Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus-The Mars Volta

This is most of the first track of the Mars Volta's LP, Frances the Mute. If you like it, why not buy the album?

[@schismowy]

I just admire how this track is mixed. I don't know how they did it but if you really focus and listen deeper it's just mindblowing how many things are going on at once.

[@karlmarx809]

Michał Umiński Frances the Mute is truly a progressive rock CLASSIC. I would argue the best progressive rock album of last 30 years.

[@antoniorichardson8953]

I agree

[@randomrachael420]

Listen to it on shrooms and you will understand ;)

[@sirrantsalotschitchat8914]

Ala4,,

[@nibshuggles6008]

This track still leaves me breathless 9 years after discovering it.

[@BIadelores]

Now 10 years

[@Jayneko]

now 12 years thats almost as old as me

[@MDAM12716]

14 or 15 years for me, I lost my fucking mind the first time I heard this.

[@randomrachael420]

🤩

[@caioandrade2899]

0:00 to 0:47 - 6/4 0:47 to 2:19 - 4/4 2:21 to 2:23 - 6/8(1x) 2:23 to 3:08 - 4/4 3:08 to 3:10- 6/8(1x) 3:10 to 3:17 - 4/4 3:20 to 3:36 - Crazy section: 18/16, 14/16, 15/16, 20/16, 14/16, 20/16, 14/16, 15/16, 20/16, 14/16, 18/16. Each time signature here is played only once. 3:36 to 3:52 - 9/16, 12/16(6/8) and 8/16(4/8) cycle, which results in a 29/16 repetition. 3:55 to 3:56 - 7/16(1x) 3:53 - No time signature section 4:19 to 8:19 - 9/16, 12/16(6/8) and 8/16(4/8) cycle. 8:19 to 8:21 - 4/4(1x) 8:21 to 8:22 - 6/8(1x) 8:23 to 8:46 - 4/4 8:46 to 10:30 - 10/4 Correct me if I'm wrong, even though I'm almost sure I got it all the way right. the 6/8 bars before the chorus could be 3/4 too I guess.

[@ianh1504]

Im happy you put the effort into figuring that out, I applaud you 👏👏👏

[@caioandrade2899]

@@ianh1504 I'm happy that There are bands like The Mars Volta that I feel like is worth my effort.

[@iKnox182]

:v

[@pend8484]

great work! Some of these time signatures I've been trying to figure out for years

[@malicant123]

To me, it looks right. This song is insane!

[@WolfataDoor]

Agree. I've never heard music like this before. No one touches this band. No one.

[@Goryllo]

when I bought this album my friends and I immediately put it in a stereo, the first track had a super low volume so we pumped it up... when this song LITERALLY EXPLODED, we shat our pants! well played, Mars Volta!

[@kroumful]

Goryllo hahaha, same exact experience :D

[@alvinduran5540]

I went to tower records and bought this album the day it came out. Being the huge tool fan I am, I saw them open for a perfect circle and fell in love. I got home after my purchase, smoked a j and listened to this behemoth. To start off with this and end with Cassandra Gemini wtf?!? The journey I experienced that day i will never forget

[@DandelionVolta]

Frances the Mute is one of the best rock albums of this era

[@karlhungus3904]

To all the dislikers: i come to your house and fart in your kitchen

[@dookielips7773]

probly smell better tbh

[@budvarlager7027]

The dislikers are probably disliking the video cuz of ads

[@budvarlager7027]

It's kinda scummy to make money of just a cut version of a band's song isn't it?

[@WolfataDoor]

No one makes music like The Mars Volta. No band right now can create this original of a song, put out 6 albums that are in genres of their own, and move me so much with their music. Top notch musicians and I laugh at the people who pan this band's genius.

[@procassienator]

I pelvic thrust to this in the hallways.

[@musicislife5425]

i listened to this whole album all the way through today.....so mindblowing the middle section is in 29/16 time for all the fellow musicians on this page

[@johnpetz4192]

devin prieur cant play a lick, sounds easy when they do it.

[@BobrLovr]

Time signatures are arbitrary, you can count it however you feel. You could count the majority of this song in 13.2/8 if you want

[@valensignis]

@@BobrLovr i guess theyre arbitrary if you dont care if it sounds the same? Kinda seems like they really arent.

[@schpleeb]

This is their masterpiece. Batshit and yet coherent

[@randomrachael420]

Listen to it on shrooms and you will understand ;)

[@Gypsyblood777]

@@randomrachael420 I listened to it on acid and it scared me lol

[@DODO-jq9oy]

Go listen to the 25 min of Cassandra Gemini, I think that is their magnum opus

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

Blood screaming with rage, I am born

[@JB420mikehunt]

Phenominal song, i love getting lost in this shit

[@none6178]

The ocean floor is hidden From your viewing lens A depth perception Languished in the night All my life,I've been Sowing the wounds But the seeds sprout A lachrymal cloud Nino preparate Que vas sufrir Nino preparate Salte veneno Nino preparate Salte de aqui Nino preparate Labios temblando Nino preparate Salte veneno Nino preparate Salte de aqui Nino preparate Brincan los cuerpos Vas a sufrir My nails peel back When the taxidermist ruined Goose stepped the freckling impatience All the brittle tombs Five hundred little q's I'm splitting hairs to Match the faces All night I'll hunt for you Let me show you what I mean Sangre Sonando De rabia naci Now this train don't lie An abortion that survived A lineage of Bastard mastacation All the severed proof Talons scratch my suite These are the feathers That replace them All night I'll hunt for you Let me show you what I mean Sangre Sonando De rabia naci Who do you trust Will they feed us the womb Chrome the fetal mirage Will they feed us the womb I found the remnants Of a crescent fang It cleaned my wing Down to the bone Umbilical syllables Left to decode There was no cradle I can taste it Come on now All night I'll hunt for you Let me show you what I mean Sangre Sonando De rabia naci Who do you trust Will they feed us the womb Chrome the fetal mirage Will they feed us the womb Bring me this plague She took a drink Those nicotine stains On his every word My scavenger quilt Will only hide the truth Bring me Bring me this plague I count the days to find What was left behind Only these names I clutch Will lead me to my home Somehow this river marks A wrinkle hand in mine And everyday that parts The water into two Mothers and feathers start To drown the living proof I can't remember these lakes of blood Wrapped in a blanket There sweats a cut Who do you trust Will they feed us the womb Chrome the fetal mirage Will they feed us the womb

[@tigerlilly2012]

This song builds up slowly, perfectly and so epically and climaxes at 7:38 with Cedric's greatest singing EVER with a series of the most angelic high-notes in the history of mankind (7:48! to end). The smoothness of composition and production, singing, and overall sound of Deloused and Francis era is the crowning glory of the mars volta imho. I love all their music, their lyrical content and music is always fresh and amazing but this epic sound smooth quality I miss a lot. Love this song

[@randomrachael420]

Me too, even to this day :)

[@Gratz1333]

nice to take a trip down memory lane

[@eachness]

Cedric is one hell of a poet.

[@HalfStepTides]

The solo in this song is quite honestly Hendrix worthy.

[@phlagelum6312]

At 1:14?

[@InsomniaDonkey]

I turned the volume up at the start coz I thought it was a quiet song. Then BAM! FUCKING AWESOME!

[@piratejames11]

i dont understand why frances the mute(the song) isnt on the album before this song. its such an amazing song.

[@benkai343434]

I was skepticall until THAT FUCKING DROP

[@alvinduran5540]

I cry when i listen to this album. For millions of reasons, but i always cry.

[@davidrichard6532]

El inicio de mi album favorito

[@karlmarx809]

4:15 is all you need

[@squarepeople3275]

I agree Karl Marx

[@fignewtontv6573]

but Karl Marx, what about the rest of the song????

[@johnnysneaker1]

This is truly unique progressive rock in the style of Gentle Giant, Genesis, and King Crimson, but with balls.

[@josegarcia-rk6sn]

Hermoso

[@FedeMayhemile.]

I figure you mean to say that they have a more extroverted attitude overall, but stating that those 3 Prog Giants have NO balls, meaning they "take no risks", is way too incorrect and irrational, they simply have different styles and that's all.

[@motherfinestudios]

Shouldn't have edited the 'field recording' bits off, but, still, what a fucking track...

[@julio_scissors]

Love that chill outro. Epic tune

[@dRpskktt]

best drug ever.

[@scrims83]

This song is so great on so many levels.... and the VERY last song on this album ties directly to this song, I love it!

[@FunK0Slap0GB]

In my opinion the first 3 albums are unreal!!

[@bengoloy]

4.19min is epic!!!

[@dadipoli]

Not in a million years. Jon's grooves were perfect for the band. Deantoni and Pridgen are great drummers but they couldn't fill the gap. After Amputechture it was all downhill.

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

True that bro !! ...correct !!

[@davidrichard6532]

Bring me !! BRING ME THIS PLAGE !!!

[@nintendoor1]

I heard it twice in the same dream clear as day!!!!

[@maul6117]

Man, fuck easy listening; this is the music I want to listen to while I work.

[@agurchik]

Yea man! Spot on! Early "The Mars Volta" is the best music I've ever heard.

[@yasomati_terapias]

conchatumareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee es el mejor tema de los ultimos tiempos!

[@bastianvaldescaerols9246]

Tiare Echeverria si o noooh temooones tson lo de mars volta

[@Cacasecaish]

awante the mars volta coxinooos culiaaaaaaoooooosss

[@bastianvaldescaerols9246]

Siiiiiiii eso es wacho conchetumareeeeeeeee dkfifndk

[@yasomati_terapias]

bastiansin valdes son genialmente grandes...que lata q no esten juntos tocando u.u

[@yasomati_terapias]

Caca seca jajjajajajajajaa seeeeee...aguante mars volta

[@pieroa.a.g.8544]

Este es el sonido de la música de marte....

[@agenciamerkenspa]

obra maestra!

[@zernestro]

best solo part i've ever heard in a song....

[@procassienator]

The lyrics are just pure excellence. The Widow got me so emotional.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart5938]

8:48 the greatest riff in the history of music

[@enockyair]

I know what your talking about !!!! My favorite of all times I can jam to this all day !!!

[@terryhollinger1173]

Just found these guys.....yes it is similar to yes genesis gentle giant ozric tentacles king crimson and so on...I love prog shit and these guys got it

[@oaxaca650]

i didnt just to understand english and i still love this songs now that i do shitttt i cant stop listening to them i luv tmv

[@Dubinkingston]

the sickest song i've ever heard!!!

[@MausbergReb]

I'll never forget the first time I listened to this song. What. The. Fuck. Feel like there's some Santana Jingo in there. When I think of best TMV tracks, this is always top-of-the-mind.

[@muso123456]

3:21 is absolutely fucking amazing

[@ZizouRoulette]

@DandelionVolta One of the best albums ever made indeed and the best concept album I've ever heard

[@EmptyInfinity1]

@JUSTIN030783 Well, this was uploaded in '09. After '06 or '07 people couldn't say they were a director anymore, which meant you have to be granted special privileges to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. Cygnus is a 12 and half minute track, and the last few minutes are synth and ambiance. A lot of tracks on Frances the Mute are like that, like The Widow.

[@andthemushrooms123]

I've scoured every HMV i know for this album; the one Mars Volta album i don't have, and NONE of them sell this one :/ But it seems like an amazing album. And yes i'm aware of downloads but i want the actual CD. xD

[@Lelimo_]

This is perfection.

[@curtism7302]

Well I cant remember these lakes of blood , Wrapped in a blanket with sweat to cut..AAAHHHH yeeeaaahhhhhh

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

*there sweats a cut

[@porim3]

DAMN,SO GOOD!!

[@demonthesis1]

I agree with you so much.

[@seagers_studio]

masterpiece

[@password.is.taco.]

Epic Poetry in the form of music

[@Jimmy-Knowledge]

Post-Hardcore my friend

[@Dockc33]

EPIC!!!!!!

[@lukecash1826]

8:43. There's nothing quite like Jon Theodore ripping the drums

[@cinemapure.e]

WILL THEY FEED THE WOMB CHROME THE FETAL MIRAAAAAAAAGGGGGGEEEE

[@carlosm.munozramirez1351]

fee the womb actually... but ask volta for lyrics to clear their oblivious minds.

[@mikedoyle5939]

Come on now All night..I'll hunt for you Will they feed us the womb/ Chrome the fetal mirage

[@eltambore]

Thomas Pridgen is my favorite drummer, but Jon Theodore made the best mars volta albums, not pridgen. Deloused and Frances were absolute musical monsters on their own. Bedlam had the sickest drumming, but I hated the songs themselves. that's just my opinion though.

[@droptherapy2085]

ouroboros and cavalettas are awesome in my opinion.

[@vedestanouseerailokatiska5421]

I just hated the drumming... Nah. But that gospel chops drumming is very impressive and all but I'm just not getting the feel of it. Also the sound in general, guitar sound mainly, started to get too "metal" at that point.

[@kroumful]

I remember seeing them on tour for Frances at the Santa Barbara Bowl and there was freaking steam coming off of Theodore. Made him look like he was on fire :D One of the most amazing concerts I’ve ever been to.

[@lozsmb18]

3;20 is EPIC!

[@scrims83]

Best song evah

[@PineappleDrumz]

I feel sorry for all the many people who moved on from this song before they got to 0:47

[@G8tr1522]

What the fuck? How come i've never heard of these guys before?

[@sushitrash9649]

cool

[@Fogdiver69]

@gr8tr1522 Yeah, definitely go with De-loused in the Comatorium. They're debut album and best yet.

[@G8tr1522]

@cognitive951 They're great! Really REALLY great! The question is, what album do i get next?

[@pander22]

Why would they leave? The intro is awesome.

[@oaxaca650]

fuk yeaH lovin tmv they the shit on da reals best alternative music i ever heard offf

[@PorcupineToast]

WILL THEY FEED US THE WOOOOMB?!?!?!?!?!!?!?

[@schrodingerscat3912]

dem boys are gatdamn jaynius, bo

[@alecramseymusic]

@imjustkidding24 Didn't they end up not having enough space on the album for Frances The Mute?

[@andrumaz1532]

Who do you trust?

[@KrakkaJax]

They didn't get rid of him, he left because he basically said the band had run it's course.

[@starbreezevillage]

thanks for the heads up, i get the names mixed up for some odd reason XD

[@bazmastah]

ALL ABOUT 3:20

[@thekinghasbeenslain]

such an epic fucking song

[@malicant123]

29/16 for the 4:19?

[@DolgorsurenDagvadorj]

I have to this this stuff

[@cristianahumada876]

Jon Theodore is the fucking god!

[@fanculoate]

@jevimetal13 the real question is not how did they do that, but how the hell they concieve that part in their mind....

[@kylemotty5951]

Now imagine this but all the artists were to keep secret their individual parts and had to play only to a metronome. That's how this record was made.

[@vitaomoraes95]

3:20 noooooooooooooia

[@carlosm.munozramirez1351]

hit me with your car. im candy.... added junt

[@agurchik]

Who do you truuuuuuuuuuust?

[@LemonKushty]

Bullfisted membrane enduring caveats in euphoric adiaphanes....

[@DrRockzo1193]

@piratejames11 I assume because it would have been too much to fit on one disc, but I still listen to it first regardless.

[@stephenbrown8099]

If anyone knows a guitarist who shreds like this, I wanna know?

[@martinbe5111]

Stephen Brown dave navarro on jabes addiction. Take ted just admit and ocean size as examples :D

[@PorcupineToast]

@juggernaut725 WILL THEY FEED US THE WOMB?

[@cognitive951]

@G8tr1522 dude!!! no joke seriously listen to all Mars Volta material, fucking amazing you will love it i promise!!!

[@pander22]

I feel bad for you.

[@XxXLeKaTXxX]

Hey men i hyper stend my arm Yeh im feel bad to

[@Jayneko]

i found this from roblox and listened to all there songs, i love this band but my dad apparently listens to this too :/

[@fignewtontv6573]

good! you can use this band as a way to bond with him! its alright to hold appreciation for your parents.

[@psychoprosthetic]

Is that a sheppard-risset glissando at 4:00minutes?

[@andyotic]

all of it is.

[@julian.castro18]

@andthemushrooms123 amazon?

[@LemonKushty]

A cacophany of sycophantic phantoms unweave the miasma....

[@rasiecvolta]

Will they feed us the womb!!!

[@scrims83]

whats with the green?

[@aperfectcir]

all night, ill hunt for you