To be honest, this entire album is an absolute masterpiece.

@Chromee

3 жыл бұрын

And more than that!

@Jerry_29

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@musicmademejester

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, one of the best albums of all times!

@Helenheaven22

3 жыл бұрын

The live show was astounding too.

@hanscastorp2340

3 жыл бұрын

steven wilson's pinnacle

If you love this solo, your face will melt off after listening to Drive Home. 🤣🤣

@thomasmeyer8798

3 жыл бұрын

The second best solo of all time.

@JustinRittenhouse

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@aritrasom9536

3 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget about Ancestral. That's kind of a different kinda solo but equally good.

@sebulban

3 жыл бұрын

@@aritrasom9536 +1 The live performance from the Home Invasion tour live at Royal albert hall is amazing although Guthrie is not playing it.

@sebulban

3 жыл бұрын

link for the live version from Steven's official channel kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3qrxcOhk6fggJc.html

I love how Guthrie’s solo at the end of Regret #9 was a one take performance in the studio!

Opeth - Lotus Eater kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipyjyrOHlLbaZ8o.html Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZaLytKfiMzZito.html

@Nachtopus

3 жыл бұрын

LOTUS EATER SECONDED

@ShiivaWilding

3 жыл бұрын

Edit your comment with some links to those songs, that what Geebz is looking out for!

@sebulban

3 жыл бұрын

For me the best version on KZread... kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWeg1dOOoaq6qrA.html

@Martin2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebulban 100% this version (saw that tour and the whole setlist was killer!).

@golgol4903

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebulban yes, it is, however, if I remember correctly he reacts to studio records only.

Steve Wilson Routine is a great one to check out. The video is really heavy...I mean sad heavy😥

@dharlow5810

3 жыл бұрын

But a must watch video when reacting. At least the first time.

@ISOrider72

3 жыл бұрын

As "The raven that refused to sing" is.Live it nearly killed me...

@Diesel_Budgie

3 жыл бұрын

For Geebz, I would say just the music for first reaction. Don't want anything to distract from that amazing composition.

@mrmoonbike

3 жыл бұрын

It’s so heavy (yet beautiful) ... once was enough for me! 💔

@dharlow5810

3 жыл бұрын

@@ISOrider72 So true.

The Holy Drinker - Steven Wilson. One of SW's great tributes to 70's prog. 👍

@alexandremarchand8815

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated track, after a few years it became my favorite from The Raven album ! The ending is so sick.

@gandalf8216

3 жыл бұрын

You guys should check out the "supergroup" The Mute Gods, founded by Nick Beggs who also plays bass on that album. Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth is an incredible album, Window Onto The Sun is my favorite track from it.

@tiernanrea1726

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandremarchand8815 the heaviness of the last few minutes, is meant to represent the "Holy Drinker's" descent into hell. A rather fantastic piece of storytelling..

Adam Holzman played keys for Miles Davis. Enough said. I would not be surprised if the keyboard solo was improvised, just as Guthrie improvised the guitar solo. I couldn't even write something half as good as he just comes up with. Steven Wilson mixes all his own work. He has an incredible musical ear as a composer and an engineer. He also makes 5.1 surround sound mixes.

@AidanMmusic96

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone's solos are different every time. Adam's especially, and more recently Dave's and Alex's. They're on another level of pro.

@aka.Mr.French

3 жыл бұрын

Adam is almost criminally unknown outside of the jazz world and Wilson's fans. Brilliant player, and a funny guy. Listen carefully to his playing on the title track of Wilson's "The Raven That Refused To Sing." Superficially, it's just a series of chords... but there's magic in the way he plays them on piano; he imparts a pensiveness that beautifully underscores Wilson's plaintive vocals.

Such an incredible solo from Guthrie here, what a legend

@paulniemiec3165

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. And Adam’s solo along with Nick’s work on the Chapman stick give so much to this song.

Guthrie's solo is so epic it is on par with Gilmore in Comfortably Numb. One for the ages.

@jdmresearch

Жыл бұрын

Gilmore's first or second solo in CN? I do prefer the first.

@rockonileva

Жыл бұрын

And the fact that he has multiple amazing solos spread in just 2 albums with Steven Wilson

@GaudyGabriev

Жыл бұрын

@@rockonileva I'd put Guthrie's work on those 2 Wilson's albums against anything ever done with the guitar. Insane what they managed to create.

The entire HCE and The Raven are probably the best modern music ever recorded. There, I said it. There are so many amazing albums in the last 60-70 years, but I feel this just takes stuff on whole different level.

@jasonjenkins6373

2 жыл бұрын

the raven tour seen it live close to the front, best live show i have ever been to. much better than HCE

@ParallelusReflection

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonjenkins6373 Same here!! but I think there were some HCE thrown into it. @ Montreal Jazz Fest 🥳

That ''wow'' during the moog solo about sums up this song for me. so tasteful

@edwnorris

3 жыл бұрын

So underrated in light of Govan's solo immediately following it. It soars all on its own. One of my favorites. I love listening to Tom Sawyer into Regret #9. Same key, similar tempo, I think. Though Home Invasion is damn good too.

@Rassalcon

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwnorris i actually prefer home invasion myself, which just goes to show how good i think it is, both halves are extraordinary and it's a testament to how good hand. cannot. erase. is that i still feel they are somewhat overshadowed by ancestral

@TheAsphyx666

3 жыл бұрын

I LOOOOOVE that solo.

The Ocean - Jurassic | Cretaceous King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Crumbling Castle Opeth - The Lotus Eater

@nicolasdewulf8558

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't think of 3 better titles! Diverse, distinct songwriting and sound approaches yet similar in some ways as well ('chapters' of emotion within those songs). Go for them, Geebz!

@terrymtbnurse4760

3 жыл бұрын

More Opeth please!

@nikelodeon6852

3 жыл бұрын

You have great taste..

@redshift912

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe he hasn’t done king gizzard yet

@scosstard3542

3 жыл бұрын

Up for The Ocean - Jurassic/Cretaceous - amazing track! one of the best of 2020

If you don’t already know, Wilson does his own engineering most of the time. He’s one of the best engineers out there.

A man of great taste. Guthrie Govan is nearly never mentioned by anyone in the reaction community. It's a shame because he is one of the most awesome guitarist of our generation but so underrated that it become criminal to me. Fortunately, music nerds are fully aware of him. Let's hope that this song will make more people discover Guthrie ! :D

Loved this reaction! The fact that Guthrie did that solo in one take always blows my mind!

@jasonjenkins6373

3 жыл бұрын

I vouch for that, im trying to learn it!

He's faces on Guthrie's solo are priceless 😃 dude literally sweated and slowly melted

As far as layering and production is concerned, let me recommend _"Heartattack in a layby"_ by Porcupine Tree. It's just sheer beauty paired with utter sadness.

@Achw3l

2 жыл бұрын

Year late response here, sorry 8) First week of high school (11th grade in Norway) in 2009 we had this get to know each other session in class where everyone played a song they loved on the stereo. I picked Heart attack in a Layby - half the class fell half asleep, the other half got teary eyed hahah. What a beautiful song that is.

This is just a fantastic piece of art. Had bought the album on bandcamp and listen to it while walking. While trying to listen to this piece, crying as this was so great !!... the two solo's was just both orgasmically incredible !!! was blasted away ..

The album is the story of Joyce Carol Vincent who died and her body wasn't found until 3 years later when neighbours complained of the smell. The idea is that we are so connected in the modern world but so disconnected. Keyboard solo by Adam Holzman, his dad started Atlantic records

@andrewkarp5067

3 жыл бұрын

Elektra Records-not Atlantic.

Anything by Steve Wilson and his projects will be amazing. But I'm suggesting either Lazarus or Mellotron Scratch off of Deadwing.

@RandyLott

3 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal songs! I especially like the mixing of those tracks.

@MrKorton

3 жыл бұрын

Lazarus is too poppy for this indepth analysis imho but a good song. I'd just like something more complex. Mellotron Scratch has got awesome vocal melodies in the end.

@fuerzabestial5070

3 жыл бұрын

I’m agree with Lazarus but mellotron scratch bro is a very good track ✌️

Steven Wilson, for me one of the most influential musicians and producers of all time. I would highly recommend going on a musical journey trough his career, from the early drone stuff of porcupine tree,, onto porcupine at its peak. And then, my favourites, his solo albums, every single on of them very different from the others.

The emotional heights of Guthries solo can only be achieved by coming directly after another solo that was the equivalent of Mt Everest. The synth was just like the peak of earth, followed by a stairway to heaven in the form of guitar.

From my perspective Hand Cannot erase is Steven's best solo album so far and my favourite album of the last decade. If you like to continue with Steven Wilson please try the live version of Luminol :-)

If you want to dig further into Steven Wilson solo carreer. I recommand listening to The Watchmaker. :)

@barrettNZ

3 жыл бұрын

The Raven is just an incredible album through and through. I saw him live just after the release of this album (Hand.Cannot.Erase.) and he played The Raven that Refused to Sing, absolutely one of the most moving concert experiences I've ever had.

@chrismulford253

3 жыл бұрын

@@barrettNZ i agree the whole album is great but I fracking love everything about "The Watchmaker."

@Haazoow

3 жыл бұрын

@@barrettNZ exactly the same as you. In Montreal :)

My all time favorite from Steven Wilson is Perfect Life from this album.

@OlafoWaffle

3 жыл бұрын

The music video to Perfect Life goes from joyful to heartbreaking... Remember when Proggladyte were filling their diapers over this song, only to do so again with Permanating, and again with Personal Shopper. TFB did so well on the European Charts to be did horrible here in the States. All b/c of Proggladytes can't handle exploration of music, almost as if they don't know what progg is.

@mireillejacquez8987

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect melody is 'perfect life '. I can hear it every day.

The keyboard player is Adam Holtzman. He played with Miles Davis for four years and eventually became his touring musical director, so he has jazz in his DNA, too ;)

Steve Wilson is an absolute legend

Every now and again you get to experience something that borders on transcendental; such was the case when I saw 'Home Invasion/Regret #9' performed live. Interestingly it was not the first time, but the second gig I went to (at the end of the tour). You know that moment when you're watching a concert film and wonder how it must have been to be there? Well this time I was there, and the whole world collapsed around me so that I was a pinpoint of light observing a crescendo of perfect melodic cacophony; I lost all sense of where I was and just lived for the moment. I was so elated when it finished - then suddenly so sad that it had ended. I didn't come down from that high for several hours. I've only felt like that a handful of times at gigs: that moment in a 1980 Pink Floyd concert when David Gilmour stood atop the newly constructed wall and launched into the solo from 'Comfortably Numb' (18 year old me transfixed by the whole experience); sitting mouth agape as Wright and Gilmour traded notes during 'Echoes' on the 2006 Gilmour solo tour; those epic lyrics from 'Starless' searing into me (King Crimson 2015); Piotr Grudziński's guitar playing reducing me to blubbery tears during The Curtain Falls on Riverside's 2015 tour; the climax of 'Victorian Brickwork' by Big Big Train at Kings Place in 2015 (actually - the whole song). What memories ... Oooops, I'm rambling ... but then music does that!

When you love the bass playing it's pretty good to know that the player once was into Kajagoogoo... Nick Beggs is a true master of this instrument.

@olegariosantana6333

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that Steven Wilson himself played bass on this one

@SurfGreenTelecaster

3 жыл бұрын

@@olegariosantana6333 Beggs is credited for playing Chapman Stick on these tracks

@edwnorris

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurfGreenTelecaster There are tracks where Wilson plays bass at the same time Beggs plays Chapman Stick, isn't there?

@olegariosantana6333

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurfGreenTelecaster yeah, and wilson played de Bass. It's credited on the track

@SurfGreenTelecaster

3 жыл бұрын

​@@edwnorrisYup, that's exactly the case on these songs, and live, Beggs covers both parts on stick.

A beautiful masterpiece. Steven Wilson deserves more recognition, preferably the right balance, where fame doesn't destroy his life.

Opeth - Deliverance

Please please please Geebz! React to Steven Wilson - Drive Home from his previous record Guthrie Govan also performing on that one, ALSO please do Steven Wilson - Ancestral from the same album as Regret #9, compositionally to me it's a much more complex song written almost like a theatrical piece.

Absolutely love Steven Wilson’s work. Adding to your long list of suggestions with his track ‘Deform to Form a Star’ off of Grace For Drowning. Wouldn’t say it’s as technical, but it is one of the most beautiful mixes I’ve heard of his work- it brings me to tears every time! Fun fact: this album was nominated for best surround mix 🙌🏼 Thanks again for taking the time to make these videos. 😊

@clemcadiddlehopper5706

3 жыл бұрын

I love Grace For Drowning. It’s such a dark sounding album.

The guitar solo sounds so much better in the context of the song. It's incredible and was improvised too..

You must, MUST, look up Luminol, live from Mexico City!!

Wow this song is beyond epic. You should check out Hessian Peel by Opeth. Amazing journey of a song. And also about 11 and a half mins long 🤘

@lopolik

3 жыл бұрын

Hessian Peel and also The Grand Conjuration.

guthrie govan and marco minneman are .. there arent even words to describe then and neither are there words to describe the genius of steven wilson.

Steven Wilson "Routine" simply incredible

Opeth - Windowpane Porcupine Tree - Arriving something but PT also had a drummer that everyone said is their favorite xD

True magic!

YOU HAVE TO TRY MASTODON!!!!! Jaguar God is a great journey of a song!

@christopherblowers443

3 жыл бұрын

That's whole album is fire.

Luminol, The Holy Drinker, The Raven That Refused To Sing, The Watchmaker. All worthy of your 30 day countdown.

I had to make a pause myself there to grab the second half of my joint for this one!

that album is just fantastic

Trust me brother I completely understand the tearing up over this song... that whole Synth solo into Guthrie’s just leaves me breathless every time. I believe it was a first take.

Wow. I saw you start with tool and now Steve Wilson? Are you reading my mind?

Please do My Book of Regrets by Steven Wilson, its one mind-blowing track constantly overlooked, there is no video reaction of this song atm

Fair to Midland! You’d have a field day with them and their beautiful mixing. Personal favorites would either be: the wife, the kids, and the white picket fence or the greener grass.

Btw: I think you would totally love a whole album reaction of this. It's a great prog rock record with an interesting background story (from wiki): According to Wilson, the album is written from a female perspective, and the concept and story are inspired by the case of Joyce Carol Vincent, where a woman living in a large city dies in her apartment and no one misses her for over two years, despite her having family and friends. Wilson explained: "The basic story, or concept of the record - it's about a woman growing up, who goes to live in the city, very isolated, and she disappears one day and no one notices. There's more to it than that. Now, what's really interesting about this story is that your initial reaction when you hear a story like that is, 'Ah, little old bag lady that no one notices, no one cares about.' [Vincent] wasn't [like that]. She was young, she was popular, she was attractive, she had many friends, she had family, but for whatever reason, nobody missed her for three years."

That was beautiful trip and great explanation in the building of the song.. LISTEN TO "DRIVE HOME" Steven Wilson. Also with Guthrie Govan.

My favourite Steven Wilson album. What a band!

I got to see him open for Opeth in 2011. Best live sound I’ve ever experienced.

Thought you almost started tearing up during that keyboard solo! Me too. Meeee too.

Nick Beggs , the bassist ( formally of Kajagoogoo, and has played on every SW album and tour) is actually playing the Chapman Stick... Steven is playing bass on this song , and does so live as well ( a Spector Coda bass ).

@stereoroid

3 жыл бұрын

They switch - Steven plays on the intro section, then Nick on Stick during the verses.

for some weird reason this reminds me of both the old and new DOOM soundtracks

Day 1 of asking for Opeth's The Lotus Eater because from a composition side I feel like it's their best and most creative.

Wilson is a master of taking relatively simple motifs and developing them into something extraordinarily moving. He's no slouch guitarist but he also surrounds himself with some of the best players around to do the bulk of interpreting his compositions (ie Adam Holzman, Marco Minneman, Guthrie Govan). The results are most often compelling and truly imaginative. He's got a great musical mind and great ears... Nice choice today and enjoy your analysis...

Great reaction, pretty much what I though when I first heard this song. This is my favorite song from the all amazing album Hand.cannot.erase. Looking forward your next Steven reaction, pick any song, It will be great. Cheers.

A magical musical journey

I'm still here!!! for a 2nd, or third time, can't count! Especially around Wilson, Tool and Opeth!🥰 I'll be back for more!! awright!!! 🤟

The pary that starts at 13.58 really reminds me of Rush.

Wilson is a brilliant musical magpie. All the suggestions are good ones ,as he is consistently good. So I'll suggest 2 not requested as often, but definitely appreciated by SW fans... "Remainder the Black Dog" from his jazziest album Grace Before Drowning " The Watchmaker" ....a gothic , ghost story , from The Raven That Refused To Sing. Again , you can't go wrong. Like Bowie, Steven is a musical chameleon and magpie...and very consistent.

Yes same reactions as mine :-) syncopated ride cymbal, Holzman's synth solo and - we're not worthy - Goodthrie Goodvan guitar WORK (goosebumps) :-) what a SMASH!

TOOL: H. or Right in Two, ill keep bugging for it and youll thank me

@MrJohnwilson3d

3 жыл бұрын

The best two In my opinion

11:30 actually there's a bass as well, but that unique sound above that is the chapman stick, played by Nick Beggs

Steven Wilson's catalog is so good that I don't even know what to recommend, but if you liked this guitar solo, I bet you will love "Drive Home"

Listening this song gives me EARGASM

I would love it if you would try anything by the eclectic The Dear Hunter! A Night on the Town might be a good starting point.

is it just me, or is most music lovers grounded people? all solid people in my life love music. love your content.

@PhoenixDecim

3 жыл бұрын

I do agree but it still depends on the person. I've met a lot of jerks who make music and love what they do but are not good with people and are very rude/have superiority complex

I loved your reaction, so genuine, spontaneous and educational... subscribed immediately. I love to see you reacting to “Detonation” by Steven Wilson, Live at Royal Albert Hall. Such an underrated song. Adam Holzman (the keyboard player) and Alex Hutchins (at the guitar) performs pure magic!

@dharlow5810

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

@ChipMatthews

3 жыл бұрын

Both the studio version and the live versions of Detonation are great. One of my favorites from To The Bone.

If you listen to Routine by Steven Wilson youll cry. Just a heads up.

@JustinRittenhouse

3 жыл бұрын

It’s my FAVORITE Wilson song. It’s so good.

@Powick01

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, really lifts the song off the album

This is really relaxing to watch, you’re a really soothing dude with a soothing idea for content! (Plus I absolutely love SW and PT)

Thank you for what you're doing. I just discovered you and I am blown away by your takeaways by the best prog musicians in the world. Keep up the great work!!!

Check Out Steven Wilson's Luminol!

Wow, what a amazing piece! Thanks for sharing it with us. One of the most impressive bit of music I’ve ever experienced. I have vary eclectic and varied tastes and this song resonated within me so strongly. Fantastic stuff!! And your reaction video’s Geebz, as the very best I ever seen on KZread....period. From one older guy to another....

I was going to suggest this and you've already done it. Kudos. I think the double solo in this is the most sublime music ever created. It can completely take me out of this world.

I'm finding so many awesome new groups following your channel, super thankful for that. I've never heard of this band before, I get some rush/steely dan/radiohead feels from these guys. I might just be projecting, but I love it.

So refreshing to see reactions by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. Love your energy dude keep them coming 🤟🏼

Dude this is the best day of my year, I waited so long for you to react to this songg!!!

Steven Wilson - Ancestral has a really unusual song structure. And the dynamics and the sound are perfect on this one. Definitely recommend listening to!

What a treat you’re in for! You have to see them live ❤️

@dharlow5810

Жыл бұрын

It is hard to believe, but I saw SW in a burlesque bar in Pensacola for this tour. It was right before covid hit us and was one of the greatest highlights of my life. There was a crowd of 200 people who thought that SW was there for them alone. It was magical.

That's what i love about Tool, Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. the teach you how to Breath. just breath.

The banjo part at the end is done by a famous frog and it works great! ;-)

Yes.

Out of all of this album, this song was the one I didn’t click with the most. I’m glad to have this fresh new perspective!

A great band VITALISM is an instrumental band 2 guitars an awesome bass player and a killer drummer. Their songs seem almost like they have lyrics or tells a story. I wonder how much is engineered or pure musicianship. Thanks for all the great reviews and explanations. Keep on keepin on. Aloha

Ahw maaann this whole album is amazing, really worth a listen from start to finish. Since it’s a concept album it’s hard to just recommend one song because it will be an out of context listen. That being said, Routine and Ancestral are big ones, and I personally love the first and last tracks too, First Regret/3 Years Older and Happy Returns. Your reactions are great man, thanks for doing what you do and enjoy all the awesome music!

@rockakademi6492

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, HCE is one of the 10 albums to take with you, when stranded on a deserted island.

Adam Holtzman keyboard 🎹 solo is best I've heard ever ... and guitar 🎸 solo ... 2 best solos in one song 🎵 ??? ... writen and conducted by Steven Wilson ... executed by extraordinary musicians ... heaven...

You could feel this through your whole body on the tour, I saw them at the 900 capacity Edinburgh Queen’s Hall and I was dead centre, it was so good, probably the best gig I’ve been to, although for different reasons it may tie with the Supersuckers at King Tuts and Rammstein at the SECC both Glasgow, oh and.....continued page 234...

Absolutely the best react channel out there - just the right ratio of listening to analysis, from a guy who knows what he’s talking about musically. Definitely looking forward to more Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree, & Opeth. 🎸 Hope you’re enjoying the crazy surf in Hawaii right now...Jaws is insane! 🏄‍♂️

You may be thinking of the Govan solo on "drive home."

@steveaachen62

8 ай бұрын

@vincentrockel1149🇬🇧...for me one of the best, if not the best solos I've heard in years... 🇩🇪...für mich eines der besten, wenn nicht besten Soli, welche ich seit Jahren vernommen habe...

I've said it before, that is one of the greatest solo's ever created. Unbelievable. Great vid

If you are on Seven Wilson's solo works, then listen to "Raven that refused to sing" (the song, not the whole album). You need to see the video too. Makes me cry every time I hear it.

Great!! I must confess that I was jumping up and down in front of the screen, screaming "Yes, yes, yes!!!!", while watching you listening to Adam Holzman's Moog Synth solo while you're saying "Wow". And Guthrie's guitar solo still had to come!! This combination of two songs is one big eargasm!!!

Have to say, I've never seen your videos before but I enjoyed watching you enjoy this great music. Your reaction to each individual piece was pretty much the same as mine, including the "WOOOW!!!

I just love look at your face expressions while listening. Priceless

Wilson plays bass during Holzman keys solo! Beggs is on the Chapman Stick. Guthrie with the one take live track solo!!!

Best Steven Wilson song in my opinion. So stoked to see this reaction pop up! Keep em up!

I'm new to Steven Wilson. I hear elements of Classic Yes, David Bowie (Iggy Star Dust), maybe ELP, and Peter Townsend. I enjoy the use of movements on this journey.

What grabs me most about Home Invasion is the compression. It's so well used to allow the ambient sections to really boom.