DEVIN TOWNSEND - GENESIS | REACTION

[@Black_Swan777]

Q: Is this man some type of like music guru? A: Yes.

[@TheRealHaloLover]

I was just about to write this exact comment, every Devy fan had the same reaction.

[@xMRxZEROx]

He's not A music guru. He is THE music guru. Guru for guru's.

[@Mayllee1]

@Cunning Linguist That made me giggle

[@mishterpreshident]

My dad is in his 70's and doesn't care much for rock. Over the years I've tried playing lots of stuff for him, but all I ever get is a tepid, "That's nice." Not so with Devin. I played THIS song for him and next thing I knew, we were listening to the entire album, with him in rapt attention. I've never been so mind-blown.

[@JUMBOpin]

Zappa. He has to remind him of Zappa.

[@ThomasTallant]

Oh my god I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this comment.... I was a late child, my parents were around 40 when I was born... and I kind of regret not being able to try to share things like this.... they never understood ACDC or Metallica, but Devin's voice is undeniable.

[@felipecampos3045]

reacting to this song first is like drinking from a fire hose

[@garrettstenlund9561]

Hahaha fucking truth

[@mimoucremeux]

Me: What kind of music is this ? Devin: Yes

[@dannydrumsalot]

This had me laugh like a seagull

[@LukasMoon91]

Two of the best concerts I've ever been too. Townsend is on a diffrent level!

[@Rose-From-the-Dead]

Devin is an absolute legend in the metal world. He's released almost 20 albums under various projects with himself being the main creative force behind everything. This song was the album opener from his last album. Kinda all over the place as a sort of preview of everything to come in the album. Check out Kingdom from EMGTV or Deadhead from Royal Albert Hall. And yeah, that's his voice. He's up there with Floor from Nightwish and Tatiana from Jinjer in terms of talent and versatility. He can sing pretty much any style he wants.

[@scottonanski4173]

We are rarely are gifted with people who have truly carved their own way through the annals of music history. Devin is one of them. I'm convinced conservatories hundreds of years of from now will be studying his compositions.

[@gripenfelter]

Devin Townsend - Kingdom Live at EMG

[@weinderdog1184]

YES

[@PhotonJon]

@@weinderdog1184 DEFINITELY. Please, please do this one.

[@jamesgardner2101]

...and Vampira, and Bend it Like Bender (Retinal Circus), and Love? (Strapping Young Lad) while we're at it. It's a very deep rabbit hole!

[@GergC0521]

No no, as good as that video is, Ya really need to see the whole band and show in the Retinal Circus version of Kingdom (or War or Grace)

[@JDT0001]

Devin Townsend: Deadhead (live)

[@Liz-cmc313]

Definitely at the RAH

[@megarockfreak]

@@Liz-cmc313 plovdiv, with symphonic orchestra

[@Liz-cmc313]

@@megarockfreak .. I've seen both but RAH is better.

[@joethurman5555]

The One and Only... DEVIN TOWNSEND! 👍🎶🎵🎼

[@williamduckett3407]

Devin Townsend and Tatiana Shmayluk (from JINJER) are the best vocalist in metal imo. Devin is the best composer of our generation. He's an absolute genius. You should check out his live performances, because that's the best way to experience Devin. "Kingdom" and "Deadhead" are great choices to start with.

[@k0vert]

"DOGS, CATS, HAMBURGERS, COOKIES..." What else do you need out of life

[@jamelakajamal]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@damiengrief]

Not the first Devin song I'd recommend anyone listen to, but glad you enjoyed it. That was him singing, yes. This song and album are super complex and the result of Devin doing what he wanted to do with no constraints. It's awesome that you were able to appreciate it given how complex it was even for Devin. Even some long time fans struggled with this album. Devin is my favorite artist by far. The guy is incredible and a musical genius. He has over 20 studio albums between solo work and stuff he's done with various bands over the years and they span all kinds of genres from metal to rock, ambient, blues, and everything between. Please do more of his music. I highly recommend the songs "Kingdom", "Deadhead" (the live version), and "Grace".

[@user-lz7fn9ho3c]

It's great seeing "wall of noise" visualised. Devin is amazing.

[@sirluke7]

When I see... "Genesis"... I tripped on my tongue to click.... well.... Wasn't the band Genesis... but I learned of new music... Nice!

[@jamelakajamal]

🤣

[@erin8005]

Same. I clicked because I saw Genesis.

[@TheBrettzell]

I recommend digging in to any and all of Devin's work. You won't be disappointed.

[@DoctorCthulhu]

Devin is a musical Canadian god. A national treasure for us

[@TinDK]

This Genisis video was my first ever experience of Devin Townsend and totally blowed me away. Right after this I systematically listened to every other track he made (and that's a lot), and have been a great fan ever since. Devin is truly a musical genius and I think most of his work is amazing!

[@SymbiSkuggi]

This is crazy. I legit just binge watched a bunch of your videos last night (dig your vibe sir), and thought to myself "He'll find Devin soon". Enjoy your journey my dude, this man is a phenom.

[@des_o7935]

This is an interesting one to start with. Pretty much covers all his styles in one song. Deadhead live at Royal Albert Hall is the more serious and intense side

[@scyphe]

Heh, this is one odd song to use as introduction to Devin Townsend. Kingdom(EmgTV), Grace (live with Anneken), Deadhead, Stormbender etc. are more accessible while portraying his unique soundscapes and style. :)

[@pendleeldnep]

Best reaction to Genesis I've seen yet - brilliant - thank you :)

[@DerrickRG]

This song is more than a song. It's an experience.

[@velvetgrimm]

Love Devin but somehow missed this before and I'm so glad I did because I just got to experience it for the first time with you! Thanks so much for letting me check it out with you ❤

[@GhostDrummer]

Those blast beats though!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@gunthersquirrel5685]

Absolute chaos that makes perfect sense... Devin is a god!

[@DJAnubisMetalTavernRadio]

Great reaction, Devin is my favorite artist and glad to see you dug it.

[@Galacticat_]

Devin has an amazing catalog with a wide variety of musical styles. Hope you do more!

[@joethurman5555]

Watch.... KINGDOM! THE LIVE VERSION! 👍😀

[@heathen-heart]

yeah, NOT the lame emgtv version

[@guywhoisnotbob]

I'm getting addicted to watching people react to the Genesis video. You are amazing.

[@bluesman7119]

Devin is out there, he takes his music to a different level,

[@relaxcombo123]

Canadian in the UK it’s ruined everything else for me

[@GergC0521]

Among my favorite musicians. He is the writer, musician and producer famous for his Wall of Sound, over the top layering of the parts of the music. His live performances are so over the top. P.S. he also has the most ridiculously powerful voices in all rock music. His Spirits Collide, Kingdom (please NOT EMG), Grace, and Storm Bending (live at Plovdiv with a full orchestra and Choir) will blow your socks off. Permanent Stank Face!

[@bhfromnh3914]

I watch this every morning before I go to work bro. Mind blowing talent

[@RolandDeschain1]

Devin Townsend is the single most brilliant musician on the planet. He spent $270,000 of his own money to make this album, and it sounds like every cent of it.

[@jonashermes]

Devin Townsend. Deadhead, Higher and Spirits Will Collide.

[@kswwhodat]

Oh yeah! pls check out Devin Townsend Project Deadhead live and Kingdom! And you will see the power of Devin's Voice lol

[@reinhardtnilsson7360]

OMG Jamal you had be busting up laughing out loud and spilling my coffee at the " musical guru or something " man I love you ....you're awesome brother...keep it up!

[@dirtpile]

3:22 ... yes, yes he is Huge amount of awesome music in Devin's catalog ... get to work! ;)

[@jfehr3]

That was his voice. Devin is god in metal. No one will disagree. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ThomasTallant]

I can't believe I hadn't watched this one yet. This is my (2nd) favorite album of all time, and I so enjoy you as a reviewer.

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

YES!Finally!...entering the deepest Music Rabbit Hole of Today. God HEAVY DEVY with all his Side Projects and Collaborations with other Musicians ....STRAPPING YOUNG LAD,THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT,DEVIN TOWNSEND,Duetts with FLOOR JANSEN and ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN and so on....Song Suggestions like KINGDOM,DEADHEAD,THE DEATH OF MUSIC,GRACE,DETOX (Only in the LIVE Versions!) will be mentioned several times....so,here we go,the Devy Journey has begun !

[@Mad9977]

yep there is more going on in that song, than in many artist's discography lol and yes it's his voice and a choir

[@brookelamanna2787]

Devin. Townsend. Is. A. Fucking. GENIUS!

[@StephenCaudillPhoto]

I've been watching you for months. How did I JUST NOW FIND your DT stuff?! Epic!

[@CosmosJack]

Devin has one of the top 10 vocal ranges of all time, he's a fantastic singer too! Watch "Why?" or "The Death of Music live at Royal Albert Hall"

[@clausgreenpetersen7076]

Dude, he is doing a reaction video to his own song. 😉😉

[@wolfgangstratocaster]

This was myfirst devin toowsend video i`ve ever see, is insane, the universal gospel choir, the simphoyc, the full speed gravity blast, so, insane at maximun level, and now are a live version, and is very very surprising too. (dont worry, i listen to lot of devin records now)

[@Mayllee1]

Haha! I love to see people's confusion when they watch this for the first time. And yes, yes he's a music guru lol

[@FaceTheSlayer954]

I'll reccomend "Love?" from when he was in Strapping Young Lad. Really popular song in the metal community and one most people enjoy as well

[@czdot]

It is everyone's desire to throw a all the people with a reaction channel a massive curve ball with Devin's songs. The same applies to Jinjer. IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH!!! Honestly, I recommend the whole album. :-)

[@matthewgodding777]

His voice and a whole choir

[@a.d.millennium943]

That was indeed Devin singing. if you want to hear a more straight forward song from him, i highly recommend "Spirits Will Collide" it is from the same album, yet has a very different feel to Genesis

[@skildude]

he sees what we see. That's Devin and it is all in his mind for us to see.

[@isabelxavier6890]

I came here thinking you were reacting to GENESIS the band, with Anthony Phillips, Peter Gabriel / Phil Collins, Mike Rutherfor and Tony Banks! I was thrilled!!!

[@NefastusJones]

My kid has the same octopus stuffy that Devin has. Got it at the Vancouver Aquarium.

[@mixtapeshappen]

Dude Devin Townsend is incredibly talented. Bro listen to "Deep Peace" and tell me it's not moving. It gives me shivers.

[@GregDaniel78]

Still on a high from seeing this guy in Stockholm, Sweden a few weeks ago! I can definitely recommend you react to *any* recording of Deadhead, but for a more obscure cut try "More".

[@richtigersoan]

Man I'm jealous!

[@dmann05]

Check out Stormbending by Devin Townsend Project.

[@IRuinEvrything]

this album is about all the things that make it worth not committing suicide. he's said so explicitly. Check out Devy's work with Steve Vai. I recommend Down Deep Into the Pain and Pig from the Sex & Religion LP

[@rcjd7834]

That many musical genres should not be able to fuse together that well. Somehow it works though, and it is absolutely amazing. One of my fav songs

[@mode3517]

I like the video concept here. When you're just listening to music there's a vortex of images in your mind and the video is Devy going, oh here's what I see in my head.

[@davidnelson1090]

Jamel this is Devin doing a reaction to himself. He is very supportive of the reaction video scene. This guy is a genuis musically and personally . He definitely marches to the beat of his own drum thats for sure..

[@MandalaOfThe7]

*MOO* G E N E S I S!!!!!

[@lightofday.dayofdarkness]

Brutus "Sugar Dragon" (live from Handelsbeurs Ghent, Belgium)

[@theonlygoodchad]

Strapping Young Lad - Love (his earlier work but his roots..amazing song)

[@Nebuladust1018]

this video is so fun and beautiful i love devin townsend

[@_AmorFisH_]

Welcome to Devin island, this is "musical" metal

[@maryobodo2241]

Haven't seen anything like this since Monty Python!

[@Ferretbomber]

Devin has definitely been burning some of Gwenyth's candles.

[@Justin-nq6kf]

DO KINGDOM LIVE AT EMG

[@Galactis]

KZbinr 66Samus did the drums for this song. Sounds awesome.

[@Mad9977]

"cos the dude is just sittin' there chllin'" 😂👍

[@-R.Gray-]

He first became known as the singer on Steve Vai's 1993 "Sex And Religion" album. There is a video of him going nuts on guitar called "Willy Wanka"

[@handicapitation3250]

He's listening to the song he created and the imagery is his vision of what the song is supposed to encapsulate.

[@JoelCross31]

Strapping young lad- detox, love. Enjoy.

[@brookelamanna2787]

And please BELIEVE that you will feel your soul try to leave your whole body if you ever EVER see him do stormbending live

[@jasonallen5318]

You just reacted to Devin reacting to his own video...genius!

[@CHVSE77]

Mastodon- the motherload Big twerkin booties and stoner metal!!

[@Liz-cmc313]

I hope you do more Devin, absolute Genius!!!! This song was just done to give the fans an idea what this album is all about. A must listen is Deadhead at the Royal Albert Hall.... Perfection!!! Strapping Young Lad was his first band, very heavy. And Yes, Devin is God🔥🤘💯🤯

[@Deauxtje]

That look when thevideo started was if you were watching Sponge Bob haha

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

Heavy Stuff to enter the Journey ;) .....Devin Townsend's Funny SELF Reaction Video to his Official Video :) ....check out the other Official Videos to his last Masterpiece EMPATH !!!......the true meaning of WALL OF SOUND !!!

[@glassmasterflash]

please do more Devin!!

[@BuzzaB77]

welcome to the rabbit hole

[@lucyferina]

You are missing how insanely fast those drum parts are.

[@corpusdelecti]

You need to check out some classic Devin Townsend when he started up Strapping Young Lad.

[@pendleeldnep]

1:50 He's watching your reaction video of you reacting to his video reacting to you... infinity

[@HardKore5250]

Vital Remains Entwined with Vengeance

[@tom-erikthomassen8746]

Love this reactian dude:) Hell yeah. What a strange dude could this kind of music-video? Well, as you probably know by now; the man who made the great song himself:) Hi from a dude in Norway:)

[@ericellis2729]

Jamel: Is this guy a music guru? This is insane Devin Townsend Fans: Yes. And yes. Welcome to the party, pal!

[@szpynda]

Please check video: "Deadhead (Live at Royal Albert Hall)" or "Kingdom" by Devin Townsed. He is like... Tatina from Jinjer ;)

[@RuiTavaresmyworld]

Q: Hey Devy, what style of music do you play A: Yes

[@cameraguy72]

Devin Townsend, Kingdom Live at EMG. Please!

[@JUMBOpin]

Frank Zappa beget Steve Vai. Steve Vai beget Devin Townsend. In conclusion, I think Zappa would be proud of Devin.

[@j0hnbr0ck]

The first time I listened to this album when it ended I thought I had just woken up from a coma and everything else was all just a dream

[@takezoshinmen4831]

The first song is Castaway

[@ManWithoutThePants]

I personally would've picked some other song as an introduction :). I suggest Devin Townsend - Deadhead (Live at the Royal Albert Hall).

[@xMRxZEROx]

This video was meant to represent what is going on inside Devins head during this song. Closest we'll ever get. 🤟🏻😁

[@felipecampos3045]

try something smaller first, the song "why?" perhaps

[@ArvoR]

or Detox :p

[@relaxcombo123]

Arvo R 😂😂

[@scottonanski4173]

hehe. Totally "Why?"

[@hughbraaten734]

Devin is super creative, check out Juular :)

[@leandabee]

Wait for it 😂, even though you've already seen it.🤘

[@beatnpotatoes]

Check out Stormbending by Devin Townsend project, official video..... amazing song and video