Abba, worst band? Alright boys, let's get our torches and pitchforks

@chasbee

Жыл бұрын

I call the right to cutting that bun off his head over Manhatten Transfer as well!!

@parkerhatcher224

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Abba is RaddBa!

@seanarooni

Жыл бұрын

Dancing queen owns

@andrewellis712

Жыл бұрын

Abba is incredibly overrated

@cboisandlin9601

Жыл бұрын

*and

Hendrix has had no influence on me! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go set my Strat on fire...

ABBA in the bottom five is for sure a hot take. And a controversial one at that :)

@fatjuicytaco

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment on that, I was floored when he said ABBA was bottom five

@hanreality.7266

Жыл бұрын

Yes, not sure where that came from.

@captaincran3940

Жыл бұрын

Came here to write the same thing. After already having discussed how challenging creating pop music is, Abba is top tier

@eternal_hangnail

Жыл бұрын

That broke my heart ngl

@DylanFreak263

Жыл бұрын

Ghost pepper of a take

The comment about Led Zeppelin being not groundbreaking is like someone watching Citizen Kane and saying, "Eh, it seems dated and cliched." Yes, now it does, because that movie created many of those cliches. Yes, it is dated because a lot of time has passed.

@Misspelled_Etahn

Жыл бұрын

How did you comment before the video had uploaded?

@hanreality.7266

Жыл бұрын

Apparently there was once an old woman who watched Macbeth at the theatre one time, and when she was asked what she thought she said “it was good, but Shakespeare used too many clichés”.

@fudgesauce

Жыл бұрын

@@Misspelled_Etahn -- my dad owns youtube and he let's me predate my comments.

@rockrock2096

Жыл бұрын

Wtf 1 day ago Video came out 54 minutes ago

@Misspelled_Etahn

Жыл бұрын

@@fudgesauce oh that makes sense especially in Ohio

one thing about John Mayer many non-millennials forget. is that when we started learning guitar, Mayer was just about the only guitar player on the hit list. so for many of us he was modern guitar playing

@mk_rexx

Жыл бұрын

I know John Mayer is supposed to be the guitar representative in mainstream music but somehow I can't relate for the fact that my guitar hero is a KZreadr. I'm guessing it's because of the fact that finding a guitar hero is less centralized. Even videos that kids before downloaded on Limewire came from TV or magazines, but nowadays, you can be really huge on KZread but unheard of in TV or even vice versa.

@CrownlessStudios

Жыл бұрын

If you only listened to pop music or top 40, I guess. I'm a millennial and my guitarist peers were all influenced by Thrice, Killswitch, Dream Theater, Opeth, Avenged Sevenfold, and the like.

@DobBylan_

Жыл бұрын

lol speak for yourself

Abba is awsome! I like listening to some of my songs every now and then, and they somehow don't get old for me

I love how Sammy's take on country music is basically that it is hard to write crappy music that nonetheless a lot of people will like. I never thought of it that way, and have an appreciation for country music writers now.

@ryanphillips4123

Жыл бұрын

Country isn't very popular among younger generations, so the old system of music publishing still has a tight hold on Country music. Music labels across many generas are notorious for not allowing new fresh material to come out, in favor of tried and true sounds that sell well. Its a circular problem, because if country was allowed to change, young people might become interested in it. But because young people aren't that interested, country will not be allowed to change. So it seems like country is doomed to slowly die as it's milked for every dollar that it's worth.

@stevencooper3202

Жыл бұрын

The only good country is outlaw country. Pop country sucks

@paisleepunk

7 ай бұрын

​@@ryanphillips4123major label country is definitely in this spiral, yes, but independent country is doing just fine

On the song argument: Arguing that songs by definition must contain singing is linguistic prescriptivism and ignores semantic shift. Words can change meaning over time and often do. Lots of us grammar nerds get caught up in prescriptivism when we're young, but over time we mature and realize that language evolves and that evolution is what makes it so interesting.

Love to hear that you're working on an album ! Have been waiting for something like that for a while ! You've talked before how videos that are just music don't always do as well as the "music commentary" content such as this, but I've always loved your stuff, original or covers ! Am also really looking forward to the "Jam with me" challenge video ;)

Whoa what the hell, ABBA is great. World-class pop songwriters.

@LaughterCigar

10 ай бұрын

Not even world class, they're on a league of their own. Those songs are built like Swiss clocks (yeah yeah I know they're Swedish, not Swiss), everything in its right place, everything in its right amount, it's pop perfection. I'm not even a big ABBA fan, but I hate when people can't recognise this level of greatness. You don't even have to like it to acknowledge it.

The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson basically making their own version of Doo Wop and surf music super popular in the early to mid 60s the dropping Pet Sounds, Smile, Sunflower and Surfs Up is so damn impressive. Literally the Beatles thought they were their biggest rivals in the 60s and there can be an argument that Pet Sounds is a better album than anything else in the 60s. That and their run after Pet Sounds until maybe Carl and The Passions is really great.

@kebab_boi

Жыл бұрын

Pet Sounds truly is one of the greatest albums of the 60s. As a pretty big fan of the Beatles I can confidently say that Pet Sounds is so much more experimental, and groundbreaking for its time, compared to: sgt. pepper, revolver, or even abbey road.

@dordly

Жыл бұрын

The Beatles are highly overrated and Paul McCartney only became great when he formed Wings.

@-.__328

Жыл бұрын

"Hey hey hey I'm Elvis Presley looking at a hound dog struggles to breath away from the mike " Elvis died fat bloated old on the toilet lmfao

@-.__328

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people were cool at the time when now there just lame ass people of the past like the beach boys they were the Justin beaver of there day

@-.__328

Жыл бұрын

@@kebab_boi the Beatles sucked they even stole Helter skelter from spycopath cult leader Charles Manson while high on LSD they were lame as fuck still are

5:38 Quite the contrary, I put off bands like Queen and The Beatles for so long but when I finally decided to listen to them and I wished I started listening to them sooner

Love how honest your reactions to these discussions are. Can’t wait to hear the album, no matter how long it takes to get done 🤙🏻

Here’s a hot take: Styx is wildly underrated, and they adjusted their sound to fit pop culture way more quickly than most bands at the time. Mr. Roboto was 1981, way before most of the tech-sounding synth-heavy stuff of the mid 80’s. And their early stuff is better than most people give them credit for.

@samuraicowboyx

Жыл бұрын

They were one of the few bands to combine prog and arena/pop rock in a way that wasn't totally corny. Paradise Theater is such a banger album.

@tuu_nainen

Жыл бұрын

I had never heard of Styx before this comment, the solo in Renegade was totally amazing! I’ll definitely have to look into them more.

@thering0010

Жыл бұрын

@@tuu_nainen Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, and Paradise Theater are their best albums arguably. Start there. 👍

@SwiftyMcswift777

Жыл бұрын

Agreed,,, lady is one of my favorite songs,,, and the grand illusion is one of my first favorite albums

@thering0010

Жыл бұрын

@@SwiftyMcswift777 if you’re diving into the group at all, Equinox is actually a really underrated album of theirs. Lorelei is one of my favorites

I got lucky and grew up with a dad that had a taste in music that was… far outside of anything going on with the radio at the time. So I had knowledge about things but only started looking into them a little bit after I moved states in 6th grade. When I listened to Zepp for the first time, like really listened for myself, I was blown away. To think that there could be so much sheer awesomeness produced by a band. It was really cool to see the bands and musicians that inspired the bands and musicians my dad listened to. The point of all of this is that I don’t think we can force respect on people. They have to learn and come to respect things for themselves. The best we can do is guide them and support them on their journey, and for some, encourage them stepping out of their comfort zone.

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

100%, it's similar to politics in that you don't change people's minds by "winning a debate", you change people's minds by figuring out ways to get them to think after your Convo with them. They have to want to look into things. If that person ends up wanting to find out the truth for themselves and they do a bit of research into something you've thrown out there, that does more to change minds than logicbro 2000 bullshit!t. Debate has it's place, but it isn't the end all be all. People have to be in a mindset where they *want* to listen, because just telling people what to think just fills their head up with YOUR words, words in which that person doesn't know to be true. They have to hear it for themselves to really see the importance and that requires wanting to hear it for what it is. It's basically having a moment of humility and being able to set aside their beliefs to just take something in in an honest manner.

I think it'd make an interesting video to do an analysis of how much guitaring had changed before and after Hendrix - you've said a couple of things about how he changed we play guitar, but I've not listened to much of him before and I'd like to see how much he's impacted my playing without my knowing. Keep up the great work!

@The_SOB_II

Жыл бұрын

He used his left hand to play

Damn you really put Abba at bottom 5 bands. I was like yeah, those bands are not very good, and then ABBA? still subscribed, but damn. They are not the brainless hit machine that everyone thin they are, they are legit musical creativity, they are awesome. And that's coming from someone who loves creative modern jazz like sungazer, weird prog rock, and classical.

@PrimedPixelMusic

Жыл бұрын

I audibly gasped and had to rewatch when he said that. Absolutely mad

@jessedekrossic

Жыл бұрын

This video is all about hot takes so yeah 😂 The influence of ABBA is very underrated especially in Northern America where this guy is from

@christopherguse

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's the hottest take in this video.

@_3tr1k_

Жыл бұрын

Nah they mid

@petertrast

Жыл бұрын

@@_3tr1k_ Mid, yes. Bottom 5, no way.

Sooo... The most controversial opinion was one of Steve's... ABBA? Really?

13:00 I think Polyphonic did the best justice to this problem on their Led Zeppelin series. Something along the lines of “While their impact is important, and their art isn’t something I can just stop connecting to, this also needs to be a part of the conversation. We deified the members of these bands and put them above human status, and we need to stop doing that”

Stairway to Heaven should always be played at guitar stores.

@mstbeta

Жыл бұрын

There’s a special place in hell for you, sir or madam…

@PRSer

Жыл бұрын

@@mstbeta I'll be buying a Stairway to Heaven then hehehe

@randoman81

Жыл бұрын

Bro, you can't post that here

@susanclark2212

10 ай бұрын

Hahaha 😂

I can relate to taking time for an album because of real life issues. I wrote and performed (for money) starting back in ‘69. I haven’t played out for years because most of what I do is original. There used to be a market for that. It died around ‘74. I do some covers because I like them and put my own spin on them. I enjoy and play a wide range of styles and that makes it difficult to put a band together especially as I live in a remote area. Next, no places to play regularly. MIDI therefore is essential for me. I chose to put family first. No regrets. Enjoy what you do in making music to the extent you can. If you are doing it to “make it big”, prepare yourself to be a slave to the fame beast! It is a beast that consumes many.

Even if lots of music KZread were mostly about content, that content drives my music making and my enjoyment in that music making and even mundane practice, and that’s thanks to people like you, Sammy G. Your content makes my music making better and more fun. ✌️😌🎸

You're doing fine Sam, keep up the good work! If you ever get around to it, I might even buy your album. 🙂

Sammy G, you may not fully know it, but you're influencing and inspiring many guitarists of the next generation. I've been watching your videos for a couple of years now while going through music school and seeing the success of creators like you motivated me during the hard times, gave me the confidence to apply to Berklee (which I just graduated from), and expanded my perspective of what a career in music could look like. I really feel like your content has guided me in my musical journey but also reminded me to keep music fun and creative. Thanks for everything!!

Hey Samurai are you ever going to do a video on the Champion Leccy Woozy pedal? You featured it in your video of throwing all your weird pedals together but I can't find a weird pedals video that it's in. I think it's a really cool pedal that can offer a lot of versatility. Btw I love your videos they have taught me so much to learn about guitar thank you for making these videos. Also I have a pedal addiction now after watching the weird pedals videos.

ABBA??

@hanreality.7266

Жыл бұрын

IKR!

What’s the deal with the green Les Paul from the amp video? Did you finally find one that you like?

Classic Metal is included in the Classic Rock umbrella and probably gets you deep into the NWBHM era, like late 80's, with Maiden and Priest running alongside Pink Floyd or even Journey. Voivod did an amazing cover of Astronomy Domine in the 90's, just to prove the example of the cross over. Psychodelia and Doom are both based on "smokin and trippin is all that you do" as a thematic concept. We'd never really call Smashing Pumpkins metal, except for the huge influence of classic metal on Billy Corgan. KZread is protecting musicians from record labels and Spotify obscurity by allowing musicians a grass roots market on an international scale. I've helped SG pay the bills both by "liking and subscribing" was well as buying all the cool shirts he can sell because he's famous enough to have a virtual merch table without needing to tour. Its also letting a musician also manage a family by actually being there for them. I wish I'd had the forum in the 90's to be honest. I did a poker blog once with I think 5 subscribers.

The ABBA take is the real bad one

Kanye's impact on hip-hop is almost inescapable in the genre so I can see where the first hot take is coming from.

@cjlister8508

Жыл бұрын

How do you think that is? Im not an expert on rap, but am a pretty fan and I don't see his influence that much. What techniques/sounds has he pioneered? (Also I'm really into UK rap and not really into USA rap so maybe he has more influence there)

@Viper-dz2kw

Жыл бұрын

@@cjlister8508 a lot of the current emotional rnb style sung rap was heavily inspired by 808’s and heartbreaks. Artists like The Weeknd would have never existed without Kanye paving the way for emotional rap to be just as popular as the bragging style and gang related lyrics that were extremely popular at the time he broke through. I’d argue he had a much more significant influence on rnb then hip hop though

@NeonRadarMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@cjlister8508 I'm a massive Kanye fan. Early in his career, he popularized chipmunk soul, which would basically take old soul samples and speed it up as part of a hook. You can hear it's influence on so many of his contemporaries from the time. Perhaps most impactfully, he made it okay for rappers and RnB artists to be more emotionally vulnerable thanks to his album 808s and Heartbreak which, for better or worse, made heavy use of autotune which is still very common in hip hop and RnB. Soon after that, he made one of rap's greatest-ever albums, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I know people who hated rap until they heard that album. His album Yeezus had a strong industrial influence and you can hear the impact of that on edgy pop artists even now, such as Billie Eilish. The man is a titan. Unfortunately, his behaviour is doing him no favours and he needs serious professional help.

@numanuma20

Жыл бұрын

Not just hip hop….let’s no go there.

@dyslexiaoverload2131

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but he’s a nazi though 😂

I personally love ABBA, and cover a few of their songs. What I hate is the Autotuned Glee-ification of ABBA thanks to Mama Mia.

@trollkraft3577

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Kylora2112

Жыл бұрын

ABBA is the disco band that held up the best. Most of their music sounds just as fresh today as it did in 1978.

@littleswedishboy

Жыл бұрын

@@Kylora2112 I wouldn't even really call them a disco band except for a few songs. They were very eclectic.

@abdurrahmanzulfikry9202

Жыл бұрын

@@littleswedishboy agreed, their earlier years is pretty much glam rock. And then we got tracks like Fernando which is pretty much folk, or Eagle that's pretty much a prog-pop, or power ballad like The Winner Takes it All. Calling them a disco band is really an understatement.

Man, I am so glad I'm not the only one who got the vapors from that ABBA hot take.

I've been playing guitar for 10 years and now play in a death metal band. I can agree with your take on the second guy. You need to adapt and expand your skill set if you wanna make it a paying hobby, but tapping back into my silly side while writing is how I've come up with some of my best stuff. Just have fun, but also practice your chops.

I only recently discovered how good country guitarists are. For some reason, I ended up listening to a Brad Paisley song and really loved the lyrical content. So I decided to dig a little deeper into his music and good lord was I amazed. His vocals are great, and he's an amazing songwriter, but the minute I heard Mr Policeman the only thing I could say was "This is literally country Eddie Van Halen". I love Heavy Metal and nearly all of my favourite guitarists are from that genre, but Brad Paisley instantly shot up to at least my top 10 greatest guitarists of all time.

@frank-Grimey-grimes

Жыл бұрын

Pull up some Glen Campbell videos too.

@paisleepunk

7 ай бұрын

brad paisley's _mud on the tires_ is legit one of my favourite country albums ever recorded, what a wonder he was at his height

I think the more accurate statement would be that 90% of all people ever have done deplorable things if you dig hard enough

64 to 73 Beach Boys is just undeniably great imo

When i was like 8 my mom gave a a little turn table and I think a little 45. The song I played over and over for like a year straight, drove my grandpa nuts. That song was Kokomo

On the final point - youtube to me goes hand in hand with music streaming services, and I discovered most of my favourite bands through it (though not through content creators, admittedly). One of the reasons we don't get so many 'greats' as we used to is that we can now get whatever music we like whenever we like without being tied to whatever artist is dominating MTV and the radio stations, and that consumer freedom means more creative freedom, which is, IMO, one of the best things to happen to music.

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily though, because it also makes it easier for people to just pick what they like on first listen rather than trying to warm up to an album from an artist. It incentivizes less work on the listeners part, making it actually harder for them to experiment and find new things. People are less likely to try to find new music I think.

Kokomo slaps. I guess that's my controversial opinion

@ValDCX

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love it and had no idea this was controversial

You mostly reminded me why I don't listen to classic rock stations, when they start playing stuff I remember coming out when I was in high school (Metallica, etc), that station isn't making me feel nostalgic nearly as much as it's making me feel old...

To me, getting new gear and getting better tone is fun. Guitar is my passion and I work hard to get stuff to make my guitar sound the way I want it to

Re: the Nickelback hot take, check out 12 Tone’s video on buttrock. I still don’t like them but it made me appreciate the genre in a new way.

On the country guitar is underrated take, you should check out Jeff Cook from Alabama. He recently passed but he was very innovative in the country genre, known for his solos and using gear that would be seen in a rock scene (double neck musicman’s and peavey’s)

Honestly I’d say The Beach Boys albums from the early 1970s is the best stuff they ever put out. Sunflower is a masterpiece, up there with Pet Sounds

@SpaceOddity87

Жыл бұрын

Glad, I'm not the only one who questioned the take on the Beach Boys. 70s stuff definitely isn't forgettable. I think most people haven't heard it. Sunflower, Surf's Up, and Love You are some of their best albums.

@denizbluemusic

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Holland

@reillyjamessullivan6940

Жыл бұрын

@@SpaceOddity87 That whole period from Sunflower to Holland has perfect albums. Each one can rival Pet Sounds. While Pet Sounds is their best album, that period from 70-74 is defined their peak. And while Love You isn’t one of my favorite Beach Boys albums, I can’t deny it’s a masterpiece of weirdness.

@reillyjamessullivan6940

Жыл бұрын

@@denizbluemusic Holland to me is an album that only grows on me with each listen. I used to brush it off as okay but now it remains a favorite album for me.

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

Yeah people write off their post person's stuff way too fast. It's good up to love you, but it's bad after that album once Mike starts churning out Kokomo garbage. Tbh each of their albums has its own unique vibe to it in all of those eras, like idr the song by Brian about him and his wife getting a divorce - I'm having a brain fart but the track that wasn't released about he and his wife getting a divorce, it's just incredible sh!t. (Edit: it's over now off of adult/child, that's the track I was thinking of. My god what a track. Freaking devastating. It was obviously not released since it's from that album but it's great)

Hi Sammy G ! I grew up in Kenora Ontario, I was friends with Barry Player, have you ever played with him or know him as a fellow Tobin??

That last one... you need to know how to use the search feature. There's guitar content like this video... which is entertainment, but there are plenty of tutorials, lessons, demos. I may not be good at playing guitar yet, but quite a bit of what I've learned (especially during the pandemic) came from youtube.

Hey Sammy! Whens the jam with me video coming out? Submitted my entry yesterday :)

In 1969 you couldn't just click yourself through Spotify and have all the artists available. Music had to be played on the radio and then your record store had to have the album as a record. In these days people were pretty particular about music because albums weren't cheap. Considering that Led Zeppelin are pretty well known because they sold a ton of records they are pretty special. Plus they still created music without autotune etc. You don't have to like LZ, but you can't deny they left their mark. Social media aren't the problem re music, it's the lack of quality control.

If you did know more about pop and hip hop you would definitely agree with the first commenter's hot take. In fact, arguably he pulled a Hendrix twice. First was his chiptune soul style of production which was mega popular in the 2000s and then his album 808s and Heartbreak arguably shaped the hip hop landscape into its modern form.

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

Idk I have never gotten it. I've tried to listen to his stuff but for the most part I found it annoying, I like a lot of hip hop but his stuff just really came off as too pretentious. Like he takes the usual confidence most emcees have and put it to the nth degree, to a point where I feel like it was kind of embarassing. I won't say he wasn't influential but I do kinda feel like it gets overstated a bit

I would say music is much better because of KZread. I think the kids growing up today learning bits and pieces from so many different KZreadrs will create amazing music especially with the wide variety of genres displayed and history behind the music being taught as well.. just a different appreciation for music has come out of watching KZread.. at least in my experience. I only started playing guitar because i saw a KZread video of Steve vai playing tender surrender and I saw a KZread video of Roy Clark playing malegeuna. And than I started watching people like you and Rick beato and have learned a lot of music theory and just have a deeper connection to the music and listen to nearly all genres where as before I only listened to rap. Now I play jazz, country, classic rock, metal and blues. KZread is the reason I create my own music and aspire to be in a band

Classic rock is not a genre it's a radio format.

@benjaminwatt2436

Жыл бұрын

Also any discussion on what is or isn't in a genre is ignoring the fact that a song is stuck in time, but a genre is alive and always changing.

@nedim_guitar

Жыл бұрын

What was considered classic rock in the 90's? Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy etc. Today? Pearl Jam and their contemporaries are classic rock. That stuff is 20-30 years old now.

@stevencooper3202

Жыл бұрын

Classic rock is the 50s era of rock. Deep purple and led zeppelin are hard rock.

@ryanphillips4123

Жыл бұрын

@@nedim_guitar despite Pearl Jam being old enough to be "classic" rock, now one considers it such. This lends to the "classic rock is a radio format" argument.

Composing pop music is hard because it is really haŕd to compose something that would become the next hit. This is like saying shooting a random video is hard because it is hard to make your video viral. What makes something viral or popular is not always equal to the amount of effort and talent required to create it.

@donaldmacgregor2628

Жыл бұрын

but that’s the same with any genre of music, there is harder genres to compose and produce whilst trying to be viral than pop, if anything pop is the easiest, as it seems to be the most commonly listened genre these days

Just like a Michael Bay movie it takes hundreds of people to write a pop song.

yt did not make music worse or better yet. but it's sharing a lot of knowledge and is educating, so my opinion is, it benefits to general music awareness as it brings musicians and their saying to public, not pr record labels statements or other PR trash / stunts...

I can see where you’re coming from on the zeppelin take and your Ford analogy, but do I want to drive the Ford Model T, or do I wanna drive the modern escape? Easy choice. You can recognize the impact of things but still think they aren’t that great.

Kanye absolutely revolutionized the hip hop genre - from production techniques to flow, not to mention lyrical content and image. Drake, Cudi, and waves of imitators afterwards would not exist without Kanye. That said, MAN is he taking a giant dump on that legacy with every word that continues to come from his mouth

Original album?? Yes! And take all the time you need on it because I'll buy it whenever it come out.

The song needing singing thing…. In college I had a teacher who would always correct us if we called a piece we were playing a song, lol. I mean, yes, technically a song needs singing but come on, everyone says it. 😂

My controversial opinion: Long before Nirvana (and even The Smiths), U2 were the first truly alternative band to become a household name. They came from the post-punk scene, didn't have too many guitar solos, had darker/deeper lyrics than standard classic rock, and had a very experimental edge to them. Problem is, they got so famous and enjoyed their own popularity, Bono has a massive ego/messiah complex and this made people hate them. EDIT: YOU DON'T LIKE ABBA?!

@skintslots

Жыл бұрын

U2s first 3 or 4 albums were superb pieces of rock protest music and their studio album War and their live album 'Under a Blood Red Sky' are as good as any in that genre over the past 30/40 years. I stopped listening in the mid 80s to them but before that they were a superb band.

@teemusid

Жыл бұрын

I would say the Talking Heads reached prominence first.

@jessedekrossic

Жыл бұрын

U2 weren’t pioneers in any sense, yeah they broke from the punk movement but so did a lot of bands in the late 70’s/ early 80’s. They lost that edge (not a pun) pretty fast.

@unmemorablehero

Жыл бұрын

You can go back to any era and say the same thing. Hendrix only had one hit. So he was technically alternative and a one hit wonder. In the 60’s and 70’s AM radio was the popular choice, and FM radio was the alternative. So every great band you’ve heard of from that era, zeppelin, the doors, Black Sabbath, etc were all alternative unknowns compared to anything on AM radio at the time.

@NeonRadarMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@teemusid amazing band and I love them but they never topped charts and had hit singles on the same scale as U2. I'm speaking about commercial success, not influence.

dude actually i was surprised about the kanye take until you explained the criteria, and honestly i was like wait..🤔 Kanye definitely did this with hip hop imo haha. but too bad he’s gone off the deep end now too anyways, he might as well be in the 27 club like hendrix because that old kanye is gone 😭 But i still think jimi definitely revolutionized rock and the guitar more so than kanye did hip hop and producing

I remember when my classic rock station played Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day for the first time. I could understand pre-2000s music (like from Dookie, Insomniac, or Nimrod), but Boulevard of Broken Dreams is younger than me, and I’m not even that old

@alexglanowski695

Жыл бұрын

Iirc, it's gotta be at least 25 years old to be considered classic. My local station is quite rigid with that. It blew my mind the first time I heard a song on a classic station that was only something like 15 years old, but after that I learned that some stations include "modern classics" too 🤷‍♂️

As soon as you said "ABBA", I knew all the comments were gonna be about that. Sure enough... :) I think my most controversial hot take is probably that the whole "pop music is bad" thing is true and has been for decades. As someone who listened to almost exclusively classic rock until recently, most of what they play on the classic rock radios ranges from very dull to actively annoying. Except "bad" in this case is used in a very specific and subjective way of course

I’m curious about the country songs you co-wrote!

Ooh i don't think I've ever listened to a Sammy G album.. Excited to listen to it..

When the rock and roll river and the metal tributary go different ways its called bifurcation, and its super rare, except in deltas

I am always impressed by your articulate and insightful views.

The only controversial thing I heard in the video is that Sammy G puts ABBA in his bottom 5 worst bands/artists. The thing is, whether you like the music or not, they were master songwriters.

On the last one, I would ask what is music but audio content?

I think the perception that KZread culture (as well as other platforms) are ruining music is not so true, as music in all forms still thrives outside of these apps. Fortunately for some (and unfortunately for many) these apps are just the dominant marketing space for music and can greatly boost the success of releases. However, they are also based around visual content and contextual depth, so if you aren’t putting out marketing with good visuals or telling a story, it likely won’t do well as on these apps. But to say that those apps make music as a whole worse is not really the full picture. There is tons of music that exists outside of these apps and tons of local scenes and communities that don’t really engage in online content creation/marketing and really do put the music first. The issues is that lots of people dont live in areas with a thriving music scene, so their perception may be that KZread or IG or Tik Tok IS the music scene.

I have always had a bit of an issue with the idea that any art is good or bad, or better or best. Certainly I have preferences, but I don't believe my preferences to be an indication of whether or not something is quantifiably good or bad. I think of it more as an individual's frequency. A song, movie, or painting which brings me pleasure is locked into my frequency. I'm not talking about demographics, because this is something far more personal, and individual. I love Hanoi Rocks. I love Goodfellas. I love Frank Frazetta. Why? ...Well I can summon up some shit about Hanoi Rocks being a perfect marriage of punk, glitter rock, and blues. I can say Goodfellas is relatable because I'm from New York, and I have couple dozen cousins and uncles named Anthony. I can say Frank Frazetta conjures up memories of playing AD&D in my garage. All of those things may be true, but upon hearing, seeing, experiencing these things for the first time, I was either going to like it or not. All of the rationalizing and contextualizing comes after. This leads me to believe there is something beyond id and ego, and your thoughts about a piece of art. As Alex says in Clockwork Orange, "Thinking is for the gloopy ones..." It's about feelings. You feel it first, then you think about it. When something is presented which pings and dings in your personal frequency, then you instantly like it. Any piece lacking those pings and dings will leave you wanting. I have never been able to reconcile with the idea of people being unhappy, or feeling distain for a song or artist who doesn't perform within their frequency threshold. I'm not a fan of The Backstreet Boys, but I don't hate them. I'm not angry with them. Their music is not an affront... It's just not for me. I'm always troubled when someone has to trash what other people create, or what other people love. Taylor Swift makes a lot of people happy. She is enjoyed by millions of people. How arrogant would I have to be, to declare that she has no talent because she failed to win my affinity? I'm not the be all end all. Celebrate what you love, and don't waste your time on what you don't. I guess that's all I'm really trying to say. Nobody has ever lamented on their death-bed... "Jesus, I should have spent more time telling everyone that Creed sucks."

@Dashie04

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

Cool shirts, I am totally going to pick one up.

What if you made videos about the making album process? You can keep doing videos whilst doing a lot of work on your album.

@ReizokoRyu

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment 🙂

8:54 Another awesome music KZreadr by the name "Red Means Recording" has a good rant video about buying gear, I'd highly recommend! (I think it's called "How Not to Buy a Synth" or something)

playing whatever you want just for the fun of it was a long held wisdom of the grunge era. i was a teenager during the days and believe me if you want to make music that make sense you need at least a certain level of technical knowledge. if a band has zero musical knowledge but still manage to pull off a tight sound ,99% of the time they had a great producer and sound engineer with studio musicians thrown in

I know a guy who runs a recording studio and he says that working on pop songs is the most demanding as everything needs to be perfect basically.

@benjaminwatt2436

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not just perfect, but catchy. Pop is hard because it has to blow up. if people dont like it. its not pop, anymore

@maaaaaap

Жыл бұрын

it's probably the hardest for producers, and people who mix and master, but definitely not the hardest to write

@maaaaaap

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminwatt2436 writing catchy is easy. being creative + catchy is more difficult, but pop doesn't have to be creative to sell.

@benjaminwatt2436

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@@maaaaaap True, and some of it seems to be luck. if you listen to pop, from the past a lot of it doesn't age well. consider a song like party rock. it was absolutely huge in 2010, but had no staying power

@maaaaaap

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminwatt2436 lol i still like that song if it starts playing somewhere, wouldnt listen to it by myself though, but yeah generally agreed

I stand by it

The beach boys albums from 1966-1972 are all worth listening too

@reillyjamessullivan6940

Жыл бұрын

Sunflower, Surfs Up, Carl and the Passions and Holland are up there with Pet Sounds

If you watch the Brian Wilson song building and recording style dude was wild

The comparison with making a Michael Bay movie is so spot on. Also most of these takes show a total lack of musical history knowledge

Hang on, TWO kids, Steve? Where have I been? I was only aware of one. Congratulations!

Dude... ABBA, really? One of the best pop hit producers of the 70s. I suppose that stuff is not for everyone but even a jaded old rocker like myself can appreciate and even enjoy some of their stuff.... I don't know what that says. But it says something.

Hot take. The song Taquilla has better lyrics than many songs on the radio.

I couldn't agree with you more on the context of the times when certain things came out...for example when kids come up and say Jimi Hendrix isn't THAT good...they don't understand, I wasn't born when Jimi came out, but I do know that NOTHING sounded like him before that...and here's the greatest quote I think that I may have EVER heard....my uncle once told me when I was really young..."Led Zeppelin 1 and black hash came out the same week...."... how's that for context kids?....

Whenever people say "[insert video platform here] has made music worse, not better" are those who are in their own echo chamber. Like you said, for every bad that has come out of KZread, pretty much an equal amount of good has come out of it. I bet they haven't done too much digging into the creative musician space because people like you, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, TwoSet, etc are bringing so much to the table in terms of information, community and education in all sorts of aspects of music. The good is there, you just have to look for it. The human mind is much more apt to latch onto the negative aspect of things because it's far easier. Blowing things off is much easier than investing time and effort.

@Llama_charmer

Жыл бұрын

If i had to guess, id say over half of the bands i know and listen to now i have learned either from KZread comments, cover channels, background music in an unrelated video, reaction channels (love or hate them), or just KZread recommending me something based on another song. Sure for every good song theirs 50 bad ones but you dont say a patch of land is barren because its only 5% gold, you just gotta keep your ears peeled.

As a longtime raver I love that disdain for the Chainsmokers is universal

I just spent $2k for a Martin D16E. It's awesome. Also was fun to buy.

@Datv24

Жыл бұрын

See you can’t be sad buying gear that’s why I said that lol

I'd be interested to know the reasoning for the Kayne West comment. I'm certainly no expert but I've been into the UK rap and bass music scene for a while now and don't really see much influence from him.

@ars3nikatnep

Жыл бұрын

mainly in the us scene

@bluehole6019

Жыл бұрын

If you’ve ever heard any rapper with auto tune, that can generally be attributed to Kanye. Hip hop with pop sensibility (true pop, not novelty) was kinda pushed to the forefront by him. You can draw a straight, uninterrupted line from him to drake, which pretty much cements him as an unshakably strong influence in most genres, just off exposure

@littleswedishboy

Жыл бұрын

Massive influence in production techniques as well as the ability to share vulnerability (as a man) in hip hop. There's a whole documentary about why Kanye was influential

@gwemlins

Жыл бұрын

Not just production stuff, but Kanye basically ushered out the era of rappers acting tough and playing up their criminal connections and ushered in the era of it being ok or even cool for rappers to express their true emotions even if it made them seem "soft". It was a huge shift in the culture surrounding rap music.

You fr just described Kanye, post 808s and heartbreak and pre 808s and heartbreak are completely different

ABBA in the bottom 5 bands?! Sure you can dislike their music. In the end, it’s all about taste. But you shouldn’t underestimate their body of work and influence in pop music they still have. On the surface they might sound like generic/corny pop songs but there’s so much more going on. In terms of songwriting and songcraft id put them right up there with the Beach Boys

You should do a update on guitar collection like what left and whats new, Also u should have mentioned steve lacy and tiktok for the last question :)

I have never heard anybody classifying classic rock&roll as metal music. In fact, metal music is often distinguished from rock&roll as its own separate thing. (It might be based on and evolved from rock&roll, but it's so far removed from it that it can't be classified as the same thing. It would be like classifying modern pop music as classical music. There might be a connection, but they aren't the same thing.)

I work a full time job and I get what you mean absolutely When you have a full job and have life responsibilities, those have to be met first, music does get a bit of the back burner. You get to it when you can. If the opportunity shows itself available for full dedication to Making music that is great. That just isn’t the reality for most people. Content creator or not.

samurai bro...how can you put ABBA in your worst top ten while apreciating the craft pop composer? just curious

I challenge you to learn a single song from the 'greatest hits' album and not fall in love

I don't believe KZread made music worse. From an artists perspective, there are many with insane stage freight that now have a platform for their music to be heard and they are quite happy with that. From a listeners perspective, we now have access to a huge amount of artists that we may have never seen otherwise because of the nature of the record industry. I have learned of so many great musicians through this platform. I myself am a live performer, but I am considering uploading content. I am just a perfectionist when things are recorded and like playing live better because I can let go of my OCD nature. Keep up with the great content. You are a great player and content creator. Also, seem like a cool and down to earth guy. But we are Canadian lol

The Anime Samurai reminds me of Michael Anthony in the Van Halen music video for "Pretty Woman." This happens when you get ancient. Don't get ancient. Stop it.

13min 18sec onwards. Carve out some regular time. Non negotiable time for what makes your heart sing. Doesn't matter if it's in blocks, like vacations, or regular time, like you do with your admin. If you don't you will be storing regrets rather than good memories of your heart singing...

The mere fact that several decades later people still discuss Led Zeppelin, even if in negative terms, tells a tale. Nearly all bands are all but forgotten. But yeah, the idea that Led Zeppelin wasn't special tells me more about the person making that claim than anything.

Frank Marino is one of the world's most underrated guitarists.

LOVE this video!