Totally! I recognize where this comes from. A station in Alternate Universe, which goes by the codename, X0048188 had this song playing on the radio a month or so ago. It was called ‘Salubrious’ by Arrow Swiszney.
This makes me imagine a dimension hopper from our universe in said parallel universe and finding a "Reverse Harmony" version of that realm's Toxic, only to discover its just regular Toxic
I'm down for anything Britney, but this is horrible. There has to be someone, somewhere that can make an acceptable version of this. It should work... just not this one.
@@cake0214 There is an original demo recording by Cathy Dennis. She and other producers wrote it together with Tina Turner in mind, though it was instead offered to Kylie Minogue who declined.
This song is more than a guilty pleasure, there are so many creative covers of it... The structure, the chords progression, and the arrangement (despite its excesses) make people find it interesting even if they hate the rest of Spears' output.
@@TheSeptuagint by Katy Perry? That one sounds more fun and adventurous, and it sounds more like a successful love story. This version of "Toxic" has more angst and "libido" which is usually what accompanies infatuation during puberty.
Still learning about negative harmony myself, but iirc the negative of a dominant seventh chord is a m7b5 chord, which is very similar (the same notes, in fact) to a m6 chord built from the third: D - F - Ab - C (Dm7b5) F - Ab - C - D (Fm6) So it happens that a lot of cadences with a full dominant chord resolving to a minor tonic (V7, in this example G7) are going to be replaced with - not only a minor plagal cadence - but a very Beatlesque ivm6 cadence (or, iim7b5 cadence). That is, G7 - Cm would become Fm6 - C. Can anyone confirm if my thinking is correct?
@@GuyDude-hk8uy That's exactly true. Though I think it's worth noting that this isn't just true of what is currently referred to as Negative Harmony, but of symmetry in general: geometrically, the symmetrical image of a shape (in musical terms, a musical structure such as a chord, melody, scale, or even a whole piece) is always the same regardless of where the axis of symmetry is located relative to the shape, albeit in a different position (key or just key of reference) depending on where that axis is. That's just how axial symmetry works, there is always only one image in the absolute for any shape. Negative Harmony is symmetry about a very specific axis which results in the image being diatonic to the parallel minor or parallel major, keys a minor third away from the original key. But as it turns out, the diatonic scale is already symmetrical around the second degree of the ionian mode (D in C major for example), and finding the image of a musical structure around that specific axis will result in that image being diatonic to the same key as that original structure. For example the image of C-G-Am-F, which is I-V-vi-IV in the key of C, about the axis of C (which passes through D and Ab) is Am-Dm-C-Em, which is vi-ii-I-iii also in the key of C; however, the image of that same progression about the axis of D half-flat (which passes through E half-flat and A half-sharp) is Cm-Fm-Eb-Gm, which is _also_ vi-ii-I-iii but this time in the key of Eb (which is the parallel minor of C). That first image was the diatonic image while the second was what's currently called Negative Harmony.
@@althealligator1467 The chord change, yes, but also the bright acoustic, the plaintive strings in the background that lead to a little hook, the falsetto-esque vocals, etc.
as a non musician passerby I mention another commenter's take on it; it's mostly in major keys (major keys = uplifting music sounds in those typical cheerful feel good songs).
This has been in my head literally all day. It feels actually a bit more sinister than the original. The dark lyrics combined with a mostly major key song makes them stand out. Like she knows it's wrong, but she almost doesnt care. Its super catchy too. I cant remember properly what the original sounds like 😂
this whole vibe is just unsettling and creepy and I’m not just talking about the robotic re-tuned vocals it’s like something you’d hear if your evil doppelganger trapped you in a mirror dimension, where everything is familiar but completely opposite of what you know it’s almost like they’re mocking you with such an uncannily and undeservedly upbeat song
Probably a weird idea, but.. I would love to hear a negative harmony of something from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Thunderchild comes to mind, of course, but honestly any would be very interesting to hear. Such a strange soundtrack already, can only imagine what it could be like.
it's so dreamy and romantic. sounds like nothing i have ever heard. sounds like it is from a completely different place in space and time. it's absolutely beautiful, far better than the original arrangement.
i need some music genius to explain with smart words to me why this is the most amazing sounding thing ive ever heard like the notes and pitch is so perfect
Glad that you’ve been dedicating your whole channel to my long standing opinion that music is just better in minor to my ears lol. Hearing them swapped is always so cool, I love your channel
I don''t know why but this just made me laugh. Why it induced that laughter I just don't knw. I'd love to see the creative process of how you create these. The result is jus incredibly good.
Dude ive been binging your work and im addicted to negative harmony remixes now lol May i request for a negatuve harmony version of uprising by muse? Im so intrigued in what it'll sound like!
