FAIR TO MIDLAND - MUSICAL CHAIRS - Ryan Mear Reacts
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2022
- This band was suggested to me through Mearcord. I can't remember who, Mads or Bjorn, probably not one of them...I'm horrible about that, BUT this band is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and I love everything I've heard....except maybe one song. They are from Texas, which sure surprised me because the style had me thinking they were from WAY up north....
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• Fair To Midland - Musi... (Musica Chairs)
• Fair to Midland - The ... (Live at the Machine Shop)
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This band breaking up is one of the greatest tragedies to ever befall the music industry.
100% agree
Agreed 100%
Miss them so much
I still don’t understand. Arrows and Anchors was an amazing album, they should have been more successful.
If I'd ever come into money, I'd spend a bunch to try and get them back in the studio.Deserted Island albums! We need more reactions to them. Got the privilege of seeing them live too, great show
there's a reason i've got their Arrows&Anchors symbol tattooed huge on my forearm. these guys weave epic tales of heartache and triumph all with some of the most colorful poetic language found in metal. they were fuckin' brilliant.
This is an amazing band and I’m heartbroken that they aren’t making more songs. If you ever find anyone like them, please recommend. I’m hurting without new FtM content.
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FTM is literally my favorite band ever, & i'm regularly depressed they're done. There are a couple of similar sounding bands, including one called Olivia & the Random (just mellower than FTM)....but:
Check out RISHLOO!! 1st songs for me that triggered FTM flashbacks? 1) Freaks & Animals, & 2) Scissorlips. SO worth the time & effort, & even if you don't track me down to thank me, you're welcome. Really welcome.
We have to "share the gospel" of these unknown brilliant bands with anyone who will hear.
Haha, the singer is absolutely nuts! I would have loved to see them live. Great reaction Ryan and a nice bonus with the live performance.
From what I've heard he was just as crazy on stage, singing while dangling from lighting rigs and the like.
I have seen this band several times in the early 2000’s in Deep Ellum near downtown Dallas Tx. at clubs like The Curtain Club, Trees, The Galaxy Club and others. They were always great live even though they weren’t metal I still enjoyed them. The bands I was with Big Iron and PornLab played those clubs many times at that time also. There were a lot of great bands back then playing in Deep Ellum regularly like Drowning Pool, Jibe, Edgewater, Blue October, Downlo, Slow Roosevelt, The Feds, Speeddealer, The Mad Mexicans, Lowgear, and many others and Dimebag and Vinnie would be at many of these shows. Many great memories from that time!!
My editor is slacking on the thumbnails, my apologies!
Amazing band live, and super nice guys. I luckily got to see them about 4 times before they broke up.
Heh... Ive seen them live 44 times if my count was correct. I was at the machine shop show and yes.. very much will remember that evening until my last day. There is so much to love and know about this band beyond just their music. The band members very so very closely knit with their fans. They held on for a long time but eventually there were to many variables that caused the band to split. If you ever have any questions about this band please reach out. :)
Thanks, Craig👍
One of my greatest regrets in life is not discovering this band until they were no longer playing shows.
I want to know if Darroth can have my babies. I don't want to pay child support anymore.
I love this band; I just searched for a reaction to them knowing there aren’t very many and I was surprised to see a fairly recent one. And yeah from what I understand a lack of funds had a part in them breaking up and ceasing to work on their 5th album which is sad and I would/would’ve personally fund/funded their comeback if I had that kind of money to part with but yeah we can still appreciate what they gave us. My other favorites by them are Whisky and Ritalin & Orphan Anthem ‘86.
I'm in a reddit group dedicated to the band and we have said for awhile now that all they have to do is say the word and we will all put up a gofundme to raise the money for studio time.
Yeah, definitely an underrated band. I wish they could have continued!
Sam, sir, SO MUCH RESPECT coming from my end that you went outside the standard FTM canon (ppl seem to think that all callbacks must come from their most commercially viable album--you know it: Fables From the Mayfly ((etc. for the uberlong title)) so I love that...
Plus, Orphan Anthem 86 is also on MY FTM top 5.
1) Granny Niblo (fr. the same Drawn & Quartered EP as OA86)
2) Musical Chairs (still hits so hard after thousands of listens, & that walking bass line is unlike ANYTHING we get to hear today)
3) Uh-Oh (those top-end vocals that increase in intensity at the end??? F*cking Darroh was a BEAST!)
4) Say When--perfect album coda...such a simultaneously gentle yet intense exit from the joyride of Fables
5) OA 86, which I guess I have tied with, yep, amazing opener Whiskey & Ritalin (but MUST be heard with the non-musical intro, in the same way that Nothing More's This is the Time (Ballast) must include the intro for us to fully appreciate the gut punch of the song.
And i wish Nothing More could find that same mojo for more of their stuff...not that they suck otherwise, but FTM DID! They did have that horrible 1st attempt @ an album (Carbon Copy Silver Linings, before they discovered both an identifiable sound & what a freakishly amazing vocalist they had with Darroh)...but considering what came after, it was worth it.
What FTM did was to experiment w/their sound & songwriting, & then they sat out in the fun electrical storms in North Texas & let the lightning hit, over & over, to produce amazing-yet-unique (even to their own sound) stuff like:
Musical Chairs. Whiskey & Ritalin. Uh-Oh. GRANNY NIBLO (#1 all-time for me). The Greener Grass (closest to traditional prog rock, IMO) Abigail (so catchy & kind of dreamy, sticks in your head.. plus the odd style of vibrato he applies to his vox--SO unique). Say When (perfect album closer). Dance of the Manatee (most popular of their canon). Uh-Oh (absolute vocal brilliance!). Quince-w/When the Bough Breaks as a perfect lead-in. Rikki Tikki Tavi. A Seafarer's Knot.
I could go on & on, but the point is this: Fair to Midland couldn't be boring if they tried. I stumbled over them by accident, & the 1st songs I heard were DEMOS from Arrows & Anchors, FFS...& they just reached into my head & grabbed hold & squeezed the shit out of my imagination. With other bands, even a lot of great bands, I cannot listen very often after a couple of months, or I burn out. Not so with these guys.
FWIW, they reissued vinyl for Arrows & Anchors this year (2023)...so naturally I have fantasies of this being a prelude to a reunion & new music? I think a LOT of people would love to participate in funding a new album...but they may have to rename to avoid the debt issues that broke them up.
@@ChrisSmith-gy9zp I agree that there are a lot of people who would love to help fund a new FTM project. Sheer brilliance that stands every test of time, including burnout-proof songs.
Can't remember who recommended me to them recently, was it mads? Anyways, someone in the comments, good band, well worth digging deeper 👍
Yes, in some B-M reaction. Forgot which one.
@@madsstavang thx again anyway👍👍
i am obsessed with them right now, ive liked them for years, but theyre all ive been listening to lately, they were insanely talented. its a damn shame i;ll never get to see them live, and to think how big they would be now
Howdy from Texas. They will forever be my favorite band! Saw them at The Curtain Club in Dallas back in 2003 or so I believe it was. I have literally been hooked ever since. The Best band on the planet and no one could ever change my mind! Ha! Still listen to them daily! Saw them a total of 24 times all over the U.S.
Wow, that's great! I wish they would have been able to stay together
Saw them live twice. They opened for FlyLeaf and Ten Year during the first time I saw them, then I saw them for their headlining tour a year later. They were one of the bands that Serg Tankean was really in love with, but they got eaten alive financially. They're live shows were some of the best live shows I've ever been to. So sad they're not around anymore.
One of my all time favorites. I have purchased their albums many times over. I want to see them live again SO FREAKING BAD!!!!
I don't see Saiki ever climbing up into a lighting rig like that... 🤣 Good thing that no one tried to drag him down.
I’m so glad I got
To see them once ! Their music was sooo good and unique
Incredible band, My Best friend went to high school in east Texas with some of these guys. Saw em in like 2003 or 4 maybe dude bloodied his face up with a megaphone. I was hooked they have slayed every stage I’ve seen em play. I was looking up videos as I was telling my 12 yr old son about them and we stumbled across your video. Good stuff man!
Thanks! I wish they could have stayed together....so good!
i love this song...the bass line is delicious
Agree cool sound
i miss these guys...please come back to us
Fffffffffaaaaaarrrrkkkk yes, thanks Ryan 👍 peace and love Po 🤗🎼🥁🎸🎤🍻
So, fun fact, I was at this show and Darroh, the singer, was actually sick so, he didn’t show up until like 5. He still pulled it off though, for how sick he was.
PSA, Darroh (the singer) was ill during the concert at machine shop, I think he had a fever going on.
Damn, first I heard that
These guys rocked!!!
Damn bro!! This band is very very amazing!!!
Are they still sounding great 11 years later? Anything new from them?
As I have understood, they broke up in 2013.
What?! I didn't know that.....😑
Oh! Thanks Mads
Yea man they faced alote of issues. Kids were born lives were changed people grew appart yadda yadda. Money I heard was a major deciding factor. It's one of the saddest breakups for me to this day.
Classic
3:45…WHAT DID YOU EDIT OUT!!?
I had to get past the way the singer was acting in the video. Just over the top "look at me I'm crazy and can't balance"
I really enjoyed the music but started to get annoyed with the video.
@@RyanMear Ah! Thanks for sharing. I didn’t care for how he acted either. I don’t really watch his performance, but musically they make magic
Ryan i saw in my emails that you've sent me a message on Discord but when my Google acc got compromised i was locked out or lost a load of my acc's & i can't access your Discord message cos that acc has gone.😔 Can you gmail me?
Yep
That might be what I already sent you
@@RyanMear Oh ok, thx. Yep i've already got that vid saved.👍
Scottish brother
Listen to the studio version of this live song. This isn't a good vocal performance of it.
Sounds great in the studio but how much autotune involved as drifts offkey live. Almost painful in parts.
that happens when you're ducking flying debris, hanging upside down, crowdsurfing, and fighting to get your mic back. or drinking. listen to enough of their live songs and you'll hear stuff like this, and then pure perfection here and there...and i think the crowds honestly enjoyed the craziness more than the perfection.
No auto tune used in this band, ever. Amazing vocalist.