best mars volta songs

[futurefields]

eunuch provocateur
roulette dares (the haunt of)
cygnus... vismund cygnus

 

[Platypus]

take the veil cerpin taxt
cassandra gemini
viscera eyes
day of the baphomets
cicatriz esp

 

[artvscommerce]

my three favorites are:

tetragramaton
take the veil cerpin taxt
cygnus... vismund cygnus

 

[clamum]

I only own "De-Loused." I listened to it tons around the time it came out and for awhile after, but never really got into their other stuff. Normally that isn't my genre(s) but "De-Loused" contains enough hooks to get me interested.

Really enjoy:
- Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
- Drunkship of Lanterns
- Cicatriz ESP

Man the build-up after the quiet section in Cicatriz, and especially when the guitar riff comes back and Cedric's voice comes back... spooge.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Who?

 

[Platypus]

Who?

:wub:

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

:wub:

Your list pretty much mirrors my own, although I also really like "Wax Simulacra" -- also known in some circles as "Hey, check out Thomas Pridgen, our sick new drummer."

 

[artvscommerce]

Who?

It's a band, but you probably wouldn't like them.

 

[artvscommerce]

Your list pretty much mirrors my own, although I also really like "Wax Simulacra" -- also known in some circles as "Hey, check out Thomas Perpetual Fill Pridgen, our sick new drummer."

fixed that for you.

btw- I noticed Thomas has been posting a lot of videos of him playing parts from Mars Volta songs on his facebook lately. Very entertaining.

 

[destrekor]

Pretty much the entire De-Loused in the Comatorium album. I love it, I love it all.

I need to give Noctourniquet more listens, I think I enjoyed that album more than the other albums between De-Loused and it, but nothing compares to De-Loused in my opinion.

It is sad they have split, and worse, that Omar and Cedric are also no longer working together at all.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I read topic title wrong, so I was going to go with "Song of the Volga Boatmen."

 

[Platypus]

Your list pretty much mirrors my own, although I also really like "Wax Simulacra" -- also known in some circles as "Hey, check out Thomas Pridgen, our sick new drummer."

Pridgen was a beast, basically all of their drummers are

 

[Pantoot]

I got to see Antemasque last August, great show.

I have to say though I can't think of anything worse than when a 20+ minute long screeching song comes on when riding the motorcycle. Shuffle and the Mars Volta can be a bad mix.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I got to see Antemasque last August, great show.

I have to say though I can't think of anything worse than when a 20+ minute long screeching song comes on when riding the motorcycle. Shuffle and the Mars Volta can be a bad mix.

LOL that has always kinda annoyed me too. Why do I need to listen to 3 minutes of noise before the actual song starts? I saw them live once and they only got through 3 songs in their 60 minute set. It was cool to see the jamming and all, but I wanted to hear a few more songs from the album, y'know?

 

[thomsbrain]

I like the one where the one vegan with big hair screeches made up words like a drunk toddler and the other vegan with big hair makes feedback noises on his hipster vintage amplifer. You know the song I mean. It lasts 30 minutes and doesn't have a melody. And they look really fashionable when they play it. Yeah! That one!

 

[Cobalt]

De-Loused and Frances you can listen from start to finish and never want to skip a track IMO. Zed and Two Naughts from Noctourniquet is a real throwback to old Volta and one of my favorite tracks from them as well. Huge fan here, saw them live 7 times over the years they toured and saw various incarnations of the band from the De-Loused era to the final tour.

 

[Platypus]

I like the one where the one vegan with big hair screeches made up words like a drunk toddler and the other vegan with big hair makes feedback noises on his hipster vintage amplifer. You know the song I mean. It lasts 30 minutes and doesn't have a melody. And they look really fashionable when they play it. Yeah! That one!

edgy

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

 

[heymrdj]

The Widow, only song I know from them.

 

[futurefields]

Your list pretty much mirrors my own, although I also really like "Wax Simulacra" -- also known in some circles as "Hey, check out Thomas Pridgen, our sick new drummer."

TP is an animal but my favorite will always be Jon Theodore

the whole bedlam album feels like a drumming showcase

 

[artvscommerce]

This thread reminded me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHYYu6uuOU8

I love Volta, but I still found this video to be hilarious.