The '80s were a golden age of musical experimentation. Watch the Earworm episode on how a recording accident led to one of the decade's most iconic sounds: bit.ly/2GgQq58
Last night I had some young musicians visiting my studio. I started by showing them this fantastic video - They were intrigued and had their eyes glued. When it got to the Fairlight part they were amazed that this machine existed way before they were born. As they watched, I started removing the dust covers of my equipment.. and the real moment was when I uncovered my CMI and drew their attention with an 'ahem...'. They freaked out.. it was a classic moment. THEN I showed them a floppy disk with the ORCH sample on it... it was indeed a priceless moment. Thank you so much for this great video.
I think the confusion here is between the Windows XP (and similar era Windows business OSs) "error" sound and the "critical stop" sound. The actual error sound is just a little 2 note "ba-dum" noise, while the "critical stop" sound, which would often accompany stuff like a crash, is indeed an orchestra hit.
Chickenwomp I do have some education too, but I said that it's great in general that it's on this level because otherwise people that haven't got that would struggle and not watch the video.
right and even those like me who have a decent musical background and know the technical and creative side of the music don't always know the historical side of it.
Another fun fact: Mark Twain was the closest thing to a celestial being/alien on Earth. How, you ask? Well, this literary genius lived and died... with Halley's Comet! Yeah, when he was born in 1835, Halley's Comet passed the night sky, visible to humans at that time. Just after his death, in 1910, Halley's Comet rocketed the nightsky. Dwell on it...
I’m so glad somebody else is talking about the “Orchestra Hit”. I definitely heard it on many songs from my childhood and vividly remember it in the theme song for the show “In Living Color”! I’ve also heard it annoyed the heck out of people by the late 80s lol. Man, Vox! I love how you guys tell history! Kudos 😀
Ive also heard the orchestral hits referred to as a "stab" in music production, primarily when its not an actual orchestra but a loud sound with fast attack and short decay! Great video btw, fascinating! well presented :-)
decko87 Interesting thought about Psycho. The way I thought of it is the bow across the strings stopping abruptly, the violinist's arm moves as if it was a stabbing motion.
Aye, the best Vox series is back! Great stuff as always, I love learning all this history behind stuff I've been hearing for ages but never really gave any thought to.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It confirmed something that I always deeply felt but never knew the history of-- the undeniable connection between all genres of music, especially classical and hip hop music.
earworm is a freaking amazing show. finding links in places i would never even think to look, showing how everything in the beautiful realm of music is connected. thank you so much.
I love this series SO MUCH (even that I know very little about music / music theory), and I'll be forever thankful for this for introducing me to Peter Gabriel's music (on the gated reverb video). Really apreciate the work done here
The story could have gone back further as Stravinski wasn't doing anything new with his Orchestra Hit. Earlier composers were using the technique to create high intensity. Verdi's Requiem Dies irae for one which was first performed in 1874. Someone with a thorough background in classical music would add a lot to this story. It's neat to hear that the guy who first sampled an Orchestra Hit described it as "a complete accident" and just happened to have that record nearby. Like a lot of history, a coincidence set it off from there. Everything's a remix.
@@usernotfound6475 I don't remember, but classical music is all about orchestration, so I assume most symphonic pieces would have a momentary boom like that
Jarrar: Usually, yes, Adam Neely's content is far superior. But the production values in this video, and the fabulous mixture of geekiness, pop music and history makes me want to like it a million times. She really pulled through this time!
Emilio Doménech you should watch unsolved Supernatural on Buzzfeed Blue . Buzzfeed isnt that great i know, but Buzzfeed Unsolved is really interesting & entertaining because of the two dudes who host it
I waited throughout the video to hear if you'll mention Max Martin. You did at the very last minute! Max Martin's orchestra hit really is my favorite version of orchestra hit. His team uses several versions, (there are brassy ones, 'camera shutter'-like ones, stabby squeak ones, etc. and the 'standard' one like in the Britney and BSB songs in this vid) but they're all very punchy and sharp.
yup, definitely. i listen to a lot of new jack swing and rnb from the late 80s and sometimes i feel like it's almost used too much. but i still love it tbh.
Pre-new jack mostly. New jack swing era started to move away from that type of sound. BBDs third album, guys later albums for example gives a marker on where they moved away from that pre new jack sound and entered new jack territory.
More 80s music tech to make a Earworm vid out of: the Yamaha DX-7 synth. That electric piano patch was used to death on every R&B, soft rock, and rock power Ballard in the 80s. Even the Doogie Howssr MD theme song was written with that patch.
Stravinsky is one of my favorite composers! Glad to see that his "Firebird" Orchestra Hit still affects modern music today! Just like his "Rite of Spring," truly timeless!
Yeah, touch screens were invented in the 70s, only later did they become popular. Just imagine what kind of technology they have now but they're keeping from us.
@@Chad_Eldridge actually its not heat of your fingers but rather the electricity or polarity of your body. Thats why the touchscreen reacts also to metallic material.
@@Chad_Eldridge dunno. We had it in chemistry lessons and we watched a video about the particular functionality. The modern touch pens are also obviously working without hout emission.
The light pen actually works the opposite way round to the way it seems. The pen doesn't activate the screen; rather, the screen activates the pen. The cathode ray tube screen worked by scanning an electron beam across the screen. The light pen was simply a photosensor. When it detected a pulse of light it told the computer and the computer knew which bit of the screen was being scanned at that moment.
Always wondered from where that sound came, here in Brazil Freestyle was really big, and still is ver present some places. And almost every song has that sound effect. This is the best channel on youtube to me, you are truly amazing.
It's a strange and impressive kind of story-telling that makes me completely forget the inciting incident ("The orchestra hit"), takes me on a decades-long journey of discovery, only to remind me so close to the end that there's a reason I started this whole trip in the first place. Thank you for the great ride, Vox!
It would be neat to identify the other ubiquitous Fairlight samples besides breaking glass and orchestra hit. I think Peter Gabriel was first with the shakuhachi flute sound, what else? Duran Duran keyboard player Nick Rhodes had hundreds of floppy disks of sounds.
Watching Vox is always an eye opening experience. Just like the Bourne movies, there is visual punch, with remarkably short clips, constantly entertaining, in your face. Of course with this one you're talking about music, another dimension. When I think back on the thousands of hours I spent in the classroom, I realize that the old teaching format can never compete....
It still boggles my mind that someone allowed Duran Duran to do the Bond theme. Imagine if the next bond movie came out and Migos came out over the silhouettes like “jamesbond, jamesbond, drivin fast cars with a hot blonde”
Literally the best series of videos I've seen on youtube in years!! I work in media and the amount of work and love which has gone into each one of these is astounding. Estelle Caswell, you are a lighthouse in a sea of mediocrity!
just a 1000000 thank you because its very important to know what you hear in a song and you give us this gift, thank you and make more videos like this .
actually Stravinsky is not a one huge hit men, he's got few famous ballets, actually, 3 that are the really famous: "Fire Bird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite Of Spring"
The actual quote was "Stravinsky is like one of those rock stars who has one huge hit early on in their career and then they have to play that song every concert for the rest of their lives." He didn't call Stravinsky a one-hit wonder. A modern example of what he's describing would be Sting. No matter the concert, he's going to be playing Roxanne. Mark Knopfler and Sultans of Swing would be another good example.
@@roguishpaladin another good example is Brendan Urie of Panic at the Disco. He has written plenty of good songs but has probably played i write sins not tragedies at every single concert he has played in the last decade
And the Rite of Spring is far more important than The Firebird. The most influential piece of music of the first half of the twentieth century: not just on classical music but on jazz and rock too.
Whoa that Fairlight CMI with pen input was so far ahead of its time. The rhythm that Herbie Hancock programmed sounds like "this is how we do" from the game thou :D
I want so badly to show these to my elementary and middle school students, but the occasional swear prevents that. Please consider re-releasing swear free versions of these so we can show our classes your amazing videos! Love it.
Totally different technology from modern touchscreens. Old analogue (CRT) displays created the image by a beam drawing one line at a time and the 'pen' had a light sensor in it which would pick up the flashing of the bit of the image in front of it (flashing too fast for humans to see) so that the computer could work out which bit of the image was in front of the pen and therefore where the pen was.
The '80s were a golden age of musical experimentation. Watch the Earworm episode on how a recording accident led to one of the decade's most iconic sounds: bit.ly/2GgQq58
Pretty cool
Love your vids, the editing, the rythme and the crispy info we get. Eye opener to the history of details in music.
Can you talk about the amen break?
Vox 80's defined Experimental Music.
Keep making great content.
Dap👊🏽🎶
Proof that an appreciation of ALL music genres is necessary for an understanding of music
you can analyze it and learn from it but appreciating all music genres isn't really necessary.
@@Chad_Eldridge yeah
or just know fourier transform
Even heavy metal or noise?
@@Minty_Aqua maybe not them lol
I’ve heard this so many times, even when Stravinsky himself plays it it still sounds like a sample
that's sampling for your no cap
Last night I had some young musicians visiting my studio. I started by showing them this fantastic video - They were intrigued and had their eyes glued. When it got to the Fairlight part they were amazed that this machine existed way before they were born. As they watched, I started removing the dust covers of my equipment.. and the real moment was when I uncovered my CMI and drew their attention with an 'ahem...'. They freaked out.. it was a classic moment. THEN I showed them a floppy disk with the ORCH sample on it... it was indeed a priceless moment. Thank you so much for this great video.
This is music history and very well worth the conversation. It is all so inspiring.
We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy! (Obligatory Wayne’s World reference)
can I come hang out
😍😍😍😍
@dbltrplx As opposed to what? Imaginary music? Who is the arbiter of what makes music "real"?
so the windows error sound is an orchestra hit
Sup
its actually another 80s staple sound, the electric piano 1 on the dx7
Lol
@@MacetazzOpina That was the Windows Vista/7 error sound. The XP error sound was a deep orchestra hit.
I think the confusion here is between the Windows XP (and similar era Windows business OSs) "error" sound and the "critical stop" sound. The actual error sound is just a little 2 note "ba-dum" noise, while the "critical stop" sound, which would often accompany stuff like a crash, is indeed an orchestra hit.
Earworm is my favorite show on Vox. This was amazing, thank you.
you had me at afro and curly! be awesome girl : )
victor noagbodji 😊
la la lalisa blackpink in your area
@@iibigfoot1242 E
YO i was wondering where the first time i heard that orchestra hit, it was freaking jellyfish jam from spongebob
SAME!!
💀 you're absolutely right mgg
No wonder my 5 year old self loved it
Nicolas Santos you definitely heard it before but didn’t remember it
for me it was when i was 3 (2014), and i was watching a youtube video, and it was background music in a video. it was the konami one, though.
These music explanations are great.
Actually it was quite easy to understand even though I'm not knowledgeable in music.
Chickenwomp I do have some education too, but I said that it's great in general that it's on this level because otherwise people that haven't got that would struggle and not watch the video.
right and even those like me who have a decent musical background and know the technical and creative side of the music don't always know the historical side of it.
I know, right!! I'm a musician but I never learned about a lot of this stuff. These videos are great :)
Chickenwomp IKR? hahahaha
I've spent an hour trying to figure out what this sound is called and finally found it. The internet can be marvellous.
I learned in Minecraft from someone who claimed to have worked at Roland, from his cues I found this video
Fun fact: Stravinsky was born when Brahms was writing symphonies, and died after the Beetles broke up.
Thanks for the excellent video!
Beetles lol
What's Beetles I only know the Beatles
Mark Hatlestad Beatles*
And composed for 65 years, I believe that only Elliot Carter composed more time.
Another fun fact: Mark Twain was the closest thing to a celestial being/alien on Earth. How, you ask? Well, this literary genius lived and died... with Halley's Comet! Yeah, when he was born in 1835, Halley's Comet passed the night sky, visible to humans at that time. Just after his death, in 1910, Halley's Comet rocketed the nightsky. Dwell on it...
I’m so glad somebody else is talking about the “Orchestra Hit”. I definitely heard it on many songs from my childhood and vividly remember it in the theme song for the show “In Living Color”! I’ve also heard it annoyed the heck out of people by the late 80s lol. Man, Vox! I love how you guys tell history! Kudos 😀
ok boomer
Ive also heard the orchestral hits referred to as a "stab" in music production, primarily when its not an actual orchestra but a loud sound with fast attack and short decay! Great video btw, fascinating! well presented :-)
Yep, "stab" has replaced "hit" in the electronic world. I wonder if it's a reference to the audiovisual stabs in Hitchcock's Psycho?
Thats a really good guess! wouldnt of thought of that
decko87 Interesting thought about Psycho. The way I thought of it is the bow across the strings stopping abruptly, the violinist's arm moves as if it was a stabbing motion.
Yup! We used to call that one a stab.
Hey X!
Musicology is so much fun, and well researched & presented ones like this are real treasures, both educational and entertaining.
Lets not forget the most iconic song of them all, Crank Dat Soulja Boy
#only00skidswillremember
Back when he wasn't being corny as hell... Now hes charging $100 to follow remaining fans and he can't even go gold 😑😑
KazuoTV I thought orchestral hits were unpopular as soon as 1995 hit,,,
Yup
KazuoTV youuuu
OMG the girl on 5:19 is Tatiana M. Ali who plays Ashley's character in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
That deserved a honorable mention
Thotiana?
I remember that episode of Sesame Street too!
Yeah,she look soo adorable
Which was produced by Quincy Jones!
This makes my inner music student overwhelmingly happy
Lul
Your face makes me overwhelmingly happy. 😍
As an actual music student, this video makes me really sad
nuberiffic Are you saying I'm not a music student? I was on a composition scholarship lol I just finished uni
No, you said that.
When you say "my inner *blank*" you are saying you are not actually that thing, but that you feel a connection to it.
The orchestra hit sounds amazing on hard hip hop tracks to.
Aye, the best Vox series is back! Great stuff as always, I love learning all this history behind stuff I've been hearing for ages but never really gave any thought to.
I never tire of the orch hit, or discussions on it. Been in love with it since I first heard it.
... and it was even used in Pokemon Music :D
Retsam but nobody cares about that
Listen up Rob Spaghetti, if you don't care, don't comment. It's as easy as that.
Retsam yourube literally says Add a public reply... so they want me to comments your comment was bum ass though so i had to call it out
Retsam also its not spaghetti its spagrenetti
That contradicts with your statement that nobody cares, because you care to make everybody's day worse by telling them something is ass.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It confirmed something that I always deeply felt but never knew the history of-- the undeniable connection between all genres of music, especially classical and hip hop music.
earworm is a freaking amazing show. finding links in places i would never even think to look, showing how everything in the beautiful realm of music is connected. thank you so much.
The Orchestra Hit is the key to time travel, I'm sure of it.
*who knew Stravinsky was so lit*
aishwarya rawat he wasnt really his music was ass
Rob Spagrenetti his music is good. I might as well sacrifice you so spring would come
Well, maybe he's just being _Extravinsky_
vesteel his music maybe was good in like 1800 its modern days now if you still listen to his ass sounds then your wrong
vesteel nice
Can’t believe it. Just “Oh, that’d be a good one to put in, yeah,” became one of the most defining instruments of an entire era...
Orchestra hit, gated reverb, saxaphones... the sounds of the 80s.
& lots of hairspray
I don't remember hearing hairspray in 80s music.
on account of the big hairstyles
dont forget loop of drums
Dx7 e-piano and the chorus effect
I love this series SO MUCH (even that I know very little about music / music theory), and I'll be forever thankful for this for introducing me to Peter Gabriel's music (on the gated reverb video).
Really apreciate the work done here
That was WAAAAY more interesting than I expected. GREAT video.
"I know someone who'd be really interested to see this..."
Yeah so would Stevie...
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought this.
The story could have gone back further as Stravinski wasn't doing anything new with his Orchestra Hit. Earlier composers were using the technique to create high intensity. Verdi's Requiem Dies irae for one which was first performed in 1874. Someone with a thorough background in classical music would add a lot to this story.
It's neat to hear that the guy who first sampled an Orchestra Hit described it as "a complete accident" and just happened to have that record nearby. Like a lot of history, a coincidence set it off from there. Everything's a remix.
And you don't even need to dig that deep into the classical canon. Haydn's Surprise Symphony went for the same effect in 1791.
badgerjohn31 I swear I’ve heard it earlier. At least Late Beethoven
@@usernotfound6475 5th symphony 1st movement has some as well
alon tal does the third symphony have some too? I’ve heard them in his ninth aswell
@@usernotfound6475 I don't remember, but classical music is all about orchestration, so I assume most symphonic pieces would have a momentary boom like that
Estelle you are absolutely the best documentarist I know! Congratulations on your amazing work!!!
So we just not gonna mention that Ashley from Fresh Prince is at 5:17?
That's great, but there's a Fairlight CMI in the same clip :)
"Tatyana Ali"
T A T Y A N A A L I
No
and are we just gonna act like she didn't have a Spanish accent as a baby?!?
I've always been a big fan of samples and it's history and this video truly helped me see things clearer.
Best show on UA-cam. And I'm not that into music anyway, but this is SO good.
Politics and movies. I mean, John Oliver rocks, but that’s HBO, not exclusively UA-cam.
Emilio Doménech Adam Neely beats this by lightyears
Jarrar: Usually, yes, Adam Neely's content is far superior. But the production values in this video, and the fabulous mixture of geekiness, pop music and history makes me want to like it a million times. She really pulled through this time!
Emilio Doménech you should watch unsolved Supernatural on Buzzfeed Blue . Buzzfeed isnt that great i know, but Buzzfeed Unsolved is really interesting & entertaining because of the two dudes who host it
Not into music...thats like not being into food. Who are you demons?
This just makes me so happy. Great job Vox! Made me miss playing on the keyboard with my dad!
Haha they were basically doing what every child does when he gets to touch a synth or electric keyboard :p
Exactly what I was gonna say!
all in harmony and at the right time boyyyy
I have an old synthesizer at home from the 90's. After the video I immediately checked it and it has the orch hit, so much fun!
I can never unhear this now
That's why it's called an EARWORM. ;)
I waited throughout the video to hear if you'll mention Max Martin. You did at the very last minute! Max Martin's orchestra hit really is my favorite version of orchestra hit. His team uses several versions, (there are brassy ones, 'camera shutter'-like ones, stabby squeak ones, etc. and the 'standard' one like in the Britney and BSB songs in this vid) but they're all very punchy and sharp.
Probably the orchestral hit was most used in the late 80s with New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop. That is orchestral hit heaven right there.
yup, definitely. i listen to a lot of new jack swing and rnb from the late 80s and sometimes i feel like it's almost used too much. but i still love it tbh.
And every Freestyle song lol
@Tony Mosdef. We're overdue for a New Jack Swing revival.
Pre-new jack mostly. New jack swing era started to move away from that type of sound. BBDs third album, guys later albums for example gives a marker on where they moved away from that pre new jack sound and entered new jack territory.
@@csmcrckrs Oh, after reading this comment, Information Society immediately came out of my thoughts. And they used the Orchestra Hit plenty! lmao
This has always been one of my favorite sounds.
I have always loved this sound! I didn’t know that the heck it was. That it has a name! WOW!
It's been too long!!!!!! I'm so glad you are back!!!!! LOVE EARWORM!!!!!!
People who appreciate music should take a time to listen to Stravinsky's music.
You won't regret it.
Fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Planet Rock changed my life back in 1982.
More 80s music tech to make a Earworm vid out of: the Yamaha DX-7 synth. That electric piano patch was used to death on every R&B, soft rock, and rock power Ballard in the 80s. Even the Doogie Howssr MD theme song was written with that patch.
Doug Perry DX-7 is a great synth, FM is so fascinating
Tahnk taahnkk tahhnk! Is there a name for that particular style of FM Synthesis?
About the DX 7 remember the bass patch too, it was over used all over the 80's and beginning of 90's
Stravinsky is one of my favorite composers! Glad to see that his "Firebird" Orchestra Hit still affects modern music today! Just like his "Rite of Spring," truly timeless!
Thank you for educating us on music. I love these 💖💖💖
BIG _Orchestra Hit_ fan. Absolutely wonderful documentary on it~! 👍
Wait, we've had touch screens for that long?
Yeah, touch screens were invented in the 70s, only later did they become popular. Just imagine what kind of technology they have now but they're keeping from us.
Old buicks had touch screens as a factory option
@@Chad_Eldridge actually its not heat of your fingers but rather the electricity or polarity of your body. Thats why the touchscreen reacts also to metallic material.
@@Chad_Eldridge dunno. We had it in chemistry lessons and we watched a video about the particular functionality. The modern touch pens are also obviously working without hout emission.
The light pen actually works the opposite way round to the way it seems. The pen doesn't activate the screen; rather, the screen activates the pen. The cathode ray tube screen worked by scanning an electron beam across the screen. The light pen was simply a photosensor. When it detected a pulse of light it told the computer and the computer knew which bit of the screen was being scanned at that moment.
Always wondered from where that sound came, here in Brazil Freestyle was really big, and still is ver present some places.
And almost every song has that sound effect.
This is the best channel on youtube to me, you are truly amazing.
Best series on UA-cam.
this is the best series on youtube. thank you for your work!
Robert Fink is a legend. His history of EDM class was awesome!
What you call, Orch2 is what I call the sound that you made when you do a special trick on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
I was exactly looking for this comment.
YES EARWORM IS BACK!! Best thing on Vox. Keep them coming!!
You don't know how many years I was looking for this sound effect thank you!
It's always awesome to see something like the original record that spawned a whole decade and something of sound.
It's a strange and impressive kind of story-telling that makes me completely forget the inciting incident ("The orchestra hit"), takes me on a decades-long journey of discovery, only to remind me so close to the end that there's a reason I started this whole trip in the first place.
Thank you for the great ride, Vox!
So weirdly proud that an instrument made by an Australian literally defined the sound of the 80s. We've invented some good stuff hey?
Lachi James dont forget about the turn table
dont get me wrong, great things have come from australia. but the fairlight did not define the sound of the 80s what are you talking about
It would be neat to identify the other ubiquitous Fairlight samples besides breaking glass and orchestra hit. I think Peter Gabriel was first with the shakuhachi flute sound, what else? Duran Duran keyboard player Nick Rhodes had hundreds of floppy disks of sounds.
Not you. They.
Lachi James fdytgggferk
Earworm is easily some of the best content on UA-cam, please keep up the great work!
Watching Vox is always an eye opening experience. Just like the Bourne movies, there is visual punch, with remarkably short clips, constantly entertaining, in your face. Of course with this one you're talking about music, another dimension. When I think back on the thousands of hours I spent in the classroom, I realize that the old teaching format can never compete....
Yay! more of Estelle's playlists. They're always great to listen to.
It still boggles my mind that someone allowed Duran Duran to do the Bond theme. Imagine if the next bond movie came out and Migos came out over the silhouettes like “jamesbond, jamesbond, drivin fast cars with a hot blonde”
Please never stop making these videos, they're so good
Estelle, I love your Earworm series. It's one of my favorite Vox video series. Please make more.
I'm still convinced that this is acually the best video on UA-cam.
I immediately thought of "Jam" by Michael Jackson
Me too!
i think of just got paid by johnny kemp
but yeah, jam is a good one because teddy riley used it a lot
And Jam also has glass shattering though I don’t know where that one came from
Many tracks... 2BAD
The amazing history of Orchestra Hit! Thanks for this video, I totes enjoyed it
Give the full Firebird Suite a listen. Stravinsky gave wings to the concept of rebirth.
Literally the best series of videos I've seen on youtube in years!! I work in media and the amount of work and love which has gone into each one of these is astounding. Estelle Caswell, you are a lighthouse in a sea of mediocrity!
Stravinsky "New Jack Swing" Thanks you!
Keiv Brown woah Teddy Riley who made the new jack swing. It uses the Orchestra hit but not all songs use it
Love these Spotifyplaylists!!!! Please keep producing these Videos and Playlist!
For those wondering Bruno didn't use a CMI for his orchestra hit sample his sounds more like a Korg orchestra hit sample.
This series is absolutely fantastic. Keep'em coming.
Vox made my conversations with people a lot more interesting.
Shuhari Tensai Yeah, they're very informative.
just a 1000000 thank you because its very important to know what you hear in a song and you give us this gift, thank you and make more videos like this .
The series is back!
Dear Estelle (and the Vox team!), I'm obsessed with your videos. Pure gold. Thank you so much for sharing such an amazing content.
This series is so good
This has got to be the coolest and most important music video I’ve seen. Well done!!!
Well, let's hear it for _nostalgia,_ then.
I miss nostalgia!
As an owner of a Fairlight CMI, I'm using this video to explain everything to everyone... Superb video, beautifully executed.
actually Stravinsky is not a one huge hit men, he's got few famous ballets, actually, 3 that are the really famous: "Fire Bird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite Of Spring"
The actual quote was "Stravinsky is like one of those rock stars who has one huge hit early on in their career and then they have to play that song every concert for the rest of their lives." He didn't call Stravinsky a one-hit wonder. A modern example of what he's describing would be Sting. No matter the concert, he's going to be playing Roxanne. Mark Knopfler and Sultans of Swing would be another good example.
@@roguishpaladin another good example is Brendan Urie of Panic at the Disco. He has written plenty of good songs but has probably played i write sins not tragedies at every single concert he has played in the last decade
roguishpaladin Prince and _Purple Rain._
And the Rite of Spring is far more important than The Firebird. The most influential piece of music of the first half of the twentieth century: not just on classical music but on jazz and rock too.
And who could forget his hit song "the dune sea of tattooine"
THESE VIDEOS ARE AMAZING please keep making them
This is by far and away the best episode of Earworm I've ever had the pleasure of watching
I seriously cherish these videos whenever I come across them. She is so brilliant- I love these explanations!
Immediately I thought of smooth criminal
Honestly those animations and the way things are explained is super super SUPER cool
I came here for the "AAAAOWWWW"
Dux what's the AAAAOOOWW?
DefinitelyNotOfficial 0:09 to 0:11
Dux Ooooh ok.
This is unbelievably beautiful
Whoa that Fairlight CMI with pen input was so far ahead of its time.
The rhythm that Herbie Hancock programmed sounds like "this is how we do" from the game thou :D
I want so badly to show these to my elementary and middle school students, but the occasional swear prevents that. Please consider re-releasing swear free versions of these so we can show our classes your amazing videos! Love it.
Yeah I mean uh like Vox is supposed to be an educational channel
Michael Jackson started playing OMGGGG I SANG GURL
Same!!😊
omg, i grew up in the 80s and yes, that was ubiquitous! thanks for shedding some light!
is that a touchscreen from 1975??
Dani I know! I think it's a little light on a pen though.
The first light pen was created around 1955 as part of the Whirlwind project at MIT
Worked like the NES light gun, not a modern touchscreen. Still pretty interesting technology.
Totally different technology from modern touchscreens. Old analogue (CRT) displays created the image by a beam drawing one line at a time and the 'pen' had a light sensor in it which would pick up the flashing of the bit of the image in front of it (flashing too fast for humans to see) so that the computer could work out which bit of the image was in front of the pen and therefore where the pen was.
Every new Earworm episode is at least as interesting as the last... Thank you guys so much for this, and please keep up the great work!!
"Hey I know someone who'd be interested to see this" yeah stevie wonder couldnt wait to SEE that!
I absolutely love your content on 80s music. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
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RIP Auxy, I will never forget how one day you held all my work hostage behind a subscription wall. ;-(