The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

[crayZtaco7]

i think these guys are a perfect mix of led zeppelin and pink floyd. but wound together with each of their own creative minds

[Cali35Latin]

TMV kicks me with its beauty...

[SanguinaryPhilosophy]

damn no matter how hard i try i can't stop listening to this song every day it just hides behind the corners of my mind whispering, pulling me to listen closer. this, like many of their other songs, is truly a work of art. thank u for sharing

[metal4massacre]

is it me or does any 1 else get like a led zeppelin vibe from these guys

[lollanden1]

LOVE THIS SONG.

[Gouki0606]

awesome song!

[ConnorShawMusic]

you can get this on a rare vinyl too,the artwork on it is mind blowing!

[ConnorShawMusic]

i love all their songs but i would agree!! that song is epic :)

[immortalx50]

in my opinion, cygnus... vismund cygnus is better than frances the mute

[hellspawn003]

in my opinion this band blows my mind

[ConnorShawMusic]

yup!!! same here :)

[WhiPStiCkAG0St0P]

@immortalx50 cool story bro

[z4cr33v35]

You really need to make a playlist and add this in front of "Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus" because they run together.

[canthinkverywell]

@z4cr33v35 where this would go in context of the frances the mute album is actually pretty confusing. i feel like that riff at the end of this song and beginning of cygnus should start off the album, because they end it with it in cassandra gemini. the riff has a name, just cant remember it :/. this could go like right before cassandra gemini or something tho

[m8566]

@canthinkverywell

the name of the rift that you are thinking of is "Sarcophagi"

and "Frances the Mute" was suppose to start off the the Album.

[canthinkverywell]

@m8566 yeah i just found out that it actually was, i always assumed that people were just guessing it would go there.

[SoulFlare13]

Best TMV song ever.

[canthinkverywell]

@SoulFlare13 no...but it is amazing

[JorAtGuitar]

Why do you all need visuals when you have this kind of music to listen to.

[spooki1000]

@JorAtGuitar lol no one should this is musical lsd

[ConnorShawMusic]

Love this song!!!!!!!!!!!! TMV

[hellspawn003]

Amazing

[yockinnottou]

wow why is this not on the album? its fuckin ridiculous..

[cuntsound]

It's on A missing chromosome

[hamishfox]

Not enough space, so they removed the title track :P

[yockinnottou]

thats gay tho cuz half the shit on that album is jus noise.. but thats omar for u.. hahh. better on the other album than on no album tho

[loudmouth4]

It's prog rock it's meant to be out of the norm and abstract by it's nature. It's not for everyone or takes some gettign used to.

[yockinnottou]

@loudmouth4 i didn't mean it in a bad way for the people that thumbed me down.. and yeah i love tmv, and omar is one of my favorite guitarists.

[loudmouth4]

I figured you weren't criticizing it, just pointing out the nature of the genre if you will seeing as call Prog rock a genre is kind of contradictory.

[aries19860411]

I am blind!!!!! fuck

[oldfashionguy9]

i named my dog after this song!

an all white husky

[necr0sins]

so fuckin dope

[osbourne27]

his voice is crazy

[roflmaokb]

Lmao did anyone else notice the "watch in HQ for better pic" at the beginning. ^.^

[roflmaokb]

I dont know about you but my screen is black

[SuperBigmacman]

yeah hahahhaa

[m11gtr]

yes.

[thecat69meow]

love all this bands music, original but to call ppl gods is a silly

[PERSONIFICATIONOFYAY]

I hate when someone criticises something, people think they're 'trolling' - I guess all the music critics are 'trolls' too right?

[straightedge182]

HOLY SHIT every time i hear something from Cedric, Omar, Isaiah, Marcel, etc.. I'm amazed.. but I think a majority of us would agree that Cedric and Omar both are basically gods.

[btbam93]

Omar kics ass, one of my favorites.

[inth3antime]

This was great, THANK YOU FROM PANAMA

[Zubirrex]

This is the most pretentious shit I've ever heard, and since all art is pretension, that's saying something. TMV have it in them to be an unbelievable band, but they try so hard to be a "not" band. Anti-snobbery is still a form of snobbery.

[tonyAJ420]

WTF are you talking about, a "not" band? This is one of the greatest songs ever.

[Zubirrex]

Not popular. And no, it isn't one of the greatest songs ever. And yes, I get it. I just don't want it.

[tone2287]

no one asked nor wanted your opinion but we still got it so regarless what you want

it will stay just like the mars volta.

[PERSONIFICATIONOFYAY]

@Zubirrex You're absolutely correct

[MusicalEutopia]

Your opinion is pretentious.

[tobacki]

put a "&fmt=18" after this (or any) url than you geht HQ

[DangerRifai]

Not in HD, in GD - Ghetto Definition.

I love this song.

[inmepete]

i would watch in HQ if there was actually an HQ option.. still good quality, and a great song

[puddingball]

just put

&fmt=18

behind the link and you'll get the HQ version

so for this song it's .....DPyUKGBMhpg&fmt=18

[tommytoothpaste]

i get no video too which is weird cause i thought i got every plug in codec possible. The k-lite codec pack has never failed me as yet!

[gregsuperstar]

HQ material.

[theguyyounevermet]

lmao 2:53 "bam"

[MetalUpYourAssx2]

lol so many people getting trolled.. pretty entertaining

[iwannabeyourdog1969]

HQ FTW ¬¬

[joshingledew]

there is no picture!

[Funkymunkeys]

Genius :D

[ryanwilhite]

Apparently this song is supposed to decode the rest of the album. Not sure how, though. It's about a person looking for their biological parents and meeting various characters (the widow, cassandra gemini, etc) along the way.

[doherty06]

am i the only one who doesnt get a video come up? just black

[herrington10]

yes

[kranskyman]

i had to watch that in hq

[ihazaburgr]

Koji k.

Pjesma zakon.

[casperado666]

"ti si peder" too

[ladeira123]

haha nice video....No..... seriusly, nice song, it makes me see tha life diferent! The Mars Volta, come to Chile pls !!!

[FRIEDmason]

i love the video.

[xogilmoregirlxo]

wow awesome song!!! but this video is even better!

[Thaldrin]

I miss at the drive in =/

[aretherenamesleft9]

6.11 till the end. Awesome. Just an Eargasm all the time. Perfect.

[05marlowm]

Lol eargasm :)

[Darkfirelol1019]

Uughhhh Ackkkhhhh Oh god....that was nice, So....Mars Volta, can I buy you some dinner?

[nirv420]

fuck that lol thatz 8 guys u gotta pay for!!!

n i think they can eat bro! lol

[eshdiddy21]

mars volta is the fucking shit! cant wait to see them guys at the roo this year!

[buchayze]

what a beat...

[Ttrgrmmtn]

Nice Video

[DukeHungary]

nincs kép, geci! ne basz ki!

[vegadomis32988]

i think its on the album "frances the mute"

[shane220490]

Duhh....

[chrisleaptrott]

Actually it's not. Its a B-side found on Missing Chromosone.

They couldn't fit it on the titular album, oddly enough, but the lyrics are printed behind where the CD rests in the case.

[ImmerDieseNicknames]

yes it is^^

[cuttellhell]

actually they couldn't fit it on the actual album, you can only get it from the japanese version as a bonus track, or as the B-side on the single for The Widow

[peaceandamrit]

its not.... it was on a missing chromosome

[CementTree]

I can't find this on any of The Mars Volta's albums, or I'm just not looking hard enough. Does it appear in any sort of EP?

[GALEfz]

its in "a missing chromosome"

[CementTree]

Apparently I was right in saying that I didn't look hard enough. Turned out it WAS in 'the Frances Mute' album.

Thanks anyway.

[GALEfz]

yes but not in every country, im from argentina and we dont have that song in frances the mute (the album), you can also get it in a missing chromosome, its a compilation that contains songs from the trmulant ep also. aguante los volta!!

[PISOnorman]

actually is on "the widow" single...

i've got the original single and it'sthere

[SuzakuFireborn]

So pissed this song isn't actually on Frances the Mute. One of my favourites by them.

[OwnstheShade117]

cedric is a bad bad man..

hes amazing!!

[Raquesexy]

dude you are not but a fucking ignorant

[tschungelklaus]

word@Jtothelew

[hellspawn003]

Any one who thinks this band is not good has to be one over by this master peice its like thier version of stairway yet its TMV they are amazing

[DysphoricExemption]

virtual five dude (slap)

[Jtothelew]

You think going from Racer X to TMV is a decline?

You are obviously an ignorant sack of shit.

[metaldave08096]

I am not!!!!! The singer sucks ass!!!

[ollie1504]

how come its always 80s "metal" loving faggots that watch videos they don't like just to bitch in commentary? Concidence? Probably not.

[metaldave08096]

I just watched it to check it out and voiced my opinion. Actually, the music isn't bad, they just need to ditch that crappy singer.

[KnightmareChaotix]

Crappy singer? I haven't heard such range from anyone but Cedric. His voice matchs the feel of the music flawlessly every time.

His voice just works with the music. I haven't heard much from At The Drive-In, so I can't comment on his vocal work there yet. But in The Mars Volta, I have yet to hear his voice clash with the music.

[masterpimpshinchan]

Lisen to queen then

[KnightmareChaotix]

I do listen to queen man. Freddie Mercury was a god of a frontman.

However, I'm not sure if his vocals have the range of Cedric's.

[masterpimpshinchan]

I disagree but youcan have your opinion

[SuzakuFireborn]

I find it funny that someone named metaldave is making a comment on singing anyways.

I totally agree with this comment and to add some insight, I think Cedric's vocals improved during his time with the Volta but he also wasn't going so all out with At the Drive-In. If you listen to some of their earlier shows though, its kind of lacking.

[bobbyw9797]

try Protest The Hero, Rody's vocals are godly.

[forfivesixseven]

protest is ok, just ok =)

[stendhalsyndrome]

hahahahahahahahaha

[masterpimpshinchan]

Are you callin me out, i love this band though, and we do it to try and see if there is a band we like that are newer so far very slim selectin oh and its the 70-90s metal bitch

[metaldave08096]

Wow, and the bassist to this band was from Racer X, that's a hell of a decline...

[sith211]

dude wtf are u talking about tmv is the shit

[stendhalsyndrome]

hahahahaha - seriously i just ruptureed my insides on that comment . thanks!

[AntsOfTheSky720]

Im fairly new to this band, and out of the 10 or so songs ive heard so far, this is my favorite, absolutely amazing. They have a vintage progressive vibe to them, yet still newer. Theyre just so unique, and few bands posess the special quality that the mars volta have.

[Zen637]

I'm relatively new, also. Check out the band Tool, their stuff is fantastic as well.

[bloodeboy]

Lol, you must be new. I think everyone knows who Tool is.

[Zen637]

noes

D:

[beefcake8888]

I leaned to play Skism(?) on bass when I was 9, suck on that biotch. haha.

[Flyzoola]

Lol, so you learned basic hammer on a pull offs?

And it's called "Schism"

[coheed09cambria]

one riff is not the whole song. i'd like to see a nine year old dumbass kid play schism, time signatures and all.

[bipolarclerk]

I know!

I have been playing bass since I was 15 (18 now)

I cannot even play schism time sigs and all.

That guy is full of shit.

[iggy13]

Too bad the sarcophagi ending didn't fit into this video

[vladan891]

i lie ATDI more.

[AuronX220]

great

[Domnz]

This whole song is pretty creepy if you ask me, nontheless, amazing though!

[JadKni]

The opening to this song is creepy as hell. Amazing though.

[dantedmc4234]

I LOVE VOLTA

[sharpbandit]

why... ?!? why isnt this on the album. daMN i messed it up again..

[roksoer]

lol

[Raulness]

who directed the video for this song? it's very different and innovative. it really does the song justice.

[ibigstrongman]

i totally chilled backstage with them in september. pridgen is cool as hell

[Tipoputo]

When the drum comes in after the acoustic part, it REALLY reminds me of a few Yes songs.

This is one amazing Mars Volta song. It's too bad they didn't include it on the album!

[renegade687]

they remind me of yes sometimes too! i also think the best drummers ever is the one from yes and the new drummer pridgden? from the gliath album. ironic. i also hear alot of King Crimson and pink floyd influence in there music.

[WiiLad]

o boi somebody put two and two together and found out TMV is prog.

Good job, I was having trouble with it.

[renegade687]

if you wanna label them then u need to try to put two and two together and figure out there is no answer when everything is flipped backwars and revearsed

[renegade687]

no respond? yeah cause im right LOSER

[AuronX220]

how is that irony

[amakakerurnh]

amazing video

the mars volta rules¡¡

[fahmp7]

great video

[YamashitaTsubasa]

I remember when I bought the Frances the Mute album and got an extra CD with this on it... Amazing song, but the four minutes of coqui chirping before the song actually starts annoyed me, but it's still fantastic.

[YamashitaTsubasa]

Disregard the coqui chirping part, I was thinking of "Miranda That Ghost Isn't Holy Anymore". I meant bells.

[yannis5]

oh fucking yes.. one of their best less known songs

[toansavoo]

Don't forget take the veil cerpin taxt of the album de-loused!

[arimamiyazawa]

see my "vids" online now before youtube takes them off again h

[sleepwalkingonfire]

Dear The Mars Volta,

 Play in Florida NOW.

[SuzakuFireborn]

One of my favourite volta songs excluded from my favourite volta c.d. Sons of bitches!

[Hood52crew]

music is beautiful())()()() this is y music is unbeilevable

[myfaiicee]

352 was sooo goood well that is for my opinion =]

[tonikmajor]

wow@this song

[kakoondoo]

most underrated volta song in my opinion..the acoustic/drum build-up/jam is pure genius..

[Spencer562]

this song is beutiful. <3

[storyteller911]

this song fucks ur life

[LingLing1415]

what does this song mean?

[ButtPoopWiggle]

It's really quite simple.

The first section is one of their best, the breakdown is fucking chill as shit, and the "missing notes" noodle along with the climax is timeless.

Too bad Omar didn't trim away a bit of fat to have made room for this on the album.

[rafazeppelin]

maybe the best song of the mars volta! i keep playing this over and over!!

[Rakim360]

the breakdown at 2:54 in to the quiet acoustic...ohhh its haunting..and incredibly awsome.

[mmilholen]

I keep clicking replay!

[BillTheGodfather]

nice vid!^^ lol fuckin' nice song

[DaCleaner101]

yes ..... AMEN

[DaCleaner101]

yes ..... AMEN

[DaCleaner101]

best volta song!!!!

[papercow8]

Amen!

[hawk1513]

love love love this song ;)

[xdarkdream17x]

u know y its so quiet in the middle??  to make you listen. :)

[HannahHiseman]

:)

TMV Fuckin Rule!

[DistortedSmiles]

yes they do.

[chucknorris687]

So r these guyz like punk or something? Cause they sound pretty cool!

[xdarkdream17x]

not sure... well... never wanted to classify them so just forget about it... enjoy it and if u have to classify it, it falls under hip hop LOL jkkkk but i think thats y u got so many thumbs downs.. classifying it...

[WereTexas08]

I believe Omar described the band as "A donkey choking a waffle." Sounds good to me. I know for a fact that this band's excellence has not been completely realized, and is beyond quantifying. They have quite literally changed my life.

[martels1001]

That really is one of the greatest quotes ever. "The donkey thinks he's choking it, but really he's just stepping on it."

[deftonesfan192]

why???

[jamesonq]

this song is on the album "a missing chromosome" as well as the non-american FTM

[johndoe2101]

good song

but if ur gonna just put audio up on youtube and not a vid, at least put some pics in the background

[stanley888666]

what is the name of this song?

[LLMelvinL]

Frances the Mute great song!

[JanSkylar]

this is the "decoder song" that is titled "Frances the Mute" although it was not included on the "Frances the Mute" album. It is available on vinyl here in the US. It is also awesom.

[f1sk8mm]

also in japan on the frances the mute album

[TheFreeshooter]

too bad it wanst on the American virsion of Frances the Mute

[DanteNeedsThis]

Thank you so much for putting this up!

[jackp22]

thanks for puttin this up

[JanezF]

eh...

[roksoer]

difrens ej abse tepu alkaj

[roksoer]

>all

[MaHe1]

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