Why do so many negative-harmony songs sound like Simon and Garfunkel? Did those two just compose their songs backwards or something? If we play their songs in negative harmony will they sound like heavy metal?
@BakedTheth Indie itself isn’t a genre, it’s a modifier. So you can have indie pop, indie folk, indie rock, etc, but generally saying indie on its own is just a shorthand umbrella term for these separate subgenres. Saying it’s just pop is pretty musically ignorant
@@nicholascubides2035 Actually JJBA has a lot of references to bands, so when you see a character named Johnny joestar, you should say: hey is this a Chuck berry reference? Not the other way around
it feels like I'm being offered something great, but something's off and there's definitely a catch that I'll regret later if i don't pay attention. that is if i even have the chance to regret it.
@@scottgardner2950 That would be fine too, everybody knows we live in a dome so he would stop a few kilometers falling in the sky and would be for sure returned by the angels guarding the fringe of the dome.
@@germanlondono8700 I want to see that one. One of the coolest things I saw as a kid was one of the Asterix and Obelix movies where Getafix was hit on the head and made bad potions, a Roman drank one and floated away, he was swimming through the sky. I think it was Asterix and the soothsayer. There were other awesome scenes like a Roman who was made smaller than a worm and freaks out encountering one.
Discovering negative harmony, for a songwriter, is basically finding out that you’ve written twice as many songs as you thought you had. Like, exactly twice as many.
[Verse 1] There's no man knows for certain what glitters is dirt But he's using the hallway for free When he fails to arrive, if the stores are alive, With a thought he will leave empty handed Ooh, ooh, and he's using a hallway for free There's a blank boring door, but he don't really care He don't know if the words have a meaning In a can by the road, there's a beetle who talks Because all of our words can be perfect [Chorus] Ooh, it makes me certain Ooh, makes me certain [Verse 2] There's a logic I miss when I don't see the East And my body is laughing for staying With my reason I'm blind to the air in the wind And the whispers of those who sit blindly [Chorus] Ooh, it makes me certain Ooh, really makes me certain [Verse 3] And it's shouted that later if no one gives the speech Then the speaker will shoo us from feelings And the day will not end for those who sit down And the suburbs will muffle the crying [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh-oh-nevermind. [Verse 4] If there's a calm day in your driveway, better freak out, hey It's just winter filth from old Jack Frost Yes, there is one path you can come by, but as soon as you do There is no time to stay off the fields, you know [Chorus] And it makes me certain Ohh, whatever [Verse 5] Your butt is singing, but it will pass, of course you know that The speaker's telling you to stay away Gross old man, can you see the sun shine? And are you blind Your hallway's not in the shouting clouds? [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] And as we stay still in the field Our faces shorter than our heads There sits an old man no one knows Who absorbs darkness and wants to hide How nothing crumbles to dust And if you look casually You'll forget the words immediately When all is separated To turn into the Rolling Stones [Outro] And he's using a hallway for free.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Too often does a cover try to emulate what made the original successful but you've flipped the formula on its head (literally) to amazing result.
the instrumental is vaguely beatles and the combination of gentle mellow sounds + slightly ominous lyrics makes me think of simon and garfunkel. 11/10.
The opening guitar part sounds very much the same as when you play the tune on a lefty guitar with right handed patterns! I used to play it on my father's lefty because it sounded funny and weird. When I heard the intro of this video I actually recognized it!!
The gist of it is that all the musical intervals are inverted. For example: a C major chord has a C, then a major 3rd above that (E) and a minor third above that (G). The negative version starts on the G and goes down a major third (Eb) then down a minor third (C). And this works melodically too - so if a melody starts by going up a third, the negative version starts by going down a third.
paeganini The axis that everything gets flipped over is between the root and fifth of the key. So in C, a D is a whole step above the tonic, and would become F - a whole step below the fifth. So if we invert a V7 chord in C, the G becomes a C, the B (half step below tonic) becomes Ab (half step above fifth), the D becomes F, and the F becomes D
This is so amazing. Everyone seems to be have been obsessing over this concept and it is so amazing that someone is really doing it! Keep it coming these are awesome!
My brother used this picture in a power point presentation about our housework schedule when we were younger. Now he's living on his own and nobody will probably remind him to mop the stairs
Office Worker Way better, this is awesome but the actual song is a masterpiece the way it is and is far more enjoyable to listen to in a series way, imo
You made my day :) my compliments for the effort, the spirit and the result. It's a pity that you decided to not play thr solo. I was waiting for it and ready to smile all the time. Anyway: great work, keep playing with this !
I'd like you to cover the original too. Just to get a clearer idea of how much of the effect is Negative Harmony and how much actually is your take on the song.
