A friend had this play at his wifes funeral. They had found each other and were this perfect match. It was a such a joy to see them together. One night he went to bed while she was watching TV, he woke up and she wasn't in bed. He went in the living room and found her stone dead. It broke him, naturally. When this played at the funeral we all cried, and I can't hear it without thinking of them now.
I Love this song so much. I played the song at my wife's funeral. She died from stage 4 cancer 4 years ago. We were married for 37 years. So every time I hear it, it crushes me. RIP SCHATZI 😢💔🙏✝️
Fun fact: Shaun Morgan is the reason Amy wrote the Evanescence song "Call Me When You're Sober." She was dating him at the time of this video and his drinking destroyed their relationship. It is said that when Shaun heard the song mentioned above that he checked into rehab that day.
Sean was going through a very tough time at that point, his brother had "commited" 😢 during the finding beauty in negative spaces cycle right infront of him. And he self medicated
Their first couple of albums were almost perfection but they definitely fell off. They do have a new song that sounds a lot like it's from the old albums.
@@biglock A lot of those mid to late 2000s bands were like that. They would thrown an amazing album at us and then just kinda...go to work like the rest of us?
If you think she’s never heard this song before this then I have some magic beans you should buy. It’s marketing. Every song she films herself watch she’s seen before.
The harmonies in this song make me feel things. Like, seriously, just the harmonies. It's not the lyrics, it's just the sound of those voices together. God it's good.
Thank you. I feel the same way. The harmonies have stuck with me since I first listened to this song. I don’t listen often to this song, but when I do, I get full body chills.
Every time that I hear Amy Lee, I remember a comment on a video of her in this channel, saying that she could harmonize with a lawnmower and it would be just amazing 😂
Not even 2 minutes in and Elizabeth is having exactly the reaction I hoped for. I knew she would love this song. It is by far one of my all time favorite go to I feel sad songs. So glad she saw many of us suggesting this song :D
According to Songfacts: "The idea was to write a song that if I could play it to him, that it would make him feel better. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to play it for him. So it was written just before, like a couple of weeks prior to him dying." I find that even more heartbreaking, if that's possible. Hearing his hopeful and supportive lyrics, knowing his brother never got to hear it
One thing I notice is in the chorus they flip their vocal roles. The first half Amy will provide a resolving note while Shaun keeps tension with a harmony and the second half they'll switch. Beautiful.
Country singer here. Grew up on seether. Loved the deeper tone Shaun has. Certainly one of my influences. Absolutely incredible band that doesn’t get talked about. Got to see them live in 2022. So good ! Lovely break down. Fun to hear songs I grew up on explained by a professional. Thanks !
It's so easy to forget how good and impactful a song can be after you've heard it hundreds of times. That's one of the reason I love reaction videos, especially when you have people who actually know what they're talking about. It's the closest you can get to hearing a song again for the first time and get some good analysis at the same time.
Exactly. Seeing her and a few other reactors get to know metal for the first time felt like me when I was pretty much a kid entering this new amazing world. It is such a joyful experience
As a very young teenager, this song was on repeat almost every day. On my CD player 😅 You’re so lucky to be able to experience this for the first time. Enjoy 🖤
Us Millennials are a strange group. We got to see the before AND after, of growing up in a rapidly evolving & violent world, & this song really encapsulates what was left of that “before” time. This was just before it all really started to change, music included. It’s so nostalgic. 💔
@@CC_Babblecockmillennials and the first gen z’s were in that weird transition. I remember owning a cd player and an mp3 player lol. I had my first social media experience when fb and myspace were battling against each other.
I quite literally couldn't tell anyone how many times I've listened/watched "Broken". Not even a ballpark. So, it's very refreshing to see Elizabeth react to this song so viscerally.
Saw Seether play an all acoustic set at my college in Western PA, and it was right before they recorded their all acoustic album One Cold Night. The emotion of his live performance was unbelievable. You could've poured everyone into a paper cup we just melted like Elizabeth did. Highly underrated band.
Im here for a Seether deep dive. Saw them supporting Staind about 15 years ago in Sheffield and have been hooked since. Such an incrddible band. The Gift would be an amazing reaction.
Amy Lee is credited for the string arrangement. You definitely hear grunge influence in Shaun"s voice. They were kind of lumped in with the new metal genre but are also considered post grunge. Post Grunge is basically a style that had a lot of the elements of grunge but a much higher production quality and a more radio ready sound and subject matter
22:16 to 22:19 in the video... that's it! That welling of emotion that we caught in Elizabeth's face, the tearing in her eyes, the half-cry, half-chuckle, the lump that is all but visible in her throat. THAT... is the greatest compliment a piece of music can receive. And yeah, I was at the same intensity of emotion at that very same place in the music.
Hey Elizabeth! The guitar effect played at (5:38) is known as a "Tremolo." It is a fun effect that rhythmically changes the volume of the guitar signal (not the pitch). You can mimic this effect, without having the proper effect, by moving the volume knob up and down at a rapid pace on an amp. Keep up the good work, I love your content!
I saw Seether and Evanescence live at an outdoor concert overlooking Okanagan Lake in Kelowna BC. They sang this song together live and it was just as good live.
Amy is at the top of my list of best female rock singers. Her voice is phenomenal. I saw Evanescence in concert last year and it was probably the best live show I've ever been to. Her voice is outstanding live. When she sang My Immortal by the end of the song I was sobbing. So emotional and powerful.
Hell yeah, Seether is often left out of the conversation about top tier grunge / rock bands, but they've been in my top 5 forever... Their acoustic recordings are phenomenal too!
Probably because they weren’t part of the Grunge Era. They didn’t release their first album until several years after Soundgarden broke up (1997). They were more part of the Post-Grunge Era - basically “grunge with cleaner vocals and guitars.”
Seether is definitely not "in the conversation about top tier grunge" because they came after that era. They're very comfortably in the later end of the "post-grunge" genre, which was basically simultaneous to nu-metal. However bands like Bush, Live, Silverchair, of course Foo Fighters, Collective Soul, and Candlebox are probably the foundations of "post-grunge", with additional highlights from bands like Creed and early Nickleback (can't stand them, but Leader of Men is a great song, and the first Creed album is proper excellent). Anyway.
@@DefyReality-ll2cg Do you think it didn’t start until Bleach was released, too? Because if you do believe that, you still have Chris Cornell to thank.
I love that you mentioned the emotional impact! This song invokes tears no matter what mood I'm in. It demands the tears be pulled out of me. I LOVE IT!
This is the reworked version, to include Amy Lee, which was released for the 2004 Punisher movie. The original was released in 2002. Morgan wrote the song about the breakup of his marriage and family, after his wife chose to remain in South Africa with their daughter rather than accompany him to live in the United States.
I swear.....EVERY time I hear Amy Lee start to sing (any song) she brings me almost to tears. I. LOVE. Her. Voice. And she reminds me alot of my daughters voice. She was an all-state selection as a Jr and Sr in high school. She sang a solo in their Christmas concert (Little Drummer Boy) and I swear half the audience (yes ME included) got teary. Wow. Amazing voice. Also, her harmonies with Sean are amazing!! Great duo there.
I remember hearin this live many years ago at an Evanescence concert in Vienna. Sether was the pre-show and this song was part of their set. So Amy came on stage, half prepared for her own show in sweatpants and with half her makeup to sit down with a piano and perform this with them...magical stuff 😍
The thing that always stood out to me about this song is the dichotomy. Shaun is so raw, gritty and almost unrefined sounding. While Amy is so clean and beautiful and technical. Its like dark and light harmonizing. Its beautiful!
Amy and Shaun, both, individually sound absolutely amazing. When they get together and harmonize, they become so powerful that they could very likely literally move mountains!
I must commend you and your channel you do such a great job and I truly don't believe any of these channels listen to a song for the very first time kind of hard to believe but you definitely give that off your emotions and your mannerisms and your knowledge all come shining through oh and by the way Seether is off the charts fantastic and Amy Lee is truly Amy Lee🎉🎉🎉
Amy Lee is the only person that could make me fall in love just from the sound of her voice. It has a unique beauty to it. I have never heard anyone project their voice the way that she is able to. She is one of my favorite singers in any genre.
Agree 💯. She did Nihalist Blues with BMTH at project download and she killed it. So now I desperately want her to re record the vocals with the band. I think they intended it with her in mind anyway
Sometimes when there are two singers their voices just don't match up well, but with these two it's like peas and carrots. They just work so perfectly together it elevates this song to a much higher level.
Amy Lee harmonises well with a lot of singers. She has done incredible songs with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, and 'Use my voice' has a lot of female artists in the background, from singing to instruments.
"Sean has elements of grunge in his voice" Elizabeth, Seether is the only band I have ever heard do a Nirvana cover justice. *edit oh, this got some replies. please do MCR- MAMA!!!
I LOVE that you let the beautiful parts play out, even if you rewind later. When watching your videos, I wanna hear (and belt out!) the parts that we all originally loved and sang when we listened to them. Please let it play a bit, and explain after; Because its so fun to see your reaction and THEN have the knowledgeable insight you provide while we watch the best parts together!
The Seether version of this track is great alone and very underrated. The addition of Amy Lee in this version just sends it into the stratosphere where is truly belongs. Amy Lee has always been on an entire other level.
Agree. I heard and loved the Shaun only version so when the Amy Lee re-release happened it annoyed me. Mostly because I was kinda sick of her since Bring Me To Life was literally inescapble and had reached the point of being annoying. Now that I'm several years removed I can truly appreciate how amazing their harmonies sound, even if it cost the song its original rawness.
I watched Seether in Durban many years ago when they were still called Saron Gas. It was an amazing show. Shaun was very humble and was amazed at the crowd reaction. It was a good show.
I went to their final show at the Mercury in Cape Town before Saron Gas relocated to the United States. One of the best club gigs I've attended. It was such a wild atmosphere. I still prefer the 'Fragile' mixes to the ones on 'Disclaimer'.
Hi E. This was the first song by Seether to actually bring a tear to this 58 year olds eye. The combination of the music, Shauns vocal breaks and Amy's ultra pure tones still hits me to this day! Peace.❤
I have seen Seether many times live. They are one of the few bands that sound genuinely as good live as they do on a recording. Really really good. Glad you did this. Hope you do more.
Yeah, originally it was just a completely acoustic song. Then this version added the electric guitars and strings. I thought that Amy was the one who arranged the strings.
I still prefer the original version. This one got so overplayed. It didn’t help that when I was working at Champs Sports at the time, it was on one of our videos, so I’d hear numerous times a day for about 6 weeks. Have a renewed appreciation for it, but I just like the original so much more.
Top 3 band. Top 3 song. Top 3 analysis! If you happen to see this, you should react to Seether covering "Black Honey" live in the Sirius XM studio. You get a great look at how he belts out those notes and the passion he puts into his performance. Not to mention, "Black Honey" by Thrice, is a wonderful choice in general as well. Also, if you do get on a Seether kick, you can't go wrong with Remedy :)
I'm watching Elizabeth thinking to myself the entire time: wait for it, wait for it. I almost wanted her to just watch the whole thing first without commenting just to see her reactions to it in the moment of the song in its entirety. Their intonation and inflection in what they're singing is amazing. This song is nothing short of a masterpiece in all forms. And yeah, there was plenty of emotions running wild in this one.
seether has a lot of songs that are absolutely phenomenal and interesting to look at from a voice performance perspective. they also really stayed true to their sound over their long years of making music in my opinion.
Shaun's drawl and twang are pretty signature of Seether, and Amy's voice is both vulnerable and full at the same time. The harmonies are so pleasing to hear too. Just a solid song all around.
This was lovely to watch, if we're keeping around the same time period I'd love to hear your thoughts on Chad Kroeger Ft. Josey Scott - Hero (from the original Spider Man movie). That would be an excellent video.
I saw them both live when seether was opening for evanescence. This song was HUGE at that time and I remember the crowd absolutely erupted when Amy came out towards the end of the set for this song. It was a great show.
seether is one of those bands that was in the background of like a decade of mainstream rock music, and their versatility is wild, also I am pretty sure this song was originally written without amy lee and she adds SO much to the song.
Tears of happiness on my face just from the nostalgia of this song, wanting you to listen to Seether and seeing the way you were gripped with emotion and let it play into the chorus. Seether Rocks! Love From South Africa!
Absolute masterpiece song. Haven't heard it in a long time but it always amazes you instantly. Just beautiful. Voices are heavenly and the instrumental is so fitting too.
Yeeeesss, Seether! @23:57 Maybe not entirely clear from this particular song, but definitely from other Seether songs, Shaun Morgan draws a lot of inspiration from the Seattle Grunge movement, especially Nirvana. If you're going to do a continuation to this analysis (and I would love to see that), Seether has plenty of great songs to choose from, such as "Words as Weapons", "Betray and Degrade", "Country Song" (this one also has absolutely hilarious of a music video to accompany it), "The Gift" and "Fine Again".
I wish I could love something 1% as much as Elizabeth truly loves music. Her face at 8:00 is one of genuine ecstasy and pure bliss. She lives inside the harmony.
Personally I prefer the walk of life by Dire Straits but it’s for more personal reason my very first proper girlfriend when I was a teenager that was our song that we first danced to. Around 35 years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday
Im so happy your reacting to seether ! Shaun Morgan has truly one of the best voices in rock history imo and if you'd like to listen to his range and how powerful his voice is, I highly recommend pass slowly by Seether or for something more popular, their live performance of "Truth" unplugged
@@narcissus79 I still stand by that, he has some incredible emotion in his voice and if you listen to pass slowly and then go to the bridge of like suicide, you will see what I mean. Shaun's screams in that song are something that I haven't heard much before and in pass slowly he really shows his range.
OMG! I think Elizabeth showed us her "O" face at 16:50. Love your work and your analysis. Thank you for educating helping me hear music is a more enlightened way.
I petition for Elizabeth to get Amy on the channel
I second it 🤟
I third it! :-)
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth!
Their cover of Careless Whisper is amazing
I 2nd this
I came here to say this
That is such an amazing cover
Yes! This needs to happen!
YESSSSS
A friend had this play at his wifes funeral. They had found each other and were this perfect match. It was a such a joy to see them together. One night he went to bed while she was watching TV, he woke up and she wasn't in bed. He went in the living room and found her stone dead. It broke him, naturally. When this played at the funeral we all cried, and I can't hear it without thinking of them now.
I Love this song so much.
I played the song at my wife's funeral. She died from stage 4 cancer 4 years ago. We were married for 37 years. So every time I hear it, it crushes me.
RIP SCHATZI 😢💔🙏✝️
So sorry for your loss. I can't imagine!
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My condolences to you and yours.
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Fun fact: Shaun Morgan is the reason Amy wrote the Evanescence song "Call Me When You're Sober." She was dating him at the time of this video and his drinking destroyed their relationship. It is said that when Shaun heard the song mentioned above that he checked into rehab that day.
Allegedly the Seether song Fake It. Was an answer to Call Me When Your Sober
@@WesleyB276 Good to know! Thanks.
There's nothing fun about that fact.
@@WesleyB276 I thought it was Break Down?
Sean was going through a very tough time at that point, his brother had "commited" 😢 during the finding beauty in negative spaces cycle right infront of him. And he self medicated
After so many years, that first time Amy joins in, I still get chills all over
Amy Lee just has it. Whatever it is that makes a singer into a star. Unmistakable.. When you hear Amy Lee for the first time you know she's a star
Seether is so underrated, they have so many amazing songs.
Their first couple of albums were almost perfection but they definitely fell off. They do have a new song that sounds a lot like it's from the old albums.
@@biglock A lot of those mid to late 2000s bands were like that. They would thrown an amazing album at us and then just kinda...go to work like the rest of us?
@@biglockfell off the hell are you talking about their last album is some of their best work
Rise Above
@@dakindrewitz numbers don't lie.
To see someone discover this song for the 1st time gives me a level of happiness that I needed today
I get chills when Amy Lee comes in with the harmony! One of my favorites of all time!
Brings a tear to my eye realizing she just found this song now. Absolute classic for me growing up. Never gets old.
sure she did.. 😉
@@Lou-jl4ov The schools training music and vocalists like this would have you believe these songs don't even exist
this song is so iconic!!!
I remember hearing this on the radio all the time when it came out. I really miss the 90s and early 2000s.
If you think she’s never heard this song before this then I have some magic beans you should buy.
It’s marketing. Every song she films herself watch she’s seen before.
The harmonies in this song make me feel things. Like, seriously, just the harmonies. It's not the lyrics, it's just the sound of those voices together. God it's good.
Thank you. I feel the same way. The harmonies have stuck with me since I first listened to this song. I don’t listen often to this song, but when I do, I get full body chills.
Honestly, the chorus just hits in such an oddly satisfying but not normal way. The tingles of it is perfection
The chorus harmony is unreal.
I remember splurging on earbuds just so I could literally feel this song in my head
Every time that I hear Amy Lee, I remember a comment on a video of her in this channel, saying that she could harmonize with a lawnmower and it would be just amazing 😂
Not even 2 minutes in and Elizabeth is having exactly the reaction I hoped for. I knew she would love this song. It is by far one of my all time favorite go to I feel sad songs. So glad she saw many of us suggesting this song :D
You would LOVE Seether's "Rise Above This" Shaun wrote it after losing his brother to suicide. Makes me cry when i hear it. So beautiful
It's a very powerful song, made even more so by the context.
I love this song too
Yes! Rise above this is amazing!
According to Songfacts: "The idea was to write a song that if I could play it to him, that it would make him feel better. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to play it for him. So it was written just before, like a couple of weeks prior to him dying."
I find that even more heartbreaking, if that's possible. Hearing his hopeful and supportive lyrics, knowing his brother never got to hear it
I found this song after losing a family member. It’s a great song, but tugs at my heart every time I hear it.
One thing I notice is in the chorus they flip their vocal roles. The first half Amy will provide a resolving note while Shaun keeps tension with a harmony and the second half they'll switch. Beautiful.
Country singer here. Grew up on seether. Loved the deeper tone Shaun has. Certainly one of my influences. Absolutely incredible band that doesn’t get talked about. Got to see them live in 2022. So good ! Lovely break down. Fun to hear songs I grew up on explained by a professional. Thanks !
It's so easy to forget how good and impactful a song can be after you've heard it hundreds of times. That's one of the reason I love reaction videos, especially when you have people who actually know what they're talking about. It's the closest you can get to hearing a song again for the first time and get some good analysis at the same time.
Same here. It helps me revisit the newness of a song. And I often gain a new appreciation by joining the reactor!
Exactly. Seeing her and a few other reactors get to know metal for the first time felt like me when I was pretty much a kid entering this new amazing world. It is such a joyful experience
Stumbled over this video and suddenly im 18 again, i remember wanting to get long hair and a lip piercing 😂
As a very young teenager, this song was on repeat almost every day.
On my CD player 😅
You’re so lucky to be able to experience this for the first time. Enjoy 🖤
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hell... when this song released it was on the radio on repeat as well. haha!
Us Millennials are a strange group. We got to see the before AND after, of growing up in a rapidly evolving & violent world, & this song really encapsulates what was left of that “before” time. This was just before it all really started to change, music included. It’s so nostalgic. 💔
@@CC_Babblecockmillennials and the first gen z’s were in that weird transition. I remember owning a cd player and an mp3 player lol. I had my first social media experience when fb and myspace were battling against each other.
@@honeyandlavender_ Did you code your MySpace page to be all edgy as well? 😂😂😂
I quite literally couldn't tell anyone how many times I've listened/watched "Broken". Not even a ballpark. So, it's very refreshing to see Elizabeth react to this song so viscerally.
Amy Lee's live version of Lithium is one the most beautiful things you'll ever hear. She's an amazing talent
This. She leans much more into her operatic voice. Would love to see a breakdown of Lithium.
This one and All That I'm Living For acoustic with piano and cello... I would love to watch, she's the best
What do you mean "version"? That's an original song of hers/Evanescence's
@@florf317 Nirvana has a song of the exact same name if I'm not mistaken.
@@le_potate3861 Yeah but Evanescence/Amy Lee has never done a cover of Nirvana's song. Their "Lithium" is a completely different song :)
I've always felt Seether are pretty underrated. Their back catalogue is pretty solid
I still listen to them to this day. Remedy introduced me to them and is still my favorite Seether song, but I love a lot of them
I wonder how much this has to do with the them being known around the same time popular music was saturated with similar sounds and bands.
Saw Seether play an all acoustic set at my college in Western PA, and it was right before they recorded their all acoustic album One Cold Night. The emotion of his live performance was unbelievable. You could've poured everyone into a paper cup we just melted like Elizabeth did. Highly underrated band.
The beauty of these duets is in the contrast between male and female voices. Amy's pure tones and Shaun's raspy voice are magic.
This is one of the first Seether songs I ever heard, and it still gives me the shivers too.
Im here for a Seether deep dive. Saw them supporting Staind about 15 years ago in Sheffield and have been hooked since. Such an incrddible band. The Gift would be an amazing reaction.
Starting the Seether rabbit hole and you won't be disappointed!!!
Amy Lee is credited for the string arrangement. You definitely hear grunge influence in Shaun"s voice. They were kind of lumped in with the new metal genre but are also considered post grunge. Post Grunge is basically a style that had a lot of the elements of grunge but a much higher production quality and a more radio ready sound and subject matter
I had a gut feeling when I heard this song Amy did the arrangement. It just sounds like something she would do.
One of the greatest contemporary duets in a LOONNNGGG time.
22:16 to 22:19 in the video... that's it! That welling of emotion that we caught in Elizabeth's face, the tearing in her eyes, the half-cry, half-chuckle, the lump that is all but visible in her throat. THAT... is the greatest compliment a piece of music can receive. And yeah, I was at the same intensity of emotion at that very same place in the music.
I feel like we need a Tea Time now with Amy Lee.
I second this motion
I feel like we need one with Shaun Morgan.
absolutely
That is now on my bucket list
I agree with amy lee🤟🤟
This is one of the most beautiful songs in history. Just so soothing and emotional
Her face at 8:00 says it all! I think most of us felt that way the first time we heard this song, haha.
Not just the first time!!
Goosebumps every time
Hey Elizabeth! The guitar effect played at (5:38) is known as a "Tremolo." It is a fun effect that rhythmically changes the volume of the guitar signal (not the pitch). You can mimic this effect, without having the proper effect, by moving the volume knob up and down at a rapid pace on an amp. Keep up the good work, I love your content!
Possibly accomplished with a Phaser pedal. Allows you to change depth and speed
I saw Seether and Evanescence live at an outdoor concert overlooking Okanagan Lake in Kelowna BC. They sang this song together live and it was just as good live.
I saw Seether and Amy Lee at Blue Moon in Nelspruit South Africa, and they also did this song...memories.
Kelowna is beautiful enough on its own...i cant imagine hearing this music while there :) kinda jealous, haha
Amy is at the top of my list of best female rock singers. Her voice is phenomenal. I saw Evanescence in concert last year and it was probably the best live show I've ever been to. Her voice is outstanding live. When she sang My Immortal by the end of the song I was sobbing. So emotional and powerful.
I get to see them the day after my bday next month, and I'm beyond excited. Them, Halestorm, and In This Moment
Best duet ever! This song never gets old no matter how many times I listen to it. Both the music and the vocals. Exceptional!
"It could've been longer"...just listen to it over and over. I do.
Lmao. Yes! I've got some albums that I've bought several times because you wear em out. Dang. That's a thought for these streaming days, isn't it? 🤔
An instant 4 to 5 'repeat on my playlist is what i said in my comment above....Absolutely...
Thats what she say
Hell yeah, Seether is often left out of the conversation about top tier grunge / rock bands, but they've been in my top 5 forever... Their acoustic recordings are phenomenal too!
Probably because they weren’t part of the Grunge Era. They didn’t release their first album until several years after Soundgarden broke up (1997). They were more part of the Post-Grunge Era - basically “grunge with cleaner vocals and guitars.”
Seether is definitely not "in the conversation about top tier grunge" because they came after that era. They're very comfortably in the later end of the "post-grunge" genre, which was basically simultaneous to nu-metal. However bands like Bush, Live, Silverchair, of course Foo Fighters, Collective Soul, and Candlebox are probably the foundations of "post-grunge", with additional highlights from bands like Creed and early Nickleback (can't stand them, but Leader of Men is a great song, and the first Creed album is proper excellent). Anyway.
@@crawdaddy1234 Grunge died with Kurt Cobain in 1994
One Cold Night is one of my favorite acoustic albums ever! So good!
@@DefyReality-ll2cg Do you think it didn’t start until Bleach was released, too? Because if you do believe that, you still have Chris Cornell to thank.
One of the best colabs ever! Her voice is hauntingly beautiful. ❤
Amy Lee is tragically underrated. Fantastic singer.
Seether's cover of Careless Whisper is absolutely incredible.
👍👍👍👍👍
It is...also checkout the band interview on Guitar Sessions.
Love Seether! More Seether please! Excellent singer, songwriter and great band as a whole.
I love that you mentioned the emotional impact!
This song invokes tears no matter what mood I'm in. It demands the tears be pulled out of me. I LOVE IT!
This is the reworked version, to include Amy Lee, which was released for the 2004 Punisher movie. The original was released in 2002. Morgan wrote the song about the breakup of his marriage and family, after his wife chose to remain in South Africa with their daughter rather than accompany him to live in the United States.
I swear.....EVERY time I hear Amy Lee start to sing (any song) she brings me almost to tears. I. LOVE. Her. Voice. And she reminds me alot of my daughters voice. She was an all-state selection as a Jr and Sr in high school. She sang a solo in their Christmas concert (Little Drummer Boy) and I swear half the audience (yes ME included) got teary. Wow. Amazing voice.
Also, her harmonies with Sean are amazing!! Great duo there.
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I remember hearin this live many years ago at an Evanescence concert in Vienna. Sether was the pre-show and this song was part of their set. So Amy came on stage, half prepared for her own show in sweatpants and with half her makeup to sit down with a piano and perform this with them...magical stuff 😍
The thing that always stood out to me about this song is the dichotomy. Shaun is so raw, gritty and almost unrefined sounding. While Amy is so clean and beautiful and technical. Its like dark and light harmonizing. Its beautiful!
Amy and Shaun, both, individually sound absolutely amazing. When they get together and harmonize, they become so powerful that they could very likely literally move mountains!
I must commend you and your channel you do such a great job and I truly don't believe any of these channels listen to a song for the very first time kind of hard to believe but you definitely give that off your emotions and your mannerisms and your knowledge all come shining through oh and by the way Seether is off the charts fantastic and Amy Lee is truly Amy Lee🎉🎉🎉
She's doing seether now? I really hope she does some of their other songs like Fine Again, Diseased, Weak, Sympathetic, or Save Today.
YES, and fake it
Remedy as well!
Never leave
Here And Now too!
Definitely Fine Again or Remedy
Amy Lee is the only person that could make me fall in love just from the sound of her voice. It has a unique beauty to it. I have never heard anyone project their voice the way that she is able to. She is one of my favorite singers in any genre.
Same here. I fell in love with her the very first time I heard her voice back when Bring Me to Life first came out.
I agree
Amy is an incredibly vocalist. Her harmonies are perfect.
Agree 💯. She did Nihalist Blues with BMTH at project download and she killed it. So now I desperately want her to re record the vocals with the band. I think they intended it with her in mind anyway
Seether - Saron Gas - proudly South African. Much love. Still leaves me in tears.
Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie.
Sometimes when there are two singers their voices just don't match up well, but with these two it's like peas and carrots. They just work so perfectly together it elevates this song to a much higher level.
Amy Lee harmonises well with a lot of singers. She has done incredible songs with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, and 'Use my voice' has a lot of female artists in the background, from singing to instruments.
"Sean has elements of grunge in his voice"
Elizabeth, Seether is the only band I have ever heard do a Nirvana cover justice.
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please do MCR- MAMA!!!
Smile Empty Soul do a mean Nirvana cover
Their cover of Immortality (Pearl Jam) is great too. Really love the acoustic version from One Cold Night.
They started as a Nirvana cover band actually
They do covers in general quite well
Shaun is the only person I want to hear do Nirvana covers
Elizabeth is learning that rock and classical share sooo many things.. the emphasis is just on different things
This song is a masterpiece IMO. Been listening to it for YEARS now and it still gives me goosebumps...
Every the I hear this song, I'm covered in goosebumps. I heard it the day it came out and cried. It's a beautiful song.
I LOVE that you let the beautiful parts play out, even if you rewind later. When watching your videos, I wanna hear (and belt out!) the parts that we all originally loved and sang when we listened to them. Please let it play a bit, and explain after; Because its so fun to see your reaction and THEN have the knowledgeable insight you provide while we watch the best parts together!
The Seether version of this track is great alone and very underrated. The addition of Amy Lee in this version just sends it into the stratosphere where is truly belongs. Amy Lee has always been on an entire other level.
Agree. I heard and loved the Shaun only version so when the Amy Lee re-release happened it annoyed me. Mostly because I was kinda sick of her since Bring Me To Life was literally inescapble and had reached the point of being annoying. Now that I'm several years removed I can truly appreciate how amazing their harmonies sound, even if it cost the song its original rawness.
@@IlliniDog01I think it gives even more meaning and raw emotion to the song. Especially considering how their relationship has influenced their music.
I watched Seether in Durban many years ago when they were still called Saron Gas. It was an amazing show. Shaun was very humble and was amazed at the crowd reaction. It was a good show.
I went to their final show at the Mercury in Cape Town before Saron Gas relocated to the United States. One of the best club gigs I've attended. It was such a wild atmosphere. I still prefer the 'Fragile' mixes to the ones on 'Disclaimer'.
Saw them play as Saron Gas at Buccaneers in East London
Such a powerful song. Their harmonies together are incredible. Amy’s vocals in this gives me goosebumps. Haunting, somber and beautiful.
Korn ft. Amy Lee Freak on a Leash is AMAZING!! Well worth watching!!!
I was going to say that too! It’s awesome!!!
Yes, yes and YES!
Definitely
Thissssssssssssss
Wowww nostalgia x 10
Hi E. This was the first song by Seether to actually bring a tear to this 58 year olds eye. The combination of the music, Shauns vocal breaks and Amy's ultra pure tones still hits me to this day! Peace.❤
I have seen Seether many times live. They are one of the few bands that sound genuinely as good live as they do on a recording. Really really good. Glad you did this. Hope you do more.
"Broken" was originally written for Seether's debut album "Disclaimer" in 2002. In 2004, Shaun and Amy reworked it for this masterpiece.
I love the original too - it's cool to listen to both of them and note the differences
Yeah, originally it was just a completely acoustic song. Then this version added the electric guitars and strings. I thought that Amy was the one who arranged the strings.
I still prefer the original version. This one got so overplayed. It didn’t help that when I was working at Champs Sports at the time, it was on one of our videos, so I’d hear numerous times a day for about 6 weeks. Have a renewed appreciation for it, but I just like the original so much more.
The original has so much more desperation and a deeper melancholic tone due to being purely acoustic. I just can't stop listening.
I prefer the original too
I'm surprised nobody has suggested Florence + The Machine. Florence Welch has such an incredible voice.
Top 3 band. Top 3 song. Top 3 analysis! If you happen to see this, you should react to Seether covering "Black Honey" live in the Sirius XM studio. You get a great look at how he belts out those notes and the passion he puts into his performance. Not to mention, "Black Honey" by Thrice, is a wonderful choice in general as well.
Also, if you do get on a Seether kick, you can't go wrong with Remedy :)
Agree! The Seether cover of Black Honey is amazing!!
I'm watching Elizabeth thinking to myself the entire time: wait for it, wait for it.
I almost wanted her to just watch the whole thing first without commenting just to see her reactions to it in the moment of the song in its entirety.
Their intonation and inflection in what they're singing is amazing. This song is nothing short of a masterpiece in all forms.
And yeah, there was plenty of emotions running wild in this one.
Yay. Finally a reaction to a band from my country. South Africa 🇿🇦
I went to one of their live shows at a pub when the band name was Saron Gas, years ago.
I remember them as Saron Gas at Oppikoppi early 2000’s. Shaun Welgemoed (before he changed his surname) lived down the street from me in Centurion
@@LourensKeyser haha, I also went to Oppikoppi 2000. It was wild.
Would love to see Elizabeth do a breakdown of Arno Carsten's vocals.
One of the best bands to come out of South Africa back in the day.
Will you please do “My My” by Seven Mary Three. The vocals in that song are sooooo amazing!!!!
Seether is one of those underrated and sometimes forgotten jems.
Seether is super under rated as a band this song won them a grammy
seether has a lot of songs that are absolutely phenomenal and interesting to look at from a voice performance perspective. they also really stayed true to their sound over their long years of making music in my opinion.
This is one of my heart songs. The way they combine voice and music and emotion. Touched me deeply from the first time I heard it.
Shaun's drawl and twang are pretty signature of Seether, and Amy's voice is both vulnerable and full at the same time. The harmonies are so pleasing to hear too. Just a solid song all around.
Her reaction when the first full chorus hit was amazing hahaha
This was lovely to watch, if we're keeping around the same time period I'd love to hear your thoughts on Chad Kroeger Ft. Josey Scott - Hero (from the original Spider Man movie). That would be an excellent video.
I knew Elizabeth would love Shaun's voice.
Whenever you see Elizabeth do this face 🥺 at the end of a song, cause she wanted it to go longer, you know it was a good song ❤
Decades later and I still listen to Seether and Evanescence. I adore this song so much 🔥
there's a reason this song had a choke hold on the early 2000's. glad you got to experience this song.
Been dying for you to do some Seether for years now
You are the embodiment of passion in this moment. THANK YOU for helping us who have lost the path see what true passion looks like.
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I saw them both live when seether was opening for evanescence. This song was HUGE at that time and I remember the crowd absolutely erupted when Amy came out towards the end of the set for this song. It was a great show.
you should check out 'Rise Above This' by Seether. Shawn wrote it about his bro Eugene who committed suicide in '07
seether is one of those bands that was in the background of like a decade of mainstream rock music, and their versatility is wild, also I am pretty sure this song was originally written without amy lee and she adds SO much to the song.
it was originally written when they were called Saron Gas when they were still in South Africa.
Those harmonies have always been the most stand out part of this song for me.
Tears of happiness on my face just from the nostalgia of this song, wanting you to listen to Seether and seeing the way you were gripped with emotion and let it play into the chorus.
Seether Rocks! Love From South Africa!
I love Amy Lee's voice and I love the way Elizabeth emotes when touched by music. Fcking teared me up. Yay!
In my opinion, definitely in the conversation for best rock power ballad of all time.
Absolute masterpiece song. Haven't heard it in a long time but it always amazes you instantly. Just beautiful. Voices are heavenly and the instrumental is so fitting too.
The destitution of the setting in the music video serves to amplify the message of the music.
Yeeeesss, Seether!
@23:57 Maybe not entirely clear from this particular song, but definitely from other Seether songs, Shaun Morgan draws a lot of inspiration from the Seattle Grunge movement, especially Nirvana. If you're going to do a continuation to this analysis (and I would love to see that), Seether has plenty of great songs to choose from, such as "Words as Weapons", "Betray and Degrade", "Country Song" (this one also has absolutely hilarious of a music video to accompany it), "The Gift" and "Fine Again".
I wish I could love something 1% as much as Elizabeth truly loves music. Her face at 8:00 is one of genuine ecstasy and pure bliss. She lives inside the harmony.
good old South African boys was always good hanging out with them here is SA
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms | REACTION..
Generally -Dire Straits. So much good music. 🎶
Personally I prefer the walk of life by Dire Straits but it’s for more personal reason my very first proper girlfriend when I was a teenager that was our song that we first danced to. Around 35 years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday
Live at money for montserat benefit show.
Excellent choice 👍
Or, Private Investigations, Love Over Gold, On Every Street, so many great choices.
I love this song! Yes, I get chills every time I hear Amy's voice kick in. Wow.
Incredible song, and how these 2 can harmonise is perfection ❤
Im so happy your reacting to seether ! Shaun Morgan has truly one of the best voices in rock history imo and if you'd like to listen to his range and how powerful his voice is, I highly recommend pass slowly by Seether or for something more popular, their live performance of "Truth" unplugged
Pass Slowly is a perfect song to truly show how versatile Shaun's voice truly is
@@robertmccreless5019 Yeah 100% agree i love it but because of algorithm and stuff I needed to say something a bit more well known but still great !
Lol 😂😂😂 one of the best voices in rock is a bit generous
@@narcissus79 I still stand by that, he has some incredible emotion in his voice and if you listen to pass slowly and then go to the bridge of like suicide, you will see what I mean. Shaun's screams in that song are something that I haven't heard much before and in pass slowly he really shows his range.
@@narcissus79 I mean listen to their new song Judas mind, Shaun is 45 and still has a pristine voice and has no problems screaming
OMG! I think Elizabeth showed us her "O" face at 16:50.
Love your work and your analysis. Thank you for educating helping me hear music is a more enlightened way.
This song and video were incredibly popular. It was everywhere back in the day.