What Makes This Song Great? "G.O.A.T." Polyphia 

My dude really trying to get himself some Beato

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or what but the band actually blocked all the free tabs from online so people would buy their tab book. I kinda get their approach but then on the hand, I don't since free tabs have been a thing ever since internet was invented.

facts

@@IncredibleGoliath seriously. couple bucks to learn it the right way the first time is totally worth it compared to going thru the unlearning and relearning process.

@@delcogoonquad yeah that’s not sharing, that’s selling:) I don’t have a problem with selling, but just let not use false labels...

Lol Like your grandpa dabbing after winning bingo night

I came for the music and stayed for the pop culture lessons

i scrolled down immediately to see this comment

it was a meta flex, he was actually flexing that he can explain anything and we'll enjoy it

Tbf my dad watches these and he definitely would've been confused if Rick didn't explain it.

They take elements I enjoy from different genres of music and put it all into one piece. Dudes not only a talented guitarist, but a talented songwriter writer and composer as well. Dude will be a modern guitar legend when it’s all said and done. Extremely unique and progressive. Imagine his skill level 20 years from now (along with the rest of the band). The drummer is insane as well.

Original? They just make abused music that was already bad and not original in the first place

@@diegoandreuccioli7992 and why are you commenting this video? Only great talents bring this kind of haters

@@Luismayer77 why i am commenting on things? Because i want and i can. Can you stick to the topic please?

@@diegoandreuccioli7992 jajaj and what the hell do you do thats original? i have seen your unoriginal comment from so many others. Its good ettiquete to save your subjective negative opinion unless you have a constructive comment to go along with it. Your comment has nothing constructive other than shitting on an artist production. so yeah, duck you! have a good day!

"Bruh, yeah. Exactly" - me not knowing anything

Before I took music theory I was in the same boat. Its so weird to watch these knowing things now

my analysis: "aha! the chord movement is minor - major - major, but then the last bar is sharp in the bass" Rick's analysis: "Bbm6, D/G, F# Phrygian phrasing, etc. etc." me: "Yeah, that's what I said!........ right? IT IS THE SAME THING, RIGHT?!"

Same💀

@@manikay 🤣

"G.O.A.T. featuring the impeccable timing of Rick Beato"

lmao i was thinking the same thing then scrolled down and read this im dyin

Woooo!

From Beato to Flair in a single song.

Make it happen

Maybe you should watch his other videos. Polyphia is the rare gem among music today.

Don't watch his other videos then lol I like him well enough. But he does seem to pretty much do that a lot. Its really hard to believe he is not being facetious when he says some bands are great. He's clearly knowledgeable but he's also signed to Sony and thinks U2 is an amazing band.

Hard to deny new music when they can play like that

@@magnificentuniverse2283 Same, love his videos but he definitely is biased to older music, like if you watch his top 10s and top 20s it's almost exclusively songs from the 60s/70s/80s. Don't blame him though, I'm the same with music from the 90s/00s just happens as you get older I think.

This is why he’s the goat!

@@ButBigger42 spotify probably

Yes. I subscribed to Amazon Music and I use to download albums to listen to them offline. Sorry for causing confusion.

@@ButBigger42 you can download music in streaming services to play it offline. in case you didn't know.......

That was the only reason I clicked initially haha!

That would’ve been sick😂

Can u play it?

It's totally doable for him. Don't get me wrong, it's a hard riff but as far as Tim's riffs go GOAT intro is pretty doable (arguably not even the toughest riff in the song haha)

@@diceandcards8272 yes

🙌

Rick Flair enters the chat.

If Beato woooos then I have to give it a chance. I've seen Pat Metheny twice, so Beato is the man.

pretty cool, huh?

@@dylanthomas7680 Very.

Hopefully you've already discovered French modern prog gods Lazuli.

@@Leaddevo Oui. First time I've seen/heard prog rock played on a Gretsch Round-Up! Loved it. (I saw PFM, Gentle Giant, Genesis (Peter Gabriel era) back in the day...)

Vive le sud ouest!

saucy is one of the most infectious riffs ever

Welcome to the club. Glad to have you aboard, have a good time with polyphia stuff it's amazing.

All of their material is top tier, but they really kicked it up a notch when they changed drummers after their first album. My favorite is The Most Hated EP, the compositions are a bit softer than New Levels New Devils, but still technical and melodic with an incredibly full sound... it's remarkable. Welcome to the party.

@@blehm_7403 hell yeah it is!

Same. Thanks, Rick!

Hehehe That was funny dude ;)

This post exemplifies what I watch on RU-vid. Bodybuilding and music!

@@robertgarland5012 🤘🏼💪🏽

Right… now waiting for some Animals as Leaders content!

Wow now I really know you have good taste in music! Good to see you here bro!

Same!

it’s going to be the new song you hear in every guitar center

@@hotman718 that won’t stop us from trying 😂

I totally agree. But I’d add that it’s not just the guitar riff but the rest of the parts (bass and drums) and how they all fit together that can, and should, be a new foundation for the evolution of music.

@@davidfleuchaus Yeah, I was thinking originally more in the context of rock and players and how those things tend to carry forward. I’m actually a bass player. Haha... the song itself is what makes the riff live in the space where it’s possible to be a landmark riff, more accurately. Without good production the audience can’t be reached. The bass and drums are absolutely phenomenal as well, obviously.

@@almightytreegod “phenomenal” Yup.

Right? No way it takes an hour. They'd have millions of songs

I think he was talking about perfecting the riff with "flexes"

@@ForrestWhaling As an amateur composer, it really doesn't take too long to write an entire song, even technical prog stuff. Once you have the main idea/ riff/ chord progression it's just building from there. It sounds ridiculous but it's true. Obviously only taking a couple hours is still crazy, but yeah, somewhere around 5-10 hours isn't abnormal.

Well Picasso practiced for decades so he can create a 1hr masterpiece

@@andrewkorpesho This is very true.. especially if you already have a melody that's been playing in your head for days..

That would really be missing the point. A quartet maybe.

@@distortingjack sure I guess. I just think it could be super creative.

Nah it’s be fucking sick

It'd be sick

With the Colorado symphony at Red Rocks. Let's make it happen!

He figured out the way to beat the system, the right way

Which makes a hell of a lot of sense.

This doesn't always work because a lot of the time with the big label artists they don't own the masters which is what is being flagged.

Don Felder got taken down on his own video showing how to play Hotel California

YT got some stuff ... in germany is a youtuber who got his subscribtion button stolen on the way to one million so he cant get bigger xD meanwhile hes above 1 million .. but if youtube said ur opinion is wrong xD

😂 perfect

This comment should be the Heisenberg level of this video’s comment section. High in the viralsphere. For real yo.

​@@jessepinkman7349 I think there's a certain amount of uncertainty regarding your comment. 😉

Rick Beato to Ric Flair with the wooo

@@adrianrodrigues1402 I see what you did there. LOL

one per minute by my count...

😂

Most I've heard in one Beato video. And an "Ohhh!" thrown in toward the end as the cherry on top!

That is true, a lot of Rick Audience, not to call them old but maybe they aren't up to date on new words so it was a nice touch from Rick to do that

@@Leo-fq3sx "not to call them old" = old

my concern would be more that folks don't know any other word for it anymore ;)

@@Leo-fq3sx it's true. I'm old.

Yeah that was a good touch

I’m jealous that you get these original tracking dealios and get to separate the sounds individually….!!!

And that's Rick flexin no us...

my god that pearl blue with rosewood neck combo is just insane

It had me pretty distracted for a minute there

Imma need more than a minute.

Dude I know! Someone call Paul, and beg him to send another lol

So wholesome. 💜

gober?

That's awesome.

Which Clay tho?

@@sheikhk.s.sarian2594 he mentioned all so ig both

I hate digital noise floor edits.

@@Phaseish Hmmm.

What happens at 1:10, though? (1:11)

fuck it, the humbuckers that hum

I thought it was problem with the capture from Tim's original "making of" video?

I was gonna point this out too but I'm glad someone else caught it! I listen to a bunch of Y2K and hear that sound so much :P

It’s also the sound of a loon. A loon is a duck-like bird that’s native to Canada, and their cry sounds exactly like that.

I freaked when i first heard GOAT. I’m basic, so i knew Y2K from bbno$ and Yung Gravy. When i heard his tag on GOAT, i instantly fled to google to look up the credits for the song. lol

@@ripperplaysclon152 Yeah, the loon sound. Also used in every movie ever when they want to give you this outside, somewhat lonely to scary feeling. Dunno if it's a good idea to use such a commonly (or even overused) sound as a producer tag.

@@Zackebuh it's either that or his "Y2K, BIAAAAATCH" tag, I much prefer the loon myself 😂

Check out their catalogue, it's all insanely impressive. I recommend O.D., a song on the same album as this one.

I recommend listening their album new levels new devils. And also each album they released could be a genre of its own, so if you can listen to them aswell :)

Check out a track called "James Franco", it's low-key brilliant with an unreal solo.

@@ctrlaltdylan I've always liked that one the most. I know it's old polyphia now they have this clean shred thing but it's such a groove.

@Peta peTa you should add why its the best tho. for me, Every album is the best because they are very different to each other.

And it's not even their hardest riff. Polyphia is wild

only a master of evil, Darth.....

@@divdav08 *chuckles in Nasty*

@@russellzauner Nasty is easier than GOAT imo. The Jason Richardson solo on the other hand....

@Rhystic Studies I love ur videos!

This hahahaha

studio monitors ftw lol

I'm listening on a high end headphone rig and didn't hear it either. Thanks, RU-vid compression!

Preach.

I was listening on my phone. 😂

Lol me on my iPhone

Lmfaoo Ric Flair. Good one, bro

That made me legit laugh out loud hahaha

Hahahahaha

Wooooo!

This made me LOL for real. Hilarious!

...and if you DO write the beat into a sequencer, then listen and edit each section to ensure accents, fills and emphasis are appropriate as the track progresses, just as IF it were a 'real' drummer playing from start to finish.

I mean not that it doesn’t have its’s place in music. But yea I agree.

That sound sucks. Modern music is straight trash.

@@harrysachs2274 wdym. it's sound good in this context.

@@harrysachs2274 LOL imagine making a spoof account on fucking youtube so you can say mean things without any fear of reprisal. Get a life dude!

definitely breaking the boomer stereotype, I'm glad he's branching out.

Rick is so cool. Very seldom has anything bad to say about music,always encouraging and awesome

Glad he’s hanging out with us young folks! 😉

What's cool is that Rick reads the comments the guitarist has been commenting for awhile.....

He always positive, and he knows what he's talking about. That's all you need for access to just about anyone in the industry.

Hell yeah. I am late to the Polyphia party, I found Tim Henson in Jared Dines' shred compilation III and then went in and devoured what I could find. That run of Davie504 into Tim into Ichika Nito and then Tobin Abasi, I think? So much talent and uniqueness in one small section of a video.

I feel that way about Opeth. I like it all :)

for real their early stuff was extremely boring cookie cutter bs

To be fully honest with you, I disliked their first EP after the change quite a lot, but they released very nice stuff after a while starting from "The Most Hated" and beyond. They matured it and it became very nice.

His Jared Dines riff is one of my favorite

Even the song name is the ultimate flex

I think it's horrible...I bought this...the NEXT BIG THING...that nasal tone and spastic showing off.

@@dragonpundit.6443 neat

@@dragonpundit.6443 Next big things always come along with their own meme like " flex."

@@dragonpundit.6443 that’s just like.... your opinion, Man

i honestly dislike everything they've done, the only thing i like about it is the drums. Its just "show-off" music, which is just unintereating to me, because it feels like it says nothing interesting.

@@TheRealSplexy why are you watching this then? Unless you want a professional opinion from Rick about a band, which you clearly lack the capacity to undrstand and appreciate.

Same here man , my brain literally explodes everytime I hear them due to their awesomeness. They are something else

@@TheRealSplexy ur entitled to ur opinion but im entitled to mine that ur just wrong

@@NexusGideon My opinion is that u You are absolutely right

Yep. I'm in my late 60's and recognise this as supreme musicianship/composition/production. I'll catch their other work.

I discovered periphery thanks to Rick

I'm 40 and this is the first time I've ever heard of this band. Feels like the time I discovered Pink Floyd. I can't wait to check out all of their music.

@@tk20channel They have some really cool stuff. Might want to also check out animals as leaders

All technicality, zero soul. This music is empty and heartless. It stinks.

Extremely underrated comment

Turns out Rick is a whoo girl...... Never would have guessed it.

Got an idea for a drinking game

"Whoo!"

I was thinking the same thing!

Into unlistenable garbage. I don't know about this Beato guy.

@@harrysachs2274 ?

@@IgnacioCentu96 listen man, his name is Harry Sachs. That's either a dead give away to his trolling intentions or an unfortunate name to say the least.

@@harrysachs2274 you must be either trolling or a cranky geezer

@@august-lemon9244 the latter.

Reminds me of all the dropped jaws in the early 70s watching KC. Whole lotta How does he do that??

They're so different from the rest of the "Hype bullshit" young musicians. The depth of talent and total lack of ego in these guys despite their age blows my mind...

Maturity? I got the total opposite impression

@@raynman6466 why do you feel that way? I agree with Benny, I also think the composition is masterfully done.

They’ve grown a lot as a band. Their earlier stuff is way busier and shreddy. With their new stuff they’ve definitely prioritized the song over just flexing the entire time.

I’ve felt the same way since they released Renaissance. People look at their marketing or image and don’t use their ears. These guys have changed the game and their influence is already noticeable. Breaking out of boxes

Not too many people realize that the rests are just as important as the notes!

That would be awesome. My favourite band ever

Yeeeeees! 🙏🏻

Yes please ! The sky is red !!

Polyphia is like the progressive version of Pop guitar music. Prog pop?

DT? 6:00 That intro roll.....

Been waiting on Octavarium for like 4 years now😂😂

@@martinpaddle kinda of get annoyed when people say this. Improvising can occur in lots of different genres. Jazz also has pretty specific harmonic language and sound. Something otherwise would be classified as jazz influenced

@@martinpaddle listen to 40Oz by these guys and tell me there's no jazz influence in there

My thoughts exactly haha

Indeed.

Minnesota guy right here! The Loon is our state bird (duck, sure, but a bird none the less and a beautiful one).

Common Loon or Great Northern Diver - it occurs right around the northern hemisphere, giving that haunting cry across the lakes and fjords where it makes its home.

I find it very weird that no one in the comments is pointing it out to Rick that it's the producer tag for Y2K, who's been on a lot of their songs.

It'd work well in a Trap track

That would be epic.

Just put the Whoos into the break from Perfect Pillow by CHON!!

@@nunolance23 that could work well too lol

"Soulless Super-Shredders" xD I'm borrowing that word. Gonna call all attention-seeking shredders only showing off and not true to music "Soulless Super-Shredders" from now on.

I didn’t like them at first, but now they are my all-time favorite band. There music just stuck with me. I think the most hated album was a good gateway into their music.

Felt the same way. I was like "Wow theyre incredible but idk if I can listen to a bunch of guys flipping through their catalog of shredology like OG DreamTheatre". Then RU-vid brought Playing God back onto my feed, I gave it another listen and I was hooked.

I'm not sure if G.O.A.T is considered jazz in any way, but I agree that those guys are monsters on their instruments

Sure did.

Before i forget also set this bar very high;) especially drum parts

Good eye

Happened to me, too, when first time listening to it. And then repeatedly again, in the last 100 or so times… 😂

😂

Haven't heard of Covet. Now I have. Thank you!

I'll second that. Yvette rocks man.

Another +1 for Rick interviewing Yvette Young

And viceversa: the space that guitars leave for those drum and bass is perfect.

One of the greatest lessons I ever learned (and am still learning) is _restraint!_ Sometimes the best note for the moment is a REST! As you say, this song's exploration of space...specifically _making_ room for each other to shine...is just brilliant!!!

Agreed! My favorite combo

I think this is what really makes a prog song, when it's not just complex, but also catchy enough that can be appreciated by all kinds of people.

my fav song from them

@@terran236 Of course, Nick Johnson’s part in that is great too

I agree. What's the point of a super technical song if it doesn't sound good?

You mean the silence parts but yes

@@asant90 I mean the intentional use of space. Rests, if you want to get more technical in musical terminology 🙄 IDK why people have to be so argumentative and nitpicky online. But I said what I meant. Victor Wooten wrote about it in his book The Music Lesson, and it's a great yet fairly underutilized musical tool.

nah space was the right way to put it, because space specifically exists to contrast something taking up that space

@@lt3880 Exactly 💯

Also, space is used where Rick refers to implied chords. The riffs don't cover the entire arpeggio, just enough to give harmonic direction.

lol same

Hahaha same here

seriously!

Ohh my god so true

same

I personally don't know how tim crosses his legs😂😂 my balls hurt just looking at that🤣

what is a zoomer video?

The notes, melodies and chords don’t care what generation they’re from, it’s music. Not a bottle flip challenge.

No 🧢 this be so bussin 😳 Boutta return to monke 😎🥵

@@Jimb1264 Sheesh

@@Yonder. weak

And dubstep

I feel this about polyphia's recent stuff since I heard O.D. honestly, I love it.

He said the guitar is classical and Spanish mixed.

The bass playing too. Really cool stuff.

Check out Robert Svard's flamenco cover of GOAT, it's AMAZING and works so well!

Definitely not ignored now. It's crazy what's possible with bass music nowadays. Electronic musicians make all sorts of insane sounds with synthesized basses, I often wonder what would happen if one applied those techniques to bass guitar...

Yeah it’s becoming quite weird to listen to older stuff now that just doesn’t have any of this modern crazy low end dynamics - something like Prince sounds thin and anaemic af despite him being a sexy mf funk machine genius

people criticize trap music without realizing how much goes into the low end

@@RicardoLobomaulus TIL I'm an elevator.

@@RicardoLobomaulus Man what kind of lit ass elevators have you come across

yeah, definitely keep your mind closed to what's out there, that's good living

@@spikkelkip8128 fr, i want some of these elevators near me!

this is the goofiest insult dawg, they literally have one song that even remotely sounds like elevator music. if you don’t like instrumental music just say that lmao

Probably the most beautiful PRS I've ever seen that thing is gorgeous

Absolutely correct!

Have you heard Saucy yet?

Yes. So far I've listened to New Levels New Devils, Muse and The Most Hated ep. I think my favorite tracks so far are Sweet Tea, Champagne, Goose, Yas and OD

He never said he will :)

@@devincoder4927 You sound like an insufferable person

trust me even as an experience guitar player, this takes hours and hours and hours of practice bit by bit to play at that tempo cleanly

He comes from a different era of guitar playing where the way the polyphia guys play wasn’t even imaginable probably because the technology wasn’t created yet. The guitar nowadays with some of these new, young, guitarists who learned by writing music in DAW and then learning it , is like a completely new way of playing . Almost for the sake of executing rhythm, extreme octaves, fast runs, chords, and single lines simultaneously that can only be created in DAW which in turn affects how the guitar is approached for playing and creating. The guitar will probably head in that direction as polyphia are young guys who probably have a young audience and there are other guitarists, young, who play like them. Interesting point. Those guys can’t improvise for the life of them. Again, given their background with DAW probably because they listen to hip hop , dance, and metal, the guitar wasn’t showcased as it was in the seventies and eighties and even nineties as an instrument capable for solos. Polyphia guys come from electronic music. So they can’t improvise. There’s a video on RU-vid of them with Steve vai , Satriani, Gilbert , and Nita Strauss for Ibanez and they were all taking leads. Polyphia completely failed. But it’s easy to understand why when the guitar is a different tool in their hands based on technology and the more technology driven / computer made music they listen to.

@@LegatoStacatp polyphia basically creates a puzzle with their music. Very complicated, very intricate, but goes together one way. Improvisation is more of a tapestry, while can also be intricate, there's a lot more freedom for changing things. Both great in their own ways!

Listen to this song in full, then listen to their song OD. Incredible rhythm, riffing, and production.

@@Gruncival I'll try to do that!

And really, none of us can blame him.

Another song that has this is "Red Rubies" from the head in the clouds album from 88 rising

The bird in question is a common loon. We have so many in Canada, we put them on our currency 🙂

@@michaelcrawford5083 from my understanding he does like Meshuggah, Lamb of God & Gojira so that's enough for me. This is how he hooked me in watching his videos. Edit: I would love to see a what makes a great song featuring a Death Metal band such as Dying Fetus or Black Dahlia Murder, I love these bands

@breme I love tight instrumental and melodic in my metal thus said I always seen Tool as a grundge metal band, I would love to see them live but they are too mild and melancholic for my taste.

Cant stop spontaneous reactions ;)

cant blame him its a sick song :D !!! more WOOOOOOOHS :D

Laughed my ass off 😂

You profil picture reveals you are a man of culture as well cheers to you @ISAAKKUSH

@@marcelwernze2760 I hope someday I'll see "What makes Bloodmeat great" 😂