Rappers React To A Perfect Circle "The Noose"!!!

[@microgirl3789]

This song gets me everytime. It is especially relatable with the personal stuff I have going on this week. Maynard knows how to speak to the soul and make you feel like you're not alone in a situation. 🤘❤

[@mendyrckz76]

🦋I Absolutely Agree💯%❣

[@jennywilkinson5069]

100% 🔥🔥

[@tracyraines5572]

Maynard's lyrics always hit that place deep down in your soul and awaken the inner light or darkness and helps you deal with it cuz through the words he writes and sings you then know you're not the only one that has been there

[@alshurdom6917]

same. this song hits me where it hurts. I'm in recovery, personally. however, 17 years ago, I lost my best friend to an overdose, which I should have saw coming. The last thing I said to him..."Don't be an asshole your whole life." How can I make amends for that?

[@savage1046]

This songs brings back memories after my mate took his life by a noose

[@oler00]

I cry every time I hear this song and I never have the same reason why. This song just hits my soul on another level. Glad you guys enjoyed listening!!!

[@MeanT241985]

That's Josh Freese btw on drums.....literally can drum any and every style there is. He's an absolute freak and one of the most underrated drummers in the biz today.

[@davidvied2507]

Josh is a beast.. huge reason why these first 2 albums were so damn good.. still stupidly badass….

[@jsmirnoff77]

As a fellow drummer who's been doing this for 35 years... It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you DON'T play. Those rests in the main groove and the sense of space they provide.. immaculate. I don't think I could have done the same. Josh is a damn monster. Yes, there are drummers who are faster/more technical.. Unfortunately for me and them, it doesn't resonate. I have thankfully learned my lesson.

[@scottmatznick3140]

This song hurts. Like deep, soulful pain. It wrecked me before addiction, and it wrecks me in sobriety.

[@joehynes5452]

I feel ya dude, 100%

[@amyfnsuezq8710]

Yep. I got clean and sober just in time to watch my daughter struggle. Jail. Rehab. Relapse. Heartbreaking. The noose.

[@joshkeheley8568]

That's exactly what addiction is. Congratulations to all that have made it through the battle and just remember to take it one day at a time

[@FrankyCpunishmentSTYLE]

This song is about someone not caring and being cynical to someone’s change and reformation, probably hurt by someone badly and then having them try to act like they’ve changed, that’s why I like that line so much “I’m just a little bit curious, how you plan on going round making your amends…. To the dead”

[@theundeadkaiser1512]

Stay sober my friend I know addiction I watched my uncle tear himself apart with crack 😢 but luckily he's been sober for 11 years now but the scars are always there to remind him of what he has done to himself and his family

[@AT-yg4nk]

APC: Eat the Elephant, Brena’, Gravity, Disillusioned, Talk Talk, A Stranger, The Outsider, Blue, When the Levee Breaks, Puscifer: Horizons, Bullet Train to Iowa, The Singularity, Polar Bear, Oceans, Green Valley, Tiny Monsters, Monsoons, Indigo Children (REMIX version), Agostina Maaan MJK has been my favorite artist since 1998’, when I was in 6th grade and listened to the album Aniema for the first time. Tool was my favorite band from then on…then discovered A Perfect Circle in High School…Then Puscifer well into my adulthood. His voice has been the soundtrack to every key, and important moment in my life. He is beyond just a “singer” too me. He’s damn near family. I admire this man more than any other artist. I am beyond happy to watch and witness this journey you two are on. To see the joy that Maynard brings to you two is just indescribable. But this is only the beginning….Awesome job and I love the videos and channel!!

[@gary2kr1]

"Now you stand reborn before us all, So glad to see you well" This line in particular gets me every time. The sarcasm is thick enough to cut with a knife. MJK at his finest

[@Bugga-Ray-Dudley]

Is it sarcasm? I interpreted it as being kind of sympathetic. Like him saying “look I’m really happy that you are better… but you still have amends to make” “Not to pull your halo down” I always interpreted it as him really not wanting to have to say this to the person. Kind of a hard truth that he hated to have to give.

[@gary2kr1]

@@Bugga-Ray-Dudley and that's the beauty of his lyrics. We're all right. And no one is wrong. And even I may change my interpretation of that particular lyric dependent upon the mood I'm in that day and who may be standing in front of me.

[@Bugga-Ray-Dudley]

@@gary2kr1 he really is such an amazing lyricist. A lot of times you can have an interpretation completely separate from anything that was intended. This song especially had such a unique message compared to most music.

[@ecooke75]

I'm 2 years late, but your comment rings true.

[@mausilw]

@@Bugga-Ray-Dudleyit can feel like sympathy or sarcasm to anyone due to their experiences. Like to me it does sound sarcastic with the rest of the song, like all I could think of was the lingering resentment I felt towards my brothers after they got clean but never owned up to what they did during their addiction. We have great relationships now but it was hard the first year or two after they got clean.

[@joannareed7443]

The build on this one🖤 Puscifer -- Green Valley, Grand Canyon A Perfect Circle -- Orestes, The Doomed

[@The_Fat_Turtle]

My favourite APC song, with "Passive" being a close second, glad you guys liked it. This and Passenger by Deftones are perfect late night driving songs.

[@jarrodderr]

This was my favorite song for like a year. Y’all chose well. 🤘❤️

[@cadenyourearent8174]

That's a really creative name

[@OverworkedITGuy]

My 2nd fav track on the album. Weak & Powerless is just so damned powerful it's probably my fave APC track period

[@jarrodderr]

@@OverworkedITGuy yeah if you’ve ever been in the binge/NA/binge cycle, this whole album talks to you.

[@sharilynbratton6476]

Gotta do Gravity, after my only son died I listened to that song many times because it healed me, especially the line 'I choose to live...' I chose to keep going to honor my son's memory and keep him alive that way as long as I still breathe. That became my personal meaning for the song Gravity by APC.

[@rainonyourparade3045]

❤️

[@andritti]

So sorry for your loss....

[@sharilynbratton6476]

@@andritti Thank you, next month will be the 6th anniversary of his death and I continue to miss him every day.

[@stephengiannone5449]

What a great underrated song.

[@90FirstGenPGT]

My condolences. I could only imagine!

[@donrodztx]

This entire album is AMAZING.

[@markmaloney3140]

This album is to AIC, like Lateralus is to Tool.

[@Brotha_Teresa]

@@markmaloney3140 BINGO!

[@burnthetubs]

Yeah this is probably the last CD I always carried with me to listen to over and over. Then CDs weren't a thing any longer. lol

[@markmaloney3140]

APC

[@brandongrayson456]

@@burnthetubs still have all my CDs, still listen to them on occasion....just something about it. Same with my dad's old vinyls.

[@heavenwithin81]

I LOVE THAT MUSIC CAN DO THIS!

[@tiffanykennedy8397]

One of My Favorite APC songs!!!

[@bettyrocker_Lia]

Me too Tiff! ❤

[@thecrimsonking187]

This is one of my absolute favorites from Perfect circle. The first time i heard this album was on shrooms. You can imagine.

[@AT-yg4nk]

Tons of great memories involving this song…one of which was my band in High School trying to perform this song in the talent show during Senior year. Guitar and bass parts we nailed, our drummer couldn’t quite get the beat, and our singer was some girl who thought by “growling” rather than singing the song was a good idea 😕….yea we didn’t win, nor did we remain a band after that night. Lol.

[@jasonduvall6565]

O keefe

[@gary2kr1]

Ya but you did it. So kudos to you. And now you've got a memory. If there's video post that shit I'd watch lol

[@ashtastic_0]

Picturing a girl growling to this just made me laugh. 😂 But it was a lasting memory. That's what counts.

[@pablo.flores13]

When APC came to Chile at Lollapalooza, they played this song so perfectly that I cried and make me remember all those several times that I heard The Noose on my way to work

[@oscarcaceres666]

Fue hermoso, yo viajé de Perú para ver ese show, saludos weon

[@osidius77]

It's about recovery of an individual, who now has their shit together and wants to make ammends to ppl that they hurt who may not be ready to hear it and/or accept it, and some that maybe have died cuz of that persons addictions and behaviors. Basically saying just cuz you're ready to apologize doesn't mean I'm ready to accept it.

[@camdenharper7244]

Thirteenth Step is an album about addiction and recovery. It's sung both from the point of view of the addict and people around them. This one is from the point of view of an outsider asking the addict how they plan on making up for all the damage and terrible things they did because of their addiction. On the album it's paired with "Blue" a song from the POV of the addict about watching someone OD and die and doing nothing to help because they were too messed up at the time.

[@crystalhannah6872]

Making your amends is Step 9 💛

[@Shammrock62]

Smokey eyes closed , just vibing out . Been listening to this song close to 20 yrs. Enjoy your first time.

[@audraleonardis6191]

Great song!!! Maynard's voice is so amazing. You should listen to By and Down. Also the Red Rocks concert from almost 10 years ago is just plain magic!!!

[@aaronwolf3587]

It’s about someone who’s gotten sober after a certain period of time of addiction and has produced some self made halo and has forgotten about all the damage they’ve done to the others around them. Some people get sober and immediately start judging everyone around them who’s not doing the same thing. I heard Maynard in an interview say he personally sat in on many meetings for other people he was supporting. (It wasn’t his addiction) But he literally got the concept for this song from something someone said at a meeting. The artistic expression of this concept is beautiful in this song. Dude is a poet….. end of story.

[@karenlandon5332]

I love this song and have heard it hundreds of times. And today it's giving me chills

[@jimmyh2100]

Being clean for 4.5 years this song reminds me of how tight the noose is... chills everytime

[@heatherodonnell7655]

Congrats and well done on your sobriety !

[@ocromiun]

Congrats!

[@timgorton1933]

Get solid whole body shivers when the vocals kick in on this song Anything Maynard touches turns to gold

[@APEIRON_MUSIC]

So glad to see you well…. 🖤

[@da_uno]

It's not relapsing. It's going through the 12 steps. It's afterwards that you are holier than thou that makes the halo slip down to choke you. The people you've wrong who you are dead to or have actually died, you can never make it up.

[@damienjohnson1019]

Exactly what it's about.

[@markmaloney3140]

Great job guys. My absolute favorite. Relatable in so many ways. It really reminds me of my late wife Sandi. Rip my love.....

[@tiffanykennedy8397]

Sending love Mark. ❤️

[@markmaloney3140]

@@tiffanykennedy8397 Thanx Tiff. You all have helped me through a difficult time.

[@adamr6811]

Shoutout uncle Mark 🙏🙏🙏

[@JasonLevine1178]

Hollywood will love the pace of this one. Smokey, less so (not chonky enough). Powerful message, especially if you've ever had to deal with a recovering addict.

[@andrewsoto9390]

To me the song is from the perspective of someone who has been hurt by an addict, an addict that is now sober. How despite them trying to make amends some things are just too difficult to forgive.

[@emileejones-pritchard2079]

I love how they’re vibing Tf out!🤘

[@crystalhannah6872]

Since the SECOND I heard this song It reminds me SO MUCH of a Painting called The Young Martyr by Paul Delarouche....It's so haunting and brutally beautiful.

[@veevamm3642]

Really is a masterpiece of an album💖

[@seamusburke639]

This album threw me for such a loop. First record hit hard, then you hear this and everything sounds so spacious and contemplative.

[@Viccerz]

Literal grooviest drum track. When that snare first hits, that shit is iconic

[@curtpierce239]

This make me think of someone between relapses. Just finished the steps and found their higher power and their new holier than thou attitude is getting a little insufferable. As they shine with how great they are now, but you remember the destruction they were leaving behind. But you're still glad they're doing better.

[@tonyheupel]

THIS!!! It's someone recounting and trying to do one of the steps (asking forgiveness and making amends), telling all the terrible shit they did as if it's not even them (because they are better now)...of COURSE, as a human, we are glad you are doing better, but you did a TON of damage to people and killed relationships you had. "How you planning to make amends to the dead." Like, think of a drunk driver that killed someone.

[@gary2kr1]

You nailed it Curt. And we all have those people in our lives MJK is referencing which makes the song so relatable.

[@RaidenDragonClaw]

Yea I see that too

[@RaidenDragonClaw]

@@bradh1810 oh rly brad idk

[@FatherDingo]

I love you bro.. I hope you found your peace at the end. It hurts more than i can put to words...

[@MommaGargangel]

This one gives me goosebumps every time. Love this lyrically, emotionally, every single way.

[@BustinBenny]

I've never done any drugs, but Tool/A Perfect Circle always put me in a different level of consciousness.

[@TheEternalElir]

I know the album is about addiction. But I can't help but hear it as depression. Most of Maynard's songs deal with severe depression and suicide.

[@giuliae.6198]

Right in the feels....

[@jwbigredd]

This song has a vibe that would be perfect for driving on a rainy night.

[@nexus8796]

Every time I hear this song, I think of the big orchestras with all the different pieces. In a good way

[@tiagoamorim81]

I still remember the day I bought this CD, the same day it was released. I ran home to listen to it, listened to The Package, Weak and Powerless, and then got stuck in this song. It was on loop, and must have listened to it about 10 times before I was able to move on to the rest of the album. Still today, it's probably my favorite APC song. ❤️

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Pucifer: "The Humbling River'... It will become your favorite Pucifer song.

[@OmaLowne]

Its so awesome that you guys are reacting to THIS song!!

[@NeuroticNightmares07]

Watching people getting as into music as I do, the near orgasmic feel where your brain can't control your body at all and you just flow with it... Is beautiful.

[@guimaraes_h_l]

Cara essa é a prova que música vc simplesmente sente...Se vc se permitir as vezes acaba se surpreendendo com outros estilos que vc julga não te agradar,mesmo sem ouvir...

[@pippyarmagedon]

I love that you both feel this band exactly as I do.

[@MoCharlez]

This song to me was always about an addict who is now sober. The main question of this song is what will you do about the people you lied to, cheated, and stole from. “Recall the deeds as if there all, someone else’s atrocious stories” “Reborn before us all, so glad to see you well” While still being happy for someone who kicked their addiction, Maynard asks the question for the people who you robbed of joy during the fight with your demons. Not a happy song, not a sad song, but somebody has to ask the tough question. You are in a better place now, but don’t forgot all of the people you hurt on your journey here. This is all just speculation, every song means something different to every person

[@embraceyourweirdness70]

This is by far my favorite song by them...

[@riyintocco]

This song is about a drunk driving accident. The driver killed someone while driving intoxicated and has since found god and made “amends”. Great that they “found god” but how are they going to make amends to the life they took?

[@GeorgeBethea]

The whole album is a storyline starting with the package where they robbed the drug dealer then this song the noose is them coming out of rehab

[@TonyBudenz]

Loving that you guys react to so many different songs from so many bands - but I especially respect you digging into all 3 bands Maynard is in. As for The Noose, I've always thought this song was about checking someone's ego who might feel a little high and mighty (saint-like) after getting on the right path but forgetting that they may have done serious damage to others in the past prior to getting clean. And not just forgetting the past, but detaching from their actions ("Recall the deeds as if they're all someone else's atrocious stories") And in those stories they aren't owning up to, the damage was severe - Enough that, maybe, they've contributed to other's downfall and possibly death. ("But I'm more than just a little curious how you're planning to go about making your amends...To the dead") So Maynard seems to ride that line of trying to celebrate their accomplishments while respectfully grounding the person with lines like: "So glad to see you well" and "And not to pull your halo down, around your neck and tug you to the ground..." Just my two cents. Keep up the good work!

[@robinshepherd7644]

This song is about his recovery. During mine I listened to this so much. I cry every day um time

[@thekimfilez]

So I was searching for reactions to APC (as one does), and stumbled across this awesome reaction. Love how deep you get into the feels. This is still my favorite song of all time. Now I've got to go check out your other videos to see how you guys got introduced to the glory of MJK.

[@scottlefaivre6889]

All three are different my brothers never forget that. Trash talker for life

[@Kelly30stm]

I love your reaction. A live stream listening to this whole album with us would be awesome.

[@pattonger]

first time i heard this my buddy put the cd into the largest stereo at a radio shack and turned it all the way up. they had no idea what was coming.

[@SunDedGon]

YES! My favorite song of all time, & coming from my favorite album! So thrilled you both got around to listening to it. Although I can't relate to the overall message of "Thirteenth Step", all too many of my family & friends have embodied it most of their lives. & as strange as it is to say, this album changed my life. I learned such a great deal about humility, mortality, & best of all, empathy. Thinking back nearly 20 years, I can only hope that, by extension, I've helped change a life or two for the better

[@joehynes5452]

This album deserves to be listened to in its entirety, the flow is perfect!! This is such a deep, emotional album that has been with me through some really dark dark times. Maynard caresses one's soul like no other

[@Captain_Calcium]

YEEESSSSS FINALLY now I cant wait till yall get to their song "Gravity" from this album. Love you guys 🤙🏻

[@heathcliff8624]

Epic drumming by session drummer Josh Freese. I've seen him with the Pumpkins, APC, and NIN. He's a machine gun.

[@davidvied2507]

Josh is ridiculous.. def one of the best drummers ever in the biz.. huge reason these first 2 albums are so damn good

[@Spurlano420]

Ah shiit u guys are still fun to watch..Your journey through APC and Puscifer is similar to mine..It evolves over time and it’s still super fun and exciting to hear their past work for the first time. Never gets old with anything he touches. Been lucky enough to see all three bands a few times and each experience is better then the last. Keep doing what u do.. I’ll keep watching

[@yodalex3514]

Thx for that song, another great song of them is 'Orestes - stone and echo live at red rock','The package live stone and echo' 'the noose live',...... in live they r awesome 👍

[@neilg2526]

I'm here to see Hollywood dance with all elbows again like Mac from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Lol great reaction guys, my fave aPC song.

[@tiffanykennedy8397]

😂 😂 😂

[@Audard]

Probably their best song. I can remember when i first heard and it makes my cry till this day... This song/album stopped me from talking my own life.

[@OhioOwns]

one of their most underrated

[@MichaelDavis-bj2bs]

I've always taken it as about an addict who dealt with their addiction and became born again being reminded that they did terrible things before they got clean. One of the 12 steps is making it right to people that you wronged, but what if those people are dead or refuse to even hear them.

[@Fatima-ti1qq]

For sure. It's definitely about addicts who consider themselves cured but refuse to actually take responsibility for the damage they caused during their addiction. I've meet many of them during my time in recovery. 👍

[@pareanoapicard8079]

Thank you brothers for reacting to this song🙏

[@valeriewilliams9434]

This gravity and the stranger are my absolute favorite songs on this album

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Perfect selection! Why can’t I find me a woman who loves music like this haha

[@Docstantinople]

I love the three bands so much. I talk about them to people that like to listen to music. It always surprises me how so many people know about Tool and APC but have never heard of Puscifer.

[@jonathantaylor3074]

It's a good one. A lot of it I can relate to, especially"The Outsider". The album as a whole is a concept, and realize that Layne Staley died when this was being written. I believe his death was a big influence.

[@johnanderson3475]

that whole album is incredible. shit both bands are incredible. especially their old stuff. such a peculiar existence. we all the same planet as these geniuses and chingon's. there are real life badasses out here walking around. we only scratch the surface.

[@jimbartholomew4469]

One of their best!! Looking forward to this one!

[@THEbenagain]

One of my favorite songs!

[@Boosti__]

I'm a massive APC fan ❤️Pretty sure you guys will love this song 👍❤️🤘 (friendly reminder that I'd really love to see you two react to KARNIVOOL - SIMPLE BOY 🙏please 🙏)

[@Korradoar]

Yasss! this one pulls me back from places I don't need to be.

[@rodrigocampo9014]

One of the greatest drum beats of all time...!!! Love Mer de Noms & 13 step

[@shivneelsingh1320]

One of my favorite songs from APC.

[@malefikgamer5446]

Picking a favorite APC song is like picking your favorite child....I just can't do it. They are all just SO good....just wow.

[@EB.P]

❤ ive herd APC so much i knew the spots u guys would lose it, they are on another level. This band is a feeling not a genra of music. It makes u feel. If a song gives u an emotional response like goose bumps or makes u cry then its moved u in a new way. This band does that

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Watching with friends and 6ix's reaction leads to questions. And suppositions. Subbed.

[@charli7534]

That beat it s the conecction and history that metal has

[@santos9780]

One of my favorites, I have to say you need to do Momma Sed live. It’s one of my favorite MJK songs to date. COMPLETELY different from the studio version. I have issues even calling them the same song.

[@chelseatrevino6923]

Just getting to see this, my favorite song from this album YAY! 🤘🏼

[@ryanford5320]

Orestes needs to be next!! Enjoyed the reaction guys! Always look forward to Tuesdays

[@KennethGoble-s6e]

This is a beautifully tragic song... It hits right in the heart muscle..

[@jasonduvall6565]

I love y'all. My brother s. ,y'all appreciate good music , without judgement

[@darinwoodbury3211]

Fantastic song. I have said it before but the song to go check is from Nom de Mers. "Thinking of You". A song with great examples of orchestrations, vocal dynamics and the fundementals of Billy Howardel on this first album effort. I have never been able to find a live version with decent sound so the album cut is recommended. I have been a a fan of Tool since I heard Opiate in '93. I was skeptical of what I would hear from A Perfect Circle when Nom de Mers was released and was floored by the album. However, the song that always stuck out most was "Thinking of You." Please have a listen. I think you'll find the ride you've been looking for.

[@towlie710]

I spent my early life being obsessed with genres (I used to run a goth zine and write weekly reviews of both albums and live shows and it's the best way to describe things so the reader gets a sense of what a show or track is like). I genuinely think A Perfect Circle sit snugly in the genre of modern prog alongside other unlikely prog bands like Radiohead, Muse and The Butterfly Effect- sure the songs may not be 15 minutes long but damn can they all set an atmosphere and settle well in any genre with very cunning song writing.

[@allanramsammy4576]

Subtle yet POWERFUL

[@TheSilael]

The next APC song should be "Gravity" (Thirteenth Step) or "Orestes" (Mer De Noms)!! Both are great songs I know you'd love.

[@MrDuanepalmer]

Maybe my 2 favorite APC songs.

[@tracyraines5572]

I was just about to say the same thing

[@tracyraines5572]

@@MrDuanepalmer what is your fave line in gravity?

[@porkchopexpress6890]

This whole album is so damn amazing and it takes you on a whole whole different adventure. Takes you to your own personal fantasy universe. Music is so damn amazing and beautiful and deep.

[@KudraMata]

My favorite APC song, thanks!

[@TheDrive830]

Dude with the A cap has the right vibe for this song. Just Bob your head and feel the music😂

[@vincepanther]

Amazing songs! First 3 songs from this album are fire! The Package, into Weak and Powerless and then The Noose!

[@LilDevil769]

One of my favorite songs, also passive, blue or vanishing. The whole album, helped me go through alot when watching and seeing a ex of mine go through addiction and self destruction. But now we are no longer together both parties are doing a lot better without each other.

[@SneakyKiwi71]

I've been listening to MJK since 'Opiate', so I am loving these reactions from you guys 😎 Keep rocking 🤘😎

[@shotarothekid]

A Perfect Circle - Vanishing 🔥

[@NijFix]

HOLLYWOOD/SMOKEY- PEEP THIS 👀 There was a DVD release with 13th Step album also. It included commentary on the songs as a dvd extra. According to Maynard, he heard someone say 'don't let that halo slip down and choke ya' in an AA/NA meeting, and that line stuck with him and he just evolved that into a song. Maynard has never had addiction problems, he was there supporting a friend who was in trouble at that time. Now, that's documented, for reals real in Maynards own words. The legend goes that the friend Maynard went to the AA/NA meeting with (and heard the line) was Layne Stayley.