ASTRONOMER listens to JINJER - I SPEAK ASTRONOMY (REACTION!)

By popular request, I take a listen to I Speak Astronomy by Jinjer!
What should I react to next? Let me know in the comments 👇👇👇
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[@SparkimusPrime]

This is one of my absolute favorites by them 🖤 This is what Tatiana said about the meaning behind this song. “There's a theory in quantum physics: space is folded in many layers and that's how parallel universe is created. Somewhere else out there are the exact persons like us. So I am searching for my soulmate in another dimension, waiting for him to give me a sign (by waving his hand). I wrote the lyrics for the "Astronomy" when I was 28. And that's how long I've been feeling lonesome. 28 light-years... So my research just has to be finished very soon.” If you want harder I suggest Sit, Stay, Rollover or Mediator. If you want something with more melodic parts I would say Wallflower or Vortex. Can’t go wrong regardless!

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Aw that’s so cool, I can see it now after reading the lyrics! Great concept

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Also, space folded in on itself sounds a lot like String Theory!

[@SparkimusPrime]

@@ianlauerastroreacts3495 That’s what I kinda thought too! If there wasn’t so much crazy math involved I would have majored in something astronomy-related. But there is like no math in archaeology so that’s what I went with 😂

[@Neal_YouTube]

This drummer IS something else and his talent should not be ignored. That said, I think you thought this was Vlad (their current drummer)? This is the drummer prior to Vlad. His name is Dmitry.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Good to know!

[@jeffwellman8347]

For groove react to"Who is going to the One" (OLMV) for switching react to "Teacher, Teacher" (OMV). Any song you pick from Jinjer will be good.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

I’ve already done Teacher, Teacher so I’ll check out the other one!

[@rogerhadaway8957]

From what i gather, the meaning of this is her call to the universe for a soulmate. Great song. The drummer on this is Dimitriy kim. He was a fill in drummer after their old drummer suffered an injury that prevented him from playing. Dimitriy just couldn't commit to jinjer's crazy touring dates long term, so he played with them till they found Vlad (current drummer), but I believe he is still involved with the band engineering wise. They have had 3 very talented drummers!

[@jimmorris67]

Dimitry Kim has a drum play through of Captain Clock btw

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Good to know. The drumming in each Jinjer song I’ve heard is top notch.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

@@ianlauerastroreacts3495 One of the few love songs Tati has written, possibly the only depending on one'sdefinition. They've always attracted great talent. Dmitry Kim is now doing a series of female-fronted covers of classic rock and hard rock songs by Sershen & Zaritskaya, and did a funny "drunk drummer" playthrough of I think Thunderstruck by AC/DC with a bottle Jaeger taped to his kit with them. Back In Black has 15M views. Barracuda is epic too.

[@hemlock399]

That Captain Clock drum playthrough is awesome! Kim's a great drummer! Roman's guitar playthrough of the same song is equally awesome. Jinjer's cup runneth over with talent! Ian: I'd suggest that you react to Captain Clock (Official Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2018) before checking out the playthroughs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6O7nHigfNuigsU&ab_channel=ResurrectionFest kzbin.info/www/bejne/oafUfaxqqsanirc&ab_channel=DrummerDmitryKim kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bEcqKLpb6iaaM&ab_channel=JinjerMetalBand

[@jimmorris67]

@@hemlock399 yes Roman is a great guitar player

[@Dark__Thoughts]

It's a metaphorical love song about her search for a soulmate (she was 28 years old when she wrote it).

[@SparkimusPrime]

Oh and please check out Twelve Foot Ninja - Over and Out ft. Tatiana 🖤

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Whaaaaaat I need to hear this!!! I love twelve foot ninja!

[@SparkimusPrime]

@@ianlauerastroreacts3495 It is SO GOOD!!!

[@ZERXERZANZIGER]

Her writing is phenomenal! She's above most. 🔥🔥🔥

[@Neal_YouTube]

In before the "Back when they made good music." Russian guy.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Haha he was there on my last reaction!

[@SparkimusPrime]

@@ianlauerastroreacts3495 He’s there on EVERY SINGLE REACTION 🙄

[@robertkriz248]

Dont be mean to him its not his fault he is special,and has a IQ of a potato and only knows 7 words. Even though meh isn't areal word in my books, but ill give it him just to make him feel good about himself!!

[@bigreddraggin4443]

hahaha

[@iCoteg]

Why are you still calling Ukrainian people "russian guys"? Fck!

[@russvasquez9571]

I think "Retrospection (Official)" and "Pit Of Consciousness (Live At Kiev)" are on the same level or even higher than "I Speak Astronomy". Do not forget "Perennial (Live At Wacken)."

[@MLuxemburg]

I love I Speak Astronomy, thank you! I'll suggest Who Is Gonna Be The One (official live Napalm video) as one of Jinjer's many videos of their fantastic live performances, but judging from your reactions to Jinjer so far, you, like most of us, will love every song you hear from them. Enjoy! ❤🖤🤘

[@badm0t0rf1nger]

That count of 6 instead of the expected 4 of utter silence before they rip your face off with the climax, Tatiana hitting those E5s with a little grit like it ain't nuthin.... is top-tier *awesome* imho. :) Crazy to think they've developed further since this. You wouldn't think on this evidence that a different drummer could improve things.... but in comes Vlad, the drummer who's a classically trained pianist to trade, who in his previous band swapped from (self-taught) guitar to (self-taught) drums because he felt that'd be easier than trying to convey his ideas for more interesting drumming parts to a new drummer!! o_O #AnnoyinglyTalented LOL The depth of musicality in what Vlad does (he still has the technical chops) resulted in a tight bond forming with Eugene the (also excellent) bassist. If you listen thru the "Micro" EP, "Macro" album, & the new "Wallflowers" album, which were all created following Vlad's joining, I feel they are now much more *musical* than the earlier work. I also reckon Vlad's classical sensibilities show themselves thru the "Wallflowers" album, given that he composed ~80% of the music you hear on there. Very little in the way of standard verse-chorus-verse-bridge/breakdown-chorus formulae in evidence, & much more manipulation of 2 or 3 core "motifs" to create "movements" in each song, in a similar manner to that which you hear in classical compositions. Arguably a much more organic flow than building songs to a formula.... & I'm *so* here for it. :)

[@neilpatrickhairless]

The way you explain the song structure after Vlad joining is absolutely on point. People have no idea how insane their compositions and arrangements really are. Keep waiting to see a concert pianist cover a few Jinjer songs, I think people would be shocked to hear it in a single instrument format and what is really going on musically with this stuff... Its insane

[@palladinodessa8988]

Jinjer is absolutely killin' it these days - I really haven't been this excited about a band like this since Pantera back in the early 90's. Saw them in Boston a week ago, already waiting for them to come back... With that said - another band that impresses me with their raw energy and appeal is Slaughter to Prevail. Watch their video for the song Agony - very cool, very different, very adrenaline.

[@vidopliasov]

Thanks for the brilliant reaction. Also one of their best songs is "Perennial".

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

I’ll be sure to check it out :)

[@russvasquez9571]

@@ianlauerastroreacts3495 Live At Wacken is one of their best performances.

[@terrigarrett6630]

So many Jinjer songs to enjoy. Vortex,Home back, judgement and punishment, cloud factory, wallflowers. Who’s gonna be the one, Pisces, on the top, retrospect, outlander and so much more! Please check them out. They are the best and very important band in my world. Thanks fir your consideration.

[@candybanks8717]

Tatiana's search for a soulmate. When a relationship starts, "let this binary be blessed", paralleling her hope that this "other star" that's entered, as it were, a shared gravitational attraction and mutual orbit of each other. For writing in a third language she's one of the most compelling lyricists out there.

[@plumbevil]

My fave all time Jinjer song. It is perfect in everyway. thanks for appreciating it.

[@jimmorris67]

Carrie explains it well,this song and video are epic and the drummer before Vlad was awesome.You should do a reaction to Jinjer video live performance like Pit of Consciousness live Kiev in their home country Ukraine

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

I always love a good live show

[@AndreCarneiro666]

This song is very different from everything they've done in my opinion. I love it!

[@rofyle]

She collaborated with the band's producer, Max Morton, to create a video that exclusively utilizes astronomical images. It's called "Through the Never (I Will Return)".

[@KoonFox6560]

probably my favorite jinjer song... such variety. and the belts at the end capturing, wailing, the despair of lengthy interstellar distances! or even trying to reach parallel universes... (that can be metaphors for other things, but im glad she doesnt explicitly mention love)

[@Subjectivity13]

I kind of wish the whole song was like that ending you listened to twice. It's really powerful, and I wish it was the chorus.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

The ending was so nice I had to hear it twice

[@joshmcclung4647]

That last section of singing is my favorite of any jinjer song..just beautiful

[@sterok2891]

The version of this song at the Hellfest 2021 concert (ARTE CONCERT on youtube) is very cool too !

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

I will have to check it out!

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I love everything about this song. Check out their new release (just today) Disclosure for another hard and heavy one. :) p.s. about that one line, the "dark matter is so divine" line is probably a reference to feeling a lot of inner darkness and the need to share it with a partner, having said in an interview that anyone she's tried to share it with has used it against her. space foam, maybe quantum foam? or the massive structures shaped by gravity and huge cosmic explosions, or coolwhip maybe... ;) a line from Outlander comes to mind "I don't belong to this race, or to this planet, or to this galaxy."

[@chadvarnell1889]

One of my favorite things Jinjer does is Polyrhythms!

[@bbravo5531]

It's basically a love song where after 28 long years she's found her soulmate but he's in a parallel universe and she's asking him to reach out to her, hence the other solar system above her at the end. That's where he resides as she raises her hand up to it hoping he'll do the same.

[@bernhardkulzer9125]

As far as I know this is her shout out to the universe in search of her soul mate. She chooses the most powerful language possible, the language of the stars to do that. And at the same time crushing all the stupid men who don`t understand her or fear her as a person because she looks and sings like a badass... 🤣 Actually "I speak astronomy" is a love song, the only love song Tatiana has ever written (at least for Jinjer) 😁🤘

[@Camroc37]

Really good video, surprised to see that 262 sub count, at least it's one more now. PS- saw them in Chicago last week, it was top 5 live shows IMO.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

Lucky! I hope to see them live sometime

[@kikstand2011]

I've seen/heard this song hundreds of times, and the switch to the double bass/clean vocals never fails to give me goosebumps, and the climax at the end always makes my eyes water. I love all of Jinjer's songs, especially the new stuff ..... But I keep coming back to astronomy as my favorite.

[@pabloflit3109]

Beautiful Jinjer... Im a great fan... you must see the video of the band Mastodon "Oblivion" ... speak astronomy too.

[@ianlauerastroreacts3495]

That's one of my favorite Mastodon songs!

[@carlcastiglione6167]

There older drummer was pretty talanted...vlads a beast but the kid was dope....think this was more of a love song....assuming she was 28 at the time...in my 28 light yrs...her research..what she's found out about ..assuming love

[@putuagus1747]

Man ..they always have good lyrics and music arrangement

[@OroraMonroe]

Perhaps you can try some Gojira.. The Heaviest Matter of the Universe then maybe The Gift of Guilt or Oroborus to get your feet wet before you dive in the pool. I think you may like it. They are also progressive metal.

[@camlloyd3321]

This song remains one of my favorites to this day! Fun reaction sir!

[@eqgilethan]

I got to see them play this live just last week on the 4th. The studio recording is a great song, but live it is so much better! ...and yes, she nailed every note in that ending.

[@dj-ff9su]

Perrenial live at Wacken :)

[@terrigarrett6630]

I love your reaction to Jinjer! Thank you!! More please.

[@PiercedBrosmen]

Great reaction. If I may throw in another astronomy'ish metal song for you to react to (yes, it's comedy metal, but they are still awesome musicians). Nanowar of Steel - Uranus (feat. Michael Starr)

[@bugleaf9603]

your tattoos are amazing!

[@khviri]

Great reaction! You have to check out "Vortex" next!

[@aliazmoncieur2191]

Nice video, maybe You like to listen the bands like Animales as leaders, Pelican, Russian circules or dome post metal bands 😊

[@robertevans2450]

You should try Jinjer: Ape next ;)

[@simonebiino]

Uranus by nanowar of steel for more astronomy. The bass Player has an astrophysics ph.d.

[@swampdonkey2221]

If you like their drummer in this one you haven't seen nothing yet ..Vlad the drummer now is a Savage !!! A couple songs to check out ..how about Perennial official live video from Wacken , official video for mediator ..it might melt your face !!! Sit Stay Rollover ... It's the song that hot them signed by Napalm !! Do the official video ... Honestly EVERY song they have is good !! You can't go wrong !! Love your reactions !!

[@KoonFox6560]

what is space foam though? googling it brings up pillows haha. is she referring to the foamy look of nebulae?

[@SuperDeadparrot]

What do you mean vocal effects? She does a growl which is all her, not an effect.

[@user-qr6td3ub2q]

when they made great music

[@SparkimusPrime]

🙄

[@kikstand2011]

They make great music, constantly. 🤷🏼‍♂️