MAJOR TO MINOR: What Does "I Want You to Want Me" Sound Like in a Minor Key? (Cheap Trick Cover)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your music. I'm 70 years old, so your music is appealing to all ages. I hope you continue to record these "Major to Minor" songs, because I will continue to buy them ! Good Luck and best wishes !
This is such a sweet comment, I hope you're still doing well, Gabrielle ♡
So true man, hope you are still enjoying his songs and doing well
After those first few notes, I expected to hear "Turn around!" Sounded just like Total Eclipse of the Heart.
So was I! I was actually started saying Turn around. lol
omg me too!
me too thats why I just suggested it
I'd really like to hear Smooth Criminal.
Yes!
A thousand times yes!
I'd love to "like" your comment, but it just doesn't sit right with me that I'd be ruining your "69 likes" at this point... XD Still support the comment though, lol.
Can it get any more intense than it was with Sebastian and Santana? Lol
Thats already a minor key tho...probably the most minor key sounding song ever
Way to rip my heart out, Chase. This changes the entire back story of the song. Your version is a weepy, "I have given up" story, while Cheap Trick's is a frantic, "I'll do anything to get you back," song. It is like comparing Eric Clapton's two versions of Layla. Same song, different stories.
I didn't quite think of it that way, though I prefer this song in a major key. Maybe that's why.
This version sounds so much more desperate and emotional.
Haunting😮
Rather than feeling scary or haunting (like many of your songs), this felt sad and nostalgic.
For the love of God please do not sell out and audition for some crappy singing competition show. You are too good for that garbage. Your talent is raw and genuine. Record companies should be fighting for your bro.
Better get to tippin then.
Record companies? What is that? ;)
Interesting. I recent study has shown that "Over the last few decades, popular songs have switched from major to minor keys: In the 1960s, 85 percent of the songs were written in a major key, compared with only about 40 percent of them now."
I wonder what that says about us?
That's a very interesting tid bit there, thanks!
It says we are all h*lla depressed
We are all intrigued by the sound of the sad and creepy feeling the songs sung in Minor give us
it says that minor key slaps next question
We’re depressed. Anxious. Lonely. And trying to find something to relate to.
So, if you ever wanna, like, get married, or whatever... I don't have any plans.
Sure! Let me just ask my wife. :)
And just like that, he crushed my dreams. The good ones are always taken. *le sigh*
TheUKNutter That's good news!
TheUKNutter Easy Peasy!! Lol I don't have a habit of chasing down musicians, I'm just hypnotized by this song, and several others he's done.
TheUKNutter That's awesome!
Can you please, please cover "Take on me" by Aha. I can just imagine how it would sound if you sang it.
yesssss!
OMG that would be awesome
+Kala Pua oh god, yes!!
+Kala Pua I would love that as well!
Yesssss! That would be awesome. Oh I would love to hear "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" too
Unlike a lot of the others, which sound awesome and creepy, this feels more like a love ballad. It fits it perfectly.
I agree with you. Its amazing
Please, please, please transform "Lights" by Ellie Goulding into the dark, twisted song described by the lyrics! Please!
Am I the only one hearing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in this? Which might provide an interesting minor to major, come to think of it.
YES! I thought this too.
Have a listen to the cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" done by "Sleeping At Last".
Yup first bar. "Turn around"
total eclipse(1983) and this song (1977
)
I didn't hear it until you mentioned it, but can hear it now (in mind).
Hey Chase,
I walked down the aisle in December of 2016 to you singing this. I grew up listening to Cheap Trick because of my dad. He passed away 5 years ago and getting to walk down the aisle to this song was like having him walk with me. Thanks for making that possible. I can't listen to it without crying.
congragulations
Listening to this for the 100th time and I was already crying and this comment really opened the flood gates 😭
Dude, you nailed it.
This. Is. Drama.
Had the band done this version originally, they wouldn't have had to hide in Budokan for so damn long!
Him singing If I Die Young (currently in E major) would be absolutely gorgeous.
Yes. That would be absolutely fantastic
Ha ha...I finally understand the lyrics!
I love the original. But this... I can FEEL this. Amazing.
Brendan McCarty Totally agree!
Brendan McCarty Totally agree!
You should do "I'm Happy" by Pharrell. The irony would be absolutely magical and you could rock it.
god yes! do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lmao!
Here ya go. The Gregory Brothers were doing this 8 years ago: ruclips.net/video/CAXrgl_oF-8/видео.html
"Want you to want me" Well, good job sir, you have done just that!
I love this my son showed me that any song can sound diffrent in mior. I really love how it sounds.
bro, you're like a totally hot 'Where's Waldo' with a killer voice. I can dig it.
p.s. it's like past 2am and the last 3 hours of my life have been me oohing and awing over your music, so i guess you could say im a fan. Oh, And your new Adele cover, 'Hello' is on point.
Have you considered doing a series of covers where you change minor key-based songs to major key-based songs? It would be cool to hear that from you and I'm sure you would do it just as well as the major to minor concept you are working on now. Maybe change O Come, O Come Emmanuel to a major key (I'm pretty sure it's based in a minor key, but by no means am I a music theory expert), since the holiday season is coming soon. Just a suggestion! Thanks for your creativity and musical genius! :)
+Rebekah Mangels Good idea- I vote for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Alone Again Naturally".
+Rebekah Mangels that's a bloody Brilliant idea!
+Rebekah Mangels Personally I prefer major to minor, but your way might be cool...
I'm still sticking to my opinion of what he's doing now is best though :)
minor to major really just doesnt work. many people have tried and it doesnt transpose well. it really only works as major into minor and not the other way around. once its in minor key, its a done deal. besides, oooo major key. so you wrote a song in most likely the same exact key signature as 400,000 + others. whoohooo! minor key is hard to do and do right. why do you think not a lot of artists use minor key for full songs? chase makes it look so easy but its really kind of a pain in the ass! tried going for music theory right out of high school 10 years ago but was nowhere near ready for it. had 2 friends going for music theory fellowships they called it. were looking to become college professors for music theory. they claimed it was a 15 year undergrad program with at least 5 years at grad school to finish entirely.
+Steph Rutkin You should look into Oleg Berg's youtube channel. There are a lot of minor to major examples and they work really well. My favorite is Smooth Operator.
There is something hauntingly beautiful about what he does.
This version makes me weep. I absolutely love Chase's voice in this..🔥
I would LOVE to hear "We're not gonna take it." Such an upbeat and energizing song could certainly be turned around to something from the point of view of someone who has lost the fight, and mocking their earlier optimism and vigor.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Yes! That would be great :)
Kathy G
That would be AWESOME!
Check out the "Happy Sad Songs" video by the Gregory Brothers, they did a short version of it!
ajtheown Just checked them out - Wow! I wish they made full versions.
I found this because I was looking for a cover of this song that did justice to lyrics, which are much more poignant than the Cheap Trick version gives them credit for. This one really nailed what I was thinking of in my head. Thank you, well done.
HOLY CRAP
THIS IS
THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN
AS A CHOIR NERD, I APPLAUD YOU, GOOD SIR
Would it be possible for me and a couple friends to make a mash up of your songs for a talent show?
Wow. Just wow. I am a 54 female, and love to sing/play 60s folk songs, (Dylan/Baez etc) often in minor keys. This gave me some of that soulful feeling, and just blew me away. Thanks!
" My songs know what you did in the dark " - Fall Out Boys
Yes!
It's already in a minor key
maybe he could move it to a major key instead?
Wraether there's no s.
im crying my heart out. after what just happened to me this song means way too much and redone this way is too stunning but too hard to listen to. its killing me....i miss him so much....i need him to hear this...
I actually prefer this to the original. You have an amazing voice! I could listen to your songs all day
What the heck, how do you only have 91,358 subscribers????
+Chase Holfelder Ah, you just answered my question. It's cause people like me hit "like" and "subscribe" but then forget to hit "share"!!!
+Marco Luzuriaga i like how its gained 10k in 4 weeks
+strato on bf4 lol, edit.... 40k in 5 weeks
+strato on bf4 just a casual 30k in a week
+strato on bf4 well that might have been helped by him doing all i want for christmas with KHS
This just makes me realize how much more i love songs in minor keys lol thank you for this
Ugh. My love for minor key music is unparalleled, and all of your covers are just... hauntingly beautiful. I would kill to record a duet with you sometime.
Seriously watch all of these videos multiple times a day. They never get old. You're too cool of a guy Chase, can't wait to cross paths in the near future.
Hey Chase!
I am a middle school music teacher. I have been using your Major to Minor series in my classes to explain the difference between the keys and their moods. We talk about how the music can change the meaning of the song. The kids love it!
Thank you so much for transposing these songs!
How about "Love Shack" - B52s? Or "Call Me Maybe" (ever noticed that "Call Me Maybe" is "Semi-charmed kinda life"?)
Fleetwood Mac had a string of chirpy numbers by Christy McVie - "Don't Stop (thinking about tomorrow)", "You make lovin' fun". The Beatles had a few, as well.
So, the original song sounds like the fun, exciting stage of having a crush, and this version sounds like when you realize it's unrequited and you're giving up. Sad, and awesome.
You are wickedly talented, Chase! So impressed with your vocals and the mindset that would even put you down this track of major to minor. And what makes it really magical is that the songs you choose (except the patriotics) have that quality of desperation that is really the perfect setting for a minor key. I know what I'll be listening to for a while!
WOW, another surprise. My heart just breaks...
And I love the layers of your voice in the harmonies. Forgot to mention that.
3:50 is probably one of my favorite parts of this song.
matthew lowe Amen to that. The only way I'm willing to let go of that when it ends is the stamp-clap percussion that follows immediately. Those percussion inserts are another of my favorite features of the arrangement.
I think you just created the Emo National Anthem.
I lol'd :D
rmcdaniel423 omg, yes
rmcdaniel423 Lol so true!!! I think "Welcome to the Black Parade" already got the honor of that title though...
@@chocolateisalwaystheanswer9426 Yep xD
I'm... Speachless... It's so beautiful.
Keep up the good work, never stop singing. Love your voice!
Chase, you blow me away. What a voice and what an incredible concept! Your music is some of the best indie music I have listened to on the Web for a very long time. Peace brother.
Beautiful! Obsessed with your music in minor keys!!
i've listened to all of your videos. they are all amazing! i have two requests: 1) Ring of Fire and 2) do something in collaberation with Avi Kaplan from Pentatonix; i think his voice would add a new level of mind-blowing-ness to your already incredible arrangements. Thanks for sharing your talents with the world!
+James Yeckley Daughtry already did a version of Ring of Fire, and it is worth a listen
your music leaves me speechless! You're absolutely amazing!!
This is beautiful. Exactly what I needed to hear right now. I have chills!
This is amazing i love it! Im so in love with the key change when u sing the part "didn't i didn't i didn't i see you crying"! I think you would be great in doing a major to minor for either this is gospel or nicotine (by panic at the disco)
I've only listened to THREE of your renditions of songs...and I already want you to put out a CD of all of them!
would love to see you do Come on Eileen!
+Eileen McSweeney i second that
+Eileen McSweeney I totally agree.
TOTALLY AGREE!!
that would be fantastic
That would be like angels puking in my ears, ohhh wait. That's a good thing!! GOOD THING.
To me it sounds like someone who feels unloved by his significant other, like a relationship that started out really great and then started falling apart.
hooked on a feeling
Quite indeed Pete!
Beautiful. Please do more songs. I can't suggest any because I'm not even sure what a minor key is, but I love this.
Easy trick like he said, songs in major key usually sounds happy and minor sounds sad. So if there's a song with a happy-ish tune that you'd like to hear sound a bit sadder you can suggest that. If you're unsure whether it's major or not you can probably google it to find out :P
Jamin Gray Okay - you probably have found the answer by now, but if you're still curious here's a drastic simplification by someone who has NOT studied music theory formally.
TL;DR: basically, a minor scale is a major scale that has had some of the tones compressed (flattened) in relation to the major scale, leaving the chords feeling incomplete or unresolved compared to what we're used to hearing. More complex explanation follows...
In a major chord, you have a "perfect" first, third, and fifth tone, based on the spacing of the tones on the key. This is easiest to see on a piano keyboard with C-Major (and the C-Major scale) - the C-Major chord is C, E, G. A minor chord drops the second note in the chord down a half-step, so you'd have C, Eb, G. This narrows the gap between the first two tones, leaving a rather "spooky" feeling to it.
Applied to the rest of the scale, your third, sixth, and seventh tones will be "flat" compared to the major scale. Again, this narrows the tones in ALL the chords (and changes most of the chords in the progression of the scale), and creates that spooky sound - everything sounds "off" to what we are used to hearing, but without sounding out of tune. Hence, minor scales and chords are used to create spooky or haunting songs (classic example - R.E.M., "Losing My Religion" is in minor).
I'm sure music students will have a better answer, but like I said - I wanted to create a drastic simplification while still hitting on some of the reasons behind the spookiness of the minor key.
Your voice is phenomenal ! You should do Adam Lambert songs !
I'd love to hear the minor version of I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston or Hello by Lionel Richie for an 80s throwback
"Hello" is already in a minor key...
Amy Lee does it lol
@@troyvarley7715 Thank you I'll check those out. I was responding with a recommendation for Chase for what I would like to hear from him via his prompt, but definitely thank you for the recommendation
the song in minor reminds me of ''Alone'' by Heart :)
My Daughter just introduced us to your remixes last night and Im blown away!! I love them all!! Well done and please keep at it!!
You should do Wake me up (before you go) by WHAM!
I can tell you are real artist just by your headphones. Instead of the mainstream garbage that is "Beats" you have Audio Technica MXs. Subscribed.
I love this major to minor project! I would like to hear "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol, or "Everything I Do" by Bryan Adams.
This is now the second song of his I've heard in Minor. I think I've decided I'd prefer every song in Minor. This is amazing.
excellent!!
Suggestion: Evanescence: Bring Me To Life
i agree!
+Lorrie Mayzlin That song is already in the minor key to begin with, but a minor to major change would sound interesting.
I will love him to do a straight up cover, but it is in minor already, and i don't think it will work in major. good idea though
Bring me to life is already in minor, good song though ;)
I am crazy about this guy. I've always loved music in a minor key so for me this is just so cool. And he has such an amazing voice. Love it totally.
Wow...I am seriously blown away dude! Like someone else who commented about being hard to impress I was expecting nothing more than a cool but different version of CCR song. Not only did I get that but I was also compelled to subscribe and I've only ever subscribed to 3 or 4 channels. If you are not rich and famous very soon well then, it would only prove once again to me that all people want these days are half naked "entertainers" who cannot sing worth a damn. You have an awesome voice my friend and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. I found your channel after watching a major to minor video that someone did of "Hey Jude". I'm sure you get tons of requests every day but if you could do one of any Beatles song of your choosing I would be thankful and I think alot of others would enjoy it as well. There are so many bad covers of Beatles songs out there and I just cringe but I think you might be able to pull of the impossible...improving a Beatles song. I hope you can sometime and I look forward to more of your videos. Two thumbs up good sir and I'll be heading over to your site to support you. You've certainly proven to me that you deserve it.
Oh my God you know what you could do? Good Riddance by Green Day in a minor key. That would be so cool. Your voice with the haunting way you put things together... It would be amazing.
Also, I can't listen to Believer anymore without hearing the tea kettle whistle or the bottles you play. You've ruined me for your version and your version alone. It is so good.
I never liked the original, I actually hated it.... but I love your version!
Dramatic improvement...cant stand the original, love this.
I love your voice so much and absolutely love your videos. I would love to hear "put your records on" by Corinne Bailey Rae
Ok, you voice is so beautiful and you are so handsome. Thank you for sharing your music...I love listening to your versions of these songs in minor.
I would love to hear you do "eternal flame" by the bangles.
I read that as "by the Bagels"
Kasharicdaims OH MY GOD YAAAAAAAASSS!
Wow my dad is a huge cheap trick fan. I've been to over a dozen concerts and probably heard this song a thousand times. This is something so different! Love seeing a new spin on it and combing it with a totally different style
I just love ur voice!
Я просто офигиваю от этого голоса. У меня аж мурашки бегут... Спасите кто-нибудь...
I must say that I love minor keys. Minor keys don’t necessarily have to evoke feelings of sadness, but sometimes, the music may be contemplative, and also express inner strength. My two suggestions are 1. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This...I never liked the original. 2. Going back to the late 60s, 2. Happy Together by the Turtles. I think hearing this song in a minor just may be fun. 🤨
I'd love to hear "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5!
I wish you would do I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers. The song is very major and upbeat, but if it were in a minor key the darker themes of the song would come out beautifully
Initial thought was, "Whoa, sounds like a stalker hahaha!" Then as the song went on I started crying because I recently had my girlfriend break up with me. Completely unseen event, totally out of the blue. This song hit me hard man. This song has been my exact mood and overall desire since that moment she left. Well done, sir. You won over my subscription, and I don't typically subscribe unless I am impressed. Smart move keeping portions of it in major. The contrast just made it have that much more of an impact.
You have the voice of an angel!! I cannot stop listening! Amazing.
Chase you truly are a genius. Your interpretations of the songs you've posted are absolutely brilliant. Seriously, I may never be able to listen to the originals again without hearing your versions in my head. Excellent job
With or without you by the Beatles would be awesome in minor!
That's by U2....
John Henning I think he means within you without you by the beatles
I am addicted to this song, especially the "shine up the old brown shoes..." bit. Amazing!
The song craze "Happy" would be really neat and interesting in this style.
No
+Brooke Spencer Yes :3
that song is so repeditive and annoying i dont think he would even want to it...
I hated the original but I do know someone has done it and it's so much better
+Dale Bille It's already in minor
The Devil Within by Digital Daggers is very similar to the style you use for these videos, so it wouldn't be a major to minor-transformation, but I think your voice would sound absolutely amazing with it.
Oooh, you could try Monster by Meg and Dia!
would love to hear you do Keane's Somewhere Only We Know... ♥
Your renditions of these songs from major to minor is beautiful. I look forward to each new song you put out! You are scheduled a talent... and easy on the eyes too :-P
No problem, I already want you ;) But in all seriousness these Major to Minor covers are absolutely astounding! I can't wait for the next one!
You're an incredible artist with an incredible talent to show the potential of these lyrics with a more haunting key...It's more than just transposing a piece, it's about transforming it into a completely different story with the same words. Unbelievable.
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler would be AMAZING minor keyed
Thank you, Chase. This feels so much more like the intended feel of the lyrics. Desperate and sad, hollow and lonely and haunting. One of my favorite covers of any song ever.
Can you do simple man and carry on my wayward son?
Andrea Drew I am so down for a minor key version of Wayward Son. 100%
That would be amazing
This is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. I usually cringe when anybody covers a late 70's-80's song, but this took my breath away. Absolutely brilliant. I freaking love the minor scale.
But how sick would a Beatles major to minor be?
I'm really late to the party, but here it goes anyways; I've listened to this song (the original) SO MANY TIMES.... But I've never experienced it like this. It actually made me tear up. Thank you! That was amazing.
it's neat, sounds nice, wasn't quite what I expected (I sort of expected literally a minor version of the song, same tempo, same instrumentation just in minor, but this was neat). I only have one problem, and maybe it's just me, but you have some harsh consonant sounds when singing, most noticeable (again: maybe just to me) when you're singing "love for you to love me." you really hiss out the F trying to fully pronounce love and then sing For rather than blend them, and it 's a tiny bit jarring. the other thing I noticed is in places you throw in an H sound in front of the word you. those things just make it sound like you're deflating. OTHERWISE, it's fantastic.
The "H" attack is often used in a song to make a tune or word sound more haunting. feels kind of like a stomach punch. In most singing, I was always taught to sing on the vowels but often in music intended to be jarring, you hear a lot more of the consonant.
I can relate so much better to this song when it's done in minor key. It totally changes it for me. I love it
Awesome dude! Opening before the vocals kind of has a November Rain feel. I really like it.
Totally agree. The first phrase also reminded me of Total Eclipse of the Heart...lol
Katie Creson Now THAT is a creepy song that I have always loved. Jim Steinman Piano Ballads. They always got to me. Of course, Criminal Minds did an episode based on them. THAT was creepy, too. If you want to look it up, the ep is called "Piano Man" but I can't remember the season.
The song of my youth and you transformed it into my current state of mind . Well done young man