The Worst Jazz Solo of All Time
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4 жыл бұрынThis solo from 1956 is really, really bad. Let's analyze it.
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@RhettShull 3 жыл бұрын
Im sure I could play a worse Jazz solo
@AdamNeely 3 жыл бұрын
I dare you
@AndreasDelleske 3 жыл бұрын
Please do.
@reedplaysgames 3 жыл бұрын
Dew it
@wanderin1898 3 жыл бұрын
better than me in middle school bad thats for sure lmao
@Tubluer 3 жыл бұрын
mp3s or I don't believe you. And it has to be an honest try.
@mattbridges8908 4 жыл бұрын
I just clicked to make sure it wasn't one of mine.
@1nrg224 4 жыл бұрын
😆🤣🤣🤣lovu!
@esperanzalopezgalicia2812 4 жыл бұрын
Holly shit dude!
@hawkymchawkface5947 3 жыл бұрын
Same 😂
@sb4119 3 жыл бұрын
1000th like
@commentfreely5443 3 жыл бұрын
it's called drugs
@aninnocentmannerism2314 2 жыл бұрын
ngl i kind of love the solo for how it perfectly captures the sheer anxiety i felt playing alto sax solos in my high school jazz ensembles. It had everything; straying out of the peice's key, sporatic tonal and rhythmic fluxuation, accidentally overblowing the sax, falling out of time with the rest of the band, even stopping two bars early in an act of utter defeat.
@NeoN-PeoN 2 жыл бұрын
Oof. DId you hang with the sax? I mean did you keep playing?
@adonaiyah2196 2 жыл бұрын
How could you be so sentimental about your suffering from saxophone playing
@aninnocentmannerism2314 2 жыл бұрын
@@adonaiyah2196 man, if we don't laugh about falling out of key, we'll cry
@aninnocentmannerism2314 2 жыл бұрын
@@NeoN-PeoN yeah, i still pull the old girl out from time to time
@adonaiyah2196 2 жыл бұрын
@@aninnocentmannerism2314 im a singer and i know being out of key is awful soo ill let u have that
@connorlee8983 Жыл бұрын
I would argue that this is not the 'worst' jazz solo ever, simply because it makes me laugh. It sounds hilarious, and it makes me FEEL something. In my opinion, the jazz solos that are truly the worst are the ones that just shred up and down the scales and arpeggios and chord changes and nothing else. Those solos make me feel nothing.
@mr.fantasee Жыл бұрын
Yeah same. Good observation
@beeble2003 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I call that "Playing the trumpet [or whatever instrument] instead of playing music."
@TheDilligan 11 ай бұрын
I agree. I think expression and feeling are excuses to break the rules. You don’t have to love it. You just need to feel it.
@connorscanlan2167 10 ай бұрын
DOODLYOODLYOODLEOODLEOODLE
@andreaholcock8992 10 ай бұрын
Sounds like a cope from someone who isn’t that proficient
@Halocon720 3 жыл бұрын
It sounds like Morse code, like the saxophonist is trying to signal the audience for help
@nickthemusicman1101 3 жыл бұрын
**... - - - ... intensifies**
@esauponce9759 3 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@cli260 3 жыл бұрын
And boy did he need some
@bethmerryfield7186 3 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's hysterical!!! I love it, SOS...
@JosePasquini 3 жыл бұрын
Haha
@jamesbuchanan1913 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing is more punk rock than a jazz solo with only one note.
@wiltchamberlain9920 2 жыл бұрын
Considering that the one-note solo I have probably heard most is in I Wanna Be Sedated, I would 100% agree with you.
@troubadour723 2 жыл бұрын
@@wiltchamberlain9920 Turned out to be a very lucrative note.
@cypherusuh 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how it would sounds if it's passed through distortion effects, and maybe slowed down into some sort of "breakdown" part
@pocket1684 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, Miles Davis said he would rather hear someone play a one note solo w soul emotion and feeling instead of someone running through scales w/o substance. BB King and Neil Young are notorious for hanging around on one note for a while in their solos...
@jasonmaguire7552 2 жыл бұрын
By 'punk rock' you mean these solos were noisy awful trash?
@forestreader 2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I get this sadistic urge to say something about jazz is wrong or bad on social media just so Adam Neely will be compulsively forced to overthink it and play devil's advocate for half an hour. It would be evil, but these video essays are so interesting and fun to watch that it might be morally justifiable to get more of them
@surkey5055 Жыл бұрын
Casually deconstructing the psychology of Adam Neeley
@Trollificusv2 Жыл бұрын
@@surkey5055 BUT...he did it with confidence, therefore...art?
@Jacob-sl6ur 7 ай бұрын
@@Trollificusv2intention*
@WillowLavender Жыл бұрын
Man, this reminds me of school big band practice where some of us were anxious abt playing solos and our teacher encouraged us by saying "Even if you just play one note over and over, it counts" and we proceeded to troll her by having a round of solos where every instrument just played the same note over and over - most of us like this, but our saxophonist somehow managed to hold the same note for the entire length of the solo 😭
@BlueMiaou Жыл бұрын
What a fucking legend
@catholicdad Жыл бұрын
Regardless of your technical & improvisational prowess on the sax, if you're playing live to an audience & hit a high note & Hold it, the crowd goes wild. Saxophone magic I used to call it.
@DeceasedTomato 4 жыл бұрын
“worst jazz solo of all time” clearly, no one has heard any of my jazz solos in middle school
@_stealth_y 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry, just say it’s jazz
@pastorofmuppets1968 4 жыл бұрын
I might get killed for this but I've never heard anything good from Ornette Colman. Change my mind. Please?
@kumoyuki 4 жыл бұрын
@@pastorofmuppets1968 not even going to try. Because what you've made is a statement of personal taste. Ornette Coleman's bandmates, peers, and emulators have long since made quite a strong case for the opposite position.
@dangostead781 4 жыл бұрын
"Yeah, I'm pretty good at improvising with jazz" *plays C-blues scale for 17 minutes on the piano*
@MrJstream 4 жыл бұрын
saaame
@sunfish9341 3 жыл бұрын
sax player to the band: “this is gonna be real big in 60 years guys just trust me”
@totallynotjeff7748 3 жыл бұрын
People 60 years later: this is the worst solo I've ever heard.
@sam3ee 3 жыл бұрын
Your kids are gonna love this
@mixup2216 3 жыл бұрын
@@sam3ee Nice back to the future reference
@xenoswarrior6900 3 жыл бұрын
@@sam3ee You guys aren't ready for that yet.
@rb032682 3 жыл бұрын
@Sunfish - band to sax player: 'But, we don't even have enough money for gas to get to the next gig, and what about breakfast?" sax player to band: "¿huh?"
@laikahusky6358 2 жыл бұрын
Adam: "Repetition..." Me: "Say it." "...does serve to reinforce musical ideas." "You bastard."
@nate_storm 2 жыл бұрын
i felt so betrayed
@fillertext778 2 жыл бұрын
Heartbreaking.
@zethkarrade Жыл бұрын
Yeah, triggered me hard that one
@AlexnadroEH Жыл бұрын
*LEGITIMIZES*
@Elliott_101 Жыл бұрын
@@AlexnadroEH THANK YOU
@NinjaNezumi 10 ай бұрын
8:16 That is EXACTLY what this kind of Jazz was about - demonstrating you had full control over your sax and proving it by making engaging music with JUST ONE NOTE. That's why this is bad, he had no control, he was NOT at the skill level you needed to perform such a stunt.
@kenwardthe1st 3 жыл бұрын
I'm still playing a rest in the middle of a solo i started 5 years ago.
@dextro808 3 жыл бұрын
:))))
@bobyost42 3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the magic is in the notes you don't play.
@ArtturiSalmela 3 жыл бұрын
Dude, you should totally keep playing an instrument. Maybe the one you are playing the rest on, maybe something else?
@timmcshane6635 3 жыл бұрын
A way to play an instrument and create a brilliant musical moment-- via the intensity of the NOT PLAYING. Which EVERYONE NOT HEARS. GENIUS!
@senza4591 3 жыл бұрын
BRUH
@Anonarchist 3 жыл бұрын
man attempts popular meme of his day, fails so hard he succeeds 64 years later.
@gi5897 3 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Amirul9339 3 жыл бұрын
this shouldve aged well until 69 years later but oh well.
@soffren 3 жыл бұрын
@@Amirul9339 we try again at 420 years~!
@beeble2003 Жыл бұрын
Given the time it was made, I bet that glow-in-the-dark saxophone was pretty seriously radioactive.
@evelyngeier7326 Жыл бұрын
Saxophone battle fatigue is probably one of the most unique, yet cohesive phrases I have heard.
@TypingHazard 4 жыл бұрын
When you were partying, I studied Db. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered Db. While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated Db. And now that the world is on quarantine and the content creators are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for solos?
@JuanEsquivel-ex8nv 4 жыл бұрын
Glorious nippon brass folded over a million tome to craft that sax
@ClassicBentobox 4 жыл бұрын
john m >limp wrists >plays bass Choose one
@justink8156 4 жыл бұрын
@john m John relax
@HomoChomsky 4 жыл бұрын
I applaud your use of this meme, sir/madam/non-binary person.
@TypingHazard 4 жыл бұрын
@@HomoChomsky thanks comrade/esteemed colleague/fellow carbon-based unit
@Tuviguitar 4 жыл бұрын
The "repetition legitimizes" has became so meta, I love it.
@yoeymusic 4 жыл бұрын
The "repetition legitimizes" has become so meta, I love it.
@Casual_Shots 4 жыл бұрын
The "repetition legitimizes" has become so meta, I love it.
@ethanjames5649 4 жыл бұрын
The “repetition legitimizes” has become so meta, I love it.
@jehohahm1003 4 жыл бұрын
The "repetition legitimizes" has become so meta, I love it.
@mangowannamango 4 жыл бұрын
The "repetition legitimizes" has become so meta, I love it.
@tonybmusic1166 Жыл бұрын
I worked with Big Jay McNeeley for several years. He and Joe Houston were the kings of the “honking” sax solo. Yet, when he wanted to, he could get around a bit on the instrument. He was definitely more of a showman than a jazzer….and a nice guy to work with. He used to do this bit where he would play while lying down on his back. Towards the end of his life he wore braces on his legs and it took awhile to get down on his back. His first hit was “Deacon’s Hop” in 1949. His second was “There Us Something On Your Mind” in 1959. That tune gave him a pretty good career. And the guy to Big Jay’s right in the first photo came to one of our gigs in Gardena, CA right before Jay’s passing and he was in his 70’s. He joked that most of Big Jay’s fans had died.
@sebastiansilva4776 2 жыл бұрын
"the more you focus on this limitation, the more you realize there is actually a lot to explore". Awesome line. It applies to so many genres.
@elliottlee5262 4 жыл бұрын
Adam: "Even though repetition..." Me: "Legitimizes." Adam: "... does serve to reinforce musical ideas." I've never been baited so hard
@emilioguzmanalvarez420 4 жыл бұрын
Same lmao. I expected that line so baddddd
@ciankiwi7753 4 жыл бұрын
its synonymous! youre close enough
@maxhoughtonmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Blueballs AF
@hezekiahdaggett2179 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@hi_im_buggy 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes, but it only worked cause of the repetition
@jeffgray7494 4 жыл бұрын
Curiosity Stream: "So, how are you going to spend the additional budget we're giving you? You can't just sit in your living room the whole time." Adam: "Um, I could drive to New Haven and stand in front of a church?" Curiosity Stream: [signs check]
@jamjox9922 4 жыл бұрын
Neely would make a terrible reporter. Whole time he was standing in front of a church, talking about recordings in a church, didn't mention the church behind him.
@mdmajunge 4 жыл бұрын
Jam Jox yes he did?
@elliotlangford824 4 жыл бұрын
Haha was trying to figure out at first if it was green screened
@user-dj9iu2et3r 4 жыл бұрын
@@elliotlangford824 it sure looked like it lol
@Nabium Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest musical experiences of my life happened unexpectedly, I was waiting to hear my cousin sing in her music school, and the orchestra started warming up where every single instrument did completely it's own thing, with absolutely no connection to any of the other instruments, and it all happened at the same time. It was a racket. I'm sure that's very typical, but I had never heard anything like that, and the excitement building up got me in the right mood, the horrible gush of random snips of melodies crashing into the room at once was the absolute complete opposite of a funky jam session ever. Everyone was just playing their own technical part in order to warm up their instrument before the concert. But man, it threw me so much off that I really had a cool musical experience, I really loved it. It was so magnificently horrible. It's was the opposite of a bop, but I liked it. It taught me something about music, that a great musical moment is as much about you opening up to it, than the music itself. You can show someone your absolute favourite song, that track which puts you into a wonderful state of bliss every time, but your friends might not like it at all. They won't hear what you're hearing. And we could never ask them to. Imagine taking someone into a recollection of the feeling you had as a child waiting for pancakes to be made while your mother was dancing by herself to the radio, or any other experience a song could trigger in us, that's just not possible. I mean I even once knew a girl who would turn on the static on the TV and listen to it. She loved that sound. Music is all about opening up to the experience. I've always hated the line dancing type of country music, accordion based forró, Scandinavian danseband, German Schlager, all that inbred farmer kind of music. Yet I see people dancing and having amazing musical experiences while that kind of music is playing, I see people absolutely loving it. It's amazing music, it's great, it's just me that's the problem. My prejudice. I haven't opened up to it yet. If some other people seem to like it, then bad music is just you making it bad. It's your prejudice.
@DanMcGown 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite one-note composition is a completely different genre: "Not getting married today" from Company by Stephen Sondheim. It's actually three interwoven songs in three different styles. The groom's part is a ballad that is intentionally overly dramatic, the narrator's part is in an operatic style that is humorously acerbic, but the bride's part for which the piece is named, is a brilliant one-note piece. It is fast and it is frenetic but it only works because it speeds along on one note.
@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын
It's also my go-to piece to counter people who think the Major-General's song is the greatest patter song of all time.
@Nalsii 11 ай бұрын
Hi, the idea of a one-note part contrasted with balladic and operatic parts was intriguing and I was curious what such one-note part would sound like. But from what I've found here on KZfaq, the bride's part has a multiple-note melody so it doesn't seem to be one-note, unless I'm missing something. Could you explain to me how it is one-note?
@paigey-poo4235 3 жыл бұрын
To summarize: if you lack confidence and don’t have anything to say with your art, everyone will be able to tell, and they will make fun of you on twitter
@Timeward76 3 жыл бұрын
Even if they cant express exactly why, they'll know you suck
@47fortyseven47 3 жыл бұрын
because twitter is the height of taste makers
@WinterandNoodle 2 жыл бұрын
@@47fortyseven47 This. Adam and those twitter users seem like the type to say "rap is crap" unless it's made by Eminem.
@RandomThings12 2 жыл бұрын
@@WinterandNoodle adam is literally the type of dude who mixes jazz zazz and a string quartet with 808s and emulated sidechaining, ripping some Dmaj7/C chords with damn violins and adding some distorted pop vocals on top of that. He is pretty open minded about other genres.
@valebliz 2 жыл бұрын
@@WinterandNoodle yeah you understood shit about him.
@alanwalker4318 3 жыл бұрын
I was in a backing band for Big J Mcnealy for one night in London in the eighties. after the show the guitarist commented that it "sounded like a zoo on fire"
@brainrunnethout 3 жыл бұрын
This comment needs way more love.
@billyalarie929 3 жыл бұрын
i can't even tell if that's a good thing or not what i'm saying is all zoos should have the animals loosed, and then be set on fire
@JULIETALLAWAY100 3 жыл бұрын
@@billyalarie929 That is so funny!!!
@dafinsrock379 3 жыл бұрын
That's so badass lol. Congrats. Sounds like you've had an exciting life
@jessicamingin9618 3 жыл бұрын
That's friggin amazing. Legit cool story.... bro! 😍
@ulbi Жыл бұрын
This is so good. It reminds me on the mind-boggling (kind of) one-note guitar solo in King Crimsons "Starless", which isn't an improvisation but a fully notated instrumental part of this wonderful piece of music. Your video gives me new ways to hear it or rather to eventully unterstand it. So far I always thought of the solo in Starless as a piece of experimental art , where the composer swaps the traditional roles of the rhythmic and the harmonic section of the band. While the normally melodic or harmonically leading guitar plays the same note over and over again, as a bass (or the drummer) sometimes does (without us caring about it), here the bass and the drums are allowed to to the more interesting things. But the monotonous guitar is so disturbing to my ears! It's so hard to ignore it. I'm always glad, when they swap back to their usual roles at the end of the song.
@skyhigh6089 10 ай бұрын
They didn't invent anything. Jobim had done the exact same thing in One Note Samba. While the singer - lead melody stays in the same note, the harmony runs across five different chords.
@Huehuecoyote 5 ай бұрын
@@skyhigh6089this has nothing to do with the original comment
@lifequotient 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how you put it in a different musical context and suddenly the solo sounded good
@DB-bc1tg 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of solos have this moment at the beginning where it's like the musician is walking around outside a house, knocking on doors, turning different doorknobs and testing all the windows to try to find a way inside. Sometimes they only manage to get into the garage, rather than the core of the house. In this case it seems more like he was at the wrong address.
@fie1917 3 жыл бұрын
This comment is so underrated
@quackslikeaduck 3 жыл бұрын
What a goodylicious comment it is. #lipsmacking
@ProfMarkQ 3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit did this comment make me laugh my ass off. The being at the wrong address comment is perfect, I've played with people who I have genuinely question, on an abstract level, just exactly where the hell they were going with their solo.
@BHHartman 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Great analogy.
@catholicdad 3 жыл бұрын
That's a great analysis!
@vifizz9497 4 жыл бұрын
This is saxophone djent and you cannot convince me otherwise.
@thomasholloway1627 4 жыл бұрын
yes and no, 'djent' technically has 2 notes.......
@offgridas 4 жыл бұрын
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@davelanciani-dimaensionx 4 жыл бұрын
Only if it's a baritone sax.
@nathansledgister7572 4 жыл бұрын
djazz
@jamespeterson1630 4 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it
@BenKuyt64 2 жыл бұрын
My music teacher told me one of the best pieces of soloing advice ever. "It doesn't matter what you do, it doesn't matter what you play; as long as it is loud. LOUUUDDD! It can be one note, but make it LOUD!"
@darrylchallenger7311 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid! I once saw Branford Marsalis and Sonny Rollins at Carnegie Hall. They played together for a short time and naturally, a battle ensued. They went back and forth, getting hotter and hotter on each round. Branford killed with an amazing solo and even in Carnegie Hall, the crowd was nuts. The Rollins played a one note solo. Marsalis just put his hands on his hips and watched. He knew he was defeated by a master and that he had probably been goaded into it. One note solos can kill in the right context!
@green90s 3 жыл бұрын
3:50 "At the battle of the bands, the loser is always the audience" - _Demetri Martin_
@jasonfieler 4 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best analysis of this exact horrible jazz solo that I've seen today
@lillyhill6093 4 жыл бұрын
Jason! Hey!
@jamaalstewart4657 4 жыл бұрын
It’s the man, the myth, the legend
@arikayemusic 4 жыл бұрын
MY FAVORITE FIFTEEN YEAR OLD
@jasonfieler 4 жыл бұрын
@@lillyhill6093 hi
@ryderlippman3105 4 жыл бұрын
omg the man himself
@karolstenzel1526 2 жыл бұрын
One note example? Guitar solo from "Audioslave - Show me how to live". I love that song! I'm impressed, how many various tiny details have been utilized to enrich this video with information. The research have been enormous, I recon so. Pleasure to watch. Great work, Adam! :)
@jerroneous8549 2 жыл бұрын
Tom Morello can get hella mileage outta one note!
@HadalStreetlights Жыл бұрын
@@jerroneous8549 Morello isnt a guitarist. He's a fucking wizard.
@sl0m0_ 11 ай бұрын
As part of my high school's trip to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, a few of us went to a clinic called "How to Solo With Only One Note", and it was fascinating! Listening to the instructor play and him getting us to play just made something click in my brain and unlocked something in my brain to get so much more tonality and variety out of my trumpet. If you're in a school band, I'd highly recommend getting your teacher/prof to check it out for a trip. I went 4 times during high school, and a few of my buddies and I are planning to go next year, 4 years graduated.
@Metaphist 4 жыл бұрын
The listening book: "Use one note" "Instructions unclear, accidently made a djent EP"
@pbonney 4 жыл бұрын
A Cat Do you play the keyboard?
@Sean-Ax 4 жыл бұрын
As soon as he quoted Ornette Coleman saying something about "the biggest saxophone sound", I immediately though djent. DJENT DJENT! DDJJEENNTT!!
@onedarthyear726 4 жыл бұрын
A Cat hey you’re a cat!
@marcinszotrowski6413 4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the book say: "Use the G note only"? XD
@bremsnix 4 жыл бұрын
Actually I was thinking of the bass riff in Periphery's Absolomb during the entire video
@spiciestspeckofdust7844 3 жыл бұрын
everyone: “ITS JUST ONE NOTE!!!” snare drummers: “...pathetic”
@yesterdaytech9569 3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Checkmate! snare drummers!
@ifidisagreewithyouyourewro602 3 жыл бұрын
@@yesterdaytech9569 Snare drummers play great one note solos with every solo they play. Checkmate anyone who plays notes!
@KaitouKaiju 3 жыл бұрын
Snare drums are like a chord of noise
@zagyex 3 жыл бұрын
you can many tones on a snare tho
@mixup2216 3 жыл бұрын
I dont think snare drums really have a "note" but yeah
@MatthiasOfEvangelismos Жыл бұрын
In his 80s, Big Jay McNeely was still pulling sold out crowds and playing that big note. I can attest to it first hand. At my first rehearsal with him, first time I met him, he was quiet. Slowly unpacking his sax from its case, no words spoken, but the band chatting, getting set up. the first note Jay played made me jump from my seat. tbf I'm one to get jump scares anyway, but... the sound was huge. Rehearsal had started. He lived for the live shows to the very end. His energy was reserved for the sold out crowds. He would be out int he crowd and honking in people's faces. He was in his eighties! He told me to play the snare hard. like really hard. Think rimshots as hard as I could possibly sustain, all night long. I got sore hands playing with him. I think he relied on the snare for timing, perhaps a lot less of the band was really gonna cut through for him while he was lost in among the crowds which he walked through, while I would be stuck on stage trying to catch glimpses of him issuing the occasional ending cue/etc. Rest in peace, Big J
@allaris_the_one Жыл бұрын
Great video! Your pronunciation of "Györgyi" was adorable by the way :D The easiest way to pronounce the sound "gy" in Hungarian is it's basically the same as the sound "d" in the word "duke". And "ö" is close to the sound "u" in "hurt".
@irishjet2687 Жыл бұрын
So..."duhrg-yee"?
@allaris_the_one Жыл бұрын
@@irishjet2687 Well... I guess!
@jonasHM 10 ай бұрын
@@irishjet2687dyurdy
@lifeteen2 3 жыл бұрын
If Adam keeps saying "repetition does serve to reinforce musical ideas", I'm going to start thinking it's true.
@lamenamethefirst 3 жыл бұрын
Haha. Nice one.
@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024 3 жыл бұрын
@tubetardism 20/20 r/whoooosh Lol.
@fabrizioladelll8208 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, repetition legitimises.
@damonedwards1544 3 жыл бұрын
Gloria
@lavkian 4 жыл бұрын
"i love not the man who has played 10,000 notes once, but i love the man who has played one note 10,000 times." - adam neely, probably
@TallSilentGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Bruce Lee said something similar about practicing kicks!
@humanperson7198 4 жыл бұрын
@@TallSilentGuy that.... thats the joke.....
@tobiassiagian2562 3 жыл бұрын
@@humanperson7198 you didnt get the joke?
@spectrfox7661 3 жыл бұрын
@@tobiassiagian2562 I both don't know if human person didn't get the joke but neither do I know why he thought that Simon would have needed the joke being pointed out by another person. Confusion at it's finest
@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777 3 жыл бұрын
I don't laugh at a man that misses a thousand jokes a single time, I laugh at a man that misses a single joke a thousand times.
@timmccreight5499 2 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Once, in the 1980s, I saw NRBQ and the piano player, Terry Adamas, who I think has a Monk fetish, invited anyone to come up on stage and outplay him. One brave soul did and played a cool barrel-house blues solo. Adams clownishly hip-checked him off the bench and played a one-note solo for about 32 bars. Pretty amazing. Jimmie Vaughan does this all the time, too. "Mty Girl," on T-Birdy Rhythm is a great example.
@Jakanddaxter1999 Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of when I was at a jam once sloshed as, I preceded to solo and ended up playing the most glorious bar of jazz imaginable. Unfortunately because I was drunk and no one recorded I have no idea what it was I played, all I can remember is how I felt when I heard it…
@dacoconutnut9503 4 жыл бұрын
Adam: "check out the worst jazz solo" Me playing random notes on my guitar: "are you sure about that?"
@axllow3914 4 жыл бұрын
lmao same
@MichaelTurner856 4 жыл бұрын
lmao same
@LogsfromtheAkhasic 4 жыл бұрын
yeah you're playing the epitome of jazz
@elcucumber2847 4 жыл бұрын
*_f r e e j a z z_*
@minimoogle3335 4 жыл бұрын
Adam: This is the worst jazz solo You: *playing 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 in the guitar while watching the video
@jugger-nog4698 4 жыл бұрын
I suddenly feel really passionate about playing the triangle.
@judahfecher2770 4 жыл бұрын
Look up Stevie T playing on the triangle
@gregoryheidt1851 4 жыл бұрын
Jazz triangle union will want their dues
@mikesimpson3207 4 жыл бұрын
Alvin Lucier wrote a piece of music that consists of a string of even pulses on a triangle. There aren't even dynamics. All that happens is the player messes around with overtones by hitting the triangle differently, sliding a finger along one side, etc. Basically you end up dissecting the timbre of the triangle because you have nothing else to pay attention to for like 6 minutes. It's called "Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra".
@hargisP2 4 жыл бұрын
There is three sides to every note.
@ef-tee 4 жыл бұрын
As a percussionist, I truly do feel like the triangle is too underrated. In an orchestra composition, it can be really important for accent, sound and atmosphere in both calm sections (small accents) and energetic sections (e.g. with triangle rolls). It's one of the instruments one doesn't really notice, until it's missing one time. Also, hit it in the wrong general pause too loud, and you ruin the whole performance (which might be greatly exaggerated, but I did that once anyway xD you can imagine the jokes afterwards about not even being able to play the triangle) And yeah, you can do crazy stuff with it...
@cheerijessie 2 жыл бұрын
Mazetta's Solo sounds so much happier with the new harmony at the end, it's amazing
@adamcatscratch8854 2 жыл бұрын
"The Race" by YELLO is a great example of how effectively one note can be used for the majority of an entire composition. It's literally 3 minutes 20 seconds of the bass, guitar, vocals, and half the brass section playing only the tonic, with synth pads occasionally changing the chord and a few riffs thrown in by a few other saxophones. It is some of the most fun one can have in under 4 minutes.
@emax333 7 ай бұрын
to give another example of how to use (basically) just one note in a song, bmbmbm by black midi. the one note repetition sounds almost like a methodic, focused marching forward, which together with the frantic, borderline schizophrenic rambling of the vocals and the interspersion of insanely fast riffs works to create a really intimidating sound
@McBehrer 5 ай бұрын
I went and watched that video, because I had never heard of it, and you're right, it completely slaps
@FrictionFive 4 жыл бұрын
The first installment of Adam’s new series: “How TO Suck at Music”
@JUNKO____ 4 жыл бұрын
You mean "How To Make Money As A Musician"
@Orphen01 4 жыл бұрын
"What makes this song bad?" with Radam Bealy.
@lucalapaglia3941 4 жыл бұрын
There's no such thing as bad music
@JUNKO____ 4 жыл бұрын
@@lucalapaglia3941 But, there is. This seems like an impossibility because a lot of bad music is profitable and money = good.
@FrictionFive 4 жыл бұрын
EctoRekt I kinda doubt that the sax player made any money from this, besides maybe 50 bucks for the session.
@rorybrooks1969 4 жыл бұрын
Petition for Adam to refer to himself as “Big A Neely”
@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 4 жыл бұрын
"Little D McNeely" has a better ring to it tho... just sayin.
@asomafw 4 жыл бұрын
Big ABCDBGAdam Neely
@stueyapstuey4235 4 жыл бұрын
If you buy him a burger, you introduce yourself with 'Hey, Big Mac Neely?'
@pxltr 4 жыл бұрын
@@asomafw underrated comment
@ejb7969 4 жыл бұрын
You sure you want to admire someone by calling him "Big A"?
@asdfghyter 2 жыл бұрын
I think one of the main conclusions is that intentionality and confidence are extremely important. As long as it *sounds like* you did something intentionally, you can do *almost* anything you want.
@zTeaTheCoffee 6 ай бұрын
You know, one of my favorite one-note solos is from Black Country, New Road's 'Sunglasses', where in the second half, the guitarist only plays one chord for a pretty long time. It really contributes to the anxious feeling of the song
@zepear4848 6 ай бұрын
Facts
@youtub-fj8mu 2 ай бұрын
that solo its more than adequate
@tillyhossain1049 4 жыл бұрын
The worst jazz solo ever Me: challenge accepted
@AfferbeckBeats 4 жыл бұрын
I think Jon Benjamin might have you beat
@tommyvega7948 4 жыл бұрын
You have fierce competition, trust me! ;)
@omnijack 4 жыл бұрын
I too, came here fiercely triggered by the title
@darklordthomaspie6293 3 жыл бұрын
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@cabal3747 3 жыл бұрын
"Play excruciatingly" at 5:33 has to be one of the best pieces of musical notation ever. Not a lot of ambiguity there.
@benthemusicalchemist 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you pointed that out haha I missed it. Got a good belly laugh in
@theparalexview785 2 жыл бұрын
Smile away horribly now.
@maxdriever7668 2 жыл бұрын
Another good piece of notation would have to be “initiate rotation”
@gazeboist4535 2 жыл бұрын
"Exit, pursued by bear"
@daeryxaqueryx 2 жыл бұрын
"TURN YOUR SAXOPHONE UP TO 11"
@Jaqueli9er 2 жыл бұрын
this "Woodchopper's Ball" song part you showed reminded me so much of a Duke Ellington song and it's driving me crazy because I can't remember its name... I think I'll need to look for the song before I continue your video, because it's consuming my thoughts! edit: it's called "One O'Clock Jump" (composed by Count Basie, performed by Duke Ellington Orchestra on 1954-01-02). Phew, what a relief (now back to your video)
@davemclellan4019 11 ай бұрын
This is a great one. So entertaining and so insightful, and I am so glad that you also have a good understanding of classical repertoire and use it in these enlightening lessons.
@cliftonsbiehl 4 жыл бұрын
"I play one note for 5 hours straight" video incoming.
@don4476 4 жыл бұрын
Hook us up you crazy cat.
@dkomo2 4 жыл бұрын
Kenny G played a sustained note for about 45 minutes one time. If he played that note six more times, for the same duration, he'd have made this video already.
@richardpictures 4 жыл бұрын
When he didn’t say “repetition legitimizes”
@mattrutkowski5305 4 жыл бұрын
The climax of the video. The suspense. And then the horror.
@richardpictures 4 жыл бұрын
Matt Rutkowski I was on the edge of my seat
@harrylane4 4 жыл бұрын
How could Adam do this I'm literally shaking and crying right now
@garbijcan181 4 жыл бұрын
Pat S *_u n l e g i t i m i z e d_*
@brentlareaux8419 4 жыл бұрын
When he didn’t say “repetition legitimizes”
@peterkelu6875 11 ай бұрын
I can't begin to imagine the amount of time and effort that goes into your videos, how you are able to research so deeply, meanwhile maintaining your musical skills, relationships with other musos both online and off, doing all this video recording and editing, and still manage to eat and sleep, I assume, somewhere in between it all. I take my hat off to you, video after video. Amazing! And I must say, you share in such a way that even without a particular interest in this area, you easily held (and hold with other videos) my attention for the entire 28 min. I love the goat, by the way, it cracked me up every time, and the little "whop" sound when the elephant disappeared, nice little touches. Keep it up!
@greasedog 2 жыл бұрын
This vid & the analysis therein was absolutely wonderful, uniquely entertaining and informative. Thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
@mertgultekin444 4 жыл бұрын
Lionel Hampton: plays D whole song... Djent musicians: Write that down, write that down.
@dishwasherdetergent3366 4 жыл бұрын
proceeds to play Q note for whole song
@Leeqzombie 4 жыл бұрын
I was watching this with my boyfriend and he just yelled "it's the djent of jazz!"
@BlondPanda 4 жыл бұрын
Came down into the comments for the Djent jokes and I was left not disappointed
@JRCGuitarist 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I can handle Lionel, Mcneely and Djent, I don’t understand the solo that is being discussed, whoa that was questionable. Goes to show that it’s isn’t what you do but how you do it.
@OzanYerli 4 жыл бұрын
Tune it down. A little bit more.. More. Yes! Now palm mute it. Yes YES *YES, IT'S PERFECT!* (starts to proggy headbangs)
@Mijonju 4 жыл бұрын
"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere." - John Coltrane
@choimdachoim9491 4 жыл бұрын
I pulled a thread out of my shirt and wrapped one end around the end of my thumb and the other end around the end of my index finger, held it up by my ear and played music for hours in jail one night by pulling the thread tighter or looser; it was all rhythm and tune but it was great. I got out the next morning. There's no end to how we can make "music."
@LanceWillMakeIt 4 жыл бұрын
@@choimdachoim9491 Wow, that's quite an interesting story 🤔
@oz_jones 3 жыл бұрын
@@choimdachoim9491 Must have been one helluva concert, man. Idk, I feel like I should try to say something profound but all I can muster is that I am glad that you got to experience that.
@Satellite_Of_Love 2 жыл бұрын
🎶 A shoelace supreme, a shoelace supreme... 🎶
@deborahprager3605 2 жыл бұрын
One thing that I became aware of quite young, is how the notes supporting the one-note influence how that note is heard. I don't remember what I was listening to (something Classical), but I realized that the note I thought was moving really wasn't moving. I was hearing it as being bent by the harmonies of the other voices. So. One thing about the Worst Solo, is that I heard nothing supporting that note. Makes things quite boring.
@phil-o-phobic8608 Жыл бұрын
I love how you turned Mazetta's solo into a early 2000s sitcom theme song.
@ArthurSchoppenweghauer 4 жыл бұрын
When you just want to chug the low e string but you only have a saxophone and the 1950s
@gxtmfa 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly where my mind went. This was their repetitive, aggressive thrashing music.
@uberchops 4 жыл бұрын
When I was first taught to solo we were only allowed to play one note until we were actually making choices with that note. Then we'd get another note. Then a pentatonic scale, etc. The director always said if we got in over our head to just scale back until we were in control again. Some of the lazier kids in band never got past that one note but that process was extremely valuable to me and really let me build up confidence and intentionality.
@PGmodat 4 жыл бұрын
C JAM Blues Baby!!!
@TheYuukosan 4 жыл бұрын
It's a great process!
@oz_jones 3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, that sounds actually pretty great.
@mannacler Жыл бұрын
Harold Budd was history's premier one-note musician.
@danpequeno9233 2 жыл бұрын
I Thank You for this musically intellectual video that I completely understood thanks to years of private music lessons and Music Theory in College. I have saved this video into my KZfaq Library for another future watch. I first started listening to music when I was 3 in 1953 when music from The Big Band era was on the radio just before rock n roll came along in 1954. I appreciated learning from you!
@emilylynen1423 3 жыл бұрын
you're talking about all this stuff but now I just really want a glow-in-the-dark sax
@NootalieWalf 3 жыл бұрын
I need more information on if that was radium paint because it sure looks like radium to me ☢️
@ffggddss 3 жыл бұрын
@@NootalieWalf With some zinc salt I've forgotten, acting as scintillation medium. Fred
@NootalieWalf 3 жыл бұрын
ffggddss Thanks! Good to know!
@ffggddss 3 жыл бұрын
@@NootalieWalf Welcome! The zinc compound for this seems to be ZnS (zinc sulfide), according to Wikipedia's article on phosphors, and the best of my memory. Fred
@pigpiggig 3 жыл бұрын
@Fliszt Thats actually a thing lol
@coolebio 4 жыл бұрын
Whys bens voice sound like the parody “sped up” voice adam does whenever hes making fun of the other argument this is killing me
@NZsaltz 4 жыл бұрын
omg you're right
@QuantumJump451 4 жыл бұрын
Because nobody ridicules Ben Shapiro as badly as he ridicules himself
@mcbrodz1663 4 жыл бұрын
Quantum Jump let’s take for example, your feet, and let’s say hypothetically you were to take photos of them. Now at this point you would have piqued my interest into buying said feet photographs so I would, naturally, offer you money for said feet photographs
@sneasalmaster 4 жыл бұрын
Ben speaks very quickly to make you think he's smart, even though his actual thoughts are simple and juvenile
@bobatea5406 4 жыл бұрын
I also just realised how much they look alike. Or is it just me?
@catholicdad Жыл бұрын
I don't gush, you are a genius on so many levels. I only watch your videos occasionally, but it's the BEST content on the internet, and sadly, your audience is limited, and always will be. If I had the faculty, I'd nominate you for a Nobel prize in education. That said, 3/4 of the way in--I'm waiting for One Note--wait--you're doing it now. Whew!
@lancerettberg2071 2 жыл бұрын
Great content Adam! I.can't seem to find "The Jazz Loft..." on Curiosity Stream after signing up - taken down?
@CaLLe4Life 4 жыл бұрын
"Pick a single note on your instrument and make a short piece using only that note." Ah, the seeds of djent have been planted.
@annother3350 4 жыл бұрын
That's nothing. When Kenny G made his finale for the Phuket Jazz Festival he hit the highest note on a soprano sax and held it for about two minutes (circular breathing) while the band stopped playing. Just a single ear-splitting note..
@Ryies12 4 жыл бұрын
Adam: I want a glow in the dark saxophone 1950s Radon Paint: So how much do you like cancer?
@gymprofessor329 4 жыл бұрын
I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING
@samwallaceart288 4 жыл бұрын
It’s not a bug if it’s a feature
@RCAvhstape 4 жыл бұрын
@Robbi Rose Didn't help Coltrane much :-(
@haroldoakland3480 2 жыл бұрын
I like the example Adam showed us on his bass, where there is a same note played in different ways (particularly different strings). To me, this example, which could perhaps be applied to most of the rest of this amazing series of theses in the video, is perhaps a study of overtones. You've a large and interested mind and soul Adam, please continue analysis like this!
@acidset Жыл бұрын
What's the outro song at 28:00? Sounds like a math rock piece I've heard a bunch but I forget the name
@blastehrcomposes 4 жыл бұрын
Petition to only ever refer to Adam as 'Big A McNeely' from now on
@brunoserio4234 4 жыл бұрын
"Solo means I only have to play one note, right?" is the 2020 equivalent of "PROTIP: Make sure that the synth and the vocals are in THE SAME KEY".
@rmshredz 4 жыл бұрын
“Make sure the sax solo and the rest of the band are in THE SAME TUNING FREQUENCY”
@deep_fried_analysis 4 жыл бұрын
@@rmshredz "it's played through bad frequencies"
@clown134 4 жыл бұрын
it's amazing how many modern day hobbyist producers have zero knowledge of music theory
@rodstench Жыл бұрын
fantastic video - excited to watch more of your stuff
@MikeBracewell Жыл бұрын
I've just stumbled across this 3 years(!) after it was made: what a waste of three years? Absolutely superb tutorial: entertaining, informative, thought-provoking, funny, & very well edited. I'll never think of a goat in the same way. Thank you.
@CrestfallenLizard 2 жыл бұрын
honestly, i'm too dumb for art, so most of it goes over my head and i don't know what they're going for most of the time. but i *feel* this guy's panic. i relate to it, way more than a lot of music, because i've felt that "oh no oh fuck" feeling of panic and totally dropped the ball before.
@KaoXoni 2 жыл бұрын
Your comment is probably the most underrated one on this video.
@SirFerrickWanderer Жыл бұрын
You're not too dumb for art man, you've articulated a really good point about the solo in a clear and concise way, which is hard to do. Art is about conveying meaning or emotion or something, and while this solo fails at it's intended purpose it IS interesting as art for your exact reason.
@j.mauricerojas3650 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations!: You've actually found a way in which this solo is good!
@impermanence4300 Жыл бұрын
I guess, if that was the vibe the good was going for he really hit it. It starts off confident, starts to lose it, you get the panicked over playing then the defeated silence. Followed by a meek attempt at capturing the initial swagger. The problem is he didn't mean to do that.
@Matt_bechillin Жыл бұрын
For someone who says they’re dumb for art, you articulated this concept perfectly,
@JohnnyCashavetes 4 жыл бұрын
When asked about his one-note solo on Cinnamon Girl, Neil Young replied, "It’s not [the same note]! Everyone says that, but there’s about a hundred notes in there. And every one of them is different. Every single one. They just happen to have the same name." King.
@freddyheadbite3084 4 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean. But he has the finger on the same fret through out the solo. And at the very end of the solo there is actually two notes extra 😊. I really love that song though.
@justinrensel8518 4 жыл бұрын
fuckin great song
@SRHMusic012 4 жыл бұрын
@@justinrensel8518 Cinnamon Girl is in double-dropped D, so the high 'drone' note is the open high D string. The chords keep changing under it so, yeah, it's a different thing over each chord. :)
@freddyheadbite3084 4 жыл бұрын
@@SRHMusic012 I know. It's fun to play that song also. I seldom care much about lyrics. But this song is so good in every field. 👍👍👍
@coosoorlog 6 ай бұрын
No no no, there are actually a lot of notes on that solo, they just happen to be the same note repeated over and over again. What we're really looking for is a sax solo with literally only ONE note without another one, repeated or not. That's the grail.
@pauljacksonfxsta 2 жыл бұрын
John Hiatt's solo on Lyle Lovett's My Baby Don't Tolerate on ACL. Song starts at 18:00. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKdyabqDmLC6g3k.html#t=1080
@nothingmuchado 4 жыл бұрын
King Crimson, "Starless", the entire middle section has one-note riffs that ascend and increase in intensity. A very effective use of the concept.
@Leo-pw3kf 4 жыл бұрын
Yeeees, I was waiting for Adam to mention it. That 5 minute tension build-up before the explosion into a jazzy solo is so good.
@youtuberjoe4729 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, a King Crimson mention!
@theonatsis3126 4 жыл бұрын
Such a good song
@regolithia 4 жыл бұрын
Fripp bends a note a whole step and synchronously hits the same note on a different string for a solid minute or so hahah
@thekiwiclipper1113 4 жыл бұрын
I love Prog rock and king crimson!
@TenorCantusFirmus 4 жыл бұрын
As Beethoven said, "To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable".
@RainStickland 4 жыл бұрын
I keep telling myself that as I learn how to solo on guitar.
@Necropheliac 3 ай бұрын
Remember that non musical people don’t care about technique or theory. They only care about how they feel while your music is playing.
@geoffschuller4875 Жыл бұрын
Incredible video. Watch it all the way until the end. I love it.
@lukasrydelius6174 4 жыл бұрын
The concept of playing a simple solo in contrast to complicated solos sounds like a very punk thing to do.
@corpseplayground1949 4 жыл бұрын
ex. 138 by misfits
@depressedfrogpenis 4 жыл бұрын
Another example "I wanna be sedated" Ramones
@davedotLKTV 4 жыл бұрын
That's kind of my take on it. It sounds bad on a record that you listen to at home, but when you are in a smoky cellar and the crowd is going crazy, doing a stupid repetition out of tune is the equivalent of smashing the guitar on stage that will make people go nuts.
@jpabcede5016 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, someone close to my heart.
@superbroadcaster 4 жыл бұрын
I think punk is simply the 70s and 80s manifesting of the rebellious young spirit to feel freely and without restraint. If anything, punk has borrowed from Rock and Roll, who has in turn borrowed from Jazz. The one note solos and wild carefree attitude of bebop jazz were just as polarizing as dubstep was or punk was. It's expressing the same emotions with a different toolbox
@LukeWatts85 4 жыл бұрын
"Sounds like someone had to run a mile and was forced to breathe out of a saxophone" 🤣 That's funny on many levels. Just picturing what that would look like is hilarious
@robertdussler6414 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic education! Thorough, articulate, witty and driven by his passion for all things music. Amazing! 👌
@melineeluna Жыл бұрын
The most moving jazz trombone solo I've heard live was a 16 bar long F. Following a very vibrant piano solo, and a guitar solo that sounded somewhere between jazz and prog metal, those 16 bars just made the flow of the chord progression a wonderful wind down back to the main melody. It was such a great demonstration of how a solo is still an interplay between musicians, and how a single color note can really change the feel of a chord progression. Not to mention the confidence it took to unmovingly and resolutely hold a single note for way longer than was possible on any of the other instruments in the ensemble. Sometimes you can say a lot with very little.
@brningpyre 4 жыл бұрын
"Yes, that is a glow-in-the-dark saxophone, and I want one." Given how that was done back in that time (radioactive paint), you really, REALLY don't.
@salwoyciesjes9182 4 жыл бұрын
Big Adam McNeely is gonna get cancer
@fidur2 4 жыл бұрын
Now with 35% less Cesium!
@rawovunlapin8201 4 жыл бұрын
You've got it the wrong way 'round - now I _definitely_ want one
@DickEnchilada 4 жыл бұрын
That just makes me want one even more
@ad.cab.3485 4 жыл бұрын
So you’re saying I can get a glow in the dark saxophone AND get cancer and die ? I’m in.
@fetoruma123 4 жыл бұрын
You know it's jazz if you can talk about one note for 30 minutes
@TheMmvukici 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂👍
@igloo_igloo 4 жыл бұрын
I didb't notice it was that long wtf lmao
@redgrey1453 4 жыл бұрын
Seems to me that's the very definition of monotonous.
@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahhhahahahahhhahhahqhahjajajajajjajaja
@9UaYXxB 4 жыл бұрын
How long have they been talking about "Smells like teen spirit", or "Money"?..... jazz doesn't have to hand it's head about pretension, popular music can so much more easily wear that label.
@tiaanuys2790 2 жыл бұрын
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@mightyV444 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting subject! Also reminds me of the one-note guitar solos in 'Walking On Sunshine' by Katrina & the Waves and in 'Tommy Gun' by The Clash 🙂 And I sent a message including 'The Jones Girl' to a mate of mine, whose Love's surname is Jones 😁
@MetalMarauder 4 жыл бұрын
15:19 Remember when 12tone played audio from that same Ben Shapiro quote and a commenter said 12tone shouldn’t read Ben’s statements in such an obnoxious mocking voice but it’s literally Ben’s voice
@eialzorn9284 4 жыл бұрын
nice pfp
@redphill8959 4 жыл бұрын
Ben is a social distancing measuring stick, war pushing chick hawk. Buy Burch Gold folks. Burch Gold.
@jellyjub1690 4 жыл бұрын
lmao I remember that.
@mrminer071166 4 жыл бұрын
In times like these, have you considered putting some of your money into . . . . gold-foil wrapped Hannukkah Gelt?
@CoryMck 4 жыл бұрын
I just spit out my food and I wasn't even eating. *Consider me sent.*
@andreygregocosta9858 4 жыл бұрын
The lyrics of "One note samba" talk about exactly what the musician is doing while playing/singing: "Eis aqui este sambinha Feito numa nota só Outras notas vão entrar, Mas a base é uma só. Esta outra é consequência Do que acabo de dizer Como eu sou a consequência Inevitável de você!" In English: "This is just a little samba Built upon a single note Other notes are bound to follow But the root is still that note. Now this new note is the consequence Of the one we've just been through As I'm bound to be The unavoidable consequence of you!" Pure metalanguage!
@josephinelee9270 4 жыл бұрын
the song is actually awesome though, so the self awareness works great
@mellomendoncacaio 4 жыл бұрын
boa traduçao hein
@MacXpert74 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, and then after the one note part the sax plays through the whole scale :D
4 жыл бұрын
isso é coisa de brasileiro, eu amo
@andreygregocosta9858 4 жыл бұрын
@@mellomendoncacaio Na verdade eu peguei a versão em inglês do próprio Jobim (a versão em português é de Newton Mendonça).
@thisismxoxo Жыл бұрын
"Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" from Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes, is a (nearly) one-note aria written for Britten's partner, Peter Pears, in response to a critical reviewer who claimed Pears only sang one note well. A devastatingly beautiful inside joke.
@rhubarbdude3347 8 ай бұрын
Yes! That aria is beautiful. Didn't know the story behind it
@riccardomilella7545 Жыл бұрын
The italian band "Elio e Le Storie Tese" wrote a whole song based on one note; it is called "La canzone Mononota". And the lyrics of it are just amazing.
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