Old Composer REACTS to Dance Gavin Dance Blue Dream | Composers Point of View

[@aorias]

When he said "The singer, Who is that???" Me: (takes deep breath)... Well, once upon a time...

[@pieceofdebri]

lol "it's a long story..."

[@absolutezero951]

and now he can barely sing :(

[@Compl.exemotions]

LMFAO

[@DatHombre]

To anyone that wasnt aware: I remember hearing on the dgd Facebook group maybe 5yrs ago that a huge reason Johnny is so hated was because he forced his girlfriend at the time to take heroin (holding her down n literally injecting her). Not to mention the more obvious reason that he'd always show up to shows way too high on heroin to function (pretty sure thats also what got him kicked out of Slaves!). He also has said that he was super high for all of DBM2 and couldn't remember recording it at all. Just so everyone knows who wasn't already aware! Still personally love his work on DGD despite all that.

[@Humble197]

@@DatHombre He also tricked fans and took their money and accidently broke a guys leg who was on the same tour as them which got him kicked from the tour.

[@fartkerson]

The rabbit hole of music is neverending, man. Spend your entire life pursuing it and all the time knowing you've only scratched the surface.

[@LoudModeOn]

We only scratch the surface, that's the bit that frustrates me!

[@jellyglonut744]

Can't wait until someone convinces him to react to La Dispute LMAO

[@jamescannon229]

The singer is Jonny Craig, who is no longer with the band. The screamer is Jon Mess. Their new clean vocalist, Tillian is also amazing! Glad you checked these guys out, my favorite band of all time!

[@swingonthespiral]

Jonny is a crazy guy. I got to meet him a while back and hes still such a fucking mess lol. But god is he a talent. He shared some techniques with me but hes such an asshole of a teacher.

[@cam201040]

@@swingonthespiral He's just an asshole period. But with the voice of a god attached.

[@MMAfan030]

@@swingonthespiral did you buy a macbook from him ?

[@nedbigby9694]

@@MMAfan030 He said it will be in the mail next week!

[@hughneutron5303]

@@cam201040 and ALOT macbooks that have yet to be sent out

[@PONCHEEZED]

“Carl Barker” is my personal favourite DGD song, leans very hard into the groovy side of things

[@jeffersonhammercock1978]

Kurt Travis sings that one. They all 3 are talented in their own way.

[@SirRabbit]

Same! I saw them play it live a couple years ago with Tillian, such a fantastic song!!

[@brandonn4332]

I've seen Tillian 5 times now I believe and got VIP for one show and LOVE what he does but I really wish I was into DGD when Kurt and JC were singers and I wish I saw them live 🤩

[@Jong-JongDomo]

I fucking love the song especially the intro. There's no sense of me staying so why does it matter!!!???

[@i8764theKevassitant]

It doest matter, it never mattered

[@Crazyjedi2]

Lol his reaction when Jonny hits that first power note is literally everyone’s on earth their first time hearing Jonny

[@LabriceFiggins]

I just heard this song for the first time yesterday and it was my exact reaction….. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK…. This guys vocals are amazing

[@lowbeam5005]

Bassist was Tim Feerick. Unbelievably talented. Sadly he passed away almost a year ago from now, but he left such a wonderful work behind. Edit: after commenting I felt like I might have been wrong, and I was. The bassist for this album was Eric Lodge. Nevertheless, both Eric’s and Tim’s work is incredible.

[@atkaHC]

DGD is pure eargasm, you should definetely check out more from them.

[@BuzzfeedNews2ElectricBoogaloo]

Will Swan wrote BOTH the guitar lead parts and helped write most of the bass on this album if I'm not mistaken

[@FlannelDaddyActual]

The band consists of 5/6 people at a time, with 3 changes to their lead vocalist over their discography. This song features their original vocalist, Jonny Craig, who grew up singing in church choirs which is where he got his soulfulness from. Please check out Eidola playing "Loti" or "Querents" next please!

[@hughneutron5303]

it's johnny "steal your macbook" craig sir. get it right HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@zachbrantley3114]

EIDOLA yesssss Loti is amazing

[@anthonypillarella]

IMO, Loti isn't the best representation of Eidola stylistically or technically. Plus, it's really slow and 5 minutes long. Querents is incredible and closer to their standard. Also, Tetelestai, Aplissimus Machina, and Dendrochronology. Loti is undoubtedly beautiful, I'd rather see a more Eidola song.

[@bknight3391]

Dance Gavin Dance has gone through a lot of changes over the years, but they've always been able to morph their sound mid song, pull out the funk or jazz influenced measures, and then dive straight from that into post-hardcore or metalcore infused sounds. One of the most dynamic bands out there, and one of the coolest.

[@gellister]

I think their genre bending chops and experimental nature is what has kept them relevant while most post hardcore acts have kinda faded into obscurity for me.

[@itzkeona1984]

Wow, stoked to see DGD getting some love. Definitely one if the best in the genre

[@Marino4L]

This era of DGD and Emarosa with Jonny have my all time fave albums. Def the best in the genre.

[@hughneutron5303]

oh shit, SWANcore. ALL LIVE THE MIGHTY SWAN!

[@radish4105]

Will Swan sleeper guitar god

[@ivoryalvarado9943]

yessssss!

[@LordJudgement1818]

long live the swan

[@sdo7875]

Nothing better than watching an old geezer appreciate the music you love. I'm tired of all these reaction channels that all they do is gasp and awe and we're supposed to get something meaningful out of that. Here's to 100k

[@LordJudgement1818]

this was my first song i heard from them.... needless to say they hooked me. I was going through the worst part of my younger life and this band really spoke to me. They were are and will always be my favorite band. Fantastic.

[@ChrisKyle816]

Dance Gavin Dance- Its Safe to Say You Dig the Backseat. Favorite song from my favorite album of all time. Also has Jonny on vocals

[@mattshart]

Yes, this one here. Please. I will never get tired of hearing this song.

[@holesintheground38]

The singer is named Jonny Craig and is no longer in the band and its for the best since he was horribly toxic. The harsh singer is named John Mess and is still in the band. The band is still dropping great music with a new singer and I highly suggest checking out some more of their music. Suggestions: Betrayed by the game, Inspire the Liars, We Own the Night, Prisoner, Uneasy Hearts Weigh the Most, Death of a Strawberry, Count Bassy, Jesus H Macy, Carl Barker, Head Hunter Shout out to Will Swan holding that guitar down

[@peacelovemetal5197]

Prisoner was my personal favorite, but honestly, any of these would be great!

[@danielprudhoe647]

Seconded.

[@alexv0714]

Jon* Mess ;(

[@holesintheground38]

@@alexv0714 yeah that guy, you know, the cat

[@NuggetVRshorts]

Will Swan has held the entire band down. He and Matt have led DGD through thick and thin and all anyone talks about are the singers.

[@SlashWest]

Man im so happy you like these guys! You might like "we own the night" by these guys. They have lots of amazing songs but that tends to be a good gateway

[@jctheii]

Love a little bit of DGD! “Inspire The Liars” is FOR SURE my favorite. Cool that you got to these guys🙌🏽 “Rosemary” by the band Deftones would be lovely 🖤

[@mandala_skies]

Inspire The Liars is insane

[@chris210racer]

Rosemary is definitely a must

[@hughneutron5303]

im more of a "and I told them I invented times new roman" person. but honestly, every album is good for different reasons. i met will swan back in the warped tour days. super chill: asked for a smoke and bullshited about telecasters. the guy is just a straight up music nerd hahahaha

[@bojackson8492]

I loved this band for years and it was amazing watching your reaction and thoughts

[@photospy]

oooooooh snap. we’re in DGD territory now 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@GregPollard]

Watching someone respectfully cringe through some of the softest screams music has to offer is so heartwarming. I constantly remind people metal is literally classical on distorted guitars. DGD is like, If pop music woke up with an attitude. Love the videos and hearing your perspective on composition. keep up the good work!

[@UglyTheDuckling]

“Here Comes the Winner” is my favorite vocal performance of theirs, their current vocalist Tilian hits a G5 like it’s nothing.

[@adhdeadman]

tillian really said "hold up i got this" lol

[@magnatonrepeat88]

​@@adhdeadman and he said that while "up on his high horse, cutting the bold ones down" 😊

[@lilcheezy530]

Just that whole ass album, still can’t get over his harsh vocals he uses in Here Comes the Winner too tho. He fkn slays 😩

[@EverythingsComingUpWillhouse]

Yeah asking who the singer is with DGD is bit of a rabbit hole man😂 really cool seeing someone reacting to Jonny-era DGD. Would love to see you comparing Jonny, Kurt and Tilian era songs!

[@horizontaljumper1991]

Just listened to this album again last week. So so good. Miss Jonny’s singing a lot.

[@mandalor03]

Love that you did this song! You pointed out everything I live about this song. ESPECIALLY the bass

[@FlannelDaddyActual]

The rest of the band consists of guitarists Will Swan and (Touring Guitarist) Andrew Michael Wells (vocalist of Eidola), Bassist Tim Feerick, drummer Matt Mingus and the screamer is Jon Mess.

[@Naytone]

Their song Caviar has Chino from Deftones in it. I recommend that one and I'm still here.

[@YeUnholyFiend]

When exactly does chino come in?

[@skappy_8528]

@@YeUnholyFiend During the chorus and the outro i think

[@Zildjian4411]

One of their top 10 songs Caviar is so underrated

[@krystianfiedor1711]

Love that Jonny is finally used in these videos. He was the best singer for DGD

[@kealohv]

Rest In Peace to Tim Feerick their talented bass player

[@ProjectileComet]

Really hoping you do more DGD, I could spend all day watching your reactions to their stuff

[@katmannsson]

Matt Mingus and Will Swan are my all Time favorite Drummer and Guitarist, Matt is so slept on honestly

[@hunnybeezy]

This is the song that got me into DGD

[@jeremyanderson11]

Sames

[@Bug_Chaser]

Please do "The Contortionist - The Parabol Rediscovered"

[@PhoenixDecim]

a smol correction- "The Parable Rediscovered"

[@chongadonga7121]

Either the rediscovered version or the original track would be awesome to see him decompose!

[@liamnissanS2K]

I keep requesting this aswell.

[@xZakune]

Jesus, I want this so bad

[@Void-Realm]

Jonny Craig is a legend. You should definitely do either a video on Slaves (US) or on his solo work.

[@skylertipton6486]

This band is the kings of Post-Hardcore/Funk fusion. Every member is important as hell, and this album wouldn't be the same without ol JC. Love'm or Hate'm. Can't deny his impactful voice.

[@scual760]

This video astonished me cause I can see your brain start to work everything out immediately as the song started. Love seeing how other people’s minds work

[@thydevdom]

One of my favorites to listen to on the way home from work on a Friday. Even today!

[@Lo_ren]

Few years late but wow this made my day. You're great!!! (And agree with so many comments - Jonny will forever be DGD).

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

DANCE GAVIN DANCE BABY!!!!

[@FamineWolf]

DOWNTOWN BATTLE MOUNTAIN TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@chris210racer]

@@FamineWolf First it’s the casting call, but I’m playing basketball!

[@blackpker124]

Listen to “we own the night” as well! So happy you checked them out.

[@doatmidnight8540]

Thank you so much! I made a request for Dance Gavin Dance and specified some newer stuff (partially because I love the "new" lead vocalist) but also because the production value can be a bit more garage on the earlier stuff and I didn't want that to turn you off. Listening to you talk about them gave me a big sense of joy. Hell.. listening to your joy dissecting anything brings me joy. Still here.

[@kodama7132]

Pls do a full artist runthrough for them! Theyve had 3 clean vocalist and every singer has been different than the previous and evolved the band! Pull their old dbm1, happiness album, and their newest album!

[@bradjeske7218]

BTW I'm still here after seeing your first one just a few short months ago. You've literally become my favorite because you appreciate the fun little tidbits. Thank you.

[@Merquette]

I'm still here my man, glad you enjoyed one of my favorite bands! cheers

[@harisarifin3051]

YAY! MY FAVOURITE BAND OF ALL TIME! I want to suggest try some of their new stuffs like Parody Catharsis, or Evaporate

[@linkenpark053]

My dad is a retired elementary music teacher who loved his work. This is my favorite band, I may have to show him this.

[@witz4073]

love the way the "SMmoooooooooooothe" hits you. Same as me :)

[@zachbrantley3114]

I just discovered your reaction of “The Offering” by Sleep Token which is a song I only discovered itself about a week ago, and then I found this video. DGD is my favorite band, I liked this before even watching it. Keep em coming!

[@leafyr0kr]

LOVE Dance Gavin Dance. Lots of great songs, both old and new. Keep up the good work!

[@javiercastaneda8858]

The Amity Affliction - "Nightmare" and "All F***ed Up" are really good songs. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - "Anoxia" too. Always loving and digging the content, Geebz. Take care of yourself! We will always 'still be here'!

[@LegendOfTheLeaf]

Dance Gavin Dance is my favorite band at the moment, and I'm so happy that both of their "eras" the Tillian and Craig are amazing. It's almost like 2 different bands, with Will Swan's riffs remaining familiar throughout it all.

[@gummy892]

In my opinion Kurt era and Jonny era are best

[@robertabbott894]

There's 3 eras. Jonny Craig was the singer for Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean and Downtown Battle Mountain 1 & 2. Kurt Travis led the band for the self titled album and Happiness. Tillian has been the singer since Acceptance Speech

[@onegladmorning4423]

I KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TUME BEFORE DGD COME ACROSS YOUR RADAR. HERE WE GO

[@onegladmorning4423]

Definitely check out their newer stuff

[@mimi101]

It is so nice to see Eric Bass get some love for his skills as a bassist, thank you.

[@jakemorse7232]

Would love to see you react to Caviar by them ft Chino Moreno of Deftones. Also, for other bands: Hail The Sun, Eidola, Emarosa (relativity,) and Circa Survive are great for people who enjoy doing any sort of analysis on music. Extremely talented musicians in all of these bands

[@gavinmann1341]

I listened to Dance Gavin Dance a long time ago and couldn’t get into them but Blue Dream came on the radio playlist I was listening to and now I own almost every album . That just goes to show you that a great first impression , or song such as this one, can get you into a band you previously thought was bad.

[@christiandecker1939]

Love some dance gavin dance. Should check out chucky vs. the giant tortoise by them.

[@OpusTheLeftie]

YES!!!!

[@aof36]

DGD!! I'm stoked you checked them out. Definitely would recommend 'Inspire the Liars', 'We Own the Night' as well as one of my personal favourites of theirs 'Variation'.

[@geoff3610]

Oh my god, this video made me so happy, would love to hear you do more of their songs, perhaps chocolate jackalope? Incredible guitar endurance on that, and the new vocalist has an incredibly high but broad range.

[@calebjohnston9000]

Geebz, you're amazing. Thank you so much for doing what you're doing. Your passion for continuously searching out music that is new and interesting to you is hugely inspiring and I hope that I will be that way when I reach your age too

[@jameswilliams9193]

I love how he's grooving and then is like what the fuck lmao

[@woahnellyitsali]

your face when jon mess screamed potato had me laughing out loud :') great video!!!

[@KillerFaceification]

So glad that you liked this song! One of my favorites! Glad to hear your take.

[@mandala_skies]

Dduuuuuddee A Lot Like Birds - Next To Ungodliness is such a INSANE track, you should really check out, it have everything

[@katmannsson]

Far from the tree the apple grew rotten

[@teddy6732]

He reacted to Connector, not sure if you've seen it. Love this band, DGD introduced me to post hardcore, but ALLB made me stick to the genre for the first few months

[@mandala_skies]

@@teddy6732 I saw it, so cool. ALLB have such insane discography. Hope he make more of the scene, like Sianvar, Hail The Sun, Royal Coda

[@dbassultxx]

how did I miss this!? Thank you! I can't wait to see more from them! All of their albums have a different feel but that same DGD sound. Love you Geebz!

[@FamineWolf]

You've definitely gotta check out Inspire The Liars, or something from their newest album. I'd recommend Strawberry's Wake. Both feature the current clean singer Tilian.

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

Yes, and yes. All of my yes.

[@FamineWolf]

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 too bad screamo guy ruin it /s

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

@@FamineWolf I'm glad that Skrillex guy doesn't do that skramz shit anymore. He's better off making bass drops.

[@carsonhofer3315]

Really needs to listen to a song or 2 fro each album with Tillian from their earliest to new cause each one the band gets more and more refined and it’s awesome to hear

[@jbasti227]

Next DGD song you should check out is either Spooks, Carl Barker or Young Robot!

[@zeemancan3713]

The bass player of this band just passed away recently. Perhaps you could revisit them and check out one of their newer tunes. Perhaps "inspire the liars" or "man of the year" You do great work, i was going through a rough time a few weeks ago when i discovered you, your videos served as a nice distraction to help me get through... Thanks for all that you do.

[@Zangetsuis1]

Prisoner - Dance Gavin Dance. Tillian on this one gives me absolute chills! The chorus holy s***

[@shanedepriest5547]

im still here! id love to hear see a reaction to envy on the coast, in my opinion one of the most underrated bands, in my all time favorites. imagine taking back sunday meets jimi hendricks

[@erthquake9038]

Glad you dig DGD. We've gotta get some Eidola going, too! I recommend Humble Ledger. That song is a journey for the soul.

[@kad0877]

Open your eyes and look north is the best song off their first album with jonny Craig Imo and my all time favorite dance Gavin dance song would love to see you decompose it

[@djentile7773]

oh man I'm so happy , been hoping you would do dgd. they are so so good. The new stuff is much more polished , maybe do inspire the liars?

[@TheAdrianParade]

I never thought this day would come I’m so happy do more dance Gavin dance please!

[@SeaYogurt15]

I'm still here! DGD has a storied history with theit sound constantly pushing boundaries. Take just about any jam they have and it'll get you thinking and moving. The early stuff is neat, but I feel they really hit their stride with the more recent stuff.

[@dereklawless9915]

I love that you did this song! Old school DGD was amazing!

[@BA-wt1gl]

your open mind to this mess of a song is so cool to see. I love it personally, but I can see it as easy to hate by many. Loved seeing you understand it, whether you liked it or not.

[@michaelmoore1201]

Johnny Craig, this singer got replaced by Tillian Pearson. They made a song together. Songs called back to life. Johnny has that crazy rasp and flow and tillian has an angelic voice with insane range. They’re both equally amazing but so different.

[@20rileybob]

DGD, there's a band i haven't thought of since highschool. Oh they were one of my favorites. Excuse me while i go down a rabbit hole of DGD albums. Hell yea Geebz! 🤘

[@JPmoney]

Yes! Absolutely love Dance Gavin Dance! Minus the Craig debacle they have always had a solid line up and composition, and they're just as amazing live.

[@ItsInThereRight]

DGD has sooooooo many good songs old and new!

[@marc-andrepaquin9747]

thank you for a new discovery!!

[@VlexisXII]

DGD is awesome, one of my 3 favorite bands of all time. I strongly recommend something like Evaporate, Young Robot, or Strawberry's Wake, so you can see what their sound's like more recently with Tilian as the clean vocalist.

[@ShonnDaylee]

Very cool. I didn't expect you to go down the Metalcore rabbit hole. Keep doin' what you're doin', mate.

[@Spencerthepoet]

Post-hardcore*

[@ShonnDaylee]

They jump all over the place.

[@Spencerthepoet]

@@ShonnDaylee they've never been metalcore.

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

@@Spencerthepoet It's okay, let him run with it instead of being a genre Nazi lol

[@Spencerthepoet]

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 nah

[@WesternJesus]

Give these guys another shot, their doin great things these days.

[@shawndurham8707]

This singer is Johnny Craig, there new singer Tilan would blow your mind with the notes he can hit. My favorite band I'm glad you got to check them, cheers

[@MrChrislur]

holy shit, you did it

[@sqwurtle1108]

I'm so glad this channel exists and that you seem to enjoy everything that gets requested. I love the perspective you have and your openness to music. I want to throw you through the ringer and have you listen to Counterparts- You're Not You Anymore or Crystal Lake- Aeon ... They're ass beaters, but I want to see what you get out of them if you get the chance.

[@HuntersReject97]

Now I KNOW I don't see a dislike on this video. That just ain't right. Love the videos man, keep em coming! You should check out Here Comes The Winner or Alex English by dance gavin dance

[@matthewpawlak5986]

This is literally my favorite DGD song. God bless you for watching this.

[@YZFMX256]

You deserve it to yourself to check out “purple reign” from this album, quite possibly my favorite song off this album and from DGD

[@ArtexHardstyle02]

Love it when your shoulders bounce to the music and you start to lean a bit Haha

[@genrereese2007]

Please do more DGD reactions!

[@smokiemcdougle]

Aloha from the Big Island. Jonny Craig was the clean vocalist for albums 1,2 and 5. Kurt Travis sang on 3 and 4. Tillian Pearson is the current guy. Jon Mess has been the screamer throughout except for Happiness where Will Swan, the guitarist and mastermind, took over. Will Swan formed the label Blue Swan records and every band I've heard out of there is fire. Similar in style, but unique on their own. Many of the members bounce around to different bands too. A few highlights include Stolas, Hail the Sun and A lot like Birds.

[@kodysullivan7582]

Would love to hear where your heads at when breaking down something like Frank Ocean’s “Nights” or SZA’s “Good Days”

[@ryanruzicka6944]

Still here. Keep em coming!

[@soupbean2778]

Seeing the DGD love makes me so happy! Listen to Son of Robot! Will Swan is so amazing!

[@ComaComplex]

Son of Robot would be a really fun song for you to hear I think

[@SSHEX]

I’ve known this song for years and years and it was actually really cool to hear you talk about it and now I understand the song structure a lot better. I don’t know shit about music other than if it slaps or not lol 😂 early DGD def slaps

[@jimmygardner4817]

love your stuff too mate, its unreal keep up the good work!!