Bill Wurtz Has RETURNED! Jazz Pianist Reacts to Got Some Money | Part 1 

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I can just sum up every video Charles does on Bill. Bill: Does music Charles: OooOooOoooOooOOooOoOooo

People: Might Quit is Bill’s last vid, he’s not coming back Bill Wurtz: *Not anymore*

Bill Wurtz is an absolute madman in composition and his execution is flawless :))

You got like 5 minutes of content from one phrase of bill's song. That's how every it gets.

Bill on his own music: "song can be found in most dumpsters" Charles on Bill's music: I'm gonna make at least 2 in-depth videos fully explaining why this is the highest form of art to ever exist

I think the best thing you can hear from a jazz musician is "Huh?!"

I've been giving Bill Wurtz a few dollars a month for as long as he's had Patreon without expectations. It does my heart good to think of him tinkering in his madman musical laboratory somewhere out in the world and surfacing every so often to give us a ray of bliss.

Bill Wurtz: **exists** Cornell: 🥵🥵🥵🥵

Did anyone else notice that Bill's "Here Comes The Sun" repeats "the lick" a ton of times?

" 2-5-1, as in a 2-5-1 " Thanks for the explanation Charles

We've all watched Bill Wurtz's "history of the entire world, i guess" way more times we dare to admit, but he never seems to run out of new intriguing chord progressions and bizarre subjects to sing about.

This tune has been living rent free in my head since it dropped. It's SO GOOD.

Listens to Bill Wurtz for 2 seconds Charles: That's interesting...*goes on for 5 minutes on why that's interesting

Bill: plays one single note Charles: this is genius and amazing and here's how. *jumps onto the piano*

1:32 it's literally impossible to play a minor chord without what my dad lovingly calls "the minor face"

bill is the perfect mix between lighthearted meme vibe and super genius theory and musicianship

Will you be dissecting "i'm a princess" and "here comes the sun"?

Charles talks about chords the way Guy Fieri talks about food and I'm here for it

I'm thanking the RU-vid gods for a Charles Cornell and Adam Neely upload on the same day 🙏

I really love that I've found someone who can really geek out over Bill Wurtz music.. No one I show it to likes it more than as a meme.. and im like a closet Wurtz fan lmao.. I have very little music theory and Bill's music really makes me wish that I knew much more.. so what little I do get makes me so glad you're here breaking down these wonderful pieces! Thank you! It's also super fun to see someone get as excited as me by his work :)))

im not gonna be satisfied until charles has talked about every single bill wurtz song lmao

Bill’s approach to music is like watching a really great surfer. You can see the sets coming up, and know what they may bring, but it’s the artist/surfer what rides the wave and tells us what the wave really means. Musically, this means that he has a musical linguistic skill above most. I love the way you, Charles, break these down. It really helps with those of us who are still trying to capture this language for our own. Thanks for posting this, along with all the rest.

His I'm a Princess is such a bop, slightly different music style, but still unmistakably Bill Wurtz.

Bill Wurtz’s harmonies are amazing. The “I said WXYS” in the Alphabet Shuffle gives me eargasms

Us: Why did Bill not post for 4 months? Bill: *The sun is a deadly laser*

There is no musician who isn't absolutely jealous of Bill Wurtz

Oh, a II-V progression? Didn't the Backyardigans use one of those in their song "Castaways"?

It's musically incredible, but can I just jump in and say as a video guy he's super on point with his kinetic typography in this one too??

10:16 that eargasm chuckle is the best

8:36 That should be the new GIF for having a lightbulb moment.

8:29 The falsetto when trying to find the chord 😂

I like how Bill does this thing where he just throws out typical writing theory (as if that really exists) by not centralizing around the bass line. This allows his chord changes and progressions to be so free and not tied down to the typical anchor of a huge bass line, giving you this free flowing and Bill Wurtz-y style that can go wherever it wants whenever it wants to.

Capitalism in a nutshell: *I’m rich and now I’m sad. And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have*

Your visible love for jazz and music in general is so genuinely heartwarming

8:25 - everyone who plays by ear, this is the struggle. The faces say it all 🤣

every bill wurtz video Charles makes starts with him saying ooooOOOOOOooooooo

I love how charles always reacts like a little kid it brings me joy

Video summary: Charles has a nerdgazam over Bill Wurtz and harmony for 15 minutes

Are you going to do the other two he's released recently? Here comes the sun, I'm a princess?

PICARDY THIRD! Thank you for teaching me a name for this! My favorite Baroque oratorio is the Vivaldi Gloria, and it's got a few great examples of this, and it's a sort of musical irony that I love relating to other Baroque art forms and general aesthetics/philosophy concepts. I'd never had a term for it before, but now I do! Thanks for another great video and for this in particular :D

god I love Bill Wurtz's music it feels like a journey and you never know where it's going

That fact that they included the part when Charles tries to find the notes of that one chord (8:24)... W O W, it´s simply AMAZING how his mind works and how he works that out! Great video, can't wait for part 2 :D

Mystery chord at 8:50 is second inversion B major triad over an E bass note. The trick is that the upper voice is D#, so the outer interval is a major 7th, not a 5th (or 12th etc. etc.), as you voice it (hence why it sounds a bit different). I recognize that particular voicing because I use it all the time.

Its so crazy. If i were to hear these chords isolated on a piano without the other instrumentation, id assume it was some disney villain theme. He takes such a foreboding structure and makes it feel so loose and free with his timing, instrument choice, and connecting elements (like little beeps and arpeggios) Havent heard this one prior to this vid, but will be listening to it a lot now.

Charles: geeking out about chords Me: nods along while trying to remember anything about the Music theory i learned in choir

Charles singing in this vid. Need more Charles singing while playing. Sounded so good.

Watching Charles geek out about the intricacies of music is really a wholesome thing to watch

It'd be really cool if Charles and Bill were to collab.

0:09 When you get that sound... It's Good! XD

Charles: Uploads 15-minute video Me: Takes 2 hours to watch because I have to pause and learn/play/embrace/tattoo on brain each (10:38 "yeeaaaah") chord. LOVE this type of content. Muchas Gracias.

You also have to check out I'm a princess and here comes the sun!

7:54 ඞ

Dude I love your breakdowns. I grew up "playing" music, but learned absolutely nothing on music theory. Your videos are genuinely mind opening for me, and teach me a lot about the narrative aspect of chord progressions. Also grats on 1 million subs!

You acknowledging Bill's genius make you a genius

Can we appreciate the spectrum of faces charles made at 10:58

3:27 i actually hear this as complete. maybe culturally and related to music i hear, my ear feels this in a different way than yours, and that's so cool

14:47 Ayyy, it’s the girl who made the INTRESTING meme from twoset

It's really great watching you go through something and really enjoy it, you bring a level of enthusiasm to what you do that is often missing these days, it makes all your content enjoyable to watch because your love for music really translates over to the viewer. Can't wait for part 2.

This has been a very Cor-Neely-us Tuesday

10:34 "Woooooooo-oooo-ooooo-oooo-yeah" - Charles Cornell, 2021

Congrats on hitting 1M! Keep creating and we’ll keep watching!

After the first 5 minutes I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE!!! Your lesson and information and enthusiasm are GOLD!!! Thank you for the pleasure!!

I was waiting for that video a lot, thanks!

1:32 minor triad shivering

i'm SO happy you brought up the Bsus Bmin B/E part in the "cold winds are blowin in at me" the D# is startling and beautiful

Yesss I was waiting for you to make this vid!

3:21 sounds like Howl's Moving Castle Theme.

He made another one my dude. It's about dreams. Please dissect it, cause these are so entertaining

I'm SO HAPPY he did this video!

You missed the fact that the bassline during the "seaaaaa" sequence goes C, D, E, F, and then back to F# when the next section begins. This makes the chords C6, D, A/E, BbM7/F. So good.

Can't wait for the next part 🥰 I love these breakdowns!

When you were breaking down the intro, I got definite Danse Macabre vibes. Got that song earworm'ed into my head in my youth during a trip to House on the Rock. So apparently that's what those 4 chords say to me.

9:00 -ripped tonight RIP that

Great analysis again of my Bill Wurtz! one thing I was observing was when you breaking the "out to sea" moment at 11:46 the thing that types all the chords is the tonicity of A. We were in A major-esque then the chords of out at sea had similar chords with A in it so it jumps back to F sharp minor with ease cuz that common note chords.

If you play a B7 chord on a 6 string guitar tuned in E concert standard (E A D G B e), you can kinda get the chord you talk about around 10:00 minutes in, which is pretty cool. Takes almost no effort, and most people who'll play it for the first time will probably accidentally play it because they can't mute the 6th string or w/e.

Charles Cornell: explains My brain: *Quarks and Stuff*

Yuss, I've been waiting for this video. Top notch.

Charles.... how did you miss the SEE-SEA-SAA-AAA. and then he went back to F#m.....whose relative key is..... A. Bruh. I was waiting that whole time for you to say that! C'mon man. No way that was an accident.

Thanks for such a great analysis. I studied Jazz music a LONG time ago, and this really brings it back to life.

PLEASE listen to his song “I’m a princess” god it’s so good

This is OUTSTANDING. Huge long time fam of Bill but your breakdowns are just masterful. Subscribing!!

No idea why I insist on watching this as it all goes 100% over my head.

You’re so articulate, even drummers watch yer stuff. TY!

3:06 I think in most styles this point is pretty solid, but I just feel like those minor 7th chords are so important as a root in classic house music and eurobeat; and while there's an argument to be had that you're eventually moving away from those chords as melodies progress, those m7 jams seem to be the 1, or standing in for the 1 in their looping progressions. The chords are generally perceived as in motion from 2-5-1, which in my mind is precisely why house music just keeps you in motion: The 1 chord is a motion chord.

Yessss I’m so glad to see you doing Bill Wurtz songs again. Please do every single one thank you 😁

I come back to this video once in a while but I never realized that the song that plays at the end is as good as it is

*Day 5 of requesting:* Charles bro I can’t believe that you haven’t reacted to *“Clown C0re”,* the best jazz duo of all time! Could you make a reaction video on them *pleeeaaase*

Watching you nerd tf out over this song is pretty daggum wonderful.

I mean, I wanted to hear your thoughts on his comeback tune 'Here comes the Sun', or 'I'm a Princess', but this is cool too💋

I love when he absolutely loses it, and stops discerning starts just vibing haha

2:29 chords from that tiktok trend with the glitter filter

Mr. Cornell, You should check out the soundtrack for The Emperor’s New Groove. I would love to see what you have to say about it. When you played the first three chords after saying, “We’re in F#minor” around 1:10 I knew I knew that from somewhere. I know, I know, you said that it’s used a lot. But it’s used in the opening line for the film and that’s what I associate with that progression of three chords. It is just a fun/great film anyway, and again I would love to see what you have to say about it’s music. And thank you for your fun analysis keep up the good work.

Love the reaction in that snippet from the first 15 seconds of the video 😂

jauchzet, frohlocket!

YESSSSS I was waiting for this!!!!

Always great to see Charles analyze Bill Wurtz

Charles's reaction speaks for every other musician at once, its art. :)

this is the type of "subverting expectations" that the game of thrones writers should have done

you should do a deep dive and play over of maggot brian