Note: I used the Official Video via RU-vid, but the video I posted originally got blocked. So, I re-edited with the audio only, using the album cover instead. I think it still works, since I really didn't react much to the visual content in the video. That's why the audio version of this song is what it is.
Hey Doug, the visuals aren't particularly relevant to your reaction but I think the audio version you listened to was a cut of the album version. This is different to the link you posted and the song you reacted to: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1fKlgxSKNdU.html
They could implement some "Spotify controller" and I pair it with the Spotify account (or offical YT video). So you will only use the controller: search, play, pause, skip etc. But still that is copy - terror - right - ing.
@@RRMikeP when i seen them live in 2002 they started floods but then cut into f'n hostile. Heavy lineup morbid angel soulfly nothingface etc. Was bummed. Floods is one of my faves
@@sgtbigballs666I've always found it too short myself, so I made a tribute version of the outro with added piano and violins for a different feel. Check it out on my channel, if you are a fan, you should enjoy it! PanterA forever \m/
Unfortunately this is not the album version. This is a short version. The album version has a solo at the end that would’ve been interesting to hear your reaction to.
Yeeeees first thing I noticed! And it was missing a really badass uptempo riff at 2:48 followed by the half time riff before the solo. This was the shorter radio edit I believe. Shame, I think you would have enjoyed the complete piece more and not felt like it ended quite so soon!
Doug would probably dig "Floods" and "The Sleep" They have some interesting things going on harmonically on these 2 songs, not the mention the amazing solos and vocals
Floods is great. I remember my friend saying he didn't get why Dimebag was so revered, after which i played him the song. He was amazed. Dime pretty much does a little demonstration of every possible sound you can choke out of a guitar in a single song, it's beautiful.
Dude, no one ever mentions The Sleep! Its one of Dime's best solos and one of my all time favorite Pantera songs. I distinctly remember the first time I heard it and thinking how Dime was the the greatest guitar player to ever live, and that opinion is still the same over 30 years later.
@@dimefan1178 hell yeah 🤘 I think it's my favorite Pantera solo. To me, the verse and chorus are not as good as the solos and intro, maybe that's why it's such an underrated song
A little bit sad you seemed to go for the radio edit. There's a whole other solo and that ending section appears in the middle too... But then it's the fault of whoever labeled the video, for not making that clear. Another thing about the harmonic style of Pantera, they tune slightly lower than standard pitch. Not quite like the A=432 conspiracy stuff, just they felt like this slightly-lower tuning was more like their heroes in Van Halen, who also didn't quite tune to A=440. A favourite of mine from this band you should check out is "Floods". Some really great chord progressions and unexpected tonal shifts in there. As for whether Phil Anselmo's views have "softened"... you might not want to read too much into it 😬
Yeah, that's what the entire song builds up to! Whoever thought you could cut that for the radio was having a bad headtrip. I'm going to re-listen the full version for that.
@@StormbringerI where did I say anything about racism? That said, I don't even think his fans and most ardent defenders can deny that the guy is still brutally pissed off and a massive edgelord. Seemingly, along with most of his fans. 🙄
Phil is a very complex guy. He struggles with being close to people. He had a very unpleasant and rough upbringing. He has always came across abrasive. I have been a Pantera fan since the beginning of their career, and have always wanted to just give Phil a hug and tell him all will be ok. Thanks for giving this type of music a chance. You keep on with your Metal Mondays🎸
Dime grew up with a Texan/Blues upbringing with his farther being a record producer for many top Texan artists, Dime sitting in the studio watching these great blues guitarists come in and record for his dad no doubt influenced him massively.
new here...when i seen you start to headbang i cracked the biggest smile. This is the same way we all got started....Pantera FTMFW!!! thanks for doing these. Fun video to watch :)
This Love is 6 minutes 32 seconds. You didnt hear the full song. This song never left the setlist. You should do a bonus reaction and listen to THIS LOVE off their Granmy nominated, GOLD certified, OFFICIAL LIVE 101 PROOF album.
We got them to play this song at a high school dance. They had no idea. Everyone started slow dancing with their ladies and when the heavy part kicked in the mosh pit came out of the crowd. It destroyed everyone in a flury of flying slow dancers. It was epic. The moshers got kicked out of the dance. Memories...
Doug out here making Mondays something to look forward to! PANTERA \m/ Also, you should check out "Down - Stone The Crow" That is Phil's early stuff and that song is such a jam!
Wish we had music teachers JUST LIKE HIM. In every school, with this level of intelligence and open mind. Doug H. Is What i consider an absolute master, at a true doctorate level in music. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🤘
I think you could tell something was missing from this song. This was the radio edit, not the studio track. That half time section is cut out of the middle, and the fade out goes longer on the album.
This Love is a beautiful song, but I suggest you to check Floods and/or Hollow, in my humble opinion it would be way more interesting for you to listen to them. Still great job Doug, always a pleasure to see a new video of yours. Probably you already heard it and I missed it but aside from pantera I would like to suggest Breaking all Illusion from Dream Theater's "A dramatic turn of events". Cheers from Italy 🇮🇹
As a 15 year old kid in 1993 myself & 2 buddies saw them @ the Roseland in NYC. This song was the only song I was NOT in the pit for, for good reason. Heard the opening notes and waded to the side. Smart move.
Just been getting into your channel recently. I have to say that when you started headbanging in the second chorus that was pure joy! Great work Doug :)
Agreed. The long sustained scream after no more head trips is so much better. It is so weird to hear that get cut out entirely. This edit shouldn't even exist, IMHO.
I have to say you have hit the nail on the head, Pantera wrote the lyrics and the music to portray the feelings of what they were writing about, all of their music is written, sang and performed extremely emotional. The power and intricacy of the performance is so musically progressive. I think one thing you never mentioned, something I've noticed but each part of the song seems to feel like you have this consistency without overwhelming you with their skill and ability and by the last part of the song they are throwing more of the intensity of the playing, vocals, skill level, throwing it all at you. Much of their music is that way. I think you would love the way Cowboy's from Hell progresses. The guitar and bass seems to have a raw power to them I just don't hear in music today. They've gotten a lot of the heads cleaner sounding and I just think there is something we are missing when we don't hear that. It takes a power out of the guitars we used to get back in the late 80's early 90's. Thank you again. Great channel.
I love that you are opening up to metal in general. As someone who listens to many many different genres of music, I think they all have a place in the lexicon of music. And I'm quite glad to be onboard for your journey!
A lot of people already said it in the comments, I will follow them: the song "Floods" could be interesting too. Thank you again for your reaction videos.
On the livestream, people were making recommendations for female-fronted metal bands. I really believe you'd enjoy Seven Spires. All the members met at music college. Symphonic metal with elements of lots of other genres, including jazz. Please listen to "The Cabaret of Dreams" off their first album. Absolutely amazing and unique. Thanks!
Don't be ashamed you didn't heard back then in the 90's. Neither did I. This was a new thing to me. Thanks for helping me through. Like your ending remark about finding your way into that kind of music. Actually I'm really impressed by the way you are so open and curious and jumps around in styles/genres as well as different decades. I think that is demanding.
Doug! I'm new to you tube and this great music community I'm finding. I really dig u and ur groups energy. And ur knowledge and ear is top notch. Thank you for sharing ur knowledge. 🎸🎸
What blew my mind about this song … when I heard these chords transcend mediums as they powered my way to victory playing Doom 2 in the mid 90’s!!! RIP Dimebag and Vinnie Paul
Neat observation about throughout the song, vacillating back and forth by half steps conveying indecision. Then right at the end, to full steps - "The decision has been made"
Dime and Vinnies dad owned a studio and recorded a lot of Texas blues and country there. Dime especially spent a lot of time listening to these blues musicians and it comes through in his playin, ESPECIALLY in his feel in his solos. BTW this is the radio edit of this song. It cuts out and entire section. Listen to the studio version.
There's a Pantera song from before this album that (by my best guess) was supposed to be on Cowboys From Hell. The song is called "Will To Survive". A more learned fan could might be able to tell you more. I don't know if it would have fit on the CFH album, Power Metal or (horror of horror) the I Am The Night album with their former singer. The pre-Cowboys From Hell life is a topic for a whole other discussion in a different place. The point being about the song "Will To Survive" is there's a riff in the song the Darrel (Dime/Dimebag) repurposed for "This Love". At 05:54 (of THIS video) they go into the fast moving tritone bridge riff. That riff was lifted almost note for note from "Will To Survive". Two very different songs with the same riff in it. I love the song WTS and I wish it had been given a full release, but it wasn't to be for whatever reason. You can still find it here on the Tube. Just a suggestion, but somewhere down the road you might cover WTS and compare it with This Love and point out the similar riff usage. Same band, same Abbott Brothers and company, but in two diametrically different songs.
I always hated metals tendency towards harsh sounding progressions and half steps where, from a rock music perspective, it should resolve elsewhere. I got into Iron Maiden and Judas Priest because it wasn't metal in that sense. After many years, I gave Metallica a fair listen and when you take the time to appreciate the more complex stuff they do, it takes the edge off a little and while I'm not someone that can listen to anything metal, I get it and it's basically a way of the bands in the genre distancing themselves from the mainstream. It's meant to be uncomfortable, but also give you the complexities and sprinklings of melody as a reward. Became a huge Pantera fan about 6 years ago. Floods is something Doug should check out. Not super complex or interesting from a composition standpoint, but some beautiful melodies in Dimes playing and really heavy lyrics. Can't talk about Pantera without ending with RIP Vinnie and Dimebag.
I've never been much of a fan of what I refer to bands like this as "Cookie Monster rock". Years ago, I had a rough breakup with an ex, and VDOP somehow made it into my rotation. It was very theraputic at the time, so it holds some nostalgia for me, as well as something that got me through a tough time. Great album. Unfortunately, this version cuts out too soon. On the version I'm familiar with, the end part fades out while some haunting guitar playing fades in as the song ends.
I'm here because of your episode number, 311, which is also my favorite band. I also love Pantera, so I thought I'd check it out. Good stuff. I'd love to see you explore 311's massive library. Peace.
fourth video, started with Yngwie, then steve searched your channel for Jason and now pantera and my favorite song!!! all my favorite songs and artists
I haven't listened to Pantera for a very long time, it's good to hear them again. I saw them in Budapest 20+ years ago, they played before Black Sabbath. It was a blast!
You should go back to the first album they did with Phil, & the song “We’ll meet again”. One of Darrell’s favourite solos to play live, & a really interesting piece to see where they really started to get their groove
Another week and still no Leprous sigh… Running Low, Castaway Angels, On Hold, Nighttime Disguise 🥸 So many great tunes to choose from… I think a good listen and you would be blown away by this overlooked and underrated act…
I really think he'd love Leprous too! Their compositions while maybe not the most complex out there, just the way they build, use drama, dynamics, that voice, elements that while you may hear them used by other bands, never quite in the way they use them...you can just tell they know music, and are passionate and careful about the way they craft songs. Won't get many views, which is so sad, but I really think Doug would appreciate them a lot.
Im know he will like it and he have passion for music, but i guess whe are out numbered.I love the prog clasics from the 70's like King Crimson and Yes but i have herd it a million times, i grew up with it. Have you herd Kalandra? Another interesting band fro Norway? Check out Brave new world and Slow motion (live) Its kind of Folk Prog.Very dynamic.
@@thinkingkind8675 agree somewhat A lot of their tunes are extremely complex while others not so much Like forced entry is just unreal and there are others with really interesting time changes and moods. Some of their stuff is static like the cloak or echo where it’s more about the build up, and the song writing can be slightly formulaic, but they are truly a one of a kind act, always evolving and refining their sound. That’s why I think something cello heavy would appeal to Doug like running low or on hold or even something from Malina Just hope if he gets to it doesn’t pick the wrong song Like I love Pantera and cemetery gates was a great pick but this love? Not sure how it made the short list…
your face at 5:56 is my exact face when I heard that riff the first time and every single time since. Love how the ending is just two chords...but so damn heavy
Saw Phil Anselmo perform this live opening for Slayer in 2019 at Madison Square Garden. Actually he performed 8 total Pantera songs. I never thought I’d get to see these songs live. As a Pantera fan since the 80’s when Terry was still the singer, it was a great experience. They were the very first band and the fans new what Phil would be doing, and the venue was completely full and thrashing!
Vulgar is their 6th album actually. Their first album came out in 1983 called “Metal MAGIC” but Phil wasn’t the singer. They released 3 other albums prior to “Cowboys from Hell”. “I am the night “,”Projects in the jungle” and “Power Metal, which spanned from 1983-1988. Phil joined in 1987 for the Power Metal album and then in 19990 “Cowboys from Hell” was released and that was definitely the jump start they needed. The next 3-4 albums where so damn good. From Vulgar,Far beyond driven,Great Southern Trendkill and Reinventing the steel. I’ve seen them 3-4 times mostly in the 90’s and they are one of my favorite bands ever!!! RIP VINNIE AND DIME!!!
I really like your facial expressions in reaction to the music. Pantera was a staple for Metal Heads in the day. I recommend you check out Down, which was a collaboration between Pantera and Corrosion Of Conformity. I highly recommend Lifer or Stone The Crow. Pillars Of Eternity also hits REALLY hard. The 80's and 90's metal was deep and though provoking with a lot of emotion, singing about the trials of life and love. I miss those days. Subscribed and liked.
The emotion “kinda popped out”! Best reaction ever !!!!Say hello to my little metal band! I laughed out loud my friend. Doug, you rule for being so surprised. You are in for so much more every metal Monday.
I love how you take yourself out of your musical comfort zone to experience bands like Pantera. I used to hate metal in high school but it started to resonate more with the growing frustrations of a self-isolated young dude. It was catharsis for processing and channeling all those negative emotional trials and tribulations. Still is too, tho maybe to a lesser extent, as with age the angry energy has subsided somewhat. It's interesting to hear your take on it all. Curious how yourself (and other non-metal heads) dealt with all that, maybe in a totally different way thru other types of music.
I only subbed today, and kinda bouncing through your list, but, just the fact that you decided to make yourself see what's great about music you haven't enjoyed, or didn't see as on par, or your groove, however we put it, made me wanna stick around. Even the simplest, most juvenile music is sometimes the kind that tops the charts. People hear something in it that they relate to, and to just say " that's not music!" Or " you don't know what real music is.." etc. can be pretty condescending, and narrow minded of the people who probably view themselves as the most open minded , fair, and intellectual people. A simple, raw taste in music isn't an indicator of a simple minded, uneducated person. So good on ya, I like it !
Pantera is a band that express anger in its songs like nobody else. I know it is mainstream, but "Walk" is something you should definetly take a look into. It is not as fast as other songs from the band, but it is a song that makes me feel anger everytime I listen to it. I don't know how they did it, but it is an incredibly display of a powerfull emotion, such as anger.
Pantera was tuned down in between E and Eb, that is why it sounded like F but they actually play the 2nd fret starting (which is on guitar in standard tuning an F#) :)
I love to see you headbang AND boogie-down in the same video!! I just wish you had done the full-length, 6:40 album version. You would have really loved it, especially with the long fadeout with the legendary Dimebag Darrell's pinched harmonics flowing all over the place. It's wonderful to see you move beyond your comfort zone into Metal. 🤘🏻
Great technical analysis on tension building, there's instability...ok let's keep goin'... 4:25 Quite different indeed. That's how Pantera do. Thanks for the content - you have a lot more sonic euphoria ahead of you on the Pantera journey - all the recommendations are good ones, but "I'm Broken" should be your next Pantera song, even if it's just listening privately.
We call it Groove Metal cuz!! That Bluesy sound with the soulful music and lyrics. These dudes fucking killed it man. This album is just unreal. THe trippy thing is that it didnt take them long to write either. They just had all this music pour out of them after touring for an almost literal solid year. Insane fellas
I second the notion of Doug taking a consideration of DEATH. One mentioned Symbolic, maybe their hghest rated. I'd recommend Sound Of Perserverance, as it was Chuck Schuldiner's last before he past. With Chuck's virtuosity and the creation of a genre, and how they cover Judas Priest Painkiller on that album (which I know Doug enjoyed a lot of the original), I think Doug amd fans would enjoy. I was like 14 when Vulgar came out, and it was only a year or so later when I came across Death's Individual release. Think you'd dig Chuck Doug!
i love your videos. it’s not just another reaction channel where you tell the audience, that you like the song just to get likes and so on. also love how you interpret the many different songs you’ve dealt with before! I recommend The Sleep by Pantera. Musically speaking very interesting and probably one of Dimes best solos too! Keep up the great work !
DOUG! Your favorite part harmonically (with the E to F# riff) occurs in the middle of the original/official version of this song, just before the guitar solo. The version you used is the shortened version. The outro is also longer in the original version.
Hi Doug! As much as I love Pantera (again the album version of “This Love” is the one to hear) I hope you will expand your commentary onto songs from the 1970’s ‘fusion’ (jazz rock) period. Here are some popular tracks worth checking out: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - Chameleon (1973) Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior - Sorceress (1976) Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean - Enigmatic Ocean Suite Pt. I-IV (1977) Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy - Race With Devil On Spanish Highway (1977) Weather Report - Heavy Weather - Birdland (1977) Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow - Scatterbrain (1975) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond - Lila’s Dance (1975)
Hey Doug! Glad you are coming around to the Metal way of music! You know, some metal is just as beautiful and complex as classical music. I don't know how you feel about it, I am not a highly regarded composer, but I just feel there is a connection between a lot of metal compositions and classical ones. If you could find the time to answer this, it would be much appreciated, thanks for the videos Doug, take care.
Made me giggle when you said "dunno about singing like that" referring to vocal fry, and yeah it is a honed skill so that the vocal cords don't get injured
You got *THIS CLOSE* to figuring out the glory of the mosh part/breakdown. Lots of half step shifts, and open ringing cymbals maintaining a BPM which is just about half of the human heart in fight or flight mode.
Haha I got such a flashback. Indeed the composer for Doom video game in 1993 used the metal songs from the era and this intro melody is the base of one of the Doom levels's song. These "ballads" are great, but they are minority for Pantera though. They always groove though. Talking about blues and groove, Shattered is one of those songs. Domination from that album is very energetic. Walk is also very well known groove. Then there's more usual punkish Pantera like Fucking Hostile. And Reinventing Steel has some wild guitar noises and grooves. And songs titled Yesterday Don't Mean Shit.
"Bluesy" Yep. Dimebag always said that that influence is always there. You cant take Texas out of the boy! You should look into Black Label Society. Zakk Wylde was one of Dime's best friends, not to mention Ozzy Osbourne's longest tenured guitarist. They got some killer tunes that may surprise you. Check out: In This River, Concrete Jungle, The Last Goodbye, The Day That Heaven Had Gone Away, Spoke in the Wheel, Stillborn, Lowdown, (and a really cool cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's) I never Dreamed. Zakk Wylde is definitely one to check out, whether it be BLS, his stuff with Ozzy, Pride amd Glory...thinking about it, Ozzy's "Old L.A. Tonight" would be an excellent Ballad to check out...good piano work and possibly my favorite Guitar Solo in any Ozzy song. Definitely a good one!
So glad to hear you're starting to acclimatise to the less... accessible... elements of the genre. I'm still hoping that one day you'll be at a point were you can do a video for Emperor, something like "With Strength I Burn" or "An Elegy of Ikaros" would be a nice jumping off point for them
The creators of the video game Doom had an 8 bit version of this song in one of its levels. Wasn't familiar with Pantera at the time but the melody stuck in my head.
Since you're appreciating a side of metal that is a bit more aggressive I think you might be ready for some of the more accessible yet both musically rewarding while still extreme metal bands like Death I think at this point you could appreciate something like Empty Words or Spirit Crusher by the aforementioned.
Oh yea, hope he sees this comment :) someone should also give him a rundown on the historical context of death metal and why Death stands out among the rest of death metal bands.
I’ve been viewing your episodes and have immensely enjoyed seeing your analyses of many of my favorite pieces and artists as well as some I have not had much exposure to. I am surprised you haven’t, apparently, listened in on Gentle Giant, a great innovative band who recorded in the seventies. I would suggest listening to Knots or His Last Voyage as good introductions to their music.
