Meshuggahs' 'Clockwork' is all 2's and 3's

Time Consuming Ep #34: Clockworks by Meshuggah!
Such an epic song. Heavy, and brilliant.
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'Clockworks' original song:
• MESHUGGAH - Clockworks...
HUGE HUGE thanks to the amazing Sharon Renold for all the help in production, after effects, thumbnails and being awesome.
And lastly, thanks to Omer Gabay, my brother, for all the tremendous production help!
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Intro by Sharon Renold (@sharonrenold on Instagram) and myself
Intro music by Shwesmo (@shwesmo on Instagram)
#musiceducation #polyrhythms #meshuggah

[@brodawgHD2020]

When you showed your face during Riff #4 and said "if your face doesn't look like this you should see a doctor" I was making the EXACT face without even realizing it.

[@YogevGabay]

That only means you're an excellent human being and your emotional responses to Meshuggah are all correct!

[@alfonzog6327]

I showed this song to my mother and she was doing the same thing!

[@Turcomichael]

Literally, same face. Meshuggah bringing the stank faces through time

[@hanshanshansans]

Saw this comment before watching, was prepared not to make the face when riff 4 started, but that rhythm change riiiight before yogev points out the face brought me to my knees

[@roddlecoddle]

That's called the lip out nod face which is reserved exclusively for monster mid paced metal riffs

[@javierpindado3486]

Me: trying to count with my fingers My wife: upset thinking I’m having a stroke

[@PlausableApple4]

😂😂😂

[@qubefactory2050]

You don't have enough fingers......

[@thephoenix3523]

😺

[@jonatandjurachkovitch460]

At least we know that the Clock Works

[@Skavengerx]

I want to endorse this joke

[@florianmoritz2993]

@@Skavengerx I second it

[@mikakettunen288]

💙💚💜

[@NikkLiberos]

Bruh..

[@MegaMad96]

NAHAHAAHAJAJAJAJAJ OMG WTF CRACKED ME UP

[@jgdmetal1567]

Now one even understands how perfectly the vocals sit in the song and emphasizes the whole structure

[@freakglitcha8390]

I've watched a lot of "deciphering odd time signature" videos, and none of them have been as informative, entertaining and straight-up educating as your ones! Thank you, Yogev!!

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you like them!

[@frankjager1647]

I have no idea why I've never heard of you man. This is one of the most brilliant and passionate song analysis formats I've ever seen.

[@YogevGabay]

Well, welcome aboard!

[@MrFoffof]

This video let me go from taking hours to learn just one of the riffs to getting the whole song playable (guitar) within about 2 hours. The visual breakdowns are superb

[@YogevGabay]

Oh yeeesssssssss

[@franciscocigarro8839]

"I" next time, so we have a forty minute monstrosity for Part 1. We need it.

[@TheDeathDivisor]

Monstrocity*

[@franciscocigarro8839]

@@TheDeathDivisor It's not written like that, or else the autocorrect function wouldn't have flagged that word for me. Monstrocity is flagged as a spelling error. Please don't try to correct something when you're not one hundred percent certain of what you're correcting.

[@Epyxoid]

@@franciscocigarro8839 Why should he be guessing the reasons? All in all, it was misspelled, wasn't it? He's just pointed that out. No offense intended as far as I can see. (Btw, you can still edit your comment to correct it.)

[@franciscocigarro8839]

@@Epyxoid It wasn't misspelled. And there was no offense taken, it's just that corrections without any sort of reason kind of get to me. I reacted poorly to it, so I should apologize.

[@Epyxoid]

@@franciscocigarro8839 No problem, sir. But as far as I know 'MonstroCity' is the correct spelling of that song, unlike the English word "monstrosity".

[@klauserwin9860]

This just cements the fact that Tomas Haake is an absolute Mastermind for drums!

[@deefman123]

i love how humble he is. i think his genius comes from his "limitations" as he is _technically_ not that complex, but instead works around odd time sigs and bar pushing by simplfying it down to a count similar to the way this is described. in an interview he once said that he is counting very simply and i guess all the extra notes are played almost subconsciously. what amazes me is the way he maintains such power and heavy strokes, there are no ghost notes, only full strokes. its all about the patterns

[@ddave3388]

@@deefman123triggers

[@ayandey137]

​@@deefman123there are no ghost notes ? What??😮

[@brutalvocalcovers]

One of the only youtubers that I immediately click when I see it. Love your content. ❤️👏🏼

[@YogevGabay]

Thanks!!

[@g.c.6101]

As a math teacher and fast double-pedal playing fan, you are now officially my new master.

[@StatutoryGrape420]

10:10 exactly my face every time I listen to this song

[@JazzGuitarPractice]

Yes!

[@MikeandKatieShow]

"If your face doesn't look like this right now, you should see a doctor" Lol dude that was brilliant.

[@thephoenix3523]

heaven

[@deefman123]

i saw my reflection when he said it and laughed so hard

[@thespuditron9387]

Riff 4 is one of the best things I have ever heard in all of my 37 and a bit years on the earth. It is absolutely amazing.

[@tudortolciu1396]

Jesus Christ do these people eat differential equations for breakfast?

[@Will057]

Yes they do.

[@Riley_Worthen]

most certainly! They then proceed to consume theoretical non-euclidean geometry for lunch and dinner.

[@filipberntsson6634]

Yes but they tend to stay away from stochastic processes...

[@Riley_Worthen]

@@filipberntsson6634 hahaha nice!!

[@thephoenix3523]

🤣

[@bsatyam]

14:16 sneaky headphone retrieval haha

[@YogevGabay]

My girlfriend: "Shhhhh I NEED TO TAKE THESE QUIETLY"

[@aceytv4951]

@@YogevGabay She had to give that track another listen from how confusing yet amazing it is.

[@3122825]

Dancers to a discordant system for one of the months pls!! That rotary riff is driving me crazy

[@bsatyam]

You mean the verse riff?

[@That_Idiot_Bass_Player]

This might sound weird but there's a piano cover on yt and seeing it played on piano from above the keys really helped me to learn it

[@bmdrums9502]

@@bsatyam The riff from 4mn09s to 4mn40s, with the half time snare, is awesome.. I always loose the pulse !

[@supermot34]

@@bmdrums9502 It feels amazing once you do get it!

[@ivenssiqueira]

@@That_Idiot_Bass_Player that piano cover is absolutely INSANE

[@clubgrubbug]

Monthly Meshuggah!? Wooo. I hope you eventually get to the intro to Swarm.

[@jsabbott0]

Or Do Not Look Down. I told my dad that both songs intros were a 21st century version of Led Zeppelin's Misty Mountain Hop and he got it

[@12xx12100]

You know at some point you'll have to talk about the 24-minute song because there is none left :D

[@bsatyam]

You mean the none EP?

[@DocteurZeuhl]

@@bsatyam I think it was I, even though it is "only" 21 minutes long.

[@bsatyam]

@@DocteurZeuhl I know about 'I'. I was referring to 'because there is NONE left' -> None EP... #facepalm

[@YogevGabay]

Look. . . You're right.

[@ChadLPN]

@@YogevGabay Do it, you won't do it.

Dude you're awesome. It is unbelievable all the work you have, didactic and still with humor. I would like to find more videos like yours. Cheers from Brazil

[@YogevGabay]

More to come!

[@aspidoscelis]

Today I learned: converting a 6-string guitar to an 8-string guitar means you draw a couple of extra lines and ovals.

[@Will057]

I can't believe it took me 10 years to finally like Meshuggah. Their grooves are so good and so brutal.

[@qubefactory2050]

Just like me ! But after 10 years of music study, I finally get a brain equipped with enough RAM to fully appreciate M E S H U G G A H !!! 😍

[@ayandey137]

Took me about 2-2.5yrs, that was about 3 yrs back, but I still haven't listened to their entire discography, I still don't consider myself to be well equipped to understand all

[@ScoCoda]

Clockworks was one of those songs I couldn't really enjoy until I watched this video explaining the madness and once I could wrap my head around the riff I could enjoy it.

[@javierherrera8782]

I've been listening to them for 6 years I heard bleed and clockworks for 5 fucking years until i gave up AND listened to every album❤❤❤❤ i cant get enough now Now everything needs moreshuggah Now i am fucking insane if i dont listen to them😂 Really they are an acquired taste!

[@existential_fred]

Your video format with the paper is genius. So easy to understand and visualize

[@RFSA180]

After getting into Meshuggah, everything else sounds like Dora the fucking Explorer

[@shrimpscampin]

Wait til you hear Gorguts

[@Riley_Worthen]

Try Lorna Shore

[@fuckmylife4403]

@@Riley_Worthen 🤣 lorna shore 🤣🤣🤣

[@Riley_Worthen]

@@fuckmylife4403 haha lorna shore just crushed your soul and places it where we all belong, into the hellfire!

[@fuckmylife4403]

@@Riley_Worthen 🤣🤣🤣 sure buddy

[@MartianMoon]

You are incredible man thank you for making these

[@sebanapo]

Ok my mind is blown after jus the first riff breakdown 😮‍💨🤯 Too much information!! 👊🏽💥💯

[@steakiefrags1866]

you are the type of channel one doesn't skip ads on so you get more cash money. Amazing vid!

[@YogevGabay]

I appreciate that! Though these videos aren't monetized, as I don't own the rights for these songs!

[@steakiefrags1866]

@@YogevGabay now this sucks. Guess ill enable adblock since you dont get any money? Dont know how this cash system works

[@YogevGabay]

@@steakiefrags1866 Yup man, fire up that AdBlock! Sadly, I can't earn any revenue while using songs I don't own the copyrights to.

[@crispinmcsticks]

That chorus riff is so simple compared to other ones, but it’s just so damn filthy. Permanent stank face. Great video Yogev! Time to vote in the poll

[@davidmace4353]

This is the perfect channel for those friends who not only don't understand why Meshuggah is so amazing but that it also is as simple as they think it is.

[@stephenrohrbacher5919]

So spot on. I thought I was nuts for not being able to figure this track out… even a little bit. Hats off to you, Sir.

[@nickmcneely4343]

"..warms up to the meanest head-bang in history." Yes!!! - Thank you for this video! And monthly Meshuggah video? Sold!

[@aldalumbangaol7942]

Please kindly keep up, may the force be with you

[@ryanmathieson7707]

I love your videos man, adore you're editing style and laughed my head off at "if your face doesn't look like this" - i am a huge meshuggah fan, and i think this might be my favourite song - certainly one of my top 3 especially to play on the drums and let off some steam

[@yoelmaimon6626]

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! This is incredible!!!! Yogev , this time you've really outdone yourself. absolutely awesome!!!

[@Jdcie]

These videos are insanely helpful for learning Meshuggah songs. Saving me a lot of mental math! Thank you!

[@mikejohnston6729]

When you break down the song and see what's going on inside it makes a band I already thought was amazing even more amazingerest! Great work! Subscribed!

[@Subtract123]

This is fantastic content bro. Your understanding is next level and not to mention just using pen and paper to convey it all. Keep it coming!

[@emil5633]

i love you for making meshuggah content like this.

[@stjinks]

Based KZbin front page Excellent instructional videos.. Broken down in such an easy to consume, and visual format!

[@alexpowers2899]

Absolutely love the presentation and appreciate the dedication and work it took to make these videos! Seriously top-tier content and I can't get over how I'm floored every time I watch a new video! Thanks, Yogev!

[@undergroundindy]

Just found you and I gotta say this is incredible! Can't wait to see more analysis like this!

[@Onedarknight]

Hey I really like that you tap along with the pattern of the song. I know music is an auditory thing, but it’s so much easier for me to learn things through visual indicators. Really good work! I look forward to May.

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you like it! I always found visual help necessary

[@SkJoey]

Riff# 4 ist the heaviest shit ever recorded. It is THAT breakdown!

[@JakobStrand]

10:03 Heaviest shit on the planet is about to start.

[@PhobosDDeimos]

Dude, such a nice and thorough breakdown. I usually just brute force my way trough these songs and try to figure out the cycles via repeated air-guitar sessions and it works - but your visualizations help a lot! In fact, I also group certain parts of Meshuggah songs together and count those. It's really funny to confuse other people and musicians with your own numbered understandings 😁

[@rikhaaksman8178]

Yes! This is awesome. Excellent explanation!

[@fabioragone22]

I don't even play the drums but I'm absolutely addicted to your videos. Very clear and informative, even for someone like me who understands very little about drumming

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you like them!

[@EdHughes378]

This video is incredible! Awesome work!

[@hudsonbarth5641]

I love this song, but it has always confused the absolute shit outta me. What a fantastic video this is! Great visuals, super clear explanations. Cheers man

[@theguy4361]

I really like how you manage to make this so visual, that's a huge work there

[@jerryvignau9359]

Dude this has so much work put into, it's amazing! Love the Host / Guest analogy. Been waiting for so long to see something so well dissected like this and I hope people realize that this is genius level analysis!

[@thepassenger6499]

You sir, deserve a medal! The massive bomb at 10:02 is pure badassery! What a killer riff! Awesome video! ❤ Edit: MAYshuggah? 😂 MAY the shuggah be with us all!

[@YogevGabay]

hahahahah yeesss

[@UncleRJ]

I really love this video. It really encapsulates the counting.

[@samuelconnolly347]

You've got my sub! Rhythm seems to be a neglected topic by many music KZbinrs, so it was great to see this breakdown of an incredible song.

[@tyy8233]

Awesome explanation! Excellent work

[@prouzakmx]

This is one of the most amazing, informative and inspiring videos I’ve ever seen. From “decoding” them to all the work you did producing this video.

[@YogevGabay]

Ohh thanks a lot !!

[@Goodstuff12345666789]

Great video, as usual! I’d love to see the next Meshuggah video about Lethargica, especially the outro. It’s extremely catchy, but the way in which the riff rotates around a steady 4/4 beat is absolutely amazing 🥲

[@robertmickey442]

Meshuggah fan excited to see what song you'd do for the next one :)

[@inchworm9311]

thank u so much for these breakdown vids

[@YogevGabay]

Happy they do !

[@drzoom3696]

HAHA!!! Even though I KNEW my face would look in of some sort of way, shown at around 10:15 I still looked EXACTLY like that!! Priceless!

[@tasiociafancelli9912]

Dude this kind of class was fucking awesome, keep the good work mate!

[@CleeOhFuzz]

Me, whose been into metal since I was 13 and knows nothing about music theory: yeah that makes sense. Love the channel and cant wait for more!!

[@RobinDeLeon_]

watching this makes it sooo much easier to learn on guitar, because its not the memorizing different notes, its understanding the rhythms that makes it difficult, something tabs cant show you.

[@wonbyte]

Seriously one of the hands down best music channels on the Tubes. So much knowledge

[@YogevGabay]

Thank you man, Happy youlike these!

[@Diftonez]

It's seems complicated even with colorful circles and numbers. It's feels like I've never be able to headbang with this song in a right way. Thanks Yogev! It was wonderful!

[@YogevGabay]

Well it is complicated stuff hahahaha

[@Boristhaspydr]

Dude thank you SO much for this; I started listening to it with the intention of learning it; realized I had NO idea what was actually going on, and brought up this video and started listening to your explanation before I even touched the tablerature.

[@YogevGabay]

Happy to help !

[@illlanoize23]

Thank you so much ive been figuring out some of my favorite songs but you just make it seems so easy and it makes sense with the illustrations. Pretty cool my bday month will be meshuggah month since they’re one of my fave bands. Just subscribed looking forward to it

[@meh54]

Love me some Meshuggah but your analyses have shifted my love up a level! Cheers \M/

[@glebanful]

Wow, the clarity of your explanation always amazes me!

[@YogevGabay]

Glad you think so!

[@TheBenthos]

Brilliant! Subscribed. Thank you for your content. I realise now I'm listening in 'low resolution' compared to Yogev. Just great 10:03 I vote for 'Do Not Look Down'.

[@josuastangl7140]

These videos are phenomenal, man, you're a legend!

[@dbenzi87]

This video is absolutely Epic. Awesome job!

[@revsharp777]

I love your Meshuggah explanations.

[@ralphierules]

watch out for headphone thief at 14:17!! Love your videos. Super entertaining and "easy" to follow. The amount of work you put into this really shows, man!

[@YogevGabay]

Thanks for that!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Only just come across your channel and this is a fantastic way of explaining it all. I love the very visual way you're doing it. Excellent work! Look forward to checking out some other videos. Also, I was definitely making that face 🤘

[@YogevGabay]

Welcome aboard!

[@davidcasablancas9916]

You’re awesome dude, I need every Meshuggah Song explained 🔥❤️

[@ElBoyoElectronico]

Wow, crazy amount of effort! I would have never been able to count that.

[@DSmusique]

I wished I knew this song and watched this video to be able to pass my Algebra classes back in my school days, my mind would have opened more and sharpened like sharpening a pencil then.......... High schools must have a small class emphasizing on Meshuggah songs as a mind booster and boggler.... Mahn love your videos!

[@Grin969]

dude this channel is as insane as Clockworks !! awesome work man !!

[@digikaininja5]

even MESHUGGAH arent this organized for their own riffs...Jesus...so much effort put in for the making of these videos. Another level of clarity.

[@YogevGabay]

Happy you like it !

[@ralphofner3916]

EPIC WORK MAN! Love the Effort you put in your Videos!

[@Fredrikaolsen]

This is amazing, man! Best analysis out there

[@h2oproductions897]

i love the last "okay, okay, now i'm listening" .... the riff that humbles us all :D

[@zagadape109]

It's the first time i see your video. You've put so much effort into it, wow. Great editing.

[@cikarda]

Excellent. Absolutely excellent! Add car bomb, dillinger escape plan and tool to your band list for some future analysis. Loving the idea of Mayshuggah! Great stuff!

[@HiFisch94]

What an epic song! Thanks for the great explanation 😎 My favorite song for you to break down would be: Do Not Look Down

[@AnthonyMuthurajah]

Sick work man! Digging your content big time. Much love ✌🏽

[@woschtsuppe65]

It's so cool how much effort you put in this! Also I was waiting for someone to really analyse this banger song.

[@tomrotem8551]

Getting here pretty late, not one to comment often, just watching, but dude, have to say it- you helped me fall In love with Meshuggah even more. Been listening to them for about 15 years now, and as I understand their music more I enjoy them more. Your videos and Meshuggah series helped me see their music in another way, and thus enjoying it more. They helped me a lot during the reserve since October 7th. Ain't nothing like falling asleep to Meshuggah. Godamn man, thank you! And while we're at it, I'd love to see more Meshuggah songs, pretty much all of them are worthy, but Lethargica would be epic for me.

[@YogevGabay]

Man, I appreciate this comment so much. I also use Meshuggah when times are tough, and since Oct 7, it's been intense. People killed, my parents under rockets, my brother in reserves, the whole deal. Stay strong brother, I'm super super happy you enjoy the video !

[@tomrotem8551]

@@YogevGabay You're the man!!

[@jordand431]

Would love to hear Demiurge or Rational Gaze next time!! Amazing explanation btw I usually try to keep up when I listen and you make it a lot easier!

[@vicjames2743]

Cool breakdown of time signatures.

[@jsabbott0]

Great choice to do a monthly meshuggah vid. One exercise that might be fun is a classification of ALL meshuggah riffs, by how they treat the partial polyrhythm that inevitably gets cut off when they have to repeat the 4/4 sequence and go back to the start. Because they sometimes just plow ahead and immediately cut it off with no accommodation, sometimes they add a boring extra beat, sometimes a whole mini phrase on the 4 upbeat, and in Clockworks intro case, you're showing that they just do silence, which I never really comprehended about this song despite listening to it multiple times a week for 4.5 years, and which is pretty fucking cool.

[@lucasmegadeth]

First video I'm seeing on this channel, and wow !! What a fantastic content !! Subscribed !

[@YogevGabay]

Welcome aboard!

[@Ryak1234]

Very impressive, great explanation.

[@MrFinntrollin]

Man, these videos are amazing keep it up

[@kylephillips8243]

This was fantastic! Very interesting video, well done!

[@psmaulehlien]

Brilliantly presented

[@kurtrambus2728]

Great video!! You really explain the music really well!

[@relinquishedfate]

Amazing video editing and production dude, keep up the hard work it's amazing!

[@leosteinhausbass]

Dude, your videos are so great, you inspired me to write my bachelors thesis about meshuggah and analyse their polyrhythmic structures. Keep it going man!

[@YogevGabay]

Oh man amazing!! Let me know if I can help in anyway.

[@leosteinhausbass]

@@YogevGabay It's done already, I appreciate the kind offer, though! :)