Comments by "" (@krollpeter) on "Rick Beato" channel.

  1. It takes the character out of the sound, the intended character of the sound, or the personal character of the artist. Same as autotune, everything becomes a sterile mass sounds.
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  2. @James Smith so what do you think about his timing?
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  3. Justin Bieber is not a singer. And if he plays drums does not matter, IMO. The albums are made by legions of songwriters and producers. He has no influence and is only an actor in fake stories for little girls. Or may be a dancer just like B. Spears, and all the others.
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  4. The only one that I like is Midnight Rain. That's an amazing progressive sound for a mainstream artist, and it has a nice sparse atmosphere. You are producers and look for some refined production, that's cool, and I like to hear you perspective. But to me all the rest is shxt incl. that Sam Smith thing, horrible.
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  5. I was thinking Paul McCartney ... no, he does not get him. And there he is at no. 20, all righty right. Paul McCartney has a very versatile voice, he can sing almost anything and everything very well, inclusive that shouting Rock style. Besides being a top vocalist, he is one of the best bass players the UK has produced, he's certainly proficient on the guitar as well, he is slick on the piano, and his drumming skills are good enough for being a drummer in almost any professional band. And now - watch it - he is also one of the greatest song writers and lyricists the world has ever seen. The amount of talent and skill that this man has his inconceivable. It is almost as if he's not from this world. And if you think I am just a fanboy, forget it. It is the plain truth.
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  6. You said it all.
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  7. All boring
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  8. With few exceptions they are often quite predictable, and therefore easy to learn for an experienced player. 1 or 2 listens should be usually enough. Then the video pieces are edited together and it just seems he knows it right away. I mean I do not want to take away anything from Rick, even the opposite, he's a highly proficient player and most of it is a fingersnap for him. And to me, the majority of this stuff is pretty much a similar affair. The Morello piece is more a good sound effect than class playing.
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  9. In the sixties 50 % of the top 50 was cheese and 50 % was quality, some of it even to class stuff. Now there are 2 or 3 pieces that deserve a mention in the top 50, the rest is junk. I am not saying there is no good music. But popular is not the good stuff.
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  10. As for many here, Lets Dance is not my favourite Bowie music. Yet I am very thankful to learn about the details, thoughts and meticulous work that went into that piece. Not ordinary, sure.
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  11. The drums and the bass playing alone can make for a beautiful evening out already.
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  12. Fundamentally clever made, how can a man who does not even read sheet music do this? 3:47 + 4:14 that sounds beautiful airy and full of positive vibe. It would have been complete like this, I agree with you.
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  13. 10: What was that? 9. S. Carpenter: Excellently produced shite 8. C. Roan: Last Christmas ... 7. Karol G.: vomit 6. S. Carpenter: yawn 5. S. Carpenter: yawn 4. Jimin: Muzak 3. S.Carpenter: Yawn 2. B. Eilish: Yawn 1. B. Mars: ./. All unremarkable. The best indeed is the only - somewhat - rocker, the no. 3. I agree with the other commenter @Apprendre-Photo "The bar is so low that a key change is a once in 15 years occurrence"
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  14. This is one of your best, Rick. I understood the melodic cleverness of Sting but did not really look into his complexity. Now I understand much better why they had to separate at some point. PS: Explain the bridge of Every Breath You Take please.
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  15. My favourite by them is actually Weird Fishes. How do you rate their instrument proficiency, and the complexity of their compositions? I know these often are not really the important issues. And I know that they can play well, within the frame they compose, and that they practice everything to a great level. So what they play they usually play very well. Now I'd like to hear what others think about their proficiency.
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  16. I love all your recommendation, really great stuff and I will check them out. I celebrate Marina's playing. Your no. 1, 2 and 4 could make an excellent funky jazz-rock pop band.
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  17. All these songs except the one by A. Keys and by B. Carlisle are plastic junk. I do see your points, this and that being well produced, having a great bass or some well done vocals. However, I think they are empty and overall producers and industrial writers destroying good pop. These songs are like modern cars. No character, no face, nothing to say. All look the same, all do the same. Sorry, Rick.
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  18.  @harleykf1  I am not in the position to prescribe a style to her. Pop music is ok, there is authentic, smart and well made pop music. You may not sell in hundred millions but sell enough, and then quality is more likely to last.
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  19.  @TheHesseJames  ... tsching tsching tsching horse sleigh sound, fake bells sound, and sing non-sense about Rudolph the reindeer and some mistletoe, which for godness sake has nothing to do with Christmas. My speakers are sipping sugar syrup.
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  20.  @SubtleHawk  I do not think that a good song has to be a complex construction. Some of the songs Mr. MacCartney wrote are masterpieces in effective simplicity. To "Easy ...", the best thing on the entire song is not the lady's singing, but the bass. That's what makes this song, without this bass it would be nothing.
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  21. To play playback, or having a supporting backing track to me are two different pair of shoes. Sometimes it's also done to cover up for the deficiencies of a band. The Who did it for absence of a keyboard player, they were very well capable of creating a 100 % live show. But if the audience demanded playing fully live, then a lot of "stars" would be rather naked.
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  22. quite simple to play simple, but the sophistically done
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  23. "Making Plans For Nigel" is not that remarkable from a playing or singing quality perspective.
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  24.  @judenihal  And if we go even further back, most titles in a 60s top 10 had something to offer, sometimes almost every title. Either good lyrics, a good composition, a good idea, excellent singers, etc. There was also much more variety in sounds and styles.
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  25. He tried as a writer first. That cost him some years.
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  26. I am not always in agreement with you on the quality of the "top-lists" or song choices that you praise. Regardless, I have learned endlessly from your educational videos about music and your expert insights. Actually Youtube is a pile of nonsense but what better is there? So long already the same. Sad, isn't it?
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  27. Oh ...and people pls like this video! Push it up!
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  28. The real issue with Ed Sheeran is almost every song by him sounds, as if I heard it already. It does not matter, if a chord is the same or a melody had been copied.
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  29. Classic. In line with Tori Amos or Sting quality. Very very interesting.
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  30. Art mirrors society, but when minds dim, creativity fades
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  31. - Baker Street - Cry (by Godley & Creme) - The Greenman (XTC) - Psycho Killer, I Zimba, or Strange Overtones - John Wayne (by John Martyn) - Creep (Radiohead) - Rain (Beatles)
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  32.  @Angel-rq3pi  OK! I exchange Creep with Weird Fishes, it's much better.
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  33. The very first time I hear him talking so much about his inspirations, intentions, and about his own songs at all. I won't mind if he came back. There are still tons of interesting things to share with us. Thank you, Sir!
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  34. ... oh let me just ask: Please try getting also Pete Townshend, Ray Davis, Andy Partridge, Paul McCartney, ... video would be ok, too. All very good storytellers.
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  35. He's not a good singer in terms of virtuoso singing. His trimbre and style did hit emotions and that made him very good. Now not anymore of course. Besides, he is not the classic rock shouter the Rick was locking for.
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  36.  @alexsweeney2594  If that did not come over properly, he's a fantastic singer with a unique timbre and able to push emotions into his vocals like no other.
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  37. It is not my favourite Genesis track, but the amount of things that happen in the first 60 seconds of it would have been sufficient to fill an entire album today.
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  38. It is almost to full of complexity. What saves it from being obscure and weird is ... Phil Collins incredible melodic drumming.
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  39. All the country songs to my ear are regular pop, and so is the song that you called K-Pop.
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  40.  @crystalsnow1138  Exactly. The teen-girlie and teen-boy industry, with plastic music that they just act on. Almost nobody of these kids can play anything. They just dance.
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  41. It might be that this Barbie song sung by Dua Lipa says something to you as a producer. As for me, she slides down towards the bottom with every new song that comes out. Shame, that woman has talent. Or had. Ms. Rodrigues neeeeeee I would never buy this but in the context of all that junk Lala and Co. she is the intellectual. It is not the Global Top10, it is the Global Decline.
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  42. I fully agree, this is done in way to make you refrain from objecting. Not to serve truth or fairness.
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  43. Not angry at all. It's a fact. If I knew it before, I had trained myself much earlier and harder. I explained the same to my son but ... teenager ... he does not care. And that with the Crystallized Experience explains well, why many after 60 years age may get a second creative boom, or after their 70s. We ought not to waste that potential.
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  44. PS: Rick, I think you should use your crystallized intelligence and also come out with a late album! You can take your time, nothing rushes you. I am sure you have some ideas that just need to be polished.
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  45.  @vcv6560  that was for the next one
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  46. I concur with that sentence about speed 100%. And you had good examples. As adorable their fingers skills are ... but it becomes very much less interesting after some minutes.
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  47. To me Adele has an annoying timbre. And I am sick and tired with all the drama around her wrong life choices. And before you ask, K D Lang is a real singer.
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  48. They want to have Casey Neistat, Latch-on Breastfeeding Channel, Bibi's Beauty Channel.
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  49. An incredible clever production where every tone and effect strongly supports the message of the lyrics. I did not know that. Besides, it sounds absolutely great. There is nothing contemporary that sound so crackling fresh.
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  50. What is the big difference to before? There is mostly one piece after the other, mainly woven in the same or at least in a pretty similar pattern. Just the dye used to colour the fabric may be somewhat different (the tone or mood). All are kind of well played but at the same time relatively simple, often repetitive structures that live mostly from their high level production. Some have a bit of Swarovski glitter on top, such as a good female voice. I just can't really follow your comments, Rick, and I am not sure if you are serious.
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