i find him so contrived, unoriginal and just cringey. like yeah hes smart and knows all about theory but when it reaches the level hes doing it just feels like science with no soul or anything that makes him stand out in a creative and enjoyable way, i cant take his voice seriously and it just makes me uncomfortable, i cant sit through a video of his for 10 seconds without needing to change it. there are so many other talented musicians who have such a sound and originality to them that are being so slept on just so this guy can harmonize with himself a billion different times. its stale
i love how most artists are like 'AHHH I CAN'T THINK' and jacob is like 'okay i have a song but before time runs out lemme tell you about my connection with this particular song as well as change the settings on this keyboard to a 12 piece drum kit'
This man experiences music on a completely different level than all of us. I love music, but I'm almost jealous that I'll never be able to experience it to the level that he does
I suspect there is a darkness he has to get through from time to time, but that is where his "don't hold onto things like they're forever" philosophy comes in.
@@jordanwillrog 6:29 to 6:31 he says "each number of the times tables had its own little song" then he specifically references the 7 times table and then he even jokes about releasing them. Because he has a bunch of videos
@@jordanwillrog wow you literally don't know how to listen.....thats scary tbh. He litetally says every word I typed out, how on earth didn't you hear. He litefally says that the 7 times table was in 7/4 so what the hell are you talking about? Having "piano" in your username really doesn't help 🤣. Your inability to listen is astounding. Not only that but you think insulting people when you're the one that's wrong makes you look cool? You look pretty darn stupid 🤣
I agree! Especially how he explains every single song he sang, each of them has a different way of catching his attention. also, the way he engages people throughout the whole video is just amazing. very thankful to Elle for having him!!
3:25 - Almost exactly 4 years later, he arranges and sings an amazing rendition of "Wild Mountain Thyme" with dodie, Laufey, the NSO, and the audience as a choir at The Kennedy Center.
2 days ago I clicked on this video with no idea who Jacob was. I have since listened to all of his albums and watched his entire RU-vid channel. His talent, skill, and personality are overwhelmingly magnetic.
James Cunico I wouldn’t say American culture created it, improvisation has been around since, well music began when you really think about it. Improvisation exists in different forms around the world. Jazz in America, django Reinhardt and gypsy jazz in france, hell even Celtic musicians improvise with slight different variations on each part of even very repetitive AB dance music.
As a Bulgarian, I just want to share that my heart skipped a beat when one of my favorite artists said he wants to collaborate with the Bulgarian female choir. I felt so unbelievably happy and I'd love to see this happening
I love the fact that he out of nowhere played that one single note with his nose. He truly feels music so much he HAD to play that one single note. A genius
did anyone else get really anxious when he just kept talking about how good the song was going to be so good... but he hadn't sung the word yet... and the timer kept ticking
The fact that this video is over 18 minutes long shows just how sincere he is about music and how he can just get carried away by the simplest melodies - music appreciation at its best
Jacob Collier is quintessential musicians' musician. Out there, really experimental, very intelligent. I'm even surprised a mainstream publication would feature him like this.
In what world is this "out there"? This is straight up Vanilla music disguised as "clever and experimental" collier fans are the worst. So much pretension, so little knowledge...
I was looking for this comment because I wanted to add that this goes to show how amazing his mind is. His brain is 2 steps ahead of his body, already sending the signals to his arms and hands to get ready for the gloves part of the sentence before he's even finished processing the cognitive thought and then catches up with himself and says "such as gloves! there you go" lol
everyone else doing this: *rushes to sing* ahhhhhhhh *thinking* jacob: ooo, leemme intro this song quick and play some notes, don't worry about the timer.
14:31 is perhaps the most telling part of Jacob Collier. He dips down and plays a note with his nose because he ran out of fingers. And for those of us watching, we expect that to be a little joke hes throwing in there to be funny and we expect some kind of smirk or acknowledgement of that fact from him afterwards. But there's no reaction to it on his part because he wasn't doing it for comedic effect. He just knew he wanted that note in there and knew he was out of fingers. So the nose was just this natural reaction from there to get the sounds he had in his head out into the world.
@@zacharylewis2161 I wasn't making a point about anything being deep. In fact my point was antithetical to that notion; I was pointing out that his decision to use his nose there was likely completely pragmatic and actually lacked any other kind of meaning.
Peter Oselador I do that too. I could be like “this is one of my favorite songs to play!”, and when people ask me to sing it I’d be “but I don’t know the words 😬”. Even when I know the words, I sometimes still don’t pay attention to what the song is about.
lfdoidao Look for his video breaking down Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke on Vox's channel. His ability to explain jazz chords and music history is just mesmerizing! In case you wanted to geek out a bit more!
Jacob is the Mozart and Beethoven of our time.....pay attention, learn from him, study him and remember him - we are so lucky he exists in our lifetimes. He should be known - tell others what this incredible musician can do. He is a musical genius who knows he also has the power to change not only anything in music but how people feel about themselves, our society etc. with his messages of peace, love and caring for others. He is truly unique and important to learn from. All people, not just musicians, should know about him and what he does and how he creates. Amazing indeed. What a brain! Most of us literally only use about 10% of our brain - can't say that about Jacob Collier.
I love how this guy just loses himself in every little detail and it seems like after a little while he realizes it’s still an interview and then he comes back to reality ! So glad I found out about him like 2 weeks ago 🙏🏼
@@raphaelkelly861 I remember when the first Jun lee interview came out a few years ago and I probably watched about 4 times within the space of a week. If you haven't already, take any opportunity you can to go see jacob live, Its incredible
“I’d like to collaborate with the Bulgarian women’s choir of television and radio, they’re like ridiculously killing, and they make these sounds like *EEiEeIEEieEEHHhHH* ...and yeah that’s cool so I want to collaborate with those guys.”
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Elle: Give us one song for this word Jacob: Ok here’s a full orchestral rendition of One Last Time in multiple key changes, different instrumentation, oh and wanna know more about my childhood and lifelong aspirations? Us: PLEASE AND THANK YOU
NHaezer in jazz many would say that it sound weird or bad. In reality he’s improvising on a high level, using complex chord voicings and tritone substitutions. To make something sound “good” you can play something “bad” before the “good” chord to emphasize the feeling if resolution. 14 year old danish kid out.
@@toshirobozdogan2207 I think you might be mistaken with what the comment was originally. Birder was saying that he often got the song with 1 second remaining out of his 10 seconds. So he was 1 second away from failing a lot of the time. Because he was going into so much detail with the jazz arranging and finding the obscure songs like with the word 'Bad' for example
As someone who has never really understood music- I started crying when he began playing Stevie Wonder. I recognized the songs, because my grandpa listened to him. And for some reason, I felt like Stevie, Grandpa, and Jacob were all feeling the same feeling together; and I was part of it too.
He loves that sound. I've even seen him add it into his recordings when using MIDI. Some synths can replicate the keyboard clack and allow you to adjust the level. He loves it... I kinda do too. :)
The most impressive thing here is how Jacob can just start singing a song in perfect key. You can pull up any of the songs he sings and the key is bang on.
M1dorin he don’t have a level of complexity such as negative harmonies. There are much proofs that he composed much things when he was a kid but he did the melodies while his father “completed “it so, why wouldn’t he be able to be compared? Jacob is compared to him for his talent. Mozart isn’t the one musicians and theorist thinks as the goat (this is Bach btw)
*You:* keep forgetting the chords for the songs you sing all the time *Jacob:* heard a song a once two years ago from a random car driving by, haven't memorized the lyrics at all, but the melody and complex harmony are just there to stay
For real, its like "wow it's actually humanly possible to understand music on that intimate of a level" and then you go sit down and play your instrument and then it's like "wow Jacob Collier is the only human on earth who is able to understand music so intimately"
My favorite bit: the unexpectedly beautiful vocals at 11:01 which are quickly followed at 11:09 by that wonderful whirl of an ending, just pure fun (especially that last note). Second place is that sudden joyously wild glissando at 16:22, but honestly the entire performance of that tune is sunshine in and of itself, notably 16:33 & 17:00. This kid doesn't just play music, he IS music. There's no other way to describe it. He exudes such pure & inspired creative wonder; that golden soul illuminates every note & word.
@@kokaioh9942 I think he sings some parts faster in this video so he can draw other parts out better maybe? Or maybe he was just a little shy? But yeah usually it's a lot more relaxed. But he always speaks like he has sooo much to say and so little time.
This is so accurate I don't even know what to say. I sometimes just fall down the rabbit hole of Jacob Collier and resurface to find I've been away for hours.
gosh his level of energy is unmatched when he’s talking about music. just shows how much he enjoys it because the ideas, notes? melodies just go out of his brains yk 😂
A wonderful, inventive young man who is very generous with his fellow musicians. Doesn't take himself too seriously. Cheers me every time I listen to his music. The Game of Song Association was great fun, thank you!
I have so much respect for this guy. He's so so so talented and yet he never stops praising other musicians with his insanely posh vocabulary. He exudes so much happiness and chill, love from South Africa bro:)