Dude I just don't even fucking understand how Omar can play the way he does. The guy is such a beast and just totally fucking different. Like he learned to play on another planet
He’s said in a few interviews that he doesn’t like the sound or paradigm of guitar so he tries to make it sound like / plays it like different instruments.
Its the arpeggios right after the intro that blows my mind, like the control of dynamics you have to have to play those tricky riffs so soft then slowly bring in the attack.
Blake Flemming got this song in a way that Thomas Pridgen never could. Wish we could have heard Jon Theodore play this live. Also it'll never be the same without Ikey.
Pretty sure he was the one who wrote these drum parts. A lot of amputechture came from old material that they taught to Jon Theodore, which I don't think went down well and contributed to him leaving. Not sure how true that is but read something along those lines years ago!
Writing a song is one thing, but composing this is another. Guitar and percussion better than ever, Cedric, although not in tune at times suits the live performance perfectly. Hats off to Omar
This video reminds me about the importance of thinking outside the box. There's something about Blake's hair that makes him look cool kicking ass on those drums.
Jon Theodore got that “ritual drumming” groove that their other drummers seem to lack. That said, I like Blake Flemming the best for the Amputechture era songs specifically.
The noise intro here was so delicious. And Blake Flemming is my favorite drummer for this song (too bad it didn’t worked out for him being their full-time drummer).
Henry is the type to keep things old school to keep them punk genuine. Likely on purpose the VHS video quality so new kids can't easily claim any of what's NOT THEIRS. XD
The difference in the newer live performances, aside from Jon not playing drums, as opposed to this one, boils down to dynamics. Pridgen is insane… Of course. But I feel like he’s all balls all the time and doesn’t care to lighten the load when necessary. After watching a few of these, it’s clear that chemistry is key to the dynamics Volta needs to sound like this 👆
Jon replaced Fleming... and then Fleming came back when Jon quit... Blake is the original drummer of the mars volta...the beats for roulette dares...cicatriz esp ...and others... are his... Cedric said that they coudnt tell Jon that these were Blake's beats 'cause he'd get mad aahahah Thanks for uploading !
But Blake rejoined the band while they were recording Amputechture. This was actually probably one of his last performances with them before Deantoni Parks briefly joined for a few months.
Tell me it's over, Rusbel awaits I've been to the surface And nothing is there, Eyelids sank muffled In the nerve aura sound, But when she awakes Will she still be with us? My heart is darkclots, Leap year is late How did you get here, Ask all but the bail From a Christ that went hissing Constricting his cells We summon by candle by book and by bell Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside God Mirrors to the animals The sermon goes mourning, Pricking it's hail Slothful the child, That preys on the seed Shall behead the drought, Wound under sleeves I hope you have room, In a thicket of vines Give me a moment, To clean what you've stole The streets will hang high, Stretch ribs and let taste We'll cover the smell with silver nitrate Mending the cuts of your prosthetic faith Glossolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside God Mirrors to the animals Then so long, Dear minemonic Assume the form, You've given me and I'll spill Now hold on, Just hold my hand Say that they made you But you brought your own leash Tell me no more no, say I'm the last one Outside, By the drift, You read my will Of thread and itch, Failure to comply As failure to decease And still you won't know everything I've built the fall Sulking drained the fall of my pale will Swarming by your steps Licking the ankles of blasphemer guilts It only meant to drape a plastic Over the stuck pig scalp of head To cover the sock where to flatline had spread The kiosk in my temporal lobe Is shaped like Rasalyn Carter She says my map is home again, But torn face down I have only but a million blemishes To tell you all about In the end they just gagged me To make him come out Gas me the hind, Of your five legged snare Tooth picks the eye, But no things there Down drags your waltz, Cross the alter top From a sleep that, Depravation knew Trespass your form, I'm void of dusk I'd ask to look, But the mask stays on You'll levitate, Teutonic print Cruelty is the wrath, Of my instrument In the end they just gagged me To make him come out You locked the cuffs Arsenic erupts Will you drink the shadow Of my red hair You and your falst, Witness to God You've one in the chamber, But your finger got stuck Let slip the sound, Of a cry for help But all was lost, On the night you walked Palms speak through eyes Serve your memory lost I cantaminate with insignias In the end they just gagged me To make him come out Glassolalia coats my skin Glycerin and turbulence Stuffed the voice inside of God Mirrors to the animals Wait till I get my hands on you I won't forget a face that left me Just you wait Till I get my hands on you I can't, You won't remember Unwrap my corpse, And let it thaw In the eye of the needle, I can't get out They'll check my wrist, I'll faint a pulse I'm not the human, You thought I was If you pet the night, Sixth pentacle dice If you roll the seven, St. Michael dies They'll be no ransom, Don't shut my mouth I scaled the answer, You're afraid of
I always figured the lyric was actually "They'll check my wrist, I'll FEINT a pulse . I'm not the human, You thought I was." Same sound but one means to make a deceptive move. I thought it made sense in the context of the devil lying within a body, and him pretending to be an actual human.
@@ExternusArmyI believe what you’re hearing is the correct one. Not the first nor the only time that the band misinterpreting the message that the Other projected to Cedric, I feel.
I've been looking for this episode of the Henry Rollins Show in HD. Seriously, these guys gave an amazing performance, but all we can watch of it is of this terrible sound and video quality.
I know this is an old comment, but I have to disagree, even if I do prefer Jon to Thomas and Deantoni. Bedlam, Octahedron and Noctourniquet are all still great imo
is there an audio rip from this broadcast that doesn't sound like trash? ( no offense to uploader but it's hard to imagine the mixing was this bad on the original broadcast from 2006), Thanks
Paul Hinojos, who is also the bassist of At the Drive-In and formerly of Sparta. He joined on this tour and played through until the conclusion of the Bedlam in Goliath tour, as their rhythm guitarist and "sound manipulator" until being downsized along with Adrian Terrazas on woodwinds and shortly after Ikey Owens on keys.
He does a lot of falsetto on this song which is probably easier on his voice then trying to hit those high notes in chest voice, which he does for a lot of other songs.
@@kitpalmer1583 i meant a whole step because it sounds like it's just a little out of his range not a full octave. just wondering, it seems a little artificial at some parts (to me) but sounds can be deceiving :)
