moon), but Jon is more like Phil Collins or Vinnie Coliuta, in that he can make a ridiculously complex time signature sound simple and danceable.
@@kappalauzius1273ah you on drugs lmao Thomas is light years better ahead of Jon and he was at 16 years old tbh!! Lol
we not gonna be delusional bruv… 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
thomas pridgen is suchhhh a monster on the kit. WOW. 🤯
I miss this band
I hate hate hate the way Thomas Prigeon takes a song like this that's so delicately balanced and smears the Bedlam in Goliath drum approach all over it. Granted Octahedron hadn't come out yet, but that's the record where TP really shows that he's capable of arranging drums that work for the song, which is what everyone misses about how Jon Theodore played these old songs. And what's worse is it's not even his fault, Omar told him to play that way until Octahedron when he decided all the instruments needed to take a more straight forward approach.
+Jerry Rose When I hear people talk about Thomas ruining Mars Volta songs, It makes me wonder. Really. You know when you're listening to Meccamputecture and Bedlam and your brain is jumping around wildly doing back flips and bouncing from the walls? You can thank Thomas in a large part for that. Why would you want someone to hold themselves back in such a way when you would never have had such unique experiences as those album without the members of the band doing what they do best? all of them. shame on you.
As a prog rock snob. This comment is wrong.
The Tetragrammaton refers to the "true" name of God given in Jewish (and then later Christian) scripture. It is named such because the name is represented by 4 Hebrew characters. In English the most common representation is YHWH- from which we get "Yahweh."
Ye Ho Vah
Those 4 letters are an abbreviation, not a word. Anyone trying to translate the abbreviation, when nobody knows the long form, is an idiot.
where is the kabala of this work. i wonder, really. what r you think, is it an evil work or really godly?(sorry for my english)
I love how pridgen is going wild, omar and cedric are just flopping everywhere dancing, and the rest are just standing there playing their instruments
Giving me the spirit of Zappa. To bad they stopped. Love U`r music :)
una obra maestra del progresivo! TMV ya tiene un lugar especial en las paginas del artRock... veamos cómo suena el materia de este año, segun palabras del mismo cedric no habrá bateria zumando por los oidos como un mosquito, ni canciones de 20 min... será punk del futuro. Veamos q nos tiene preparado Omar :)
I don't know how anyone can point out something wrong with this performance. keeping up with tempo is not a drummers' task, it is everyone's. besides, everytime they nail it getting back "in the tune" together and the guys are having so much fun, you can tell that by their expressions. chill out and enjoy, bitch!
yeah its not supposed to be perfect they said it themselves its not for your plesure but for the energy they feel while performing
that dude on 2:34, he is like a member of TMV for me already. That says how many times I watched that video )
2022, here we go❗️
I agree that Thomas did overdo the drumming but that groove at 12:16 is pretty fucking cool! Altho he may have some drummer tourettes I still have huge respect for the guy. So much talent! And also, I will agree that this was an off night for Cedric :/ he still sounded pretty good tho. Huge respect for him as well!
Gotta be honest that's the one part where I feel he was way too overbearing
Pridgen won the Guitar Center Drum-Off at age 9 and at age 10 was the youngest recipient for a Zildjian endorsement in the nearly 400 year history of the company.He was also the recipient of a 4 year scholarship to BerkleeCollege of Music in 1999 at the age of 15; he was the youngest musician to ever receive this scholarship..To make it short-when it comes to drumming,Thomas Pridgen is God
watching this the 2nd time around I chose to only watch the auxiliary percussionist. it was like a whole new show. my life was never the same.
2022 still rocking to it
Pridge just doing the absolute most
I like more how Jon Theodore played this song, in fact I like more how Jon Theodore plays
Wow that drummer
The Mars Volta en su Prime eran otra cosa!
The intro is very Mahavishnu Like
YES!!
It's "Dance of the Maya" - everybody rips off "dance of the maya"
Kaden Daniels yes!!!!!!!!!
I have always thought that the intro was a Close to the edge rip off (In a good way)
@@cabezadehuevo3117 yes, good point! It's just missing the 'ahhhhhhh' vocal breaks!
I love how Omar is looking at Thomas like bro you are so off the beat right now it’s not even funny .
He was gospel shedding the time he was actually always right at the 1 oddly which is most important
@@utubedestroysmytime not always on 1 either. Especially in the bridge towards the end. I mean he’s still crushing it
4:57 through 5:11. EPIC. From Omars note bending, to TP's fill in slam at 5:02, to the bands come back with the accents leading into Ced's vocals. Hardcore pure musical strength.
the audience has clearly never been to a mars volta gig before.
fights, long waits, weed smell. adds character.
Too bad this never got performed live with Theodore