I feel like Amy wasn't given enough info here: what makes Royal Blood special is that it's just a drummer and a bassist/singer, and all of the melodic sound is generated with a (somewhat complex) setup of bass and guitar amplifiers and effects. It's truly just two dudes and is performed life with just two dudes. I feel like Amy's analysis would have benefited from that info.
yeah a large part of royal bloods "gimmick" lets say is how they make the music they make, and also how well they perform it live, so when you just hear it and can't figure out how they've done it (pardon the pun) then it kind of subtracts from the whole thing
This duo is absolutely incredible to see live: what they do with just bass guitar and drums is mind blowing. I was shopping with a friend in Brighton seven years ago, and the only other person in the shop was Mike Kerr, the bass player and vocalist. We had a really nice chat, he's a nice guy.
I saw them this past summer and they had added a keyboardist. Truly took some of the magic away. However the first time I saw them with just the two of them was amazing. Possibly my favorite live music experience.
Maestra, forgive me for commenting entirely out of context. I was recently introduced to your channel by my 14-yr old Aussie grandson. I've spent a couple of days watching selectively chosen videos of yours. I shall certainly subscribe, though my current bedridden state (MS) makes a financial commitment impossible - 16 grandsons come first! 🏴 You mention your love of Welsh music (cerddoriaeth Cymraeg). I began singing Penillion before school age. I also inherited my late grandmother's 1880 telyn deires (Welsh triple harp), which I began to learn only after becoming a boarder at Westminster Abbey Choir School when I was eight. The school employed a harp teacher one afternoon each week back then. I'm afraid this great instrument was confined to the attic after I began senior school. However, just five yrs ago, one of my BC grandsons (one of eight of them in 🇨🇦🇰🇪🇦🇺🇬🇧 who also became cathedral choristers) decided he wanted to try it out. So, out of the dusty attic it has emerged, after 55 yrs. $Can 7800 in refurb later, Benji plays the larger than average instrument far better than I ever did, mastering split doubling as well as I did sprechgesang at his age. He hopes to travel to Wales in 2026 to compete at the 2026 Sir Benfro Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Now, I am going to continue my deep dive into your channel. Have you reviewed anything by either Jacob Collier or Supertramp yet? If not, try Little Blue for the former, and the Logical Song for the latter, as tasters. Pob Bendith i chwi oll am y Nadolig a'r blwyddyn i ddod. 🏴
Sounds like you and your grandson should have a youTube channel. People ( and Amy Shafer ) would get a kick from watching someone play a Welsh triple harp.
well nothing said hereis wrong, it sounds lofi because it's a distorted bass rather than a typical lead guitar fewer high frequencies until the drums come in, it does have a raw old fashioned quality similar to Jack White, she said she likes the live sound it has think it was interesting to hear someone's impressions without knowing the background context it's something that happens quite a bit on this channel and gives it a different angle
And isn't that the point of this sort of channel? She's genuinely never heard of this band/others like it, so she's coming at it from a very new angel. Sometimes it can be frustrating to watch, but it's always interesting haha!
Amy, please, analyze Portishead "Strangers" Live at NYC Rosebowl. Beth Gibbons and Portishead are awesome and your take on their sound would certainly be such an astonishing experience as well. Thank you for considering that. All the best. ruclips.net/video/HbSu2UM8kcQ/видео.html
That heavily rhythmic, muted strumming pattern is sometimes known as 'chugging'. I like the youthful energy, and the home-grown and organic feel together with the heavily compressed Zeppelinesque vocal tone. This is rock stripped down to its barest essentials.
I'm slightly surprised how positive you are about this one as you could have considered it 'industrial' before you met Vlad. When I posted a comment under your 1975 review I forgot to mention Royal Blood in my list of Idles, Fontaines DC and The Young Fathers representing a more aggressive, direct, some may say 'post-punk' selection of bands. I like this track but would say they must have been inspired by The White Stripes (who I think you have already covered). Thanks as always.
I think that the term Amy was looking for with regards to the sound is "Garage"....They sound like they are a garage band. It's meant to refer to a time before the band got into a studio and they used to practice in their Moms garage, recording on a tape cassette. The sound is more raw and of that moment and not produced in any way at all.
I was hoping the fact that you read that the group was a duo, and they give the impression of more than 2 instruments playing, would give you something you would try to figure out.
Only Bass guitar and drums. That base is running through both a guitar amp and a base amp. The signal going to the guitar amp is pitched up. Very cool stuff.
You might like Gentle Giant (free hand, aspirations, or something from octopus) or some early genesis (selling england by the pound, or firth of fifth)
Yeah, he uses the bass as a rhythm guitar. I do like this song and the band.. Sadly I think there is really only so much you can do with just a bass and drums.. It did get a bit samey for me after two albums of it. They REALLY need some nice heavy guitars on some of their tracks, it would make them even better.
The bass is doubling as the electric guitar. The bassist has an effects pedal which allows the tone of the bass to be raised to that of a guitar. The bassist is playing both parts, bass and guitar.
Royal Bloods music is unique because it's just a bass and drums. They are a fantastic band that I got to see open for Queens of the Stone Age earlier this year.
Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. What truth? There is no spoon. There is no spoon? Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. There is no guitar in this band.
How to P*ss of An Audience and Generate Bad Publicity #101: Play at a mixed music festival and swear at the audience from the stage for not clapping and cheering loudly enough when you finish your set and then storm off stage. Yep, that was Royal Blood at the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend festival in 2023!
@ Meg was competent. Don’t need to be an expert in chops to enhance the music. Even some relatively incompetent drummers such as Charlie Watts makes the Stones as good as they are.
I feel like Amy wasn't given enough info here: what makes Royal Blood special is that it's just a drummer and a bassist/singer, and all of the melodic sound is generated with a (somewhat complex) setup of bass and guitar amplifiers and effects. It's truly just two dudes and is performed life with just two dudes. I feel like Amy's analysis would have benefited from that info.
yeah a large part of royal bloods "gimmick" lets say is how they make the music they make, and also how well they perform it live, so when you just hear it and can't figure out how they've done it (pardon the pun) then it kind of subtracts from the whole thing
I think it's only bass guitar drums and vocals... Pretty sick really !... Jimmy page gave them a shout out... it was well deserved !
@@madbiker1000 They're on Metallica's Blacklist, also, with a cover on Wherever I May Roam, I believe. They have a lot of company there, though
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Thank you for the info I will check it out as much as I can 👍👍
@@madbiker1000 And Geezer Butler gave them a thumbs up aswell
This duo is absolutely incredible to see live: what they do with just bass guitar and drums is mind blowing. I was shopping with a friend in Brighton seven years ago, and the only other person in the shop was Mike Kerr, the bass player and vocalist. We had a really nice chat, he's a nice guy.
I saw them this past summer and they had added a keyboardist. Truly took some of the magic away.
However the first time I saw them with just the two of them was amazing. Possibly my favorite live music experience.
I'm an old man and I loved this song from the get go!
It’s amazing that the Royal blood can make so much noise with only two members. I suppose it really demonstrates the power of a strong rhythm section.
Maestra, forgive me for commenting entirely out of context. I was recently introduced to your channel by my 14-yr old Aussie grandson. I've spent a couple of days watching selectively chosen videos of yours. I shall certainly subscribe, though my current bedridden state (MS) makes a financial commitment impossible - 16 grandsons come first!
🏴 You mention your love of Welsh music (cerddoriaeth Cymraeg). I began singing Penillion before school age. I also inherited my late grandmother's 1880 telyn deires (Welsh triple harp), which I began to learn only after becoming a boarder at Westminster Abbey Choir School when I was eight. The school employed a harp teacher one afternoon each week back then. I'm afraid this great instrument was confined to the attic after I began senior school. However, just five yrs ago, one of my BC grandsons (one of eight of them in 🇨🇦🇰🇪🇦🇺🇬🇧 who also became cathedral choristers) decided he wanted to try it out. So, out of the dusty attic it has emerged, after 55 yrs. $Can 7800 in refurb later, Benji plays the larger than average instrument far better than I ever did, mastering split doubling as well as I did sprechgesang at his age. He hopes to travel to Wales in 2026 to compete at the 2026 Sir Benfro Eisteddfod Genedlaethol.
Now, I am going to continue my deep dive into your channel. Have you reviewed anything by either Jacob Collier or Supertramp yet? If not, try Little Blue for the former, and the Logical Song for the latter, as tasters.
Pob Bendith i chwi oll am y Nadolig a'r blwyddyn i ddod. 🏴
Sounds like you and your grandson should have a youTube channel. People ( and Amy Shafer ) would get a kick from watching someone play a Welsh triple harp.
Royal blood is awesome 🤘 One of my favourte bands. Hope you can listen to more of their songs.
I’ve seen them live two times in a small venue in Columbus, Ohio. Both shows were excellent
well nothing said hereis wrong, it sounds lofi because it's a distorted bass rather than a typical lead guitar fewer high frequencies until the drums come in, it does have a raw old fashioned quality similar to Jack White, she said she likes the live sound it has think it was interesting to hear someone's impressions without knowing the background context it's something that happens quite a bit on this channel and gives it a different angle
And isn't that the point of this sort of channel? She's genuinely never heard of this band/others like it, so she's coming at it from a very new angel. Sometimes it can be frustrating to watch, but it's always interesting haha!
Amy, please, analyze Portishead "Strangers" Live at NYC Rosebowl. Beth Gibbons and Portishead are awesome and your take on their sound would certainly be such an astonishing experience as well. Thank you for considering that. All the best.
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Excellent analysis, now you need to listen to the Strokes!
All I Ask Of You by Marcelito Pomoy is incredible. Two voices in one man. Thank you.
Great band, these guys are amazing. Boilermaker is fun.
I saw them open up for Queens of the Stone Age a... handful of years ago, and they were a great time.
That heavily rhythmic, muted strumming pattern is sometimes known as 'chugging'. I like the youthful energy, and the home-grown and organic feel together with the heavily compressed Zeppelinesque vocal tone. This is rock stripped down to its barest essentials.
This song really struck me too, purely because of the unique raw sound and the fact it's just a bass guitar.
Great track; the sheer amount of sound that they pull out of two instruments is amazing.
I'm slightly surprised how positive you are about this one as you could have considered it 'industrial' before you met Vlad. When I posted a comment under your 1975 review I forgot to mention Royal Blood in my list of Idles, Fontaines DC and The Young Fathers representing a more aggressive, direct, some may say 'post-punk' selection of bands. I like this track but would say they must have been inspired by The White Stripes (who I think you have already covered). Thanks as always.
I think that the term Amy was looking for with regards to the sound is "Garage"....They sound like they are a garage band.
It's meant to refer to a time before the band got into a studio and they used to practice in their Moms garage, recording on a tape cassette. The sound is more raw and of that moment and not produced in any way at all.
I was hoping the fact that you read that the group was a duo, and they give the impression of more than 2 instruments playing, would give you something you would try to figure out.
"Out of the Black" is a hrrat song from them, too.
This is the first new band to me Amy has reviewed, that I actually like.
Vlad, you definitely need to have Amy react to "My Pal Foot-Foot" by The Shaggs next April First. ;-)
Really cool. I like music with a limited number of instruments, a catchy rhythm and lots of energy. I guess its my limited musicality.
Only Bass guitar and drums. That base is running through both a guitar amp and a base amp. The signal going to the guitar amp is pitched up. Very cool stuff.
You might like Gentle Giant (free hand, aspirations, or something from octopus) or some early genesis (selling england by the pound, or firth of fifth)
I recommend that you should analyze Morphine, Beastie Boys or Ramones.
Yeah, he uses the bass as a rhythm guitar. I do like this song and the band.. Sadly I think there is really only so much you can do with just a bass and drums.. It did get a bit samey for me after two albums of it. They REALLY need some nice heavy guitars on some of their tracks, it would make them even better.
Fuzzy is a good word for it. I'm guessing they probably used a fuzz pedal on it, along with some distortion and other stuff.
Sounded like a fricken elephant during that "solo".
Home grown. The term we use is Lo-Fi
It's called lo fi style recordings ✌️
Try Australian band: Bombay Royale.
Incredible live just the two of them amazing
Garage rock is the term you’re looking for, less polished
All played with just 4 strings and two sticks.
The bass is doubling as the electric guitar. The bassist has an effects pedal which allows the tone of the bass to be raised to that of a guitar. The bassist is playing both parts, bass and guitar.
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Royal Bloods music is unique because it's just a bass and drums. They are a fantastic band that I got to see open for Queens of the Stone Age earlier this year.
You should look into sleep token
Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
What truth?
There is no spoon.
There is no spoon?
Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
There is no guitar in this band.
Vlad...more classic rock bands ....never heard of them.
How to P*ss of An Audience and Generate Bad Publicity #101: Play at a mixed music festival and swear at the audience from the stage for not clapping and cheering loudly enough when you finish your set and then storm off stage.
Yep, that was Royal Blood at the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend festival in 2023!
How is that relevant to this video? Plenty of musicians are wretched idiots. Crawl back to your corner.
Cheese box amp, it's cheesy! Seriously!
Well, at least the end of the song was interesting.
Eh. I'd rather listen to Royal Hunt any day. The White Stripes created this schtick years before.
😂 yeah, no
Sounds like White Stripes.
Only with a competent drummer.
@ Meg was competent. Don’t need to be an expert in chops to enhance the music. Even some relatively incompetent drummers such as Charlie Watts makes the Stones as good as they are.