A Perfect Circle Orestes Reaction!!! 

Maynard was battling with the decision of disconnecting his mother from artificial ventilation, hence the powerful line: "gotta sever this umbilical residue, keeping me from killing you". basically, Maynard 'killed' his mom by disconnecting her. this is one of the toughest songs to hear from Maynard when you know the background. beautiful and sad.

This album, 'Mer de Noms' means 'Sea of Names'. Each song is written about someone Maynard knew. And while their heaviest album, this is also APC's most atmospheric album. You can't go wrong picking apart any song lyrics on this, each is so incredible and different. Another fun fact about songs Maynard writes, whether for APC, Tool, or even Puscifer- the music is done first and then given to him. Maynard then creates lyrics for the music.

Went to my first APC concert last November and they played Orestes. I have NEVER cried at a concert, but the end bit “keeping me from killing you” ringing out in the arena as all the other instruments faded hit me like a punch in the gut. Powerful song and an experience I’ll always remember.

Billy Howerdel looks like Voldemort...but he can play!

That whole album is exceptional

I absolutely love that you know the story of Orestes, Vin! I've always been annoyed that that was left out of the movie, even though I agree that it would've been a roughly 9 hour long movie if they'd included it haha. This has always been my favorite APC song. I relate to it a different way than the mother/birth angle though. I've spent my entire life dealing with severe depression. The line "give me one more medicated peaceful moment" perfectly describes how I feel when I'm deep in that dark hole of my mind and how I medicated myself with one bad substance or another. And "gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this umbilical residue, keeping me from killing you" I relate to in the way that depression is always a dark, hostile, yet strangely seductive voice in my ear telling me that I'm not good enough, that nothing I do will ever matter, and that I should just end everything and the fact that I wish so strongly to cut myself away from that but can't seem to find a way to and that I'm always searching for a way to "kill" that voice in my head. If that makes any kind of sense at all. In a way this song resonates with me in the sense that there's a part of me that I wish I could kill and all the good things I wish I could be are trapped inside a mental cage, screaming to be released. Damn ya'll get me to write walls of text haha. Anyway, I loved listening to you guys discuss one of my favorite songs of all time. Cheers! -Jason

Great analysis. And holy heck, Billy Howerdel's vocal harmonies live were utterly amazing.

APC - Gravity This is my favorite APC song.

A Perfect Circle - The Noose!

Tool - Pushit (Salival version)!!

I'm so glad I found you guys... I'm looking for songs I'm familiar with and it's like what I always wanted when I would share these songs with my friends. Unfortunately, they only listened and tried not to feel or at the least understand. But listening to you guys work through APC's songs it's just such an awesome feeling knowing you guys dig it and are very analytical. Thanks for everything you two do!

Awesome stuff guys! I have to say that “Blue” by A Perfect Circle is one of my favorite songs to hear when I’ve seen them live. Keep up the great work!

Only Maynard could sing a line like...keeping me from killing you...and make it sound pretty. Lol

Guys, this is my favorite live performance of all time! Everyone is on point! Billy's guitar solo while the rain falls down upon him at one of the greatest and most beautiful venues in the world, and the way the vocals climax at the end sends shivers down my spine every time

Loved thissss! Very good breakdown. Hard to find such in depth dissection of the genius that is Maynard. Subscribed!!

By the way... loved the acoustic guitar version playing in the background. Nice editing touch!

ONE WOMB ONE SHAPE ONE RESOLVE ... she gave him life, he takes hers away, one shape = o , the cycle he was given

Fun fact: Billy Howerdel (APC's guitarist) started out as a guitar tech for Adam Jones (Tool's guitarist). It's how Maynard met him and how the two became friends and eventually formed APC.

This is a very good reaction, and it helped me think more about a song I've loved for 20 years.

Incredible performance. Thank you for doing this

You guys Analyze This song so well. I've listened to this song since I was in high school and I never really truly understood it until now thank you

I'm glad y'all upload everyday. I'm stuck in Midland Texas waiting for the Mechanic to open on Monday to repair my Semi

Vin killed it on this break down. This discussion opened up my perspective massively.

Listen to perfect circle - 3 libras

This entire Red Rocks concert was amazing. But never liked how they filmed it.

I just realized how much I look forward to your reaction videos. Especially when you do Tool and APC. :3

What a great live performance, one of my favorite songs from them

MJK is the G.O.A.T. If y'all were stranded on desert island, and could only have one artist's playlist, who would it be?? Mine is Maynard hands down keep grindin' one love

this is a masterpiece from apc. definitely their best song ever in my opinion. i could be a little biased because i was in my senior year in hs when this came out and my friends and i used to get baked to this song. lol. listening to this song for the first time, while blazed and only 17, was pretty intense. haha.

I would love to see you two do an album review of both Mer de Noms and 13th Step from A Perfect Circle. Great insight!

Love the channel! I’m pretty sure that out of the songs on the Mer De Noms album, the lyrics for this one weren’t written by Maynard, but it was actually done by Billy Howerdel, because there was a demo version of this song before Maynard came into this project. Originally there was a female singer who recorded a demo of this with the same lyrics. I think the band was named from the lyrics of this song as well.

You guys finally did it! Sorry I'm on vacation and I just saw this. I will watch it later on my plane ride!

Another great reaction and discussion, thank you both. Another good APC track to check out live is “The Noose”

Hello, great analysis. Some points. 1. Orestes was about his mother, but also the birth and death cycle, the Ouroboros. He realized he was, like the snake, consuming himself by being angry. 2. The song follows Judith on Mer de Noms, and it is part of where the band's name comes from (the other part being that the band is a super group with revolving members but they come together to make something whole). 3. There is a term "kill the buddha" which basically means to take your ideas and perceptions of something and destroy that. Only then can you truly see what it is. By "destroying" the "idea of Mom" he was able to understand and see Judith Marie for who and what she was. This song is about anger but not hatred. It's about changing from one cycle to another. That's why the tempo changes from slow to fast as his resolve builds to the eventual realization that he must "cut away, clear away" this idea of mother so that they could have a better relationship.

Please react to the live version of Pushit off of Salival. Talk about a masterful live vocal performance! Also, Sori would absolutely love it!

I love this song and how you guy dove into the lyrics. I'm enjoying the vids. Keep it up.

Ernesto Schnack's version (sounding on the background after the live performance is over) is great.

A Perfect Circle - Passive

Man I almost forgot about this song. Such a melodic tone to it.

Love APC I'm going to see them in 2 weeks , awesome review!!

Billy Howerdel the guitarist actually wrote almost all of these songs, along with Maynard. Most of them already existed in some form before Maynard joined the band since Billy originally intended to be the singer.

Vin I like your honesty as well. I am glad you guys are true to yourselves rather than pandering to an audience. A Perfect Circle is more of a rock band than Tool. It's straight up verse chorus. Both bands are great, but they definitely are not for everyone. A Perfect Circle is kind of a rock super group made up of bands from the alternative scene. The guitarist is Billy, its his and Maynards band, he used to do tech work for Tool. The drummer, Josh Freese, is an amazing drummer, he mostly does studio work. I wouldn't say he is as good as Danny but he is probably more dynamic in the styles he chooses to play. He has recorded drums on dozens of albums for some of the biggest pop and rock bands. You guys should check out The Doomed by A Perfect CIrcle, it came out this year. Take a look at what Maynards up to today.

Great review!!! Can't wait for the lateralus album!!

The most amazing thing is that the content from Maynard is so painful, and Billy laments along with this guitar. Fearfully satisfying and probably APCs best live performance.

He's talking about himself and I'm loving your videos ❤

He's hostile because he wants his momma back & knows it's never gonna happen. He's angry because she was taken from him. He doesn't wanna be angry but, he is, because he's human

this was so very good:) thank you

The quality of this video looks really good!

Holy crap y'all. This has always been my favorite song by them, even though I never understood the lyrics. This discussion blew my heart and mind right open. I need to lie down for a while.

When are you guys gonna do Lateralus? Can't wait!

Was that Ernesto Schnack's cover playing in the background after you finished your playthrough? I love his acoustic version!

Digging the lighting on this~

Imma keep sayin trust me Maynard can belt it live u just haven’t seen some of his early tool live performances when he screamed the most

man, Vin's analysis on this one was next level

Manowar: Brothers of Metal pt1 or Die for Metal or Blood of the Kings Motorhead: Brave New World or Do you Belive or Ace of spade Pd good reaction

The Noose from this same show would be amazing!! Great reaction guys!

Listen to Pushit from Tool there´s a live version from the 90´s (I don´t remember exactly the year) but he pulled with that song one of his best live performances

I’m most impressed that you recall Greek literature from memory. +1 for classicism.

You haven't done 3 Libras, but my word, I wish you would. That song's got me through a lot of tough times in the past, and to be honest, all of your MJK stuff has been fantastic.

A Perfect Circle-Gravity (Amazing song and lyrics!!)

Y'all gotta do The Noose from APC great song and great lyrics for a breakdown. It's about ppl who rehab from drugs and then look down on ppl that still do.

Love the harmonies in this song

Puscifer - Agostina or Autumn. Pretty please with sugar on top :)

One of my favorite bands of all time. ❤️❤️

If you hear this live version, you never want to listen to the album version again. More that perfect !

The vocals towards the end are godly

I really should take more time to look into song meanings. Loved this one for a while now but never actually knew what the title meant until just now. So thanks for that guys!

Vin: "Can he pull that shzz off live? Everyone: YES

You should just review this whole concert. It's amazing. Trust me I was there.

Perfect song for mothers day! thanks!

Still get shivers when I hear this!

The logo is about perspective, in my opinion. If you look at the obvious, what's right in front of you, the circle appears broken. But when you're in search of a different path, you look at the negative space in the middle...

This and TalkTalk are my favorite APC tunes

I absolutely adore the small changes Maynard makes to the vocals in this live version compared to the studio. For example, the first and last time he sings "slip away and sever this," the way he sings "this" is different. He drops to a lower, more spoken sounding tone when he gets to that word, adds a bit of vibrato, and seems to shorten the note ever so slightly, as opposed to the original that sounds a bit higher with no vibrato and sounds much the same as the rest of the phrase leading up to it. Small changes like that are found throughout this live performance and I love it!

“The Doomed” A Perfect Circle has a twist lyrically on the Beatitudes. How easy it is to look down upon the sacrifices it takes to follow them, and just do what you feel.

fantastic review. His voice isn't what it used to be when he was younger but it's still fantastic. Tool - Pushit (salival version) is a live take and some of his best vocal work IMO. I can't not ask for a Karnivool review. New day or Aeons would be awesome.

Womb is a perfect circle, the circle that introduces life. 1 reason, to bring life.

Beautiful song

Great review guys! You should check out "The Outsider" and "Pet". Awesome songs. Also, new album "Eat the Elephant" is great too.

I've never heard this live before, and holyshit! Maynard never disapoints😂

To misquote Douglas Adams it's the 5th song in the trilogy. Clutch - Profits Of Doom or D.C. Sound Attack.

A Perfect Circle is touring right now, they are incredible live. Maynard’s voice is angelic. You guys must see them live. Tool is an amazing experience live too. Tool is more of a visual experience with amazing music. APC is more about Maynard’s amazing vocals.

A perfect circle-Blue

When the cds were still around as the album plays the bands logo spins into a complete circle.

Search up the alt lyrics. The song opens with a metaphor about kids playing with a parachute and how he can remember this, but struggles to remember her. A metaphor for a missing moment.

Simply breathtaking vocals by Maynard.

If you guys are down to do the live versions might I suggest The Package from this same concert?

One of my all time favorite songs

He says IDONT WANNA FEEL THIS OVERWHELMING HOSTILITY

Playing 10/20 table.. watching this video on side...having awesome time..

Billy Howerdale wrote this song. You should listen to the demo of him singing it. It’s one of the demos he was working on when him and Maynard were roommates love the videos!!!

Hope you guys have the lyrics pulled up, this is some of Maynard's finest work

Cannot wait for Lateralus album review!

I must ask... can you give me link for that acoustic cover, which is playing in the backround after the main song...?

Sori's look of indignation after Vin's "you know how it is". PRICELESS! LOL

“One more medicated peaceful moment, you’ll hear one more medicated peaceful moment. I don’t wanna feel this whole world around me, hostility. Gotta cut a way, clear a way”

The Noose is a very lyrical song . Would you kindly do a reaction video to it and grace us with your analytical break-down? Love your videos

The song correlate with the greek drama Orestes where the Olympians forced Orestes to kill his mother. Mirroring the situation of Maynard's mother. Maynard's song 10000 days was titled because it took that long for his mother to finally pass. That part gotta cut away, clear away, is a metaphor to forget that she was his mother so Maynard can finally make the decision to pull the plug and no longer have her suffer. Fantastic song my favorite band of all time.

I cannot believe apc came out in 2000. I remember it like it was yesterday

Best APC song- The outsider (live)