Mastodon - The Bit (Melvins Cover)

[cvmaddog13]

awesome cover...true to form! Mastodon kills it!!!

[MrTrendkill42]

that song has 0 dislikes, thats the proof how cool it is

[Matty3350]

@MrTrendkill42 You just HAD to jinx it

[TheZookeeper48]

damn this sounds almost like the original.

[fufuluckfu]

great cover,...

[thrashattack312]

BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!

[mynameisandrew962]

I could always tell the Melvins were always a big influence to Mastodon. Both amazing bands.

[2coco4you]

melvins is better

[DustinShaneYounce]

@2coco4you fuck you off course it is, this is a tribute. I can;t go to any cover song of a band without some asshole saying the original is better.

[Disburden]

King Buzzo is a genius.

[FinderofNemo]

Why can't I find this anywhere else?

[meltinghands]

Not nearly sludgy enough.

[IamDrRocktopus]

@PwnedNinjaaa Middle men*, plural ;D 

[uiruu]

@PwnedNinjaaa Maybe... but I didn't listen to it then. I do remember seeing the name "Mastodon" but I didn't know what I was missing!

[IamDrRocktopus]

dare i say better than the original.

[Wh1teL1ghtinn]

THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING HEAVY SHIT

[danielm7987]

Mastodon I think could cover any song.

[VJelectro]

It's almost like Mastodon was bred to play this kind of stuff. Sounds almost exactly like the original. I love it!

[ButJetagCameBack]

I want to see a Brann Dailor vs. Dale Crover drum duell now.

[FormerlyMrBean667]

Fookin sludgy.

[termanate]

Oh god I've gone and ruined my pants with my moistness. Mastodon is the fucking best thing ever.

[Brangoth4]

The last time I saw Mastodon they played this song and this dude next to me was like "Hey man, that's a Melvins' song" and so I said "Naw man, that's just some of their early shit, when they were REAL heavy. The Melvins did a cover of it." Fucking dumb ass dipshit.

[aaron21392]

I'm not even sound raide

[aaron21392]

Mastodon might very well be my favorite band, no disrespect to Melvins...

[tiddleywinks]

@aaron21392 i do not blame ya there on bie

[uiruu]

This is what got me hooked on Mastodon. The Melvins. I got hooked on the Melvins from Fantomas, which King Buzzo is in. I got hooked on Fantomas cuz of Faith No More, because of Patton. I got hooked on FNM because of Tool (Maynard and Bill Gould worked on a Kiss cover). I got hooked on Tool because of Pandora, where it came up on a System of a Down channel. I got hooked on SOAD when my cousin gave me a Tony Hawk game with Shimmy in it.

Thank you Tony Hawk for teaching me about Mastodon.

[mikeplaid]

@uiruu That's awesome. Tracing out how one band leads to another is the essence of becoming more and more eclectic, I think. I wish I could remember the progression for most of the bands I've gotten into over the years, especially on my own -- from mainstream to underground metal, without a buddy lending me a cd or two.

[uiruu]

@mikeplaid The only problem with that for me is that my buddies don't listen to this kind of music. My best friends really don't listen to music at all lol.

[GrandRiffAuto73]

@uiruu you have great tastes.

[uiruu]

@GrandRiffAuto73 Danke sehr, Herr RiffAuto

[H666]

@uiruu EPIC comment is epic. Look up CLUTCH. Thank the metal gods.

[MrDenAlec]

@uiruu dude system is also my bottomband :) you could go from mastodon to neurosis btw (Scott Kelly's band)

[AmateurRecords]

Pretty Decent version! Still the melvins one is the best, because they wrote it...

[Ghik1987]

this is for Cows

[AwesomeSauceLimited]

@Ghik1987 Its not for the size of me

[uiruu]

@AwesomeSauceLimited into my mouth

[AwesomeSauceLimited]

@uiruu 900 AND FOUR-TEEN

[redding666]

Fantomas FTW



[uiruu]

@redding666 Wrong band, bro

[redding666]

@uiruu What are you talking about, Fantomas did the best cover of this

[uiruu]

@redding666 Fantomas? Since when? This was a Melvins song originally, so I guess it makes sense that Fantomas would cover it. Buzz is in Fantomas after all.

But this is a Mastodon video.

[redding666]

@uiruu All I'm saying is Fantomas version was teh best, hence "FTW. Although Troys' voice is awesome, Patton takes the cake

[VeroNevermind1990]

The original is better but this is a Pretty awesome cover the Melvins is bad ass no 1 i kno likes them but I don't fuckin care better for me ;) there missing out

[GoPokes187]

Mastodon...the whole band is a force...but Brann Dailor's drumming.....there's not many like him in rock right now.

[MagniumXL]

@GoPokes187 Mostly because drummers like him go into metal. I've become disenchanted with modern rock for this very reason, no one is showing any skill.

[ultimatefurydave]

Spot on!!

[metalfanzbodie]

Mastodon should do a cover album :) i'd buy it

[codeaires]

@SSDD141 Perhaps ;)

[bobokk]

@DKBowden3 The only trolls are the pricks like you claiming to be ANTI-Beiber.

[exhume19]

@bobokk He's actually referencing a Mastodon song...

[bobokk]

@exhume19 I don't give a shit. Doesn't change what I said. I've never seen a genuine Beiber fan trolling metal videos. It's always fake "metalhead" prick kids posting anti-Beiber comments.

[APPLESAUCE50]

how can a song be so heavy and so ethereal? it's awesome!

[Polybun]

this sucks. no hexichords, dumbed down rythem. This is the melvins dumb down for morons.

[highonfire3653]

you can tell by mastodon sound that they were influenced by Melvins not even just on this cover but listen to some of there other songs it has a melvin sound to it

[SarahAbernathy]

awesome cover... like the original better though

[veeragandersucks]

@SarahAbernathy i like the guitar sonds a little better, but yeah.

[Ablutophobic]

Hmmm... I like Mastodon more than the Melvins, but I don't think this cover captured the feeling of the orginal.

[Monolith787]

women shouldnt listen to metal

[mittensandfobeo]

@Monolith787 .....um...why not?

[supervillan]

@Monolith787 WTF why the hell not O.o

[Monolith787]

@supervillan cuz, if a chick walks up to me and says she likes metal, i might just rape her out of pure love, and more than half the time, they dont no what the fuck they r talking bout.

[supervillan]

@Monolith787 O.o er... i like metal but im not a "purist" for music. just because someone doesn't know everything doesn't make them any less of a fan. just amkes you a hipster dick.

[kannibalkook]

Great cover,i love Mastodon and all,but let's be honest.The original blows this one out of the water

[HoosierMF]

@kannibalkook Totally. No one out-Melvins the Melvins

[smirch]

@HoosierMF Love both bands, but couldn't say it better than this.

[Desmigalhation]

|v/,



[john0the0bastard]

Quality Cover

[afroninja515]

I think I could like this version more than the original, don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Melvins, but this cover is simply orgasmic.

[chelahds]

@afroninja515 i like this one better too, and I usually like originals better, but Mastodon did an amazing job

[eraserhead321]

easily the best cover on this album.

[podrumz]

this one definitely did justice to the original

[XjohnfishX]

This is awesome. It sounds quite a bit like the Melvins. Badass.

[AstralSmC]

perfection

[neverAcquiesce]

This sounds like the first thing that crawled out of the primordial ooze. Pure metal awesomeness.

[zillermulch]

oh fuck yes!

[danson1992]

This song is brute force

[forerunner06]

this cover is awesome! he sounds very much like buzz

[RoWilko]

ok so im fucking about on youtube on a standard sunday/monday , but wait no its no longer standard !!! this is so good it hurts !!! i am a massive melvins fan and always be !!!!!!!!! i do fucking love mastodon but not a mile as much as the melvins. this must be the best. most exciting cover i have come across of the melvins stuff. sorry this was a massive ass kiss i no but im a man of wide taste wen it comes to music. in a word SICK!!!! in a few SICK AS FUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!

[jek21]

perfect cover for this band. nicely done.

[bob36225]

The last time I saw Mastodon they played this song and I was like "Hey man, that's a Melvins' song" to these kids next to me and they said "naw man that's just some of their early shit, when they were REAL heavy." Fucking punk ass motherfuckers.

[nirvanaaddict8989]

yeah never listen to a fourteen year olds opinion on music they usually dont know what the fuck they are talking about

[Jimihendrix6699]

@bob36225 lmao what a dumbass. u should threw him to the lions.

[XjohnfishX]

@bob36225 lol thats sad. when i first started listening to mastodon i could've told you this wasn't originally done by them. of course at the time I didn't know who the melvins were but I knew it wasn't a mastodon song. lol

[yusifer]

@bob36225 thats funny since I've seen mastodon about 5 times and EVERY time they have introduced it as a melvins song. I think some people are just thick. :|

[damn5522]

@bob36225 cant be mad at young mastodon fans being naive but mastodon does have a niche at covering songs that sound just like songs theyd play themselves

[metalmattm]

@bob36225 Poke their eyes... with a poopy stick, man!

[confettiembolism666]

@bob36225 damn man, at least the kids by me were just all "what was that last song?" i still flipped shit when they closed with it, great way to end a set.

[M45T3R84T10N]

@bob36225

shoulda stomped'em in the nuts

[BiggyTalls93]

@bob36225 Fucking stupid kids. That's a bunch of bullshit hahaha. "Oh its their early stuff, derpaderp." Yeah, okay kid You know nothing.

[fascismanarchy]

@BiggyTalls93 fuck you

[perrottafamily1]

@bob36225 It pisses me off when people think covers are the band's material.

[danielm7987]

@bob36225 people are so stupid. I love the idiots that think Crack the Skye was their first album and that Mastodon is a new band.

[TheOpethOfMastodon]

@danielm7987 i know,that pisses me off

[fukkock]

Converge fucking blows

[codeaires]

Everything about Mastodon's cover of this song is pure sex. The guitars, Troy's voice, everything...as a hetero female, it gets me in the mood.

I do love me some Melvins as well so don't get the wrong idea, but the meaning of this song has always confused me. Anyone have a good interpretation?

[WizardInBlack147]

Melvins songs aren't supposed to be interpreted. Only the pope can interpret them.

[weekendlobotomist]

@WizardInBlack147 we got to get him on that then

[ogznog]

@WizardInBlack147 What are you talking about? Melvins lyrics are totally interpretable! "Eight times a felan-fo-fi, like cobalt cast and clean!" That's quite obviously about gay rights.

[sochioranmyaku]

@WizardInBlack147 Not even the pope can. Only Chuck Norris.

[cortnerv]

@WizardInBlack147 nah dude, only god can do it... and by god i mean buzzo

[forerunner06]

@WizardInBlack147 true true...

[TheCorruptionlives]

@WizardInBlack147 fuck the pope!

[SpasmOfJoy]

@codeaires Uhh whats ur name....and can you text? hahaha jk

[UlyssesPaws]

@codeaires Horses... That is all.

[codeaires]

@UlyssesPaws WHUT.

[UlyssesPaws]

@codeaires The bit is the metal bar, placed inside a horses mouth, attached to the reins.

[XjohnfishX]

@codeaires King Buzzo has said himself "songs shouldn't make sense" LOL

[codeaires]

@XjohnfishX Haha yeah, that's just understood when it comes to Melvins. However, I do think some of their songs have hidden meanings, and this is one of them.

[ipoundz]

@codeaires u sound like a guy.

[codeaires]

@ipoundz Nah, just a chick with a deep voice. Get that a lot though.

[MrElmerBudd]

I know exactly what you mean... this is an amazing cover

[Roadkill155]

@codeaires Thumbs up for hetero females!

[codeaires]

@Roadkill155 Mega LOL

[dinosaurjr420]

@codeaires As a hetero female, mastodon is a terrible terrible band. And Melvins turn me on. And you're full of shit, if you 'liked' them you would know there is no reason to interpret Buzzo's lyrics.

[ebaumsboy09]

@dinosaurjr420 as a hetero female who thinks mastodon is a terrible terrible band, you should know that your opinion is invalid, and the fact that you have 420 in your username makes you a gigantic tool.

[XxSameerxX]

@codeaires

As a hetero male, this gets me in the mood.

[amtheriver]

@codeaires Poetry is interpreted differently by each person...and each interpretation is correct.

[codeaires]

@amtheriver True. I just always felt that this was one Melvins song that did have a deeper meaning, maybe about mind control or the blind leading the blind. Someone else suggested it had sexual undertones, like prostitution or a master/slave context. Who knows.

[theradu123]

@codeaires

unfortunately i've seen what you look like, and the fact that this song might assist in you procreating and passing along your genes makes me very dissapointed in mastodon

[codeaires]

@theradu123 Well hon, we all have our positive attributes and our obvious flaws. My positive attribute is that I am a Mastodon fan with a sense of humor about both myself and the band, and I don't take myself or my looks that seriously. Your obvious flaw is that you're a pimply-faced teenager who has nothing better to do with his time than to lurk the Mastodon Rocks forums and hurl off-topic insults at female members. That's a good way to guarantee that you'll never get laid. Good job :)

[theradu123]

@codeaires

ah, and yet, you still feel compelled to lash out when someone does in fact make fun of the looks that you supposedly don't take seriously, resorting to textbook insults. i particularly enjoyed the one about me destined to die a virgin, very astute! i also take delight in the irony of your comment, 'nothing better to do with my time'. heeheehee, you're fun!

[fascismanarchy]

@codeaires slut

[codeaires]

@fascismanarchy LOL, someone's upset over the fact that I'm comfortable enough in my sexuality to admit what turns me on.

[ASSLICKERADAS]

they omitted the sitar :(

[666PeaceSells666]

They played this on halloween '08! Supporting Slayer!

[bradbmoney]

converge are a bunch of fags you nozzle

[knifedanny]

faggot! anti! hate! hate! hate!

[w35m4n]

Mastodon and the Melvins fucking destroy.

[Jimihendrix6699]

gotta love mastodon

[leachables]

what faggot is putting thumbs down on all the anti converge comments? they suck get over it

[akathasamurai]

@leachables

Ahahahaha! I saw converge when they opened for mastodon in chicago and I didn't enjoy them in the least... not even as an opener. Seemed like nice guys, but musical ability... not so much.

[Jimihendrix6699]

i saw them in st.louis. it sounded like butt fuck the time with the singer. people were booing them. and yellin get the fuck off the stage

[tjonmcd]

@akathasamurai you're actually just kind of fucked if you think converge has no musical ability.

[akathasamurai]

@tjonmcd Well I should hope so, they need that "ability" to make a living!

[leechproject]

@akathasamurai High on Fire kicked serious ass right before them, though.

[angrypunk666]

I saw Converge open for Mastodon two months ago in NYC....they were FUCKING TERRIBLE...hardcore gave up on me...that's all I can say...if faggots like that set the standard, then I'd rather have my skin peeled and be rolled in rolled in rock salt...i'd rather throat-fuck a shotgun with a sevant behind the trigger...defend that band and fail

[thedude6393]

@angrypunk666 i was there, i agree. 10/30/09? :D

[angrypunk666]

yup! that's the show el duderino!

[bassbaby82]

It's strange that no one has put the original melvins album version

[AICSLUDGE]

youtube doesnt let you =(

ive tried......

[AphoticAgony]

Fuck off Converge rules

Jane doe is classic.

[leachables]

fuckin stupid

[AphoticAgony]

I'm seeing them live wednesday oh god i can't wait! !!!!!!!!!!

[angrypunk666]

saw them in NYC at the end of october...it's gonna be epic....do me a favor...throw lit cigs at converge!

[jensfuckinpulver666]

converge was fucking awful. i saw them two nights after you. the singer was a douche, and he accidentally threw up some heils to hitler while doing his stupid hand gestures.

[ToolOfTrade]

Converge aren't Nazi's and show me the proof Jacob did the Heil Hitler salture. Doubt he did, and you know nothing about that band at all. Mastodon should be thankful they exist because of Converge...

[MetalBassist1000]

not at all mastodons here because of neurosis fucking idiot

[leachables]

Converge sucks dick, one of their songs was just the singer going "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK"  I went tand played Brutal Legend at the stand they set up and waited till they were done playing.

[Surtezmo]

lol i saw a show on the same tour and did the same thing. that band sucked mastodon raped

[SirAwsomness]

lol i saw them too. all the singer did was go bwa bwa bwa like 70 times. the bassist and the drummer were good tho. the guitarist sounded high as shit

[MetalBassist1000]

he actually made some fucking jew jokes when i was there

[TehChinz]

How the fuck do you get music videos up without getting shot down by WMG claims? Great upload, bro, kickass song, kickass bands, kick ass stuff.

[Andragon90]

All hail the King! Great cover.

[CamDub94]

They totally played this at their show in Columbus last tuesday, I knew I had heard it somewhere before, the Melvins are the shit, man, thanks!

[burntheship]

i agree. they covered the song. that's it. nothing to compare here.

[SnakeTheFox]

Saw them in Chicago a week ago, and they played this. I should've brought an extra pair of underwear.

[vallsack]

cool story, bro.

[SnakeTheFox]

Bro, story cool.

[hoygevoyge]

this is a good cover..but i don't know how anyone could say that it's "almost better than the Melvins' version"...Mastodon didn't do anything different with it..except for the solo...which is in no way better..Melvins are way better

[dragonwix]

Where's the intro? : O

[t3hirishjam]

dude its Mastodon, they can do wht ever n they'll still turn ur brain to shit

[AxeSwanger]

The first riff after the droning intro riff even sounds like classic Mastodon. I love Melvins and Mastodon!

[SocialDeviant77]

Great cover, almost like it better than the melvins version. Almost.

[blackbloodvomitorium]

two great bands!

[StarInvasion]

wow, i wasnt expecting a cover this good! but i guess these guys have been playing it a while

[Sortsylic]

Mastodon = awesome performance. Forever.

[n444445]

I was about 20 feet away when they played this and melvins came on stage. Downstairs. FUCK! I saw mastodon the day before and didn't realise I was going to miss this. Can I say again? FUCK.