Negative Harmony Cover - Take On Me

[@RobustRouge]

I imagine this is what I sound like to the rest of the household when I shower

[@trollerrollerrollercoaster8391]

Pretty impressive if you're able 2 do the backup voices

[@equaius893]

impressive, able to sing negative harmony in real time!

[@ohmeganerd]

It is

[@benostiguy7215]

Exactly. 😂

[@danielrichardson7460]

Same

[@josephfraser-fitzsimons6177]

There's a parallel universe out there where all songs are "negative harmony"

And in that parallel universe that has a video with our version of take on me on a parallel universe version of this channel.

[@ChevyZ28K10]

You stop that

[@benfennell6842]

@ That whole universe is sketchbook aesthetic and the music video for take on me shows the girl jumping into our world and finding the real singer of a ha.

[@heythere1565]

That,my friend,is a place called “Australia”.

[@hugoyoung4890]

@@heythere1565 can confirm

[@cored6940]

After 11 months, he returns at 2 in the morning, as the prophecies foretold

[@nicholaspatella]

Cohen it was 8 in the morning for me

[@anaga6049]

the prophecy is fulfilled.

[@mzadro7]

I don’t know because i was asleep lmao

[@stephen8479]

I hate this cause it is like 2:10 in the morning for me and that is too much of a coincidence for me

[@anaga6049]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJC8naSnaJirpqc

[@fuegofuegoss]

this sounds like the music used in youtube commercials to avoid paying rights but still give a familiar catchy sound

[@hatuhsawl]

“Legally distinct” “legally dissimilar”

[@shetto]

oh- oh- oh- ozampic

[@SlyHikari03]

Yup

[@adrienneczerni6516]

@@shetto fucking assasinated me for some unknowable reason

[@leximatic]

Yes, like all the music in "The Sims".

[@ItsACamellia]

This is somehow just as "80's" as the original, if not more so.

[@mon0light]

Same sounds, drums and note lengths, just different melody

[@JDBajaBlast]

All these reverse harmony songs sound like that

[@Roxanneredpanda]

Sad 80s

[@marcelogutierrez6489]

Maybe the instrumentation is what does that

[@turdeyeblind]

More so

[@HiggyNugget]

"ᴵ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ʷʰᵃᵗ" *WHAT TO SAAY* "I'll say it anyʷᵃʸ"

[@LincolitteLincolitte]

SHIne on da wªı

[@caidenmillar2832]

This sounds more like an inspirational futuristic song, instead of the funky 80's song it originally was. This is awesome, keep up the good work dude!

[@princetbug]

Negative Harmony -- the music of the future

[@princetbug]

I want to hear this in Tomorrowland

[@pascal-janssen]

The future, today

[@carlsagan1377]

Have you heard of the band TWRP my dude?

[@underscorethealien247]

The intro is like meet the Robinsons.

[@friendlyrusset]

1:29 sounds like he's yawning LOL

[@lordofcows8529]

ur so right

[@rabobingayan9758]

XD OMG HAHAHAHAHAH

[@StONed-mb1iv]

I shot snot reading this!!

[@Isabella-xr1ik]

@@StONed-mb1iv oh my! You good bro?

[@CiscoWes]

Take on me....aahhhhhhh.... time for a nap

[@sambutton8494]

This sounds like it would play during the montage of sad driving scenes where the brooding main male character is convinced he has to leave the innocent girl he fell in love with behind, and theres several sweeping shots of him in his leather jacket looking over the desert back at the shimmering city on the horizon at dusk

[@marcrosen999]

It just reminds me of really wholesome films that are quite emotional but leave you smiling and content in a really nice way

[@galejandro2003]

damn that was accurate!!

[@gamingpotato4427]

That’s the miss atomic bomb music video lol

[@CassOFL]

What-

[@chinchillageneral]

Awfully specific but yeah

[@robcarden7186]

MGMT - Take on me

[@mysigt_]

Jeremy Callahan love that album

[@Benjaxx]

True

[@ascraeusorange9157]

Wow you’re right tho

[@77x5ghost]

it reminds me of she works out too much

[@robertcalifornia9641]

@@djvibekiller Best album

[@firetarrasque4667]

Honestly, it feels like a *totally* different song. Especially the openning. You'd need a few adjustments, but this could totally work stand-alone.

[@StainlessHelena]

ey-e: "give off you"

[@stormwatcher1299]

Sounds like something a Cockney gangster would say to someone

[@archivushka]

e-ye*

[@MrJefps]

😹😹😹

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Back Down From Everyone But Me

[@nose-bleed]

666 likes 😷

[@jackbubblegum]

He sounds like he’s trying not to cry! “It’s not better to be safe than sorry” 🥺

[@JBergmansson]

Wow, the pitch correction softwere really does some work in these choruses. The first and last notes are almost two octaves from where they originally sounded.

[@skoto8219]

Jonas Bergmansson two octaves and a fifth!

[@JBergmansson]

@@skoto8219 I should have said "about two octaves" then. 😅 But it also depends on the tonal center. It sounds to me like the highest note here, in the start of the chorus, is much higher than the highest note in the original, at the end of the chorus. That might mean that the low note had to be raised more than the high not had to be lowered.

[@saadjamil9123]

Melodyne is a helluva drug!

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Isn't this a cover?

[@nathanberridge7321]

@@JBergmansson Nah, it's the same notes at either end of the chorus, it's just the distortion from the pitch correction software that makes it sound weird. I checked against the original song.

[@metallicserpant1480]

This is what it feels like getting a sneeze that goes away

[@Aluxious45]

lmao

[@cinnamon4]

The "take me on (take on me) / I'll be gone" part sounds heavenly

[@SiAnon]

Much much more than it ever should but it works quite well.

[@danielwilkins7509]

An angel intervines, despite GOD's warning,NOT to do so, otherwise, face severe disciplanary action😲.

[@danielwilkins7509]

I like THAT section, too🙂.

[@7dogsinasuit964]

This sounds like when a TV show wants a song for the 80s but they don't want to pay for any real songs so they just create their own

[@warrengently6418]

Stay with me for a moment--- all songs are real.

[@Wepawnet]

@@warrengently6418 what about "Frank Sinatra - Fake Song"?

[@AlbySilly]

1:30 He sounds like he's about to cry

[@MB-ux9me]

He sounds like he's yawning in my opinion

He is about to laugh for me.

[@danielwilkins7509]

Ge's just lost the girl of his dreams, afraid he's never gonna find love again! Would you cry, too?😞.

[@engineerisdead1303]

This somehow makes it even more New Wavey

[@parappertherappa8258]

I came here to hear him say the high note in a low voice, and it sounds really good!

[@wintersgarbage]

"in a day or " ᵗʷᵒ

[@mikaelious9550]

The "In a day or two" part is probably my favorite of this entire song. Good job!

[@TyJupiterYT]

totally agree!

[@nrthe2videos514]

I almost got chills when I heard the first time time.

[@BlueGeen]

Same

[@robloxvids2233]

It sounds like Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra". Check it out.

[@robertjuh]

some parts actually sound reallllly good

[@evanhouston7246]

I prefer it when you sing and play the instruments. It really adds an extra layer of purpose to it. It makes it seem like someone from a far away land composed it, and while it may seem strange to us, it meant the world to them.

[@JohnSmith-jd4qm]

I actually prefer when he just edits the original recordings. New vocals and instrumentation just make the cover feel like a parody to me, almost like a Weird Al thing, whereas these edited versions feel more like we're uncovering hidden layers of tonality and meaning within the original song and performance. I see where you're coming from though.

[@NazoCrystal]

i think both are good. versions like this are good to hear what the song would actually sound like with negative harmony, but the ones where he sings and plays it himself make them feel like a new song, and have a totally different feeling than the versions like this.

[@evanhouston7246]

@@JohnSmith-jd4qm I really like ones like enjoy the silence, and the instrumental sounds very bouncy on this one. It's just the vocals sound very unnatural and robotic, making it very hard to process it like normal music made by a human. I have to process it in a completely different way. Sure it's cool to hear the different intervals, but I much prefer to hear the covers and pretend that they are completely original songs.

[@zekiah2]

Evan Houston yeah the artifacts from the edit make it pretty hard to treat it like a regular song. Some of the actual covers I have in my normal music rotation and it works because there are no artifacts. It’s fun to play those ones to random people and watch them try to figure out what is happening I don’t think it would work with this one though

[@JohnSmith-jd4qm]

​@@evanhouston7246 Yeah, Enjoy the Silence is definitely my favourite one so far. Maybe it's because I listen to a lot of (sometimes fairly harsh) electronic music, but I actually don't have a problem with the machine-like vocals - they remind me of gentler electronic groups like Kraftwerk. The edits to Enjoy the Silence etc do sound funny and distracting at first, but after a few listens I get used to them and I can just enjoy them as (almost) normal music.

[@eugenenalpin6058]

This just sounds like Russian synth-pop from 80'

[@jellyfish0311]

You're actually right! I was wondering why it sounded familiar

[@theblyatman3856]

na zarrreeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@E4439Qv5]

In Soviet Russia, _On_ Takes _You!!_

[@sergeynik406]

​@@theblyatman3856 Голоса зовут меня

[@konstkaras]

In negative harmony natural major with #7 to 1 tension turns into natural minor with b6 to 5 tension. This was widely used in most archaic Russian folklore, but by some bands like Kino too.

[@charlie_nolan]

I can’t describe the emotion this conveys

[@rogerjamesmusic]

no one can.

[@steveballzack1409]

Feels like my pet robot ran away and I don't know if he's ever coming home.

[@toefoneman]

​@@steveballzack1409or like an Alien spaceship crashed in the 80s with a broken translator

[@lucabaldassi6024]

ǝW uO ǝʞɐ┴ - ɐɥ-ɐ

[@noncreativearts5360]

uo ǝɯ ǝʞɐʇ

[@giuseppenicotra2305]

aW uO akeL - eye

[@wiki5251]

Oi

[@jayknowles2146]

α-μα ⊥∀KE OИ WE

[@impostor3246]

@@wiki5251 oi

[@aidanbouw5224]

This sounds like Mii music

[@Symphonicrockfran]

Mii Music

[@pickasquif5056]

Mii Wusic

[@LimeyLassen]

Tomadachi Life

[@aidanbouw5224]

@@Symphonicrockfran ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?!

[@aidanbouw5224]

@@pickasquif5056 ARE YOU SATISFIED?!?!?!?!

[@wondertime4968]

Now this is what a return should be.

[@WilsTube]

This sounds like a song that spiritually belonged in the Lego Movie

[@danielwilkins7509]

Exactly!🙂, Emit's love song, to that Lego Girl, that's always saving him.

[@somebodythatuusedtoknow5071]

Oh my god this melody gives a song a different meaning. Love it so much!!

[@somebodythatuusedtoknow5071]

Also missed ya a lot

[@AChannelFrom2006]

reminds of Depeche mode

[@friendlyrusset]

oh yeahh

[@dragonboyjgh]

to be fair most of what he does sounds like depeche mode

[@litter_mcgarbage]

Nah this is Depressed Mode

[@SB-se7vb]

This is exactly what I came to comment lol.

[@danielwilkins7509]

DAVID's voice, to this song, would take things, to a whole, new, emotional lavel, for DEPECHE MODE🙂.

[@E4439Qv5]

It's giving me flashbacks of documentaries on automated assembly lines... ...this song sounds like it makes Ford Fusions for a living.

[@GiovanniZER0]

Today! On how its made...

[@danielwilkins7509]

Your premise, seems to be, what GARY NUMAN, has been singing with, for years🙂.

[@williamsmith6921]

Why does this remind me of Jack stauber

[@Gender_Ascender]

Definitely has some "Two Time" vibe with the almost dissonant tones together lol

[@justasmltwngir1732]

Oh my gosh you’re right

[@lovelyheiferdev]

The tone of the song gives of definite vibes.

[@tannerin]

haven’t heard that guy’s name in a couple years

[@masonbasson]

Nice to have ya back

[@LonerChief]

It goes from high to low singing it sounds epic.

[@saylad3211]

He sounds like he’s constantly on the verge of sneezing lmao 😂

[@bradley5800]

Damn it I think I like this better than the original. No joke. The high pitched "take" sounds so fcking good.

[@Zyphon]

This just sounds amazing

[@yoshifly2337]

Royalty-free songs in cartoons be like:

[@Leblenlens]

Somehow this kinda sound depressive like as if they gave up doing the song at one point

[@NikoKourouklis]

This legitimately sounds like Sega Genesis music.

[@tonym3598]

Nice profile pic, love the 95 Cavalier

[@TorpidTVYT]

0:53 - 0:58 is angelic

[@chance6696]

Me take on

[@frankenspine98]

On me take

[@peixearrombado]

On take me

[@chance6696]

​@@frankenspine98 uo ǝɯ ǝʞɐʇ

[@denism5785]

Give off you.

[@TheLuceArs]

Me takyon

[@Joskus]

Thank you for continuing on making these negative harmony covers. Whenever i hear a new one it makes my day.

[@clhclm]

this what people saying "cheese and mac," "cream n cookies," or "dad and mom" sounds like

[@Mustang_G]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[@bremensims6086]

@@Mustang_G ooga booga

[@QuartzOfficial]

chips n fish white and black patrick and spongebob

[@clhclm]

@@bremensims6086lol more like booga ooga

[@bremensims6086]

@@clhclm Uh, Ugg know booga ooga wrong. Ooga booga backed by science

[@jer666pala]

It's times like this that I'm thankful for KZbin recommendations. This is amazing.

[@Akheloios]

Pet Shop Boys?

[@E4439Qv5]

Too many choices, too many problems… Which d'you prefer, the hard or soft options?

[@FranciscoMonges2002]

This add another sense to the song.. Actually sounds very good btw

[@darkridoom]

Just so happened to be listening to your other stuff and caught this one early. Good stuff as always 👍

[@frankenspine98]

This must be what acid sounds like

[@kaitlynngaras3431]

have some to spare, u want?

[@nnnyel]

Put it on .75 and you're all set

[@sakakaka4064]

on acid everything sounds normally. if sober, everything is dimmed

[@OmgItsTengu]

Not even in the slightest

[@nickkerinklio8239]

It’s sounds like screaming schizophrenia demons for the rest of your life

[@whatiswhatlawl]

This is what Jon Favreau heard on heroin in pulp fiction

[@devan_danger]

Great! Now we need a deepfake of favrreau in pulp fiction for no other reason than this commenter confused the names

[@NarwhalFilms13]

Sounds like one of those "in the city" songs. Like, a character is walking around a bad part of a city with headphones on blind to the troubles of the are he's in.

[@Ugleseth]

This sound like a song you would suddenly hear on vh1 one day and wonder why you've never heard it before.

[@alanbareiro6806]

Ngl, I kinda love how this sounds.

[@Lunar_Sketch]

Honestly, I'd love an instrumental version of a lot of these negative harmonies

[@jannmikoingelrabagogamingc6012]

I love this ha-a classic, really!

[@felixclark7272]

Sounds like the Pixies.

[@danielmarsden4573]

Felix Clark pixies goes full electronic

[@TheOdeszy]

NOT GARDEN GNOMES

[@caltheuntitled8021]

@CrackerNuts *Lawn gnomes

[@BrokenGodEnt]

I'm just gonna take the instrumental and insert the lyrics from "Hey"

[@Scrypt__]

Wow man I came because Jaime Altozano mentioned you on a negative harmony video and this sounds beautiful! You do a crazy work ! Congrats and thank you

[@giggiagabi847]

You're back! I missed those

[@zinkpieco]

I love this. This is the better version. I got goosebumps listening to this

[@amingussus]

You enter the corridor leading to the final bosses throne room where you will defeat him once and for all, the video game is nearly over.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

This is fantastic, its something so familar yet so different

[@malinabruhns9075]

I wonder what it would be like if a-ha watched this, I definitely wanna see Morten’s reaction. 😃😆

[@chrismingay6005]

I love this track! I've played it so many times I've forgotten what the original version sounds like.

[@luisferalonzo7400]

This went from retro to futuristic. Amazing work, I love the chorus.

[@calebmurray4438]

The first time he opened his mouth sounded like the “ha bapa ba babwa” meme with the dogs in the sky

[@richardstierwalt2874]

Dog of wisdom

[@krusader9508]

I was expecting something that sounded genuinely off/weird. Pleasantly surprised!

[@spiff6293]

1:31 he sounds like he’s on the verge of tears

[@phillipbailey70]

Hahaha! That's exactly what I thought when I first heard it! 😄😂

[@estevaocabral6169]

that refrain is actually a hit

[@bowlcuthulhu3588]

Fuck yes! Welcome back! We all missed ya! You should totally do a cover of this, it sounds so dreamscapey and your voice would be perfect for it. All the best!

[@schmokmok69]

These are so genius. I love this.

[@oscarbuckley6980]

Nice I love ur negative harmony stuff, keep it up man

[@CANDEEIRO]

Muito bom! Parabens e obrigado por compartilhar seu talento

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

The software's little artifacts make the song sound even better Also this sounds like what could be the opening of an action/comedy set in a cyberpunk world, the main characters being a robotic gunslinger who is very emotional but thinks in some really nonhuman ways, and some chick who he hangs out with/goes on beat with (they're cops)

[@smbsuperfan271]

This is like hearing what remembering parts of a dream but not clearly feels like.

[@Blank-n7c]

Sounds amazing

[@WeBeJayMin]

That chorus, with the melody descending instead of the classic ascending - mwah!

[@slushpuppie19]

"I'll be coming for your love ok" No NOT ok, learn boundaries you weird robot

[@bremensims6086]

Boundaris

[@BlueGeen]

Well, he’ll be coming for you anyway.

[@Manas-co8wl]

Boundaret

[@sams.8188]

so happy to see another of these - i absolutely love them

[@micahscott645]

When you are in a cave in Minecraft 0:07

[@noobeenaut]

**cave noises**

[@farisaniq1415]

*MINING AWAY!*

[@wowpoopstaylorsversion3267]

0:52 the chorus I how I pictured the song would've sounded like if the notes were in reverse order Especially the 'Take me out' in 1:00 that was wonderful

[@tobiaswolff8202]

I like this more then the original.

[@thmyon2452]

I like how most negative harmony sounds quite happy

[@thesenamesaretaken]

Beautiful

[@accordionSWE]

Some great pieces in this song.

[@gopinolo1553]

2:00 The pokemon battle strat

[@planpanwan]

Thank you for undoing the boringness of all these overplayed songs. You need an award 🥇 I now bestow upon you Steve Cruickshank, the gold medal 1st place award of awesome coolness, congratulations 🎉 You did it 🎉🎉

[@reisu_3708]

Great, now we need an instrumental only version of this

[@NewerHorizonsMusic]

Great work. Glad you’re back.

[@shipwreck9146]

About a week ago, I was going through pages I'm subbed to so I could clean out some. I saw your page and thought, "What page is this?" I looked at your page and said, "Ohhhh yeah yeah, definitely can't unsub from them. And I'm so glad I didn't. You're back, and as great as ever! :)

[@StainlessHelena]

This is so strange I love it.

[@bert_wert]

Yes !!!!! Glad you made another one. It’s been a while. Will we get more? Great job nontheless steve!

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

Sounds like a free use parody you'd hear on Robot Chicken.

[@SkylarWhiteYo]

This is better than the original

[@henryyokota2460]

Wow... this version is strangely good. Eerie...

[@xXAtomicSkittlesXx]

There's just something about it that reminds me of Julian Casablanca

[@chizchizchiz]

I was about to say, I want to hear Julian Casablancas cover this!

[@Andrea-on5ry]

Finnaly, i have been waiting for more negative harmony!

[@KurosakiYukigo]

The synth rift is kinda neat.

[@deepikasharma-cc4vc]

Makes me remember of Horten Market , he was my favourite singer

[@RubyPiec]

1:28 they sound like they're about to cry

[@peter3525]

Love the 08's