@@genesisoromight be because the original is one of the best songs of all time lol. When you do a 'negative harmony' song, melody often doesn't work as well as the original, so that's the most probable reason.
Yeah, I strongly prefer when he actually sings versus the ones where he pitch shifts the original vocals. It's nice hearing something that sounds like a human rather than a weird robot version of a familiar singer.
I agree, this one and SOTR. Many are very interesting but the only one which was able to remain stuck in my mind is the post apocalyptic Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
The sheer amount of hard work put into this is incredible - the planning, the singing, recording and mixing. And wow, some of these riffs are lovely. And the 'rain down' section is something else.
What's great about this is that the eeriness of the original is still here but it's understated and implied, which makes it , in my opinion, fit the theme of the song better(though the melodies and the emotion work better on the original).
Very GRUNGE rock. From my POV most instrumental parts sound almost identical to the original! The vocals are *no more* depressive / *desperate* but instead *they became bittersweet* / sweeter (even if still a bit creepy). The last part sounds different but as beautiful as the original.
Many of the covers in this channel are interesting, but the only one which was able to remain stuck in my mind is the post apocalyptic Somewhere Over The Rainbow, in fact I still remember it and sing it. But this Paranoid Android is interesting too and maybe the most unexpected.
Not saying this is easy to listen, but very interesting to listen for sure. First 6 seconds loop could actually be an intro to lots of songs, in the major key it sounds calm and ordinary.
The crazy thing about your covers is that not only you go through all the work of doing them in negative harmony, but also that the instrumentation itself sounds amazing, and not a lot of people are able to achieve that when doing covers of just regular songs
I know "this sounds like weezer" is a not uncommon refrain in your comments. But these vocals have a very distinct Rivers Cuomo kinda sound to them like for reals. Great work putting this together
Love these! Also, I love your voice. This is easily one of my favourite covers of yours, same level as sound of silence, over the rainbow, knives out and the only decent version of wonderwall in existence.
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Am I alone in thinking that from 5:06 - 5:45 there’s a definite similarity to the Beach Boys during their Surf’s Up period? I’d love to own an album of all these negative harmony covers.
I have been giggling to myself at the level of talent and work that must go into this. Utterly fascinating. Now we need to find a way to invert not just the sung tone, but the lyrics themselves...
Radiohead: writing a great song. Thom York: let's make it negative. It will sound gloomy and no one will guess. The Internet is starting to make negative covers. Thom York: Fuck...
Oh wow I LOVE this. The whole thing just works so well. Wonderful note choice in both solos. The overall mental image it makes for me is The Autumns self-titled album mashed with with Weezer's Pinkerton, with added prog spices. LOVE IT.
Imagine negative harmony as negative flavor. Toothpaste becomes more like lemon juice. Some things are too much. Incredible effort as this was, I feel like I have to go rinse my mouth out with some real paranoia now.
It's really fascinating how walking up the scale instead of down to lead into the "you don't remember" part effectively makes the energy build up more gradual, but it still feels sort of disjointed.
thats not it woman, im staying, the silence of goatskin, the clean and the humming, the kuppies miscommunicating, the calmness, no nausea, the calmness, no nausea, hod despises his adults, god despises his adults, no…😊
This cover creeps me out in a weirdly fun way. The original song was overall pretty caustic and bitter until it hit "rain down", where it started to sound more like the speaker is going through a depressive (and slightly paranoid, hehe) spiral. Here it sounds like I'm watching some sort of children's show with a musical segment that's obviously inspired by the Beatles but really just ends up being a bit annoying, but halfway through the guy singing and strumming a guitar to a circle of children has had a really bad day or something and is getting really overstimulated from all the kids laughing around him and starts having a really bad meltdown. The guy's totally freaking out for like a good few minutes but he's still trying to salvage the song for the sake of all the kids watching. When it get's to the "rain down" part he's somehow managed to pull himself together enough to keep playing, and is visibly trying some deep breathing and grounding techniques, though they're not quite working as well as intended and you can hear how distressed he is through the music. And then at the end he just totally cracks and they have to cut to the next segment early. Weirdly enough, it sounds like something you'd hear on the radio in that game We Happy Few; it's really saccharine at first glance but it sounds like you're trying to forget or ignore something.
the choruses in the intro have an interesting progression: F7-Ebadd9/G-Abm6. the transition from that back to the verse is Abm6-C, which is an interesting resolution, because the tritone within Abm6 is the same tritone in G7 (B and F, or technically Cb, but i don't care). the tension is similar as well, the Ab resolves to G, the B resolves to C, and the Eb and F resolve inward to E. with G7, the G is shared, B resolves to C, F resolves to E, and D resolves to C or E depending on the voice leading.
radiohead if they took their anxiety meds
I think this works really well on Radiohead because their songs already sound like a negative harmony cover of a song we never got to hear.
I think it still sounds weird and unnatural to listen to. Compared to this cover, without being disrespectful to steve, i prefer the original
And that song is by weezer
@@Mighty_Atheismo real, haha
@@genesisoromight be because the original is one of the best songs of all time lol. When you do a 'negative harmony' song, melody often doesn't work as well as the original, so that's the most probable reason.
call that a sound minded human
well-adjusted person
LOL
@@21centdregswell adjusted iPhone
@@FutureAbe😂😂😂
@@21centdregs Mentally happy person if you will
Great vocals by Thom Canterburye
This is a rad name to have
@@cookyboi7422 Province of the other Church of England Archbishop (York -> Canterbury) plus e!
And excellent guitar by Jonny orangemetal
Matt Bellamy Cover
Which is an anagram for Steve cruickshank
Ah, the classic "Peaceful Human" by Televisionfoot
Televisionfoot phahaha 😂
Clever!!!
"when I am king you will be first against the wall 😇😘"
I laughed at that line too, it's immaculate 😂❤
I don’t get it. Why’s it funny?
@@therainman7777sex
@@therainman7777 my guess is because the line is pretty vindictive yet the negative harmony makes it sound cute
Be my king and push me against the wall 😘
how Radiohead sounds to non Radiohead listeners
Nah. I'm not a fan of radiohead but this feels simply better than their music
@@JackMorgan06 Sorry, I prefer Power Pop 🤯
Way too happy
@@clouds-rb9xtavg Weezer fan 😭
@@kianbarker6781 Lol I'm not a Weezer fan. They have some good songs but meh
This progression is super wild, and I'm into it. And it's executed flawlessly. I really appreciate that you took the time to sing the new melody.
Yeah, I strongly prefer when he actually sings versus the ones where he pitch shifts the original vocals. It's nice hearing something that sounds like a human rather than a weird robot version of a familiar singer.
@@jaade9485 whoever thought diamonds were a girl's best friend
@@jaade9485 what the fuck
But weird robot singing would've been perfect for Paranoid Android!
Yo I never thought I'd see you here, loved your music since 2015/16 !
"When I am king you will be first against the wall 😊✨️✨️"
its weezer again. its always weezer. how is weezer the antithesis of music itself?
Thought the same while going through a few of this channel videos , particularly the negative harmony for 'smells like teen spirit '.
I think dude just has a *very* Rivers Cuomo sounding vocal tone.
It’s not Weezer per se, it’s generic alternative rock music
@@Mighty_Atheismothe voice melody also has a very weezer vibe idk why
Because Weezer *_is_* the antithesis of music.
This is legit the first one of these negative harmony songs I've ever liked as much as the original. Possibly even more.
I like the Roy Orbison song he did a few years ago. All of them are good, really.
The bohemian rhapsody one is absolutely amazing
I agree, this one and SOTR. Many are very interesting but the only one which was able to remain stuck in my mind is the post apocalyptic Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Bohemian Rhapsody was amazing.
blasphemy 😭
this sounds like being highly hungover on the sunniest tropical beach
Yes
Especially the bit where the line “the panic, the vomit” is repeated in a higher pitch every time.
When I was a kid, this is how I imagined music would sound in the future.
i thought it would sound the same but more cheap and robotized
0:47 I love the yearning quality this chord progression has when put in negative harmony
damn they went from sounding like radiohead to tally hall 💀💀💀
WOW how did you say something so true?
oh my god how did you capture the feeling exactly
Paranoid Android if it was written by Joe Hawley
@@DontYouDareToCallMePolisz it would sound like that oingo boingo song
I think it's the singer
This was an ambitious pick! Nice work on the lead guitar stuff especially.
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly…
At this point I've realized that with Radiohead, even with negative harmony all their music stills sounds like something they'd actually make
The sheer amount of hard work put into this is incredible - the planning, the singing, recording and mixing. And wow, some of these riffs are lovely. And the 'rain down' section is something else.
Bro. I have zero doubt that Mr. Yorke et al would be tickled. This is incredible.
I love your work on the negative harmony covers series so much. Please never stop doing them.
Here here! This is up with william marianci, bill mclintock, and there I ruined it in the pantheon of fun weird music remixes.
Radiohead if it was made by Alex G. It’s actually very interesting! Good job, I love your stuff
Hahahaha nice
so bad radiohead
What's great about this is that the eeriness of the original is still here but it's understated and implied, which makes it , in my opinion, fit the theme of the song better(though the melodies and the emotion work better on the original).
This is the real Weezer cover of the song Paranoid Android :v
Very GRUNGE rock.
From my POV most instrumental parts sound almost identical to the original!
The vocals are *no more* depressive / *desperate* but instead *they became bittersweet* / sweeter (even if still a bit creepy).
The last part sounds different but as beautiful as the original.
Many of the covers in this channel are interesting, but the only one which was able to remain stuck in my mind is the post apocalyptic Somewhere Over The Rainbow, in fact I still remember it and sing it.
But this Paranoid Android is interesting too and maybe the most unexpected.
Rain down part sounded HEAVENLY
Not saying this is easy to listen, but very interesting to listen for sure.
First 6 seconds loop could actually be an intro to lots of songs, in the major key it sounds calm and ordinary.
making my way downtown
The original is used in a closing.
Oh yeah, the anime Texhnolyze
The crazy thing about your covers is that not only you go through all the work of doing them in negative harmony, but also that the instrumentation itself sounds amazing, and not a lot of people are able to achieve that when doing covers of just regular songs
If you listen to this at the same time as the original version you'll get a trancendental and life ending experience!
was a life ending experience alright
Wouldn’t you just get a straight zero voltage signal?
I just discovered your negative harmony videos today and I feel like Im on the edge of an abyss… this is gonna be fun 😮
playing the original and this at the same town is so haunting i love
I know "this sounds like weezer" is a not uncommon refrain in your comments.
But these vocals have a very distinct Rivers Cuomo kinda sound to them like for reals.
Great work putting this together
You can just say common
@@therainman7777 *You* can just say nothing
@@Mighty_Atheismo Just sharing some knowledge brother 😎
@@therainman7777 share silence
Also reminded me of Cake at some points
Ah just at the right time, always love these covers. Very cool and neat.
Love these! Also, I love your voice. This is easily one of my favourite covers of yours, same level as sound of silence, over the rainbow, knives out and the only decent version of wonderwall in existence.
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The fact that this sounds just more normal than paranoid android
most of the song sound more cheerful, while the whole “rain down” section sounds a lot more ominous
Every upload of yours is fascinating. Keep up the great work!
Genuinely. Thank you for letting me experience the wonder of hearing this song for the first time again
Am I alone in thinking that from 5:06 - 5:45 there’s a definite similarity to the Beach Boys during their Surf’s Up period?
I’d love to own an album of all these negative harmony covers.
Real
I love confident organic matter
xD
I like that the "rain down" section becomes a "rain up (from a great depth)" section, melodically, instead 😊
omfg this is insane. I never heard of negative harmony before
I have been giggling to myself at the level of talent and work that must go into this. Utterly fascinating. Now we need to find a way to invert not just the sung tone, but the lyrics themselves...
I can't believe how beautiful these sound. It makes me want to grab some of my own compositions and apply the same concept to them.
Paranoid Android as performed by Weezer
As a matter of fact, Weezer's already done a cover of Paranoid Android: th-cam.com/video/4nTo8rjo-lM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=T43DsMcDnYO_swkX
Like a cross between Death Cab for Cutie and Everything Everything. Love these negative harmony covers!
This is fucking amazing.... It's a whole new song... It's the slightly happier version of Radiohead... LOL
This is one of my favorite negative harmony covers. It stands on its own and the vocals were very well done!
Please do California Dreaming by Mamas & Papas.
Broooooo. Chillllll. You're freakin' my sh*t to an unforseen level.
Wow it's a Death Cab For Cutie song now!
that minor chord in the chorus hit me like a truck
This is such an interesting concept, sounds great but subconciously expecting the original song gives off uncanny valley vibes. Thanks for making it!
Love these, very excited to hear right when they come out lol. Great job as usual.
Radiohead: writing a great song.
Thom York: let's make it negative. It will sound gloomy and no one will guess.
The Internet is starting to make negative covers.
Thom York: Fuck...
Love this song from utopian anime - "Proxy Ergo"
Still sounds totality like Radiohead, but in a good mood
this is just the weezer cover 😭
Oh wow I LOVE this. The whole thing just works so well. Wonderful note choice in both solos. The overall mental image it makes for me is The Autumns self-titled album mashed with with Weezer's Pinkerton, with added prog spices. LOVE IT.
Thats it, ive found my favourite niche and its this youtube channel
Can you imagine if Radiohead tried to make the more unbearably mellow song and then just reversed the harmony?
Imagine negative harmony as negative flavor. Toothpaste becomes more like lemon juice. Some things are too much. Incredible effort as this was, I feel like I have to go rinse my mouth out with some real paranoia now.
i wasnt vibing until 3:57, holy crap i love that progression
It’s oddly recognizable
so negative radiohead is just Elliott Smith
not really
@@Toomooo ya se que no hijo delaberga era un chiste nomas
It's really fascinating how walking up the scale instead of down to lead into the "you don't remember" part effectively makes the energy build up more gradual, but it still feels sort of disjointed.
This is like radiohead x early porcupine tree
Thats so interesting. And how it still sounds good
I am loving the end part at 5:47!
Love how upbeat but menacing it is
Rain up, rain up, come on rain up under me, from a great depth, from a great depth.
thats not it woman, im staying, the silence of goatskin, the clean and the humming, the kuppies miscommunicating, the calmness, no nausea, the calmness, no nausea, hod despises his adults, god despises his adults, no…😊
Blown away mate, the sonics are sweet and the project is super goofy and interesting👌
The 'rain down' part is like Silverchair meets Beachboys ❤
Some of it reminds me of AMSP. Amazing job btw!
Lost bonus track from The Bends
The first section kinda reminds me of Porcupine Tree. I love it!
Must be called "Sane Human"
holy shit this is so fucking amazing
ok computer when unsatisfactory person walks in
Haven't enjoyed music like this for a while. Quite awesome result!
Please please do "Hurt" either by Cash or NIN
Yhom Torke has made a great job on this song
What a happy person ❤
there are parts of this that sound like the olivia tremor control in a way i can’t explain
I'm pretty sure radiohead members heard this
A very pretty beginning
wow, I could legit listen to this normally, it slaps
Like a bad acid trip. A very, very bad acid trip. Where nothing is right and everything is wrong.
no matter how fucked up this is, i still love it
if radiohead would have stayed in the style of pablo honey
please, someone play this version live!
I’m seriously planning on singing it at my next karaoke.
When are people gonna start using this kind of music in films? It would be awesome
Damn you like a challenge on expert mode. This is wild!
i am blown away. not even a minute in...
I read a lot of the comments and I will just say very nice song my dude. I will recommend.
This cover creeps me out in a weirdly fun way. The original song was overall pretty caustic and bitter until it hit "rain down", where it started to sound more like the speaker is going through a depressive (and slightly paranoid, hehe) spiral. Here it sounds like I'm watching some sort of children's show with a musical segment that's obviously inspired by the Beatles but really just ends up being a bit annoying, but halfway through the guy singing and strumming a guitar to a circle of children has had a really bad day or something and is getting really overstimulated from all the kids laughing around him and starts having a really bad meltdown. The guy's totally freaking out for like a good few minutes but he's still trying to salvage the song for the sake of all the kids watching. When it get's to the "rain down" part he's somehow managed to pull himself together enough to keep playing, and is visibly trying some deep breathing and grounding techniques, though they're not quite working as well as intended and you can hear how distressed he is through the music. And then at the end he just totally cracks and they have to cut to the next segment early. Weirdly enough, it sounds like something you'd hear on the radio in that game We Happy Few; it's really saccharine at first glance but it sounds like you're trying to forget or ignore something.
This major key shift makes his vocals more clearer and easier to understand what he is saying. cool
its actually just a different singer.
the choruses in the intro have an interesting progression: F7-Ebadd9/G-Abm6.
the transition from that back to the verse is Abm6-C, which is an interesting resolution, because the tritone within Abm6 is the same tritone in G7 (B and F, or technically Cb, but i don't care). the tension is similar as well, the Ab resolves to G, the B resolves to C, and the Eb and F resolve inward to E. with G7, the G is shared, B resolves to C, F resolves to E, and D resolves to C or E depending on the voice leading.
I'm so happy rn!
Clean vocals 😮
so cool so impressive so entertaining
So this is that Positive Harmony they're talking about? Interesting.. 😆