Bartender Reacts *It Just Gets Better* --Ayreon Twisted Coil (Electric Castle)

[@robynturnham2706]

Damian Wilson is amazing. I noticed you had no problem hearing and understanding the lyrics here -:his diction is perfect. You really understand the song more than most. The whole Guilt Machine Album is about depression and mental illness.

[@intipontt7490]

Half that concert is a continuous story with characters. That's what people recommend you watch in order. The other half (Other tales) is the encore. Songs from different albums and projects you can watch out of order. This was part of the encore so it doesn't matter if you saw it "in order" or not.

[@Kie75]

That was one of the highlights of an evening, which contained the entire Electric Castle album and the Ayreon houseband playing 'Kaileigh' with Fish singing :-)

[@wannabedane4046]

Hey Lauren,.Hooray, you're back in the Ayreon rabbit hole. Damian is a fast member of Ayreon and Star One (same guy behind - Arjen Anthony Lucassen) Once you're done with the "Eletric Castle" then you could move to the "Universe" and do that in some kind of order - 3-6, 10-17, 20-24 , 28 are "must" do - LOL 1. "Prologue" (from The Final Experiment) Michael Mills 3:57 2. "Dreamtime" (from The Final Experiment) Edward Reekers 2:31 3. "Abbey of Synn" (from Actual Fantasy) Robert Soeterboek 4:16 4. "River of Time" (from 01011001) Hansi Kürsch, Marko Hietala 3:58 5. "The Blackboard" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Lori Linstruth) Mills, Marcela Bovio 1:52 6. "The Theory of Everything" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Linstruth) Mills, Bovio 4:38 7. "Merlin's Will" (from The Final Experiment) Floor Jansen 3:10 8. "Waking Dreams" (from 01011001; music by Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen) Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen 3:40 9. "Dawn of a Million Souls" (from Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator) John Jaycee Cuijpers 5:08 10. "Valley of the Queens" (from Into the Electric Castle) Van Giersbergen, F. Jansen, Bovio 2:50 11. "Ride the Comet" (from 01011001) Renkse, Maggy Luyten 3:41 12. "Star of Sirrah" (from The Source) Mills, Luyten, Kürsch, F. Jansen 5:56 13. "Comatose" (from 01011001) Van Giersbergen, Renkse 2:58 14. "Day Sixteen: Loser" (from The Human Equation; lyrics by Lucassen and Devin Townsend) Mills 4:42 15. "And the Druids Turned to Stone" (from Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer) Damian Wilson 4:42 16. "The Two Gates" (from Into the Electric Castle) Cuijpers, Wilson; spoken vocals by Irene Jansen 6:00 17. "Into the Black Hole" (from Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator) Tommy Karevik 6:11 18. "Actual Fantasy" (from Actual Fantasy) Reekers 1:25 19. "Computer Eyes" (from Actual Fantasy) Reekers, Soeterboek 4:35 20. "Magnetism" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Linstruth) Karevik, Van Giersbergen, Hietala 4:45 21. "Age of Shadows" (from 01011001; music by Lucassen, Van Giersbergen, and Jonas Renkse) Hietala, Kürsch, F. Jansen 4:48 22. "Intergalactic Space Crusaders" (from Star One's Space Metal) Wilson, Luyten 5:33 23. "Collision" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Linstruth) Karevik, Hietala 3:36 24. "Everybody Dies" (from The Source; lyrics and music by Lucassen and Mike Mills) Mills, Karevik, Kürsch, Luyten, F. Jansen 5:01 25. "The Castle Hall" (from Into the Electric Castle) Soeterboek, Wilson 6:30 26. "Amazing Flight in Space" (from Into the Electric Castle) Jay van Feggelen, Arjen Anthony Lucassen 6:20 27. "Day Eleven: Love" (from The Human Equation) Reekers, Bovio, Soeterboek, I. Jansen, Lisette van den Berg, Ed Warby 4:04 28. "The Eye of Ra" (from Star One's Space Metal) Wilson, Cuijpers, I. Jansen, F. Jansen, Kürsch, Karevik, Van Giersbergen, Hietala, Renkse, Mills, Bovio, Soeterboek, Reekers, Van Feggelen, Luyten, Van den Berg, Lucassen 5:51

[@matzek.3220]

Others already commented that this is a song from the "Other Tales" part of the concert. But Damian Wilson still wears his costume from "The Electric Castle" where he plays the knight.

[@mrwomby5007]

Strictly speaking, this isn’t an Ayreon song, it’s from one of Arjen’s side projects called Guilt Machine. The album is all about isolation and mental anguish. Unusually, the lyrics were written by Arjen’s partner Lori who also plays lead guitar on the original album. Personally, this is my favourite of Arjen’s creations.

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

Indeed. This is one of the "other tales" from the concert "The Electric Castle and other tales". Another one is "Intergalactic space crusader." If you see Damian Wilson in a blood stained coat, it is by his role in the Castle where he plays the blood stained knight.

[@treintje1001]

This is not an Ayreon song, but one of Arjen’s side projects called Guilt machine. The concert was about playing Ayreon’s best album “Into the electric castle” integrally from start to finish, but that is not enough material to fill a complete concert. So to compensate they also played one song from each of Arjen’s side projects which are referred to as the “Other tales”.

[@evergreendorneymahoning5435]

I like to think of Damian Wilson as being a male version of Floor jansen - both can peel paint off the walls at 200 feet LOL!

[@johnblanchette4324]

Thanks for introducing me to all this amazing music. Love your channel ❤

[@AmericansLearn]

I'm glad that someone else is new to it! And I'm glad you are enjoying

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

@@AmericansLearn Ι was in that concert and I am happy to say that I'll be in Ayreon's next live this September. This is a show that's worth traveling cross-country for and I have to admit that by the time Damian Wilson got into the final part most of us were slack-jawed in the audience. What a performance! Ignore the purists. If you would like to be *the first to react* on something Ayreon/StarOne related, people tend to ignore the old Star One live that exists in YT, with Floor and Irene Jansen on backing vocals, Damian Wilson and Russell Allen and Robert Soterboek on main vocals and Arjen himself on stage. Try from that concert "Starchild", "Eye of Ra" and "Intergallactic space crusaders" ... it DOES get better and better. Enjoy the amazing music :)

[@RolandDeschain1]

Damien played Jean Valjean in LES MISERABLES on the West End for a number of years. His vocal technique is immaculate.

[@roykliffen9674]

Such a shame this kind of music isn't considered to be commercially viable and thus will barely receive airplay on the radio, assuring it will never become commercial viable as the regular public won't even be aware of its existence. Only we few - we happy few 😀- that search out other music than the stuff fed to us will know the joy of listening to this music. Not quite sure whether to be happy for us or sad for the rest that is missing out.

[@randalljones4370]

You get this song. ... dont worry, the giant and bombastic cometh.

With this one you are fine out of order, because it is one of the "Other Tales" that were performed after the story of the album was done. Isis and Osiris was the first song of the album, there was just the spoken indroduction before that. If you want to follow the story, it would be better to do them in order. But it isn't super nessecary. Link to playlist for Electric Castle live: kzbin.info/aero/PLBw9in18G_7rS82fF7KrvUxiQTtbzE1UA&si=DXtmfeKgoYiy2uvq If you want to look into the Ayreon Universe show, order doesn't really matter, because it was a Best Of show with songs from man albums. I really love that you take a look at the lyrics and actually listened to them while watching. One doesn't see that too often. 👍 Have fun exploring the Ayreon rabbit-hole!

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

Agree! All songs from the 2019 Electric Castle performance are to be found on YT, and all songs from that album have been performed there, including some "extras" from earlier projects. There are earlier versions around, which may be confusing. Remember to look for the castle backgound. The narrator for the Electric Castle stories was a find as well: Performed by John De Lancie, aka Q from Startrek. Oh, btw the blood stained coat that Damian wears is from the performance in the castle, where he plays the Knight, one of 8 contestants in the quest (.. and one of the four who survive..).

[@sunsteels]

The album "Into The Electric Castle" starts with "Isis And Osiris" (the one you listened) and ends with "Another Time, Another Space". The following songs are other tales, other songs from other Arjen's project or from band of the singers in this concert

[@PHDarren]

Guilt Machine is another music project of Arjen, There's Ayreon, Guilt Machine, Star One, The Gentle Storm, Ambeon, Stream of Passion that he is or was involved with.

[@enrber100]

Your not really out of order, it's a song from the "other tales". Great reaction🙂

[@AmericansLearn]

Good to know. And I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@angecooke4164]

Damien 💪🤘

[@josspronck2175]

In the opening seconds of the song, you hear a female voice saying: ben ik schuldig door te leven? Dutch for: am i guilty for being alive…..

[@gilsorger6548]

You must do it in order because, the whole album is a story.

[@richardthresh3587]

For another great (and fun) song featuring Damien Wilson's vocals, you could check out 'Intergalactic Space Cusaders. It's a live track from Ayreon Universe ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4CZhZypeK16nqM ) The song is about a 70s British sci-fi themed TV show called Blake's 7.

[@RolandDeschain1]

Arjen is such a sci-fi geek. Bless him. 😋

[@paulchapman2569]

This is guilt machine, so not electric castle, this is part of the other tales, so yes you need to watch into the electric castle in order, this is separate.

[@gerrygrouwe70]

Arjen lucassen albums always tell a story by putting the songs in the right orther you will vigar it out what they are about 😅😅😅

[@JanJvG]

The female voice at the start says: Am I guilty to be living. In Dutch😉

[@justitia257]

Beautiful reaction Gorgeous Girl

[@duncanwyer2460]

🇬🇧 Norfolk with you let’s do this 😊

[@richardthresh3587]

#OTBC