The Mars Volta- Wax simulacra MTV CANADA

[BretDoud]

TO SHAKE BY THE ROO-OO-OOTS!!! Gives me chills everytime! i love it!!!

[Superdeven4957]

THAT FUCKING MARACASS!!!

[owtinoz]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT O.O

[Hopesfallout]

Seriously is there a cooler band? ;D

[umdiscodevinil]

Thomas Pridgen's intro is amazing !

[satanicpunker182]

The way that lady with mustache sings reminds me of Rush's Geddy Lee.

[pearldrummer1157]

@satanicpunker182 Burn in Hell

[Musicfrommitchell]

anyone else notice cedric with that AWESOME mic catch?

[Mkamalid]

@Musicfrommitchell yupp hardcore stuff :D

[PoeticJustice05]

Did anybody else hear Daryn Jones at the end saying, "WOW."

Usually he seems like a hard guy to impress.

[Lachy101]

2.04 to 2-06 cedrics like OH SHIT MIC QUICK!!!!

[Lachy101]

2.04 to 2-06 cedrics like OH SHIT MIC QUICK!!!!

[Redeemedsinner17]

look at them canadians dance :D

[psykocreep]

@Redeemedsinner17 You can't dance to Wax Simulacra. Wax Simulacra dances you.

[Haxmarry]

less rock, more metal/Jazz fusion dude.

[CGBDrums]

i feel so unbelievably gay for catching this... but is that peter from degrassi at 1:22?!

[MrTonemaster]

Just look at those kids. Trying real hard to get into it. Hard to miss the energy and thats what they are responding to....no the music I think

[RHCPfan]

What a mess... I love this band, they are incredibly progressive and talented, but they really need to work on their live performances. Did they really have to add the wind instruments? It just added to the confusion. They should simplify their live performances and just play the bare essentials.

[hellojoshymosh]

@RHCPfan are you kidding me? i could follow this performance perfectly fine. you probably just don't know wax simulcra too well. they've also had adrian terrazas-gonzalez playing wind for awhile. and if they simplified to the bare essentials then they wouldn't be the mars volta would they? they're anything but simple

[LOLAmafalda]

^^ What great music..!!! Rock LiVe...!!! \m/

[mrojas6869]

son grandeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeessssss

[edhbran]

@JohnTheRipper2 uuuummm everything is better than marilyn manson. And im not trying to troll...

[zerocool4221]

lol 1:22, theres a guy standing there just dumbfounded. awesome.

[Bentoss612]

2:43 sums up the whole video

[negatyve]

Whoever edited this video should have been dragged into the street and beaten. All the hyper editing cuts out 90% of the shit that's going on on-stage.

[nwoods5]

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[sxstratno1elses]

so, glad that they sacked that sax player, not that he was bad, but i mean, if they could do something as amazing as inertiac esp without him, plus, goliath, one of my personal faves, has no sax on it, and its fucking ear melting, fuck these guys rock!

[DemonInJerseyCity]

I think he's still flat with his voice mostly.

[EFFORTLESS7]

@DemonInJerseyCity  yeah lol

[jerrytheman1987]

@DemonInJerseyCity Are you a voice coach?? if not shut the fuck up!!!!!

[DemonInJerseyCity]

@jerrytheman1987 no, but I'm not fucking deaf like you are. It's not too hard to hear someone singing off key and it doesn't take an expert to see that his vocal performance isn't the greatest here.

[jerrytheman1987]

@DemonInJerseyCity Either way you cant singg for shit! fuck you!

[DemonInJerseyCity]

@jerrytheman1987 Lol, I can't sing? You've never heard me and you don't know who I am, how old are you? Go listen to my band:

myspace/AudioInsightMusic

[CrispyXR]

@DemonInJerseyCity haha you just pwned that guy with your band.. your pretty good

[DemonInJerseyCity]

@CrispyXR Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! If you're ever interested in a free album, message me!

[SidVicious10101]

The vocals here are better then in most other performances!!! LOVE THIS BAND!!!

[Wilas8804]

de puta madre!!! viva mejico cabrones!!!

[MasterShinjy]

this people were rushed by Omars awesomeness.

[wolfumz]

I think this song would have the same effect if it was stripped down to vocals and drums.

[specialness16]

cedric sounds good here, I'm thinking maybe his voice has recovered was sounding damaged in a couple of other videos I saw of this song

[bungbung13131]

they do this song so differently live than the studio version...

[PatrickEsdam]

Why is what you said so bad? :D

[specialness16]

yeah it's called improvising :P

[cheeseman59]

jeez thomas the drums didnt deserve that

[winnerbaby44]

lol

[iAple]

daamn cedric never gets wax simulacra right on live...

[daviddmo]

whats wrong with the camera guy, i wanna see pridgen too!!!

[IchMagSechs]

@daviddmo,

don't need him in the video, you can hear him.

[spankrod]

Oh, no! Where's the HQ option? Nooooo

[verdenodela1]

Add &fmt=18 at the end of any URL for HQ.

Also, I love how the announcer says "wow" at the end of the song.

[spankrod]

verdenodela1, I think I love you.

[MasterShinjy]

lool!! normal ppl dont know how to react to TMV xD.

the crowd is kinda confused

[crg12]

hahaah the white girls at the front are like huh?? man i would have gone crasy to this shit....mars volta for life

[MasterShinjy]

xD!!! at 1:22 guy's like huuum... wut?

xD

[crg12]

probably due to pridgens greatness

[tripeace]

drummings always on point

[mac9641]

Is it just me is is Cedric's voice always way off when eh tries to sing really high live...

Don't get me wrong I love TMV, but without all the effects on his voice (like on the albums) he sounds slightly like a dying cat

[Infuzor]

Watch Tetragrammaton on Henry Rollins Part 1. He hits the high notes perfectly at the end.

[ilovemanyythings1]

hahaha so so right hahah!

[breakingbloodvessels]

wow what a gheddy lee wannabe

[Orlandojaen1]

TMV RULEZ!!!!

[BasketClash]

I like Canadian Pussy... what

[hallowedpredator]

canadians are pussies

[angryparrot]

Shutup, douchecunt.

[hallowedpredator]

truth hurts

[angryparrot]

So does having a pineapple shoved up your ass, you arrogant prick.

[hallowedpredator]

truth hurts

[entertheredfox]

LOL!

[drdoktormed]

finally some goog music!

[Backdrop2772]

These guys are unbelievable! I can't even write much more because that about sums it up

[0Lewis0]

hahaha, people trying to dance to this.

[ELBROSE]

this is an amazingly hard song to sing.

[TheBestShortwave]

haha anything cedric sings is impossible for anybody else.

[yelir92]

except giddy lee

[TheMenace909]

i love the way mars volta always have a mexican flag on stage when they perform

[rhymenosify]

lousy audience!! they don't deserve to be watching Mars Volta live.

[DrewyDrew87]

One of my favorite bands of all time, but they can be hit-or-miss live. Also, what a FUCKING LAME audience. "MTV Canada"...figures.

[infamerock]

VIVA MEXICO!!!

[ROckersz]

This is very good but the singer is in the way.

[mrgrinch14]

@ John the Ripper

You haven't seen anything yet :)

Also, this is one his better vocal performances IMO.

[JohnTheRipper2]

wow, just saw them on vh1 gods of rock, and just had to check 'em out! I mean WOW, this is just REAL ROCK. Marilyn manson can kiss his ass goodbye, this is just extremely amazing! I am just speechless! I mean come on, this has got to be one of the best band the world has EVER seen!

[putridfluid]

@JohnTheRipper2 you just learned about them man! Holy fuck man, the first time I heard them I was driving really fast down the freeway at night on acid...if an orgasm could kill haha!

[Lateralus63]

My god that break at 2:06 makes you feel like a bullet just hit you.

[ACDB243]

MTV didnt know what hit them

[winnerbaby44]

first right thing mtv ever said:

"wow" @ 2:42

fucking out of this world!

[LKRP92]

I second that.

[betojaime]

la bandera de mexico fue la mamada

A WEBO CABRONES!

[AlexEXF2]

yeeaahh!!

[spankrod]

Not even the mighty Mars Volta, it seems, are able to awaken that crowd from their Britney-induced slumber; indelible proof that society has much to answer for since the advent of MTV.

[chud89]

u can count watever you want but thomas's foot is on another level

[primussucks]

i love this song. i also love watching confused audience members try and work out how to dance to this. brilliant :D

[mrbosch91]

Rock Werchter baby

[manusiakegelapan]

i think in reff its 11/8 and in the bridge is 6/8 an the other parts are in 12/8

[mikalagadag]

verses in 11 and choruses/bridge in 6..

[MarcBassoFilms]

cedrics voice is much better in this version than lettermans

[eliottelescorielese]

I agree...

[Link1714]

His voice is always a little flat, who gives a dick.

[cookiedoekeith]

For any of you following the discussion, i have re-read the Thomas Pridgen interview in last summer's Modern Drummer, it's written as 11/8 and 12/8 so I was also wrong.

Theres a nugget of information for you.... I said NUGGET!! Nothing else...

[AudioSpazms]

Math Rock rulz!!!!

[jbeare]

damn could you imagine the nightmare the engineer would have trying to get the mix correct on this live?

[person1343246]

i was thinking the same thing.

[tomatoplot]

It's funny to watch people try and dance to such a syncopated beat.

[ghdtjdqhd]

MTV crowd sucks major BALLZ.

[meowbark123]

uhm..

What should they have been doing..?

[KiernanMooney]

This isn't 4/4 all the way through, so it's not like you need to jump to the beat. This is a band where you listen, let yourself go fucking insane and rock the fuck out.

Especially to this song.

[cookiedoekeith]

The song is in a fucking odd time signature. The chorus is in 11/16 but the rest is in 12/16... but the outro is 2 bars of 11/16 with one of 4/4 at the end. Difficult song to play.

[broadcastyamum]

I'm not sure bout 11/16, I thought the chorus is 6/3 5/4 6/3 5/4 and the rest is 6/3. But I could be wrong.

[winnerbaby44]

6/3? whats that? lol

cookie is right except id say is 11/8 not 11/16.. but thats too anal for me ^^

[broadcastyamum]

we were both wrong. i just found the music score. it's all in 5/4 and 3/4.

simple hey.

[winnerbaby44]

no its 11/8 for sure..

it says so in modern drummer magazine

the other parts are in 12/8=6/4

=)

[broadcastyamum]

google "wax simulacra music score" :)

[winnerbaby44]

it doesnt really matter the way you write it lol

you can write a groove in 7 in tipical 8 form.. your just moving 1 8th note every bar lol

i guess there are several ways to count this.. thomas is mean xD

[Jalkotsu]

besides, the wind instruments sound good as fuck. shit this is one of my fav bands. they are just fantastical.

[javodisforia]

shitiest intro ever

[Moog167]

HA It sounded awesome to me!

[KiernanMooney]

Agreed, man. This band is incredible.

[featherhead15]

freakin canadian bitches don't even know what hit em'!

[eliottelescorielese]

I bought this CD today, it's very good!

[vittux7]

Yeah, I saw you while you were buying it! Ahah

[deadsurfkiss]

I love how EVERY instrument used, can be heard as clear as water. Superb performers!!!

[cookiedoekeith]

Granted it sounds good here. However, ive listened to The Bedlam In Goliath on over 15 different high end hi-fi's (we're talking ranging from £300 to £8000 here) and the album mix isnt as clear. Ive had the album for about 8 months, and to this day im still hearing different bits with different sound systems and different headphones.

Kudos to the audio engineer on MTV Canada for such a good job.

[pow121]

You Should hear the Letterman Show, Sounds Waaayyy Better...

[SHIMANGOO]

No way, Cedric sings much better here.

[pow121]

Oh No, I mean His singing here is better...I was mainly refering to the Quality overall, as in the Recording and Video. Like in the Beginning the Camera is Zoomed on the Saxophonist as if there wasn't even a flippin' Thomas Pridgen Drum solo Going on...His Vocals here are definitely better...

[crackheadedV]

best band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[h2opolo94534]

I appreciate their skills as musicians, but do you really need 9 players? I think they could be just as good without so much going on. like, can anyone even hear the percussionist? very talented though.

[joerobot32]

its no doubt easier to hear on the record. ive seen them live 3 times and not once did i think too much was going on. 9 isnt anywhere near as close to a band like broken social scene, who sometimes performance with 15 members.

[DangerRifai]

Dude, you seriously can't hear that?! He's going crazy on those bongos and it sounds awesome!

[Whaaaatheefuckk]

son lo mejooorrrrrrrrrr

[1blackguitar1]

this version is so much better than the letterman version.

[robbymadore]

yeah, the people doing the sound for letterman seemed like they were on crack. this is way better.

[deadsurfkiss]

The biggest differance obviously is the vocals, so much clearer..very nice.

[m11gtr]

This drummer fucking rocks!

[underscoreisnotvalid]

SHIT YEAH (Y)

[Moog167]

Thats Thomas Pridgen he won the drum off when he was like 15

[winnerbaby44]

he was 9

[Moog167]

You're right...My bad....

[xSeanDrumsx]

Youngest to be endorsed by Zildjian living, I mean in history.

[kiksenvinnie]

Only one word: AMAZING!

[densetsu123]

I love them!! wonderful performence ;]

[crapforbrains11]

Increase the vocal volume, get rid of the shitty wind instruments, and it's perfect.

[CheezeyWeezey]

Shitty wind instruments?

Give me a break. True musicians don't discriminate.

[Sabbathfan09]

you must really have crap for brains because the wind instruments are so awesome.

[Dogma3721]

What a biggot.

[msheydayi]

wow. this is the first time the username matches the idiocy of the comment.

[xCrosseyedCirclex]

the energy the energy the energy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they are one of the best existing bands for sure!

amazing!!!

[atomictechnique]

LMAO idiots saying thomas fucked up...

people need to realizer that the mars volta are a JAZZ/PROGRESSIVE/FUSION band therfore the context under which they express themselves musically is completly different than most other forms of music... tom could have set his sticks on fire while peeing on his set and called that the drum intro... but that wouldent have made for a publicly good preformance :)

[iamrightdammit]

thomas didn't fuck it up he mixed it up, they're real musicians that's what they do.

i think whoever directed and edited this video is the real fuck up. all the worst shots and at all the wrong moments.

[stunnaonflyrims]

TMV have only played a show 100% the same as on the album 1 time thats ONE time...so dont expect the exact same solo at the beginning of this song or any other song because they are so monster that they make up ALL new stuff like nothing...really its unbelievable how he they keep pace during all of this insane musicianship!

[JefeElMilagro]

That's not true. And even the SEVERAL times they did play all the way through De-loused, it was not EXACTLY like the album version.

[stunnaonflyrims]

then it wasnt the same if they didnt play it exactly like the album lol...dont forget song order has to be the same as well...Cedric said it himself during an interview that he only played 1 show straight through like the album....(get a life man)

[Veslerud]

Eh...

I do hope some of these guys that keeps on saying that guitarist or that drummer fucked up understands that LIVE ain't about playing the song exactly like it's on the record. They can improvise however they like, ain't no rules.

[leandrogonza]

agree,

actually an artist that doest it exactly as in the record. are normally uninteresting artist.

[ronjonsurf]

Agreed, its called feeling. TMV go back to their Jazz roots on improv and thats what blues musicians do too. Never play it quite the same way twice, thats called feeling.

[poophead125]

WOAH

omar is left handed never noticed before lol

[turbogabe03]

how could u say pridgen fucked up?!! hes insane, yea it didnt sound exactly like the album but that is not fuckin up at all, just shows they can switch it up however they like and they still sound good.

[turbogabe03]

waaaay too sic!

[Squatch420]

EXACTLY, Daryn Jones, you said it. WOW.

These guys never fail to inspire me.

And that drummer is out of control.

Bravo.

[Guavula]

Pretty sure Prigden fucked up that intro hxc

[aaronweingott]

If that's fucking up, then over they 'fuck up' over half of their live performances.

[aaronweingott]

then they*

[aSlightPinch]

what kind of crowd is this?

[jackebola]

an MTV crowd.

[eastbayboy26]

thats right the mars volta cant fuck up...u cant really fuck up ur own songs...

n adrian thas how adrian plays...listen to his solo shit

[shasaki]

Haha The Mars Volta CAN'T fuck up, that's the good thing about being of no genre.

[aleex123]

on closer inspection the sax player didn't fuck up. the guitar fucked up. thomas didn't fuck up. that is all. ill stop posting now.

[aleex123]

fucking saxophone can't count an 11/8 intro. haha

[Echoes1313]

Anyone else think it looks like cedric is singing into a giant tampon or something? That mic is so ugly lol

[Miiigueeeeel]

Thomas pridgen almost fucked up many times.

[YogritMUN]

only like twice during the intro

lol i can play 4 seconds of it (all ive practiced) on drums, its not too tough, you just need a LOT of wrist strength and stamina