Pepsiman's Theme Song SHREDS

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Pepsiman is about as '90s as '90s ad campaigns get, and the first couple minutes of the Pepsiman theme song are hilariously repetitive and over-the-top. But just when you think the tune has nothing else to offer besides people yelling "PEPSIMAAAAN" over a surf beat at the top of their lungs, you get hit in the face with some absolutely killing sax and trumpet solos. Let's take a moment to appreciate these hidden gems of improvisation, and outline some ways that these masters structure their improvised lines.
Big thanks to my wife for recording the trumpet solo from 'So What', she did so well that the video still got copyright struck and I had to pitch it up a half step.
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@TheKingsPride 3 года назад

Finally, a serious topic.

@isabelleiswatchingyou 3 года назад

About Dang Time

@fyreball43 3 года назад

Indeed

@Pkblazer099 3 года назад

Dang straight, brudda!

@goatbone 3 года назад

Thank you, I needed a laugh today.

@Coolified_Gaming Год назад

Said with all the irony in the world.

@Justin-TPG 3 года назад

When that tier list came up my brain was like “there’s an S note now???”

@giggityguy 3 года назад

For a while in the German musical tradition, there was an H note. They used B to refer to the note we call Bb, and they called B natural "H"

@StahlmetallerM 3 года назад

@@giggityguy "For a while" - we still call B H and Bb B. Also Eb in German is called Es, wich sounds just like the letter S.

@i_cam 3 года назад

Uhh yea the meta is all F# rn

@Justin-TPG 3 года назад

@@StahlmetallerM Surely it would have previously been called ß

@keinname1896 3 года назад

@@StahlmetallerM To be fair, most musicologists and music theorists refrain from H and B nowadays, because it's really confusing when you talk a lot with non-german folk and you publish and speak a lot in english anyways. Funnily enough it tends to get mixed up, while speaking german, so that all notes follow the german naming convention of putting -es on every flat note and -is on every sharp note and than there is b-flat. A fellow student of mine actually pulled the move of calling b-flat b-flat, b h, and b-sharp his only a few sentences apart. German note naming is a clusterfuck beyond compare. (I am one of the few advocates of calling b b and than follow the german naming convention from there with bes for b-flat and bis for b-sharp.)

@gamechops 3 года назад

Pepsiman... EVER HEARD OF IT??

@toxic_shr00m 3 года назад

Oh wow, wild to see GameChops here

@slickensmcgee2259 3 года назад

Remix?

@pepsimann2038 3 года назад

Yes

@slickensmcgee2259 3 года назад

@@pepsimann2038 Gee golly, it's really you!

@magicalpencil 2 года назад

Bepisguy

@RawBerserker 3 года назад

Even as a 0 music knowledge child, I knew that the tunes SLAPPED. And now, as a 0 music knowledge adult, I've been proven right!

@caramelldansen2204 3 года назад

"PEPSIMAAAAAAAN" has big "MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAAT" energy.

@thecommenter578 3 года назад

What I understand from the video: "bla, bla, bla, PEPSIMAAAAAN, bla bla, bla, EPIC SAX SOLO..."

@zipherdias420 3 года назад

@@thecommenter578 Me too, even tho I actually play the sax, I'm a "I don't know, I just feel it" type of guy.

@GuacJohnson 3 года назад

@@zipherdias420 Highly recommend connecting your brain and ear more, most people that say that (I was one of them) use it as an excuse to not and end up less diverse players as a result

@zipherdias420 3 года назад

@@GuacJohnson I don't care about all that, I just want to play happy birthday every once and a wile.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Great break down! :)

@8bitMusicTheory 3 года назад

Thanks, man! I love your work!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@8bitMusicTheory Thank you! I guess you are curious about who played as well. Or do you know that already?

@PiercingSight 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen I'm not 8-bit, but I would love to know more details about how this song came about.

@LeviClay 3 года назад

Whey! It's Jens! :D

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@LeviClay Haha! It said something about shredding saxophone so... But what are you doing here?

@rodrigoappendino 3 года назад

Pepsiman: The hero that saves people from coke. You don't see Superman fighting drugs.

@mcdcurtis 3 года назад

Actually ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hDRMeeuP3F0.html

@rodrigoappendino 3 года назад

@@mcdcurtis Ok. Just cigarettes. But you don't see him fighting against coke.

@crackedemerald4930 3 года назад

Fighting a drug with another... Basically same drug

@thejerrylarryshow1953 3 года назад

@@crackedemerald4930 wait is pepsicane real!?

@connormagatogia6866 3 года назад

Can't wait for Pepsiman to be a classic jazz standard of our time

@franksonatra 3 года назад

tell this to 8bit Big Band and hope they cover it!!!

@pingunooty Год назад

Just like persona 5 But good

@sparirata 3 года назад

2:43 oh you sneaky little music man

@averagegatsby29 3 года назад

8-bit delivers 14 minutes of well-explained analysis of jazz music theory: "Wow that's really neat" 8-bit sneaks in a reference to The Lick: *WHEEZE*

@1yoshi426 3 года назад

5:54

@DoubleADwarf 3 года назад

*_ALL RIGHT, DROP THE LICK AND PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!_* 🎷

@brunoserio4234 3 года назад

@@1yoshi426 yess, it reminded me of the time Adam Neely said that to stand out in a jam session you should play the lick but changing one note hahah

@haidere8456 3 года назад

@@1yoshi426 IT'S FUCKING EVERYWHERE!!!!

@biggloop7015 3 года назад

Finally someone validated my unironic enjoyment of this song

@franksonatra 3 года назад

same! gosh, I used to watch my friends play this in 7th grade on the projector, and the song is such a banger.

@irishjet2687 3 года назад

I can't believe Pepsi hasn't used the character's meme status to revive him as a mascot.

@z39836 3 года назад

its good that they didnt, nothing kills memes faster than brands

@crystalalumina 3 года назад

American Pepsi would ruin it, now if Japanese Pepsi does it would be perfect because weird commercials is the norm in Japan (also they made the character).

@HrHaakon 3 года назад

I'm ready for the Pepsi Cinematic Universe.

@cosmicpanda7043 2 года назад

Pepsi is too busy ending racism

@pewdiephile 2 года назад

@@crystalalumina based pepsi 😁

@zombieraddish 3 года назад

You heard it here folks, 8-bit is a "coke guy"

@funkyfinn1 3 года назад

Disgusting, unsubscribed

@Gorpfield 3 года назад

most jazz musicians are "coke guys"

@samuelthecamel 3 года назад

Traitor!

@porygon-z4503 3 года назад

@@Gorpfield HEYOOO

@MarmaladePlan3t 3 года назад

Nice

@LuisAngelGamer 3 года назад

Ah yes, everyone wants Pepsiman to be their Valentine, just listen to that sexy theme

@AsrielKujo 3 года назад

Ah yes

@canadulce3697 3 года назад

Haha😂

@italianinsanity397 3 года назад

dude, hes RIPPED, OF COARSE THEY WHOULD!

@trollingfriend7355 3 года назад

Ofc!

@pepsimann2038 3 года назад

😎

@davidtorres8396 3 года назад

Did anyone else’s inner voice fill in the last two notes of “the lick” at 6:37 after the A Dorian scale explanation?

@Roxfox 3 года назад

Absolutely

@Parasitemusic 3 года назад

I also hear a lick at 5:54

@EthyrielY 3 года назад

I can’t I hear that now.

@KaeraNeko 3 года назад

help, I think part of that note progression is used in a song from a Final Fantasy game or something (my hunch is that it's from 9,) but I can't remember which song it is.

@Purplepapercut 3 года назад

2:41 Look closely.

@Firekid2 3 года назад

"I see your stank face. You can't hide it from me!" I have never felt more exposed in a video in my life

@fruitymarshmallow 3 года назад

Literally as it hit that note I made that exact stank face. Caught red handed

@DreamzAnimation 3 года назад

I was shocked he knew and timed it so well

@jonahstephens9892 3 года назад

I have never been so called out, I feel you so much

@sanguis77 3 года назад

2:40 "This is a good solo he says. What is it?" *starts reading and playing in my head* "I've been had."

@demilad225 3 года назад

I think I need 8-bit singing “PEPSIMAAAAAAAAAAN” as my ringtone.

@warhawk3972 3 года назад

12:52 is so beautiful

@TheWONDERBOYZ1 3 года назад

Finally, This is literally the song of my childhood. First game I ever played on ps1. Best song.

@akselklandrasmussen1747 3 года назад

You're the one who uploaded the pepsiman song! :D

@TheWONDERBOYZ1 3 года назад

@@akselklandrasmussen1747 yes!!! i still follow every pepsi man videos to this day

@cristheblob4020 2 года назад

ITS YOUUU

@Redhollow 3 года назад

This fills me with nothing but absolute joy. It absolutely came at the best time possible for me, personally. Seriously, thanks so much for making these videos. Edit: I don't wish to alarm anyone but a few weeks ago my friend ordered me a custom made Pepsi Man suit and it arrived today right after I started this video.

@petemagnuson7357 3 года назад

Sorry but I'm a little alarmed. What would you even do with a Pepsiman suit and, more importantly, why don't I have a Pepsiman suit yet?

@BlindMelonLord 3 года назад

PEPSI MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

@torontotonto6189 3 года назад

now i understand your avatar

@Redhollow 3 года назад

@@petemagnuson7357 my friend bought me this suit so I can, and I quote, "buy him a Pepsi" while wearing it, just "for the meme."

@ireadysucks3026 2 года назад

@@Redhollow Bruh I’m jealous

@wglao 3 года назад

ok but 8-bit yelling "PEPSI MAAAAANNNNN" makes this an s- i mean Eb-tier video

@whebon7266 3 года назад

In dutch, this is even funnier, since "Eb" is pronounced as "S"

@SpaceMeeri7 2 года назад

@@whebon7266 german as well

@wyvern5438 3 года назад

I would never have guessed Pepsiman and 8-bit music theory would be on the same youtube video

@KairuHakubi 3 года назад

Hearing the individual notes of a _saxophone solo_ being analyzed is like.. hearing a song analyzed by which mouth shapes the singer made. it's crazy, i've never thought consciously about it, a sax solo just.. kind of *is*

@mattdrnbrgr 3 года назад

I love that your wife's recording still got copyright struck, that's how you know you did well

@franklinkoo3468 3 года назад

Man, all the solos on the Pepsiman theme are top tier, wish you could have covered the organ solo too, that's fire.

@alphaex9124 3 года назад

I’m glad we’re finally talking about mainstream video games

@bryal7811 3 года назад

8-bit music theory: In depth explanation about a Gmaj7 cord Me: Hehe funny face 6:50

@ReitheOffbeatOtaku 3 года назад

Never have I wanted to fluently read sheet music more than when 8-Bit put his tier list of every note on screen

@QuinnParsley 3 года назад

“How jazzy could they really make the Pepsi Man Theme Song?” “Oh, dayum.”

@rubixstew9442 3 года назад

The sax solo legit slaps tho

@katiefrisk980 3 года назад

5:55 the lick but harmonic minor

@ismtud1364 3 года назад

Oh crap, can't believe that slipped past me

@Ysendrin 3 года назад

My favourite.

@endwalkr 3 года назад

my girlfriend loves bullying me with this song. this video is epic

@rosestrohm7986 3 года назад

I love your pfp

@JoJoboiWav 3 года назад

WE love your pfp

@a52productions 3 года назад

Okay sure that note choice is great but can we talk about that TONE Those growls, those slides, the dynamics and articulation!! That sax player could solo with just the root and the fifth and still sound slicker than anything I could ever do.

@b51waterclub51 3 года назад

I love the fact that music education on the internet is about Pepsi man

@XxJermanator1xX 3 года назад

The pepsiman song didnt have to go that hard. But it did. Thanks based pepsiman

@MrSofazocker 3 года назад

"the slightly less acclaimed" just hit perfectly

@OEpistimon 3 года назад

The video at 1:00 : PLEASE LEARN ANOTHER LICK Me : haha, A B C D B G A go brr

@emmbeesea 3 года назад

The prequel to The 7 Levels of Creating a Dynamic Jazz Solo.

@friendlypunk8975 3 года назад

Hey there. We must be subscribed to all the same channels; I keep seeing you everywhere! (:

@maximo.7240 3 года назад

5:54 the lick god damn it

@SteffyCush 3 года назад

yoo

@futabamajima 3 года назад

Not really, it should be a G to be a proper lock

@AngelicDirt 3 года назад

ALMOST the licc. Still annoyed me. XD

@solomonmayes 3 года назад

12:22 every time I listened to that final blast resolve into the Pepsi man yell I got a mix between a smile and a stank face and looked away as if I felt some kind of guilty pleasure from enjoying the Pepsi Man theme THAT much

@Dac_vak 3 года назад

PEPSIMAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!

@kcsupersonic1 3 года назад

This video really takes me back to High School Jazz Band. One of our "Tests," during this unit was actually about soloing. The push and pull nature of a Jazz solo was exactly how our band director described it to us. He told us to think of our solos like we thought of a good story. It should have depth, rising and falling action, complexity and questions, a strong through line, and an overall message it is trying to convey. To this day, it was one of the funnest units we had in that class. This video is honestly putting words and music theory analysis to the things we were all trying/learning to do by feel, trial, and error and it makes me super nostalgic.

@chantolove 3 года назад

Love how this objectively silly tune was obviously made by a bunch of incredibly skilled people. I can imagine them having so much fun with it

@guiAstorDunc 3 года назад

Pepsiman is a f***ing scp I’m wheezing so hard

@I8Tr4shm4n 3 года назад

A B A Utiful video my man. Excellent work and I can't wait to binge through your channel

@ohwellhey6221 3 года назад

this is the type of content I watch youtube for! random breakdown topics are always cool, thanks man!

@inhalant_snow1471 3 года назад

I was just watching a bunch of your videos, and I was inspired to start transcribing something, I still haven't decided what. But then you uploaded. Time to procrastinate

@kellerbenjaminjames 3 года назад

Dude... I like messing around with music in my free time, but your understanding of musical theory is blowing my mind. Your breakdown of this made me want to do more learning on theory. I've tried before and never found the topic very approachable. In fact it has almost always been over my head and made me feel... uninterested and ignorant on the topic. Made me feel like I should to go to Juilliard before my uncultured caveman brain could even try to understand the lofty topic. I didn't know this game even existed and you've used it as a fantastic learning tool. You clearly love music and have a ton of knowledge on it. I'm so impressed. Great video!

@acosmicflamingo 3 года назад

Brilliant! Enjoyed every second of this :)

@whatsthedealyo9054 2 года назад

Thank you, I love you, I can't express how much I adore this analysis

@tenchiakuma3146 3 года назад

Wonderful video! Makes we wish I would've kept up playing music from grade school. You've got a new subscriber!

@josealarcon1599 3 года назад

thanks a lot dude for the information estrablished in your video.. Hope you have great tons of joy a happiness... I enjoyed your video a lot...

@myClips_and_Higlights 3 года назад

I do not know anything about music but this was a blast to watch, I love how you draw on the sheet music when explaining and have a bar that scrubs along as you played the music! Just subscribed for more!

@WhatAreDrums729 3 года назад

I've been struggling with this exact concept lately. Thank you so much for the insights!

@RobinLSL 3 года назад

I would never have expected that piece to be so amazing! Fantastic analysis and sharing.

@CuteCuteJames 3 года назад

Every minute of this video is excellent. Top-tier content. Thank you.

@jasonulloa 3 года назад

Okay, I had no idea this theme was this awesome. I really should listen to the whole OST while I'm at it. Also, as a fellow trumpet player, your wife's got some amazing skill. I really thought it was Miles Davis until I read the description.

@JeremieCarrier 3 года назад

HAhhah crazy solos!! man love this kind of solo analysis, specially on a one chord vamp:) good job my friend!

@s.lajoie9961 3 года назад

This was such a fun video from a source I would never have looked at! Great work!

@truenickspivak 3 года назад

I've been watching your videos recently, and it's pretty interesting hearing about music theory and the such. Good Work!

@gabrielszcinski5604 3 года назад

I came for the shredding but I stayed for the Theory!! This is the first video I've seen of yours but it's time to binge!

@japanimated9683 3 года назад

I wonder if this is the way the creators were thinking when they made this song. I make music but I never think like this. I just go with what sounds good.

@davidgray3983 3 года назад

I imagine that they definitely have the sound in their heads, but I don’t believe they think about what’s going on note for note. They probably are also just playing what they think sounds good, however since they have experience and knowledge they employ different concepts that I think if we all keep learning and playing we’ll be able to use ourselves.

@manuelahe_ 3 года назад

PEPSI MAAAAAANNNN 🔥👌 absolute heat, I dunno how you found this but I'm glad you did and brought it to the world's attention lol

@LookiePookie 3 года назад

everytime 8-bit uploads, it seriously makes my whole week

@llshinda9508 3 года назад

This is... somewhat unexpected but certainly not unwelcome.

@ap1evideogame44 3 года назад

A surprise, to be sure... but a welcome one.

@blaiserob 3 года назад

I'm so glad I'm subscribed to this channel

@s1lverp3nguin 3 года назад

the way you called out my stank face immediately was seriously not okay

@marlomorgan2187 3 года назад

I was literally just thinking about how awesome this tune is, this has truly made my day

@OrisStories 3 года назад

You're probably not going to read this, but I just wanted to say it makes me really happy to see you so jokey, I feel like you're being 'yourself' and I just really love how someone I love to learn from feels comfortable that way. So thank you for the content but mostly, thank you for being you!

@originalporpoise1009 3 года назад

I thought I was the only one cursed with the knowledge of how much this song slaps.

@Shrek_es_mi_pastor 3 года назад

¿"Cursed"?

@_xavier_rosas_ 3 года назад

Dude... you just made me overly happy right now! I love this theme so much!!!

@recklesflam1ngo968 3 года назад

"Pepsi for TV-Game"

@encriptor1 3 года назад

This was one of the funniest videos I've watched in a long time.

@harryrobinson6195 3 года назад

I'm glad I know what went into that Miles Davis demo after that killin' sab_irene stream, major props to your partner 8-bit :)

@pieguy5692 Год назад

I got out my sax to try and learn the solo, and on learning it realized that the intro of the solo is in the altissimo register! These are super high notes not even built on the saxophone, that take so much work and skill to hit right, let alone shred on! This makes it so much more impressive to me.

@nicolasribeiro7914 3 года назад

0:34 did he just- *_PEPSI POG_*

@paullima3 3 года назад

Just found your channel and I’m having a blast! I hardly know any music theory but it’s fascinating to a listen to all the ideas that go into these iconic pieces. Please, I beg you, you have to analyze Supergiant’s Hades. I personally think it was robbed of the best soundtrack award last year.

@Raxerm 3 года назад

Dope. I think requests are definitely worth looking into more.

@i8dacookies890 3 года назад

It's no wonder Jonny Atma's cover of this is just a bunch of guests doing solos.

@Dpad69 3 года назад

You speak so far over my head, but your videos inspire me to improve. So...thank you.

@CarlosVazquez-em1ih 3 года назад

2:44 Adam Nelly, Are you watching this? XD Great video, as always my friend!

@dekkodekkod 3 года назад

I was literally waiting for a video on this topic.

@plxlnnt 3 года назад

i was hoping for an 8bit video in my notifications, never expected it to be this though

@whyohwhy2420 3 года назад

That little lick at @9:20 is a Freddie Hubbard trick and I love it! Maybe not created by him, but surely put to good use! I love him as a counterpoint to Davis, as they were contemporaries, and maybe even rivals depending on who you ask. Hubbard made some sick albums with the Davis Quartet gang (Herbie, Carter, Williams) in the form of Red Clay, and VSOP (kindof). Highly recommended. Probably 2 of my favorite albums of the era!

@TanookiOshawott64 3 года назад

Summoning Salt intro! That’s what your next video should be about! The emotions it invokes are intense!

@MostLikelyMortal 3 года назад

When I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of pepsiman. Thanks 8-Bit, you’re the only man who could deliver 💙

@Whalefire2 3 года назад

I like that this was posted on valentine's day.

@cocoaicci_ 10 месяцев назад

Man i haven't read sheet music in 10 years (im 18) i used to be a Tenor Horn player. That thing was huge for my 8 yr old self but i was decent at it and loved it so much despite the fact that the horn would always hit me in the head. Thanks for the nostalgia!

@shinydino 3 года назад

This is the content I subscribed for

@iansherrill3918 3 года назад

How did I learn so much from a video about Pepsiman.

@sebastianmccarroll4039 3 года назад

this is a fantastic video! id love to hera more about the rythm and overall genre though

@thegreatapathetic9836 3 года назад

This came just in time for me trying to get back into Jazz improvisation.

@hkat321 3 года назад

That bVII/i sound is so classic! I always think about it in the context of an extended arpeggio, but I’ll have to play around with it more

@nothankyou4859 3 года назад

i was so happy to see you were on goddamn gamecube! :)

@sonofmeh3182 3 года назад

Can you talk about the sax solo in TF2's "Medic!"

@thenerdofthenorth8205 3 года назад

Ah, a man of culture, I see.

@gorfgarf9735 3 года назад

Thank you bru. Plz do more jazz Sax analysis. It's the best

@jackgold8383 3 года назад

This is wild! I've only ever heard this song in the context of speedrun marathons where the game audio is generally pretty low, so I had no idea there was so much insane shredding going on beneath the PEPSIMAAAANs. Thanks for all your videos, man. This stuff is super interesting. A request - can you explain why the song Light Plane from Pilotwings 64 is such a bop? The Smash Ultimate arrangement in particular is really good. It has this cool, crusing, ocean vibe to it, and I would really love to know what makes it tick. Cheers! Thank you again for this channel.

@enderjammer5035 3 года назад

I'm a trumpet player that was able to solo with my ear, and I wasn't able to understand much about music theory. This video helped me understand diatomic. I think I just need to learn one thing at a time and slowly add to my vocabulary of jazz items instead of learning them all at once

@CotalCosta 3 года назад

Came for the memes, left with knowledge. I love your contents!

@maximo.7240 3 года назад

I am so happy when I see pink in my youtube feed

@justlea6179 3 года назад

Yo, you know you're killing it when you get a copyright strike. Congrats to the wife, but boo to the strike. That's a a hecking waste (but glad to still hear it anyways, even if pictched up).