REDEFINE TERMS! | Pantera-A New Level | Philosopher REACTS

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Family, welcome to the channel. We're getting into some Pantera. Yeah, it's been it's been you know, requested ad nauseam and we're looking at Vulgar Display of Power which you know, the the album cover is a Vulgar Display of Power. It's a some guy getting punched in the face and that that punch doesn't look properly executed either. It's like you know, what what is this? What is that? That's not Yeah, that's not good form.

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[00:01:08]>> [music] >> You got you got guys guys, I have to say it again because I'm noticing it, right?

[00:01:20]That's what this time and I have to pause it and talk about it.

[00:01:23]Just the synchronicity sometimes between Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie, right? You hear the drums.

[00:01:32]And then you know, you hear the then then you hear you know, Dimebag.

[00:01:36]It's like they start off like really in sync and then they go their separate ways and do this really really cool thing together.

[00:01:46]But I'm noticing that on both tracks so far.

[00:01:55]>> [music] [music] >> Oh, that's fire.

[00:02:05]>> [music] >> That's sick.

[00:02:14]>> [music] >> Ooh.

[00:02:18]Family, leave it in the comments below if Pantera has some of the dopest riffs in the entire game. Because I mean, they're two for two right now on radically hard riffs out the gate.

[00:02:29]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [laughter] >> Same thing. Drums, guitar >> [laughter] >> So, he says unscarred by trials, new life in place of old life. It's almost like the first track was about, you know, being fed up and being at the breaking point, right? And relinquishing, you know, the rules of society that you can no longer trust or live up to. And now it's like, you know, it's almost like going to practice, like clocking in. You know, it's like you're you're you're you're trying to develop a new identity based on, you know, what you've shed and left behind. Unscarred [snorts] by trials, new life in place of the old life. Respectfully.

[00:04:04]>> [music] [music] >> What's so crazy about this album being called a vulgar a vulgar display of power?

[00:04:21]Uh which you know, of course it's very interesting because of course from like the society that you know, back in this time was really really you know, anti heavy metal music, right? You know, I mean you kind of you know, are pushed off into the drags of society.

[00:04:36]People want to cover this up, don't want to let it into the mainstream type of thing even though Pantera broke through in epic fashion.

[00:04:44]Uh vulgar display of power is like what they're going to be called anyway.

[00:04:48]That's what this is just a vulgar display of power. And so there's a dis there's a a sense in which I kind of feel like that's the reason they named it that.

[00:04:57]Uh because you know, that's just what they're going to be called anyway. But what's kind of interesting is like this almost resonates like a sermon.

[00:05:06]Like those of you who like go to church is like a lot of times those fire-breathing preachers will see the same thing. A new level. We're going to a new level of confidence and power, right? And they're saying the same thing, but they're talking about the human organism who's kind of been downtrodden by this societal thing. So it's just kind of kind of fascinating.

[00:05:30]>> [music] >> In mock military order, vulgar power, because time is shorter.

[00:05:52]But, the lyricism is kind of fascinatingly fire ON THIS ONE.

[00:06:10]>> [music] [music] [music] >> SO, A NEW LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND POWER.

[00:06:31]Think about this, right? Because the old confidence and power is given to you by some establishment. Your power is granted to you by climbing up the designated hierarchy. By, you know, whether you're the manager or whether you're, you know, the regional manager.

[00:06:47]In politics, it's whether you're the governor or, you know, your presidential race. It's like, we all have hierarchies of power, but he's saying, "Look, once you realize that all of these games are really unplayable without becoming a depressing shell of your former self, you reach a new level, a new comprehension of what it means to be confident, a new level of comprehension of what it means to be powerful, right?

[00:07:11]It's like, well, let's let's determine power for ourselves.

[00:07:16]Oh, yeah, this is it's epic.

[00:07:28]>> [music] [music] [music] >> That's so sick.

[00:07:47]>> [music] >> That's right.

[00:07:53]>> [music] >> This is so fire, bro.

[00:07:58]>> [music] [screaming] [music] >> Yo, I can't really hear what they're saying behind that.

[00:08:40]Vinnie just electrocuted my ears.

[00:08:43]No, I'm sorry. Daryl.

[00:08:45]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Okay, so what does that mean though?

[00:09:48]Right [clears throat] the the the the end there. Help me out if you can in the comments. Because I'm understanding a new level of confidence and power. But then at the end where they say, you know, in repetition four times, life kills, life kills, life kills.

[00:10:03]>> [sighs and gasps] >> What are they talking about?

[00:10:08]And you know, my cursory understanding of this, and you feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, it's my first introduction to Pantera in terms of a deep dive. Right?

[00:10:17]It's almost like granting you permission to kill the thing which was before.

[00:10:22]Because there's always going to be some impinging, isn't there? From like the societal pressure to be normal and the, you know, you know, familial pressure, whatever kind of pressures you have to just kind of stay on the beaten path, right?

[00:10:38]You know, those four lines may be kind of giving you permission to grow. And in order to grow, you have to kill those things.

[00:10:48]Respectfully, we're continuing. We're going right into the next one.