Why do so many negative-harmony songs sound like Simon and Garfunkel? Did those two just compose their songs backwards or something? If we play their songs in negative harmony will they sound like heavy metal?
@BakedTheth Indie itself isn’t a genre, it’s a modifier. So you can have indie pop, indie folk, indie rock, etc, but generally saying indie on its own is just a shorthand umbrella term for these separate subgenres. Saying it’s just pop is pretty musically ignorant
@@nicholascubides2035 Actually JJBA has a lot of references to bands, so when you see a character named Johnny joestar, you should say: hey is this a Chuck berry reference? Not the other way around
it feels like I'm being offered something great, but something's off and there's definitely a catch that I'll regret later if i don't pay attention. that is if i even have the chance to regret it.
@@scottgardner2950 That would be fine too, everybody knows we live in a dome so he would stop a few kilometers falling in the sky and would be for sure returned by the angels guarding the fringe of the dome.
@@germanlondono8700 I want to see that one. One of the coolest things I saw as a kid was one of the Asterix and Obelix movies where Getafix was hit on the head and made bad potions, a Roman drank one and floated away, he was swimming through the sky. I think it was Asterix and the soothsayer. There were other awesome scenes like a Roman who was made smaller than a worm and freaks out encountering one.
I wasn't thinking of any song in particular, just the general vibe of it. But it does sound a lot like "vem tar hand om hösten" now that you've mentioned it
Discovering negative harmony, for a songwriter, is basically finding out that you’ve written twice as many songs as you thought you had. Like, exactly twice as many.
[Verse 1] There's no man knows for certain what glitters is dirt But he's using the hallway for free When he fails to arrive, if the stores are alive, With a thought he will leave empty handed Ooh, ooh, and he's using a hallway for free There's a blank boring door, but he don't really care He don't know if the words have a meaning In a can by the road, there's a beetle who talks Because all of our words can be perfect [Chorus] Ooh, it makes me certain Ooh, makes me certain [Verse 2] There's a logic I miss when I don't see the East And my body is laughing for staying With my reason I'm blind to the air in the wind And the whispers of those who sit blindly [Chorus] Ooh, it makes me certain Ooh, really makes me certain [Verse 3] And it's shouted that later if no one gives the speech Then the speaker will shoo us from feelings And the day will not end for those who sit down And the suburbs will muffle the crying [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh-oh-nevermind. [Verse 4] If there's a calm day in your driveway, better freak out, hey It's just winter filth from old Jack Frost Yes, there is one path you can come by, but as soon as you do There is no time to stay off the fields, you know [Chorus] And it makes me certain Ohh, whatever [Verse 5] Your butt is singing, but it will pass, of course you know that The speaker's telling you to stay away Gross old man, can you see the sun shine? And are you blind Your hallway's not in the shouting clouds? [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] And as we stay still in the field Our faces shorter than our heads There sits an old man no one knows Who absorbs darkness and wants to hide How nothing crumbles to dust And if you look casually You'll forget the words immediately When all is separated To turn into the Rolling Stones [Outro] And he's using a hallway for free.
the instrumental is vaguely beatles and the combination of gentle mellow sounds + slightly ominous lyrics makes me think of simon and garfunkel. 11/10.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Too often does a cover try to emulate what made the original successful but you've flipped the formula on its head (literally) to amazing result.
The gist of it is that all the musical intervals are inverted. For example: a C major chord has a C, then a major 3rd above that (E) and a minor third above that (G). The negative version starts on the G and goes down a major third (Eb) then down a minor third (C). And this works melodically too - so if a melody starts by going up a third, the negative version starts by going down a third.
paeganini The axis that everything gets flipped over is between the root and fifth of the key. So in C, a D is a whole step above the tonic, and would become F - a whole step below the fifth. So if we invert a V7 chord in C, the G becomes a C, the B (half step below tonic) becomes Ab (half step above fifth), the D becomes F, and the F becomes D
The opening guitar part sounds very much the same as when you play the tune on a lefty guitar with right handed patterns! I used to play it on my father's lefty because it sounded funny and weird. When I heard the intro of this video I actually recognized it!!
This is so amazing. Everyone seems to be have been obsessing over this concept and it is so amazing that someone is really doing it! Keep it coming these are awesome!
Office Worker Way better, this is awesome but the actual song is a masterpiece the way it is and is far more enjoyable to listen to in a series way, imo
You made my day :) my compliments for the effort, the spirit and the result. It's a pity that you decided to not play thr solo. I was waiting for it and ready to smile all the time. Anyway: great work, keep playing with this !
My brother used this picture in a power point presentation about our housework schedule when we were younger. Now he's living on his own and nobody will probably remind him to mop the stairs
If Stairway to Heaven is the forbidden riff, is this the obligatory riff?
Whitworth 5S sweet child of mine
yes.
This is the mandatory riff
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Why is it called that?
If Simon and Garfunkel wrote Stairway to Heaven
veijo33 exactly what I was thinking
Bright Eyes
FAX
Why do so many negative-harmony songs sound like Simon and Garfunkel? Did those two just compose their songs backwards or something? If we play their songs in negative harmony will they sound like heavy metal?
If The lady was actually Mrs Robinson....
Didn't remember "highway to hell" this way...
Stairway to hell
666 likes? Ok
I'm dead💀😂
Stairlift to hell
Now we need highway to heaven
When you left your charger on Earth so you have to go back
The Escalator to Earth
Thats funny
When you left your mask
By far my favourite Zed Leppelin song. Pimmy Jage's guitar playing is just sublime.
Don't forget Pobert Rlant's vocals, Bohn Jonham's drums and Pohn Jaul Pones on the keys
spngrm Zed Leppelin, Sack Blabbath, Flink Ployd, Peep Durple etc, the 70's were great.
Олег Ларин Ah yes. The 07's. Way better than the 08's. Music did get better in the 09's though.
Who like Bhe Teatles?
@@kennygates1192 She Tolling Rones, Runs N Goses, Synyrd Lkynyrd, Mron Iaiden, and Han Valen are pretty good too
imagine playing this in a guitar store
They won't know whether to kick you out or give you a medal
@@bentramer682 They usually take the guitar that you were using, but now they give you the guitar.
@@bentramer682 hey how's Nancy doing?
*points to sign that says*
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oʇ
ʎɐʍɹıɐʇS
ON
@@flightlessfallen2543 No Stairway, denied?
How to write indie music
Step one: write a classic rock song
Step two: make a negative harmony version of it and then you have an indie song
Dont call this the abomination that is indie
@@bakedtheth102 Imagine generalizing a music genre that's literally just "independent rock" as being an abomination
@@grantwilliams2650 it's just pop
@BakedTheth Indie itself isn’t a genre, it’s a modifier. So you can have indie pop, indie folk, indie rock, etc, but generally saying indie on its own is just a shorthand umbrella term for these separate subgenres. Saying it’s just pop is pretty musically ignorant
@@bakedtheth102 it rly isnt
So basically it is "Highway to Hell".
Also, if you play it backwards, there are hidden gospel messages.
Lolololololol
i think this song is so far the most obvious in terms of what negative harmony can do to the vibe of a song
Still tbh all these songs sound just a bit... random
I dunno if it's essential or not, but stairway is such a classic ubiquitous track that I had to go for it.
I feel like it almost sounds happier . . ?
You just saved Plant's and Page's soul : )
Blessed be the zep
It sounds great!!
Sounds like a combination of King Crimson and The Beatles psychedelic stuff
Omg was that a mother-trucking JoJo reference??
@@mrpatukka3177 no, it's just a band.
@@federicoschmidt1812 Bands are just JoJo references
@@nicholascubides2035 Actually JJBA has a lot of references to bands, so when you see a character named Johnny joestar, you should say: hey is this a Chuck berry reference?
Not the other way around
@@federicoschmidt1812 It was obviously a fucking joke, I'm not a retard.
legend has it if you play this in a guitar store they won’t kick you out
They will punch you in. You now work there.
You are now required to stay for the rest of your life
Garth's world 🌎
The clerks will praise you for it in a non-ironic way and they’ll serve you thereafter with genuine engagement and enthusiasm.
You’re required to play it before you can leave LMAO
Aaah Led Zeppelin, my favorite Bossa Nova band.
O Zeppelin De Chumbo - Escada Para o Ceu
Lol Deep Purple are good bossa-nova as well. Check they cover to Carlos Lyra - Maria Moita
Where's the bossa nova, tho?
that defintely doesn't sound like bossa nova
@@luizhauck_fingerstyle the harmony kinda sounds like bossa but the rhythm don't
It’s sound happier, the original was sad, but now it’s like bittersweet
original sounds hopeful, not sad.
Bro you commented on a comment from a year ago to argue a subjective point
@@lim2454 Sure dude honestly, whatever.
@@lim2454 yeah
To be honest, happier music depresses me more.
I really like this, but it also makes me uncomfortable
I felt like that once, and I ended up falling madly im love with her...
Probably because it violates your expectations based on your familiarity with the original song but is still coherent.
As a sheltered younger person, I haven’t heard the original but I feel the same way
@@spacelevator lol pls listen to the original if you haven't
it feels like I'm being offered something great, but something's off and there's definitely a catch that I'll regret later if i don't pay attention. that is if i even have the chance to regret it.
That picture is making me relive a nightmare I've had since I was a babychild where gravity just reversed and I fell into the sky forever.
That's scary as hell. Good thing it's just a dream though and gravity isn't real
@@scottgardner2950 That would be fine too, everybody knows we live in a dome so he would stop a few kilometers falling in the sky and would be for sure returned by the angels guarding the fringe of the dome.
@@filescout266 but of course, beautifully put
sounds more like the world turned upside down
if you mean it was like the picture
@@germanlondono8700 I want to see that one. One of the coolest things I saw as a kid was one of the Asterix and Obelix movies where Getafix was hit on the head and made bad potions, a Roman drank one and floated away, he was swimming through the sky. I think it was Asterix and the soothsayer. There were other awesome scenes like a Roman who was made smaller than a worm and freaks out encountering one.
I love Robert Harvest. His bass voice is incredible.
Yeah gotta love Zed Leppelin. Robert Harvest and Jimmy Book were truly one of the duos of all time.
Do not forget John Badpork,he is really underrated
I thought his name was Trebor Mineral but I stand corrected.
stairway down from heaven?
Escalator to Heck
stairway to hell
well if your in America, *stairway to Australian heaven
or, if in Australia, *Stairway to American Heaven
*STAIRWAY TO HELL* _dun dun_
Starwai to hell
and it means highway to hell
u mean Highway from Hell *
wouldnt the opposite of a stairway be an escalator
I think it's settled then... ELEVATOR FROM HELL
Well, Highway to Hell is already a thing so why change it?
Escalator to Purgatory
This sounds like an old swedish children’s song
Hvilken?
"Vem tar hand om hösten"?
I wasn't thinking of any song in particular, just the general vibe of it. But it does sound a lot like "vem tar hand om hösten" now that you've mentioned it
This sounds like the song for a movie with a bitter sweet ending, like everyone’s happy, but it required sacrifice and sorrow.
🤓
@@elaiooos7590get a life pal
Elevator to valhalla
You mean Elevator to Hell!
More like Bore: Ragnorock
@@nikhilgarg6055 hah!
@@nikhilgarg6055 all heil Jim Pickens
Bore: Grognak
What if this song is the original in some alternate universe?
iseeundeadpeople9 my mind is so blown af
It's gonna make Simon and Garfunkel fans join forces with Led Zeppelin fans
We're the lucky ones
iseeundeadpeople9 dude I'm way to fucking high for this stop
It is
how Australians hear stairway to heaven
Stairway from hell now lmao
Builderphill stairway from heaven ;)
Cmamo
thats rough
HAHAHAHA. What a funny and original joke that no one has ever made on a negative harmony video before!
The fact that there's a stairway to heaven but a highway to hell really teels you about the respective traffic to each place
Damn, that Greta Van Fleet new song is pretty dope
FN-1138 Lol
FN-1138 Lmao
Huehuehuehuehue
I'm weak loool
They wish
That's pretty prog honestly
VLDplay Sounds Like Genesis pastoral tunes. Or Moon Safari - A Tale Of Three and Tree
Original was prog in my opinion, based on chord choices and how the song structure is
it's mr. bungle and you can't tell me otherwise
haha it def sounds like them
actually reminds me of Premiata Forneria Marconi a little bit
This is absolutely my favourite song by Genesis
Discovering negative harmony, for a songwriter, is basically finding out that you’ve written twice as many songs as you thought you had. Like, exactly twice as many.
I didn't know Heaven was in the basement
Ask any stoner and they'll confirm
Sounds like a beatles song
I was just thinking that it sounds like Wings
Like something from the White Album
@@Idogomusic yeah that's true!
@@diasluan5102 I was thinkin in rubber soul
Sounds like a song by Wings featuring Simon and Garfunkel
Dude this video is gonna get claimed, it's literally just highway to hell
Damn I didnt know Syd Barrett made a cover of this
Ha
I’m a big Syd fan, but I don’t hear it. It does make me wonder what a Syd stairway would sound like though.
Damn, I wanted to see that negative harmony guitar solo!
Awww thanks for the heads up lol
@@HisNameisLink yo bro
Whyyyyyy I offer my guitar to record it!
We have to get Jared Dines to do it
seppesai you should take this recording and make that
intro sounds like a starting town in Pokemon
You have nailed it squarely on the head.
Or maybe similar to "Home" by Toby Fox?
why are these negative harmonies so beautiful
[Verse 1]
There's no man knows for certain what glitters is dirt
But he's using the hallway for free
When he fails to arrive, if the stores are alive,
With a thought he will leave empty handed
Ooh, ooh, and he's using a hallway for free
There's a blank boring door, but he don't really care
He don't know if the words have a meaning
In a can by the road, there's a beetle who talks
Because all of our words can be perfect
[Chorus]
Ooh, it makes me certain
Ooh, makes me certain
[Verse 2]
There's a logic I miss when I don't see the East
And my body is laughing for staying
With my reason I'm blind to the air in the wind
And the whispers of those who sit blindly
[Chorus]
Ooh, it makes me certain
Ooh, really makes me certain
[Verse 3]
And it's shouted that later if no one gives the speech
Then the speaker will shoo us from feelings
And the day will not end for those who sit down
And the suburbs will muffle the crying
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-nevermind.
[Verse 4]
If there's a calm day in your driveway, better freak out, hey
It's just winter filth from old Jack Frost
Yes, there is one path you can come by, but as soon as you do
There is no time to stay off the fields, you know
[Chorus]
And it makes me certain
Ohh, whatever
[Verse 5]
Your butt is singing, but it will pass, of course you know that
The speaker's telling you to stay away
Gross old man, can you see the sun shine? And are you blind
Your hallway's not in the shouting clouds?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
And as we stay still in the field
Our faces shorter than our heads
There sits an old man no one knows
Who absorbs darkness and wants to hide
How nothing crumbles to dust
And if you look casually
You'll forget the words immediately
When all is separated
To turn into the Rolling Stones
[Outro]
And he's using a hallway for free.
bro that was one of the best comments i have ever saw congrats
You have a twisted mind. And I’m here for it.
I really like this, it sort of seems like either ChatGPT or Satan wrote it.
@@MrLBDudeI was about to suggest to the op “did you tell ChatGPT to write the opposite version”
@@PippeML I’m glad that I’m not alone in suspecting that!
One of the weirder Sufjan Stevens songs I've heard
Was gonna upvote, but then I saw you had 69 likes. NICE. And nice comment.
George Parkins ok redditor
sounds like egypt by stevens, or predatory wasp of the palisades
Man, that’s EXACTLY what I was thinking!
why I hear Strawberry Fields Forever?
It's the flute.
It's playing on your Spotify
The mellotron flute sound is the exact same one used on Strawberry Fields.
@@lcarpetrondookmariot7620 Nah, I don't think it's even a mellotron sample, it's just a sampled recorder/flute
Paul Peterson bro haha
All the Australian comments would be even funnier if Australia was real.
sepnu puas
Austria*
@@qplaqpla səpnu puəs
Obviously "Australia" is a invention of the big media to sell kangaroos.
Corpore sano
Sounds like a 60s, Folk group! Love it!
I think it's kind of beautiful in an eerie way. Reminds me a little of the Garfunkel version of Waters of March.
Strawberry fields to heaven.
It sounds nice
original - stairway to heaven
negative harmony cover - happy life in heaven
Plobert rant
Pimmy jage
Bon Johnham
Pohn Jaul Pones
Hahahahahaha
Dude I love Zed Leppelin
Plobert
Bon Johnham sounds cool
This made me laugh more than it should’ve
This sounds like it could be the freaking b-side to “Puff The Magic Dragon”
I was literally about to comment this.
I think puff is the key word here
the instrumental is vaguely beatles and the combination of gentle mellow sounds + slightly ominous lyrics makes me think of simon and garfunkel. 11/10.
Let's be honest, y'all are here just for the solo
Edit 6 minutes later: WHERE DID THE DAMN SOLO GO
I'm actually here for the negative harmomy
@@benparsons4979 noob
@@lesterthien2330 what the fuck
This is like the kindest lullaby with the most mournful of words
Helium Submarine - Horizontal ladder from Hell
Perfect
Helium Submarine is legit a great band name fuck
@@TornaitSuperBird Sounds too similar to Yellow Submarine
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Too often does a cover try to emulate what made the original successful but you've flipped the formula on its head (literally) to amazing result.
Sounds like a Paul McCartney song
It’s actually kinda good
Watched this about 6 months ago. Starting humming this, and then I remembered where it came from. This is really beautiful man.
This is hauntingly beautiful honestly
It makes me wonder.
Dude, that "don't be alarmed now" part was sick 😂😂
This sounds like a tally hall song and I'm all for it
The chord progression is really reminiscent of Tull or Genesis
I still don't get this negative harmony shit, but it sounds lit af
The gist of it is that all the musical intervals are inverted. For example: a C major chord has a C, then a major 3rd above that (E) and a minor third above that (G). The negative version starts on the G and goes down a major third (Eb) then down a minor third (C). And this works melodically too - so if a melody starts by going up a third, the negative version starts by going down a third.
paeganini The axis that everything gets flipped over is between the root and fifth of the key. So in C, a D is a whole step above the tonic, and would become F - a whole step below the fifth. So if we invert a V7 chord in C, the G becomes a C, the B (half step below tonic) becomes Ab (half step above fifth), the D becomes F, and the F becomes D
@BriggsMullen Exactly
Oh it's easy, they just hold the guitar the upside down and play
Jacob Collier, Adam Neely, and June Lee have great videos on it
The opening guitar part sounds very much the same as when you play the tune on a lefty guitar with right handed patterns! I used to play it on my father's lefty because it sounded funny and weird. When I heard the intro of this video I actually recognized it!!
When you love Led Zep and dont want to get copyright claimed
Lyrics sounds like they're in the key of Elliot Smith
Sounds like Folk Prog band Harmonium.
Vive Harmonium! :)
C'est fou de voir que harmonium s'est rendu aussi loin
Hahahaha malade! Vive harmonium
Prog...ROCKS! greetings from Argentina, mate!
Fuck you're right
I never heard the original version, so this is the original for me.
I’ve never heard this song and it sounds like it is the original
I felt like I was listening to Tethro Jull the whole intro
This was amazing!! You should do Bohemian Rhapsody next
Awkward Jaden Man, the world ain't ready for a negative harmony Bohemian Rhapsody.
its already done, just google it.
This aged well
@@tangsolaris9533ikr
I actually really like the way this sounds.
This sounds like a Sui Generis song.. love it
I really appreciate all of these covers you're making. They're lovely. I would appreciate seeing a behind-the-scenes/meet-the-musician video.
Yeah good call. I'm working slowly toward it. Mostly my focus is on making new content but I'll see what i can do:)
Sounds like something Willy Wonka would have on his playlist.
This oddly feels happier than the original, more light, like you're in heaven now or something.
I just finally found this channel again after 5 years and I’m so happy that I get to discover it again after so long
This is so amazing. Everyone seems to be have been obsessing over this concept and it is so amazing that someone is really doing it! Keep it coming these are awesome!
This is actually really quite enjoyable. It sounds like a really good indie/coffehouse cover.
im obsessed this sounds so oddly heavenly
In the forward version i fell in love the instrumentals. In reverse, I fell in love with the vocals! The magic of putting pieces in reverse!
Man, all these Negative Harmony songs are amazing. Good job. I really would love to hear Blackbird by the Beatles.
first time ive heard any stairway to heaven version, wonder what the original sounds like
Office Worker Way better, this is awesome but the actual song is a masterpiece the way it is and is far more enjoyable to listen to in a series way, imo
Sounds kinda like this but upside down
I’ve never heard this song and this is beautiful
This sounds like if the Beatles wrote stairway to heaven
Yooo
So basically Opeth with Simon and Garfunkel on the mic?
Yes
Yes
Yes
This is strangely pleasant. I'm getting "Penny lane" and "Fool on the hill" vibes. Definitely reminiscent of the beatles
Wow this is so beautiful, I am glad I stumbled on this
I played this and an employee welcomed me into the guitar Store
If Stairway was a CSN song.
That's what I thought lol
Now it sounds like an America song!
Anybody remember those guys?
Tin Man? Daisy Jane?
I was thinking more Simon & Garfunkel myself
I saw them live in Argentina. Their first album is in my opinion, one of the best in music history.
A mix of America's Homecoming and Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, but yeah.
America is legendary and not talked about enough today. Their music is so melodic and calming
jg b exactly! That's what i thought!
Amazing!!! Very well done
Love your voice in these, you do a great job and it reminds me of the vocals in the smashing pumpkins song take me down
So what happens when you play this backwards?
u hear it backwards? harmony doesnt change by reversing lmao
You hear the real secret message.
You hear a nice message about positive vibes
Val youre boring
Someone upload this backwards!
You made my day :) my compliments for the effort, the spirit and the result. It's a pity that you decided to not play thr solo. I was waiting for it and ready to smile all the time. Anyway: great work, keep playing with this !
It feels like it's calmly happy on a surface but has hidden creepy something underneath.
I fell in love with this version❤
Stairway From Heaven. Absolutely love this content.
Raven That Refused To Sing, negative harmony.
Nishant Tayde The Raven that Agreed to Sing (?)
The pigeon this accepted to shut up
10/10 would love this
Or the Watchmaker
My brother used this picture in a power point presentation about our housework schedule when we were younger.
Now he's living on his own and nobody will probably remind him to mop the stairs
I REALLY like this it sounds completely different!
I would love to hear what Going to California would sound like
Kinda reminds me of Crosby, Stills, Young & Nash
I remember crying while listening to this...
This sounds amazing.