Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession -pianist reacts to metalhead’s suggestion

Pianist reacts to Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession
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[@citizenbrain8065]

I was obsessed with this album when it came out. This song specifically. Then, Colors came out. 😂

[@Greatmeasures]

😂 Same

[@thecompleation8891]

This. But still both.

[@gunzishere]

Totally get you

[@fahrulzaldy9040]

Feed me Fear

[@TheDJOblivion]

Colors 2 is even better imo

[@capnmag]

never clicked on a video faster

[@metal-adjacent]

😂 same

[@OhWord3]

Saaaaame one of my favorite songs ever

[@mmmmcessna]

Got to see them play it in Asheville last year! Tommy joked and said it was Paul's favorite song to play( super difficult, and he just laughed about it) but Paul killed it!!!!!

[@pstew5309]

Me too bro. Me too lol

[@Z1GN1G420]

Fucking same

[@OTProd]

The real irony is that BTBAM are the masters of technicality with feeling. 🤷🏻

[@timmiller2913]

Those arpeggios are unreal and magical.

[@CastratedBeaver]

The way he describe getting emotional to a solo is EXACTLY what the outro does for me. You go from a pretty standard prog song that slowly becomes this beutiful symphony of sounds and i always feel so hopeful by the end.

[@Bones12x2]

Right...to each his own but the very thing he is claiming that he wishes the song did...is exactly what it does for me. While on the flip side...just bending and sustaining some notes over the chords would not make me emotional...it would make me bored.

[@leavingweakness9927]

First time hearing BTBAM…. Can’t believe I’ve never consumed this this being such a fan of extreme prog like Cynic. This song is amazing

[@billwell9266]

Famine Wolf, Coma Machine, and Voice Of Trespass are a few more great ones to keep the journey going

[@scottrobinson4611]

Their Magnum Opus is the album 'Colors', you should listen ASAP.

[@leavingweakness9927]

@@scottrobinson4611Thanks man. They have quite a bit of material and I wasn’t really sure where to start. I see that there is a Colors 1 and a Colors 2 that came out some years later... is there a particular one that you suggest or do they need to be paired together.

[@leavingweakness9927]

@@billwell9266just listened to them all. Holy shit this band is outstanding. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction

[@Rberg1105]

@@leavingweakness9927colors 1 is absolutely legendary. I think the gem, and most under appreciated album album of theirs is the great misdirect though. Didn’t get the recognition it deserved because it followed up colors.

[@elarbean848]

To me, that sweep solo is just simply, a triumphant victory. Ugh, so good.

[@RizzleK]

That solo defined every 2000s metal guitarist.

[@tylerpd52]

Paul Waggoner does both, I mean the clean solo in this song, and the bluesy jazz one in ants of the sky ooze feel

[@Loendt]

Amazing song of a fantastic album! "Alaska" was the first work of BTBAM that I heard, later "Colors", one of my favourite albums, and then the phenomenal "The Great Misdirect". Really talented musicians! I fell in love with their discography!

[@nickhaas9185]

To me as a metal guitar player, the sweeps and outtro to this song make me think of a positive and mutual end of a relationship, whether it be a friendship or romantic. The song perfectly encapsulates the sonic emotional rollercoaser of a relationship that goes wrong but is something that both parties walk away from better in the end. It has the perfect balance of emotion and also chaos

[@JJN603]

It is truly an adventure of a song

[@joystick2212]

I apprecaite your lock-in for the emotions on the solo. For me, it truly represents hope and ambition for something better. I guess its a similar emotion but a little more abstract; it feels like an epic moment that has so much to be desired, just to expand on what's good and pick up the missing pieces. Almost like rebuilding after a natural disaster or devastaing war. It has a great contrast from the extremely heavy first half of the song, where it's all chaos; we've experienced turmoil but there's still some light at the end of the tunnel. We can fix this, and everything will be okay. It's so inspiring.

[@billwell9266]

Love this song - the ending is out of this world! Saw them live few years back and they are amazing!

[@KuBaYa87]

YES!!! BTBAM!!

[@mike2590rrr]

If he enjoyed Tommy's falsetto, he should check out Mordecai.

[@MyHandleShouldBeLessCharacters]

Or Aspirations

[@flobbergassy]

This song was one that really changed my musical trajectory and sent me hurtling toward heavier, technical stuff. Ended up at Necrophagist eventually lol

[@Greatmeasures]

😂😂 I can relate to this so much

[@xBarbzzz]

I mean the part before the sweeping is the most in the feel solo to me, and the sweep is so uplifting afterward its the best feeling.

[@theCharmoftheSeer]

Good choice. This song got me into BTBAM.

[@Greatmeasures]

Me too

[@Maybeabandaid9]

Victory records was goated back in the day. BTBAM, Darkest Hour, Emmure, Atreyu, Silverstein off the top of my head. Great line ups.

[@TheDonkeyFLOPPER]

The beauty of this band is that the technicality is telling the story. The lyrics tell the story the instruments drive it. The song starts off angry, aggressive, the lyrics singing about falling in to the monotony of living life by what the media tells us to. Then you reach the softer part. We can speak obsession. (We can continue to live a life of chasing fame and fortune) we can love the endless (or we can just love life for the beauty it is and everything simple around us) the sweeping to me always symbolizes the relief of letting go of constantly chasing that next “social status” and just loving life. Every single btbam song is written this way. From self titled all the way to colors 2 and I don’t think it’s spoken enough about.

[@TheDonkeyFLOPPER]

Not that I expect a first time listener to grasp this idea. You have to really dive in to the band. But whenever I explain them to a first time listener it’s how I introduce their approach

[@superlink235]

Holy fuck Judson reacting to MF Selkies!? This song was god tier when I was in highschool haha. Band is still GOAT. Hell yeas more pls

[@superlink235]

Damn, Judson not a fan of arpreggios hahahaha. I understand, its honestly pretty basic shit, once you've heard it all before its nothing special.

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

@@superlink235to be fair, this was pretty early on in the arpeggio sweeps as a style era! At the time it was like nothing else us metalcore heads had heard!

[@jb-hf5ne]

Excited for this one. My first exposure to BTBAM was Alaska. Some absolutely beautiful melodies within.

[@MattJFilms]

White Walls Part 2 is an absolute must! That song will seriously get you emotional at the end!

[@guylaub8505]

Can't believe I missed this until now, love this song

[@favayala42]

Love this song, i remember learning most of the guitar solo way back in the day. I think i still know it...?? lol Hearing this song and the arpeggios at the end reminddd me of Protest the Hero. Definitely should show him Protest!!!

[@Greatmeasures]

For sure! 🤘

[@jdawg1323]

I second the PTH recommendation

[@favayala42]

@@Greatmeasures I think Palms Read or Spoils would be a great intro to PTH

[@jxfine]

Love me some BTBAM. For me it's tough to pick out singular songs. Their albums beg to be consumed as a whole. I try to only see them live when they're playing complete albums. Keeps me more engaged. Nice reaction, was really interested in what he'd think.

[@jeramysanchez4718]

This song is a masterpiece. I listened to this album on a whim when it came out and I’ve followed the band since.

[@Hotsauce_1146]

Love BTBAM! I've seen them three times now, and are by far my favorite band I've seen live. The first time I heard Alaska back in 2005 I was immediately hooked to their sound. Thanks for this react. I really don't see enough reacts to their music

[@Greatmeasures]

Thanks! Hoping to do more in the near future. 🤘

[@tylersmith1749]

The way his face is twitching through the riffs is me every time I have listened to this over the last 20 years.

[@HumanScourgeYT]

I woke up listening to this album and fell asleep listening to this album for at least a year straight. I remember traveling across the US jamming it the whole way.

[@globalevents0]

This is one of my all time favorite songs, from one of my all time favorite bands...since you asked Shout out to FYE

[@Greatmeasures]

🤘 One of my favorites too

[@Peace-Weaver]

I, for one, fucking LOVE Between the Berries and Me!

[@mariemaxxx]

The solo and outro legit made me cry before

[@sicboi80]

This is so cool, thanks for doing this!

[@chrisdudeword1]

“That sweeping makes me….SO happy” 😂

[@Greatmeasures]

😂 It really does!

[@richwittenburg19]

This song has been with me for a long long time. No matter what shite I'm getting through that outtro solo will always make me weep with tears of joy. It has become a necessary staple of my life.

[@codexnecro666]

Só i guess Archspire will be a bit confusing for him then

[@paperfart3988]

The contrary movement leading up to the arpeggios 👌

[@Hyperenealogical_Genesis]

The sweep picking for me is the feeling of transcendence, that has more feel for me than a sad wail, it crushes my corporeal every time I hear it

[@alanconroy7929]

Never heard that one. Thank you.

[@pwdt4r313]

How the heck did you two meet lol you have such an odd dynamic I love it

[@ZMB-on5ub]

Subbed. I am already in tears before a note is played. Seen this live. Amazing. Thank you. EDIT: Your dad effing rocks. Thank you for sharing this. I have love for the both of you.

[@nicolasvega2658]

BTBAM? oh shit, this is going to be good

[@julioivancontrerassoltero9828]

I hope he likes this band. It is one of my favorites, also, have you heard Spastic Ink? That band may be could surprise him

[@facepalmjesus1608]

absolutely! ''See and its sharp'' has a classical feel so that would be great tune for him

[@flobbergassy]

I love this. Real reaction from someone that doesn't already love the music.

[@oli7173]

I find it interesting that he picks on the sweep picking specifically as being all over metal music, when sweeping arpeggios are all over classical music too (just not on distorted guitars). In fact, that section of the song immediately strikes me as being influenced by classical music, especially with the counter melodies and call and response licks.

[@charliedontsurfdude]

Victory Records, a timecapsule

[@adriancole9681]

I love the sweeps at the end of this song but I completely feel you. As a guitar player sweeps are something I’ve learned for technique but I know how tired they are so I rarely use them in the traditional guitar sense.

[@BrokenInBeauty]

I’m only 6 minutes in but my excitement is forcing me to comment now, lol. I saw Between the Buried and Me so long ago I won’t mention the year 😉 Yet another band shirt I got all of them to sign! I love the diversity in your ultimate music selections, I mean really. This band and others like Converge are in that category usually of “You’ll either love or absolutely dislike/hate them”. Which makes them stand out and more interesting when you chisel the surface level - in my opinion 🙃 I laughed along your Taylor Swift reaction. I was new to that one as well and your faces matched mine. You may have awakened the force that is the pop masses on this channel now. Being potentially wrong in any sense of the word could wake the army of fans to attack… Just shittin’ you guys, 😅 Time to resume the video now, 🤘🏻 - Cassie

[@Greatmeasures]

We’re feeling a small bit of wrath from the Swifties, but nothing too serious. They’ve given us some good suggestions that we’re going to react to. Hoping for a bonding moment with the T-Swift fanbase. 😂

[@BrokenInBeauty]

Nothing is impossible with you two. I have no doubts you’ll be drawing in crowds from every scene. I sense many amusing and memorable moments ahead! Those of us who got here in the beginning are lucky to be the first witnesses to it, though 😊

[@worldssmallestfan]

14:20 they LOVE Pink Floyd. I saw them in 2017 and “Dark side of the Moon” played before and after their set.

[@k.l.c.frierson4254]

Are yall from Louisiana?

[@judsong]

From Mississippi but in southern MS alot so very close to LA! You?

[@jeramysanchez4718]

This songs drags you to hell and then blasts you into the heavens. It’s perfect.

[@Plysomack]

I remember listening to this in the mid-00s and feeling all the feels. I've cried to this song several times. I guess my emotions were wrong. Today I learned that I don't know how to properly feel music.

[@Greatmeasures]

😂 I felt the same way when he didn’t feel what I feel while listening to this song.

[@joshkeener878]

the sweeping arpeggios are literally conveying full raw emotion in the whole spectrum of sounds from dark to light its literally doing what ur asking in weeping but in a full broad range not a single tone

[@metaldrummersonly4402]

Show the classical guy Progenicies of a Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir BUT show him the piano version... dude from the band on a grand piano playing it

[@pvdaele]

I'm very curious how he would react to a MrBungle song, eg Squeeze Me Macaroni. These guys hop between genres like nobody else. For a lot of people it is a lot to digest on a first listen, but Judson is not like most people.

[@JJN603]

One of my favorite songs

[@ckokomo808]

What we’re the bands on the album that grabbed your attention? BTBAM were one of the bands that got me deeper into the prog metal scene!

[@Greatmeasures]

Back in those days, if I saw “for fans of” and then bands like Unearth, Bleeding Through, Killswitch Engage or Shadows Fall were listed, I was probably buying it.

[@k.l.c.frierson4254]

100% this band. I was on my way to work, over a decade ago, listening to xm radio, and Ants of the sky came on, it was on for the whole ride to work, and I had to check to make sure it was the same song a few times, but that morning changed my whole outlook on music. Obviously, if I can still remember the exact moment I heard them for the first time... love them, saw them 3 times live, and sound just as good as the albums.

[@grahamrivas2136]

Richard, your shirt collection makes me jealous. Jud, I wish I understood music at your level. Binged all the videos lol, please more Tool and Slayer

[@JeffeyInfinity]

Damn that song is still too good

[@icedtorres]

you should show him early testament where Alex plays a single ascended sweep in a solo with feeling.

[@Marrero1]

Show him astral body!

[@Spoon3r3000]

This looks like it was recorded in 2005. Enjoyed the video btw.

[@KillRoy117]

GOATs

[@righteous247]

If Jud wants berries, give him berried alive

[@jasongreen3434]

If you can't get down with this song you just can't be moved by music

[@josephpomerleau2654]

This is the 2020 remix/remaster version. It's nice, but i think on this one I like the original mix better in some parts. Love that this band made the list though! One of my faves!

[@Greatmeasures]

For some reason, I prefer the 2020 version. I just feel like it was better for this song in particular because Paul’s solo comes through clearer on it. Just a personal preference.

[@josephpomerleau2654]

@@Greatmeasures absolutley. I like a lot about the remix. I think I like some of the vocal effects off the original better, and some of the mixing choices on transitions. But it might be that I've listened to the original mix so much over the years.

[@si3500]

Sweeps aren't the star here, it's the melodic rhythm and it's 1/2 steps ----.-.---.---.------_____._.____._._______ Most can do one or the other, btbams mastery of both is why they're my Bae band

[@trowabarton222]

From the opening of this video, i feel like you ahpuld listen to Berried Alive. Maybe start with Strawberry Serenity. My favorite from the new album is Butterflies. BTBAM is one of my favorite bands of all time. You should checkout the live version of Extremophile Elite from The Fidelitorium.

[@TheDJOblivion]

Buried alive is great, really great halftime breakdowns.

[@catnap2267]

Feels like A Perfect Circle, Gojira or NiN might be a good recommendation for the more feely feels

[@signedupfordoconly4275]

17:58 he wants the guitar to gently weep. Porcupine Tree is the answer.

[@christianfielding9277]

Make him listen to polyphia

[@mattstiglic]

Cant get into polyphia. Actually i cant stand them. Pretentious.

[@signedupfordoconly4275]

Too technical for him. But since they combine pop elements who knows. But they are a nuisance band IMO.

[@teardrinkr]

If if anyone’s curious the song he plays at the beginning is Gymnopédie no. 1 by Erik Satie

[@drewsiffers]

Absolutely have to get Judson to react to “Ants of the sky” by BTBAM

[@Abbynormalbrain]

Now do White Walls!!!! Selkies is an awesome introduction to BTBAM. White Walls to me is their peak in songwriting.

[@Andrewjbrock]

Epic!!!

[@blacknwhite6186]

If Roy Keane was a musician.

[@youhavemyaxe]

I think the idea of feeling over technicality is something Paul and the band has explored more later in their career. I mean Alaska was their first album with a stable lineup and their real first attempt at something prog. I personally think with the pseudo-narrative aspect of their albums, they use technical vs more emotional technique to create another dynamic within a song. Even a song like White Walls from only a couple years after this you can hear already a more fully realized idea with much better context within the piece. What I think makes them really fun to listen to is their coherent use of very wide dynamic ranges and the ability to make repeated iterations on an idea stay really engaging and interesting.

[@hypersleepdialogues8889]

Dude he can just hear something one time and immediately play it on piano...

[@toolrjm]

If going down the 'feel' direction: Nine Inch Nails? Something off The Fragile?

[@donalddlugos6688]

Crazy he knows the song already

[@Maybeabandaid9]

Not gonna lie here, "I'm not running off to 2005 yet." low key cut deep. lol

[@slipknot9733]

Steve vai - For the love of God. I feel you'd love that blend of shred and wailing. The studio version is one of the best but there are several live renditions that show his flexibility. Would love to see how you feel hearing "Tender surrender" or "For the love of god:

[@Greatmeasures]

This is exactly what I thought of when he started talking about “feel” and “technicality”. 🤘

[@leavingweakness9927]

@@GreatmeasuresDude please. Greatest guitar melody every… but I will be heart broken if he thinks it’s just… whatever

[@signedupfordoconly4275]

Tender Surrender is honestly the better choice IMO. Even though FTLOG is more “iconic”, TS just has a little something extra.

[@weathertopz4368]

raking to a note only to immediately rake away from it is only slightly less cooler than just whaling the note.

[@leviathanx6236]

selena & tatiana hahaha really good

[@russellny8086]

This guy just said they not doing anything that wows me 🤣🤣🤣

[@mmmmcessna]

I have seen them play several times, but have only heard selkies live once.... tommy joked before they started and said this was Paul's favorite song to play... lol .. paul just shook his head😅 its been ne of my favorite early BTBAM songs, but it os super tough to play!

[@danielbrake6725]

I forget if it was Paul or Dusty, but one of them once joked, "I'd rather drag my jewels across broken glass than play that song live again." Those riffs in the harsh section destroy my wrists, can only imagine doing it every night on tour.

[@Farz883]

I’m genuinely curious about how you would react to a band called “Belakor”. It’s oddly soothing death metal. They have became one of my favorite bands. It’s very dark and oddly serene.

[@bumblefluff79]

I'm a huge fan of BTBAM, but I totally get his point of view when it comes to technical for technical sake. When it comes to solos, Tremonti's touch on Alter Bridge's Blackbird still hits me in the feels.

[@alephnull3102]

Hey being a classical musician you might want to check Apparition by Spawn of Possession or Weltseele by Obscura! Both incorporate classical instrumentation but do cool things with them in the song (i.e. using them for harmony and counterpoint instead of as a simple pad effect) and take a classical influenced approach to song structure and harmony. Apparition reminds me more of Shostakovich, where Weltseele is a tone poem like one of Strauss's in metal form. Also both of them are completely fuckin insane hand destroyers on their instruments, which is always fun to see reactions to. There's a lot of stuff on guitar that's easy-ish to do really fast and you hear a lot of that in metal (like those C/Em sweep pick arps at the end of Selkies), these songs find stuff that's hard to do slow, and then do it at 240bpm or more. Also there's a fretless guitar solo in Weltseele and that's just pretty dank.

[@zellballschmitter1670]

Celine: The Endless Obsession

[@rookmacron]

My partner calls it the “Scooby Doo Interlude”

[@JGAbstract]

13:12 2005,welcome to perfection

[@wookieschnitzel7595]

Most of the time sweep picking is taking your thingie out and saying "look at me! look at me!". For this song it just FEELS like it's for the emotional uplift. Well to me it does. To each his own

[@CassanoFamiglia]

Love the Victory shout out. They've had some... "questionable" business practices, but their bands were always legit.

[@darrenmetal3338]

I wonder if Richard knows the band Vortex speaking of technical metal. These guys bring it to a whole other level....

[@Greatmeasures]

I do not. Thank you for the recommendation! 🤘

[@leavingweakness9927]

Do you mean Vector? Tech death in the vein of later Death but with more scifi theme?

[@darrenmetal3338]

Yes I meant Vector my bad lol @@leavingweakness9927

[@raycoffey4403]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@thecompleation8891]

The guy on the right is both 26 and 95.

[@loganhand6981]

Metal with feeling= Devin Townsend

[@jhonromeromusic]

If he had heard it when it first came out I think the sweeping would have had a different reaction. These days yes everyone sweeps but this is not a new song

[@donalddlugos6688]

Love that he is really listening. Not hearing it. If that makes sence. Or am i bacwards

[@KOLLIX-AF-DALBACKEN]

If he want to feel moore, take him to the Ocean (let them belive) Opeth ( Hessian peel) maybe some Watain. 🤘

[@derekpeace7668]

I'm suspicious that he doesn't use the word arpeggio once when talking about the sweeps.