Ever think that you're missing something by ignoring today's pop music? No, me neither.

@balzinderchhabra8804

8 ай бұрын

Liberal use of the word music there.

@call_me_stan5887

8 ай бұрын

And I really can't understand why Rick likes Billie Eilish so much. Her songs are all the same: "We are going to die in tears" - but in a whisper voice, instead of a scream.

@darphaedrus1558

8 ай бұрын

Very little hit and way too much miss😒

@Badministrator

8 ай бұрын

@@call_me_stan5887 Probably because he only listens to them in the context of these chart reviews and in that context they are a welcome break from the trap, raggaeton, and sexually charged low effort pop music that otherwise dominates. Same thing for Olivia Rodrigo who is obviously following the exact formula of the singles from her last album.

@th5841

8 ай бұрын

There is much good quality in today’s pop music also. Not so much on the charts. But who cares about the charts? It is for the 14 year old girls, mostly.

The thing I like about Rick is that he doesn't judge unique styles of music, it's clear he knows and appreciates all kinds of music. He's also not one of those "all modern music is trash" people, he judges everything fairly.

@_wtfmaze_4328

8 ай бұрын

Bro but cmon most of it is garbage though

@patrickwilliams3108

8 ай бұрын

@@_wtfmaze_4328 But bro, c'mon ... I lived through the 50s, 60s, 70s, etc. Most of the music we had was garbage, too. For every great song or groundbreaking group there were a hundred pieces of pure crap.

@derankayes8436

8 ай бұрын

​@@patrickwilliams3108tell them, queen

@XJoeyJordison666X

8 ай бұрын

​@@patrickwilliams3108and was the crap music top 10? No

@judenihal

8 ай бұрын

Well this is EXACTLY why I refuse to watch his videos. he is cheating himself by trying to be fair. He SHOULD be the "all modern music is trash" people instead of trying to appreciate of the noise which a dozen people working for record labels create on computers. What he should really be doing is, explaining what he likes about the songs, and how it SHOULD be improved. I am a musician with perfect pitch and I take this kind of thing highly offensive when there is another talented musician like me supporting music I find terrible.

I like that Rick can find good things about songs that he CLEARLY doesnt like

@MitsuMitsu787

3 ай бұрын

anybody that isnt lying can do that

@ericaolive

2 ай бұрын

not that you were doing this, but does it annoy anyone else that all the comments under these videos are just people hating on modern mainstream music? sure there's songs that aren't great in there (that's always the case for pop music) but so many people in the comments are painting modern pop music as purely bad which is discrediting all the amazingly talented artists in the mainstream

@lemmmakestunes8312

Ай бұрын

@@ericaolive no yeah I hate it too lmao, often times i just don't scroll to the comments

@jal051

Ай бұрын

He always starts these videos saying the last list was terrible, but while he's going through the list he never says any of the songs are terrible.

@alexkx8599

Ай бұрын

@@ericaolive Where do you find your quality music?

Still can’t get over how quickly Rick can analyse a song…. Amazing!

@CodyMudrack

5 ай бұрын

I'd be interested in knowing if this is legitimately the first time he's heard these, or if he works with the song a little before recording.

@Subsonicrage1

4 ай бұрын

@@CodyMudrack no no I know people that just hear 2 chords and can play them instantly without looking, some people just know music way too well

@NeverEvil1

4 ай бұрын

These songs are simple, made for simple minds.

@finwefingolfin7113

3 ай бұрын

partly due to his highly developed skills but also due the moronic boring simplicity of much of this music. I can't imagine how painful it must be for someone with such as exquisitely refined musical ear to listen to this stuff. Like a gourmet being forced to eat pureed spam .

@biganswershack

3 ай бұрын

They're pop songs, like adolescent nursery rhymes (but with inferior tunes), and easy to analyse and predict if you have a little experience.

Cruel Summer came out 4 years ago, crazy how it got back to the charts

@kaycee3986

8 ай бұрын

It was released as a single

@taylorswiftismother131

8 ай бұрын

​@@kaycee3986after it got into top ten

@swiftnstylinson

8 ай бұрын

@@kaycee3986 no its not

@kaycee3986

8 ай бұрын

@@swiftnstylinson yes it was. People have been begging her to release it as a single for years and she finally did it. Why argue about something a Google search away?

@folkloreevermore2797

8 ай бұрын

​@@swiftnstylinsonit's promoted in radio. It's a single without a music video

The pop charts used to be stylistically and sonically diverse. Now it feels like there's only one genre represented, and the genre is "production tricks". Take a look at a top 10 from 1983. Every song sounded like what it was - distinctive from its writing to its playing to its recorded sound. The pop charts now feel like hanging out at Walmart late at night. Some kind of soulless, post-apocalyptic, plastic nightmare.

@joeycarter8846

8 ай бұрын

"...soulless, post-apocalyptic, plastic nightmare"? Maybe so....but did you like 'em? lol

@jonathanmarkham1998

8 ай бұрын

Not sure I but that. I’m sure you would’ve been complaining about the likes of Britney Spears and Beyoncé dominating the charts 20 years ago. If you’re willing to go as far back as the 80s for your comparison fair enough, but was most of the chart music of that period not catering to synth pop or glam rock at the time? I think the charts is probably no more monolithic in style than it used to be, just different.

@AlbertWeijers

8 ай бұрын

I agree with you on the one hand, on the other hand, we are probably not able to tune in to the new music like young people are able to. When the youth started to like the Beatles and the Stones in the 60's, their parents were horrified bij that music. So your comment echoes what those parents said.

@JohnPaulHare

8 ай бұрын

I love how you phrased the last line of your comment. It's a great summary of how the vast majority of pop music over the last five years or so has been utterly dominated by the same template of samples, beats, and chords, with a heavy hip-hop/rap influence.

@jonathanmarkham1998

8 ай бұрын

@@JohnPaulHare The idea this has come about in the last 5 years just isn’t true. If anything the charts are more diverse today than they were 10 years ago. I’d argue early 2010s was the worst time for chart music, but I think there’s been an improvement again since.

Rick, you always balance your huge knowledge, professionalism, experience and great musical skills with a humble, curious, open-minded, and respectful attitude. Thanx for sharing this with us!!

@chadgetjajet7033

Ай бұрын

Hardly. He complains about a cliché reggaeton beat but doesn't bat an eye at a standard kick snare pattern like the one in dance the night away. It's just a bunch of elaborate commentary that really boils down to whether or not it's the genre/style Rick has been conditioned to appreciate. Choosing criteria is a subjective process anyway, even if he were being consistent.

Dua Lipa and her team don’t hide their Elton John and ABBA influences. A lot of great stuff.

@Nzappreciator110

4 ай бұрын

Jewa liper is albanian

@bambimelson4945

3 ай бұрын

I really like Dua, she gets me moving and the sound is so clean. I actually like Taylor swift too she's got skills!

@bitemyshite

28 күн бұрын

Kirkpatrick and Ronson nailed her productions. Quality stuff.

@GeneralSlev

14 күн бұрын

Dance the night sound like a jamiroquai song

There's actually a lot of really good music being made these days. The problem is that almost none of it shows up on hits lists.

@OuterGalaxyLounge

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct. I'm a Boomer but when I hear other Boomers saying "no music today any good" I just cringe at the ignorance. It's not hard to find tons of amazing stuff. It's just not chart stuff.

@InsanityOtter983

8 ай бұрын

I agree 100%. It always pains me to see people (especially in the comments of these videos) saying that modern music is trash, when good music is being put out constantly. It's just harder to find, and requires some effort on the listener's part.

@davinnicode

8 ай бұрын

The average music listener is satisfied with whatever is thrown infront of him. Always has been always will be. However, it is sad that not even slightly interesting/different music makes it into the Top 10. This was different a couple of decades ago. Promotion is everything in today's music business.

@silvertear87

8 ай бұрын

​@@InsanityOtter983 that's why I think finding music online is such a godsend. You get suggestions based off of your tastes and you can find stuff you thought you didn't like when you were younger. I think a lot of this music is probably geared towards a younger audience. I've tried listening and a lot of it I just can't get with. But that's part of getting old I suppose 😅

@rksnj6797

8 ай бұрын

Spot on! My son turned me on to Bandcamp and I've found some great new music on there.

The 2nd Olivia Rodrigo song has a recognisable 90s grunge/alt. sound to me. And regarding the Dua Lipa song: I'm more and more convinced that pop songs always work great when they take a lot from the Disco era.... cause it's Disco, it's been working for decades and everybody loves it, even if they say they hate it.

@L_Martin

8 ай бұрын

The vocal reminded me of Evanescence

@SystematicMechanic

8 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself.

@LFransson

8 ай бұрын

I'm generally not a current pop music fan, but I do tend to like Dua Lipa. There is some talent behind her for sure.

@heter0flexual623

8 ай бұрын

i figured out why that is: it has the creep chord progression

@heatherharrison264

8 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking on the Dua Lipa song - it's disco. I guess disco didn't die after all. I'm not a fan of most of today's pop music. To me, it sounds like music made by robots, for robots. This song seems to have a little life in it, which is better than I expected.

Love this! I’m a 50-something musician who loves to stay up to date with modern pop. Your comments are spot on. Love how you pick out the chords so easily - since they are frequently so common. But I agree with you so much on the skilled songwriters and producers. I love a well written pop song with great production. They always make me smile. 🤩

It's fun to hear a seasoned session musician deconstruct the current hot play list. I personally have no idea how to judge whether a song is any good - I just know if I like or don't like it. But one thing I'll say - the Dua Lipa song, "Dance the Night Away," from the Barbie movie is a genuine perfect pop song, and there are so damn few of those around anymore. That song worms its way into your brain - and stays! And you never get tired of it. That song will be around for a long time.

@2204JCM

7 ай бұрын

The way anyone judges these songs is weather they remember them afterwards. If there good you will remember the parts that stand out.

@janetuss6496

4 ай бұрын

I hated Seven by Jungkook but his song Standing Next To You is a great pop song imo

@Blueeyesinthesky

Ай бұрын

I’m pretty tired of it after I heard it twice

LOVE the idea of having Rick do a "50 years ago this week Top 10 analysis" ! Out of curiosity, i checked it out - week of August 18th 1973: 1. Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning 2. Wings - Live And Let Die 3. Stories - Brother Louie 4. Maureen McGovern - The Morning After 5. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 6. Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown 7. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down 8. Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn 9. Charlie Daniels - Uneasy Rider 10. Chicago - Feelin' Stronger Everyday Now, i can't say positions 4,7,8, or 9 do anything for me, but i find way more sonic, rythmic and melodic variety in those 10 songs.

@jonathanroberts8981

8 ай бұрын

Stories did several songs that were much better than “Brother Louie.”

@danbardos3498

8 ай бұрын

This comment needs to be pinned.

@barrypopik9315

8 ай бұрын

I love singing along to "Bad Bad Leroy Brown." >> Croce: Bad. Me: Bad. Croce: Bad. Me: Bad. Croce: Leroy Brown.

@urbangrouse

8 ай бұрын

Wow, what a list! Love #8, but agree on 4, 7, and 9. And over all, I agree with your argument!

@Jims_Camera_at_dawn

8 ай бұрын

Pick any top 10 from any week between 1965 and 1990 and it will be better than any from the last ten years. They've forgotten 3 chords and the truth. It's been replaced with two notes and jibberish.

I'm 55. I always swore I'd never be one of these old people who hate / don't know modern music. I did pretty well up until my 40s. I could still relate to my younger nieces and what they were into. But honestly, I just can't take what passes for music these days.

@chasejones8302

8 ай бұрын

the good new stuff is all in Korea. Nothing in the US

@monkeymagic4600

8 ай бұрын

I am 51 and have hated most music released in this millennium.

@tshouse2782

8 ай бұрын

Same

@wadadli4sun

8 ай бұрын

I'm 57 and discovered @renmakesmusic. Reignited my hope for independent musicians with good lyrics and music; no auto-tune 👍🏼

@alextownsend6662

8 ай бұрын

I heard the exact melody of the toddler rhyme “baby baby stick your head in gravy” over and over in a hit song. Toddler level melody now passes as music

Dance the Night is just so well produced i cant believe it, then again it's Dua Lipa's production team

Love this Top 10 Review series. I always mean to listen to new stuff, but never seem to get to it. Rick's insights and informed assessment is both interesting and educational, keeping me engaged on stuff I'd switch away from on my own.

There’s a good reason why songs like Olivia’s vampire come around to become a hit, even though the progression is similar to previous hits. That progression gets people in the feels. It’s like people cycle back to the same food after a while.

@lalaDrlalaDr

8 ай бұрын

And the vocal. The vocal is great.

@wetbeans7957

8 ай бұрын

@@lalaDrlalaDr True. The vocal is no joke.

@MrPickledede

8 ай бұрын

"Gets people in the feels" WTF happened to the English language

@zontzooit2415

8 ай бұрын

@@MrPicklededeu never heard of that phrase/saying before?

@bartekdybeldrums

8 ай бұрын

It’s same progression like in “Creep” by Radiohead

Dear Rick , I’m sure many of us would love you to do this same video but for random weeks from the 1970s 🙏🏻❤

@chicagotouch9319

8 ай бұрын

Or just take a close look at the Top 100 singles from '73, '74 or '75. The iconic talent born in the '40s were mostly all at the top of their game. Progressive music was the most popular music until punk, disco and rap took off. We were spoiled by the Beatles, Zep, Floyd, Dylan, Mitchel, Hendrix, CSNY, CCR, Motown and many others setting the bar high. This music has survived and flourished. College level music students prefer music of that era more than they enjoy current pop. The pop and rap they play at my gym is ridiculous. I do like the song 'Under Water' by Rufus Du Sol. The production hooks send me into an altered state the way good 20th century music often does.

@riffhammeron

8 ай бұрын

Fantastic idea!

@murphvienna1

8 ай бұрын

This idea needs more upvotes! "What made this week great"

@edelcorrallira

8 ай бұрын

Hey that's cheating, why are you forcing it to be good? :P

@philipnewey

8 ай бұрын

I figure you would find about the same mix of 'good' and 'bad' music in any week of any era.

I love it when you do these videos and I always enjoy hearing new music, even when I don't like it. I'm really surprised I liked several songs on this list. I appreciate the way you break it all down, Rick. I really enjoy all of your videos.

I'm not a fan of today's music but I appreciate that you're giving the songs a shot.. some songs weren't terrible..

I came from under my rock to see what the masses were listening to... I shall return to my rock.

@Idiotsincarshere

2 ай бұрын

what do you listen to? No hate, I'm on a mission to discover new music. its hard these days!

@MusicSid-lk2vz

2 ай бұрын

@@Idiotsincarsherelisten to TPAB my fav album

@Idiotsincarshere

2 ай бұрын

@@MusicSid-lk2vz Kendrick Lamar? That’s hip hop not rock but I love that album too.

@sazidafnan5015

2 ай бұрын

​@@Idiotsincarshere70s and 80s rock music and 90s rap songs

@WarmAusterity-ii8dt

2 ай бұрын

​@@Idiotsincarsherebands under Sumerian records and foreign rock

It is really quite ironic how alternative music is now more accessible than ever, yet mainstream music found a way to dominate the internet, like tv and radio back in the day.

@robgrano6814

8 ай бұрын

The widespread accessibility has served to lower the bar of entry for bad stuff as well as good, unfortunately, which means that you often have to look harder for the good stuff.

@kaushalanshul

8 ай бұрын

@@robgrano6814 That is a very accurate observation. It creates this illusion that there is a dearth of good music, which there isn't. It is quite sad however, how internet was supposed to democratize the music industry but that never really happened.

@AfferbeckBeats

8 ай бұрын

There's so little money in the industry now due to many factors, that the big labels have to release music as safe as possible and put all the money into the marketing in hopes of any return. This should be of no concern to anyone but big label execs, because we can all listen to whatever great new niche music we want to instead without their influence. I don't see how mainstream music dominates the internet, because the internet you see is down to your algorithm and what you bring up manually. I've never heard any of these songs before.

@Zancb

8 ай бұрын

Mainstream. Hm. I wonder why they call it that.

@vanCaldenborgh

8 ай бұрын

@@AfferbeckBeats But if is so hard to make money for the "music industry", why don't they just stop? It would help music and music lovers a lot.

Rick, you just showed us what’s missing from today’s pop music: guitars and real instruments!

@rainespells1273

5 ай бұрын

props to olivia rodrigo for bringing them back

@jhref

4 ай бұрын

Ignoring synths and other tonal palettes is silly. They're all real instruments.

@Treviscoe

4 ай бұрын

I think a song can survive that as long as it has a recognisable structure; ones put out by synth-heavy bands like Spandau Ballet and the Human League managed it in the early 80s.

This was an interesting watch. It feels nice to have curate a selection of songs to show somebody what’s out there and what sounds good. Thank you.

Rick is living proof that everything is better with guitars, he’ll just be casually strumming to the song and I’m like “ oh it sounds not that bad” then he stops playing and the song feels a little empty

@kikiTHEalien

8 ай бұрын

It really improved that Columbia song

@fiddlefaddle1

7 ай бұрын

Probably, because modern music has less and less guitar and more synthesizer, because you have to dedicate a lot of time to learn guitar and this generation doesn't have the intelligence or perseverance to learn how to play guitar. Before you say it, I play guitar, bass, piano, and violin for over 40 years. I'm glad I won't be around to listen to gen x explain how good this music was to their kids!

@sebbiesydenham3077

7 ай бұрын

@@fiddlefaddle1absolute waffle.

@Globe14

7 ай бұрын

I personally believe in the power of guitar and piano

@lynneclarke6265

6 ай бұрын

It's mostly all synths and drum machine which apparentently no-one knows how to program different beats. Plus often over-produced.

My 19 year old son works in a restaurant were they play classic rock. He told me he likes "Summer of '69" and "A Long December". I was thrilled but tried not to over react! 😆

@ectobluntus

8 ай бұрын

Oh no, is counting crows already classic rock? I'm old! Was bout to happen eventually I guess

@klausschneider1045

8 ай бұрын

Ha! My son took me with him to the Murder Dolls and Papa Roach when he was sixteen. I took him with me to Johnny Winter's last tour in Europe, when he (son, not Johnny) was twenty-five. In 2019, son was thirty-two, we watched King Crimson together, and in this year in October we'll see The Aristocrats. That's what I call education.

@jirskyrjenkins1959

8 ай бұрын

My kids reckon they hate my taste in music, but every time I recommend a song to them, they like it. I tell them they are known as classics for a reason. 99.9% of these spotify top songs will disappear off anyone's rotation.

@stvitalkid7981

8 ай бұрын

My 21 year old son’s favourite bands are Rush, Steely Dan and Pink Floyd. My 19 year old’s fave channels on Sirius radio are 80s on 8, 90s on 9, the Lithium channel and…Hair Nation. I think he even programmed Yacht Rock into the car radio.

@RB-oc7ti

8 ай бұрын

@@nckhedsummer of ‘69 is some pretty generic stuff there! I grew up with it. Not musically very interesting if you’re holding that out as an example of great music of the past?…

Kevin Parker known as “Tame Impala” is the producer of Dua Lipa song!!! He’s an insanse producer and he also has his own discography, you should check “currents” one of his best albums for me! 😄

I would love to see an interview with Jack Antonoff or an analysis of some of his music, or both. He seems super open to describing his production process (including providing tracks for others to remix), and given his experience as both a performer and producer, I think he would have a lot of interesting things to share, especially having worked with so many talented people, and Rick seems to like his work when it comes up, such as Cruel Summer. At the very least he is influencing the sound of pop music quite a bit, and worth exploring that.

There's a lot I could say here, but I believe that I can sum it all up with this: popular music has reached a point where the bar for finding anything worth praising is so low that you have to actually say how great it is to hear a guitar up front.

@jhandle4196

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the songs "Beep, Beep!" and the "Monster Mash" was pretty high-brow stuff.

@jhandle4196

8 ай бұрын

. . . and let's not forget, "Mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy too. Wouldn't you?"

@foto21

8 ай бұрын

I've been saying this generation thinks they deserve an award for playing a real guitar, or copying a past style badly.

@beingsshepherd

8 ай бұрын

​@@foto21Like the veneration for that new _Barbie_ film on the grounds that it's not a remake nor sequel.

@foto21

8 ай бұрын

The Roadrunner song was written for television, which was considered low brow culture. No on said there was no low culture in the past. The point is there was still high culture, of which there is essentially ZERO today.@@jhandle4196

It's great that you always try to reach for "what sounds good" instead of focusing on how extremely boring it all just ends up sounding, kudos! I definitely don't have that level of patience

@mermiriam

8 ай бұрын

Me either.

@stephanielight4161

8 ай бұрын

TOTALLY agree

@holyholylife

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@outermarker5801

8 ай бұрын

Same thoughts exactly. Admirable of him to see the positives. Couple of them are quite well produced and sound good, but none are my thing. Not since Pop died way back when. Back to the wild world of Metal for me.

@Redtrays

8 ай бұрын

Just don't discount other modern more talented rap artists Tyler the Creator has some wild new stuff that has some rap verses. Gunna is a turd to listen to

"Bad Idea Right?" Is a great tune. And that Dua Lipa song -- you can't not dance when it comes on.

The funniest part of these videos is that Rick’s small stabs of guitar add a lot of texture to these songs

Uncanny how Rick's off-the-cuff guitar strumming / finger picking (while he's figuring out the changes) actually adds to the tune.

The worst part is not how bad the songs are, but rather that millions of people are listening to them 🤦🏻‍♂️

@manuelguevara1437

8 ай бұрын

You don’t need talent anymore

@jimmycampbell78

8 ай бұрын

Most people have very poor musical taste. The fact that Coldplay alone have sold millions of records tells you that.

@tylerhackner9731

8 ай бұрын

Music is subjective tbf

@tomcruze7898

8 ай бұрын

Are they? Or do they just promote it like they are? Ever heard of streaming farms?

@Allan_Stone

8 ай бұрын

@@tylerhackner9731 it most certainly is, it's just very dissappointing for anyone who knows just a tiny little bit about music and can pick up on the nuances

As an old guy, 67, I remind myself that I thought I hated disco when it first emerged. Now, many of those tunes have become favorites.

@ivanj.conway9919

6 ай бұрын

The worst of Disco was still INFINITELY, better than the best of the gutter trash being pumped out today. And this is where my anger knows no bounds, seeing there was a concerted effort to destroy Disco even, before it got off the ground properly, while this sickening, filth has been allowed to dominate pop music for over three decades, and anyone with a musical ear and half a brain knows it is infinitely, worse. I'll never understand human beings, never.

@garygawronski6022

5 ай бұрын

I’ve said many times to people that I really disliked disco when it was a thing….until rap reared its ugly head. Ya just don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.

@danielhammond3012

5 ай бұрын

I know exactly what u mean, I hated The Stones, "Shattered" and turned it off every time I heard them, now I crank it, tastes change. Like Donna Summer a lot more now too.

@ivanj.conway9919

3 ай бұрын

@@anthonygstrandwiththebandt2656 : Anthony, direct your comment to the person you are speaking to, please. If you can seriously, tell me that 70s Disco is worse than the damn, gutter trash we are being tortured with today, and everybody seems to be allowing, then you don't know music at all or have a shred of decent taste. I wish to Good God, someone would start a campaign against today's rap and hip-hop garbage, crab as they so viciously, did to Disco, back in the day. I'm longing for that to happen. Disco barely, got a decade, while this tasteless, gutter crap, as lasted for pushing 30 bloody, years now. Sure Good, God, enough is enough now. Surely.

@mrglasses8953

3 ай бұрын

@@ivanj.conway9919 disco just morphed into house and garage.

That was so, so fascinating. I wish I could find more time to listen to Rick's work and I am terribly tempted to download his course bundle except that I know I would not find time to use it, and would just have something else calling to me longingly. But I am still inspired to not go for easy changes or melodies and to write as professionally as I can when I get the chance, just to do my best to raise the bar a bit. I am grateful for your work to stand up for music, Rick!

@drumseltzer

6 ай бұрын

I'm a pro drummer with a degree in music and have to say, they are great courses!

Ah a new episode of "Rick tries his utmost best to find something positive to say about half of these songs" Easily among my favorite things to watch ;)

@Fastvoice

8 ай бұрын

Did you find this "shocking"? I didn't.

@SaltpeterTaffy

8 ай бұрын

When Rick breaks bad and goes full Robert Gilchrist on this dreck, no one will blame him. His pedigree will easily shield him from slings and arrows.

@aunch3

8 ай бұрын

Lol you can tell he’s desperately looking for something positive to say

@mikek8986

8 ай бұрын

😂

@itzhen7032

8 ай бұрын

Idk man, he always finds something to like, he really did seem to like that dua lipa song

Whenever Rick opines on the current top ten pop hits I get an image of being stuck inside a Chuck E Cheese restaurant. The noise is deafening, the kids making it are oblivious to its harshness, yet there is a loving, concerned adult attempting to bring some calm and meaning to the maddening, incessant noise. Rick, you are that Saint.

@DaveLaneGC

8 ай бұрын

I Only managed the noise in Chuck E Cheese once!

@drbassface

8 ай бұрын

Great analogy

Y’know, I’m no Swiftie, but the fact that Cruel Summer is maybe more than 4 years old gives me hope that something’s actually sticking with people. Everything else seems to come and go so quickly.

@KristineMaitland

27 күн бұрын

In truth I prefer Bananarama's Cruel Summer. Old school

@Faltor895

27 күн бұрын

That's because it's an 80s song, duh.

@intercyanide

27 күн бұрын

@@Faltor895 It’s a cover? No wonder.

@BornNDie

20 күн бұрын

​@@intercyanideare you kidding me💀 no it is not. It was on her lover album its about her ex joe Alwyn, not a cover

@intercyanide

20 күн бұрын

@@BornNDie Sorry, sorry. Thank you.

Rick, can you do a video on modern country music? The last few years it’s gotten really diverse despite the reputation it’s attained. Independent artists have grown so much, and I think they carry on the rock and roll + singer-songwriter spirit a lot of modern music lacks. Texas country is interesting too… lots of cool guitar work from Whiskey Myers, Koe Wetzel, Treaty Oak Revival, and the Turnpike Troubadours. It’s a super diverse sub genre of the country scene… some go for the honky tonk twang, some with the classic southern rock approach, and some have a wicked Seattle sound.

I'm 5 minutes in, and all I can say so far is props to Olivia for having some music in her music.

@OuterGalaxyLounge

8 ай бұрын

True. You are a voice of reason on here, unlike most.

@funkmaster77

8 ай бұрын

Crazy how fast Wet Leg is already influencing other artists

@C-Rod7x

8 ай бұрын

Facts

@jonathanmarkham1998

8 ай бұрын

Not for me, but from what I’ve heard Olivia Rodrigo isn’t even that bad. Two or three songs on here were well done, which is good going imo.

@andyscott5277

8 ай бұрын

It’s the guitarist guy who writes all the guitar parts. He’s a bit derivative, but has good taste. She just blathers on over the chord changes 😅

I like how every song instantly sounds better when you start playing over it. Guitar is missing often in modern pop songs

@mati74

8 ай бұрын

That might be due to the simple fact that everything sounds better as soon as real instruments are involved, with skilled musicians playing them.

@jamesmedina2062

8 ай бұрын

Underrated comment yo!🤘

@T3Rmin4LCuRi0siTy

8 ай бұрын

very good observation. Less and less skilled instrument players coming out now, but there is a plethora of 4 chord producers, who put 4 generic chords and call it a day. Lol some of the melodies of the top stars are made out of just 1 or 2 notes. Thats not very musician like. Even a baby can blabber and they would make a song on it.

@antonioestuardobrindis5738

8 ай бұрын

Would be boring if every song of every genre had guitar too

@rd101

8 ай бұрын

@@antonioestuardobrindis5738 I agree, and I play guitar lol

Nice and efficient Rick.... I didn't make it past track no. 8.... man I'm glad I'm old 😂.... Bless you for doing this 🙏🏼

it's almost sunrise where i live and i am stuck in a youtube rabbithole because i just discovered beato's ranty side... absolutely worth it

3 songs from barbie but "im just ken" isnt there, sad. That song truly exceeded my expectations, knowing it was more like a joke, but ryan delivered it perfectly. The change in pace that occurs too, underrated asf and it's not even cause it was ryan gosling doing it

@Mr2greys

8 ай бұрын

Sometimes it's just not kenough :D

@marirezende8478

8 ай бұрын

It's not really a song you keep listening to although being good

@jotan588

8 ай бұрын

I was hoping to see it too

@victoriagill1588

8 ай бұрын

Give it some Kenergy!! It makes me laugh every time

@SusieBlup

8 ай бұрын

I'm just Ken was my favorite from the movie 😢

I like that Olivia Rodrigo is still pop-rocking, Lipa is pop-discoing and Taylor is pop-poppin' while the reggaeton guys are eating each other's dinner rehashing the same tunes over and over. Girls are keeping the dream alive.

@briancrawford8751

8 ай бұрын

I'd never heard reggaeton before, but its reputation isn't good, and I can hear that that reputation is deserved.

@angelinebena9675

8 ай бұрын

Ikrrr

@clowicous

8 ай бұрын

Hmm I feel the same for those girls too 🤔

@sieghart1100

8 ай бұрын

Don't forget about Billie !

@IvanDraganchev

8 ай бұрын

If you want some more interesting reggaeton, check out rosalia, even though reggaeton is NOT her thing

I liked this video very much. I have been staying away from new music for a time now as my habit is to go back and try to find new repertoire from artists I enjoy. Yes, I am old. BTW I bought your book set. It is awesome. Some of it is over my head as I am a new music student. I still am working through it in hopes I can understand things I hear or see in the future.

I am a listener, not a music maker or analyzer. What I would do to have a fraction of your knowledge. Thank you for the enlightenment!

I always feel like I've heard all these songs a million times before. There's so much great music being made out there by alternative artists, rock, metal, prog that I can't keep up with all the stuff I actively want to listen to, thank goodness it doesn't seem like I'm missing out on anything interesting in the charts 🤯

Back in the '80s, Frank Zappa included as liner notes on his YOU ARE WHAST YOU IS double-album an essay entitled something like "The Nation That Chose Cheese" -- about how the Top 10 radio playlists were chosen via the lowest common denominator of clueless, tasteless adolescents. Or something like that -- it's been about 40 years since I read it. I'm wondering how blistering Zappa's opinions would be regarding today's Top 10 playlist of songs. Rick Beato goes out of his way to try to find SOMETHING nice to say about each song, but we can all tell he's not really that impressed with even the moderately less sucky tracks he reviewed here.

@thegreatelfinko

8 ай бұрын

All the tracks weren't bad

@PartyClearer

8 ай бұрын

People have been saying the same thing since the dawn of time. They threw cabbage at Stravinsky. They have said it about every kind of music. The clickbait title of this is unfortunate.

@elpatudo3670

8 ай бұрын

​@@PartyClearerturn off the autotune and you'll have silence. Which is a LOT better than the vast majority of current noise..... the silence that is!

@matthewatwood8641

8 ай бұрын

​@@thegreatelfinkoyes they were

@matthewatwood8641

8 ай бұрын

​@@PartyClearerare you really comparing the songs in this video to Stravinsky?

Your respectfulness and genuine constructive criticism was great, +1 sub haha.

It's very refreshing to hear your honesty, about some of today's music!

As a listener I don't think i'll ever truely LOVE pop , However as a musician there really is an art to how simple yet effective pop can be. its really impressive when Billie or Olivia Rodrigo are able to add subtle veriations while keeping it digestable. Honestly thought the Nikki and Ice spice track was super smart to remix the Barbie girl track into a Trap inspired beat plus the Juke break gives it extra points. Kudo's Rick new subscriber.

@twitter.comelomhycy

8 ай бұрын

You should really search for and listen to 'YUI AGAIN', 'YUI LIFE', 'YUI GANBARRE'

@Dismiazs

8 ай бұрын

@@twitter.comelomhycy Damn I love YUI. Listening to her song will never be a wrong choice

@twitter.comelomhycy

8 ай бұрын

AMEN! @@Dismiazs

@sayykii3468

8 ай бұрын

YUI is amazing

@twitter.comelomhycy

8 ай бұрын

Sure thing!@@sayykii3468

That "Vampire" song by Olivia Rodrigo is mostly interesting in its development over the full course of the song - it takes an almost rock-operatic turn. I think it's more original and unexpected than the 1st part conveys. That's what makes it kind of surprising.

@Rio_1111

8 ай бұрын

That's nice. As someone who frequently listens to 20-minute prog ballads, developement within a piece of music is one of the aspects I highly value.

@erin_n5678

8 ай бұрын

Yes I was like no fast forward!! The beginning is the most generic part of the song

@latinmusic473

8 ай бұрын

Agree. The progression is what makes it a great song.

@adamgh0

8 ай бұрын

@@latinmusic473 It's just "Creep" repackaged.

@BethDwyer

8 ай бұрын

For sure! And Rick mentions about the Barbie World song how people say it’s all about the lyrics, and here it definitely is. I love the comparison of a toxic relationship as vampiric. And it has a cool gothic atmosphere.

Rick, do you ever do reviews from virtually unknown artists? I’d love to see a video like that.

Just echoing a few other comments I've seen on here, but I like the way Rick always tries to find positive things to say about these songs, even if he has to wade through a sea of mediocre sameness to find them.

I watch Rick do these videos to see him effortlessly pick up the chord progressions. I watch them for his positive attitude finding good things to talk about. I watch them to cry how far we have fallen musically since the seventies.

@navelpicker

8 ай бұрын

For just about all of these songs, it ain't a stretch.

@TheReubenKincaid

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but by song five he has that look on his face

@davidreilly8888

8 ай бұрын

Terrible

@nicksilva4415

8 ай бұрын

The fall is not just musically.

@c.a.t.732

8 ай бұрын

I think its a safe bet he's worked out the chord progressions ahead of time.

I like how Rick tries desperately to find something good in each song, God bless him. 😁😁😁

@julien_o_67

8 ай бұрын

It's kinda painful to watch till the end :(

@powerguiller

8 ай бұрын

⁠painful to watch, dreadful to listen to monotune pop songs these days.

@David-in-England

8 ай бұрын

Rick finds something kind to say about each song- because he is a gentleman.

@justinhansen4941

8 ай бұрын

Or he enjoys the songs for what they are. Pop music charts have always been a mishmash of drivel and good songs.

@asabovesobelow2299

8 ай бұрын

Vampire!!

I'd really like to see Rick reacting to Eurovision songs...i'm sure that'll blow his mind

Hey Rick, always love when you do these and find it interesting. I'm not generally a fan of what's at the top of the charts, but I confidently love a well-crafted pop hook. Btw, not that you'd know but #1 was by Jung Kook (pronounced with a J sound and the word Cook), he's the youngest member of BTS but I don't think any of them co-wrote this song.

Steven Stills (For What Its Worth, Suite: Judy Blue Eye's, Bluebird etc.) said that when he was writing songs in the 60's, he was consciously trying to write a song that would last 50 years. I don't think modern songwriters can say that.

@danaaronmusic

8 ай бұрын

Modern songwriters don't believe there will be anyone around to hear it in fifty years.

@thomasmann2327

8 ай бұрын

Today's songwriters are just about the money

@Inupiaq89

8 ай бұрын

Fifty days, maybe, but in most cases about fifty minutes . . .

@dropclutch1

8 ай бұрын

People's attention span isn't even 50 seconds these days.

@lreyay

8 ай бұрын

Most pop artists don’t write their own music, and the songwriters don’t get any real recognition so theres no incentive to write a song that will stand the test of time.

Would be great to have a section where you show multiple songs that are almost identical side by side, just to prove how pop music keeps repeating itself

@danr.4023

8 ай бұрын

Rick had done videos about that a few years ago.

@WhereIsPancakesHouse

8 ай бұрын

So many of the hip hop songs seem to have the same lyrical rhythm… blah blah blah blahblahblahblah… blah blah blah blahblahblahblah

@blitz1904

8 ай бұрын

@@WhereIsPancakesHousetell you aren’t a fan of rap without saying you aren’t a fan of rap lol

@WhereIsPancakesHouse

8 ай бұрын

@@blitz1904 ha ha. I actually like some older stuff.

@charles6762

8 ай бұрын

he just did

10:01 lmao, Rick was trying not to laugh. 😂😂😂

Nice to see some credit for the youngest BTS guy's solo project. Not an army. But I do believe these guys know how to make good pop music. And they really mix old vibes with the new stuff really well. I like this song a lot and all the solo stuff I've hear so far have been great.

@TooLittleInfo

8 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more with all of this and best believe that when they come out of military service, I'm going to be one of the millions lining up for tickets for their comeback tour

@angelinebena9675

8 ай бұрын

Yess I like their solo projects. They each bring different things on the table

@witcherye

8 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to listening to V's new album and more new songs by jungkook

@LittleLaford

8 ай бұрын

I agree! Same with their amazing ability to make pop so is their ability to make hip hop and other genres. Their producers and the members themselves are truely geniuses and can get amazing results in every genere. Fuck some of my favorite bts songs are their rnb, pop-rock and hiphop songs while it not even being their main genre.

The way pop music evolved/devolved over the last 60 years is truly phenomenal. It defies logic and purely befuddles me how we got to artists like Gunna. 🤷‍♂️

@DonHaka

8 ай бұрын

It really isn't phenomenal, this happens to everything that capitalism touches. Music is today a commodity to be produced fast and sold fast. Creativity is stifled in the name of profits.

@NathanEllery

8 ай бұрын

​@@DonHaka that's one of the dumbest comments I've read today, no, the dumbest. Capitalism is free market. People buy what they want to buy. You might be referring to crony capitalism, mercantilism, fascism, socialism, or communism. In all those systems there is central planning and control. Currently the world is being controlled by oligarchs who own most everything and punish smaller companies that step outside (ie free market). Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard own around 85% of the world and push terrible destructive ESG policies of the communist Democrat party. That's not free market capitalism.

@matthewatwood8641

8 ай бұрын

Yet somehow the capitalists music industry produced amazing music for roughly a century. I don't think it's capitalism, I think it's the internet. Artists need the music industry less and less. Artists recording themselves and promoting themselves on social media depend on capitalist principles to make a living.

@FrankieBag0donuts

8 ай бұрын

We've dumbed down our education system, so it's no surprise that the music followed.

@DashRiprock513

8 ай бұрын

Yeah... they all seem to be nervous, anxious, and fairly ignorant.

Love the Billie Ellish critique. It was like "One and Done", " Say no more". LOL. You go Rick! Seriously, keep going, music needs all the qualified critics it can get.

Love the channel , as rod Serling would say, case in point… I’m a child of the 60s and grew up in deep purple Led Zeppelin Beatles etc . Most of the memories I have of great songs are just cherry picked favorites - not all jammed into a top 10?at a given point . One of my favorite channels is yesterday’s papers covering top 10’sof the 60s and 70s . Talk about a load of crap :) there are some real dogs in there man .

I like how you can explain things amateurs like myself may feel but lack the experience and vocabulary to put into words

This series should be called "What makes Rick Beato great" and be about how he is always able to show some kind of appreciation, give insight about contemporary mainstream music and have something positive to say about the cringiest global Spotify charts.

@Genious.

8 ай бұрын

Sometimes I think it could also be called 'Rick Beato figures out your hit song in under 4 bars'

@twitter.comelomhycy

8 ай бұрын

Yes!

My music interests started with my first time hearing Highway to Hell at a birthday party in 6th grade. Over time my music tastes have greatly expanded first to the heaviest of metal I could find. But then something happened. I found that my favorite music had similar features to other genres. Slowly I discovered classical, country, Motown, pop, rap/hip hop, etc. Most recently I have been really enjoying Jazz. I’ve really been going down the rabbit hole so to speak. I see so much creativity and excellence in some of those works. Every time I go to the top 10 songs my expectations for some reason are that I’m going to encounter excellence, and then I am just absolutely demolished when I find out that we get the same reggaeton beat over and over and over again. Ladies and gentlemen, please do yourselves a favor. Go spend a few minutes and look up Sidney Bechet and Lester Young.

If art reflects the soul of a culture, we are done for.

@Littlepocketrocket81

Ай бұрын

True

"BAD IDEA RIGHT?" by Olivia Rodrigo seems very inspired by Wet Leg

@oliveoreilly7881

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I've been looking for a comment like this. Totally pulling so much from Wet Leg.

@gioscervelo

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@franshanner9575

8 ай бұрын

the opening riff sounds like the hone depot song💀

Rick gives every song a chance and shows respect, even for the least of them. 🎶☝🤓🎸🎶

@dan2326

8 ай бұрын

and we love him for that!

@onesong2001

8 ай бұрын

@@dan2326 I think it's his weakness. Why does trash deserve respect? There are too many crap songs and life is literally too short to analyse them all.

I don't know music theory at all, I'm all ear player always have been on bass and guitar, I'm considering picking up your product for ear training, you're the only one I trust on this subject

Your guitar playing makes these songs sound so much better 👍

I know i'm gonna sound old...but i'm glad i experienced the nineties in music and festivals.

@DavidSchneiderIP

8 ай бұрын

I would favor the 60s and70s.

@Mollikar

8 ай бұрын

Me to but honestly anyone who grew up in the rock era from 65-95 we had the best pop rock I will take any of those years over the modern CRAP garbage they play. I will gladly take Jefferson Airplane on top of a NYC building live show over any of todays bullcrap.

@JamieBarrettMusic

8 ай бұрын

I know I’m gonna sound older, but I’m so glad I was born in the 60s, experienced music in the 70s, and went to my 1st (of thousands) rock concert in 1980… 👍

I love how Rick instantly makes even the crappy songs 200x better just by adding his guitar track by ear

@TigasHyper

8 ай бұрын

True

@DS77831

8 ай бұрын

It’s still crappy music

@Not_so_greatScott

8 ай бұрын

@@DS77831 for sure, there is no saving it. Rick’s such a stand up guy, I love this channel so much.

@TigasHyper

8 ай бұрын

@@DS77831 most of them, yeah.

@edp1963

8 ай бұрын

idk dua lipa's song sounded much worse with the guitar lmao

God, I love Rick’s channel. Obsessed 🤩. I feel totally vindicated in my love of Rock and all music w/ real musicianship 😅… (and yay Dua Lipa 😂. Knew I liked her for a reason)

Седой, но - молодой. Крутой и душевный. Это наш Рик. Здоровья и благоденствия!

It may not get views but I’d love to see Rick do this with top ten lists from every decade. Every year even.

@dt3460

8 ай бұрын

Yep it'd be good to do a quick rundown of the equivalent week in 70's , 80's and 90's . There was still some garbage back then, lets face it , but the general standard was much higher.

@cooldebt

8 ай бұрын

I would definitely view that!

@newcoloursmusic1255

8 ай бұрын

Brilliant idea. Like a random year e.g. 1983, August 25th.

@-______-______-

8 ай бұрын

Please do this @rickbeato !

That new guitar is beautiful!

I dig watching you break down what is going on with a song. Always fascinating. Your take on pop songs makes me think of this podcast I listen to: Pop songs your boyfriends too stupid to know about on Mixcloud. Always eclectic and they have turned me on to some really interesting bands. I do love that the internet has given the artists the ability to build a following based on their creativity, which I think puts them in a position to make a record without to much interference from a label, or better yet to fund their own record and control the direction of the band, for better or worse.

Jungkook is the tip of the arrow for Kpop in English speaking artist. But in general, ignoring KPop is one of the biggest blind spots in American and British pop music. Why are wevso insular? If you want huge artists and huge songs only and focus on charts alone, where are you going for innovation? Korean bands can make old genres new and mix them freely. Their production is outstanding. The songwriting is as well. Yes, lots of KPop is boy bands, pretty girl groups and high level complicated choreography. Being good looking doesn’t rule you out as talented and looks only get you up the first step. I was so disillusioned with contemporary rock/pop/indie genres that I stopped looking for something great. When I first found KPop and bands like SHINee a legendary act whose every member is also a successful solo artist , BTS - particularly Suga’s stuff as A’gust D - Riize, Mammamoo, it literally brought my life a lot more of everything positive. There’s debate about how the Korean music industry will expand into the U.S. But these guys sell out huge arenas, have powerful fan bases, and are all watching Jungkook as he tests the waters with American lyrics. These artists are simply extraordinarily vigorous, inventive, hard working and generous to their fans. How provincial have we become?

@meredithhernandez283

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Don’t call me by Shinee will always be so complicated to break down as someone who’s been playing instruments. I think it’s a perfect pop song that gives the most unexpected twists. The first note of the chorus was so surprising, I love it.

@theanti-veela-leprechaun

3 ай бұрын

I love seeing kpop get it’s credit 👏

@peacheditsz

3 ай бұрын

THIS PARAGRAPH WAS EVERYTHING. I agree so many are missing out because of these preconceived notions and toxic expectations.

@samprada9298

3 ай бұрын

100% slept on

@ShrimpyWilliams

Ай бұрын

Almost all Kpop music I have heard sounds like an AI generated song based on random American music from the 2010’s lol

Rick, you made EVERY song sound 1000% better just by adding a couple of guitar licks.

Something I found myself thinking about Dance The Night is how remarkably close to Levitating it is. Not to say it's a bad song but listening to them back to back the similarities are striking

@nicktomato7

8 ай бұрын

i think the barbie ppl just asked dua lipa to write barbie a hit and she n her team could kinda guarantee they would - and they all know what worked on her other hits, including levitating btw if i sound judgy, i think this song fcking slaps

@orlock20

8 ай бұрын

Disco was made to blend together so that the DJ could keep people on the dance floor in their same dance pattern.

Hey Rick, enjoy your videos. Would be interested to hear your take on Wolf Alice. In your spare time of course!

Great evaluations! Agreed on just about all of them. Points you make are great too. One can do yet another hackneyed progression though, IF done with good style and by using inversions, and breaking up the instruments so they are greater than the sum of their parts. Problem with the boring songs, they just use ONE instrument playing the chords and no interesting arrangement on the chords.

I love this segment… I can now pretend to know who the pop”stars” are without having to endure an entire song. This is an invaluable service to humanity! I will now retire to my Steely Dan and Tower of Power safe place.

@danwilliams4089

8 ай бұрын

Amen.

@kbusby4824

8 ай бұрын

I hear ya'

@harrisontownsend910

8 ай бұрын

Hear ya. After I finish this video it's straight to Pantera to wash the ol ears clean.

I love that Rick stays positive. It’s really helpful for me to learn about music and empathise as to what is engaging about modern music

@robinfox4440

8 ай бұрын

It's hard for me to get into modern music, because so much of it just sounds terrible to my ears. Especially mumble rap. But yeah, he stays positive even in the face of that crap.

@bassesatta9235

8 ай бұрын

@@jukeboxmetallica1376 they arent considered mainstream music tho

@jaycee30865

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but finding the two positive attributes of feces while ignoring all the obvious hazards... it isn’t honest.

@justsomejusstsome8994

8 ай бұрын

​@@robinfox4440Its not that its terrible its just that you havent learned to like stuff yet thats ouside of your comfort zone

@bl4ck0p

8 ай бұрын

@@justsomejusstsome8994 it is that it's terrible

I noticed some hits in last few years are named exactly as some big hits of the past Cruel Summer, How Deep is Your Love, Let's Get Physical - those I can remember rn

Video game music has been big for quite some time, I think. I'm a Gen Xer, now closer to my forties than to my thirties. I was a metalhead in my early adulthood, but nowadays, I find myself listening to synth music and video game music. Many are new, some from my early childhood games.

Rick's accompaniment is often better than the actual song 👍🎵🎶🤩

Love how on the fly Rick can add more tonality and interest than the dozens of producers failed to do!

I have been following like the same three bands and the leaders of those bands other bands for years it's safe and it keeps me from crying

I tried to figure out how you have that guitar strung. I don't see any wound strings. Is that right? You are very quick to pick up on chord progressions. Interesting video.

So glad my teenager years were the 70s and we had some of the best to listen to. Not that my grandmother agreed with that statement 😄

@superiorboby9750

8 ай бұрын

That's exactly the point. My teenage years are now and I think there is so much good music under the surface, my favorite record ever was released last year. That being said, rick could be my granfather and he hates new music so it's a cycle

@JesseNothing33

8 ай бұрын

​@@superiorboby9750What's your favorite record ever that was released last year? I'd genuinely love to check it out.

@superiorboby9750

8 ай бұрын

@@JesseNothing33 It's called "Ants From Up There" by a british group called Black Country, New Road. It's a mix of classical and rock instrumentation, the genre is in fact called Chamber Pop. It's similar to Arcade Fire but I think it's even better. If you end up listening to it, let me know your opinion! Of course, music is subjective in the end, but what is objectively bullshit is saying that there is no good music out there. Those statements are what might be killing the talented musicians of the future

@brendanpmaclean

8 ай бұрын

@@superiorboby9750 I’ll be driving up the Black Country New Road in an hour or so. It exists!

@philiphumphrey1548

8 ай бұрын

Yes exactly. I was a kid in the 1970s and I remember my mum telling me to "turn that racket off". In her view the pop songs had no melody, although now I'm older I can appreciate the music of the 40s and 50s (her era) and understand what she was getting at.

Listening to this makes me feel blessed that I grew up with Van Halen, Aerosmith, Frampton, Skynyrd, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Wright

@frankk6161

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

@johnhartley3022

8 ай бұрын

And the tubes, Roxy music, steely Dan Zappa, rush, yes, genesis, utopia, the ramones, television, bowie, weather report, return to forever, DiMeola. all on the same radio station. them was the days

@alanvallazza9781

8 ай бұрын

Anything between 1966 and 1998.

@stevecasey1037

8 ай бұрын

I'm on that bandwagon with you brother! Being in my '60s I'm just too old for this new stuff... I hover in the '70s, slight '80s, and smooth jazz. I have enough of a musical buffet to eat from but I'll never have to find another new tune in my life....😕 (Broadcast DJ radio career spanned over 40 years)

@w4dZ0o

8 ай бұрын

Classics. I gotta rush out and buy the singles.

I'd love to hear these songs live without the overproduction...or maybe not. Great analysis and love this channel.

Great analysis as usual

@DJBre

6 ай бұрын

@TaylorAlisonSwift-is4fo not long enough, I wish I knew Rick back when I started

I think the reaction "Oh, a guitar!", summs it up nicely.😂