MAJOR Songs In MINOR!

[@victorpereira225]

So we have established that either everything sounds better in the minor key or I'm clinically depressed.

[@Hydrosama223]

Cool thing I’ve learned as being a music performance major in college is that we all love things in asymmetric meters and minor keys. I’m guessing it’s because we’re so used to hearing things in major keys that change sounds cool.

[@oneminutefixed5003]

@@Hydrosama223 also going from a minor to a major sounds uplifting

[@NotQuiteCupid]

Everything does sound better in the minor scale

[@safasaleh3010]

I'm actually sad that they weren't originally in a minor key

[@TheMinersMinors]

Benji Jizanthapuss don't say that to the cops

[@spooky_boi6978]

It definitely gives “Every breath you take” more of a stalker-y vibe

[@jericbelgica6454]

totaly agree

[@lucabogarelli9837]

I'LL BE WATCHING YOU

[@jordanhasch2544]

I agree. It takes an already sinister melody to a new level of creepy.

[@gameboykurosaki7877]

it reminds me of the walking dead theme song

[@coultersheppard6215]

It would sound even more stalkery if you let the notes ring. But then it's nolonger the police.

[@XFeuerFestX]

Pro tip: Adapt the lyrics to your new minor song by changing every instance of "is" in the original song to "was". 70% of the time it works every time

[@crappyanimator9787]

"I JUMPED!" "JUMPED!" "AND NOTHING KEPT MEE DOWN" Holy shit, it really works

[@tahirmukic5460]

I did this with Smells Like Teen Spirit. (even though that song is already in minor) With the lights out It was less dangerous There we were now You entertained us I was just stupid And contagious There we were now You entertained us Sounds like an old man reminiscing about his teenage years and how much he hates what he was back then.

[@XFeuerFestX]

@@tahirmukic5460 It only works when changing from a major to a minor key because that implies the original lyrics were likely to be happy in the first place. Happy stuff in the past tense usually sounds sad. I don't think it generally works for a change from minor to major because sad stuff in the past tense is often still sad

[@tahirmukic5460]

@@XFeuerFestX It was the first song to come to mind when I read your comment.

[@dualtahunter4043]

it was alright to tell me what you thought about me I didn't try to argue or hold it against you I knew that you were leaving you must've had a reason the seasons were calling your pictures have fallen down fuck it works so well

[@dennergas]

4 years has passed and I'm still waiting for the full version of The Reason in the minor scale

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

same here. it sounds better like this

[@mateusrocha3171]

@@GabrielTheGuitarist I wouldnt go as far as to say it sounds better, but it's definitely a fresh concept that I'd love to listen to

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

@@mateusrocha3171 idk something just sounds right about it. The song is too upbeat in contrast to the lyrics

[@Theseinmast303]

It sounds way better

[@kaseyfiive]

@@GabrielTheGuitarist eight on the spot with that one, the lyrics are too sad for the major scale

[@everestfranz8694]

0:49 The Middle - Jimmy Eat World 1:36 Every Breath You Take - Police 2:10 The Reason - Hoobstank 3:20 Dammit - Blink 182 4:03 November Rain - Guns N' Roses 4:53 Jump - Van Halen 5:30 All The Small Things - Blink 182 6:25 Faithfully - Journey

[@orion_x-000]

Thank you! All the good ones: Jimmy Eat World Dammit The Reason Every Breath You Take

[@prajwalsadashankar6972]

Dammit sounds like metal song

[@prajwalsadashankar6972]

All the small things truth care truth brings

[@flhoneycomb5426]

앛워롷

[@coolguy2873]

“The Reason” sounds better in Minor.

[@CyberPixlMusic]

*_"Every Breath You Take" sounded for the first time how the lyrics were meant ..._*

[@parkerbilbro3651]

Lol

[@mtthwpnn]

I agree totally. It also gave the happy lyrics an ironic, ''tongue in cheek'' feel

[@OZHKAR1]

hahaha and sounded much better, the best one of this vid imo

[@TrojanPiece]

true words X'DDDD

[@piratecandy6310]

True

[@adamhinckley5062]

The Reason sounded really damn good in minor

[@Daily_Bassist]

Adam Hinckley reminds me a bit of Breaking Benjamin’s “Breath” in the singing

[@cordeliachase601]

It sounds great!

[@hadifelani]

and way more easier to sing along for beginners

[@nick_romeo]

hundred percent agree massive

[@quesopunk]

Sounds epic!

[@yungmilkcarton]

Alternate song titles if they were in minor: The Middle - The Low Every Breath You Take - I’ll be watching you The Reason - No Reason Dammit - Shit November Rain - November Flood (props to guy who first said November Flood.) Jump - Fall All The Small Things - All The Small Things (Never mattered) Faithfully - Ungenuine

[@xDooMx]

“Dammit - Shit” Lol

[@potatosalad68]

Actually "Jump" is way edgier than "Fall", if you think about it...

[@geekmyths]

@@potatosalad68 “Fall” is an accident. “Jump” however…

[@kacper531]

jump just turned into a suicide song

[@mysteryheart53]

Jump should be Jump To Your Death to make it sound more edgy

[@Volgrand]

"Every breath you take" sounds goddamn creepy in minor.

[@snakeford]

Like a 90s Radiohead song

[@reptilesgamers00]

that wasn't even in this video?

[@Volgrand]

Eeeeh... yes, it is. 1:37 mate :D

[@Volgrand]

Eeeeh... yes, it is. 1:37 mate :D

[@CommonSenseless1993]

Especially considering that the song is *actually* about a stalker.

[@aaronanimatessorta.3676]

The Reason by Hoobstank sounds really good in the Minor scale

[@oskarileppanen1154]

Uzumaki Lord surprisingly lot now that you mention it

[@briankate4577]

Something like 2000's emo music

[@aaronanimatessorta.3676]

@@briankate4577 yeah

[@oldthug7624]

Aaron Animates sorta. Smells like teen spirit in major also sounds really good

[@eddierivera7266]

Kinda wish he would have kicked on a little overdrive for the chorus in the minor version

[@AximVidya]

Wow, singing "those were the best days of my life" in minor scale really gives off a vibe of "maybe I should just end it right now"

[@linefive1051]

Thundercunt McGeezax "maybe I should just jump, and nothing gets me down" :D

[@yesto9676]

Line Five exactly, thats hilarious

[@kryticalguitars3984]

Line Five might as well jump lmao.

[@theactorjohnlarroquette]

That totally gives “Jump” a whole new meaning

[@MsCindyrich]

I actually didn't notice that meaning until now.

[@BlackRider115]

holy shit.

[@aidensummers5938]

Lol

[@isak8059]

Jesus christ! Noooo!

[@auryle]

That is actually is the meaning of the actual song

[@glennaldosf]

C, Eb and G walk into a bar and the bartender says, "Sorry no minors!"

[@Jinx-iw6zb]

And when G took a half step down they were so diminished

[@hinatahyuga7308]

All the chords have minor

[@bumfy]

Hahhahahha

[@ashwinganesan347]

Hinata Hyuga not in the same scale

[@avzarathustra6164]

May Punk *oof*

[@professoroni9398]

Summer of 69 sounded less like he was reliving the moments but more like he is deeply saddened that they haven't lasted

[@mihirsabnis7476]

Idk why but it sounded just a little bit like Orion - not as heavy, but similar.

[@beepbeeplamb7937]

CACTAUR

[@rvnsprng]

LoneWulfe ptsd

[@DM12128]

Wow, you’re right! That’s crazy

[@brycebarretto4287]

I fkin hate cactuars

[@andririki1298]

In minor scale,the "November Rain" shifts into "november flood"

[@nehemiahzo_]

November Storm

[@bigbossskill23]

"Jump" sounds like a suicide anthem

[@chimp9688]

November pain

[@SimeonPhangcho]

November thunder😊

[@nicofasso]

In minor scale november rain shifts into some opeth song

[@OmegaMarioMaster]

4 years later and I'm still waiting for "Minor songs in Major"

[@lee-annkenyon4748]

There's a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit in major key.

[@lilramen8275]

@@lee-annkenyon4748 more than a feeling* lmaooo

[@frostyoven]

Yea

[@frostyoven]

@@randallmokjialung3592 but not by Stevie

[@LEFT4BASS]

Minor to major doesn’t sound nearly as nice as major to minor.

[@InitiatorOfDarkness]

The reason sounded like a song about drugs, broken love and suicide in teenager years.

[@mijannepoleon-henry8794]

How specific....

[@xCos07]

extrme metal music snake kind of skillet or three days grace

[@isabellagrendzinski5962]

True

[@darkravenbest8970]

Like Alice in Chains?

[@KalevAguilarOxenham]

Me

[@IbizanHound2]

Van Halen's Jump in minor sounds like he is encouraging someone to commit suicide! lololol

[@sonic7184]

That's the point of the lyrics of that song actually.

[@IbizanHound2]

Damn! You re right!!! www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1522 That's not so major now is it?? Thanks SteveT for rearranging this song as it should be.

[@perrysmith9939]

+Fancy FA the lyrics didn't originally mean for that. There was an incident where a lady was going to jump off a bridge and a nearby nightclub was blasting Jump by chance. So you can see where it comes from.

[@IbizanHound2]

Right... Because to be honest I 've always felt it was a positive song, talking about not letting anything get you down and be so full of energy you simply want to jump in the air! Even after having heard these associations to suicide, when I read the lyrics I can't see them as suicide related.

[@perrysmith9939]

Same

[@lightvtproductions]

am i the only person that think this version of the solo of november rain is freakin amazing?

[@clyon23]

I love it also

[@luisrm21]

after hearing it im with the need of trying it

[@juandavidespinosaquintero1235]

No,you aren't the only :D

[@geetar82]

His ability to think outside of the box is unparalleled. He keeps coming up with the most original way to take something unoriginal and completely make it his bitch.

[@Chevsilverado]

You aren't the only one.

[@kellsinpdx]

I wish my dad was still around. He would have loved this video. He was a guitarist too. I think he would have enjoyed your channel. I think that is the reason I love your channel! Thank you!

[@lostmonkeygaming]

Yess 💯

[@Consural]

"Jump" becomes a suicide song in the minor scale.

[@flatoutinsult1826]

It's always been about suicide. Look it up pretty cool story

[@Consural]

@@flatoutinsult1826 Yeah I know, but it's not really literal, (more like "jumping" at life opportunities etc.) that's why it's a happy and upbeat song.

[@caydenlaffey2019]

Hello brother.

[@wanrapkharbamon4738]

When you're on a building you just gotta jump jump jump jump

[@magicmandan9294]

theres a reason it got banned after 9/11

[@little.leaf.996]

GO AHEAD JUMP Sounds like forcing somebody to jump down from...

[@geetarislife2843]

thats what the original song is basically about

[@debaucheryscenes]

sounds more like a person losing faith in everything. am I reading too much into this

[@nesfan8]

@@geetarislife2843 now the music fits the song even better

[@geetarislife2843]

@@nesfan8 it does tho

[@DrakeoHD]

@@geetarislife2843 no its not lmao

[@scoobydid4824]

Fun fact: e minor is one of the most popular scales in metal

[@HectorJimenez-ee9zi]

Really? Wow.

[@reagancanington]

true tho

[@mistersunshine1330]

THE most...

[@SilverTheGuitarist]

For the same reason the most popular key in drop d is D minor

[@SimicFishCrab]

Yep. Because the lowest note on a standard tuned guitar is an E.

[@maxhess3151]

As if "Every Breath You Take" wasn't creepy enough

[@MsCindyrich]

It's actually every breath you take. It is creepier in minor.

[@brethilnen]

True

[@ChristinaFromYoutube]

It made me want to hide in my own house lol

[@juniourst3ven596]

@@MsCindyrich Max Hess knew that though

[@MsCindyrich]

@@juniourst3ven596 I think that I posted that comment before he edited it.

[@johnfavia1665]

Dude...You managed to turn Blink 182 nearly metal

[@thomaschapais-roy6020]

It sounds a bit like early Sum 41 don't you think?

[@Bred2fight4]

I thought it sounded like bowling for soup almost

[@luigigamer1771]

@@thomaschapais-roy6020 punk like the offspring

[@AudioGhost666]

I came here after watching metal songs played in major keys and came here looking for blink 182 in minor, totally agree nearly metal

[@jaydenrock]

Am I alone to think it was Alkaline Trio sounding?

[@itsestherzz]

November rain solo in minor feels like you have a wife dead, twice

[@shaycormac4522]

Isn't that Kratos?

[@MusicisWin]

The solfege for the minor scale would be 'Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te Do' #musicnerd Sick video Steve, love your vocals!

[@chadbroderick160]

Came here to say this. Nice catch!

[@round2whoru]

Unless you're using La based minor.

[@chadbroderick160]

+ Jonathan Gonzalez But then it would start on La, not Do.

[@ColtsFan2016]

was thinking this myself haha

[@giacomobalzan1966]

*Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do

[@selfdevouringpineapple9739]

4:54 Holy shit that totally gives the song a different meaning, I want a full version now

[@cesarefrancescoriggi]

It might seems strange... but this is the actual meaning of the song...

[@kierancaldwell3442]

@@cesarefrancescoriggi wait for real?

[@Yasqween962]

What does it mean

[@Noah-oe8mg]

​@@Yasqween962suicide

[@Maxxey.s]

​@@Yasqween962"jump" as in suicide

[@jxomxo]

For everyone who says that Every Breath You Take sounds like a story of a stalker and how Jump sounds like a suicidal man's thoughts, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THOSE SONGS ARE ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[@kirilichushanka1357]

weirdlystrange2000 I knew that about "Every Breath You Take" but "Jump"? Can you please provide like an interview or something? Thanks

[@coconut7362]

Jump is about taking opportunities

[@Dampzombieslayer]

I read an interview with Eddie Van Halen where he said he got the inspiration from a news broadcast of a guy about to jump off of a building

[@brianmesser4220]

Kind of makes you wonder why they didn't write them in minor in the first place if the sound better matches the meaning of the song.

[@Dampzombieslayer]

Probably because a creepy sounding song about a stalker would get less radio play than a happy sounding song about a stalker

[@MrJones52]

"The Middle" a man who's having a mental breakdown, telling hmself it's okay when it isn't. "Every Breath You Take" A crazed man stalking someone (basically the original lyrics) "The Reason" A recovering addict looks at his past mistakes. "Dammit" A man going through a bad breakup "November Rain" Just some sad shredding "Jump" The voices in a man's head tell him to jump and end his life. "All The Small Things" A man comes to realize his imaginary friend is fake (idk at this point) "Faithfully" Someone regrets cheating on his wife, promising to never to do it again.

[@blakedavis2447]

That’s actually what jumps about but it’s so happy most people don’t realize it

[@Zietus]

All the small things might be something with schicophrenia

[@ethanmurrell]

Every Breath You Take and Jumps descriptions you named are what those songs are both actually about, most people just dont realize it because of its happy sound and vibe it creates

[@blakedavis2447]

The middle is actually about peer pressure to have sex and dammit is exactly as described but it’s more optimistic in the original

[@blakedavis2447]

Gosia Zietek Tom wrote that song about his (ex ?) wife

[@omegasoup2765]

Its 2019. Still waiting on a part 2 to This..

[@1-minslomo129]

lol..................steive t. house really in a creepy place

[@elisankar8567]

No kidding... needs to happen

[@RamMusicStudios]

Almost the end of 2019. Still waiting

[@rafapotocki2560]

End of 2019 still waitin

[@meespeeters826]

2020 and still waiting

[@blazingmonolith4323]

Your November rain solo was really on point, you hit all the key parts really well. You would make Slash proud.

[@guy.b.l6351]

Blink 182 just became The Offspring

[@goaway7904]

That's what I was thinking

[@TheBbxr]

To me it felt more like sum41

[@MiGujack3]

This is way too accurate.

[@pedropaulobs10]

Hello dad

[@niklasklasen8048]

damn right

[@bevadryl]

"Summer of 69" sounded so depressing and like they were bad memories-

[@simonthecucumberenjoyer1042]

まさきただし Plot twist: his "first real six string" raped him in the summer of 69.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

Simsom Guppington 😥😀👌🎶🎸🎶👌😀😥

[@elaguante]

Like all his life was shit and that summer is the best thing he ever had.

[@vali6717]

まさきただし You mean like how the lyrics have always sounded?

[@jackrobinson9403]

naw hes all "that summer seemed to last forever", clearly that summer was a drag man

[@noir371]

He’s actually not a bad singer either

[@skatertrev7]

Amazing what heavy vocal processing and pitch correction can do!

[@chadangeles3856]

AUTO TUNE

[@syzerx6789]

Honest Man he’s actually a really good singer without that stuff though.

[@chadangeles3856]

@@syzerx6789 auto.tune

[@syzerx6789]

Honest Man trust me dude, he’s just an all around great musician. He has improved his vocal technique over the past few years

[@octavianturcu4204]

Can we just appreciate how good the Nobember Rain solo sounds in minor

[@Naive773]

I know right??? It's so beautifully painful 💔

[@GreenSkyOrca]

Man, you should do full covers of some of these songs in the minor scale. Some of them actually sounded better in the minor scale to me.

[@JoacolLink100]

ZeroPain All The Small Things was very cool actually

[@ubernerrd]

He needs to release an album.

[@CaptainIglo]

Album Name: Minor changes

[@TheRealElmoSkateTeam]

The Reason actually fit the theme of the song being played in minor a lot better than the original scale

[@surekhaahlawat6068]

Every breath you take sounded awesome

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

You turned Van Halen - Jump from a song about expressing excitement into a song encouraging people to commit suicide. I like it.

[@TheArmady]

Jump is acutally about a person commiting suicide... the sound now just fits the theme

[@RjBurger]

That was a good joke

[@Katocat]

So true

[@tybrewing9807]

Holy shit. Please take my like.

[@suhdude1790]

+JOSUA'S LIGHT ableton

[@nickplaysguitar9053]

He made November Rain, a sad song already, then made it sound even sader

[@scottbock9197]

Nick Plays Guitar , Axel would have jumped in the hole if this version was played.

[@probablyjed]

That's how The Reason should be released

[@aidensummers5938]

It sounded so sick!

[@jacobnelsen2786]

@@aidensummers5938 it sounds like a Sum 41 cover

[@davedavem]

Wow, Bryan Adams really regrets buying his first real 6 string.

[@UltraSamurai]

davedaveii this comment deserves more like.

[@aabb3340]

It was a painful time for him. You can hear the anguished irony in his voice when he says that those were the best days of his life. The dude has some serious shit to work through.

[@scollaybaws]

Shoulda got a 7 string.

[@yisusmijagi7073]

FUCK YEA

[@Harani66]

I prefer it that way 😁

[@She_real-4-real]

“The Reason” based on the lyrics, it sounds like it should’ve originally been in minor key

[@brianna9822]

Please make a full version of Hoobastank- The Reason in minor It was so goood

[@johnnewebster6448]

Agreed

[@SheYettie68]

oath

[@missromantic]

There’s a full minor cover of it by Chase Holfelder

[@vendettaknight104]

I am 100% covering "The Reason" in the minor key.

[@TheDisturbedProject]

It's been 6 months, you have disappointed us...

[@vendettaknight104]

@@TheDisturbedProject Apologies. I was doing it using MuseScore and am now suffering technical difficulties :( Edit: I have a friend who plays guitar. Maybe we can do an actual cover?

[@MsCindyrich]

If you make it, please post the link in the replys.

[@piranhasforscissors]

It honestly sounds like Headstrong by Trapt to me because of the way Stevie plays it

[@K-bot-music]

Is it out

And here I thought Every Breath You Take couldn't get any more creepier.

[@defilerphobos]

I thought delightful introspective.

[@brendanmcg8566]

My thoughts exactly lol, that was over the top creepy!

[@emperormarcusaureliusanton5995]

As if Every Breath You Take wasn't already creepy enough

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@guitarmaniac83]

Me and the wife thought exactly the same thing haha

[@Aeldrion]

guitarmaniac83 The wife and I*

[@alexanderkurz1603]

The trick is to take the other person out of the sentence to see if it makes sense.

[@BoomYoutube]

Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus yeah

[@syn64_17]

This way jump from Van Halen sounds more suicidal than the original

[@dieffect2587]

It is not “Jump” but rather “Jump off a building”

[@galenmarek8287]

And the faces he makes and eye rolls only makes it more fitting as he sings

[@alexbaldwin1267]

@@elizabethissleeping846 no it isn't

[@nikoknee]

@@alexbaldwin1267 it is

[@alexbaldwin1267]

@@nikoknee no it isn't

[@gamingwithcallum6087]

1:37 Every Breath You Take But Sting Is Actually Watching You

[@FireofSilois]

"The Reason" is just unbelievable, should make the full song like this ! I'd buy it for sure !

[@austinburris8356]

Fab Riddleton right

[@mukhleisszakaria6640]

Fab Riddleton chase holefield made a full cover of it. its really cool

[@shastasta999]

Sounds like Breaking Benjamin to me

[@SailorStar84]

Omg, yes please!!!!!!

[@Radiowias]

shastasta999 dude totally

[@FernandoFernandez_192]

The Reason sounds hella better in minor

[@grammarnazi1868]

randomflashbacks It's the one that's the most similar to the original on this list, IMO.

[@praisethesun69]

Fernando Fernandez "hella" now I'm having flashbacks to being a teen in sacramento XD

[@FernandoFernandez_192]

***** Funny enough, I'm from Argentina, I just thought that that expression sounds cool :p

[@nah.4129]

Fernando Fernandez So true

[@afnica1]

i wish he would record the whole song. it's really good.

[@mtinfinity7845]

"The Reason" sounds so great in minor! it suits it so well

[@jkritter5407]

4:54 this is exactly how I feel right now. RIP EDDIE VAN HALEN!

[@Hellseeker1332]

"every breath you take" sounds so much more honest in minor. 😂

[@butter5144]

@Tyler Hackner 😲

[@Bossun101]

November Rain is a sad song became more sad

[@anthonyjones6870]

Nah it’s sad his fucking wife dies wdym

[@pahvi3]

Sounds like Santana

[@lovestoryccc]

True.. too sad.

[@zachariahturnage9780]

Most of these sound better than the originals.

[@petera9026]

Depression 100

[@cruelchris3099]

@@petera9026 More like dreading the future.

[@MegaMaurizione]

Especially jimmy eat world

[@aclonymous]

Zachariah Turnage the only one that didn’t was every breath you take and that’s probably just because Stevie translated it from major to minor wrong

[@woodybob01]

No they just sound different and your brain recognises that.

[@Velocijoey]

Easily one of the best music youtubers out there. Don't stop doing you man. Love it.

[@cammy649]

He's one of the more. Funnier comedic youtubers and Im. Not even talking about his jokes that are sometimes awful on purpose.

[@vesanius1]

It's been almost three years since this was released, but we need full versions of this songs!

[@thefail1999]

Vesanius YES PLEASE

[@felipesanroman3667]

YES PLEASE!!!

[@jamesgjacobsadventures]

lol...my thoughts exactly!! headed strait into 2020 with a whole different attitude for some strange reason and this just fits right along with it

[@joaojvmar1]

Absolutly

[@rafaelyamasaki90]

November rain in minor scale was the best

[@MrBurns-lx3dx]

Sounds like something by Dream Theater.

[@legends1979]

Reminded me of Opeth

[@voittopirttimaki]

November Pain

[@johnnycsperu1907]

Sounds like a brand new song to me

[@SimoAnto96]

Rafinha Yamasaki it sounded a lot like "Parsifal" by Italian band Pooh

[@captainnapalm75]

November Rain in minor is freakin' legendary!

[@bfrazer8696]

This is ridiculously good, major props to you

[@waldendrm]

Minor props* I had to, sorry.

[@raiden3079]

+Lemon Boy Badoop haha

[@facemanva6021]

that was punny

[@bens808]

Every breath you take sounds like a horror movie theme in minor

[@dinahhaile2503]

Aren't horror movie songs already in minor?

[@youngsandwichgaming9071]

noot noot *every breath you take in minor sounds like a horror movie theme

[@JB4375]

What's really funny is that it's a stalker song. Sting said in an interview that he was shocked how couples told him it was "their" song and that they used it for their first dance after getting married.

[@JB4375]

I just watched the Jeopardy episode from Friday and they referenced this for a question. #ironymuch

[@kaetiijay1853]

I was just thinking that they could easily use it as a new horror movie "theme"

[@chuyrangelofficial4411]

Every one says they feel "sad" or "creepy" To me they sound fucking epic

[@nthgth]

It's oversimplification to call it sad or creepy, true - I'd guess that description is just for people who aren't musicians, so Stevie T is giving the Cliff's notes version so the video isn't an hour long. I believe minor key is really just more all-around emotive than major. Including positive emotions. Like epicness.

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

Only trvly enlightened ones can appreciate the emotional weight of the minor key. To the unversed who haven't yet started the journey, it feels like a sadder version of the original... But whay they truly are is deeper.

[@josie4065]

Yep

[@kyriley4075]

I agree but every breath you take though

[@SlyHikari03]

The journey one definitely

[@mrtndrks1909]

Five years later, this video still puts a smile on my face. Much love steve

[@sagesaria]

Every Breath You Take in minor, AKA "for fuck's sake guys do we really need to spell it out for you even Sting said it's not a love song"

[@dannyphehe]

November rain was meant to be in minor. Sounds so awesome.

[@PaulMols]

dannyphehe THIS!! my god, it sounds so awesome... this small parts beats the shit out of the original imo :)

[@quentonmillstid850]

dpsrbi overrated

[@boratumaumabora]

Sounds like something Santana would come up with

[@peekygunker1205]

Blink 182 turned into the Offspring.

[@joaomellin]

Peeky Gunker lol so true

[@jacobsss5827]

I didnt know this song and for me it sounds fucking good

[@therealmalady7373]

Like The Kids Aren't Alright or something

[@lazarus1867]

That's what I said!!

[@GamerFae]

Lmao. It's too true. xD

[@bobblake6530]

This is so awesome. You bring music theory to life, and bring feeling to what some only have an academic understanding of. Thank you.

[@Simple_Man_Golf]

It just makes everything sound vaguely like The Offspring

[@TheStinkyWetBandit]

+TheIrateFanboy now that you say that, it's all I hear 😂

[@newhampshirenate]

LOL, it's his voice. But you knew that, didn't you, smarty-pants?

[@kristo1981]

That made me wonder how would The Kids Aren't Alright sound in major.

[@badmanjones179]

i think his voice mainly contributes to that

[@FrancescoGiorginiFilms]

TheIrateFanboy That's because of his voice

[@admaxadvertising953]

nailed the november rain solo!

[@FrezCaulfield]

i think it sounded better

[@George-gg4pb]

+Frez. impossibru

[@nicolapellacani4196]

physicist j he also nailed his nails.

[@walfalcon]

Jump seems to have a whole new meaning.

[@vvendingo4046]

Jump is actually based on a story of a man who wants to jump off a building

[@stevenboelke6661]

I thought it was someone jumping off a stool to hang themself.

[@TheChesterKiwi]

Ahahahaha

[@desiraed9077]

+Jack Cousins LMAO

[@OZHKAR1]

+Boopygoops really?

[@Ajz092]

The minor key makes everything sound better. SO much so that I don't understand why anyone would even write a song in Major anymore.

[@johnroscoe2406]

Because it sells better. Modern popular music is a brand and a product. Air waves and digital space are the store shelves. It appeals to more people than it doesn't.

[@alexbaribeault]

Blink 182 in Minor is so much better imo. They sound like Sum 41.

[@jaydenrock]

Alex Baribeault it’s actually closer to Alkaline Trio to me. Kinda ironic.

[@mattraposo2719]

@@jaydenrock That comment deserved more XD

[@numbers7889]

Stare 281 and Difference 14 are my favorite bands

[@allykayyy2683]

If you feel that way you should check out their last few albums. Just saying.

[@Captainlongsack1111]

Blink 182 in minor is The Offspring... kinda

[@eddiesparxx2715]

The Hoobastank song sounded legit awesome

[@Zadamanim]

Sounds better than the original in my opinion lol

[@maxpowers4394]

Everything Blink 182 sounds better in minor

[@rogerpanoz2323]

ikr!!!!!

[@dadeomac]

I enjoyed some of those

[@brandino2427]

It does man holy sh*t

[@adrian5b]

'Jump' suddenly turned into a suicide song

[@vvendingo4046]

It is based off of a man wanting to jump off a building

[@DoctorSib]

It's always been a suicide song...xD A really happy suicide song...

[@adrian5b]

Guys, if you can see, a bajillion people already said it is a suicide song, saying it again won't change a thing

[@anazardcore]

I GET UP.... AN NOTHIN GETS ME DOWN cause im already dead

[@rondremolo5052]

+adrian5b hey did you know jump is actually about suicide?

[@niki-yq1oo]

4:04 sounds 100%ly like an intro to a Russian song haha😂 I love it

[@anniej844]

I really liked The Reason. it sounded so cool!

[@DayneV11]

Raven J. I honestly like the way it sounds, compared to the original. I'd love to hear a full length recording.

[@Cody-my1vb]

JenovaSynthesis if you want a full length version look up chase holfielder he has a full version and I'm in love 😍

[@malakirovelto497]

Raven J. I agree

[@Ben_Guy]

Reminds me of Linkin Park :P

[@PerceptionsofFate]

RIP Chester!

[@Digzitify]

That Hoobastank song turned in to a Breaking Benjamin song all of sudden

[@baRt00XX]

agree ahah

[@Nariek314]

I thought exactly the same!

[@GMovieSeeker]

Yeah it started sounding like metal....

[@contra009]

that's exactly what I thought

[@Radiowias]

IKR, sounds good tho

[@kickblake]

That Van Halen track goes from being about dancing to being a call to suicide. Jesus, key matters. Pachelbel's Canon in Dm sounds metal as fuck, though.

[@jameswilkinson4632]

thought the exaccct same thing haha

[@connorferrand527]

I thought jump was already about suicide

[@thefatcat6695]

It is

[@sandhamwich2199]

Might as well jump.

[@leahcimpmek9806]

kickblake yea. Summer of 69 sounds like a guy thinking about his memories and being depressed

[@humanthenarrator]

It sounds so good, because the darker instrumentals with the rather positive lyrics and interval jumps create a melancholic feel

[@martonkardos8094]

Ground control to minor Tom

[@bernardinusjustin221]

"I'm not a perfect person" perfectly sang.

[@fmodp990]

every breath you take is so freakin creepy

[@msDanielp369]

Even More!... creepy

[@kitchenmaiden81]

Well, it fits. The singer wrote it about him stalking his wife. He is a real creep.

[@msDanielp369]

hnmm at least his own wife and not a stranger. Like me..:3 joke

[@natemarchesi3472]

kitchenmaiden81 actually sting is still alive

[@kitchenmaiden81]

Edited, thanks.

[@ryanpatrick3567]

This thoroughly entertained me from end to end.

[@thewhitestboogieman6552]

Damn, Every Breath You Take sounded like some straight horror movie music, lol.

[@TheNidzhat88]

😂😂😂😂lol. And this face with glasses. oh my...😂😂😂😂

[@YMSHE]

It sounded like a stalk song or a rape song lmao

[@TheNidzhat88]

Jaymz Hetfield lmao )))

[@mauriceman360]

that is actually what it is about

[@movimentodoscacos]

sound like something Sonic Youth would do

[@waltdombrowski3789]

The minor version of Every Breath You Take makes a creepy song even creepier...

[@adriana1945]

Oh shit

[@rybanberr2770]

It sounds like a Scorpions song in minor

[@leucbinh7397]

It sounds a bit like The Walking Dead theme

[@svelle37]

Holy shit yeah. I was thinking where I know this song from till I read your comment!

[@TheVanillaMiner]

jump by van halen sounded suicidal lol

[@rockymnj]

well the song is about suicide.

[@bandolierboy1908]

it is??

[@rockymnj]

+isaac white The synth line was written around 1981 by Eddie Van Halen but it was refused by the other members of the band. In 1983, producer Ted Templeman asked Roth to take a listen to the unused song idea. Riding around in the back of his 1951 Mercury, with band roadie Larry Hostler driving, Roth listened repeatedly to the song. To come up with a lyric for it, he remembered seeing a television news report the night before about a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off of a high building. Roth thought that one of the onlookers of such a scene would probably shout "go ahead and jump".

[@bandolierboy1908]

Rocky Nelson oh my...i thought it was jumping for joy

[@CasparAbelmann]

+isaac white Maybe joy can be found and the pavement below, you might never know ;)

[@andrewgilford7861]

Dude thanks for spending the time producing this. Your sense of humor is a delight!

[@erikfender5996]

I like the minor Jimmy Eat World The Middle better.

[@blazereviews6374]

!!!

[@Glenn_3]

same!

[@wojo5ciec]

Full version would be cool

[@Chechosaurius]

He did a great job indeed.

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Sounded like Billy Talent.

[@fukkinmetal9201]

Every Breath You Take belongs in minor scale

[@fukkinmetal9201]

so does Dammit 😂

[@sinisteryaknow8886]

Almost sounds like it could be Black Metal

[@ElizondoAbelardo]

Fukkin Metal I know! it reminded me of Opeth.

[@dylanfitch2997]

that depends on what chord progression you are playing over because every breath you take is in A major or F# minor it's the same key

[@dylanfitch2997]

look up a "circle of fifths" diagram. it will explain the relationship between the relative minor/major scales and why/where their respective sharps and flats lie as well as showing you that each note in the scale has a corresponding interval (major first, minor second, minor third, major fourth, major dominant fifth, minor seventh flat five or the seventh root note in the scale then the octave of the first)

[@nickmanville900]

CAN WE PLEASE GET A PART 2

[@aaronlance3927]

nick Manville yes.......

[@Miguel-ke5cq]

I forurth the motion

[@ItsParhelia]

I fifth the motion

[@Ronnie.Raymond]

I sixth the motion

[@Decademusic1]

Every breath you take actually sounds pretty good

[@drivernephi2212]

Every Breath You Take was really confusing as it's a sad song to begin with.

[@Phnxsmv]

Creepy. :D

[@lukebeckley8337]

A bit of trivia for you. That song is actually about stalking. The More You Know. ;)

[@mattydigs]

Right so the minor treatment is actually perfect 0_0

[@drivernephi2212]

Luke Beckley Hence the sad song.

[@Kurty94]

Actually the original is more creepy, because you can hear creepy lyrics sang with "happy sounding" tones

[@Reionder]

minor Jump fits really well once you realize the song is about suicide

[@vitebee]

So it wasnt my imagination...v:

[@MrCaptainbutters]

that's what I thought lol

[@A7XKoRnRocks1]

Now do Minor songs in Major.

[@heatherferreira4225]

Noooo! Not as fun! Won't sound as good...

[@Agent-47-eh]

We definitely need full covers of these especially the Hoobastank one it was fucking lit

[@dethadder0]

Van Halen's Jump sounded like a ballad to suicide, lol.

[@Dampzombieslayer]

It is a ballad to suicide though

[@dethadder0]

Yeah? Originally? Guess I never really paid attention to it. Well, in any case, this version got the message across.

[@tbow13gbr22]

Kolot no it's not. It's basically saying "jump for joy" hence the line "nothing gets me down"

[@Dampzombieslayer]

The whole idea of the song came from Eddie watching the news when there was a man that was about to jump off of a building, and "nothing gets me down" is referring to the police that can't get the jumper down from the building

[@WhizzarD44]

It's probably a good thing they didn't play it in minor then.

[@angrodoronar]

Every Breath You Take became a black metal arpeggio.

[@Nomadsrevenge]

Check out the metal cover for smg oldies but baddies contest, doom metal style

[@kurtcobain3426]

Dammit sounds grungy af

[@shaitet]

Kurt Cobain Holy shit, I didn't know you could use KZbin in the afterlife.

[@philiplang3876]

There was like 2 other videos but I remember this one

[@FuraFaolox]

Owen Rash Do you know this isn't the real Kurt, and can't be?

[@fenna941]

Fura Faolox it's a joke my friend

[@chi4824]

r/whoosh

[@JXDproductions]

Wow I’m gonna need a part 2. These sound awesome.

[@adelia.k263]

I need full version of november rain in minor, please

[@rockforhall2206]

Up

[@Alex_Outside]

Adelia Khairunnisa sounds like Dream Theater

[@modafoto]

A bit Gilmourish

[@BrodyLuv2]

Start in a different fret.. you try..

[@uyi1]

it sound depressed as fuck lol want a full version so bad