What is Eurobeat?

A quick catch-me-up on one of my personal favorite music genres, Eurobeat.
Songs Mentioned/Used:
A1 - Phantom Fantasy - • Toho Eurobeat Vol. 17 ...
Mr. Groove - Back On the Rocks - • BACK ON THE ROCKS
Leslie Parrish - Remember Me - • Remember me
Dave Rodgers - Deja Vu - • Deja Vu
Marko Polo - Running in the 90’s - • Running In The 90's
Edo Boys - No One Sleep In Tokyo - • Edo Boys - No One Slee...
Cherry - Set Me Free - • SET ME FREE

[@mr.elevatormusic]

Hey guys, just some friendly advice. Sell a cat, buy a dog.

[@Poor05CivicDriver]

I agree

[@randomuploadsbutwithgd1880]

Cats better

[@MrAutoBahn1933]

@@randomuploadsbutwithgd1880 Nah dogs better

[@teaparty2136]

No

[@youravantgarde]

Cats > Dogs

[@varusorbis567]

Fun fact: there's not a single Italian documentary about Eurobeat 😂

[@b.pmedia4539]

the fact he used a eurobeat song for the opening is great, phantom fantasy is a banger

[@okuu_utsuho]

I knew it was that song from Toho Eurobeat vol. 17 lol. I was like “hey, that sounds familiar!”

[@Alianger]

That was bossanova?

[@mafiasatmar2443]

Man. I heard it a lot but you clearly deserve the Word "underated"

[@PisslowSwag]

I LOVE EUROBEAT

[@PisslowSwag]

AND DIESEL

[@mr.elevatormusic]

Sick man ! Me too !

[@EurobeatNation]

Awesome video! we really need more videos about eurobeat here on youtube, they're always fun to watch

[@Sagojika]

Amazing video.Nice to see people that doesnt see eurobeat only as funny car drifting music but as a genre

[@0Midnightlight0]

Greatest music to play fighting games to. Not bad for an explanation. Big fan of "Remember Me".

[@mr.elevatormusic]

Thanks. It was for a school project. Got 100%.

[@0Midnightlight0]

@@mr.elevatormusic Woah, big grats dude. ( ◜‿◝ )♡

[@gsti6423]

We are on the same team

[@thepagonireality8382]

​@@mr.elevatormusicwhat is eurobeat subgenre pop, hiphop or edm

[@axolotl09]

@@thepagonireality8382it's it's own thing

[@TruenoBestWaifu]

A year and a half later and this popped up on my feed... better late than never. Definitely a good introduction to what Eurobeat is!

[@kain7581]

Eurobeat is the best lol, driving down akina always having smth in the backgroup, from odyssey (which is also ken blast or A1) to the more original sounding stuff like dave rodgers. THIS STUFF IS AMAZING (and ik at least one of ya'll got caught speeding with this playing)

[@nezutoch.1175]

Very well-explained! This is why I love Eurobeat so much

[@Oi_Iggy]

The only downside to eurobeat imo is the amount of aliases one artist would have like T.Stebbins who went to Ken Blast, Motimer, Vandalet, Empress, and right now as of 2023 Odyssey (She V-tubes as-well nowadays)

[@39Jhahapilie]

*He

[@Oi_Iggy]

@@39Jhahapilie *she

[@39Jhahapilie]

​@@Oi_Iggy*he

[@Oi_Iggy]

@@39Jhahapilie you’d be wrong, but alright

[@39Jhahapilie]

@@Oi_Iggy no I'm right but okay

[@ValenThePowerful]

to summarize what eurobeat is, it makes you drive faster, and makes you believe you are in mt akina ripping the togue

[@HolisticDivison]

This is an amazing video exactly what I was looking for, glad other people genuinely enjoy Eurobeat too

[@bikewolf7455]

only leaves one question to me: why is eurobeat then so heavily connected to japan if its basically italian music with broken english? is it really only because of initial D or what?

[@TruenoBestWaifu]

Not really. Eurobeat was chosen for Initial D as at the time it was already somewhat popular, not the other way around. As for why it became popular in the first place, it's probably one of those things you had to experience back then (or even be a producer) to really understand how Eurobeat (which in mid 80's Japan was just referring generically to EDM from Europe) penetrated the Japanese market. As an Italian I think that broken lyrics surely helped, somehow? In the 80's Italo Disco was hugely popular here, and artists with English aliases were popping left and right, using simple lyrics that could be easily comprehended even by us. (Granted, I was born in 2000 so that's more of my theory) The Japanese I don't think where that different (I mean, look at how Italians and Japanese speak English nowadays lol) and so the catchy, simple (even if broken) lyrics helped I guess. What happened then? Italy (following the rest of continental Europe, Germany especially) moved on to trance music, which would go on to dominate dance clubs in the 90's. Japan, being a much more isolated market (I mean, this was the late 80's, Internet and Spotify weren't a thing) stuck to its own path. In 1990 Max, founder of Avex, decided to travel to Italy (as Eurobeat producers were either German or Italians: German producers basically all moved on to trance music) to release a compilation CD (Avex had been founded only 2 years prior, and at the time were looking to expand their business) in collaboration with Giancarlo Pasquini, bringing back the Super Eurobeat label, which was restarted at the end of 1990... and the rest is history. Granted, I'm not sure how accurate this information is: some is taken from the internet, some has been deduced by me... but I don't think that's terribly far from what happened.

[@Shanx317]

Thanks for the quick simple explanation

[@kmsppt721]

Very fun and educating video, thank you for explaining

[@EzraeL91]

Also, Eurobeat has the power to rise your car's power by roughly 20-30 HP when played at max volume.

[@wr1ght939]

Come back please! You’re on to something here!!!

[@Popotato7777]

I live for eurobeat

[@quaternionsphere]

this is some quality content

[@Hashiriya985]

i used to listen to Eurobeat kinda for the meme, but after a while you can really get into it

[@SSCEurobeat]

Great video my friend!

[@elchuyinpf1141]

NO ONE SLEEEP IN TOKIOOOOOOO🗣️💨‼️ All night crossing the line No one quit the radio Tokyo is on FIREEEEE🗣️💨‼️🎇

[@completedizasta4610]

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[@snoote533]

Anyone got any eurobeat songs to reccomend? I love the genre, cars, and initial D. And i like to play eurobeat while i play games, usually fighting games, or Generic Roleplay gaem. I'll reccomend a few myself - GET ME POWER (Mega NRG man) - Crazy Little Love - I won't fall apart (Jager) And my favorite being - Prayer (Ducky Chix)

[@juggsjudy9620]

Definitely recommend moonside - kaioh

[@tanishqbhagria5820]

My baby’s gonna break my heart by Leslie Parrish

[@tanishqbhagria5820]

Blud dropped one singular good video and dissapeared never to be seen again

[@nightmarewatcher24]

Set me free is one of the best eurobeat tracks change my mind

[@notcabbageman8754]

yo this channel fire

[@someasiandude2008]

not to be a nerd, but running in the 90s is made by max coveri

[@JETZcorp]

"No One Sleep in Tokyo" was the first Eurobeat song used in an Initial D battle. The famous "Nani! Kansei dorifto?!" That show would have been an empty husk without eurobeat.

[@lunalaxd8614]

Its kinda funny that 2 out of the 3 most popular songs are from initial d xD

[@yo7015]

There are many eurobeat songs who i would neither define "happy" or "melancholic", like "The Fire's On Me", "Pride", "Power" "Wings of Fire" or even "Right Now" (the last one being definitely worth a listen, even if it barely sounds like eurobeat) I think those songs, despite some of them having somewhat melancholic lyrics, are more of an "empowering" or "motivational" type, they aren't sad, but i wouldn't call them happy, they are more of a motivational type, with some being more aggressive than others.

[@luisliscabo]

Try When the Sun Goes Down

[@Aclasher360]

That was a geat video! even 7 months later

[@angelichexa]

BACK ON THE ROCKS, BACK ON THE ROCKS, BABYY *proceeds to crash into a guardrail.. again*

[@d4rk_44]

“Proceeds to crash into a rock”

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

Just a correction. No one sleep in tokyo is from 1997 nit from 2002

[@cooperdavid7694]

Initial D😊

[@John-gi3es]

Acronym B

[@KiryuDojimasan]

😂im addicted to jdm and initial d whenever i play racing games i listen to it

[@mepsbaksink4046]

*cough* remember me got me

[@decexion9744]

the only reason i like eurobeat music is bc of initial d. that shit was too fire🔥

[@Fujiwaratakumifrfr]

Same

[@Ezq.]

Thank you Eugene, or should I say, Negan

[@slyssaaams]

i have advanced aids

[@mr.elevatormusic]

Sick man ! Me too !

[@PisslowSwag]

Sick man ! Me too !

[@raloniusmaximus]

Sick man ! Me too !

[@JimmyFraggs]

Are you positive?

[@nathanluis146]

When the sun goes down Tell me, will we live to tell The mystery of midnight and it's spell When the sun goes downnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@Pilotfox123]

I like that you didn't mention Initial D in any of this, as it was just one of the media that made it popular and not a defining feature of it, but still it feels like you intentionaly tried to stay away from any of that before you spawn an entire community outa nowhere

[@ohhi5237]

rogers = initial d

[@ripamoramee14]

no song will ever top Mad Desire by Stephy Martini it's the absolute hardest EB track

[@danielloosjr396]

To be honest, I like 99.9 percent of music I hear. So, it isn't surprising that I like the genre.

[@b.l.0427]

Initial d

[@ameenchewan3040]

DE JA VU is the most views of Eurobeat

[@nsxlocalities]

HE NEEDS TO COOK AGAIN

[@Takolouski]

The alias used for running in the 90's is max coveri, while the actual person who sung it is maurizio de jorio, how tf do you mess this up smh

[@toyotasprintertrueno86]

NO ONE SLEEP IN TOKYO

[@cschoe8628]

Q: What is Eurobeat A: ❌ Taylor swift ❌ Billie Eilish

[@ohhi5237]

but euro beat is NOT from europe

[@scottwallace5239]

Well seeing as it was first produced in both Italy and the UK I,d say yes it is from Europe

[@youravantgarde]

AKA initial D music

[@nostalgiaof98]

Informative but might as well be called Japbeat or driftbeat. Eurodance at least retains a 90s european dance culture