The song came out in 1982. He wasn't a professional musician his whole life. It's not like we're confused why he doesn't know a Miley Cyrus song. Can't wait for next week where some guy pretends he's never heard Thriller.
@@Diamond88keyzYou can tell who’s a Prince Rogers Nelson fan for real. Although it’s very VERY creative, I doubt he’d have been pleased at all… He was very temperamental about his music… almost to the point of narcissism. He wouldn’t have appreciated it like we are, especially the gospel feel. As a musician, I love that he’s creative, but I just don’t want to hear a Prince song and want to go to Sunday school, and testimony service…. That’s just me. Yes be blessed…
Come on, people! He never said that he didn't know who Prince was, just that one song. He was born 13 years after it was released, and 1999 only got to 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (purely U.S. list) in 1983 and presumably a lot lower, if charting at all, in the rest of the world. I'm also Colombian, older than Jesús, and trust me, this song was not a thing growing up here at all. Furthermore, Jesús comes from a region in the north coast of our country where you could only find one genre in the radio back in the 90s called vallenato and I can assure you that's what he grew up hearing everywhere, bar other external musical influences in his life. Honestly, some people need to curb their cultural assumptions about the rest of the world.
Nope, clearly says he hears Prince for the first time. Never heard a Prince song before in his life. You can Believe that if you want, you might even be correct, but I very much doubt it.
@@mrh107 what? That's just how these channels name most videos of this kind: "*Instrumentalist* hears *name of an artist * for the first time". Go look around. In most cases the performer already knows or at least has heard about the artist - because they never go for some very obscure act as that would attract no views- but happens to not know the specific song that they're being played. Also, that being the title of the video and him saying that he has never heard Prince before in it are two very different things, the latter didn't happen so my point still stands.
@@Sassysushi Just read my comment right above yours. That is the default title for this series, they don't change it even when the performer clearly knows the artist, and, again, Jesús does not say here that he's never heard Prince. If you need further proof about the titles: "You actually know this band. In fact, you've toured with them" is the first thing that you hear being told to Jordan Rudess in his "(...) Hears Animals as Leaders for the First Time" video and Anomalie literally recognizes a different Taylor Swift song before not knowing the one that he ends up playing in the "(...) Hears Taylor Swift for the First Time" one. So yeah... now you know that these titles (as many other things on the internet) are not meant to be taken literally.
Hey friends! In our 'Hears for the First Time' series, we pick songs for each artist to listen to with ONLY drums and vocals. If they recognize a song, we skip to the next one to ensure they're truly hearing it for the first time.🙌🏼 The pianists and keyboardists we work with are super talented and can play just about anything🔥-no tricks needed!
I don’t know what you’re saying. But to my ears it sounds like another cheesy jazz fusion pianist over playing like they usually do and ruining great music. 😂🤷🏽✌🏽
@@torocruz1192Yes you are right, too much in this video, and certainly not good for the song, but I think it was just an impro and a display, it’s not an arrangement, just a jam👌🏻…
@torocruz1192 Nah, you probably just can't do what he does. The smallest sense of envy sits in your head, I know it because I've experienced it before.
That was absolutely unreal, dude is just a damn harmony robot and his technical proficiency is absurd. I couldn’t imagine getting that in 1000 takes let alone first take first listen 😂
Hmm. . Could take that one all the way and do like a Musora Avengers Supergroup? Sounds like a deal. Bonus points if they are all from different genres. Might want to collab with one of Scott’s bass lessons guests too for the premiere low end component
@@carltonhall6628 Wrong, there are tens of thousands of pianists who´ve also put in the years of practise - but just like training sports, it´s not merely the hours you spend training...
This one is just out of the box!!! Prince would have been very proud and totally musically understood. OMG, WHAT an performance! Bring up Cory and Matt Johnson! Would love to see them!
It's even more impressive when you watch it at half speed, just to get a sense of how absolutely perfect his playing is. Precision, timing, structure.....good grief this is god-tier.
@@PianoteOfficial Let's be honest, it's pretty much I IV V all the way. He could play whatever the hell he wanted, and it would work pretty much, and of course he's just jamming over it. It's not exactly playing what works for the song.
I think this should just encourage to practice more, because those talent that him and Jacob have is not something they were born with but perfected over years of practice! I would say talent is at max 10-20% given, the rest is hard work! They just make it look effortless :)
Right, if you thin their great to listen to the stuff Oscar Peterson did! You will be blown away! Now he was a MONSTER,, the greatest jazz pianist that ever lived,,true genius!
Right, if you thin their great to listen to the stuff Oscar Peterson did! You will be blown away! Now he was a MONSTER,, the greatest jazz pianist that ever lived,,true genius!
Absolutely brilliant video with Jesus: the set-up, the host conversation/presentation style, having him hear with no-keys and trying to add his own keys, and then finally listening to the original keys later, AWESOME.
If he didn’t want to share a stage with Michael Jackson, I doubt he’d want to with Jesus. As a gospel musician I love his take on it, but as a fan of Prince, I think some things are better left alone. I wished they’d have had a representative of our culture, or even a Prince fan to get an HONEST take on it. That’s just me. Blessings.
@@nazarenkodenys with all due respect, he didn't have much to go on. The vocal track "suggested" an underlying chord progression and I think he did a remarkable job cobbling together something that fit the melody while cooperating with the drum/percussion track. It's unquestionably steeped in jazz, but that's to be expected given that he's essentially a jazz pianist.
I STILL can't tell whether Prince or Molina is the triumphant genius here. Prince's melody was so clear that it dictated the progression no matter how you isolate it. And Molina took what Prince dicateted and absolutely BOLTED with it.
also, this isn't an American classic, Prince was one of the biggest stars in the world. just saying. but it's fine he's never heard it, he's probably also a little young for it
💯 This comment should be pinned. I saw Prince in 1992 but there are songs of his which I haven't ever heard. This song is from 1982 and Jesus is only 27 and he's from Colombia. He said he hadn't heard this song before, not that he never heard of Prince. People really need to listen properly and remember that there is a lot of music out there so people have different tastes and listen to different things.
I love that you guys are bringing some latin talents to the show and, in my humble opinion, he is one of the greatest keyboardist of this era 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (If not THE best)
Dunno why people at getting on him, he never said he didn’t know prince. He simply said he never heard the song. I’ve also never heard the song before, literally only song I know of prince is ‘Purple Rain’ just not my type of music, would have never known it was him listening to that for the first time
Yeah like I’ve never actually liked Prince that much, I understand why Jesus wouldn’t have listened to this song before, It doesn’t seem like a very good song anyway (in my opinion)
You must not know Prince 😆 Prince would have made YT take this down. His videos are only up now because his sister allows it. He didn’t even want his music on Spotify or Apple Music.
@@surfguard He would not! Molina is an incredible pianist but, in this case, very bad at playing underneath vocals. He should have listened to the song a few more times and for sure he would have been a bit closer to the what the original harmonies are. Then he should have played those in a way that it fits underneath the soloist (in this case the vocals of Prins). The way he plays it now is like a piano solo concert, where Prins and the choir messes things up with some unnecessary vocals. underneath.
@@Andreorseltotally agree. Prince knew when NOT to play. The silence between notes and let the notes you played be ring out more.Prince was an absolute genius musician. Prince would say, great technique but keep it simple.
This is the kind of inventiveness I'm sure the man himself you have enjoyed. I mean, he could have asked for a simpler approach, but Prince always had jazz musicians in his band. One of his keyboardists, Renato Neto, has a style somewhat similar to Jesus'.
Crazy to not know it and put his style and just hear all the chords changes in there. Makes the song a simple song now after you hear Jesus tear it up.
Hey America there’s other countries! Lots of ridiculous comment about him not knowing this song. My god this guy is absolutely incredible just flexing pure knowledge and taste, almost plays like a drummer would approach the song. Incredible!!!!!!
Pianote really knows how to put these genius players at their edge!!! Only 1 listen and 1 take, no chord diagrams, just the vocal line and drums. Insane
I personally compose and have all the time in the world to set the notes, sometimes years on a song, what I see here is just too beautiful, good to watch, I like it very much, greetings, BOBBY BEAT
So 2 things occur to me. 1. He could be playing over anything as he’s clearly just jamming to the drums and ignoring the vocals altogether. 2. He’s never heard this song! Makes me realise how old I actually am. 😢😂
He must be listening to the vocals to a point, as he is in the same key…but I do agree that he’s not doing anything much musically that ties to the vocal melodies. (Although what he is playing is insane!)
Oh man, he destroyed that keyboard! 🔥🔥🔥 He’s a whole one-man band! And when your head is spinning, he’s just starting to get warmed up…. Phew!! The reharming thing, -super interesting. Jonah Nilsson did it on the Harry Stiles song -the difference was he approached it more from a producer’s point of view, I feel, and gave the vocals more space. Whereas Jesus just goes for gold! ⭐️⭐️⭐️😉 My god, these hands all over the fingerboard 😱😱😱 How fascinating, all these different approaches. Thanks for a fantastic video! 👍
I wish I could feel just a SLIVER of the joy that he feels while playing. Love that he's not trying to "recreate" what he thinks the song is, but completely reinterpreting it to be his own.
Molena is incredible for sure, but if he had listened a bit more carefully to the harmonies in the choir, he for sure would have found some better fitting chords for some of the parts. And, it's faaar to much what he does.
@@Andreorsel To each their own. I won’t argue with your comment. Personally, I clicked on this video to see Jesus reharm and shred the heck out of whatever song they gave him. 😝 I love it when the featured artists ”pull out all the stops” in these kinda of videos.
@@Onemanband410899 , he is incredible, one of the very best, for sure and at his best when going over the top! I just hoped in this challenge he would show that he also is able of “just” play what a song needs; in this case some good harmonies underneath the vocals.
How can you be too young? I know many of the greatest artists of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80,s etc. Probably even from the 20's. I'm definitely not that old.
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 That’s you. If everyone in the world heard of Prince. His album would have sold 9 billion. Prince was not allowed in every household that was conservative.
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 I know who Prince is. I was born in the 80’s and commented the same thing you said genius. This kid playing the Piano doesn’t know who he is. Email him or make a comment about how all of Europe knows who he is. IDGAF! It’s not that serious my G. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for having me!!! Cannot wait for more ❤
@@Jesusmolinamusic 🇪🇹👍
...I can not get my head around how you, Sir, don`t know Prince. But Prince would be smiling. Wow. Just wow!
@@chillwalker easy actual latinos born and raised in latin America don’t listen to Prince.
Was this song popular in his time?
Eres un maestro de la música! Tu último album es increíble. Saludos!
@@johanvindas2861 true. Prince was nowhere near as famous here as he was in the US
A lot of people in the comments overestimate the amount of popular music professional musicians listen to 😅
Yeah, definitely!
I agree.
The song came out in 1982. He wasn't a professional musician his whole life. It's not like we're confused why he doesn't know a Miley Cyrus song. Can't wait for next week where some guy pretends he's never heard Thriller.
What music do professional musicians usually listen to? Unpopular music?
💯
It's great to see Jesus featured here. He's an absolute genius. Please more Molina content!!!
Yes, we need a GOOD video with him!
Completly agree with you. It might be great to see more content from Molina on this channel!
Couldn’t agree more
I heard church, jazz, blues, rock, & a little funk.
As a Prince fan, imma say the musicality, expression and flow was ✨
It's groovy. 🎹
I heard some Latin American vibe in the rhythm as well
That must be the highest level of virtuosism a piano player can reach. Wow. Just incredible
Amen!
Prince would've loved watching a professional like Jesus interpret his music for the first time like this. Great video!!
No, Prince would not have been pleased with him calling his music old school. Prince is never dated. Never.
no he wouldnt have. he would have been offended
If you “know” Prince you would know he would be very offended
@@Diamond88keyzYou can tell who’s a Prince Rogers Nelson fan for real. Although it’s very VERY creative, I doubt he’d have been pleased at all… He was very temperamental about his music… almost to the point of narcissism. He wouldn’t have appreciated it like we are, especially the gospel feel. As a musician, I love that he’s creative, but I just don’t want to hear a Prince song and want to go to Sunday school, and testimony service…. That’s just me. Yes be blessed…
Lmao nah he's old school@@Diamond88keyz
Jesus Molina,he is one of the most talented pianist,i saw before in my life...thanks guys,for your channel..i really enjoy here...cheers
His fluency in piano is beyond mother tongue level fluency
Come on, people! He never said that he didn't know who Prince was, just that one song. He was born 13 years after it was released, and 1999 only got to 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (purely U.S. list) in 1983 and presumably a lot lower, if charting at all, in the rest of the world. I'm also Colombian, older than Jesús, and trust me, this song was not a thing growing up here at all. Furthermore, Jesús comes from a region in the north coast of our country where you could only find one genre in the radio back in the 90s called vallenato and I can assure you that's what he grew up hearing everywhere, bar other external musical influences in his life. Honestly, some people need to curb their cultural assumptions about the rest of the world.
Nope, clearly says he hears Prince for the first time. Never heard a Prince song before in his life. You can Believe that if you want, you might even be correct, but I very much doubt it.
@@mrh107 what? That's just how these channels name most videos of this kind: "*Instrumentalist* hears *name of an artist * for the first time". Go look around. In most cases the performer already knows or at least has heard about the artist - because they never go for some very obscure act as that would attract no views- but happens to not know the specific song that they're being played. Also, that being the title of the video and him saying that he has never heard Prince before in it are two very different things, the latter didn't happen so my point still stands.
Just read the title of the video
@@Sassysushi Just read my comment right above yours. That is the default title for this series, they don't change it even when the performer clearly knows the artist, and, again, Jesús does not say here that he's never heard Prince. If you need further proof about the titles: "You actually know this band. In fact, you've toured with them" is the first thing that you hear being told to Jordan Rudess in his "(...) Hears Animals as Leaders for the First Time" video and Anomalie literally recognizes a different Taylor Swift song before not knowing the one that he ends up playing in the "(...) Hears Taylor Swift for the First Time" one. So yeah... now you know that these titles (as many other things on the internet) are not meant to be taken literally.
Some voices are one of a kind. I would recognize a single-word song by Prince, MJ, Frank Sinatra, Elvis etc etc.
Hey friends! In our 'Hears for the First Time' series, we pick songs for each artist to listen to with ONLY drums and vocals. If they recognize a song, we skip to the next one to ensure they're truly hearing it for the first time.🙌🏼 The pianists and keyboardists we work with are super talented and can play just about anything🔥-no tricks needed!
This is some seriously impressive musicianship.
ive been listening to jesusfor several years now and he never fails to amaze me. dude is seriously skilled
He's putting so much church into this! YESSIR! GO AHEAD, SIR!
If people knew how much church form a musician, they would understand why Jesus is so capable to adapt so quickly.
Man, I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed.
Actually he raised on an church in his native city (Sincelejo, Colombia). I belong to that church
too much church for my taste. He's a great pianist, but I really don't feel him supporting the song...
We need less church
His theory knowledge is amazing, not only simple linear scales up and down, but different intervals colors, jazz, blues, fusion etc👌🏻…
Probably it is rather "musical feel" than "theory knowledge"...
I don’t know what you’re saying. But to my ears it sounds like another cheesy jazz fusion pianist over playing like they usually do and ruining great music. 😂🤷🏽✌🏽
@@torocruz1192Yes you are right, too much in this video, and certainly not good for the song, but I think it was just an impro and a display, it’s not an arrangement, just a jam👌🏻…
@torocruz1192 Nah, you probably just can't do what he does. The smallest sense of envy sits in your head, I know it because I've experienced it before.
Of course he knows music, he's a pro
That was absolutely unreal, dude is just a damn harmony robot and his technical proficiency is absurd. I couldn’t imagine getting that in 1000 takes let alone first take first listen 😂
Truth!
he's killing it in one take and one listen lol
Yeah, because it's Prince 1999 and he's heard it before.
Song was already dead, that helped.
@@nintendude794 hashahaha
Very basic progression.
@@zairemrenthlei9478 exactly
So now we just need to find a song Larnelle Lewis and Jesus Molina haven't heard..and get the superpowers together for a video.
God yes.
YES
Hmm. . Could take that one all the way and do like a Musora Avengers Supergroup? Sounds like a deal.
Bonus points if they are all from different genres.
Might want to collab with one of Scott’s bass lessons guests too for the premiere low end component
I've never heard this song either..I've only heard purple rain. Jesus is jamming though..wish I could play that effortless
...and you could, but you'll need to put in the same 1,000s of hours practise Jesus has 😉
@@carltonhall6628 Wrong, there are tens of thousands of pianists who´ve also put in the years of practise - but just like training sports, it´s not merely the hours you spend training...
Well now THIS is just delightful!
This is, hands down, the raddest version of 1999 I've ever heard.
This one is just out of the box!!! Prince would have been very proud and totally musically understood. OMG, WHAT an performance!
Bring up Cory and Matt Johnson! Would love to see them!
He may not listen to Prince, but he listens to Gospel and Jazz! Great video!
exactly and the gospel have paterns standars
Prince played a ton of gospel LOL
He is just on another level
Yes
It's even more impressive when you watch it at half speed, just to get a sense of how absolutely perfect his playing is. Precision, timing, structure.....good grief this is god-tier.
The best part of this masterpiece 03:11
Host: So, we have an iPad if there's anything you wanna write down....
Jesus Molina: Nahh
😂
I was honestly shook when he didn’t need to chart anything - Kevin
@@PianoteOfficial 🤣😭🤯
there are only four chords in the original, and two sections.
This is one of Prince’s easiest songs to play.
@@PianoteOfficial Let's be honest, it's pretty much I IV V all the way. He could play whatever the hell he wanted, and it would work pretty much, and of course he's just jamming over it. It's not exactly playing what works for the song.
Blown away. 1999 as played by the Yellowjackets at a church revival!
That is hilarious and well described.
Haha, that’s a superb analogy
as a pianist, I don't know wether i should practice more or just give up, I think he and Jacob Collier took all the talent.
I think this should just encourage to practice more, because those talent that him and Jacob have is not something they were born with but perfected over years of practice! I would say talent is at max 10-20% given, the rest is hard work! They just make it look effortless :)
Right, if you thin their great to listen to the stuff Oscar Peterson did! You will be blown away! Now he was a MONSTER,, the greatest jazz pianist that ever lived,,true genius!
Right, if you thin their great to listen to the stuff Oscar Peterson did! You will be blown away! Now he was a MONSTER,, the greatest jazz pianist that ever lived,,true genius!
Yeah, those two and Justin Shultz they all three make you question your life...
He's good with modern gospel chords but if you take out the music you wouldn't know what song He's playing.
Absolutely brilliant video with Jesus: the set-up, the host conversation/presentation style, having him hear with no-keys and trying to add his own keys, and then finally listening to the original keys later, AWESOME.
This is godlike level. Always floors me watching a master at his craft. In anything. So inspiring and demoralising at the same time.
If PRINCE were alive, HE would've had Jesus Molina ON STAGE WITH HIM to do THIS!!!!
GREATNESS!!!
If he didn’t want to share a stage with Michael Jackson, I doubt he’d want to with Jesus. As a gospel musician I love his take on it, but as a fan of Prince, I think some things are better left alone. I wished they’d have had a representative of our culture, or even a Prince fan to get an HONEST take on it. That’s just me. Blessings.
@@jaygoprod5549 I beg to differ. Prince loved and shared the stage with many jazz musicians. There’s a difference.
He could go for 2 hours straight and I’d be here listening! WOW
Jesus Molina is an absolute beast man! One of my favorite episodes for sure
My jaw dropped more than once during his performance. He's incredible!!
Yes, but this flexing does not fit the song. This is jazz for the sake of jazz.
@@nazarenkodenys with all due respect, he didn't have much to go on. The vocal track "suggested" an underlying chord progression and I think he did a remarkable job cobbling together something that fit the melody while cooperating with the drum/percussion track. It's unquestionably steeped in jazz, but that's to be expected given that he's essentially a jazz pianist.
It just goes to show what 1,000s of hours practise and passion looks like. Bravo!
He said he doesn't practice scales. Of course not now, BUT YOU USED TO!!
Dude was born in 1996.. playing like he been here since 1866! 🔥👌🏾
He basically churched it! I and many other musicians with good feel do this all the time. Great interpretation!
I STILL can't tell whether Prince or Molina is the triumphant genius here. Prince's melody was so clear that it dictated the progression no matter how you isolate it. And Molina took what Prince dicateted and absolutely BOLTED with it.
It's Prince.
@@magnushhogbergnot even a question. Prince was a real genius.
Not to dimish Jesus's talent, but backing vocals provide some of the harmony, even just unconsciously for such a musician
He actually did not get the progression. He kept on playing around this one tonal center which did not work with the melody at all.
He's an incredibly rhythmic player. Beautiful energy and timing. What a killer performance!
People in the comments...not everyone is American and listens to "your classics"
also, this isn't an American classic, Prince was one of the biggest stars in the world. just saying. but it's fine he's never heard it, he's probably also a little young for it
💯 This comment should be pinned. I saw Prince in 1992 but there are songs of his which I haven't ever heard. This song is from 1982 and Jesus is only 27 and he's from Colombia. He said he hadn't heard this song before, not that he never heard of Prince. People really need to listen properly and remember that there is a lot of music out there so people have different tastes and listen to different things.
I get that but he’s a Berkeley graduate!!! Someone should have introduce him to Prince during his time there!!! I blame his classmates for this!!!
THANK YOU!!!
I’ve also never heard it! Though I’m in Africa.
I love that you guys are bringing some latin talents to the show and, in my humble opinion, he is one of the greatest keyboardist of this era 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
(If not THE best)
Jesus Molina has always been pure class. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you Pianote and Jesus Molina.
That gospel oozed right out 😂😂
Still to be created words to describe this guy talent.
A masterpiece , Prince RIP 🕺we miss you
Dunno why people at getting on him, he never said he didn’t know prince. He simply said he never heard the song. I’ve also never heard the song before, literally only song I know of prince is ‘Purple Rain’ just not my type of music, would have never known it was him listening to that for the first time
Yeah like I’ve never actually liked Prince that much, I understand why Jesus wouldn’t have listened to this song before, It doesn’t seem like a very good song anyway (in my opinion)
You can not know about Purple Rain and not know 1999!!! If you watch Batman the 80s version it’s in the movie!!!
@@Bashanvibe not everyone remember all sountracks
the title of the video is misleading
@@sergioibarra3461 what an idiotic thing to say
Prince would have loved this.
You must not know Prince 😆
Prince would have made YT take this down. His videos are only up now because his sister allows it. He didn’t even want his music on Spotify or Apple Music.
@@surfguard He would not!
Molina is an incredible pianist but, in this case, very bad at playing underneath vocals.
He should have listened to the song a few more times and for sure he would have been a bit closer to the what the original harmonies are.
Then he should have played those in a way that it fits underneath the soloist (in this case the vocals of Prins).
The way he plays it now is like a piano solo concert, where Prins and the choir messes things up with some unnecessary vocals. underneath.
@@csharp57 Prince is still alive, he's working for Mr Beast.
@@Andreorseltotally agree. Prince knew when NOT to play. The silence between notes and let the notes you played be ring out more.Prince was an absolute genius musician. Prince would say, great technique but keep it simple.
Guys chill, its his first time, and piano improv he wouldn't approach it this way normally (auto correct 😂)
This is one of my favorite episodes. Bravo showcasing the genius of Jesus Molina!
Wow! Most impressive piano playing I've ever seen/heard. That talent is on another level
I absolutely didn't believe he'd never heard it before. Then I heard how genius his playing is, and now I think he's just a next level musician.
Jesus Molina level of musicianship is superb and creative !! God bless you guys !!
This is the kind of inventiveness I'm sure the man himself you have enjoyed. I mean, he could have asked for a simpler approach, but Prince always had jazz musicians in his band. One of his keyboardists, Renato Neto, has a style somewhat similar to Jesus'.
Renato plays on the key. This guy not always
Crazy to not know it and put his style and just hear all the chords changes in there. Makes the song a simple song now after you hear Jesus tear it up.
One of my favourite artists. Another was Shaun Martin of Snarky Puppy and solo career. He sadly passed away a week or so ago 😥
Yeah. Sadly. May God rest Shaun's soul!
He didn't did he... What!!! 😔no way...
He COMPLETELY “Gospel-fied” the track!
Incredible player!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Hey America there’s other countries!
Lots of ridiculous comment about him not knowing this song.
My god this guy is absolutely incredible just flexing pure knowledge and taste, almost plays like a drummer would approach the song.
Incredible!!!!!!
Pianote really knows how to put these genius players at their edge!!! Only 1 listen and 1 take, no chord diagrams, just the vocal line and drums. Insane
I've been following this guy on Instagram for years. He's one of my favorites.
Jesús, the monster, the musician, what a pleasure to hear all this fabulous spontaneous creativity.
Would love to see Rai Thistlethwaite on this series ❤
I personally compose and have all the time in the world to set the notes, sometimes years on a song, what I see here is just too beautiful, good to watch, I like it very much, greetings, BOBBY BEAT
Love it so much Holy Jesus (Molina)
This guy just doesn't stop smiling while does incredible playing!!! Amazing!!!
6:35 i love that bit
nothing has changed since 2016 since the first time I knew him on youtube, always smiling while playing the piano
Tremendo talento. Que bendición.
Es de otro mundo!😱🔥
@@PianoteOfficial Toda dádiva y todo don perfecto proviene de lo alto.
@@marstudios7879From the Father of Lights…
Jesus did the unthinkable. Made me enjoy listening to a Prince song. He is unbelievable.
Jesus is just on another level. Rudess, Molina, Tatum, etc...
Tatum lives above them one level up..
@@morbidmanmusic Hard to argue against that.
Dios bendiga este hermoso talento y Don que Dios le ha conferido!!! Maravilloso!!!!
Finally, some Prince!
the talent is just mind-blowing.. overwhelming
Never seen someone whose playing so perfectly matches their personality!
best pianist of this era
Viva Colombia 🎉🇨🇴 orgulloso
I had perpetual stink face the whole time he was playing - the grooves were too pure!
Legend. Thank you for this series.
my laptop speakers caught fire !!!!!
He is absolutely insane! He shredded that song up
Absolute GENIUS!!!!🔥
Mr Molina is one of my heroes. I love what he did here. Thank you for making this. It is so cool.
So 2 things occur to me. 1. He could be playing over anything as he’s clearly just jamming to the drums and ignoring the vocals altogether. 2. He’s never heard this song! Makes me realise how old I actually am. 😢😂
He must be listening to the vocals to a point, as he is in the same key…but I do agree that he’s not doing anything much musically that ties to the vocal melodies. (Although what he is playing is insane!)
@@DaveG207 He went in after one take. I think he just kinda wanted to jam.
@@bmac4 Totally.
This level of talent is simply unbelievable
You have to get Jacob Collier on this
Oh man, he destroyed that keyboard! 🔥🔥🔥
He’s a whole one-man band!
And when your head is spinning, he’s just starting to get warmed up…. Phew!!
The reharming thing, -super interesting.
Jonah Nilsson did it on the Harry Stiles song -the difference was he approached it more from a producer’s point of view, I feel, and gave the vocals more space.
Whereas Jesus just goes for gold! ⭐️⭐️⭐️😉
My god, these hands all over the fingerboard 😱😱😱
How fascinating, all these different approaches.
Thanks for a fantastic video! 👍
this broke my mind
Prince would have defiantly appreciated this rendition.,,,
He's the Cristiano Ronaldo of piano!
12:05 even though you can nail scales! your technique is incredible!!!! GREAT video!
Jesus Molina is such a gem. What a brilliant artist. Would have been great to have had Jesus on the original recording.
this guy is ridiculously talented easily in the top 3 jazz pianists alive right now (along with herbie and cory henry of course)
Never heard the song myself
I wish I could feel just a SLIVER of the joy that he feels while playing. Love that he's not trying to "recreate" what he thinks the song is, but completely reinterpreting it to be his own.
Next Frank Tedesco pls.
3:57 the part that takes my breath away and makes me want to take up knitting instead of music 😮
Molena is incredible for sure, but if he had listened a bit more carefully to the harmonies in the choir, he for sure would have found some better fitting chords for some of the parts. And, it's faaar to much what he does.
He is a piano artist, not a rhythm section player. Of course he overplays, but that's fine.
@@stanvanillo9831 , i know a lot of great piano artists that also know how to play underneath vocals or any other solo instrument.
@@Andreorsel To each their own. I won’t argue with your comment. Personally, I clicked on this video to see Jesus reharm and shred the heck out of whatever song they gave him. 😝 I love it when the featured artists ”pull out all the stops” in these kinda of videos.
@@Onemanband410899 , he is incredible, one of the very best, for sure and at his best when going over the top!
I just hoped in this challenge he would show that he also is able of “just” play what a song needs; in this case some good harmonies underneath the vocals.
Why not let him do another take AFTER listening to the original?
THAT would have made it epic.
And to those who replied that“Prince would have loved this“ obviously didn’t know much about Prince!
Get him back again and give him a real challenge. He’s level is light years beyond that Pop jam🎉
Prince was a worldwide musician and has practically created the whole 80’s generation of music. He might be too young to know Prince music.
How can you be too young? I know many of the greatest artists of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80,s etc. Probably even from the 20's. I'm definitely not that old.
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 That’s you. If everyone in the world heard of Prince. His album would have sold 9 billion. Prince was not allowed in every household that was conservative.
@@richiestarks6163 ?? Prince was a musical genius. I witnessed it happening several times. FIRE!!
@@richiestarks6163 He was a superstar in Europe. Like many of the black artists were.
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 I know who Prince is. I was born in the 80’s and commented the same thing you said genius. This kid playing the Piano doesn’t know who he is. Email him or make a comment about how all of Europe knows who he is. IDGAF! It’s not that serious my G. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Probably one of the most jaw dropping pianote's, incredible!
Waiting for JESUS the illusionist!!! modern day wizard!!