I love how she hears Dimebag’s guitar work, going in with no preconceived notions or expectations of what she is going to hear, and tries to explain what it is that makes it different. She tries to put it into words and does the best she can. She learned what we all have learned; when you hear Dimebag play guitar you know it is Dimebag. There are a handful of guitarists like this, the ones that go above great and become iconic. When you hear Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton, or Gilmour (to name some of the best known) you know it’s them. Dimebag is, and deserves to be, in this crowd.
The high squeaks (usually called squeals) are harmonics. Part of Dimebag Darrell`s (R.I.P) signature style was dipping the whammy bar (called a tremolo arm, even though it's actually for vibrato), hitting the harmonic and then pulling up the bar, making the harmonic scream.
@@diverdown631pinch harmonics are different from dive squeals. The squeak she was referring to was pinch harmonics. But I think the comment was referring to the dive squeal
@@johncarpenter3751The dive squeals I hear in this song are nearly all initially triggered by pinch harmonies which then feed back from the amp into the pickups, thus creating infinite sustain for those dive squeals.
Man , i like how inteligent and sophysticated some people are about music. You can tell , that this lady here has fully classical education , but you can see also how the music flows in her and she is so open minded, of different genres and anything musicaly related. And her analogies and explanations are so great and on point . Its beautiful man , it rly is. Thank you mylady for who you are , for what you do , for that you in a same boat with me , with us , with all the music fans. World deserves more teachers like you. God bless!!!
This is a cut version, the first 1 and half minutes was removed. The original had a wonderful gentle acoustic guitar, eerie guitar solo, and softly sung lyrics. Up until hearing this cut version, I was unaware of how much that intro really set the mood for the rest of the song. You should definitely check out the uncut version, it's 7 minutes long.
This is in the Upper Echelon of metal music; a classic, legendary song and performance. A masterpiece that perfectly blends voice and guitar into magic.
"Believe the word" that this is my favorite song of all time. The vocals, the lyrics, the guitar, the drums, the tempo, the timing, this is a masterpiece of heavy metal music.
@@arnesaknussemm7294 He really was. Some very jazzy musical ideas in his compositions while still being very metal. I was never a big fan of Pantera. The drumming and singing never really did it for me. No shade, just not my cup of tea but Dimebag was always amazing. He stood out.
My opinion is what's happening at the end is not a competition but a comparison. Through voice, the singer expresses his pain. The height of the pitch keeps rising as does the intensity of the feelings expressed, until the sorrow can no longer be communicated (voice stops) because it's beyond human limits (it's a metaphor, the singer has reached his limit) - however, the guitar still hits an even higher note, showing that while such an extreme feeling cannot be expressed, it can still be felt.
Or an echo. Screaming into the void. But instead of it coming back softer, it reverberates and comes back stronger, as if to validate and confirm. As if Phil's mom is reaching back from beyond the grave to comfort her son.
I get butterflies every time i hear that last measure of the guitar. Dime (guitar) is one of my heros. I love your reviews and input as a musician. This was very good!
Thanks for listening to Pantera. I suggest you look more into their catalog and more into Dimebag Darrell the guitarist. He was a legend and tragically was murdered in 2004. What made his sound so unique was he was using solid state guitar amps (when 90%+ in rock use tube amps). This gave his sound a very digital like sound. He also mastered many advanced techniques such as pinch harmonics (artificial harmonics), sweeping, tapping, and then his infamous whammy bar squeal sound which game from a natural harmonic timed perfectly on a vibrating string after he lowered the pitch from the whammy bar (he called it dumping the bar) and it comes back to regular pitch. He was one of a kind 😢
That high pitched squeal is a pinch harmonic. The note is picked and then the thumb on the picking hand is allowed to touch the string at a node so a harmonic rings out. At the same time the note is being bent with the fretting hand or the tremolo bar is being depressed to slacken the string.
I spent a lot time (back before youtube instructionals) trying to figure out how to do pinch harmonics. Finally found out you have to use a plastic pick, and here I was using nylon all this time.
I have this old Guitar World dvd where it has Dimebag telling you how to get his "squeals" but it's 100% in Drunken Dime lingo that I still don't know what he is saying. "You grab that sucker here right on the 9th pinch, then you tickle with the pinky... and yeah. lmao
Thank you for the wonderful compliments for my fellow Texas brothers. Next listen, when loving their music, notice the soul tearing, heart riping, love lost lyrics !
Van Halen "Mean Street" is the one that startled you a while back. As one of my favorite songs that startled reaction moment is what got me to keep watching your channel lol
A really good classic metal selection. I'm glad you found things to like and appreciate in this one. This is an example of a metal song that I think you have a chance at liking. The songs that the non-hardcore metal or some classic rock fans have heard and liked. Songs that are clearly metal, but have musical qualities that might attract non-metal fans. I typically use Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as an example of this type of metal song. The Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name" that you did is another example. You learned about the "screechy hinge" guitar technique early in the channel, when Karl's guitar colleague Graehme demonstrated the "pinch harmonic" on his guitar. Great reaction. I really enjoyed it.
Ah, Dimebag's guitar tone... that quality you describe is because when it comes to guitar gear, Dimebag was a little different from his peers. At the time (and even today), most guitarists were running through amplifiers that use vacuum tubes as transistors, while Dime's were solid-state MOSFET transistors, which have a different tonal quality to them, and he'd set his amp EQ a little differently, with more emphasis on the bass and treble, less on the mids. Some guitarists think his tone wasn't very good, but at the same time, it's a signature sound that's easily identifiable as his. Add the "squeaky" artificial harmonics, and it's a really unique guitar sound. And yeah, just gonna echo, you missed out on a hell of a setup with the intro by using the edited music video version. Picture the verse guitar figure with softer vocals and Queen-like guitar harmonies.
there is another full original version with a longer intro before the electric guitar ever kicks in. it’s much better. sadly most youtube reactions to this song feature this less dynamic, shorter, edited version. this version is not the one i grew up listening to on the cowboys from hell album and has no build up
I'm happy that you are now branching out again into lots of different artists. I'm sorry, but I couldn't be bothered to watch all of the Pink Floyd, Beatles, and Queen videos. But now I can return to your channel much more frequently again :)
Even after listening to Pantera for 25ish years, theres something about Dimebag's style that never click in my head until a few months ago. Watching The Fairy Voice Mother's reaction she concluded that his playing style is that of a singer more than most guitarists. Ever since hearing that, I've been hearing some of those one-in-a-million guitarists very differently
Dimebag was the master of pinch harmonics and artificial harmonics. Adding to the quality of his tone. Add his use of the Hendrix wah-wah pedal and he creates the "bad pony squeal" using the whammy bar. Finally, using his Floyd Rose tremolo, ends the song with major dive bombs on the strings. Bottoming out the stings with total slack. Beautiful!
Amy, I liked this analysis as always. It's really interesting your perspective in general, because of its authenticity, originality, and a touch of a professor approach like at evaluating the piece, in the good and the bad 'news'. From Master Pieces to Not so serious ones. As much subtle as should be.
What you're talking about regarding Dimebag's tone/timbre is his very singular tone shape, which he got from (mostly) using solid state amp heads and various equalisers, tone conditioners to acquire the almost thin and nasal rasp behind both his rhythm and lead channels. There's a few good 'rig rundowns' on RUclips that go into how he got his specific tone, through his effects and amp chain. But a lot of it was in his fingertips. The 'squeaky parts' are pinched harmonics, where the flesh of the thumb strikes the string immediately after being struck by the plectrum. When the string is struck so lightly 'in the same stroke', you're essentially plucking the string and then the harmonic node together. The wails he gets later at the end of the solo/call and response section, he briefly taps a harmonic node whilst pulling back on the tremolo arm and stepping on his wah wah pedal, allowing the highest frequencies to punch through.
Hope to see you do more pantera as time goes on, their catalog is quite diverse and dark, Suicide Note pt1&2, some of my favs. What happened to the strings on your harp?
The high pitches that "squeak" are "pinch harmonics". Actually, you could probably do it on the harp. On the guitar you hit the string with a pick and as it comes off the pick you immediately gently touch it with like the side of your thumb. Normally harmonics are played on a guitar by touching the string right above a fret, but since this is done below the fretboard at a different node close to the bridge, it causes a high harmonic; an up bend and/or vibrato are usually applied making it squeal even more. If you pluck a harp string in reverse (i.e., hitting it with the outside of the nail) and let the tip of your finger (the flesh part) graze it as it comes off the nail, it might work. Guitars are amplified of course, but I see no reason it can't be done on a harp string. If you try and it works, post a video! 🙂
About "squeaky guitar sound", Dimebag was one of the first major implementers of digital/transistor distortion (via pedals, amplifiers and computer generated effects) rather than tube based distortion sound. I'm not the expert, but if simplified, I guess I told the truth. And also as a casual guitar player myself =) As far as I remember, considering info that I read about 15-20 years ago, the difference between "more common" and "Pantera" sounds was in that "common" distortion sound has stress onto even harmonics, while "pantera" sound has stress onto uneven ones. Or vice versa =) I can't remember correctly. But! I am a proud owner of Boss Metal Zone MT-2, and this pedal can set you up to play Pantera-alike music whatever the amplifier or any other part of the sonic chain Thank you for your video, as always! I watch you from the one of the first of your videos, and I remember commenting right from the start, that you're gonna be huge. And you're sure are now. And future holds nothing but further growth for you. Greetings from Ukraine
great respect for doing this amazing track! as a metalhead I love your reactions, being that you approach it from your academic perspective as well. Dimebag was the greatest metal guitarist ever, God bless his soul.
I remember following your channel from the first or second video and I think I suggested this song to you, since it is one of the classics for any metalhead and especially for those of us who discovered Panthera as teenagers in the 90's. I sincerely appreciate your opinion, since I am a metalhead and a music lover with an affinity for aesthetic analysis but far from being an expert in music.
My favorite Pantera piece. Band I worked for opened for them in the King Dome in like '91 or '92. So long ago I can't be too specific. Phil had such spectacular range before he sorta went off the rails. The whole band has a sorta cursed by an old gypsy woman or something. Reb is still kicking around, I guess.
It’s a song about remembering the pain of love lost in youth. The big refrain, “I will unlock my door and pass the cemetery gates” line refers to the superstition of locking your car doors driving past a cemetery, or else a spirit might enter and follow you home. He is saying he will unlock his door intentionally as he drives by the cemetery remembering, in the hope that the spirit of the beloved would accompany him…
Pantella, pantera=Panther en espaniol... I was raised with them. Im from duncaville tx. 15 min. away. GETCHA A PULL ... LOL GIRL, its harmonics... ❤ya show...❤
The guitars in Pantera are so unique. The heavy, sludgy palm muting drives the groove and DImebag's solo guitar, overdrive/high gain causes almost constant harmonics (either pinch for natural). Love these guys
Maybe a "power ballad" weekend is in order? And to Vlad, please stop using the music videos for audio as they often are editied or has sound effects. Just use the album version that is more than often available on YT.
Phil's gotta be one of, if not the, best singers in 'geezer' metal. Sure, there are many good singers in metal nowadays, but this must be what got the gears going back in the day.
Rest in peace Dime and Vinny. Texas thrash at it's best. The song has that main riff with the pinch harmonics where Dime is pinching on the B. His distorted rhythm parts make use of palm muting to get that low end chug. He scooped some of the mids - but not ridiculously so - such that you get that slightly V EQ curve. The form is classic verse, pre-chorus, chorus. Dime was a master at throwing in those natural harmonics too (3rd, 4th, and 5th frets) while pulling up on the trem arm and then sinking it down during the outro.
It was Metallica. It was the first video I caught of your’s. When the heavy part came in you ducked and I laughed in surprise. You clearly were very much NOT prepared for the music. I recall loving the premise, enjoying the video, and subscribing right away. This channel has come so far from there and you have become very good at hosting these videos. I’m always happy to see what Vlad has prepared and what you have to say about it.
WOW, talk about an ear!!!! The difference you here in Dimes tone is because at the time he was one of the few guys playing through solid state amps, Randell I believe. Back then most of his contemporaries were playing through tube amps. THAT was impressive!
I learned pinch harmonics learning this song. A fender Squire that looked like a rebranded jackson with a floyd rose, tuning locks, and an emg select humbucker plus two single coils.
Hehe I loved this. The sound you’re describing is someone scooping the mids then blasting the guitar through 600watts of amp, proving that what’s wrong is right when you play it loud enough.
The “squeakiness” you are referring to is via a technique called Pinch Harmonics. It’s when the guitar player “pinches” the string between the pick and his finger holding the pick to strike the note. That in turn gives a harmonic quality to the note
I just found your channel recently and I am really enjoying the reactions and analysis you provide. I love Hard Rock/Metal and would love for you to react to some more Pantera and other bands. My favorite Pantera songs are "5 Minutes Alone" "This Love" and "I'm Broken" I think you would really enjoy Judas Priest. Rob Halford is an AMAZING vocalist for a metal band. "Victim of Changes" "The Hellion/Electric Eye" and "Painkiller" would get you going! Thank you.
This song is loosely based on a real life event that involved a suicide pact that only one person committed to. The call and response at the end is a person calling out to the other person and getting a crying, screaming response back. In the Southern USA, an old superstition was that if you drove by a graveyard in your car with the windows down or doors unlocked, it would invite spiritual attachments or ghostly "hitchhikers"... This song is someone allowing themselves to open up to that attachment because of guilt surrounding the situation and need to communicate with the other person
A lot of people are talking about how this didn't include the intro and that it's a "cut version" of the song. Technically, if you listen to the wind effects added to the intro and outro, this is the MUSIC VIDEO cut of CEMETERY GATES. The original version minus intro is 5 minutes long, and the intro adds an additional 1 minute and 32 seconds of guitar, bass, and vocals. Even if you don't do an additional video covering the actual song as intended, definitely listen to it anyway. It's worth it.
fun fact, this song is actually not in a440. it's a tad bit lower (not quite a 1/4 step) alot of dimes stuff was intentionally not tuned to 440 to make it more "sludgy" hearing you describe it as legit rusty is a really good analogy!
Its so frustrating to watch Pantera fans request this song over & over & over then complain when the content creator chooses the music video. I 100% blame the fans for never telling the content creators to avoid the music videos for CEMETERY GATES or THIS LOVE. Now i could remind people that fans made a proper 7 minute music video for CEMETERY GATES and its on RUclips but.... apparently this is all too confusing. Pantera fans, please do better.
This is my favorite metal guitar riff of all time. The harmonics squealing are harsh and unsettling, but still brutally beautiful when you realize they are like mournful wailing throughout the song. The song is about friends of the band. A woman who committed suicide and the boyfriend she left behind following suit because he couldn't live without her. The conclusion is pained screaming. I'd be interested to hear what you think of Gary Allan - "The Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning.)
Yes! Pantera is up there with the other Metal greats for sure. You should check out the video VH1 Behind The Music Pantera. You will laugh, you will cry, you will earn the right to wear a Pantera shirt. Ive seen Pantera many many times back in my youth. Dimebag signed my arm and drew a little logo backstage one night. I had it tattoo'd on permanent the next day. He brough a smile to everyone's face, and its interesting to see you smile when talking about his playing and sound. Apparently he is still putting smiles on everyone. RIP Dime & Vinnie
The ''squeak'' you are referring to is a technique called ''pinch harmonic''. Basically, the guitarist uses its thumb to slightly touch the string after plucking it, resulting in the string....euh.... squeaking..
The complete studio version is the one to react ,this edited version takes out like almost 3 minutes or more of an awesome guitar intro
Exactly man...we need a proper reaction
This version is a crime 😖
Well this is the version they made the most popular
@@slanderpop8771 this is the version they made for MTV, that at the time did not allow videos more than 5 minutes
isn't the intro one and a half minutes long? 🕜
I am a simple man. I see Pantera, I click. Thank you for your reaction.
actions speak louder than words, your comment speaks so much to me, appreciate you good Sir.
Who don't click, ain't no simple.
I love how she hears Dimebag’s guitar work, going in with no preconceived notions or expectations of what she is going to hear, and tries to explain what it is that makes it different. She tries to put it into words and does the best she can. She learned what we all have learned; when you hear Dimebag play guitar you know it is Dimebag. There are a handful of guitarists like this, the ones that go above great and become iconic. When you hear Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton, or Gilmour (to name some of the best known) you know it’s them. Dimebag is, and deserves to be, in this crowd.
The high squeaks (usually called squeals) are harmonics. Part of Dimebag Darrell`s (R.I.P) signature style was dipping the whammy bar (called a tremolo arm, even though it's actually for vibrato), hitting the harmonic and then pulling up the bar, making the harmonic scream.
He probably got that from Van Halen.
It's actually called pinch harmonics
'... or up here at the 3rd frett but that one will cost ya!" - Dime R.I.P.
@@diverdown631pinch harmonics are different from dive squeals. The squeak she was referring to was pinch harmonics. But I think the comment was referring to the dive squeal
@@johncarpenter3751The dive squeals I hear in this song are nearly all initially triggered by pinch harmonies which then feed back from the amp into the pickups, thus creating infinite sustain for those dive squeals.
Missed a great intro choosing the cut version.
Yeah she kinda chose the wrong version there.
Wrong, Wrong, wrong. RIP Dime
Yeah there's a whole minute of music and lyrics cut from the radio edit.
this
Reactors seem to choose the cut version too much. Who ever cut it up to begin with was real lame.
Man , i like how inteligent and sophysticated some people are about music. You can tell , that this lady here has fully classical education , but you can see also how the music flows in her and she is so open minded, of different genres and anything musicaly related. And her analogies and explanations are so great and on point . Its beautiful man , it rly is. Thank you mylady for who you are , for what you do , for that you in a same boat with me , with us , with all the music fans. World deserves more teachers like you. God bless!!!
New game: Take a bong rip every time someone says it's the wrong version.
Overdosed
Lots of this song and lots of rips? Not the worst game i played.
New game: Fuck yourself every time someone says it's the wrong version
Your on
Good thing i started early
This is a cut version, the first 1 and half minutes was removed. The original had a wonderful gentle acoustic guitar, eerie guitar solo, and softly sung lyrics. Up until hearing this cut version, I was unaware of how much that intro really set the mood for the rest of the song. You should definitely check out the uncut version, it's 7 minutes long.
This is in the Upper Echelon of metal music; a classic, legendary song and performance. A masterpiece that perfectly blends voice and guitar into magic.
Yo where is the guitar intro
Yeah. This version amputated the song.
Amen. The intro adds a lot to the song
This is the single/radio/music video edit unfortunately
They clipped it for the music video. It makes me sad. Phil's vocal intro, too. 😢
The call and response at the end always gets me. Hits hard every time.
"Believe the word" that this is my favorite song of all time. The vocals, the lyrics, the guitar, the drums, the tempo, the timing, this is a masterpiece of heavy metal music.
Great reaction, thanks for doing this and sharing. Dime & Vinnie, Getcha Pull, brothers \m/, RIP x
Dimebag Darrell (RIP): One of the greatest and innovative metal Guitar player. What a loss was Is death! 😢
You should check some live version, Dimebag was the only Guitar up there, and Is Amazing! (Sorry for my bad written english, greetings From Sicily!)
@@arnesaknussemm7294 He really was. Some very jazzy musical ideas in his compositions while still being very metal. I was never a big fan of Pantera. The drumming and singing never really did it for me. No shade, just not my cup of tea but Dimebag was always amazing. He stood out.
🤘😔🤘
My opinion is what's happening at the end is not a competition but a comparison. Through voice, the singer expresses his pain. The height of the pitch keeps rising as does the intensity of the feelings expressed, until the sorrow can no longer be communicated (voice stops) because it's beyond human limits (it's a metaphor, the singer has reached his limit) - however, the guitar still hits an even higher note, showing that while such an extreme feeling cannot be expressed, it can still be felt.
Or an echo. Screaming into the void. But instead of it coming back softer, it reverberates and comes back stronger, as if to validate and confirm. As if Phil's mom is reaching back from beyond the grave to comfort her son.
I genuinely wish I could come up with these complex thoughts when listening to such great music.
I call it dime's compliment to Phil's complex vocal abilities. Absolutely the perfect ending to a perfect piece of music
I get butterflies every time i hear that last measure of the guitar. Dime (guitar) is one of my heros. I love your reviews and input as a musician. This was very good!
Oh....finally! Been waiting for you to get to this song for ever
Totally distracted by the 2 broken strings on your harp 🧐😂
Thanks for listening to Pantera. I suggest you look more into their catalog and more into Dimebag Darrell the guitarist. He was a legend and tragically was murdered in 2004.
What made his sound so unique was he was using solid state guitar amps (when 90%+ in rock use tube amps). This gave his sound a very digital like sound. He also mastered many advanced techniques such as pinch harmonics (artificial harmonics), sweeping, tapping, and then his infamous whammy bar squeal sound which game from a natural harmonic timed perfectly on a vibrating string after he lowered the pitch from the whammy bar (he called it dumping the bar) and it comes back to regular pitch. He was one of a kind 😢
I love seeing her slowly becoming a metalhead like the most of us Love from France
That high pitched squeal is a pinch harmonic. The note is picked and then the thumb on the picking hand is allowed to touch the string at a node so a harmonic rings out. At the same time the note is being bent with the fretting hand or the tremolo bar is being depressed to slacken the string.
I spent a lot time (back before youtube instructionals) trying to figure out how to do pinch harmonics. Finally found out you have to use a plastic pick, and here I was using nylon all this time.
I have this old Guitar World dvd where it has Dimebag telling you how to get his "squeals" but it's 100% in Drunken Dime lingo that I still don't know what he is saying. "You grab that sucker here right on the 9th pinch, then you tickle with the pinky... and yeah. lmao
@@TheDeadStretchthe dime pulls are only at the end of the solo and the battle with phills voice. The rest are all pinched.
@@prototypep4 Okay? In the issue he wasn't showing you how to play any songs. It was all about his playing style and techniques.
Love how you you interpreted that last part between the vocalist and the guitar.
Thank you for the wonderful compliments for my fellow Texas brothers. Next listen, when loving their music, notice the soul tearing, heart riping, love lost lyrics !
Van Halen "Mean Street" is the one that startled you a while back. As one of my favorite songs that startled reaction moment is what got me to keep watching your channel lol
am a simple man. I see Pantera, I click. Thank you for your reaction.
A really good classic metal selection. I'm glad you found things to like and appreciate in this one. This is an example of a metal song that I think you have a chance at liking. The songs that the non-hardcore metal or some classic rock fans have heard and liked. Songs that are clearly metal, but have musical qualities that might attract non-metal fans. I typically use Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as an example of this type of metal song. The Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name" that you did is another example. You learned about the "screechy hinge" guitar technique early in the channel, when Karl's guitar colleague Graehme demonstrated the "pinch harmonic" on his guitar. Great reaction. I really enjoyed it.
Ah, Dimebag's guitar tone... that quality you describe is because when it comes to guitar gear, Dimebag was a little different from his peers. At the time (and even today), most guitarists were running through amplifiers that use vacuum tubes as transistors, while Dime's were solid-state MOSFET transistors, which have a different tonal quality to them, and he'd set his amp EQ a little differently, with more emphasis on the bass and treble, less on the mids. Some guitarists think his tone wasn't very good, but at the same time, it's a signature sound that's easily identifiable as his. Add the "squeaky" artificial harmonics, and it's a really unique guitar sound.
And yeah, just gonna echo, you missed out on a hell of a setup with the intro by using the edited music video version. Picture the verse guitar figure with softer vocals and Queen-like guitar harmonies.
“Artificial harmonics?” …that’s a pinch harmonic, nothing artificial about it
Amy, I loved this reaction. You're just amazing. End of story.
there is another full original version with a longer intro before the electric guitar ever kicks in. it’s much better. sadly most youtube reactions to this song feature this less dynamic, shorter, edited version. this version is not the one i grew up listening to on the cowboys from hell album and has no build up
Because this is the edit for the music video.
I love how you describe stuff. This song is one of the reasons I picked up the guitar and never put it down 35 or so years ago 👍👍👍👍👍
I hadn't heard it in a while, and now it felt almost like the first time.
I'm happy that you are now branching out again into lots of different artists. I'm sorry, but I couldn't be bothered to watch all of the Pink Floyd, Beatles, and Queen videos. But now I can return to your channel much more frequently again :)
To each their own.
@bodhileaf Probably not, lol. Already enough people on the internet saying stupid things.
@bodhileafalways a rude comment by some close minded boomer. You should be more mature by now
Yeah. I believe she started to realize that.
I am not a big Beatles guy, but her discussion of Pink Floyd was legit.
The way that Dimebags guitar imitates Phil’s voice is amazing
Even after listening to Pantera for 25ish years, theres something about Dimebag's style that never click in my head until a few months ago. Watching The Fairy Voice Mother's reaction she concluded that his playing style is that of a singer more than most guitarists. Ever since hearing that, I've been hearing some of those one-in-a-million guitarists very differently
Protect this woman at all cost 😀😀😀😀
haha , she remind me of someone i tried to introduce to metal , i ask what she hear , she said noise , lol
Spot on, insightful analysis. Your description of what the music.expresses is really interesting to hear.
thanks for review of Pantera. I was wondering if you could do another King Diamond song, please.
king diamond sucks ass
Interesting analysis thanks
The longer version with the softer guitar intro and vocals is far superior
Should have gone with that one.
What a great explanation about the guitar solo part!
Dimebag was the master of pinch harmonics and artificial harmonics. Adding to the quality of his tone. Add his use of the Hendrix wah-wah pedal and he creates the "bad pony squeal" using the whammy bar. Finally, using his Floyd Rose tremolo, ends the song with major dive bombs on the strings. Bottoming out the stings with total slack. Beautiful!
After all those years I still have goosebumps all over… every time
Amy, I liked this analysis as always. It's really interesting your perspective in general, because of its authenticity, originality, and a touch of a professor approach like at evaluating the piece, in the good and the bad 'news'. From Master Pieces to Not so serious ones. As much subtle as should be.
The main reason I listen to Virgin Rock and the charismatic voice
I love it when she describes chorus-heavy arpeggiated clean guitars (trademark of 80s) sound like renaissance folk music haha
What you're talking about regarding Dimebag's tone/timbre is his very singular tone shape, which he got from (mostly) using solid state amp heads and various equalisers, tone conditioners to acquire the almost thin and nasal rasp behind both his rhythm and lead channels.
There's a few good 'rig rundowns' on RUclips that go into how he got his specific tone, through his effects and amp chain.
But a lot of it was in his fingertips.
The 'squeaky parts' are pinched harmonics, where the flesh of the thumb strikes the string immediately after being struck by the plectrum.
When the string is struck so lightly 'in the same stroke', you're essentially plucking the string and then the harmonic node together.
The wails he gets later at the end of the solo/call and response section, he briefly taps a harmonic node whilst pulling back on the tremolo arm and stepping on his wah wah pedal, allowing the highest frequencies to punch through.
1:30 "Sorry Texans"
Nah... We love that description
Hope to see you do more pantera as time goes on, their catalog is quite diverse and dark, Suicide Note pt1&2, some of my favs. What happened to the strings on your harp?
This song is epic, hope you can really enjoy the melodies and harmonies! Take care!
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Born In 2006, Arlington, TX, my uncle used to host parties that they would play at.
The high pitches that "squeak" are "pinch harmonics". Actually, you could probably do it on the harp. On the guitar you hit the string with a pick and as it comes off the pick you immediately gently touch it with like the side of your thumb. Normally harmonics are played on a guitar by touching the string right above a fret, but since this is done below the fretboard at a different node close to the bridge, it causes a high harmonic; an up bend and/or vibrato are usually applied making it squeal even more. If you pluck a harp string in reverse (i.e., hitting it with the outside of the nail) and let the tip of your finger (the flesh part) graze it as it comes off the nail, it might work. Guitars are amplified of course, but I see no reason it can't be done on a harp string. If you try and it works, post a video! 🙂
that sound you're describing is the scooped mids of the 90s lol
About "squeaky guitar sound", Dimebag was one of the first major implementers of digital/transistor distortion (via pedals, amplifiers and computer generated effects) rather than tube based distortion sound. I'm not the expert, but if simplified, I guess I told the truth. And also as a casual guitar player myself =)
As far as I remember, considering info that I read about 15-20 years ago, the difference between "more common" and "Pantera" sounds was in that "common" distortion sound has stress onto even harmonics, while "pantera" sound has stress onto uneven ones. Or vice versa =) I can't remember correctly.
But! I am a proud owner of Boss Metal Zone MT-2, and this pedal can set you up to play Pantera-alike music whatever the amplifier or any other part of the sonic chain
Thank you for your video, as always! I watch you from the one of the first of your videos, and I remember commenting right from the start, that you're gonna be huge. And you're sure are now. And future holds nothing but further growth for you.
Greetings from Ukraine
I want to listen the cemetary gates intro on harp!!!!
Hopefully a harp with all it's strings working...
It's cool to see someone from 1929 teleport themselves in a time machine to 2024 to experience a heavy metal song released 34 years ago.😊
This edited version is bad 🫠
yeah it doesn't hit the same without intro....
@@bloop6013 the power of a good intro 🫱🏻🫲🏽
It’s just not the same song without the intro. It should be banned
Editing or censoring any song is blasphemy
@@davidgessin-mccully3919pantera did it themselves. Made it shorter for the music video
You're such a gem ❤ and thanks Vlad!
Excellent analysis and reaction, enjoyed it!
great respect for doing this amazing track! as a metalhead I love your reactions, being that you approach it from your academic perspective as well. Dimebag was the greatest metal guitarist ever, God bless his soul.
I remember following your channel from the first or second video and I think I suggested this song to you, since it is one of the classics for any metalhead and especially for those of us who discovered Panthera as teenagers in the 90's.
I sincerely appreciate your opinion, since I am a metalhead and a music lover with an affinity for aesthetic analysis but far from being an expert in music.
Harmonic pitch was a common technique for 80s-90's metal guitarists, and I love that this technique is still used today.
My favorite Pantera piece. Band I worked for opened for them in the King Dome in like '91 or '92. So long ago I can't be too specific. Phil had such spectacular range before he sorta went off the rails. The whole band has a sorta cursed by an old gypsy woman or something. Reb is still kicking around, I guess.
In the current version of pantera,they don't do this song live. Phil said he can't hit those high notes anymore.
R.I.P the Abbott brothers 😢
Did I just stumble upon Olive Oil IRL?!? 😂 That shirt is awesome btw 😊
I'm from Texas, that sounds about right.
Of all the awe inspiring beauty in this world all Pantera can talk about is cemetaries.
It’s a song about remembering the pain of love lost in youth. The big refrain, “I will unlock my door and pass the cemetery gates” line refers to the superstition of locking your car doors driving past a cemetery, or else a spirit might enter and follow you home.
He is saying he will unlock his door intentionally as he drives by the cemetery remembering, in the hope that the spirit of the beloved would accompany him…
Yeah I love the way this song plays with tempo.
Pantella, pantera=Panther en espaniol...
I was raised
with them. Im from duncaville tx.
15 min. away.
GETCHA A PULL
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LOL GIRL, its harmonics...
❤ya show...❤
The guitars in Pantera are so unique. The heavy, sludgy palm muting drives the groove and DImebag's solo guitar, overdrive/high gain causes almost constant harmonics (either pinch for natural). Love these guys
"I kinda like this riff ..." ❤ You and me both sister.
Maybe a "power ballad" weekend is in order?
And to Vlad, please stop using the music videos for audio as they often are editied or has sound effects.
Just use the album version that is more than often available on YT.
Phil's gotta be one of, if not the, best singers in 'geezer' metal. Sure, there are many good singers in metal nowadays, but this must be what got the gears going back in the day.
Escucha "Tren loco" y "hermetica"
@kamusuaike7942 Indeed.
Rest in peace Dime and Vinny. Texas thrash at it's best. The song has that main riff with the pinch harmonics where Dime is pinching on the B. His distorted rhythm parts make use of palm muting to get that low end chug. He scooped some of the mids - but not ridiculously so - such that you get that slightly V EQ curve. The form is classic verse, pre-chorus, chorus. Dime was a master at throwing in those natural harmonics too (3rd, 4th, and 5th frets) while pulling up on the trem arm and then sinking it down during the outro.
Finally some classical music 😄
Hello from Texas! We like Texas jokes too.
It was Metallica. It was the first video I caught of your’s. When the heavy part came in you ducked and I laughed in surprise. You clearly were very much NOT prepared for the music. I recall loving the premise, enjoying the video, and subscribing right away. This channel has come so far from there and you have become very good at hosting these videos. I’m always happy to see what Vlad has prepared and what you have to say about it.
WOW, talk about an ear!!!! The difference you here in Dimes tone is because at the time he was one of the few guys playing through solid state amps, Randell I believe. Back then most of his contemporaries were playing through tube amps. THAT was impressive!
I learned pinch harmonics learning this song. A fender Squire that looked like a rebranded jackson with a floyd rose, tuning locks, and an emg select humbucker plus two single coils.
Hehe I loved this. The sound you’re describing is someone scooping the mids then blasting the guitar through 600watts of amp, proving that what’s wrong is right when you play it loud enough.
The “squeakiness” you are referring to is via a technique called Pinch Harmonics. It’s when the guitar player “pinches” the string between the pick and his finger holding the pick to strike the note. That in turn gives a harmonic quality to the note
When you have to replace a broken harp string, do they make you buy a whole pack or will they sell you a single one for a $1?
I just found your channel recently and I am really enjoying the reactions and analysis you provide. I love Hard Rock/Metal and would love for you to react to some more Pantera and other bands.
My favorite Pantera songs are "5 Minutes Alone" "This Love" and "I'm Broken"
I think you would really enjoy Judas Priest. Rob Halford is an AMAZING vocalist for a metal band. "Victim of Changes" "The Hellion/Electric Eye" and "Painkiller" would get you going!
Thank you.
I enjoyed your take on this song.
You felt it too huh? 😅 Yea, Dimebag was incredible with a guitar. So glad he was able to make music and have a legacy. ❤
This song is loosely based on a real life event that involved a suicide pact that only one person committed to. The call and response at the end is a person calling out to the other person and getting a crying, screaming response back. In the Southern USA, an old superstition was that if you drove by a graveyard in your car with the windows down or doors unlocked, it would invite spiritual attachments or ghostly "hitchhikers"... This song is someone allowing themselves to open up to that attachment because of guilt surrounding the situation and need to communicate with the other person
A lot of people are talking about how this didn't include the intro and that it's a "cut version" of the song. Technically, if you listen to the wind effects added to the intro and outro, this is the MUSIC VIDEO cut of CEMETERY GATES. The original version minus intro is 5 minutes long, and the intro adds an additional 1 minute and 32 seconds of guitar, bass, and vocals. Even if you don't do an additional video covering the actual song as intended, definitely listen to it anyway. It's worth it.
fun fact, this song is actually not in a440. it's a tad bit lower (not quite a 1/4 step) alot of dimes stuff was intentionally not tuned to 440 to make it more "sludgy"
hearing you describe it as legit rusty is a really good analogy!
Pantera amazing band, Dimebag Darrell great guitarist 😊
Its so frustrating to watch Pantera fans request this song over & over & over then complain when the content creator chooses the music video.
I 100% blame the fans for never telling the content creators to avoid the music videos for CEMETERY GATES or THIS LOVE.
Now i could remind people that fans made a proper 7 minute music video for CEMETERY GATES and its on RUclips but.... apparently this is all too confusing.
Pantera fans, please do better.
Were you referring to Dime's pinch harmonics, when you said, "What is that Squeek?"? 😂
We have a term which translates from my language as 'fat sound', so for me this type of sound is opposite, should be 'lean sound'?
That squeaky sound is sometimes Dimebag grabbing a pinch harmonic. I love that squeal.
This is my favorite metal guitar riff of all time. The harmonics squealing are harsh and unsettling, but still brutally beautiful when you realize they are like mournful wailing throughout the song. The song is about friends of the band. A woman who committed suicide and the boyfriend she left behind following suit because he couldn't live without her. The conclusion is pained screaming. I'd be interested to hear what you think of Gary Allan - "The Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning.)
Yes! Pantera is up there with the other Metal greats for sure. You should check out the video VH1 Behind The Music Pantera. You will laugh, you will cry, you will earn the right to wear a Pantera shirt. Ive seen Pantera many many times back in my youth. Dimebag signed my arm and drew a little logo backstage one night. I had it tattoo'd on permanent the next day. He brough a smile to everyone's face, and its interesting to see you smile when talking about his playing and sound. Apparently he is still putting smiles on everyone. RIP Dime & Vinnie
"Get a pull of this!" R.I.P. the Legend.
The ''squeak'' you are referring to is a technique called ''pinch harmonic''. Basically, the guitarist uses its thumb to slightly touch the string after plucking it, resulting in the string....euh.... squeaking..
You are so smart 😊
Wait, where's the acoustics and the lyrics from the intro?