A thing I like about Blur, that I haven't seen any other musical artist do, is that they not only include the lyrics to all the songs in the album booklet, but also the chords to the songs.
@eriktempelman209710 ай бұрын
And it seems this is no luxury 😅
@SpartanLaserCanon10 ай бұрын
That makes me think they are ok with people covering their songs unlike how some bands music gets taken down from KZbin or Twitch if you post a cover of one or more of their songs. The chord progression from the song featured on this video makes me think of some modern Jazz and Jazz Fusion for sure.
@lambda_a664710 ай бұрын
It's all Graham's idea, he writes in the chords in the album booklets, inspired by song books he would learn from as a kid
@lucianogoyenechea870410 ай бұрын
Only in the Brit Trilogy
@DanielS1029110 ай бұрын
Probably grahams idea, he learnt to play from songbooks, specifically the Beatles songbooks
@marshallgrey21599 ай бұрын
Bro played progression on piano and it started sounding like Radiohead
@_InTheBin9 ай бұрын
Exactly! I noticed it especially when he played the sequence from Fmaj7#11 to E and back again (5:46) which sounds totally Radiohead.
@stco24269 ай бұрын
I heard a little Pink Floyd in there, too.
@ellielovesbands9 ай бұрын
That and also it reminds me of Flamenco.
@_InTheBin9 ай бұрын
@@ellielovesbands ah really? Someone else mentioned the same already earlier. It's interesting, though, I'm not familiar with flamenco. However, checkout Pyramid Song from Radiohead 😉
@JayPhonomancer8 ай бұрын
This is a Graham Coxon song and I always think of him and Johnny Greenwood as being similar in ways as guitarists. I always think Coxon is somewhat underappreciated
@davidwalterhall10 ай бұрын
That Fmaj7#11 is a common flamenco chord, for the same reason, using open strings, and often resolves to E, or a version of it.
@thepostapocalyptictrio476210 ай бұрын
A very guitary chord. The cure use it frequently. On guitar x-x-3-0-0-1( or a close copy)
@captainskylight94210 ай бұрын
I was going to say this myself then saw your comment. To be fair… so is the G chord that precedes it. It’s like a fragment of the Andalusian cadence.
@IanBourneMusic9 ай бұрын
It's also a great chord to use to add a bit of "flavour" to FMaj7
@alexalves769 ай бұрын
Yes, this is only strange for non guitar players
@magicbeav8 ай бұрын
Yes, as in Supergrass’s She’s So Loose
@rodeofrancisco613010 ай бұрын
that Bb into Db is so sick
@clemlvn959810 ай бұрын
Chromatic mediant!
@actuallythepie10 ай бұрын
that plagal cadance from Aadd#9 to E 😩
@jroc220110 ай бұрын
Sick😊
@נועםדוד-י8ד10 ай бұрын
i think whats cool about it is that transition sounds minor but those are both major chords
@moe4567310 ай бұрын
I wish he'd explained how that Db works going back to the B, tho
@andrewsharpe476410 ай бұрын
So many great chord sequences courtesy of blur.
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
True!
@R.Akerman-oz1tf10 ай бұрын
@@DavidBennettPianoSo glad U covered Blur. Some refer to them, & I've never followed suit. Thnx David.
@ubuedro10 ай бұрын
Name like top 5 of your mind
@andrewsharpe476410 ай бұрын
End of a century, he thought of cars, chemical world, pressure on Julian and country sad ballad man
@walpolekidscomics87910 ай бұрын
Country sad ballad man, the narcissist, young and lovely, out of time
@tylerhayes166310 ай бұрын
So glad you did a video on this--I always loved that song and the roller-coaster chord progression
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
It’s one of my favourite Blur songs 😊
@dc-k486810 ай бұрын
The chord progression is certainly unusual but the "coffee and TV" video is in a surreal class of its own...
@gorgolyt10 ай бұрын
M I L K
@popefang9 ай бұрын
Its a fantastic video, and a fantastic song
@nacho77429 ай бұрын
Coffee and Tv sounds more similar to 90's Shibuya kei than Brit pop
@THE-rk3hx9 ай бұрын
@@gorgolyt S.O.D
@brownmoney279 ай бұрын
You saying the video is more impressive than the song?
@jboy933610 ай бұрын
Coxon is so humble he's a genious and he hasn't even realize he is
@GuyDude-hk8uy9 ай бұрын
I think you missed a bit of a trick regarding the logic behind the progression. It's very harmonic-sequence based: B - B - A - E G - F - Bb - Db It's perhaps not so obvious because the repeated B shifts the position by a bar, but the intervals are: B->A (whole step down), A->E (perfect fourth down) G->F (whole step down), F->Bb (perfect fourth up) Then, the Db -> B when the sequence repeats, is a minor third, just like the E -> G movement from the first section to the second, only it's a minor third downward rather than upward. The perfect fourth is also inverted in direction regarding A->E and F->Bb, but I believe the internal logic still prevails; from the F chord onwards, the sequence has been inverted, the same way you would a melody. Whenever I come across a progression that seems completely unamenable to tonal analysis, yet is still clearly derived from that tradition, looking for harmonic sequences or even just analyzing chords in groups of 2/3 that make for little "islands" of harmony, quite often leads to something that makes a lot of sense. In this case, though, I actually heard the harmonic sequences; perhaps not everyone hears it this way, though. So, in summary, I believe the progression "works" because it's comprised of harmonic sequences, which is somewhat obfuscated (or rather, made more interesting) by the fact that some intervals are inverted, and some chords are repeated.
@kriswright10 ай бұрын
Hey, two of my favorites: Blur and you breaking out chord progressions. Thanks, David!
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@gdub999tub.10 ай бұрын
Totally agree - Bennett and Blur: Sounds like a law firm, but this is way better!
@sushifanatic3710 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved this song and I know it’s because of how unique it sounds harmonically. Thanks for explaining why it “works”.
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
No worries 😊
@memetopiacoverup798010 ай бұрын
I remember when you included "Black Book" by Blur in one of your videos. So glad to see this great band being featured on your channel ! Also 13 is an amazing album with lots of masterpieces and original songs like this one, that's why it's my favourite ! Thank you for this video :)
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Blur are one of my favourites, but I do find them to be a little hit and miss sometimes. “13” for example features some fantastic songs like Coffee and Tv, Tender, no distance left to run, 1992… but then tracks like Bugman really do nothing for me.
@royalex2110 ай бұрын
What a coincidence! I was listening to this song on my way to work this morning and thought about you doing a video on this chord progression. It’s always been one of my favourite Blur songs ever and the progression has always fascinated me, especially when I tried to learn it on guitar
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@Beren032310 ай бұрын
My favorite Blur song, thanks for covering this one!
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
One of my favourites too 😊
@BonemBoy12210 ай бұрын
i can't understand why blur wasn't bigger in the US outside of song 2. so many amazing songs across so many fantastic albums. always loved this song, never realized how odd the chord progression actually is.
@ghostsharky10 ай бұрын
To many American ears, they were just *so* British, it was almost like Albarn was singing in a different language
@farflebfarfle10 ай бұрын
I felt kind of special bc I dug into their whole catalog when song 2 and beetlebum were popular. Very cool, very different pop sounds
@robertfoshizzle10 ай бұрын
American here who has LOVED Blur for decades. Always annoys me when I mention them to people and they only know Song 2 haha. Thank you for doing a video featuring them! Brilliant band.
@andersjjensen10 ай бұрын
That said the Song 2 "crash" is just such a grungy insta-hook that Bestie Boys hate themselves for not coming up with it.
@marcovanloon267210 ай бұрын
Thanks for this one! I always wondered what the chord progressions of this song were. Coxon did a great job. I also love his songs with The Waeve.
@titanicsinclair10 ай бұрын
This song has inspired dozens of songs I’ve written over the years. It’s brilliant.
@adrianhepton936210 ай бұрын
Some of David Bowie's unusual chords can be explained by slight variations on guitar chords where for example you take one finger off a standard chord.
@gabbleratchet189010 ай бұрын
Pretty much this. The Fmaj7 #11 is just an F major barre chord with the E and B strings left open.
@badgasaurus421110 ай бұрын
It’s basically the cheat code to interesting chords
@alexneill833810 ай бұрын
The opening chords of Starman is (I think) a Bbadd9/A, which is just an A major moved up one fret but leaving the E and A strings open. It provides some nice mysterious tension before resolving smoothly to the tonic chord of F major.
@eriktempelman209710 ай бұрын
Indeed! Reminds me of how John Lennon would often hit a weird G6 chord as a passing chord in between two regular ones.... thing is, he just used all open strings. Easiest chord in the world 😅
@rintrah870010 ай бұрын
@@alexneill8338 Interesting. I hadn't noticed that was what was being played in "Starman", but I think he'd have got the idea from "Arnold Layne", where Syd Barrett (one of Bowie's big influences) seems to move from the A chord to the 'Bbadd9/A' chord phrasing you mention.
@jgrl9 ай бұрын
My favorite Blur song, and such an interesting progression! Thanks for breaking it down 🙌
@DavidBennettPiano9 ай бұрын
😊😊
@zappababe857710 ай бұрын
Great. I'm gonna have "Coffee and TV" as an earworm for the next week. Again.
@iraklismoschonas521410 ай бұрын
Blur are a fantastic band! As a kid, I remember watching MTV and Blur’s “Beetlebum” video, which had just come out, was one of the first videos I watched on the channel! Greetings from Greece David, love your channel, you are doing a fantastic job!
@fatboyhim8 ай бұрын
Same here, the first ever Blur's ding I heard is Beetlebum in the MTV. Greetings from Hong Kong!
@felixtkm10 ай бұрын
i loveee this type of vids, thank u so much davidd
@spacecomplex718010 ай бұрын
I also love the way how in the chorus they "dance" around each other with their singing melodies, which adds to the comforting weirdness.
@tusharsingh454310 ай бұрын
I love this song OMG, the progression is really fun and harmonically unique. I would say the chorus progression is also interesting because I hear the b7 over the A chord which gives a sort of Lydian dominant sound.
@fefefeffencs10 ай бұрын
Great video. Blur is one of my favourite bands, they have so many great suprising musical moments. I'd love to see more of their music on your channel. Their catalogue allows it. :D
@benedictnothing10 ай бұрын
It seems like a very Cardiacs progression, and I know as bands they were both fans of and borrowers from each other.
@dacoconutnut950310 ай бұрын
HOLY SHIT ANOTHER CARDIACS FAN
@ytbit10 ай бұрын
@@dacoconutnut9503you'd be surprised! (btw I'm not finding this progression particularly Cardiacs-y)
@dacoconutnut950310 ай бұрын
@@ytbit i mean, has whole-tone and diminished third chord movements, that's as far as it goes but still, why not? 😅
@nellisnelslon82109 ай бұрын
David should cover Cardiacs
@augustjschroeder9 ай бұрын
Ha! I was looking for a comment mentioning Cardiacs! Didn't even have to look far, it seems their influence on Blur is pretty well known.
@thesuncollective147510 ай бұрын
My Fav track n fantastic video..great analysis
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@batlin9 ай бұрын
5:09 makes sense. I think Radiohead used the same chord in High and Dry, or at least back in the day someone taught it to me that way, with a sequence of barred chords going chromatically down from A to F, and the high B and E strings left open for each of them.
@FromGroundToMud10 ай бұрын
Love Blur. "Ghost Ship" is one of my fav songs.
@DonovanAenslaed9 ай бұрын
I waited to listen to that album until I saw them live. It was totally worth it. Blur made Ghost Ship a total mindblowing trip!
@mattl694810 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this one!!!
@mgumwv8 ай бұрын
Great video! Another interesting progression I love is the intro of Elliott Smith’s “Happiness” (which becomes even cooler later in the song when harmonized by eight chromatically descending notes in the vocal)
@leeanedominic10 ай бұрын
Graham Coxon is a genius.
@ryanstiles336410 ай бұрын
You clearly have never created something in your entire life.
@lilestower10 ай бұрын
I am a fairly bad guitar player myself but agree with what you are writing. It's so easy to make up strange chord progressions on the guitar just because of how the guitar is manufactured. For example, a 5th fret A chord with open bottom strings becomes an Aadd9. One doesn't have to know music theory to create that.
@idralag10 ай бұрын
@@MichaelForbes-d4p since when is music better because it’s more complicated?
@mensor10 ай бұрын
@@MichaelForbes-d4p Using Elon Musk as an example of genius is hilarious.
@NBrixH10 ай бұрын
@@MichaelForbes-d4p Who said anything about them being substituted? Or are you just prejudiced againt musicians who aren't as professionally educated as you?
@hjbkltnvononol10 ай бұрын
Please cover more Blur songs in the future, love your videos!
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
😊😊😊
@musicjst10 ай бұрын
Wow, loved these and this song for years but not listened to it since I was a kid or started understanding chords, so cool
@johnwrath36129 ай бұрын
I grew up in Hawaii and I fucking love blur. I realized around age 17 that Song#2 was a brilliant parody of grunge, and I downloaded all their stuff off Napster. Realized they were a really interesting pop rock band with a really unique sound. The indie/punk/alt crowd in America knew blur were way more than one hit wonders. Also the video for coffee and tv is an all time classic.
@ricardorusca81909 ай бұрын
The song is as unique as the video. Great songs from Blur.
@EasyPianoTutorials10 ай бұрын
Blur's chord progression is so unique and gorgeous! Sometimes I get bored of the common chord progression patterns out there. It's refreshing to see you attacking this song. I subscribed! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
@johnroemer144810 ай бұрын
Genius song. Graham wrote this about his sobriety
@MeanMrMstrdd10 ай бұрын
Graham is probably my biggest inspiration as a guitarist. I so wish Blur were able to reach the heights worldwide that they did in the UK, no one here knows them.
@thomasgambroadamsson365010 ай бұрын
I'm American but have been into music for 40 years. I love Blur and KNEW this was going to about "Coffee and TV"!
@random27510 ай бұрын
You know your theory Dave ! Once started I have to watch all the video and learn stuff in a n interesting way.. Cheers Phil
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Thanks 😊
@tylerhayes166310 ай бұрын
"Lazy Flies" by Beck is another one for interesting chord progressions
@Camaleonte10 ай бұрын
This is my favourite Blur song. The guitar solo is wickedly minimalist
@neilomac10 ай бұрын
I love the 'Coffee and TV' chord progression. I've heard Blur were influenced by Cardiacs, and this progression feels very Cardiacs-ey to me.
@ellielovesbands10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video 🙌🏻
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@froggary10 ай бұрын
I like how I knew exactly what song that was from the thumbnail.
@Carlos-ln8fd10 ай бұрын
I remember trying to learn this song on guitar as a teenager and I was so confused lol
@najla11789 ай бұрын
I can’t thank you enough for what I’ve learned from your channel
@contraxx588210 ай бұрын
I'm already a happy user of VSL's instruments! For another unique chord progression, I'd love to see Platters - Only You explained in your style one day. Some exotic choices of chords adding brief mood changes to a song that was hugely popular nonetheless
@matzemunz282710 ай бұрын
This riff and that A#9 is absolutely brilliant. I love it when a good riff deliberately rubs you the wrong way. There's so much tension and grid and just a tad conclusion. Absolutely amazing, keeps you cautious the whole time cause now your expecting the next "jump scare"
@PhantomII-cc8cj10 ай бұрын
Hey, David, if you want a song that's useful for ear training, look at Come Out And Play by The Offspring. The guitar riff is climbing the Phrygian Dominant scale, and I think it's the best example for recognizing Phrygian Dominant by ear
@pharmdiddy512010 ай бұрын
Yes! Coffee and TV wow I had no idea anyone else knew that one - Love that song!
@allyndoesmusic10 ай бұрын
Blur, especially in the early 90's was very close to a band named Cardiacs who have a tons of interesting chord progressions in their music and I wouldn't be half surprised if this was partly inspired by that band. I know they're not popular but an analysis of a Cardiacs track would be ace! I feel you would enjoy picking it apart!
@NomeDeArte10 ай бұрын
0:10 No, it’s one of the most well know british band. And more heard here than arctic monkeys or oasis or radiohead.
@variousthings647010 ай бұрын
Graham Coxon later did a solo track called "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" that initially sounds extremely similar to "Coffee & TV": both verses begin with a B chord, with a *very* similar strumming pattern and tempo. Honestly, to anyone who's not familiar with it, go and listen to the start, and you'll see how much it sounds like a direct sequel to "Coffee & TV"! As for similarities beyond that opening chord: AFAIK the song's verse chord progression verses does share the general B -> E -> Db shape, although the chords in between are different.
@xoxb210 ай бұрын
You're very generous to us guitarists with your explanation of that F chord in theoretical terms! It's a very basic trick to just leave some strings open for a drone effect. We're all about the visuals😀!
@Paul-dw2cl9 ай бұрын
I’m from Boston, and Blur has been one of my favorite bands since the mid-nineties. They’re one of my favorite bands of all time.
@Elriuhilu10 ай бұрын
I love that song so much that I keep trying to sing all the harmonies in the chorus by myself. The music video with the milk carton trying to find his way home is excellent too.
@mcbill735210 ай бұрын
1:13 ITS THE SPIRITED AWAY CHORD
@UrbanGarden-rf5op10 ай бұрын
@ 1:50 David: What key are we in? Graham: Every key 𝄫🎵♯🎶♮♩
@tableface7710 ай бұрын
Great example to show. Aside from the Syd Barrett-esque chord choices, I love the stripped down voicings he uses on some of the chords, i.e., just play the tonic, fifth and the major third above, then dampen all the other strings. It sounds primal and spiky!
@BlurCovers10 ай бұрын
such a great video wow! thanks so much for breaking this down, it's crazy how original some of blur's progressions are. stuff like "for tomorrow" immediately come to mind. keep up with the blur videos ✨🔥
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
“For Tomorrow” has such an interesting progression! I’ll have to feature it in a future video!
@octoBadger10 ай бұрын
YES PLEASE @@DavidBennettPiano! Love these breakdowns
@BlurCovers10 ай бұрын
looking forward to it, david! thanks a lot :)@@DavidBennettPiano
@jfrorn10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! I’ve always loved this song…
@musicetc20639 ай бұрын
heck yeah I frickin love this song. when I discovered as a kid around like age 12, I'm 33 now, the chords and guitar were sooooo refreshing it made me love music very hard.
@sagifern444410 ай бұрын
That is so random.. I just decided today to listen to a Blur playlist on spotify and now you do this video😂
@charliekelland756410 ай бұрын
Pretty much any Talk Talk tune has an unusual chord progression somewhere - would love to get your take on 'Living In Another World' off 'The Colour of Spring' album.
@ZacharyWSnow10 ай бұрын
Brilliant chord progression! One of my favorites to play and probably one of my top 10 songs of all time. Especially gorgeous when that organ enters. Mark Hollis was a genius.
@charliekelland756410 ай бұрын
@@ZacharyWSnow yep, Steve Winwood on Hammond, and you also have Mark Feltham on that mindblowing harmonica part & solo.
@ZacharyWSnow10 ай бұрын
Absolutely! What I love most about the song is how it just continues to build through each "iteration" of essentially the same chord moves. First you've got just the basic guitar and band, then Winwood's organ cranks up, then just before the turn, that mad tambourine kicks in, then the arpeggiating electric guitar line, then the backing vocals, and finally Feltham's harmonica. It's like a mad scientist designed this constantly evolving beast of a song. And somehow it's totally human and moving. What a song!
@charliekelland756410 ай бұрын
@@ZacharyWSnow Exactly - I really hope David does an analysis of it (or other Talk Talk song)... Time It's Time is one of my other favourites 🙏
@flaien33512 ай бұрын
Great channel and all the rest 🎉❤
@DanThomasUK9 ай бұрын
This is the first music theory video I’ve seen that acknowledges something which so often gets missed: that often, the ‘guitar writes the song’ as with the chords here. The simple act of making an interesting shape with your fingers, or lifting a finger, or moving a note, produces strange chords that possibly wouldn’t have come up otherwise. The way Graham plays on this is truly mad, with the bent double stops and so on in the verses
@kingloser419810 ай бұрын
5:45 sounds like Pyramid Song, going back between those two chords :)
@lopsided7510 ай бұрын
And Everything In Its Right Place. Radiohead were obsessed with b2 chords during the Kid A period.
@davidsummerville35110 ай бұрын
Love this channel.
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@dom69foco10 ай бұрын
Everything In It’s Right Place at 5:48
@vonNaaat10 ай бұрын
Looove a Blur analysis ❤ Have you seen him describe how he came up for the solo for this song? The videos on KZbin in an interview with TPS I seem to remember.
@mattjhart10 ай бұрын
Really glad to see you pick this song. A real masterpiece!
@moresnqp10 ай бұрын
i listened to this whole album "13" a few days ago, it was a great listen
@cbterry10009 ай бұрын
Great stuff - always loved blur for their quirky chords - you don’t get stuff like this nowadays. “For tomorrow” another great example where the chords are all over the place but it somehow works.
@DonovanAenslaed9 ай бұрын
Seeing Blur play Coffee & Tv live was such a thrill! For a moment I thought I was looking at the weird child between Radiohead and Sonic Youth, that's how unique Blur is. It was during their tour for their last album and it was a blast!
@boredbeck9 ай бұрын
Blur and Ash are two of my most favorite bands, and its because their chord progressions are insanely creative.
@WeyounSix9 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorite songs to listen to and play. its just so amazing
@LL-bl8hd10 ай бұрын
Very cool song. It seems sort of random at first but there's an underlying structure: down a whole step, then up a fourth, then up a minor third, and start the pattern again down a whole step, up a fourth, up a minor third, then down one last whole step to get back to the beginning.
@MatiasLunaMusica9 ай бұрын
This song Is a favourite of mine, i love the strange harmony combined.with those great lyrics
@enchantedcroissant321210 ай бұрын
"DARE" by Gorillaz is in both Major and Minor. The vocals and lead synthesizer are in G Minor, and the guitar and the rest of the synthesizers are in G Major. I didn't even notice this until I listened to "People", which uses the same backing track but stays in G Major. Other Gorillaz songs like "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" and "DoYaThing" do the exact same thing. It would be cool to see a video about Gorillaz, thanks David!
@gabrielflores573510 ай бұрын
Excellent song and excellent video, thanks from Argentina
@hopingtocollidewith9 ай бұрын
Starship Trooper by Yes has long and somewhat unusual chord progressions f the verse and chorus. Great videocas always David! Thanks f your work mate! It makes a big difference f me and, I believe f many people!
@robbiefstrains908310 ай бұрын
I never forget the first time I put “13” on for a spin and Coffee & TV came on. A true hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck-standing-on-end moment. Then moments after the intro, Graham’s singing it! I’ve adored this song ever since.
@benoitrenaud51910 ай бұрын
Every Gentle Giant song has interesting chord progressions. I am very curious to see how David would respond to songs from the Power and the Glory album, or Three Friends. Aspirations has a great piano part with 9ths and other goodies.
@Noisehead10110 ай бұрын
Graham Coxon certainly knows a lot more theory than he says, he has played some brass instruments since he was a little kid. Plus you only have to hear his guitar playing, knowledge of inversions etc. I know musicians try to play it cool with all this stuff but he knows what hes doing.
@vbgfcdrtdggtfjhugyufry10 ай бұрын
fantastic video, as always mate
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@Juanparv0210 ай бұрын
We did a cover of this song during highschool, we had to play in front of the whole school during a 15 minutes break for a season project, back then our teacher was a beast, he taught us music like it was a living life, indeed he taught to live music. I appreciate the effort he put into trying to teach us music theory, help us with practice, and of course showing us such amazing music genres and styles.
@walpolekidscomics87910 ай бұрын
Yay a blur video ❤❤❤❤ blur are still going with some gorgeous new music
@cor-man10 ай бұрын
Thanks for featuring Blur. Highly underrated songwriters.
@efficiencygaming34942 ай бұрын
My favorite Blur song! I wish more people here in the US knew them for that one instead of the "woo-hoo" song 😂 1:31 Why does everything you play on piano end up sounding like Radiohead? Are they like your favorite band or something? 😅 Graham Coxon saying that he listened to a lot of Sonic Youth and Pavement actually makes a lot of sense to me. I'm a huge fan of both those bands and I sort of hear where the influence comes from in songs like "Sunday" by the former group and "Harness Your Hopes" by the latter. Both those songs would have also been pretty recent at the time "Coffee and TV" came out.
@newmancl010 ай бұрын
I'd buy an album full of these little bits of songs you put at the end of so many videos!
@paulsolyev376810 ай бұрын
A less known curious examples of chord progressions with untypical harmony resolution can be found in songs of the german band Beatsteaks - like "Meantime" or "Fix it". They also mask typical rag in "E-G-O" solo
@alexneill833810 ай бұрын
9:34 - seeing Graham imitate Noel's strumming pattern is really jarring!
@wombatkins10 ай бұрын
My favorite Blur song
@dacoconutnut950310 ай бұрын
I think this is the closest Blur got to a Cardiacs-sounding harmony, apparently Damon was a big fan of Tim Smith, great to witness him nodding back :)
@Markushoff_official10 ай бұрын
I love your videos!
@DavidBennettPiano10 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@louispacetime157610 ай бұрын
So excited!!! It would be very interesting if you could also analyze some of the Beach Boys' weirder songs, like from pet sounds or smile
@lonelittlejerry91710 ай бұрын
I strongly agree!
@farflebfarfle10 ай бұрын
That Fmaj7#11 chord shape, with the open top e and b strings, sounds great when you slide it up and down the neck. Different sounds of tension and release. Very Radiohead-y.