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?
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 😢💔🙏✝️
That's one of the many reasons I love her channel! To hear some of my favorite songs listened to for the first time is just so satisfying. And on top of that we get detailed explanations on the what, how, and why of how the make these sounds? Delicious. So happy to have found her. Quickly has become on of my favorite channels.
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.
This song is amazing.. I get goosebumps every time they sing together, and seether has some amazing songs if you haven't already listened to them, and Amy Lee's my immortal is breath taking
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 😂
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
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 !
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
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
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
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.
Wow, Elizabeth, every time I watch your videos I learn something. The fact that I have loved this song since it came out when I was a freshman in highschool, and never noticed the parallels in their harmony is crazy. I feel like I just rediscovered this song!!! You’re incredible!!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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!
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 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.
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.
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 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'.
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.
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.
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
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
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm glad you reviewed this song. It's been one of my favorites for years. I still get goosebumps when it starts and I've listened to it so many times. Just something about it makes me feel.
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.
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 helped me survive my trauma, I started listening to them in the height of my ... low points (quite low, low points). Shawn's voice managed to touch me in a way nothing else did (until I found breaking benjamin) and helped me manage /navigate though a lot of anger and pain i had yet to recognize. Seeing Elizabeth hear and react to the songs that saved me brings a new wave of love and appreciation for them.
I hope someone's already told Elizabeth that Amy Lee arranged this version of Broken: an already existing Seether song (also beautiful & intimate). Couldn't be bothered scrolling back on comments to check 😊
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.
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.
Today is me and my wife's 19th wedding anniversary, this was our first dance song at our reception, have not heard it for ages, perfect timing, many thanks.
It's so cool to see you watch this song for the first time. I think I've watched the video, listened to the song or seen it live so many times I can't count, but each time is special
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.
I absolutely love how your mind processes music into tiny pieces, but I love it even more when you get caught up in the total of the composition. That's what makes goosebumps happen and it's the best thing ever.
Many things about this song have drawn me in for years... But I absolutely love that you broke down the harmonies and showed the parallel fourths they move in... I love ancient arts such as monks chanting and that musical style... It's one thing I could never explain why I loved this song so much but was one major reason why it draws me in! Thank you!!!
I fell in love with Amy's voice. I remember hearing My Immortal on the Daredevil soundtrack... before their album dropped. I listened to it on a loop so many times. It sounds so emotive and clean but powerful. I have NEVER felt that way about a voice before.
I WISH I could experience this song for the first time again. But at the same time, I still feel like it's the first time every time I hear it! This song was a big milestone in my life. I was an angsty, lonely 14-year-old when this song came out and was discovering hard rock and heavy metal (including Evanescence), and the way that those opening guitar chords hit me when I first saw this video is still indescribable. I remember spending a week at summer camp and listening to this song over and over on my store-brand MP3 player, relishing my solitude but also thinking about how distant and lonely I felt from my life during that week. I still get chills and goosebumps listening to this now and hearing it through the eyes and ears of your incredible analysis. Thanks for doing this one!
I loved this song years ago - I’d forgotten about it till you did this reaction thank you very much! Your excitement is exactly my thoughts a beautifully written song with a powerful message
I petition for Elizabeth to get Amy on the channel
I second it 🤟
I third it! :-)
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth!
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.
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.
hey
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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To see someone discover this song for the 1st time gives me a level of happiness that I needed today
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That's one of the many reasons I love her channel! To hear some of my favorite songs listened to for the first time is just so satisfying. And on top of that we get detailed explanations on the what, how, and why of how the make these sounds? Delicious. So happy to have found her. Quickly has become on of my favorite channels.
The harmony is so badass because either one of their voices will outshine and overpower just about anyone's. But when they come together, BOOM
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.
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
This song is amazing.. I get goosebumps every time they sing together, and seether has some amazing songs if you haven't already listened to them, and Amy Lee's my immortal is breath taking
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 😂
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 😂
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 !
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
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.
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
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.
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 get chills when Amy Lee comes in with the harmony! One of my favorites of all time!
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🤟🤟
Starting the Seether rabbit hole and you won't be disappointed!!!
Wow, Elizabeth, every time I watch your videos I learn something. The fact that I have loved this song since it came out when I was a freshman in highschool, and never noticed the parallels in their harmony is crazy. I feel like I just rediscovered this song!!! You’re incredible!!
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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
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 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
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!
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.
Love Seether! More Seether please! Excellent singer, songwriter and great band as a whole.
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.
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!
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!
Been dying for you to do some Seether for years now. Sean is the musical genius in this.
Best duet ever! This song never gets old no matter how many times I listen to it. Both the music and the vocals. Exceptional!
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
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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Elizabeth is learning that rock and classical share sooo many things.. the emphasis is just on different things
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.
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
One of the best colabs ever! Her voice is hauntingly beautiful. ❤
Amy Lee is tragically underrated. Fantastic singer.
This song is a masterpiece IMO. Been listening to it for YEARS now and it still gives me goosebumps...
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
Decades later and I still listen to Seether and Evanescence. I adore this song so much 🔥
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.
Seether's cover of Careless Whisper is absolutely incredible.
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It is...also checkout the band interview on Guitar Sessions.
This is one of the most beautiful songs in history. Just so soothing and emotional
This is one of the first Seether songs I ever heard, and it still gives me the shivers too.
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.
Seether - Saron Gas - proudly South African. Much love. Still leaves me in tears.
Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie.
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.
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
Your vibe is fantastic! Such a light bubbly way to analyze such deep songs. Amazing!
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.❤
Seether is one of those underrated and sometimes forgotten jems.
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!
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.
there's a reason this song had a choke hold on the early 2000's. glad you got to experience this song.
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.
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.
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.
Absolutely love your reaction Elizabeth when Amy and Sean harmonize.... Goose bumps is an understatement... Thank you so much 🙂
The destitution of the setting in the music video serves to amplify the message of the music.
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.
I'm glad you reviewed this song. It's been one of my favorites for years. I still get goosebumps when it starts and I've listened to it so many times. Just something about it makes me feel.
"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 knew Elizabeth would love Shaun's voice.
One of the greatest contemporary duets in a LOONNNGGG time.
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.
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.
"Rise above this" is a must. Very powerful song. Very positive message too.
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
Her reaction when the first full chorus hit was amazing hahaha
Seether helped me survive my trauma, I started listening to them in the height of my ... low points (quite low, low points). Shawn's voice managed to touch me in a way nothing else did (until I found breaking benjamin) and helped me manage /navigate though a lot of anger and pain i had yet to recognize.
Seeing Elizabeth hear and react to the songs that saved me brings a new wave of love and appreciation for them.
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 ❤
I love Amy Lee's voice and I love the way Elizabeth emotes when touched by music. Fcking teared me up. Yay!
I hope someone's already told Elizabeth that Amy Lee arranged this version of Broken: an already existing Seether song (also beautiful & intimate). Couldn't be bothered scrolling back on comments to check 😊
In my opinion, definitely in the conversation for best rock power ballad of all time.
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
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.
Today is me and my wife's 19th wedding anniversary, this was our first dance song at our reception, have not heard it for ages, perfect timing, many thanks.
Congratulations, today is our 20th. Crazy how fast the years have gone by.
20 years here and it was our first dance song as well. Love it
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
It's so cool to see you watch this song for the first time. I think I've watched the video, listened to the song or seen it live so many times I can't count, but each time is special
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.
I absolutely love how your mind processes music into tiny pieces, but I love it even more when you get caught up in the total of the composition. That's what makes goosebumps happen and it's the best thing ever.
Many things about this song have drawn me in for years... But I absolutely love that you broke down the harmonies and showed the parallel fourths they move in... I love ancient arts such as monks chanting and that musical style... It's one thing I could never explain why I loved this song so much but was one major reason why it draws me in! Thank you!!!
I fell in love with Amy's voice. I remember hearing My Immortal on the Daredevil soundtrack... before their album dropped. I listened to it on a loop so many times. It sounds so emotive and clean but powerful. I have NEVER felt that way about a voice before.
This song and video were incredibly popular. It was everywhere back in the day.
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.
One of the all time great rock duets. Thanks as always for the analysis, Elizabeth!
Finally! I love Seether so much, their songs and Shaun' voice are amazing
I've listened to this song a million times and it STILL give me goosebumps. 🤩
I WISH I could experience this song for the first time again. But at the same time, I still feel like it's the first time every time I hear it!
This song was a big milestone in my life. I was an angsty, lonely 14-year-old when this song came out and was discovering hard rock and heavy metal (including Evanescence), and the way that those opening guitar chords hit me when I first saw this video is still indescribable. I remember spending a week at summer camp and listening to this song over and over on my store-brand MP3 player, relishing my solitude but also thinking about how distant and lonely I felt from my life during that week.
I still get chills and goosebumps listening to this now and hearing it through the eyes and ears of your incredible analysis. Thanks for doing this one!
I've been requesting this one for a couple years now. Glad to see it out.
I loved this song years ago - I’d forgotten about it till you did this reaction thank you very much! Your excitement is exactly my thoughts a beautifully written song with a powerful message
Those harmonies have always been the most stand out part of this song for me.