The sound that connects Stravinsky to Bruno Mars

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1088

    The '80s were a golden age of musical experimentation. Watch the Earworm episode on how a recording accident led to one of the decade's most iconic sounds: bit.ly/2GgQq58

    • @gregfrin8702
      @gregfrin8702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty cool

    • @gregoirenedelcovici7790
      @gregoirenedelcovici7790 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love your vids, the editing, the rythme and the crispy info we get. Eye opener to the history of details in music.

    • @athko
      @athko 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Can you talk about the amen break?

    • @mechajay3358
      @mechajay3358 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vox 80's defined Experimental Music.

    • @TheGiftof7PRESENTS
      @TheGiftof7PRESENTS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keep making great content.
      Dap👊🏽🎶

  • @bait3027
    @bait3027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    Proof that an appreciation of ALL music genres is necessary for an understanding of music

    • @Alberto-ny7kf
      @Alberto-ny7kf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      you can analyze it and learn from it but appreciating all music genres isn't really necessary.

    • @Alberto-ny7kf
      @Alberto-ny7kf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Chad_Eldridge yeah

    • @ylstorage7085
      @ylstorage7085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      or just know fourier transform

    • @Minty_Aqua
      @Minty_Aqua ปีที่แล้ว

      Even heavy metal or noise?

    • @bait3027
      @bait3027 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Minty_Aqua maybe not them lol

  • @erwinhewitt7438
    @erwinhewitt7438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I’ve heard this so many times, even when Stravinsky himself plays it it still sounds like a sample

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1712

    Last night I had some young musicians visiting my studio. I started by showing them this fantastic video - They were intrigued and had their eyes glued. When it got to the Fairlight part they were amazed that this machine existed way before they were born. As they watched, I started removing the dust covers of my equipment.. and the real moment was when I uncovered my CMI and drew their attention with an 'ahem...'. They freaked out.. it was a classic moment. THEN I showed them a floppy disk with the ORCH sample on it... it was indeed a priceless moment. Thank you so much for this great video.

    • @TheSEOQueenOfficial
      @TheSEOQueenOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      This is music history and very well worth the conversation. It is all so inspiring.

    • @mikabreto
      @mikabreto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy! (Obligatory Wayne’s World reference)

    • @ExperimentIV
      @ExperimentIV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      can I come hang out

    • @chryssanthemum
      @chryssanthemum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😍😍😍😍

    • @TakeMeOffYourMailingList
      @TakeMeOffYourMailingList 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @dbltrplx As opposed to what? Imaginary music? Who is the arbiter of what makes music "real"?

  • @panjia_
    @panjia_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1556

    so the windows error sound is an orchestra hit

    • @nestorgutierrez3031
      @nestorgutierrez3031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sup

    • @MacetazzOpina
      @MacetazzOpina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      its actually another 80s staple sound, the electric piano 1 on the dx7

    • @synchronicitystudios8217
      @synchronicitystudios8217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @lpschaf8943
      @lpschaf8943 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nestorgutierrez3031 SUms it uP

    • @NegativeReferral
      @NegativeReferral 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MacetazzOpina That was the Windows Vista/7 error sound. The XP error sound was a deep orchestra hit.

  • @xWood4000
    @xWood4000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2880

    These music explanations are great.

    • @stop6578
      @stop6578 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually it was quite easy to understand even though I'm not knowledgeable in music.

    • @xWood4000
      @xWood4000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Chickenwomp I do have some education too, but I said that it's great in general that it's on this level because otherwise people that haven't got that would struggle and not watch the video.

    • @yeezythabest
      @yeezythabest 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      right and even those like me who have a decent musical background and know the technical and creative side of the music don't always know the historical side of it.

    • @angelictreble
      @angelictreble 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know, right!! I'm a musician but I never learned about a lot of this stuff. These videos are great :)

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr3590
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr3590 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chickenwomp IKR? hahahaha

  • @nicolassantos7691
    @nicolassantos7691 6 ปีที่แล้ว +831

    YO i was wondering where the first time i heard that orchestra hit, it was freaking jellyfish jam from spongebob

    • @theshyguy1580
      @theshyguy1580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      SAME!!

    • @gc1097
      @gc1097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💀 you're absolutely right mgg

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No wonder my 5 year old self loved it

    • @mariusdamchristophersen1453
      @mariusdamchristophersen1453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nicolas Santos you definitely heard it before but didn’t remember it

    • @LiveLife-fg1bz
      @LiveLife-fg1bz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      for me it was when i was 3 (2014), and i was watching a youtube video, and it was background music in a video. it was the konami one, though.

  • @MarkHatlestad
    @MarkHatlestad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +819

    Fun fact: Stravinsky was born when Brahms was writing symphonies, and died after the Beetles broke up.
    Thanks for the excellent video!

    • @1UpsForLife
      @1UpsForLife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Beetles lol

    • @jrexx2841
      @jrexx2841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What's Beetles I only know the Beatles

    • @allisonflores9075
      @allisonflores9075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark Hatlestad Beatles*

    • @pablov1973
      @pablov1973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And composed for 65 years, I believe that only Elliot Carter composed more time.

    • @JoseMorales-lw5nt
      @JoseMorales-lw5nt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Another fun fact: Mark Twain was the closest thing to a celestial being/alien on Earth. How, you ask? Well, this literary genius lived and died... with Halley's Comet! Yeah, when he was born in 1835, Halley's Comet passed the night sky, visible to humans at that time. Just after his death, in 1910, Halley's Comet rocketed the nightsky. Dwell on it...

  • @anuragss938
    @anuragss938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I've spent an hour trying to figure out what this sound is called and finally found it. The internet can be marvellous.

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I learned in Minecraft from someone who claimed to have worked at Roland, from his cues I found this video

  • @animec-dramaskpop6362
    @animec-dramaskpop6362 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1365

    Earworm is my favorite show on Vox. This was amazing, thank you.

    • @victornoagbodji
      @victornoagbodji 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you had me at afro and curly! be awesome girl : )

    • @animec-dramaskpop6362
      @animec-dramaskpop6362 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      victor noagbodji 😊

    • @iibigfoot1242
      @iibigfoot1242 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      la la lalisa blackpink in your area

    • @tharii314
      @tharii314 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@iibigfoot1242 E

  • @kawsakiTV
    @kawsakiTV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I’m so glad somebody else is talking about the “Orchestra Hit”. I definitely heard it on many songs from my childhood and vividly remember it in the theme song for the show “In Living Color”! I’ve also heard it annoyed the heck out of people by the late 80s lol. Man, Vox! I love how you guys tell history! Kudos 😀

    • @G4rrfield
      @G4rrfield 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok boomer

  • @KamiKazuo
    @KamiKazuo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    Lets not forget the most iconic song of them all, Crank Dat Soulja Boy

    • @kykale
      @kykale 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      #only00skidswillremember

    • @Matt-fo9ut
      @Matt-fo9ut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Back when he wasn't being corny as hell... Now hes charging $100 to follow remaining fans and he can't even go gold 😑😑

    • @dundee6402
      @dundee6402 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KazuoTV I thought orchestral hits were unpopular as soon as 1995 hit,,,

    • @XXLGHOST
      @XXLGHOST 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup

    • @sean..L
      @sean..L 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      KazuoTV youuuu

  • @Afrito98
    @Afrito98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    OMG the girl on 5:19 is Tatiana M. Ali who plays Ashley's character in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

    • @kyser3ify
      @kyser3ify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That deserved a honorable mention

    • @henryreyes9369
      @henryreyes9369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thotiana?

    • @KGrooveBlanka
      @KGrooveBlanka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember that episode of Sesame Street too!

    • @sillau9
      @sillau9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah,she look soo adorable

    • @JerzyFeliksKlein
      @JerzyFeliksKlein 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Which was produced by Quincy Jones!

  • @xisumavoid
    @xisumavoid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    Ive also heard the orchestral hits referred to as a "stab" in music production, primarily when its not an actual orchestra but a loud sound with fast attack and short decay! Great video btw, fascinating! well presented :-)

    • @decko87
      @decko87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yep, "stab" has replaced "hit" in the electronic world. I wonder if it's a reference to the audiovisual stabs in Hitchcock's Psycho?

    • @adobewallhacks9489
      @adobewallhacks9489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats a really good guess! wouldnt of thought of that

    • @braclo93
      @braclo93 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      decko87 Interesting thought about Psycho. The way I thought of it is the bow across the strings stopping abruptly, the violinist's arm moves as if it was a stabbing motion.

    • @Phanyxx
      @Phanyxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup! We used to call that one a stab.

    • @djedg10
      @djedg10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Hey X!

  • @flashuser777
    @flashuser777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Can’t believe it. Just “Oh, that’d be a good one to put in, yeah,” became one of the most defining instruments of an entire era...

  • @sophroniel
    @sophroniel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    This makes my inner music student overwhelmingly happy

    • @jamisongordon1606
      @jamisongordon1606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lul

    • @jalene150
      @jalene150 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your face makes me overwhelmingly happy. 😍

    • @nuberiffic
      @nuberiffic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an actual music student, this video makes me really sad

    • @sophroniel
      @sophroniel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      nuberiffic Are you saying I'm not a music student? I was on a composition scholarship lol I just finished uni

    • @nuberiffic
      @nuberiffic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, you said that.
      When you say "my inner *blank*" you are saying you are not actually that thing, but that you feel a connection to it.

  • @BizzycardozaETA
    @BizzycardozaETA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The orchestra hit sounds amazing on hard hip hop tracks to.

  • @VARIOUShorses
    @VARIOUShorses 6 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Aye, the best Vox series is back! Great stuff as always, I love learning all this history behind stuff I've been hearing for ages but never really gave any thought to.

  • @UrsusCanis
    @UrsusCanis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The Orchestra Hit is the key to time travel, I'm sure of it.

  • @RetsamX
    @RetsamX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1361

    ... and it was even used in Pokemon Music :D

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Retsam but nobody cares about that

    • @RetsamX
      @RetsamX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      Listen up Rob Spaghetti, if you don't care, don't comment. It's as easy as that.

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Retsam yourube literally says Add a public reply... so they want me to comments your comment was bum ass though so i had to call it out

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Retsam also its not spaghetti its spagrenetti

    • @RetsamX
      @RetsamX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      That contradicts with your statement that nobody cares, because you care to make everybody's day worse by telling them something is ass.

  • @raywoods2071
    @raywoods2071 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Musicology is so much fun, and well researched & presented ones like this are real treasures, both educational and entertaining.

  • @Lobstrique
    @Lobstrique 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    earworm is a freaking amazing show. finding links in places i would never even think to look, showing how everything in the beautiful realm of music is connected. thank you so much.

  • @dominiquecamarastaff1899
    @dominiquecamarastaff1899 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this. It confirmed something that I always deeply felt but never knew the history of-- the undeniable connection between all genres of music, especially classical and hip hop music.

  • @aishwaryarawat8337
    @aishwaryarawat8337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    *who knew Stravinsky was so lit*

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      aishwarya rawat he wasnt really his music was ass

    • @vesteel
      @vesteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Rob Spagrenetti his music is good. I might as well sacrifice you so spring would come

    • @riyazuo
      @riyazuo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Well, maybe he's just being _Extravinsky_

    • @OF01975
      @OF01975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      vesteel his music maybe was good in like 1800 its modern days now if you still listen to his ass sounds then your wrong

    • @memyselfandhereiam
      @memyselfandhereiam 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      vesteel nice

  • @chicolofi
    @chicolofi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    People who appreciate music should take a time to listen to Stravinsky's music.
    You won't regret it.

  • @StandAgainstTheCartels
    @StandAgainstTheCartels 6 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    The story could have gone back further as Stravinski wasn't doing anything new with his Orchestra Hit. Earlier composers were using the technique to create high intensity. Verdi's Requiem Dies irae for one which was first performed in 1874. Someone with a thorough background in classical music would add a lot to this story.
    It's neat to hear that the guy who first sampled an Orchestra Hit described it as "a complete accident" and just happened to have that record nearby. Like a lot of history, a coincidence set it off from there. Everything's a remix.

    • @badgerjohn31
      @badgerjohn31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And you don't even need to dig that deep into the classical canon. Haydn's Surprise Symphony went for the same effect in 1791.

    • @usernotfound6475
      @usernotfound6475 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      badgerjohn31 I swear I’ve heard it earlier. At least Late Beethoven

    • @alontal3883
      @alontal3883 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@usernotfound6475 5th symphony 1st movement has some as well

    • @usernotfound6475
      @usernotfound6475 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      alon tal does the third symphony have some too? I’ve heard them in his ninth aswell

    • @alontal3883
      @alontal3883 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@usernotfound6475 I don't remember, but classical music is all about orchestration, so I assume most symphonic pieces would have a momentary boom like that

  • @xavierliu6146
    @xavierliu6146 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stravinsky is one of my favorite composers! Glad to see that his "Firebird" Orchestra Hit still affects modern music today! Just like his "Rite of Spring," truly timeless!

  • @jjsmith706
    @jjsmith706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Orchestra hit, gated reverb, saxaphones... the sounds of the 80s.

    • @unclesam530
      @unclesam530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      & lots of hairspray

    • @jjsmith706
      @jjsmith706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I don't remember hearing hairspray in 80s music.

    • @unclesam530
      @unclesam530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      on account of the big hairstyles

    • @augusto7681
      @augusto7681 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dont forget loop of drums

    • @rabokel
      @rabokel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dx7 e-piano and the chorus effect

  • @WashedUpSpearfish
    @WashedUpSpearfish 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "I know someone who'd be really interested to see this..."
    Yeah so would Stevie...

    • @sonofabippi
      @sonofabippi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought this.

  • @rfldss89
    @rfldss89 6 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    Haha they were basically doing what every child does when he gets to touch a synth or electric keyboard :p

    • @oppfattet
      @oppfattet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly what I was gonna say!

    • @RKTologist
      @RKTologist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      all in harmony and at the right time boyyyy

  • @markjamesmason
    @markjamesmason 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Robert Fink is a legend. His history of EDM class was awesome!

  • @tonylancer7367
    @tonylancer7367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Probably the orchestral hit was most used in the late 80s with New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop. That is orchestral hit heaven right there.

    • @girllionness5944
      @girllionness5944 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yup, definitely. i listen to a lot of new jack swing and rnb from the late 80s and sometimes i feel like it's almost used too much. but i still love it tbh.

    • @csmcrckrs
      @csmcrckrs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And every Freestyle song lol

    • @jasonosgood3639
      @jasonosgood3639 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Tony Mosdef. We're overdue for a New Jack Swing revival.

    • @rickylovesyou
      @rickylovesyou 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pre-new jack mostly. New jack swing era started to move away from that type of sound. BBDs third album, guys later albums for example gives a marker on where they moved away from that pre new jack sound and entered new jack territory.

    • @TlanImass
      @TlanImass 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@csmcrckrs Oh, after reading this comment, Information Society immediately came out of my thoughts. And they used the Orchestra Hit plenty! lmao

  • @michaelbauers8800
    @michaelbauers8800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never tire of the orch hit, or discussions on it. Been in love with it since I first heard it.

  • @nanisimo
    @nanisimo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    Best show on TH-cam. And I'm not that into music anyway, but this is SO good.

    • @nanisimo
      @nanisimo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Politics and movies. I mean, John Oliver rocks, but that’s HBO, not exclusively TH-cam.

    • @jarrarali2143
      @jarrarali2143 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Emilio Doménech Adam Neely beats this by lightyears

    • @Ildskalli
      @Ildskalli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jarrar: Usually, yes, Adam Neely's content is far superior. But the production values in this video, and the fabulous mixture of geekiness, pop music and history makes me want to like it a million times. She really pulled through this time!

    • @ThatCrazyMexicanBoii
      @ThatCrazyMexicanBoii 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Emilio Doménech you should watch unsolved Supernatural on Buzzfeed Blue . Buzzfeed isnt that great i know, but Buzzfeed Unsolved is really interesting & entertaining because of the two dudes who host it

    • @t33nyplaysp0p
      @t33nyplaysp0p 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not into music...thats like not being into food. Who are you demons?

  • @francinesux
    @francinesux 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this series SO MUCH (even that I know very little about music / music theory), and I'll be forever thankful for this for introducing me to Peter Gabriel's music (on the gated reverb video).
    Really apreciate the work done here

  • @thoyo
    @thoyo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    So we just not gonna mention that Ashley from Fresh Prince is at 5:17?

    • @elgamerico
      @elgamerico 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That's great, but there's a Fairlight CMI in the same clip :)

    • @therealDannyVasquez
      @therealDannyVasquez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      "Tatyana Ali"

    • @dinolandra
      @dinolandra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      T A T Y A N A A L I

    • @user-vi4xy1jw7e
      @user-vi4xy1jw7e 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @dr.christopherdiaz4473
      @dr.christopherdiaz4473 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      and are we just gonna act like she didn't have a Spanish accent as a baby?!?

  • @Kim-fn7pf
    @Kim-fn7pf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have an old synthesizer at home from the 90's. After the video I immediately checked it and it has the orch hit, so much fun!

  • @majapr2004
    @majapr2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I can never unhear this now

    • @shakudavid
      @shakudavid 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why it's called an EARWORM. ;)

  • @RexPhalange
    @RexPhalange 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I waited throughout the video to hear if you'll mention Max Martin. You did at the very last minute! Max Martin's orchestra hit really is my favorite version of orchestra hit. His team uses several versions, (there are brassy ones, 'camera shutter'-like ones, stabby squeak ones, etc. and the 'standard' one like in the Britney and BSB songs in this vid) but they're all very punchy and sharp.

  • @thecampfire4877
    @thecampfire4877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That was WAAAAY more interesting than I expected. GREAT video.

  • @sparkymularkey6970
    @sparkymularkey6970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This has always been one of my favorite sounds.

  • @aspieinabowtie
    @aspieinabowtie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    More 80s music tech to make a Earworm vid out of: the Yamaha DX-7 synth. That electric piano patch was used to death on every R&B, soft rock, and rock power Ballard in the 80s. Even the Doogie Howssr MD theme song was written with that patch.

    • @blackbrainz
      @blackbrainz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doug Perry DX-7 is a great synth, FM is so fascinating

    • @skierpage
      @skierpage 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tahnk taahnkk tahhnk! Is there a name for that particular style of FM Synthesis?

    • @olymoon2008
      @olymoon2008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      About the DX 7 remember the bass patch too, it was over used all over the 80's and beginning of 90's

  • @retro2161
    @retro2161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've always been a big fan of samples and it's history and this video truly helped me see things clearer.

  • @malirabbit6228
    @malirabbit6228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have always loved this sound! I didn’t know that the heck it was. That it has a name! WOW!

  • @candiceallie
    @candiceallie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This just makes me so happy. Great job Vox! Made me miss playing on the keyboard with my dad!

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    So weirdly proud that an instrument made by an Australian literally defined the sound of the 80s. We've invented some good stuff hey?

    • @hopelesscreative6977
      @hopelesscreative6977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lachi James dont forget about the turn table

    • @RKTologist
      @RKTologist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      dont get me wrong, great things have come from australia. but the fairlight did not define the sound of the 80s what are you talking about

    • @skierpage
      @skierpage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would be neat to identify the other ubiquitous Fairlight samples besides breaking glass and orchestra hit. I think Peter Gabriel was first with the shakuhachi flute sound, what else? Duran Duran keyboard player Nick Rhodes had hundreds of floppy disks of sounds.

    • @DavidDiMuzio
      @DavidDiMuzio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not you. They.

    • @dukes1590
      @dukes1590 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lachi James fdytgggferk

  • @mikosoft
    @mikosoft 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's always awesome to see something like the original record that spawned a whole decade and something of sound.

  • @Kaizaratl
    @Kaizaratl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    What you call, Orch2 is what I call the sound that you made when you do a special trick on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

    • @m1kulas
      @m1kulas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was exactly looking for this comment.

  • @florif3792
    @florif3792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Estelle you are absolutely the best documentarist I know! Congratulations on your amazing work!!!

  • @TheSmythington
    @TheSmythington 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Give the full Firebird Suite a listen. Stravinsky gave wings to the concept of rebirth.

  • @johnnybrasil1572
    @johnnybrasil1572 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always wondered from where that sound came, here in Brazil Freestyle was really big, and still is ver present some places.
    And almost every song has that sound effect.
    This is the best channel on youtube to me, you are truly amazing.

  • @BolshephobicBabe
    @BolshephobicBabe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Wait, we've had touch screens for that long?

    • @Pantano63
      @Pantano63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yeah, touch screens were invented in the 70s, only later did they become popular. Just imagine what kind of technology they have now but they're keeping from us.

    • @isaakwelch3451
      @isaakwelch3451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Old buicks had touch screens as a factory option

    • @juuus2764
      @juuus2764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Chad_Eldridge actually its not heat of your fingers but rather the electricity or polarity of your body. Thats why the touchscreen reacts also to metallic material.

    • @juuus2764
      @juuus2764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Chad_Eldridge dunno. We had it in chemistry lessons and we watched a video about the particular functionality. The modern touch pens are also obviously working without hout emission.

    • @digitig
      @digitig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The light pen actually works the opposite way round to the way it seems. The pen doesn't activate the screen; rather, the screen activates the pen. The cathode ray tube screen worked by scanning an electron beam across the screen. The light pen was simply a photosensor. When it detected a pulse of light it told the computer and the computer knew which bit of the screen was being scanned at that moment.

  • @novikovPrinciple
    @novikovPrinciple 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a strange and impressive kind of story-telling that makes me completely forget the inciting incident ("The orchestra hit"), takes me on a decades-long journey of discovery, only to remind me so close to the end that there's a reason I started this whole trip in the first place.
    Thank you for the great ride, Vox!

  • @spelunkerd
    @spelunkerd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Watching Vox is always an eye opening experience. Just like the Bourne movies, there is visual punch, with remarkably short clips, constantly entertaining, in your face. Of course with this one you're talking about music, another dimension. When I think back on the thousands of hours I spent in the classroom, I realize that the old teaching format can never compete....

  • @TheChoirDirector
    @TheChoirDirector 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want so badly to show these to my elementary and middle school students, but the occasional swear prevents that. Please consider re-releasing swear free versions of these so we can show our classes your amazing videos! Love it.

    • @TheDankBoi69
      @TheDankBoi69 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I mean uh like Vox is supposed to be an educational channel

  • @MuusiicRafael
    @MuusiicRafael 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for educating us on music. I love these 💖💖💖

  • @ASH_musica
    @ASH_musica 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The amazing history of Orchestra Hit! Thanks for this video, I totes enjoyed it

  • @jaironcuadra
    @jaironcuadra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Best series on TH-cam.

  • @darrencastleton5994
    @darrencastleton5994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Planet Rock changed my life back in 1982.

  • @joey15ization
    @joey15ization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Stravinsky "New Jack Swing" Thanks you!

    • @blakeboss1427
      @blakeboss1427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keiv Brown woah Teddy Riley who made the new jack swing. It uses the Orchestra hit but not all songs use it

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an owner of a Fairlight CMI, I'm using this video to explain everything to everyone... Superb video, beautifully executed.

  • @sumairb9978
    @sumairb9978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I immediately thought of "Jam" by Michael Jackson

    • @melaniemagdalene1616
      @melaniemagdalene1616 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!

    • @_Maxten
      @_Maxten 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think of just got paid by johnny kemp

    • @_Maxten
      @_Maxten 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      but yeah, jam is a good one because teddy riley used it a lot

    • @ma_junia
      @ma_junia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Jam also has glass shattering though I don’t know where that one came from

    • @OXyGeNe8DJ
      @OXyGeNe8DJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many tracks... 2BAD

  • @bluemind4927
    @bluemind4927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is unbelievably beautiful

  • @211teitake
    @211teitake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Estelle, I love your Earworm series. It's one of my favorite Vox video series. Please make more.

  • @NathanielSkinnerMusic
    @NathanielSkinnerMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember being obsessed with the sound as one of the 128 built into the playable MIDI on my computer in the 90s. Patch 56 I believe. Good to learn about its history 25 years later.

  • @gehteuchnichtsan7911
    @gehteuchnichtsan7911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whoa that Fairlight CMI with pen input was so far ahead of its time.
    The rhythm that Herbie Hancock programmed sounds like "this is how we do" from the game thou :D

  • @marchesi8
    @marchesi8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly those animations and the way things are explained is super super SUPER cool

  • @TheSomeawesome
    @TheSomeawesome 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    YES EARWORM IS BACK!! Best thing on Vox. Keep them coming!!

  • @sprocket_holes
    @sprocket_holes 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Estelle (and the Vox team!), I'm obsessed with your videos. Pure gold. Thank you so much for sharing such an amazing content.

  • @tommykavounidis
    @tommykavounidis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For those wondering Bruno didn't use a CMI for his orchestra hit sample his sounds more like a Korg orchestra hit sample.

  • @Nathanroot
    @Nathanroot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literally the best series of videos I've seen on youtube in years!! I work in media and the amount of work and love which has gone into each one of these is astounding. Estelle Caswell, you are a lighthouse in a sea of mediocrity!

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Well, let's hear it for _nostalgia,_ then.

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I miss nostalgia!

  • @chaniwackoo
    @chaniwackoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm still convinced that this is acually the best video on TH-cam.

  • @beneinav
    @beneinav 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    actually Stravinsky is not a one huge hit men, he's got few famous ballets, actually, 3 that are the really famous: "Fire Bird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite Of Spring"

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The actual quote was "Stravinsky is like one of those rock stars who has one huge hit early on in their career and then they have to play that song every concert for the rest of their lives." He didn't call Stravinsky a one-hit wonder. A modern example of what he's describing would be Sting. No matter the concert, he's going to be playing Roxanne. Mark Knopfler and Sultans of Swing would be another good example.

    • @nerdgirl7363
      @nerdgirl7363 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@roguishpaladin another good example is Brendan Urie of Panic at the Disco. He has written plenty of good songs but has probably played i write sins not tragedies at every single concert he has played in the last decade

    • @perri_6
      @perri_6 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      roguishpaladin Prince and _Purple Rain._

    • @johnoldland7841
      @johnoldland7841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the Rite of Spring is far more important than The Firebird. The most influential piece of music of the first half of the twentieth century: not just on classical music but on jazz and rock too.

    • @MichaelSotoCE
      @MichaelSotoCE 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And who could forget his hit song "the dune sea of tattooine"

  • @TheSteamNinja
    @TheSteamNinja 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Earworm is easily some of the best content on TH-cam, please keep up the great work!

  • @andrewnibbi
    @andrewnibbi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It still boggles my mind that someone allowed Duran Duran to do the Bond theme. Imagine if the next bond movie came out and Migos came out over the silhouettes like “jamesbond, jamesbond, drivin fast cars with a hot blonde”

  • @moniquerh1
    @moniquerh1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's been too long!!!!!! I'm so glad you are back!!!!! LOVE EARWORM!!!!!!

  • @ikkarurisan
    @ikkarurisan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The series is back!

  • @funkness
    @funkness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this can set the line between liking or not really liking a song for me. the sound effect just sounds so cool in songs.

  • @bezalelthecreative8503
    @bezalelthecreative8503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Vox made my conversations with people a lot more interesting.

    • @martinshewfelt1236
      @martinshewfelt1236 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shuhari Tensai Yeah, they're very informative.

  • @AfroSnackey
    @AfroSnackey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You don't know how many years I was looking for this sound effect thank you!

  • @Dani-hb1wf
    @Dani-hb1wf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    is that a touchscreen from 1975??

    • @akinmytua4680
      @akinmytua4680 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Dani I know! I think it's a little light on a pen though.

    • @brunof1996
      @brunof1996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The first light pen was created around 1955 as part of the Whirlwind project at MIT

    • @TheGerm24
      @TheGerm24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Worked like the NES light gun, not a modern touchscreen. Still pretty interesting technology.

    • @D600Active
      @D600Active 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Totally different technology from modern touchscreens. Old analogue (CRT) displays created the image by a beam drawing one line at a time and the 'pen' had a light sensor in it which would pick up the flashing of the bit of the image in front of it (flashing too fast for humans to see) so that the computer could work out which bit of the image was in front of the pen and therefore where the pen was.

  • @defunctjeyeco1241
    @defunctjeyeco1241 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please never stop making these videos, they're so good

  • @CalpolMeister
    @CalpolMeister 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is by far and away the best episode of Earworm I've ever had the pleasure of watching

  • @bjjbarbells2735
    @bjjbarbells2735 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I seriously cherish these videos whenever I come across them. She is so brilliant- I love these explanations!

  • @kasper2447
    @kasper2447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This series is so good

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BIG _Orchestra Hit_ fan. Absolutely wonderful documentary on it~! 👍

  • @wardnejim4495
    @wardnejim4495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Hey I know someone who'd be interested to see this" yeah stevie wonder couldnt wait to SEE that!

  • @debjyotibiswas3793
    @debjyotibiswas3793 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is amazing. Nice well researched work.

  • @finnroche6194
    @finnroche6194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Immediately I thought of smooth criminal

  • @biancapardinas
    @biancapardinas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video was full of song recommendations and I love it

  • @ducis3446
    @ducis3446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I came here for the "AAAAOWWWW"

  • @anunnyfose
    @anunnyfose 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the best series on youtube. thank you for your work!

  • @firefoxpie2
    @firefoxpie2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    5:18 that Ashely from Fresh Prince!

  • @Gmackematix
    @Gmackematix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the second time I have come across Stravinsky in 80s music this week. I also learnt that the bass line that starts Paul Young's version of 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' was inspired by the bassoon tune which starts Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

  • @levi2234
    @levi2234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My fav vox series

  • @monodux
    @monodux 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has got to be the coolest and most important music video I’ve seen. Well done!!!

  • @f4tornado450
    @f4tornado450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:23 Not anymore
    RIP Auxy, I will never forget how one day you held all my work hostage behind a subscription wall. ;-(

  • @brooklynbailey9978
    @brooklynbailey9978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    THESE VIDEOS ARE AMAZING please keep making them

  • @appleheadslove2267
    @appleheadslove2267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Michael Jackson started playing OMGGGG I SANG GURL