Fireflies (Owl City) Played By 8 Different Drummers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
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The fact that Travis got 2/8 slots is an accurate representation of how influential he has been/is as a drummer.
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I'm probably just reading too much into it, but I feel like Alex can't contain his smiles as much when he's playing like Travis.
Yeah, I think Alex might just be a big fan. Considering the amount of "Blink 182 versions" of songs and stuff
FACTS!!!
Was happy to see Relient K represented and it’s especially fitting as Matt Thiessen provided backing vocals on Fireflies
😯 I never knew that! Thanks
Dang that’s cool didn’t know that.
whattt? I didn't know that!
Matt co-wrote is as well!
He provided vocals, co-wrote it, and co-produced it! I think he produced the whole album.
You should absolutely keep Relient K in your repertoire. I went back and listened to that portion 5 or 6 times before finishing the rest of the song. So accurate, yet subtle enough that it wasn't over-the-top. Well done.
S tier pop punk band.
Gahhh I miss relient k! I was doing a bunch of their covers when the pandemic first hit just never dropped them along with everything else I covered haha 🤷🏽
I also agree! Dave Douglas is a highly underrated drummer. Relient k covers would be great!
Would love to see some relient k covers! Definitely one of my favorites. Dunno why but I thought "country cover" and my first thought was the song "Therapy" from Forget And Not Slow Down.
RK was also my favorite section. Countrifying one of their songs seems so fitting to me, since they have some stuff that leans alt-country!
Can we just appreciate the fact that the entire instrumental writing, production, mixing, and vocal performance changed with each band change???? Mate there’s so much background work that’s clearly gone into this beyond the drumming in the foreground - this is incredible!
100%
We need a Relient K cover! Loved the piano, drums and guitar parts for Dave Douglas. Totally wasn’t expecting that
Alex, hear the guys. We would love that.
Am I the only one who thinks yellow card might have one of the most underrated drummers? That dude was always going hard and really gave them extra staying power
YC got dramatically worse without him in the band. He’s absolutely intrinsic to their classic sound
Lp3 is an amazing dude. When he dropped off, Yellowcard went to absolute hell.
Yeah that guy was insane. They had cool guitars and stuff but to me the heart of yellowcard was the voice, violin and drums
LP3 was insane! Totally agree that the band lost some quality when he left
Yeah he was pretty important to the band and their vibe. They fell off big time when he moved on.
The palm-mutes on the guitar gave Yellowcard away, sounded just like OceanAve.
it really does sound exactly like that
The arrangements/vocals all give them away. Intro fill for Fall Out Boy, palm muted rhythm for Yellowcard, synth and bass for The Killers, breakdown for underoath… only one where I think I could have genuinely ID’d the drummer’s style without the references was Travis
dude that yellowcard drumming was spot on if so many of us knew it instantly, that was so great
Same with deep throating the mic gave away Aaron Gillespie. 😂
@@samig9032 also him singing as the drummer gave away underoath
It always makes me so happy when people know who Relient K is.
I think my favorite part about this one was realizing just how much more I notice drums in songs by some of my favorite bands then I realized. Being able to recognize the Relient K, Underoath, and Josh Dun arrangements was pretty cool.
Immediately recognized and loved the Aaron Gillespie and Dave Douglas sections. I'd love to see some Underoath and Relient K style covers!
Youth kid catnip. Can't get enough
Old school UO for sure!
Really dig the Yellowcard version! You're the man.
Every comment is about Reliant K, but like, Yellow card, guys. Yellowcard. ♥️
1. You’re an incredible drummer
2. I can’t believe how good those electric drums sound!
A rk reference!!! Favorite band of all time, is the band that got me started on guitar. Just saw them on their un yeah tour. So glad to see it when they get recognition.
I agree with everyone else: MORE RELIENT K! But the Aaron Gillespie part was my favorite. Super cool!
Fantastic job! I love that you included Dave Douglas from Relient K. One of the more underrated drummers of our youth. I also loved how you mimicked his performance in “I So Hate Consequences.” Also great band choice given Matt Thiessen’s role in creating the original “Fireflies” by Owl City.
holy eff dude, that was a trip down memory lane
Dave Douglas. Met this guy when RK played in Jacksonville, FL years ago. I'm also a drummer and he was so nice when I asked him 20 questions about his kit.
Great video man!
The Yellowcard and Relient K sections had me grinning ear to ear -- absolutely nailed it. The others were amazing, too, but I'm more familiar with those two bands and caught on right away. Love your videos! Keep it up!
Reliant K. By far. I’ve listened to them since grade school, and hearing that little section lit me up like a candle. Couldn’t have wiped the smile off my face, even if I tried (or wanted) to. One of my favorite songs with paired with many of my favorite bands would’ve been a banger no matter what, but that little tidbit made it for me. Like so many people are saying, please PLEASE do some covers in their style. Would make my day (not that your videos don’t already lol)
It works so well because Matt Thiessen was a coproducer on ocean eyes.
Owl City, Underoath, & Relient K! Your Christian library is well above the TH-cam standard of 90s/2000s shout outs!
All I could think was "That sounds like a Matt Thiessen arrangement" and then when you dropped Dave Douglas my jaw dropped and stayed there for the rest of the video.
I love all of your stuff man, but this hit me in a really special nostalgic way. I saw Relient K play at Darian Lake in 2002 and my dad whipped out his binoculars so I could watch Dave on the drums...that cemented me as pop punk kid for life.
Again, absolutely obsessed with this one Alex!!
The actual song was co-written and co-produced by Matthew Thiessen, so a pop punk version will probably always sound reminiscent off Relient K
@@Yorie1234 Correct!! But when the RK arrangement came up, it was clear to me haha.
I haven't thought about Relient K in at least a decade, going through the hits again. That arrangement felt so familiar but I never would've guessed RK given a thousand options.
Relient K has one of the most memorable concerts! They have a lot of fun. I can still vividly picture Matt walking out on stage with a toy Keytar to open with "In Love with the 80s"
@@klenk1am I had the pleasure of seeing them on tour with Switchfoot about 5 years ago and it was absolutely incredible!
The synth at 2:08 - 2:29 was absolutely DIVINE
Very Killers
I’d say the killers was spot on. Wasn’t too sure about the others. I love how your guitar and everything matched the band too.
Name that drummer would an amazing series
That was great! Longineu Parsons III is easily my favorite drummer of all time! Biggest influence on my own drumming next to Travis and Aaron.
Immediately recognized quite a few, but *especially* Aaron, and Dave! Aaron was sooo spot on, and I was so pleasantly surprised to see Relient K included!! 🖤
Dude!! That was awesome!! I didn’t expect Reliant K or TØP!! Keep it up! Also you nailed the vocals. And guitar especially with Yellowcard. I knew who it was immediately.
The Relient K version was BRILLIIANT! Would love to hear some more in their style. Highly underrated band.
We need full versions of each! The Ocean Avenue one was probably my favourite if I had to pick, but they’re honestly all killer!🤘
You even got the posture down for the different drummers. Attention to detail is a big part of going from good to great. Travis' left, right, left on the symbols... chefs kiss!
These covers rip dude. And it's funny how recognizable Aaron is. Immediately you know.
i enjoy the fact that the Relient K section was at the part of the song that Matthew Thiessen had vocals in. :)
More Relient K and Owl City covers, plz!! Great work! Really impressive!
Loved all these drum covers, but you absolutely cracked me up with your MGK impression at the end! Completely dead on.
I watch a lot of your videos when I have to drive through the night. Nostalgic sounds remixing lots of things I love. Always impresses me.
I couldn't stop laughing and smiling this whole time. Not only could I guess most of the bands but I knew the exact track that you pulled a majority of the sound from (Yellowcard especially).
LOVE that you included Relient K too, that's my most listened band my whole life by a wide margin.
I loved the Underoath segment. Cutting away just as you went into the Writing On The Walls part makes me want to go listen to all of Define the Great Line. I'm craving more.
Perfect Relient K arrangement with all those syncopated beats....and UnderOath just hit the spot! Thanks for bringing my back to the early 2000s. What a time.
I can't believe it took me this long to find this one in your bag of trucks! LOVE the owl city cover in all its forms.
This was amazing. My favorite drum part was Ronnie Vannucci's. God, I love his drumming. So simple and so powerful!
I love how you tease the style before flashing the artist name. It made it fun to guess. The Underoath one had me like "yesss, this is what I love".
It’s unfair that he’s insanely talented at every instrument and can sing. What a legend
You fucking killed the LPIII section! So dope to hear a homage to my favourite drummer
Bro put the feeling this intro as the Travis barker example. I like this guy. Most ppl are gonna put like dumpweed or something.
Not just the drumming but you changed the instrumentals to sound like each band. What a Chad.
Loved seeing Relient K in one of your videos! Would love to see you cover one of their songs!
Shout out to House of Heroes, the band Josh Dun was in before Twenty One Pilots. They put out a ton of good music back in the day!
Wait, what??? Josh was in House of Heroes?? How did I not know this
This was sick! LOVE that hybrid kit 😍
Got Travis down man. Your a great artist
The first Barker one sounded like Feeling This.
Bro. the Dave Douglas RK was glorious. Subtle, simple, with some backing vocals. Brought me right back. I recognized it immediately. DO MORE RELIENT K!
Omg, the Relient k part with the " More than useless" guitar intro... the Thierson's piano... I NEED MORE!
How long do you have to listen to a drummer to prep for something like this or does it come pretty quickly from knowing the bands and being a drummer?
I think I had touchstone techniques in mind for about half of them going in, and the other half is basically ripping off drum parts from specific songs of the bands they are in while accommodating for the new song structure on top of it. A healthy mix of general style observations vs specific transposed grooves, basically. Great question!
Loved the Hurley cover
Saw you working on these on IG and was wondering what it was for. Worth the wait!
Never new that drummer imitations were a thing until now, spot on, congrats !!
Relient K!!!!!!!!! Man, they’ve been my favorite band for like 20 years now. We just saw them in Chicago. SUCH AN ENERGETIC SHOW.
I suggest a cover of “More Than Useless” from their mmhmm album, I could see you KILLING that song.
Gosh the Dave Douglas Relient K sound brings me back! Absolutely nailed! Would love more songs in that format.
LP getting some love! One of my favorite drummers ever
My favorite’s gotta be when that instantly recognizable Blink sound kicks in
The Blink section had big Feeling This vibes. Awesome work man.
The only one I didn’t guess correctly was Twenty One Pilots. You’re amazing at everything you do so it’s hard to pick a favorite. They were all perfect but Relient K just hit a little more for me, it was so beautiful.
for some reason idk why i guessed panic at the disco for that one myself! XD
@@kingpin08918 I can kinda hear that lol.
first 3 were easily my favorite
That was so enjoyable!! And I loved the Ronny Vanucci section!!
Love this!! But only guessed towards the end should leave the reveal until the end of each bit! So fucking good though I love everything you do!
This is so fucking awesome. You nailed every single style! It was fun trying to guess who it was before it came up on screen. So here for this content. Well, all of your content really. Keep up the killer work dude 👌🏻👌🏻
Highly appreciate the vocals and instrumentation changing with each drummer as well.
The dissonance and drop during the chorus Underoath part was perfection dear LAWD
i went into this thinking "god i hope he does aaron, his drumming is so iconic!" and then you did! plus relient k?? holy eff. all the nostalgia. love all your videos, would love to see more like this, incorporation of RK, underoath, maybe some beartooth! keep it up man
the underoath part its just amazing pelase make a whole cover with that underoath style
Bro. You’re a frickin monster on drums too!! It’s not fair man. ;-) Keep up the incredible vids!
You missed the “modern” travis’ double crash with both sticks on the same cymbal haha
good stuff! Always amazed at your ability to play a variety of instruments so WELL! Kudos 👍🏻
The killers section also sounds like angels and airwaves. Good stuff dude
That was actually pretty dope. I was just scrolling random drum videos, and this popped up. Lp3 would be flattered!! The modern barker was pretty funny too 🤣🤣
The MGK impression freaking killed me. Great job!
Dude you mean Fireflies played by 8 different bands. You killed it not just with the drums but also with your arrangements!! 🔥 Also happy to see Underoath and Relient K there!
It’s amazing how fucking amazingly you nailed the feel of all of these different groups/drummers
Haha that MGK singing section with Travis Barker "(Modern)" cracked me up. It also made me realize how Travis has evolved, and that in a good way!
This is the best video I've ever seen. It feels like such a wildly specific interest, yet, it's also precisely *my shit*
Loved the shout out to The Killers with the RVJ section! Spot on!
The most underrated TH-camr there is!! SO GOOD!!!
Funnest video I've watched in awhile. Well done my man. Well done
I keep coming back to this video. So awesome man!
Absolutely killer!!!
Best drum cover ever! IMO
Dude, spot on, especially Josh Dun. Thank you for putting Relient K in there!
That Underoath section was such a blast from the past!
I love how the mannerisms are also so accurate.
The hi-hat for Ronnie was so spot on
1:28 holy fuck that halftime on top of the classic pop-punk dissonance from the guitar was EVERYTHING. i literally have goosebumps, it really was THAT FUCKING GOOD 😩💜
love this. idea: do 8 different drum tracks but based off of different specific albums since drummers can really change their style over the years and bands can change drummers :)
Those three crashes on the end of the gillespie set were on point. More underoath! \m/
Great concept and fantastic execution! I love that you included Relient K!
So happy you did Dave and Aaron. Wonderful execution's of those guys too. Would love to see some Relient K and Underoath content.
GET OUT OF HERE WITH COVERING SONGS FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STYLE OF MY FAV BANDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
Seriously though, you frickin’ slay it.
Thanks for making these videos. 🤘😎
Man you're outstanding 👏👏👏 Literally everything you do is just awesome and we all fucking appreciate you🤘
Bro you’re sic. So good. Inspired me to buy an electric set for the first time ever.
I know this is supposed to be 'fun content for shits and giggles' but legit giving me goosebumps dude. Too good.
Amazzzzzzzing job, Alex!!! Loved it!
From the first few notes of the FOB one, I immediately heard "I am more than you bargained for yet!"
Relient K, Underoath, and The Killers portions were spot on! I loved it!
I guessed Travis and Aaron sections. Awesome job dood. You’re an all around talent.
Thanks for adding Dave to this! He is the reason I play drums now!
The reverb and piano touch on the relient k portion was big-brain