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The Biggest Sellouts In Music History
Being a sell out is bad - we all know that. But what if I told you that, actually, 'selling out' is about much more than cynical career choices? Selling out is in fact a very good route to artistic as well as commercial success!
The Beatles were sell outs. Bob Dylan too. Taylor Swift definitely. Bach, Beethoven, Miles Davis - and outside of music: Tolkien, Michelangelo, Spielberg. All sell outs, and thank god for that.
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Happy Music - Dark Lyrics
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад
Happy Songs That Are Actually Dark: How They REALLY Work There are loads of popular songs that very happy sounding music, but have dark, or downright miserable, lyrics. According to the popular view, these songs SOUND happy but are ACTUALLY sad. According to me: this is a stupid way to think about them. This video takes a look at a few good examples of such songs, and explores the general issue...
Imitation: Genius or LAZY?
Просмотров 504Год назад
Pastiche is something of a dirty word today - in fact, I'd say it's not even a properly understood word! But, every major artist (in any medium) has done a bit of it - The Beatles, Mozart, REM, Stevie Wonder, Arctic Monkeys... all of them! So, this is a video explaining what pastiche really is, looking at some famous examples, and trying to dispel some of the negative connotations of the word, ...
Word Painting: An Idiot's Guide
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.Год назад
Yes, yes, everyone has heard about word painting in music - Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is *the* go-to example, of course, and there are plenty of other songs that do it. But there are some really interesting and lesser known examples of the technique that I think are worth talking about. So, in this video, I look at three songs that use word painting, that you might not know already. Or maybe y...
Great Musicians, TERRIBLE Lyricists
Просмотров 278Год назад
Think about the worst lyrics you know - the ones that really stand out - I bet you that they rhyme. They do don't they? Watch this video to find out what the Rhyme Trap is exactly, who falls for it, and who doesn't! I talk about loads of artists in this video, from Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac, to Radiohead and Jacob Collier. Everyone falls for the Rhyme Trap at some point, but some are wors...
Explaining Time Signatures to an Idiot (Happiness is a Warm Gun)
Просмотров 621Год назад
What are time signatures? What is meter? What's the difference between a waltz and 6:8 timing? All these questions and more are answered in this video, wherein I try to explain time signatures to a friend of mine, using the Beatles' Happiness is a Warm Gun (written by John Lennon) as an example of a song that changes metre a bit. We also discus other songs with interesting time signatures, like...
Why Ween Don't Like Frank Zappa's Music
Просмотров 27 тыс.Год назад
Dean and Gene Ween (of the band Ween) don't like Frank Zappa! But why? In spite of their many similarities - infantile, often gross and sometimes offensive humour; wacky weirdness - Ween don't think much of Zappa, and aren't all that keen on being compared to him. If you can't quite work out how the band who wrote 'HIV Song', and 'Spinal Meningitis' find the guy who wrote 'Valley Girls' and 'Bo...
Are The Beatles Actually Any Good?
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Год назад
The Beatles are great, right? I think virtually everyone agrees with that statement. But what makes them so great? Is it their melodies? Their chord progressions? Their lyrics? Production? Singing? Was it John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison.... RINGO? All of the above, and more? Well, yes. There are a lot of ways to talk about how great they were - and this is my little attempt at it. ...
"Rock Music Is Dead"
Просмотров 813Год назад
Here’s the second part of two about rock music - asking ‘what IS it?’, and ‘isn’t it dead, anyway?’. I can’t promise you that I answer either question completely, but I think I answer them entertainingly at least! So, if you like rock music - new or old - and you’ve asked yourselves these questions, check out this video. I talk about everything from the Beatles (of course), to Polyphia, to - we...
What IS Rock Music?!
Просмотров 4 тыс.Год назад
Here’s video one of two, looking at rock music generally, asking ‘what is it?’ (harder to answer than you might think), and ‘is rock music dead’? I’ve made a couple videos looking at genre before, and I thought I should look at rock music as a whole - we can all recognise a rock band when we hear (or see) one, but I wanted to go a little deeper and see what really makes the style tick. Whether ...
FACEMELTING Cover of The Zombies (The Butcher's Tale)
Просмотров 316Год назад
Probably my favourite song, from an album I really love. This is our (me, my brother Zach, and my friend Lewis') cover of the Zombies' song about WWI, The Butcher's Tale, originally from the classic baroque pop album, Odessey and Oracle. I played bass and did all the production on this; Lewis played keys and sang, and Zach played the MEAN, and RIGHTEOUS guitar solo. Zach also contributed the ph...
The YouTube Algorithm Knows What I Like
Просмотров 520Год назад
RUclips’s algorithms are mysterious and indecipherable - but are they any good? Well, in this video I do a little review of/reaction to Chypho’s album Entomongakum - a sort of electronic ambient album… about insects? It’s cute, it’s wholesome - it’s also weird, and imaginative: so, has RUclips done a good job in recommending it to me? #chypho #ambient #electronicmusic
Rolling Stone Magazine Is Terrible, And No One Should Read It
Просмотров 853Год назад
My reaction video to the Rolling Stone list of 200 greatest singers. The Rolling Stone magazine love their ‘greatest’ lists, and their most recent one is their ‘200 greatest singers of all time’, published in January 2023’s edition. It has *rather unsurprisingly* generated a fair bit of controversy (and clicks!), and like a lot of people (and probably you), I’m not a massive fan. But maybe not ...
Is Paul McCartney The Greatest Musical Generalist In Rock?
Просмотров 5902 года назад
Is Paul McCartney The Greatest Musical Generalist In Rock?
Music Theory for Dummies - Form and Key Changes
Просмотров 9272 года назад
Music Theory for Dummies - Form and Key Changes
How Brian Wilson Writes Songs
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.2 года назад
How Brian Wilson Writes Songs
ii V I Chord Progressions Are the Best!
Просмотров 7662 года назад
ii V I Chord Progressions Are the Best!
Mythbusting Queen's Chart Toppers (Pt. 2)
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Mythbusting Queen's Chart Toppers (Pt. 2)
Mythbusting Queen's Chart Toppers (Pt. 1)
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.2 года назад
Mythbusting Queen's Chart Toppers (Pt. 1)
The Moss Trooper by Between the Breaks (folk-rock song about Cumbria, Northumbria and the Borders)
Просмотров 1972 года назад
The Moss Trooper by Between the Breaks (folk-rock song about Cumbria, Northumbria and the Borders)
David Bennet Piano Completely Misses the Point (One Chord Songs)
Просмотров 9962 года назад
David Bennet Piano Completely Misses the Point (One Chord Songs)
Musical Genre is THE MOST Important Thing
Просмотров 4812 года назад
Musical Genre is THE MOST Important Thing
Jonathan Higgs' Favourite Ugly Music
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.2 года назад
Jonathan Higgs' Favourite Ugly Music
Warren Zevon is WILDLY Underrated
Просмотров 8722 года назад
Warren Zevon is WILDLY Underrated
Why EVERYONE Uses 12 Bar Blues!
Просмотров 7 тыс.2 года назад
Why EVERYONE Uses 12 Bar Blues!
Why Is British Rock Music So WEIRD?!
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.2 года назад
Why Is British Rock Music So WEIRD?!
Rory Gallagher Is A Better Songwriter Than You Think!
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 года назад
Rory Gallagher Is A Better Songwriter Than You Think!
WTF Does Surry Even Mean?!
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WTF Does Surry Even Mean?!
Brian Wilson's Saddest Song? (Beach Boys - Til I Die)
Просмотров 12 тыс.2 года назад
Brian Wilson's Saddest Song? (Beach Boys - Til I Die)
Yes' Longest Album Deserves More Love!
Просмотров 8932 года назад
Yes' Longest Album Deserves More Love!