Classical Composer Reacts to Orestes (A Perfect Circle) | The Daily Doug (Episode 142)
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2021
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Orestes by A Perfect Circle. My reaction coincides with the 21st anniversary of the release of the album Mer de Noms. We're reacting to the band's live performance at Red Rocks.
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If I'm not mistaken, this song is about Maynard's struggle with his mother, Judith Marie, being in a medical coma for a lot of his life at that point. I've always taken the comparison to Orestes to mean that he felt like he was duty bound to end her suffering but couldn't bring himself to do it. Thus, the need to "sever this umbilical residue keeping me from killing you." The line "Give me one more medicated peacful moment, cause I don't want to feel this overwhelming hostility." is especially wrenching. I feel like it also suggests that, even in the few instances where she was lucid, things were strained in their relationship. That must have been so rough for someone who clearly loved his mother deeply.
The song was " JUDITH "
@@maicamedina4438 That's a different song, but that song was also about his mother. This whole album is full of his emotions on the subject at the time.
Judith was not in a medical coma. She was paralyzed after a stroke or aneurysm.
@@Spaztiq That's what it was. Thanks.
Maynard was only 11 when his mother died from complications due to the aneurysm. I think what Maynard is doing here is putting across the pain and anguish of losing his mother at this young age, by conveying the equally distressing pain Orestes was in at being in such a no-win situation that was forcing him to choose to kill his own mother. I tend to think he is saying "Put yourself in that truly horrible situation, could you do that to your own mother that you love so much, to save your own skin? How would you feel? That is how I felt grieving for my mother, at having to accept that she was gone forever"
1 of the greatest albums ever recorded. Everything Maynard James Keenan does is just absolutely great.
HANDS DOWN! The best analysis/ reaction I’ve ever seen to this song. Man when you started playing, it literally gave me chills. Everything you were playing sounded absolutely amazing!! For me it actually enhanced the song.
Mer de Noms was/is an excellent album - cover to cover. Brilliant
APC is just great in general, so many memories attached too
It's a great album. I wish the production had a bit more space and dynamics. The other albums sound better to me in that regard.
Loved the piano moments, more videos like this!
Excellent choice with Orestes. This solo wasn't on the studio version but adds so much struggle to the message of the song. It all builds to this amazing climax at the end.
Orestes, son of Agamemnon, grandson of Atreus, an Atreides himself. When Agamemnon returned to Mycenae from Troy, Orestes's mother and her lover Aegesthus slayed him. So Orestes avenged his death. But then the Erinyes, ancient Greek chthonic deities of vengeance went after him until Goddess Athena interfered. Oresteia, the Trilogy of Ancient Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus(5th century b. C.) it is of course about his journey to catharsis.
Saw them live when this came out. Maynard performed the entire show in a white box that was backlit so that you could only see his outline. It really added to the whole vibe of the show. Great artists, all.
Oh man, going into your back catalog, hearing you play piano along side one of my favorite APC songs makes me desperately want a piano accompaniment for this whole album.
cannot go wrong with A Perfect Circle. Every song is a killer
Your brother has great taste. This is my go-to song when I'm feeling crappy and need to get lost. It's glorious. Most beautiful hardcore song I've ever heard.
This has been my favorite track since the album was released.
Homie here is so pleasant. Love the theoretical insights
To Tame a Land by Iron Maiden.
Probably their most underrated masterpiece about another masterpiece, Dune by Frank Herbert.
It's one of my absolute favourite Maiden songs, but given the lyrics, I'd say it might be much more based on David Lynch's Dune than Herbert's original material. Can't wait for the upcoming Dune movie, by the way! It looks like it's trying to be much more faithful to the original :)
Let’s keep suggesting that. Can’t give up now, Doug can’t ignore it forever! 👍
@@Wolfborn8 Didnt the movie come out in 1984? Piece of mind is from 1983.
Edit: The movie was a big letdown for me after reading all the books. Maybe because I didnt see it when it came out. Will probably give it another shot tho.
@@samotargos5199 @Samo Targos You are absolutely correct; I don't know why but I got it in my head that the movie was from 1982. I haven't watched it in a long time, but it was also quite a letdown for me. I'm a huge fan of the books (and Lynch!), but unfortunately Lynch and the writers just really didn't seem to understand the book(s) all that well. It was still somewhat entertaining, though. If I had to go on a wild guess I'd say that given the lyrics in To Tame a Land, Iron Maiden had maybe only read the first book by then. Either way, absolute masterpiece, would love it if Doug listened to it!
@@Wolfborn8 Im a bit sceptical about new movies, but ill definitely give the new Dune a shot if it has positive fan reviews.
I was waiting another reaction from my Maiden, but it’s ok😅... thanks again on sharing us a new band to listen to (which I didn’t know) 👍😉
7:00 Holy crap, I spoke too soon before. I'm subscribing now, if you can perform this wizardry adding this kind of embellishment... man, I landed on this channel searching reactions, but I'd be much happier hearing more of your music.
The story of Agammemnon's family, especially in Aeschylus' plays, is a great look at the ancients' idea of justice. Basically, in the old poems and the pre-classical era of Greece, you were expected to avenge wrongs done to your family, especially murder. So Agammemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenaea to Artemis, Clytemnestra kills him for that, Orestes kills Clytemnestra for her murder, and then he flees to Athens. And in Aeschylus' telling, when he gets to Athens, Athena holds the Furies at bay, and institutes the first jury trial, where Orestes is eventually found innocent (at first it's a hung jury, and then Athena casts the deciding vote), and the Furies are turned into the Eumenides.
It's about the ability to use rule of law and a more civilized way of resolving conflict to, as you said, break out of cycles of revenge and violence. For a great modern-day sequel/commentary on it, there's a great Wonder Woman comic called _Hiketeia_ that acts as a self-conscious sequel to the Orestes myth that's absolutely great.
Anyway, this song is gorgeous, and it's great to hear someone really dive into it.
welllllll... if you don't do maiden on maiden monday, we're gonna do maiden on maiden monday ourselves.
_walk away-aaaaaaaay_
_look out now, baby, won't you take me away?_
_sittin' here, think it's gonna be a new day_
_gotta get my song and I can't go wrong_
_gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song_
Like listening to Anathema and Opeth and Porcupine Tree and Tool.
Breh are we just listing our favorite bands?
I love the addition of the piano to your vids.
I bought this record the day it came out, and this is my favourite song from that one. I still listen to them on occasion. Talk about an emotional song - gets me in my feels. Thank you for taking the time to appreciate APC and this awesome song.
My dad’s name is Orestes and that’s the reason I love this song way more than I should
One of the most emotive bands. They make you feel things and Maynard makes you feel thoughts
Wow talk about synchronicity. I listen to this song on loop when I'm feeling down... it's been a few years since I listened to it, but today I had it on loop, then I looked up covers and stumbled on your video... it's may 23rd today, making this exactly a 22 year old song....
I love this channel…. I had no idea you did this song. How dare RUclips keep this from me for so long
This is a great reaction video! So much amazing musical analysis! The piano playing accompanying the playback was super reverent! Love the lyrics research also. I have listened 50 times to this track and never understood it a well as now.
Damn man, love the piano you put on top of all these songs!
So I just found out last Monday that Mondays are Maiden Mondays, so I tuned in - for A Perfect Circle? :0(
No matter, I love these guys too. I'm realizing that this (my favorite from this album) is a pretty timeless tune.
Your brother has good taste Doug, thank you!
They're in..a perfect circle. More APC, please.
I see that organ behind you. I would love to hear you play it. I'll cry, but I'll love it. My father was a church organist forever. The one he played when I was growing up was beautiful. I didn't appreciate it or how beautiful the music was until after his death. RIP Dad
Nice! I've loved APC since I was a teenager. Great to see you respond to this!
Dude Doug, you really need to do a solo piano album of covers of some of the songs you react to, this one included! I'll be the first one in line for that! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
love this channel, discovering loads of great music and getting the analysis at the same time helps me learn whilst having fun. feels like cheating :)
I miss having Paz in the band. The live sound with the female vocal layered in with maynard and billy was so dam good during that first tour they did.
As an iron maiden fan, I’m happy to share our Mondays. Thoroughly enjoyed this one! You’re really making me fall in love with music again, I’m sure I’m not the only one.
By all means, next time you feel like taking a Monday with something else, feel free to indulge in some Opeth, some recommendations I’d love to see: Sorceress, devils orchard, heart in hand.
Yes! Definitely more Opeth!!
Lotus Eater!
Yess, cant wait for more of the perfect cricle
Orestes (I"ve always pronounced it as O-rest-teas but I could be wrong) is still my favorite APC song. Great choice. You should look at Smashing Pumpkins "Soma."
One of my favorites of APC!
I've known of APC for almost twenty years, but this is the first time I've ever heard one of their songs. Thanks, Daily Doug!
love the addition of your piano into the video.
I watch a lot of "reaction videos" I love the way you always play along. Makes it the best one to watch
OH WOW!!!! I didn’t know it was the LIVE from RedRocks show, I’ll be right back. Gotta have a puff before this one💨😉
Thanks for analyzing this and cheers from Texas!
I like the new format . Like the musical touch you add
Released several months before I lost my mom and the album still haunts me. I've seen APC three times, and it is such an emotional shock that I usually avoid listening to them otherwise.
What an interesting way to hear an introduction into this song. Wow
Now that's what I'm talking about. You just earned a sub my man. I watched episodes I think 1st when I commented on Dream Theater. I enjoyed this even more. Why might you ask? They way you got into the cord changes and translated on piano was beautiful. Goosebumps good lol. Very educational for someone like me. Not to mention I'm thick skulled, so explanations are usually hit and miss with me. However when you translated through piano with them.... kicked the dang door down of mental stubbornness. Apologies for the huge comment. Lol.
good observation at 7.59: this song has, since first listen, felt like it was from an original genre. Many tracks on Mer de Noms sounded like exquisite antiques, but Orestes especially was uniquely delicate.
Fantastic reaction... Josh Freese on drums is another reason that track kills on the album. Not clear if he played on this live version, but it sounded like him. He's one of the greatest modern session drummers.
I saw Josh play with Nine inch nails, with teeth tour in 06, and he was spot on incredible, I'm fairly sure in this video it was someone else, but I think he was on the whole album, his studio credits are huge.
No, he left in 2010 after the series of concerts where they played the whole albums (1 album each night). Drummer in this video Jeff Friedl.
So beautiful when you play the piano
That live red rocks boxset where they play each album live then a mixed set is one of the greatest sets of audio ever. So much better live.
Terrific!! And I also love that you are back in your church. Nice atmosphere. :)
Next up. Eat the Elephant from APC. :)
There's another anniversary worth mentioning. One of music history's greatest artists turned 80 today. Happy birthday Bob Dylan. I've listened to a 5 hour marathon radio program/podcasts dedicated to Dylan's 39 studio albums today. That was great.
I stumbled across your channel over the weekend and I really like seeing you react to these songs and hearing you describe the things I’m not good enough to pick up on. I wasn’t a music major but I was in the jazz ensemble during college and my ear is decent enough but my knowledge of theory only goes so far.
It’d be interesting to see you react to Japanese music as it tends to have...idiosyncrasies that you don’t usually hear in western music, and even the generic songs tend to be more interesting to me than what is typically heard on the radio. I’m sure you’re probably bombarded with enough recommendations as it is so I’ll stick with recommending “Glorious Break” by Nana Mizuki. Her songs normally have a guitar but this one uses an orchestra instead, which I think you might find interesting. The live performances do add a distortion guitar so I recommend the studio version.
Visual kie
Great breakdown and crazy how you can play with a song you're just hearing.
That piano part in the end was 🔥
Mer de noms came out my senior year in high school, holy shit I’m old 🤦🏻♂️
I caught the last show of the 1st tour for this album. They are excellent live
I'm a very young 43 lol. First heard Maynard's vocals in Sober on a chart show in 1993.
Was looking forward to another Maiden Monday, but I understand you gotta mix things up, Doug. Glad I found your channel a few weeks ago. Infinite Dreams from Seventh Son album is my vote for your next reaction.
By far my favorite APC song.
Top concert was Perfect Circle opening for NIN The Fragile tour!
Great work on the keys!
I was 13 when this came out, it's the first CD I remember buying on my own. I had never heard of them, never heard of Tool, it was just a random pick cause I had a gift certificate and didn't know what to get and holy moly was it a game changer for my musical interest and genre preference.
Recommendation: Pain of Salvation- King of loss or The perfect element pt.1 (remixed versions)
Nice piano. Enjoyed this.
Awesome pick. IMO the best APC track....
Those piano accents were on point.
Great band wonderful album. Lots of surprises
felicitaciones maestro .maravilloso !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, excited to see APC here. Next Puscifer ;)
My fav APC song too. Awesome live performance
APC are timeless! If you decide to revisit them, I'd recommend When The Levee Breaks from the same concert.
APC always tunes to C#, it's such a recognizable sound.
Red Rocks gets the most amazing performances. I'd love a composer's reaction to the "Opiuo x Syzygy Orchestra" show. Only time I ever saw people dance to an orchestra.
Great band and my favourite song from them!
I can live without a Maiden Monday, I just listen to them on my own. 😁 I missed the piano reactions, and I'm missing a bit of Nightwish too...
Oh and "Rainbow - Stargazer". Have a nice day Doug!
dammit don't tell me it's been 21 years since this album came out... 💀
Would love to see your reaction to Judith - really goes together with Orestes. Hope you fit that in sometime soon
Hey Doug! You forget, it's MONDAY! 😉
This was an awesome reaction. Never heard anything quite like it. He should do a remix with these songs especially with A Perfect Circle with the piano.
This song deserves an acoustic version of your own. The things you did on the piano, while the song was playing, was amazingly touching.
You must listen to "Peace, Love, And Understanding" on The Rocks (same Live Concert).
Thank you!!
Radiohead's "Nude," please! I'd be really curious to see your take on the end of the song.
if somebody didn't mentioned already: they tune their guitars on standard but dropped to C#
Lovely vid
5:45 This is, as a very novice musician at least, one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I know this song like the back of my hand. To see you effortlessly blend into that... I'm sure that's not that impressive for a musician of your caliber, but it sounded fucking magical to me.
I saw A Perfect Circle at the Warfield Arena in SF and again in Downtown San Jose sometime soon after this album was released. Besides the killer shows at cool quaint arenas I still laugh to myself thinking about the t-shirt that Maynard was wearing at one of the shows... "Fuck Me I'm Famous" ... looked like one of the t-shirts that Beavis & Butthead wore... lol.
Oh Maynard is singing... let me whale out on the piano
You covered it up with the piano, but I think a very climactic point in this performance is when during the last chorus when they get to the first "umbilical residue", for a split second Maynard sings a D instead of the C#. Not sure if it's intentional, but very tense sounding, and I like it.
Nice to see a deviation from what started to be "your regulars"; it's truly welcome. There is so much worth checking that sticking with "regulars", in some way implies to repeat a situation you mentioned about Nightwish: "How did you missed them all these years?". So I'll insist with:
- DRACONIAN's: 'Sorrow Of Sophia' (ancient greek inspired gnosticism, lyrics-wise)
- VIRGIN BLACK's: 'Beloved' - 'Opera De Romanci: II. Embrace - A Poet's Tears Of Porcelain' - '... And I Am Suffering' - 'Museum Of Iscariot' (outstanding mix of symphonic elements and a superlative versatile singer ala Devin Townsend)
- NE OBLIVISCARIS's 'Forget Not' - 'Painters Of The Tempest (Part II)' - 'Eyrie' (impressive use of violin, composition-wise)
In the same vein, metal-sounding, I'll add others barely suggested: HAGGARD - DIMMU BORGIR - A (Anonymous Confederate Ensemble) [A (エース)] - PARADISE LOST
And straying from the heavy side (specially the last one): ANATHEMA - THE GATHERING - UCHUU CONBINI
My personal favorite on the album
the reverb in the room is awesome, i'd love to play acoustic guitar there
If you want to check something new, Shaman- Fairy Tale is an amazing song with an amazing performance.
And i re lly loved what you were doing ont he piano just key'n aroud with them! Sounded great! I cant believe how fast 20 yrs have just ripped by! Frightening.. it keeps speeding up. Pleaee please dont over look pussifer either, theyve got some really great melodic stuff there too i know youd absolutely love! Im funna have to subscribe to yr channel now.👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤘
2 songs that relate to Octavarium! Nice! 👍
You know, for the past… what?.. 3-4 weeks?… I’ve been looking forward to Maiden Mondays hahaha. Today was like a punch to the gut, but it’s totally fine. The songs you’ve done from them have been more than enough for you to break the weekly repetition. Today’s song choice was killer. Rock on!!!
Enjoying your channel, Doug. The name Orestes brought to mind The House of Atreus Acts 1 & 2 by Virgin Steele. If you aren't familiar with these albums I think you would really enjoy them. There is almost 3 hours worth of great music in these, but well worth the time. I'd love to see your reaction to even a few of the tracks like Child of Desolation, Iphigenia in Hades, Arms of Mercury and When the Legends Die. I think you'd really appreciate these ones.
A Perfect React video!
Do an Anathema song too please. Specially something with Anneke in the vocals.
I'd love to see your reaction to cacophony's "concerto" or "speed metal symphony"
Recomendation: Haggard - Awaking the Centuries
Another excellent video.
Dude, if you're doing perfect circle - Judas, 3 Libras, and Passive are excellent tunes. Passive is a personal favourite
Unless I'm mistaken, you mean Judith (not Judas).
@@melsy79noir yes I did! Autocorrect got me 🤣
@@neildavies473 I thought that might have been the case!