3 Songs with unique chord progressions

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David Bennett Piano

David Bennett Piano

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@DavidBennettPiano
@DavidBennettPiano Жыл бұрын
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@clarekuehn4372
@clarekuehn4372 Жыл бұрын
I believe the Beatles opened up these weird tone chord progression changes, even early on, by stretching the blues & after split. Is that true?
@clarekuehn4372
@clarekuehn4372 Жыл бұрын
I think Bowie's 3/4 bar is a consciously introduced emotional whiplash, energetic effect, and a hint that we are to wake up a bit from the hypnotic state of modal major-minor interchange.
@thesingingaccountant1
@thesingingaccountant1 Жыл бұрын
Just had a listen to Jeremy (can't think of many Musical Jeremys although beadle had great music knowledge) and it's really good,!! Bit of a gainsbourg vibe who is one of my heroes I'm writing songs about being a dad if anyone is interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/joGVZ5mOgpaErqMsi=UiAAdK6ZP3o0mqUK
@thesingingaccountant1
@thesingingaccountant1 Жыл бұрын
​@@clarekuehn4372get yourself the book songwriting secrets of the Beatles if you haven't already - it's amazing
@mikeprice25
@mikeprice25 Жыл бұрын
at 8:55 - You say logical predictable route and then I immediately realised the 'logical one' is Liability by Lorde, which means it's probably a chord progression you've covered in one of your videos 😀
@gonufc
@gonufc Жыл бұрын
You and Whose Army is a perfect example of how the instrument and how it is tuned/ set up/ played etc. can influence the composing itself. On a piano you don't see it but if you play those chords on guitar you can see exactly how it begun: it's just shifting down the frets rather than a conscious thought of what key it's in.
@ilialvov8142
@ilialvov8142 Жыл бұрын
One cool thing about the F Bb G C turn around in All The Young Dudes is that, while the chord jumps sound pretty random, it actually contains a climbing chromatic line A Bb B C! Quite fittingly for a turnaround, it "reverses" the otherwise descending movement in the chord progression.
@spelunkymonke
@spelunkymonke Жыл бұрын
I love Soundgarden so much! I didn't know that Black Hole Sun's chord progression was that unique
@rome8180
@rome8180 Жыл бұрын
It's one of the strangest and most creative popular songs ever written. That's why I don't get Soundgarden fans who bash the song.
@spelunkymonke
@spelunkymonke Жыл бұрын
@@rome8180 THERE ARE SOUNDGARDEN FANS WHO BASH BHS?! :'D
@dwftube
@dwftube Жыл бұрын
@@rome8180 That happens for a couple of reasons. 1) Fans of the band are irked by the fact that it's so popular and people only mention that song when the band name comes up with people who aren't real fans. 2) Died in the wool fans are often quite possessive and cliquey and don't like outsiders who haven't done their homework acting as thought they are fans because they know one song. To be fair, BHS isn't representative of most SG output, most of which is much heavier and far less accessible - even a cursory listen to their 'A-Sides' CD demonstrates that.
@fuckamericanidiot
@fuckamericanidiot Жыл бұрын
@@rome8180 Not a big fan of the chorus, love the verse though - very weird.
@fathuman
@fathuman Жыл бұрын
Its such a weird chord progression and yet the vocal melody sounds very smooth and natural over it. You'd expect a few odd notes in melody to accomodate the madness underneath but it sounds almost diatonic (though I doubt it is).
@althealligator1467
@althealligator1467 Жыл бұрын
I always love the First of October shirt. Literally can't wait until October.
@ademariojunior
@ademariojunior Жыл бұрын
I loved the fact that you mentioned Rick Beato and his different interpretation. You both enhanced my rhythmic and harmonic knowledge. Thank you both.
@youzoid
@youzoid Жыл бұрын
The All The Young Dudes chords remind me of another great bowie progression - the chorus of Quicksand. That one’s definitely worthy of a musical investigation, too.
@Nonononowwe
@Nonononowwe Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of whatever by oasis cant remember which part
@elliottcovert3796
@elliottcovert3796 Жыл бұрын
Bowie recorded a demo of Quicksand called Divine Symmetry. It's just him sining with an acoustic guitar. It sounds way better than the album version IMO.
@HannahRainbow88
@HannahRainbow88 Жыл бұрын
​@@elliottcovert3796going to look that up now 🤩 thank you!
@willemdefoie
@willemdefoie Жыл бұрын
​@@NonononowweOasis' Stand by Me is a "homage" to Bowie, we could say.
@themoogle22
@themoogle22 Жыл бұрын
I'd have to include Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother in this. That song has a couple of unique chord progressions.
@ballefranz7059
@ballefranz7059 Жыл бұрын
I always thought that was composed by someone else...
@themoogle22
@themoogle22 Жыл бұрын
@@ballefranz7059 It was Ron Geesin who wrote the wild chord progressions, but it was for Pink Floyd and he's credited on the album so I'd say it still counts.
@PatioRS
@PatioRS Жыл бұрын
i'm fairly sure it's Pink Floyd's progression. Ron Geesin came up with the brass orchestration and choral arrangement, no?
@themoogle22
@themoogle22 Жыл бұрын
@@PatioRS yes, that will be right enough, they were performing a non orchestral version for a while before getting Ron involved.
@carlolaison
@carlolaison Жыл бұрын
Yes, I was just about to comment that
@ernestguinovart1651
@ernestguinovart1651 Жыл бұрын
Soundgarden, Radiohead and Bowie... not a coincidence that these monsters genius created such original songs. Nobody progress (sings) like you anymore ! 😉 You nailed it @DavidBennetPiano 💪
@reversefulfillment9189
@reversefulfillment9189 Жыл бұрын
I think the band XTC always had some really unique chord progressions. One of my fave bands. Andy is still at it with some new stuff thats just as wild.
@dixonnacey7099
@dixonnacey7099 Жыл бұрын
Making plans for Nigel; killer progression!
@peterbadore1338
@peterbadore1338 Жыл бұрын
Good point. There's an interview where he shows a few examples of how bands who cover his songs get the occasional chord wrong. Those quirky chords are the main contributor to their unique style, especially in their early records. Here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnrZioepjdWFhKM And here are two others on his style: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWephn6ZeLVqmqM kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWephn6ZeLVqmqM
@Igor_Vinicius
@Igor_Vinicius Жыл бұрын
"Pink Thing", for example.
@beatxt
@beatxt Жыл бұрын
As demonstrated in Andy's recent in-depth songwriting KZbin interviews with Chanan Hanspal. See also many of the songs by the original 10CC/Godley&Creme and even Madness.
@akeithing1841
@akeithing1841 Жыл бұрын
Just getting into them and yes! The Beatles, Elliott Smith, and Radiohead have been my biggest influences and woh now XTC! Better late than never
@natepolidoro4565
@natepolidoro4565 Жыл бұрын
You should do a video on Chris Cornell's first solo album: Euphoria Mourning. It is a very harmonically complex album.
@terryenglish7132
@terryenglish7132 Жыл бұрын
@Luke5100 Tim or Jeff ?
@1macirone
@1macirone Жыл бұрын
@@terryenglish7132 Jeff
@alcibi
@alcibi Жыл бұрын
Sure. About That, Im currently very addicted to Alains Johansen. Do anyone here do follow his career? Salute to you all!
@paullackey8813
@paullackey8813 Жыл бұрын
Yes please. My favorite is "Pillow of your bones". I'm not good enough at music theory to analyze it.
@paullackey8813
@paullackey8813 Жыл бұрын
​@@terryenglish7132Jeff.
@GiovanMedrano
@GiovanMedrano Жыл бұрын
When I read the title and saw Bowie's picture, I thought for sure one of them would be Life on Mars. That song has amazing chord progressions I have not heard elsewhere. Specifically, the chord changes from line "But the film is a saddening bore" to "Sailors fighting in the dance hall..."
@ernestguinovart1651
@ernestguinovart1651 Жыл бұрын
Ashes to Ashes too
@dariovega9772
@dariovega9772 Жыл бұрын
Life on Mars is based on the chords of My Way, so it's not that unique
@ZeusKingOfAllGods
@ZeusKingOfAllGods Жыл бұрын
​@@ernestguinovart1651have you ever heard Scott Weiland cover Ashes to Ashes? I went down a Weiland cover song rabbit hole and this song was phenomenal.
@niemann3942
@niemann3942 Жыл бұрын
@@dariovega9772 Well, the first few chords of "My Way" ... he used them as a starting point, but then took it in his own unexpected direction.
@ernestguinovart1651
@ernestguinovart1651 Жыл бұрын
@@ZeusKingOfAllGods Thanks for the suggestion, I will look for it right away!
@wouterdesmedt1736
@wouterdesmedt1736 Жыл бұрын
That Radiohead progression sounded so familiar to my ears, and after some wracking I remembered where I heard it before. Check out the song Message personnel by Francoise Hardy, written by Michel Berger. The first six chords use the same progression.
@jamesallan5914
@jamesallan5914 Жыл бұрын
I remember an interview with Rick Wakeman enthusing about the song 'Life of Mars' (which he played piano on as a pre-Yes gig), where he explained how it had a really unexpected chord progression, which spoke to Bowie's genius as a songwriter.
@cjlister8508
@cjlister8508 Жыл бұрын
I love that you are wearing a First of October Tee. Amazing band.
@willsimone1346
@willsimone1346 Жыл бұрын
As a guitar player, I love these videos. Really expands my knowledge in a way most guitar channels don’t, probably cause you don’t show the guitar shapes and I actually have to figure it out. Nice work
@sudhirchoudhary4823
@sudhirchoudhary4823 Жыл бұрын
This guys is making such great videos which are taught at music schools with such high fees🙏
@R.Akerman-oz1tf
@R.Akerman-oz1tf Жыл бұрын
Just Golden (tho I retain little afterwards)!
@alessandrosummer
@alessandrosummer Жыл бұрын
So glad you included my suggestion of Black Hole Sun in this video 😍😍
@phatato
@phatato Жыл бұрын
Your explanation of all the young dudes is definitely more sound and robust than the other guy's. Thanks for being thorough and thoughtful!
@salutcmoi2287
@salutcmoi2287 Жыл бұрын
Radiohead's one is very similar to a French song, called "Message Personnel" written by Michel Berger and performed by Françoise Hardy
@christianf9865
@christianf9865 Жыл бұрын
Yes ! That literally struck my mind (or my ear) at once when I heard this progression, so glad you pointed it out 😊
@alexmarquis5794
@alexmarquis5794 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Was thinking the exact same. And the Berger/Hardy song was released in 1973, almost a quarter of a century before the Radiohead one.
@olivierg5447
@olivierg5447 Жыл бұрын
I was about to post the same thing !
@davidmcauliffe8692
@davidmcauliffe8692 Жыл бұрын
Radiohead borrowing somebody else's song for their chord progression?
@Atlas65
@Atlas65 Жыл бұрын
@@davidmcauliffe8692 Who is your favourite artist or band. I am sure I can give you an example where they are are doing the same.
@LohPro
@LohPro Жыл бұрын
sometimes we like to make things more complicated than they actually are. it takes a great mind like David's to help bring things back around. always look forward to your uploads bro!!
@forkdoran
@forkdoran Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video like this but only with Cardiacs songs. Their discography is a treasure trove of unique chord progressions.
@IfUfindthisURlost
@IfUfindthisURlost Жыл бұрын
Yes, and timing changes!
@Testgeraeusch
@Testgeraeusch Жыл бұрын
Around 2012 I was fascinated with progressions where one note moves only by a semitone such as the loop cm, E, am, fm The walk is g - g# - a - ab and i loved the fact that the note between g and a was once used as a g# and once as ab in the very same progression. Writing a melody around that was a bit challenging (i think my friend wrote most of that back then), but it was one of the very first songs we did (and uploaded years later). I liked to think about these chords as being voiced for a choir an as many voices as possible should have to sing mostly semitone scales; that was the challenge for me.
@christiandady2581
@christiandady2581 Жыл бұрын
The opening chord progression in Sting's "Hounds Of Winter" have always sounds has always sounds very unique to me.
@david_ii11
@david_ii11 Жыл бұрын
I made a Spotify playlist called "Unusual chord progressions" which is just what it says. Some of the more well-known songs on the list: Hello it's me (Todd Rundgren), Bel Air (Lana Del Rey), Nakamarra (Hiatus Kaiyote), Golden lady (Stevie Wonder), Shinunoga e-wa (Fujii Kaze), Like a star (Corinne Bailey Rae)
@julianbugbee
@julianbugbee Жыл бұрын
Todd Rundgren’s music has some of the most brilliant and unique harmony I’ve ever heard. The changes to his song “Be Nice To Me” are incredible and very unique.
@sinatra222
@sinatra222 10 ай бұрын
The backstory behind 'All The Young Dudes' is incredible, and a testament to Bowie's genius. (From Wikipedia) By 1972, Mott the Hoople were on the verge of splitting up. Having been together for three years, the band had released four well-received albums and developed a small loyal following but had failed to garner commercial success. An appearance on the BBC television programme Top of the Pops in late 1971 was not enough to push their recent single "Midnight Lady" onto the charts. The band had also finished a tour which left them financially unstable. On 4 February 1972, David Bowie sent the band a demo of "Suffragette City" in hopes they would record it. The band played it and believed it did not fit their style. Bassist Pete Watts contacted Bowie in late March 1972 and politely rejected it, stating the band broke up. Upon learning this, Bowie contacted Watts back *two hours later* and said: "I've written a song for you *since we spoke* , which could be great." That song was All The Young Dudes.
@gautamv952
@gautamv952 Жыл бұрын
Back in the day when I had no idea about music theory, I always had a hunch that Black Hole Sun was a unique song in the way it sounded. Thanks for confirming that for me and after watching this video, I can now appreciate that the unique chord progression in this beautiful song is *exactly* the reason why it is so special.
@marianopie3785
@marianopie3785 Жыл бұрын
Please do more analysis of Bowie songs. They're incredibly creative. All the young dudes, Life on mars, Ashes to ashes... They have very interesting proggresions
@Poetslove
@Poetslove Жыл бұрын
Great video as always David. All the young dudes has to be one of the best chorus' ever! just amazing.
@ckhome8907
@ckhome8907 Жыл бұрын
David Bowie's songs have so much chords....One of my favourite: Memory of a Free Festival
@althealligator1467
@althealligator1467 Жыл бұрын
Another great one among many by Radiohead is just... Just. Every section of that song has a completely unique chord progression. The intro goes C, Eb, D, F which is I, bIII, II, IV over which they play an ascending octatonic scale, even though those chords don't fit within that scale. Then the verse goes Am, Ab, Eb, F Am, Ab, Eb, Bb Am, Ab, G, F#(#4), F which is vi, bVI, bIII, IV vi, bVI, bIII, bVII vi, bVI, V, #IV(#4), IV Then the chorus goes C, Gb7, F which is I, bV7, IV The only other song that I know that uses that progression from the chorus of Just is Rockaway by Joshua Lee Turner. I know David likes him. He plays in D major, but keeping the F# over all three chords, such that you get D, Ab7, Gmaj7.
@thesingingaccountant1
@thesingingaccountant1 Жыл бұрын
Not a Radiohead fan but that song is Great, had it on a shine cd back in the day
@Shoeg4zer
@Shoeg4zer Жыл бұрын
If another song uses the progression, it isn't unique. It may be uncommon, but not singular.
@althealligator1467
@althealligator1467 Жыл бұрын
@@Shoeg4zer I only found another song with the chorus progression consisting of three chords, not the rest of the song. Pretty safe yo say the song "has a unique progression."
@ladystaaardust
@ladystaaardust 3 ай бұрын
all the young dudes brought back some wild memories
@kenroy916
@kenroy916 Жыл бұрын
Incredible video David! I would LOVE for a unique chord progression series! Common chord progressions are all well and good, but the ones that are unique are far more interesting! ❤
@dashdrum-again
@dashdrum-again Жыл бұрын
Squeeze also features interesting bass notes that are often not on the root.
@spindriftdrinker
@spindriftdrinker Жыл бұрын
Steely Dan has so many songs with unique chord progressions - it would tough to even list five percent of them. If you consider an album like "Aja" - Pretty much every song on it has a unique chord progression. The Title track, Black Cow, Deacon Blues - everything on there.
@djbrady
@djbrady Жыл бұрын
The end of All the young dudes makes sense when you consider that Bowie wrote mostly on guitar. There’s a geometry to the chord movements that he uses in other songs, and if you think of F as the temporary tonic then it’s I IV II V. Bowie also loved Lennon, and Lennon often had a healthy disregard for bar lengths, eg All you need is love.
@CUSELİSFAN
@CUSELİSFAN Жыл бұрын
Only A Northern Song! That one has some weird chords intentionally.
@TigerRogers0660
@TigerRogers0660 Жыл бұрын
Another great video David!!
@DavidBennettPiano
@DavidBennettPiano Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lakrids-pibe
@lakrids-pibe Жыл бұрын
Interesting sponsor. I definitely paid more attention than I usually do to sponsor messages. And I do like me some indie. Perfect!
@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549
@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549 Жыл бұрын
In “Black Hole Sun” is the Ab just a tritone substitute for the V in G (D).. Black Hole Sun is my favorite Soundgarden song.
@joseaugustolemos8353
@joseaugustolemos8353 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great, highly instructive video! Speaking of BOWIE, a special request from Brazil: please do a breakdown of Mike Garson’s PIANO in “Aladdin Sane".
@HannahRainbow88
@HannahRainbow88 Жыл бұрын
My favourite version of Aladdin Sane was him and Gail Ann Dorsey duetting it live, with his guitarist using a piano-like effect 🎶🥰🎶
@HannahRainbow88
@HannahRainbow88 Жыл бұрын
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@MattCrawley_Music
@MattCrawley_Music Жыл бұрын
The 3/4 bar in The bowie song also has ascending notes A Bb B then goes to C which feels like a nice movement
@justintroyka8855
@justintroyka8855 Жыл бұрын
These chord sequences are so cool! In "All the Young Dudes", to my ears it sounds like the second half is in F major, with lots of chords from Mixolydian.
@davebowman6497
@davebowman6497 Жыл бұрын
On the 3/4 F Bb G turnaround: More by accident or totally intentional matters little, but I hope it was at least partly intentional. What such a thing does to me is to introduce something that wants to resolve, both rythmically and harmonically, much stronger than a 4/4 would. It sort of introduces rythmical tension, but until you pointed it out here I've never consciously noticed - and ive listened to this song for 50 odd years. Re Mott v/s Bowie I'm on the fence, but grew up with the Mott version so leaning towards that. What a band they where! But _it's getting a wee bit nippy of late_ so I'll stop typing after this.. (A-one two three four..)
@SedAllea
@SedAllea Жыл бұрын
The first of October t-shirt was my favorite part of the video and Soundgarden is my favorite band.
@natewebb8106
@natewebb8106 Жыл бұрын
Digging the sponsored artist, really cool that you do this with your channel. Mad respect for real 👍
@ozhalljr
@ozhalljr Жыл бұрын
David, you knocked it out of the park again! thx
@user-vk4si5ef9h
@user-vk4si5ef9h Жыл бұрын
Just to say really enjoyed the more advanced stuff about soundgarden! Really enjoy your stuff when it comes out. I was wondering if you’ve considered doing some really quite deep dives into songs and how the theory conveys the emotions and re enforces their themes? Would love to see stuff like that, like those chord progression videos on three rounds of steroids. Your modal brightness video for example was quite close, I really liked the way you explained stuff in that in an accessible way but the topic had great depth. Either way, thanks for the videos and doing what you’re doing. I’ve learned a lot from them :)!
@Andrew_M_Ward
@Andrew_M_Ward Жыл бұрын
Agreed, I've been playing this song for my entire life and I've always considered it a Major/Minor walk down with a nifty turnaround
@johnqpublic4662
@johnqpublic4662 Жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely right about the parallel minor.
@robinmartini7968
@robinmartini7968 Жыл бұрын
Once again a fascinating analysis of some great songs. Surely though in terms of unusual pop chord progressions Squeeze are absolute masters. I'd love to hear your analysis of some of their songs - I find them both beautiful and very interesting.
@mattjohnson788
@mattjohnson788 Жыл бұрын
I'm going out on a limb here to say the Radiohead chord progression is one of economy. Its E and Am shaped bar chords on guitar (open E & A). Nice to play and an example of 'if it sounds good, it is good'.
@LxE9799
@LxE9799 Жыл бұрын
The cool thing about music theory is that you can analyze, in a really nerdy way, things that we're probably done completely without even thinking of the theory behind them
@mattjohnson788
@mattjohnson788 Жыл бұрын
@@LxE9799 yep, I completely agree.
@body-horrorragdolls1826
@body-horrorragdolls1826 Жыл бұрын
​@@LxE9799I disagree. It might appear that way but on this record Radiohead were donning and conscious jazz influence. Most apparent on the closing number. I have no doubt Jonny Greenwood was studying the 'Coltrane changes' (a succession of 2-5-1s where the last chord in each progression acts as the 2 in the new key) and wrote the song around them. Keep in mind this was also one of the few records where radiohead used session musicians as well as just members of the band.
@LxE9799
@LxE9799 Жыл бұрын
@@body-horrorragdolls1826 we can never know, that's the beauty of it :)
@Chadner
@Chadner Жыл бұрын
The outro to Sir Psycho Sexy has a very interesting chord progression.
@natemendsen1629
@natemendsen1629 Жыл бұрын
Man I was wondering if anyone would say it..The Blackhole Sun song has similar movement in places.
@BahamutBreaker
@BahamutBreaker Жыл бұрын
A lot of memorable rock music came from the early 1990’s, but Black Hole Sun is the one song that really stands out, for several reasons. It is a remarkably unique piece, as highlighted by the chord analysis in this video. Additionally, it’s the song that unifies so many sub-genres of 20th century rock - 60’s pop, 70’s classic, 80’s metal, and 90’s alternative. The original recording is iconic, but I think one can’t really appreciate the unique excellence of Black Hole Sun until you listen to Cornell’s solo acoustic performance.
@eiredes666
@eiredes666 7 ай бұрын
Man, Your videos, I love them!
@rome8180
@rome8180 Жыл бұрын
I love a bizarre chord progression. I especially love it when an artist can use the singing melody to make the bizarre chord progression sound "normal." There's something about the combination of catchiness and surprise that just does it for me every time. I actually have a whole Spotify playlist of songs that do this. I would love to see you do a whole series of videos analyzing strange chord progressions in popular songs and why they work. Just a few hit songs that come to mind: Nirvana - Lithium Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Prince - Under the Cherry Moon And those are just popular songs by popular artists I named. If you got into more indie music by Elliott Smith, Jellyfish, Speedy Ortiz, Mr. Bungle, Self, Bill Wurtz, etc. the possibilities are endless.
@DanThomasUK
@DanThomasUK Жыл бұрын
God Only Knows would be a good candidate for this
@unacuentadeyoutube13
@unacuentadeyoutube13 Жыл бұрын
​@@DanThomasUKtrue, I think David has talked about it earlier though
@l3dz3bra66
@l3dz3bra66 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reminding me of pulling mussels!
@thesingingaccountant1
@thesingingaccountant1 Жыл бұрын
Nice please share the playlist
@BZB33
@BZB33 Жыл бұрын
Smooth voice leading between chords is pulling the most weight in making the progression work well rather than the melody.
@michaelharris2101
@michaelharris2101 Жыл бұрын
There's an absolute treasure trove of weird and wonderful chord patterns and incredible time and key changes and modulations in Cardiacs' music. Check out the 1995 double album Sing To God, particularly "Bellyeye", "Dog Like Sparky", "Manhoo" and "Dirty Boy." The last one in particular is an epic work of mad genius.
@andrewcass9177
@andrewcass9177 Жыл бұрын
Inspired me to come up with a unique chord progression inspired by the movements in the Bowie song! Thanks! :D
@slidenaway
@slidenaway Жыл бұрын
Wowow what a cool video idea. Awesome songs too!
@willemdefoie
@willemdefoie Жыл бұрын
Another Chris' song with a unique progression is Preaching the End of the World. Great video!
@MichaelSundberg
@MichaelSundberg Жыл бұрын
Great video. You’ve really delved deep into the place where lyrics accompanied by the right music convey expressions of feelings without necessarily making sense. I believe a writer should never have to explain his lyric’s because it’s there for self interpretation. Like the writer describing life from an ant’s viewpoint and realizing the commonalities with the human experience. If one doesn’t pick up on the writer’s intention, oh well. There still is something beautiful there that waits to be discovered by someone at some point.
@MOSMASTERING
@MOSMASTERING Жыл бұрын
Wow.. All songs I love for their uniqueness. Now I know why!
@MultiBinc
@MultiBinc Жыл бұрын
The first three chords of "All the Young Dudes" remind me "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.
@mrnelsonius5631
@mrnelsonius5631 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always heard “All The Young Dudes” as a parallel minor thing. I’m so glad you broke it down because the second half just sounds minor to me. The mood shifts dramatically at Gm which makes that final 3/4 journey back to Major so epically satisfying :)
@Lyvey
@Lyvey Жыл бұрын
i'd love to see you do a video going into real deep depth of all the chord functions, how theyre notated and how you know which chords are what function from a certain tonic note
@IsisFernandaM
@IsisFernandaM Жыл бұрын
Hi, David! Come to Brazil, i love your channel
@love-xi5un
@love-xi5un Жыл бұрын
First of october shirt, you just gained my respect sir
@dennmillsch
@dennmillsch Жыл бұрын
I also note that the chord progression in the Radiohead song also can be thought of as going around the circle of 4ths for 7 chords but not the 8th chord.
@jmar4403
@jmar4403 Жыл бұрын
Hi David. Great video as always. In All the Young Dudes the second section beginning in Gm is definitely a key change, though more of what I call a "phantom" key change, where it makes more sense to maintain the dominant key and employ accidentals to handle the phantom key change, in this case, Bb. The second section is also a hybrid progression that includes chords from both the key of C and Bb, which is why the G at the end works so well to resolve back to C.
@Divuar
@Divuar Жыл бұрын
I've just discovered your channel and your content is amazing. Thanks!!
@whimbrella
@whimbrella Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insightful analysis! You and Whose Army? is one of my favourites to sing and play, but I didn’t know the name of the jazz technique :D I think the band Everything Everything has some fairly unique chord progressions - their songs Qwerty Finger, Photoshop Handsome, and Luddites & Lambs come to mind, I’d love to see you analyse some of their work :)
@lonelyjames2785
@lonelyjames2785 Жыл бұрын
I’m loving that first of October t shirt
@arnauorengoguardiola1616
@arnauorengoguardiola1616 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Every once in a while I stumble upon super special chord progressions that I'm pretty sure that are unique... Here are a few examples: Genesis - Time Table Kansas - The Wall Dream Theater - Octavarium Muse - Knights of Cydonia Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
@doug_howe
@doug_howe Жыл бұрын
You and whose army has cool interval patterns. The ii V I pattern is an interesting assessment of the progression. Very neat. My mind looks at the chords this way. 1, 3, 5, 7 (ii, i, bvii, bVI)all fall back a whole step from one another. Chords 2, 4, 6 (V, IV, bIII) do the same as well. And chords 1- 7 are separated by consecutive 4ths. The 8th or last chord in the progression lands on the tonic. Very interesting starting on minor second (ii) and ending on the tonic. Radiohead is inspiring and are great musicians. Thanks for the video!
@WheezyLiam
@WheezyLiam Жыл бұрын
Dirty Boy by Cardiacs is a great song that feels like it changes key all the time like that Radiohead song.
@Lawproto90
@Lawproto90 11 ай бұрын
I think the verse of Absolute Beginners by David Bowie has a very unusual progression too. Very interesting video, btw!
@tomsaunders7055
@tomsaunders7055 Жыл бұрын
Was half expecting some Nik kershaw in here too! I’d love to see you break down The Riddle 👍
@nedim_guitar
@nedim_guitar Жыл бұрын
This is great stuff! I understand it, even though I haven't had any formal music training.
@parrisworld7837
@parrisworld7837 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video David, thanks a lot!
@petergaley314
@petergaley314 Жыл бұрын
I agree that the second half of ATYD feels more like a mode change than a modulation, though to me it's to the dorian rather than a mixture of major and minor. (Yes, I realise that sounds like splitting hairs). That three chord turnaround really has no business sounding as smooth as it does, Bowie really had a gift for making odd choices sound logical in the moment.
@skriisi
@skriisi Жыл бұрын
Bowie of the era did a lot of work around blending minor and major key. I suspect he was writing lot of hunky dory on piano, despite not being a trained pianist, and finding unconventional cool stuff with a kind of beginners open mind. Then Rick Wakeman pro played it on the album.. it's a lovely combination.
@Landmaaler
@Landmaaler Жыл бұрын
Wuthering Heights by the most wonderful Kate Bush - the chord progression shouldn't work as a number-one-in-the-charts-pop-song, but it bloody well does! Genius! (also, watch out for the 2/4 bar in the middle of the chorus - you don't notice it if you don't know it there)
@joermnyc
@joermnyc Жыл бұрын
Curious about the chord progression to “Carry the Zero” from Built to Spill, it’s Amaj7, E, B7, F#m, though at the end the song breaks down to just two bars of Amaj7 and two bars of E going in a loop. It’s fun to play on guitar because Amaj7 and B7 have the same chord shape, just one string lower.
@baxthered
@baxthered 10 ай бұрын
That's interwsting being sponsored by an artist rather than a corporation... I like it
@spodoinklehorse
@spodoinklehorse Жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff, as prr usual
@stephenmcg4299
@stephenmcg4299 Жыл бұрын
The Radiohead song that moves its ii-V-i chord progression in whole tone steps by having the i chord also having the functionality of the ii chord in the next round, ie having the pattern overlap, is reminiscent of a similar approach, using all major chords, in the outro of All Good People by Yes. The chord progression for the main part of the song is I-bVII-bVI- bIII-IV. In the outro, there is a descending sequence where the VI chord has the additional functionality of being the V chord for the next round. So, we have E-D-C-G-A then D-C-Bb-F-G, followed by C-Bb-Ab-Eb-F etc.
@robdooleyuk
@robdooleyuk Жыл бұрын
David Bowie's 'Move On' has a very similar chord progression to 'All The Young Dudes', but played backwards.
@LarkSist
@LarkSist Жыл бұрын
It IS All the young Dudes played backwards-...kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaLLp6CMe9mrhqs
@freddieboyle7848
@freddieboyle7848 Жыл бұрын
Coffee and TV would be a good chord progression to analyse
@DavidBennettPiano
@DavidBennettPiano Жыл бұрын
I love that song 🥰
@Zeta9966
@Zeta9966 Жыл бұрын
The effect of that progression in All The Young Dudes is REALLLY similar to Young Man, Old Man (You Ain’t Better Than The Rest) by The Dissociatives. I’d love to see your analysis of Daniel Johns’s works. He has some of the most unique chord progressions from the late 90s to now.
@niekenanja305
@niekenanja305 Жыл бұрын
I agree with Rick Beato. Consider the second line as a transpostion of the first line to Bb: [Bb Bbmaj7/A] Gm Gm7/F, but omit the first two chords. Next the (sub dominant) sequence Eb-Bb-F-C, only Bowie chooses not to go directly to C, but instead adds Bb and G.
@justinhall2871
@justinhall2871 Жыл бұрын
Wilco's song Hummingbird has a very unique meandering progression in the verse that modulates throughout the chorus into a new key which the second verse picks up in.
@eduardotrillo3519
@eduardotrillo3519 Жыл бұрын
thanks David!
@alexmalch
@alexmalch Жыл бұрын
Love the First of October shirt
@King4taday
@King4taday Жыл бұрын
Great video David. One of my all time favorite songs is Us and Them by Pink Floyd. I’m fairly certain that is a truly unique chord progression. A radio hit that contains a minor major 7th chord.
@MiguelM2011
@MiguelM2011 Жыл бұрын
About the Bowie example, while I do agree what happens is a modal interchange within C, i'm more inclined to say it switches to C Dorian because of the F major and consequent use of the natural 6th (A) instead of an Ab
@Cesar_Verlaine
@Cesar_Verlaine 11 ай бұрын
Julian Cope called that chord progression "The Glam Descend", to refer to those glam songs with said or similar progression, like All The Young Dudes, Metal Guru, Changes, Ballad of Maxwell Demon, TIme, etc.
@punkgift
@punkgift Жыл бұрын
I'm not much of a musician, but Heaven 17 always seemed to like messing around with unusual chord progressions. Come Live With Me springs to mind, also This Is Mine. I've also found it interesting how they manage to make the chorus of Temptation sound like it's constantly rising.
@1macirone
@1macirone Жыл бұрын
Great T-shirt!!!
@ranotraino
@ranotraino Жыл бұрын
Omg the First of October shirt goes hard
@doug6868
@doug6868 Жыл бұрын
Stevie Wonder is great for chord changes and harmonisation (mid 70s stuff)
@thesingingaccountant1
@thesingingaccountant1 Жыл бұрын
While being super catchy and poppy
@damienmcbain3600
@damienmcbain3600 Жыл бұрын
I was just last night listening to a live version of Black Hole Sun by Norah Jones. Bloody lovely!
@mrparry6028
@mrparry6028 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff - maybe I Am the Walrus is another candidate for uniqueness
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