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Rick Beato: The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time

Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:12 am
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
25715 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:12 am
This Video (youtube) popped up as suggested for me last night.

Pretty interesting, with how Rick breaks down the chords and changes that make this song so complex. Surprisingly complex for a song that most associate with music played in a shopping mall. I also found his thoughts interesting on how music itself is becoming less and less complex.

I started watching his other videos afterwards, and I really like his approach to music, and how he breaks things down for the layman like me (and by "Layman" I mean I'm a percussionist, not really a musician.)
This post was edited on 6/17/22 at 10:21 am
Posted by Decatur
Member since Mar 2007
31757 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 11:02 am to
Rick rules
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 12:25 pm to
Rick's song breakdowns are awesome, wish he pumped out more of them.
Posted by Decatur
Member since Mar 2007
31757 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 1:42 pm to
Rick blew my mind when he showed how much rock music from the 90s had sampled drums. Not only that but many used the same samples (I think it had to do with one of popular mixer engineers at the time).
This post was edited on 6/17/22 at 1:44 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89588 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

Rick blew my mind when he showed how much rock music from the 90s had sampled drums.


can you link that one?
Posted by Decatur
Member since Mar 2007
31757 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 3:18 pm to
Andy Wallace Mixing Techniques

Randy Staub Mixing Techniques

Talks about using quick gates on live drum tracks that trigger samples, white noise, reverb to get that big 90s drum sound.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61611 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 3:40 pm to
Did I really just sit there for 20 minutes listening to him about figuring out Sergio Mendez?

Now I'm going to be singing that song the rest of the day.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 11:00 pm to
Sergio Mendez had some great songs. This isn't one of them.
Posted by pheroy
Raleigh, NC
Member since Oct 2006
742 posts
Posted on 6/18/22 at 2:35 pm to
I don't watch Beato really regularly but I always enjoy him when I do. He's got some great and wide ranging artists that he'll bring up, like devoting one to the great jazz guitarist Joe Pass. I saw him at the Varsity in the 90s - truly a virtuoso.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
37677 posts
Posted on 6/21/22 at 2:56 pm to
Beato is great. I love his videos explaining in detail why we like certain songs. Lot of things you’re not even conscious of.
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