What Makes This Song Great? "All The Small Things" Blink -182
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- In first episode of "What Makes this Song Great?" we look at one of the biggest hits of the late 90's by Blink 182.
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I will never unhear that synth part now... Thanks
Same
I probably listened to this song a thousand times in high school, never noticed that part, now it's all I hear!
@DiscoFalcon its like seeing inter dimensional demons.
It sounds amazing!
@DiscoFalcon its like seeing inter dimensional demons.
The guys from Blink-182 are watching this video like:
"Oh, so that's what we did"
Vitor Ferreira No....they knew!
That's why a good producer is worth their weight in gold.
I'm the 182 like
I don't want to ruin the 182 like so i just say to you that i liked the comment.
Dennis Murphy
" a good producer is worth their weight in gold"
So does that mean a good producer is worth less after he's had a dump?
How did I never recognize that synth blended with the harmonies... I can't unhear now lol
Tom Stiles i could kinda hear it, but i always thought it was another guitar track. But i never figured it out.
Likewise! And I had to learn this song for a cover band ... apparently, I didn't listen hard enough.
my mind is blown.
Just had a similar experience with Dammit. Never noticed until recently that there's an organ part being played in the outro of that song and now I can't unhear it either.
they do the same thing on "dammit" and "wendy clear"
Just found "What Makes This Song Great" with 72 episodes already made.... Looks like they average 15min and episode... That's the next 18hrs of my life sorted!
same here..
I've been kinda working my way backwards through this series. From Deftones to blink-182, this guy covers all of my musical tastes, introducing me to new favorites, and really opening up tracks I thought I had already pretty fully digested. I cannot recommend him enough.
I just started the pilgrimage
But it seems some episodes are missing (taken down?).
@@amedina.mobile theyre all there, they're just out of order in the playlist on his channel. I have a playlist of all episodes in order on my channel
Tom’s palm mute is one of the main things that got me into this band.
agree
Same xD
I mean... Palm mute is way older than Tom. He didn't invent not refine it.
@@borek92 no one is saying he invented or refined it dude.. we’re just saying with his guitar tone and his style.. it sounds awesome..
@@borek92 Who's saying that? The fact is he took something that had been around for decades and made it accessible and catchy. Douchebage.
Rest in peace, Jerry Finn
Such a masterful producer
Go home.
So sad man
I was never able to understand the goosebumps I felt on that 2nd chord in the chorus. This gives me closure and a strangely renewed appreciation for this song.
That damn C on the synth. After two entire years of playing this song live with friends, you've finally shown me what in the world was going on with those "na's!" Much love, Rick.
I've been listening for twenty years and never noticed it.
Great analysis! I've also always liked the 1-2 punch of "Adam's Song" segueing into "All The Small Things". It's a perfect transition and mood shift. Very cool. RIP Jerry Finn.
Tom revealed his "secret" in a video once. He noticed a pattern by Brian Baker (where one note stays the same, but the root note changes), and he said he writes most of his songs with this ascending/descending root note pattern (think what's my age again). Alot of blink songs follow this pattern, and it's super catchy.
i’m pretty sure it’s labeled as a “drone”
Earnie Ball interview huh?
Rick, did you start this series with this song because you are, in fact, examining.... all the small things... that make a song great?
composerdave68 you, sir, are a genius. really.
Shut up
Boom
@TheRealCritique ...Dumb comment....i hope you realize that now... Just how dumb your comment actually is.... Its not even funny, and very distasteful...
@TheRealCritique ✌
Its all good man, and glad you agree...
I love the idea of this series. Don't get me wrong, I love your other stuff too, but I really like how approachable this series is. It just picks a song and talks about it. I can't wait for more episodes.
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"All you need is 3 Chords and the truth."
they always said jerry finn was the 4th member of blink
That final chorus with the fully distorted "Say it ain't so" is such perfect arrangement. You already like the pre-chorus and can sing along to it when it's just a transition piece but in the end it becomes THE chorus and you've already sung it twice so by the third and final time, you just wanna belt it and the song matches the energy. It's really a perfect pop song.
I've never heard the synth before either! Mark's isolated lead-in vocal reminded me so much of the Beach Boys. Blink at their best was all about the arrangement - that was apparent when Mark Trombino worked with them on Dude Ranch. Love how you broke this song down Rick, turns out Blink 182 weren't just three-chord wonders after all. Incredibly interesting video. RIP Jerry Finn.
Ikr? People complaining about a band/song only playing three chords is like complaining about a fancy restaurant meal having only three courses. There's so much more to the music.
Yup. Serious Mike Love vibes that I'd never noticed until they were isolated.
I never heard the synth part in the song before. Now I don't think I will ever not hear it. Great video series. I can't wait for more.
i have a feeling like it operates similar to the many, many spices, seasonings, and reductions which 99% of people do not directly taste when they eat out at restaurants.
Like, it's not that they're unnecessary, and maybe even the "combination" is larger than "the sum of the parts", but I would really be interested if that sort of "filler" which you don't consciously needs to be particularly "high quality". More along the lines of, there needs to be something there to give it some sort of depth and complexity, 50% of which is for the mere sake of complexity itself, and then maybe quality and truly artistic musicians recognize how to fill this in well.
I agree with you, in the sense of "now I hear it and can't unhear", but I do wonder then how it affects the other 99% of people who don't consciously hear it, and thusly, how important it is and if you could get away with filler/low-quality filler--MOST restaurants you eat at.
same here haha
Isn't that Guitar + Whammy ? Always tought it was
Woahhh I never noticed the synth
I've discovered those hidden layers in a bunch of their songs when the cords of my earbuds was breaking
So using misfuntioning head/earphones can be interesting sometimes
Jerry Finn was the perfect man for Blink 182, as were they to him.
honestly maybe Blink would be half decent today if Jerry Finn was still alive. I mean, I definitely think the quality of their songwriting has declined, but more so the production is fucking terrible. Maybe Finn could have taken these sub par songs and made them a bit more palatable. that's just my opinion though, i dont hate on others who enjoy the new stuff. to each his own
REST IN PEACE JERRY FINN
@@SuperSaiyanScandinavianas a fan of skiba era blink & one more time you’re definitely right lol the production, imo, is the only thing that has gotten significantly worse imo
What is amazing about this series is that it makes you realize that “what makes a song great” are the small things you don’t necessarily hear consciously but still pick up unconsciously...
heh
ALL the small things, if you will...
you could say, it’s “all the small things” that make All The Small Things so great
YOU"RE UNMASKING MY CHILDHOOD! I never realized how well produced and intricate some of these details were. (also not a musician lol)
I’m pretty sure it was about this “182 song that a snobby friend of mine said, disparagingly: “It’s got no subtlety, three chord stuff you used to play in the 70s & 80s”.
I hadn’t the musical knowledge to respond, but I’d always known there was a helluva lot more to well done songs of that genre than my classically trained friends ear would let him hear, that I could hear.
Still can’t name it, but Rick Beato does. Thank you, Rick. Way to communicate what your ear & experience picks out as WMTSG? without in any way disembowelling the whole thing. I’d have worried these analyses might destroy the magic, but it does exactly the opposite. Whenever I hear a song that Rick’s done a WMTSG? on, I now enjoy it more!
I can't believe the first episode of this really awesome series is about Blink 182.
Surprise!
maybe cos theyre more influential than your favourite band ！
@@elftower907 nope.
Mike Wazowski what’s your fav band ?
@@elftower907 I don't really have one because my musical tastes range from Blues, to Jazz, to Rock, to Metal. I guess if you considered the concerts I've been to over the years you might have a good idea of the music I like, but in brief, Tom Petty, The Police, Boston, Van Halen, Metallica, Scorpions, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Journey, Rush, Rolling Stones, Guns N Roses, Green Day, ACDC, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffett, The Cars, Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, 38 Special, and the list goes on.
I just found out from your new video that this was the first in the series. And I have to tell you, after 23 years, this is extremely gratifying and emotionally vindicating to me. I had some musical role models who told me that if something is harmonically simple it isn’t good. Specifically with this song. And specifically with this song, hearing the F5/C and the octave guitar part, I knew they were wrong. Thank you.
Dude I 100% agree. I'm huge Blink fan and never picked up the synth until now. Simple can be amazing just ask The Beatles lol. Side note, my moms maiden name was Borish don't see that name too often. Any family in Philly?
@@go_ham_sam9902 Nope, no family in philly. I’m in Pittsburgh though. My family came here from Scranton about 1930 and Poland not long before that.
@@jakeborish3597 that's crazy same time frame and region from my great grandparents. Small world for sure
I've listened to this song and this album hundreds of times since I was ten years old. I've played it on guitar and covered it in bands, played it in shows, etc. I have literally never heard the synth part before now. And I'll never unhear it.
The real unspoken explicitly lesson is that complexity doesn't always equal great (simplicity doesn't always equal great either).
Knowing the parts you wrote. Little tricks to add interest like the C/F5 and the b9 dissonance go a long way. Keeping the listener engaged without making them feel like they are taking a math test is great.
Great series.
BassasaurusRex brilliant.
Yes and you know what’s funny , you can teach for years on how to record and engineer but you really can’t teach good song writing like that.
Blink 182 was so ahead of its time with song structure in pop-punk/punk music
they always said jerry finn was the 4th member of blink
Rest in peace, Jerry Finn
Such a masterful producer
Tom DeLonge may seem like a goof who writes simple guitar parts but his arranging is actually pretty genius. Especially with Angels and Airwaves. I didn’t know some of this stuff was even in this song and this isn’t even one of my favourite blink songs but this is pretty awesome.
Me: I'd never thought I'd be rocking out to Blink with a boomer
Rick: How about a friend?
LOTR
Aye I could do that
And my axe. That’s a guitar pun; I’ve been drinking.
(Pretty sure Rick is a Gen-Xer, not a Boomer.)
@@pynchon9 indeed. I’m so tired of hearing that as an insult because it’s always aimed at us Gen X’ers. I guess it figures if you look at who’s always saying it. Lol
I have listened to Blink 182 since the beginning. Yet I never realized how complex even their appealingly simplest songs were. This was an enjoyable watch.
Jerry Finn was the 4th member of Blink-182. Anything they released after his death was a different band.
The face Rick makes when he digs something is the best! Music/life can be fun. Thanks for the reminder Mr. Beato
W3lfar3 nah music is boring
ALG haha 10/10 for effort
I've just discovered this channel and I feel like I've been looking for this type of video all my life. I LOVE it when tracks are taken apart like this
That's why I always liked Blink 182 - it only reminds punk but is composed like a masterpiece--..
Hearing Mark's harmony is a game-changer. I never noticed it until the first time I watched this.
OMFG.
This series might be your best TH-cam idea yet, Rick.
Thank you for making it, I'll eagerly wait for more episodes.
Would you consider doing a track by Mastodon? I thought they've got LOADS of interesting stuff going on all the time.
I'm no fan of Blink-182, but this is sick! I really enjoy how you broke down the arrangement and I can't wait for more videos in this series.
Kade Kalka Me too, so not a Blink fan. Totally agree.👍👍.
NOFX. Now, that is a different story.
I 'm not a fan of the whinny teenage voice, but catchy tune, agree on the great break down of the song, now just pick some better songs :)
That's because you are either too old or too young for this band. People in my age group get it. It was a time period for sure.
Java Devil that's literally why I like Toms voice. It's obnoxious but catchy. And now it's deeper and unique
Yeah I get that, but its like a whiny rich kid . Most singers I like are whiny but have more swagger, like Tuk from the Biters , I love the teenage angst .
Almost exactly a year later, and this still has to be my favorite "what makes this song great?" A song I never thought twice about, pretty much ignored, and I keep coming back to watch this video to catch the subtleties in the arrangement. Well done.
I first learned about harmonies in high school listening to All the Small Things. My CD player’s headphone got partially pulled out and only certain channels became audible. I was like “Why is Mark singing something completely different? Ohhhh that sounds nice together”
Hearing Mark's vocals here is such a distinctive sound that we get much more clearly on later albums.
Jerry Finn was a top producer, you din't mention the the great mixing on this album, which at the time was unheard for punk bands. Damn, Blink-182 was the band that made me in love with music, you should check out their 2003 Self-Titled album, its has really dark feel to it.
It just sounds soooo late 90s, which makes me happy.
Maybe bcos it was late 90s.....
@@rhysbertrand8903 so were a lot of songs that don't sound like it
For you to be able to isolate individual tracks really makes it magic.
Thank you mister Rick. I have never listen to this song like you did. Perfect analyse.
It is nice to listen to someone who knows what he is talking about and speaks it with all his heart. Respekt mr. Rick.
If you listen to Dammit off Dude Ranch, I always picked up on this awesome countermelody part in the final chorus that is a rock organ and it really sends the song off. I love that Blink hid some of those cool key parts in their music.
OMG this series will be the best thing on YT!
Rick, please be very nice and carry on with this even if the videos are demonitized.
Two things,
1
If you got the tracks from somewhere we can get also, would be great to pass that info.
2
Do songs that are not great to! Explaining why they failed ;)
After hearing and playing this song for 20 years, I realised recently (when I was recording a backing track for this song) that the muted part in the intro actually goes up to the A. It's weird that no one ever notices that.... Including me for 20 years
You’re probably my favourite youtuber just for this series, it always lets me hear and listen to music differently and it is really teachfull as well!
For over 20 years i thought my ears played tricks on me because i was so sure about hearing some sort of piano in this chorus. Thank you so much!🥹
Just discovering this series. You are awesome Rick! I am learning a ton. Btw, how did you get the stems for these tracks? They sound way too clean to be just isolated.
My grandma wants you to know she agrees that bringing back the nana's was masterful arrangement, Rick
The synth part is one of my top 5 all time favorite parts of any song.
I never noticed the octave synthetic in this song and now that you pointed it out and I've noticed it it's much more pronounced when I listen to this song now.
Great video Rick! Really a step up in the production, way more enjoyable to watch this rather than the raw cell phone recorded rants. Brings it to a different level. Great idea for the series man!!! looking forward to see it all. You shood do don't stop believing here, even tho every muso is so over this tune by now
I can’t stop hearing that synth part now
I've always heard that palm muted part as an "A" chord muted rather than just the G chord. awesome video series!! keep em coming!
You just blew my mind pointing out the synth in the chorus
I've been listening to this song for the best part of 20 years, since I was 4 years old... and I never once heard that synth part in chorus because it was so buried in the mix. After watching this video, every time I listen to the song the synth sits right on top of the mix and I hear it clear as day. No idea how I never noticed that before.
Thanks Rick...Blink 182 is heavily underrated
Not true. Blink 182 is by far very popular for a lot of people.
@@gabrielpaiva9070 I think what he means is that people dismiss Blink's musicianship and generalize them as nothing more than a pop phenomenon.
Their tunes were catchy as hell and a lot of fun, very nice progressions and execution, great band!
Blink 182 is great. So funny how the pop punk and alt pop of the 90's was just spit on by critics and scenesters, only to be replaced by a decade of gray dirges from the likes of Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback. I remember hearing (and learning to play) great pop radio from Third Eye Blind, Everclear, Cake, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marcy Playground, Weezer, and Greenday. A lot of it still sounds different and inspired even today.
On a mostly unrelated topic, I've been hoping to get your take on Debussy, the concept of "harmonic planing", and his disregard for certain harmonic rules.
The Meme Wizard Blink-182 is 2000s...
blink 182 released 3 albums including this one in the 90s Delphox
Fergus Clayton Enema of The State was essential part of 2000s culture!
The Real Delphox 616 you are also correct :) they're as popular as ever even now too
MegaCrasherMusic How dare you?
Until I listened to this breakdown I never noticed the little "mini-moog" part that sounds so much like it escaped from Virginia Plain. Love it.
PLEASE DO THE ADVENTURE FROM ANGELS AND AIRWAVES. YOULL FIND A LOT IN THAT SONG!
So sad
This 100% true
I’d pay to see that video
PLEASE DON'T YELL!
The music is fairly basic although I find the structuring and effectiveness captivating. It's like the perfect things that you need in a really good song simplified to the point where it sounds good in a punk rock band. I think this is what made a band like Blink -182 so good. There is some really deliberate complexity in their music, implemented at the perfect moments, yet you can learn how to play these songs as a beginner on guitar. To me , that is genius songwriting.
Yeah.. its all the small things ;)
Great content. Knowledge is power and with those insights you let me understand that even those “simple” pop-rock songs can have something great happening beneath. I’ll listen more actively from now on, thanks Rick!
Like Shrek said, "layers." :-)
Yeah, this is one of those songs I really like, by a band I don't think about much otherwise. It was a nice object lesson.
Massimiliano Bianchi true!
Rick and his buddies run around the block in their tighty whitey underwear to commemberrate the Blink 182 golden era. Great vid Rick.
I remember noticing about 10 years ago, how great the harmonies were in Blink's music from Enema of the State through neighborhoods. Been playing guitar for a long time and trying to write songs but never really understood harmonies until that realization.
I know this is a repeat comment, but... don't watch this video, unless all you want to hear is the keyboard part during the chorus, forevermore. 😄
Great video, Rick. I've got all the "What Makes This Song Great" vids saved to a folder. Starting with this amazing song and going in order. 👍
Can you make Deftones"Be quiet and drive"?
What makes this song great?
A: Travis Barker
Go Polaris Studio Travis was the substance, but Tom the heart.
And Mark the package who grounded Blink
yes
@@alcyonae I agree with you,blink 182 now sound a little bit different after Tom left.. It still great but not as great as they used to. What make Blink 182 sound great actually the trio between Tom, Mark, and Travis
facts
this song is the easiest drum track travis ever did xD
Haha, do "43% burnt"!
hahahahahhahah great idea! :-D
I wonder if he'd be able to pick up on any of the hidden dissonance in that song.
oh god no lol
Dillinger escape plan?
1/2 an hour into the video
"this concludes what i would call intro B"
i’ve watched this video a couple years ago and for the life of me, i couldn’t stop hearing the synth line so loud and so clear. fast forward to now and i still can’t get it out of my head xD
It's that highest note in the nanananana outro chorus that gets me right in the feels because you don't hear it coming even though it makes perfect sense it's genius...what a banger song
Damn, there is no way I would have ever recognized that synthesizer in the chorus! ...mabey by using 800 bucks-headphones 🤔
I have a couple of request for you Rick...
Blurry - Puddle of Mudd
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
Bullets with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Cult of Personality - Living Color
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
Peace Sells - Megadeth
When Doves Cry - Prince
I'm all for Smashing Pumpkins, although the band is nice too.
Great choices
bEASToUTtHEbOX holyshit those are my fave songs
Now don’t kill me...
Vanilla twilight - Owl City
Agree, No One Knows is a fantastic song.
Wished Rick talked about the bass more in the song, I feel like Mark’s bass added a lot of intensity into the chorus and ending with power chords and it complemented it well.
I know nothing about music, but found this to be so interesting. Breaking down the song and allowing me to hear how the sound was created was very eye opening and added to my enjoyment. Thanks.
You should do "feel the pain" by dinosaur jr
Or anything by them in general. Especially off You're Living All Over Me.
Loved this! Sort of a guided deconstruction/reconstruction of a song.
After I watched this video like 2 years ago, I have never un-heard that synth in the chorus. You sir, changed my life.
Rick, you are truly the best. Rewatching all of these before they get copyright strike :(. Thank you for everything you do for music!!
Nobody ever plays this right. The palm mute/clunky bit in the intro everyone always plays over the G but it's a palm mute over the A chord! Go listen...
Gary Stone hmm interesting
Gary Stone what do you mean by plays over the G?
wikichris Watch 'All The Small Things' on Vivo, the bit that's at 9 to 10 seconds!
The magic of great production/edition: even the most average band can meet success if they get lucky and tangle with masterful producers. In fact, sometimes the band can't even play their top single the correct way it was done in studio, and not because the lack of instruments necesarily, just becausr the s9ng had so much in put from the producing team the actual band are not aware of certain little things that contributed to the song chartong success. That's why many songs live never sound the same.
Gary Stone I just palm mute on the open EAD strings....
This video just shows the mastermind that is Tom Delonge
No Jerry finn
You have to give alot of credit to Jerry Finn
Sticks and Beers Podcast Aliens wrote the song for him.....👽
tom delonge: terrible vocalist, mediocre guitarist, genius song crafter.
Or jerry finn
After 20 years since high school, I've been playing the riffs wrong. I just always felt like something WAS slightly off that I can't figure out. Damn, the real riff was actually easier.
Rick..I love these videos. From 7:10-7:22 I hear the alternating C-G change to B-G while backing progression actually changes to C-F-G. It’s a nice “small thing” I thought I’d mention. Makes the “marching-drum bridge part” so cool.🙏
Watched this one after the what’s my age again video.. I’m feeling somehow second hand pride because I grew up listening to Blink and really liking them til now..
Dang how did you get your hands on that session
that's what I want to know...
you can find the stems online
he's been a music producer for 35 years, I've no doubt he has the contacts for it
or maybe it was audio engineer... Regardless, the contact part stands lol
Guitar Hero / RockBand
I would love to see this guy breakdown "whats my age again"
mind blown
Rick- you are making this song even BETTER by explainging the techniques! Now when i hear this song, I am even more intrigued by the music complexity. Be well!
My mom's a church choir lady who hasn't listened to anything new since 1970, and even SHE liked this song
I would listen to Travis' Drumming all day long if i had the opportunity to ❤️
It said Tom Groove during a drum only part and I was like No that's Travis dummy, then I realize he meant the Tom Drums.
Actually is was Scott Raynor at the time this song was released....
@@nathanclark4674 factually incorrect.
I know everybody said this already, but you can tell with this awesome and detailed example just how great Jerry Finn was. Awesome video!
Rich - you are the most addictive person on TH-cam. It's cool seeing why we enjoyed a song like this.
PLEASE DO THE ADVENTURE FROM ANGELS AND AIRWAVES. YOULL FIND A LOT IN THAT SONG!
how do you isolate all the tracks like this? Can you do a series on how to do that?
GREAT CHANNEL
Have you ever thought of doing “A Horse With No Name” the reason I nominate it for examination is that it seems pretty simple, it’s not a complicated recording like “More Than a Feeling”. Yet, I loved it when it first came out and every time in hear it I still think it’s a great song. Maybe the simplicity is the magic but I think there’s more to it. Dewey’s voice suits the song??? I just don’t know what makes it so great.
I’ve always loved the dissonance in this song. Makes it fun to sing the harmonies and make up my own.