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Yeah, great example! It seems The Strokes have a penchant for pedals. For others reading this, you can hear this guitar pedal clearly from the 1:22 mark onwards.

This song seems to be one where people might come to different conclusions on what to call the two sections because they don't fit neatly into an obvious, traditional verse and chorus. And I don't think there's one correct answer- your interpretation is just as valid as mine. Interestingly, if we think of it as you said, as verse and chorus, the chorus (or what I called the pre-chorus) only occurs twice, making it what I call a minimal chorus song (like the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 'Under the bridge').

Yeah, it is aimed more at musicians and people who have an interest in the details of how songs work. But I appreciate you taking the time to watch it and give me your honest feedback. I'll take it into account when making future videos.

Thank you for the comment. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

Great example! While the music doesn't seem to differ much between them, there is definitely a subtle, but noticeable difference in the vocal delivery between the 2 characters. It'd be easy to overdo this difference, but I think Eminem nails it. An excellent performance in a classic 2 character song.

Great video by the way.

I hadn't heard this song before, so I gave it a listen and I really like it. Thanks for introducing me to it!

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Great example! Metallica are certainly no strangers to minimal chorus songs. 'Sanitarium (Welcome Home)' is another of my favourites from them that only has 2 choruses.

Oh yeah! Always sort of thought of at as having 3 choruses bc of them playing the riff again after the second chorus but it really is only two!! Sorry I didn’t see your reply lol

oh no, 2 songs using the same basic ass drum beat, how tragic

Glad to hear someone enjoyed the characters, haha. It seems they're a bit divisive, so I'm pulling the character stuff back for the next video. But don't rule out a return in future videos.

Live and let die- yeah, great choice! I agree with you that this qualifies as a minimal chorus song, the chorus being the first section we hear that comes back again toward the end. This chorus feels like it's from a love song. Its also interesting how he switches it up and leaves out the first line of the chorus ("when you were young and your heart was an open book") the second time around- we just get the piano part and vocal silence. This song is also interesting because its other major section (well minor- parallel minor, if we're talking key) is an intense instrumental section, which is probably not that surprising since it was written for a Bond film. Then we get this brief 3rd section following the intense instrumental section that is back in G major with that reggae-like emphasis of the offbeats- feels like we're sipping cocktails on a beach somewhere. Three very different sections, but it works. That last chord (Eb minor) really leaves us hanging for the a resolution to a Bb major chord- if that had happened we would have ended on chord 1 of the relative major key (Bb major) of the parallel minor key (G minor) of the key we started in (G major). So that final Eb minor chord would be a borrowed minor 4 chord from Bb major's parallel minor key (Bb minor). There might be another way to analyse it, but that's my first thought.

I don't want to give away what's next, but it's a pretty well known song- several decades older than any of the songs I've covered so far.

They take a while to put together, but the next video will be up very soon...

I thought someone might bring this up! I'm glad you did. There are certainly similarities between the 2 songs. Most strikingly, the intros. They both have very similar drum parts and use pedal point. The drum part The Strokes use in the intro is close, but slightly different to Tom Petty. However, The Strokes do use the exact same drum beat later in the song in the 'pre-solo' section, so this section is even closer to Petty's intro. While The Strokes only play 2 chords (IV and V) against their tonic pedal, Petty involves more chords in his pedal point (I ii IV V)- foreshadowing the verse chords. Despite this obvious homage to Petty, I think Last Nite is different in enough ways that it stands on its own. Both fantastic songs in their own right.

Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated. Yeah, if that final chord had been A minor, it really would left felt me with much darker vibe and reading of the song. I like the choice they made.

Another song challenge! I welcome that. Unfortunately, I don't have any examples off the top of my head, but I'm sure they exist. Hopefully someone else will reply to this comment/song challenge with an example or two. I'd be interested to see some other examples...

Thanks for the sub! Yeah, the Strokes are great. Plenty of material to delve into. I'm sure I'll cover another one of the songs at some point in the future.

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Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, great song! There's some nice modal stuff in that song too. The Beatles are most definitely on my list of artists to cover, and more than once.

That's a great idea! That area (recording and production) is not really my forte, but I could probably put something like that together down the line a bit.

Great examples! 'Real Love Baby' has 2 sections, with the chorus being differentiated not through chords (its just D Em G for the whole song), but through its repeated lyrics (each time) and the backup vocals singing 3rds above the main melody. Of the 2 sections in 'Big me,' I find the chorus most interesting- it has some nice secondary dominant chords (that don't resolve to their tonics) spicing things up. The verse has that G held over for the first 3 chords (C Am G), which sounds quite nice. I guess you could call that G an example of inverted pedal point (where the repeated note occurs in the top).

Yeah, you're absolutely right. It depends on the angle you come at the song from whether we are talking about 8th notes or 16th notes. In 4/4 time with 1 2 3 4 representing quarter note beat: 1 2 3 4 [kick snare kick snare]= 1 bar (8th notes) 1 2 3 4 [kick snare kick snare kick snare kick snare]= 1 bar (16th)

That's a great point. And even though the use of the minor pentatonic scale in guitar solos is pretty standard, it is certainly something I could have looked at. A missed opportunity, but I'm sure there will be other guitar solos in future videos where I can go into it. As for the solo providing tension or release... if I had to only choose one, my vote would be for release, at least on a macro scale.

I failed to say I loved your video! Really detailed and interesting, I’m excited for more. And I agree, definitely release!

I hear you about the voices. I've added them to lighten the mood a bit, and because I have fun doing them, haha. But I might look at doing a poll in the future and if the majority of people find the characters annoying, then I'll drop them. Appreciate the feedback!