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@victorcornelioa.k.a.skyler5917

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a simple person. I see The White Stripes, I click. Also, first reply!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

@@victorcornelioa.k.a.skyler5917 First reply reply!

@mjdigs

3 жыл бұрын

Second reply!

@yragnellaable

3 жыл бұрын

That Beethoven song Joel uses is also used by KISS on their song Great Expectations from Destroyer. The verse has that exact melody. Love your channel David.

@Dragonnox

3 жыл бұрын

Just a heads up, the coupon code only works for one month.

Inerestingly, Billy Joel actually credits Beethoven on the original album notes. Great show of respect.

@southernoregoncatmom6519

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I love his "Innocent Man" album.

@ericbgordon1575

3 жыл бұрын

My mother and I were just talking about the album *and* the song yesterday. She didn't realize that Billy had lifted part of the melody from Beethoven.

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

Hurray! Someone finally noted this! I've been saying this for years!

@edfisher6434

3 жыл бұрын

also ,hes tagging himself with Beethoven for reflected glory,trying to put himself into a class were he don't belong

@ericbgordon1575

3 жыл бұрын

That is entirely subjective and (possibly) completely out of line,@@edfisher6434 You can imagine that if Mozart were alive and had been the one that Billy had referenced in his original music, Mozart would not have scoffed at all. He would have applauded Billy. It's easy enough to imagine that if Beethoven had lived in the same time, he would have thanked Billy for having referred to his compositions for a mainstream pop audience.

That's why The Beatles wrote Get Bach.

@elcontraatacante566

2 жыл бұрын

😁👍🇵🇪

@bertrach

2 жыл бұрын

Boooo! But Yeyyy!!!

@azeiras

2 жыл бұрын

Very crunchy and crispy...

@ntmarkets5002

2 жыл бұрын

#facepalm :)

@jarutatsnidwongse

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣😂😂

Also the song "All by myself" by Eric Carmen is based on Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, opus 18

@janetstreet7264

Жыл бұрын

One of my favs, both of them

@aarondavidlong

Жыл бұрын

Was the first song I expected to be on this list.

@MrCubFan415

Жыл бұрын

say no more fam kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5-ipLqIg8-sgdY.html

@StarHorseLover2012

Жыл бұрын

Yup - he left that one out.

@tkoch7503

Жыл бұрын

Plus "Boats against the current" is based on "Row, row, row your boat".

It's hard to believe that this set doesn't include probably the bigest copy of classical music I know: "All by myself" - this whole song (whole!) is based on the leitmotif from the 2nd part of the 2nd piano concerto by Rachmaninov.

@309stinkybigboy

7 ай бұрын

Eric Carmen had to credit Rachmaninoff in the songwriting, as that particular piece was not yet in the public domain.

@DenisEssiambre

5 ай бұрын

Same with " Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" : third movement from Symphony no. 2 by Rachmaninov

@orbrat212

5 ай бұрын

That was in the first part

@kencory2476

5 ай бұрын

There's a lot of similarity between a slow Rachmaninov movement (forget which one at the moment) and "Song of Bernadette" by Leonard Cohen.

@lglen853

4 сағат бұрын

Hé did in another video

As a Disney historian, I was reminded of the quote by a Disney composer from the 1950s: "We've been stealing from Tchaikovsky for years."

@giasharie274

3 жыл бұрын

Just listen to Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and compare it to the score for the Disney film 😉

@katherineheasley6196

3 жыл бұрын

@@giasharie274 yep. Basically, the score is lifted almost directly from the ballet.

@RR-qv8uz

3 жыл бұрын

Did that come from the Sherwood brothers? Love the anecdote🙂

@alastairdallas

3 жыл бұрын

@@RR-qv8uz No, "The Art of Animation" by Bob Thomas (1959).

@CostanzaMorchio

3 жыл бұрын

*coughs* sleeping beauty

Bach, the real rock star

@caitlyn9261

3 жыл бұрын

a bachstar, if you will

@davidepoli3423

3 жыл бұрын

Horizon (Genesis) from a C Cello suite

@mariashouse5492

3 жыл бұрын

Then there's Beethoven!😊

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

YEP.

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariashouse5492 Yes, very true but even Beethoven recognized his predecessor as one of the masters. His own favourite composer was Handel (The Messiah), however.

Amazing that you did not mention Emerson, Lake and Palmer who based so many of their songs on Classics, Sometimes note-for-note, "Barbarian' (Bartok's "Allegro Barbarro"), "Knife-Edge" (Janáček's "Sinfonietta" and Bach), "The Only Way" (Bach), "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Mussorgsky), "Nut-rocker" (Tchaikovsky), "Hoedown" (Copland), "Toccata" (Ginastera's 1st piano concerto), "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Copland),...

@augustoanjos2866

Жыл бұрын

The Court of Crimson King (King Crimson) have introductory melody based on a classic composition, but I don't remember which one and by which composer. Eruption, by Focus, is based on Bartok´s concert for piano.

@julioalbertoherrera1339

Жыл бұрын

Very complete answer.

@MendTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

I was familiar with the musical tracks on The Nice, Keith Emerson's band before ELP, and also before my knowledge of classical music expanded significantly. I was stunned time after time to discover classical music riffs that had been unapologetically appropriated by The Nice. I'm not saying they didn't do a good job with them. I just had no idea where they got so many of their musical ideas.

@carbonc6065

Жыл бұрын

Actually, some of these songs you mentioned were just renditions--not copies/rip offs.

@scarlettphoenix7024

Жыл бұрын

Prokofiev

5:45 "consciously or not, he might've been inspired by Bach" I think that's really important to remember, that people get subconsciously inspiration too. I feel like many people that often say "oh they just completely stole it from this and that," especially when 'stealing' from classical music but also in pop songs, don't realize this. It's so easy to get a tune or melody stuck in your head, and to write a song with it. It's very easy to pick this up from anywhere really, even subconsciously.

"These songs aren't protected from copyright" KZread: *I'll fix it don't worry*

@BillyBraga

3 жыл бұрын

For KZread to get involved, there needs to be artists or labels making claims.

@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillyBraga There's a lot of fear mongering in the youtube comments from people who don't understand copyright law. Literally no one wants artists to be exploited. Yet, using their copyrighted music in your (not you Billy) dumb ass reaction video which takes no effort to make whatsoever and expecting to do so without being de-monitized is doing just that - stealing from the artists you love. "But people aren't complaining about that..." YES THEY ARE YOU DUMB FUCK

@thefakepie1126

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillyBraga someone can upload a non-copyrighted song on youtube and pass it off as an original work and copyright it , it has already happened before , I think it was a tobu song but I'm not sure , but basicaly someone downloaded the non-copyrighted song , then reuploaded it , then copyrighted it , and then claimed a bunch of people that used it , another case of that happening is someone copyrighted a cover of a video game ost I think and then claimed a bunch of people that used the ost

@theknightsofawesomeness2701

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard How do you know? Not everybody is the same or so you only see that kind of comment on lazy reaction channels? I'm just curious

@patbass8282

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefakepie1126 happened to me, i played eccles sonata on my saxophone which is too old to be copyrighted and it got struck down. I appealed and nothing

What I've learnt from this is that Gustav Holst is directly responsible for the invention of heavy metal...

@davidcantwell2489

3 жыл бұрын

Friend you have no idea how much ....... =^>

@InquisitorSinCross

3 жыл бұрын

I'd argue that Bach is bigger father figure to metal than Holst

@mattgilbert7347

3 жыл бұрын

Holst: The Riffs Bach: The Shred

@Otokichi786

3 жыл бұрын

Not just Heavy Metal: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Nm1rx7oabYZLg.html The theme music for a Japanese drama "Rikuo," about a Tabi maker breaking into the athletic shoe market: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmRsvLOJgLTQm9I.html

@bryemycaz

3 жыл бұрын

So true, Deep Purple musicians Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore were both classically trained. The majority of Purple songs are based around some form of Classical music.

Makes sense now why a lot of rock music fans like listening to classical music. A lot of it is influenced from it. I really appreciate such great musicianship. Its really a testament to their craft.

@matt.willoughby

9 ай бұрын

A lot of metal uses classical progressions, rock not so much.

@StephanieMT

3 ай бұрын

And rap

As for Procol Harum the Hammond organ line of “A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)” was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's “Sleepers, Wake!” and “Air on the G String” 🙂

I love it when people say they don't like classical music. I tell them you do, you just don't know it.

@paulmadryga

2 жыл бұрын

Touché.

@Gus-jb8cm

2 жыл бұрын

I say the same to some of my music mad friends, Inc those who like rock!!

@Zimoria

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I don't really like classical, but I do respect it for it's place in history. I appreciate and actually enjoy the music built and expanded from it. Music evolves and just because I like one rendition doesn't mean I like all or the original compositions.

@simon6kilo90

2 жыл бұрын

By that logic everyone likes everything yet that's just not really the case

@edwardlayer4259

2 жыл бұрын

Or, they don’t like classical music.

When I was in college, a friend borrowed my STYX music book cz she was a music major and said that she was sick of playing Bach. She gave me the book back and annoyingly said ‘It’s Bach’

@ramina6568

3 жыл бұрын

Fuckin hell man

@pb2771

3 жыл бұрын

How did she even get the music major?

@dominonine

3 жыл бұрын

Bach is the fibonacci sequence of music.

@trog.lodyte

3 жыл бұрын

I'll be Bach

@barrowsb

2 жыл бұрын

She was just telling you where it was :)

I'm sorry, but listening to Tubular Bells, now 50 years after I first heard it, STILL gives me the chills. Same chills I had as a teenager.

@frederickglasser5617

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCommentsWhisperer I followed the Police very closely in the early 80's. I still have my vinyl of Reggata d'Blanc, Outlandos d'Amour, Zenatta Mondatta, and Ghost in the Machine. In my opinion, Ghost in the Machine was a drop off compared to the prior three albums. I believe Bring on the Night is their greatest song.

@volt9903

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@macronencer

Жыл бұрын

Tubular Bells has some weird powerful magic in it and I have never quite been able to describe its effect on me. It triggers a feeling that can't be triggered any other way. It reminds me, not of the 1970s in which I grew up, but of some idealised, nonexistent version of that time instead. The Welsh word "hiraeth" almost fits... but I'm not longing for the past, I'm longing for a version of it that I know never really existed.

@jamesmathes3357

Жыл бұрын

over the years, I have become partial to tubular bells 2, but my fave is Ommadawn.

@frederickglasser5617

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCommentsWhisperer I think Sting let fame get to his head. That his music became intentionally esoteric. Don't think that much of their music has "legs." On the other hand, I've been listening to a lot of Jim Croce and James Taylor the past month and their music is as fresh now, as it was 50 years ago. What Jim did with words is stunning.

I really like it when modern songwriters / composers borrow form classical pieces . In many case people become curious about the source and start to appreciate classical music more

These are all the songs he mentions in this video: This Night - Billy Joel (2nd Movement Sonata Pathetique - Ludwig van Beethoven) Blackbird - The Beatles (Bourrée in e minor - JS Bach) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach) Bourrée - Jethro Toll (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach) Friends - Led Zeppelin (Mars - Gustav Holst) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Mars - Gustav Holst) The Last Battle - John Williams (Mars - Gustav Holst) Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (Symphony No.5 in Bflat major - Anton Bruckner) Light My Fire - The Doors (Invention no. 8 - JS Bach) Penny Lane - The Beatles (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - JS Bach) Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach) Plug in Baby - Muse (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach) Jane Seymour - Rick Wakeman (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach) Brainless - Eminem (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach) The Real Thing - 2 Unlimited (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach) Russians - Sting (Romance Theme - Sergei Prokofiev) Party Like a Russian - Robbie Williams (Dance of the Knights - Sergei Prokofiev) Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein (Piano Concerto No. 5 mvmt. 2 - Beethoven & Swan Theme - Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky) Annie's Song - John Denver (5th Symphony in E minor, 2nd mvmt - Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky) Because - The Beatles (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven) Better Than Yourself - Lukas Graham (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven) Neon Gravestones - 21 Pilots (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven) Could it be Magic - Barry Manilow (Prelude in C minor - Frederic Chopin) The Globalist - Muse (Nimrod Theme - Edward Elgar) Tous Les Maux D'Amour - Norma Ray (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré) Natural - S Club 7 (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré) Little Me - Little Mix (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré) A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins (Sonatina No.5 - Musio Clementi) I Need You to Turn to - Elton John ( The Greatest Discovery - Elton John ( Breathe Me - Cia (Metamorphosis no.1 - Philip Glass)

@tonyrun5802

Жыл бұрын

I was expecting Smoke On The Water to be here, oh well

@clivesmith9377

Жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield-Guilty (Étoile Polaire (North Star)-Philip Glass)

@TheJayson8899

Жыл бұрын

They're called Light My Fire and Penny Lane.

@quantosgames3289

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJayson8899 fixed

@kichigan1

Жыл бұрын

You should write a book.

George Martin was truly the fifth Beatle. Not only did he translate classical music into Rock music for them. He also played different instruments on some tracts.

@robcarlton8578

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe that’s why it’s taking him so long to finish book 6

@stevieh9860

2 жыл бұрын

There is an excellent BBC radio documentary on George Martin out there somewhere. I wish I could find it.

@adonaiyah2196

2 жыл бұрын

He absolutely was

@ctihodnymuz72

2 жыл бұрын

And Billy Preston ...

@rman52

2 жыл бұрын

@@ctihodnymuz72 Not even close. He played piano on a just a few songs and wrote none. Martin wrote, arranged, and was the most innovative engineer ever.

Hats off to you, Master Bennett, for identifying so many borrowed melodies and demonstrating them in both written and audio formats.

@metacosmos

7 ай бұрын

it is a way to desmythify the composers, they are just men like you and me who know how to rip other songs.

One composer/artist you neglected to mention led me years ago into a much greater understanding of both classical and jazz and that is Frank Zappa who used short clips of excerpts of Holst's "The Planets" woven directly into his compositions. That is only one example among many. He also on the Mothers of Invention's first album listed names of the people who had influenced him, stating "Please don't hold it against them". As I was a fan of his, I followed his advice, and looked them up. I've been grateful to him ever since.

@Khayyam-vg9fw

7 ай бұрын

I'd need to check, but I'm pretty sure that Zappa weaves a passage from Stravinsky's "Petrushka" (played on a celesta) into "Status Back Baby".

@johnbastille5483

7 ай бұрын

@@Khayyam-vg9fw Thanks for the heads-up. That would be absolutely typical of him...I'll check on it myself.

@metacosmos

7 ай бұрын

everybody has borrowed from The Planets.

Another good example is “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen, which is a carbon copy of Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto in C# minor, the second movement!

@log791

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a very basic example, doesn't the video contain it? :O

@thisisaloadofbarnacles921

3 жыл бұрын

He has discussed that on a previous video of his.

@jyrtoleek2369

3 жыл бұрын

Its not "carbon" copy. You cant play one's melodies on other one but they're bssically the same piece yes. Muse's Butterflies and Hurricanes has a middle piano part what actually IS a "carbon" copy of the same Concerto's first movement.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I actually covered both of Eric Carmen's liftings from Rachmaninov in my previous video on the topic: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5-ipLqIg8-sgdY.html 😀

@BostonBobby1961

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the estate of Rachmaninoff did in fact sue Eric Carmen. Not enough time went by when he borrowed from the Russian composer.

Watching your videos feels like I'm failing a class but enjoy attending

@briciolaa

3 жыл бұрын

omg exactly

@ClueSign

3 жыл бұрын

So accurate!!

@solarcowgirl

3 жыл бұрын

Right? I had no idea music theory was this fun-

@paulmaynard408

2 жыл бұрын

LOL my thoughts exactly 😄

The melody in Bach's bourree is almost exactly the melody for Jack's Lament from Nightmare Before Christmas. Can't believe that's a coincidence.

I know nothing about music, and am a thrash metal fan, but classical music has always fascinated me. This is a great video and makes me realize how timeless it is.

As we say in the Netherlands "Better stolen well than conceived badly"

@timpenfield5

3 жыл бұрын

Or. As Robert Plant said. "BE ORINAL, OR AT LEAST STEAL ELOQENTLY, Or " PETE TPWSEND "EVERY MUSICIAN IS A LIAR AND A THIEF" But , the Netherlands were probably first. hahaa ' '

@willwhitton7294

3 жыл бұрын

works well for babies

@SomeNot

3 жыл бұрын

Or Steve Jobs: “Good artists copy, great artists steal”

@ekathe85

3 жыл бұрын

OP how does the saying go in dutch?

@Herobox-ju4zd

3 жыл бұрын

@@ekathe85 Beter goed gejat, dan slecht verzonnen.

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Billy Joel credited Beethoven for “This Night”. Even though it was already public domain. Pretty admirable, in my opinion.

@iamtimmycouk

3 жыл бұрын

Tbf as it's not public domain so he doesn't own Beethoven any money so it's not as suprising

Oh, John Williams swiped from a lot of different classical bits -- Zimmer's soundtrack for Gladiator is a pretty heavy swipe from Holst's Mars. Elvis's song Its Now or Never is O Solo Mio, and I Can't Help Fallig in Love is a direct use of Martini's Piacer d'amor

@owenlaprath4135

Жыл бұрын

John Williams swiped everything from everybody. Even the famous and much hailed Star Wars was a rearrangement of the "633 Squadron" score by Ron Goodwin! The only two original notes he ever wrote were the TWO notes that make up the entire music for "Jaws". TWO FREAKIN notes is all he ever really thought of! Crikey!

@nhjproxy

2 ай бұрын

@@owenlaprath4135Pretty sure even those were swiped from Rite of Spring, you can find a few of his themes “borrowed” from it.

This is amazing. I played Swan Lake as my wife and I were working last night and told her that the exact passage you mentioned always reminded me of Somewhere, from WWS. To hear you confirm my connection one night later is incredible. Also, there are enough examples to do a second part, such as Procol Harem's A Whiter Shade of Pale. Thanks for you dedication to music!

@louise_rose

3 ай бұрын

Sting's "Russians" deliberately borrows from Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kijé". :)

best part of lifting inspiration from classical songs is you don’t get sued by marvin gaye’s family

@SamuelKristopher

3 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly waiting for the day the Gaye family tries to get Beethoven exhumed so he can face a copyright lawsuit

@chrismaddock5790

3 жыл бұрын

@@SamuelKristopher Careful guys, you might give 'em ideas XD

@nikhilchaudhari140

3 жыл бұрын

Classical songs. Okay.

@Testgeraeusch

3 жыл бұрын

When Star Wars came out in 1977, the planets were only 57 years old and their creator just 43 years dead. And i know that the Holst foundation has sued people over copying from the work in the past... Curious how John Wiliams avaoided that. But I'm glad he did. Strict copyright is a pain for creativity.

@1777DK

3 жыл бұрын

I lol`ed. It’s funny because it’s true, it’s sad because it’s still true.

You know the best part of this video? You spliced in interviews with basic analysis and commentary. It flowed wonderfully, and was enjoyable to watch. I am terrible at theory, and a lot of what you included made so much more sense. Thanks for making such a wonderful video!

" smoke on the water " according to Ritchie Blackmore is Beethovens 5th done in the style of a medieval tune done in 4ths, all will be revealed if you search it.

Thank you so much - I've been loving Light My Fire for 25 years, and never heard Ray Manzarek's explanation of where it came from, and the circle of fifths graphic makes it so clear. Really nice to learn something new about a song I love 🙂

Absolutely loved this video. Way to go David.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Aimee! That means a lot 😃 I hope you’re well 🙂

Mars, Bringer of War is also immediately apparent in: - Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath - Call Me - Blondie - Am I Evil - Diamondhead (maybe more famously covered by Metallica)

@neonskyline1

2 жыл бұрын

"The Iron dream" Hawkwind

@user-wx2ek3uv1i

2 жыл бұрын

The Devil's Triangle - King Crimson They commonly performed the piece in live shows and they wanted to put it in the album, but they didn't allow it then, so they just changed the name, slowed it down, and covered it with a bunch of improvised noise and samples.

@paulbolton4929

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-wx2ek3uv1i Steven by Alice Cooper

@lilibetp

2 жыл бұрын

And in the 2009 Star Trek film.

@Matthew.E.Kelly.

2 жыл бұрын

"Ramses, Bringer of War" by Nile 😉

Diamond Head's "Am I Evil" is another song with Holtz's "Mars" melody. Thank you for all your videos!

@Valvicus

2 ай бұрын

Holst.

@marcopreto

2 ай бұрын

@@Valvicus thank you for correcting my typo! Cheers

Paul Simon's, "American Tune" a personal favorite, is based on Bach's hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” from his St. Matthew Passion. I got busted when I began humming the lyrics at a classical concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

@louise_rose

3 ай бұрын

Yes, and interestingly, the triumphant final chorus of Bach's Christmas Oratorio is the *same* melody as "O Sacred Head" - but transposed up into radiant major and with lyrics about how God has promised us to take vengeance on Satan through Christ. The connection is thinly veiled but must have been obvious to 18th/19th-century audiences. How does God achieve his vengeance on Satan? By the suffering of Christ, of course.

I wish there were more 'rip-offs' of "Swan Lake." That is my favorite classical song.

@davidwoods8181

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty long song

@Biotechen

3 жыл бұрын

If you’d like to venture out to foreign languages check out this mandopop treasure: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJx8m5OCmdqTmto.html

@TaraTara-ld2xb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Biotechen Cool. Thank you!

@kieranmcglone9747

3 жыл бұрын

Public Image Limited’s ‘Death Disco’ kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3qs0q5uhNPAeJM.html

@whatever2045

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a song

I listen to classical music on my car radio and my daughter would borrowed my car on some days to drive to college. She would usually change the radio station, but one time she didn’t. When asked why she left the radio on classical; she told me she found it to be relaxing and did not encourage speeding. I considered her to be another convert and a personal victory for me.

One of the more obvious influences was Procol Harems Whiter Shade of Pale which took from Bach’s Sleepers Awake and Air on G String.

The Knight Rider theme song is partly based on part of Léo Delibes' "Procession of Bacchus" from the ballet Sylvia.

This has sort of slo-mo blown my mind. I think of pop and rock artists as organic, starting in their garages with their mates. It never dawned on me that so many of them have strong classical foundations.

@dreamweaver1603

2 жыл бұрын

Only the good ones.

I know it’s not really pop, but king crimson’s the Devil’s Triangle is heavily influenced by Gustav Holst’s Mars.

@fuckamericanidiot

3 жыл бұрын

Tons of prog is famously based on classical music - it's almost a feature

@JustPlainJef

3 жыл бұрын

And Diamond Head's "Am I Evil," covered by Metallica.

@frogindeed

3 жыл бұрын

It's more than heavily influenced. They wanted to actually call it Mars, but the estate of Gustav Holst refused.

@dr.2335

3 жыл бұрын

And so is Black Sabbath’s track Black Sabbath.

@martshankleman

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the original King Crimson play Mars in Sept 1969. At that time they were open about using it.

Jimmy Page almost always directly quoted a couple lines from Bach's Bourree at the end of of the Heartbreaker guitar solo when performing live with Zeppelin. Page also recorded an adaptation of Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 in E Minor (titled simply "Prelude") for the soundtrack to the Deathwish II movie and performed it frequently as a solo artist in the 1980s.

@Diesel257

6 ай бұрын

I was looking for the Bach/Zeppelin comparo. My buddy blew my mind sitting me down and showing me a ton of Zeppelin songs but with Bach albums.

Lots of old pop songs are based on classical music. “My Reverie” (1938) is based on Debussy. “Till the End of Time” (1940s) is based on Chopin. “Full Moon and Empty Arms” (1940s) is based on Rachmaninov. “Stranger in Paradise” and “Baubles, Bangles and Beads” (1950) are based on Borodin. These are just a few examples.

@aliceanneacts6164

2 ай бұрын

All of Kismet is pulled from Borodin. (I’m not really much of a classical music scholar, but I can occasionally impress with a casual “ that’s Borodin” because I know Kismet so well…)

I always thought Sting's Russians sounded like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". It was even a hit around Christmas time!

@phatato

3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say the same thing!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

It does! I thought that too 😂

@loka9422

3 жыл бұрын

I was actually thinking that...

@JP-lz3vk

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Sting credits Prokoviev in the sleeve notes for Russians, so not exactly hidden

@nickilott9495

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't Greg Lake also borrow from this Ballet for his Christmas song 'I believe in Father Christmas'?

I’ll take a wild guess before watching and assume pachabel is going to be half the video

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I've already exhausted all the Pachelbel examples in my previous video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5-ipLqIg8-sgdY.html ☺

@miguelpereira9859

3 жыл бұрын

Canon in D is the despacito of the classical world

@applehack97

3 жыл бұрын

@@miguelpereira9859 I hate you because I love the Canon in D but you're absolutely right...

@applehack97

3 жыл бұрын

just noticed my comment might sound harsh, I just wanted to say that it was a bold statement, but a very true one

@miguelpereira9859

3 жыл бұрын

@@applehack97 I'm not that serious about it lol. I actually took this comment from TwoSet. It's a wonderful piece but it has been overplayed to death unfortunately. Oh and it's also hell if you're a cellist

the effort you put into creating these contents are impressing and greatly appreciated

While it was actually more of a Belgian act, as a Dutch 90's kid I feel a certain pride you're featuring 2 Unlimited in one of your awesome videos 😁 I believe my first cassette tape was from them, my second being a copy made from my dad's Beatles records. Now I finally see the link ♥😃

Anyone else notice that the Prokofiev/Sting piece sounds like “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen”?

@jordansalfityguitarist

2 жыл бұрын

I did too

@lilyd8908

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Also thought it sounded like the theme from the last Harry Potter movie.

You've probably mentioned this one in other videos, but "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum, based on a Bach Air, is one of my favorites.

@benjaminramirez3

2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn it I watched 14 minutes of this fucking video thinking the song was gonna be in it

@jackpeterson6670

2 жыл бұрын

I was wating the whole time for this, but it never came

Wonderful video. I have to mention my favourite examples .Eric Carmen’s two hits ALL BY MYSELF & NEVER GOING TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN. Based on beautiful works of Rachmaninov who was given co-writing credits.

I'd like to add "Joybringer" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) to the list please. An absolutely beautiful pop version of Holst's Jupiter, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, and the words do full justice to the theme too. A truly up-beat feel-good anthem of a song!

"Moonlight Sonata" was also the basis for "Schroeder" in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." And Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu became "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" in 1917, which has been recorded many times by many artists over the years, Judy Garland among them.

Jimmy Page: "Stairway is inspired by Bach" SPIRIT HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

@jebatman756

3 жыл бұрын

Spirit probably also influenced him on an unconscious level as they gigged together. Not more than that. He didn't steal Spirit's song

@LoneShot95

3 жыл бұрын

@@jebatman756 are you joking

@nigelj.d8677

3 жыл бұрын

How about Soldier of fortune from deep purple?

@luxpall

3 жыл бұрын

SPIRIT HAS ENTERED THE CHAT hello spirit my name is Davey Graham, how you doin ?

@tonyanderton3521

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoneShot95 That's been through all the American courts with expert witnesses and they say that Led Zep didn't rip-off Spirit's song. Do you know better? It sounds as though Spirit were also "influenced" by J. S. Bach. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you create something new, as Led Zep did with Stairway.

There is also the end of the Overture movement of Rush’s 2112. They lift the end of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Alex Lifeson uses it in his guitar solo

You're right, Jack White was indeed a classically inclined musician. I've longed to see him in the Phantom of the Opera.

If you play a rock song backwards your more likely to get a classical tune than a message.

King Crimson's "The Devil's Triangle" (one of the scariest pieces of music ever written, if you ask me) was heavily inspired by Holst's "Mars" as well. It actually started as a cover of the classical piece they would do in live shows. I have heard that this particular version of "Mars" played by King Crimson around 1969-70 was also the main inspiration for Black Sabbath's eponymous song.

@gigatesla

Жыл бұрын

"Mars" is an absolute banger. It's also been directly included in at least two heavy metal songs - the beginning of "Am I Evil" by Diamond Head, which Metallica often covers, and in Symphony X's "Divine Wings of Tragedy."

@Valvicus

2 ай бұрын

Yes, King Crimson's second album "In The Wake Of Poseidon", contains "The Devil's Triangle". And don't forget Rick Wakeman's "Cans And Brahms" from Yes's "Fragile", and his Mellotron-drenched arrangement of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah" on his "Six Wives Of Henry VIII".

Nice analyse! 70s rockers were inspired by their parent's playlist!

Kudos for an excellent presentation on an intriguing topic. This brings me more up-to-date on popular music swiped from classical composers. Like beyond A Lover's Concerto (Minuet in G Major, Christian Petzold, probably).

I swear, you are absolutely brilliant at this "explaining music" thing.

The first song that came to my mind was "Memories" by Maroon 5. Edit: And basically any song that uses Canon's chords lol

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I've already got a video comparing Canon and Memories actually: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5-ipLqIg8-sgdY.html 😀

@gi5897

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano Yeah I saw it haha

@gunnaryoung

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds new of this standup routine kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJiszbiKqZq3fLA.html

@jebatman756

3 жыл бұрын

Taking inspiration is one thing. Lazily copying the whole damn melody is another, shame on Adam Levine

@gi5897

3 жыл бұрын

@@jebatman756 Yeah the first time that I heard Memories I inmediatly said "That's Canon in D" I think that if the melody wasn't so obvious, I would like it more and we could call the song an "inspirstion from Canon in D" and not a "Rip Off of Canon in D".

Thank you for your excellent and forensic look into music. I learned a lot which is always a great thing to experience.

Instantly recognized the Romance Theme from Lieutenant Kijé as God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen. Fascinating!

Hats off to those who identify these songs and also to the performers who acknowledge the contribution and not least to David Bennett for making these videos.

As a classically trained composer and guitarist, I truly enjoyed this video.

I love Twenty One Pilots and Muse, it’s cool to know where some of their inspiration came from

@marcoliaro1818

Жыл бұрын

Literally my top 2 favorite bands!

One of your most delightful videos David!

Barry Manilow practices Chopin, drinks some wine and writes one of the most dramatic songs. It was nice to hear his honesty. So it's a great song.

"Bum Bum Tam Tam" uses the Bach Partita in A Minor for solo flute. After the intro (which is faithful to the original piece), it is turned into a shorter original melody with a few sampled intervals from the piece.

@cchoppin1520

2 жыл бұрын

Nunca imaginei encontrar alguém br aqui (aqui que tu é br, não sei:))

@Pedro_Larroza

2 жыл бұрын

@@cchoppin1520 Sou BR sim e muito orgulhoso da nossa cultura! :) Feliz de encontrar outro BR rs

Super high quality work, so much archive work and background study! I feel that You could actually have 3-4 channels, as You have several major fortes at Your side. This is like musical history documentary, then You have soothing voice, distinguished but pleasant facial features + search engine said that You play also

It is so much work preparing these videos! Thank you effort and the great result associated.

Paul Simon's "American Tune" takes the tune from a Bach piece that Bach stole from someone before him.

@k364k364

3 жыл бұрын

The old Lutheran Hymn was used for the folk standard "Because All Men Are Brothers" which Paul Simon knew very well.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Great example! I actually covered “American Tune” in my “Songs inspired by Bach” video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnlsqrejqNXVdqQ.html

And now we know why metal and symphonic work so well together.

@BillLaBrie

2 жыл бұрын

Romanticism with guitars vs. romanticism with oboes.

10:28 Mind. Blown. I did not know that Sting's song came from Prokofiev's melody. Amazing video, extremely well documented.

@happycommuter3523

11 ай бұрын

IIRC, Sting gave credit in the album liner notes.

I was thinking, you can't have a list like this without mentioning Pachelbel's Canon, but I expect it comes up in your other list.

4:46 I swear I could hear the Death Star exploding

@babsbylow6869

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same myself.

Im so glad you brought up Mars and Star Wars, I have been sitting on that knolwedge for so long im glad its finally seen the light of day

Barry Manilow’s Could This Be The Magic is genius. I learned to play that piece long before Manilow penned the lyrics. The first time I heard the song, I instantly loved it.

@DrTWG

Жыл бұрын

Yep , Barry Manilow is a bona fide genius . The lyrics on Bermuda Triangle are stunning - ' Bermuda Triangle , it makes people disappear .... Bermuda Triangle , don't go too near ' .

@nickbaldwin1668

3 ай бұрын

Yes, Barry wrote some great lines,the bloke who sang “Copacabana” every week at the caraoke bar where I used to go ,would sing “ his name was Rico ,he was an asshole”😅

I always love listening to anything DBP presents. So pleasant to listen to. So intelligent. We learn so much from him.

I am always thrilled to see you mention Muse and their classical influences. I love their work, classical music, and the classical composers who influenced them. I would love to see you do an entire video just on Muse and their use of classical compositions. There are a BUNCH of them!

@fdmct

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for real there’s so much there and it’s often done so well too

@astrogallus

3 жыл бұрын

@@fdmct - I couldn't agree more!

6:10 this invention by Bach is played incidentally on another Beatles song: All You Need Is Love

A thoroughly enjoyable podcast with some great tips for future listening. I would also pick out “One Day Like This” by Elbow and “Over The Hillside” by Blue Nile as tracks used to test speakers etc. Thanks Rick.

The copyright situation with Prokofiev is complicated. His works in Russia (Imperial or Soviet) are now in the public domain (pre-1918 works were appropriated, post-1936 works expired 25 years after his death). He was in the US between 1918-1936, and works up to 1927 are definitely in the public domain, but works from 1928 until his return to Russia may or may not be in the public domain depending on whether formalities were completed. Though that will be resolved at the end of this year, which is the 70th anniversary of his death.

You should do a whole video on Muse and all the classical references in their songs.

The old masters would be proud to have their music copied, interpreted, and remixed. That was how they learned - by copying masters. It was understood that you should use and remix great art. It's only recently that we are hyper-focussed on originality and not taking from the masters that went before us, and became litigious through copyright. IMO, creativity has suffered because of this.

@RasheedKhan-he6xx

3 жыл бұрын

Iain my father who is 92 tells of the start of electronic amplification and closed concert venues in then British India. Indian classical musicians (who are also composers if you understand how Ragas are organised) who were asked to perform where aghast that the music would be "shut in" (because the promoters were selling tickets) and insisted that speakers be lined up outside the venue so that the passing public could stop and listen.

@almostfm

2 жыл бұрын

As Stravinsky once said: Good composers borrow. Great composers steal.

@thubathabethe

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly so...

I’m 1:27 minutes into this video and can I just say, it’s super intelligent how you structured this information for us to understand. It’s sharpened the way I listen to classical music.

I really wish I'd known about the classical influence on songs of the 1960s and 1970s, as my father hated popular music then. I think hearing some of his beloved classical music turned into popular songs might, at least selectively, given him a better appreciation, or at least some appreciation, for rock music.

@jegog.

Жыл бұрын

Maybe not. I stopped listening to pop not long after I realized that half of Emerson, Lake and Palmer was lifted from classical composers. I listened to the originals and liked them more. (Disco was also majorly responsible.) Since then I cringe when I hear pop steals from classics that I love. Your dad might have had the same reaction. The worst was "A fifth of Beethoven". Makes me shudder just to remember it.

What an amazing number of references, interviews, scores and information on the same video. Mindblowing...

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Your channel is AMAZING, I can see how much effort you put on researching and making your videos. I had no idea about Bach's influence on Penny Lane, how cool was that.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! This video in particular was a real slog!

I just came across your channel the other day and started watching some other videos and your videos are actually very interesting

That speeded up Phil Collins track absolutely SMACKS. I demand a dance remix now!

Jimmy Page plays Bourrée in some Live versions of the heartbreaker solo

Don't forget the Eric Carmen's song "All by Myself" based on the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, by Sergei Rachmaninoff...

Excellent and enlightening work, enjoyed it!!

Thanks for all your work! 🎉 ❤

@DavidBennettPiano

Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

A huge amount of work to put this together, thanks very much! Some of those comparisons are a bit of a stretch, but it does serve to demonstrate that good music can appear and be interpreted in different ways. "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "All By Myself" are two that I was previously aware of, but I see both have been covered by other comments.

When I was in like third grade I had this Alicia keys album and she plays moonlight sonata in the song Piano & I. It’s the first full piece of classical music I learned how to play for a recital because of that. So I guess, thanks Alicia keys. 😂

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Good shout! I was going to include that song actually but it got caught by copyright strike 😖

Great video! My grandson of 16 has started to learn guitar playing and he has picked up music instinctively. This is why he plays classical music on his phone playlist. Can this be a his inner composer seeking its true roots?? ❤❤