VULFPECK /// Disco Ulysses (Instrumental)

[@iGnominee]

Ahh, I love this iteration of vulf, jack on drums, theo and cory on guitars, and joey and woody on keys/piano, and God on bass. It just feels right.

[@joshwarren3667]

Nathan B absolute facts

[@pithet1953]

@@nathanb4424 Man if god was that funky id live in a church.

[@RyneMurray23]

Absolutely perfect

[@laylover7621]

The only way to make it even better it put Joey on sax and swap Theo and Jack. Theo's an amazing drummer.

[@simeontitmus]

@@laylover7621 theo is a stupidly good drummer and it simply isn’t fair

[@augustocarvalho9770]

The real question is: Is Cory Wong's wrist made of the same material of Joe Dart's neck?

[@saronsheadful]

Yes. It's ear cartilage.

[@-overdooo-]

technically yes

[@leftypride126]

This literally made me laugh out loud. You win best Vulfpeck comment. Thank you

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Pure cartilage

[@rajeshtoms7013]

not cartilage, precision engineered German rubber

[@neomayer]

no-one, NO-ONE, knows how to sit subtly and powerfully in a song like Woody Goss.

[@randy9865]

This comment is important

[@brio12977]

He is the silent assassin of the band

[@umphreak9999]

His touch is so light if you look closely you'll notice the keys blushing

[@dielaughing73]

For a while I didn't really like him for being so quiet and dispassionate. But damn, he always brings something important to a tune. And he wrote Dean Town.

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

John Paul Jones

[@noahgregory9570]

If I have a bad day: Disco Ulysses If I have a good day: Disco Ulysses If I want to shake it up: Disco Ulysses (twice) Cooking: Disco Ulysses Dancing: Disco Ulysses Working out: Disco Ulysses Truly the perfect piece of L O W V O L U M E art

[@noahmay7708]

VERSATILE

[@purestench9263]

Maaaaaakin looooooove

[@josealonsoastudillohernand2008]

Dull job? Disco Ulysses Running in a hamster wheel with a blank mind? Disco Ulysses In the bus by the window? Disco Ulysses Mountain bike? Disco Ulysses

[@redgit9905]

@@noahmay7708CORRECT

[@Adamsha49]

it's insane how much I think about this bassline

[@DannySullivanMusic]

It's on another level!

[@noveullotus]

It just randomly plays in my head!

[@MattTCLucas]

Once again, just rockin the Education category. Lovin it.

[@evieatarax]

is this not educational?

[@wobbenbuffet3286]

it is the odyssey after all

[@heroblah6074]

I think its so youtube wont limit it in ways they do other music videos in the music category

[@esededr]

It's edutainment

[@samuelshaaban5174]

@@heroblah6074 yeah, I think that too, but a few have music category.

[@brogansmith1342]

Im a guy who studies classical literature, and is a fan of the vulf. Today, I am happy.

[@juanmanuelroman8377]

me too

[@m.meursault5205]

i just posted a comment before scrolling down, and i now realise that mine is essentially a reworded version of yours lol. i study classics so i can level with you on this one

[@joaquinflores3051]

There's four of us now.

[@lovisa4143]

on this day the funky humanists got their reward

[@max_mittler]

what are some of your favorite mythic tales? I'm a writer with a great interest in mythology and literature

[@TonyLicavoli]

I want someone to look at me the way Cory looks at anyone playing music with him.

[@JoelBrandonMedia]

Music is sex, what can I say?😂

[@moskva-kassiopeya]

Everyone is noticing how cool is the bass, but I must say the drums are sweet as well. I like that punchy warm sound.

[@mcbill7352]

Vulf compressor

[@yeet4073]

Mixing is key my fren

[@grdprojekt]

Vulfpeck's attitude towards a drumset has always been "it's cold, let's put some blankets on it"

[@itdepends604]

but nothing beats hero town for the vulfpeck drums

[@Jamie-fo9nr]

I read this as “punchy worm” and I was like huh I kind of know what that means somehow but then that wasn’t it at all lmao

[@soohyun0908]

I just discovered Vulfpeck and I feel like I've been lost my whole life???? why are they so good???? like how????? insane

[@ethancollins4593]

Welcome!

[@carsonemery1846]

katy perry version of this is better

[@thecyberhedgehog]

right there with you

[@tim.noonan]

@@carsonemery1846false

[@nathanlyrakis7733]

joe dart makes me want to simultaneously quit bass and practice more the man's a beast

[@Mibbzz]

Joe Dart is such a bass player name too lmao

[@timonkokalj5911]

Right!

[@Dev1nci]

Nathan Lyrakis Is what he’s doing really that tough or does he just have really good groove? Asking for real 😅

[@benjaminsteagall5499]

@@Dev1nci this one is actually not too technical (as far as Joe Dart lines). Not necessarily "easy".

[@Dameinthewild]

Every time I need a pick me up, I go and listen to Dean Town. It's a lesson in being so goddamn rhythmically perfect, that your heart is a metronome.

[@KiaboyZ]

Who knew Sparknotes could get so funky and so low volume???

[@nathanflood2118]

Come on

[@YourMJK]

Nathan Flood yah

[@9902fer]

Yuh

[@TyranousTRex]

ITS LOW VOLUME

[@jeffsmith7403]

He knew

[@sonjafischer1482]

If this doesn’t make you want to learn the bass, nothing will

[@netron896]

what about that guitar tho ????? that sound is so sexy

[@itsfloofles]

Secretly hoping for them to make a song called Nothing now

[@sylviebartusek]

yeahhh! recently got a bass for my birthday..joe dart was my main inspiration lol

[@2484marshall]

I think you could probably say that about all of them. I would happily sit and watch Joe play all day.. but I would have to have a go too at some point!

[@sonjafischer1482]

Sylvie Bartusek that’s so rad!!!

[@365expressions5]

2:06 perfect display of the opposite ends of the neck spectrum the necktrum

[@a.j.4076]

I cannot unsee this.

[@joaobr8597]

lol

[@jsguy100]

Is anyone impressed with how well Joe’s sunglasses stay on his face?

[@WojciechHandke]

Glasses are made of Funk itself, powered by stanky faces and bass fills.

[@ianmoore5502]

He was born wearing them, comes as no surprise considering they are physically part of his face

[@paoloantonio1531]

Yeah I was a bout to say that, like, he superglued them to his face or something

[@stephencarlson7297]

glue

[@mir.9805]

they are part of his face

[@ldiajvclxizo]

2 guitars, 2 keyboards, still a minimalist feel. Love it.

[@willbohland3698]

Second drummer, anyone?

[@HomageBeats]

i am educated. thank you.

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

as am I

[@lorenmclaughlin3297]

@@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 As am I

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

@@lorenmclaughlin3297 thanks

[@grawham]

Did the Education tag get removed? I'm not seeing it anymore, it used to be on like every Vulf vid lol

[@Unmassiosare]

Yes, you were.

[@sammosoaker10]

Opening interplay between the two guitars is phenomenal

[@ACTUALLYRICH]

3:09 Joe can’t hold back the funk; bass groove heaven ensues.

[@MycketTuff]

These kinds of basslines never get old when played by competent musicians.

[@r4m0n0]

Never slammed the play button so quickly

[@LunarySSF2]

"wait how is that new" "it isn't new" *clicks it anyway because it's greatness*

[@Swiftwinter]

Cory and Theo 1:09 just agreed they made the world a better place.

[@omko73]

Comment of the day for me lol

[@josephcleveland1389]

Almost cried laughing when I saw it, I love Cory’s facial expressions

[@ceedubz92]

Seeing Cory get increasingly excited while watching Joe at 3:36 is the wholesome content I needed today.

[@FiragoMusic]

Theo doesn't get enough credit for his rhythm playing. Obviously Cory is the G but god damn Theo's pocket is tight

[@rafetizer]

Tight pockets prevent stolen wallets

[@guitarded4930]

Theo makes this track. You just haven't thought to look.

[@progisloveprogislife4501]

I can put it in his pocket anymore :(

[@chrishexx3360]

While Joe is a literal God on this, Theo is even better. The whole thing is sublime.

[@mortimerjmouse]

It’s Theo’s back pocket.

[@subtitulosbynekro5165]

this song is my daily dose for depression. I'm bassist and this always, whatever it happens, brought a smile on my face. This is art

[@starman_217]

Didn't know I needed a Greek classic/Funk classic mashup in my life I now want to see a stage production of this

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Greek?

[@pectenmaximus231]

​@@peterjanjanin9883 Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus, a character of Greek creation. Source: Intergoogle

[@peterjanjanin9883]

@@pectenmaximus231 so it's a Roman/Funk mashup....;)

[@chataclysm2112]

@@peterjanjanin9883 Yes but all the other names listed in the video are the Greek variations, even Scilla is spelled with a K

[@elanrhys3178]

Joe Dart's fretboard is proof that the funk is in the gunk

[@riccardo1796]

A clean fretboard is the workspace of an empty mind Or something like that

[@guilhermesalgado701]

@@riccardo1796 I like that definition.

[@josephdavis2695]

The gunk definitely adds funk.

[@egodeathwish]

that gunk is proof pudding

[@franklinbrady6283]

James Jamerson always said the dirt keeps the funk

[@joshuajarman]

I am worried about the amount of happiness I reserve for the new Vulf releases. What if they stop releasing?! What will come of me then?

[@BaseChettis]

Joshua Jarman I often ponder this as well... This is a symptom of superfandom

[@TyranousTRex]

Maybe try mdma?

[@TyranousTRex]

caprice.t exactly, I was just proposing something which would both qualitatively and quantitively fill the void of vulfpeck if they ever stopped releasing

[@BaseChettis]

Naw man I’ve already had a Vulfpeck-fueled LSD experience. Watch ‘The Beautiful Game Alonr w/ Drone’.

[@shanefiddle]

We are all going to die, and break up into pieces - facts. Not forgetting this may be the single most important thing we can do for a happy life - Vulfpeck music is available to us right now, and I have ears to hear it, time to listen, a body to move to it! What an amazing thing - truly a great joy. Life is good. I am not forgetting.

[@manolete340]

By the comments I can tell I am so lucky to have discovered this group through this video

[@kennethcoval4970]

You still listening to them?

[@user-fr3bs5qt1c]

​@@kennethcoval4970yes

[@dariusliadon]

That last part when all the band comes together again has so much groove I want it to never end

[@BrandonKraemerbk]

that bass... it's the glue, it's the walls, it's the sky

[@thomasini]

2:56 Cory's superpower: turns hand into cartilage

[@mooncorp212]

Cory have no superpower. He's a superpower.

[@starman_217]

Just straight rubber, the madman

[@andresxcore1]

That man is a beast of as ryhthm guitarist.

[@suburbanindie]

I imagine he uses light picks

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

I wonder how many picks he’s lost

[@arthuraraujo258]

Been waiting for this since the album came out

[@_icdouble]

Now I'm always hearing Teenage dream when I play this, truly a great gift from Jack this year

[@mebmom3]

Love their use of major and minor 7th chords !!!!! Bass player is mind blowing !

[@joshuajarman]

I interrupted Fearless Flyers on Spotify for this.

[@NandR]

So that's how they got in their studio!

[@bobf5360]

errr...not all heroes have capes?

[@russell_szabados]

Joshua Jarmon : Nate Smith would like a word with you. In private.

[@joshuajarman]

@@russell_szabados as long as he counts out his cadence

[@tomislavsekerija1957TN]

Buy. Don't stream.

[@kubagasieniec645]

This has to be my favorite Vulfpeck track right now

[@snieznybalwan]

A funky concept album?! These times we live in, are not so dark after all..

[@BMakar049]

In my mind and to my standards, this is the best song of all time. The song is defined by a killer bass line, great backing instrumentals, harmonious guitar, piano, drum, and bass syncopation , solos for all instruments. Overall, it's just a driving, killer track of craftsmen providing separate and supporting voices to a song that just slaps.

[@ryan_3113]

3:20 Theo guitar part right here is so freaking awesome. So subtle you hardly notice it, but it really give that part a great feel

[@carlosparra6521]

Love the face that Cory makes everytime Joe starts his part

[@Wilburbruh]

Corey is the best. I love how happy he always looks while playing.

[@secheltfishmarket6419]

Read a Rolling Stone interview with Jay Kay, and he mentioned that he is listening to Vulfpeck. Decided I would check them for myself.

I’m not too surprised he is! Jamiroquai is pretty funky stuff as well.

[@davinnicode]

This collabo needs to happen ASAP!

[@Blitterbug]

Were you enlightened?

[@mcbill7352]

Bruh Joe dart is just doing a bass solo the whole song

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

The bass line is pretty simple and repetitive until the near end of the track, madman.

[@Gofaw]

@@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 puts you in a trance

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

@@Gofaw it really does

[@hei1048]

@@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 I wanna say it's not as simple as you thought when u really play it🙁

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

@@hei1048 I play it every day

[@alexpoursanidis2563]

What an honor to share a room with these fellows the fact that they can be this comfortable infront of such a vast audience is incredible hats of to the boys

[@alexpoursanidis2563]

Musicianship forever!

[@mackmajor6721]

The mix on this is absolutely insane... the punchiness of these drums, the funkiness of the guitars, the different textures on that acoustic piano. He makes the guitars and pianos sound like completely different instruments throughout the course of this track. Mind blowing for real.

[@GiuseppeSan]

Yes, and on top of that the playing itself, the timing throughout impeccable, the playing from everyone is subtle and not overstated... Just sublime.

[@lulu10tacles]

look Joe Dart might be the master of cool but Woody Goss is the uncontested lord of CHILL

[@noahholz5312]

More Crew Are Killed by the Monsters Song: Killed by a Monster damn whoda thunk 😔🤙

[@musicrayc]

love how all the others look at Joe and smile as he knocks it out of the park, my bandmates do the same but for different reasons. :P

[@samspencer7989]

When you listen to vulfpeck they have so much respect for the legends of funk.

[@samspencer7989]

You can tell*

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

Probably my favourite off this album. Looking forward to hearing the vocals version in future.

[@yr0610]

iM3GTR don’t think those are the lyrics. Just a reference to Ulysses (Oddysseus) from the Oddyssey

[@yoursandrew5197]

did they just drop the tracklist for the next album or

[@TomVanceMusic]

yeah idk right? But I liked it either way Classic Jack meta

[@marinmoulard1542]

This video may be some kind of excerpt from a longer album which is to be bought?

[@alexwbakker]

Maybe we'll get a funk concept album? Like Rainbow Goblins?

[@luce0606]

This is from the album they most recently released, "Hill Climber".

[@vicentealvarado5608]

Hari De Pena he's talking about the song titles going up on the screen, not on the title of the video

[@JayTheLane]

Joe's neck was particularly turtle power in this 🐢💪🏻

[@Dev1nci]

Jay Lane like 50% of the reason I got into these guys 😅

[@mitchellhart182]

Just played this at full tempo on BASS for the first time, and man did that feel good. Only been playing a little more than 3 months so I super happy.

[@robertforgaci9427]

you must be a beast! i've been playing for almost 2 years and never had the guts to even try to learn any of Joe's bass lines! damn you inspired me, imma go home and learn this until my fingers bleed !

[@bromike]

You guys should do a collaboration with parcels and or daft punk.

[@aguirresantiago]

You're absolutely right! And they could dominate the world

[@christinamichelleelliott1976]

Add Nils Rodgers to the mix and there's no topping it.

[@tylergarza8695]

Daft Punk is no more.

[@TieGuyDavid]

That’s just an equation for TWRP

[@julian_ossuna]

The world would explode

[@speedygoat]

FACT: Cory’s wrist is entirely composed of Twizzlers.

[@carlosm3895]

this is supported by the recent study that found that twizzlers can perfectly synchronize with surrounding vibrations when left free to jiggle

[@yesnomaybe3372]

Turn your bones into cartilage!

[@Kobingly]

This is it, this is vulfpeck. A brand new album focusing on the basics like this track does would be incredible.

[@mas_3330]

My favourite track from the new album

[@TheJasmine172]

I keep coming back to this. This has become a timeless piece for my life!!

[@gregstewart6429]

Just loving the big smiles these guys have on their faces.

[@nfiosmglkfotd]

It's always so exciting when the drums and bass join in. The mix is just soo good.

[@obsessedwithcups8037]

The way Cory’s right hand bones can disappear never ceases to amaze me

[@bc001__]

3:09 holy fuck, Joe. what a fill. take care of those fingers, man.

[@garychambers6651]

Those smiles at the end of the song. They all have a lot to be very proud of. Got to be one of their best compositions, and there are so many awesome tunes to choose from, but this is up there.

[@ezcomeezgo9215]

Everytime I listen to this it lifts me up. Seeing Corys smile in the end is a pleasure ! period

[@LegoJake-ci7vn]

Get ready for the sequel: “Dancefloor Odysseus”

[@daishoryujin95]

Where the script is just the book Ulysses with every mention of the name replaced with Odysseus

[@invalid8Trak]

Can you guys include a Joe Dart Cam version of all your uploads from now on. I just need it.

[@mikemhz]

Super technical all round. Bravo

[@colleenng-rau8215]

I can't get enough of this song and picturing all the little characters dancing to it in their long robes!!!

[@DannySullivanMusic]

😁😁😁

[@Sweeneytv]

drummer is in it to win it. holy crap.

[@babaluigi]

i wish i could hear them all laughing at the end thats such a wholesome moment

[@yeheyz]

This song weirdly sounds a lot like Teenage Dream, i dunno maybe just me

[@izebsam]

I didn't see when this was posted and thought for a second that you had psychic powers

[@allulu176]

What does that mean? I'm not educated enough?

[@bedwaves1931]

@@allulu176 there is a mashup of these two songs and it slaps far too much to be legal

[@missae1616]

There ir a Mashup of Vulfpeck and KatyPerry, look for it.

[@campsjams]

The best musical interpretation of Homer since “Home at Last.”

[@chuangtsu]

"But he remains tied to the mast."

[@leannkaattari1647]

Yes, indeed!

[@Mothko]

Such a good feeling when a band you love just seems to get better and better

[@nicolotosti7326]

Thank you for existing ❤️

[@m.meursault5205]

i’m a classics undergrad and love grooving it out with vulf and FF - one could say i’m a satisfied man after watching this piece of art. jack stratton, you are a rare and beautiful man.

[@ScratchSound90]

I love you guys, please never stop making music

[@TonyLicavoli]

@1:09 - That look between Cory & Theo of "Yup, this track kicks all sorts of ass". Thanks fellas!

[@sweetegg]

Been watching this everyday for two weeks or something straight. Havent missed a day yet and I never will

[@bethwatts2408]

We need an update - are you still groovin’ to this on the daily?

[@sweetegg]

@@bethwatts2408 Pretty much! It's still my favorite song since it got released and I can't wait for the vocal version.

[@joshjones]

I’ve been practicing and getting better at that bass line for legit months and I’m still impressed by the tone of his bass and the skill of his playing

[@brunomillalaf8553]

Joshua Jones you’re going to stay impressed by his playing for many years to come

[@DantesKzPSC]

I love when the count got a sneaky on ya in the beginning

[@oslang1]

You know you have no soul when you thumbs down this work of absolute genius.

[@ahaynes4]

I've been waiting on this one to drop!!! YES VULF!

[@meatbag478]

Dude, listen to that snare. It has like, this warm crackling fuzzyness that lingers outward after each strike. Wonderful.

[@RetroPlus]

Oh man when the bass groove changes at the end 😩👌

[@leifdahl8813]

I loved this one I’m learning bass and this is truly one of my fav songs learning to play

[@DannySullivanMusic]

Great song to learn!

[@andre0gamer]

The only way I can put this is: I hecking love you. You guys never fail to make feel absolute joy. Hope I get to see you live someday.

[@danmortimer6837]

This song is perfect. I don’t mean the best song, just that it couldn’t be a better version of itself.

[@jamesha175]

whoever engineered this recording is a freakin audio genius

[@BridgetsYo-Yo]

This has been my favorite song to play along with, right with no mountain high enough

[@jasonspiteri0434]

Goody Woss on the Gurlitzer

[@luckyunknown4720]

Boe Jart on the Boe Jart Dass

[@grungefansixtynine]

i’m pregnant

[@depressed6444]

*starts to dance 💃

[@orcajourney]

damn

[@hippiejesusman]

drink acohol

[@MrBlessmann]

Great job guys! and another master class by Joe Dart. He's amazing.

[@hypnagogic8028]

so nice to see some good boys getting along together nicely

[@yukiko_akiyama]

Hands down my most favourite vulfpeck song

[@DannySullivanMusic]

You've got excellent taste!

[@mcclure3443]

Awesome. I'm overwhelmed with the sudden urge to shorten my bass strap by 7 or 8 inches and to jar my neck back and forth without it looking painful. The entire time getting away with, Nay owning, a look of such extreme satisfaction that can only be the result of such a spam javelin of a bass line. Spanking work fellas. The evidence for disco's immortality stands before us.

[@CrizzyEyes]

Honestly, disco wishes it was this good when it was current

[@Gebella92]

Whatever yall do...please don't stop making this SWEET SWEET SWEET BEAUTIFUL music.

[@RyneMurray23]

Joe dart gets me everytime even when I know what's coming.

[@DerMatt25]

finally an instrumental song by vulfpeck. been waiting long for that.

[@troyc4250]

I’m sure you’ve all read that classic comment. You know the one: “Today’s music is crap and all auto tuned.” This here is a rebuttal video. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder when it comes to music. Every era of music has great stuff you have to look for it or let it find you.