Random Music Stories to Fill the Void

[@TycoonHL]

I have a fun story! The "Sound of the 80s" was created by accident. Also known as Gated Reverb, it was created in 1980 by Hugh Padgham, then recording engineer for the band Genesis. Their new studio console had a microphone set up so they could communicate easily between the person in the recording room and behind the mixer. By accident, the microphone was left on during Phil Collins playing a drum beat. The mic had a strong compressor and a gate on it, so it created what we know as Gated or Nonlinear Reverb; the sharp, whip-like sound of the drums during a lot of 80s hits. That sound was first used on Peter Gabriel's 1980 album *Melt* on the song "Intruder". The arguably most famous song to use it however was Phil Collin's hit from 1981, "In The Air Tonight". And from then on it sparked the sound of the 80s.

[@wrinklchu]

Wow that’s insane

[@tylersquanto8938]

Damn, never knew this or that there was a term for the sound of 80s production

[@haley5351]

ok

[@MrGnuifje]

How I wish he hadn't.

[@KendrickMegaFan]

Damn. Although Didnt Joy Division already do that sound in 1979? Unknown Pleasures has that same sound on almost every song and it was released a year before what you said

[@atlight1977]

Imagine 'accidentally' singing with the biggest stars of all time

[@afrochickenboy]

@@TheAstroflight ok bud lmao

[@shellybear627]

It's a Disney Channel original movie is what it is.

[@tigerfist646]

@@afrochickenboy 88

[@hazel_mov9330]

Alfo really took DONDA not dropping bad huh

[@DDub04]

Pain. Despair, even.

[@omnomom]

@@DDub04 Suffering, perhaps

[@whatthehellisthis]

damn being in the kanye fandom must be rough

[@hazel_mov9330]

@@whatthehellisthis u got no idea

[@RR-dh5gr]

u were saying

[@isaacshulevitz5444]

Quarters by king gizzard was mastered onto a physical vhs tape, then they threw it on the ground and stepped on it until it was all crinkled and released it like that. There are parts on the album where it sounds like there’s some weird modulation but it’s actually just the tape being destroyed

[@sapphirethedude2010]

Most King Gizzard thing I’ve ever heard.

[@hendrystevo]

Bon Iver done something similar with 22 Over Soon. Justin recorded it on an old tape and either prior to recording or after recording, he drew on the tape with a marker pen and it’s why some of the audio just cuts out and glitches about on the track

[@jennyneon]

I've never heard of “Garth Brooks” yet, but it's *crazy* that he's the 2nd most selling artist in the RIAA.

[@juliusnepos6013]

He is the original singer of "If Tomorrow Never Comes"

[@AnthonyDavis-kh7zd]

How lol

[@monsterwith21faces92]

Why did you have to comment this it's not like it's something odd

[@burningcloudbeats4186]

Its crazy how someone can be the 2nd highest selling artist and ive never even heard of them

[@Blade383210]

He's a big deal in Country as someone that listen's to it he was the biggest country artist in the 90's. He's actual good though like Shameless is my favorite but you can only find a cover that Chris Stapleton did on KZbin

[@ThisUselessHeart2]

The Chris Gaines thing actually has more to it than that. There was a movie planned that was to be a fake documentary about a rockstar named Chris Gaines and he was to be portrayed by Brooks and Brooks of course was to do the soundtrack. The film fell through, but the album for it went ahead and released. Anyway! I actually really liked this style of vid! I think it'd be cool if you did more like these; maybe inbetween your heavier projects.

[@romulusnr]

"Gaines" did a concert (not sure if live) on television, and it was loaded with "facts" about the musician's music career. Made it all the more cringey. It wasn't remotely a secret that Gaines was Brooks.

[@ianstratton]

You are REALLY underrating just how massively popular Garth Brooks was/is in the US. He was THE biggest star in country music when the genre was at it's peak of crossover appeal. Some of the sales are inflated due to the 90's era of Neilson Sounds can recorded data manipulated by record companies, but Garth Brooks was still huge regardless. Not surprised you knew little about him. He pretty much screwed himself by stubbornly refusing to have any of his music on streaming sites (killing his best opportunity to be introduced and win over younger fans).

[@tpsam]

Wait a sec So you're telling me he isn't actually a marketing genius that got amazing selling albums physical copies because of Walmart exclusive deal But in reality he is wildly talented and screwed himself with bad decisions who stopped him from branching out of country And he is the most selling albums artist in America despite his bad distribution Not because of his distribution throughout Exclusive partnership with Walmart helped him

[@ianstratton]

@@tpsam Brooks didn't have that Walmart deal until 2005. So it's not accurate to credit it for his established mega success from the previous decade.

[@digitalutopia1]

@@tpsam I mean exclusive deals for distribution actually *hurt* album sales by limiting where people can buy it. So instead of a normal artist having their albums carried by multiple retailers, people had to go to Walmart to buy it. So if anything, he'd likely have sold even *more* albums if people could buy his stuff anywhere.

[@adonaiyah2196]

I really don't understand ive looked at that list a bunch of times ive NEVER SEEN Brooks name in the list

[@anthonyhahn8827]

You literally just quoted what the video said, I would imagine if he was number one for sales in music ever that he would be the biggest country star at the time. Obviously most people don’t recognize him anymore because it’s out of style and not as popular as many other genres

[@JamoboBorg]

Sibylle Baier was a German actress from the early 70's. She recorded an album over a few years in that timeframe, but didn't do anything with it, instead decided to abandon fame and that work for her new family. 30 years later, her son collects the recordings to be handed out as gifts to family, but also hands one to J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, who in turn gets it to a label to be released in 2006. It's a lovely, personal, gentle singer-songwriter album, with very sparse instrumentation. If you like Pink Moon, this will be for you!

[@IVUSER]

Hell yeah! Album is called Colour Green and it's really good

[@AliceClow]

Reminds me of Vashti Bunyan

[@elianasteele553]

@@AliceClow i had the same thought. or Margo Guryan

[@boburiinchankludho]

"I lost something on the hills" made me cry

[@marsimus13]

i only know her because i share a first name with her so i naturally went to listen to her music a couple years ago and it's honestly, genuinely great!

[@romulusnr]

The "Pop Up Video" edition of We Are The World claimed that Dan Aykroyd was there to "represent the American film industry." It of course then added, "Dan is Canadian."

[@ramjuice5682]

Random music stories to feel the empty void inside me.

[@theaddictofgaming9174]

All the Uh-Oh remixes are so much better cause their actually in the right key. Did no one realize they just needed to move the bass down a half-step?

[@AllSeeingThai]

Which remix are you referring to?

[@theaddictofgaming9174]

@@AllSeeingThai the ones that have different beats (not like the Spanish one or the Busta Rhymes remix)

[@wheelsofmercury]

My father is a huge Garth Brooks fan. I grew up listening to his stuff that my dad would play around the house, so it blows my mind when someone says they've never heard of him.

[@andrestonorivero4951]

Well, that's most of us. At the very least, you should admit he isn't anywhere near the beatles.

[@MarshallsEmporium]

I had never even heard his name before this video. I assume he's only big in the US.

[@Blade383210]

@@andrestonorivero4951 In the country world he is the biggest name. I'm in the same boat I thought he was more well known to the general audience since he's played for every president since Clinton I think. I might be wrong about that but I'm pretty sure that's true

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@MarshallsEmporium He was big in Canada, too! That's where I'm from.

[@romulusnr]

Incidentally I just looked at his discography on WP and it is probably a bit sad that his highest charting main chart hit was as Gaines.

[@drbones1967]

Jeff Bridges is actually a recording artist as well as an actor. He is signed to Blue Note Records and has put out 2 albums the first of which debuted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 albums chart. Nothing ground breaking, but very a competent blend of soft rock, blues and country. He also did several songs on the soundtrack album for a movie where he played a country musician.

[@ethanrobbins9401]

This is one of those videos that you need to pay constant attention to otherwise you zone back in on “funding the dictatorship and purchase of weapons” and forget you clicked on a music related video lol. Love this shit.

[@beecebollowell]

Drake really said “it’s your BIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR”

[@JaePalm]

This video is incredible lol. Do more of these please

[@xxBieberLevineLovexx]

love these fun facts they’re really interesting

[@antacidchain3022]

Fun story in the wake of Charlie Watt’s death: One night while on tour, Mick Jagger got drunk off his ass in the hotel bar. Charlie is upstairs asleep when Mick calls him and says something to the point of “I need my drummer!” So, Charlie gets dressed in a full suit and goes down. He then punches Mick in the face and says, “You’re *my* singer, and don’t you forget it!” And he went upstairs and went back to bed.

[@thewestsideducks]

Finally Getting Up from Rock Bottom is my favorite Yeezus Track!!

[@TheJMaqExperience]

Today I learned Drake has an album called The Very Bloated Scorpion, and it’s the most I’ve ever liked him.

[@zorantaylor3190]

Eric Carle, eat your very hungry heart out....

[@zhan3100]

Your a top man for making something and beating your procrastination or other shite. Just fair play man

[@AlfoMedia]

I really appreciate this lol. beginning of the week I was ready to lay down and die from lack of ideas. this video was a bit of a mess but I'm proud I did something

[@thebiggestofoofs3176]

@@AlfoMedia this makes me want to make off the wall shit that just might work despite the ridiculously long artistic block I've been having. Honestly might be my favorite video so far, just amazing content

[@VenusLivesInASociety]

I thought you were gonna say something like "Freddie Mercury is African, specifically part of an Indian ethnic group and he was born in Africa"

[@VidelleTV]

Y'all trust me, "Touch the Sky" is a fucking banger on "I Miss You" with the magic ipod

[@VidelleTV]

also "Tipsy" and "Misery Business" like brother this thing is so fun

[@adynat0n]

I mixed “X Gon' Give It To Ya” with “Bring Me To Life” and man, that shit is pure hardcore.

[@goob8945]

move bitch and snow hey oh is a club classic

[@-Scrapper-]

@@VidelleTV Try neon genesis evangelion

[@freddysamjacob363]

Why is this actually a pretty good concept for a video?

[@direcircumstances]

My personal favorite combo from The Magic Ipod is Lose Control by Missy Elliot + Short Shirt Long Jacket by Cake.

[@adam-hp6qt]

MJ is actually the best selling solo artist according to chartmasters, with around 350 million records sold

[@elissarosemusic]

the whole Garth Brooks things just shocked me and a half-

[@farter_snail]

Some are familiar with the story of the Beach Boys albums Pet Sounds and the unfinished SMiLE (the latter was an album that would have rivaled absolutely everything The Beatles had ever done, had it been finished). Sadly, SMiLE was never finished due to a plethora of reasons, and so Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys instead decided to make a studio inside Brian’s house and create an album in 2 days called Smiley Smile in mid 1967. This album was the very first lofi/bedroom pop album ever conceived, immeasurably inspiring the band Animal Collective, who would go on to make revolutionary masterpieces like Merriweather Post Pavilion and Panda Bear’s solo record Person Pitch. Smiley Smile is also infamously responsible for ruining the Beach Boys’ reputation and causing their irrelevancy, yet it never got its due recognition to this day.

[@knivves0ut]

I think the dissonant way lumidee sings was a precedent for “non” singers in R&B like Cassie and Jhene Aiko

[@Jacob-Vivimord]

I think I kinda like that sound...

[@knivves0ut]

@@Jacob-Vivimord yeah i don’t agree that its “bad” in the way Alfo was describing it, it pulls from old school dancehall and reggae recordings that sound a bit distorted and “off key” to our ears.

[@lebenebou]

These types of videos are both more entertaining and interesting

[@schulbus13]

Matt Ox is crazy talented! and I really liked this video

[@Soxsun]

didnt realize farrah abraham was the actual founder of the voidz

[@scottmoody9008]

Garth Brooks is a living legend, he should get with the times and get on streaming services. He is an absolute icon in country music.

[@johnmuselmann7886]

Facts

[@digitalutopia1]

That's exactly why I subscribed to Amazon Music 🤷‍♂️

[@maxsk3809]

All these were really interesting. Definitely need more of these

[@thelastpepsi9369]

I think Garth Brooks is alright,my mom loves him,I literally saw him in concert and it was genuinely a great experience and I can fully understand not knowing him at all at the same time

[@intheyearof_39]

What I would give to be able to go back in time and go to Live Aid

[@LostDoctor312]

I gotta say the way you told the garth Brooks information really dismissed just how big of an artist he was. He was the biggest pop star for a few years in the early to mid 90s. If he didn't crossover as big as he did, Shania twain and Taylor swift wouldn't have been able to break through. Its very "I dont get/like it so there must be a reason for his success other than talent/cultural impact" Also garth Brooks' walmart deal didn't happen until the early 2000's. Well past his apex as an artist.

[@jmckenzie962]

The main reason most zoomers don't know Garth Brooks is because, like Alfo said, he has stubbornly refused to put his music on Spotify or any of the popular streaming services, thus cutting off most exposure to young people these days. And let's be real he's not exactly the most critically acclaimed artist either, despite his commercial success. So that combination has lead us to a point where arguably more people in my generation will have heard of My Bloody Valentine than Garth Brooks.

[@digitalutopia1]

@@jmckenzie962 He is most certainly heavily critically acclaimed- but because he's a country artist, most of those awards came from the CMA and ACM. Still, he does have a couple of grammys, and a bunch of Billboard awards.

[@jmckenzie962]

@@digitalutopia1 Ok so you're probably gonna hate me for saying this but those kinds of awards are really not what I mean when I say critically acclaimed. What I mean is praise from critics more distant from the inner workings of the music industry - what ratings do his albums have on sites like AllMusic or RYM? Y'know, stuff like that. I brought up My Bloody Valentine specifically because they haven't won any Grammys or Billboard awards, yet are regarded by most actual music critics as one of the most important bands of the past 30 years. Same goes for bands and artists like Sonic Youth, Bjork or Kate Bush. And it's not like I'm trying to argue critical acclaim and commercial success are mutually exclusive - or course they aren't, just look at artists like Nirvana, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, the list goes on; there are plenty of bands who are adored by critics and simultaneously sell millions of records. But the ultimate point I'm trying to make here is that Garth Brooks just isn't up there when it comes to critical acclaim, and since we live in a world where people themselves define their music taste through making Spotify playlists n shit as opposed to relying on the radio, an increasing amount of young people are more likely to value critical praise over commercial success, especially when it comes to older artists like Garth Brooks.

[@digitalutopia1]

@@jmckenzie962 I mean I'm not arguing that it doesn't make sense why younger people haven't heard of him - I'm just arguing that "critically acclaimed" is the wrong words to use. You don't become critically acclaimed through glorified user reviews, you merely become known to the visitors of those sites. And the reasons why he isn't known to a modern audience - including those sites, includes the reasons you listed. That said, even if he did have a larger online presence, I seriously doubt he'd be enjoyed by a modern audience. He's too country for today's mainstream audiences, and not country enough for today's country fans.

[@HulaHula667]

@@jmckenzie962I completely understand what you’re saying, but you have to agree that there is an inherent stigma and bias attached to the *Country* label and there always has. I live in the UK and became a fan of country music as a child thanks to an old style music channel that played country music videos in the late ‘80s into the ‘90s. Except for the odd crossover artist - early Taylor, Lady A, Shania - it’s been brutal if I ever wanted to listen to my music choice. However there have been countless occasions where I’ve found a country song covered by a non country artist and *suddenly* it’s a favourite song. There’s a beauty and complexity to so many country songs that is completely overlooked just because it’s *country* by the general population and critics alike.

[@bubblebobbler]

Woodstock 94 and 99 were complete insanity

[@jennyneon]

When Kanye will drop Donda (I hope), I hope Alfo Media will drop a new video about Kanye.

[@aleksandaratanasovic8835]

In my country there is a band Garavi Sokak (roughly translated to Dark Road) they are a country/folk band with traditional instrument, songs are mostly ballads and the music is oriented towards old people. THEIR FIRST BAND NAME WAS "SEX"

[@ilikemusic3856]

are we gonna pretend not to notice that he rickrolled us in the first few seconds of the video.

[@ESCtdyerwestfield]

Has that Brooks guy ever sold a record outside the US? No one outside of North America has ever heard of him.

[@CrizzyConnor]

I like this quick hit format.

[@maciejgraszk8509]

To fill a void created by the lack of DONDA

[@donrubix7423]

1:20 tf 🤨It's like a parallel world I've never heard of

[@asaltofsomething]

when I have free time in class, what better than some alfo media?

[@sherb0613]

completely unrelated but thank you for the mention of tricot in one of your videos, they're my favorite band now!

[@dragonz4477]

one of my favorite weezer facts is how hash pipe off of green and dope nose off of maladroit were written in the same night after rivers took a bunch of ritalin

[@goop9539]

Glad matt ox finally getting respect. He's unironically so talented and his music is so exciting and interesting.

[@zorantaylor3190]

In 1970, Roger Waters made a side project album with Ron Geesin, who was then also in the process of developing the orchestral arrangement for Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother", called "Music From The Body". "The Body" was a documentary film about human biology, and the aforementioned album was its soundtrack. The cover featured a human-sized transparent sculpture that had been designed for educational purposes, allowing one to see through the "skin" to the skeleton, organs, muscles and nerves underneath. 23 years later, the exact same sculpture was photographed with angelic wings attached to it, and this image became the cover of Nirvana's "In Utero". The band then brought the newly-modified sculpture on tour, where it would appear onstage alongside them.

[@LucianoRussoMusic]

loved this! super interesting.

[@jameswyl]

Just what I needed. Nice

[@jeeology1]

Am I the only person who said "who?" When he mentioned Garth? I genuinely don't know if I've ever heard his name before today (should be noted I'm British though so maybe he's a bigger name in the US)

[@romulusnr]

this is why I want to live there, I hate country music, and it's bloody everywhere in the states mate, no one is safe

[@kevinross6235]

@@romulusnr I'm sure you don't have to move to another country to not hear a genre of music lol

[@2yearoldeastercandy935]

I live in a Country music loving town in the Midwest of America and this is the first time I’ve heard his name

[@JulianHernandez-tn5gu]

Same. Got so surprised. But I live in the Philippines so even less of a chance to know country

[@digitalutopia1]

@@2yearoldeastercandy935 Probably because he kinda fell off at the end of the 90s. He decided to go do more his own thing, plus the industry wasn't too happy with the whole divorcing his wife and marrying another artist thing.

[@LavenderLydia]

I actually love this mishmash of facts format! You should do more

[@arb1384]

0:12 nice and smooth rickroll haha

[@dragonqueen6589]

The Metal equivalent to “We are the world” is “Stars” by Hear n Aid, such a great track (if 80s metal is your thing, that is)

[@edmonddowling4642]

6:35 “The Dude abides”

[@therealjohngalaxy]

All very interesting!

[@fused4987]

This was such a great video, i really enjoyed it

[@monke148]

dont remember what album it was but varg vikernes used headphones plugged into the microphone input as a microphone by screaming into the element on one of his burzum records from the 90s

[@Edgelordess]

The life of Erik Satie is fascinating. I guess he would be considered outsider music from the classical music standpoint as minimalism wasn't really a thing at the time, with the exception of Debussy, which Satie was friends/rivals with.

[@hydrodragonn7385]

Love these videos, thanks Alfo we appreciate you!

[@angelbustos9766]

I was thinking I would skip this video after a few minutes but that first fact really intrigued me and kept me on lol it was so random

[@ConvincingPeople]

6:35 Jeff Bridges makes a fair bit of sense, actually: He's had a small but respectable side-career as a musician since the early '70s, and his most recent film at the time of the "We are the World" remake was Crazy Heart, where he portrayed a country musician partly based on his friend Kris Kristofferson and did a fair bit of singing; he was also heavily involved in wrangling a team of respected songwriters for the project, among them T Bone Burnett, another friend of his. On top of all that, he's also really well-known for his philanthropic work, particularly in combatting child hunger. So, yeah, honestly one of the less weird picks as far as "people whose career isn't primarily musical to feature on a charity single" go. I can't tell you why Vince Vaughn was on the track, though. That's just odd.

[@artirony410]

one of the funniest to me is Fleetwood Mac touring the US in the early 70s with no actual members because people kept having to leave for various reasons and their manager kept hiring replacements. The band then found out about this and sued the manager only to find out that he owned the rights to the band's name and so legally Fleetwood Mac was whoever he wanted it to be

[@vinylmeister4333]

All your videos are great 👍

[@JimmySwank13]

Garth still needs to tell us where the bodies are. The families need closure please Garth

[@wasuptime]

My favorite music related story is how David Bowie rejected Coldplay on being featured on one of their songs. He gave the track a listen and said “its not a very good song, is it?” i like Coldplay just fine, but how HILARIOUS!!! ( i also think the concept behind 9/11 “ruining” country music in the US is really interesting and i’d love to see a video made about it if thats ever something youd want to do!)

[@y4wnd3r3]

i'm really hoping someone sees this and it's their first time hearing the story hanatarash was a japanese noise act in the mid 1980s with a penchant for danger music in their live shows. some of the highlights of frontman yamataka eye's concert career include: - almost cutting his leg off with a circular saw attached to his back - almost throwing a lit molotov cocktail onto stage - throwing panes of glass in the direction of the audience - and, most infamously, driving an honest to god bulldozer into a venue and tearing the place apart. after these incidents and the disbanding of hanatarash, yamataka eye would go on to collaborate with acts normal people might know like sonic youth and ween.

[@infinitewindow164]

You should do like an hour of just this. I’d watch.

[@intheyearof_39]

Some fun Queen facts cuz I’m ✨a bit✨of a fan: Queen’s music has spent over 26 years on the UK album charts, and they are the only band ever to have each member compose a #1 hit. Brian May, their guitarist, is not only an amazing musician, but also an astrophysicist. He also holds a title as a Commander of the British Empire. Freddie Mercury and Brian May grew up in the same town, but never met each other before forming Queen. Roger Taylor (their drummer) once got mad during an argument and threw a TV at someone’s head. Fortunately, the TV missed its target and flew out the window without injuring anybody. When working on “Under Pressure” with David Bowie, John Deacon (Queen’s bassist) composed the bassline and then went out to get some food and a drink. While out, he forgot the bassline and the rest of the band had to help him remember it. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was originally 3 songs that Freddie was working on separately before deciding to put them all together. While in the process of creating the song, Freddie didn’t have a name for it so it was just called “Freddie’s Cowboy Song”. Roger once locked himself in a cupboard for several hours until the rest of the band agreed to release his song “I’m In Love With My Car” as the B-side to Bohemian Rhapsody. The band’s record label refused to release Bohemian Rhapsody as the lead single for their album “A Night at the Opera” because it was “too long”. Freddie took it to a radio station operator who played it a total of 12 times over 2 days, and that’s how it got so popular. The saying “ready Freddie?” comes from Queen’s song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, an Elvis tribute that Freddie wrote in ten minutes while taking a bath in his hotel room in Munich. When the band heard that Bohemian Rhapsody had hit #1, they were stuck in an elevator because Freddie liked to push all the buttons and would always panic when the lift stopped. Queen’s song “The Show Must Go On” is one of their most vocally challenging songs. When the band went to record it, Freddie was so ill with aids that Brian thought he couldn’t do it. Freddie slammed some vodka, said “I’ll f*cking do it, darling” and recorded in one take.🥰 thx for coming to my Ted-talk 😂🤪

[@ConvincingPeople]

8:25 Going by the clips you played, I'm pretty sure it's the second one. She's not actually "off-key," in that her actual intonation is pretty good, but the key she's singing in is *not* the key implied by the instrumental-specifically there's this sort of drone running through it, I think from the percussion, which keeps hammering on a note which is at some weird cross-relationship with the key she's singing in-which suggests to me that these vocals were recorded to and initially intended for a different instrumental at the same tempo. There are a lot of reasons why someone might do this, but the effect is definitely bizarre, even if to me it feels less "amateurish" than "kind of unsettling." Same vibe as some recent trap stuff where you have the vocals Autotuned to a different key from the instrumental, but a lot more puzzling given the age of the song.

[@fac_t]

22k first day views. Sad! These videos are my favourite, and the first time in a while I’ve seen your video in a sub/suggestion box.

[@canadianlightbulbs]

Damn I'd love to see more of these

[@kevingarciaugalde9573]

crank that + boulevard of broken dreams is just perfect

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Thank you 🙏 for your support Alfo Media.

[@bluegyrl75]

I would argue dan ackroyd makes PERFECT sense. while he might have not planned it, he definitely made music. it’s not a bad idea.

[@joshelderkin9592]

That was fun i wouldnt mind more of these

[@kmcorrea5805]

Balloon Boy goes kinda hard ngl

[@chipotlesteakbowl3674]

touch the sky works so good with one thousand miles

[@newsourcetechno5777]

8:35 The dissonance in the song is because it's an a capella over a sample with the pitch turned down and the bass turned all the way up such that it's almost just percussion. It's done in a very old school style of singing improvisationally live over a beat, historically at a block party like in the video. Removed from all that context and judged as a studio-recorded single, it comes off as pretty weird yeah, or maybe even experimental.

[@newsourcetechno5777]

I think the attempt was to capture that sound, and those familiar with it (a lot of people in America) loved to hear it. Also the single probably came with a dub/a capella, so you know every DJ bought one.

[@timcoetzee]

im ngl, ive never understodd the "RATCHET HAPPY BIRTHDAY" slander. one of my favs from scorpion.....

[@derekg5674]

After listening to Never Leave you, I think a lot of it is that her voice is mixed pretty dry, without much effects, on top of the fact that there isn’t much of a backing track. So it feels almost acapella which feels off.

[@ADS4_]

Great vid mate 🇦🇺

[@rowanrix5589]

I don’t know if you know who Dave is but he’s a popular artist out of the UK and he has some of the greatest albums and songs I’ve ever heard and I’d love to see him get some recognition for his work

[@VA1920]

We all know that the void in alfos heart is donda not dropping

[@Luneytoon]

Lumidee’s was a summer hit in New York, it was EVERYWHERE

[@himeshchauhan9843]

My teenage dream ended finally ended is one of my favourite album

[@killerklown94]

The Garth Brooks thing is probably only weird outside of the deep south

[@romulusnr]

He's actually pretty crossover for the hardcore country fans. Somewhere around Billy Ray.

[@killerklown94]

@@romulusnr I'm from Texas and Garth was inescapable going up, and is still well respected and loved in the genre

[@Alexander_Grant]

I grew up in the deep south and I couldn't name a song he did either. If you played a song by him, I would recognize it, but I can't think of the name of one. Country all blends together for me though.

[@digitalutopia1]

Nah, the 90s saw country hit the mainstream - 3 of Garth's albums peaked at #1 on the US charts, and he had so much mainstream appeal that he was even mentioned by Eminem in his first album under Dre.

[@chaosbass]

As a guy who can't think about one thing for more than 15 minutes at a time, my notes app is equally as disheveled.

[@jowabl]

Yea Matt Ox is actually hard asf

[@akaijuinomaha5324]

3:30 I’d argue that 99 Problems and Hey There Delilah is the better combo

[@narem1092]

0:12 famous shoe

[@rapabsinthe786]

Donald Glover covered Chris Gaines on an episode of triple J's 'Like a Version'.

[@ethanjuice]

thank you mr alfo!

[@j.t.fletcher2214]

Fonzworth Bentley is for sure a recording artist. He doesn't have much but he definitely has a good album out there

[@krislancaster1214]

THE MAN'S ALTER EGO IS CHRIS "GAINeS" he knew exactly what he was doing lmao

[@reesek1083]

thanks king

[@jurassicshinobi]

Fonzworth Bentley made Everybody with Kanye and 3000, he deserves his spot!

[@zacsmidget]

Be fair. Listen to the albums before giving all credit to his business acumen. Though he deserves to be studied in business classes. He was a brilliant and - most importantly - joyful entertainer, bringing together multiple genres and styles. Reminding us, as much as I love punk, that music is fun! Take off your thinking cap, get in the Wayback Machine, and feel that transition between angst and delight.