Pepsiman's Theme Song SHREDS

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3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman is about as '90s as '90s ad campaigns get, and the first couple minutes of the Pepsiman theme song are hilariously repetitive and over-the-top. But just when you think the tune has nothing else to offer besides people yelling "PEPSIMAAAAN" over a surf beat at the top of their lungs, you get hit in the face with some absolutely killing sax and trumpet solos. Let's take a moment to appreciate these hidden gems of improvisation, and outline some ways that these masters structure their improvised lines.
Big thanks to my wife for recording the trumpet solo from 'So What', she did so well that the video still got copyright struck and I had to pitch it up a half step.
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@TheKingsPride 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, a serious topic.

@isabelleiswatchingyou 3 жыл бұрын

About Dang Time

@fyreball43 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Pkblazer099 3 жыл бұрын

Dang straight, brudda!

@goatbone 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I needed a laugh today.

@Coolified_Gaming Жыл бұрын

Said with all the irony in the world.

@Justin-TPG 3 жыл бұрын

When that tier list came up my brain was like “there’s an S note now???”

@giggityguy 3 жыл бұрын

For a while in the German musical tradition, there was an H note. They used B to refer to the note we call Bb, and they called B natural "H"

@StahlmetallerM 3 жыл бұрын

@@giggityguy "For a while" - we still call B H and Bb B. Also Eb in German is called Es, wich sounds just like the letter S.

@i_cam 3 жыл бұрын

Uhh yea the meta is all F# rn

@Justin-TPG 3 жыл бұрын

@@StahlmetallerM Surely it would have previously been called ß

@keinname1896 3 жыл бұрын

@@StahlmetallerM To be fair, most musicologists and music theorists refrain from H and B nowadays, because it's really confusing when you talk a lot with non-german folk and you publish and speak a lot in english anyways. Funnily enough it tends to get mixed up, while speaking german, so that all notes follow the german naming convention of putting -es on every flat note and -is on every sharp note and than there is b-flat. A fellow student of mine actually pulled the move of calling b-flat b-flat, b h, and b-sharp his only a few sentences apart. German note naming is a clusterfuck beyond compare. (I am one of the few advocates of calling b b and than follow the german naming convention from there with bes for b-flat and bis for b-sharp.)

@RawBerserker 3 жыл бұрын

Even as a 0 music knowledge child, I knew that the tunes SLAPPED. And now, as a 0 music knowledge adult, I've been proven right!

@caramelldansen2204 3 жыл бұрын

"PEPSIMAAAAAAAN" has big "MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAAT" energy.

@thecommenter578 3 жыл бұрын

What I understand from the video: "bla, bla, bla, PEPSIMAAAAAN, bla bla, bla, EPIC SAX SOLO..."

@zipherdias420 3 жыл бұрын

@@thecommenter578 Me too, even tho I actually play the sax, I'm a "I don't know, I just feel it" type of guy.

@GuacJohnson 3 жыл бұрын

@@zipherdias420 Highly recommend connecting your brain and ear more, most people that say that (I was one of them) use it as an excuse to not and end up less diverse players as a result

@zipherdias420 3 жыл бұрын

@@GuacJohnson I don't care about all that, I just want to play happy birthday every once and a wile.

@rodrigoappendino 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman: The hero that saves people from coke. You don't see Superman fighting drugs.

@mcdcurtis 3 жыл бұрын

Actually kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nqqCgMiW2raXdmQ.html

@rodrigoappendino 3 жыл бұрын

@@mcdcurtis Ok. Just cigarettes. But you don't see him fighting against coke.

@crackedemerald4930 3 жыл бұрын

Fighting a drug with another... Basically same drug

@thejerrylarryshow1953 3 жыл бұрын

@@crackedemerald4930 wait is pepsicane real!?

@gamechops 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman... EVER HEARD OF IT??

@toxic_shr00m 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, wild to see GameChops here

@slickensmcgee2259 3 жыл бұрын

Remix?

@pepsimann2038 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@slickensmcgee2259 3 жыл бұрын

@@pepsimann2038 Gee golly, it's really you!

@magicalpencil 2 жыл бұрын

Bepisguy

@biggloop7015 3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone validated my unironic enjoyment of this song

@franksonatra 3 жыл бұрын

same! gosh, I used to watch my friends play this in 7th grade on the projector, and the song is such a banger.

@connormagatogia6866 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for Pepsiman to be a classic jazz standard of our time

@franksonatra 3 жыл бұрын

tell this to 8bit Big Band and hope they cover it!!!

@pingunooty Жыл бұрын

Just like persona 5 But good

@LuisAngelGamer 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, everyone wants Pepsiman to be their Valentine, just listen to that sexy theme

@AsrielKujo 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes

@canadulce3697 3 жыл бұрын

Haha😂

@italianinsanity397 3 жыл бұрын

dude, hes RIPPED, OF COARSE THEY WHOULD!

@trollingfriend7355 3 жыл бұрын

Ofc!

@pepsimann2038 3 жыл бұрын

😎

@Firekid2 3 жыл бұрын

"I see your stank face. You can't hide it from me!" I have never felt more exposed in a video in my life

@fruitymarshmallow 3 жыл бұрын

Literally as it hit that note I made that exact stank face. Caught red handed

@DreamzAnimation 3 жыл бұрын

I was shocked he knew and timed it so well

@jonahstephens9892 3 жыл бұрын

I have never been so called out, I feel you so much

@sparirata 3 жыл бұрын

2:43 oh you sneaky little music man

@averagegatsby29 3 жыл бұрын

8-bit delivers 14 minutes of well-explained analysis of jazz music theory: "Wow that's really neat" 8-bit sneaks in a reference to The Lick: *WHEEZE*

@1yoshi426 3 жыл бұрын

5:54

@DoubleADwarf 3 жыл бұрын

*_ALL RIGHT, DROP THE LICK AND PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!_* 🎷

@brunoserio4234 3 жыл бұрын

@@1yoshi426 yess, it reminded me of the time Adam Neely said that to stand out in a jam session you should play the lick but changing one note hahah

@haidere8456 3 жыл бұрын

@@1yoshi426 IT'S FUCKING EVERYWHERE!!!!

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Great break down! :)

@8bitMusicTheory 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man! I love your work!

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

@@8bitMusicTheory Thank you! I guess you are curious about who played as well. Or do you know that already?

@PiercingSight 3 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen I'm not 8-bit, but I would love to know more details about how this song came about.

@LeviClay 3 жыл бұрын

Whey! It's Jens! :D

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay Haha! It said something about shredding saxophone so... But what are you doing here?

@zombieraddish 3 жыл бұрын

You heard it here folks, 8-bit is a "coke guy"

@funkyfinn1 3 жыл бұрын

Disgusting, unsubscribed

@Gorpfield 3 жыл бұрын

most jazz musicians are "coke guys"

@samuelthecamel 3 жыл бұрын

Traitor!

@porygon-z4503 3 жыл бұрын

@@Gorpfield HEYOOO

@MarmaladePlan3t 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@irishjet2687 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Pepsi hasn't used the character's meme status to revive him as a mascot.

@z39836 3 жыл бұрын

its good that they didnt, nothing kills memes faster than brands

@crystalalumina 3 жыл бұрын

American Pepsi would ruin it, now if Japanese Pepsi does it would be perfect because weird commercials is the norm in Japan (also they made the character).

@HrHaakon 3 жыл бұрын

I'm ready for the Pepsi Cinematic Universe.

@cosmicpanda7043 2 жыл бұрын

Pepsi is too busy ending racism

@pewdiephile Жыл бұрын

@@crystalalumina based pepsi 😁

@demilad225 3 жыл бұрын

I think I need 8-bit singing “PEPSIMAAAAAAAAAAN” as my ringtone.

@warhawk3972 3 жыл бұрын

12:52 is so beautiful

@wglao 3 жыл бұрын

ok but 8-bit yelling "PEPSI MAAAAANNNNN" makes this an s- i mean Eb-tier video

@whebon7266 3 жыл бұрын

In dutch, this is even funnier, since "Eb" is pronounced as "S"

@SpaceMeeri7 2 жыл бұрын

@@whebon7266 german as well

@davidtorres8396 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else’s inner voice fill in the last two notes of “the lick” at 6:37 after the A Dorian scale explanation?

@Roxfox 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@Parasitemusic 3 жыл бұрын

I also hear a lick at 5:54

@EthyrielY 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t I hear that now.

@KaeraNeko 3 жыл бұрын

help, I think part of that note progression is used in a song from a Final Fantasy game or something (my hunch is that it's from 9,) but I can't remember which song it is.

@Purplepapercut 3 жыл бұрын

2:41 Look closely.

@wyvern5438 3 жыл бұрын

I would never have guessed Pepsiman and 8-bit music theory would be on the same youtube video

@KairuHakubi 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing the individual notes of a _saxophone solo_ being analyzed is like.. hearing a song analyzed by which mouth shapes the singer made. it's crazy, i've never thought consciously about it, a sax solo just.. kind of *is*

@alphaex9124 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad we’re finally talking about mainstream video games

@mattdrnbrgr 3 жыл бұрын

I love that your wife's recording still got copyright struck, that's how you know you did well

@sanguis77 3 жыл бұрын

2:40 "This is a good solo he says. What is it?" *starts reading and playing in my head* "I've been had."

@rubixstew9442 3 жыл бұрын

The sax solo legit slaps tho

@b51waterclub51 3 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that music education on the internet is about Pepsi man

@QuinnParsley 3 жыл бұрын

“How jazzy could they really make the Pepsi Man Theme Song?” “Oh, dayum.”

@MrSofazocker 3 жыл бұрын

"the slightly less acclaimed" just hit perfectly

@XxJermanator1xX 3 жыл бұрын

The pepsiman song didnt have to go that hard. But it did. Thanks based pepsiman

@endwalkr 3 жыл бұрын

my girlfriend loves bullying me with this song. this video is epic

@rosestrohm7986 3 жыл бұрын

I love your pfp

@JoJoboiWav 3 жыл бұрын

WE love your pfp

@TheWONDERBOYZ1 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, This is literally the song of my childhood. First game I ever played on ps1. Best song.

@akselklandrasmussen1747 3 жыл бұрын

You're the one who uploaded the pepsiman song! :D

@TheWONDERBOYZ1 3 жыл бұрын

@@akselklandrasmussen1747 yes!!! i still follow every pepsi man videos to this day

@cristheblob4020 2 жыл бұрын

ITS YOUUU

@franklinkoo3468 3 жыл бұрын

Man, all the solos on the Pepsiman theme are top tier, wish you could have covered the organ solo too, that's fire.

@Redhollow 3 жыл бұрын

This fills me with nothing but absolute joy. It absolutely came at the best time possible for me, personally. Seriously, thanks so much for making these videos. Edit: I don't wish to alarm anyone but a few weeks ago my friend ordered me a custom made Pepsi Man suit and it arrived today right after I started this video.

@petemagnuson7357 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I'm a little alarmed. What would you even do with a Pepsiman suit and, more importantly, why don't I have a Pepsiman suit yet?

@BlindMelonLord 3 жыл бұрын

PEPSI MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

@torontotonto6189 3 жыл бұрын

now i understand your avatar

@Redhollow 3 жыл бұрын

@@petemagnuson7357 my friend bought me this suit so I can, and I quote, "buy him a Pepsi" while wearing it, just "for the meme."

@ireadysucks3026 2 жыл бұрын

@@Redhollow Bruh I’m jealous

@ReitheOffbeatOtaku 3 жыл бұрын

Never have I wanted to fluently read sheet music more than when 8-Bit put his tier list of every note on screen

@emmbeesea 3 жыл бұрын

The prequel to The 7 Levels of Creating a Dynamic Jazz Solo.

@friendlypunk8975 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there. We must be subscribed to all the same channels; I keep seeing you everywhere! (:

@bryal7811 3 жыл бұрын

8-bit music theory: In depth explanation about a Gmaj7 cord Me: Hehe funny face 6:50

@Dac_vak 3 жыл бұрын

PEPSIMAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!

@OEpistimon 3 жыл бұрын

The video at 1:00 : PLEASE LEARN ANOTHER LICK Me : haha, A B C D B G A go brr

@a52productions 3 жыл бұрын

Okay sure that note choice is great but can we talk about that TONE Those growls, those slides, the dynamics and articulation!! That sax player could solo with just the root and the fifth and still sound slicker than anything I could ever do.

@llshinda9508 3 жыл бұрын

This is... somewhat unexpected but certainly not unwelcome.

@ap1evideogame44 3 жыл бұрын

A surprise, to be sure... but a welcome one.

@katiefrisk980 3 жыл бұрын

5:55 the lick but harmonic minor

@ismtud1364 3 жыл бұрын

Oh crap, can't believe that slipped past me

@Ysendrin 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite.

@kcsupersonic1 3 жыл бұрын

This video really takes me back to High School Jazz Band. One of our "Tests," during this unit was actually about soloing. The push and pull nature of a Jazz solo was exactly how our band director described it to us. He told us to think of our solos like we thought of a good story. It should have depth, rising and falling action, complexity and questions, a strong through line, and an overall message it is trying to convey. To this day, it was one of the funnest units we had in that class. This video is honestly putting words and music theory analysis to the things we were all trying/learning to do by feel, trial, and error and it makes me super nostalgic.

@i8dacookies890 3 жыл бұрын

It's no wonder Jonny Atma's cover of this is just a bunch of guests doing solos.

@guiAstorDunc 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman is a f***ing scp I’m wheezing so hard

@solomonmayes 3 жыл бұрын

12:22 every time I listened to that final blast resolve into the Pepsi man yell I got a mix between a smile and a stank face and looked away as if I felt some kind of guilty pleasure from enjoying the Pepsi Man theme THAT much

@s1lverp3nguin 3 жыл бұрын

the way you called out my stank face immediately was seriously not okay

@kellerbenjaminjames 3 жыл бұрын

Dude... I like messing around with music in my free time, but your understanding of musical theory is blowing my mind. Your breakdown of this made me want to do more learning on theory. I've tried before and never found the topic very approachable. In fact it has almost always been over my head and made me feel... uninterested and ignorant on the topic. Made me feel like I should to go to Juilliard before my uncultured caveman brain could even try to understand the lofty topic. I didn't know this game even existed and you've used it as a fantastic learning tool. You clearly love music and have a ton of knowledge on it. I'm so impressed. Great video!

@Whalefire2 3 жыл бұрын

I like that this was posted on valentine's day.

@acosmicflamingo 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Enjoyed every second of this :)

@maximo.7240 3 жыл бұрын

5:54 the lick god damn it

@SteffyCush 3 жыл бұрын

yoo

@futabamajima 3 жыл бұрын

Not really, it should be a G to be a proper lock

@AngelicDirt 3 жыл бұрын

ALMOST the licc. Still annoyed me. XD

@recklesflam1ngo968 3 жыл бұрын

"Pepsi for TV-Game"

@originalporpoise1009 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one cursed with the knowledge of how much this song slaps.

@Shrek_es_mi_pastor 3 жыл бұрын

¿"Cursed"?

@maximo.7240 3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy when I see pink in my youtube feed

@japanimated9683 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this is the way the creators were thinking when they made this song. I make music but I never think like this. I just go with what sounds good.

@davidgray3983 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine that they definitely have the sound in their heads, but I don’t believe they think about what’s going on note for note. They probably are also just playing what they think sounds good, however since they have experience and knowledge they employ different concepts that I think if we all keep learning and playing we’ll be able to use ourselves.

@ohwellhey6221 3 жыл бұрын

this is the type of content I watch youtube for! random breakdown topics are always cool, thanks man!

@DorkmasterFlek 3 жыл бұрын

This game is an incredible artifact of the 90s.

@nicolasribeiro7914 3 жыл бұрын

0:34 did he just- *_PEPSI POG_*

@iansherrill3918 3 жыл бұрын

How did I learn so much from a video about Pepsiman.

@inhalant_snow1471 3 жыл бұрын

I was just watching a bunch of your videos, and I was inspired to start transcribing something, I still haven't decided what. But then you uploaded. Time to procrastinate

@marlomorgan2187 3 жыл бұрын

I was literally just thinking about how awesome this tune is, this has truly made my day

@WhatAreDrums729 3 жыл бұрын

I've been struggling with this exact concept lately. Thank you so much for the insights!

@s.lajoie9961 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a fun video from a source I would never have looked at! Great work!

@truenickspivak 3 жыл бұрын

I've been watching your videos recently, and it's pretty interesting hearing about music theory and the such. Good Work!

@thegreatapathetic9836 3 жыл бұрын

This came just in time for me trying to get back into Jazz improvisation.

@CuteCuteJames 3 жыл бұрын

Every minute of this video is excellent. Top-tier content. Thank you.

@RobinLSL 3 жыл бұрын

I would never have expected that piece to be so amazing! Fantastic analysis and sharing.

@LookiePookie 3 жыл бұрын

everytime 8-bit uploads, it seriously makes my whole week

@tenchiakuma3146 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Makes we wish I would've kept up playing music from grade school. You've got a new subscriber!

@whatsthedealyo9054 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I love you, I can't express how much I adore this analysis

@I8Tr4shm4n 3 жыл бұрын

A B A Utiful video my man. Excellent work and I can't wait to binge through your channel

@JeremieCarrier 3 жыл бұрын

HAhhah crazy solos!! man love this kind of solo analysis, specially on a one chord vamp:) good job my friend!

@chantolove 3 жыл бұрын

Love how this objectively silly tune was obviously made by a bunch of incredibly skilled people. I can imagine them having so much fun with it

@encriptor1 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of the funniest videos I've watched in a long time.

@josealarcon1599 3 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot dude for the information estrablished in your video.. Hope you have great tons of joy a happiness... I enjoyed your video a lot...

@myClips_and_Higlights 3 жыл бұрын

I do not know anything about music but this was a blast to watch, I love how you draw on the sheet music when explaining and have a bar that scrubs along as you played the music! Just subscribed for more!

@dekkodekkod 3 жыл бұрын

I was literally waiting for a video on this topic.

@pieguy5692 Жыл бұрын

I got out my sax to try and learn the solo, and on learning it realized that the intro of the solo is in the altissimo register! These are super high notes not even built on the saxophone, that take so much work and skill to hit right, let alone shred on! This makes it so much more impressive to me.

@blaiserob 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I'm subscribed to this channel

@PokeCrafterMax 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOOOW I got blooooown back by the solo it's actually amazing

@jasonulloa 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, I had no idea this theme was this awesome. I really should listen to the whole OST while I'm at it. Also, as a fellow trumpet player, your wife's got some amazing skill. I really thought it was Miles Davis until I read the description.

@gabrielszcinski5604 3 жыл бұрын

I came for the shredding but I stayed for the Theory!! This is the first video I've seen of yours but it's time to binge!

@_xavier_rosas_ 3 жыл бұрын

Dude... you just made me overly happy right now! I love this theme so much!!!

@sonofmeh3182 3 жыл бұрын

Can you talk about the sax solo in TF2's "Medic!"

@thenerdofthenorth8205 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, a man of culture, I see.

@shinydino 3 жыл бұрын

This is the content I subscribed for

@eduf2000 3 жыл бұрын

Dude... you called my stank face so precisely I was actually worried you might be watching me

@Pepsiman1848 3 жыл бұрын

Glad that this masterpiece is finally getting some recognition.

@midtown6974 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought I would hear a jazz analysis breakdown of PEPSIMAN ... This is amazing

@MostLikelyMortal 3 жыл бұрын

When I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of pepsiman. Thanks 8-Bit, you’re the only man who could deliver 💙

@tomwoolsey1089 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u. I love this.

@chicken045 3 жыл бұрын

This is your finest work.

@manuelahe_ 3 жыл бұрын

PEPSI MAAAAAANNNN 🔥👌 absolute heat, I dunno how you found this but I'm glad you did and brought it to the world's attention lol

@hkat321 3 жыл бұрын

That bVII/i sound is so classic! I always think about it in the context of an extended arpeggio, but I’ll have to play around with it more

@nicholasinzunza8887 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS VIDEO!

@bluesox2762 3 жыл бұрын

FINALLY. dear god this song was long overdue for some recognition

@kentonembry 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent breakdown

@plxlnnt 3 жыл бұрын

i was hoping for an 8bit video in my notifications, never expected it to be this though

@Scott_Bodabop 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah 8bit! This is fantastic

@whyohwhy2420 3 жыл бұрын

That little lick at @9:20 is a Freddie Hubbard trick and I love it! Maybe not created by him, but surely put to good use! I love him as a counterpoint to Davis, as they were contemporaries, and maybe even rivals depending on who you ask. Hubbard made some sick albums with the Davis Quartet gang (Herbie, Carter, Williams) in the form of Red Clay, and VSOP (kindof). Highly recommended. Probably 2 of my favorite albums of the era!

@CotalCosta 3 жыл бұрын

Came for the memes, left with knowledge. I love your contents!

@bastion9429 3 жыл бұрын

this is exactly what i needed today. if only i was this good at bari :'(

@harryrobinson6195 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I know what went into that Miles Davis demo after that killin' sab_irene stream, major props to your partner 8-bit :)

@Raxerm 3 жыл бұрын

Dope. I think requests are definitely worth looking into more.

@FreeBroccoli 3 жыл бұрын

Larry-boy has a pretty killer solo in his theme song too.

@enderjammer5035 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a trumpet player that was able to solo with my ear, and I wasn't able to understand much about music theory. This video helped me understand diatomic. I think I just need to learn one thing at a time and slowly add to my vocabulary of jazz items instead of learning them all at once