Imagination Off the Charts: Jacob Collier comes to MIT 

Even clapping in this rhythm is itself complicated

? your ears are broken this is 100% terrible. Take it from someone who passed on Julliard

@@davidwilks4123 *uuu i passed on Julliard, people will definitely respect me more when i swing my Dick around. Hahaha this guy

@@davidwilks4123 Lol haters are going to hate, re-examine your opinions if none agrees with you.

@@seth9466 Why would I want to agree with poor uneducated Trumper insurrectionist anti-vax RepubliQan Nazis?

whahahahah That came to my Mind lol

Because in his real music video when he plays the cow bell he wears a cow shirt.

BBrown4 - A couple of people in the chorus are wearing goofy hats with costumes, and others are just very colorful or patterned in their clothing, like Collier, with his signature vibrant colors and wild clothing, all of which makes a great contrast to the black-clad instrumentalists. But, yes, the music is so creative and captivating that you could almost miss all that.

How lucky I wasn't having a sip of coffee when I read that. lol

I was triggered by the outfits... I was like 'what's wrong with a fucking tie, it's about the music not your sore-thumb-sticking-out narcissism!' But really I'm just super duper jelly... of everyone in this video...

@dylan foley so he beat a god who doesn't exist? nice

@dylan foley - settle down mate and stop getting triggered

@dylan foley it is innate. This talent people are born with, it's in the DNA. of course they can foster it but they can't create it.

absolutely !!!!

its God dude!!!! lol////////// its the only explanation for such beauty....

I shooketheed

SAMPLE IT!!!

BRO that's gr8 😂

I just had the same realization at seeing that clip, then found this comment. Definitely a rhythm to the clickety-clack.

As the artist should be! Attentive to his art and not to the posterity or reception of the art.

Spot on

Such a perfect way of phrasing it. He is the vessel for the music and lets it flow through him at its own will.

So so so true, crazy what he's done with his limited resources and time... crazy

Roberto Villafana M

Ahahah I just noticed that!!

dylan foley "Not because it's something new"

What he said (in the 18:35 quote) is where - and this is not a new thought but here better expressed - education in general SHOULD be heading, and unreservedly so. The old mentality of prescriptive learning consistently results in people who only regurgitate that with which they have pumped up and the ability to think outside the square remains stunted. So much in the field of learning is still geared up - at simplistic and holistic levels - at churning out factory fodder to keep the wheels of industry churning; if the world cannot collectively get past that kind of thinking, we are truly doomed. This documentary serves as a valedictory metaphor for all those educators who challenge their students to explore their potential and to not limit their expectations. The old expression of "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day - teach him to fish and he will feed himself for a lifetime" is an apt analogy for so much in life - the same underlying text applies just as much to music and other arts. For sure, we all need to learn the basics and develop core skills but, most importantly, remember that they are a means to an end, not an end in and of itself. Leaving all such philosophical issues aside, I feel as mind-blown as everyone else over his abilities; the expression someone used about "he doesn't just play the music, he IS the music" pretty much sums him up. For us mere mortals, the scope of his musical mind is bordering on scary but you can't help wanting to absorb as much as you can. Right now, the future of music looks pretty good to me.

@@bobhoskins9595 There is a meaningful difference when writing any paper or dissertation on any subject, between "words that invite people to understand [the subject]" and "projecting my understanding [of the subject] to other people". The former aims at exploring the given subject, such that whoever reads the paper may come to some understanding of the subject. Meanwhile the latter only serves to deliver your particular understanding of the subject, usually to a teacher/professor, in a particular syntax, using a particular vocabulary based on the field/educational level, and so on. The structure of most formal educational facilities heavily favor and reward the latter approach (at least until the higher echelons), this is a major flaw in our education system, as the latter approach doesn't serve to further our understanding at all.

Oceill That's fine to say, but keep in mind that very repressive governments and societies -- that is, politically hyper-conservative and controlling regimes -- tend to prohibit personal expression in art such as you're seeing with Collier. That even applies to instrumental music which celebrates individuality, like jazz. This is because free thought and expression in general is a threat to the iron fist of a dictatorial society. Artists have throughout history been blocked, harassed, attacked, arrested, and even killed. So don't get too attached to the idea that music like you've watched here is "ideologically vague." As sweet, beautiful, invigorating and nurturing as it seems to us, in the minds of many around the world it can be highly threatening.

@@alanthorpe6835 We can't all be outside-the-box creative thinkers, discarding the past and embracing change. If that happened, we would be truly doomed. It's fine to explore your potential, but you don't really need an educator for that. It's _your_ potential, so _you_ can guide your own exploration. In fact, I propose that there is no better person on the planet to guide one's self-exploration than oneself. I think it's very likely you will misconstrue my point, so allow me provide an anticipatory retort. I didn't say educators were unneeded or unhelpful. I didn't say it would be more effective to leave them out. I didn't say critical thinkers were not important or unnecessary to avoid doom. I **am** challenging your assumption that churning out factory fodder is a kind of doom scenario. I propose that people like Jacob who are formed in such a way as to challenge themselves and explore their potential will do so regardless of their educators. What's most important is that these individuals have a solid understanding of what those who have come before them have created. This is _exactly_ what educators target. Turns out it's optimal for both the factory fodder as well as the creators. Read exactly what I wrote and not what you wish I had wrote so you can attack it. Then check yourself.

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there's more than one branch in the tree and you may find you achieve that but just in your own way, or in a way you never expected, keep pushing for it my dude

that's where youre wrong you shouldnt do it the way he does do it the way you would

But at the same time he offers hope and inspiration , take your own piece of what hes offering and apply!

Douglas Lawrie Music is not a competition! lol look at it as a way to always have something to work towards.

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He said it in the video: "Quincy Jones said Jacob Collier is as gifted as Michael Jackson." Let's hope that he doesn't meet the same fate as MJ. JC should recreate the Jackson 5 but with just him as an acapella group doing all five parts. Long live great music. Bliss.

I'm so glad tho cuz I wouldn't have found it otherwise!!

I think we need to put that statement in context. He was surrounded by music, so the enviroment "forced" him into a direction. He might not have been told to pratice, but the environment "told" him stay with music. If you give a child space then give him a phone, then he'll be excellent in playing games, without being told anything.

that is why i felt compelled to clip that quote. one doesn't have to be told to practice when music is in the fabric of the environment. it becomes one's language.

@@nhatnamtrinh5017 strongly agree with this. I hear this so often and it is always out of context. My thinking is that asking kids to practice is essential. It is easy to give up because things do get hard sometimes. It is easier to give up especially when there are no consequences. But the idea is to make it fun enough that they power through the hard bits because they enjoy learning. Learning does not need to be forced with a heavy hand. Learning can be guided. Jacob talks about giving kids the right questions and guiding them rather than pushing them to learn specific things from somewhere. That is exactly what learning should be like.

@@tanmayjaiswal5935 And I think creativity in a field comes in 2 ways. One comes naturally, one comes from being very good in the craft. Jacob belongs to the former, but most, I think, belongs to the latter. For most of us, the creativity comes after the skills have been honed, which requires discipline. And love for something is the same. It can come naturally, or it can come with time after initial rejection.

Jacob Collier is making music theory accessible to the unwashed masses. Even experts (for example the Head of Music at Harvard University) have said they cannot understand Jacob's music. He knew that a hoover was making note G at 2 years old. We can only stare (and listen) in wonder as Jacob Collier unleashes his furious and unbridled creative genius upon us all. Bliss.

Every time I listen to his songs I find a new, different meaning in them- it’s truly insane!

What would the honorable mullah nassr eddin say?

Wow great insight!

And that’s incredibly hard to communicate, the blending of straight and swung feels, within a bar. I am blessed with a great musical ear, and I can see Jacob realizing how hard it is to communicate that feel, as he shows him. It’s extremely intricate feel. It’s what J Dilla mastered by forgoing massive quantization.

CUTE omg I didn't notice that

Girl caught feelings

@@leftenanalim I caught feelings

@@leftenanalim no, no she didn’t. she was laughing because she thought he screwed up by going too flat too quickly in his chord progression and then realized “oh shit he’s 4 steps ahead of me” and readjusted accordingly

@@roosh2927 thanks for the thorough explanation mit grad

It's been almost 4 years and i come back everytime for that rendition

bro the conductor is useless here. I have no clue what he is doing on stage

OmmyyyGgggg just now happily sadly not earlier just discovered this phenomenal human being gracing our highest heart mind spirit soul consciousness on mother planet earth ... Omm mani padme hung Hrih ... xoxoxomm omm 😂❤😂🎉😂❤🎉🎉

Love her smile! haha

and that guy in the audience too

Sounded great though.

Me too! I was was just about to comment that but you beat me to it!

What chord is that?

man i cant stop replaying that part XD

He's human??

Brandon Shelton it's no critique

He cant fix my parent's divorce

@@kylekyl8546 HAHAH if he does, send him my way after u

They're hopefully filming it already

i would die this is all i want

That would be All I Need (get it?)

Ha! So true...

Every musician would actually. Don't want to sound like a hater, I love Jacob!

You just described it perfectly. It's exactly how I feel when I listen to Jacob's music and can't put to words, but you just did it. Thank you.

Bartok Bobby McFerrin

Al Jarreau

PAT METHENY!!!

Who is Stravisnky?

Kim Caspar igor stravinsky was a legend among classical music composers, in 18-19 century i believe, who used some of the harmony principles that gets used in avant garde jazz these days

this is exactly what i was thinking but couldn’t put it in words

With the Thai fisherman pants, too. Jazzy Jake. ^-^

I wouldn't say the J-word around Aimee... careful! x)

Evan Rman I'm new here. Explain?

Evan Rman also, it was a jazzy Jeff reference 😇

Lol evan, i saw that video

+Jan Müller Well said . . . Jacob is easily one of the most accomplished musicians I've ever heard/seen.

Exactly! Every melody of his is so complex and unorthodoxical yet very familiar. His musical intelligence is way beyond most can understand. His such an inspiration.

Aaron Lewis hey dude I must've missed this. I wish I could say something to that, apart from that I'm so glad you felt that way too and I hope that you're happy.

Shed manly tears at 5:30

I literally cried. Oh my God!

Yes! Oh man, I thought I was the only one. Its 5 am now.

moo...so moo.