Just plain fun! As a (bad) musician I look at how much fun he's having on stage and he totally gives that same feeling to the listener. Fun, folks. It's good to have some once in while.
It's honestly kinda scary how effortless all of this is for him. The crowd cheers like crazy for that vocal run about halfway through the video, but the complexity of his bass comping paired with his vocals in the first half of the song is utterly ridiculous, and he does it without breaking a sweat.
Yup, thank you. Absolutely out of this world. He taps the bass and harmonizes right before the run. Epitome of pure genius. Anyone who throws shade just has a big stick up their ass they haven't been practicing lololol
You can just tell how passionate this guy is about music. He looks like a little kid in a playground full of toys. Like, he looks like he’s legitimately having fun and just enjoying himself. I love it.
Jacob Collier isn't just a musician, he is music. It just exudes from him. I listen to this before I go into work every day to put me in a good mood. This is what music needs right now.
Jacob Collier's music is always jam-packed with such a soulful groove, evoking a true raw emotion with a deep sense of musicianship. This performance brings so much life to the lyrics of the original song. I first heard about Collier a year ago from a teacher of mine. His music is not only accessible, sounds wonderful, but is also all-round enjoyable to listen to. From time to time I check out his recordings and sit back and listen. Inspirational!
Genius Jacob's harmony is personal to his spiritual makeup, and his makeup on this Earth is about stretching technical limits. So fear-not if you don't vibe with his presentations at phases. He's a pioneer of his own lifescape. It does not have to be accepted by your musical baseball glove.
Yes Ethan. That is where I arrived at too. It's not even good, really. It is very much. Every bar of that section of bass lines with vox could be talked about. The beat alone is superb. But in converse with him. or listening to music he is almost too much. What happens often with guys like this is they can't write. You see most of his output is covers. His ear is scary, literally. That pitch is insane. I wonder if time will allow him to absorb all of this in some way where he is able to write something simple an ethereal.
Just to make sure: you're saying that Jacob won't be able to write a simple song because he likes pushing the limit of music to the point that it might not even sound good? Because if that's the case, then I think that a song like "In The Real Early Morning" is a good example of a song where he uses his knowledge to convey the emotions of the story in the best way possible. Jacob is capable of making stuff that doesn't sound "bad", but he also wants to keep learning and discovering new things.
I love it when he takes a well known song and “fucks it up”. The recognition of the original gives you an immediate connection so that he can do basically ANYTHING harmonically and rythmically and you are just in awe. With original compositions, the genius is still there but so much less recognizable because for me, it lacks the basic understanding you get from “i see what he did there”. His original compositions are, in other words, way “over my head”, I need a fundament.
I think it's a lot of notes and technology just to land on a mediocre version of this song. Doesn't mean I think he's not talented, just that this one video right here is a lot of icing on a shitty cake and Collier can do better.
Yoo! I can't even describe what that video did to me!! What is that?! I didn't know such a person exist. I don't know what happened to me! My body is glowing/vibrating! chill! Wow!!
Now I’m fine with people disliking Jacob’s sound so long as they respect his genius, love and understanding of music but...one thing I absolutely can’t stand is when people say he has sacrificed emotion for technicality, people that say this have no idea how wrong they are. Emotion isn’t any one feeling and hence it isn’t any one kind of expression. Just because his expression is different from what you would deem “emotional” doesn’t mean his performances aren’t slapped with it. Idk about all these people but I can honestly feel the emotion OOZING out of every note, the pure joy in his face, the technical and musical freedom is unreal. It definitely took a while for me to understand and appreciate how amazing this man is. Like many others I respected his understanding of music more than his execution, but I would soon come to realise that you can’t approach this man’s music the same way you would approach any music before it, it’s DIFFERENT, so people have no idea how to respond, that’s the joy of his music, how we respond is often entirely new and that’s scary. Jacob is a bloody GENIUS full of emotion and if you can’t feel it you’re just not open to it
I absolutely love this version!!! It's completely over the top, complex, sophisticated, and mind bogglingly brilliant! It's so unpredictable and heck, he's playing all the instruments by himself! I can't get enough of Jacob's music.
he is a master of polyrhythm......he playing bass in the style of Micheal League from Snarky Puppy..........the timing is amazingly hard....if he sounds like a crappy bass player to you then listen more closely and try and understand the relationship between what he is playing and the general pulse of the song
More like Pino Palladino. To everyone that doesn't like this probably hasn't listened to D'angelo's "Voodoo" album. Things will make more sense. And the timing isn't necessarily hard if you have a good sense of groove
You can appreciate someone from the same sex without it affecting your sexuality but also you can like dudes as well as girls it really doesn't matter man
To those bashing this for being too simple or catering to an audience that can’t understand what he’s doing,, watch June Lee’s transcription of this song. It’s not rocket science, but it’s very precise. He’s not just playing around in this song, he’s using complex rhythms and harmonic devices to make this sound the way it does, without being too overwhelming. In other words, he makes music math sound pleasant and easy and I applaud him for that, I mean most music that I make using devices I learned in Harmony and theory doesn’t sound this smooth, it sounds like I did just that: learned it in music theory. Idk guys give him more credit
@@CraigPark Nope, Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote it, Richard Chamberlain first recorded it in '63, followed by Dionne Warwick that same year, and then Burt re-released again in '64 by Warwick with a Bacharach arrangement. Carpenters and the Wrecking Crew didnt touch it until the '70's, but it is the version this song is most known for.
The majority of people don't know, or even care to understand music theory. This gentleman is beyond talented. A virtuoso? I don't think so. He sees music like most of see the answer to a simple math problem. It's remarkable, but it will never catch on. Only music aficionados will truly respect his ability. He'll rise within that elite community. Most of us will just be amazed by his ability to play any instrument and sing well. His music is too complex for most to appreciate. It's really sad. He's creating amazingly complex music, but people rather hear a simple song with 3 chords. Simple rhythm. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus structure. With lyrics that a 3rd grader can comprehend. I love music. I'm learning theory. Jacob is light years ahead of me. Unfortunately for me, his music doesn't give me the tingles like other music does. Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Radiohead, Dire Straights, Chicago or a ridiculous Jerry Garcia guitar solo gets me going. I hope Jacob stays out of the mainstream and continues to share music that makes him genuinely smile. That's all that matters.
Dingo this isn’t complex though, it may be my uprising in the jazz scene but at the end of the day his format is normal and the chord progression as well as the scales and modes used don’t bring a level of complexion that is hard to understand.
Many of us who love "simple" (non-jazzy) well-played and produced music (rock, pop, blues, etc.) *DO* like complexity too, but more in the realm of something that makes you really feel, like the classical beauty of Beethoven and Bach. That music is complex AND beautiful, but rarely discovered by teens into adulthood. This more mainstream and modern jazz stuff, while technically proficient, is utterly cold and, at times, spastic and too atonal to feel amazingly emotional. Ps. Pink Floyd is beautifully intense, imo. :)
Man this is pure musicality. Not preformated shit made to satisfy. This is genuine, true, absolute musicianship, not only playing with theoretical rules as he pleases, but taking you to places you never been before in a groovy, catchy piece he plays almost naked, so to speak. People consume music as they want it to be nowadays when they should use it to go places they never experienced before. Music is firstly a language but now it has found itself a vessel in Jacob's body and soul for us to understand what it has to offer. Hats down to this genius for the gift.
It's not unemotional, as that's just purely an opinion. It is just so different and so complex for basically any normal ear that it doesn't click the same way as it does for him. It might not exactly make sense but his ears hear things a lot differently than a large majority (99%). I do not necessarily find it to be the most appealing to my ear always, not to say I don't enjoy it, but it is not exactly something I would choose to listen to everyday. Though, maybe the more I listened, the more I would understand and therefore like it more. But he is no doubt skillful beyond comprehension, there is absolutely no argument there.
Here’s your 6year update: So one year ago I didn’t think it was possible for him to get any better vocally and holy shit was I wrong! I saw him perform a few months ago, (July ‘24) second row center stage and words cannot describe what I witnessed. No recording will do it justice because electronics mics etc, the viewer cannot tell, but he naturally, effortlessly filled the entire grand ole opry with such a godly power, I spent the whole time either gasping stunned, overcome with emotion and tears streaming down, or uncontrollably screaming like a true fangirl a la early Beatles. Jacob has just turned 30 and is blossoming so awesomely into the god he came here to be. And am I so fucking grateful to be able to witness him do so!
The more I read some of these comments, the more upset I become. I'm talking about those of you who concede he is "technically brilliant" but think he is either emotionless, indifferent to his audience, or making things more complicated than necessary. WRONG. He plays with so much visceral passion, his compositions or improvisations overflow with emotional chords, he often engages and works his audience (especially in a live concert), and he expresses a vital part of music that isn't often heard -- one that is highly thoughtful, and works wonders for sensitive, musical people. Some of you are the same people who will champion predictable radio-friendly tunes, demand that performers play to the gallery, or use your paltry knowledge in music theory to gauge the worth of true musicians. While some of them turn "mainstream" for your sake, we seriously don't need another bubblegum popstar. There's plenty of that as it is. We urgently need a different voice, and I am so glad to have discovered Jacob Collier, a one-of-a-kind musician of this century. I beseech him never to change his vision and style just to cater to the masses. Amadeus, anyone?
@@aimless-slug condescendence and ego are at the heart of music school... but certainly far more deserved because of the discipline and advanced knowledge of music theory and aural skills... not to mention the complexity of jazz theory. Sorry we don't like 3 chord multi million songs when you spend 4+ years learning the dumb primary chords in every key and in turn almost EVERY damn song on the radio. Why can you allowed to be an asshole about something stupid like wine but not music?
I'm genuinely surprised at all the people saying the emotion is somehow lost in the complexity of the music. I mean that makes no fucking sense first of all, but how? This seems so much more emotional and passionate than a ton of mainstream music I hear.
Jacob prides himself on his music being emotional and on how you should focus on the story your music is telling. It's quite strange seeing people say it lacks it. I'll admit this arrangement I found a bit on the boring side but literally everything else I've found on him he's so energetic and emotional. It's impressively technical and emotionally moving to see.
it lacks any kind of depth because its just some kid showing off. its dullsville compared to the carpenters who were effortlessly more musical and emotional than this overplaying kid is
hahaha still would love to see some if this 14 year old kid playing 16 instruments and developing some crazy stuff. maybe he is that talented, lets hope so would be amazing.
come on dudes, the proof of his "talents" is him playing a song with a couple of bar-cords on a guitar that's so out of tune that playing it on an air guitar would be preferable. but I will give credits where credit is due, you have a decent voice. first, work on and hone your musical skills for yourself and not for others, that comes later. and as Japas said, "beware of the ego". good luck on your journey Chad BigBoomBiagh
This guy is a unbelievably talented, just inconceivable. Although i like the original much more than this version. Didn't like this cover that much, but im blown away by his creative skills. absolute genuis
To people who pretend to understand music at any level, it is impossible not to be in awe of this guy. He is so good I cant even feel envious, just goddam impressed. Sure his choice of song and samples isn't to everyone's taste, but for Christ sake look beyond it to what he is actually doing. Holy shit.
His harmonies are not harmonies, and his instrumental playing is neither technical nor intentional. His vocals do not, in any way, shape, or form, play off the bass line. He plays fast, with a heavy dose of unintentional key changes. He ends up in a random place from where he started. He doesn't go home, instead, he wanders in to a cacophony of noise. In fact, most of his "keys" are random notes. His vocals are pitchy, leading the honest listener to question his grasp of music at all. This is not genius, it is John Cage-esque. It is bull. And if you think this is genius and beyond your understanding of music, he has wittingly played upon your lack of a spine to call him out. I don't expect much from charlatans, as the world is full of them, but I did expect more from Quincy Jones. Quincy, how can you promote this abomination of the human experience that is music? You brought us so much joy, now you are wasting valuable festival space that honest-to-goodness talented musicians could be filling instead. Dear Jacob, We get it. You could never live in the shadow of your mother's abilities, so you learned to bamboozle the world by creating a persona of 'mad genius.' But to that end...If one cannot understand math, one cannot be a mathematician. If one cannot understand the written word, one cannot be a writer. To that effect, you sir are not a musician. Nice try, though...
As Frank Zappa said (paraphrased), put a frame around it and call it art. Leave it up to others to decide whether they think it is good or not. It speaks to me, even if I don't appreciate his choice of song or the timbre of his instrumentation.
This man is so extraordinary I love music of all types and have to compare him to a Truffle. I can only listen to one song every so often and look forward to the next time. Brilliant!
For those slating his music for being unemotional, remember that joy is an emotion. Music doesn't have to be depressing to be emotional!
Just plain fun! As a (bad) musician I look at how much fun he's having on stage and he totally gives that same feeling to the listener.
Fun, folks. It's good to have some once in while.
So true, both of you
Hey, I never said that 😂😂
Thank you, Patrick Glynn.
Who's saying his music is unemotional?
It's honestly kinda scary how effortless all of this is for him. The crowd cheers like crazy for that vocal run about halfway through the video, but the complexity of his bass comping paired with his vocals in the first half of the song is utterly ridiculous, and he does it without breaking a sweat.
Yup, thank you. Absolutely out of this world. He taps the bass and harmonizes right before the run. Epitome of pure genius. Anyone who throws shade just has a big stick up their ass they haven't been practicing lololol
Practice.
There is that famous saying - "Never let them see you sweat."
My exact thoughts!!! Like what?! Straight Sorcery
The secret is obviously to wear comfortable clothing.
And I want to say "genius" is overused and trite. Until you see the real thing, like here.
You can just tell how passionate this guy is about music. He looks like a little kid in a playground full of toys. Like, he looks like he’s legitimately having fun and just enjoying himself. I love it.
Jacob Collier isn't just a musician, he is music. It just exudes from him. I listen to this before I go into work every day to put me in a good mood. This is what music needs right now.
~♥~ He Is Music ~♥~
Please keep him alive for next 80 years, I want all of my children and grandchildren to know him
"Don't be silly you can't start a band all by yourself"
Jacob: Hold my instruments
"No, shit, give em back to me, I need em to do this, sorry, it was figurative"
More like "hold my looper"
What the heck dude hahahha
"Don't be silly you can't start a band all by yourself"
32 Jacobs harmonizing: Watch MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Jacob Collier's music is always jam-packed with such a soulful groove, evoking a true raw emotion with a deep sense of musicianship. This performance brings so much life to the lyrics of the original song. I first heard about Collier a year ago from a teacher of mine. His music is not only accessible, sounds wonderful, but is also all-round enjoyable to listen to. From time to time I check out his recordings and sit back and listen. Inspirational!
This is why I love TH-cam.You don’t get to hear and see many unique instrumentalists like Jacob Collier on mainstream media.
Genius Jacob's harmony is personal to his spiritual makeup, and his makeup on this Earth is about stretching technical limits. So fear-not if you don't vibe with his presentations at phases. He's a pioneer of his own lifescape. It does not have to be accepted by your musical baseball glove.
Jacob Collier's music is fucking insane. Its not even good. Nor is it bad. Its just insane.
Yes Ethan. That is where I arrived at too. It's not even good, really. It is very much. Every bar of that section of bass lines with vox could be talked about. The beat alone is superb. But in converse with him. or listening to music he is almost too much. What happens often with guys like this is they can't write. You see most of his output is covers. His ear is scary, literally. That pitch is insane. I wonder if time will allow him to absorb all of this in some way where he is able to write something simple an ethereal.
Just to make sure: you're saying that Jacob won't be able to write a simple song because he likes pushing the limit of music to the point that it might not even sound good?
Because if that's the case, then I think that a song like "In The Real Early Morning" is a good example of a song where he uses his knowledge to convey the emotions of the story in the best way possible.
Jacob is capable of making stuff that doesn't sound "bad", but he also wants to keep learning and discovering new things.
Well said 😂😂
You just have to give this guy respect, he plays as if no one is watching he really seems to enjoy himself.
exactly
4:04 bless u
Andie Lozano 😂😭
Best comment right here
LOL! UNDERRATED COMMENT!
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
The talent Jacob possesses is indescribable. A true prodigy sent from the Heavens to enlighten us mortals. What a guy!!!!!
I can barley even comprehend this level of pure genius!!! This is intensely AMAZING.
I love it when he takes a well known song and “fucks it up”. The recognition of the original gives you an immediate connection so that he can do basically ANYTHING harmonically and rythmically and you are just in awe. With original compositions, the genius is still there but so much less recognizable because for me, it lacks the basic understanding you get from “i see what he did there”. His original compositions are, in other words, way “over my head”, I need a fundament.
-producer: in what key is this? -Jacob: Yes
Eb major
*producer* ?
In major-minor 12tonic
Have we heard this joke before? Yes.
jacob produces, writes and performs all of his music
How tf could anyone dislike this video. Like this is seriously perfection.
I did dislike this video. I love creative music but I don't like this concept.
It's a good, amazing, outstanding concept, but it's just not for me.
I think it's a lot of notes and technology just to land on a mediocre version of this song. Doesn't mean I think he's not talented, just that this one video right here is a lot of icing on a shitty cake and Collier can do better.
I've watched this so many times. Never gets old. Really
How is this unemotional? There is so much emotion and feel in this!
Honestly gives me goosebumps and makes me smile every time i watch
This is the most attractive thing I’ve ever seen gawd look at him just creating all of this it’s amazing
At 1:53 he plays 13 notes against 6 quater notes (on one and half bars), so it's 13:6 polyrythm?! Sounds so good :ooo
kura189 I love how it just fucks up how you hear the drums lmao
those are legit just 16th notes, not a polyrhythm fam. it comes in on the 4th 16th note of beat one so it sounds a bit funky but its all square.
@@samjohnson609 incorrect
@Couch 1....da 2 de and a 3 de and a 4 de and a 1. Hopefully writing out that way will help :)
@Noah bruhhhh do we need to get on a discord video chat so I can play this shit out for you?
I have no words to describe how amazing he is. living legend
Experimenting & developing on the world stage! What a true artist :-)
You don't come for the music you come for his absurd control over the chaos and the way he channels your emotions through music creativity. Genius
Nice laid back groove! Then all the musically advanced stuff on top. Amazing! Instant fan!
one of the best musicians I've ever seen
4:36 the lick snuck in there
i noticed XD
😂😂
kirjian lol didn’t notice that until u mentioned it, good catch
It tried
i knew it XD
Yoo! I can't even describe what that video did to me!! What is that?! I didn't know such a person exist. I don't know what happened to me! My body is glowing/vibrating! chill! Wow!!
The body of a instrumentalist. The soul of a producer
Wow. Watching this fella live is now on my bucket list
Now I’m fine with people disliking Jacob’s sound so long as they respect his genius, love and understanding of music but...one thing I absolutely can’t stand is when people say he has sacrificed emotion for technicality, people that say this have no idea how wrong they are. Emotion isn’t any one feeling and hence it isn’t any one kind of expression. Just because his expression is different from what you would deem “emotional” doesn’t mean his performances aren’t slapped with it. Idk about all these people but I can honestly feel the emotion OOZING out of every note, the pure joy in his face, the technical and musical freedom is unreal.
It definitely took a while for me to understand and appreciate how amazing this man is. Like many others I respected his understanding of music more than his execution, but I would soon come to realise that you can’t approach this man’s music the same way you would approach any music before it, it’s DIFFERENT, so people have no idea how to respond, that’s the joy of his music, how we respond is often entirely new and that’s scary. Jacob is a bloody GENIUS full of emotion and if you can’t feel it you’re just not open to it
Hallelujah!🙌
yeah I get yah, some people thinks that if you don`t distort your facial expressions then you don`t have feelings
perfectly put
Wow...I need to stop missing his concerts in Chicago
The side-chaining on the bass drum is too good 😭
I absolutely love this version!!! It's completely over the top, complex, sophisticated, and mind bogglingly brilliant! It's so unpredictable and heck, he's playing all the instruments by himself! I can't get enough of Jacob's music.
Man, this is some genius-level stuff here. I agree with what someone said earlier. He makes it all look like childs play. Crazy.
He's having so much fun 👌👌🎉🎉
he has to look like he's having fun, its fake asf
Derek Charette A robot would NEVER sound this way. You can never calculate in advance what JC is going to do and sound like next. 😉
I am insanely jealous of this man. He hears things in his own head that I can only hear when someone (he, namely) plays them for me.
How in the world does one play a grove like that, while singing at the same time? This man lives and breathes rhythm.
Incredible
he is a master of polyrhythm......he playing bass in the style of Micheal League from Snarky Puppy..........the timing is amazingly hard....if he sounds like a crappy bass player to you then listen more closely and try and understand the relationship between what he is playing and the general pulse of the song
It's a little too much for me. Too much jumping around for a song like that. He's still brilliant though.
+ted exactly what I thought! Also the keyboard playing sounds a lot like Corey Hendrys improvs
@@Noah-wv4td cool a fellow funk fan but still chill bruv
@@Noah-wv4td well said bro i think that guy playing is shit
More like Pino Palladino. To everyone that doesn't like this probably hasn't listened to D'angelo's "Voodoo" album. Things will make more sense. And the timing isn't necessarily hard if you have a good sense of groove
His musicality is phenomenal!!!
Lots of negative comments from people jealous of his talent. Seriously, you guys all need to grow up and respect greatness as it’s happening.
Steve Vai brought me here. One tends to listen when he name drops a musician and it goes without saying I am not disappointed. This kid is unreal.
I hope he lives well until his old age and share more of his talent, in our planet the system we are in tends to kill this type of amazing talent.
Jacob is the embodiment of the phrase: "If you want something done right, do it yourself."
He is the type of guy that the other musicians are secretly crushing on.
Don’t call me out like that
not secretly
Not just musicians btw
Not
Totally OMG
I love the way this song and this performance makes me feel. Also, he looks a lot like Keanu Reeves.
youtubers: today im gonna show you the behind the scenes vlog of how i put the multi instrument acapella music video in a month
Jacob: performs live
oh god just so exciting to hear and see all these
somehow every little cheer and laugh from the audience fits so well with the music!!!!!! i love it
You're into girls
Don't develop a man crush
You're into girls
Don't develop a man crush
...
oh what the hell...
Feeling the same
im gay now i guess
There's nothing wrong in having a crush on him. Be free, be happy.
You can appreciate someone from the same sex without it affecting your sexuality but also you can like dudes as well as girls it really doesn't matter man
where the hell am i supposed to find more bass playing like his
its kinda hyperjazz
Андрей and its awesome
fusion
On acid
On roids
I dont understand any of the music theory of Jacob's greatness. But I understand the soul of this man.
That solo just goes to whole new dimension and then suddenly slam back to my face damn
That solo melted my entire body
He is a magician. I don't think there is any other musician as gifted as Jacob.
Check out bill wurtz. His song might be a bit irrelevant but his musics are just exquisite.
(Kanye interrupts) "All im saying is Stevie Wonder gave one of the best covers of this song." 😂
Lmao XD ! I am just lmao
I prefer Stevie Wonders versión but this one is still cool af
lollll
shirt could use a good iron
frarfarf: lol, you're very observant
Jacobs mom over here
LOL
I disagree. That’s like saying the shirt’s oversized.
He's not the ladies type, really. Jazz guys cream over him.
To those bashing this for being too simple or catering to an audience that can’t understand what he’s doing,, watch June Lee’s transcription of this song. It’s not rocket science, but it’s very precise. He’s not just playing around in this song, he’s using complex rhythms and harmonic devices to make this sound the way it does, without being too overwhelming. In other words, he makes music math sound pleasant and easy and I applaud him for that, I mean most music that I make using devices I learned in Harmony and theory doesn’t sound this smooth, it sounds like I did just that: learned it in music theory. Idk guys give him more credit
I understand that you leave no time to understand music at all
I love your version and you u are a super musician, talented to the bone!,!,,
1:20 someone in the audience really felt it
All the straight male musicians in the comments just confessing their undying love for this dude is pure gold.
Love the Kermit influence in his voice, sooo genius.
Lol
Wow great player. I can see the power of the mind at work. Whatever the mind can conceive, believe and if actiin is taken, the mind can achieve it.
GREAT > fun, emotion, inspiration, joy, even happiness, power, surprises, flow, touch of cosmic eternity!
I am deeply impressed ...
I love that this song is pissing people off lol
@@phalegthine7th734 Pretty sure the Carpenter's made this song
@@CraigPark Nope, Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote it, Richard Chamberlain first recorded it in '63, followed by Dionne Warwick that same year, and then Burt re-released again in '64 by Warwick with a Bacharach arrangement. Carpenters and the Wrecking Crew didnt touch it until the '70's, but it is the version this song is most known for.
@@CraigPark one carpenter didn't own something.... there were a bunch of carpenters. no apostrophe.
I've noticed that a lot of people aren't feeling it, but I don't know how they can't. Personally, it moves me.
FRRR like??? why are yall hating? LMFAO
The majority of people don't know, or even care to understand music theory.
This gentleman is beyond talented. A virtuoso? I don't think so. He sees music like most of see the answer to a simple math problem. It's remarkable, but it will never catch on.
Only music aficionados will truly respect his ability. He'll rise within that elite community.
Most of us will just be amazed by his ability to play any instrument and sing well.
His music is too complex for most to appreciate. It's really sad. He's creating amazingly complex music, but people rather hear a simple song with 3 chords. Simple rhythm. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus structure. With lyrics that a 3rd grader can comprehend.
I love music. I'm learning theory. Jacob is light years ahead of me. Unfortunately for me, his music doesn't give me the tingles like other music does. Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Radiohead, Dire Straights, Chicago or a ridiculous Jerry Garcia guitar solo gets me going.
I hope Jacob stays out of the mainstream and continues to share music that makes him genuinely smile. That's all that matters.
Dingo this isn’t complex though, it may be my uprising in the jazz scene but at the end of the day his format is normal and the chord progression as well as the scales and modes used don’t bring a level of complexion that is hard to understand.
we live in a society
Many of us who love "simple" (non-jazzy) well-played and produced music (rock, pop, blues, etc.) *DO* like complexity too, but more in the realm of something that makes you really feel, like the classical beauty of Beethoven and Bach. That music is complex AND beautiful, but rarely discovered by teens into adulthood. This more mainstream and modern jazz stuff, while technically proficient, is utterly cold and, at times, spastic and too atonal to feel amazingly emotional.
Ps. Pink Floyd is beautifully intense, imo. :)
I agree with you he’s super talented in every aspect of music, but his lyrics are far away from being good.
@@francescolucchese8230 you do realize he didn't write this song, yes?
I love this man so much!
Man this is pure musicality. Not preformated shit made to satisfy. This is genuine, true, absolute musicianship, not only playing with theoretical rules as he pleases, but taking you to places you never been before in a groovy, catchy piece he plays almost naked, so to speak. People consume music as they want it to be nowadays when they should use it to go places they never experienced before. Music is firstly a language but now it has found itself a vessel in Jacob's body and soul for us to understand what it has to offer. Hats down to this genius for the gift.
Must be a Son and Dad thing... family thing, be proud.
Jacob, u melting my brain - merry christmas :)
It's not unemotional, as that's just purely an opinion. It is just so different and so complex for basically any normal ear that it doesn't click the same way as it does for him. It might not exactly make sense but his ears hear things a lot differently than a large majority (99%). I do not necessarily find it to be the most appealing to my ear always, not to say I don't enjoy it, but it is not exactly something I would choose to listen to everyday. Though, maybe the more I listened, the more I would understand and therefore like it more. But he is no doubt skillful beyond comprehension, there is absolutely no argument there.
Love the part at 4:10. just unbelievable and Heart opening
Amazing! naturally it is what it is. Splendid!
This kid's voice is going to mature into something legendary
Here’s your 6year update: So one year ago I didn’t think it was possible for him to get any better vocally and holy shit was I wrong! I saw him perform a few months ago, (July ‘24) second row center stage and words cannot describe what I witnessed. No recording will do it justice because electronics mics etc, the viewer cannot tell, but he naturally, effortlessly filled the entire grand ole opry with such a godly power, I spent the whole time either gasping stunned, overcome with emotion and tears streaming down, or uncontrollably screaming like a true fangirl a la early Beatles. Jacob has just turned 30 and is blossoming so awesomely into the god he came here to be. And am I so fucking grateful to be able to witness him do so!
Umm. So... I’ve known about him for probably 2 years but this is the best I’ve heard and I’m just blown away.
That self confidence of his really amazes me (apart from his music).. makes me feel so small.
The more I read some of these comments, the more upset I become. I'm talking about those of you who concede he is "technically brilliant" but think he is either emotionless, indifferent to his audience, or making things more complicated than necessary. WRONG. He plays with so much visceral passion, his compositions or improvisations overflow with emotional chords, he often engages and works his audience (especially in a live concert), and he expresses a vital part of music that isn't often heard -- one that is highly thoughtful, and works wonders for sensitive, musical people. Some of you are the same people who will champion predictable radio-friendly tunes, demand that performers play to the gallery, or use your paltry knowledge in music theory to gauge the worth of true musicians. While some of them turn "mainstream" for your sake, we seriously don't need another bubblegum popstar. There's plenty of that as it is. We urgently need a different voice, and I am so glad to have discovered Jacob Collier, a one-of-a-kind musician of this century. I beseech him never to change his vision and style just to cater to the masses. Amadeus, anyone?
I'm so with you on this
Lol
V1DE0DR0ME Well said! I’m not a musician but his music touches me and even I can recognize his gift is extraordinary. Thanks for your comments.
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@@aimless-slug condescendence and ego are at the heart of music school... but certainly far more deserved because of the discipline and advanced knowledge of music theory and aural skills... not to mention the complexity of jazz theory. Sorry we don't like 3 chord multi million songs when you spend 4+ years learning the dumb primary chords in every key and in turn almost EVERY damn song on the radio. Why can you allowed to be an asshole about something stupid like wine but not music?
I'm genuinely surprised at all the people saying the emotion is somehow lost in the complexity of the music. I mean that makes no fucking sense first of all, but how? This seems so much more emotional and passionate than a ton of mainstream music I hear.
Jacob prides himself on his music being emotional and on how you should focus on the story your music is telling. It's quite strange seeing people say it lacks it. I'll admit this arrangement I found a bit on the boring side but literally everything else I've found on him he's so energetic and emotional. It's impressively technical and emotionally moving to see.
YESS!!!!
the original makes me cry could be because of the simpsons tho
it lacks any kind of depth because its just some kid showing off. its dullsville compared to the carpenters who were effortlessly more musical and emotional than this overplaying kid is
It is rare that an artist can take a song and make it their own, while remaining true to the song. That makes it that much more enjoyable. :)
Your'e so great and have, above of all, so much nice vibes and feeling in everything you do!!
The ultimate expression of beyond real perfection!
Just discovered. Thanks for uploading
He has best talents 🔥🔥🔥
hahaha still would love to see some if this 14 year old kid playing 16 instruments and developing some crazy stuff. maybe he is that talented, lets hope so would be amazing.
if you're this good, please do post a vid and link it. maybe you got some crazy talents that should be shown to the world.
Good voice Chad. Keep on keepin on, beware of the ego.
come on dudes, the proof of his "talents" is him playing a song with a couple of bar-cords on a guitar that's so out of tune that playing it on an air guitar would be preferable. but I will give credits where credit is due, you have a decent voice. first, work on and hone your musical skills for yourself and not for others, that comes later. and as Japas said, "beware of the ego".
good luck on your journey Chad BigBoomBiagh
I speak worst englishs ... sorry could not resist :)
Git it Jacob! So nice to see a musician being himself.
This is not a stunt that takes lives but a musical one that preserves lives ...
RIP replay button..👏
This guy is a unbelievably talented, just inconceivable.
Although i like the original much more than this version. Didn't like this cover that much, but im blown away by his creative skills. absolute genuis
To people who pretend to understand music at any level, it is impossible not to be in awe of this guy. He is so good I cant even feel envious, just goddam impressed. Sure his choice of song and samples isn't to everyone's taste, but for Christ sake look beyond it to what he is actually doing. Holy shit.
He is not talented, nor is what he doing musical. He's a charlatan, and I question your ability to hear harmony, rhythm, and pitch.
His harmonies are not harmonies, and his instrumental playing is neither technical nor intentional. His vocals do not, in any way, shape, or form, play off the bass line. He plays fast, with a heavy dose of unintentional key changes. He ends up in a random place from where he started. He doesn't go home, instead, he wanders in to a cacophony of noise. In fact, most of his "keys" are random notes. His vocals are pitchy, leading the honest listener to question his grasp of music at all. This is not genius, it is John Cage-esque. It is bull. And if you think this is genius and beyond your understanding of music, he has wittingly played upon your lack of a spine to call him out.
I don't expect much from charlatans, as the world is full of them, but I did expect more from Quincy Jones. Quincy, how can you promote this abomination of the human experience that is music? You brought us so much joy, now you are wasting valuable festival space that honest-to-goodness talented musicians could be filling instead.
Dear Jacob,
We get it. You could never live in the shadow of your mother's abilities, so you learned to bamboozle the world by creating a persona of 'mad genius.' But to that end...If one cannot understand math, one cannot be a mathematician. If one cannot understand the written word, one cannot be a writer. To that effect, you sir are not a musician. Nice try, though...
As Frank Zappa said (paraphrased), put a frame around it and call it art. Leave it up to others to decide whether they think it is good or not. It speaks to me, even if I don't appreciate his choice of song or the timbre of his instrumentation.
ken arthur If this piece speaks to you, then what does it say? What's the emotional landscape you arrive at?
Marc DeGiovanni I know this is like, 7 months old, but god damn youre the most self-important and close-minded person Ive ever seen on the internet
this is MESMERIZING, what a pleasure, eyes ears and soul
His voice omg, I'm in love.
"everytam, you are near"
0AK Yeah, mans can’t sing without singing as if he’s holding his pee.
@@julienetienne1399 id enjoy his music if he wasn't so insufferable to listen to
I've just fallen in love
I for one am curious if he'll hit a dark period and switch gears or if all his stuff is gonna continue to be soul and funky jazz
His djesse albums are based on different genres of music. Djesse vol.2 is funk and I've heard vol. 3 is going to be high action funk/ electronic
This comment aged like milk😂😂😂😭
Djesse volume 3 won an award for hip hop album of the year or something like that lmao
Its so much fun to watch this dude!
This man is so extraordinary I love music of all types and have to compare him to a Truffle.
I can only listen to one song every so often and look forward to the next time.
Brilliant!
I like his energy :) he's really into it
❤️
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Yall remember August Rush? This is him now. Feel old yet?
Yet, this is the real life version :') I've been thinking of this comparison a lot. Both hear music in everything, that's so special and liberating.
I’m glad my teacher shows me this I fell in love with this song
I forgot about this song my teacher showed me this like a year or two
Looking back wtf is this sh1t
I fr thought this shi was a banger😭😭
These bass lines and harmonies are insane. Stank face all day