Florence & The Machine, Dog Days Are Over - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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Charming, delightful, happy, just like the songs says these positive feelings hit “like a train on a track”.
Here’s the link to the original song:
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That IS the harp!! Florence regularly uses a harp in her band.
To be fair, they should have called the band Florence and the Harp to avoid any confusion.
This "harp" sounds to me like the ringing of a cell phone call. I can't stand this pseudo-music...(and I consider myself a pop connoisseur). Just my opinion.
@@lejoe48 looool
Amy, that was a harp you heard, it was played in studio by Tom "Moth" Monger, other musicians you can hear are: Bruce White (viola), Everton Nelson (violin), Christopher Lloyd Hayden (drums) and Rob Ackroyd (guitar), song was recorded and produced by James Ford, who also play piano and guitar on recording.
James Ford is well known as a producer who worked a lot with Arctic Monkeys, Last Shadow puppets, and Depeche Mode, along with Florence and the Machine.
Song is written by singer Florence Welch, together with Isabella Summers who plays keyboards and synthesizers in band.
Tom Monger who plays harp, is also playing xylophone, and various percussion instruments in band.
So this machine that goes with Florence is musical one, but consist of real humans and real instruments, and they are one really musically interesting group of people, and I hope you will give them more chance.
Keep on good work Amy, kiss the little one and all greetings to Vlad!
I can't stand this pseudo-music...(and I consider myself a pop connoisseur). This "song" sounds to me like the ringing of a cell phone call LOL.
Are you on their payroll?
Florence does play harp, and, her live shows are amazing. She runs a marathon while singing. It’s incredible
The is a great track. I love Florence's voice. Shake It Out is another song which is beautiful.
Florence Welch has a truely unique vocal style and musicality. She's one of my favorite indie artists, along with St. Vincent's Annie Clark, a contemporary of Ms. Welch and one of the world's greatest lead guitarists, male or female.
Thanks once again, Amy, for another insightful "first listen."👍
indie? what indie? lol
I have seen her live in a festival a few years ago, that is a great memory for me. Her stage performance was so awesome, what a character. She has something unique in the way she sings and presents herself, how she moves on the stage. She looked like a witch or a faery, it was amazing.
I love watching people discover Florence + The Machine!
Should have definitely watched the video for this one, it's a trip!
Videos, there are two clips.
All of her videos kill. They should never be missed. I love love this song.
@@brianboye8025 The official video for this was my introduction to F+M...that thumbnail with the blue girls and Florence looking all funky, I had to click and find out what that was all about. I became a big fan.
@@brianboye8025 I agree. She is a full artist.
One of my favorites bands, and yes, she do, Florence really play the harp... I recommend these bands and their pieces: the cure "blood flowers", Joy Division "new dawn fades", Siouxie and the Banshees "night shift", Patti Smith "because the night"... Thank you very much, your music analysis is excellent, greetings from Venezuela
NEVER clicked so fast on a video :D
Florence and the Machine mentioned!!!! This is one of my favorite bands and absolutely one of my favorite songs of hers, it's so powerful and the way she so seamlessly flows between airy and delicate to a powerful almost warcry is wonderful. Love their work!!!
There's a beautiful video on UA-cam of her singing this song to a young girl in her hospice hospital room. The 15-year-old girl named Cat Chen (you can find it on Cat's UA-cam channel) had tickets to go to her concert but was just too ill to make it. So Florence came to her and performed in her room. It's bitter sweet and beautiful.
Instant tears
@@curtisw502 ikr. She passed shortly afterwards. But in an interview I watched of her she said it was probably the best 45 minutes of her entire life. Such a brave soul.
I dare anyone to watch that and not shed a tear. My love and respect for Florence grew immensely.
Hi, thank you very much for the reaction to Florence, who I think is one of the most beautiful and captivating female voices of our time.
If you want to try the most beautiful male voice, I recommend Dimash Qudaibergen, a Kazakh singer who is currently considered the most gifted, with a range of 7 octaves and 4 semitones... the song I recommend is "Stranger" in English (not perfect). Dimash has perfect pitch and sings in 14 languages...please listen to him ....
Thank you very much
Love
Teresa from GENOA italy
It's a real harp. The harpists' name is Tom Monger.
i love Florence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!! you will throughly enjoy any song! go for it! you should do some videos just to see how awesome Florence is!!!
She seems like a genuinely nice person as well. She and her guitarist went to a cancer ward to perform for a young lady who was too sick to come to their concert (died a couple of months later). It was so sweet, sad, and genuine. ua-cam.com/video/0HuYEOO2r1g/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
She did have a harpist in the recording studio. Whether they processed the sound a bit, which makes it sound unusual to your ear. I have seen it performed live with real harps.
I enjoyed this, a new one for me. Those in my generation always talk about how our music was so much better and more creative, so I always like to hear newer artist showing that musical creativity and talent still exists, just not in the same volume as what was coming out in the 60s and 70s. At least not in terms of what succeeds in the mainstream markets, since creativity and talent still exist, with the truly creative ones mainly found in the indie markets. I went and watched a live performance and that is a full sized harp at the beginning being played on the highest strings. Perhaps it is run through some effects. You should watch them live to see if you think it has added effects. Great reaction!
It's 100% a real harp!
Really? Sounds to me like the ringing of a cell phone call...LOL
You should definitely watch live presentations of this one. It's a party! 🎉🎉🎉 she makes people clap and jump! 😄💥
Keep being impressed with the variety of this channel. Keep them coming Vlad 👍
Some fantastic live versions of this on UA-cam , definitely harp used in those!
The video from the Oxegen Festival- beyond magical!!!
Very nice song. Great commentary. Thanks Virgin Rock
The live show was great. Beautiful use of classical instruments and sounds.
Me: “Oh this will be good, harp lady listens to harp lady.”
Me half way through: “Never mind.”
I know we have a winner when Amy starts looking at her harp!
This song just makes me happy
Always love Your perspective!
Very curious about your take on the Big God live performance at an amazing great Greek venue...
I Always enjoy!
Cheers
rl
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Been a fan since this was released, I love how Guadians of the Galaxy Vol 3 brought it back with a bang last year 😊
Amy… watch this song sung live at the Albert Hall… then you get to see the harp!
The 1st time I heard Florence Welsh's voice, I was hooked. I've never been disappointed in her.
A first listen for me as well. It's a fun song. Thanks!
How about some Joanna newsom? Peach plum pear reaction would be great! Plus harp 😊
🎵 Svetlana sucks lemons across from me
or Loreena McKennitt
And Aurora
Flo is a bit pitchy live, but I will take that over autotuned vocals any day. It sounds real. Honest. She has a number of great songs you'll enjoy. Also, if it's real harp you're after...Cocorosie's "Fairy Paradise" would scratch that itch. The live in studio version.
lol
She's gotta do Seven Devils!
Wonderful commentary on Dog Days ❤ Though touched up in the studio as it might have been, that is indeed a harp! The band's harpist has been there in every tour since Lungs. I'd highly recommend checking some of their live performances. Their Tiny Desk is especially memorable ❤
Love to see FTM here! Florence is a force of nature! She's such an amazing artist, singer and soul. You'd enjoy their sound very much!
For a great pause, try the Heinrich Manoeuvre by Interpol
And she has a harp in her band! Cosmic Love is another great, harp forward, song.
The Last Dinner Party do a pretty good version of this song ,they are a band well worth checking out .
Please check out her song Never Let Me Go or No Light, No Light. Those songs so impactful ❤
Your analysis and first listens are a delight. I’m not sure if you have a particular direction for what you are looking to explore, but might I suggest “Take Me Back to Eden” by Sleep Token. Lots to take in there and the lead singer’s voice is entrancing. Hope you give it a listen! Keep up the great work!
Man I remember this song
The live performance from Glastonbury is a joy
When played live, it's a harp
More Florence, and more Radiohead would elevate my joy levels
@@bodhileaf-smh No please Amy don't listen to this guy...(just Joking) It is true that these two groups that you point out share a sound similar to that of a cell phone ringing... Listen to this "harp"!!! Saving the distances..., because within the mediocrity Radiohead has more importance than this pseudo-music in the video.(Sorry, just my opinion).
This was a huge hit at the time and a bit of a "new classic" given its staying power, when I think of FTM I think of a dynamic range that starts soft but spends most of its time being bold, pounding, bombastic...approaching gospel in terms of its positivity and soul but within a vignette of melancholia as well. You raise a good point about how the bass doesn't provide much of a floor, it's more the big drums that do that I think. Was looking for 00s bands that have an intersection of popularity and artistic interest and looks like Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, the Flaming Lips, Wilco deserve a shout!
"The Machine" is a person. Isabella Summers, a.k.a Isa Machine.
Someone just became a Florence fan!
I really loved this tune where it was out
It is a harp, played by Tom "Moth" Monger, and Florence usually employs the harp not only in recordings but onstage.
And I can't believe you have not heard and commented anything by The Warning.
Live version showing the harp playing Live At Oxegen Festival, 2010 ua-cam.com/video/wiDIObd8YaI/v-deo.html
When this ended up at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 ... Total goosebumps!
Florence is such a fantastic artist! One of my favorite of her's is Delilah (different from Queen's Delilah and Tom Jones' Delilah). I highly recommend that song.
See Florence sing live and you’ll see her vocal range and amazing technique. I truly do not believe that her voice has been modified in the song, she really can bend notes and has that amazing break that is almost a yodel.
Sparky Puppy!
Florence shares that same quality with Sinead O'Connor of having the most softest, delicate, vulnerable voice in the world one moment - simply angelic - and then the strongest, fiercest, boldest, most powerful voice the next.
Absolutely phenomenal. Neither singer forces anything. They just connect to another level.
In case no one showed her yet, here's Florence and the Machine performing a song live with a harp as one of only 3 instruments:
ua-cam.com/video/_gMq3hRLDD0/v-deo.html
As @buca505 tells you--it is a real harp indeed! And "Florence" is an EXQUISITE singer!!
Cosmic Love next please. Live version on Letterman.
I'd urge you to check out more of Florence + The Machine, especially the album that this song is from. There's a lot of variety of style within the album which I think makes it a very interesting listen.
What about Paperback Writer boys? I cant wait! Thanks!
Haven't seen Florence and the Machine live, but in videos of live performances of this song there is a harpist in her band. I'm sure her fans will tell you his name.
I know that you know Pentatonix, you should hear their version of this song, they sing this in the SingOff competition, is really good... love the energy, and goes well with the lyrics, the dogs days are over, are in the past
Joanna Newsome is an “indie rock” harpist with wonderful songs/albums; I’d suggest “Cosmia” off the album Ys.
Also “Inside Out” by Spoon is an interesting rock/harp track. They have *many* great songs!
I'm curious on what she would think about Twelve Foot Ninja or Diablo Swing Orchestra...they are interesting bands too
Feist and Jenny Lewis are two other great female indie bands from the 2000s you are bound to like!
harp. saw them live. opened for u2
Delilah and Cosmic Love are really good FATM songs as well!
Please look into Florence’s cover of ‘Stand by me’ she did for Final Fantasy 15 :)
You need to react to a live show. Morning Elvis with Ethel Cain would be excellent to give a listen to
Go to Amy Winehouse.
the way you were talking about the first verse i bet you would really like drumming song from the same album.
Nice. How about some Public Services Broadcasting, Vlad? Maybe from The Race For Space? (Fantastic album documenting the history, with samples from NASA and Soviet controllers & astronauts.)
Check out harpist Dorothy Ashby - Essence of Sapphire
Or her cover of Theme from Valley of the Dolls. You may like it !
I would love to see you react to Kishi Bashi
Can’t believe you didn’t play this on your harp behind you. It is a HARP! Watch it live.
I couldn't tell if the face in the thumbnail was approving or disapproving , good to know which!
Want to hear a great use of a pause in music?! Look no further than Jimi Hendrix’s “Red House” live in San Diego Sports Arena, Ca, May 25, 1969! This version is a, “Where is my jaw?!”, jaw dropping!😲😵🫠
Fermata - a complete stop - in pop music, is much rarer than it ought be. A device used throughout the ages of classical music and yet forgotten by too many more modern musicians. Its rarity these days - I suppose - makes it so much more effective. But then Florence + The Machine are special.
The reason that it is not used more frequently in modern music is that the sudden silence tends to drive radio DJs crazy. 😂
@@rudolfmann1555 I suspect you are right, but I'd like to hope that doesn't have to be the case! [or do I mean that is a bonus effect that should be exploited...?]
She talks about Stevie Nicks and Patti Smith as her big influences but I always hear Kate Bush.
Some David Sylvian would be great
sounds more like a ukulele with a bit of delay than a harp, although it seems that it's played on harp in concert
If you'd like another song to represent the post-2000s, try The Joy Formiddable's "Whirring." A song about an annoying clock with a nice update to shoegaze/psychadelic music.
Please check out Southern Point by Grizzly Bear if you’re in this era! :)
Listen to london grammer
This video maked me think: how about some Arcade Fire?
Van Morrison Into the Mystic
Hmm, off day? Tom Monger played the harp on this track. And her voice isn't modified, she sounds like that live.
I thoroughly agree with Amy, as an old dog myself, I am just content to play a Led Zeppelin album again to save myself from disappointment in discovering new music, this I enjoy, this ain't no Taylor Swift or Beyonce.
I don't know much about them, working in Chicago for a few years there was a radio station in my car that pushed this band and once I watched a YT video of some open air music festival, heard them do one of their songs.
Yes, it's very studio over engineered and its very commercial. They have found (a bombastic) sound that works very well, the energy is very positive and vibrant with a unique voice. This song features some different segments and a few interesting voice harmonies to keep it all alive and not cookie cutter. I believe that the air-y plucked sound in an electronic harp and if the drums (which are very engineered) are fake, electric, I can't hear it, they sound real to me.
Enjoyed this, thank you Amy.
Another old dog here and couldn't disagree more. It costs me all of 10 seconds to decide I don't like something I'm listening to and turn it off. Or, if someone tells me it gets better, or if someone that I trust tells me they really love something, maybe it costs a few minutes to listen to an entire track. I have hours in a given day, I can afford a few minutes.
If I hadn't opened myself up to finding new music I would never have learned about Lana Del Rey, Arctic Monkeys, Kimbra, Of Monsters and Men, Caro Emerald, Homefree, and so, so many more. There's a ton of really great music out there.
@LazloHo listen to Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes, "Home". You might hear something that reminds you of Of Monsters and Men, almost as though they ripped off Edward Sharp...
There’s been a ton of *great* music since the advent of the internet, y’all just weren’t being spoon fed by top 40 radio, fell out of touch. I’d encourage you to make the effort.
@@mjrtensepian1727 Wow, a few spirited arguments in disagreement, and I commented that I LIKE Florence and the Machine. mjr1727, I have been told by a few of my young friends that there's great music being made today, That I just don't know how to find it and I reckon that they and you are right. But doesn't that just make my point, my argument? If someone makes great music today, top40 radio isn't going to play, you have to go to some niche obscure retailer that supports music that doesn't sell well, Target is not going to sell those albums, Walmart isn't. Bad music is supported by the labels and outlets and I don't think that was the case with the label bosses at Atlantic Records who decided to sign Led Zeppelin, as an example.
You don't have statistics on your side, fewer young people learn how to play an instrument today or even take music courses, less music is recorded using real instruments, just about all vocalists are pitch corrected with software today, there is certainly less diversity in music offerings today, 1970's classic rock music recording outsell new music, does that one tell you anything?
Oh, please watch the video for Big God. It is magical and beautiful.
Remember to react to Final Fantasy IX - Darkness Of Eternity(Dark Messenger) ost.
I appreciate your style to play longer segments differently than the redhead, Elizabeth? I mean this in the best possible way but your superficial analysis is more deserved than her overwrought analysis. It only Rock and Roll.
Hello,
I recommend you listen to Muse - Exogenesis Symphony Full
Muse are one of the most innovative bands of of the past 25 years, incorporating classical, progressive, alternative, and other subgenres in their music.
In this case Exogenesis Symphony its comprised of 3 parts, and as the name suggest, it is classical/operatic sounding. Each part is unique but at the same time add up to tell a full story, one I think you might really enjoy.
You should check out Joanna Newsom for some amazing Harp.
Maybe Emily Hopkins could hook you up with a pedal for your harp so you can play this
Want another complete stop? “We Can’t Be Friends” by Ariana Grande
If you're doing more contemporary songs now, I would love to hear your take on Richard Dawson's "Jogging" from his 2019 album 2020. It's at once sophisticated and raw, catchy and uncompromising, and it breaks the unspoken rules people usually follow in song lyrics in interesting ways. ua-cam.com/video/UGiQ_-Ktpvc/v-deo.htmlsi=m_PxwUjgp7IuBrAJ
I wonder if Tom Monger knew his harp was processed? I don't pretend to know, but the trouble with making accusations about someone still alive and playing, is that they might come back and bite you somewhere delicate. Afterall, Amy didn't recognise the harp as actually being a real one, and if it is, then.........😀😀.
If you really want to hear a real master harp without doubting if it is or not such instrument try Joanna Newsom's "Sawdust and diamonds" (the "Book of right on" is even better, but that is for later). One day or another you must hear her but be prepared: she is not really rock but an amalgam of folk, rock, classic... she also is a great poet-lyricist. And like you she is classical musician trained in harp and piano.
because it is a harp :)