Listening to The Mars Volta: De-Loused In The Comatorium (Part 3)

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[@Hugelybased]

De-Loused is a concept album based on a short story written by members of the band. It recounts the drug-induced experiences of Cerpin Taxt, a fictional character who enters a coma following an overdose. The bulk of the album deals with his mental voyages during this comatose state (hence the title, ethereal sound, and strange lyrics), with two songs at the beginning and end set in the real world. The story is based on the life and death of Julio Venegas, a friend of the band, who died in 1996.

[@JoshuaStMoblo]

Produced by Rick Rubin. Mixed by Rich Costey. Flea on bass. John Theodore on drums. All supporting the bombast of Cedric and Omar. Absolute masterwork.

[@JimNewstead]

I couldn't agree more!

[@Cuzjudd]

John Theodore is the drummer and he is simply amazing

[@bernasouza8734]

Great drummer, he can be all over the place and can also play really concise and straight foward drumming paterns, like in qotsa

[@murdockreviews]

Cicatriz ESP is my absolute favourite on here. Incredible track!

[@evansmith6552]

Cicatriz ESP is just an ASTONISHIGLY good track - alternatingly beautiful and terrifying, and groovy as hell all the way through.

[@Cuzjudd]

One of the greatest albums of all time

[@rampface85]

One more to go! You should do all of The Mars Volta discog! Also I would love to see you listen to the other Mastodon albums in full

[@DavidSGrop]

I hope you make it to Amputechture eventually, an absolutely amazing album and very underrated. Probably their jazziest, lots of horns, lots of Coltrane vibes. And arguably their most latin sounding one as well.

[@Poopscipade]

Arguably their best album bass-wise, as well.

[@adamcornell1186]

@@Poopscipade day of the baphomets intro 😩😩😩

[@turtle4614]

Best song on the album. Usually not a loud AF while listening kinda guy, but this song just does that to me!

[@iroveashe]

essentially the last part is Cerpin jumping to his death, the next two tracks are what happens to his soul, the lyrics of Televators start "just as he hit the ground"

[@c0nv3rg3]

When they lock in at the end of Cicatriz… when they all come into the pocket.. 😅ugh perfection.

[@budvarlager7027]

"HOLY SH!T!" is such a perfect way of putting it

[@schuylerkessler2459]

I’m amazed that these videos don’t have more views…you’re one of the only people that actually lets the entire song play. Love watching you fall in love with this album, having a lot of the same reactions I did upon my first listen. You’ve got a new subscriber!

[@JimNewstead]

Thanks! I’m not in it for the views, but yeah, I’m a little surprised too!

[@Cuzjudd]

I've been searching for so long for someone to mend all the pain

[@lineatus]

AHAHAH never heard from you something like..."Only shi##". Love The Mars Volta from this first LP album (the first record from them was the Tremulant EP), by the way I love these musicians since At the drive In! this album is magnificent but what impressed me the most was The Bedium Goliath featuring drummer Thomas Pridgen. I have never seen a drummer with so much power and I also saw it live when they came to Portugal, it was a magnificent concert! Thank Jim for remind me TMV again, this is because I've been listening more on a wave of prog sound like Karnivool, Rishloo, Opeth and The Dear Hunter and haven't heard them for a long time...it's time to put them in my spotify list! thank you!

[@JakobvonRaumer]

You should give Cavalcade by Black Midi a go!

[@AmberPearcy]

It’s funny, as many times as I’ve listened to this album, I still haven’t looked up the lyrics. I almost like it better not knowing for sure because I can get lost in it easier instead of listening to sing along or whatever.

[@Cuzjudd]

Lol you have to look up the lyrics

[@davidlee4903]

@@Cuzjudd They were in the original CD Booklet.

[@Cuzjudd]

@@davidlee4903 that's looking it up

[@davidlee4903]

@@Cuzjudd Lol

[@caiojulioary]

u definetely can get lost in the lyrics too! lol

[@feintcircles]

One of the most amazing things to me is Omar plays all his parts in standard tuning.

[@DavidWilliams-ic1nn]

that ending lol! Yes!!

[@DavidWilliams-ic1nn]

and to add to the comment regarding mix "high"...then the next song (the first on this video) is a bass heavy groove haha!

[@danielperry6921]

🤘 Happy Belated Birthday, Jim. Keep rocking and I'll keep watching.

[@chrisoakleyfx]

I love how you recognise Flea's bass playing. When i forst heard this album i had no idea Flea was involved, let alone that he played bass on the entire album. But after learning this I started to listen closer and realised how obvious it is in certain parts, particularly during those frenetic jams, it sounds juat like how he would play in a RHCP live jam 😄 if you didnt know, John Frusciante also played some guitar on the album and was heavily involved in the sound manipulation process, which is right in his wheelhouse of course (he also played on Frances the Mute I believe... I know for sure he played the face melting solos on L'Via, they're pure Frusciante style after all 😄)

[@evanwright9016]

Frusciante appears on 3 tracks on Deloused, "L'Via" from Frances, and pretty much every track from their next 3 releases. Omar would write parts for him since his main focus by the time of Goliath was to become more involved in the production process. Sometimes, they would trade leads back and forth.

[@JoriDiculous]

Whoa part 3 already :D

[@vrtuoso1095]

the best part is the absolute synergy of the band in the chorus

[@buddysaile973]

"beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague said i lost my way"

[@BlindSniperz]

Oh shit.. forgot. Happy B-Day Jim .. cheers

[@JimNewstead]

Thanks!

[@threestringsomg]

Are the words random? If so then listen to Cocteau Twins Jim. I love them! She sings sounds or half formed words....a female Damo Suzuki.....check out Treasure🌟❤️‍🔥

[@threestringsomg]

I think I enjoyed this more first time....partly because I'd listened to single tracks only before.... off France's The Mute first too.....and I liked the fact they really change it up! Repeat listening is actually harder 🧐🤔.....reminding me of Tales of Topographic experience when hearing all at once.... can feel like work despite pleasantries happening ....tea and biscuits essential!😅🍵🍪

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

Happy birthday 🎁🎂

[@JimNewstead]

Thank you 🥂🍾

[@kbkman7742]

I haven't listened to this record in many years. Now that I hear this song again I am 100% that the rolled off neck pickup background guitar through the whole jam section of cicatriz is john frusciante

[@Childofbhaal]

It is lol

[@dakotahrobinson8209]

Lyrics aren’t as important with TMV. VERY unique and interesting but the sound is where most of the substance is. Even Cedric himself says the lyrics are often gibberish that he later turns into words that fit. So the only thing you’re missing out on is a mental exercise of trying to decipher whatever the words may or may not mean haha

[@JoriDiculous]

Not gibberish, but he often uses Portmanteau (combining words to form new words like Smog, Motel or the song Noctourniquet), and a lot of of wordplay.

[@dakotahrobinson8209]

@@JoriDiculous what I’m referring to is an interview he did. He said that during the first recording of him freestyling vocals over the track he just spits out whatever hes feeling in the moment which is a lot of tunes gibberish. He wanted to keep it like that but Omar told him no one would want to hear that so he goes back later and writes lyrics to fit into the style of what he was singing the first time if that makes sense. I know his lyrics aren’t actually gibberish lol

[@JoriDiculous]

@@dakotahrobinson8209 That makes more sense. :)

[@threestringsomg]

Nice riff at the start there....hopefully that's calming your shredded nerve endings....oh that ended too soon.....😂

[@damiankirkwood7924]

You will have to compare this to landscape tantrums

[@Bulletproof_Trump]

The rest of the songs on here should be a good shift from the raw ferocity of the first half. The story gets much darker from here.

[@palantir135]

Same again.

[@JimNewstead]

Respect for trying 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Nebuloid1]

Don't bother looking up the lyrics, it's basically random words that sound right with the music... Still memorized about 60% of them though.