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Why, oh why was Wagner such a horrible and disgusting person? Listening to his music in awe goes a bit in the direction of admiring a painting of Hitler. I will never be able to wrap my mind around the fact that this divine, supreme music was written my maybe the most repulsive character in music history. But it simply is exquisite music. Elegant, thought through, overwhelming, touching, timeless, beautiful, exciting, intelligent. And he lived long ago enough and didn't mass murder people. So I will forgive myself for listening to his works. But it will always have a certain aftertaste. Because he simply was a haggish, nasty and bitter narcissist with a profound, passionate hate and disgust towards Jews. It is a paradox to me how such a horrible person could possibly create music/lyrics dripping with tenderness, longing, melancholy, love, pathos, elegance and purpose. Incredible.

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I've been listening to it since I was 12 (so 16 years) and I always liked it, I found it special. Today I heard it randomly on the radio with a friend in a car. I told my friend "the song does something with me". I never knew what it was

That EMaj7 at the end is simply wonderful and never gets old 🥰🥰

Scientifically catchy

That's a lot of fancy words I only partially understand but needless to say this song is a BANGER

What a great lesson! Congrats!

IT'S A FIFTH LOWER!

How could something this extraordinary sophisticated become a world wide hit?

Absolutely incredible analysis Jonas - I came here after learning this on the acoustic with ¡Guitarra, Guitarra, Guitarra! - I am no intellect regarding to the theory but I love the fact that you have arrived in the same space and that this song as are so are many of Nik's song harmonically genius!

44/3 : your chord 6-4 means d# g# b but your III means d# f# a#. It's not the same sounds.

Interesting, I’ve never had any issues of feeling the 1 in that section… And considering that the bass line continues with the same groove even in the last A section, I feel that the heavy 2 and 4 beats are just a part of the feeling of this song. But I do think it’s an interesting idea to explore more.

Dreamer was composed only by Roger Hodgson when he was 17 years old. He had Sony recorder that (maybe was broken) could record and playback without limit. He played his new Wurlitzer, all the instruments and voices. Used cardboxes and even galsses with water. When the band tried to play Dreamer in the studio the music was so complex that they give up and used the original recording to play over it.

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This piece actually goes 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I remember how astonished I got on the first hearing... That feeling still today is quite fresh

Nice analysis - thanks!

Outstanding work!!!

This explanation of the harmonic complexity of the song brings tears of joy to my eyes and so much happiness to my heart.

Like the other commenters, I have often wondered where the happy tension in Dreamer came from. Nice job. Great band, great songwriting.

I know its four your later but I had to comment. I have talked about this song for years to my friends and family but they just look at and nod there heads (none of the play an instrument). When you started talking about this song I started to cry a bit with joy. Thank you for posting.

This composers use as complex and epic harmony as this before chopin? Or is it his innovation

this was an excellent harmonic analysis! I love how the figured bass was so detailed and all of your facial expressions representing the feeling each chord evokes! one major thing that you could've improved though, is putting lowercase roman numerals for minor and diminished chords, for example, the chord at 1:08, the 7 chord, is correct, but the roman numeral should be lowercase (write it as vii instead of VII) to make the chord quality clearer, as it is a type of diminished 7th chord.

I went to see him the other night on his "1984" Tour. A-May-Zing! Great analysis by the way.

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Hmmm, alas lots of approximations of English or straight mistakes in the commentary...for me a better idea would have been to use your mother tongue and then a translator to produce an English version. While analysing the song may be an interesting exercise, I think you also have to bear in mind that 20-something Kershaw, while musically inclined and gifted, was not extensively trained but rather self-taught, and would no doubt have been writing what he heard, unencumbered by these theoretical paradigms. The freedom of modulation in the synth part of the interlude reminds me, of all things, of the b-side synth accompaniment on the French TV program Chapi Chapo by François de Roubaix!...who was also formally untrained, incidentally.

Congratulations for your work. But, I have to say, though, I strongly disagree with your point about the time shift. What you're hearing in the bridge I would not actually define as a shift in meter, but rather a stylistic choice in the arrangement-something that's very common in popular music, especially with weak beat accents. For example, listeners familiar with the one-drop rhythm in reggae (where the kick and snare land on 2 and 4) might find this sensation of displacement you're talking about simply non-existent. It's all about the arrangement, not the meter itself.

Listen to "Cowboys and indians" chorus, he did a similar thing.

Add closed captions please! Some of us need them! Thank you!

Add closed captions PLEASE! Thank you.

Back then I was just learning the piano and was really frustrated I couldn't make out all the chords. Later when I was able to, it almost took away the magic to know what was going on.

Before I even watch, I have to say that C part is absolutely nuts. I could pick the rest of the song pretty easily by ear but I gave up as soon as that C part started.

6:47 "Transposing the last chorus of a song a step or two upwards is quite common" - akshually just stepping up one semitone is not that uncommon either. It's just extremely artfully executed here (and I admit I never noticed it myself - not having perfect pitch - until I actually played the song for the first time). And yes, with regard to artful chord progressions, this song is one of my favorites along with MJ's Thriller and few Pet Shop Boys tracks.

If you play his songs you can tell he was into music theory

I always found this track intriguing and very interesting...I heard what you're illustrating but never realized what I was hearing. Brilliant!

Thanks a lot for the great study! Such great work! I love to improvise on Nik Kershaws songs. There are so many creative changes and modulations bound together by strong melodies. But the chords for the intro/theme of Easy; how, who or what came up with them? It's a tough deal trying to create melodic content across these. Any good suggestions?

I'd like to understand this universe of music Just like you guys. I Love music but I can't understand the technical stuff.

It's not just this song, it's really what made Nik Kershaw stand out. Modulation is his trade mark! Try to improvise over the song 'Easy', Probably a challenge for most trained Jazz musicians..

Very Steely Dan I'd say, I think Nik was hugely influenced by them.

Hi, do you have the PDF of Langue Cloro Gentile by Scipione Lacorte and l'o t'am'anima mia? I'm from Brazil and I'm looking for madrigals for my maestro.please

Das ist ja mal großartig! Klar ist der Song geil, und dazu sind Stimmen, Arrangement und Abmischung außergewöhnlich gut :D

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First album I ever bought on vinyl was Human Racing, knew there was something special about this guy, thanks for the analysis!

Very interesting, always thought there was something a bit odd about this song, been a fan of Nik since '84. I've spent more hours that I would like to admit trying to work out the lyrics to "The Riddle" and only found out recently from Nik himself that it is in fact bollocks!

I think the bass riffing on Easy can be inspired by Parliament's "Sir Nose D Voidoffunk" ? ua-cam.com/video/fpD19zBWimY/v-deo.html

This is like Nik Kershaw playing Parliament/George Clinton, a homage to P Funk

Classical composers will make themes returning during for example a symphony, and that is exactly what Kershaw is doing with Don Q and TR, I have to say that is excellent, making The Riddle almost like a concept album, in good old prog rock or fusion tradition ua-cam.com/video/fpD19zBWimY/v-deo.html Kershaw is also utilizing arpeggios a lot more than other artists at the time, I think.

I love Nik. He's a legend. ❤

Keyboard effects confusing the hell out of classical musicians😂