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Usually it is clear from the start of a song where the downbeat is, where the "one" is, however with some tunes it isn't so clear.
Take a look at my previous video on Confusing Intros:.
The outro music to this video is my track "Clap" which you can hear in full on Spotify:.
Here are the cover variations I utilized in this video:.
Take It Easy:.
She's A Woman:.
Drive My Car:.
Misty Mountain Hop:.
You Make My Dreams Come To Life:.
Hold The Line:.
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0:00 What is a "complicated intro"?
1:04 Relax by Eagles.
3:05 Misty Mountain Hop by Led Zeppelin.
4:31 Drive My Cars And Truck by The Beatles.
6:00 HDpiano.
7:55 She's A Woman by The Beatles.
8:26 You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall & Oates.
10:03 Hold The Line by Toto.
11:24 Conclusion/Patreon.
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Great video! Love your explanations!
Completely agree about the intro on āDrive my carā, Iām a drummer myself and have never been able to make sense of it – thanks for explaining!!
IMO there is a bar of 9/8, if anything. The intro riff is basically in free time. It’s not intended to be felt in 4/4, it makes no musical sense like that.
Always a pleasure, Dave.
Its a bit more obscure but a personal favorite track I know that does this is “All I Know” by Karnivool. Starts on a bass riff for a few measures before the guitar and drums enter on a really unusual beat.
Love your analysis
8:10 if the beatles had written it without the beat, they’d just be les.
Did you know: in France they called Les Paul “The Paul.”
this got me. underrated comment.
Congrats you just understood why they called themselves the Beatles.
Just What I Needed – The Cars
Rock ‘n Roll – Led Zeppelin – Greg Bissonnette does a good explanation.
Minute by Minute is a CRAZY ONEEE
“I’m Free” by The Who always throws me off. I have to really fight to count it right.
Same.
Waiting for the next time ‘Hold the Line’ comes on the pub jukebox, so I can rub my chin sagely, then nod, and say: “Ah, yes…a polymetric shift is required.”
Saw the title and immediately thought of “The Red Baron” by Sabaton. The intro to the video, however, doesn’t exactly include what happens in “The Red Baron”
The strangest side effect of starting this channel must be that David now is forced to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Beatles and Eagles cover bands.
Radiohead: Videotape
Radiohead: Let Down
The Stills: Panic – that bass note not being on the downbeat always fucks with my head.
Radiohead: Identikit
It’s adorable how excited he sounds when he’s counting the beats, like almost breaking character
Another Example is Stolen Dance by Milky Chance. The pulse at the start is offbeat, but we dont know until the other instruments come in.
“Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”!
Interestingly enough, after I found out the correct beat for Misty Mountain Hop, my brain was able to naturally latch onto that beat.
This was a fun one to listen to!
The song I thought of immediately was Rock and Roll by Led Zep.
Edit: You included that in your first video.
We’re the same kind of weird, I’ve spent so much time listening to the start of most of these songs trying to feel the time properly.