Composer Reacts to The Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez (REACTION & ANALYSIS)

[@TheManPF]

A fun fact, they're not actually bird chirps at the end, they're a species of small frogs called Coquí, they're even credited in the album as "Coquí of Puerto Rico"

[@furiousdancer]

Also it’s a lead in to the next track. The album is meant to be listened to as a whole and it’s a bit…avant garde, which I personally appreciate

[@JORE4203]

Larry Harlow “The Marvelous Jew” was the piano player in the song. He was the best Salsa producer in the 70’s and 80’s and he was a leader in progressive Salsa. his piano style is influenced by guys like Thelonious Monk, so the chaotic solo is purposeful and keeps in line with his previous work

[@Bobbias]

Holy crap, I had no idea about that. That's awesome.

[@luke_bongoman89]

Never knew that. That's awesome

[@utubedestroysmytime]

It’s honestly a line for line lick from Celia Cruz s sopita en botella solo

[@collinbeal]

It sounds like a tango

[@Lancelot30]

A lot of this song makes more sense when you listen to the full album. So even if you don’t get them it’s kind of impossible when you take these songs out of context. This is truly a unique and psychedelic trip that is meant to be listened to with everything else. So a lot of these bizarre decisions make more sense when listening to the album imo.

[@CriticalReactions]

I'm apprehensive about it but the album is on my listen list so I'll get around to it on my own time eventually. We'll see how I feel about it after that.

[@jonathanaustin6807]

@@CriticalReactions I suspect you might feel that the album just does a lot more of the things you [and I] dislike and find it frustrating as a result. But I still like the album a lot regardless, maybe it does make more sense as a whole, but it never has to me all the times I tried! I think the concept may help untangle it, but that's hard to grasp too.

[@VoltaGhost]

@@CriticalReactions nice reaction! I will say this album is one of their more experimental works but like the other comment said it does make sense with the musical theme of the album.

[@drosera88]

@@CriticalReactions I'd recommend listening to "De-Loused in the Comatorium" in full before diving into "Frances the Mute." "De-Loused" is a good benchmark to compare and contrast their other albums to, and see how they evolved. The experimental elements are executed in a way that's more refined and cohesive than "Frances."

[@Lancelot30]

@@anonymous-anonymous-anonymous have you listened to the album? It’s obvious this song is part of a bigger context and the last song even directly references this track musically.

[@TheAlibabatree]

Im here for any and every Volta reaction! I agree with what someone else said, taking almost any of their songs on their own out of the context of the album will be confusing, especially this album. I highly recommend you listen to this album front to back (on your own time). The birds at the end flow perfectly into the next track etc.

[@tylersquanto8938]

I get what you mean by the bizarre execution. Personally, I love the Mars Volta’s idiosyncratic style and I find the strange experiments in ambient, drone, and musique concrete to be really interesting. Whether or not it clicks with you, there definitely aren’t many bands that strike a similar chord.

[@TheAlibabatree]

Also, great commentary at the end. As far as your issues with “too many ideas”/“execution”, here’s what I’ll say. Omar (guitarist, composer, producer) made music, especially on the first few records, with lots of abrupt transitions. This is usually what many people have issues with, and I’ve even heard people claim it was “wrong”, or that that the band didn’t know what they were doing, but its definitely intentional. I believe Omar once said that he composed music for this band the way Tarantino would make films like Pulp Fiction. Something along those lines. Basically, every transition is like a new scene that may shock, startle, and take by surprise, but (hopefully) ends feeling cohesive.

[@666bruv]

I'm with you, these guys are truly something else. Grew up on floyd etc, and have grown bored with some of the old stuff, thank fuck for MV

[@Ac-dk9ki]

I believe "Volta" in "The Mars Volta" also alludes to that, with a volta essentially being a change of scene or a turnaround in action

[@iroveashe]

Your "it isn't like jazz" comment might show why you don't like TMV, you might just not be exposed to a whole set of music that does not adhere to the common rules. The comment about jazz is totally wrong, listen to Ornette Coleman or Sun Ra, there's a LOT of dissonance, atonality, etc, and that was back in the 60's. TMV is just fueled by lots of influences that are outside of most people's listening history. What makes them unique is how they mesh those influences. Now the difference with the truly out there jazz, it's that they applied this experimental approach not just to the music, but also the production. The closest analogy to this would be looking at a Picasso painting and complaining that it's not anatomically accurate or classically pretty.

[@cotopaximusic]

Very well said

[@LaDeCR]

it blows my mind that everything you just described explains so much to me now, but back when I first discovered TMV, all I could think about was how "big" their ideas for music were - I could only remember parts of their songs, so I kept on listening and listening and listening ; I would get lost in their albums. And then I fell in love.

[@VanderJamesHum]

its interesting the ideas you feel miss the mark are the things that attract me to this band and make them special. There's something about the way they break rules which is so attractive and refreshing to listen to.

[@weirdfishes100]

Same. TMV is my all-time favorite band, and I can totally understand why some people wouldn't like them. No one sounds like them.

[@davidlee4903]

It is tough watching reactions to the Volta where the listener doesn't "get it". Try and think in terms of cinematic sequences. That might help you comprehend TMV.

[@shanebilowitz7261]

You know how people from a foreign country always have that one food that they all love, but they know it's nasty, and they always laugh at tourists whenever they first try it and get grossed out? That's the Mars Volta.

[@CriticalReactions]

🤣 That's an awesome metaphor!

[@neilpatrickhairless]

they're the Malort of bands

[@totallyrealcia]

I wouldn't call the mars volta nasty

[@VestigialLung]

Frances the Mute was a particularly tough one to get into. It’s got about 30-40 minutes of really great music on it with 20-30 minutes of miscellaneous, meandering noise. The ending that perplexed you so much is kind of an example of that, maybe a bit more cohesive and sensible than some of what you’d hear in the Casandra Gemini tracks. The Mara Volta is, well, it’s The Mara Volta, but there’s more and less accessible The Mara Volta. This album has some of their more accessible moments (The Widow, most of this track) floating in a sea of not much to hook into.

[@No.Man.Is.An.Island9]

Bryan, thank you for your honest and unfiltered reaction and breakdown :) The Mars Volta's music has always been polarizing and some of their decisions were rather interesting. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea. If you would like to listen to some of their more straightforward tracks, I recommend "Vermicide" from "Amputechture", "Desperate Graves" from "Octahedron", "Imago" from "Noctourniquet" or their first track in the last 10 years "Blacklight Shine". If you want stripped down and mellower version of The Mars Volta, I say you should give a listen to "With Twilight as My Guide", "Trinkets Pale of Moon" or, again, "Blacklight Shine".

[@stevenmonte7397]

This song is a banger! this whole project is flawless like the first one.

[@MemoriesLP]

This whole album is... an album, meant to be listened from beginning to end, as a single trip. It is similar to A Thousand Suns from Linkin Park. So in today's age, when we use playlists, some albums get lost in translation, since you don't hear it from beginning to end. This song's ending is introducing the next song, which is a ghost singing in the middle of the forest or something. I wish they went back and released another version of this album, where they don't do these ending that mix with each other. This way it could be better to place in playlists, but at the same time... it's like... not sure if they even care about it. And I don't find this song strange or anything like that (in general. It is kinda weird at some moments, but overall, something I am not affraid at showing anyone, and most people I show, they heavily enjoy it. Even my mom was kinda dancing at the Salsa parts lol). The spanish part is not that crazy... the english part turns to Salsa, basically, and it is also not that crazy. The only weird part to me is the ending, but it is a transition to the next song, where his voice changes, gets weird, then you reach a forest. I just saw the initial thoughts part, gonna watch the rest later when I can :) edit: The piano goes off key that much? It barely goes I think. Piano seems to be following the rest of the notes. I can't see the guitar doing random notes. The guitar solo is most of the time following previous ideas, nothing random at all. I can be wrong for sure, but I dont think they are doing random stuff through the song, they repeat ideas all the time, and I don't think they are going off key that much, and even if they are, nothing sounds that out of place to me. At 38:15, you mention a guitar solo. I assume you mean at the end. I don't even think that is a guitar solo, he is just following the rythim of the song. I also don't know exactly what violin you are talking about. But if it is also about the ending part of the song, I'm pretty sure a loud high note appears following the melody of the voice. Some sounds do follow the song, however they seem to "slide", off tune, like when you slide the guitar, so it might be this that makes the entire song creepy or a bit weird. About making you want to turn it off, I just disagree, but yeah, that is personal. The 2 different styles are played at a rate I'm fine with. Style 1 -> Style 2 -> Style 1 -> Style 2 -> new thing -> style 2 However, the last part 2 extends with piano and guitar solos, and that to me is not a thing to turn me off of the song. Reminds me of other genres of music where people keep doing solos for longs periods of time. And this one here alternates a lot between the guitar and piano. And you also have some voices in the middle. Then the very end is just a transition to the next song, so it barely counts... Again, I don't think the piano has no idea what it is doing, like you meant with the guitar. Any weird thing the piano does, it leads back with the rest of the song right after. And there is this idea of movement, where the guitar gets very fast, and then it gets slower, and that is what the piano does all the time. I just noticed you mean the piano is random the entire song... I totally disagree with that. The style is called Salsa, and you can check a video like this, to see some similarities to The Mars Volta song kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGTMo5WHjMitqZo. I feel like you have no training ear for this song, and I don't mean that in a bad way. When I first listened to Muse, I literally could not process some songs. I was like 15 years old, never heard ANYTHING like it. It took me time to even be able to process their songs. My friend is a master on acoustic guitar, he was playing and some people were crying, then someone said next to me: wtf is he doing, nothing makes sense. I was in shock, I've never heard many things as beautiful and as incredible as what my friend was playing (he really is a professional), but someone could not even process what he was doing. I've seen some people also say the last album from bjork is random, and makes no sense, when to me and many people, it is a masterpiece, and an extraordinary example of how to make songs with weird timing, some songs even feel like they are floating, as if nothing sustains them, as if you can barely understand the rythim, you can't even sing it when you remember the song, because of how confusing it is (spoiler: it does happen with me, with Mars Volta, with some songs). I can totally understand you not enjoying it. that's fine, and many, MANY things you said are 100% valid. Its just I have this theory in my head. One example for me: I have no clue how anyone enjoys anything from Iron Maiden or Metalica, I can't stand any of it, I don't know why it is good. I am 100% capable of understanding it all, but I feel like my ear is not trained to listen to it, and I don't want to lol (just like it seems like you don't want that with mars volta). And I don't mean once you train your ear, the thing gets good: not at all!!! It is about processing the information, that I think that is kinda lacking with you. The first time I heard this song, I don't think I cared that much about it, it was so different... I'm not used with Salsa, there are many weird elements in it... and I was probably not even 100% focused at it, I was probably doing something else. Did you mention at any moment in the video if went back to listen to it again. Because honestly, I have no idea how you can say so much by hearing it once. There are so many elements to this song, I would never be possible to say much about it with 1 listen.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

Oh, go away. This song is called lvia not Miranda so it is its own thing entirely.

[@MemoriesLP]

@@radioactivetrees9626 The ending connects to the next song. They don't need to be called the same thing to have a connection. Even the end of Miranda has a riff or whatever that is, that is from Cassandra. The end of Cassandra has Cygnus... The end of Cassandra is more interesting once you hear the entire album. Same goes for Lvia. You spend a long time hearing trees, but it makes more sense once you connect it to Miranda.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

@@MemoriesLP Lvia is its own thing amongst an series of events. But still its own thing. The rest is not necessary.

[@mapleblues22]

Francis the Mute is one of the best progressive rock albums of all time.

[@nicholaslaport3354]

This song brought me into the fold of volta mania

[@bartomiejkunda1129]

From all of their LPs this one was for me the most difficult to get into, I liked some parts (L'via is actually really catchy) but couldn't get the whole concept. But it's not the kind of music that gets to you after first listen - there's so much going on you need to give it more time. Also, as it was said many times here - it's a concept and listening to the whole album makes more sense. Those parts like the end of this song or ambient noises in other tracks are actually quite useful cause it gives you a breather after chaotic and noisy parts of the songs. One thing is that it's psychedelic music - so the intention here is to trip to those sounds (and oh boy is it a journey of a lifetime). But another is that creation of space and atmosphere - it gives you this feeling of being put in the place and time of the events, makes you feel like you're there. One minute you're listening to the latino-rock banger, and the other you're chilling listening to the frogs chirping like birds during hot Puerto Rican night. ;) It requires patience, you need to let go and just flow with it. It surely is difficult at first, but with time it's surprisingly gratifying. Frances the Mute has grown on me incredibly during the years and I really think it's a work of genius, if there are any in rock music. There's nothing like it and I really doubt it's possible to record another album like this - so over the top, so confident, so rough around the edges and uncompromising. And I write it all not to accuse anyone of not being open-minded enough or anything - I totally get that it's just not for everyone and it's absolutely OK. I guess I just need to express how happy and grateful I feel to be able to enjoy this music. :)

[@plokky8052]

I love The Mars Volta and I agree with your criticisms. Especially that this track is a bit too repetitive without really justifying it. I do hope you can do a full album review of their first LP “De-loused in the Comatorium” one day. I find it to be their most cohesive and well executed work.

[@drosera88]

I remember reading somewhere that the band described the feel of the album as being like a movie soundtrack, thus all the strange, long ,and meandering intros and outros to the songs. As much as I like the Mars Volta, I think they went overboard with these sections on this album..

[@ScarsUnseen]

It took me a while to "get" The Mars Volta, so I understand the band kind of bouncing off of you. They are definitely one of a kind. I will echo what others have said and say that they aren't really a band you can just listen to a track and understand what they're doing. My recommendation would be to do an album review and see how that hits you. I know a lot of people will either say to go with De-loused in the Comatorium or Frances the Mute, but I'd actually say The Bedlam in Goliath might be more up your alley. It's more mature than De-Loused and less meandering than Frances.

[@stevenmonte7397]

yeah, the first two nonstop. Then it all makes sense. It took me a second also, but when it clicked, they became one of my faves. First two projects are perfect to me.

[@charlied904]

Honestly I’ve always had similar problems with TMV but I still fell in love because of how great the good parts were. The “bad” parts I eventually accepted as part of the overall disorienting otherworldly experience they are trying to create. Also, I’ve noticed that they like to let the song completely unravel into jagged raw elements floating in space and then gradually put it back together only for it to take off like a rocket ship. I mean picture their song as a rocket ship sailing through space. Then it is ripped apart by some gravitational force. You watch the pieces just pull apart and float in different directions then they start coming back together like the villain in terminator 2. Then the rocket ship fires its engines and shoots off. Most people are not going to like those spacey off key slow chaotic sections but they serve a purpose in the overall experience and the vision they have. But I think it really is debatable whether it actually makes the songs better or worse lol. They are just crazy fuckers for real.

[@erkanerenoglu1355]

My favorite is Mars Volta - Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt

[@laynesanders738]

Day of the Baphomets you will love it

[@BenKingOfMonkeys]

Definitely better as a single listen than many of their disgog :)

[@plokky8052]

Haha I assure you he won’t based on his other TMV reactions.

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

@@plokky8052 😂 I feel the same

[@KahurangiSteez]

@@plokky8052 this is true but i still want to watch him hate it hahaha

[@brennangum6236]

You should try Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt if you want a digestible song all the way through with some really cool bits.

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

This is definitely a track that's better within the context of the album, which itself is a very surreal and psychedelic concept album. The progressions and shifts and even the repetition all has the effect of an acid trip with its own kind of dream logic that's hard to put one's finger on. Though most will point to Deloused in the Comatorium as their best, to me this album (Frances the Mute) was their peak. It demands patience and an openness to its many weirdnesses, but but in the right mood and frame of mind there's no album out there quite like it. TMV, to a very large extent, reigned in the more out-there, psychedelic aspects of their sound and style after this: not so much that they became completely uninteresting or totally accessible, but this was really them pushing those oddities as far as it could go, and I was THERE for it, spending many months obsessed with album to a degree I rarely am with any album. Believe it or not, this is also probably the most accessible track on the album, with the whole Latin psychedelia style finding several grooves and vocal hooks. It's still weird af out of context, but this is about as "normal" as they got in the context of that album, of which Cassandra Gemini is a 32-minute magnum opus and, IMO, the single best thing the band ever did.

[@CriticalReactions]

Cassandra Gemini was just added to the Special Selection list 👀

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

@@CriticalReactions Ooh, interesting! At that point you'd might as well just listen to the whole album (along with the Frances the Mute "title track" that was left off the actual album for time constraints, but made it onto a single) since Cassandra is over 1/3 of the album itself!

[@utubedestroysmytime]

6:40 that solo is nasty. Whole song is in some weird g minor type of thing and he plays an F# and B and a lot of other atonal parts. You either love it or hate it.

[@GarDenofThieves]

The Mars Volta + Kayo Dot are my 2 most beloved bands :D

[@GarDenofThieves]

fml, I still get the chills after all these years waiting for the next song after the last ambient part...

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

You like Maudlin of the Well too then ofcourse?

[@GarDenofThieves]

@@justsomejusstsome8994 ​ @Justsome Jusstsome yep love em as well, hard to seperate the two

[@ubfsticky4954]

was hoping you would check this out! love this song

[@CheebsCheeby]

One of my all time favorite songs/ bands/ albums. I even learned a little spanish in learning the lyrics' meaning.

[@writingalias4401]

there was an interview; Omar cited this piece as one of his favorites, but mostly just because he had a musical inspiration on the track with him to record; Larry Harlow. It was humorous, Omar had forgotten the name of the song at the time of the interview, 'the one with Larry Harlow', was how he had recalled the tune.

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Honestly, I had the exact same reaction the first time I heard this - also my first exposure to TMV. I loved At the Drive in, but I didn’t “get” this. I forced it. For a while. And now they are a top 5 band of mine. Constant surprises, interesting guitar lines, always a massive rhythm section, crazy lyrics, and creativity in spades. Keep at it. Listen to the full album like others mention (and fast forward through the ambient parts! I did that for a long time but now can’t do without them!) and you’ll find a band to come back to again and again.

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

You have to remember that this is a concept album as well. A lot of the odd choices make sense in the context of the story, think of it almost like a movie score. The story is very, very dark, so the ambiance is dark as well.

[@Ramoono]

For the mostly negative feelings about the song, you not only have great perception of certain musical aspects but are also eloquent enough to express them, and I say this because a lot of the reasoning you give here for disliking the song are things I see as themes that actually make the song's purpose. The Mars Volta (and one of the reasons I love what they do) is that they commit to an idea and work tirelessly and carefully to bring it to fruition, no matter how the resulting product will be perceived. "This is what we want to represent and this is how we want to make you feel", up to us to like it or not, but they don't care if we do, in fact in an interview they mentioned they're surprised so many people like what they do. It personally took me a while to "get it" but for me it has paid off immensely. Thanks for the reaction and your thoughts :)

[@QwQ-qwq]

Justo lo que diría Omar por esas épocas

[@CriticalReactions]

This is actually a really great concept here that I sometimes forget about; sometimes me not "enjoying" a track is by design. And sometimes I pick up on that intent and sometimes I don't but it's very possible here (especially in the context of the larger album) that the purpose of this section of the larger work is to introduce disinterest, or maybe discomfort.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

Lol screw driver into the common man's ear.

[@cotopaximusic]

Shame you don't get it. One of the greatest bands of all time. A lot of fantastic ideas with perfect execution

[@tyelerhiggins300]

My wife got to experience this album with me for the first time the other day. On the way home from a State Champs and Mayday Parade show, no less. She didn't like it because several parts spiked her anxiety. The parts of it that did that are present throughout the entire album. This album is about 70% cohesive "regular music" separated by swaths of atmospheric noise, for lack of a better word. I always imagine little islands, the accessible parts of the songs, separated by seas, the more intense parts. I _love_ this album, and I've probably listened to it almost a hundred times. My favorite album by them, no question, followed by Bedlam.

[@JfrikinC]

God the bass 🤤🤤

[@mrpzak]

If you read some interviews with folks who have been involved with some of the recordings (like Jon Theodore), you get the perfectionism of Omar is. Everything you hear on an album is 100% on purpose and exactly the way he wanted it to be.

[@jmarsvolta]

There was new lyrics in the third section.

[@progrockplaylists]

39:20

[@sphires]

The Mars Volta are like gravity. Each musician follows their own path, they circle each other getting closer and closer nearing a single element until just as they come together briefly only to sling shot apart again, then begin the inevitable path back together. They are always influencing each other, even if ever so slightly when their voices are furthest apart and it's not until their gravity draws them in close that the synchronicity and single voice becomes evident. So, I appreciate people covering Mars Volta, but for someone who clearly states that they value the most pop-y, catchy, hooky elements, nor do they care to take the time to "get it", this is simply just low effort content. It's like going to an art gallery and being like "well that's weird, I wonder wtf that weird drawing was about, definitely shitty though". I think what you're really missing with this perspective is the range. If you always live in a soft warm bath of awesome clarity and uniformity you start to lose appreciation for your situation. It becomes normal and mundane, for me the best songs are harsh and exquisitely beautiful and it's the harshness that gives me the perspective and appreciation of the beauty. Leave these reactions to someone who's priorities are in line with people who value Pink Floyd, Jazz, Tool, and this type of music. There's no reason to shit on stuff just because it makes you money when you know it doesn't align with your values.

[@TheJinjo75]

Damn bro, forget The Mars Volta. It takes a lot of balls to crap on legendary pianist Larry Harlow. The guy just made music for 60 years before his death but Im sure he could have learn a thing or two from you. Especially when it comes to Salsa piano. SMH

[@JoryStultz1234]

One of my all time favorite tracks from TMV

[@pasit1738]

The Mars Volta - love 'em every time!

[@turdle2080]

I am not a huge mars volta fan, but i do think their first album is mostly great. i know you've already done a number of reactions to their music, and none of them landed for you, so i understand if you don't want to, but i would be curious to see what you think of their early work which, by and large, is much less chaotic and random feeling than what you've heard thus far. I actually like this song ok, but it's one of the few after their original album that i like at all. Drunkship of Lanterns or Roulette Dares would be my recommendations if you're willing to dip your toes back in.

[@jonathanaustin6807]

I love this band but I don't like or understand things they do quite often. Great critique and fair.

[@whatdothlife4660]

"I never connect to what they're making despite really wanting to" is how I've felt about TMV since after their first album. Their first EP Tremulant is my favorite sound of theirs and the first album is very good but after that there are maybe 4 or 5 songs I've really liked like Day of the Baphomets. At the Drive-In as well as Omar and Cedric's dub band that became TMV called De Facto are more fun for me.

[@lovelee6125]

Omar loves Santana and yes they're creepy as hell lol... Listen to Omar's solo stuff. Doesn't even need the weird vocals to be creepy or sound like Santana 😂🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@radioactivetrees9626]

You definitely have a good grasp of the material just from the music. Even though you disliked it, I think you got a good idea of what was going on in the story.

[@stevenmonte7397]

John Frusciante did the first two solos on this song. Flea and John have contributed to various songs early on. Flea plays trumpet on two songs on this album.

[@mrpzak]

Flea did the bass parts for all of Deloused with the exception of Televators.

[@losmerolhead]

Yes, it does!

[@ScarsUnseen]

If you want a band that has really gone through changes, check out The Gathering. They started with Doom/Death and worked their way to something more atmospheric and light. Songs that I'd recommend are King for a Day for the former and maybe Heroes for Ghosts for one of their relatively newer songs.

[@ChrisB-gs3ud]

A very spooky Santana.....loved that definition

[@marcelopenaonfray5827]

The Mars Volta is the most important band of the last 20 years! Among other reasons, precisely because they break many "rules" and created not only their own style, but a universe. Definily not for conservative people.

[@andrewmatthews2645]

It's not for everyone haha. I love some of this guys expressions listening to it. I love to play this some on touch tunes at random bars to see different people expressions. Some get mad haha.

[@collinbeal]

Yeah The Mars Volta use a lot of purely textural, atonal elements. If you haven't listened to noise rock or atonal modern classical like Varesè or industrial or just noise music in general, I imagine it would be rather jarring. It's not nonsense, it's a deliberate deconstruction and subversion of music theory, e.g. a direct jab at you as a melodic composer lol

[@CriticalReactions]

I've explored some free jazz and avant garde classical and as expected, it's never my jam. I can appreciate it on the pure concept of pushing boundaries but I wonder if I'll ever be able to "enjoy" listening to it. TMV certainly finds themselves in a similar place for me.

[@collinbeal]

@@CriticalReactions what got me into it was just jumping into the deep end. The strangest thing about listening to noise music is that it makes you appreciate pop music more. Not because it's different, but because it's similar.

[@zachking28545]

Volta is Italian for "turn". This is what music sounds like on Mars. You don't have to get.

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

Some people get it others don’t. It’s just the way it is 🤷‍♂️

[@tomopeth]

If you have trouble with them try a more accesible song like "Aegis" or "Take the veil Cerpin Taxt"

[@boredpill]

TMV laid the blueprint for all the other emo cut and copy bands that came after. Some of them I can stand, but the ones that just sound like uninspired copies of TMV. They still sound so original to me even years later. The difference is that they valued experimental tendencies while also trying to embody a thematic element within the music. That’s what I find so fascinating about them. The shit just sounds like it’s from another dimension. Not for most traditionalists I’m sure though lol.

[@edwarddawson42]

It kinda seems like volta is taking everything formulaic and pop-y and crucified it. Pop hooks playing for four measures? No. Seven minute build up of insane arrangement for two bars of hook. And I'm onboard. The musical sadomasochism is artistically better than verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro.

[@StereoDethMonkey]

it's better to listen to the whole album beginning to end since it is continuous.

[@JoryStultz1234]

Mars Volta = Spooky Santana lol I love that

[@melvinwomack3717]

You can't just take out One song out of this particular album it doesn't work like that.. this album is like a book.

[@michellelee3379]

👐

[@TheVanillaQueen]

I dunno why everyone keeps trying to ease you into Mars Volta. I feel like a lot of your issues get fixed by just jumping into the deep end with Cassandra Gemini. Plenty of ambience there but it doesn't really drone, and it all builds up into itself. Personally it's how I got into these guys and it retroactively makes the other songs on the album better for it. Maybe I'm just a nut but personally I think it's just that damn good of a song. Personally I think Cassandra Gemini, their 32 minute MONSTER of a song is their magnum opus and I don't think anything since has managed to really touch it.

[@CriticalReactions]

That song is coming. I'm not sure the date but it's guaranteed on the channel in the next couple of months.

[@alejandrotroche6381]

a couple of grammys hiden in the song (players)

[@BunnyChannel918]

Interesting perspective, but you definitely need to listen to more salsa.

[@Justin-td4bb]

Their band At The Drive-in is a lot more coherent

[@progrockplaylists]

you need tequila to properly appreciate mars volta

[@ryanschindler923]

I'm failing to see what Brian's looking for in 'big swings'.....everything so far has had that but it doesn't connect with him.

[@xianmusicsucks81]

Dude. Your levels are on point. Speech over.

[@jmarsvolta]

I think the lyrics are creepy and do match the music.

[@coreyhughes1456]

Yeah the end of the song definitely works better on the album. There are certain sections of tracks on this album that you learn to skip if you're just listening to them as singles.

[@colingaines5628]

Bro... Their goal is to blow your normie mind; they have. Go back to top 20 haha

[@lovelee6125]

if you don't like tmv i'm boycotting this fucking channel 😤😤😤😂😭😤

[@Theboitheman]

This dude just doesn’t get The Mars Volta. Just stop reacting to them bro you obviously dislike their style.

[@davidortega3968]

Does it bother you that he doesn't "get it"? Why don't YOU just stop watching his reactions to them? Shut up bro, people wanna hear his take on stuff even if he doesn't like it.

[@cotopaximusic]

@@davidortega3968 he's allowed to express his opinion on this video just as much as he's allowed to express his opinion on the music. Why does it bother you that it bothers him? Ask yourself that

[@davidortega3968]

@@cotopaximusic yeah ive used that same argument before. But more importantly why does it bother you that it bothers me? Ask yourself that lol

[@cotopaximusic]

@@davidortega3968 I'm not bothered though. I'm not the one telling someone to "shut up" because I don't like their opinion, that was all you lol

[@voiceofshade]

@@cotopaximusic so let me get this straight. you are calling out the guy, who called out the other guy, who told the youtuber to stop reacting to tmv because they dont like their music :^)