You guys are just smashing this video. I didn't expect that reaction.. I mean I just wanted to share my thoughts on this, but didn't really expect anyone to care about it. Its just crazy to see how many music loving people have come together under this video. It probably won't be the last time you hear me say this but THANK YOU for checking out the video! I'll try to respond as much as possible - let me know what you're thinking!
It's obvious the guy had seen the video before tho. Eg. 2:02 he instantly changes his head movement from 1/4 notes to 1/8th notes when the beat changes, obviously he knew the change was coming.
When this album came out, I listened to it every day for almost 2 years. And still to this day I still get a bit teary eyed listening to this song. The energy put forth in this song is unparalleled.
Can definitely relate, I discovered the whole band a few months ago and listened to that very song for an entire night, out of awe.. To this day, tears always show up during the solo, that's an out of this world artistic performance
What I find amazing about this is that Mike League walked in to the studio on a Monday with nothing composed , by Thursday he had 8 songs composed and every musician literally had 3 days or less to rehears. I dont know how 15 different musicians got together and have a perfect chemistry, but I am so glad it happened.. A true piece of musical art that I will never tire of listening to.
I still can't wrap my head around that. He learned that album ON A FLIGHT. It would be different if it was a punk album for example, but what he does here is just absolutely stellar. He's insane!
@@SoyanOsman correction he WROTE that album on a 7 hour flight. He was sent drumless MP3s to listen to as he flew over seas. He arrived with charts he wrote on the flight. He got the call Sunday night, flew to Holland over night, recorded in Holland on Monday with music that still wasn't even written as of the prior Thursday. Watch the "We Like it Here" documentary to me truly amazed.
The more I listen, it's like Larnell is playing keys too, and Corey is percussing, like they are matching plays and riffing off each other in merging duet hence that wild connecting yay that Corey gives. "Keep going. You get it! Higher! Closer!" Someone said it's like everyone is playing solos in perfect harmony. Corey heads off to Andromeda and Larnell could not have written it all out in advance. Much is improv.
I really dig that blown-away feeling I get when I see real musicians react to this session; the more one knows about music, the more astonishing these pieces are, and you conveyed that the whole way through!
EXACTLY this is why I love snarky puppy! It tends to sound simple but once you take a closer look it's just ridiculous - they make great music for anyone but it's incredible to anybody who knows a bit about music. It's super rare to find artists who manage to do that split
@@SoyanOsman I was wondering, during your first pause talking about the tightness of the guitar sound, no strings noise etc, did you realise 2 guitars were playing it in unison? (or maybe I'm wrong?)
Cory, Larnell, Michael, and the rest kill this tune - but the one part I never see mentioned is the second half of Maher's trumpet solo when hits "that" note and lingers just long enough to make me uncomfortable before resolving - love that . . .
@@notachannelanymore-y1g Don't think I'd really noticed that before - eyes up and to the left - a polite and discrete "hmm . . . interesting choice there"!!
True.. and also cue another reason why I love this band: you always find a new detail in there. This part honestly flew past me because I simply do not know enough about trumpets to be surprised but once you know.. well then you surely notice!
I love Snarky Puppy and have several of their albums, but honestly, they've never come close to what Lingus is. I think there was something supernatural that happened during that song, because it's beyond amazing. I can listen to it on repeat for an hour straight and never get tired of it. As a keyboardist, watching and hearing Cory Henry's solos (the main one and his fills during the outro sections) makes me wonder why I even try. Stupid good. Thanks for your reaction - or lack thereof verbally, because the song speaks for itself and if someone doesn't get how special this song is, well then, they just don't get music. Peace.
And there it is... That face of ANGUISH... you can't handle all of it at once (especially the first time). It's almost painful but SO FUCKING SATISFYING. NO piece of music has maintained this level of power EVERY time I listen to it. I need to wipe my eyes of tears each time because it's so overwhelming. Absolute masterpiece.
Dude I just watched this for the 1st in awhile like a month ago, and holy shit. This might be my favorite video on RU-vid, the passion and composition in this is just out of this world. I’m a guitarist and musician as well, the amount of talent they all have is out of this world!
Yes!! It's maybe (most definitely) my bass player bias showing, but Mike League does a couple things in this track that really creates the sauce as I'm concerned. I mean, other than composing and arranging it. When they go back into the main theme after the first guitar interlude about 3:53 in this video his bass fill is just nasty, then about 10 seconds later he chooses to double the horn line. So simple and fleeting, but something about how on top of the beat the horns are and how that line was slid in just a millisecond behind the beat just drips the whole song in stank and swag for me.
I am so happy....all of you musicians were BORN, I really do. I love you guy's parents, for birthing such amazing musician specialists into this mundane world of hell. Life became tolerable from just experiencing this intricate musicianship and master class contribution. I don't understand why music does to the brain and spirit as it does. But I NEED it and can't balance out my life without it. It's another language another form of LOVING someone if thee creators want it to be. For my mental health.....please stay safe and healthy.
As someone else has said: there is an esoteric, vicarious pleasure in watching others watch Lingus for the first time and rendered speechless. The finest live to disc recording of this century and is as much a visual as an aural feast.
I love seeing someone react how I did the first time I heard this. Now I'm just an addict who has to see/hear it about 5 times a day. My mind is continually blown by it.
This is jazz fusion. Structurally it is closest to jazz, but as you said, there's all sorts of funk and soul influences. Cory Henry, the keyboardist here is an organist, and is very heavily involved in soul and gospel.
It's just nuts. Definitely one of my fav. Songs I've discovered this year and after looking at my Spotify wrapped it also seems like I spent quite some time with it as well
Hi from Japan, As others have pointed out, if forced to give this a label, I guess 'jazz fusion' ... or just plain 'jazz'. If the word 'jazz' sounds old fashioned, it is probably because the word has been used to describe a variety of styles from Dixieland to swing, to bebop, to hard bop, to cool, to third stream, smooth, and so on. The use of electric instruments is probably the dividing line between traditional 'jazz' and 'fusion'. For those not familiar with this genre, a few of my favorite standouts which have a similar feel to Lingus include: 1 - Chick Corea and Return to Forever ... Vulcan Worlds ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RycYchunTKc.html 2 - Herbie Hancock Headhunters - Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Live VSOP) ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VErtzRe98Ic.html 3 - Weather Report - Havona ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sMQUFvv0WRY.html 4 - Pat Metheny Group - First Circle ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PVBoDx_1dTc.html
I really appreciate your reaction to the solo being 'holy crap I can't pause this!'. And then when the solo ended you *could* have paused, but the flow was just too good so you didn't. This is one of those songs I wish I could un-listen and then re-listen for the first time.
There's also a video of him learning a song pretty much on the spot. It's absolutely mesmerizing seeing how he is able to deconstruct a song in his head as he hears it and just knows exactly what he should do at any given moment.
One of the many things I love about this recording is that there is piano playing with the drum pattern for pretty much the whole song and they never show it being played.
10:35 - 10:45 encapsulates the brilliance of Snarky Puppy and this tune. At the climax of a breathtaking solo, Corey gives Larnell the merest of glances: “I’m coming out.” Then Larnell plays in the horns for the “trading fours” outro. Everybody acting as one organism. The result of years of tireless work and study. I’m not sure music gets any better than this
You asked about genre. Many of us from the beginning of Fusion in the 1970’s would classify this as Jazz-Fusion. You might want to listen to some Brecker Bros., Bob Berg, etc. these are clearly Jazz players who have also listened to Rock, Prog Rock and perhaps some Pop aesthetic. Over all you have the elements of many “classic” Jazz Fusion bands - horns, keys and synths, piano, bass, drums, percussion, and off course guitars.
I pretty much went down the rabbit hole with this band as well - if this story is true (and it looks like it is) then its just plain ridiculous. I've seen a video of him learning a song after hearing it once and its just nuts. Especially if you don't have your instrument to at least get a feel for things, but It seems like you don't need that anymore at his level
Snarky Puppy is jazz / funk, all sorts, really. This tune has got some latin jazz drums, funky ass bass lines, jazzy horns, some of those 80s phat synths for background keys; all sorts, really.
Great reaction! Very similar to my own, even after seeing a lot of Snarky Puppy videos and swing them live. This performance is just so far beyond what mere mortals should be capable of!
You've seen them live?? How was it? And you nailed it with your description, everything is just so flawless, so spot on, being in that room must have been amazing
It was awesome, an old music theater in Frederick, MD, before they got too well known. It was a great show, but it was before they had Lingus in their repertoire. This song is their absolute pinnacle!
Thanks for thinking about the flow/experience of the video when pausing, not every reactor does that. I and many others watch these to watch some of our favorite videos along another person, and just when you´re getting into it they pause the video at the best part.
Nice video bro! This is one of my favorites videos of all time. I want to recomend you Zildjian Live! - Larnerll Lewis. This is the Drummer from this video.
This is Jazz Fusion (Rock/contemporary/etc..). I have been listening to stuff like this for 40 years. Check out Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Weather Report. There is a wealth of great music out there.
If you enjoy groovy stuff like this I'd also recommend the funk band Vulfpeck and their performance of "Cory Wong" at Madison Square Garden (the song is named after their guitarist, wearing a striped shirt in that video). It's tons of fun. Also, Cory Wong, the guitarist, has a lot of great music with his own band.
I LOVE groovy stuff - I've seen Cory's name float around everywhere but I actually haven't spent time checking out Vulfpeck, so that could be quite interesting! I'll get on that as well - thanks for checking out the video!
@@SoyanOsman Vulfpeck is what I listen to the most these days (besides Leprous, but that's completely different). Cory Wong is probably my favorite rhythm guitarist right now. for something that showcases him a bit more in the forefront, I'd recommend "FrogVille" by him. He also has a song that heavily features Joe Satriani called "Massive"
I recommend you to listen the keyboardist band Cory Henry and the funk apostles NPR tinny desk concert he is not only a genius playing the keyboards but also have a very impressive singing voice
Shaun Martin pulls his headphones off the moment he realizes he needs to work on his left hand!!! (Not a dig - Cory Henry's left hand in that solo is freaking god like).
Sounds like you found a new genre to check out! Welcome to my favourite part of music! I would recommend A "cover" of "In a sentimental mood" by Steps ahead and if you want to check out a similar ganre, Progrock, then Spocks beard and neal morse band (with drummer Mike portnoy from Dream theater and other crazy dudes). Sadly not much of NMB on youtube and the best songs is not even on spotify.
Tbh, I feel like the songwriting on this one is better or let's say more accessible than a lot of Dream Theatre stuff. Their music is amazing as well, but Snarky Puppy seems to be easy listening while being ridiculously complex at the same time, which is really not easy to pull off. Thanks for watching!
@@SoyanOsman Dream Theater was more of a reference point, there's Afrobeat on the track Jambone and a Latin/Brazilian feel Tio Maccaco, We Like it Here is an album that has a bit of everything..may suggest What about me as you next reaction (Hint Hint!).
For a really cool solo that could be construed as fusion-ey, try Under a Glass Moon. The solo comes in at 4 mins 36 seconds, though I'd recommend the whole song.
Oh yeah, and it's jazz. It's just jazz. This is jazz musicians doing what they have always done - taking the popular music of the day and making it more fun and challenging to play. Fusion isn't a thing - it's just jazz being marketed to people who didn't think they liked jazz.
Look for another artist named Jacob Collier... coincidentally he performs a song with Snarky Puppy... a love song in 14/4 called, “Don’t You Know”, which also features Big Ed Lee on Sousaphone
Hard to imagine they went to school and weren't just placed on earth by an entity to just go ham on instrumentals. But seriously - thanks for checking out the video! Crazy how this video reached people who have some connection to the band
Jazz with funk elements is sometimes called jazz funk and jazz with rock elements/instruments is called fusion. I'd call them fusion with a dab of funk or sth like that.
Sums it up pretty nicely! I honestly don't really care that much about genres but I enjoy that they kept some rock energy in there. Spices things up a little
been trying to figure out the time signatures today. I think the start is 5/2 ...seems to make most sense to me like that. Then with the faster horn section stuff going to the guitar riff is 5/4 with phrases half as long, then back to the first theme in 5/2. The solo through to the end actually being 4/4 surprised me though, could not figure it out at all for so long. had to work backwards from the end. Now when there's just the kick and piano and the k/b solo starts I can just feel the underlying 4/4 but it's so difficult! Am a musician but not Jazz, is not second nature to live on the off-beat ;-) edit: Just saw Soyan get to the solo part and he's nodding with the 4/4 immediately. respect.
This reaction vid was cool. Very respectful. But you HAVE TO come back with another one on Lingus. Stop it whenever you feel you want to point out anything. The way you did this one... gave this one so much respect, makes me WANT to hear YOUR comments throughout the whole performance. So, PLEASE, come back again on this!!!!
Please react to Snarky Puppy's Molino Molero and guest soloist Charlie Hunter. When you realize what he's doing with his hybrid guitar, I think you'll be amazed!
