THE WARNING - DULL KNIVES LIVE CDMX | REACTION 

I've been a huge fan of these girls for several years now, but after watching how enthused you get, I realized I need to step up my game if I'm gonna call myself a fanboy.

Ale is a rock. I think it was in the GnR Monterrey vlog, pre-show Pau is freaking out and Ale's like "It's just another show, it's just another show". And then when she falls down in the first number opening for Muse, she barely misses a beat and was laughing about it afterwards. They are all consumate performers, but she's unflappable.

They are one of the best power trio out there right now.

Ale is certainly taking that bass for a walk. She is incredible in her sound construction.

They are three bright stars comprising one brilliant galaxy!🌌

No words are needed. The song speaks for itself! 😜

We will be here for the chaos.

The energy is amazing, but remember, this little aerobic workout is non-stop, for almost 2 hours at just below 7500 ft altitude. Not once does anyone appear short of breath. As far as the 3 piece concept, this is a single organic unit playing 3 instruments. If anyone changes something, the other 2 follow & adjust on instinct. The layering & the shear power reminds me of Kansas.

Sorry in advance; this comment is going to be long 😂. This song is a perfect example of how and why The Warning are so special as creators. Most of the time all three of them collaborate on every aspect of the arrangement. Pau and Ale help create guitar parts, Dany & Ale have input on drums etc. By the time they’re done, they often can’t remember who came up with which specific bits. One cool tidbit that’s an exception to that rule: the original arrangement of Dull Knives has a slightly different chorus. During the first part (after “Don’t know what I’m feeling any moooore…”) there used to be a drum fill before the next line and that was it. It’s out there on a couple of performance videos before Queen Of the Murder Scene was recorded. Anyway, Pau wasn’t a big fan of that because the chord just sat there without any resolution. It didn’t flow…so Ale came up with that run on the bass that brings them back down to the next line (“Needles piercing through my brain…”). That’s the family magic. There are no egos involved. Pau willingly gave up that fill because Ale came up with something better. They literally finish each other’s sentences, musically and otherwise.

How ever you want to do the whole show I'm here for it.

This is early in the show, there is an interval that features Breath, and then the second part of the show they are dressed in white.

We can actually hear Ale’s perfect pitch backup vocals on this video! Amazing harmonies

Dull Knives was, is and always will be a TWA favorite!

The girls are so much "in character" on stage. If you ever watched any of their instagram, reels or goofy home life type posts, they are such sweet, shyish young "normal" ladies. On stage they turn into rock n roll beasts!!!!

Released in 2018 when they were 18, 16 and 13. Unreal...

A few seconds before Dany launches into the song (where you started the video), she teases the song by firing off a chord, which gets the audience fired up because they know what song they are about to hear!

Ale's bass line is insane. Dany and Pau glide into harmonies so seamlessly.

The chat was wild. There were 3100 people there at one point, maybe more. And, yeah, I saw a lot of reactors were there. I was late to the event because I had a business meeting that ran over, but I have seen the recording of the full concert several times since it was posted in Patreon. What an amazing show from start to finish. The editing on the video is fantastic, splicing in some fan cam style shots here and there as well as footage from both the Teatro shows in some places. Quite a production effort, I'm sure. They had multiple 8K cams and operators around stage and down front plus some stationary cams set up strategically to get shots of each of the ladies, and a cam operator or two down front and one out in the venue. So I bet there was between the two shows well over a hundred hours or footage to scrub through and match up with the audio tracks they took from the sound mixer board for both shows. And I love the intro and outro footage. This was a special event for certain, their largest headliner shows to date. But the rumors are out that the show at the Pepsi Center in October will also be recorded in a similar fashion. Maybe some new songs in the mix? Here is the setlist to help you navigate the video: Teatro Metropolitan Setlist 00:00 Introduction 02:12 Z 05:54 Animosity 10:18 Queen of The Murder Scene 14:32 Ugh 19:42 Amour 24:50 Enter Sandman 29:40 Dull Knives 33:06 When I'm Alone 37:00 23 41:17 Survive 46:47 Disciple 51:47 Breathe 54:41 Dust To Dust 59:07 Choke 01:03:07 Money 01:07:38 Revenant 01:12:55 Kool Aid Kids 01:16:52 Hunter 01:21:01 Error 01:26:39 Narcisista 01:33:47 Martirio 01:38:33 Evolve 01:42:34 Credits

Great reaction to a awesome, hard rocking tune. Looking forward to your livestream. The premiere for the full concert yesterday had over 3000 watching and the chat was flying. The Warning deserve 30,000 but still TWA came out strong.

Until this performance, the one in the cave for (DE)Tour was the definitive performance of this song. For many years this was their show-off song when they needed to demonstrate what they can do. DPA said that they tried to make it longer and all efforts resulted in nothing good. So they said if you want it longer, play it again.

I think this was written by Pau and scored by Danny and Pau but I am pretty sure most of the sound of the band is in Pau's head and Danny and Ale have to reign her in which makes their sound very good and consistent. I have been a session artist for over four decades now and I have never seen a band that at such a young age has had a clearer vision of where they want to go. I think but I am not sure they are building there sound slowly to avoid blowing their load (for lack of a better phrase) at a very young age. I hope they get off the road and get back into writing their own music again. Absolutely some of the best young musicians I have ever heard.

Best quote of the year "Danny is such a god damn rock star"...love it.

That outro though! The genius of 3 young hermanas. 🔥🤘😎🤘🔥

No doubt hands down, you post the absolute BEST reactions to The Warning every time! It's so obvious that you truly "get them" in every way and so eloquently get that message across to all of us out here who adore these three young ladies as much as you do. You have an uncanny ability to put into words so skillfully what we're all thinking (I guess I should only speak for myself but you know what I mean). Your passion, admiration and support for them is clear and I for one, thank you for what you're doing and appreciate it all.

Great reaction! These are the best three minutes of attitude and rock and roll !! EPIC live performance! Viva The Warning!! ⚡⚡⚡

🤘🤘🤘Keep em coming

Over time this has become one of my absolute favorites. The version from TW Cave was fantastic. This one really is another level. Top Down. Open Road. Drive far too fast. That bass driving like a diesel-powered locomotive Ale's low harmonies that are just luscious and full The snap of Pau's snare in the second verse. A bone-cracking sound Dany. Goodness she can command a room. Pau doesn't double kick very often, but the effect is this dramatic when she does. Love it.

Jess… absolutely awesome reaction. You really hit on points that kind of expose the magic of Dany, Pau and Ale. The way Ale’s bass takes ‘lead’ to finish Dany’s guitar, the magic of Dany’s voice and intonation/stylings, those INCREDIBLE 3 part harmonies. Ale’s bass line is so frickin awesome! Then the outro…I LOVE the lead guitar track that accompanies Dany at the end of Dull Knives. Those walks blew my mind when I first heard Dull Knives. Sometimes it is more up in the mix, sometimes it’s buried. It doesn’t matter. The could play this unplugged and it would ROCK! They wrote this AS KIDS! What in the hell? It is a more beautiful world because DPA write music!

"Dany's such a Rockstar - Holy Sh!T" should be on a T-shirt.

Like the guitar rig idea. And yes, this song has been a standout, tight rocker from QOTMS! 🔥🤘#NumberlyGarfs

Great Reaction to one of the baddest songs they have. Top 5 for sure! 🤘⚡🤘 Speaking of tracks and going without, they can and have played without them. I was front row at Pointfest 2022, and Pau's laptop took a dump in the very beginning. They did the set list without it, and you couldn't tell. If you didn't know about it, you never would have been the wiser. They have very little tracks for the music on it, and mainly use it for the click tracks that Pau starts and stops every song for with her pedals. They was just as tight without the clicks, as they was with them. Over 10 years working hard together, and being siblings that practice & perform nonstop does have it's advantages.

Thanks Jess...kudos to the Greatest Rock Band on the planet and for bringing banger rock and roll back into my life once again!!!! Viva TW!!!

Effin rock stars!!! What the world needs!

Love on the outro... Ale is a constant 1-2-3-4-5 1-2-3-4-5 and so on..... I see so many Bass players just throwing their fingers on hyper speed to match to what something like what Dany and Pau are doing at the time... Awesomeness !

I very much like Ale's casual attitude on stage that you mention. That's a product of this tour. When they started out, she was very static and still (which makes sense, considering the age then) then she went through this almost forced-looking over the top movement, the ever same constant crouching and lurking, almost formulaic. It feels like she finally found her own groove on that stage now and it actually looks like she enjoys herself more.

Evolve is always the closer. And we all wish DN was longer, but TW says that they couldn't figure out how to extend it, so they left it alone.

Great song review and great job at expounding from your musical experience/ knowledge. The Warning deserves nothing less.

Hi there nice to have seen you in chat yesterday :) Greetings from Germany :)

Yes, they occasionally do use a guitar backing track for small effects in live performances. Dany can only do so much instrumentally while handling lead vocals and her guitar processor does have limitations. I think it’s quite impressive how little they rely on backing tracks to fill out their sound considering how much sound they produce live. A majority of their backing tracks seem to be piano parts that they use in some older songs since they don’t tour with keyboards anymore and their sound effects like you mentioned. I’m curious if you’ve seen the IG video where Dany goes into how her (at the time Helix Line 6) guitar processor works. It was especially interesting for those of us who are not musically inclined but may not be as much for those who are. I’ve always felt that Dany has the most restrictions on her musicality due to her lead vocalist role. I’ve always pondered what a 4th Villarreal sister would’ve done to the band?

You always have the best The Warning reactions!

Love your enthusiasm about the band i feel the same way.

Dull Knives, one of my favorites! 🥰🤘The cave was my best version, until now with Metropolitan.

I watched the whole concert last night cranked on my headphones and a swear my chair was vibrating from Pau's drums

This trio is destined to be unmatched, if not already so. They're so good now, how is it that they can get even better? ...And they will. They will.

Do the remaining singles first so you can review/enjoy the concert as a stand alone event.

Man, POU’s beating the crap out of those cymbals!!!❤❤❤

I like your enthusiasm for the music and your technical knowledge even though I don't understand it because I'm no musician. The idea of a group of reactors viewing whole show is great. What would be cool is to have the whole group interview the band to answer some of your questions about tracks, pedals, and tuning.

The Masterpiece! ⚡⚡⚡

Just gotta say, you're one of just a very few reactors that I luv to see with 'The Warning.' Gracias man!.👊⚡️⚡️⚡️

Yes, tracks. The bass and drums together is a signature of The Warning. They consciously created that sound.

Thanks Jesse! So fun watching you react especially to The Warning!

I will never, ever get tired of that outro! 🤘🏻Also I am baffled that Pau is not an official DW artist yet; whoever is in charge of artist relation at DW should wake up.

This was THE song. When I heard it for the first time (performance from the Cave, which you also mentioned), I just knew I found new love. Still going strong, if not even stronger every time they release anything new.

Don't forget "Ashlenamusic" New to "The Sisters" but dove in head first, and has even been to a concert.. Madly in love with "The Warning" I'm sure she would love to part of it.

For a reason or another, Dull Knives is one on the top of my list of tops. The version from the Warning Cave for deTour is worth of checking out too (for those who are not familiar with it already)

I'd definitely like to see your first impressions of their live performance of "23." It might be my favorite of Pau's vocal performances from behind the kit.

Man!!! I like you'r reactions ...you notice ..things than an ordinary ear dont notice!!! Great job!!!

!!!The Warning = 10 😀¡¡¡ Greetings from the South of Argentina

Appreciate your reactions! The musician/ audiologist/ feeling/ melody driven response! 🤘🕊❤️🤘 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ ✨

Yes, the rest of the singles, then the concert.

Pau sings along whatever ... drum solos, as she's hitting the drums she's like mouthing bam bam bam ! .... such an incredible trio ❤

You always bring the jibber-jabber. I like it.... "You've come along ways Pilgrim" from when you first got " Warned" I remember it well... TWA🤟🎶☮️

Jesse it is no wonder that the crowd went crazy for these girls, what a performance. Dany just attacks the lyrics and definately does not take any prisoners.Thx.

These girls could very well be the future of rock and roll

The live show was epic this is in the first half of the show they end dressed in their white. great reaction

DULL KNIVES (Cut Better) Songwriters: Paulina Villarreal / Alejandra Villarreal / Daniela Villarreal The rush that's in my veins, I can't control it Tell me why This voice that's in my head is getting stronger Tell me how The aching in my bones is taking over Tell me why My blood ain't spilling red I'm freaking out! Feeling for nothing at all! 'Cause I found out dull knives cut better Choke on all my scarlet letters Don't know what I'm feeling anymore Needles piercing through my brain Slowly inflicting the pain I'm plucking roses but keeping the thorns! The truth sinks deeper slipping through my fingers Tell me why Pain's ripping up my skin, can't take it back now Tell me how Am I supposed to understand? oh help me Tell me why I hate to live like this, can't save me now! Feeling for nothing at all! I found out dull knives cut better Choke on all my scarlet letters Don't know what I'm feeling anymore Needles piercing through my brain Slowly increasing the pain I'm plucking roses but keeping the thorns!

I'm glad at this concert you can hear Ale

Great reaction :) This is a great song to hear live!

"Who's your favourite bass player?" "Brenda Martin, from Eruca Sativa" -Ale Villarreal. Video-Fuera O Más Allá

I really like this, it's one of my 50 favorites by The Warning.. I would really like them to make a enhanced/ longer version, for the times when they play it alone, without the Murder scene story... know what I mean? TWA🤟🎶☮️

⚡✌️🤘⚠️⚡Hey Boss, yeah this is one of those tracks where Pau does a Whisper along with Dany, and usually her mic volume isn't up enough to really catch it at live shows, but if you hear it , listen for it especially on the record, can hear it. I think Pau does that and her Low vocal backings a lot and most people don't even realize it as she does mouth along too but you'd be surprised that she's laying down a low register/whisper. Love all your reactions! Individual clips first before whole concert would be great, although I'll be here either way. Have a Good one ! ✌️🤘⚠️⚡

The frikin best under 3 minute hard rock song I've heard in the past 20+ years!! Great reaction.

They (almost?) always play this in headlining sets, but not necessarily when opening (QoTMS and Dust to Dust seem to be more common in that setting). Not sure why, other than that those are also standout songs and they want to play mostly current music. This was never their closer. Prior to Mayday/Error, they closed with Survive and now they close with Evolve. This was around the middle of the first half of the show (when they were wearing black); in Boston, it was right around the middle of the set. It's a bit short to be a good closer.

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Pau sings in the background but its more like a whisper which is pretty cool. This song to me is really where Ale shines cuz shes is carrying so much.

Tremendo rock de The Warning , 3 minutos del mejor rock que puedes encontrar ,Dull Knives ,esto es rock and roll baby

In one of the documentaries, they say that each one of them is involved in every note of their songs. I'm sure that would apply to Dull Knives which is older (QOTMS).

TW is so amazing! Great reaction

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Jesse, your reactions are so so good, always interesting and super fun to watch!!!! BACKING TRACKS. Of couse it's totally fine to use them and they arrange them masterfully!! At the end there was definitely a second guitar on the outro. They use a lot of backing tracks (much more than people usually notice) but it's never too much, mostly subtle things like little sound effects and embellishments on the back...just now and then a more noticeable rythm guitar comp (or keys) but still never feels it's too much. Most people not even notice. WITHOUT BACKING TRACKS... of course they can play w/o tracks and have done it many many times (they said so). Right now on the top of my head I recall: ==> DULL (freaking) KNIVES!! This very song sounds great w/o tracks, click or stems. There's a video here on YT, low quality (but maybe still reactable). Search for "The Warning live at 'El Chopo' CDMX", very raw, small drumset w just 2 cymbals... (looked to me that other bands were super impressed...lol). Sounded killer!!! ...just the same!!! ==> They also played Unmendable at "El Chopo", did incredibly good but the video is very very low quality (still super fun)... Drummers looked impressed by Pau, especially the outro. ==> Kool Aid Kids at Teatro Metropólitan but the first night. Sounded really amazing...killer!!! You don't even notice or remember about any bk! They had a problem and "Concert master Ale" just didn't let Pau try again "no and no!... we play it raw!!". Worth watching!! This is a must!! Can be found on fan videos of the full show (august 26), (reactable quality despite some crowd noise). ==> Evolve. I also remember once that electricity went out for just a moment (till the back up source took over, I think) in the middle of the song and they just finished it out just like nothing. I don't remember the date, it was like march 2022 or so on tour. Right now I can't recall any other in full setting but there's many many on semi-accoustic settings. MY OPINION ON BACKING TRACKS. As a musician I think it is (and should be) a consensus that it's totally fine to use them honestly BUT totally WRONG to just FAKE that you're playing or lipsynch, it has to be an addition to what you're already playing. I hate auto tune but I think if that if it's said openly it can be acceptable, otherwise i think it's dishonest. That's the key...it has to be honest. Obviously for more electronic genres is completely different. There's preferences and inclinations. Personally, whilst I'm totally fine with BT, really don't like when it's too much, overwhelming or relying too much on them. I'm somewhat to the "raw" side, (I also love the organic approach), I care about musicianship but especially about "true live energy"!!! Live has to be and feel LIVE, add all the b tracks you want but play live and carry the song with real instruments and voices. I have spoken!!!...lolol... To me it's very important that rock bands de able to play without any computer, tracks, clicks or anything if sth goes wrong or where just there's not much equipment. I value this a lot. Ohh mg! Too long!...Im sorry Jess!! ...and i'm not done yet...ok, I call it..

Imo I'd prefer if you watched beforehand and gather your thoughts, then provide us with your analysis over a first reaction. We've all heard this song, you've heard this song. I truly value your analytical technical insights because it helps me view them on a different light and appreciate aspects that I've never thought of since Im not a musician. Having a more prepared and thought out analytical video imo is better than a first time reaction, specially if you've already heard the song. Just my thoughts since I value your knowledgeable insights. Thanks🤘

Good video! 👌🏼🇲🇽

But the craziest thing is they wrote this in their mid to early teens!!! Ale wasn't even a teen yet actually. Mind blowing!!

I am happy if you do the songs you are missing as singles like you have done greatly for a while. Everything else is a bonus. :)

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Recommend just skipping the rest of the single videos and watch the whole thing. 23 is something special for sure. Love your reactions!

Chaotic could be epic!

One day the Dull Knives outro will complain about being replayed over and over.😅🤘

Her snare is a 6.5" Ludwig Black beauty

Great! Thank you! Excelente! Gracias! Veré cada reacción que hagas de The Warning! Me encantan. Finalmente estarán en mi país. Veré que puedo hacer para estar presente

Yeah, there is a second guitar in the outro in the click an octave lower. "Dull Knives" is song #7 in the first half of the concert. They wear black outfits in the first half of the concert and change to their white outfits for the second half of the concert during a short intermission when "Breathe" is played over the speakers for the crowd. I would say wait to do live reactions to the singles you haven't yet, but then you may not be able to pause as you like and explain stuff. So, I say do them now before a live chat.

The only thing that would have made this set list *even more perfect* would have been if they had included P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C.! That song in this setting with that lighting, that crowd and that atmosphere would have boggled the senses! 🤪

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It sounds like you have Warning fever , lol . But there are no vaccines available for this , or a cure as of yet .😂

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BTW, Jesse....well done!

It would be nice to see you and Don music do it together

It's like David the record producer sorry forgot his last name said Ale can hang with the best of them he wasn't joking

You'll find a backing track in most of their songs but goddamn it try to put your finger on it! It's hard!

Absolutely they deliberately craft their compositions that if the tech bombs out, they can still play the set... and many people in the audience would never even notice.