when the audience claps off beat

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  • Опубліковано 20 лип 2022
  • Download transcriptions at georgecolliermusic.com and check out the Discord!: / discord
    Original video: • Tim Minchin - Dark Sid...
    Performed by: Tim Minchin
    Piece: Dark Side
    Transcribed by: Tony Williams
    faq:
    Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
    Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
    Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
    Q: where can i suggest videos? / A: / discord
    Q: what music do you listen to? A: open.spotify.com/playlist/0zP...
    Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!

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  • @GeorgeCollier
    @GeorgeCollier  Рік тому +7527

    probably the most requested transcription in this channel’s history

    • @willnfact
      @willnfact Рік тому +18

      Naturally…

    • @el_guingo
      @el_guingo Рік тому +4

      worth

    • @robertdoherty4539
      @robertdoherty4539 Рік тому +15

      I contributed to this onslaught. Thank you!

    • @AlecArmbruster
      @AlecArmbruster Рік тому +14

      This must have been hell to transcribe.

    • @YogSoth
      @YogSoth Рік тому +1

      @@AlecArmbruster Do you know if it is done by ear, or does he use some kind of computer program to help?

  • @Foxjitas
    @Foxjitas Рік тому +12816

    I'd like to mention that this is an 11 minute performance and he's shredding at the end of a 2 hour performance. Dude's a legend.

    • @kaspartambur
      @kaspartambur Рік тому +211

      I wonder why he sort of... stopped. Went on to do a show, some broadway etc. But basically, calmed down a lot.

    • @aegresen
      @aegresen Рік тому +321

      @@kaspartambur Could be he felt tired or overwhelmed. Better to take a break than breaking down.

    • @fumbducks
      @fumbducks Рік тому +347

      @@kaspartambur looked into and basically he decided fame would ultimately be bad for him. There's an article from 2021 where he goes into extensive detail about why he decided not to continue comedy.

    • @boejudden9011
      @boejudden9011 Рік тому +93

      @@kaspartambur I watched him do a polka cover of Bad Guy by Billie Eilish a couple of months ago, but I can't tell if that means things are going good or not lol

    • @alcyonae
      @alcyonae Рік тому +8

      Who is he?

  • @josuevalar6465
    @josuevalar6465 Рік тому +8239

    Love the energy of the audience at the end like: "nah g I'm never gonna be off beat ever again" **claps aggressively**

    • @Yestyn2084
      @Yestyn2084 Рік тому +307

      The audience redemption story. His dope playing imbued them with musical capability.
      It's my favorite part of this whole performance. So much intense energy.

    • @iamhorse7136
      @iamhorse7136 Рік тому +23

      I hate to ask, but what is this pianist’s name?

    • @skriisi
      @skriisi Рік тому +64

      @@iamhorse7136 Tim Minchin. Enjoy!

    • @iamhorse7136
      @iamhorse7136 Рік тому +6

      @@skriisi thank you

    • @danterosenberg7506
      @danterosenberg7506 Рік тому +1

      @@skriisi thank you! I also didn't know

  • @zsz0667
    @zsz0667 Рік тому +13740

    Tried playing this following this sheet music, but my audience was my dad and I criticised his rhythmic incompetence.. I will miss my piano

    • @Tricia_K
      @Tricia_K Рік тому +54

      Comment Of The Day!!

    • @fj3571
      @fj3571 Рік тому +57

      What I'm amazed at is that you even tried playing it

    • @JeiShian
      @JeiShian Рік тому +14

      Hahahaha well crafted

    • @TheIvasyl
      @TheIvasyl Рік тому

      At least you still got both of your legs and your wife

    • @peterberner6548
      @peterberner6548 Рік тому +7

      Your dad? Or do you mean your dead? I couldn‘t critizise my Dad! He was mandatory for me.

  • @evanmico
    @evanmico Рік тому +8553

    Now I kind of want to see what would happen if you gave a raw transcription like this to a classical pianist that had never heard the original. Like it'd just be interesting to see how they'd end up playing it after learning it

    • @hnry841
      @hnry841 Рік тому +149

      Like Tom Brier did? ;'(

    • @alexchimi7093
      @alexchimi7093 Рік тому +516

      @@hnry841 Tom Brier wasn't a classical pianist but man, his sight reading skills were insane. I'm glad he left us a legacy on UA-cam.

    • @marcossidoruk8033
      @marcossidoruk8033 Рік тому +127

      A good classical pianist should have absolutely no problem sight-reading this.

    • @Fishal713
      @Fishal713 Рік тому +109

      @@marcossidoruk8033 lmao

    • @alexchimi7093
      @alexchimi7093 Рік тому +356

      @@marcossidoruk8033 its not about whether they could or couldn't, it's about it being interesting to play blues from a classical point of view. It has nothing to do with sight-reading

  • @theartsyfarmer3748
    @theartsyfarmer3748 Рік тому +5229

    I can’t even imagine the torture this would’ve been to transcribe. Amazing!

    • @what3verfloatsurgoat391
      @what3verfloatsurgoat391 Рік тому +127

      Well it took less time than the amount of time the pedal was held down so can’t have been that hard

    • @YogSoth
      @YogSoth Рік тому +10

      It isn’t done with a computer?

    • @KEVBOYMUSIC
      @KEVBOYMUSIC Рік тому +132

      @@YogSoth George Collier does all the transcribing on this channel himself, that's kinda the whole thing.

    • @ninjehdzn
      @ninjehdzn Рік тому +96

      @@KEVBOYMUSIC This piece in specific wasn't transcibed by George. In the description says that Tony Williams has transcibed this one

    • @ninjehdzn
      @ninjehdzn Рік тому +38

      @@YogSoth Kinda, yes it's done IN a computer music writing software tool such as Sibelius or MuseScore, but it's all handmade just by very close listening, very similarly to listening words in a second language and then translating it back to your primary language

  • @jamiekarlstevensmusic3361
    @jamiekarlstevensmusic3361 Рік тому +5653

    The funniest thing about doing a transcription of Tim Minchin is that Tim wouldn't be able to read it.

    • @Trisha_an_Artist
      @Trisha_an_Artist Рік тому +200

      Actually? I ask out curiousity, he really does all that without understanding the sheet notes?

    • @Roberto-fp3qb
      @Roberto-fp3qb Рік тому +1006

      @@Trisha_an_Artist no one thinks sheet music while improvising like that

    • @jamiekarlstevensmusic3361
      @jamiekarlstevensmusic3361 Рік тому +967

      @@Trisha_an_Artist he may have learned since, but in a past interview he admitted to not being able to read sheet music.

    • @dawnrunner77
      @dawnrunner77 Рік тому +892

      @@Trisha_an_Artist Yep Tim can't read music, he had to hire someone to transcribe the two musicals he wrote so other musicians could actually play them lol

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому +186

      Tim doesn't do dots.

  • @driesverhaag8955
    @driesverhaag8955 Рік тому +808

    2:26 "Hold the sustenuto pedal longer than it took to write this transcription"
    This is why I subbed to this channel

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator Рік тому +11

      *Sustenuto
      The sustenuto pedal sustains only the keys that were down when you pressed it. It's quite handy cause it means you can sustain some notes and not others, like Tim does here. Most people don't even know it exists, cause it rarely feautres on upright pianos, and most people have never played on a grand piano.
      EDIT: I kept thinking about this when trying to sleep last night. It's really spelled _sostenuto,_ but George has accidentally written _sustenuto._

    • @PastyMancer
      @PastyMancer Рік тому +13

      @@ze_rubenator *SUS*tenuto??? 😳😳😳😳

    • @vomm
      @vomm Місяць тому

      How is it possible that you can hear the bass with the sustenuto so long? Does the melody keep it vibrating?

  • @evieashton8099
    @evieashton8099 Рік тому +1411

    I’m just… astonished that he managed to make comedy with no fucking lyrics
    absolute genius

    • @RedNazArt
      @RedNazArt Рік тому +37

      If you enjoy that, you’d probably like Victor Borge’s comedy style! He was a performer from the 40s-90s, and quite a good pianist!

    • @Jummmpy
      @Jummmpy Рік тому +10

      nah he said yiippeeee

    • @F0nkyNinja
      @F0nkyNinja Рік тому +10

      I don't see what's so funny though? Playing the same thing in higher and higher octaves?

    • @1i1x
      @1i1x Рік тому +7

      I believe surprising bizarre change of theme out of nowhere can be funny. This wasn't it for me either, its just spamming arpeggios and referencing songs which can be fun but not that unexpected. The pace was clear, making it a nuts solo but the only thing funny was him saying something.

    • @sharp9150
      @sharp9150 Рік тому +1

      @@F0nkyNinja Yes

  • @ThePaperPlanes
    @ThePaperPlanes Рік тому +4338

    This is one of those moments were the audience thinks they are helping, when they are just making it rythmically harder for the performer

    • @sam8404
      @sam8404 Рік тому +121

      @Vanellope go spam somewhere else.

    • @Markd315
      @Markd315 Рік тому +110

      is that ever not the case tbh? even a rock band is going to prefer to trust the drummer over the wisdom of the crowds lol.

    • @scoobydoobielll5632
      @scoobydoobielll5632 Рік тому +346

      I don’t think audiences clap because they think they’re helping, I think they’re just enjoying the music, it’s the same instinct that makes you nod your head or tap your and they just don’t know any better. Maybe it’s like singing along too, when you like music you want to join in some little way, they’re feeling the music

    • @ThePaperPlanes
      @ThePaperPlanes Рік тому +73

      @@scoobydoobielll5632 Exactly, but unless your at a Jacob Collier concert, unfortunately not everybody is a musician. So when they clap some of them are off-beat.

    • @casey6556
      @casey6556 Рік тому +30

      That sort of thing is why my former choir had an announced rule not to clap during our songs LOL

  • @willnfact
    @willnfact Рік тому +509

    “You’re off beat, wicked”

    • @Flashbax7
      @Flashbax7 Рік тому +58

      That's not what he says...
      He says "Oh yeah, off beat, wicked..."

    • @IsiahTomas
      @IsiahTomas Рік тому +13

      "I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you."

    • @NetWinder
      @NetWinder Рік тому +5

      @@Flashbax7 The Australian vernacular is something else

    • @vangledosh
      @vangledosh Рік тому +6

      @@IsiahTomas Wasn't expecting a Leslie Nielsen reference down here

    • @narmale
      @narmale Рік тому +3

      @@vangledosh no one expects the spanish leslie nielsen!

  • @crocowithaglocko5876
    @crocowithaglocko5876 Рік тому +3489

    This man is going insane in the best way possible
    I have to learn this power

  • @MadhatClemens
    @MadhatClemens Рік тому +777

    Imagine pulling an absolute banger of an 11 minute solo after a 2 hour show and having the composure to shit on the audience's rhythm while you do it. Amazing.

  • @jamesthenabignumber
    @jamesthenabignumber Рік тому +1654

    To be fair to the audience, the time delay for a huge venue makes it’s difficult to clap ‘in time’, which is why orchestras have conductors to provide visual reference.

    • @jeremy3705
      @jeremy3705 Рік тому +119

      We learned in high school that sound has a delay of like 1 second per every 50 feet or so. So depending on the size of a venue sound can be 2-3 seconds behind the visual cue if you’re only using your ear. But as a musician, I don’t understand how someone could even understand why the audience chooses to clap like they do during sets like this. “I’m helping” is what I imagine the thought process to be.

    • @themagicducc2777
      @themagicducc2777 Рік тому +117

      @@jeremy3705 i’m not sure if i’m just not understanding, but the speed of sound is definitely faster than 50 feet per second. is there a difference in the hall?

    • @steveschutte4990
      @steveschutte4990 Рік тому +154

      @@jeremy3705 The speed of sound is ~343 m/s at 20° C in dry air @ sea level; significantly faster than 50 ft/s.

    • @jeremy3705
      @jeremy3705 Рік тому +42

      @@themagicducc2777 definitely a misunderstanding. I’m saying there’s a delay between what you see and what you hear. That’s why marching bands have a conductor to visually show you the tempo. If marching bands were listening to each other and basing their tempo and timing off of sound there would be roughly 4 or 5 different segments starting and stopping at different times. And a football field is sized enough that sounds travel speed is still faster than the fields length. Watch a video of someone shooting a gun at a gong from like 50 yards. You’ll see the gong move then like 2 seconds later you’ll hear the peak of the sound waves. Roughly 75 feet displacement in sound and motion. While sound may be fast, light is faster lol

    • @chopping_board
      @chopping_board Рік тому +82

      My guy, as a musician, the conductor isn’t the one keeping time, tempo and rhythm is a collaborative effort between all members, the conductors role is to shape the sound of the group, and to influence the emotion created. Tempo is typically kept, maintained and influenced by the percussive and lower instruments, say a tuba and timpani in an orchestra

  • @nebula_wolf3132
    @nebula_wolf3132 Рік тому +1121

    this performance of dark side will always be the best in my opinion, he just puts so much energy into it its amazing

    • @Remspamton
      @Remspamton Рік тому +1

      Yuri

    • @duncanshipley831
      @duncanshipley831 Рік тому +27

      I think my personal favorite is the one he recorded with the Heritage Orchestra for a special back in 2011. He started having the orchestra go on “free jazz” breaks, the bassoonist played 2 improvised solos, him and the drummer had a fun back and forth moment, and by the end of the song he actually climbed up and jumped off the piano!

    • @emz2969
      @emz2969 Рік тому +8

      SHES ONLY SLEEEEEEEEEEEPING

    • @EZal17
      @EZal17 Рік тому +4

      @@emz2969 *he!
      He was singing/sobbing about his “daddy”, who never came to his “ball games”!

    • @EZal17
      @EZal17 Рік тому +2

      I came to the comment section to write just that! He’s good in his performances in general, but sometimes you can sorta feel how, after doing the piece a hundred times, he’s already pretty tired of it, so he’s not improvising as much as repeating the best of his previous improvisations, which is a pretty futile thing no matter how good the original take was - you can’t enter that same water again. So, say, there’s also my most favorite performance of Prejudice (at Hammersmith, and I couldn’t find a recording of it better than 360p online). IMO it’s better than the other versions, even the one with the orchestra, for exactly the same reason - Tim Minchin is so much better when he’s freely improvising!

  • @shawmutt
    @shawmutt Рік тому +761

    I love these a lot, thanks for doing them. Just started piano lessons, these help me understand the relationship between the notes and the sounds. That is until this one. I have no earthly idea what is going on.

    • @patrickcrabb6212
      @patrickcrabb6212 Рік тому +7

      That's what make music grate.

    • @0miyage
      @0miyage Рік тому +4

      This is a virtuoso one.

    • @nyquillusdillwad9119
      @nyquillusdillwad9119 Рік тому +15

      I've had 5 years of lessons and I have no earthly idea what is is going on either. Tim is a mad lad!

    • @parsnip1
      @parsnip1 Рік тому +6

      I’ve been playing piano for eleven years, still no clue at the faster bits unless I slow it down.

    • @heatherjohnson6672
      @heatherjohnson6672 11 місяців тому

      I want to give this a thumbs up, but I really like seeing that 666. Ha! Just sayin'.

  • @karatemario2760
    @karatemario2760 Рік тому +31

    1:16 you just got coconut malled

  • @BD-yl5mh
    @BD-yl5mh Рік тому +339

    To construct a crazy solo like this that seamlessly incorporates virtuosity and comedy chops in such a way that it can hold the attention of most audiences is just incredible

  • @paulyguitary7651
    @paulyguitary7651 Рік тому +752

    I love that the audience was shamed into not clapping
    Beats 2 & 4 or nothing

    • @jeff__w
      @jeff__w Рік тому +67

      I can't tell you how much I _hate_ audiences clapping on Beats 1 & 3 as they invariably do.

    • @banaantjexx164
      @banaantjexx164 Рік тому +28

      @@jeff__w They didn't even do that, they were late for 1/3 most of the time or way early for 2/4

    • @jeff__w
      @jeff__w Рік тому +9

      @@banaantjexx164 I guess so. I was just saying _generally._ It sounds so _…square._

    • @banaantjexx164
      @banaantjexx164 Рік тому +5

      @@jeff__w Fair enough. Clapping on 1/3 tends to give me goosebumps as well, so I completely understand.

    • @JIYkp
      @JIYkp Рік тому +1

      Is there a reason for this?

  • @MardukGodSlayer
    @MardukGodSlayer Рік тому +844

    I can't imagine how you managed to transcribe that so well. Insanely good job.

    • @BigCoomingGooner
      @BigCoomingGooner Рік тому +21

      It was a chap called Tony Williams, if you look in the description.

    • @jimmythebold589
      @jimmythebold589 Рік тому +2

      @@BigCoomingGooner Not to be confused with the legendary jazz drummer, but, ya, I imagine George gives credit to the transcriptionists whenever due

    • @tonywilliamspiano
      @tonywilliamspiano Рік тому +27

      Thank you, 'twas a fun one :)

    • @prometheusrex1
      @prometheusrex1 Рік тому

      Watch out Marduk --

    • @MardukGodSlayer
      @MardukGodSlayer Рік тому +2

      @@tonywilliamspiano Totally missed the credit in the video description. That's close to a superpower you've got

  • @Reyn_Roadstorm
    @Reyn_Roadstorm Рік тому +19

    2:37-2:54 looks/sounds like he was debating dipping into Flight of the Bumblebee before landing on Fur Elise.

  • @bluesonicstreak7317
    @bluesonicstreak7317 Рік тому +168

    This is exactly why I never clap or stomp my foot in this situation. I've had JUST enough musical education to know I wouldn't find the beat.

    • @LinkEX
      @LinkEX Рік тому

      As for finding the beat: Is there any way to practice that?
      I feel like I'm rhythmically impaired and lack the capability to even sense it when it gets more complex.

    • @snowob
      @snowob Рік тому +6

      @@LinkEX play rhythm heaven

    • @narmale
      @narmale Рік тому +3

      dont feel bad, im a boogie-woogie/gospel pianist for 15 years and i cant... but give me an instrument and i'll find it just fine... i also cant talk/sing while im playing... i mean it just gets SO BAD....

    • @randomguy4781
      @randomguy4781 10 місяців тому +1

      @@LinkEX pick up drumming or bass guitar. those two instruments are critical in creating the rhythm

  • @alydev23
    @alydev23 Рік тому +334

    Thank you, always been one of my favourite lil bits of piano fuckery. People looking for more by Tim Minchin should check out the whole of this performance of Dark Side, also the beat poem Mitsubishi Colt, and the animation for Storm.

    • @jasonharrison2434
      @jasonharrison2434 Рік тому +3

      Don't forget Peace Anthem for Palestine!

    • @paulyguitary7651
      @paulyguitary7651 Рік тому +2

      He also has 2 specials on Netflix

    • @Muzikman127
      @Muzikman127 Рік тому

      His live performances of mitsubishi colt blow my fucking mind to this day, maybe I'm just ignorant but I've never seen piano work like that before or since, it's so expressive and just generally sick

  • @coosoorlog
    @coosoorlog Рік тому +19

    I feel like the score should mention that eyeliner is needed for this to work properly.

  • @yoojingin1562
    @yoojingin1562 Рік тому +56

    First knew him as Judas from JCS, then the man who prefers to sing in F sharp, and now I'm more than astonished to find out that he is the one who made the dearest, most lovable musical Matilda! Amazing man

    • @dan90joe
      @dan90joe Рік тому +5

      You should check out Groundhog Day (The Musical) too - he and most of the team behind Matilda created it a few years later.

  • @nicolasborsini7118
    @nicolasborsini7118 Рік тому +89

    i love how he can quickly change the style completly

  • @Raymond_Churchill
    @Raymond_Churchill Рік тому +106

    French Horn players be like:
    Offbeat clapping is abnormal to you?

    • @RealJaybeeMusic
      @RealJaybeeMusic Рік тому +7

      Mfw I have to play yet another Sousa March because everyone else loves them and I have to force myself to endure the torture of offbeat eighth notes yet again

  • @TannerLikesStuff
    @TannerLikesStuff Рік тому +106

    this is by far my favorite version of dark side. The solo SLAPS, Tim makes the audience laugh multiple times just with playing the piano, it gets stuck in my head all the time. Just a brilliant piece of music.

  • @zach_is_here7880
    @zach_is_here7880 Рік тому +87

    One does not simply…
    *”bluse’d ol’ Beethoven”*

  • @carsomyr8276
    @carsomyr8276 Рік тому +87

    With the standup and musical comedy sometimes I forget how wickedly talented Tim Minchin is just at playing the piano. Love it!

  • @aitorbalda
    @aitorbalda Рік тому +124

    I hate when I see these astonishing performers and when they finish they start to sing with amazing voice and great technique... it's like... oh! c'mon!!

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому +15

      What's been transcribed here is merely an interlude in the middle of the song.

    • @jfcdefg
      @jfcdefg Рік тому +2

      Yeah it's kinda cruel

    • @Holygiant
      @Holygiant Рік тому +15

      AND he's hilarious and insightful too. Totally unfair set of talents on this man.

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund Рік тому +8

      @@Holygiant on the flip side, he’s a tiny redhead. Life is fair after all ;)

    • @freechilli8755
      @freechilli8755 Рік тому +7

      @@peterfireflylund one would even say the G word.

  • @wombat4191
    @wombat4191 Місяць тому +2

    I don't know if it's just because this dude gives me immense Focus lead vocalist vibes, but it looked like he had an unstoppable desire to start yodeling while playing.

  • @emdentaylor1110
    @emdentaylor1110 Рік тому +3

    i was at the matilda the musical film world premiere and the audience started clapping off beat to one of the songs and all i could think was "ah you're off beat, wicked"

  • @matthewyglesias1508
    @matthewyglesias1508 Рік тому +17

    I have seen tonns of piano stuff and I can genuinely say I did not know you could play piano like this. This is amazing

  • @dehanbadenhorst1398
    @dehanbadenhorst1398 Рік тому +42

    I watched a lot of Tim's comedy, and heard some of his music, but I didn't know he was this good...

    • @mayonugget4380
      @mayonugget4380 Рік тому +3

      He wrote the Matilda musical (lyrics & music)!

    • @majorgrubert9554
      @majorgrubert9554 Рік тому +6

      This goes beyond "...and he can also play the piano quite well". This is next level virtuoso stuff.

    • @leosantini6162
      @leosantini6162 Рік тому +1

      he also sings entire songs, Jesus Christ Superstar was well cast with him

  • @OfficialMaxBox
    @OfficialMaxBox Рік тому +89

    What a genius. This version with the orchestra behind him is my absolute favorite rendition, though (Heritage Orchestra, strongly recommend a viewing)

    • @piplupfan1
      @piplupfan1 Рік тому +2

      Max Box??? Wow, love your content! I hope to see another "Spot the Hacker" one day!

    • @FrankFrancis
      @FrankFrancis Рік тому +1

      @@piplupfan1 he hasn’t uploaded in a year, I know his uploads are long away but idk

    • @OfficialMaxBox
      @OfficialMaxBox Рік тому

      @@piplupfan1 lol IDK if there will be another, but maybe at some point. I deeeeefinitely made a mistake being like "I'll talk about this in a future video"

    • @disappointedcucumber
      @disappointedcucumber Рік тому +2

      @@piplupfan1 A SimpleFlips and TF2 crossover in the UA-cam comment section of a video on music? True...

  • @knownothing5518
    @knownothing5518 Рік тому +37

    Sounds like a very elaborate interlude for an Elton John song.

    • @valinhorn42
      @valinhorn42 Рік тому +2

      I understood that reference

    • @iurigrang
      @iurigrang Рік тому +9

      Not quite Elton John level yet. But you know what I reckon? I reckon one day...

    • @drewp.weiner5708
      @drewp.weiner5708 Рік тому +5

      Iuri Grangeiro But rest assured, Tim is a WEALTHY, wealthy man

    • @thechicken1477
      @thechicken1477 Рік тому

      Do you think one day he might be as a good as Elton John?

  • @radyperry
    @radyperry Рік тому +89

    For anyone who doesn’t know: this is Tim Minchin and he’s a musical comedy legend!
    He’s also composed for a bunch of musicals and such!

    • @AgFish86Zip90
      @AgFish86Zip90 Рік тому +4

      I was going to type the same thing, but you beat me to it. 👍🙂
      He was so good as Judas in the concert version of “Jesus Christ Superstar”!
      Plus, my two favorite songs from “Matilda” are “Naughty,” and “When I Grow Up.”

    • @SAHBfan
      @SAHBfan Рік тому +3

      I didn’t know who he was, so thank you for that - seems I need to do some investigation 😉

    • @DarkenedSpell
      @DarkenedSpell Рік тому

      how is this comedy ? oh the part where does fur elise?

    • @radyperry
      @radyperry Рік тому +4

      @@DarkenedSpell he does a lot of other songs in his shows that are more comedy based. This one’s more of a showing how talented he is kinda one

    • @u1zha
      @u1zha Рік тому +2

      @@DarkenedSpell Check out the full piece (link in the description). It is a mindblowing roller coaster of self-deprecating humor. Played at the end of 2 h show with more obviously laughable songs.

  • @Rathdrgnknight
    @Rathdrgnknight Рік тому +42

    Dark Side is one of the best Tim Minchin songs. So good.

  • @Nini_bats
    @Nini_bats Рік тому +11

    Tim Minchin: Starts playing more unique jazz chords
    Audience: Yep, you lost me

  • @emmbeesea
    @emmbeesea Рік тому +23

    Incomplete transcription: not enough markings for the totally necessary facial expressions.
    The notes were certainly impressive though!

  • @ChavvyChannel
    @ChavvyChannel Рік тому +7

    I grew up listening to Tim Minchin on an iPod, which included this version of Dark Side. About one year ago I got to see him live in Adelaide. It was and always will be the best concert I ever went to :,)

  • @KlesierTheSurvivor
    @KlesierTheSurvivor Рік тому +30

    Tim minchin is a legend, one of my favorite piano solos of all time

  • @nmtkawb
    @nmtkawb Рік тому +15

    How you cut this at the end is just so perfect. No one can resist to visit the original video.

  • @reindeerman214
    @reindeerman214 Рік тому +9

    Look at me reading the transcription along with the music, nodding approvingly like I understand it.

    • @seanonel
      @seanonel Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I found myself kidding myself as well...

  • @Yakushii
    @Yakushii Рік тому +18

    Now if only he could 5/4 for a bar to stop them clapping on 1 and 3 at the end.

    • @iurigrang
      @iurigrang Рік тому +5

      They were coming in and out of phase there, they weren't actually clapping on 1 and 3 for more than a bar or two. They would fall ridiculously out of phase before the 5/4 bar could actually do anything.

    • @shmendrickswamii5914
      @shmendrickswamii5914 Рік тому +2

      I saw a piano player do the 5/4 measure trick on a day time talk show to get the "helpful" audience back on beat. Harry connick Jr maybe?

    • @Puggo_Huggo
      @Puggo_Huggo Рік тому

      @@shmendrickswamii5914 Yep exactly right ua-cam.com/video/mI-CU2VTVic/v-deo.html

    • @jeff__w
      @jeff__w Рік тому

      @@shmendrickswamii5914 You can see Harry Connick, Jr doing exactly that in a video on this channel.

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca Рік тому +1

      I heard an audience doing the Lingus clave

  • @geoffrey6000
    @geoffrey6000 Рік тому +19

    Perfect example of "I bought the whole piano, i'm gonna use all of it".

  • @benjamint.reynolds8208
    @benjamint.reynolds8208 Рік тому +22

    If only this had the beautiful F# singing

  • @tonywilliamspiano
    @tonywilliamspiano Рік тому +18

    Jeez, George is wicked fast... I feel like this was up on UA-cam before I even finished the transcription!

  • @_skeptile_
    @_skeptile_ Рік тому +33

    Tim is an absolute legend, and Dark Side is a certified banger

  • @haydenyoung8618
    @haydenyoung8618 Рік тому +53

    This transcription is almost as awe-inspiring as Tim Minchin's playing itself. Very well done Tony!!

  • @davidchodds
    @davidchodds 3 місяці тому +1

    Having had piano lessons for 7 years, you would not imagine the talent, the skill, and the practice it takes to play with this much precision and speed. Unbelievable!

    • @PianoDiary85
      @PianoDiary85 3 місяці тому +1

      also Tim is mostly self taught and can't read or write music (just never bothered learning it). Crazy.

  • @philipachand
    @philipachand Рік тому +8

    This is how I imagine Mozart was. I dunno how accurate that is, I'm basing it mostly off the film of the play of Amadeus, written 200 years later, but... there's something about the way Mozart does trills and funny music that makes me think he'd get Tim Minchin.

  • @Strigulino
    @Strigulino Рік тому +14

    Tim Minchin. Legend. Uses the whole piano.

  • @snubbyj
    @snubbyj Рік тому +13

    Iconic performance. And an absolutely brilliant transcription. 👏

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому

      Of course you'd be a Minchin fan, Snubby!

  • @Burnt_Gerbil
    @Burnt_Gerbil Рік тому +12

    Musicians don’t let friends clap on 1 and 3. 😂

  • @sirhawkjames
    @sirhawkjames Рік тому +42

    I love when audiences clap to music when the artist is widely and obviously changing up the tempo constantly. But once they start clapping again he’s got good sense to go into a part with a consistent tempo.

  • @ieatnoodls
    @ieatnoodls Рік тому +13

    The crowd control this guy has on the piano is absolutely astonishing

  • @GlitchyPSI
    @GlitchyPSI Рік тому +17

    now that's one way to synchronize the audience

  • @triplestandart7613
    @triplestandart7613 Рік тому +6

    I just love how you analysed the comedy, transcribed it and added some of your own. This is no longer the craft of transcription but its own art form

  • @mattbaker7305
    @mattbaker7305 Рік тому +5

    I paid for the whole piano. I'm using the WHOLE piano.

  • @holywizard6945
    @holywizard6945 Рік тому +6

    It feels like a magician emptying his sleeves at the end of a show.

  • @JakeMDavey
    @JakeMDavey Рік тому +18

    Fun fact: This would be meaningless to him, Tim Minchin can’t read or write music. He is self taught by ear.

    • @eilzmo
      @eilzmo Місяць тому

      *read or write sheet music. He can write music alright 😁

  • @cripplingbreadsticks9333
    @cripplingbreadsticks9333 Рік тому +1

    i saw the thumbnail and starting freaking out going 'wooaaah george transcribed something by tim minchin?!??!!!'

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому

      "F Sharp" is also on this channel. It gave many people great pain.

  • @MrJeef-ly4dp
    @MrJeef-ly4dp Рік тому +116

    I don’t care if you like jazz or not, that was frekin fire

    • @natheniel
      @natheniel Рік тому +12

      but this is not jazz

    • @control2XS
      @control2XS Рік тому +29

      @@natheniel Everything is Jazz eventually

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman Рік тому +3

      Ya like jazz?

    • @Laurabeck329
      @Laurabeck329 Рік тому +1

      @@natheniel Did you hear those SPICY chords?

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca Рік тому

      This is not even remotely related to jazz

  • @Isaac-LizardKing
    @Isaac-LizardKing Рік тому +4

    “That’ll teach you to clap offbeat at MY concert!!”
    i love tim

  • @SchPal
    @SchPal 6 місяців тому +2

    came for the clapping, stayed for whatever kinda blues/jazz madness that was

    • @PianoDiary85
      @PianoDiary85 4 місяці тому +1

      It's hard to describe Tim's style, other than "Tim Minchin."

  • @scottcheg9
    @scottcheg9 Місяць тому +1

    Why is it that technically amazing songs rarely sound as good as the amount of talent you need to play them.

  • @yamch
    @yamch Рік тому +19

    you're off beat, wicked!

  • @TyinAlaska
    @TyinAlaska Рік тому +5

    Audience claps in f-flat.

  • @GreenRequiem
    @GreenRequiem Рік тому

    this channel is so great for finding amazing grooves. Thanks for your transcriptions that make the listening a lot more fun!

  • @dorrolorro
    @dorrolorro Місяць тому

    I'm beyond impressed that you were able to transcribe this!

  • @poledra73
    @poledra73 Рік тому +5

    Can we just acknowledge the musical and comedic genius that is Tim Minchin? 🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @Sangsstuff
    @Sangsstuff 11 місяців тому +4

    Tim Minchin is the ultimate artist in modern music. He's got everything. He's very funny, incredibly skilled on the piano (and sometimes keytar), very nice on camera in interviews, interesting composer with musicals, classical, jazz, blues, pop, rock pieces under his belt, fantastic entertainer with the way he interracts with the audience and an intelligence that manages to combine all his talents in a big meaningful way. I often feel Minchin should be more famous than he already is but on the other hand I don't think he would like that so maybe it's all for the best.

    • @PianoDiary85
      @PianoDiary85 4 місяці тому

      Tim strongly believes fame is bad for people and actively does things to not let it affect him too much. It's part of the reason he chose to do Matilda when he was selling out arenas with comedy.

  • @JordanSugarman
    @JordanSugarman Рік тому +1

    Tim Minchin's parents: "We paid for the whole piano, you're damn well going to use all of it!"

  • @barronzee
    @barronzee Рік тому +1

    Perfect example of knowing the rules so you can break them.

  • @LibrarianJukka
    @LibrarianJukka Рік тому +4

    closest thing i've ever seen to "i guess you guys aren't ready for that yet" in real life

  • @cameroni3696
    @cameroni3696 Рік тому +3

    Tim Minchin is one of the most talented and funniest comedians alive

  • @PianoDiary85
    @PianoDiary85 Місяць тому

    Tim is largely self taught which makes me feel like a desperate underachiever, but also inspired by and in awe of Tim.

  • @thegoodgeneral
    @thegoodgeneral Рік тому +2

    I've seen Minchin on so many UK panel shows... had no idea he could *play.*

  • @isaacpianos5208
    @isaacpianos5208 Рік тому +4

    Tim Minchin is simply my favourite artist ever and I couldn't be happier by seeing him in this channel

  • @eliasaltman4439
    @eliasaltman4439 Рік тому +5

    It's easy to forget what an amazing pianist Tim Minchin really is

  • @slots1407
    @slots1407 Рік тому +1

    Bill Bailey and Tim Minchen MUST be great mates - both great musicians and comedians, both long-haired mad lads.

  • @slamhound58
    @slamhound58 5 місяців тому +1

    It's refreshing to hear a virtuoso with a sense of humor...

  • @Snyper1188
    @Snyper1188 Рік тому +3

    I would very much like to see this guys whole show. Thanks for showing the naughty bits though, still trying to get the goose bumps to settle down lol.

  • @jsowau
    @jsowau Рік тому +14

    If there was anyone who would question Tim’s musical prowess, this is a clip to show them. Awesome work as well compiling and sharing that score 👍

  • @alexjackson8841
    @alexjackson8841 Рік тому

    I saw a comment from months ago on a different video asking you to upload this awesome Darkside solo. Really glad it’s here!

  • @PianoDiary85
    @PianoDiary85 3 місяці тому

    Had the absolute pleasure of watching Tim play some of Darkside tonight (a different version to this as it's different every time), but it was awesome. he got to the fur elise part and then proceeded to muck about playing it in about 10 different styles. His "yippees!" were also far more enthusiastic, like an exclamation from the mountaintops. "YIPPEEEEE!"
    The best part of his show was Song Of The Masochist where he stopped halfway through (but keeping the baseline going) to explain how swing music works mathematically and demonstrating how 2 notes with the right hand can fit into the timing of one with the left, then 4, then 8 until he got to 16 which was just a blur and got a big cheer from the audience. Then Tim (who has a very mathematical and science based brain) said "I probably just killed swing, but I. THINK. IT'S. FUCKING. AWESOME!!!" Before coming back in hard which got an even louder cheer from the audience 😎.
    Music nerds rock.

  • @ronnielyn1489
    @ronnielyn1489 Рік тому +3

    the faces he make just proves how beautiful this is. so much concentration.

  • @pinkestpeaches6302
    @pinkestpeaches6302 Рік тому +5

    This man literally wrote one of my favourite musicals, what the talent

  • @patrickgivens4900
    @patrickgivens4900 Рік тому +2

    When you mock them and they love you for the love, you're doing it right. Legend indeed!

  • @gayeblinman5055
    @gayeblinman5055 Рік тому +2

    Tim’s beautiful mind dancing along to his own genius 💃🏻 🕺🏼 🎹

  • @daniellarsen3273
    @daniellarsen3273 Рік тому +7

    Been listening to Tim Minchin for years he is so talented

  • @joshuakilpatrick7824
    @joshuakilpatrick7824 Рік тому +26

    Depressingly talented. I wish I could be half that good, I can't even fathom being able to play that fast - is this all improvised too!?

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому +2

      It's different every time he plays it.

  • @littledaz85
    @littledaz85 Рік тому +1

    Saw this one live in Melbourne and was a treat to the ears. Tim is an amazing pianist and probably my favorite comedian. Nice to give some Aussie musicians some love. Keep Rocking TIM! p.s. amazing transcription btw. ;)

  • @whirledsol
    @whirledsol 4 місяці тому +1

    This made me appreciate his work more. Stunning composer and showman.

  • @riley_vallance
    @riley_vallance Рік тому +3

    Dark side by Tim Minchin. Legendary song by a legendary Aussie musician.

  • @nandoxus
    @nandoxus Рік тому +5

    He asserted dominance like a true gigachad

  • @imrebarten6115
    @imrebarten6115 Рік тому +2

    I love how I was baited in with a 'ooh, how is Tim going to displace the music to make the clapping fit?!' and got stuck listening to a madman taking me down in his descend

  • @jeremieboutinmusic
    @jeremieboutinmusic Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the transcription! I sightread the whole thing with him :)