Weezer - "High As A Kite" Analysis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Chris, the Elder from the "We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee" podcast picks up his Jazzmaster and breaks down the music to Weezer's "High As A Kite"
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This was great! I think you should do “Across the Sea” - lots of interesting chord/key changes there!
Hey thanks! That's easily my favorite song by the band (and among my favorites by anyone...ever) so I will definitely be hitting that one soon!
Bro, I’m a big fan of Weezer and I’ve always loved analyzing their songs. Please analyze more songs!!! (Pinkerton sounds challenging to analyze)
This song really is crazy. I loved it for it's walking downs in the bass notes. Especially the modulated chords play a big part in giving the song it's colour and beauty. Also, the bridge is really interesting. I came up with a possible explanation for it:
F functions as the major modulation of Db's minor parallel Abm. This function is very powerful since it builds tension to resolve into Abm, it's home. At the same time this powerful chord is the root note of the key of this song, F. They find the transition back to the F key by playing the fifth of the F key, C. This one also has a very powerful function, since it also points at it's home note, dictating F as the root note again.
Another interesting feature in that part is, that the listener expects a resolution immediately after F. The listener is kept waiting by putting in B, as another suspense note, which lets the listener expect another resolution. This makes this part so interesting and exciting. The transition is helped by the change of the scales of the vocal melody, which with B changes from the notes of the Db scale to those of F.
I really like experimenting with that stuff in my music as well.
This is insightful!
I will happily listen (and watch) you break down Weezer song structure. :D
Great analysis (and this is coming from a pianist who was looking for something more in depth than the existing guitar tab breakdowns). Bravo!
Analyze “Falling For You”.
That'd be a great one...I've got a surprisingly long list of tunes to tackle but I may just have to jump "Falling For You" to the top!
Very well done!! My brain is too slow and I’m not as an advanced player to be able process a lot of it so quickly, but it’s great and I’ll be watching again. Awesome song. I’d love to see you do ‘Across the Sea’ as well. Thanks! Can’t wait to check out your podcast as well.
Thanks, excellent!
I really like what you're doing! I subbed dude
What a great compliment to the podcast. Looking forward to more of these!
Hey man, I just found your video in my recommended, and I'm so glad I did! This was super fun to watch, I've always loved that light and airy section after the bridge, and your analysis only further deepened my love for it. Although I am suprised you didn't mention the picardy third in this song. The very last chord starts out as D minor but one the guitars soon slide up to an F# making it D major. It's really neat sounding, one of the few picardy thirds I like.
Woah, you are SO right on about that picardy third! I honestly didn't think to mention it because it felt kinda incidental and subtle as the song disintegrates at the end. But it's still an effective little harmonic wrinkle... Thank you for that observation AND for observing the video in general!
Thanks so much for this man, this is beautiful
I subscribed immediately. Great stuff.
I always liked this song & I consider it somewhere in RC’s best songs. Now I have more of an appreciation for it. To my ears I had assumed that the verse was a root-note descending progression. The slash chords make it cooler. And that bridge is crazy.
Great bro! New sub
Well done.
Burndt Jamb!
One suggestion: showing the chord positions on the screen would be amazing, especially weird chords like that #11
Coincidentally, Weezer premiered "High As A Kite" live tonight in Albany, NY and I happened to be there! Check out my iPhone video of it here: th-cam.com/video/Ic0kiGSLRPo/w-d-xo.html The performance is a bit...lacking - particularly in the bridge - but I'm so happy the band decided to try it out live.
Could you analyze Beach Boys Warmth of the Sun please?
Would be great if you add the chord diagrams, nice vídeo keep It on!
Hey Chris, did you ever put a tab up for this? Thanks!
Ya know, I didn't have a transcription program at the time so I never did. But I'll surely put it on my to-do list!
Any chance of that guitar tab coming!?
2:36 kind of sounds like Nico These Days
how do you not have more sub's ? well you have one more now from me.