SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE In Circles Composer Reaction | The Decomposer Lounge

[@atomicwest995]

Sunny Day?! What? No one ever reacts to these guys! They’re amazing.

[@bertchintus4103]

This was one of the few bands that literally defined my childhood, Deftones being another. Love these guys

[@Lifeonnmarz]

that’s what i was thinking 🙀

[@samvakarian]

Nice to see them pop up. I almost never get to talk to anyone who knows them lol

[@catatonicphobos]

right? this is so cool

[@tarabaney151]

​@@bertchintus4103 I have been listening to them my entire life! this made my year!

[@KyleS.1987]

The whole Diary album is this good, or very close to it. An absolute classic from a great time period in music.

[@ogami1972]

First three track are close to divinity, imo.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

I'd say there are better songs than in circles...but definitely no bad songs. The second half is EPIC!

[@liamnewsom8583]

@@ogami1972 oh agreed

[@PM-vv3uc]

one of the original emo sound

[@williammccormick1228]

The pink album is by favorite

[@strat1960s]

This band defined my 20's. Im 52 now and still can't sit still while listening to Sunny Day.

[@Alifesalife]

The nineties really were 30 years ago

[@famousmortimer77]

46 here and the same for my teens into my 20s.

[@tech1250]

yep i used to video tape them in the 90's just search sunny day real estate chicago metro...@@Alifesalife

[@kalinkalinov1760]

This band's defining my teens. Cheers.

[@janweatherman]

The bass player went on to be the Foo Fighters bassist.

[@AaronRadioStudio]

The one and only Nate Mendel!

[@thenerdlinger666]

Drummer too - well for a while anyway :)

[@Takealiltripnsee]

Apparently Dave grohl own the rights to their follow up album that never got released.....

[@dza6010]

@@Takealiltripnsee "LP2" or "How It Feels To Be Something On"? Both were released as well as a live album. Was there a fourth album recorded?

[@Takealiltripnsee]

@@dza6010 the 5th album. It's in Dave ghrols sock drawer

[@boxcpl]

Whoever suggested/requested this is kewl

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

And they are awesome

[@janimal8249]

As kewl as the other side of a pillow

[@RyogaAkane]

This entire album is a masterpiece

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

Is a shame we never got this again lp2 is good not grest the stuff when they got back together is just ok

[@user-pb3cf5ws8f]

​@@only_one_chrisfantazzi LP2 is better. Diary has a few filler and boring songs

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

@@user-pb3cf5ws8f I would say that about Lp2

[@Still-Sitting]

Got tickets to the 30 yr anniversary for Diary in October here in LA. Cannot wait

[@jsun6396]

"I dream... To heal your wounds. But I bleed myself... I... Bleed.... Myself" that line... Tears. Everytime.

[@jakemarcotte5008]

Quite possibly one of the most legendary emo songs of all time, stoked to see your reaction!

[@jillybeangaming]

yessss! 🙌

[@nebuluos2032]

Pre-emo, so... Indie.

[@manbeezis]

I need to see him listen to some midwest emo... i bet he'd get a kick out of the hotelier

[@tzaraslaysart]

@@nebuluos2032 I mean, Revolution Summer bands were doing emo in 1984, so - you could safely call this emo. I lump'em in the post-hardcore movement, but that's just my take personally.

[@owencole4356]

​@@nebuluos2032 emo started in the 80s ????

[@ogami1972]

Just wow. I haven't heard this track in many years, but by the time the vocals kicked in, I was back in 1998, chilling on my futon and passing a joint with my brothers in the room we shared. I was working at Tower Records, and everything seemed good and full of promise. Goddam time passage is relentless.

[@drumttocs8]

hell yeah dude

[@doomfable3378]

Brought back memories for me as well

[@adamenstrom]

Fuckin A.

[@tomaschristopherbangalter]

Do you mean back in 1994 cuse that's when this came out

[@ogami1972]

@@tomaschristopherbangalter No, I mean '98. I would be lying if I said I had been listening to it in'94. I didn't hear SDR until my divorce in 96. In '98, I was working at Tower Records, crashing at the family house and trying to figure out my life. This, Pavement's WoweeZowee and SK's Dig Me Out and The Hot Rock were my soundtrack for that period.

[@robdaniel3211]

Nate Mendel’s bass playing was so good….

[@subliminallabs]

Good reason Dave chose him for Foo Fighters!

[@locustkllr]

IS. fixed that for you.

[@LauraRamirez-zd3il]

It breaks my heart that i can't see him play in the upcoming show (Seattle, 3/17/23) because he was so integral and beautiful - le sigh

[@nyantend0]

Dude holy shit my favorite band no way

[@jdespirito]

I just texted this to the lead singer and the drummer haha. I've done web work for them and their members even to this day. Also, in regards to your question "what is emo?" that's a simple question with a complicated answer. What you need to understand about it is that there were various waves of emo. It's easy to think about it similar to the metal genre. In the 70s and 80s you had your heavy metal pioneers like Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc. You can think of 90s post-hardcore bands like Sunny Day, Texas is the Reason, and tangentially Hum in that era of emo. Sometime in the early to mid 2000's the music industry caught wind of it's rising popularity and you got a sort of post commercial flavor of "Emo" that was much more glam, similar to how hair metal was born with LA bands like with Poison and LA Guns. This is how pop-punk bands of the mid 2000's are under the umbrella term "Emo". Some bands were even able to successfully cross from one wave to the next like Jimmy Eat World did. Just like "Metal", "Emo" is an umbrella term for many different styles. This is partly due to commercialization turning the term "Emo" into a marketing buzzword. The result is gatekeepers on both sides endlessly debating what "real Emo" is to this day. Hope that helps.

[@gino88]

Looking forward to what they say.

[@candideggplant1575]

emo does have waves, it started in the 80s as an offshoot of hardcore punk in dc. whereas bad brains, minor threat and black flag were playing hardcore punk, bands like rites of spring, embrace, and one last wish were bringing a more introspective and more heartfelt approach to the lyrics while still being true to the hardcore sound. sunny day real estate were the pioneers of midwest emo despite being from washington and getting on sub pop which was the label nirvana was on. emo was given to bands like paramore, mcr, taking back sunday, the used, panic at the disco because that's just how things go. good stuff all around, diary is an incredible album

[@ericbrainerd6693]

Everyone who loves SDRE - go see them on this tour!

[@severed_lips]

trying to see them next month at the wiltern!! gonna sell one of my guitars for ticket money

[@ghostrobot3714]

The album that made me want to be a musician. Willam Goldsmith on those drums man, changed my life. And yeah, we just called this indie/alternative in 1994. It wasn't til I got to college a few years later that I heard someone refer to them as 'emo'. edit: I'd also highly suggest checking out at least the first solo record from the singer Jeremy Enigk, whole different vibe.

[@oogoog72]

Really surprised at this reaction! I hit random on every song ever made and landed 100 Million by Sunny Day Real Estate and have loved them ever since.

[@ghostrobot3714]

Best song from their second run, imho.

[@PurpleLolipopProduct]

How did you hit random on every song, and is there I way I can do that too?!

[@nutslut]

@@PurpleLolipopProduct one year later, no elaboration. I also need to know

[@MostPretentiousMusicNerd-ux3ln]

@@nutslut Yea man, I was hoping to know too

[@petetrippe8457]

I never thought I'd see a reaction video for SDRE. Check out the song J'Nuh.

[@Ehud1513]

Geebz, if you decide to do another Sunny Day song, check out Pillars. It came out about 4 years about In Circles and has a very different vibe, but I think you'd appreciate it. More great bass work and cool, layered guitar work.

[@Lifeonnmarz]

god i hope he does pillars. one of (if not my favorite) songs!

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

Pillars was the first song we did on my channel. My sister was blown away.

[@nebuluos2032]

I wonder how Pillars compares to Guitar and Video Games in terms of composition.

[@Patriiiiick]

This album got me through a lot of night shifts of filing medical records.

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

Listen to " the blankets were the stairs"

[@chadgnagy1574]

Check out Jeremy Enick solo stuff. Return of the Frog Queen, OK Bear, etc.

[@DearDeadDaze]

Sunny Day Real Estate is the best live band I’ve ever seen/heard and I’ve been going to shows for 30 years. That guy’s voice could break glass.

[@Lifeonnmarz]

such funky timing since they’re doing a tour this year after being gone for so long! i cannot wait to see them live this september.

[@theandyplan]

Sunny Day Real Estate is so good. How It Feels To Be Something On is my favorite album of theirs followed by Rising Tide. Love to see anyone discovering these guys.

[@blessed-are-the-broken7068]

I can NOT believe you did a reaction to them. They are so awesome

[@TheRealChiefBeef]

LP2 and How It Feels to be Something On are both really good as well. I feel like LP2 is a lot more prog inspired and How It Feels to be Something On is a bit more expiremental. Both are equally as good (if not better) than Diary. Hope you have a good time listening to their discography!

[@daddylafe7016]

The album is amazing and the song Seven is my personal favorite!

[@ericnorris723]

Sunny Day Rules!

[@KingCaribe]

One of my favorite bands. Underestimated in my humble opinion. There are masterpieces on that album may I assure you.

[@immortal5383]

That base line hit me like no other

[@cuteasxtreme]

You are so killing it with the tracks that you’re checking out Geebz 👌

[@twoheadedjohn1206]

The bassist was Nate Mendel, now of the Foo Fighters.

[@DavidAngelMedina]

SDRE The rising tide, faces in disguise !! This brings me back to my mid teens-twenties !

[@Rati0nalGaz3]

Dude no way. This is sick !

[@GeorgeGeo]

Oh.. and pretty much a perfect band.

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

This is my favorite band ever i saw them in 94 at 930 club open for shudder to think . This record changed my life listen to insane the insane fills on drums I just saw them on Saturday

[@guitaristssuck8979]

That Fmaj7 though... adding the 6th too

[@VCCassidy]

Glad to see you finally got to this one. Emo’s a tricky genre because it’s been around so long and has been adopted by many disparate scenes. In my mind, emo is a subcategory of post-hardcore, but some bands swing a little closer to indie rock and alternative, some swing closer to harsh grind and hardcore punk, and by the end of the 90s it became associated with a type of moody pop-punk. Here’s a list of songs your journey could take you that would encompass all of the above listed styles. Original “emotive” hardcore: Rites of Spring - Drink Deep Native Nod - Crossings Portraits of Past - Bang yr Head Post-emo style melodic alt rock: The Promise Ring - Red and Blue Jeans Christie Front Drive - 4010 Texas is the Reason - Back to the Left Post-emo pop-punk: Get Up Kids - Holiday Saves the Day - At Your Funeral My Chemical Romance - Helena Emo “revival” (new that sounds like 90s era): Adventures - Heavenly The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest La Dispute - King Park

[@josuedess]

BEST BAND EVER!

[@paherbst524]

Sunny day!

[@monosy1ab1k]

The Jazz June has some bangers among these lines

[@matt7224dpw]

This album changed my whole outlook on music, and completely changed the way I played the drums. William Goldsmith is such a talented, and underrated drummer.

[@ishay777777777]

Wow can’t believe you reviewd this Legendary band

[@chrismcdonaldracing]

I use to have the poster on my wall from this album

[@liamnewsom8583]

Yesssss

[@morschsystem9219]

mare vitalis, the appleseed cast....

[@joeylo3543]

Really good note on that Radiohead similarity. I just noticed that as well. Agreed!

[@FrenchMet]

Ahaha ypu will listen to them into an endless replay

[@Lady_Vengeance]

Two bands changed my life as a teenager in the 90s. One was Radiohead, the other was Sunny Day Real Estate. To this day they are on another plane of existence for me. If you’re looking to react to another SDRE song, the opening track of this same record, Diary, is called Seven and it is an astonishingly layered tune that instantly changed everything for me in my musical journey as a kid. Would love to hear your thoughts on that track.

[@Ehud1513]

This one took me back. Had this track on repeat back in the 90s. Classic emo.

[@paulgronner]

Reunion tour this fall!

[@paulgronner]

Just like Failure, I really appreciate you giving these underrated bands some love!

[@GeorgeGeo]

One of the bands that was a part of starting Emo-Core

[@marcusedwards8283]

Great to see Sunny Day getting some love. They have have some great music.

[@prestonjarrett]

Love this one. An awesome example of how to conjure up atmosphere while retaining that signature early to mid-90s emo rawness. Also a fantastic way to make a chorus’ repetition work for it and not against. Great pick, man. I’d also like to recommend Brand New of a similar vein, especially their track Limousine.

[@prestonjarrett]

Also, SUSPENDED NOTES. Never knew there was a term for those, but I always knew what they were when I heard them. Such a neat compositional element.

[@Riclmnopp]

Never thought you would react to Sunny day. Amazing underrated band.

[@geoffreyhhill]

So glad you reviewed SDRE! I get to see them in 5 days 😁

[@thelastjeremy]

Try Jeremy Enigk's (the singer/guitar player) first record - The Return of the Frog Queen. Completely different but amazing. Acoustic guitar and orchestra mostly.

[@lucidmonkey3591]

This was one of my fav albums back in my skateboard days. I still to this day pop on diary in the car at top volume every once in a while. ( song about an Angel ) man that’s a good one…

[@TheLikesofMeh]

This brings me back to a winter in 95/96 as a freshman in hs listening to this on the ride to school. On a winter day being a young punk rock kid.

[@mr.cromlech683]

Dude! I was watching a new documentary about the impact of Swedish rock and metal on SVT Play which is the Swedish state tv channel and when they where talking about Meshuggah and showed small clips of youtube reactions to them you were in it! :D With a wellplaced Aaa'right! :D

[@j_murdoch]

Love this! Thanks for posting a Sunny Day Real Estate video. This is one of their best for sure. I'd say their best is Pillars, but also check out Seven for something more upbeat. Yeah, the bassist is fantastic.

[@royceflores23]

This band, this album, has always found a way to be rediscovered at so many important parts of my life. Give Seven, and Grendel a listen while you are hanging onto the Diary.

[@guilhermefioresi7538]

Song About an Angel is the best song on that record.

[@RedMcc]

SDRE definitely pre-dates Radiohead. When SDRE exploded on the scene, NO ONE said they were emo. Interesting how the label was foisted upon them.

[@miiviscerator]

idk, pablo honey was the year before diary

[@Tonye80085]

radiohead had 7 years on sdre

[@stornkolson]

Luckily these guys are touring again. I saw em in Grand Rapids 20 years ago and now I'm gonna see em again in a cpl weeks🙂

[@MiNiMeMiniatureDrumCovers]

Bass player of foo fighter, and original drummer also.

[@Josh-ov2js]

One of my favorite bands!!

[@DamienLavizzo]

First Radiohead, now Sunny Day Real Estate, if this man reacts to "The Man Who" by Travis, he'll have reacted to about 60% of my childhood soundtrack.

[@christopherjohnson5748]

I don’t think I’m reaching-and I think other people here will agree-when I say this record changed my life.

[@empty_bliss1877]

Yaaaas! This is my favorite band!!!

[@locustkllr]

How'd i miss this? SDRE is my favorite band of all time. Every album by these guys is just amazing.

[@jameymathers283]

Been a HUGE SDRE fan since 1998. Going to see them in Dallas this fall. It’ll be my fourth time seeing them and I can’t wait

[@thomasrounds3337]

By now you must know that the bass players job next job was and still is in Foo Fighters. The drummer too for a few years. I don't usually watch reaction videos but seeing someone with a professional understanding of music theory was just fascinating and I'm going to watch you watch Tool. That ought to be good. Thanks

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

Oh man this is great! Gotta do more sdre. Pillars will blow you away.

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

nice to see more SDRE reactions out there. We did Pillars and Song about an angel on our channel.

[@fenderfox5080]

Love love love this song

[@ethandraught6435]

Holy shit Sunny Day Real Estate. Awesome suggestion, probably one of the more influential early emo bands.

[@kingchuckfinley]

I did a dive trying to find old “emo” classics when I first heard American Football, and this doesn’t really mean shit, but pretty much every site had this album as the most important emo album of all time. I was a little too young to catch it, but just missed it.

[@ethandraught6435]

@@kingchuckfinley You should check out The Get Up Kids, At The Drive-In, Promise Ring, New Found Glory if this is your jam. I think most would not count Thursday, Count the Stars, Taking Back Sunday, but I would give them a listen as well.

[@Smilewithpoison]

My favorite band and my favorite album ☀️

[@mikey2bucks]

My High School years come rushing back with this one!

[@radiosilence85]

Holy crap! I haven't thought of sunny day real estate in awhile. This is awesome!

[@drumorrison7625]

What a great band. Very influential on much more popular music, in my opinion. Good one!!

[@stephtar]

Love seeing a react to SDRE

[@michaelmarhal]

cool band suggestion. i like how the production sounds like a small living room venue.

[@GopherGuts2000]

You should scope out Pedro The Lion, Built To Spill and Suoerdrag. Love that your dipping you toes in the emo pool.

[@divid3d]

haven't heard this one in a longgg time, thanks for another trip down memory lane!

[@adamenstrom]

The mastalgia is definitely deep with this! 🤘

[@chadliampolley6991]

Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road. Black Country, New Road.

[@bushwhackedonvhs]

I love this song, and have since I first heard it around age 11 or 12. There is something about the layers, the arrangements, the oppressive, driving guitar tone, this song has always made me feel this intense melancholy but like, in a good way

[@BelairPedicab]

Watch their performance on the Jon Stewart show circa 94. It's a high energy live perfect brain if then in their prime.

[@camyoung6159]

The variety you go through on this channel is excellent. Love this band. Recommend the band ‘Nothing’ if you have a chance. Not 90s but definitely have that droney shoe gaze feel.

[@grantlunstedt2392]

Never clicked on one of your videos so fast.

[@red.5475]

Another excellent choice.

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

I wasn’t expecting this at all. But I’m definitely not complaining. This is one of my favorite songs ever

[@chefjeff1366]

Geebus Christmas... what a pleasant surprise - Sunny Day Real Estate are one of my all-time faves! Geebz, you gotta do "The Rising Tide" by them at some point!

[@VisuaTek1]

Seeing these guys live several times back when this came out was amazing. The dynamic changes from the soft to the loud portions was so amazing and like an explosion of sound.

[@jbasti227]

Glad to see you do this one! The Diary album is a timeless masterpiece

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

An iconic album. Diary is one of the best early emo albums.

[@JacksMoistCinnamonPie]

the only tool songs i could find that you haven't done but i'd want to see were Jimmy and Eulogy

[@ericthornberg]

Awesome choice..... More of this!

[@johnkelleher9092]

Jut a FYI the bass player is Nate Mendel from, you guessed it, the Foo Fighters

[@soiboi5151]

You are on a new swedish documentary about metal! Its called hård rock på export

[@soiboi5151]

Episode 3

[@veerchasm1]

SDRE are legend

[@chrisgordon9631]

Awesome! Still remember where I was when I heard this song for the first time. Still in the rotation 28 years later. Thanks Geebz! ❤️

[@adamenstrom]

Chit yea! Same here.