🎧💭 Amy Lee of Evanescence is my "anytime" voice. And I can't remember which Incubus song you did first, however, I would recommend Drive, Wish You Were Here, Dig, Anna Molly, and my personal #1 favorite, Warning ❤😁 I'd also like to add that this is a really cool but different arrangement of this song. The video is great too. And lastly.. Brandon has aged 😏SOOO well. Definitely look him up and his beautiful art work❤
I love your critiques. I just watched your Poets of the Fall analysis before this. If you want to analyze another one of theirs, listen to "The Poet and the Muse". It is from a video game called Alan Wake(great game). In the video game, the band is called "Old Gods of Asgard" which is actually Poets of the Fall who did the music for the game. The lyrics might not make sense as it directly plays a part in the story of the game, however the song is an fantastic example of their talent.
Drive by Incubus is great or Mexico. Incubus, old No Doubt songs, or Evanescence are my favorite voices. Also Lacey from Flyleaf. Again by Flyleaf is a great song to deepdive on.
Will always adore this band! Glad to see someone take a look at this specific performance. I still have the DVD for this and glad to see people still appreciating it so many years later
Please, please, please try to get a Tea Time Interview with Brandon. I'm sure you would love that as much as we would, and Brandon seems like the kind of person who would definitely be open to this.
TRUTH It’s wild realizing my idolatry in college (completely sparred due to this song being on the radio a. lot. then) was actually not just a fascination in tonal quality, or body vibe syncing with music, or how beautiful he looks with his eyes closed… or open wide…. Well you see where this goes 😂😂 (Ok, then discovering s.c.i.e.n.c.e shortly thereafter and due to it not leaving my portable player became the soundtrack to a 10 day family vacation in London, so there’s levels)
That falsetto Brandon hits during the bridge instantly made this the de facto version of the song for me. Wish this whole set was on streaming services.
You can watch the moment she starts falling in love with Brandon Boyd.. and Then he goes into the falsettos and she falls in love again.. it’s so relatable. We get it girl.. we get it. One of my top favorite songs ever. 🖤🖤🖤 I’m scared for her when she discovers his live sets shirtless…
The power of BB is real! 😂😂 Watching her swoon has me reliving my 19yr old reaction to discovering the beauty that is Brandon in 2000, and still in 2023.
One of my favorite vocals of all time. There was a dvd of that recording. While in studio they let you hear just the vocal without the other tracks. So clean
I think you would lose your mind over "Warning", also covered in these same Morning View Sessions. Gorgeous vocals and plenty of close-ups of Brandon for you to geek out over his mouth shapes.
As a drummer and incubus fan I cannot agree more with this comment. Jose is a complete machine and uses so many subtle techniques that I think make the music so full but are missed by many pure listeners.
@@corriegillett2536 I’m not a drummer but some of the things he does remind me of Stewart Copeland who’s style also did so much for The Police’s sound. Brilliant little unexpected things thrown in that add so much to the overall songs.
As somebody who loves to sing and is a **diehard** Incubus fan, I love seeing you analyze Brandon's voice and that you love it so much!! Brandon is my biggest hero, he inspired me to draw and sing again after I quit for years due to bullying. I've seen them live 4 times and have met Brandon twice. He's not just an incredible singer...he's a talented visual artist, and one of the most kind and down to earth people I've ever met!
I saw them a few years back before the pandemic hit, and they were literally PERFECT. As an avid metal head who generally isn't a fan of the alternative rock style, Incubus is beyond Stellar (See what I did there)
Anyone else love when she gets excited and starts to lean forward and looks like she starts to rise off her chair? Like she is floating off into the music. This entire performance was phenomenal btw.
I absolutely love her passion for the craft. Not many people have that fire and maybe a hint of "innocence" in her interpretations. All of Elizabeth's videos have made me feel more deeply about the music I have been listening to for decades.
As a fun side note, the "synth sound" you take note of at 20:50 is actually Mike Einziger's guitar tone with some sustain and delay on it. He's known for crafting these very lovely sounds with his amps and pedals. :)
@@Meshuga63 literally all of them. Jose was doing some performances of their songs live at home solo during Covid and it really showed how solid and purposeful his playing is/was. One of the best and most underrated bands.
I knew she was hooked when she did her first video of Incubus. You could see her starting to fall, especially for Brandon. 😂 I know that giddiness firsthand. She is 19 yr old me in 2000. 😍
Dig is definitely another one that needs to be looked at. Incubus has long been one of my favorite bands, and Dig is easily one of Brandon's best vocal performances. Additionally the message in the song is VERY good, and one I think you would enjoy as well.
If you watch the full concert, you'll notice that in the background behind the singer, there's a drunk guy in red pants that knows the words to every song.
Elizabeth… I have one for you 11 AM, by Incubus from this same line of live performance by them. It’s a song that showcases Brandon’s falsetto with lower tones, it has such a groovy melodic tone, it will sway you up and down like a roller coaster. It’s one of my absolute favorite songs from their second album Morning View, KEEP UP INCUBUS 🤘🏻♥️ Right now my anytime voice is Vessel from Sleep Token currently lol
Not seeing a lotta people suggest it but the song New Skin is what got me into Incubus back in the late 90s. Brandon Boyd has such an incredible vocal performance in that song.
@@jakedixon6360 actually the same for me. It was in a PlayStation game. I think it was test drive off road 1 or 2. I found out what the song was and bought science. Though I can say I became a huge super fan was until make yourself. Now that could be timing. Make yourself came out when I was in high school along with marijuana. That 3 album run of science to morning view is hard to beat. Once dirk left the band they lost something. No offense to Ben Kinney. He’s an amazing musician but it just wasn’t the right fit in my opinion. Crow left of the murder was the last album of theirs I bought
Brandon has said in interviews that with each album he just tries to make it more difficult for himself vocally to just allow his voice rise to the challenge. I find one of his best ever vocals to be in the "if not now when" song. I recommend you listening to that one next! And also he’s my every time voice, since I was 3. I have learn so much about singing from him ❤
Watching you nerd out while reacting to Brandon Boyd really threw me back to how I felt when I first heard them and watching them live. Such a fun trip down memory lane 😊
Brandon is such a dream, his voice is amazing and Incubus have some of the most dynamic amazing songs. Are You In? is my personal favorite, Aqueous Transitions is also amazing.
"Love Hurts" by Incubus is the song that got me into them back in like 2008. It was a free 1080p live video showcased on the Playstation network. His voice was so hauntingly beautiful live that it pulled me in.
The Morning View album is full of great Brandon Boyd vocals. Some of my favorites are.. "11am" "Mexico" and "Aqueous Transmission". Please continue with the Incubus reactions!!! They are an incredibly talented band and I don't think they get enough credit for their pure talent and beautiful tones. Also their albums, "Make Yourself" and "A Crow Left of the Murder" are just incredible and very different in each. Thank you for everything you do!! I love your videos so much!
Incubus will always be my number 1 most underrated band. So much style and talent. Amongst all the Numetal noise they were doing their thing, doing it well
Preach! Brandon doesn’t have the flashy, fake personality though, total opposite, which wouldn’t go well with trying to market them to the masses. You just see them live and fall in love & I’d imagine they like knowing their fans really are their ride or die ones.
I don't exactly know why, but a lot of my friends convinced me that they were just trashy pop rock, and so it took me a few years to actually listen to them myself and was blown away by their rock sound.
You have insanely accurate observations of how a word is pronounced. The precision..... Incubus are one of the cleanest sounding live bands i have ever seen/heard.
20 years ago the girls I was crushing on in middle school were all infatuated with Brandon Boyd. I pretended not to be jealous. I was quite jealous. At the risk of my retraumatization, I sincerely enjoy appreciating his incredible talent through your analysis. :)
I think what I love most about this band is they sound a lot like the studio recording but in a lot of ways even better live. Shows they don't need to do a lot of correction post and can actually do it live.
Especially this session. Really intimate, as if they're jamming, but still with the power that they have for their bigger shows. Brandon's really clear here, but still distinct from the studio recording.
I was blessed to be in high school during the early 2000's and saw them live in their prime and got and still do get goosebumps thinking about. Everyone knew Brandon was a god; Glad to see them get more love
Brandon has a great sense of rhythm because he actually plays percussion (djembe, bongo) and sometimes plays in some songs! "New Skin" is one of those songs, there's a Morning View Session performance too :)
“Sing like a drummer” is such a cool way to describe it. That makes it sound like it should be bombastic until you think about how many different types of sounds can come from drums. Definitely should be explored.
My bets on your favorites are still going to be "just a phase" "the warmth" " Mexico". Please stay with the morning view sessions performances! Live at red rocks was good to but the intimacy, ambiance, and overall performance of morning view sessions was the best
@@ajaehall7695 the whole performance really was a master class especially from knowing the studio recordings and hearing all the changes they made to the arrangements in Morning View Sessions just shows how next level they are as a band
While FAR from their most popular song/album, the song “If Not Now, When?” is Brandon’s absolute vocal peak. It’s incredible his range, control, and emotion.
You should check out "The Warmth". I really liked the early Incubus, but this is when I fell in love with them. To this day one of my Top 5 Songs of all time...
Hundreds of hours of my life have been spent listening to incubus! These guys inspired me to get into playing music in jr high. Brandons lyrics are so underrated, one of the best writers.
Incubus was a big part of my childhood in the early 2000s. I finally dug into their whole body of work around when Covid hit- they got me through it all. I’ve now seen them live 5 times: including their 2022 Red Rocks show. I’ve met so many incredible people BECAUSE of them, made friends, and even met them, and they are SO kind. It was so hot in Atlanta, and Brandon gave me his water, while they all lectured my friends on the importance of hydration and happily handed over the rest of their waters😅- they’re amazing, in every way, and they deserve all their flowers.
My favorite song of them was Drive. It was easy to play on guitar around the campfire on the beach. I guess incubus was a very popular group with the surfer crowd, at least in Latin America it was. It was catchy and and probably their most popular song at the time.
I’ve been listening to Incubus for years but looked at it differently only after your video. Thank you for making me realise how the whole band is super precise here. It’s not only Brandon but every band member doing lots of small things that contribute to the overall sound. Makes you realise how details is everything!
Drive is one of my favorite songs by Incubus. I used to use a short little guitar riff from that song as the text alert on my phone back in the day. I also agree that Incubus is a good "anytime" band. Another good "anytime" band for me is A Perfect Circle. Similar in the sense that they aren't too heavy, and have a little bit more of an "easy listening" type vibe.
While working in a recording studio around 2012 came across a DVD of Incubus. They were traveling to different countries and playing with local musicians from the area. What a truly amazing band, so adaptable and present in each moment. Don't know what it was called, just exceptional music. Big fan of the group at seventy years old.
I wonder if you've noticed the unique way Brandon works with the mic. It's not that noticeable throughout most of the song due to the camera angle, but it's very visible in the last chorus. Just watch how he moves the mic to and away from his mouth with each note he sings and the precision of these movements - he knows EXACTLY where to place the mic to best fit each sound and pitch in order to avoid drops and spikes in volume. This is basically manual sound compression, and although many singers do it to an extent depending on a certain microphone type, I've never seen anyone do it with such calculated precision. I very much recommend watching their live performance of the song "Rogues" where Brandon's vocals and mic technique are on full display.
I remember listening to this album for an entire year. Make Yourself didn't leave my Sony Discman at any point during 2000. Really one of my all-time favorite albums. So many incredible tracks. Pardon Me, Out From Under, Make Yourself, The Warmth, Stellar, Drive...every song feels unique and different. Some days are "Pardon Me" days, other days are "Privilege" days. Feels like there's a song for every mood in that album.
You should give Time Lapse Consortium “Green” it’s the band from Incubus with an orchestra, but when they cover green Brandon comes out and sings. It’s amazing.
Brandon Boyd is such a talented soul. Oh and his ballads.... Swoon. 🤤😌 Stellar and I Miss You are my faves. ❤️Full band mode is great but the acoustic versions are so sweet. Brandon is one of my anytime voices. So is Corvyx who you should DEFINITELY check out. His vocals will get ya in your feels!
PLEASE do "Drive" from Incubus. I'm not the hugest Incubus fan, being a metal head from birth, but the lyrical content in this song is special to me. It has been, and still is a go to song for me when my depression takes me down to the depths. "Drive" pulls me back up and reminds me that I'm the one that has to "Grab the wheel and Drive!" I'm sincerely curious to hear your "voice" on this song. Whether you know it or not, your "reactions" carry more weight than you might realize... Take that for what it's worth, from 1 headbanger to a spoiledbymetal angel. 😇🤘😁
Incubus helped motivate me after my divorce. Power walks with them in my earbuds gave me so much strength. As a teenage lead singer in a garage band, with a mother who was a trained vocalist and taught me what she knew, and true feeling of the soul connection to a beautiful voice, Incubus pumps me every single time I listen to any of their songs.
I'm really happy to see you cover Brandon Boyd. I have always appreciated his lyricism, philosophy, and melodies, even when I grew to realize his technique isn't flawless. They do their own thing, even to this day, and seem to genuinely enjoy making music.
Maynard James Keenan (along with Brandon) would be my anytime voice. Between Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer ... he hits everything a vocalist can do! I LOVE your analysis of this song BTW... your observations add so much to a song I have literally heard over a thousand times. THANK YOU!!!
Totally agree with the "anytime voice" take! His voice is so universal that I find myself listening to them no matter what I feel. It also helps that the other members of the band and their sound have this "universal feel" to them. Also, his live vocal performances sound exactly like the studio albums. His vocal prowess is part of what differentiates them from their contemporaries. It is such a treat to watch them live cause you know you'd be getting your money's worth. They're one of the most underrated bands of their era.
As a guitar player, Ive always loved mike for delivering truly ground breaking guitar tones and techniques, and I always could sort of understand what was going on. But for Brandon I never could capture what technically makes him truly remarkable and youve nailed it with the diction, breath placement, etc. Thanks for this video for one of my fav bands!
20:50 'I looove the synthesizer sooundz' Actually no, I believe. That was Mike Einziger creating one of his 'swells', proving he is not just into metal style power chords (chorus) but he takes the role of a keyboardist as well. His playing is as unique as Brandon's singing is. And not to forget the splendid rhythm guys on bass and drums. This song is capturing at once, but also genius when you look at the details. For me criteria of good music regardless of style.
@@elmarmichels2814 you nailed it! All of those sounds in this live performance are mike using his phasers in different combinations. Mikes got such versatility to do metal riffs, funk riffs, and things you never even thought LOL. Truly a worldclass band from top to bottom talent all over the place!
We may not always know why things are special, but we can feel it. Incubus was one of the best live shows I've ever been to. Sounded almost exactly like the album, obviously not a backing track, incredible show, such unique styles of playing and singing.
You’re absolutely right. I saw them in 2001 after morning view came out. That still one of the best shows I’ve been to. But it was the first show from a major band I had been to. It ruined me for a bit. I thought everyone sounded like shit after that. After a few shows I realized imcubus was just the exception
I've been waiting for this one. Also, this won't be a popular opinion but I'd love a reaction to "Aqueous Transmission" by Incubus. It's my go to relaxing song.
Incubus and Boyd are still in my top 5 bands for their genre. Morning View and Make Yourself are TIMELESS masterpieces. Another one of my favorite songs of Incubus is "Dig". Great vvocals there too!
I love this band. Brandon Boyd is so poetic with his lyrics and he's like extreme eye candy. One of my first crushes in high school! 😍 Amazing voice. You should do Southern Girl, 11am, Mexico, Dig, Drive, Anna Molly, Here in my room, Just a Phase..
Super validating to watch this. I grew up on Incubus and listened to Make Yourself and Morning View literally hundreds of times each if not thousands. And Brandon Boyd of that era is my favorite voice ever.
There's an acoustic version of this that's amazing. It's the only song I ever called a radio station to request. Definitely worth a listen offline sometime.
You describing Boyd's voice as an "anytime voice" makes my day. The album this is from, Make Yourself, is my absolute favorite album. I could listen to it every day, yet only be able to critique it regarding how it fit into my life at the time. This is my second-favorite song, after "The Warmth," also in The Morning View Sessions. While the whole album is a gem, maybe check that out? Also, if you like the turntable work here, please, if only in your own time, listen to "Battlestar Scralatchtica." Not a lot of vocals, but worth a listen!
Love Brandon Boyd, love Incubus. He's one of the many singers influenced by Mike Patton (1st Incubus record, Fungus Amongus is literally Mr. Bungle 2.0), but he developed so much as a singer over the years and he kept that vocal quality to this day. So much strength and melody in his voice...
The tunes that sound like synthesizers are indeed guitar effects! Mike Einziger uses a crazy amount of pedal effects and combines them in inusual ways to create that unique Incubus sound.
So many good Incubus songs. I'd like to see her check out A Certain Shade of Green so she can see how Brandons voice blends with more intense sounds from the rest of the band.
I love how you articulate why the sounds we hear are so affecting. Incubus was a mainstay of my high school years in the late 90s and you absolutely nailed why I loved them so much.
Brandon is definitely a top “anytime voice” for me too. Another favorite that I can listen to anytime is Tori Amos. Her unique live performance range is definitely worth a deep dive. Precious Things is my favorite song of all time ❤
Warning, Anna Molly, Aqueous Transmission, and Certain Shade of Green are all wonderful tracks from these fellas I think you'd like. Also I'd love to see you get into Blue October some time. Weight of the world live would be great for vocal analysis but honestly you can probably go nuts. A lot of their songs are powerfully emotional so just be prepared for that.
If you haven't heard "Circles" yet, you're in for a complete treat. I love your videos and analysis, it has really made me appreciate the art of composition more and how to truly enjoy the music. Also, how well a quality pair of headphones can change things and really make one hear the subtle things in the composition which make the music even greater. For that, thank You.
I love Incubus and their evolution throughout their first several albums. They have a wonderful since of humor and are extremely talented and innovative! I have loved this song for decades, but never realized what a positive message the lyrics actually have. I just realized the other day that he's talking about burning and being reborn like a phoenix!
i've always loved incubus since i first heard them, i was at the age that their first albums fit my life and later when they slightly changed their music it fit with me too. see someone with vast musical knowledge breakdown the nuance of how he signs is fantastic, i just like it cause it all sounds fantastic as a whole
One of my favourite songs of theirs is called "Just A Phase", quite underrated... It's an incredible showcase of Brandons vocals, and the band as a whole really shines through. There is a Morning View Sessions perfomance as well :)
I love how his intonation/tone/rhythm evokes images of flames and fire with every fire-related word he uses. "Combustion" in the first verse and "burn" and "burst" in the chorus are excellent examples.
When you commented on kilmores solo and how he creates the pitch changes; it’s partially his speed control, but also in that, he presses his own sound fx and music to wax for his solos, as well as, he’s hooked up to as many fx pedals and stuff that Mike and Alex are.
I can never get tired of listening to this song, Brandon's vocals are epic, you were mentioning about the synth sounds, that would be Mike Einziger, the guitarist, some of the stuff he does with a guitar is insane. (also fun fact, Mike wrote the guitar parts in the Avicii song Wake me up)
Yeah. He strikes the chord with the volume off on his guitar and turning the volume up gives you that soft fade in sound. It's a pain to do because striking the chord before the beat you want the sound is tricky.
As far as the DJ changing pitch, it can be attained by drifting where he is scratching, he is maintaining the speed back and forth but moving 6-9 o’clock to 8-11 o’clock, as the music on the record has a different pitch on it already. His ability to replicate exactly what he does on the recording, live is wild. He is able to adjust to find the exact spot in a way that is almost unbelievable.
