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I would like to point out the female trio. You heard how much layering and complexity there is in the studio record. A lot of Ayreon songs are like that. I would not have thought it possible to perform live without extensive vocal tracks. These three ladies - Irene Jansen, Lisette van den Berg and Marcela Bovio - are there for most of the show and doing all of that supporting vocal "dirty work" live. Almost any time the camera shows the trio you can see them summoning mad notes, blending with the front singers when needed, or being heard distinctly. And headbanging.

YES!!!! The Ayreon trip has started!

I just love Mike Mills’ happy face in the background.

And the griddy voiced singer is Maggy Luyten from Belgium. The most left back vocalist is Irene, the sister of Floor. And yes, Floor is also present ;-)

All three guys are in the other one as well. The first dude (Michaeal Mills) is the robot with the crazy harmonies, one you correctly identified (Hansi Kürsch). The last one is the one you see from the side in the studio Tommy Karevik). Btw the keyboardist and drummer are also in the The day that the world breaks down.

Floor's sister is the tall girl in the backing vocals

The universe feels a little bit more aligned whenever someone new discovers Ayreon and Arjen's work.

don´t worry. it was a great expertly reaction. nobody can expect a complete analysis/review after one first listening.

On this first ever Ayreon show (and no, this does not tour) Arjen wasn't on stage much but he was massively involved in the whole thing together with his music director Joost van den Broek (the guy on keyboards, he basically figured out how to play all of this, put the band together and lead the rehearsals).

Also, these Ayreon concerts are a once every few years sort of thing. They don't take it on the road. They get together all the people and put on one big show in the Netherlands. Performers and fans fly in from all over.

3 years later, still watching your analyses! You're the man!!! Respect. I learn also a lot from you as a multi musician myself. Thanks sir, I am very grateful !🤗

Awesome reaction again, thanks!

The singer you remembered is Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. They are very, very popular over here in Germany (where they are from). I can really suggest you to experience them on your channel. A perfect start would be the Wacken 2016 double: "The Bard's Song & Valhalla". Both songs are so different but belong nevertheless together for a first time experience of BG. (PS: If you nowadays pass Wacken grounds and listen carefully, you can still hear the 2016 crowd sing those two songs)

Your love for music is infectious! I just get happy watching. You truly are a great "reactor" you can tell you have so much love for the music and can appreciate everything. Great job

Everybody Dies is a song from The Source album. The setlist of Ayreon Universe show features great music from all Arjen’s projects.The whole show is amazing. From ballads to heavy metal and anything in between. Many many vocalists participated (you saw 5 of them in this song). Joost van den Broek on keyboards keeps everything together, Ed Warby on drums, Marcel Coenen on lead guitar is fabulous, but also Ben Mathot on violin, Jeroen Goossens on flute etc, a cello player, of course I missed a few. A few songs they performed in this show or Electric Castle show: The Star Of Sirrah, The Eye Of Ra, Songs Of The Ocean, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, Age Of Shadows, Valley Of The Queen, Twisted Coil (love this one). Also Arjen’s latest published project, Transitus, has some great songs. This was to be a movie project so there are some nice videos of songs on his YT channel. Personally I love the Star One songs a lot. There are 2 albums, Arjen is currently working on nr 3. Songs are based on scifi tv shows and movies, like Star Trek, Alien, Blade Runner, etc. Some if the songs I have already mentioned as beingperformed live. Other projects that I know of: The Gentle Storm, The Theory Of Everything, Guilt Machine, etc. Enjoy the ride and this rabbit hole. It gives me enormous pleasure and wonder to listen to it all.

Great stuff again fella. Arjen is so generous with his comments, congrats on getting a personal comment from him! That stage oozes talent, the rest of the live set is every bit as good as this and features many more awesome artists.

You can choose every song of this concert, they're all different. Keep on rockin, love your reactions!

If you haven't heard wintersun I highly recommend you do that. Start with "sons of winter and stars" Live rehearsal at sonic pump studio

I had three favourite reactors, now it is four. Groetjes from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Your reactions are great and I wouldn't stop doing that! However, I really would enjoy a thorough analysis. I wouldn't be offended if you did both. Also, nobody else has mentioned it so I will, this is from one of Aryeon's occasional live shows. It would be next to impossible to take all these renowned musicians on a regular tour because of their commitments to their own bands. I wish he could, I would LOVE to see it.

Reccomendation: TOEHIDER -MEET THE SLOTH. Its the guy with the helmet and falsetto in the intro of this song. He's a new Zappa for sure.

The intro was impressive, quite alot of dream theater influence to be enjoyed on a JEM, what could be better. The reaction is great. I love watching you fall into this rabbit hole. Its pretty deep.

Great song 😁 Arjen rarely is on stage, i've read somewhere that he has stagefright 🙈 i'll throw in another live Ayreon you might want to check out; Eye of Ra. 👍

The point of a reaction video is to see your first reaction to this. Don't worry about what you think you may be missing. You have a greater knowledge and understanding of music and composition than most people. So you are more aware of the complexity of this music, and what intricacies you may be missing. Most people would not even be aware of the stuff you think you're missing. It just goes over the top of normal people's heads. The more you learn about a subject, the more you realise how much you still don't know. That's just the way life is. And it's why educated people can appreciate how much they don't know, while ignorant people have no idea just how clueless they really are. So don't sweat it. Your concerns arise from your deeper understanding of music. You're doing a lot better than 99% of us ever could! 😊

I love your reactions. You are always honest and candid especially here where you admit to being a bit overwhelmed. Honestly, I have seen this video many times, and just your observation of the guitar riffs that would normally or often be drum fills was something I had not even thought about. I am not a musician and bring a much more simplistic ear to the listening but I am learning or maybe understanding more of what I hear because of your keen observations. Thank you for the unpacking!

Hi John, on the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of september 2023 Ayreon will be back on stage with his album 01011001 at Tilburg in the Netherlands. On the 27th of october this year the ticket sale started and all concerts were sold out within 2 to 3 hours. I was lucky and bought three tickets for my sons and myself. It will be recorded so the people who are too far away to join this spectacle, can enjoy the concert later. For me Arjen is a musical mastermind or wizard. Love to everyone from the Netherlands. Proud to be a Dutchie.

all 3 are in the day the world brakes down....greets from the Netherlands

Awesome job!. Love your breakdown. Love this project.

Hey John 🤚 Believe me, the way you are doing your reactions are totally okay and the way they should be. Being surprised by finding something special and that is absolutely up your sleeve. And if you can't capture everything in one reaction, what's keeping you from doing a deeper reaction? Just keep on going 😊👍🤘 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 🤘

Next Ayreon: Eye of Ra or Valley of The Queens

Another Ayreon!! Really enjoyed your reaction. Stay safe 🤘✌

It's always a pleasure to watch someone who really knows their stuff react. Well done!!!!

Really enjoy your reviews, keep up the good work 😁 Yeah Aryeon is mind-blowing and so so good. 🙂

I like the way you do it, keep on going like this.

I said it before and I say it again. Love your music, Keep on the good work mate. Thumbs up form from here :-)

Arjen says he doesn't like to play live much. Nevertheless he plays in a couple of songs of that show, which was the first one to be played live (besides the theater equation, a live show where the whole human equation album was played highly recommended). There is show from 2019 where they played the whole Into electric castle live, and some other songs from other arjen projects. I recommend Garden of emotions or Isis and Osiris from that show

You'd be happy to Know that Devin was featured on an older Ayreon album. Check The Human Equation out.

Thanks for the reaction. I liked it a lot. The song can be overwelming indeed. And this is just one song of that show.

You should ask Arjen what song he like you to react too, so it not just the same that always :D

Arjen appears in a couple of songs in the 'Ayreon Universe' live performances. Castle hall from 'Ayreon Universe' is brilliant and Arjen plays on stage in it. First time I hear Ayreon, I was blown away and I haven't stop listening.

Absolutely loving how playing a video game, has introduced me to so much new music, inspiration and artists. Blown away by Ayreon, and can't wait to start listening to your own material John Wilson!

For a live Rock Opera you should watch the entire "Into the Electric Castle live" probably record it in one sitting, but release it into 10 or 15 videos...

Thank you for this fantastic reaction. Welcome to the wonderful world of Ayreon. Arjen Lucassen made a lot of amazing music. And the lineup well. if you are a musician and you perform for Arjen, well you have to be very very good. Very very scary to perform

Nice video, love the analysis. Hope you look at other records from Ayreon. The Human equation and The theory of everything are both amazing. Also, the Electric castle is a classic. I also love this video a lot because you can see how happy everyone is to play this music.

Gotta say that intro song in the video is fucking awesome man im definitely subbing. The second you said that a 5 min song is short i immediately knew "this guy is definitely a prog music kinda guy"

If you like metal, ever changing timelines and being trown off listen to Wintersun- "Darkness and Frost & Time" or "Sons of winter and stars". Both live rehearsals at sonic pump studios. Both very long but epic songs. you wont regret it i promise.

A few other of the popular Ayreon reactions I've seen are live performances of the eye of Ra, valley of the queen's, and age of shadows. Eye of Ra is especially cool to me because Floor and Her sister Irene have a harmony part during the chorus and also I don't want to spoil too much but will just say the song finishes in very epic fashion

Doing great! A reaction is a reaction, a review is a review.... all good

Thx i learn a lot of your comments i lissen on a different way to this musik now

Thx for this reaction. This concert was the best I ever went to (September of 2017, 013 in Tilburg)

I got a Zappa vibe from the pre-verse as well. I can almost see Ruth Underwood playing the percussion in my mind.... I'd be shocked if Arjen was not a fan of Yes and Zappa!

I like your approach with no background knowledge and your "on the run" explanations. For me this is very fine! PS: I've seen Ayreon videos hundred times :-) But unfortunately not live :-( I so much would love to shoot on e of his incredible shows.

Part of the fun is watching people being introduced to things we love, because it allows us to relive the joy, the bemusement, the moments where our upper lip curls back of its own accord and our heads start bobbing and we think, "Oh HELL yes." Would we enjoy a deeper dive sometime? Sure! But it's not an either/or situation. You could do both. I'd save the in-depth stuff for songs you really connect with, of course. Since people tend to click on vids about songs they enjoy, you probably wouldn't get a lot of good feedback to a "this is why this song sucks" vid. ;-)

"I've got something in my eye" Haha, yes you did, it was your finger!

Don't worry, you'll get there ;o) You'll find your way if you keep on reacting to Ayreon - have fun!

Yes. We demand more Ayreon.

Hahaha when I saw you had done this one, I was wondering how soon it would take before commenting there is a lot to unpack. 😂 So much going on in this song it’s complete chaos. But I love it. Must mean Epica: Sancta Terra is coming up.

Right on with the Zappa vibes on this one, as well as the Wakeman influences in some of the keyboard parts. Arjen has stage fright and only appears at the end. Joost…the keyboard player…is basically the musical director for this production, and no, they don’t tour. Another good live Ayreon performance that may be a little easier to digest on first listen is The Valley of the Queens.

The two industrial robots were named Betty and Wilma.

Some of those props are industrial 5-axis robots which would be next to IMPOSSIBLE to tour with. Plus, to work/play that near to them without a cage around them is hella dangerous.

Very appropriate shirt for this video: Arjen has a song about A Clockwork Orange in his Star One project: "Victim of the Modern Age."

The guy with the strange helmet in the very beginning is Mike Mills, in TDTTWBD he was the android TH1, singing in binary: trust TH1🤓

Nice reactions! I'm a bit "old school" about music and like to listen to an album from beginning to end, rather than picking certain songs. So it would be really cool if you did a reaction, or maybe more apropriate, a review, to "The source" in it's entirety. I know it would take a very long time to do, but it would be really cool. And I think the album, "The Source", as a concept-album, is really a treat for your ears and mind!

Loved your reactions to this one and to TDTTWBD! :) You really know your musical stuff and I like how giddy you get over music that I love myself. If you'd be interested and don't know them yet, I'd love to see/hear your thoughts on Snarky Puppy, which is another musical style all together but also a massive musical group making great music. Without wanting to spoil stuff for you: I know 'Lingus' is their most hyped up piece (as a pianist you'll have some stuff to geek out to), but 'Shofukan' and 'What about me' are great as well. If you'd like to see jazz/fusion combined with an orchestra, with both piano and synth pieces, I'd say 'The Curtain' is a must :)

I´d be so happy, to see you react to my all time favourite from Ayreon. Song is called "Chaos". Wont tell anything more. Just a little hint: Get the best stereo-headphones possible for that^^ Btw: "The guy on the right", Hansi Kürsch, lead singer of Blind Guardian was in The day that the world breaks down. So was the left guy, Tommy Karevik, Singer of Kamelot. The furthest left one of the female background singers is Floor Jansens sister, Irene. Devin Townsend was part of a Ayreon-project once, as was Rick Wakeman^^ You keep mentioning these "big names", and i´m sitting here, like "yeah, was part of ayreon once, too" XD

Four of the five lead singers are present from The Day That The World Breaks Down. Tommy Karevik - Opposition Leader - Lead Singer from Kamelot Hansi Kursch - Astronomer - Lead singer from Blind Guardian Mike Mills - TH1 (the robot who does the vocal harmonies with 0s and 1s, which is why you heard the vocoder effect of a robot) - Toehider Floor Jansen - Biologist - Nightwish Maggy Luyten - Guest performer - Nightmare It is impossible to follow Arjen's stuff and get everything in the first listen, so don't beat yourself over it! Arjen did perform with Rick Wakeman in "The theory of everything" album. Part of the joy of a reaction channel is watching someone who clearly is talented like yourself, fall in love with a song and artist that we love. I could sit and watch you unpack the entire "The Source" album, and you'll notice callbacks and reprises from the start of the song, but also from the earlier songs in the album. Arjen is also known to throw in callbacks to earlier albums in tiny chunks, so it is always a treat when we catch onto it. However, you might not have the time to do something as extensive. One of Arjen's song that gets overlooked is "Twisted Coil" - Electric Castle Live and Other Tales. As someone who loves prog, it'd be delightful if you ever did that song or atleast looked at it in your spare time. Stay safe and have a good day :)

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So, yes, you did recognize some of the vocalists from the previous one. Not every vocalist who appeared on the studio album this song was on was at this live show. And yes, Arjen wasn’t visible in this video. He doesn’t appear much on stage during these shows, but usually does toward the end. They’ve done three of these epics shows - four over a weekend each time - in Holland only, two years apart. So, they don’t tour. Not anymore. Each show has focused on either a different album, or a Best of…, like this one. Arjen is heavily involved in organizing the shows and of course the set designs, lighting, props, getting the vocalists to come and participate from various countries, etc., but he’s become a bit of a recluse over the years and actually has some sort of phobia for appearing on stage now, from what I understand. In any case, if you can EVER make it to one of these live shows, it’s totally worth the money/time. I’ve fortunately been to all three. My Mom has even come from the U.S. each time to see it as well. There’s always so much to unpack with his Ayreon albums. Each one is a rock opera. I discovered Ayreon on a compilation disc that came with a metal magazine I bought way back in 1998. It blew me away, and still does today. I feel like you every time I listen to an album, though I’ve heard them all so many times now. Check out Isis and Osiris, the song I was talking about, which is from the 3rd album Into the Electric Castle. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mt6gdaeo18_KaWg.html. That album was the focus of the last series of shows, in September 2019. He has created side projects from Ayreon, including Star One (songs about his influences from Sci-Fi TV series and films growing up), and Ambeon, (a one-off ambient metal album), Guilt Machine and Stream of Passion (which he left after making the first album).

The guy on the right is Hansi and on the left is Tommy Karevik

A singer myself, I'm a big fan of the two ladies. Maggy is simply badass with her iron voice and Floor... she's Floor. The Valkyrie.

I know Ayreon since about two years now and it very quickly became my third favorite band after Pink Floyd and Nightwish. Both live concerts are epic. Ayreon Universe live The electric castle live and other tales Don’t forget The Theatrical Equation Arjen has a stage fright and he performs only in the second half of the concert; the first time since ages. They don’t tour. This was a three? day concert in 013 in Tilburg, my hometown, in the Netherlands. All three male singers and Floor were in The day that the world brakes down.

I got three words for you: Run! Apocalypse! Run!

A thorough analysis of another Ayreon song would be great!

Dude. Decades long Ayreon fan. Discovered you because of your Day that the world breaks down video. I LOVE that “my brain just exploded” look you get towards the end of both videos. I know that feeling well. I think its pretty clear you’re “one of us”. If you’re interested in reacting more, I have two different paths. Path 1: you’ve already reviewed two songs from his 2017 album The Source. I recommend you react to all the songs, in album order, so you can learn/appreciate the story as well as all the music. KZfaqr Taycott has some lyric videos that are incredible and practically essential to really digging into the albums. Path 2: lets do an entirely different album. Each ayreon album is like a different doctor in Doctor Who. Similar enough, but ultimately each beautifully unique different things. If you plan on getting into the rock opera story elements, I would recommend one of the more standalone albums, such as The Theory of Everything or The Human Equation. You mentioned you like Devin Townsend. He’s one of the vocalists on Human Equation. There’s also the flawless perfection of Into the Electric Castle. Not as complex musically as the newer stuff, but still brilliant. As you’ve already figured out, Ayreon kinda breaks everything, including the “reaction video” format. To really appreciate his genius, you pretty much have to react to entire albums. Even if you break it up over a period of weeks. Whatever you choose to do (or not do) I’ll continue to watch. You make me laugh, your knowledge is really impressive (what a great ear you have!!). Plus you like Clown Core. How bad could you be. Other random Song/band suggestion. Anything by Jungle Rot. Burning Cinder is a favorite. Keep up the great work, man.

I am a wee bit late here. Hahaha glad to see you've fell in love with ayreon aswell. Have you heard the last star one album yet? Amazing..

Nice Dali.

It works great to hear you do first time listen, You obvious know a lot, and makes good points. Maybe react to Valley of the Queens by Areon - only 3 singers :-)

all lead singers from this except Maggie were in the first ayreon you did. The guy doing the crazy highs is Mike Mills who did the crazy harmonies in the other song. He is kinda crazy...he has an original key Wuthering Heights version which is crazy as well!! I was a huge fan of Arjen's Star One a long time ago and didn't realise Ayreon existed until this live concert came about in 2017/18 and I saw a new version of Star of Sirrah and Eye of Ra which were from Star One and now I love Ayreon as well.

You recognized Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. And, fun fact, you were talking about Lord of the rings - Blind Guardian has a song called "The lord of the rings" which is really cool! You should check them out, too. "Mirror Mirror" live or "The bards song/Valhalla" live from Wacken could be a nice start.

Really wish you did some more. Arjen has new music out now via Star One - another of his projects. This one is brilliant - Lost Children of the Universe - Star One (Roy Khan, Tony Martin, Marcela and Irene, Steve Vai)

I really liked your thoughts on this and the other Ayreon song - I just popped in from that one. I'm also a Devin Towsend fan, and he's on an Ayreon album too! Consider checking out The Human Equation sometime. It's a fantastic concept album, but I don't believe there are any live recordings with Devin, so if you wanted to do a reaction video it would have to be from the videoless studio recording.

The whole ‘Universe’ concert is so epic! They were both in ‘the day the world breaks down’ Best order is do the whole concert from start to finish😄

Where to 'start' with Ayreon is a bit of a tricky question. His Ayreon albums are all stories that take place in the same universe. And there's both time travel and prequels involved too. Ehm, there's a flow chart somewhere that probably needs updating since the latest album Transitus. For live video reactions, there are three main live sets to choose from Ayreon Universe, The Electric Castle Live and The Theater Equation. If you want to see Arjen himself live, I would recommend 'The Eee of Ra Live' for the whole 'Universe' Cast on stage or 'Amazing Flight' and/or 'The Castle Hall' For 'Castle hall' watch the Electric Castle Live version :-)

Wow, you were close to discovering Arjen on your own. If you like Devin, you should know Anneke. And she sang for Ayreon, too.

Great review. You really can point out well how you feel and take time to sort through the technicalities of the songs. Ayreon is the rabbit hole of rabbit holes and don't feel upset not to get it all, I still listen to Into The Electric Castle on a monthly basis and I still find new things there even after all these years. Just my drop of a few ideas that will make you happy to listen to: Porcupine Tree: "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" or "Anesthetize" Marillion: "This Strange Engine" or "Grendel" Focus: "Hocus Pocus (live in 1973)" Bon Jovi: "Dry County" amazing guitar work there on some of the live versions out there. Fields of the Nephilum: "For Her Light"

Please react to “and plague flowers the kaleidoscope” by Ne Obliviscaris this song was included in a teaching curriculum at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the song being analysed for its composition. Have a good day

I'd love to see your reaction to TesseracT - Of Matter... this song is amazing and I thing you will like.

If you didn't realise the guy singing first was Michael Mills the 01001 etc guy from Australia. To hear early Arjen/ Aryeon try Star One (live 2003). Female singers are Floor and her sister Irene Jansen.

The red-haired backup singer, Marcela Bovio, was in her own band 'Stream of Passion' which started out as another Arjen Lucassen project album. Especially their first album contains a lot of 'Ayreon-sounding' tracks, you should check it out.

Sounds like a great idea, a deep analysis on any of his compositions would be great Perhaps "Run Apocalypse Run!" might be an interesting piece or something from another album, like "The Human Equation", "Isis and Osiris" or "Day 2: Isolation" ... Plenty to choose from :)

Great video. I flew from Chicago to see him in Tilburg three times. Some time you'll have to check out Ostura which Ayreon guested on. Or discipline canto iv because terry brown from rush remastered it because its such a great album I love that you stay as ignorant as possible befie the reaction. I try to do the same for tv and movies

The guy on the right is indeed Hansi Kürsch, the "yes" man in TDTWBD, the guy on the left is Tommy Karevik (from Kamelot), and the guy with the laser helmet is Michael Mills, the guy with the "Queen like" 1010101010 vocals and visuals in TDTWBD. Actual this the second song from "The source", the album from which TDTWBD is the opening / introduction

You need to check out Wintersun! I love these Ayreon reactions you've made, and based on your comments and taste in music I am sure you would love it. Try "Sons of Winter and Stars" or "Time" from their live rehearsal at Sonic Pump Studios.

Would fully support you doing "review" or breakdown videos! And if you do that on any ayreon songs, reach out to him. He may be happy to share some thoughts from the makings.

Notes on personnel: Arjen does not appear in this number. He does show up in "Amazing Flight in Space" and "The Eye of Ra" and a couple others I'm forgetting. The Guitarist you're referring to is Marcel Coenen. You can get an introduction to some of the other members of the band in "The Two Gates", which has a break in the middle where Irene Jansen (Floor's sister) introduces them. Really good song, too. The first lead singer is Michael Mills, who does appear in "The Day That the World Breaks Down" as the android TH1, along with the next two, Tommy Karevik (The Opposition Leader) and Hansi Kürsch (The Astronomer, IIRC). Michael's "band", Toehider would be an interesting reaction. I put "band" in quotes, because it seems to be just him, playing all the instruments and handling all the vocals. "Whatever Makes You Feel Superior" is an interesting song that displays many of his talents. Tommy, of course, is the lead singer of Kamelot and Seventh Wonder. Hansi is the lead singer for Blind Guardian. Both monstrously talented guys. The woman is Maggie Luyten, who is a vocal coach and has sung for many bands, most recently Nightmare. A new band, "THE PRIZE" has been announced, but I'm not sure if any music has been released.

Funny .... you mention Rick Wakeman .... Arjen worked with him previously. as he did with Keith Emerson You also mentioned Devin Townsend ... yep ... worked with him too. Had Frank Zappa been still alive, Arjen probably would have done his best to work with him too. Unfortunately Zappa died about a year before Arjen started these solo projects. The list of guests on his albums is quite impressive, containing some of the greatest names in rock/prog/metal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ayreon_guest_musicians

guy on the right....Hansi....Yess....guy on the left Tommy from Kamelot....guy in the Middle.....Michael Mills.

It helps a lot to listen to the whole album front to back. That would be an awesome reaction that you should totally do! Personal preference is The Human Equation or Into the Electric Castle

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