Four-on-the-floor is a rhythm pattern used in disco and electronic dance music.

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  • @heatherferreira4225
    @heatherferreira4225 8 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    "As you'll notice, I don't have a drum machine. I WAS the drum machine back then"
    RIGHT ON

    • @paulpulcinello9478
      @paulpulcinello9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heather Ferreira Lol

    • @paulpulcinello9478
      @paulpulcinello9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      DJ Yella from NWA is heavily influenced by this dude

    • @tyvin8
      @tyvin8 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legend...

    • @Dubberzz
      @Dubberzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/taO1v-5zd4s/w-d-xo.html

    • @-.Steven
      @-.Steven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3:13 Thanks for that! 😁

  • @Head318Hunter
    @Head318Hunter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I can barely pat my head and rub my belly. This guy has 4-5 things going... Man.

  • @Misterz3r0
    @Misterz3r0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    This guy started a revolution. Even rock has incorporated disco influence into the genre.

    • @djbonk77
      @djbonk77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Also many 80's dance songs

    • @cosmic_JAV
      @cosmic_JAV 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dave Grohl used a lot of disco style on the nevermind album

  • @jamesb1988
    @jamesb1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This dude ain't lying, he is a MACHINE.
    He developed GROOVE.

  • @schkope
    @schkope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Him talking through his beats literally makes it sound like a song, I love it

    • @cmancentralallen6414
      @cmancentralallen6414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is! Called “ I don’t have a drum machine”. Amazing song

    • @schkope
      @schkope 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cmancentralallen6414 at first i thought you were being sarcastic but now my life has changed

    • @cmancentralallen6414
      @cmancentralallen6414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@schkope Such a good song. Glad I could help. We’re friends now lol.

    • @leemori90
      @leemori90 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha holy that’s so true

    • @leemori90
      @leemori90 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially at arkund 3:20

  • @thelaw1984
    @thelaw1984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    This man basically invented house lol. Amazing. I love how it all evolved and connects.

    • @Warappe69
      @Warappe69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes but like the predessesor even before House. its like Disco, Dance, Electronic Dance, House. Something like that

    • @melanitex1089
      @melanitex1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Disco you mean. House music was actually invented by DJ Frankie Knuckles and Jesse Saunders however House music actually derives from Disco music it just has a stronger and more mechanical percussion and baseline.

    • @WiloPolis03
      @WiloPolis03 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Warappe69I'm very late but Dance and Electronic Dance aren't really genres as much as they are generic umbrella terms

    • @fistanger239
      @fistanger239 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@WiloPolis03there are many sub-genres, but the main being electronic dance when it comes to the style. Disco is a whole different genre now a days.

  • @osmith9212
    @osmith9212 10 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    best drum lesson i've had in years. excellent material here.

  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "So if you notice I dont have a drum machine: I was the drum machine back then!" - Priceless!!! And so, so, beautiful and interesting for anyone interested in what we call today Electronic Dance Music's History.

  • @HT-vf7ok
    @HT-vf7ok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy is good, he don't lose his concentration. Keep the beat going. Good stuff 👍

  • @ceehacker386
    @ceehacker386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVE IT! 😝😝😝😝 Who else was dancing while he was doing this?

  • @didntknoicouldchangethis
    @didntknoicouldchangethis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Eloquently explained! Even someone like me gets it! I just love having the world at our fingertips! :-D

  • @Christianpreaching
    @Christianpreaching 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks for showing this. I always wondered how disco cymbals were done

  • @JuniorLexus6692
    @JuniorLexus6692 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man is a genius. Thanks for the lesson.👍🏼🔥🔥

  • @ManuelGarcia-nw2bg
    @ManuelGarcia-nw2bg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION ---I WAS THE DRUM MACHINE

  • @tk-zh3dd
    @tk-zh3dd ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Still disco ❤

  • @NothingMoreSplendid
    @NothingMoreSplendid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Earl Young! What a Star!

  • @turquoisecapricorn
    @turquoisecapricorn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The coolest older guy that I know! Really interesting! Many thanx Earl!!

  • @rockmonst3r
    @rockmonst3r 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I kept expecting a bass line to kick in :)

  • @WinslowLeach1974
    @WinslowLeach1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Earl Young > legend. And I *love* the Trammps, especially their first album. Even seen 'em live once way back. Earl of course also did vocals. Love his vocal intro to my favorite Trammps song, "Where Do We Go From Here."

  • @tbswerve2497
    @tbswerve2497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for uploading this

  • @suminshizzles6951
    @suminshizzles6951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Props to the sound recording engineer. He is banging away on the bass drum and the vocals are being picked up as if there are no drums being played.

  • @ghettomist1575
    @ghettomist1575 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love disco

  • @carnationize
    @carnationize 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    3:18 "I don't have a drum machine, I was the drum machine back then"

  • @corih568
    @corih568 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This man is crazy talented!!

  • @Bobsyourunclebro
    @Bobsyourunclebro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude has an amazing voice. So powerful

  • @ElyOtto
    @ElyOtto 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I DANCE TO THIS BEAT EVERY DAY ^.^

  • @Majyxs
    @Majyxs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Stayin' alive, stayin' alive
    Ah, ah, ah, ah!

  • @TheACCofficial
    @TheACCofficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The House music bounce at 2:17 🔥🔥🔥

    • @JCTelenio
      @JCTelenio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not quite. Still needs that backbeat at 2:54. That's what I consider "proper" house.😎

  • @DavidV2.0
    @DavidV2.0 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The beat with the hi hat at around 2:25 was in Heart of Glass. Love that little beat

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I also know that there is a simple drum fill that happens on that "four on the floor" classic disco groove. The most common one is on the 4th beat....on the first half of 4, do the snare hit, then on the 2 sixteenths of the second part of 4, do 2 more snare drum hits double-timed. Finally, do a blast beat of sorts - cymbal crash on 1 and the bass drum hit on 1 at the same time, and then go back to the disco basic groove with the 2nd half of one with the open hi-hat again. You hear this fill in lots of early classic disco songs, and some later ones too.
    I also know that the basic disco groove of open hi-hatting on every eighth was inspired by first the beginning years of reggae, and then, later on, ska music, which both have that type of off-beating. Later on in American rock history, this was known in the drum set performances as skanking. But in disco-grooving, you only skank on the "open hi-hats."

  • @CarmenDavisWarship
    @CarmenDavisWarship 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Earl Young. I just watched it tonight

  • @LevGrandSorcerer
    @LevGrandSorcerer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This explains PHONK HOUSE music and basic House music like Bass House, my fav genres, woww, this is the Man that invented the 4 on the floor for most songs I like! :DDD

  • @nyarlathotep8084
    @nyarlathotep8084 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful

  • @dutchmenneer3289
    @dutchmenneer3289 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    This man was born in 1940, but he looks like he's in his 50s!

    • @adolfhitmaker8639
      @adolfhitmaker8639 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      black don't crack

    • @androlibre9661
      @androlibre9661 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A lifetime of cardio..................that four on the floor, studio time, concerts, etc that's like doing an exercise bike for 8 hours a day for 30 years. Plus he looks like he generally took care of himself

    • @BananaManPL
      @BananaManPL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I don't think a man named Earl Young would ever look old ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @RazorEdge2006
      @RazorEdge2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He looks Earl Young for his age.

    • @incoglido
      @incoglido 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is where the confusion comes.

  • @Olliethelabradane
    @Olliethelabradane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really awesome video! That man is a great drummer!

  • @tDASH97
    @tDASH97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    unimaginable nobody thought of that ever before

  • @swdx
    @swdx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome.

  • @needleboy17
    @needleboy17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Four on the floor, and one more four than the Four before!"

  • @brooklynluna1626
    @brooklynluna1626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is so sickkkkk

  • @chumbersdee
    @chumbersdee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At 2:16, I like when the hi hat starting sounding like that. I dont know why, but it makes the song so much more danceable

  • @AlexMoschopoulos
    @AlexMoschopoulos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty much the same exact beat that became house music. It's no shock that some called house music "disco's revenge".
    Also the comment everyone loves, "I was the drum machine". I'm assuming that back in the '70s the drum machine technology wasn't there yet to really pull off his beats and that sound.
    I mean, I love the 808, but even the 808 didn't have his sound. Maybe the 909 finally could completely replicate him. So back then it was just all analog.

  • @djsimonrossprice9400
    @djsimonrossprice9400 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank god for Earl Young..

  • @jodesloo2280
    @jodesloo2280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    MFSB is my dna . Earl Young is a genius!

  • @ArthrUK
    @ArthrUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really like this! :)

  • @Miamidadenights
    @Miamidadenights 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nuckin futz!..Hialeah

  • @ThePkmnmaster0
    @ThePkmnmaster0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS IS THE SAMPLE ON FOUR ON THE FLOOR

  • @itsrelativ3967
    @itsrelativ3967 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Straight outta Philadelphia!!!!

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Earl young and Earl stubblfield both Genius.

  • @answers_to_penguin
    @answers_to_penguin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Someone sample this demonstration into a song. Still disco.

  • @RyanonBasss
    @RyanonBasss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful information, I'm a bassist, thanks for sharing

  • @dylanotwell4709
    @dylanotwell4709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Look up four on the floor-Latroit for some fun

  • @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008
    @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "I was the drum machine back then".
    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @openmindedtruth
    @openmindedtruth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome

  • @samthesmartfella
    @samthesmartfella 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Would it be a stretch to say this man basically invented disco?

    • @thescatman5029
      @thescatman5029 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No, it wouldn't! Dude single-handedly took drumming, shoot, soul music, period, out of the 1960s!

    • @AnythingEvil78
      @AnythingEvil78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, not at all.

  • @LOANETWORK
    @LOANETWORK 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    when he added the hi hat i made the stank face lol

  • @MrWo-qj2yh
    @MrWo-qj2yh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is the link to the documentarywww.npo.nl/disco/07-02-2015/VPWON_1238293

  • @golf9992
    @golf9992 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is crazy to think about.

  • @yolisbortin9394
    @yolisbortin9394 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I do not have the coordination for even this, holy crap I coild never play drums.
    Well, anyway, great explanation.

    • @ghettomist1575
      @ghettomist1575 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hey you can if you tried. I feel the same way about guitar, but I'm gonna try to learn.

    • @KrasszTV
      @KrasszTV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This is the most basic shit you can do on drums, too.

    • @DrummingFuzz
      @DrummingFuzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's like anything in life, practice enough and you'll be able to do it! (except fly...)

  • @reviewolf1736
    @reviewolf1736 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @Juanchupumpkinhead
    @Juanchupumpkinhead 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    very interesting, what's the name of the documentary? I'd like to watch the whole thing

    • @HarnoArts
      @HarnoArts  10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It was a documentary called "Disco" on NED1, (NED 1 now called NPO1) broadcasted on november 29, 2013.
      Have the full documentary unfortunately no longer

  • @eltigreriver3108
    @eltigreriver3108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    отлично!

  • @gerryorangefan6150
    @gerryorangefan6150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn good drummer.

  • @teleguy5699
    @teleguy5699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Add the Stones "Miss you" to this beat.

  • @littlemissgroove
    @littlemissgroove ปีที่แล้ว

    Grroooooovy !!!!❤❤❤

  • @abcdef-kx2qt
    @abcdef-kx2qt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the songs listed below had a very distinctive drum beat that i say was indicative of early disco.
    sons of robin stone - got to get you back
    Philly Devotions - I Just Can't Sat Goodbye -
    sister sledge - love don't go through no changes
    love committee - one day of peace
    trammps - where do we go from here
    trammps - love epidemic.
    trammps - i know that feeling

  • @asiullopes
    @asiullopes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    por videos assim que eu amo a internet

  • @gavvo-7640
    @gavvo-7640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Earl Young was THE best drummer ever!!

  • @ericschuh9394
    @ericschuh9394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And now I know why the mutant hijacker from tiberian sun says "four on the floor"... because he can hijack any vehicle and make it rock

  • @ChyldOfMetal
    @ChyldOfMetal ปีที่แล้ว

    All metal, mainstream and extreme, can be traced back to this

  • @Insectist
    @Insectist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Here bc of the latest My HeroAcademia chapter.

    • @wire.
      @wire. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yea lmfao

    • @DDdreamer90
      @DDdreamer90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hell yes!

    • @nabo97
      @nabo97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      got me on this one xD

    • @xGHOSTx100
      @xGHOSTx100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same came here cause of that haha

    • @maxonvideo_
      @maxonvideo_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same lmfao

  • @lucianogoyenechea8704
    @lucianogoyenechea8704 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the hardest button to button

  • @ipposleepo
    @ipposleepo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    NICE

  • @SerVB
    @SerVB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came here because of a new track "HUGEL, Stefy de Cicco, Hugo Cantarra - 4 to the Floor (feat. Nikol Apatini) [Official Lyric Video]". This seems not that 4 to the Floor, but interesting anyway

  • @frozen2golden
    @frozen2golden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How does this video have thumbs down? WTF?

  • @dicanio09
    @dicanio09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember seeing this in a film. What documentary is this from?

  • @Cris-eo2cp
    @Cris-eo2cp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ehy, nice video! Do you think is possible to re-use the audio from this videoclip?

  • @dogwood8031
    @dogwood8031 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! He started disco? His royalty checks must be enormous. LOL

  • @hawkrolla
    @hawkrolla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still the back bone of EDM think about that for a sec!

    • @djbonk77
      @djbonk77 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      80's uses a lot of disco elements

  • @AlohaBlade
    @AlohaBlade 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Killer

  • @FRANKRICECOLD209
    @FRANKRICECOLD209 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice''

  • @jakey4003
    @jakey4003 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey. Anyone know the song that starts playing towards the end?

    • @357snubnose
      @357snubnose 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Silver Convention Fly robin fly 1975

  • @blueleaftuber
    @blueleaftuber 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure why I keep trying to read the subtitles

  • @JudgementPlays
    @JudgementPlays 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    How high are those cymbals

  • @samuelitooooo
    @samuelitooooo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So this is how the snare on the 2 and 4 started? Ever?

    • @dawgdrum
      @dawgdrum 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. That started back in the 20’s.

  • @miker5233
    @miker5233 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is all disco four on the floor

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And lo House music is created 😊

  • @Myrslokstok
    @Myrslokstok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is kind of great when you invent a music style. Let me gues USA made it!

  • @RajaRickin
    @RajaRickin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Multitasking , this dood is running Pentium 50 lol

  • @lusion6810
    @lusion6810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whos here from whitcliffe

  • @xc7525
    @xc7525 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0_o waow

  • @kortenberger
    @kortenberger 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    schitterend!!!

  • @louschwick7301
    @louschwick7301 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    when i started the video, thought the guy was speaking swedish or something

  • @beau6634
    @beau6634 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    T is echt random dat dit op Nederlandse tv was

  • @foodreviews4427
    @foodreviews4427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wall full of platinum records- grabs drum sticks- proceeds to play the most basic beat I've ever heard in my life

  • @Landonio
    @Landonio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billie Jean.

  • @FFM0594
    @FFM0594 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Philly is near the bottom of my favourite music styles. Violins? Bwah!

  • @frenchtoast2413
    @frenchtoast2413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who here from tiktok ?

  • @xxShadraxx
    @xxShadraxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My hero academia chapter 171

    • @kyx4844
      @kyx4844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, I come here, 3 years later, at that very moment. Good video.

  • @ryeplin5058
    @ryeplin5058 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boku no hero

  • @SOLOHeyman
    @SOLOHeyman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's a shame how hip-hop has wasted generations of black talent. No musicians anymore. Just fast talkers screaming over the recycled digital sounds traveling out of their MacBooks.

    • @amazing50000
      @amazing50000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You sure hip hop is the blame or technology? Hip Hop is not the only genre of music who uses technology.

    • @chillack7762
      @chillack7762 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fast talkers really means The lyricism is delivered rhythmically in a speech oriented intonation. The no musicians anymore means A high percentage of beats were sample based or produced by a Single beat-maker on a drum machine and synthesizer as opposed to hiring session musicians. The screaming or shouty rappers are Lil Jon, MOP, KL, Hostyle of Screwball, Dark Man X aka DMX, Plies, Many of the crunk rappers, Yung Wun, Waka flocka flame (both studio and live). Recycle digital sound traveling out of their MacBooks is FL Studio and more popular software using stock sounds no matter the style. There are also rappers who have a more laid back, relaxed flow include Guru, Slick Rick, Rakim, Manchild, the CUF, Kero one, Phonte, MF Doom, Method man, MED, Lewis Parker

    • @chillack7762
      @chillack7762 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      House, synth pop, new wave, ambient/new age, techno, trance, dubstep, “freestyle”, breakbeat garage, 4x4 garage, and DnB use technology too.