Devin Townsend - Singularity (Reaction)

[@Easy_Skanking]

Devin was worried about this album being too diverse for people. It'a a flat-out masterpiece, IMO. It shows all of Devin's facets in a wild and amazing forms. Killer stuff! Peace...

[@JimNewstead]

Absolutely adore this record!

[@Atlas_Redux]

In my 39 years on this planet, I finally can say I am 100% sure of my favorite album, and that is Empath. Just a masterpiece.

[@Tonycaveman]

@@Atlas_Redux Ocean Machine: Biomech is still my favourite Devin album and favourite album of all time but this one is probably second.

[@tudortigla6456]

Some people says that Dev is a little bit crasy... I say he is a genius and he is finnaly at the level of his potential... That kind of songs makes me get bored much more often by classic rock, hevie metal... whatever songs. (I apreciate all songs made by anyone but sometimes we need this variety of instruments and voices to bring ourselves into different worlds and places where we always learn something)

[@Hauerization]

My favourite Devin-album so far.

[@proletariatbourgeoisie9929]

The last 4 minutes gives me goosebumps every single time

[@aL4HA0M3Ga]

This whole song rums the gamit. There are many points in it that break me and I just cry.

[@onegiantconsciousness]

Best rock album I have ever heard. Love, hate, compassion, confusion - life.

[@Technatura83]

This song is THE ULTIMATE musical odyssey.

[@JimNewstead]

I adore this song, but I haven't listened to it in a few months now. I find sometimes I listen to tracks too much and they lose their appeal.

[@Technatura83]

@@JimNewstead This is one of those songs where you gotta be in the right place at the right time with the right mindset.

[@Mnemo85]

Much appreciating your way of reacting to every single moment of the song without having to pause and talk and rewind every 20 seconds. Cheers!

[@surrealheights]

Steve Vai’s guitar solo was unbelievable and ethereal. Honestly, as a devout Steve Vai fan/follower, this has to be my favorite solo of his

[@PanasonicTooth]

The last 5 minutes is so incredibly powerful

[@paulmerritt5095]

I was a crying mess the first time I heard this. What a powerful song! The war part had me jumping around the room and then the end oh what an ending. Glorious!

[@bryantsmith1295]

I still can't listen to the album with other people in the room, for being a weepy mess.

[@PanasonicTooth]

I'd love to know how many litres of tears he produced around the world just with this song.

[@WokeDEMOCRATShaveASPD]

I first heard it while high and going to bed because I thought it would be calming.😅 It was the most intense thing I ever heard.

[@ramoncardinali]

The ending of this song just took me to somewhere else.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Ramon Cardinali de Fernandes me 2!👍😘🇸🇪

[@priscilateixeira4159]

Hell yeah!! 🇧🇷

[@dmann05]

Favorite part of this song is definitely the last part, Here Comes the Sun. I am a sucker for anything Devin and Anneke, and Anup's drumming on it is incredible. Also Steve Vai's guitar solo

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

dmann05 dont want it to end....👍😘🇸🇪

[@mobiusII]

I've heard Singularity at least a hundred times, but it was awesome to go with you through your journey as you heard it for the first time!

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

mobiusII me too! Brings me to another place each time.👍😘🇸🇪

[@guywhoisnotbob]

"Fucking hell" accurately sums it up. Total masterpiece. The song itself is a singularity of artistic and emphatic connection of all. We are in this together, let's make heaven of it!

[@themlgstumps4514]

I've only recently stumbled upon Devin. And just recently I got to see his live acoustic performance and I was literally smiling the entire performance. The man has a set of lungs and a incredible voice. I wish I could go back to it again. Empath has been my go to album to listen to for the last like 3 weeks. This song makes you feel everything, well for me it did. Especially the last section of the song "Here Comes The Sun". But just in general, the entire album is just a masterpiece and I'm so glad he released it.

[@rustyshackelford4503]

Excellent review Jim. Music like this makes it difficult to enjoy other music. The massive scale and achievement of it sets a new standard almost. Ultimately I fatigue of it eventually. But the bar of what is possible in progressive music has been raised in my mind.

[@PNWTruckCamper]

I like this reaction almost as much as the song itself Jim

[@jericosha2842]

Can't get enough of this song. It's become my favorite song of his right now. The positive lyrics with powerful heavy riffs is uplifting and feels realistic to life. Dark yet hopeful.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Jellee agree!👍😘🇸🇪

[@therealcyberius]

This just made my day. Love Devin Townsend!!

[@matthewhewer9032]

This is one of the most masterful pieces of music I’ve ever heard!

[@Mountprospect1]

haha.... brilliant reaction sir! Confusion, joy, excitement, anxiety, peace, chaos. Its still my favourite DT album by miles. Utter genius

[@karenalexanderful]

Utterly transcendent piece of music - loved your reaction.

[@andyh3873]

Worth getting the limited edition DVD Jim. It has in addition to standard stuff, a 5.1 mix, and best of all a video that accompanies it, which personally I think adds to the mood and experience! Nice review, thanks!

[@JimNewstead]

I got that…. The 4 disc edition no less!

[@krisdaschwab912]

This is a tad contrarian but my favorite section of Singularity is the buildup to There Be Monsters. The way it picks up speed, the choir's soaring parts, then the explosion. Amazing.

[@rustyshackelford4503]

krisdaschwab912 same here. The whole there be monsters section is the apex of the track for me. And I don’t usually listen to stuff quite that heavy. But it is so expertly crafted and placed here

[@6lillium]

This album has been a grower for me. What I mean is that while I liked it initially, it has gotten even better with each listen. Nice reaction Jim.....🤘🏼🔥

[@JimNewstead]

Record of the year for me! 👍🏼

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Jim Newstead by the way: have you heard “listen to what the man said” by Wings on the album Venus and Mars? I’ll probably will get ripped a new one but also listen to “Borderlands”. Thanks 👍😘🇸🇪

[@skildude]

66samus on the drums with his blast beat. What's amazing is he can drop the volume on the blast beats and still play fast.

[@pinkenbajedi2119]

My kids love this song. They love rocking out to the war section.

[@pinkenbajedi2119]

I love this reaction, this is how I felt at first. Have been smashing it for a year and it all makes sense now but I remember that feeling 😂😂😂

[@onegiantconsciousness]

Best ever. Pinnacle of devin Townsend. Genius

[@dylanaguilar6545]

Christopher K I 100% agree

[@xenophon343]

Jim, more Devin always = awesome goodness. Hadn't heard this one and love it. Reminded me of Genesis in the sense that it incorporated so much variety it makes your head spin. The part with the conversation in the background reminds me of Pink Floyd in some of their stuff.

[@eere3343]

I'd put this song on the short list of best 20+ minute prog songs with Octavarium, 2112 and The Odyssey

[@milton1448]

Haken's Visions

[@ganjanaut]

What a trip, happy to listen listen with you in another time

[@soggyjason]

You nailed it! Great review! I was speechless. Anup on drums at the end was incredible but so was Samus during the speedy part. Possibly the best prog metal I’ve ever heard besides Rush. Is it even possible to perform this live?

[@jericosha2842]

Would require a lot of back track help, which would be VERY understandable.

[@Meister_Dwight]

Jason Bridge - Late reply but all three drummers used on the record are featured in this song!

[@martindionne7291]

Probably the best song i ever heard in my entire life AMAZING AWESOME !!!

[@pendleeldnep]

I mostly watch your Devin Townsend reactions BUT - - - this time --- I enjoyed this so much more because I still don't know what I'm listening to - I've been playing it nonstop since release. love it to death. thanks for a great reaction/review. cheers. :)

[@JimNewstead]

Thanks Pendle, this could well end up being in my top 5 records ever. Love it!!!!

[@mariobargonetti6037]

Your reaction was priceless.

[@JimNewstead]

Amazing piece of music this 👍🏻

[@BeginningOfTheEnd]

People always get so close to crying when listening to Devy's masterpieces, it's amazing! this time it's at 15:50

[@sicboi80]

Such a masterpiece of an album. Not surprised.

[@MrCerebellum2]

THERE ARE STILL MONSTERS

[@JimNewstead]

Yes there are!

[@Henkka-zp8ml]

Devin is a god of music!

[@goldenboy140]

Frank Zappa - Inca Roads ( A ToKen Of His Extreme) One of the greatest live performances in my opinion.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Delicate Gee Thanks! I will listen to it tonight!👍😘🇸🇪

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

I own a few of Devins records, I own Empath twice cos I had to have the B-sides which could easily have been on the main album, I recommend Gulag and Total Collapse for some epic majesty.

[@TheRealHaloLover]

This song is a religious experience and the album is his best since like Terria in my opinion

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

DeeLee 👍😘🇸🇪

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Thanks!👍😘🇸🇪

[@bradharper4650]

Thank you Jim. That's all.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

By the way: anyone heard ”Listen to what the man said” by Wings from Venus and Mars? I’ll probably get ripped a new one but also listen to “Borderlands”.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Jim?

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Anyone?

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

@@lewismeredith9582 compare?

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Anyone....still?

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

@@lewismeredith9582 heard it?

[@JAWelborn]

The word you were looking for at 17:48 was Whimsical.

[@pendleeldnep]

brave man - listening now

[@pasit1738]

This is absolutely brilliant album, a real grower, as you said. But I often find the best music a bit hard to open, to grow in. The light pop songs hit you instantly, but you get bored with them very fast. The best music gives you every time something new. You can't really get bored with it. You'll grow a need to hear more. I don't think I've ever felt like that about a catchy pop song, "Oh, I gotta hear more of this!" No, not really. I went to Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited gig last night and it was brilliant, though I've never listened to Hackett's solo material, which filled the first part of the gig. And then the second part was a blast of Gabriel era Genesis, to which I haven't got bored to in over a 30 years of listening of it. But about Singularity and the whole Empath album, I'm sure this will stand time the same way. So I'll be a pain in the a**e prog fart in the rest home for elderly! :oD

[@JimNewstead]

I’ll probably be in the rocking chair next to you arguing about who’s better, King Crimson or Rush, and which Riverside album is best.....

[@pasit1738]

@@JimNewstead Well, Rush of course, but we'll continue on that subject, when the time comes... :oD

[@JimNewstead]

@@pasit1738 Still thinking of getting a rocking chair....!

[@chrissavage5491]

What a dope song. I’d like to recommend Karnivool - Change pt 2 if you’re taking requests. Change pt one is the last song on the album Themeta and change pt 2 is the last song on sound awake

[@Audard]

I could never get into Change pt2. It sounded like a King Crimson song were they tune their instruments for 15mins.

[@PanasonicTooth]

@@Audard You crazy lol ;) it's a masterpiece. The only part that sounds like you described is the intro. Give it another shot.

[@thijs941]

Thanks Jim! I hope you'd consider doing another Marillion song ^^ It has been a while haha, there are so many great ones you should definitely check out! Some suggestions: invisible man, interior lulu, this strange engine, the new kings (from their latest album - check that one out anyways!). You won't regret it!

[@Mountprospect1]

haha..... "Faahkin hell!" The perfect reaction :-)

[@Audard]

Oh Jim.... The Way Home on Addicted. It's simple yet perfect for what it is.

[@WardenOfSouls]

The album is pretty interesting and I like this song too :) we had a lot of prog and experimental music here lately. Would you do a reaction to: monument - lionheart? I know you love 80s iron maiden and they are pretty close to that. I feel like they deserve more attention and your viewers should / could get a listen to something different from time to time

[@GarthShatzRacing]

Mr Steve Vai with guitar solo on the last song

[@erikmaronde2244]

DT fan from the beginning (saw him with Steve Vai life in 1994). Devin became just better and better. Singularity was not my fav track in the beginning and still isn't. I listen to Empath the whole trough, even sometimes with the bonus disc songs. Saw him life last November. He is my favorite living music writing artist. Thanks Jim for this reaction video! I feel with you. A Masterpiece.

[@erikmaronde2244]

Still one of my favorite pieces of music ever🎉🎶🖖

[@zuus85]

Hey Jim, you need to listen to Persefone - Consciousness Part 1 & 2

[@hansikursch484]

Hello there Jim! Any plans on reacting to the two new tool live songs?

[@stevethornton3901]

In case you were wondering - the robotic voice "I will save you from yourselves" is the AI reaching Singularity. When the song slows down, and you can hear the background discussion, they're worried about what will happen with the AI as it continues to grow in cognition.

[@HardKore5250]

Archspire golden

[@HardKore5250]

Should of went into the technological singularity take in the beginning.

[@sapiense-science-cerveau]

This settles the Roger/Gilmour debate : Empath is the last official Pink Floyd album.

[@ivavoy2800]

Juular by Devin Townsend next!!!

[@Malkovith2]

Hey Jim, please react to Birth Pains of Astral Projection by maudlin of the Well. If you don't like harsh vocals, you could also check the track before it "Girl with Watering Can".

[@tomgrant29]

I'm going to the same show. If I see you I'll buy you a drink :D

[@JimNewstead]

Well, I didn't see you... it seems a life time ago that we were at live shows :(

[@brotherofmelody]

Please react to stardust we are from the flower Kings! You will love it!

[@ThomasTallant]

REALLY try the 5.1. Devy says it's the best representation of the album.

[@octaviocarrerahsb2794]

"Life" metal

[@armyka9265]

I thought singularity by bts lol my favourite song sorry I'm in the wrong place

[@JimNewstead]

Never mind, all are welcome here!

[@krisdaschwab912]

BTS is fine and everything, but this is what you want.

[@Loendt]

Alcest - "Percées de Lumière" PLEASE! :)

[@TheRealHaloLover]

what's the use in listening to half the song already?

[@BradenMcClure-q6k]

🙄

[@Krapvag]

I didn't like Empath all that much, it just sounded kinda boring and I didn't listen to more than about 3 minutes of this song. I saw these songs (not singularity) being performed live last week now I can't stop listening to the album. Needs to be sitting down and listening to it all with no distractions for it to shine through. It actually took me back to the original devin albums where it feels like one hour long song. Oh yeah, and great headphones absolutely essential

[@eduardodestri7058]

I just don’t get “I heard/watched/observed this piece of art for 3 minutes and stopped because it’s boring” people. Go listen to katy perry then. Her songs are usually less than 3 minutes

[@Krapvag]

@@eduardodestri7058 listening to devin townsend doesn't make you some sort of deep intellectual. Sometimes something doesn't really grab your attention

[@eduardodestri7058]

@@Krapvag I never said people is intellectual for listening to DT lol I said that I can’t get people who listen to 3 minutes of a song with 24 minutes and judge it like a boring stuff

[@Krapvag]

@@eduardodestri7058 I don't really care what you can and can't get tbh. It's not a difficult concpet to understand, if you listen to an album and it doesn't grab your attention, by the time you get to the 23 minute closing track you've lost interest

[@eduardodestri7058]

@@Krapvag of course. I didn’t expect you would care. There’s a lot of pseudo listeners just like you

[@linusfotograf]

Can I say; I’m disappointed by Empath. I’ve tried but no.

[@TheGuitarifier]

Would encourage you to keep listening. It's certainly a grower, and in my opinion one of the best projects that Devin has ever done.

[@BradenMcClure-q6k]

You haven't tried at all with that mindset 🙄

[@linusfotograf]

@@BradenMcClure-q6k Well, I like some songs but in general it doesn’t make me as excited as many of his other albums do