Understanding Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
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4 жыл бұрынThe 2004 release of American Idiot marked a huge change for Green Day. They were already a big deal, but American Idiot transformed them into superstars. A concept album about coming of age in the America of the early 2000s, it was both more ambitious and more complex than anything they'd done up to that point. It was a controversial choice, but the album was a critical darling, and it still holds up well to this day, in no small part due to the beautifully poignant Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. It's a timeless, powerful ode to emptiness, and it's built on some really clever musical ideas.
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Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!
@HerezoGonzo 4 жыл бұрын
"it just keeps happening" *Draws zubat* Nice.
@keinname1896 4 жыл бұрын
scrolled down to find this comment the very second it happened. It was the second one, I'm not disappointed.
@KurosakiYukigo 4 жыл бұрын
I personally expected stairs. IT KEEPS HAPPENING! I WARNED YOU ABOUT THE STAIRS, BRO
@richardmetzler7909 4 жыл бұрын
Could you explain the allusion? I know what a Zubat is, but i'm not deep into Pokémon lore...
@KurosakiYukigo 4 жыл бұрын
@@richardmetzler7909 In early generations you went through a lot of caves, and caves are almost always filled with a *lot* of Zubat, so you get used to tripping over a zubat every 3 steps. It was the worst.
@richardmetzler7909 4 жыл бұрын
@@KurosakiYukigo okay, so it's a symbol for unavoidable, repetitive, pointless, annoying encounters. Thanks.
@matthewmitchell7323 4 жыл бұрын
"You passed go but there's no $200, just another trip around the board." Oh god. I think my existentialism is flaring up again.
@carna-9501 2 жыл бұрын
I can’t go to far into existentialism. It’s bad for my mental health. Have you ever experienced a sense of dread or like you’ll be completely forgotten while going into a bout of existentialism? That’s what I go through… idk maybe I’m just weak minded
@Munchkin.Of.Pern09 2 жыл бұрын
@@carna-9501 I follow existentialist philosophy, the whole “there is no meaning in life except what you make of it.” It actually makes my mental health stuff better, TBH
@carna-9501 2 жыл бұрын
@@Munchkin.Of.Pern09 my issue is that I dont feel worthy of being remembered. My life already has meaning to it, but will that meaning be remembered? That is what messes with my head
@IVIasterIVIind 2 жыл бұрын
@@fredh5414 All words are made up.
@ArrangedNoiseFan Жыл бұрын
@@fredh5414 what
@nowhammies10 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear an analysis of "Jesus of Suburbia" and its five movements.
@jonaswassermann1359 4 жыл бұрын
Amen
@grethi8110 4 жыл бұрын
thank you!! to me that's the best song on the album
@tobistein6639 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely more important to the overall narrative of the opera. Boulevard describes one particular feeling, and it's very vague and evocative and that's why people love it. Jesus of Suburbia is like the exposition (Fall in love or fall in debt...), setting the scene (At the center of the earth there's a parking lot...) and the characters (I'm the son of Rage and Love...) for the rest of the album, and expanding on the central tension of feeling left behind by society.
@artyb27 4 жыл бұрын
This would be an absolute essay of a video and I'm 100% down for that
@londoncalling05_47 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@ThatKid7718 4 жыл бұрын
"We have extra chords getting in the way"- this man draws a SNORLAX HAHAHAHAHA
@lambandham 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@kptoca 2 жыл бұрын
snorlax sleeping on the bridge
@MaraK_dialmformara 4 жыл бұрын
As someone who was twelve when this song came out, I gotta say it's the perfect soundtrack to feelings of adolescent isolation, and now I get why it stuck with me despite my best efforts to avoid anything the people who hated me liked. (Also I had Good Riddance stuck in my head for weeks before high school graduation. Green Day is good at what they do.)
@fatimapalacios2292 4 жыл бұрын
Yes. I was 13 and feeling lost with all of the life changes and stuff that even now hasn't changed at all. Great tune.
@saarangnarayan123 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, those two songs along with Know Your Enemy literally DEFINED my high school experience.
@thisisEHAM 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you drawing a zubat when you said “it keeps happening”
@canadiankazz 4 жыл бұрын
The tempo of the chords at the end also makes me think he's no longer walking down the road, but now he's running down it. Great video, thank you!
@bagenius5970 4 жыл бұрын
The tempo stays 84 bpm the whole song. It just gets more intense at the end but doesn't speed up
@zacharycremen7545 4 жыл бұрын
That’s not really how tempo works. Billie plays the power chords as quarter notes for a majority of the song, then plays quarter notes and eighth notes during the interlude, simultaneously adding tension and intensifying the tone of the song.
@bagenius5970 4 жыл бұрын
@@zacharycremen7545 you talking to me or Canadian?
@zacharycremen7545 4 жыл бұрын
Bagenius I was referring to the original comment
@bagenius5970 4 жыл бұрын
@@zacharycremen7545 oh ok
@caseyhamm8822 4 жыл бұрын
Every time you analyze the same song as Rick Beato, I just have to remember that your patrons pick your songs
@lucianodebenedictis6014 4 жыл бұрын
I just wish i could see something less mainstream once in a while, if i could say so. I like his analysis, i wish he could tackle something trickier once in a while
@owlofathena1247 4 жыл бұрын
@@lucianodebenedictis6014 his videos apparently get blocked a lot, so he has to make sure to pick a mainstream song. Also, his choices are always from the 80's 'cock-rock' genre, which I'm not really a fan of.
@lucianodebenedictis6014 4 жыл бұрын
@@owlofathena1247 i don't get how those two things are related. Also, not always 80s but yeah, roughly that wave of music
@owlofathena1247 4 жыл бұрын
@@lucianodebenedictis6014 they're not related, I'm just saying. I'd rather watch his videos about more technical and proggy song analyses from bands like Yes or Soundgarden who actually knew a bit of music theory than from a band like ac/dc, who are the musical equivalent of fast food: quick, easy, lacks any depth, but still appealing to the masses.
@Coldfront15 4 жыл бұрын
Wish he would tackle Lithium from Nirvana
@MonkeBrain07 2 жыл бұрын
So... This song helped pull me from suicide. The reason was because the song helped me come to terms with being lost in life. The lyrics helped me realise that waiting for someone to rescue me will just leave me walking alone without any resolution. I thought the deep feeling of loneliness would only end with my death, but this song pushed me to reach out for help on my own terms. The next week, I contacted my closest friends, asked them to hang out, and after hours of talking while gathering courage, I told them about my struggles. This was 4 years ago. Green Day, the American Idiot album, and this song have a special place in my tiny black heart because of how it saved this dumbass from death.
@PizzaHutCEO 2 жыл бұрын
I’m super proud of you! Keep kicking depression’s ass!
@therideneverends1697 Жыл бұрын
Similarly but with "geek stink breath" and really the whole insomniac album I had never gotton help with ADHD due to anti drug family then getting them as a dysfunctional adult and not really having a reference for how people are supposed to function "everyone else seems to have such an easy time, i still dont, hay doc dont think this is working" leading to increasing dosages and unintentionally walking around absolutely spun thinking things where better because collage grades got good then having horrific depression episodes because when i was not high out of my damn mind i would realize my life was still fucked up. That song and the entire insomniac album really is the "Hay! this is what desperate, depressed amphetamine use looks like!" and made me realize "oh god, i relate to all of this its time to cut back" Obviously the ADHD aint going anywhere so some drug use is required. but I set up symptom management strategies to work with it and now its "use what you need to do what you need to do" and not "I have no idea what the hell is going on but im sure the drug will tell me"
@BradyPostma 11 ай бұрын
It's an anthem of empathy for people on the fringe. Like me. Like you.
@klawis 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe if I know nothing about Green Day, I would say "Whoa they are so intense in music theory!" but then, I'm a massive Green Day fan and I watched Heart Like A Heart Grenade (American Idiot behind the scenes) so many times. and they were just like: "Yeah dude this sounds so cool" and they love to goof around in the whole album writing process. I guess, Billie, Mike, and Tré are just natural geniuses
@rasmusthunberg8967 Жыл бұрын
Many musicians in the past wasn’t taught music theory, they just learned things by instinct. If you play for long enough, sooner or later you’ll pick up on things.
@therideneverends1697 Жыл бұрын
@@rasmusthunberg8967 pretty much, i figured out keys dispite knowing nothing about theory simply because the tonal shifts. im probably not perfect at it but its good enough people know what im saying
@BradyPostma 11 ай бұрын
Creating music takes a different set of skills from writing articulately about music. People can have both kinds of skills, but they don't have to. And people who are geniuses at one thing tend to have spent most of their lives on that one thing, and not much on other things.
@elpablitorodriguezharrera 4 жыл бұрын
If billie saw this “Did i do that?”
@Arwindor 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha so true
@matthewmitchell7323 4 жыл бұрын
I've been to Gilman quite a few times. This is actually the kind of stuff they teach all the people who volunteer clean up to get in for free. After all the punx leave, of course.
@Arwindor 4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Mitchell What?
@matthewmitchell7323 4 жыл бұрын
@@Arwindor joke
@charlesvincent3390 4 жыл бұрын
HAHA!
@arkadye 4 жыл бұрын
This song's outro is one of my favourite outros. From that sudden unresolved finish, to the weird chords which kind of aggressively deny being in any particular key: F5 (F major or minor); Db5 (okay, that's F minor?); Eb5 (definitely F minor!); D(natural)5 (fooled you, punk!); Ab5 (nah, just kidding it's minor); E5 (OR IS IT?!?!?!). That said, I - unlike 12tone - definitely found F felt like home all the way through, but the chords felt - to me - like the narrator was blundering around aimlessly, unsure of where to go, picking a direction and just hoping it feels right when they get there - the weird Db-Eb-D feeling kind of like someone someone trying to pick the right direction to go, but finding one road feels too low, one road feels too low, and the last feels like the wrong direction altogether - D not being a part of F minor. With F definitely feeling like home (or at least - like the starting point - there's never a sense of resolution strong enough to make F feel like home - just somewhere eerily familiar) the three-bar loop had a very different affect on me. It felt like it was getting back to where it started too early. A more naive writer might have tried to force four-bar feel by adding two more chords: F5 Db5 / Eb5 D(nat)5 / Ab5 E5 / ***C5 Bb5*** (etc...for example, keeping the theme of resolving from the 4th). But instead it hits the familiar F5 way earlier than expected. It has the feeling that you sometimes get when you're lost, and realise you're going around in circles. You're somewhere familiar, but it's not where you wanted to be, and you realise that not only are you even more lost than you thought, you don't even have the means to navigate out. I'm nowhere near as qualified in this sort of thing as 12tone, but if his explanation of the outro didn't land right with you I'd be really curious if this one lands better. (Also, did anyone else notice the parallel between this song never really resolves and the way Sweet Child Of Mine hunts for resolution?)
@thepoweroftheweed2215 4 жыл бұрын
In other words, you're saying that, since the outro represents "being lost and not knowing what to do", the chords just go chromatically without any sense? Because that has always been my interpretation, the outro of the song doesn't have AT ALL any theoretical meaning: it's just chromatic notes to make you feel disoriented and lost in this Boulevard of broken dreams
@nathandorsey9145 4 жыл бұрын
@@thepoweroftheweed2215 I haven't been able to find it but Billie Joe once did an interview where he talked about that outro and how a goal in American Idiot was smoothly connecting all the songs. The various twin songs and the two 9 minute giants are obvious examples but each out song also was built to segue into the next including BoBD to "Are We The Waiting" he talked about how this was one of the trickier resolutions since getting from Fm to A Major is pretty far. Thats why the intro is the way it is. To lead convincingly into A Major.
@taperflame7154 2 жыл бұрын
This man wrote a short essay in a youtube comments section.
@danroth7260 4 жыл бұрын
5:29 "It just keeps happening" *A wild Zubat appears* I love it!
@criodanomurchu1075 4 жыл бұрын
American Idiot was the very first album I bought with my own pocket money. I remember sticking into my PC and being blown away by the loudness. The bold statement of the title track. It was the first album I imported into my orange iPod Nano. It's cliche but, this album means a lot to me. It reminds me of entering secondary school, my first girlfriend, first battling depression and starting to play the drums. Boulevard of Broken Dreams was the first song I ever confidently said I could play on drums. Thank you 12Tone for another trip down memory lane.
@KurosakiYukigo 4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention the aggressive echo pedal in the main riff. To me that's just as important as the chords. Not only are they not leading anywhere, but they're also jarring and disorienting, further cementing the sense that the narrator has no idea where he is or where he's going. It's like the internal score of a nervous breakdown.
@griffinc466 4 жыл бұрын
It's not actually an echo/delay, it's just a really choppy tremolo.
@adriatic.vineyards 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and whether or not you find narrative meaning in it, at the very least it's pretty much *the* signature sound of song. Seems like a bit of an oversight not to bring it up
@feliperojas-doomride 4 жыл бұрын
I have always loved that outro section, it feels like an evergrowing stairway that keeps moving its center of gravity but balances on itself
@MH-yb8dp 4 жыл бұрын
I love how at 3:13 he deliberately avoids saying "for lack of a better word and that's my best excuse"
@LoveSoIar 4 жыл бұрын
M H oooooo, ooo oooo ooooo
@yudhistirramjatan3953 4 жыл бұрын
Nice one!
@Donnysaur009 4 жыл бұрын
“It keeps happening” *draws a zubat*
@d3line 4 жыл бұрын
I lack the music theory background, but the outro chord progressions always seemed to me like a guitar-y kind of move. Whole song could be played with a capo on the first fret (and the acoustic guitar actually is playing with a capo, at least live). This sets up F as a “floor”: we can’t go any lower, tonally and metaphorically. It may be just because we never do go below F, or may be playing F with open strings subtly influences the sound and the listener, idk. The unexpected third bar and the angry and raw low E always make me feel like I fell through that floor.
@CelestiaLily 4 жыл бұрын
ahhhh, my green day phase happened to coincide with a gregorian chant phase - so i got real attached to the boulevard cover and still have it to this day XD
@SunShowerStudios 4 жыл бұрын
I love the 16 tons reference at 9:15 !subtle 👏 👏 👏
@brianmiller1077 4 жыл бұрын
Tennessee Ernie Ford. How does a young'un like him know that song??
@JohnnoNonno 4 жыл бұрын
@@brianmiller1077 Tennessee Ernie Ford did a cover, it was not his song. Johnny Cash did a cover too, which is very famous.
@fluffytoaster427 4 жыл бұрын
If you’re still riding that nostalgiacoaster, take a closer look at “Face Down” by RJA
@mr.z9609 4 жыл бұрын
In "lonely road", the reason it works is because the leap upward happens on a weak beat. If you speak the line in time, you still have strong beats aligning with accented syllables.
@GiantPetRat 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a reaction video of some of the bands whose songs you've covered in these analyzations, like "Wait- did WE do that?".
@Henriquealexps 4 жыл бұрын
One of your best videos so far! Nice work!
@alexalbusissi2885 4 жыл бұрын
incredible job!!! great watching this right after listening to the album they just released today
@joshbittner 4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see some System of a Down analyzed - like BYOB
@GeneralxMayhem 2 жыл бұрын
'Suggestions' or 'P.L.U.C.K.'
@coltandaly 2 жыл бұрын
in love with the style of this channel
@CMM5300 4 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy your theory videos!
@joaoimai 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the craft put into these vids in many ways.
@anthonyrocco4879 2 жыл бұрын
New-comer here. Love your deep analysis! More than that, love the Pokemon references on both videos that I have seen!
@sirskinny 4 жыл бұрын
that was great, this album was a massive part of my highshool days, i would love a min series breaking the whole album down, considering certain songs become resolutions for earlier ones it could work thematically. newho, great job as usual
@axeofcreation 4 жыл бұрын
I don't hear the skip in melody as an accent during the verse. More of a hop landing on the beat. As if hopping over a crack in the street.
@elmojado120 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite video so far. I love this song so much and understanding it's composition made me love it even more.
@davidpiper667 4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you mentioned the phantom key change! I was trying to figure out the other day what they were doing in Whatsername - and I think it's the same thing! Makes me feel much less crazy. In Whatsername though it's not a standard 4-chord progression, there's a secondary dominant of VI thrown in: IV-I-III-VI(-V).
@jonaswassermann1359 4 жыл бұрын
This album kicked my musical journey. Thanks for an great analysis as always
@ettanasf 4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. I love that album too. Now I understand this much of it a little better.
@Munchkin.Of.Pern09 2 жыл бұрын
I live this song and can’t wait to see how you analyze it!
@InkyPetrel 4 жыл бұрын
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your video, while understanding less than half of it :D You make knowing nothing SUPER interesting. Also, I am gradually picking up things here and there as I watch this channel.
@jfragale03 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been taking a music theory class in my high school this year, so more of this stuff in these videos makes sense!
@shabnomnom 4 жыл бұрын
man, i have to go back and listen to this again. i never realized how much depth was behind it!
@Ariel_is_a_dreamer 2 жыл бұрын
This song has been in my playlist since I was 10/11. I'm 17 now, I still love it. It doesn't lose the charm.
@MuzikBike 4 жыл бұрын
can you do a video on Cemetery Gates?
@FirstNameLastName-vt3hu 4 жыл бұрын
Hey 12tone, First off I'd just like to say I love these music explanation videos, LOVE them. Secondly I was wondering if you could possibly PLEASE do one on Possum Kingdom by Toadies? I loved the Africa vid you did and this has that off beat thing going too. Would love to hear your take on the song! Thank you!
@Kevin-bw5km 4 жыл бұрын
I was just watching the killing in the name of I really love this album Please do some rust in peace. Love all the songs and the songs have always felt so complex
@johncarlton7289 4 жыл бұрын
You are the beginning and end of my knowledge of music theory, but this is one of the most interesting channels on KZfaq. I loved this song in high school too.
@lackofplethora7065 4 жыл бұрын
Can you analyse the Doors? They have a very distinct sound and I think an 'Understanding Riders on the Storm' would be a good addition to the channel.
@jamesbaxter9123 4 жыл бұрын
This is amazing!!
@Qambodia- 2 жыл бұрын
I think the C resolving to the F is a small callback to Holiday which precedes this song and is connected to it, where there was a lot of C to F to signify most of the transitions
@minkuspower 4 жыл бұрын
*draws a Zubat while saying "it keeps happening"* i see what you did there lol
@mikaoleander 4 жыл бұрын
the part about the four chord progression is really interesting because it's very easy to fall into the habit of analysing in major when in practice it isn't really what's happening. the four chord progression is a really good example for this as it's actually used very often in these rearranged versions but the standard I-V-vi-IV gets all the credit. IV-I-V-vi and vi-IV-I-V are very common progressions and it usually makes a lot more sense to analyse these in minor rather than major
@lowerosenback7493 4 жыл бұрын
I always found the ending vamp interesting from the story-telling perspective. The first 4 songs on the album are in flat-keys and the ending on Boulevard both kinda prepares and disorients us to the next phase of the album and Jimmy's/JOS journey, which starts with Are We The Waiting in A major. Onwards, all of the songs are in non-accidental keys.
@nunocrames4787 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@geoschilling 2 жыл бұрын
Love this
@woofspider330 2 жыл бұрын
8:17 that ramp up crescendo that kinda drops back down is the dream (that being lonely is not necessarily a bad thing) being broken, dropping you back into the grim reality. And the ending chord is so foreign, because while he's busy being in his head, he's walked himself to a new (ish) place, cue Are We The Waiting.
@TheTrueAltoClef 4 жыл бұрын
I always heard the outro as (if you fill up the powerchords with the 'right' notes) Fm, Db, Ebsus2, Bb/D, Fm/Ab, E
@alex_4cj64 2 жыл бұрын
I know nothing about music, i dont know why i watch your videos, but they are entretaining and i like it :)
@ethanphua8121 4 жыл бұрын
My fav song!!! THANK YOUUU
@lebendigesgespenst7669 2 жыл бұрын
Yes please
@cameronjadewallace 2 жыл бұрын
I can barely follow what you're talking about when I watch these analysis videos... But this one explained my life a little too well
@justinthai1550 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao “Keeps happening” **draws Zubat** HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@calyodelphi124 4 жыл бұрын
Something that I've said many times in recent years, and will probably keep saying for a long time to come: American Idiot is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The composition of the music throughout the album is incredible. The lyrics not only tell a story, but also cry out in protest against what American culture has become and against the Bush Administration (just look up the lyrics of Holiday). And the music videos apparently tell an entirely different story that is even MORE of a middle finger to the Bush Administration and to American imperialism. This is a heavily layered album that is an absolute masterpiece.
@AltecE 4 жыл бұрын
Really makes me want to listen to this again
@davidoneill2686 4 жыл бұрын
Could you make an ‘Understanding Foreplay / Long Time by Boston’ video? The beginning of that song is probably one of the most emotional stuff ever!
@piratecheese13 4 жыл бұрын
i walk a lonely road a lonely road i walk when i walk alone on the road i walk i walk it when i walk alone
@aceof8S 4 жыл бұрын
Read between the lines Between the lines i read the lines I read between I read the lines The between between the lines.
@Seltyk 4 жыл бұрын
"four most fundamental" [draws Avatar Aang] I like that.
@duality4y 4 жыл бұрын
That track is pure goodness for me. i love the sound so much.
@diszno20 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Loved it very much! I got a question about the messed up 4 chord cliches of this song. Do you think the chords are intentionally shuffled / shifted around so the progression feels familiar but a bit odd or would you say its just plain genius? There is no good answer to this question, I'm just curious about you opinion.
@Lcngopher 4 жыл бұрын
*nerdy sarcastic voice* The song actually starts with holiday
@borbleborb4586 2 жыл бұрын
“It still holds up today” 12T: Hmm... what should I draw for this? Their logo is a hand _holding_ a heart grenade... hmmm... Oh, I know! *star*
@kevinleonard9633 4 жыл бұрын
Good timing with the new album out
@benmckinlay1902 4 жыл бұрын
One thing that really stands out to me that you didn't really mention is the guitar effect at the beginning/during the verses; the delay effect just screams 'broken' to me, splitting the chords into repeating notes, for a lack of a better word, obviously emphasises the damaged nature of the boulevard we're walking down. When the chorus comes it, i.e. when we 'come home', the delay effect disappears, before we end up lost in the verse again as the delay effect restarts
@brunoserio4234 4 жыл бұрын
omg my favorite album! ❤
@ScrappyDoodlez 2 жыл бұрын
These are so addicting
@maxpalmer3212 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs of all time
@FuckYoutubeCensorship 2 жыл бұрын
When you drew Zubat... I felt that.
@GR.1994 4 жыл бұрын
Any recommendations about poetry 12tone? just interested on the topic about weak an strong syllables and how they can create a certain flow with the tempo of the song
@nunyabusiness8538 4 жыл бұрын
the very first chords bring so much nostalgia
@dustinray1694 2 жыл бұрын
I will never forget the feeling of popping this CD into my radio after peeling that airtight plastic off and being taken on a magical musical journey. American Idiot is a legendary album. Also can we get an analysis on Jesus of Suburbia?
@jeffreyshoemaker7403 4 жыл бұрын
I always viewed the final E chord as a V of the I of the next tune, which is in A major.
@mingnrich 2 жыл бұрын
I hear the Db Ab Eb Fm chords as trying to switch to the relative major then failing. IV I V I is a common progression, it sounds like it’s trying to do that and have the Eb resolve to Ab but instead does a back door psych-out to Fm.
@dantreadwell7421 3 жыл бұрын
Love the 16 pic. Great song.
@fortnite420 4 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on home resonance? I know others have made videos on that but I’d love to hear your take on the song
@ryandupuis5860 4 жыл бұрын
You seem to have names for all the chord progressions, so what's the name for the I, V, VI, III, IV, V progression like from Green Day's Basket Case? Also I would LOVE if you did more Green Day!
@sscaramal 4 жыл бұрын
Wittgensteinian reference at 09:58. Nice!
@brianmiller1077 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know if he's doing rabbit-duck or if it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck .. it probably is a duck
@succubabe709 2 жыл бұрын
would love to see Soilwork broken down by you!
@VOLAIRE 4 жыл бұрын
10 seconds in and his paper already looks like my doodles in math class
@x1plus1x 4 жыл бұрын
I love Green Day, I love this song, and I love music in general. I wish I understood more about music theory so I could understand this video more.
@TheTrueAltoClef 4 жыл бұрын
My theory on why it works, it's both a contradiction (as pointed out by you) but the melody and lyrics also complement each other. Here's my hypothesis: I think the jump on the 5th sylable works because the 4th sylable is part of the same word, therefor jumping up, on the 5th sylable adds extra emphasis on the word "lonely" as a whole, not through poetry, but through melody. I think about it like this: "walk", "lonely" and "road" are the 3 most important words from that line, but out of the three of them, the fact that this road is lonely is the most important, so it makes sence to emphasize it even more, and when you can't do that solely with words, you can achieve the hightened emphasis by melodically jumping up
@ErebosGR 4 жыл бұрын
A simpler explanation wouldn't just be syncopation? I don't get why 12tone makes such a big deal out of this... Maybe he's too emotionally invested in the song.
@elcidbob 4 жыл бұрын
Biggest thing to realize about any of the formal analytics of creative mediums is that they are descriptive, not prescriptive. That's why there's so many instances of "this is exactly how it works, right until it isn't". They simply tell us what we've done that's worked so far.
@badgasaurus4211 4 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see an analysis of Listen Up or Let’s All Make Believe by Oasis. Some really interesting chord progressions in these songs.
@ang3lstardust 4 жыл бұрын
This made my mind explode. I thought we were talking about BOBD, American Idiot, and Green Day.
@renegade4dio 4 жыл бұрын
Your Patrons have good taste. I thank them.
@Merennulli Жыл бұрын
The "keeps happening" Zubat broke me 🤣
@ConvincingPeople 4 жыл бұрын
The tritone power chord thing is really common in genres like black metal, I think because it simultaneously subverts conventional tonal logic and has the same dramatic sense of movement as the resolution of a more traditional tritone substitution or augmented sixth-in this case D-A-D simultaneously expanding and collapsing to Eb-Ab-Eb.
@ratsalad178 3 жыл бұрын
i laughed SO hard when you said 'it just keeps happening' and drew a zubat
@Coldfront15 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing guitar for 8 years... and I didn’t understand a single thing. Epic.
@goczangabor24 4 жыл бұрын
Coldfront15 here's a good advice. i was 8 years in of playing the guitar when i started learning theory, it's the best thing that happened to me in my guitar journey. if you've been playing this long you probably do love guitar and you have all the technical skills that's needed to put theoretical things into practice and your playing . actually no guitar, no amp, no nothing has boosted my creativity and will to play as much as learning theory did. my progress with the instrument just skyrocketed. i'm not saying you can't be good or even great without theory, but i do say that what a lot of people think of theory isn't true, it won't kill your creativity or your natural instinct (that comes from the music you listen to and from your personality, nothing can really change that). it just shows you another perspective of what you've been doing so far and a much clearer path on how to develop your playing and how to achieve certain things on your instrument you've always wanted to, also cracks the code on how to play and write like your favorite musicians and eventually find your very own sound, which is your ultimate goal, even if you don't know it yet, trust me you'll come to realize that
@Coldfront15 4 жыл бұрын
Gábor Góczán Alright, well thank you!!! Any recommendations for where to learn casually?
@goczangabor24 4 жыл бұрын
Coldfront15 if i had to go through all of it again, i'd go straight to a personal teacher. i mean there's a lot of good stuff online, but it can't assess your current level and more importantly won't test you, which leads to a lot slower progress, also you can just take a break from it whenever you want to, which you eventually will and for a longer period than you had planned. with a teacher, the fact that you have a deadline until which you have to learn certain things puts just the right amount of pressure on you to make you practice and improve. another piece of advice, try and be open to everything, for instance for the longest time i tried to avoid sheet music, because i thought i wouldn't use it ever and to this day i'm still no good sight reader but it turns out it's a whole lot easier to visualize a lot things in a staff, also i didn't want to play jazz, because i didn't like it that much but it teaches so many things that you can use in other styles etc... so yeah, be open and have fun playing ;)
@wawayoung290 4 жыл бұрын
I would like to see you review Owl City's songs especially Fireflies.
@SeisoYabai 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this analysis but I found it kind of hard to understand the emotions you were describing without more of the song to listen to. I think playing slightly larger portions of the song would help contextualize the more subtle bits (even if its just repeating the measure)
@malsMostImportantMoments 4 жыл бұрын
I’m over here, a fan of Green Day, watching this video and wishing I understood this video better. This guy is clearly a music genius; I honestly have no music background and wish I was this smart.
@BloggerMusicMan 2 жыл бұрын
Corey is great, but he spent a lot of time studying this stuff. So can you if you're so inclined. :)
@TheGoodGoodMan 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
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