Taylor Swift: "Shake It Off" - 1LIVE Chilly Gonzales Pop Music Masterclass | 1LIVE

"The Musical Genius" Chilly Gonzales erklärt uns in "Pop Music Masterclass" die Popmusik, analysiert auf seinem Piano die großen Hits und erklärt, warum wir sie lieben.
Grammy-awarded musician, producer and self-proclaimed "musical genius" Chilly Gonzales has worked with the likes of Daft Punk, Drake, Feist or Peaches. Now German radio station 1LIVE teamed up with Chilly for "1LIVE Chilly Gonzales Pop Music Masterclass" - a video column in which Chilly explains what we love about pop music and analyses why a hit becomes a hit.
1LIVE is the young radio station of German public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). 4 million listeners daily make us the most successful young communication platform in Germany and Western Europe.
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[@Jonathaen]

After replaying the part from 3:25 about 30 times. I've come to the conclusion that I need a longer version of this.

[@Answer4canceR]

Made this atrocious song tolerable.

[@WearYourGrasses]

I love how articulate this guy is.

[@DrMurdy]

chord change at 4:02 gave me goosebumps

[@Nick0701]

Whoever came up with this idea is a genius! Thank you Chilly and Einslive for making these videos.

[@ersguterjunge4848]

Danke 1Live, dass ihr diesen Mann dazu gebracht habt, dies für euch zu machen, ehrlich. Ich hoffe, dass er noch viele weitere Sachen für diese Reihe macht, würde mich wirklich unglaublich sehr freuen :)

[@funkymonk816]

Is there a longer, recorded version of the amazing rendition he did at the end? Please tell me there is, it's too beautiful to not be recorded.

[@1LIVE]

funkymonk816 Unfortunately there isn't. Sorry.

[@makudonarudokairu]

I thought the same thing when I watched this. TAKE MY MONEYYYY MAKE IT HAPPEN lol

[@soshit]

***** Thanks a lot for introducing this beautiful piece of music.

[@izy409]

1LIVE If you can somehow get him to do it again but the whole song I would be willing to pay $10+ just for that single track. It was so beautiful and elegant...

[@izy409]

***** And I just subscribed to your channel

[@olljum]

Thanks for this series! It`s absolutely wonderful!

[@1LIVE]

Thank you for appreciating it! ^^

[@NightHolocene]

Wonderful rendition at the end.

[@pontythang]

does anyone else know any channels or blogs similar to this guy? I really love what he's doing

[@JerryAulenbach]

Strong Songs.

[@philippvidovic6357]

Switched on Pop Podcast is a recent discovery of mine.

[@martinbiesel3526]

3:23 "Make it snappy" mit "lass ihn zuschnappen" übersetzen, ist zumindest interessant :)

[@mike_kostop4262]

This man can make an accoustic piano version of any song and it would be better than the original!!!!Truly a Genius!!!!

[@naomia2777]

3:25 Damn Chilly

[@TheMan21892]

Chilly Gonzales, I love you.

[@Gubeeification]

Sean Moran Which makes (at least) two of us.

[@HirographFX]

Thanks Chilly!!! you da man!!! - I would love to hear a longer piano rendition of this song as you did at the end of this video complete with Rhythmic Displacements - keep up the good fight :)

[@adedamolaojedokun239]

The rendition he did in the end is way better than the real song... lol

[@korylynn9536]

Would love to hear his take on Messuggah's Bleed!!

[@amongsttherust]

+Kory Lynn Madame, Take this thumb up. Wouldn't expect such a request in the comment section of an 1live Video. Nice!

[@AH-yd3wp]

Ugh, this comment section makes me want to put hot needles into my eyeballs. I'm sorry if you have to read these comments Señor Gonzales, and I hope you don't get the idea that people are truly so vapid and shallow. This is an incredibly informative video and explains a lot about how and why this song gets stuck in your head so easily, this is great for musicians and songwriters who are trying to learn from the professionals. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@barters8124]

This is the first video I've seen like this. Not a big fan of Taylor's music, but can respect it. The breakdown given by Chilly Gonzales was fantastic, spot on. I'll be subscribing to this channel. Thanks again.

[@ccelinnes7596]

melody, lyrics and how to make a catchy song just comes easy for Taylor. She's a music genius same goes to Max and Shellback of course.

[@veronicaanne5637]

Nerdist Podcast. Chris Hardwick. Chilly Gonzales. Thank You.

[@NyxLevel]

wow your own version gave me goosebumps

[@JoelFreck]

I play this video over just to hear him crush it at the end. Fireeee

[@makudonarudokairu]

Oh gosh, now I want to buy a classical piano cover version of Shake it Off done by Chilly Gonzales.... but I doubt such a full song exists. Loved the way he played that.

[@CaptSkunkbeard]

This guy is top drawer

[@fauxgt]

endlich eine neue Folge, klasse!

[@meeeka]

Thank you Master Gonzales! You are healing me explain music, how it works and its theory to my daughter who wants to know it but only via HER music, pop music. She lives for Taylor Swift and this helps her understand that underlying theory is true, cos if it works for Tay-Tay, it must be real. Thanks.

[@atilius1976]

Best Pop Covers album by Chilly now!!!!! Do it and take my money!!!!

[@jorgevolpi5288]

Chilly you are a genious, congrats!

[@dipthepizza6416]

I love how he says "I'm so fancy".

[@sarahmarie2236]

Redditor, gamer girl, and authentic nerd here! I love Taylor Swift, such a pure talented girl with unique ideas and songs that never get old. I love listening to her inspiring music while I play my favorite video games, like Legend of Zelda. LOL I am such a geek because I have an Adventure Time shirt. - Sarah Marie, real geek girl, gamer nerd, Level 7 Wizard in World of Warcraft, moderator of /r/TwoXChromosomes

[@JoseGonzalez-vw9bb]

Is this irony, or... Damn, I don't quite understand, but damn me if I don't feel like that about Tay Tay.

[@leonbuitron]

that iggy azalea burn is lit

[@DreamyJuly17]

incredible talent, just incredible...

[@TheOG_Podcast]

DID YOU HEAR THAT???? HE KIIIIIIILLLLLED IT... that was amazing.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

i learned those techniques by myself, and i think i can create really good music

[@brennanchaudhry8925]

Fascinating

[@ATTW1music]

Nice, informative video here, and while I had been able to avoid this song prior to this it is now in my head and I've been humming it all morning. I can't "shake it off". Thanks, Chilly! ;) Now I'm off to learn about rhythmic displacement.

[@RobertKindermann]

Please.... ladet die vollständigen Coverversionen von Chilly hoch :-) Thank you!

[@1LIVE]

Leider, leider... gibt's die nicht.

[@H2O2FaMo]

wonderful explanation Chilly... I clapped after the video was over! :)

[@blablabla555ize]

Wundervoll!!!!!!!!

[@Rasterbayne]

damn that piano is incredible

[@darthdj31]

yeah that's all i was thinking lol

[@Thepicmusic]

sehr genial!!

[@wallyeng]

best song ever.

[@frauilsebilse]

it sounds like falling in love to someone very special. ❤️ 3:25

[@therantingboy]

I've often said that there's a 'playground chant' style to contemporary pop music.

[@frankschneider7190]

please more

[@aljawad]

That might explain the charm of minimalism - for decades Philip Glass and Steve Reich to an even more extreme degree have based their compositions on repetitions. One can even attribute the longevity of music by Bach and others to repeatable tones.

[@inesita9403]

Amazing 👐

[@yusmag]

We want his version of "Shake it off" please..

[@damnmonkee]

Were the circling shots all steadycam?! Sweet lord.

[@Tonicwine999]

awesome * added to Favorites

[@martinlubpl]

3:25 wow

[@kalibanable]

Großartig!

[@jug9ern4ut]

Kann mir jemand erklären, wie die D-Dur Harmonie, die er bei 4:03 einbaut, mit der Tonart Fis-Dur des Stücks verwandt ist? Mir gefällt der Übergang sehr gut :)

[@michaelmatosic]

ugh, i fucking love you, chilly. you're great.

[@malte2467]

Nice!

[@hkoxnw]

we say "earworm," too, chilly!

[@juxtopose]

What was that he played on the intro ?? I know I heard it before I just cant remember what it was.

[@1LIVE]

juxtopose It's from "Hotel California" by the Eagles.

[@christinegranta993]

Hello, I stay in K

[@B-S-K]

What about the fact, that the melody just happens on the black keys - so just on a pentatonic scale (it seems to be in F# major)? ... Gonzales might have forgotten to mention that. I bet, the composer Max Martin played and fooled around the piano, inventing this line ... nice idea ...

[@ccelinnes7596]

It's actually the horns here's the voice memo on how the song was made www.grammypro.com/professional-development/video/listening-session-taylor-swift-1989-part-3

[@YasaswiLakkaraju]

nice

[@Susan-on3gc]

Beautiful hands.

[@MrMonkeyBusinessman]

What's the song at 00:43?

[@1LIVE]

"Chariots Of Fire" by Vangelis

[@jamesmccauley4881]

Whats that song at 1:25?

[@Koff33y]

+James McCauley Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

[@FrenchDebuff]

Was that Hotel California at the beginning?

[@humanbeing4583]

I'd say so

[@paokole2]

No. Vangelis - Chariots of Fire.

[@DrAndyShick]

paokole2 I'm going with Hotel California

[@paokole2]

My bad. I forgot the intro. Yes. That is indeed Hotel California.

[@guidemeChrist]

FlyingSujin67 Well, the song contains a similar arpeggio thingy at the end, but that doesn't mean that he was playing Hotel California. Just arpeggios on two chords.

[@alexfoo1839]

fucking genius

[@odinmp5]

chilly s version is much better.

[@jakowintershit850]

Freu dich

[@hamsterpaj111]

Thats a big piano

[@christinegranta993]

I love you, all

[@tokiodrifter1]

Meeeeeehr!

[@beeflon]

Auf dem Klavier hört sich das Lied viel~ besser an.

[@EarthWorms77]

I'm mind fucked

[@oscarthegrouch5342]

Haha he was playing "Hotel California" in the beginning of the video

[@ryanefischer]

omg thank you I couldn't figure it out!!

[@hurtigheinz3790]

Why isn't he speaking German like he did on Böhmermann's show?

[@tare_]

I like how the /r/redditarmie comments are there for a split second then disappear thanks to this addon lol

[@royneumannpiano920]

he's a genius, but in one point I would disagree with him here, I don't think the harmonie is so unimportant with this melody based song, I would say the harmonie is the cart, meaning, the emotions are still coming from the harmonie, so even wtih a strong melody like this, without harmnie, it would lead to nowhere.

[@newsmaker6945]

Erster

[@averagejoe1858]

It is a widely accepted fact that the piano, and its cousin, the organ, were the two worst instruments invented, that lead to several deaths.

[@k0b0yash1]

What do you mean by this? Any links to this information?

[@averagejoe1858]

Song Jae Gu As a child, I witnessed countless animals smashed to death from falling pianos. ACME anvils are also far worse than pianos.

[@miltondew7164]

All top minds know that great music died with Kurt Cobain in 1994, and it's just been downhill from there. Nowadays, it's all about money, drugs, and "swag" and sounds like the same recycled garbage every time. As this video highlights. We have truly been born into the worst generation.

[@birKOoOo]

Or maybe you just don't know where to look? HINT: It's not on the radio.

[@mindchime]

It's always been about the drugs. You mention Kurt Cobain, died of drugs (well shot himself, but drugs played a role on fucking his brain up). And I am sure he would have sucked complete ass if he ever performed or wrote music without them...just like hundreds of other great musicians/artists through time. If they weren't high as shit, they would have sucked.

[@HirographFX]

um no! cobain decided to paint his garage walls with his brains so that makes him a fucking LOSER ….real great music died when Jeff Buckley was tragically taken from the world way before his time

[@noreenwensley9479]

You can't be serious. Great music is alive and well. Go to a concert and listen to musicians who have studied music or gone to Julliard, who are masters of their instruments, who can sing on key without auto-tuning, who produce and write their own music, who perform music written by the great masters, who are dedicated and have their lives together, and whose music will be remembered from century to century. And then you will understand what great music is.

[@benediktschreyer1441]

That's such a cliché and worn-out thing to say. To me it's all been downhill when Beethoven died. Or Glenn Miller. Or insert random great musician here. But you know what? Great music will always be there, but if you want to put earplugs made of dead musician stories in your ear you will never get to listen to it.

[@essovz]

"and Taylor Swift knows it" more like Max Martin knows it ;) some goes for can't feel my face

[@ccelinnes7596]

In the voice memo for shake it off max and shellback provided the chords. Taylor thought of the melody and the lyrics herself. She talked about this in the grammy pro vid. Taylor is not like the other pop stars who works with max. She can actually write a song on her own.

[@nicholas72611]

What a joke.

[@PeterZeeke]

enjoy you burrito everyone

[@peekakuchu6878]

Ask Chilly to do an extended version of this song because it really was awesome that and no rest for the wicked his playing style blows all the other piano versions of this song to shit

[@jinc1950]

So for one of the best basic music analysis I have seen that goes in to the actual destruction I hope to see more of your work and enjoy your videos ! :)

[@frauilsebilse]

beautiful. it is cruel that there is no longer version of it.

[@peter65J]

It's all Max Martin...the Svengali behind a lot of these pop music masterclasses. These are great btw

[@henrykween6946]

+peter joseph Taylor S can write her own. She just co-write with him

[@johanasmith1697]

This is so emotional! I really love this on and on.... I use videore to loop it! Just replace youtube with videore in the browser bar and done!

[@FonWin]

What a fun, informative and enjoyable channel. I love the respect you give the creative thought process behind pop music.

[@methodicalryan18]

I can listen to Chilly's piano cover of this song over and over again. CHILLY! Please make a cover of this entire song!

[@Jptx214]

I love his incite. I love how he doesn't pretend like he likes the song either.

[@Marsisredandhot]

I normally don't like this song, but Chilly's version is just mesmerizing.

[@Photo650D]

2:13 „Hör zu, wie großartig mein Leben ist!"

[@nme2197]

This guy should be making the money not Taylor Swift.

[@TyrenoI]

Taylor Swift take notes...

[@titaniarox]

Honestly I would love to have a full length masterclass from Chilly, he would be an amazing professor

[@leonardusmovie]

Awesome piano work, beautiful!

[@Musicmonk84]

Valuable lessons, but man I wish he didn't have some of those melodies just slightly off.

[@Darren-D.C-Cross]

a true genius.

[@MoezHamza]

A man who must say i'm a genius is no true genius !!

[@mandoaaron]

Check out more about Chilly. 1. Its part of the schtick 1a. He really is!

[@DrAndyShick]

Hotel California!