The dudes girlfriend (I thing his gf) killed herself and he gets her diary but he dosent know why she did it and if he loved her or how he fit in but he starts contemplating it (put myself right beside you) but he starts giving up on the diary (as I burn another page) and tries forgetting it (as I look the other way) he just can’t (I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane) but finally he gives up on the diary and returns it to her in the end as he lays it on her grave. Thats just his side though this video tells 2 storys. I don’t remember everything about her side but the way I always interpreted it is that she feels invisible to everyone around her and doesn’t know her place in the world so she kills herself in her bathtub but she wakes up confused and when she tries looking in the mirror there’s no glass so she starts running around her house trying to find herself but she finally finds where all the mirrors went (also where the band was playing) she can’t see her reflection anymore, she lost herself, finally realizing her fate
Been a long time since I watched this video, but I think you're absolutely right. It's about a guy's loss of his significant other after she died. He's trying to make sense out of it. He's considering killing himself to join her. (If I could, I would lay myself right beside you.) He reads her diary to find his place in it only to find no help. He's frustrated and mad, but decides to move on by burning the diary. I think you pretty much nailed her side of the video.
Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine... keep going with this New aged metal its awesome watching you react to these songs keep it up!
I really don't mean to be a jerk, its just none of those bands are "new." They're all over 15 years old. Today, Metal is currently being shaped by bands like Power Trip (Thrash), Gatecreeper (Death Metal), Youth Code (Industrial), Code Orange (Metallic Hardcore), Ho99o9 (Noise Metal), Myrkur (Black Metal), Unleash The Archers (Power Metal), Elder (Doom). Metal is in a real Renaissance, the quality of bands today couldn't be higher and they're breaking the mold in new ways. Most aren't exactly radio friendly tho, either too heavy or their songs are too long. Just want to let you know that there is really dope modern Metal being produced today.
i understand, but the biggest and most popular hard rock/metal bands of the 2000's are the 4 I listed along with Slipknot. In my personal opinion there are no bands currently making music right now that are better than those 5.
@The Dream Catcher, since you're more into mainstream Hard Rock sound than underground Metal you'd probably dig Doom Metal. Doom is groovier and heavier than Hard Rock but keeps the melodic elements. If you want to expand your horizons check out these albums, Elder - Reflections of a Floating World, Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun, Pallbearer - Heartless. All three of these albums were featured on multiple best of lists on the years they were released (2016 and 2017) and were critically acclaimed.
@Alex Hefner This song is about a guy who was in a relationship with a girl for quite some time and the girl died (suicided I think). After her death he was reading her diary and she wrote about everything there. But there was not a single word about him. Like he never existed. So he's double heart-broken. That's what I heard a long time ago. Don't know if it's true but it fits
maciek turek I used to know a guy when I was growing up in ocean City. He was on heroin. He kept getting clean but going back. Became a born again Christian. I feel like that was the last conversation I had with him. He finally got married. They had a little baby girl. By the time the baby was two, the mother od'd and died. Dad kept having hallucinations over her death. He hung himself in one of the houses across from the newest Wawa gas stations. I'd love to see his diary.
Idk about that.. Going over the lyrics i think it holds water, in both cases.. Like, the guy tries to be the best for his partner, want to learn what gets her ball rolling.. ("Try to find out what makes you tick As I lie down, sore and sick" ) (her), but for her, it's like he never exists ("No love, there is no love Die for anyone What have I become?" , but also in the chorus ) As said, to me it holds water pretty tight tbh
I thought the same, like evanescence, breaking benjamin, within temptation, five finger death punch, they we're all part of my childhood growing up and im only 21 but ive been knowing some of these groups since im like 3 but my dad was a huge metalhead/rock fan so yeah that also helps 😅
You'd be surprise how many people have never heard much metal music. I mean there's 8 billion people on this planet and only millions of fans. How many music artist so you think have close to 1 billion fans?
Joe Thieme when did you say that you think it doesn't classify as metal? I don't see that anywhere on this post. You should probably reread the last comments you made on this post because you never mentioned that genius.
There is truly not a terrible Breaking Benjamin. They are one of the few bands where you could have an entire playlist of all their songs and not get sick of it. What they have gone through, especially Ben Burnley and how they are still producing quality music is a testimate to how special this band is. Dairy of Jane is a very fitting choice, it's the last song they perform live and with good reason. Personally, my favorite song not only by them but ANY band is Until the End. Doesn't get that much praise than some of their other songs. I see people recommending Animal I Have Become by TDG. Definitely recommended. Adam Gontier and Ben are the best vocalists in modern rock.
Its in my top 5 modern rock songs of all time. Its one of those rare songs that I have never gotten tired of hearing no matter how many times i have listened it.
You're a little late to the party. But so was I. My niece used to let her phone's playlist play. Everytime I'd hear a breaking Benjamin song I'd say who's that? And I was always like damn that sounds good. Finally listened to most of their music and I'm hooked. Saw them live with 5 finger death punch. They are amazing.
Tyler 1123 I've been also requesting chevelle on these reaction channels with not much response. Chevelle rocks. The clincher, well enough alone, letter from a thief, same old trip, and my all time favorite the fad!! The fad is such a badass but overlooked song.
I don't think that anyone knows this but diary of Jane was inspired by the lead singers girlfriend who killed herself, and then he looked through her diary and turns out that she cheated on him several times.
Breaking Benjamin is one of a handful of bands that have never released a single bad or ill written song..their lead singer Benjamin Burnley is dedicated AF and performs full shows even when he has throat problems, no excuses made. They love their fans and are just the best kind of people you can imagine
Welcome to the world of Breaking Benjamin. These guys truly rock out and will never sell out. Even after the huge break they still have their sound we all liked upon first listen. Breaking Benjamin is like wine, gets better with time.
Dr Kirb Kenneth kirby you’re musically ignorant if you think Saturate, and Dear Agony or elevator music albums. You clearly haven’t heard their entire catalogue and especially more than 10sec after the intro of any of their songs aside from their popular tracks if that’s what you think of them. It’s ok to dislike but your description is way off. Not all their songs are heavy. Not everything needs to be heavy to sound good. The subtleness of Breaking Benjamin’s instrumentals is what makes them who they are not counting Ben. Dull? Never heard of that towards any proper band except from the elitists that only follow one genre and think that’s all that’s good..
The inspiration for this song is based on true story. The girlfriend of the lead singer committed suicide. When he finally looked through her diary years later, he found that she had been cheating on him. One quote he gave to describe how he felt was "She was a chapter in my life. I was a sentence in her's"
Yeah no that’s not the true story at all. Ben years ago in an interview said the inspiration for the song was about people dying who are unknown “Jane Does” and how no one knew their story or their life and their experiences. But their stories still matter and are important. This is his excerpt from that interview: “Well, I’ll tell you not necessarily what it’s about, but what inspired it because I think that helps explain how it feels for me. It all started because I was watching a lot of Forensic Files stuff where there were a bunch of unsolved mysteries. There was a Jane Doe that washed up on shore and she just got buried with no story. It was like a meaningless person. Nobody knew who she was to the point where whatever she did was all gone. So, Jane references Jane Doe but then making a story up for her because she had nothing. That’s what started it and then once I started writing, it turned into more than that. Our lives are important. Your life is important to you, my life is important to me. We know that somebody is going to remember what we’re all about. This person Jane was just gone because they were unidentified for so long and lived this entire life for nothing.”
Notice how in the video, the girl wakes up in a bathtub. She realizes that the bathroom mirror is missing, so she goes around the whole house trying to find herself. The room the band is playing in has all of the mirrors, so she heads to that room, but when she stands in front of it, she can’t see her reflection. The end has the lead singer placing a rose (or something) in a book on tob of a stone slab, and when he walks away from the slab, it’s revealed to have words written on it. This stone slab is her gravestone. She died, whether it was an accidental drowning (hence the bathtub) or a suicide.
Alex Hefner At the end I see it as he lost his chance to be in her diary since she is no longer around, whether it be moved away or with someone else, dead, or just not able to be around her. something like that anyway. Also by breaking benjamin Blow me away, so cold, sooner or later, Polyamorous
Breaking Benjamin: So cold, Red cold river, Blood, Psycho, I will not bow, Failure, angels fall, Never again, Close to heaven, Believe, Polyamorous, Until the end, And breakdown!
Fit For An Autopsy - Black Mammoth Deathcore done right! Incredible song with a big message! Highly recommend checking it out just because of the message! Animals As Leaders - The Brain Dance It’s a 3 man instrumental band, they’re all absolute fantastic musicians! The song is beautiful, would recommend the 7 min version.
😍😍 Breaking Benjamin is amazing try their song I Will Not Bow. Its a deep song. You should also react to All That Remains- Two Weeks. Love watching your channel one of the best parts of my day!
He loved the girl so much and was there for her for her whole life, especially when no one else was, and after she died he found her diary and read it. He was nowhere in the diary...One of the hardest songs from my favorite band of all time.
I feel like the reason people like these videos is because he is like our friend that we want to show this new song. We’re just like “ pass the aux cord I got you”
More importantly, he watches/listens the entire song, and we dont have to checkup on him, or tell him to 'wait for it! Its coming! You still hearing this?! NOW! ....you ass hat didnt even care for it!"
@Alex Hefner The reason it's so "catchy" is because they've got deep roots in classical composition. They have a formula that's been used since the time of Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and other classical masters. That's why it has an almost cinematic feel. They also helped work on the soundtracks for the Xbox games Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Don't know about the others. But those guitars you hear.... yup.
sooo ....are you going to to turn into a metal head and join the dark side xD ditch hip hop -Whispers in your head - Try to listen to So Cold by also Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is one of my favorite bands. I’m so glad you reacted to them!! You should react to some other songs by them like Unknown Soldier & Dear Agony!!
To me this song is deeper than the obvious lyrics. I think this song is about someone who wants to be with a woman desperately but not just because he loves her but because she needs help. He wants to be her support and help her through her struggle with depression, but she wouldn’t let him into her life and eventually committed suicide. It’s rather dark when you look at it that way but at the same time this song sounds so dang good I was head-banging while watching your reaction
Breaking Benjamin is my mostly fav band even they not famous as avenge sevenfold and others..something special about breaking benjamin is they have hard rock instrumentals but it actually relaxing rock..you must hear another song from them such as without you,breath,until the end and more..I subscribed you because you love breaking benjamin song 😊
The action starts at 02:26. I love Breaking Benjamin. I can't believe you've just discovered these guys! Have you been living under a rock?! JK. But seriously? Keep Calm & Rock On! \m/
Breaking Benjamin is dope af. I've been listening to Polyamorous and Home again recently Fun fact: they make references to Jane in other music videos/songs. For example in Angels Fall there's a boat with a plaque that reads SS Jane. And I think in Breath there's a part of the song where in the background you can hear Ben whispering "Jane, Jane, Jane"
ZeroContentSF right? It's such a random song. TBH maybe Metallica, since they've managed to make a kickass song about a Mark Twain book and 4 songs about HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. But it wouldn't sound the same
Bro, how have you never listened or heard of Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Avenge Sevenfold, Bullet for my Valentine, and these other amazingly good punk/rock bands? Do live under a rock or something?
Or we can all enjoy different kinds of music cuz were all different. There are bad songs and good songs in all genres of music. And what right would We have to determine good and bad? We can all get along. Music was designed to unite not divide.
@@HalkerVeil Have you ever considered digging into good rap? Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko both have a rock feel in some of their songs not to mention Krizz can sing. If you like that, you can look into ¡MAYDAY! and Rittz
Alex, you have to react to Bad Wolves's cover of Zombie. Trust me, it's a phenomenal song and a beautiful tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, the original singer of the song. Please check it out when you get a chance. On a side note, I'm really happy to see you react to Breaking Benjamin, since they always been my favorite band. Great video as always, Alex!
My ex when I was 19 dedicated this to me.... 10yrs later he says he can't listen to it without repeating it and thinking of me lol..... paired with vermillion. I love this song 😂😂
All the songs on the radio. Breaking Benjamin has a TON of other good songs not played on the radio. Sugarcoat Evil Angel Follow you Dance with the Devil You fight me Away Hollow Feed the Wolf Psycho
That was my first time hearing them too and I've been a metal fan from the womb dude so don't sweat it! lol. I really like their sound though, remind me of several other bands mixed into one. Looking forward to discovering more of their stuff 🤟🏼
Breaking Benjamin fans where you at!!
HERE! Love them! Grew up with BB and they are still AMAZING!
They are from my home town and they chill AF lol
Seeing them on Tuesday!!!
right here brah
Right here! Just saw them last week.
I can’t really name a bad song by these guys. Straight up legendary. Feel like alot of people don’t give them a chance.
Yes! 18 years I have been listening to them, always good stuff!
all their songs follow the same formula. they’re a band that “plays it safe”. it’s not bad, but it’s never been very good.
junglecaats they def follow a formula, I like that formula, but it stops from LOVING them, you know what I mean?
I think people dismiss them because they play on the radio.
junglecaats You ego is bad though. Get outta here..
Fun Fact: Breaking Benjamin had a song "Blow Me Away" that had the instrumental used in Halo 2 on the "Mausoleum of the arbiter" level.
Not sure about the whole band but I know the sing was actually happy to do that because he was a huge halo fan
Jynx209 The lead singer is like a huge fucking nerd lmao.
And even better, it was ONLY to publicize their band. They did it did free
True story
Oh shit, i need to get the original halo 2
The dudes girlfriend (I thing his gf) killed herself and he gets her diary but he dosent know why she did it and if he loved her or how he fit in but he starts contemplating it (put myself right beside you) but he starts giving up on the diary (as I burn another page) and tries forgetting it (as I look the other way) he just can’t (I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane) but finally he gives up on the diary and returns it to her in the end as he lays it on her grave. Thats just his side though this video tells 2 storys. I don’t remember everything about her side but the way I always interpreted it is that she feels invisible to everyone around her and doesn’t know her place in the world so she kills herself in her bathtub but she wakes up confused and when she tries looking in the mirror there’s no glass so she starts running around her house trying to find herself but she finally finds where all the mirrors went (also where the band was playing) she can’t see her reflection anymore, she lost herself, finally realizing her fate
321 PATATO! I actually didn’t think anyone else thought the same thing I did about the meaning of this. Glad to hear it👍🏼
It's a sex diary
Been a long time since I watched this video, but I think you're absolutely right. It's about a guy's loss of his significant other after she died. He's trying to make sense out of it. He's considering killing himself to join her. (If I could, I would lay myself right beside you.) He reads her diary to find his place in it only to find no help. He's frustrated and mad, but decides to move on by burning the diary. I think you pretty much nailed her side of the video.
Nailed it!
I hope Alex reads this and the other comments underneath it. Perfect analysis.
Breaking Benjamin is just a solid modern rock band. This is a great song.
I think all their stuff backs that up, just saying
And one of the few who havent changed over the year. You can trust them to make the music we love them for.
Never heard a bad Breaking Benjamin song to be honest
Matt F Ben Burnley wrote "Dear Agony" because he is a recovering alcoholic. 👍
no they are Alt Metal, not rock
Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine... keep going with this New aged metal its awesome watching you react to these songs keep it up!
I really don't mean to be a jerk, its just none of those bands are "new." They're all over 15 years old. Today, Metal is currently being shaped by bands like Power Trip (Thrash), Gatecreeper (Death Metal), Youth Code (Industrial), Code Orange (Metallic Hardcore), Ho99o9 (Noise Metal), Myrkur (Black Metal), Unleash The Archers (Power Metal), Elder (Doom). Metal is in a real Renaissance, the quality of bands today couldn't be higher and they're breaking the mold in new ways. Most aren't exactly radio friendly tho, either too heavy or their songs are too long. Just want to let you know that there is really dope modern Metal being produced today.
i understand, but the biggest and most popular hard rock/metal bands of the 2000's are the 4 I listed along with Slipknot. In my personal opinion there are no bands currently making music right now that are better than those 5.
If he plays 3DD or Nickelback... I’m out.
Yooo I went to a concert headed by Avenged Sevenfold. Both Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace opened for them, it was CRAAAZYYYY
@The Dream Catcher, since you're more into mainstream Hard Rock sound than underground Metal you'd probably dig Doom Metal. Doom is groovier and heavier than Hard Rock but keeps the melodic elements. If you want to expand your horizons check out these albums, Elder - Reflections of a Floating World, Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun, Pallbearer - Heartless. All three of these albums were featured on multiple best of lists on the years they were released (2016 and 2017) and were critically acclaimed.
@Alex Hefner This song is about a guy who was in a relationship with a girl for quite some time and the girl died (suicided I think). After her death he was reading her diary and she wrote about everything there. But there was not a single word about him. Like he never existed. So he's double heart-broken. That's what I heard a long time ago. Don't know if it's true but it fits
maciek turek It does make sense that she's dead, cause she doesn't have a reflection in the mirror. You can't reflect what isn't actually there.
If you go by the video the theory you have holds up. Just based over the lyrics it is a weak theory
maciek turek I love this theory
maciek turek
I used to know a guy when I was growing up in ocean City. He was on heroin. He kept getting clean but going back. Became a born again Christian. I feel like that was the last conversation I had with him. He finally got married. They had a little baby girl. By the time the baby was two, the mother od'd and died. Dad kept having hallucinations over her death. He hung himself in one of the houses across from the newest Wawa gas stations. I'd love to see his diary.
Idk about that..
Going over the lyrics i think it holds water, in both cases..
Like, the guy tries to be the best for his partner, want to learn what gets her ball rolling.. ("Try to find out what makes you tick
As I lie down, sore and sick" ) (her), but for her, it's like he never exists ("No love, there is no love
Die for anyone
What have I become?" , but also in the chorus )
As said, to me it holds water pretty tight tbh
How is it possible that someone over the age of like 13 has not heard this song?
glad to see you enjoyed it though
I thought the same, like evanescence, breaking benjamin, within temptation, five finger death punch, they we're all part of my childhood growing up and im only 21 but ive been knowing some of these groups since im like 3 but my dad was a huge metalhead/rock fan so yeah that also helps 😅
Ive never heard of this song or even the band. Though im from england.
I’m sure he’s heard the song, but now he’s actually listening to it. Understanding the lyrics and enjoying these amazing songs.
I just recently found the song don't stone me.
You'd be surprise how many people have never heard much metal music. I mean there's 8 billion people on this planet and only millions of fans. How many music artist so you think have close to 1 billion fans?
Breaking Benjamin are one of the few bands which haven't written a single bad song..
You are right! Not a single one, EVERY single one! Long live shitty generic radio rock music!
Joe Thieme go back to your Justin Bieber dude!
So because I think this doesn't classify as metal, you think I listen to justin beiber? That makes no sense
Joe Thieme when did you say that you think it doesn't classify as metal? I don't see that anywhere on this post. You should probably reread the last comments you made on this post because you never mentioned that genius.
"Generic radio ROCK" ....rock is not metal. Its rock. Are you dense?
Oh! Oh! You should listen to dance with the devil, or evil angel :D
AJAnims OMG evil angel is such a great song
@@javiackles886 I second a criminally under rated song by far.
Gooosh I love Evil Angel and Dance with the Devil😫
@@kayel5644 yesss evil angel is so beautiful and the rift at the beginning is so unique ughh there too good lol.
The entire fucking album is brilliant. Along with every other song he's ever put out...
There is truly not a terrible Breaking Benjamin. They are one of the few bands where you could have an entire playlist of all their songs and not get sick of it. What they have gone through, especially Ben Burnley and how they are still producing quality music is a testimate to how special this band is. Dairy of Jane is a very fitting choice, it's the last song they perform live and with good reason. Personally, my favorite song not only by them but ANY band is Until the End. Doesn't get that much praise than some of their other songs. I see people recommending Animal I Have Become by TDG. Definitely recommended. Adam Gontier and Ben are the best vocalists in modern rock.
Until the End is a banger!
i would say about 98% of their songs are amazing...but not all of them...there is like one or two i felt just were missing something...
Until the end is a one of the best
RyBegz a month later, but listen to the acoustic version (chills in the spine)
Dont forget Chester Bennington, dude was a legend on the mic
After all these years I still get goosebumps listening to that song. BB forever
Me too
Its in my top 5 modern rock songs of all time. Its one of those rare songs that I have never gotten tired of hearing no matter how many times i have listened it.
Hell yeah bb for life
No love, there is no love.
Same man, damn
Breaking benjamin- Dance with the devil
djjazzyjeff123 I agree, I'm a big fun and I love all of their songs!!!
Real🙌
Absolutely!!
You're a little late to the party. But so was I. My niece used to let her phone's playlist play. Everytime I'd hear a breaking Benjamin song I'd say who's that? And I was always like damn that sounds good. Finally listened to most of their music and I'm hooked. Saw them live with 5 finger death punch. They are amazing.
Yes Dance with the devil is amazing
Breaking Benjamin- so cold
Norman Tompkins this song is gold👏👏👏🔥🔥
Agreed
I will not bow
Red Cold River
Norman Tompkins Forget Red Cold River and So Cold, what about Polyamorous?!
React to Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin it’s their deepest song
tj boylan Agreed. Sugarcoat and Hopeless have my vote for their hardest work
Also Ashes of eden!
I just assumed that everyone who was destined to love Rock was born having heard Diary of Jane
I just heard it about a month ago and I am now obsessed.
React to Red Cold River for BB trust me you'll love it
Abeer Bahakim so true its so good
Fantastic entry to the BB catalog. Just as good as Diary.
Red Cold river and Torn in Two are amazing
Do so cold by breaking benjamin. Also animal I have become by three days grace.
YES! I think he'd love some Three Days Grace.
Josh Gardner chevelle!!!!
Shit and some chevelle!
Yeah except Home by 3DG instead
Tyler 1123 I've been also requesting chevelle on these reaction channels with not much response. Chevelle rocks. The clincher, well enough alone, letter from a thief, same old trip, and my all time favorite the fad!! The fad is such a badass but overlooked song.
Can we agree that Breaking Benjamin has some of the best cymbal work in rock?!
YES!!!
Joseph Schwarten Hell yeah!!
Cymbal... Not to be grammar police but the spelling really matters on this one...
Hell yeah
Nick Romeo thank you sir I have fixed it.
Burnley opens his mouth and my soul soars. Those eyes, that voice...BB is truly one of the greatest.
Can you suggest me some songs from them Lexi ?:)
Great fucking choice. Now listen to So Cold next.
Agreed. Do it dude.
Agree, So Cold has always been my favorite from them
yeah ditto so cold is dope!
killswitch engage the end of heartache...
Esau Lopez thats one awesome song
@@RockNlRolla that theme is as great as the original version and the film version Resident evil 2
Esau Lopez totaly agree
Rose of Sharyn
@@cordero6960 fire burns 🔥🖤🔥
Bullet for My valentine - Hand Of Blood plz🔥🔥🔥
Gallon1 yessssss, I’ve been saying this
if it s a gamer he will recognize the music ;))
Dope song
YAAAAAAAS
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I don't think that anyone knows this but diary of Jane was inspired by the lead singers girlfriend who killed herself, and then he looked through her diary and turns out that she cheated on him several times.
LOVE!! Breaking Benjamin - Red Cold River!
Cheffeels this song is one of my favs off their new album! I cant wait to see them soon
I have all albums
Psycho or blood
Man I wish he could react to all the Breaking Benjamin songs
I'd prefer Forever, I mean come on! That second verse is pure lyrical depth and poetry.
Do Red Cold River by Breaking Benjamin 🙏🏻
TristonBlaizeDrums Ruuuuuuuun
yaass
listen to Beartooth - In Between
Midnight Killerinstinct beaten in lips has a much stronger message. Alex would love it for sure
true
Yes in between is one of my favorite songs by Beartooth
Breaking Benjamin is one of a handful of bands that have never released a single bad or ill written song..their lead singer Benjamin Burnley is dedicated AF and performs full shows even when he has throat problems, no excuses made. They love their fans and are just the best kind of people you can imagine
You should do never too late by three days grace
seconding anything from one-x
Oh fuck yes
Anything from One-X is INCREDIBLE let’s be honest.
That's one of my fav songs
no tbh three days grace is mostly garbage
Welcome to the world of Breaking Benjamin. These guys truly rock out and will never sell out. Even after the huge break they still have their sound we all liked upon first listen. Breaking Benjamin is like wine, gets better with time.
AURORA FACTS BRO! They’ve been my favorite band for the longest time and they have gotten me through a lot of stuff! They never changed!
AURORA they have amazing singles surrounded by albums of dull filler
Dr Kirb Kenneth kirby strongly disagree. I’m not crazy into Breaking Benjamin but I give credit where it’s due. All of their work is far from dull.
Phobia was basically a couple amazing songs and the rest was elevator music
Dr Kirb Kenneth kirby you’re musically ignorant if you think Saturate, and Dear Agony or elevator music albums. You clearly haven’t heard their entire catalogue and especially more than 10sec after the intro of any of their songs aside from their popular tracks if that’s what you think of them.
It’s ok to dislike but your description is way off. Not all their songs are heavy. Not everything needs to be heavy to sound good. The subtleness of Breaking Benjamin’s instrumentals is what makes them who they are not counting Ben. Dull? Never heard of that towards any proper band except from the elitists that only follow one genre and think that’s all that’s good..
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
One of their best songs IMO
Easily my favorite song by them. Still listen to it often 11 years later. Lights Out is great too imo.
Yes! Love So Cold!
Kinda Shady hell yes!! That song is so underrated
Close to Heaven is really good too
Def agree, my go-to song if I ever put them on
I still get goose bumps from this song even after 10 years of listening to it
Real emotion that's why
Breaking Benjamin - "So Cold" or "Red Cold River"
BrunoHunter00 Good pick. Love these two songs.
Or, Ashes From Eden. Since he likes the difference between Disturbed's Down With The Sickness & The Sound of Silence.
@@kholoblicin YASSSSSSS
What lies beneath is from Fram their best song
BREAKING BENJAMIN - Red Cold River is a must
BRAINWASHED79 YES PLEASE
Breaking Benjamin - Angels Fall
Breaking Benjamin - Breath
Breaking Benjamin - Red Cold River
Doug Ray + give me a sign + dance with the devil + until the end
Basically every BB song. I mean do they even have a bad song?
Breath is my fav song lol
ZeroContentSF well Ben actually said that he doesn't like the song Skin
ThatoneRahalfan15 because the label forced them to release it as a single and play thr crap out of it, not that it's actually a bad song.
The inspiration for this song is based on true story. The girlfriend of the lead singer committed suicide. When he finally looked through her diary years later, he found that she had been cheating on him. One quote he gave to describe how he felt was "She was a chapter in my life. I was a sentence in her's"
dang I never knew that
Wow holy shit
Ouch
Bitches ain’t shit man
Yeah no that’s not the true story at all. Ben years ago in an interview said the inspiration for the song was about people dying who are unknown “Jane Does” and how no one knew their story or their life and their experiences. But their stories still matter and are important.
This is his excerpt from that interview:
“Well, I’ll tell you not necessarily what it’s about, but what inspired it because I think that helps explain how it feels for me. It all started because I was watching a lot of Forensic Files stuff where there were a bunch of unsolved mysteries. There was a Jane Doe that washed up on shore and she just got buried with no story. It was like a meaningless person. Nobody knew who she was to the point where whatever she did was all gone. So, Jane references Jane Doe but then making a story up for her because she had nothing. That’s what started it and then once I started writing, it turned into more than that. Our lives are important. Your life is important to you, my life is important to me. We know that somebody is going to remember what we’re all about. This person Jane was just gone because they were unidentified for so long and lived this entire life for nothing.”
Red cold river breaking benjamin
Jesse Pierce YES
Yes
Jesse Pierce my 6 year old son so gets into that one!!! Growls and all.
Yeessss
Yesss
You should do Face Down by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus! So good!
Oh my goddddd... I forgot that song😮😮😮
Abusive relationship - the song.
I dig it.
I had the opportunity to hang with them at Eddie C's in Ocala before they signed with Virgin Records.. John is a friend of mine..
I love that song
Yes!
you GOTTA listen to some papa roach bro!
Especially the stuff of Infest - Last Resort was the most popular but Between Angels and Insects is another awesome track off that album
Notice how in the video, the girl wakes up in a bathtub. She realizes that the bathroom mirror is missing, so she goes around the whole house trying to find herself. The room the band is playing in has all of the mirrors, so she heads to that room, but when she stands in front of it, she can’t see her reflection. The end has the lead singer placing a rose (or something) in a book on tob of a stone slab, and when he walks away from the slab, it’s revealed to have words written on it. This stone slab is her gravestone. She died, whether it was an accidental drowning (hence the bathtub) or a suicide.
It was suicide u.u
Alex Hefner At the end I see it as he lost his chance to be in her diary since she is no longer around, whether it be moved away or with someone else, dead, or just not able to be around her. something like that anyway. Also by breaking benjamin Blow me away, so cold, sooner or later, Polyamorous
Blow Me Away is my favourite
mine as well
I was just thinking of this song just yesterday. Great One. Now fan request. The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold. Requesting for long time
I think is better A Little Piece of Heaven haha
Exist>Everything else
Brilliant song and video
Exist
Or Roman sky
Listen to So Cold by Breaking Benjamin!!!!
Die hard Breaking Benjamins fan here !! Always and always amazing
Dance with the Devil!! Is a really good song of this band🔥
devil
Толя Федорков My mistake😂
Blow Me Away and Breath are good.
hmm, Follow, Evil Angel, Unknown soldier, shallow, Without You, You.. just let the mix of theyr songs and you will have good time tho
bruno tedesko mmmm yeah, but my favorite is So cold! All their songs are really good
Good pick for your tastes.
Another great new band u should listen is Three days graces.
One-x is my all time favorite album by them!
three days braces kek
I wonder what song of 3DG would be the BEST introductory song for alex...
AkumaZabuza my personal fav is life starts now :p
Saint Asonia.....
Finally some Breaking Benjamin!!!!
Hell yeah, man!
Metal and earnhardt you my clone lol
breaking benjamin : breath
trust me, it was so damn **** good
You NEED to hear the acoustic version of diary of jane. it is bone chillingly good
yes this version is fantastic
All of their acoustic versions are amazballs
I'm glad you said it. I thought I'd discovered a new band when I saw the acoustic version then realised it was Breaking Benjamin.
Breaking Benjamin: So cold, Red cold river, Blood, Psycho, I will not bow, Failure, angels fall, Never again, Close to heaven, Believe, Polyamorous, Until the end, And breakdown!
MyBananatr0n I’d add Wish i may, Home, Phase, Sugarcoat, Shallow Bay, Natural Life, Torniquet and Evil Angel.
The whole saturate album
Might as well add Light Out and Blow me Away.
Might as well do all of Breaking Bens songs lmao
Topless, Breath, Blow me Away
Fit For An Autopsy - Black Mammoth
Deathcore done right! Incredible song with a big message! Highly recommend checking it out just because of the message!
Animals As Leaders - The Brain Dance
It’s a 3 man instrumental band, they’re all absolute fantastic musicians! The song is beautiful, would recommend the 7 min version.
Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed were my musical gateway drugs to metal music.
😍😍 Breaking Benjamin is amazing try their song I Will Not Bow. Its a deep song. You should also react to All That Remains- Two Weeks. Love watching your channel one of the best parts of my day!
He loved the girl so much and was there for her for her whole life, especially when no one else was, and after she died he found her diary and read it. He was nowhere in the diary...One of the hardest songs from my favorite band of all time.
Metallica shirt huh...….need you to react to Orion. one of my favorite Metallica songs ever. of all time.
Recently I’ve been listening to “Dance with the Devil” by Breaking Benjamin .. oldie but a goodie.
React to afterlife by avenged sevenfold
trooper98 1 a thousand times yes
Yeah but not the Radio Edit, listen to the Album Version!
Steffen Neuginho agreed, I find it insulting that they cut out the rev’s voice in the radio version
trooper98 1 FUCKING DO IT
Yes!!! And Seize The Day!!!!
Three Days Grace - Time of Dying pleaseee
I feel like the reason people like these videos is because he is like our friend that we want to show this new song. We’re just like “ pass the aux cord I got you”
josh way that's exactly why I like them lol
More importantly, he watches/listens the entire song, and we dont have to checkup on him, or tell him to 'wait for it! Its coming! You still hearing this?! NOW! ....you ass hat didnt even care for it!"
Dude he should really react to P.O.D youth of the nation
You hit a point
Great suggestion! He should also check out going in blind and goodbye.
Phillip Floyd omg yes
Yes! Please let him react to that one
Definitely agree with this!
@Alex Hefner The reason it's so "catchy" is because they've got deep roots in classical composition. They have a formula that's been used since the time of Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and other classical masters. That's why it has an almost cinematic feel.
They also helped work on the soundtracks for the Xbox games Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Don't know about the others. But those guitars you hear.... yup.
Where’d you find the classical info?
Could you possibly react to Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become, if you haven't already?
War Blood I know he needs to that's a great song
War Blood Amen....
I will not bow
sooo ....are you going to to turn into a metal head and join the dark side xD ditch hip hop -Whispers in your head - Try to listen to So Cold by also Breaking Benjamin
Come to the dark side, we have good music. 🖤🤘🏻
Please do the devils bleeding crown-Volbeat or Before I forget-Slipknot
If you like this you should react to dear agony by breaking Benjamin.
dude if you like this BB song you should really react to more of them. they have killer songs
Breaking Benjamin is one of my favorite bands. I’m so glad you reacted to them!! You should react to some other songs by them like Unknown Soldier & Dear Agony!!
React to red cold river by Breaking Benjamin!!
Noice, BB is great. You should do I Will Not Bow Next.
Also, Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
To me this song is deeper than the obvious lyrics. I think this song is about someone who wants to be with a woman desperately but not just because he loves her but because she needs help. He wants to be her support and help her through her struggle with depression, but she wouldn’t let him into her life and eventually committed suicide. It’s rather dark when you look at it that way but at the same time this song sounds so dang good I was
head-banging while watching your reaction
Before I forget - Slipknot
You should react to their relatively new song "Red Cold River"
Listen to breaking Benjamin ashes of Eden oh my God amazing amazing song
Travis Hearherly yes!
That song still gives me goosebumps
Nathean Cunningham i feel you, it's way too emotional
Am I the only one who watches reaction videos of my favorite bands not even to really focus on their reactions, but just to listen to the song again?
Breaking Benjamin is my mostly fav band even they not famous as avenge sevenfold and others..something special about breaking benjamin is they have hard rock instrumentals but it actually relaxing rock..you must hear another song from them such as without you,breath,until the end and more..I subscribed you because you love breaking benjamin song 😊
I think BB is more popular. Imo. They usually sell more albums then A7X.
@@81551 breaking Benjamin is a badass band, but I think A7X is more popular!
@@81551 nah a7x is more popular
The action starts at 02:26. I love Breaking Benjamin. I can't believe you've just discovered these guys! Have you been living under a rock?! JK. But seriously?
Keep Calm & Rock On! \m/
Yes finally but you need to react to breaking Benjamin blow me away halo 2 bois
The song of my youth as soon as I knew who wrote Blow Me Away I became a fan forever!!!! Great song by them!!!
That song is epic live every single time!
I back this, but he needs to make sure he hears the original first.
@@arielbetts623 Same here, bro!!
I found my favorite band by playing my favorite game back in 2004. I will always share a special love with halo 2 for that. Thank you bungie.
Breaking Benjamin is dope af. I've been listening to Polyamorous and Home again recently
Fun fact: they make references to Jane in other music videos/songs. For example in Angels Fall there's a boat with a plaque that reads SS Jane. And I think in Breath there's a part of the song where in the background you can hear Ben whispering "Jane, Jane, Jane"
'Home' is my favorite BB song. I mean who else can make a super kickass song about The Wizard of Oz?
ZeroContentSF right? It's such a random song. TBH maybe Metallica, since they've managed to make a kickass song about a Mark Twain book and 4 songs about HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. But it wouldn't sound the same
True. Led Zepplin had a lot of Lord of the Ring / Middle Earth references.
Any song by A Day To Remember
Bro, how have you never listened or heard of Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Avenge Sevenfold, Bullet for my Valentine, and these other amazingly good punk/rock bands? Do live under a rock or something?
How bout 3DG before Adam Gontier left
Or we can all enjoy different kinds of music cuz were all different. There are bad songs and good songs in all genres of music. And what right would We have to determine good and bad? We can all get along. Music was designed to unite not divide.
Love all those bands. Nice list. And yeah those are very popular you have to at least heard of them.
Zack Guarnera I love this!
@@HalkerVeil Have you ever considered digging into good rap? Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko both have a rock feel in some of their songs not to mention Krizz can sing. If you like that, you can look into ¡MAYDAY! and Rittz
This is one of those songs I wish I could hear for the first time again.
Alex, you have to react to Bad Wolves's cover of Zombie. Trust me, it's a phenomenal song and a beautiful tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, the original singer of the song. Please check it out when you get a chance.
On a side note, I'm really happy to see you react to Breaking Benjamin, since they always been my favorite band. Great video as always, Alex!
Anthony D'Agostino Mmmm Bad Wolves is really good, but i just like zombie
A day to remember - I'm made of wax larry, what are you made (yes that's the real title lol)?
NXSX3 1 feat. Mike from TDWP!
tenaciousjoe24 that's right!!!
Ohhh yeah!
A day to remember- Exposed pls😩👌
Josh Burris they need to make a music video for it!
tenaciousjoe24 I agree 100% man
Literally any of their songs, my favorite band for a reason
My ex when I was 19 dedicated this to me.... 10yrs later he says he can't listen to it without repeating it and thinking of me lol..... paired with vermillion. I love this song 😂😂
Through Struggle - As I lay dying
Nightwish: "The Greatest show on Earth" live in Tampere, Finland. Amen
Ænima by TOOL Please!
Yes. Ænima by Tool.
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Or Vicarious, H, Flood
*WHAAAAAAAAAT HAAAAAAAAVE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BECOOOOOOOOOME?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
react to breaking benjamin
I will not bow
blow me away
Breath
blow me away
Dear Agony
I will not bow
You forgot "polyamorous"
All the songs on the radio. Breaking Benjamin has a TON of other good songs not played on the radio.
Sugarcoat
Evil Angel
Follow you
Dance with the Devil
You fight me
Away
Hollow
Feed the Wolf
Psycho
Crawl as well.
Hopeless is one of my favorites.
Another great one:
Failure
Polyamorous is my favorite BB song.
Mine too!!
Hardly anyone knows that album let alone the song. Lol, I loved it.
Same!
you can hear the Nirvana influence big time in that album. Polyamorous is one of my favorite songs. ❤️
Haven't heard that sing in like ever, bout to go listen to it now
I *love* Breaking Benjamin. They're just....so solidly good! I"m so glad you finally listened to them! Try some more!!
That was my first time hearing them too and I've been a metal fan from the womb dude so don't sweat it! lol. I really like their sound though, remind me of several other bands mixed into one. Looking forward to discovering more of their stuff 🤟🏼
BRING ME THE HORIZON PLEEAAASSSSE
Yessssss!!! Shadow Moses
Nick Rose definitely
Go to hell for heaven's sake
PRAY FOR PLAGUES
Or Sleepwalking
A Day To Remember-
1. “I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?”
2. “Mr. Highway’s Thinking About The End”
Oh yeah that's a big plus for Mr Highway
Anything off of What Separates Me From You or Homesick. :D
Homesick is definitely my favorite album, but You be Tails, I'll Be Sonic is my favorite song by ADTR
True. Alex needs to disrespect his surroundings.
Fuck yea
All That Remains, and Amaranthe.... And more As I Lay Dying :)
Jake Rabska
Old All that Remains is my favorite, Hell Yes to Amaranthe! And definitely more As I Lay Dying!
You went with the A trinity....I went with an S trinity...Soilwork, Scar Symmetry and Solution 45......I'm cool with the A's, or the S's.
Whispering Silence would be a good one for him to do!
can't forget EPICA
Jake Rabska FUCK All That Remains
Been my fav band since i first heard them. Dear Agony is a really good one too.
Three day grace animal pls react
Matt Striker i think you mean animal i have become haha
Just saw them in concert with FFDP, Bad Wolves, and Nothing More this last weekend. awesome show.
jmurockstar same here dude.... hands down awesome show!
Saw them with ffdp and bad wolves in green bay
Same it was a great show
Same i was at that concert at Cynthia woods. Amazing. Nothing more was really good too!
Lucky!