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@Mota51

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, great work as always. I'd like to suggest reacting to "This is war" by Falconshield. League of Legends bars, bro 👌

@robertsanchez2334

2 жыл бұрын

Knox, please the next ERB react to be Joan of Arc vs Miley Cyrus.

@MR._.PRODUCER

2 жыл бұрын

Pls react to rustages L rap

@joeytomko1520

2 жыл бұрын

Who is Skrillex?

@Multiscrime

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I appreciate the effort you put in your videos!! I'm sure you'll love Eminem's Heat - I honestly can't wait for the moment I see it on your channel. Have a good day! :)

Fun fact: the ERB crew performed this song live back in the day and the real Skrillex showed up on stage.

@larescompitales4736

2 жыл бұрын

and even back in the day when real Mozar showed up on stage

@BiggusNickus

2 жыл бұрын

@@larescompitales4736 yeah when he brought his whole orchestra crew with him that stuff was wild

@deracer69

2 жыл бұрын

I was actually going to mention that it was done live, with the real Skrillex making an appearance, but you beat me to it, lol

@pringleton

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/daCCpc5vqaevnZM.html

@theriflemaan

2 жыл бұрын

did he actually perform his part or was he just there?

“I’ve transcribed it here” - Mozart was known for hearing a piece once and able to transcribe the entire work.

@parham1023

2 жыл бұрын

Also what comes after 68 (measure of diorriha) is 69...lol

@JustCobaltVA

2 жыл бұрын

@@parham1023 how have I've never noticed that?

@SteampunkClaws8341

2 жыл бұрын

@@parham1023 nice

@mmmm-lg2mj

Жыл бұрын

Yup

@skiller5034

Жыл бұрын

Famous example is "Miserere Mei, Deus", the transcription having been kept secret by the Vatican for years, and little Mozart shows up, hears it twice, transcribes it from memory and produces the first illicit copy, making this event the earliest record of music piracy.

For the "no one even knows you" line from Skrillex, I always took it as people typically only know Mozart's for his music and not who he was as a person, I know in schools (at least the ones I went to) we were only taught about his music, I only learnt all the other stuff about him later on in life. Where as Skrillex is modern age and with social media and the internet people know a lot about celebrities lifestyles and scandals.

@endineon9543

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I never really thought of it like that. After you explained it, that diss actually makes sense and is pretty acurate

@TheAlphatitan

2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of skrillex on social media lol

@katstorm13

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphatitan this erb is 8 years old, and I'm guessing they're referring to the fact that Skrillex released his first album as Skrillex on Myspace.

@theweebking6365

2 жыл бұрын

that's a pretty good point, initially I took it as them saying when compared to other classical composers he is arguably forgettable. for the most part i only really know the fictitious aspects of that one Antonio Salieri rumour regarding him and Mozart.

@roudkaross

2 жыл бұрын

i don't think so. I think he meant in his time. It''s a well known misconception that he became famous only after his death (which is not true) and he was mostly a court composer so most of the regular people were not really aware of his work; Furthermore there were wars all over at this time and it doesn't help the spread of culture. Most of his fame came from word of mouth from the court reaching other courts and wealthy people. Compared to the billions who knows skrillex it's indeed "no one"

And of course, Mozart demonstrates that he does actually knows of modern music as well: He is a prodigy referencing Prodigy (‘Smack My Bitch Up’).

@CannedMan

2 жыл бұрын

*know Stupid autocorrect.

@Schmidhead516

2 жыл бұрын

One of the most under-appreciated lines in ERB

@KAMUI138

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone was going to point that out

@vegaskullkid4503

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize that until now

@ThorsShadow

8 ай бұрын

I have no idea how Knox missed that. That's one of their most famous songs and that line "smack my bitch up" is basically ingrained into pop culture at this point.

This german can confirm, it was the Falco song. btw: "Smack my bitch up" is a song of the british band "The Prodigy".

@j4rm41n3

2 жыл бұрын

I hope that german also knows that Falco was not a german

@phreak811

2 жыл бұрын

@@j4rm41n3 Correct he was Austrian and from Vienna I believe.

@xJericho82

2 жыл бұрын

@@j4rm41n3 Of course he was from Austria. But he definitivly was big in the german speaking countries.

@RichardRenes

2 жыл бұрын

@@xJericho82 And the Netherlands ;) Rock me Amadeus was written and produced by Bolland & Bolland (who were Dutch but born in South Africa)

@henrytawnn8694

2 жыл бұрын

I still listen to Falco. Amadeus was good and the video is so weird. And I was hoping Knox would mention Prodigy. I used to listen to them, Firestarter was the first one of their songs I heard.

I really thought Skrillex was just a nerd that knew how to press the right keys on his computer, but i've seen some videos of him playing a lot of instruments and also his livestreams producing in 2020 and wow, the guy is actually talented as fck. But in this battle he gets BODIED by Mozart, no discussion

@runthemeows1197

2 жыл бұрын

I was one of those emokids who hated him making dubstep and quitting From First To Last. He was always talented af, most people just had no idea where he came from before Skrillex as a project.

@DaemonKeido

2 жыл бұрын

Ain't no shame in being a king beaten by a god, right?

@BiggusNickus

2 жыл бұрын

Oh he's talented for sure! I remember the "making of" video of that song he did with The Doors. The band at first seemingly didn't like the concept of the song at all, but he managed to adapt remarkably well to their style in the end. Shows that he's a great musician that can work with all kinds of styles.

@MrSquare

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, lets also not forget that good music production is hard; people don't just "press a couple of right keys on their computer" and make dubstep, or any genre of music

@adrierek

2 жыл бұрын

He was in from first to last and it was great

My favorite part of the soft to very very loud line is that literally what he does on that line. Like "not only am i dumbing this down but im giving you an example."

@mmmm-lg2mj

Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah

No love for the "Prodigy/ Smack my bitch up" bar? That's cold, man. I keed! ^_^ Great breakdown and analysis of both the bars and the music, as usual.

@MasterFuji81

2 жыл бұрын

Was gonna come in here for this too...

@StarmanNWC

2 жыл бұрын

Most people miss that one. I guess they weren’t that huge outside of Europe.

@bamwham9183

2 жыл бұрын

They may not be huge but that song in particular was very big when it came out. I too was disappointed he missed that bar.

@engeltjebaleno

2 жыл бұрын

most people seem to miss that one

@KeglekongenDK

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I was looking for a comment about this =D

Chernobyl was actually in Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union. The HBO show is also fantastic

@kyriel8

2 жыл бұрын

russian has captured chernobyl now

@Schmidhead516

2 жыл бұрын

@@kyriel8 it sure has

Just imagine what Mosart could do with the music tools and instruments we have today.

Skillex used to rock hard as hell when he was in From First to Last. Surprisingly they didn't bring up his old band from the early 2000s.

@angelicwarrior118

2 жыл бұрын

That was referenced somewhat in the “I’m a r-r-rock star” line.

@thedoomslayer5863

Жыл бұрын

Was he any good

Often wonder what the genius composers and musicians of the past would have done with the tech we have today. They were all groundbreaking in their day.

@apenguininthemist855

2 жыл бұрын

They probably would have been locked away or cancelled. So... nothing really.

@crappyanimations9992

Ай бұрын

They probably wouldn't be as good. Modern artists don't get enough credit. Classical composers were good at writing classical music, modern artists are good at writing modern songs. I doubt Eminem could write Appassionata, and I doubt Beethoven could write Rock Bottom.

Don't care what anyone says, Equinox and Bangarang are great tracks. Fun fact about Skrillex, he started his professional music career as the singer of the scream-o band From First to Last.

@user-dj6ub4bi4x

2 ай бұрын

The only one I know is when he does a song with Damien Marley. I really like that one. I usually don't think about it but when I remember I put it on. Great video with the rain dance at the end 😊

Oh you should have watched the live version of this song. I mean it's definitely still worth the rewatch for the "twist"

@fernandobanda5734

2 жыл бұрын

You see the twist in the thumbnail. It's really not a big deal.

@killersopinion1829

2 жыл бұрын

I second this comment.

@rustycalloway1814

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernandobanda5734 hence why I put twist in quotations. It's their choice of words not mine.

@TheEternalGoth

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he really should have watched that version.

you know so much about history bruh. im always blown away with how detailed and in-depth your knowledge is

Re: Blown out speaker. He produced Cinema (the remix of the Benny Benassi song) on a blown out speaker. That song later won him a Grammy.

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but I'd say Skrillex's line of "I Attack, you Decay" would count as a double because yes it's the music theory stuff, but I think it could also be him saying something like "I'm still alive and going strong and everything while you're just there rotting in the ground". Also when Skrillex says "I'm a rockstar" is also accurate, as before doing Dubstep he was the lead vocalist of a Hardcore/Screamo band named From First to Last.

@michaelbell4930

2 жыл бұрын

It’s actually not just music theory either. The line is actually more about techniques in producing music. Yes, attack, decay, sustain, and release are used to quantify the playing of a note (like how sudden it stops, how long it goes, etc) but these are also used for sound design. Synthesizers actually let’s you fully control those parameters with knobs and what not. He’s essentially talking about *making* his own sounds immediately after Mozart says he only hits a space bar while also relating those terms like you said. He also mention “sidechain” which is making a sound duck in volume sharply for another element to be heard over it. That’s usually for drums to be heard in a mix and it’s more of a filler bar I think unless he means Mozart’s disses aren’t hitting or he’s “ducking” them.

@lordofninjas1

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbell4930 thank you for the explanation. I was aware that it wasn't exactly what I said, but I was unable to come up with a better term to describe it, which is why I said music theory. Thank you again.

@unlimited971

2 жыл бұрын

Just go read the wikia. Not wikipedia

@lordofninjas1

2 жыл бұрын

@@unlimited971 sorry, I'm a bit confused as to why you commented that as you didn't really provide any context for it and it doesn't really seem to fit in with what comments are visible unless it was in response to a comment that has since been deleted.

@unlimited971

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordofninjas1 there is explanstion of lyrics in a wikia

I believe the "uh uh uh amadeus" is also a reference to Rock Me Amadeus

@princewhatever7780

2 жыл бұрын

One must love this reference to Falco. He's still underappreciated

Next do Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare!!! It's a classic banger

@ItsNikolai

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, it's one of the most one sided ERBs that exist.

@trium1554

2 жыл бұрын

I think he should react to the recent and better battles next before he moves onto more old erbs

@Thechaosmaster1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItsNikolai One sided doesn't even BEGIN to describe how that one goes. The Cat In The Hat and Things 1 and 2 just DESTROY Shakespeare.

@ItsNikolai

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thechaosmaster1997 yeah, shakespeare really just got played.

I love how Peter actually goes From P < F in his bars on that part. Mozart killed it

knox hill sound design/producing short tips sounds like a great video idea to me, hoping for that sidechain talk :)

Still surprised so many people miss the Prodigy line. One of the best songs in their catalog and one of the best electro songs in the last three decades

I am so glad that you finally reacted to this! Thank you very much :D You know... as this battle has music as it's main lyrical topic, I thought that you would watch this much sooner but I am really glad that you didn't "forget" about it :)

First time I've been this early to any video on KZread ever!!! Love your music and your breakdowns, keep up the great work my guy!

@zachsmith401

2 жыл бұрын

Please do Fabvl sayian Cypher

As has been previously mentioned, there was a live version of this. That would be really cool if you reacted to that one. 😁

Interesting I learned a few new things by watching this video that I didn’t catch watching this on my own. Thnx as always for catching things.

@KnoxHill

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always for supporting and for giving this channel a chance

Hey Knox, nice to see you again

Oh my god. I've listened to this ERB so many times and I've only just got the 'I'm a prodigy Sonny and I'm about to smack a bitch up' line. The Prodigy, a hugely influential EDM group, had a song called 'Smack My Bitch Up'. Considering they originated not even 20km from where I'm from I'm ashamed that it's taken me so long to get that line.

“No one even knows you” I take as people know Skrillex more on a personal level than Mozart. I don’t think they mean Mozart is forgotten to time, cause he’s not obviously.

@CrippledMerc

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That’s how I’ve always taken that line. People know Mozart’s music, but I’d say the vast majority of people probably know next to nothing about him beyond that. Like Knox mentioned, he was a really weird guy.

Ay Knox, good too see ya

Nice! One of my favorites!

Awesome video bro

I love when classical and techno are combined. Saints Row does that too and it's glorious.

@CrippledMerc

2 жыл бұрын

So do I! I’ve always enjoyed classical music and I’ve been a fan of EDM since the late 90’s so when I heard the music in Saints Row I was really excited! It’s such a fun combination!

Oh dang here it is! Please do the Einstein one next. Crazy flows on that one

Love your T-shirt

So awesome

You’re the first person reacting to this ERB on KZread that I’ve seen actually get the attack decay sustain release bars

Skrillex "I attack, you decay" line also refers to Mozart being dead as he has far been decayed lol

thanks a lot!

The ADSR bar got me. I have done sound programming for the SID chip :-)

This man is carrying reaction channels rn

i have been asking in comments for such a long time :)

“I’m a prodigy, Sonny, and I’m about to smack a bitch up” refers to the song Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy

Austrian here, appreciate your extensive knowledge about Mozart! Falco proves very good memory. ;)

My man Knox knowing and bringing up Falco was very unexpected but appreciated

while motzart explaining the "piano to fortississimo" bar he is looking into the camera and is dissing the audience for not knowing these things.

Brilliant breakdowns. That is all. 👍

agreed, this is one of my favorite beats in an ERB

Bro sick shirt! I want that one bro!

Skrillex actually still produces for a lot of pop artists

Love your reactions ! you should do it to chuck noris and abe lincon, my favourite

I'm a "prodigy" sonny and I'm about to "smack a bitch up" The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

Thank you for your bars breaks. I always listen to your chanel to practise my English. I apologize, but Chernobyl catastrophe took place in USSR (1986), the territory of Pripyat near Kyiv (Ukraine nowadays). Best wishes from Odessa (Ukraine).

I cannot believe Knox missed the The Prodigy line. He got the obscure joke with Skrillex's real name but missed the obvious Smack My Bitch Up line? 😂

'Skrillex' saying "Nobody even knows you" is equivocal to career suicide. The art of shooting oneself in the foot for being so, so wrong, that nobody can respect you for such a wrong claim.

@jakeand9020

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought Skrillex was doing good till that point, then it's just "what the heck are you talking about?" People like to say oh he meant like actually know him personally, or recognize his music, yada yada. Completely irrelevant, unless you're one of the very few people who's actually never heard of Mozart, that line kills the whole verse the first time you hear it.

@Short_Round1999

Жыл бұрын

@@jakeand9020Exactly. I can’t even remember the last time I listened to dubstep in general cuz I have been listening to classical so much lately. Even downloaded that new Apple Classical Music app

@jakob3044

Жыл бұрын

@@jakeand9020 and he reeks of dead mouse

@BallerBrain

Жыл бұрын

Know one knew Mozart personally while Skrillex has worked with multiple artists

Skrillex is still very active as a producer and songwriter, Usually working with Justin Bieber, TY Dolla Sign and Ed Sheeran along with running his own music label OWSLA with artists like Marshmello, Porter Robinson and Zedd among others with releases on the label

@EyeOfArgus

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that not a lot of people know this though is a testament to Mozart’s point

Knox you a busy man like me bro! Great job! Still want you on my show as my bday is coming up. Can we plan a live stream?

With how much Knox says it, I’m pretty sure everything is in the back of the mix by now

@KnoxHill

2 жыл бұрын

We live at the back of the mix

I love this battle and I’ve been a fan of Sonny since before the Skrillex project was even a thing, and I’ve also really enjoyed classical music since I was a little kid thanks to my dad, so this was a good pairing in my opinion. I like the idea of pitting old classical music like Mozart’s against the modern music of Skrillex. On your own time you should check out the behind the scenes or making of “Break’n a Sweat” with the surviving members of The Doors. It’s pretty neat to see a band like The Doors collaborating with someone who makes electronic music like Skrillex and to have them work out a song together.

Knox is that you singing the chorus to your song? Okayyyyy lol

I'll never forget man I was in a nightclub in Jacksonville and there was an MC spinning and he spawned March of the valkyrie with Nine Inch Nails White Zombie any Cannibal Corpse it was the most amazing thing that I've ever heard in my entire life

I love that you knew Falco! Best. Reactor. Ever!

One of my favorites, TGIF

You're just now seeing these? I remember when these were all brand new. OMG I feel fvkin ANCIENT

From ERB is the battle between the two different types of musicians featuring a Techno DJ and a Pianist Prodigy

shoulda watched the live version on this

NOTI GANG 🔥🔥

Prodigy had an album called Fat of the Land and one of the songs was smack my b*tch up. Which was used in Charlie Angels……the bad one. Awesome video!

i know how to press a spacebar too ! hahaha, that was great 😂

For the "piano to fortississimo" part could also be a dig at Skrillex's music (and I guess EDM in general now that I think about it) where it's really only got a somewhat quiet section and then the main drop where the volume is essentially blaring.

"No one even knows you" is meant as a rebuttal for "No one knows what you are"

Compression is the most popular thing to be known to have sidechained, but that's not the only one :p I really liked all the music/ production lines

Dubstep hasn't gone tho, it's still one of the most popular genres of EDM

Wow I just realized that I forgot that Skrillex exists - and how fast time flew by :'D

@glennjanot8128

2 жыл бұрын

Only shows how much Mozart won this battle ^^ His music still gets played today

@Gurkenpower

2 жыл бұрын

@@glennjanot8128 I don't think Mozart will ever be forgotten, even kids learn to know his huge talent and even if they don't listen to it, it won't be forgotten, his skills'll always be appreciated. When I was a teenager I didn't like his music, but I was fascinated of his skills, his story also motivated me. I'd tell his story my kids, if I had, even though I don't listen often to his music. I don't think there is another artist able to do that. the only one I'd say the same thing about would be Freddy Mercury, but I listen often to queen 😂 It's impossible to forget Mozart, that's almost like forgetting to eat 😂

@glennjanot8128

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gurkenpower While there are a lot of classical composers whose music is still listened to today, what I found the most amazing thing about Mozart's music is how it touched our emotions. And Mozart got better as he got older. I always wonder what kind of masterpieces he would have produced had he lived into his 70s

The prodigy line was 'Smack My Bitch up" by the band Prodigy

Reaction channels be like Somebody: breathes Guy: SO AS YOU CAN SEE HE BREATHES! this guy ain’t an exception.

Okay wait… you catch the Dead Mouse line but let the Prodigy and “Smack my Bitch Up” line go?

check out the erb live battle with this one

Missed (or didn't mention) that after the 68th measure of diarrhea is *69th* measure. Also, Mozart played before the king when he was five.

8:18 House is also another genre of music so that's probably a double too

I’m worried are you reading my mind I was just thinking about you reacting to this for like 2 days now

Plus Q Bass could also played as "cue bass" as the bass comes on the screen.

I have been waiting for this one. Beethoven vs Justin Biever or Miley Cyrus vs Jean of Arc next please 🙏🏻

My favorite line is the "68th measure of diarrhea" one hahahah

They have a live version of this battle on their second channel ERB2 I feel like you should react to that, because there is a twist to it.

If you liked the production, there's a song on the American Gods soundtrack called BarouqeTech. You should listen to it it starts of half string and then the last half is all electronic. You don't have to react to it its just good

I feel an Ikea Diss Track coming from Knox in the future

I actually pause a video with the ‘k’ key not a spacebar xD. Cuz when I click space multiple times, it maximizes the video

@7:26 Don't miss the the reference to the iconic 90s electronica song "Smack My Bitch Up" by "Prodigy"

You should do Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare

Oooo - I would love for you to show me where to find a clip of Mozart playing live! :D Sorry, had to josh you for that one; the dangers of having to talk on the fly like you do. Still, excellent reaction as always, buddy!

The I "rocked harder than you when I was 5 years old" is probably referring to his father falsely marketing him as 5 year old when he was older to make him seem more impressive

From ERB is the battle between a Techno DJ and a Pianist Prodigy

This and the one with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are my favourite ones haha! Knew them by hard years ago, heck probably still do lol

One of the best ERBoH episodes by far. Loved the series altogether. Thanks for covering them and keep doing you! PS: Chernobyl was in Ukraine, while they were part of the Soviet Union at some point, they've always been separate from Russia per say. Cheers

I'm hella late but the "prodigy" bar is also a shout-out to late '90s rock band Prodigy, one of whose best-known songs happens to called "Smack My B*tch Up." I don't think I need to elaborate more on what Mozart's saying in that bar; it's just another layer within the larger can of whoop-ass he unloaded at the beginning of his verse. As an aside... dang, the things you learn about historical figures. I never knew Mozart had that kind of affinity for excrement. 😲

monster is my favorite dubstep song still

Skrillex may not release a lot of music in his own name but he is actually producing a lot of the big popstars albums such as Justin Bieber and more. So more in the background than before, he also made a colab a couple years ago with Diplo, which were fire too. Nice breakdown though Knox ! 🤘

I'd love to see you react to Shakespeare VS Dr Seuss