Old Composer REACTS to A Perfect Circle Orestes Music Reaction and Breakdown 

Maynard had a helluva stretch between APC and Tool in the early 2000s. Between them both we got Mer de Noms, Lateralus, and Thirteenth Step all in the span of three years or so. Some of the best work of his career in a relatively short time frame. Outstanding.

Always love to see more Perfect Circle on this channel. I highly recommend "The Noose" for a powerful, ethereal, wonderfully atmospheric journey from the band.

That whole first APC album was great.

"and I don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility" I get chills when I hear this part every time.

Can`t believe that it`s been 21 years since this was released. Mer De Noms istill an epic album. Billy Howerdel is playing guitar, keyboard and bass in this one btw.

The entirety of Mer De Noms was an absolute masterpiece. I still get waves of emotions and memories whenever I listen to it.

My personal fav. APC off this album my god i've belted out the lyrics to it live with tears rolling down my face a few times.. Never miss any Maynard live show

‘Gravity’ by APC was big in my musical journey. It is not going to break much ground but it’s such a gorgeous song to hear and in my opinion, one of their best. Up there with Orestes and 3 Libras

if you listen to just one more APC song it really needs to be "The Package" 🤘🤘

Hell yeah brother Geebz... another great tune by A Perfect Circle ⭕... spiral out my friend🌀.

I’m still here! If you did every single TOOL, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer song in one day and posted them, I’d watch every one in succession until I fell asleep.

Im still here. Disillusioned is another powerful track of theirs.

This song was UNBELIEVABLE live

Speaking of a “HOLLOW sound”, The Hollow is a badass track on that album. Sick melody for the chorus

The layers in vocal harmonies in this song is absolutely breathtaking.

So excited to get home from work and watch this. This is one of my favorite apc songs.

The Package is a favorite APC song of mine

Orestes (Oh-res-tees) is from Greek myth, son of Agamemnon. He killed his mother and her lover after Agamemnon came back from the Trojan War and was murdered by the two lovers. I always described the opening of this song as 'flying underwater with the sun on your wings.' The live version of this from Stone and Echo is equally incredible, maybe more so.

Please also do "Breña" by A Perfect Circle! It's their best in my opinion

I work at a psych hospital. I had really been jamming to this song, and thought it was beautiful. So, I was talking to a patient around my same age, and who liked similar music to me. I told him he should check this song out because it was really awesome. Anyway, the patient had been in various psychiatric hospitals for about 20 years, when he was in his late teens he developed schizophrenia. During an episode before he was medicated he killed his mother and father. Only later did I find out what the lyrics to this song was about.

"One more medicated peaceful moment" im still here for now

Never clicked a video so fast. My fav APC song! Absolutely beautiful song.

This is the song I should cry everytime I listen to, it's so hauntingly gorgeous. I'm still here!

Morning Geebz! Beautiful track to start your day with! Orestes is my fav song from the album Mer de Noms. Why? Because of the vibe/atmosphere, the vocal lines and the flowing rhythm...and the break is CHICKENSKIN! 🤘

"Very hollow sound" ... Speaking of that, could you react to The Hollow by APC please?

Love the Maynard James Keenan content. Always a good listen

Truly awesome song one of my favorite of Maynard's vocals from all of his projects.

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made.

I see A Perfect Circle, I updoot. It's the KISS method.

Not sure if you hit it yet but three Libras is hands down my favorite APC song It's awesome to watch you discover this wonderful group

Man, when everyone goes full volume and the harmonies hit hard... it's such a beautiful gut punch to the soul

Are you ever gonna do Tool The Grudge? that's the one I'm waiting for :(

One of the greatest voices of our generation in this band.

"The Package" by A Perfect Circle is such an underrated song.

Lyrics to this song are brutal

One of my favourite APC songs. Pure atmosphere

I've known the pronunciation to be OAR-ESS-TEES. Such a good song. Every song on the album is a name. Mer De nom= sea of names

This one and Breña were the two APC tracks I was hoping for. 🤩 Thank you so much!

Thank you god! I've been waiting for this one!

This is my favorite song from Mer De Noms. It's absolutely beautiful.

Their latest album, Eat the Elephant, feels like music to watch the world burn by. I would pitch the song/video "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish".

Just discovered your channel today. Loving the songs you do. I’m stuck in the early 00’s Metal. Dillinger Escape Plan, Isis, Converge, Botch, Mastodon, etc. I’d love any reactions from these guys.

Orestes always reminded me of Duran Durans Come Undone, i think because of his voice and that "fretless" bass feeling tone

Fun story about this album. When I was 16, (I am 36 now) I got my first car. I got a gift certificate to Radio City to get a cd player and good speakers. I waited 6 hours in the lounge just waiting with baited breath. When my car was ready, this was the first album I put in. I cranked it all 45 minutes home. I remember that day so well. Every time I hear a song from this album, I’m brought back to that day at Radio City in the lounge and driving home on route 4. Ah, to be young again.

This is the first APC song I ever heard. Still probably my favorite. And Brena

Red Rocks live is life changing. I think it's my favorite live ever.

Highly recommend the live version!!! So much more emotion which gives more meaning to the composition

When this first came out, it was during one of my first pretty severe depressive cycle. I used "one more medicated peaceful moment" as a preface to my poetry book required by my college creative writing class. To this day, this has SUCH a huge impact on my life. I listen to it whenever I'm either about to or am cycling. It gives me the strength to keep going on instead of hurting myself or someone else. A huge part of my musical soundtrack of life.

I love these reviews, and it's so awesome to come to the comments and see everyone's personal music recommendations

OMG taken back to the times when this was released, what an emotional journey. With your elaborated 'bonus tracks' in the middle adding the 'rational' reasons why we were so overwhelmed back then, and still are.

I actually prefer the live at red rocks over the album. Such a powerful performance.

Still here, love stopping by to see what you're decomposing next!

I'm still watching! Pet, Breña, The Noose, Eat the Elephant. Any of those songs would be great!

I was introduced to Tool in my early 20's. (that was a very long time ago..lol) I absolutely loved the group. Had no idea he had been singing with a different band. I had heard of this group, but didn't think anything of it until I found your channel. So this has been a journey for me as well, finding new music from him. Thanks for doing what you do. I like hearing how you break down the music, helps me hear what you hear. Brings more life to the music.

“The Hollow” is probably my favorite song on this album. The entire album is awesome, though.

This was my favorite music experience. When this thing came out I listened to it every track over and over for months.

The live version of this at Red Rock is amazing too! Great review mate!

A song from A Perfect Circle's "The Thirteenth Step" could be an interesting dive for the APC decomposition, my favorite track off that one is The Package. Great bass tones, fun spaced out drum rhythms and James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins on guitar doing some beautiful clean electric work. Very vulnerable tones in Maynard's singing.

You should check out the Live at Red Rocks (Stone and Echo) version of this song. Its amazing.

Nice can’t wait to watch this! Please dinDescending by Tool soon man! I can’t wait for you to hear the GONGGGGG!!!!!!

I'm still here. This album is fricking sensational. Thanks for breaking down my favourite tracks!

This is one of my favourite APC songs, Maynard's voice is just beautiful - love I particularly love the final 'slip away and sever thi-i-i-i-s...''. I saw them live in Manchester when Thirteenth Step was released and it was strangely the most chilled gig I've ever been to. We sat up in the balconies and I remained seated throughout just soaking up the experience while the mosh pit was banging below lol

May I please recommend "Feathers " by A perfect circle. Thank you for the great review. 😇☕

Was quietly watching the channel for some time now, thought to drop a comment and show my appreciation. Happy you did this awesome song. Warm greetings from south germany.

Mer de Noms came out around the time I had a really bad breakup. I spent many nights belting out these songs in my car just driving. Thank you for doing these reactions. Maynard's voice puts shape to my own emotional states like no other artist and your breakdowns really have helped me appreciate his artistry even more. I'm grateful.

I saw them in concert with NIN on The Fragile tour when only Judith had been released on the radio. I left the show with this being my favorite APC song after never hearing it before. The build is just fantastic. Great vid as always!

Maynard could sing the phonebook and it would sound great. Simply a amazing vocalist. And his songwriting ability is pretty dam good as well!

Your reactions are BY FAR AND AWAY the best I have had the pleasure of viewing.

“You suck as a singer, you shall compose” Well I didn’t know I was going to be attacked this morning 😂

Need to react to descending by tool. It's a masterpiece

haunting, beautiful, and an odd peacefulness. I've heard this song countless times and it still gives me chills every time, especially with headphones or if you just focus on the song it will just envelope you and sweep you away for a moment. that's music is all about and supposed to do. Maynard you slayed it...thank you for your artistry.

Don’t remember when or where I read this... but makes a lot of sense. Judith- Maynard’s anger about Judith being ill and still loving her religion, Orestes- Maynard’s anger/sadness about taking his mother off life support “this umbilical residue keeping me from killing you” and Three Libras- about some family members who didn’t care about Judith/Maynard until after she died and his distain over their behavior. Thanks for this one Geebz. One of my favs!! Always “still here”!!!

Only brilliant musicians/ songwriters could produce this incredible music.

Tool fan here - APC and especially this album has absolutely epic harmonies and layered vox! Some of the best I've ever been blessed to listen to

My absolute favourite A Perfect Circle song. Thank you kindly (also I'm still here).

I remember living in my first apartment back in 2001. The first track I played on my HiFi in that apartment- at full blast- was Orestes.

Oh I'm so happy you reacted to this track! One of my favorites of all time from APC.

Pronunciation is Or-ess-tees (or even Arrestees); he is Agamemnon's son, Electra's brother, from Greek mythology. The name means "stands on a mountain." The most complete surviving Greek tragedies are Aeschylus' trilogy of plays called the 'Oresteia', concerning Agamemnon's family history after he returns from the Trojan War, of which Orestes plays a key role. Orestes' place in Greek myth is that of one beset by The Furies and driven to madness for the violation of family ties -- he kills his mother to avenge his father. Thus very clear references to matricide in this Perfect Circle song!

I'M STILL HERE. APC cover of WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS.

A beautiful track...along with many more to come with this band! 🤘

Another great choice Geebz. Thanks for this one 🙌 Breña, off the same album, is really beautiful too ;)

Happy easter! I just came home from a visit to my family, and I saw this notification a few days ago. The second I got home, I turned on my pc, and I was like "I gotta hear this." I hope one day we get to Magdalena too. It's my favorite song from that album.

--- I think what I enjoy most about watching your videos, is genuinely your reactions. Because I see you go "wow, that was a neat little trick right there" and I think, "yes, you're spot on, that *was a neat trick! You noticed!" Or I see your eyes widen, and I go, yeah me too! And when you start talking about arrangements and theory and musical psychology, I'm right there going, "Oh my God, he gets it, this is so flipping cool"... because I've always felt so incredibly alone. Itty-bitty music nerd, not even five rulers tall, "hulking out" over how powerful some song is while my friend stares back at me after I play it for them: me all big cow eyes, soul laid out on the cliffhanger of Will I Be Recognized This Time... and them, perfectly innocent of any and all actual crimes, looking at me with nothing but Good Intentions and saying, "that was good" or worse, "it was ok..." ... why not just pull out a spoon, and cut my heart out... But you? You get it. Thank you. Aloha. Ohana.

Yes! One of my favorite APC songs ever. In terms of softer songs that APC has, my favorite!

I’m still here! Listen to the Noose, the doomed, eat the elephant, passive, so so many!!!

Yesss!!! This song is one of my top favorite songs of any genre!!!

Thanks for what you do my friend. For the people who are loners, you give us company; while listening to our favorite songs, we are not entirely alone. Thank you geebz

"You suck as a singer. You shall compose." Epic.

Oh my god yes. This is my favorite APC song. Thank you so much for doing it.

I automatically like the video before hitting play. And had to rush to comment too. Thank you once again for doing APC. I honestly don't mind what sing comes next. I love them that much. I'm sure anything people recommend will do fine and eventually you'll do the ones I enjoy the most (hopefully). So thank you! I love your channel. Always a smile even today after i was feeling down and this lockdown situation in London isn't getting easier. Bored as hell.

This is my favorite APC song. Maynard can sound like an angel or a beast and I love him for that. No matter what, he always understands the assignment.

For a completely different APC song, you should do “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish”. So upbeat, but a very ominous message. And staying with the Maynard theme, “Humbling River” by Puscifer is incredible. Love the channel! Aloha!!

This song has been a part of the soundtrack of my life for over 20 years now, and sitting here listening along with you, I put on my Geebz ears. I had never noticed the guitar shifting left to right, but picked up on it right away and knew it was something you would bring up on your first listen. Thanks for giving me a new way to appreciate music, I have picked up on a few other things in different songs now that I am paying more attention to the production.

LUV this song 🎵

This is my favorite song of all time. Thank you!

Thank you finally! Love this song! Please do BRENA from the same album.....

I'm still here! I'm iffy when it comes to other artists but I watch every one of your 'Maynard journey' videos to the very end. Someone here mentioned APC's Disillusioned, which is a great song indeed. I'm still holding out hope for Puscifer's Bread and Circus or The Underwhelming. Thanks for another great vid!

I would love to see The Noose because of personal impact that song has had. I get goosebumps every time.

I'm still here! Here for all of it, man! I just can't get enough of your perspectives and insights into my favorite tunes!

You're awesome man, loving your vids and insights to things most of us probably missed.