Imagine getting your cover featured then the commentator just says *yuck*
@officialromanhours4 жыл бұрын
Current Objective SURVIVE
@asandysoldier31644 жыл бұрын
A kick in the head halo on pc dude AHHAHAGAHAQHHQ
@Quagmirian4 жыл бұрын
Don't sing like shit then
@cheyennerumsley4 жыл бұрын
Well, at least the dude's now got a net worth of $170 million at the age of 21 so he's pretty much laughing all the way to the bank 😜
@LOLRyanTheKidLOL4 жыл бұрын
Imagine being Shawn Mendes
@frickinfrick84884 жыл бұрын
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should” What every singer needs to hear.
@zzzapi4 жыл бұрын
*musician
@deadlock10114 жыл бұрын
A fking men
@user-en7dx1qp3k4 жыл бұрын
*person
@CaptainScorch2174 жыл бұрын
@brendanbeck
@CaseyShontz4 жыл бұрын
I think that point is true but it doesn’t work well with the clips he was saying it about. I think those girls had to bring it up an octave because they couldn’t sing it in the lower octave, not just because they wanted to. I do that all the time when I’m singing for fun.
@govindanagar46234 жыл бұрын
This gives me sudden urge to write an overly complex jazz cover of hallelujah
@AceAttorny4 жыл бұрын
Hallelujant Steps
@keshavramesh84824 жыл бұрын
Collier's got you covered
@chilala-kantunguni34164 жыл бұрын
Please do it!
@govindanagar46234 жыл бұрын
@@chilala-kantunguni3416 Ok i might actually do it
@gr8cescale4 жыл бұрын
@@govindanagar4623 please keep us updated
@tristan34564 жыл бұрын
I think the reason everyone is skipping octaves is because they can’t hit the high notes at that higher octave, and can’t hit the low notes at the lower octaves. So they end up octave hopping trying to keep it in their vocal range.
@riso90594 жыл бұрын
Seems legit
@FranzSarmiento174 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I think it wasn't as egregious as he makes it out to be. It's just that the singers are probably just not that good with their vocal range. I'd pass it as forgivable compared to the other "warbles"
@EtamirTheDemiDeer4 жыл бұрын
Mood
@anitaanil63334 жыл бұрын
YES
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
What? How does this say 7 years ago and right next to it 3 months ago wtf
@juliec38705 жыл бұрын
When they go an octave higher it’s not because they can go high, it’s because they can’t go low. I know from experience.
@cooxy99645 жыл бұрын
Julie Camm then you need to adjust the key of the song...
@sparksfly58775 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know right? But simply adjusting the pitch to something more comfortable works.
@anakruger24125 жыл бұрын
@@cooxy9964 No, adjusting the key would change the song. Jumping an octave is generally how you fit something to range. Edit: Of course, only if it fits the song. If the song is going down, you shouldn't jump an octave in the middle of that downward phrase. Source: Music student for 8 years.
@kaitlynbaker84914 жыл бұрын
I agree and sometimes especially if you are a beginner you don't understand how to change keys yet. Doing this until you understand it isn't hurting anybody.
@link_71644 жыл бұрын
Kaitlyn Baker maybe not. My mate said that someone went up an octave once and it caused some sort of resonance and this crab’s shell shattered like a glass. And also that the crab was performing open heart surgery on his uncle at the time.
@nikgulley5 жыл бұрын
To be fair, I don't think the TV talent show crowd responds to anything but vocal runs and octave jumps.
@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter5 жыл бұрын
True... 😔
@xstoofpeer5 жыл бұрын
@Rodzilla Its a fucking talent show. People dont care about how technical somebody is, they just want to know if it sounds good for them. One of my favourite TV talent show auditions is Redemption Song by Mitchel Brunings on The Voice. He just has a great voice and I couldn't care much if his technique is perfect.
@zachjollimore43395 жыл бұрын
I mean mass opinion of talent and musical ability is technical proficiency, and speed, and not actual musicianship
@codyi52325 жыл бұрын
Nik Gulley the entire audience is paid. To be fair if you can actually strum and write they’ll basically pull you out of line and try and sideball your ass. They don’t want real musicians on that show they want people who watch glee lol. \m/
@juannaym84885 жыл бұрын
Also, that weird stuff they do with their faces, where they try to make it seem super hard and emotional to just sing a few words
@annasaringer37294 жыл бұрын
I accompanied a girl on the piano while she sang this song this year on a school show. She sang half of it in arabic! I thought that was very cool and creative.
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
Oh neat!
@safir22414 жыл бұрын
is this a joke im missing
@EzeKry4 жыл бұрын
@@safir2241 no it's just a legitimately nice story.
@willtowers15323 жыл бұрын
alham- dillulah, alham-dillulah
@HerbaMachina3 жыл бұрын
@@safir2241 I hear you, it's set up like it's gonna be a joke, and then the writer goes and subverts our expectations to give us just a nice story. The bastard! How dare they play with our heads in such a manner.
@Musicman113894 жыл бұрын
It goes like this: the 4th, the 5th, the 6th, and then the 4th again.
@xarealpersonx4 жыл бұрын
Then the the 6th then the 4th again
@Musicman113894 жыл бұрын
Baffled.
@milanstevic84243 жыл бұрын
@@Musicman11389 baffled, more baffled, and then the 4th again
@retro343 жыл бұрын
@@milanstevic8424 legend says he's still composing to this day
@zsofi4973 жыл бұрын
What?
@thomasrosebrough90625 жыл бұрын
"if you're simply subordinating the musical meaning to a display of your technical skill, then you suck" I have been waiting my whole life for this sentence.
@thomasrosebrough90625 жыл бұрын
I don't agree with everything in this video, but I feel very vindicated by the exact wording you gave for this sentiment.
@jacobsweat15205 жыл бұрын
as a bassist, i'm all about the soul, i'm almost never technical, whether i'm playing bass clarinet in a concert band or wind ensemble, or rock/blues/jazz electric bass
@papphase8605 жыл бұрын
This sentence is the perfect explanation for my hate against most covers.
@jacobsweat15205 жыл бұрын
@@papphase860 i do tyler childers covers with as much soul as possible
@raulperez23085 жыл бұрын
you can still make or play meaningful, atmospheric music while showcasing a great technical skillset.
@LokNWykLeer5 жыл бұрын
Man, when people "oversing" like this, even if it's just a simple little song, just to demonstrate their "incredible" voice control, that annoys the hell out of me.
@PerfectWorldLevelUp15 жыл бұрын
These people have ruined songs like "all by myself" for me. The original song is already a bit much but people just have to show off instead of sound good.
@candykanefpv984 жыл бұрын
LokNWykLeer it’s more impressive for someone to be restrained. Simpler drums, bass and vocals often can be more difficult because you have much less room for error.
@lauraschantz90584 жыл бұрын
This. A song like "Killing Me Softly" that's MEANT to have warbles, sure, go ahead and show off. But not "Hallelujah." Please.
@novic3294 жыл бұрын
They gotta flaunt their ego
@barringtonwomble47134 жыл бұрын
You've described every single time hallelujah has been done on a pop idol style tv show.
@IsaacEverettVideos4 жыл бұрын
It’s worth remembering that Jeff Buckley’s version relies heavily on the adaption performed by former Velvet Underground member John Cale.
@willhubbell6124 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t know that that’s awesome
@AndrewMoffitt Жыл бұрын
This is a critical piece of information that is criminally overlooked. Cale's performance inspired Buckley, and in doing so, it set the standard for every. single. cover. that we've heard since then. It baffles me how he's so rarely included in conversations about the song. Whenever we hear a modern cover, we're really listening to Cale's interpretation. Not to say that Buckley didn't bring something to the table; in fact, in some respects, he even improved on it. Where Cale's vocal rings with a noble, almost regal melancholy, Buckley imbues the song with a pained, aching sadness so complete that it transcends description. Cale's solo piano is excellent and served as a wonderful basis for interpretation, but everything about Buckley's instrumentation, from the choice of guitar to the the reverb-heavy tone, fits the tune brilliantly.
@Alice-cl9cf11 ай бұрын
Also important to note that John Cale included lyrics that Cohen would perform live but weren't in the original recorded version of the song. Lyrics like "I used to live alone before I knew you" and "Love is not a victory march // it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah" aren't in the original version but are included in basically every single cover of the song. Cale actually asked Cohen to send him the lyrics after watching him perform it live and Cohen then faxed him 15 pages of lyrics.
@JellyFlavoredGerman9 ай бұрын
@@AndrewMoffittJohn Cale's contribution to popular music as a whole is wildly underestimated.
@bradleyisaacsims684 жыл бұрын
I think you're spot on about most of these (especially the warbling bit), but the opposite critique of this also true: covers of this song that just the Buckley version note-for-note are boring and lame. And even Buckley does the octave up thing in the later choruses. The take-away is that a good cover of a great song is ... hard.
@All4Tanuki11 ай бұрын
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" There are plenty of songs with great ideas but a flaw that makes them hard to appreciate as a whole. A cover is the perfect opportunity to fix these!!
@Ceolskog7 ай бұрын
What I would love to hear is a version that mixes the Cohen and Buckley versions - the verses the way Buckley does it, then build up to the big chorus like in Cohen's original.
@Ceolskog7 ай бұрын
Well I couldn't find what I wanted to hear, so I ended up doing one myself by covering Cohen's version, with a bit of a Jeff Buckley flavour in the verses.
@Kmac20215 жыл бұрын
That Bono version actually angered me.
@Tantacrul5 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to do that to you :)
@Kmac20215 жыл бұрын
Tantacrul don't apologise, I need the anger to make memes
@AbsoluteAbsurd5 жыл бұрын
Owo its that boi
@RedTV88885 жыл бұрын
I believe Bono actually publicly apologized for that cover
@user-ii3zm4it4h5 жыл бұрын
Meme Lord Kmac is here, ladies and gentlement! Love your videos, m9!
@Bhazor4 жыл бұрын
No other song says "I learned the guitar to get laid" quite like a Hallelujah cover
@Quintaner4 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall usually does the trick
@singmysong44444 жыл бұрын
Ha... best comment ever on this thread
@BitcoinMotorist4 жыл бұрын
Baby, I Love Your Way Peter Frampton
@oz_jones4 жыл бұрын
@@Quintaner imagine too, or it probably did back in the day
@jacobadams9054 жыл бұрын
Nah, nah, nah, Something is THE putang magnet!
@j9mattfield3 жыл бұрын
My biggest pet peeve regarding covers is people who say “do you” instead of “do ya “ which is the rhyme with Hallelujah
@idontcare18982 жыл бұрын
Listen to the original by Cohen, he pronounces it as "but you don't really care for music, do you?" no ya at all
@casey3029 Жыл бұрын
@@idontcare1898 doesn’t mean it’s the right course of action just because it’s the original. ‘do ya’ sounds better
@Aidenkong523 Жыл бұрын
@@idontcare1898 in the album version, it does sound like he says "do ya"
@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын
Just like teachers ruining Fuzzy Wuzzy by pronouncing “was he?” too distinctly at the end.
@valeale88512 жыл бұрын
I think the "Lets make the last Hallelujah an octave higher" mostly stems from the fact that the last hallelujah is in a very low and uncomfortable note, so for new-ish (particularly femlae) singers, this is the safest most comfortable and pretty-sounding option. It's what I used to do lmao
@nahuel34332 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the obvious fix be to sing the entire song an octave higher, make the peak higher still and then have the last Hallelujah com back down to the original level?
@valeale88512 жыл бұрын
@@nahuel3433 I guess it depends on your register. It's more of an instinctual decision to change the one note you can't quite reach than to change the entire song's octave if it's already comfortable for you. Even if it isn't necessarily *better*
@ldbonq2 жыл бұрын
femlae
@rohitchaoji Жыл бұрын
Especially considering Cohen's baritone voice. I think most people start off singing in a register they're most naturally comfortable with in their speaking voice, and by the time they get to that point in the song, they realize it's too low for them to go naturally. It indeed does sound very amateur.
@mrbackup993 Жыл бұрын
@@rambunctiousvegetable2025 That's a very gatekeep-y way to maintain the structural integrity of the song. Would you seriously tell an amateur singer to stop trying to sing hallelujah just because they're breaking the meaning of the song by doing it wrong?
@desperatemohammedantheworl58334 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, that Bono cover version really exists and wasn't just a bad dream.
@barringtonwomble47134 жыл бұрын
BONO oh NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
@shimalding4 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd hear Hallelujah edited as a sexy Enigma song
@heartache57424 жыл бұрын
i am a doughnut
@dariovega97722 жыл бұрын
Rt
@andyfletcher35612 жыл бұрын
@@lonewolf8667 I know this is old and all, but I couldn't agree more. Maybe if I'd never heard Cohen sing it himself I would feel differently...
@dr.quackenbacker52475 жыл бұрын
This exact argument goes for every cover of "Sound of Silence" ever
@Cubby91965 жыл бұрын
Except the Disturbed one!
@dernlui18425 жыл бұрын
@@Cubby9196 Especially for the Disturbed
@netahamiel43045 жыл бұрын
Everybody worships the disturbed one but i can't bear hearing it
@RSidd5 жыл бұрын
@@Cubby9196 the Disturbed cover sucks donkey bollocks.
@Seth98095 жыл бұрын
@@dernlui1842 And music critics say the original is the most pretentious song ever....
@simonockas4 жыл бұрын
Me: *can't even sing Jingle Bells properly* Also me: "oh my god this cover is utter garbage what an absolute idiot lmao"
@Aaackermann4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. To say a piece of music is garbage is understandable. To say: "what an idiot" is simply rude.
@simonockas4 жыл бұрын
@@Aaackermann it was obviously just a joke bro
@Aaackermann4 жыл бұрын
@@simonockas Well, good to know then, bro. Take care!
@randallmokjialung35924 жыл бұрын
Dont need a master chef to know good food,aye?
@jesseroel83624 жыл бұрын
Hallelu... uuuu... ... *"ouya"*
@danielbelkin46524 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, my favorite defunct video game console. Maybe they chose to reference it as a metaphor for their interpretation of the song?
@jesseroel83624 жыл бұрын
@@danielbelkin4652 finally someone got it! It's pretty much a metaphor for failure
@Poiuy4 жыл бұрын
Jesse Roel Is that a fan of Sorrow TV I see
@xarealpersonx4 жыл бұрын
Never forget
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
*_my god._*
@chronovac4 жыл бұрын
I am glad I have found someone who shares my disdain for warble
@MedievalSolutions4 жыл бұрын
My belief is that warblers can't actually hold a nice clean tone for even two seconds... I'd invite them to break such belief, but they are busy trying to fit a warble on every milisecond.
@captainmunchlax86294 жыл бұрын
There’s a time and place for everything. But it’s just not necessary here. There are certain songs it works in, though I’m not a major fan of said songs
@LambruscoPeter4 жыл бұрын
Marc Bolan is a master warbler though
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
I think its vibrato and yeah its overused
@matankesselman4563 жыл бұрын
@@senza4591 vibrato is good. The warbling in question is melisma. If done tastefully, it's good. If not, it's tacky and somewhat boastful.
@dianew8005 жыл бұрын
My pet peeve about the song: singing it as if it were a Christmas carol.
@AnimeSunglasses5 жыл бұрын
Oh geeze, yes. Bloody Christian ignorance of the lyrics...
@Em-ih5du4 жыл бұрын
I love you
@RubberyCat4 жыл бұрын
@@AnimeSunglasses Personally, i think it is perfect as a Christmas song.... But then again, i do have the impression that GOD supports Atheism, because all the big and known religions has fucked things up, and is worshipping their own dogmas instead of GOD. My Hallelujah is both broken and Holy, at the same time.
@AnimeSunglasses4 жыл бұрын
@@RubberyCat well, broken and holy at once is the thing it's written to express...
@RubberyCat4 жыл бұрын
@@AnimeSunglasses The earlier or original version is, yes. However, several later versions, including the one Jeff covered, is more sad and broken ... And yes, i'm referring to one of the key verses in the song, which may be different depending on which version you decide to sing.
@namenamename3904 жыл бұрын
4:40 The only thing I'm qualified to criticize about this is that she sings "h[eh]llelujah" instead of "h[ah]lleluja" and I hate it.
@sir89233 жыл бұрын
My god yesss, it somewhat offends me when person pronounces simple words incorrectly
@xcmodev15583 жыл бұрын
Or when they say the “-jah” as “yeah” and not “yuh”. Helps lower it too
@DuckInGameStop3 жыл бұрын
That might just be her accent... I'm not sure
@AM-ux6ey4 жыл бұрын
With the octave higher thingy most female singers can’t reach the low notes so have to go higher.
@AdrianVisan4 жыл бұрын
You can change the key and still have the same effect
@guilhermekhoury20914 жыл бұрын
@Ow my Bones Or you could just let people sing what they want
@gutsFunnyman4 жыл бұрын
@Ow my Bones or just rewrite it into a pitch you can sing.
@TheEudaemonicPlague3 жыл бұрын
As a defense for such behavior, it fails. If you *can't* sing it properly, don't sing it at *all*. You know it's a serious problem, if you're sitting at a bar, singing along to the jukebox, and a musician thanks you for not doing that shit. True story.
@adog31293 жыл бұрын
Hah, should have thought about that before being f*male
@geddyleessoup50865 жыл бұрын
I hate it when people over sing hallelujah, it’s the equivalent to over singing the happy birthday song.
@paulfarr27955 жыл бұрын
Amen, I hate going to that party where there is that one person overdoing it, the song ends, and everyone just inwardly cringes
@atticusshipstone21505 жыл бұрын
I know I can’t stand how people just sing happy birthday all the time especially around birthdays it’s almost as if the they’re singing it for someone’s birthday
@heinzerbrew5 жыл бұрын
@@atticusshipstone2150 They aren't talking about singing the song more than once. They are talking about the people that make the song all about them and not the subject.
@Cheezbalz264 жыл бұрын
oh god for real. It's like, the attention is supposed to be on the person who's birthday it is, quit trying to steal the spotlight
@AZ-kr6ff4 жыл бұрын
@@Cheezbalz26 I know! Totally!! That's usually about the time I climb up onto the table, drop my pants and lay a big steaming log right on top of the cake. I can't stand it when people try to be the center of attention.
@Meminjo5 жыл бұрын
That octave jump in seven nation army, my sides are in another dimension.
@joelvaross5 жыл бұрын
I had to laugh so hard at this part ^^
@Roescoe5 жыл бұрын
That was funnier than expected even though I was expecting it.
@tiananman5 жыл бұрын
haha I've listened to that part 4 times and it's still awesome. Might try to play it like this
@myselfremade5 жыл бұрын
I think the reason female singers jump an octave in this chorus is because they don't have the lowend rage for it to be done properly.
@4dultw1thj0b5 жыл бұрын
@@myselfremade Yeah, that's the technical reason, but it still doesn't sound good. They should at least raise the key to one that will actually work.
@somedood99893 жыл бұрын
I swear, after I hear "Hallelujah, Hallelujah" my brain immediately tells me that the next lyrics are of course "ASSIST TROPHY, WALUIIII-IIIIIGI"
@aidankeogh99943 жыл бұрын
"Not in front of the baby, look at him, he doesn't like it."
My sister got laughed at because she can compete with baritons and lower. She's a true alto.
@snowmountainlion5 жыл бұрын
Ahahahhahahahahhahahaha 🤣🤣🤣it’s not their fault they just wanna shiiiiiiine and to them singing high as the heavens is how to that lmfaooo awesome comment dude
@nasirahmad46615 жыл бұрын
@@snowmountainlion BS But Okay 😂😂😂
@doxariel5 жыл бұрын
@@snowmountainlion leonard cohen called from the grave, he wants to personally pay you his respects
@snowmountainlion5 жыл бұрын
ariel thank you channeller 🙏
@AlibifortheAfterlife5 жыл бұрын
5:42 Well it goes like this, the sixth, the sixth, the major sixth and the major sixth
@MatmoeLP5 жыл бұрын
It's baffling how she's covering hallelujah
@mdotta5 жыл бұрын
btw, who is this girl?
@tamircohen15125 жыл бұрын
@@mdotta For research purposes, right? Her name's Holly Henry :)
@tasimasoe84305 жыл бұрын
@@tamircohen1512 Trust man hahaha
@benwhite81575 жыл бұрын
Great comment. There's so much dissonance it's no longer a chord but two separate chords conjoined involuntarily. Edit: Onlay ma opunion.
@fishum64834 жыл бұрын
Shrek's version will always be the best version to me.
@alexanderestrada31174 жыл бұрын
That's actually the original, John Cale's version
@hellcat24494 жыл бұрын
alexander estrada uhhhhh the original was Leonard Cohens
@greatclams64252 жыл бұрын
@@hellcat2449 This is certainly true, however, I do get what they mean even if they didn't express it with complete semantic accuracy: that Jeff Buckley was covering the John Cale version of the Leonard Cohen song.
@Gresyth4 жыл бұрын
I find it wildly inappropriate to hear this song in a church. By Cohens' own words this is a totally secular song. As he wrote it the Hallelujahs are orgasms. Keep in mind this was released on his Various Positions album which is mainly about sex.
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@silcrow40454 жыл бұрын
Aw fuck yeah mate thanks for the info
@LilPinkFuzzyMonster4 жыл бұрын
Seriously, the amount of people who claim this is a religious song is really weird and displays the fact that these people have not bothered to listen to the lyrics past 'hallelujah'.
@stick-itproductions.33074 жыл бұрын
@@LilPinkFuzzyMonster THANK YOU
@xz30244 жыл бұрын
And don’t forget all the idiots that think this song is appropriate for Christmas 🤦🏾♀️
@Abby-wj5je5 жыл бұрын
the sad shrek song.
@jamie_mkv5 жыл бұрын
@@robertsmith4157 nah it's just a better version tbh
@christophermaksudian62715 жыл бұрын
@@robertsmith4157 Fun-fact: though it was Wainright that appeared on the CD soundtrack, it was actually John Cale's rendition that was in the movie. It's really worth tracking down
@HangmanOfficialUploads5 жыл бұрын
The true sad Shrek song will always be Eels - I Need Some Sleep.
@elliotkabay10695 жыл бұрын
"David Liebe Hart - Hallelujah, Shrek Retold"
@chopun38625 жыл бұрын
Yeah I prefer the John cale version for the nostalgia
@ErikBongers5 жыл бұрын
I once heard someone singing Radiohead's "Creep" and she sung it with such joy! And she smiled! And she brought the whole song to a wonderful heavenly place! And...yeah.
@howard59925 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@vz24284 жыл бұрын
I'M A CREEP!! :) I'M A WEIRDO!! ☺☺
@brunzmeflugen4 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of the Postmodern Jukebox version. They made creep sexy. It's odd.
@elijahfordsidioticvarietys87704 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure you can mash that up well with the LSD Sound system song, "All of My Friends".
@hammfleis81264 жыл бұрын
Might want to check out Richard Cheese's version of Creep :)
@lovarra14262 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. People seem to be afraid of simplicity and that fear is rarely so well demonstrated as in the covers to this song.
@BlackFiresong Жыл бұрын
I blame music competitions on TV. They give the impression that it's never enough to sing a song simply and well. You have to do all the vocal gymnastics you possibly can to be noticed. Otherwise you're "generic" and "boring".
@wadeperkins7144 жыл бұрын
I love how “a short video to tide people over” turned into his second most viewed video and an absolute gem
@effy38085 жыл бұрын
Ive noticed that those *super* indie guys are obsessed with warbling. Its annoyingggg.
@Aaronies5 жыл бұрын
Compensating for a lack of an actual good voice
@loggtrader76155 жыл бұрын
Theyre not “indie” theyre the type that listen to 5sos
@vladimirtubic60605 жыл бұрын
That's why they remained indie...
@margicates5535 жыл бұрын
It’s Mouth full of marbles, feel my pain destroy my vocal chords indie boy sound 😝
@yogeshwargupta69195 жыл бұрын
Idk what you mean but it's more up with the pop people. Super indie guys have a knack for using electric guitars or rather accentuating string noises when using guitars instead of focusing on these warbling noises. These people that you're talking about might be self-titled indies but you can't really be indie by copying a pop trend.
@historian38445 жыл бұрын
that bono cover sounds like a donkey kong song
@theafterlife25115 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the U2 level from donkey kong country DK is going to finish that level *with or without you* diddy
@TheGrumpyBowTie5 жыл бұрын
Bono sucks
@davidspears45505 жыл бұрын
@@TheGrumpyBowTie But Bono has a Nobel peace prize(just like that other great humanitarian Henry Kissinger)! P.S. The only Bono I recognize is Sonny.
@joecebu27915 жыл бұрын
Bono is the most over rated guy out there.
@FainthedCherry5 жыл бұрын
dK, dOnKey KonG-
@nstuey69742 күн бұрын
I remember watching this video while I was still pursuing music and it taught me a lot about interpretation and self expression when covering a song that’s been done a million times over. It recently came to mind and coincidentally on my feed, and I’ve come to accept now that some songs and some covers can never/should never be redone in the hopes to improve it. Some things are just perfect as they are. What a lot of these covers feel like they’re missing is the humility it brings out. The lyrics, the arrangement, and the vibe reflect someone at their lowest and most beat down, and singers want to show off. This song isn’t to show off. It’s to show up
@Volvith4 жыл бұрын
Musician: "Musical Theory" That Blonde Girl: _"MONOTONIHILISM THEORY."_
@vindurverndari5 жыл бұрын
When you jumped into that girl’s cover to sing the imagined main vocal line- probably the most badass moment ever in a music analysis channel. Ice cold
@Tantacrul5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Cheers!
@MaddesG15 жыл бұрын
@Sean H wasnt that Dragonforce
@alxjones5 жыл бұрын
@@MaddesG1 Yeah, that's Herman Li playing with DragonForce.
@tempything23895 жыл бұрын
He's a cruel man. Cruel but fair.
@H0MY9115 жыл бұрын
what cooler than being cool?
@chloeledbetter6354 жыл бұрын
*fetus shawn mendes singing* commentator: “yuck”
@nathanwood23694 жыл бұрын
I WAS FUCKING PISSED. But he still had a good point.
@averybondeson33224 жыл бұрын
He's not THAT good honestly, like I can give him credit for not using a backing track during live performances but his studio recordings still have that fake, "glossy" feeling that can only be found in pitch correction
@skepticmoderate57904 жыл бұрын
@@averybondeson3322 Honesty I prefer the gloss.
@averybondeson33224 жыл бұрын
@@skepticmoderate5790 And that's fine, but if someone's job is to sing and they can't do that, then they're not really getting paid for talent. It would be like paying some 15 year old kid who puts pre-made drum loops over pop songs and calling him a "professional drummer". It's insulting to people who can sing well and don't get paid for it.
@pedrosilvaproductions4 жыл бұрын
@@averybondeson3322 as a Singer myself he puts too much resonance in his nose. Which makes him lack projection and power and especially presence. Just ask him to Sing without any mic and you would see him struggle to get the same tonality. Hence why most vocal students do not sing pop and if and when they do they stand out
@magicmulder2 жыл бұрын
I once listened to an old street busker who had a great raspy voice but when he covered Barbra Streisand's "Woman In Love" there was one chord he kept messing up, so I walked up to him and explained what the proper chord was, and he ended up telling me his life story in between songs. A very nice memory tied to a "bad" cover version.
@xanderguyer75123 жыл бұрын
When you know about Leonard Cohen and his poetry, these (lame-in-comparison) interpretations lack Cohen's emotional depth and clarity. He truly was the baffled king composing Hallelujah. Everyone else just wants to sound deep. (Well, if you compare the covers to the original song.)
@mariobros2375 жыл бұрын
That white stripes joke killed me
@orlock205 жыл бұрын
That ping at the end sounds like either the string broke or the string got unstuck from the nut while tuning.
@TurtleGamers15 жыл бұрын
@@orlock20 sounds like jack alright...
@garrettz.68575 жыл бұрын
When Jack picks a guitar that's just a bit _too_ screwed up
@BillPeschel5 жыл бұрын
Adding the reaction shot nailed the joke. This guy knows from timing.
@ricardoron33955 жыл бұрын
Holy shit it was so funny
@donvalentino98224 жыл бұрын
0:48 Just for anyone who didn’t know, that’s the lead guitarist of Dragon Force shredding “Through the Fire and Flames” but his strap broke
@archiederham21034 жыл бұрын
Good ole Herman Li
@donvalentino98224 жыл бұрын
Archie Derham **The MADMAN**
@tktktk474 жыл бұрын
the song still haunts me to this day.
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
I think one time the guy chucked an expensive prs guitar off camera and there was a big THUNK and I almost threw up
@pvtwade70573 жыл бұрын
This song broke my rockband guitar
@columbus8myhw3 жыл бұрын
I actually like the "imagined main line" version. I'm so familiar with the song that I can imagine the melody pretty strongly, so the singing does feel like an actual backing
@columbus8myhw3 жыл бұрын
Also, re: octave jump "Does this sound right? [Seven Nation Army riff with the last note an octave higher]" ...Yes?
@All4Tanuki Жыл бұрын
Telling on yourself pretty badly there
@mitchkroska36782 жыл бұрын
I would say that the singers get caught up in the word, "Hallelujah" and it's religious meaning and feel like they can "let the spirit guide them" with the phrasing ; as long as it's sung from the "soul", it's valid.
@jorgemoran895 жыл бұрын
The worst thing is that tv shows are spreading the empty idea that music is all about technical ability :''(
@meredithwilliams46715 жыл бұрын
@John Ross No, you're just looking in the wrong places or maybe it's not the genre you prefer. The American folk/ roots scene is absolutely thriving. Tyler Childers, Arlo McKinley, Lost Dog Street Band, Cody Jinks, Rainbow Girls All incredibly talented artists but not everybody likes that kind of music. :) Cheers!
@johnwilliams49655 жыл бұрын
John Ross wtf we have the same name
@mitchellfarinasdeleon59335 жыл бұрын
That is my problem with most creep covers, a lot of voices are good but they miss the whole point of the song. The song isn’t meant to be pretty. It’s meant to hurtful and angry. Not soft and pretty
@isaactune75185 жыл бұрын
Isn’t pitch teeeeechnically technical ability? He’s really hatin on what people are doing with the pitch and runs and stuff but in reality people make it big because people like the sound of their voice, so runs actually help and individualize the singer, giving them their own special thing ya know
@GeneseChannel5 жыл бұрын
jesus christ y’all are such galaxy brains. How did you reach the universal conclusion that ‘music ended 19 years ago’? As long as it makes someone feel something, it doesnt fuckin matter
@samcavanagh79934 жыл бұрын
"who better than bono" a phrase never said unironically
@johngalik66094 жыл бұрын
Excuse my 10th and 12th grade English teacher from that list. She traveled to go to 3 of his concerts on the same tour. Teaches his lyrics as poetry, plays his songs in class, has posters of him, never stops talking about him, and literally has kissed the man. She “is [also] a doughnut.”
@richardroberson25643 жыл бұрын
The man can sing and write tho.
@offisk2 жыл бұрын
An enlightening and frightening examination of a song gone viral into a virus,. One thing I can surely be grateful of is witnessing JB perform the song more times than I can count. Every show offered a new opportunity to share a different version without the illustrated pitfalls. I miss him dearly.
@rodchallis80313 жыл бұрын
At the other end of the spectrum, it is said Leonard Cohen's favorite cover of Hallelujah was done by K D Lang, in 2005 in Winnipeg during the Juno Awards. Cohen was in the audience. Can you imagine the guts it must have taken to sing that song in front of Leonard Cohen? And excel?
@mistertwister20005 жыл бұрын
Song: exists Pop singer: *it’s warbling time*
@xFlamingCitrusx5 жыл бұрын
i think mostly female singers do the octave jump thing because they cant reach the low notes, and haven't bothered/dont like to transpose it up any further
@alibahba99095 жыл бұрын
it just gets annoying to be real, but to each their own.
@Toughy1125 жыл бұрын
A huge problem with some female singers that I've worked with is that they don't bother to develop their chest voice. Like, usually they're not even that deep down in their chest voice before they jump up. With the 3 examples, I'd say the only one that sounded like she was nearing the bottom of her range was the second one but even then she still probably could have hit the notes
@pandakatiefominz5 жыл бұрын
Women try to sing as high as possible. I don't know why, but women being able to hit high notes is considered superior than hitting lower notes. The ideal for women is being a soparano, so they always try to show how high they go. It makes me feel ashamed sometimes as a woman who struggles with high notes but can hit low notes well. I'm in theatre communities and it's tough for us out here
@vspreels3995 жыл бұрын
pandakatiefominz exactly, I sing quite low for a young girl and people always get so shocked..
@chronicallymeee5 жыл бұрын
@@pandakatiefominz Personally I'm very comfortable singing primarily in my chest voice using my head voice primarily as an ornament, but my singing teacher is always telling me that I should sing higher, and almost chastising me for how low I can go in scales like I should be ashamed for hitting low range. It's not that I'm against developing my range, but this idea that it's wrong to maintain my low range is wierd.
@BirthquakeRecords3 жыл бұрын
I feel like your criticism of “singers singing along with an imagined lead singer” isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially with a cover. Most audiences of a cover of a well known song will probably already be hearing the original melody in their head, and harmonizing with that absent-but-implied melody is actually kinda cool in my opinion. I feel like you even mirror this sentiment in your video response to that guy (the one with permanent “Dreamworks Face”) who talked about how modern music sucks bc science-something-something. That being said, many singers definitely do over complicate their parts in a really self indulgent way, often to the detriment of the piece. Like a drummer playing all fills and no groove.
@ZenoDovahkiin3 жыл бұрын
Wait so what you're saying is the Waluigi version is one of the better interpretations because it gets the arc?
@ffiiggyy3 жыл бұрын
The perfect specimen, an athlete and a musician.
@Rachel98246 Жыл бұрын
Love the Profile Picture!
@spaghetti48965 жыл бұрын
I want Jack black to do a soft cover of it and I don’t know why
@coltoncurlee50675 жыл бұрын
Good idea fam
@jimmyywutang8325 жыл бұрын
I know exactly why you'd want that. It'd be God damn beautiful
@matejcevnik73625 жыл бұрын
Kiss from a rose was fucking amazing by him
@FreddieHg375 жыл бұрын
I can perfectly picture it with his voice...
@wilsonallender63345 жыл бұрын
First he’ll do it soft.....then he’ll do it hard!
@stigafan5 жыл бұрын
I need a source for the animated baby shredding a guitar at 7:01
@Srewtheshadow5 жыл бұрын
The real takeaway here. A goldmine of meme potential.
@stigafan5 жыл бұрын
@@Srewtheshadow I found it by searching "baby guitar" :p
@ctarth4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p618npR4uc2Zfqc.html
@the_architect..4 жыл бұрын
@@stigafan You're a genius
@XxZigonxX4 жыл бұрын
Zabutom - zeta force is the song. I like the dubmood cover
@ScooterSkillsYolo3 жыл бұрын
POV: you've only just clicked this video after seeing it on our recommended for 3 years
@lilo54374 жыл бұрын
I’m just wondering why I’m seeing Radiohead in the background lol
@rustynumbat4 жыл бұрын
Probably because he's talking about originality in songwriting.
@batmeme74865 жыл бұрын
Alright, I clicked it. You happy now, algorithm?
@nick37185 жыл бұрын
Oliver stole Reverse card
@TheK3vin5 жыл бұрын
"Okay, got it. You fuck up the dynamics. That's how you cover it badly. Can I GO."
@m.qazmis5 жыл бұрын
i made a bad cover of it
@jjfromthebigland7815 жыл бұрын
Dance, puppet. Algorithm.
@rhys22755 жыл бұрын
You can say you’re not interested in the video
@alexandremagalhaes17745 жыл бұрын
What about the cover waleluja?
@DarcyTheCute5 жыл бұрын
only *actual* cultured men get this reference. *_amirite_*
@heyheyitsjae24755 жыл бұрын
The perfection of the song
@siddharths8405 жыл бұрын
Waluigia
@Mathee5 жыл бұрын
@Mark Wehner Who made the cut? The nerd, the prude The never was, the always nude The ones who'd never uttered Wallelujah
@PumperKrickel5 жыл бұрын
It´s wanderful.
@themroc82313 жыл бұрын
0:11 The "memorable upgrade" was really the work of John Cale. Jeff Buckley's recording was more a cover of John Cale's version than it was a re-imagining of Leonard Cohen's song. And am not trying to take merit and recognition from Buckley here, but trying to give some back to John Cale.
@Lexie_T2 күн бұрын
The Yngwie clip changed my mind. Warbling is the true climax Hallelujah needs.
@ZenoDovahkiin5 жыл бұрын
But they look so sad and pretty singing it, and that's what it means to have talent, right?
@heinzerbrew5 жыл бұрын
Talent is a dirty word.
@authenticbaguette66735 жыл бұрын
heinzerbrew I. A.G.R.E.E with capital letters
@authenticbaguette66735 жыл бұрын
ZenoDovahkiin it's also important to strip on stage **cough** america's **cough** got cringe
@robinwarren69244 жыл бұрын
No nigga
@vz24284 жыл бұрын
@divine intervention of beanos Wow I can play a song with 4 chords I'm so talented
@insertwittyname56494 жыл бұрын
My huge pet peeve is when people don't match the "minor fall and the major lift" lyric to how its sung. My priorities are probably in the wrong place but God it BOTHERS me 😫
@izzylee644 жыл бұрын
No, this is way worse than what he's worried about. I thought that was what this video was gonna be about tbh.
@ddogbritt954 жыл бұрын
It's funny that people mess up on that part since that part is literally saying how the notes are.
@Xjustlookatmex4 жыл бұрын
word-paintings are commonly used in songs, but somehow singers are not aware of this concept.
@Xjustlookatmex4 жыл бұрын
also earlier in the lyrics: "It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth", as the piano notes go IV and V chords
@insertwittyname56494 жыл бұрын
@@Xjustlookatmex Yeah, I remember that. I was too lazy to write the whole thing lol. It sucks that people don't follow that part. Its my favorite lyric in the whole song. 😔
@benediktopulus4 жыл бұрын
I actually think the octave higher thing works really well, given you don't do it everytime. The rest i agree with though
@BlackFiresong Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I personally think it works well at the very end to go up an octave very softly. I'd go low all the other times, though.
@senza45914 жыл бұрын
I dont think ive ever been so sick of the word "hallelujah"
@calebdavis13235 жыл бұрын
“Did you subvert the whole idea of musical direction in some sort of nihilistic statement?” I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at anything on KZfaq.
@vertexvortex4 жыл бұрын
Ahem... IT SUBVERTED MY EXPECTATIONS! IT BROKE NEW GROUND!
@williamwebb5804 жыл бұрын
It’s as if it was sung by Rian Johnson himself
@SebMaynard5 жыл бұрын
"Subvert the whole idea of musical direction as some kind of nihilistic statement." You legend.
@orlock205 жыл бұрын
Modern punks sticking it to The Man.
@Tantacrul5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Thanks.
@tacopacopotato66194 жыл бұрын
Lol this guy is ruthless. Dear featured peeps, try not to let it get in to you. Don't stop creating :)
@sauzeeee3 жыл бұрын
Truth is a harsh teacher.
@sayven3 жыл бұрын
@@sauzeeee Critique is always subjective and thusly not to be equated with truth. I disagree with a lot of things in his video and it actually begins with the curve of tension he drew at the very beginning. I don't hear it that way, and I think it still works. His whole critique was built on the assumption that you had to match this curve, which is not true. Even then, I don't see how the octave jump doesn't match the tension curve. It's about tension, not pitch, and while pitch has and influence on tension, so have other things, like loudness and timbre. So if you were to do the octave jump but compensate by going into falsetto or a breathy head voice this would work even within these boundaries.
@arthurgervais45294 жыл бұрын
I find the version of Leonard Cohen so strong. Not the first one, but when he came back years later, when his voices had become so deep.
@printfogey5275 Жыл бұрын
This. And his wonderful back-up singers do such a great job.
@Tusskie4 жыл бұрын
This why my cover is great...it doesn't exist yet, therefore it can't be judged because you can't get into my mind and heart my thoughts, making it the best
3:06 "It sounds like their dad is watching over them." I sincerely hope they do not share a dad
@MarianaPall11 ай бұрын
Everytime I watch a singing competition and they butcher this song in order to flex their high notes I get so pissed, and now I can explain why, thank you!
@MadameSomnambule4 жыл бұрын
"No, not in front of the baby" The baby's face just killed me. 😂😂😂
@TZD111116 жыл бұрын
"did you just subvert musical direction as some kind of nihilistic statement?" quality videos honestly keep em coming
@Roescoe5 жыл бұрын
Wow yeah that was actually deep.
@aknopf81735 жыл бұрын
I actually liked the harmonies (albeit the execution left something to desire). Regarding the question: There is a whole genre dedicated to that idea. It's called minimalism. What I'm trying to get at: It's hard to call something plain bad when there is so much up to taste. The author likes the original structure and musical statement of the original chorus, and that is fine. And he made a very good and funny video about that and I liked the video and I am glad he made it. It should just be more clear that with "badly" he meant "in a way _I_ don't like it". But then, I bet some of those covers he showed have millions of views, so maybe that is clear from the beginning and I am just being a jerk. Whatever, have a nice day.
@Roescoe5 жыл бұрын
Badly actually means badly though. Something is a good cover of it if it is similar in quality and intention and production to the original. It is possible to make something which sounds nice, but isn't a good cover because it doesn't follow the song it purports to cover. Just because something is pleasant doesn't mean it is named properly.
@aknopf81735 жыл бұрын
@@Roescoe Out of curiousity, would you consider this a bad cover, then? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsmUja-F056wdGg.html Because while it follows the original to the measure and even the instruments are the same, it certainly has a different production and intention. (Sorry, I could not resist :))
@Roescoe5 жыл бұрын
Sadly I don't know the song that you've linked so it'd take me a while to get the intention or atmosphere of the song. I only could rate the Hallelujah covers because I knew the song well enough.
@jeraldbutternubs95664 жыл бұрын
My music teacher: so what about you, are you a fan of Cohen’s or Buckley’s? Me: shrek
@JackSpasojevich3 жыл бұрын
Is and forever will be my fav version
@deefee7014 жыл бұрын
It sounds like you're singing the backing part when your main singer just stormed off. (Love it!!)
@MrFredNC4 жыл бұрын
I think this video should be a required watch for all musicians ever. Not just Hallelujah cover people, not just singers, all musicians. If you are doing interpretation of whatever kind, always look at the music itself and bring out what is in it and what characterizes iit, rather than doing random stuff with it in order to promote your own "individuality". If done properly, there is still enough space for that in every piece without butchering it first.
@Jake-ut4vo4 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs, and I’ve listened to as many covers as I can, and honestly the biggest problem a lot of amateur artists fall into when covering this song is that they don’t actually understand what the song is about. There’s a story about how when Leonard Cohen was writing this song he wrote over 100 different versions of the verses, and a lot of covers will use a different amount of the verses in the song. The song is meant to be interpretable and different to whomever is presenting it. But the main piece of the songs premise is meant to remain intact, the irony. Too many people don’t understand that Hallelujah here isn’t used in a literal sense of praise. It’s juxtaposed with feelings of guilt, loss, manipulation, and conformity. The speaker’s Hallelujah is forced from him at first. In this way the religious imagery within the song is meant to serve as a contrast to the idea you’re presenting, some bittersweetness. Whether it is a love for life but alienation in Leonard’s version, or a celebration of sexuality contrasted with repression, the Hallelujah represent some kind of denial or deference, and coming to terms with learning that it is okay to have that which you’ve been denied. So when people sing the in a way that is overly performative, the entire theme is lost, because the song loses its dynamic appeal, and cathartic release.
@the113822 жыл бұрын
Who sings it best?
@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785 Жыл бұрын
Haha, lol, that reminds me of the time, back when I still went to church, a group of girls planned to sing this during service. But before they actually did, another church-lady (my mom) took a closer look at the lyrics and adviced them not to.
@DANGJOS4 жыл бұрын
I agree with some of these being bad, but certain other of your analyses I find overly conservative and academic. Turning the music into more of a science than free expression of emotion. I especially don't agree with your quibble about the octave raise. I don't think the song is so rigid that it can't include that. I think you make good points, but I don't agree entirely. But hey, what do I know
@Algorhythm0274 жыл бұрын
The song can include that, these people have shown that it can, but it sounds weird because of the sudden change in texture since you're essentially changing instruments halfway through a phrase for no reason, interrupting the nice smooth flow of the song. If they added something to the other instrumentation that would complement this then I would hear that as a personal touch to the song, but as is I would be a lot of money that they didn't have the low range to hit the bottom note and decided to do this because it's easier than transposing everything up into their range. And hey they saw a celebrity do it on a talent show and the crowd went crazy so it must be good right?
@cazem114 жыл бұрын
I get where you're coming from, but music is as much of a science as it is free expression of emotion.
@DANGJOS4 жыл бұрын
@@cazem11 But there should be a balance.
@ambergris57054 жыл бұрын
Also, he forgot to mention that Jeff Buckley does it also at the end, although he uses it to open to that incredibly long falsetto note. Which seems to emphasise Algorhythm's point.
@michaellisinski28224 жыл бұрын
I agree with this. I think this is the first of Tantacrul's takes I'm not 100% on board with, though I also note it's one of his earliest. I think he almost undermines his own point by noting that Ed Sheeran got it 'right' at the end of the video. That version sounded very uninspired next to some of the 'bad' versions he presented, in my opinion.
@kuru91574 жыл бұрын
4:00 i feel like I've heard singing like that a million times
@windowstaskmanager53494 жыл бұрын
It's the overused type prettyboy singing
@NostalgiNorden5 жыл бұрын
Sorry but covering "Hallelujah" is punished by the death penalty since 2004.
@miguelmoronta68715 жыл бұрын
Look up TheDooo’s version and get back to me. Don’t look at it in regards of what this guy said (who has good points but forgets covers shouldn’t be “copies”), just see if it’s actually “good”
@pilsgames59225 жыл бұрын
Or wonderwall...
@gliscorpropagandaaccount17645 жыл бұрын
What about the Waluigi cover?
@mrttripz32365 жыл бұрын
@@gliscorpropagandaaccount1764 waleluja
@alexlogan96045 жыл бұрын
Uh, no. Some great singers can do it.
@alejandroreyes88785 жыл бұрын
5:12 "Look how they massacred my boy"
@toucanlystanly5 жыл бұрын
Alejandro Reyes She butchered it to hell.
@nrggvrn55765 жыл бұрын
7:01 that's him now
@illeagalbeagle5 жыл бұрын
"Wow, she can go between 1000 and one notes in a second! That's a win! Wait, what? It sounds horrible? Naaaaah that's true talent!"
@tsrenis5 жыл бұрын
It's shit like this that allowed Fergie to do that shit with the Star Spangled Banner lmoa
@argeebe10 ай бұрын
As a musician and a poet, I wanted to say that I appreciated this video. Cheers.
@vaporman4423 жыл бұрын
I would disagree with much of the point of this video and nearly all of the comments. You are treating it as though Jeff Buckley’s is the defining version of the song. It isn’t. John Cale’s cover was pretty amazing, and may have inspired Buckley’s version. Cale’s version does the dip that offends. But it is hugely important to note that Cohen rarely ever sang any part of this song the same way twice. He had more than a dozen verses (many of his versions don’t even include the verse about David’s secret chord and the minor fall/major lift.) In some of his versions, Cohen stays on the same note during the lu ooh jah part, but sometimes he drops down a half step, whole step or even just a microtone during the ooh. He also sometimes goes up on the third Hallelujah in the chorus. The song was designed to be a living document. Cale changed it pretty substantially from Cohen’s performances (which also rarely had much of a melody in the verses) and then Buckley took what Cale did and changed it even more. It seems antithetical to the spirit of Cohen’s intention to criticize buskers for adding their own flair (or even just imitating Cale.) If anything, we should complain that the entire meaning of the song seems to have been changed from surviving an abusive relationship to some sort of religious song of hope and inspiration.
@AveryMoron5 жыл бұрын
That seven nation army caught me so off guard omfg why is that so damn funny
@kenz88245 жыл бұрын
The first time I ever heard this song was in shrek
@the_red-plague5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Disco oh yeah yeah
@dontsubscribetome32625 жыл бұрын
Same and its the best way to do it
@danatronics90395 жыл бұрын
It's also the best version
@poserdisposer64605 жыл бұрын
Dr. Disco and it’s my favorite
@MostafaElSakari5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah yeah
@FeelEhx3 жыл бұрын
Me: ...That sounds neat... Tantacrul: “Not quite my tempo....”
@CurttehmurtКүн бұрын
Can't believe you didn't mention Shrek once
@spartanhoplite37535 жыл бұрын
Has no one ever heard Jeff Buckley doing this live? Because he most certainly does not follow this “rule” live. He sometimes goes up an octave, sometimes holds a note to skip lyrics, just changes it up. But in the fact that he always does it with real powerful emotion in his voice everything he does in the song always seems to work fantastically well and fit the song. This video seems to basically ask that all covers of the song change nothing about it, which would make all covers very boring
@Tantacrul5 жыл бұрын
I don't ask that everyone cover the song without changes. I ask that people observe the meaning of the song and how that meaning is represented in it's melody. You could take this and go wild with it as long as you're thinking about the meaning of what you're doing.
@mabrurhrivu49985 жыл бұрын
You can't use present tense when talking about Jeff Buckley
@spartanhoplite37535 жыл бұрын
Tantacrul ahh thanks for the clarification!
@spartanhoplite37535 жыл бұрын
Mabrur Hrivu Mabrur Hrivu in this case I most certainly can. The footage and recordings of him live all still exist. There is no problem talking about someone who is dead in the present tense if you are perceiving them in some format. From your understanding of the tenses you seem to want people to say “ that recording was so good” when listening to a song instead of “that recording is so good” because of the fact that it was recorded in the past. Recordings live on and can remain in the present tense. I have quite obviously assumed the premise that people know he is dead and that therefore I am talking about recordings of him.
@JoseGarcia-yh4tu5 жыл бұрын
yeah but he knows about this music stuff and says things with words that sound nice and with a smug voice I think he is 100% right
@jamesk80755 жыл бұрын
6:31* the Seven Nation Army reference is all this really needed as an explanation* 😂😂😂 (Appreciate all the time you put in for this video)
@Lolwutfordawin5 жыл бұрын
I want a full version of that just to mess with people. It's hilarious
@mauri-mattiaslaanesaar53054 жыл бұрын
6:32 has me laughing uncontrollably somehow help
@fettbub922 күн бұрын
I always loved that Hallelujah is great for lower registers to sing rather comfortably, sadly many higher registers struggle, making it sound...goofy. Props to then for singing a song they like though. Im glad that even Ed Sherran didn't mess it up
@BatmanAoD5 жыл бұрын
The Cohen version is used in Watchmen because it takes place in (an alternate version of) the 80's. Buckley hadn't yet recorded his version.
@zachwilhite12945 жыл бұрын
The Cohen version is used in Watchmen because it's better
@MrJhonbaker5 жыл бұрын
@@zachwilhite1294 agreed
@elliottwatt52975 жыл бұрын
I haven’t seen the movie but is it playing in the scene? As in do the characters put in on, if not then there’s no reason why they should pick that version over the one that inarguably fits the tone of the scene better. Regardless of your opinion on the quality of Buckley’s version it fits better with that scene by nature.
@MrJhonbaker5 жыл бұрын
Elliott Watt since it isn’t chronological to the time frame and you haven’t watched the movie I’d say that you have 0 basis for an opinion. “Inarguably” isn’t a word that fits here either -
@elliottwatt52975 жыл бұрын
Jhon Baker well no it is, because I’m right, tonally Buckley’s version fits better with the scene because it was his intent when performing it, and that comes across in the performance. Just because I haven’t seen the movie doesn’t mean I’m not allowed an opinion, just in the same way that you may have that doesn’t mean you’re right. You may want to hop off your high horse before you find yourself thrown.
@CvKauskinne5 жыл бұрын
what if you jump down an octave instead?
@Tantacrul5 жыл бұрын
If you can do that, you get extra credit for having amazing lungs.
@alxjones5 жыл бұрын
@@Tantacrul I'll just shift the rest of the piece up the octave.
@MarcoChurchH5 жыл бұрын
Well that's DJENT
@JaJDoo5 жыл бұрын
@@MarcoChurchH exactly what i was about to write
@kylemcclellan96865 жыл бұрын
Distort the crap out of it, pig squeal, and throw in a face melting bass line.
@aperson222223 жыл бұрын
My last words before I die will hopefully be “I did my best, it wasn’t much/I couldn’t feel what I tried to touch/I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool ya/And even though it all went wrong/I’ll stand before the Lord of Song/With nothing on my tongue but ‘Hallelujah.’” But I’ll just say it.
@NicTheCapsicum Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for introducing me to that simply outstanding cover from Bono. It's something I didn't know I needed in my life.