The Warning - Z (POST PUNK ATTITUDE) @ 2022 Teatro Metropolitan CDMX - Reaction/Analysis

[@Dave_Marks]

They hired Ivan Chavez, a 2023 graduate of the University of Monterrey film school, to oversee/edit the video. Lalo Plaza was the audio engineer with Beto Ramos, Pau’s drum teacher, doing the mixing. Brian Bogovic, from Halestorm’s team, did the lights and graphics.

[@stephenkennedy3145]

The wall of sound these three produce is crazy,and their ability to stay in perfect time blows me away

[@christinehooper6488]

I love how the girls are all in character when they hit the stage. If you have ever watched any of their interviews or home, behind the scenes, goofy videos, they are such sweet little ladies and then they turn into larger than life beasts when they rock out for us!! Actually one of my favorite things ( besides the music ) is the facial expressions and mannerisms.

[@SEP392]

So true , they are really down to earth fun luving ladies , but on stage they transform into Serious Rock Stars !

[@jayjason6289]

Zed, I think that we should!!! ❤❤❤DPA!!! This is an opener for many shows & features Dany solo blast right out of th gate.🤘

[@gaefferson1]

Ales bass lines are amazing and so clean ..and she’s 18 ..I mean just wow

[@dennisbradley3562]

Love these ladies. When Dany explodes with that PRS, a wall of sound.

[@KansaSCaymanS]

Pau clearly has 2 brains. One with limb independence for drumming and one for singing, entertaining, managing Abelton etc. 😎👍

[@WaldoKitty]

polydexterous? is that a/the term? 😹

[@don-music]

Absolutely… and yes polydexterous needs to become a term referring exclusively to Pau

[@NoSmokingDogs]

@@don-music pauydexterous

[@billholder1330]

I love that Pau "brings back" her old "high sticks, smack the snot out of them drums" style, for visuals, stage presence, or even just the sheer joy of it! She's honed her skills to the point where she can really minimize her motion for maximum efficiency, she shows that a lot these days, but here we get more her original high sticking style - she doesn't NEED to, she WANTS to! (And it's EXCELLENT showmanship and stagecraft - very visually engaging!)

[@don-music]

Absolutely!!! It’s so fun to watch and sounds incredible

[@SEP392]

I luv the way Pau beats the hell out of her drums, I wonder how many sticks she’s broken , but I simply go crazy when she lets out her famous Rock Scream !!

[@oldmanyeni1663]

This one works really well as their show opener when they are opening for someone like Halestorm or Muse. Gives folks just a little chance to get a feel for them one at a time before DPA starts melting faces. I can tell you that an unknowing crowd really responded to 'Z' as an opener when I saw them open for Lzzy. I agree with you that Pau & Ale could do that intro line for days. A while back when I was listening to Ale play the horn part for Charlie Parker's 'Donna Lee' on your Ale video, I thought that Parker & Dizzy could have done a great bebop chart on top of the 'Z' intro. Or James Pankow writing a killer horn line for Chicago with that foundation. It could also go full on Iron Maiden. It is a groove that could go a lot of different directions, including cheerleader punk. The snap/crack from Pau's snare is something that caught my ear from the very beginning of my descent down TW rabbit hole. I have also always enjoyed how she uses her floor toms as a feature and not just an accessory. And less in this song, but I very much appreciate how she so tastefully uses her double kick pedal, not very often, so it really gets your attention when she uses it. LOL, Guitoo soloing with Alion fingers. Quite the lexicon you are building here, Don.

[@billholder1330]

Wow - you mentioned the bass drum at the start sounding like a bass guitar - so yeah, I checked the pitch - yup! Amazing - the bass drum is tuned to the same note as the root of the song - the first bass notes of the riff match the drum perfectly! Now THAT is attention to detail!

[@don-music]

They never cease to amaze!

[@jamierobson8825]

Awesome Don! So many highlights in this song. Pau’s cracking snare to open it. Ale’s groovy bass line. Dany’s chainsaw guitar tone. The way Pau leans wayyyy back to engage her floor toms always gets me hyped! Dany’s awesome solo with the guitar hero theatrics (and yes, great video editing). Ale’s “tuininini-tuininini” (excellent callback of the Ale/Dany bass lesson, which was epic). And Pau closes it off with a scream reminiscent of Evolve. Such a killer opening track. So much fun & energy!

[@mt4design2]

Don! Glad you’re up and running. How did I miss this? Great reaction and analysis as usual. So glad you mentioned the tuning of Pau’s Toms. Her tech has that set so dialed in and how does her snare head even survive? Everything about these shows was so well produced. Their team (“extended family”) did a fantastic job. This is what is coming to their headlining shows and I don’t think the world has caught up enough yet to understand…but the world will be Warned.

[@Scott_Diverscott]

Thanks, Don! They are undeniable rock stars of incredible talent.

[@Captain_Kirk116]

Great to have you back Don😊🤘! The solo from Dany in this song is one of my favs from her with the bending and tapping. I love the way Ale struts out on stage at the beginning here in a cool way that only a bass player can lol. The bass and drums intro is very appropriate for The Warning with the rhythm section that they have too.

[@don-music]

Yea every aspect of this song is full on rock stars at play

[@LostHate]

Just awesome in every way, what else can I say.

[@don-music]

Exactly

[@GreedyLittleFokker]

The Warning will be an "Extended Play Stage" performer on Tuesday Sept. 12 at the MTV Video Music Awards!

[@wannabedane4046]

Hey Don, great reaction. I love Dany's solo in Z and seeing her tapping makes me thinking of another guitar goddess - Tina S. Tina and Dany had lessons by the same teacher:Renaud Louis-Servais

[@gregoryvlchek269]

Hey, fellow musician brother! I just wanted to let you know that you've been on my mind lately and that you're missed. Hope to see you at some point soon. Take care and be well.

[@mjc1389]

Was Dany adjusting her in ear monitors towards the beginning of the video or was that something to do with her guitar interface? You commented about Pau being entertaining to watch and I have to agree. Every time I come across a Pau Cam video I watch. Depending on her chosen camera angle sometimes you can see when she starts and stops the click. Since you mentioned her being aware of where the camera is at all times in the 23 video I’ve now started to notice every time she sneaks a peek in various songs. That drum intro is so amazing. Then the build when Ale comes onstage with her bass intro and the crescendo by the fans when Dany runs onstage. It’s enough to give a guy the chills.

[@WaldoKitty]

the one on her left hip/back is for her In-earz... the one for the guitar is on the guitar strap where it connects to the guitar body (low right side when worn)... this makes it easier to exchange guitars without having to swap equipment/cords on stage... behind the scenes, the guitar tech can move the wifi unit to another guitar if needed when getting the next one ready and tuned...

[@don-music]

Cool info folks!

[@nichep1]

There is a fan video from this concert that shows some awesome close shots of the girls on the stands and crowd interaction not on the pro shoot. Definitely worth watching.

[@don-music]

Oh cool! Thx

[@christinaalgate4899]

I watched Ale yesterday on Ale Day, it was almost 55min of her putting on her makeup.

[@don-music]

Hahahaha and she’s probably still got the most followers. The mysterious Ale lol

[@WaldoKitty]

Fun Fact: Pau's home/practice drum setup has 14" and 16" floor toms but in concert she uses 16" and 18" floor toms... i'm not sure what she uses for studio sessions, though... some Fun Facts about *Z* : 1. *Z* has been their opener for numerous concerts... 2. the title of this song, "Z", is short for "GenZ" or "Generation Z"... they thought it to be "too much" so they shortened it to just "Z"... 3. yes, they do reference their song Kool-Aid Kids in the 2nd verse: Wear the blindfold, drink the tide Who will we destroy this time? Revolutionary Kool-Aid kids Happiness, the lowly traitor Kill the raw, one like, one prayer Disappointing how we're used to fall (I think that you should) 4. this song, a cup of c0ffee, and a donut are the perfect start to the day! 😹 TWA ⚡🤘😸🤘⚡ TWA

[@randymarple9830]

Pau: Professional Perfection. Dany: The Consummate Front Woman/Lead Guitarist/Vocalist. Ale:Thunder Goddess, the glue that holds it all together.

[@don-music]

Very well said!!

[@jpwatkins38]

Don , check out the Warnings 1st public performance. Nachos and Gangas - bar/restaurant 2014. Pau already in beast mode!!

[@elgonwilliams7624]

for the ERROR tour, they have been opening with Disciple, which is more like the secquencing of the ERROR album, but I think Z is the better opener for a concert. The one thing they need to work on for their overall performance pacing (and it hard to catch this by watching this live concert footage as it is edited) is the amount of time between songs. This isn't as much of an issues for their 30 minute sets as an opener because they structure those differently to force them to be quicker paced. But they should take some of that pacing and apply it to their 45-minute sets for festivals, which there will likely be more of in the near future as they have achieve main billing status as an evening performer. With their headliner shows, Dany does a fair job of talking to the crowd while covering for guitar changes and such, but if you watch fan cam recordings of their shows, you realize the pacing could be tighter. What would take them to the next level is streamlining the process. If what slows down the show is the guitar changes alone, they address that my arranging the setlist to minimize the number of guitar changes, grouping songs according to the guitar (and it's special tuning, etc) they use. The rest of it is just making the transitions more efficient. And if they schedule in brief rests for catching their breath, which is also a huge consideration not only for them but also the crowd, they could do something like their "Jar Song" break, of some game with the crowd like what Band-maid does in their shows. Obviously, such things are minor tweaks to their shows formats that once they incorporate them they will hardly be notices except that their pacing will be more high energy and will leave the audience even more pumped up. It is important I think for them to trade off vocals during the opening song(s) to demonstrate for anyone who is a first timer in the crowd to understand a major feature of their sound, that all three of them can sing. So, I understand using Disciple as their opening song because Ale has a short part where she does a lead vocal count. Lately, they also use Choke early on in their shows because they have swapped to Ale singing the low acapella vocal lead in that song.

[@TheDancingWuliMasters]

Oh... ok, next team meeting... it should come up 😂

[@roywall8169]

Woo!

[@don-music]

Couldn’t have said it better lol

[@johniszatt9785]

thanks Don. Great review as usual

[@scottmiller5785]

Hey old man. Just got dropped of the drumm kitt. And risers. Love u ur channel. You know things about music. That makes me happy 😁. Lv from Michigan. Freezing rain. Never ends. I figured you out. Couple weeks ago. You know things about music. I. Sincerely appreciate that. Don. And the. Warning. . Lightning ⚡. In a bottle. Not happen every day. . I . Think u been around. Music. To. Know. Rock n roll. Lv ya brother. Scott. Frm Michigan.. you have been warned.. peace ✌️

[@don-music]

Dude ROCK AND ROLL

[@vjordan1709]

As impressive as Danys solo is in this song, my favorite is when she was handed the guitar by Eruca Sativas lead guitarist when she was in the audience and just picked up and tore it up on the spot...😮

[@don-music]

Same… her fastest raunchiest solo ever and it was just a whim

[@rexwave4624]

Can you point or refer to the video?

[@vjordan1709]

@@rexwave4624 it's on the Warning website, something like Eruca Sativa surprises Dany.... It's a few minutes in.

[@hectorsanchez8945]

@@rexwave4624 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKfMo2psj7p1f5Ysi=_wMt128goGz5AgW3

[@TheDancingWuliMasters]

​​​​@@rexwave4624 It's a short solo, Dany keeps it politely "nice & short" don't wanna take over. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKfMo2psj7p1f5Yfeature=shared&t=2m10s

[@RandyTWA]

If Z doesn’t prepare you to be Rocked, you’re already dead. 😵

[@robertkrawitz8237]

I think it's safe to say that Pau really, really thinks that we should.

[@don-music]

Hahahahaha

[@christinaalgate4899]

Hi Don were you on Bel Development. I watched the end today . The 4th. I just found out he's in Lethbridge same as me. I really like the end of the scream

[@paulrowe006]

I don't know about the video backdrop for this but in "Choke" and "Disciple" the backdrop comes from the OMVs.

[@don-music]

⚡️⚡️⚡️👍🤘🔥

[@jluisg622]

-Z , un muy buen tema de rock ,lleno de furza y energia un excelente solo y un buen mensaje ,Ale y su muy buena linea de bajo y el relleno de Pau ,un tema corto pero lleno de poder The Warning nuevamente demuestran su gran capacidad de composicion son un talento

[@richardvasquez8019]

One Reactor says Ale moves just like Gene Simmons of KISS

[@don-music]

I can totally see why!

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Two videos in 24 hours?? Okay. Let's check it out. Oh. Going to finish the London Private show?? Or you'll just start the Teatro Metropolitan show?? This is video one of that video minus some of the behind the scenes at the start of the show.

[@don-music]

And I’m actually going to go back to London show and finish it off, thanks for asking!

[@DadQuixote7]

If I could ask them one question it would be what does "kitchen knives the meanly saviour" mean.

[@don-music]

Yea…. It’s right up there with the misheard numberly garfs are running

[@jeffreygunn3530]

@@don-music I still want to know what the pompatus of love is

[@don-music]

@jeffreygunn3530 me too!!!

[@richardvasquez8019]

Don, This is going to be a non-music question. Why don't other Reactor's have the same format at you. We get to enjoy the Video not the persons Big Head and the video is minimize not them. hank you for your format.

[@don-music]

I wouldn’t speak for other reactors, but I believe people come to appreciate music and enjoy when others are experiencing it for the first time. When i want attention for myself I’ll perform on stage myself… but this isn’t my performance. Maybe some other reactors think differently…. Thanks for your comment… much appreciated!

[@rexwave4624]

Your mic sounds way better. What is it?

[@don-music]

It’s a CAD M179 multipattern large diaphragm condensor mic, and after the mic preamp I’m running through a cheap but useful digital compressor that sounds far better than it ought to, and then in OBS I’m running a gate on the mic so quiet background noise is muted when I’m not talking, and finally I’m running an app on my MacBook to control the dual internal fans’ speed. I put some work into this lol… I’m very happy that it sounds better. My gain was too low in 23, but in Z i dialed it in better. Glad you like it!

[@matt8097]

You're missing a lot of good TW stuff lately. New music evolve/more from the mtv VMAs.

[@ManicSloth24]

A little too many pauses in quick succession for me, and most of the pauses are obvious to the viewer, don’t really need to be told what images are on the screens behind them, we can see. I appreciate your enthusiasm but am frustrated by the amount of pauses in quick succession

[@don-music]

Fair enough! Those who follow me are into watching how i work when i analyze things, and i do it as though I’m professionally analyzing the music as a producer and arranger and session player, not really for anyone else’s benefit. I have been asked by a lot of subscribers to go into that level of detail and that it’s appreciated, so it is what it is. I’m doing this because i love the band. I can’t please everybody, and i completely understand if my style isn’t for you. There are some amazing reactors, whether professional musicians like myself or not, who do excellent work with the warning songs on KZbin, and I personally suggest Ashlena, Party like A Rockstar Podcast, Offset Era and my favourite Bel Development. Have a great New Year!!